The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 23, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. 4. NO. 24. SEMI-WEEKLY.
AN IN1ERESTING EVENT. School In
-Awar
Contest,
Presentation of Jefferson Davis
Portrait, to the Graded School C olwmli
... . . .... ., and Cuurie
by Daughters ol the Von- . .
of the cont(
tederacy. <, , ,
bcnool I tn j.
Kditor Lancasfor News: 'or 1908, t
A portrait of Jefferson Davis, have been
only president of the Southern '$100 each:
t Confederacy, was giveu by the Scranton
Lancaster Chapter U. 1). C. to ^y? Kichbi
the graded school on Friday, 1'rovidence
Dec 18th, 1908, (centennial year) difi, Sumte
with appropriate and beautiful Clarendon ?
exercises in the chapel. "My s*
Old Kentucky Home" was sweet- rm . ..
i , , l"e ,0,1
ly and touchinglv sung by the , ,
...... , , awarded pi
school children, and after an lm ..
' garaos, \V
pres.,ve prayer by Rev. M. M. g (,(
Brabham, of the Methodist .. . .?
u u m ii ... ,, . dinia, Clai
church, Mr. John I. (jreeu, of A .
. i * . a ? AoHGGniy ^
f h(A I ,Qiw*uctnr hor l\\r nfi/nmof- /vf
? Ridgeville,
the Daughters of the Confeder- ... , ... .
,, , . . , . Oakville L
acy, presented the portrait in his erts inier
usual eloquent manner, paving ...,
. 1 , , 1 , , Williamsbu
a glowing tribute to the South's ,. .,
, . , , . , . , , , , Barnwell c(
much-loved chieftain, and hold- .
boro countv
ing President Davis up as a grand .
ctiostBr C(
object lesson to all who heard it . _
? . ? Sumter cc
Superintendent Bruce Craven ., ...
. , , Crreenville
received the picture lor the
. , ... . . . ,, roy, couni
school with patriotic words, all
, ... r ... , Oeorgetowr.
ol which was most inspiring and
, , , . Chester co
educational to the voutli o! our .
county; Cor
land. , km nM
KM n .V i L.v; Mauldir
Miss Mane Craig then read in .. . 0
Poplar ftpri
a graceful and charming style a (<arndt, jj,
poem, "The Southrons Farewell T ' .
... ... . . view, Lexiii
to Liberty, written by Key. J. jjicb|an(j
Lowrie Wilson, 13. D. in 1865,
, , ,. . , , . , Sumter cou
and dedicated by him to the _ ?
J county; Sm
Daughters of the Confederacy, ft. j^.xcj 8jor
C. Division, Dec. 3rd, 1908. J.X? e81or?
rru v , ^ Warn pee, I
The exercises were then closed .
ler, Creem
by the children of the school 0 .
South, Lexi
singing with much enthusiasm,
^ "The Bonny Blue Flag." adi>i
D. C. The com
? ? ? eitiht. aildii
Seminole's Troubles Deepen?Or- each lo sch
louii^tl K*? A 1 - - i *
'in inniiKu wj Aiiuinei unu^ii. nonoraoie
Columbia special in Monday's prizes.
News aud Courier: The cry is The seh<
still they come. prizes are a<
Judge Prince has granted a tem Richland c
porary restraining order with a ii?m8kiirg c
rule to show cause against the yille ccunt>
Seminole Securities I'ompany 4
i ? n- , *1 ton county;
and its officers, and the Southern , "
i r t /- /- i.- counly;|Shi
Life Insurance ( ompany, the < iti- J 1
zens Rank and the Seneca Rank ' u^'a ^Cl
on complaint of Campbell Court- c')Un,.v; ^ '
ney and others, of Oconee conn- we" count}
ty, who are represented by Mr.
K. T. Jayues, of Walhalla. The Bouquet !
plaintiffs are stockholders in the Forf
Seminole Company, and the pur- th-g conimn
pose of the action is to restrain , , ,
,, , ..j. ... splendid w<
the two banks from paying the }
certificates of deposit given in 1 ' H emy
exchange for the notes of the Promoting
plaintiffs, which notes fall due 68tH
on the 20th of December. Sun- pleasure soi
day being a legal holiday, these success will
notes, like most, if not all the emy's supei
other note* given in payment for R. Banks, i
this stock, fall due tomorrow. jUVennted '
The papers in this Seneca case
will be served tomorrow on the neart>oluml
Seminole officials iu Columbia, of men and
and the order is returnable be- munity an
fore Judge i'rince at Anderson, .
on January II. The complamt 'ec?on" <>'
in this case is the warmest yet. refer wirh j
,^1 ^ they were |
' Merchant Found Read Banks. Na
him the sue
Spartanburg special in The tv ftH a t0HC
1 State : Dennis E. Beason, a educational
prominent merchant of WoodoufF
was found dead on a cot in a Gov. (
rwm over his store at that place Washing!
"Early this afternoon. It was census bu
first reported that Beason had this mornit
P. ended his own life. A telephone bales, cour
1 message from Woodruff tonight bales, ginne
gays the coroner's verdict was j 1908, to I)e
M. that the deceased came to his with 9,284,(
death from causes unknown to 789 for 190<
' <W W
LANC/
nprovement Prizes Broker Shut in New
ds in Rural School Jsir
New York, D*c.
a sp. cial in The News ' ^uvilam. a mining
r: Under the terms er? ,n('n'h?r of the
?81 conducted by the m 'r,<et i,M'' au ^
>rovemcnt Association ' tainlield, N. J., wa
;he tollowiug schools dangerously wounded
awarded prizes of af '^d Broad etret
John (J. Lumsden, a
, Williamsburg coun who claimed 'hat i
irg, Chester county;(fused to pay him mn
, Saluda county; Sar- invention,
r county; Pinewood, I Lumsden was arr
county. making a desperate at
a clerk employed b
:coni> prizes. . . ,
Lumsden asserted tin
owing schools were the shot in self-detem
izes of $50 each: Per- Trading in the ci
TUiamaburtr county; WaS temporarily su
olleton county: Sar- Lumsden was being
endon county; Lees the building to pi
Bamberg county ; quarters and a crowc
Dorchester county; threatening violence
exington county; Kob- inventor. They were
son county; Prospect, ,lie police, however
irg county; Hercules, told the police he was
>uuty ;Marlboro,Marl- Raleigh. Suydam ha?
r; Indian Field, Dor . ? ,
aunty; Wedgetield, Another Member of I
>unty; Simpsonville, net Chosen
ouuty; I'auloy, Uor- AllgU!lta, Gd > 1)ec
tr, Graves Station,: |iam u. Taft, the pre
, county; Kdgomoor, <(, the Unite(, States
lint V ( II oe Pu L/vw.r
> v.<? , tiie appointment ot I
>e. Orauueburg coun- ^enator Philander (
Greenville county , Pennsylvania as si
ui!H, Oconee county ; 9tate in his cabinet,,
amp ton county; Fair- xhe annouucemer
i?ton county; Bethel, tj10 receipt by Mr. Tt
county; St Charles, ^ram which came late
inty; Elim, Florence n00D) conveying the i
ith, Marlboro county; from \fr. Knox thai
Newberry county; accep, the premiers
lorry county: Chand Xatt cabinet- Mr. Is
7-ille county : Sunny delay made the ai
ington county- that the matter was t
TIONAL PRIZES. ' '""
(J com in 'I'own Shot t
mil tee decided to aive Men.
lional prizes of $'25
,ool< which received VVaycro...
~ " f _ .U_ < r n 1 ~
niciim/|| l(?r u? ?u huhiv ?cn;ttnui:i
rest of a compani
n?ls receiving these charge of being drun
a follows: Mill Creek, white men rode into
ounty; Brown, Wil- Beach, and fired fiv
lounty; Taylor, Green shots, riddling buildii
^ emassee, liamp roriziug the town. 1
I I'icket Post, Oconee women who were 1
loh, Laurens county; one of the streets we
adetny, Oraneeburg and Maggie Taylor, tl
iltng Springs, Barn- . year-old daughter ot
r- Taylor, was probal
? wounded.
lor L (locator Banks. Citizens of this coi
Times: Citizens of rafted'bl,t de8,re fh
nity who recall the tako its cour??- Six o
)rk of the Fort Mill Waycr08? went to li
0-odd years ago in Hud il is rePolt?d li
the educational inter- ,be 8'x a'lotfed
? section, read with l,nt'er arrest or have
days ago ot the re8,tJ(1 an(1 released
i which the old acad Cirize?8 ot Waycroe
'intendnnr Prof A aefcerizing the men w
the town as k< night ri
? meeting in the re fe
Hyatt Park school, Alter the first lew y
the pistols of the vi
t>ia. 1 here are scores 1
who rode into the to
women in thin com
. . buggies, everybody ii
(1 in various other J
took to cover and lei
the state, who often , . , , .
drive about and shoo
pride to the tact that '|^e charge of rioting
Pupils ot Professor the warrants issued
iturallv they all wish met.
icess which his abili- - ?
:her and director of Misses Fannie a
affairs deserve. .Stover, accompanied
Cotton Report. Kae Cook' wiM K0 '?
,, tonight to spend th
ton, Dec. 21.?The . \
. .... , with the former's pi
reau bulletin issued . , .
U 11 Odd 1 I r an(1 Mrs- B- k'ftvei
lg shows 11,802,115 m ^ ft,
iticg round as half This Is Worth
id from the growth ot Let) P. Zeimski. of r.s Oi
. - a , | falo, N. Y., says: "1 cute*
cemner is, compared i noying cold sore I ever l??
>70 for 1907; 11,112,- i l<m'fl A'ni? , 'jf??1!
' | once a day for two dfA, wl
5 and 9,207,819 for ef the HOW WW kodB' H
j Hold under aoarnnt rf tU.
I Oo. and PnoderhfirV
^STER, S. C., DECEMBER 23, 1908.
York by a Night Hitlers' Trial-Col. Taylor ; TwoFount
Telia of Hankln Murder. ed, Shorl
19.-?Ileni v Union Cry, Tenn.. Dec. 19.? Columbia
stock brok- Following his caution to the troller CJen
curb 'dock presj yesterday not to print the i,, Gov.
Ideruian ol testimony in the night-rider eas- examinat'.o
s sliot and e^, Judge Jones today cautioned treasurer <
in hisollice the ministers of the local church- treasurer <
t today by es not to refer to the canes in aml from I
n inventor, their sermons Sunday, since the it is charge
?uydam ie jurors might be present. aire of $7,7
nev tor an 'l'he first witness was Col. H. of .t T t
X. Taylor, who was companion Edgefield c
esled after of Captain Rankin. is a short af
ruggle with Mr. Taylor is a veteran ol the J. C. Lang
y Suydam. Coulederate army and a wealthy Hampton
it lie tired man. Col. Taylor and Captain; The ((rep
ap. Rankin wont to Reel Foot lake Gov. Anst
irb market to lease some land to a carpenter, result both
apended a? They drove over the proposed been suspe
taken from property ou the night of October action and
dice head- 19th and ielt orders for horses One of tl
1 gathered, for another trip the day follow- the report
upon the ing, then they retired. son was r
avoided by i Colonel Taylor related the was renmv
Lumsden story of his experience the night Heyward,
a native of Rankin was murdeied. lie said stated whe
i since die I. he and Rankin were taken from P<i was pai
the hotel. Rankin was led un- Farmers'
'alt's Cahi der a tree when a rope was ad- MOw pendii
justed and thrown over the fork this case.
p, Wil- 'd tree. several wl
sident-elect j "Give him time to pray," said : Mr> Ratter
announced h night-rider. is dishoues
nited States "I have attended to that," was lack of km
} Knox ol Rankin's quiet reply. Rankin books pro
ecretary ol ,hen was r?iaed from ,lie ?round the sliortat
until his toes scarcely touched bookkeepii
>t followed die ground. In the c
itt ot a tele- "You are choking me, gentle- ty a thoroi
j this after- men, 1 pray you let me down," made, and
intormatiou said Rankin. Some one fired a the bank
. he wOUid shot, the witness said, which was upon by
hip ot the instantly lolb-wed by a fusidade, Jones to <
ift without most of the night riders firing the Hampi
anoucementj?'to the air, however. Taylor! on certain
iettled. told his captors he was tired and en for dep
wanted to sit down, lie crouch- into deiaih
Ip by Young ed to his knees ready to spring and the ex
and when the firing stopped he cashier.
. 10 iumped into the waters of the The two
cember 19. ' 1 .
i lor the ar *,oufdl- The tiring was mime- 0I a series
.u diatclv renewed. Taylor dived General Jc
on on the - , ,, .
, hut heard the bullets striae the six years ai
k six young J
the town of water- Re swam to a log and difficulty ii
, , i clung to it while the bullets settlemente
hundred
, . ruck it like a bail storm. When of the gran
igs and ter- . , . .
, .all sounds ceased lie swam to this work
'our young
.. . the opposite side of the lake and tails as the
walking en llc 11
>re fired at ,ook to ,he w?oda.
tie fourteen- After telling of the hardships What lie4'
Leonard l\ 1)0 endured during his wander- Won
bl.v fatally i'^s, Colonel Taylor said he hid The Monroe
in a canehrake until thirst drove Some 01
mty are en- out a,)d into the arms of his 0t the law
at the law friends. gard for m
'flicers troni Colonel Taylor suffered from A turkey fr
leach today delusions during his wanderings, Lancaster]
ate tonight 9t*eing bands of masked men. The editor
rioters are Just before the night riders "The const
1 been ar 1 billed Kinkiu. Colonel Taylor swiped the
on bo><d. 8a'd, "(irjjt emen. I am an old dos< rving i
s are char- *n?n. I cannot expect to live doomed <
ho shot up ma,,y years more By killing through t
ders". me you will not be cheating me of eternity
ollevs from much. But Captain Rankin tre ol li
is a vountrer man wir.li mumr f?Uo< rnn?
?? iiKtu ; ? na> 1 1?1
wn'Tn three J""'?, b;,"r" "" ??* k" i? l?? P?P"
. (he town ".T "*Hder CUr"V ""with 1.1. ..
(lie (own plied: "Shut up.
ft them to ? _ _ J?U are
t at will. would say
appears on (ie" Chiwi,e * ?"CCe8sor. eircumstan
for the six The News and Courier: Con
federate Veteran* in all parts of ^^ore Pl"c
South Carolina w ill be interes ed i-'rom the <Jai
nd Lillian j^now that orders have been The Lain
by Miss receiyed placing Gen. Zimmer- us enlarged
Hock Hill man i)avis, ol this city, in com- to. It is o
le holidays rnand of the 1T in ted Confederate weeklies in
rrenf.s, Mr. Veterans in thi* Si ate, succeed- ers Connor
ing Gen. Thomas Car wile, who succeeding
died last week at Edgefield. great deal
aiding. i h
Ibftoo St., linf-1 . ' ! work, and
1 the most an- W. L. Smith and Charlie cur^ for th
lu ^Kth lui?k* Moore were killed in a difficulty
led ttna Rdlte J
ben every trace I in Lee county last Saturday c.
aii | jighf. au Woodmen of the World Yoriyille,
PRICE 5 CENT*
y Treasurers Ueiii >v ANOTHER
tag s h i??g 'h :r*. <1
State, Dec.: 20 Domi). ... ..
1 i he Owens House
leral JotiP.s h >s r? port- .. . . .
Occupied by nr.
A u14el tli?' result <0 an
not the book4 ot the mon' K,Ir,,wl 1
>f Hampton and the TheLosses-l
ot Edgt fi eld counties pan J s T jut
he figures submitted LlU)Ca8(er llH(i a
?dthat there a short- Satur,iHy, ,he alar
23 46 in the accounts ab?ut n 30 ,)y
>attison, treasurer of blowing of the <_
jountv, and that there pany,R whifltle, wl
:e of $17,670.7,) wi'h t() Relieve that th<
ford, the treasurer ol a, the oil mil1> bul
county. ed b3 a| tbe bn
?ort was submitted to T Blackmon beyo
)1 yesterday and as a epo hm,t8 of the
of these officials have a |ar^e crowd
?nded, pending further rtt the timo aud w
investigation. fifteen minutes f
lie m irk^d ^features of Hiarm as many as
is tbe fact toat 1 atti- p0r8on8 were ga
epor'ed in 100-1 and 8<jene 0f (iie |];inie?
0,1 Irnm hr
" "? new volunteer t
afterwards being rein* m^hed its reels i
n ill? shortage report- ^jnic1 y a-* possibh
el up A suit by 'he t^e g:eat distance
bank of Edgefield is ?nearly 1-4 ot a
tig l?>r a setCement ot corporate limi
It is not thought by |,a,| made too mm
10 have looked over save t he building,
son's books that he streams of wa'er v
t, but that i here is a the burning etruc
>wledaeof keeping the very short time *c
periv and as a result Wrtrt t() be seen on
ce was caused by bad an,j charred trami
lg. ing. Effective w
iase ot Hampton coun- done by the firen
jgli investigation was neighboring build
Mr. Giles L Wilson, iar)y the residence
examiner, was called Njabet north ot i
Comptroller General home, which was
?xaniine the atlairs ot; danger ot being
ton bank and report No'withstanding t
checks that were giv- wag necessary to i;
iosit. The report goes hose to reach rhe
i ot this examination sure waH good, a
plauation of the hank Wa'?r being throw
The origin ot
cases given are those |xUOwn, but it is t
ma te by Comptroller Wftg (jue to a defec
hips during the past \y|,en lirst disco
ad while there is much vvag between the
\ making these annual c )0h room and t
i ii seems that many Ria,.b
nu? p"
id jury committees on w0re ab*ent from
do not. go into the de- (jme< arriving on t
?y should. tjie building was b
? Much ot the hoi
Saul With His Mouth were sived, but tl
,1 Kill ? Volume |wo roomB in t,)e
Knuuirer were consumed, &
tie. without the fear JqS8 being at least i
belore bis eyes 01 ie ^() insurance. 11
an in his heart, stole iont?ed to Mr. J.
om the editor ol The wejj knoxn paint<
Newaa few uight* ago. in R .Ck Hill, an
of The News ((j|ly So
tmtnate scoundrel who ^ , e had n0 ,
editor's only turkeys formelly ,|ad a
worse tste than tie s. ,v wltt, ,|le
, writhe and wriggle ham9 ^enr,v, but
he countless ages (hB (ira| o, Uf, Ja|
' ,he 8torin Mr. Blackmon
lales/' Now, that s
fumuure, etc , aal
i News man saul
his new eottaees i
r, but what lie said .
' , part of town,
louth?oh, well, good r
, gentle reader, you
things too under such Judge I'urm
C0R. Raleigh- I^ee
use tor The News. lh",nlH R- 1>ur"?'1
, , States court for tl
liney Leader.
, VT , tricJof Norlh Care
faster News come* to 1
, todav.
to a six column quane
of the beet seini
the State aud Broth- Miss Etta Skipp
s improves with each Elizabeth Col lege
issue, lie injects a c,) e ',orne to
i . * i mas with her parf
of pl.a?niry into h,).^ c B s '
each issue is a certain
e blues.
? A recently naa
F. Tillman, now of ttartsville was af
is ou a visit to Lao- black b[ute whih
w
Vs
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Ill 1
n
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3 PER COPY
FIRE.
Sout li of Town,
S. I . HI tick Saturday..
'ire Com
9 Work.
nnther fire last
m being given
the strenuous
Jotfcon Oil comhich
led many
s trouble was
^ f 11 < k fi wrv
j > iiv ii i o
>me of Mr. S.
nd the Southtown.
There
on the streets
ithin lens than
iffer the first
1000 or 1,500
thered at the
i. Lancaster's
ire company
to the lire as
?, but owing to
to be traveled
niiie beyond
its?the flames
?h headway to
Nevertheless,
yere played on
ture and in a
:arcoly a spark
the blackened
ng left stanctork
was also
nen in saving
lings, particuof
Mr. J. F.
the Hlackmon- " ^
i in imminent
burned also,
he fact that it
ise 1000 feet of
fire, the presbold
stream of
n.
the lire is not
nousnt i nat it
tive stove Hue.
vered the fire
ceiling of the
,he roof. Mr.
rt ot his family
home at the
he scene while
oing destroyed.
JSehoUl effects
le contents of
i second story
lr Blackmon's
$200. He had
ie building beJ
Owens, the
)r, now living
d his loss is
far as known
^urance. He
policy on the
Moore <fe Willie
let. i f expire
uiary.
moved the
its a in<o one of
n the northern
ell Dead.
19 ?Judge
1, of t he United
le eastern disdina,
died here
er, student of
Charlotte,
spend Christ?nts,
Oapt. and
rried lady in
isaulted by a
) alone at. her