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4 4 Hanrastei ? (SEMI-WEEKLY.) - a WEDNESDAY, AID. 86, lOOS. r . t! THE GROWTH OF AGRICULTURE IN , THIS COUNTRY. t W~ " But comparatively few realize the magnitude of the advance ^ being made in agriculture in the j r united states. The Mauutac t; turer8' Record, of Baltimore, h?6 s J ' compiled some interesting figures ^ on the subject which were pubjr lished and commented on in a recent issue of that journal. The ? Record said in part: r In all the records of American development nothiug is more re- I markable than the advance made c during the last tew years by the 1 agricultural interests of this country. The story of what the farmers are d >ing and of what f they have accomplished within 1 the last few years is unmatched r even by the marvelous growth in j manufacturing. In 1>90 the c 8,565,000 people eniraged in ag- e riculture in this country produe I ed a total of $2TOO 000.000. m on i ? average of $287 per capita. In c 1907 the 11,991,000 engaged.iu agriculture produced a total of $7,412,000,000, or an average ot $018 per capita. During that j period the number of people en ^ gaged in agriculture increased t by 40 per cent., while the value , of farm products increased by \ 200 per cent and the value ol all c farm property increased by 89 . per cent. The increase in the value of ] farm property of $8,000,000,000 c between 1900 and 1907 is nearl\ > nine times as great as the aggie- i gate national-banking capital of > the United States. It is more \ than one-half as large as the \ total capitalization, bonds and sto hs included, of all the railroads of the United States. It < is nearly threa times as large as j the aggregate savings bank de- , dosits ot the whole country. _ Think for a moment of the in- ^ crease, simply seven years' in- ^ crement, in the value of farm t property being nine times as t great as the total national-bank ( ing capital ot the United State?, } thr?e limes as great as all the i savings-bana depo-its ot all the t railroads in the United Slates, t into which the surplus money ot , the land has been pouring ?or ] over three-quarters of a century. t "ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE NEWSPAPER HISTORY OF f YORKVILLE-" C The difficulty of trying to maintain two newspapers in a com- ( munitv probably not larye f enough to support but one, has v been fully exemplified in York n ville, H8 appears fiom the lol n lowing special from that town in Monday's Charlotte Obaervei: c. In the late eighties a stock tl company was organized here for g the purpose of supplying "a long- n felt need" by establishing a n newspaper. An ou'llt was pur- w chased and the paper. The Yors- tl ville Enterprise, was published h for three or four years, when it ceased to appear. Later the same outfit was used by Mr. J. iS. Drakeford in getting out The Yorkville Yeoman, which con- e( tinned to appear from week to al week for about ten years, when Ci it tailed. Next Mr. E (? Sandi ~:i it-1 , miw uuniir^'u 4 -?i! u i uc IIit chanical department of The Columbia tale, made a iriai with y( the same rig. His venture was hi railed The New Era, and c >n firmed to exist f r three or tour I* years, when the bottom dropped "I out and the outfit was sold at H public auction and bid in for a 'I nominal sum by creditors, ami n now has been sold by them to r< Messrs. J. H >chroeter it Hro,, THE LANC f Atlanta, dealers in printing lot! laohinery and printer's supplies, y61 nd sh pped to Atlanta. rec The Republicans of North Caolina will hold a state couvenion in Charlotte today. A state pa' icket will no doubt be uoraina- mi ed ol Georgia's legislature convened n extra session yesterday to ur nake final disposition of the is J . t ?lo State's abominable convict lease ystem, which has been un Jer in 0j restigation for weeks. Wi Did you ever see a girl with a to< nouth big enough to eat corn off a,, i cob?in public??Anderson ^ flail. pr There is said to be one iu Rock j0t lill with a mug like a railroad tjj sot who eats corn, cob and all? Cn n public or elsewhere. mi Eleveu hundred dollars is a Lg >ig lot of money to put into a wl log, but that is what a Charlotte pu nan, according to the Observer, rta )aivl tor one in Illinois the other tei lay. The transportation charg- lei is alone amounted to $31.50. fu; Mr. Edgar B Moore, proprietor )t the Selwyn hotel, is the pur- pj 'baser of the high-priced swine, vhich is of the Berkshire breed. Isaiah Zug of Milton Grove, Ke ..ancaster county, Pa., has bee 11 ye veaiing the same pair of shoes tin o church for SO years, lie res vears other shoes week days and su las different pairs for wet and he Iry weaiher and for house wear. sp< ?New York World. As Probably Mr. Zug, like some is Lancastrians in South Carolina, Mi >nly goes to church about once a of ear, if eo often. There's more l'a han one citizen, in this town vho hasn't worn out live cents' of vorth of shoe leather in forty er< 'ears going to church. of M< A couple of fashionable New fork milliners just returned s* rom Europe say that the merry WB vidow hat is now a back number ca ?that the style in woman's head- ?e tearhas gone to the other extreme, se< cllif-tl nnirlit f r\ ho i mort nnujo till '? v \J *-J \J u u *? o .0 hubby and pater, who foot the Pr Dills, tor now one merry widow fit :au be cut up into enough small 'fi( iats to supply a whole township. c&. I he new gown' Well, it's to be ighter than Dick's hat band ever Pr' bought of beintr?So tight that lei t makes a woman's figure look e11 ike a new silk umbrella belore ne, he cover is removed. P<i le? The recent race riots in Springield, Illinois, in which a number ^ ?f negroes were killed and the Pe lomes of hundreds of them de- 'V1 troyed, and which necessitated r: he presence ot thousands of 801 roop9 to restore order, have re- ^ : ived a general discussion of the sc' egro problem. But thus far no ,er ew light has been thrown on ' he perplexing question. The of iot9 themselves but furnished flio II rn 111 ativp pvidpnpp r?f flip fart me hat white men everywhere, re- vel ardless of location, whether Mi' orth, south, east or west, are 8UC loved hy a common impulse to poi reak summary vengeance on 'i'1 le black brute that lays violent his ands on a white woman hir in 1 The Democratic national comlittle has issued an address to litor-? asking them to receive ?' c< tid forward contrihuions to the impaitrn fund. The appeal ci|>i< tys in part: Asking every one who favors >vernmeut by the people to pay jyj( r>u, lit once, as many dollars as : e can spare to aid the campaign r iiryan, Kern and People's j ule. You forward these gifts ver f Ik nest hearts and homes everv e,j vo weeks to the treasurer of co? ie democratic national com. wj, littee, with the name of each intrihutor and amounts given. ,]Hl T'iie New9 has more than once Mo ASTER NEWS, AUGUST 26. I9Q8 late expressed its willingness, j |f > i more, its earnest desire to :eive and forward contribuus to the Bryan fund, but we i ve yet to see the color ot any _ (riot's money. Other com in i ties are responding to the 11?why not Lancaster? In a strong editorial article JP | ging the importance of estabbing a sewerage system in >ck Hill, the esteemed Record I A ma that city says : to si "Conditions here could not be f?r jrse. 10 use piain worns, uie *? wn actually reok9 with toul | F d poisonous odors; especially night, coming Irom surface ivies, rotten matter in back &s?a stinking mess all over e city which is a reproach to a rdized community." That's too bad. No wonder so any Rock Llillians run over to incaster every now and then, lere their olfactories can whiff j ire, fresh, sweet-scented,peachvored air. Rock Hill had bet swap oft her old street sprink tor a scavenger cart and a migator. i ?? rof. R. A. Dobson to Re- Ef f sume Practice of the Law. 1. II Mr. R. A. Dobson, formerly ot srsiiaw, who for the past two I* ars has been superintendent 01 e Laurens graded schools, has ? signed the position and will re me tlie practice ol law, as will 1! HHHi seen by the following Laurens pfo acial in the News and Courier. ; is well known, Mrs. Dobson a Lancaster lady, formerly f J\ ss Alice Williams, daughter Judge and Mrs D. A. Wil ms: Superintendent Ii. A. Dobson, J\ the city graded schools, tend ?d his resignation to the hoard trustees a? a special meeting mday morning, the resignsu to take effect at once This >p on the part of Mr. Dobson is for two reasons : First, be- | U9e the pchool room is altother against his health, and :ond, that he might engage in s practice of law, his chosen oleesion and for which he had ted himself. The trustees, I uugh reluctant in doing so. acpted the resignation ol Mr. >bson, at the same time exessing their regret at his connplated departure from Laurs. Mr. Dobson goes to Gally. where he has formed a rtnership with one of the iding lawyers of that city and |k | lere his father now re des. e arrangements are already i rlected tor the departure of \ Dobson and his family on iday of this week. Mr. Dob-J C* ! 1. however, will go first to ' I iunsboro to teach a summer iool, reaching Gaffnev on Sep nber 5. p* Prof. Dobson has had charge T V-/ the city schools tor two ses- ? ns, and under hid able managent they have grown and de oped in a remarkable degree. i administration has been a ^AJUU :cessful one lrom every stand- J nt, and his removal is a dis- 1> I T T T 1 ct loss to the community, but Dv 1 many trieuds here will wish A n well in his new home and ins new work. le Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is anally recommended for children, it is 3urse, just as good for adults. Child, Itkr to take it because it tastoa nearly ood as uiaple Sugar. Its laxative prin drives the cold from the system by a le. natural, yet copious action of the els* Sold by i F Macbey < o. w-s _________________ were returning l Dre Work of Lightning in when tlio bolt Htr North Carolina. one, Miss Maude for more than tw toekingham Anglo-Saxon: A '|<|ie otilt.r lwo j\ y severe electric storm pass Nettie were ' ll over tlie southern pail of lliis ground by the shr intv late W ednomlflv peeninn I ieh came ne-r causing the recover<"1- At al i'h o' three young ladies, ''rn0 lightning ?ti ighters of Mr. and Mrs. 8. T. the homo of Mr. rse, of Steele's Mills. They on Mr. Cropland'* >rovide for Hture Needs n with a family lpport cannot afa to allow future ?eds to be wholly un nwviucu iui. uivc ill the present as though you were a little poor er than you really are and in the future you will be prepared for any emergency. Small sums laid aside and deposited with this bank will soon grow into a signifi cant sum. We pay 4 per cent, comp o u n d e d four times a year. . * . * st National Bank ANCASTER, S. C. S Q L E I WANT CHICKENS WANT EGGS W L Croxton (S^ Company. R A U Suburban SJ^.eal CSv DING LOTS ,ND FARM LANDS FOR S. 7. \. Mfiliiams . . Irom llie mill Wolf I*it, killing Iwr uck, rendering barn caught on fire : i, unconscious destroyed with its ci 'ontv minutes. . . Iisses Kttu and irown to the *:or Sore F? tck hut quickly ' ' have foun t Huckhn' to bo tbe proper thing to i )OUt til? same AH well as for heating bni and all manner of abiaaioi uck a barn at w StoIlt>( of VjUit PolliU(l James Rivers the proper thing too for Sold umler guarantee at farm ill lower Co. and Fuuderburk Phar: p : * \ > | l i IHBMJ JE SI El F O R A U T O S '< 5 s state. i t \LE r > mules. The find was it 1 so ontonts. jet s /Irniea Salve use for sore feet, rns, sores, cuts, us," writes Mr. , Maine. It is piles. Try it! J. T. Mackey ? j ruacy. 35c. yv ^