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F r 'if ' ' v; . * v if 4 The Lancaster News. lj * Semi-Weekly. 1 ^ Published Wednesdays and Saturdays a At Lancaster, S. C., By The ( \ ?ncaster Publishing Company. v 'tries T. Connors, Editor. * t SUBSCRIPTION KATES. One Year ?1.M Six Mouths 7ft Three Months 40 Payable In advance. j p advertising rates. One Inch, ilrst insertion, ti.uo. Each subae- 11 Quent Insertion 50 cents. Por three months or r longer, reduced rates. v. Professional cards, per year, S12. Business notices, Transient Advertisements, Liost and Pound, and other classified a?:ver tisements not oxc< "'".lug 25 words, 25 cents for each insertion; 1 cent a word for each additloiial word over 25 words. Obituaries, Tributes of respect, cards of ? th inks and all matter of a personal or political aiuure to he charged for. ^ Advertlsfng rates by the column made known on application. ,j Brief c.oi reepondence on subjects of trenoral interest Invited. Not responsible for views of jorrespoudents. R. K. IVYLIE, Phksipent. J NO. a. COOK, sec'y. ami Tubas. j. M. HI DOLE, Jn . Bcsink.ss Manager. 5 a Entored as HticonJ-cliiMs niattor, Oct 7. IPO", _ itic posiofllre at EancastiT s o., under aci of Congress of March 3. 187l> ' C IS sturihty, Sept. 7, 1007. n * r. A New Jersey policeman ha" been dismissed frirathe lore- 1 for kissing a hand otne widow. 1 Served hitn right, lor policemen i are expected t? help only those in me J, and a handsome widow t, does not need the service of a ,\ policeman when she wants a a kiss.?Augusta Herald. i Didn't serve him riaht. Unless h lie bites like a New Jersey 11104 0 quito, a po iceman has as much ^ right to relieve the oscillatory j, wants of a widow, grass or other- t ^ise, as any other man. There is a movement in Suua- f ter, as well as in Columhi.i, to 0 have all st nei c!o o at (> p.m. | every day in t'io ye;* r, except ^ Saturday. In comm n ins upon t same the S unt Watchman and Southron says : T. e sentiment rn favor of shorter In nra f r c erks is urmv 0 ing in Sumter, as el-ewher", and > * a reaionab'o and si'is'aito y c adjustment can bo in n ei-il. a aniv d at now tlisn la'er < n s when the agiatioi has come to a Ilea I. ( ? ? The farmer who carried the ! "first ba'e" to Lancister la-it r week refused to sell it lor 13 ti cents. Hasten l he day when far h mers generally will be in a con- t (lition to refu o to sell their cotton unless they ere ofT-r^d fu'l ? value fori !.?Eigefidd Advert i s ser. a It all farmers were as inde- a pendent financially as the in* '' re'erred to, Mr. W. J. Cunnimr h ham, ihev would c r'ainly bo 1 able to dicta'e prices for their a products. c SURVIVORS OF THE. MEXICAN WAR a The ft .i'orof th,> Edge field Ad ' v- r i-nr has been shown ubeauti ' Jul gold niftd-d awarded t r> I he <J late Gen It. G. M Dunnvant. loi gallant servi.es in the 1* i in-t t'- c Regiment, during t he M. x can war. lie describes t'e m^dai , and adds, ' There is probably not x a n ember of tho regiment n .w liv nr." r '1 his i* a mistake. John Wd (| kitiRon a member of the reg- t. iment and is now living within e two niiies of the city ot Abbeville. , He is sound in bo ly and mind (] and com?s to town whenever , business calls him litre. '| J. J. Martin who went from I Abbeville in tt o comtany com- a manded by Oa.pt. J Foster Mar- ti shall is now living at East i'oint t ' ' Xf?ESB EJBSII St* ESfifPSHEP | KHQHR * 1; ' T3E LAN' elmv Atlanta and is enjoying j enter ood health. I reli^: There are otiters siil livfng.? gard ibbeyilie Medium. j no i Yes, there are others living i'hey nd among them is our venerable j jllow townsman, Capt. Amos L ' I IS so IcManus, who not only served as (t nth gallantry in the war with viev b xico but. in the war Bat ween ?e*tl he Stales as well. ou' sett] A CARRIER IN CLOVER. A Carrier Reasonover on "It. F. ?-v ). No. 1 irom LugofT," in a com- u nunication in the Camden P1111 Chronicle, gives some interesting s,a', tati^tiC3 as to his work. The D out? served by him lias been in ,lon peration live years and during hat period be saya 'hat he "has jwe, lever made a single failure." lie the Kills: will "We have owned 14 horses, j*' > buggies and one cart. Have ' ' raveled 41.500 miles, handled '^,n 128,000 pieces mail, brought in J ^ ^ ibout 1,000 money orders and [fiite a number of registered f* otters. We have about 17 miles exte ?t dc-oj? sand on our roads. There jon ire about 700 people isetting: | j3Ut nail on the route."' I'les But the most striking bit of T< nformatioti imparted by Mr ^ teasonover is yet to come. Hero ye t : dieii "There are a great many ol up i ho patrons on this route just tioni s clover people as can b3 found live> .n.vwhere?1 must mention one and nslauce. Mrs Mattie T. Getty sake las given the carrier 300 gallons tuiv d as good buttermilk as lie ever man [rank. .Just tiiink of it, nearly 9 reee larreis ! Many others aie just at- in t ;ind but they aro too numerou s cliui o mention." abse Yes, "just think of it," 300 fc^1( ;:dlons oi i u termilk received .j rotn one pitron alone! It the iejl<i tlier patrons mo only half as deer iberal we shall n ?: he surprised tar : o hear soon of a R a;on-:)ver e'T hrown. vv tun AN EDUCATIONAL NEED. |J' ^ Now tha the 8 ho >.s through^ SO 61 ut the country am about 'o re- 0,,r. ( pen it might be a gio I idea lor thou he teachers t> put into pructi *e ft! , timely suii'.'O-tion made l)v w,lh lice* Superintendent Dreher, ot th 4< Columbia city schools, in n? ' \y ddress delivered at the eduen- . ional rally held just after the in o ecent unveiling ot the m mu- ' neiit to (ien. Sumter at Slates- * ort >urg. Prof. Dreher directed at p^, eiition to one of tlio most seti- 0?iv us defects in our educational spiri yst un?the absence ot any mor- reiiu 1 an I religious training in th"!'',ft eh oh an I colleges. The mind [' 111 . . 1'? 9 i hung o located hn not tlie j| part. The difF rence between expi igiit and w runa, between ' mine pr ?v ndtline," ibo value of moral re as h iracter and tlie n. c^sity for 'lltu i . i rbd< bedienc6 t*? law nri3 not taught (|)it ,nd etnph )H;z3d by any tegular Hn,i ourse of study an I instruction. boo' n the course of his excellent ad- HPn< Ires* Prof. D.t Ik r aavs : judi ! our From the stuidfoint. of the our ita'e and soco-ty education Ilia' iK|,a| [<h s not mat e good citizens is a fu,u dure. Intellectual culture hii<l > M<iostrial training add power, j i flu'Mico ?nd wea tit to a com-;sc",J 11 u i' v, but in thorn o'v*-? I hey j plat: |.? no* tiecesssril v make good i' z mi?, a-< it is t w *ll-es' abbs' - ? d t?ct bit Hum of our highly dura o I and many of our i1111. <? t.i i 11 v f n i mn? ?> >< ? " a t a . b.j v ? ?' ? IHUli < !!?! V* If * nen hio mi' o 'r Win fitizens.! inuc Fhe:r min s nil It n ds htveln n )H- n c THinlly MlncaU'd, but Mr-v 1 t;0!l ire khI v lack in l in linse fiur nitl nobler trujis of cii.irac'or | l?at can conu only from an t-U i- t,ul' ; / JA.SIER NEWS, SEPTEMBER 7, 1 1 heart. Having had but little Heath i ;ious training, having no. re- Scho for the rights of others, and The e espeet. for law and order, jay t0 ( are irreligious, selfish and HCil0?i 8 03S- TT ,1 te tendency in this direction 1 i pronounced and so general overwh< > cause careful thinkers to school ; wi;m increasing alarm the Heath 5 e?snesg and disorder growing 41 (o I of present disturbed and un- . i ' .... t riot- pi led conditions. __ s a corrective of this tenden- l,ie l*ei Prof. Drelier suggests the no'n hing of the ''fundamental T In ac iciples of teliidor," etc. He 1 ' ment pi ?s his remedy as follows : Nei s 1 efinite and thorough in-true- bookkei in our schools and colleges . , he fundamental principles of 111 L* C jion, on the difference be- M*8* an mine and thine, and on Kersha' necessity for law and order . ladies, 1 , in the next half cen'ury, j \y(J wolutionize our moral,spirit-! pprprnfV soeial^ind industrial life as j , lafce present conditions not ? cloc s ' intolerable, hot impos^i-j ' j Quite rof. Dreher even goes t > the ; friends nt ot advocating the adop. u^ar y of the Bible as a text booh, the 'mP admits ilia' there ate obsfa- ^ in tlie way of doing so. He!,elt on 1 lamestc is ,:or.er;vMv admitted that NN,"^|S rv large m j r ty of the cliil- before r i of our country are growing gnorant <>t the finer trudi 1 *'?t / * of iho p i*i . ignor -.ot of t he ; ol those who have cuff red Accoi inurt'd t r ruinteousue-s in l(t*t , ignorant ni the llnlv Scrip New, s and of the ways <?f God to Second* In many instances they ,, .. . Uarolini ive no le noons instruction heir homes, non o in the eX('e,'ei rch^'B, from which (hey are High t lit. am) none in Hie public school mis, where such instruction o'clock oi permitted In some school*- Altlm Script ores may not even be . i o ouise the Courts )i ivc ^I"1 0 1 eed that the Bible is a see c e ir, el \'\ b.?? k. In the matter of nation riou* n^'8 ai dde ominations c mnect mild s em that we are sensi ^ci( i0j beyond belied ; eo sensitive , , . i* 11 . suc'i 8CI ict as to b?dieve that fome ispec'iufi: school teachers av*. 111 afferand anxious to proselyte f^!?ls for diildren that we don't want morepr n even to mention iho name w|IO (|() ml in the r | regence. Awa.v jf .j i so nario'-v.minded a pieju- . ; awav with so unreasonable P oni nl is tiv^ness ! '*' 'e need t. o Bible in our i adding I ola, an 1 we no >d its influence not a ce nr na'ional life to correct districia tumoral, lawless and money- p)j3,rjcf jlnppiuu t uulencies of tl?e ?. '1 li it. instruction in the 6 s e will do tlbs, reference need er benel be male t ? the law abiding the fnrn ( of lln v.f? rniinl riiw in . i _ - -.? ... iiih in i ions instruction, based on ,|H. j ,, Bible, is re^nl irlv and *vsntieallv taught in 111* pub- lom ,,n clion]*'. williowt all ihe-ethings ire Iru< , and number >rience and common *ense ui> ol tl) re that they are, is it fair, j^g onable or just to present or , re generations to deny our iron instruction in a book has done more for human-tv be Boa the world than all other caster ( <h combined? Our intelli- queued je answers no, but our pre ^y ? ce answers yes. Hitherto . i , /. ii Hons In prejudice has triumphed over intelligence in these m ilters; taking < 1 it continue to do so in the tablishi re? No, not if we are wise. School. lie home and the Sunday Mr. list >ol are, of oonr-e, the proper t' be c for iuslru tion in the c ear to e, and instead of m ikiuj; i* a * x'.v j ( oootc m Hie Hclnola ?n i j^cs< ue* t he en la 3 ht could b* iu^d, ami at tl>? ?i?m ? liin** V :h f.io'iou :tml 1 -gal ?>l j jc- rotto? c > uvoided, by the iti*rocliic ()rit.ans of a pr?<cribed tourae ol |4aue,| \ a' oul uro aud relifiiius p|ttCes 1 bait's. 1)07. Springs to llave High ' Mamtm ol- ! You declion held list Thurs* fruit ai; letermine whether a high ^ut j\ir hull be established at r.,ise(l t Springs resulted in an fluest I elming victory for Hie ljancaS| A phone messfrom j |,aVB , ni;r> uiw vine w H* j (luMl). Adjoining school (lis- v>moty irlic'p-?te<l in ilia election. y\r p 'rf/-Tri{estlel Nitptlutt* in them, J shaw 1Vetlues<lan After- ; A pota * of the * cerdanco wish announce- an j p , revioii9lv male in The est jn t Ur. Robert McIj. Perry, ?per lor the Cook-E? parmc sompanv in Kershaw; and Qen asH Etta Truesdel, one of 4i *or w 9 most charming young were married in that town dnesday afternoon. The ny wa" performed at 5 30 a?1(* ^ ? n.? ..i i. .u~ husineg il\ i ur^iM jn IM i II (II U i) 11^ | . T. Dendy officiating. ^ni?n? a number of relatives. n!,'i(-n:l and admirers ot Hie pop 'n oung couple witnessed graph? ressive nuptials. uess aJerry and Ins lovely bride 10,11 the evenin-r train for the ^la ' ^0( iwn Exposition. Th-y ?^ecn < it various points Xortl. jan<^ eturning. { wo"' t ami's Able Aifih'ess ott ! i J)(i 'iif/ft Sbool Question. rding to announcem nt ^ ? Wednesday's is^uo ol The W. II. Hand, Prof, ot *ry Education in South ? University, mile an Unmi it address on the Pub ic taloes, school, in 1 he graded lavoriu auditorium at eleven stove w yesterday morning. <nd we u^h Prof. Hand was them 0 unwell, yet he niide a routdit t " 9 oquen*, and abljoxpla- ???? of the Ilis^h School in ion with the Lancss'er a Uist 'Ct, showing that 100 s are n ees-ary, l>o< h r preparing our b >ys ni;d To < eol.e^o, and ?a giving a io:i; 11 edu:i'i>n to those nof intend to enter col j Pile Sta'e pr >poges to nun ttho am unit alro ?dy u eo S^^ene iah school departm mi by last mc thereto fifty per cent, at ( lit of coit to the schooi year p I'ormwij; ih t 'Ii??h Sell ?ol than a peaker also s towed oth If you its that would arise trom stock 0 i ition ??f such a achool? useful vasiin teaching foree, will a^' tissson of any b >y or g.rl (.asj-er y section of the county ^]1js ^jT cost, Hio increase in ,)| pupils the building <ls an^ e Ioaii. After his adounty Stipf. W. M. Moore My 1 e I to iho chair, and upon and Wi of Mayor It. E. VVvlis anythii ,rd ol Trustees of the Lhi- lina. )r.?ded School was re- r ^ to act with County Supt. ^e(j gy. vl no re in circulating prti- \ya^c}1( r holding election and c.] it her prop r steps fore,- thjs ba nn the proposed High foas hat Those present enjoyed ^ ser 1 1'h address and appeared Qj. nvin* od that the wnv wi* ^ cv act. There were fifty or t ksoiis present. menta ter's Crop Estimate. <"1' vice. O "leans.?The am ualjof worl ro;> estimate o.' the jNew shop to i Cotton Exchange ?v ?h or mo/n oday. Secretary Hestor lie crop at 13,510,000 i - nMi . . jI?a 1 i 1' *9' vth Potatoes. w j may ITk about your big id your big vegetables, ' I Oriu C. Blackmon has his year the largest and rish potatoes ever seen in tor?so pay merchants who examined and handled They are of the Peerless We are indebted to hckmon lor a sack of <re?otited to us Thursday, to picked at random out nick weighed 20 ounces, ivas by no means tlie lar.r1 _ 1 A. ine of Jewelry, Diamonds itches are far ahead of ^g in upper South Caro/e one of the best cquiplops for the repair of es, Clocks and Jewelry in be found in the state, eked by a workman who J 21 years experience afving a full apprenticc4 years, ought to insure ?\r Ann I1 ^ ^ j viiv/ VVUll\j tlllU 1 you with this fair trcatnd as low prices as are ent with first class serI guarantee every piece k that goes out of my give entire satisfaction ''!/ refuntle l. B. C. HOUGH. I ines have all been strend immensely within the >nth. rip to the markets this roved more satisfactory iny I ever made before. will call and inspect my , % >f Wedding presents and articles for the table you reo with me that Lanhas ai good a stock of id of goods to select from other town or city in the ne I'JI. ;rs' Union Fixes 15 ts as Minimum Price Cotton. tsoii special in the News nrier: W. C. Moore, State is agent ot the Farmers' who is attending the il meeting of the union t'e Rock, to-night teled T. T. Wakefield^ busient oi the Anderson Un* at the national meeting cided on a minimum of cents fnrSeptt mher cotton at one quarter ol a cent he a Idol each succeeding The addition is to cover ts of storage, etc. ^ e . S nden Editor's Favorite ' "Vegetables." tlen People: Sweet po- | < hickenH and ejisis are ? vegetables witb us, al?o ood in 18 iucli lengths, are alwavs glad to aceej't iu uibseription. A hint o be suHi ient. ine Line | Choose From I