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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 82. SE/WI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., JULY 21, 1906. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY. The Meeting Yesterday. Senator Tillman Discusses at ^ Length the Dispensary Question?Other Speakers Between S00 and 1000 per sons, among them a number ol ladies, assembled on the court rp house square yesteitlay to he >? j Senator Tillman and the candidates lor the n? innal liunso r.x. ? It rpu I : .. I : nprji#, jut; uiecnii- was jinsi i- i ed over by Count \ Chairman T , D. Ii. William-., who in apjn.-\cy priato words intioduced ti.e L>( speakers, Senator Tiliman be ng> the first. The senator, who i~> looking remarkably well, spoke for more than an hour and a cc half in his characteristically qi l'orcelul and impressive manner, the I heme of his discourse being ,e the dispensary. lie said alter ei his arduous labors in Wash- j|, ington it would have been pleas sj ant lo have gone to his home hi andresled,but ho felt that he was (j under obligations to the peopel ()j of South (Carolina, and although (jj without, minnuitinn f<?r I . . -v.-.. .... nmcti- I)! ion-,ho tl.eretore'decided to make y( as many speeches as practicable in I his campaign, recognizing as fj iie does the tact that the people tp look upon him as a leader and p, are entitled to his advice and counsel. He explained why lie la inaugurated a "circus" of his rc own instead of following the th regular state campaign speakers. Owing to the number ot state candidates, about 25, it is imprs^ible lor one in the limited time allowed each speaker at a meeting, to give an j intelligent idea as to who he is j ^ ana iiat no stands fur. lie there-]" lore determined not to accompany i al the state campaign party. Mr. Tillman ^0011 got down to the issue before the people?the s*' dispensary. He gavo a history ' of its establishment and reviewed ' its record up to the present. Ho ( 1 said that there are only three! 11 ways of handling the liquor ques-1 ~ lion, by prohibition, dispensary U or license, lie dwelt on the itn- is practicability ot prohibition and ni sta'ed his objection to the li-.st censo system. He contended | w that the dispensary is the best " solution. He said that a leoisla'.ure should lie elected that ?i will throw tlie proper site tc guards and restrictions aiound d the sti.te dispensary, and in k" this connection pointed out nr his objections to a system ol m county dispensaries in lieu of rt the prescn' ?ystem. If rotten- <1 ness and corruption can not be| kept out ot i lie state dispensary, I P it will be imj ossiblo to prevent P1 graft, stealing and rake-'lis in hi 11 county dispensary, where the c< opportun:ties for rascality will hi he very much greater. He jumped r* on the last legislature with bolhjCi I eel. lie 8h ill that die members t;i elected li years ago were elected n< not "ii issues but on their good 'I looks r good speeches. Thodis if ^ peosarv was no' then an issue, h Af'or repeated charges ofcorrup , f tion in Hie management o! the'iv dispensary I he legislature neiI her ' killed the system nor passed a , m law to purify it I w The Senator rev owed the work ot ihe dispensary investigating ai committee, which, he said, had failed to secure evidence upon J }i< which parties accused or suspec- 'M ted < f stealing could he convic-| P< ted in a court of law. He char-J ti' ged th<? committee with refusing' to pursue ii iMjuiiies in certain tl cases, iiutably in the Newberry ili matter and the Lanahau affair. F # Earthquakes in Texas .nd New Mexico Panic j) Along the Rio GrandeEarth Shook all Wednesday Night. Sante Fe, N. M., July 18 ? wo more earthquake shocks ourred at Socorro this morniir. The shocks were felt dis- foi nctly as far Sou'h a> Fl PasoJRo ex., where, yesteru??>. a st'ect 13 ir whs thrown In m the hacks Ke y a shock. Rtslngees Irom So- we )rr?t end <?ti.er towns 111 the tri< to Grande valley are daily got nning to Santa Fe and Albu- 10! lerque. his AH night long one tremor af- B. r another passed over the low- tin Rio Grande valley, keeping < in nnntxl <? t * !?? ' * <\j a?' tuc uignest ten J on. But lew have slept in >uses for I he past lew nights. RlK bserveru reported thin spirals ha' ! stnoke in the lava fields in the at roetion of Almo Gorda, proba (>fb ly from hot springs or other j,el olcanic manifestations. A drenching rain passed over le valley during the night, ail- 60 ing to the discomfort of cam 'iH era. siv | El Paso had its first shake sef ist Monday, when buildings inker) anrl manw - v* ?*%*Ajr ouiis iicu iu le streets ] ? i n cutfi o/ Mrs. I'\ }V. Eltlritlue. s^a Mrs. Eldridgo, wife of Mr. F. sc' J. Eldridge, proprietor ot the ',e '.obkirk Inn, Camden, died stu esterday, in that. city. The cai nrial takes place this afternoon I 0 o'clock. Mrs E'dr d :e w: s a ative ol Indiana an<I was a lady I' marked nobility of cliaracter M" ml most phasing personality, alt Ir. Eldridge's many friends in ne ancaster, as well as elsewhere. j,? eeply sympathize with him in , is groat bereav mei.i. ' ^ [e said tnat anti-Jispensaryisra 01 largely founded on anti-Till- l):l lani-m and the o'd barroom mi mtinient. lie looks upon the for ork ol the la-t legislature rnid u,,. s invest i i! a tin:.1; committee m >re . Ill < i the ligtit ot an eflort to ruin nd di-credit tlie dispensary lh >n er* > purity it. lie denied that the 8hj ispensarv profit is in any sense lest blood money." It" it is blood up loney the Failed Slates govern- | lt,r ion11 in its system ot liquor I " venues, is getting millions ol r?11 ars of i>- Jv ? The Senator nlso paid I.;.- :?> 'coi t'cts io the newspapers, ami es-| mc ecially to the Columbia Sia'e le discussed the question of,. . jinpulsory education, t<? which j a said he is oppns"d, giving hi- |mi ns"iis for his opposition, pnu | pally on account ol the ailvan ('u lire that would accrue to the 1 ??:ro ; also the increase in taxes lat would he necessary, lie said the people are determined to ave sonu'thiny like compulsory ! lucation. why no' pass a law j r>i to allow children under 1'J or U I years ot ml;,- io wrk on co*ion .1. iiil who are mi dde to rea i and i i))<( rile. j Kor lack of Tni" and *pace wo 11 e able to give only an im; erf< ct U!1 id incomplete summary ?>1 Son- tlx: or Tillman's able ami com pre im >nsivo speech. Wo hope lo resent a fuller report in our j ' ext issue. f ?. of As The News -/o^s to pros>h, Kudu , altennon, the canidutea lor Congress?Messrs iiiley and Strait?are speaking, all The Colored Teachers' istrict Summer School? C Report of the Work by the Instructor?Advice to Col-) ored Teachers. I Tlie Summer Normal School ^ colored teachers was held at ^ ck Hill Irom June 8 to.Inly (j Lancaster, Chester, York r rshaw and Cherokee counties, u re well represented. The Dis- () ct School idea, alter all, is 0 >d. The enrollment went to g 3 teachers. The interest ran p ;h. State Superintendent O.I Martin was well satisfied with ;( i character of the work done. c $ are glad to state to our teachwho attended that we have . needed in getting their pay for s ving attended. You will call the County Superintendent s ice and he will pay each his or , d r part. We hope to raise the standard high that it will not long 1 the inactive and nnn.nr.im-on j e teachers must take a back 0 it. We want bettor results and '' ? only pet such by appealing ^ the powers that be to assist as promoting and raising the ^ indard of our rural and city 1 iooIs. The negro race is in a j Ipless condition in many in- 1 mces and without a change we '' n't be saved. The school room ' the fountain head. It is not '' >re schools needed but more alified teachers Loss seekii g ) er the pay and more earnest 1 ss in trying to elevate humanto a high standard <>f citizen (l ip. Wo need men and women u> look upon gold and silver as ntcmptible dross when com- ^ red with liuman souls that I ist be polished >nd brought | th in heaven's light to shine 'ever. Such should be the >tivo act u iting the negro teach-! ' ( ,A llond ot moral evd is overidowing now. Hut little ' imate, in many cases, is placed | >'it merit, succesp ami moral irth. Educate your children 1 you must, put your hands in ur own pocket to do it. En irag the building ol t>e' tor and )re attractive school houses, iir teachers, and your work will ,n^ its reward, and 110 set of istces will he apt to change u for another when you have 1 your merit won their cotili < nee. M. 1) Lee, Instructor. I Lane ?sler.S.C , July 18, 1906 i . m mm m . - I Florida Sheriff Shot. eland, Fla., July lit.?ShorilV 1 II. Turner was shot in the left ( ?ftst and perhap. ta'ally wound- r by his deputy, (h M. Kurt/, 1 ule thov were rauli 11 ir a "blind ' ur" at h ?ko Helen this morn- ' Kurtz firoi at one of the | uroes, wlio was trying toes |i ) ?. l iit' bullet si ruck t he side c a door, glance 1 and penetrated t t rill Turner's breast. In the excitement that followed c the negroes escaped. kt Marion's Meeting Candidates Continue to Sing Same Old Songs with Slight V ariations. Condensed Ircm Columbia tecord: Railroad Commissioner Vharton took up the Sunday rain complaint in this section, I eclaringr that the commission is K?t responsible for its con tin- J i uire. as they had issued copies t the law to every railroad flicial and it is now up to the rand jury to prevent the viola i?rs. Mr. Cansler said what he obgcted to is that the railroads arry Armour goods tree. This is the home of Candidate ohn C. Sellers and lie cut Ilia peech short. Mr. Sullivan thought he ould aid in correcting railroad iscriminations. Mr. Suramersett was evidently orn under a rhyming planet, as nil ho seen from the following ouplet : ,kAll the vtes tbat Selars does not get 1 hope you'll ive to Summereett." Mr. Manning answered tlio Mease criticism of his vote on he Jim Crow car bill by stating hat when it was tir.-t introduced ' ts provisions were glaringly doeetive and actually indecent, so hat he and others felt, that tIf v ad no ourae but to oppose it ,nd it was defeated. Afterward,| Hien these defects were reined ad, tie voted for it. He declared hat the advocates of county ispensaries oiler no plans to ategnard them from the very yils that exist in the st.de dispensary, while lie did idler a well igested strhetne fr>r purifying he present state dispensary. Mr. McM illan stood lor a sys em ol education that shall he' onipleto from the univers ty at /Olumhia t<> a school in the I merest districts supported by ho state if necessary. He was miphatic in the declaration that in stood for progress to bring diout that better state of affairs vhich within our grasp if we nit have tin1 courage to reach it. l he moralist had raised his now 1 igaiust barroom license money, io the cry of tainted money f< r lie schools irom the dispensaries s larf- tidied, i he j>osit.i?>n of lispensers is not di-nr leclul, ?o ?oc?il men will take it. The prolibitionists had made a fatal nistake inculc: ing ;|lt? contra y idea. Lieutenant tiovernor Sloan )ietured An-.el .-In din^ng'tss it whiskey in o.m hand am. a dass ol v>ator it. the other, -a* nsr, "boys, have something." He !: ! not ?*are v r !. I; y took ii hey would elect him g< vernor. M r. A nsel - . In ha Herri d or t wol ve y< re a I he law and irder repr? -onti ive <1 his disru t. lie Inn: u< cla in* to pre' ounty oHi . manage other hingij a< u liit. oujdit to manage The Chester Meeting Senator Tillman and La.tbnottr and Candidates tor Hou:?z Speak. i Chester special in yesterday'a. Observer: About 2,500 penp;? I I'rom Chester, Fairfield an.1 i York gathered two miles south of the city to day to hear the political addresses. Senator Tillman was the first and foremost, speaker. Senator Tillman prefaced his remarks with a ment of the pleasure it affordsi him to be present on this occasion.. jThen he plungsd into a discur sion of the liquor quest ion. B-a paid his respects to the prohibitionists and touched up ih* I members of the last Legislature, whom he charged with havicj bet rayed the r constituents ant the State. After dinner the crowd listesed to Senater Latimer. Mr.,. Latimer's speech was all alon^ the usual lines, most of it bear nifi uu i mill uee uenvery anc good roads. The people ol C ter are ford ol Senator Latimer and his speech was well received. Congressman D. E. Finley am??. his opponent, Hon. T. J. Straiv,. urged their respective claims ami I the meeting adjourned at i o'clock. New Mercantile Company Chartered. Columbia Record: Today tbn; secretary of state issued a corr*mission for a charter to the Cat'k Buyers' union, ol Lancaster, v? concern capatali/ed at $5,000,54 I do a general mercantile business, with T A. Dabney as president ami Mr. .1. I*. Davis as secretary ami treasurer. Atlanta Lawyer Drowned. New York, July It). ? Walter Ormond, a lawyer of Atlanta i toll overboard and was drowned I from the steamer Kansas City,,, ! while en route from Savunuidr, Gii-, to this city. The drowning |happened yesterday while 'bs | Kansas City was corning tip tiw coast. the whiskey. Thov are hp. vivr county control in Virginia no* 11:lid it i- omnic in Carolina Mr. Blease referred to Marioi ! having voted out, ilie dispensary" 1 ;iikI do dared that to day there >? i ...v ... i: ii" r>v. ?i*?-lV <M IHJUUI' IHT(J ? < to the depot and wal? )i ttie trai* j and von will sen liquor left here in ja-js and you will 1 a'f-o -eo that instead ot you people getting the profits they 1 going to North Carolina ai>.4 Georgia, white ill | oople ars drinking li'|iu>r just the same and some ol these people that are In>loiing the dispensary down some ol the lust ro get jug.-! vCiei the dispensary i- gone. As Mr. Mease conc'u !e<t Mr. M nning < in t rward and nu-xr the statement that, lie had ne ej* concealed his views from anyoft#*. Hi- position as a on as, , ' tc(, it to t l.ose wiio knew him, be v\? (willing to abide hy the rosu!'%