The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 04, 1908, Image 4
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JULY 4, I008.
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FISHNESS AND THE PUBLIC
ROADS.
A tenant, a highly respected
white mau, remarked a day or
two ago that he was in favor of
the new road law and the taxes
to be levied thereunder, giving
as his reason that they will reach
all classes, lie then went ou tc
say that there are two prominent
men in his neighborhood who
have not worked the roads in
twenty years. If this be so,
and many of the roads certainly
bear testimony to the fact they
have not been properly worked,
then these citizens have been
setting a bad example. And
here is, and has been, our difficulty.
Too many of our people
are imbued with the spirit oi
selfishness. Ihey think thai
Lancaster county exists for them
and hence thev have treated n
/
as a lemon?sucked it dry anc
threw it away, such form the
class of citizens who are always
decrying the county and any at
tempt to improve it. They saj
you can't have any improvemeutf
in this county. And whycan'l
you? Simply because the people
who ought to be the leaders ii
all improvements and who shoulc
attempt to mould public sentiment
that way, instead of doing
so, are croaking, saying, "It wili
cost you a dollar." Yes, so it
will, and it will cost a dollar tr
bury a croaker, but it would be
cheap at fifty dollars if every
one in the county could be buried.
Hut what does a good, a public-spirited
citizen sayi He
doesn't say that i4it will cost vol
a dollar." No; he sayg, "We
want and neod good roads anc
here is a way to get them, and 1
am gla*.l of an opportunity tc
put my money in it it it wil
help the county/' la other
words, a good eit'zen exist* and
lives for the good of the county
while a selfish one exists and
lives for HIMSELF, and tlie
county can go to the dogs so
long as it does not cost him anything.
The latter is certainly
no good to the county, lie may
make cotton and corn, hut he
can not make public spirit, nor
does he entertain a decent re
gard for the county in which he
lives, or rather exists, for a selfish
man does not live?he only
drag- < u' a miserable existence.
Mecklenburg county is held
up a? an example of good roads.
How did she get them? Her
citize; s are good and public
spirited men?that accounts lor
her good roods, (iive any county
good, public spirited citizens
.and she can have good roads. It
is up to Lancaster to say bv deed
what kind of people we are.
Correspondent Thompson is
evidently of the opinion that the
,lbrain leaks" of this thiuk-shop
are more holy than righteous.
The Kershaw Era is rallying
Editor Connors,ot Thi Lancaster
News, about a street sprinkler
lor Lancaster. One would suppose
from what jolly Mr. Connors
has been saying about the
mud in old Lancaster that a street
enrinklpr in ahnut the last thine
! needed. Has it not been raining Di
in Lancaster too??Greenwood
Journal. <je
Mistaken as to location. 09teemed
contemporary. The a(j
mud that we have been touching gy
in high places is in Hock Hill? us
not in Lancaster.
ce
"Operations for deepening
Hell Gate were begun today," co
says a New York dispatch.Many
a sinner will now rejoice in the j
! hope that the deepening process ! ro
will prpntimtp in sinkine '
1 derstand his position, after brushi
ing aside his self created **h 1 atikI
et holes" atui opportune Fourth I to
compli?h tht desired ie-uit. trl
therefore, it is necessary to er
awaken 111 the minds of the mas--,
I es higher ideals and encourage j !el
j them in cultivate and maintain!111'
I a true regard tor law and order. 1
: sp
. f M
1 he board of health has had
printed in pamphlet form lor j j v
distribution among the people of
, Lancaster ordinances and .State "e
laws relating to health and sani- ,
if)
jtatiou. which it will uweli repay
llli
i every citizen to read and strictly pj(
observe. The board makes an
earnest appeal t?? a), citizens to ~
j cooperate with it in its efforts i
, to improve the town's sanitary
condition.
lot
In a strong, timely editorial la*
the Rock liill Record urges its tnt
city council to follow Lancater's hi:
example in passing an ordinance nn
requiring dogs to be muzzled. we
gr
A stand has been erected on cjr
the graded school grounds for the
speakinc today. But if the weath* ^
er proves i hreatenins: however, s,)l
the meeting wiil .be hel l in the tin
j court house. j ho
pate "plumb out o' sight"?so
, deep that the entrauce will never ( (
again be discovered. j
, its
Murat Uatstead, the well- 0f
known journalist, died in Cincinnati
Thursday. For many 8t'
i - i i ii.. er
years lie raimea among uie
^ leading editorial and magazine ^
writer in America.
' We cheerfully give space to
' Mr. Thompson's communication, I
\> which appears iu today's paper,
. inasmuch as these columns are ty
t always open to those who wish es
^ to indulge in legitimate criticism gj
o! our editorial views. As our
correspondent doesn't appear to
i be "hankering" alter a newspa- ^)e
. per controversy, we shall only w<
T say in passing that he altogether ar
, misconceives the purpose and ol
spirit ot the article he so earnest1
lv condemns, il we correctlv tin
vidend Day in Lancaster. Qj
Wednesday, July 1, was divi- "
nd in Lancaster. Tbe followadmirably
managed corporIons,
of which Col. Leroy
>rings is president, paid their
ual semi-annual dividend- :
The Bank of Lancaster, 8 per
n f
"" III
The Lancaster Cotton Mill?i
mmon stock, 4 per cent ; pre-;
rred. 3 1-2 per cent
The Lancaster A: Chester rail '
ad. 4 oer cent.
The EureKa cotton mill, at
i* ster. 4 per cent.
The Fort Mill Savings Bank,
which Capt. S 10. White, ot
fincaster. is piesideni, also paid
5 usual semi-annual dividend
5 per cent Wednesday.
The annual meetings of the
ockholders of the Springs propties
will be held here August 3.
nilriiiio Lots to be Laid off North
of Court House.
Col. Lerov Springs has eraoyed
a civil engineer to survey
t' into building lots his properlying
north of the court house,
:tenditig to Gills Creek. About
ty acres, ^'ich of which is
ithin the corporate limits, will
i thus cut up into lots. The
jrk will be done without delay
id the lots will soon he placed
i the market for sale.
Dry Creek Dots.
Mr. J. F. Bell, Jr., had cotn
blooms .Iiinp 27lh
Miss Bessie Gainer spent las' an.
iturday night with Misses Mme
and Fronia Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. BeuGainer spent
mday with the latter's sis'er-law,
Mrs. John Bell, of Bel.
>wn, who is quite sick.
Little Miss YoraSowell is visiiir
her aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Gai>r.
tiiis week.
Mr. J. F. Bell, Jr., spent Sun13*
with his brother. Mr. Lucs
Bell.
Mr. Frank Gainer and three
11s spent Saturday evening at
e Falls.
Mr. J. F. Belt had a nice
oat to die recently and Mr.
ank Gainer ha 1 tive to die in!
ie day.
Mr George Bell is visiting I
-s daughter. Mrs. Lizzie (iainer. j
News Reader.
.
Heath Springs Dots.
Mr. i'hotnas Gaekins, of Ivor 1
aw, a student of the State I n :
tr.-ity at Columbia, has be^n :
siting relatives here this week.!
Mr. Curt;- Mackey ot Lancasr
- pent Sunday with hi- f ?tli
. Mr. Zed Mackey.
Mr. II. 11. Ilorton of Lancas- j
r has been going around shale- j
2 hands 'hi - week.
Mr. P B Mot-lev of Yorkville
ent Sunday with Ins lather, ,
r. G. L Moblev.
The candidates are having a ely
time down here.
There will be some ball gamere
Saturdav. the 4 th of Jul v.
The crops are looking line
wn here now. not withstand- Cc
: the hail storm Cotton is
lomiug fast. News Reader.
tartanburg's Oldest Citizen
Dead- | or,
Spartanburg special in Char- .In
te Observer : Solomon Hal- a r
d. aged 04 years, the oldest ' (
in in the county, is dead at
5 home at Catnpobello. lie was
irried only once and unto him
lJa
>re born twelve children, 90 no
andchildren, 118 great-grand- j err
ildren and 12 great great!re,i
indchildren, making in all 220 rn
. t POI
als that were given to turn tc ! tjlf
3 day ol his death in all his j
u*e. jJui
of July thunder. It was not
our intention to ''cover as with
' a blanket"' the verdict in the 111
' case referred to. but.among other
things,to discourage criticism of pi
i something which can no longer 1,1
> be helped?something, as the ^(
, lawyers would say, which is now
res judicata?and to point outlet
tlie way. to those who regard the; Iie
verdict as a "miscarriage oi jus-i
tice,'" whereby repetitions may j ds
> herealter be avoided, tliat way be- 1U
. ing ttie building up ot a healthy
public sentiment in lavor ot the j so
( enforcement o: all laws, particu
1 larly these against the shedding;
' ot human blood and the carrying *}'
> of concealed deadly weapons. '
1 We are contending for a lair and 0E
impartial administration of ins
tice in this country?not by j "i
I abusing lurie^ lor their finding*,
. j but by purifying, *o to speak, the
I! source Irom which juries spring.
?ilf the juries are not doing their!
duty, as claimed by many, the
responsibility rest^ with the pee- s 1
pie themselves, irom whom jur- 1V.'
ies are freshly drawn on the eve
i of everv term ot mnrl To no
I1 =
ACOUI
?FHS
<4
I>id you ever give thought to 111
tlie material aiil ntul eneouragcme
its that this is a country of homes
l>o you realize that this aid aiu
been such a help in making: impro
ortv values, was possible only be<
in banks their surplus money, the
no immediate use?
Individually these accounts w
stand for the world's progress.
Identify yourself with the move
ter town, a better trading point
community of home owners by
The First Nai
LANCAST
HERE IS 1
10 SET TO
BKOWN 1
M U L E L
="7 AND ' i
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TOBACCO. V
Brown Mule
Must Be SoldREMEMBER
XP.C.Cro:
Headquarters
TRY A TAI
)ndition of Cotton Crop, as c
Reported by Government ^
Bureau. (
Washington, Julv 1.?The av- '
me condition ot tlie cotton
,p in I tie l ulled States on j
tie 25th was 81.2 per cent, of }
lormal, as compared with 70. r
>ii May 25th last: 72 on June >
ill a year airo, S3..'! on June t
111, 1900. and 81.8 and averB
ot the June condition for the c
st 10 years. This was the an- j
uncement made today by the |
ip reporting hoard of the bu- j
iu of statistics ot the Depart- <
lit of Agriculture based on re- t
rts of the correspondents and
> a/ents of the bureau. r
The condition ot cotton on c
ue 25th, and the 10.year ay ?
m '
htryI mes.
e fait that it is largely due to
nt given by banks niul hankand
home owners?
1 encouragement, which has
vements and advancing propcause
many people deposited
money for which they had
ere small, collectively they
ment for making THIS a betand
a more PROSl'KKol'S
opening an account with
J
tional Bank '* i
ER, S. C.
1 PLACE I
Brown Mule
Going Cheap I
the PLACE |
I v, 9"
\'toii(ScCo I
for Cigars. I
VIPA FAD. I
;rage respectively by Stales folaws:
Virginia '.'2 and 84 ; North
"arolina 89 and S3: South Cn.ro.
ina 84 and 82 ; Georgia 83 and
^1 ; Florida 84 and 85 Alabama
52 and 81; Miasissppi 84 and 81;
Luisiana 80 and 82; 'lexas 80
ind 82 ; Arkansas S5 and 82; ,
I'onnesee 80 and 85; Missouri
>7 and 84 ; Oklahoma 04 and
>4
The conditiou ot the cotton
;rop monthly lor the past 10
renr9 shows an nvoracp nf ?9 51
>er cent, on May 25th? 81.8 on
fuue 25, 81.4 July 25th, 73.9 on
>n Auuust 25th and 07.G on Sepember
25th.
>oVVit? ?* Witch H.tzal Salve i* good
uts. burns bruises and scratches. Jt is
specially n rod for piles. Uecouiineuded
nd Hold b) all dm agists.