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4 The Lancaster News. Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION ltATKS. One Year fl.SO Si* Muntlis 7F> Three Moir.tis -tl. Payable In advanceAOVKHTISIXU RATKS. One Inch, tlrst usertlon. fl.OO. Each subsequent Insertion r>o cents. For Uirce mouths or longer, reduced rates. Professional curds, per year, U2. Business r.oni'i'i, -i raiisicit .\u< cr .i-cmcins, tj'ist ftnU Found. nn>l other cla**lilcd n v< rtlsemenis not bxwi .dins 2i> words, 2a cent* for each insertion: I cent a word lor each additional >\or?l over 'i"> words. Obituaries. Tributes of rosoect, cards of thanks nmt -1 matter of u personal or political nature to lie charged for Adveriisit ' rates by the column made known or application. Hrief correspondence on subjects of ee-ioral interest Invited. Not responsible for vtow Of Correspondents If. E. WYL1E. I'llFtSIDENT. /NO. A. COOK, Sre'v and Tiikas. J. M. KIDDLE, Jit . UusiNi.sa MANAOr.it. Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7. IPO", at the posioftlc.c at I uncaster S (!.. under Ac of Contrress of March 3. 1879 Saturday, Oct. 2G, 1907. The Pen nay Ivar.ia policeman whose brain has been found to b* the smallest fin reeorl missed his calling He should have been a politician. The timid and l he credulous had better hurry up and visit the Jamestown Exposition before November the 25th, lor a negro editor in Virginia predicts that on that day it will be destroyed by "fire, Hood or earthquake." It, is stated that Superintend ant cf Education Martin, will recommend t> the legs'.?'ure to change the school law so a* to require the s ate board ot edu<a t ion to pas * up< 11 the x tmina lion papers ?>i applicants for teachers' certifi ates, instead ol lie county hoards as at present, lie has an idea that there is po 111ics in the examinations, aim lie thinhs that feature can be elinii? a'rd bv the sending of the papeis to Columbia. The prohibition sentiment c >niiiiin s to gr iw in Kontiickv, '.he state loi.? famous lor i s fine !i (piers, limb in;1 w omen and blooded horses. The Masons of KoolllC y h :Ve rcct'iulv pl>C"<! lu-insclves on ree- r I a* leiar opposed io the w'js r . ir Hi . By an ov 'i'who!rnti?*r vd'c ' i < Grand Lud?$<? amend <1 its co ('tilU'i ii <> a- t<> pf. i jit ui> person cm.* air* <1 in io?? l.nu< r biMiiH -n rom bee >111100 ,1 m?jm r) ber of I he order. Hie Pr shv t ?ri <n Synod which conv ne}- 1 ? v 111 t**i -on n \t !w day c nij>r s- s s x r> osbyl r,e C!i r>*'M !?, I? tl el, Harmony, finoree, lVe Dee ami S uih (Jaro liua, ami hu> 27(? churches witliin its torrjt >ry, ?- vw Irani from a cvniicmj.ti arv. i ore <te ,klM8 ministers, '<7- rtt t u ei ^1)5 deacons ?:? I 22 7 'S r a.muni c.mts, wit . a t >'al Sun I >\ ch ?ol enrollm utl ol tit ] *?."( 0. The annua1 < ?.nt?. ti i >?n to b? nevolen'' can son, t i fta'ed, prcontu flb u1 $22d0iO. The moderator ol the Synod J)r. W. J". Nail, of Columbia. father of Mrs. 17 ne-t Mnove, of Line aster. THE LANCAi In his Nashville speech Presh dent Roosevelt said: a 4iI will stami against the poor t! man if lie does wrong just asl g will stand agdnst the rich man ^ it he does wrong. 1 will stand against crimes ot brutal violence 0 ju-d as I stand against crimes of 1 unscrupulous cunning. A crime h is a crime, and it makes no dif- p ference whether the wrong is j| perpetrated by plutocracy or by a mob, by a capitalist or by a ^ wo ge-worker." All lovers of low and order, ? regardless of party affiliations, c will "stand" with the president 1 on such a platform. r Greenville is a great place for < sui s against railroads. One man lip there is suing the Southern because his buggy wheel got 1 injured in passing over a railroad s crossing; another man is suing 0 the sitne road because a condnc- t tor enr ed him.?Newberry Oh server. 8 Greenvil e's dam ?ge suitors r ate almost entitled to rank in f< the same class with the Kale gh ^ tn in who has sued the Southern h r $5,000 damages for u cohl he ^ c n: lit while waiting on a train. v I he ntxt unique c ?se instituted ( will probably be by h passenger I whose hat blows out of a cut 1 window. t "There is only one thing left v rw% i % % i.i or i f*c111 \ it* 11<i 3ii?*i i.iiui i> ... brat the cotton picking record," a -ay-* an exchange. Another paper, ! the News and Cornier, a'so says: ^ ''Why not settle the race lor the ? United States Senate with a col- j to** picking contest?" Here's " dimes to doughnut holes that either Master John Q. M?'M uitis 5 or Master Henry Blackninn, the j two champion cotton picking v It tic toys ol Lancu.-ter county, r can pick more of the (leecv eta- 1 i 1 ' in ont> day than President UooKfVf-lt and all the candidates or Sena'or Litimer's se it pu' together can p ck in a week. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Anderson Daily Mail ta ics practically the same view ol the Ansel-Martin incident as that he 1 1 and expressed !?y us ? ' few days ago. Our contemporary says: n v "A1 hough we may not admire ll IU !>? ! Iinur f - 1 .... . ? If .. .? in . '1 lim IIIIU l? ' lll-f ' I , I ^ and although we m <y not kimu i ju-t how much politic h b?ck of ,! ?t all, w?? are in lined to agree j, w.ili isiale Superintendent of s 10 uca'i n Martuj i i Ids coo en ion U> it !lie members of the t st4i" 1) nd of <1 C 'lion ought | " 0 be a | po lit'd on \ after c ?n- j Y sul'a'ion wi h hitn. v The si bo superii.Undent is- Y> t I end of he s; -te*s t-du a i >i - , d s\rfm. and li- held re-! j" - p?n sidle for i . Here ives hi- j j, cotnrni-'stoii from the people, lie ! i> should h*' allowed to shape the 1 .In v of hif d?ip?rt oent of the * i . - jvernmeni, and ii he w .,'s t ii i:ne Ii j members <?t P ?he MuL.1 boird e h ul i be id-J v. d ' o do bv. I ' < ;?pp n dees miiv e ^or?d m a. but t in up t (? v fnoi A sel r < plain w iv lie did no' consult .-Juperinten dp .t M v i!) b-doie making the .?!- -I..'ino-.tt O.ie - t ? t sen by M \ ^ Man t. - .1 vi r, is clearly un * lenabV, ,) l t' 'it. n tha onlv j( lend. ia'.i >u d (ill t'ie si<it I board r?I education. As the Nc v M berry Observer remark", it in idit ^ as well be conten l"d that only lawyers should b.- sent 10 ihe legislative. >TER NEWS, OCTOBER 26, ] That's a very unjust order of po8toffioe inspector whereby lie posloffice here is closed on undavs. The patrons should not o made to suffer inconvenience n account of any differences beween tlie government and its indlord. Boxes were ren'ed and aid for when they weie access ble every day in the week, netting being said a< the time ah ut lunday?closing later on. The [Overnrnent should aland by its on'i acts with the public. The H-oj 1' ot Lancaster pay for cood >ostal service and they should ec> ivo it. Joiirt I'roceetlinffS. WUeu.The News went lo presfe "uesda> aftei noon the Court was fill engaged in the trial oi the a'o of Johu \V. Elm- against he Southern Power Company or damaces for pors- h; l injuries uft'ained at Great Fall-. The esult w s a verdiet tor plaintifl ur $5,000. A motion \va- m i le iy defendant's cou s 1 for a new iial, which was hrcued Wedne lav liiorninir. The motion was .-'fused. The cage, it i- s'ued, rill be carried 'o the Supreme Jourt. The name of Go). \V. C. touch one if the attorneys or the defendant was inadver entlj" omitted in our reference o I he case in our last i s -e The only other jury cue hoard, v is tIra* of John A. Bridges' ?Tui""t the O! '1 11 not I) It J t 1 u ir ,nd Mercantile company, which uvolved an accounting between lie partus. The case was entered nto Wednesday and not conolmill until Thur-da\ evening. The ur.v was nnahle to acree and a nist rial was ordered. The jurors were disch arced f a l * 1 ?i i' tiinrninrr oouonn 1 i m ortant cases thai were expected j t> be trie! beiu^ continued on, uriotiH gr< und-L The Court was ngage I yesterday in hearing quity.cause-, adj nnnint; in the Item on. Clerk's Sale. StA I K OFSSOVTIl < AROI.INA County of Lancaster. I n tlie < otniiion Pleas, allie Watson, I>elilah Vunlandinff-! ham, Alice Cole. Walter Keck ham, I Philip Beckham a:ni Harold Beck- ' ham, Plai Jiffs. against ,111 a Beckham nml Tracy Beckham, I>cfe dams By virtue of an order of Court madt l the nhove stated cause hv dud^e I'iUoi), <1 it* d Oct.. 10 liei7. the underlined will sell a' public auction at iSiicaster Court House on the tlrst lornhty n Novemli r. next, wittiin nc h gnl Itoiirs of Mt'e. f tie following 1 escribed real estate, to wit : All that iece, parcel or tract of land fieiojc. ly- ] fig and ritua'e on beth ides of t i.e i onlh in Railroad in Pie -ant Hi I 'invniiup, in the county of Lancaster a 1 he State Of ^outli Cnrolin . cop-I ihii .~ixf Y (O'l) acre*, m- r or le?s, \ < untied oti t he \ rt )i hy land* of I olio .1 Itridge*; Ka*t by lahd* of | lerry U Mob'ey and John T. I . Sto r; South by land* of William II on- j iniiil; and SN o*f h> lands of John J. dur- ?Tile same being I hat trant of ind conveyed to (i. o .. Knrkh itii, 11 mo* di'ocas I, t h falhnr of III" {> - ? 41) lis and dfliMidari's. for tin- tnrin #1 r 1 s natural life, hy .Fane K J ItPCkani by deed < I date Nov IS, 18418 ami i.'i'iir nd in the olllne t I the K M ('. r sai 1 . cm 111 y in I ?eed Hook * IJ." at itfe 111. Terms of sale, cash; purchaser to ay I r paper-. Lancaster. S. , Oct 'S 1007. J I . i>lt! (iOUl . ' lerk ( . 4 . I*. I. ('. 'Lest ye Forget" I'll tell it again. I keep on ap at all times Harris Lithia, ilenn Springs and Piedmont Iprings water and you can get roni a small glass to a 15 gal>n carboy at any time. Also, receive three shipments each ^eek of the finest Norfolk >ysters that can be had. John W. Elliott. (Crescent Restaurant.) 190-1. Summons for Relief. STATE OF SOUTH CAUOLINA, COUNT* or LANCASTER. Court of Common Pleas. I). A. Williams?Plaintiff, vs. J. W. Cunningham, Dicey Poore. Mary P. Crews. F. M. Byrd. Alice Adkins, IiOU Walker, Sarah lt> rd. Maggie Owens,Silas B. Wells, E. N. Wei s Le<>nudaa Wells, Willie Wells, Frank Wells, Henry Wells, Alice Wells, Krmst Wells, Fred Wells. George Vuro, Mabel Varn, Kulh Varn, Ethel V? ? a Ba-<8, Sali e Hathcox, Mollie Poore, Mary Poore. j David M. Poore, Sadie Mo \ 1 lister, J Mo!lie IIart,Green8. Poore,.!.S Pooiv, i k >1. H. Poore, J. L. Poote, Minerva Poore,John P. Poore. FannieiDowns, ! _ Thomas Poore, Phi lips*, Ida Poore J. F. Poore, M Poore. F, la t] Fretwe I, Sa lie Lou Poore, Mattieji. Poore. I,liny Phi lip . Carrie lie.I ; Mook and J.C. By rd? Defendants. | tl '1 o ihe Defendant* above nam d : ; n Yon are hereby summoned and re- j quired to answer the complaint in this action, wi tch has been-tiled in j tbe olll of tlie Clerk of Common : <1 I Pie ?s, for I he said I oiinty, and to jy serve a copy of your answer to I he i J -aid complaint on the -ubseribers at ' | their offices in the town of Lancaster, t V I South Carolina, within tw nty day- \ aft rile* service hereof, excdisiv of ' ' the day of su li service; and if you i ^ I fail to answer the comp aim within ! ! the lime afon said, the plaintiff in r, I this U'-tion wil- apply to the court for T , t he relief demanded in t he complaint.' L | l'o the infant defendants, v lice We Is, . G F.rnest We Is, Mabel Yarn, Hutli i 4 Yarn, Mary Poore and David M.!?y Poore: | l ake notice that, nub'so yon apply J' i to tlie Court for the appoiotnient of a 4 guardian ad item, within twenty days ] t 1 after t he service hfrnif, to appear! and defend this action in your hehatf. | SI j the plaintiff herein wul make -uch | ^ application. in your bet a t and st i i, ' to .1 F. Gregory, Ksq , t' erk oft ourt j of Common Pleas for said County and I j Slide. y Dated October 12th, ltlOT. Williams i*t Williams, l'lainl lira At tori eys. | [SealJ J F. Gregory, C. C. C. 1/ (' To the last forty-four above named deendants, wlio are nuii-iu?iiit-uis of the state of South Carolina : You will t>leas? take notice that the , complaint in the above stated action was tlieit in too oflloe of theCierk of ^ Court of Common Clean fo Lancaster County, South Carolina, on the 19th day ot October, 1907. Dated October 12th, 1907. Williams Williams, a Plaintiff's Attorneys. Fi [Seal] J.F.Gregory, C c.C. I.. s. It I) > y< tt lako The Now-? 1 ARE YOUS ^ Our motto is a S jit which is worth far 1 ? Money. Bennett's get the Money's wc 4k We pay hi a he Country produce? & Butter ancl every Country. We ha Crockery, Tinware Heavy and Fancy Ml 2 laity. We are rece 1 as the coo] seaso , . i _ r / * i _ , .$? Kinus ()i v^ercais?* .a. turn, Grape-nuts, M % Nuts, French Cane Oranges. So d< ^ Cunningham & $ near the Courthous | BENNETT Gl ? AAAAAA ^ OnBaHKHNBEBM 1 I \ \" ^ V I? ' ?. ' ;W ' . : / ? " ' r' , -.. /. . . V. . Jj r -V, , . ^ ' ?-< ' / r \ The sale of first class Timeeepers is an important part of ly business, and the reason I m having such large sales in liis line, is because I sell st.rict/ first class watches at exremely low prices. I never lisrepresent my goods, bul will t all times sell you an honest ratch at a close price, and guarntee to give you full value for our money. I have in stock onstantly all the leading makes /altham or Elgin 7 Jewel Mckel Case only 555.00, 15 JewI S7.50. If you ha"e a good watch 'eat it right. The immense .oeomotive driving wheel travling a mile a minute makes 03,5101 revolutions in 24 hours, 'he delicate balance wheel of our up to date watch makes 32,000 in the same time. The ,oeomotive wheel is cared for averal times during 24 hours. hovld not your watch receive ttention at least once a year, give you the benefit of 22 ears experience if you bring ; to me. B. C. HOUGH % Jeweler and Optician Tust received a big lot of those 1.00 solid gold rin?.8. Tn most cusps cnnsiwnpti >n results Ipom neglected or improperly trented co Id. dI v s Hoimy iin?l I'nr ores the most obinate rough* and prevents serious n suits costs yon no more Mian llie un Inorro O'pmations ami ton should insist n| n th - p. uniue in tlie \?' ntr pa U ?pe. i Inirl. I'hanuiiev ir rvs y ry ty r ty y \ f^j /vnsnuD 'y\i iatisfied Customer 9 more than unjust m ; is the place to st prices tor all -Chickens, Eggs, Jj thing from the 9 3 ve a full line of kgj , Wire fencing. Groceries a Spec- 9 living now daily 3 n approaches all 3at Makes, Pos'acaroni, Cheese, lies, Appl es and on't forget the ^ Bennett Corner, ^ Yours truly, ^ MCERY Co. I