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The Lancaster News. Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATKS. t*ie Year *1.60 Si* Months 76 Three Months 40 Payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. One inch, first 'tisertion. *1.00. Each subse*X5ient Insertion 50 cents. For three months or imjrer, reduced rates. Professional curds, per year, *12. Business notices, Transient Advertisemonts, and Found, and ottier el ass i lie d advertisements not exceeding 25 words, 25 cents for ouch insertion: I cent a word for each addiOJonnl word over 25 words. Obrtnnrics. Tributes of'resnect. cards of Thanks and all matter of a personal or political future to be charged for. k Advertising rates by the column made known n application. Pricf correspondence on subjects of general interest invited. Not responsible for views of correspondents. TL 10. WYL1K, pltksi dent. JNO. A COOK, Skc'y. and Tubas. J. M. KIDDLE, Jit , Businkss Makackk. Entered at the postolllce at Lancaster, S C.. second-class mail matter, Oct. 4, 1P0>. Wednesday, November 1, 1905. Few people in Lancaster realize the extent to which the town is rrowinir. For the past ten or a moasc-m i ^iun ii n ^1 Ml um urrn 30 steady and gradual that unless one stops and takes a retrnspec live view lie but imperfectly appreciates the progress the old town is making. In that length f>f time it has more than doubled its population, its volume ol busi oess and its taxable values. Ten /ears ago a st ranger on t he st reets o. Laneabler was an object of in terest; today the presence of many it range laces attracts no attention *r provokes comment. Yes, Lancaster is moving right along, and is making no fuss about it* In this year alone many thousands ol dollars have been, and are being expended in permanent improve Tnents?in hotel, store rooms, private residences, etc?and yet you hear of no Lancastrian boast ir?g unseemingly of the boom his (own is now enjoying. The aver age citizen takes the town'.-] growth as a matter ef course, or rise he is too busy hustling to do itn? blowing about it. With its issue of last week the Kershaw Era entered upon the seventeenth yearof its existence It is a tact worthy of note that Mir esteemed contemporary and the town in which it is published are about the same age, the latter heine: onlv six months older than Jhe Kra. Both have made wonderful strides along the li"e ol progress. Kershaw today, with i's thousand or more inhabitants, ar?nv handsome stores and resi ie?ices, several flourishing churches modern school building, oil mill,splendid streets, water works and electric lights, stands higher >n me seaie or material, religious anil educational development than many towns in South Carolina more than a hall century old. The growth ol the ICra has he en equally as marked in the journaV;>itc field. Under the guidance r?i its zealous and efficient editor ?ml publisher, Oapt. Ilamel, it iras been steadily improving tor jears. Its editorial depar'meni especially good, now comparing favorably with that of any weekly or semi weekly puMiea Sion in tlie state. Capt. ITamei always taken a great pride in r,jH town and his newspaper has proven a most potent factor in its 4(1 lanceinent along all lines. 1 A COUNTY FAIR. This is the seann of the year when both state and county fairs ore being held all over the south, and success in a marked degree has attended all of those thus far held. Good crops, good prices for cotton and plienome na'ly fine weather have all contributed this year to the success of these annual undertakings to exploit the agricultural, indus trial and other material interests of the country. That a fair is of incalculable benefit to a common wealth, or a county, as the case may be, none will deny. It has long since passed the experimental stage and is now looked upon as almost a necessity in many states and counties. Practically all South Carolinians know what our state fair means; what its advantages are to the people, viewed from the standpoint of both pleasure and profit. But, unfortunately, the knowl edge of county fairs is not so general. While many counties have been having fairs for years, and are therefore acquainted with t heir real worth to a people, there are several counties in South Carolina that have never undertaken anything of the kind, Lancaster being among the latter number. Why Lancaster county has never had a fair we do not know ?certainly not from a lack oi any of the essentials that make for the success of such exhibitions. The productsof her farms, mills and mines will certainly compare favorably with those of any county in the state. No belters ock?horses, mules, cat . 1 1 . 11 C ,1 ite turn iiuy?, win u? 10111111 miy where than in Lancaster. Why then shouldn't this count.}' ein bin k in the fair business, too? What a s'iniulus a county fair would prove to be to even beter stock raising, better farming and gardening, and better poul try raising! Hut aside from these man l'e-t advantages, how pleasant and pr- fitable it would be lor the people, men, women and children, to meet together once a year in Iriendly, social mt' rcourse. Bv all means let us have a a county fair. Who'll hike the lead ? The time to begin work for a fair next year is right now. "THE FARMER AND THE AUTOMOBILE." Dr. G. W. Gardner, llie able editor of tho Greenwood Journal, lias been netting into ''serious trouble," as he expresses it, by uttering a mild word of praise tor the "red devil"?the automobile. The extent of his offending was in remarking chat he would "rath er have the town full ot automo biles than to have the shadow ot .? cotton mill president who gam t>ied on cotton." Protests, thick nd last, have sirce been hurled ti i he good-natured Doctor. i ri i i 11* i i^|iruinuy WWH HO pronounced in his objections to such a ' 'curse as I lie automobile,'' and so convincing in argument, hat I)'\ Gardner is now almost persuaded that the ur?d devii" is not the thing for country u-e Referring to what the larmer in question had to say, the Journal remarks: From the way he talked we felt that it automobiles keep on coming, farmers will have to sell out bag and baggage and quit business, tor these things are des tined to run all the mules and horses in the country crazy. An old mule or horse that could not he gotten out of a walk with a keen hick'?ry will run like a streak of lightning the moment he scents or spies one of these things. A mile a minute is nothing to him, and the trouble is he has no regard as to the direction lie takes or the obstacles in the way. He will turn his front part, before as quiek as thought, and not make a single cuiye in J " _ II *11 A ?- 1 __ _ A uoingso ue win lacRie a sione lence as qnicklv as lie would (lie open road He does not stand on (lie order oi his movements H" is simply for getting ! I ere Kli, and goMing (Mere right now. 1 he automobile seems 'o he a great thing (or putting new life into old slow horses it it did not cause 'em to lose lhe:r senses entirely. As lor cows, il scares lliem so badly thai the women folks cannot milk them lor days, and when I hey get over t ie scare suflic ently to allow you to come near they will not give uown toeii in 11 k j ;ui<i ineio you are! BYE BYE, BI10. BIGHAM. No, The Lantern did not inti m Me I fin! its position was not correctly staled in the Lancaster News. It only intimated thai its position was not stated at all ? Chester Lantei n. The trouble with our esteemed contemporary is that it dots not recognize its own propositions alter they have been carried out to their logical conclusions, for which it should not hold us responsible. In trying to maintain its untenable positions the Lantern has become rat I led?s ? much sc that it now doesn't know where it is "at." We leave it alone tor a while, until it recovers its rqui librium PRESIDEN r PAUL MORTON Outlining the policy of the new management of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States in an address delivered before a Convention of Equitable Agents, among other things says : "Already there has been a saving in the administration of your Society amounting to approximately $600,000 perannum. This equals 4 per cent, on an investment of $15,000,000. This is the equivalent to having $15,000,000 more 4 percent, bonds in our vaults. There will be other economies, and I can only repeat that retrenchment and conservative management is going to be our policy. I have great ambitions for the Equitable I want it tr? be nnt r?nl\r tlm greatest and the best but the safest and most conservative life insurance institution in the land. I want it to be the one that the agents will like the very best to work for. I want it to be the one that bankers and people who have securities for sale can feel that they will always get a square deal from. I want it to be the one that policyholders wiil recommend their friends to insure in and that everybody can point to with pride, i want it to be Known, not only as the strongest financially, but the strongest morally." Moral: Insure in the Equitable Life, "Strongest in the World." W. B. Knight, - Special Agent, ? LANCASTER, S. C. Business Notices. ?39~AII Notices inserted under tbis head at the rate of ONE CENT A WORD for each insertion. No notice to be counted less than 25 words. FOR RENT.?A good one-horse farm. Apply to J. B. Vaughn, Dry Creek, S. O. FOR SALE ?Singer Sewing Machine in good condition?has been recently overhauled and is as good as new. Apply to S. T. Blackmon. I WILL have fresh oysters Friday and Saturday of this week. S. T. Blackmon. TWO STORES, one dwelling and two rooms, in Lancaster, for rent. Apply to W. '. Cunningham. W A NT EI)?75 Cedar Post. Walter P. Davis. LOST?On Monday afternoon in lot back of Bennett's store, black silk hat trimmed in three black plumes a id pink ribbon, in box from Cloud's. Hat was left on back of buggy belonging to some unkuowi) pariy, who probably carri-d it away by mistake. Party who got hat will please leave at this ollice. I 1IAVE 100 solid gold rings to oner at ft.(It) each, the^e Kings are not old shoddy stock but new up to now g ods and worth RO per cent more than I am charging for them. Get one today. B.C. Hough. THE SALE of llrst class timekeepers is an important feature of my business, and Hie reason I am having such large sales in this line is owing to the fact that I sell strictly llr-t class Watches at extremely low prices and always tell my customer what he is getting Every one warranted exactly as represented or money refunded. I have the best Stock of Watches ever shown in a small town. It. O. Hough. DO NOT neglect your Eyks, if your eyes trouble > ou even a little bit, come and have them examined; a stitch in time saves nine; you may save yourself a big lot of trouble by having proper Spectacles lifted at once. I have frames in Gold, Gold ti lied, Solid Nickel, Steel and Aluminum, at prices ranging from $1000 to Inc. H. C. Hough. I CANNOT begin to name (be many beautiful articles 1 am showing in Silverware this season. I can . . . i I .. ...I. !...* ......... ?...! ...? - ?uii> n ^ r\ iii.ii %yui< uumr- nun iiir yourself if I am not showing a better variety or ware, both sterling and "I'i atk That W'rakh," tlmn many of t lie Jewelers in larger towns and citips, who make as much fuss about big -tucks. My prices are lower tban theirs, because 1 can afford to sell cheaper than they. My rent is lower, my help is cheaper, and it costs me less to live. .See my stock and get my prices and I will get the business. It (J. Hough. K. C. LAN IKK, at L. ?& G. depot lias another line car Danish Cabbage i hat he is selling for $2 00 per hundred pounds. They are line for making kraut. K. C. LANIER, at L & C. depot lias another line car Danish Cabbage that he is selling for $2.00 per hundred pounds. They are tine for making krant. WE HAVE Fresh Norfolk Oysters and Florida Fish?shipped direct to lis?on hand every day in the week. When you want an\thing in this line that is nice and FRESH, phone 7h. E. C. Lanier tf Professional Cards JOHN E. WELSH, DENTIST, Lancaster, S. C. Office Up stairs in Masonic Building. DENTISTRY. DR. R. M. GALLOVv AV,| Surgeon Dentist, i Office Up-stairs in Ganson Building. I Dr. R. G. ELLIOTT, Lancaster, S. C. Residence 'phone. No. *|H7. Office, I Mi vis II ii i Id In ft, cor. Main and l>nn lap afreets; 'phone No. 72. Will practice in both town and conn-1 tv. All call*, day or night, will re-i i ceive prompt attention. Up-to-Date Livery Handsome, stylish turnouts always to be had at the stables of tlio Hpafch?Rllinfct Miilo C!o Just received another lot of nice Buggies and Carriages Call and select your vehicle. Will make the price right. Also just in, another carload of the best WAGONS made. Selling 'em almost as fast as we can put 'em up. Will have a shipment of Mules and Horses in a few days. HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE GO. SHERIFF'S SALE. Static ok South Carolina, J County ok Lancaster, f Emma A. Small as administratrix of estate of S. K. Usher, deceased, plaintiff' vs Joel E. Usher, J. II,Usher and others, I tefendants. d-^ rikitlvt ? .1 ? ?.u ilonrnu iif .1 .1 ir.. 0 Purdy,in the above ent itlecrcause, tlIe<l in the Clerk's otlice September 27th, 15105, I will sell at public auction, at Lancaster Court House, S. C. on the flrst Monday in November next, within the legal hours of sale, the real estate belonging to the late Samuel K. Usher, deceased, containing J 42 Acres, more or less, Situate in Lancaster County, in this State, and bounded on the North by lands of John Robinson and H'rain Steele, on the East by lands of John Steele, on the South by lands of Billy Plylerandon the West by lands of Jackson Usher and Billy Duncan. ^ 'these lands will be sold bv order om the Court of Equity to pay off the ir&. debtedness of said estate and in tinal settlement of the same. Terms of sale CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. JOHN P. HUNTER, Sheriff, L. C. R E. WYLIK, REAR B. Allison, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Oct. 7, 11)05. 3-w. ^ Notice. To th*4 overseers of the I'lihlie Koads of Lancaster < mint) . I again ask yon all to warn out your hands and work each of your sections of the public reads, as many days as the law requires or until you get your road in good condition. I want to llnd that each section of road in the county is worked'good between this and the last day of November. As you all know you can't do much good working the clay roads during the winter months. The grand jury held a meeting on the tiret Monday in September last and requested me to give notice to all of the overseers to put four days' ' work on each section of road by the lirat Monday in Oct. and for each of you to make a report to me that day. And I did so. hut manv of von tnilori to work or to make any report. So I kindly ask you all to read the report of the grand jury at the last term of the court. You will see by that report that they want to have the roads worked better than they have ever been in the past, or have the law enforced against anv one who fails to discharge his duty. I.et every one do his duty, and the law will not be enforced against any one. but otherwise, they say it must be done, 'take due notice therefore and govern yourself accordingly. Respectfully, \ M. C. Gardner, Co., Supr. Notice to Taxpayers. Taxes will be due and payable without penalty from October 15 to December 31, lflOfi. The tax levy for State purposes is mills, for ordinary county purposes 4'& mills, special county purposes (L. A O. R, R. bonds) '2 mills, consti tutional tax for school purposes 3 mills, making i tola! levy of 15 mills on nil taxable property of the county , ; In School Districts Nos. 5,80, 82 and It!. there is a special levy of 2 mills ^ additional for school purposes; in ? District No. 21.8 mills* District a Nos. * 12, 17 and 89, I mill-; District No. 88, 5 mills; No. 14, 0 mills, and No. 40, 7 mills. In Dane Creek Township there is a special local levy of 4'<a mills for railroad purposes; GUIs Creek, 5 mills, and Pleasant IIill, 8 mills. There is also a lax of one dollar on each male citizen between the ages of * r twenty-one and sixty years, except ex-Confederate soldiers and sa'lors, or those who are ho disabled that they cannot earn a support by manual labor. YV. ft. C AUTII P.N, Treasurer Lancaster County. *