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w y ...? '? The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 18. SEMI-WEEKLY LANCASTER. S. C., NOVEMBER. 25. 1905. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Happenings in Georgia As Chronicled by "Former Lancastrian"?Good Crops and High-Priced MulesMany Mouths Waterine for Thanksgiving TurkeyGratifying Condition of the Public Schools throughout the Country. 4 Mr. Editor: The crops throughout Georgia are well nigh all gathered and the fields present a clean appearance, except, perhaps, in a few places where there is a small top crop of cotton. This will hardly L * miiuuut lu iiiuuii, aim in our opinion the number of bales already picked will be very nearly the total crop made. Various estimaters are inclined to in crease their estimate of the crop, and eleven million bales is gett ing to be a popular estimate With even this large a crop, they expect higher prices lor cot ? , l_i !>.-? - I - iuii mifr on. dui me conserva tiye farmer is willing to part witii ) his holdings at 11 cents, "when I it goes back there again." Next week Thanksgiving Day comes again and thousands of turkeys are fattening, to be slain and prepared for a good old turkey feast that day. The country is in a fairly prosperous condi |Vv tion and fanners, merchants, professional men, and all cl.tsse* have great reason to leel thank fill. Ol course, you have to make exceptions for fellows like the man, a farmer, well known as a chronic grumbler, who was a ked alter a very fine year for crop* what, lie had lo conip ain of. lie replied, k,Yes, we have made fine crops ibis year, but it is pesky v liaid on the soil." t Our city has just held her bien?i,i! municipal elec'ion and, perhaj , the h< tlesf ever he d it the history of the city. There \ver< j only two c ndidates for mayor altuon i I her wet many ' 111, i mi (in./.: .mm < for Hi ver, the incuii bent, was re-elected over in.- opponent, a splendid 1.w\ e \ ex Judge a il former Cat in> in. by a smi m.ijdrii.v. For more reasons than one, wo . upper ed the latter, t>ut a few more than half of the I vc i pit erred the former, so we nri numbered with the crowd that got left. ,4 ^A bit oi history connected with the county jail in* Jones county, this *t.de, is the fact that the builder 01 said jail, shortly alter finishing the job, which was many years ago, committed some offense and was the first prisoner to oifcupy a cell within the walls ot the new jail. Like Mr, Greene, wo believe it was, of "Greene 0 and Gaynor" fame, who had a similar experience, he was given a splendid opportunity to test the strength of the prison he had constructed.' The price of mules in these I I t parts looks mighty high to prospective buyers. Carload after carload of them are shipped here and sold every year, no matter how high the price, as the farmers say they must have 'em, for the "mule and the nigger" are mighty essential on a farm. It seems now that the uigger is fast severing his connection with the farm and the question of labor is huA?~; : "r ' ucuuiiuii^ n hutiuuh one. we oelieye in a strict enforcement of the vagrancy law. to helD matters along this line, as many of the negroes who are leaving the farm become worthless idlers on the streets and other places. All over the country, the public schools are now running in full blast. It is interesting to] notice what increased interest is being taken in educational matters, what up-to-date and svste matic methods are being introduced, etc. No doubt about it, the public schools ot the country are a hundred per cent better than they were a few years ago and it means that the coming generation is to be better (quipped for fighting life's battles, better in formed and better trained than past generations have been. Former Lancastrian. Macon, Georgia. Store Robbed Mr. R. C. Nisbet's Store A cross Stale Line Burglarized?Thief Thought to be in or about Lancaster. The store of Mr. R. C Nishet, io Union county, N. << , was broken info and robbed last Sunday night, the thief taking 3 U litis. 2 ov remits hit uf tlmnc load'(I shells, etc. A neuro named Charl.e Austin is eiui g ed with the crime and Mr. Nis bet w as in Lancaster yesterday on the lookout for him, having1 fou'd v. In-i't lie had spent the night bef< e in this cu';t*v. Mr. Nisbet roc yerod one of the igunsjuid ai <> oir ol th.e ove. coats at the i lace the i eg o at pped Thursday ni ;ht. Another Railroad. I Heath Springs and Granite Dnnrn; \ r\ Ko V... Rail. The Excelsior Granite com pany is preparing to build a branch railroad from its quarry | to Heath Springs, where it will conn ct with tho Souther#. Work 011 the road \% 1 i no doubt1 be started tit an early <I.1v. The company's indefatigable i president, Mr. Stewart Heath,! is losing no time in getting everything roaly for the construction and operation of the connecting line. .John Flliptlotr t\f A , VI ? Hfciiattt. | (ia., shot and killed a woman, Daisy May, in that city Friday and then took his own life. The Junior Order. To Observe Tomorrow as a National Thanksgiving Day. The National Council of the Junior Order of Uuited Amerihi - v?" m^cii;?nic8 navina designated tomorrow, Sunday, as a national Thanksgiving day, the day will accordingly be fittingly observed by the Lancaster Coun| cil. The members will meet at their hall at 10 o'clock in the morning, and from there will march in a body to the Second Baptist church, where appropriate religious services will be conducted by the pastor, the Rev. T. A. Dabney. Hughes vs Western Union An Interesting Case from Lancaster Finally Settled by the Supreme Court. The Supreme court has afllirmed the decision of the cir cwit court in llie case of \V. Alonzo Hughes against the Western Union Telegraph company. It will be recalled that the Dlaintift'. n. rAsirlAnf. r?f Heath Sprintrs, recovered a judgnlent against the defend ant company for $700, damages for failure to promptly deliver to him a telegram from Florida informing him of his brother's death, and thus causina him to arrive ;tt tlve place of the broth er's death after the interment of 'lie body The decision of the Supreme I court was published in The (Stale a day or two ago. i "One Man Out ofThousands'' W?i.\h !>v Ivileri ii-e. O ! f <. (. ill l Cl)!l< HI J)' .?) , iiib-rriii.-r iVii.) actually dreamed one omuL about what In- o . . 1 , bee me ah u i! Ih> mvi d Ioil to !ov ii o u< x monti.i ; i pay up. lit* ?.-> oxe out 01 thousands. Our ol^ervrt ion would .Oh > tin to believe that the nr. jority m ij. .1 1, ep t<> ? mnul\r I to dream about what the.v owe the newspaper. It. is a very rlitlie lilt muter lo f<tt a i:' ut m&n} rn<< ven to tii.. <?i a little mailti like that when 1 liesare wide a?v.?ke. A man must be vi*r,> near the kingdom wh< 1 be can (irea'm about what lie i;wt the newspaper.' Fire in Wing ate. The Stewart livery stables in Winuato were burned last. Alon day ni^hi. Two mules perished in the flames. Tlie origin lof the fire is net known. I The Lancaster News, 5 -pages [twice a week, $1,50. ? ~ I The Hawfield-Steele Nuptials ?Interesting Event in the Tirzah Section. Mr. T. B. Hawfield, of Harrison, and Miss Kate Steele, ot the Tirzah neighborhood, were married 011 lust Wee nesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. J. C. Steele, Itev. W. W. Ratchford, pastor of the bride, performing the ceremony. The attendants were Dr. Kerr and Miss Btrnice Walkup, Mr. Sam Steele and Miss Annie Hawfield. The marriage was a quiet home aflair, only a few relatives and intimate friends of the couple being present. The bride was a-tired in a Very beautiful and becoming gown of white silk and carried a hmmnAt nf v.;~ ? W* n Uitc UttlUtt- I tions. She wore a pair of white j slippers which her mother wore on the occasion of her wedding torty-tive years ago. After the ceremony a sumptuous dinner was served in the spacious dining room. The happy couple were the recipients ot many valuable and useful pres ents. Both the bride and groom are deservedly popular with a very large circle of friends audi acquaintances, and on the occa I sion of their wedding many good \1' O ? *> X'l 41 .... .. .. v i o oiiuwciwi It poll I HP 111. | On I lie following day Mr. and Mrs. lJawlield, accompanied by a low friends, drove to the hospitable borne of the groom in the Harrison neighborhood, where a delightful reception was tendered hem. For the present I hey will j make their home in the Harrison j neighborhood.?\\ ixhaw Filter prise. - Weddings this Week I ; The Season for Marriage Bells Now Fairly Opened, j Mr. V". L. Sowell, I) other >1 | uur ' iow rownsmcn Messrs. . i ; !.: and .) *se Sowull, no an, wire married iii ~ i, .Sunday, I-) li in-iant, by ihe Ilev if. d. Black 111011. Mr. Nan J. Covington, of ( . of I)>' igh. , wore married Tlmi . ill. J. Blackmou. Mr. Covingroil .i! d his bride 1 avo gone o < 'Ji'M'a w. \v axii.i w Lntt rprLe : Air. <vO I". Winchester, ofj the I'l as nr Drove n i'.hborlioo'l, ami Mi-s I {.ilia llinson, of; Monroe township, were married ; Sunday nuvning at the Method dist patsonago at Monroe bj I ll?-v. VV . K. Ware. Mr. Win-} Chester is i well known and j I popular young man and is a| brother of -Mrs. T. C. llaigler,. I of this pla/o. I . I Mr. Sid Cauthen and Miss j Lucy Bowers were married in' Heath Springs last Sunday, at i the Methodist parsonage, the j pastor, the Uev. David 11 ticks, jollieiating. To Reduce The Acreage President Jordan Talks of the Plans and Also of Scheme to Hold 3,000,000 Bales of Cotton. Vance RIn des one ol I'olk county's best known ami most substantial citizens, had the misfortune to lose his house and contents, together wit 11 something over $1,200 in cash, by lire on Sundav niuhf ti^'. Further particular^ cannot !> ' lent n f this time, but it is said there was no insurance. This is not the first time Mr. Rhodes has susi 'ue-l heave m?ss by keeping 1 rge soma of money at l-'s home. Some " go ut: know : . rt -js his hjruse duiin his over $1,0(0 inuruer 01 .Jack: Welch two year* ago. The Newa, $1.50 a year. Atlanta, N<w 23.?President Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Grower? Association, in an inter[view said the proposition to tie up 3,000,000 bales of cotton and hold it for higher prices, in the face of the already established short crop and the unprecedented consumption, was well under way and promises successful results. He said: "The entire machinery of thrt association will be put in motion within a few days, pledging the pnlfnn trrnnrnt?n ^ f ' ! " ^ 4 1 4 " i?i nit; ouui u CO 8* reduced acreage lor tlie next year." "We will begin thus early to hold down acreage to give the planters a lull opportunity to make arrangements lor another year." Here it is Again! Another Man Loses Heavily by Not Having His Money Deposited in Bank. Special to The Charlotte Observer. Rut herl'inl1 rm M?.i? Q<> *i Thinks The News's Advice Good. ! lvm Ker haw Km : i he Lancaster News i<. ist Sat uvdayedition had an adroir ai 1 Miitoiiai < n the value of. pulling together in matters petto the public we!'axe. Lt the citizen- of Qur neighbor ing town could >e made to . t uj t?a tli < xc elleut advice given by Edit'r Connors the town toiild soon ex iHit a dit rent air and spird altogether from lint: Avhi h ha characterized it in recent years, ft, would also Ire t-doni hod ai its future rapid development. Four men were hanged Friday in Carson, Nov., t<?r the