The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 20, 1906, Image 1
The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. I. NO. 31. SE/VU-WEEKLY- LANCASTER. S C., JANUARY 20. 1906 PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Legislative Proceedings.
Another Letter from Representative
Foster?The Dispensary
Situation Reviewed?Many
Matters of Public
Interest.
l ne cinei interest now exer
cisiug the Legislature in the Dispensary
and how best to adjust
the difficult question. The friends
of tiie Dispensary have held fre
quent conferences to unite on one
definite plan, and the unti-dispensarites
have been active in
holding conferences for the pur
pose of uniting against the Dispensary;
these forces call it the
common enemy, and its destruction
is t lie bnttle cry The situation
as I see it is this: The House is
against the Dispensary and would
repeal the law, hut the Senate is
about equally divided and may
prevent, the repeal of the Dispe.i
sarv, and the House would not
assist the Senate to patch up the
law. and the present conditions
would remain. The Dispensary
members admit that unless the
present law is greatly relormed
the people will vote out the dis
f pensaries throughout the State.
If the dispensary law i6 repealed
the Legitlature will pats a local
option law providing for county
dispeusaries, prohibition and high
license. Local option or the dis
pensary in tlie present condition
will be the outcome of the present
Legislature.
Thursday, the 18th, was set
for the memorial exercises to the
memory of the late Altamout
Moses, who was a member from
Sumter county. Mr. Moses was
a useful and experienced legislator
and his loss will he felt in the
General Assembly. Mr. Moses
had been in the Legislature twenty
years and was chairman ot the
ways and means committee. Mr.
John G. Richards, is now the
chairman of that committee.
Friday being a holiday, I he
Legislature adjourned over to
Monday Many of the members
visited the State farms instead ot
going home..
The bill to drive Coco-Cola troin
the Stale is agitating the drug
stoies and others. I am going to
vote against this bill. While
Coco Cola may be harmful it
used to excess, the same is true
of coll'ee, tea and butter milk.?
Too much butler-milk will make
you tight.
I voted for the joint resolution
to e nnge timeol meeting of the
General Assembly to July.
.Mr. (Jothran'H .joint resolution
approving of the hill in Congress
looking to securing Federal aid
in improving the public roads
'ramrod a good vote after a spirif?d
battle by Josh Ashley and
others. Josh aid ''dis tiling is!
to lectioueer for Latimer and I'm
agin it."
The t ii hour day hill killed
last session is up again for a similar
fate. The cotton mill opera
tives of Lancaster have never in 1
(
dicated that, they wanted the la" !
reducing a day's work Irom elev
en hours and 1 do uot propose to
interfere with them.
Mr. Irby introduced a joiot
resolution proposing to amend
the constitution to allow thecounties
to manufacture fertilizers
.. ..,1 ? 1 >
aim uimiiiii seed ineai. i am opposed
lo the proposition.
Mr. Sinkler ol Charleston has
a hill lo abolish ihe right ol (low
er ; it will not pass
There are numerous pistol car
rying and liquor hills. Mr. Coth
ran of Greenville wants to disfranchise
any one convicted ot
carrying a pistol, and Mr. Maukl
ing of Pickens would disfranchise
any one convicted the third time
of getting drunk.
Mr. Mauldimr of Pickens had
a hill requiring persons making
their return to the auditor to be
sworn with right hand on the
Bible and with right hand up.
lined, Killed on the ground that
a man did not have two right
hands.
Mr? Ford of Fairfield lost his
fight to give magistrates more
jurisdiction. Many members
wanted to abolish the magistrates
without even a recommendation
to mercy. ?
1 voted tor a bill to pay Con
federate veterans their pensions
quarterly instead of annually.
The bill prohibiting the sale
n f nnrtri^rroo in *
1>u. me uiaiiC
ed.
Richland and Aiken counties
have hills to provide county
courts
Mr. Hall of Anderson introduced
a bill to prevent the use
of any match in this State except
a safety match. It is thought
that this bill is the product, of the
match trust.
Respectfully yours,
?J. Harry Foster.
Jan. I8th, 1906.
Thp Mnnnmont Fund
1 IIV ill VIIII 111 VIII a UllUa
The Daughters of the Confederacy
Acknowledge the
Receipt ofaDonation
From Citizens--Waiting
on the Men to Start Their
Honor Roll.
Reported lor The New .
At the Inst regular meetii ?r of
the U. I). C., the Chapter formally
received end roost siratf-tnllv
accented the nice sum nf
$ H?. 10 donated hy some of our
citizens. Our noble men can
?l ways be (Upended on to do
I heir duty in liino ol w ar, as
well as J11 lime ol peace. liy
the way, we are just wa tunr
for llie men of yraml obi Lancaster
county to start ilieir honor
roll for tho monument. The
ladies have theirs?now tor the
gent leinen.
r...~ ..I ?
i w i? <M *1 iir jiuiMUiic men nave I
said they would each give twoj
hundred dollors, and we know
there are others just waiting to,
give. A committee of gentlemen
and ladies are ready for
donations Thanks are due our |
worthy editor lor courtesies ex
tended. The monument has an
enthusiastic advocate in the Lancaster
News. !r. 1). C.
AddressTo The Farmers.
By Vice-President Tindal, Oi
The State Cotton Association
The annual meeting ot' the
Southern Cotton As-oeiaton was
held at New Orleans January
11, 12 and 13, every county in
the sta^e being well represented
Farmers, bankers, merchants
representees ol ihe highest typt
ot manhood in the so<? ii, were
present, all determined to makt
the organization stronger auc
greater. They insist on raising
more food crops, and farmers
who did not reduce the cottor
acreage last year must do so this
year 25 per cent. I'residonl
Haryey Jordan congratulated
(the Southern Cotton Associatioi
for ''standing together, and thai
weliave accomplished everything
up to now that we set out to do
and that we bad only one anc
one half million bales ot cottor
iu the south, and pvprw halo
, * - ? J
this will be needed soon to fil
contracts sold ahead." I'eac*
has been restored in foreigi
lands and a largor demand foi
manufactured noods than we
have ever had is caused Iron
the late disturbances. The
manufacturer admits that 15
cents was the price they ex
pected to pay for the crop
therefore we will have to gel
fifteen cents for the remaiudei
of our cotton to average twelve
cents per pound. Cotton is the
cheapestcommodity on the mar
ket today.
If there was a man at the
Convention that thought fifteen
cents was 100 High for cotton he
did not dare show his head 01
open Ins mouth, and when the
vote was taken it was unanimouf
for fifteen cents. Amid shoutt
and ?yells ; "We will have it !
Wo must have it ! We will hold
until we do get it l'1 were expressions
heard all over the house
It would seem tnat. the cotton
was in stronger hands and in the
hands ol people that can cut out
the cotton crop it necessary 01
plough it up alter it is planted
1 wish every man in South
Carolina could have been at tins
Convention. 1 am sure he would
have been fully repaid lor going,
an i would be willing to stand by
tho Association now alt-r listening
to Ihrv'y Jordan, E. lb
Smith, John Temple Graves,
1'io-ident Ciark, of Mississippi,
and many others, who spoke
feelingly and strongly in behalf
ot t he treat cause, wh'ch is for
the protection ot the South.
1'residenl E. 1>. Smith made the
speech of his life.
Mr. (-lark said : "The farmers
were damn 'oo|. to p!:?nl cotton
to buy com, and ? hen his nei^h
bor t 'i' 3 to plant all cotton he
plants corn to sell him, and tins
was all that saved him from financial
ruin whoa cotton went
to four and one half cents per
pound." A man should raise
corn and hay for sale, it does
not matter how high cotton
goes." .
We cannot alFord to have our I
p corn and smoke houses in the .
West: neither can we afFord tol
put our cotton in the hands of
he mills, nor in the ware houses
owned and controlled by them,
> for that gives the bears a chance
to figure and count the cotton
It shuts ofF competition ; buyers
' (In nnl ?'inU J
....V ,? .o?. IU IJIU ?MI COllOllj
' sliellered by the mill raau, lor
tbe mill will refuse to buy from
them. The buyers have told me
so, which forced me to get ex5
port buyers in this section last
^ summer. It was decided that
the (armors must have their own
' ware houses, and I hope that I
1 will live to see the farmers, no'
only of South Carolina, but of
^ the entire South, have their own
ware houses, owned and con
1 trolled by tnera, and when the
small farmer, who is forced to
' sell his cotton in September and
' October, can place his cotton
there and satisfy the account
1 with his banker and merchant,
^ both of whom are his friends, as
1 '
was so acknowledge in our Con*
veution by the largest bankers
1 and merchants in the South, who
r are with us to stay.
The man who is not willing to
1 help in building ware houses lor
5 the farmers has the good of the
' mills at heart more than the far
mers' interest, and is not in good
? standing with our organization,
f and should be spotted by the
cotton growers. Let us be inde!
pendent and fix the price of our
5 cotton, and it the mill man wants
it he can come to us. YVe must
not bow and beg them to take
! our cotton nnv Ionrrr?r (nr ?io
1 not dependent on (hem, but they
1 are dependent on us. Let the
farmers understand tlieir power
! and demand justice. We support '
' too many people on our cotton.
1 Cut out the middle man and put ^
him to ploughing the ''bull-ox.1'
I IJ. B. Tindal.
Greenville, S. Jan. loth
11900. i
Mr. Witherspoon's Condi=|j
tion. ji
i !:
TVT ~. . . A U!.. . _ V T T .. I
i^uw .rvuic IU ue up--tsullet I
' I I'
Located and is Doing no \
i Harm. j 5
I . 11
It afford* us especial pleasure
to note tlie fact that Mr. Uasei
Withers poo 11 ha* so lar recover
ed from liis recent wounds as
to be able to be up again. His 1
recovery lias indee 1 boon rapid.
| Mr. Witberspoon went over t o P
j tlie I'ryor sauitar-in 111 ,in Ohe-ter,
! Wednesday atieinoon and had p
the bullet in his body located by (
I means of the X ray. The ball
I ?,..a Fa I 1. -
i <i an itnn>u ii'iiti'ii llCXl lO ! lit1 I
third ri >. It was i ot lvinoved,
as it is doing no hartn. Mr. J
Wit herspoon returned home!1
Wednesday night.
_ (
Marshall Field, of] Chicago,' ]
tlie most famous merchant in
the world, diod in New York i
this week, of pneumonia. j
:\/
I
A Shocking Death.
Mr. Chalmers B. Horton, one
of Kershaw's Best and 9
Most Prominent Young I
Citi'/pno
^.Uxv.iu, wini ci ra- K
tal Accident, His Death 1
Resulting Some Hours La- &
ter.
The many friends throughout, j
I lie county of Mr. Chalmers B_ ll
Horlon, ol Kershaw, will l>e -1
deeply shocked and grieved to \
hear of his tiagic death, which I
occurred in Kershaw Thursday a
night. It ap pears that about i
o'clock Thursday afternoon MrHorton
went up in the elevator ;
at the store of the Kershaw Bank- $
ing and Mercantile company* 1
with which he was connected,., t
and just as lie was in the act of. .
stepping out, at the second floor,:,
the elevator suddenly fell, oausing
Mr. Horton to fall also, a >
distance ot about fifteen teet? ^
He fell on his side, sustaining ?
internal injuries which resultedLvij
in his death about midnight.?
Thursday night.
Mr. Horton was a young maoigi
of exceptionally fine character f
and much promise. He was a >\
son of the late I>r. James Horto* \
and was about 35 years of age ?? j
He was marrieif Kdnie years ago. .
to Miss Annie Hamilton, of Cliee*. |
ter, who survives him. He
also survived by his mother, Mrt. ^
Sarah Horton, and the followin|B|l
brothers and sisters: Dr. K.
Horton, Mr. Lovic Ilorton, Misses;
Fannie and FJoride Horton. of
the Heath Springs section;
Florence Kelly, of Tinimonsville^. I
and Mrs Lois Parrett, ot Hartsville.
Mr. Ilorton's remains wer??
taken to Chester yesterday atteskvi
noon for burial.
Business Changes in Wathaw.
The stylo ol tlie Waxhaw Bank-/$j
infr sind Mercantile Comvn&flT
lias been changed t<> the WauM?
haw Mercantile Company. 'Swtma
hanking dep rtment of thejMf
noss will I>o discontinued
;*or of tlie Waxhaw B-r,
Trust Company lec^'Jr
ganized lioro ami.
hopt'il. will soon 1)
o 11 bu-iness. ThwT'V.
Mor antile (Jompmf
. om posed of Mr.' J, )'
ind Ins son in
drown, the latterjjffi
The style of 1h#?
yell known firm olx *
Sle ith Sr. Nivon was, m. \
'hanged to Rodman <% V*.
1 he new linn is compolH^^l
\Y?<rs. .J Kodman and T".
Mivon, Mr. K. ?J. 1 loath vvTjBBP
xr of lit - former firm, liaviflH
,viitulniwn trom tlio businqpt.^
Mr J. M. Niven is the mnnjdflMB
if the new firm, as lie was *1*9^
withdrawn a- a partn< r in tigjNr
iV x a w Merranli'o ( "iiipaMw
vncl the Waxhaw Drug i otml