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VOL. 4. NO. 71. SEMI-WEEK
THE TOWN
CAST]
Impressions ol a Visiting Journa
is Rapidly Growing Along All
Feathers. The Wonderful D
Last Few Years. Marked
Also. The Good Roa
William 1'. Klchison in The <'oliimbi* | gtai
State j byg
Probably no town in the State to^(
blows its own horn less than Lan- (mv
caster. These people here go ^
along in a quiet, unostentatious
way, bringing things to pass with
little talk and bluster. They arej an
the poorest sort of press agents
but some mighty good work is tmv
being clone toward buildmg up a . a
magnificent little city here.
The conditionsof thesurround- ;,el
ing country have everything to * ^1a
do with the prepress of any town e'n
and especially is this true of the
South. On the other hand, the eas*
cooperation and aid of the busi- *
ness men in the town can he 01 a|
made very helpful in bettering '
the conditions of the section from u
which the town must draw much mat
of its support. Happily for all s,)
classes the days have passsd when u
the farmer could be arrayed
against the townsman and be Sc
made to believe that the farming 1
classes were Ishmaelites against
whoi.i the hands of all other ,c 1,1
classes were raised. All classes j . n
now see that their interests are i110,1
mutual; that each has its own!1*
honorable sphere and thatco-i
operation is necessary and beneficial.
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The manufacturing interests luI
of Lancaster are very helpful to J a*
the town, but the splendid finan- 0
cial condition of Lancaster county
is a much a more potent fac-! * 1
tor in contributing towards the :X e
healthy growth now taking nlace (,ue
in this town, the evidence of t,ln
which can be seen on all sides. jcou'
It is safe to say that there is noj
county in the State at present ? 1
better oft' financially than Lan- j
\ caster. Farm conditions in this '< ("
' y . . , are
' county are improving each year.
The soil is being tilled scienifically t
There is a farming compound uo
employed in this county compos- |aj.\
ed of brains, improved farming ?
implements, intensive cultivation t(M
and scientific plant study, and it's
proving a mighty fine mixture,
as is evidenced by the splendid 1,11
condition of the lands and farm t(^N
houses. The value of lands here a '
is very rapidly increasing and J,ast
1 hf*
the tendency is fast turning toward
smaller and l>etter farms.
V ^ The farmers of the county are
H not moving into the town of . 11
9' l?ancaster and leaving their work- IR a
ing capital, their lands, in the *} ?
hands of indolent tenants who n< v<
own no soil save the bountiful VVtl^
supply under their nails and con- L
frequently know nothing and care J|HI"
nothing about keeping up and ^
improving the lands of others.
No town can claim a healthy and ^ '
t.s normal growth when its popula- ^ ^
tion is being increased by the .
X .y farmers from its surrounding J1^
\a territory. This is an evil that is
. t?K retarding the farming industry !M
/donA in South Carolina. Many of tne ^
t th^'amaller towns are l>eing in this ^ ^
dfWay deceived to the detriment of j,l '
P both town and country. The far- >v
: mer can not successfully attend
*'? his farm and live in town,
ere town of Lancaster attributes * vei
'?es i of its present growth and
-sed fvfure prosperity to
v-nihg, bejonisting
/oiiert.t
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LY. L/
T"!* T i XT ' loirislat ivh nc\ in vvV
Vjr LAIN- ter was one of the p
ties. In about one
M 1^ road system will err
tically the entire cou
give Lancaster conn
list. A Community that roads of arty county i
Lines Without Fuss and An expensive expert
evelopment Within the being employed by t
Progress in County ,hisS"enlh"si
. ? 1 people here over goo
ids Movement. a (le|eKation wi? ,1(.
umbia in the inter
itial. clever and progressive proposed automobi
iness men who are all pulling through the South,
jther for the advancement of of this county are b<
n and county. concrete, crushed st<
OTAL population of 5,500. ar|d a'l bridges of th<
ancaster. the county seat of ^''ig built of soli
caster county, has a present evei y one which
illation of 3,000 inside the1 en(bire the strain o
n limits and a suburban pop- <,ne 'HS* Augi
ion of about 2,500, includ- county was mad
the mill villages just outside nee>d of permanent ;
town The town issituatedonthe ' <>a^s an(' bridges,
rleston division of the South- ''le tovvn l-*am
railway between Marion. N. the direct pathway o
and Charleston. From Lan- ern P^tverjcompany,
er also runs the railroad to 01 at*'cost foi splendi
ster and the shops and gen- 1K)U(M is thus assure*
offices of this road are locat- Lancaster
tere. The town has an alti- am' recent improve
? of some 7(H) feet. The cli- splendid new waterw
e and health conditions are 's niost highly pri
ndid. Here is to he found 'us* he^n installed a
it might he termed a model Pronounced by a re
led school system and a Southeastern
k)1 building modern in every c''al'()n as fhe best j
?ect and the equal of any in town in the State ol a
State. There are handsome the size ot Lancaste
rches of all denominations. 'owinK report of ar
caster county has a popula- niade by the State boa
of 30.(XX), the great majori- sh?vvs the splendn
eing whites, and an area of Qualities ol this wa
square miles. As previously none: chlorine, 10: fr
itjoned, this county is noted albuminoid am
the fertility of its lands ana nitrogen and nitrate
the ^reat variety of crops trogen and nitrites, n<
can be grown. The volume matter, none; hardne:
usiness done annually in this liuity 7: bacteria per
n is surprising and very like- metre, none; coli-gi
unsurpassed by any town in isms, none. Remarks
State of equal size. This is indications of cor
to two things, first, the fer- Quality excellent,
y of the lands, causing the ^or establish):
lty to produce annually be- plant waterworks I
en 20,000 and 25,000 bales issued by the city t<
otton alone, to say nothing ?f $30,000 and as an
he other fine crops raised, (own, it is interesi
the farmers of this county prosperity
not confined to cotton raising, that the town is h
this large cotton yield, fully <nvn bonds. This
thirds, or about 15.000 bales, brought throng
?u.. hnard nnWIif
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\N CASTER, S. C., JUNE 9, 1909
hch Lancas- officers of this bank art
ioneer coun- Snrinirs. nrr?si<lpni VV
year this Thomson and I). A.
ibrace prat- vice presidents, and
ntv and will Williams, cashier,
ty the finest The Farmers' Hank i
in the State, company is only about
engineer is old, hut is doing a splei
he county in ness and merits the con I
asticare the the people. It has at
d roads that $22,800 and deposits o
sent to Col- It is officered by K. B
est of the president; J. F. Nisi
le highway president, and W. M
The roads cashier.
Eiing built of WELL LAID OFF
>ne and clay The town of Lancaste
e county are tifully laid off and mm
id concrete, tion is paid to civic beat
could ably sidewalks are of cen
f floods like beautiful shade trees ;
.jst in which streets. The town is a
e to feel the very fortunately gover
md durable set of progressive a
awake business men. ;
aster is in are devoting much of t
f the South- to the attention of the t
and a mod- M. Hughes is mayor, ai
id lights and dermen are: L C. Pa
1. W. Sistare. W. P. 1 la1
's industries Mackorel, Dr. W. F. I
mien is, the hosier Moore. ('.
orks system oueath is the city and c
zed. It has .uineer. Splendid polic
nd has been departments are mainta
presentative H. K. McManus, chief
Tariff asso- and W. P. Davis, chie
lant of any department,
.nythinglike The Lancaster Mercai
r. The fol- pany has a capital of
lalysis. .iust Leroy Springs is preside
rd of health, business and also pre:
1 and rare the cotton mill. Hank o
iter: Color, ter and the Lancaster
ee ammonia, railroad. This mercar
monia, .040; cern does an annual In
s. none: ni- $250,000. TheHeath-J<
one; oryranic pany has a capital am
ss. 20; alka- of $100,000 and does a
cubic centi- business of about $250
roup organ- D. Jones is president of
: Free from cern and also of the
itamination. tional bank. Another 1
i**intile concern here is
nent of this pie's Supply company.
)onds were capital of $30,000, and
? the extent nett-Ferguson compan;
evidence of capital of about $10.(MM
tinvr to note ?are two splendidly man
of the highly successful buil
landling its loan associations here, 1
system has doing much for the i
h by a local the town. Here is also
ks composed cotton oil mill, which d<
rman. VV. J. mense business and tur
S. Carter. stream of ready mot
NKS. year.
or.i^..u;u There are many i
U|
ne business ^ hich would pay hand
onservative '0c'a^e(' herd, and the |
hold the re- v'te outside capital a
of the }H?o- seekers to come here an
I surplus of ^ate. assuring aid and
agate over t,on an<' feeling sure
> over $500,- next few years will ma
>nal hank of of progress here that v
nkin* house much to the investor a,
to any city seok(#1.s
tally a magdth
degant r ^ "
all modern "cn- ?0>? 'leased Witl
a capital of tfr Company?
t lour years'
l> jit up a I'oluiuhia special in
nearly ,on Sun',a-V '
>sits clos.- to BoV(l returned this mt.ri
ers of this Bancastel'- where he w
Jones, pre- s')<'c't thomilitan eonip;
vice presi- a vi<>Vt ,M l?l?eing it in
?ri. cashier ar,li,"i-y. The compi
' \ :i ... II.. ...
distant cash- 'A,,s " *l" ' '"Ul fl"M '
extra companies <?t t
and both will be place
aster is an ,
, coast artillery,
unique and rp. . . . . .
. I he Adiutant i.enera
During its
. , morning. in speaking ot
/ears it has . ...
.. , caster company:
ollar. I >11 r- > , , ..
much pleased with the
ias paid out. t .u .
' 'of the troop.
5. paying S
inually. Its ? _
J l.ame-hmil'tfr \* almoMonservatism
flauaed by iheuitntiiaiu ol <
has paid in *:VU,H,V (\Tkii f? hf 1
of i I) ai ii n
HUrplUS / hul <?niy
?s , v*SL7." '
uT.TTW*^
11 mi i\r tci i I I II* ill*." town ' "*" '* 'yw' ,,v
-ancaster. The second cause ^ *'ones, chai
the immense volume of husi- Lunningham and i.
i done here can he attributed four fink ha
te splendid $1,000,000 cotton Lancaster has fo
which turns loose in the banks, all doing a ti
n about $150,000 annually, and controlled by t
if which is spent with Lan- business men who 1
er's progressive merchants, spect and confidence
re are three mercantile cor- pie. The capital an<
itions here whose capital and these banks aggr.
>lus alone exceed $250,000. , $200,000 and deposits
ing the recent panic year it <x>0. The First Natic
matter of pride to the |jeo- I>ancaster owns a ba
>f Lancaster that their mill that would do ci^dit
?r closed for a single day and jn the State. It is n
es were never reduced. nificent building. u
t present there are many bank fixtures and
Isome residences going up equipment. It has
and also several new indus- $25,000. It is riot ye
\ being proposed, one of <>i<i l,ut has already
di is another $1,000,000 cot- surplus and profits
mill. Notice of this propos- $21,000 and has dep.
lew mill has already appeared $175,000. The offic
The Manufacturers' Record, bank are: ('has. I),
of new industries just com- sident; R. K. Wylie.
pd is an ice factory, which is dent; L. M. ('roxt<
very way a model of its kind and K. C. Mackey, asturns
out 10 tons of ice j|?i\
V. This nlant is eontroller! -im. i? -
- ? - - i iu' /-vank 01 i,ant
day or I. M. IIughes ami it* institution holding a
1 has so long l>een felt anil envjable record.
|)lant is so well equipped in career 0f over op >
y way that Mr. Hughes feels never lost a single d
rdonahle pride in its estab- in)f thig period jt ,
Tlfn^' $120,000 in dividends
ftBLPS '^HK COUNTY, TOO. per /cent semi-ar
^rmvn of Iancaster is policr is to combiner
"?iv wuo Va^*w-Uy^;jtiy progress. It
'* was disfc (
^ rostlvlth^ H ,
Mr'S
^ m ,
.,'r. CHROXK
Williams.
(leo. W. ^
iml Trust
one year Great Damage by Re
ulid husi-. Mrs. Ezzell to V\
fidence of merit Citiz<
apital of r^\
f $30,579. 011
. l,in>rle. 1
bet. vice <
. Moore. The urent ^tunclance (
the la*t?-r ) kf' i ' 1 apt we.
\ thrown y. ".f-nr.per on the fa
r is beau- plane f< r "f.e ermine week
L*h atten- but hr.w '.t,ty will have to
ity. The when ? < r <:.*. i> prove riv
tent and for wore hc&in.
idorn the Wp recr#-: very much t<
it present to giv'- cj our genial and
neo Dy a natural *? wn^man. Br. S.
nd wide- sell, and avraotive wile. <vh
and they gone to ^n;.haft, X. C.. to
heir time their hence, fhev will bet
own. T. missed y * he number of i
nd the al- ing friend*. Van Wyok n
yseur, K. uiifortuna'e it. locum l)r 1
/is, J. B. as thic *-;]! leave her wit
,aney and physician. He has pro
W. Re- though, i t to decert us en
ounty en- The b"-i wishes of the 1
e and tire friends that they have mad
ined with ing the time that they hav
of police, in our towi.. go with them,
f of fire Miste-L? ma. Evelyn aud
Nisbet an I Mr. Tayh r l\
itile com- left la?t we*-K for Montreat
$65,000. where they w.11 spend rh?
nt of this mer. Later fhev will Vie
sident of bv Miss Kntr.it Lee Nisbet.
f Lancas- Mrs. iI. H . Miss Eva an
fc Chester Neelv Mtssev took in Wi
itile con- College e< rcirencement at
isiness of Hill. S. \. week.
ones com- M;*s Err.m:e Fudge, stud
1 surplus Winthrf,r
c i lege, jc nt h'?
n annual vacation.
1,000. C. Mr. J Herman Voilet r
this con- Hv>ng trit *o Catawba. S. (
First Na- Wednesday,
ai pre nun- The hvu'-e occupied by M
the t eo- Maggev , Mr Ntsbet's
vv i t h ?j
. ,, wasile'T vt-.: bv lire en
the Hen- . . .
Ihurslfiy m riniic. ItiPtl
.... ' that the tire waf caused b^
>. I here , .. . .,
. fective ervf ti ie. hor.ti
la^eri and ,, .. ,
.. . Mr. MH?pv i-Hveil mns|
din^ and . , ,
. . , hnupeho'd t'<?odp.
A hu-h are
rrowth of >,r* Yrh/- "r '* A?ller>o
a $60,000
>es an im- Comptroller General Afte
ns loose a Auditors.
kv t ac h Columbia. June 5. Con
. or General Jones todav a<
industries . . .
. ... ed a verv sharp letter
Isomely if ?, , . ,
, Marion and Anderson com
,,e,?p'e ,n" ditois f..r their alleged
nd home , . ,
, . .to properly enforce the i
d investi- ,
tax law.
coopera- , . . . .
. 4- in his letter to the An
that the . ,
man he imitates he will
i an eia ^jni removed if he docs
Gil mean better.
id home- He points out to hotli o
that in case of refusal to n
return on the part of a man
It Lancas- K,TSS is Obeyed
aliove $2.50<? the auditor'
is to summon the part
Charles- mt|kp him make a stateme
^lj( (j<>n der oath as to what his inc<
liivr from an<' '' necessary take tosi
ent to in- ^ro,n "thers who are in p
anv. with the nan's im'onn
. I his is in accordance wn
' 1 "aM Ansel's sujrjrestion that t;
nines at turns be made under the
e the two (juisitoriai plan,
he State. - - ??-I
m the Government's Report on Cc
and Acreage of Cotton C
: saul this
the Lan- Wa-hing'on, June 4
am very irro^ii.g r< p on Mav25 w
^condition pel o uT "f normal con li
'-ami?' T';? 7 -i ye.af aivi
ve?r rtv?TMC0 *?I SI 4. lit
Pl?"t*d '? ? .?">* i- > "> '' I
appli* oi thwart* pi?n>fii t?> ?^oi
Muniment.
pr< mpt nnii *e*r.fcmt "?Hbout
'4S
r rviv^rj o I ^ turi
;les of van
vyck
cent Rains. Removal of Dr. and
/axhaw. Marriage of Promen.
Dwelling Burned.
ier Matters of
Interest.
if rh)ii i popular brick yard manager, wat'
*k has | called to the bedside of his mormers'
tber, who is dangerously ill at
Oh. l.owryville, S. C., last week,
move Mr. W. N. Ashe, the well
orabie ! kno? u and enterprising proprie)
tor of the Catawba brick yard,
i have W1S married to Miss Edna Love.
I good j 0f Jioek Hill, S. C., last ThursII
Ez> i day. They arrived here last
0 have , Friday and will make the r home
1 makejaj Mr Massey's. Our best
ireatly j wishes, we extend to them,
admit- j ^e Kev. C. 1*. Carter made a
s verv visit to Lancaster, S C , last S*t.
h/.zell. urday.
h""* H MIhppb (jreer and Athlee Nismi?ed,
j Gf providence, N. C., are vis,tirelv-Siting
Mrp m. J. Ninbet, at "Idle.
ic?bt r>* | wild*', the lovely country home
!e dur- of Mr?. Nisbet.
0 been
On account of the recent heavy
rain-s Mr. J. A. Hyatt, his sodr,
Nisbet' ant^ William, who are
. ,, I making those line roads in the
, N.C., | , ,
'upper part of the conntv, are at
> sum- '
, home,
joined
Mr. W. N. Ashe was a visitor
(, w to Lowryville, S. O., last week,
nthropi ''le heavy rains last week put
Hock I T^e rt^cr and creeks up considera!
bly which caused a great amount
lent of 8 *? the farmers on these
me for streams.
The heavy rains damaged the
nade a , land* greatly.
2 . 1 a?t ' It is with regret that we learn
i of the illness of Mrs. Marv J.
r. Jim | ^isbet, who, tho, we are glad,is
place, tiot dangerously ill. Our hopes
ly last art hat Mrs. Nisbet will have a
sought very speedy recovery,
y a de- a good many ot the Van Wyck
nately people had planned to attend
of his the unveiling in Lancaster last
| Friday, but the rains rained them
n. the i out. Interested.
r Two bureau's revised estimate o! last
year's planted area. This waa to..
day's report of 'he agricultural
lptroll- i r
|(|resa .department.
to the revis(,d estimate ot irbL
itv au- >'ertr8,R planted area was 33 370,
failure acres. The figures for the
ncome area planted this year includes
that already planted and expectderaon
ed to he planted.
I have p,y s?a'es the area planted in
n t do acrea j|| 1909 and the coudition
on May 25, respectively, follows:
! them Virginia, 28,000 and 8.5 per
'^vhtse Cen' * ^ort^ 'ro^na? 1,430,000
and 83; South Carolina, 2,498,sdutv
>ln,, Georgia, 4.873,000
\' and a,u' Florida. 206,000 and 91;
lit un- Alabama 3,552,000 and 83; Mi?
line is. desippi, 3,244,000 and 78; l.ouinion.N
mjanat 1,155,000 anil 74; Texas,
osit ion
0 710,000 and 78 ; Arkansas, 2,htlov.
304,000 and *4 ; IVm 754,i'ht
i - """ an<' ^ ^ i"*"uri. 30,000 and
03; 0 Uh"nv?, lM 12.000 and 84.
nulltion Georgia Lawyer Suicides.
'roP- VI: on, Cvi., June 5. ? William
.? l l?e Brun-on. for several years solicia?
81.1 iur tieneral of the Macon circuit,
lion, a- wa^ found living in his room this
:i en- morning by members of the farae
area i 1 y and there were indications
ier cent that lie had fired a Vi?A Shis 1
ton last head with euici,^1 ' \ / f
31,018. Ho di?J^ **" W
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