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? * J VOL. 8, NO. 37, SEMI-WE DISASTROUS FI AWAY BIG_ Forty Horses and Mules I Other Loss?Good W< and Clyde Backham at about the time above mentioned. When discovered the provender in the loft of the building was V all aflame. Mr. Beckham sue ceeded in breaking down the door in the rear end and tried to coax one of the animals out, but all to no purpose and in an incrediably short time the roof was falling in. It was thought at one time the large frame building belonging to Mr. W. J. Cunningham and Mrs. W. C. Hough, directly opposite, would also be destroyed, but by reason of heroic work done by the local fire department under the good leadership of Chief W. E. Drennan this building was saved, although the front was very badJy charred and the glass broken out. The live stock yvere turned out of the building and some of them are still roaming at large. After this building was safe the fire department hurI ried to the building immediately in the rear of the burned I stable, occupied by Mr. John I Kinsr as a blacksmith and wood shop. When reached by the fire laddies the whole south side and top of the building was in a blaze, but was soon put out. The heat charred the front of the small stores occupied by Jtyr. R. R. Riddle and Mr. Jack1 adn. The sky-light in the brick building immediately west of the burned stable, belonging to Ernest Moore and occupied by tyr. J. B. Mockorell, fell in, injU^'ng some of the goods. This tall brick building perhaps prevented the dames being communicated to the Moore block on Main street. The wind at the time of the fire was blowing pretty stin to tne soutnwest, which was fortunate. Mr. C. D. Jones, president of both the Jones Mercantile Company and the Jones-Elliott Mule Company, was absent in New York at the time of the fire, but Mr. J. C. Elliott, the manager of the mule company, was on the ground and did all that human Siortal could do to hold the fire in check and save the property I Prevents Spread of F ocanst of Dead Anima One of the most disastrous fires with which Lancaster has j been visited in years occurred yesterday morning about 3:30 o'clock, when the large livery and sale stable belonging to the Jones Mercantile Company, on the north* side of Gay street at the intersection of Gay and Meeting streets, was completely destroyed. In the building were perhaps 40 head of horses nild TY"I llloa J M??U AAA UlVOy IllVOt Ui Wlll^II UttU been recently shipped in and not a single one of which were sav- I ed. All of these belonged to the , Jones-Elliott Mule Company, j The Jones-Elliott Mule Com-1 ( pany had in the building also a carload of New Neeson wagons, several new carriages and buggies and second-hand buggies 1 and carriages used in connection with the livery business, 1 also a quantity of corn, hay and fodder, which was consumed. The building ,which belonged to i the Jones Mercantile Company, 1 was worth $2,500, with insurance for only $1,500. The loss of the Jones-Elliott ! Mule Company is estimated to be about $12,000, which was ^toured for from 60 to 75 per c4nt of its value. The origin of the fire is supposed to have been accidental. It was first discovered bv Dick Vamidnrp 1EKLY. nr imnro m, niru SALES STABL turned to Death, Besic ork of Fire Departnu lames?A Veritable H Is. rt the firm. It was a fear sight that greeted the e; yesterday morning as groups people viewed the char trunks of the 40 horses i mules on the site of the bun building. Many of them w covered by the provender t fell upon them from the 1 ahnvp TVio turn fina Vian w w w. 4iV VTI V 1111V II^CI horses and the span of b; usually driven by Mr. Elli were burned to death, also fine saddler usually ridden his daughter, Miss Com* Elliott. The town authoril are having the remains of burned animals removed bey* the town limits as rapidly possible. Yesterday the si ening odor from them p?rv ed the atmosDhere ever^whj Girl Striker is Killed Ri< Rochester, N. Y., feb. I The first death resulting fi the strike of garmenff work occurred here today when A entine Sauter, proprietor o clothing shop, fired f#ie si from a shotgun into 4 crowd strikers who were engaged i demonstration in front of place of business. |Oi|e ; striker, Ideal Braimin, years of age, was killed jby shot and three other) ptrs were injured. Two\ of\ wounded are women. \ \ Sauter employes abdut fc machine hands and 700\striH went to ms shop this aftern in an effort to persuade\he eratives to walk out. Cur the demonstration many \tc were thrown. \ Sauter fired from an up*\ window of the shop. Miss Bl man died almost instantly, fi the wound she received. ' police arrested Sauter and h charged with murder in first degree. News Notes From Elgin. Special to The News. Elgin, Feb. 6.?Miss Sa Beckham, who has been vi ing her brother, Mr. Rol Beckham, returned to her h( it Great Falls last week. Miss Dora Varnado atten her sister, Mrs. McDowel, Westville last week. Miss Eva Mae Duren, acc< oaied by her sister, Miss Oni Duren of Lancaster, atten the corn show last week. Mr. Robert Beckham sp from Friday till Monday v his daughter, Mrs. James I ton, at Great Falls. Messrs. Stanley Truest and Kirby Duren spent a : days in Westville this weel Miss Dora arnado atten the corn show last week. Carried to Gastonia. Sheriff J. P. Hunter recei a telegram Wednesday fi Gastonia, N C.. to 1 out for one William Oliver, wanted at that pi for disposing of property un lien. The vigilant sheriff not have long to look before spied Oliver on a scaffold gaged in repainting the r dence of Col. Leroy Sprir The sheriff immediately arr< ed him, but he at first refu to go back to North Carol without extradition papers, later on yielded and was sen1 liastonia Thursday. Six Mules Killed. Cheraw Special in The St of February 6: Falling fr an embankment in the path the Florida special of the ? board Railway, six valua mules, the property of > Irene Reed, were killed h Tuesday. .'UUl'il LANCASTER, S. C., S 140,000,000 PARCEL POST PACKAGES ARE HANDLED i Chicago Leads All Other Cities ?For January With 4,163,153 Parcels. Washington, Feb. 6.?Approximately 40,000,000 parcel post packages were handled I during January. At the 50 " largest postoffices, 19,385,433 I parcels were handled in the first month of the operation of the 1 new system and the business of the last two weeks exceeded that of the first two weeks by more than five million pack fiji a?esChicago exceeded all other ~ cities in the number of parcels ?E handled, its total being 4,163,4 153, New York handled 3,519,188; Atlanta, 183,000; St. Paul, nea 181,056; New Orleans, 166,391; ere r?olloa iqnoftft. T??:n?;iu iaa . unuu, xuv,uvv , UVUIOVJIIC) 111," H^r 076; Richmond, 100,000; Nashville, 69,270; Jacksonville, 42,,rae 963. The present season is the dull l/T one in the postoffice business, J*? but even if there should be no JfS increase in the parcel post ties wor^? about 500,000,000 parcels the wou^ ke handled during 4;he first year. Some postmasters estimate the first year's totel ?s will be one billion packages. * y\~ From the more remote sec"t+ormv^f the country, postmas7^' ters refwct merchants are preparing to extend their fields tc ?t. the rural districts, through the >.? new system amLfarmers arc om preparing to senoV^nroducts tc ers cities and towns upohthe openfal ing of the spring seashn. f a The preliminary apnropriahell tion for the establishn^nt ol I of the parcel post has beemt exn a hausted and Postmaster (Wnhis eral Hitchcock today asked tqi girl an additional appropriation ol 17 $750,000. the ons Tried Many Ways, the Albany, Ga., Feb. 5.?Aftei taking laudanum and powderec Lw4-tr o4ooo i-A A * UI,y eiaoa, oiaoilill^ II1S WT1SI Willi I %rs razor and shooting himself beo!jjm low the heart, Gordon Flourojk noy, secretary-treasurer of th( in^ Albany Cotton Mills still lives nes is in a precarious condition Mo reason for the act is known I STATE MUS Ofi^REFl tKc following timeTH^wtielj is takbia from The Ander^or Daily illie The state^JK^OUl^'^arolint sit- must redeem or refund some >ert thing over five millions of dol >me lars of bonds which come du< this year. The legislature has ded committed this work to th( at sinking fund commission. This commission has been having om- trouble with the governor 01 bel, the state for a year. He wat (led chairman of the commission, by courtesy, and when he refuse( ent to call a meeting to dispose o1 rith the old state dispensary build lar- ing in which the state had thou sands of dollars of school fund} lale tied up, the other members ol few the commission took the mattei into their own hands and organ ded ized with Mr. Lyon as chairmar and proceeded to convert tht property into cash, as they hat been directed by law. ved The members of the commis*om sion are the state treasurer ook than whom a purer, kindliei B. gentleman never lived, yet ? lace man of great moral courage der Capt. R. H. Jennings; the compdid troller general, Hon. A. W he Jones of Abbeville; the attoren ney general, Mr. J. Frasei esi- Lyon; the secretary of state lgs. Mr. R. Maxey McCown, and ont est- member of the senate and ont sed of the house. The govemoi lina some time ago made the poinl but that the terms of office of tht t to legislative members had expired and that a quorum of the commission could not properly be formed. He now contend? ate that the members of the com om mission were dickering with of financiers in New York for the ">ea- negotiation of the bonds withible out submitting* to bids. There Irs. is absolutely nothing but susere picion in the conte^ion. j The members of fhe commis ?????MM? I ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1913. WOULD CONTINUE HURS CORN EXPOSITION Friedmai ' side of H fering V Usual Program of Exhibit Dem- New Yor onstrations Augmented by ing homewj Round Table Conference on tuberculosa i f ir? session tha | Rural Life. of the wi(j Columbia, Feb. 6.?Strongly mann cultu ! urged in telegrams from var- H1*?, COUu! ious prominent individuals and art-\v'ea ' I commercial organizations to Harri 1 continue the Com Exposition . , _ for another week, the man- ?n^? *??f a agement is considering the ad- ??a!f. +Vl_ ' visability of this action. The 'H \d hoDes i exposition was to have closed ^ j^r' Saturday of the present week. h *i Among others whose names HpplnrpH ' are signed to these telegrams u;a w;fp* i are Senator B. R. Tillman, Con- Quarantine gressman A. E. Lever, Secre- po^ of tl tary of Agriculture James Wil- servjce an son, who also gives his permis- bajf ^ sion for the government exhibit prTimpnt I to remain here another week; pnrp nr Samuel G. Stoney of Charles- hp u?fl yL. ton, president of the ' South efnciencv 0 ; Carolina Agricultural Society; obtained s< i D. A.| Tompkins of/Charlotte, ??nt sufL i and various mayor# and presi- tu, i i /? i v if /? lUolo U1 l/Il' i dents of chambers/>f commerce I in South Caroiiaii. The tele- ho discov l grams were rccJved by Com- month * wa missioner E. J. Watson, who, in . Charles ' &eT ?f,Str0n^?Cf1 sentimen.t' of this city | that the exposition remain f f ^ nf> . o?n, sent ouf an inquiry ask- , hi , ! mg^an expression regarding the :ntprpqt in ! mom, If thf exposition is kept ^up ft > open,*it is stated, every exhibit : . will b\kept?Tntact. marriage s TKohannl^^? c IOSIS. JL11V apiiai. wi ug X g.111 Ul CAIUUll demonsrfcitioliq. illustrated lec- RIVAL : tures an\ musre*l?^concerts at the exposition was^^MUnented Foreigners - today by njo round tamlh^n- Permissi* ference on TOfal life, this Town or [ the second ^gf the three-day ^||^one. series which Hjtommenced yes- o^ulon, ierday. Dr. \^n*en H. Wilson the >^4^; f New York, sujterintendent of Vague r^ r tifce church and cmitry life de- Gallipoli ai I pertinent of the ^Presbyterian lines have l board of home misfepns, arriv- details ena - edwiere this aftemod^L to attend the charad - th4 exposition and%to take The fact i charge of the rural lifP confer- appear to I . encl tomorrow, whicnVvill be tions we . devjted to the consideration of Tchatalja . proflems of the country church, that they 1 I ? sibility of I flank them IT/ REDEEM tnhOat0nthem LXND BONDS / The repc ^sion, sensible of their duty and I of the obligation conferred up- , V* on them by the legislature, have h th I i j i i i 1 i i W IICIIILI 11 t! been taking steps to place the . . . new bonds on the market and ,lirnPfi ty,n1 . at a lower rate of interest than ' i a v e l j /-v r? DUldir <111(1 ? the former bond issue. One fi- fh pPnin? , nancial concern suggested the , . ' II possibility of a hitch on legal ^ i technicality and the commis- pj, r \ sion went into the supreme Uurt?]j f court to get the matter settled t nnpr.,t , one way or the other, so that moveiEen\ T there should be no delav here j' after. ftyf f It was a matter of business. 01 tne P? . Dozens of school districts, coun- c"mmunica . ties and other corporate bodies c^? 1 j. r , have gone to the supreme court Adrian* \ in the same way. It was en- for foreign . 1 tirely honorable nnd proper in or . th . the sinking fund commission. zo { There is no evidence against tlon, them except the suspicion of NEGRO'S j the governor. If the sinking fund commis- Dennis G01 . sion as at present constituted is not permitted to carry through T pv:no.f^ the bond issue, that matter will ^ja , be left to the incoming commis- p'.i./ n sion, which will have changes '< ' ' in personnel?the two legisla- th ' tive members, the attorney 1 v th^ general and the state treasurer . being new Perhaps the gover- from h nor will sit with that commis- jn some n 1 s^on* a circular 1 Indians Leaves Corn Show. "J^eye* his Columbia, Feb. 6.?Wild were sever* > Eagle, Bad Horse, Standing were thro\ . Bull, Running Deer and family or 15 feet : ? will leave this morning for their lay. r homes on the reservation near 1 1...i u:m t>j_ 'i* ? ) > ItVA/A 1111. mg i niei uatawba, I Niece of . Red Cloud, Sleepy Crane, squaw Greenvill i and papooses will remain at the State of Fc > exposition grounds. The moth- garet M?i . er of the twins wanted to go Sloan, a gr s home, but as there are so many Washingtoi . people who call daily to see the 88rd veur | twins liipf Chief Catawba in- son, Geor duced her to remain Pelham, th [ SG HOME WITH ni r RCULOSIS SERUM nil Heid Rushes With i in Culture to Bed- f\ is Wife, Who is Suf/ith Disease. k, Feb. 6.?Hurry- Dr. S ird from abroad with \yi i serum in his pos- pu t he says is the first . lely-discussed Fried- ,n<1 re to be brought to Col try, Dr. Austin B. burg ysician of Pittsburg, ing o flin 1~:_ *1 ' biic ?tr<uii?iuy x~ULLS- lSiail Surope today, and at charj i train for his home, nor i wife, a consumptive, with arrival of what Dr. made i will be a cure for presi< Heid has enough Soutl r for one patient, he the s That patient will be terno Dr. Heid was met at the -v by Dr. Milton H. Dr. he Ellis Island health presi* d questioned in be- and ! United States gov- Th bout the Friecmann that Heid told Dr. Foster influc en convinced of the tion 1 f the cure and had univc ?rum to treat a pa- throp iring from tubercu- large s bone. Dr. Fried- West i German scientist, the c ered the serum last Dr s offered $1,000,000 of W E. Finley, a banker stanc , if he would cure 95 ternc patients to be placed stanc sare. The banker's that the serum resulted have ict that a relative by and J uffers with tubercu- 000 f had ence FLEETS MOVE. Carol at Adrianople Ask colle! on to Leave the 10 usiaDiisn rseutral tomo Feb. 6.?News from ^nc of war is meager. Harts of fighting in BEA la^d^the Tchatalja been wta?jyed, but no .bling one "to*.. judge Defei ter of the operations, that the Bulgarians Ai )e moving their posi- Beac stward along the man, lines seems to show swor ealize there is a pos- an ai an attempt to out- Beac , but so far there is that ation of the rumors her. Turks are moving Aike sea to the neighbor- whic dosto and Media. the i >rts indicate that the cide e met a reverse in Al )li Peninsula, but no was been received as to this le main forces have morr ngaged, and it is as- sumr t the Turkish lines at whic I across the neck of his c ula are well defend- nary xlern works, which jury, offer effective resis- At ?hting at this point lute ig the rival fleets in- ei*al ions, but no naval conti has been reported. : mon: ,K C \iI v?.? war ministers wers in Sofia today ted to Premier Guer- ,mal equest of the consuls >vas 3ple for permission *)e ers to leave the town Pew? 1 establishment of a *s ne for their protec- conv his i abou AWFUL DEATH, was iild Falls Across Saw licitc in Motion. j Beac ?n Special to Col urn- ' to h Feb. 5: Dennis brotl 5. f $1.50 PER YEAR. '.ASE'S CHARGES RE INVESTIGATED C. Mitchell's Conduct th Reference to Peabody nd is Subject of Solons' luiry. lumbia Special to SpartaiTHerald, Feb. 5: The takf testimony before the legve committee on the res brought by the govern his inaugural address reference to statements by Dr. S. C. Mitchell, dent of the University of 1 Carolina, was begun in upreme court room this afon at 4 o'clock. Among vitnesses summoned were litchell, Dr. D. B. Johnson, dent of Winthrop College, ;x-Gov. Martin F. Ansel, e specific charge made was Dr. Mitchell had tried to ;nce the general educaboard to give money to the srsity and deprive Win) College. There was a crowd present. Senator on, of Richland county, is hairman of the committee. . D. B. Johnson, president inthrop College, was on the 1 for several hours this af>on. The sum and sub:e of his testimony was Winthrop College would received between $2r?0 Oftft 5400,000 in place of $90,rom the Peabody fund if it not been for the interferof the University of South lina through Dr. S. C. lell and other Southern fes. e hearing will be resumed rrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, i Dr. Mitchell will take the 1. CH AND WIFE DENY HIS GUILT ndant and Victim of Attack on Stand, ken, Feb. 6.?Frederick O. h, the New York society today took the stand and e that he did not commit ssault upon his wife. Mrs. h took the stand and swore her husband did not assault Tomorrow the jury of n county farmers, before h Beach is being tried for offense, is expected to dethe question of his guilt. 1 the evidence in the case in when court adjourned evening. Three hours toow have been allotted for ning up arguments, after h Judge Spain will deliver harge, the last act prelimito giving the case to the ter the defense had rested today the state offered sevwitnesses in rebuttal to . radict portions of the testis V of Mr. and Mrs. Beach, during this proceeding the ;ity of the mysterious i behind the bookcase" revealed. He turned out to Haddon Johnson, a young (paper man 01 Aiken, wkc leged to have overheard a ersation between Reach and vife in the mayor's office t the assault. Mr Johnson* not permitted to give an inatory answer to the so?r's questions as to whether h had not asked his wife ly the offense upon the ier of a negro servant, and Bclined to make any answer ever. th Reach and his wife told stories to the jury in a le way. The prosecutor (-examined each of them at t length and called their aton constantly to states they are alleged to have ; previously, differing in ietail to their testimony t. They bravely stood by guns at all times and i not admit that any part leir narratives today was rect. ishington, Feb. 6.--James rady, elected to fill out the pired term of the late SenHeyburn, of Idaho, today the oath of office, displac tenator Perky, appointed mporarily fill the vacancy. egro, about 5 years j he d< t a horrible death at what ill of Fred G. Hart- Bo i extreme lower sec- their le county, 24 miles simp yesterday morning, cross lanner ne tell across greal saw while it was in tenti i in the twinkling of ment head and shoulders made 3d from the body and some vn a distance of 10 todaj from where the body their woul< of tl Washington Dies. incor e Special in The 'bruary 6: Mrs. Mar- W< iharty Washington, H. B and niece of George unex] i, died today in her ator at the home of her took ge W. Sloan, near ing i is county. to te