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i. The Lancaster News -T LEDGER 1852 REVIEW !S7i$ ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. 3. NO. 19. SEAM-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., DE< E/MKI^R II. IL'07 PRICE?FIVE cfnt?i upd rnnu g JWest Vinginia's Terrible Dis-11 I / aster?Hundreds Buried ' t Alive in Mine Explosion. I Monogah, W. Va , Doc 7 ? | Three charred and blackened 1 bodies lying in the improvised a morgue prepared near the en !\ trance to the mine, four men I hovering between life and death o from the aw!ul bruises sustained Is and the deadly liases inhaled i" li a temporary hospiNil into which s one of the company building e lias been transformed, and 374 1 men imprisoned by tons of coal, t rock aiul mine debris in the c depth ot the hills surrounding * this mining town, with the t chances all against a single on' 1 ot them being alive is the mos c accura'e summary obtainable t<> nighjol the result of a mino ex c plosion today, which in all pro i bability was attended by greater i Y loss ol hie tin 11 miy former diV- i aster in (he history of the bitu v. <4,< minous coal mining industry of ^( America. f The explosion occurred shortly * "?v after 10 o'clock today, after the 1 full force of 380 men had gone > to work in the two mines affect- ( ed. These mines are Nos. G and ! 8, of the Consolidated Coal Com- t pany, located on opposite sides 1 ot the West Fork river, at this t place, but merged in their under- < ground workings by a heading t and on the surface by a great f eteel tipple and bridge. t . - . I XT ?_ T> _ r incws in -oriei. . < ' t \ At a meeting in Washington Saturday the Republican national committee selected Chicago as th ? place for holding the next Republican national convention, and June 16 as the time. . . .The Dtm eratic National committee will meet tomorrow in Washington, to fix time and place of ( Convention.... The livery sto- ( hies in Anderson, this state, of ( ' R. i>. Finley and J. L. ivicGee | were destroyed by fire Friday , night. Loss #15,000. Several mules and horse were burned < ....Sweden's venerable king, , ^ Oscar II, died Sunday. King ( Uustave now rules. . . A negro boy, son of David Jeter, in I n- i ion county, this state, was burned to death Sunday, as (lie result of poking the lire with a stick ....Town Marshal Krunson, of Midville, (la., wa9 shot to death , Sunday by a negro.... Oscar Taylor, a prominent youne man of llawkinsvilJe, Ga., committed spicide by crawling into a cypress log and shooting himself....A wreck occurred Friday, on the Georgia Central, at Utopia. Sev eral injured, but none fatally.... *V. W. Spearman, a prosperous young Newberry county farmer, died Saturday from the effects of an overdose of laudanum. ? _ ?Mr. W. T. Addison, of the river section, had a male to stray off last Thursday evening, which he has not yet recovered, as will be seen by notice in today's paper. rhe Danger of Boys Hunting I ?One Lad Killed and Another W ounded. Ashtville special in the Char i ntte Observer : Cecil Monday, r . lad 15 years of age and son ol 11 tr. and Mrs. Robert Monday, o' ' leem's Creek township, thi-< v canty, accidentally shot and c illed himself while out rabbi' limti r*r? oA.il ? ? d > ? ? ' ^ ' " " T * uuvtuj^ _> co:ciuiiy uaornooii. 1' 11 eems that Cecily with his young- u ir brother, T<>m Monday, were 0 iunting rabbits and birds on v heir father's place when they 8 same to a fence, while Cecil, 1 vith the gun in his hand, at- v empted to crawl through. He 1 lad polled himself through the * ipening and whs dragging the v jun atter him when the hamraet aught on the fence, the gut ' vic discharged and tlv entire ' oad ot shot took effect in tin- r u" I:. The younger brother he- ? auie frightened and ran home ^ creaming. Parents of the on- < ortun i'e boy Hastened to the v icene. but death lind ensued, c .t is th< ugbt th it the child's neck ,vas broken by the shot. An>ther acci lent also occurred in Ream's Creek section yesterday, bough not of fatal elVect. Two ? Weaver boys, cousins, were in f he lields shooting birds whe" >ne of the boys accidentally sho' he other. At the time of the { shooting the tioys were some dis ;ance apart and by rca?"n of this :act 19 attributed the escape oi , he victim. A portion ot tlie load ^ ook effect in the boy's neck, and j while"* seriously injured, tin - f jvouud will not remit fatally. j ifoung Ladies' Band Returns Thanks to Generous t Contributors. i Ed. The News: The member if the \ oung Ladies' Hand of die Presbyterian church wish t< express their thanks tor, and ap- ^ pieciation ol, the donations which were made to the Thanks living box which was sent to the . bounty Home. .The ladies, ^ whose names follow, m ?de gen rrous contributions : Mrs. A. K. Banks, Misses Ivy 1 Crawford Irene Cunningham, Isabelle Davis, Daisy Ilortcn. Helen Lindsay, Eliza Lanneau, May me Mac key, Carrie Wren j Mcllwain, Mrs. Chalmers Era- 1 ser, Mrs. Ernest Moore, Mrs. M. I J. Perry, Mrs. W. T. Williams, Miss Annie Witherapoon, Mrs. i R. E. Wylie. The above named ladies have the heartfelt thanks of the Band for the ready response to the ap peal. ' Mrs. John Stewman and Mr. Skipper also have our sincere thanks for their timely aid in furnishing conveyances. Grace Wisonunt Pres. ?Mr. J. T. Snipes, who married Miss Lula Castles, of Cornwell, was killed by a train at Cormoca, Fla., Friday evening, says a Chester special in Ihe News and Courier. 7ive Hundred "Night Riders" i Shoot Up Kentucky Town Hopkinsville, Kyf I>^c. 7.? 'ive hundred k,night riders," aasked and heavily armed, carched into ilookinsvillA pnr!? .J oday and des'royed properly \x aluedat over $200,000, while n i?izens, in terror of iheir lives, a eared even to open their winlows. The police, fire depart- |3 aenfc, telephone and telegraph 8J lfiees, uud even ihe railroads r( vere in posse's.on of a wild mob hooting right and left, fltraes rom burning buildings mean- ^ vhile lighting up the city and 0 he su rounding country until 8( t seemed that Ihe whole town vhr ablaze Window- in the front of busiless houses a. d banks on the uain street of the city were shot ^ uif and the entire front of the , >fliee of a newspaper which had j jeen severe in its condemnation >t the 'night riders," a?'1 which ?. van owned by the mayor ot the j :ity, was demoiislu e y t Items from Cedar Creek , . V Mr. Editor: It looks as if 1 icrne of your dotters have gone ' o sleep. I think The News 1 'eaders ?nin?r ronHiiin- ?n~ t f jv; .p, 'HO lenings from various part* of he county, so I'll send you some terns from our locality. The health of this section is inc. Our farmers are lively, ind everything looks prosperous. Jlenty of hogand hominy. The >uly complaint I hear is that he potatoes are rotting generaly. But we can afford that now, inee we are all living at home, md boarding there also. The day that brings j.i debt is i dark day. It is something ! O T vorth musing about?the differ-jl uce between the present day 1 md eiiiht years ago, when cot on was low, and everything to 1 >uy on a credit, with most ot i ur farmers. While our hear's are now so l oyful, Lot us not forget L'o thank the God of heaven For being nut of lebt. lu gave the rain and sunshine And put trength in our arm, \nd lengthened out the days 'l'o seo no mortgage on the inriu. Ten of our boys spent Thanks?iviug iu hunting. The result was ten hungry boys and two tired canines. Miss Dillie Caskey, of Dry Ureek section, visited Misses Ruth and Theo Perrv moontlw J -w J We are glad to state that Mrs. N. L. Flynn, is improving, though slowly, from a severe attack of rheumatism, Mr. F. P.M. Walker is remod eling his dwelling. Mr. G. W. Perry slaughtered two fine pige one day last week. "Geo." surely enjoys doing justice to the inner man. Agricola. ?The Court House Farmers'! I Union will meet Friday after-1 noon ai one o'clock, fcvery mam* ber ie urged to attend. Another .Letter from Evangelist Little--Now Conducting Meeting in Louis-1 . iana -Interesting Iniorma- ^ tion About the Country. dr W I T i. j^itucascer inows : i ?m r" ore in Louisiana holding a leetd'ig. I am in a fine country; re nd at a large country church, here aro more T's on the church re ?ok than on any b'>ok I ev? r VVl uv To hear the clerk call the all you would think for a long lt me that there was no name ut Thompson in the church. ol hen ho starts on another row jf 1 names. There are 20 Thump- ni one in this church to any oth u ame, and they are vrell off? fc ave the best lands and fines* hi trtns I over saw This is the State in which our t c 'resident hi led a bear. I went ^ ut hunting in hie swamps of ,f Louisiana, hoping that 1 wouM K ill .? hear also. Something came nlining by'Tu<fchr> n. h the cane. vocked my gun and "took aim." * >ut happened t<> pull the wvon rigger. Uie people laughed at hp very much fo: pulling tin /, vrotig trigger. I told the Louisiana crowd that the people of STorth and South Carolina hjtd lever accused J. W. Little -f hi Dulling the wrong trigger. As ^ ve continued the hunt 1 got ^ mother chance to shoot, and Dulling the right trigger this imo, 1 killed a large swamp ab'uit. ^ Last Friday, Mr. Editor, 1 j: Irank water out of a well through -p he center of which runs the line j ?etween the states of Louisiana p> md Arkansas and at which point ^ ihree counties corner. I douht if i V C ? cou ever drew water with the g( lame bucket out of two states uid three counties at the same u une. At this place is a beautiful , V I town, Junction City. ,s The first, monev that was ^ wiven me for preaching in Louis- ^ ima was given by a boy, Eddie, 8" Thompson, only 7 years old, and cj Lhe next was by a little girl, ^ Mary Siono, an orphan, 3 years old. Eddie Thompson's father is y raising her. I declare unto you I have a () slrong notion of moving right ( lere in Louisiana. There are fine t J. houses all over this part of the | country where 1 am?fine church es and fine schools. These Thomp- r sons offer to take care of me and j inine all the days of my life it 1 j will move here. 1 have also had ^ several good offers in Arkansas. You might put a wall around , Louisiana and allow none to get out and these people could live independently. They can raise c almost anything in this state. g They raise syrup and sugar and , rice by the wholesale; also, cot- j ton, corn, oranges, lemons, fish, ( honey and, in fact, pretty much ^ everything that can bo raised anywhere. I will let you hear ( from me next week. Yours truly, ( T II7 f 1 - J . ?* . 1WCU0. I i Do you take The Newa? i - ?. . - w r Wf I # Pleasant Hill Items. Miss Lilli in rlinson In* been siting Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cjiuien. Mrs. M. L. Bec^li ?m ami cliil n, who 1ms been visiting Mr*. BCkham's sister, .Mrs. K. li. Bckhura, of Branch ville, S. (J., turned home Friday. Mies Minnie Cauthen visited lutives m Lancaster tne past eok. Mr* L. T. Robertson spent Friiy iu Lancaster. Mr. J. T. Oauthen spent a day * two i i Chester the past week. There were three cars of wood laded here Friday, and can't lias it >et. Mr. R. L. Turner ha 1 the nv irtune 'o get hi-i linger bit by is mule Saturday. He is going along all riuli* r jw. Mr. S. Beckham, Sr., and lauglir, Miss tJes>ie Bee ham, spent uudny with the former's danahM % a n .? i >*, wis, ?? . kj xvuuortge, near .ershnw. Mr. ami Mr-. I. B. Clout a >ent S-tuh.y with Mr. and Mrs. \ lb-. r> Bailey of Elzin. A Friend. Pleasant Hi!!, Dee. 9. tenth of 'lames It. Mayi'l ? The. Affe<! Citizen I'assetl Away at the Home of His Son, Fruiter May ill. Gapt. James It. Magill, one ?f le oldest and most widely nown citizens of the county, ied last Friday at the home of no ot his sons, Mr. Fraser MazilI, t Hussell Place. His death ras due to cancer, with whicil ? had been allllcted for years. La was about 80 years of age. he remains were buried Saiuray at Beaver Creek church, the lev. I. E. Wallace, pastor of the Leath Springs Vrenbyterian liurcli, conducting the funeral srvices. Capt Magill was a m.?n oi i n? sually strong mind, aucl posse d considerable literary atta nlents. Be was a gr?>ai reader, fas well infotmed,and frequenty wrote entertaining and inbructiva articles for both tlie aily and weekly press. Ilo v. as , prominent merchant of L ii-ter before the war. be - ' c ;aged in business here wii h his irother, the lute Thomas Magill f Charlotte. He al?o tnerchsnised <t number of years in t' e Measant Hill seetion. For yea s ie reeided iti Kershaw county, trhick county he at ono lirno repesented in the S'ate Senate. Ie was also trial justice for nany years, lie was appointed >y the national government to ollect the cotton tax in this :ounty after the war. Capt Magill was twice marked. His first was a Miss Fraser, is was also his second,who was a lister of the first. The second ifi fo rliorl OA*V?c\ . i w> utvu ouuiu jr tin n n^u. II O eaves the following son9 and laughters; Mr. John Magill, a prominent citizen of Kershaw ; Mr. Robert Magill, of Kershaw 30unty; Mr. Fraser Magill, of Russell I'lace; Mr. Zin Magill, of Columbia; Mrs. Luwrance Jones, of Kershaw county ; Mrs. Willie Jones, Mrs. R. H. flaile and Miss Ella Magill, of Columbia.