The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 02, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. 3. NO. 95. SEMI-WE
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Our Columbia Letter.
Echoes of the Flood and the ?
First Primary-Some Interesting
Incidents?Difficulty
Experienced in Notifying
Doomed Man of His Respite.
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Mr. Edito:: The week just I?
ending has been one oi exci e
inent and sensation in i>oniht'ar- ?
olina. The Hist Democra'io
Primary was held 1 ?*t Tnes iav.
This caused lively interest, as tl
was this year that one important
office had 'o he filled and there
were several very sir >ntr men in
the race. By this I he scribe '
does not mean to say that there 1
were noi other important offices '
to be filled, but, to put in ano.her 1
way, there was one or chief in- |
terest?that of Junior Uui'ed ,
States Senator. The tiuberna- <
torial race ais ? caused interest, '
as there was no doubt who
would be elected, but as to wbat. 4
majority he should get. Some *
had hoped it to be 30,000 but
the Hood caused many to be
kept away trom the polls and
then some contend that the pa- 1
pers by attacking the unsuccess- '
tul candidate caused him to get i
more votes than he would have !
otherwise received. There were i
other surprises, some pleasant, i
some sad. Now there is consid- <
erable speculation hh to who will ?
win in the second heat. Will 1
Smith or Evans uo to the Senate? i
Will Mellechamp or Swearingen I
be Stute Superintendent ot Edu- i
cation. Will ' Jimmy*' Cansler, I
or 4,C*nsler ot Tirzfth," or 1
Caughniau get the plum which i
is called the Railroad Commis- i
sioner's plum to be given bv the 1
people of South Jarolina on
September the 8th. Then iu
the various counties where there 1
will he second bea's who will ;
win and who will lose. All that
one can do ss to wait and see.
The reelection of Sheriff John
IV Hunter has caused gra'ifica i
tion to the Sheriff's numerous
mends in the State. Cap'. Hun*
ter is regarded all over the State <
as one ot the best sheriffs in the
Slate, tor while he is cool ho is i
as brave as a lion and his record
is one of wnieh he should be
proud. Your scribe shall watch
With interes' ?he outcome ot the
second primary in Lancaster
county.
Ttie llnod was also a sensation
ot the week. It broughtsadne-s
? i -l
iu umiij ncni IS, i 1 WlUUglll
destruction to crops, stock, etc !
It crippled railroad service, i: j
caused people to suffer. Itde-!
layed mails. Some towns and '
cities with many train facilities, |
didn't see a train for several i
days Yes, it caused serious j
trouble in many ways. It sk
one of the worst llo ?ds known
to even the oldest inhabitants.)
The Gongaree, which is about a
mile from the Capitol, attracted
tiiou-ands to s.-e her during the
flood. And it was a sight worth
witnessing, but .or the damage
she was doing. Many tales originated
from this flood. Tele
JJIJIMiv? HUM irjr^M JMI J'illl it"n
suffered greatly loo. The daily
newspapers which had gone tothe
expense to give the best reports ol
the election ever given were put
to great disadvantage, and loss. |
but they did admirably. Many
towns and cities were cut off from j
the outside world just at the;
time they wanted news.
An interesting incident is told, i
In Greenwood there was a ne |
gro named Lawrence Hampton
in jail awaiting for Friday, Aug.)
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: Lan
LFiDGER \B>bz
T^TST tr * 4 '
JCjIYIjI. LfAiS
Card from Hon. W. 1
There is in circulation in various section
ialary of the Sherilfs oltice in certain fount
The following is a copy of the slip refcrr
Cherokee Co. with a population oft!
Georgetown " " 2
Kershaw " " 2
Lee " " 1
Lancaster " " 2
It is generally known that the last legislai
Xlice in Lancaster next year at $1200. I s
dip is in the interest of some candidate and
)fliiec in Lancaster County will pay far less
I think it fairer to compare the salary of
onmy with that of the counties of this Judi
Population and taxable property. The folio
bounty Area in S>|. Mi. Pop. Tas
'Hester 592 28,616 ?
Fairfield 775 29,425 $
Lancaster 501 24,511 ?
York (>09 41,004 ?)
It will be seen from these figures taken fr<
ror 1907 and from the Statutes of 1908 (as to
*r in area, population and taxable property
ry than is paid to ithe Sherills of the otlu
;ake, for example more than twice the levy
he Sheriff's salary than it would take in Yo
If we compare the Counties of the Congri
foregoing counties we have
bounty Area Pop. Taxable
hesterfield K28 20401 $3387
herokee 361 21,359 *4724
Kershaw 660 23,120 *4374
.? Kinuio 111 iimin-s will snow tin)
n Lancaster County to raise the Sheritrs sa
>haw, two of the counties mentioned on the
Sept. 1, lhOK.
28th, to come, on which day he an
was to hang unles* the Governor spi
should re^pit'1 ihe sentence "The let
State" telis it in a most, interest- wt
ng manner in details but space ab
and time torbid such here How- tei
?ver, Hampton thougn a negro ch
Joomed to die loved his lifo and
wa? always on the lookout for hi;
any news which would lengthen lis
his lite. He knew that, a peti- W
tion had been signed by a num ne
her of Greenwood's prominent Nt
citizens, asking the Governor to al
act. For several days Hampton tin
uou'.d get no news trom Columbia,
but the Governor bad acted, ca;
Finally on Thursday Mr. A. .J. bo
lieihea, Gov. Ansel's Private
Secretary, got as tar as Clinton
and managed to set a message Ai
I liriillrrli ti. ! ha >!hoi.iff /it 1
. ma vv?glk W/ ? iiv> ?ii "? VilCCU
wood county notifying him that yj
Hampton had been respited until
October lGih. On Ins return
Mr. Bethea made the journey
partly by rati and partly in an
aid wagon. jj,
H >n. W F. Stevenson had an rJ
experience in bringing the Che*- '
ierfield returns to Columbia lor .j.f
tibulation by the State Executive
Committee He atarted on
the Chesterfield and Lancaster
road but when he reached Thornp sw
son's Creek the train could go no
further. However, Mr. Steven-1
son found a man who knew the'
way and they decided to come
on. The trestle was covered .,
with water but Mr. Stevenson 'j
and his guide got across by teel-!
ing their way with a stick. At- t
ter they got across Mr Stevenson
went by Monroe and Charlotte ||f
and caine to Columbia with I ho
rpturiis n k Hm mhi! ? i*?I? for
~ , , "" " to
tne pressing i iu'^ of cleaning ,
i ..ii on
aiul pressing Ins clothed.
There are many other incidents 1
but the scribe has told enough
on this subject.
Well, "Former Lancastrian" j.'
the scribe begs to thank you for ^
your criticism of his nom de
plume. Really we didn't like it
ourselves but we took it temporarily.
Po^ibly our honorable ^
critic didn't unders'and. We
thought a nom de plume would
be more "catching" s<> we took u
"10-13.2". Now "J" is the 10th t>"
letter ol the alphabet, 4% 13" m
stands lor ' M" and the uocond
letter "B" so MO-13-2" is ri:
the same as See? ni
But we he'ieve changing
nom d3 plumes is more th
interesting. We will take
Lancas'er Bay" tor awhilo now < ,
CAST
REVIEW 1878 EN
[CASTER, S. C., SEPTEMBE
Pressly Robinson. !
is of the County a slip relating to the
ies.
ml to:
1,350, Sheriffs salary 81500.
3,H40, " " 2100.
3,120, " " 1500.
8,418, " " 1750.
4,311, " " 1200.
Lure fixed the salary of the Sherilfs
oppose the eireulation of the above
is designed to show that the sherilV's
than the other counties of the Stato
the Shoritl's ofllco in Lancaster
eial Cireuil, together with the Area,
iwing is such comparison:
.able property Sheriffs Salary.
5910100 ?! Kid
Pi'n.xxi; "on..
... f I _<FW
3371 385 $1200
S201070 $1350
>m tho Comptroller ({oneral's report
> the salary) that Lancaster far smallpays
relatively a much higher sala;r
Counties ot the Circuit. It would
on the property in Lancaster to pay
>rk.
L>ssional District, in addition to the
property Sheriffs Salary
'005 $t ((H)
1724 $1500
1705 $1500.
it it would take a much higher levy
ilary than in cither Cherokee or Kerslip
in circulation.
\Y. I'KKSSLY ROBINSON.
(1 it any of our *ellow oorre')ntloti's
would like to suggest,
'em come. ''Lancaster B?v"
m't care but will be glad. How
out this plan? Use "Lancas*
Bov" for September and
ange every month?
' ilie New " reached Columa
Thursday (it. was not pubhed
till Wednesday afternoon)
e were ''hungry" for political
ws from Lancaster- And Tho
w-v VM.IHJ I iiui r n I t- til''*!??-!
ids ol fx- >p.e homeless an'1. an
>peal was issued today for re
by the chairman <?f the c mn
commissioners.
The food supply is short, egvs
e selling at a dollar a ilozen
id vegetables are held at tour
mes their value.
hen you have a cold you may he
re that it has been caused indirectly
r constipation and consequently you
list first of all take something to
ove the bowels. This is what has
ade Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syp
so successful and so generally deanded.
It does not constipate like
ost of the old fashioned cough cures,
it on the other hand it venilv moves
e bowels and at the name time heals
ritat ion and allays infl tmciution of
ie throat. Hold by J. K, Mackey ??t
0. W-9
jws was very welcomed as it
wa\9 is. Here's conRrattila
ns
Tlie floods didn't destroy Lanster
and Columbia, so let's
om both. Lancaster Hov.
( Formerly "10-13 2"
Hyatt Park, Columbia, S. O.,
lg. 29,1908.
housands Made Homeless
in and Around North Carolina
Town.
Fayttleville, Aug. 28.?The
ipe Fear river at this point has
ached a height of 79 leet, broakz
all records of former floods,
e river valleys on the oast
le are covered for miles with
rushing torrent of muddy wa s.
Houses and bridges are
ept away lor miles around
d the estimated damage to 'lie
tton and corn crop will go bend
35 per cent.
1 he greater portion ol Kayettell
is covered with waer backup
t > the city from the river,
liich i- a mile and a half disn'.
]
Three thousand people are
iini'lf s and a proclamation J
as issued f>y the mayor at noon]
day. 1 he citv will be in to'al I
u ktiess tonight, the power j
ant being submerged
If) t lu* fit I? ? t 1 U/of.k #*? /* /m? .
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I I JtLKFKlSh J 89 J
:il 2, 1908.
The L. & C's. Damage.
Loss of Lancaster's Local
Road Much Greater than
at First Supposed -Bxtenl
of Damage
Since the water- have reneded
the datusge sustained by ' tie
Lancaster & Chester railionuifound
lobe far more serious thai;
was at tirsi supposed. The en
tire Cane Creek tres'le, which
was 2000 leet in leng h, was
completely destroyed, as wa
also 5o0 feet ot the treat e and
embankment on this side ?( ? Ik
Catawba nver and 200 met on
the Chester side. Fully threefourths
ol these trestles had beer
recently filled in a' heavy ex
pen?e on the part of I he com
pany, in order to make the roat
safe.
The railroad company's loss it
conservatively estimated to bbetween
twenty thousand am
twenty-five thousand dollars
The i>1 iw is an extremely hare
one 011 the railroad, coming a;
it d.<eo dm. ii? the present hard
times, when all enterprises an<
industries are leelinn the effect
of <he widespread financial depression.
T e L & C's busine-i
has been practically cut in two
One of its serious losses is the
f-|lltill<? II IT fl t til.. I O ?">
. ^ w. vim*' 1C?I0CU U?ia iiirpf
Of the Southern Power company
which it has had lor I he pa?i
i hree years.
It is estimated that it will 'ak<
the entire earnings ot the railroac
for the next three years to pay
for replacing the lo>t trestles and
bridges. But. the work of ro
building has already begun anc
will be pushed forward with al
possible dispatch. The compain
now has a force of fifty tresth
men at work, and this numbe;
will be considerably increased it
a day or two. It is thought tha
it will take about thre* weeks
to get the road in shape for train
to pass over. In the meantime
the schedule as published in th<
last issue of The News will con
tinue to be operated, trains trom
Lancaster (o Chester and return
.going over the Southern's tra d
j by wav of Ro)k Hill. As hero
tofore published, the road is giving
daily service over its owi
track between (Jiiesier and Fori
Lawn.
Entire Family Lost at Pelzer.
Spartanburg, S. (J., Aug. 20
?All danger to 20 or inure bi|
cotton mills along 'he river i
passed. Several of the null
have been forced to shut dowi
on account of dams and race
being wached away. There ha
been no los- ol lite in this >.pc
tion
\ I r? .1C / 1 - - -
iii ? o mii euur<
tamily, wairon ami team of inulo
perished in the Saluda river
Two negroes, while at work 01
a railroad trestle in Lauren
county, were carried down strean
It is supposed that 30 or mon
people have been drownec
throughout the State durini
the past week. The larmeri
have lost thousands ol dollar
l?y their slock perishing in I hi
swollen streams. The damag
to county will exceed $ 100,000.
Many people suffer a great ileal fror
K nineV anil llladtler troubles. Dm
nig the past few years much of th
complaint has been made unmcesaar
by the uae of UeWitt'a Kidney at
bladder ''ills. They are antiaept
and are highly recommended for wes
hack backache, rheumatic paina, ii
Humiliation of the bladder and ti
oth.jr annoyances due to weak kidne;
They are sold by J. F. Mackey it C
w
PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY
SHE OFFICIAL COUNT.
[ Ansel's Majority Over 20,000
--Who Will Run in Second
t Primary.
('nlumhia State of Stuulny.
Following are the otlieial returns as
' tabulated and finally approved by the
Stale I teiiinerat ie exeeulive eommittee
last flight:
FOK tiOVKKN'oll.
1 Martin F. Ansel 02,807
C. I j. ?I (lease 42,100
Total 104,007
Ft>K IMTi:i> STATUS SHNATK.
Kvans '27."?K4
( race 1,409
i Johnstone 13,656
I.uinpkin 4,361
Martin 0,802
' Illicit 22,422
1 Smith 30,012
ADJl'TANT (iKNKHAL
lloyd 50,063
II. T. Thompson 43,548
1 K< >R STATE 81'FT. OP KD.?
K. ('. Kimore 30,002
s Stiles It. Mellichamp 32,4X8
, J. 10. Swearingen . . 40,0X2
j Foil COMITROhLKH OKN.?
N. W. Hrooker 24,484
A. W. Jones 79,042
I Foil 11. II. COMMISSIONER?
) Jas. Cansler of Tiraah 25,005
| Ranks I,. Caughtnan 30,5187
. Frank c. Fislihurne 0,038
J. A. Summersett 23,047
< II. W. Richardson . . .: 11,077
For uncontested State otlices there
were two counties missing, but the
total vote as otherwise tabulated was:
For lieutenant governor, McLeod,
i 98,761: for state treasurer, Jennings,
100,153; for attorney general, Lyon,
' 08,651; for secretary of state. Met'own,
, 08,301.
h The two counties which did not re
port on uncontested olliees were Lancaster
and Chesterfield. Attorney jjen3
oral Lyon was scratched in several
i counties, notably at Fort Mill in York
tounty and at Beaufort.
[ TJiere was a close vote for governor
| in Pickens, but the official vote shows
that Ansel carried this by 12 votes.
'The ISlease counties, therefore, are rel
duced to Charleston, Newberry, l.au|
rens, Saluda. In Saluda his majority
was larjje, as it was in Charleston.
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1MB CONttHKSS.
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Fifth district: liutler 4,.'157; Finlcy
r ts,?.r?l; Pollock 1,21 1.
3 The feature of this race is the closencss
of Butler and Pollock for second
place against Finlcy.
> 'j'lie candidates who will run over in
3 the primary to be held Tuesday, September
s, arc:
' For I'nited States senator: K. I>.
S Smith and J. Kvans.
Superintentlent of education: stiles
It. Mellichamp and Jno. I'.. Swearin'
tfen.
Itailroad commissioner: II. L. Cauyli.
man and James Cansler.
For eoncrcss: Butler and Finlcy;
FUerbe and lingsdalc.
For solicitor: McLaughlin and Stoll:
Cobb and Kcinhert: Boiiham and Me*
swain: Wells and ijunltlehaum.
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('<>mlkIhIi s' ( tun/xiiffii IC.rpeu.ieH
The following art- the campaign ex
pciisc an iiiiiiIs an tiled according to law
with the clerk of Court by county candidates,
totals only being given:
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1 Full TKKASl iu:i;.
e W. II. M I 1.1, F.N 29.50
J TlloM AS I.. Illl/n >\ II 55
FOR Al IHTOK.
1 II. II. lloKTON. 21.(Ht
3 .1. WYl.l F. PORT Kit 24.CO
8 F.HWARH A. THOMPSON 20.55
E. L FRKN8II V\V 16.60
0 I'oltTKH M. .IACKShN 110.05
H FOR Mfl'KRINTICNDKNT OK KIU'CATION.
A. C. ROW F 1.1 20.00
.1. F.. 111. V('KM< 'N. 20.25
W. AI.ON/0 II I'OII KS 22.75
n CLAUDE N. 8APP 25.80
r- JOSKI'll K. CONNORS 21.95
FOR COKONKK.
,7j J. MONTOOMKKY CASKKY 7.50
j,. JOHN KINO 25.15
W\ F. OA 11VI N 7.50
ill Prof. Itrnee < ra\ en, the newly elected
|'H superintendent of the Lancaster irraded
o. schools, arrived hero yesterday from
-8 Trinity, N.