The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 27, 1906, Image 1
The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. I. NO. 33. SEMI-WEEKLY. l/VNCASTEB. S. C., MNU/ aY 27. 1906 PltlCE?-FIVE CENTS PEI1 COPY.
Elections by the Legisia
ture.
All Judges Reelected?Also
College Trustees.
Columbia Record.
Today was election day in the
legislature. The house was in
session two hours before the
time appointed, but only uncontested
bills were disposed of
and they were of no general in
teiest. Toe sena.'e met at 11
, o'clock, nms' members expecting
to have an hour lor the transaction
of calendar work, but thev
misapprehended the time for the
elections and had hardly more
than assembled when tlie body
Venl In Ihn liniion
Legislative elections are long
and fedious processes, whether
there is one or more candidates
for any position. The vote must
be by ballot, necessitating the
calling of the roll of I otli houses
for each election.
The first held this morning
was for chief justice. Chie'
Justice Pope had no opposition
?iid was placed in nomination
by Senator Hudson. He receiv
ed the whole number of votes
ca>t?146. Justice Pope succeeded
^the late Chief Justice
Melver, filling an unexpired
term. His present term is for
eight years.
There was no opposition to
Judge C. G. Danfzler, who was
nnammmialv MQlaoturl
? ~ " V4u*j i vcv u?
For the Second circuit then
were two candidates?Judge A]
drich, the incumbent, and Sen
ator Warren, of Hampton. Judg*
Aid rich was reelected, the vol*
being: Aldrieh, 118; Warren,
32.
Judge II. O. Purdy was renominated
for the Third circuit,
and, there being no opposition,
he was unanimously elected.
Judge Walts also went through
without opposition,
Judge Gage also had cleat
sailing and was reelected unani
monsly. Judge Klugh, however,
had an opponent in Senator McGowan,
of Laurens, hut he was
reelected, the vole standing
Klugh 100; McGowan, 41.
The contest for stale librarian
? was between Miss LaBorde, the
Thcuinbent, and Miss S. M. A.
Black, of Fairfield. Miss L ?
Bor.le was reelected, her vote
being 130 to 14 lor Miss Black.
Two directors for the peni
tentiary wero elected, both being
incumbents and having no op
vposiuon, they being Messrs I'eurifoy
and Wingo.
l)r. E. 8. Joyces, A. M. Lee
and .1, W. Roddey succeeded
themselves as trustees of WinthkTfc},
as do Messrs W. T. <-.
Bates, J. Q. i).?vi-s, and Annus!
K?>hu as trustees of the South
Carolina college.
Eigh'een persons wore hilled
Sunday nuhl by a panic 111 a
colored church in Philadelphia,
caused by an alarm of fire.
IUmb .l1 ? . ^ '\
Defense of Roosevelt?Spooner
Replies to Tillman's
Attack on President.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 24.?
For more than three hours today
Mr. Spooner occupied 'he time
of the senate in explanation and
defense of the course of the ad
ministration r< iative to the Moroccan
conlerence at Algerias
and in connection wi h Santo
Domingo The speech was deliv
ered to crowded galleries and a
well filled senate and received
careful attention throughout,.
In main it was a response to
the speeches of Mr. Bacon and
Mr. Tillman and its purpose was
to justify the president's acte in
both matters under discussion.?
There were frequent interrup
tions by Mr. Tillman and some
<harp exchanges at repartee be
tween him and Mr. Spooner.?
l'u:_ >
?iiis aimisen gaiien.es, Dut once
or twice Mr. Spoouer showed lie
was annoyed and once he made
serious protest against Mr. Till
man's imputations that Mr.
Spooner's appearance in the case
was that of a special advocate tor
<he udministration.
About Pensions.
T ? r i r- .? tk . -
xiuuimauon iorine unintormed.
A Confederate veteran of Pleasant
Valley writes to us for some
information about pensions, ask
ins us to make answer through
he columns of The News. Lie
^bllAM Mini- llO llua
?uu ?u .?i?o 3CC11 liutlllliy
from the pension board in this
paper.
Our old friend lias evidently
iverlooked the publications heretolore
made in relation to pensions.
In tho issue ol The News
of December 20ih the fact was
noted that Mr. W. B. Bruce had
i)^n reappointed pension commissioner
for Lancaster county.
And in The News of the 6ih in
stmt Commissioner Bruce him
seif published a notice to the
elloct that on eve rday in
the month of January Id
be in the Supervisor's other lor
the purpose ol receiving new applications
for pensions.
Those already oil the pension
rolls do not have to reapply. It
is onlv new amilicant-i wlm
to file paper etc now. I? will
proo&biy be some (JO or 90 days
before pensions will bo , (he
amount of whicb is not vet fixed.
Urgent Call to Every Member
of Dixie Council No 43 j
Jr. O. U. A. M.
I Everv member of Dixie cmnI
, . - I
c i l' 11il to attend a meeting
on i'?*b. ihe 3rd 1303, a* bnsi
ness of great importance to every
member is to be transacted at
that meeting. Take notice and
govern yourselves accordingly.
Done by order ol council assembled
Jan the 201li, 1906.
B. F. Adams,
Recording Secretary.
Dispensary Money For
Schools.
Over One Hundred Thousand
Dollars Apportioned
Among the Counties this
.?u n
?? wi\? ? * nai cctui \JUUI1ty
gets for its Schools.
Columbia Record, Jan. 25th.
Comptroller General Jones today
announced the final disfcribu
tion of the state dispensary pro
fits for 1905 which go to the
school funds of the vniious counties.
Another distribution had
already been made. The total
in this final distribution iR
slightly over one hundred
thousand dollars. The follow
infi is a statement ol the division:
Abbeville $ 3,097.70
Aiken 2,880.75
Anderson 4,560.75
miiuufrg 1,4(57.75
Barnwell 2,425.10
Beauford 1,380.80
Berkeley 1,860.65
Charleston 4,580.25
Cherokee 1,537.60
Chester 2,163.10
Chesterfield 1,516.75
Clarendon 2,132.00
Colleton 2,008.75
Darlington 2,003.25
Dorchester 1,021.70
Edgefield 2,094.30
Fail field 2,511.60
Florence 2,231.60
Georgetown 1,149.05
Greenville 4,224.20
Greenwood 2,531.50
Hampton 1,723.85
Horry 2,101.50
Kershaw 1,601.95
Lancaster 2,235.35
Laurens 2,741.35
Lee 1,544.50
Lexington 2,318.20
Marion 2,897.75
Marlboro 1,979.65
Newberry 2,392.85
Oconee 2.086.40
Orangeburg 4,938.75
rickens 1,807.49
Richland 3,037.85
S 4utlu 1,835,4o
Spartanburg 5,242.10
Sumter 2,440.45
Union 2,153.50
Williamsburg 2,316.15
York 3,497.35
Total $100,241.50
The total amount of slate (lis
ponsarv profi's during 1905 was
$198,675.77. The balance lroni
the previous year was $50,000.
The total distributed was $218,
975.78, paid out as follows. In
April, 1905, to cunty trcasur
eis for county schools, $112,
434.2" ; summer school, $ 1,000;
teachers institute, $5,000, and
the distribution just made, $100,
241.50
?Granville Masaey, col., was
accidentally shot in tho face at
Osceola last Monday, ly Mr. W.
1>. Yaudio, who was shooting at a
bird. The wounded m a n wa
taken to Monroe for treatment.
It is thought that he will lose an
eye.
! One Hundred Students Leave
Negro College.
Talladega, Ala., Jan. 22?
Over 100 student * left Talladega
College (colored) today because
a Southern white man, L O.
Parks, ot this county, was employed
as superintendent of the
college farm. The students de
manded his discharge, and that
witi refused by President R. M.
Nice. They appealed to Dr. S.
H. Baird, secretary ol the
American Missionary Society, of
New York, which fosters Talladega
College.
Talladega, Ala., Jan. 24?The
student strike at. Talladega college
lor negroes broke out anew
today. It is said that, at a conference
of the faculty and students
it was agreed that Mr.
Parks should remain as super
in'endent of the farm, but when
it came to putting this in writing
to tie i^ued in a circular,
the students again revolted and
resolutely refused to work under
Mr. Parks. President Nice
I ^
i oroKe otl relations with them
land as matter now stands the
disruption of the school may
result. It in reported on the
streets that there is a rupture in
he faculty; but this is denied by
the president and others, al
though they will not discuss the
matter.
The report that Mr. Parks had
a ^ffioulty with one of the stu
f ?t? is untrue. That ho is a
So lv mer is the only complaint
a;. $ ust him.
Gen. Wheeler Dead.
A 11V. r amuua *juiucucraie j
Cavalry Leader Succumbs
to an Attack of Pneumonia.
New York, Jan. 25.?General
Joseph Wheeler, the famous
Confederate cavalry l? a lor and a
brigadier fjenoial ()f the United
Si at* s army since the war with
Spain, died at 5:35 o'clock thi>
afternoon at the home of h's s-ster,
Mrs. Sterling Smith, in
Brooklyn. Tne veteran of two
I wars was 61) vears ??1?t i^i* i
!
spile ol Ins a.re, there was hope!
until yesterday of his recovery
from the attack ol pneumonia,
which caused his death.
Child's Body Found in Well.
Special to The State :
Anderson, Jan 2 1 ?The body
i f a ehii i, app r -ntiv white and
about 10 years of age, was
found in an old well in the
J western part of the city this]
morning. nio tiiseovcry was!
made by a negro, who for frigh'
or s' ni" oilier :? a u did not roj)1
i*l this prue-oune tied until t >night.
1 he coroner has been noli lie 1
and the holy will be removed
from the well tomorrow for
idunification. It is in an ai
vanced stasre of docompsition.
There is no clue whatever to tin
mystery and not even the race or
sex of tho body can be ascertained
before morning.
A Happy Occasion.
A Public Official Substantially
Remembered by his
Neighbors on the 57 th
Anniversary of his Birth.
A most uprppoblo surprise
uwaicpu bounty Supervisor M.
(J. Gardner on his return home
from Lancaster last Saturday
evening. Mr. Gardner had forgotten
that the day was his birthday,
but his neighbors and f riends
had not, for they assembled at
his home to the number of about
one hundred and fifty, to help the
popular county official celebrate
the event. Mr. Gu'dner was the
recipient o! a regular "pounding,"
which he most gratefully
appreciates. It was his 57th
birthday.
Cochran's Confirmation Held
Up at Request ofSpooner.
Washington cor. The Columbia
State :
The confirmation of Ernest
F. Cochran as district attorney
has been held up in the committee
at the request of Senator
Spooner. It is reported hat
Capt. Capers instigated this.
Beiug asked about it lie s?id
that he had not seen Senator
Spooner since he came here but
admitted that his friends among
the Republican senators had
held up the confirmation. "It
is not an attempt to defeat Mr.
Cochran," he said. "I would
not do anything in the world to
do that. In fact I expect to go
before the committee myself and
ask that Mr. Cochran bo confirmed.
I will probably do that
tomorrow.
| "What then is the meaning of
'this hold up," lie was asked.
"It means," said Mr. Capers,
" merely that my friends in the
senate, of whom 1 have a number,
are unwilling to call this
matter a closed incident, as my
enemies have been trying to
have it called, until I have had
a hearing."
Capt. Capers expects to make
a statement tomorrow.
| Senator Tillman says that the j for
\ holding up of Cochran's confirmation
means nothing at all;
will he confirmed all righty
"Capers and Cochran both bev j
I if i n with the ?ame letter aqoj
| iii >n 1:?? a k d t'O ui-lay iny ^
think that somehow the pre?*,^jk
dent got the names mixed,"ho
the way lie lauuhed at the mt^ars
when asked about it. ! C(W
Basket Supper. Stable a
There will be ft basket upper ^f?
at upper C-unp Creek Fiiday
niglit, Feb. 2nd. Proceeds are W
to go to the church. Public
cordially invited. *
C mini!toe
Misses Maggie Steele
Maggie Mailman
lassie Montgomery
Minnie Morris
Lessio Mothershed
j I'anuie Mel 1 wain
i Cora Roberts
Leola Williams.