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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 45. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., MARCH 10. 1906. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPYT Prohibition in Monroe. 11 ; b! Judging from the Alarming Increase in Liquor Prescriptions the Whole Town J', Must be Sick. 8, d From Monroe Journal. ej Liquor has al ways been ieirarded as an infallible remedy ioi snakebite, but tlie increasing g sales at the Monroe Medical pository indicate that either 'r tllOre are more snakes ahrnnrt in the land or that the efficacy of a whiskey in a great many more troubles has been discovert d g The opening paragraph of st c c tion fourteen of the depository law savs: ? "That it shall be unlawful for ? any physician to make or give a c prescription for any intoxicating ^ liquors, bitters, checkers or othei w intoxicating liquors or drinks b* . wha'ever name known or called. ** A ~ # - 41 to or ior any person wiio is no' 1,1 in actual need of such liquors 11 for medicinal purposes, or to a make or give a prescription for 81 any such liquors or drinks to or 0 for any person not bona fidk under such physician's charge as a patient, and then only in good P faiih for medicinal purposes 8( ouly." Every month the keeper oi the depository is required to set ? tie with the county commission ers, giving an itemized statement ^ * of all transactions. The reports for the several months since the depository was established show a rapid increase in illness in the Tl county. The depository was es v tahlished last June, and in thht c month $61.60 worth ot 4<medi ^ pirip" waq artlil In t-lm u <? MU WW*. A U tUV IllWlltH M of February just closed the sales b were $412.05. At this rate ot P increase it. will not be long till b the whole county will require fi trained nursing. July, the aec- a ond month ol operation, there ^ was nearly a 50 per cent, increase a of sickness. Then the figures mount up rapidly each month. y Another Instance of Slip* ? shod Legislation. " IT Important Resolution Lost? c< p Diligent Search Fails to w Find It. " b Columbia Record, March 9th. There won't ho any investiga- a rf tion inlo the financial affairs of ai Spartanburg county, and the ex si pected sensation over the discov cl ery of far-reaching graft will not li ho forthcoming from that direr- tl tion until another legislature rj ' passes upon the mutter. The ei trouble is that, the joint resoluI 4 tion which Senator Carlisle, of d that county, introduced and was ir bo careful to see pass three read- ci ings in each house, looking to ol the appointment by (ho governor ir of "throe discreet persons," but tl "not residents ot {Spartanburg I st county/? to examine into all ofjp V / ie financid affairs of ;?* d cour.r" "as expeditiously as j le," lias he?*i? lost. The Spartuiburg Herald Miy-> lat the mambers of the delega011 canny , locate it and that lerk R. R. Hemphill, who is lpposed to have misplaced the ncument, kas not answered tel?rams of inq dry senMo him. An investigation ma le a' the ;ate house today reveals that the ovoruor has not seen it so far as e can renumber, th it it is not i the secretary of slate's office rhere all the other ratified acts re, and that it was not in the st of ratified acts which the overnor receipted for to the lerk. Clerk McCown, of the secretary f state's office, who has charge f the ratified acts after they r*mn f'rnm f l?n ?? vmv ?wui KIIC fiUfClllUl , in Bftlisied that the measure in question ras never ratified, though it likey did pass three readings in each ouso. Whether it was lost in lie enrolling department when ; was sent there tor enrollment 9 an act or was misplaced in the snate cannot be said at this stage f the game. The incident only further illusrates the 6lip-3hod methods that revail the last tew days of the Bsaion, when almost anything illy or careless may happen. ?ed Dealers Are Opposed Distribution of Seeds by Congressmen. Washington, March 9.?Repesentatives of seed dealers from a r i o u a cities throughout the ountry met in convention at the lew Willard to consider ways nd means of preventing the ouse ol represeniatives from utting into the appropriation ill the clause providing lor the ree distribution ol teed by the gricultuial department, which fas recently stricken out by the gr.cultural committee. No definite action was taken esterday. but influence will be rought to bear 011 the represntatives favoring the continunce ol the giving out of seed to le farmers. i ne stana taken by t> e seed ion is that tlie government is oming directly in competition itli them in turnishing seed, nd is doing gloat harm to their usiness. They hold further that the in jiligent farmers ot the country ro opposed to the distribution nd would prefe* to buy their led in open market, where, it is aimed, they got a superior arcle, and what they want, while ie seed sent by the department irely (its the needs of t he plantr. It is further held that the free istribution of seed is favored by lany congressmen merely boitise it can he used as a moans F courting popularity with the lore ignorant element among ie farmers. The practice is iyled a mere method ol petty I olitical grttft. A Family Reunion. 1 ?? Mr. D. R. Lane Happily Celebrates His 65th Birthday < ?An Interesting Sketch of ' Mr. Lane's Life. [ 1 < Reported for The News. Theie was a pleasant family rounion at the home of Mr. D. R. 1 Lane, in the Creek section of 1 Lancaster county, on the 2nd ) instant, the occasion of the gatn- i ering being the celebration of Mr. Lane's 65th birthday. Four sons and one daughter and thirteen grandchildren spent the daV with Mr. Jliirl Mro T.qmo A few friends were also present. A nice dinner was served and the day was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Mr. Lane was the recipient of many presents. While the oc casion was a most pleasurable one, there was an element of sadness apparent when the time for separation arrived, for it was not known how many would live to .1. 1 - ooo mo iioxl reunion. Mr. Lane talked most interestingly to yourcorre8pondent about his native home and about the hardships ot the war. Mr. Lane was born in the state of Maine. When he was 20 years old he joined the army, becoming a member of the 16th Regiment of Maine Volunteers. He saw service in the Army of the Potomac, and was wounded at the battle of Reames Station, Virginia.? After recovering from his wound he returned to the army in September, 1864. Many of your readers will recall the famous raid made by Gen Hampton on the rear of Grant's army, when over 3,000 b9ef cattle were captured. Your correspondent was there and helped to eat some ol the beef, which was certainly fine?Well, Mr. Lane, was also there, but was, of course, on the "ether side." As one of Grant 's soldiers he was helping to guard that lot of cattle, lie was taken prisoner, finally baing sent to Salisbury, N. (). T-T? WAQ rplonen/l OTtK ~ ? I ? ?. vivu me w ; 111 in Mnrch, 1865. The war over he decided to remain in the South. In the fall of '65 he married a Miss Reed, of Mecklenburg county, N. C. After spending ten years in North Carolina ho came to this State, locating in Lancaster county, where he has lived ever since. The sons are all farmers except one. All are doing well. May they live to see many more family reunions, is the wish of the writer. NV. P. Dixie, S. C. Many Persons Killed bvi Snow Avalanche. Trondlijem, Norway, March 8 ?A snow avalanche at the Lofeten Islands yesterday buried a number of fishermens* huts Rescuers extricated 21 dead and < 35 injured. 1 Mr. Bob. Hicklin's Heavy Boss by Fire. Tlie many Iriends in Lancaster lounty of Mr. R. L. Uicklin, where ho formerly resided, will regret to learn of his receni severe loss by fire, the following account which is given by the Chester Lantern : Mr. Robert Ilick I in, of Rich burg, had the misfortune to lose two barns and all his corn and roughness, one mule, his buggy and surrey and farm implements by fire about midnight Friday night. His fowl house with all his f(>w 18 was also burned, and it was with difficulty thai his dwelling was saved. Mr. Hicklin's face and one hand was right severely burned in his effort to save his property. His son succeeded in getting the horse and cuws our ana nad gotten the mule out, but it was dazed and ran into the fire at the other barn. It is not. known how the tire started, but from some circumstances there is strong suspicion that it was of incendiary origin. Present Objective Point of C. C?d. Tl R R RAinrr ? .? uwiiig mui veyed. Monroe Journal. Mr. J. J. Crow weut to Chesterfield county yesterday to have surveyed a big tract ot land which his firm, in conjunction with Mr. Tom Funderburk, owns there. It is the tract known as the Fox place and comprises overthree thousand acres. These gentlemen have owned the place for several years, and as the lines have been somewhat overrun in the course ot time by settlers on the edges of the tract, it has became necessary to have! a resurvev. This place is the present objective point of the Cheraw and Lancaster railroad. When the road is finished to that point it can come to Monroe or go to Lancaster as the pro jectors desire. mm'~ Oklahoma May Get In. Washington, March S.?Encouraged by a poll which they I hare made of the senate showing they have votes enough to adopt the Foraker amendment, to the statehood bill, opponents ot the plan to unite the territories of New Mexico ami Arizona as one state, have dccid <1 t .go further. Thev will tomorrow oiler an amendment which will provide: lor the admission of Oklahoma and Indian territories as one state and of New Mexico and Atizona as two separate stales. They claim their poll shows the amendment will he carried. Voting on statehood bill will begin at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. John 1'. Thomas, Jr., of the Columbia bar, has been elected a law professor in tlie South Carolina University. The Chinese Boycott. Animosity Against America Spreading?School Children B e i n g Taught the Power of the Boycott. Washington, March 8.?The Chinese educational institutions in the neighborhood of Hong Kong and Canton are teaching the boycott to children accord ing to Special Agent Burrii, of the department of commerce and labor, who was sent into the hotbed of the American boycotting in southern China to investigate lor his department the ex act trade conditions. His report reached the department today and tended to cast a gloom over the optimistic attitude as sumed after the department issued statistics early in the week showing the increase in the to tal exnort trade from the TTnitaa States to China during the last seven months. According to Mr. Burrill,s report the imperial govern men. has not succeeded in putting down the agitation against the Americans as late as the middle of January. lie says the schoole were instilling into the minds of the children the power of the boycott as a weapon of delense and offense against powerful nations, and that, the general atti tuile of the Chinese in provinces about Hong Kong and Canton was such as to make American commercial presentation in that tield most difficult. The trade in American Hour suffered extremely in southern China. Im portations of this commodity fell off a million sacks in Jl)o5, and upwards of two hundred thouI JBand sacks remain unsold in the warehouses of Hong Kong. Policeman Shoots a Farmer, at Honea Path?Troops Called Out. , Columbia, S. C. March 8.? |John Marion Ashley., a white I farmer of Honea Path, was shot and probably fatal'y wounded tonight by Policeman White, who was endeavoring to arrest Ashley. Tne wounded man'* relatives and triends soon gatho red and threataiip(1 t#? violence to Ihe officer. Fearing serious trouble, (Governor Heyward was notified ami requi ted I to hurry troops to the scene. I Accordingly the Anderson comjpany,under eonm >n 1 of Lieutenant 1'. K. Mcl'tillv, dr., wa* despatched to II mea Path by a special tram. ! Ex-Senator Greene Acquitted. Washington, March 8?1 lie jury in the case of ex State Senator Greene, of New York, on a charge of conspiracy to defraud I lie government, in the postoflice department, brought, in a verdict of not guilty this afternoon.