The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 28, 1907, Page 4, Image 4
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The Lancaster News.
Semi-Weekly.
Published
Wednesdays and Saturdays
At Lancaster, S. C.,
By The
Lancaster Publishing Company.
Charles T. Connors, Editor.
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It K. WYL1E, PRESIDENT.
JNO. A. COOK. Sko'y. and Thkas,
J. M. RIDDLE, J It . BUSINESS M iNAGEH.
Entered us second-class matter, Oct. 7. IPO",
at the nostofllce at I.ttneaster S C. under
of Con'tfrem of Mwrcta 3. 1 H7i?
Wednesday, Au^u.-t 28, 19<?7.
The Spartanburg county oot
ton growers' association, at a
a meeting Saturday, passed a resolution
"that thirteen cents be
fix<d as the minimum price of
cotton." The same day 3t?5
bales of old cotton were sold in
Gaffney for 13? cents.
In Saturday's isMie of The
News, in discussing the value of
building and loan associations to
a community, we suggested that
i lt.? T - - - - - ? *
li tue ivanc isier associanons
would do a litlle advertising they
might greatly enlarge their volume
of business. It appears from
tlie advertising columns of Joday's
paper that at le?st one of
the local associations has concluded
to mtke the experiment.
We trus' that others will do likewise.
x ue i itxiiici s are reminded of
the tact that a meeting will be
held liere next Saturday to or
gan'ze a branch of the Farmers'
Educational and Co-operative
Union. The call issued tor the
meeting was published in the
last issue of The News. These
Unions are being rapidly organized
all over the South. Ivan
easier is one 01 trie ;ew counties
in South Carolina without a
Union. Something of the history
ol the organization, it will he recalled,
was recently published in
this paper.
Our rival fruit eating contemporary,
the Chester Lantern, ,
stops gnawing in old over-work
ed peach kernel long enough to
disclaim the autho:ship of that
"poach of a girl" article we recently
credited to it and upon
which we briefly commented.
Brother Bigham even has the
n una'/Jij tu on > i i uh n*? uurnu t
know what a "peach of a girl"
is. Ilis devil, we dare say, would
be ashamed to make a confession
so lacking in gallantry. However,
as to the alleged erroneous credit.
We were certain that we c'ipp d
the article in question f'om our
esteemed contemporary's columns?
from either its issue of
Aug. 16 or 22, and to remove all
doubt we trust that Editor Bigham
will reter to his files. If it
be shown that we are really
mistaken, ample apologies will
be forthcoming. j
bi - ^ ^
JUL LA M
THE CROPS IN 1832 ndj
The account published else pei
where of the famous oaf crop ^U1
made in Lancaster in 18S2 by am
8 Wi
the late Col. John -D. Wylie, Qf
written by his son, Mayor R. E. su?
Wylie, will be read with inter, got
est by our thousands of readers **"
The article i* ot especial value '
i i .
just now, when so much attention
is being paid to the inten jU)j
sive system of farming, of which va
(JoI. Wylie seems to have been ciu
the pioneer in this part of the <>v<
country. s'1<
It will be recalled that 1882,
the year in which Col. Wylie
ma le 182 bushels of oats to the inc
acre, was remarkable fur its tei
good crops, lands everywhere t,l<
yielding abundantly. Col. Wylie, , ^
who was one of the loading law- co,
! vers of Ills State, was also a sue- fin
c sstul farm u* on a large (>cile. tak
1 In '82 he m ?cle splendid crops ol
i both cotton and corn on a 10-1 41,1
horse farm. Mr. J. l\ C. Oaskev, j ,j1(
who i-< recogtiiz hI as one o' the 1 fr,;
I county's b st farmers, male in | do
I that year 35 bales ol cotton I to
j with two mules. Mr. W. M< I). ' "M
j Brown made 15 bales to the plow ;
1 on 11is river olantation. bn>i l?s ? ! .
1 ' ' j ktii
big corn crop. lie also harvested j p.,,
I 1600 bushels of oats and 500 \w
! bushels of wheat. **d
The promising crops ol the
, , i fro
present year remind farmers
v.-ry much of the wonderfully
productive year ot '82. (jjr
tin
HAIL INSljUANCE TO BE PAID. g,lu
Inasmuch as there are quite a wa
lar<:e number of farmers in this
county carrying policies of in-|,1;C
surance in the Carolina Hail ,
I da;
Insurance company, some of|,:0:
whom have sustained consider- i sin
able looses, we publish for th 'ir R <
information a statement of its 1
> financial condition made by the
j president, Mr. W. J. Montgom- :
i erv, of Marion, this state, who Mr
I is also pvesiden' of the Farmers* 8n
and Merchants' Bank of Marion. Jft
The statement was published in
the News and Courier and The ^,f'
.State ol Sunday, and w is made M;i
at the request of the Marion cor
respondents ol those papers, and j
is in answer to a rumor that the .
the
company was insolent and
would not he able to pay its
obligations. Mr. Montgomery's ,pj
statement i* as follows:
jus
"Replying to your inquiry Lai
about the condition of the C'aro
lina Hail Insurance Comnanv
and the action of the stockhold-! , ,f
ers in reference to its business atj '
their meeting held to-day, I am
authoriz. d by them to sac that
this is t he second year ol the com- i ,
pan.} 's existence, and that last
year its net losses were some- ^
thiny over $3,000 above its re- 'er
ceipts and above Ihe capital then bee
paid in, but the stockholders, |)eiJ
having such confidence in the
success of the business, nowith- ',r'1
sf.Rndin?r tfii-i tvir?(r?j?1 in itu fit-jt CU1
ytir's operations, decided to go Pr<1
ahead and try to conduct the pre
business on a conservative barns,
because from their experience (rc
they were satisfied tliere was a
demand lor hail insurance businoss
in the country, and thereby M1**
recoup the losses 01 the year be the
lore. As you may know, th oth
present year hail has prevailed ^
... .I.- . i -
I'll UU^II'U1 ?l|f Oil Hi , HII 1 111
fco?ne localities, for instance Dar- |)UI
lington County and section- ;u'
around about \1 nil ins, it has
heen so disastrous as ?o a m ?st The
entirely destroy the crops If ()j,e
whs the mislorlune of our com ,ow
| an.v to liave very larjie lines ot
insurance in these localities, and 1
in other part9 ol the State, which
has resulted in over $80,000 of Sid
AcTKfc iN'EWS, AUGUST 28. IW.
lusted losses. be>id-4s the exuse
of handling the business) Air
riiift the year. This appalling i Hill,
ount of losses not only has J gtep_l
ept away the paid in capitul j t (>|
the company, but also the
werihed capital, leaving, with j ',ere
>d collections, a deficit ot at | was
st $20,000. These facts were Caskt
d belore the stockholders' j
eling to-day in detail, and K
er full discussion by the stock- i ut
Iders, about three-fourths in
Iue being present, it was de- Th
led by a unanimous vote that Elgin
sry adjusted loss sustained ^jg p
>uhl be paid in full, dollar for iagtg
liar, and that the.stockholders
3uld not onlv pay forthwith 110 '(
?ir subscribed stock, but should ant^ '
irease their stock to the ex- to tin
it ot one and one fourth times 100(?
ill* nrnooi\f 1?/\M i ?\/# i%-?
*. p? i?u ?14 Uiun tll8 Q
provide money to pay t?ir I he ^ (
sen above l!ie assets ot the
npanv. Of course to ra se and count
ance these large loss s will J h1
;e some time, but t ho stock- J opene
l>lers gave the directors lull child;
ihorty to take such legtd stops 0ftere
would he necessary to increase
' capital stock of thecompanv '1 11 (
m $25 000 to $00,000, an 1 t:> I "ddre
whatever else was 11 c ssaiy ciples
meet every obligation of the 1 by M
npany." | know
'In an experience ol ovjr Ooun
enty live ye?rs 1 have not j (j|fl
own such sacrifices 011 thej "
rt of any set ot husincg-* men
th whom I have been connect.- Jones
t? maintain (hellish credit propr
lich this company lias had ti e c
in the lime it was orgaoiz.nl. KOM4I ,
is the desire of the stockhoh -l
> oi the c mpany and o! the ' ren'
ectors that those who hold C(>pta
? claims throughout the State Nisbe
vll not sacriiice them in any tru te
y, but send them into the p, ,,nc
ce ot the company, where yyjnn
>se that are due will be protod
and paid at a very early
c. The stockholders who paripated
in the meeting were
?h well Irimwn tnoii I '.il
shard I. Manning, o1 Sumter;! M
l>. S'ackhouse, oi Columbia; j ^ ?
\ Hon II. li Scarboiough, of w
nwny; Mr. C. P. Hodges;
ownsville; E L Moore. Dillon,
. \V. II. Cross, Mr. Chas A
lith. of Timmou vide ; Mr.
sper S. Buthea, of Latta;
vfisrs W. Stackhonsc, Dr. J. C.
ice, II C. Graham, W. F.
icUliouse and L. D. Lide, ol
irion, S C."
It will bo gratifying news to
) policy holders to know that
i company will pay all losses,
1 will continue in business.
he finest farms in the 8tale. I
>scribe to The News. am
Rtated in I lie Inst is^ue of
e News, the c^mpaii}'* a<l- /
ter spent two or tlnve dnys in
ticnster county the past week,
listing losses.
f (r rrtfn rif-Stftf/ n St or, I:
i\trni ?Com/urn?/ Orffanixerf
omt Getting licnd>i for Host,
no MS.
n?e Gregory?Stogner Slock
rm. on'* of Lancaster's new enprises
recently relerre I to, has
>ti regularly organized and will
;in operations just as soon as
cticable. The officers of the
upany are: W. T. Gregory,
sident; C. O. Stogner, vicesidont
and general manager ;
.1. Gregory, secretary and
astirer. All of the capital
ik, .$12,000, was promptly
en at the formal opening of
books of subscription the
er day.
is heretofore >tated, it is the
pose of the company to do a
;h dairy business ami to en;e
in truck and other farming. _
1 company has secured :or its 1%
rations (he Lath&n place near
n, which is recognized as one _
>7
ir-'Htnatttaff. Mil 1'
. ?. ?. Porter, of Rock Ool.
and Mhs Bessie Ringstaft", tar's m
laughter of Mr. Henry Den- oord-bi
t this place, were married tatoes
ia^t Sunday. The ceremony bushel
performed by Magistrate acre, w
DV. hnnlial
W | VMOII V< I
''ftin Saturday-.-The Flay
id Bible Presentation to the e
'hoot by the duniors. "tt(
0 hospitable community of ^ s'
was the scene oi another VSil", Ju'
icnic and public speaking
aturday. The occasion was l)as^ w
>rni&l presentation of a flag '^one '}
iible by the .Junior Order Pa~,or
3 school. Between S00 and ' ',ur< ^
persons were present, and 1)"lu "''
inner serve 1 was one of lite "s H ll
)l I lie many good ones in the c >s*
v this season.
e interesting exercises w re f
id with a song by the school
en, followed by a prayer , V.'
1 by the llev. W. c. Wmn.
ntertuning and instructive ,?
i -s on the objects and prin- "
iof the Order then made Distric
r. Winn, who, as is well Mis-1
n. is an fticer of the S ate!
ci 1. A tier anoHi r s ?nt? bv Distric
upil% 1 ha bible and flig Miss
presented by Hon (bo. .. .
s, who made a speech hp <4
ia'e t> the occasion. At ?
inclusion of his rem .rks a | A
was rendered by t he chi!-11'achei
Then ihe speech of nc- to com
nee was made by Mr. J. F inc th
i, 011 behalf of tlie board of pupil i
'es. The benediction was! submit
uneeJ by the 11 v. Mr. .f Howpups"
REMEM
When in am
town, just on t ii
near the Courtli
We sell the HI
oeries and at th
price. We si
Town Talk"
We have a Cn
.Pittshurgperfec
to land here thi
Garden, Poult
Hog fence.
We have shed
lot for your stoi
We have now j
ed, near our lot,
class Hlacksniitl
W e are now 1
BUSINESS. <
see us,
JENNETT G
3ring in your Ej?[1
Produce. J:
\
felil of Irish PolUtoea.
J.N. Crocketi, Lanrasi(
dol gardener, made a re
caking crop of Iiish pothis
year. Lie raised 40
s on one eighteenth of an
liich is at 'lie rate of 720
s to I lie a''re.
otracted Meetino at Taber te.
icoessfnl revival meeting
id at laberracie cnurcli,
t Lancaster Circuit, the
etk. The preaching was
v the liev. W. B. Gibson,
of Laurel street Methodist
in K ck Hill. Til ere were
n 35 and 40 conversions
suit of the series of senii/>
4 '// ?i//i r/////> v S7rf ))#/ 111 7'/ip
v?* I'olhitf Content.
t N-.. 1
C jrice Knis/ht, 5020
Sadie Gregory, 5040
Kth I Dabney, 1005
Flonnie Ftindejburk, 370
t. No. 2. ^
i Lillie Moblev, 1040 Nl
V. illie Draftin, 110
t No. 3.
Macey Lutban, 65S0
Pearl Plvler, 4880
Mary H. Green, 2185
Met tie K nitr li t, 00
Brooklyn public school
r once required a lad of ton
peso a sentence coutaino
word "dogma." The
\fter some deliberation,
ted liia ellort. 11 read as
: "The dogma has fi\?
BER
1 out of
10 Corner
Louse.
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lowest
ill
FLOUR.
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t fencingis
week,
ry and
s in back
i*k.
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1 li t
I <1 III Ol"
li shop,
oady for
Dome to
DA PA
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gs, Chickens
t. Gro. Co.