The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 24, 1918, Image 1
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A LIVE TOWN ?5l
68TH YEAR. NO. 19. SE1
L. SC.TR UN PUOS
< OUT ON SCHEDULE
I First Time in . Twenty-nim
Months Tr:iin H:ic M-j/To
Trip to Chester.
ON .REGULAR SCHEDULE
First Train Left Lancastei
Yesterday Morning at Nint
O'clock and Returned at
Three I*. M.
For the first time in twenty-nin?
months, or since the fifteenth day o
July, 1910, when the steel bridgt
spanning the Catawba between I .an
caster and Chester was taken awaj
In the great flood which swept por
tions of North and South Carolina
the Lancaster and Chester ltailwa;
company ran a through passenge
and freight trnin yesterday inorn
lag. The train left the L. & C. depo
at nine o'clock and arrived Ohesto
nt eleven. There were several can
of freight and one passenger coacl
making up the train, and severa
passengers made the initial trip
"'here was no demonstration at th<
Mation, though the opening of tin
1 ne. after being bottled tip so long
means so much to the business in
1e ests of Lancaster that a crowd n
people should have been on hand t
welcome the inauguration of a regn
lar service.
The train pulled out unceremor
iously enough. Conductor \V. T
Gladden merely yelling "H-o-a-r-d.
and with the ringing of the hell En
gineer J. A. Stewman pulled tin
throttle, the wheels began to tun
ouu ma iiiiin vms soon Rrouno ini
curve and out of sight. Genera
Manager A. P. MeLure was one o
the passengers, he going over to th<
new bridge. Just completed, to se
that all details of the work wetcarried
out.
The schedule in effect this wee]
embodies but one train each way i
day. Leaving Lancaster at 9 a. m
the train reaches Chester at 11 a
n?.; returning, leave Chester 1 p. m.
arrive Lancaster 3 p. m. Effectiv
Wednesday, January 1. the train wil
leave Lancaster at 7 a. m., arriv
Chester 9 a. m.; returning, leav
Chester 11 a. m., arrive Lancaster
p. ni. This will afford connection
with Important trains at Chester fo
Columbia and Atlanta. No an
rouncement has been made as to ,
double dally service, such as was ii
effect before the flood, but it Is as
suined that this will be inaugurate*
na soon as conditions will permit.
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MAY RESCUE-CHARLOTTE
FROM ITS CAMP TROUBLES
War Depart merit Seem* Inclined t
Itelleve Business Men ?f Obligation*
(if leasen.
Washington, Dec. 23.?It seem
that Charlotte la about to get rid o
the last of Ita troubles with Cami
Greene. The war department no\
seems Inclined to take up a numbe
of land leases held by the ehambe
of commerce which of course will re
lleve the business men of the clt
of abont r'o 000 In obligations fo
the year 1919.
President P. C. Whltlock, of th
chamber of commerce, advised Sen
ator Overman that Charlotte busl
jiess men held the leases on lam
upon which Camp tlreene Is situate*
end the leases are so drawn that th
?* chamber would be obligated for th
entire year If the camp were use*
even a week during 1919. He sur
gpsted the war department shoub
essume the leases since Charlott
bad been giving the land rent free t
the Rovernment and the presen
status of the camp "would make I
possible to collect $20,000 In rent
from Charlotte citizens.
Senator Overman was advise*
that a special hoard had investlgat
ed the matter and recommended b
the general staff >that the leases b
assumed by the government for sucl
time as It Intends to use Cami
Greene. If the staff approves th
suggestion, and It probably will, de
tails will he worked out betweei
Generals Goethals and Jervey, an'
the Charlotte chamber of com
merca.
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MI- WEEKLY.
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H^HBBKHS|^HB .
s AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS
r JIM WILCOX PARDONED
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v Alleged Hlayer of Nellie ('popttcy
r Given Freedom?Ho Now
r Denies Crime.
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r Raleigh, Dec. 23.-?Governor
Blckett Friday pardoned Jim Wile
cox, serving 30 years for the mur
der of Nell CropHey, of Elizabeth
I* City, and the former electrician at
1 the state prison is free after a ca
J reer of more inteiest than any pris
e oner who has served, and he ends .>
o with, the finest record ever made. In
15 years he has not won a hlacu
mark.
'; (Jovernor Bickett has not an8
nounced his reasons beyond these,
hut he evidently is moved by the te.i
* der appeal of Wilcox for merov. H
' had previously declined the prlson8
er's request, as had Governor Craig.
This week Wlicox writes a letter dell
claring his entire innocence and Ik
- norance of the Cropsev murder, and
n confessing the strength of circum
e stances against him, begs for me ivy
It as his health and spirit have failed
l?. Incidentally, Wilcox makes h's
a first statement. He never had d?>
nled or confessed It. That alone hn:j
a stood In the way of his pardon
1 Governor Craig had gathered the
i- opinion that he was cruelly indiffer
lent, the testimony had shown that
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7.028 CASTAl/TIKS IN
TI1K BOTH DIVISION '
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Washington, Dec. 19.?<Jener- (
al Pershing has cabled the war
department that practically com 'ete
reports of deaths In action
among the expeditionary forces
should reach the department by
December 20 and of severely 1
wounded by December 27.
General Pershing said that the
number of unreported casualties
process of verification at the
central records office of the expeditionary
forces on Decern*
14 was 40.440. They were d'vlde '
as follows: Killed in action.
990; died of wounds, 27S; d'ed
of disease, 353; accidentally killed
61: severely wounded !n ? - .
tlon. 39,371. These Include a'! ,
"suspense cases under investig'tlon."
tho general said.
Total casualties to November
23 In the 3ftth (Wildcat) d'vision,
North Carolina South Ohm- 1
Inn and Tennessee national
guard, were given 7.623. The
casualties were classified as follows:
Killed In action, 1.168;
died of wounds. 283; died of disease
15; died of other causes. 5'
severely wounded. 1.181; wound
ed. decree undetermined, 805.
slightly wounded. 3.303; missing
or captured, 193.
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|PAY, DECEMBER 24, 1918.
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:he girl failed to return home, Wi!
cox when asked by the distraugh
father of Miss Cropsey if h? k:;e \ 1
wheie she was and where he las
saw her. declared he left her at
pertain place, then "turned over an I
went to sleep."
On the first trial in Pasouotank
Wilcox was convicted of murder !?
the first degree and sentenced to I e
hanged. The mob spirit was so a 1!
pervasive that it broke out in cheer
and Wilcox got a new trial. Triei
in an adjoining county he was foun 1
guilty of murder in the second de
tree and given the limit. Judge G. |
W. Ward prosecuted him and Judgj
\V M Mond and K. A. Aydlett d? ended.
Ttie Casualty Cists.
Casualty lists during the past few'
lavs have carreld the following
names:
Wounded severely?
Set. Fred II. Morton, Kershaw.
Ft. Samuel H Allen, Matthews
\\ C.
Ft. (?eorge W. Ilowers Kershaw.
Ft T. O. Simpson. Lancaster.
Ft John Heath, Waxh&w, N. (!.
Wounded slightly?
Machanic M. M. Funderburk
Pageland.
John F. Tlaywood. Monroe, N. C
>"o-nded degree undetrmlned??
I'lyde M. Kimbrell, Fort Mill.
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WAY REWARD ALL
THE DRAFT BOARDS
itiKKestion Made to Joint Com
mittees That They Be
(liven (iold Medals.
HEAR MAIL COMPLAINT!
'ostoffice Department, However
Passes These Along to th
War Department Who is t>
Blame, It Says.
Washington, Hoc. 2:?. l.ocat drat
toard members who rendered faith
ill and arduous service in the ad
ministration of the selective draf
aw may be awarded by formal re
munition from the govern men
Senator Simmons has presented t
?w, -.? ...
BDurmrj in ??r iiiid ine senat
unci house committees on mititar
iffairs the suggestion that these me
ie given military recognition an
jrevet ranks.
Thousands of draft hoard oil
dais throughout the country rendei
d a patriotic service in musferin
n more than two million men. Th
'Ira ft hoard members forsook the]
liusiness and served and gave the!
lime to the government in the on
rial period of the war. Senati
Simmons now suggests that som?
thing he done to show appreeiatio
if the government.
The suggestion is made that
tuevet commission and a gold mod;
lie awarded to thnsn who hire lino
ilirectly charged with the work c
creating the great American arm
that finally struck the decisive bio
iii i lite VVOFiu w'ttF.
Senator Simmons has been muc
impressed with the ahle and pair
otic service rendered by these loct
boards in the performance of a moi
lifficti't and exacting duty. He fee]
that if they desire military recogn
tion it should by all means be a<
corded to them if some way can t
r? and to do it that will he consister
with the national interests in thes
times. He is presenting this view t
the war department and to the con
mittceS of congress specially chan
fd with military affairs, for consic
( ration.
i.i inj ;im ui ? t-ompiaini hip
through Senator Simmons, the pos
office department "passed the buck
to ttie war department with respe.
to the slow delivery of mails froi
soldiers in France addressed to the!
e'atives in th's country. Seron
Assistant Postmaster General Pra<
ye r says the postofhce departnter
hand'es protnpt'y a'l mail deMvere
to 't iiy the military authorities i
France but that the army authoriti*
attend both to the actual deliver
nd collection of mails among th
American expeditionary forces.
Since the war began there has bee
more or less complaint about poc
ma'l deliveries to and from jffiJ so
fnrpps nf T'nitn.l ctotoa
Various members of congress hav
criticized the system. At one tim
the house committee on rules cot
ducted a brief inquiry which ws
productive of little real informatiot
In his letter to Senator Simmo
he second assistant postmaster pet
eral says:
"In reply to your communle;
tion concerninp the complaint of M
R. S. Pronly. of Wilminpton, N. P
relative to the non-receipt of ma
from members of the American e:
peditionary forces, I have the honr
lo inform you that the transport?
tion and delivery of mail to the so
diers in France, as well as the co
lection of mall for delivery in th
Fnited States, are now being effecte
by the military authorities and nt
by the post office department.
"All mail from the American e?
peditionary forces in France upon i<
receipt by the postal service at th
port of embarkation in France. I
promptly despatched to this countr
Pv every available steamer, and ttj
on its receipt in the United States
forwarded without delay for deli'
erv to the addressee.
"In this connection, I may ad
that three despatches of mail frot
'he American expeditionary forct
In France were received in th
country on the 12th and 16th it
stnnt, that arriving on the 12!
comprising approximately 1.000,0(1
letters and over 14.000 pieces o
parcel post; that of the 12th con
n s'ng approximate'y 1,296.000 ]e
tern and 89,000 pieces of parci
COTTON TODAY
y 29 1-2 CENTS
INSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
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IllAnT A iT\r iiiAtT/i
jWlUlUALllI AMUNli
i1 YOUNG PEOPLE HIGH
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- Nearly Four Thousand Die in
South Carolina During Past
Ten Months.
>! (iUEATEST AT ACE 20 TO 10 ,
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Startling Figures Shown in
e Deport on Vital Statistics
i> Made By the State Health
Ollicer.
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Columbia, S. C., Deo. 2:?. A brief
I St 11(1 V of till' vital II...1
_ ...... .v?u.mvo W/Ill |fl iClt
I- by I)r. James A. Hayne, Statu .
t health officer, for the ten months
(- ending October SI. 1 ! 18. brings to
t light some startling figures as to tho
0 number of deaths in South Carolina
e among people ranging in age from,
y 20 to 30 years.
n In these ten months, 1,141 white
il males and 1,097 negro males between
the ages of 20 and 30 passed
1 away. In the same time and within
- the same age limits, 4 80 white feg
males and 1,209 negro females died,
e! making a total of 3,933. When it is
IrI realized that it is between the ago
r of 2<i and 30 that the health of the
i- individual is at its best perhaps, tho
if significance of the figures is grasped.
J- I)r. Hayne, in speaking of tho
n j death rate for October alone, said of
rtlOver SO 400 ,r>RR
n Unknown ago 32 71>
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y Total 0 296 15.20S
iQ The number of deaths among tho
whites during the year 1917 was
n 7.2 50, while the total deaths for tho
ir same period among the negroes was
I- 12,150, making a total of 19.400 for
whites and negroes, not including
e the deaths among Indians.
e , Mirths in State.
1 | The total number of births among
is the whites for nine months, ending
1.1 September 30. 1918. was 14.793. tho
s males slightly outnumbering tho
1- females The total number of births
among the negroes for the same pe?
riod was 17.527. the males totaling
9.126 and the females numbering 8..
4 02. There were 16 births among
i the Indians during the same period
i- of time.
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|.?n-vnun m runuary.
Rev. TV F\ Carson* asks The Xew3
1 to announce that another attempt
j will he made to hold the assoeiat ional
meeting sometime between the
>l 15th and ?5th of January. Program
will be announced in this pal~
per when arranged and the date de3
elded upon.
ltox Supper at Dixie.
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( I There will be a box supper at
Dixie school house Thursday night,
December 25. the proceeds to go for
j the benefit of the school.
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XiI Checking rp.
*s M'sses Fill7,a and Louise Wylie aro
Is1 assisting H. P. Ludington at the Red
"i-j cross Roll Call headquarters in
h rherklnr of the returns from the va0
rlous sohool districts of the county.
f i
post and that of the Ifith comprlrft
InR 3.837,000 letters, and 149.000
el pieces of parcel post."
I the total deaths, which amounted tc?
.t about 1,800, a little more than 28
iljper cent of the total number occurn
red among people between the ages
>f of 2 0 and 30 years,
y The influenza. which in many
wi cases developed into pneumonia,
I ~ ? M e A???V % on .
** !? * ?* ?UI ? OOW pv-O
h pie in the full tide of their vigor. I ?r.
i-'llayne baa not yet available the stall
tiatics for November, 1018, but it is
St feared that the death rate t e?- v...*
Is! month among the young and vigori
ous will be almost as heavy if not
c- heavier than the rate for October,
ie'as many cases of pneumonia oc?
it curred.
>e Following is the number of deaths
o occurring in South Carolina during
l- the ten months ending October 31.
5-1918:
1- Ages Whites Negroes
Under 1 year . . . .1,564 3,253
ill to 5 years 1,043 2,064
t- 5 to 10 years 232 584
" 10 to 20 548 1.425
t' 20 to 30 1,627 2,306
l 30 to 40 878 1.513
lr 40 to 50 657 1.127
d 50 to 60 624 825
* 60 to 70 857 84 3
It: 7 0 to 8 0 sn ?