The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 16, 1908, Image 1
VOL. 4. NO. 22. SEMI-WEEKL
The Seminole Insurance Mat- York
?Cfnol/Vinl/lArc Mrjnr) Ar
1^1 VJlUVIVilVAUVl O AfAVWt W?.v*
Authorize an Investiga- ^
tion. ^1
Colunit'0 fecial in the Char- 'w0
lesion Su News: A meet 1 ^
ing of stc v .ders of the Semi- i ,o1
nole Securities Company wasj? er
held here today, lasting several *s
honrs, at the conclusion of which ot*ier
the following sfatement was giv '
en out lor publication: Dick'
tkIn yiew of the various rumors anot^
? . and published statements in re- ,)U^'
* gard to the deal made by the
Sonfchern Securities Company au(* 1
with the Southern Life Iusur- Were
ance Company, a meeting of the bush"
stockholders, representing a large
amount af stock, aud their at- w
4?. n?,r. .? A- rt t t l\rt nf M I* ftl
l?UI UCJ 1 LIO\/ ab two uii&v<u u& & (
J. Y. Garlington, who was ex. me(^'
arained as to the financial coudi t?h?ut
tion of the company, and the ^ie
sale and the transfer of the stock ratu'f
of the Southern Life Insurance
Company to the Seminole Secur- Neg
ities Company. Mr. W. A. /
Clark, one of the trustees, was
also examined. 'Ihe examina- .
Au 11
tion was exhaustive, and as a
result thereof a committee, con- .
berci
sisting of the trustees, Messrs. tu^e]
Clark, Jones aud Bryan, (who
at 11
have withdrawn their resigns- 1U .
. | , L lt/l'H
tions as trustees) together with ^
a committee of the stockholders,
, ot wl
Dr. E. J. Ktheridge, ot Leesville; .
Huger Sinkler, of Charleston, ^
assot
and K. T. Caston, of Cheraw,
' . ' prev
were appointed to examine into
^ COUg
the sale and the condition of
resei
the company aud present their ^
report at a called meeting of the jjnit
stockholders fixed for December <jj8Cl
29, in Columbia. The committee
' , . , , e?or
was authorized to employ an ex
* J sumi
pert accountant to examine the
books of the company and to get |
all available data possible in or- Por
W, der ito put the stockholders in Li
'?a MAaaauoinn nl flick I upta i,
1U1I jJUoocngiv/u V7i uuv K?vvw> XVI
Dow
Plenty Room Now to ' Throw port
Off On Rock Hill. the
(Prom tho Ko< k Hill Record.) Hut
The progressive editor of The aa
, origi
Lancaster News, brother Con- !
nore, is to be congratulated upon perf
the marked evidence Of improve- wou
ment noted iu the Saturday's is relal
sue oi that paper, being enlarged Mrs.
by an addition ot a column to and
?A<'h pas?, he has even put a or T
new head on his paper. This T1
enlargement, however, we hope
does not mean that he wants ^
more room to "throw off'' on (*au'
r Rock Hill. The paper looks tine COUf
now?almost as good as The I
Record of?Rock Hill# O
' Evacuation of Cuba. coui
Washington, Dec. 12.?At the 'e8?
war department today the tirst Chri
details regarding the withdrawal of m
from Cuba of the American army estii
of pacification, which has been ; the
on duty there since the fall of |<}ve
1006, were made known. The HnCM
movement of troops will begin , wjtJ]
on January 1 and will be com- .
pleted by April 15.
K 8ion
arrr
Night-Riders' Trial Begun. expj
Union City, Tenn , Dec. 14.? ren.
With both the prosecution and ed il
the defense announcing ready the i
for trial, the latter, however, tree
under protest, the concluding put
K chapter in the prosecution on a and
R* charge of murder of the night mow
men held most responsible for ings
the raids of the night-rider band sitti
P of the Keel Foot lake region was ilv \
began this afternoon. . on t
>
Y. LANCASTE
: County Negro Shot by Aged Woman Kn
lother Because, it is Said, Down and Presui
e Wouldn't Buy More Robbed,
quor. Spartanburg spec al in t
ck Mill Record: A negro lurobia St ite: Mi*1 Sdlie '
e name >1 John Blake was better known as "Auu1 S
at Ogden yesterday by an- an aired ami :.?>d
negro named Sam Dickey, woman, living alone on s
reported that Blake and an farm ot 12 acres, 'hree
negro named Richardson southwest ot Oampobelh
)ought some whiskey from struck in 'he head with i
9v, and that Dickey had Friday night and lett for d
ler jug and wanted them to some party, who is suppi
more. They refused and have robbed her of what
3y went and got. his gun. she had in the house,
as Blake and Richardson Today a gramldaugli
returning home Dickey am- "Aunt S illie" came to s
3d them and tilled Blake She found the hou*e clo
bird shot trotn his head to and apparent/ no one at
aist. Dr Stevens was call- On entering she found her
id went down and rendered mother lying ou the bee
cal attention. Blake is not unconscious conlition,
?ht to be seriously hurt, as io? in her own blood,
shot were small. Dickey terrible gash in her head.
* his pucanp was summoned and the <
? man came to herself suffi
x-y xxr to tell how it happened
xoes to Wage War ,, , H
. . , . call the name of a win
\gainst Consumption. . ,
? who came to her house
iskegee, Ala., Dec. 1*2.? night. She said that si
iterestiug mature ol the tight $25 in greenbacks and :
is being waged agaiusl tu- silver.
ilosis will be the negro anti- m m
rculoBis congress to be held Marrj of a Portner
iskegee, December 14th to T .
, .Lancastrian in the
, under I he joint auspices
iskegee Industrial institute lowers.
Iiioh Booker T. Washington Editor 1 lie News :
resident, and the national A marriage that will b
nation for the study and ferest f? many ot your
eution ot tuberculosis. Tiie Was solemnized here las
ress will be attended by rep- Dec. Idth, the con1
itaiive negro nieu and wo- Par*ies being Mr. Oscar L
from all sections of the man and Miss Maftie VI.
ed States. The object is to daughter of Mr. and Mi
isb means for checking the 1 er,T 01 Oxford, Hi
mous mortality trora con- impressive ceremony w
ption among the negro race. f?rm0d in the presence c
intimate friends, by the
pastor, Rev. Mr. Kingsle
traits ot Grandparents ot stewman is ? l.,nca*ter
ate Mrs. Leroy Springs. bov, but now a pennant
)ck Hill Record: Miss Mattie prominent resident of hit
d has just completed copies of ed home. The bride is
raits of Mr. and Mrs. White, Sumter county's most
grandparents of Mrs. D. P. aild charming young ladi
chison, Miss Cordelia I Infer j0ju their host of friends
Mrs. Josephine Durant. The , them a , h ?
inals were painted bv Carl .. . . , .
...... . . * perous lite ot connubial t
vn in 1855, and the copies are
ectreproductions. Miss Dowd iere ,h 'ere ^e'' ,WO
Id be glad to have any of the ter coun,v voua~ bacllel
Elves and friends of Mr. and Madam Rumor sa1. - e
White call at her resilience there'll be only one
inspect the portraits Monday Ignori
uesday at Charlotte. Oxford, Fla., Dec. Tl'l
le work has been done for - mm
Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, Lad Killed by Old P
., whose wife was a grand- # .
shter of this distinguished Wilson,N.C.,special in
day's Charlotte Observer
? terday afternoon, whilo
. _ with a loaded pistol,Henr;
rigin of Christmas Tree. ,, 10 ,,
13 Conner, 12 year-? old, son
he News and Courier: Many resentative-elect George V
itriea hate their popular ner and grandson ot A
nds as to the origin of the Justice fl. (1. Conner, acc
stmas tree, which, although \y 9j,ot himself in the a
0 historic value, are inter- with fatal resuhs.
ig. One of the talon is to Young Conner and hi
effect that one Christmas were playing Indian at h
, traveling alone over the with an old pistol and at
v covered country, the sky the trigger was pulled, I
.f i;4. passing clear through his
1 its thousands of glittering 1
j, made such a deep impres- ' ^
on Martin Luther that after Georgia Sheriff Kills
ying at home he tried to IP St*
am it to his wife and child Waycross, <?a , l>ec
Suddenly an idea suggest- Fleming Smith, a druggi
teell to lum. Ilo *vani into shot and killed a' Jest
garden, cut off a little fir to-night by Sherill Lye
, dragged it into the nursery, son. The officer* snrren<
some candles on its branches the coroner and wifl he
lighted them One of the to Waycross Sunday on
t popular of German engrav- Qf threatening cofditior
represents Martin Luther 8up.
ng in the bosom of his fam- ? ?? ? -"-V
,ith a lighted Ohriatmaa trea *
he table before him. I Ur the "other fellow."/
i _
R, S. C., DECEMBER 16, 1908.
ocked Cotton Left at Gin by Farm- Child
Tiably ers Burned.
Luxin^ on, N. U., special iii Atlai
he Co- Oliarlolte Observer: Fire fhia While
Oreen, afternoon broke out in a pile of and ^is
allio," eotlon on a vac * tit lot adjoining ida ave
white the gin of J. W. Karnhart, nine 14-inon
i small bales having been damaged be- the in fa
miles fore it was extinguished. There Mrs. \
a, was were something over sixty bales against
in axe in I lie pile. mother
eai bv The lire occurred between 1 and wa
>sed to and 2 o'clock and it is supposed died o
money to have started trotn the careless o'clock
tossing ot a cigar or cigarette Litfcb
ter of stub among the bales. It was the tim
ee her. cotton that had been left at the seyen-y
sed up gin by farmers who did not want and he
home, to sell at the present low prices, while
grand- and there wai no insurance ou across
1 in an >t. One ot the worst damaged bor. 1
welter- bales belonged to a poor farmer aware
with a who lives a short distance from until t]
Help Lexington, and it was the only work,
aid wo- cotton he raised. Whe
ciently against
and to Crazy Man Shoots up Jersey |clot^es
te man Town. to lier
Friday , t0 put
lie hud hdKewa,er- N" l)ec- 'l" withe,
Saying that he was "John jlhe ,
r~ ' 111 Baptist, come to save the world," auj gf
an aged insane man held tills j head t?
town in terror for nearly an hour
Y^oung afternoon. He rushed down "par
Land main streets waving arevol- ;
ver and shouting:, held up hall a
dozen citizens, robbed the tills Rut
e of in- of three business establishments. Mis* 1'
readers stole a team of horses and ex daughl
* even changed many shots with a ^ Intruding
hastily lormed posse. His wild to be ?.
. Stew- career was checked wheu lie was ^nK ?
1'erry, bowled over bv shots fired by wt)e^ 1
8. Juo. members ot the posse alter a hawk
i. The chase ot more than a half a mile. her he
as per- After Ids capture the man ran in
?f a few said his name is Arthur S. Pome
bride's roy and that he came from Ne- return
y. Mr. braska 0
county - ? h?
mt and Garrison Goes to Pen. roee 11
i adopt- ftock Hill special in Columbia "eco,u
i one of g(a|e . it wa8 learned here to- .I"!?1?
popular ^av Upon nood authority that. ,J.
es. We Henry Garrison, of Gray Court, ?
in wish- Laure,is county, who was at the
nd pros recout term of court in Laurens
diss. convicted ot manslaughter with
Lancas recommendation to the mercy of Wil
ors, and cour^ a?d later sentenced to ^ec" ^
re long two vear^ m the penitentiary, er^'4lH
* L- a moral
has ?(>ne to < olumbia and surcoast
nnus. rendered to the prison authori- bo
l, 190S. t-0S Ior (iie purpose of serving ture(j
his sentence. on
istol. - - ? . . Alix y
yester- Man and Wife Mail Carriers Uotwi
; Yes- Tittsboro, N. C., Record: Mr. the V
playing George H. Beavers, of Matth^wB made
. , ... .
yvfroves lownatiip. i" 'ne man carrier ior
ot liep- the star route between Siler City hostili
/. Con and I'ittaboro, and his wile is the fiteam
saociate mail carrier on the rural free deidental
livery route No. 3 from Siler ^
bdomeu City. We wonder if there is for{K (
another ?uch instance in the
h cousin United States of a man and his as|,ort
lis home wife both be Hi 2 mail carriers? marin
imehow Sunday is the only day they
the ball spend at home. ,.
i * 1 Alix i
i body. - ? * - - ... .
^ with I
Kid Robs Store -j,he
Drug- Spartanburg special in Char- a^con
lotte Observer : Minus Patter- Hfr^iATt
12.? son, an S-y< ar-old white boy, three
a ... n Ia^/ua.1 4*% ?n?1 rv n I U <> /iU tKoUO
LHl, WHS was i^ugo'i in j?n uii uic viidr^o 1 ??
in. <ia. of burglary- entering the store ^trrttl
IH H!
?ns hip! ot the Knoree Manufacturing war c
lered to Company on the night ot Decern- might
brought her 8th. The youth made conaccount
feasion.it i- said, when taken
i r ii'Uti
is at Je- before a magistrate for investi- nyroai
gation. President Coffin does ;
not want the bov sent to the
rhf> \*,?vs 1 bird
I peniteutiary, but to the refor- i Fonrtb
U . I '2't y?Dl
matory. laofab
wl , 1
PRICE
"D i ri tu A o :
JLJUIUCU IU JL-/CcU.l 1 III /"* OCIl
Atlanta. tanb
uta .Journal, l.)ec. 12: T>ou
playing \v:tli her brother Spar
'or a their home oo Klor- day's (J
nuo.in Edgewood, little has bet
thv-oUl Eunice Williams, tanbur?
ml daughtt r ol Mr. and since la
Villiam S. Williams, fell county
the open grate in hor ' cide, or
's bed room oil Thursday stabbin
,s so badly burned that she prove t
t her injuries about 4 in Lai]
in the atterno n. the Sp
b Eunice was playing at b^en or
ie of the accident with her (ieor
ear-old brother, Herman, man, v
r sister, Agnes, aged tive, Green j
Mrs. Williams had gone at her
the street to visit a neigh- Qi the (
Mrs. Williams whr not and th<
i Un .,?. u l ?
ui i no ' en i Uic autivjcui. M r r oS? <*I
lie lire hud done its deadly by Con
and lo<
n Eunice accidentally lell Mintz
the flaming grate and her admitfi
i caught fire. Herman came on bjs
rescue and tried valiantly home,
out the flames that ran con fedt
ruel swiftness through the serious
lothing of the little child peeled
>on enveloped her from Satu
> foot. way to
?? - Dorroli
Heel Girl Who Can Leake,
Shoot Straight. mi lea t
herfordton, N O., Sun : ^een ^
hnma Elliott, the popular 80rae '
ierof Mr. J. W Elliott, ofH I roh r;
No. 3. has proven herself ^jea'<e
\t (
juite an artist in the handf
firearms. One day this a
die discovered a chicken sesera
sitting on the fence near u"ier y
ime, and she immediately e?'caPe
to the house and secured a e(^ 011 *
lith & Wesson pistol, and
ling tired at the hawk sit- 80me e
n the fence. She missed ^ n
wever, and as the hawk f-?re w
md sailed away she fired a kparki
i i i not fh.
t Lime ana as a resuir sne
ht down the hawk, having enh 10
it on tlie wing with a pie- not
Mrs
m ladv o
h Seized Venezuelan a I,6J5r
c. . Satun
Ship.
tier n
lemstad, Island of Curacao, .
3.?The Dutch cruiser Geld eon
i * .u- . . was oi
1 came into this port this
ng towing the Venezuelan
guard ship, the Dutch crew
ard. The Uelderland cap- Spa
the Ahx oil' Puerto Cabello Charh
iturday. At that time the Meekf
van lying close inshore, and First <
thstanding the threat which princi
enezuelan government had Schoo.
to tire upon any of the charg?
i warships committing a der fa
e act, the Oelderland was s\
ed at full speed towards the l'i
1 _ L_ 1 * rmm L ^ ^
larusnip ana sent an oiiicer wm? ?
uard in a launch to seize from 1
No shots came from the on Prc
)ii land. other
crew of the Alix was put ~
i and the Dutch officer and arn
es remained on board, the Spa
rland finally taking the Thorn
n tow ami steaming away who ii
ler prize. an int
seizure of the Alix was in of his
lance with the plans of the over tl
nd government when in- > , .
i . .. ed to
ions were issued to the
Dutch warships now in ,, .
Coughs
waters to make a demon ing cou
on off the coast of Venezue irotu i
id to capture any ship of
ir guard vessels that they aVi 11 * it"
: find. roforoi,
, , M , rho t<
heating
ties, the new Candy Cold Cure; Hhoop':
?, are hhk! l?y druggists to have torn cities,
specific advantages over all other calm tl:
en for u cold. First -They contain soothe,
nine, nothing harsh or sickening, chial :
1 l'hey give almost instant relief, safety'i
pleusant to the tasto, like candy, fchoop'
i A large box 48 Preventics at given t
is. Also tine for feverish children, once y<
y Fnnderburk Pharmacy. w burk I'
v X 1 ' ' '
2L.
1 5 CENTS PER COPY
Cb U1 V^IUXICJ. Ill OJJcll urg
and L.aurens
nties.
bnnburg special in yegterharlotte
Observer: There
?ri much crime in Spar;
and adjoining counties
.st Friday night. In this
there h?6 been one hoini
le murderous assault, and
g, both of which may
atal, two robberies; while
trens county, just across
artanburg line, there has
le homicide.
ge Mintz, a young white
/ho knocked Mrs. Sallie
in the head with an axe
home in the upper section
jounty, robbed her of $77
in made his escape, was
d in Piedmont yesterday
lutahlo 14 a v AQ nf v.;0 ,-itv
1,?J V??/I V ? VO w a VUAO V??J
lg? J in jail thin morning; > .
m-.de partial confession, J \
ing that the money he h ?d / 1
person came from Green's
though he said he had a
irate. M rs. Green is in a / &
'condition and is not exto
live- nJI
rday night, while on their
a colored frolic, Charlie
i shot and killed Jess
near Switzer, seven
rom this place. Both had
rinking and tell out over
nyial matter, when Dor- . *|
used his gun and shot
through the breast.
Jowpens yesterday mornwhite
man was stabbed
1 times in the breast by an \
vhite man, who made >$5?^ A
Both men wereemployJaro)ina,Cliuchtield<&
Ohio \
They disagreed about
;rade work.
egro by the name ot Kilas
shot and killed by Griff
s on Walter Gray's place
r lrom Woodruff, in Laur
uiity- x iin particulars are
10WU.
. Thomas, an aged white
f this city, was held up by
<> man on Spring street
lay night, and robbed of
loney. Mrs. Thomas had
(hopping in the city and
1 her way home.
Minister Arrested.
rtanburg special in the
itte Observer: Kev. S. T.
?, pastor of Meeks' Temple
Congregational church and
pal of Hamburg High
I, was arrested today on the
? of obtaining money unIse
pretenses. The warrant
vorn out by W. G. Lee, of
edniont Grocery Company,
lieges Meeks Recured $40
nm and gave a mortgage
perty on which there were
papers.
ier's Singular Death.
rtanbiirg Journal: Luther
paon, a young white farmer,
ves near lnman, while in
oxicated condition, fell out
buggy and hi* neck hung
fie dashboard and he etrangldeath.
that are tight, or diNtreHning tickle
gits, get quick and certain help
h. Shoop'H Cough itemed jr. On
count druggists everywhere arg
Dr. Shoop's Cough Kemetly.
is entirely tree front Opinio, Chloor
any other stupefying druginter
leaven of a harm lose lung.
mennUinnni: uh*nK m?.. ? n?
r Cough Remedy it* curative propThotte
leaves have the power to
le moHt distressing Coo^'h, and to
and heal the inont sensitive brooineiuhrane.
Mothers should, lor
* sake alone, always deseand Dr.
a. It can wilh perfect freedom he
? even the youngest tabes. Test it
luisolf, and see' bold by Fonder- >
harniacy. W
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