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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1905
Page
3
A busy Lancaster County page details a blaze at an old cotton mill with costly machinery damaged before sprinklers stopped more harm. It also reports on a farmers convention voting a 25 percent cotton acreage reduction, local visits, school news, and legislative measures affecting the Dispensary bill and other topics.
Mr W F Cook and his daughter Melita traveled to Columbia for a brief visit. Mr and Mrs M B Cauthen of Lancaster are staying with Mrs Julia Cauthen near Oakhurst. Mr L Hirsch returned from Birmingham with his daughter Janie accompanying him.
A Charlotte Observer snippet recalls Peg-Leg Graham in town yesterday. The jokey remark about his wife being proud of prohibition highlights a lighthearted take on liquor and home life.
A plea to cotton growers urges rapid action this week to organize, pledge 25 percent acreage and fertilizer use, and report rolls by Monday. It calls for one organizer per county, reports from Kershaw White Bluff and Taxshaw, and a county meeting on the 21st inst. reaffirming the movement in every section.
The legislative committee reports problems in the secretary of state office stating its affairs are in bad shape while supporters of J. T. Goatt defend him, blaming only loose bookkeeping.
Capt J Woo Humel has not returned to the House owing to linkposs. A price bill passed 31 to 68, granting activity the privilege of voting at a dispensary without tax. It may pass the Senate. Ashley opposes migration and commerce reform. A computed “count of noses” signals no change. Ten hour cotton mill labor bill likely to pass amid petitions to kill it. Investigation of Secretary Shire Jesea Gaunt’s books finds carelessness and poor entries. Marriage licenses were killed after premeditation. State Reformatory bill carries $5,000 appropriation with Speaker pro tem BA Morgan elected Greenville’s Sanders and Anderson’s Prince compete for the tent circuit judge seat. Pickens’ Boggs seeks 10th circuit judge. Ashley’s opposition to the ten hour bill remains vocal. Coca-Cola sale prohibition bill draws opposing talk from vested interests. $12,000 bonds for Kershaw district pass both houses. Charleston’s Sinkler moves to abolish dower law. Repeal liening bill tied to agricultural lien repeal resolution. Pardons board bill proposes three discreets to advise the governor. Dome dilemma at State House: report says unsafe. removal costs $12,000 to $18,000. A guard house bill for cotton mills is introduced. KR W Menminger of Charleston seeks first circuit judge seat. Fishburn also runs. Herbert tax on estates killed. Ashley quips about taxing a dead man. The appropriation bill is before the house.
At a Lancaster chapter U D C meeting resolutions recalled the beloved oldest member Mrs Geo W Jones. The resolutions praise her charitable life and faithful service, express sympathy to her family, and note memorials to be sent and shared in chapter minutes. Committee members T S Carter and J Perry signed the notice.
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