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I * IE ' "r'11" VOL 4. JO. (JO. SEMI-WE ' - ':' ' *" j THE TRESTLE TR 6EDY. J ) ' * The Strange Negro Found \ ^ F*atally Injured Under j r the Trestle Near Town Was, it is Believed, Aaron * Ford, of Fairfield. It is now reasonably certain that the strange negro who died near here Friday night of last j week from injuries received,presumably, from falling off a rail-: f road trestle west of town, was Aaron Ford, from Fairfield coun-; ty. A man answering to his description, and giving Aaron Ford as his name, stopped at the home of Mr. Earnest Bell in the j Tank section, twelve miles from . Lancaster. the night l>efore about 10 o'clock and inquired L - the way to the nearest trial jus4 i/?/% ? T MMykAM f, 11V.C rtliu UIC U loirtlin: IU LittllV-dOter, where Sheriff Hunter could fbe found. The negro was badly frightened and had evidently been traveling fast. He said he was being chased by a crowd I , V-v of negroes from his home in j Fairfield who wanted to lynch I him for an alleged attempt at * criminal assault, and that he u had crossed the river and was making his way to a magistrate S H or the sheriff for protection. He I said he knew Sheriff Hunter ! and .preferred to surrender to him. Mr. Hell directed the man how to reach Lancaster, ajtf^he at once, struck out in ha^e on i J i the road to this place. It is 'i thought that in crossing the the railroad trestle Thursday night or early Friday morning #\ he ^accidentally fell, sustaining if \ injuries that resulted in j 0 death'. t It will be recalled that among i 4 the articles found in the man's s | pockets was a note in relation to ~ t * a mule, addressed to "Mr. Cane-1 f< J dy" and signed "A. A. Hollis." M" The publication of this note in / mi \r i it t * . i i 1/ ine isews nas neipeu maieriaiInf ly in identifying the negro, as will be seen from the following /[ letter received Wednesday by Sheriff Hunter from Mr. Will/ liam T. Perry, formerly of Lancaster county but now residing at Oxford, Florida: "Dear Capt.: The item in The Lancaster News of 24th, of negro being found under the trestle ' unconscious prompts me to write I ?> you. * A. A. Hollis is a prominent and substantial farmer of R. F. D. no. 4. Black stock, S. C. "Mr. ^ Canedy" is no doubt Mr. (J. L. m Kennedy, of the Kennedy Banking & Merc. Co., of Blackstock. Aaron, I believe, is Aaron Ford who has for years lived near Mr. Hollis'. Mr. Hollis lives at Mitford, (P. O. discontinued for R. F. D.) Fairfield Co.. about 5 miles from Great Falls. I resid% ed there two years, and am well jf*' acquainted with Mr. Hollis, Mr. Mot"* Kennedy, and Aaron Ford (col), JRf if the wounded negro is he. 1 have written Mr. Hollis enclos VW* w vng the clipping irom rhe News, t asj^ipg him to write to you if he ItPwrote Mr. Kennedy such a note k #1 for Ford, or any one. Trusting \ Kg that this information may be of 1 i 'rt identifying negro if he jAM^aes, and with beslwihes. lam." ? Shooting in Flat Creek. ' J Kershaw Era" On Sunday last I ty'Vf ^r* Chiton, who lives on V/iSrm. ^r" ^am Williams' P^aji4' >n the pe^a* Creek section, sw>t Mr. T qUg'illiams. his lai|f^>>rd, the bul< ^j^triking him in the hack and I * kti,feting a painful, though not a ^ ' Igerous wound. ,We failed ^ nd rarn exact <,au8? fhe fm, Vting, except that the parties .^ he/ ^had previous trouble. ciak?\ an?'ar8 a (r, * N \ c< sav the leWj * r "12. Ihe excessive population' IP*?? * * * >i ^ * v C;. . \ 1, '?WF 3EKLY. Flat Creek Lady Meets with ' Deth Serious Accident. Kershaw Era: On Monday Depc morning: as Mr. W. H. Stroud and his wife of the Haile Gold pj, Mine section, were passing: the , J. S. Holden place near town, on u . . ... \/: their way to Kershaw in a wa- 11 gon, and seeing Dr. W. C. Twit- : H< ty approaching them in his auto-1 Gn mobile, Mr. Stroud stopped his ioc wagon for Mi*s. Stroud to get out, and in doing so she made a false | ^ 01 step which caused her to break * her left leg just above the knee. Abdu Dr. Twitty had stopped his ma-; Pr'"01 chine and Mr. Stroud's horse did 'NN a . not seem in the least frightened, '??kh but Mrs. Stroud thought best for ')e< her to get out of the wagon and , conin was trying to exercise care in ?em'! doing so. Dr. Twitty set thejputo broken limb and Mrs. Stroud is! repor getting along as well as could be 18 expected. 'aw It v The Ben Greet Players at Turk! Winthroo College T4;c i Welcome news is brought in lstert the announcement that Ben,sca'e" Greet's talented company of players will give two of Shake- w^en speare's plays on Wesnesday af-' dethi ternoon and evening, May 12 on the grounds of Winthrop Col- ^ve lege. younj They will be strictly "under coniP the greenwood tree" affairs, ^enia with all the charm which natural ^he ^ beauty and simplicity of environ- s^art' ment can give. "As you Like n'k>It" will ha given in the afternoon and "A Midsummer Night's May Dream" at night. In the event of inclement p weather the performances will be given in the college auditor-' .,C ,? ium. years isteni Denth in Ar'.an*n* ttf Former ' undei Citizen of Lanca*tr*r County, bersl' Mr. Richard Garrison, who at I ^en one time was a resident of I^an-i^- ^ caster county, died last Tuesday , a^? 1 at his home in Warren, Ark., of; now 1 carbuncle on the neck. Hewasj?* a son of the late Peter Garrison, been of York county, and was about zens 53 years old. Mr. Garrison wasi lon^ a good man and was held in high isfY ^ esteem by all who knew him. jnc 1 He leaves a widow, who before i *bc I her marriage was Miss Callie! *reat Cureton, sister of Mrs. W. J.!UC(' White, and several children. doub cess (whc The Hi ft ('oloninl f'ornile in for S> C/ntr/otte?. Lancoeter to be 'ft presented. Tree l harlotte is to have a colonial; parade as one of its spectacular; ? features of the 20th of May cele-jf^ 1 bration and each county in North I . Carolina and those of the upper ^ sn part of South Carolina have been ,s 1 invited to participate. Each j4 county is expected to have sixlca%s' representatives, three gentlemen a*)0,) and three ladies, who will ridePeai in Hats. The gentlemen are to!an( ' wear "knee pants, cocked hatsi and slippers," says the Observer. ^ mi ... . . otw*4k i he ladies, who are to bethel three handsomest in the county,j ef* *>v are also to he dressed in colonia an(l N style-hoop skirts, etc. sprm Col Springs has been invited, j says the Observer, to represent jdust Lancaster, together with twosPnn other tfentlemei#and three ladies c< to l?e selected' by him. The! head chivalrous and discreet colonel holes however, has turned the matter | w'" ' over to Mr. VV. T. Williams, who ^^.jp now has on his hands the most delicate task of his life the se- d,u lection of the three handsomest benem ladies in the county. Tl.iej By the way, it will V?e well a?d,!' " . . . n, , . the ki< i worth a trip to t harlotte on the ?,tMbe 20th iust to see "Bilbo'." Williams Hen,e J nnf to in knee pants! w. h? Subn?ribe for The Lancaster New* | '8 V I . ' : . Sis, ' > <* > * * " V ' 1MI LANCASTER, S. C., MAY 1, roned Ruler a Prisoner Ellis-Mobley >sed Sultan of Turkey, The Pretty Ms rith His Four Wives, W. C. Ellis ve Daughters, Two Sons Mobley at H d Servants, Taken From Wednesday 1 ldiz Falace to a Large iteporu-d for The n?*i >use With Walled Mjss Lmie M Dunds on a Height Over-; Will C. Ellis. )king Saloniki. marriage last W< istantinople, April 29.- inf? atteight o'clc ormer ruler of the empire, aas a quie 1 Hamid II. is to h<. kept a elat.ves am ner in a large house with of the con'lact'n| d grounds on a height over- "7?'nt' S,mpl,e, tg Saloniki. which has late- teal;lre " sn occupied by the Italian Phe parlor where lander of the international w.as PF' orme v u * * u tive in green a armerie. He is not to he , . n trial, as has been widely i ,ePrestn^e( ted in Constantinople, for aeason ? sp1 mg considered to be above the ?re ei^ *. 0 0 Craig sang in he , ing manner. "A vas thought wise to keep * . ^ , o ,, World Rolls Or eposed Sultan 111 European . .. . , song the strains ot ey, remote Irom the capital. . . . i.r -iii , ed into Mendelsi household will Ire admin- , . , . march, sottlv rer id tor him upon a generous T. , ,. vc .iii .. Broad us -Moblev and his life will be sateguar-1 . , , i .it u. pair advanced a as he earnestly besought , . . ..a , ? , . i u place before the i notified of his death bv : T. ? ister. Rev. R. E. onement. . , ? 4. 4 , , ? ., ... r . ot the Baptist c dul Hamid, with tour wives. A. , . .. , . a most impressive laughters, and two of his , , , , the solemn words ger sons, two eunuchs and a , .. . .... , these two lives to aratively large number ot .... , . . . , c Hie bride s dre le servants, was taken from . . . . , , . . , 4 , creation of white lldiz palace last night and . . . ii o i >n guipure lace, ed under an escort to Salo- ' . . . ter of Mrs. J. A. friends are with her home to or Hughes s Old Fort js a s?n of Mr. Mill Firm. Fork Hill. He ii ..... . . of sterling char rt Mill limes: Ot the nu- many friends rej< us mercantile establishments the prize he has \ were in business here 20 The out of tow i ago just one is now in ex- Mr:,an^, Haile Cold Mini ce. and even this one has | Fife of Spartanbi rgone a change in firm mem- of Rock Hill; Pea up. Mr. L. J. Massey wast Hill, a,u' Messrs in partnership with Mr. ^ill, brothers ot 1 u i Heath Springs, . Hughes, who some years noved to I^ancaster and is * "J one of the largest merchants DlU I lat town, besides having honored by his fellow-citi- Bill Before Illi some months ago by ec- ture to i :o the office of mayor. Mas- 0 . , , ... li u i-j . u ,i Springfield. 111. i Hughes did not sell the hats and those o Tian goods at cost and charge the skins or bodi >oor man big prices, but reptiles or insects prl nil " rriir? ed under heavv n application of this policy J} 10duced the ,. .x- , ' Representative r tless accounts tor the sue- Th(? bi)1 prQvi6 with which Mr. Massey he unlawful to se ? has been in business alone sale any hat more everal years) has met. 'n diameter or \\ it _ m rette, pin or othe " jecting more thai is. Neely of York Dead yond the rim or h .... . . . , or stuffed skin ol ikvllle special in TTiutsday s |jzzar<] 0r other a Tibia Record: Hyder A. I), insect, subject to y, treasurer of York conn- ly to become a bi ice the fall of 1880, died at ffenns. ome here this morning, af- , *7?e l}l'ov''d< ... ,. . shall prevent the >n >llness of ,wo "r three sh types an,] mod from lagnppe followed by pose of education lexy. He was in hTs 66th Wearing hats and is survived bv a widow statute is prohi .hree children. or th"TOI penalties are fro The bill was refe ncaster's handsome new mittee on miscell: t Sprinkler, recently order- ? ' Council, arrived Thursday Mmiaeat llriti it r< vas put to work yesterday. Coroner Kin* 1 klinjf the streets. It cor- Wednesday eve snocks the spots out ot body of Roht For as well as of the Rock ?i" (|io(i that day on kler, making the latter look ton*s place so imparison like an old hogs- Springs, where perforated with auger was about 4f? yea , Those Rock Hill people thought bv some lave to come ovei now to thjlt p.,,i vhat a real uptodate street ], " kl?M- looks like. ,he J"rv t""n,i . . _ . . ed from natura uir; the *pi very one wou M he hoinjf the te.stil ei hy Foley'* Kidney lie- Moore. of Heath It tnrnislie* u nncilei tonic to this niter the extra strain of winter, 1 purities the olood hy Htimnlktirig When KI.OODINE InevH. nn>i fans ng them to ?len>in- \IEN has tilted so i impurities from it. Foley's (iHney ..sham ?hr do you ly imparts i.h* tfo Hl? i vigor. Fi-h-- t>l? efti ution. it re'ii- y, take Fi-.oderhiirk Phnrnia y, F, i-,. Ktld 5<>c ? l.uttl muond * Co , li' Htli Spring*. s Hptt*.*) Agents. .. ?.. | uuiiuuig adjoining claimed that Thompson I Inn on Main str . . . _ KfP- ? , , !*-. ' lL >>? * .v r r - * 1909. ' Nuptials. R?cky Creek f __ j Completed an irriage of Mr tion. ; and Lillie Charlotte Observ 'eath Springs (]ay: ,aw Southern i'ower Co evening. _ , _ , as the Itocky Creel rs* been completed a obley and Mr. 1 placed in tentative were united in i The Rocky Cre ednesday even- situated about tw >ck. The wed- the Great Falls site t home affair, ba and the power 1 a few friends mitted to the Gre ? parties being and thence distri ity was a mark- territory for which ie decorations. The maximum de the ceremony this plant plant is < ^*as verv etfec- - _ 1hewhi?udf?! Teddy fioes 4 time. Shortly Q 3)116 ock. Miss Sara r usual charms Long as the j Bags a Grant's i." From this a Harteb 'the pianowafti t u- .; .Nairobi, British slum ? w??mino*l ? " idered by Mrs. j^P ' -s- 1 t?eo io . The bridal jand his con, Kerrj nd took their cien'lv recovered officiating min- tue ?onnected wi SmaJI. pastor shoo'inz trip and hurch. who, in | from Kapiti Plains manner, spoke ! ranch of Sir A1 fr< which united ho Alh, Kiverj lever. ; ... . ' , , . ing this morning fc >ss was a damtv ... * , ,, ... ^ . j I i ev .-ecured a <i silk, trimmed , ? She is a daugh- "n<1 " H?'te.bee.t. Mobley and her of ,h* out number, in ready haP been ( wn. The groom the Pease ranch; tl (I. W. Ellis of | of the caravan will s a young man that point to-morro aeter, and his I . A .. .ice with him in. 1 he |,arty decic von. remain for one wee n guests were: ranch, and wiil tlii "iam Jenkins of , nllmh#r ol CR 2; Misses Eva / irg; Sara Craig;fent ,n* -l,fc Acier rl Connell, Fork dav. < Ellis of Fork -n i? ' * IIP sinHllpi X Hll the groom. i * , April 29, 1909. erH of 'he Roos-vel ?. been obacke i. UTS. ? - ~ Cedar Creek inois Legisla- Mr. Kdifor: Oui till 'Em. about up with thei . April 24.-Big ini: "W OTer' rnamented with be great delay o es of birds or wet. weather. But ProHibit- jf we are { enalties in a bill house today by ba lly before we ne Hilton. Karl\ cabbagee , les that it shall u<>e Good prospe II or expose for , ? than 18 inches Pnk i-a:l around, 'ith plume, aig- Mr. G. W. 1'errj r ornament pro- munitv has recent i six inches be- ,, , , . earing the body > wr!lPr a'l ?f bis ta f a bird, snake, doctors' receipts hi nimal, reptile or inrrner being one decay and like-' , ,, r i ,. sixtv-"ne do lars ceding place for the latter two hue es that nothing nine dollars and fi display of freak- j(, , lels for the pur- . or amusement, t^xes being ? contrary to the Mr. Perry is now hi tod in public 8avs jf 18 l)ne ( Lighfares. The , , , m $100 to $200. P^'ures to look rred to the com- ce.pts in lull, and a noons subjects. he -ioHiti't nwi ? >uld (Surprise nn> tinrmhif/ jr) ,K tlio-e receif hold an inquest t>ven ha? his Ledei ning over the antj gwp receipt?'. (1, colored, who rpj0^e dratts and Mrs. Mary Hor- imounl< shoK6 ? nth of Heath . . , ., , ... , j foxes that spoil t t?i ho lived. Ford ? t yl . rs old. It was But those drafts red people gutter rapidity, isoned, but B,i|l continue their iat death result- voting without thii ,1 causes, such N Tfiony of Dr. ? ? < Springs. Wtr of ?rn wonder ho t? persiigtlt'l into tak ' 1 ojey's Honev ao l l\tr RIIKIM vTI TIN I'd tint- tronhlr Do many ini*'* nf * X'fpting "own nntk*" mflnr w ih thin t**r> *' Thf g? nnin>- roni l'h nil pain instati" iropHn.uil ia in a y#.J)ow t- Crawl ?rl I.. - *' T Pharmacy. *K \V 44 t.w'i. Nprings. j ine i arolina J t?i- t. mmg pr^-e eet, was tli? dat'- .j :-serine . L v-\7? ' | * & ' r \ PEICE 5 CENTS PER COPT ? ? - ^ >*' 'ower piant tireakiuto Rwd. ^ J d in Opera- '* > 1 One to be Con plant <S^tho Lancaster on" One kmisuti<>knn?ha8 Pr?P?sed R?ute^^|R.^ operation, IMans tor imludintf Cobdnfofiffi ek station is,and a number of Synth CardMjmi^ o miles holow ' points on the proposed autoniq* on the Cataw- bile road tVom Atlanta through*. , ^ ' will he trans Washington to Northern citiek v at Falls plant i will be pushed at once. Mem- vpj Ituiffwt tn ttin ! Koi'o t-lw* O/il.*" A It .UV.IVM H? IIBC | ?/Vl O Wl VJVJIU III I M Cl muwiiiuuiw it is intended, club have hold a consultation \ velopment of! with several of the officials of ' , 10.(XX) h. p. the counties through which Ae " * . road would pass should* it cmall ^Ullt through U)IS ^'vtion, and llCl JFflaH j( js 1 ,<?]j<.\I that with coopera- j i tion on the pan of other totons if fl the highway will be changed. ; As planned at present, the roM Gazelle and would pass through the northeest. iern part of the State, takii\g in , Spartanburg and Greenville and .ast A't >ca, froin there ),v ?ir line to the ' j&j ire Koo" v! It xjorth 'j'he route proposed by "y*f : tit, lnd ?ulH- i the Columbia motorists and others from i he t at i- 1 would have the road come through th i heir first Augusta and from therethrough ^ their journey Aiken, Ratesburg, Lexington, station 'o the Columbia, Camden. Lancaster, ed lJea*e. on H.?c'k Hill and on to the North, un oid h' oot- Yesterday Dr. E. M. Whaley, ir small name. the l'^sident of the Columbia . ,, Automobile club, wrote Mr. rani ? gazelle i i?r u i . / rrank Weldon. the chairman of ^ the press committee of the Good jvelt camp Hi- Roacjs Club of Georgia, stating ?stablishe i at i that he would of any time meet be remainder with representatives of the pro- \ move over to posed road and point out the ad\v morning- 1 vantages of a well constructed L d to-day to road by way of Augusta and Col- | k at (he Pease | umbia. The matter v,as also ? 9t iy in vi.?w,! taken up by County Supervisor of stoie6 wferei^wens' w^? received a letter ic&u camn t<>-!from M>- Weldon. stating that the road work of sand and clay mixture seemed to have solved long me port- the problem of good roads at ? eaiavan has I very ]ow pfiees. Dr. Whaley has also taken up ? ! the matter with the mayor of Letter. Augusta and the mayor of Aiken . and believes that in this manner r farmers are: , . , . , something will be done, r work, plant ... . , ^ . ' . I It is pointed out that there is itwithfli&udiujt i. * , now on direct line about 120 n account of mjies Qf good ,oa(j along this now it looks route and that, with the exceptn need rain tion of a short section in Ker< it. shaw, very little work would be 1 r*4 ready lor necessary. The route proposed ets for chick-i by those in Atlanta would be. through the mountain section , r 0, com. and would be practically impassly shown the a^e during the winter months X receipts, his j hen the ,"uris,s would, Hke" , . , ' ly to use them on extended trips id others the t() the ^ In a(Mition the turn red .?tn cog^ Gf construction and mainind six cen*". tenance would be prohibitive for ilred and tirty- present, and it is considered ny cent*.. He extremely doubtful if the cooperhe wa- -l,hi? ation of the various counties in ?nly 24 cents, that section could lie secured be52 yeats old, cause of this. Mr. Weldon will >t his greatest I probably make a preliminary sur; over his re- ve-v ^.V automobile of this route ..\ _ rn L next month and in the meantime nlf O lU h 11U ?> T, the members of the local club ase ?nv man. It . . sisted by county officials and ' one just to. , . , , . ... ' others interested in the highway its over. tie , . ., 0. . , .* tnrfnnmnnt th<> will o?H >?-? jr, Enterprise changing1 the route. J URt to add . ? . . see tlie total Young I.U'ty 'Irartur Critically ; is the little "'* p vine. Miss Vir.upnia Rol>ertson, one will grow with ?f the popular and accomplished it the voters y?un? school teachers of Lan.ame old way, ca9ter' is ,loR|,el',"'lv 1,1 at ,he )kju ': home <>f her father. Mr. Z. I.. , Robertson, in the Oakhurst seeewa Krader. tjon l)r. Fennell, of R,>ck Hill, "" and Dr. (libbes, of Columbia, w idt . in were called to see her Thursday; 'Z SSMS an<l h<''- ? ?*!>? K,lake ""V u.>t tj?- to if \ iut<> I ertaon. who is in the drug busier otbfr ness at Dillon, was also sumHinv if b?rii;:iii mone(] her bedside Thursday. TCiS*. r , A trained nurse is also in attendance on Miss Robertson. / -- 4 ( * \ J. C. TiT'ftK, "t? ? i ?,.*>? I i ""