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, * The 68TH YEAR, NO. 91, SEMI-WEEKLY. WOULDN'T SAVE SELF l""CT AND SEE WIFE KILLED At Hearing ol Rather He Clasped Her In His chartott* u v w yci OUI1B l*UC heavy and its speed waa not ma- 8jlown through t terially reduced until it had passed. men(S were serv Husband and wife were carried fifty Thls hospital is feet, crushed and mangled to death. vvith all modern ii liadly hurt as he was Mtller man- tal work. Dr. M aged to tell the story of the tragedy, well known surg "It was about 8:30 o'clock." he,and was formerl; aald, "when the Tanners reached the raster county. He crossing. I had signalled the vehicle! postgraduate traffic to stop, but they could have' aeverai lr|p8 to tl easily crossed but for the fearful L;r> Minn. A nur thing that happened. Mrs. Tanner wm be establish stopped on the southbound track and graduate nurese cried, 'My foot is caught.' It was wed ged between the rail and a sunken Picnic at board. On Wednesday "The man tried to pull the foot out he a farm life ral and then called to me. The electric Wvck. The foren headlight was shining on us. The i to speaking, whi train was a fast train due in Chicago j noon the Home D in ten minntes. We both pulled until will give a demor the woman fainted. I said. 'My God. ing of various d man. it is no use.' table. Prof. W. 1 Would Not Give Up. College will g!v< Mr A A MoEl "'Try again.' shouted Tanner, 'we , 7 \ ? for the Kxtenslor must save her. ... . The engine's big electric eye had ' ? PpP* row brought them Into direct focus. n a ^"^wili' The crossing on which the tragedy ' 1 * . Pleasant Valh was being enacted was as brilliantly noon of the lOtl Illuminated as a stage. The rear of the train and the vlbru- " e lion of the rails served to revive Mrs. a ' p' 11 Tanner. She half raised herself, and an ' pa called to her husband: Visiting ii "Will. I don't think you can save Today? charlo Mrs. Charles D. lie could not hear her and bent tef M|gg Mary ? over her. She repeated her words and fag(er g and added: . spent yesterday 1 "Will, leave me. The babies and of f)r an(1 MrK> your mother"? Mrs Jone? and The train was not more than fifty fljsterR 0f Mrs. feet away. Tanner. half kneeling Jonpg ,g one of g( placed his arms about her and drew , ... . ... . | oeauurm young hor close to hlin. She put her arms . _ a . . , leave on Septemb about his neck. ... _ Briar college. Sv "I stay with you, Mary, he said, . , the past several y and closed his eyes. . ... ' been one of the One More KfTort. popular girls at N Miller oven then made one last ef- e,y fort to save both. He seized Mrs.i . Tanner by the shoulders and pulled City Srh< with all his strongth. His efforts The fall term oi were futile, but he continued them. Itc schools was b and when tho pilot of the engine there was a largt struck the couple and hurled them the central schoo fifty feet, he was carried along with No formal exercli them. to the conversion Ity a miracle he escaped death, but ( ?nto class rooms ho sustained a fracture of the right j of the day was arm. and his left leg was so badly pupils to the pr< crushed it was necessary to amputate menf promises to It. than ever before Tanner was a young man and a force has been in ra'lroad cashier. He leaves three cMl- the central schoo dren. Both his father and stepfather No. 2. wer? killed by trains and his mother l*ad often warned htm to be most First Hapt careful. His mother, Mrs. W. D. Hurlng Septem Chat'ley, said to-night. the First Baptist "My first husband was killed while "Future I-dfe." N? , . tor will present t (Continued on Pag* ) paign. All invltad. Wb i i a . . Arms as Train Bore ? Down Upon Them. Charlotte, n. c first shot flired It car barn on the SHE BEGGED HIM LEAVE dld not come fr( of Police Walter Woman's Foot Caught in Rail "n in tho han('a that accoinpaniec and Husband Was Unable barn entrance; to Free Her So Both Were not 8trurk b> the Killed Instantly. tomatic gun held cidentally dlscha Chicago, Sept. 8.?The city was bant* 10 I)rotect thrilled over the story of the heroic wou'd-be assaila self-sacrifice of William Tanner of w,'son WUH al Hubbard's Wood, who when he could 8baI>e<* orow<i the have chosen life decided to die In for(*e guat the embrace of his wife when death in developed a terrible form rushed upon her, and ^<)bnil8?n. I though at the last moment she had waH chari begged him to save himself. r'ot wb'cb term I While crossing the Northwestern of flve nien an(1 1 Railroad near their home. Mrs. Tan- or more- Practic . . . _ were witnesses i ner s foot was caught in a groove . . ?. story told by e between one of the rails and a plank. . . ? . . . |1LI ,-An ? * force did not d A fast train was within 500 feet of ^ . < . 11 f points. The inter her. Her husband Struggled fran- , . .. .. ? A. , , brought out tl tically to pull the foot loose. . , . . ..... guarding the bar oOhn Miller, the crossing flagman, , . . . .. shooting, that mi came to his assistance and both . . i.i ... , the crowd, one worked in desperation with the head- ^ ,, , , ...... . , ? ,, .. Policeman Ileckl light flashing full upon them. Then ch ^ there was roar and a rush. The ' watchman leaped aside, but was hit Nc by the steam box and seriously hurt. Thn A, the K?b.?o Struck. up'"b'y cb, Tanner gave up the struggle to free the 8UrReon ln c his wife and clasped her in his arms t})fi plant A reci as the big engine struck. The engl-| Dr an(, Mrg M neer had shut off steanv and used the Qf Orangeburg emergency brakes, but the train wasj-jna : Lanc/ LANCASTER, S. C. TUE ",4c?3 ??? WANTS LAW AGA1NS ~ STEALING OF AUTO r John Wilson in s Thursday. Judfire Ernest Monro Pointed Statements in SenSept. 8.?That the fencing Columbia Youth. i the fatal riot at the night of August 25 >m the gun of Chief SHOULD FIX PUNISHMEJN Orr, but from a weap . of one In the crowd _ ,, . . _ .... I John Wilson to the Easy Cr,me to Commit, Jud; that Chief Orr was Says, and It is Getting to 1 bullet for the reason An A|most DaUy Affair nt wild; that the auby the chief was ac- Youth Given Two Years. rged as he raised his his face from the , , ^ . ? , , Judge Lrncst Moore, of Lancast< nt, and that John . . t .. who is presiding over the term the point of a fan- . . . ? . , goneral sessions court in Colunib it Bulged lu upon the ma<je gome remarks in sentencing cling the barn, were youti, tQ thfi penltentlary for t at tlu heating of ^eft an automobile whi n recorder's court. . , , .. , _ v should come to the ears of membt sed with inciting the - ,, . of the general assemiHy The Colui nated in the killing , , l)ii '' cord says; the injury to a score . .. . , . , . That there should be a law on t ally the entire force ..... . ... . . statute books of the state rpeciilcal against Wilson. The . .. .. ,. . . ... against the theft of automobiles, aeh member of the . ..... . , _ crime that is becoming so easy ' ai liner in the salient . , , , . . so common, was stressed bv Judge F esting fact was also ... , . nest Moore, of Lancaster, who is pi hat the policemen ... . , siding over the term of general s< n did not do all the . . . sions court now in session in Colui iny shots came from ... , , ,, bia, when he sent Carev Fox. a nn grazing the face of . , , ,, , . , i .. teen year old self-confessed, we """ uur,,,,,K me dressed automobile thief to the ga _ or the penitentiary for two years .. ... the court room Saturday afternoc w Hospital. . . ? "There should he a statute, fixii rg hospital has been as A Mobley M I) severe punishment 011 those who ste barge and owner of ???? "biles. just as there is a sped pption was given hv Rta,ute a*a,nst the baling of bic obley to the people r,es'" said the Jud*eand approximately rPportR- th,s ,hinR ,8 KPt,lnR to be 1 nded. After being almo8t d*,!y affa,r 11 seem* to he hospital, refresh- an casy cr,mP to commU und U is ed to the visitors. tln* tDO rommon " equipped completely These werG words uttered by ? ippliances for hospi- jud*e ln ? ,ime,y ,ecture bP Ka oblev is one of the ,he yOUDB wh,te man who Btood 1 eon* of this State fore h,m- in the dock, we - . dressed and youthful, hut upon who y a resident of Lan. . . he was forced to pass severe jud has taken a number 1 1 . . \ ment. > courses, making 1 m vtov.no .. D?.i I "Have vou anvthine to nnv in a x f?u j vo ui nat'ilOSl" . , . . . , fense of yourself, asked the judf ses training school ? ... . . A . "Yes. sir,' said the young man. ed soon. At present , want vou to give me a chance! are employed. ..... 1I __ didn t take the car. Van Wyok. "You plead guilty." said the judf Sept. 10. there will "Hut I never drove it a foot, sii lly and picnic at Van was ,bo >'?ung man's wail. And t oon will be devoted Judge had to tell the young folic le during the after- that he was j,lst as guilty as if einonstration Agents had driven the car away, for he h; istration in the mak- been oa"Kbt J"3* as he was starting lishes for the home The car was standing in the strc H. Mills of Clemson noar the JefTerson hotel at the til i an address, while ?' the crime, and it was between own. District Agent and ? cl?ck at night.. i Service of Clemson There is no doubt, said dud 1 an address on al- M?nrp. "that you are guilty of havii d cover crops. undertaken to steal this car. The c also give a lecture was a tord, worth about $300, and i>y during the after- have to put a heavy sentence < I. The meeting will y?uleasant vally school this the young man proteste n. A good crowd is "No 3,r'" he said- "il waa only a Fo truck." ^ The young man heard his senten ii Charlotte. and took his seat. Mo alternative tte Observer says: fine was imposed. He came to Sou Jones and daugh- Carolina from Tennessee, but the ne leath Jones, of Lan- two years he will spend at work f Mrs. John Crawford, this commonwealth, with remuner n the city as guests tion. J. C. Montgomery. * Mrs Crawford are CHADWICK-HOSKINS IS Montgomery Miss SOLD TO NEW YORKER >uth Carolina's most women. She will . ? Controlling Interest in l.ai-ge Oott< er 17 to enter Sweet veet Briar Va For Charlotte Has Changed 'ears Miss Jones has Hands. brightest and most lary Baldwin semin- a?. ? " x uniiuitc, nrpi. o.?umciai a .nouncoinent was made here of tl *?- sale of a controlling Interest in tl itol* Open. Chadwick-Hoskins company, one i f the Lancaster pub- ty,e |argP?t cotton manufacturing <*o egun yesterday and ferns in this section, operating se s enrolment at both praj mnis. to the Cotton Mills I) 1 and school No. 2. velopjnent company a New York co ho were held owing poration recently organized. of the auditoriums Arthur J. Draper, heretofore pres and the chief work dent of the company, retains a sul assignment of he atantlal block of stock and will I iper grades Enrol- chairman of the board of director be greater this year,aAtd (h<4 announcement, but will n< i and the teaching give his entire attention as heretofoi creased by three aCfo (tie management of the buHines I and one at school! -m? Ice Cream Supper. ?*. Mt. Pfospect Missionary soclet 1st Church. will give an ice cream supper at th Her the subjects at rarKonage Saturday evening. Septen church will be on her 13, beginning at 7:30 o'clock Th sxt 8unday the pas- public is cordially invited. Mt. Pro he 7 6 million cam pert is just across the line in Nort Carolina and in Union county. LSTER Nl !SI)AY SEPTEMBER 9, 1919. T PERSHING IS BACK b S ON AMERICAN SOIL ~ ' Execution of (ir< es Hundreds of Thusands Roar x?>ur Cheers of Welcome as He ? Steps from Leviathan Greenville. S. ( sentence was proi IT OVERCOME BY TRIBUTE Serin's m^nvlv here last week am (?e As He Passed Through Multi- <M| to d,? by * ij penitentiary on Of *e 1 unes He Tried Vainly To oners who were co ? Maintain His Composure? eases or murder i ?, & i f* , Arthur Coleman. T Hose And Waived ( ap. , ...... , r and Will Lomax. was round guilty i Jr. New York. Sept 8.?General Persh- commended to the of ing, after two years in command of was sentenced to in. the greatest army America has ever pronouncing a sent to battle, returned to the United Judge Peurifoy d he S.ates today, lis ho stepped ashore ,a'h. admonishing eh from the huge liner Leviathan he was right path, lie sa srs handed a commission as general, a roads, the right ai rci- rank previously held by four Ameri- sa''l they could go cans?Washington, Grant, Sheridan monished those wl ho and Sherman. ,he wrong road to llv The stern-faced soldier was not they have gone tot a prool against the tribute of praise oners to take Bible: nd which was roared from hundreds of atu' they could 2r- thousands of the throats of his fellow suro there would in e- citizens. for them. Js- His voice trembled with emotion as * m- he responded to the greetings extend- GERMAN SOLU ie- ed by Secretary of War Baker in his , ?T \\ipiji II- own behalf and that of the President. * * ' tig as well as the welcoming addresses i*i of representatives of the senate and American Killed W m. house, the state and city. ,n>f Xl,u|ral . Overcome by Praise. a' As his car passed slowly thruogh Pnz a' the cneering multitudes which jam>y" med Broadway from the Battery to Coblonz. Saturd: 1111 the city hall. Pershing attempted in vate Reass \ladse iin rain to maintain his composure. At Cal., was shot and tlrst he replied to the cheers with the German soldiers it >l~ stiff salute which military etiquette about a mile fron demands but he was soon carried the Coblenz bridge away by the storm of applause which I Madsen and priv vo swept in great gusts about him RIs- of the eight infant ,e" ' ig to his feet he waved his cap about on outpost duty, i '' Mi ?iead with a boyish gesture which vb-r they eifount "n told how deeply he was stirred while ?ml nf 1 :l soldiers the grim lines of his bronzed face; singer, the Germanle. b,oke ,nto a 8m,,e | out asking an expl ,,, -Sew Vork did not exhau.se its wcl-1 the two Americans ' come today. Wednesday he will ride zone, j 'low n Fifth avenue at the head of the Balsinper told first division of thQ regular army, the thorities that when .e r,rsl 'o go and last to leave, victors ' > ritored the Gcrn _ -n the first battle ever fought on Lu- yards ahead of ^ ropean soil by American soldiers. j said he dropped his )W Surrounded by comrades, humbler |SHXV ,he (Jern>ans v hR in station, but who had offered their vv<mis bp?an to sh( ^,1 all just as Treely in the cause of lib- J r,erman? contend it erty. General Pershing first reglinips-j r,f ,Jlein- Balsinper et ed his native land. When the huge CJorman<' ,irod ,,rs, ne Leviathan nosed her way through the so" had firp(l h'' *H? U mists off the Jersey coast the general 01 ^ear 'I10 shot. stood upon the deck with the famous' Balsinper was tal . ? German* on,l EWS SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR " ',,Jquotas of counties IN MEMORIAL FUND *cnville County oes. Lancaster's Apportionment is $4,825 for Memorial Hall Sept. 8?Death in Honor of Heroes. oounced on four convicted of mur> at sesions court J $ 100,000 TO BE RAISED I all are condemn-1 >rution at ihe state This is to lie Supplemented By lober 10. The oris-1 . . _ . . _ .. , . . Appropriation of M 00,000 nvicted in seperate K' ' ire: Henry Hears. Made liv Legislature at Its robe Abe. erombie Recent Session. Melvin Fair, who of murder and remercy or the court. Columbia. s- <' S*P<- P.?The South life imprisonment. <'ar?>,ina Manorial commission, at i's the death sentence headquaters here announced elivered a strong ,hp apportionment of the $400 (100 all to follow the fuml to supplement the legislative Id there were two immorial halk at 'lie University of nd the wrong, and South Caro,ina a'"<?aK the various no further. He ad- ^untitm of the state. .o have started on In mak,np ,he announcement the . turn back before mmittee said: ) far He told prls- "The aPP?r,,on?nent is based upon s to jail with them. th? "uo,as of ,ho Liberty ,oan camnot read he was Pui?ns- Thp Victory loan quotas were s somebody to read ba8P(1 on 10 jpr CPnt of ,h" bankind resources, and, where banking reBources were not. sufficient, a per capita of |7.50 was used. The quota IVII.I^ of the memorial fund represent apCAN PRIVATE proximately .016 o the Victory loan quotas. Of the $400,000 fund. Fhar leston's quota qf $78,275 Is the largliilo l)eer Hunt- . . . a '/. , est .Harkely/r nd Jasper counties. Zone Near fob- with quotaf $275 each, are the lowgeliea.l. est. P The f<^ wing were the apportion ments announced: ay. Sept. 8.?Pri- Abbeville. $3,300 Aiken. $4.67.7 n. of Sacramento. Allendale. $1,900; Anderson. $16. msianuy Killed Dy 900; Bamberg. $4,575; Barnwell. $2.) the neutral zone 925; Beau ford. $1,950; Berkeley, i the boundary of i $275; Calhoun. $2,975; Charleston, head. $78,275; Cherokee. $4,700; Chester, ate Hart Balsinger. $5.50O; Chesterfield. $5,700; Clarentry. wha had been don. $5,525; Colleton, $2,575; Ilarvere deer hunting ( linglon. $7.7&n. l?illon. $4,500; Dorered a Carman pa- cheater $2,550; Edgefield. $3,775: According to Bal- Fairfield, $5,225; Florence $1 1,900; < began firing with- Georgetown. $5,025; Greenville. $27,lanation as to why 450; Greenwood. $10,500; Hampton, were in the neutral $2,125; Horry. $2,125: Jasper. $275: Kershaw. $3,000; Lancaster. $4,825; the American au- Laurens. $6,775; Lee. $4,025; Lexhe and Madsenen-, ington, $4,950; Marion. $5,000; ;ans he was several Marlboro, $7,150; McCormick, $'-',Madsen. Balsinger 100; Newberry, $7,500; Oconee. $4 ; rifle as soon as he 700; Orangeburg, $15,500; Pickens, i'ho a second after- $4,700; Union, $4,550; Richland. >of at Madsen The $56,100; Williamsburg, $3,075; that Madsen fired Saluda. $2,475; York, $13,875; Spar declared that the tanburg, $21,675; Sumter, $11,925. I and that if Mad-j ? 1 not see him PERSUW 4 I C Mrs. Mary Agnes Funderburk has . . , .1 returned from a visit to Rockingham, ken prisoner by the ^ turned over to the Mrs. G. It. Itarron and daughter t marshal. MaJ. Miss Mary Locke, of Union, are visitnd brought to Cob- jnB (he former's father. Sheriff J. U. Hunter W ? , 'It ANI> Cllll 1> Miss Itennie Culp has returned from ^II'IXJFF lllVFIt where she has been taking a course preparatory to taking up her 8- The bodies of duties ils director of athletics at Coker ind her four-years- college. disappeared here ?-? mi from the Ocmul- Dawson Hollis, of Columbia, is irs apart Saturday, spending a few days in town, mother was found Mjss (?,po MrMecking of winnsr as it was dragged boro ,R viaitjnK prot- and Mrs. H. H. le child, who had | he mother's arms , . ? rs found the body Hazel Laney, of Pageland, has arter. eepted a position with the Lancaster brooded over the Pharmacy. ltd. which was the ? *7 . ... ... T hurlow Gregorv has been spending mobile accident a # ,, , ... several duvet in Greenville as the fully planned the ? ^ .... guest of Kenneth Geer. <elf and her child. , Misses Eliza Moore and Helen 'a Funeral. Mackey have returned front a visit 11. Witherspoon to Mlss Agnes De Pass at Camden. ral of the latteis Miss Pearl Coffey has returned Lent/., which was front a visit to friends at Greer. iday morning. Mrs. Miss Ht,len fjyimie. of Hlaoksburg. ti occurred at the js visiting her aunt Mrs. A. P. Meat on Wednesday Lure. lends in I.ancasler mins Julia Smith, oMHacksburg. is occasional visitor (h(, guest of her aunf Mrn A p Mo. sister, Mrs. With- j ;reived to hear of ^ Miss llortcnse Cobb returned Sat ? urdav front Laurens where she has NALS. been the guest of friends for several tins. Funderburk weeks. irtsville. ate visit . , Leighton Morton and-Ernest lleaty urks parents. Mr ' . have gone to Davidson, to enter lip. Davidson college. isey. of Rock Hill, , . , Miss Pearl Vaughn has returned {uest of her uncle, ^ . from a 10 days visit with relatives at Westville she was accompanied home regory is visiting by Mr. and Mrs. P. A. McDowell of iston-Sulom, N. C that place. iuni|)U3iie rvKiiueni, .i.UUU piCKOd ? - """ '?"? ,ie American soldiers, known as "Persh- American I rovos nr ing's own." George Cockreil, ai lenz. I Just after the general walked down sn the gangplank at lloboken Secretary ... ? . . . . . , . , Itonv OK MOTtlI of War Baker handed him his conad. mission as full general. MllXD IN <M rd Standing behind, and completely Macon (la.. Sept. hidden by. the imposing figure of the Mrs ?* " Mathls a cr> general, was a little boy trying to look ?'d daughter, who of very dignified and soldierly. He was Thurday, were taki tb "Sergant" Warren Pershing, the com- ^ce river a few hoi; xt mander-in-chief's only surviving child. ^he body ot the i or When the general received his com- aml apparentlj a- mission he turned to his son and fro,n t',e water tt handed him the document with an in- ^,ef'n clasped in t Junction to keep it safe. The "se?- was released. Dive geant" kept it safely all right, but of ,ho little girl la '.S later on, in the great crowd at the Mrs. Mat his had city hall, he got separated from his death of her husha father, much to the dismay of the result of an auto Ml _ _ I general. w nen tne boy was recovered year ago. and cnr< his father naked anxiously: destruction of hers "Warren, have you pot the commis- " sion?" Attend Sister n "Yes sir." replied the "sergeant" ^'r- an(' Mrs. J 1C I promptly. attended the fune le ()f "Well, see that you hold on to it." sister, Mrs. Jay I). n. A little army of welfare workers held in Concord, Fr v- who greeted General Pershing were LPntz. whose deatl <-!50 girls, three of whom were decorat- . .. ' * Charlotte sanitoriu r. ed for bravery under tire while serving with the first division. ,,a(1 many war,n fr where she was an * ~~ at the home of her ?- SECRETARY RKI?? IEI.O RESIGNS erspoon. who are f >r FROM PKKSIDKNr.S I'AMI NET h(M. 8afj <ieath s> Washington, Sept. 8.? William C. ! "* *' Redfleld, of Brooklyn, N. Y secretary PERSO ? of commerce in President Wilson's Mr. and Mrs. CI 8" cabinet since the beginning of the. and children, of II; Democratic administration in 1913, ing. Mrs. Punderbi y has resigned announcing that he was and Mrs. W. B. Cr returning to private business. ?t, . . . Miss Francis Mas i- President Wilson has accepted the .. ie resignation to be effective November 7.'1 . ?n"l' ' * " _ Hugh Coffey. b- 1. There was noofflcial hint given h with the announcement as to who, Mrs. Andrew Oi would be chosen to take the portfolio. | her parents in Wit