The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 17, 1906, Image 1
The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. I. NO. 30. SE/Vll-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., JANUARY 17, 1906. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Last Day's Proceedings
Of the Great Cotton Association?President
Smith, of
the South Carolina Division,
to Organize the Various
States?Important Recommendations
of Com
mittees Adopted.
Now Orleans, La., January
13.?The Southern Cotton Asso
; ciation completed its labors
with its ntternoon session and
adjourned without day. L)eclaring
the adjournment, President
Jordan congratulated the
Convention on the successful
way in which it had performed
.its work. The new executive
committee will meet here next
week and arrange to eai rv out.
the various recommendations
which have been made by the
Convention. It. will probably
be in session for two or three
day 8.
At the opening of the afternoon
session Chairman W. D.
Nesbitt presented the report of
the commit1 ee on ware houses.
, It recommended the extension
J and improvement of the present
ware house system by improv
ing the physicial character and
fire protection features of all
ware houses; building of large
fire proof ware houses in commercial
centres , wbich ware
* houses may be tributary ; a design
for a standard ware house
suited for railway stations and
small towns; the education of
the people in the great advant
ages of the ware houso and ere
dit system based on ware house
receipts ; encouragement by the
officers of the Association of
ware linnsB hnilHiner and ?
.. & ~ ?w...
bination by local w-ro house
conTpanies and formation of a j
grading and guarantee company
to issue uniform guaranteed receipts
on cotton in ware house
that will adopt proper methods
i and give proper security. The
resolution was adopted.
Chairman Hannock reported
v for the finance committee. It
p.ovided lor dues ol ten cents
per bale, allowing 20 per cent to
the national fund. 30 p r cent
lo tne state fund and the remainder
to the county fund.
' "V> ?ni
llie executive committee was
requested to employ the Hon.
E. O. Smith, of South Carolina,
as national Organizer to more
completely organize the various
States, his salary to be fixed by
the committee. The report was
s adopted.
Chairman Fred J. Mayer, o!
the resolutions committee, reported
an endorsement of the
* Overman bill now before the
Semite for the appointment of a
co. mission 111 connection with
.u. .1 1 .. a.
nit: uryciupiiiuni ui tiie uu&ioii
trade in new markets. The report
was adopted.
A resolution by M V. Calvin,
of Georgia, was adopted, instructing
the executive committee
to publish for distribu-;
4
tiou 10,000 copies of the pr?i
ceedin!?8 ot the Convention.
W. P. Shinault, of Mississippi,
chairman of the committee
on acreage reduction, reported
favoring tlie leducti m of acreage
25 per cent from that plant
ed in 1904. As there were
planned 32,000,000 acres of cotton
in 1004, til's would mean
that tlie Southern Cotton Assoc
at ion is in favor of planting
but 24,000,000 aces of cotton
this year. The report was un
animously adopted. j
The lion Temple Graves, of
Atlanta, Ga., was then intro
duced.
A resolution by John D.
Walker was adopted that all
holders of f^pot cotton be requested
and the Southern Cotton
Association to sign a binding
pledge to sell their cotton at 15
cents a pound, if through the
efforts ot the Association it
reaches that price.
Shooting at Jefferson
Dan Dawson Shot Saturday
in Difficulty with Theodore
Blackwell.
A serious difficulty occurred
at Jefferson,Chesterfield county,
last Saturday, between Mr.
Theodore Blackwell. of the firm
of Ingram, BUckwoll & Co.. and
Mr. Dan Dawson, who works at
a saw mill near Jefferson. Daw
son was shot by Black well, but
it is thought that he will recover.
It 19 stated that Mr. Blackwell's
coat was cut in several
places during ihe fight, which
was started by one of the parties
stepping on the toes of the other.
Weather Forecasts by Belair's
Prophet,
i
We have received the following
forecast ol the weather for
1900 by Mr. 1'. II. Collins, ol
Bolair:
January?Cloudy and some
rain.
February?First cloud v and
- / ? ~?"
some rain to the last, ot Feb.
icloudy and some rain.
March?First pt March will be
dry, and the last ot March will be
cloudy and some rain.
April?Will be) cloudy and
windy, and Same rain.
May?First of May will be
lit lie rain. Last will be cloudy
and some rain.
June?Will be wot and pretty
windy.
July?First ol July will be
some rain. Last ol July will be
ciouciy and some rain.
August?First of Aug. will be
cloudy and some rain and the
last will be tolerably dry.
0*ptember?Tolerably w e t
throughout.
October?First of Oct. will be
wet and the last will be cloudy,
and some rain.
November?Cloudy and little
rain. |
December?Dry and some
rain.
1 P. R. Collins.
The General Assembly.
Interesting Letter from Rep|
resentative Hamel?What
the Legislature has Done
this Week.
n~? i~.i "
1^ lhinmuu lur iast oaturuay s
issue]
I Editor Lancaster News:
Promptly at tlie hour of high
noon on Tuesday last the present
sesfion of t he legit-lature wan
convened. Senator Hough and
Representative Foster and myself
were all on hand to respond
to the first roll call. There was
a very good atleudance for the
first day's session and the legislature
went right down to work
irom the very start.
One of the first measures to
pass was a concurrent resolution
offered simultaneously in the
Llonse bv Representative Rich
ards of Kershaw county, and ill
(lie Senate by Senator Hough, ol
Lancaster. Its purpose was to
permit the introduction of a bill
granting a special charter to the
Southern idranite Co., of Lancaster
county, to build and operate
a railroad from Heath Springs to
Magill. I apprehend no difficul
ty whatever iu the passage of the
Bill to grant the charter.
A matter of general interest to
lite state was a bill by Mr. Arderv,
of York county, providing for the
Httlp of tho fitoln 1 1 '
v.v. UVHLO lOIUJH, UUl tuts
legislature took the position that
the farming by the State was not
in competition with farmers, as
the crops produced there could
not affect the markets in the
slightest degree. But, on the
other hand, they would contribute
materially to the maintenance
of the convicts and put a surplus
in the treasury for general use,
adding to the enrichment of the
State that much and providing
healthful employment to convicted
criminals. The bill was there-1
lore killed.
The bili of your corespondent,
providing lor the transportation ol
crimioala under sentence ol capi 1
iill punishment to the penitenti- 1
ary tor sale keeping, was killed.
The bill we l)e!ieve had merit in
it, as il contemplated the iuture
establishment of some system of
a more humane execution ol 1
criminals than the present bar
baric practice ol hanging.
Another hill by your correspon
dent, which meets with a great
deal of lavor, providing lor tire
stamping on every bag ol fori iI i
zers the quanity of each ingredi 1
ent in avoirduj o s, was recoiniuit 1
ted to the jinlicia-.v committee 1
for some correction.
The House is movinc r?imdKr
a '1 other biils ol local or minor <
importance are Ix-intr passed or t
marching bravely to their death. ]
The weightier matters have not i
yet appeared in tangible form,
but they will bob up serenely in 1
due time and there will be hard 1
fighting in consequence ol their
coming.
The candidates tor various
oftices are making their presence ;
fell in the hearty handshake and
warm words of j^reeting. There
are several candidates tor podlions
as dispensary and penitent i
ary directors. But no one so far
has appeared to oppose the pre-*
ent chairman of Dispensary
directors, "Huh" Evans, lor that
posiuon. rso one seems to know
just where the dispensary is "at"
and, consequently, it. may be too
early to undertake to forecast
what will be done with it. There
seems to be a general waiting on
the action of the Supreme Court
with reference to the case now
before it involving the constitutionality
of the Brice law.
Senator Tillman was on the
floor of the House a short time
this morning shaking hands with
his "numerous friends."
Your representatives will endeavor
to keep your readers in
formed through each issue of
The News ot the work of the
legislature. The undersigned will
writs for the Saturdav's issue and
Mr. Foster for the Wednesday
issue.
J. W. Hamel.
Skull Broken.
Mr. Bob Bogan Struck in the
Head With a Hammer by
Mr. George B a r n h i 11, in
Difficulty S a t u r d a y?
Wounded Man Now in
Chester Hospital?His Recovery
Doubtful.
A difficulty occurred last Saturday
afternoon at the machine
shops of the Lancaster Cotton
Mills between Mr. George Barn
hill, who works in the shop, and
Messrs Bob and Ilenry Bogan,
brothers, in which Bob Bogan
was seriously, if not fatally,
hurt.
Aft far aa can be learned, it
appears that the trouble was clue
to Mr. Barnhill's calling the attention
of the Boganstoihe fac'
that it is againftl the rules of the
company for any drinking to be
done in the shops, which was
res nted by the brothers.
They started, it is said, to attack
Mr. Baruhill, one ot them
having a knife, when he called
on Mr. Dave Ilardin, who was
present, to stop them. Mr.
Ilardin seized one ot the men,
Henry, but the other brother,
Bob, continued t > a lvauce on
Mr. B.irnhill, who backed up
into a corner, and having retreated
as far as be could, bo
struck his assailant on the
head with a hammer, crushing
his sk 1111
Immediately after the dilli2ulty
Mr. Barnhill came uj)
town and surrendered, t >t?i 11 ir
placed in jail. The wounded
man \v:o promptly attended hy
Drs. Crawford and Brown, who
had been sent tor. Saturday
night Mr. Bogan was taken on a
motor car to Chester to the Prvor
hospital, Dr. Brown and others
accompanying him. While
his condition is critical, there is
a chance of his recovery.
An Eloquent Appeal
By the King's Mountain
Chapter of the Daughters
of the Revolution to the
Patriotic Citizens of South
Carolina to Join in a Movement
to Place a Statue of
Calhoun in Natinr?^1 Kfofi.
- ?W LU "
ary Hall? Legislature
Asked to Make Appropriation
for the Purpose.
To the Editor o! The News ;
We the undersigned, representing
the King's M. Chapter
D. A. R. Y'TKville, S. C., wishto
cull your attention, and that
of your readers, to a work which
we beg you: cordial help and
cooperation I' has been a source
of regret aud mortilicatiou that
Siuth Carolina lias no ronr?^??t_
?r "'
utive in the National Statuary
Hall of the Capitol at Washington.
This statuary room was
the old Hall ol Representatives,
it was the scene ot the debates
of Webster and Clay, Adams.
Calhoun and others whose uainee
are indelibly associated with the^
history of Congress. In 1864 at
the suggestion ol Senator Morrill
of Vermont, the room was set
apart as a National Statuary Hall,
to which each state might send
the elligies ot her chosen sons in
marble or bronze to be pluce<S
permanently here. "No South
Carolinian erer views those stately
statues erected by practically*
all the states ot the Union, in
memory oi their "cboseu sons," '
without wondering why our own*
place has been so long empty.,
and wishing that we, too, could
point with pr-de to a representative
occupying the place alloted*
to South Carolina.
The King's M-Chapter is de^
sirous ot' starting a movement t( ?
remedy this long-standing neglect.
We have written to every
woman's organization in I he state,
asking them to join us in petitioning
the legislature o appropriate
at this present session
the sum ot twenty-live thou-and
viw11,vi a iui iiik purpose ol erecting
a statue ot John Calhoun in
the Nn'ienal Statuary 11. ill in. ^
Washing on. w
We regard Calhoun as South J u
Carolina's most rcpiesentative
j man, he was far lorty years the
: most conspicuous and influential. Jtfa
figure in national politics; lie wastJ^W
| Ropre^entat i ve, Senator, See'tjjP^
jot War. Seedy ol State and Wjgf
President. We do hope "'.ftS
y<u will give us vmir suj^E
and help in this work. We wBL
...w .--. 1 ui i' *i *"', '" ;i
every South Carolinian, m \tPUhM
woman, to honor this draft upBBy
his or her patriotism, and )><KpC-'^k
them to respond to the ? li'ort
are making to have our belovp<i*jf*u>
State take her rightful plaee in
the Ilall ot the Nation. We
shall he exceedingly obliged it
I you will give this totter a p lac ft
il, f?.? /wVl.? ?
... uwiuiuiin *m your paper.
Ve y respect fully yours,
Mrs. Virginia Mason Bratton,
M lss Maggie A. Gist
Miss Lesslio D. Wit hers pooriMrs.
S M. McNeel,
Mrs. G. H. O'L^arv,
Mrs. Walter B. Mo re.
Regent.
Yorkville, S. C., Jan. 10th...