The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 15, 1909, Image 1

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. Thi ^ ^ tir yul. * wo. m semi-? UNUSUAL INCIDENT IN COW* w Preacher Butts into Prayer and Cause* I*"*"* (ia, May 12Mt. \ era?^' -er the ?Pe? Following rt'g ?e*?ion, olFere ins: of the^Owct>ii0iel, a relativ b^uoJ<s."V'for wh?8e? of A murder Jordan Swain j 'eg?riai h0ra' the ^elenae lQ ^ ?? e * ??ce move,d lor a raistria ?l wft'* Kranl?d. Rev. Mi MoUau'el in hie prayer atke compat?Bion for Swam, referrin to as a (iman whose hand re stained by the blood of hi fellow man." The defense then asked for new trial before another jur p oui Hie State asked for time. Negro Shoots White Farmer. Kdgefield special in the New aud Courier: Mr. Harney A Jordan, a prominent farmer, wa fhot and it is feared mortalb wouuded, at 10 o'clock thi morning by Heter Coaies, a ne gro. The shooting occurred oi the plantation of Mr. Jake Hardy two miles south of Johnston, * pistol being the weapon used the ball entering the. breast anc passing through the lungs. From the facts obtainable here it seems that Mr. Jordan had ir his employ merit a son of Coates and he weut to the lalter's house in quest of the boy, who had run away. While there an al tercatioo arcse between Mr. Jordan and the negro, resulting in Coates drawing his pistol and ^firing upon Mfe Jordan, inflicting jo all -pinbability a death wound. Two Men Found Murdered. Gloucester, N, J., May 12.? Lying side by side with their skulls crushed, the bodies ot James Purdy and John Whitelaw were discovered in au aban uomd tallow hou*e here today by three boys. Nearby was a shovel and an iron bar, both covered with blood. Purdy, who wa6 identified through a letter found in his pocket, recently received a money order for $210 Jrom St. Thomas, Ont., where lie lived a' one time. He was an jron worker by trade. It is be lieved tha' he and his companion were murdered by tramps, who ar? said to have made headquarter* ot the abandoned building, inr which the bodies were , found. xtjf'J* - ? M ? More Executions in Turkey. Constantinople, May 12 ? Constantinople witnessed another batch of executions this morning when 24 mutineers of the army and navy were hanged in public within the city limits This makes a total ol 38 executions within the capita! since the revolution of April 13. Four of 'be men today were hanged near \h? Sultan's palace, eight at the ynarine barracks, eight in the /nifti i * ' ^ jltjiiizi arieman quarter or stam/ boul and four at ihe War Oflice. I "White Steamer" in Lancaster. . The latest addition to the num\ ber of automobiles in Lancaster is t'"*'.ikinprly beautiful touring W > <* xr.own as the "white steani/ belonging to Mr. Chas. D. L Jes, which was received by this week. It is one of the nandsoniest machines made and has all of the latest improvements. It isordorlessand makes but little if any noise. Miss Myrtle Sullivan, who has been visiting relatives in the New Cut section, returned home Thursday. *' * IIM -*?^LEDGER IS62 eekly rj GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. th! Verdict in Case of Army Officer Charged with Murder of Wit- * liam E. Anni* j. Flushing, N. Y., May 12 ? (j After lour hours' deliberation, ,e the jury in I he case of Uapt. P. I C. Uaii.s, U.S.A., charged with 'is the murder ol William K. Amis e on August 15 las?, brought in a kj verdict of guilty of manslaugh , ter in the first degree this alter j noon. The maximum sentence g is twenty years' imprisonment. 0 <i'ic^ly following the young 8 officer's conviction, his counsel announced thai they wou'd proa duce affidavits t<? show that the _ jury had not been properly guarded during the trial and up ?n tin's allegation, will urge that a new trial be granted These atlidavi's will be suhmit'ed 8 Monday, the time set tor passing i-eutence an 1 lor any motions s that the de endant's countel de .7 sires to make f 1 * Farm Demonstration Work in the * County. The farmers of Lancaster are ' taking commendable interest in the national Government's farm ? demonstration work that has ' been inauguraed in the county, and which is in charge of Col? laborator L. J. Perry. There i are now 57 representative farm, ers acting as demonstrators and , cooperators. The names of 35 of these were published in The News a few weeks ago; the remaining 22, who have since entered into the work, are as fol1 lows: ' S. E. Bailes. E. .J. Bailey, J. ; A. Cauthen, N. B. Cousar, J. E. Craig, J. W. Graig, J. L. Caskey, S. J. Funderburk, J. W. Hall, D. W. Hendrix, E. M. Hinson, G. W. Jones, M. J. Long, W. A. Marshall, J. S. Marshall, W. M. ' Morris, J. Clark Robinson, D. F. Sapp, J. R. Thompson, I). E. . Walters. G. W. Williams, J. R. Wilson. ITlr. Urnn Blackmon's Fine Cabbages. Mr. Orrin C. Blackmon, the well-known truckman of this vicinity, kindly presented us on Thursday with three large hardhead cabbages, two of them j being on one stalk ?a most unusual occurrence. Mr. Blackmon has been raising cabbages for many years, but he says he never saw a stalk bear more than , one head before this season. He now has in his patch a stalk with three good heads on it. As heretofore noted in The News, Mr. Blackmon has been selling cabbages on this market for several weeks. He sold over 1000 pounds of the vegetable i here the first three days of this j week. i NATURE'S WARNING | Lancaster People Mutt Recognize and Heed It. Kidney ilia eoine <|uh?Uy? mysteriously. Hut nature always warns you. Notice the kidney secretions. See if j the color is unhealthy? It there hre settling. and sediment, Passage frequent, scanty, painful. It's time then to use Doin g Kidney Pills, To ward otl'Bright'* disease or diabetes. I loan's have done gr>*at work tn ibis locality. Mrs. S. hi. \ i rents, I ,aw rence St., ! Camden. S. ('., says: "I had kidney I trouble for years. My kidneys were1 sluggish and the secretions were quite I j irregular in passage. 1 had frequent j beadie-hes. was restless at night and' felt geneia'ly miserable. I at length | read about Poan's Kidney Piljs and j I was leu to procure a box. 1 used them ' | as directed am) tir y not only regulated ( the passages of the kidney uecretiitM , hut stopped the headaches and made j . my health better 1 do not hesitate to recommend I loan's Kidney Pill* for kidney trouble." , For sale by all dealers. Piice ??o c i ts. Foster -Milbnru Co., Hoftalo, New V rh, sole agents for the T'nited Mat * lietnember its nann Done' an I tikt j no other. ] Jr V* &tr ' ICAST REVIEW 1878 EI LANCASTER, S. C., MA LANCASTER'S WATER SUPPLY I Analysis by Chemist of State Boar< of Health Shows Water to be of Fine Quality and Free from Indications of Contamination. Mr. ('has. 1). Jones, chairmai of Lancaster's board of public works, has received from Dr Francis L. Parker, Jr., of Char , leston. State Bacteriologist ant ; Chemist, the result of a recen test made of the water used it the'town's water-works system the analysis being highly satis factory, showing the water to b< j of excellent quality and fret j front any indications of contam iination. The samnle spnt !?r Parker was taken on May Is ! from the sp;gOt in the First National Dank, in the presence ol I three witnesses. Dr. Parker's ! report is as follows: < 'harlesion. s. May 1", i!Mty. Sanitary Water Analysis No. 20?i drawn May I. lOOy, received May ;i linn. I or sample of water I'roin l.anraste | Water Supply, for State Hoard of I leal11 of Soul It <'arulina. ^ Results ill part per million; Color T Noni Chlorine 10.01 Free Ammonia . . O.OOt Albuminoid Ammonia o.OK Nitrogen in Nitrates Nont Nitrogen in Nitrites Nom Oxygen reunited to oxidize orgenie matter. . . Hardness (as parts of a COS) soap test 20.01 Alkalinity (as parts of t'a oo:p 7.0t Total Soli.Is 04,04 I.oss on Ignition HAiTKItl Al. AN \I.YS|s. Raeteria per < 'utile Centimeter jColl-Orotijt organisms \bs<-n i rkmahkk: Free front indications o i contamination. Quality of sample ex eel lent. H? sped fully .submitted, Francis L. I'arker. .It. The Baptist Convention. Louisville, Ky., May 12.? HeiYAl'f AT e/tm 1 ?A.? A " J^v.1 I vy? vuiiillllkicca (II11.1 SiaiCments of the work of the auxiliary to the Southern Baptist convention which opens tomorrow were the business of today's gathering of 5,000 Baptists from all over the United States. Jushua Levering of Baltimori was reelected president of the board of trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary of Louisville which is holding its silver jubilee. According to the report of T. P. Ray. secretary of the foreign mission board, the board in 1908 organized 702 mission study classes in all parts of the world, with a memliershit) of 10,000 and 200 study classes t .ve been begun in Baptist colleges with a membership of 2,000. W. I). Powell of Louisville, secretary of the State mission board, reported that the Baptists in Kentucky now numbered 313,1000, exceeding any other denomination. Editor Hull Married. Rock Hill special in the Charlotte Observer, May 13: A surprise wedding of two pominent young people of this city was solemnized at the home of Mrs. Kate Fewell on Oakland avenue last night at 8:30 o'clock, when Miss Fay Burns became the bride of Mr. J. Otis Hull, Rev. Alexander Martin pronouncing the ceremony. Mrs. Hull, nee Burns, is a very charming young lady, and has made manv fi-iondo Kir winsome ways since her sojourn in this city. She is a sister of Mrs. J. YV. Elliott, formerly of Hickory, N. ('.. hot who has resided here for the past six months, Mr, Elliott having charge of the contract work on YVinthrop's new dormitory. Miss Horns was originady from High Point, where her father now resides. Mrs. G. A. Hay)iff, of Greensboro, N.C. , is visiting her brother, Mr. C. M. Hardin, of this place. -H?- Js J* ER N sTTERPRISE 1891 IY 15, 1909 . THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT The Splendid Specimen of the Sculp- 1 tor's Art Fashioned from Beautiful Lancaster County Granite Which Now Adorns Court House Square. 1 ( The handsome Confederate 2 monument erected on the court 1 house square by the women of i - Lancaster county received its I i! finishing touches yesterday at t the hands of the faithful and ef- ; 11 ficient contractors, Messrs Young , . and Sassi, of Stoneboro. It is | - indeed a stately and imposing - monumental tribute to the valor and heroism of the Confederate - soldiers of Lancaster county. * The workmanship appears to be t perfect and the proportions har- J \ moniously symmetrical. 1 <*r The monument is of granite. from the quarry of the Southern , Granite company, at Stoneboro, this county, and consists of three bases, the bottom one being 10 feet square, pedestal, die, cap. || i 1 flagstone, second cap surmount1 ed by the statue of a Confeder-: ' ate soldier with in in *-?* ? ! " standing: at parade rest. The statue is seven feet high and | D faces the east. The entire height l( 5 of the monument is a fraction ( 1 over thirty feet. The sculptural ( ' work was done by a most skilled > and experienced Italian sculptor. < - Mr.Comi, assisted by two others, t y The following inscriptions ap- < , pear on the highly polished die: \ East side- "Worthy, the Con- [ federate soldiers to be hallowed 11 and held in tender remembrance. \ Worthy, the fadeless fame which ^ 1 Lancaster soldiers won in de- 1 1 lending the he nor of the South, 1 c the rights of the States, {he lib-1 erties of the people, the sentiments of the S<nith. the princi-! \ pies of the Union, as they were, r handed down to them by the | , .athersof our common country." \ . On the pedestal just beneath the . above appear in large raised let- i tors: "Our Confederate Sol-L diers." j< f North side "No country had v more loyal suns, no cause nobler ^ champions, r.o people bolder de- r fenders, n<> principle truer mar- x tyrs." l a West side "Erected by the wo- v men of Lancaster county. A. D. is 1900, under a /spices L?> caster . (Chapter, U. D. <C." L South side?"Cod holds the r scales, of justice. He will meas-1 ure praise a:."; blame; and the .j\ South will stand the verdict, j and will stand it without shame." . On all four .-ides of the second cap are the years "18(51-1865" 1 in large figures, just above them ^ being in large raised letters: c "C. S. A." ' The cost of ihe monument is ^ 1 ab**it $3,000. The money, as is I well known, was raised by the r 'loyal and patriotic Daughters ' [through long* years of arduous I ; effort. Too much cannot be a said in praise of the women of { Lancaster for their grand and ? noble work in perpetuating in ^ stone the memory of the coun- a ty's brave Confederate soldiers. .e vjl We are not advised as to when s the monument will be unveiled. '] but the ceremonies will likely be 1 held some time in June. i o The S. S. Convention. i The County Sunday School Con- , (i | vention convened yesterday morn i i ingin the Presbyterian church, a p j goodly number of delegates t< being present. Mr. J. F. Nisbet n ' presiding. Other delegates are a I expected to report today. An in- V | to resting ta.-: was make by Rev. e .1. M. Way. An acquaintance; meeting was held at adjourn- s, i ment for dir .- r. Officers will ir j be elected at tr.is morning's ses- i* sion. A t report of the pro- J ceeuinjcs \v)> ear in tne next issue of The News. Mr. ant) M e. R. R McManus, of Tradesville, S. C., spent last j Sunday with relatives here ! Monroe En^ v -rer. Qr. 1 EWS 1 ORil _ PRICE 5c COPY OUTRAGED, THEN STRANGLED Cranston Woman Met with Fearful Fate. Piovideuce, R. 1., May 12.? l he terribly 1? t?? *ed body of X lire. Laura E. R^ieater, ? Onnsinit woman. >va< found in the old H. bre w Oemetery. in Reservoir avenue, 'his city, totiay, and marks nn iIia ^ ^ *? l|l*4iVT"C lllttl the woman hai he? n 8'rniigled. Mr?. Resetter whh 32 years old m i hud been <1.voiced 'rom her no-band. The last time she i? \ known t ? have been seen alive *n? on ail eleemo, car lft-.t ui*ht. l i.e invest?ga'ions of the melicd < X'uniner showed that 'he wo isii had been erimin illy aslau'tf d. A nezro, who said his name whs AIoizo William-', 25 yJ?rs ?f :ue. v. ih brought fri in l'awu-i e lite today and bct-el up in * uspieion Death of Mrs. J. H. Osborne in Georgia, Formerly of this County. Mrs. S. K. Williams of thisv jlace received a letter this week :onveying the sad intelligence if the death of her sister in Georgia, Mrs. J. II. Osborne, vhich occurred on the 4th initant. Mrs. Osborne was a naive of North Carolina, daughter )f the late William Smith, and vas about 40 years of age. She esided for several years in the Tabernacle section of this couny, removing to Georgia some 12 >r 15 yeai*s ago. She is survived >y her husband and several hildren. Mrs. Osborne's old friends and icquaintanees in this county will egret to learn of her untimely lassing away. Yarning to Dog Owners. Lancaster's do# ordinance >ecame effective the first of this nonth, and beginning: next Monlay. the 17th instant, the law vill l>e rigidly enforced by the own authorities. All dogs runling at large without muzzles vill be taken up and impounded, ind if not claimed by owner vithin three days, will then be hot. To get your dog out of K)und will cost you $2. Better :et a muzzle for your canine ight now. Meeting of Taxpayers of Lancaster School District. The annual meeting of the axpavers of the Lancaster School District was held in the curt house Wednesday afterinon at f> o'clock, .Judge Krnest rtoore presiding and Mr. I) teece Williams acting as secretary. Mr. Williams as secetarv and treasurer of the oard of trustees, submitted his nnuo.l report. The old board of rust ?s, consisting of Leroy Iprir s, W. T. Gregory, .John \ G. ?en, D. Reece Williams nd J. I). Funderburk, was relected without opposition. The pecial levy was increased to f> lills, on account of the need of unds to complete the school wilding now being erected at he cotton mills, the total cost of /hich will amount to about $fl00. After adjournment of the taxay ers' meeting the board of trusees met and reorganized by the eeleetion of Col. Leroy Springs s chairman and Mr. FX Reece Williams secretary and treasurr. t'Xuli'ilMS ol' colliiii hiiH> jliool will ho hold noxt Tuesday nighl. isiead of W'ednpsdiiy. as licri'tofnro iihlishcd. IVnn's Jack is a rich man's tobacco at a poor man's price. Get it from L^NCASTER VIEBCANTILE CO.