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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. ['*
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"Former Lancastrian" Still m
Interested in Lancaster' n<
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Politic s Thinks Col. j p,
Springs Should Run for ki
Congress, if for Anything? le
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Bouquets for The News and fy
its Agricultural Department jj,
i ?A Hint to Lancaster's
Road Overseers?Other
Matters of Interest.
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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
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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
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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.
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, '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
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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.