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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-07-01
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-07-01
LynChing From Another
And Calmer Point Of View
Or Bartlett Delivers Noteworthy
Sermon on the Subject in
Chicago Pulpit.

Chicago, June 2S.-"I an no
advocate of lynching or of mob
law, but | would rather see
community wrought to the high,
est pitch over crimes that would
seem impossible this side of hell
than to remain apathetic," was
the declaration Of the Rev. DR..
w. a. Bartlett at the First Con-
gregatlonal church today in a pre-
lude on "Lynchlng From Another
Point of View"
DR.. BARTLETT SAID among other
things: 81 have seen so many
sermons, editorials and resolutions
denouncing lynching and mob law
that one gets the impression that
the citizens who hang or burn the
destroyer of life, home and all
that is held sacred by womanhood,
are the race offenders rather than
thepunishers of the monster whom
they destroy.
eve seem to be so absorbed
with the majesty of this vsgue
term 'law' that the notion ap-
pears to prevail that the real Grim
lnals are those who do not wait
for legal processes, and the viola.
tor of womanhood is the abused
party.
owe shudder at the torture of
the criminal who is burned, but
apparently forget to shudder for
the innocent girl, whose mental
and spiritual agony is tenfold
greater than that of the fire. This
Is not race problem except SO
far as one race are the offenders.
The white man who commits the
same crime is just as guilty.
"The indignant uprising of a
community and some of the best
men in 1T to avenge a wrong of
such awful magnitude may be
technically lawless, but the spirit
which causes the uprising is the
reflection of higher civilization.
There are crimes SO dreadful that
the pure and the chivalrous and
the strong find 1t we'll nigh i'm
possible to endure the thought
that such degenerate should pol
lutte the earth by his presence. 1t
is easy to theorize about the an
archy of mob law, but the same
hand which penned the calm ed1-
torlal might be the first to grasp
the torch if 1T was mother, wife
or daughter who was the victim.
81 say that when you look at a
lynching from another view point
it is simply the bursting forth of
an Indignation and loathlng that
will not be checked. In the Old
Testament days they made short
work of such an offender.
"Lynching is certainly a bad
method and forms the habit of
disorder and makes men blood
thirsty. But if it is to be avoided
their certainly is called for a
more sure and speedy trial of
these wretcaes who often brazenly
deny crime amid red tape of legal
process, but confess abjectly when
tronted with determined men. Ii
is useless to bring to trial good
men who rise up to protect their
filesides. The community will not
bear it. If men object to being
burned let them cease from crimes
| which make a nation o;ol, ,,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-07-01
Happenings In The State.
AS Chronicled by the Alert Cor
resp ondents of The Columbia
State.
STABBED TO THE HEART.

Beaufort, June 81. AT Old
COosaw mines this morning at 9
O'Clock Richard Cuthbert and An
drew Porter, aged IA and Is,
had quarrel with mother negro
named Thos. Holmes, and Cuth-
bert stabbed Holmes to the heart.
The boys were arrested and
brought here tonight by Sheriff
Porter and Deputy Mann.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-07-01
JULIUS FOSTER, A
CELEBRATED CASE.
Negro Murderer Who Was Ar
rested in Massachusetts,
Buchanan on "Self Defense"- -
Supreme Court Sustains His
Stringent Application of the
Old Common Law in This
Case.
The State.

The State.
Julius Foster will spend the
rest of his days in the penitentia>
ry. The supreme court yester,
day filed a decision in the case.
and the exceptions in the appeal
haye all been overruleI. Asso,
ciate Justice Woods dissents upon
one point.
Foster is the negro who was arr
rested IN Boston and over whom
Gov. McSweeney expected trou
BILE. For just few days before
Gov. Crane of Massachusetts had
made a lot of fuss over North
Carolina negro who had been ar
rested in Massachusetts and whose
person was not turned over to the
North Carolina authorities on ac-
count of the alleged race feeling.
But the South Carolina officials
were permitted to take Julius
Foster into custody, and last No
vember he was tried and convict.
ed of having murdered Lewis
White in Greenwood county on
the 29th of September, 1901.
The jury asked. for the mercy of
the court and the sentence was
fixed at life imprisonment.
The case was appealed on the
charge of Judge Buchanan, parti-
cularlv in that part in which he
defines self defense. The supreme
court sustains the action of the
lower court. The dissent of AS.
s1ciate Justice Woods is as to
this paragraph of the charge of the
circuit Judge:
'Self-defense is taking the life
of fellow being where it is me-
cessary to do so to protect Jour
own person, and to make out a
case of self-defense you must
show he was not guilty of any
wrong in bringing about the diff
Guilty. He must have no means
of escape. If so, he must avail
himself of it. If he has any pos
sibIe means of escape, there was
no necessity -
Judge Woods declares that this
statement is at variance with the
attitude of the supreme court on
former occasions.
julius Fosters attorneys claim
that the judge erred in saying that
the defendant must prove that he
was not guilty of "any wrong"
IN bringing about the difficulty,
whereas he should have stated in
his charge that the defendant must
show that he was "without fault"
But the supreme court holds that
in either expression the defendant
must prove that he was not the
aggressor.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-07-01

"A steamship of 5000 tons ca
pacity aud drawing twenty seven
feel of water, arrived at the port
of Charleston Friday. This is
the largest ship that ever enteroa
a South Atlantic port,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-07-01
DOCTORS DIFFER WITH COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.

DOCTORS DIFFER WITH COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
Walhalla, June 81. The phy
sicians of WalhalIa and Oconee
county are on Il strike. Recently
the board of county CONN ission-
ers decided that S3 would be
sufficient to pay physicians to
make a lunacy examinatio>. The
doctors think that said amount is
not sufficient. A prospective
inmate for the hospital for the
insane is now in Jail here and has
not yet been sent to Column bia,
for the reason that no one can be-
made to make the necessary ex-
animation. Doubtless some adj
Justment will be mad, in a short
time.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-07-01
MUCH TOBACCO DESTROYED.

Hartsville, June 27.-The far.
mers in the Swift Greek section
estimate that the recent hailstorm
destroyed at least $4,000 worth
of tobacco in their neighborhood,
to say nothing of the loss in the
other crops. Take it all in all,
the outlook for crop is not very
cheering at present.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-07-01

According to records of lynch>
lngs' as preserved by the Chicago
Tribune for II years, there are
but four tates--Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island
and Utah-in which mob ven-
geance has not prevailed. The
south has furnished four-fifths of
the recorded lynchings, having
executed 1850 out of the 2.516
illegally killed. OF the total
1873 were negroes. The State.
CAsToErA
Bears the n'hs Kind You Have Always Bough
signature % &MAzIzw
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A WOMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Congaree, June 27.-Durino a
thunder storm yesterday after
noon the wife of Grant Reed, col.
ored, on the plantation of Mr.. r.
a. Shoolbred beLSrv here, was in>
stantly killed by lightning. She
was standing in the window and
her husband lying upon the bed
within three feet of her when she
fell. The body was purched and
burned almost beyond recognition.
Her husband was not injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
NEW TRoTTTNG RECORD.

Lou Dillon Lowers the Time at Mem
 phis to 1:5s15.
 Memphis, Tenn, Oct %. Lou Dillon trotted mile Saturday afternoon in 15S5a. beating the worlds record of 1:59s4, held by Cresceus The mare was driven by Willard Sanders. The time by quarters was: 30. 591a. f:2s1a. 1:5s55, A strip of board about one yard wide was fastened to the pace makers sulky directly under the seat. This. it was announced, was used to keep the dust out Of the mares face Two other world $ records were bro ken Saturday afternoon. Dafiel, ,l a bay mare by Alexander. driven by A. Mcdonald. paced a naiIe in 2:0oM. The former pacing record for mare was held by Fanny billiard in 2:03A Equity and The Monk. from MT Bill Hngs' stable. were sent a mile against the 2:1oA trotting. to pole record. The two horses were driven by MT Billings in faultless style. and passed under the wire in 2:o91z
 Providence, K. F. Oct o6. Prince Alert. the bay gelding owned bv James Hanlev of Providence. and the second fastest harness horse in the world, clipped n quarter of second from the worlds pacing record for a half-nile at Narragansett park Satur. day afternoon. He went the half in 5I12 seconds. His time for tha quar- ter was 2ek seconds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
UNION ATHLETIC GAMES. A@ To Be Held in Madison Square Gar.
 den in December.

den in December.
 The needs and progress of physical culture will be exemplified during the week of December 2s in Madison Square garden by unique series of contests. Tn order that the greatest opponents of physical culture may be induced to. compete, prizes amounting to $5,0o0 will be given for the various contests
 The event in which great interest will center will be physical culture wrestling match for the worlds cham pionship. This style of wrestling IS similar to catchsas-catch-car, the diff ference being that fall is declared thrown from his feet. Five prizes amounting to $500 will be distributed in this contest.
 The amateur athletic events, under the rules of the A A U.. will be held on Wednesday and Thursday nights of the week, the remaining nights be- l ing devoted to professional events One Of the innov ations of the exhibi- ton will be a series of championship athletic contests for girls and women. the first ever given in this country. One of the novel events will be a lllISS AdyS IdCS 1 This will begin Monday night at S:45 o'clock and will end Thursday night at the same hour. During the race the contestants will be given water, but will be compelled to abstain from l solid or liquid food. For this test of ! endurance $500 will be distributed among the five winning contestants. l Another unique endurance test>Mfor which $500 in prizes is offered, will be
 an aIl-around competition between athletes who have lasted for several days. After this period without food l the contestants will throw, a 5e-pound weight, lift weights and participate in
 a 5O-yard dash. 8 220-yard dash and q
 mile run. The reward for this trying
 ordeal will be distributed in five prizes.
 There will be contests for girls and I women to consist of races of from l fifty yards up 10 one mile. Tha.s will l ha four prizes for each of the six
 evouts. aud the awards will consist of
 gold. silver and nickel watches. Inc
 amateur events will also be principal fly running races of from fifty yards Iup to i've miles, and throwing 56- pound weight for height. The prizes in these will be watches
 l For the physical culture exhibitions
 the entire ends of the large arena will
 be draped In black, which will form
 background for number of caNi. 1 nets. in which the winners of tho
 events will pose. The garden win be
 darkened, but powerful lights will be turned upon the figures. Both men
 and women will be exhibited in these
 poses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
' sl,ooo' GIFT FOR SAUNDERS.
Mir Billings Rewards Him for Driving
 Lon Dillon in Racord NTiIc

Mir Billings Rewards Him for Driving
 Lon Dillon in Record Mile.
 Memphis. Tenn, Oct 2e.--Millard Saunders received a substantial gift from c. K. c. Billings for driving Lou Dillon to the record which shattered Cresceus's Wichita mark of 1.59s4. A check for $1,O0o was given to saun~ ders and each stable attache was re membered in smaller amount.
 Lou Dillon's future campaign has been somewhat changed. After Satur- days mile in 1:5S1a. MT Billings an- nounced that she would retire for the season. Yesterday he consented for her to go another mile to wagon in an effort to reduce her own world $ mark of 2.O1s4 made recently at Lex ington. He will drive her himself on Wednesday, the last day of the meet ing Y
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
TRINITY COLLEGE.
sophomores Lay Down to Freshmef
 Rules That Must Be Obeyed.

sophomores Lay Down to Freshmen
 Rules That Must Be obeyed.
 The members of the sophomore class aft Trinity college will this evening en, ter the rooms of the freshmen and hand to each occupant a gray card. board measuring eighteen by twelve inches and having printed on 1t in bright green letters a number of rules which the freshmen will be expected to observe. The notice reads as fol lows:
 Ye Green and yerdant Freshmeny Read, Mark, Learn and Tnwardly Df,
 gest These Rules and Regulations. !, Be polite to all upper cla assnnen. ~
 60 to all college Meetings. Don't shirk duties expected of'fresh- men.
 Don't appear in public with pipe or cigar.
 Don't sit in box at the theater without sophomore or, upper class man.
 Don't go to Heublein's without g man in class above you.
 Don't appear in the city in a jersey or sweater.
 Don't wear corduroy trousers. Don't wear school letters or numer- als.
 Don't post notices on the bulletin board.
 Don't call up to rooms or out nf win. dows
 Don't yell on the campus
 Don't sit. on fIA foY1ce
 Don't ever throw snowtoaiis.
 These rules being ordained and ap- proved by the mighty and august class of 1oos. must be kept In con spicuous place by every freshman and obeyed.
 The con1nnittee which drew up the rules consisted of Fl. L. Schwartz, Lakewood, N. T <: Charles B. Reed, New York and n. ". Gateson. Brooklyn N. Y. The rules were approved at a secret meeting of the class of 1906 and ordered printed.
 Heretofore it has been the custom of the sophonaores to tell the freshmen the rules and expect the men to re member them. Trouble generally fol lowed. The new method is expected to bring about a great change.
 A quiet, but strong. effort Is now be- ing made to establish commons and to abolish 1beer rushes."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
READY FOR BAsKETBk kLE.
Managers of New League Confer and and
 Make Franchise Transfers.

With six cities represented. n confer ence of the members of the new bas- ketball league was held in the Hotel Garde. New Haven, yesterday, to pre- pare for the season. which opens No venber r. Several transfers of fran. ehises were made and the mana gers an, nounee that everything is now ready for the games
 The following cities were represent ed by managers: Hartford. William Jennings: Waterbury. T. Guest; New Haven. William Aufort: Meiiden. T, l.. Reilly; Bridgeport. William Lush, and New Britain, J Barrett.
 The franchise of Stamford was transferred to Wallingford, where " s. FNogarty will own it. The South Norwalk franchise was transferred from Mir Hawkins of that city to T " Hoyt. theatrical manager of South Norwalk. who will add the bas- ketball management to his Theatrical work.
 The league mana gers after consider. ation decided to adopt the sponge- rubber soied shoes as regulation wear for players.
 The league will. open it's season on November z, as planned. and Water bury will play in Meriden on that evening.
 A preliminary game will be played here on the evening of November & when the Nfohawks of Meriden. a team claiming the amateur championship of the state. will be opponents to the new Waterbury team. Manager Guest announced yesterday that he had secured a number of out of town players, among them being Sohy and Knight of Asbury Park as forwards and MeNIeeking and King of New h1lrgh as guards. William Miles. a former local player. who has been playing professional baseball all sum n1er, has been engaged and will report here November 1. Reeves. Arnbrus, ter McKeon and Dews are the local men who will be given a chance tc make the team if possible.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
THE PIJGILI.STS.
Young Corbett and Ben Jordan
 Battle Is Off.

sCorbett Will Meet Eddie Hanlon ll1-
 stead of Jordan--JSck Hernan Says
 He will Still Give Fights at Fort
 AErie-Rilly Due All the CiNdit for
 Jeffries's Rise.
 San Francisco, Oct 26. The Corbett- Ben. Jordan fight was definitely called off Saturday night by the Hayes Valley
 Athletic club and 1t was arranged for Corbett and Hanlon to come together again. December % was the date fixed for the match and the men are to weigh 129 pounds.
 Although Jack Herman, matchmaker of the International A. c. of Fort Erie, Canada, was fined $500 recently by Judge Cruikshark for holding the fight between George Gardner and Jack
 Root, he intends to continue holding ( fights at his arena, and at present Is trying to arrange bout between two
 good anen to be decided in the near eu. ture. H Herman says he, will give shows no matter what Judge Crnik- shank does.
 Maurice Rauch, the Chicago bantam weight fighter, has entered suit against the Chicago Athletic associa. ton for one-half Of the purse of $25o that was offered by that organization for the contest of fslast Saturday night with Kid Abel which Referee George Siler stopped. declaring ta fake. Credit is due Billy Delaney for tho
 manner in which he has brought lief. fries to the top of the ladder in the pu-
 gilistic world Delaney took up Jef' fries when the latter was mere nov, ice, and by slow but sure stages he has rounded the big fellow into tic
 greatest fighter in the history of the
 ring Delaney knows exactly how to haIile Jeffries, and probably no other trainer living could have accomplished | the same results
 When Jeff was training for Corbett for their fight last month 1t was De
 laney who insisted that he dispense with heavy road work in his prepara ton for the bout. Jeffries is a giut ton for work Tn training and if he haa
 been left to his own wishes he woul3 have weakened himself in vfolens road exercises, But he has every confidence in Delaney's ability and when the trainer advised him to devote more time to gymnasium work In which he could acquire speed. he acquiesced
 with stha result that he put up one of the best fights in his career againss Corbett
 Speaking Of the champions reeusa' 10 fight n negro. DeIanev says: NJeffrics admits he fought negroes
 feforc ie fecsine monarch of the bie fellows. Lsf states that lie at that si;,,c
 lad nc reputation to lose. Ns:asss
 was fhe public in general so deeply in. terested in his welfare as at present Z
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
MIKE EGAN MATCHED.

Champion Handball Player of East
 Against Western Champion.
 Mike Egan of Jersey City, cham. pion handball player of the world was yesterday matched to meet James Fitzgerald at the Olympic Athletic club, San Francisco. November @ The men will play fifteen games for 8 s.de bot Of $500.
 Fitzgerald, who was formerly q resident of New York. but is now a resident of New York. but is no in California. played in great form when last seer sn the east, and on this form is thought to be about the only Dlaycl in the world capable of giving the champion q hard battle.
 The match was arranged by James Dui:ne of Brooklyn and Joseph Mn.ae of San Francisco.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
FOOTBALL ACCIDENTS.
Boy Dies of Injuries Received in Miss ing Kick Western Men Hurt


 ing a Kick Western Men Hurt.
 Elnira, N. N, Oct 2s. William F. Connolly, aged IS, 8 guard on the high school football eleven. died yesterday as a result Of injuries received on Thursday in a practice game. He se- cured the ball on a tumble. While running and about to be tackled he dropped the ball and kicked, missing It. Immediately he fell to the ground and his comrades passed by. He lay on the field. being discovered in n moment A physician could find no bruises and decided that in kicking Connolly had ruptured an intestine. Peritonitis developed. terminating in death Yesterday morning.
 Grinnell, Ia. Oct 26.--During the Iowa -Csrinnell football game Saturday afternoon. Jones of Iowa, one of the heavy, players in an end in which he was going at full speed, ran too close to the line of spectators and plunged head foremost in the crowd. A doz- en men fell under the impact. while others, carried off their feet swayed and fell back on the struggling men. Panic followed and during the mixup one of the spectators had his leg Drok, en and several others sustained snrains and fractures,
 Rockford. III, Oct 26 George Trues- dell of the Rockford football team re, ceived serious injuries in game at Elgin Saturday. being kicked in the head when tackling near the close Of the game His neck was also wrench ed in the fall. Physicians believe lie will recover, but his playing days are over.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26

G B
 The Young Brass City football team played a tie game with the Taylor Streets Saturday .naosnang. The score game. The feature of the game was the work of 1T. Hanlon, IT. McGrath, l.. oNeill and J. Shea. The lineup: F. O'Neill, center; ., Ryan, quarterback; !; T. Hanlon, fullback: Ed Drouin, left halfback; !. Shea, right halfback: T. McGrath, right tackle; w Tenlpleton. left tackle: D. MoFoney, right guard; ; J. Maher, left guard. The Young Brass City team challenges any team under 75 pounds or under II or 12 years old If in want of q game call on Manager IT. Hanlon, 7s Wolcott street, or Captain IT. McGsrath, 779 East Main street. 4
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
GIRLS IN WALKING MATCH.

Winner Covers the Seven Miles In One
 Hour and Fifteen Minutes.
 Paris. Oct 26.-Twelve hundred shop girls took part yesterday in a seven mile walking match from Paris to Nanterre. Great crowds witnessed the contest.
 Tie winner WAS Jeanne Cheninel, IA years old, who covered the distance in { hour N minutes She receives q bedroom @aaae and Sl50.