Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, September 20, 1899, Image 2
UlClSTtt INTItPlISI
Published tvery Wednesday and Saturday
BY
Tie- RiUrprtsa - Publishing - Company
A. J. CLARK Editor.
One Year $1.00
Six Months 50 cts
Throe Months 25 cts
In Advance.
* Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1899.
This year's corn crop will break
all previous records. The lowest
estimate of the crop is for 2,300,000,000
bushels, while many sta
iiniano nvnnnt o n?/\rv a< O KrtH AAA
y K,uvv,u(iu,'
000 bushels or 2,500 millions,
equivalent to billions.
The present Act passed by the
General Assembly authorizing
the distribution of dispensary
profits is disappointing, and
should be changed. To divide
up the dispensary prollts for
school purposes according to this
Act would make an unequal
division. Some of the counties
would receive more money than
the profits of their respective dis
pensaries would amount to. For
infitnnr?? I ,f?vincrtr?n tinnnfv will
receive about $1,210.40 from the
dispensary fund to supplement
the alleged deficiencies in her
school fund. The dispensary at
Lexington makes for the State
about $^00 net. It will therefore
get $910.40 more than was made
for the State by its dispensary.
The white people of all nations
who are settling in Africa object
to the negro being returned to his
home in that country. It seems
as if there is no place oi earth
where the negro can find a wel
come except in New England. We
suggest that they all go there and
that the United States then allow
that part of the country to
secede from the Union. But really
it is hard that the usurpers in
Africa should object to the negro
returning to his own company,
lie did not leave it. of his own ac
cord and these same Dutch, Eng- I
lish and New England people
were the ones who seduced him
away from his own company and
sold him into the slavery over
which they had so many fights in
a later generation.? Florence
Daily Times.
The purchase of timber lands
in this state by northern and
western capitalists has become
a serious matter, and within a
few years those who are now sell
ing their timber will realize that
they have practically given awav
the timber and thrown in the
land. The contract, that the
owners of timber lands sign ^Phen
they sell the timber is on its face
the most iniquitous swindle ever
devised, and it is dillicult to understand
how anv SJIOO man /.on
he induced to sel 1 Id* timber on
such terms. The contract gives
the purchaser of the timber a
perpetual lease on the land and
the landowner is hound hand and
foot. lie must pay taxes on the
land, he cannot clear an acre it
lie wishes to increase his planting
acreage, nor can he sell the land
unless the purchaser agrees to
carry out the contract with the
lumber men It would he tar
better for the landowner to sell
the land outright than to sell the
timber under the contract drawn
up by the lumber men, for in
that case he would get rid of the
land and would not have the
taxes to pay indefinitely.?Sumter
Watchman and Southron.
NEGROES MASSACRED ?
WAY UP IN ILLINOIS. *
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SEVEN SHOT TO DEATH ON '
STREETS OP CARTERS c
VILLE.
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Troops Rushed to the Scene. d
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Cartersville, III., Sept. 17.? j
Oartersville was the scene of a |.
bloody riot about noon to day, in
which six negroes were killed and '
one fatally wonnded, while two 1
others received slight wounds. 1
Trouble has been brewing since F
the militia was recalled by Gov. d
Tanner last Monday. The white c
miners of this place have refused \
to allow the negro miners to s
come into town, always meeting ^
them and ordering them back.
To-day, however, 13 nearoes, all
armed, marched into town, going {
to the Illinois Central depot, ^
where thev exchanged a tew
words with the white miners 0
mere, men tne negroes pulled *their
pistols and opened tire on *
the whites, who at once returned r
the fire. A running fight was a
kept up. The negroes scattered, s
some being closely followed by 1
the whites up the main street, v
while the remainder lied down
the railroad track. Ilere the execution
was done, all who went
a
through town escaping. After the
[fight was over six dead bodies r
were picked up and another mor- 11
tally wounded. They were taken
to the city hall, where the wound- '
ed man was attended to an in o
que-t held over the dead ones. t
The affair is really an outcome 1
of the trouble arising out of the 0
procurement of negroes to work v
in place of striking white miners.
Springfield, 111.,Sept. 17.?(iov.
Tanner has ordered two compan ^
ies of the Fourth regiment, under
command ot Col. Bennett, to Cartersville.
lie received a telegram a
this afternoon from Samuel 1
Brush, manager of the St. Louis 1
and Big Muddy Coal company, at o
Cart?rsville, that some of his ne
gro miners, who had gathered at e
a depot, preparatory to leaving, (
had been killed, a mob having ^
fired upon them. t
The governor gave out the fol- ^
lowing statement to-night: ^
"I received a message from
Capt. Brush stating that the mobj ^
had attacked and killed the negro |
miners while waiting at the llli j (
nois Central depot for a train; L
that tlie sheriir would be unable I 1
to control the situation and was
powerless to arrest the parties, f
asking me to order troops to Car |
tersvi lie.
"In response to this message, ?
knowing something of the condi- I ]
tion of that place, and without i
I waiting to hear from the sheriff j |
' or others in authority, I immedi <
1 atelv or.bt?'.| bieut. Lowden of L
i Co. C, of Carbondale, to proceed ;
at once to Cartersville, procuring ! (
I a syeeial train if necessary, and j |
when reaching Oartersvi 1 le to L
I suppress the riot, protect life and j (
j property, Cut r.-port to the sher- |
i iff of Williamson county for or |i
ders, in the event that the sheriff' ]
was on th*? ground.
"I also ordered ("apt. lleisch 1
of Newton to proceed with his 1
i ....
company by the quickest route to ]
Cartersville. At the same time I
ordered Col. Bennett of the ;
'Fourth regiment, who Iivor at <
1 Greenville, to proceed to Cartersvillo
at once and take charge of
the troops. 1 also directed the
commanding ollicer of Co. F. of <
Mount Vernon, to prepare and i
he in readiness to leave on short
notice.
"Later. I received a message
from Capt. Brush stating that
later reports showed that seven of 1
lis men were killed and two innred,
and that a ktge armed
nob of men was between Carters'ill*
and his mine, and that one
ompany was not sufficient.
"It would seem that these
legro miners were waiting at the
lepot for the train, probably exacting
to leave the place tern>orarily
or finally. It seems to
>e, from the brief facts above re>orted
and the further fact that
10 one was killed except the
legroes, that it was prearranged,
>reconcerted, premeditated mur
ler. If I am right in this contusion,
the people of Cartersille,
and especially of Williamon
county,should use everymeans
>ossible, and that vigorously, to
ring these guilty parties of this
wholesale murder to speedy jusice,
and in their efforts to do so
promise them the cooperation
f the State, the whole national
uard, if necessary, to bring about
he arrest and conviction of those
arties for the restoration of peace
nd good order in the countv. ?nd
o I advised tho sherifF of Wiliamson
county this afternoon by
rire.
"This is a blot on the fair name
f the commonwealth of Illinois,
nd will be a disgrace to the comaunity
of Williamson county
inless quick and vigorous action
=s taken by the county authorities
'he good and law abiding citizens
f Williamson county should rise
o the situation and support the
aw ollicers in restoring peace and
rder and in the arrest and con
iction of the guilty parties.
"I hope that the Newton com
mn v will rodz-li 1?
m. ..... .v.i.v... uiiiiciviim uuore
morning and before any con
lict occurs ; but I do not believe
nd shall not believe until it haptens
that the strikers will attack
he national guard, or attempt to
ppose it in doing its duty."
Late tonight Gov. Tanner re
eived a telegram from Sheriff
iray at Carterville, stating that
he situation is critical and that
he military company is not suf
icient to disperse the mob. Gov.
Tanner wired other military com
)anies to hasten to the scene.
To eat with Appetite, Digest with
'omfort ami Sleep with Tranquility,
ake a dose of Dr. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine occasionally.
l'wo Negroes Horned to a Crisp.
Denmark. Hambere cnnntv
c-? -VI
September 16.?Special: Carrie
Inahinet and Georgia Jones, two
negro women, living on the Lee's
[limitation, of Senator Mayiield,
were sent to the county jail yes
tenlay by Magistrate l.ntitte, to
Await the conveniug of the Circuit.
Court, when they will be
tried on the charge ot criminal
negligence. From evidence pro
luced, it seems that they have
been 111 the habit of going ofF at
night, each leaving her child
locked in the house without
proper protection, and alono, until
they returned. Thursday night
they went ofT, and upon returning
found the house in ashes and
the two children, aged 5 and 3
years, respective!v. burned to ?
crisp. Magistrate Lafitte held the
inquest, thejury finding a verdict
in accordance with the evidence,
which will very likely land both
jf the neeroes in the penitenti
iry.
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To the Public : I was sorry to
hear of the trouble at Alt. Oar
mel at the recent camp meeting.
I want to give a short account of
the origin of that camp ground.
A staunch friend ol the colored
people, the late Irvin Clinton, let
them have five acres of land on
which the camp was located 32
years ago. I urged its per
petuation seeing an order
sent by Moses to Pharoh, "Let
my people go that they may
hold a feast unto me in the wilderness
and sacrifice unto the
Lord our Clod." Pharoah thought
it not necessary. What was the
result? lie went by way ot the
Red sea to hell. We cant think
Uod would send an unnecessary
order, and if that order was
necessary then, it is necessary
now. I presided over that camp
meeting for 25 years. During
that time white people, men
and women, attended. I have
ordered the tent holders to see
that the whites get dinner. Ilun
dreds of whites will testify that
they have been kindly treated at
that camp. 1 would have been
present had I been well. I're
siding elder J. II. Jackson has
been in charge since I was made|
Bir-hop, a man that you may
j count on for right at all times.
Hundreds of people have been
converted at this camp and numbers
of them are now singing the
praise of God on harps of gold in |
that heavenly city where sickness
and sorrow, and pain and death
are felt no more. God save the
church. 1. C Clinton.
Compliments Always Dear.
Age may bring wrinkles and
snowy hair, but it never burns
out the love of compliments and
pretty speeches in the heart of a
woman. I!' men would only remember
that women grow beautiful
and sweet of character when
told that they are beau and
Rweet of character, the world
wouldn't know half the shrews
and frettern and scolds who keep
things stirred up as if with a
soup ladle. I know a woman who
must be GO yeas old if she's a day,
but. is a pretty eompliment lost
on her? Not a bit of it. She has
been living on them all her life,
aud for that very reason will be
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CRAWFORD.
her manners and chaming inter- ' ^
psting mentality. Just the other
night she was sitting in a box at
n ~ I 2 - '
n ilicntri, PlIMIIIIfi JtII eVOtling'S
enjoyment with several other
playgoers, when a young man appeared
on the stage and claimed
her attention.
"I saw that man's father play
with Charlotte Cushman 30 years
ago," she remarked to a man who
sat behind her.
"You must have been brought
in on a pillow," he answered.
Now, why in the world don't
men cultivate cleverness like
that ?
Not one in 40 would have had
the tact, and quickness to have
made tha treply I can't prove
that statement, of course, tint I'd ^
bet a good deal on it if I could,
just the same.?Chicago TimesHerald.
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