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The Lancaster News
LEDGER l&bz REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE J89I
VOL.IT NO. 10. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., NOVEMBER 4, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY
Happenings in Georgia.
Farewell Shot at Republicans?
Maconites Heard
Fine Campaign SpeechesGeorgia's
and Carolina's
State Fairs?A Georgia
Farmer's Amusing Experience
with a Red Devil.
Editor Lancaster News:
Ere this reaches the press, the
election will be oyer and we
will know whether or not the
"Great Commoner", the ''peerless"
leader ot the Democratic
hosts has woo. We sincerely
hope that he wiU and the prospects
at this time seem very
hlMtrVlf I f Ka rlnao nnf mnl 4-1%**
Vftiguv, M.A uv UVOO UW gwv Viiv
labor vote this time, after such
faithful promises from them,
and after such a panic, directly
traceable 'o a Republican administration,
when the price of cotton
is low, the coHt of liviug is
high, thousands of men are out
of employment, for all of which
the Republican party is largely,
if not entirely ^responsible,then it
looks like the people do not want
a change and the Democrats will
have good reason to feel discouraged,
aud somewhat inclined to
give up the fight.
We have had some very hue
speeches during the campaign.
About the first of the month
Hon. John W. Kern, Democratic
candidate for Vic6 Presideut,
came to Macon and addressed a
large audience ou the issues of
the campaign. He has a remarkably
clear voice, which could be
easily heard in auy part of the
Huunorium, ana ne was louaty
applauded as he (old in an eio
quant manner of the extravagance
and "robbery" of the present
administration, the "big
stick methods of Mr. Roosevelt
and ot Mr. Taft's strong adherence
to "ray policies" and many
other things about the Republican
party. He praised Mr.
Biyan, saying he was not only a
great leader, but a noble, religious
character as well, which
really makes him the great leader
that he is. He said he was
exceedingly proud to be running
on the ticket with Bryan, and
was very sorry that Mr. T. E
Watson and lion John Temple
Graves, whose writings he had
read auci admired for years,
would not be present when the
Democrats met in convention alter
the election to celebrate th?
election of Mr. Bryan About
ten days ago Gov. lloke Smith,
who has been touting the weal,
in the interest of the Democratic
ticket, made an address hero
He made one of those splendid,
eloquent speeches like ho always
makes and was greatly applaud
ed by the large crowd present.
The big sta'o (air is now on in
this city and the crowds are flocking
in daily. We have not yet
been to the fair grounds, but we
have heard that this is the best
fair which has ever been held in
Macon, and we have had some
good ones. The races are said to
be very fine, over two hundred
very Ia9t horses having been
entered. The agricultural displays
are also said to be fine.
The fair grounds and buildings
are certainly in better shape than
they have been in a long time
The grounds have been thoroughly
cleaned off, all the trash and
rubbish removed, all the buildings
have been freshly painted,
and Central City Park, which is,
naturally, a very pretty place,
presents an unusually beautiful
appearance, since the improvements
have been made. The
fair will last ten days, reduced
rates are given over all the railroads
and tliousauds ot people
will avail themeelves of the opportunity
to visit the state fail
iii Macon, rejoicing in the fact
that the fair has "got back
home" again, as this was the place
for the annual holding of the
fair for years.
We notice from the papers
that the Carolina state fair i;
now on. It goes without saying
that they will have a great time
over there and we would like verj
much to go over and stay a few
days, but we can't. We would no
only enjoy going over there just
to see the fair, but we would en
joy meeting the Lancastei peoph
who will be thero, as we fenov
I hat Lancaster is always prettv
well represented every year. W<
would bo "tickled" to go, sure
Maybe we might see some o
Rock Hill's street sprinalere
mule cars, etc., that you hav<
been telling us about, on exhibi
tion. We have no doubt thai
it will be a much better fair thai
ours over here, owing to the fac
that Columbia has been the permanent
home of the fair for yean
and the preparation goes on fron
one fair to another, while the ont
we are having is being held af
ter only sixty days' preparation
A rather amusing iucident oc
curred some time ago, about 2f
miles south of Macon, at tht
farm of a very industrious and
exceedingly curious farmer
whom we shall call Mr. Jones
andwho8e curiosity came sonpai
exceeding the speed limit on thif
occasion Ihat he has presented f
very "hacked" appearauce since
And this is how it happened.
Two fellows liviug in the little
town of Ferry, had occasion tr
make a trip out in the countn
one day and they made the iri
in their automobile. The place
to which they wished to go waf
a little beyond Mr. Jones' place
and they had made the trip all
right, accomplishe 1 their mission,
and were on their way bad
to town, when just as they ha<
reached Mr. Jones' place, thei
automobile broke down au<
would go uo further. Both ol
them got out and examined lh<
machine caietully, out-ide, in
side and "under side," and founc
mey could uoi get it in run
ning shape with the tools thei
had, ho tliey decided to borrow s
horse and buggy from Mr. J one
and drive t<> town and get a ras
chinist to come out and repai
it. Well, before they had got
ten out of aight, Mr. Jones an
Ins son decided they would se<
what was the trouble and in th
meantime, learn 9omethin
ol the working of the ihh
chine, and they began t
"linger" and '-prank" with i
ana suddenly, one ot tliem atruol
something that turned the powe
on and off it went d ?wn acros
the field like a streak ot gre 19 it
lightning and while the ter
ribly surprised man and son wer
wondering if the "pleggod" thin
would ever stop, it ran into 1
very wot place in the fiel<
and became "mired up." Weil
they saw they had played thun
der already and they decided i
wouldn't do to leave it there e
they carried a mule and Horn
harness and rape* down there
and slipping up to it as genii;
a4 possible, they hitched the niul
to the "devilish" thing and drov
off towards the house This plni
worked like a charm till ihe;
reached level ground, then th<
"wild and mamacal horseles
carriage'* br ?ke loose again an<
the chase it led thai po tr muh
across a ten-acre tield wiu some
Looks Like Taft
' I
I Reports Last Night Indicated
Election of Republican
Candidate for President.
* According to a long distance 'phone
I message received last night, Taft earned
everything except the solid south
i and Nebraska, which of course insures
) his election if the report be correct.
r In New York (535 precincts out of
j 1633 give Taft 107,798 votes and Bryan
, 104,556. In the vote for Governor of
New York 340 out of 1(533 precincts give
Hughes, Republican, 48,429, ('hauler,
Democrat, 21,221.
' J In Brooklyn, 310 out of 658 precincts
gives Taft 50,587, Bryan 48,436.
3 Troy, Now York, gave Taft 1,707,
Bryan 1,180. For governor, Hughes
f 1062, Ckanler 1240.
r As The News went to press at 11:00
o'clock last night a message from New
York stated that in the State outside of
the city Taft was 72,000 ahead of Bryan,
f while in the city Bryan was 82,000
ahead of Taft. The New York Tribune
1 claims the State of New York for Taft
3 by 100,000 plurality.
The News endeavored to get in com^
munication with Columbia by wire last
night, but was unable to do so, the
lines being "blocked."
t
; Election in the County Yes*
> terday.
So far as heard from the election In
the county yesterday passed oil quietly,
' probably half the registered vote being
' polled, although the figures are not yet
? obtainable. At Lancaster C. II. the
I vote was as lollows :
? Gov. and Lieut. Gov 342
, Solicitor 887
. Representatives 330
County Officers 346
1 Gatfney Amendment, for 122, vs. ... 2
? Adjutant and Inspector General,
for 113, against 8
Ten precincts reported last night vote
for national ticket as follows :
' Bryan. Taft.
i Lancaster 354 17
Cotton Mill 105
Heath Springs 112 9
) Lindsay 18
j Thomwell 7
Jackson ham 25
Douglass 37 2
) Antiooh .... 44 1
[ Haile Mine 2k
Flat Creek <J2
I Total 7S7 25?
r lioad the pain fortnuia on a box of Pink
j Pain Tablets. Tlien ask your Dootor if
there is a better one. Pain menus cont
gestion blood pressure somewhere. Dr.
3 Hhoop's Pink Pain Tablets check head
pains, wouinnly pains, pain anywhere.
Try one, and see! 20 for 25c. Sold by
1 Funderburk Pharmacy. w
7 thinjr fearful, tor although he
i hail pulled a plow oyer this same
s field 'or years, he was made to
- travel over it now a1 a more rapr
id clip than he had ever done hetore
I hey finally go' the whole
i outfit up to the house however3
but the machine was still rest,
e le-s and kept up >ppin' and a
tr aiz/.m' round the house and agt
grivating Mr. Jones and his son
0 und the balaain, who were alt
*ea'lv well nigh exhuused, and
< dr. Jones, as lie v? as Jo ining
r this way, then th ?t, li ipper'ei to
1 seo an nxe, lviac on the giound,
1 and he grabbed up the axe an l
- throwing all o' the strength lie
e had left behind the axe he gav *
g the ' nervous1' automobile a !? #
a rail.splitting licks in amongst
d the running gear, struck ?*'vi'al
If spot'' .nd the m'dJened ;m1oviI
horse" was silent once more. In
t the meantime, the owners oMhe
o machine had returned, and imae
gine their curprine when they
, beheld tneir handsome car literV
tt ! I V7 Ilk"!! I - ? ?k?^oau ?* *.! o/vtfrt-zvd
j j . ? | ?,?-n nii<i * uvriuu
e with tnii', 'h - muddie-tt t-cared0
eat raul 'hev eversiw, l?nt who
1 was so tir d he preferred to keep
v qu'et and !he Iwo men, lather
e mid son, em arra Hid, luiKued,
? dismis'od and well nivh exhanst1
ed. but h'111 alive.
? "Former Lancastrian."
Macon, G i.
The Successful Revival
Meeting at Grace Methodist
Church--The Pastor
"Pounded."
The series of meetings tliat
has been in progress at Grace
Methodist church closed Tliurs
day night with marked success
Our pa6tor, Rev. F. E. Hodges,
assisted by the Kev. J. H. Danner,
ot Bamberc S C., a most
able and gjdly inau of the South
Carolina Conference, who by the
help of God did some very strong
preaching. At each per vice a
mighty power of the spirit was
manifested. Men and women,
church members and nou-churcli
members who were not aB^ured
of salvation knelt for prayer.
Each service was largely attended
throughout the entire meeting,
and especially on Sunday
night the church was filled to
over-flowing,tides of people being
turned away. A6 a result of the
meeting 16 were united with the
church. On last Saturday night
after services the good people of
the church brought out a nice
pounding which they had hid iu
a conspicuous place and presented
it to their pastor, Key. F. E
dodges. There were many nice
th>nge to eat, such as ham, sugar,
coffee, flour and others things
too numerous to mention. We
praise God for tho spiritual
growth and | prosperity of
the church, aud Iook forward
with prayer and patience lor
the mauy blessings which Lie
has in store for those who love
an/) onrtrn U1 *-*-*
OVS TO AHUi
A. 6. Jordan
Oct. 31, 1908.
Happy Occasion?Celebration
of Mrs. Nancy Lynn's
80th Birthday.
On last Sunday, Nov. 1st, it
was the pleasure of the writer to
attend a birthday reunion at the
hospitable home of Mr. t\ B.
Lynn, the occasion being the eel
ebration ot the 80th birthday ot
Ins mother, Mr6 Nancy Lynn.
Wh< n we arrived we tound that
a goodly number ha l preceded
us. Among those from a distance
were Mrs. Lynn's daughter, Mrs.
A. J. Ballard, and her charming
daughter, Miss Sadie, and little
son. Master Willie Crawford Hal
lard, of Hock llill. Not lone after
our arrival dinner was an
nounced aud wheu we were ush
ered into the spacious dining
room we found an elaborate leant
awaiting us. The table that
has been in service lor so many
general ions fairly groaned be
nea'h its weight of eood things.
Every thing was there to tempt
the aopetite of even the most
fastidious. was beautifully
decorated with rare ho' house
llnwers and white chrysanthemum,
only whi'e fl ?weis being
used as au emblem of the old
age and puntv ot Mrs. Lynn.
When all had none justice to ttie
bountiful lea> t they repaired to
the silting room au I listened to
some interesting tales of long
ago until old S -1 had almost hid
himself from view.
Mrs. Lynn though 80 years
old is exceptionally spry for one1
of her age, doing all the houee
work 'or herself and son. She
w ?s the recipient o< many useful
presents. We wish her many
happy re<urns of toe day before
she receive^ the ,kWell done th u
| goo I <nd taithlul servant, enter
in'o the joys of thy L rd "
One Among the Number.
Mrs. John F. Clybnrn, now of Flsrtsvillo,
in on h visit to I.unu.istcr, iter for,
mcr home.
?
A Fine Feline
Editor Bigham's Remar able
Ooffie Cat -Capable of all
Sorts of Intellectual Stunts
From the Chester Lantern.
The last issue of the esteemed
Chester Lautern contains an interesting
write up of a recent
marriage in that county in
whioh we are told of the
beautiful house decorations,
how both llie bride and groom
were dressed, as well as the costumes
of the little flower girls,
t.VlA namo nf Uia # ?
uv ..v.uv UI Uiio < 1111, I fl M II ^ 1111 11 ?
ister, etc., etc., but we are left
completely in the dark aa to the
names of the bride and groom,
save the indefinite information
conveyed by the headlines
?"Hudson-Robinson." The office
cat mubt liaye got'eu hold
of a part of Brother Big ham's
"copy."?Lancaster News.
There wan a little glimmer of
light "as to 'he names of
the bride and groom" aside
from the headline, but we must
admit that rather thick darkness
hovered around the identity of
the contracting parties. The
omission would have been detected
had the information not
been in the mind of the proof
reader. But by the way, we
must exonerate the office cat.
She i? so well trained that she
will not molest copy until fed
to her by the editor, except copy
that is not accompanied by the
writer's name. This she is
trained to devour on sight.
And this was the cause of aa
| exciting scramble in this office
Wednesday night. When the
mail was brought in Tabby began
to act-as if she scented fish. Suddenly
she seized one of the letters
and darted under the safe, uttering
that sound which indicate 1
half satisfaction and half announcement
that she was not
at home to company. By vigorous
use of the broom handle
she was run out and the sheets
were rescued in a rather chewed
up condition, and were found
to coutain an account of anotner
wedding, with request to publish,
bu uo name was signed to
the note. By the admission of
p.ircn mat aii! i at pirirlo nno o?/t ?
I strained construction of the law
in such cases made and.provided,
the copy was passed to "ihe
hook," Tabby, to her mortifica
tion, being excluded from the
ollice until the matter was in
type. There is not a dry eye in
our head when we think how
the poor thing wa-> humiliated
on account of faithfulness to duty.
e shall uever forget i?, nor
cau we ever have (he heart to do
so again, and to m ike up for the
injustice, we are going to feed
her a wh ?le lot <?! original poetry,
tributes of respect and cards <>f
thanks that have names with
the'n but no remittance to pay
for publication. He mem.her
Tabby.
In justice, however, to our
Lancaster contemporary and
many otner readers, it is proper
thai we supply the wanting information
about that wedding,
aud it happens that one of our
most hit; hly esteemed Iriends
sent us nno'her account before
receiving the paper containing
the one published. Thinking
that the ground \\a; a!l covered,
ve decided that it was not ne-'
(' -ary to publish it, but it wouid
not have ta^en much space and
would have supplied the mi39
ing link?and we have it yet.
it will be tnund in another
column.