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The Lancaster News LEDGER 18bz REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. 4. NO. 12. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., NOVEMBER 11, 1908. PRICE K fwro DL'D The Great Cotton Conference in New Orleans Today and Tomorrow. Union City, Ua., Nov. 8 ? Charles S. INrreti, national president of the Farmers' Union has just returned to his home in tins city from a visit to New Orleans, where, in conlerenee with prominent business men and the local authorities, he perfected arrange uieuts tor the Industrial and Commercial congress, to be held there November 11-12,for li e purpose of advancing the price ot cot ton throughout the Snu'li. "In my opinion," President Harrett said, "The conference will be the greatest and most ^igniticant gathering ot its nature in f.htt histnrv nl tlin Sdir li I suits will be seen, il may bo confidently predicted, in an lncreasen price for spot cotton 111 every section ot the South until the close of the selling season. k* I base this statement upon reports made to me by prominent officials ot the Farmers' Union with whom 1 conforrel in New Orleans, and upon the enthusiastic encouragement accorded me by the business men o! the Crescent- City. 44From present indications, between one thousand and fifteen hundred delegates Irom our or ganization will be in attendance, coveringthe most important portions of the colion belt, and rep resenting the majority ot the cotton growers whose co oporu lion is imperative in any movement lor increasing llio price ol the staple. "The 1'rogressiye union of New Orleans, equivalent to the ho ?rd of trade in the ordinary city, greeted me most heartily on iny arrival, and its members eagerly oifered their aid in enlisting the interest not only of the business men of the home city, but as well of other important, communities throughout the South "I can no longer doubt, from the expressions of the most prominent business men ot Now Orleans, that, the commercial inter e^ts ot this city, the largest bona tide cotton market in the world, are anxious to co-operate 111 a campaign tor bettor prices, and that they are ready to show their willingness in substantial for 111, "The railroads have granted a rate of one fare, plus 25 cents for the round trip from evorj section in the South. Ticke'f j?o on sale November 9th. Tin Hotel Grunewald will be t he headquarters of the Farmers Union during the conference, an< has made a rate to members o! the union of $1.00 a day, th< same otTor bomg open to visit irs attending our sessions. The city of New Orleans ha? tendered the French Opert llouse lor tho sessions of the conference, and delegates will b( generously entertained durinu their stay, including a boat ridt on the Mississippi river and other amusements. k'I believe this conference wil be the means of saving $15',000,000 by increasing the pnc< ot cotton from the present tim< until the end ot the soil ng soa son. Is not this sum to he (lis. tributed in every channel o Southern industry, well wort! the eflort of business men prener aUy? 1 ask the co-operation o manufacturers, men ot affairs public men, every class, in tac' of men ot activity in the S uit! hi making a success ol this con ference. I'lie lir-<t dav's ses ioi will be executive, and open ouh to members ol the Uninn. The sessiunjof the 12th will b< : open to our friends from every I sec!ion of the South. They will be appointed on committees with members of the Farmers' union to work in harmony lor the end in which each is equallv interested." Charles S. Barrett. ' College Student Kills One Man and Wounds Two Others. Anniston, Ala.. Nov. 8 ?In a tight. at Ed wardsvillle last uight James Vaughan, college student, shot and instantly killed .lacksr,n Barker and wounded Elbert Jones and Bart McCormick. Jones' wound mav make amputation of the right arm necessary. McCormick suffered only a slight ties!: wound. Barker was shot through the heart three | times. Immediately alter the shooting Vaughan was placed on a tram and brought to Anniston, whero he was placed in jail lor pate-keeping. Keeling , was high in Edwardsville ami it was thought that an ellort might I ? he made to lynch Vaughan should ho ke placed in tho Ileflin jail. The tight, grew out oi a difficulty on election day which resulted in Hie destruction of the calaboose by (nend9 of Barker, who was arrested by Vaughan, a special deputy. Predicted Taft's Election 13 Years Ago. Manufacturers' Kocord: Thir teen years ago, according to a story as told a few days ago to the writer by one of the participants, there were gathered one evening in a winter-resort hotel on the Gulf of Mexico a number of prominent public and busi , ness men, including Senator Vest. ! Jerome Hill, a leading cotton factor of Memphis, a Judge of lie Supreme Court ot Ohio and several others. Kadi man i 11 the party was asked to give Ins impression of the greatest man lie had ever known per-onallv. One after another told the story of his estimate ot the greatest man that he had met, until finally all had spoken except the Judge. When his turn came tie , said: "I have listened with much interest to what you have all L said about irreat men ot your acquaintance. 1 think I know a ! greater than any y >u have men. tio ied. The man I have in \iew . is the wisest and fa'rest c<?un, seller who has ever practiced in > my court. He is the safes! iriend [ as an advisor I have ever known. lie is the best son and the best , husband of my acquaintance and the purest minded man 1 have ever known." ' Who is t his remarkable mm?" ^ i nit 111 uno ??i me pur' y. " * 11is," .' said the Judge, ' William 11. j Tuft of Ohio, and some day, ii , his lift) is spared, he will he the , President of the United States." I This conversation took place, as gia'od by Mr. Jerome Hi 1, I cue ot the participants, to the Manufacturers' It-cord a few , days ago, at Bay St. Louis just , 13 years ago. The prediction has her n fulfilled, and William II. Tuft has been elected l'r.-sij dent ol the United S'ates. A clergomau writes. 'Prevention, those little Candy Cold i lire Tablets are work| lntc wonders in my parish.'' Prevention surely will check a cold, or the Grippe, in ' a very lew honrs. And Prevention are ?<> sate anil harmless. No Qniii'ne, nothing harsh nor sickening. Fine for feverish, ' rftntlcMH < )?iIII!/?*? lh?v #. ' iw w"' i i>y Ftuiilerhurk Ptmmmcy w i * ? * Mr. K. N. Nisb?*t, superintendent of education for 1'nion county, N. visIitoit his brother here yesterday, Mr. J. F. Nisbut. j THE PUBLIC ROADS. | Since All Sections Cannot be Worked at Once Under | New Law, It Is Suggested that Worst Places be Temporarily Repaired for Benefit ot Mail Carriers and Public Generally. Mr. Editor : I notice in the Lancaster News ot Nov. the 7th, that Mr J. B Bruce, ot Greeuv.iu s; n 1-- " > ....u, v^. w., iui iiir;i iy 111 x ra(10Sville, this county, asked for information relative to Lancaster's new road ' law. After giving Mr. Bruce information in reference to the new road law the following statement is added, viz. : "All the roads in the county have been surveyed and laid otf into sections of from 2 to 5 miles each by a civ' 1 engineer, who has drawn plans and specifications and m -de estimates of the work." You have been misinformed as to the above statement, inasmuch as many miles of public highway in the county have not been surveyed at all ; especially is this true ui what is known as the river section ot the c unty, where practically no surveying has been done and nothing is being -aid, so far as I hear, about any being done. The above mentioned part of the county is covered by K. F. 1). routes, tlio same as other portions n? t'-e county :>re. 1? no steps are being made by the county authorities to give the carriers any belter roads to deliver tl?e mail to the putrons of the routes residing in the river section or western part 01 the cuti'y. Kou'es Nos. 3 and I from Lancaster traverse tire western part oi tiie county, at leasi 50 miles ot it, as each oi the above routes is 25 miles ir length, and ot these 50 miles possibly 23 miles have been surveyed, and plans, specifications, etc , have been made tor a traction oyer six miles ot the 50 i mentioned, and of this 50 miles in question not a loot of road has been let nor a yard of dirt been moved since the new road law j went into efTeci. Oniy one sec| t io:i ot route 3 lias been worked I voluntarily since August, 1007, i auu bkihc acuillllis Wt'Tf llO' t V't'Il pretended to be worked then. The last lieand promise given them was in March, 1907. Think of the unprecedented rains ot last winter, think of the never to be forgotten floods of last August, then add the other rainfall 'since March. 1007, a period of | over 19 months, then picture to your mind what condition roads would be in now. Absolutely no work done on a public road in 19 months except what C done by hoof and tire. In justice ( to the hands and overseers on the 25 nnles of highwav covered i by route 3 all the sections except I two were worked in August, 1907, two haven't been wonted I since March, 1907, and one 9ec11ion from Jones Cross roads to ( New Hope church was voluntarily worked last March by Messrs. J. A. Can then and VV. j 1 Vanlandinghnm While the condition ol too road covered bv route 3 is deplorable and in places positively dangerous, I don't expect it ih inucit worse ' hail some ot I er roads traveled bv oilier curiers in the county, and in consideration ot tin tact 1 hereby pr iy the proper an thor1 ue* to d > s >tneihiuu tor the R K. I), carriers a* regards the roa is. VV Know that >bero <R I throughout toe county cannot be worked at once aud what I Se ink in beha'f ot tbe carriers is tins: on every public road iu the ! county that has not been sur veyed and let out bycontrac', 'where traveled by a carrier, '"Ch have the worst places patched so |Q() they cut be traveled until per- mt manently r paire ' Carriers are uiveu x schedule by the govern- mj merit. The time ot departure m, and arrival ot each carrier from ijjj the Lunca-ter [>ostflioce i? the (|,t s nne. The time ot departure is a,|( 8.30 a. ni. and ot arrival 3.30 p. pv in. Tiio above schedule prevails tjic at present. But a new schedule He | may be put in effect in the near (|l future, which will make the time somethiug like one hour ()| lat r lor the departure of the |,a, rural mails each day. Owing ,j,r fo t he almost impassable condi- ^ tioos of portions of the roads Qf traveled by carriers the schedule tm above given cannot be made ; ^j0 esp? ciallv is this true of carriers jj,, Nos. 3, 4 and 5. 1 he time con- tj, htimed by them in serving their j|e respective routes i9 about 9 hours y9. each day at this time. If the time ot departure is changed to Vf.30 a. in. that will cause the A* above mentioned carriers to arrive at t?.30 p. m., and as 0 p m. is the closing hour at >ho post- , ollice mail collected on the three *I>" routes in question cannot he dispatched until the following day. v By repairing the impassable places in tho roads until per ma- i nent work can be done will not p null bel will the ciiiiieis luO : pubiic as well. So 1 again urge 111 the proper authorities to give U3 ? the reliel desired. W. E. Pardue, c* Letter Carri?r Route No. 3. . so i Harvie InrHan Pr^Hiofc T-TJ-K Rc j ? A VU1VIJ X i4 <V er Prices for Cotton. tin Atlanta, Ga., Nov. S. ? llurvie .Ionian, president of the South Ntl ern Cotton Grower-;' association, speaking tonight ot the outlook 'pj lor marketing the present cotton crop, said: "The national election is past 'and millions ol do'lars oi orders for manufactured good ? have s been placed in t lie past lew ' weeks. Raw cotton will lee' ^ the impetus pvea to other line |j oi industry. While the ginner*' * reports indicate a larger anioun j.(] ot co'ton ginned to dite than tit any previous period in th k iii^ t rv ot the census bureau, 'he winnings for November and the -ucceoding mon lis ot the year ^yi will indicate a heavy and con- . tinuous tailing off. The total ... V I1 vield of this year will, in toy CQ opinion, tell tar short of the two big crop years ??t 1004 ami 1006." (Mr. Jordan emphasized his be liel that the price of ootton will lise spordily. World's Production of Cot- ! * f ton. \vi (16 Washington, Nov. 8.?The world's production of cotton lor mill consumption durum the , year ending August .11, 1908, e.1 exceeded by 2 140,000 b ?' M tlie |' a production ot 'he previ"u? year, j )( according ?<> ?lie census beroau's , ' Ol renort t?n i >ir? niiinlv ami 1i.^ i r " " I'" ' ? ? * ' "o distribution of cotton. It is a Bigniticaut l o't, t be reports shows, that tbe fluctuations in the world's supply of cotton is mens- n i iired pr.?cH<' dly by the v iriutions ' Si in the annual production in theji't I nited Sta ts. | ut It t'io consumption of cotton I SI 11- 1000 equals th d <n !' >> 3 the 1) Unit* d States, it is declared,! of n? 11 -1 contribute about 12,500.000 Gt bales t?> prevent further demo te 45 in stocks. | in ? ? vi-in x?j x jjjiv r i ;wing Machine Agent in Monroe Gets 5 Years in Penitentiary. Monroe special in Monday's inilo'te Oh-eryer: In Superior uri ve9terdav W. E. Bell, tor j 1 >rly loc.il t ol 'he Sinter wing Machine Company, subtted to charge* of embezzle?nt and forgery made against n by the Sinter Company and s Interna ioual Fidelity Iusurre company, and was sentenced Judge Webb to live years iu ) State's prison it hard labor. .1 was accused ot having forged > names ot about thirty persons Jnion county to fictitious le >909 sewing macnines where he 1 really sold the machines outht and converted the money his own use. ' he total amount his embezz'ement was $1,179 I it is believed ih?t hi* oper?iis extended over several years. II has a wife and four children, > eldest only 6 years of age. > came to Monroe about four irs a'-ro from Gastonia. le Typhoid Situation at Winthrop. Rock Hill special in Monday's iumbia State: I'rot. lames Kinard, acting president of mthrop college, made the folving statement today: "Two ot the suepec ed eases fever at W'nlhrop have been oi?ou"eed typho"''. T1 is m ikes the infirmary today six cases tvphoid fever. There are also Hie infirmary nine suspected 3es. 1 reported yesterday one ditional suspected c ??e, but in ne way the correspondent from >ck Hill failed to cot thrt word dditional." Dr. Boyd reports it. the sick eirls are doing well. iS8 Nellie Ray, who has been ry ill. is better today." ie Brilliant Carmack of Tennessee Killed in Street Duel. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 9.?As equel to 'he leeent bitter l)eicraiic primary for (he gubertorial nomination in Tennessee in. E lw .rd Ward Carmacg, iner I *ni * e* 1 States Senator >ni Tennessee, was shot and le I in a stree' duel here this ernoon by Robin ('ooper, a ung a'tornev. Young i Jooper is wounded in the shoulder by a lift from Carmack'a revolver d is tonight under police surdlaoce in a local lmsD'td. lii< tvliiion ir= no? serious Carmack was wounded three nt". in thaneck, the breast and e left shoulder. Colonel Dunn H. Cooper, father of the uuner mm, was w:th his son irinu 'he a fir ay but did not fire diot. It is said he stood f.y Lth his pistol iti hand. Ue is tamed tonight at police headlarters. The direct cause of e killing is a recent -criep o' iforials in The Tenne9=ean, a ,ily paper of which Mr. Cara-'k became editor atier his doit for the nomination for dov nor. isH Mum / ' ?? i i Miss Marv K Berk ham, a itive of this county, di?* 1 last mday in the State hospi'nl in )''Ural)ia, where she had been ider freatinjnt f"r many years. 10 was a daughter of the late iiren Beckham, ana a sisiet Mr. U 1). Beckham, 01 Cedar reek township. She w:i ilx at roars oi n*Li. Tu, 1 aria'. .vus Columbia Monday.