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18 R. S. J Tie of Las Ele 1 Mr. R. S. Stewart in the race for may In a second election break the tie created last Tuesday's electlo received 110 votes tc There were 207 votes as was cast in the week. One was thro The voting was spi SANT> Lpncu Decemb Dear Santa Claus: 1 am in the fourti ten years old. I wai me a doll and pair o of dishes and pair o want some fruit and this time. I will clos Yours ti Lai Dear Santa: I take pleasure in few lines as it is alm< to come again. Pa sa to the war, but I kn< for you are too old. open the door again will come. Please 1 candy, apples, orangi a .22 rifle. I am a 1 years old, and going i to go and love my name is Miss Jessie don't forget her. Otto Ada Lancaster, ? Lac Hay Santa: How are you by th you will be well and f 25th, Xmas, and con your sack on your ba the little children aga tie girl, four years ol to bring me candy, and a tea set and a d thing will please me forget the children is gone to the war. So I close. La Lam Hollo Santa: They tell me you s then Santa, I am a years old. I want yoi and bring me a liti bugle and some can So I close with best v ing to see you soon. Shu Heath S My Dear Santa Clai How are you? I g ery day at Caston i looking for you Xma Is on I won't ask for j much. I want a bit fruit. Please bring tl ber our dear boys at end them some Chr You rs Rear Old Santa: Hope you will eomt Christmas. I want bring me a ring, brat of kid gloves and nuts and firecrackers, guess. Your little i I Heath Springs, 5 1917. Dear Old Santa: I thought the Gei tared you until I h had not shot close yc ta I want you to brim necklace and some nuts and firecrackers hoping the German you. Tour lit S Dear Santa Olaus: I am a little girl old. Santa if you pl< little wagon, a rockc candy and nuts and Your little Riutt Rich Hill, S. C. .I.I!.I I II mi II I niMlllW^i WWIil STEWART ELEC' t Week's Election Broken ction in Which Mr. Stewc Majority of Fourteen won the honors j the polls opened at eight o'clock tl or of Lancaster morning there were several prest i held today to Cftat thejr ballots. At 9:30 o'clo 1 by the vote In eighty votes had been cast and n. Mr. Stewart > Mr. Jones' 96. noon 150' j cast, the same Today's election, like that of li election of last Tuesday was quiet, and the sh< wn out. campaign preceding it, while spir irited and when ed, was devoid of bitterness a V CLAUS LETTERS ister, S. C., Lancaster, S. C., er 15, 1917. It. F. D. No. 5. December 15, 191 ti grade. I am I am a little boy. 10 (10) yes nt you to bring old, and I want to ask a few thin f vases and set [ of him. I want some apph f gloves, and I oranges and chewing gum; soi that is all for firecrackers. My little brother >e for this time, seven years. He wants an apple a -uly, some chewing gum, and some fli Annie Harris. crackers. My little sister wants _ doll and some apples. tcaster. S. C. Your true fr,end' Clarence Williams, writing you a A,ma Mae Wi??an1S. jst time for you | ys you are gone Dear Santa Claus: >w you are not. Hope you have had a line tir I think I will since last Christmas. 1 want you , Santa, if you! please bring me a few things tl bring me some Xmas. I will not ask much as it fs, a knife and war time. I want a raincoat and IHln K.M. r.A../xn ii> .? .. .1 _! 1 hiit: uuj , ac?rii w i lai ait il, tiuu rill?>. 1111(1 pil to school. I like gloves, and fruits. nuts, candii teacher. Her and Roman candles, firecrackers, ai Smith. Please that's all for this time. Your little girl, ms, I Fannie Lee Blackmon. 5. C., R. No. 8, Dear Santa: icaster. S. C. Christmas will soon be here and thought I would write and tell y< is time? I hope what I want you to bring me. I a eeling good the thirteen years old and go to scho le around with and am in the seventh grade. San ck to see all of I want you to please bring me in. I am a lit- pair of skates, a bracelet, a ring ai d. I want you nuts, fruits, candies and some fir apples, oranges crackers. I guess that is all for th oily. Just any- time. i. Santa don't Your little girl, where their pa Inez Hinson. Dear Santa Claus: noia Adams. ^ am a little boy, three years ol Please bring me a doll and a rockii caster. S. C. chair and bed and fruits, candle I firecrackers. ire Santa. Well j Your little boy. little boy, two, j w Hinson. l to come Xmas Uirh Hm s c tie waggon, a dies and nuts. ??,i Dear Santa Claus: i ishes and hop- . I will let you know the f? ford Adams. ! ,hinR9 that 1 w?nt. If is flreworl and a little cash register, and .<?toi prings S C book, and also fruits and candy, at 1S if you will bring them to me I wl oto school ev- be ob,i*pd ln(,Pe(lschool. I am Your ,iu,e fr,end' s. As the war Kzralee Bailey. roil to bring mej ? ycle and some: Dear Santa: lat, but remem- 1 want a doll carriage that ct the army and ride my big doll in. I want a dr istmas things, j bed, a set of furs, some fruit ai iriny, nuts. Curtis Sims. Your little friend. Eleanor Black mon. ! to see me this I . . cI Lancaster, S. C.t you to please Dpo J6 m7 :elet and a pair, Dear SanU naug; candies, fruits, j j am R Kjrit njn? years ol That is all. I j want y()U to ^ring me a muff at a fur and a pair of rubbers, ai elrl candies and fruits and ratslns. :.ena Hinson. your frlend ?. C.. Dec. 10, Katherine Cook. Dear Santa Claus: mans had cap- * a,n "ve year8 old and ma sa eard that they 1 am n?t 80 Iwul. 1 want the soldi iu. Please San- boys to have most of my Xmas b K me a ring and send me an airplane and some lar fruit, candies, firecrackers. I want to get t . So I will close Kyzer. W. P. Caskey. is won't catch Hello Santa Claus: He girl, I hope the Germans have not ki larah Reeves. ed you and you will bo able to m 1 your usual round this year. I am little boy, four years old this Xrai only two years I have a little twin sister. Plea Base bring me a bring her something nice. On yo ir, a doll, some journey do not forget fruits. Your little twins, girl. Gary and Fay Small. 1 Blackmon,* , Heath Springs, S. C., R. No. Dec. 17, 1917. ? mm v THE LANCASTER NEWBTUESDAY, DEC. IT n MA V AD I.om. I I I IVI ZA W I and all kinds of frult'and JL JLiLr lVllT A am eight years old ani ha^ smart boy this year. # * ' Your friend, Today in a Second He&lh Sprlng8 sHercertF x Dec. 17. 1917. irf Wnn Rv n I > ?? W?? J % " I Dear Santa Claus: m I I am a little boy, eight \ 0l S aKe- a?d * want you to br riding whip and some drew .... . 1V ,A , frultB, and nuts of all Y tiis mud-Blinging, and the result is resome candy. ;nt celved with satisfaction by the peo- From your little frit >ck pie of the city. The fact that there Eugene Heath Springs. S. C., Roi at was so near an equal division in the uec 17 1917. vote does not mean that the sue 1st cessful candidate will not have the Lancaster, S. C.. Dec 15 >rt undivided support of the people of ,. 0 Dear Santa Claus: It- the city. It was merely a case of Pleuse send me a large nd deciding between two good men. a buggy and a tea set. ?? Santa the war is on and thl -I Dear Santa Claus: ask for th,s time* I am a little boy, seven years old, Louise I and go to school. 1 want the soldier boys to have most of my Xmas, Please send me a great t ! though I would like to have some doll and a buggy. 1 fruits, nuts, oranges, apples and Evelyn 17. candy enough to divide with my irslthree little brothers and grandpa. Please bring rae a larg gs I J. B. Caskey. a?d a train. 09>| , Boodbye. ue . ? ? Woodrow Wilson Lancaster. S. C., Dec. 17. 1917. nd ? Lancaster. S. ?? Dear Santa: _ re- Dec. 17, I am in the third grade. I get on ^ a . .. . Dear Santa Claus: the honor roll every month. I am . . . . .. I want you to bring me eight years old. . . . ? ' . , ,. , . paints and a cannon and s< Santa, please bring me a sideboard . .. ., . and that s all 1 11 ask for t and tea set. . . t ... Our grade sent $19.12 to s We made $19.12 to support a lit- _ . . ... _ ,t , ? ^ French child. Don t forgei tie French child. j , at my house. Please bring me a muff and fur ? ,111, , . no , * Your little frlenti 11B and some nuts and fruit. _ . to v ? . ^ John Poag Or lo Your friend. lis Sarah Hilton. ~ " ? j8 i Lancaster, S, a . Dec. 17 i{r Deep-seated coughs that resist or- Dear Santa: Js dinary remedies require both exter- I am in the third gri Hj r.al and internal treatment. If you teacher is Miss Brock. I buy a dollar bottle of BALLARD'S fine. I am eleven years ol HORKHOUND SYRUP you get the Santa. I want a watch bra two remedies you need for the price a little piano. I want a of one. There is a DERRICK'S can open and shut her eyf RED PEPPER PORUS PLASTER cart and a bed and a ti for the chest, free with each bottle, fruits. I Sold by all dealers In medicine.? Your frlenc )U Adv. i Jannle S m ** ? ol a id eils Mr. R. S. Stewart, Candid \ To the Citizens of Lancaster: d. ig I ,g During the dark hours of the night ent for Mayor, Mr. C. D. Jones, distribute was later reproduced and favorably comi In this circular Mr. Jones very prope didacy for re-election; but at the same til RSSncinfpH with nnrl uimnnrtin,, otonJ <? * VII M??VI ouppv/l 1 I ?v f otanu ,WJ| Places." My first impulse was to treat tY its'I which they so richly deserve; but since tl ry it is only fair and just to myself and my lrt STATEMENTS PUBLISHED OR SPOKI 11, STAND FOR ANY FORM OF LAWLES UNTRUTH. In my race for Mayor, I have the wai men, whose character and worth need no have studied the Registration lists with d 1,1 trants to whom Mr. Jones might refer to served to warm within my bosom a feelin rolled there. Unlike my opponent, I own and conti and praise my virtues, even should a pro] that Time, in its remorseless march, ha; virtues and the faults of us both. As good as I may be, or as bad as m d. friends have never failed to welcome my id But now that I have shown the temerity ld for an office to which they aspire, I am ( with a "Damned Disinheriting Countena I wish to say most emphatically to for "Law and Order" and "Civic Righteo a private citizen, ys In my race for Mayor, I have made ? I AM ELECTED, I WILL TAKE THE PI ut FULL INFORMATION REGARDING TJ g<l WILL BE A PROPER AUDITING OF 1 h? WORKS COMMISSION; AND PUBLISI AT REGULAR INTERVALS, SHOWINl ITS EXPENDITURE. Whatever may be the results of nc k,> arbitrary on thn one hand; nor cast-down "ETERNAL JUSTICE AND ETF .ae ur December 15th, 1917. 2. 18, 1917. Lancaster, S. C., < fireworks Dec. 17, 1917. nuts.* I Dear Santa: BUSINESS ; re been n I am in the tlhrd grade and I am * eleven years old, and I am very good. I hope you will bring me a shotgun <?KT YOUR CHR Small. an(j 8ome firecrackers and fruits of nut8 and other 1 I. No. 2. an BOrt8. I wish you a merry Christ- Bennett-Terry Co. mas. Store. R. J. Helms. . i<X)R MALE?One years of Dear Santa Claus: entitled to regist ing me a I em a girl, age ten years, and go old; weight about rorks and to school and am in the fourth grade. for $85 gets her :inds and My teacher's name Is Miss Smith. I shoats from 50 like her fine. Please bring me a Two good Jersey md, rocker, a doll carriage and a doll and B. Faulkenbury, Small. fruits, nuts and candies. S. C. ite No. 2, Your little girl. Loree Blackmon. FOR SALE?We ha Rich Hill, S. C. chines and will standard adding Lancaster. S. C.. third cost for qi Dec. 17. 1917. nett-Terry Co. , 'Dear Santa Claus: n? niH' * am 'n *he third grade. I have 1'DR SALE < 1IK.AI been on the honor roll every time so Colony ( hicken I ,H nU : far. I am ten years old. the n,OBt uP-to-da . .. i Dear Santa Claus: I want a hold as many as .1 ? "N watch bracelet and a little piano. I livered Lancaster want a dolly that can open her eves, j so" on the grour >ig sleepy and some app,e8 and a? k|nd Qf This is about one fruit and some candy and fireworks. would cost to con Joll>. My teacher is good to us. and I like C unningham e wago , I,th",k ' "m 1500,1 " a?h0?1- BKNNETT.TKRRV ^ I hope I am. We are supporting a , . little French child. Wo have given I ?r c ? *, a ,? j ? . , I and all Christmas $19.12. I want some raisins and _ , _ . Jo"y- oranges. | flnd the be8t of 61 Your friend, | Btore r Frances Culp. WANTED?Cow hit I9*?. ? mule hides, she TAX NOTICE. hides, mink skins a h?* of w.l? n0A!!e 18 ,bere,by glv!n lhat coon skins, red ] ime mm '?r couecuon 01 uuy pay high68t mark? hlB year. .Taxes will be open from December before you 8en. lupport a;1?* ^ December 31st, lncluuslve. Lancaster, S. C. t to stop E. C. SECREST, ? ? Clerk and Treasurer. FOR 8ALE-Bulck ! r'ne type, excelle dition. Suitable ennan. ^ ^ bargain. Apply F r I PROFESSIONAL CARDS Lancaster, S. C.' 1917 DR. W. 8. HOLLY, ; sician, Surgeon ai ade. My | pR. J. KKETK FUNDKRBURK, a* ^h6801"^' H??^ Hke her ,>?nUil Surgeon. ?tab,e8' Ph?DG 2 d. Dear' Crelet and 0fflce Hours: NOTIC doll that! 8:30 to 12:30 A. M. >s. and a 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. All hunting, tlshl unk and 1 And by Appointment. otherwise trespassin Office, 160. Farm is prohibited i I. Residence, 16. the law. tames. Office over B. C. Hough. 17-2t-np. LE ate tor Mayor, Replies to Mr. Jones ; preceding last Tuesday's Municipal election, my oppon:d over the town of Lancaster a certain circular, which nented upon in The Lancaster News, rly states the policies for which he stands in his canme charges, by inference and innuendo, that I, and those for lawlessness, "Blind-tigers, Gambling Dens and worse iese insinuations with a dignified supreme contempt, ley are being privately repeated and amplified, I feel that friends to say to the public, that ANY AND ALL SN TO THE EFFECT THAT I, OR MY SUPPORTERS, SNESS REPRESENTS A TISSUE OF ERROR AND m friendship and support of good, noble-hearted, Godly circularizing, nor newspaper commendation and praise. I iligence, but in vain, to discover the names of those regisas "The Lawless Element." My study of these lists only g of pulsing pride in the splendid citizenship found en*ol no Newspaper and printing press to extol my talents per modesty permit; but I entertain a child-like faith s discovered, and will discover, to our fellow citizens, the y opponent would have you believe I am, he and his aid and assistance in their public and political affairs, to exercise the universal right of citizenship and offer viewed by them, as is said in The School for Scandal, nee." the people of Lancaster that I DO AND WILL STAND usness," whether I become Mayor of your town or remain no promises, but now I desire to make one. It is this: IF EOPLE INTO MY CONFIDENCE. THEY SHALL HAVE HEIR AFFAIRS. AMONG MY FIRST OFFICIAL ACTS THE BOOKS OF THE TOWN AND THE WATER fED STATEMENTS WILL BE GIVEN THE PEOPLE S THE TOWNS REVENUE AND THE MANNER OF !xt Tuesday's" election, I shall be neither arrogant and i and ill-tempered on the other, for JRNAL TRUTH ARE IN THE HANDS OF GOD." R; S. STEWART. NOTICES I I IHTMT8 fruits. hings to eat at , the Pure Pood 19-2t-np. Berkshire sow. ration, one year 250; first check Also several to 126 pounds, milk cows. W. Heath Springs, 19-lt-np. ve 2 adding masell one good machine at oneilck sale. Ben19-tf. ??20 Movable, louses, made in ite manner. Will 10 chickens. De$17.50 or will id for $14.00. i-half of what it istruct them. J. 18-2t-pd. no i? >< no/4- I Ice nuta, fruits, eatables. You'll ?erything at thla 19-2t-np. lea, norse hides, ep hides, goat , musk rat skins, fox skins. Will >t price. See me Capers Cauthen, 17-3t-pd. Racer?submant running confor truck. Big Myler & Mackey, 15-tf. Veterinary Phyld Dentist. Office Live Stock Co. 26, Dani^ter, S. 16nm-pd. W. ing, trapping or g on the Foster under penalty of ROY SPRINGS. % 9