The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 15, 1906, Page 4, Image 4
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Wednesday, August 15, 1906.
SUPERVISOR GARDNER AND THE i
PUBLIC ROADS.
County Supervisor Gardner is
i.?je most patient man of our acquaintance.
For weeks and
months our good roads friend, T.
Macadam Belk, and others, but
frineipally Mr. Belk, have been
criticising the supervisor more
or less severely, through the
columus of this paper, for the
erudition of the public roads. And
yet Mr. Gardner has treated their
onslaughts with philosophic sil
soce.
Such silence, however, should
not be construed as an acknowledgment
on the part of Mr.
Gardner that all that has been
said about him is true. He will
doubtless make reply to his cri
iics on the stump, during the
campaign just opened. The pub
lie, therefore, should suspend
judgement until Mr. Gardner
shall he heard from.
We make this sta'ement. as an
act of simple justice to Mr. Gardner
and without his knowledge.
We are taking no part either for
or against any candidate in the j
feld ; we desire to see them all
treated alike so far as this paper
is concerned, and although we I
are not resnonsihl,' for ibr> uipuv
r.T our correspor-dents, we feel f
I bat possibly some injury may
result to Mr Gardner's Candida j
cj from the publication ofthej
communications referred to if the
tvwera should make up their
blinds before lie irinp his defense.
Yfhat that defence is we, oil
course, do not know, but believing
in fair plav, we ask that it
La heard before the people pass
judgment.
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TREATMENT OF FARMERS AT
STATE INSTITUTE
There seems to have been a
?ooideulot dissatisfaction among
the farmers who attended the
State Farmers' Institute at the ,
r iiy nif.v were enteriaineu atl
Llemaon this week. If conditions
were no better than the reports '
? icture them, then those who had I
)? put up with the poor accom- j
raodations had a rij;ht to corn j
rlain. There is 110 excuse lor j
?ueh oversights, if we h tve been
! frliably informed, and we are I
reasonably certain that such was J
t'iie case-Greenville Daily iNews.
Two of the Lancaster county I
farmers who attended the State
Institute have told us that they
were not well treated afcClemsou
laet week. ()..e of tlum, to whom
we mentioned the matter yesterday,
said that the tanners had to
put up with miserable accommodations,
that the bed rooms wer*1
not clean and that the table fare
was very poor. He said about
all they had to eat was "light
bread and beet," and the latter,
he said, was not half cooked.
These are serious charges to
make against the management of
Olemson Colli co. and an exnlana
tion should he promptly made by
those in authority. It is possible,
of course, that the conditions
complained ot were unavoidable,
but if so, the reasons therefor
should be made public at once
We are loath to believe that the
otticers of the institution would
intentionally mistreat their
guests.
Anent the institute of last
cost much money and take up
much time and are the outcome
of much painstaking care and
study and preparation are in
progress hundreds of those who
attend do not even take trouble
to see, but lounge about on the
campus smoking anil chewing and
drinking."
Those charges are also serious,
and so far as the farmers of Lancaster
countv who were present
a.^e concerned, they are absolute
lv without foundation. We are
personally acquainted with the
Lancaster men who attended the
institute and we know t em to be
sober, intelligent, progressive
and successful farmers, ^outh
Carolina has no better "quality1*
of citizenship than these men
represent, and tiiev went to Clem
> 1
son-not to "frolic," but to acquire i
information and knowledge along!
I
the lines of their life-work, fjpm.l
iug. They were alter new ideas |
and new methods, the bot'er loj
enable them lo carry on their'
agricultural operations at home.
They live w 11 at home, know
what hospitality is and certainly
expected tetter treatment a* j
Clemson than they are said to j
have received.
The Chester Lantern criiicises
at length tlie attitude ol Con
pressman Kinley with reference
to tlie proposed location !ur the
federal court house -ea-t of!
Rroad river," under the terms of a,
bill that has been before Congress j
Tor some time creating a new
ludicial district in this State. Ah
is well known, Chester and
dock Hill are rivals for the
ilace. The Lantern says iVIr.
Kinley is supporting Rock Hill
because he promised that town
en years ago to do so. Our con
week, a Columbia special in Mon
(l.iv'n ('lliirlnl In (M>toruai>i.'Qi)c
tended these institutes that
they come merely for a frolic, to
be fed and housed cheaply, that
they are trillers who come for a
good time and do not try to benefit
by the lectures and experiments
given, and that consequently
the institutes do them
no good Whi'e interesting experiments
and demonstrations that
"It is not unlikely tliat the
(Jlemson board of trustees *ill
adopt some method ol changing
the quality ol the attendance j
which shows up at the annual
State farmers' institute held at
Clemson. It was a particularly
trying bunch that the professors
and others who had the last institute
in charge had to deal
with. It complained against a
a large number of those who at
temporary contends that Chester
is a more suitable location, and
that Mr. Finley "had no right to
mako a pl?dge tha* would require
him to favor one part ol
his district in any matter that
might arise to the disadvantage
of another part and of the district
as a whole, and against the
petition and protest of all the
counties concerned except the
one which includes the locality
favored." Why not settle the
matter by having Lancaster
chosen as the place for the federal
court to meet? We have
good railroad facilities, conven
ient schedules, fine hotels and
boarding houses and the best
people on earth?an ideal place
for Uncle Sam to dispense justice.
Baptists as well as Methodists
seem to be "down on" the dispensary.
More than one Metli
( diet conference has recently by
resolution condemned the insti
tutioii. The Piedmont Baptist
Association, embracing churches
ill both Anderson and Pic hens
counties, at its meeting last week,
passed similar resolutions.
There's no mistaking the senti
ment of G or^ia as to bucket
shops, judging by the promptness
; i.i. u:?u i l. - 1?:_i
>Yiiu wiinii me legisiHmre, now
in session in Atlanta, has passed
an act forbidding the operation
of such concerns in the state after
January 1st, 1907. Not. only
bucket shops, hut exchanges as
well, are included in the provisions
of the act. All places where
"opti ma on futures" are bought
and sold are placed under the
ban of the law. Only three votes
in the Senate were cast against
the measure, when it passed that
body last Thursday.
County Itinerary?Where and
When Camliilates will Speak.
As heretofore published in
The News, the schedule tor tlie i
Lancaster county campaign is as |
follows :
Vauwvck, Wednesday, Aug. 15.!
Hopewell, Thursday, Ang. 16. |
Tradesville, Friday, Aug. 17.
U'liito m.iir m.a ? .?i
.. iiii^ 1'iinM ?' n<i(ij( , /? U^.
Kershaw, Wednesday, Aug. 22. j
Heath Springs, Thursday. Aug 2d
Carrael, Friday, Aug. 24.
Col ton Mills, Friday niuht, Aug.
24.
Lancaster C H., Saturday, Aug.
25.
The primary election will be
held Aug. 28.
I
Take The News.
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Any linger
With Headache?
Have your eyes attended toati
once and save yourself fromi
further suffering. It is a fact|
beyond a doubt that the most!
frequent cause of headache is
some defect of visum I mnU.;
examinations free and am prepared
to do the work perfectly.
ii c. hough, j
Jeweler & Optician.
8-15-2w.
) Peoples Sup pi } Co.)
? is out for business and won't be found ^
J asleep when it comes to selling. They ^
m are going to push business, and it will ^
I be to the interest of every farmer in %
W l^ancaster county to make their estab- m
^ lishment headquarters for ^
f rs ? mjr i __ _i? _ _ C
) oenerai mercftancuse i
J "Quick sales and small profits" will be 0
t their motto, and "the same price to ^
j all" their rule of business. At present g
0 they are closing out the stock of goods 0
0 purchased from Carnes Bros. Call at 0
jf the corner store in the Moore block and # if
\ get some of these bargains. You will J
f always find a warm welcome. Messrs. ^
^ Jno. A. Cook, J. A. P. Sistare and A. C. ^
m Carnes will take pleasure in^waiting m
^ on you. \
J After September 1st $
i \
0 they will open in the Springs block in #
^ the store-room now occupied by Welsh ?
7 & Co. a brand new stock of Dry Goods, \
B Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Etc., W
j continuing the grocery in their pres- f
^ ent quarters. Look for the big sign, ^
\ Peoples Supply Co. j
1 Wanted! ja I
We want 1,000 men with / Ji / I jj\ 1
2,000 feet to fit in 1,000
pairs of our new
Walk-Over^3 %/EJ |
Shoes /,y| i
The quality is right, fit is 11/ Mlw 1
right and prices right. J J J K/ \
$3 50. $4.00, \-JA Lgffffp j
$5.00.
I RAX MARK DIG US PHI Otl^V&l01 WllH GK*K<
Same price to all. ^ i
Williams-Hughes Company ;
CASH STOlili.
I
Must Go in 30 Days *
I Still Have a Lot of
BUGGIES AND WAGONS
that I guarantee firstclass in workmanship, material and finish
that I must sell in the next 30 days, and want everyone who hase
an idea of buying or exchanging the old vehicle for a new one,
to see what I have and get my prices and terms. I will do you
good if you will call and make your wants known.
\ Also a big line of General Merchandise thif i would like to f
close out and will make a price that will please you.
Yours truly,
J. J. BLACKMON
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