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The Jasper news., 1909-04-01
SYNOPSIS.

Vanishing Fleets, a story of of what what
ington with the United States and Japan
on the verge of war. Guy Hitler, sec
Norma Roberts. chief aide. of Inventor
Roberts, are introduced as lovers. Japan
declares war and takes the Philippines.
Guy Hillier starts for England. Norma
Washington on mysterious expedition for for
the Florida coast. Hawaii is captured
by the Japs. All ports are closed. TOKYO
learns OF missing Japanese fleet ana
United States has some powerful war
agency. England decides to send Meet
80 American waters as Canadian pro-
lection against what the British suppose
Is terrible submarine fiotilla. Hiliier is
also sent to Canada to attempt to force
his way through American lines with
message British fleet departs amid mis-
givings of English. Fleet myster1ously
disappears. Hitler makes failure OF et-
fort TO deliver message to the president:
War between Great Britain and Germany
Is threatened. The kaiser disappears.
King Edward of England is confronted by
Admiral Bevins of the United States, ana
upon promising TO present the missing
British admiral. the monavch agrees to
accompany Bevins on tlur, which the lat
ter says will uncover tie agent Of war
and end all conflicts. The Dreadnaught,
covered ct an impossible point in the
Thames, much to the mystery OF the
kingdom. The story goes back to time
many months before the war breaks OUT
and Inventor Roberts visits the president
and cabinet telling of and exhibiting
metal production. This overcomes fric-
lion when electrified and is to be applied
TO vessels to increase speed to over 30 miles
an hour. A city for the manufaeture OF
the coast of Florida and Norma Roperts
arrives on scene.
The Jasper news., 1909-04-01

share with them the first knowledge
Of what had been accomplished; SO
as guard of honor they supported
her back to where the cruel agent
stood, and then one and all started
back with exclamations Of amazement.
The plate on which they were build
ing their hopes had disappeared!
Where the insulated tank which held
It had reared its squatty length was
now ragged hole in the floor, bor-
dered by the sliyered ends of twisted
and shattered wood, and beneath this
was yawning hole several feet deep.
broken electric wires, and the great
slab of metal.
Norma, as If the excitement of the
discovery had acted as a tonic, re-
leased herself from the supporting
arms, walked to the shining brass
structure, and leaned against 1t.
Brockton pulled OFF his cap and
scratched his head in puzzled way,
and Jenkins removed the glasses from
his nose and began nervously polish
ing them. The other engineers gaped
at each other, at the inventor and then
back to the hole wherein to all appear
ances was buried the thing on which
they had built all their hope. Old
Bill" Roberts stood by Its edges, look
Ing down and examining the broken
wires, a picture Of perplexity or de-
spair, He came back and crowded
through their midst, examining~a con-
f1f
The Jasper news., 1909-04-01
Why There Was a Funeral.

"That looks like a newly made grave
that little hnmmock over there on
the desert said the traveller from the
east.
"That's Just what It is. neighbor,
answered Arizona AL "The editor of
the Weekly Cactus Spine was buried
over there last week"
what was his complaintY
eHe didn't have none. 1t was Coyote
Cal that had the complaint. You see,
there was a baby born up to Gals:
house spell ago, and the editor wrote
an item about 1t, sayin' a tow-headed
little girl he'd come to make Cal and
his woman happy, but It pears that
the printer got the letters mixed some
how. Leastways It said In the paper
when Cal read 1t that 1t was two
headed baby. and him bein, an im-
pulsive cuss, there want nothin' to do
but hold the funeral the next day but
one"
The Jasper news., 1909-04-01
coNeENiAL WORK
Aid Strength to Perform It.

A person in good health is likely
to have a genial disposition, ambition.
aud enjoy work,
On the other hand, II the digestive
organs have been upset by wrong
food, work becomes drudgery.
until recently writes a Washing.
ton girl, II was a railroad stenog-
rapher. which means full work every
day.
Like many other girls alone In d
large city, ] lived at a boarding house.
For breakfast it was mush, greasy
meat. soggy cakes, black coffee, etc. ~
After a few months of this diet I
used to feel sleepy and heavy in the
mornings. NY work seemed q ter
rible effort, and | thought the work was
to blame-too arduous.
'tAt home lad heard my father
speak of a young fellow who went
long distances in the cold on Grape.
Nuts and cream and nothing more for
breakfast.
Il concluded ii 1t would tide him
over mornings heavy work, It might
help me, so on my way home ono
might bought a package and next
morning i had GrapeANuts and milk
for breakfast.
II stuck to Grape-Nuts, and In less
than two weeks noticed improve
ment I cant lust tell how wen 1
felt, but remember l used to walk
the II blocks to business and knew
how good it was simply TO live.
.sAs TO my work well, did you ever
feel the delight OF having congenial
work and the strength to perform IL
That's how l felt, truly believe
there's life and vigor in every grain ot
Grape-N Nuts
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek. Mich. Read THE Road to Well
Vile" In pkgs There's Reason
Ever read the above letter. A nes
sss sEsss;ss ftsa ron. tine ss e .. tI'.s 7: Tesg
spfefeEt,
The Jasper news., 1909-04-01
CHAPTER XIV.
The Great Discovery.

From the shore came dull, moan
ing sound, now rising, now falling, put
incessant, as if some gigantic animal,
stricken and suffering, was shrieking
the anguish of it's death throes to the
solitudes of the keys and the waste
of waters round them. The fright
ened birds took flight to the north to
escape the weird monotone, and the
timid animals of the forest covered
in fear; but the men of the island
looked at one another exultantly, with
mutual congratulations on the rapidity
of their work The blast furnace
which was to cast the plates was be-
ing blown in.
Days and nights of unremitting toll
had followed that first landing; ma
chine shops had been completely in
stalled, power plants perfected, and
buildings for the men erected; addi-
tional supplies had been received;
and another gunboat, the Columbia,
augmented the patrol which passed
ceaselessly round the keys, guarding
their secret and warning inquisitve
fishermen to avoid the waters; corps
of expert smelling men from the
mines of the west had Joined the
colony-and all for this, the casting
of the first plate, which was to take
place this day.
In the assay rooms there had been
the constant testing of crude metals
and apportioning them and discardlne
those which were inferior. Trained
hands were those that worked over the
buclking boards and manipulated the
delicate scales which would register
the tiniest mark of lead pencil with
as great accuracy as they would a
pound weight. Everywhere about the
plant were men who wrought with pre-
cision and interest, bound together In
the great enterprise until differences
In station were forgotten and all were
as family praying for success.
"Old Bill" Roberts, assisted by his
daughter, had permitted no foot bul
theirs to enter the room where his ap
paratus was installed, and no hant
but theirs to touch its complicated
mechanism. With the love, of a ere
ator he had spent the last hour!
fondling its cold, unresponsive parts
and adjusting it, and then stood ant
watched, as a mother watches he
firstborn, the initial movements Of thu
great masterpiece which was mys
terry to all the world but him ant
Norma.
Engineers and officers from all part
NJ the miami warmed that tho crupia
test was at hand, gathered round th
door of the innermost room, until in
vited in by the inventor. and the
slowly entered and found STANDING
places at safe distance from the in
tricate mass. whose polished knobs
twisted bars and cleaning tube
seemed to them tangled riddle
The Jasper news., 1909-04-01

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7 res estralhllis hanu On MS aIih lsL eiu seiu
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ne auuiirai suuueriy '.'l, uroppvu @ ns
oulA ~ nsoo'i y, oou
saspeu' ato you - ill au
Norma, IKE one from whose eyes q
noouWink mas peen suodsniy renioveu,
ana appearlng almost 70 nave reau net
fatner 8 mind, put ner nand out % ms
snouiuer ana looked az hilii seaicliiiit''
", a SLOW Brlh Oh great eSulltalieh ,slllt'i.
swept over tne lean ola tace .inlo
Whlcn sne peerea, uroVe Tue "rlnfies llf
INTO tne corners Oh tue eyes, ahu 9
piass Oh rauiaslns burrows rouliu elie
mouth.
you've guessed It,, ne said, ana
then turned to the admiral. Brockton,
yod don't know what that hoie meant;
but In an horr from now I'm going 70
snow you That 1s, Norma my as;
sistant, and VIII.
Then in a sudden frenzy for work
he asked them all to leave until he
sent for them, and they, wondering
and speculating on his next endeayori
obeyed. Only the workmen, who had
descended into the cavity and were
preparing to hoist the plate and mold,
and the admiral, by special invitation,
remained, The clang OF hammers re-
sounded hollowiy through the room
| as the timbers beneath the floor were
| shored up by the carpenters; then
came the setting OF another and lar.
ger tank than the one which had been
so unexpectedly driven into the earth.
The sDlaller plates which had been In.
tended only for experimental purposes
were Exhausted, and therefore they
had nothing on which to operate save
two immense castings weighing many
tons. Wide sliding doors rolled back
and worimen from the foundry, with
straining muscles and clinging toes
slowly pushed In low-wheeled cars on
which rested the huge pieces OF metal
A steel crane projected its ungainly
arm, reached slowly down, and in .
Titanic grasp picked up one piece
moved 1t into position over the new
bed, and deposited 1t in great basir
The Jasper news., 1909-04-01
An Objection.

3 why don't you explain to your con-
stituents that you are making a sacri.
flee of personal income to remain In
ofiice7n
Il haven't any faith In that argn.
ment," answered Senator Sorghum.
People never appreciate what they
think they are getting cheap
The Jasper news., 1909-04-01
lnnueence.

The cat had Just eaten the canary.
81 hated to eat the foolish thing.9
remarked the cat, ebut when q bird
breaks out OF its cage and alea down
your throat what can ycn DOR
The Jasper news., 1909-04-01
.ARTFuL eEeeAR.

Miss Charity--If were to give you
o quarter, what would you say
Wandering Jim1 should tell every
gent that you were the prettiest lady
In all this town.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19
A Thrilling Rescue

How Bort Il. Lean, of Cheny, Wash. was
saved from frightful death is a story to
thrill the world. "a hard cold, " he writes
brought on desperate lung trouble that
baffied an expert doctor here. Then |
paid $40 to Sl5 visit to q lung specialist
in Spokane. who did not help me. Then
/ went to California but without benefit
At last used DIR. Kings New Discovery
which completely cured me and now am
as well as ever.'' For lung trouble, bron-
chi tbs. Coughs and colds, asthma, Group
aud whooping cough its supreme. soc
and Sl.00 Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by + Mackey Go. Funderburk Phar-
macy, Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19
Entertainment in Ker.haw Next
Tuesday Night. Cast of
Characters.

kershaw Era: "Out in the
Streets" will be presented at the
school auditorium Tuesday, June
20, by the members of the Bap-
tist Union. The proceeds will
go 70 the Connie Maxwell Or
phanage. The play will begin
promptly at 8 80 p. m.
The following is the cast of
characters
Col. Jasper Wayne--J.B.Cas
ton.
Solomon Davis-O K. Sand.
strom.
Matt Davis-A. G. Adams.
North Carolina Pete-D. Z.
Love.
DR.. Medfield-L Truesdale.
Mrs. Bradtord-Miss Eta
Blaskmon.
Mrs. Wayne-Miss Lois Greg.
ory.
Miss Nina Wayne-Miss
Gladys Faulkner.
Miss Minnie Bradford-Miss
Josephine Nelson.
Policeman-Harry Gregory.
Besides the play there will be
presented "Nip and Tuck" a
farce in one act, full of fun and
laughter.
Cast of characters
Maj. Jasper Walton-Jessie
Mobley.
Dennis Flannigan-O. f..
Sandstrom.
Pete-D. B. Love.
Susie-Miss LOIS Gregory.
Policeman-Harry Gregory.
Music-Miss Kate Blackmon.
Admission Adults 25c, chill
dren 15c. Reserved seats 35c.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19
He Liked His Straight.
From Success.)

Nfioh cuSCeSS.J
"lntemperance," said Horace
Bixey, the oldest Mississippi
pilot, "is what kills most of us
off. Once We fished out pas
senger who had been soaking in
the river for half an hour. When
the whiskey was brought, the
vicyim's lips moved slightly, and
l stopped to get his last words.
Roll me on a bar'l fust and
get some O. this water out he
said family. It'll weaken the
licker.'"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19

If you are not satisfied after using
according TO directions two-thirds of
bottle of Chamberlain's stomach
and Liver Tablets. you can have your
money back. The tablets cleanse and
invigorate the stomach, improve the
digestion, regulate the bowels. Give
them trial and get well. Sold by J
F. Mackey Co., and Funderburk
Pharmacy. w-s
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19

oFick structure, and is very
nice, handsome, and we'll arrang-
cd school building. After the
building was completed, there
was much work done on the
grounds, such as leveling, sodding,
plantingtrees and grass, and other
things which have made beau
uful campus, and added greatly to
the appearance of the building.
In 1877 there was a corpor-
alton organized which built a
cotton seed oil mill. In this same
year by an act of the Legislature
permitting it, part of the Lam
caster graded school became the
Lancaster High School. In 1908
Lancaster began 10 operate a
water.works system, which sup
plies the town with as good wa
ter as could be desired. A move
ment has recently been started
for the erection of an ice factory
In town. 1t is safe to say that
Lancaster will be supplied with
electric power in short time.
The town has recently been pre-.
sented with a handsome mouu-
ment to "Our Confederate Sol
liers," by those noble women.
the Lancaster Chapter of United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
The town Of Lancaster is grow
ing and is very prosperous in
every way. Its population of
about six thousand people is
steadily increasing, new build
ings are being erected in all parts
of the town, and it's financial con-
dition, considering the large
amount of public work it has re-
Gently had done is as good as
any town of its size is usually
found to be. People of other
places see these favorable condi-
tions in Lancaster, and that is
the reason she continues to grow .
Lancaster is strong munici-
pality, and is destined to become
still stronger. She is situated in
a good, healthy location and has
plenty of water power. She is
surrounded by some of the best
and most fertile farming land in
the Piedmont section of the
state These things combined
with the fact that her people are
true Southerners and Democrats
will enable her to stand he1
ground and hold her own In the
world, no matter what may come
to hinder her
James ID. Beatty.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19
Trouble Makers Ousted

When suffer from stomach trouble
takes DIR. Kings New Lite Pills he's
mighty glad to see his Dyspepsia and In
digestion fly, but Dore-hes tickled over
his new, fine appetite. strong nerves,
healthy vigor, all because stomach, liver
and kidneys now work right Csc at J +
Mackey Co.. Funderburk Pharmacy. Craw-
ford Bros
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19

Chamberlain's stomach and Liver
Tablets will brace up the nerves, ban
lsh sick headache, prevent desponden-
cy and invigorate the whole system.
Sold by j. +. Mackey Co., and Fund
erburk Pharmacy. w-s
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19
THETowN OF LANCASTER.
Its History from the First Small
Settlement Down to the Pre-
sent, a. Given by James D.
Beatty in His Graduating
Essay at the Recent
GradedSchool Com
mencement.

mencement.
In the dark days prior to the
American Revolution; when our
laws came from England, when
the savage Indian roamed in Joy
aud contentment over his bound
less fields and on his broad rivers,
aud when no man felt safe for an
instant because of the hostility
OF these Indians there was q
small settlement just across Gills
creek, north of what is now the
town of Lancaster; which was
the beginning of this historic
old place. This settlement con-
sisted OF probably half dozen
houses aud tavern, which was
kept by Mr.. Barr, and at which
George Washington once stayed
at night while on trip through
this section.
That settlement then had no
name, but was in the county of
Sumter, which then consisted of
what is now, York, Chester, Ker-
shaw, Chesterfield and Lancas-
f., ter counties. After several years
a company of settlers from Lau-
caster, Pennsylvania, consisting
mostly of Scotch, Irish, Dutch
and English, settled this place;
only mile and a half from the
old settlement; and called it Lam
caster, after their former home.
Then after a time Sumter county
became divided, and one section
was given the name of Lancaster.
The area of this county is five
hundred and one square miles.
1t borders on the North Carolina
line and is almost exactly north
of the center of South Carolina.
The town of Lancaster is about
the center of Lancaster county.
What is now the town was first
incorporated in the year 1920.
Some of the original families of
the town were, the Stevens,
Browns, Prices, Adams, Massey =,
Witherspoons, Crawfords, Dun
laps and Secrests. The town as
it was first surveyed had a limit
of one half mile on each side of
the Court House, or more cor
rectly, where the Court House
now is.
One of the first substantial
buildings erected after the town
was incorporated was the Jail,
which was built in 1928 and is
standing.now. In the year 1929
a school house was built on the
lot where the graded school build
ing now is, and the children OF
Lancaster were educated there.
Just one year after this the
Methodists of the town organized,
and built a church. The Pres
byterians followed them in the
year 1885, and becoming organ.
lied, built their church.
In the year 1910, the town hav-
ing grown in numbers, and the
people desiring a larger and 8
better school the Franklin Acad
emy was established and new
building erected where the old
one had been. In this same year
a new brick court house was
built, and in 1855 was enlarged
by about half it's original size.
Lancaster steadily increased
in population until at the time
nf the tuor hAk"nn, thn C.otno
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19

it was though, he was here long
enough to burn the jsil, get into
the court house and destroy all
the towns records aud every
thing else of importance that he
could find. Because of this fact
the dates which are given con-
cerning things previous to the
war, are given from the memory,
and on the authority of some OF
Lancaster's oldest and best citi-
zens.
After the war, the people be
gan to settle down again; with
joyous hearts that the wsr was ov-
er-with sad ones that it ended as
it did and because some who left
would never return. The peo-
pie worked however, and other
people of other places, came into
the town until about 1870, the
population had increased to such
an extent that it was thought
best to extend the limit of the
town to radius of one mile
from the Court House. This
was done, but some doubted the
wisdom of it, so after few years
the limit was again placed at
one half mile from the center, a.
which size it has remained untl
the present day.
In the year 1870 the Bap-
tist church was organiz ed in Ian
cas- or. This denomination had
services irregularly for some time
previous to this, but was never
organized until then as a church.
In the year 1880. the Lancaster
and Chester railroad which had
been started in Chester reached
Lancaster and regular trains were
operated between the two points.
This was an event of much i'm
portance to Lancaster. Just one
year after this, in 1881, the Epis-
copalians in the town organized
and built a church, the fourth
one for the town.
During the trying days of recon-
struction, and in fact at all times,
Lancaster was noted for it's peace
and quietness, but in the year
1882, while the negroes were
holding convention in the town,
a fight was started between some
white men and negroes which
ended in general riot. The
result was the death of two or
three negroes, and the running
out of town for the time being
of the entire colored population
This was the only trouble of that
nature with which Lancaste ha s
ever been disturbed.
In the year 1886 the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church
was organized in Lancaster. The
next year one of the most i'm
portant events in the history ot
Lancaster happened. This was
the building of the old Charles.
ton, Cincinnati and Chicago rail
road, which later became and is
no% branch of the Southern
This road gave the town connec
tion by rail with other towns, anC
was great help to its financi al
condition.
In the year 1891 the old
Fran kiln Academy was change d
to the Lancaster Graded School
In 1896 corporation was organ
lied for the purpose of erecting
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-06-19
EXCURSION RATES
To Chester, =. o. and Return VIA
Southern Railway.


Account United Confederate Vetsr-
ans Reunion of South Carolina the
Southern Railway announces very low
round trip rates TO Chester, s. G..
Tickets W ill be on sale June 90, %, "a,
limited good to return until June 2Sth,
1909.
Round trip rates from principal sta
tions as follows:
Blacksburg sl.00 Camden $1.40
Columbia l.3O Gaffney Lis
Rock Hill so Sumter zoo
Winnsboro .55 Yorkville so
Children between five and twelve years
of age half fare
For further information, tickets, ETC..
apply to Southern Railway ticket
agents or address,
j. l.. MEEK,
Asst @. L. Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
j. T.. LUSK,
Division Passenger Agent,
1874 Charleston, 5. G.