The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 22, 1908, Page 4, Image 4
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The Lancaster News.
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Charles T. Connors, Editor.
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H. 15. \VYI,115, PltBSHiRNT. :>
JNO A. COOK, Skc'y. andTtiK.es.
J M. RIDPLG, Jit . Business Makageii.
Entered :ih socond-class matter, Oct. 7. If.'O,
St the postofflce at f^n carter S C. un or Act
of Congress of March 3. I8*i>
Wednesday, .January 22, 1908.
The last issue of tlie Chester
Lantern contains a* many as six
editorial and local articles taken
from The Lancaster News, all
properly credited of course,
which is a distinct compliment
to this paper, for no journalist in
the state displays better taste
and judgment in the selection of
matter for his columns than does
Editor Bi^ham.
The names ot some of Lancaster's
streets have 110 significance
whatever, local oriotherwise, such
hs Market, French, Broad and
Arch, for example.- There is no
market on Market street, never
lias been and none likely to be.
There is nothing 4<frenchy"
about French -treet. No French
people live * n it. or have ever
rlou^ so. Bread \street is no
wider than any other. And i(
there is any arch in Arch street
wo have never seen it. Why not
discard these and other meaning
less names and substitute in
their stead something possessing
both signification and appropriateness?
And now is a good
time to suggest that we return
the compliments paid 119 by our
sister towns that have "Laneaser
Avenuos." At all events our
atreet nomenclature needs overhauling.
Tilt LILN LAWIt
appears to be a foregone
ooit nl *1* n t * F 1 1 ^
&k,' l <:
wuii^K'niuii til u til*" l II IHW Will
be repealed at the present sessi< n
?>i the legislature. It tlie law is
responsible tor everything charg- j
o 1 against it?the demoralization :
of labor, the encouragement of |
extravagance, the impoverishment
ot farmers an 1 ttie deterioration
of their lands, and so on
?it ought to be killed, but is it i
We doubt it.
There ia no question about the
fact that the law is oftentimes
abuaed, that in many instances
undue advantage is taken of those j
who ar" dependent upon the lien
lor a b i-'is of credit, but it does
not necessarily lollow that such
practices are general. An
impartial history of Ihe law's
operations in the stale would probably
show that hundreds of poor
tanners in each county, white
as well as black, by dealing with
honest merchants and banker',
have prospered and are contiau
* 1 HE LANOA
in? to prosper?farmers who but
for the lien law would be unable
to operate individual or independent
farms, unless gome other
method of using the crop as a
means of credit should be resortod
to.
>ATi 11 fl \i? ronno! r\ f f Uo Ian/ ram.
M I %. U> "I l/UV l'? " ?
edy the evils complained of ? *
That, it occurs to us, is the paramount
question which the legislature
should consider. Will
it make labor conditions belter,
will it prevent high credit prices,
and will it promote the farminc
interests of the country generally
? Let us see.
Labor is already scarce, and
, there is danger of its becoming
I more so with the lien law out ol
1 the way. The white farmer who
i now rents land and get? his terilizer
and supplies from a merchant
under a lien, or with
money borrowed on the strength
of a lien given on his crop, will
not likely surrender his indepen
dent .mode ot living and hire him
self to his landlord tor wages.?
It is more likely that he and ins
family will move to one of the
many cotton mills in the state
that are ready and eager to secure
their services, and where
i they will find profitable employment.
The colored renter, long
accustomed to being his own boss,
will scarcely be content to accept
j farm wages in this stats, when
he can move over into North
Carolina or Georgia and rent all
the land he can work, or when j
j he ean go to the railroads, power
! plants, oil mill-3 and other public
works and obtain higher wages
j than a landlord c:.n afford to pay
| him 3
But suppose the landlord is
. able to induce his renters or lienj
ors to accept service under him ,
as ordinary field hands?will he
I bo an) b >tter off than he is now ? :
How is he going to secure t he j
payment in labor or otherwise of
flie advances that lie will be obliged
to make ? It may be said j
! that the legislature is going j
to enact a new contract law? i
j one that will stand the test of
the courts?and that under such
law the landlord can "bind" his
laborers. But is it possible for
the legislature to pass a law that
will prove effective?* The only
law that would amount to anything
so far as tiio negro is concerned
is one providing for im-j
prisonment for breach of contract, |
and such an act. line the old one.!
would I)'1 unconstitutional.
Again. it tl landlord, instead
of utilizing his present renters or
lienors as wage hands, continues
to rent Iih lands to them, how,
in the absence ot the lien law, is
he going to secure payment tor
his advances ? Will he not. assunie
risks that lie lias nevor assumed
before t And in order to
make such advances, will not
many a Ian llord he forced to
mortgage his lands ?
We are assuming, of course,
that the repeal of the lion law
will stop the practice or system
of making advances for agricuU
tural purposes?but will it ??
Will not the plan of mortgaging
the crop be resorte 1 to?a plan
more expensive in every particular
and less easily enforced ?
There are evidently two sides
to this lien law question and it ,
is to bo hoped that our 1 aw
makers will study it from every i
point ot view before taking ac- ,
tiou.
\ $4 ' . 1* V
.STER NEWS, JANUARY 22, 19
Good One on Rum Creek.
h<
Lee Mcllwain, colored, undertook
to drive across Rum creek, Si
just beyoud Mr. B. H. Bennett ' * el
place in tlie Jones Cross Roads
section, last Saturday afternoon
while the stream swollen by
heavy rains. His wagon was
upset and lie and his mule had a
narrow escape from drowning. t]
The contents of the wagon were h
wmOio'I rtnwii flin oronlr Iml
every thing was recovered except ,!
a s mk <> ll ur. ? Lancaster News.
Lee Mcilwaui is not the only mortal
who has been upset in
tin 'ertaking tocross Rum creek,
and lie was more fortunate than
mo^t of them. They nearly always
turn down stream when
they reach the chmoel ol Rum ^
creek, and before they land on "
dry ground, the mule is gone, S
the wagon is gone, the ll >ur i- ft]
tone, aud if they escape drown- 111
ing, they have to s'ruggle the ^
remainder of their lives '.o keep t>
th ir heads above water. That .i
is a treacherous, pertlou ford in \
the Jones Cross Roads section, n- (
are all tlie crossings up and do vn
Rum creek.?Chester Lantern.
The Poag-Bell Nuptials---A (
Beautiful Church Wedding.
Reported for The News.
The Second Baptist church
was ihe scene ot a beautiful
and happy marriage Sunday,
Jan. 12, 8 :oO p. m.,the confracting
parties being Miss Nan- a
nie Bell and Mr. J. E. I'oag, both
of this place. Long before
the hour arrived the church t'
was filled o overflowing. The q
presence of the bridal party was
announced by Mrs. Ethel Set.
lleniycr when she began playing J(
I lie wedding march. First came
the bridesmaids down the left
aisle, in the opposite ,tisle bring
the ushers, followed by the uride
in the left aisle and the groom
in right, coming together an.
crossing at the rostrum facing
the an lien where the Rev. T.
A. D ibnej joiued them together
in holy wedlock. The hriile whf t
beautifully attired in white ?ilk |
with French laces. The brides- \
madi were beautifully gowned (
in white silk.- 1 hoy were Misses
Annie and Kster W?hh n and
Mamie Sullivan. 1 lie ushers
were Messrs Will barton, Wal
tor Crenshaw and Dirline Mi*
hafiey. Tne bridal party loft *
Monday morning on theoailv
train for the true blue mountaim
and the groom's parents. When
they return their future home
will be in Lancaster. (
As happ?ness and pe ice have
begun, may it extend all down
through their tuture life, till it i.- |
well done.
C. T. Ilardin.
1 i
ill.lj a/ Unnlli fl.?Alinn "
ni"ir w? I3UUUI \yai "iiiiia
County of Lancaster
In the Probate (Joint,
By J. E. Htewman, Enquire,
Probate -Indue.
W11KHEAH, The First Trust and Snv- i
ings Bank of Kock 111II. S. < , made Hnitjto
no-, to .{rant >t letters of Administration
of the Estate of effects of Frank Walker.
THESE ABE THE HE POKE to cite and a
Itnonisli nil and singular the kindred
and creditor* oftbw s ii 1 Prank Walker i
deceased, that they be and appear before
me, in the Court of Probate to be held at
E'liicRHtei Court Mouse, S. C.,on '1 ties
day, Jan. 28th, next, after publication ,
m-roof, at 11 o'clock in tho forenoon, t<>
ihow cause, if any they have, why the i
said Administration should not bo granted
(liven under my Hand, ihta lEth day ot
Ton 1 nnA Ikss?t.tr?* ' 1 It IW
* f??? I llliuw 1/UOi IUI, I ?
J. E. HTEWMAN, 9
1'iobfite Judge, 9
1)8.
Sale of Personal Property.
I will sel at Public auction at my
ame in the Antioch section on Feb.
h at 10 o'clock, a ni. all the personproperty
of the estate of John F.
nipes, deceased, consisting of 2 mules O
wagon, corn, fodder, I oow and oalf, rj
to. Terms of sale, cash.
L. L. Snipes,
Aduirx
t
h
Jotice to Debtors and < redi- {
tors. v
All persons indebted to the estate of ?
lie ate .1 id;M ! '. Snipes, deceased, are
erebj n tirie o make payment to
!e o dersi^ned at once; and all parous
haviok e.iiiiins against said es- (
ue will p esent -iine duly attested. ^
1.. L. Snipes,
Admix I
teTA'I 1 OF L" l II CAUOLINA,
tOV.SfV OF I.ANVAKTKll. j
lu the Probate Court,
Py J. E. Htewniun, Esquire,
Probate Jnrliro
iITuci'eiis, Nancy It. Sullivan ?rul John
fV \Y. Sullivan have made suit 1
10 to grant them Letters of Administpmon T
r the Estate of >iud effects ot llobort M.
nllivan deceased. <
THESE A HE, THEREFORE, to cite
ml admonish all and singular the kindred '
ml creditors ot the said Uobt M. Sullivan ^
ec'd, that they be and appear before
le, in the onrt of Probate, to bo
eld at Lancaster Court House, on the I
nth day ot January, next, after pitlilicaion
hereof, at 11 o'clock iti the toreuoon, to '
Iio\v cause, if any the) have, why the said 1
duiirii (ration should not be granted.
Given under mv hand, this 14th day ot ]
anuarv, Anno Domini, 19i>8.
J. E. 8 LEW MAN,
Probate 4 a dg?.
January lith, l*.?08,
1REG0RY-ST0GNER |
DAIRY FARM \
r
In charge of Experi- '
need Dairymen, delivers !
t your door every morn- (
ng Choicest Cream, But- ?
cr and Buttermilk in anv '
uantity.
Call Phone No. 168 and^i'
a vc your urucr.
c
Gregory Stogner Dairy Farm 8
"CABBAGE AND i
For the nex
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sirahl f r if tni
shipment, my p
V. F. CARR - BOX 55
^ In getting
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I J. llC meet and ir
\ M^n checking ac
I iuan of its real
Who expenses, it
P 0 - and Ire know
f oucceeds cess to meet
f tion she is
f Why don't y
[ _, You take
I The for it will h
i individual si
f Personal enterprise i
) yourself. I
t Interest tro1' ./.'0 c
[ easy it is to
! 4? Four Pe
f Compounded Quarterly wi
| our Savings Departme
\ THE FIRST NATIONAL I
i ( HAS. 1>. JONES. 1'rfHidi i.l
f E. M. CROXTO
. ' 7 -'.J -}<- .' \ 'v y\\News
in Brief.
Mayor Charles S. McOollough, ^
f Darlington, died Saturday. . .
'he Farmers' Union ot Spartan
>urg county will organize a naional
bank and creel a handsome
tank building in Spartanburg
he present year.. . . A man and
romun were instantly killed in
n auto accident 111 Baltimore
Saturday.. . . Four cliildron were
I row tied Saturday uliile skating
in ice, near Indiana, Pa., the ice
ireaking under them....The
egislature ot" North Carolina
onvneu in extra session yescrday....
Four girl? were killed
md a number seriously injured
>y jumping from a burning
; nil ting mil] in Scranton, Pa. . .
lenry Watlerson, the famous
?entuckian, was among the
ipeakors in New Vork Friday
it a meeting to consider the tuure
oi the negro race. . . .Charges
of malfeasance in ollice have
ieen made again-t Police limpet or
Whitaker, chief ot New Oreans
police, for shooting at J.
VI. Leyeque, a newspaper editor MjJ
...George Kennedy, a negro, j^T
vas handed Friday at. Charles
on for tho murder of II. G.
3:ollo, a white guard a' a con?iot
camp.... Charge * Emory
Smith, editor of The Philidel>hia
Pro s, former minister to
dussia and Postmaster General,
lied suddenly at his home in
Philadelphia Sunday. . . .Chief
>t Police A. E Pett.igrew of
Xiidsvslle, N. G.. was sliofc Sunlay.
probably fatally, by Ed.
Pent), a negro of desperate charicter.
. . .Winston-Salem,^. C.,
lad a $100,000 fire Stmjjay night
. . .Chief of Police K. l)ar
;an, of Darlington, S. G., ,vas
ound dead Sunday morning in
he citv hall building. Opinions
!itier a to whether he was murlored
or committed suicide.
Have you renewed your subcriplion
for l'JUS r
*EET PLANTS."
:t few weeks I will till all orders for
?t plains at the following prices: KHIO ^
XX)"to 1)000 $1.00, 10 000 at 90o; special
lots cash with order or (3. O D. if
irantee satisfaction and safe delivery
f the leading vairirfiis; The Karly
Id the most popular early variety, tha
kelield a few duj* later but very deeu
planting I'? t he later varieties I
sion and the Late Flat Dutch, both
;e ilat beads. Plants now leady for
eraona attention given to all orders.
- MEGGETTS, S. C.
f things to come to his way ' |
takes sure by going out to 1
ivite them in. He has a < !
.count at the bank because 1
value in limiting wasteful ;
s convenience, its safety i
js it is an invitation to sue- ;
him half way?an invitain
the habit of accepting.* . ;
ou have a Bank Account?
in building up and caring
ave much to do with your ;
access, and success of any '
.vith which vou identify i
f f
t is all undar your own con- w
) in and let us tell you how 1
start an account. 9
r Cent I
ill be allowed if placed in t
tANK, Lancaster, S. C. I
m w.
U E. WYLIE, Vior. Pramdent *
X, Cashier. V