The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 26, 1906, Page 4, Image 4
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"5HE PUBLIC ROAD PROBLEM.
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The numerous communicat ions | $|
itch from time to time have |j(
ippeared in The News during j0
he past tew weeks on public m
mads have arouse 1 much interest
*nd provoke 1 no little comment re
ru tlie subject. It is evident 8f]
-*u>* the road question is now re t0
leivinp more attention than ever \\
%c??k>re, possibly, in the history p,
*?? the county; and it is hoped
;hai the present widespread api- (;
jition will result in bdter roads fn
i) me mi lire, even H the present Q|
vstem of road w irking remains n)
uctianged. tr
The system could he greatly w
reproved upon, however, and m
iSost likely will he at no very c,
fistant day. Many plans are now g
j?ung suggested for remodeling
,he road law a id it. may bs that fc
mme of them will serve as pegs js
Vir legislators to hang their ideas
?p??. Sl
Among ilmse with whom we ,,,
?*ve recently discussed the road w
question is our esteem *d lellow j,
"i.wnsman Uapt Samuel K. ef
Vbite, who is taking quite an j,,,
lit' rest hi the subject, as he doe ! |,,
ra .'11 ma'ters affecting the pub j
wcilare. A - is well known. I ,,
C.rtj.t. White is a man ol all *ir S|
nud has a mind well stu'ed wi ii
ialuahle int'orrna1 ion. ob'ainto (
).< long yearn ol readtnu
d/BervHiion and ex peiience. ,
White is convinced that ?
tlie solu'ion to the vaxed r a i ^
>ro>>lem Ii?-h ;n the adop'mn of
;Iih wide lire I or vehicles. lie ^
las l>een w ?U'?ns with silo I
ires on his plantations in ^'?>ri p
r.ounty for some > ears and wo'.d
loi think now ol reimnino t (t
>S? narrow.'ire vehicle. lie says
he wide lire is a road maker.
iot a road bretker, that tl packs
lowii tin* soil and makes no holes t|
uthyroul b (1?n?>t even in wet
i:.tr
.While I i?.iiks I }| ul tie N
i: i v i<;\s>?l u- e of 'A i 1 ' ii* s * i?u:?:
>f i'.self result. in r mN. Ititi'
iiow ever;. i he people insi t ?>n sli
*n>nd Iniihlinir." I ? -uir?*e?i s li ??. .1
n;?t,rM(i of isoiiix to Ho* heavy I Sj,
- ? (Mi-*e ol mac.ulrtini/injr, ,'e' { tin
h~ r >ivd? he lir*i | roperly Mir or
fared hikI then covered to rheiwi
Jepih ol not ruoie than two or pi;
? inchw with ..'niilieil rocks, J|\i
t
lich would probably not cost
ceeding $300. par mile. Fort
ill liat? tried tJiia plan and it is
viugentire satisfaction.
Mecklenburg's roads are often
ferred to as models, but we
e told that, owing to the
vear and tear" of narrow tires,
costs that county annuallyllOO
mile to keep the roads in good
ndition.
)CK HILL AS A SEEKER OF SETTLERS.
11 is indeed a great pity that
e property owners of R ck
ill will not build additional
isinpss housed in the city. The>
?u d have no trouble renting
em provi led 'he rent was no
treasonable. Some people say
at build ng material is too high
price now and that 'lie rental
duId be entirely too lo \ to jufy
the building of such at rue
res. This is no argument at all
r every one in Rock Hill know>
at the town has been pracli
11 y at. a standstill along thine
for a number of years. But
it? mure ouiMiiu^, iu uui nnuwi
Ige, has been erected 011 Main
reet in the last six or seven
>ars ? Rook Hill Herald.
And that's the kind of town,
it, that's trying to induce Col.
orings, of Lancas'er, by pet;ms,
offer of town lots, etc., to
rate ther? 1 We suspected as
uch when one of our esteemed
ock Hill contemporaries, in
derring to the Springs matter
one days ago, boasted of the
f . I I _ ^ ? l_ 1 _ _ I
iwii s naving a street sprinKieu
'hen a town has to exploit its
is?ession of a street sprinkler
s an inducement to a man like
ol. Springs, or any other man
>r that matter, to become one
its citizens, the inference is
?tuial that that town is disessingly
short on bait with
liich to fish for even suckers.
iucIi less for an industrial and
ipitalistic whale like Colonel
prings.
What does Col. Soring* care
>r a street sprinkler? Why, lie
able to buy enough sprinklers
i float Rock Kill, and then have
iflicient wa'er l^ft to extin*
lish tlv tires of Mt. Vr?- h11vi?i-,
ithout so much as exhiiu-tiny
is pocket chang1. No indeed,
lntemporai ies, >011 most trot
it Hoineth n: a little in* r<* aliiinic
and <iitrue iv<* than a
reet sprinkler it ton \v sh to
iia-t the attention <?i Uol
[ rinijs.
All" no"V ili<? i< 1?' 1 o' :t man
av n: bannister, whore eleven
or. s ;iim| ? modern hotel have
en iii.ili i.nd ti.e other store*
ive been re mod 'led?.all on
.tin -1r?-e-1 n le<s til to six
ion"It-, to on to lioo\ lid ,
in re only '"one s'ore lias been
?'("e?| on Mam stre t in t'<e
s' s x or > even yenrjf:' strikes
a*, til" a nie of nboiiMily. 1
illy 01 < slop, in s\\ or seven
vim ? just 11tiiik .if i ! Why, the I
lowii "f I'o smiii Tio' cmi,
doubt shew a bet'er record
a'i ' hs?l
egro Lynched in Mississippi.
C'oluiiih'J ', \?i M y 21 ?j
s.rsie Younger, >? noifo, who]
ot and kdb'd William Kec ??r. I
well known wlrte ciizcn I;?hi
iikI 'V wiiile tli" laMor, a-< a
inli -p <?i i |?< s-e. wa* en leaving
to efl'eeI the no.'ro'^ ariest.
ih taken fr?un ill" jail nt ihi-,
ace last niirht l?y > mob and I
ached.
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Osceola. \
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A Picturesque Village in Lan- *
caster County, Named after (
a Noted Seminole Chief? <
interesting nistory Kecau-i
ed. 1
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Mr. Sam Mas-ey in I?ort Mill (
Tunes. I
Imagine 'he s uisfaction of
living in view of the road trav- ]
eis'd by theFather of his country. ,
You have ot course read that the
immortal (ieorge vidted our j
Southland \ long time ago, rid j
.iic in a milk-white coach drawn i
by four b ooded horses. Well, he f
tiaveled along the roid. less j
man hall a mile Irom where 1 ,
vrile, on ll'? return toward <
Mount Vernon. The mind's eye .
can see the itnpos ng equipage ,
rolling down the long incline, |
from Mount McCommun toward j
the lord of the creek, and swayI
ing from side to side between
'he minv boulders on the route ]
ot two miles. Doubtless that ,
vehicle was very strong; tor,
reckoning inversely Irom tlie
supposed improvement of roads
is civil zation advances, the
highway of that time must have
been the reverse ot smooth.
Alter fording the creek another
rise of two miles must be
climbed until near a half mile
below Six Mile church the level
is attained. The present road j
leads one over a bridgo over
(Twelve Mile creek. The old
road across the ford can still be;
<een It diverges from the present
road about two hundred
yards northwest of the Seaboard |
Air Line crossing and, extending
through Mr. Dallas Steele^
larm, again meets it ju?t below ;
Mr. A. I*. Morrow's home and!
about a third or half a mile helow
Six Mile church. The ford
is about a quarter of u mile he
low the bridge.
About half a mile houthwest
< f this ford nestlet (or li tug*) a
very picturesque village. It
rests on the top of a hill which j
stands near the hank of the
crock, as it about to spring into
the bottom lands beyond the
s*re tn. No?v don't ehudder!,
i h"re seems to he little dangei
>i the village r llinir into tin
stre .in ; for I lie lious ?s ar ' well
1 11 lion <1 to the hi t-id : b^-idp".
ihe tra<*|. s of 1 he railr >; <! are ?i
obstruction in the way. t)n tin1
in r h sid" of the railway are a
I ginnery, wo or tin w nelinu<>
es a woodxard and depo', then
! til "'leek; on the -oil h side returning}.re
the r?i r un! taut*.
In.if a doz.-n or more occnp'ed
I d xvo.linos one va1 ant one ami
I three vacant r>tnreln>u*p*. and one
| occupied, a'l leing intepspeised
in a very sue a'istic m inner.
A hnulevard (or w a :?>n r? ad I
cx eni s through : he place?i
hall xvay on i he n ?rth and half
war ??> Me-oii'li f i ih ?;ii'i*?im?I;
an aveiiu * brat c'l"* <11 a the
?cro I lie ci'ffi;. ji t. 1 an0
In r so n<l - nmriv ?'r-?i^ht tip
1 he lull. Lines mi i nil v < are <
u km'iwii I' is no v- r\* iire
in-' t ciimblhe liili b.\ takitit
i' a; angles. but t<> an ?Iir c11y
ap is more than the vera-M* * it sen
attempts hide** 1 t'uis on t<-1 1
may easi v descend hv tl?e roll >
mg pretest and n turn b.? tie
:ig-2Ag route. I forjrot to mendon
that a smilh.v is in process
>f establishmen' und^r a shady
>lm at itie eastern end ot the
pillape where a wet.weather
iraiu inav he utilzed for a slacktrnb
The name of this picturesque
location is O-ceola. A brave and
defiant Seminole chief of that
name anguished and died in one
of the forts near Charleston. II e
h a name of heroic memory,
When o'lier chiefs had signed v
humiliating treaty by making
ih ir ma-ks or symbds and he
whs called on to sign it, he drew
liis knife and drove it through
t e paper into the table beneath
ind exclaim *d: 4kSueh is my
liirnnl nrn " /on f ti f liuf nl_
11 / "1 V'feet,
'l'hen he wa9 arrested anil
last into pris<?n, where he died
Some rav that the lute Oapt,
James F Steele, on heintr request
3d by one of I lie railroad officials
to name tiii* station, bestowed 01
it the name of that imtnorta
Indian chief.
Just east of the yillase is 1
fine spring ol water. It is claim
ed by some that about the timr
the Catawba river was only 1
branch there wandered, hunter
and fished in these wilds an olt
Indian named ( tsoenla. and tha
spring (a favorite lounging plan
ol his) was given his name; henei
the station's name. However
theee things may be, tlie soulles
railroad corporation lately dis
honored the famous warrior am
put on their depot in largo letter
"II uceck." Hut Uncle Sara i
more reverent of antiquity an<
generous toward the memory ol ;
tallen lot; so the pos'oiHce ie
mains Osceola.
The State Campaign.
Places and Dates of Meet
ings Fixed?Lancaste
Meeting on Saturday, Juh
28th.
Tie special committee of ih
state democratic executive com
mittee met in Columbia Wed
nesday ami irranged the follow
inn schedule J'or Islut' cam
p 'inn mo -*t? ^8*.
St. (i?M.rn", Tuesday, J u nt> 1th h
Charleston, Wedres'lay, .) one 21
\Vidtu.'boro. I'liiiisd >y, Junc 21
lif.'ii i?ri, Friday, June 22 nd
llu'iip'on S tnid iv. June 23rd
U rowel', Monday. June 2.~>t.li.
Hand) r.'. 'l in-s lav, .1 ine 2(?'1?
Ai'-e , W. due-day. June 27i
Ivl.elie'd Thurxlav, June 28!I1
S dud i. Kn.iiiy. J tine 2th I .
L* > in ton. Sam id a**. -I un?' 3(Jtli
Coitiml) a. Mo"diy. Ju'v t?th.
Orange* trn. i ue?dey. .In > 1 ('t!i
Sumter, Wednesd iy, .1 n| \ I III
Manning, lluir-d y.Julv 12ili.
Monks (' rn- r. Fii l t> , July Id
Gonrgir'own, S i>11r<I- y. Julv 14
Kiil^sipee. .Monday, J iily ll'.'h
Florence, Iiw-'Ik, .In y 1 7th.
Marion, W?-dn?sdi?, J n y ImIi
ConFriday, Jii'v 20i|i.
I) irli *ij|t , Sji' u f! )*. July 21 *t
I)!-H(t,>VI If, 111 - I I \ . J III V 'J 1 I ||
R-tinut-vi I . July 2"?i!i
< li !(1, 'I'll III* <lil\ .) 111 V L'li
('u i) I mi. K' kIU ' . J iiI v '171 ii.
1- iii'in ?-r. Si'u ilt'- , .1 tiI\ 2Sili
1 li -tr , VIo nlHy. J ily IJOt'i.
W li ii -1 or.i, ti.ahiihx , Ju v { i si
"i kv i ? Wfii , Auai t I - i
i.t J"4'*- I'i'U slay. At.tus 2iul
n i'l.m i) u' -, kri'l iv, .\ii:iim :>i*'l
I : > i, > <iir?irtv, A.igua 7.li
Newberry, Tuesday, August 7th. Hi
Greenwood Wed , August 8th.
Abbeville, Thursday, August 9.
Anderson, Frday, August 10th.
Walliaila. Saturday. August 11.
Pickens, Monday, August 13th.
Greenville. Tuesday, August 14.
Laurens Wed., August 15th.
i Announcements.
For Comity Supervisor,
, I hereby announce myself a cand.
da'e for County Supervisor, subjeot
, to the rules of the Democratic primary.
if elected t pledge myself to
1 discharge I he duties of the otRce to
, the best of my ability.
I) W Hendrix.
For Comity Supervisor.
1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for the oltlce of County Super
visor, subject to the rules and regulations
of the Democratic primary.
.lames O. Porter.
For County Supervisor.
I hereby announce myself a oandiI
date for re eleotiou to the oflice of
County Supervisor, subject to the
roles governing the Democratic primary.
M. C. Gardner.
For Comity Supervisor.
Mr. Editor?Please announce through
the columns of your paper that I !}
am a candidate for the office of Coun.
ty Supervisor, subject to the .rules
' governing the Democratic primary.
Two year- ago I was a candidate for
reelection to this oflice, hut was de?
feated by a small majority?only ten
votes. I shall ever be grateful to my
friemln fur flmir lihernl slinmirt
) L. .J. 1'erry.
For Hi>|trMH>iilRllrn.
' In the last campaign I made a close
] race tor the Legislattire, and I prom.
ised my friends that if there was
t nothing to prevent my entering the
race in the next campaign that I
would run again. And I now an3
nounce myself as a candidate for the
Legislature, subject to the Deino?
cratic primary. Trusting to the people
8 for their support, and promising the
best service I am able to give them,
if elected, I remain,
^ Geo. W. .Tones.
For Reprosrutatlve.
8
I hereby announce myself a candi8
date for reelection to the House of
. Representatives, subject to the rules
* and regulations of the Democratic
1 primary. J. W. Hamel. jp
For Couul)' Treasurer,
Having served the unexpired term
of W. C. Caul hen, deceased, I hereby
announce myself a candidate for the
office of County Treasurer, subject to .
the rules of the Democratic prim- J
net, I V M
ni j. (I. r>. HIMIklllWIIf ^
For .HwirlMlrutr.
1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for reelection to the otflee of
f Magistrate for Ituford Township,subject
to the rules and regulations of
/ the Democratic primary.
Win. Parties. I
For Fount)' Auditor.
After in a ii v solicitations to become
" a candidate for the otlice of County
Auditor, and the complimentary vote
I received heretofore, I have decided
to run. I pledge myself to he governed
by the ru es and regulations of
1 the Democratic primary
Mollis || Morton.
For I'roluite .1 ii?lif4*
I hereby aunounc myself a candidate
for re-election to the otlice of
Probate Judge, subject to the rules of
the Democrat i<* primary.
J. K. Sfewinan.
For llic Kciinlc.
I li. n-.liy nliiioiiiici in\'H? If ii eumli late
, I >|- til" Sl.de * ? !.tit* . subject to the rules o(
the Deiuocr.i'ii- primary
. .1 Harry F"Star.
| Business Notices.
All Noh 'f.s Vui^rtct* umler
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notice to It ('(Minted less than 2*
, words
W'-T 111'"' ElYEI) Auntie r car of Vi"?
g'nia car corn. A so car of timothy a id
1 clover lia) mixed Ki^ht pi ice
<) ?Blank moo.
IS' I'l. V' K of Illtrafc of soda UK- ( (Hi.
lite tor a top ilr-sMii^ For sain hy I lie
Heath- loin s I (i.
I Notice oi Auction Sale.
I'iir-ti 11 ni to decision of i ti ?'.?uoi c
| Hoard ii' t'oiiiiiii<**io"pr?. the it' n
teni'H whic'i loron-r I v enclosed i tin
court Iiioim* yhr'I will be ao'tl at public ^
noctton to tlie liiglic-1 holder oil ilif ^
tlrm Monday in .lone. l'.MM at 12 in.
Ti'rniK <>f nalc each I ancaaier.S ( .May
22, IUOtS M < t^nlicr,
? <?. Sopt-1-v our.
(joint' I" TIm* Newt O.'lice
i lor ()ltl Papers.
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