The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 28, 1908, Image 1
The Lancaster News
LEDGER 18 b/ REVIEW 1873 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. 4. NO. 8. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., OCTOBER 2.*;. 1908. ppiop r. nrwnv ?rn """"
MR. Pickett Laney Dead
The Good Citizen and Gallant
Confederate Soldier
Passed Away at His
Home in Dudley Saturday
Night
Mr. J. 1 'ickett Laney, one <>l
the most prominent ami influential
citizens of Chesterfield county,
died at his home at Dudley
last Saturday night, lie ha I
been in declining health for
months. Among his children who
qtete with him when the end
clme was Dr. W. F. Laney, oi
Lancaster.
Mr. Laney was a native of Union
county, North Carolina, audi
UMgr waM in ;i iviihM ?J Hi'<K M)il, nj
Chesterfield, who survives him,
together with the following child
ren all by the first marriage :
Dr. W. F. Litiey, Mrs. .T. D.
Funderburk and Mrs. John C.E ! I
wards, ol Lancaster; Mr> (). C. ,
Curlee and Mrs. Baxter Williams,
of Monroe, N. Mrs. Robert
Fletcher, ot llartsville; Messrs
Steve and John Laney,of Dudley
(fhe remains ot Mr Laue>
were buried at Dudley Sued tv
i in the presence ot an unusua.h
large concourse ot sympathizing
relatives, Irieuds and acquaintances,
the tuneral service* being j
conducted by the R?v. Baxter
Funderburk. pastor of the Dud-j
ley Baptist church. Among
ihose present were many person
! from Monroe. Quite a number
from Lancaster also attended,
leaving h-^re Sunday morning
j for Dudley. They are: Mr-,
j W. F. Laney, Dr. Eugene Fun
derbuiF, Mr. I>. C. Hough, Mr..
B. Y Funderburk, Col. \V. C.
| Hough and Mr L C. l'ayseur.
i Final /'rttcrrilimf* ?/ Court
i When Tim NJ >wv< wri til In 111 ...
i" -
Frulay afterno ?n the Court was
engaged M1 the trial of the ram
Of the Enterprise Mercantile
companv, <?| Heath Sprnuis
against t lie Son'hern Railway
company, <1 images for delav in
delivery ol freight, winch resu|?
ed in a verdict of $40 for plaintiff.
A verdict tor $400 75. with
interest from Aug. 16, 1JMI7, w
found for the Eureka 0 ton
Mills in its case previously referred
to against the Western
Union Telegraph company, for
damages resulting irom error mi
; transmission ol message The
las' case heard Saturday was lh n
of Roxanoa McManus against
Dock F. llelns, an action lor
partition and accounting. The
defendant's counsel made a motic
Tor nonsuit, which was
granted. The Court adjourned
slue die Saturday afternoon.
resided just across tlie State line
until n f fpr flic* ri vi I u/tt i? urUun
he removed to Chenterfield cum
ty. He was a successful farmer
and accumulated a good e>tato.
He was a man ot sterling character,
pa'riotic and public spirited
and commanded the respect
and confidence in a in irked degree
of all who knew him He
was a leading member and oflieer
of the B tptisi church at Dudley.
Mr. Laney was a Confederate
veteran and enjoyed an enviable
record as a brave and nallant soldier,
having served throughout
the war as a member of a Nortn
Carolina regiment- lie was on
picket dutv at the time of Lee's
surrender and remained at his
post for eight hours afterwards,
having received no notice of the
end of hostilities.
Mr. Laney was in his G3rd
year, and was twice married, (lis
first wife was a Miss Hough,
sister of the Hon. M J. Hough,
of Landsford. His second mar
? \ f :v i e
Would Mortgage the Farm.
A farmer *>ri Kural Konte 2, Empire,
(la , \V \ 4 l*?v?l by name, vijv "lfuckIt-n's
Arnica S dve oil rod the two worst
sores I ever saw: one on my hand and ''toon
a y leg. It is worth more tbftti its
weight in gold. I would not 1 e without
it it 1 ha I t-i mortgage the tarn* to gc* it !
Only 2-r><- at J. r Mucky \ t o an I I'mid-i
trhurk I'harniacy.
Tax Notice.
The tux hooks will lie open at the!
Treasurer's olliee for tin- collection ot
taxes from October loth. inns, until
March loth, Mull. Tuxes run he paid
without penalty front October loth, to
In-ceinber . s t, 11108, and during the
month ot January, 1000, a penalty
I percent will he charged on all unpaid
taxes, during February all additional
I percent will he chanted on ail
unpaid taxes, and from March 1st to
loth, an additional o per cent will he
barged on all unpaid taxes.
The tax levy for State purposes is ,% l --J
mills, for ordinary eounty purposes ,'t1..
nulls, tor speeial eounty purposes 11|
mills, for road and bridge purposes I
mills, and school iiiirnoses mill.
making it total lex y of I 7 1mills on all
taxable property of the county. There 1
is a special levy of ?!'./ mills for Kail-1
road Itoml purposes, in Cane Creek,
tiills t'reck and IMeasant 11 ill Townships.
In School I'istrict No. I. or
11.. ? i. S.i I here is a special It vy of ft J j' I
mills for School and School I'ond purposes,
in School Distiict No. to > K.
s.) there is a levy of 7 mills for School
and School Itoml purposes, in ^ehooi
District No. ,'{s there is a special lev\ oj .
mills for School purposes, m School j
Districts Nos. and -I a special levy of
j mills for School purposes, in school
districts Nos. >, .to. and I' a special
levy of 'J mills for School purposes, and 1
in School Districts Nos. l'J, 17. ?;t, 'J7, |
.'til and 41* a special levy of I mills for j
School purposes.
There is alson tax of$1.0(1, for v. pool
purposes, on each male citizen between
the age of 21, and f>0, years old. except
those who are disabled or other-wise
exempted by law. ami a tax of f.'t.OO, on
everv male citircn bet ? ecu ttie mro. of
21, arid 55, yrars, for Koad and Hrtdge ;
purposes.
All information as to taxes will be
promptly given upon application.
In sending for a statement of taxes,
> state with whom tax payer lix ed in .Ian'
tiary last, and if known by two names,
give both, and he sure to gt\e township
and No., of School hist., m which
the taxpayer lived when return was
made. W. II. Milieu.
County Treasurer.
Negro Hanged at Winnsboro
?History of His Crime.
W'Diisboro special in Satur.lay's
News ami Cwuiier: Stark Me?n>,
colored, paid the death penaltv i
here to-day tor the murder of
Annie Belle Russell, a girl ot
his own race The execu ion
took place inside the .jail at 11.07
o'clock, dea'h being pronounced
in eleven minutec.
Means shot a colored girl
named Annie Ilelle Russell in
March, 1007, and also seriously
wounded two negro boys, who
were accompanying her home at
night from a choir practice held
in a house in the eastern part
of the town, laying in wait for
them He shot the hoys with
a shotgun, and when the girl
ran, pursued her and shot her
with a pistol, giving tier a tatal
wound in the abdomen He tied
<rom the c "intrv, and several
months a'tci wards was c iptured
bv a negro dotec'ive in Asheville,
North Ciro'ina. He was coo
victed ot murder at June term
of court.
Fearful Sawmill Accident.
ftlizibeih City, N. U., special
in Sunday's Observer: Butler
(t illop, ;i white man. is rep >rte i
to have reel uith a feariul accident
111 a -awmill at O d I'rap
yesterday. He was caught in a
11 y win el that was revolving
and hurled through a partition
into another wheel on the engine
He lodged in the wheel and
stopped the engine Being
quietly rescued from that p..sition,
to tlie surprise of his res
cuer-> ho was alive and medical
aid was summoned The physician
found the man horribly
broken up but from the las* re.
port he is s'lll living and there
is a possibility of his surviving
his injuries.
Big Sensation--Sherman is
, Charged With Being Party
to Big Land Fraud.
Kditorinl Correspondence of the Columbia
Stat?.
Nov York, Oct. *J)i.?The World sprung
the sensation of tlio campaign this
morning when it devoted two and a
half pages to exposing tin- connection
of James S. Sherman. lU-pultlican vine
presidential candidate, with a land
company that proposed to secure a great
block of public land from New Mexico
at .'t to 5 per cent, of it,s value. The
company lirst planned to buy liO.uuo
acres by means of ''dummy', applications
tor liiO acres each. Workers in a
Milwaukee brewery were the dummies.
Hut the promoters became alarmed
and decided to (jot congress to permit
Nt?u Mi'vicn Tnrrili??-u - - ?* nn/l
acre blocks. Sherman, general attorney
for the land company, drew and
introduced the hill. It passed the house
and was only held up in the Senate by
one objector. Patterson of <'olorado.
Futile efforts have been made today
to yet the Associated Press to carry the
story. The World management assured
me today they bad documentary proof
for everything printed and that it could
be inspected.
Sherman refuses to make a statement.
The papers containing the story that
went to news stands in I'tiea, Sherman's
home, were bought up and destroyed.
The Tal't papers say not a word.
No party has ever had a more despicable
"deal" from the press of America
than the Democratic party is now expe'
icncing.
"If we only had the money to do the
urgent publicity work." is the exclamation
at Democratic headquarters. An
expansive smile visited Herman Kidder's
tact? today when I handed him
another $1,000, making something more
than $7,oOO contributed by South t'arolinians
to The State's campaign fund.
If our people realized how great is the
need, not a Democrat would withhold
his contribution \V. K. t ion /ales.
Will Take to Tall Timber on
Rock Hill's "Wash" Day.
From the P.ovk Mill Herald.
Brother C0..1 ors f tdip L;t:uv?rdpr
Ne*" hp <1* t stinger in o ill"
hide' "l all R ?ck LJiliianu ami
say* that if Rock IIt 1 people
are s ? srnc? " wider ' li ?t th">'
cannot t?ke a bath lhat a< -o n
as Lancaster t u's 11 her " ?to>
works she will :uni>h ho w?t :
ll Chester A i I furnish 'h -O'p
an I he promis e that titer-* wrl
aure v he general c >n n- up
When *hat tune cone* we want
to he ami 1 he pine 'ops for here
will surelv he fomi's _'.'us ce
Mr. I.. Harrison, of t harlot to,
spent yesterday in l.aneaster, liis !<>rim*r
h<?ineMr.
s. II, Kohvrts, of the < reck s,etion.
visited Uoek 11 ill the past week.
Mr. Ira M. fnskey, oi Sew On. spent
Sunday \v ith his friend. M r. I. 'I'. 1 lough,
of Hills I'reek neighborhood.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. I>. ? rait; an 1 little
child spent Sunday with Mr. I'raijj's parciits.
Mr. and Mrs. s. \Y. ? tanj. in the
Sincerity seetion.
Mrs. I?. 11. <'hrislopner o! I'ort I.awn
is v isitiip; her sister. Mis. I no. A.
Adams.
Mr. \V. it. i rostoii of Kershaw spent
Sunday ninht with his parent- Mr. and
N1 rs. \V. I,, i 'roxton.
Mr. .1. It. i lay was in town *Mindny. |
lid w ee n t rains.
Mrs. I?. Ueeee W illiams an I daughter,
lillh- Miss I'ranecs, will leave tomorrow
I'm ? I in toll to visit t lie formm j .1 routs,
Mr. ami Mrs. S. I*. Ituilev.
I >011 i fail to rtwl tin* atl met i v slme
announcements of the I,am otcr Mcr
caniilc company ami the I'coplc-. Supply
company ill today's paper
si'/:( i i /, \<rri a-..s.
1 hi' I.aticastor t'. II. Fanners' t nioii
will meet Saturday at 2 p. ni.
.1. I1'. Nistiet. I'res.
The Imuglas Fanners' t nioii and the
\V. i?. W. will meet at the I ampins
sehool house Saturday at 2 p. hi special
business ill hoth.
Hie lleatli Springs Farmers' I moil
will meet Saturday, i let. tl. at '2 o'clock
p. m. Members are ro?|Uested to he
present. Ihiaincss of importanee.
I>. \V. IIendri v, i'lts
All members of the Itutord farmers'
I limn, are urged to meet at the sehool
house Saturday, tietober tl, at 2 p in.
Amos N. l-'underlitirk, see. and Troas.
The memhers of Aliiloh congregation
bate undertaken to erect a substantial
iron leiiee enclosing the eenietery on
the ebiireh grounds. This i-. one of the
oldest burying grounds in the eonnty
and the purpose of this notice is to give
an opportunity to all parties interested
to contribute to the emotion ?>t the fence.
<'outrihutions will he received by each
of the undersigned, or may he deposited
with any of the I .an caster (tanks.
John l\ I. at halt, s. I>. Taylor, N. I*.
Kobinson. i 'oniinittoe.
The North Carolina Negro
Arrested Here on Murder
Charge.
The Charlotte Observer ol
Sunday has 'he fallowing to say
ol John Johnson, alias Bob
Spings, who was arrested here a
tew days airo, as published in
; Saturday's News:
Bob Springs, the negro wlio
! kibed a comrade in upper Steele
Creek township last spring at a
church frolic, was arrested last
week in Lancaster, S. C.and
brought 'o th? city yesterdav.
[Sheriff Hunter, ol Lancaster,
made the arrest and Sheriff Wal
ace brought the pro oner here
yesterday. Springs bears a bad
intuits iiavmg k111o i a woman on
the Rules' place in (lie lower
section ot the county several
vears ago. He was tried then
for murder hut the case was not
made out against htm ami he was
acquitted
Death tt/' Miss Fannie It Ives.
Miss Tannic Rebecca Rives,
only sister of Capt W II. Rives,
' I itiis place, died on the 7th
instant in Columbia, where she
had been under treitment at the
State hospital lor a vear. Capt.
Rives paid her a vi-it in Colum
hi? just a tew days helore her
death.
Miss Rives was the daughter
of the ta'e Stirling NV. Rives, ot
Richland county, and was in her
71 tti year. Tor manv years preceding
her death site was a memtier
of the Episcopal church. She
resided tor some years with tier '
brother here and had ? number
o: friends and acquaintances in
iIns community The temiiiia
vere burie 1 l ? (3 >1 umbia
Leiter tit If. It. I'lifter,
l,amutster, S. <\
Hear Sir: It simmers down to this:
Kvery jolt painted Devoe takes less
gallons than of any other paint.
11 not, no pay.
Yonr^ trnly,
f W HKVOK W i < i
Lniteaster Mereantile t 'o. sell our
paint. AH
/>/ Ititlilriitife's Series it/' Ser
ttntn-itii the lAfettf I',4 at.
The following theme and Itihle readings
will help in the study of the life of
I'aul on Sunday e\etiing at the llaptisi
I'll III el I:
"Several Years of Maill's I.iln Immediately
follow itur his i'on version."
I. Al. Ihiniusetis. Sliorl t iim after
his iHinvrrsioii: Acts 'J(5:l!?. Then ho
spent three years in Arahia.iial. 1 17.
Then In- returned to I lamasi-iis: Aets
J < 01. 11
I I. Then he irons to .lerusnleiii. Hftl.
1:1 x. Went there to me I'ephas tl'eter)
| ami saw also .lames, the l.oril's brother.
What ili'l I'aul anil Meter talk
almut.' I'aul did not stay in Jerusalem
loinr enouirh to <ret aei|iiaintoil with the
ehurehos of Jinlea: <oil. lt'J'J. Marnahas
introiluees I'aul to the apostles; A els
I'aul preaehes in Jerusalem.
Ai'ls sees a \ ision in whieh lie is
ealleii to iro to t he iren t iles, Ai ts 'J'J: 17-_' 1.
Lea\ es Jerusalem.
111. tioes into I he reiriotis of Sy ria ami
Itilieiu: iial. I:I - Intrinir these
years eonie in the experienees desi-rihod
in 2 fur. I Tarsus seems to lie
his home airaiu, in part, at least: lets
11:25.
BLOCKADED.
Every household in Lancaster
Should Know how to Resist It.
I 'I'l... i .....I 1...- i .1.1:1.. -.
I lit if<u i\ uriii ti im i iii** IM(llll'\ n
are blockHtlt'll.
I l<'l| i tlx' k 111 lit ' \ s vv i 111 I lii'ir work.
' I * 11 ?> liiitk vv ill aolie nit more.
I litis of |?rt???l" that I loan's Kitlney
j I'llls till I Ills.
| II. A. h oil net I v. Ii\ing ni 107 Krnneh
I >t.. I'liesler, S. -.ays: "I have lieeli
using I loan's Kitlney I'ills for several
weeks, ami lliey have proven to lie a
remedy tlint nets as represented. I
suffered unreal deal from pains neross
tin* small part itf my linek for over a
year. At times, sharp twinges would
dart through my loins, while again I
woiiltl snlVer from a dull aehing nomas
my kidney regions. The s -lotions
were often nnnatiiral in appearanee,
I and showed that inv kidneys rieetled
I attention. I used tlilferent remedies,
hut nothing helped me as much as
Iionn's Kidney I'ills. Since using them
I have Keen steadily improving ami the
results I have obtained lead me to
reeoinmend this remedy most highly."
For Male l>y all dealers Price f>u cents
Foster Milburn ?., Buffalo, New York
Stile agents for the I'nited Mates
Kenirmlitr tlie name Doan's ami take
IiO other H-'.t
jt. ivivu <> 10 jt n/iv uur i
Chairman Mack OptimisticSays
No Doubt of Bryan's
Election.
Now York. Oc:- 2d ?National
(Jlu: rman Mick authorized a
statement to-day i" which ho
claimed the election of William
J. Bryan by a landslide Mr.
Mack announced thai his reports
showed that Mr. Bryan would icceive
at least 301 electoral votes
or liftv-nine more than is necessary
for a choice. Mr. Mack's
forecast ol the election lollows :
''The rumblings and thunder
ol the Bryan land-lide in :he
West are already heard in tiio
Kas'ern States, and to-day I can
confidently predict the election
of Mr. Br van. The landslide in
the West will extend to the
shores of the Atlantic. It means
the Democratic national ticket
will carry every doub ful State
in this section, and in rock-ribb
ed R uublican districts thp ma
joritiesof that party in recent
years will he reduced to a minimum
At any time when your stomach is not in
good condition, yon should take Kodol,
because Kodol digests all th<- food you eat,
ami it HUpplies health and strength tor
the stomach in that way. You take Kodol
just for a little while when you h ive slight
attacks of indigestion, and you take it just
a little longer in order to get rcdi?'t trom
severe attaCKs of Indigestion or Nervous
Dyspepsia. Try Kodol today. Sold by
J. F. Mackoy \ (Jo. w
A Warning for Milliners.
Columbia special in the News
and Courier: Mr. A. (?. Douglas,
president o! the A G. Douglas
Company, which conducts a
fachiouable dry goo Is and millinery
establishment in Columbia,
was lined .$2 today by Mag
isirate Fowh s on a charge Oi
violating the game laws of the
Si ?ie. The warrant was sworn
ou' by Secreiaiv Rice, of the
Audubon Society, under ihe
*ct of 15)05, and stalest hit Mr.
l)ou-las ha* in his possession
and t lFers lor sale the leathers
of a non-game bird, which is a
Violation of 'he S'atute. The
fea'hers in question are that of
a heron on a stylish hat in 'he
Douglas window, and there aie
IrO-i it' ntll(ir< lit fll I a imu kin.I
in the <t'?rk, * hicli Mr Douglas
a i 11 have to (lisj ose <?t 111 some
loyal way. When the cast* wis
railed in tho Magistrate's Oourt
ho entered a plo t of guilty arid
paid his fine, ll the Audubon
Soci''y undertakes to enloree
tlu' law throng. out the State it is
likciy t)i it a good many stocks
of millinery in other towns than
Columbia will be depleted <d
some o! their choices! tall oileri
ngs.
Shot His Sister.
Liberty, Oct. 25.?-lohn
Hughe.-, a whi e man. stu t an I
a ally wounded h'.s -isfer, Mrs.
I. A Hunter, L>s; nignt. The
bullet struck nor in the lore,
luad, ranging upward throu-li
K .. I . II.. .1.
hit > mi. iniiiiiea w i i:j ox Cited
and had ^o"o'o ih<? home
0 bis l>ro lier-::i-la\v t<> oe a
pi-t<?l with winch to slio > ilie
t wm mat di il. Ili' -i> *i w ih
s' me oi Iters were 'rymtr to k p
Imn Irion oiinintr mi . mid while
do:t?jy -o she whs ' hot. iIu<r iee
has l>e*'n arretted nnd lodged in
jail
1 i< iirsi..n (Cafe* In Coin tnhla, N
ami IC<-Mirii * la NiiuIIhth
Itililwil)'
Vecount South Carolina Colored state
Fair the Southern Kail way announces
very low round trip rates from all points
in South Carolina to Columbia, s.
tickets to he sold Noveinhor 7th to I tth
inclusive, nnd tor trains scheduled to
arrive Columbia before noon of November
|llth, lens limited for return
until November It'-th 190s.
For rates, detailed information, etc.,
apply to Southern Itailw ?y agents or a<l
dress ,1 I, Meek, A <? I' A , Atlanta (in.
J. t husk, I). 1*. A., Chaileat >n.S. t .