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r ;f ' ' ' " .. * v ' BJBHSKHH ' /, "ftj? T2 1 nB ? *;'" V . , * w "2 . . The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. X. MO. 101. SEMI-WEEKLV. LANCASTER. S. C., SEPTEMBER 26. 1007 PRICE?FIVE r.PNTC ncn rrnv Clemsoa College Letter. Changes in the Faculty?A Fine Field of Corn?Y. M. C. A's Good "Work?Several Hundred Students Engaged in Bible Study?Foot Ball Schedule. i Mr. Editor: The following in a list of Clemson's Professors who have resigned since last June, and their successors: Dr. L. A Klein, who goes to the University of Penn., and is succeeded by Dr. M. R. Powers; Prof. John A/f IpIIAIQ urlm I KA A O nH JL*A Jk v 11 v * " ^ ** ? V/ O0 I U I I1U 11-t C%" Vl M. College of N. C., and in succeeded by Prof. D. O. Nourse; Prof. H. D* House, who goes to New York college of Agriculture, and is succeeded by Prof. H. W. Barre, a'Clemson alumnus of the class of 1905; I)r Barnett of the University of Penn. succeeds Dr. Powers us assistant Veterinarian. Two new instructors have been added to the Mechanical depart ni' nt, Messrs. Burris and Lewis. Prof. C. E. (Jhambliss of the diy.si ?n of Entomology has recently resigned to accept the position ol S^a'e Entomologist, and ' his place has not as yet been filled. Capt. J. C. Minus sue ceeds Cupt. C. D. Clay as Ccm manuam oi caaeis. The bcs' field of corn your correspondent has ever seen in owned by the college farm. All who have visited Clerasou will remember the one iiundred acres of fine bottom land worked by the college on Seneca River. Thin fertile field is now covered with corn th^t will, in all probability, average seventy-livo bushels to the acre. It has not been wrrked according to the Williamson plan, but the greater part of the work it lias[ received was given in preparing the land before the corn was planted. On lact Sunday evening the Y. M. C. A. held a Bib'e study rallv, at which time addresses were made by Prols. Daniel and Jlmckett and General Secretary R. LI. Legate. After the meeting was over a canvas ot the dormitories was ma le and 345 men were enrolled in Bible study, the largest number of young tnen ever enrolled in Bibie study in any college or University in South Carolina in any one year. Within another month it is the purpose of the Y. M. C. A. to have 450 men in Bible study, the largest number ever enrolled in any college or Unit ersity 9fu'h of Mason and Dixon's line. [n our last communication e stated that Olemnon's fir?t foot bill tame of the season wouM be played with Hmjcharr. High School. We were misinformed as to the tMmf of tlie school. The first ^ame will he played with Gordon Military Institute ol Barnsville, Ga on Sept. 28, on our campus. Gordon is the champion preparatory school in the South in football. Perhaps Clemson's football schedule might be interesting to some and t a % I shall give it as follows : Sept. 28.?Gordon Inst, at Clemson. Oct. 9 ?Maryville at Clemson. Oct. 21?U. of Tenn. at Olemson. Oct. 31?U. of N. C. at Columbia, Fair week. Nov. 4?Auburn at Auburn. Nov. 7. ?U. of Ga. at Augusta. Nov. 9. ? Davidson at Clemeon. Nov. 16 ?U. of Ga. at Athens. Nov. 28 ?Ga. Tech at Atlanta. As will be seen at a glance this is a hard schedule, and the 01em?on Tigers will strive to make most of these jiames victo ries as tliev have done in t-.tw* s " "** w"v past. S. E. B. Negro Called Out of His House and Killed. Wilmington special iti yesterday's Cliarlotte Observer: W. Banks Rotliwell, 55 or GO year6 of age, a well-to do colored man living on the place of Owen Martindale, five miles below the city, was called out of liia house this morning about 4 o'clock by three white men and shot to death when he attempted to run from two of the number, who took hold of him. The ball entered the back and pierced the lungH. Rothwell, who was in his barefoot, circled when lie was shot, ran back into his house and dropped dead. The men ran but later Countable S ?vage and others tracked the party with the county bloodhounds to a point near the city and a c!u was obtained by which arrests are expected to follow the coroner's inquest, tomorrow. Girl Found in Woods Crazed and Starving. Charlotte ?pecial in Atlanta .Journal: r^ows has just reached here from Camden county, North Carolina, of the finding of a gir', demented and tearfully emaciated irom starvation, fthe was found by a band of citizens who for ten days had heard pitiful wails like the cry of a pant tier in the sec lion know as "Thoroughfare I land." When found she had only can! clothing and was pitifully crazed. It is thought she had been in this plight for two weeks or more. S??me are of the opinion That she was taken to this lonely spot 1 or the purpose of doing away with her. She is about 18 years of age. Life Sentence for Killing Brother-in-La w. New London, Conn., Sept. 20. ?.lames I Beckham, of Norfolk, Va., who came hereon the evening ot September 1st and killed his brother-in-law William M. lVtty, by shooting in a local hotel, was found guilty of mur der in the second degree today and immediately given a life sentence. Beckham claimed that Betty had induced his wite and daughter to come here to live in an immoral way and this was the defense set up. The State Capital. A Fair Lancastrian's Account of Visit to Columbia?The New College?Other Matters of Interest. In n ronont < -? ? /"l-1 ?- w vv/v uu i i i |j i/ll VyOlUHlDlft^ S. 0., we had the pleasure of taking in the important points around and in the city. The State Capitol is beau'iful to be hold, and the new equestrian statue of Gen Hampton, situated on the grouuus, i- quite a beautitul piece ot hi t. G-n tlanpton, on (the beau'i ul charger, looks so natural. Just as in seventy-six, 1 imagine, he looked when he led the victory from Republic n rule to the present state ol living at our capital. We were very much p'eased with the new college, situated three and one half m'les from the city. This is t he pret tie^tjcollege building in the Kotuh. and the location in north Columbia is all that could lie desired. The capacity ot the college is great, and ai out 300 can be accommodated there Dr. Daniel, the efficient president, L : i >v us veiy Kinri to snow us iiround, and his daughter, Miss Willie, added much to our vi?it there. After a pleasant stay there, we wended our wav to other pari8 of the city. The beautiful trolley rides to the suburban places aid much to the city. The only feature objectionable was the j est of mosquitoes. Tne-'fcffii i? nt manager of the Jerome Motel made our stay at the hotel very pleasant. The many friouds we met, the new improvements we saw. and the nice trolley ride* made uh teel as it we were truly at home The Governor w a absent, much to our regret. Let all take an occasional trip to our Capital city and become acquainted with i All places around can be found from thenew UnionStation,which is quite a credit to our Capital. Mayme C. Allison. Lancaster, Sept. '2fi, 1907. Auspicious Opening of Kershaw School this Week. Kershaw special in Thursday's State : The Kershaw graded -eh ol opened this week with bright prospects lor a successful term. On the morning of the opening devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. J. T. Deiiviy, after wliich Mayor E. D. Blaaenev delivered the opening address. Messrs J. W llamel and W. L. Croxton also made addresses appropriate t t the oc-asion. Tne faculty is as following: E. M. McCown, superintendent, Darlington; J. II. Hamel, Mrs. I. II. Hayes, Miss Louto Benton, Mrs. R. M. Vaughan, Kershaw; Miss Amv Casque, Columbia; Miss Edna Sitgreaves, Lrurena. The enrollment is larger than at any previous opening. Do you take The News? E. D. Smith on Price of Cotton?Thinks Farmers will Win. Columbia special in the News and Courier: Mr. E. I) Smith, the gonial field agent of the Southern Cotton Aes -ciation, has just returned home from a trip ot three weeks through the Southwest in the intereot ot tho organization. When asked for his views on the cotton situation Mr. Smith said : '-It is now a straight fight between the producer and ar.tl i ho speculator. ll?re are ?l;e element*: ?u unquestioned short crop, an unquestioned demand and an unquestioned hi^h price of cotton goods. Two mouths ago the price ot raw material was near 14 cents. The depression at present is therefore due solely to the efforts ot the speculative element, and the fight can be won if the cotton producers will stand together. I behove they are going to win." j Auto Drivers Must Stop. Columbia special in the Charleston Post : An important decision of the Slate Suptemt Court to-lay sustains the principle that the driver of an automobile incase ot danger 011 any public read must bring his machine to a stop and, besides, shut otr bis tniitnr line ? y % U? J'lUTlik" mg noises that are likely to frighten horses and mules. This decision grew out of the iuit ol Thomas S and Caroline Rochester, who were awarded a verdict of $475 against J. A. Bull, of Chick Spiitigs, Greanvdle county. Their horse ran away because of tright at a machine, and Mrs. Rochester was injured by being thrown out of the vehicle. The accident occurred in midsummer. 16 Drowned in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala , Sept. 2d.? A special to The Advertiser from Mobile says: Leslie Vernuille, a white bov of Mobile, and 15 negroes, were drowned in the Tnmbighee river at McGrews shoals, shortly after noon t ulay, while eross'ny the river in a lorry boat from the government's works, where they were employed. 'Hiey were on their way to dinner when the accident occurred. Death of Two Sisters. Mhs Renin Horlon, daughter of Mr .J L. Ilorion who lives jus' over in Kershaw county, died lad Saturday alter being s^ck tor some time with fever. Miss Ilorion was a sister of Mrs Jes?e Holley who died suddenly I Saturday inornimr Th? remniua * n v "" of Miss Uort.oii a>d Mrs. Ilollev wore buried a! Mt Pi 8 g ah church. ?Jefferson Citizen. Subscribe to Tlie Ne\rs. Wreck near Monroe. Monroe Enquirer : There was a wreck on the steel bridge across Richardson's creek late last Tuesday afternoon. A loaded coal car in a long through freight train coming iiito Monroe jumped the track at the east end ot the bridge and piled the crops'ies in a heap in front ol it. The coal car and two boxcars, one loaded wi?h baled co ton and one with cotton seed went down and lodged on the tie' wor'i ot iron br<?ces and gird? rs about lifteen feet below the traoK. The ends ot the two box oars wore torn out and the bales of cotton were durr.iied in_ J/Vto the creek, the cotton seed piled in a Dent heap on tho east bank of the crees and the coal scattered on the west bank. No one was hurt, the wreck cars breaking loose, leaving the other cars uninjured. Pastor McKissick's Good VSTcrk on East Lancaster Circuit. Christian Advocate : We have held a series of services at all of the churches on the charge. Our fir-'t meeting was held at HeM el. Large congregations attended the preachi igofthe Word, and there were ^vo|,al conversions wi'h 9 accessions to the -Church. Bethel has been revived along all lines of Church work avd especially in the Sunday school, which is in a flourishing condition. We hope and pray tor still greater things at Bethel. Our next meeting was at llope well, where the Lord most graciously poured out. His holy spu" it upon the congregation and several happy conversions was accomplished. The next and last was at Tabernacle, where llie pastor was assisted by iievs P. l>. lug a ham and W. B. Gib on. Much inter st was manifested and before the meeting closed several professed conversion. One wat added to the church at this meeting, and two by certificate some time previous to this. One of the good results of this meeting, was the orgauizition ot a young men's prayer meeting, which ij doing great good among the >oung men of this church. We have fine Sunday cchools at Tabernacle and Hopewell as well as Bethel aire uly mentioned On the tie whole we teol that the L >rd has bleseed us spiiitu-.11-. 1 A. ? ? I - I ?u> aim ma.' mo WOTK 13 pi* g earing very well indeed. We mo praying for still greater bles ings since the mercy and good nes of the L nd knows n > bounds. We are kindly remembered by the mmbors o'the different churches of the charge, with a purse amounting to a nice little sum. We also were tendered a vacation, r wh'ch we leel the u:_u :: ? I/IIO milium ?U{?1 nui?l IUII. Willi be*fc wishes for all, I remain, E. M. M^Kiasick. O. K , S. C. t.-JASti y - ?*