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% 4 ^panrastflr pi (SEMI-WEEKLY.) I'nl>li*h<*l W?inwd?vti ?nd S*lti i Lancaster. tS. C., by Tlie l.ant Publishing Company. CHA8. T. CONNORS I A. J. CLARK Business Mr Entered as second-class maltor Ocl tW06, at the postoNlce at Lancaster under Act of Congress of March 8, WEDKRM?AV. MAY 1!?, 11 Luther Burbank is said to evolved a plant that gives hoi and water. ?Augusta Ch icle. Now let him make more evolution, eliminatinj water from the plant, and fortune is assured. - The weather has taken Isummer hue following the ^ caster blow of the past few t Chester Lantern. Yes. and it will take o autumnal hue, too. when caster "blows" next fall. According to the superii dent of weights and measur New York the people of State were robbed of tw million dollars last year. \v is practically a confession he is not doing his duty or the law under which he opei is totally defective. As a tection to the people every i should have a stringent regulating weights and meas and the proper machinery f< rigid enforcement. They are erecting an ice | in Lancaster. In this sun weather we imagine that company will get a splendid tomer out of the Lancaster N ?Chester Lantern. This paper being a "spU customer" of all local enterpi oui it will, of course, make no ception in the case of th< plant. And, we are pleasi state, the most of Lancas ontprnriaps arc irnod natm The News. We believe it ciprocity over here. Bishop George W. Clinto Charlotte. N. C.. presided the New Jersey annual co ence of the A. M. E. Zion eli held within the last few da Newark and the newspt .->peak of the good impre made by him upon his nort brethren and the public g< ally. "George" is a Lane negro, nephew of the late Bi Isom ('. Clinton, and des< great credit for his advance! in life and for what he is c for the moral and spiritual terment of his race. Itefei to his address before the Jersey Conference, a Ne special in Sunday's Char Observer says: Bishop Clinton spoke of friends of the negro race, North anil South, urging the ministers put forth an c to retain this friendship, spoke of the friendly rel: existing in the South bet' the races, and all he had u for the South were won praise. He paid a high tr to the Southern press, a; that it was ever ready to ai< negro in his efforts to built A social mention was mat his home paper. The able contributions v have from time to time published in The News, bj S. 10. Bailes and others, i interest of the County Su School Convention, which sembles here next Friday. . 1 1. A 4L i 1 m? uowm insuu' me uuemi of a large and represent; body of Christian workers all parts of the county. Su< least should be one result o praiseworthy efforts of t plant N- to ffet mm sen in apple-pie nmer order for the approaching State the Press AssociationVneeting. Somecus" body in the ledger office. presum ably the "devil," fired i- i the following parting shot at Bi-o. Decamp: The Ledger office force hopes 1 Vx~ for "The Old Man" a speedy re lce covery, and tliat he will enjoy e?l to his trip to the wild and woolly iter's mountains to its fullest extent, ns of Every member of the force loves' the old rascal: but he had become 1 1 e~ so irascible that there was no getting along with him. so we . are glad that ho has gone, n. of over (EXPLANATION. nier- Owing to the failure of a shipmrch H10I11 of paper to arrive, it was .>nl" necessary to print this issue of I ipers News on the smaller size ssion use(i before the paper's enlargehern ment. We hope to receive the ener- belated lot of paper in time for aster Saturday's issue. ! Y S IVlan Who has Borne Much Affliclointf t'on Presenlet' With Nice Pres| bet- ent. rnng When in town last Saturday New Mr. William Vick. of the Zion wark section, was presented with a lotte handsome edition of the New Testiment, by his friend Sheriff J. P. Hunter, which he gratefull"? ly appreciates. Mr. Vick is the both oldest member of the Zion comtPal munity. bein# sixty years of aj?e, ttort anc| takes an active interest in the affairs of his church. He is ation a manof most abstemious habits, ween |je has never tasted liquor, nor ? say bas he ever used tobacco in any f* form. ibute jyj,. Vick, by the way, has l>een 'V'UK most severely afflicted in his day and time. When sixteen years old UP* he had white swelling, which causL'? ed him to lose a bone in his ankle. Thirty-six years ago he came near dying of dropsy, his attend.hich ing physicians, three in numlier, been him up. He was so fearv* . billy swollen that finally the skin 1' on nearly every portion of 1 is n the body and limbs burst. Within nday four hours as much as eight ga as Ions of water was discharged. To wiU this day Mr. Vick is marked by . (j hundreds of scars caused by the ance bursting of the skin. He has ativei |u?(?n entirely freeof dropsy since from, that terrible attack. ?h at ? f the yoa *?nt aay priating donn hese h * New*. THE V1F0' ^*8 earnest^v h?Pe^ t tha\ e*ery Sunday School in the i county will be fully represented. rtiKvs The Association to be formed :a#u't! promises to he a most potent ?-? ; factor in the advancement and ; enlargement of Sunday School t 7th' work in the county and no school ,s.c., can afford to remain out of touch l879, with the movement. ?o?. Here's an eminently deserved compliment to Editor Hemphill have which comes all the way from alco- the little town of Farmington, iron- in Connecticut, taken from the one Farmington Valley Herald, a X the bright and newsy weekly visitor I his to this office: Editor James C. Hemphill, of the Charleston News and Courier, on a has been secured to deliver next Lan_ >'ear lectures on journalism in , the Bromley course at Yale. We ?a>s. regar(j as a wjse choice. Mr. Hemphill is a thoroughly n an representative southern news Lan- paper man and has made the News and Courier the great newspaper of its section as well t as one of the great ones of the f United States. He stands for es or hjgh jdea|g an(| js splendidly that qualified to deliver lectures that enty will be of interest, value and diich helpfulness. that Many leading journals throughelse out tbe country have commented rates favor on the high honor repro cently bestowed on Editor HempState hill, but none more strongly or law meritoriously than the Farmingjures ton Valley Herald. )l !t> Editor DeCamp, of the Gaffney Ledger, has gone to Hot Springs, LANQ ASTER NEWS. MA I Agonies I I Of Pain I Never five up, tad think that I H all weeien, yearned laeladed, have ^ I i? aimer pan. B Thousands at woaiea have writ- H tea ta UK haw they have cared I their waaiaaly Ule, aad relieved H their palas t **t aver a aillllea H have heea beaetted, la various I ather (oraia ef tnaale dlaaase, dar* I lag the past M years, hy that I papular aad saecesstnl fewaJe H raaiedy | - CARDUI WOMAN'S RELIEF ^9 "I believe I weald aew have H ^9 heea dead," writes Mrs. Mloate H (H Law be, a( Lehaaaa Jaactlaa, k'y., H M "If It hada'l heea far Cardul. I H ^9 had salfered with had cranpiag K 9| spells, pslas (a my hack, sides H 29 aad anas, aad awful bearing-dewa H 9 palas. New these palas have all H 9 gone, as a resell af aslag Cardul." H gj At All Druggists | I WRITE POR FREE ADVICE. I M etui Ins age and describing rmp- Rb (9| tonn, to Ladtee Advisory Vrpt., ^9 The Chattanooga Madlolne Co.. HI BBM Chattanooga, Tonn. K38M S. S. CONVENTION. The Delegates and by Whom They are to be Entertained' Tt? delegates t<> the County Sunday School Association to l>o hold at Lancaster, Friday anil Saturday, May I ttli and 13th, have been assigned homes as follows: Shiloh ? Mrs. M. P. Latitat! at K. \V. Sistaro's. Miss Klla Robinson at Hev. K. L. Kobinson's. Mr. and Mrs. .1 K. Craig at \\ It. Kobinson's. S. \V. Craig at \V. I>. Craig's, /.ion?NVylie Steele at Mrs. M. V. | Allison's. \V. C. Williams at Jones House, W. I'. I ten net t I host) Kershaw ? R. A. Hilton at K. It. I .tilgle's. Miss Marie Itrower at W. Mcl). Itrown s. Iteiair?It. 1*. Koss at A. It. Ferguson 's. Mew Hope?Frank Richardson at .1.1 Nl. Hood's, Van Wyck ? Mrs. J. A. Hyatt at u j F. Ferguson's. Rod Hill?Mr. I?. s. Small at VS. It. Flylei's. Miss Itulah lliusou at II N. Sowell's. Miss Li/./.ie Small at II. N. Sowell's. I t??t 1% I VV I 'uritoc a* ? 'I' I son ' ?. .1. 1>. Ply 1111 ai .Ino. 1*. Hunter's. Miss Maude Mapp at W. II. Heed's \V \. lieekham at I.. J. Perry's. Tabernacle?It. S. Stuart at J. A. Mew-man's. Odessa Plyler at II. N. Ilatlicock's. A. t'. Howell at J. K. Hlaekinon's. Williamson Cross itnnds?Mrs. A. c. Williamson oi alternate at .(no. I' * i reen's. Mr. s. K. Stariu-s at tones House IT. t'. <Sreon, host.I l-'ork Mill?(i. W. Kllis at .Ino. Kind's Mrs. <'era l-'llis at W. T. tlrogory's. A. It. Adams at W. M. Moore's. Pleasant Hill?S. Beckham or alternate at J. P. King's. other delegates will ho gladly received and assigned homes who have not yet seni in their names. .las. 1>. Beaty, ( hm. entertainment Coin. JUPLij>o'of Fenn's Jack will convince you that It is the best 10c plug oil earth. (?et it from Lancaster Mercantile Co. SPECIAL NOTICE 1'iirtLos expecting to leach in this county tln< ensuing snhool year are her?by reminded, that in order to teach in the Public Schools of this county, tlicy must hold a certificate of qualification or n diploma from ono of the chartered colleges of the State. Please bear this in mind and avoid further trouble along this line, by pass ing the examination next Friday, May 14. I.et all applicants be on hand promptly at 0 o'clock a rn.?supplied with paper, pens, pencils, etc, in order that they may finish their work, in the appointed time. A. (' !<< ?\VK 1,1,, It. ( o. S. Ed. A Card of Thanks. I take this method of returning thanks to neighbors and friends tor rendering all the assistance in their , power in trying to save my heme on the occasion ol it* recent destruction by tire. I am also deeply grateful 'o all those who have since extended to mo substantial aid. M. D MoManus. M 12, I9Q9 A Matter Of Res:: Aged men often regret adopt systematic methods reers. Young men should These Experience; and systematize their finan ing a checking account wil will enable them to presen Accurate Record of their receipts and disbu subject to check whether cordially invited. The First Natic Crystal I PHONE 2 Read the State Chemist water that is used in n ice sold by Crystal Charlc sanitary Water Analysis No. 170, ceived January Vi.'l, HKH? of sample of wi A Ice ?'ompany. I Color Chlorine Free Ammonia . Albuminoid Ammonia Nitrogen in Nitrate-. Nitrogen in Nitrates ... oxygen required to oxidize organic ma _ Hardness (as parts of Co COS) soap tos yj Alkalinity (as parte of ("a COS) I Total s?>iids !.oss on Ignition lb-marks: free from chemical .ndioat Hespcotftll i Anrnyninnr tliA ImnrAt/a/l fl^ilar rt( 1 41 IVVI1VVI 111115 IIIV I III p I U ' I U V/l UWI VI g Red Men. The Improved Order of Ked Men. ref aence to which is made in another part of this issue, in descended from the sons of liberty, of which Oeorgo Washington ' was an onicer. It only exists where I the American Flag is Supreme. In the I l". S., Panama and the Philippine Isl- 1 ands. Only white American citizens, not under IS years of age, can join. lt? J present membership is over 500,000 ; ' membership in South Carolina .'<000. It is patriotic, Fraternal and Charitable, it takes care of the sick, buries the dead, i It has a system of caring for orphans, , peculiarly its own. It spends thirty to forty thousand dollars annually for this purpose and has a growing reserve hind <>f< ighty thousand dollars in its Orphans Support Fund. It is caring for four hundred or more oiphans in the United states. It is maturing a plan to care for the aged and will soon commence To f thi - noble work. Its government is similar to that ol its country, the Kxecuti\e, I/vgislaiivr and Judicial depart- Ac< incut*. This system is carried 1mm the the local Tribe to a State Council, then the low <?rci?t Council of the IT. s. w hose head I Kv I rorr? sponds to tho I'nwidunt. It isobar- soli to rod by tho Congress of tho IT. S. and pi| 1 the various state Legislatures and its |at< i <l? vi<os arc patented. It has hnd laws f ; t > h s s# 1 In many Stairs forbidding nun- H|M| im in hers \\ oaring the badge ot any frn- J f tomity and lias conducted prosooutiona I {against violators of this lan . Tho plans, benefits, methods, etc., will j la* fully explained by speakers f rom 0(0 ; tho head ofllco who will he present ni a I this meeting. Ml A 1 Sficf ml Notice* "< hildron's I?av" will ho observed noxt Sunday Morning at Tabernacle ohureh, eottimoncing at 10 o'clock. 5 ' * t ^ ' * / ret that they did not ; early in their catake warning from S cial matters by open th this bank, which re an rsements. Deposits large or small are W'vr^ k 'V tnal Bank ce Co'y >46 ~ :'s Analysis of the lanufacture of the Ice Company , ston, .s. ? January 20, 1009 drawn January 22, l&OP, reater from Camden Water Light Itosults In Parts per Million: 5.00 3.00 0.30 0.12 0.60 * 0-00 Iter * t . .. 17.00 20.00 j *>7.00 ions* of contamination. Ly submitted, AN CIS I.. PARK Kit, Jr. ^ <17 n-' I HmQHCBfifflUflHHBBHHBIMDGnmMi Organ and Piano Hargains. Some good square Pianos irotn .. |4.r< to f 7r>. Some good used Organs from J2."> to f4f>. Should the purchasers of tliose instruments J desire to exchange them in a lew years for a new piano, we will al- ? low their market value as a credit I on the new pianos. Write at once for particulars, as , . bargains go quickly. MAl.ONK'S MUSIC HOU8H, / 28-s Columbia, S. C. | EXtl RNIOA ft AT F.N I.ouls?Ulr, Hp, ml Kottirn lis No 11 thorn Rstlwsf. < aount Southern Itaptist Convention S. ut l.ern Railway announces very ' round trip rates to Louisvillls, .. frorr. all j otnts, Tickets will be 1 May 10, II. 12 and 18,1909. iimltfor return leaving Lonieville not rr than midntght of May 22nd, 1809 *- ?> ...j. [Bkcn iruin principal i ions aa follows : liar ki-burg M?6. Cheater 15.85 ancnater 17 05. Kook Hill 15.85 'orkville 15.85. "or ticket-, detailed information, / . appiy to Southern Railway ticket 'iits or addieaa, J. I<. MFF.K, i-rit. (0*n?-;*l I'aaaenger Agent Atlanta, Ga. J. C. LU8K, . Lm vision 1'nnsenger Agent, 5-U4H. Charleston, 0.0. . 4