The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 17, 1909, Image 1
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VOL. 4. NO. 56. SEMI-W
THE PDBUC ROAIS
A Former Member of the
Legislature Who Helped
to Make the New Law,
and Who as Contractor
has had Considerable Experience
in,?;*s Practical
Application, Writes of the
Road Working and the
%. Progress Being MadeSuggestions
to Traveling
Public.
Mr. Editor: Since I have quit
active road working and have
gotten back home and have a lit.
tie leisure time, I thought that I
would talk about the road law
and the progress _ot the road
working and the prospects for
our county to have good roads in
. the future. As to the Road Law,
1 consider it the best road law
in the State. I have worked 17
miles of road and think that 1
have pretty well demonstrated
the practicability of the law. So
far as the people along the line
of my contracts have expressed
themselves they are highly pleased,
and by many courtesies extended
to me, every expression
of kindness in .their power has
been given. And 1 am very
grateful to all of them for such
AXnrARainna
* I am ot the opinion that the
specifications, gotten np by the
Oonnty Hoard are too high and
require more work than the
amount of money available will
r~*\ warrant. In fact, if a contractor
is required to work sections
strictly up to the specifications
he will times out of 5 come
oot-In deH. This is one of the
closest,problems connected with
the fpfcd working?tcf"adjust this
matter with due rqgard to the
contractor's welfare and at the
time guard the interest of the
county.
There ehpOld not beany arbitrary
measures, plans .Or orders
in. Tkbt' every effort
'^possible should be made to work
.every mile of road in tbc county
at the earnest time possible. &>
^ do thia tb0'*H;ontracf? should be
>. Jet promptly and contractors
should %feceiv.e the encoursgey
ment and direction of the Hoard
of County Commissioners whenI\
' (ever^lihie and opportunity w^uld
permit. The working and
'tfV. maintenance of the public roads
V'? of our f^onnty are ot paramount
y importance. Nothing will give as
\| much advsmymenf and real imf
pr??yeme?t;, to, tl/e farmers and
mlhef nhbTic generally a? good
We are aware that the
1 new road 1 aw ii iW its opposition,
/ithat ia almost always so with a
/ anew law, but the advantages acj
L~ cruing from well worked roads
ji are fast overcoming all opposi|l
tion, and the question now with
lAtbe people is, give us good roads
4 and we will stand square for our
part of taxes, etc.* The demand
V now is for good roads, not com*
B plaint against the payment of
\ taxes. The people are watching
(tt/fvery move in the direction of a
mithful discharge of duty devolv\e
upon the c fficial, having his
jflt in charge, and we trust
will keep this up, bnt^we
lild remember that the ;e^Pon
of this work de
Bat care and much bard work.
" _ ?PP. .A.r kuva ft, inansnratA I
JHVI l/UJVU> D M? ? v WW HWV
put in o,V*ration an entireFysie^
and a? a matter
jfclajtK tV
*mp fk \ fv1 - out on ? Up
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EEKLY.
I nf Animoa if mi 11 lata lima ? ?<
1 perseverance to succeed.
Let us give them the coopera
tion the matter demands and
! feel sure that everything wil
j work out all right. We have al
| ways been somewhat opposed tc
; the county going into the roat
working. We believe the citi.
zens of the county should wort
their roads under the contraci
system. 1 have worked 17 milet
of road At a cost to the county ol
a fraction over an average ot $8?
per mile. 1 do not believe thai
any county squad would have
worked it tor less, and am inclinec
to think it would have cost mucl
more. I cannot see why th?
couvicts of our county could uot
at, this time be profitably worked
on our roads, taking the price oi
labor into consideration with the
waeee we are getting from the
hire of these convic's in othei
counties. I thiuk that it would
be on the 6ide of economy a;
well as progress to get up a good
chain gang and place in charge
of it a good experienced road
worker. Now that the road law
has passed the experiment ata
tion, let us press it so hard thai
we will squeeze every drop oi
I politics out of it, and give to the
j people of the county iu evens
! section good roads. This is whal
the people have been asking foi
I for years, and now that we have
I the matter in hand, let us give
it that support that will insure
success. We must keep in mind
that our roads at the time this
law was put. into operation were
almost impas-able, and as a mat!
ter of tact we had 'o commence
like buildiug new roads altogether,
and this fact is one cause of
I i. In ur *-*A J 4 h ? 4 ? ?
! oiun piu^ioas, XA 1111 LIIHU, IUO
the work had only fairly be!
gun when winter came on, and
j of course retarded the work to s
! greatexteut. This, coupled witl
with want ot experience in road
working and handling question*
j like this new law suggested together
w ith new and inexperienced
officials who had this bu*i
nose to control and push forward,
were some of the reasons tor nc
better showing than we are able
to show at present. Yet we are
in no way discouraged, tor wc
believe that we will soon have
good roads in every section ot
our county, notwithstanding the
the various difficulties through
which we have to pass.
I do not want to oTose this ar!
tide, although it is getting rather
long, without asking the
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; 11 ?v tnuiK. puuuu ui ooHHrve on
I ' h? ir part a few import ?nt pom s:
Don't object to contractors turn!
ing water into natural channels,
this the law allow* them to do
Don't throw brush, rocks or an>
| obstructions into the side ditches.
Don't drive info the ditches ; i'
/ills them up almost a" elleetu illy
as a man can with a shovel.
Remember that drainage is the
keynote to all successful road
improymeut. It these items
were properly observed most of
our roads would remain in good
order ranch longer. In the lan
guage of the Populist, "Jgeep in
de middle of de road."
OMr. Editor. I write th? above
in no dictatorial spirit, but purely
in the interest of the public
good, and I shall at all times endeavor
to watoh the carrying
ont of one new road law, in the
hope and expectancy of its success.
Respectfully,
Geo. W. Jones.
huu^pot'and Itlft-AirenW tw*"
erican Bible Society.
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? NOW CHIEF JUSTICE
" Lancaster's Disting
Citizen Sworn in as
of State Supreme
> Thursday.
| (Columbia Record, April It
Ad interesting ceremor
t place in the supreme cc
( noon today, the occasion
the swearing id of Judge
* Jones, of Lancaster, prom
f chief justice to take the p
} Chief Justice Y. J. Pope,
cuit Judge D. E Hydrick O)
1 tanburg to take Justice
i place as associate justice,
I Solicitor Thomas S. Se
Spartanburg, promoted t<
1 of the seventh circuit in p
* Judge Hydrick. State J;
J. C- Otts of Gafluey wa
I solicitor to succeed
Sease, by the recent appon
^ of Governor Ansel, The
? ing in ceremony today was
jjcordance with elections
| took place in toe Isst legif
; Chief Justice Pope liavi
I sighed, eflective today, i
i count of failing health.
I None of the other mem
the supreme bench were |
> at the ceremony, and Go
I Ansel could not attend
r j count of having to catch
f A f 11A f 1 -
I VV VI 1 W!1 T I 11U 1UI tut? in
conference opening there
t row and at which he ib to p
I The ceremony was very i
First, Judge Hydrick si
' Judge Jones as chief justic
r the new chief justice re
t the compliment by swear
. Judge Hydrick as a men
the supreme bench. Ne
5 chief justice administer*
i oath to Mr. Sease that ma
, a circuit judge.
The court room was ci
with ladies and members
> local bar.
AN IMPRESSIVE SEI
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"'The Formal Installat;
the Rev. R. L. Rol
as Pastor of the Lan
i and Shiloh A. b
i Churches.
i As previously announ
I The News, the installat
Kev. R. L. Robinson as pa
' Lancaster and Shiloh A.
churches was held here l.ts
day afternoon at 2 c
Though the weather was ve
favorable, a large congrt
was present to witness the i
, services. On account of si
Rev. C. F. McDonald, who
preach the installation si
was unable to be j reseu
i had an excellent substirutt
ever, in Rev Oliver John*
D. of Wintiaboro, S? C Dr
son had several times con
i meetings in Lancaster and
popular here. His serm<
, this occasion which w as
, poution ot the Parable
i Ricn Man sad Lazarus?
I model of clearness, streug
; brevity and was delivered
much animation. The con
ution heard him gladly.
Alter til3 sermon Dr. jc
stated to the congregate
' design of the meeting, i
I the proceedings of the 1
I tery relating thereto, and
called upon the pastor e
conn- lorwuru. Airer pro;
ing ce/tain questions ah pn
by the church the presidin;
i istcr addressed the put-tor,
before him the ideals <
Christian preacher m chap
beautiful diction. Kev.
Young war then called uj
address the congregation,
ing up the various items
call he outlined to the cor
tion their duties and oblig
to the pastor The addi
Mr. Young, who by the <
doing a tine work in this c
was likewise direct, clear a
tnirably expressed. In c
ance with the customs
church the members of tl
gregation as well as the me
of other churches present
then asked to come forwa
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fixiena 10 we uewiy in
naiitor the right hand of f
hip. With the benedieti*
solemn and irapretiuve ?<
dwere brought to a cloee
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bandlhad ?ent foi n*r
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ASTER, & C., APRIL 17, 1?
.lONF^Inm rmiiMRu i
w* ixv | wi\ vvbvnuiH l
uished The Capital City
Head Big Preparations
Court Grand Music F
Some ot the Attr;
>tb.) Bouquet for Mag
iy took the Lancaster
?urt at School Students-T
Hats-Other Mai
oted to Interest.
ofCir- Mr. Editor: It is mo
f Spar- to make good promisee
.Jones' cellent resolutions that
RD(^ keep them. Several ti
ase or r
> judge your scribe apologized
dace of writing more often to T
Senator an(j promise to
s made , * ,
>licitor but 1 oppose t
utment I tell my excuse it wil
sv/ear- precinted bv Eugene E
\ in ac- . . . ,
which ' r when one "HS '
ilature, with Virgil, when on
ng re-'Rpar with geometry, a
on ac-:|ias t0 trv to trot 4<jntn>
bers of ,om ?f algebra, rhetoric
jreseut ture, etc., and when the
ivernor ^as jn a(jdition au
on aca
train duties it Keeps him 1
ymen's we apologize but beg t<
tomor-,0ff? from promising k4le
Simple. | *et" and break our Prot
vore in We wonder how mi
e, then | castrians, noble, patriot)
turned (jovj?g Lancastrians wi
ing in i
fiber of Columbia April '22-21
xt the going to be a great tin
9d the Lancaster fail to keep ai
de him , ... ,
other towns or will she
rowdedj large representation ht
ot the f,aB never fallen behin-1
us see the Ked Rose C
the banner representati
iTlLfc. affair will be grand. r
describe it would be t
ion of utter impossibility tor ;
binson respondent Tho e w
icaster read literature on this f
{ p ihe daily papers and c<
pers know pret'y well
will he. Several Lan
ced in
jon of be in the chorus
Btor of Hyatt Park High Schoo
f; * largely represented in
t 1 ues- . , ,
('clock wren's chorus. Let old
>ry mi. ter he here when A pi
igation roHe around. Besides t
solemn ,, .
cknesa w HU,? rac<
was to raf*e's, league (South .
erumm, base-hall (Columbia ai
aonyille being on the P
i, how.
ion, 1). , diamond at that time
. John* ball or so and numero
ducted (mictions. Reduced rat
is very
>n on ra,'roade. i hen is you
an ex- see Columbia's new sti
of the Columbia's many plac
th^and lt re8t wnt* Columbia's
[ with winners.
grega* We are late in doing
, better late than never,
ihuson
>n the recently added to our ci
recited Mrs. M. Johnson, Mr;
re^by- Perry and Mrs. Belle J
lect to They have been here for
Ijound- or more but this is "J.
epared lirst letter. We welcoi
; mm* . ,, vt
here. .Mrs. Nance is
netting
:>f the ""t'b Lorick & Lowrance
te and stenographer for that Is
on to have received the
Tak- sue8 of 'lie Ked Hose,
of the cieditable work tor th
igrega- j,ot p Up an,j )or phe j
resR?of l^ewH w'hich did such
way is pieces ot work on then
ounty gratnlations to all conce
nd ad- Baseball is a live to
^oTthe a(b?y8. Unless one had
le con- with proceedings in <
imbers baseball dope he would
r^and known that the ?olum
stalled ?ver came so near death
ellow. formation to a lower ch
>n the |jnow what happened d
frvices ...
winter so we will not
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09.
rTTril ! U?.<v T1 J - '
ClIEl^ I "D117' IU"!,e wnu uon c uno
will be left in the dark for it
TWT H to? 8ac* a ma'ter to ?f "O
a ng j ^jjaf Palmetto'8 .her ItH
or name) are so bright It loot
estival? |||ce Columbia will put up
actions? game tight and that the hood(
azine of *hich cleaved to us since tt
Graded league began has flown away lo
heNev* ever. Business men wlH?? loi
tters the sport as well as those wl
now as little about it as the
, . know about somethiug that the
ich easier\ .
and ex anow absolutely nothing aboi
have kept baseball in Colurab
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me3 jja8 not only because of the sport bi
I for not, a'8? because ot "civic pride.
pu vt I Could not Lancaster and sore
!be Newsi
do better: tOWn8 1 *orm a 'eaPu'
hat when e^^er professional, semi prole
, . eioual or amatuers tor this nun
I be apii
... .. naerf Let all Lancaster root t<
lliott, et:
. Columbia,
o wrestle
, . Sav, Mr. Editor, have 01
e has to
. friend, J. T. Wylie, Esq., 01
hen one ' 1 '
' the hot to"(*ate millinery shops sue
... as Mrs. Nlarv Boll's, the Heatl
c, lit era.
, Jones Co., Lancaster Meroanti
said one1 ? ,
i Co. all got all those new kin<
iese other1
oisv vSo a shapes ol hats for the feuia
5 sex? They are sure peache
r some ot them are. It used 1
et we for .
be the merrv widow which wo
ruse.
, ried the men so but now the
my Lau
have to look under the hats (1
c, music- v
... , . (ask Mies Dayi6.) These ha
ill be in v '
I? It ' 1 aa(^ gowns were on lu" dieplt
WiuiE"6terpace
with1 Columbia will look preily d
, cent when the sprine lestiv
I nave ri "
re? She lCOmes' tree8 are begiunii
yet Let;t0 get prelty' *ier m?in street
u ? the best ot the best and her othi
ity nave
on The 8treets Her cap
Fo trv to t0' gruUD(*i> have been ^reatl
in almost beautified aac* improvements ai
lour cor- beinc niade on every hand.
ho have Business is very *rood in Oi
ubject in 'unjbia- ^he stores have ni<
>11 nty pa- 8uPP''e- ?f froods and the me
what it Oolite say *hat trade is good.
,c?8lriane Lel congratulate I'ortm*
ies The ter hunter on his reappointmen
1 \vill be 4^r' ^unter makes an ideal pos
the chil- master an<* 1,0 mistake has bee
Lancas- rnacIe in retaining him.
ril 22 23 ^est we tire >'OI,r readers w
lie music draw nieh the eni1 of ">? "ePi;
... . :le."
?a, nurse
Atlantic) ^et UP rennember to 0?
, , . lumbia and push Lancaster."
iia Jack,
, J. M. B.
alinettn s yjm
. , Columbia, S. C.
) and a ' ^
us social
09 on all Kenilworth Inn Destroye
r time to by Fire.
eets and . Asheyille, N. C., April 14.es
of in- Aroused from their slumbei
pennant- after 2 o'clock this morniDK h
an alarm of firev, 75 quests of th
so, but fashionable Kenilworth lnr
We have three miles troirl this City. barel
tizenship had time to don some scanty ai
s. M. J. tielee of clothing and make thei
. Nance, eeeape fr ?rn the burning built
a month in*.
M. B.V The Jio'el was completely d?
ne them stroyed, fhe total loss being est
working mded at $'250,000, the insurant
i, being a being placed at $75,000.
iree tirm.
lwo Didn't War.t to Admit Del<
'' dgatts Whose Breath Sme
086 Who _ , .
of Liquor.
jancaster
splendid 'Spartanburg special in Cha
a Con- 'otte Observer: At the meetin
rned. the Great Council of Red Men <
pic now- South Carolina, which is heir
I kept up here, a m?tion was mat
, . . . this morning bv S. S. Tiner, del
Jolumbia 4 .. * ' '
gate trom Facolet, that all men
not a%6 appeared at the door <
bia feaiu convention hall with tl
or trans- Qf whiskey on their breal
asB. All be refused admission. The m
urino the I tion caused a lively debate bi
recite it was voted down.
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" SEN. BUTLER DEAD.
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)9 The Dashing Confederate
: Cavalry Leader, Statesa
man and Patriot Passed
)0 Away at a Late Hour
ie Wednesday Night.
r- (The Columbia State, April 15.)
'e Butler in dead. The dashing
10 sabreur who courted death on
>y many battlefields, last uight at
?y 11.40 was received into the sovereignty
of no suffering. For him
lH death had never had terrors.
Last night it was but falling
,, asleep. To him death was an
enemy, for he loved life, he loved
10 his friends, and he wished to live.
9? j But the love of life could not sus8*
I tain him, and Butler has gone to
a- be mustered in with Lee and
)r j Jackson and Albert Sidney Johnston
and Hampton and all those
if patriots and Southrons whom he
,r knew, nieu who loved the South
and feared naught but the frown
of the Great Commander.
je Gen. M. C- Butler died last
, | night at Knowlton's hospital.
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1 For a fortnight he lias been kept
e ! alive by his supreme willpower.
Q. I rv ..
-'iueatn came as gently as the
k? ' slumber of a babe. He was conr-!
sciouB up to 4 o'clock yesterday
>y i afternoon and iD the morning his
?) mind had appeared to be quite
ts i clear.
iv He was conscious of hiR condi"
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tion?and waa ready to meet
death. For him death had never
had terrors, and Butler bad too
often faced the merciless fire of
1^ the enemy to feel any nneasi.
18 ness when he knew the hour of
BT his surrender was at hand,
i- By his side when his great soul
ly fluttered away iu the moment of
re gentle dissolution were his wife,
his oniv danchtftr Mr?
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0., McNeely, his son, Dr. F. W. F.
.e Butler, Kev. B. W. Fleming and
Maj. H. W. Kichardeon. The
watchers scarcely knew that he
was dead so gently did sleep come
upon yButler. His other son,
1 Capt. M. O. Butler, Jr., of the
I- United States army, had been
n , here, but was recalled to his post
several (lays ago. Lieut, McNeely,
his son-in-law, is au officer of the
re uavy, aud he, too, was unable to
3 be here.
The funeral arrangements will
be announced later, but it is
!)' known that in accordance with
Uen. Butler's wishes hie body will
be buried at Edgefield.
About six weeks ago Uen. Butler
came to Columbia to be treated
for inflammatory rheumatism,
due to his wounds received in
battle. He had lost a leg at
Brandy Station, but alter recovering
from his wound went back
into battle, tlis maimed limb
r> had not bothered him until about
iv six months ago. He suffered inie
creasingly until he came to Co- ?
lurabia to be treated and siuce
*' the middle of January has been
y an inmate of the Knowlton hosr?
pital.
I His 1 ?.-nlden condition has
[caused his kidneys to become aft'ected
and this waR the cause of
his death. The poison spread to
gradually through his system that
in imsKiiiv li" -1
... , .-D ? .? ?#r **v uuv t oil dOlCO p>
1 Gen. Butler was h soldier who
jo j would have been a nation's idol,
perhaps, had he gone with the
winning side. lie chose the cause
of the South, and the true men of
the South regret his passing.
. Just across the street from the
** nouse 111 which Gen. Butler died
is the hall in which the Secession
convention met, out of which as.
r Uemblage grew the war in which
g Butler became great,
at ; There Hre few South C&rolini,g
aiiK living who enjoyed the rank
je ^ and distinction of general?and
none who at 27 were major genp~
I eralB of cavalry. Among the surviving
generals are S. W. Ferguof
son, T. M. Logan and K. M. Law.
)e Gen. Butler died in full communion
of the church. On his
73rd birthday he received su?"
preme unction from the Oatholic
church, into the communio&^{ r
which he was recfi>nen nnOOlMNK 6inT"
fon instant relP?f
n, ItOe n box niafiecl
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