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nr. W^kL- / 4 = > The Lancaster News. Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year tl.ft?) Six Months "ft Three Months it Payable In udvance. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch, tlrst 'nsertion. *1.00. Bitch subsequent Insertion vi cents. For three months or longer, reduced rates. Professional cards, pur year, *12. Business notices. Transient Advertisements, Lost and Found, and other classified advertisements not exceeding 26 words, is cents for each Insertion: I cent a word for each additional word over 2f> words. Obituaries. Tributes of respect, cards of thanks and all matter of a personal or i>olittcal nature to he charged for. Advertising rates by the column made known on application. Hrief correspondence on subjects of ccneral interest invited. Not responsible for views of oor respondent* R. E. IVY LIE, President. J NO A. COOK, Sec'y. utul Tubas, J. M. RIDDLE, .lit . IttJSINESS MANAGER. Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7. 1S>0.'?, at the postofficc at Lancaster S C.. under Act Of Congress of March 3. 1870 Saturday, August 24, 1907 It it bp true that President Finley, of the Southern, is in the mountains of North Carolina, he has literally taken to tall tim her. If the Chicago man who has invented a shirt without buttons will now contrive to rig up a woman's waist without pins he'll save a fellow from many a scratch. If the telegraphers' strike lasts much longer correspondents of daily papers writing at space j rates will become rich enough to , buy some of the automobiles pa- j nic-stricken rich New Yorkers are said to be selling at halt price. i ^ : i Our Flat Creek trien Is evi- ^ dently took the hint we gave | them and camped on the trail of Fishermen Carter and Cook, for j the latter dashed into town . Thursday afternoon breathless ( and coatless, as though he had been chased borne by alert own- j ers of fishing holes. Mr. Carter has not yet returned. When his t partner, Mr. Cook, last saw him } life was fishing for tadpoles in a t spring at the head of Buffalo r creek. ' 1 Following the example of Andersou county, Sparlanfurg has s voted down t hoc proposed bond issue lor building goo 1 roads. 1< The election was held Tuesday ' and the majority against bonds ^ was 2.0. The peojile want good w roads, but they do not appear to (j be ready yet to go down into ti their pockets to get them. By n the way, what's become of the c movement started some time ago '' to build a good road from Lao- ^ caster to White BlufT? ?: a Editor Connors, ol the Lan- b caster News, has been enjoying a somewhat of a monopoly of fruit si :.. iLl. i in mis mimes* season Out yes-I is terday was this editor's day. aj Peaches, apples and pears, all in In one day. All contributed too. jH( The pear is particularly tine and fc we are saving if just a few davs e* to look at and enjoy to the tull- y< eRt before eating.?Kershaw j or Era. | bl Your contributions must have i T come from oyer the line in Kerj ro shaw county, tor we have the ()V Lancaster fruit crop "skinned a m mile." 1W THE LA ? A NEGRO'S DEFENSE OF LABOR. a It is so frequently the case o: that when a negro gets a little ^ education he feels himself above doing ordinary manual labor that it is real refreshing to hear of an incident reported from Buena Vista, Virginia. It appears t hat n a colored school teacher there 1 named Stewart Franklin has ^ been having trouble with his own ^ ft race because he works in the field after school hours, llis pa . . . . , . b mints pruitJSiea against ,lls tlOlllg farm labor on the ridiculous jJ ground that such work is benea' h the dignity of a man of education?that it lowered bim in the ^ estimation of bis pupils. Frank- ^ lin, by letter, made a reply to bis foolish critics which is the ^ best defense ot labor that we have seen in a many a day. lie i 11 said : Labor is not only a necessity, I but a blessing. Only the idler'*1 feels it to be a curse, hence 1 do c not like the doctrine taught by ei these critics. To these evil teachings we can trace nearly all the M turmoils, strifes and sufferings of the Southern negro. As a ? weak race let us elevate and bet ter our cordition by personal ef- n fort--do not ask for sympathy, ii but by our honest and reliable 'p service demand justice. Cultift | vate the farm, exalt tbe plow, lift up the dish rag, magnify the w power of the broom and do no' at betray our trust. Teach that a< labor in its most abject lorrn degrades no man, but tbe man must lift up labor and magnify it. I a do not care to be known as a very smart negro, but I want to be 'i1 known as an honest, industrious pi and reliable negro. In couclu- le don, I insist that our boys and girls be taught the dignity o? lai i- _ i 11 ta ijur, which win pave tne way to|v industrious, intelligent and inde 1)1 pendent citizenship. I th Franklin's words should be J in read and studied by ever}* negro n the land. If the colored peo- | 1.V pie of the South would but take di he same view of labor and its b' lignity as that so well expressed hi ">y this Virginia teacher the race <H1 md labor problems would be ot 1 'e ;asy solution. ======= F WILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS GafFney is one of the most en-! erprising towns in our State. | Whenever a need is presented to he people ol Gaffuey they im nediately take steps to fill it. ty rhey once discovered that they t h .ao.loil ? 1 1 w a i/uiiuiii^ turn loan asso- | 31 iation- The Cherokee Building j nd Loan Association was the re-| ' 1 ult. Says the Gaffnev Ledger. m< '?The fifth series of the Chero-' '1V :ee Building and Loan Associa- O. ion opens the first of Autrust. ()r 'artit-s desiring to borrow money j0 r save a portion of their wages rould do well to consult Presi UH ent Charles A. Jeireries, Secre- 'es ary W. W. Gaffney, or any La aember of the board of directors evi oncerning this very simple but W(1 eneficial plan of starting on the ^ oad to wealth. It will not cost ou acentto investigate" That is what Winnsboro needs, 'ol nd needs it badly. We have tin mining ana ioan associations, me rul ones, too, successful for the gj, tockholder^. Hut what we need i an association which encour ,'es people to build their own ! wises and quit renting. An a"- i >ciation winch will build a house >r you and allow von to nnvl ? I- f , tch month about the amount 1 )U pay a month for rent, or i'? lly a little more, would be a (iei essing to the town. The building1 Ht,c irit is in town now. What j)ro ;tter time to start men on the ad to wealth by helping them ( rn their own homes? By all waf eans let there be organized in innsboro a building and loan Bui sCA&TKK NEWS, AUGUST 24 ssocia'ion that will have tor its ne end the encouraging building I hom? s.?Winnsboro News nud lerald. What is said of Winnsboro is t|ually true as to Lancaster, so ( ir as the opportunities tor and) eed of building and loan associa-1 on work are concerned. But re do not see any necessity or ood reason for the formation of n association "that wtll have for s one end the encouraging uilding homes," when that im- i ortant work can and ought to e done by the hud ling and loan s9ociations already in existence is we understand it, that is irgely what they are here for. 'lie very name?"building and :>an association"?implies that lie organization is in the busier ol loaning money for build*8 purposes. These associations are great 1 )?u builders and should be enouraged and liberally patroniz1 The Lancaster organ:/ itions ave done much for the commu itv, but their great work has nly fairly hegun. By a lit' le Ivertising on their part they light ina very short time great y lcrease their volume of business, ne average man kimwj compar ively little about tlie practical orkings of a building and loan ?sociation and oulv knows of its ^Vintages in a general way. occurs to us that it would be good idea for the as-ociai ions to 5ep constantly before the pubc something aboutt heir aims and lrposes. A terse statemint a' ast now and then setting forth e reasons why it is to the inrest of a man to buy a .lot aud lild a home ol his own, rather j ail continue indefinite y p ?y- 1 i z rent lor a dwelling, would no nibt be productive ol suprisinggcod results. There are to ly many persons in Lancaster ring iu rented homes who would lild for themselves were thev mvinced 'bat it was to ilieirin rest to do to. 'armers' Educational and Co-operative Union to be Organized in Lancaster. The farmers of Lancaster connare hereby called to meet at e court house on S ti unlay, Auk st. a' 12 o'clock m., for the irpose of organizing The Far3rs' Educational and Cooperate Union ot America. Bres. 1*. Goodwin, <>f Lauren-, and ganizer J. B. Watson, of Anrson, liave promised to be with to deliver a Idresses and to td in organizing the union at ncaster. Now we would urge ery farmer to be present, as need this organization very dly. The Farmers' Alliance .3 a great educator and the uni is a similar order, embodying j same principles, l'lease rember the day. Saturday Aug. ?t. J. F. Nisbet. New Cotton at Marion. darion special, 21st instant. ' I News and Courier: Hutler neral, a colored farmer living j mt five miles north of Marion,! ughf a hale of the new crop j jotfcon to Marion to-day. It i sold for 15 cents per pound. ^ Jscribe to The News. 1 ONLY TWO WEEK CONTEST WIEiIi OLOI DAY NIGHT, AUG 7 O'CLOCK, It looks now very much like the not be cast and although one of th Contest was that no trips would b least 60,000 Votes were cast, v in the event the 60,000 votes are n One Trip to the one candidate, in < tricts, receiving the largest vote. 60,000 are cast three candidates w event 60,000 are not cast, then the ing the highest number of votes w So don't be discouraged because will not be cast, but get to work at is sure to win the trip. , - - REMEMBEF - Only too Weeks The News Cc To (he Voting Business Manager. Enclosed (hid $ ?r.... Hohsr.pinrti-.il in Tim *v <>" j This entitles me to east votes anil I Miss or Mr. of District If new subscription siffti here D old subscription 6iK? here WRITE PLAINLY. JThis vote will not be counted, if not tl 11< REMEM1 When in and town, just oil the near the Court ho We sell the 11E' ceries and at the price. We sell "Town Talk" F We have a CarPittslmrg perfect 1 to land here this Garden, Poultrj Hog fence. We have sheds i no (v il? \T /kill* i\/i ?\/jl y \?iu cjiafi IX We have now jus ed, near our lot, class Blacksmith s We are now res BUSINESS. Co see us. BENNETT GR Bi in?; in your Kggs nd Produce. B. < S MORE. . SE1 8ATURi. 31. AT ? 6o,ooo votes will e conditions of the e given unless at re have decided, ot cast, to give either of the 3 disOf course if the ill go but in the candidate receivrill get a trip. ; you think 60,000 ; once, as someone L More. / >ntest. # years hereby east them for No / ^ ed out fully. BER jy out of Corner use. >T Gro lowest :LOUR. v / load of eiieing week. T and in back stopena firstiliop. idy for alio to 0. CO. , Chickens Cro. Co.