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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-04-08
A GOOD DAYS WORK.

TUNEAU did a good days work yes
 terday. It selected seven excel V lent men to manage tho city's afc- airs for the coming y,ar and is show ed it's disapproval of incorporate poli- tics. Five candidates Of the Citizens party were chosen to serve on the Council. and the average vote for the candidates of that party was greater than that for the Peoples party ticket, so the victory was with the Citizens.
 To seyvc with John Beck. John R. Willis. C. w. Fries. William Britt and William Geddes, of the Citizens tick ct. were chosen F. Wollaud and George F. Miller. candidates of the Peoples payty. both most excellent men and capable. The members of the new Council have al, he'd wide experience in public affairs as well as successful business careers. All of them except Mir. Willis have served on municipal councils in Alaska-Mr. Reck, Mir. Fries, Mir. Gcddes, Mir Wolland and NIr. Miller at Juneau and Mir, Britt at Skagway. Mir. Wolland also served on the Council at Skagway. where he is known as father of the municipal wa. ter system. Mir. Willis served as Collector of Customs for Alaska. and bcScre that as Special Deputy Collect or. All Of them gave splendid service Co the public.
 Now. let us all, irrespective of what might have been our preferences be-
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-04-08

That great vote received by John Reck in a hotly contested election was a remarkable tribute to the personal worth and ability and public spirit of one of Alaska's best citizens.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-04-08

Now. once again. let us quit quar- relling and begin team work for Jul neau
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-04-08

The defeat of Mayor Carter and w. II. Case yesterday is regrctable, not because they are abler or more wor' thy mon than those who defeated them. but because they were the vic tins of unjust assaults. Both of them have given Juneau splendid service. In time this will be admitted by ev- erybodv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-04-08

fore the election. give these men, who have undertaken to give the commun- ity a great deal of their time and abil- ity next year, our earnest support and cooperation. Let us help them to do Cood work cnd to make Juneau grow bigger and better.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-04-08

In electing w. W. Casey to the school board the people of Juneau hon. ored one of their most estimible and capable citizens. Mir. Casey was honor ably identified with Juneau's schools at the beginning of municipal control of them. He has proved his worth. It was not dishonor to be defeated by him.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
ONE RESULT OF THE WAR.

The Augusta Chronicle says edi-
torially:
lone man predicts that, as re-
suit of the European war and the
black eye to cotton in 1914, the day
will come when cotton will be sought
on the farm and sold on the farm,
growers no longer carting 1t to mar
ket."
We believe that this prediction
will come true. 1t is passing strange
that the farmers who have such
good hard, common, horse sense
about almost everything else have.
for so long a time, been engaged in
raising, almost exclusively, n one
crop. cotton, which they DO not need
i'm their business and cannot use and
which they have to sell to others
who arbitrarily fix their own price
for it. Many farmers have too long
neglected to raise the things abso-
lutely necessary to the maintenance
of themselves, their families and
their live stock and poultry, and buy
from others who, likewise, fix arbi
'iaiiiy 'hc pii'S ioi lhS 'hihSo 'hSy
sell. Their one crop, cotton, is all
rushed upon the market during
three or four months of the year and
sold for whatever it will bring.
AS result of present conditions,
regardless of what the lawmakers
may do, we Believe the time is corn
ing, and that very soon. when the
farmers will begin raising their own
supplies, planting cotton "aly as
surplus crop, and then taey viii be
enabled to hold the staple as long as
they please and only sell as they may
need the money. When this be-
comes the rule, we verify believe,
that instead of the farmer hauling
his cotton to market and begging
the buyer to purchase it, he will
keep it at home, and the buyer will
be sending his agents all over the
country, begging the farmers to sell
their cotton at their own doors. and
offering to pay them for hauling
IL to town. 1t is the fault of the
farmers themselves that cotton has,
in the past. rarely brought
more than the cost of production
and until they change their methods
OF producing and marketing it. they
will continue to be hewers of wood
and drawers of water.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
"A TOWN AND 1T SNEWSPAPER.

Under the above editorial caption
The Spartanburg Herald tells in
such "A striking way OF what a news
paper means for the advancement of
it's community and or the attitude of
the community towards it, that we
herewith reproduce same for the
benefit of our readers:
1T requires lot OF money, brains
and hard work to build up even a
small newspaper-yet there is a
popular idea that newspapers are to
Ice put out OF business by the turning
down OF the thumbs. The country
papers themselves, are, in a meas
ure, perhaps, to blame for this atti-
tude of the public, in that they are
seldom conducted on business basis
in the small towns, but allow them
selves to be imposed upon by any
and every interest in the community,
which, having used them to their
Sain and satisfaction, without cost,
regard them as worthy Of little recog-
milton or support. The zeal Of the
country newspaper to be of service
and contribute as II may to the ma
terial progress OF the community in
which 1t is published is, i'm a meas
ure, responsible for the ease with
which they are imposed upon, but
there is a boundary where public
support and the country 3ditor's
good will toward his community
should meet in mutual respect.
after towns reach certain
population, there comes the news
paper. and it comes to stay. Under
one management or another II is
there. The towns newspaper is
just as much a fixture as its post
office or its bank, yet the country
newspaper is allowed to lead a stray
dogs life year IN and year out,
while the bank or the postoffice is
established in comfortable and per-
manent quarters. 1t is fact that
there Is no institution that can con-
tribute 80 materially to the progress
OF any community than a newspaper.
Though 1t may be published in a
very small town. the world is its
field, and II the energy and brains
are fostered and encouraged by pub
lie support 1t can put its town on the
map.
who ever heard OF Emporia.
| Kansas, until William Allen White
published The Gazette there?"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
COURT PROCEEDINGS
OF THIS WEEK
Interesting Land Case Tried -
Suit Against Oil Mill i'm
Progress

The court this week has been
engaged i'm the trial of civil cases.
The first case taken up was that of
Anna May McIlwain and Robert j.
McIlwain, plaintiffs, vs. w. p. Ben
nett and Bennett-Ferguson Com
pany, defendants. Complaint for
damages. The verdict was for the
defendants.
Late Tuesday afternoon the trial
of the case of Walter White, alias
Walter Broadway and others, plain
tiffs. VS.. j. r. White and others, de-
PENDANTS, was entered upon. This
proved to be very interesting case
involving many nice questions of
law. There was quite an array of
attorneys on each side. Those rep
resenting the plaintiffs were Will
liams & Williams and Roach S.
Stewart of the local bar and ]. J..
Parker, Esq, OF the Monroe bar.
Representing the defendants were
Jones & Jones and w. C. Hough.
The issue involved was the title to
425 acres OF land lying near
tn the late Samuel Robertson. Both
sides claimed title to the land from
a common source, Benjamin Gra-
ham, who some twenty-five years
ago conveyed the land by deed to
two negroes, Henry White and his
natural son, j. II. White. Accord
ing to the evidence Henry White.
then Henry Broadwater, was a sla> o
living in Anson county, North Caro-
lima. before and after the war. 1t
seems that before and after the war
he was living with negro woman.
Adeline, as his wife, by whom he had
several children. Under the North
Carolina law such former slaves who
We're so cohabiting in March, 1866,
were considered man and wife under
the law. and the children were law
full children. Everything went along
smoothly until about the year 1871,
when Henry Broadwater and a white
woman, Martha Kelly, both sudden
ly disappeared from the community.
They came on down into this county
and located on the plantation OF
the late Mr.. Armstrong Funderburk.
He, with defendant, j. II. White,
purchased 425 acres OF land in 1905
from BENJAMIN Graham, situated in
Lancaster county. Henry White
died in 1910, leaving his alleged
white wife. Martha White. and four
children. Since that time Martha
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
"LANCASTER COUNTY DAY."

So convinced are we that Ian
will give us advertising of very
helpful nature, that we urge upon
the people of the town and from
every part of the county, to join the
Lancaster boosters on October -
and have "A part in the good work.
All of us will meet friends from
other towns and counties who have
heard of the coming of the Ian
tion. They expect to see crowd OF
people on the trip and it is our duty
to be there, If you have that 10y
atty to your county which every
man, woman and child in the county
should have, you will make every
effort to attend to its interests that
day. For very small sum of money
the opportunity will be yours of say
ing a good word for your home coun-
ty, of making others believe in our
slogan, Lancaster Leads
Much of the success of the trip
depends upon the size of the body
of boosters. If we go in sufficiently
large numbers, we will show to all
observers that we are a people to
whom the advancement of the coun-
ty is OF prime Importance. If you
can participate in Lancaster Coun-
ty Day" and fail to do so, you will
miss n day of pleasure and, what is
far more serious thing you will
fail to measure up to your privilege
as a citizen of the best county in the
state.
Some of our people cannot go on
this booster trip, others will not. but
many, we believe, can and will, in
fact many of us would not miss the
chance. We know our county and
believe in it. We can look beyond
the present to future rich in prom
Use. We know our resources and
have confidence in the further de-
velopment of Lancaster. The pro-
gress we have made in every field OF
endeavor is but the earnest of great
er accomplishment in days to come.
We believe in Lancaster county
and 1t is our purpose to make others
believe in it. too. Make that your
purpose as well and join us In a day
OF boosting, such as the RED Rose
County" has never had. "Lancas-
ter Leads In having the big day al
the fair designated as Lancaster
County Day." and IL is ours to lead
in attendance. in enthusiasm and
in good fellowship.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
White has died.

White has died.
Prior to his death Henry White
and j. II. White made a partition of
the land Henry White taking 215
acres and j. II. White 21O acres.
Suit was brought by the children
by the slave marriage in North Caro-
lima against the children by the al
legged white wife in Lancaster coun-
ty for the recovery of 1926 acres of
the said land purchased from Ben-
jamin Graham by j. r. White and
his father. Henry White, in the lat
ter's life time; it being admitted by
plaintiffs that j. r. White is entitled
to ITO acres of the tract purchased
by his father and himself. j. r.
White is an illegimate child of Henry
White and Martha Kelley, having
been born before their marriage.
The main question of fact in the
case. was whether Adeline, the al
legged slave wife of Henry White,
known in North Carolina as Henry
Broadway, died before the Act Of
1879 and before the marriage be-
tween Henry White and Martha
Kelly, the white woman. Another
question was whether j. r. White
owned ITO acres during his fathers
lifetime or one-half Of 425 acres.
The Hon. C. M. Efrd, the special
judge presiding, was very clear and
absolutely fair in his rulings on the
intricate questions raised during the
trial. His charge to the jury was
able, lucid and to the point.
The jury, after deIiberating sew
eral hours, returned the following
verdict:
I'VE find for the plaintiffs the 215
acres of land set apart to Henry
White in the partition agreement
lctween him and j. r. WHITE
Judge Efird took occasion to con-
gratulate the jury on their verdict,
saying that they found in accord
ance with his ideas of the case
The court is now engaged In the
trial OF the case of Jane T.. Cauthen,
plaintiff, VS.. the Lancaster Cotton
Oil Company, defendants. This is a
suit for damages and has been tried
once before on circuit and has been
in the supreme court. Harry Hines
and j. X. Henry represent the plain
tiff, while the defendant is repre-
sented by Williams & Williams, e.
u. Blakeney and Jones & Jones.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
1T SHOULD BE KILLED.

The state senate, by practically
unanimous vote, has passed an act
authorizing the state to issue $35 :
100000 in bonds to be used in pur-
chasing cotton Mt 10 cents per
pound. This piece of legislation is
fraught with great danger and we
hope the house will kill 1t. -,Anf We
are of this opinion. Notwithstanding
the matter before .beeoming effective
is to be subptkeed to the people in
the appsaaehins general election
We losR upon the plan as matter
of pure speculation. Many Of our
citizens who have embarked In the
business of cotton futures have been
made bankrupts and the state of
South Carolina might have the same
experience. The proposition is to
increase the bonded debt of the
state five-fold in order to go on the
cotton market and pay 40 per cent
more for cotton than it is now
bringing. In other words, the whole
state is to be mortgaged in orde.
to go into purely speculative
scheme.
No resolution, Law or scheme that
the South Carolina legislature can
pass will Offset the effect of the war
now going on in Europe. Artificial
help will do no good. Our people
will have to make the best of things
as they are and work for the COM
ing about Of a better day.
The ouiy Gcicusa If the ncasurc
that we have seen advanced is that
cotton will go back to 10 cents some
time and the state can better afford
to wait until that time than it's in
dividual citiZen;, hrt as Mr. joseph
Norwood, prominent banker of
Greenville, in communication in
The News and Courier, says: Sup
pose he (Mr. Norwood) began buy
ing cotton with the funds of the
bank, of which he is manager, even
at the present market price, how
long would there be any deposits in
that bank? And suppose he were to
begin borrowing money on his own
credit and investing it in cotton, how
long, pray, would he be tolerated as
an officer of the bank?" Yet by
this bill the state proposes to ever
lastingly ruin her crecit by rolling
up debt five times as big as the al
ready tremendous debt to do the
very thing for which a private citi-
zen would be unsparingly condemn
ed, and without the possibility Of
profit. No such wildcat proposition
should be submitted to the people in
their present frame of mind
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
This Little Planet.

No man liveth to himself In
these latter days the man who is at
peace with the world and peacefully
picking cotton In the South has his
profits wiped out by war thousands
OF miles distant, among people he
has never seen and with whom he
has no direct communication or
transactions OF business. This little
old world never was very large
place, and IL has been made much
smaller, as far as communication
and commercial relations are con-
cerned. by modern Inventions and
the spread OF civilization so called.
Rock Hill Herald
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
Pay Your Back Debts.

Pay your debts. IL possible, and
pay them promptly. The individual
or concern that you owe owes some
body else. and IL you pay him he can
pay the other fellow. The condi-
tion that confronts the South is bad
there is no discounting that fact
but IL everybody puts on a cheer
full look, lives as economically as he
can, and above everything else does
his utmost to pay what he owes
things will soon be all right. The
future can be very easily provided
for: il is back debts that cause trou-
BILE and which must be arranged in
order for things to move along
smoothly once more.-Chester Re-
porter.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

We confess that 1t makes us tired.
as well as The Anderson Mail, to
hear a great husky, able-bodied
man complaining because the gov
eminent doesn't do something for
cotton. The trouble is too much has
been done for cotton already by the
cotton growers. 1t looks as II II
takes just such a drastic thing as
war to stop the raising Of 1t. The
War Between the States stopped the
Business for quite q while, but as
The Mail says, 1t was the women at
home who raised the bread stuffs to
support themselves and their chill
dren, as well as the soldiers at the
front. In this connection one who
remembers the noble work OF the
women of the Confederacy recently
remarked, that Sherman's army, in
addition, was fed for a week out of
what was made.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
House Supporting McLaurin
Measure
Thursday

Columbia Record, Thursday
Test vote taken in the house We'd
nesday night strengthened expecta-
tions OF supporters that the Nc
Laurin measure proposing a state
controlled cotton warehouse system:
would pass the lower body by a big
majority and be sent to Governor
Blease for signature this week. The
house refused by a vote of 54 to 29
to strike out the enacting words OF
the bill. and adjourned debate until
Thursday morning. This measure
has passed the senate and expecta.
tion was that short delay would be
occasioned In free conference.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
WILL. THEY SET THE EXAMPLE?

A correspondent has made a cap
ital suggestion to the legislature,
now In session. 1t Is for all OF the
members to invest the 5000
salary which. they have voted
themselves. in bale Of cot
ton weighing 500 pounds. pay
ing 10 cents per pound therefor.
He points out that this would retire
from the market 672 bales of dis
tress cotton and would at the. same
time be very encouraging to the
farmers. But the question is, will
they be willing to invest this unex.
pected 5000 OF their own money in
ten cents cotton? II they won't, why
make such an investment of the peo
pies money?
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
Sullivan Bill is Expected to Pass.
Columbia Record, Thursday.

Indications that the Sullivan
measure, with amendments. provid-
ing limitation to $500 pounds and
a tax Of Ave cents per pound on al
excess cotton grown per plow next
year, will pass the senate by a safe
majority, was given In votes rejact-
ing amendments Wednesday night
Announcements made by tho au-
thor that effort would be made
THU sday to obtain vote on third
reading.
Senator Verner's amendment re.
ducing the production limit to
1,5O0 pounds was rejected at the
session last Wednesday night. Sen.
ator Appelt's proposal to reduce the
limit to 1000 pounds was not voted
upon
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

At this busy Season, when house
keepers are engaged in fall clean
Ing, we believe their example might
well be followed by some OF our
storekeepers, whose shop windows.
are we hope, not an index to the
condition Of the interior Of their
stores. A cleanup campaign for
the windows at least Is In order.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
Keep Him i'm School.

Do not let the boys remain out OF
school even for a day. After boy
becomes large enough to be helpful
about the farm the temptation to
keep him at home day or two every
week is very great. He then falls
behind in his classes and finally loses
interest in his studies altogether
Edgefield Advertiser.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
Have an AttainabIe Goal.

1t is well to set your ambitions
high but don't set them so high that
there seems no possibility OF realiz-
ing them. Your best efforts will be
put forth i'm attaining goal that is
near enough to give you hope of
reaching Henderson Intelligent
Ger
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

The house Wednesday, by vote
Of 64 to 36, killed the bill for the
total elimination OF cotton planting
In 1915. The Lancaster delegation
divided on the matter. Mr.. Sap
spoke and voted for total elimina-
ton, while Mr.. Massey was with
the majority for killing the bill.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

Almost any town can secure a cir
Gus, but it takes a live place like
Lancaster to have the big day at the
state fair, designated as Lancaster
County Day" Help make October
20 day to be emembered
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

We wish to congratulate The
Greenwood Index upon its 24-page
edition advertising the Piedmont
fair. 1t is full of interesting matter
and does credit to it's editor and
publisher.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
History Repeating Itself.

We believe civil war history Will
repeat itself in the present Europ-
can conflict. The allies will finally
wear out the Germans but IL will
take them a long time to do it.-Dil-
lon Herald
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
Why Not?

A bill has been introduced In the
legislature to close all dispensaries
during the European war. Why not
close them for all time? II 1t is q
bad thing now 1t is a bad thing after
the war Is over.-Abbeville Medium.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

| Don't look to the legislature to
give you any relief from presenr
conditions. No human law-making
body can reverse the law OF the
Almighty, who commanded our first
parents to earn their bread by the
sweat of their brow.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

The Fair Edition OF The Green
wood Daily Journal is a very credit
able issue of twenty pages. It is
sire to prove a good booster for the
Piedmont fair.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
Has a Familiar Sound.

1t is beginning to look as IL it
will be "six acres and mule" for
the South Carolina farmer.-Green-
wood Journal
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

Everybody is willing to help the
farmer dispose OF his cotton crop
this year, but if he does not curtail
the crop next year, will any os rs
care enough to want to help him?
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

Don't put off sowing grain until
freezing weather comes on. Then
it will be too late.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
Will They. We WOn,tcr.

Suffragists in London are forming
volunteer police force. IL they
enforce the laws as thoroughly as
they broke them, London will be an
orderly city.-Greenville Piedmont.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

Important at all times, it is even
present, that we buy at home
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

Weather forecast for South
Carolina: Partly cloudy Friday in
interior, rain near coast; Saturday
partly cloudy.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

Even the weather wants to help
the cause along. If you won't wear
cotton clothes on days like these you
just don't want to do your part
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

But whether or not you see the
circus, we beg you to join in Ian
easter County Day" at the fair next
Thursday.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23

II the war teaches the Southern
farmer to Live at home" the lesson
will be valuable at any price.