Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-30
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

session In chicago.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Former Governor Manning and
wife arrived in New York Tuesday on
return from abroad.
Chester, May 81: The Rev. John
C.. Roper, centenary secretary OF up
per South Carolina Methodist Eplsco-
nal Conference, tonight said that the
latest report from the drive shows
that s1,227,S21 on an allotment or
s946. 900 has been raised, making an
oyersubscription of approximately
$2S2,000.
Columbia State, Thursday: When
the Jewish Welfare Board asked Au-
gust Kohn to act as state chairman II
also asked him to raise 100000 In
South Carolina for the suffering Jews
in Europe, the money to be paid In
cash during the current year. Yester-
day Mr.. Kohn sent to headquarters
check for sos, 900, has left some mon
ey in the bank and many pledges 10 De
collected. The quota for Columbia was
$4,000 and $4,000 was SUBSCRIBED
about 80 per cent of 1t being In cash.
Greenville, May 81: DR.. w: j: NC
Glothlin who holds the chair OF church
history at the Southern Baptlst Iheo-
logical Seminary, Nashville, Tenn, to-
day was elected president of Furman
University by the board of trustees.
DIR. McGlothin announced at lunch
con of the Rotary Club, given today
in his honor that he would accept
the presidency and will enter upon
his new duties at the beginning OF
the next session. A movement was
started to provide Furman with
gymnasium to cost $4,000, and J. w;
Norwood announced that he would
give $5O,000 provided $50.OOO addltlon,
al were raised. This additional
amount would be raised, it was assur-
ed tonight. DR.. McGlothlin has been
associated with the Southern Baptlst
Theological Seminary for a number OF
wears and is one of the most promln-
ent Baptists in the South. He was re-
Gently offered the secretaryshlp OF tne
Southern Baptist convention. He Will
succeed DR.. E. NJ. Poteat, who resigned
about a year ago to go on the lecture
platform for the Baptist church WIN
headquarters in New York. DIR. >. 4.
Bradshaw has been acting president.
Anderson Daily Mail Wednesday:
On it's allotment of $946,OO0 the upper
South Carolina Methodist Episcopal
conference has subscribed total OF
LIZ i.
scription of something like $2S2,OOO.
The above yacts were contained in
statement issued last night by the
Rev. j. G. Roper, centenary secretary
of the upper conference.
Clemson college, May 2S: New
berry county shipped 11S hogs by CO..
operative shipment through County
Agent T. NJ. Mills on Tuesday, May
20, the first shipment OF hogs ever
made from Newberry county. An.
nouncements had been made several
weeks ago by the county agent that
the shipment would be made on the
2Oth. and 3S farmers brought in hogs
which weighed a total Of 24,190 pounds.
The hogs were graded by L. G. Madi-
son Of the Animal Husbandry division
of the. extension service, and buyers
who had come to bid upon the hogs
were allowed to make their bids. The
sale was made on the ground to an
Orangeburg broker and commission
merchant, since his bid compared
favorably with prices on the R1ch-
mond market to which 1t had peen
planned the shipment would be MADE.
Prices received were 17.2S cents 1or
first grade, 1925 cents for second
grade, and 1926 cents for third grade
There were 69 grade one hogs in the
lot. The total cash received for the
sale amounted to s4O1SsO. Other ship
ments will be made from the county In
the fall. County Agent Mills says,
There is a large number of surplus
pigs and shotes in Newberry county,
and the cooperative sale solved the
market problem so that farmers VIII
not hesitate to grow them out.
Columbia May 2S: Shooting IL
times from two revolvers, every shot
taking effect, Eugene Lancaster, traf-
fc policeman of this city, this after
noon about o'clock instantly killed
his wife, Mrs. Arrie Lancaster, and the
the companion with whom she was
riding in an automobile, Newton Lo-
rick, a farmer of the Dutch Fork
section of Richland county. At the
police department it is said that Ian
caster and his wife were not the most
congenial of companies, and 1t is alleged
that the woman had been receiving at
tention from Lorick, who was an un-
married man. Today Lancaster went
to the Columbia side Of the Gervais
street bridge crossing the Congaree
river, and is said to have waited on his
wife and Lorick, who were riding In
Lexington county. When the couple
reached this side of the river, Ian
caster opened fire on them. He emp
tied one revolver and fired five shots
out of the other. Both were automatic
3S caliber specials" shooting six
rounds. Six Of the balls entered the
the body of Lorick, one penetrating
both legs and the side of the automo-
bile, and five struck that OF Mrs. Ian
ment. 1t was running when Ian
caster. They died Immediately. The
car swerved out of the street and
nearly rolled down a 15-foot embank-
caster fired the IL shots. Lancaster,
who has been on the police force here
for number of years and is very
popular. had his left leg broken in two
places about seven weeks ago. and to-
day it was bound up and he was on
crutches. There are two conflicting
versions as to how he did the shoot
ing One is that he was in an auto
mobile when he saw the car approach
ing with his wife and Lorick and he
stepped out and started firing at the
couple that he fell down, got up and
recommended firing. Another is that
he jumped on the running board of
the machine and killed the couple.
When the machine stopped the body
of Mrs. Lancaster was hanging over
the door on the right side of the car
and that of Lorick had slumped
over on the seat behind the dead wo-
man. The couple occupied the front
seat of q touring car. Lancaster did
not try to escape. but awaited the
coming OF the Chief of police Richard
son and Sheriff Mccain. He was con-
siderably broken up over the deed and
before he was taken from the scene he
was sobbing. crying out and talking
incoherently. "Oh, my God, what
made me do it," he is alleged to have
cried. His constant thought was fol