The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 24, 1908, Image 1
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.
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: 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