The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 07, 1909, Page 3, Image 3
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TERRIBLE FIRE IN FORI
W9K1H.
Several Million Dollars
Worth of Property Destroyed
and Six Dives Dosi
in Flames that Swepi
. Texas City.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 3.?
Fanned by a siifr wind, a tire
which originated in a barn al
Jennings avenue and Petei
Smith street, in the southern
portion ot this city this afternoon
^ oyer an area of teu blocks
in length and seven in width,
destroyed property roughly estimated
in value to be in excess
of $5,000,000, and caused the
death of six persona
The tire, which broke out in a
fashionable residence district,
was beyond all control within l?
minutes after it started, and wae
not checked until dynamite was
resortnd tn fnnr Iiamm 1
- ? ) V-* 4*V VA A O 1UIVI .
The Texas & Pacific roundhouse
and twenty engines, the
repair shops, four churches, twc
public school buildings and
Walker's Sanitarium were the
public buildinge destroyed. The
others were residences, most ot
them new and pretentious, in the
most exclusive residence section
oi the city. So rapidly did
flames spread that people ? viuk
within a radios ol three blocks
of the place of origin had no
time to save anything except the
clothing they wore.
A patient whose identity has
not been learned, perished in
Walker's Sanitarium and three
men were electrocuted and their
bodies burned to cinders in the
Sawyer electric plant. Herbert
Stacy was fatally burned in an
endeavor to save his dwelling,
and a fireman fell from a house
top and was killed.
The Rev. H. O. Cowan, assis
tant pastor of the Broadway
Presbyterian church, is missing.
The burned district tonight is
being patrolled by troops to prevent
looting and it is estimated
that 500 familiee are homeless.
Many of these have gone to Dallas,
where shelter has been of'
tered.
Large Residence at Fort
Mill Destroyed by Rire.
Fort Mill special in Monday's
Charlotte Observer: A large
dwelling house near die depot,
owned by Capt. J. W. Ardrey,
was destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon. The house was occupied
by .J. W. McCain. A
strong wind was blowing and
the building nas consumed so
quickly that little of the household
goods were saved, notwithstandig
the fact that a large crowd
gathered quickly after the alarm
was given. The fiio is supposed
to have originated from a detective
stove flue in the kitchen
and was well under way when it
was discovered. The building
was insured for $1,000. and was
worth perhaps $1,500.
Killed in Duel With Officers.
Fitzgerald, Oa., April 4.?
Robert Gresham was killed early
this morning in a pistol duel
with Chiel of Police Brub.iker
and Patrolman Johnson. The
man was being hnnted by the
. officers and fired upon them from
a hiding place in a dark alley.
The officers jointly opened tire
and Gresham fell with fajur bullet
wonnds. One of Graham's
bullets clipped the left chevron
from the uniform of the chiel of
police.
liELK D1XINKEUS aod otherw who boH?r
with Brigki'* DioMiv, Di?l?Ut, Hack
Aohe, or an* Kidney or Bladder Troable
an be cnren ?< they will take BLOODINE
HiAK)D ^4NX) KIDNEY TA11LKTH, KM a
box, in*ile<f bjr The Blood:ne Co., loe,
Norton. fiaiw Orewford Bro* . 4peetal
J Agent*. / 46 74
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i SILLY SUICIDE.
Negro Man Cut His Throal
When Wife Told Him tc
Quit Asking Foolish Quest
tions.
^ j Columbia liocord : Mr. S. 1#
; Lorick of Lexington county, whc
Uf Kit Ml. I . tiJ i. f . "
i r? ??n uciu iwu>??. gnyo n rcj'rt'"
* j sentative of The Record an ac
I count ot a remarkable suicide ol
a negro named Bristow Washington,
who was well liked and
respected by all his neighbors,
both wlii'e and colored, beitm a
hard-working, honest man ol a
kindly disposition and well behaved.
Washington cut his throat beI
cause his wile didn't tell him
that she loved him when he
j asked her whether she did or
j not. ile wa6 about 50 years old
and his wife about the same age,
aud they had raised a family of
eight children. Washington's
i wife says that heasfeed her it she
; loved him aud she told him to
; "go on and quit asking foolish
questions."
The next thing she knew he
had gone down a litfle lane near
the house which is located iu the
' Dutch Fork section near the
Lephart lumber plant, and cut
his throat with a razor.
Art in Selling Hats.
1 Judge.
' "It makes you look small,"
' says the saleslady to the bi?
woman who is trying on the hat,
j Sold.
j "It makes you look plump,v
' she says to the 9leuder woman.
, Sold.
"It, makes you look young,"
j she says to the obviously middleaged
woman. Sold.
"It makes you look tall," she
says to the short woman. Sold.
"It makes you look short,"
she says to the tall woman. Sold.
"It, brightens your face," she
says to the dark woman. Sold.
I "It brings out your color," she
i says to the pale woman. Sold.
And all the hats are alike.
Time Extended for Making
Bank Returns.
Columbia State: The taxaI
tion of banks and hank stock*
: 1 has been one of the vexing features
connected with the office ol
(; county auditor for a number ol
i years and recently a number of
these officials have wrii ten Comptroller
General Jones for a rul
ing. Acting with (?ov. Ansel
the comptroller general has extended
the time for making these
j returns until May J, at which
time the returns will be sent in
to the comptroller general.
Drowned, Not Kidnapped,
Flint, Mich., April 3.? Instead
ot having been kidnapped when
he disappeared from his home on
February 27, teu-year-old Harold
Moon fell through the ice oi
Thread Pond, and was drowned.
A long search for the boy
which has been prosecuted in
all parts of the country ended
when his body was found floating
on the surface ol the pond.
Brakeman Killed by Robbers.
Birmingham, Ala., April 4.?
George Housley, a negro brakeman,
was instantly killed early
this morning in Bessemer by
robbers. The robbers had en
tered a freight car which hud
jiint stopped at the depot and the
conductor, hearing a noise, sent
Honsley hack to investigate.
The men escaped.
Do yon have that dark/ brown taste id
I oar month ererv niorni n\i when you wakel
r ao, yon are bilious an<1 should take two
1 or three of tboee little ItftOODINK LIVEH
i FILM, eaay to take, never aieken. weaken
. or gripe, 'i6c mailed M>y llie Bloodine Co.,
I Ine., Boston, Mass lOrawford Bros., .'Special
Agent*. n i
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North Carolina Negroes in !|
Bloody Battle?Three I
Killed.
Klizabelb City special in Char- I
I lotto Observer: Dae ol the B
> bloodiest brawl.-* thai lias ever I
been known in this section ocI
curred last night at Columbia,,
'[Tyrrell county, in which three|
negroes were killed and one teri
ribly wounded. The dead are:
[William Plaeger and Letter
Harrell, of (.Columbia, and Peter ?
! Perry, of this city. The wounded s
i negro, James Bryant, this city, t
lis locked up in jail at Columbia.
The trouble, it is reported,
arose over the two negroes from \
this city calling on Columbia
damsels, which was resented. ,
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i un i wu v^uiuuiuiu negroes litiu
in ambush across the bridge and i
when I he Elizabeth G_.y negroes 1
passed fired iulo tl. 1. The i
visitors were well supplied wiih ;
guns and razors and a bloody
battle followed. Nothing was ?
known of the trouble until thi*
( morning when a white man passing
heard someone say. "Don't!
cut me any more." Ijpou in.'
vesligation dead negroes with
i blood still flowing, razors and
guns were found on the ground,
presenting a horrible spectacle.
The surviving combatant is
terribly cut up and wounded and
(has small chance of recovery.
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Hartsville's Big Fire.
Columbia, April 2.?A hun- I
dred thoueand dollar tire occurred
at llartbville, Darlington &
county, this morning, the largest
in history ol that town. All of >
the losses are covered by insur- I
auce.
The big department establish- |
ment of A. 1, Coker A Co., in i
which the tire originated, was
completely destroyed, together '
with I tie entire stock, valued at
$15,000. the building was valued I ZZZZZ
at $ar?,ooo.
None ot the other losses ex- .
ceed a thousand dollars. Well-t(
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Young Man Seriously Hurt
by Broken Belt.
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S. Berry, aged about IS, was ,ra-'(^>
badly injured at McOill Bro8.,l,',e f?wi
cotton seed mill lah' Juesdav bv bury, -
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the breaking of a bolt. Me wm comm'tt
standing some ten feet away himself
when the belt snapped with a failure e
report like that of a pi9tol and a K0r m
broken end hit him in the lace, in troub
lie fell iuseneihle, his nose was ami Sa<t
, badly cut and four tenth were her wit!
: broken ofl at the jawbone. The dangero
i young man's condition has been for help
quite serious ever since. John wj
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For All Lines of High (
pendable
MERCHAN1
. " v ! Ar* y*? toiMiwd to death daily with Bo*
to ueverely thai heart j MlDav *t; rnfforwhon kloudine OINTj
' MEN r will giro yon in--tunt roliof And permanently
en re yon, 5"e a Ik>x limited hy
)Ver?l weeks lie had been The iJloodine <X> . Inc., Boston, Mmm*.
flra-*-for?t hron., Special .4gonts. 4S-74
le with his wile. Roan,
inlay tugh? he atlacked Mr. and Mrs. Jack Suwh of the
i a knife indicting very Fork liill section are the happy
us wounds. Her cries of a big,-bouncing boy,'
... , .. , who came on March the Sth to
called out the police and brj^hten their home. Both mo
is arrested and placed in ther and child are doing well.
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Special Values <
Now in Dry Goods
ing, Shoes, Millii
Don't Forget Abe
Pretty Chinawai
We are now Giv:
Premiums With
Purchases.
Isiiifti&iAr Murium
f?HIV?tk9iVI ill VI flilll
)-do North Carolina ; a cell in the lookup, where he
gro Kills Himself. ispeu? ibf nii:ht
d. N. C , special in Mon-| 11 e !i well-to-do negro,
,, , .. ... , ownel a home here and had kepi
harlo'te Observer: A '
la re-'aurant for a number of
occurred h-re today in i yP ir^ iia(; $401) in his poci
lockup. John King* I ket and 'icket to Ilichmond.
1 i. ... i I pun*'used Saturday evoiiintt.
well Kn?*wn colored man 1 - \
?d suicide by rhukintt
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Two Brothers Shot Dowr
in Street in Georgia Town.
Hazel hurst, Oa , April 3.?
Ktisteneand J. L. Williams, brothers,
wore shot down on a street
of this place today bv V. T. Stowors
formerly of Conyers, G*., *>
J. L. Williams beint: probably
ta> ally hurt.
1 lie brothers ar? members of I
the hi in of Jarman & Williams. ^ 4
It was stated that Stowers {tare
the firm ft. f>Vioot n.u;?u i-? v a
. ? wuvn 1 lllliU HI" OHUH _ I
would not. honor and that Ku jamm
gene demanded the money,*/
fight resulting J. L. Willi**'"
went to hie brother1* re?cu*? ^'
alleged, when Slower* b,<
pistol.