"The Free Lance" Issue: July 3, 1903 WELLFORD WRINKLES [June 28] --Among the visitors to our town this week are Miss Macy DABARD who is visiting Mrs. ROBERTS, Mrs. Dr. H.R. BLACK, Clyde BALLARD of Greers, Mr. and Mrs. Eber JOHNSON, and Mrs. Tom HILL of Greers. --Mrs. Lillie WINGO and children are visiting her mother in Laurens. RICH REPORTS [June 30] --Mrs. P.C. HENNINGSEN has been quite sick for some time. --Miss Annie WEST recently visited relatives at Pauline. --Miss Irene FOSTER visited Miss Minnie FRIERSON at Pacolet, last Saturday. --Miss Bessie BALLENGER of Gaffney has returned to her home after staying several days here. Mrs. Fannie MURPH and children went with her to stay a few weeks in that city. Edward O. DEAN of This City Edward O. DEAN, a Spartanburg boy, now a member of the staff of the Norfolk Virginian Pilot is spending his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. DEAN on East Main street. Mr. DEAN has risen rapidly in the newspaper world since leaving this city a few years ago and by his unusual talent made his services in demand by newspapers in several of the large cities of the south. Miss JEFFRIES BURNED News came from Yorkville today that Miss Ossie JEFFRIES of this city who is visiting friends there was seriously burned yesterday by the explosion of a flash light. Her father, J.F. JEFFRIES, went to Yorkville as soon as the news was received. No further particulars of the accident were obtainable today, but many friends of Miss JEFFRIES hope soon to receive better news. POINTS FROM NEW PROSPECT: [June 28] --R.V. McMILLIN has moved his corn mill, up near his cotton gin and will run them both by steam. --Jesse, son of W.A. McMILLIN is quite ill with typhoid fever. With that exception the health of our vicinity is very good. --Misses Mousie ALVERSON and Eunice CARSON will leave this morning for Atlanta, where they will visit relatives. --Willie McMILLIN will begin threshing wheat this week. LYNCHED AT NORWAY Columbia, July 1-The governor received a telegram today from the magistrate at Norway on the Seaboard in Orangeburg County saying that a mob last night had broken into the guard house and taken Charles EVANS, a Negro and lynched him, hanging him and afterwards riddling his body with bullets. EVANS had been arrested for assassinating John T. PHILLIPS Sunday night while he was sitting in his house. Three others were arrested with him, but only EVANS was lynched. He had a very bad reputation. A report reached here this morning that there was rioting at Norway but that the governor has received no confirmation of the story and it is supposed to have originated in the lynching. A telegram from Norway says everything is quiet. Mr. PHILLIPS, on account of whom the lynching occurred is not dead, but has a ball in his brain. CAUGHT AFTER A WHOLE YEAR --T.F. DONNAHUE, a white man of this city, has come to grief after escaping justice for a whole year. About 12 months ago, according to the evidence produced, DONNAHUE stole one dollar from an old woman and succeeded in escaping the hands of the law until yesterday when Officer BATES spied his man and proceeded to arrest him. DONNAHUE was fined $10 in the mayor's court and in default of paying his fine was sent to jail. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Most of the morning was spent over the suit of Martha DAVIS against John M. SMITH for a bale of cotton alleged to be rent cotton. J.C. OTTS of Gaffney appears for the plaintiff while the defendant is represented by BUTLER & OSBORNE of the same place. free post Lisa