The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 07, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. 3. N
Awful Calast
170 Childi
Death in S<
Cleveland, t
ned in narrow I
up against dooi
ed inward, bet
children in the
Collinwood to-d
fife, by smoke
grinding heels
stricken pla\ mi
The awful 1
this morning in
of North Colli
east of this cit
to-night 105 co
morguo at Colli
ren wore still
and all the lios
tor two milts i
Members of cliil
ai d many less
All of the
tween the ages
The school coi
310 ard 325 p
entire number <
are known to hi
ing unhurt. It
days before the
killed is known
still contain o'l
the list of fatali
creased by a nu
among the chiU
lyiii'y in the ho
between life am
The schoolho
two c^oriesand {
The number of
than normally
smaller childrei
ed in the upp
building. Ther
fire escape and
rear of the b
were two
I leading to a do
the other to a di
15011) ol tllGFe d
ward, and it is
(foor was locked
The fire carm
When the chile
toot of the stair
tlames close upc
swift a rush wat
door that in an
packed mass o
piled up auainsl
second none of
upon any port
flight of stairs 1
their lives. Th
foot ot the stai
fijiht iheir way
above, while
coming down sh<
cilesslv back in'
low. In an ins
frightful panic
dred of the p?]
their lives. Wo
wero killed died
er pari of thos
managed to tun
ed the lire e^caj
(lows in the rear
Miss Cathorii
t'no nine teachei
lost her life in
marshal the j?u]
"T" and lead thorn
died in the cru
door. Ikr roon
ond lloor and
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i rx Maadl E^wirs1*^n^j
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0. 44. SEMI-WEEKLY.
rophe in Ohio -! nla'm ' an do-i i
en Burned to i ul> i?\> t! t? .
:hool Building. Jl firedrd!. The
. ... _ Idawiud upon both t
), Mill 5 ?IVu- 1
.. . , and pupil.-) and eon?:
hallways, jammed ,,,,
.. / lli? children in t!
s lliat only or on , , .
plunged into the stn
ween 160 and I < 0 , , , ,
. , , v, .. ahead of I hem. Mis
suburb of iNorih . ,
. . ... , , tempted io stem thi
lay wore killed DV ,
. . , went down under it a
and beneath the . ,
.* * was found an hour
ot their panicliiuh
with those of lie
ites.
, . Miss Fiak, anotl
tragedy occurred , .
.. ,. , , was taken out alive I
the puplic school ,.
, 1A .. not live,
nwood, 10 nnles . ,
w , , , Burning through
y. At 10 o'clock . , , ?
. supports of the first
rpses were in the
, . ... flames passed upwi
Lrwood, six chdd (1 nl t 1 ^ .
, . 'lnuw uuura uraeiieu i]
unaccounted for
. , , . doring pile into the 1
pualft and houses
iround contained
i ,, ( , n Old Dispute Over .
dren,some 1 a l a 11 y ^ w
seriously injured. Ends in a Kill
victims wore be* Lamar,
of G and 15 years. Lamar special in
ntained between and Courier: This
upila, and ot this about 4 o'clock J.
mly about eighty shot and instantly k
aye left the build- Randolph about two
will be several here. Roth parties
exact utimber of It appears that troul
l as the ruins may Liewing between I
lier bodies, and Randolph for several
ties may be in- a laud line. While
mber of deaths rows in his field toda
lren who are now who is a quiet and
spitals hovering man, was placing a
d death. when Parnell appro
use wasof brick, the side, and, taking
in attic in height, aim with a breech-h
pupils was more gun, fired at Kane
large, and the entire load entered t
i had been plac- face. Killing him
er part of the Parnell wont to his
e was but one getting his cout lie
that was in the 'he gun with him.
uiilding. There ties of Sheriff (Black1
ftairways, one their way here and
or in front, and being formed to hunt
uor ie the rear, slayer. A lynching
loors opened in- Parnell is captured
claimed the rear officers arrive. Han
[ as well. about 45 years old a:
> from a furnace. wife and three srna
Iren reached the Darnell is a man of
s they found the y?ars* tragedy
>n them, and so ne89ed David Pat
i made for the - ? -
ii.slant a tightly Narrow Escape of
f children was Student.
I it. From II,at SparlaIlburK hpecin
Ihose who were dav,g Charlotte Ob
ion Of the first the re<ull ?f a bjg ,
>ad n chance lor tincture of iodine ,ak.
o children at the Mlaa JalmilR
re attempted t<> pretty and attractive
hack to the floor ()y ()f Converse C(
those who were ?1;lde 8erious|y HI ,
?vod them n>er-:UraeUwa8fearell|hll
o the "'"nea 'Hd.o, as the result of h,
lant there was a j|he dtuft A phy.ici.
will, two h.m-|tjiy 911mmonea a?d H
oils h-l'iing lor; Hcrtos wero administc
st fit whit , - - - - -
~ t^r hard work with h<
hero. 1 he ureal- pronounced to~Lo out
e who escaped Alig8 Farmer had b
1 back and reach- jroin a severe co
and the win | taking a mixture tin
prescribed lor her.
re Weiler, one of she got hold of a bot
s in the schoo:, in,? iodine and pourt
n 1
a vain eirort tolerable quau?ity in a
pils ol her class drank it.
to safety. She
irth at the rear Mr. Oeorgo Iloath,
i was on the sec- Heath Supply cotnp
when the fire shaw, was in town 1
p,
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:-ER .1852 REVIEW l"s
LANCASTER^ S. C? 1
ir.nrcli.Hl her Georgia Farmer
i.k - i war .Murdered and
.ro ti.o truti! | Knocked in He
ne teacher Axe
rol \va* lost.
Iieir tronzy | Hawkin vilJo, G
iggling mass! ^ terrible mui'.!er
is Weiler Ht t,lis co,mtr>' to-day mid
a rush but!Becti01; 01 the comty ,
mil her body i PirH' Ga ? is wil1 wi
later pile'l: nieut? ?ver 1,000 peoj
?r pupils. gathered at the scene c
l?er teacher, ^uct at daylight
^it she can- ing somo Per8?" or P
tacked Mr. Warren I
the cross wtmt ?'a to ,eetl ]?3 ?t<
.. .. ing his head to a iellj
; tloor, the ... . , r,
i ?-i 11 him instantly. I
ird until all b . f
, to the kitchen when
ato a snioulwas
preparing break ft
maement. , , /
tacked her with an ax
T her for dead. She wtv.
an me floor wit h a f irk in
ing Near an(j ^er breakfast bn
cr ip. She is now ba
the New- Liie object of the plot
afternoon dor them is supposei
S. Parnell been for robbery, as
illod Robert about $1,000 in tbe bo
miles from tho murderers failed to
are white. Tbe report reaches 1
>le lias been two negroes have b?er
'arnoil and and it is believed tliey
years oyer assassins. A lynchin
laying oil at any moment.
\y Randolph Mr. and Mrs. Mart \
well liked 65 years old and are
guide stake spected citizen?. Tiio
ached from the section are wroug
; deliberate frenzy,
oading shot
lolph. The Georgians Avengr.
he neck and jyjr> an(j jyj
instantly. ren Hart
house, and
d, carrying UawkinsviUe, Ga..
Two depu-l?* wu negroes, uurry
well aro on a,1(* J?kn Henry, were
a posse is t0*day near here and t
down the eH burned. They
were
is feared ii with the murder ol Mr
before tho Warren Llart.
dolph was ^ne fcbe negroes
nd loaves a 'be crime aud said (
11 children. wa8 robbery,
about fifty Mr* Hart had been
was wif- result of a blow on
11, a negro. aPPareDlb' made by an
Hart was seriously b<
Converse "8'/0u?d nno?n'?l00*
Wednesday night with
ing recovered conscious
1 investor
sorver: As
swallow of Sharp Coll?q^y m 1
?n by mis- Tlllman on Bucket
Farmer, a Washington, March 4
young la- ly colloquy hot ween
>llege, was Aldnch and Tillman I
and at one to-day when the South
t she would Senator attempted to
?ving*takon resolution culling on t
in was has- 'roller of the (,'urrenc
trong anti nish a detailed sfa'ctn
red and af- loans made by nationa
>r sho was Nov; York upon collat
- of danger. r'ty during the mx ino
een sulfer- June 1 to December
Id and was j Mr' Aldri'h sug-ested
it. hail b*en drawn the, rnea.-ure li
By mistake ol'jectionaM f at tires,
tlo contain Td'man dom
>d a consid- I know tBe objections t<
glass and olution. Mr. Aldricti
that the chiel objection
ing for the names ol t
manager of making loans,
any of Ker- Mr. Tillman said he
Wednesday, wunt to fo into priviU
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ENTERPRISE J8'>:
IARCII 7, 1908. PRICE
Brutally t*i ' Initi os, but morelv wuited to McMai
His Wife -er !lt f!"- ' ?-o.c r 11 s o-m. surs
'3cl with inbin:* ail I tin* lofliuuij of
1 C ' u 'I
tund ; ot (b poiitors lor stock gum- } .
March 4. b"S?rrW8- , , . , a'yMcM
Mr. lA-puw ?aiu what was u >ne , ,
shocked VT v , , . . elected
, jin New York was done elsewhere ; .
1 the whole, , . . I tins ulte
'ami trie nquiry might be ex*' .
near Lm- , . . . . first to I
tended tc oilier places. , . ,
th excite- . ... I which c
. . <k13ut, shouted Mr. itllmtii.
lie being .. . 0. . . , , . I per yeai
? "most Mates have cms d their ,
if the tra- . , . , , v. v . , at the p
bucket shops and .Now i irk has , .
this morn- . , . ., . . . , ^ , oral Ass
not stmt its hig bucket shop or .
cr.sons at- , .. , . the coi
gambling ht use that l* swallow- . , ._
lart as he . , , ,, ? with a 1
ing up the little fellows.
>ck, crush- . c, ,. .. ... i surance
, 4,feouth Carolina would be the
am kii - ^rg(. t<) fll,jfor the New York . 1 f vo %e
T/nt exchanges closed," said Mr. Do I or_*J
Mrs. llart . , . . . , . .. I with ne1
pew. "and her industrial instiist
am at ^u^jon8 would feel the olfec? of a C,p
' l?av^nti loss ot credit if she is hampered."
i found on . . . XT xr i been qi
1 Dave never known NewYorlc is
her hand , . e . . were a 1
supplying monev from disinter* ,
rned to a ' ,* ? , , , dates, al
ested motives," retorted Mr.
rely alive. ,, ,, , ly J?t w
J lillman. i'Wfi pay for every- .
to mur- , . ? friends,
thing we get.
1 to have ' olecb
they liad x . . 4-, . ^fr. M
ue, which AsSaSSInatl0n of a Pr0mi" hcstkr.0
. limi. nent Georgia Farmer. v..?n* m
I, . 1. _ . I .11. ' ' - ; 1
is. io uiiu n.ik,*:,special in ineAt- I na'tve o
1 arrested, lanta Journal ; W. A. Alii- uale of t
are tlie a promino.it farmer living lege and
g is feared near Mountville, was shot an'1 from lha
killed between 7 and 8 o'clock onetime
vere about Saturday niglit. a tor F. I
highly re- Mr Allison had been in La lumhia ]
people of Cjrange Saturday, making a newspaf
hi up to a number of purchases while here. bin. As
lie was shot in the back with Chariest
a shot-gun, while in his corn made an
Ihe Mur- cr'bj and also twice with a pis- al years
rs. War- t,,!- ,ion m:"
Mr. Allison made a dying which p<
statement, it is paid, that his good wo
March 5. brother-in-law, Jesse White, had position.
Robertson hilled him. It is known that 'j
) lynched there had been trouble between u
iiouce 'J
heir bodi- the two men tor some jnie. has alwa
charged White has been placed under ar- terest in
. and Mrs. rest.
The dead man was about lor- Darling
confessed jy seven years of ago, and was '
lie motive unmarried. White is near the j Darlin
same age and has family. Both day's S
killed as parties have been quiet and woll tonight i
the head, respected citizeus of that sec morning
axe. Mrs. tion of Troup county. trial o
eaten and Allison, the dead man, had charged
, She died many friends throughout the Furnian
lout h iv County. A few years ago he returned
mess. went to Texas, where he acquir- shortly i
ed considerable property, re- sentence
Senate-- turning a year or two ago to jir?t Frit]
Shops. t,iis col,nt> ' Wylie
^ j. ^ ? ?. - ? - dentally
"senaton. I-.ad Kills His Father. ^dues<
ook place Wilson, N C. special in yes r"
Carolina terday's Charlotte Observer: .
, . * , . , . Whiske
j. his Last night a few mil- s from
ho Camp- Wilson, Cad Page, a white far- A-do \
> to fur- rner, wua killed by his 16 '> "
cut of all year-old 9011 to prevent the for- *u *
1 banks in Iru?r tronn killing liis own wife. !T1
oral 8ecu- 1'age, thd elder, went home drunk ,t'
iiiiis from af d commenced abusing his nuO.or.z
1, 100Y. wife, linally threatening to kill ''' P 11 '
that as |,or> and secured his pistol To ' r n"n
ad raan\ | the meantime young Page se- ,,n hot v.
I v
cureo a ana won! to hi - 11,1,1 11 (
anded t?? mother'a rescue, shooting ILh
> the res- j father in the head and kil ing
i replied him instantly.
ho people Mrs. J. L. Maekoroll an 1 Miss many ?
Cornelia Klliott visitod their sis- and tan
did not tor, Mrs Lloyd Moore, in Fi-rt was well
i affairs of J Lawn this week. " section.
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ster Elected State In
tnce Commissioner.
nb a speoia1 in Thu'Sews
; nd Courier: Mr F.
aster, o! C? lurubia, was
insurance commissioner
rimon and wili bo the
H)ld the new posi'ion,
anion a salary of $2,500
. The oflice was created
resent session of theGenombly
and under t lie Act
inmissioncr is charged
duties pertaining to incompr.n'es
winch now
on the Comptroller Genolher
state oilicials and
w du'ie-imposed by tbe
oiliest for the ollice has
nte spirited and there
arce number cf canc!'1
of whc in were active
mrk as well as their
It took four ballots to
[eMaster s one of the
wn ami most popular
en in the state. He is a
i Fairfi< l'l county,a gradhe
South Carolina Col1
holds a diploma in law
it institution, lie was at
> in partnership with Sen3.
Weston, at the CoBar,ind
later entered the
>er business in Oolumbusiness
manager of the
on Evening I'ost be
excellent record. Severago
he became circulanager
of the State, in
nsition ho has also done
rk. lie now holds this
Mr. McMaster during
enco in Charleston reptliat
county in the
f Representatives and he
tys taken an active inpublic
matters.
ton to Have a Hanging
igton special in yestertate:
Court adjourned
T o'clock. All of the
was consumed in the
f E> Gaddy Graham,
with the murder of B.
Moody, and the jury
a verdict of guilty
ifter 6 p. m. Ho was
d 1o be hanged on liio
lay in May
J. Riides, who acciehot
Kilpore, was triel
.1: y, but was found not
y Houses to be taid.
illo special in yesterate:
Judge Pritcharcl
n tod States curt today
i order in the Wilson
ier cred.fors intervening
inp the South Carolina
ry commission to pay
r uiitors iimoun's agreed
reon the commissioners
lit ors.
l't you think tJia: March
*ood" yesterdav ?
Charles (). Wito, lor
?nr? a leading merchant
kor of Charleston, who
1 known throughout this
died this week.