The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 08, 1913, Image 1
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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
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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