The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 06, 1907, Page 4, Image 4
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J M. RIDDLE. Jit, BrsiNKss Managkr.
Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7. IPO ,
at the poslofflce at Lancaster S C.. under Act
of Congress of March 3. 18*9
Saturday, Jiilv t>, 1907.
Chester's retail merchants have
formed a protective association,
which means that it is about time
for the people of that city who
are slow about paving their bills
to sit up and take notice.
According to the New York j
Sun the latest tiling in woman's j
wear is the "Teddv bear shirt I
I
waist." We doubt if it will bear
comparison with the airy peek-aboo,
which is sai'l is to bare
to the limit.
The News and Courier : South
Carolina will have another day
at the Exposition. North Caro ;
lina will claim it, but the Tomp
kinses, Heaths, Springes, Kilgps
and ottieis of < ur leading families
will be iii charge.
A man killed himself in Adel
1; 81 week drinking water. "And
just think," says the North Geor
gin Citizen, "how l?>ng this man
mitrht have lived if lie had never
took water." ? Augusta Chronicle.
It was most likely slump-water
that knocked his chunk out.
"And now," remarks the Kansas
City Journal, "it is said (lie
government will investigate the
Irntt I. tlii? I til- l:iul
to which the Chicago Tribune replies:
k,Ve8; this is awl.'1?Augusta
Chronicle.
The government should enter
into the investigation with its
whole soul.
in days gone by women, or
young girls, wore braces, a contrivance
to keep them straight to
avoid stooping.?Greensboro Record.
Yes, and they wear something
now, but we'll be hanged if we
i l.i :i it ?
KIll.)YV W Ii;ii it in, it n iu
be some kind of a back-action
alfair that makes the upper part
of the body incline forward, so
much so that some of the girls
look like obtuse triangles.
A MYSTERY CLEARED UP
We have often wondered how
a man like Col. Dan Tompkins,
a man who dots things?builds
cotton mills and other great man.
ufacturing and industrial enterprises,
and runs great newspapers
as a side line?how, we say, a
man like that, though himself a
THK LA
mtive South Carolinian, could,
in the language of Ben Tillman,
be "bamboozled and debauched"
into supporting North Carolina's
flimsy, irayed, frazzled, fricasseed
claim to the nativity of "Old
Hickory.'* But the matter is no
longer a mystery, thanks to Col.
Hemphill, editorot the News and
Courier, aided and abetted by ua
direct descendant of one of the
signers of the alleged Mecklen
burg Declaration of Independ
ence." The following editorial in
a recent issue of the News and
Courier throws a flood of light on
Col. Tompkins's hitherto inex
plicable conduct:
A direct descendant of one ot
the signers of the alleged Mecklenburg
Declaration of Indepand
ence is disporting tor a tew days
in the surf at the Isle of Palms.
His great grandlather was one ot
the Alexanders?we do not know
whether it was John McKuitt or
not of that sturdy slock?who
lived in Mecklenburg at the time
ot the Revolution, and, in his
opinion, the Mecklenburg resolu
tion-i did not approach indignity
anything like a declaration of independence.
He is pr >ud of his
ancestry, ot cour*e^ and he has
used them freely in establishing
his eligibility to membership in
the great Order ot toe Sons find
Daughters ol the American Revolution,
but. he is frank enough
to admit that they were chiefly
distinguished for the accuracy of
their marksmanship with the oldtime
flinilock squirrel rifle.
There is none to question successfully
his loyalty lo the paxt,
but he shares with The Newb and
Courier and with all other careful
students ol history serious
doubt as to the integrity of the
Mecklenburg Declaration. Likewise,
he is convinced that Andrew
Jackson was a native of South
Carolina, and upon this point lie
divulged yesterday a secret which
has heen kept hermetically sealed
by the claimants in North Caro
lina, It appears from his stor.v
that a South Carolinian, a native
of Edgefield Counti?think of
it !?and 110 v a resident of Char
lot'e and ch sely affiliated with
the Elder in thejowr er-diip of he
Observer, and a God forsaken
b chelor to boot?was bulldozed
bv half a dozen beautiful women
of Charlotte, who could oultalk
h m, strange to say, into making
a survey ol the Andrew Jackson
leiritory and to establish, so far
as he coul 1 establish in 'he circumstances,
North Carolina as the
State of Andrew's nativity.
It is a shame that any South
Carolit ian should liavo yielded
in his weakness to the strenuosity
of halt a d< z-11 North Carolina
petticoats and sacrificed the t ruth
of history to his comfort of mind.
When the whole story i* written
it will he found that the North
Carolina claim to Andrew .Jackson
is based largely upon the
troachervof an Edgefield C ?unt v
man. What a shame !
ft OOO Vine.
At the Chester court this week
James Dixon was convicted of
acting as an emigrant agent without
license and sentenced to pay
a fine of one thousand dollars or
to serve four months on the public
works.
Decision in Kershaw Election
Contest.
The Kershaw county board of
canvassers rendered its decision
Wednesday in the dispensary
election contest. The opinion
sustains the validity of the elec
tion, which voted dispensaries out
of the county. The case will
likely be carried before the State
board.
.NCA8TKR NEWS, JULY 6, 19
John MlC Mayer Dead.
Mr. John M. Mayer, of Camdeo,
died Monday in Columbia, where
he had been takeu some time ago
fo^ treatment. He was born and
raised in Lancaster, was a son of
the late Frank Mayer and was
about 40 years old. He leaves a
widow and on? child. The re
mains were brought to Camden
for interment.
The Fourth in Lancaater.
The Fourth wits quietly observed
in Lancaster. Work at the
Cotton Mills suspended and
nearly all places of business were
closed. A large proportion of
Lancaster's population went
elsewhere to celebrate the day, a
large number going to Monroe,
ot hers to Kershaw, Heath Spring ,
Liberty Li ill picnic, Chester and
other points. Some spent The
day fishing, at Cane creek and
at the river.
Shooting Affray at Weetville?Three
H'oumleit, One Fatally.
A serious shooting scrape occurred
Thursday, the 4th, at
Westville, in Kershaw county.?
The origin of the difficulty is not
known here, but it is said that
about filry shots were tired altogether.
Three persons are reported
to have been wounded, Mr.
Pres Hilton, brother-in-law of Dr.
J. E Kutledge of this place, and
two negroes, brothers, named
lvirkley. Joe Kiik'ey, one of the
: wounded negroes, diod yesterday
i
j morning.
Mr. Hilton whs shot in the
tliiuh, the ball shattering the
bone. After he fell to the groui d,
it is said that he drew his own
v
pistol and shot down his assail
; ant. v
Mr. Hot/ <>nhortin Married-' tf'eds
Gti/l'iief/ Lady.
Mr. H?>3t Oshorne, son of Mr.
and Mrs Otis A. Osborne, formerly
of Lancaster but now living
in Blackshurg, was married in
j
I Gaffney last Wednesday to Miss
j Millie Wilkins, of that city. A
I GafFney special in the Columbia
State gives the following account
of the interesting event:
Mr. Iloy Osborne and Miss
Millie Wilkins were married at
i ihe home ot the bride this mor
ninga' 8 o'clock. R->v. 8. B. Harper
ol the Buford Street Methodist
church performed the ceremony
iu the presence of a few relatives'
and friends. Mr. nnd Mrs
Osborne left on No. 39 lor Ar!
lanta and other cities lor a ten
J days' trip, after which they wid
i be at home at the residence of
(the bride's mother on Login
street. The bride is the lovely
and accomplished daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E T. Wilkin*, and
the groom is; the pouplar agent
of the Southern railway at Gaffney
and is the gon of Mr. and
Mrs. O. A. Osborne of Blacksburn.
These young people are
both very popular iu GafTney so
ciety and have the best wishes
of a host of friends.
How the Candidates Stand in The
News' Votlny Contest.
District No. 1.
Miss Clarice Knight, 3990
4' Sadie Gregory, 36^0
" Flonnie Funderburk, 370
44 Ethel Dabney, 340
District No. 2.
Miss Lillie Mobley, 890
41 Willie Draffin, 10
District No. 3.
Miss Macey Lathan, 1610
44 Pearl Plyler, 616
" Mary B. Green, 490
" Mettie Knight, 60
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GREAT VOTING CONTEST.
THE NEWS WILL GIVE L?
Three Trips to Jamestown Exposition.
To the Three Most Popular Women in Lancaster County,
Provided 60,000 Votes are Cast.
HERE IS THE PLAN :
Any woman voted for by July 1st will be considered a candidate.
After that time no new names will be a'lowed.
All persons paying subscriptions will be allowed to vote for any
woman in Lancaster county, whom they "would like to win one of
these prizes. All subscriptions iu arrears will be counted the same
as new subscriptions. No votes will he counted under any condition
where the cash does not accompany the order.
The woman receiving the hiphest number of votes in each distriot
will be entitled to one of the three trips to the Jamestown Exposition.
For the purpose of this contest the county has been divided
into the following districts:
District No. 1.? All persons who reside in Gills Creek and Buford
Townships.
District No. 2.? All persons who reside in Pleasant Hill and Flat
Creek Townships.
District No. 3?All persons who reside in Cane Creek, Cedar
Creek, Waxhaw and Indian Land Townships.
VOTES TO BE ALLOWED :
4 Months Subscription to The News 25 Votes.
6 Months Subscription to The News 40 Votes. I i
1 Year's Subscription to The News 100 Votes. Mo
2 Years' Subscription to The News 250 Votes.
3 Years' Subscription to The News 500 Votes.
CONTEST CLOSES SEPT. 1st, 1907.
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The News Contest.
To the Voting Pnainesa Manager:
Kudosed tind $ for years
subscription to The News.
This entitles me to ca*t votes and I hereby cast thenl for
Miss or Mrs
nf Illaf rlr'f \*n
If new subscription sign here
If old subscription sign liers
WRITE PLAINLY.
This vote will not be counted, if not tilled out fully.
The News Contest.
Ten Votes For
Miss or Mrs...
District No
This coupon, when properly tilled out and brought or mailed to
the Contest Department of THE XKWS by July 17, 1907, will
count as ten votes.
This coupon must be fully tilled out or it will not be counted.
July 6, 1907.
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