The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 02, 1908, Page 4, Image 4
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(SEMI-WEEKLY.)
Mi:i>.\i:si)AV, NKPT. U, 1U0N.
The memorable "Sherman
freshet" was knocked int> a
r\r-r% l^tk/1 linf Kf I llU ll 1 ?1 t: t
UVtaCU IKiU IJJ ?14V uvvw *. 'HO'
week.
No receipt-* vet tor the Bryan
campaign lund. Wha's t t>o
matter with Lancaster?nothing
but tight wads here?
Japan h^s decided to postpone
until the year 19!7 her international
exposition That lets us
out By that time we'll be either
too dead or too poor to taUe it
iu.
Look out for a big crop ot
"skeeters" as one of I ho un
pleasant results ot the recent
torrential rains, unless all pools
of water shall be promptly drained
off.
According to an exchange, a
Mr. Peck married a Miss Ilenn
in Pennsylvania a few days aco. j
It is t" be hoped tilut the bride
isn't destine i to have a peck o!
trouble on her hands.
Next Monday. Sept. 7, being
a leiral holiday?Labor Day?the
mail carriers will not make their
usual rounds. The association of
this county, as noted elsewhere,
will meet at Kershaw on that day.
An English scientist lias discovered
that fumes from motor
cars are the tine^f possible
disinfectant.?Augusta Herald.
That's .-ome consolation io editors
and ni-'gers. S nee tlie
"smell" i!? all lliey get out the
high-priced benzine buggies, they
ought to be flail to know that
they are at least getting their
''disinfectant'" tree.
S 'turd iv we saw a irctuie n:
ilie old-time ox car* which l.uira-'ii
i- beginnim.' t > use ?Uock
Ilill Ilerald.
1: : ui an\ ox tv.r! > ii -r ;.!??u
s, \vi. c 1 w iouut, he df,i
-r- to dim s . *t the ?dowo i
in the whole push h your o <1
str-tt ear - t.ned mile.
Ii \t { id v. 1 fit--. 1 av. i u - - day
ol f t i .*-v month. h d ?- n
the time for . i.e .'ioi ..no ot .u
sec ?nd | ri :: ty, instead f next
Tuesday, ti. v < in the t ?v.n.would
h. v he n exce di .
lio]it, especially i Uo<- . Hi 1,
owino in the < x- "U* of a l.?rj?e
p*rt ot th-* p j ui;i i n to ih
woods in order 'on-cap* lire iav:?h
and n< ver :i lin.' ilteini n>f
the punctilious bi'l coll-ctoi>.
A worker on the NVa-hinc1 m
!feral i i- name<l I?u;e M.iyh<Uii
explain* why I ii r paper h a*
s?? :inr.\ Mbon fc ;i !< i I . ?
A ii ier.s 11 M aiI.
W'iiti ri_Bit have you i<? mi im>
any "bones" abnu t'? ily I tin
wa \, wonder it tie* f??!i.? v t-vor
ha i i one felon. But at tiiis
rate he'll soon become a bone <?'
content ion.
We would urae upon ilie voters
the import nee oi tiirnuw out
at the polls next Tuesday, in
Pay of the -ecuul primary. Toe
liist election settled but comparatively
few of the c ntests.
A -seat 111 i he lotted Suites
Sen a' e iJ yet to b filled, the
highest ( Ili e within the unit ol the
people. A State superintendent
of ' duration ano a r dlroad com
inia-ioner are to oe cuosen, ana
a congressman from I hit distri a
nominated. And la.-t, but by no
means leant Irom a local standpoint,
choices are to be made
lor several important county offices?such
as offices of supervi
tior, auditor, superintendent of
education, coroner, as well as
THE LAN
two Representatives in Hie J
legislature. Two magistrates
are also to be elected. Let
every voter suspend work long
enough Tuesday to go to the
polls and cast his ballot for t1
those candidates who in his t
judgment are best lilted to fill f
the positions to which tlioy as- R
pire. A light vote sometimes J
munis the dnlpat ot the best men v
in tho race. v
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Seven homicides in <50 days?
that's Newberry's record. Critics
had better hold up on Lancaster
?ud train their darts on ^
Blease's home countv. J.
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Lancaster has reached navigation.
Voters had to pole their c
boats to reach tho polls. It had
been observed that Lancaster
was moving toward water.?
Chester Lantern. {
Not simply 4,movius: toward
water," contemporary. Lancas
ter has been sit tins: ri^h t up on
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the water wagon for nearly three
\ ears.
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If the published report of the
assault on Editor Crist in Yorkville
be true, and thev stand uni
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contradicted, it was the most v
brutal outrage that has been c
committed in tho State in years. 51
Tlu- grand jury of York county H
should take a band in the mat- s
ttr No one questions, of course, ^
I he responsibility of an editor tor c
what ho says in his paper, but a
resort to methods aUin to those c
ot the cowardly assassin to ob- 1
tain satisfaction lor real or tan- c
cied grievances should not be ^
tolerated in a civilized countrv 11
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Despite the warnings and f
pleadings of the papers ot the ?
city, Charleston give a majority g
of tier votes to Blease No one f
supposes tor a moment that c
Chariest onions really consider j i
tiie Newberry man better suited t
for the otliee ol governor than'e
the incumbent. Some other t
reason, therefore, must be found t
toi their acti n. I)?e-- i? not lie s
in th fact that Ci >\ Ansel has>
r.rio i li> niiiv' I l'ii illicit iiu it .
of liquor hi that city, thus incurring
the enmity of tho numerous
blind ti^re:-. th ir p ? r->n>
ui i -vi.i|. a hi/T it wili t o J
al'e 11 at tii 1e \v -s much 1
1 vuoruis kic i- ^ very :m h *
g vt-ruor i .i 1 . bite* oi in.junc-1
ri-. up 1 .. u 1 1 -: <i win - ;!
y e ler>, < v ii th in w- pay i'* '
pi i i'-tio if we mi stake r.ot,'*
u' in-' uch pr >c alur . If An- 1
- i' c< nip tra v.- y in'iit v > m J
.r es! .in ca i b c .rrc t y as- 1
cribed t i tie war.'are waited o\ i
him again t Ino inlaw ul ihjpioi | i
! ir llic in tlie city, am thin : mil 1
i crc iiiablc -iiuatroi ?>t all'air >
is levealed there. I'. show* that '
tiie b st. lahi li 114 eitj/ms ot
| the c >mmunit> are <lcci le.ily in
the in nority. In other words,L
ti nt titc | olni' S of the grand o'd
citv is controlled bv a whiskey
elcmen' that defies bo'h State
uid municipal taw .
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Farmer Killed by Mule.
l'lckens -special in Sunday's,
Slate: 1 -aac l)nrham,a promi-j
nent farmer nf 'his county who i i
i w i i. c:.. \f ;i..
! ' V t rj J|1 I Il? ^ 1 A 1MUU II,
.v.is killed ve-tfulav ? yeuiii" by
: mule he hal bm.i plowing. In
j (ry;nir to alight I; -in ihe mule
[iiis I etc Im c iinn entingled with
one of the trac-J chains and tho i
mule run about 200 yards. I running
Mr. Durham was .jerked
under th" mule and stitnped t<?
death.
Kolol will, ina very abort time, en- I
ahic the stomach to do the work i:
should do, und t tie work it ahoiild do
is lo digest all the food you eat. When
t he stomach can't do it Kudo! does it
or it ami in the meantime the atom,
ach is getting stronger and aiile to
take ii(> its regular natural work
again. Kodol digests all you eat. It
makes the stomach sweet and it is
pleasant to take It is sold here by
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CASTER NEWS. SEPTE
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kmusing Incident of North I
Carolina Republican Con- !
vention Recalls Another.
Char otto Observer: One ?
be mo t amu-bn^ incidents o! I
lie convention was earned by a
reak < f raii.d. Kev. Harris
lallinckrodt was introduced toI
ud^e Adams as I he minister
yho would open tbe convention
vdtb prayer. When Mr. Adams
announced him he called him
Kodenberg". That wasjuita
rick of llie mem or v. A we.l
tnown North Carolina negro
vas about to bo introduced to
peak in a town oi the State one
lay by a prominent citizen, who
poke iu the most flowing terms
>t the speaker, saying among
ither things, that his name was
i household word but wtien lie
jot reaily to call it he could not
lo it. Turning to a friend on J
he 10s i it in, anil making a I011-'
ie] of his hands, he asked in a
out! whisper: "What is the
L?d negro's name?
ncidents of the Pdood?Negro's
family Swept Away
Columbia special in Sunday's
Charlotte Observe;: Near So.
:iet> Hill yesterday Joe Brown, j
l neuro livinr* on Mr. .J Ivn . I
o o
ell's pl?ce, lost his wile and 1
ieveral children. They had (a- 1
ten refuge with him in the top
>t the house, which was swept
iway. Brown caught in the top1
>! a tree. His wife and all the
hildren were drowned. A big
:rowd that stood on the river
>ank at I'o.zer Wednesday to
yatch the raging waters pass
>ver tlie dam saw a buggy with
wo mules pass over the dam,
olio wed a iit'le liter by a l>ug;v
and a mule with a trunk
(trapped to the back, followed
ilrncst immediately by the bodv
)f a little white child. It was
mpossible to re-cue die body of
he child. On the whole, how>ver,
loss of fife so far has been
xceedingly small. It is feared,
loweyer, that the flooding of the
iwamp lands will drown many,
icgi oes.
Domestic Tragedy in Fla.
TalTh isse . Fla, Aug. 30 ?
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m :i Kiio'> ilia an ray j i<i mnin ai
!us place J iui Dune t ti was kill-!
a.
I lives' Ration lias consumed
ill (1 i\ t'> determine wlie her the
nan \ a- sho' by one Harv^v,
\ ho w s v si in/. it ti> - Dunctn
ionu?, oi" ?>y the wife 01 '.Vui
)untan, a brother of illload
man. llirve.* and Will
hmcan an 1 his win- were all ar esteil.
?ir-. Dune hi, iho the aecusi,
,vas s lit in the in lane asylum n
moil toduv, having nivcii vioh-n'
ivinptoms of der,nineuiont
Did Negro and Daughter
Struck by Lightning.
Swninshoro, (Ja., Aii/usi 2h
? Dm in<' ;? severe electrical
<ioim ?<<! yestordav afternoon a
tenant house <>n ilie larm ot D.
\V, Durdcn, (?i this < unity, was
-truck by lightning. and :t-. two
c tipant", an aged negro and
In* daughter, were botn pr >t<ably
killed, Afier the storm w.t>
v1 *r, a neglib >r wen' tli negro's
[Mb.u 'O s e nini on some busi
oh.-h, and. te his utter surprise,
lie lound th" old negro sitting
i ioc' in a rocking chai , rigid in
death. In another part '?i the
room lie sound the duugl.'ei in
an unconscious c >ndition.
Big Fire in New Orleans.
V a ?if I irUmu A ill/ '{I I It ito
winch broke out in the centre ot
the commercial district here this
afternoon swept oyer portions of
three blocks, destroying a large
number ot wholesale houses,
manulHC'uring plants and small
stores. Originating at Bienville
and Chartres streets, the Hames
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but the sober
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kind of a fut
to spend less tl
and saves the
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o k'*! their way north a> far
an (Jen'i r>'pet ami west toward
lioyal, b.in^inu about a property
loss "i between one ami two million
dollars before ?hey were
finally subdued.
Misses Minnie and l.ela Witinorc of
of Wingate, N. accompanied by
Messrs. I'ink and Kdgar < rl(Vin of
Marshvillo, N. who have been visiting
Misses laila and < ?la 1'ylor of Dixie,
have returned home.
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SjH-riaf \ntici s.
Tin' |ml k>ii*i anil I rusloes ??i" t ho ('raiKsv
ill** school an* rei|ucsted In inot'l at the
scliiMil house tomorrow (Thursday) at
'J |>. in.
/.ion Farmers' I ninii will incft Saturday
at ...'III p. in. All members please
Attend, business of importance.
W. II. I'Allin'K, I'res't.
The lluford farmers' I'nion will meet
Friday afternoon at I o'clock.
The 1'. I>. f. will meet at Mrs. J. N.
Crockett's Thursday at 3 p. m.