The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 31, 1907, Image 1
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Smith on Cotton Crop.
. President of the Cotton Growers'
Association Writes of
Conditions of Plant in Wes
tern Cotton States
From The State.
On August 19th 1 left South
Carolina lor a tour of the western
cotton StateH. There lias
been and is considerable speculation
as to the probable yield of
. this crop.
My opportunity for observation
and information as to Mi?s
issippi was limited. I will'vis
W it that State during the early
part of September. The Louisiana
crop is certainly extremely
short. From Vicksburg imtne,diately
on the Mis^ssippi river
for several miles in the interior
the crop is. practically a complete
failure. From the Ouchita
river to the Red river the
crop will average 50 per cent ol
a normal yield. From JShreveport
to Alexandria the boll weevil
has destroyed the crop up
and down the Red River valley
?the most fertile region in
Louisiana. There are tens of
thousands of acies that are abandoned
; not. a seed planted, and
other thousands planted and abandoned
and the balance making
very little. I wish those
who are disposed to think the
weevil does little harm could see
the work of destruction he has
caused in Louisiana.
lu Texas the weevil and
drought have put beyond possibility
anything like an average
yield.
The people of Louisiana and
Texas won't talk of anything less
than 15 cents per pound tor this
crop. Judging by the size ol
the audiences and the character
and occupations of the men com***>
posing then), 1 think it safe to
predict that there will be a terrific
tight for 15 conU if the buyers
seem disposed seriously to oppose
it.
The conditions here are very
much like tho&e that obtained
in the States ea-t of the Mississippi
last year. Last yef.r we
had poor crops and these Western
States good ones. The prices
were good ? tine indeed for thepe
States that made the larger
yields and the result ot their
fiiw* prn* iu ovwl filer U'uo an
almost unlimited extension of'
credit. Now the terrible crop;
lailure puts bankers and merchants
who extended credit to j
the planter in the same boat'
with the planter. For if there
is not a bio price obtained they
stand to lose their advances; so
there is a very unanimous senti
ment among planters and business
men lor 15 cents cotton.
Of course it all depends on the
wisdom ot the owners and their
ability to exercise their wisdom
as to whether the crop will bring
this price or not.
One ot the worst features of
the 'crop outlook is the poor
corn crop. I've been speaking
: Lan<
LEDGER J 852
KLY. LAI
to the f inn t here of the Wil-I JJ
liamson pi m. I believe it \v?>u'd
succeed here better than in the
Eastern States. I
f tuavii t it_. I <i.. f O!.- ' A D
Winston-Salem special i" > rrei
Charlotte Observer: A mostjfar|
deplorable accident occurred on j 15 (
the tliird tloor of the tobacco . Nea
factory of Taylor Bros, 308 First, un,
street, at 10:55 o'clock this morn- eXj,
ing, when the life of Clifton j,aj
l'roctor, ot Salem, was instantly jess
crushed out, by getting his Mead cro
between tbe heavy iron weights tj(>1
of the laryo elevator and one cr<)
wing of the door on the third pec
floor which opens automatically prc
to let the elevator through, | ko.,
Death was instantane* us, the i jar
lad living only a few seconds*Lj,tj
'after the heavy weights piled ot 1
down upon his head. It was frol
cm hed into jelly, while it is see
thought that several bones in the on
body were broken. )
wnen suauemv it DroKe and they | mui
were burled into the river buck- but
ward (W
Mr. Divver succeeded in res wel
cuing the Misses Beck but be- *-*ou
fore he couid reach Miss Bailey hav
her body sank from \iew and T
not recovered until an hour la- of '
ter. , har
Miss Bailoy was to h ive been con
married on September 19th to stai
Mr. F. li. Walker of Elberton, ties
Georgia. She was a very popu- will
lar young lady and her death wai
was a great shock to her many vail
friends. Her mother conducts s'at
a boarding house at Port man c.u
Shoals. The wire on which the >y?'
young ladies were leaning was a picl
very small one and stretched on like
the bang of the river. The young the
la lies were sitting on it and were and
swinging when it broke. the
, . M brii
Boy Crushed to Death.
city
a et
year-old daughter of Mrs. Carrie
Bailey, was drowned. H'e
Miss Bailey, in company with P;^
Misses EsJelle and Fannie Beck borl
and Mrs. Belton Divver of this ',ve
city went up to the ba<h house, otlu
which is at. the upper edge of
the dam, and were intending to ^eei
go in swimming. Along side of t.he
the river was stretched a email mti'
wire. On this small wire the roaf
three young ladies were leaning, told
?. I\ W? w VM-UCIJ l?'l v/1*
where I *ill make a three days C
canvass and on the 28tii will C
leave lor Colombia so as to he F
at the county presidents' meet- F
ing on the 30th. I;
1 have had a strenuous campaign,
speaking three times a ]?
day and travelling day and night, jdeli
There is a gratifying growth in <jow
9entimeut as to our work and tills
practical demonstration ot appre- ^[HC
citating it. \ve
E D Smith wpj
Monroe, La., Aug. 25, 1907. a fH
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Tragic Death of an Ander- The
CAM VAIIWOT T r?rl?
ovn Auuug juauy. 4^TV
ferti
. Anderson special in the Green- witl
ville News : The waters ot the 8l)e*
Por'nnn dam claimed a beautiful
girl victim this alternoon hav
when Miss Carrie Bailev.the 19- ?ch(
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REVIEW 1373 ENTE
MCASTER. S. C., AUGUST 31. 19
lappenings in Georgia. ; "Hj
P '8
Driner Lancastrian" Tells ;uu]
if Pleasant Trip to the rea
Country-?Cotton and the e-p
'rop and Price Outlook--- rit>l
Reflections on Prohibition prli
^aw?Other Matters of J|j(!
nterest. !tU:i
poii
Id. Lancaster News: Alter a (^ot
glit'ul b'ay oi several days ^
n in go?d old Pu:a-kicounty, 9C'"
state, we are back again in t!,e
:nu and at our post of duty. "ol
were very much impressed 'etM
1 that part of the country as artl
rming section and as ? oesira- enc
community in which to live. to 1
land is for the most part l',e'
1, free from rocks and verv big
ile. Tiiey are well supplied Peo
l timber down there, and 'aw
>kingof tall timber, they have *'7
e of the laliest trees there I P^e
e ever seen. i ney Have go cl ?'r"
>ols and churches, ferhich are h*v
jssities to a good community. as^
people are clever aud lies- 'aw
ble, the neighbors are '-neigh- No,
y," and the neighbors don't rtvvy
ai a treat distance from each rt 4
r, either. And roads, gee hav
z, they ar-i tine. Ooe fellow, hut
ng how I was impiessed with 8?h
good roads, remarked, "You ^ce
t not he accustomed to good hoi
Is." I told him I was not. I cro
him I was raised in a comJity
where ihe land was fine, 'he
the roads were very, very bad.
hen the good ro^ds boom gets tdie
1 under way in Lancaster r,,d
oij, however, they, too, will ?ii
e pood roads.) not
*he season for the gathering 'he
he fleecy staple is again at clu
id in this state and cotton is c>n
ling in, although it hasn't wh
ted coming in in largequanti- nais
yet. In a tew days, there tdie
11 e lots of it criming. The dry, ev*
m weather which has pre s'a
led over the cotton belt, of ttie get
e for the past tew weeks no,
ses cotton to open very rapid 'es
and with the ideal weather lor tier
<ing, the tarmers will most pe!l
liy pick it out arid put it on
market as fast as possible
thereby reap the benefits o! ?hs
good prices which cotton is tin;
lging now. T< -day b sf cotton Ool
tiring 12+ cents here in this tin:
atid thi-* strides us as being we
)(>?! price, although some of the in 1
*cliant9,andn great many o( the Wf
m-rs, expect to see it >-ell for old
cent1 before the end of the re'
r. We hardly expect any such ed
isual price as that, bu? we do tfin
iect to see fairly good prices we
I all through the season, un- k'Cl
i there is a tremen ions big son
p made, and present indiea ,)et
is do not point to a large i"?
p. But with i iic present pros:ts
for a crop and the present *'ft
taoecta '.or food nrices. fho tol
? O I J
>d demand for cotton, etc, the ('0?
mors will b * ill splendi<l con- ha*
ion financially, the mijority wa
them ; and therefore, judging pie
m tlie present outlook, we sof
no good reason for complaint
the part of the farmers. yot
ell, of course, everybody in yot
IR I
RPRISE 1891
07
ekl I'aimetto State has
he prcl ibi ion law re<
cod by ti e Georgia louisl
I ot course, everyb dy
is the Atlanta Cons'it i
"c ally, ha? heard, of th
e bowl set. up by the
is since the law was pi
!j:inj: from I heir present
h, it will l>e a terrible (
ntrnent to them, it the
sn't p.ove a complete fa
jy ar?.- actually uugge
em"8 to vou Id-be viola'
law, putting the pub
ice as to w hat can be
v ly, u> <ler the new law.
ually seem to be tryii
ouiane the would be vio
nake a test case of it,
ir nerve" on it and sho
majority of the G<
pie that they can't m
to keep even a small n
of pe'pie Irom doing * 5
ase. But just wait, the
p!e who fought so ha
e that law passed will 1
>ep when the violators
begin to get in their
indeed, they will he
ike and the fellow who
'blind titer" isn't got
e any k?lead pipe cinch,
i they say, that blunde
>ns made in not putti
nse on locker clubs is the
e, through which the
vvd will get out on. \\
, it. was a mistake not i
se clubs heavily, or 1
I, not allow them at ah
clubs will not be allov
i as an open barroorr
hout any restrictions on
at all, and in our op
fellows who run the
bs won't have any "lea<
eh" either. Of course,
o have taken the most
stic view of it have
>ught ihat the law wouh
;rv drop ot whhkey out
te and that nobody coul
another drink in Georg
, but there will be so
9 handled in the Stat
rer expect to see the la
ded.
tVe notice Irom The New
ancastrian,'* who has
tent from Lancaster tor
ie in the beautiful c
lumbia, has turned hit
I foot-steps homeward
will hear from him no
the Columbia corresnotu
env v him hi* return
home county. Would 1
urn ourselves, but as we
up stakes and came to
to "carve our fortune"
have not yet succeed
srviim" it, (we (
ne mighty fine turke;
)t roa*t when we went
r i ti tli A /ir>?t n I r nro \tr 1
I ... ... V,. ...... J , ..
if here a while longer,
v, we forgot to meiiti
ling of our trip (low
intry this Hummer, th
[I some mighty fine pea
termelona. No peaches
is, but we have k'partaici
ue tine Liberia peach
icon tins year. Good 1
ii, "Lancastrian" maybe
i go to Columbia to live
\fEWS
PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
hear 1 fcliey will have a better bill team,
cut! ly one (bateau stand -ome chance
it .re, ol winning the j ennant, but as
who a cr am /rie >(.1 ol ours in Lanution,
|cas'er reals these hues he will
e tor- doubtless say, "Say, t wenty-tlirce
anti lor your Macon, team and hurrah
*ssed. for Charleston, my old favorite,
; aiti- for they are going 'o win."That's
jisap- right. Many days ago, we joined
> law tlie chorus of the Macon fans in
ilure. singing, "Good bye little flag,
sting good-bye"
nrs of Former Lancastrian,
io on j Maeon, G;v.
done.! >-??
They Peters to be Hanged--Goverlli:
to nor Refuses to Interfere
l ,t1^ with Death Sentence.
"try
w the It appears from the following
torgia dispatch tro:n Kichtnond, Va.,
ake a to the Roanoke Times that Gov.
linor- Swansou, of Virgii.ia, has de5
they clined to interfere with the death
same sentence of George A. Peters,
rd to the man who ran an "original
not be package" house in Lancaster
nt the some years aco:
work. "George A. Peters, of Carroll
wide County, is to hang tor Ihemurluns
del* of Itev. Joseph Easter, a
ng to Dunkard preacher, who was kill"
Oh, ed in tins county several months
r the ago. This conclusion was reading
a ed by Governor Swansnn this
loop- morning after going over the apliquor
plication lor commn'ation.
ie ad- "The Governor says he has not
to tax found a solitary thing upon which
better lie could base any interference
1, but with the sentence of the jury
red to which tried the prisoner. The
1 and papers have been in the bands of
them, the Governor for some time and
inion, lie has examined into merits of
locker the case with unusual care.
1 pipe "Peters, according to the rethose
cords in the case, went to the
opti- homo of the minister one night
never in May, after the minister had
1 run retired, called him to the door
of the and shot, him down in cold blood
d ever,in the presence of the mnu'j wife
ia, oil, and children. There was abso
much iutely no provocation for the
e, we crime, and the attempt of the de
w re fence to show that Peters was
drunk at the time fell fiat, the
'ft that contrary being proven. Peters
been v, ill bo hanged on Sept. 20."
some ?
ify 0f Church Paid for?Land was
i face Donated by Col. Springs.
, and
more Mr. Editor: Please allow
lence. space in your newsy paper to
to the say to your many -eaders that
ike to the members, together witli the
5 pull- pastor, II. E. Martin, have at
Geor- last succeeded in paying old
and as Centennial cnurvn out 01 aeot.
ed in That generous hearted million*
larved aire, Col. Leroy Springs, gave to
y and us, the members of Centennial
visit- A. M. E. Zion church, the land,
1 stay one acre and ahull. free, on conBv
the dition that we pay $50 down lor
on in a house that is on the iot, which
n the condition we accepted, and paid
at we the $.r>0 in 40 minutes' time. We
rs and as members and pastor pray
or ap- that the good Lord may bless
en" ol Colonel Sprin-s lor his kind
tes in act, to a church of God.
uck to H. F: Martin,
i when * Pador.
again,. Lancaster, S. C.