University of South Carolina Libraries
"Lancaster, S. C a Thriving Make City." thr?"?h readily t From I'oau'fc Real hastate Monthly. homes O Being the county seat, Lan- ment9. caster has many advantages, among them being two railroads State I ?the Lancaster aud Chester and a branch of the Southern, running from Marion, N. C., to The n Kingville, S. C. Il is supported versity i by a large area of productive j8 one Df farming land, with many white ... .. settlers. The farmers of La.,- "Iltu'">n caster county, as in most oilier coimfry> counties in South Carolina, are their son fast learning how to cultivate rest assi and fertilize the soil more thor ceive tin oughly to get returns for their of 8ic|tQ( labor and investment. ~ rr.i - lino ? ine tjatawna iuver Dounds Lancaster county on the west, tures of The Southern Power Company's tayious mammoth plant lor the genera suturing tion of electric power is about may j)0 twenty-five miles southeast of ^ . Lancaster, on this river, and the power line has been surveyed rte ''ie ^ from this plant, via Lancaster, rial Infii to Monroe. Mrs. An Lancaster is already arranging rate ^ for water-works, and when the jaco ^ electric power and sewerage are installed it will commence to ? Sout grow much more rapidly, as all The in other towns do. of a com The good roads movement has perience started in this county, which will not only build up the city Auguflt U| but the country as well, by eu- that spirit inducement; 01 property values ??? ?? y <??? , . . i * is known I and convenience of travel and loop's it transportation. All citizens can tor beginni well afford to be liberal in their S^7th"w?ll support of this good roads move- gaiu, howi ment, because all will be bene- b?ht 01 ?1'. llted. We are glad to see .Uncle Onbmlo iu Sam requiring good roads for the snlo nervei R. F. D. routes We hope lie the"e faiiu will help provide ways and torutive an means for good roads through- pij.J^acy out the United States, becr.usfc we don't think any better de , velopment cau be brought about, and it will require money and -^-1 brains to do it. It takes experts Wave to build good roads, same as to ^ excel at any other profession. an a Lancaster has several very den *s ( large mercantile houses of which tomorro 8he can well be proud, because alter an they do an immense business. Young She also has lour strong banking DGare(? j establishments. In addition to the large mercantile business, pare Laucaster also does an immense him ev live stock business. One Lan- weeks a caster firm does a very large from hi live-stock and vehicle business in Columbia as well as in sev- a,. eral other towns. 1 hoy an Them are several large brick l)ects business blocks?the Cunning consider ham block, the Springs block, prayers the Mackey building and the disappen Gregory live-stock building, which is now in course of con- j?xjra Btructicn. This latter building will have several 'stores for offi Legi ces or banks, as well as an immense amount of space for live- Atlan stock, vehicles, etc. convict made b) Lands in Lancaster county tj,e (?eo have been advancing rapidly in re8ponsi value, still they are more reason- 0j tj1Ht able in price than many other j)a9 t)ee counties, and on this account it juiy 22 is ? safe place to invest. The 9yStem c water of the town is good, and witnesse the town has a nice natural ilicludin drainage, which makes if a niemberi healthy place in which to live commit! Lancaster is a money making convict town, as is plainly shown by the camp number of its wealthy citizens inember who have made their start and 8jon< 'i fortunes there. These parties ,|ieir wo are more or less addicted to trad- wjn be < ing and speculation and are not jo 80> afraid to take hold when a busi 'pjie T ness proposition that impresses have toj them favorably comes along. inhuman There are two large cotton an(j crjr mills at Lancaster with a million ,^on to dollars capital. meanor They have recently organized Bj,Kht vi a brick and ice manufacturing dinance* a company. vict can Lancaster has a number of ditions t nice residences with large lawns ed theii and splendid shade treos. The food, cl< citizens are clevor and sociable | given ta and welcome good citizenship. cal endi THE LANCASTER NEWS a visit to the city and At|flntlnf?Tfinnt^ f the countv and vnu wi:l AllUUUULeillemS I tee fine opportunities for "or STuS1'.'!wVn T money making invest- For Coneress Fifth District? THOS. II. HUTL . w. p. pol loci For House of Representatives? Jniversity's New In- "ico. w JONK W. PRESSLYR nrmary. j. w. hamel. HARRY hinks ew infirmary at the Uni- j. harry fosi . i For Sheriff? iow nearing completion johnp. hunti ' the most complete in- w B- cauthe> t \ HENRY N. SOW 8 of the kiud in the j. s. wilson. and parents sending F?rc,erkof ^eph f. urk is to the University may For county supervisor? ired that they will re- ? j^sruy' ^ 3 best attention in case ? mvis Mou 388. For Treasurer? - it . . ., . . w. h. miulen. f the most striking fea thomasl.mil the building is the con- For Auditor? .11. II HOItTON. ward, where palients j. wyliepor-i ; from infectious diseases ii?>vvakl> a. th ? K. Li. CRENSH/ isolated. porter m. jai . -ii i i For Supt. of Education? istitution will be known A c kowell. Wallace Thomson Memo- .1 k hlai kmo: _ . . W. ALONZO HU mary, and is the gift ot claudn. sapi ? IT loin. JOSEPH K. CON n H. Jeter to commemo- KorCoroncr_ memory of the late Wal- J montgomei , . h. p. BELl. oraaon, an alumnus of john king . ? ? , W. P. GARVIN ;h Carolina Col ege. Kor MaKt8tratefirmary will be in charge ,Vt Lancaster Court h W. P. CASKEY. petent nurse of wide ex- At cotton miii 11. F. PHI CLIPS. J. U. CONNOR. _ J. S. HOG AN. T. N. REEVES. lie, tells on the nerves. But Buford Township less, no ambition felling can be WM. CARNKS. quickly altered by taking what W. MARCUS ES >y druggists everywhere as Dr. H. M. POLK estorative. Within 18 bonrs af- Cedar Creek Towns! ing to use tbo 11 estorative, itu- W. F. HUDSON, will be noticed. Of Course, fall Pleasant Hill TowuHh not immediately ret.. ., The ,IAs. H. THERI1 Bver, will surely -How. And yon will reulize and feel yonr ad nmbition as it is returning. Pi4*1 A on/1 Hr/ron I tluenoes depress first the'"in- ridllO ?**SU Ulgdll I s" then the stomach, Heart, and rill usually fail. Strengthen If you are interested in t ur nerves with Dr. Slioon s Ron. of a PIANO or ?n OR/i.V (I see how quickly health will to sell you one. I>on't thii again, Sold hy Fnnderbnrk go to some mail order ho w low priced piano or organ of South Carolina to get I no or organ. We have a g :ring Boy Returns in of grades, ami an styles,? cannot fail to interest y flSWer to Rrayers. manufacturers1 factory .... tiveafor several of thelarg ross, On,, special in Ine famous makers of pianos Tr> .i... 1 . w;ik?r Ulo Wetakeold iIIstrument < Journal : Wilbur B'a- and make moftt ,ibera, t( expected to arrive home inent to those who wis! . .... time. No house--quaiit w from lv?u Claire, W IS , and organs considered?c abstnce of four years. ?is. Twenty-four/ears of - in Columbia and throiq Bladen suddenly disap- Carolina is our reference i ,,mo i tee Wrise us at once f rom home ill 1J03, and price and terms nts have been seeking Malone s Music House, er since. About two S.C. PIANOH AND go tney received letters T A , , Child in Laurens m stating that he was T>.? , . ? ? . . iii Killed by r all fro to come hack home J a delighted at the pros- WaY? getting him back, and Cray Court special ii ' it a direct answer to an(1 Courier: News hi . . ceived here that a littl ottered tlai> since his , .. Mr. and Mrs. harl bi irance. live several miles out ^ Court, fell out of a d Session of Georgia day afternoon and brol It seems from what cai slature to be Called. e(j tliHt the child was e ts, Ga., Aug. 9.?The die doorway, which investigation now being two or three leet from t r a special committee of when it lost its balanr irgia legislature will be t? die ground, breakiu ble for an extra session body. The committee Twenty-ninth Annu " dail,[ ea*'fed since, tain Excursion vit .n probing the convict >f the State. Fifty or t?0 em Railway Auj >s have boen examined, 1908. g legislators who are . . . - ., \ ery low round trip r 3 of the nenitfenfciarv x\_. ? / |ii i in i |>u i r-^111 i ^ III 4>uri ee ol the two houses Houth Carolina and Tenne wardens, convict lessees, '"H1""' ( *rul NoJ'? . . . , ? eluding Asheville, lire pnysicians and finally Rock, Hendersonville. H s of Ihe prison commie- Renoir. Lincolntou. Mari 'hey have not completed IXvi.le'A^, irk and an extra session Spring-, Greenville, I,an ailed to enable them Is taiiburg, Walhalla and \1 lutlnt* Spring, S. C. I ic 011 sale to the above menti vitnesses already heard tor all trains on August dot dozens of cases of from Abbeville Allendale . Barnwell, ( auiden, ( h i cruelty, excessive tasks mirk, Greenville, Greenv ninal neglect. In Midi berry, Orangeburg, I'rosp felonv convicts misrle- Unburg, Sumter and Unn y convicts, rnisue- Tickets will be good r. convicts guilty ot some any regular train up to an iolation ot municipal or- September 1st, lttOs. , , , i . Children between live i have been sold in COn- years of age, half fare ips, worked tindor con For detailed informati hat constantly threaten- or^ni'r'^ toHol,thern r*' r lives, denied proper ' ' j.c. Jthing and shelter and Div. Passenger Agt , Char sks beyond their physi- Assr'oe.KPaM, Agt, Atl Liranco. 's7-8? AUGUST 12. I9Q8 o Date. jHBHHsMHBpja t h ett. P Sb,nsosVULCANn i, =======:========= KL,L- Is fire-retarding, (taking the sj the most powerful acids will 1 , ? of freezing weather will not en UOKV It is cheap enough for the and durable enough for the line is. en.*.-.. ?ii> IijYv ijr i *7ii in nuariinteuci u years as the best Roofing in th< Don't begin any building o read carefully our booklet, "Th W. M. MOOR llilll Jf |1I iomfson. v I I I m 5 l hL GOOD ====== i ou.se p j EYEF T.ttDG ii. TEN THOUl >lp. 'em. Worth of Me ; ? l^ost. VV e me JUDGE Fl S', we want nk you must 15.00, 18.00 and 20.00 10.00, and 12.50 Suit :he best pia- BIG LINL prices tir.it Id dozen Men's 2.00 ou. We are shoes, Button and S: -S; Pat Leather Oxfords 'ent and most ^ ^ , i* and organs. 10 CIOZ0I1 LjcHIiGS I^in in exchange 5000 yards Embrok "Tins of pay- i rv 10 10 anA ir.P 1 to buy ou J: , r,-, y of pianos Wear Guaranteed Sil an undersell Androscoggin Bleach rho^t "ol/tb Nice line Sample Shii hiki guaran- at less than Manufac or catalogue 3000 yart]g g(X)(l Sea Columbia. And a Hundred < organs. save money by t County Y o\ m Door- m Funder 1 the News i8 beeu re- L?????? e child o! llith, who M lroni Gray SB oor SSatur" 20,000 itanding in y was only v he ground, I\JaoHcH 'e and fell 1 Sel g its neck. n/r.-.-f, Hi twci-n now and June lsi Telegraph Operators w ill he i i. South- com inertia I ( legraph eoinpani Never before in the history of *USt 14th, "Knights ot the Key" been so To all young men between ate* to the a good profession that pays a > h < arolina, say: Now is your opportunity ssee\V aaii- lv vourS(>i ves diligciitlv to sti Ik, \ a , i vard. Flat cal and competent operator. < ot .Springs, plete tin- eourse under our thoi on. Saluda. TKKN dilli 'rent states ha\ < set nesville, X. established CO sears and is reei son. (tlenn reus, Spar- The best." board in New nan I'bite > to tie ami thi'people are eordial. :kets will be toned points The MAIN I,INK WlltK 14th, 190H, "looped" into our School roon Anderson, other telegraph school has sue p p r l)0ti* rood ' New- isfaetory positions to ail our g "rity . Spar- live literature relative to tuitio >n. S. C ituroing on d including and twelve The Southern I on, tickets, I way amenta iNICWn, LIJ8K, N. D.?The Ueorgit* ToloKrft|. leaton.S. C Henoia, <;a., has been move( Southern School of Telegraphy lanta, Oa. ^^ ^^ 3 "E ROOFING1 ame insurance rate as metal or slate) I lot attack it, and the fiercest ravages I tick it or make it brittle. f most ordinary, temporary structures, I ?st permanent buildings. | inner cne reputation it has made for 60 e world. I r repair work until you write for and I e Right Rvojing awl the Reasons Why!" I H, Lancaster, S. C. I NEWS FOR == vYBODY SAMP DOLLARS rchandise at Actual ;ntion a few Items )R YOURSELF Men's Suits 10.00 and 12.50. s at 7.50. 7.50 Suits at 4.98. TO SELECT FROM Pants only 1.48. Ladies' fine I mall sizes 75 cents or men's 75 cents. Good Brogan 98c. en Skirts worth 1.25, at 88c. lery and Inserting, sold at Your pick at 8 1-3 cents yard, k, yard wide at 82 1-2 cents. , 12 yards for 1.00. rts, Suspenders, Hosiery, Etc., turer's cost. .* .* .* .* .* .* .* .* Island at 5 cents yd. other things. You can >uying from us. / .* . .* / irs to serve, -burk Co. I 1 TELEGRAPH OPERATORS >un^ Men Prepare Yonr;ves for Good Positions i. 1 approximately -(>,<><>0 additional leoded l?y tin* numerous railroads and ?-s to supply the unprecedented demand. 111? telegraph luis the demand tor the great. i the ages of Isftinl.t.'i who desire to learn .plendld salary tin-your round, wo would Attoud our School a few months, apuly ami w?- i\ ill <|iialify you a> ft prActiiinly 4 to ?; months are required to comrough system of instruction. sKVKN:it us students. < lur institution lifts been ngni/ed as "The l.ftrifi'st, The < ddest and is veryehenp; the town is healthful s <?f two important railways haw been is for the benefit of our students. No h practical facilities. We guarantee satraduntes. Write at once for free descrip>n, board, etc. School of Telegraphy an, Georgia. ih School and Kailroad Business t'ollege 1 to Newnan and consolidated with The M-92