The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 12, 1906, Image 1
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VOL. 2. NO. 19. SEM1-WEEKL1
The Lancaster and Kershaw!11
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Line..
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Attorney General's Opinion J
. ^ as to Payment of Taxes in ie
Disputed Territory?Old B
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Story as to Original Sur- "r
_ , , ta
vey Retold.
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The Columbia State. l]
Is the town of Kershaw in sc
Lancaster or in Kershaw county? m
This question is worrying ol
the taxpayers and delegations
of the respective counties. It
has been in the court and general
assembly and will probably come
up jigmu at me coming session. !i
Not only is Hie town of Kershaw h
effected, bu' a considerable por- se
tion of the surroundiug territory
and thereby hangs an interesting
story about counties, nude
about 150 years ago. The stor\
is told by Capt. J. G. Richards,
Jr., wlio is in the city.
It seems that the surveyors
for the two counties had agreed
to run the line from a point near (j
Bucklick, on the Wataree river, j,
straight across thecountry, which n
would have given Kershaw a p
much larger area. The party ,r
in going through the country, p
however, stopped about 25 miles ,j
from Bucklica and went down w
into Kershaw to visit a "tavern." u
The entertainment received there ,,
was of such a pleasant natute t\
that they spent several days and j,
starting out agaiu they lorgot .
to go back to the point where ei
they left off a few days before j
and ran the line down into Ker- y
shaw county. There has been ^
a dispute about the boundary p
line ever since, especially 9ince ^
the town ot Kershaw was estab- p
lished and a part of it is in each ^
county. Irj.
At the session of the legisla-l
tura in 1905 an act was passed p
providing for a commission to y
survey the county Hues The ^
commission did not finish the
work, however, in the time prescribed
by law and no report j
was made of it. At the last session
another bill was introduced ^
and passed the house, but did
not reach the senate. The audi- 0
tor of Kershaw county, however, u
had a survey made and Capt. j
Richards says that the entire
town of Kershaw will be placed a
in lveishaw cunty. A report
along this line will he made on
this survey at the coming session
nf 1 Atrial a' it ro
[n
In the meantime there is con j
siderable confusion as \o the col- ^
lection of taxes and the comptroller
general-has had a number
ot appeals to decide. The fol- ^
ling letter was sent out the other day
to Mr. T. R. Fletcher, who ^
lives at Kershaw.
Dear Sir. Answering your'
letter of Nov. 28, relative to the \
disputed county line between t
the counties of Kershaw and ^
Lancaster, I beg to say 1 have
not given n decision as to what ,
countv the taxpayer whose pro- c
perty has been changed bv the d
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LEDGER J 85
f. i
fferent surveys should pay
ix in However, whereve
xpa.\ er's property is in disp?
would advise that he con'ii
pay his taxes in the countv
eretofore, until this matte
gaily determined by the cnu
ut in case a taxpayer of h
raw couuty elects to pay
ixes otherwise than above
ised, he would not be requi
> pay a second lime, but w]
le line is finally determine
it Cement lor the taxes can
uule between the county oflic
' the two counties.
Yours very truly,
A. W. Jones
Comptroller Genera
From this it can be seen t
le entire survey will proba
ave to be made again lor a fi
?tt lement.
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. wuilUll UlUWClb V?"
vention?Proceedings of
Meeting here last Sat
day.
The Lancaster County Cot
rowers' Association met h
i the courthouse, last Suture,
ursuunt to notice previoi
ublished in The News,
leeting was called to order
resident Strait, who explait
le object of the meeting, \vl
as for the purpose of reorf
:ation and the election of d
ates to the meeting of the IS
ssociation, which will be 1
1 Columbia January 2nd.
?i- ^
aiio lu.iuwiiig omcers w
leefed for the ensuing year :
. Cunningham, President;
/alker McMurray, Vice-pr
entW C. I-Touali Sporgti
-z ) - - ? o ? " " w *
delegates elected to the Si
.seociation : W. J. Cunning])
> A. Williams, C. L. McMai
eo. W, Jones, W. C. Hot
lie following executive c
littee was appointed: W.G.
orter, C, L. McManus, W
atilandinr.ham, J. Clark I
ison, N. B. Cousar.
The meeting was well atte
d and the proceedings thoroi
/ harmonious. The associal
nters upon its new year ur
tost favorable and encoura^
uspices. With a splendid set
fficers and a determined
nited membership, the as^c
ion gives every promise ot ?
nd eflective work in the tip
s in the mist
r
?Tlie gi oners' report i?s
y the government Monday sh
umber of bales ginned up
K'C 1st .to be 10,025,445?at
lie amount expected. The j
rnroent made public yester
fternoon its estimate of the
ire crop, the number being
4(5,000 hales. The figures cai
he market to drop a half cei
Messrs. Ernest Moore, T
Villiann, It. E Wylie, Join
Ireen, K. B. Allison, H. Hi
V. C. Hough and J. Harry 1
or, of the Lancaster bar, w
o Columbia yesterday to att
he Supreme court. This
nit will be called in court
lay.
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2 REVIEW 187 6
ANCASTER. S. C., DECEMBER
his The A. M. E. Confere
r a Held in Lancaster?Soi
thing about this Brand
iue
r u8, Methodist Church.
r is I
rts.: The A. M. K. Church con
Ler- enoe, which convened here
his Wednesday, in St. Paul chu
ad- adjourned Sunday night,
red previously staled, Bishop L
lien Ooppiu, of Philadelphia, pre
d a ed over the deliberations of
be conference. Among other dis
iais guished divines in atteuda
were the Kev. H. B Parks,
I V?...
I'cn lurK ; Due itev. W.
Chappelle, I). D., of Nashv
I. Tenn., and the Key. Richard ?
hat roll, of Columbia. About tl
bly hundred ministers, lay d
inal nates and other visitors v
present a'together, who v
well entertained, by tiie hos
on- c?^,e^ people ot Lanca4
. The Key. Richard Carroll,
the
Monday's issue of tiie Colon
ur" State, says ot this branch ol
Metliodist cluirch:
'1 he Atricau Methodist, is
ton 6fcrong<>8t branch of Method
hi this country ami the urea
, financial organization km
, amoiur neyroes throughout
isiy "
The wor''h ^ *s really "a n<
church." They raise more mr
led *or var'0118 purposes than
lich ot'ler organization in
tan- w"rld'
oi^_ Their "dollar money" svg
tate ^lii8 WOI"k6d successfully ev
ield w',ele* Every member of
church throughout the con
rere hon is required to bung up
yyr annually for "general expens
rp Other luiuls are brought up
0f;-_ education, missions and so fo
lfV They havo about 13 bishops
tate the United States. Each gel
am sa^ar*v ?* #2.500 a year
ins ,rave'hig expenses. Besides t
jt' are several general officers,
( get from $1,000 upward ann
i __
A- ly*,
rj, l'he A. M. K. church has
eral schools and colleges ui
its charge in every Sta'e in
j South ; but Allen university
i h. Columbia is among the t
tion nutableulei
*,e conferences, three in n
rini: her, South Carolina r
of about .$30,000 annually for
and ucation, missions and gen
icia purposes ; heddes they r
ood lnr^e sums on Easter day
ture what'they call Allen day, wl
goes to Allen university.
tied I m port ant Notice to Certain ,
0WJ acrlbera.
1 '? There are still some subscri
)out to The News who have not
?ov paid their subscriptions. 1
'lay are earnestly requested to s<
en' same at once, as we want
start the new year with a cl
ise>i j paid up record.
Please call on tig now or n
bv ma)l.
Y
' Lancaster Publishing O
nea,
?The Southern Power (
end Pany^eve^?P,n^ "ie water pi
cjr at Great Falls, has contracte<
t,0. nearly a half million dol
worth of additional machiner
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ENTERPRISE 1391
12. 1906
nee Lancaster Negro K
ne- other at High Poin
i of Looks Like a Case
Defense.
'er High Point special i
day's Charlotte Observe
rc"* morning at 11:30 o'eloi
Oyburn shot and ki
' Snides, both parties co
the "hollow" in the east
ot the city. Five shots w
(in' in rapid successin, one
knce penetrating the month
1 ot ing through the brain
^ ctused instant death.
hi the dead man's riy
"^ar" w<t8 held a knile witl
iree _i ? - - -
Hiiarp Diaae ami which
e e claims, as well as eye w
ieTe that Snides was atlen
veri use oil him when the la
Pil" killed.
'\r* soon as Clvburii
n the contents'of his pistol
11 Snides fall to tlie groom
lilt* *
up town, loading his
he went and lollowed by
^10 oi darkies. The officers
been noli tied of the
were hastening in the
?AM when tliev met Clyburn
' ' ca>aboose, who immedu
^r" rendered himself to the
On his person was tout
an^ tol wiih all chamber*
l'le and the one with wliic
the shooting. The ne
tem much excited and c.ain
ery" he was justified in killii
the
antagonist,
nec Olyburn has somew
' puiation as a "shooter,'
es "
shot two men in I lie
^?r years. Not long ago
trlh.
|negro 111 Liauc*s*er and
sentence lor it? and I<
t s a
his cousin in the leg at t
an ' for wliicb he served i
ier< months sentence on the
who ,
roads.
ualfiev
Another Marriage ii
i(j(r ter field.
the
C arolina Citizen.
7 ai
nos, Mr. 11. A. Moore i
Blanche Turner, dau>
Hon. and Mrs. J. H.Tut
married Wednesday e
aise . ......
, the home ot the bride's
ed ,
the ceremony being p
by the bride's fht her.
aise ^ ,
Only ttie immediate
, . , of the bride and gi>c
Inch
present.
They receive 1 some v
presents, and atter the <
a sumptuous wedding I
served.
bers The bride is a prett
yet eomplished young la
hey jrr0om is a son ot Mr.% i
L'ttle j)^ Moore and is a yc
tf? r . .
- ? oi sterling wort h.
pan, , . ? . _
.1.1? Daniels wis shot
emit
ed at his home in Lee
i FU., Monday, bv Jolm
o.
whom he had invited t
T. S. Travors,
;om- telegraph operator in (
iwer lias disappeared being
i for1 with cashing bogus ord<
lars'
y Do you take The New
News
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PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
ms an- \ Coming Marriage.
t, N: C.
of Self jyjr Arthur B. Robinson, of
Lancaster, and Miss Florence
Patrick, of White
n Mon- oak, to Wed.
;r: This i
ck Ohas. I
lied Jim , Cards are out announcing the
dored, in j approaching marriage of Mr,
era part Arthur Bruce Robinson, rod of
ere tired Mr. N. P. Robinson of this viof
them cinitv, and Mjss Janie Florence
and go- Patrick, daughter of Mr. Samuel
, which R- Patrick, of White Oak, this
state. The ceremony will be perlit
hand formed on the 191 h instant, at
ii a long 6:30 p. m., at the home of the 4
Clyburn prospective bride's parents. The
itnesses, Rev. R. Lee Robinson, of Camnp'ing
io jclon, Ala., brother ot the proatter
was p*ctive groom, will ollic'at-e.
Mr. Robinson is one of Lan
emptied caster's model young men and a
and saw large and successful planter. The
d ho ran young lady whom he is to wed
pistol as has many friends and admirers
' a crowd in this county, especially in iho
i who had Slnloh coinnvuity, where she
shooting taught school last year,
direction _
near ,ll? . _ . _
.tely hut news ,n bnefi
officers.
id a pis- Seven lives were lost in the
i loaded burning of a dormitory atComell
di he did University Friday, four of the
gro was v.ctims being students
ued that The Rev. N. J. Roberts, of Tetig
of his compta, was Friday expelled
from the Louisiana Conference
hat a re- of the Methodist Episcopal
having Church, South, on ihe charge of
past two immorality Dr. B.J. Hsrhe
xhot a rj? was fatally wounded Friday
servea a j in Chicago by A. C. Campbell,
iter shot on account of aiieged intimacy
his place with the latter's wife E. T.
a three Williams, assistant postmaster
? county at Grittin, Ga., has commited sui
cide Slight earthquake
, shocks were felt in portions of
n Ches- California Friday night A
negro has been lodged in Sumter
jail charged with attempted
criminal assault on a young lady
ind Miss "ear Mayesville Former
rhter of United States Senator Arthur /
tier, were Brown of Utah was shot in Ra- |
vening at hotel, Washington, Satur-^. )
parents, day by Mrs. A. M. Bradley, <;
erformed or ^*lt Lake, because, it is
he refused to marry her. \!
relatives may die The barn of
A*
?ni were "oozer, ot Newbery com?,,
burned Saturday mortj*"
'cry nice '?en niule9 and four!/
;eremony col ion were bu /
east was insurance F.re sup*
incendiary i
y and ao ' were killed by ihe j
dy. The ' dynamite in a tunnel.
ind Mrs. N. C., Friday night. N
>ung man ^er F. (iillette convH
York state , ist
murder ot his sweett3fe?,
and kill K"?wn? was sentencV^ a..
county, 'obeelec.rocoio.l ,|?!
Cliausey, i,,ins J 28 'I-,*#*,..
o dinner I sentence8 ?f 1,10 Kaw,ings boys, '
a youi)" 9 ,nR ?'d maM Kawlings who
Columbia,! W8S han*ed last Wt'ek> have been
charged . comnd,*ed t0 life imprisonment,
uy iii^ governor oi ueor^ia.
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