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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21
Care Of Employees,

Next In importance to the problem Of
sanitation, ard Indeed now Of equal i'm.
portance, is the problem Of occurring and
caring for the mechanics. laborers and
other employees who actually do the work
on the canal and the railroad. This great
task has been under the control of Mr..
Jackson Smith, and OH the whole has
been we'll done AT present there are
some 6,et8 white employees and some
1900 colored employees on the isthmus.
| went over the different places where
the diferent kinds Of employees were
working | think | saw representatives
of every type both at their work and IN
their homes; and \ conVersed with prob
ably a couple Of hundred Of them all
told, choosing them at random from
every class and including those who came
especially to present certain grievances
olinost invariably expressed far greater
content and satisfaction with the con-
ditioHs than did those who called to
MAKE complaint.
Nearly 1000 of the white employees had
come from the United States. No man
energeticaiiy doifs their daty without
a thrill OF pride in them as Americans.
They represent on the average a high
paid them will seem high, but as a mat
ter of fact the only general complaint
which ! found had any real basis among
the complaints made TO me upon the
~isthtnus was that. owing to the peculiar
surroundings. the cost of living, and the
distance from home, the wages were
really not as high as they should be. In
taet, almost every man | spoke to felt
that he ought 10 be receiving more
fnoney--a view. however, which the aver
age man who stays at home. In the
United States probably likewise holds
~ regards himself / append figures Of
tthe wages paid, so that the congress can
Judge the matter for itself. Later / shall
confer on the subject with certain repre-
sentative labor men here in the United
states, as, wen as going over with MI,
stevens, the comparative wages paid on
the zone and at homes and ! may then
communicate my findings to the canal
committees of the two houses,
Chinese and Other Labor.
or the 1900 or 2 10000 day laborers
employed on the canal "a few hundred
work, Their foreman told mo that
they did twice as well as the West
Indian 1aborers. They keep healthy
and no difficulty ~ experienced with
ers are also employed in connection
with the drilling, AS might be OK
pected. with labor as high priced al |
at present in the United States. 1T has |
not 80 far proved practicable 70 get
any ordinary iaborefs from the United
States. The American wage workers
on the isthmus are the highly maid |
skilled mechanics Of THE types mem
toned previously, A steady effort is |
being made to secure Italians, and es~
peciaily TO procure more Spaniards.
because OF the very satisfactory re-
suits that have come from their em-
ploynent and their numbers will be
Increased as FAR as possible. 1t has
proved possible, however, to ret
in anything like the numbers
for the work, and from present
appearaac noes we shall in the main have
TO rely. for the ordinary unskilied
work, partly upon coiored laborers
from the West indies. partly upon
Chinese labor. It certainly ought to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21
HE FOOLED THE HoLDUP MEN.

ing with a considerable amount OF
money in his possession, fortunately
the greater part Of which was In cur
rency.
He got on q car quite q distance out
In the West end and turned on d side
street toward his home. when he no.
ticed that Bio was being followed BY
two suspicious looking men. Qulck ~
. nash ~ pulled Al envelope cut of
his pocket addressed II to hirnself,I
stamped n aput ne currency insids III
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21

vas lost III the merry splutter and
crack of the firs.
Before the l0g sat i youth and maid.
en-, and for y little time they sat il
Silence reading their future III The red
Goals; and though neither told the
other q their dream, each felt that
their futures were the am
Suddenly the young man turned IL
wards the Girl. bought i bit 81
mistietoe to-day be said. ID you
know the origin Of Its useg SHAH [
tell you the story?e
Yes she answered, her lips scarce
" moving.
And you will promise not to inter.
rupt??"
yes, YER" was her u~nslspiclous re-
ply
he laid q green spray with crimson
berries upon her brown curls, and
bending near her, began.
.Baldur, the son of Odin, The old
Morse 900, was called the Good Be.
cause Of his kind and loving nature,
and wherever be went among the gods
On men he was received with the kiss
OF peace
The young man hesitated 4 moment,
then he caught sight Of the green
spray that crowned the fair face ct the
girl, and he was emboldened.
Like this he whispered. He wat
ed a moment, and then seeing til
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21

brown eyes turned inqniringly toward1g
him, he continued
But Baldur In his dreams was
warned that his life Was III peril, 50 he
called the gods together. and giving
them the kiss Of ~peace--the gods were
numbered BY the score he explained.
"and you promised not to interrupt.
He told them of his fears, and they
resolved to do all in their power tol
prevent the calamity.
The wife OF Odin made all things
on earth swear to injure him, but she
overlooked the mistletoe, which sheE
thought too plny. She did not know
Its power as ! do. An right. mi con.
time. After this Baldur used I'd sup
ply all the fun for the gods. who would
throw all sorts OF things at him and
Improve their aim because they knew
he could not be harmed.
And Baldur used to return i lkIssss
for each blow. and ii he got hit sIxs
times he would give six--like this. but
Loki, that unpleasant fellow whom hi
one used to ever kiss (llke this)
learned that the mistletoe had taken
no oath, SO he got a little spray and
sharpened It, and then went Ii watch
the fun.
There was an old blind god called
Hodur, who couldn't hit Baldtir ke
cause he couldn't see him, and Iokl
went up to him and whispered Don't 4
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21

residents that The frogs deserted ths
pond, which has been their brsedinx
place for years, because ire water Is
1.oo icws -Pottstown Correspondence
p~hiIadslphIA Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21

heeFd youF EKsV Sfsn0fra 4
9a4s 3aq thst M 1xn MI tSs
4 fNks I'm htnI1a1
!! /
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21
PRESIDENT ON PANAMA

| this isanssf ~anmnlstrt was typical ~
what occurred when / investigated most
OF the other honest complaints made TO
me-. That Is, where the complaints
were not made wantouly or malicious
", they almost always proved due 10
failure to appreciate the fact that
ana completion Of this titanic work In
= tropic wilderness. 1t is impossible
70 avoid aome mistakes in building 9
giant ~ through jungle-covered
mountains and awanipa. while at the
same time sanitating tropic cities, n
providing for the feeding and general
care of from 0,000 to 10000 workers.
The complaints brought to me. either
OF insufficient provision in caring for
some OF the laberers, or of failure to
hnish the paFomentg of Colon, or OF
failure 10 supply water or Of failure
to build wooden sidewalks for the use
OF the iaborers In the rainy season.
on investigation proved. almost With
out execution. IN he due merely In the
utter inability of the commission TO do
everything at once
Unjust Criticism.
Care and forethought have been eyer
cised by the commission, and nothing has
reflected more credit upon them than
their refusal either 10 10 ahead too fast
or to be deferred by the fear OF criticism
from not going ahead fast enough. 1T is
curious to note the fact tina many OF
the most severe critics Of the commission
~critiolse them for precisely opposite rea+
Eofs, some complaining bitterly that the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21

Next DAY The letter containing ths
iaoney was deltyered safeiy ID III ofs
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21

III hpout elsnL years. put is never
as this, especially In the tropics.
Confident Of Ultimate Success.
OF the success Of the enterprise 1
OF any enterprise that Ii human. IL
IT, stupendous work upon which our
fellow countrymen are engaged down
there on the isthmus. and while we
SHOULD old then 81 q strict %accounta-
Form ,it, we should recognize. Win
frank generosity. the epic nature az
B task upon which they are engaged
doud UNNECESSARILY to the credit 81
America, which will benefit ali the
world, and. which Will last for ages
to come, Under Mr.. Shonts ana MI,
started with every omen 81 good for.
tune. They mi their worthy associatea
from the highest to the lowest. arc
entitled to the same credit that We
v,c aS,o g.ve 70 ne p,rksd men II
peace will. IN its great and far-reach-
in9 avact. stard ~ amnrr the verv
greatest c~onqnests. whether OF peace
Or scf war. which have ever been won
by any Of the peoples OF mankind. "A
badge Is 10 be given to every Ameri-
can cltisen who for a speciied I'm.
has taken part In. this work: for par-
.ticipatlon n u will hereafter 81 held
20 reiect honor upo the man par
.tlcipattng Just AZ X reflects honor ,ipon
q soldier 70 have belonged u 4 mighty
army N = treat war FOR righteollss
neas. Our feiiow countrymeis' IN the
isthHus are working. for our interest
same spirit and with the same IN.
cheney that the mon az the army nnd|
navy work IN time On war. Ill hi
hooves = IN our turn 10 40 ali y
9 ~ hold up their hands. and t0 aid
great work %. a triumphant conci,i.
sion ~. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Ihe House. Daccmb4r VI, 1905. |
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE,
Columbia. s. C.
Executors Sale.

ON Tuesday. November -, 1896 be
tween the legal hours of sale, | vii
sell at his late residence. Heath
Springs, - G., the rea estate and per
SOnal property OF John >. CrOXton.
deceased, the personal property con
sIstlng OF two mules, one two. horse
wagon, farming implements. corn,
fodder and household furniture. also
lot ut valuable books, among tuem,
Fuller's Works, BuuyOn's Works,
Americas CCmmentary's on the New
Testament, Comprehensive Comn.en-
tary's ON the Old Testament, and a
i0t OF other valuable books. 5>@ acres
land near Heath spring, aud Pleas
ant Hlll, :. g.. as follows one tract.
ABOUT one mile, nor,h east of Heath
springs known a. the Nackey place
C bntalniug about one hundred acre,
adjoining auds Of II W Hendrix anC
q. l. MOhiey, fine farming lands with
lot OF good timber, three room
dwelling and out buildings one
tract IN he town OF Heath Springs.
containing, five acres on west side OF
amden road adjoining lands of II.
II. Horton and II Z. MobIpy. one
tract IN The town Of Heath springs.
containing lj7 acres, bordered by
lands Of Or. J. \ Rutledgp. W j.
Hammond and street 10y l.. NJ Bells
and Presbyterian church. SIX tracts
land, on Rocky River road. about one
mile north OF Pleasant Hill, : G.
No. Containing 1905 acres. this
Is the home tract. ha, good dwelling
and out building, also good tenant
house
No. 2-"3i4 acres, with small tenant
house on il.
No. @-5i' acres mostly wooded
land with fine timber
No. 40 acres, fronting on big road
opposite Andrew Adams
No. 5-G@.2 acres on east side Rocky
RIVER road, three room house with ont
buildings. A good farm for some one.
No. 6-1O4 acres, east side big road
adlolning lands Of W A. Marshall.
Is well timbered, with prospects of a
gold mine on il.
All the above lands are fine farm
ing lands. lie well, produce well, and
easily improved Purchaser to pay
Tor papers.
w. l.. CrOxtOn,
Executor.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
Tragedy in a Mill.
Young Man Shoots Two, Kill
ing One and Fatally
Wounding the Other.

Concord special In Charlotte
Observer: Mr.. w. NJ Rose, the
young son of CASTOR Rose, who
recently came here from Dur
ham, shot and killed Dan Low
der, and slightly injured Wash
Foste T. in an affrav at the Brown
Mill little after 6 o'clock just
as the night hands had entered
the spinningroom for theirnights
work.
Mr.. Rose is about IS years Of
age and is ovetseer Of spinning
at this mill of the night shift.
Lowder and Foster, while un-
der the il flueuce of liquor, en-
tered the mill and demanded
their time. Rose refused to pay
them without an order from the
superintendent, Mr.. II. Ii Hayes.
The boys attacked the young
overseer, Foster with a pistol
and Lowder with an open knife.
Seeing there was no way Of es
cape, Rose drew his pistol and
fired three shots at Lowder, all
of which took effect, the man
dying Instantly between the
long spinning frames.
Foster received two bullets,
one in he shoulder and in one The
hand. f i'her wound is consi-
dereI dangerous. Foster ran
out or the mill to the home of
relative and his wounds we're
dressed.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
impoverished Soil

Impoverished soil, like impov-
arished blood, needs proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
need a tonic, but more likely you
need a concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
il your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated as
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
An Organ

that will last litr time i what YOU
want. our Organs have pure tone
and lovely cases. We can supply
you with an Organ that will please in
every particular tor uniy SG5 aud $40.
delivered Write uS for our special
terms Of payment. and for ilIuStra-
tons OF our beautiful organs.
II YOU prefer a Piano We have heau-
titul and good new Uprights from
SlS5 up on easy terms.
Address,
MAI nNE,S MIISIS lnrcE
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
Il Coming NdTrjUJe.

Mr.. c. b. Mobley, one of K-r-
shaw's popular young citizens.
and Miss Annie Jenkins, dtugh-
ter of Capt. and Mrs William
JenAins, OF Halle Gold Nine, are
20 be married next Wednesd day
evening. The ceremony Will be
performed at the home Of the
prospective brides parents, at
s 80 O'Clock.
Mr.. MobIey, who is a son Of
the late Brummet Mobley, is
bookkeeper for the Heath Sup
ply Company Of Kershaw.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10

Stylish Dress Goods and Silks that You
Want and Prices You Can't Resist

Fine Sea Island Homespun,
36-inch wide, worth &c yd, our
price only sc the yard.
Good quality fleece back Flan-
nelette in neat patterns, worth
10c, our price SC yard.
Galateer Cloth in all the good
washable colors, at 15c yd.
Ladies all wool ribbed Under
vests and Pants at 75c.
Ladies heavy ribbed cotton
fleece lined Undershirts and
Pants at 25c.
Children's ribbed cotton fleece
lined Union Suits at 25c, 35c
and so cents.
Black mercerized Sateen Pet
ticoats Csc, soc and LOO.
Black Heatherbloom Petit
coats, rustles like silk, LIS.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
SILKS.

36-inch Black Taffeta Silk,
1.25 value, our price 9Oc yd.
36-inch Black Taffeta Silk,
LOO value, yours for 95c yd.
36-inch Plaid Silk in all the
beautiful shades and colors, for
dress and waists, LIS value, our
price LOO yard.
19-inch Plaid Silk in all the
leading colors at 45c, Csc, 75c
and Loo yard.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
w as Rainey ilson Muir
dcred?

Yorkville Enquirer: There are
a lumber of people in the Ogden
neighborhood who insist on be.
lieving that Rainey Wilson was
not killed by tram; but that he
was murdered and his body was
placed on the track. SO far as it
has been practicable TO learn
there is no direct evidence on
the subject.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
Summons for Relief.

Complaint not Served.)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Lancaster County.
Court of Common Pleas.
Charleston Live stock Company.
Plaintiff,
against
Samuel w Birmingham, Defendant.
TO the Defendant, Samuel W. Birm.
ingham.
You are hereby summoned and re-
Quired to answer the complaint IN this
action, which was this day filed in tn
Office Of the Clerk of TINS Court fer
Lancaster county, and to serve a copy
OF your answer to the said complaint
on the subscri Oers at their Office in the
Springs Block in the town Of Laucas-
ter, >. c., within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive Of the
day of such RerviCe; and if you fail TO
answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated November 2, A. D., l9OG.
GREEN IL HINES,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
- j. F Gregory,
seal 6. &. Z. l.. G.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
Dress Material.

45-inch all wool shrunk Chew
lots, colors of blue, green, brown,
garnet and black, value 75c, our
price SOC yard.
50-inch Broadcloth in all the
popular colors, at S5c yard.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10

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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
NOTION DEPARTMENT

No left over moth eaten stock.
Everything brand new. Try a
pair Of extra heavy cotton rib
bed hose "Jack and Gill" for
boys and girls, 25c value for
Is cents pair.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
Furs, Furs, Furs.

The grandest collection sof
Furs ever seen in this place.
Now is your opportunity. We
were very fortunate in securing
this grand collection. All the
new Scarfs, Boas, Muffs, Storm
Collars, etc. Prices 1.50 to 1900.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
Cloaks for Ladies and the
Children.

Ladies' new, long Tourist
Cloaks, in tan, blue, black and
grey, 500 value for $500.
Ladies' all wool Kersey Coats
in black, tan and caster, worth
1000, our price 500.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
Driving and Saddle Horses
HEATR-ELLI0TT MULE co.
Money to Loan.

| have made arrangements with parties
in New York City by which can negotiate
loans for five years on improved cotton
farms. III sums of $500 90 and upwards. at
the rate of per cent. on amounts of $1,000
and over. and s per cent OH sums less than
$1,000. No brokerage or commission char.
ged Only a reasonable fee for abstract of
title Il T.. WYLIE,
Attorney y-at-Law,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
SCOtt'S Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil

1t will nourish and strengthen
the body when milk and cream
fail to do it. Scott's Emulsion
is always the same; always
palatable and always beneficial
where the body is wasting from
any cause, either in children
or adults.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10

All wool Chiffon Panama in
grey, blue and black, very soft
and clingly, an ideal goods for
skirts, at 75c, soc and LOO yd.
Heavy wool Suiting, 56-inch
wide, in good shades of navy
blue, brown, green, grey and
black, at SOC yard.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
Plaid Cotton Suitings.

They are the SWEETEST and
newest in cotton goods-looks
and wears like wool. A 25c
value for 1Sc the yard.
l lot Outings at sc yard.
l lot 1Oc Outings in white
and colors at SC the yard.
Best quality Percales in dark
and light colors, will wash we'll,
at SC the yard.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-12-06
Origin of Ice Cream.

Though the ancient Greeks and
Romans used ice for table purposes
to get through even hotter weather
than we have been having lately,
they knew nothing of the "ices. "
These were introduced into France
from Italy about 1860 and known
at first as "fromages glaces"-iced
cheeses-although they were made
Of strawberries, apricots, and so
forth, and contained not a drop of
cream. From 1852 the use Of
"glaces" in the plural was sanction
ed by the academy, but not before
1925 did "une glace" force its way
into recognized acceptance. ices"
are referred to from time to time in
the eighteenth century in English
peoples letters from abroad. iced
creams" however, were known as
early as the year when William Of
Orange came over, ara by the mid
die of the eighteenth century "ice
cream" figured in cookery books
London Chronicle.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-12-06
Mirrors.

The earliest looking glasses, or
mirrors, were Of either metal, high
ly polished, or of black painted
mica. 1t is noted in Jewish history
that the laver was made of brass "of
the looking glasses of the women
assembling, which assembled at the
door of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation," and some commentators
conjecture that these women gave
up their bronze or copper hand mir
rors to supply the material for the
LAYER. Egyptian women always car
rled their mirrors to the temples,
and the Hebrew women probably
did likewise, as do the Arabian and
Turkish women today. Glass mir
rors are Of comparatively recent
date. Mirrors of silver and gold
were commonly used in medieval
times. In 1860 Venice became the
seat of the manufacture of glass
mirrors, which have since suppressed
ed all other varieties, the improve
ments in the manufacture of plate
glass enabling mirrors to be made of
great size.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-12-06
GROWTH OF COTTON INTERESTS.

The fact that thirty-four new
cotton seed oil mills were started
in the South in 1906 shows the
progressive character of one branch
of the cotton manufacturing in
dustry of that section, Cotton
while still king in a commercial
sense, as respects our foreign trade,
is the father of many remunera-
tive domestic industries. Before
the Civil War cotton seed consti-
tuted nuisance. Mississippi, in
1857, passed law filming ginners
500 day for neglecting to remove
or destroy it. Yet, in 1900 values
were extracted from cotton seed
to the extent of $40 900, 900, in
Guiding oil, butter, cottolene, fer
tlllzer, soap, lard, paper and bat
ting. The oil when refined is not
to be distinguished from olive oil.
We use in this country, it is said,
cotton seed oil almost exclusively,
imported by our enterprising man-
utacturers for the delectation of
consumers. -Baltimore Sun.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-12-06
An Anxious Boy.

While Archbishop Trench wa:
dean of Westminster he delegated
Canon Cureton to preach at the alb
hey on a certain saints day On
such days the boys of Westminster
school attended service and after
ward had the rest of the day as a
holiday. While Mr.. Cureton, on the
morning Of the day he was to offici-
ate, was looking over his sermon at
the breakfast table his son asked, in
tone vibrating with anxiety:
Father, is yours long sermon
today"
'No, Jimmy, not very"
'But how long? Please tell me. "
"Well, about twenty minutes, l
should say. But why are you so
anxious to know ?"
Because, father, the boys say
they will thrash me awfully If you
are more than half an bourbon
don Telegraph,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-12-06

WHOM y friend does a good thing
acknor'edge il,