The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 15, 1908, Image 1
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LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. 3. NO. 29. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., JANUARY 15. 1908 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Rock Hill Lad, Son of a Former
Lancastrian, Had Narrow
Escape from Death.
Rock Hill special in Mouday's
News and Courier: Ro^s, the
little seven-year-old son of Mr.
J. C. Lindsay, of this city, had a
very narrow escape from instant
death Saturday afternoon.
Ross and his older brother,
Howard, were playiug soldier in
the house during the rain and
Howard picked up a shotgun,
aimed it at Ross's heart and pul
led the trigger. The stiffness ol
the trigger saved the little fel
low's life, for it caused Howard
to pull the gun off sight and the
load of shot tore a hole in the
wall instead of through Ross's
head.
Mr. Lindsay had put a cartridge
in the gun a night or twc
** before on hearing some disturbance
in the yard. As a usual
thing the gun was empty and
Howard never thought of it being
otherwise.
One ot the shot struck the boy
iu the neck, but did little injury.
Shot at Husband and Killed
Wife,
Natchez, Miss., Jan. 12.?A
young man who gave his namt
as Hare has surrendered to tlx
Vidalia, La., authorities and h
being held, charged with tin
killing of Mrs. H. V. Harris
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who ui a icvoo uuubiuuiur win
was ehot and killed while walk
ing with her husbaud near Bou
gere, La., Thursday.
So fur as can be ascertained
the shooting resulted from a dis
pute betweeu Harris and Han
over 90 cents for work. As tin
couple approached the landing
* Hare opened fire on Harris bu
the bullet missed its mark an<
struck the woman, causing al
most instant death. Harris wa
struck by a second bu'let in hit
right hand.
Hare formerly resided ii
Shreveport, La.
"W" reck in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 12?1
Bristol, Tenn , dispatch says:
"Vesiibuled train No.42, whicl
left Chattanooga yesterday after
noon bound for Washington am
whiclnwas running five hours latt
was wrecked iu a head-on col
lision with a freight train nea
Crockett station on the Norfol
& Western, 64 miles east c
here today. The passenger trai
was running id miles an houi
No one was killed and none c
the pas engers was hurt.
Children Trampled to Death
Barnaley, England, Januar
11.?Sixteen children were tratr
pled to death and forty otlieri
several of whom cannot livt
were injured in a mad rush fc
better seats at an entertainmen
given in the public hall hore thi
afternoon.
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Series of Important Resolu!
tions Adopted by the Farmers'
Union.
-At the mass meeting of the
Farmers' Educational and Co-oierative
union held in Memphis,
Tenn., a few days ago the following
resolutions were adopted:
''That any man holding office
in the Farmer' union, who desires
to run for any political office, eith
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u^vuuutjr, oiaieor uttiiuiiai, snail
first resign his ofllce in the Farmers'
union.
That any mau now holding an
office in the Farmers' union and
at the same time holding a polit1
ical office, shall be asked tc
i give up his political office or rei
sign his office in the Farmers'
union.
"That we denounce and con
deran lu<ure gambling in farm
products.
"That we believe in dealing
1 only in bona tide contracts.
"That we ask the na'ional
co:igress to enact such laws as
will abolish and prohibit future
. gambling in farm products."
At the afternoon session a resolution
providing for the establishment
of two lactones, one
e:ist and the other west of the
I Mississippi river, tor the mamifucture
ot cotton bagging, sacks
and other wrapping material was
endorsed.
A committee composed of one
> delegate Irom each State in the
j cotton-growing sections will be
instructed to canvass among the
members of the union foj "funds
1 to push the work. It will be
left to the discretion of the board
) of directors us to wbere the fac
. tories will be located.
The union went, on record to
day an asking that the following
legislation be enacted by congress
:
"The immediate abolition by
- congress of the federal bureau
3 for distribution of seeds and the
? speedy enactment of laws subt
ntantially excluding the present
. alien influx by means ol^anin
creased head tax, a money requirement,
the illiteracy test
s and other measures.
i "That congress extend the parcels
post, increasing the number
l of pounds to be carried in the
mails from four to 11 and also a
reduction in postage from 1G
cents to 12 cents per pound ; also
the establishment of a parcels
post system on tlio mail delivery
i. routes.
"The establishment of a postal
n savings bank system."
d A Marriage in Kershaw.
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Kershaw special in the Char
r lost,on Sunday News: Mr. Richk
ard C. Bennett and Mies Ella
'' Itnrtnn w?r? fiiiiotlw
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n Wednesday night at the Preaby*
terian"manae, by the Rev. Jos. T,
^ Dendy.
The bride is the eldest daughtei
of Mr. Ransom Horton, of Kershaw.
This marriage has been looked
y forward to for some time, bul
l" came as a snrprise at last, as th(
parties gave no intimation that
b is was to come off at any tim?
?r
soon.
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i Death of Mrs. T. C. Hicks.
She Succumbed to an Attack
or Meningitis Monday
Night.
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This community was deeply
shocked and grieved yesterday
morning when the ead tact be
icame known that Mrs. T. C.
; Hicks, one of Lancaster's most
I estimable and greatly beloved
ladies, had passed away. Her
death occurred Monday night at
8.20 o'clock at the Ilicks home
on Main street, alter a very brief
illness. She was taken sick Sat
urday afternoon, but her condition
was not regarded as at all
.serious, it being thought at the
;lime that. 6he was suffering from
exhaustion, care aud worry incident
to and re>ulting from nurgjing
her very sick daughter, Kv|
telle, who has been, and is still,
desperately ill with pneumonia.
! Sunday however. Mrs. Hicks dej
veloped symptoms of that much
dreaded disease nc\ lingitis,
which culminated ir her death
as stated. The end came while
surrounded by tier loved ones,
husband, children, brothers and
sisters.
The sudden death of Mrs.
Hicks is another reminder of the
uucertainty of life and a striking
exemplification of the mysterious
dispensations of Providence. In
the prime of her matured wo
mahhood, happy in her domestic
relations and in the enjoyment
of perfect health, she had ever>
promise of a long and useful lift
before her.
Mrs. Hicks was a lady of commanding
and attractive personal
ity, charming manners and lovable
disposition. She possessed
an exalted typo of christian char
acter, and to know her was tc
admire the many noble traits
which were manifest in her dai
ly walk and conversation. Sh(
was fondly devoted to her husband
and children and was evei
solicitous for their welfare ani
happiness. Naturally warm
hearted and generous, she was
indeed a friend to the sick, th<
poor and the needy.
Mrs. Hicks's maiden name wm
Murgaret Elizabeth MacKorell
was a native of Blacksiock, thii
state, and was 42 years of age
She was a daughter of Mr. J. C
Mackoroll, now a resident o
NVinnsboro. She was twice mir
ried. Iler first husban w.-.s thi
. late II. Y. Milting, to whom slu
i was married Nov. 12, 1889, Mr
I Milling being at the time sherd
of Fairfield county. Mr. and Mrs
. Milling moved to Lancaster ii
1895, the husband dying her<
nome wine or ten vears a<rr? ?
- In June, 1900, the subject of thi
sketch was married to Capt. T
C. Hicks, the well-known aiu
t deservedly popular commercia
) traveler, who survives her.?
; Besides the broken hearted hu?
5 band, she leaves five childrec
three daughters and one son b
the first marriage, Misses Jessie
. Francina and Eslelle Milling an
' Master Raymond Milling, and
little son by the last marriage,
\fbster T. O. Ilickn, Jr. Mrs.
Hicks is also survived by tier
aj:ed father, Mr. J. C. Mackorell,
of Winnsboro, and the following *
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brothers and sisters: Messrs. II.
T orwl f e 11 -e i_ V
u. i?uu u, u. uinvKureiif ui l ornville;
Mr. J. B. Mackorell, of r
Lancaster; Mrs. P. R. Barford, 1
of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Pet *
Butler, of Yorkville. 8
The remains of Mrs. Hicks c
were laid to rest in West Side k
cemetery yesterday afternoon at s
3 o'clock, the funeral services be- 1
ing conducted by the Rev. Chal- *
mors Eraser, pastor of the Pres- *
byterlan church, of which she
was a member, and Dr. J. H. 1
Boldridge, of the First Baptist !
church. The following n anted ,
gentlemen acted as pall-bearers: 6
Messrs. W. C. Thomson, W. T. |
Gregory, J. T. Thomasson, W. P. 1
Bennett. W J Cunningham auu
A. R. Banks. (
Lancaster's School Facilities
Appreciated.
York ville Enquirer: Master Jef- 1
fervs Parish of Yorkville left for
Lancaster last Friday, his mother
having sent him over to get the
benefit of the school facilities of
that place- Lie will live with
hia brother, Mr. Berry Cauthi
en.
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Removed to Rock Hill.
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Kershaw special in the News
' aud Courier : Mrs. Anna Cauthen,
relict of the late James T.
5 Cauthen, left here yesterday for
Bock Hill, where she will make
' her home with her son. Mr. J.
Claude Cauthen. Her daughter,
" Mrs. Daisy Hasseltine, will foll
low in a lew days.
Two Killed from Ambush, j
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^ Midden, La., Jan. 12.?Dennis
Head ley and A'ec Thomas,
r uegroes, while hauling logs near
j AUentown, Bossier parish, yesT
terday were Bhot and killed by
persons concealed in the woods.
^ The assassins used both shotguns
aud ritleH. Parish officers are
( working on several clues.
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? "Dry" Charlotte Damp?
Abbeville Medium: Much has
' been publised ab>ut Charlotte Le
- ing a "dry" town. It has been said
? that the law has been enforced.
5 There are no saloons in the city
. but there a?e drug stores from
5 which whiskey can be bought on
i. a physician's prescription. The
a records show that since last July
> 18,787 prescriptions for whiskey
- i worn fiven out. The drnrr <?tnr#?n
s>
s get about $30,000 a year from
. this source and the physicians
i make about $18,000 a year for
,1 writing^prescriptions. The city
- gets no revenue.
\ The whiskey bought under
i, prescriptions is not the full quauv
tity consumed, for loads of all
5, kind3 of intoxicants are brought
d i to the city by railways and by
a wagons.
News in Brief.
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President Johnson, of Winhrop,
has invited the Logislaure
to vhit the college next Satirday.
. . .The Huguenot cotton
m.511 - / n ?! i -
inn 01 weeuviue lias gone imo
lie bauds of a receiver .. .O.K.
larvin, of Mantling, has received
i patent for a cotton picking mahine..
. . Hugh Ransom, col., of
Stanley county, N. C., committed
uicide by hanging himself with
i grape vine. . . . Mr. William H.
larrison was struck by a train
md killed at Salisbury, N. O.
. . . . W. E. Estes, a prominent
ailroad man of Savannah, Ga.,
,vas accidentally shot by his wife,
vhile handing h'm a revolver 1o
ihoot a supposed burglar in the
louse.... John Treoten, sport
ng editor of the Houston, Texas,
Port, was accidentally killed Sunday
in an auto race. . . . Between
30 and 75 persons were burned
;o dea h Monday night in an
>pera house at Boyertown, Va.
Acquitted of Murder, But
Fined a Dollar for Carrying
Concealed Weapon.
Laurens special in Sunday's
State: The jury in the case of
the State against John C. Jerry,
the young German farmer who
was placed on trial here yesterday
charged with the murder of
his brother, to-day returned a
verdict of not guilty as to murder,
but guilty of carrying con
cealed weapons.
After taking an oath in open
court that he, John C. Jerry,
would never again carry on his
person a concealed weapon for
any purpose, a fi.ie of $1 was
imposed and Jerry was released.
The iucideut has been freely
commented u^on as a very unusual
proceeding. Jerry's plea on
the murder charge was self defense,
the claim being made that
Frank Jerry, the deceased, was
making at the defendant with a
hoe when the fatal blow was
struck.
Conviction of Labor Solicitor
Chester Lantern: One Charles
Williams, colored, has been
given a sentence of $20 or 40
davs for aelicitiny labor inOolnmbia
for Catawba Falls. lie deuied
the whole charge, saying
that he had never been to Catawba
Falls, but witnesses testified
that he had offered them inducements
to take joba there.
Four Burned to Death.
New York. Jan. 11.?Four
! firemen went to their deaths tonight
when they responded to a
'fire that ruined the Parker build*
inp, a 12-story business structure
occupying the block between
i /11* ?%th t? f li o nil -
ur*?i ' *?vn 11 a11** in
streets on Fourth avenue. The
monetary Iosb was estimated tonight
at $1,500,000.
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