The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 25, 1906, Image 1
The Lancaster News
LEDGER J 852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE. 1891
VOL.' I. NO. 83. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTfcR, S. C., JUl.Y 25, 1906- PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPY
The Liquor Problem.
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The Rock Hill District Con- 1
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ference Condemns the Dis- |
pensary. I
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Yorkyille special in Sunday's
Stale: The Roc' Ihll dist id
conference in session here ad pi 11
ed Hie following rrj."rt on t in
perance today :
"The Knbjec ' einro your com- ,
V mittee is one of v:*?? importance <
not oniy to our district, but t<> i
our State and nation as well. In (
fact, tho evil of intemperance is ,
one of world wide significance. |
In all ages of the world ]
and among all nations of
tho earth, intemperance has oc- j
copied a foremost place among |
the forces which have operated ,
in the disorganization of nations, j
the overthrow of kingdoms and ,
the destruction of empires. In
temperance is not only universal ,
in affecting all nations, but in {
its effect upon the individual as ,
* well as affecting him in body |
and mind and spirit, it injures
him in body by burning out the |
tissues, Ihus rendering it the j
eaty prey of deadly disease. It
injures him in mind by blunting (
the perceptive powers, thus dis- ,
qualifying him for compiehendiug
the acute distinctions be- (
/ tn'Ann rittlif ?t?rl ~ 1 ' 1
-kuu ?iuuz, train (
and falsehood, righteousness (
and iniquity. It injures him in
soul by lowering the moral tone,
degrading the moral nature and
weakening his spiritual powers,
thus rendering him incapacitated
tor living in touch with the
higher spiritual realm or fellowship
with the divino. ]
"The most gigantic evil today
in South Carolina is the liquor]
traffic. The hellish octopus with :
its seat of authority in our fair
capital has insinuated its diahol- 1
icrfl and damning inlluence into 1
f^t r.v part of our commonwealth. \
We call upon our people to rise >
up and crush the monster evil. !
"Methodism has always led in <
the temperance crusade. She was 1
the first church ever to have a I
rule against drunkenness or c
drinking spirituous liquors.
From that day till this Metho j
(ii>>iii has never receded from
her position.
4??-' 4,The general conference of the
Northern Metliodist church declared
the State of intoxication
cannot ho legalized without sin. 1
4 Our own general conference
wliicli met in Birmingham 1 ant
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May enacted the following law
. and it will he incorporated in our |l
^ new hook ol discipline. Lot all j
? our preachers and members ah
stain from the manufacture or
sale of intoxicating liquors to be
* used as a beverage, from signing J ft
petitions for such sale, from be- jo
coming bondsmen for any person 11*
as a condition for obtaining a h
license, from acting as a dispell- S
ser or voluntarily accepting anjli
appointment or election ns nidi y
under the laws of any State in
which thero is a dispensary law i
/
authorizing t he sale of intoxiei
111 fr liquors bv t he Slate, county
nunicipality atul from renli
properly to be used for any si;
?ale. It an}r member shall v
late any of the provisions of t!
paragraph he shall bo deem
;uilty ot immorality. Nevortl
ess in lite of a member w
diall sign a petition for such si
?r shall act, as a dispenser
voluntarily accept elec'ion
ippointmen' to a 113' *?ffi e ere
id for the purpose o s Hum
IHpet sing intoxicating itqu"
mi behalf of the Stale, et unty
nun cipality, it shall be 'i.e dt
if the pastor to deal with t
offender as provided for in cht
ter VII, section 5 paragraph 21
rva tra 1 O ft
SV AAV,
"We appeal to our legislati
Hid beg the members thereof
banish the liquor traffic fn
mr State. No legislature ha
right to bargain away the mor
if a people.
"Realizing the necessity of
iggressiye campaiga agaii
lie great liquor evil at this til
kve oiler the following reso
iions :
"1. That the subject of te
perance be systematically tau^i
n our Sunday schools.
"2. That our pastors be
guested to preach on the subji
nore frequently.
"3. That it in the duty
?vory Methodist to use his pov
)f suffrage to banish this gigi
;ie evil Irom our State."
(Signed)
"Watson B. Duncan,
"W. W. Lewis,
"J. C. Counts,
"R. Allison,
"Commit tee.''
Former Pastor of East La
caster Given Long Vacatic
Rev. W. C. Winn and fam
eft Thursday morning l
Western Arkansas, where tl>
vi 11 spend about two moot
vith relatives of Mrs. Wit
dr. Winn ami several of !
mildren have been in very pc
leallh lor some time and th
iO|>e tube benefited by achan
>1 climate.?Rook I Till Herald.
{illed Herself by Drivii
Nails in Her Head.
Larado, Ark . duly 21. ? M
\zolta Tompkins, a^ed 7o. co
nittecl suicide by dtiving t'
en-penny nail-. info her head.
She was blind and partial
leaf and had once before at!em
ed suicide by cutting her throa1
Jeff Davis Jurcr Dead.
Richmond, duly 21 ?Frederi
Iniith, colored, one of the pai
f twenty-four jurors .summon
0 try Jellerson Davis loralleg
igh treason against the Unit
tales, died in the city home lie
oday. lie was rearing the 00
ear of his aate.
)o you take The News?
" i Farmers' Institutes.
or
ich The Meetings this "Week, unlo"
der Auspices of Clemson
llis College Professors?The
Exhibit Cars.
teli<
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do This is preeminently farmers'
or institute week in Lancaster counor;
ty, as many as livo held and to
be held altogether. The Cltm on
<>r College professors, by whom the
us institutes are conducted, began
or their work in this county Monday
I'y at Pleasant Valley, where, not
he withstanding the inclemency of
ip- the weather, an ideal institute
99, was held, about 200 persons be
ing present. The meeting was
ire presided over by the Hon. O. W.
to I'otts, who introduced the lec>m
hirers, the exercises being first
s a opened with prayer by the Rey.
als Mr. Bennett.
Dr. L. A. Klein, veterinary
an surgeon of Clemson, delivered
ist an interesting lecture on the
ue care of domestic animals, eslu
pecially horses. He spoke of the
various diseases of animals,
m- their prevention and cure.
r,ht I'rof. W. S. Morrison made a
highly entertaining and instructre
ive address on the subject of inset
dustrial education, under the
heads of personal efficiency,social
ot efliciemcy, culture training ai d
rer character forming,
in- Prof. C. L. Newman, assistant
professor of agriculture, delivered
a splendid lecture on the care
, of I he soil. lie answered many
questions asked by intelligent
farmers in relation to fertilizers,
etc.
Two institutes were held yesterday,
one at Lancaster court
house and the other at Ant inch.
Professors Morrison and New
man spoke at the latter meeting,
making practically the same
ilv speeches made by them at Pleastor
ant Valley. A large crowd was
ev pre-ent and the occasion was
:hs ureatlv enjoyed by all in atten
it dance. A splendid dinner was
'd? served.
or The speaking here was in proey
gress when The News w?nt to
f-rc press yesterday afternoon, the
meeting being in charge ot Prof.
III. D. House and I)r. Klein.
n?T I A leadino unit iniononi..
o v, Uiit-Io-^ting
feature ol I ho institute here
j yesterday was tno exhibit cars,
two in number, at the Southern
I depot and in charge o! Mr. (\ A.
111 I Hale, the affable representative
AO of the Southern Railway's Land
and Indus'!rial department. Re^
cognizing the importance and
' lvalue of the work being done by
IClomson, t lie Southerly. t urnisho!
and transports tliese cars tree ol
*iiarg<-. i iirv coniain elaborate
I exhibits of the various kinds of
ck 1 w >rk being done in the several
lei depart no nts of the college,as well
ed as other interesting collec'ions.
?d j One ol the most perfect exhih
ed its is a 14 in. <? ft. engine lathe
re made by the graduating class ol
th 1902-3, which was awarded a|
gold medal at the World's 1* mi
year beforo last. Specimens of
i wood work, machine work, foun
idry work and lor^e work are
also displayed ; also a lot of lino l
drawing patterns?all the work '
of the students. In the same d^- ,
partment is a base for a 15-horsej
; power motor, also made by stu-J
Idents; and likewise a Jacquard
loom, with all tlio paraphernalia, I
including the perforated mats,
incident to this wonderful weav \
ing machine Of spi cial interest to
dairx men is a machine for testing j t1
o relative quantity of cteam in ! I
the milk of cows; also a churn it
and butler worker. The churn I
is called the Surprise churn, ]
which is said to give better re-M
suits titan others. There is also 11
a cream separator. wliiM,
J 1 ?ll stantly
separates the cream from (
fresh milk. Many kinds of grasses
are attractively displayed on the >
sides of the car, also specimens (
of grain, wheat, oa's, etc.? 1
There tire on exhibition alto- c
get her 25 different varieties of
wheat, 30 varieties of Irish po (
tatoes, 45 varieties of cow peas, f
67 of cotton?all raised at Clem c
son. There are altogether in the 1
world about 200 kinds of 1
cotton and about 100 varieties of
cow peas. Fine, large specimens (
of ilio Yellow Globe onion, c
planted from the seed 25th Oct. j
1905 and gathered 25tli June i
1906, are to be seen?and smelt.
The exhibit of cabbages is also j I
very line The Alfalfa exhibit is 1
also good, being a sample of a <
crop that yielded (I tons to the '
acre. It is said to he the coming j
forage crop of this country.? 1
There are also glass jars contain- s
ing mixtures of grain, hay, cot- s
ton seed meal, etc., showing the t
correct proportions of each to be i
fed to stock in order to get s
best results. It is a remarkable
fact that cotton seed meal t
enters into the feed of every an >
imal except the pig. A striking 1
exhibit is the skeleton of a horse, 1
showing every bone in the ani-. (
mal's body. The mineral exhibit '
is also interesting. In it isaspe 1
cimen of llailo gold mine ore. i
Toe textile department, showing i
I many specimens of high grade
woven goods, done by the stu- 1
dents, is especially interesting to t
ladies. There are samples ot ar 1
tiiicinl silK made of cotton so t
I cio.seiv resembling the jji'iuime !
I article that even experts lincl it)
diflieut lo toll the (litrerenco. ,'|
lfor Iuck of space and time we
can only refer to this feature ol j
the exhibit, and for the same rea- 1
sons wo are obliged to forego i
I mentioning many other objects'
; ot interest in the cars. They
should be visited to be appreciated
I bo Klgin institute will be held ;
I today and Kershaw's tomorrow. |(
I 1
1 Child Drank Indelible Ink. '
I Union special in Columbia!
State :?1'he little three-voar-old
daughter of Rev, 1). M. McLeod,
pastor ot (irace Methodist church
of thiscity,aml a promim nt mom
ber of the conference, raino near
dvin^ yesterday afternoon as the
result of being poisoned by lak
in); a bottle > / indelible ink, ami
only by hard work was its life
saved.
Fearful Railroad Wreck.
\ Passenger and Fre>^Sii
Train Crash into Each G?a?
er Near Hamlet, N
Many Persons Killed
Llainlet, July 23?2:50 a. n..
?l'assenfier train No. 44 tail
irsl No. 30, which was a I re if
collided head on one and cte-j
kail miles west of here at 8 23
[). m. to niidit. Up to this htu",
I o'clock, 2o dead have Lwa
aken from under die debris, t:t>L
injured, ninny of whom vr,L_
iie.
Capt. Frank B. Lewis,
was at throttle of the passen^/*?
;rain, was killed outriplit. H S..
Byrd, baggageniaster, was :'/ ?
inly other white person ki&sL
Capt. J. D. Bo wen wat rv
diarge of the passenger trtur
inil he is the only one of )ii#.
:rew of his train that was tuV
tilled, lie escaped with a :<*v
iruises about the hip.
Engineer J. O. Bundy uri
3apt. YV. H. Ilnnt were in chtrpe
if the freight train. Mr. Bc>iocr
umpeu ana was not serine dpnjured.
The catastrophe is the wocrtt
hat has ever occurred on cfatt
Seaboard system. The pocoadilass
car and the baggage c ff>"
were telescoped and the pasteup
;ers, alt colored, in that atr
were killed or injured. ltr..i??.
ibout live hours to get the<&c*L.
md in.jund from the wreck id.
,ho doctors of Hamlet and ? 'it's?
ngharn were dispatched tc Amc
>cene an 1 attended the injure!
it is impossible at this hour
;o ascertain the cause of 'fi#.
wreck. Capt. Bowen says rittfo
le was given a white boar! it.'Rockingham.
Capt. Lew; ^ tielead
engineer, was one of'tiro
nost beloved men oi the systfj/s.,
lie had been round-house k?*nan
up to two weeks ago
resigned to go back to t he rati
L'assengers and mail v -wt
ransferred. The injured iwewc
ent on a special train to <v:nr
otte this morning, where t^r
t
vill be t iken cure of in the hnntals
I here.
I'ake The News.
Where and When Cheh?;er?
field's Candidates aie hu
Speak.
The fpllowiiig i- the echecij*
>f appointments i< ('hesterfAi
ountv candidates :
Brock's Mill, Friday Aug VL*
Campbell's Mill, Sat., " l'l.
Bay Spr>n<j, M??n , ' 11)..
'i'..
.in urr. I U?'-U-IV" .>i..
Catarrh, Wednesday, " -L.
letlcrann, t niu 1?t *'
Five Fork*, Thnrs. ' 12.
Mt. Croj.'hau, In., ' .'??
Kuby, at night, '' 5#w.
Chest p"Hold. Sat.. *'
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