The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 23, 1907, Page 6, Image 6
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Letters From Abroad. 8,?a? ,e"fi"
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On the Field of Waterloo- "u,cl'- i8 '
the smoke 1
A Great Mound, Surmount- 8een in ev(
ed by Bronze Lion, Marks whole counti
the Fatal Field?Meets Col. life and acii
P/v?cAtrp1t Whn iq g Warm ^OI ^ m
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Admirer of North Carolina 1
~ trieB that ha'
Soldiers. their own. 1
court is Fr<
BY A. M. STACK. aU(1 ever-V la
(Copyrighted, 1900, by It. K lieasley ) P'eR'^ 'n *
j^q 5 generally ep
kingdom is si
I. | Germany,
In his commentaries on the across the ch
Gallic wars, Caesar tells us that business mai
all Gaul was divided into three 8bouId be ah
parts, one of which the "Belgae" those four la
inhabited. The territory occupied er be can or
by that people nearly 2,000 business me
years ago was approximately the to business,
same as modern Belgium. Since W1,b thepro<
then the country has beeu kick- *?o, are , w<
? - - i 1
ed and cuffed about a great deal "???. | *?
and has had many masters. At wdb men an
one time or another it has be- They peddle
longed to Burgundy, France, vegefables,
Germany, Spain, Austria, and at black shoei
one time united with Holland uu. They ask nej
der ^V i]iia.m of Orange. the men any
If Julius Caesar could re visit be/ore seen '
by the light of the moon the brave'fight f
Belgian part ot his province lie They deserv
would not recognize it at all. It The coun
i* now full of teeming millions Roman Cath
of busy people whose victories 0f>0 people.
ot peace are no less renowned are Protest!
than those of his wars. Although schools are i
one of the smallest countries on clergy, and (
the globe, it is one of the most- w'" remain,
densely populated. It has an reared in i
average of over 600 persons to where there
every square mile. So crowded od?8t?, Bap
are the people that the battle for a"d Episcop
bread is a fierce one with many. iug to find
1 he strong push aside the weak them in thes
and we see the survival of the 8,il1 m<>re s
fbtest. the people s<
1 he soil produces abundantly beard of 11
everything that will grow in this ^ny Americ
climate. A large portion of the eitnerandw
country on the north and west is 0Ver his chu
perfectly level like Holland, this country
Much ol it is rolling and hilly, 8ectarian pr:
but all of it is rich and produc- Pftr cent ot
live. About one half of it. i9 in beard of Job
cultivation and something like ajEn^x, a"d
tourth is pasture lands, the oth-' nearcl 01 Joh
er part timbered or marshes. a pleaHa,1t c
Twenty per cent ol the people Keutleman o
are engaged iu farming. The a man holdi]
government fosters and encour anc^ well pot
ages agriculture, and in every ls*8 own co'
province there is an agricultural mak
commission appointed by the what I meat
King. The farms are very small, him on
about what we would consider a hofciropped
good garden, but they keep them a raoment, a
rich and a little soil produces a 8elf' ''Me88e
surprisingly large quantity of and tlien an
truck. of none. I cl
Perhaps no one thing would
surprise old man Caesar more The Belgi
than the highways and bridges like they do
in the northwest portion of his but not a gn
province. No other country has doors, wind
better or prettier public roads, also a specit
and it is a pleasure to drive over vant you k
them. Many ot them are paved horse you kr
with stone blocks and have a row loiem lax 01
ol pretty treed on eaah tide. The having a iioi
supeiior advantages of pood high-{tax for havi
ways are especially obvious at (loirs also ar<
this time of year when there is worked har<
so much rain. The weather here;. 6
. i | ,, i its railroads
is very variable. Moro than once I
, . , ... very aatlsh
I have seen the sun shining wifh lhe pe(
brightly and in le-s than fifteen 0(j, Kut jl(
minutes it would be snowing, our country
raining or hailing. It might wo
Belgium is essentially a man- might nofulacturing
country, and it makes politicians.
a little of everything from a While in
THE LANCASTER NEWS, JANUARY 23,
ie to the fiue lace
adies rave over so -m- wivhi wi*vi T
full of factorieR and lit I lilfll lit In ^
'rom tliem can be V I P I I* J Ij I V
iry direction. The * ** MAIMIil
ry is a scene of busy
T "'""" Bearinnin,
b one of those coun- "
no lanKuage of m -mm TIm 4
'ho language of the JCilXl
ench and Flemish,
wyer must be able ]
ioih, but the people We mention a few items and
eak everything. The prices in order that those posted
urrounded bv France, may know we mean business:
Holland, and .iuet .f6n?PieSe8 S.choolboy I5c JellnB
, . ' , . t at 12 1 2 cents.
lannel is England. A 7 pc# Uur Humm? 20o Jeans
1, to be successful, at 16 cents.
ilc to talk at least 7 pieces Buckskin 25c Jeans
nguages. Butwheth a* cents.
not he will trv The ^ pieces Home made 30c Jeans
' , at 25 cents,
n here have an eye 5 pjeces our 35 cta Jeans
They are right up at 30 cents.
cession. The women, ????????????????
Drker9 "from away
ey enter the arena I
id ask no quarters. f f &JLUI L %
fruits, flowers and
sell newspapers, g ^ p
keep shops, elc. ?
ither the weather nor ID DStllS DGSb Sj6\
odds 1 have never kerchiefs, and 99f
women make such a j_ 1
or an hones, living. "On. Come quick 3
e a better lot.
try is thoroughly
olic. Out of 7,000,- Y
less than 20,000 I I JVI | 1
iiks. The public & 1 ?| " ^
n the hands of the .
- ,uAn? u,0 N. B. ?Don't forget the fact t
"la 1 * have advanced as much as 35 p<
lo a man born and
the United States,
are so many. Meth- e(j Up Rome ot the historical
tiBts, Presbyteriaus places and visited them. I was
alians, it is surpris- anxious to see the house in
virtually none of which occurred that famous ball
e parts. What is given by the Dutchess of Richurprisiug,
many of m0nd on the eye of the battle of
eem never to have Waterloo, and which was imlose
denominations, mortalized by Byron in the poem
an who belongs to beginning,
ho baa the "big head "There we* a sound of revelry by night,"
rch, ought to visit *tc.
, and it will give his Like the birth of Andrew Jack,
ide a jolt. A large son, it happened at more than
the people never one place. There is no trouble
iu Wesley and John in finding the place?there are
orne evidently never four of tliem. No one really
n the Baptist. I had knows where it took place, but
onversation with a these clever people are always
ver in Rotterdam? ready to gratify the traveller's
ng a good position love for the historical or the he(ted
in the affairs of roic. One euide was showing
intry?and 1 never some visitors the sights. He
e him understand pointed out a painting of a very
it by a Baptist. 1 noted warrior and said to the
the Methodists and visitors that the general he whs
his head, studied for telling them about lost a leg in
md repeated to him every battle he fought. A mongers?
Messengers?" ment later one ot the party askawered
that he knew ed him how manv battles was
Ranged the subject. that noted general in. "Forty,"
II, was bis prompt reply.
an* do some things Hut tbere ia "? ,,0"bt wl"'re
over in Holland, Wa,erlo? is' aud 1 "Pent a dav
,at many. They tax ,here' Th? field b"ul? ia
ows and dogs, and thre ' milea from ,he village ol
il lax lor eyery ser- Waterloo, bat Wellington had
eep and tor every headquarters in that village and
ep. Not an ad va from tl,ero w,ote hi" dispatches.
, the horse, but lor ?" the Held ia a"
rse ; and likewise a earthen mound 2?? feel high ami
ng a servant. The i'700 l<,el in circumference. It
s put to work and are , wa9 bui" entirely by female la
1 j hor. Several hundred women
i owns and operates were four years in raising it.
and the service is They carried the dirt in baskets
4ctur> and popular H1)(j received eight cents per flay
pie, sf> I am inform- . , . . ..
... , . tor their work. At the top is a
)w would it work in . .. ?
is another question. Iftrw bronze ll0"; You a8Ce"d
rk ill right and it the mound by 225steps, and Irom
? I leave that to the the top the positions of the armies
can easily he seen. An eld
Brussels I have look- erlv Englishman (whose grand
f
1907
DAYS COS
g Today,
tiro Stock
50 dozen Men's best 50c Underwear
at 42 1 2 cts garment.
25 dozen Ladies' 25c Vests at
19 cents each.
Job lot Ladies' 1.00 Wool Vests
only 39 cents each.
10 dozen Men's Covert Coat6
at 75c, 90c and 1 00
In Clothing we head the list.
All our $15 00 Suits at $12.00
All our 12 50 u at 9.00
All our 10 00 " at 8 00
All our 8.00 41 at 6.00
> Cents Wi
ncils; 4 bars goc
ving Thread; 2 i
) other things too
nd don't forget your p
Yours to se
lERBUR
hat we are selling SHOES at o
;r cent.
father was in the fight) was on
hand to point out and explain
the whole thing. He appears to
take pleasure in doing so?but
takes more pleasure in annexing
your cash for his speech.
Nearby is a museum full ol
doleful reminders of that fatal
day?caps, coats, pistols, sabers,
bullets, cannon balls, bones,
skulls, etc,, including Napoleon'i
silver 6purs and brass coffee ket.
tie. And what was it all fori
Victor Hugo, who visited Hougo
raont farm years afterwards
sums it up as follows: ''Arson
m?ssacre, carnage: a stream
composed ot English, French anc
German blood ru'-iously mingled
a well filled with corpses; tlx
Nassau regiment and the Bruns
wicx regiment destroyed; Dupla
killed; Blackman killed ; the En
glish guards mutilated; twentj
French battalions of the forti
s
composing Reille's corps deci
mated ; three thousand men ir
this chateau of Hougomont aloni
sabred, gashed, botcher* d, eho
and burnt?all this that a pea
sant may say to a traveller a
the present day, "If you like t<
give me three francs, sir, I wil
tell you all about the battle o
Waterloo."
III.
Our Onsul General at Brus
sells is Oerrge Washingtoi
lloo?evelt ot Pennsylvania, a firs
cousin of the President, and
splendid fellow he is. He has a!
the dash, gallantry and intelli
g-nce ot "Teddy," and evei
gretter magnaniinity. He has
lof'y opinion ot the Southern per
pie, and his praise of them i
generous and unstinted. H? i*
veteran of the civil war, lost a le
at Get'ys^urg and still carries i
his body eleven bullets fioi
Southern guns. He showed m
a gold medal given him by Con
*
IT SHE!
We Offer
I
at Cost
Just received 20 dozen Boys'
Knee Cants, for this sale 50c.
We picked up 50 pieces Table
Oilcloth,* for this sale 12 1 2 yd.
10 pieces 54 inch Broadcloth in
all shades, 1.25 kind, at 85c yd.
5 pieces 36 inch wide 1 25 Silk,
at 90c the yard.
5 pieces 56 inch all wool Ladies'
Cloth for only 48c the yard.
Ric Inf. Trunks Sni T. tinhas TaI.
escopes, etc., at your own price.
ill Buy:
>d Laundry Soap,
lice Ladies' Handnumerous
to^menlocketbook.
;rve,
K CO.
Id prices, notwithstanding same
F. Co.
Auditor's Notice.
NOTICE, is horeby given that this office
i -will be open from the 1st day of January
to the 20th day February 19u7 for the pur>
pose of receiving tde returns of the taxr
payers of Lancaster county.
' The Auditor or an Assistant will attend
the following places in the county on the
r days named below for the convenience of
1 the public, viz:
Osceola, Tnesdav. Jan 8th 1907. 12 to 3 p m
Pleasant Val'y, Wad, Jau 9, 19o7,
> Belair, Thursday, '
Van Wyck. Friday, " 11 ' 'to 2 " "
' Dixie, Monday, " 14 " " 12 m
I Dwigbt, Monday, 4pm
7rudesville, Tnesday, *'15 "
Taxahaw, Wednesday, * 16 "
> Flat creek Ch. Thurs. 17 "
* Dr O C Welsh's, Fri., " 18 "
. Primus, Saturday, " 19 " to 12 m j
HaileOold Mine. Mon, " 21 "
, Kershaw, 'Dies. A Wed, " 22 and 23 1907,
Heath Springs, Thurs, "24 19,7.
? Pleasant Hill. Friday, " 25 " to 1 p m
j W T Vanlandingham's Mon, Jan. 28, 1907.
It will he to the interest of every taxpayl
er, to make their returns promptly of all
personal property, also all transfers or im
|)iu<euiaiiw uu rem esiaie ana HHVO 11)6
? penalty ot 5(1 pt-r c? nt which attaches alter
the 2t'th of February.
The Poll tax of one dollar is laid upon all
. persons between the ages of 21 and 6'),
except thoae exempt by law.
Heapectfnlly,
Jno. A. Cook,
7 County Auditor.
Lancaster, 8. C. Dec. 11th, 19 6.
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; Livery, Livery!
Though doing a rattling good
" livery business, we are determined
to do even better. Our
5 present stocks of Vehicles and
I Horses are being supplemented
f by handsome new carriages and
buggies and stylish
Driving and Saddle Horses.
Our livery establishment is
i going to be second to none in
t the State, and don't you forget
h it! Come or send to us when
you want the best, up-to-date
I livery service.
? HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE CO.
a
Money to Loan.
8 I have made arrangement** with parties
in New York < ity l?v which I can negotiate ^
loans for live years on improved cotton
!? farms, in sums of $300 CO and upwards, at
^ the rate of 7 per cent, on Amounts of $1000
and over, and 8 per cent on sums less than
II $1000. No brokerage or commission cbare
gert Only a reasonable fee for abstract of
title. K E. WYLIE,
l" Attorney-at-Law,