The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 10, 1906, Image 1
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
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Judging from the Alarming
Increase in Liquor Prescriptions
the Whole Town J',
Must be Sick. 8,
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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. **
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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. "
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Important Resolution Lost? c<
p Diligent Search Fails to w
Find It. "
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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
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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
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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
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Mr. D. R. Lane Happily Celebrates
His 65th Birthday <
?An Interesting Sketch of '
Mr. Lane's Life.
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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
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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.
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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.