Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Congressional Race. Question Propounded to bo Messrs. Strait and Finley at Chester Meeting. LP! Chester Lantern. Dr. T. J. Strait, of Lancaster ^us county, who represeutol I he 5th 001 district for six years in congress, nai appeared as a candidate for wiJ election to t.llisi nnaififm 1"' held by Hon. D. E. Finley, ^otl of York. Dr. Strait expressed <l' the opinion that the be9t man should be elected, taking into to consideration the aspirant's wa character, qualities and charac- orl teristics. He explained why he '''' could not obtain any large ?p- l'K propriations for the district while "oy be was a representative. In 10' ^ 1893 the greatest panic prevailed ' that has been known in this 111 country lor years; nothing could be done. Alter the panic had tllf lasted lour years the Spanish- 'lo< American war followed and all ' appropriations went toward the ol belter equipment of the army tur and navy. That was an unfavor able time, now the country is 'lul prosperous and he would like to an' liave a showing in this g( od time. en< Dr. Strait attacked Fin ley's ' , 5 1 record, referring to the obtaining . . coi ol the appropriation for the King's mountain monument in York county by a Norih Carolina congressman. It elected (he ')0' .speaker promised to be Inmost. , ?\ i i ! t the I pon closing the chairman by request handed (lie candidates f j- C1V lor congress a quosnon reading . . , , . . , bin this way: Would you labor for , ..... am . the creation of a new judicial A . i - cot district in couth Carolina 11 l he Chester were the place oesignat7 . mi ed for holding court. Dr. Strait Stfi answered this in few words, say. . I, the ing that it no agreement coulM be reached lie would remain silent and allow the committee to _ It".* make the decision rather than *" 1)0( defeat the bill. He ha* no ob I) V jection to Chester, it is in the . centre ot the proposed district. fivi Representative Finlev defend a n' ed his record. Ho said that he ot<1 had nevor been content to live on humble pie. He dops some- c?] thing here and lie does some- ate thing in the perf irmanco* of his ( duties in Washington. He ex n plained why the bill providing ^1CI for an appropriation lor the ^ erection ot Ibo King's mountain T monument was introduced by a ' ' North Carolina man. North |Jnl Carolinians and Virginians , fought the battle. The speaker (or told something ol his accom jjn^ nlislimenls in his ell' rts to serve V0J, tno people. He has reached h {.()| plac ot power and ii.tluonce l>\ 1 t reason of the. length ol his ?er SpC vice. on ^ In answering the (jueslion i wo whether or not he would vote I oth for and support a bill lo create a eon new^udiaal district with ('lies- a ( terras the place for holding icon court, Mr. rin'ey said that tlii < cri 1 matter of a new federal district to I ^ith KocU Hill as the location ; A < the court house had heen on be tor ten years btfoie Chester had t:t 11 been mentioned. He is and h 18 dm ^ been committed to Rock Hill, l.e intl has been and expects to remain j hel faithful to every promise he hug act ^ made. \ ine / / I r =zi Ii rel-tolved ~| that i would rather go around in a mightgovtfthafl in the hot; heavy ghr/heatj sonz big tolks and little itC?vI WC \ A ten n *v An . I r* s\ m A 1- p--~. - ? ? Oklahoma. me Things Concerning the New Star on the Flag. die's Weekly. I'he new Sta'e of Oklahoma, it authorized by C >ugress, uprising the Territory ot that ine, and Indian Territory, I start out with mare than 00,000 population. Tins is ir times as many inhabitants any previous Territory or rritories had when admitted statehood. Virginia, which s by far tbo largest of the ginal thirteen States, had less in half this population when i lirst national census of the rernment was taken. On the 1 ol States in 1906 Oklahoma Ids the twenty second place inhabitants. Population lias mi rushing into Oklahoma at > rate of 2,000 a week. Stateid will increase the inflow, e opening, soon to take nlaoe. r ? ? - 7 the Kiowa and Comanche pase lands and wood reserve in 5 southwestern part of Oklana proper will bring in f houses of settlers. The 81,000 bans in the Indian Territory I of the State are all civilized, reover, th.ey are outnumbered 0 1 by the whites in that nmunity. doth ends ot the new State ve schools, churches, nowspn s, farms, m'nes, factories, rcantile houses, banks and s res! of tho accompaniments in adv meed and well-balanced ilization. They have, in com iation 5,000 m les of railway, 1 are in direct and constant nmunication with all parts of i United States More railway leape is l)6ing built in the new ite than in any other part of i country. Tho Indian Terri y part is particularly rich in il, iron, lead an i zinc lands, wealth in coal has recently mi brought out conspicuously LaF dlette and other Senators the legislation relating to Ihe 3 civilized tribes. The corn ! cotton production of the now te is large, and is increasnii: th great speed. Every agrilural product of the temper zone thrives there. Oklahoma, the forty-sixth star the na ional Hag, has a parulary bright iuture. he Sins of Drunken Men. | I'he Florence Times lakes an usual position when it says: 'In 'lie matter of iho petition the pardon of Smalls in Da*"irton for filling * negro in a y biutal manner, the peti uers set forth that he was ink and therefore hardly re insible for his act. It wo were the pardon board that plea uld be calculated to work the er way. It, is bad enough to limit a cfime, but it in doubly jrimo when a drunken man limits it He is guilty of two llin j :<cr:iilicl u ii'iol ? on,l i ? H f..n? WUHIII be punished lor br?ih ol them. Irunken man ought nevtr to xeiuel for hi^ lolly ol his It; it t-eis a premium on inkeiiness. If men under the iiienee of liquor were always .1 strictly responsible for their s after they got aober lower u would make tools and nvisI If ^iuuinj wtni\. iuu wm rirrw?o 10 M" V'"& BUY MEW CLOTHE.5 MOW. SOHtWR, ^hjyr clothes are cheap- So cheap aiy\ thft"1" you cm afpord to drew ' (i !v4\ the whole r/vm-v. > c ? y r^bujtek browft I l ' ' ''r. Oa 7*^.*.//?' BuiTCR? LONG SUIT ^ -?H LCQryniGMy ?oofa bv the OuiTcff. bpown co ckjcacq. No* *? ?. Clothes will not burden you if you wear the right kind. Should you go around not looking tidy ? You do, do you helieve others will think well of you? II others think well of ) >u their good opinion will put you forward. No one is independent. We can help I to put you forward by dressing well, you and your children. Our summer goods (which can yet be worn a long time) have gone through the slaughter house. The prices on tnese goods are cut. bee how cheaply we ;i can "put you forward" and yet keep you cool. ;? Yours truly, i j Lantaslri Mercantile Co. a noes of themselves when they As the 'limes says, a drunken the other end el the line talking are drunk," man who does wrong commits <^t Mr. McHullough's home when There was never a truer state !wo critiic-?against society. He the w ire was struck and cut in ment than that contained ill the ' ... , two about halt wav between tiie I he proposition is a sound one, la.t sentence of the paragraph j al)(1 if olJ^|lf {0 pe preached to'ho,,se alul College street. The quoted. (the people, hut we lather think receiver was knocked out ol There has grown up a disposi it will tie a long t:m? before it Mrs. Ferguson's hand and a hall lion to excuse or at least deal' nieets with general acceptance? of fire struck her chin but she leniently with a nun of his mi?-1 Anderson w .s no( sjU)C|U tj m ,. Ferguson deeds when he is drunk. but there I r . .? - ' .. i .1.. > ? i^igmning in v^nester. """ i il,".v u<?*?n 10 one is no reason why this should be Chester Lantern' Durin^ a s'('? ,l'"* t',? I'^ceiver was knrck* the case. On the contrary the thin tier c!oud Wednesday after- oil out ol his liand to the other weight of tlio argument would noon Mr, W. F. McCullou^h wns side. Uoth were cousidemhly s em to ho in favor of holding ajthocked by lightning at the frightened, drunken man to ;i stricter ac Forguson-MeCnllouiih t'o's store I 1 .. 1- ! I ! i it 1 .;uu 11 mutiny man a foner one.? | Mw. W. L, Feiyu on was at Head?The News.