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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 18?! VOL. I. NO. 63. SEMI-WEEKLY IANCASTEI1. S C., .'.".AY 12. 1906 PI1ICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY 4n Address By Ante-Dispensary Leaders to the Democratic Voters of the State. The following address lias been issued : To the democratic voters of South Carolina. As citizens of South Carolina A i w ujipusB1! iu iiiitj prtfHQin siai e uh petisarv system, we, the under signed,call on our fellow citizens , of like opinion to unite for the purpose of organizing the opposition to the dispensary system. So nearly of one mind concerning the dispensary system are the people of the state that it is only by their failure to unite for action that the dispensary can he preserved. It is only by default that the dispensary can win another victory, before the electors or in the legislature, and it will be foolhardy for those who desire its overthrow to sit supinely by and see the pernicious sys tern again enthroned in power in our commonwealth Every sincere, patriotic citizen must regret that this issue should be again the paramount question I in a South Carolina campaign. But as long as the dispensary remains just so long will it continue to he the paramount issue, and it should theretore be the desire ot every thoughtful citizen to see this festering sore reniov ed and a healthier condition secured.. To this end we invite the co-operation of all those who believe the state dispensary system to be an evil and propose that other different policies for flip limH lui<t oti't" 'I1" O ? v.--' <imw l?IV4 MD1UV f I lie lit*mand firm, now he made that the state dispensary system sliall be destroyed. On trial now for 13 years, fortified all the time by strong support and as truly protected by unceasing criticism and watchfullness, there is no need to point out the evils which tbe state monopoly o! the whi-key traffic has bred. Corruption at the fountain head and in its branches, drunkenness and nmrder, woe and misery have been its pro ducts. A pernicious political machine of gigantic proportions, with a beavered lobby in Columbia and a willing ring fti every county, the monster has waxed fat, insolent and defiant- The will of the people lias been per veried and when finally demanding expiession that demand has been thwart* d and circumvented by appeals to the trivial technicalities of the law. in IS counties the people have spoken And in all these except two their voice has in thunder tones repudiated f' e system In .other counties t?ey are now ready to give expressions to ^ their will, awaiting ilie Slimmer priu are. In this primary, where the li'? or death of 'he dispensary wil. be and should be decided< if is vitally necessary that i'he opposition t<> tlie dispensary shall be active and united. It is only by action and union that ; the dispensary lias baen voted I out of 16 counties under I he) Brice law and by no other means than action ami union can the system be uprooted liora the state. The people are decided. It merely remains for them to make their decision effective. They must choose representatives who will repeal such 1 aws as they desire to have repealed and who will enact such laws as they desire enacted. Then they must put in office men, who in full sympathy, will enforce justly and vigotously whatever laws are upon thes'atute hooks. The people have shown, by their eager acceptance of the only op poriuntty accorded them, that they believe in the principle ol local self-government, and now, lest they have this inalienable right again wrested from them, the free citizens of South Carolina must m ike their nover eign power felt. There must be elected a legislature which will not renounce this principle, and will not yield to the dispensary machine, there must be elected executive and prosecuting offi cials who will not. permit the law ' to be made a mockery for its nndoii.tr We suggest consulation and cooperation in every county and throughout the 6tate thai these ends mav be attained. J. S. Brice, J. C. Oits, I) R. , Coker, .James A. Uoyt, Louis J. Bristow, W. L. Mauldin.Jos. A. 1 McCullough, J. W. Mamel, W. H. Wallace, D W. lliott. An Estimable Lady Dead. Mrs. R. W. Doster, of Pleasant Valley, after Long Suf- | fering. Relieved by Death. , Mrs. Sarah Doster, wife ot ] Mr. R W. Dos'er, of Pleasant ' Valley, died la-?t Tuesday, Sth. i inst.ol paralysis. She had been alllicted lor several years, but ] ever bore her stiff 'rings with pa- t iience ana ellnstimi fortitude < She was a daughter of 'ho Into 1 James A (5?i 11? and w a 40 Near* of H^e. 1 Resides her hush?nu. Mis j Dos'er leaves three dautthteis i ami one son, namely, Mrs. Stella i Richardson of Monroe, N C : I Mrs. Rt-til t|i M itt n? vsof ( l ivf, i S C. ; Mrs. Mamie IMyler and I Mr. Claude Duster, <?t this c< no I |lv. ( Mrs. Disier was : hmM < xe d' leirt lady and was deservedly ' j popular wherever known, !ier < many christian virtue* winning I i I for her Iriends ?>l all with whom.j she came in c m'ac1. She i lined i the Riptist ehuich in girl- j i 'hood tip) was consist mi/ chii- i I tian llinugh lit her r*- nI lite. I She u a 11' vo < d > i . i .si . ind t and < liildrcn, k nnl-ln-arlod aid njMiciuiis in !i(!r ?'<'ndu( 1 >\v.ird all and was especially otr I !<>r her c >r Ii:?' !i s i a'i' P ? re- i mains m M;s I) ster \vere li iried i ! at I'leaaant Valley i Heavy Frost Much Damage to Cotton? P. The Plant Killed in Many Localities. The cool weather for the past few days culminated in a heavy i" frost Thursday morning, which did much damage to cotton and P1 vegetables. In many instances dt the cotton crop was killed and si farmers are now replanting. Several fanners came to town 80 Thursday to get feed with which cr to plant over again. The greateat injury was inflicted in fields e> where the cotton had been chop- tr ped out. S Frost extend'd over practical- D ly all the upper portion of the 1,1 state, in parts of North Carolina P and Georgia and in scattered lo- hi calities in other portions of the w o/vt I rv*t ? 1- - 1 ^wv.wm wen, uui inp aamage was ^ not sufficiently general to seriously affect prices. The future w market advanced severd points Thursday morning, but declined P< again later in the day. rr. . ? . tr The Road Question. Pi The Present Law Criticised-- u The Burden of Road Work c too Heavy on Some and too Light on Others. d< Mr. Editor: I see and hear ^ so much of good roads and the ac i ^ runti iaw. i want to any that lJ wind work is easy, but it takes work to build roads?work with 8t judgment. Our road law is a farce and unjust. The p or laborer that doesn't own a horse is compelled io make the roads or pay 'or it If ihe men who own the laud and stock would pull ofT'R i heir gloves and no to work or' pay their part we would have better roads and less gab about it. j 10very man ought to pay his proportion, fiom one dollar up t'? live hundred dollars The , . i common people are learning ^ more and more every day and j will be more stubborn and hard *!, jr to contr.d until they see some , 1,1 pist laws It is a lot easier to | id vise and dictate and criticise . than to do the work. But some r..ibn.< .....I i.,.r i i I ar . - . .W .. , ..V ..... i i I. M 11111 U' Mil, lieu I . I . . I'^ nor poor, neil her learned im?r unw Yarned. wants everybody to , tiio.v lie is livinir and must blow ci jll 01 burst. I lie Inw nuiknr.s lire ilie men ^ o u?'t af'er Let tliem uive u> in Miual legislation: ii makes peace In or rich ami | o >r ami all can re J jj | 'ICC t"li< tlier. ; pi Some man Will s iy I lie nejrro i-. J n t lie u ay. lie i-f not in I lie ; . 111 tV.iv liJi hirn pav b:s nart and 'vi ii p n t on v. ? ! ny h'lio eUe s dishonest Yours irnlv. A Koud Worker. I 'i ' 1. ? U ?* :i ~ I iT. T>. I . -mm- . . Mr, and Mrs. L. <\ Pavseui ittend* <1 il>' Memorial ti ii <'1i*sf<T Thursday afternoon. < I Honoring Dead Heroes. i tow Memorial Day was Observed in Lancaster | The Impressive Exercises. I Thursday, Memorial Day, was npressively and fittingly observ1 in Lancaster, the interesting rograrn published in Wednes iy's issue ol The News being iceessfully carried ouL The ? eieises were held in the graded shool auditorium, which was owded to its utmost capacity. Mayor W vlie, in his charact is'ically pleasing manner, in oduced the speakers, Dr. T. !. 'rait, Capt. W. 11. Rives, and apt. L. J Perry, all of whom lade entertaining and approriate addresses. Dr. Strait ex ibited to the audience the coat orn by him during the war liich bears eloquent testimony > the hardships endured by the earer in those trying days. Although it wa their first apsarance in public, the young lembers ol the Lancaster orclies 'a furnished good miwio fun ti,u suasion. At the conclusion ol ie exercises in the building a rocession,compos* dot Veterans, aughters of the Confederacy, jhool children and citizens gen ally, was lormed and marched ? the cemeteries, where the aves of the dead heroes were 3Corated with lovely flowers, he Daughters of the Confeder ,j, u.iuci >vuuse auspices me ay was observed, deserve uti)iinded praise for the marked iccess which characterized rery feature of the occasion. Still after Col. Springs ock Hill will give him the "Best Lot in Town" to, Move There. rom Kock llill Herald. Edit ?r of the IJer.dd. ? It i-i it often a man is truly re ionized a' Ins real worth in s section of the country, hut i e city of Hock Hill has tin I lest innably the ri??111 idea of I ol. Leroy Springs, and whether j e Col. considers it a conn imeiit or not, it is the first me fl have ever heard of) iha< iv man lias ever been petitioned / our citizens to come and 11 v?* ith us. rhen.t'?o,? he c mimenn. | A'hat cm we do t<? szet him ?:> i * \\'.. ? t -ii.f- : ?? i' win "ive ii: tn tlicj >si lot in to vii," etc , should j lea->t yivo C i. Spr.n^'s ;;n | III II' * ot I h(l Ili-h tsloiMII 111* i.-> j It in tiy tin- peoplo of I lock ] ill. \V?* '.van? ?h Co!., \v<- n, j tcia'e him. and if the city oil ork Hill fau oiler linn ativ in | UM'lUeiils, as far as I am iimi-l dtlallv i'oiH '11| 111 | mii til ,r<i' V I v s' ellor *? n forwiiroin. iom. -In . 1' 1 ii j 1 ley. Personal | I Preshvleriiin <ienoral A III1 1 V lll< <>1 III < i (*' ? i v 11 '< I '"l ie 1 7tli insiam. Thirtoi n n1' will \>v r , :o 'Ptiteil. The Liquor Questioi Capt. John P. Hunter's Viev*rt on the Subject? Wct'oi Be for Prohibition & V Were Possible to have Pra hibition. Mr. Editor: (iod knows if m** vote could wipe whiskey frjw the la'e of ibis earth <F. wrwiti freely cast it tor that purport, but it will not do so; nor vriU ranjority ot the votes of State cit^t fur this purpose, U8 prohibition, an long as tt? law remains as it now is, git reg every body the right t? ort^ whiskey Irom other States *? have it shipped to them ov?*r .tie railroad*. If an act cannot be pasw* prohibiting the shipping of win* key into our State, then.I ?b?* the Legislature should pass ay act regulating the sale of wia*k^y in the strictest manner; aa?require every cent obtaiued Irvmthe sale of whiskey to be expeaied on the pub'ic highways, mi for no other purpose. Nofwhl* standing th? ??t? <?r t*> l?; a r * . <? --cr? >r? ?? ?uonc ? *1 obnox'ous in every shape wsi form, yet when we have thede* il amongst us, and cannot get. of him, we should do the he** we can Whilsi, I am opposed r*State and county dispensaries, at the same lime I believe r.k* dispensary system of selltt? whiskey is the best that can adopted, but it shouldbe run responsible parties, upon tfce*? own hook, being required to p*1* high license to the State. and towns, and to give hear*bonds to conduct the sales i* accordance with a rigid dispea* sary law?not to allow one ffrc? drank on the premises, and n* sell well sealed packages in unless quantities than half pint;* strictly upon a puysiciau's ce* titicate who is in actual 'it'am?ance upon the party buying c* some member of his family \\r* may be sick. .John P. Hunt ? Mr. I. L Harris, ot Chesterfield, was in town yesterday li* paid tins office a pleasant c.?l? and while here exhibited to ns i mad stone which has be< 11 ? his family for seventy live vear^ although it was not known to W a mk1 s'ono until uluml '?r* months jiifi; when it W i-. i \;tmi> ed an i m? ptonoiuv i l>\ in cv l>er:. d. in) ml Sieve ! h i ' i: >i ? er?, wi'ii -hot -u (| i\111 ?'d H > ) iv-1 i.v hv Harry Den'H saw mill near <'<m! t kx <s. Tlw.v I I # -v ?I 1 ii'" i> M-h in nux" U'lWIl I ??' ll'I '.4 wIwmi I! (lv, 'lit' for?!ian, 'r.t. 1> \ u ("i f hov ? I v j r ? ? J 2 hint w i . 'i ves. \ n. i . Iionit -t, \ >' . rs ' i I Id' .Hid Ml O 1 ll i - V. if,'. MoV' A ? , W hIiic -?1:i y. il tilt' iin* *j" .i rol, Iivwhere -ii<? t : i. of' -?*? p- i u?a-,? hi t ho ! ushaiul. l'tii' > ? d' T-i fi.r h- ?as caused !?y ,'oalouv,?