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** / % The ^ancaster News LEDGER J 852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL I. NO. 53. SEMI-WEEKLY LANCASTER. S. C., APRIL 7. 1906. DDir.F?PI VP rPNTC ncn rnni Our (ieorgia Letter. ['* j w' "Former Lancastrian" Still m Interested in Lancaster' n< I W Politic s Thinks Col. j p, Springs Should Run for ki Congress, if for Anything? le tl] Bouquets for The News and fy its Agricultural Department jj, i ?A Hint to Lancaster's Road Overseers?Other Matters of Interest. w Mr. Kiiior:?It look* now as if gentle Spring weather will reach us a lew days late, as the A present wea ther It els like real Winter weather to us. Yesterday was all fo?>ls day too, which shows that the first of April is here. But it's co'd yet in these parts. Announcements of candidates for the various county offices n< have begun to appear daily in tl our papers in this county and tl the candidates ate hustling M around considerably, trying to m persuade the boys that "I'm the rt mil v IaIIaw fur . > 1..? " *" -V.-W" VIAVJ 11 Doubtless the candidates in a' old Lancaster will soon have to r yield to the "earnest solicitation oi|friencls" and b6gin to annonuce y< for office. While we no longer m have the privilege of voting in ot Lancastrer, we still feel an in- e> a terest in her politics and are M anxious to see who is''coming g< out" this year. is We notice mention has been S made of running Col. Springs ri for the senate. We are not in C favor of this, as we think if he v< runs for any office at aM, it si should be congress. Hut we don't at believe ho will spare the time t<> ai run for either, and we don't ki think he has any political arabi- at tion, anyway. at Citizens of Lancaster are due se the editor ot The News a unani- ar nious vote ol thanks jor his at earnest efforts to secure some to much needed improve meals in Lancaster, some of which have already been made and prospects for the others appear bright in- jc deed. ty Road overseers in Lancaster county who are negligent of ^ their duty, might as well get to ^ hustling and get their roads in (j, v good shape for Prof Helk will, ^ doubtless, not let up on thern, Gf until they do. He's riuhf. r.n#v I It, good roads in a cominuity are (j( well nigh essential to the well fare of her citiztius. The agricultural department of The News is fine. No doubt, many farmers will make their ,() ' plans and profit according to the advice given through the columns of this department, ' which is always interesting. Wrecks on rail-roads are get- 1 40 ting mote and more I'r. quent, it I r seems to ns. Of course, this is I . partly due to the fact that there are a great many more rail roads Hfl in operation now than formerly, u 4 ? *4 4 de but in a great many cases, it mu?t certainly tie due to caielessness of rail-road employees. But we J >pe this is not the cafe morel an half the time, anyway, f r hat kind of a fallow must a an be, who is intentionally ! C )glij:ent of his duty, especially lien so many lives and so much opertv are at stake. We all iow that there are many reck9?, careless people in this world pe iough and, pfrl aps, some ot *r< tern, are included ill rail road 111 st. of Former Lancastrian. rv Macon, Ga . l)l in 'idows of Mexican Soldiers ,n so di r? rr . * * ? lii cmurc oeing iviaae to Have their Pensions Increased?Names of those 1)1 ki in Lancaster County. tr tli County Supf rvisor M. C. Card or sr is doing what he cm to have se le na<ional govornment increase ee le pensions ot the widows ol in exican soldiers, and lie deserves jo mch credit for h's ell'orts. He ai 'cently wrote Senator Tillman pi i Washington on the subject n< ad has received the following tr >ply to his letter- ct Dear Mr. Gardner: 1 have P' uur letter of March 3()th giving hi ie the names of certain widows f Mexican soldiers. It is very oi ?sy to get a pension of an old F exican soldier raised hut ? .? *< ? ? ? y ? V?u V KJ "S ?t the pension of a widow raised h an entirely different ma'ter. A nine ot tliese old soldiers mar- t ed <piite young women and rhe m ommittee on Pensions is not m jry willing to increase the pen- tl ons of the widows unless they is e in destitute i'ironinstances in 1 ad old and helpless. If you te ttow of any cases like that la noug the number you mention si id will prepare the papers and ei lid to me showing that they ly e in destitute circumstances hi id old and h-lpless. 1 will try re i do what I can for them. pi Very truly yours, as B. K Tillman. There are five widows of Mox- ai an soldiers in Lancaster coun- ()' , as far as we hi;ve been able ascertain. Ttiex ar as follows: '? rs. ./anie Adams, widow of Ha aron Adams ; Mrs Mahala 8t ent, widow ef J- tin (lent; rs. Kliza Phillips. widow 111 burrell Philips; Mrs Elizabeth 10 miner, widow of Ransom Gard-' rt> if; Mrs Sallie Jones, widow of (^c , if Jones. w rv , , Hi ? 1'ostmaster Hunter expectsL.^ pet into liis new office. the I n i ascitic buildimr, bv ihe li >t ol > i ' , Hr ay. My tlie way, some idea ol . e growth of the Lancaster < tlice I , I lo ay t>e gathered from the faoti. I bv at it now lias 7000 patrons,! ^ 00 of whom reside ui and'. III ouikI L iiuMht'-r hi i 'lie rem miiit 3000 along t rurtl tree tin , " of rerv routeH that have Lancaater their starting point. M> won- ^ r wo need a larger postoffice i nldinc. In ?To-morrow is Palm Sunday, pe Our Public Schools. auses of their Inefficiency and How to Improve Them. Ed. New.-: Our pub'ic schools em to receive small attention om the public at large, judg g from crying evils and a want their ventilation; and I am sorto sav I hat lhe:r so-called ?trons are callous and neglecl 1 Some communities (1 lear any) are so careless as to arcely know whether the chil en attend school or not. Hlame attaches sometimes to 1 concerned? trustees, teachers, itrons and pupils. Trustees, tiowing the poverty of their disicts as lo school tunds, procure le services of a cheap teacher in tier to have several months' >38ion : a dear schooling it provi in the end; lor someone, wantg a little pir-money, gets the b of teaching the young idea id does not care whether any armanent progress is m?de or it. The contract ended .neither uetees, patrons, nor teacher in point to any good aceomlished; for no effort has been put >rth. Weak districts can find or.ly ie road to benefit themselves, irst levy special school-tax so i io nave tuniis ; secondly, ave school dining duly and iigust and again Irom fiftenth of November during six lonths, thus having eight oiiths' school during the year; lirdly, procure a teacher who competent and enters heartily do the work ; fourthly, pay the lacher enough to enable him to ,y up a little money each year, nee people in other callings are cpected to lay up money; fifth, when you get the teacher at r work,"hold up his hands," alizing fully that he needs iv steal, moral and spiritual aid i much as the preacher and lat his calling is inferior, if to ?y, only to that of an apostle the Christian Church; sixthly, t parents force their children tlie school, even at personal crifices, and compel them to tidy at Ik me after affording iem proper means and oport u tv: sevonthlv oiinn""' ^ , ? ? .... j u vt i ' II racher in enforcing di-cipline, fcrring all controverted or mhthil point? to trustees' court iihout prejudice. A good teacher can geneially ake a living and can lay up a ;tle in other business; for, it miltio'l to teach, he is cnmpetit to undert ike other lines of isiness, and he shou'd not bo wored in the scale of progress r teaching a school:?rather ould he ho elevated l?y teachir. At present the average sala? \ a country teacher is not much rer one hundred dollars. Out of is amount lie i? pvnocud ly board ?Mle teaching ami to re on llie balance duri ig a 'riol of enforced idleness or unremunerative labor, for other avenues are closed at that period. The average ploughman gets a hundred dollars and his board ^ during the whole year. Now which is the better oil??Un ques'ionably the ploughman. Thus it is made preferable to be a hewer of wood and drawer of waler rather than qualify one's * self for higher stations on the ladder of progress. So long as,0 these things are so our schools 0 will languish and retrograde. * It a community will build a ! b comfortable and commodious b house, secure the services of a j ^ qualified teacher and compel the! children to att' nd, these will be M1 a disposition among tenants to 1 seek farms in that section and 8 the school should prosper: other- 11 wise, otherwise. * Land-owners, though non- ' resident, can m ike no just com- a plaint ot a special school tax, ^ bpoiiiao if will .? 'j ... .C3UH in uriugiu^ | * them a better class of tenants; 1( and, it they have 10 children to 0 educate,they are doubly bi und r to help in the educa1 ion ot 1 others. r If young men are encouraged 1 to qualify themselves for teach- 9 ing as an occupation, there will be no lack of teacher* who can 8 do acceptable work. Of course I some will fail, for proper teaching 9 is a talent as well as some other 1 pursuits in life; but those who|? lail will soon drop out and float 1 in some other channel adown life's broad stream. I hope to follow this w itli one c or more articles on this subject ; c and one of the most heart fell * wishes is that 1 could have a c weighty influence with the peo- ' pie and those who make roles and regulations lor our schools. * Tutor. , . ? . , 8 I , 'Fairview" Name of Proposed New County. 1 Columbia cor. The News and ^ Courier : The papers in the appli- r cation lor a new county to he known as "Fairview'' have been A filed in the Governor's office. The proposition comes in good shape, and the petitions are very 1 voluminous. The petition slates that Fairview County, if organ 1 ized, will have 403-J square miles, and* f ilrs area 150 .quare miles ^ will come from Laurens County, *243 will come from Spartanburg and 220 square miles from (ireei viile County. Fountain Inn, which seeks tlie honor of being the county seat, is in Greenville ( County. The 'petition states a II that the population of the new i11 county will be 23,742 under the 11 last census ; and ill ?t the new county will contain $2,314,126 111 worth of taxable property within its borders. i ? jti ? A drama entitled "Mr. "t Hob" will be presented at the ti school on April 27tb I>y tlie best b local talent of the town. r iWhereverit has bsen played it has made a decided i-it, both! 1 public and press being outspok-jr en in its praise. s # * I f i rft m m m V^M ?' L II VV/K F 1 ^ Lingle=Long. V Pretty Home Weddngr Wednesday Afternoon-^ttc. Interesting Account of ittK: Nuptials. Reported for The News? A beautiful wedding oocorrsL n last Wednesday at tire 'n-wr** f Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lottf he Creek section, whet; (irar* andsnme daughter Miss Eur?>? lecame the bride of Mr irlhur Lingle. Promptly at .'i o'clock, <ciwri lour appointed lor the cerenmi o the sweet strains of ohn's Wedding march, ej;cu,s^ tely rendered by Mrs. ?V ii%? hddridge, the gro<?m ert??Jt he parlor by a door on .ccompanied by his brot hen laldwell Lingle. 'The briviotiered by a door on the riptf,. eaning 011 the arm of her maid if honor, Miss Theodosia eetillC and f.nkintr ri ii front of a screen of .'amr caching from floor to ceilinpMB^ uterspersed with yellow nr.rvs*us. The ceremony win uxpimlively perlormed by the brafe'*: >astor, Dr. J. H. Boldridg*, ?b*s oft notes of the organ contain ng throughout. At the corati*lion, amid a burst of awe-jurl nuaic, the happy couple rec?>v a. i-i - - >u tuo uwugrniuiations or nr*JW fiends. The bride ma<?. '.harming picture in a jo.Uume ot white silk?towr rimmed?and carried a bouci/m. >f snow drops and aspartate* ems with white ribbon orve? M's. The groom wore the regria ion black, with wliite tie An informal luncheon erved by two pretty little gri.-v ilisses Faye Flynn and fcflw jingle. Mr. Lingle is a son of Mr #4, 1. Lingle and is a moi?i 'oung man and successful sorrier, and he is to be emigrate iked in the winning of a brick df o many good qualities. Qurtoa large number of gtt?* irere |>reseiit, and the mitrr and-ome and useful gifts etr*rs*? ed t he high esteem in which 'tob ride and groom are held. foung Patrick's Good Fbr* tune. lock Hill cor. The Nee. 8 hi>A Courier: Mr J. Burkmeytr Patrick, of itv, who at school in Atliua. the Souihern Dental Colleger^ as had ihe good toriune to <v;at the competition a handled ollar oust graduate scholar^4, a t that institution. Tt ? i? > ontest which is usually wot hr senior student, although _> s as in this case, some turn* liter for i . Mr. Patrick is ? i*m f the a'e l>r. J. B. Patrick* vt his city, who was a sou of ile Dr. John Btirkraeyer ?ir? ifk, of Charles'en. Mr. I'.itrick is a nephew )rs. Charles an 1 Augusta tt* ick, of Charleston, a familjr kilful dentists.