The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 08, 1908, Page 4, Image 4
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(SEMI-WEEKLY.) C
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Entered as s ;eonU-c'.ass matter, Oct. 7, 190.}, '
at the postofttce at Lancaster S. C.. unuer Act
of Congress of March 3, 1879 1
WEDNESDAY. JIM H, 1008. |
A prophet up in Maine pre ;
dicta that the world will co/ne ,
to an end in October. But the 1
primary will be over by that 4
time. ,
The Youug People's Mission- '
arv Movement conference is
holdins a 10-day session at Aslieville.
Several hundred delegates
are in attendance.
The report of the campaign
meeting Saturday occupies so j
much or our space today that we
have been obliged to leave out
of this issue the usual amount ^
of editorial, agricultural, general
news and other reading matter.
The arrangements committee
in charge of preparing tor the
Stave Confederate reunion, to be
held in Greenville next month,
ha> decided not to serve any j
tree beer to the veterans.?Columbia
Record.
But the brave old soldiers will
uo doubt be able to get all the
''mountain dew" they'll need lor
their "stomachs' sake."
Some or the Senatorial caudi
dates are complaining ol the
briet reports made of their
speeches by t! e daily papers.
We hope that they will be satis
fied with the sp;.ce given them!
by flie News today. We do not
believe that a tuiler account of a
i
campaign meeting this year ha?(<
yet been published in any paper,
daily rr otherwise.
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The Vorkville and Rock ilill ^
paper? recently published, at
the request ot Game Warden
Wylle of York county, the law
relating to cruelty to animals,
and as there 1- more or less mis- ^
understanding iu this county as
to it-' provisions, we republish
elsewhere in tlii- paper the various
sections. It will surprise^
many ol our readers to know that ,
the law is -o broad and compre j
hensive.
Kditor Gonzales, of the Co (
lumbia State, who spent the:
Fourth in Lincoln, Nebraska, |t
n>if n In _ trti rm nppannjil friftrnl
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Wiliiani Jennings Bryan, being ,t
en route to the Denver conven i ^
tion, in a 'lis pat oh to his paper, j,
sent lrorn Lincoln, says k,the \
chief fight iu the convention 1
i 3 ,
will be upon the anti-injunction 1 11
plank." Il is to be hoped that the J(l
Democrats, if anv such plank is , f|
incorpora'ed in the platform, (t
will make it mean something, c
THE LAN
ne way or the other, and not,
ke the Republicans, adopt a
owardlv, meaningless subteruge.
Mr. Gonzales, by the way,
ays he "joined the North Caroina
delegation at Aslieville."
Vonder why he didn't accom>auy
the South Carolina party.
The entire country laments
lie death ot Joe Chandler Har'is,
better known as '-Uncle 11 enus*\which
occurred at his Geor
?ia home Fiiday evening. lie
,vrote altogether forty-one hooks.
Hundreds of thousands ot childen,
as well as those ot maturer
rears, have been entertained
ind amused by his famous stories.
The Hon Cole U. Blease, can
lidate for govomor.emphatically
lenies the recently published report
that he had ollered to bet
M000 to *500 that he would
3eat Gov. Ansel. Mr. \V. U.
\lcCaw, a well known newspaper
nan iu Columbia, author ot the
eport, with equal emphasis
'comes bick'' at Mr. Blsase and
jays the latter was correctly re
ported by bim. And so there
pou are.
Death of Mrs. John F. Jielt.
Mrs. Ilettie Bell, wile of Mr.
John F. Bell, Sr., died Monday
at her home iu the western portiou
of the county. She had
been ill, with catarrh of the
stomach, tor some weeks. She
was a most excellent lady and
jore her Bufftrings with genuine
Christian fortitude. She was a
ieyout member of the Methodist
diurch.
Mrs. Bell was a daughter o<
he late Samuel Adams and was
ibout 00 years ot ace. Beside
he bereaved hut baud die leaves
two children, Mr. Judson Bell
md Mrs. J. E. Battersou, both
Df this place. Sli^ is also survived
by the following hrothrrs
and ftislers: Messrs. John L.t
UaColumbus and Ben Adaius
Mrs. Thomas B illard and Mrs.
Henry Connor, all at this county
except Mr. Columbus Adam ,
who lives in Texas.
I i.e remains were buried yesterday
at Lower Camp Creek
diurch, the lie v. Mr. Brown conlucting
the luuerai services.
V<un(i(hites for Sc/iolarsfiijts
As many as fourteen young
adies stood tlie Winthrop scholirsliip
and entrance examination
ield here at the court house last
M'itlay. They are : Misses Robhe
Rell I'orter, Annie Wilson,
hlreeda i'eag. Jeaunette ICliza>eth
I'oag, Margaret James Wilnmsou
Mary Moore .Williamson
ifLanCftstor ' Misses A (1 el 5ir le Mel
on, and Amanda L'>uis<' iluey,
if K. F. D. No. 1 ; Miss Liliie
Jsher. of Lancaster K. F. I). No.
!; Missed Bessie Mae Moblev.
Hizabelh Clark and Lula Mobey,
ol Ileath Springs; Misses
Uda Tberrell and Lula 'l'herrell,
f Fort Mill.
The following young men took
lie C'emson examination: Adnissioti
? Willie K. l'lyler; scholrsliip?E.
E. Hall, of Pleasant
('alley. and Win. 11. Gav. of
Lershaw. South Carolina L'nrersity?\V.
11. McMurray. Coleye
ot Charleston?T. Craig
IcDow, of Lancaster, and Zed
ie L. Mobiey,ot Heath Springs.
The names ot the successful
ppi icant s will be published as
he resu t ot the examinations
an be ascertained.
CASTER NEWS. JULY i
Kerahaiv'a Office of Judge of Fro
bate Declared Vacant.
Gov. Ansel has declared vacant
the office of Probate Judge ot
Kershaw county on accouut of
the illness, and consequent inability
to attend to its duties, of
the incumbent, the Hon. W. I).
Trantham. The clerk ot the
court lias been ordered to take
charge ol the office until the vacancy
is filled by eleetiou. The
many Iriends in Lancaster a->
well as elsewhere of Mr. Tranthi
am will be pained to hear ot his
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condition.
I Mail /><></ Killed.
Mr. John II. C as key had a
thrilling experience at his home,
in the river section, a tew days
ago. While he and his family
were at breakfast a mad dog ap.
peared ou the piazza and attacked
Mr. Caskey's two dogs
that were lying there, biting
both ot them severely. Mr
Caskey's sou, Mr Will Caskev
got his gun and shot the mac
doer and then, as a matter of nre
caution, killed his father's dogs
The mad dog was a strange aid
inal in the community. It was
a tall, slender dog, apparently
half hound, and of yellow color
and had on a leather collar.
A New Junior Ortler Council Organized.
A fine Junior Order Counci
was organized at Autioch lasi
Friday night, with 35 chartei
members, by State Secretary anc
Organizer J. S. Wilson, of Lao
caster. state vice Counciloi
Beamauard was present and tie
livered a lecture.
The Autioch Council makes
the 15th that has been organixec
in this county, the total member
| ship now being between 120(
and 1500. Lancaster is probabh
the'banner Junior Order count;,
in the tate?due to the inde
i futigable and untiring work tha
has been done for the organizu
1 tioa hv its popular State ollicial
Mr. Wilson.
irilLe*
The many friends throujdiou
Lancaster county ol Capt. Join
i Wilkes, of Charlotte, will re-rrt-i
to learn of his doatn, which ocicurreda
his home m that city
Monday morning. For mort
' .i n 5 - .... . i
man 1111 v years ne was a resinen
ot Charlotte and actively identi'
tied witn its industrial 1 iie. i11
was the founder of the Mecklenburg
Iron Works, whose custom
ers extend all over this p *rt ol
the country. Capl. Wilkes wa;
a cultured, Christian gentleman
and was beloved by all who
Knew him. lie was at one time
an ollicer in the l uited States
navy and was a veteran of both
the Mexican and civil wars.
Death of Mr. Ilea .Sim*.
Mr. Benjamin Sims, a highly
esteemed you use citizen and good
farmer, died Monday evening, of
| typhoid lever, at his home in the
Rich Hill section. He was a
son of Mr. Seaborn Sini3 and
was about 25 years old. lie
leaves a widow and one child.
He is also survived by several
brothers and sisters. among
them Messrs. Irvin and Jesse
^ims and Mrs. Lawrence Catoe.
Mr Sims was a deservedly
popular young man, and in ad
dition to his family and relatives,
leaves a large circle of friends
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<1 you ever give thought to th
alorial niil ami encouragemei
? mat this is a loumry ol' homes
I l>o you realize tliat tltis aid ami
been such a help in making impro
erty values, was possible only be<
in banks their surplus money, the
1 no immediate use?
j Individually these accounts w
r stand for the worldprogress.
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Brown Mule
Must Be Sold;
REMEMBER
: VO.i.txo.
I loadq warters
; I TRY A TAI
1 to lament hi- untinieiy death.
He was a member ot the Baptist
church. The remains were bu (
ried >esteriiay at Fork Hill
i church, the Iiev. T. A. Dabuey,
of Lancaster, cotnhicting the fu- ,
" c
ueral services. t
The Howell Shute birthday eel!
ebration Saturday was a bi? sue*
cess. A large crowd was present,1 j
good addresses ma le and an ele- ;v
gant dinner served The occasion
was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
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liert Uarber, of Elton. W is., xiy- "I h.?ve i,
1 only taken tour doses of y.?nr Kidney ?n<l o
ii.adder 1'ids and they i. iv<? lone for me 1
more than any other medicine has ever x
ion-. I aiii still t ikln^ the pills us I *
want \ perfect cure.*- Mr. Iturber refers f
to De^itts Kidney and Hladd>* I ills. 1.
I iSold by ill druggists. w-s u
lucuuiy voursi'ii wun me move
tor town, a bettor trading point
community of bom.* owners by
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money for which they had
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VIPA FAD. I
Fourth of July Victims
Chicago, July 0 ?{Seventy two
lend and 2,736 injured are the
econd day's totals of the aecilents
attending the celebration
>f the Fourth of July in the L'ni
ed .Stales. This breaks all re
lords lor deaths since lSOii. The
lumber of deaths tins year re>orted
up to tmorning is 13
n >re tiiaa at the same time last
rear
"Health Coffee" i* really the closest Cofi
- Imitation ever yet prodnoed. This clevr
coffee substitute was recently produced
y I>r Shoop of Kaciue, Win. Not a ?rain
i reul >ffeo m it, either. Dr Shoops
lealth Coffee is made trom pure toasted
rains with malt, nuts, etc. lteally it
rould too', au expert -who mi^ht drink it
.r cofi.-e So *2o or do minutes tedious
uiliij^, "Mu.It- iq 11 minute.' says thadoc* ,
ar; sold l?y Bennett Grocery Co. <*