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r 4 The Lancaster News. * vt Semi-Weekly. 0 Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., 11 By The t Lancaster Publishing Company. j Charles T. Connors, Editor. v s SUBSCRIPTION RATIOS. ^ One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 40 Payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch, tlrst insertion. 11.00. Each stthso- ^ quota Insertion ftOcents. Fpr three months or g longer, reduced rates. Professional cards, per year. 112. ' Uusiues-, notices, Transient Advertisements, J Lost anil Found, anil other classified advertisements not exceeding 2?> words, 2A cents for I each Insertion: I cent a word for each uddi- . tioual word over 2"> words. 1 Obituaries. Tributes of respect, cards of ( thanks and all matter of a personal or {>oltllcal nature to be charged for. Advertising rates by the column made known on application. ttrlef correspondence on subjects of general | interest invit' d. Not responsible for views of correspondents -5 -I II. E. WYLIK, PllKftl PENT. I J NO. A. COOK, Sko'Y. andTttKAS, j J. M. RIDDLE, Jit . Hitninkss M an At: kit. Entered an second-class matter, Oct. 7, IP0\ at the postofllce at Lancaster S C., under Act I of Congress of March 3. 1H7U We Inesday, Ausui.-t 7, 1907. The fish that got into the same bathing suit with an Atlantic ( City jriil the other day was undoubtedly an impudent jack. 4 < According to our society and horse reporter, evening dresses are now cut so decollete that you I. can see whether a woman's slippers are un'ied. ( 1 ? ii a i.:? i A isrooKiynue swanuwe" ; fahe teeth the other day while lauzhing at a friend's joke.? Moral: Never crack a joke in the presence of one whose mouth, like some newspapers, is filled with plate matter. Today, 23 yerrs ago, the editor ol the Sunday Outlook began the newspaper business as the, 44Devil" and he li is been catching the devil ever since ?Georgetown Outlook. You'll be fortunate if he doesn't catch you. Dr. Joseph Simms, the scientist who has come to the conclusion that we think with our toes, evidently judges the mentality ol the whole human family by the j efforts oi our tar heel friends to j prove that Andrew Jackson was born in North Carolina. I li ? 1 fnronl vT.ninD.tYiilliAn_/l/\l. ...... ?,vu.;-.....w.,Illlllu..-u?, far line would make John J), pull 1 hi* hrpr il lie had any lo pull.? 1 Ah it is, being without any nat- ! ural cranium cover, ho will le' the oil consumers do the pulling! stunt when he advances the price ! ol kerosene to pav the line. The Georgia crackers are getting lo he mighty particular all at once. Their pure loud law went into ejl'ect the other day, they have just outlawed liquor and now a bill is about to pass the legislature requiring h tela and ! boarding houses to keep clean sheets on the beds. The next tiling they will be forcing every man to sleep in pajamas and to spit in the big road. ^ A HE YOU JEALOUS ? Brother Connors, of the Lancaster News, and Brother Bi^rham, of the Chester Lantern, are making a bin fuss over one lone appie Jound in their re-pective counties. They have evidently * t > v ? ? THE LA? jrgotten that it was one apple . ihich made all the trouble in the orld and it was not grown in ither Lancaster or Chester coun- ^ y.?Rock Hill Record. ^ Nor in York either, for that ? natter ; and so far as heard from, q hat county has been unable to <J >roduce even a "lone apple" this ear. Under the circumstances omebody might at least hand brother Schwrar a lemon. "WE DOWN BROTHER CONNORS." "A farmer near town,as mod- I )st as he is kind, enterprising and J mccessful, has brought us, not ? me measle.v peach but a bagful. I Lie says lie wants us to down hat Lancaster paper. He authorzes us to send the editor one to unell if lie will agree to extract tiis teeth and keep tlieui in his , pocket while lie is at it. We suppose this will settle him. We are ilad at least to be able to show 1 liim that we have more friends i than lie has. We want it understood that our tanner friend has ( more peaches ai home and we may ree more of them. The foregoing, head, body, tail 1 :ind all, is taken f rom the editori j1 il columns of the Chester Lan- 1 ern, and when it fell under our ?ye for the lirst time, Saturday! ' ilternoon, we were enjoying a line Havana which had b=;en presented to us be a friend Irom Columbia, after having just eat-j mi some ol the large and luscious ' peaches sent us by our old Heath Sptitigs IrieuJ, Mr. James Cren diaw. t?o Brother Bigham will observe that we, too, are keeping well up with the proce-sion, if ! indeed we are not ahead of it.? We are certainly not ' down'* pet?at least not with colic Iroin lovouring too much fruit. : , Why, our friends are so num- ; 3ions and so wide spread that I we are not only getting the lion's j dtare of .*11 the peaches and ap | ( [iles raised in I ancaster this!, pear, but we are confidently ex meeting some Ir on Chester conn- , y?from "Jime" Jordan and . >ther friends in our esteemed , ;ont em porary 'a territory. A "baeful" oi peaches, eh? ] Well, here's some more dollars j 0 some more doughnuts that hat "bag" was a little piper tack. ( LANCASTEDAND A HKiM SCHOOLLETTED FDOM PDOF. HAND. Apropos of the discussion in! these columns ot the question of establishing a high school in 1 L l./l lu t I* r\ 11 K1 i .. ! ? l/\r? I l.n ' m.J * uv'oi' i i ? t i u MM i nr earnest consideration of our citizens the following letter, which 1 the editor It,is just received from i Prof. Hand, of the South Carolina University: ' I am clad to know that you ?re beginning to agitate the high sehool in your town with rolerence to the slate aid. I have been anxiously waiting to hear from Lancaster on this matter. Let me make a suggestion: Why not Lancaster ask all the adjoining school districts to vote the high school wit h you, then establish the school at Lancaster by i enlarging the high school depart-j ment of the graded school? The law provides for such, and as I see it yon can do so without ] one cent of additional tax for this year, and tor another y ar if you see fit As I understand; your situation you are * now ; (1907-8) employing one teacher at -10)70 a year, one $360 a year, and half the superintendent's time teaching in the high school department. In other words, you are to put into your high school the coming year about * 0 UASTER NEWS, AUGUST 7, 1535. If you retain your pre- j ent gr*ules, 8, 9, ami 10, the I ate will give you on this basis " 700?enough lo ernuloy an adlitioual high school teacher. If 'ou add the 11th grade, and you an show $1000 spent in that lepartmeut, the state will give ou $800. Remember that a?l his call be done without one jant additional expense to eith*j^ ?r of the districts establishing he hiuh school Is it not worth he effort? It I could be of any service in this matter, I'd be dad to g<? over to meet your peo pie as soon as I can got, to you. I've talked with Mr. Banks ibout this matter. He favors it , tully. Let me hear (rom you. Verv truly. W. H. Hand." ' It. occurs 1o us that Prof. , Hand's suggestion is an eminent- t ly wise one He clearly shows 1 how it is practicable for Lancas'er to have a high school under the I state law without additional ex- ( pence whatever to ihe school district or districts. What sav you, < gentlemen, members of the board >1 trustees and others interested 111 the welfare oi the school and the town ? Would it not be a good idea for the board o! tiu-tees to invite I L'rof. Hand to come here, as lie kindly oilers to do, and address I i 111 t-s meeting on the subject of Ihe proposed high school? He J lias already spoken at YorkvilleJ Winnsboro and a number of other towns moving for high schools. By coili ng to Lancaster l'rot. Hand would throw a flood of light 011 a subject that is perplexing to manv. * GOV JOHNSON OF MINNESOTA. 01 the several prominent democrats of the country ?hat have been suggested as being of good presidential timber nonA is receiving more serious consideration j than (iuv. Johnson of Minnesota, wiili the possible exception oi nryan, who mmy believe will main be male the parly's national standard bearer, notwithstanding his ultra views as to government ownership of railroads. In view of the general interest now being taken in Johnson as the possible, if not probable, nominee of the democratic party for president next year, we republish the following sketch of him. taken Irom the Augusta Chronicle: Gov. Jdhnson was born at St. Peter, Minnesota, July 28, 1861, <>f Swedish parents. His lather was a blacksmith, who died leaving Ins family unprovided tor.? In 1873. therefore, John was obliged to quit school and work lor the support of the family.? llo was employed in a printing office at $10 a month, and gave all Ins earnings to his mot tier. Afterwards he became a clerk in a drug store, and, in 1 877, fie was getting $75 a month, though but sixteen years old. He jotin d the National Guard, in which he served seven years, reaching Hie rank ot captain.? Returning to the printing busi n?*8s he became a member of the firm ot Essler and Johnson, publishers of the St. Peter Herald, ot which he was until recently the editor. lie has always been a Democrat, and was elected, as such, to ihe state senate in which he served one term before he was nominated for governor by his ! party, in 1904. Asa candidate for governor in that year he re- j ceived a maj ?rity ot 6,352; in a ; total vo'e ot 297.692, although Roosevelt carried the state by a majority of 161,000 As the first Democratic governor ot Minne sota since the war he gave the state a wise, decent, economical r ^;i.: r, T' , -v- v. r- " iy?7 iREAT VOTING f HE NEWS WIL Three Trips to Jamesti ro the Three Most Popular Wom Provided 60,000 Vote HERE IS THE All nafo/ma navinir Q 11 liei>r i nf i 1111 u \V 11 voman in Lancaster county, whom t hese prizes. All subscriptions in arre is new subscriptions No votes will l tion where the cash Joes not aecornpan The woman receiving the highest nui will be entitled to one of the three ttip tion. For the purpose of this contest into the following districts: District No. 1.? All persons who resi Townships, D strict No. 2.? All persons who resi Creek Townships. District No. 3?All persons who r< Creek, Waxhaw ami Indian Land Towi VOTES TO BE AL 4 Months Subscription to The 6 Months Subscription to The 1 Year's Subscription to The Is 2 Years' Subscription to The Is 3 Years' Subscription to The CONTEST CLOSES SE1 The News To the Voting Business Manager. Enclosed llnd $ subscription to The News. This entitles me to cast vott Miss or &lre of I) If new subscription sign here If old subscription sign here WRITE PLAIN This vote will not be counted, if The News < Ten Votes Fi Miss or Mrs District No # This coupon, when properly tilled o the Contest Department of THE NF.\ oount a- ten votes. This coupon must be fully tilled out c Aug. 7, 1007. administration He opposed ex j travagance and every kind of fraud; and successfully planned * rato and advocated legislation taxing ^ mortgages and the steel trust i i gf>V( iron ore monopoly, sleeping car ' , nesfi companies, etc. He also procured the establishment of a per- ^ ' maneot tax commission to adjust the burden ot state taxes upon ''J the different counties. lie oh- (> ^ ta iled a reduction of freight 10!l( rates m Minnesota ; also a two H cent passenger tare, and the a ho- none lition of the corrupt free pass j(>|, system; and ho secured the pas ( sage of statutes regulating the management of life insurance, which have proved entirely efli- wi'l cient. afe In consequence of these re forms, he was renominated (or governor by the Democrats in 1906, and carried the state by a r?n majority of 76,633 votes, show-I iiigreatly inc reased popularity. M Johnson, if we mistake not, Mr. has alwa>s been a Hrvnn sup- Uut p trier, and he is today one of the pair N 'brnflt id's in >st ardent admir- afte ers, though he by no means ',r?l' shares Ins views on the railroad I,leC question, as will he seen by the lott following statement recently was made by him: Ur. "I believe the states must be ^ CONTEST. ? L GIVE jwn Exposition. ten in Lancaster County, :s are Cast. ; PLAN : ? 11 j a a. _ r .. ? I tie anoweu to voie ior muy hey would like to win one of ars will lie counted tfie same >e counted under any condiy the order. inber of votes in each district h to the .Jamestown Exposithe county has been divided de in Gills Creek and Buford de in Pleasant Hill and Flat ?side in Cane Creek, Cedar aships. .LOWED : News 25 Yotep. y# News 40 Votes. Jews 100 Votes. Jews 250 Votes. Jews 500 Votes. PT. 1st. 1907. Contest. for years s ami 1 hereby ca?t them for istriot No LY. not lilleil out fully. Contest. or ut and brought or mailed to ,VS by Aug. 14, 1907, will >r it will not be counted. ^ >lute in their authority lo date and control railway s on business wholly within s'ates. I believe that tlie irnment should do no hud i which can be done hs well, letter, by private individuals, time has not arrived when *e should be even a suggestion overnment ownership of railIs." is a far cry, of course, to the linatmg convention, hut if nson continues to grow in ular favor at the rate that he for the past few weeks, he he a most lormidahle candidfor fiist place on the national of * !Nf/ l.tnh/ Meets With I'aiuf nt tirchtent. lists Lily Flynn, daughter of Palmer Flynn of the New sec:ion, nut with a very ihil accident last Thursday moon. While mending a c en parasol with putty, a e in some way flew into her eye, causing severe pain. It l looted and taken out by K II. Sapp. She is reported e much better.