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L The Lancaster News LEDGER 18 b/ REVIEW J878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. 3. NO. 79. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., JULY 8, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY I Interesting Report of Woman's Missionary Meeting at Kershaw. One of the raoBt helptul events of the day was the Womau'sMis sionary meeting held at Kershaw Saturday, where delegates from the different churches of the Moriah association met to di9cuss the things of the Kingdom. At the appointed hour the meeting opened. The pastor, Rev. Ferris, gave a cordial welcome. lie expressed deep sympathy and hearty approval of woman's work and ere he left the room our hearts had been moved to trreater tluntrs Iu the absence of the President Mrs. B. A. Scruggs, who hn9 so faithfully led, Mrs. L. C. Payseur of Lancaster was elected as pres ding officer. Devotional exercises were con ducted by Mrs. Payseur. Mrs. w;' Fletcher gave an address of wel come, to which Mrs. W. T. Gregory tesponded. After organization the report of committees were called tor One of the greatest interest was report of devisions committee which was as follows: Fi r b t division ? Kershaw, Pleasant Plains, Flat Creek, Charlesborough, Taxahaw, Beaver Creek, Fork Hill, White Bluff- Flint Rifltra on/1 "RinVi Hill. 2nd Div.? 1st Lancaster, 2nd Lancaster, Camp Creek, Bethel, Bethlehem, New Hope, Antioch. Ebenezer, Union, Heath Spriues, and Spring Hill, The report of committee was accepted and after much discusBion the division recommended was adopte.;. The interest manifested id the business part of the meeting is the surest evidence that our ladies have the cause at heart and that we are on an upward movement. The program was continued) as tallows: Punnn W a w a ?a ' a f -1??nt a. UJ'VI ?f VJIll'H' ^ VJICdlTM Mission?Mrs. Roseman. Paper?Are We Living l'p <o Our Privileges?Mrs. Small. A Id re -s?Woman's Attitude I Towards the Great Temperance' Movement?Miss Tyler. Temperance was then dis-! cussed not from apolitical standpoint. but a maternal. Little was said about the saloon, neither were blind timers summoned to answer alone tor the crime of the ajje, for no one will agree; that their hands rule, bu< in-| stead, 'The hand that rocks the) cradle rules the world." The' sentiment of the meeting was1 against the use of whiskey in the h<>me as "a cure all." When, this is fully realized by mothers i the whiskey thirst ot their sons will be quenched and the liberal dealers in whiskey will see that their goods are not in demand. At two o'clock the meeting was called to order by Mrs.1 I'ayseur. Devotion !e?l bv Miss! Tyler. | 1 lie following officers were^ elected: Mies Lillie Moblev, general superintendent. Mrs. Fletcher, secretary and treasurer. Divisiou No. 1. Mrs Bishop, ^iCSiUflllDivision No. 1. Miss Mabel Crimiuger, secretary and treasurer. Division No. 2. Mrs. L. 0. Payseur, president. Miss Lillie Mobley, Mrs. Bishop and Miss Norah Hough were on program for the afternoou, each bringing helpful and inspiring papers. The union adjourned to hold its next meeting September 4 at Heath Springs. Betore closing something must be ?aid in appreciation of the generous hospitality showu by the Kershaw people. Carriages and automobiles were provided to fake delegates to their assigned homes, where op^n doors and tender greetings aw aited our coming The Kershaw people have the art of knowing how to make their guests feel at home and they use it. We are indebted not only to our hostesses but to Mrs. Fletcher and Dr. Gregory who met the delegates at the train. J. B. Tyler. The Fourth in New York? Six Killed and Two Hundred Injured. New York, July 4. ?That patriotism has kept pace with the rapid growth of the country dur ing 133 years that have elapsed since the signing of the Declaration of Independence was evi denced today by the noisiest demonstration in history. Blistered tingeis and burned clothing characterized the majority of 800,000 or so small boys who participated in the celebration here, but, oh, what, a time they had. The blistered fingers were proudly displayed and the boys who were spanked tor burning clothing did not appear to leel as repent ?nt as they should. Fortunately the d^a'h li9t was not as ir.rge as in some previous year-;. Six deaths were reported and tnere were 200 persons injured b)* 8 p. m. The hospitals and board ?>t health stations were tilled with patients all day. A number ot the injured we'e so seriously hurt *hev may 'he Six Killed in Collision. Oakland, Cal., July 4.?The narrow oauce local, bound from the Alameda inoie tor Oakland, struck Santa Cruz tram No. 57 at First and Webster streets this evening The smoker of the Santa Cruz 'rain w is com pletely demolished and all of its occupants were either killed or injured So tar six dead and thirty injured nave >een taken from the wreck. Pain will depart in exactly '-0 minntes if one of Dr. Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets is taken. Pain anywhere. It-member! I'aiu always moans congestion, blood pressure? nothing else, Headache is blood pressure; toothache is blood press n re on the sensitive nrrve. I)r. Shoop's Headache Tablets also called Pink Pain'Tablet* ?|iiiokly arid safely ooax this blood pressure away from pain centers Painful periods with women get instant relict 2 > tablets 25c. Sold by Funderburk Pharmacy. w The ketter Carriers' Convention?Rock Hill Next Place of Meeting. Aiaen special in the Charlesi tou Sunday News: The Rural Letter Carriers Convention convened early this morning in order to complete the business early. The first matter of import; ance that came up was the re! port of the committee on recommendations. The committee recommended that the by-laws be i so changed as to make the representation of the various coun ty organizations one delegate to I every ten members or fraction, and one delegate at large. They also recommended that the membership fee be made $1.50. On motion a committee of three was appointed to present themselves before the next session of the Genera' Assembly, : and memorialize that body con I corning the 6tate of the roads of ! t he State, and nsk aunh rpliwf on that body can give. The next on the programme was the election of officers. Mr. \V. G. Peterson, the present vice president, was elected president; Mr. E. W. Comer, of York, was elected vice president; Mr. Ernest E. Brown, of Aiken, secretary; Mr. Thos E. Wicker, of Newberry, delegate to the National Convention, to represent the four delegates entitled to, and Mr. D C. Clark, alternate. Three points contested the place of the next meeting?Newberry, Rock Hill and Sumter. Rock Hill was chosen. Shot During Gambling Raid. Pensacola, Fla, July 5 ?Po lice Chief Sanders today shot and perhaps fatally wounded Felix Hopkins during a raid on a gambling game in the open air in a suburo ot this city. Sanders was holding Hopkins when the other men began shooting. The chief drew his revolver, which in some unknown way was discharged. Hopkins was shot through the lung, and is believed to be dying. Deadly Toy Pistol. At'anta, (4a., July 4.?As a result ot the celebration ot the i Fourth, the toy pistol added an 'other victim to its list today, Marvin Eekerle, Jr., aged 7 | years, being shot and seriously ; wounded by his playmate, Edwin Gray, aged 10. To prove that the blank cartridge could Moti<> harm young Gray aim,4d the pistol at E-jkerlo and tired, inthcing a serious wound in tlie abdomen. I ? Fatal Ball Game in Orangeburg County. Springfield special in the News [ and Courier: Paul Morgan, about 21 years old, was killed I by being hit with a pitched ball i m a base ball game at Morgan town, a place about two miles from here, yesterday afternoon. Young Morgan was batting at the time and was struck just over the heart, tailing unconscious. lie died almost instant i iy. ijrrov>.'r Uitnuou, the boy I who pitcher) the ball, is prostrated with grief. Virginian Convicted of Kill-! ing Son?Pulled His Teeth to Keep Him From Eating. Roanoke, V??., July 4.?In the Circuit Court at Independence, Va. today the jury in the case of Lewis Wingate, charged with the murder of his ten-vear old son, returned a verdict of murder in the second degree and fixed his j punishment at eighteen years in the penitentiary. Win gate col- j lapsed when the verdict was reau. The boy's boiy was exhumed shortly after death and there were evidences 01 cruel treatment and starvation. It, was charged tint the fa'her pulled the boy's teeth with blacksmith's loops to keep him from eating. Suicide of Young Lady. Spencer, N. C.. special in yesterday's Charlotte Observer: Broodiup over the suicide of a brother a year aso and su fieri up from melancholia, Miss Maude Stewart, ol Davie county, took her own lite Saturday night by swallowing a heavy dose of Btrychnine. The drug was taken from the same bottle from which her brother suicided last year. A letter addressed to her parents told of the premeditatiou and certain self-destruction. The family is prominent and Miss Stewart was much liked. Three Houses Struck by T x rili AJiguumig 111 iviill V UiagC Spartanburg special in the Sunday News: During heavy rains and electrical storms this attemoon lightning struck three houses in the Arkwright Mill village and one was totally destroyed. Run was coming down in perfect torrents and the occupants of the hou-ea were thrown into a state of excitement by a viyid tllash of lightniug, and the next moment the houses burst into flames. The (ire departmnnl 1 - mom. v? <?o united uui and iWO houses were saved from total destruction. No one was injured by the Hash. Negro Killed Kntering Window. Decatur, Ala., duly >.?(,'ollie Miner, a negro, was sh down early this mo ning bv George Neville as the negro was attempting to enter a window of a room occupied bv Ins two sisters George Neville is one oi the oest known planters in this county, i liis lu?me is near Trinitv. and it I J t ? - I was there thai the? ins? occurred. 'ihe nepro "lied and Neville was exonerated. The Fork Hill Farmers' Union will meet \Vedn? id.iv n', 8th instant. As important business is to be transacted, every mem 1 i- * - i>or ih urfioa 10 attend K. F. isi.ns, Sec. Carmel Fanners' I i ?n is hereby called to nice? Thursday, July Oth, at 5 I\ M. W. T. V in landing.1, am, I'res. Report of the Instructors on the Work ot the Teachers' Institute. To W. M. Moore, Superintend ent ot Education Lancaster County, S. C. Dear Sir: We desire to make the following report ot the Lancaster County Summer School lor whites mr the period, beginning June 22 and ending July 3, two weeks : It was not possible to co over much ground in so 6hort a time, but we are glad to report that much faithful work was done by all students, especially, by those who took regular courses of study. In all our exoerience as teachers in the summer schools of the State, both countv and district schools, we have never known the teacher-students to manifest greater interest in their work. It was a real pleasure to work with such material. The courses of study assignel were as follows: Civics of Sou'h Carolina, Arithmetic, English Grammar (the sentence), School Mftliacomont ? PVUJVU!, u.T I 1"I. 1'iVLlRS, Pedagogy, Algebra, Geography and History, by Prof. McCown ; and Drawing by Mis6 Dominick. Special interest was shown by the students in Civics, Arithmetic, Geography, History and Drawing; and it is remarkable what progress was made in all the studies in so short a time. Lectures were made each morning by Supt. W. M. Moore, Profs. McCown and Banks, or some of the ministers of the town churches. These were all on the subject of education and school improvement. There were fifty one enrolled in the different departments during the session. These came generally from Lancaster county, but we had-Nrepresentatives also from York, liichland and Kershaw counties. In conclusion, we thank the students for their fidelity to duty, the lec'urers for their words of counsel, and Supt. W. i M. Mooro for his uniform kindness and courtesy. I Respectfully, | A. R. Binks, E. M. McCowu, E'izabe'h Dominick, Instructors. Lancaster, S C , July 3, IOCS. Bull Causes a Wreck and Death uf Two Negroes. Rutler, (la., July 5?A fruit train leaving this point for Co lumbus, Ga., at 2 10 o'clock this morning ran over a hull near the city. One ol the cars, in which were eiL'ht negro hoboes, buckled and threw the engine and ti^e cars off the track. Two of the negroes, names unknown, i were killed, and Carswell 01 iiver, a negro youth, who lives in | Macon, had his leg broken. |There was little delay on account jof the wreck. I DeWittS Witch H.izel Salve is good for cuts, burns, bruises find scratches. It is ! especially good for piles. Recommended j and sold by all druggists. w-s i