The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 11, 1905, Page 5, Image 5
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?Cotton brought 9| cents on
this market yesterday ; cotton
seed, 23 cents.
? Miss May Threatt, of Tabernacle,
picked 22G pounds of cotton
last Friday, from 11 o'clock
a. m. to dark.
?We shall be pleased to
receive communications at
any time from the former cor
respondents of the old papers.
?Don't forget the ot supper
and meeting of the W () W ??
Vauwyck tomorrow night. There
will also be a musical recital.
? Magistrate Caskey has turn
|, ed over to the county treasurer
fines, etc , collected by him lor
the past quarter, amounting to
$t)4.
?There will be a Sunday
School picnic at Tirzah next Sat
urday. An nddress will be delivered
by the Rev. J J. Brown,
ot Fort Lawn.
?The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet Thursday alternoon,
at 4, p. m., at the residence
oi vjoi. .J. IN. Crockett. Every
^ member is urged to at lend.
?Mr. Berkley Stogner, son of
the late S. LI. Stogner, and Miss
Dora Crenshaw, daughter of Mr.
'C".\vis Crenshaw, of the eastern
>rtrlion of the county,were m irri
last Sunday night, by the Key
~K. J Blackmoti.
?A jug ot liquor was seized at
the Express oflice Saturday by
the town authorities. It was
shipped here in the name of a
well known farmer who does not
^ < drink, and who says he never or
dered the stuff.
?Rev. T. A.* Dabuey will
11 unnniol /\J_1
v*?v?j cv o^ovicii auimull UU V7C1U
Fellowship, at 2nd Baptist
church Oct. 2', at 11 a. in..
Public is especially urged to
attend. All members of Lancaster
Lodge will please meet at
lodge room at .10 a. m.
?Miss Laura Bridgman, v\ h >
enjoys an enviable reputation as
,a public reader, will give one of
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her recitals at the graded school
auditorium next Friday night, for
the benefit ol the school libraiy.
A rare treat is in sinrn Ini* ?ti
-*vho attend.
The management of this paper
is truly gratified at the prompt
ness with which subscribers of
the old papers and tho people
generally are subscribing to Tho
Naws. Many are calling in per
J Twi and every mail brings names
and remittances.
?Preaching will begin it
Unity next Friday night prepara
torv to Sacramental meeting Sab
bath morning. The lie v. P. B
Ingram will asrist the pastor, the
Rev. J. M. White, preaching Sat
onlay morning and Saturday
, night.
?The Cotton Association,
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which is using eiiori 10 gei me
^Barmers to hold cotton, and the
recent decline in the price of the
staple are together having a
noticeable effect on receipts. Week
before last 1000 bales were sold
on 'this market, while last week
there were but GOO?a falling off
of 40 per cent. Several farmers
hauled their cotton back home
last week, when they found that
they could not get 10 cents for it.
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?Copy for exchange of advertisements
in The News must be
sent in as follows : On Wednes
day for Saturday's paper and on
Saturday for Wednesday's paper.
?Only 28 bales ol cotton were
sold on this market. Monday, and
about 10 yesterday. The farmers
are evidently going to hold
for better | rices
Subscription to The Lancaster
News, the only paper published
at Lancaster, S. 0. An eight
patie eeini-weHkl.v, only $1 50 a
vear, payable in advance.
? Inasmuch as the tax-books
will have to bo opened in a lew
days, Gov. ITeyward will no
doubt appoint in a day or two
a successor to I he late county
treasurer, Mr. W. C. Cauthen,
whose sad death is noted elsewhere
in today's paper.
?The dispensary election returns
were sent to Columbia
yesterday. It is not known when
the State board of canvassers
wiil meet and declare the result;
nor is it known when the dis
pensary will be closed.
?The county board of commissioners
has promised to pro
? avi y itua IUI II1U
inmates of the County Homo.
The commissioners are to be
heartily commended for their
decision in the matter.
?Mr. Paul McCorkle was in
Rock ilill on Wednesday. IIin
many friends here were delighted
to see him able to he out again
He seems in good spirits and
looks better than one would ex
pect after the tearful ordeal
through which he pa ed.?-Rock
Hill Record.
? A motion will be made here
Friday, before Judge Buchanan,
for a change of Venue in the damage
suit brought against the coun
ty by the Morrison estate. The
county board of commissioners
lias retained Mr. Ernest Moore to
assist Senator Hough, the county
attorney, in the defense of this
case.
?Last'Monday morning a pet
deer belonging to Mr. Robert II.
Massov, of Van Wyck, which he
I I i C * t *
urougui iri>in ivraansas last
spring, went tip the stairs to the
second story of Mr. Massey's
dwelling, and climbing out on the
roof, was running around when it
slipped and fell to the ground
below, seriously injuring its back
? As Mr. J. K. Craig and family,
of Sincerity section*, were returning
home from church last
Sunday, the horses becoming
frightened by a colored funeral
procession in the road, Mrs
Craig alighted from the vehicle
and undertook to jump across a
ditch, when she fell. iShe was
painfully bruised about the shoulders
and on the hack of the head.
Mill President Stricken.
Speeial to Charleston Post.
Union, Oct. 9?Capt. John 0.
(Jury, president of tha Lockhart
mills, was suddenly taken desper
ately ill yesterday at hie home at
Lockhart, and was unconscious
for nearly ten hours, but a spec
ial today at noon announces that
he is conscious and much better.
His condition was const lerrd
so criticul that a special train was
run to Spaitanburir for Dr. Deas,
who was called iu consultation.
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PERSONAL
Mr. A. J. Clark spent last Friday
in Columbia.
Mra. M.J. I'erry left Monday
for Atlanta.
Col. Leroy Springs returned
Monday from New York.
Mr. J. Walter Culp and bride
left veaterdav for Gastonia.
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wen. 11. u. Mcllwain, of Hock I
dill, was in town tliis week.
Mrs. J. K. Heath, of Rack Hill, |
is visiting Mrs. L. C. Harrison.
Mr. Gib. Greene, of Hock
llill, was in town yesterday.
The Rev. I'. B. Ingraham, ol
Tabernacle, visited Blackstock
last week.
Supt. A. P. McLure, of the
L. & C., road, visited Chester
1 last Saturday.
Attorneys E. I). Blakeney and
R. A. Dobson, of Kershaw, are in
attendance upon court.
| Mr. J. L. Tillman, of Van
iwyck, is spend ins a few days
I with iiis children in Lancaster.
I ..... -
iyuss Met a Jones has gone to'
Kittrell, N. (J., where she lias accepted
a position as school feather.
Mrs. .1. Q. Darby spent Tues?.
day in Lancaster with her brother,
Mr. J. T. Wvlie.?Chester
Lantern.
Miss May me Gregory return
ed Monday from an extended
visit to her brother, Mr. Ed.
Gregory, in Ilamlot, N. C.
Miss Clarice Knight, who has
been visiting Miss Inez Frew, has
returned to her home in Lancaster.?Rock
liill Herald.
Mr. Willie Simpson and sister,
Miss Florence, of Catawba .Junction,
have been spending a few
days with Mr. J. W. Craig.
Miss Blanche Moore has returned
to her home in Lancaster
alter a pleasant, visit to Miss Bio
ka Lindsay.? Rock llill Herald
Ex Sheriff L M Clyburn went,
to Camden last week to attend
the funeral ot his brother-in-law,
R. A. MoDowall, the murdered
mercnant.
Miss Francis Lee, of Anderson,
who paid her sister here, Mrs. J.
A. Stewman, a brief visit last
week, has gone to the Dr. Gil
Wylie Hospital in New York,
where she is employed as a trained
nurse.
Mr. T. F. McDtnv, of the Yorkvilie
bar, was in Lancaster Man
day, on professional business.
He was one to (lie original sub
crioers 01 the old lvjview s Inv
ing started with ihe first issue of
the paper ;n 1878 anil continued
to take it as long as was publish
ed.
Stand Firm For Two Weeks
Says Harvie Jordan.
Atlanta, Ua., Oct. 6.?Presi
dent Harvie Jordan of the Southern
Cotton association today issued
an open letter to thetarm
ers of the south in which lie urges
them to hold their cotton for at
least two weeks. He states that
if the farmers of the south stand
together for two weeks and hold
their cotton they will win the
light against those who are en\
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deavoring to depress the price ot
(he staple. In his letter, President
Jordan relets to (he advice
of former Vice President Peters
of Texas to sell cotton. lie re
minds the farmers of the south ot
the fact that the resignation of
Mr. P eters as vice president of
the Southern Cotton association
J was demanded by the executive
committee Sept. G, contending
that Mr. Pplora ie ?t<o !? ????*- ?I
vicr
president of the association, and
has no rii;lit to sign himself an!
such.
('resident Jordan closes his letter
to the farmers with a stronic
appeal to "stand together and ro
sist to the last every attempt to
hi e d< the present organized eltort
of the producers to secure
lair prices for their stayle."
Suit Against Union Cotton
Mills.
Charleston, S. C.,Oct. 9.?The I
Continental National Bank, of,
Chicago, through its attorneys,
filed in the United States Cir
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* iui uourc nere today a bill of
complaint against the Union
Cotton Mills, of Union, S. C.,
and T. C. Duncan, the former
president of the mills, alleging
that they had allowed nine
promisory notes aggregating
#45,000, to go to protest. The
notes were for $5,000 each,
made payable at four months
with interest, and the complaint
wlleges that no part of the
amount had been paid. At a
meeting of the stockholders of I
the Union Mills recently, an in
vestigating committee reported
that there was, including debts
and fitnelrs ail niltvfn ndinrf in
' b
debtednesa in excess of the ac
countant's valuation of property
of $691,000.
Fire in Wofford.
Flames Checked Before Serious
Damage Done ? Burglars Set
Fire to a Trunk.
Special to The State.
Spartanburg, Oct. 9.?Fire wan
discovered in one of the rooms of
the lirst fioor of the west wing of
Wofford College last night about
9 o'clock. The room was occupied
by II. B. Millican of the freshman
class and another student, both
of whom were at church.
When the Haines were discov
covered, a trunk in the room beK
epoK't of'( Oixl it i< >u
AwNiiraiico
Months
Ahm.U? !><-.< :ti lain
Assets July 1, 1905
Increase limine six montlis
Income first six montlis. liM'l
Income first six months, I'.';5
Increase first six inoatbs, 1905
Policies i-snel lirst six months, 19 U, <i
Policies issued first six months, 1905, <
Decrease during six months
Dearth claims, maturities and all other term
Assurance in force Decern her III, 1901
/*Hsuruuce in force July 1, 19o5.
Increase durinng six months
New I'aid-for Business of The So
Six Months of 1905, <
Somo Sign!
During the entiro 1*2 months of 1904 only
as the Equitable has daring the Inst six uio
Only 9 other companies pained as much
Only 2 other companies wrote as muc h b
during the last six months.
And only six others gained as much in at
The Equitable is today, more than evi
The Equitable Lifi
W. J. RODDEY, Manager, Rock I
W. B. KNIGfc
longing to Millioun was conoume-i
and the fire was spreading up tothe
ceiling above. Prompt autf
effective work on the part of s!a>dente
in cottages near by and tl**
police* prevented a conflagration,
which would in all prob-:biiit*
have reduced the historic in fit-*tlltiotl
to nshoo In tlio rniim
found the tray of Millicairs trunk
and missing from it. was a tin boxin
which lie kept a valuable gold
watch and a lot of private c rr-.v
ponilence.
This was clearly indicated that
jrobbeis had entered the rnew i#
the absence of its occup m's
broken open the trunk and .a
'striking a match had allowed c!i?
fi:e to fall in the trunk on top of
a lot of combustible material like
clothes and stationery. Soi>.,*
clothes were also missing fro*
tlie places where they hung o?
the wall.
This morning tlie tin box and
letters addressed to Mr. Millie m
were found in a gully in rear of
f i u i -i? i ?? '? ?
e<l \\ lien a county voles out i
dispensary.? Columbia cor. The
News anil Courier.
For results, advertise in t5:?
| Lancaster News.
el" rFli?? l^cjuit nl>l?' I site
y t<>?* t.lio First Six
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5,592, assuring 16(1,120,321.((
n,ub3, assuring 150,7t'G.993 t f
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mills tirst six ruoulits lOtil 100,278.100 n
" 1005 110,815,146 11
1,495,542 892 00
1,256,434 739.00
*30,891,847 IK
nth Carolina Ageney For Tbo First
Bl ,253,000.00.
llcant Facts.
4 other companies gained as umeh in ?k**r
ntlis.
in income.
usiness all last yea : the Equitable wrottr
isnrunco in force.
er betore, "The Strongest in the World.'
e Assurance Society,
Jill, S. C.
IT, Special Agent, Lancaster, S. L,
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nir; uiinnnen ut'iuiiu woirora c<>>
lego and the police are workit f
nurd on t he case.
Mr. J. W. Jones, of Biack?
hear, (ia., arrived here Friday .
accept the position of assistant
engineer at the cotton mill'. li*
is a brother ot the Rev. U
Jones, of this place.
Effect of Voting Out Disperrsaries.
Assistant Attorney General Y<>\.
mans has rendered an opinion (loft
I where sheriffs, magistrates ur
other ollieiais make seizures it
prohibition counties, they aro e?v
titled to halt of the spoils lor th*
seizures they have made.
The question arose because of
the doubt whether the repeal of
the dispensary law was involved
where a county voted out (ke
dispensary and whether by stui
vote the entire dispensary ia<*
was voted out, or whether the
provision as to a premium tor
seizures still held good. Gen.
Youmaos thinks that such pro.
visions of the dispensary law ar?
not repealed in counties voticf
out t he dispensary, neiiher does
he think that the criminal par i
of the disp . : y law are in vol v.