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% ??? 11 .The Lancaster News. I* -' ' 1 11 ,; ! Semi-Weekly. l ' Published ' Wednesdays and Saturdays * At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor. K9 SUBSCRIPTION KATES. Dot* Year H.N) Six Months "ft Three Months It Payable In advance. ADVKKTISINU KATKS. Ore Inch. Ilr*t nsortlnn. ?t.00. Each subsequent Insertion R1 cents. For three months or '? longer, reduced rates. Professional curds, per year, >12. Business notices. Transient Advertisements, Lj; '2 Lost and Pound, and other classified a--vertisetnents not exceeding 2ft words, 2ft cents for S:tf * each insertion: l cent a word for each additional word over words. Obituaries, Tributes of respect, curds of thanks and all matter of a personal or i>oUllcul nature to be charged for. Advertising rates by the column made known on application. R.'i* i'i Brief correspondence on subjects of general interest invited. Not responsible for views of R>' > correspondents !J. K. WYL1K, PllKSIDENT. i NO a.#'OOK. Skc'v. and Tukas. J M. Kk DO LK, Jit . Bl'SHNKSS M.i NAG Kit. * . i' Er. tered ns second-class matter. Oi t. 7. IPd.'-, at the postoltlce at Lancaster S C.. under Act of Congress of March S. \S7\* ? Wednesday, August 14, 1907. = ; ; I Kn I I I TV ?l oil'] will* OfllU Ml if f O/l J JIV i.'? ? I? p.l> " i?*? VV'IH ? I/*-vt suicide because some one critic ised her piano playing probably made a noise like a benzine bug: w. ______ "Why *s there no place like Charleston?" asks the News and Courier. Because no other place tolerates the presence of so many blind tigers "in it" midst." Both Yorkyille and Fort Mill have secured the requisite num her of signatures to petition? lor i high school elections. When will the initiative be taken in Lancaster ? I . Rock Hill is to have another carnival nexi fall, which moves k q 118 to expresthe hope that Lancaster has seen her last one. 4l... I 1 ?r : i_ i-veu in- ucv ui uii1111vivim are demoralizing to auv ootumuni ?v * Ajfl ' ? - The Stale is right when it savs (1^ that the good roads convention, held in Spartanburg last week, "lost an opportunity when it failed to outline a definite plan for improving State roa Is." The proposed abolition of the State farm offers no practical solution of the roads problem According to the government report issued a day or two ago, . i j the corn crop has decreased in condition tram 90.2 last moiPh to 82.S on August 1st. There has been no depreciation in the crop in these parts. Farmers tell us that their corn is finer than any crop raised by them in years. A prominent citizen of Kershaw, while here a day or two ago, was laughing at the condi l&l lion ot Lancaster's streets and sidewalk-*?the holes and rough places, the weeds and gra s, and the rank growth ol weeds in tho back lot". And what hurts, is * ; the fact that there is so much ground lor his laughter and ridi cule. Will our city lathers please take the hint? Wit ht he street plow and rock crusher running and not less than twentv-five hands at work on the streets, conditions would materially change for the better in less than a fortnight. H/ i I * . | | t; We told the News am Courier about 4<ea'iu' those co'.< victuals", but it would not bee our warning. Continuing to amus itself by twisting the 11 oust01 Post's tail, here is a sample o the broadsides the Texas lion i now pouring into Editor Hemf hill and his city: "Charlesto dispensary is advertising for 77 barrels of cheap whiskey. Wei people who live there have a va'i excuse for drinking, if there i any such thing as a valid e> cuse" The News and Courier charac terizes the foregoing as a "parti cularlv nasty paragraph," take from "the meanest newspapt ! in the world.'' ADVEIITISEMENTS IN NEWS COI U.V.NS. Here.itter no advertisetnei will be inserted in our local new I at any price. Only a few time within the past several veat | have we permitted an advertise ment to appear in the short locf ; news items. Hereafter we wi carry out this rule strictly. Whe people want to read advertise ment8 they look in the busines local column or in the adverti: ing columns. And we will sa, here that the business local co limit is read with about as muc regularity as are the local new items. In it a variety of thin? are otrered and it really contnir j semi news matter. Use thi j column tor short notices and i will not he the fault of the potion of the advertisement, it yo 'don't get desired results.Marshvilie Home. Our esteemed North Car< lina contemporary has arri^ ed at a very wise conclushii The Mews lias never allowe p iid notices to appear in ii local news columns. an i the rule works well. Xothin j disfigures a newspaper more tlia to liaveitsloc.il news sandwiche | with a lot ol patent mediein j "readers" and similar advertis< ments, to >av nothing of the in patience and displeisure such i malic up provokes in f lic sii?n*j : ol intelligent readers. THE COTTON WEIGHING SYSTE/V Each cotton buyer in Rock llil j weighs his own cotton but w believe a public cotton weight ! in Rock Hill would be a trreri help to many people. We d not know who pays for same i Lancaster or at any o'her plac j an 1 would appreciate the lavo j it E btor Connors would explai the matter to us?Rock Hi Herald. ? The weighing ot cotton in Lai 'easier, as well as in a number < 'other towns in the State, is regi lateil by an act ol the legislatui passe 1 about fifteen years ag There are three towns in this oout I tv tli it come under theproviflioi of the law, Lancaster, Heat ' Springs and Kerwaw An e ection is ordered hv the hoard < . county commissioners every tw years for a public weigher i each point, who is required I give bond in the sum ot $1,001 Any voters in the county is ent tied to vote. The compeusatio of a weigher is fixed by the boar of commissioners, with a max mum limit ot live cents the bah which is the amount allowed tli Lancaster weigher, and whic is paid by the seller. At Ke sliaw however, the buver volui i irilv pays five cents also, mat ins; the weigher's remnneratio at that point ten cents the bah The public weighing systei seems to be working satisfactor I ly in this couuty. v.. >1 ? \ I 1li L.ANO ASTEK NEWS, AUGUS j ; Another Yonnu Man in Chesterj j Held Dies of fever. j Carolina Citizen : Mr. John C. . I Lanev died at the home of his tJ (1 father, J. W. Laney, Tuesday I Aug. 6th, alter being sick with I- fever lor a week. Mr. Laney wa? u born Oct. 26th 18S1 and was n therefore nearly 26 yeais of 0 age. j The greater part of his life has d been spent in Chesterfield coung ty. Always jovial and good-natured ho made friends ol all who knew him and will be sorely . missed by his many a-quaint an ces. lie has been a member of n the Methodist church for a num< ber of years. The burial took place neat l'agelattd on Wednesday. Mr - Laney was a member of Rose Hill |t Camp W. O. W. and was buried by the members of tins and 'he >8 Jeffersou Lodge with the usual rr t t'es of the order. The servicer " were conducted bv 11 v. R A. Rouse. n A rr*iiif/eni'-nts forth*' Veterans* Jteu it ion ? Speakers Secural. As previously announced in | Toe News, the County Reunion l( of Conltderate Veterans will h* -8 held on the 22nd instant at the :s Caston School House. i8 lion. (Jeo Hell Tnnmerman, 18 of Kdgefield. will deliver an adl' dre<9 on tlieoccas'on, as will alsc i- , ' u Barrett Jones, K-q., ot ILtes | Ltirtr. The Hon. II. I. Manning, 1 ot Sum er. has promised to be i present ana 10 speaK it it is pos J- sible tor him to do so. i. ("apt. John (J McManus, ol d Anti ch, Iia- been appointed Alarta fihal ot the day. d II i'*ks wnl meet the speaker* and veterans coming by rail a1 li Heath Suriacs and convey them 1 t>> the place of meeting, meeting ie both the south-bound and north 3- bound trains. l- There w id be an abundance ol a good water on the grounds. It th* Is loCrtl n elis ilild Springs pl'OvcJie sufficient, water will be lurnhlied from other points, l' Geo. W. Jones. Chairman Com. Ariangements. U A Former Lancastrian, now Liv iii 1/ in Texas, on a Visit to If if l) Old Home. Mr. \V. H. Crocaett, of N ?v ir r I j ro c 'uuty, Texas, accompanied II by two of his sons, is on a visit S to his parents, C'1- and Mrs J. j. X. Crockett, li is Mr. Crockett's )f; first vi>it to his old home since i- his removal to Texas about If e , yea's asro, and he is naturally a mazed at the changes Lancaster ! ! has undergone in the mean< is; time. h Mr. Crockett gives rather t 1- gloomy account of the cotfoi 3f prospect in his adopted state, a well as between here and Texas it He says the impression lias gone lo out that Texas will make a bu ) i crop ol cotton this year, but it i< a mistake?that the plant is now n suffering serious and irroparabh d injury f???m drouth and the bol j. weevil. In years pa-t the weevil says Mr. Crockett, has confine' ie '? depredation to the lower pari di of the cotton plant, working n r- the shade, bnt this year it is at i- tackim: the top as well. Th< i- com crop, however, in Texas i n ! exceptionally line thi* year 3. Crops along tlie route traveller m by him, Mr. Crockett reports a i- being small. Mr. Crockett expects to re y > \ ^ IT 14, 1U07. GREAT VOTIN' THE NEWS W Three Trips to Jame To the Three Most Popular W Provided 60,000 V HERE IS Tb All person? paying: subscriptions woman in Lancaster county, whon . these prizes. All subscriptions in a as uew subscriptions No votes wil tion where the cash does not accomj The woman receiving; the highest will be entitled to one of the three t tion. For the purpose of this conti into the following districts : District No. 1 ?All persons who r i Townships. | # I) strict No. 2.? All persons who i Creek Townships. D.strict No. 3?All persona who Creek, Waxhaw and Indian Land T< VOTES TO BE 4 Months Subscription to T 6 Months Subscription to T 1 Year's Subscription to Th 2 Years' Subscription to Th 3 Years" Subscription to I'll CONTEST CLOSES 5 > __________________________________________ The News To the Voting; Business Manager. Enclosed find $ subscription to The News. ' : This entitles me to ca>?t > i ! Miss or M re of I If new subscription >i>ru here If old subscription sign here ! WHITE PL A . i*r Th ? vote will n??t be counted 1 1 main here ab >ut two weeks. l)u- : ring his resi'lenoe in Lancaster! lie was one ol the best known I land most popular young men ol 51 the community and many old ^ ' f' bOMnni n|?im?no a; i I 1 .J be delighted lo see liim again. Lancaster and Her Women Good Enough for Us,: ^ Thank You. n i From the Union Tunes. It Editor Connors is living in 'constant tlread ??l widows and 1 I their wrath, should he chance to . err,he had better move to Union, (| where we have neither old wid- A ijows nor old maids. Our wo- ^ > men are so beautiful and ^o char = > rmng that they are not permit ted to be or remain in that ''lone- J.' ly" state. Farmer Killed by Lightning. 81 t , Bishopville t-pocial in the s and Courier: Mr. Joseph K, Lewis, a prominent tanner of * , the Lvnchburg section, while p , coming Irom his field to his resi 4 d-nce, was struck by a holt ot f lightning and instantly killed. . | l will mail v.?i fr o.to prove iu< rit, Hum - i f( I pies my l>r. Snoop's Restorative, ami my J f, liook oil either Dyspepsia. '1 lie Heart or j| '| i lie Kidneys, Troubles or the Sloin icli, [ 1 Heart or Kidneys nr merely symptoms of a deeper ailment. Don't make the oniu' nion error of treating H.mptouis onlv : " y Symptom treatment is treating the result " of yonr ailment, and not the ciiusm Weak ' - j Stomach nerves the inside nerves iiieuti ' ] Stouiaeh Weakness, always. And the R i | Heart, and Kidneys as well, have their 1,1 .j controlling or inside nerves Weaken ' these nerves and you inevitably have weak ' . | vital organs. Here is Dr. > hoop's Restor e }t' j tive has made its fame No other remedy U 1 even claims to treat the "inside nerves " ? Also for bloating, biliousness, had breath K or complexion, use Dr. Shoop's Restora ? tive. Write tnf today for sample and free D Rook, Dr. Khoop, Rucine. Wis The Re- et - storative is soli by J. F. Mackey Co. b' 'N, ' - - - ...... g contest; * 'ILL GIVE stown Exposition. omen in Lancaster County, otes are Cast. IE PLAN : will be allowed to vote for any 1 they would like to win one of rrears will be counted the same 1 he counted under any condi* Dany the order. number of votes in each district ? rips to the Jamestown Kxposiatif Hio i*nnnfv heen lilvirlprt eside in (-Jills Creek and Huford eside in Pleasant Hill and Flat reside in Cane Creek, Cedar jw nshi ps. ALLOWED: ^ he News 25 Votes, he News 40'Votes, e N WB 100 Votes, r News 250 Votes, e News 500 Votes. SEPT. 1st, 1907. Contest. ... .for years ,-otes ami 1 hereby ca-?t them for . District No i INLY. , if not tilled out fully. Luto Makes Jeffersonites "Dash for the Door." Carolina Citizen, Jelferson : Ir. Stevens, of Kershaw, was ere Mondav nit?ht in liis beautitl When the auto orn blows in this burg we all lake a dash lor the door and i'Z9 at it as the natives did at lie Santa Maria, the I'inta and ie Nina 5=58 If business Notices. All Notices inserted under iit<s head at tlie rate of ON K t'GNT WORD for each insertion. No otice to he counted lean than 25 rords Lost?itlack ami w lute -Dotted male <?g, ye?*r uiil. Reward of $ I 50 for his pcovery. Report to thin otllcc. For Sale?Fine Jersey cow, 7 years Id, with heiter calf month old. Will t*ll cheap. Apply to 8. F. Langley. Lancaster. LUMBF.ll, '.timber, Lnmber, We liavo >r sale several thousand feet of good 'ftsoned luiub<-r, also a big lot of dry >ugli edge cheap. 'I Ins lumber is lored in our Uin lot, will make special rice 011 large lots Lancaster Mercantile ompany. Card of Thanks. \Ye desire t?? express our most pronind thanks to neighbors and friend* >r Iheir kindness during the fatal Ines* of our son, Hout. I'anliie, and l>e illness of his .laughter Mr and Mrs. ,1. M. Par due. ii ? >r?n't hit jit a cough euro that you may he Id is juit us g.wi.l .is Kennedys Laxative ongh Syrup because it isn't just us goo 1 o re is quite a difference. Kennedy a Laxlive Cough iSyrnp act* gently upon tlie >wels and clears the whole system of ugh* and colds. It prou)|>ty relieves inAiiiiiiatioDofthethro.it and allays irrita011 .Sold by Crawford Ilros. eep the pores open and the skin clean hen you have acnt.bnrn, bruise or scratch. eWitts Oarbolized Witch Ha/.el S dve penrates the pores sod heals quickly. .Sold y Crawford Itros. - , ...i