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. The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 I VOL. 3. NO. 32. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C? JANUARY 25. 1908 PIIICE- FIVE CENTS PER COPV. [Proceedings of the Legisla- [ ture?The Elections Wednesday. Columbia special in Charlotte Observer: The strong sentiment that prevails throughout the State against, the action of the Aiken county dispensary board in establishing a dispensary in the town of North Augusta against the wishes of that community, in order to hold the booze nozzle to tMoUityot Augusta, Cia., i4for revenue onlywas strikingly ro fleeted in the art ion of the House of Representatives this?morning in passing without a dissenting voice a resolution introduced by Representative Lane, of Georgetown, condemning the action o! the Aiken board as undemocra' tic and subversive to good gov ernment. Anothe* attempt to pass a marriage license law failed in the House today after a healed debate lasting about an hour. The bill was favored by members from counties having large cotton mill populations, where there is much marrying, and by Representatives of counties borritifv r?n Mnrfli ( u n/l Georgia, especially North Carolina. The bill was killed by a vote of 59 to 47, being opposed on the ground that it was a 6tep toward a divorce law, and would complicate proving marriage in civil cases. The House without a dis&enting voice passed; a very important bill by Mr. Nash, forbidding the employment ot minors without the consent of parents or ? " >rd. ians, but allowing such minors to make contracts for their services independent, of parents or guardians, where tho?e parents or jguardians do not provide homes for thorn. The bill is intended to prevent loafing fathers in manufacturing centres horn living off the wages of their children. 1-1 ? mr j unit nnr'OillUiy tJ.UC to-day were devoid of exciting incident. There was no oppnsi tion to Associate Jus'ico Eugene B. Gary, who was re-elected or the monotonous c * 11 of the rol ot (he two houses, the constitu tion requiiing this wheilier then i? opp sition or not. Miss L. il L?B rde, St tie librarian, win also 10 elected without opposi tion. ? Col. Robert Aldrich. ot Barn well, defeated Capt. Claude K Sawyer, of Ail<en, for judge o the second circuit, vice Jaim Aldrich, resigned, by a vote o 82 to 75. D B. l'nrifoy, ot Colleton wa reelected director of penitentiary but Representative B. F. Thom as, of Barnwell, defeated ex-Re presentative J. 0. VVingo, c Greenville. Representatives Job G Richards and C. 1). Man wero chosen trustees for Clemso College. Mr. Hardin was re elected. The Winthrop Colleg and South Carolina Universit trustees were re elected. IIa\ra you renewed your buI ecription for 1908 ? I Bill Before Congress to Extend Free Delivery Service to Towns. Washington special in the Co lumbia State: A bill to permit lhe establishment of city mail delivery service in towns whose postofficeB produce a gross revenue of not less than .$5,000 annually has been introduced in the senate by Senator Latimer This bill Senator Latimer introduced in the senate several years ago and the postmaster general has now recommended its.enact ment in his annual report. Another important provision of the bill introduced by Senator Latimer is that towns who*e postollices yield less than $5,000 shall be entitled to have the mail delivered by the rural delivery carriers. The idea is that in the small towns the rural de livery cairiers shall stop at al! those houses on their routes where letter boxes of the prescribed pattern are placed, n<> matter whether tire houses artinside the incorporated limits or not. At present tire II F. 1). carriers pass by all the houses inside the incorporated towns and deliver the mail to the first house outside, leaving the people inside the incorporated limits, no matter how far out these )ir? its extend, to go for their mail. Sumter Policeman Killed by Negro?Another Man Assaulted. Columbia, S. C., -Ian 22 ? Policeman W. A. Clyde, of Sumter, was fatally shot by a negro named Moses near Sumter last night, dying a few hours afterwards. Clyde went to Moses' . bouse for the purpose of arresting [ htm, the negro having been an escaped convict. The negro es, cxpeil. Lawrence Dubose, of the MochHnicsville section of Sumter , county, was murderously assftult? ed by a negro on the streets of Sumter late last night, his skull > being crushed with a brick. , The name ot the assailant is I not known, but 'wo suspects . have been arrested. The neerc ) is said to have run into Dubose on the sidewalk, resulting in ? .? difliculty. Th^Whiskey Business of the State. 1 1 The annual report of Mr. W. B s; West, the dispensary auditor ri . . - 1 ' j iIiowm thai during t he lad t w?4vt I months the liquor business n Soul h Carolina brought in ?2,691 I 663 43, of which amount $695, 056 61 wan not profit,or a pvofit o 35 per o?nt on the business o '' selling intoxicants un ler th II authority of the State. Durinj M the month of December the gros " sales of the county dispensers ii twenty-four counties aggregatei e $431,052 48. The sales durin, v the la?t quarter in those sarn twenty four counties aggregate " $1,150.719 86. showini? a nrofi of $314, 160 05. Brown=McIntyre. The Brilliant Marriage in Marion of Dr. R. C. Brown and Miss Daisie V. Mcln tyre?The Elegant Reception in Lancaster. One of the most brilliant weddings of the season was the marriage in Marion Wednesday afternoon of Dr. It, C. Brown, th( prominent young physician o Lancaster, and Miss Daisie V Mclntyre, the highly accomplished and attractive daughter ot Mr and Mrs. Douglas Mclntyre, o Marion. The ceremony was per formed at 5 o'clock in the Metli odist church , Dr. E O. Wa'soi and the Itev. Mr. Wells officiat ing. The interior of the edifici was beautijully decorated wit! evergreen and dowers lor the o casion, and the solemn nuptial were witnessed hy a large assent blage of ladies and gentlemen ? Among the u hers v ore Di Hamilton and Dr. Casque. o Marion. The grooaiainen wer Mr. Leroy Davidson, ot Camden Dr. Carl Foster, of Timmonsville best man; Mr. J. H. Wither cnann nf I nnf:islpr \T Tnli i T. Stevens, ol Kershaw; Mr. D M. Jones and Mr. J, Foste Moore, of Lancaster. Bride? maids: The Misses Mullins, Mrs Davis, dame of honor, Miss Mont uomery, of Marion; Miss Florenc Brown, of BishopviMe, sister c the groom; Miss Condor, of New hem, N. C. Tho bride was e^ quisitely lovely in an ele^aii white tilk costume trimmed wit lace. The bridal parly left Mario at f?.'20 p. m. for Colunilm where tho night was spent, an arrived in Lancaster Thursda afternoon on the Southern's 3 1 t rain. An elaborate reception wj given I)r. Brown and his charn , ing bride Thursday evening { the spacious home on Mainstrei of Mr. and Mrs. \V. Mel) Browi parents of the groom. Tho cu turod hostess was assisted in r ceiving the guests by Mrs. Harry Foster, Miss Florent Brown, Mrs. lv'uttz, of Cheslei I and Mrs. Stewart Heath. T1 I punch howl was preside! ov by Miss Ida L^e 11.11 and Mi Ju\nita Wylie. Delicious r fio.lim -nts were serve ! duri the evening. About < . u hu dred and liftv guests n re pn , ent, making one r/ 'he large B and most thoroughly enjoy a! ? social gat hen litis wi'hin f lie hi . tory of Lancaster. We hope to be able fo obta f from the society columns of t f daily papers tomorrow fuller i o ports of the marriage and reci g tion for republication in o 9 next issue. n d ?Mrs. Jane Fincher, motl g of Mrs. W. T. Rone of Waxh e and Mr. J. II. Fincher of Gnor d S. 0., died suddenly on the 13 it while visiting the latter at Oi ree.?Monroe Journal. ! Arrests of Other Ex-Officials of the Dispensary. Columbia JState : It is probui ble that something will happen quite shortly in the matter oi 'be j arrests ol the former dispensary oiiiciais Joe is. Wylie of Chester, a former director, one of the ones removed from otlice by Gov Ansel, was brought to Columbia yesterday by a deputy sheriif o Chester county and gave bond it the sum of $10,000. % ( L. W. Bovkin of Kershaw county came ovor yesterday in company with Mr C. J. Sliannoi and Capt. B. 11. Boy kin, an< J gave bond. Mr. B ii. Boykin himself once a member ol th< State dispensary board, an nounced that his brother ha< nothing to say for publication. 0 1 Double Tragedy in a New York Department Store s Woman Kills man an( Herself. New York, Jan. 23?Sweej I ing through tin crowded restau e rant, which lakes tip tiie eight r lloor of Macv's department store and into Hie gentlemen's cate K day, a tall, stylishly-dressed wc a man bent tor a moment over th shoulder of ? diner, whispere something in his ear, and the . drawing a revolver trora he muff emptied the contents of th . five chambers into his body. A the victim, Frank Brady, newi r paper advertising solicitor, sii{ pod lifeless to the floor the w( man flanjr the weapon from hi j and taking a second revolve l( from her muff, shot herself fin in the head and then twice in '1 breast. She died half an hoi II i later. A note found in the woman purse proved her to be Mrs. Ma V * * Roberts (Hark, a manicurist, ll widow of a police ollieer and ste mother of a fi year-old so 4S Raymond. Brady was 30 yen old and the sole support of helpless, aged mother, lor who he had made a home. I11 - . - Boy Burns Barn Becau y Mother Wouldn't Tal Him to Church. :e r? Union special in Columbia St:tt ?\ remark tdo install'.o oi t ''r s? nous matteis I bat. can Joil< a-< a chi d'a out jurst ot temper, l'~ report''.! today as having occi red in tins * > tinly near Stmt n- ye<terd >y. From tit st rv as told, it a st p ars that because a Utile 4 vet >1" old negro bov who.-o mot! is* would not r *ss him in liis b suit of clothes and lake liini in cliurch with her, the hoy bee n he so enraged that after his motl re- had gone away from home, in >p- spir't ot anger set lire to a lai iir barn and completely destroy it with all its contents. The boy's father's name icr Andy Hamilton and lives on 1 aw T. B. Bales' place near Sant /\ 1 #. %/] 1 Itn at/wtr #lwtf I li a <1 i r null IIICJ HUM j i/inn uic wit th,'cause of the burning was duo 10* the boy's anger, was vouched by several responsible persons i A. R. P. Parsonage Burned- Narrow Escape of Pastor | and Wife. i Prosperity cor. Newberry News and Herald: This raorniu*_r about two o'clock the town was aroused by the continued blowing of the whistle at the oil mill. The peoplt felt that 1 something was wrong and it was soon learned that there was fire. 1 The A. R. P. parsonage was on tire. The Rev. I S and Mr?. Caldwell wero aroused by U?e rouriliir nf I Iwi f, w i no uitiiiun, i noj ^ barely escaped from the burning buil ling with 'hjir lives, not bo' ing able to save any of Iheir household g<>o Is. The church ha 1 insurance en the parsonage I of $1,000. Mr. Caldwell's lo-s was entire, no' h ving any insurance. Loss on building $1,500; insurance. $1 000. ^ Mr. Caldwell's is at least $1, 000. It is -upposed that the fire started trom a defective flue in " the t-tove room, h News in Brief. iThe Hchoo building at 1'ilot 0 "J Mountain, N. C , was burned Wednesday night., caused, it is II thought, by a defective flue.... r John S'oke9, a negro convict, e was shot and killed by a guard lS ... while trying to escaoe. near 9- ^ ' Asheville, N. 0 Allen Emerson, who was sentenced to serve a life sentence in the penitentiary for killing Thomas F. Drake on August 11,1906, and who escaped from the Anderson countv iaii at 10 an earlv hour on the morning of ir August 21, 1907, has surrendered and is now in the state penitentiary at Columbia. . . .After robrv bing a store in Iiatt'esburg, Mi-s., burglars set the building on fire, ^ causing it and several others to be destroyed. Loss about $50.000 James Canada, Southern Railway employee, was killed by a passenger train in Asheville, N. C Dennis llall, of Houston, Texas, Thursday eh >t Se and killed T. Jones, 11 n oil field employe whom Hall accused of having insulte 1 his sifter. N >twithstanding that Joi ^ dote: j|t? nied the charge, II ?il fired r p > i!'- 11 y at 2-1 ies who ' body rid 11,d w h b 1'ef S aat. 1 B R. Ti ',:i a i.i n ' ' o-s trbelore tin Soutn Carol'ni Ui;iuc jeral A sembl , Thursday idght, . ^ 'aivocated he repeal of the iifte n h amendment and the en11 "r I ^ couracoinent of <?e-ir?b!e itnmier! ( gration as a moans to oils as , he ^aid, inevitable tieg- > domina to ' lion in the State* in which the me bLcks predominate. . Bahimora UJI a had a $500,000 lire yesterday , moriiing 'Three firemen were kill. ' ^ i ' rei 61 :ian<* many injured. . .Fourteen persona were poisoned in Campjs bo 1!town. N. C., by eating sausa^e, liver-pudding and souse uc I .... Iu a collision on lha Sonthect 1 am ne^r Columbia Thursday to I Fireman P. I> Klaazar wa< killforled and Engineer Minifee[perh?r>s ; fatally injured....