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Thi VOL. 3. NO. 91. SEMI-W: How Ernest Plyler Lost His Life?Shot to Death in Pistol Duel in Oklahoma. We have received the following account, taken from an Oklahoma paper, of the killint: at Ardemore, Okla., on the 3?d instant, ot Ernest Plvler, son of Mr. J oseph Plyler, of this county, as published in The News of the 5th : Ernest Plyler, driver tor the fir?* department, lies dead at Bridgeman's undertaking r< oms with a bullet, hole through his right breast and Joseph Roberson, also a member of the lire department is in, the county jail charged with the killing and having as a result of the bloody encounter a bullet wound in the right thigh. The shooting occurred last night at eight o'clock in the doorway of the fire station and , was precipitated by the fact that Roherson believed that some one of the fire hovs was 'knocking" him. Shortly before eight o'clock, Roberson, who it is claimed had been drinking, came to the stat ion anu mane ttie remark to boys eitting around that he thought some one was "knocking" him. He continued to talk in this strain for a little while, when Plyler, who was sitting close by, asked it the iusiuattions were meant for him. According to Chief Slaughter, he said Roberson said he meant it for anyone that it seemed to tit. After a tew more sharp words the two men came to blows. Chief Slaughter separafed them and Kobison made the remark to the boys that he would go get h guu "and smoke the whole crowd up " Chiet Slaughter, thinking that some further trouble migfit re suit, asked Ollicer Duston it he would stay around tor a while and keep an eye out tor any thing that might happen. Robinson did not come back right away and those who were there, together with the ollicer, thought the affair had blown over. About twenty minutes later v Mr. Slaughter says that while out in front he saw Robisou coming up the street irom the direction of t;is home and noticed that when 111 front of the blacksmith shop sixty or seventy ieet away, that he had his hand 111 his pocket. Plyler, who was sitting on the outside, saw him coining also and leti his seat and went inside the station. Robi nvm nnu uy < 11 ih tmif t;uiieii 10 me doo way and began shooting. l*lyIfr ran towards the little of fice of the chief in the corner ol the station and also shot at Kobison. Chief Slaughter got to Plvler as he was standing by the desk in his office and asked him it he was hurt. Plyler replied '"Yes, I am killed, 1 am dying" and with those words 9ank to the floor. Kobison, who was accompanied by his brother, turned and ran through tlie livery stable a door or two awav and to his home in Via novl kl aa!/ t??Vi ?> ^ " - blir &1VAI WHCIC UC VVftn illrented, and after being attended by Dm. Bogie and Booth, who dressed a bulle; wound in his right side, was removed to the connty jail. Deputy West said that he was still under the influenee of liquor when taken to i'lyler was shot through the right breast and only lived a lew minutes. Chief Slaughter and I LAN LEDGER l&bz EEKLY. LAN the other members of the TJ department say that it was be'tween titteen and twenty mmtiI tea alter the tirst light that Rob L , ison returned to the station. It , was learned that he went to a 1 gunsmith's store for the purpose ot getting another weapon, but did not get it. ' h Robison was seen by a Dem'f 'n crat reporter immediately after t-ra 'he doctors had finished dress- th ing >1 is wound and asked if he re cared to make a statement. He or looked bewildered and said lkOh, aC don't say anything about it." th Oa being told that the affair w< won d be published and asked it ot he cared to tell how it happened n< he said, "Just pay it was an ac- ari cident. ve "Is that all?" was asked him. "Yes, that is all I will say now as I I won't say anything else now." Hi Ernest I'lyler was a young Tl man, unmarried and about twen lit ty-five vears old. His folks live in South Carolina and he has a la brother in Southern Texas, whom pr he visited tor the first time in w fifteen years last month. He bj Ins been a member of the de- P* partment for about a year A "Joe" Robison is a son of dc John A. Robison, the gunsmith f? who l:ves at 14, first a venue th southwest. He is married and A for the past three years has been th a member of the lire department. f? It is said that Will Robersoe 'u was with his brother on both pi visits to the station and is being of held in custody by the county pi officers. Jnst what the charge Pr against him will be is not known at this time. ec Chief Slaughter said that he A thought there were as many or as five shots fired and when th Robinson first began shooting he 'o thought he was trying to scare ar Plyler, but on the second shot T. he drew a level aim and fired Ji pointblank. It is said that Ply- ce ler secured a revolver that had w been lying around the station for pi some lime, but when found it ?f was on the floor of the little office several feet away, where it had wi heon drnnnod Tha imnj <?f liAth Hi ? r?*"**" wv/ " ^ were examined and showed three 1? exp oded shelis in each. sj The puns were of thirty-eight calibre. ^ As ?oon as the shooting became known a great crowd form ed around the lire station and it was with dilliculty that the p';ysicians and newspaper men could 81 make their way through and ,n Chief Slaughter had to have the place cleared several times. 111 I'lyler's body was removed to 1,1 the undertaking parlors and re- 11 laUves ot the dead m.'in were df communicated with. No preparations have b"en made for the funeral as vet but it was thought M last nijrht that the remains would he shipped to his brother in Texas, where they will be buri- 111 ed. . ? . oi Why There Was No Prea- j1 ching at the Six Mile Church I Sunday ? Services Next i Sabbath. a( n' Kditor of Lancaster News: 8 V l'leasa allow me to apologize ^ to ilie congregation who assem- ^ hied at Six Mile Presbyterian ^ church last Sabbath. Circum (j stances were such that 1 could jH neither come nor 'phone them i that I would not. There will be communion ser- '' vices next Sabbath morning, Aug. 23, at 11 o'clock. The f< I public is cordially invited. 1 a ^will try and be on band at that c i.tiino. Kesoectfullv. * r * > I J. L McKinstrv, I'a^tor. b i Waxliaw. N. C. 1H CAST! REVIEW 1878 ENT CASTER, S. C., AUGUST 19, : HE REUNION AT DIXIE.]* argest Gathering in History of the County?-A Day of Unalloyed Pleasure. li, What is estimated by many as sli e largest crowd ever assembled hi Lancaster comity was I lie j h< itherin}: at Dixie last Friday, | at e occasion beim; the annual e? union of the Confederate vet bl ant, ot Lancaster. Old soldiers? M customed to sizing crowds, say sj] at lully live thousand persons in 9re present, l'ertect order was in iscrvrd throughout the day? U > drinking nor disturbances of E ly kind. In addition to the XI iterans and their tamilies, the te iniors and Woodmen as well many o'hers participated in w e pleasures Oi the occasion. tie veterans, when torraed in oo ae, numbered about 85. pe Mr. W. G. A. Porter, the sal- A nt commander ot ('amp Dixie, eb esided oyer the bin meeting, hicli was opened with prayer yt r the Rev. E. M. Mclvissick, a istor of East Lancaster circuit, to n address o* welcome was then |G diyered bv Commander Porter, R llowed by some tine mus e by e ' 'o'd tiddlers' convention" H splendid address was made bv b< e lion. M. J. Hough, of Lands- n. rd, who eloquently and lorce- a, 11 v emphasize 1 the vital im- w stance ot teaching the youth w the country the true princi- a. es for which their fathers and fcj andfa'hers fought. w Capt llougn's speech conclud- te I the I'xercmeo bv the veterans. Qf capital address was men made f0 1 behalf ol the Woodmen by rj e Rev. R. T. Blackmon, folwed by a highly entertaining jv id instructive one by the Rev p( A. Dabney, ou behalf of the tjc inior Order; after which a re ^,r iss was taken for dinner. Not- jp Lthstandmg the large number n( esent, there was an abundance m good things to eat for all. In the afternoon addresses ere made by the three candi- m ?tes lor congress. Messrs. Fin v, isutler and i'olluck, each|t/( >eaking 30 minutes. tincaster Lady Jiitten by a VemnnouH liepfile. h< Mrs. McManus, wife of Dr. C . 0. McManus, wa> severely jE 'ten on 'he foo' hy a poisonous lake Mon lav al'ernoon. Hearu( g a commotion among her boles in the yard, she ran out to vesliiiate tile cause. In wals- a< g through the weeds, the rep- fe le, which she di t not see, -udmly thrust its f in-.- into her ^ ot, making 'wo w?unds With ire presence of mind Mrs. Mc- 1 anus hurriedly reentered the hi use and heroically enlarged m ie wounds with a hat pin, caus- di g tiiem to dlsctlalge a eonsid j ahle quantity ot green, poisonis maiter. as well as blood into basin of water in which she ad placed her foot. Dr. McManus was quickly ?' immoned, and upon ins arrival ^ Imiuistered antidotes for the >ison. The wounded member ^1 vellea rapidly and Mrs. Mc- ,r [anus suffered mucti pain all of 61 onday night. but the swelling ^ ad greatly subsided by yester- w ay morning and the unfortunate ft dy was resting easier It is loueht that she will be *11 right 11 gain in a dav or i wo n ? .... w Fire broke out in the trans- h >rmer house of the .Neolv naill ! ?I t Yorkville Sunday afternoon, e ausing damage of several thous- n nd dollars. It is said that a b olt of lightning caused the tire, c Lock IIill Record. ti 5R N ERPRISE J89J 1908. ev. IV. V. Kwart Dead-- bussed Await at 11 in Home in York- |, villa MohiUii/ SiuUt. ! '1 he many friends here and i irouuhout the county, as well i i elsewhere, ol th- Key. Wil- ] im Cameron E wart will be i locked and urievi <1 to hear of u h death, whicli occurred at Ins it >me in Yorkville Monday niirht >out 11 o'clock, lie was si rick- t i with uastritis and heart trou i e a few days ago at Northfield, ass., where he had 2?ue to . * end his {summer vacation, lie imediatelvstarted home, reachis Yorkville Friday afternoon. e was met at tiastonia by Mrs. wart and the family physician. ^ le burial was in Yorkville yes- | rdav atternoon at 5 o'clock. For eleven years Mr. Kwart as the beloved pastor of the liloh A. R. P. church in this mnty, and tor six years ol that ?i..~ iiii U nao clinu pwmor I? I lilt} 1 ssociate Reformed Presbyterian . urch of Lancaster, makinii his sideuce here. About five . >ars ano he accepted a call to j bbeville, removing from there Yorkville in January, 1004, : accept the pastorate of the A. . P. church at that place. Mr. Ewart was a native of . untersville, N. C , and was >rn Sept. 19, 1864. lie was graduate of Due West College id Theological Seminary, lie s as twice married. His first ife, who waR Miss Lucy Reed,of bbeville county, died during 8 pastorate here. His second | ife was Miss Alice Ross, dtiuirhr of the Rev. Dr. R. A Ross , York, who survives hiua, with ur children by the first marage. Mr. Ewart was an able, effect e preacher and a man of strong ireonal magnetism. He en- * >ared himself to all ot his con- ( ega'.ion, as well as to the pub- ( 3 generally, regardless of de- f >minational lines. Many, very * any homes will be deeply sad- \ med by the untimely passing 1 vay of this upright, godly ' an. r>e Lit nee lletn Nine Yearn f<tr KUlintf lAttle Girl. Joseph Lance, who is said toj a one of the two young North j arolinians who were implicated i the killing ol an old colored tan nain^d Hood in tins county one two or three years ago, is on liisl Sjitnnlnv sont?r?r??<l ! Anheville to the penitentiary ?r a term of nine years for the tiling o! little Alma Green in ecember last, at Buena Vista, . C., having been recently tried r ttie offence and convicted of anslaughter An Asheville tspatch concerning the trial ives the following account of te tragedy. The killing ot little Alma reen, a child probably 15 years age, occurred at the bend jus' eyond Buena Vista. The little rl with her brother had gone to le embankment to watch the ain pass, and to wave at the utrineer, a friend of the child, s the train passed a shot as tired from one ot the cars nd the little girl fell mortally uwiiutui, in i? iew minutes caiiig for her mother. Lance was ar?9?ed by the trainmen charged rith firing the shot. There was itense feeling at the time and lireats of violence. The prisonr was brought here and lodged o jail and subsequently indicted y a grand jury. The Jcase was ontinued from two courts and nally set tor hearing belore vir. xiuu^n nau a iorce of hands >uhy yesterday cleaning up the vindows, lloors, etc , and plac ng in position some large and decant class front showcases vhich he has .just received from he manufacturers. All the xjuipment and furnishings are lp to-date in every particular. Today Mr Ilough will move his tock into the new quartets, and ust as soon as he gets things icttled, he will go north to buy ? larger and better stock than he iiae ever handled. The Union County, N. C., Election?Second Primary Necessary. Monroe special in Monday's Jharlotte Observer : The count >f the ballots cast in the Demo rwimMriftc voulorftuu wroa io 9I0W that nothing definite aa o the result could be obtaiued jntil alter 2 o'clock this mornng. With three precincts yet to be heard from, it is pretty well assured tha' a second primary will be necessary for all the county offices except those of county commissioner and recorder. As Recorder Stevens had no one running against him, he was, ol course, reelected ; but the vote for recorder was verv light, a number not voting on that office at all The following candidates will run in the second primary: For sheriff, John Griffith and Thomas (J. Leo: for treasurer, (i M. Lanev and J. 11. Williams; tor register of deeds, -J. Ed Stewart and Bright < InH'i r? F<\?r Hanr. ?out a liirao it looks now as if there would be a second primary with Messrs. McNeelv, Lemmond, Houston and i'rice in the r<?ce, though there is a possibility of the first two being nominated in the first primary when the three missing precincts are heard from. Mr. K. V. Catoe, who lives on tlie Poag place north of Lancaster, was badly hurt in an accident coming from the Dixie picnic last Fridav. VI- ~ A \f _ . eh I > ? I- ? i mi, ?*in* iurn, otuuuy iirttKH moveci Monday from Mrs M J, Perry's place on Chesterfield avenue into the Crawford house on Dunlap street lately vacated by Col. A. R. Ranks and family. MisslVarl llimter ia visiting the family of Mr. 'rawford Bulk at Fort Mill. Miss Clara lJarrott Strait is visiting friends in Book Hill. \f ant.r I- LV * ' <V)I IIU1 v iw.VLUII, in III*. I" I TNI National Dank, is spending a while at Piedmont Springs, lie was aoeompanitd there l?y Mrs. Croxton, who r<*turned home Monday. EWS PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY Judge Ward. Lance is a most attractive younu te'low ami when iof drinking i? pleisiug compaly, (juiet and peaceable. With vhiskev in iiim he is dangerous. It is alleged til it lie was drinkng at the time of the tragedy, ind after firing the shot declared hat ''I am a m^ati mm." accordo one ot the witnesses. The rial attracted great crowds while nterest was intense. t/r. It. C. 11 outfit '.i Handsome Jewelry listahlishmetit? Will Mttve Into If is Sew Quarters Today. Mr. B. C. Hough, the well tnown jeweler, not content with lis present nice quarters in the Springs block, which his busiiess has really outgrown, is now irrangiug to have one ol the handsomest establishments cf the kind n the State. Having leased the arge and spacious store room in he new Mackey building, next ioor to the First National Bank. II- If 1- ? J " - '