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r jgr i ' The Lancaster News * LEDGER 1852 REVIEW J87B ENTERPRISE 18'M VOL. 2. NO. 8. SEMI-WEEKLY- L\WC/\STEI). S. C.. OCTOBEH 31. 1905 PfllCE-FIVF r.PNTc ncr> Gold Mines. Interesting Information about the Haile, Brewer, Blackmon and Other Gold Mines in this Section. / Washington special in the Columbia Record: The Southern Appalachian gold hearing region, emhtacinc parts of North Caiolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee, bids fair to rival before many years many part- of the Klondike. Ai the close (f the lev lutioiiL nry war gold was discovered in Cabarrus county, N. C., and from that time on prospecting has been carried on with con siderable v.gor. Later on gold was discovered in Montgomery and Mecklenburg counties in the same sta?e. 1 he first production I'roni the ( area under consideration came from Lancaster an! Chesterfield counties, in South Carolina, in 1821). and the output was valued at $.'1,500. The best recods ot former diggings for gold are in the United States assay oflice at , Charlotte, and ii seems probable that the total gold production ol this sec:ion lias been about $10,- ( 000,000 up to this time The i mines in this area are anion : t lie most important gold producer" in i hq Caiolii a belt, and, in b>ct, east of the Black IIills Such mines as the Iluile. Brewer, Coilnrniprlv llnnriol ,i*wl v . King's .Mountain have been worked lor years an ! have fttrn ished h large part ol the output of 'lie area. The Haile mine is situated on Lynoh's creek, tlnee ?nd one bait' miles nor'Invent (rVKershaw, i 8. (and is ttie property ol tlie Haiie Gold Mining company, of New V. rk cily. It has been' worked since 1 830. and the up i per oxi?l z-??l portions of the ore J bodies w? re oi c- rich and some . ol tlieni yielded lumps ol gold I wotth from $300 to $500. Up to 1S83 the production ol tins mine was about $1,250,000, and since that lime u has been about j $2,000,000. If is impossible to estimate what amount of dividends have be'*n declared from this mine. , The Brewer mine is situated in , a branch of Lynch's river, in , Chesterfield county, S. C., about , four miles sou lrves' of Jefferson, . and about ten milts from the , Haile mine. It is being w >rk< d , by tt J. Hart man, under a lease { Irrm the DeSoto Milling com* ? pany. This is believed tn bave ' been the lirst important producer ' in South Carolina and was in operation before the revolution ^ ary war. No idea of the production can he given, but it is be lieved that several hundred t housand dollar* have been taken ;( from the mine. , ( The BUckmon mine i- in Lan- t caster coiiii1 v, S c., ahnr 14 < miles from Kershaw, and is one 1 of the best known mines in that I eoii-.n. L is ;he prop?r y, of the L'i (I d mi1 Mining :i .< 1 Dove'o; in* i tc nip my ? f Coarlotte. Uwis rtcemly ?! ?? mine hns!j been iule fo* many years, although at one lime considerable ore was taken out. Since the re sumption of \v??rk h 11 operations have been underground. The yealY befoie the civil war began there were 40 mines in active operation in South Caro lina. arid about the same number j in North Carotin ? T >ere were ^ then 21 working mines in Che*- s tertield and Lancaster counties, t and 10 in Spavtanburir, Union | and York. One Negro Kills Two over i. I and Murdered by Black 5 Brute. I i Gainesville, Fla . Oct. 27 ? Mis. Mott, a white lady v as e tourdered at Cliietlaml by a tie ' ?i*o today. The nej;ro lound Mrs 1 Mote at home alone, and alter c jommittinsi the assault killed 11 lie woman and 'hen escaped. A h mob of a hut dred whi'e men a li is been in pursuit of too as- c lailant, bu so f ir utisuccess itl v 1*1 >od hound- have been in 11 puisuit ot the a.-sa'lair, but so far unsncce-sfulty. Hlnedhoun i- j litive been pu' on the trail an?t violent mea-ures are promised ;f ;he nettr ? is taken. H. J. Bivins Kills a Hobo. ' 1 u R:leiiih special >n (Charlotte v .Observer: II. J. Biveus, of the v Seaboard Air Line, this evening t itiot and killed ? white hobo in S he yards of the company. The man whose age is about 30, was J ryng to beat his way <?n a train when he was spotted by Bivins. who ordered him oil'. The hob ittucked Mr. Bivins, who 'h?n hot. him in the thigh. The ^ wound caused death from loss of >lood. o Notice to Patrons of Camp j Creek School. The patrons and trustees ot 'I Jamj) Creek school are requ* - ted li o meet at tiie school house Tues j lay night, Nov. fith, at seven 11 I'clock. to elect a teacher. A n 'ull attendance is requested. jc T. I'. Williams, Chr'm. | r Game of Cards. v . * Laurens special in Greenville ^ News: As a result of a row ' over cards between a party of 1 ueproes, Phil Anderson wasoliol (] ile;?d and lie? deis'.n Fuller pro1)ablv fatally wounded by John t Dennis this afternoon about 5 o'cl' ck. The tr uredv occurred at Mount Carmel, three miles I from Graycourt, \vh re the ne- 1 urnes were holding their anniul sto~k show today. Anderson and ^ Fuller lived al Graycourt Dennis, w ho \*a-* a< qu tted oi murder at ii recent term of the court 111 Greenville, lives at Barksdale. ( Florida Woman Assaulted ? i..-. ii.' ii 'oniiir ,n(l ilisti^uriru the roofing hii i orniee. The depot looks like a ;ood sized clyclone had struck t. No tu.e was hur Jobbers get Pile of Money. Si. 1'e'er-buri;, Oct. '2.1. ? A an in; iohber> was committed a ton' noon today in the ret er oi i his citv, by which h nuniier <<t highwaymen got awav tith $li)3,0()0 from a wagon rhioh was conveying cash troin 111- eusi'Miis ueparimen! to the it .t" t re a Mirv. Vlarriage in Columbia of a Young Lady of Lancaster. At 5 o'clock, ().:!, 24, 1006, Ir. S. E. Powell of Columbia, j. C.,aiul Miss K ite S. McNiuch f Lanemter, 8. C , were <j11ie11 y Harriet at th?? ?- ?-;|^ ; ??<?? I'. Knox, r ic otH i tiiiiir miu ;ter. Onl> i low trie ids r?i the iride and cronni were present., his couple will make the*r lonio in Waverlv. The foregoing is tanen from he Columbia Slate of last Satlulay. The bride i a dauch'er if our esteemed fellow towns nan Mr. A. I. McNinch. in Awful Disaster. nfty cr More Persons Drowned by An Electric Train Plunging into Water. Atlantic City, N. J , October IS.?By the wrecking of a three oach eleetric train on the West ers-ey ami Seashore Railroad his afternoon at 1 ast fi'ty pasengers perished, and the list nay leach the total ol seventyive when all is known. While crossing over a drawiridte spanning the waterway ;nown a-< "The Thoroughfare," vhich separa es Atlantic City roni the mainland, the train eft the track and plunged int<> hp water. The passengers in n the first two coaches, with ire or two exceptions, weie Iro.vned. Up to mi lnu lit tonight wenty-five b< dies have ben ecovered, at d it is believed 1 af d le i?t twentv-live and >ossibly fifty more bodies still re in the submerged c ?aches fried to Run Over Rock Hill's Depot. Rock Hill special .11 (Hiarlo'te )bserver: tRii'e a li'tie stir vas caused at 'lie S tuhtrn de >ot yesterday afterno n about o'clrck, and those who hap tened to t>e close went tor tiie I'll timber. A shi'ting engine, lulling several box ears on tlie ast side of the depot on the old 'hree C\s irack, ran into a car nd d railed one or 'wo of 'lie ars on the depo' side. They nade a ciean swije alontr the datlonii t'O"'"" *' Negro Hanged in Aiken Friday for Criminal Assault. Aiken special in Mo v. * and Courier: At 11:25 oVo-k to flay Isaac Knieht paid tt e de'tli penalty 'or a criminal assault upnn Mr-. K. Chapin, July 19, last. He maintained liis innooeupe until Mie hisf. i Wreck near Columbia Friday night. Columbia special in Charleston I'ost : I'assencrer train Vn o " " v' I 16 on ;he Columbia and Greenville line on its way into Columbia, late last night, ran into a cut of six:een freight car-', let? in the siding a' Fornet Station, a lew miles we-t ot llie city, with the rc-ult that many passengers were had v shaken up and frightened tiiouuli none was serioush injured. Killed about Another Man's Wife. McCorniiek special in the Slate:, li. K. Wells was shot and kided at 8 o'clock this niori inc by Clint and Bertha Harmon, brothers, two miles from here, at his sawmill. The cause is a'leied intimacy b? tween Wells and the wife of CI nt Harmon, ihe stayers have surrendered and engaged counsel. Tragedy in a New York Hotel?Banker Kills Woman and Himself. New York, Oct. 27. ? Louis G. Ilanioton. assistant, secretary <>t the United Sta'es Trust Co., of tins ci'y, sh ?t ?nd kilie 1 Victoria I. Ta'V.kew,a beautiful young woman, in the Uo'el Griffon late las" night md then commit ted Riiicid". Hampton wis in!,.touted with the woman ami they hail heen semi toir< ther many t inies durng t h past moiit n. l'he.v had boon a1, 'lie hotel where th > tragedy oc mired since early yesterday. \Vneth? r <?r not the t-ragedy w is a result o< a pact he'ween the man and woman to die together has not heon determined, but tlie circumstances seem to show that the young woman had agreed to die with her compau inn. Hampton, who wa-- about 60 years old, leaves a wife and two children. Miss TaozUew was 20 years old and lived with her ta'her mid invalid mot her. Pension for Dr. Carlisle, of Wofford College. I ~ Wnftord (-ollesjo special in the News and Courier: Dr. Carlisle lias been inven a pension oi # 1,150 per annum, to come tmm tha fund provided by Andrew C ?rm>ie m. lucaior on account of old age, have re tired from active service. . ^ r bit VVK I Election Day. i Forty-two States and Three Territories to Hold Elections next Tuesday. Nvw York, Oct. 2S?A week from Tuesdav there will be e eetion in torty-two Slates and three Territories. Oregon, Maine and Vermont have already ? l-,cte 1 State ollicers and meml ers ot the Sixtieth Congress. In twenty-three ot t he S'ates a < lovernor and other S'ate ollicers (in twenty of I hem a'so, a Legislature); in ten minor State ollieers orjustioes o* tl . Supreme Court; in two, eon{ ??sm?n an 1 a Legislature, and in seven congress men only, are to be elected. Oklahoma is !o vote on a S ate Constitution, and Arizona and New Mexico o i joint sta'ehoo I. The terms ot thirty Uu.;ed States Senators ? lift'en Demoera's and li teen Republicans ? expire March 3, 11)1)7. Virginia, L ui.e.a ia,Mi-sit- i, p., lvenluc ;y and Arkansas have already soleced Democrats, and Geo gi i Ins a Legi.-litu'd widen '"ill cirei aiK'tner, winie Mama and Oregon liuve Legislatures which insure the return of Repiblicans. Of the twenty-two 8 ates i:i wl.ic'i is to be chosen N ?vember 6 a Legislature that wiil elect Um te ! States Sen - ors I fourteen are now rerrece ted * in the Senate hv Republicans and eioi?t by Democrats. A national II ?u-e of Representative's 'o be elected?the Sixtieth Congress, witl) 3S0 member--. The present House is composed ot 250 Republicans and 130 Democrats. .Maine has alra,,dv elected four Republicans, Oregon two nid Vermont two. isic-it- is uision m only one State?Nebrasica? where the Democrats ami L* > j u is a.'r ed upon >? ?!iv sion >! the S at m n i.iaiunis, tlioudi in several other S' u s tlie lie pub i- : . ? or I)e 110: oratn'e nilulaie for S':??e otlices ! nave been one <?r tnore oi the . p il t'o.'s | As luual, tliere i?, one Suite ' ck'^f ?'lie Democratic- in S nth Carolina. Pennsylvania leads this je?r with the greatest num1 her of State tickets 12. Notice to Patrons of Tabernacle School. The Ta'? tii ic!e =c! ool will open i?s fall session .Monday, Nov. 5th, |1006. I All parents, who ixpec' to j patronize the school at any time during this term, will please send their chiUlron to the school house Thursdav. Nov. 1st, at 4 o'clock, p. nt. in order to make arrangements lor the exchange of text | hook?j't the requirement of the state an 1 county hoards of education. He sure to send ail tho children. Respectfully, A.<\ Row. II, l'rincipal. O. K., Oct. 20, 190(5. '