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,, f f j The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 80. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., JULY 14. 1906. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Tillman on New Subjects His Views on Immigration? What he Makes Lecturing. Barnwell special in yesterday's C.iarlntte Observer: Ther.? w^ie two new features to churn terzSenator Tillman's sp ech n;-tJ.?\. While he favored hiinging in o the State desirah e" white immigrants from the n? rtb of Europe \ nnd from the Biiti^h I-wes t" settle on farms and live ill the towns so as to increase the white population and thus help solve the race problem and for the purpose of haying the newcomers improve the soil, he said it was next to impossible to acomplish this because immigration is along isothermal lines and for the further reason that wages paid in this part of the country do not attract desirable foreigners lie did not want the cotton mills to get any relief in the form of chean Italian or othor foreign labor to crowd out the native help. He thought cotton mills, generally speaking, were good things, but he did not want to see foreigners brought in to displace the home people merely to swell the dividends of the Yankee stockholders. The other new feature was the ' Senator's confiding in the crowd how much he was making out of his speechmaking in the North, lie said he had delivered about 100 lectures in the north, and that "It tickled him to death to make these Yankees pay him $100 to $200 a speech to have him deliver them the gospel according to South Carolina on the race question " uolleton Farmer Kills Wife and Four Children. Charleston, S. O., July 12.? A Hpecial to The Evening Post from Wftlterboro Kays that J. W. Irnegan, a well-to-do while farm er of Colleton county, to-day killed his wife and four children, braining tliem with an axe at their home twenty miles from I Waltorboro. lie then wont to a neighbor's hou-e and told of his deed. Neighbors brought him j x v to Waltorboro jail. Irnegan pays' he killed his famdv, but does no' know why. lie is a native of Sweden. Some years ago he tried to cut his throat, and is believed to be insane. Dr. Pressly Accepts Presidency of Seminary. 4 * Gas'onia special in the Stale : Rev. F. V. Presslv, I) 1)., LL. I)., Iin.fi n Mifi 'il Dr. J. C. fin'lo-1 t way, chairman of the hoard o' (liroi l.)rs of Erskine Tlieolozic ?1 seminary that he will accept I he presidency of the seminary. Dr. PreSMh will resign the presidency of Erskir.e cellejre and will devote his entire time to the geminarytwork. The Missing 13-Year Olt Wife Found. , Spartanburg special in Char lotto Observer : The Moaselle | mystery was cleared this morn ing by the finding ol ?lie nir] Pearl, 13-year-old wileofGeorg Shaver, in a house on Thomasoi street. She is well and seems ti hav'e received good treatment She declares that her husbant iha< visited her, despite In sworn statement before Judt: ; ll vdrick yesterdav, that he Knev not him: ol her whereabou s. Shaver will be prosecuted fo perjury in addition to a abduo I'm 111 marrying a giri unaertn statutory age. Railroad Wreck near Colum bia. Columbia Record: In a colli sion on the curved trestle nea Fisher's mill pond, at about 1 o'clock this morning, betweei two sections of Seabord Air Lin fast freight train No. 8, Con ductor Snead was injured fatally, Flagman Burgnay wa badly hurt and a colored firema was bruised about the back an maybe injured internally. The coaches were comnlet.nl demolished, not a piece ten fee square holding together. Mysterious Death of Younj Man Named Phillips. Raleigh special in Charlott Observer: A mysterious trage dy has been enacted in Moor county and one of the men t the alTair lies dead here in local undertaking est a'blishmen awaiting a more positive id nti fioation and orders from th authorities of that, county. All that is known of the affair i that a young white man by th name of Phillips, apparentl near 30 years old, was attacks by some one, wag b >aten ove the head with a piece of iron oi some such deally weapon am lies dead as a result ?dead her among strangers to whom he ii all unknown. The all'or is sup posed to htve happened at place where a construction gatij is at work in Moore county, fit wounded m in was brought tt Raleigh and was carried to Re: Hospital, where lie had ever' attention and underwent ai operation which was performer 1)}' Dr. R S. McUoudhy, of t hi city. Tliere is no local clue tc l the real identity ol I ho dead man except the hate name of Phillip*. The dead man i-* said to hay been troin Ili^h Point or Greenhorn and no further clue can In h;?d as to his identity. Iiis a* sailaot escaped. Philips was i thin build and wit- dark-haired was about six loo" in height ant clean shaven. Mr. (J. C. Langston, wiio ha been lor a number of years om of the publishers of the Ander s n Intelligencer. has sold hi interest in tlu paper to Mr. V B. Cheshire. aj A Home Wedding I Mr. W. E. Drennan and Miss r Minnie Miller Married ^ 'Wednesday Evening. e 11 Mr. William Edtrar Drennan, o connected with the Lancaster i Mercantile company, and Miss rl Minnie Miller,daughter ol the late s Maj. H. F. Miller, were happily e wedded last Wednesday evening v I The ceremony was performed at the Miller home on Dunlap r street, at 7 30 o'clock, the R< v. - R. E. Turnipseed, ol the Metlio e diet church, officiating. A nnm her of relatives and friends 01 the Dride and groom were present. Among those in attendance from out of town were Mrs. R. B. Mackey, of Heath Springs, and M rs. Walter Culp, of G?stonia, l* sisters ot the bride, and her r friend and College-mate Mrs. ^ W. A. Corkhill, of Chester. The n bride wore a handsome gray e silk traveling costume and look ed unusually attractive. Shortly l> alter the ceremony the bridal 8 couple were driven to theSouthn ern depot, where they boarded d the 8 o'clock north-bound train for Asheville, N. C., where they y will spend some days. Mr. Ltrennan, who is an a'lopted son ol Lancaster, being originally Irom York, is to be g congratulated upon his good fortune in winning the heart and hand ol Miss Miller, one of Lancaster's most charming and ace complished young ladies. ie o Shoots Brother-in-Law and a Cuts Own Throat. t ^ Mangum, Okla., July 12.?Rev. J. L. Ilea, pastor ot the Mangum Christian church, e?rly yesterjday shot and probably fatally wounded (ieorge A. Stephens, j ; his broiher-in-law, a farmer, and ! then cut his own throat. Ilea, a'though tool I v wounded, may r j: recover. Ilev. Rea and his wile had 0 J | separated, Mis. Ilea going to the I home of her brother on a farm ( near Mangum. Stephens went to jthe niinislei's house and asked I for his sister's belongings. The j j men quarreled and Rea fired at jStephen^ with a shotgun .i Ilea formerly lived at Mid i lothian, Texas. He came liere j I lour yens ago. > Florida Sheriff Killed by | ? Prisoner. | I - Jacksc nville, Ha., July 12.? j SlieritV Cliarl h Wilson, of Clay ( county, was ahot and instantly killed ?>n a I rain near (ireen (Jove I Sj>rii?ir<. lalo ye-terdav afl'T-1 noon, by a negro prisoner in his j j custody. s! Sheriff Wilson's deputy immef diately -hot and killed the negro. Wilson was vor.v popular. He was recently married. His young wife is prostrated wi?h grief. Young Man Killed by Light-j ning. j Lyons. Ga? special in Atlanta Journal: Tillman Coleman, son ol M. M. Coleman, was struck and instantly killed by lightning yesterday afternoon about 2 | o'clock at his store at Stacer, Ga., near this place. He had only been operating a sort of i commissary ai the above named place for the last tew months, having previously engaged in business here in Lyons. When the accident occurred there were several people in the store and they were knocked rlnn/n Kuf 4 r\ Irt * - V4W ?f ?/uv up u*/ Litis lliu^ UOllO of them have suffered any great injury from the effects of the shock. Nearly all of those present at the time were negroes. "Waitress Struck her Insulter with Plate. Greensboro special in Charlotte Observer: An interesting and sensational incident occurred in the dining room of the Benbow Ilotel here at noon to dayWaitresses serve the meals at the Benbow. All sorts of men come here and some of the girls may not be what their friends would have them be. A large man was eating at the table where a small girl was. The fellow asked the waitress it she could tell him the number of the room o! a certain girl, whom he had pointed out. The little worn an became indignant and told him in no uncertain terms that she would not give the name of the girl nor the number of her room. At this the man said, "Well, 1 will give you $10 to tell me where your room is." The words were hardly out of 4 L. - - l ? 'I ?' me in.iii m 1111 mi in wnen i lie girl on * him in the 1> ?ck of the head with a sharp edged plate and broke his scalp to the bone. The hloo 1 llew Irom the wound and the episode caused some excite inent It is sate to say that the town and the visitors are with the girl. Georgia Mob Makes Quick "Work with Offending Negro. Augusta, Ga., .July 13.?A I Swainsboro special to The Chronicle says: About 100 heavily | armed men took Kd. P'arson, a' negro,from Deputy Sheritl Fields, j about three miles Irom this place,J shortly alter 2 o'clock this morn ing,carried him t the ('anoochen | Swamp and lynched him. The night belore, I'car-on whs foun 1 c> hy Misses Mamie and Ida Dure-j den hiding under their bed.?1 Screams attracted their father,1 an aged man, who entered the! room with a gun, but wa- knock ed senseless by the negro, who escaped. He was lator captured by the deputv aad identified. Subscribe to The News. 1 Rojestvensky Acquitted. Russian Admiral Found not Guilty on Charge of Surrendering to Japanese After Naval Battle Began. Cronstandt, Russia, duly 12. ?Admiral Rojestvensky, who?e trial on the charge ot surrendering to the enemy alter the battle of the Sea of Japan began before a Court martial here July 4; was acquitted today after the Court had deliberated for nearly ten hours. Four offioera of tho to pedo boat destroyer Bedoyi, who were placed on trial with the Admiral, were found guilty of having premeditatedly surrendered the Bedovi, and all four were condemned to death by shootine. But, on account, of extenuating circumstances, the Emperor will be requested to commute the eentence9 to dis missal from the service. Boy Attempts Life of TelJ Tale Brother. La Grange, Ga., July 13.? A A story that is appalling comes from Glee, six miles west of LaGrande. Joe Pollard, a negro tenant on the farm of Mr. Martin Dye, has two hoys, aged 5 and 9 respectively. Because the younger hoy threatened to tell his lather about the theft of a watermelon from a neighboring patch, the older took his brother and threw him in a well 45 feet deep. The well had only a little water and the child was ft-died out after having remained there for about twelve hours. The father severely thrashed the eluer hoy f<>r the deed, hut no sooner had he left the house when the hoy procured a razor and disemboweled his little brother, who at last accounts was still living. Only a week or two before the the elder hoy had thrown the younger in the same well. . A Shocking Murder. Minneapolis, Minn.. July 12.? Oiie of the mo^l shocking murders in the history of Minneapolis was committed last night in the National hotel here. 11. B. Wilson, who is said U> live in Milwaukee, kill -ft (Tt-'ce Mot.re. the motive belie <o be jealousy. Wilson ' the ;:irl:s hea l almost to a pulp and then poured alcohol over her clothes and set it a lire. The body was almost consumed before the crime was discovered. Wilson escaped and far hus eluded tho authorities. Mr. William I> usrla"-, a well Known insurance mat. ot Charleston, spent liiursdtv in Lancaster.