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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 187$ ENTERPRISE 1891 . VOL. B. ,0. .6. SBmi-lVEEKLY. 30/.907 ====B==^pBICE-,:,>. C?TS copy. Oar Coaatry Schools. How They May be Improv- I ed--Pupils Urged to Compete for FHzes Offered for Best Compositions on "The l Uses of Cotton Seed Pro- J ducts." ( M i? d i r A 1 I /\ttr a ?r\aAu ?>il . 1IUI . illiu ? lli? #|#?vc: in your most excellent paper to , discuss the subject of our country schools. Why cannot we country people do as much for the advancement of oar home schools a* those of the city? Why cannot we join neighboring schools together sad have a graded school? The rsaesa for this is simply because t h? people will not coipp together. Their iat**?lions ar? to move fco town in the future and edaaaho th*dr children. Thorn is no mead ot moving to tons if ^ we will bnild rip our boms school* ana iun them at tea-t ei^nt months i? tho year. Why don'i the schoe's take more interest in bv^ul'fjrng them? The ?tu dents da* reserve a day in the week; Lay off a campus, plan' differed siirube and have a beaultfci jsiaee to er?joy. Our lawns can very easily be cleaned off, fawn, and cultivated witk kittle hafsoE.. AH that we need to do n l* maim act effort. And new tor sw Mriwusl rooms! They may bw made attractive by arranging H*ch blackboard, chart, map, desk, picture, etc., to its proper place. This can be done with little expense, llow we ?lljny f*?fc?winr such a room so much aeerel Let ue m^te it as pleasant to spend the day in ng one of our own at home. We will be pr?wid of it, and foal that w# can work in it without be/ oming discouraged. As a proverb?"i^oya lightens labor", go it is b}7 ? attractive room we I zw> I ?.a.i> I v ~ Nil irri wuir iiwui ih t>nn. No doab* wa coald keep our boyh and parte ?t homs longer 11 wo w<>u d aa^? ayor lo d? *11 that hi in powsr to maka such an ?ff'>it. There a>a aua many industrious boys ??4l (iris in tlie country schools m in * town or city school They sbaald use thair educ.Hiioo in m<?ra amploy naenis than the aff.rirs W itoe country. Oar eds enticn ia yanth ha* to be_'in a' home. Jast She same as * reli& as tela, it ban So bap in firs1 aronad war *MOthar*S kaass." IIow aw? wa sxpsct to #o out into sba warloi ko lead a christian tete W w% aaa aat ftrat faurbt a* home? If we aierl right we shall Mid Again, if we widl be a ?hM*fc>iM4, we will more" likely die owe. Ok! tar ttae grand offer from SeeretaMPf JL, P. Taylor for the best MKiyeUtataa *a "The usee ol cotton seed prochiete." Come on, we country boye and girls, llow many are willing bo work for the pri*e? I know we can write as nood a composition on that subject ae some of Supt. A U li.. I . h, utiiing 9 niuuvniR) iui tt r iirtvti ' ' b??n well instructed along thle line in N. II. S. for ,the past three years hy our most excel lent lady principal. Come on, we must be on th>' list as one of the three prize win- i' ners. Now we can if we will only put on our b-e-s t thinking cap^ ?n(l do the work by oureelf, tvhvph I am sure we will be prou I >f in the end. tvill you nok ry? L. E.'F. The Ella Pry or Murder-\7 it M i ? - xuuug wxan 01 tjnariotte Charged with the Assassination. Charlotte Obseirer: Amzi Helms, a ion of Mr. II?mpton Helms, a well-known blacksmith of this city, is In the Mecklen hurt ooonty jail, charged with Ik* murder ol hill* Pry-or, au old s woethetirt, who bad discard?*' hi:* for another fellow, and th* cff\ eis who arrssted him ha liuretbat he is guilty. Shnrifi Math an W.Wall ace and Sergeant Will Pitts, of the polio* forCs, made the arrest at the borne of Mr. Mil as Hilon, a brother-iu law of the prisoner, in Long Creak township, nine miles northwest, of the oit?, last night % about 9 o'clock. The chain ot circumstantial evidence that connects I ho young in a si with the dreadfa! crime of Monday night is linked together from end to end with idle most damaging sort of testimony. Some time between S and 7 o'clock Monday evening some one lapped on the front door of the cabin in which klrs. Neely Pryor lives and Becky, a 13 yearold girl, responded to the call. ITi tirti r? r? ??A .... - A1 ? ? il * .uulllg II" "lie BWUIU1I1U t>Ilt*rt* the little ehiJd said: uCome in, Mr. K?mp,you can't scare believing that Mr. W<h Kemp, a neighbor, bad called and was trying to give her a liuie fright. Two tecoad* later Ella, the 18year old girl got up and went to the door, declaring: 1<I will tea who it i?." As the door swung open a gun shot whs fired and the girl dropped in lies* track*, dying aa she tell. The only words she uttered wore UI am shot." The alarm wa? given and a general search for the guilty person war inaugura'ed. Helm* has since made a confetti n, b*l claims that the shooting wn? accidental. Three Negroes Killed by Southern Train. Richmond, V* , Nov. li8.?At Hurts, on Iks Southern Railway, south of Lynchburg, to-day, a passenger train struck and killed three unknown negroes who were walking the trask. ?Mr. George Parker who liyf? itosr the Union and Anson ceunty line in Burnsville township, Anson county, had a leg broken last Monday morning. Mr. Parker wr.8 driving a wagon, his feet hanging in frout of an axle and a foot hit a stump with result above stated?Mon*)e En-j quirer. / Attention Farmers! Address by Officers of the Cotton Association?Farmers Urged to Stand for; Fifteen Cents. i To the People of South Caroli na: On account of the fact that Mr. E. D. Smith, presidaat of the South Carolina diriaion of I the Southern Uottou association, lias been desperately ill in the hospital at Florence lor six weeks no address ha* g>ne forth on behalf of the association on the subject ?f the situation of cotton . At the meeting of thn sw<'?t ire e?MMaitfne of both the fltenthecn Cotton an*ocialion and thn Farmers' union the minimum price 15 cent* wa- fix-d and published broadcast throughout the South. At that ties* it wm estimated that the ?cetoa erop would roach 12,000,000, ha'us. Sine# that time eotlvng; has 00rurred to chance the estimate but both Irom individual sources and from khecovermont it seonts that this estimate of 14,000.000 | hales nw extrc.meiw liberal. Every indica'ioe points to a crop of about 11,500.000 bales We hare kept a class watch during the financial panic of any disaster that would materially curtail the consumption rvf cotton ; it can be seid that there has taken place nothing eince fcapt. 1 which weuld lessen the demand for cotton. W6 Iwive passed through a verv stringent meaey market, which of cotes a affected the prices of everything :n ? nsrica. Hut we boliev* that ooudi-! tione are rapidly stgim ng their normal procKirsiona?New York having rearmed ire shipment of lrreney throw* howl ti?e stistry. vVe liraily believe that those ?vho have had confidence in their re 1 low nti and lHi*meial abei'l.v o withhold t**ir oortow from tb* market will y*fc rf*< r* th* Minimum pric* fix*d b the sasocia lion. I? ooumnnify *h?rr? are farmeva vrivo her* (ii?p<n*.i of lli^ir o#tton a?nl whoa* disposition is to laujh al the who hac helfi batik* old pitvr*rh of 4'li* who laughs k*rt laag*> iyst" will ajcain be exemplifiedNow that U* weakcottoe and wrakkaeod m?m hare bean disposed of w* ceafideti ly mk **?rt uodsr th* resumption *f nnretal financial ?*adili*??s thai th* price of eoftoa will tajfed! y ad | vance for it Blends to reason that if und*r ft?* *o*?t d'stressing financial depreeaion cotton still hangs areuad 10 c*nta uedor nornal ooeditions we oan read ily look for Ik* miaimmaa price if not mor*. We usge our friends to at and by the recommendations of the national *x*cutiTe committee. Francis M. Weston, Sec. 8. C. Dir. S. C. A. Dr. W. W. Ray, Member Nat. Executive Com. F. H. Hyatt. Treasurer S. O. Dir. S. C. Georgia Man Disappears with Alleged Big Wad. Griffin, Ga , Nov. 28?J E. Reeves, head of * chain of ?up- ' ply stores and cotton warehouses i at Giillin, Vnughn, Jackson, i Glenville and Norcross, lias du- ; appeared, carrying with h?m a *uru of roonay supposed to be over $100,000. Most of this he ! procured by selling cotton stored | in his warehouses by farmers who ( were holding it for 15 cents. lieereg is a young nnn Mid has been regarded a great financier. Another Barn Burnad over in North Carolina. Chariot ts Ob??rriw: Asotker bar* ki?s bsart bvruad is tta county, lua^iajp t-Wa 19.it wilkis less tWan 9 moatks. kr. J. Wk-t Hooo,#f kafckaws, lost krs Ktablss last sight akout 11 o'clock aud a coasideraol? part of ?be cxHites's, his lots prsbabl? amounting to a? ranch as $1,500 There is no clue to insendiaries, but no doubt, rests in the minds ot ths people in that section that a was the work of a firs buy. Judge Aldriafa Ronigna. Columbia Record: Hit health havisg been bad for several ears, Judge Jamas Aldrich, of Aik*n, the oldest circuit judge iu the state, announced ioue tii?v? asto that he would leave the bench, and today sank hisresignation to Governor Ansel. Judge A'drirh has arranged to cover all hj$ assignments for the reminder ?f 1 ho currant year. At the and of that tisye the legislature will e'eot hie successor. Judge Aldrieh ia the ceo#nd circuit judge to rasign ' within the yaar, Judge R. O. I Purd\', ot Sumter, haying resigned about ten months ago. 0?r Killed in Trolley Crash. Fort Worth,Texas, Nov. 28.? Crowded with holiday pleasure seekers na electric car on the Polytechnic College line left the -a?ls on a sharp curve in 8onth fort Worth this rltsrstsn aad umbliag down a 30-foot embankment, one passengas, Charles /. Gibsoa, was killed and taa others were iijured, but ami seriously. Bern Bwnsr Coarieted. Winstoa-Salem special iu the Observer: A mossage was re ceived from DoWtoa yesterday to the effect that Isaac Maeer, lias Jack Banks, a rowng white man about 30 years old, who w?s arrested in August by Jailer (). W. Ilanner, was convicted by a jnry in the Superior Court there last Saturday of setting fire to and burning a tobacco barn belonging to Mr. Jesse N. Dinkins about two years ago.* Tho defendant was sentenced to two years on the roade. News in Brief. The Seaihem's old freight de- . pot a< Greenville \v;ts barnod Fuesday. Loss in building a*d ?onte?*? ?.lx)nt $1*2,000.... Uharlso W. Ohsioe, a farmer, 00 F?ar? ?U. committed ?ui^?io VTednte?d?fr at Fall River Ma?s. . ...Tka Hibernian TrwL an I Savinga Bani of Charles mi haa gone into the bands of tb? s#g#iv?r?. I s troubles sre said fc? back ??wc;al years ago, tfa? present ? stringency Waging nothitg vo do with Ik* fotfkato X. Davis, a p?Mtunent bu?ine?3 mm of hLwimc. t oo, lligh., wag shot ?vah is his by .u knrg'w If duaaday night.... How-od ifr :wall, 4of*-??d presideof W the f?gr *?o Bctir of Bro >kD*? * ?rnilti.il m>?id* W?dnwMM?y, Igy ?utt)U4 aw thro it with * scut >r ....Mr,. HIiaakcth D. !kaMi. a Uwi?a%*4 widow, slr.skgi ker ??u'b thr#at with a raz*r wkihc I10 'tip;, ic St. L >uia Wgtkaggday lolin Whitley, a rotgped business Mg*n, and reputed f bo Meh, murdered his wit? w*iie ah? slept in tli? Motel BaU?cW.ie im N?w Yorke*rly Thursday *??! then leaped from a room #a the tenth Itoor *n#l dA*ho1 , o?*t his own brains on the eireet. lira. D. M. Ifttkley and Aittie Dnughtnr Bacfiy Bnrned. Ksrikaw Era : The littlefeuryear-old chihl of Mr. and h$rs. D. It. Kirkley, at Abn?ry, was badly h?raed r?iWrday asewii *nta iHe wo her wag ais? Mihiy burned t* her eiTorts f? msHu tuith the lm#s. The ehftid kail bmiIt '? lire undfi*ee.ith the W?*ho and her eiathinj: was igatai. Mr. tirkUr rrxt in town ?l* tbo time and a rvet^enyer wee d-isfar hiru. Ho laA* for home t?me-li*teiv taking Dr. J. E \Y. Heile with him, -*be informed ? on his return te*t while h^vk wear eeTerely eweeed he f*ar?d no serious reauiti. Wttimi Robbad and bikerdercd. Nflv YY'ak, 58.? ret EeM?, a he ml* Mile tvoi r?ik of t Tr 'nty-f hree. is el j in2 in U *r?vm hospital fri hi injuries which &iio teld tie* H*wirr in an anio-naort-m ttehcmeut lodar had been infliCMfl bj a highwayman w he, after esseulting her and leavjr.e " ? w k*r k* 1 tak?? k?r uaoney, amounting to $19. Murde*ed His Wife. Springfield, O., Nov. 'i ? Okarlea Nfer, a well-to-do tanner, near Vienna Croafroada, yesterday ekot his wife three tames a* she Bat in a ohair waitiag for him. He then shot himself and reeled into another room t? some cartridges. Reloading. his revolver, he came back and sent another bullet into his vaik's brain, ?a she wafi dying. Pe r died sooa alter.