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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
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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
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iuii mifr on. dui me conserva
tiye farmer is willing to part witii
) his holdings at 11 cents, "when
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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."
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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.
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^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
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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 . .
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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