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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-18
General Reduction in Wages.

Providence, r. l., Nov. IA -
The cotton manufactures OF Rhode
Island, following the recent action
Of the Fall River Mill owners in
deciding on reduction of 10 per
cent. in wages on Nov. %, today
ordered a general cut down, eff
fecting practically every mill in
the State and several in Massachu
setts and Connecticut. The re
duction will become operative in
some plants on Nov. % and in
others week later. In all about
$4,000 hands will have their pay
reduced.
The first mills owned by the
Rhode Island men to announce
the cut were those of Quinebaug
and Wauregan, Conn.
The Goddard Bros, one of the
largest manufacturing firms in
Rhode Island, then posted notices
i'll their big mills at Hope, Longs
dale and Berkeley, r. l., and
Blackstone, Mass, and announce
ments 81 similar tenor were rap
idly made by other mills in Black
stone valley including those of
the Manville corporation, employ
ing 1900 hands, and those con
trolled by Robert Knight in
Rhode Island and Massachusetts
employing from 5000 TO 1000.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-18
the bowls and vases.
The dining room had elabor

the bowls and vases.
The dining room had elabor
ate festoons of bamboo and smi,
lax with pink bridesmaid roses
for the chosen flower. The effect
of the whole was most satisfy
ing and pleasing to the artistic
eye, all the decorations display
ing perfection of skill and
taste.
A delightful wedding supper
was served and the reception
lasted until about 8 30.
The brides gown was of ex-
quisite white embroidered chif,
fon over taffeta. The full veil
was fastened with a wreath of
orange blossoms The bridal
bouquet was of brides roses
and maiden'hair fern.
The maid of honor had a
beautiful gown of pink silk It's
sue over pink peau de sole. Her
flowers were pink and white
carnations with asparagus fern
The bridesmaids wore dainty
gowns Of white organdie trim
med with Valenciennes lace and
carried shower bouquets of pink
carnations and ferns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Witherspoon
left on the 9 o'clock train for
Columbia and thence to the
north for a trip before they go
to their future home in Lancas
caster. There Mr.. Witherspoon
is a prominent insurance man
and popular society man
with a host Of friends who will
warmly welcome his charming
young wife.
Among the visiting guests
besides the bridal party were ::
Mrs. Metts, Miss Mae Belts,
Miss Emma Belts and Miss
Blande Epps from the College
for Women, Messrs Talley
Moore and Edwin DePass from
Columbia ; DR.. Witherspoon of
Charlotte, and Mr. Walter Dun
lap of Rock Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Witherspoon ar
rived here Thursday night and
are at the home of Capt. B. j.
Witherspoon, father of the
groom.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-18
800 REV SIOO.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all Its
stages and that In Catarrh. Halls CRtarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being n con-
sHtuuonal disease requires constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of tho system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation OF the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature IN doing iIs
work The proprietors have so much faith in
Its curative powers, that thoy oner One Hun.
dred Dollars for any case that IL fails to cure.
Send for list Of tesflmonisls.
Address, F. ). CHENEY 4 CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-18
EAST LANCASTER NEWS.
Farmers Happy-The School
MOving-The WO w Camp.

Our people were made glad
last week by receiving eleven
cents for their cotton. We hope
this Joy will result in great
thanksgiving. and that they will
not forget with whom they were
in cOpartnersphlp to make this
cotton. Some of them will re-
member. Every man seems TO
be on good terms with every
other man he meets, because he
got eleven cents for his ''last few
bales" The WELD has been fairly
good In our section this year. We
don't reach AS high in cotton as
in corn. 1t was the writer's
pleasure to see three five hundred
bushel piles. They were those
of Messrs. j. f. Carnes, G.. w
Plyler and w. J Funderburk
The husking is carried on in the
day. The social and other features
of it are very much enjoyed.
Our school is moving on fairly
well. The patent desks add
much to the comfort. We shall
observe Arbor Day next FRIDAY.
Our exercises will be short, and
we shall be glad to see any visit
ors who desire to come. The
exc rcises will only be in the
morning. A dramatic club has
been organized in the school, and
the first attempt will be the rem.
dering of East Lynn" The
play is under way now, and we
shall have more to say about it
later.
The Tabernacle camp of the
Woodman of the World met last
Friday night. The camp has re.
ceived its supplies, and the fol-
lowing officers were installed:
Consul commander, Rev. w. G.
Winn; adviser lieutenant, r. Il
Sharp; banker, II w. Taylor;
clerk, A. @. RowelI; escort.
Emanuel Carnes; camp physician,
DR.. w. II. Sapp; managers, Z. l..
Funderburk, w. p. Plyler, ID. II.
Williams; watchman. M. Var
borough; Sentry, r. NJ Marlborough.
We have a handsome little camp
of % members, and the prospects
are Tor good work. 1t will not be
great while before it will rival
the standing of "much more
aged camp" The district organ.
izer, e. F. Bell, ,Sr., was with the
camp Friday night, and is highly,
pleased with it.
The health of our community
is good. The doctor has about
quit practicing and gone to col
lecting. II. + S
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-18
Wednesday, November is, 1903

The Whaley cotton mills OF
Columbia, viz the Olympia, the
CRANKY and the Richland, were
reorganized last Saturday and
the new management authorized
an issue of $4,000, 900 of 4 per
cent bonds.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-18

In New York, at the lowest
possible average, 100000 people
live In rooms which ought to be
considered absolutely uninhabit-
able, dark and without any win
dow or ventilation.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-18
Marriage Of Mr.. NJ. $. Uither-
spoon to Miss hammer.

Our young townsman, Mr.. Mar
ion Sims WitherSpOon, was united
in marriage last Wednesday even
ing to Miss Linnie Roberts Kam-
iner at Gadsden, the home of the
brides parents From the Col
umbia State we take the following
excellent account of the marriage,
as follows:
On Wednesday a wedding oc-
Cured at Gadsden, the account OF
which will interest numbers of
Columbians who are friends OF
the bride. Miss Linnie Roberts
Hammer, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John j. Hammer, was mar
ried to Mr.. Marion Sims Wither-
spoon of Lancaster.
1t was quite large wedding
with a number of attendants and
for several days beforehand the
spacious country home was filled
with a gay party of young people
They undertook the decorating Of
the church and the house on an
elaborate scale The wedding
took place at 5 o'clock in the
afternoon--the sweet, quiet hour
when in the country the noises of
day are hushed and "the night is
feginnIng to lower"
Mrs. Harry q Hammer played
the wedding march and the two
ushers, MIR A M Meetze of Colum
bia and Mr.. Arthur Garick OF
Weston, proceeded the brides
maids and groomsmen up the
aisle. The couples we're: Miss
Louise Halle Williamson, first
bridesmaid, of Darlington, with
Mr. ID. Reece Williams of Lancas-
ter; Miss Margaret Jordan Car
rison, Camden, and Mr.. Ernest
kaminer, Gadsden Miss Kath
crime Sawyer Moore, Colum bia,
with Mr.. John Crawford Lancas-
ter; Miss Emma Cantey Shannon,
Camden, with Mr.. Gilbert Green,
Chester; Miss Melle Jervey Kam-
iner, Gadsden, with Mr.. J. Hasel
Witherspoon, Lancaster; Miss
Constance Witherspoon, Lancas
ter, with Mr.. George Heath, Lam
caster.
The maid of honor was Miss
Herbert Hammer, who came in
alone, followed by the bride
elect with her father. The
groom entered from the side
door with his best man, Mr..
John Il. Stevens of Kershaw.
The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Samuel G. Byrd, pastor
of the church.
The reception which followed
was large one, the whole house
being thrown open, each room
decorated with a different color
and plan.
In the parlor, where the
young couple received, every.
thing was white and green
Bunches and vaseful of snowy
chrysanthemums were seen on
every side with smilax palms
and fringes of long-leaf pine.
The hall had a very unique
but beautiful decorative combi
nation of low country gray moss
with pink roses. Yellow chrys
anthemums used with bamboo
and ferns carried out the color
schemes of the drawing room
These were used in the greatest
profusion to bank the mantle
decorate the chandeliers and fill
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-18

On the ground that letters pat
ent have no Intrinsic value, a
woman was acquitted OF theft on
her trial at Vienna for stealing
such a document.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16

given the first appointment, but sub.
sequently declined and Atwood, being
the highest on the list, was appointed.
And he was not appointed until after
"a careful inquiry and report by the
special agent or the route inspector
as to each competitors acquaintance
with the patrons of the route and the
extent to which he has their conf
Fence, his general characteristics,
suitability, and fitness for the position,
and his character and reputation" ~
No protests. were filed against ALL
woods appointment and protests from
patrons in any case are always consid-
cred and investigated by the central
board of examiners. When no pro-
tests are received it is, OF course, I'M
derstocd that the services are salts
factory to the patrons Of the route.
Now, is it not preposterous, in view
of the manner in which a rural car
rier must be selected, that such men
CD as McMillin and Gaines would
make such insinuating assertions;
and, is it not damnable that the white
people of Allwood's community would
treat him so unfairly. What need had
he for the education which placed him
on a par with the highest white man
on the list, if he could not enjoy the
result of his intelligence, even after
the white competitor had been ap-
pointed and declined? To hell with
all such friends!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16
Anniversary Exercises.

The invitations to the twenty-second
anniversary exercises of the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute, Tus
kegee, Ala. from Sunday, May oath, to
Thursday May 28th, have been issued
by Principal Booker T. Washington
The exercises are as follows:
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by DR.. George E. Stevens
pastor Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Boston, Mass, Sunday, May Oath, at 2
o'clock. in the Chapel
The annual exercises of Phelps Hall
Bible Training School will be held
Monday evening, May 25th, at 1870
o'clock. Rev. J. P. Sims, pastor Con,
gregational Church, Montgomery, Ala.
will deliver the address.
The annual Trinity Church Boston
Oratorical Contest will, be held in the
Chapel Tuesday evening, May 26th, at
r 20 o'clock.
Exercises of the Agricultural and
Industrial Departments at 1880 o'clock
in the Chapel, Wednesday evening,
Nav 9th.
The annual commencement eXer-
isos will be held in the Chapel, Thurs
day, May 2Sth, at 2 o'clock. The Right
Reverend Evans Tyree, Bishop of the
j. NJ. E. Church. will deliver the an
NAL address.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16

Afro-Americans may now look for
all sorts of insults from the white
hirelings at places of public enter
tainments, since the colorphobists of
Georgia are making heroine of one
Ida Hadley, white chambermaid,
who refused to make DR.. Booker T.
Washington's bed at hotel in In
dianapolis, and who was discharged
by the proprietor for her refusal to
obey orders. It is said a purse is
being raised for the discharged cham
bermaid and already several hundreds
of dollars have been subscribed. The
proprietor of the hotel is to be com
mended for his manliness. The late
Potter Palmer of Chicago used to say
of his hotel, that any man who would
pay his prices must be gentleman
and would have to be treated as such
while a guest at the Palmer House
The result was there was seldom any
serious trouble on account of the color
line in that famous hostelry. AnC
there would be little trouble anywhere
if the persons in authority had the
backbone to stand up for the RICH
in every case.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16
The Newspaper Deadhead.

Why should people ask for free news
papers, asks the Toronto Evening Tel
egram, any more than they look for
free cigars, free umbrellas, free walk.
ing sticks, free collars, free cuffs or
free beefsteaks? Every copy of a
newspaper is product which costs
money. The tailor, the tobacconist,
the gents furnisher or the grocer is
not called upon to supply free, copies
Of the products which they handle.
The people who are agg1ieved if they
cannot get a free copy of newspaper
would not think of struggling for a
place on the free list of a grocery store,
a. dry goods store, or butchers shop.
It is the principle more than the
cost of the free newspaper idea which
is repugnant to all sound business no
tions. Z:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16
GEORGIA
The He'll Hole of Race Prejudice.

The He'll Hole of Race Prejudice
Atlanta, Ca, May 11.-A movement
has been started in Georgia to raise a
handsome purse for Miss Louise Had
ley, the indianapolis chambermaid
who refused to make up bed which
had been occupied by Booker Wash
ington, and was discharged for her re-
lusal.
Already the citizens of Senoia, Ca,
have made up purse of s25 for Miss
Ha6lay, and an appeal will be made to
other towns, so that it is probable that
: handsome sum will be realized. Many
ronSrati1la' DRY kilograms have been
sent to Miss Hadley, assuring her that
Go5r3ians appreciate her action.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1903.

For more than quarter of a CEN
tury there have been hundreds of let
ter carriers in the south, and in the
north; and, we have never heard one
instance where one of them committed
rape while upon their official rounds
or at any other time. With such a rec
ord it is most pusillanimous for men
CD such as Ex-Governor McMillin and
Representative Gains of Tennessee to
profess a fear of allowing an Afro
American letter carrier to cross the
threshold of their homes They say
the south readily accepts AfrO-Amer-
leans as laborers but they do not wish
them to cross the threshold of their
homes as Off cials, and right there all
the trouble arises. They seem deter
mined that no o-American shall!
hold. even the petty position of rural
mail carrier 1t is absolute, uncon-
trovertible, unadulterated bosh, for any
man to claim to be the friend of any
other man, who is not willing to ac-
cord to the other man the enjoyment
unmoested, of any right, privilege or
opportunity he himself enjoys, or is
entitled to enjoy by reason of having
been born a citizen of the United
States, or made one according to the
constitution and laws of the United
States. And for these prejudiced
whites both south and north to prate
of being "the best friends the Afro
American has" and then to refuse him
every opportunity to be anything but
a menial; to shut the door of hope
and opportunity in his face when ever
he appears before it, is as we say,
BOSH! --,
They claim that what the Afro-Amer.
lean needs is education, but when, as
in the case of John G.. Atwood, the let
ter carrier in question, he proves him
self to be the equal of his white COM
petitors he becomes a "monstrosity"
to be feared Atwood passed com
petitive examination and stood on an
average with a white man named Dill
lard, who, because Of being white, was
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16

The virus from Tennessee has reach
ed Maryland, and the first Afro-Amer-
lean ever appointed postmaster in the
state, Andrew J. Day, is slated for
trouble. William H. Jackson, Repub-
lican member of congress from the
First Maryland district, has announced
that he will ask for the discontinuance
of the postofice at Quindocquia, in
Somerset county, to which Day was
recently appointed because it is un-
necessary and because Day is not
proper person to hold such an office.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16

President Roosevelt has made the
first score in the first fight for dele
gates to the next national convention,
by his supporters in the Alabama state
executive committee beating the lilly
White" element. Long live President
Roosevelt.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16
TWO PICTURES.
INDIAN MA
The St ate Where Justice ReignS.

Indianapolis, Ind, May 8.-Miss
Louise Hadley, a chambermaid at the
Hotel English, was discharged yester-
day evening for refusing to make up a
bed occupied by Booker T. Washing
ton the night before. Washington lee
tured here Wednesday night and left
yesterday morning. In the evening it
was noticed that the bed he had occu-
pied had not been made, and Miss
Hadley's attention was called to it. 81
won't make up any nigger's bed" she
Indignantly replied, and was at once
discharged.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16
TIL SPOILSMEN.

The Spoilsmen. A story of Ward poll
iiceman Flynn. Il mo: PIP. 324. $50.
Boston: L. c.. Page & Co.
A story of municipal politics depicting
condition Of affairs common to prac-
ticaly all large cities.
While no attempt has been made to
show exact conditions existing in any
particular locality, the political methods
ual experiences of men who have served
the public in some capacity or other, and
the stories told of some of the characters
are literally true.
The love interest centres around a So
ciety girl of high ideals who inspires a
wealthy young man to enter the local
campaign. She thus becomes involved in
the thread of the story which relates to
the troubles and complications which fol-
low an effort to be both upright and sue
cessful in municipal politics.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16
pTCTT1RES OF SWEDISH

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This is a beautifully printed and elab-
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Swedish life. The. author writes at
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characterizes all classes of Sweden's pop.
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this people lies therein. THE sons of the
nobility, when further advanced in life,
are accustomed to habits of life most SIM
pie and unpretending." In a chapter en-
titled whats. in a Name?' the author
shows still further the rule of simplicity
OF these people and says, with regard to
surnames~ in Sweden. extremes meet. The
highest and lowest have none. Oscar il.
is simply Oscar H.. dropping the Berna-
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Anders or Axel, while his wife is simply
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in ordinary callings he may have title
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