The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 25, 1908, Image 1
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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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Dr. Pryor's Valuable Inven- p
tion. 1
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Chester Reporter: Dr. S. W. n
Ppvor. head of the M:i<rfl?lnno
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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
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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
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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.
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