Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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> _______ m p!P ^ i j ~ The Wise Farmer Will duce His Cotton Acr Next Year?Succes Those "Who Have Air "Reformed"--The Prop Agricultural High Set -How to Improve theC try Schools. Editor The News?It has mighty slow work to gathe market our short crops. A seems that the price kept ft as harvesting progressed, perhaps, some lolks did bett there is a bumper crop of c in the South, uotwithstandii shortage. Therefore, the \ a belt of cotton planters oujj reduce their cotton acreage season by twenty per cent.. Our old friend, M. J. 1 wrote The News a mighty letter on that poiut a fow i ago. He told us just wh ought to do, but we are eternal einnerB that, the d cotton has us under her th and we are so far gone dow current of greed and bad 1 that we will Dot make an to get ashore. It is, however, a che thought that a goodly numl farmers proles relorm, wh their practice conforms to professions or not. Casting about in mind, who in former years we] debt and lost their propert well as those who paid out can now write a good che*. find that, as a rule, those win out renounced their bonda; King Cotton, and those wh< tinued m bondage lost This r to convince even theskeptici there are many who do not to be convinced. It soun< to talk about the number of of cotton they make, but don't hear them say how dollars they have in the I Hog and hominy raised at demands fewer bales of oott live on. How difficult it is to sett educational problem ! The ca'ion of the negro is a which constant gnawing do< wear away, and the educab our white youths is a pi Some are too poor to go th Uiem*on, some do not ca while still others know not to do. Lately it has beet posed to build several agricu high schools iu the State, \ those unable to go to Clo or the University, or the Ci may attend and work enou shop and field to pay thei through?both boys and gir Let us look at this thim before we leap. Ilow are y going to work through? they have a summer vai and leave the crops in the and close the shops, or will have vacation in winter, vacation at all? 11 they st school, the girls should be 10 cook, wash and run the and do the sewing. When Ulemson was establ the people were told that sons could do work enou pay most of their expen9 that institution How man . allowed to do so? These pr I ed schools may turn out the way. Cleuiaon has good equipi which should be open to th of a class that does not, nn tend there, and those who a li'erary course should go 1 other colleges. To this en faculty should give prefe to bovs who want industria technological training, an any applications are to be r ed, lei them be of those wh ] EC tire a literary course. Then the ? ^oytr could *\>rk as part pay^ ^ ment of expenses ; and the col- ? "I lege periorni what it was designed "j eage to <ki. i lu same rule could with t s of p>' be applied to Winthrop? eady Ht !ca?t *? some extent. Ther. let [ pa'Hnfcs jiive ius'.-uciion home c )OSCQ to those who can not, attend tools either of tli?se t-chcols. And, f t u4-ill lrtt 4 1 iwuii- vu..vi ninu,iri uui (;uuuu; people employ better teachers to instruct their children?not boys and been girls, but teachers of ability and r^and dignity to command respect and nd it impart knowledge. In order to tiling do this they must go down in Well, their pockets a lit'le way?not a er, as great distance; they would be surotton prised to know how little. A ig our very small special tax would 9e- a vhole cure a good teacber;audwhen die ? :ht to tributed it takes only a small sum * next from each person. A three mill v tax would only require three dol- u Long, lars on a thousand : but it would ^ good give better teachers and longer Q issues sessions. And, if six mills were a at we required, the education would ^ such be cheap ; for a man owning a ? emon thousand dollars would pay six n umb, dollars for three or six children, n the I wish you aud your corps of labits assistants of every grade and all eflort your readers a happy new year. Rustic. ering - ? . aer ot Killing in Cherokee. ether Gaffoev spocial in Sunday's t leir Charlotte Observer: The only i homicide thus tar renorted in ttlOSQ r Cherokee during the holidays oc a p0 |Q (\ curred late Thursday night about ? v' <l* ten miles from GafFoey. John ij, ^ ^ Fernandez, a negro, was shot ^ ' and killed bv Watty Lioder. The ,\ shooting was done at the home r ?0 to of the dead negro, in the north' 000 west section of Cherokee county. ,7 Linder is the son of John Lind- = &l,out; . , i - i , ; er, a prominent and highly reepected Cherokee planter, is big bales j.^ Tillman Gone to Cal; you . ? many! lfornla' " hank J The E igefield News: Varied home j emotions po^ess me in bidding ci ion to adieu, perhaps farewell, to South Carolina, and to the people who le an have known me from childhood, edu-! "It is hard to say good-bye, bone awl only those who do so can ^ )s not' feel sorrow, ion of' "When I think of the thousand Lizzie, kindnesses friends did me, of I( rough the forbearences they have shown ire to, my shortcomings, 'lis then the what heart throbs strongest with * nrn f? r H t i t 1111 A - ? 11 ft kojlo tl>- ??'l M p, v- j r,.?? l?/v uiio I UO onu j ltural | farewell But destiny decrees J **here that I go. mson, ''In a distant section ol the tadel, country, in far-off California, >' igh in where it is said all is sunshine t, r way and clouds are unknown, J a Is. wander in search of health. t, well There among strangers in com- ^ ouths hig years, if years be left to me, i* Will I hope to clasp the hands of '} ;ation many and call them friends? ? grass irionus such us I leave behind. " they "But if it b-4 otherwise, then, r' or no as in the oft.quoted, but none v av in the less touching lines o ill taied * there Byron : t> u dairy ! " 'Here's a sigh to those who 1 i i? love me, r, lished And a smile to those who ^ their hate; <rh ro And whatever sky's above me. es at Hero's a heart tor every late.' ? iy are "James II. Tillman." -opos. - H, same i be ol?l fashioned way ?t dosiug a weak stomach, or stimulating the Heart or Kid- ^ neys is all wrong. Dr. Hhoop first pointed * out ibis error This is why his prescrip- V llOOt, tion Dr. Hboop's Restorative Is directed d 10 lise entirely to tlie cause of tbese ailments- the weak inside or controlling nerves. It ian t ti iW at- so difficult, says Dr. Hboop, to strengthen a a weak Stomach, Heart, or Kidneys, if one K WHIft goos at it correctly. Kaeh inside organ o v0 the ^aM con,ro"'ng or inside nerve When tj ' these nerves fail, then those organs must <? id the *?rely falter. These vital truths are lead- | ing druggists everywhere to dispense and (l rence recommend Dr. > hoop'a Kestorative Test (, i Hn(f it a few days, and see! Iniprovemeut will k promptly and surely follow. Hold by _ d, if Fnndarburk Pharmacy. w eject- ' 10 de- Subscribe to The News. ? i fHE LANCASTER NEWS. DECEMBER 3Q, I90 Auditor's Notice. NOTICE Is hereby given that this ifllce will be open from the 1st. day of anuary to (be 20th day February 1909 m mm a| or the purpose of receiving the H | H B urns of H e ttxpayers of L<i.carter S K QR H B B B B ounty. M GB B The Auditor oran Assistant will at- Bl B B B B B B end the following places inn thecoun- H H H B B H H yon the days the B B B B J)g B onvemence of the public, > iz : H B BA? E Oso? ola, January t? B B ^wPr WB B Pleasant Valley, January 7. Iloloi. u unoil , U nil II 41 J O Van Wyck, January 9. Ceo Phillip's Sioie, January 11. Dwight, January 12. Tradesville, January 13 Taxahaw, January 14 Flat Creek, January 15. Ilaile Cold Mine, January 13. Welsh's, January 18. i&XV".r.y,^2?,cloek- Articles in our Not 21. Heath Springs, January 22. Thomas llendrix's, January 23. W. T Vanlandingham's January 25 It will be to the interest of every axpayer, to make their returns romptiy of all personal properly,also II transfers or improvements on real state and save the penalty of 50 per ent which attaches after the 20th of 'ebruary. Ssid penalty will be imosed without fail in every instauce there party fails to make return. The Poll tax of one dollar is laid pon all persons between the ages of Psinrv HfltQ 1 and 60, except those exempt by law. A ?41,cy All male citizens between the ages Pretty Belt Buckles. f 21 and 55 are liable for Koad Tax, J nd anyone refusing or neglecting to German Silver PUTS lake returns to the County Auditor c the required time is liable to a tine I Hand Batrs. f $100 or 30 days' imprisonment. .So _ ? earken to the Auditor's appoint- Sofa PilloVVS. tents. Respectfully, Back Combs. II II H orfiui r , ? v Bead and Velvet Tit Lancaster, S. U., Nov. 28, 1908. 17-b .= Silk Handkerchiefs. state of south caholina, Linen embroidery cousti of unca8tok. ?>?? v.i.u.u.uv.^ Iti the Probate Court, chiefs. Hv J. E. Stewman, Esquire, -?-?/ Probate Judge Blue Moon PcrflimC WHEREAS, MARY TAYIjOH made suit . , yT 4. T*) me to grant her Letters of Administra- /vmetnySt riat 1 inS. on of the Estate of anil eflects of LEE _ T aylou. Gold 1 op Beauty 11 THESE ARE. THEREFORE. to cite , nil admonish all and singular the kindred BrOOCheS. ml creditors of the said LEE TAYLOR, f eceaseil, that they be and appear before GhildrenS LeOfSfinS. le, in the Court of Probate, to be t-? eld at Lancaster Court House, 011 the U Holly Box Paper. Ill day of January, next, after publics on hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to Tray Cloths, liow cause, it any they have, why the said * dininistration should not be granted. S CcntCf Pieces Given under my hand, this 2trd day o( 1 eceraber, Anno Domini 1908. I y.,nrv C nil arc j. e. stewman, i ancy sonars. Probate Judge. I TNIprlrtifc December 23rd, 19C8. '24-25 _* - Cuff Buttons. Notice to Former Road ; Barrettes, Etc. Etc. Overseers. At 50 Ce All former road overseers of tho pub- 1 Bill Books, c roads of Lancaster County having in | loir possession any road tools of any 1 Scarf PinS. ind, such as picks, shovels, plows, rag-scrapes or hoes, will plcasedeliver Pancy Btatiooary. lem all to mo at my residence in l.an- ' ' aster, S. ('., as early as possible. $ L. J. PERRY, 24-tf County Supervisor. CLERK'S SALE. I TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.! ! Couuty of Lancaster, In the Court of Common Fleas. ila A. Nisbet, Loma May Nisbet, TlrVYl'f" r|1l Emmal.ee Nisbet, Evelyn K. Nis- XJKJLX. I A- Ol U A. J bet, Ola Louise Nisbet and Taylor ^ I*. Nisbet, Orinau A. Ni-bet New- YJT7 1 Tl ton A. Nisbet, by tlieir guardian .!.? W W J.U. ? ad litem, K. M. Croxton, Plaintiff's, versus H . Edwin Nisbet individually and as Administrator of the estate of Edwin W. Nisbet Deceased.Defendant. By yirtue of an order of court made ^ Yl I I I W i tbe above stated cau?e by Ju"ge I. E. Hydrick, bearing date Decemer 1st, I90S, the undersigned will sell I public auction, at the Court House I tops, to the highest bidder, on the I K.ST MONDAY IN JAM Alt Y. g 1)9, all that piece, parcel or tract of md, situate, lying and being m lnian Land Township, County of Lauaster and State of South Carolina, bout two miles north of Van \Vyck, n the Northwest side of Twelve Mile reek, and on the East side of River j ^ uad, leading from Six Mile church, | I fill nd containing One Hundred and I S7 2 m| ? A S 'orty-nine (149) acres, more or le-s, I ? feVY'i S ft ft Tk ? ud bounded as follows, to wit : On I _& a 1|s>' u ^LA I Ue North Oy lands of Dr J. D. Nis- S ? >vr IrH 9 et and estate lands ol a . YV. Heath, eceased; South by lands of Mrs. i aii nn.> i 111111 m 11, i?r j. i) Nishel 9 nd Twelve Mile creek; Kast by es- I ite lands of A \V. Ninth, deceased, i mmnfMMI?wrrTin*,liOT*rBriilttrrriinillWMWr lid Twelve Mile creek, and on tlie 1 est by lands of I?r. J. D. Xiftbef ________________________________ 2. All that piece, parcel or tract f land situate in the County and I DR. J E-^A^ELSH late a'oresaid, lying between the j nCWTIQT aters of Waxhaw and 'i'weive Mile' UC.nl I IO I nets, containing l'wo Hundred and ! Office ill Kmihons Bui'iling op< ft> C2-.0) a. rea, ni .re or less, bounded | )osit0 Kir>t National Bank. n ti.e north by lands of It. II Ma-- ' . ty and A. Obenoskey; on the Kast j ' hone ?N<?. b. y lands of I>r .1 I). Nislet; on the LANf'ASTEH, S. Coutli by laiide of Dr. J. I). Nisbet ! nd Mrs. Sadie Stewart; and on the ^'?.b.V"'""!V'\id*M?Aw H"""' DR- DOUGLAS McINTYRE ?. Also all that piece, parcel or DENTAL SURGEON ract of land siliiite in the ('mint) nnl . ,, ,. , , u, .... ?, ? , . . . ' Ollic.e over Heath-Jones < o.'s store nd .itale atoresaid, coutaining | lleven and one-La f acres, more ! Nr less, bounded on the North by esn(\lands of Mrs. l.ula L. Nisbet, de en**d ; on the Kast by lanils of Dr. .1 T l-i*p ). Nisbet; on the south by lands of |? A v^O 1 1-ilX. r. .If D.-Niabe.; and on the West by , uidA of Mrs. Sal lie .Stewart. litj?-U.i?in ?ind tMirotton Teiins of sale, cash; purchaser or Office over Crawford Itros. Drugstore urchWrs to pay for t?apers All calls promptly attended N J K GREGORY, ! night and day. 102 I ClerkC. I*. L. C. __ ? Che^i). Jones, Plaintiffs' Atty. T 8. (Oec. 5. 1908. Subscribe for The I^mcaster Newn ^fc. , \ Alt GOC ion department suitable for Chr at 25 cents. Suspenders in Fancy t Mexican Drawn Work es. Silk Handkerchiefs. Neckties. Combs in Match Sets, brooches, and still a gc es. other things at tY prices. Handker- At One Dol We can show you nui useful articles suit; presents. Among t ns- Nice Silk Mufflers, H Gold brooches, Auto Perfumes, Parasols, b Slippers, Kid Gloves, 1 shes, I dozen Doilies nice 'Towels, I bed S Comfort, Slumber Robe ears. For the next two w will offer the followin snts. at a liberal reduction: Mens' and boys Suits, coat Suits, Ladies Lor childrens' coats. I hat You Only Have a Sh< iThich to get a Chance at o PRIZE OF! ER MERCANTlli ida|wty m was the exquisite flav ority of our Chocolates that Wreputation of this firm, and it was injr of that superiority of quality that W firm the leader of all the world today in J superior Chocolates. Sold bj all Druaaitta m M Manufactured by Littlcfield St cere Co., K 1 1 Exclusive Agencies Gr I. ' 3 inol lua \ istmas gifts ^ >oxes. >od many le above lar nbers of I able for hem are: \ at Pins, Scarfs, p ed room ^ Hlair bru- 5 , 1 pair pread, 1 $ :s, Sweateeks we g goods , Ladies' ?rt Time ur FER 1 ECO. \ nd delicious! ml, crucial tost ctioner's standu the quality of 7tes. I iember that it or and superifirst made the ! i the maintainhas made this the matter of. < id Confectioner*. noxville. Tenn. anted