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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL I. NO. 29. SEMI-WEEKLY - LANCASTER. S C., JANUARY 13. 1906 PRICE-FIVE CENTS PEP! "*COPY~ __ _ _ i Second Day's Proceedings Dispensary Investigating Committee Asks Legisla^ ture for Larger PowersOther Matters. Columbia Kecord: The principal business of (ten ernl interest in tlie legislature today was the introduction of the bill to give the investigating committee larger powers. I was read the first time in both < houses. The dispensary committee re ported as follows: "The committee appointed to investigate the state dispensary respectfully report that it iu< proceeded with the investigation in accordance with the terms 01 the concurrent resolution nndpr which it, was appointed, and submits herewith tiie testimony taken to date. Your committee is of the opinion that it is advisable to proceed further with the investigation, but finds that its power to compel attendance oi witnesses is very doubtful. Your committee, therefore, submits herewith a bill granting to il '? such powers as it deems necessary to carry into effect the pur pose of the concurrent resolu tion." A resolution to accertain what elections it is necessary to hold this year was adopted. s Senator Marshall had stau V ? i house bills recommitted. A bill was introduced to require clerks in the secretary ol state's office, treasurer's office, adjutant general's office to gi\e bond. > Senator Johnson's bill to prevent strikes and lockouts was made a special order lor Wednesday. IN TIIE HOUSE. The principal action taken in the house today was its refusal to adopt the bill to sell the stale farms. The bill was introduced 1 Kv Mr Arilnnv ml"> O... ~J 1 V.J , .r .1.7 IllllU^IH liltfarms a poor investment. liy a vote of 79 to 31 the bill wa? killed. The proposition to Meet judges for sixteen years was killed. Mr. La Fi tie's bill to make the cursing of one person by another equivalent to an assault was killed. A bill by Mr. Hamel to re quire fertilizer coinuanies to I print on bags the ayoidupois weight, of each ingredient wan killed. Mr. Kershaw introduced a bill to abolish the immigration department. Mr. Richard introduced one to repeal statute providing lor hold-1 i ing special terms of courts of sessions. % Mr. Herbert offered one to ex empt from jury duty and road tux all Hl'l.iwM in Q tin Kn-J r.t llw. -??-- ? -- , w H/Vl o ui LUC militia. Mr. K. It. Uicklin, of iticliburg, spoilt Wednesday iu Lancaster. I / Kershaw Happenings. Bank Building to be Erected ?K e r s h a w and Heath Springs Methodist Charges ?K. of P. Officers-?Other Items of Interest. From Kershaw Era. The board of directors of the bank of Kershaw met. last week iinrl a nnnift*/*/! ? " * 1 . V* u|y^x;iilbCU ft U'lIIl H11D166 tO have charge of J he new bank building to be erected at once. It is to he a handsome two story building and will tace the store of the Kershaw Mercantile & Banking Co. According to plans drawn by an architect there will be two rooms on the first floor, the corner one to he used by the bank, the other to be rented for a store or some other purpose. The second story will consist ot a lodge room for the several fra ternities in town and a number of office rooms. It is probable (hat work on the building will v-uMiiutiiue m inuty (lays. At the recent session ot the Methodist Annual Conference held in Spartanburg there was a rearrangement of t' e Presiding Elders districts and two new districts were formed. In the redistrictitig Kershaw and Heath Springs charges were restored to the Sumter district, of which Rev. H. B? Browne is the Presiding Elder. Mr. Browne's first visit to this charge will be the first Sunday in February when lie will very probably preach here at night. The fot 1 n or non.l.. ~1 *-- 1 OICUIOU officers of Hanging Rock lodge No. 42 K. of P. were installed lust Thursday night to serve the present year : J. M. Lowry, C C. , It M. Vaughan, V. 0. J. A. McCaskill, P. R. L. Blaekmon, M. E. It. A. Dobeon, K of R. & 8. C. B. llorton, M. A. C. L. Dye, M. W. .1. B. Magill, I. G. J. W. Powers. U. G. | We are in receipt, of a copy of the Telephone, Sylvania, (la's, paper. Sylvania is the home of Mr. J. S. Glmlney, who formerly lived in Kershaw. The ptper contains a "write up" of the town hikH 11 mention of ilie Oil Mill at that place, of which Mr. Gladney is manager, the Telephone savs some very complimentary things about htm, of which he is in everv wav worttiv j - ?y ** w"'' ' We are glad to know ho is appreciated in his new home. The warehouses of K. T. 10stridtre & Co. and Stevens Mer cantile Co. at Betlmne were do stroyed by fire. There was 110 insuranco on either building. Mr. Gary H. Watts, who was lormerly with the J. M. Carson ( !< | . llMU ? I , /uu^iii i/in.3 aiucft OI goods of the late W. T. Catoe, and will continue the business at the same old stand. Miss Connie Benton, of Wadesboro, N. C., accompanied her cousin, Miss Sallio Bonton, .home and. will spend it wlii*here. Miss May Cunningham, of Lancaster spent last week in Kershaw as the guest of Mis< Placidia Rolling. Miss Lou Beckham is visiting hoi brothers, Messrs J. A. and J. C. Beckham, ?n St. Mathews. E H Rl?lrona? . ? . ^/tuavuvj | j Will I leave to lay lor a business trip t?> Washington, D C. The First National Bank Officers Re-elected?IP i n e Financial Showing?Though Established less than Five Months ago, Net Earnings at Rate of Ten per Cent, per Annum. At a meeting of the directors of the First National Bank ol Lancaster held Tuesday, in accordance with the law governing national banks, the officers were re elected as follows: Charles I). Jones, president; R. E Wylie, vice president; E. M. Croxtou. cashier. The net earnings of the bank j were shown to he at Ihe rate ol i ten percent, per annum for the four and a halt months the in stilution has been in operation? truly a highly ^.editable anil satisfactory showing. Ordinarily, a new bank is regarded as doing a good business when it makes expeuses the first year But here we have Lancaster's young financial institution mak ing a handsome profit over and above all expenses in less than five mont hs of its existence, which tact testifies in no uncertain way in the excellence of its management. Mr. Green Ferf/unon Meets With Had Accident?Lone# an Kye. Mr. Green Ferguson, one of Lancaster county's most pro pressive farmers, living in the Waxhaws, met with a most un fortunate accident Thursday, resulting in the lo s of the sight of one of his eyes Mr. Ferguson was trimming off the branches ot a cedar tree, preparatory to making a post, when one of the limbs struck him in the eve. destroying the sight. He came to Lancaster and conMilt d Ur M. P. Crawford, who pronounced the sight entirely gone. Mr. Wltherapoon's Condition Uettiuff Alony Xicel]/. The friends of Mr Hasel Witlierspoon, whose name is legion, will he greatly relieved and gratified to learn that he is rapidly lecovering from the effects of the wounds inflicted by .Jr. McDow's bullets in 'ast Saturday's difficulty. Fortunately no unfavorable symptoms have developed and Mr. Wither spoon's ultimate recovery is now almost assured?thanks to a divine providence, the skill of his physicians and watchful, tender nursing ?The store and goods of Garrison & Jordan at Fort Lawn were burned a fow <io?? - ? "K" 1 The firo started overhead from j a delective Hue. There was about $600 insurance which will only partially cover the loss.? Chester Lantern. More Dispensary Scandal. The Investigating Committee Makes Sensational Affida! vit before Supreme Court in Farnum Case. Columbia Special to Charlotte Observer, Jan. 11th: The (lis pennary investigating committee -Miuovereu mo:e sc ndal this afternoon, which sprung surprise on the meirbers of the Legislature and others. Messrs. Hay, > Christens and Lvons, of the committee, went be fore the Supreme Court and made oath that J . S. Fartium, a dispenser in Charles ton, hud not turned over all the letters, as was ordered by the Supreme Court some time ayo. As an instance, it was sworn that a letter written by M. N. Block, ot Macon, Ga , president ( of the Richland Distilling Com pany, of this city, to F.irnum, said as follows : "Dear Sir : In 1 reference to a letter ol mtrodue tion forwarded to me from Seibels, beg to state that on the advice of friends I was persuaded to take #500 worth of sto ;k in i his paper, edited by James! Henry, Rice, Jr. Mr. Seibels also agreed to take a similar amount. It, was understood that Evans, Tatum, Towill, and Boykin were also to take stock in this paper as were several other parties who feel an interest in the dispensary. For this reason I consented to take the stock as stated above. Besides, I believe Mr. Rice is a power in South Carolina, and can be of help to us." After hearing his affidavit, the i court ordered that Farnum be cri von until \f ~. J ' b.. .. "hi i'lunuuy 10 siiow cause why he should not be committed for contempt of court for not turning over this letter with the others. It is understood that the committee ha* other letters, or copies of them ! that are just as sensational. Rice ! is the editor ol a paper publish 1 ed in Georgetown. Seibels is 1 president of a hot tie factory here. Evans, Towel 1 and Boy kin are 1 di.-p nsary directors and Tatum 1 is State linimv -.- j v *m vwimnnMuiiir. ?? Another Victim of Pneu= monia Mr. J. E. Robinson of Walkersville Section, Dies, this Week. , Mr. J. K. Robinson, ft well! known citizen and farmer of the Walkersville neighborhood, died at his home at Wilson's Old Slr.ro .... \t 1 ' - v.. um ny , ui pneumonia, j after ?'i severe illness of about I eleven 'lays. His remains were buried at Tirzalt Presbyterian chuicii on Tuesday. Funeral | services were conducted by Rev. J \V. W. Katchtord. Mr Robinson I was about thirty-three years ol j a<je and is survived bv a wile, and two small children.? Waxhaw Enterprise. Death of Capt. J. N. So well The Brave old Confederate Veteran and Patriotic Citizen Succumbs to an Attack of Pneumonia?Burial at Douglass Yesterday Afternoon. ('apt. John N. S )Weil, whoeecritical illness, of pueunionia,. was noted in Wednesday's issueof The News, died Thursday, about midday, at the home here ot his son Mr. Jesse Sowell. Though not unexpected, hie death has caused deep sorrow throughout the community and county, for he enjoyed the coiv fidenee and friendship of ail who knew him. Capt. Sowell was a native of Kershaw county and w<?r 83 years of age the 27th of last December, fie was manied, netore the war, to Miss Elizabeth Ulyburn, daughter of the lateLewis Clyburn, who died a lew years ago. Eight children blessBd their union and those surviv ing are : Messrs. John and L^e Sowell, ol Chesterfield; MessrsRoach and Thomas Sowell and* Mrs. W. J. Williams, of the Douglas section; Mrs. Amot> Hough, of Kershaw, and Messrff Henry and JeBse Sowell, of thie p'ace. A man of strong patriotismand dauntless courage, Capt? Sowell promptly volunteered has services to his country at the outbreak of the civil war. He served as Captain of Co. B., 4tb iveguneni 01 Keserves, and was one time a member of Co. K-, 12th S. C. Regiment, CireggVBrigade. lie made a brave aud tearless soldier and a daring; commander. He participated in ? many a hard-fought battle auJ and was at one time desperately wounded, being shot in the shoulder. Capt. iSowell was a man of (irm, positive character and ever had the couraLe of his convicr lion?. Until bowed by tiw weight of years, be was a man otV remarkably fine physique, strikingly commanding in appearance, as typified in several of bis sons surviving him. lie was a consistent member of the Baptist church, which he joined 55 _\eare ago. The remains of the gallant old" Confederate veteran and good. A citizen were laid to rest yes'erilav af'ernoon at Douglass* church, the Rev. T. A. Pahney conducting the funeral services.- JrAe Aqetl Isftrff/ AccidetitaH / to Death. M:ss Reekie Lowry, \vhmSEt alone near Prospect, NjMf loon 1 <lead in her ya'cjnt*/ afternoon. Ii seems tjHfl accidentally burned She was about 05 .ve?j>^5* ?Mr. J. M So well from tlie Taxahaw eSjP> Lancaster. Mr. 80well ^ citizen and he itf cordialljSaJp^', coined here. '?"< $100.00 Reward. OlJU NEW DISi uVEin MfilXCrNB COMl'ANl of. Laurens, S. C., lias uiaimfncturi'd and sold thousands of bottle* of or It NKW DlMCOVKitV ?-- --- mr mnr. three t'D yours with tin absolute GlTAItANl'EE with oaoh bottle for nli lilootl and *?kin Diseases, Nervousness l.ivor and Kidno\ iroubbs, ami ofb r - reward to any person vilio will prove tliai. they have ever failed or refuse 1 to ootnply with the terms of the Guarantee. Sol i Crawford Bros.