The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 19, 1907, Page 4, Image 4
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The Lancaster News.
Semi-Weekly.
Published
Wednesdays and Saturdays
At Lancaster, S. C.,
By The
Lancaster Publishing Company.
Charles T. Connors, Editor.
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K. K. \V Y t,l K, PRESIDENT.
/NO. A. COOK, SRC'V and TllKAS
J. M. U1 DOLE, .lit. Bumni.ss Managkii
Entered as second-class 11 alter, Oct. 7, 1P0?,
M tbe poatofflce at Lancaster s t .. under Am
*>f Congress of March 3. 1*TH
Saturday, Oct. 10, 1907.
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According to an Kngli'h scientist
two-thirds of a girl's weight
is sujrar. The other third must
lie hair, hat and heels.
If it be true as stated that
l'orto Ricans eat eijjht meals*a
day, they must be equipped with
portable pie counter attach.
lYi^nf c in Ardor t \ if&i n tir wrurLr
J II ? ? ' O j 'II vy 1 V*V> I * II wi l\
done at all.
=======The
recent escapes from the
penitentiary rather r* llect c.n
the management of the institu
tion. It is a matter of surprise
that life term convicts are m de !
"trusties."
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Mr. J. Belton W atson, ol Anderson,
who attended a Farmers'
Union meeting an Lancaster
some time ago, has decided to become
a candidate tor congress.
The other candidates for congre-8
from his district are Congre s
man Wyatt Aiken and Solicitor
Bngiis.
Since Presidentt Roosevelt is
having poor luck bear hunting
in LouUiuiu canehrakes, he
might 9'< p in L ??tc sler on his
return to Washington and get on
the trail oi the mighty bruin that
Messrs Simpson, Uives and Allison
chased hereabouts a lev
3Tears ago.
Our esteemed contemporary,
the Associate R^'ormed Presbyterian,
persists in spelling incorrectly
the name < f one of itministers,
the K v. O. W. Carmicheal,
the popular pastor otj
tlie iianc<8'er and Shiloh A R.
P. church- . ]S ? oae kno-vs l et
ter than the minister hirnsell
how to spell his name, and he
spells it just as we do. Our contemporary
however, invariably
makes it Carmical. Possibly the
Presbyterian is experimenting
with tlie phone'ic style.
In appointing this week a
member ot the Stale board ot
education without even consulting
Superintendent Martin, Governor
Ansel has repeated the mistake
made by him in the Sheppard
incident. While the law
makes it incumbent on the governor
to appoint the members of
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THE LANCA
the State board, common cour- t
teay as well as public policy i
requires that such app >intmeuts i
be made with the approval of t
the Slate superintendent, the <
officer who is direc'ly responsi-j i
ble to the people for the success!)
or failure of the administration 11
of ihe State's educational system, li
Really, the board outiht to be j
appointed on the recommenda
lion of thq superintendent, un-j
\ ? u:? : ... .1 IJ L. ? ;
icss iu? nominees miuuiu ue
positively known to the gover
nor as parsons unfit for the position.
The superintend nt i- i
expected to make a success of.
his ttilin uistration and in order j
to so he must have lieutenants
in sympathy with nis policies.
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THE APPfiOACHING TOWN ELEC-,
HON The
following,Maken from 1 he i
Newberry Observer, sounds s^rik-;
ingly like it might have been!
written lor Lancas'er:
This town is coming clo-e to
another dec ion. Th re was
never a tiino when it was m >re
important to put her best m< n
in ofiioc. Newberry deserves
the best, and there is 110 man
it o good to he mayor or alderman
ot this town.
It is ol immense consequence
to the finances, the morals, the
nlerprise and general welfare of
the town that she be represented
kyS lepresentative men?men
who will be able to help in the
further development ol the town
along right lines ; who will insist
on obedience to law. who
will put the right kind of officers
in charge of the peace and good
order ot the town; who will see
that tlie laws arc respected and
obeyed and the violators, white
and black, are punished.
1' is a critical time in the history
of Newberry, and our peo
pie need to rca'izeit and to wake
tip to their true interest.
Lancaster, as is well known,
now has good men in cilice,
among th? m some of the best <
and most prominent in the com
munity, but ir is currently r< - (
ported th >t several of the j jv s ,
ent ollicials will not stand for reeiect'on.
However that may
he, it is not too soon for the
voters ot the town to begin to
think about the coming municipal
election, which will be held
in December.
"THE PEOPLE AND THE HAIL
WO ADS."
i iic vyvijjiiiiD'" iii uui
upon ihe growing tendency on
the pirtof juries to he morel
rt a-on;il)|e jn their wrdicisi
au ii 11st railroads is made tho ex-!
ru?e-t)f a writ' r in today's paper
h.r a vicious onslaught on suotij
corporations Uo but threshes!
oyer old straw however, the most
>i his charges being stale and
long since familiar to every one.
It is manifestly apparent Irom
the tenor of his article that he
himself is deeply prejudiced
against railroads, and ho la\s
h mse'f open to tbe suspicion
that possibly he Ins some ulterior
motive in keeping the public
mind inflamed against corpora
lions.
We are not the champion o!
railroad or other corporations
On the contrary, we have incurred
Ihe everlasting ill will of
some of llieni by our criticisms
of them in these columns. H it
we believe in fair play , we bt '
lieve in doing justice even to the
much despised corporations*
While we believe in making
tliem pay where they incur lia
45TER NEWS, OCTOBER 19, !
)ility, in damage suits or otherwise,
we do not believe iu
wreafcing vengeance upon tliera
hrough the medium of the
jourts. They are entitled to as
much protection under the law
as the individual. Ajuror, for instance,
is sworn t?> decide the
issues submitted to him according
to the law and the evidence,
and that oath is ju^t as binding
in a case where a corpoiafTon is
a party to the f-uit as it is in an
action where the litigants are individuals.
Preconceived opin
ions and prejudices and specious
arguments of counsel should cut
no fifiure with an intelligent,
fair-minded juror.
. Our correspondent a?ks questions
the answers to which'he
already knows. ? e knows, for
f x on pie, full well where the
"thousands of dollars a- a railroad
tax" the p ople o! this
county are now j> ?ying go s. He
knows that the money goes to
the holders of the bond" v >ted
to be issued by t ho j ople tl emselves
to aid in the cuistruclio
ol the railroads in the county.
Whether the people vo'ed wisely
or not i- no longer a question.
Tiie writer m.ikes charges
a.am t tho local road, the L. &
O , which we do not bed've that
ho can sustain. He is certainly
in error when he s'a'es that the
A % r\ If... 1..
p?v-.-?-|?? W>\ IlUl 3 U!lltY j'tlMI
$5,000 in cash f >r tins road."
According lo our recollection
the roiid A'a1" sold in Chester at
at public auction and was purchased.
mainly by Laoca-ter
merchants, at 'ha sum of $25,000.
It had been offered for sab', under
order of court, on two previous
occasions, when no bids at all
were made for the property. If
it had b?en worth mure thin the
purchasers paid for it, why was
th it there were no other bi 1ilers?
The sale was public r-nd
h id been extensively advertised.
f)nr correspondent seek^ to produce
the impression that the
' present owners" ari making
money. We hope that they are,
for they deserve success. Had it
not been for t he ''present owners,"
the merchants of Lincaster, the
r nad today would have been
naught but "two streaks ol rust
and a right of way " They took
hold of the property* when no
b >dy else would have it, rehabii
itated it, broadened tiie gauge,
buiit new hridires and trr-stle*,
improved the rotdhed and
bought new r >Ling stock. It was
made a home enterprise, and we
all know what a poential factor
it has proven <o t?e in the upbuilding
of Lancaster.
No, we do not believe in jumplog
on corporations just because
they are corporations. They
should he accorded ju-tice when
jusiicois duo them, just as they
shouhl he made am- nahle to
law when they are guiltv ot infractions
thereof. Nor ghodd we
iivitiook or ignore me vast ami
incalculable benefits that are
derived by the public generally
from properly managed c >rporations.
They are among the c?untry's
greatest developers. What
would be the condition ot the
country today without itw railroads,
its cotton mills and other
industrial enterprises?
Lancaster Alone owes much oi
its progress and development to
its railroads, cotton mills and
other corporations, which are
now probably paying approxiy
190".. * '
raately half the taxes of the
county and are furnishing ernplopment
to thousands of our
people. 'there is one feature
about a cotton mill that is not
generally appreciated, and that
is the fact that it practically
doubles the price ot cotton in
the community and the county in
v?h ch it is located. Instead ol
say 11 cents, it ill ike3 it 22
cents. One-hall go s to the pro-j
ducer and the other half is ex-1
pended in the manufacture ol
M lie raw material into varus and
I cloth?all of which, or a' least
j t he greater part thereof, i-> k* pt !
'in circulation in the town and
Our corieapoudent's reference
to passes is ri'her amusing to
11 -, since we have had :i litt e
j rx j em-nee alone < lint line ournoif,
I the.uiih not of a n Mure tilV con
|
II errn* tIn* public at all. But j
enough of this matter for the 1
i present.
| .Junior Council 4}rt/auize<l tit
I'lrusu nt Plains.
A ! r^e Junior Orel -i Com Ju
w .8 organized at Pleasant Plains
la t Tuesdav night ?\ Stat" S?cr<
tary S. Wi on. assisted by j
Mr. W. i). Chambers, ??f Linrvi tor.
The ioli?>\ving ollicers w. rej
elected: W. C. Adam*, Jr.,
P ist Councilor; T. L Clyhurn,
0 uncilor; L O Hilton. ViceCouncilor;
A'. F E tridge, Re-j
cording Secretary; T. L Hibon,
'Financial Secretary; P- F. 1111- 1
I ton. Treasurer.
Number enrolled, 41., and'
there are now 10 applications
for rncmb ralhp. Tne numb-r
of t he C uncil is 02.
limit/net for The Xeti*
<Jno of Lancaster's charming I
young ladies, who has-been speu. I
ding a .'ew months in the m mn
tains ot North Carolina, writes'
CCnnunrtrial Drpurtinrut Pi
We s...lolt tin1 account- Cltinj Notl
of < crnoratlons, Firttisj Ell |jl lid'
and Individuals, and offer
tliein the sorviCftof an fAT? T A \TP \
up-to-da'i-, well rejfulfrtcd ^ LAiNufi
and absolutely t>ufo4tank
' All business Intrusted The onlv
jto this Hank will receive! ,
I the most careful and ae- I?tinK 111
curate attention j County.
The Man or Woman who gets
| pared when opportunities offer,
you make than by starting a bai
for if added to every week or m
Most ortunes have started fr
see us about starting an account
People all the Time.
( HAS I). JUNE-*, l'reHwlent
K y. riidXn
How i
Everything fresh and n<
Anything you want in Groc
good try my Preserves, Pickle a
kinds but there is not hut one o
Come and take a look at m
you good to see jt, can fill your
and Crockery line.
.Toilet Sets
All prices from $5,00 to
sent can furnish you anything \
A complete line of Silver Kn
Enamel Ware the kind that nev
! Come and let me show you ar
20 lbs. Granulated Sugar f<
Bring me your Butter, Egg
?
us as folio we:
4il always enjoy The News, but
especially when away from home.
Ill fact, I don't think that I
could possibly st iy away all
summer if 1 did not have the
paper each week to tell me about
home. I' always r< ceivo* a warm
we'come from me."
TWENTY CNE JB JEWEIEDL
The sale of first class Timekeepers
is an important part of
my business, and the reason I
am having such large sales in
this line, is because I sell strictly
first class watches at extremely
low prices. I never
misrepresent my goods, but will
at all times sell you an honest
watch at a close price, and guarantee
to give you full value for
your money. I have in stock
constantly all the leading makes
Walt ham or Elgin 7 Jewel
Nickel Case only $5.00, 15 Jewel
$7.50.
I f you have a good watch
trea it right. /The immense
Locomotive driving wheel traveling
a mile a minute makes
403,361 revolutions in 24 hours.
The delicate balance wheel of
your up to date watch makes
432,000 in the same time. The
Locomotive wheel is cared for
several times during 24 hours.
Should not your watch receive
attention at least once a year.
1 give you the benefit of 22
years experience if you bring
it to me.
B. C. HOUGH
Jeweler and Optician
Just received a big lot of those
$1.00 solid gold rim s.
t*.nun on Drviartmru! !
pno Unnb 4 per cent Intercut ulUilU.1
DlLUlV owi'ilon savings deposit*
and on time certificates.
tSTER, S. C, Interest compounded
on the first days of January,
April, July and Oc
National io",r
T anciotnr Accounts may be openuancaster
ed wUh 0no Dollar or
; more.
ahead is the one who is preWhat
better preparation can
nk account, be it ever so small,
lonth it will soon grow,
om small Savings. Come and
I with The Bank for all the
H. E. WVIjIE, Vict- I'rcHni^ot.
)N, (kfhier
s This
ew at MACKORELL'S.
teries. If you want something
nd Coffee. Now there are all
f this kind. Try it once,
y line of Japanese China will do
hill for anything in the China
Dinner Sets
[).O0 and for your wedding prerou
want.
ives and Forks, Spoons, etc.,
rer wears out.
id will make prices right.
Yours for business,
J. B. Mackorell
>r $1.00.
;s and Chickens.