The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 24, 1907, Page 4, Image 4
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The Lancaster N
Semi-Weekly.
Wednesday, April 24, 1
WHAT THE RAILROADS PI
AND WHAT THEY PRACT
President T. W. Emers
the Atlantic Coast Line ra
in an address delivered
annual banquet of the Wi
ton, N. C., Chamber of
merce, said:
"The railroads owe totli
lie lair treatment and reas
rates, and the very best ?
that is within their poi
give. They should aid in
ing up the waste places, ai
co operations in all such
takings as far as their al
and the laws of the land j
Their rates should be jus
reasonable ; should not be i
ly discriminative, and she
imnartiallv aDnlied."
nines is ou coins, ns <i^uii
cents in South Carolina.
* distance of fifty miles in G
the rate is $1.08, as t
$1.40 in Sonth Carolina,
distauce of one hundred
the rate in Georgia is $1.
That sounds all right, at
right in principle, but w]
comes to practice do the ra
carry out such broad, emi
fair and just principlet
policies? Let us see.
Ca3fs involving charges
cessiye rates and diecrim
on the part of thirty r
companies against Southei
ton mills are now pendi
fore the inter-state comn
in Washington. In s
of these charges manufa
of cotton goods in the Sou
mitted testimony before til
mission last Thursday goi
show that the rates on tli
ducts of the Southern mill
ped to China and Japan a
siderably higher than tin
charged Eastern manufac
the dilfereuce being forh
cents a bale, which is en<
seriously affect the South'i
in the Orient. In its report
hearing before the comn
the Associated Press says:
It is alleged that tlie ra
iiivur iiit? xj h s i xr 111 cot ion n
their freight rates to
coast terminals on goods i
ed for the Oriental trade,
say they are compelled to
rate of $1 25 per hundred i
on such goods trom poj
Virginia, North Carolina,
Carolina, Georgia, Alahatn
sissippi, Lousiana and '
whereas the Eastern ma
turers obtain a inuch-lowe
to the great disadvantage
mill owners of the South.'
Again, at a conference I
Charleston last week hi
Mayor Iihett of that cit;
President Emerson, of tli
lantic Coast Line, and
President Gulp of the So
Railway, the mayor sum
. everal propositions lookii
readjustment of railroad
among them "a rtduct
rates within the State ot
Carolina, so as to put ther
parity with intra Slate r
Georgia." In commenting
rially on this propositi
News and Courier says :
"A comparative staten
mileage rates on ferilizers
load or le?8 than carload
South Carolina and G
shows that the rates in G<
per ton ot 2,000 pounds, t
lower than they are in
Caiolina. The rate in G
per ton for a distance c
pa
1
j against $1.90 in South C&rolii
EWS. por a di8tance 0f one hundi
and titty miles the rate in Ge
gia i8 f 1 98, as against $2.10
South Carolina. For a distai
of two .hundred miles the rate
" Georgia is $2.21, as against $2
REACH in South Carolina. For a distai
ICE. of two hundred and fifty mi
f the rate in Georgia is $2.48,
.. 1 against $2.75 in South Carol
oa< ? and for a distance of three h
at the dred miles in Georgia the r
lming- is $2.70, as against $2.75
Com- South Carolina. The average
cess in the South Carolina ra
oyer those obtaining in Geor
le pub- p0r tou jg CQI1t8> X|je perce
enable ap;e Qf average excess in So
service Carolina over the rate on fe
wer to jjzers jn Georgia is 20.83 ]
build- cen^ The people of South Ca
id give jjna are payime; on the sin
under- j{em fertilizers $200,000 m
bilitiee jn freight than they would ]
>ermit. j.j10 in{ra State rates, establi
st and ed by the railroads in Geor)
unjust sbould apply iu SouthCarolin
tuld be
The News and Courier g
... on to show that the rates on
id it is ....... .
. tilizer8 in Virginia are even 1
h0n ..
, er than I he Georgia rates. /
ilroads b
. our Charleston contempor
nently r
j adds:
i and ?
"The intra-State rate in Gi
gia, North Carolina and Virgi
of ex- on aji other staple articles
ination commerce?naval stores, lum!
ailroad flour in sacks and in barr
r? cot cotton, trait and vegetables, <
n be e'c?as comPare(* with the rs
ng )e g()Ut|j (jarolina show pra
mssion caj|y tjie 8iitne disparity as
upport rates which we have noted
cturers fertilizers."
th sub- Tii aoo loolo o n/1 fi nrn rno cU
X iivov invvo ViD oil
ie com iDg fross discrimination on
ing to part of the railroads certai
e pro- cannot be harmonized v
s ship- President Emerson's high-sou
recoil- ing words before the Wilmi
3 rates ton chamber of commerce,
turers, ======
f three COLUMBIA DUSTY. TOO.
>ugh to Here's some more consolat
3 trade Jor dust-cursed Lancastrin
t o< tlie recently called attentior
'i-sio'b ihe fact that Richmond, A
like Lancaster, is aillicted w
ilroads i he dust nuisance, having
nils in Sprinklers. And now comes
acitic (j0iumhia Record and ma
nteud , . .
They complaint ol similar conditn
pay a til that city. The Record sai
rounds In this month of April, wh
ints in has exchaiuied places w
South March, the people of Coluin
a, Mis- have suffered terribly trorn
Texas, dust nuisance. 11 is every wh
nufac- ?in the streets, on thesidewal
r rate in houses and stores and factor
ot tlie. in one's month and nose i
eyes. And water is every wh
leld in and no usp made of it to lay
jtween dust. Why is this thus? 81
, we go on depending only on
v And
merciful rains of heaven to
lH lieve u ot the dreadful, horril
Vice filthy dust, wh ch is mixed w
uthern ?almost wholly constituted
mil ted ?decayed animal and vegeta
lo a ma,t< r breathed into
' svstem, tends to destroy life?
rates,; "
ion of
u 4l THE LIGHT PROBLEM.
South . .
1 he citizens of Lancaster api
n on a J 11
to be somewhat divided on
ates in
edito Pen"'nKe*ec^ric light propueit
There are those who are ent
oil the ......
siastically in favor of ratify
lent of t*10 ordinance granting the fi
in car- chise to Mr. Hughes. They
lota in that Lancaster now lias a sp
Georgia jjd opportunity to obtain
'orgia, long wanted and much-nee
'sout'h e'oct,^c liKhts; that the Hug
eorgia contrft?t i? fftir And just to
>f five town, the rates reasonable
list. 80 that there is no good reason i
TT rv r ci t i i i j
* " " Lancaster snoum remain
|6aius^ l?nKer w'thout lights when tl
*** n? pr?spec^ *n near ?r
mi'ea tant future of any one offerin
53, as instal both electric lights
BE LANCASTER NEWS, APRIL
?d The Lady A II
t Merit Mark AIW
?<? on every nair. 1 *"
70
an?A
Shape
g!a Our Corset dep;
^ corsetieres in helping
rti us for this assistance
ro- therefore correctly go
ore Never were cors
P;,hy the new models pictu
they endow each figui
o^s by this season's gown
! liiuii
*>< . Forslij
nia \ immature
of i!?9Kr w?11 garment
iui designed.
'tc. V modish, b
ites the pro]
??' /AH/E^ small figi
on '/i%\r \ a h'Kh 1
Slwlrv '
off. fa\V\ j |\ the front
tho HiU It to presei
nly | || jj straight f
ri,h ///II ni? smart lit
nd* indeed. Made of diam<
"K white and drab. Pretty 1:
and hose supporters in fr
The Price ]
ion
"is. The Lady *
Merit Mark AlUC
riiii on every pair mam?m
no
>: Peoples
7s :
ieh
ith
')lrt water works plants. It is als<
'claimed on behalf ol the Ilughe:
11^ contract that it will furnish tlx
ios; town with an electric light sys
ind tem without the creation ol i
ere bonded indebtedness, and tha
'',e after tlie expiration ol ten years
V jf the town desires to do so, i
I he
re may purchase the plant on libera
[)!e { tonus. as stipulated in the con
. 1
ith tract.
On the other hand, there ar
i '
those who contend that the ac
ceptance of the Hughes proposj
tiou means tlie indefinite post
ponement of the water work
,0,ir question, that no responsible cor
,, tractor will undertake toestablis
I he
a system of water works unlet
on. J
j he is also given the electric ligl
franchise. It is also claimed th?
ing
Lancaster can now isMin hnnd
and install its own light plantj
' that under tlie constitutions
limitation it can at present issu
j bonds to the amount of $26,744
^ a sum far greater than necessar
for the installation of a ligh
and P'ant> ^r' *8 contended, th
town may, by waiting until th
limits are extended and uut
any ,
there is a reassessment of pr(
lere ,
perty, be in a position to make
'"8* bond issue sufficiently large c
approximately so to defray th
and cost of both light and water sye
24, 1907.
IERICAN LAD
^noEi i
/
For Every '
irtment offers the patient a
you to find yours. Once ;
the problem of being corr
wned has ceased to be a pr
ets so wondrously fashione
red herein. Conceived wil
e with those stylish, artisti
s, because of their grace an
(-an Lady (01
^ht, small or
i forms, this jg|*^
is especially j fejll^ jfip
It has the
igh bust?in
portion that /
ires can wear
bust ? while
are short and /IjUJu^jfa JU
long enough I VfflJaLw
;ve a strictly
ront. Avery MMmZZ
:tle garment '? 1 " \
)nd cloth in exceedingly fas
ice trimming is absolutely pe
ont. point. Support
L OO. Price l.<
irican Lady Cors
Supply Cc
LANCASTER, S. C.
:> tems. sides
s And there you are. "You pays votej
0 j your money and you takes your reK'?
-j choice." While we have our own Por^'
ft views oil the subject, we do not
t think (hat it would, under the .
, , , to
b circumstances, be fair to express (j0i?
t them. The time is too limited, urda
1 b dure the election, tor a tull and seve
~ free di-cussion of the matter in c,*y*
the press. Resides, it would be to F1
? . und
e presumption on our part to un- ^yoll
dertake to tell intelligent citizens com,
how they should vote in this or lowo
any other election. nitie
We regret that Council has SrH"
i- /. * . ?fche
not seen h', as suggested in the ?,,u,
ll IAJW,
last issue of The News, to defer ]ie 0
,h the election to a later date, in wayi
it , r .....
oruer 10 givo tne people more
lt time to look into the electric ti0(
|a . . . . year
light proposition, ten days, in Wfln,
~ our judgment, not being suffi- p)urj
^ cient for the purpose. Moreover, grow
H there appears to be only about or al
' 75 citizens of the town at pre- no< 1
y sent qualified to vote, that is to
lt say, who have municipal regis0
tration certificates. Among the Werc
e many citizens without certificates n^'g
" are some of the largest taxpayers ,4fice
in the community, who by all
a u u u nor
(r means should have a voice in so ^
e important a matter as the grant- nor '
i- ing of a 30-year franchise. Both mad
Y The Lady ^1
Merit Mark |
???on every pair
S 1
figure ! j
assistance of expert
^ou have called on
ectly corseted and
oblem for you.
id to the form as
h the eye of art
c "lines demanded V"
d charm of design.
rsete
For a medium price
garment there has never
been anything of
J o
such superior construe
tion, shape or quality
of material offered the
public. The coutil
cloth is materially better
than usually found
in garments this price,
while the shape is not
excelled in many high
priced garments. It is
hionable in design and
:rfect fitting at every
ers at front and side.
DO and 1 50.
. The Lady
etS Merit Mark
on every pair
)mpany Jb
, however, will no doubt lose
i by the failure of citizens to
ler when they had the opmity
to do so.
5 many as live dogs supposed
ive been mail were killed in
mbia last week. And Saty
night a negro woman was
rely bitten by a dog in that
The vicious animal relused
please it> hold on the woman
hud to bo shot by an officer,
ider it the time will ever
b when dogs will not be ald
to run at large in commus.
Why should the dog be
it'd privileges not enjoyed by
r animals?the horse, the
the hog, for example ? Isn't
ftentimes a nuisance and al3
a menace to the public ??
castrians will recall what a
>d time" we had here last
, when for sixty days dogs
i not allowed on the streets,
ing that, period children and
rn pern .ns were not chased
tacked by dogs; canines did
follow their owners to church
isturb the congregation or to
ch fleas, dirt and hair oflf on
floors; a citizen's hen nests
i not broken up nights by
bbors' dogs ; miserable little
i" did not snap at. one's heels
e walking along the streets,
did any one stumble over
blocking up the sidewalks;
was any one bitten by a dog,
or otherwise.
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