The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 16, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. 3. NO. 99. SEMI-W
Lancaster's Graded Schools
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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,-**
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 $10.
Mr. M. W. Uladden, of this otfioe,
who has not boon well for bodic time,
went to Charlotte Sunday afternoon to
consult a specialist, Dr. Nil bet.
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PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY llfc
Eleven Negroes in Green- 1 f|8P
wood Jail Charged with ;jgBa
Insurrection.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 14.? <1
i rneven negroes arrested at Nine,ty-Six,
S O., are in jail at Green- 'fraft
wood today on the charge of insurrection,
growing out of
race friction. An intercepted* .J&lV
letter revealed the fact that a
baud of negroes had been plan
ning secretly at Ninety-Six to . A&ijV
"shoot up" the town on Sunday'-"'?*'if
Sept. Oth, but that the floods M^JL
which caused the annulment of
all freight trains had delayed fjj J
the delivery of rifles to the negroes.
Sheriff McGillan asserts
that the evidence against tbe JuBjg^P
negroes is conclusive. There
has been ranch friction bet ween lf.' g
the races since the general elec- ?
tion race riot near Niuetv.Sixral^^^*
ten years ago, when many negroes
were killed. ;?uM
Two years ago it was tumored 1
that negroes were obtaining gnus * J 1
to u-e in an attack on white citizens,
but the merchant who it ]
was found sold the guns tarnish- j
ed the names of those who bought tA?
them, and all the guns were col- I
Four weeks aizo Joseph ToU
bert, a white Republican, w?^?$ 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