Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 Ibe%-nntMitx (SEMI-WEEKLY.) 1 ( N4'n:ll DAY, NOV. r, lOON. Though beat out ot our boots we still have Thanksgiving D<tv and Christmas left. There are more UI told you so" liars in the land just now than Carter had oats. Tab parts his hair in the middle, but there was no middle ground about ltie vote he got. Tab's stupendous weight ? about 350 pounds?doesn't seem to iuterlere with his runnin' some. ? Wonder how many merchants will think to have their sidewalks swept of! tonight at the closing hour. i It is geuerally conceded that Taft is better than his party, which is at least some consola 4jon to defeated democracy. Wonder what t hat Texas editor is going to do with the money he raised by subscription belore the election to buy powder and fireworks for a local celebration of "Bryan's victory." Those who expected cotton to advance in price in case of Taft's election were doomed to disappointment. The market and its manipulators didn't seem to cars a continental which "Bill" was chosen lo holil down Teddy's J seat for the next four years. 1 ( Many newspapers are devot- 1 ing much time and space to the 1 exploitation of theories as to the v cause or causes of Bryan's overwhelming defeat. What's the usef In the absence of any pos-j I itive knowledge on the subject j one man's opinion is about asi* good as another's. The only,1 thing certain is that Taft got a v big majority of the votes cast, * but as to how many voters were 1 influenced by money considerations, by coercion, by the buga- ^ boo about the election of Bryan menacing business interests, and ^ so on and so on, will probably never be known. w u Is it possible that Rock Hill isn't a city after ail-not even a F town, a village, a hamlet?just a "place" way out in the country, "tar from the madding crowd:"' Doubt on the subject has arisen since seeing in Wednesday's lo issue of the Herald, of that j1} "place," a wondeiful "possum re tale. ill which a nrnminont I ? -, - r ??vvr e:s Hillian is quoted an saying that w it is useless to utramp through (jj he woods" for 'possum, since V( "they are plentiful in town"? iir so plentiful, i; appears Irom our |[ esteemed contemporary's marve lou? tale, that oneof the animals (} was caught by a clerk in a "big (j store" a few days ago, where it cl had evident I v abided for some a{ lime. When 'po?8ums come to ri a''town" to live it is a pr- t'.v gi good sign that it is a "deserted bi vil'ase" c, 1 ANCASTEH'S NEW HOAD SYSTE/V\ f, Wo are in leceip1 of t!ie fol *' ]uv\ ng lefer of inquiry roiri Mr. (' .J. li. lb uce, foi nir-rl v o! Trades \i!'e *-ut now ? ns ilc t of tho ? i?y of Ureenville, where he i- at tho head oi a lame ati I il wri-hintr wholesale an<l re'ail drug company: "1 have watched with some I interest your new road making t in Lancaster county, and desire to ask you to outline your plan c for working your roads. Have 1 you special acts of the Legisla 1 lure tor Lancaster county ' How J. do you raise the funds, by laxa 1 tion, or subscription? Do the 'J abutting land owners pay any 1 THE LANC |>a?t of it? What does it cost per mile? Do yon placo crushed rock oil the road or noi? If so, ilo you get the rook along the roads they are working? Any information you can give will be ( appreciated. I have been made chairman of a committee on good road** bj the municipal League of our city and desire to get up some information along this line." Lancaster's new r.y stem ol road working hadn't been in piACticul operation long enough to undergo a thorough tosf ? o demonstrate its value in comparison with other plans. It was' only in July last that actual] work was begun under the pros-\ ent system, but good progress! has been made thue lar, as we are informed by those in a position to know. 1 iie authority for the county's new road working plan is contained in a special act ol the Legislature passed at its last ses 3ion?in Feb. 1908. Provision is made in the act lor the working ot lhe liighwaysby contract, and tor raising the necessary lunds boih by a property tax and a coiumu- i fat ion tax, the , termer being 4 mills and the latter $3 All male \ persons between 21 and 55 years 1 )t age are required to pay the commutation tax. The funds thus i raised are not sufficient, lor the 1 present at least, to warrant tho , construction of macadam roads. < rhe character ol the work being lone is known as "ditching and i crowning". The crowning is lone by modern road ma chin- . iry All the roads in the county ^ lave been surveyed aud laid off nto sections ol Irom 2 to 5 miles each by a civil engineer, who las drawn plans and specifications md made estimates, etc., ol the vork. A number of contracts lave been awarded and consid- J irable road building is now in i irogress, not only bv contractors >ut by the county itself, the later having purchased machinery, uules, etc, for the purpose. The / vork is costing the county from I 60 to $80 per mile. A con'rac* or is required to not only work is section according to the enineer's plan sand specifications, n ut he is also obligated to keep c lie road in good condition lor lie period of twelve months. All Sj rork is inspected and passed pou by the engineer. Tominent Tar Heel Republican Arrested on Election Day. Clinton, N. C.,special in Char- m tte Observer: Sampson county id a sensation to-day in the arist of its Republican demi-god. ^Senator Marion Butler, aw lie as on his way from hiw North arolina home at Elliott to the ding precinct at Turky. The rest was made by Constable ammond upon a State warrant irorn out before a magistrate in reensboro by Republician State hairman Spencer B. Adams larging criminal libel. An ipoarance bond ot $2,000 was quired, which was promptly ven by Senator Butler with h^| iother, (it'orjje K Bu'ler, a-* se-! irity. This proceeding is but another dure ol the Adam--Bu'ler ibel bit growing out of Butler' aige that Adams grafted xten- | ively while a judge <-f .ami! iaims in Indian Territory States Bryan Carried. New York, November 4.?The I allowing votes will he cast in > he Electoral College for Bryan: Alabama 1 1 , Arkansas 9, Col- ; rado 5. Florida 5, Georgia 13, i Centucky 13, Lou siani 9, Miss ssippi 10, Missouri 18, Nevada 1, Nebraska 8, North Carolina 2, Oaklahoma 9, Tennessee 12, Texas 18, Virginia 12. Total, II 178. FASTER NEWS. NOVEMB Col. Tom Lipscomb Dead. ! Thursday's Columbia Stale :j Thoma* .1. Lipscomb, a llanti Coi 't<l?iH e soldier, ( r yt? s aj pruiumeui ci*'zeu <?f 1 'o nmbia, | iliptl early yesterday mo' ning aft r a l'liuerin^ illnes*. I he new of *he death ot U 1 l ips cotuh wili he rere vi d with pecnliar sorrow iu Columbia and in the ien' oi the S a'<\ especially in Abhevlle an I Newbeirr, v\ h re 'e w as *id-*.v .i n.ee ed i a ?1 hud liV'- i I?*r a pirt*oi ilit I 7.") y- rs of b'-< ev?*u ul ire. L psc?iu'?V a>?er ha? j been ii ?i one. il? Wit-. >1 wa * 11 ''live in u .uid there \v i n in v im i t in whi *' Ik wns i:<teio-ted in o ^ irV- he did mi' i < o v hi - w in' * ? ul. Oil th ? I),ittl field, in p'ii 'cy, or in hu-itu's*, he won the re-peel ui;d idnrift' ion ot both friend? 1111? ii-inies Oecuuse oi this i rait lltci.rwiun KhIi'n i? ChArlflHloii. N. V., iiml llcliirii Via South crn ICiiilwny. Account Charleston Uala Week Festivities the Southern Kail way announces very low round trip rates from all points in South Carolina and Charlotte and Asheville, N. IAugusta and Savannah. Ua., and intermediate stations to Charleston, S. l". Tickets to be sold November l ltli to 2d inelusive, limited for rcLurn until November 23 rd, IhOH. The rate for ebildron between live und twelve years of ago will bo one half rare. For rates, detailed information, etc., M'ply to Southern Railway ticket agents tr address, J. I.. Meek, Asst. (ioncral l'assenger \gent, Atlanta, t>'n.: J. C. husk. liivison Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. OPERA HOUSE 3ne Night Only. Monday, November 9th. JED CARLTON Presents That Purest of American Plays 'WAS SHE TO BLAME" l BEAUTIFUL STAC.K PRO. MOTION. SPECIAL SCENERY. COMPETENT CAST. If there is any humor in your lake-up you will laugh till you ry. If your heart has a tender pot this play will reach it. Eleven years of success. Seats on sale Thursday at 1. C. Hough's. Prices: 25, 50 and 75 cents. 3-11. Your Grocerv Order ? j when delivered from us will be satisfactory inasmuch as ; it will be exactly as you desi red, nothing sent you that is "just as good" as the article you ordered, as our stock is always kept full. Everything here new, fresh and of the very best Quality, as our goods are of the reliable kind, guaranteed by us to l>e the very best. fiennetVH Subscribe for The Lancaster New*. ER 7. I9Q8 ! The Financial Successful Ma Invariably realizes 1 the force and power Many people realize t yet fail to realize the ; count at the bank." knows that a bank l credit; th t it facilitate ^ actions; tli.it it nrnisht 1 these tra sactions (to f any tiim); that in case i? payment it is quickly s m icctified; that his monc m is more secure from 1< L than it would be if in h l that a bank account is i 1 cess and invites a large 1 Build Up a f It is a well recognized fin g expands the power of mone> the work of four to ten?esj: ing investments. Credit at , m The man who has a good en i g so he can take advantage c | g way?he is in a position to r A We Pay You g Our Savings Department lute security for all money ^ per cent, interest, compou m You can open an account wi I XKn Mi | JL Kl^ A' 11 Ol 111 U LANCAST ! Here's the your best Piedmont Pat< Obelisk, Dia I I Just received a fresh lc package goods, loose, s Assorte( OYSTERS W. L. Crox Selection of candy i? srrncrally trying o . reputations of th<-ditr< rent brands. Ok-i . leaves no room for doubt, or even for he pure, - ii n.r rare given each Indlv Idual in a canny us a'tractive a* it is a boleso 3 Manufacture*! by LITTLEFIELi When you want, "Want ' 1 | 11 ff the dynamic value of of a bank account, j he "power of money" m added force of an Mac- \ The successful man % iccount improves his a ;s his business trans- r *s a valuable record of ^ which he can refer at of error in making a t hown and more easily \ ly receives more care, % ">s's by thieves or fire M is personal possession; m an indication of sue- 5 r success. M ink Credit. 1 ancial principle that credit \ f and makes one dollar do )ecially is this true in mak- T the bank is worth having. B id it at the bank is situated m >f any snaps that come his M nake money. M to Save. 1 not only guarantees abso- m s deposited but pays you 4 nded every three months. B th one dollar. % ttional Bank ( ER, S. C. 2 = i FLOUR i 3Ilt, mond Patent, Lone Star. >t Crackers? inowflakes. 1 Fancy Cakes in tins. j ) JUST IN 4A?I Q. n the buyer. but if you know the wveral in [x-rior rcnutut ion and qualit y of Sttrr> 'n Mtatiotu The ingredients arc abiiolutfly l>iece in nianufart ure and handlinir result* >n>e. Sold by all Druffyiita and Confectioner*. 0 A STEERE CO., KnoxvitU, Term. encies Granted it through The News. 1 *