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The VOL. 3. NO. 99. SEMI-W Lancaster's Graded Schools ______ Prospects Bright for a Sue cesstul Session?Largest Enrollment within History of the Schools?Important Committees Appointed Fire Drill to be Practiced-Other Matters of Interest to Patrons and Pupils. Superintendent Bruce Craven has the citv school system well in hand and there is every indication of a good yeai'swork and numerous progressive improvements. Prof. Craven has in re cent years made an exhaustive study of the best schools of America and he savs that he believe* he is to be given the right kind of support here in the elfort to make the Lancaster school as good as the best. The enrollment to date is 324 in the central school and 125 in the mill school, which consid erably larger than ever beiore. It is likely that many will vet enter and it is Earnestly desired that they enter at once, as they will be required to pass examinations beiore entering alter the classes have begun work. The first school bell rings at eight o'clock, and at 8:45 the second bell rings and the pupils are required to go to their places. The teachers are it their desks at 8 :30 and the chapel exercises begin promptly at nine o'clock, and the public is cordially invited to attend these exercises and to visit the school generally. There is a twenty minute recess just before noon aud the entire school is dismiss ed together at 2 o'clock with the exception of the first grade, which is excused an hour earlier. The room on the left ot the entrance has been fitted up for the Superintendent's ollice, and the opposite room is the library. A determined effort is to be made to furnish and equip the library so that it will be more attractive and valuable. The library committee is Mrs. T. Y.1 Williams, Miss Eloise Foster and Miss Marie Craig. A rv, - - ? ouwwidi in >vcluuiii is ior me improvement of the ringing in school and particularly at chape'. Misg Nora Hough is chairman of this committee, and appropriate song hooka are to he ordered and the school drilled in suitable hymns and patriotic airs. There are thirteen members of the tenth grade and it is therefore likely that this year there will be the largest graduating class in the history of the school. This grade is put upon its honor in deportment and every one in it is determined to be worthy of the confidence. They will form a class organization and take steps to improve the appearance of their room. The teachers are to hold a regular monthly meeting and it is intended to make this meeting ] highly profitable and interesting Mr. J. K. Connors is chairman it,-** \'V i LAf LEDGER l&bz WEEKLY. .'of a committee to report at preliminary meetiufc next Fr day as to a plan for the regula -1 meetings, and this ori>amzatioi will doubtless result in n\nn' ' good in bringing all the te ?eb j ers together and sysiematizuij the worn ol the whole school. The superintendent will be 1 , the fire drill tins week and tin action on his part will meet wit] favor from all. The building i 1 a model one in case of a fire bu it is not possible to take to ' much precaution against thi ^ eve present danger. Prof (Jravei ' says that with the fire drill per fected it is possible to get ever; ' child out of the building with all their books and everything elei in one minute after the alarm ii sounded. Prot. Craveu asks us to saj for him that in his opinion 5 public school ic not a reformatory or anything like it and that n< children should be allowed to re main iu it who are disorderly thus allowing a dozen careless ones to disturb the work of sev eral hundred. "The teacher: are employed to teach, and par ents will be expected to take tlx responsibility for making theii children conform to the regulations." The Hampton Literary Society was organized Friday and with the rnirnr?R? I? atmn _ J rv?-w w v?V/ v. T VII 111 ui ' good this year than ever beiore It is composed of the seventh eighth, ninth and tenth grades, and Mr. John T. Green has ottered a gold medal lor the besi declamation at the close of th* year. Woman found with Throat Cut from Ear to Ear. Charlotte special in Sunday's Columbia State: Cynthia Norman, a white woman about 34 years old, is in a dying conrti'iou at her home, live miles from this city, as a result of a slash across her throat, extending almost from ear to ear. Much mystery surrounds the crime, as to whether it was an attempt at suicide or murder. It is believed, however, that the woman committed the deed, though she declares by signs, not being able to talk, that a tali man did it. Jim Ayers, a whne man. who has been living af the Norman home, is in jail here on suspicion of having com mitted the deed to cover illicit relations with the woman, but the evidence points to the fact that he left the house bolore the vuuuu oc-Uirea. (The woman died in a Charlotto hospital Sunday morning.) New Bank for Camden. Camden apecial in the Columbia State : Your correspondent has just learned that application for a character for a banking institution, to be capitalized at $30,000 and known as the Loan and Savings bank, has been made by the following gentlemen : ('apt. L. L. Clvburn, Messrs. W. i; T711 r it u j '? ... v, vi , ii. u, miriiN Hun l. J. Kirkland. Misses Hossio and Margaret *m Umniond returned to Conoord, N. yeaterday, to resume their studies in the oollege there. CAST REVIEW 1878 H LANCASTER, S. C., SEPTEM i ^ a Young -Uady Murdered ii l- Church?Stabbed "Whil r Playing Organ. Charlotte, N. C , Sept. 13.?. 1 special to The Observer fror, l* Newt n says that a demoniacs g murder was committed near tha place this morning, when Mis i Willie Bullinger, 19 years olc was stabbed to death bv Lo Kader, aged 21. The girl wh 1 seated at the organ playing th R closing hymn at Sunday schoc t when suddenly Rsder leapei n across several benches and wit r his pocket, knife stabbed he once in the back and twice ii 1 the breast She died almost ii etantly. y Rader was arrested aud is noi [ in tho Newton jail. Some month B ago lie was committed to th b State insane asylum and in hi ravings often mentioned Mis Bullinger's name. Recently h ? was discharged from the hospi? tal as cured The deed was pro y bablv prompted bv unrequittei ^ love and seems to have been wel planned, as the kn'fe used wa bought new only yesterday. ? In jail this afternoon Ilade i said he killed the girl k,becaus( she was a witch." - Charming Social Event it ' Kershaw. Kershaw special in the Char . lesion Sunday News : Leaf Year party at the home ol 1)/ } and Mrs L. T Gregory lastTues day evening was a very enjoy. 1 able social atl'air. Some of t be pro 3 posals [presented in the routes1 j w.iulu bav^ done credit to much mure expei tencea ?. orsons. Th< pri/e lor the best proposal wa awar 'ed to Miss Irma Scull. Ie the bConrf contest, Violets wed t ding, the prize was won bv Miss 1 Rosa Stover and Mr John T, Stevenson. Refreshments were served an<: the ovening was enjoyed by al " pres-nt. Nothing was omiite<l by the genial host and hoste?$ and their assistants that could add to the enjoyment of the oe^ casiou. I Storm on Both Sides. Washington, D. C., Sept. 13 ?The weather bureau late this afternoon issued a special fore> cast as follows: The first well defined disturbance of the present season is approaching the north Pacific coast and a West Indian storm i9 advancing toward our Southeast em cms*. This combination shou'd produce abundant rains in the drought slacken districts of north-central and east-central States before the fclo.se ol the present week. HURRICANK SIGNALS UP. Washington, Sept.12.?Sweepiilg westward toward the Florida peninsula, the centre ot the West Indian hurricane, which caused great damage at Turn's Island, was reported by the weather bu reau tonight to be apparent ly ap proaching the ^ast coastof southern Florida. In anticipation ot this movement, hunicane warnings were ordered put out in Florida Saturday. Storm warnings were ordered tonight tor the entire Florida peninsula. The many friends and patrons ?.! . 1... L' 1 I' ' \j> .iic i jvrimrit DflnK <X ITUSt (Company will pleased to see by us statement of condition elsewhere that the institution is prospering and gradually enlarging its volume of business along safe and conservativelir.es. 'ER N NTERPRISE J 891 BER 16, 1908. n Railroad Assessments Re e ; duce.d Nearly $2,000,000? Penalty on Chesterfield CSl \ Lancaster Road for Nonn return. i Columbia special ill CharleslM ton Sunday News: The Stue |c | board ot assessors has completed 1'I its work of jis^essinii tli^ ruiln ' road property of the Stale, hav18 iug adjourned yesterday aitere noon after a two days' session. >1 The board made reductions in A the assessments of the trunk h lines, due to the decrease in buir siness and valuations generally 1 on account of the panic of last Q tall. The total railroad assess. meut for 1907 was $43,527,148, v and for 1908 it will be $41,774,s 896. e The Chesterfield and Lancasp ter Road has made no return 8 for taxation this year at all, 6 though several times notified to * ao so, and the board placed on ~ the eighteen miles wliicli was 1 as-e-sed last year at $2,500 per 1 inile, <he penalty oi fifoy per 15 oen' lor non-return, in addition to the assessment of last year; r on the line from Ruby to 1'age' land, c >mpleted within the year, an assessment of $2,000 per mile was made, with the penalty j <d 50 per cent. Official Returns in Recent " Primary Tabulated?Smith's ' Majority 30,938. Columbia special in the f!h?r leston Sunday Ne?vs: Accord ins; to the official figures as transmitted to State Chairman VVilie Jones by the county chairmen and the tabulations made by ^ Chairm&n Jones aud Secretary t Bell, the majority tor E. D. Smith is 30,938, which is the largest majority ever received by a candidate for the United States Senate in the Democratic pri I tnary in this State, and one of I the lames' on record for any of I lice. On the other hand the majori ty for Caughman ;s only 553, but Col. Caughman has broken the precedent in that he is the first member of the railroad commission to be re-elected after serving one full term of six years. j According to official ligures . there were cast tor railroad commissioner ten thousand less votes . than for Uni'ed States Senator, u.,,1 * - - auu me >uio 101 *enuor readied , the total of 109,934, the highest second primary vote or. record. The complete figures are as foli lows: John (lory Evans 39,498, E I). Smith 70,430. Superintendent ot Education, Sti es 11. Mellichamp 48,408, J. E. Swearingen 01,379. Kiilroad eomtnis-ioner, Jas. Cansler 54,637, Hanks L. Caugh man 55,190. Congress, 5th district, T. B. Butler 0,405, D. E. Fin ley 9.'277 Convictions in the Mayor's Court. Capers Cauthen, col., was tried and convicted before Mayor Hughes Monday morning on the charge of selling whiskey, lie was sentenced to pay a fine of $f>0 or serve 30 days on the chain gang Being unable to raise the tine he goes to the gang. Four negroes, charged with gambling, who were arrest ed Sat urday after noon h*r T?n_ - -/ licaman Hell, were also convicted before the Ma'or Monday. Kach party was fined $10. Mr. M. W. Uladden, of this otfioe, who has not boon well for bodic time, went to Charlotte Sunday afternoon to consult a specialist, Dr. Nil bet. i [EWsl PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY llfc Eleven Negroes in Green- 1 f|8P wood Jail Charged with ;jgBa Insurrection. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 14.? <1 i rneven negroes arrested at Nine,ty-Six, S O., are in jail at Green- 'fraft wood today on the charge of insurrection, growing out of race friction. An intercepted* .J&lV letter revealed the fact that a baud of negroes had been plan ning secretly at Ninety-Six to . A&ijV "shoot up" the town on Sunday'-"'?*'if Sept. Oth, but that the floods M^JL which caused the annulment of all freight trains had delayed fjj J the delivery of rifles to the negroes. Sheriff McGillan asserts that the evidence against tbe JuBjg^P negroes is conclusive. There has been ranch friction bet ween lf.' g the races since the general elec- ? tion race riot near Niuetv.Sixral^^^* ten years ago, when many negroes were killed. ;?uM Two years ago it was tumored 1 that negroes were obtaining gnus * J 1 to u-e in an attack on white citizens, but the merchant who it ] was found sold the guns tarnish- j ed the names of those who bought tA? them, and all the guns were col- I Four weeks aizo Joseph ToU bert, a white Republican, w?^?$ z i* run out o! Ninety Six at a election, and it is 6aid tfc~ ? tlie intercepted letter the todies' fine | mentioned as marke (,>TSne^r mens V of those most against Tol^S3^ f _ a. at ooc. ], sold at Two Cotton Fires indents yard. \ Hill Sunday Morn* c^qq |l Kuck Hill special in Mosiery> Etc., 1 k Charlotte Observer: ,* .* .* .* .* * V 4:30 o'clock this mor . 5 cents yd. 1 | alarm ot fire was sound- YOU Can \ ing from the Hamilton-' 1 mill. The firemen raad^* run, considering the 1 \ , 1EV lound the fire to be in ton warehouse on Whi and near the Oaharrt n rill ^ |J ter a stubborn tight tin* / -f last Sunday ..fteriroon of SS!f' at his home in the Rich Hill sec- iButld tion. He was about 48 years of ago I Bank, and leaves a widow, formerly *in im" Miss Mattie Blackmon, daugh* V" ler ot Mr. ,1. A. P. Blackmon, and L* ^ several children, among them -js% % Mr9. Ben Catoe, Mrs. Robert jf. 1 Twitty, Mrs. Grover Couch and :\w Messrs [James and Earle She- ?WU hane. Mr. Shehane was a memher of the Baptist church. The remains were buried Monday at Fork Hill, the Rev. R. E. SmaU, of Heath Springs, conductin , the funeral services. vVlt^ got under con'rol but over 300 bales wer<"~ """" more or less, many about an average lost ? bale, which was fully " T ~~Zw insurance. This cottoni8^> !e. . Tw ed mostly to plante^iat consl? en jff stored in Mr. K?.v.aoannot ,vote ?f= warehouse V 'oral ticket will r i warenouse. i , , ? ~ klandv The firemen ^ J* through coping with theUege, was a . when another alarm w,oat0Jorr, "p 1 jf"ft ed. This proved to be a fire ' chairn?ntl a box car whicn was loaded e\v cotton for shipment, consigned r?? bv Mr. J. T. Roddey, and on tbe. ^ _: J: ? _ > > . * ? hiuiiik near me ireignt 'lepot. , h 1) The firemen respom ed to this ' call and did good work in put- ) jt ting the blaze ou' and rolling J Jjp? the cotton into the street. ' This 1 ?. cotton was not damaged quite as ) letafhA* much as that in the first fire P n_^i! and will average probably $5 a /teath of Mr. IV. T. Stiehnne, Srij oan.^ Mr W* T- Shahane, Sr,, & well known citizen of the eagt- \ a?\untjg-? em portion of the county, difed v