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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11

Our team has been greatly
Handicapped by the absence of
its captain aud star catcher, T..
l.. Brissell, who has been sick
for about 10 days. In track ath-
letics we have had two smeets,
one with the University ofySouth
Carolina in which we were vic.
torious by the score of 96 to II,
the other with the University of
N. O., in which we lost by the
score of 55 TO SO. On May the
first, we had holiday at which
time all Of the classes participat-
ed in the annual track meet held
on this day which has been set
apart by the board of truste es
as Fields day. In the contest
the Juniors won, scoring total
of so points.
One of the strongest mission
y>sry addresses ever heard at Glenn.
son was that given by DR.. II. F.
Laflamine of Canada, on Sunday
evening, the 9Th inst. He is him.
self foreign missionary, having
for eighteen years battled against
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11
Notice of Final Discharge as
Guardian.

State of South Carolina. County of Ian cas-
term the Probate Court.
Notice is hereby given that on the 9th
dav of May, 1907. at 10 o'clock n. m, the
undersigned as guardian of the person an d
estate OF Pressly Sistare, will file his final
return and settlement and make applica-
ton to the Probate Court for the county
of Lancaster. State of South Carolina, for a
final discharge as such guardian.
l.. T. Mccain.
Guardian of Pressly Sistare.
April 27, 1907-30 days.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11

May is upon Have you not already waited
too long to prepare for spring and summer You
have seen the crowds in store. Does not that
tell you that the choice things for the are fast
disappearing. Remember the sooner you get your
new things the longer you will have to enjoy them
and can anything give you more JOY than wearing
attractive apparels
We carry in store everything that women
........and little women ......wear
Come in and American Beauty Corsets Thev are
the best fitting made We have them all the newest shapes
High bust taperng waist aperng waist extended hip extra
long extended hip, tape girdles, etc.
We have just received pretty line of hand and
shopping bags Be sure to see them.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11
The Good Roads Movement
in North Carolina.
Progressive Farmer.

Progressive Farmer.
Iu North Carolina there is no
news more encouraging or more
striking than that which relates
to the growth of sentiment in
favor OF good roads. The readi-
ness with which the road.drag-
ging idea is received bv our far
mers is indicated else where in
this issue. But the phase of road
improvement constantly noticea.
BILE these days is the readiness
to discuss and vote bond issues
for the purpose. In various coun-
ties good roads associations have
been organized. Recently the
Moore County Commissioners
ordered an election on the ques-
ton OF issuing 5000, 900 of bonds
for improving the public high
ways. In Wilson county few
days ago Wilson township went
the way alone and voted almost
unanimously to issue 800, 900
of bonds for macadamizing the
township roads. This shining
example is almost certain to be
followed soon by the contiguous
townships. A similar case is
found in the bond issue first
voted by Hillsboro township in
Orange County the example of
Lord CORVALLIS in building one
good road there proving..''conta
gious after one hundred and
thirty years. In Richmond Coun-
ty last week three townships
Steele's, BLACK Jack, anaR Min
eral Springs,--voted bonds for
road construction, making IN all +,
five good roads townships in this
county, leaving only two to fol-
low suit before the entire county
is included.
The increase in business and
population in every part of the
State is increasing the travel on
F, the public roads, and incre ased
travel calls for better roads. The
highways which answered tor the
thinly settled country of 100
years ago cannot stand up und or
the traffic of today. The people
are recognizing this and also the
other fact that the best way and
quickest way to get good roads
is to 60 down into their pockets
and build them.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11

Kidney complaint kills more people than
any other disease This is due to the dis
ease being so insidious that it gels good
hold on the system before it is recognized.
Foley's Kidney Cure will prevent the de-
veiopment OF fatal disease if taken in time.
Funderburk Pharmacy.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11

De Wits Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve
does not merely heal on the surface; 1t
penetrates the pores and promptly relieves
pain. caused by boils. burns. scalds. cuts
and skin diseases Beware of imitat ions.
Sold by Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11
Clemson College Letter.

Methodists to Build Church
and Parsonage--Fine Field
for Baptists, Also-- w hat
Presbyterians and Episco-
palians are Doing--Clcra-
sons Base Ball Contests
Other Matters of Inter-
est.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11
JEWELRY.

We have just opened of the preest of Jeerv
have ever looked at and going to our trade
at just half what would you buy from regular lew
elry store Don't forget our
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11
Money to Loan.

l have made arrangements with parties
in New York City by which can negotiate
loans for five years on improved cotton
farms. in sums of $4,000 and upwards, at
the rate of per cent. on amounts of $1,000
and over, and per cent. on sums less than
$1,000. No brokerage or commission char
ged. Only a reasonable fee for abstract of
title. Il. E. WYLIE,
Attorney-at-Law.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11
Ladies Home Journal Patterns.

They the most stylish patterns you can buy as we'll as
the easiest to make your garments by
Our Miss Phelps in the Millinery Department still kept
busy filling orders for the trade and Lancaster
county, who appreciate her ability mner We daily
receiving goods in this department So will be ready for
all OF those who have not bought their hat
Come to
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-05-11

disis here have begun an active
movement for the erection of a
church and parsonage on the
campus. At meeting held here
last Wednesday, Presiding-elder
j. S. Beasley of the Anderson dis
trict was present, aud plans were
formulated to put an agent in
the field to solicit subscriptions
for this movement. About $1,000
has been subscribed, but it is
proposed to raise about $1,000.
1t is a little strange that the
Methodists and Baptists have
made no efforts to have church
here before this time. Each one
of these denominations has over
200 boys in the student body
who either belong to these church.
es or whose parents belong to
them. 1t is indeed strategic
point, and the Pre- byterians and
appropriations, realizing this,
have had churches here for 10 or
II years. They each have resi-
dent ministers who are doing
strong christian work.
There is movement on foot
to form new literary society
here. We already have three,
the Columbian, Palmetto, and
Calhoun, and they are doing work
that will compare favorably with
the work done by literary socie.
ties iii any of the regular lit.
erary colleges of the State, but,
on account of the large number
of students Clemson will have
next year, it is thought necessa-
ry to have another society. 1t
Will probably be called the Han
ton.
Since our last writing, Glenn
son has engaged in a number of
interesting and hotly contested
athletic events. In baseball,
since our last communication
her record has been as follows:
Wofford !. Clemson 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
MANY WERE OUT.
Thousands Attended Labor Day
Celebration at CoffeyviIle.
WOrkmen From Six Kansas
Counties Participated.
HALF MILE PARADE.
Coal Miners Out in Greatest
Numbers at AtchisOn.
Larkin Observed the Day in an
Appropriate Manner.

Coffeyville, Kan. Sept. 3.-The
Labor day celebration here was at
tended by many thousands of men
from the southeastern Kansas cele-
bration district, composed of six coun-
ties in the southeastern part of the
state. The programme commenced
with a labor parade which was fully a
half mile in length. The afternoon pro-
gramme consisted of speeches and a
ball game between Coffeyville and In
dependence league teams.
AT Atchison-Labor day was cele-
prated with a parade and a picnic at
the park. The prize for the union
having the greatest number in line
went to the coal miners.
AT Lakin-Labor day was observed
IN very elaborate manner in this city,
a parade in the morning of decorated
noats representing the different trades
ana business houses with an agricul-
tural display of a superior character
were prominent features. The after
noon was taken up with speeches and
songs and the programme ended with
match game of baseball between the
Lakin and Deerfield clubs. The home
team won by a score of Z to 6.
AT Leavenworth-All work was sus-
pended in the coal mines and manu-
featuring plants here. The annual pa
rade was abandoned this year Mem
bers of the various labor organizations
arranged for a big picnic. There was
a rain In the morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
came late II. the afternoon. The third

came late IN the afternoon. The third
was lost for two days.
In America you put your boots on
dirty, and, having found boot clean
er, you sit on throne for 10 minutes
while he applies soothing massage to
your feet, and charges you 10 cents
6 pence). Next you seek out the
BARRIERS saloon. The operating chairs
think. They are only being shaved.
Thacll soon be over You never made
a greater mistake in your life.
AS you watch the barber lathering
with calm elaboration. then going
through mysterious performances with
damp, hot face cloths. then making a
few strokes with the razor, then ap-
plying the face cloths again, and so
on, you reflect that if it took as long
to be shaved in any London shop there
would be a riot. At last your turn
comes, and you find yourself a prison
err for at least 20 minutes. One day.
in addition to being shaved. 1 had my
hair cut. singed and shampooed. 1t
took just an hour and a half, and the
charge was $50 &C shillings). AS
they never shave you under IS cents
q shilling), they have to take long
time over 1t to make you think you
have got your moneys worth The
New Yorker likes it. II helps him to
get through the day.
Naturally their trains are slow.
There are exceptions. such as the New
L DIX anu OHlcdSO 64pIoSScSs WHICH are
fast and steady both, but the average
rate of speed is rather under than
over so miles an hour. Even taking
tickets is a long business.
The speech of Americans is slow and
deliberate. Their movements are
slow. Most of them are men of large
bulk, unable to do anything quickly.
In their restaurants the service is so
tardy that it is a good plan to order
dinner at lunch time. Business is
conducted on charmingly unbusiness-
like lines, with frequent intervals for
cigars. cocktails. swapping stories
and blowing" about the greatness of
everything American. In office hours
Englishmen have no time for anything
but business. Americans do not believe
in such concentration. and they are
pleasanter people for it.
But with so many aids to wasting
time they are naturally not able to
make much money. man Is con-
sidered rich in the United States If
Americans are told that q man is not
called a millionaire in England until
he has 100000 they think they are
being made fun Of They cannot be-
lieve there is SO much money in the
world.
1t Is amusing to hear Americans talk
as if everything in their country were
perfect-all the more amusing when
you have discovered that very often
they are the victims of heir own YER
bosity By constantly asserting that
they are the richest. rapidest nation
on earth they grow to believe it them
selves. The truth is that they are only
just beginning to understand what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
AMERICA A SLOW COUNTRY.
An Englishman Who Finds Fault
With Things Over Here

The Briton who has never crossed
the Atlantic has an idea that the
United States is She home of hustle
He thinks that the citizens of the great
republic live much faster and get a
great deal more done than their
English cousins. Nothing can be
further from thu truth.
New York is really the slowest city
on earth. That is the charm of it
almost the only charm. Nobody in
New York is in a hurry. Every one
has lots of time to spare. 1t is noisy,
of course. But. except for the din
of the elevated railroads and the gongs
and grinding brakes of surface cars,
a visit to New York Is a positive rest
cure for the Londoner.
At the railway station in Jersey
City when I arrived from Chicago
wanted a four wheeler for my luggage,
but was compelled to wait 35 minutes.
A number of other people waited,
too. They. were all Americans. and
they showed no Impotence They
took the wait as matter of course.
What Americans in England tell you
to do is to give your baggage checks
to an expressman and take a street car
Your baggage will reach the MOTEL as
soon as you do, they say Well, in
Chicago one of my portmanteaux turn
ed up three and half hours after
had registered at the hotel. Another
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
ROCK ISLAND Is BUSY.
Returns Show a Greater Business Than
Ever Before.

August has proved to be an excel
lent month for the Rock Island lines.
Gross earnings show a large increase
over those of the same month last year,
amounting to over $500.000 The increase
over July earnings, which were large.
was even greater. Traffic officials de-
clare that the low level of the traffic
year has been passed and that earn
ings from this time forward will be on
an ascending scale.
Last years crop still held in the ter
ritory. together with this years crops.
will furnish the road with a much
heavier tonnage to transport than it had
last year. The only difficulty feared
will be in consequence of any rush on
the part of agricultural interests to
market the grain now on hand all at
once, but as money is plentiful in the
territory this danger does not seem to
be imminent
Additional equipment and improved
physical condition have placed the road
in much better position to handle an en-
larged tonnage than it was in at this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
REVOLUTION IN SIGNALS.
White Light Is Being Used to Denote
Danger.

Washington, Sept. 3.-The board of
experts appointed to investigate the
signal system of the railroads of the
United States will be confronted at the
outset with the fact that there has been
a complete and more or less startling
revolution in block signal practice dur
ing recent years. This is nothing less
than changing the universal and time
honored white light from safety to a
danger signal.
Ever since block signaling went into
effect on American railways and even
before that time, the white light at
night has been the notice of safety to
the men on the s"head end 1t still is
so on the ma jority of the lines, but the
general managers throughout the coun-
try have decided almost without excep-
ton that the best signal practice dis
cards the white light as a sign of clear
ahead" and transforms its meaning to
something wrong. Stop Immediately"
The revised language has become such
because of the fact that it has been
discarded from the signal lexicon by the
best authorities and by many of the
largest railway systems in the United
States
On the line where the white light no
longer has a place. its appearance de-
notes that something has gone wrong
with the regular signal and therefore
the engine crew are unable to say
whether there is safety ahead ruin
and disaster If they proceed. Accord
ingly there is only one thing to do, and
that Is to stop until the doubt can be
The greatest value. there
fore, in discarding the white light lies IN
the fact that it appears always when
there has been a broken signal glass and
1t denotes the further important fact
that no signal is being shown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
REVENUES INCREASED.
This Is What TwO-Cent Fare Did to
Minnesota Railroads.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Sept. 3.-Minne-
sofa railroads are getting more revenue
from passenger business at the new rate
Of cents a mile than they did last year
at the 3-cent rate. This is shown in
the sworn statement of Thomas Yapp.
statistician of the state railroad and
warehouse commission, made after an
examination of reports made by rail-
roads of the state for May and June,
since the new rates went into effect.
The total passenger earnings in May
and June of this year considerably ex-
ceed one-sixth of the passenger revenue
of roads for the entire year 1906, which
included heavy excursion travel that
Goes not occur in May and June. Mr..
Yapp's affidavit is one of a number
which have prepared for trial of rail-
roads injunction suits against the
state.
The following figures have been made
public: Business on ten railroads
operating in Minnesota since the first
of last May has amounted to $1.139, 40z,
an Increase over last year of $152,0TS.
This is at the rate of a million dollars
gain for a full year. The average gain
on all roads is 16-5 per cent. The only
roads which show a decrease in bust
ness are the Great Western, 800" and
Wilmar and Sioux Falls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
RAILROAD NEWS.
Transfer of Alton Is Shown to
Have Been Compulsory.
Rock Islands Operation Of Line
Was Illegal.
GOVERNMENT ACTED.
Gave a Warming That Was
Needed Promptly.
Other Items of Interest to
Railway People.
GOVERNMENT ACTED.

Events subsequent to the announce
ment of the sale of the Chicago &
Alton road to the Glover Leaf tend to
show that that sale was in reality a
compulsory one. The Rock Island in
terests which have sold their holdings
have been notified by the authorities
at Washington that their control. of
the property was entirely illegal and
could not be allowed to continue.
This notice came as the direct re-
suit of the recent investigation OF the
Alton made by the interstate COM
merce commission. and under present
conditions there was nothing for the
Rock Island to do but dfveSt itself or
its interest in the property with the
least possible delay and on the best
terms it could make. Nobody ven
lures to assert that its possession OF
the Alton was a fortunate or proht-
able one for it at any time. and prob
ably it will be glad to be quit of 1t,
even at a financial sacrifice
The illegality of the Rock Islands
connection with the Alton arose from
the fact that in purchasing control, it
bought a parallel and competing road,
which is contrary to both federal and
state laws. There is no part of the
Alton that does not parallel some part
of the Rock Island lines. Its Chicago
St. Louis line, throughout it's entire
length, parallels the Chicago & East
ern Illinois. The Atoms Chicago
Kansas City line is paralleled by the
Rock Island, as is also its line from St.
Louis to Kansas City. In parting with
the Alton, therefore, the Rock Island
interests avoided a suit with the
United States government which might
have been more far reaching in its re-
suits than the Rock Island interests
cared to contemplate. AT all events.
these are not times when the railroad
interests care to run wantonly into
conflict with the federal authorities.
Since the sale has been announced
the question has been asked repeated
ly what the Glover Leaf intends to do
with the property, the most expert
enced railroad operators falling to see
how the two systems can be so merged
or operated CONFORMITY as to constitute
an advantageous unit. The only points
where. the two systems now touch are
St. Louis and Peoria, and their con-
nections even at these points are not
of such a nature that the one can be
made an important auxiliary or feed
er to the other.
There is one thing about the trans
action. however, that may be consid-
cred a favorable feature. The Alton
is perfectly able to stand on its own
bottom and take care of its own inter
ests. 1t has traffic enough of its own
to take care of itself, being more for
tunately situated in that respect than
any other road In the country outside
of New England. If it can give the
Glover Leaf no help it will not be any
burden to it to carry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
STRANGE INDIAN MOUNDS.
Group of Aboriginal Relics Found
Near Milwaukee. Wis.

Charles z. Brown. secretary of the
Wisconsin Archaeological society. has
completed survey of a hitherto unre-
corded group of Indian mounds. located
on the upper Milwaukee river at dis
lance of about three miles north of the
Milwaukee city limits. This group con-
sists of three oval mounds. and, being
located in thick woods and brush. has
until now escaped notice. The largest OF
the three measures about thirty-fivc
feet in length, thirty feet in width at its
widest part, and is about three feet in
height. 1t was superf1cially excavated
some years ago by several high school
boys, their investigation resulting In the
discovery of human remains. Accom-
parying these mounds is small plot Of
Indian garden beds These consist of a
number of parallel rows OF slightly rails
ed beds separated by sunken paths, and
being now overgrown with weeds and
The plot covers an area OF about 5000
square feet. In 1850 DR.. Lapham discov-
cred similar evidences of aboriginal Gull
tivatfon at Benders Mills. also on the
upper Milwaukee river. Every trace OF
these has been long obliterated. J. W.
Jaeger, the owner of the property upon
which the foregoing evidences are To-
Gated. fully appreciates their education
al value and will make very effort to
preserve them. He has promised to re-
store the excavated mounds. Fred
vogel, Jr., has generously donated to the
society a small sum of money 10 enable
Mr. Brown to continue his Investigations
consin counties. DIR. Nicholas Sem, or
Chicago, the celebrated surgeon,has been
elected a life member of the Wisconsin
society.-Milwaukee Sentinel