The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 21, 1907, Page 4, Image 4
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The Lancaster News
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of Congress of March a. ls?H
Saturday, Sept. 21, 1907.
The West. Indian hurricane
that usually head this way lli
latter part of the summer hav
apparently fallen into the Soutl
em's bad habit of running bt
hind schedule time.
Price,the noted New York eo'
ton speculator, who some lim
ago was "hulling" the market, i
now talking about eight cents co
ton It the farmers will but etan
by - their organizations Price \vi
do some more skilful flopping be
lore the first o! next January.
Washington Post: 'A Oleve
land bride 21 years old is said t
be able to converse in ^ix differen
languages." A Charleston girl
who is to be a bri ie soon cai
look out of h^r eyes at her sweet
heart in six different languages
?The News and Courier.
A bewitching widow in Lancaster
has u smile that speaks
diflormit lanmi'irrue
Senator Latimer is out in ai
interview in which tie expresse
himself as being opposed to im
migration. lie says he is not oj
posed to people coming lien
"provided they promise to mak
good citizens/' etc.?a rathe
foolish proviso, for any sort c
an immigrant, goo t, b id or ii
different, would no doubt mak
such promise. The present im
migration laws, howevr obj-M*
tionable they may be in s >m
particulars, afford this countr
r* . i i -
minutely uet'er protactio
against the introduction ol ui
desirable eitiz -ns than the Sent
tor's ''promise" i lea.
Gen. M. 0. Butler evidentl
doesn't like William Jemima
Bryan. In an inter vie sv publisl
ed in the News and Courier
few days ago lie characterizes tl
Nebraakan as a Populist and 1013
il the Democrats nominate hii
next year for president he'll vot
for "Taft, or whoever else of
conservative tvpe the Repub]
cans may select as their nom
nee." Notwithstanding Bryan1
radical and undemocratic view
as to government ownership <
railroads, he is as popular w it
the masses today as he evor wa
and he is going to be a most fo
midable candidate lor the pres
dentia) nomination in 1908.
THE LANt
It was stated some days ago
that Prof. Clink scales. of Wofford
College, will be candidate
I next year for the United States
Senate. And now comes another
dominie into the political arena,
Col. J. J Dargan, ot Statesburg,
according to his own statement
'"teacher of a small country
"I school," who will likewise couj
test lor Senator Latimer's seat,
vi Col Dargan is a brainy, scholic
arly South Carolinian, patriotic
to the core, and has one or two
excellent planks in his platform
j* as published in the daily papers.
He is an ardent advocate of the
?. e'tlement oi international disr
putes by arbitration, and if he
succeeds in breaking into the
of
senate will prove an effective
worker in the movement to abolai
i-h wars.
of .
It will oe good news to players
ol euchre and whist to know
hat someone lias invented a
machine for shuiliiug a deck of
oi cards, and i< promises to become
popular as 110 one can see the
cards while they are being
shnlll *d nor are the cards
- in the leas' injured. It is
s said that the machine changes
ie the position of nine ou' ol i2
cards in the pack. It stands
about 12 inches high, weighs four
l" pounds and can be attached to
- any card table in a moment.?
Abbeville Medium.
X, . ....
<>ow it someooay wiii invent
a machine to eliminate the gambling
feature out of cards tlio laIS
b^rs ol the preacher:; and the
police, to 8ay nothing of the
l| pio-s, wtll be greatly lessened.
In describing a charming entertainment
ot the (t. G. Club by
two young ladies, the Wallialla
correspondent of the Anderson
Daily Mail reports a portion of
? t unique test of a woman's breath,
as follows:
"In the center of the table in
1 this darkened room, quite a num
ber of candles were lighted, and j
' each girl was asked to stand bv |
the. table, and with one breath,
- blow out as many candies as sina
could. The number of candles
die lett lighted were to indicate
the number of years there would
he belore she married."
1 A game of this kind is new to
s us, but we would like to see one
. piayed in these parts. We cm
imagine ourselves seeing some
of tlie women blowing out can'
dies with a breath equal lo a
(1 Western cvclo'ie. ? Lexington
'i' Dispatch
>! There is a girl over in Chesi
tetliehl with a hreatli that could
e eaci'y blow the table itself out
- of the window.
e Comptroller General Jones j
y makes a lengthy reply to the
n criticisms of the News and Coui
rier and other papers ot the aci
tion of the State hoard of railroad
assessors in raising the as.
sessment of railroad properties
y 38.5 per cent, the increase over
:e ' last year's figures amounting to
rj_ j about $ 1 1,500.000. It was charged
a j that the board had been goyernlejed
by the 100 per cent basis,
,th | but the comptroller undertakes
m to show lhat the rai-e more j
e j nearly approximate* the 60 per
a cent limit, producing plausible
i- | figures to sustain his contention,
i One thing is certain however. If
the present assessment is just and
rS equitable, as compared with the
dI assessm' nts of otlier properties,
,h the assessment, of last year
was entirely too low. Or it
r- the assessment of 1906 was
i- fair and reasonable, that of 1907
j is altogether too high, for there
t
JASTER NEWS, SEPTEMBER
hus been no enhancement in the,
vulue of rmlroad properties dur
inK the paat twelve months. On
the contrary, *uch nropertits
have depreciated,probably on ac
count of adverse legislation, and
other causes.
Pleasant Hill Items.
Mr. Melvin Oauthon, who has
been in Lancaster a week or
two, has returned home.
Mrs. S. Beckham, Sr., who
has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. W. O. linlledge, near Kershaw,
returned home Wednesday.
Mrs I B. Clontz spent Tuesday
in Kershaw.
Mister Berry ^Beckham, son
of Mr. M. L. Beckham, left lor
Bran?1iviUe Wednesday. lie
will spend several months there
with the Rev. and Mrs E. 11.
Beckham. He is expecting to
go to school while there.
Mr. L. F. Robertson will be
ready lor ginning as s on as lie
gets his machinery placed.
Mr. M. L. Beckham spen!
Tuesday in Kershaw.
Mr E B. Johnson, the hustling
pumper at this place, went
to Kershaw on business Wednesday
last.
Born to Mr. an 1 Mrs. L. V.
Cauthen, a eon. the 17th inst.
Guess who lias been picking
cotton under a parasol?
Mr. J. .\1. Oaskey spent Thursday
iu Lancaster.
News Reader.
Feasant Hill, Sept. 10.
"Work Day For The Orphan
ages.
Saturday, September the 28ih
has been appointed Work Day
for tlio Thornwell, Co uiie Maxwell
and Epwortb Ophanages.
These institutions have fix
hundredorphaii childrenin them,
and they are provided tor by voluntary
contributions. They have
just passed through the summer
months, with their(inancial stringency,
and should now have an
increase in the amount of contri
butions for treir support.
The Work Day plan furnishes
a special opportunity, lor grown
people and children, to give the
income of one day or the proceeds
of one day's labor to the
orphans
The crop prospects are promising,
the prices are good, and the
outlook in the business world is
ene.ouracriniT Th? F.nr?l buu
?O?? w ?w ?
opened his liaud, and poured out
his blessings upon on. As an expression
of our gratitude for his
goodness, wo should make some
return to him. "inasmuch as ye
have done it unto the least ot
these iny brethern, ye have done
it unto me." Cash, groceries and
dry goods will be acceptable.
W. B. Wharton
Supt. Kpworth Orphanage
Forty Japs Killed.
Tokio, September It). ? Forty
of the crew, including nine officers,
wero killed and injured on
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uun. u i nt) l t n u i j/ iv ami i III <1
>y tlie explosion of n twelve inch
shell within the shield, after target
practice noir Kure.
Do you take The News?
? *
21, P>07.
Burned by Gas Stove.
Columbia Record: Mrs. C.
P. Davis, wife of a collector for
the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph company, was f-eriouly
horned about th> face and
hands at her home Saturday afternoon
by an explosion in tin*
oven o her kitchen gas stove.
Mrs. Davis turned on the gas
in the oven and ignited it at all i
the burners. When she closed the ,
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'J I1CJ J II |?M?? UlH ' IIv 11 >IUU
on ouo ot t':e burner-, the gas
continuing to fl >w. Whin she
opened the oven shortly aft,ir
ward tp examine the ll.imus, the
free gas which had escaped into
the confined space exploded with
considerable lorce,envolping Mrs
Davis in a sheet ot fire and inflicting
serious burns. Ir is ?aid
that probably fatal injuries would
have resulted had Mrs Diyis
waited five or ten minutes long
er to open the oven, as the gas
therein contained would by that
I time have been much more in
quantity, besides being under
grea'er pressure.
"
I While Walking in Her
Sleep, Young Lady Ifalls
from Window and Breaks
Her Arms.
Concord special in Charlotte
Obsetver: News reached the
city this morning to ihe effect
that a very painful experience
fell to the lot of a young daughter
ot Mr. and Mrs John Brown
Wal'ace, ot No. 3 township,
Monday night. All dav Monday
Miss Carrie Wallace wa- engaged
'ill packing her trunk and gathering
her many little things together
prep *r story to leaving
yesterday morning for school at
Due West Ft male College, and
retired late that night. About 12
o'clock, however, the family
was awakened by her screams,
and when they fonn I her she
was lying in the yard, where
she had fallen from the second
story window. Both arms were
broken just above the wrists.
The girl is 18 years of age, and
is said to he a pretty young woman.
The theory of the parents
is that the girl was wandering
about her room in a somnambulistic
stupor an I, when she got
to the room window, walked out.
After regaining her normal condition
shortly after the excitement
was over, the girl swooned and
iitti 4 in n rtiriif ^oaiAiia aa i?/li#i/\n
? i? w* ?? p-t v "v?? vy iiuiuuii
irom the terrible pun caused by
the breaking of her arms.
Farmer Assassinated.
jr*va
Culpeper, Va., Sept. 18.?
William Smith, superintendent
ot a plantation owned by Cup
tain Miller, in this county, about
fourteen miles Irani Culpeper,
whs shot and billed] Sunday
ni^ht. There is no clue to his
slayei's identity, although the
police say they believe it was
the result of an old quarrel and
j concerned a woman.
Smith was called Irom his
home after darit bv some one,
who claimed to be in need of
assista; ce in mending a broken
wagon. lie went out into tlie
road and when he was a few
feet from the house, the concealed
assassin fired point, blank at
him, emptying two loads of
buckshot into his body.
y k
Hamilton, Elgin, Waltham,
Hampden, Seth
Thomas, Columbu?,
Howard
and all the leading makes in
c*f Knf tVio nno T flirl nr?t
O VWiV^ MUl/ VliV vuv M. V*?V* 1?VV
mention is better than any of
the others, come in and ask to
see it. I f you contemplate buying
a watch you will stand in
your own light if you do not see
my stock before you purchase.
Over 150 watches and movements
in stock constantly.
Now is the time to have *
your eyes tested and
properly fitted with
glasses
You are doing your eyes a
great injustice to read by bad
lam lighl with bad glasses. I
car. ;it the most complicated
case properly, satisfaction guaranteed
or money back.
Have vou seen our new bargains
in CHINA and TERRACOTTA
Goods? Everybody
says we have the best display
I .... Ti
in nit; Luunuy. it cunts* nutuing
to see. We are glad to have
you come in whether you trade
or not.
B. C. HOUGH
Jeweler and Optician
Howe
&onr)e 7v?
coffee
Sept. 17th, 1907.
j Dear Friend:
I am getting big enough
to drink tea and coffee.
Papa and Mama used
to drink coffee just for
breakfast, but they get
such good coffee now that
they drink it three times
a day. They say the best
coffee in town is Luzianne
coffee.
Your friend,
Jacob.
P. S. Its funny that I
| always forget that you
can get Luzianne coffee
for 25 cts. a pound at
, Ferguson's