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4 Xhe Lancaster News. Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor. S u BSCRll'TION HA TKS. One Year '..11.60 Six Months TS Three Months itPayable in advance. A DVJ-: UTI SI NO RATES. One Inch, llrst ns 'rlion. 91.00. Each nubKC Hiient Insertion mi cms. For tnree man lbs or longer. reduced rates. Professional oards, per year. H2. itusinoss notices, Transient Ad* ertlsemonts, lib*: arid Found, and other classified a v.-r .1st meals not exceeding 8ft words, T* cents Tor e.volt insertion; I cent a word tor each additional word over 8-'* words. Obituaries. Trtbutos of respect, cards oi thanks arid all matter of a personal or political nature to be charged for. Advertising rittes by tbe column made known on application. Hrief correspondence on subiccta of reneral interest invitid. No' responsible for vle.vsof correspondents If. I! WYUK. PltKSIDKNT. /NO. A. i/OOIC, Sko'T. and Tukas. J Rl. 111UDLE, .111 . lJtJStNKSS Ma NAG Kit. Entered ns Mioond-clnss matter, Oct 7. IHO , at thejrostoWce at l.ancaster S C., under Act of Congress of Rlarelt it. IsT'.t Wednesda)', Oct 23, 1907. Li&htning killed over eitrh' hundred people last year and we have yet to henr of a damage suit. It the Pennsylvania girl who shot a policeman the other day will come to Lancaster the Idinrl ! tigers hereabouts will no doubt bear all lier expenses. It is a fact worthy of note that a convict made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from the peni tenliary last Friday. Maybe he gave ih*1 guards notice beforehand. i The pa*>-iug awav of that brilliant young wri or and root, ' John Charles iVicN* ill, of the Charlotte OherveFs editor.al st tff, is a sin ul.n lv strikin&r < x; t empnnoation o 'lie mvaUrinus dispensations of l'rovi<lence. ( Here i> either a ca e <;l plan-' , iarisra o:- an instance <>l urea' minds running in the same chan- | nel: j aal?it?jtton l'os': After Mi s Gladys Vandort ilt Iveom s the Oi untess Szechnyl b!.? will al ' Aiiws r? mind her t>i n Is of an ' incurable case ol hay lever. f Sav.unnah N vv-: When Mi-s ' (ilach s Vanderbil: b conns 1 lit- J | Cotinle.-s Sy, C n.x , l or new ;j narue v.i 1 < . nt 111 n !v remind her It en s of 'he ev r. j " _ liUHAL SCHOOL LIKIiAHIES j ^ State Superintendent ol K in (| cation Martin, in a ciieuhw lei- r teraddressed t-o count \ >u eiiii-l ? ! I) tendenls, rrgf- renewed aohvitv j in lite matter ol koraries in '.lie i Ural fCi O )Ih. lIeHU\s; " A1' Ik ugh a?> utt I ,? 0'> libra r.es have l-t-t i e.-ta- ii-hed ii> i IMS' ate, und r Hie l Ina?y 1 t?*f ui * sever .! bu idr d ol t'i in nave ( been increased, vet h hu-j linn red * A fcc' o in wi.ic'n ' lliere is n > re cjn?jr ma te? for f ions n.o hn.iii ? il<iieii r ,o ? ave very 1111 e r a in.: ma ? rin t ill i bomee I .'in writing to i s > > v fi:gS??JSt 11 :11 yi u Urge v on 1 teachers io *el n- e me day during the fall s< - n ill wl.. .> to pu n thif work. j1 ' "The th r I Friday in X'-vem-lt'i ' i her, wh'fh is Am r d y, v.iI. he Si very appropriate lor r u ing mon. ey as v>e l as planln g trees. Wej am 111iili irtqnenl requisitions > 1,1 Ir< m Home of tne counti-H, l>u 11 j (1" will be far better it lins work i.-? ba TaK L vigorously pushed in all parts of the State.. The legislative appro priation for this year is abun uantly sufficient lor all ot the demands which can be made upon it in accordance with the law Please send in your requisitions and orders before January 1, 1008." A BELATED ACKNOWLEDGE/WENT. Editor Bighum, of the Chester Lantern, owns up at las* in tha'-i lit l ie matter <>f "a pouch of a girl." Here is what he says in iho last, issue of his excellent paper: Ii is very hard to keep out o' 'rouble. Some time ago our c >nlornporar.v ol Lancaster -reclit >! us vvith 9"yiu'i s >111 'thing about a "peach ol a girl,'' and we protested th .t wo knew nothing ' 'bout i'. Of course l'he News then made haste io put our de niul on the trad o' the alle.:a ion. But, to our confusion, wo found that tlie Ij'ile item had been in the Lantom, without credit ? and we hereby make acknowledge meet to Brother Oonnois?but it was. one ol itio-e things that "ju-t kept bemir cpiecl till they w oe lo >ked uj o.< as common property," Now here comes the editor o our Fairfield contemporary wi!h i the most startling miputa ion in ig liable. We copied horn of his b? aulil'ul poetry, but hinted that i? was risky fnr a man ol ' his entanglements to invoke the 1 Muses on such a subject,. He promptly denied the authorship. and turned right ground and ac , cased us ot wii ing it?writing poetri!?and about a snip from the lip that pou's for a kiss or ' ' lie blossoms that bloom on the i cheeks of a miss ! ! I Gee! that beats the 4 peach" I business, and it makes a man's i mug water for an opportunity to ( smack almost ; n > old tiling in skirls and high heels. ' t rf F'orntrr'H Krprritnent with 1 Son it- Tear tin Cotton Seed. Mr. G L McN'edy, formerly r )f Tradosvtlle but now living in i he I'axabaiv se tion, expe: im m 1 ld this i ear with some hiu boll \ tt >n seed, known as the Row- 1 I 11 Var 6' V. wh'iP.ll lio ro^oiro.l ^ rum Texas. Having only three S >ec!\Is of set d, lie planted carelul- \ v by hand on two acres of land, j Ie gat. a poor stand, but the | rop (inn. 11e has already e licked 2900 pounds of cotton ind expects to net altoge'iinr 1 ully 4000. The hnljls are not Oiry l.-e nit nianv ot 'hern contain five n ot co ion, tn l tl>e !int l* 11 ioi unlike the 1 >rg -t rl<\ Mr. A Neely weigli'd 125 of the ' oils and the r weight wis 3j h touods He at 'I. me time . . ? ll (it* i eo-ll pari O I wit I * he r<: ! . ^ ?. . < ^ w iu i. in |? i' 10 > \ UOI I S ! t' I tlx* la t ! t<> \\>*i a? n?u h a' i p Jr> bx Is o! i he K >wd? n, Mr McN< el\ !i s had one ba'fi ; v um d of ihe new vane'y. Out ( . . .17 .oiin !? "* ^xt a ba.p j ' . Ji'o 4 J . 'f" h !? jit j o'!ice 80:IT. ;<1 *?1 S. !11 , .it F/ii.t Itiilf/r 11 ' / irrft i p i i.-ro \ . i> i - 6f s11j>p r | w 1 K t l> -I _ cimr. . ?e ?r lf?Miih bi ,.r lm, ?.i?s.U giving I>:?y, b?i nin?. . Mv hi 4 o'clock in ti< e ?f . *. .vill bo given ar clh" 1 o;> f' '''ho church bv 11 ?* V ii. : ' . .. >?xi) and lie ix inb.xini 8oei ^'v. ftvorybody bii cordially invited to attend,, cl (1 tho Indie- and gir a r<t'c *k'?'d to help by furmshiii: j skc' h. J .AN'J ASlER NEWS, OCTOBER Homicide in the County..Youny Man Shot by Neyro, Who Claims that *t was an Accident. i A shocking tragedy occurred in the O. K. section of this county last Friday afternoon. Mr. Charles Plyler, one <5f the finelooking and manly young son^ of Capt. (J. A. Plyler, was fatal ly shot by a young negro named Pars Funderburk, who claims that the shooting was accidental. Mr. Piyler,who was about 17yt>ars I.J J!. 1 LVi 1 i? * i r (mi, (ueu o > uruay irom Wie elleot of the wound, which \ as in the righi hip. It 'appears liom whft we h ivp been sible to le <rn that young Plyler a d oth.ers had been to h c.>rn s tusking at Mr. Gnorge Plyler's, *tid returning, s opped ar the <tore of Mr. G. J. Gtifli ?, P rs Fundtirburk al o beit?sr along I \vi h II e party. Som th hg whs sai l about buying some araonilio i to go squirrel hunting. Fundetburli had a >ingle bar o- sho gun and lie got a h a led she 1 tr m Mr. Plyler to sh <?t bird. Af:er walking out ot ti e s on Funderhurli poin'el the gun at Mr. Plyler, who told h'.in not to do so,calling his attention to the f ?c: dial the weapon was !< ahd Mr. Pi\ler turned to walk of!', and as he di 1 s-i the gnu was douharged, the load striking young Piyler a* stated. Dr. Sapp was promptly summoned and upon : _ i J; ? . in- arriviii cmi everyming possible to save the younpman'fi :ife, out in vain. dea'h resulting the next day. I)r. Fennell, of Rock 111! 1. whs aDo s'-nt Jor, Iru' when ie reached here Saturday the mforl una'e young man wale id. An inquest waa he'd over the rndy Sunday morning by Magisr; te Win. ('arties. According 0 the evidence submitted tin re lad beei' no quarrel bet^e *n the ) rues. The jury found that the Hta.! sh"t iva-bred by Fundei>iit U, wtio w a-i taken in rus?od\ iy Sheriff Hunter, brought to jan< a^ter and odged in jai'. The burial was at Tabernacle 1 n day afternoon. Cap'. Ply er, I he bereaved lather, lias I he noli.nod sympathy of his many riends in Laueaater as well a* '.nowhere in Ins ?rert alll'ction. Vic K'ii/iii/ Man Churned with Itohhinf/ .Vcf/i'i/d 11'tunfi in 1 t/di/ lirrr., I'mn Kinvlcr, the .voung whitman who, ;?s pu listied in Sntur *s i- -no ot The Nnvs, wh-> aosu-tl ii'Nir Kershaw o>i tie ' nrg'* of breaking into/rud robin>: the house nt a colore 1 man, ancis H icKmon,# < f Heath Iprui s, vv,,s brofrui't to Lues r bv S erifY Hunter and h?dg I in jail. The lad **'ilaon, who r:s . rno-ted a Ions; wills Fowler, h re!" 'SH?1 m il allowe 1 to te uri. to his h ine tn Camden. wlei". \ ho doesn't <leil\ enter ijt i lie negro's house, sad thatj ie bov was not witl. hi in at the ne. A pi*col, aome c irlridges, sir pants. a coat and a r: z >r i io llic articles add to have >on taken. The tears and penniless condion of lie little boy, Wilson | on ed the sympathy ol Sherifl ; nnter and some oi the good eit- i ns of Kershaw, who con trilled 111 >noy to buy linn some j then and slioes and a railroad ket liome. I)o you take The iNews? : 23. 11*07. Death of Dr. Henry Walker In Florida? Was Known here. Dr. Henry C.Walker, who was well known to the o'der citizens of Lancaster, having attended the old Franklin academy here during his boyhood days, died at his home in Mcintosh, Fia , last I Wednesday, lie was born and | reared in Union county, N. 0., and was (>8 years "Id- Ho wa> a brother of the late Col Samuel Walker, of Union county. Dr. Walker was a Oonf derate veteran, having served i t I lie 2 > h North Carolina regiment. U< moved from N'-r'li Carolina ?o F orida in 1882. Anion:; lis surviving relatives is a sister,; Mrs. John R. Simpson, ot M?.n-| ro*. ? The Rev. E O. I'll mpso ' will preach at New H p ? next Sunday at I 1 oV ock n. in ' Lest ye Forget" ' I'll tell it again. I keep on j tap at all times Harris Lithia, | Glenn Springs and Piedmont j Springs water and you can get from a small glass to a 15 gallon carboy at any time. Also, I receive three shipments each week of the finest Norfolk Oysters that can be had. . John W. Elliott (Crescent Restaurant.) j LETTEH TO LANCASTER MERC ENTILE CO. Dear Sir?: A ten-year <?lcl bnv cam* into u store for a cjnhrt of white point and said :''They are nice le'ters I> ?voe writes, a'n't they, Mr Knight?" j In Bridgetown, Maine. ' Are they what hr night v il lie r??" | asked the merchant. "Yes. ma said gel i a quart of white; and I've come for' the least-gallons paint " That hoy' I be a man before his moth, r Yours truly 30 F VV Devoe <;o. j P. S. T.ancaster Mercantile (in. sell.. our paint. | ARE YOU 5 <3^ Our motto is a ! 5 which is worth far ? Money. Bennett' 2! get the Money's w ^ yjrty ui^lK ? Country produce? % Butter and even Country. We h: m Crockery, Tin wan % Heavy and Fancy ialtv. We are rect as the cool seasc J* kinds of Cereals?( <&. turn, Grape-nuts, A % Nuts, French Can< Oranges* So (1 $ Cunningham tS: near the Courthous I BENNETT GI ?John Wilson, col., was nr rested at Great Falls this week, ~cliurged with stealing three skirts from the Peoples Supply company's store. Lie \vh* brought < yer to Ijanoa-ter \e*terda y by Constable llu'it< r. TWnr?YC:i?;J? JEUfELEtt The sffie 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 Waltham or Elgin 7 Jewel Nickel Case only $5.00, 15 Jewel $7.50. I f you have a good watch treat it right. The immense Locomotive driving wheel travolin<" a mile a minute makes 40.'vU>l 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. I give you the benefit of 22 years experience if you bring it to me. u r uat iru U< V-/. S A^/Wll Jeweler and Optician Just received a big lot of those $1.00 solid geld rims. SATISFIED | Satisfied Customer 2g more than unjust m s is the place to ^ ist prices tor all ^ -Chickens, Kggs, jjj ^thing from the j^j ^ lve a full line of q z, Wire fencing. <&, Groceries a Spec- ^ living now daily A >n approaches all 4^ Oat 11 lakes, Pos- % [acaroni, Cheese, ggj lies, Apples and S on't forget the |? Bennett Corner, m Yours truly, tOCERY Co. | A I