University of South Carolina Libraries
The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW R78 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 51. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., MARCH 31, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPY Lively Debate h In the Senate?Tillman Becomes Facetious at the Bxpense of his Friend | Spooner?Tillman Prods ^ the Attorney General. h w t Washington, March 28. ? Mr. ^ Tillman and Mr. McOumber di g vided the time of the Semite to day. Mr. Tillman reforred to liis resolution concerning the ^ contributions of national banks i t? to campaign committees and made it the basis tor a reference to the differences between Dis ^ trict Attorney Jerome and Judge O'Sullivan as to the applicability of existing law to the ' liability of insurance companies 0 for the same offense. \Vhatever d'?ubt might exist as to] insurance 1 companies there could, he said, bo none as to national banks. These, lie believed constitute ,( malfeasance in oflice and call for '' punishment under the law. He J knew of one case in which $17,- a 000 had been contributed to the Republican campaign fund in c 1890 and he had reason to beheve that no less than .$1,000.000 0i had been so given by tiie national banks that year. He also spoke h of Judge Humphrey's recent deci- h sion in the beef packer's case and i' declared that the tendency was |to punish a man of straw, the h corporations, without paying atfool IAD # r\ t lt/i 1 iwl ITTI/I mila I I ll icim iwu t*/ IIIU IIIUI v luuaio, iir declared that we were "too in- " fernully anxious" about this ar- e' ^ tificial mail, he wanted the beneficiary looked alter. No doubt,, ? lio said, the law was correctly 1' inteipreted, but that was the trouble?lie wanted the law re- h formed. "Now, there's Mr. ? Jerome," he said, "lie, too, has fallen Irom grace and is out?1"' against reform." si Mr. Tillman quoted Mr. Spooner's recent speech and re- a marked: H "Cartoons of.en point out some j pertinent tacts. "The las' cartoon I saw of the Senator from South Carolina," , said Mr. Spooner, "showed him being kicked over by a donkey." "The last I saw," said Mr. * ^ Ti.lman, "showed me riding the donkey and the elephant tied to the donkey's tail." Mr. Tillman declared that the Attorney Ci Mioral was the direct progenitor of the doctrine that the corporations could he punished, hut not th'ir officers and * stockholders, lie laid down the j principal in the case of Mr. $ Morton and the President had 1' accepted the doctrine, both ex- p claiming, "lie's clean and honorable and should be immune; st go after the dirty railroad."? ct The decision in the packer's case was a natural consequence, he h; said, the Attorney General had J been "hoist by his own petard." ir Moreover, ho was afraid that we C wore trying to find some way of hi how not to do it in the ma'ter of rt railroads. IIo wanted it under- p V - lappenings from Heath Springs to Libeity HillNewsy Letter from "G.R.i C." Mr. Editor: The month of [arch has heen very unfavorable >r the advancement of farm ork. So much rain has fallen lat very little plowing has been one However, quite a lot of uiino has been hauled and we re apprehensive that a number I our farmers will, if permitted y the weather conditions, plant >o great an acreage in cotton.? /e hope however that they will ot do so, as it is useless to hanle ten bales for the same that an ho realized for six. And the otton associa'ions cannot possily keep up the price if thefarmrs do not follow their advice nd keep down acreage. Messrs \V. B. Twitty tfc Co. ave placed an "up-to-date" soda IIHlt in tbfiir <1 r 11 p-k! nrA uiirt ufA rrpared to dispenee the cooling everage which refreshes but oes not inebriate. Miss Susie Mae Oloyd, of Linaster, spent several days here ist week with her friend Mrs. 1. C. Cauthen. Mr. A. P. Horton, the poputr carrier of 11 F. D. No. 3 has ought a lot and intends buildig a residence soon. Miss M. Ella Beattie, who has eon teaching school in the Waxaw section, returned to her ome near llussel Place last Satrday, her school having closd. Work on the railroad is proressing very satisfactorily, and ; will not be a great while be>ra the people along the line can ear the puff of the locomotive n "The Carolina Central." Toe handsome and commodious evidence ot Mr. S. W. Heath is a nearly completed that Mr. leath and family are occupying portion of it while the workmen re completing the rest. Dr. I*. B. Hill has moved trom .iberty Hill to Mugill, in order i be more convenient to his po^t I duty hs physician for The outhern Granite Co. Miss Margie McDow, of Char>ston, is visiting her cou>in, Mms lara Johnston, at the Hill. G. II C. .ancastei Farmers Progressive. rotn Camden Messenger. Lancaster is going right ahead ; itli building cotton warehouses.! warehouse to cost $8,000 at ancasfer, $7,000 a* Heath priugs ami $5,000 a' Kershaw, he farmers up there niw^t bo regressive. ood that he believed that such a jurse should be prohibited. Mr. Tillman declared that lie nd not intended to criticise u^lge Humphrey. He also cowed his faith in the Supremo ourt, saying that he did not rdieve that it would refuse to dieve the distress ot the peole. A Former Lancastrian Wins Suit in Columbia. Columbia lleconl. A great legal battle 1 isting twc days, during which there was much sharp cross-questioning o witnesses, a large volume of tes^ timony taken and about fourteer columns of argument released ai the defenseless head of the court has just been brought to a con elusion in Magistrate McMaster'i court, to decide the burning issue: May a tenant convert akitchet into a stable ? In this particular case the kitch en was in a dilapidated conditio! and it was not connected witl the main premises, but mam Beautifying the Cemeteries, j The Commendable Work Being Done by the Civic Improvement Committee ?Thanks Tendered by the I Committee to Those who Have Extended Aid. Editor The News : The Civic Improvement Committee is making a strenuous effort to improve the cemeteries of the town.? Our worthy town council has secured the services of Mr. W. J. Evans for cemeteries, who is doing the work faithfully and well. The shrubbery and evergreens need pruning, which will be done by Mr. Evans, it there is no objection. Every one is agaed to co-oper ate in the good work, and contributions of flowers, evergreens and 6eeds will be most gratefully received for beautifying cemeteries. Thanks are hereby tendered to Mrs. T. C. Hicks lor a wagon load of fertilizer; and to the Heath-Elliott livery stable for hauling the same to new cetne tery, and to every person who has given assistance in any way. "Civic Improvement Com." 'Squire Secrest has Fine Mule Killed on Railroad. A very fine mule belonging to 'Squire T. W. Secrest, of the Osceola neighborhood, was run clown and killed by southbound passenger train No. 41 last Fridav night about one o'clock.? Two mules and one horse belonging to 'Squire Secrest had broken out of the lot in the fore part of the night and had wandered over on the railroad nearly a mile from home, whore they were grazing when the train came .along. The two mules were standing right by the track when the train came suddenly upon them. The wlust'e blow, and the mule that was Killed, in trying: to escape, got on the track and ran down the road about 25 yards before it- was struck bv the train and instantly killed, as is believed.?Wax haw Enterprise. Capt. Welsh has Score of| Sheep Killed by Dogs. Special to The State. K?rdi tw. March 2S.? lie diz ! ing the profit to be derived from sheep, ('apt. J. V. Welsh, who has some very line pasture lands near town, decided t<? embark in the business, if only on a small scale, as an experiment. A few days ago he discovered 20 head scattered broadcast on the pas hire, dead, the result of a few hours' work of dogs of the sheep , killing variety. This tends to boar out tho statement of The State that this State stands verv much in need of some legislation on the dog question that would eliminate a few worthless dogs. hours were spent over the poin' whether it had a tloor at th< time the rent contract was made A witness was put up to show that the tenant's negro servan was seen cutting up the tioor but five other witnesses were n.arched up in solemn and impressive succession to controver this. The defendant in this case wa Mr. W. H. Sowell, a furniture dealer, doing business in tin (rreenfield building, and tin plaintiff was Mrs. Selina Robert son, who claimed $50 damages IxOAftllOA i ucurttioo mu ut?itfnutilli) in com pany with his negro man "wrongfully entered an out house, the kitchen of the plain tiff, and broke and injured fchi walls and doors thereof, and cu to pieces the flooring, broke, de ia<*ed and injured the said kitch en and converted the same int( a stable, using and keeping hi I horses therein." Judgment was finally render led for the defendant, whereupoi | Mr. Robertson, who accompan lied I lie plaintiff, his wife, at tin trial, wrung his hands and turn ing up his palms cried, uthere i no justice in law." Believing a I he does he will likely not appea I ho case. Testimony was introduced ai the trial to show that at the tinn Mr. Sowell rented the place In was told that he might use the kitchen as it suited him. Mr Joseph Leach defended Mr. Sow ell. To be a Member of Camden'; Council. The Messenger, ol Camden has the following to say this weel of Mr. A J. Ilea'tie, formerly o Lancaster county, who h is boei recently nominated an aldermai of Camden: Mr. A. J. Beattu will have his tirsf experience ii political lite, but hi> friends art (!nii(lrlant lliol l?i> ..fill .?..!?? ....vvv * %% ?*w i u I ii a iv rj t good represent itiv*' of Ward 2 lie i*- identified with tlie progros of Camden, and is withal a verj clever young gentleman. It is been decided to hold tin Confederate veterans' reunion it Columbia May 16th, 17th anc 18th. r 5 Homicide in (lie Comity. Jud 'Washington Shot and Killed by "Judge" Clifton, 3 both Colored, f A homicide occurred last Wedi nesday morning on Mr. W, *B. t Culp's plantation a few miles , west of town, both parties being - negroes. Jud Washington was i shot and instantly killed by \ 4 Judge" Clifton. The former was 27 years old Jaul leaves a i tamily. Cliflon'is also a young man and married. Sheriff Hunter, shortly after i it occurred, started out to capture i Clifton and was on his way to r Mr. Culp's place when he met t the negro coming to town to sur3 render. He was brought ou to . Lancaster by the Sheriff and ' lodged in jail. I Magistrate W. P. Caskey held , an inquest over the body of j Washington, Coroner Caskey be in^ 9ick. It appears from the t testimony taken at the inquest that there had been bad leeling s bet ween the t wo negroes for some o time and that threats had been 0 communicated from one to the 3 other through the medium cf one . lsoin Barnes, a mutual friend.? 1 On the morning of the difficulty . both Clifton and Washington had their axes, preparatory to - going to woods to cut cord. wood. Clifton was at the lot and q Washington at the shop not far t off. Barnes appeared on the scene, and alter some conversa . tion with Clifton the latter went } off and returned abort ly with a 8 ahot gun. He and Washington soon afterward met, and, after . exchanging some words, Clilton , ?*rti8ed his gun and tired, the load . striking Washington in the breast 3 and neck, causing instant death, . as stated. According to the tes8 timony, Washington had *'set his fi axe down" before he was shot, j A loaded pistol, however, was found on his body alter he was t killed. B The verdict of the jury was in , accordance with the foregoing , facts. " Negro Lynched in Louisiana. 5 Memphis, Tenn., March 28? A special to The Commercial Appeal from Flora, La., says; A negro known as "Cotton" , was lynched last night near Oak c J Grove station, in West Carroll f | parish, within an hour after lie l is alleged to have 'tempted tc i criminally assault a young white woman. Miss Biair. daughter if i a contractor at a railroad camp > where "Cotton'' was employed, i discovered the negro in her . room, screamed and struggled * with him until members ol the m family were aroused. A posse was formed and was quickly in pursuit of "Cotton" who had lied 3 when mornhers of the family 1 came to M1*s Blair's rescue. 1 j When captured, within an hour. I he was hanged to a tree. t