The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 09, 1919, Image 1
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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