The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 11, 1907, Image 1
i. The Lancaster News
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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
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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.
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?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
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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!?
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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.
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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.
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Do you take The Newa? i
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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.