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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
TEN ARRESTS MADE
IN ABBEVILLE RIOT
Sixteen Men Are Charged with
Rioting Following the Killing
OF Negro.

Abbeville, Dec. 4.-Ten arrests
were made this afternoon by Sheriff
Burts in connection with the recent
lynching OF Anthony Crawford, a ne
gro, in Abbeville. Thirty warrants
have been sworn out and are being
served by the sheriff and his deputy.
Sixteen men are charged with riot
ing on Monday afternoon following
the lynching, when a mob visited ev
cry negro establishment in the city
and gave them orders to close up.
Fourteen are charged with compiled
ty in beating up the negro. All o.
the men who were arrested today
were admitted to bail upon the guar
antee of number Of responsible
men. The preliminary will be hello
tomorrow at IL o'clock.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
CLERKS SALES.

fairly good crowd of peopIe
were in town yesterday. 1t being
salesday the clerk of the court dis
posed of some valuable real estate
all OF which brought good prices.
In the case of Henry G. McIlwain
ct al. plaintiff VS.. Walter Q. Nell
vain and others, 1O2 "a acres in
Pleasant Hill township, was bid in
by John T. Green. attorney, at SIS
per acre.
In the foreclosure case of S. joyce
clark Williams VS.. r. l.. Lyles,
So 1-2 acres in Pleasant Hill
township, was bid in by Enterprise
Mercantile Co., for 1880.
Twenty (29) acres was bid off by
w. P. Robinson, attorney, for s42O.
In case of T. w. McNeely, plain
tiff VS.. Kate Funderhurk ct al, $50
acres in Buford township, was bid
in by III. Hines, attorney, for $1,000.
In case of the Monroe Insurance
and Investment Co.. plaintiff, VS.. J.
M. Carnes ct al, SO acres in Buford
township was bid in by the plaintiff
for S1,255.
In the case of Julia w. Porter ct
al, plaintiff, VS.. Leila Porter and
others, 206 acres in Cedar Creek
township was bid in by w. p. Rob-
inson, attorney, for s7OO Eight and
one-half (S 1-2) acres near town Of
Heath Springs, was bid in by w. p.
Robinson, attorney, for s17OO.
In case of Walter White ct al,
plaintiffs, vs.. James r. White ct al.
215 acres in Buford township was
bid in by r. G. McManus for s1275.
In the case of Martha R. McCar-
dell. plaintiff, VS.. James s. McCar-
dell ct al, six and one-half &C I-2)
acres on Chesterfield Avenue, was
divided up into lots and bought in
the aggregate $4,000.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
How's This :

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
five years. and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Cetarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Pol
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you will sec a
great Improvement In your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once and got rid OF catarrh. Send
for testimonials. free.
+. J. CHENEY a CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
CAPT. CRAIG GAINS IN WEIGHT
His Company of Big Men Boasts Fine
Quartet

His Company of Big Men Boasts Fine
Quartet.
Among the camp notes in The Co
lumbia Record we find the following
concerning Capt. r. E. Craig, for
merly Of Lancaster but now OF Harts-
Vile:
Capt. Robert E. Craig of the Harts-
vile company says that he has gain
ed in weight since going to the bor-
der. He further states that his men
have gained on the average of 90
pounds. And they were nearly all
big men before they went to Ell Paso.
The Hartsville company has a
quartet that was known all along
the border and made quite a hit in
the cities along the road home when
the troop trains would stop to let the
men stretch their legs. The fete day
Monday will be not full day unless
the public gets to hear Cap'n Bob
Craig and his boys sing "Carolin'."
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
GARRETT LIKELY TO BE NAMED.

Washington, Dec. John w.
Garrett. Of Baltimore. formerly min
lister 10 the Argentine Republic.
probably will be nominated by Presi-
dent Wilson as minister to The
Netherlands to succeed Henry Van
Dyke, resigned.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
Unique Document.


In the American Magazine" Prof.
Charles Downer Hazen tells some
iudicrous incidents Of the Franco
Prussian war. describing a document
that Is q modern curiosity:
Cohesion was lacking. as were num-
bers." he says. MANY generals were
sent to command troops with which
they were entirely unacquainted.
mot only soldiers, but sometimes
generals went sstray. unable to nnd
their places. Have arrived at Bel.
fort telegraphed General Michel on
July n. cant find my brigade; can't
find the general Of the division. What
shall I dot Don't know where my
regiments are This document is prob
ably unique in military records. An
other general hunted for his artillery
staff; another for Q cavalry corps
which did not exist"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
PERSONALS


Mrs. Leroy Springs spent Saturday
in Charlotte.
Mr.. w. Frank Harper spent Sun
day in Columbia.
Mrs. Frank Harper is visiting rela-
tives in Landrum
Mr.. Paul Moore spent Saturday sf-
ternoon in Kershaw.
Hon. Claud N. Sapp spent .Sunda,
and Monday in Lancaster.
Hon. j. c. Massey Of Kershaw
spent yesterday here on business.
Mr. Mark p. Johnson spent Sunday
in Charlotte, his former home
Mr.. A. ], Gregory spent Sunday in
Winston-Salem with Mrs. Gregory.
Mr.. c. X. Crietzberg of Rock Hill
was a visitor in Lancaster Yesterday
Mrs. James McLaurin. will go to
Laurens this week for visit to rela-
tives.
Mrs. NJ. P. Crawford will leave to-
morrow for Valdosta. Ca, to visit
relatives.
Mr.. j. NJ. Carson was among the
Kersfiaw visitors in Lancaster yes
terday.
Mr.. James H. Hamel, editor of The
kershaw Era, was visitor in Lam
caster yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. Montgom~
cry were the weekend guests of Col
and Mrs. Leroy Springs.
Capt. ID. E. Penny was visitor
here today and his friends were glad
to see him in Lancaster again.
Miss Eva Hough has returned from
Rock Hill, where she spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with her sis
ter Mrs. E. E. Cloud
Mr.. j. Crawford Sistare Of River
side spent Thanksgiving in Due
West with his sister, Miss Margie
Sistare, who is a student in the
Women's College. there.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Greene and
daughters. Misses Corrie, Lettie, AL
leen and Gilbert. spent Sunday with
Mr.. Greenes parents, Capt. and Mrs
A. II. Greene.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Boykin and
children Of Charlotte, who have
been visiting Mrs. Boykin's parents,
Judge and Mrs. Ira b. Jones, re-
turned home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Sapp, who
were recently married in Charlotte,
nave IeluIueu lIOm lnelT "tuulnS
trip and are with Mrs. B. F. Peoples
at 909 Sumter street.-Columbia
Record.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. E. Cloud had as
their guests during the Thanksgiving
season, the latter's mother and sis
ters, Mrs. f. A. Hough and Misses
Eva, Nell and Inez Hough of Ian
caster.-Rock Hill Record.
Mrs. j. ]. Hammer. who has been
with her daughter. Mrs. M. S. With
erspoon, for several months past, left
yesterday for Hartsville. where she
will spend a while with her other
daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Manship.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
SHORT NEVIS gB

Rev. w. III. Stevenson OF Due West
will preach at Shiloh Saturday morn
ing at IL o'clock and also Sabbath
morning.
The Lancaster Chapter, U. ID. c.,
will meet Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. w.
p. Davis.
There will be a basket supper at
Tradesville school house Friday
night, December 8. The public is cor
daily invited.
There will be box supper at Jack
sonham school house Friday night
December 8, and the public is cor
daily invited to attend
There will be a Measuring Party
at Fork Hill school house Wednesday
night, December 6. The public is in
vited to be present on this occasion
The Civic League will meet Wednes-
day, December 6, at p. M, in the
assembly room of the Chamber Of
Commerce, over the Bank of Lancas-
ter.
There will be box supper at Mr..
Miller Simpsons Thursday night.
December z, for the benefit of Her.
mon church. Everybody invited to
attend.
Married by Rev. B. F. Carson at
Antioch Wednesday, November 20,
Miss Henrietta Hunter and Mr.. Ben
Stack, both OF the Tradesville sec
|tion.
A box supper will be held at the
home of w. d. Bowers in the Oak
Ridge section FRAY night, Decem-
ber 8, at 1880 o'clock for the benefit
OF the school.
Mr.. James w. Small and Miss Do
cia Myrtle Self of the Flat Creek sec
tion were married on the evening of
November eth. Notary Public w. F.
Estridge performing the ceremony.
The public is cordially invited to
attend hot supper at the home of
Mr.. A. F. Culp Thursday evening,
December Z, the proceeds of which
will go for the benefit of Bethel
church.
There will be a box supper at
White Bluff school house Thursday,
December Z, beginning at 1880 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
come. The proceeds are to be used
for painting the school house.
Miss Irene Bennett. daughter of
Mr.. b. II. Bennett of the Jones Cross
Roads section, has accepted a posi-
tion with the j. T. Wylie Company
and is now at her post of duty
where she will be glad to see her
friends.
Col. T. Y. Williams returned Sun
day from Baltimore. where he has
been undergoing treatment at the
Johns Hopkins hospital. His many
friends will be glad to know that he
il improving and hope that he will
soon be restored completely to health
and strength.
Six new model Packard s''Twip-
Six" cars have recently been sold in
Lancaster countyJby the Gibbes Ma
chinery Company OF Columbia. The
purchasers are Col. Leroy Springs,
Mr.. NJ. G. Brittain. Mr.. C. d. Jones,
Mr.. r. B. Mackey, Mr. T. j. Mosfel
and Mr.. John T. Stevens of Kershaw.
Rev. w. w. Ratchford was a pleas
ant caller at The News office yester-
day. This venerable minister Is no,
a very frequent visitor in Lancaster.
He comes here only about twice a
year. But he has many friends in
Lancaster who are always glad to
see him and who wish he would come
oftener.
The two large storerooms, built by
Mr.. r. r. Riddle on his lot on North
Main street, have been finished and
Mr.. Riddle has moved his general
grocery business into one. while the
other has been rented to Mr.. George
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
TO ASK MORE MONEY.
Asquith Will Call for Two Million
Dollars.

London, Dec. 4-The new vote OF
credit which the premier will ask the
house of commons to agree to on
Thursday will be for 4O0,0OO,OOO
pounds. This would bring the total
for 1916 up to 1,75O, ,OOO.O pounds.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-12-05
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria, ,enrches the blood and builds up the sys
tenn. A true tonic. For adults and children SOC
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
STATE NEWS NOTES,
Early Vermont History.

In the regular meeting of the Metho-
dist brotherhood Friday evening in St.
Johnsbury, Arthur F. Stone gave the
story OF Matthew Lyon, Vermont $
lighting congressman. who had re-
markahle public career over 100 wears
ago and after representing Vermont in
Congress was chosen representative
from Kentucky and was also nominated
by the president the territorial dele
gate to Congress from Arkansas. II
was Lyon 5 vote in 1900 that broke the
tie IN the house in the presidential cleo
ton and made Jefferson our president
instead Of Burr, this being the only
time IN our political history when Yer
mont was the pivotal state. Previous
TO giving this story Mr.. Stone spoke of
the steamboat lines on the Connecticut
river from 1880 to 1910 when steamers
ran fromsWells River to Hartford. Conn.
and exhibited a strip of ickets issued
IN 1881. each good for % miles. now
owned by Mrs G. H. Merrill.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
BOY HEAD
OF n. X. FAIRBANK co.
In Thirty Years j. D. Lewis Rises to the
Control of Interests Worth
S15OOOO,OOO.

NEW YORK. Dee l9.-Thirty years
ago the \. X Faifbanz company Of
Chicago hired an Office boy, a plump
bright eyed little chap who walked into
the office as if he owned the concern
Last Thursday in this city the company
and subsidiary corporations hired a
new president. 1t was the Office boy
grown up. His name is Joseph Dixon
Lewis and the story of his rise to the
top is one Of the best examples of get
ahcad-ativenesS that the American boy
has ever shown.
Mr.. Lewis, now the head of the \. X.
Fairbank company, the American Cot
ton Oil company and the Union Seed
and Fertilizer company, with total
capitalization of $50, 900, will live
in this city after about the middle of
February, transferring office and home
from Chicago. lie offers no particular
formula for such rapid success as his.
but his associates i'll the company say
they understand why he Travelled so
fast. Whatever Job he tackled he
worked at as if the n X. Fairbanll com
pany was his own special private prop
erty, as if the fate Of the concern do
pended upon that particular task.
In his thirty years with the concern
SIr, Lewis made just one complaint.
has friends say. That was that the of
fee chiefs wouldn't let him work
twelve hours a day He worked from
love of the game. He made it has bust
ness to know all about the siob that was
just a step ahead of his Tie result was
that he pushed ahead rapidly, finally
becoming vice-president and general
manager and at last president by the
unanimous vote of the directors meet.
ing in this city.
His motto, he said the other dav. i,
Rise early, work late, play hard. be
merry, don t worry and be good. > In
Chicago, despite business concentra-
ton, Mr.. Lewis found time to devote
to his wife and eighteen year-o!d son
to be active in club circles, especially
in the Chicago Athletic club, where he
is champion handball player and
swimmer; i'll the Twe1ve-Thirtv club
made up of Fairbank officials, advcrtis
ing men and newspaper men. and in
numerous other social activities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
RADIUM NOT CANCER CURE.
Croker Research Has Come to That
Conclusion

NEW YORK, Dee 49, IT. After ex-
haustive tests on rats, mice and guinea
pigs, the use Of radium as a cure for
SANGER and tumofs has been found TO be
"a failure, according to the annual re
port of DR.. Francis Carter Wood. head
Of the Croker cancer research fund
of Columbia university. For eases on
which operation is not possible, radium
IS successful as a palliative only, the
report states.
1T is mquestionablv possible to pro
long life in few instances, Dr.. Wood
says, ''and to make the patients more
comfortable by the iudicious and intelli.
gent employment OF large quantities OF
radlum. On the other hand it is equal
ly certain that the use of small quaint
ties, say 20 to 30 milligrams of radium
element, often results in a rapid exten.
sion of the tumor, so that the patient 5
condition is worse than if he had been
left alone
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
II AMERICANS
LOST ON TRANSPORT
Vessel Was Sunk by a Sub
marine in the Mediter-
ranean Dec. 18th
ELEVEN OF CREW
WERE ALSO KILLED
Names of the Men from This Country
Have Not Been Ascertained - Were
Employed as Muleteers = Steamer
Was En- Route to Alexandria, Egypt.

LONDON, Dee 20.-Seventeen Amer
lean muleteers and IL of the crew of
the British horse transport ship Rus
sian were killed when the ship was
sunk by submarine in the Mediter-
ranean on December II. The British
admiralty makes the announcement as
follows:
THE empty westbound British
horse transport ship Russian was sunk
by u submarine in the Mediterranean
ON the 18th. Eleven of the crew were
killed, including the chief officer, the
first officer, and the second officer Al
so Il. American muleteers were lsilled.
TheiE names ihave been COMMUNICATED
to the Ameriean Consul - n
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19

IN japanese hands, provided arrange
ments favorable to japanese trade and
enterprise can be made, but never
would approve its again becoming a
German colony
Japan S purpose in joining in the war
was to drive the German menace from
Asia. This represents retribution
for the part the kaiser played in rob
bing Japan of the fruits of the war
with China. japanese are willing
enough to call the account squared, but
this implies the present status in the
Orient, not the before-the-war status.
For the same reasons Japan will not
consent to the restoration Of other
German holdings in the Pacific in the
taking of which she was largely instru-
mental.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
Barre To Have Military Company.

Satisfactory progress has been made
toward the formation of military
band IN Barre TO be a part of the head
quarters company of the Vermont Ma
tlonal Guard; aud action has been
taken also toward the organization of
the other tive departments of the
headquarters company, consisting of a
mounted detachment and non-com-
misSioned staff Section. The outlook is
considered encouraging for the estab-
lishmcnt Of the headquarters company
in Barre.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
JAPAN WILL STICK
BY ENTENTE ALLIES
Consesus of Opinion Is That Prussjan
Militarism Must Be Completely
OVerthrown
Overthrow.

TOXIC, Dee. let is said on the
highest authority that japan will not
entertain thought of peace as long as
restoration Of the ante -bellum status
IS insisted upon by the Berlin govern
ment as basis of settlement, Japan will
stand by her allies in their determine
tion to continue the war until the main
purpose Of overthrowing Prussian mil
itarism is accomplished
., japanese statesmen smile when Ger
many demand for the restoration of
Kiaochou is not considered posi-
bility in this country, and Kiao-chou
was the colony of which Germans boast
ed most. Public sentiment in this
country may approve the return to
China of that portion of Shantung now
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE NOTES.
Quarterback Philip Bower Elected Cap
tain Of Football Team.

Philip Bower of Arlington, Mass, a
former Worcester academy star, has
been elected captain Of the Middlebury
college football team for next year.
Bower has played quarterback for two
years on the Middlebury team and was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19

-Four hundred and ten miles of the
main line of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad have been eIcc-
triied, The energy is furnished bv the
Montana Power company and is prae-
tically all hydt6-electric.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19

American farmers are all blown ms
about the fact that 25,00o000 pounds ol
dynamite was used for agricultural pur-
poses in this country last year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
Collections

to
which glad willing The
When the seller
paid
method the
writes the
The draft
until he his
his legal
period
the bill paid within the period allowed
The sellers
In
will
credit
they viii through
presentation If the
due then collect the often
sellers
A draft drawn lat sight returned to the seller
bank unless paid by the buyer
often the seller will of
without which
then instructed to deliver the bill of ladng
draft sometimes only
drafts read On arrival the drawee await the
signed goods before paying the
Through its correspondent banks THE VERMONT
prepared to quickly collect such drafts
Of the world
The VERMONT NATIONAL BANK
Banking Series No &c.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
for the all-Nermont team

picked for the all-Nermont team as
quarterback and captain.
Kenneth Gorbam, is, ut meeting of
the athletic board was elected manager
for next year and Clarence Hamilton,
-, Of Knowlesville, \. Y, assistant
manager of the football team
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19

NEW YORK, Dec. 19-The steamer
Russian, commanded by Captain w. J.
Dickinson, left Newport News Nov. Is
with a cargo of horses for Alexandria,
Egypt. Her crew numbered about l20
men. She was a four-maSted ship of
S,s25 gross tonnage, built by Harland
& Wolff at Belfast in 1895 for the Ley
land Line of Liverpool which is now a
part of the International Mercantile
Marine company. She was SIP feet
long, - feet inches beam, and 81
feet depth of hold.
The Italian steamship Caserta ar
rived yesterday from Genoa and Naples
with so horsamen on board who We're
members of the crew of the American
steamer Colombian, which was sunk by
u German submarine on Nov off the
Spanish coast. They confirmed the re
port sent by cable of the destruction of
their ship. the Norwegian steamer
BALTIC and the Swedish steamer Naring
and of the transfer of the crews of all
three to the Norwegian steamship For
dalen, which landed them on the Span
ish coast i'm lifeboats
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-02-03
COUNTY DEMOCRATS
MET TOGETHER
Plans for the Political
Campaign
Chairman kingsbury b. Piper of Fair
field Presided and Impromptu
Speeches Were in Order

The Democrats of this section re-
sponded we'll to the call of Chairman
Kingsbury b. Piper in assembling
Friday at II a. N. in Municipal Build
ing for their county committee meet
ing. Mr. Piper presided over the de-
liberations and voiced an opening ad-
dress which was permeated with po-
litical faithfulness to President Will
son and his policies, Governor Curtis
and his regime, uncriticised even by
the Republican party and Senator
Johnson and his activities. Senator
VIM. NJ Osborne of Pittsfield an
nounced himself as a candidate for
no office, for the first time in six
years, but as having more interest in
the outcome of the next campaign
cracy should be turned down it would
be a blow not to be soon recovered
from. Silas Lawry of Fairfield, a
member of the Governors Council
spoke briefly upon pertinent questions
relative to the situation and compli
mented Clyde H. Smith, the chairman
of Woman's Reformatory Commission
upon his successful efforts in locating
the Repormatory in this town. At
torney H. H. Thurlough of Pittstield
urged immediate work on the cam
paign and Col. w. r. G. Estes in his
for Democracy. Nearly every other
Democrat present expressed them
selves regarding the situation prior to
adjournment for dinner The after
noon session was not a long one, the
visiting members, many of them leay-
ing on the afternoon train. but Hon.
John +. Bunker had time to offer one
of his stirring little speeches while
the committee voted TO hold a Jeffer
son Banquet in Skowhegan on the
evening of April 13. 1t was certainly
an enthusiastic get-together meeting
the most interesting features was the
discussion of future candidates. the
expiration of the Probate Judges
term, the county attorney and county
treasurer's term being among those
commented upon with especial inter
est, beside the legislative offices.
Among the out-of-town men in at
tendance not including those already
mentioned were J. Howard Haley,
Postmaster. f. A. Webber, DR.. c. f.
Norcross and Fred S. Burrill of Hart
land; A. f. Dongan, Bingham;
Ernest Hilton, Starks; X. V. Brown,
Esq. Bingham; R. S. McKenney,
Madison and James Logario, Pitts
field