The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 01, 1905, Page 4, Image 4
The Lancaster News.
Semi-Weekly.
Published
Wednesdays and Saturdays
At Lancaster, S. C.,
By The
Lancaster Publishing Company.
Charles T. Connors, Editor.
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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.
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