The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, September 17, 1902, Image 1
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* k Wild Man at Fort Mill,
His Only Clothing Wiimi lMeeo of
A Shirt - He Informs Ottieei8
1'hut Ho Belongs
at Kock Hill.
Fort Mill, S. C., Sept. 11.?A
specimen of ilio traditional wild
man which is often road of but
seldom scon crossed the limits of
Fort Midi last night and was captured.
Dr. D. G. Thompson
passed the object while on his way
to the country about 8:30 o'clock
and his attention was attracted
Howevei, he drovo on until ho
overtook two badly frightened lie
groes. After holding an experience
meeting the doctor persuaded
the two darkeys to go back
with him and investigate. They
found the man still entering town
and engaged his attention until
the police could be summoned
from the nearest telephone. In
appoarance the man wus the wilds
est human imaginable, though his
nature proved to be extremely
amiable. The only clothing he
wore was a most dilapidated piece
of a fchivt that did not half cover
his body, ilis body was horribly
scratched by briars. He cjuietly
submitted to at rest and was placed
in the guard house. Nothing intelligent
could be obtained from
him except that his name was
Dave Wade. This morning it
was found that he was from ltock
llill and ariangemeuts have been
made to send him home. Judging
from the direction he came nod
from the fact tliut his shirt was
urpt it i . tliAimlit !?? ? ? 1
.,w?, ? I.uviu^UI. uun ni'j cr;i/iUt!
man swam Catawba river und lust
hit> clothes were lelt on the farther
side of the i iver.
the above is u special dispatch
from Fort Mill to the Charlotte
Observer. It refers to Dave
Wade, th old mulatto gardener,
who loft his hotuo in this city last
Monday morning, telling his wife
he was going to one of the factories
to cut same wo--.d. The tir.-t
information as to his whereabouts
was received hero wlion -he was
arrested in Fort Mill. It was
supposed up to tlmt time that he
jumped into a .well or had gone
into tho woods and committed
suicide. Dol Massoy, colored,
went to Fort Mill Thursday night
and brought birn to this city and j
to his borne. It is apparent thut i
he ia deranged and we understand t
an effort will be made to have (
him placed in the asylum. <
Wade is an old man now and ]
has been very unfortunate. More \
than twenty years ago he was ar- j
rested in Union county, being j
charged with burning a ginhouse <
or barn. After trial and convic- |
tion, he was sentenced to the penitentiary
for twenty years, but after
serving ten vears a nA<rm u?bn <
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was dying in Union county declared
that Wade had been wrong- ]
lullv convicted, uh he wan the in- f
cendiury who did the burning. (
An investigation wus made, and j
the dying statement of the nogro (
appearing to be true, Wade was \
released, his manhood being shut j
tered and his health very much g
impaired. ? Rock Hill Herald. r
?The business men of Manila, .
P. I., have organized for the pur- ,
poso of securing a restriction in i
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- iiiiiii^iuuuii lii nun (;ny. | p
Bofore buying, nulling or renting,
it will pay ) on loaee T. 8. e
Carter, tbo real o.slate agent. ?]
Oii Fields Aflame
People Powerless to Stiy tl
Flames unci th? Enormous
Industry Will Likely be
Horned A way?The
Story.
lituumont, Tex., Sept. 12.The
great oil liolds hero are allutu
and ure being constantly fed l>
the fuel oil. The wells on th
hills are lined with workuie
standing about unable to do an}
tiling, even toward protecting
that portion of the lield which i
not yet afire. The heat is so in
tense and the flumes arc spreading
so rapidly that none dare up
proach the burning territory. Th
ground is saturated with oil, am
experts say there is no possibl
chance to stop the progress of th
flaiues until they are burned out
which probably means the des
truction of tho entire industry
with its 410 producing wells
many of them gushers. The sky i
obscnrod for miles by tho dens<
columns of smoke flowing fron
the Spindle Top.
The lire started yesterday even
ing in some wuste oil along th<
Texas and Sabine R it track an<
burned sixty feet of trestle work
This was controlled
V..VV.| v/Ub IV Wilt
Inter discovered that the tire biu
communicated to the set tlin*
tanks, and it was* impossible tc
control the tlamcs.
A Itesperate Negro Holds i'osst
at Bay in Augusta.
Special to The State.
Align ta, Sept. 10. ? A desper
ate negro last night at about 1C
o'clock defied two sheriffs in arresting
hiiu by shutting himself
in a house just outside the eity
limits and opening fire on tho officers
The negro is wanted on ti
charge of arson in Columbia
county. Tho sheriffs ?f Colum
bia and Lincoln countis were hero
to t ike tho n -gro bask with them.
The desporato man armed hansel!
and when the sheriffs arrived at
the house opened fire on them.
They sent a hurry call to tho police
station for help, and Lieut.
Collins and a detail of ellicern
went to-tho place. Thoy found
that the house in which the negro
was hiding was out of the city
limits, so they had no authority
to act. The negro held his own
ind is still in the house, so far
as can be learned. The police
do not know tho negro's name
Mobody was hurt by the firing of
tho negro. The latter is wanted
in Columbia county on a charge of
irson, so it is said. The details
}f the crime could not be ascertained.
A Killing at Scranton.
Special to The State.
Scranton, Sept. 12.?Louis
Vlou/.en, a young negro man, was
shot and instantly killed on tbo
mtskirts of the town this afterloon
by Mr. Melton Williamson
>f Cade's. Mouzon was wanted
'or obtaining goods under false
iretenses, and when Mr. Williamion
undertook to servo the war nnt
Mouzcn resisted. lie was
trmed with a heavy iron ?-od
ibout throe foot long, and, fear
ng his life was in jeopardy, Mr.
iVilliamson shot and the uo<?ro
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Plvm >th I tuck C'ockorels ch'.'np*
ir now than later on. Apply t?>
f. M. Stcadiuan.
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' In Every line
Here Are a Few
' THAT ARE "HUMMERS."
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1000 yards stripes and cheeked
Dimities, worth 8 2 1-2 ets
now 8 ets. ~
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5 000 yards Ginghams, worth
(5 ets, now 4 ets.
8 or 10 pieces Grenadette,
newest thing for ladies iniliiied
skirts, former price 25 ets, now
15 ets.
10 pieces Point de Bruxelles,
former price 30 ets, now 23.
30 pieces Scotch Lawns, fast
colors, cheap at 5 ets, now 3 1-2
cents.
- SHOES!
We also have a lot of shoes
that we have thrown 011 our bargain
counter and are selling at a
j sacrifice.
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Heavy Verdict Given
Against "he Seaboait
William K. Boyd Allowed %22
OOO Damages for injuries Received
in an Unusual Way.
The largest verdict which Inn
been gotten in the State lately win
rendered in Camden Thursday
The suit was brought by one \\ il
liain E. Boyd ngatnst the Si al> > ir<
Air Lino railway for ?t)0,000 < i
account of injuries received.
Boyd, a section foreman, win
on a handcar, with sevcr.d section
hands, when a box car loaded with
200 crossties, having gotten out
of the eontrol of the men who
were londinnr it 1 . 1...
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track, overtook the hand car and
killed two of the hands, Boyd
wag maimed, being badly used n(>.
lie sued the road for $20,000
actual damages, and $10,000 pun
itivo damages. The jury brought
in a verdict for $22,000. Yesterday
morning Mr. Wm. 11.
Lyles and Capt. Win Shannon,
representing the defendant company,
argued for either a now trial
or a reduction of the verdict.
Judge Dautzlersaid he was convinced
that the verdict wuj tx i s*
sivc and reduced sameto $10,000.
Messrs. M. L. Smith und J. T.
Hay, attorneys representing the
plaintiff, eloquently pleaded for
the verdict to stand as rend red,
but asked that if the |w U' should
conclude to reduce it, not to make
it less than $15,000.
It is understood tlu?t the defense
will appeal to the supreme
?<*11 rt.- -Tho State.
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Dovastat.in?* Forr.efr lumu
Oregon Oily, Ore., Sept. i'2.?
Kielco tires are raging in the vi
cinity of Springwater. Houses,
barns a d stock arc being burned
and the whole country is devastated.
Many cattle were caught in the
timber and burned to death.
There are heavy tires four miles
east of Mohdln. The tire between
Khuhcl and Clarke is still spreading.
Port Columbia, Wash., is reported
burning as a result of the
prairie tires in that part of the
country. A rescue steamer has
been sent from Astoria.
Timber tires surround Vlehama,
Ore., thrcatniug the settlers
and their possessions, 'thousands
of dollars worth of property have
been devastated.
Oregon Forest Fires.
Oregon City, Ore., Sept. 13.?
Late Spring Water report says:
"Sixty people are homeless as u
result of the forest tires. All the
country known as the Rocky
Point section, is burning. Spring
Water school house, chr.roh, post
oltice, Mucnhcc hall, Orange hall,
stores and many dwellings have
been burned. The most valuable
timber belt in Vlackanius county
is practically burned out. A large
number of live :>tock have been
burned to death.
K j.'-TIJ \ O ?? tVw'RS \
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*m laving distressing pains In
ho d, back and st< niaeli, and l>ein?;
without appetite, 1 bftran to
use Dr. King's Now Life Dills."
write; W. 1\ Whitehead, of Konne
l do, Tex , "mi 1 so >n fo't like
u row man ' Infalli do in &tom*
fteh and liver troubles. Only 2no
at Crawford Bros' and ,1. F.
Maekoy K Co's drug store.
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Crushed Under A Rock,
.f??e Groalish of Greenville Killed
While Plaj'ing.
Special to I lie Slalc.
, < irecnville, Sept. 12.?A very
sad ending came to tlio fun and
' frolic of a group of hoys who
were playing together yesterday
afternoon near the Carolina cotton
mills, when .loc Grcalish was fatally
injured. The hoys wero
digging the dirt from around a
huge rock, which it is thought
would weigh upwards of 2,000
pounds, when it suddenly rolled
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down the embankment, in which
it was imbedded, knocking Joe
uown, meaning his back, both
logs and otherwise injuring him.
in a short time ho was taken to
the Greenville sanitarium, where
an ? potation was performed, but
there,was no possible chance for
hi< r;c v v. ai.il his sufferings
were ended by death yesterday
morning.
Ido was 1 2 or Id years old, the
only child of Mrs. Sophia Grcnlish,
and a grandson of Mrs. A. II.
.Jenkins, with whom he lived.
His mother, who is a trained
nurse in Baltimore, was immediately
notified by telegraph of
the dreadful tidings and she will
teach hero tomorrow at 12
o'clock.
v Prominent Member of Southern
Colony in New York
Takes Poison.
iNcw 1 ork, Sept. 12.?Col.
John G. Garuett, one of tho most
prominent southerners iti New
York, :t West Poini graduate,
colonel of artillery under Gen.
Robert K. Leo in the Confederate
army and a native of Wakefield
plantation, Westmoreland county,
Yu., was found dead today in tho
Ross hot* !. lie had committed
suioidv b\ taking carbolic acid.
The body had been lying in the
room for two days before it was
discovered.
Several days ago Mr. Garnett,
was visited by his brother, Dr.
Garnett, of llot Springs, Ark.,
and it is supposed they quarreled.
A note which stated that the writer
had been contemplating suicide
for tive days was found besido
the body. Mr. Garnett was head
of tho St. James Publishing company
and was at the time of his
death engaged in writing a history
of tho West Point Military
academy.
Two Manslayers Sentenced to
Life Imprisonment.
Special to The State.
Spartanburg, Sept. PL ?A life
sentence was passed on Frank
.Jones, alias Baltc .Tones, convicted
h few days ago of murder.
I bis afternoon a motion for a
new trial in the case of Bud
Bums, who was convicted of mur
dor with recommendation to mercy,
was argued. Tho motion was
denied and Burns was sentenced
to spend the remainder of his life
in the State penitentiary. Sessions
court then adjourned sine
die. Court of common pleas
convense on Monday morning
with Judge Buchanan presiding.
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It is not lawful I"shoot doves
in South Carolina now bcforo November
1. August 15 used to be
the dale, hut tho last Legislature
changed the law.