The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 05, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. 3. NO. 87. SEMILancaster
Graded Schoos
Interesting Resume of tl
Five Years' Administr;
tion of Col. Banks as Su]
erintendent.
Editor The Lancaster News:
The fifteenth annual sessi<
ot the L mcas pr Grr.'e l Schoc
begs*. b !?t 9'n. 1907. and clos'
May 29ih, 1908. being me end
the fi iti year of my administr
tion as Superintendent. It m
be pr ?p?f to giv' a b? ie' ?esu me
the v. oii< done during thesn fi
years, ohowiug the growth
the schools in number of teac
ers and pupils.
In the year 1902-3, just pi
ceding my taking charge, the
were eight teachers in the whi
schools and three in the colnri
schools, with a total enrol I me
i '
of 635 pupils?ut the close
the year 1907-8, the enrollme
had reached 1,016, an iucrea
of 60 per cem; with iourte
white and five colored teachei
an increase of 73 per cent.
At the beginning of the ye
1907-8, a Stale High School w
established, including Gil
Greek, St. Lake's and Lancast
School Districts. This add
$800 to the revenue of the schc
without a cent of extra cost
the taxpayers, and in no w
interfering with the existi:
common schools in these d
trinto
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During the live years of r
superintendence', 43 have coi
pleicd the entire course, ai
over 100 have gone to high
schools and colleges. Equal
as many colored pupils ha
graduated during the same \
riod. Tne standard has be
raised, bo that when boys or gi
finish the prescribed course
study, they are admitted to t
various colleges of the St a
without further examination,
fact, according to the last Hii
School Bulletin sent out by Pn
W. H. Hand, Lancaster Hi|
School ranks fourth among t
1 A 1 Oil- VT ? ^ *
xui otaie nign Schools, in t
amount of ground covered in t
required studies. The Associ
t.ion of Southern Colleges h
adopted a system of units whh
indicate the amount of work doi
by the various schools; and up<
this basis, under the person
inspection of I'rot. Hand himse]
the Lancaster High school rai I
fourth. Those higher than La
caster are Anderson, Cheste
and Columbia, but each of thei
has one more grade than Lanca
ter has. In addition to thi
Lancaster was one of two Hifi
Schools which received the ma
imum appropriation. This, to
upon the inspection and recoc
menaauon 01 rror. Hand. \N
have collecten from incident
lees between $3500 and $400
In these five years, about 2?
books have been added to If
Library?this year more tha
125 new books were put in, hi
a nice antique oak book case wil
/ solid glass front. The childrc
hare been reading more fro
year to year.
A handsome new organ hi
E LAf
LEDGER l&b/
HFnnTrT ??
WH.Utt.JLY.
It been placet in the Mill School
j , ,
at h mere '.ominal cost to th
Trustee-. This school has grow
ie from one to three ar d sometime
four teachers, and from 75 to 2G
p- enrollment ot pupils
Permit me to say that tiies
five years have t.eeo busv year
)tl with me aud my fellow teachers
)js that the popils have done a
ed, good v' orl; as in any schor
oi ?n b 01 h Carolina,
rt in al respects the Schoc
wil ;ompare lavorably with an
or urahe \ school in or out of thi
y^? | htft' P.
Gl We have bc-en supported by
ih- first class corps of earnest, faith
ful teachers. No period of m
e- lif? has been more satisfactor
re lo me than that spent in Lan
t,e caster and among her good pec
?tl pie. Feeling assured ihat th
rit "lines will tall to me in pleasan
of places", I trust that my succee
ot sor may be encouraged in In
ee work as 1 have been, and whe
en his wor t is finished enjoy th
P8i fruits of his labors as 1 do mine
Now, I thank all my friend
ar and patrons for their loyal sup
a8 port, and ask them to extend t
l'a the next Superintendent and hi
;er teachers their cordial aid an
ed support.
(01 My family and mvself wi!
*
t,o ever recall with pleasure th
ay days we spent in Lancaster an
Qg the ,work doue here will ever b
;8- an inspiration to me to go foi
ward in the great, cause of edi
ny calion. A. li. Banks.
A Younu Lancastrian Killetl ii
Oklahoma.
er Mr. Joseph Plyler, a weli
known cit'zen of this county, rt
ve ceived a telegram yesterday con
,e* veying the allocking and sad in
en tellegence that his son, Mr. El
r^8 nest Plyler, was shot and ins'ant
?? iy killed at Ardemore, Oklahc
:na, Monday evening about !
l'e o'clock.
In \'r> no?Mnnl??? ? ?1
.. ^ ,/aivivuiain WCTP glV6l
The unfortunate young man, wh
?b whh about 20 years old, ha
-h been living in Oklahoma tor th
h0 past year or so. lie surv?ve<
h0 by his parents and ten brother
*,e and sisters, all of this county
a" The remains will probably b
aR brought here lor burial,
ch , . ? . .
"6 ?I), JHxon, a well-known colore*
-? rt farrnn* *o f ? *
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' REVIEW 1878 I
LANCASTER, S. C., AUGUST
(; Stockholders' Meetings.
n i
s Annual Meetings Monday <
1! I the^Lancaster Cotton Mill
the Eureka Mills and tl
e Bank of Lancaster.
8 Several prosperous corpor
?> tions,of which Col. Leroy Spriu,
is president, hel l tiieir annu
)| stockholders' meetings he
^ Monday. he first to meet wi
. the stockholders of the Lanca
ll .. .. * - -
ier oonou Mills A highly sa
y isfatorv showing was made 1
s the officials The mills paid th
year their usual semi-annu
a dividends, notwithstanding tl
( depression prevailing in the te:
tile industry everywhere; ar
y they are running on lull tin
y while many mills elsewhere a
i- shut down or ruuning ou sho
i time The old hoard ot direcio
e and officers of the company we
f reelected, as follows: Directo
?Leroy Springs, W. C. Th<>n
" son, T. Y. Williams, W. T. Gr
8 gory, T. S. Carter, of Lancaste
n Arthur S. Wattles, of Camdc
e Junction, Mass., and S. A. Jenk
5 of Pawtucket, R. I. PresidentLeroy
Springs; Secretary ai:
ireaaurer, w. u. lhomsou.
* A meeting: of the stockholders
o the Eureka Mill, Chester, w
8 then held. '1 lie showing made w
j likewise satisfactory. Cel. Lerc
Springs was reelected preside!
and Mr W. C. Thomson, secreta
and treasurer. The directors ar
e Lerov Springs, W C. Thomso
d C. B. Skipper, S. E. White,
e Lancaster, and John Magill, <
r_ Philadelphia.
In the evening the stoukhoh
era of the Bank of Laucast*
met. The condition of fch
splendidly managed fioancii
institution was found to be
perfect shape. The hank pa
1- its usual semi annual 8 per ce
j. dividends on January 1st a<
July ls? ?,| ihis year, and al
panoo'1 tl II l?IKJ *UII1 10 8U
" plus and undivided profits a
count. The old officers *ere r
- elected, as tollojvs: Pre?iden
>. Leroy Sprinirs; Vice Presiden I
^ D. A. Williams and W. <
Thomson ; Cashier, Geo. V
Williams; Asst. Cashier. Wade
' R. Thomson; Bookkeeper Jot
0 H. PoaK*. Directors?Ltro
d Springs, W. T Greaor.v, M 1
e Crawlord, L. C. P?yseur, W. ,
, Cunningham, D A. William
W. C. Thomson.
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* A Happy Occasion?Tf
0 Annual Reunion of the Di
scenaants 01 Uapt. W.
j Stover.
r- Mr. Editor : Notwithstan in
? the tact that ihe weather wi
very threatening on la*t Thur
day, Friday morning dawne
beautiful and clear, and man
heart* were gladdened whe
they beheld the sun coming fort
e in all splendor, as ihoy had bee
5 Inntinir fnrirafd I a
, iw HUO KAny w'l
' lond anticipations. As you ar
* perhaps aware, Mr. Editor,
has been a custom with the d<
* acendauts of Capt. W. J. Stove
t (for a number of year*) to hav
. an annual picnic and reunion c
' the family, where ihey meet t(
, gether to greet each other an
* have a general good time, an
' thua bind themselves more closel
, together and bring back fon
9 recollections of "Home an
| Mother." This particular da
r was certainly a bright one fo
I hem and will no doubt be looke
l back upon by many as a brigl
oasis in their lives.
About nine o'clock the veh:
cles began to roll in with the
,,, ui una i-Muiny, rtMtinieu yestei
aj clay from Columbia, whore he went t
see his wife, who is in the Asylum. 11
says lie found her no better.
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n- LETTER TO DR. R. C. BROW*.
Lancaster* S C.
Dear Sir: A new word has oom
into use in pa<nt; it is strong. Stronj
g. paint is paint as strong as paint ea:
be. Weak paint is paint not sostrong
ls* If one paint takes 10 gallons to do i
ru job and anotber 15,the 10-gallon pain
is the stronger.
X- If one paint wears 10 years, and an
other 6, the 10-year paint is stroner.
?i The strongest paiut is the one thai
n_ takes least gallons and wears longest
But do suoh differences exist? Yei
^6 and greater I)evoe is the strongest
i of all. A iob that uu** in
rtl Devoe takes more than 20 of some. Ant!
0. a job of Devoe wears several time* at
n long a* a job of lome paints.
O K l'erry. East 8th Ht, Erie, Pa
ie painted two houses same size; saint
,n time; with two paints same price:
' . took 8 gallons Devoe to 4 of other; and
1(1 in three years Devoe was the bettei
th looking job
There are strong and weak paints
we all want the strongest; paint can't
m be too strong. Yours truly,
F W DEVOE A CO.
P H. ? Lancaster Mercantile Co
fc* sell our paint. 87-88
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ENTERPRISE J 89 J
5, 1908.
11'ad; of precious fieighu var\;
iiuc Irom the aged father and
mother to t ie prattling babe I
The lor? noon was spent in happy
greetiii;.'* and friendly intercourse ;
until it was announced that that
ie good oi l ttrae had arrived which
I is so well known, and so anx-1
iously locked lorward to, by the
li tiller of the soil as he piods bis
way beneath the scorching sun
^ listening for the never failing
re dinner horn, when the cowd asft9
sembled beneath the shade of a
s" beautiful grove back of the
dwelling, there to find a table
sufficiently large, and, we might
,K say, almist groaning beneath its
a load of ji st such good things as
10 a good farmerjs wite knows how
K" to prepare. (God bless the dear
11 good women. What would we
10 poor mortals be without them.)
re Well, it is needless to say that a
rt lull hour was very pleasantly
rH and profitable spent ihere in at.i
- -
rouuiufi bu iiu Qteiis oi trie inner
rs mm and in pleisant converaation,
(tor \ou know some women
e~ will talk, even at a time like
r' this.) Aside Irom this we had
'n abundance of fiue fruit and mel8'
ons and to spare.
~~ Taking it all in all it was a
1 glad, good day and the hearts of
. many rejoiced as they strolled
? about the old homestead and
a8 memory carried them back to the
13 happy, happy (lays when they
wooed and won the hearts of
those who in later years had
ry -
uiaur; UIO WtiriU llVlUg.
e' Nothing happened to mar the 1
n' pleasures of the dav, except that
?f early in the forenoon one ot the
precious lit'le hoys had the mislortune
to fall between the wheels
of a moving vehicle which did
?.r not hesitate to pass over his tiny
llf little le^s, causing considerable
? pain as well as racket. But w th
'.n, the ever ready camphor bottle
lf and some good old women nurs
ing the litfle fellow was soon
* afloat again, forgetting all his
s' past trouble.-.
Had a'l the'f.amilv been pres(
" en4 they would have numbered
0
near a hundred and would have
' represented five counties.
M' I had almost forgotten to say
thai ihe occasion was celebrated
* at the home o' Miss Matlie Stovv
er, the only member of the family
that, has teemed to hold to
'] the beliel that when the Lord
? v.*?.v? a.v 10 11 ^ u;?u iur mill id
' * be alon^" lie did not mean it lor
*1
woman.
We like to see and hear o' oc
caaions of this kind. They tend
to inspire us and he'p us to make
g- the most out of life,
j One of the Boys.
Child's Peculiar Accident.
uh GafFney special in the Char9
lotte Observer: The liitle 2year
old child of Mr. and Mrs.
y H. A Killiau sustained a very
ij peculiar accident yesterday. She
n was playing with a bucket whict
h whs sitting on the floor and in
e endeavoriug to net on top of the
it vessel she fell to the floor with
?. the result that she sustained a
,r compound iracture of one of her
e ^'gs.
). Mr. Thomas Heiulrix, of Cedar Creek,
. was amon|{ the pleasant callers at this
office yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor White, of Flory
ence county, will arrive here today to
^ visit Mr. 1). B. Stover's family and
, other relatives.
Miss Virginia Taylor, of Lancaster,
y is visiting Miss Mary Whiteside at
,r Kiehburg.?Chester ltoporter.
Mr. Joe Davis Is on a visit to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davis.
it
?Married. Ana. ? usifc ???* " u
, ? - 1 IV. u.
I Sapp, N. P., Mr. Wm. Fraaer ami Miss
l" Robecca Itelk; Mr. (leorKn Steele and
lriMiH? May Woir, all of North Carolina.
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The County Reunion.
I
The Annual Gathering of Old
Soldiers and Friends at
Dixie August 14---Several
Thousand Expected.
The County Reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans to
be held at Dixie, in Lancaster
county. S. C., promises to be one
of the largest gatherings ever held
in the county. Two years ago
something like 3,000 people were
there who will he there this year.
Veterans from all sections of
Lancaster and adjoining counties
and some from North Carolina
will attend; the Juniors, Wood
men and the Sunday school chilllrpn
OB uinl I on ? c *
?0 ..on 0,0 visiburs irom All
ovpi' the county will be there in
full force The Fiddlers' Convention,
wi'b (.'apt. Thompson,
ot Riverside, in charge, will Inruiah
music. T e candidates will
all be on hand. You may expect
one ot ihe largest gatherings in
the memory ot man. So let all
lend a helping hand and make it
a pleasant day and a gathering
ot iriends and the making of new
ones long to be remembered. And
the way to do this, let everybody
bring well-filled baskets, with
something good to eat. This is
the most important thing to do
to make the picnic a success.
Dixie is the place selected by the
old soldiers one year ago. it being
a central Doint. located R miloo
east of the court house, on the
Chesterfield road. The selection
was made on account of good
water, good shade, etc. The
famous spring of Mr.T.S. Riddle
will alone furnish water for over
5,000 people, besides the many
good wells near the grounds.
August 14th is the dr.v set lor
this big gathering. Keep th's in
mind?that on that day all roads
lead to Dixie. The program will
be announced alter the people
have gathered. Veterans will be
called at 10 o'clock, and everybody
will be welcome.
W. G. A. Porter,
Commander Camp Dixie.
Ci W. Jones, Adjutant.
Smoker at Dixie Council.
There will be a smoker at
Dixie council, No 43, dr. O. IT.
A. M., Saturday nizht. Auz 8th.
Aitioch Council No. 59 will visit
us in a body on that night.
Come every brother, and let's
have a good time.
B. F Adams, K. S,
Dixie Council No. 43.
Cotton Crop's Condition.
Washington, July 31.?The
avorage condition of cotton was
83 percent on Ju'y 25, as against
81.2 a mouth ago, and 75 a year
ago, to day, according to the report
ol the department of agriculture
given out today. The
condition on July 5, ot previous
years was 82.9 in 1906, 74 9 in
1905, and 81.4 f?>r the past ten
years.
? \I I*. IuAfli* \ lamiuon ?
... " ???'?? , n *Y IU1 MUMV II
(Confederate veteran of Chester, county,
died last Thursday afternoon. He had
the misfortune to break his thigh in a
peculiar manner about three weeks ago.
A cow had stepped on his foot, and in
trying to release the member, he broke
his leg. Mr. Jamison leaves a widow,
who was Miss Paulina Cherry, a distant
relative of our esteemed fellow townsman
Mr. Joseph Cherry, and four child*
ran.