The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 13, 1906, Image 1
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~
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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militia.
Mr. K. It. Uicklin, of iticliburg,
spoilt Wednesday iu Lancaster.
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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??
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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
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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.