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.1 The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE J89I VOL. I. NO. 77. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C? JUNE 30. 1906. PRICE-FIVE CFNTc ncn State Campaigners. The Aiken Meeting th Week?No New Develoj ments?Candidates Singir Same Old Songs. Aiken special in Charlotte 0 server: The campaigners reac ed hore about 10-30 last nigh The generous citizens of Aik< entertained the party. The met ing was held in one of Aikei many beautiful groves. A b crowd of Aiken county's repr ive citizens gatliered abo nd to listen to the spea te? D. S. Henderson calh Lanv. order at 11 o'cloi forapv. * 'ress of \v< a (raine strong pi hospital. i, and for nr pa'gn and primar ^ s Snlivan, Sunimersei . arton, Cansler and Selle . . spoke first as candidates f railroad commissioner. Mr'. Ca sler says he will run again if tl people don't elect him this tim he will run or die. Messrs Ansel, Blease, Brunpo t Edwards, A. (J. Jones, Mantiin Me M ah an and Sloan, candidat for Governor, were all presen Few new ideas were intruder* Mr. Ansel feels that t - coun ^ ot a country dispensat\ uy n grand jury would insure uones in the dispensary pv t - n. t wants long terms to Hie coi mon schools. Mr. is o posed to the county u.speusa system, suggested by Ansel. JN1 Blease claims to be the on consistent out-and-out dispensa Candidate in the rare IIo tli at Mr. Manning's and M Sloan's record in I he Senate voting on dispensary bills consistent with their presei platforms. Mr. Blease believ the Stale dispensary is beii conducted honestly under tl present set of ollicers. Mr. Brui son made a strong speech basi on moral grounds, against t present dispensary system. M Brunson's plat torn is "A Rigl eons State and the Suprema of law." Mr. Edwards says lie is oi not to fight the railroads, but fight corruption. Mr. Edwar believes in the strenuous admit 1st ration of law. He alleged tl railroads have disgraced tl courts and the Legislature South Carolina. He believes th the Southern Railway does n deserve as much consider* tir as would an invading army. Mr. A. O. Jones made a war / speech advocating the principle of his platform. He wants u economical, business-like ad mi istration ; he is strongly oppoa< to putting professional politicia in omce. Mr. Jones claims to I the man who started the fin through a letter to the peop which has caused many of t counties to vote out the dispei sary under the B ire art. I claims that it is undemocral ^for the State to engage in ai I ^ I business. Mr. Jones says that | last Year the income from the dispensary for school purposes (js did not amount to more than ^ ten cents per pupil of all the j i5"" students enrolled in all common jg schools of the S'ate. He says some people say Mr. Ansel is bowlegged because he has straddled the fence so long. He 1). claims that Mr. Bruneon has j, never been connected with any t light leading to voting out the pr >n dispensary; that Messrs Man th< ?t. tung and Sloan are running i'H i?8 on the dispensary platform I to ij. because ol popularity. Mr. Jones or e_ makes sport ol McMahan's State p? U( life insurance plan. Mr. Manning lth< w?8 glad to pee so many ladies cr< a,j present because ot their refining wf and uplifting influence. He th d-1 went on to discuss the burning bu I iaanp ftio ?,-:-L l- 1? g., VUUV, iiuv uin^ouaaijr, WHICH IIHS Ua n done away with (lie treating habit ve v Mr. Manning voted for prohibi tion in 1892 because his county, iti| rs Sumter, had voted a large ma- sal or jority for a prohibition law, and no 11. he felt instructed to vote for pr ie prohibition as the represenative th p. of his people. Mr. Manning ex- th plained in detail .what ho be thi in< lieves to be the strong safeguard he of the Ravsor Manning bill. Mr. th es McMahan claims that the Gov- an ernor ie a part of the legislative fai machinery as he has the veto no power; and that as he ic nomi a?i llH nated by a primary ?.f the peo |au ty j pie, lie has a tremendous power pile over public opinion. Mr. McMa ??i] u I han is strongly in lavor of a G< n. I com| ulsory education law. Mod- i. i iy erate at lirst, covering oniy the ah [r children between certain ages, si ly Mr. McMahan is advocating co rv schools of agricultural and do- lo es inestic science lor every county bli [r in the State. Tl: jn Col. Sloan sa\9 his voting ve is again9t. the dispensary in 1892 ici | was consistent with the (act that tb es i he was elected by the people of on Richland county on a prohibi he ,e tion platlorm. lie says that wl after the introduction of the <lis- pr ed pen?arv law, lie came to believe th i,e in it, because he thought it a as [r great improvement over the old an barroom system. ou cy M essrs. Ragin, Morrison and an McCown spoke n" candidates of u t, for secretary of State. Mr. Mc- Uc to Uown ih running on a stric'iv business platform. ()t the candi [H< tl. dates for attorney genera!? pa |u? Messrs. Lynn, Ragsdale and mi ie Youmans?only Mr. Lyon was Ie, of present, lie was glad to speak tin ftt in a eoun'y of a clean dispen-ji,a ot sary record. He is no straddler, Tu ,n but is unalterably opposed to jn tho State dispensary. Lie ,8]po m i afraid tbat the State will have I | p | to levy a special tax to pay tlie m j $700,000 o t claims now held up. ; wj u I Messrs. Jones and Walker|Up P(1 spoke as candidates for comp-ith, ns troller general. For adjutant I (hi I,,. | and inspector general Cols.Hoyd jn }lt and Haskell addressed tliecrowd. a . le Col. Haskell said Aiken ought 9a he to liavo a military company and I wj rj. : he would work to that end if th< l*? elec'rd. ' l)P ay Read?The News. w; rhe Religious Reviva o Abatement in Intel Manifested intheMeeti Being Held in the Tat nacle of the Christian C saders. Jesus Christ, not in ho esence, hut in the pernor ? Holy Spirit, is still <4ta in Lancaster, and contir manilest His marvellous [ to save and to kMep, 1o oplo ol tins place. So Ion 9Re meetings attract such Is >wds, and sinners are b< >n to God, it cannot be s at the interest is decreas t it seems that the longer ttle is continued the more re becomes the fight. Not only are the unsaved i brought into the wkj Ivation, but on Sunday aft nn s cnoiol 1 U|.uu>?i gciuiuiiH nave c eaehed bv General Light, e edification of the Christie at they might "be built u e most holy faith," and rt ighls in Gods love to wl ey had not hitherto at tail d depths which they had I homed. On last Sunday a ion Capt. llawk* preachec i attentive and apprecin thence lr??m 1 Jo >u, 1. >ved from this Scripture h r parallel Scriptures, >:1 ran save t? ihe 11 term p., not only in lorgtve sine, m to cleanse the heart 1 i, or that which causes u mmiteins and enablesRis wers to live, not faultless, arneleas lives, in His si le speaker made these f ry comprehensive by a cl ?1 illustration, with three s of liquid representing [regenerate heart, the )nsti art, and the sanctitied mlly cleansed heart. 8c nfessed Christians were sh eir priveleires in Christ J they had never seen tj d expressed a desire to "lai tint lie fullness of God's lev d to come up to the utanc righteousness as set tort )d's Word. God having been pleaset vor us wita tair weather st few nights, the Tabern ?otings have been largelj ided, and the services, tin rbed by electrical auritat ve been much enjoyed, esday night God was pre convicting and convor wi r during the altar serv iroe penitent seekers earn ? altar, hi <1 alter they \ lling to submit to the te on which God could i em, they were liberated f ? bondage of sin, and set I Jesus' love One of these jister, 29 years of age, id that she came Irorn h th her mind made up to g o altar and ho saved. She night into the light of Go raltn deliberate manner, s no less positive that her were forgiven, a* d that God accepted her as His child. The Christians assembled in rest t^ie 1 >a^ernac,e 0,1 Wednesday night, engaged in another beneficial "love feast." Brother Jack )er- son, an "old Veteran of the !ru- Cross," who came 14 miles to be present again in the meeting, gave a very encouraging testimony to God's glory. lie was dil.v converted at the age of 12 years, i ol and has been traveling the Chris try and has been traveling the mes Christian way for 60 years. lie tow- said he had found the way ubetthe ler farther on" as he journeyed, g as and told the young converts that irge they would also find it eo, if they ?ing would trust and obey God as laid they proceeded Heavenward, ing, May the Christians continue the to prevail with God in prayer se that "He may make bare His arm" in saving and purifying l)fA. r\r?wn? I I - - 1 - j/v.nn, iu niw nonor ana glory, ' of d tiring the further progress oil ler- the meetings, teen ,^'r Mr. C. C. Faile Dead. p in !ac'1 Another Good Man and Faithncn ned fill Confederate Soldier has not Gone to his Eternal Rest, fter I to Mr. C. 0. Faile, of the T?xil,,v> h tw section, who had been hcU tor some time, di* d Thursday sn aiM' Kershaw. lie had started fo go 1 li :i t * .o tne kocu 11111 hospiijv'. 'o be "8', ,rea^d 'or stomach trminle, but but wat unable to proceed any far r"m iher than the town of Kershaw. 8 to Mr. Faile was one of Lancaster county's best citizens?a "ul man of sterling character, and ght I one who proved himself to be a(J,s true in every relation of life. lie did his part nobly in helping bo!- to fieht the battles ot the Southt',e ern Confederacy. He was a "e" member of Co. D., commanded or by Capt. R. L. Crawford, in the >me 1st Regiin?nt of South Carolina own Vo)Unteer9, Jenkins's brigade, esu- prtile was a son of the 'iein late Wm. Faile and was about inch (?5 year8 0id. It will be recalled ve'', that his wife died about a month lard an account of her death ap h in pearing in The News at the time. He leaves three son--, Messrs 1 to John, James and Labon Faile, the and one daughter, lie is also| acle survived by "ne brother, Mr. J. i at- Thomas Faile, of Taxahaw He dis- was a consistent member of the ion, Biptisl church. On The remains of Mr. Faile were sent buried yesterday in the Black-I t i 11 tr mnn * ^ f, Jv..,. ?. . jce Dabney, of Lancaster, conduct e to ^ie f,mer;t' services. i Earthquake in Wales. save Cardiff, Wales, June '27.? roni Violent earth shocks were ex per-1 free ienced throughout Simth Wales was h:45 this morning. (louses who rocked, and many of the cheaper ome ones were damaged. Hundreds o to of chimneys fell, pictures were was shaken from the walls,occupants J in of dwellings were thrown to the bit ground, and people tied Irom ^ins their hotnes, shrieking in panic. Dispensary Investigation Sub-Committee Makes Lon*"-? Looked for Report. Columbia special in Chariots* Observer: The matter almcrUi of sensational interest belore tl"*> dispensary investigation meetivjr to day was the long looked f- * report of the sub committer consisting of Messrs Lyon act Ghristensen, on tneir severed trips ol investigation to th*. whiskey bouses ot the East an<! West, which have had dealings with the State dispensary. Tb< report goes into the details oG! the visits to the houses, and a* number of instances are pom'e*? out ofjhouses selling to concern*' outside the State at lower yrtcet the same stuff sold the S1&"* dispensary, which in a*ro<:*> every case was a bigger pur ch aser. There are many page* of Vh?M> sort of detail, the report finals winding up with a recommeurfh*tion to the etlectthat the $^OCr000 worth of claims now heiuf held up be continued suspended the bills ot the just claimant along with the others, and th*> whole matter referred to tho next Legislature, with the suggestion that body appoint 4. board of expert accountants *?> canvass the various claims m* detail, and say what shonfd h?? paid and what not. The suhcor!*mittee argued along this liae?that it COUld lint jrivo tt>? ? w - r* V V..V v>jn |L>^) tlie searching investigation -demanded, as the members of committee were not expert accountants, and the committe?i had no authority anyway scale the claims. The board iSi experts should have authority ?c> do this scaling and sav wh?V part of the claims should ht: paid, or whether any cf the an should be paid. The session this morning xv.fn of little interest otherwise. The Carolina Glass C< mpany hart ** lengthy statement to submit at defense ot the various thingf? that have been instituted a gain* it, and after some skirmishing Mr. Lyon withdrew objection *.? admitting this statement, he *<i have the opportunity to cauraer it through witnesses later. Attorney G. Duncan Bellinger <ifered an affidavit from ex-l>i icotor Boykin as to the Lanakiua. incident, but this was held over to be ?.dmitt?d lat^r Groom Kills Bride at WeiWding and Suicides. Comfort, Tex , June ?Hi the presence of the assemble#! wedding guests last night at ?V?? home ot his intended bride, J eph lv-*iiiharttt. the man who to have h? en married to shot and instantly killed Ernestine Kutzer and then -shtl himself, with probably fatal result . The cause oi iiie c 'gedy if- r.v* known.