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VOt. I. NO. 09. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C? JUNE 2. 1906. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PEI1 COPY
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Another Sensation inColuni
bia.
A Member of the Begislatur
and a Bank Cashier Clas
Before Dispensary Investi
gating Committee.
i /oiuninia special in Thursday
Charlotte Observer: There wei
more violent doings before tli
dispensary investigating com mi
tee ibis afternoon. The marshi
^ rushed between W. W. Smoal
cashier of the Farmers'and Me
chants' Bank at Walterhoro. ar
liepreaenative J. M. Walker, <
the same place, who had give
each other the lie as to whetlu
Major John Black, of the Stat
dispensary directorate, had bril
ed Walker with a $40 suit <
cum nes. unairman Hay furtln
stilled the warring spirits in tli
two nion by telling them that, i
they did not desist, the ootnmi
tee would send them to jail f<
contemp
Mr. Smoak testified that Ml
Walker, who voted for Mr. Evan
came into his bank at Walte
boro and drew on Mr. Evans f<
$75. Mr. Walker testified that li
never got the $75. Mr. Smoa
also testified as to the Blac
matter ol a $40 suit, to Walker.
Here it was Walker iuterrup
ed and ealled Smoak a liar an
^rushed for him Smoak also ga\
Walker the lie. Walker denie
that he said any thing about Blue
paying for this suit and deni?
that Black did pay for it. As t
the so called private conversatio
Walker had over the long dii
tauce telephone Irom (Jolumbi
to Walterhoro during the se
sion of the Legislature just aftt
the election, Mr. Walaer said ii
was talking to his wife and t<>'
her of Black's election and tin
^ he was glad to see Black com
i..
Mr. John S. Holden Dead.
Mr. John S. Iioldeu died i
his home in Kershaw last Moi
day morning at one o'clock. Ft
the past year Mr. Holden ha
suffered considerably from canct
of the mouth and lor the pat
two months had been confined t
his home on that accoun'.
Mr. Holden was 49 years <
^ age and for the past 12 yeai
been an employee at th
llailV (fold Mine. He leavt
surviving him his wile and set
en children.
His remains were interred i
the cemetery a' this place yet
terdrv afternoon with masoni
c< r MtiOiiies.?Kor.ihaw Mr a.
\
Prosperous iarmer Hang
Himself.
\\ atli.tlla hjh'AiI to (ireenvill
N??>s ; llunry \lIo8Bi', a proi
peroiiH farmer, 1 iii?lc Iwo mi'e
south of WhIIihu. commit te
auicitle lust m^l. by h.wi.uiu
111111 ho 11 ' illi u wi , II in boil
O w * found > ilg'i from n 111
?f iliih morning with itf ire iiroun
the neck.
i=!The Dispensary Matter in
Kershaw.
e What Editor Hamel has to
h say on the Situation, since
His Return from Alabama
?A Card from Mayor
Blakeney.
'h
*e From the 1, '8h?w Era.
10 The information that an order
* had been issued by the State
ill board of control for the estabiishk,
ment of a dispensary on a small
r. strip of territory in the town of
Kershaw, which happens to lie
in the county of Kershaw, came
as a surprise to us while away, as
we had no intimation before
ir
leaving that any effort was being
0 made in that direction. While
^ .rumors were afloat prior to the
election in tins county that it
~r would be done in the event of
10 the dispensary being voted out of
if Lancaster county, we did not ret
gard the matter seriously for
)r the reason, in the first place., that
it hardly seemed reasonabla that
r the State board of control would
8 grant a request of that kind, such
' a small portion of the town being
in the Kershaw county side; and,
>r in the second place, the votes
IH being so overwhelmingly against
^ it here added another reason,
k But it seems we were mistaken.
It was not to be supposed, of
t course, that simply voting out
d the dispensary would completely
r6 annihilate the liquor traffic at
lS one blow, but our town authorik
ties have been very vigilant and
I I A I - -
we nan tnougnt that they were
succeeding well in the effort they
were making to suppress the
illegal Kales in the short time the
s" law has been in operation. And
1 it the consumption of liquor has
jr been reduced as much as one
|(> third in the six months of prohib(|
it ion we submit that it is succeed it
ing remarkably well.
10 . We were glad to tind on our re !
I
turn that active opposition was,
being made to the establishment J
o the dispensary in our town,and
we were further informed that j
more than a majority of signatures
had been obtained of the*
1 qualified voters living in Huffa'ol
" and Flat K ick Townships of Ker I
shaw county, which are tlie town- ]
it ships in that county ao j uning |
it Lancaster county, in opp.Mi i.?.i
o to it.
f Council Unanimously in Fa(t
vor of Opening Dispensary.
IB
| fhe same issue of the Kra in
which foregoing editorial appears
11 contains the following card from
. I Mayor Blakeney. K I. News.J
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Kditor of Krtr: For the infor |
j ination ot those making inquiries
Sj relative to the Dispensary pro
I posed to he established m K?r
t;| shaw (/ounty within the incorpo.
Irate limit* ot ttm town of Ker
Ishaw, i wish to Hav thit this |
j j question was discussed hv the
nit-in uerf- "i me i on lid i ?' a rnr> t 1
~ ing of same and fh< plan to have i
v 11 lie Diflpatmarv opened received
the ujianim hih cit l >r- inout ??; ,
d the Council. Had I been asked
I would gladly have given thin or
i
Accident to a Lancastrian
I
Causes People in Charlotte
to Think that they Pelt a
Genuine Earthquake.
I
The Charlotte Observer re
ports ail earthquake shock in
that city last Tuesday evening.
It was not the ordinary,regulation
seismic disturbance, contempora I
ry, that your mayor and others!
felt. That quake was caused by
a mighty fall that evening which
Lancaster's monumental niagist
rate, .1 udge Ca^key, experienced
at Waxhaw creek, between here
and Charlotte. A6 everybody
who knows him wiil testify,
Judge Caskey's avoirdupois is
equal to that, of some bales ol
cotton, and his attitude so great
that he frequently walks in the
middle ot the street to avoid
stepj itig on and stumbling over
store awnings. When therelore,
a man like that takes a tumble,
and his gigantic Irame suddenly
comes in contact with mother
earth, there's bound to bo some
thing doing in the way of a shake.
jodge Caskey's fall Tuesday
evening occurred as he was returning
trom the Vanwyck picT
nic and school closing exercises.
His tour-seated hack upset with
him about the ford at Wuxhaw
creek, hurlinc his nnnderniu
honor violently to the ground.
Fortunately, .Judge Oaskey e?
caped unhurt, but as much can
not be said of the expanse of
land which his massive body
struck, which now resembles a
brickyard excavation. In rolling
over and struggling to get up, the
Judge made an impress thai was
mistaken the next clay by a citizen
of the? community for ><
place where an elephant had
wallowed, lie therefore came !'?
town and excitedly inquired
whether anybqdy had heard <>f a
stray elephant roaming about
th*' country
Death of Mrs. Hilton.
Mrs. (iillie Hilton died at her
home :it Whil? l-tlnir lu^? ....
_ ? - ' II r? v * ti ^ .
Mrrt. 11 i 11011 whs t?b years ol a^e
She leaves surviving her nine
children?live sons and four
daughters.
Mrs Hilton's remains were in.
terred in the graveyard at While
B ull' Baptist church, ol which
church she.* h- a consi-tont number.
Mr. .J. A. Hilton, who is a son
of the dec omeil. attended the
funeral ?Kershaw ICra.
any other information connected
vs 11J? this movement. The writer
is wailing at any time to uriv an\
citizen of this town Ins rcas n j
for advocating, in this i> <rticuiar
itmtunre, the Ui-pensary. It inot
ra\ ?le8ire to provoke or enter :
into a newspaper oonlroveras , j
but I will certainly not shirk \
discussion or iv p >iiail?ili|\ I'oi
m> action in the premises.
Yours truly,
K. 1). iilakeuey.
A Former Resident
Visits Lancaster after an
Absence of Twenty Years
? Something about His
Vegetable Farm in Florida.
Mr. U. U. Chapped, of San
ford, Fla., stopped in Lancaster
one day I h^ week, oil his way to
New York. We are indebted to
hi in lor a pleasant call while here.
Mr. Chapped was at one time a
resident of this place, being in
the railroad business here, lie
left Lancaster twenty years ago,
going to Florida, where lie is now
successfully engaged in truck
farming, his principal crops being
celery and radishes. lie
shipped to northern markets the
jiitMi hoason rtou carloads of celery
alone.
Some idea ol (he marvelous
advance in land values in Florida
may be gathered from Mr. Chappell's
experience. Some years
ago he bought, the farm he is
now cultivating lor $ 1 .25 an acre.
Recently lie declined an oiler ol
$12,500. lor five acres of his
larm. On the five acres relerred
to Mr. Chappell made a profit
this year of over $6,000. He has
gradually brought, his larm up
tjo a remarkably high slate ol
cultivation, lie uses about three
tons ot fertilizer to the acre. lie
is practically independent of
seasons, as he can irrigate his
lands when a shower is needed.
The farm is also well underdrained
with lilin
Mr. Chappell met many of
his old Lancaster Iriends while
here this week, who were indeed
glad to see him again, lie not
only stopped over to meet his
triends and form i associates,
I > i j t he desired to s*-e lor hi nisei I
Lancaster's wonderlul growth he
lias been reading about in the
Lancaster correspondence of (lie
Charleston News and Courier,
throng]) which medium he keeps
up with Lancaster news.
New Methodist Church at
Chesterfield Dedicated.
Uheslei field cor. The Slate:
The Methodist- have completed
a vers haiul-otne brick church
To the pastor, Rev. .1 J. S.evonson,
is due I lie credit.
R -v. A. M. Chrietzburtf ol
Columbia was invited to come
and preach at 1 i o" lock Sunday
He preached a tin ? sermon to a
larne and at tenti ve eon^rei; it ion.
* Mr. Clniei/bur^ 1- the oldest
member of th * S 'inii (. arolina
eon'rrenre and Was paslol of this
caiirch <?2 years asro. I here are
only about halt a dozen people
tieie now who w< re here then.
Von v: >' resp< \ h
you o^cst ol thei i , (. i .! \v
about -IX mouth- ?db. u.dy oio
of them was old notion lo romember
him.
? A 4*i in so .r ?>vs a nun is
worill t v o m some Old r fellow's
... ..... ^ .1 I II tKl,
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The Deadly Cocaine.
White Man Dies from it1^
Effects and Several Negroes
Narrowly Escape a
Similar Fate.
The fact til it a number of negroes
ol Lancaster are now using
cocaine as a substitute for whiskey
was suddenly brought to light
this week, and as a sequel to
devel ipmonti a white man is
dead.
List YVedne day afternoon
ncvciiu negroes ill town were
lound prostrated tromihe effects
of some drug. Two of thorn,
l)v nnis Cole and Otis Clintoi.,
wore down oil tlie Court house
square, in an unconscious coiulv
tion. Tnree others, Arthur Moore,
Kissie Clinton and Ella Lowry^
were at I he same time iu a serious
condition, in oilier parts of town.
Physicians worked on the parties
for hours belore they were
even partially relieved, and
was not until Thursday morning
that the negroes could give a r
intelligent account ol themselves
It appears that on Tuesday
Dennis Cole and another negro,
Ed. Ballard, went over to Eon.
Lawn aud one of them bought
some cocaine, from a druggis:,
it is alleged. It is also state 1
that the druggist had been d?
A >1- * ' *
recieu oy a pnysician to let ili-?
negro have cocaine for medio
nal purposes. When Cole an 1
Ballard got as far as the river,
on their return trip, they were so
much under the influence of the
drug that they had to remain
there all nignt. During their
stay at the river it is said t h i:
the ferryman, Mr. William Ka?ley,
asked them to let. him taste
the drug. How much he took is
not known, hut Wednesday afternoon
his dead hody was foun 1
in a ditch a short distance down
the river, on ihe Chester side.
Cole returned to Lancaster
without Ballard some time during
the dav Wednesday, at. I
shortly a ter his arrival he and
the other negr< ?s named were
critically i11 from the effects of
too much cocaine. Cole claims
that ilif others had given hun
money wi h which to buy the
drug lor them. It is said that
the cocaine was a purer art e e
than that the negroes had been
accustom (I to using which accounts
lor the serious condition
in which they soon became.
An inquest held by the
( /lioat #?! i'< i > i? I ? UMI rm...
. u-.? y mi'iiwnur^ 1 IIWJ
day over ih>- b >dy oi Mr. Itnii :
and tlio jury C ?tuo t?? the conchjHinn
lh.it lii^ death was due t.?. i
druir administered by D<*nn
Cole and Kd. Hdhird. wli'? w e rM
Consequently arre>te 1 and carr e.j
I to jail in (Jliester.
Fire in Rock Hill?Handsome
Residence of W H.
Stewart Burned.
Rock Mill, May 30?jquMu.il
j to News anil Courier : i ha.n some
residence i>( Mr. W. ii
Stewart, in Oakland, n ar Winthr??t?
< ??i!? <? , was burned this
. I < n. <ni A piano iind .1 Mu .?ii
i l or ion of the furniture in 'he
lower story were ^ v 1. !!.
house practically buriio?l up At
the lime accurate ii"
j n t K* e i o, ' Uf t 111- iO-JS I
the nei^hh >rhoo(i #f?,00 \
with about $3,f>00 i;isHi c oe,
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