The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL I. NO. 37. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C? FEBRUARY 10. 1906. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY
To Help Price of Cotton.
Big Scheme on Foot?Powerful
Syndicate to Underwrite
Half Million Bales at
d;Thirteen Cents.
Atlanta, Feb. 7.?A rynrlieate
liar, be-11 termed in N"\v York
headed ty K R. liit nias, and
bached b a 1: rgo amount ?>t
capital, to underw ri'e 500,000
bal<s o.' cotton at 13 cent14, according
to information given
out today by President Ilarvie
Jordan of the Southern Cotton
Assoeia ion.
President Jordan left for New
York today to confer with those
interested in this syndicate, a* d
6tated that the details \vou>d re
made pub ic wi hiu the next 48
hours. This proposition, he
says, will, ia no wise int? rfere
with the movement to hold for
15 cents.
President Jordan gave out. the
following statement today re
gaiding this syndicate movement:
4<I have been definitely as?ur
ed thai an underwriting syndi'
3, cate headed by E. R. Thomas,
and b. sked by the strongest
* financial syndici'e in New York
will underwrite 500,000 bales of
cotton at 13 cent*. Th s propo
sition will not interfere with
those spot holders who da-ire lo
hold for fifieen cents. I will
'save for New York today and
ne details of the syndicate will
'be furnished the public within
the next forty-eight hours.
44 But little spot cot'on is offer
ing east of the Mississippi mer.
Hoavy receipts in Texas cat not
y. continue much longer a^ sup
plies there are practically exhausted.
With the organization
of a powerful syndicate t > j>rotect
the spot situation aeainst
the present unwarranted bear
raid, practical y every bate ol
cotton remaining unsold can be
tied up. Supplies will run short
h lrom uov> on as compared with
one year ago, and the-e will he
no necessity lor marketing any
of the new crop before next
October*"
Fino Farmitnr
1 1UW A U1 111 111
"What One Man Raised Last
Year on Five-eighths of an
Acre.
II was noted in thrso columns
"> last fall what a remarkably laive
crop of col ton and vegetable
Mr. J. It. Goins, formerly of this
county but now living in Rock
Hill, was making 011 a 6inall
, picei of land purchased by him
in the Highland Park mill community,
of Rock Hill. During a
recent visit to Rock Hill Mr.
Go >. W. Phillips, of this place,
ob ained from Mr. GoiiiB an
it^mizrl statement of the yield
of ?.i< l??t Inst year. The ground
in a<i;r s g ol an aero and hoio
is what it made the past season :
4.
Jp:
'2* a'-s of e 1t 11. total we oht,;
j 930 poun l> ; 2D buBxu'l- liishj
! potatoes, ^t) liu hels b? a s, 2
bushels English pens, 20 biifdjel''
'beets, and 20 bushel-? nious.
In addition t. the foregoing Mr.
Goius raised ell the lot $10.
worth of cabbage, $-i worth of
salad, $2 worth of tomatoes and
$2. worth of pepper and okra.
And he s'ill has bis cotton seed.
! about 60 bushelo
We do not know whut. Mr '
'Goius realized for Ids co'fcon, if
indeed lie haseo'd if, but placing
its value at only ?100. it will be
seen that his lot made him over
$200., for ho av< laged a dollar
a bushel for his jo'atoo?, beans
tfce., which he sold. When the
fact is recalled that the lot is
only ? of an ace, the yield is
truly amazing. When Mr Goius
bought the lot a few years ago it
was a poor, unproductive spot,
but he has gradually enriched it
by constant applications of lit tor,
ashes, lot scrap-ngs, &c
The v-gethbles, by the way,
were not planted to themselves
but between the cotton stalks.
Raid by the Sheriff
Colored Citizen Found Overstocked
with Flour and
Liquor Tugs.
Sheriff Hunter and his deputies
made an important haul
Thursday night. The Slit riff
had gotten a hint that a cer'ain
colored c tizon of Lancaster was
dealing in goods supposed to be
stolen, so he and his deputies
accordingly raided I lie homo of
the suspected man, .Jim Heath,
ni^lit before last. Twelve sacks
of Hour, nine quarter sac'<s and
three whole sacks, were found;
aho two gallons of liquor and
some ten or twelve empty jugs,
some of them of four gallons
capacity. Heath was arrested
and lodged in jad. He claimed
to have bought the flour from
different, parties, but could not
rccaM t'?e name of any merchant
from whom he had made pur-1
chase.
Nearly all the flour seized is f
of one brand?Magnolia?-old
hero only by Merchant Kdwa'ds.
It is not known whether the
flour was taken from Mr. Edwards's
store or from the depot.
Alter lleath had been taken
to jail a pistol was found con
coaled in his shoos or boots.
Mrs. W. L. Sistare, of River
i-ide, has returned home from
' hfs'er, where she has been'
i under treatment ii^?- i~ I
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much improved.
?Mr. Earl Heath,the energetic
young manager of the A. W.
Heath Company of VVaxhaw,
will be married on the fifteenth
to Miss Isabella Stacey, daughter
of Kev. L E. Stacoy, who
was for the pant two conference
years pastor of the Methodist
church at VVaxhaw, and now!
lives at Belwood, in Cleveland
'county.?Monroe Journal.
Legislative Proceedings
As Reported for The News
by Representative Hamel
?Something About Many j
of the Measures Now Pen-1
ding.
llepieseidntive Foster's hill
requiring the Southern Railway
company to bui'd a depot at
Lancaster pa scd a third reading
in the l oose Friday and was
*ent to the senate.
The bill requiring the trustees
,,f W5..M '
, .. urn r i' 1:01 ego 10 give ten
days' i:o i lay at Chris'm is time,
lalong wi:h other stale colleges,
has pissed the senate.
Mr. Richards h s a resolution
before the house to submit the
question of repealing the lien
law to the voters in the primary.
A timilar resolution failed last
year.
| The crmpu's ry education bill
was lost by a very narrow vote
on ore ot tno iii lest votes taken
in the house. ():ily four or live
members were absent from their
places. The vote to indefinitely
postpone the bill was carried by
by 59 to 5G.
The bill to make the South
Carolina college a university is
before the legislature again this
year. It failed to pass at the
last st ssion.
The reformatory measure is up
again lor settlement. It has
gained some friends and may
pass in some form.
Mr. McColl's bill to establish
the ollice of bank examiner,
whose salary and all expenses
connected with his office shall be
paid by tho banks, has passed
its third reading and has been
sent to tho senate.
According to reports submit
ted to the legislature the higher
.r.s'ituti ?ns of learning of the
s'a'o show cxoense accounts in
11 e lollowing sums : South Carolina
college, $42,022 92; Win
thropcollege, $ 110,828.04; Clem
son co lege, $140,580.62; Citadel
academy, 40,085.63; Colored
Normal and industrial college,
$23,404,52. Making a total ot
$375,527.73.
The bill of Mr. Herbert to exempt
members of the militia
from jury duty, road duty and
road tax failed to pass by a vote
of 00 toll.
The bill to re survey the
county line between Lancaster
and Kershaw counties is a special
order on the calendar and
will b? reached s -me time during |
I ihe session.
(>a account ol an Occident on
ti.e Seaboard road Speaker Smith
was unable (o reach Columbia in
time to be present at the opening
of the session Monday morn
ing and Mr. Morgan, of Greenvdle,
was elected speaker protein.
The bill ol Mr. Cothran to repeal
the Foctions of the code of
law relating tospecia1 courts was
read a third time and sent
to the senate.
A bill which will operate to
save time and ovncncf* of tim
legisla'ure, offered ' >* Mr. I.:uv
H"ii, 1 ;n passed a tidrd reading ,
It s a general law | lwiding for|
is> 11 ng bonds u pub io school;
d stri -.s.
Th re is a bil; on :ho cale; d r
to authorize and empower police
officers in actual pursuit of a
pen-on who has violate 1 a muni
cipal ordinance to pursue the o!feiider
lor three miles beyond
the corporatcd limits of the town
in which he committed the ollense
il it is necessary to effect
his capture. The hill has met j
With a lot of opposition and is I
not likely to pass.
Several bills asking for investigation
of county affairs have
passe 1 the home.
By a vote of G7 to 39 the house
struck out the enacting words oi
Mr R chard's bill to provide a |
model school at Wint' rop Co!
lejre.
Mr. L abbs lias introduced a
joint resolution asking the ap
pointment, of a committee to investigate
affairs at Clemson Col1
-
lege.
According to (he statement ot
the expert accountants appointed
by the governor to make an examination
ot the accounts of the
state dispemary for the fiscal
year ending November 30th,
1905, the total receip's for the
year haying leon $3,181,984 22.
The stock of liquors iu the state
dispensaries amounts to $543,029.95
and in the county di-p?n
saries $409,685.71, $589,525 80
is due the bdiool fund and tlie
dispensary owesaccounts amounting
to $544 650.S9.
There is no end to special leg
islati.m and the hi Is on the
calendar and those already *1 is
posed ot number something like
1,100.
The great llieme and topic of
discussion now is the dispensary.
Debate on the different bills
started Mo: d.iy night ot la-t
week, and a night session ha?
been held o ;ch night for the
special consideration of that subject.
J. W. Ilamel
The Cotton Association.
County Organizer Jones's Appointments
for next Week.
County Organizer Cleorae W.
Jones, of the cotton association,
continues lo c.irry on the gocd
work of organizing sub associations
throughout the count}'.
Mr. Jones requests us to announce
the following appoint
men's for hiui .'or next week, to
organize iocal clubs.
Caston's school house Thur
(lay, 15th, at 12 in.
Union church, Friday lt5th , at
12 m.
Tradesville, Satuulay. 17th, at
12 m.
Bethel, Saturday, 17th, at 3 p.
m.
The farmers and their friends
in these respective localities are
earnestly requested to meet
Organizer Junes on the s named.
Fort Lawn items
Change in Railroad Agents?
Also of Teachers?Mi uk
Abernathy Comes to Lancaster.
Fort Lawn cor. Chester Reporti
ei:
Ah. W. T. (ilaMcn, the f opuiar
an I effective h vfc C. R R?
A^t. at this place, Inn resigned
his position hero. His many
friends regret, to lose him but
wish him succors whese ev< r he
may go Mr. E. Miller of
Blackstock will succeed Mr.
Gladden and will move his
family here very soon.
At a meeting of tho pa rous
of the For! Lawn school Mrs. O-.
Alexander v. as elected to t each,
the unexpired term, Mrs. McGavuch
l aving resigned.
Miss Mittie Abernathy has resigned
her position as saletlady
with li. Dau:el A Co., to accept
a similar position with Willianis-llughes
Co.. ot Luioastor,
and left Monday to hegin her
work there. Her many friendt
here regret that she cannot be
prevailed on to stay, hut all glad
to know that she has nice and
lucrative position.
How to Mix Fertilizers For
Stubble Land.
i nave been a subscriber tc
your valuable paper lor some
time and like it befc'er than any
paper of its Kin 1 published, and
w< aid like to a k a few questions
iu regard to placing cotton ob
stubbier! land another year."
We can't pet chenvcals and
have to g t ready-mixed fertilizers
and 1 want to know if a fertilizer
containin"* phosphoric
acid iO.UO, i.itrog n 1 05, pot ask
2 thl, i-ci I phosphate 13 to H
co ton seed meal, ?ci. a ton of
each and mix a11 togother and
put about 300 pounds per acre oa
stubble land fairly well prepared.
If (bis will not do please adviso
nie ih oi-'i vo r paper
whirh is best wi ll ready mixed
guano for best results.
Yours for success,
R. M. O.
Binning, (5a.
Comment by Tire 10 11 or :
Yes, the three mixed togt-t ;er
would give you a good fertilizer.
.Ifyour land has much stubble V
j on it a ton of cottonseed meal
[and acid phosphate mixed together
would do all right ?
Southern Cul iva'or.
^ ^ <
?The House killed the 10liour
labor bill yesterday.
on Di>ii/irii
OUR NRW DISCOVERY MEDICINE
COMPANY of Laurens, S. 0., has li.uuu
factored and k*>1<1 thousands of bottles >'
OUR NKW DISCOVERY within the last
three (Or years with an absolute GUAR AN1'EE
with cacli hotth fur till lilood in<!
shin Diseases, Nervousness, I ivor and
Kidney Troubles, and offers 31011.1m roM'uvd
to any i er>?or who will prove that
th , hiiVa oVi 1 I. i'< il ? ? letnselto i-oniply
with tho terniR of the G'.iuuiitee. hold bj
Crawford Rtos.