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The VOL. 4. NO. 7. SEMI-WEE The Cotton Situation as C Viewed by E. D. Smith-Hold the Staple, Says New Senator The Columbia State: Hon. E D. Smith of Florence, the JDem- I ocratic nominee to succeed to n the long term in the United li States senate, was in the city v last, ninht on his wavtn Alabama t to ranke an aIdress on cotton at n the Alabama State lair at Mont- r gomery. lie will return to Co- c lurabia and will speak to tlie 1 farmers here* I Mr. Smith is convinced that t cotton is going higher. There are, he said, many reasons why v this is true. The Southern mills!' have been getting supplied with V cheap cotton and will cooperate: i tho banks have been collecting a on the paper they considered J most volatile; and finally the e law of supply and demand is r sure to govern. Existing prices I are based on the ginners' reportf, e he says, and the crop is not only t very early but is all ginned and the succeeding ginners' reports a will show such a falling oil that c there will be no excuse for the f Wall street manipulators to hold v the prices down. 1 On this point Mr. Smith ? said : "The unprecdeuted good c weather for gathering and gin- t ning has caused an unusually t large ginners' report which will and does mislead the public. ^ The crop throughout the belt is c more nearly gathered than at r this date any year for years lie t sides, speculators and mills have s bought treelv around current a prices. These interests will now ( become hulls, because having f bought at low prices the manu- t facturor wnnb high priced goods t and the speculator wants a good profit. These factors joined ' with those farmers who can and t will hnld^eems to justify the pre- * diction of much higher prices." w A IlIO KAMA' NEXT WEEK. Mr. B. II *rii-4 ot Pendleton c has issued the following call: "In order to have a conference on the c >lton situation and to devise some method lor relief, all members ol the tanners' un ion and others interested in the ^ raising of the price of cdton are urged to meet in the court house 1 at Columbia on Wednesday nig lit of fair week. It is highly impor tant that there be represent a tives from a 1 sections 01 South' Carolina and from nil interests. | "This meeting will headdress-'! ed by Senaor-elect Smith audi! others." i When Mr. Smith was asked.' about this yesterday he said that i, he would ho here and had ae j cepted the invitation to speak. Woman Narrowly Escapes Being Buried Alive. Ellis, Kan, October 21.?The 1 timely interventi >n of a physi cian who was not satisfied with 1 the appearance of the body to- 1 rtnv nrfiVMMlrut I Iik tmri.il nlivo nt Mrs. Thomas Chapman, sixty years old, who w?s sti|>i>?>s >d toi have died suddenly of heart 1 disease on Saturday. The body !1 was preparod lor burial, but was not embalmed. The funeral was to have.taken placo at 2:30 o'clock his afternoon. A ^few minutes belore the coffin was sealed, a ;' physician requested permission ! to see the body. An examine- 1 tion confirmed his suspicions that the woman's body was made rig- 1 id by suspended animation. The woman was removed Iroin the Collin, placed in bed and revived. Whue her heart is weak, it is _ believed Mrs. Chapman will re- ' i 7 cover. * - V : LAf LEDGER J8b2 KLY. )ne of Lawyers Escapet Captors ? Not Murdere with Partner--Story of Hi Experiences. Tiptonville, Tenn., Oct. 22 Juharmed, save numerou uratjhes received in a tliirtj lour trip throueh unfamilia voods and the tatiitue iucidea o tho trip without food and tli nenlal strain, Col. R. /.. Tayk eached here to dav. alter e> aping Irom night-riders at Re< root lake, who murdered h outlier, Captain Quentiu Ru ;iu, night before last. His own storyol his experience vas told by him today as tollow 'Monday night last Captain Rat :in and 1 went to Reel Foot la^ n response to a letter Irom l Mr. Carpenter ol Union Cit; fennessee, who wanted to leas otne timber lands. On our ai ival at the lake we went to th jog House, or Ward Hotel, an larly ailer supper retired. Sore lme during the night we wei iroused hy some one knockin it our door, and on opening tl loor a mob of masked men W< onnd standing in the hall. W vere orderea to dress, and as th eader of the mob said, he wan (d to talk to us, we put on 01 dothes and accompanied the me it. i l_ - e a. ?- 11 "* o uie oacK 01 ino ia?e some ui ance trom the hotel. .The leader of the mob talk* vitta us, telling us wo were ass< hating too much with Judge Ha is and weie taking entirely to nucli interest in the lake. 11 aid that the course of 11 trri md the West Tennessee Lan Company in prohibiting frt ishing was causing the starv, ion of women and children, an hat something had to be don< I never dreamed that the mi ntended u- any harm, Hut the he mob threw a rope aroun Japtain Rankin's neck a< iwung him to a limb. He pt esteil and sa'd: 'Uentlemet lo not kill me', and the reply i he mob was a volley ot 50 shot This was the tirst evidence < mv intention to harm us an vhen the tiring began i jumpe nto a bayou, anil made ior iunken log. Behind this 1 h md the mob tired several liui Ired shots in'o the lo>r. Tne vilently believed I was-do ? 'or 1 heatd one ol them say: -He lead and let him go,' and wit ;iiat he rode away. I romui nn/1 i ?-* 1 ?? < <?>?? ?? ?* * i \ iiiuinv vi in '?ic naci uu ifter the mob was oil' of hea n< and went to an islan I i:i U ake where I roinaiued all da tVi night I start d out an walked all night, coming up to lioiipe at (5 o'clock tli moi ning" Infant Killed in Runaway Fitzgerald, (da , () t. 22?i f> months-old infant oi Mrs. \V u-r lluhling was instantly kill loday by its brains being dasln out aganift a free in an ug runaway of a blind family hore The child's grandmother \v fatally injured, having been hm ei headlong against the sar object. Conductor Whisonant, of Southern Railway frieuht tra wuH arrested here Wednesd evening t>.v Chief of Police ,\ Maims, charged with blocking street with hi* cars. He u;? bond for his appearance at tri to be held later. Cotton Market. Cotton on local 'market, P cents. In New York yesterday spot cot! dosed at P.35 cent and futures closed follows: October, P.I I: December, K" January, 8.77; March, K.?!P; May, 8.CI. JCASTEF REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISI LANCASTER, S. C., OCTOBER 24, 1908. I THE SHOW THURSDAY. I Tillman o d Wants 1 s! Republic Parade and Exhibitions Good Buy Elec ?Trouble Caused by a Washicgtc is Short Change Artist. Charlotte Ob A largo crowd was attracted to ^Um,?11e11 r Lancaster Thursday bv "Howe's k.lt!na. Pr 1 1 1 Groat London Shows." which Washington LU i .i - his home in V nu VI?iui:iwiio liuic. IIIW Ullt) J. >r iti the afternoon and the other at . ? , 3. night, in tents erected south of vut ' "ie IK1 r the depot. The parade in the Pre .e( morning was very good, as were * gooil c ia 1_ also the exhibitions, as stated bv ' ''V0111"ei many who attended. * when askot^ St The show people, however, sli,'t'meu'i 1 s' had some trouble in the evening c\re P'anmnP 1 with the town authorities. S .me tl0" the P e half dozen or more citizens hero i a reported that *hev had been P1,rt> 1 V' practically robbed by a man njamled. Je at the circus who got that PilrW r' them to give him large bills for f" er- r, his email change, offering them ubliah a (1 reserve seat tickets as a prem- a,ter .neleCt 16 iutn for the exchange. The al- . .W1 rJev 6 leged swindle consisted in no' ^ ielr ei( er: ^ giving the parties the correct c^08e ^ie 8011 ,e n,.? r.o.n. tionsasaret gave the stranger t*vo 5-dollar se,yes e bills. The latter said he couldn't Senator J ie afford to give a reserve seat ticket 'ie ^Vii'1 a^r?* for so small a sum as $10. and deal ^v0tl ir handed back to the citizen what '?nM(* 11 ho thought were his two bills, , 0 but which upon investigation 'Ionian hrr , made later proved to be only *}y matl> one-dollar bills. Mayor Hughes *"09M 'In sent Chiet of Pol ce McManus to men'? the show Thursday night with | instructions to clo-e it up if the Pleast show people relu9ed to make ,, ,, is , : . . . , , , Mr? h n . good tne citizens losses, which , , . 1 us replied t<? him uwrenuled '1,er da1u?hl !e *102. l?e manaser told duel *,r- ??' ?!r' 'j McManus that he knew nothing 1 1,1 ^ about the swindling, bu' would Mr. L. NI. 7 satisfy lt'0 parties, lie accord- '8 v*siti ingly paid $S0 ol the losses | lI,d Mrs. S j claimed and made satisfactory Mr. Amir ' j settlement for I ho balance with Rock Mill o the parties themselves, taking Mrs. M. 2 receip;s from thein. The citizens home Wed ^ were unab'e to identify the man visit to h"r who swindled them, otherwise law. Mr. an he would h^ve heen masted and en, of Augu , prosecuted. Mr. W. The show exhibited at Rock Beckham Ji Hill yesterday an I is scheduled in Lancastei to be in Chester today. Mlss l)oy i. * latives in L v i Veteran Methodist Minister Mr. L. L Dead i nesoay last ! s , I'leasant Hi h Columbia special in ihtirsdays i Charlotte Observer: Rev Dr. B Abel M. Chreitzberg is d< ad a' Lynched r | his home here on Hull street, in in?..ii?nnA? ,e I his S'Jtli year after over half a At Hart el] yr j century's work in I lie Methodist mot) la-i ni: ,1 ministry, aiul for many years named S a senior member of the South Car \-v,H a,,,j p ii? olina Conference. Dr. Chreitz- was char} t)er^ \va- a native of Ohaileston attempted and hi:? lirat charge was given MjS8 Whiti him in 183i) when he was mar well known : ried to Miss K. M inna ol that , 0uld give jicitv. Ttiere were four children negro. hut * j by this marriage, ttio only sur t*d to Stove ' viv.ir b^ing li? v Dr. Milliard C P. Cbreitzberg, of the North Oar- tlorr ~ ] olina Conference He was mare* ried a second time to Mis- Hat- ''\l'n'V' as! lie K, Kilgore, of Newberry, 1 ] from which uni n there were Alt" ,l l,Jlll nel three :011a and two (luiu-liters. potatoes)) one of I he ' ' ' ttClMltPI'M ill aj Alabama Judge Warned by potatoes w< " Night Riders. "'"I ?.f,lh?"' a.v ? and llio c Ic Birmingham, Ala , Oct 22? This hosts H Judge Samuel Weaver, who has record, as ve issued several warrants lor alleg- i-sua. It id ed prohibition violations, today Mr. 1'iyleri received a postal card informing on' '"'1 llif him that a night riders' organi- With half ! /atu?n had been formed Ii'th and 'oes Mr. () 'that ho was o i the list I >r ai- pounds. on terili >n if he was not more care*" ful. Judge Weaver says he will it js (l pay no attention to the warning. The News ?,l i Ne i 1891 PRICI n the Situation-- The F to Know "Where --it; ans Got Money to gc^( :tion. . , Dear )u special in tlio * , me spa (server: 1? resh Irom ; , , . i- a few * 8 stay in huropo1 jj-jj man passed throuph ' ' tnclay oil nis way to South Carolina. i,l ^,0<>,( . , * . needed 3 was out of toucli i . . place, < meal situation but , . o iii ed is ni ill KflTQIl I *v y au >vuuiu nave . . nee lor victory on!'11 ,th" d. 11 is oyes Hashed ,V.ri( .'l: as to Mr. Bryan's A r?* at the Republicans H. g0? : to bu v tbe the elec ' a-. ,ev oils on the last day. 0. lor lid the Republican \ ,e c lie money?" he de- bath 8." That is a question ,n"es 1 will never attempt j'j 100 ' ior can it answer. lem list of contributions eveu 1 ion? Bosh! That J*11?? ' er stand inspection. .()1 . s are as afraid to'dis- )e^ 6 , roes oi the contribu- ? no he contributors them 0 tend on LMItnau said while P f1' id he studied a great 81 1(!? nan history and he iie period covered by c(jn'1"' ie ami Fall of the,, .. May wi ipirn" was precipita J. ' elements now to bo n<> e e American govern- C(>me ' all. ant Hill Dots. New Mobley is visiting Rocse^ er and son-in-law, with t] 3. M. C. Cauthen, of sociate from t Beckham of Rock next, ng his parents, Mr. the exi Beckham Sr. * story c e\v Adams went to DhaHe n business this week, work i i. Cauthen returned '0(,A" ^ neadav la^t (mm a ctI'n"n son and daughter ind Mrs. M. O. Cauthata Ga. I f ir (). Rulledge and S. umbia . spent \\ ednesday house contai e Turner visit d re- seed n incaster this week. by fire . Cauthen spent Wed- ^10 " in Kershaw. )s I'1' li, Oct 22 Rex ancefor Usual Crime. .. 6 N ev a, Tenn., Oct. 22.? y j( lo, Ala . near Decatur, years illt took a negro n im- reco,r, I oyer from two depu j,js )( pnched him. S'over |i;m js ?ed with having a?ul H to criminally assault ^jr e, t ie daughter <?t a ();(i :l, i !arm?r, Miss White p]a ,,| no description ot the p ,8t0| eir<umata> ce- point- \ know, r I ho guilty party. I \ew 1 ?? ? - ? carriei *otatoen. er l\ R. Voder, of Tl , has been presented; Wh !>lo ot mammoth sweet'ihe ( Mr. A Obenoskey, j w?s y News' esteemed sub per an that section Both A t ro grown in one lull, oj'j a weighing 8 pounds, s tpi \ iher, -1 14 pounds mus. Mr. G W. Plyler's Do yo published in our last 'pj1 will he recalled'ha'j nior, :1m; 4 potatoes out ol j ment it weaned J i pounds ; ??w hat number of pota cert'n beuobkey scores 12j tome m *""" m Sent ? be printed, sprnl it to to Thi lice. prices. ws C 5 CENTS PER COPY ted Hill School House s Flourishing Sabbath ol Editor: Will you allow coin your good paper for ^orUs in behalf of the Red cliool house? God has the good people to build 1 school house, so long in this lowly and needed llld tllMV ll fiwor tit* Klocc y prayer. May God bless so who are working so jainst i', for God bi Is us dv to come. We have Sunday school every Sunaning. Many lathers and s and so many blessed hildren attend litis Sab:hool that would not many n a year see a Sabbath It is near and dear to God forbid that I should inder one ol these little rem coming unto Thee, good b >ok says it would er tor us to have a mill lang about our neck anil in to the sea than to ot 16 Ot t hose lit tin ones S.> le leaders ol tins Sund ?v forever reap their reward heavenly home above and le to lit and prepare 'ouls to meet with them, e all live so that death will a burden to us, when we o die. May Ood bless us W. V. Llegler. Idy to Be An Editor. York, Oct. 21.?President relt his signed a contract lie Outlook to act as an aseditor after hi? retirement lie presidency in Match This is made mbject to isting contract to write a if his African travels lor s Scribner's Sons. His n connection with the Oncto cover political and nic topics Eire in Hartsville. tville special in the ColState: The largo meal ,.i * iw? i? ll? ~:i ?iii wi inv; ii.u i o> illt' U11 1I11I1* ning a quantity of cotton ileal, was entirely deployed i tins morning at 2 o'clock, ss is about -+15.000, which ictica'ly covered by insurtter Carrier 40 Years. v York,Oct. 21 ?Benjamin ;e has rounded out forty as a letter carrier, and in .lition of bis long service >llow workers pave him a (one pold watch, chain and fob suittbly inscribed. I.ee is sixty-three yeats id lias never had a cc mapainst him while in tfie lice. lie is said to be i to more business mm in i'ork than any othei letter r. he Tramp's Answer. en Mrs. Eddy, the head ot Jiiristian Science Church, oung, whe conducted ;? temco campaign tor a time, 'amp asked her tor help. 1 help you my friend," Irs. Eddy, "but tirst you answer mo one question, u or do you not drink beer'" > trump, a hardened cinto looked at her in amaze hv, ladv,1' ho sail, "ye 'y don't think I oqairt it inarm wid a syringe! '?ruck. 1 year orders for .lob Printing e News?good work and low