The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 05, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. 3. NO. 96. SEMI-V
Three Bodies Recovered o
the Drowned Near
Camden
Camden special of Sept. 2 it
Columbia Uncord : Several part
ies went down into the swampi
yesterday to hunt for the bodiei
of the unfortunates who were oi
the bridge when it went down lr
the ilood.
It was agreed that the parti
making a find should shoot ;
pistol to attract the others
Shortly the report of a gun win
heard from the swamps on tin
estate of II. Baum, and it wa:
learned that the body of Irvn
Hinson, the little boy who wai
with Mr George Kabon, and tha
of Reuben Wheeler, who worket
for Mr. Savage, had been found
Neaiby was the body of one ol
Mr. John Mickle's mules. Thii
morning the body of Mose Brad
ley was also found.
Among those who are positive
ly known yet to be lost are Mi
George Rabon and a son of Isaai
Collins, colored.
f ?
Taft and Foraker Now Thicl
as Two Bull Pups.
Toledo, Sept. 3.?That Taf
and Foraker are politically to
gather is not only the public ad
mission of both Taft and Forake
here today, but also the politica
sensation ol Ohio. Senator For
aker is an avowed candidate lo
the United States senate to sac
ceed himselt and his services ii
the national camnaiun have beet
sought by National Chairmai
Hitchcock and aud the senate
has promised to take the stump.
Physician Killed on Train.
Roanoke. Va., Sept. 3.?1
Bluefield, W. Va., special ti
The Times says l)r. II. liowarc
Sayerr, of Northlork, W. Va.
was shot and killed today by W
Wesley Wilkes on a train stand
ing at Keystone station. Then
had been bad blood between tin
two men for some time and it i
said the physician had threaten
ed to kill Wilkes on eight. Whet
thev met at Kevetone depot
Sayers caught Wilkes in the
throat and began beating hint
iii Hie face. Wilkes managed fi
get liis revolver out of his trrip
and shoot Sayers 'hree times
death resulting in a lew minutes
Wilkes was arrested.
Drowning Near Atlanta.
Atlanta, (hi., Sept. 2.?Char
les Wimmon, a former corpora
in the United Slates army, wa
drowned and bis wife and tw<
men had narrow escapes frou
death when a boat in which the.\
were taking an outing struck {
snag and capsized in the Chatla
hoochee river near this city lat<
today. When the boat capsize
Wimnion clung to lhe snag whicl
had caused the accident, whih
Ins wife and J< e Abner and n
tvi n n > i a m iwl iV/ ?? 11 -mrw t
lU'iii <* *?* 14 '? uimvDi "lit* (ILIUM
members of the party, sueeeedei
in keeping afloat by holding t<
the overturned boat. Wimraot
soon became exhausted and sank
The others were rescued by j
negro, who naw llieni drifting
down the ri?er.
Women Burned to Death.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept. 3,?Mrs
Elizabeth McNeal, aged75 years
tiiul Ik a r invnlul rl iiu'lif Ar_iii_l a
Mrs. Joe McNeal, aged 55 years
were burned to death last nigh!
in a fire which destroyed tbeii
home on Lookout Mountains
eight miles north of this city. L
is thought the fire originatec
from a defective flue. The tw<
women were alone in ihe house
at the time.
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LEDGER J 8b^
WEEKLY. ' LA
f Belated Reports of Election
in Kershaw and Chesterfield.
]
1 Wateree Merseng'T ot tinweek:
Smith and Richards elec"
ted representatives; Turner and
McKenzie to run over lor Sup{
erintendent ol Education; West
elected Supervisor; Tr*ntham (
j and Mosely, tor sheriff, t > run *
i over; McDowell elected Probate 1
. Judj?e; Ribon elected Auditor;
s Dixon and Hucknbee to run over
5 for Coroner
s Chesterfield?Cheraw special
' in Tho State: The total vote t
| for Chesterfield eountv can not c
j yet be obtained here but sufli j
cient has been reported to show (
f the result in the election for i
s county offices. Sheriff D. P. s
Douglass was reelected, having i
no opposition; H. T. Atkinson c
had no opposition for coroner; i
' Robert E. Rivers was reelected i
c ch rk of court over his two oppo- 1
nents, I. P. Mangura and John t
D. Smith; J. R. Jowers was re*
elected auoitorover three oppo- I
nents, T. W. Eddins, D. L. Dou- i
t glass and J. C. Blackwell; W. t
_ A. Douglass was reelected treas- i
. urer over Spottord C) Godale; E. c
r R. Knight leads in the race for t
I supervisor but will probably i
. run over with Smith Oliver, forr
mor supervisor; E. Walker Du_
vail was elected a member of
! the house ol representatives by (
! by an overwhelming majority,
u and O. Wells Vaughan and L'liilr
lip Aran! will probably run over,
though the vote of Aran! and T.
W. Scruggs is close and Scruggs t
may get in the second race B. '
-J. Douglass, a member of the '
i present house, was defeated and '
j T. \\r. Scruggs, the other mem- i
1 ber, ran tar behind Vaughan and J
, Duval I. '
Double Tragedy in Seneca. .
) 1
3 Anderson, S. O., special in (
3 Charlotte Observer: At two i
o'clock this alternoon .J. F. 11 in (
, kel, foimcrly a policeman, shot t
t and fatally wounded Mrs. Em- J
. ma Anderson, keeper of a board <
i ing house at Seneca, and then <
, shot himself in the head, dying 'J
, instantly. Mrs. Anderson died \
two hours later. s
The shooting is said to have t
been prompted by jealousy. Hinkel
had been trying io get Mrs. -<
Anderson to marry him and she
! retused Mrs. Anderson was the
widow of the late John Ander- c
^ son, formerly ot Helton She x
had been living in Seneca for r
' several years and was well J
I thought of. <
. Government Report on Con- j
i dition of Cotton Crop. ?
II
Washington, Sept. I ?The J
. crop reporting board ot th'- #
United States department of 1
, agriculture todav announced '
j that j||0 average c<>ndi<ion of the (
( cotton crop on August 25 was 7 *?. I c
( per cent, of a normal crop. This 1
ts compared with S3 on July 25 r
j last, 72.7 on August 25, 1907; j1
, 77 3 on August 25, 1906, and 1
* 73.9, the average of August 25 1
conditions tor the past 10 years. e
The report by States, giving the '
condition on August 25, last, *
and the average tor 10 years past, '
i respectively, follows ;
e
' Virginia h7 SI
? North Carolina SO 77 *
t South Carolina 7fi 70 J
( eorgia 77 76
Florida HO 77
, Alabama 77 74
^ Mississippi 70 77 d
Louisiana C?3 73 1
I To x as 75 60 r
> Arkansas 83 74
^ Tonnossee 88 8'j c
Missouri iK? 81 v
Oklahoma 70 77 J
[CASTS
REVIEW 1878 ETsT
lNCASTER, & C., SEPTEMBER
CAMPAIGN FUNDS. .|*
Plan to Raise Money to Help
Elect Bryan---Contribution
Box to Be Placed at Each (
Precinct. 0
State Chairman Jones Ins ad- F
lres?e<i ?he lollowiim letter to \
ach county chairman": h
L\> the County Chairmen ol the !<
Democratic Party of South a
Carolina: t
Gentlemen : L
It has been suggested to me n
hat a box be put at each pre /
>i net TlPYt rri1PUililU Qf fi?o oononrl '1
A. A MVOV4MJ uv WHO OOV>? ?IIU U
arimary election tor thd purpose h
)f takinp up a collection for the S
national campaign fund. It s
Prikes me a9 a splendid idea, b
md 1 most earnestly request the p
jounty chairmen to pive this t
mportant matter their immediate c
iltention, and to request the i
nanapers at polls to carry out It
his plan. v
I would suppest that a cipar a
jox he used for that purpose, t
md that the money he handed s
he county chairmen, who are c
equested to remit to the State o
jhairmau, who will remit it to t
lie National Democratic Com- n
nil tee at t hicapo. j
Very r^specttuHy,
w;iio
m 11^ wuiico, vimuaiiu, ;i
. - $
dollar for Bryan's Mascot (
Mule.
Galesburg. Ill , Sept. 3.? ,
Horse-collar makers employed by
% manufacturer here -*ent to Wil- ,
liam J. Bryan yesteriiay a col- (
lar for Mr. Bryan's mascot mule. ,
Kvery man in the shop took part
m makint: the collar. Mr. Bryin
had been previouslv asked if
tie would accept the mift.
lie replied :
<kl thank you for the lrien lly
uteres! of the horse-collar m tk- n
jrs of your 'actory. Upon in- li
/estimation 1 find that an IS inch 11
jollar will lit our 'tnascot.' and b
hat lie weighs about S75 pounds. '
i ) rv ni no ratio f m i . I. . ^ U ^
rt? ii ?cn*irt rcciii i U UO I 1
[nite interested ui him. A bale |c
d hay came to him recently from e
I'exas. I appreciate the good ^
vill which prompts this offer and a
tend my cordial greetings to V
hose who wish to contribute." v
Marriaf/e of Mr. O. C. /Hark man d
and Mrs Jnnie Sitcrral.
Mr. Oliver C,\ Blackmon, one
>f Lancaster'- substantial citi- v
:ens and successlui business ]\
nen. and Mrs ,Jante Sherred, of ti
Vnderson. daughter o' the late
'apt. W. S. L-e. were married
kVednesday in Franklin, N
3., w here the handsome ]n
nine nail g'me t -? spend i ti
i while. The ceremony was K
jerfurmed at 9:30 o'clock p
i. 111 at the homo of Mr and Mrs. is
\ "lie, tlie Rev. Mr. King, pastor j
>f the Franklin Baptist church,
illiciatintr. So well had the 11
jouple kept to themselves their .j'
natr?inoni.il plans that their m
iiokI intimate friends were not
iware of the contemplated tin- b
on. The bride has many friends
iml admirers in Lancaster, where n
die has occasionally visited rel- Ht
itives, having spent the past f.
dimmer here with her sinter, a
Mrs. John A. Slewman.
Mr. hiid Mrs. Blackmon arriv- t<
>d here Thursday on the South- d
ru's early morning train from
itock Hill. a
i M | r
ai
The Rev. R. I.oo Robinson, of Cam- jlon,
Ala., who has boon visiting his i|
arents, Mr. and Mrs. N. I'. Kobinson, H
eturned home Wednesday. (
Miss Kthol Yaniandingham, of I .anaster,
S. ('., will spout next Sunday b
vith Miss F.li/.abeth I'ropst.?Concord,
i. C., Times. p
ER N
fERPRISE 189 J
{ 5, 1908.
I
"Jorth Carolina Refuses to j J
Receive the Leper -Wife
to be Quarantined if She
Returns Home.
I
Raleigh special in yesterday's!
Miarlott.e Observer: North (Jar ,
ltna refuses to receive from the i
'ederal authorities the leper, J . |<
V. Early, of Lynn, found to havp (
jprosy while in Washington I
Hiking after an application for t
n army pension. This action, ;
hrough the Stateboard ot health, 1
)r. George G. Thomas, chair- i
ian, is based on the ruling ot
tssistant Attorney General Hay- J
en Clement to the effect that <
State is not required by either i
tate or Federal constitutions or ]
tatutes to receive citizens from (
eyond her border having conta- (
ions or pestilentious diseases ; ]
hat even it the State were in \
lined to do this in the present <
ustance it would be impossible ]
or iiie reason mat tne railroads |
irould retU9e to carry the patient, t
iid since Early evidently conracted
the disease in the army I
^rviee he wa- a leper when dis J
barged ? he tier e, ro9y had i
h'?wii it~eli or nut. therefore i
he United S' do* government is <
noral v h >1111 I io retain and
irovinc km u.iii in quar ?miue j
With reference to the wife
.nd child ?'f the leper, who havej
rone to Washington in lh"? in,or
si of hu band and ather, Vlr.
vietnent advises iiie State hoard
ha' the ho'rd should write her
n Wasnington and acquaint her
vith the iaJt Hiatif she returns
o North Carolina she will he
[Uarantined in Bulk county by
tie county authorities.
)]>jiort it nit i/ tit He A/Jorileil Votcrn
to Contribute to Hrt/an
i'unil.
A? requested by State Chairnan
Jones, whose letter is pub
ished elsewhere, ( ounty Chairlan
Caskey and Secretary Nisiel
have made arrangements to
aye extra boxes at the precincts
or contributions to the Bryan
amnai > ?? Inn. 1 If ll,r> r>, I
i?.?. ji 11 ? 'I'D uiaim^
rs ot any precinct Jail to receive ]
box for t hat purpose, I hey are
sketl to obtain a ei^ar box and
lace it where voters may cononiently
make their offerings
[) the cause ot the nation il ,
emocracy.
. ? j
Misses Annie and Maudo UrcRory, I
ho have been spending the summer (
'itIt their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. I\
regory, returned totieorgia this week) '
ie former l<> her homo in Atlanta and |
ie latter to I'endergrass, to resume her
ulies us teaeher.
i
Foley's Orino Laxative is a new
iiiedy, ail improvement on the laxa- '
ves nf lormer years, as it does not \
ripe or nauseate and is pleasant to
ike If is guaranteed Funderhiirk
li .rmoey, K. \V Hsnimond, Heath 1
prings. S. C. s |
Mr. \V. .1. t'roxton, formerly of the
orshaw county, was in town yester- |
iiv. Wo are indebted to him for a pleas- j
ut rail wliilv hero. i
cwarc of Ointments for Catarrh (
that Contain Mercury. ,
s mercury will sirrely destroy the
use of smell and completely derange
lie whole system when entering it '
[trough the mucous surfaces. Such ,
rticles should never Ue used except
n prescriptions from reputable phy*.
icians, as the damage they will do is i
n fold to the (food you can possibly
erive from them Hall's Catarrh
'ore, manufactured hy K.J t'tieney
j Co., Toledo, ()., contains no mercury
nd is taken internally, acting di- |
ectly upon the hl<H?d and mucous
urfsces of the system. In buying
lall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
lie genuine. It is taken interna'lv
nd made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J.
Ineney ?fe Co. Testimonials free.
Hold by Druggists I'rice, 7oc, per
ottle.
Take Hall's Family Fills for const!ation.
EWS
PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY
Surprising Growth of Sentiment
in West for Demoprntir
' I 'tVl/pt Tii/lrra
?. U?Jf O JUUgi.
Parker.
New York, Sept. 3.?Former
judge Alton 1>. Parker, who has
returned from a v>-tt u?.the Pi
;ific co is', where he made >''v?ral
speeche- for William J.
Br.van, confer re 1 over an hour
joniirht with N ttiona! Chairman
Mack a* Democratic national
tea'quarters. Plans 'or a speakng
campaign in the Ea^t bv Mr.
Parker in the interests of the
Democra'ic. ticket were discussed.
A report circulated today
waa to the effect that the former
Democratic presidential cindilate
might be nominated for
Jovernor of this State. Mr.
n i i i
i ar*er nua nouung to 3ay re
warding the report. As to Democratic
prospects generally, Mr.
Paraer said he was surprised at
;he show of early Democratic
itrentr'h in the West.
UI visited Oregon, Washing
on and Montana," said Mr.
barker, wand everywhere there
was a surprising growth of senimeut
tor the Democratic ticket.
Lady Arrested for Breaking
Quarantine
Columbia lit cor 1 : Dr. Fred
Williams, ot this city, acting 111
hi? offi ia' capacity as state health
oflicer, has had a Greenville ladv
arrested lor leaving Ch'.ck Snrincrs
' -1 J-> '
hotel August 12th, with her three
child en. alter she had been notified
by the hotel ph\sician, Dt.
W V. McDaniel, that the hotel
was under quarantine.
At the lime ot the alleged offense,
one or two cases of diptheria
had developed at the resort
and the hotel was temporarily
quarantined.
The penalty tor such an otfense
a* that charged in this case
is a tine of not more than $100,
or imprisonment lor not more
than thirty days.
Farmers' Union's Estimate
of Cotton Crop.
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 2.?
Today's meeting ot the National
Farmers' union was devoted
largely to the reports ot committees.
The I'nion has giv-*n out
a report on this year's cotton
urop, placing the figures at 11,500,000
hales. The government's
r,.tinrl t n 111 p n t a ^ q i a! /I of 1Q -
500,000 and this wide difference
is causing c >nsiderable comment
imomr delegates President Neill,
m the Texas branch of the
union, was chairman of the
minimum price committee. He
is known to tavor not less than
twelve centr. per pound as the
price lor tne season.
Costly Fire In Atlanta.
Atlanta. Ga., Sept mber 1.?A
spectacular tire to-night destroyed
the plants of the Atlantic
Trunk Factory and the Empire
Building and Box Company,
burned a quantity ot lumber and
damaged a number of small
wooden buildings. The loss is
estimated at $200,000.
Will Interest Many
Every person should know lhat
good health is impossible if the kidneys
are deranged. Foley's Kidney
Remedy will cure kikney and bladder
disease in every form, and will build
up and strengthen these organs so
they will perform their functions
properly. No danger of Rright's disease
or diabetes if Foley's Kidney
Remedy is taken in time Funderburk
Pharmacy, E. W. Hammond,
lieath Springs, L. C. s