The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 07, 1908, Image 1
The
VOX.. 4. NO. 2. SEMI-WE
Letter From Mr. John W.
Twitty.
Many Topics Interestingly
Discussed?A Suggestion
to "Night Riders"?Politi
cal Situation in Georgia-Lancaster
Commended for
Her Improvements?"Why
Bryan Should be Elected
-Other Matters of Interest.
Editor The News: It has
been quite a while since I attempted
to impose on your real
ers or occupy space in your popular
paper. It may be that
you will allow me to be heard
again, as you have always done
If so,I will give your renders a few
thoughts as they occur to me in
the writing following.
"Night Ridtr>" seem to be a
terror to sections ol your county.
It is to be deplored that such
lawlessness goes on or has coun
tenance anywhere. It it must
go on, let it be in the spring, betore
cotton is planted Let all
the cotton growing plantations
bo posted and let the writing
stipulate that not exceeding five
acres to the plow shall be plantel
in cotton; if more, the offender
will be dealt with. As 6aid,
it is all wrong to be disturbed by
"night riders" but it is better
for them to stop the production
than to burn it, after it is produced.
It is passing 9trange to
me that the farmer continues to
plant [and r.iise more than is demanded.
It must be eyideut
that there is now an over supply
of cotton in the country and
hence.ouly low prices can be
11 i i .'i. i ? . :? i
reauzeu ior it. i>uiiaing ware
houses, keeping it out of the
maiket will do no good. Nothing
but reduced acreage and
curtailment of yields. No doubt
it will be said, he (your correspondent)
is not practical and
doesn't know what he is talking
about. But I insist that it will
not do to hold cotton and in the
mean time make another full
crop without putting it on the
market. Spinners and speculators
know what is on hands and
know all they have to do is to
wait and get it at their own
price?L'lant half and make pro
visions, should be the watchword.
I have thought for somo time
that the country is over supplied
with cotton factories. It is said
that they (some of them at least)
are paying 9c for cotton and selling
their output on a ha-is of 7c
cotton. That looks like making
money over the left.
1 was pleased with what you said
about the Heath family. 1 kn>w
most of them and some intimately.
They are aggressive, money
making and without hypocrisy
Mrs. Dr. Heath (daughter-inlaw
of Geo. lieath) spent the
day with us iaat Monday. She
has a Bt.n (Willie) preaching in
this vcinity?a Rood man
1 think it I was that fellow
Thomaa, who married that rich
girl in Atlanta,! would assort my
rights and not allow her to be
taken off, an he is dcing. A
million dollars is not picked up
every day.
Political issues are kept up at
a high tension, especially in this
State. We do not know "whore
we are at". It strikes me that
Geoigta is theworst muddled State
in the Union. Hoke Smith was
in a lair way to put the State in
good shape, but a few designing
men arrayed themselves anaii si
him ior sinister purpose*; for iustauce,
railroad officials and em
LANQ4
LEDGER I8bz REVIEW
EKLY. LANCASTERTi
ployeen, liquor men, etc. All Horrible Crin
the?? would have been insutli TV/Tan Phr
cient but Tom Watson arrayed II"
his forces against Smith, at th^ Head Off,
eleventh hour, which could not Women ar
be overcome. Now behold the cides.
mau put forward: "Little Joo
Brown", the nearest to a blank Bristol, lenn.
that ever filled the governor r. from Johns
chair?nothing but a tool, it L. A. Bayles
will take a creneratinn t.n wpi nn earlv todav atfca
the roforms Gov. Smith had in in-law, Berney
augurated and about accomplish the latter was a
ed. That designing men turned his home in thii
down such a man as Hoke Smith literally chopp
(ranks with the first men of the wi,h an axe. t
South) and put iu such a raaa Bayless' wife, I
as Joe Brown, proves that some her. Turning
men will rule or ruin. The mis- 'hs own wife,
take will be seen not many House, he 6tri
months hence. blows, inllictini
You have a good governor and injuries. Bayl
I am glad he was re-elected. and half an ? u
Smith's election to U. S Senate ,le;ui ,ll!l ce
was as I aould have it. I thought
when I saw his name announced have been the
that he would be formidable, a'tack,
but I had no idea he was so popular.
I was surprised at the 'Squire Harr
result of the election in Lancas- p^her
ter County, in some ca?es, but ? . f p
no doubt all those elected will fOtts, 01 jt
do credit to themselves and the charlotte O
county?1 hope so. 'Squire F. C. ]
I see the commission to estab- yiiie, 0ue of the
lish a line between Kershaw CitjZens of the
and Lancaster counties have done ^jg home yeste
their work. The old line has q o'clock alter
been changed, but it seems to -gquire Harris
create vory little friction. I 8Core years of a{
thought, and still believe, tbat it Steele Creef
should remain where it was, es. wa3 a nfe-long
pecially as it had been so long ^ p p churcl
established, and furthermore m()8t liberal ami
that lets had been improved in 0t Central churc
the town by parties who expect- township- lie
ed and wished to be citizens of tj10 ^reat civd '
Lancaster county?force a change j^er Mecklei
in citizenship. C. V. Suryivi
My, my, that blow.up and are his aged wid
,1oalt? at thoHoiU Mir.,. i
: * ?*; *" Robert Harris,a
midst of life we are 111 death Mrs oscar i>(
The company* sustained consid- yaiiev g (j
erable loss, but I hope they will mna|ia'm, Mrs.']
rebuild and continue to operate Mrs Marians an
the old mine It is worth con Harris all of
3iderable to have such a plant fu'll0raj will ta
in a county. home this morn
I am glad the Methodist church ,n(1 ,j10 ihterm,
is being rebuilt and hope means at BlaekBtocks.
will be forth coming to complete
the building promptly.
We enjoyed a short visit from John W. Keri
our old Irieiul and neighbor, J no didate for \ ice
Vanlandingham, of Charlotte, 'uls been speal
N. C., I think ho was favorably passed through
impressed wilh our town (Valdos- day, making an
ta). Johnnie is a husiler. 1 ville. He spok
knew hitn when in his teens, Monday.
He was not afraid of work, which
is characteristic of the lo*s figured up
wtiole family, Johnnie's father, The county's lo1
Capt. N. B. Vanlnndingham, is a hig thing, s
could do as much work with one Lancaster has in
leg as most men with two. The ot bridges to k
Capt., who was well known in considerable.
Lancaster county, lost one of hie Now you hav
legs in the Civil War. He was winch will reqi
a gallant officer. but it is the
Tne cotton crop in 11 is section much needed it
and State promised a line yield I could kee)
at one time, has been very much but I must clo
cut off O her crops are better. letter alter al
I got the age of my old friend sentences. 1 Richard
Robinson, recently pub- hu'h election
linked in The News and find that was in oflice he
he is my senior only 17 davs. sell to put an ei
We are both on the border. We tariff, etc. Pre
both intend to live as long as to advance, an
we can. but that can't be long. trusts control r
Glad your city is making strides The poor peopl
in the line of improvements and suffering and i
among other things establishing do so without
a waterworks plant, which is very Democratic plat
much needed in Lancaster. Rut lief, while the
what about drinking water out form does not <
efJRear Creek??Think it will go shoul 1 be outs[
down well? It is cold her
The late rains and overflow of excuse this lett
crops was a great calamity visit- Abridge or pi
ed upou a large section of the waste basket
country and my judgment was old friends
that none suffered more than
your county. Col. Springs's Valdosta, Ga
iSTER
' 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
S. C., OCTOBER 7, 1908.
ne in Tenn.- Graded Schools'Fii
>ps Another's
Attacks Two Statement from the
id Then Sui- tendent Showing
re?y? and R#?rr?rH
, Oct. 4.?A gpg I lly Supt. liruee Cr
tii City Bays: It has always beeu
a, a magistrate, ?f the present Superii
eked his brother- the Lancaster gruded
Bayless, while tako the public into
sleep in bed at to actual conditio
3 city and almost pretend that the schoc
ed his head off control is periect in
Ie then attacked Our school here is d
ratally wounding but it can be madeinf
the weapon upon ter aud more effective
who was iu the and the only way I t
lck her several accomplish this is for
? probably lata! interested to realize t
ess was arrested ?nd shortcomings and
ir later was found ?nd all work togetl
, haying hanged K?od of the school w
ousy is said to regard to personal
:ause ot Bay loss' lions.
The parent in the
?? worry of evory-day a
is Dead--Was "" uneertaiaopiniona
~r i\/r r\ **r and the school gei
of Mrs. O. W. lW0 80urce6: lhe^a
leasant Valley amount ot space "got
l rv ? n the child and bv t hn ,
Ljft-i ver, '" t. >. 9Pna| satisfaction or
Harris, of 1 me. jon_ B()th (>f thege
, most respected n()t on, unreliable b?
county, died at , mi8i0ading. 1
rday morning at Q, book9 or fa 9ll
a loug 1 Iness. through is no iudioalio
was almost four Q( ^ knowledRe of u
?e and was born bet|er |Q on| a 9,>(
t township Lie and rj|h, t|,Jn tn
member o He Blld, of (1fe world and
1 and one ol the The real tMt io ,,is 3t
I devout members (Q be thoroughne99: it
ih .n bteele Creek know Rnd under9,and
was a veteran of wel, thaQ ,o haTB a t
war and a mem letin)? Qf ,en pa(re9
lbiirg Camp, U. c|,j|d'9 owll opinion of
ng the deceased )t nm9| bp a
low one son, Mr. on6 thgt j( Tery 0||(,
nd five daughters, on w|lether or not th
utts, of 1 leasant ,j d 10 do a3 he ,
Mrs. ban. Cun- 8lei)d |hj d i9 bilt
a m " , ?9tSen' parents to visit and
d Miss J a me Hill ^,Hlol a,?, be lam,liar
Pinevl le. le cbdd>9 pr0gresB by C(
ke place at the wllh the teacher.
ling at 11 o clock The to'al enrollmei
ant will be ma e ag comj,ared
last year at the end c
month, this showing i
ii, i^ciiiuc^Hic cai - ol bY,or 1C per cent.
President who rollment lacks at 1(
ting in Georgia, hundred o! including
this State Sun- school district who sh
address in Green- school, though at prt
eat Asheyille, N. would be no place to
it they should enter.
?? ? ? new building at the
a large amount year, and with some
?sin bridge work provements, the enrol
ind by the way, September rhould be
ore than Us share enrollment in the i
eep up?t costs with three teachers, ii
The most noticeab
e a now road law the school system is
aire a big outlay, against the nece^sitv
very thing and children away from
1 your county. prepared for college.
> on at this string ent there are 57 chih
se my scattering first grade and only
Iding one or two the tenth. A num
want to urge Bry- ones who should be
1 believe it he vauced grades are awi
would exert him at an expense that lal
nd to trusts, high thousand dollars out
^visions {continue tor that should tie ke
id why? Because This is a plain busin
tecessaries ot life, tion that can and no
e and masses are receive the proper a
vill continue to the proper lime,
a change The| The numb r ot a
Iform promises re the month w;n 18t>?
Republican pint- of nea'ly nine a day
>r is silent when it too many, and the re
joken. mill school is evert w
e today. Please parents should rea'?z
er?it is too long, es.-iiy ol h>vtni? ttie
it it all in the present evorv day foi
Kind regards to go ?d and fer the g
Truly yours school. There have
J. W. Twitty. 20 tardies and these
Oct. 3 1908. lower grades this is i
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TSt MonthjWar Clouds *n Europe--Two
? j Conflicts Impending.
5 Superin-!
. Jjondon, Oct. 4.?Eveut* which
?g" threaten to change the political
Made. lace o! Europe are crystallizing
ftV<>n. wuh lightnius rapidity. Almost
|. <>ver night the horizou of the
aleudentot Near Enst, which seemed grad.
school to ^ assuming a peacelul
co.didence appearance, has become cruwdi.b
and not ed w.th war clouds
.1 i - News has reached here from
)1 under his , ., . . , c
all thin *s several sources that two denni'e
, strokes are impending which canning
goou, . .. *. f
initely bet- ,,ot fai1 to brlQB mat?ers to a
*1 ;? : crisis, and perhaps torce an itntilHU
it 13, | . i
enow of to e(Jl"te war- ?ne *? the Pr?q1.
c amation by Prince Ferdinand,
all persons . ,. . J . . u .
. i , ol the independence oi Bulgaria,
he burdens ... ... K , , ,, 6 t .
diffi ..Iwh ch will include Kumeua, t?k,''
A inK "or himself the title of "Czar "
er for the
... ? , the ither is an announcement ot
llhOUt ail. A rr r .i
considera- Au8trla Hungary of the practical
annexation of the provinces
of Bosnia and Heizegovina as
jurry ??nd appendages of the AimtroHun.
iiairsrorm. crown.
)0U,, ea< Either action will be equivaiera
y Irom |enj lQ ieasjng Up Qf t}10
re rom I ie <reaty 0j Berlin, while Prince
ie o\ei dv perduian.i's course beeme almost
C11 ill 6 npi*?
,. . ' cert iin to preeipita'e a war bedi
satisfac- fcween btJ|g uia an'l Tar *ey. Betources
are ^ore ^heso possibilities, the quarit
are posi- rftj over , jie oagj. Rumelian section
ie nuin ier ()j (j10 (>1qen( Railway sinks into
i' < nt goes in8jg?ificauce. Bo'h armies are
n w ni'ev^r repr,rted to b?> quietly and swiftlem.
t is |y mobilizing near the borders.
)rt 1 Bulgarians are said to ba buying
.po ? 11 nsunitions and horses on an exI
go wrong. ten8jve Male
udies ought
is bet'er to ' ~ "
one page Pleasant Hill Items.
nere smalAs
to the Mrs. IJ- L. Oauthen left Fri'
the teach- day last 'or Augusta, Ga., where
*nt to any- 8he will spend two or three weeks
n depends with her son and daughter-ino
child iu 'aw. Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Oaufch
eases. In- en
er lor the Mrs. S. P. Adams visited restudy
the l?tivee ot Lancaster the paet
with the week,
l-operation Mr. S. Beckham Sr., visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Nisbet, of
it. to date Jacksonham section, the past
with 418 week Mr. J. M. Ca^key and
>f the first Mr L. T. Cole spent Saturday
in increase in Lancaster.
rl his en- Mr. anfi Mrs. J. K. Beckham
^ast a lull spent Saturday last in Kershaw,
all in the Miss Jessie Beckham is visit,
ooId be in jug Mrs. Julia Porter in Lancaajseut
iliere (Cr
'htm Communion services will be
With the |Jej(j jlero ilf t|ie ^ p_ church
mil next next Sunday, the 11th, Preachother
mi- jng Saturday at 11 o'clock. Rev.
')?x C. S. Young will do the preach
?i ? 'n^- Bex.
mil school pleasant Hill, Oct. 5.
3 149.
le need of "
to provide hilt nearly all the 20 could have
of sendint: been avoided with a little care,
here to be Pupils can be admitted to the
At pr s school now julv alter showing
lren in the that they are prepared to take
thirteen m up the work of the grade with
I -f . I- I 1... nlnooni. All
uor u; intr 1 ,,D an Fis''ii9 ?jwiiim
the ad- corned will sae the reasonnbleiv
at school ness of I his regulation. When
kes s?ver il pupils are deficient in conduct
>f Lu.cts or studies, lormal notices are
pt at home. 'o 'he parents and the
ess proposi school expects clieerlul and
doubt will prompt action 011 action on
Mention at 'heir part.
The regular monthly teachers'
bsenct-s h>r mee iog will la held Friday of
an average this *eek, the purpose being t<?
Tiiis is got concerted action among the
cord at the teachers in study of progressive
orse. The <-chool methods. During 1 he year
:e the nee- v irious parts of the work wiil
>ir children be studied and every teacher is
" 'heir own expected to read carefully the
;ood of the best educational imirnala and
been only thus become familiar with what
all in the the best school* and teachers
a fine record are doin?.