The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, February 15, 1909, Image 1
The Florence Bail y Times.
FLORENCE S C. MONDAY FEBRUARY 15 1909.
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No. 146
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OR TIE UP
PROSPECTS FOR PROHIBITION
ARE NOT PROMISING.
THE FUBUSTER AND ITS EFFECTS
ir
'Me Other Legislation Will Stand Any
Chance This Session—General Leg
islative News and Gossip.
Columbia, Feb. 15.—Unless a com-
protnise is effected the prospects are
for the passage in the house of a state
wide prohibition bill and in the Sen
ate of a referendum bill and the death
>ot both in the committee of confer
ee. The leader of the prohibition
fight has declared that he will not
stand for a referendum, he has never
offered the referendum bill and op
posed the efforts made to effect a com
promise on that line on Saturday. The
prohibitionists declares that if noth
ing is done with the liquor question
this year they will make the biggest
fight of their lives in the next cam
paign and will put all who oppose
them out of business, no matter of
how much value they might be to the
state in other ways, the interests of
the state may go to the bow-wows so
long as their prohibition idea is enact
ed into law. The opponents of prohi
bition contend that their fight and fili
buster is justifiable on the grounds
that the dispensaries are the life of
so many counties and towns. The
-counties of Charleston and Richland,
Orangeburg, Sumter and Florence,
and many others are supported in the
main by the dispensary, w£ich draws
its profits from an element of the com
munity that otherwise escapes taxa
tion. They contend that if the dispen
sary is worth $30,p00 a year to Flor
ence, 9150,0#0 a year to Richland and
more to Charleston, their fight, and
the expense that they are putting the
atate to in the filibuster is justifiable.
It is also contended that the leaders
'Of the fight are ambitions politicians
seeking office and that they desire
prominence and support by reason of
-the prohlWHoH fii'ht tihul.
king, and the opponents of the meas
ure are after puncturing that bubble
as anything else. Prohibition is in
the same category as the farmers or
ganizations so far as that matter is
concerned. It has been abashed by the
politician until many people are sick
of it, but it is still an open sesame to
a pretty good vote and they will not
hesitate to use it.
The prohibitionists threatened to
filibuster on the local bills on Satur
day, which were ordered by the house,
but after sleeping a night over it they
determined to withdraw their fight so
as to leave the odium of the filibuster
on the oposition altogether. Had they
carried out this threat they would
have played too much into the hands
of the opposition, who would have had
the strength of all who wanted local
bills passed at this session.
There is a great deal of uneasiness
over the lien law in the senate the
matter has not yet been taken up,
and there will, unquestionably be a
fluence and who not. The leaders
are as many as there are phases of
thought, and mere has been a great
deal of indisposition to follow, but
the natural law 01 leadership and fol
lowing is assenting itself, and the
next session will not offer so many
difficulties in legislation. It is gener
ally so with new legislatures, but this
one has been the hardest of any ever
assembled in Columbia to adjust it
self to that natural condition.
FALLS AT NIAGARA | WOULt? EFFECT A COMPROMISE, ni ffAMATt Af
ARE FROZEN HARD. ^ < IM HUMUK Ur
List of Acts for Ratification.
SENATE BILLS:
- To authorize the trustees of Ridge-
ville public school to charge a matri
culation fee. N
Joint resolution to refund taxes to
J. Belton Watson.
'Amendment to Section 2114 of Code
in relation to fees and commissions of
Probate Court to Include Clarendon.
To divide certain townships in Berk
eley.
To renew charter of Grace church,
Camden.
Joint resolution to request treasurer
of Lee county to honor warrant of H.
E. Mooney.
To authorize supervisor of Claren
don to draw warrant for B. P. Broad
way.
To provide for viaduct under rail
way in Willlamston.
To authorize the Comptroller Gener
al to refund overpaid taxes to Mrs. H.
R. Ellerbe.
To require the buperintendent of
Education of York to dispose of Cer
tain books by cash on hand for bene
fit of Public schools.
To authorise the board of commis
sioners of Spartanburg to issue bonds
for finding past indebtedness.
To validate bond election of school
district 34 in Orangeburg county.
*To provide lor issuing bonds by
school district No. 9 in Clarendon and
to equipp the graded school at Man
ning.
To authorize the Santee Lumber
Co. to construct a bridge over the San-
tee river.
To amend an amended act providing
for school district in Orangeburg.
To Release the beneficiary students
lions to teach if appointed to U. S.
Naval and Military academy.
To amend the law as to pilot boats
in harbor of Charleston.
To appoint a commissiop to erect a
causeway in swamp in Coosaivhatchie
river.
To recorporate Marlboro Lodge of
Masons.
HOUSE
To provide for the payment of sub
scription by Florence county to the
Industrial school.
To provide for a cotton weigher and
platform to regulate the weighing of
cotton in Columbia.
To provide for the examination of
books of county auditor of Colleton
county for the past ten years.
For Third Time in History of the
Country This Has Occurred.
Niagra Falls, N. Y., February 15.—
Only a tiny rivulet, not deep nor swift
enough to carry a pulp log over the
brink, is flowing over the American
side of Niagra Falls. A strong north
east wind which has blown since Fri
day has held back the water and al
lowed the ice to gain a foothold.
A great wall of Ice runs from the
head of Goat Island to the American
maihland, through which only tiny
streams are able to trickle. This wall
has even encroached on the Canadian
channel, extending out some 200 feet
beyond the Third Sister Island and
greatly diminishing the flow over the
horseshbe. Only the very apex of the
Canadian fall is left and that is rob
bed of half its flow. The gorge be-
Ipw is choked and the rapids have
lost their fury, while the whirlpool is
barely in motion.
Ths is only the third time that this
combination of wind and ice has thus
affected the fall since the white man
came here. The other occasions were
March 29, 1848 and March 22, 1903.
— /
A NOBLE CITIZEN DEAD.
Funeral To-day of F. Mandevills^Rog-
ers.—A Worthy Veteran and Good
Citizen.
News was received in the city Sat-
uarday evening late, of the death of
F. Mandeville Rogers, lately of this
county, who died at the home of his
son, G. Sims Rogers in Cnarlotte that
afternoon.
Mr. Rogers was one of the best
Member of the Florence Delegation '
Working in Interest of Harmony.
The 'Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston Eveing Post says in Sat
urday’s issue.
Some daylight may break on the
prohibition fight by next week. A
compromise or indefinite session is the
only chance. The threat of the prohi
bitionists to hold up all local bills to
day was not carried ou£.
Mr. Ayer came to the House this
morning actively to stir up sentiment
for a compromise or referendum or
some other measure. Various propo
sitions looking toward a compromise
have been suggested, among them the
Ansel idea of voting out all the dis
pensaries and voting them in again,
but nothing has been agreed to. >
The anti-prohibition forces have
lost one or two supporters through
pressure of one kind or another and
are much vexed. It is reported that
one of the leaders of the fight has
taken “cold feet” because of Congres
sional aspirations. The opposition
still refuses to admit that it is in the
minority. It has prevented considera
tion of the bill this week, which was
the desired end.
FIRED INTO TRAIN.
GOV ELLERBE
SENATOR MONTGOMERY’S
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
FINE
ON RECEIPT OF HIS ro:TP,.IT
A Handsome Tribute to the Only Son
of the Pee Dee Who Has Occupied
the Executive Mansion in Many Gen
erations. \
In the memorial exercises on Fri
day, the governor sent the following
message to the general assembly:
“To the Honorable, the Senate and
the House of Representatives—Gentle
men: The family and friends of the
late Ex-Governor William Haselden
Ellerbe have presented to the State
of South Carolina a portrait# of this
honored and beloved citizen of South
Carolina, who came to the office of
Governor of this State in the year
1896, and who served the State honor
ably and faithfully until his death in
1899. *
“Ex-Governor Ellerbe was born in
Marion county on the 7th day of April,
1862, and died on the 2nd day of June,
1899. He served his state with fidel
ity and died in the prime of life.
“I respectfully request that his por-
Thrilling Experience of Two Fayette- j trait be placed in some appropriate
ville Men on A. C. L. Train.
Saturday afternoon’s Fayetteville
Observer has the following:
Hop. J. G. Shaw. ex-Congressman 6t
place in the Senate chamber.
“Respectfully,
“M. F. Ansel, Governor.”
Senator Montgomery in presenting
resolutions upon the presentation of
this district and Col. Sol. W. Cooper,
manager of the National Bank of this the Portrait of the late Governor EI-
city returned from a business’ trip to ^ erl>e ’ said:
South Carolina last night, and report Mr * Presiden t: Representing on
knewn men in this county, one of the | a thrilling experience, the result of an this floor the late Governor Ellerbe’s
, good citizens are struggling, though.
( over different roads fof.lh'' ^ >1
—the highest v- ' Kieroved
StSte , each other not
to en JjtfUi'^rath and bitterness of
speed}, and to allay passions and prej
udice, and to enkindle in the hearts
of the rising generation a deeper love
for our grand old State, with confi
dence in the integrity of our' people,
with faith in God, who favors and pro*-
tects the righteous. I shall take up
the burden of this high trust with
fresh hope and strong courage.’
“This yras a manly and pathetic ap
peal for peace among warring politi
cal factions, which had but recently
then riven the State in twain. The
embers of factionalism were still
smouldering. He pleaded for these to
go out forever. May it not be that
his pacific land and pathetic words
had muen to do with this beneficent
result. If so his life fills one of the
beatitudes: ‘Blessed is the peace-ma
ker.’ Hardly had the words just quot
ed from his inaugural address which
had so much of promfse in them, been
read throughout the State, before that
worm, which ‘is at the heart of youth
and at the root of age,’ attacked the
citadel of his physical being with a
persistency that baffled medical skill.
“In the beautiful spring time, weary,
worn and wasted, he at last returned
to the home of his childhood, between
the Pee-Dees, still hopeful of finding
a balsam amid the sighing pines that
would stop his fast ebbing life tfde.
It was vain.
“Mr. President, I move the adoption
of the^resolution read by the clerk of
the Senate.”
most influential in his younger days, outrageous act. They were on the
He was a gentleman of the old school, j bound for Columbia and at 11
o’clock, when a short distance from
a fine citizen and a planter. He was
a brave and true soldier of the Con
federacy, serving with conspicuous
gallantry in the grand old Pee Dee
Light Artillery, of which organization
he was lieutenant. He was one of the
native county, it becomes my pleasant
duty to move the adoption of the reso
lutions just read by the clerk of the
Floreqce with the train running at full Senate -
speed, a bullet crashed through a win-* I “ U ls fittin S an d Proper, Mr. Presi
dow, which Mr. Shaw was sitting next •
to, and not six inches from his head,
and only h little further from Mr. Coop
oldest living graduates of the South ; eri wag gjtting next to Mr. Shaw.
Carolina College, having graduated A se cond before tnat a ball had
there in the class of 1855. He was crashed through a window of the sec _
married in 1856 to Miss Augusta Rowe rn »rh hut fnr 1 presented to the State this portrait of
of Orangeburg county, a well known no one was in ^it^r Anguished citizm^o
dent, that we, who are commissioned
as the representatives of the people
of this commonwealth, should pause
for a few moments in our deliberations
in order to show our appreciation of
the thoughtfulness of those who have
A. C. L. STOCKS GO UP.
“THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
Wilmington Audience Charmed by the
Great Play.
The Wilmington Star says on “The
Man of the Hour” which will be seen
at the Auditorium Wednesday Fcbru-
filibuster on this, and if the general | ary 17:
assembly Is to adjourn in the regular j “ ‘The Man of the Hour’ delighted
time, there wifi not be time enough I a large Saturday night audience at the
to pass the repealing act and the lien • Academy of Music last evening, many
law fight will have to go over.
It is not supposed that the election
of circuit judges on Tuesday will take
up much time. The matter for that
election has been all pretty well cut
and dried.
The railroads may congratulate
themselves on the net result of the
session. No legislation that inter
feres with them has yet been enacted,
nor is it likely to be, while all roads
that had anything to a .-v in the way
of privileges have received a bountiful
grant at the hands of the assembly.
'The railroads may thank the prohibi
tionists for the dust iK.ji has been
raised, with the effect preventing
the passage of so many of bills regu
lating the management of then busi
ness. The grandfather truct, the Stan
dard Oil is left happy in the field to
dump its refused oils on South Caro
lina and the Southern Citton Oil Com
pany may continue to adulterate their
meal with hulls, and the farmers may
4 continueto give liens and the rest of
the world will continue to way along
as of yore, with one fourth skinning
the other three fourths, and the skin
ning process passed on down the line.
The leadership in the house is be
ginning to develop now, the rough and
patrons of the theatre declaring the
production far and away above any
thing seen in the local play-house this
season. The pity is that the off-night
prevented a larger patronage of the
play, nearly all who witnessed it ex
pressing the lone regret that others
were not permitted to see it. The
play itself was not only interesting
and wholesome, but it was put on by
a superb cast and gave the most infi
nite satisfaction to everyone.”
and prominent family of that section
in the old days.
Three children survive this marriage
F. M. Rogers, Jr., Mrs. T. M. Raysor
of Orangeburg and G. Sims Rogers of
Charlotte N. C. Mrs. Rogers has been
dead for a number of years, and her
husband was laid to rest by her side
in Mt. Hope cemetery this morning.
The funeral was held at St.' Johns
Episcopal church the pall bearers be
ing senior, Dr. James Evans, John S.
Scott, J. C. C. Brunson, E. M. Ervin,
A. J. W. Bacot, Dr. Peter Bacot, and
J. Boyd Brunson, all old friends and
dear ones to Mr. Rogers. The junior
pall bearers were James Evans, W.
H. Darby, M. G. Scott, H. L. Darr,
Geo. Stackley, and Dr. L. Y. King.
case.
was twice honored as her chief execu-
Only a short time ago a prominent! tive and who dled at his P° st in the
citizen of South Carolina was killed
in this same manner.
This sort of thing makes one feel
unsafe to travel through South Caro
lina. The train was not stopped and
the person who committed. this fiend-
isfi act was not seen.
WANT WINTER QUARTERS.
Smith’s Greater Shows Would Spend
the Repair Season in Florence.
W. S. Cherry, the popular advance
man of Smith’s Greater Shows is in
the city to-day seeking to make ar
rangements for the wintering here of
Mr. Rogers retired from active work i Gie combination that he represents,
some six or eight years ago, and has
been living with his son in Charlotte.
His death was a surprise, though it
was known that his health was fail
ing for some time.
GIBSON GIRLS TOMORROW.
Seared With a Hot Iron.
or scalded by overturned kettle—cut
with a knife—bruised by slammed
door—injured by gun or in any other
way—the thUg needed at once is
‘ ueklen’s Arnica tc subduo in
llammation and kill the pain Its earth’s
supreme healer, infallible for boils,
ulcers, fever sores, eczema and piles.
25c at F. U. Lake’s Drug Co.
Popular Priced Comic Opera to be
Seen at the Auditorium.
The Gibson girls presenting the mu
sical frolic “The Seaside Hotel” will
be seen at the Auditorium to-morrow
night. The Salome dance will be seen
at the Auditorium to-morrow night.
The Salome dance will be among the
This means work for the painters and
decorators, mechanics and laborers.
It means business for the hardware
man, for boarding houses and hotels
and business for all departments of
trade, for the whole company will re
main here. The material of the car
nival will all be gone over and put in
condition for the coming season on
the road. It is quite an item for even
a large town to have such a company
winter here, and will amount to no
small item for Florence.
This year the period of wintering
which means only time for a thorough j jgrbe stood tall, erect, hopeful courage
overhauling of all properties and book-; ous with his face to the future in the
discharge of the duties of his high of
fice. Had he died at the head of vic
torious legions, hfs death could not
have been more honored.
“It is a tribute to the human race
that there is always to be found some
who will not permit to be forgotten
those who have wrought well for their
fellow men. In bronze and marble
and on canvas their thoughtfulness
takes expression. They call to their
aid the sculptor's chisel and the paint
er’s brush. For generations past the
world has stood with uncoveretf head
before the triumphs of these concep
tions and creations. Lying underneath
them must be found the seed thoughts
of a longing for immortality, a protest
against oblivion.
“It is a genuine pleasure to realize
that even in the hurly-burly of our
complex twentieth century civilization
this high and noble characteristic is
still dominant, and it is made mani
fest by the paintings and portraits of
distinguished men, which already a-
dorn these walls, together with those
now being presented. It is but fitting
and proper that Governor Ellerbe
should have a place among them. Just
fen years ago in the presence of the
General Assembly the Hon. W. H. El-
specialties given. The show prom-! in ^ of new attractlons and the like - bloom of manhood, and delivered his
ises to be a very pleasing one. Popu
lar prices will be charged. There will
be a lot of new songs introduced and
also many pretty dances.
and a breathing spell between shows,
will not be long. For the purpose
inaugural adress to the people of his
native State, whom he loved and who
/ The Crime of Idleness.
Idleness means trouble for any one.
Its the same with a lazy liver. It
causes constipation, headache, jaun
dice, o nll<vw complexion, pimp 1 ''!? and
trackage and house for repair work ha d twice honored him with the high-
and yards for unloading are desired. es ^ office n their gift. It was at the
Columbia is making a good bid to se
cure the business, but Florence is pre
ferred if council and the business in
terests of the city can give any in
ducements to the company. Last year
they wintered in Augusta and were
eage-ly ought for to go there again.
Foley s Hoaey and Tar clears the
air passages stops the irritation in
the throat, soothes the inflamed mem-
branees, and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Sore and inflamed lungs
are healed aid strengthened, and the
cold is expelbd from the system. Re-
blotcueo, loss of appetite, nausea, hut
Dr. King s New Life Pills soon banish Smith s Greater Shows people * others
beginning of his second term as Gov
ernor, and of his first administration,
that he used these manly words: “My
duty I have performed to the best of
my ability, my mistakes I shall neith
er attempt to condon'' nor to shift
the burden of their responsibility on
A Big Advance in Stocks Developed
Last Week.
The wonderful strength developed
during the past week in Atlantio Coast
Line stock has been a source of in
finite gratification to a large number
of holders of these securities in Wil
mington and naturally there is much
speculation as to the cause.
Yesterday morning the Associated
dispatch from Richmond telling of
i the reorganization of the Chesapeake
I, and Ohio b.Qg,nj of directors and the
1 rumor that Atlantic Coast Line incef-
ests figured largely in the deal, was
ascribed as a possible reason for the
buoyancy of the stock. With refer
ence to this in connection with the
Chesapeake and Ohio reorganization,
yesterday's Richmond Tlmes-Dispatch
has the following of local interest:
As a result of the changes in the
board the stock of the Chesapeake arid
Ohio made a hew record, selling at
68 1-8. There were also significant
advances in the stocks of the Louis
ville and Nashville road, ,and in the
Atlantic Coast Line, which controls
the Louisville and Nashville ..stock
rose to 127 1-4 and Atlantic Coast Line
stock jumped to 116 3-4.
At the New York office of the At
lantic Coast Line no explanation could
be made of the rise in the price of the
securities yesterday ! other than that
both in Louisville and Nashville and
the Atlantic Coast Line had recently
made very favorable reports of earn
ings for the 6ix months ending Decem
ber 31 last, and that the two stocks
had remained rather inactive for a
long time. <
When reference was made to the
recent rumr.r that the Chesapeake and
Ohio road would probably be absorbed
by the Atlantic Coast Line system, it
was pointed out that there would real
ly be no necessity for the Atlantic
Coast Line to buy a controlling inter
est in the Chesapeake and Ohio, as
that road at present has practically
all the Atlantic Coast Line’s freight
and passenger business between Rich
mond and Cincinnati, the Chesapeake
and Ohio being the “natural prefen-
ential line.”—Wilmington Star.
fuse any but the genuine in the yel-
tumble fights have proven the cnlibr''! low package.
cat the men and shown who has iu-
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25c at F. U. Lake Drug Co.
Threatening feverishness with chil
dren is quickly and safely calmed by
Preventics. These little Candy Cold
Cure Tablets should always be at hand
—for promptness is all-important. Pre
ventics contain no quinine, nothing
harsh or sickening. They are indeed
“the stitch in time.” Carried in pock
et, or purse, Preventics are a genuine
safeguard against Colds. 36c. Sold by
E. M. Matthews. Fs.
are all popular and well Kked in Flor
ence, where they have been several
times. It is hoped that they can make
their winter halt among their friends
here.
Mr. Cherry leaves to-night for his
home in New Orleans and will be busy ; this Commonwealth.
With deep gratitude tor the
friends who have never wavered in
their support, with malice towards
none and good will towards my fellow
citizens, with a profound appreciation
to the great honor conferred, I enter
opon my second term as Governor of
through the north very soon in the
interests of his company.
“His forecast of his future policy as
Governor was courageous, hopeful, el
oquent, patriotic. He said in conclu-
Do you want a perfect fitting, well- sion: ‘My countrymen, I bespeak for
tailored suit? See Schloss Bros’, man myself, during the coming two years,
at The Big Store. Monday and Tues- j if my life be spared the utmost stretch
of ^our generosity and charity. All
day, 15th and 16th.
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The above is the aamo of a German
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Remedy*' Hexamethyien etramine is
recognized by modicai icxi books and
authorities as a uric acid solvent and
antiseptic for the urine. Take Foley’s
Kidney Remedy as soon as you notice
any irregularities, and avoid a serious
malady.
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Croup positively stopped in 20 minutes
with Dr. Shoop’s Croup Remedy. One
test alone will surely prove this truth.
No vomiting, no distress. A safe and
pleasing syrup—50cts. Sold by E. M.
Matthews. Fs