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The Lancaster News LEDGER 18b/ REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. 4. NO. 16. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., NOVEMBER 25, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY I Coming Meeting of State Teachers* Ass ociation? Interesting Program Arranged. The next meeting of the State Teachers' Association will be held in Columbia Dec. 30,31, and Jan. 1, and it promises to break all records for attendance. Holiday rates will be in force, and it is expected that every live teacher, principal and superin tended in the State will be present. The program of the general sessions and the several departments have been practically completed and will be published in about ten days. Some ot the best speakers in S. C have cou seated to make addresses, among whom are Seu. B. R. Tillman, Dr. S. C. Mitchell, President of the Univ. of S. C., Col. O. J. Bond, Supt. of S. C. Military Academy, Roy. J. Henry Harks, Pres. of Newberry College, Supt-Klect John E. Swearingeu, Hon. John G. Richards of Kershaw, Judge Geo. W. Gage of Chester, Dr. Wm Burdell and other well known public men and educators. Miss Nance of the School Improvement Association lias just secured the consent of Prof. P. P. Claxton of the Uuiversity of Tenn., to make the loading address before thai organization. Besides the general program of the Association, of which Prof. L. T. Baker is Pres , each of the affiliated organizations and departments have arranged attractive programs. Supt. O. B. Martin of the Asso. of Co. Superintendents Miss Mary Nance, Pres. of the School Improvement Association, Prof. W. K. Tate, head of the Association of Town and^City Superintendents, Dr. P. H. Mell, President of the Asso. nf (Inllftl'PB Misc Vf onl^nol ? ^ ?? ??'IJ ivy l?l ??\>I Crt' ^ President of the Kindergarten Associations and Miss Pope, Pres ot the Primary Dept. have all secured the best available material for their respective pro grama. The halls and lobbies ot the State House will be used tor the occasion. The school exhibit will be displayed in the lobby on the second lloor and here also will be located the headquarters of the Association, whore each teacher is requested to report upon arrival and secure a mom bership card and badge. A reception will be tendered the visiting teachers by the teachers of the schools and colleges of Columbia, Thursday afternoon, Dec. 30, in tlit* lobby and library. Music will form an interesting part of each evening program. Misses Nance and Selby have been appointed at the head of the committees of the afternoon reception and music, while Col. A. R. Banks heads the general reception committee. A I * * 1 ? '!? ? j\ unougn me crown win De large: ample liotel accommodation at reasonable rates lias been provid ed. Col. Banks will take pleas sureiu arranging board in advance for all who will write him. Bank Robbed of $5,500. Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 22.?The Bank of Sweet Springs, Mo., was robbed of $5,500 in currency early today by cracksmen, who blew open the vault with dynamite. The bank building was wrecked. Throe inon, supposed to be robbers, were seen going oast on foot soon after the oxplosion aroused the town. Students at Michigan College R Woulden't Study with Negroes. Grand Rapids, Mich., Novem ber 21.?Thirty-four members of the junior class in the Grand 0| Rapids Veterinary College walked out ot the class room to day when two negro students entered h, to resume their studies. Because w ot the objections of other st udents 0j the colored men had been denied ct admission when they returned a, to college this year and the ne c( groes appealed to the Courts g Judge Perkin's mandamus re u quired the college management j8 to admit the two colored stu w dents on the ground that the Q\ college being a quasi-public insti- S( tution had no right to discrimi ft nate against citizens because of d their color. After to day's strike n --1 1 * tut? huuuoi m minorities suspended ^ the entirejunior class, including t. the two colored students until r( next Wednesday. p Negro Lynched in Hampton 11 for Usual Crime. " Charleston, S. C., Nov. 23.? L dim Gilmore, a young negro tl about 20 years old, was taken a from the guard house in Luray, a a small town in Hampton county, a this State, after midnight last t< night and lynched by a party of b enraged citizens. Gilmore had b attempted to criminally as- a sault one of the daughters ot his employer, Mr. A. C. Fitts, a s highly respected tanner, while a the young lady and her sister p were asleep Saturday night. |] Her screams aroused the family g, and Gilmore tied, but was tracked down and confessed, implicat- (j ing another negro, who has not \.t been captured. In Gilmore's a hat was found the picture of a p nude white woman. I, ...... Q Dr. Pryor's Valuable Inven- p tion. 1 n Chester Reporter: Dr. S. W. n Ppvor. head of the M:i<rfl?lnno ? / - *V?MV 1 i Hospital and Training School lor Nurses, has invented a bone for- a cep that will be of untold bene- o fil to surgeons. The forcep is so pi constructed tha' it will cut bones V smoothly, thus allowing them to H unite readily. The effectiveness c of the instrument has already a been thoroughly demonstrated p in numerous operations. Dr. p Prvor has made no attempt to ri secure a patent on the instru- c ment, but gives his discovery s freely and willingly to the pro- tj fes-ion to be used in benefiting n humanity. The lorcep is being h handled by the Nye Sheerer Co.. v New York, the implement being t manufactured in Germany. p Suicide of a Freacher in North Carolina Raleigh special in yesterday's Charlotte Observer: At Cary, this county, to-day Rev. A. I), i Hunter, a Baptist preacher, who c lookedjafter several rural church w es, was found dead in his wood- .1 shed, a razor in his stillened tin- c gers, his throat cut and life gone li several hours. He was about V 55 years old and was a candi- t date for county treasurer in the d Democratic primary. c I he bitterness ot the political ii campaign, in which ho attacked 1 the character of his opponent, e his own character being attacked v in turn, caused the suicide. He r was not financially embarrassed and leaves an estate valued at I 15,000. One of his churches, f that at Knightdale, had dropped i him. i [. .. F. D. Routes in .Lancaster County?Danger of Service Being Suspended On Account of Bad Roads. As noted in Saturday's issue The Npws, Postoffice Iuspec?r Smith, whose headquarters is i Charleston, spent several days are and in the county the past eek. lie traveled over a number i the rural mail routes in Lanisfeer and found the public roads lything but satislactory. In a mversation we had with him aturdav Mr. Smith said that nless a marked improvement soon made in Lancaster's highays the government will be bliged to suspend service on )iue of the mail routes. In ict, service was suspended Friay on a portion of one of the autes in the Heath Springs sec .on. Similar action i9 liable to be ilran afr o?i?? * ??* >4- -*1 w '*ujf HIIIC <19 tu Ul IIUl outes iu the county. "The peo!e must get busy and work the aads if they expect the govern lent to continue the present lail service," said Mr. Smith, "he operation of the routes iu ancaster couuty is costing tie government twenty lliousnd dollars a year, and tor the nnual expenditure ot so large sum the people are expected i evidence their appreciation y keeping the roads traversed y the carriers in at least a pass ble condition. From what Inspector Smith aid a number ot the rural routes re evidently in peril. The peole cannot alTord now to give up heir present convenient mail ervice, but how are the roads o be worked??that's tho uestion. Under the new road iw the county authorities re probably making as much rogress as is practicable, but rom the very nature oi the new rder of things it doesn't seem ossiblo to sufficiently expedite lie work to meet tlie requirelents of the national governlent. Practical road buildtig under the new system ras not begun until last duly, ml it. will not be possible in one r two years to work all the oads in the county by contract. Vhat, then, is to be done? As uggested some tune ago, the ounty authorities might make rrangoments t<? have the worst ortions of the roads temporarily repaired, holes tilled, etc., laking them passable until the onlractora can reach them. Or, ucli temporary work might be one by each land-owner on so lucll of the road as runs alnnr* ~ is place Something at least, rill have t?> bo ?lone, according o Inspector Smith, it the penilo exp -ct to ret lin ih ? existing nail service. Killed in Auto Practice. Savannah, da., Nov 21.?Tuning sharply to the leit to avoid ollieion with a large dog which ras crossing the course, dean uhasz, driving the French Spo ar entered in the international ight car race to be run here next Vednesdav as a preliminary to he grand prize contest on Thurs ay, to-day hurled his mechaniian to almost instant death and ? i..: ??-- ? ? i in mot* 11 tying in i no navanuan lospital to-night with an injur d spine. The racing machine iras crumpled beyond hope ol epair. The mechanician, Marius de iosa, wiit picked up unconscious rom the road side and hurried n a touring car to the city hosntal. Death quickly ensued. The Sally-Craven Discussion to Take Up Whole N. C. Booklet. The News and Courier: "The January number of the North Carolina Booklet," we are told by the Charlotte Cbserver, "is to he given up entirely to a discus sion of this question (the Mecklenburg Declaration ot Independence) by Mr. A. S. Sally, Jr., secretary ot the South Carolina Historical Commission, and Mr. Bruce Craven, now superintendent of the Lancaster, S. C., public schools. Headers of the Ob server do not need to be told that the cause ot Mecklenburg and the truth is in good hands." The distinction made by our con- 1 temporary between "the cause of Mecklenburg and the truth'' is very clear. We feel that "the truth," at least, is in very good 1 hands. More Trouble in TennesseeLynching Feared. Tiponville, Tenn, November 22.?While endeavoring to arrest three negroes, James, Mar shall and Edward Sambourg, brothers, who were creating a disturbance during services at a negro church near here to day, Deputy SherilT John Hall and Richard Burras, whom Hall had deputized to assist him, were shot and wounded. A posse is in pursuit of the neuroes and it they are captured a lynching is anticipated. Negro Killed at Dent's. Columbia special in Monday's News and Courier: Alton Worthy, colored, was found dead this morning, near the Camden road at Dent's, five miles Irotn Columbia, in this county. Manual Howard, also colored, is in jail, accused of killing Worthy, and Loman Johnson, colored, is also under arrest. Taxahaw Dots. A beautiful marriage was solemnized at the home of your correspondent on Sunday evening, Nov. 22. The contracting! parties were Mr. tJua Walts and Miss Queen Baker. The ceremony was performed by 1'. K. Blackmon in the presence of a number of relatives and friends. We congratulate Mr. Watts in winning tor himself tlie heart and hand of Miss Baker tor a wife, and wish for them all the pleasure anil success needful to make thern happy. The people of our community are enjoying excellent health, with the exception o! two or three persons. Mr. John C. Blackmon, who we reported last week as being critically ill, has since that time greatly improved. Mr. Lee \Ie Man us, who has been down with dropsy for a year or more, is getting along fairly well at proscnt. There will he preaching at Taxahaw Thanksgiving day by llie pastor, I'. K. Blackmon, at 11 a. m. 1'. K. B. Child Burned to Death. High I'oint, N. C., special in Sunday's Charlotte Observor : The 3-year old girl of Junius Beaver, employed at the silk mill here, was burned to death last evening in a iire which destroyed the house. A 4-year old boy escaped from a -irk bed. The unfortunate man lost his home and ad furniture in addit tion to his child. Winnsboro Policeman Shoots a Man. Winnsboro special in Sunday's Columbia State: policeman Dellinger was forced <o shoot a white man here about G o'clock this evening on Main street. The prisoner's name is Bass, an employe at the Kairfield cotton mills. He was drinking and had oeen warned several times this afternoon about liis disorderly conduct. About 0 o'clock Delinger arrested Bass and was inking him to the guard house. Bass was protesting vigorously ill the while and broke loose trom the otiicer. When called upon to halt, Bass made an in3ultinir remark and put his hand to hi9 hip pocket, but Policeman Dellinger was too quick for him and shot twice at. Bass, one ball striaing him behind his left, ear and coming out the left side of his face. Bass is resting easy and no fatality is expected of what might been a death shot 1 1 * l. _ ill uau ine miner HirucK one inch farther to the right. Death of an Estimable Lady in Kershaw. Kershaw special in yesterday's Columbia State: Mrs. N. T. Stephenson, who has been a great sulTerer for some time and was partially paralyzed a few months ago, died today. She was a daughter ot the late Dr. John I. Trantham and wife oi the late Fred Stephenson. She leaves three broth ers, Dr. llenry Trantham of Salisbury, N. C. Hon. W. D. Trantham, Sheriff T. S. Trantham of Camden and one sister, Miss Laura Trantham of this place, and three sons, Messrs. L. B ot Hartsville, F. Mills, who has a position 011 the Erie railroad, John T. of Clemson College She was a devout christian lady, a member of the Presbyterian church, was about 55 years old. The funeral will be conducted by her former pastor Rev. J. T. Dend- , who recently moved from this place to Rock Hill. Marriages at Richburg. Chester Reporter : Married, at Richburg Methodist parsonage, Thursday, Nov 19, 1908, Miss Barbara Crawford, of Smith's T. O., and Mr. Dunlap Gaston, of Richburg, R. F. D. 2, Rev. W. Smith Martin officiating. Married, at the Methodist parsonage at Richburg, Tuesday, Nov. 17, Miss Laura Dye, of Kdgemoor, and Mr. J. Albert Orr, of Richburg, Rev. W. Smiih Martin nffieiatinrr Mr. Clyde McFadden and Miss Mittie Abernalhy, ot Fort Lawn, were married at the Methodist parsonage at Richburg Wednesday afternoon, Rev. W. S. Martin officiating. Another Chesterfield Lady Dies in Charlotte. Charlotte Observer 22nd in*t : At St. Peter's Hospital, where she had been taken a short while ago tor special treatment, Mrs. (J. L. Moore, of Chesterfield county, S. C., died yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon her remains were taken ( her f n f ni n i? homo htr thn I??n t? o' *w, tiwiuu XJJ VUC W rt * "I Wadeaboro. Mrs. Monro was 30 years of age and highly esteemed bv all who knew her intimately. When you want any printing don^ snid it to The News.