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r | M HR 1 f.AWr "A<rr TTP 1 M T7YY7 "Q VOL. 3. NO. LANCAi 41. SEMI-WEEKLY. ITER'S CONFU LEDGER 1852 LANGi L6RATI0N REVIEW 1878 E] VSTER, S. C., FEBRUAE ndflomo brick structure, lot r nnn . ; ? MTERPRISE 1891 IY 26, 1908. ,8| VDkmmjr a L 't .L-i W PRICE 5 CENT IT CI ATTmrmn *r r u 'S PER COPY Most Disastrous Town's Histoi Saturday Nigh ory-Hood Se Fire Within Methodist p *y Occurred west of the it?TheGreg- dence of Mr lies Stables paraonc rit t-? ? flirt rrrautnot in M Met) araouage, a few feet danai church, and the resi- cove J. L. Poag, next to ige, were Baved with ? _ J. F. ",vvw , iu?ur?iiCP, oore <fc Williams agency, lodist parsonage, estimate age, fully $500, which i rsd by insurance in sam cy. >sidence and furniture of Di , Mackev. Iohh ?hnnt nnn fy limuiiiii u d B Berry B. Mobley, of K? Shot and Killed by W elsh, of Same at Pleasant Hill ft ) a DVUIiiiiJifl . :rshaw, been held at th Grover term cf court. SSR 11 is 8aid that n I'KAIJN 0 approaching o words were anu winer 01 . ings, Method Dr. Mackey'i Ledger Office, Co.'s Furnitur and Other Va perty Destro, < ineir fcsuiia- ? list Church, ly the Par8C D . - saved by ( s Residence, .. J ' mm , p Messrs. G< , Mackey <fc Jame9 Be<, eWarehouse other8 who iluable Pro- buckets of :d-A Num. flames. Mr viiuicUi?<yiP?rUCUiar" itlBUl inaKe. The latter was or(jp( ,he heroic work of ^ >orge Payt?eur and h()Ug kbam, assisted by ^ Q( supplied them with water to fight the rjj PavRooi* #n(t , YX^/VV/ ance, $2,000, in M. S. With >on agency. ie J. F. Mackey & Co. ware e and furniture, loss abou 30; inpurauce, $2,000, ii erapoon agency, e Ledger _ building. los? ' Night. Another deplorable _ was enacted in this cotin t day night. Mr. Berry B. n ol Kershaw, who was des] wounded in the memoral . cultv in that town ins j passed between tl eral shots were fin tragedy bullets striking M ty Mon- instant death. It Mobley, ed that Mobley ha perately that one of the < Me difli- found to be ernp t. liofrirc* wou f nlrAv. r?? le men. Sevad, two or three obley, causing is also roportd a pistol and chambers was ty. His body ber of Mules Perished in thi After enjoying ii a Rerious fire for bo caster was on lastfci visited by tho in( con til aeration with and Horses Beckham w< e Flaifies. and notwitli sity of the nmunity from w danger to w me time, Lanlaturday night 'Un'ly, ex''? .. . battled wit )8t disastrous . , llames with III Ml f> f.f? IA7 H Q I are on the building, a^r,u I)q standing the inlenheat and the great a^()U hich they were con- 'nPUI sed,they persistently anc* h tlie encroaching a degree ol heroism (*onc< t $800; no insurance, image to I'oag residenc* t $500, which is covered b' ance in Moore & William iVithorspoon agencies, mage to the Springs resi 9 ip also covered by insur 4 Christmas, in which tw< B men, Thomas Ci v burn an f Welsh, h)9t their liv^s v ? and instantly killed on tin em's northbound passeng _ Monday night, jiiot as tl _ was slowing up at L'leasai - -V1VI v I " l*vj IIU&OU I I U 111 > young Pleasant. Hill, for id Sieve an inquest. It is Viis shot the inquest was li 3 South- but owing to the t er train ant Hill could not he train caled with by pin nt Ilill. the result nt d>n i fie train at the holding of presumed that teld yesterday, act that Pleasbe communique yesterday, history. At 7 :5l lirst alarm was f less than two ho mately fifty thou worth of property and damaged. Tl in rear of the mami o'clock i he r"elyexl'i,'i iiven and in r,-ll,srs- 1 are approxi the P^onaf leand dollars' tin,es was destroyed m?" 3UCCeei1 .e lire started the ll"ueB' noth sales sta The ''leSn 'ted by amateur lire- ance' ^ number ol times ?e was afire, but as tlla-v those (wo fearless 110 in ed in extinguishing ^?' of mi .nt residence of Col. surtu in Witherspoon agency. 68 of Cotton Mil's store horse burned, about $250 surauce. 88 Cotton 01 company, paii ilea burned, about $500; inice, $400 in VVitherspooi by Mr. Grover Welsh, Kersh i\v, brot her of t . Steve Welsh. The parti passengers on tneir way r caster. Mr. Mobley beina; . pany with his uncle, M , Robertson, o! Oakhurst, $ also ol not known at this ho lato the same reason t es were of tho homicide cc to Lan- tained. in com- After the shooti r. Z. L. came on to Lanes mil Mr. untarilv surrender " * UOligHblOIl IS wiitimr. For 'ill particulars ?u.!d i*ijt bo obnp Mr. Welsh ister and volerl. Ha 1-3 n r\ttr ble8 ot Gregory?Uo Co., on Gay and (_ and when first di but a smalljbluze. building being of upper stories filled vender the llames .od Live Stock LoroySprin, 'atawba Sts., 9treet' wa" ' scovered was l>ut was sav The immense The roof 01 1 Irame and the hftnd90me " with dry pro- buillli"K. ? spread w.ll,|an<1Gay 8tr *s, just acre o the af;en< u imminent danger, ed by hard work. et* 'le )r. J. F. Mackey's tur?' ew two-etory brick reHld( the corner of Main cover eets, caught on fire ^ ;yh. M- R McCarloll sustainavy damage to hor furniwhich was removed trom jnce, but the loss is nol ed by inauiance. e Funderburk Pharmacy : i .4 ? * * Welsh with hi-? uncle, lloi . Clyburn. of 11 aile Gold . Mr. Mobley was coining ; consult with his attorne l 11. E. Wylie, about his I the charge of the rau T Steve Welsh, which was 1 n.W.U. in jail. Mine. Mr. Mobley was i here to \V. C. Mobley, of y, Mr. was about 32 3 trial on leaves a widow, \\ rdor of ter of the late Fr o have and five children. i son of Mr. Lancaster, and ears old. He dio is a daughank Johnson, sturtling rapidity, entire structure wa were about 50 het and mules in the st and by streuuous e of them were rescui act number of amm and soon the 8everal ,,m< 8 afire. There *er0 PromPt id of horses of hands 0I> alls and pens, fact-??veral flTort about 30 enl Parts of ed. The ex flre hy Brei" ale burned is wind< but th I rr n v f t it mil-. 1. 5?, but the llames u ily put out by a force ^alter the building. In were buildings in differ- '',ou? town were set on erec^ rands blown by th6 ^^ e dames were quick- ln6 v ? ,1 i . i nl sr? f. mg nuu siock oi gooua, tb< having been removed badly damaged, but it it ;ht that the losses are cov by insurance. e J. F. Mackey Co. buildtaa aho damaged, as wat ho l?r.i?noof ^ 1 1 > = ~~ ? . Several Killed at the I i Railroad Crossing Spring Valley, N. Y. I ?A foam-flecked pair o that tore through the stre 5 ly to day dragging betwee Deadly Pleasant H ? Mr. S. Beckham ?eb. 23. Mr. F. H. Beckhai f horses the former's daugl ets ear- Nisbet, of Jackson iu them Mr vr r? ill Items. , Sr. and eon, ti, are visiting iter, Mrs. J. D. ham section. not yet known,as so casses were buried aud it is thought th may have escaped t when the doors ' open. Several of mules were terribly J!_ rr\t me of the car v? . it)K them, in the ruins, V, , . , fortunate! at a few head ^ , comparative o ihe country 1 .. strong wind were thrown . thirds of the the rescued , . , . | burned. Du ' burned and , , I ot the firo ai ou uy persons waicn occup y, the night was flon, H \y calm, llad a wh'el; been blowing two- *'1( town would have was 1 ring the progress ? ^ *}y \ offnrf VVher ? v/ Kiuiua uuilUlllg, >ied by Clyburn and Robiund the latter'a stock, all of i is covered by insurance. ) only casualty reported he personal injury sustainMr. W. J. Cunningham. 1 one of thfl wall* r?f f \\a on r a splintered wagon pole I to the village the first ne grade crossing accident ii 9 members of prominent lies were either killed o or frightfully injureu The runaways bro -'it 4.?. XJ, XVU brought Thursday last in K ws of a m,. J 3# Clout: i which modating section 1 tanii- Southern Hail H( utright been stationed at some lime, will n up at |iimiiv t<> 1i ueri,Hon spent ershaw. z, the accomforeman of the >ad, who has this place for love with his ! A l_ m i iimy uie. i nore \vj anco on live stock. r brick carriage, bug? repository adjacent and stables was aU< not before a nuinbo were removed. The nf t tin f I I i9 no insur-L y Mayor H? riie two-story I fire d< ;y and wttRonl)Ver ^ere in i to the barns cfiecki j burned, but I. iloddey, t r of v-hides Lr!ie force w i harness shop j come when 1 j r\- - v"",v IT MO iua^u Jghee to have Rock "aSe apartment brought l^r? ( i special train to as knocl ng the 11 ames. May- was P )f that city, with a ^ai ere in readiness to three Mayor Iluirhes nn:i ting t ropoaitory feli a brick struck Cunningham on the knee, :ing him down. The wound ainful but not aerious. jcaster's new-oomers, the Syrians who are conduci fruit store in ihe Davis the livery stable of George from whom ili?y had beet the night before to a pt men and girls to a bas game at Nvach. Katurni the early hours of to-di wagon load ot inerrymakt vw U?IJ Young people of our comi i hired very?much to lose irty of he Leing a good i ketball citizen. 11 S *n Mro. R L Orens x7 the> ren ot lleatli Sprit ?rg wan M- ? a W06K. 1110 naunitv jjrepret Mr. Clontz, nan and a fine haw and childtss visiled her o t* . V' I" V 0U J?UUl the same lot,at the and Catawba street* close proximity tc was of course desfrr The flames leapet JSt. and set on fire 1J flv'n lir>r? unit >u ^o. on tne , iied them no corner ofGay , found that th i,owing to ith it A . . wai not Hiitiii > the stables, . , tor use bv a I >ved. , . ? While Lan I across Gay T.J.F. Mack- ,|U"'? ",e""8 ing depeuddi t to do so, as it was buildi 16 water supply here *n fig 3i?nt nor available ill fire engine. helpe icaster has no ade- fi-ht of fighting fire, be def fit, as was the case ance ! ing, rondered valuable aid liting the llames. ose colored people who d their white neighbors to tiro and to remove proporiervo credit for the assistgiven by them. ruu down at a Weal Nyac1' ing by an Ontario & West press train. Four of the j were instantly killed, tw while being removed to t h son county hospital at lie N. J., and the other thre t cross- I ?im ly ;ern ex Ilam' t,ie Pa*t wee party ^r- M. L- Backh o died ^U8trious agent tor e II uJ ^l G insurance (Jo. iboken, l?Jk;t Saturday to o lio in ' lark, ot Heath Sj umAn.^;.^ d..wk ITS. O. liecKk. am, the "lithe New York , delivered o'? Mrs. Beauuie )rinc:s, checks AA I . ? ba St., on the west, the oM Lancaster owned by Mr. T. S Irom the latter I (ire was com muni Methodist church distant, all nt whi< ?V/iunautl( ilW* a , . . Saturday n ami ignited ,, , . , , wells and bu Ledger ofliue. ? ' 'of nolo horo i . Carter, and , .... , and I he othe juilding the now council cated to l lie . , consideratior , a few feet . . . . .. tabliHhment [' I 111 1 1 I / I 1 v> ir u I iglit, on ordinary ''lt: ckots, it is worthy knowi that Mayor Hughes . r members of the ie have now under ^0I i a plan for tlie es ^e'nr of water-works. A ^'lv ' j origin ol ti e 'ire is not n. :st Murdered at .Altar. iver, Feb. 23.?K.tihur Leo iclis svas sbot and killed toy Alio Lfiu-?'pj?e. an avow ' !1 s riwus COUfllllOn HC t'Ul tution to-night. Want Butler Elect Chester sptc al in The i The whole brigade of Choe Jerans and numerous othei t in-ti- "" """" s iu 'T^.u amount carried by b ind, Oscar W. ( ecj company. Slate- toi-'B Jessie Beel teryel '"s rel'"'tes L' ' *'"d ? <j<?, ooirsir iho her late huaJlark, iu the sham is viaitr:ca--t<jr. Citizen. wo! e consumed, managed to shvo furniture. A wart of the barns and si; ion to J. F. Mac which was tilled v. j was also burned, as ... parly was en Dr. Maokey i make a surv< much of *liM 1 tl\e view of V house north I W()Tjcs Bybter thlcs belong-\ expected, to i key & ^?*?lwork. ith lurniturojj ^iie losses well as the i ?aned r<jcontly t > jy of the town with >uttin?s in a water- Ulr> O) and ho is daily ' '' < . Kle ve irnve hero to do the j ' j Kneel Saturday night and| VOen Ik. I 1 Iwi arcnisi ana priest-hator, the priost was administer 0 sacrament at early mass in izabetli's Catholic church, nth and Curtis streetR. ling at t lie altar rail, be 1 two men, Giuseppe press - -1 - I citizens request that the 1 ture confer upon Gen. M.1 ler the deserved distinc' election to the unexpired Senator*Latin.er. This, th isan opportune time to this eminent soldier and c eicisla- | ah 0. But-I ^ ion o? ?yster Supper s * term of Kershaw special ey say, and Courier: The honor P?r given by tin ivilian. Society, for the b >o z-un. it Kershaw." in The News ) ovtler aup3 Ladies' Aid eneiit ot I he greater part of t Mackey (>o., also furniture stored in office, which was ) The files of the old tending over a peri years, were dest - i insurance as ho contenla. I tftinoli ar0 as i had a lot ot ij0ss of CI tho Lodger j)any, in bui ikewiao lost. i,lc]udinK liv Ledger, ex- oOU; insura tod of many Moore & VVil royed. The! Methodist far as can b?3 ascor- ' follows : tho b( regory-IIood Coin M'ivir Idinga and contents, (itl v" o stock, about $30- tbr?u nee, (13,075, in the "My liams agency. l-oo h church, which was 1 died. ? uiuAMr ui iUU\ Ul vora^tUDHi Dtly ot tlio prioi-t, alter retglrom him tho cotnecraliior, and shot the priest gli tlio heart. Exclaiming (io'l, .My God," Father >11 prono in (ho altar and Mr. Lester Robi(180(1, v beon undergoing treatmec St. Peter's Hospital in Cli returned to Lancaster ye< much improved in liealth. c 'lit. . kt L'rosbyterian Uhur rho lias repairs ot church it at the last evening was arlotte, well as a social sue iterday wera served in e\ the young ladies i ? and the amount of oh, or lor the and manse, a financial as oess. Oysters rery style by af the church I ho net pro . I ouu-unuu n>r i no i>ew.* j ceeas was very grai buying.