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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Plenty Room Now to Throw
Off On Rock Hill.
From the Rock Hill Record. }

(From the Rock Hill Record.l
The progressive editor of The
Lancaster News, brother Con-
nors, is to be congratulated upon
the marked evidence of improve
ment noted in the Saturdays is
sue of that paper, being enlarged
by an addition of column to
each page. He has even put a
new head on his paper. This
enlargement, however, we hope
does not mean that he wants
more room to "throw off, on
Rock Hill. The paper looks fine
now-almost as good as The
Record of-Rock HilE
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Man and Wife Mail Carriers

Pittsboro, n. c., Record Mr..
George II. Beavers, of Matthews
township. is the mail carrier for
the star route between Siler City
and Pitts boro, and his wife is the
mail carrier on the rural free de-
livery route No. 3 from SiDer
City. We wonder if there is
another such instance in the
United SIatas Of a man and his
wife both being mail carriers2
Sunday is the only day they
spend at home.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Tar Heel Girl Who Can
Shoot Straight.

Rutherfordton, N c., Sun !:
Miss Emma Elliott, the popular
daughter of Mr.. j. w Elliott, of r.
F. ID. No. 3, has proven herself
to be quite an artist IN the hand.
ling of firearms. One day this
week she discovered a chicken
hawk sitting on the fence near
her home, and she Immediately
ran into the house and secured a
3S Smith Il Wesson pistol, and
returning fired at the hawk sit
ting on the fence. She missed
it, however, and as the hawk
rose and sailed away she fired a
second time and as a result she
brought down the hawk, having
killed it on the wing with a pis-
.ol.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Dutch Seized Venezuelan
Ship.
Ship.

Willemstad, Island of Curacao,
Dec. 13.-The Dutch cruiser Geld
erlapd came into this port this
morning towing the Venezuelan
coast guard ship, the Dutch crew
on board. The Gelderland cap.
tured the Allx off Puerto Cabello
on Saturday. AT that time the
Alix was lying close inshore, and
Notwithstanding the threat which
the Venezuelan government had
made to fire upon any of the
Dutch warships committing a
hostile act, the Gelderland
steamed at full speed towards
the guardship and sent an officer
and guard in launch to seize
her. No shots came from the
forts on land.
The crew of the Alx was put
ashore and the Dutch officer and
marines remained on board, the
Gelderland hnally taking the
Alix in tow and steaming away
with her prize.
The seizure of the Alix was in
accordance with the plans of the
Holland government when in
structions were issued to the
three Dutch warships now in
these waters to make demon
stration off the coast of Venezue
La and to capture any ship of
war or guard vessels that they
might find.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Aged Woman Knocked
Down and Presumably
Robbed.

Spartanburg spec al IN the CO.
lumbia State: Mrs SAllie Green,
better known as Aunt Sallie, ;"
an aged aud respected white
woman, living alone on a small
farm of II acres, three miles
southwest OF Campobello, was
struck IL the head with an axe
Friday night and left for dead bv
some parry, who is supposed to
have robbed her of what money
she had IN the house.
Today granddaughter of
"Aunt Sallie" came to see her.
She found the house closed up
and apparently no one at home
On entering she found her grand
mother lying on the bed in an
unconscious condition, welter-
ing in her own blood, with a
terrible cash In her head. Help
was summoned and the old wo-
man came to herself sufficiently
to tell how it happened and to
call the name of white man
who came to her house Friday
night. She said that she had
$25 in greenbacks and $25 in
silver.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Kid Robs Store

Spartanburg special in Char
lotte Observer Minus Patter-
son, an S-ye ar-old white boy,
was lodged in Jail on the charge
of burglary. entering the store
of the Encree Manufacturing
Company on the night OF Decem-
Der 8th. The youth made con-
fession, it is said, when taken
before q magistrate for iavesti-
CATION. President Coffin does
not want the boy sent TO the
penitentiary, but TO the refor-
matory.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16

The Seminole Insurance Mat
ter--Stockholders Meet and
Authorize an Investiga-
ton.
Columtio 'oecial in the Char
lesion gu News: A meet
ing of ste .ders of the Semi
mole Securities Company was
held here today, lasting several
hours, at the conclusion of which
the following statement was Civ
en- out for publication:
"In view of the various rumors
and published statements in re-
gard to the deal made by the
Southern Securities Company
with the Southern Life Insur-
ance Company. meeting of the
stockholders, representing g large
amount af stock, and their at
torneys, met at the office of Mr..
j. Y. Darlington, who was ex-
amined as to the financial condi
ton of the company, and the
sale and the transfer of the stock
of the Southern Life Insurance
Company to the Seminole Secur-
tiles Company. Mr.. w. A.
CLARK, one of the trustees, was
also examined. The examina-
tion was exhaustive, and as a
result thereof committee, con-
sisting of the trustees, Messrs.
Clark, Jones and Bryan, who
have withdrawn their resigna-
tions as trustees) together with
a committee of the stockholders,
DIR. K. j. Etheridge, Of Leesville;
Huger Sinkler, OF Charleston,
and r. 7. CASTOR, of Cheraw.
were appointed to examine into
the sale and the condition OF
the company aud present their
report at called. meeting of the
stockholders fixed for December
30, in Columbia. The com tee
was authorized to employ an ex
pert accountant to examine the
books of the company and to ge
all available data possible in or
der Ito put the stockholders IL
full possession OF the facts.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Child Burned to Death in
Atlanta.

Atlanta Journal, Dec. 70:
While playing with her brother
and sister a their home on Flor
ida avenue, in Edgewood, little
Eunice Williams,
the infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William 5. Williams, fell
against the open CRATE in her
mothers bed room on Thursday
and was so badly burned that she
died OF her injuries about 4
o'clock in the afterno; n.
Little Eunice was playing at
the time Of the accident with her
seven-year-old brother, Herman,
and her sister, Agnes, aged five,
while Mrs. Williams had gone
across the street to visit a neigh
Dor. Mrs. Williams was not
aware of the terrible accident
until the fire had done its deadly
WORK.
When Eunice accidentally fell
against the flaming CRATE and her
clothes caught fire, Herman came
to her rescue aud tried valiantly
to put out the flames that ran
with cruel swiftness through the
light clothing of the little child
and soon enveloped her from
head to foot.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Marriage of a Former Young
Lancastrian in the Land
of Flowers.

Editor The News:
A marriage that will be of in
terest to many of your readers
was solemnized here last even
ing, Dec. 18th, the contracting
parties being Mr.. Oscar l.. Stew
man and Miss Matte NJ. Perry,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jno.
S. Perry OF Oxford, Fla. The
impressive ceremony was per-
formed in the presence of few
Intimate friends, by the brides
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Kingsley. Mr..
Stewman is a Lancaster county
boy, but now a permanent and
prominent resident Of his adopt
ed home. The bride is one of
Sumter county's most popular
and charming young ladies. We
join their host of friends in wish
ing them long, happy and pros
porous life of connubial bliss.
There is here yet, two Lancas
ter county young bachelors, and
Madam Rumor saws ere long
there'll be only one
Ignoramus.
Oxford, Fla, Dec. 14:h, 1905.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Origin of Christmas Tree.

The News aud Courier: Many
countries have their popular
legends as to the origin of the
Christmas tree, which, althou gh
of no historic value, are inter
esting. One of the tales is to
the effect that one Christmas
Eve, travelling alone over the
snow covered country, the sky
with its thousands Of glittering
stars, made such a deep impress
sion on Martin Luther that after
arriving at home he tried to
explain it to his wife and child
rem Suddenly an idea suggest.
ed itself to him. He went int o
the garden, cut off a lit tie fir
tree, dragged it into the nursery,
put some candles on it's branches
and lighted them. One of the
most popular of German engrav-
ipgs represents Martin Luther
sitting in the bosom of his fam
lily with lighted Christmas tree
on the table before him.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Evacuation OF Cuba.

Washington, Dec. 12.-At the
war department today the first
details regarding the withdrawal
from Cuba of the American army
Of pacificatlon, which has been
on duty there since the fall of
1906, were made known. The
movement of troops will begin
on January I and will be com.
pleted by April 15.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Night Riders Trial Begun.

= Union City, Tenn, Dec. IA
With both the prosecution and
the defense announcing ready
for trial, the latter, however,
under protest, the concluding
chapter in the prosecution on a
charge of murder Of the eight
men held most responsible for
the raids of the night-rider band
of the Reel Foot lake region was
!. begun this afternoon.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16

Coughs that are tight, or distressing tickle
ing coughs, get quick aud certain help
from DR.. Shoop's Cough Remedy. On
this account druggists everywhere ar.
favoring Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy.
And it is entirely free from Opium, Chic
reform, or any other stnpefying drug
The tender leaves of harmless lung.
heaiing mountainous shrub give TO DR..
Shoop's Cough Remedy its curative prop
critics. Those leaves have the power TO
soothe, and heal the most sensitive brop-
chial membrane. Mothers should, for
safety's sake alone. always demand DR..
Shoop's. II can with perfect freedom be
given to even the youngest babes. Test il
once yourself. and seei Sold by Eunder-
burk Pharmacy. "
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
A Series of Crimes in Spar
tanburg and Laurens
Counties.

Spartanburg special in yester-
days Charlotte Observer: There
has been much crime in Spar
tanburg aud adjoining counties
since last Friday night. In this
county there has been one homi
eide, one murderOus assault, and
stabbing, both of which may
prove fatal, two robberies; while
in Laurens county, just across
the Spartanburg line, there has
been one homicide.
George Mintz, young white
man, who knocked Mrs. Sallie
Green in the head with an axe
at her home IN the upper section
Of the county, robbed her of $77
and then made his escape, was
arrested in Piedmont yesterday
by Constable Hayes Of this city
and lodged in Jail this morning:
Miatz m.de partial confession,
admitting that the money he had
on his person came from Green's
home, though he said he had a
confederate. Mrs. Green is in a
serious condition and is not ex.
pected to live
Saturday night, while on their
way to col0red frolic, Charlie
Dorroh shot and killed Jess
Leake, near Switzsr, seven
miles from this place. Both had
been drinking and fell out over
some trivial matter. when Dor
roh raised his gun and shot
Leake through the breast.
At Cow oens yesterday morn
ing a white man was stabbed
several times in the breast by an
other white man, who made "a
escape. Both men we're employ
ed on Carolina, ,Clinchfield& Ohio
Road. They disagreed about
some grade work.
A negro by the name of Kill
gore was shot and killed by Griff
Sparks on Walter Gray's place
not far from Woodruff, in Laur-
ems county. The particulars are
not known.
Mrs. Thomas, an aged white
lady of this city, was held mp by
negro man on Spring street
Saturday night aud robbed of
her money. Mrs. Thomas had
been shopping in the city and
was on her way home.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16

Preventics, the new Candy Cold Cure
Tablets, are said by druggists 10 have four
special specific advantages over all other
remedies for q cold. First-They contain
no Quinine, nothing harsh or sickening.
Second-r They give almost instant relief
Third-pleasant to the taste, like candy
FourthA large box-4S Preventics- at
25 eents. Also fine for feverish children.
SoIN by Fnnderburk Pharmacy. W
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Georgia Sheriff Kills Drug.
giSt.

Waycross, Ga, Dec. IL
File ming Smith, druggist, was
shot and killed at Jesup, Ga L.
tonight by Sheriff Lyons and
son. The officers surrendered to
the coroner aud win be brought
to Waycross sunday on account
of threatening coalitions at Je-
sup.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16

York County Negro Shot by
Another Because, it is Said,
He Wouldn't Buy More
Liquor.
Rock Hill Record: A negro
by the name of John Blake was
shot at Ogden yesterday by an
other negro named Sam Dickey.
1t is reported that Blake and an
other negro named Richards o n
had bought some whiskey from
Dickev, and that Dickey had
another Jug and wanted them to
buy more. They refused and
Dickey went and got his gun,
and as Blake and Richardson
we're returning home Dickey am
bushed them and filled Blake
with bird shot from his head to
his waist. DR. Stevens was call
ed and went down aud rendered
medical attention. Blake is not
thought to be seriously hurt, as
the shot we're small. Dickey
made his escape.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16
Farmers Singular Death.

Spartanburg Journal: Luther
Thompson, a young white farmer,
who lives near Inman, while in
an intoxicated condition, fell out
of his buggy and his neck hung
over the dashboard and he strangl-
ed to death.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-16

Is your subscriptionSo The New.
paid upi II it is, thly is inic"'c.
Ter the "other fellow.'p
The newspaper., 1908-09-11

wave OF more or less needless
alarm to run throughout the coun-
try, many farmers took their auto
mobiles, their carriages or their
wagons, went to town. withdrew
their money from the banks and hid
it at home in stockings, or trunks,
or between floors, or out in the
barn. At any rate. farmers who
did not do this. as well as farmers
who did, We're set thinking. And
their thoughts. / am told by men
who live among them, ran this way:
"When the federal government de-
posits money In the bank IL de-
mands security. States and cities
do the same thing. Why shouldn't
we have security, too?
National banks are created and
controlled by the government. So
are the postofiices. II we 20 to the
latter and buy money order the
government guarantees to pay the
money TO the man in whose favor IL
Is drawn or TO return IL to us. Why
shouldn't we have the same sort of "a
guarantee from the national bank?
As IL II now. instead of dcpositing
| with the bank with a guarantee of
return whenever wanted. our de
posits are loans to the bank. which
may or may not be returned ON
demand.
II we ship money or jewelry or
other valuables by an express COM
pany IL IL responsible to us. IL guar
auteee the value OF goods entrusted
to IL. Why shouldn't a bank do
the same thing?"
"Of course there are many other
arguments which appeal to the
farmer. He can see that with
guarantee of deposits there will lie
more money in bank, which means
In use In the channels of trade, and
less In hiding in trunks and stock
] ings. He can see-for our average
! farmer of today is a reading, think
ing, well-informed man-that with
deposit guarantee, II n panic threat
ems. there Will be far less fear, less
alarm, less hysteria, less withdrawal
OF funds. fewer bank runs and fall
ures. What might be called the
broader aspects of the question are
not lost upon him. But, like every
one else. his clearest, most vivid
view Is of his personal relations to
the bank-why his deposit in the
bank at the county seat should be
guaranteed by something better and
stronger than the promise OF that
individual bank to repay"
Finally il is worth noting that
in the enormous volume of mail
that comes into the Democratic
National Headquarters from far
mers. editors OF country news
papers, small store keepers, and
other residents of the smaller
towns and villages, there is one
note sounding throughout. All
say that this issue of protecting
the peoples savings by guaran-
tee of bank deposits. is in their
judgment. a political task ranking
in importance with the reform of
the tariff and exceeding in i'm
mediate value almost any other
issue of this campaign.
The newspaper., 1908-09-11
Notice TO Farmers.

In order to have a good ex
hibit of grains and vegetables a,
the fruit fair it is necessary to be.
gin now and select display speci
men. We should endeavor tc
make this department one of the
best of the fair and l hope the
farmers will personally assist me
in making it such. l. b. CLINE.
Sup't Agricultural Dept.
The newspaper., 1908-09-11
CONTINUED from page one.l

can. Indeed in conversation the
other day he showed me that he
had been urging this same reform
with some slight technical differ
ence for some years past. Never
theless the fact that II appeals 10
a man of his type, one OF the ten
or twelve biggest business men
in Chicago. is a fair indication OF
how it must be impressing the
business community as a whole.
Mr. Revell holds. as the Demo
cratic platform holds. that it
should be applied to national as
we'll as TO state banks.
"One thing about It," said he.
which has not yet been widely
brought out is the fact that the
bankers both in small towns and
in great towns watch each other
with the eyes OF hawk. II one
banker finds that a rival has lent
a hundred thousand dollars on
wildcat security and knows that
if loss should follow and the
lending bank go TO the wall it
would cost his bank three or four
thousand dollars as their share OF
the guaranty fund. you will find
that bank getting busy and in
vestigations ordered at once.
Moreover" said he. even with
out the law there have been re-
cent illustrations of bankers CO.
operating, clumsily sometimes, OF
course. to avert panic by paying
off all depositors OF wrecked
banks. The most startling illus
tration was that of the Sovereign
bank of Canada. which went to
the wall at the time OF the recent
bank panic OF New York and
other American cities. That
panic had not spread TO Canada,
but the other banks simply as
sumed charge of the wrecked in
stitution and paid off the deposi-
tors as rapidly as demand was
made. The same thing occurred
in Chicago when the banks con-
;rolled by John X. Walsh were
bankrupted. If there had been a
law guaranteeing bank deposits
there would have been no runs
on the banks. no distress caused
to dcpositors and all would have
been paid promptly. Even as it
was for the purpose of averting a
panic and a run on their own
banks, the other great bankers Of
Chicago stepped in. assumed re
sponsibility for all Liabilities of
the banks and ultimately paid off
all depositors. Some OF the men
who thus voluntarily came to the
rescue of the Walsh creditors are
those now attacking the propo-
s;tion for a legal and official
guaranty of bank deposits. Had
such a law been in existence the
Walsh banks might not have
The newspaper., 1908-09-11
Apple Notes.

| Oolorduo irult is Slowly coming
to its own. Gold Storage"
trade paper, published in London,
England, in the issue of August
Goth, says that The great centers
of the apple industry in America
are in New York state, Missouri,
Illinois, Colorado and the Pacific
coast" So far as the production
of apples of size, color, quality
and fancy trade is concerned,
Colorado should certainly be in
cluded in such statements. The
area of good fruit lands in our
state will perhaps never permit us
to rank first in acreage, but we
may we'll be satisfied with the
money returns and the profits to
the growers.
In the same article it is stated
that the prospective apple crop
in America, according to esti-
mates MADE by the Agricultural
Department, the average through
out the entire country will be
about IS per cent. OF full crop,
as compared with A per cent. of
a full crop in 1907.
Private advices state that the
crop in the Middle West has
been nearly ruined by apple scab.
! This is fungous disease which
attacks both fruit and leaves.
When badly infected the apples
are made unsightly by the scab
spots and the leaves turn yellow
and drop prematurely Spraying
with Bordeaux mixture has been
used for a number OF years to
hold such diseases in control, but
this year the spray has done
nearly as much damage as the
scab, owing to the continued
rainy weather. Under such con-
. ditions some OF the copper in the
spray mixture seems to be made
| soluble. When this occurs the
copper attacks the fruit and
] causes it to become rusty and
often much misshapen.
We have yet to find any traces
of apple scab or any of the other
common fungous diseases OF the
eastern orchard on the apples in
: this state. We believe that we
are warranted in predicting that
these troubles never will gain a
: foothold in this climate and al
! titude. While frosts may injure
our crops occasionally we may
! congratulate ourselves that we
are by no means heir to all the
orchard ills. as few OF the dis
couraged ones have seemed to
) think. So long as Bordeaux mix
ture continues to be practically
. unknown TO our orchard men we
may know that we have a dis
tInct advantage over many other
sections.
, While seasons like the present
are somewhat discourdging. they
should make us optimistic for the
future, for 1t all goes to show that
serious over-production OF fine
: apples. condition which so many
have long predicted, is scarcely
possible. w. PADDOCK.
Colorado Agricultural College.
Fort Collins.
The newspaper., 1908-09-11

gone to the wall. but at any rate
had they done so the smash
would not have created a ripple
in the financial waters of Chicago.
| have made study OF the losses
resulting from the failures of
national banks in the United
States since the adoption OF the
national banking Law. In all that
time there have been four hundred
and seventy FIVE failures. or about
FIVE per cent. OF the total number
of banks. The total loss to de.
positors could have been covered
by a tax of one-tenth of one per
cent on deposits. A tax which
would have put in the custody OF
the secretary of the treasury 2
fund of forty million dollars
would have covered all these
losses and left a substantial fund
for future use"
The newspaper., 1908-09-11
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A.PIANFETTI

IF you use liquor at all and don't
buy it from us you lose, and we
lose, for we sell Straight whiskey for
less than Others sell crooked whiskey.
We pack every order for shipment in
PLAIN boxes with no marks to be-
tray contents. and II you mail your
order in the morning, or phone us by
noon the goods will be shipped and
reach you the SAME day. We sell
the celebrated SHAWHAN, the kind
that "keeps on tasting good" for
$3.50 and $500 the gallon, and Shaw
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$3.50 the gallon, and many other
brands that range in price up to
$500. A card will bring you a price
list. Give us a trial order.
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