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r . 4 * 1 1 \ The Lancaster News. v Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays ; At Lancaster, S. C., j < By The Lancaster Publishing Company, j . m -r* J?. unaries i . Connors, realtor. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. N Jne Year. tl.M St* Months 76 Three Months -It Paynbl- in advance. i, ADVERTISING KATES. One Inch, first nserlion. *1.00. Each subsequent Insertion 5U cents. For three inuutlis or longer, reduced rates. Professional cards, per vonr, US. Business notices, Transient Advertisements, Lost and Found, and othc r classified a vortlscnienis not exceeding 26 words, 25 cents for each Insertion; I cent a word for each additional word over 25 words. . Obituaries. Tributes df respect, cards of thanks utidull matter of a personal or political nature to bit charged for. Advertising rales by the column made known on application. Brief correspondence on subjects of general interest Invited. Not responsible for views of correspondents 15. E. WYL.1E, PIIK9IDBNT. /NO. A. TOOK, Skc'V. and TitKAs J M. KIDDLE, .lit . BCSINK38 MANAOKH. Ei.tered as second-class mutter, Oct. 7. IW) , st the postoftlce it f.ancaster S O.. under Act of Congress of March 3. lPitf Saturday, Sept. 14, 1907. The Birmingham Age-Herald pays "a lot of energy goes to waste in a dog's tail." Probably that is why the tail is paid to be like an old man?in-firm. The Pittsburg Pot-t says that "anjbouy can gel amusement out of a bariel." If it happens to be a booze barrel, enough hell can be gotten out of it. to supply a whole township. Do you wish ;o go to heaven? ?Sumter Herald. lres, most people do; but they are not in a hurry about it.? Newberry Observer. Nor are they tailing over one another making preparation for the trip. The newspaper p^ragraphers are eternally shooting darts a? Taft on ac?unt of the immensity n( ufTrtir/1 AM I ?? ? ^ I .... ii.o xiuituupum. 1111 1 11V3 nrtlllO, # he is the brainiest and most level-headed statesman bearing the Republican stamp in the United States to-day. It is said that dancing makes girls' leet large. It is also said that ice cream makes Ireckle*. Doctors are of the opinion that hangingonthe trout gateproduces 1 rheumatism. A lew more opini- 1 ons like these and the girls won't have any fun 1 elt lor them.?Exchange. They can still pose in peek-aboos and pompadours. Yorkville, following the example ol Greenwood, Newberry and other towns, is trying to raise money to build a hospital. The suggestion, we believe, was 1 1_ i ? .' - ?? ** - ma' iiitint) uy uie lvev. 21. .J. Cauthen, pastor of ilia Yorkville 1 Methodist ehnr^li, in a sermon recently preached by him. lie emphasised the value to every 1 county ot a public hospital loca- 1 ted at the county sea'. The News 1 has been striving "off and on'' 1 for a year or more to awaken interest in Lancaster upon the ! subject of establishing a hospital j here, but our efforts have thus , far borne no tangible liuit. What is needed is for a lew i representative citizens to take I the matter in hand and push ii! J If individuals will not take t he , initiative, why not the Masonic 1 Lodge, Junior Order and other t I y' T3K LJ fraternities unite in a movement s to secure a hospital? A public spirited citizen told us some v weeks aso that he would donate v (J a choice site lor a hospital in c Lancaster. Other citizens would 'j no doubt subscribe liberally were j tbe matter presented to them in < a practical form. nowT cah^ct rrv iu:t;icTnn While those electric light franchise propositions were pending before the voters of Lancaster some time ago much was said, and with reason, about eo many citizens not being able to vote 011 account of not having municipal registration cert ideates. It is to be hoped that none will be caught in that predicament again. We remind our citizens ol the f <ct that the town's regis tration books will be open five days next week ?Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We urge everybody entitled to regi ter to apply for and ob aiu a certificate. The possession ol a couftty regislra-. tion certificate, we believe, is a prerequisite to municipal regist ration. THE PRICE OF COTTON. In discussing ufitteen cents for cottonthe minimum price fixed by both the Southern Cotton Growers' Association and the 3 partners' Union, the Wews an<l ' Courier says: c We do not pret nd to know what the price ot cotton should I \ e. Ultimately the law of supply fl and demand will assert itself, r but it is well enough to empha- ( size again that the crop will not j bring its value unless the growers express and act upon their ' own opinion as to its value. ^ Therein precisely the same rea c son for a farmer with cotton to \ sell to name a price for it as , there is lor the owner of a horse, of a share of railroad slock, or 1 of an automobile to name a v selling price tor bis property, n The Southern farmers are in i beiter condition this year than , ever before to hold cot ton. Few of them will be forced to hurry it to market. 1 lie chances are 0 excellent that better prices will a prevail laterin the season. Cotton e is not peri liable, ware-bousing , facilities are more numerous than they have be-en and corn moo sense makes plain the duty I and wisdom of every c >!tr?n grower to follow faithfully the advices of his organization loaders. n What our contemporary says ( true, and it goes about as fur as j ^ it is safe for a newspaper to go j ^ in advising the farmers in the' matter ot holding or selling cot- , a foil. (1 ========= J SELF PROTECTION FOR WOMEN. g The decidedly effective manner 5 in which a lady in the vicinity a Dl Atlanta saved herself the other day from assault by a negro? hy shooting the brnte?calls forth from the Journal of that city a strong editorial on the subject of t sell-protection lor women. He- (j ferring to the case in question y the Journal says : ^ It was, of course, a disagree- | J ihle necessity, but it was a d?-s- ^ pirate extremity. It illustrated i | ho wisdom of teaching the wo ' r f men ot the sou' h to defend t hem- 1 elves when the occasion arises, t md to provide them with wea- o ions for that purpose. Alone in c he house, and grossly insulted | }y a "fruity" convict, Rho would have been at hi-< mercy >u( for her ability to handle a veapon and but for the fact that i u ? ^N'JASIEd NEWS, SEPTEMBE1 he had one ready to hand. 2 The distressing conditions fhicli pievail when innocent v< men are insulted and assault- ? d have brought forth hundreds , >f suggestions and solutions. I'he discussion ot lynch law as a 8 nnimumt-uG lor uie r.nspeaKftOie v. ;riine has run*: around thecoun h ry until every phase of it has * jeen threshed out. ^ But the most appropriate pun- j shnient in ihe world is not oneienth a* valuable or as impor 0 ant as the questions of proven- * ioti and sell defense. To a wo ^ nan of culture and refinement a a tain is as a wound and it is but j it tie comfort to her to know C ;hat her assailant Ins afterwards net a merited death by any v neans whatever. ' The question of self protection ' s one which should be kept con- j itantly in the foreground. Every woman should be taught from j ler youth up to shoot and she diould keep a weapon tit hand or that purpose. Mrs. Buchanan has won the J ldmiriition ami should excite 'he smulatioii ot every woman in he country who m ?y find h s ie!t similarly situated in lie fn- ^ ure. [ w uhl reduce the mini s )er of insults to women to 111" ninimum and would yivo th?m i sense ot security which no li 11 fi else can afford. t I he Journal by no means over f 'stimites the importance of our ' vomen bung able to protect hem9?lve-. tor it is when alone > \ md without m ile defenders that c hey are mule the victims of g jriminal assaults. Tito News ome months ago advocated the ti >lan of teaching the use of tire... t: irms in Winthrop and other fe- j nale colleges. The idea was not g iriginal with us however, having >een suggested t)y our esteemed ellow citizen, Cftpt. 8 E. White. ? i o Vs then stated, girls thus taught ft ould upon their return home . , , nstruct other members ol the ^ amily and their neighborhood ssociates how to haodle deadly 4 y weapons. Capt. White also nukes mother valuable suggestion, and hat is for every woman exposed > the dangers! assault r? k??r> in I . n convenient place a sm >11 bottle . 11 t one of tlie well-known deadly cids, which in case of threaten- , 1' d attack could be thrown into ^ lie face of the would-be rapist. tl t'/iife Man AssasHi natrrf at Great n Falls* Tl Mr. James T. Thomasson, son v I Mr. Fleming Thomasson ot n he vicinity of Rock Hill, was hot and killed from ambush at }reat Falls yesterday morning, irhere he had gone to make an Trent. The weapon used was ^ i shot gun. Mr. Thomasson vas at one time a State dispen ary constable. lie was about >0 years old and leaves a widow ^ ml several children. ^ u - - d 'hihi of Former Lancastrian* 0 Diet* in Columbia. The State of Wednesday gives 61 lie following account of the ^ lealh in Columbia of the lit tie w randson of Mr. and Mrs. K /. VoluK ril lltiu oiniiiWo lln?l> ...... J . ....fc..,., leighan Conder, son ol Mr. and j Irs. John W.Condor, died Monv ay night alter a long illness ^ 'he doctors did everything in j. heir power to save the little ' v lie, but no medic*' aid could ^ heck the disease. w The funeral whs held yester- ^ ay afternoon at the First Bap. ist church. Interment at Klin rood cemetery. R 14 1?07. 'he Briqht ami Promieimj Dunn Brotherit. Lancaster cor. the Columbit. tate: Lancaster county is justv proud of one of her young ,? oils. Leroy Dunn of this coun- I' y, a student of Davidson college, ^ ias been eieo'ed president of the n oplmmore class. This shows 1r. Dunn's popularity with his '' ellow c'ass mates But not ol inly this : Mr. Dunn is a very 11 right young man. His br >ther, Yilliftm M Dunn, who leaves in 1 l few days for the Norfh. where ^ in will I u I." n u ononi ? v .. " v ?? opv?ini uuurst)) graduated from D tvidson several ^ e?rs ago with first honors, and ^ toy is following in his brother's ft ootsteps. Lancaster should feel jrond of lier two young sons. Revivals in Rev. R. E. Sharp's Churches. a <>om the Christian Advocate. ti We have hold two ot the three ,, \3 pecial services on the charge. ^ Vt Belair wo had eleven acces- (j ions. t, Last week we carried on our 81 neeting at New Hope. The Lord very gracious indeed. llis dessiniis attended ttie meetings f- \ rotii tlie vorv beginning. Th ie CI vere a number of conversion*, |, ,nd the old time M Jthodist shoots . \ ? vere heard at t wo ol the services. 1 really have never bee" in uch a revival. The people are t work. I took into the Church t once a class of t went v. \V^e ,, r iraise the Lord for His rich dessings, and lake courage for ? w reater usefulness The people . V . i , o! re in earnest about a new church ,t New Hope. I also received by ^ ertificate about as old a man ad as old a Methodist as there i in South Carolina. He was orn January 1, 1810, and joiod the Church when he wis 10 ears of aye. Can any ono niv e I J| n older member? Can any one aport real manifestations of rod's goodness and love and ^ link our people are not becoinig better? The co-operation, so sadly W eking in some churches, is not lcking at New Iiope. The laity re willing to help and 1 know w lie Lord has great blensiims for & s yet. This is not one of the B eyivals that you don't know diat to do with, for the people re carrying it on. Robt, E. Sharp, P, C. _ Van Wyck, Sept. f?, 1907. _ ' "" ' si Jorth Carolinian Hanged Himself in Barn. : a f. High Point special in 111* li !lio rl Af fa OKoowrAi" ^ '(?' iv/viv v/wori ?C? VJUI1IO 1/HIJt* vl ist night at Abbot's Creek, nine p liles from this place, Hand Bo jr enhamer, a white man 35 years v f age, cot out of bed, went to a j ^ arn on the lot and hanged him. all from one of the joists. lie k stired last nighi as usual and ^ 'as not missed until this morn-11( ig, when his ton found him cold cs i death. t he reason given for : a is rash act is that he was in- ^ olved in a law suit about a orse. He leaves a wife and ^ ve children. The funeral s#*r ices occur to-morr >w, attended y Wallburg .Junior Order o! ? hicli the deceased was a mem er. Subscribe to The News. London-Shurley. % One of the most brilliant aflirs of the social season took lace Wednesday afternoon at te historic old church of Eberrzer, when Mr. John 11 London, le popular assistant cashier of >e Peoples Bank and Trust Co., f this cily, and Miss Annie Leit or Shurley, the attractive daunh *r oi Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shur)v, of Ebenezor, united in the oly bonds ol matrimony. ^ Rev. J. II. Thorn well, assisted y Rev. Maynard Marshall,spoke he words that made (horn man nd wile.?Roc't Hill Record. Railroad Accident at Gaffney. Gaffney special in Thursday's >ews and Courier: Last night bouf 10 o'clock freight train No. 1, s* nth-hound, jumped the rack in the northern subuibsof laffi ev, near the Limestone I ills. The engine, tender and liree cars jumped completely off lie track, while the trucks of iveral others got off. The lire lan, Mr. Hunt r, of Spencer, ras caught in the wreck and uMvined serious injuries from uts and bums. lho track was locked till 5 o'clock this morn. 'gRunyon gets 7 Years. New York. Sept. 12.?Chester . Runyon, former paying teller f the Windsor Trust Company, ho con essed stealing $100,000 f 'he company's cash, was sen need today to seven years in ing Sing prison. fourteen / o^r?c In A VUI J Ail business in Lancaster. I have passed the 14th mile ost on the Commercial road, 1 Lancaster. I take this occaion to thank the people of Lancaster County for their support, nd to pledge them the same air treatment in the future lat they have received in the ast. My experience places me 1 a position to give better ser ice in the work shop, and betprices and more satisfactory oods in all departments. I elieve that the best is none x> g ?od for the people of Canister and Lancaster County nd that means the quality of urK in me Kepair Shop, as ell as in the quality of goods. Respectfully. i. C. Hough, Jeweler and Optician. i