TKE LEJSEB :
THDRLOW S. CARTliR,
KDll'OK AND MANAUKU.
?8StTKI? WBDNKSDAY AND SATIIKllAY
SVJlist?IllIM'ION Vi I?1CI' YEAH :
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Lancaster S. C. Sept. D, 11105. ]
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FltiUKKS ANI> FACTS
Much ado has been made as to r
how much abolishing the dispell- t
sary will increase the taxes of the t
tax-payers of Lancaster county, j
Much has also been said as to the t
effect it would have on the terms t
of the public schools. The un- f
thinking man can perhaps be ,
duped into voting to retain an institution
in our county which is
taking the bread out of the
mouths of helpless mothers and
children, that is placing the great?
i '
t?i iwuipuuuMi uciorc our men ^
and boys, in short, that is the (
greatest agency the devil has on
earth, but the calculating man
will not gulp down any and every "
statement he hears. If he be a
Christian or a professing Chrisi
tian, interested in the elevation of
his fellowman, in the building up ^
of a Christian citizenship, then ,
figures one way or the other, will
have no weight with him. Dollars
cannot sway such a one from
the plain path of his Christian
duty. Bribes or graft in the way
of reduction of his taxes will
weigh naught with such a man.
But, there is a calculating class J
?men who count the cost, and it .
is this class to which we submit .
the following comparison of figures
taken from the tax duplicates C
s
of 1891, the year before the disI
pensory was established, and
1904, the year just ended, from !
which it will be seen that taxes
r
were much lower before the adc
vent of the dispensary than they
are now. The questions for these
calculating men to consider are,
were not affairs more economicals
ly administered then, than now?
Does revenue derived from the C
sale of whiskey promote economy
or encourage extravagance in the j
administration of public affairs?
Perhaps these figures will aid him ^
in reaching conclusion*
S(
1891.
The Abstract of Duplicate for
Lancaster county for 1891 shows u
the total taxable property to have 0
been $2,320,380?or $373,445
less than in 1904; the State levy
to have been 4 y, mills?]/. S
mill less than in 1904; the levy i'1
for ordinary county purposes 3 tc
mills?1 y. mills less than in tc
1904; for poor house and poor I di
mill?a tax which is not levied
separate now but is included in p
the ordinary county; the consti- j
tutional 2 mill, the poll, the spccial
railroad tax and a 4 mill special
levy for the graded school ^
constituted all the, taxes, which g'
aggrcg'itcd $36.413 99Itemized,
the amounts raised ^
were as follows:
State tax, $10,441.71
Ordinary county, 6,961.14
For poor house and
poor, 2,320.3s ?
Constitutional School, ni
2 mills, 4,040.76
Graded school, 1,683.40 a
Polls, 2,706.00 rc
Including the special tax for in- th
terest on K. R. bonds the total was sc
$36,413.99. Jt;
1904. pc
The Abstract of Duplicate for r(>
1904 shows the total taxable property
to have been $2,693,82S ?
$373,445 more than in 1891,
yet the levies have increased all
along the line. The State levy (j
last year was 5 nulls, and the or- i);
dinary county 4 1-2 mills, and the j,,
constitutional school tax 3 mills.
Itemized, taxes charged last year ^
were as follows: kj
State tax, $13,469.12 ti
Ordinary county, 12,122.20
"nnstitutional ?chool.
5 mills, 8,081.47
Special and local schools, 6,920.18
Polls, 3,309.00
Including special tax for interest
on K. R. bonds the total taxes
-.harmed to the county was $59.528.03?or
$22,814 04 more than
or the year 1 891 ending Nov. 30,
1892. So it is evident from the
igures that the dispensary has
lot reduced taxes, but, in round
lumbers, we arc paying $22,000.
liorc taxes per annum in Lancascr
county now than we paid the
,'car before the dispensary was
'stablished. In addition to this
he county gets $6,000. or more
rom the dispensary profits.
A' 11 K K1THE SCHOOL MoNKY
COMKS FROM.
There is a hue and cry as to
ivhat will become of the public
schools when the dispensary is
/oted out of Lancaster county.
Inquiry of Mr. Rowell, the ex5upt.
of Education, elicits the
fact that the amount received last
^car from the dispensary fund by
'.lie schools of this county was
sixty cents per scholar. I low
many schools in the county will
:losc or shorten their terms for
;he loss of 60 cents per scholar?
Where does the money come
rom which supports the schools
low? A glance at the figures
ibove will show. In 1901 the
:otal taxes for all school purposes
imountcd to $6,324.16. .Last
car the total taxes for school
"uirposcs were $15.001.03?neary
$9,000. more than in 1891. It
s the special levies being made
11 school districts throughout the
:outity that is building up good
chools all over the county and
lot the pitiful sum of 60 cents per
Liinum per scholar that is doing
t. The sober, intelligent, progressive
citizens of our country
ommunities are doing what they
an to build up a healthy moral
,nd religious sentiment in the
ninds and hearts of the young by
upporting good schools and
hurches in their midst. It is
liese progressive men who by
pecial tax levies and individual
dp, and not the 60 cents per
cholar which comes from the
ispensary that gives you full
cliool terms.
We have said enrmrrb All
?-..b... - ?? w
esire is that you study the figres
and facts and reach your
\vn conclusion*.
"I do not hesitate to say," says
cnator Tillman, "that I can find
i the bible a dozen or two dozen
xts recognizing the use ofliquor
> where you can find one that
iscourages it or denounces it."
We doubt not also that Senator
illman could find a dozen men
hell who recognized the use of
rjuor to one who denounced it.
he proposition may be even
eater. We have no definite
atistics on the subject?Keowee
otirier.
Contempt of Court.
Raleigh, N. C., September 6.
-The Supreme Court today dc
cd the application of Ex-Mayor (
cCown, of Durham, N. C., for
writ of habeas corpus, and dieted
that lie serve the term fof ,
irty days in jail to which he was j
ntenced for cursing and striking
idge George Ward, of the Suuior
Court, because the Judge
fused to increase the sentence
a negro who had killed Mcown
s brother-in-law.
1). Kinloch knocked Wm. <
rayer in t'ne head with a base- I
ill bat Sunday morning in a dis- j
ite about 2 cents in a crap game
the "Eight Mile Store" on the <
outhern in Charleston county, !
illing him instantly. Both par- i
es arc colored.
11 Cents is the Demand.
;
Minimum Price Fixed for the Cotton
Crop?Estimated Production
8,588,133 Bales.
Ashevillc, Sept. 7.? The
Southern Cotton Growers' Association,
in convention at Kenilworth
Inn, to-night established a
minimum price of 1 1 cents for the
incoming cotton crop. This action
was reached after a four hours,
stuggle in the minimum price
committee's room this afternoon,
and a joint secret conference of
the committee and the general 1
committee to-night.
The summary of the cotton
crop of 1905-1906 as reported by
the statistical c mimittcc of the
Southern Cotton Growers' Association,
to-day, is as follows; Production,
9,588,1 38 bales; percentage
of condition as compared with
last year, 73.3, and as compared
with the government's estimate
of 72.1. The yield is regarded as
exceedingly small, as from ten to
ten and a half million bales wre
expected.
fl'i - - - - -
i no estimated yield of States'
of the crop of 1905-1906, and the
percentage of condition as reported
by the statistical committee is
as follows:
Hales. Pc. of con.
Alabama 1,021,639 74
Arkansas 619,466 7?
Florida 54,019 69
Georgia 1,361,180 73
Indian Tei. #'5,522 78
Louisiana 656,952 58
North Car. 530,064 77
Oklahoma 307,602 86
South Car. 791,697 73
Tennessee 242,202 75
Texas 2,382,762 74
Mississippi 1,204,978 70
Miscclla 50,050 65
The Effort to Prevent the Closing
of the Union Dispensaries Contin
ucs.
Special to News and Courier.
Union. September 6.?The dispensary
lij'.it continues to agitate
the public mind Several moves
in the game were made today.
The dispensary's attorneys appealed
to Judge Townsend for an order
staying the one he issued yesterday
until the case could be appealed
to the Supreme Court.
This was promptly refused, where
upon the dispensaryitcs closed
their doors again and have kept
them closed, but opened them
during today.
Meantime notice of appeal had
been served on the board of control
under threat of mandamus pro(
ceedings, and it had ordered the
dispensaries closed. On top of
flllC tVvx. -lf *
. ? mv nnuiiit|5 j^avc nonce oi
appeal from Judge Townsend's
order.
Notice was this afternoon served
on the board of control that, (
unless it should at once take ^
:harge and control of all liquors
in the hands of the various dis- e
pensaries in this town, as it is the s
board's duty to do, application I
for mandamus to compel the per- '
formancc of this would be made, j
This morning the dispensaries c
were closed, but later in the day [
heir doors were thrown open. 1
\To sales were made, however.
Messrs Boyd Kvans and Law- ^
;on Melton have been here today
n the interest of their clients. a
['our Deaths out of Nine Cases of ^
P
Typhoid in One Family. t
3or. of the Batesburg Advocate. ^
Yesterday evening Mrs. J. J.
floatwright died from this same h
liscasc, typhoid fever. Two of 1<
icr children have already ?one
before and one more,
Uiss Grace, died todaj', Thurs- V
lay. Mrs. Boatwright will be
mried this afternoon at Hall '
Cemetery at this place. Mrs.
Boatwright was a devoted wife
nn<! mother and beloved bv b
v\ 1 n? knew her. She was a coi
sisicnt member of the church an
v ill be sadly missed by the churc
and especially by her devote
husband and little children.
Mr Boatwright has lost thre
children and his wife within tli
last two week from typhoid fe\
er. Another child is now sick
and five, having had the discas*
arc now up and getting well.
Farmers In The Saddle.
From the Sumter Item.
The anxiety of the cotton mi
men to help the Southern Cotto
Growers' Association in fixin
the price of cotton is the mo*
significant tiibute to the strengtl
of the Association's position thn
the organization has yet received
Heretofore the spinners and oper
ators arrogated to themselves ful
power to fix the price of cottoi
from day to day, and they neve
once permitted the cotton grow
ers to enter into their considera
tions. The cotton growers hud t*
accept the price they offered fo
their cotton or not sell it at all
Last year this time the cottoi
spinners and the speculators, c
whom Mr. Theodore II. Price i
a leading figure, were laughinj
at the farmers and their propose*
Association to regulate the pric
of cotton. Hut the demonstrate*
power of the Association ha
brought about a wonderful chang
in their attitude in the brief spac
of twelve months. The farmer
are in the saddle now and if the;
will stick together and use thei
power wisely they can continu
to fix the price of cotton for year
to come. The whole secret lie
in not producing sufficient to glu
the market of the world and i
not marketing the entire croi
within ninety days to four month
from the.time the harvest seasoi
opens.
LotrortoJ. F. WSackov
Lancaster, S. C.
Dear Sir: Would you lik
to he<ir of a 20 year paint ?
Mr. James A. O'Neil's house
Henderson, N. C., was paiute*
20 years ago with Devon load
and-zinc, and never painte*
again till hpit year ; it then look
ed better than common paint 11
half that time.
The ruason is: Davoe is al
paint and true paint ; while th
common paints are part true an<
part false. Don't pay to tnonke;
with paint.
And Dovoe costs less than nn*
af 'em ; not by the gallon, o
jourse ; by the house and year
That's how to reckon it G > bi
iho name.
Yours truly,
54 F. W. DkvorA Co.
Lancaster Mercantile Co. sjlli
mr paint.
No. 7858.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Dffice Comptroller of the Currenc)
Washington, D. C., Aug. 4, 1905.
WHEREAS, by sutisfuctorj
:vidcnce presented to the under
igncd, it has been made to ap>ear
that "The First Nationa
5 ink of Lancaster", in the Towr
ifLancastcr, in lhe County ol
.ancaster and State <>f South Car
>lina, has complied with all the
>rqvi"ions of the Statutes of the
Jllited States, reritiii-ed tr?
omplicd with befoie an assooiak
n shall bo auth'-rized to comrience
the bosh ess of Bankinff;
,NOWTUKUKl-ORK I, Thorn
s P. Kant1, Deputy and Acting
Comptroller of the Currency, do
icreby certify that "The hirst
Nation si Bank of Lancaster in
he Town of Lancaster, in the
County of Lancaster and State ?>I
>oulh Carolina, is authorized ot
ommcnce the business of Banking
s provided tn Sec'ion Fifty one
tindred and sixty nine of the
Revised Statutes of the United
jlates.
IN TESTIMONY WHEKKOF
,-itness my hand and Seal of offie
thisFourth day of Align t, 190a.
. T. P. Kane,
I)eputy ai d Ac in ;
Comptroller of the Currency.
O-io-'os.
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ill W?l! th - y
il Special t<> I he St.it*'.
I' Newbctiy, Sept. 6.? Dispense!
(1 Chappel, when seen by the correspondent
of The State, stated
c he would close the dispensary inn
,e mediately upon receipt of official
notice ot the recent election.
Bridges lo Let.
I v\i|i Ift a contract to build
a tic w bridge ? vor I* wot' Camp
O ?ck on iho Hrmvi'h Ken y toad
to tho low?>t i < sp< m tit' do ! idder
^ on Tluisda\ Sept. -1st, k?t 10
o'clock, a*, in ,\!>n oi o over tu^
n Canip CiceU on what is known in*
b th (jicfii phieo. on the same daN
,t at 3 o'clock, p in. Specifications
h to Le U'i. wii at j 1 tee i f letting,
{ res? r\ itio i h?- ii.jt!t to reject any
ami all in '-.
M C. (J A HON KB,
* Sept. 8, I'dPh. Co. Slip'-.
' wi ! ! xai-"- .-gae->
Notice of Discharge
, - - w
Nut it O is 1 n-! ? I V given t hilt ill:
- r
the 3I da* nf September, 15)05,
tlx* ?'. ?)? r-ijri ?'1 n< Admincstiutoi
' of the eda e uI tn N MoMut t a\
1 deceased w ill iit'iI;<> his finu! retti!*i
. it ltd si l1. leu on', :i"ii murfe applies
n tlolt io til' 1': ?11 ivt' Colli'I of .La IIif
caster count v> *"> 1 for a Ii ??'
s diseh-it ??e lis Midi Adaiiuisti h'oi
t ,1. M Mi-Mii:- siv,
J A ' r r; i ' < i .
t-' 1 )atill A ugud
Notice of Dlsciiargv. '
e
e Notice is hereby ;i -vt that on
s the 20ih da\ . i t 15)05,
y the undersign*. ;? > d ian of
Kssie I. Stover i t Mi- F-ste
c Morley, will teak* h s final
s return a n (I selih men!, ? n <i
s make application to tin* I "rebate
t Court of Lunca-lev county, S. C.,
n for n fijnil discharge as such Gurp
dian.
s W V. Stover,
n ( J oat ilma.
Dated Aug 2Ct i. 1905 .
Notice to Debtors and C litoi
of J. Wren Tillman.
e
.\ ! 1 |K-rs<?t s || ? llfj ukiil' 8 il '.Mill-l
iliO'ROiti' <>I I. Wieo Ti h-nap. Ui* eie,
i :t, will pif? iu tlu-m properly prmeu
' toih:*. in ili-ii trm it lb |-a. tin n ; i.d
ll itli |> 'i-so: s ii.iti'ti f?) to h s ;i ! f iat
, wiil in ike lin ini'iuM' p.i\ill-lit in p.i
same.
[J H < in niuK'h am
J. M. Vyilcr,
Allot iiiistiiiuuM
n Au?r. 30. S wU.
, Notice of Discharge.
e Notice is hereby given that cm
^ the 30th day of September, 1905,
the undersigned as Administrator
^ of the estate of Nannie C. Vanhiudinghnni
deceased will make his tif
nal return and settlement, and
f make application to the Probate
Court of Lancaster county, S. P.,
for a fin id discharge us such A<1'
niinistrati r.
\Y. ,1 ('unningham, Admr.
Dated August .'30th, 1905.
8 Bridge to Let.
1 will re-let iho contract to
build a new bridge to the lowed
responsible bidder over Bear Creek
on the Potter road, neat Mr.
Ilttssel Barton's, on Friday the
; 15th day of Sept., 1905, reserving
the right to reject any and nil bids
r M. C. Gardner,
Co. Supev.
Vug 30th 1905
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[NEW All Over
Get it from your druggist, or write I
for freo sample bottle. Don't delay. |
CbockernModictno Oo Wlnwton-KnW'ir. N C-1
or ? ! i< n-f vm ti t1* of kit in' \
, v <i dor by lakii:^
K <!r?'-v < !i!
I Futi<l< i l?r>'tit U I hi.niinn ,
( O K*i>haw. S.
Iiu\lii - c-?nd\ frr-.li from
1?* I' c'ih v. .1. H. Muckoiell.
| <;HKATLV IN Dli IAiND
Nut ini: i- mote in demand than
u medicine which meets modern
requirement* for n hluod and
vystoni cleanser, Mich as Dr.
Kind's Nhw Ijif?> IMIIr. Thev nio
just what you need tu cute e!?ni<
u li and liver troubles. Try them.
At Crawford !Jros% .! F Mnckoy
?Sc ('o's-ini Funderhurk IMmrmacy,
<li store, 2i>c,guaranteed.
i BUY LAND!
Good Land, Better
Land, Best Land.
(irnixl Opportunity to Boy Land
Near the Town of Lancaster.
Acre,
(Jeope K KtJ^w^on pla* o at Kigin.
Welt impiovcd MX-lioi>e farm in
n!;ivtion All nveeswry building.'.
? 1,0(0 "IViiuh n asumible.
Acres,
.".A utiles Not Iheist of town, dwelling,
about ei.e inns- iaim nj en for
$?>2n east).
1 SO Acres,
'the Miller ' fa- ton Craven place"
in suburbs of town of (.at caster. Fine
timber, bottom lam's, ami rest in good
state of eu tivatlon Two tinant
hoitsee.
liSG Acres.
The Miller "Cone Crick place." 2j ~~
milts West of town, 11 c In s plantation
in tt.ec'-unty. I.uid li s well ami in
high suite of en ivitioo. Kight or ten
hoise f ?? m o; en A l? tie i f cotton can
be mud l" the acre. (Jond farm houses
1Acres,
The M .tier * Kel'y pl.no " 21 miles
South oft two. is til - that a purchaser
eon hi wish, P< ills for 2,old pontile of
lint. A goon investment at the price.
i:;o Acres.
I'ne Mile^ ' tlooii place," Si mil
sii'e oi < mie (,'reek, 7 miles Notlh if
town. t-Umio fine bottoms on this
place. $10. per acne
J12 J Acr s.
The Pnl iips place, one stiiie Knvl of
town will tie sold u( a bargain.
12 1 Acres.
Ailjacent to lamts of Mob'ey Parke.
Two horsc-fnin i t cultivation. Probably
."(H),0fi(> feet of liimlicr could bo
g-?wed from timber. Land lies well
and easy to cudivnte.
Terms on any of aho\e tracts cash
and balance in one, two and thiee
years with approved security.
550 Acres, ? ?Geo.
IP, Brown plantation, tt miles
west of town, on Catawba Itiver, H'O
acres in wood-, H itoise fain; of en, 2
white sett 'omenta, barn am) stable, <>
tenenien s school* * nd churches cm venient.
Term-: ^ cash, hiiam-e it 1
and 2 \ cms.
1 1)J) Ai res,
I> A. Kundeil>uik ' Mit.or P. i
moil plae- " on Wild da' Check, r>
room'dwelling; 2 tenant h mis h. To
acres timber, 4 horse farm opened 14
miles of T ndcsville, Tabernacle and
Carnes' w li ads A ??-.)? hdunce in 2
years.
1 (17 Acres,
i ue Ainert Hlacknioii i-laer, i.e; r
Piimus. Ea-y terms.
ISt! Acres,
n miles North-east of town, 2 st?>iy
dwelling, 2good tenant houses, barin-.
etc., 3 horde farm inculiivation,
Terms can be arranged.
lOl Acres.
3} miles North-east of town. l>weiring.e
e., 2-hors ? farin open. $1,00?.
Terms ean t?e nrreng'. d. .
1 :tl o have some desirable town property
mid other c< unt.y | roperiy. It
will pay you to Bee me before hoy ion
and if yon have 1 lids to ic i wi;I , a?
you to get in? Hi sell f,?i" \ < u on lensonatde
conmiis-ion.
-I. 3. Garter,
Agent.
aavoHMBMicantinru' .- ra^*n
PROKK tSlON \ I, ' ; A ft I)
l)l< M 1' URA.WFOUI) 1)11 It (' iiKow v
CRA VVKOIin A Himww
riiyfdclnnM and Surgeon*.
I nncntder, H. (',
Treatment of the eye, iioro and'
throa a ppeciftltv.
ChIIh promptly Answered day or
oni.y ovor Crawford l*r<>a
!): u;c S.o*a,
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