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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Negro Brutally Murders
Wife in Charlotte.

Yesterdays Charlotte Obser-
yer: Gilbert Taylor, colored, g,
shot and killed his wife, Lena,
at late hour Sunday night and
then, with three hours start OF
the police, disappeared for the
time being as completely as il
the earth had opened aud swal-
lowed him.
The crime was peculiarly cold
blooded. The murderer either
knocked his victim down and
mercilessly placed the muzzle Of
the pistol over her heart to
quicKly accomplish his purpose,
or deliberately shot her down as
she entered the room and then
stuffed the body into closet in
the effort TO conceal the crime.
The powder burns on the wo-
mans breast showed how close
the murde aud pressed hi weap.
on
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Deputy Sheriff Killed Under
AUTO Gar.

West Palm Beach, Fla, Mar.
27-Deputy Sheriff James r.
Abrams was burned to death
and George &. Barco was Sc.
riously injured when Mr. Barco' g
machine turned over near Boyn.
ton shortly after midnight last
night, pinning Abrams, Barco
and Richard Gardner under the
machine The gasoline tank
exploded scattering the burnin &
fluid over the men.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Patient Murdered in Texas
Insane Asylum?

Terrell, Tex, March 29.-Fol-
lowing the death Of b +. Rob
erts, patient at the North Tex
as Insane Hospital, Watchman
Fabbrien and Arnt were arreste,
to-day, each being charged with
murder. Roberts arrived here
from Lubbock county Saturday
He wac found Sunday with his
chest bruised and ribs broken.
Death followed his injuries.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Greenwood Man Gets Car
negie Hero Medal.

Columbia Record: Severa'
persons, OF both sexes, have been
awarded Carnegie hero medals
in this State. James b Goldman
of Cambridge, Greenwood county,
new entry on The list, has just
received a medal and has been a.
wsrded in addition $1,000 in cash.
He has been rewarded for saving
the lite Of a negro.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Dean of Mrs. Charles johnson.

Mrs. Maggie Johnson, wife OF
Mr.. Charles Johnson, died on the
24lh instant at her home in the
MI Pisgah section of Kershaw
county. She was victim OF
consumption and had been III for
several months. She was a mem
ber OF the Baptist church and a
devout christian. She was a
daughter of the late Jesse ely
burn and is survived by her hus--
band and six small children. The
burial was at Mt Pisgah Baptist
church, after funeral services
conducted by the pastor, the
Rev. L. O. Thompson.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
Man Crazed by Liquor and
Jealousy Shoots at His
Wife and Kills Son and
Himself.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 2S.-
After firing two bullets at his
wife, pointing revolver at his
mother.in.law when she attempt
ed to help her daughter, and
trying to get his little daughter
out OF a neighboring house that
he might kill her, Harry Smith,
aged 81 years, a motorman liv-
ing at Coraopolis, near here TO-.
day sent a bullet through the
brain OF his six-year-old son,
Russell, killing him instantly,
and then shot himself through
the head, dying in few mo-
ments
The cause OF the tragedy is
said to have been liquor and
jealousy.
He called to his girl to come
to him, but the child did not re-
spond. Hearing his fathers
voice Russell came to the door
and was shown bag OF peanuts,
which Smith offered to give him
Unsuspectingly the boy ran lc
his father, but the latter instead
of giving the lad the peanuts
drew his revolver and fired q
shot through the child's brain.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Trained Nurse Dead as Re-
suit OF Kiss.

Cumberland, Md. March %.
Having become infected from
a kiss bestowed by request on a
patient dying of blood poisoning,
Miss Marion G Spier. trained
nurse. died here last night.
Miss Spier nursed Mrs. virginia
CaIIUu Carder, wife al Dr.. Geo.
l.. Carder, a prominent society
woman at the Allegheny Hospi.
tai, and was so kind to the sick
woman that the latter asked
her TO kiss her as she was dying.
The request was granted and in
a few days Miss Spier was strick.
en- with the same mslady
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Alleged kldnaper has PreIImiB-
sry Hearing.

Sharon. Pa. March 29.--It
required but few minutes this
afternoon lor the preliminary
hearing OF James Fl. BOYLE.
charged with the abduction Of
Willie Whitla.
Bail was fixed at $4,000,
which, II is said, Boyle has no
chance of securing, and the pri-
souer was returned 10 The jail
a. Mercer on the first tram.
About five hundred persons, inn
PEELED by curiosity, surrounded
the station where Boyle was
waiting In mortal terror for the
train, but not the slightest de-
monsiTatlon against him was
made or Indicated.
Tonight tits stated Mrs. Boyle
will not be broughs here for
haarino at all
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
LANCASTER'S LATEST En-
TERPRISE.

Formed, Capitalized at Ten
Thousand Dollars Contract
Let For Furnishing and In
staIling Plant.
A company was formed here
this week to manufacture ice.
known as the Lancaster Ice and
Coal Company. The capital is
$40, 900, all of which has been
taken. The stockholders met
Monday afternoon, In the law
office of Mr.. ID. Reece Williams.
and formally organized. Tbs
following board of directors was
elected: w. T. Gregory, X. +.
Wylie, CD Jones, 7 Nj. Hughes,
q W. Williams.
The directors then met and
elected the following officers OF
the company
r. Nj. Hughes, President anu
Treasurer; r E. Wylie, Vic
President; ID. Reece Williams
Secretary
The contract has been let for
furnishing and installing the
plant to the York Manufactur
ing Company, of York, Penn
sylvauia. The capacity of the
plant will be ten tons daily :,
and the contractors expect 10
have ii in full operation by the
first Of July. The location OF
the factory has not yet been de-
cided on, but the company has
options on two or three eligible
sites in town.
Mayor Hughes, the president
and treasurer of the company, is
the moving spirit of the enter
prise. As recently published in
The News, Mr.. Hughes had in
tended TO establish an ice factory
on his own responsibility, but
later it was decided TO be ad-
vIsable to lorm joint stoc6
company for the purpose.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Durant Confirmed as Crum's Sue
ceSSOr.

Washington, March 29.-The
Senate today confirmed the
nomip alton of Edward w. Du-
rant, Jr., of South Carolina, 10
be collector Of customs for the
district OF Charleston. Mr.. Du-
rant VAS appointed 10 succeed
William D.Crum, the former ne
gro collector Of the Charleston
port
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Preacher Accidentally Kill
ed.

Winston Salem, n. c., March
27.-At North Wilkesboro to- v
Elder j Frank Hutchinson, of
the Primitive Baptist Church,
one Of Wilkes County's leading
citizens, was killed by falling
twenty feet through the approach
to a bridge across the Yadkin Riv-
er.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
LANCASTER In LINE.

The Meeting Last Saturday to
Formulate Plans for Unit
ing IN the Movement to
Erect Monument to the
Women ofthe Confederacy
Various Committees Ap-
pointed.
Pursuant to the call of Com
mander w. G.. A. Porter, of
Damp Dixie, a goodly number of
Veterans and others assembled at
the court house Saturday morning
at IL O'Clock, to adopt plan to
raise money for the monument to
be erected in Columbia TO the
women of the Confederacy. The
meeting was organized by the
election of Commander Porter as
chairman, and Capt. l.. j. Perry
ss secretary.
In highly appropriate remarks
the chairman explained the OBJ
ject OF the meeting.
A motion was made and adop-
ted that the chairman appoint a
committee of three in each town
and in each township In the
county ITO solicit subscriptions
for the purpose of erecting
monument to the women of the
State for their patriotism and de-
votion to the Lost Cause in the
War Between the States" The
following committees were at
cordingly appointed by the chair
man:
Lancaster-W. 7. Williams, j..
z. King, j. j. Blackmon.
Lancaster Cotton Mill-Cletus
Hardin, Rev. T. A. Dabpey, r. T.
Beatty.
Gills Creek-G. w. Williams,
j. Clarke Robinson, w. P. Stog.
ner.
Buford j. 4. Rowell, l.. J.
Funderburk, A. T. Carnes.
Waxhaw-J. M. Yoder, T. w.
Secrest, w. j. Crenshaw.
Indian Land. o. Hall, o. w.
Potts, D. s. Wilson.
Pleasant Hill-T. j. Reeves, }.
A. Weaner, p. T. Twitty.
Cedar Creek-W. I. Vanland-
ingham, w. F, Crenshaw, A. w.
Hicklin.
Cane Creek IS. ID. Taylor, j.
r. Lathen. Roy Cunningham.
Flat Creek-M. c.. Gardner, f..
M. Lowery. w. U. Olyburn.
Kershaw-Col. l.. c. Hough,
John w. TruesdeIl, B. A. Hilton,
Elmore NJ. Estridge.
Heath Springs--J NJ. Cren-
shaw, w. r. Slower. DR.. A j..
Rutledge.
The following central commit
tee at Lancaster was also appoint
ed, to whom all the town and
township committees are directed
to turn over the funds collected,
namely, Chas. I. Oonnors, J. +
Stewman and }. a. Cook.
Several contributions were
made at the meeting, one pRtri-
otto and public spirited citizen
giving as much as $40. The names
fof all contributors and the
amounts given will be published
later.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Woman ElectrOcuted.

Mary Farmer, Convicted of MUIR
dering Another Woman, Died
i'm Electric Chair Monday
Gave Ont Statement ExOnera-
ting Husband, Who is Under
Sentence OF Death for Same
Crime.
Auburn. n w March 20.
Murmnring prayers for her soul =,
Mrs. Mary Farmer was quietly
led to the electric chair in the
Auburn prison shortly after 6
O'Clock this morning and execut-
ed for the murder OF Mrs. Sarah
brennan, at Brownsville, n. Y.
last April.
Father Hickey, spiritual ad
wiser Of the condemned woman,
following the execution, gave
out a statement signed by Mrs.
Farmer, In which she declared
thaiher husband, James Farmer,
was entirely innocent and knew
nothing whatever OF the crime
until after it had been commit
ted.
Led by Father Hickey aud
with Mrs. Dunnigan and Miss
German, who have attended her
constantly since she was brought
to the Auburn prison, Mrs. Far.
mer walked unfaltering to the
death chair, her eyes half closed
and clasping crucifix in her
hands. As she was being strap
ped in the chair, Father Hickey
stood at her side and offere d
prayers for the dying.
Mrs. Farmers statement ex-
onerating her husband WAS ss
strong as words could make it.
All night long the wretched
woman prayed, after a visit with
her husband. Locked in cell
in far-away corner of the prison
jim Farmer. the husband, pray.
ed during Tie hour of his wife's
execution. He verged on col.
lapse and frequently gave way
e. tears.
Mrs. Mary Farmer is the Sc
cond woman TO meet death in
the electric chair. The crime
tor which she was executed anC
for which her husband, James
ID. Farmer. is also under sentence
OF death, was the murder Of Mrs
Sarah Brennan, a neighbor, in
the village of Brownsville, JEFF.
ferson county, about tour miles
from the city of Watertown, or
Thursday, April %, 1908. The
hndy Of Mr.. Rrennan was tn,In1
on the following Monday in a
trunk owned by Mrs. Farmer
and in her possession
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Roosevelt Attacked by a Pas
senger on Steamer.

London, March pa dispatch
to The Standard from Horta says
that when the steamer Hamburg
arrived it SIs learned that pas
senger on the boat had made an
attempt to assault Mr.. Roosevelt
hut was frustrated and the man
was quickly put In irons.
In response to query from
The Daily Mail concerning the
incident the correspondent at
Horts says: Reports are cur
rent, and ] repeat them with re-
serve, that an attempt has been
made on the 'ly eI-Presidss,;
,pnyAp . 3}'rSA - Gs%
'sz g w..
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31
Opium Under The Ban.

Washington, March 27.-Af-
ter April /, next, neither opium
nor any mixture or compound
&C Jwiping or representing opium
" n form can legally be
~ NJ into the, United States
- sooSDefse # Sing possessions
q - medicinal pur
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31

- 2As nns-esoa vsrh ana u
psissA
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-03-31

Mary Farmer, Convicted Of MUIR
dering Another Woman, Died
i'm Electric Chair Monday
Gave Ont Statement ExOnera-
ting Husband, Who is Under
Sentence OF Death for Same
Crime.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23
Secret Writing.


Who knows what cryptograph is?
The word comes from two Greek words
which mean hidden writing" There
are q number of different kinds Of
,ryptographs, some hard to understand
and puzzle out, and others simple and
easy when once understood. It is the
easy ones that we are interested In
now.
Suppose you should receive a letter
from Cyril, who had been away from
school a couple of days. which read:
RIM lonz Vtx:
'B' go. hixnbjoi rm njwao. Ytro tgoz
dt hxiioz. Cztrh. Ymbza."
Unless you knew something about
cryptograph or ciphers, 1t would prob
ably take you till long after supper
time to make out the meaning, and
that would be provoking, wouldn't It?
The simplest way to translate the
cipher like the above is to write the
alphabet out on q sheet OF paper, put
ting It all on one line to avoid confu-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23
SICILIAN FARM-HANDS

There is something idyllic in stories
of Sicilian life, which it takes more
than an earthquake to shake. Pas
toral life in that land of Theocritus,
shepherds tending their flocks on the
high slopes, oranges, almonds, historic
ruins, art treasures, long and lazy
days in golden sunshine-all are
mingled in a hazy idea of existence.
In plain prose, however, the farmer
of Sicily sleeps not upon bed of
roses. Laborers in America may not
be so picturesque, but they are far
more comfortable. Mrs. Alec Tweedie
gives in Sunny Sicily" a glimpse of
farm life which does not seem at all
poetical:
The lower part of this typical Sicil-
ian farmhouse Is used for storage pur-
poses. An outside staircase leads to
the upper floor, where the family
lives. The house takes up one side OF
a square yard in which the cattle and
pigs live; the odors may be healthy,
but they are not pleasant.
On another side of the yard is the
common room of the farm-hands In
1t Is a big oven, where the general
baking Is done. The fire Is lighted on
mother earth, and the smoke escapes
by hole In the wall Round three
sides of the room run wooden tables
and benches. The young, unmarried
men sleep at night on the benches or
the tables or the floor. The married
couples have homes of their own, sup
posed to be more comfortable.
where are they?" I asked.
There" said the farmer, pointing
to what I supposed to be pigsties
round the yard. There were six little
doors in the wall on one side, and
four on the other The walls were
built of lava; the roofs were of
thatch, loosely put together so that
the smoke might escape.
What house! Any self-respecting
Berkshire pig would turn up its in
elegant little nose at such a home.
But in just such places the Sicilian
farmland lives. The pigs, goats and
chickens are allowed to share the
dwelling, or to remain outside at will.
AS for pay, he is lucky man who
gets tenpence a day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23
WHY THE JEW SAVES.
At n London Meeting Bishop Step
ney Gives the Reason.

At n London Meeting Bishop Step
ney Gives the Reason.
The Bishop of Stepney, speaking at
the annual meeting of the East Lon
don fund for the Jews, held at Church
house, Westminster, said he believed
that the Jews love of money was part
ly due to the very terror which had
come upon him through the age-long
hunting, the London Mail says. He
boarded because we had thteved and
he saved because he never knew when
and where he might be stranded in
restitution. He believed that we were
largely to blame for the Jews tenacity
In regard to money.
The Bishop of London said that they
had met in support of the most unpop-
ular, the most difficult and yet the
most repaying work connected with
the church of England
1t was unpopular for three reasons.
Some people did not like the Jews at
all. and would have nothing to do
with them. Others felt that, as the
Jews had religion, why should they
interfere with 1t? Others, again,
thought they ought not to use the fact
that they were showing. hospitality to
a people to force religion upon them.
He would like to answer those three
things. In the first place, no Chris
tian had any right to dislike the Jews:
Christ, when he came to earth, saw At
to be born Jew. AS to the Jews
having religion, we were paying the
greatest honor to that religion by
showing them the completion Of it,
the coping stone. With regard to the
hospitality argument. we were, in Of
fering them Christianity. Offering them
the best we had got The Jews had
wonderful energy and wonderful
power. and II they could be won over
they would make the Jewish portion
Of East London the most forward and
spiritual Of all.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23

sion Some letters can be seen az .
glance: IL there is capital standing
alone it must be an IT," II a small
letter ca" If a letter at the end OF q
word is separated from 1t by an apos.
tronhe It must be IS" There are no
such letters in the above crytograph,
so we must look for the letter that oc-
ours oftenest, which is almost sure to
he "e." In the cipher given the o.
which is oftenest quoted, Is really %.
The first words give you clue, for 1t
is a letter and they are sure to be
my dear" Then the third word
looks as if it might be a name, and
two letters in it are alike. Puzzle the
rest of it out yourself and
Be nd cszhd MIX ltd hxyyool
Dim, DIM nknbj.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23

Not the Salary but the Opportunity.
eff the laborer gets no more than the
wages his employer offers him, he Is
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23
No Locusts!


Some years ago, in one OF inc 's nd.
American republics, there was st.,
den and devastating plague OF w. IN
They came. nobody knew when'. ..,.
millions. and soon stripped the ''m -,
tory over which they swept OF WV
speck of green. .+.r
1t happened that a planter was n.
ing In one of the cities over "nl. a,s
locusts swarmed. AS soon as the -
disquieting news came to ~" ,.nt
the neighboring plantations he So, Il,
telegram to the major-domo o. ,,d,
own estate, asking whether any Nv =
had appeared. The ma1or'uon =, 10
piled that he had seen no Signs
Gusts. =. had
Then. worse news came. Locus. .,t.
appeared at plantation aftef A,sip
ton, causing awful damage s,s,
the planter, more worried tnan .r1.r
telegraphed to his plantation
the locusts appeared n
Again the major-domo al o
swered mo" h1ar
Soon after that the planter ~
that q plantation contiguous .tult1.
own had been ravaged frlsD
Again he telegraphed. -.
This was the answer from
jor-dom0: -
mo, sir; no locusts have De -
but there are millions OF Hue -
grasshoppers here, which are
the coffee CROP"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23
(To be continued

Not the Salary but the Opportunity.
eff the laborer gets no more than the
wages his employer offers him, he is
cheated he cheats himself"
1t is said that Bismarck really
founded the German Empire when
working for small salary as secre-
tary to the German legation in Russia I;
for in that position he absorbed the
secrets Of strategy and diplomacy
which later were used so effectively for
his country. He worked so assiduous-
ly, so efficiently, that Germany priced
his services more than those of the
amba ssadOr himself. If Bismarck had
earned only his salary, he might have
remained perpetual clerk and Ger
many tangle of petty states.
1 have never known an employee to
rise rapidly, or even to get beyond me-
diocrity, whose pay envelope was his
goal, who could not see infinitely more
in his work than what he found in
the envelope on Saturday night. That
is mere incident, a necessity, but the
larger part Of the real pay of a mans
work is outside of the pay envelope.
One part of this outside salary IL
the opportunity Of the employee to abb
sorb the secrets of his employers sue.
cess, and to learn from his mistakes,
while he Is being paid for learning his
trade or profession. The other part,
and the best of all, is the opportunity
for growth, for development, for men
tai expansion; the opportunity to be-
come a larger, broader, more ef3cient
man.-Orison SWEET Marden, In Sue.
cess Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23

The increasing desire q,
man to become known is evidanaos 'n
the many editions of Who's wh.a og
different countries. The Ens,, IN
Who's Who" was founded in 4'.
the American edition appeared IN - ,"s
."Wer lists" appeared in Leinz,s w.
1905; "Qui Etes-vous" came ou. 10
Paris last year, and now Ita,v ~
resented by "Chie E." published Wy
Signor Biagi at Rome. There aro
a Catholic who's Who" an as,, s.s'
tural Who's Who" and Who's NV vuf
In Business" Evidently everybodv !.
somebody and wants to be cata,oor..
President Nicholas Murray But,.,,
book on 1.-THE American as Ho T.,
will soon be read in seven lansuao..
Danish, French and German trsn.,.
lions are ready for Immediate nuh,
cation, and the book is now h.,,.
turned into Italian, Spanish, Russ,,o
and Japanese. The significance ~ w.
tribute paid to President Buffers wo-s
is emphasized by the high stand,n.
of the foreign scholars working uno0
it. The Danish translation has b.sn
made by Prof. Otto Jesperson Of N,
University of Copenhagen. Prof Bout
reux of the Sorbonne and Prof pas,
kowski of the University of Berlin
have prepared the French and German
editions, respectively.
The death of Swinburne took n)aca
five days after the celebration Of tba
poets seventy birthday and
four days after the publication Of bis
latest book. Swinburnes first puh
lished volume, "Rosamond and ths
Queens Mother" appeared forty-eigb,
years ago, and at least one volume
from his pen has appeared every year
since that time until the last year Of
his life, when three volumes were
brought out. The lifelong friendship
which he enjoyed with Watts-Dunton
and his love for quiet country Life
sometimes obscure the fact of his In.
innate relations with other literary
men. He was an admirer Of Brown.
ing, a companion of Walter Savage
Lander and the cherished friend Of
George Meredith. Swinburne left
book ready for publication which will
be brought out Immediately, under the
title. Three Plays of Shakespeare"
William Mercer tells a characteristic
anecdote of Marion Crawford In tia
Athenaeum. my acquaintance with
him began in 1877 in this wise" writes
Mr.. Mercer. 1--WE found ourselves
seated in the compartment Of the
celebrated Cafe Greco in Via Con-
dotte, Rome, yclept the 'omnibus-iu
that corner where Thackeray, Gibson
the sculptor, and hundreds OF Other
noted English and American writers
and artists have assembled for full!
a century past. Presently Crawford
elongated his brawny limbs and ad
dressed me thus: You are Mercer and
I am Crawford; 1t is not Of much ua
waiting for an introduction; will you
play me a game of chess? dM
Crawford was utterly unknown
fame then and only scrubbed llttN
for the London PAPERS,"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23

A quart of strong vanilla bring; and
honey, too, and spice;
A pound of nutmeg, don't forget it
makes things taste 50 nice.
want ten dozen freshest eggs. some
'vaporated cream,
And apples, bout a peck CT two; some
dumplings 1 must steam.
I'll take box Of oranges, and chocolate,
five cakes,
And desiccated cocoanut, such lovely
things is makes.
Now hurry up my order, please. I want
them very soon,
So | can get them all cooked by lunch
eon-time this noon.
Youths Companion.