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tcp? .^v w - 'V sR * . \;* V The VOL. 4 NO. 20. SEMI-W MR. T. S RIDDLE DEAD. The Good Man and Brave Confederate Veteran Succumbed to Injuries Received in Accident last Wednesday. The many friends throughout the county and elsewhere of Mi. ThomaH Sanders Kiddle, of Dixie, will be shocked and deeply pained to learn that the injuries he Detained last Wednesday, by a bale of cotton accidentally falling on him at the ginnery at Dixie, an account of which was publish M ?d in The News of Saturday, proved fatal, his death occurring Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock. The unfortuuate man was conscious the greater part of the time, and fully realizing his condition, accep ed his fate with true courage and christian resignation. Mr. Kiddle was one of Lancaster county's leading and influential citizens and his loss will be greatly felt, particularly in the community in which he lived He was a mnn ot unusual.intelligenoe, well-informed, progressive and public spirited, with pronounced views on all questions affecting his country's welfare and endowed iu a marked degree with the courage of his eonvictions. He was especially active in the religious and edu eat ion al affairs of his comma nity and the county generally. Of commanding personality, affable manners, and gifted with the power to entertain as a conversationist and speaker, he was ever a delightful companion and a pleasant and interesting talker. Mr. Riddle was t he only brother of Ma.j. J. M. Riddle, of Laneeater, and was born in Kershaw county Feb. 25, 1836 He was therefore in his 73d year. He w ?s a son of the late James Riddle, * who died in the Mexican war, mod Louisa Morton Riddle. He came to Lancaster in February 1862. when the Lancaster Ledger was established to accent a position with the paper, lie worked on the ledger until the ^ war broke out, when he volunteered for service in the defense ot his country, becoming a member of the Lancaster Greys. He made a splendid record as a Confederate soldier, and continued in service until the second win ter of the war, when he was honorably discharged on account ot bad health, caused by a severe attack of pneumonia. Mr. Kiddle was iwioe married His first, marriage was to Miss Sarah L. Marks, of Steel Creek. Mecklenburg county. N.C.,on the 12th ot .lune, 1856. Of this anion eleven children were born, seven of whom survive, namely, Mr. R. R Riddle, of this place; Mrs. R. J Flynn, Mrs J P. Flynu, Mis. J. K. l'orter, Miss Ida Riddle, of this countv; Mrs. T. P. Brewer, of Chesterfield county, and Mr. T. S. Riddle, ol Oklahoma. The secoud marriage was to Mrs. Bailie E. Olif ton, on the 17th of February, 1881. Four children blessed this marriage, three children now tiring, Mr. P. H. Kiddle, ot Oanley, S. C.; Mrs. M. (JJ Dunaan and Thurlow K. Kiddie, of Dixie, tie also leaves 81 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; also 3 step children, Mr. W. A. Ulifton. of Oentev; Mr James Olifton, ol Dixie, and Mrs. Mamie Bennett, ot this place. There are likewise lelt surviving 9 step-grandchildren. Mr. Kiddle had resided in the Dixie community aboni 35 years ji and during that long period was v ifeAu M U.ll V.i.M.n ; i Lanc LEDGER J 8b/ RE EEKLY. LANCAS1 . . . 1 po vnwui lacu r in l's spiritual, l^ancas ? mitional and material up- Artisi ouilding. His influence for good Qen will bo felt in the community for many years to come Ho w ?s a The member of the Methodist church. Bari.it P'or years he was a steward it captor, Hopewell church and also sup Washing erintendent of the Sunday of Mrs. . School. . few da] The remains of Mr. Kiddle has beer were laid to rest at Hopewell portrait Sunday afternoon, an unusually Kenned; large concourse of sympathizing trait w friends and acquaintances wit presente nessing the solemn and impres- Caroline sive funeral obsequies. The ser- Kenned] mon, a strong-touching discourse, the hall in which a higli tribute was paid eeutativ< io the lite and character of thede- Miss ceased, was delivered by the pas distingu tor, the Rev E. M. McKissick, has been whose text was,"There remainet h ou pre therefore a rest to the peolpe of painted God", Heb. 1V-9. The Rev. R. good, wl L. Duffie assisted in the service, the D iu; Columbia Admirer of Teddy Sends Him Gallon of South uarolinVi Carolina Liquor for Christ- cess itiai mas. mwt will Columbia special in the News and Courier: A strict inter- More pretation of Hie South Carolina Demc liqour laws came near prevent- Chesl ing Presideut Roosevelt from Repoi having a drink of fine old South ham. Carolina whiskey tor Christmas. Cheate it seems niceiy now, noweyer, ^-a ylate that the President will take hie COUM|v 0 Christmas toddy from the State . * , i ? * i Uoi where his mother was married, j Cum A persoual friend of Col. ?aliierjnj Theodora Roosevelt, who lives in (jemonstj OoJumbia, not I on g ago secured ]()Wjnt? j, in this state a gallon ot very fine Hj,owjn?. old whiskey, which had been (Jottor manufactured here several years ok i j i i ?Cir9. ago and aged to please the taste fts aKajllf of the old-time Southern gentle- ^ jftn(| man. He decided to send the Qranl 0 gallon of whiskey to the Presi- auai,18't 4 dent as a Christmas gift and pro- ]an(j . ceeded to ship it by express. one_ha|f Bu' when it was carried to the ftcre a8 Southern Express Company's a<ji0inini office in Columbia, the officials ac^es j [ hesitated about accepting the .500 doui shipment until the ruling ot the \y&\\PT v State administration was secured DOUn(js on the point whether or not the j ' express companv could accept a(>r whiskey in this state tor ship- aKai,18t inent at all. A high State of- cenf ficial is -aid to have told the ex- rtl ' . | , ri It * L/IIfc) press company agent that it could : , t not legally be accepted. Altor- ^ ney General Lyon, when asked ^qq doui his ruling, replied that he was j j not the legal adviser of the ex- DqUikjs press company, and referred the ^ j. agent to the company's attorney. *llllfis The matter has been held up for a(jj0jnja, several days, but when the coin- j ^ pany's attorney was told todav p()U>J j \ the Attorney General's state- . n>.A , i. .,..m 1.(520 poi , lie 1 Win I no UU.OII t l O iJU I 1 ... 1 Oil ail on ahead and ship the liquor, and I tii *' ^ 1 ^ C 0 it is probablv now on us way to -An i u/t n 700 on o the W lute House. ? ne acre * " " 800 pout: Rat Stops Cotton Mill. McDill. i ugaitid 4 Charlotte Observer: A little land*; T rodent several days ago caused 1,425 po several thouhsand dollars worth on adj >i< of damage to the Southern Power |er, one : Company in Concord when it 160 poor crawled over the terminal wires H. Mitle and made a short circuit, then'- against by stopping the wheels of every land; J. cotton mill in that city and va- 910poun rious other enterprises tor a po- other sin riod of forty five minutes. The two acre rat was a very small one, and 600 pour when found by the electricians lend ; S. it was cooked to a crisp. Be- 1,400 poi sides stopping the various shops on same and mills, two big transformers ningham were burne1 out, putt nig ad against 8 jditional expense on the power! of land, company. j Corn : ' ?* *" ""x 1ASTEI VIEW 1878 cNTERPRE 'ER, S. C., DECEMBER 9, 1908. ter's Distinguished 23 1 2 bi t to Paint Portrait of b,,ah?'t ;t 1 John D. Kennedy "iT- c >1? Coliunb* ? Slate: Mi9s 18 buiin-ls Strai , o merly <?l Lau- p*as, ag?ii bu' more recently ??f L^e, one >?c :ton, b*s been the gue?d eight > r 10 J E Poore lor the past son, one ac rs. Miss Barreit-S'rail 10 bushels l engaged to paint the acres, 20 < of the late Gen. John D. bushels; T v ot Camden. l'liis por results not hen completed wili be increase m d to the Staie of Sou>h acres, corn i by the children of Gen. isfied with j and w ill be placed in tinue next of the house of repre- one acre, 3 ?s. five bushel Barrett-Strait is quite a acre. 20 bu inhed artist and her work els; 1'. G. ? i admired in Ibis Stale bushels, aj iviou? occasions. She W. Miller, the poitraii of Gen. Ha- acres, 41 liich was presented bv bushel.*; J. ghters of I he Confeder- 20 bushels, > the portraits of Col R. 1 Haye niel Pope, Gen. Mieah against 15 Gov Ellerbe, South ningham, ins are proud of the sue- against 12 Miss Barrett-Si rait has This goo tin Iiei chosen work ed next .ve About Government's Mad Dog jnstration "Work in Rock I ter Countv.?Fuller rt by Agent Cunning- Kock Ui town of Re ir special in the Colum U^, As agent for Chester Mr' Smy,h I the United Stales de- ^Hn act,nS t of agriculture, Col. T rai"* lingham has finished 1 e" !,ri g up the results ot farm C1 V y \ a ration work. Thefol n??n and 1 * the verv *ati-factorv raany 8?c 1 J is reported .-J. N Hardiu, iwo I.'.?* nt ,T >5 pounds ot seed cotton, ?,1k Iny ' it 425 p Minds on adjoin- ?? fP1, , ... * xi about lour of same kind : A. N. . arr.> j and a nun ne acre, 9To pounds, as eA , j- vicinitv it i 50 pounds on adjoining ^'Men' N. Atkinson, two and n,?. ' i ,inn 4 the bm acres, 1,220 pounds per .... , . apam.t 500 pounds on k,lled'nlh : lands; J a Lee, ihreo '?* a'"1 f4> ,or. . . ^ also been fc )90 pounds, as against ? . c nds on adjoining land; Ja Simpson, one acre, 1,832 f t . ?n . ru. a ten by his i as against <>50 pounds . ent lands; D. 8. Hollis, C1 e, 1,300 pounds, as 550 pounds on adja- Policemai inds; W R. Kitch- other K acre, 800 pounds, as >50 pounds; T J. Ford, Rock Hi , 1,080 pounds, against 'hat the ne ids;,I. R. Reid. one acre, going to ^ pounds, against 400 Lantley lit in neighboring land; vv . "Why?" >letr. one acre, 1,280 represent against, 550 pounds on bad a I lauds; W. R. Lee, one ing with a 20 pound", against 54f) 'be C?r? J. E. Trusgell, < ne acre, pe,,e(' ,0 ^ mds mamst 540 pounds netting in nnu land*;E. A haard a do 2,0*27 pound*, against e<^ back at (Iter land-; tt. L Ha e*. recognized . I ,;*0o pound-, aortitis! an(i imined ids on oilier land; K. B. wcurre one acre, 950 pounds, ma ^ !Ult^ ' 50 |M.iui<?? mi adjoining have ki> O, Strong, i ni acre, but lor a i uinla. against 000 pouuds 'he rt,reelflnnz lands; H. W. Milacre, 820 pounds, against Big Fir id* mi adjoining land; J, Dallas. r! r, one acre. 1.100 pounds ir(,m Ba<*k 800 pound* on oiher K(a,e tiIHt t W. Wilks, two acres, t}ie town v ids against 450 pounds on earlv ln-d< n'ar land; J. M.Grant, mHteti at a, 1,8*20 pounds, against ids OU the same kind Ot Every cane of L>. Cross, one acre, der inflauuuat inds, against 900 pounds ^XTri.v kind ol land; T. J. Oun- TakeDeWitt'i ,four acres, 1.2S0 pounds lho3I,i,re ,1411 ' .. , ' 1 , . , quiokiv. Insi >60 pound-on same kind ttn.i l iadder I I inflammation equaled Het .1 F. MacKey i . kAtiaa Vhfl MOO fp. - ? ' I ' > M V IN >E 1891 l~li?t8, agai' st eight . B. Atkin on, on* slieh, agai -f-t 15 hushA i kitison, t\v i h tpk, corn and 10 hi hel* ist nine hugim J. (j. re, 27 hush 1-, amn-t bushel-; W >1 ft Simp :re, 40 bushels, agaiU9' D. 8. iiollisv three busliels, against. 10 J. Ford, two acres, measured, but good ade; J. R. Reid, two failed to ear, but satresults and will eonyear; J. E. Trussed, 0 1 2 bushels, against s; R. B. McDill, one ishels, against 10 bushstrong, one acre, 22 1-2 crainst 10 bushels ; LI. one and one-quarter bushels, against 12 W. Wilks, one acre, 1 against nine bushels; s, one acre, 27 bushels, bushels;'!'. J. Cunsix acres, 31 bushels. bushels. >d work will be extendar. f Bites 50 Dogs in Till and Vicinity II Herald: The whole ick Hill is somewhat by a mad dog scare, e's shepherd don hepeculiar Wednesday Several dogs were ng the morning in the n>d Wednesday after light the dog was in ons of the city and it that everywhere the lother dog was bitten. ie dog was also seen oddey's Spence place, miles from the ctty iber of dogs in that is also reported were ythe dog was fiualiy e city Thursday morneral other dogs have ailed. the says he knows of y dogs that were bit dog in and out of the ? T .onorloi/ Hoc A?_ M wMkigiwjr A. At*o AAA Ararrow Escape. 11 Ilerald : "It seems groes or the dogs are ;et me," said officer nirsday with a smile. asked The Herald Li v e close call this mornmad dog up in front ae 11 Grocery, 1 hap?e passing and after front of tlie door I g snap at me. 1 look id saw the dog and it as Mr. Smythe's 11 a to 1 v nohtia 1 him of nee. I knew he was Id him so and would led the dog there lumber of people on J 1 e in Texas Town Hex . Dec ,r> ?Advices vi'lo, Irr^itS' county, ho 8**Otl<>ll of vas dos'rovpd bv firo iv. The loss 19 e9ti200.000. backache. weak hack, IdadioD and rheumatic pains is l< glectod, for snob troubles 'ays due to weak kidney a. < Kidney and liladdcr fills, itiseplic and soothe pain ist npon I>e Witt'a Kidney *i 1 In For weak kidneys and of the bladder they are un5?lai size 50c Sold here by I o. was r>uL : . Y" ", [EWS _PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY ; Another Fire In Lancaster. 11 Between $15,000 and $20,000 Worth of Property Swept Away by Flames--Ware Houses, Cotton Etc , Destroyed. A serious fir? occurred in Lancaster at an early hour Saturday morning, the alarm being given about 3 o'clock. When first dipcovered the flames were issuing from the Lancaster Mercantile Compauv's brick ware house, in the vicinity of the Southern Rail way depot. The building was constructed with the regulation fire walls, which saved hall the structure. The p*rt, however, in which the tire "tarted-was entirely destroyed, "together with its contents. Another ware house nearby, owned by the Kershaw Oil Mill and used bv the Bennett Grocery Co., was also consumed, likewise the seed house of the Lancaster Mercantile Company, shed over the Standard Oil Company's tank and about 100 bales of cotton, 45 bales of which were in a box car on theSouthern's side track and the remainder on the pnblic cotton platform. Several hundred other bales on the platlorm were saved with great dif ficulty. The Lancaster Cotton Oil Company also had about$300 worth of seed burned, the loss being covered by insurance. riu_ _ . *l t - in? ouier losses were approximately : Lancaster Mejcantile Company .damage to warehouse, $4,000; destruction of merchandise in same, $7,000. Both building and contents insured. Kershaw Oil Mill Co., ware house burned, $300; covered by insurance. Merchandise destroyed in building belonging to Bennett Grocery company, $500, covered by insurance. Cotton burned, $5,000,covered by insurance. The cotton bo longed 10 the Lancaster Mercantile Company and the HeathJones Company. Lancaster's volunteer lire conipauy,just organized, did some effective work with its new reels | as long H9 the water supply lasted. Had the new water-works system been in operation, as is now the case, much ol the pro perty destroyed would have been saved. The origin of the fire is not known. During its progress much uneasiness was felt on account of the Standard Oil company's tank, a terrible explosion being apprehended. The Jank continued hot tor many hours after the tire was over. It was not until late Saturday afternoon that 'he "man hole" was opened, by Mr. Andrew Gregory, of the Gregory-Hood company, the agent here of the Standard, who found the contents ? 7000 iiallons?intact. The sale. ty valve ?ppara!in however, had melted, allowing the vapor and gaai s to p?c-ipe. All the oil company's tanks, it is stated, are equipped with safely valves to meet ju-1 such contingencies. Violated Game Law. Charleston, S Dec. 5.? Two hotel and one restaurant, .keepers to-day pleaded guilty to vinla'illiC I he state game law in selling quail and wore finedt The Crises were bronchi hv iho jretary of i he Slate Aodobon mJciely as part o< an active campaign tor i he protection o! birds ami are the ficases brought in Charlebton. ! a.