The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 09, 1905, Page 4, Image 4

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The Lancaster News, r 1r Semi-Weekly. a Published ? Wednesdays and Saturdays 8 At Lancaster, S. C., ' By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor. JH5MP SUBSCRIPTION RATES. j >!ir Year $1.50 >lx Months 75 < Three Months 40 Payable In advance. < ADVERTISING RATES. . 1 One inch, first nsertion. $l.oo Each subse- j annul Insertion 50 cents. For three months or | 'nntrer, reduced rates. i Professional cards, per year, $12. 2h..-ine-,s notices. Transient Advertisements, 1 lost an<l Eound, and otlier classilied advertisements not exceeding 25 words, 25 cents for ] m?ch insertion: 1 cent a word for each additional word over 25 words. Obituaries. Tributes of respect, cards of itsanks and all mailer of a personal or political tature to be cliarjted for.. Advertising rates t).v the column made known I on application. ftrief correspondence on subjects of sjcneral ! titerest Invited. Not responsible for views of correspondents It E. WYEIE, pltf.sidknt. TNO. A. COOK, Skc'v. and Tiikar. J. M. RIDDLE, .lit , ltrsiNBRs Man Ac. Kit. ?.ntered as second'-class matter, Oct. 7. 1P05, it the poslofHce at Lancaster, S C.. under Act yt Congress of March 3, 1879. Saturday, December 9, 1905. THE PRESIDENT S MESSAGE. The readers of The News will dnd in today's paper an excelPent epitome of President Roose relt's annual message to Confess. Its perusal will he far More satisfactory than undertaking to wade through the document itself, which is said to be tie lengthiest message ever sent to our national lawmakers by any Prooirion f r\ f iKo TTr?if/\rI Ctnlnn -* ivuiuvu u v? l uo IUICU UIU I C3 . It is estimated that there are thirty thousand words in the message, filling about twenty tvo columns of the daily paper average size. Probably the most remarkable 1 feature about the message is its ionservatism. There is nothing sensational about it, no radical FDOAmtV?AM/1 A* ? ? "" A xvv-vyiniuouuniiuuo Ul BllggWHLIOIlH f not even evidence of the fiery i strenuosity that usually character I ices the public utterances of the ( Rough Itider President. I As was to be expected, much 1 space is devoted to the presi- < Aeill's latest hobby, railroad sate I regulation. But even upon this t sabject he advances nothing new t ?nothing that he has not already t 9?id time and again. lie does not advise extreme legislation? 1 nothing like the making of rates 1 for the railroads, but simply the ( regulation by the government of * the rates as made by the railroads 1 themselves. His views are so t moderate that even the most 8 jealous defender of corporate in- ^ !erests in Congress will have but ^ little excuse lor opposing the c president's recommendations. j ===== t THE C. A L R. R. A6AIN r The Monroe .Journal repub iishes this week what The News t nonnf 1 ir K ??/! * - ? 1 - A * - - * 4\j\jxjutij uau iu Mtiy 111 relation ' bo the extension of the Cheraw 1 and Lancaster railroad and adds: ? No repeat that, the possibility of t Monroe's getting this road is ' (iiiflident to warrant the people of this town and and the lower f section to investigate the situa e f.ion and take organized action ^ ooking to secure it". p Our esteemed contemporary I; seed not give itself any uneasi- 2 aess about the matter. Both c Ilonroe and Lancaster will no ' a iiOUbt be affordftd ?mnl? nnnnr ?,? - tl : -tnify to "bid" for the road when u ihe time comos tor its promoters y \ decide upoti a route after v Baching Lynches river. Thai is ( well known way that railroad * ompanies have of getting out ide aid in the construction of heir lines. 1 iVINTHROP GIRLS AND CHRISTMAS. So far as our observation extends, the newspapers ot ihe state, that have expressed any opinion at all on die s ' ject, approve the recent action of the trustees of WinthropO?? lege in refusing to allow the students ot that institution to have a Christ mas holiday. We see no reason why the girls should he discriminated against. The s udents of other state institutions are given a lew days' holiday Christmas ? why not those of Winthrop also? If it is a good tiling for Clemson and South Carolina Col lego boys to spend Christmas at home, why shouldn't it be equally as good for the Winthrop girls? It any distinction is to be made at all it should be in favor of the girls, who are not so likely to be "done up" or "knocked out', by the dissipations of yule-tide and thereby unfitted for school work on their return to college. Judging by the experience of the past, a lot of the Winthrop girls will go home Christmas, r* 13 ? ~ - 4- - ' * a 11 y w ny . it BirHll^B COinCldence sickness develops in the homes of many of the students about "Christmas time", and in c nisequence urgent letters and telegramR are rushed to Rock Hill, asking the college authorities to permit the girls to "come home". But the girls and their parents should not be forced to resort to such subterfuges. LIBRARY DAY IN THE PUBLIC avnUULd. Next Friday, the 15th instant, is the day that State Superin Lendent of Education Martin has designated as Library Day in die public schools. That it should tie generally observed goes without saying. It is to be hoped, herefore, that teachers, patrons tnd pupils will heartily cooperate ind make the day one of marked tuccess. No school should be without a ibrary, and there is no excuse or h puouc ficnooi in South Carolina being without one in , dew of the generous offer made >y the state to aid in the esablishment of libraries. All a chool has to do is to raise ten lollars in order to secure a forty- ( lollar-library. While a number i ?f schools in Lancaster county , lave already taken advantage of 1 he state's proposition, there are nany others have not done so. j In view of the importance of < his matter we republish Suporntendent Martin's letter in re- ' y ation to libraries in the schools, i iddressed some time ago to couii J y superintendents, teachers and 1 rustees: The legislative appropriation or this year will allow for the J istablisbment of 200 more In J iraries and for the increase of a reat, many of those established I ast year. The establishment ol ' 00 new libraries and I he in. ? rease of 100 would mean that at J aast 25,000 first class hooks j 'onId be placed in the hands ol fie public school children before fie year closes. When the new * ear begins, we shall have to c vait about two month? for an ither legislative appropriation, >ven if this year's appropriation b exhausted. I have therefore legislated December 15th as Library day, to be observed by the schools of the state with the hope that we may arrange on that day for 25,000 books. 1 sufjuesi, therefore, that, you use that day for some lorm of public exercises, reciiiiuons, lectures, charades, dialogues, oyster sup per, phonograph, stereoptican or some oilier form of public enter tainment of your own choosing, to which an a< mission tea shouol be charged. Let us do all we can to arouse -in erest and pro { vide funds for this important work before tli* year closes. Alter December 31st this up propria!ion will be no longer ava lable. We shall have to wait until after the adjournmen1 Of the legislature betore nex year's appropriation can be its -d. Let us have a grand rally on i) rcember 15th and a good report f iM'/ll'f CAiltlOll / k t t llO L t >ll O I I "Ml VICI J OCVyllWII \?l tll^ ri CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. Persons who have Christmas shopping to do, and everybody wdl do more or less of it, will fi id it not a had idea to make their purchases before the rush and jam on th'-; eve of the hoii days and before the stocks have been picked over. Selections may now he made more leisurely and much more satisfactorily than later on. The advertising columns of The News will tell you where to find what you want. The mer chants of Lancaster have superb stocks?the best that they have ever had?stocks that compare lavorably with any in South Car olina, and those merchants who earnestly desire your patronage are inviting;, or will invite, your attention through the medium of The News to their many and varied attractions. Business Notices. All Notices inserted under this head at the rate of ONE CENT A WORD for each insertion. No notice to be counted less than *25 words. THIRTY years' experi nee enables me to say that I have the finest Christmas Cakes of all kinds to Le found, at Dennett's store. W. F. Swaringen. ROGERS Knives and Forks -the good kind, $ I.(Mi?others $3oo, and aotne fancy patterns $5.00, $7 60 and $10.00. Don l buy t locks until you see the big line. First **ew store iu springs block, next to hirst National Rank. Rhone 114 R C. Hough ? AUK too busy to tell you what we bave. If you want anything good to oat call on Bennett Grocery Co. IF YOU wnnt aomo nice fresh Spanish Mackerel and Trout call up the Lancaster Pish Market quick, as they are going fast l'hone 19. I HAVE two dozen Plain Gold Ring-t to after for $1.00 each -the best value jet off ared. Also six Watches worth $3.0o that I iin selling at $2.00?a splendid present for i boy. First new store io Springs block, next to First Nntioral Rank. Phono 114. II C. Hough. I HAVE, at L. C. Depot, 15,000 lbs tine Danish Cabbage for krauting purposes it $2.t 0 per hundred lbs Come quick as they are going fast. E. C. Lanier. i mnn 10 impress on your mind the Fact that my stock is now ready, and that yon can get what you want for Chrifttmaa better now than later. We have more time o give to each customer and the btock is nore complete First new store in Spring* iilock, next to First National Hank, i'hone 114. B. (J. Hough. WANTED.?-Every one to know that tanta Clans has left a large portion of his <ood things at the Excelsior Fruit Htand, <ept by LKMMOND. Bo?t New York and Vermont Apples, .Sweet Florida Oranges, Malaga Grapes. Turkish Figs, Arabian Dates. Lemons, California Prunes, Jersey Iran berries. Mixed New Cron Nuts f??#? old storage), liarico OocoanntK, Domestic ind Italian ? hestnnta. Fina assortment French and American Candies, Canned Soods, Cigars, Nmiflf #mokiug and Che wng Tobaccos, etc . etc FOR SALE AT COST ?I have NX) Cultivated Mlar.kberry plants for sale t 5cts apiece, which is just what thej ost me. K. U. Lanier. Lancaster, S.C. J 1 Dc Pu Of Th You will morrow. ] >12.50 Match thei for $ 1 5.00. low as $3.0 I Wool U That doesi warm, soft, j and it will size in Mai it started cember. r Ladies' read] We have ji a fresh sup goods, aru it going at the bottom pri and see th< li cnwo auuvv wiiiuil Crowds show whicl We are ha1* gest fall ti history of o yet we are i i ding on ch printed pri let us sho Dr^ss Goo jackets, SI 1 ing and Ft Williams-t The Under: I ; n >n t t f e onnT bum want it toLook at our /ercoats n if you can Others as nderwear | 1't shrink? serviceable be the same rch as when off in De- |! I I TO WEAR Hate List received ply of these d they are i usual rock ces. Come sm. jj way the wind blows. 1 way the trade goes. I zing the lar*ade in the ur business, not depenin music or ces. Come, w you our ds, Ladies' ioes, Clothlrniture. Hughes Co selling Store I" | J