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LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. 4. NO. 17. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., NOVEMBER 28, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS PER mpv
Negro Bicyclist Nearly Runs
over Teddy.
Washington, Nov. 25. ? Because
lie barely avoided running
down the President of the United
States with his bicycle while the
latter was walking to church last
Sunday, Gilbert Boyer. a neuro
youth, was arrested on the
charge of "not having a suitable
bell on his bicycle." Boyer was
released upon putting up $5 collateral
which he torteited rather
than stand trial yesterday upon
the charge. The eposide first
became known last night.
President Roosevelt was walking
briskly down H. street
on Sunday morning with two
secret service men at his heels
and started to cross Fifteenth
street, when he heard a shout
of warning from some one it
front of him. The President
sprang back just in time to miss
being hit by a bicycle, ridden by
a negro who was trying to steer
the wheel with one hand and
carry a basket of milk bottles
| with the other.
" When the President shouted
at him to admonish him for his
reckless driving, the negro merely
grinnod and pedalled swiftly
away. It was not until he whs
pursued and arrested by the secret
service men at the dairy
where he was employed that the
negro became aware of the President's
identity.
Swapped Bottles.
Mr. Gt*odly was at Salisbury
the other day. While there he
purchased for his wife a large
bottle of cologne. This was
carefully wrapped and afler he
entered the train for Greensboro
?he haDDoned to he on 4H?ii?
placed the package in the receptacle
for t-uch things, between
the seats and the rod of the car.
Another man had the seat with
him, and the latter also had a
package resembling the other in
shape. In some strange way the
packages became mixed, unknown
to the owners.
When Mr. Goodly reached his
home he found that a meeting
of advocates of the cause of temperance
was being hela. Hand
ing the package to his wile he
asked to be excused and then
went up stairs. Hardly had he
reached his room when he heard
a'scream ot his wile. Rushing
down stairs he found her gaztng
frantically at a package labelled
"Pure Rye".
He is now looking for the
other man so that he may prove
an alibi.?Greensboro News.
The Diehl-Hnnch TSInr?fio1o
? O" - Chester
Reporter, 26th inst :
The home of Mr. ami Mrs F. M
Hough on Columbia street was
the scene of a quiet but pretty
wedding yesterday afternoon,
when their daughter, Miss Virginia
Waddill,became the wile of
Mr. Herbert S. Diehl, of Rock
Hill. The marriage vows were
said in the parlor beneath a
huge bell of white carnations
and other flowers, Rev. J. S.
Snyder, pastor of the Baptist
church, being the officiating
clergyman
Trial Set for Coopers.
Nashville, Tenn, November
25.?The Criminal Court to-dav
fixed the trial of Col. Duncan B.
Cooper, his son Robin J. Cooper,
and John D. Sharp, on the charge
of the murder of former United
States Senator Carmack, for December
8 All pleaded not guiltv
when arraigned separately. They
were refused bail
I
Magistrate Gets 5 Years in (
Penitentiary
Roanoke, Va., Nov. 25.? At
Tazewell, Va., today in the circuit
court Thomas H. Wingo, a
former justice of the peace of
Tazewell, pleaded guilty to the
charge of embezzlement and
was sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary. Wingo was
indicted on eight different counts.
He was a justice for several
years, and for his entire term ol
office never remitted a cent to
the State of the money he col
lected in lines, etc.
Fatal Attempt at ""William
Tell" Feat.
London, Nov. 26.?Herbert
Lee, a music hall performer,
died in tliis city today from the
effects of a wound in the head
received during a performance ol
a "William Tell" act. at a local
hall last night. Lee held a ball
on his head, at which Madame
Clementine shot at a distance of
filty feet. Madame Clementine
surrendered to the police* Mr.
Lee had been giving this act for
a period ot eighteen years without
having met with any accident.
Company Formed to Make
Paper from Cotton Stalks.
Washington, Nov. 25?Paper
is to be manutactured trom cotton
stalks, a heretofore useless
by-pioduct, according to a report
to the bureau of manufactures.
A company, capitalized at' 500
000 dollars has been organized
at Atlanta, Ga , for the purpose.
I' is claimed that paper can be
m >de trom cotton stalks at a
cost ol about $15 per ton.
Farmer Suicided after Trying
to Kill His Family.
Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 25.
?John llaynes, a farmer of
Winona, S. C., alter trying to
kill his wife and children with a
shotgun to-day, shot Henry
Moore, who went to the assistance
ot the family, in the leg.
llaynes then turned the gun on i
himself anil blew out his brains.
Atlanta's Hot Mayoralty
Race
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 25.?Promise
was made tonight at a mass
meeting held in the interest of
James G. Woodward, Democratic
nominee for mayor, that t tie
present exciting municipal cam
pugn has not by any means
reached its height in bitterness
engendered by the injection ot
personalities. Mr. Woodward
bitterly assailed Robert F. Maddux,
his opponent in the mayoralty
race, as well as some ot the
men nrnminAiif.lv r..;iW
Mr Maddox'a campaign. He is
sut d a challenge to Mr. Maddox
to meet him on any platform
and discuss the moral fitness ot
each other.
Foot and Mouth Disease.
Washington, November 22.?
Alarming results following the
outbreak of a contagious foot
and mouth disease in New York
and Pennsylvania causing those
States to be quarantined against
Inter State shipments ot cattle,
were shown yesterday in advices
which were reported to Secretary
ot Agriculture Wilson, statins
that four children in Danville, :
. Pa., had contracted the disease.
A ligid investigation is in progress
in Danville and elsewhere
to determine whether others have
{become similarly affected.
The North Carolina Conference?Someof
the Appointments.
The Western North Carolina
Methodist Conference, which was
in session at Ashevil'e lor several
days, adjourned Tuesday. The
appointments lor the Charlotte
District are:
Presiding Eider?11 K. Buyer.
Charlotte?Try on Street, G. 11.
Det.wiler; W. W. Bays, superannuary;
Trinity, K L Bain, W. L.
Nicholson, supply; Brevard
Street, C. M. Pickens, A. R.
Surratt, assistant; Calvary, E. E.
Williamson; Chadwick and Sev
ersyille. J. P. llipps; Dilworth
and Bit: Spriugs, A. L. Coburn,
supply ; North Charlotte, W. O.
Goode; Belmont Park, L. A. Fails.
Ansonville?P. L. Terrell.
Derita?S. T. Barber.
Lilesville?E. J. Poe.
Matthews?O. 1. Hinson.
Monroe?Central church, H.
F. Chreiizberfi ; North Monroe
and Iceraorlee, M. T. Steele.
Moryen?W. P. McGhee.
Mount Zion?A. W. Plyler.
Pineville?W. S. Hales.
Polkton?L T. Cordell.
Prospect?G. O. Brinkman.
Unionville?A. J. Burrus.
Wadesboro?.1. H. West.
Wax haw t1. \f fiomnKuii
Weddington?J. H. Bradley.
The War Spirit Growing.
The "war spirit seems to be
growing throughout the world
llere is Congressman Ilobson,
who is not taken seriously by
most people, begging the president
to keep the battleship fleet
in the Pacific ocean as the only
guarantee o peace in the orient.
Mr. Ilnb -on honestly believes
that it the lleet is withdrawn the
United States will be at war with
Japan within the next vear or so
Germany and France have
been at daggers' points again,
but their differences have been
adjusted lor the time being.
The war spirit has just broken
out in a new place, this time in
England. Speaking in t he house
of lords the other night Field
Marshal Lord Roberts expressed
the conviction thai the lack of
a military force sullicient to
make hopeless the attempt of an
invasion, would, in all probabil
if V. is t.hp pmiua "I
--y J - w wmmuv; uio iv/no LI I
Great Britain's supremacy at sea.
lie pointed out the comparative
ease with which Germany could
laud an armv on the shores of
England. Under the present
conditions England would be
forced, he said, to submit to
most humiliating .demands.?
Anderson Mail.
Pleasant Hill Items.
Mr. and Mrs J. L). Nisbet of
JaCRsonham section returned
home Monday last from a visit
to Mr and Mrs. S. Beckham Sr.
Misses Daisy and Ethel Cauthen
visited relatives in Kershaw
, t.: ? -. ? u
I 1110 w ccn,
Mr and Mrs. L. J. Terry of
Lancaster spent Thanksgiving
with Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Beckham
Mr. M. D. Robertson, whose
health has been failing,is at Kershaw
under treatment by Dr.
Cautheu.
Mrs. W. A. Beckham of Rock
Hill is visiting her sister, Mrs.
M. L. Beckham.
Mrs. J M. Caskey, who has
been unable to get about, much,
is now improving some. Iler
IriemlH and relatives are glad to
learn that she is belter. Rex.
Pleasant Hill. Nov. 26.
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Thanksgiving Hunting Fatalities
in North Carolina.
Specials in Charlotte Observer:
Lexington?Cov Crotls, age*!
about 17 vears, sou ot James
Crotts, a well-known contractor,
was killed late this afternoon,
about two miles 'rem Lexington
by the accidental discharge of a
gun. Younn Crotts started to
push the gun into the rear end
ot a wagon, butt foremost, and
in some manner it was discharged
and the entire load entered
his stomach.
Maxton?This afternoon while
out hunting Doc McLean, 10
years old, accidentally shot and
inatnntlw b-ill^^l I ?? u " 1
... w.j niuuu JLiauy Darnes, 1*1
yearn old. McLean claims that
he was fixing to shoot a lark
when Barnes got in tront ol the
gun and received the load ju?t
a few inches above the heart.
Kinston?Jack Braxton, 17
years old, of Snowhill, was ills'
antly killed by accident while
hunting this morning between 11
and 12 o'clock with a 9-year-old
companion. The accident occurred
near Snowhill, to which
place the body was taken immediately.
Braxton and the
little boy were hunting in a field
and coming to a ditch the former
jumped across. The ditch was
too wide for the boy to leap and
liraxton handed him the breech
of the gun to assist the little
fellow over In jerking the gun
back to pull the boy over the
hammer caught a twig and tell
back on the shell exploding it.
The muzzle of the gun was pointing
towards Braxton and the
1 whole load entered his body,
causing instant death.
Decision in Merger Case.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 25.?
The Supreme Court to.dav Heewl.
ed the famous merger suit of the
State of S>?ulli Carolina agi.inst
the Southern Railway. The
decision reverses the order of the
lower c??urt and remands the
case for trial.
The suit was originally begun
by the late Attorney General
Gunter to test the validity of the
leases hv the Southern Railway
ot the old South Carolina &
Georgia lino and other roads. It
was brought by reason of the
suits against tho Southern Railway
by private parties who wanted
penalties provided for in the
constitution when competing
lines are bonght up.
At Baptist Church Sunday.
Sunday School at 10 o'clock.
Sermon 11 a. m.: "On the quarrel
between Paul and Barnabas.
PROGRAM OF B. Y. P. U.
Topic: Our Foreign Emigrants?By
Dr. Boldridge.
At 7 o'clock Mr. Waddy C.
Thomson will deliver an address
on "Tithing." Mr. Thomson
has practiced tithing for many
years and will therefore speak
Irom experience. We hope a
large crowd will hear Mr. Thomson.
National Cotton Association
Formed.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 25.?
At a meeting of the commitees
appointed by the National Farmers'
Union and the conterence
of planters and others at Memphis
several weeks ago, the National
Cotton Association was
formed he?e yesterday, with
Harvie Jordan, of Atlanta, Ga.,
president, and Lee Richardson,
of Vicksburg, Miss , treasurer.
Lawyers Scrap-Featherstone
One of Fighters.
Columbia, Nov. 24 ?The time
ol the state board of canvassers
was taken up yesterday with the
hearing of contests in the Laurens
dispensary election case, and
the elections in tbe First, Second
and Seventh congressional districts.
All the contests were
dismissed. The Laurens contest
was the priocipal thing before
the board in importance and
the argument of counsel became
at one point acrimonious and led
to a personal encounter between
the opposing counsel, C. C. Featherstoue,
ot Laurens, and C. P.
Sims, of Spartanburg.
During the argument of Mr.
Sims, lepresenting the contestant,
he leterred several times to
the ' crazy prohibitionists" who,
he said, could not see the facts
except in their own way, intiinatiug,
it seemed, that ihey
were so blinded by prejudice as
not to be able to lell the truth,
lie was referring particularly to
t.tl? mootinn nf 1 1 '
...w.-uf, ui *jh j/icus neia at
the call of the supervisor to ascertain
whether one fourth the
number of voters hail signed the
petition tor an election
Air. Fealherstone, representing
the prohibitionists, requested
Mr. Sims to stick to the record
and discontinue his references
to the "crazy prohibition
ists.\
Mr. Sims replied that he would
settle with Mr. Feaihersioue outj
side afterwards, whereupon Mr.
I Feat herstone said he wouldsettle
right then and the two attorneys
were instantly in combat. Both
are heavy o( build, and muscular,
Mr. Featherstone in his youth
having been a ball player of note,
and the fight, though short, was
vigorous. When the two were
separated, Mr. Sims was bleeding
about the lace and Mr.
Featherstone had a slight bruise
on bis cheek. Both apologized
to the board.
Terrible Disaster Occurs off
Island of Malta.
Valetta, Island oi Malta, November
25 ?A terrible disaster, in
I which more than a hundred persons
lost their lives, occurred at
the entrance 10 this port this
morning. The 'British steamer
Sardinia, of the Ellerman Line,
hailing from Liverpool and bound
for Alexandria, with a crew of
44 Englishmen, 11 first and 6
second cabin English passengers
and nearly 200 Arab pilgrims
aboard, caught fire and within a
few minutes was a roaring furnace,
the flames bursting up
ward to a height of 200 feet
from frequent explosions in the
hold.
Mortgage for Fifteen Millions.
Macon, Ga , November 20.?The
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company filed a mortgage in
the Bibb County Superior Court
liaro In <l?i" " ~ ? *'
../unj UII n? properties
given to secure the sum of $15,
000,000 borrowed through the
Central Trust Company, of New
York. The interest named is 5
per cent, and the tenure of the
mortgage is fifteen years. The
document covers about 100 print
ed pages. It is understood th it
the mortgage is to be recorded
in every county and State in
which the company has a plant.
The company has a plant in
South Macon tor the manufacture
of guano.
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