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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10
THE wITHERSPOON SUIT.
The Work of ,ftreet Paving Will
Progress.

The Work of Street Paving Will
Progress.
The suit by Marion S. Wither-
spoon against ]. NJ. Hood and San
ford STpes, mention of which was
made in The News q few issues
since, has been discontinued. The
following is the argument discon-
tinuing the proceeding:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Lancaster.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
Marion s. Witherspoon, Plaintiff.
VS..
j. M. Hood and Sanford Shines.
Defendants.
The plaintiff hereby discontinues
this action and the injunction pro-
ceedings upon the agreement of the
town council of Lancaster, S. c., that
the Town Of Lancaster in grading
the sidewalks abutting plaintiffs
property within described and re-
moving trees thereon, shall construct
along the abutting line a good con-
ing or retaining wall, not to exceed
twelve inches in height, and slope
| piaintif's premises to said coping
in a proper manner, and shall Glso
construct good cement steps at the
enerance from the sidewalk for the
plaintiffs dwelling and shall con
struct good entrance or roadway
from Main street into plaintiffs
premises for horses and vehicles, and
snail construct a ten foot cement
sidewalk on Main street along plain
tiH's premises, the plaintiff to paw
one-half of the cost Of the cementing
OF the sidewalk and constructing
the said coping or retaining wall, the
sloping and entrances including
steps. The said town council further
agrees, if funds are available for
that purpose, to lay down Main
street beginning at the depot and
along plaintiffs premises with bithu,
luithic, asphaltic concrete, or other
equivalent and suitable suffuse
| MARION S. WITHERSPOON.
JONES G. JONES,
| Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Approved by order of the Town
Council.
! JOHN CRAWFORD.
Clerk and Treasurer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10
Death of a Little Bov.

Master Chalmers Edwin Adams.
son OF Mr.. and Samuel F. Adams,
died Monday night, at 1880, No
vember 2Aaged 2 years. months,
22 days. After an illness Of about
a week with Wphtheria he struggled
hard to live and made a brave fight.
out growing weA&er. he soon gave
way, thought everS\effort to restore
him was resorted to.
The remains were laid to rest
Tuesday evening at O'Clock in the
New Hope cemetery.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10
Thrown From .eMule.

rs Mr.. T. e. eIyburn of the
Hanging Rock section was coming
to town riding one of his mules this
morning, the animal took fright at
an approaching automobile and
threw It's rider to the ground. DIR.
Allen was summoned and attended
on Mr.. Clyburn. who we are glad
to say was not seriously, though
painfully hurt. He remained uncon-
scious for some tine. The accident
happened on the Camden. road south
OF Elgin.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10
Operated on For Appendicitis.

Charley Cook, son OF Mr.. John A.
Cook, had an attack Of appendicitis
at his home in Cheraw last week
He was brought from Cheraw to
this place Friday morning by his
sister, Mrs. s. M. Webb. Mr.. Cook
carried him on to the Fennell In
Urinary the same day and he was
operated on Sunday about midday.
The operation was success and
the patient Is doing nicely.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

LANCASTER CLEANING, Dyeing
and tailoring, White and Dunlap
streets, 'PhonA 3S1. Keep your old
suit. l will mahe 1t look like new.
Ladies' work \specialty. gloves
cleaned. Our worm talks for itself.
SO give me trial ia all want. My
terms, $l:oo for suits pressed per
tickets. Yes, we do dye}Ag. jenkins
Pressing Club.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

FOR SALE-New crop pure Georgia
cane syrup\in barrels, kegs and
cans. Write roS prices. w. III.
Davis, Augusta. Ga.> 1-27
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

Mrs. M. r.. Hudson OF Shreveport,
La, is the guest OF her daughter.
Mrs. Luther Ellison, with whom she
will probably spend the winter.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

FOR RENT-One, two, three and
four horse farms on my plantation
near Lancaster. Rent payable part
cotton and part corn. w. j. Gun
ningham. 40
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

MIR. G. l.. McMANUS, county demon
strator for Lancaster county.
Will be at the~Chamber of Commerce,
in Springs bloek, every Saturday
from ~ a. m. to = D. m. y-tf
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

WANTED-A position or work of
some kind insida 6&~zhS winter.
Could keep a snSlHset of books. A
paRis f5,ai would be apsTeeiated Latta
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

WANTED-To buy your COW hides,
mink. otter. muskrat. 'possum,
coon, sheep, \&oat and horse hides.
Want 5000 poopds at once. See me
before you sell. Capers Cauthen.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

FOuND-One b9nch Of kegs in 80
owner k;" es1DSsss es1 sss p'. z ssy.ns soss: fs;
this advertisement.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

FOR SALE-One National Cash
Register, cost $500. used
months. good as new. Good condi-
ton Ore-SbQw case. 8 feet long.
y inches wide, ~ inches deep, solid
plate glass top. CAse equipped with
locks, cost 1892 .20~elivered, One
counter. sEfS<aofg. maoe- especially
for show Case. Make me an offer.
Latta Davis.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10

| FOR SALE-30O Barrels best pat
ent flour at $5.75 per barrel
| Carnes Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-10
Business Notices

FOR SALE<Registered Duroc Jer-
sey pigs, one male, five females.
They are beauties. l.. c. Lazenby.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
Titus Andronicus" and "a Midsum-
mer Nights Dream:

Titus Andronicus" and "a Midsum-
mer Nights Dream:
O, is ell forgot?
All schooldays' friendship, CHILDHOOD
innocence?
We. Hernia, like two artificial gods.
Have with our needles created both one
flower,
Both on one sampler.
This new edition OF Mr.. Huish's eX-
cellent work is not only less costly than
the original one, it also pays consider
able attention to American needlework.
II is complete guide for the amateur
and the collector. It's beautiful illus
trations make il, furthermore, an in
teresting volume TO look at desultorily,
while, finally, the many verses and pre-
cepts It quotes have real value as
Illustrations Of the way in which our
gentle foremothers had imprinted upon
their memories. through their indus
trlous fingers, the rules Of good con-
duct of their stern, eXacting age.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
A DOMESTIC ART
The Needle Graft of Our Gentle
Foremothers.

SAMPLERS AND TAPESTRY EN-
BROIDERIEs. BY Marcus Is Hush.
Ii. h. Second edition. With "A
colored plates and II illustrations I'm
the text Royal Svo. PIP. xii, 176.
Longmans. Green & co.
Fifty years ago samplers, the handi-
work Of maternal ancestors. were found
among the possessions Of almost every
family; to-day they have become a
rarity. cherished by. collectors and
deemed worthy Of place in our mu-
seums. II was Ruskin who first
pleaded for their preservation as speci-
mems OF a minor art. However that
may be. there clings 10 them. beyond
their quaintness. an atmosphere OF in
timacy. of other days and other ways
OF living, that should grow stronger as
the years pass and woman strides
further along the new road. away from
the repressed. submissive feminine
ideals which this needlework typifies
in part in its embroidered sentiments.
When samplers were first introduced
is not known. the earliest surviving
specimens date back no further than
go years. That the sampler is much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Senator Lodges "reminiscences of His Childhood
and Youth-Walter Paters Marlus and
His Prototype he Book of Samplers

optimist as far as the United States is
concerned
A trip TO Europe. which followed the
line Of his mothers earlier travels.
when people still made grand tour,
began regard for lessons as some
thing other than an infection devised
for the torment Of small boys An
entertaining voyage over is had by the
reader IN the paddle wheel steamer the
Africa. in which there was nothing re-
yembliug "a bathroom Many interest
ing "grown-up' persons met ON this
tour. at least 10y the boys elders. are
sketchcd bv one who looked on at them
unobstrusivcly from a corner. What
he remembered most wildly as the
salient sights of Paris in 1866 We're the
troops. Onenbach's opera and fash
ionable courtesan. who was pointed out
TO him in the Rois one day.
The youth who entered Harvard in
1861 came upon the college at mem
orable period in its life. II had re-
NAMED in essence unchanged from the
DAYS of its Puritan founders. our au-
thor. who went in under the old system
end came out under the new. sketches
his career there during this time of
transition. in which he makes it quite
plain that he enjoyed himself hugely,
in the manner and with the intelli-
gence common to that stage Of life. ."
He cultivated his taste for the theatre
and has vivid memories of a Dickens
reading He made many friendships
and became engaged TO the eldest
daughter of Rear Admiral Davis. From
college he passed 10 the study of the
law, partly because l was at loss
what TO do and partly because | felt
il would be OF value 10 me as form
OF education" TO his work in editing
the Review" to becoming a contrib
utor to various periodicals. To lectur-
ing. the study Of the history OF his
country and to starting in life" gen
orally. His early memories pause
where they begin TO merge in those Of
his public life. That is a story which
at some future time he will perhaps
try 10 tell. Looking lakewood Sena-
TOR Lodge contrasts the changes which
have taken place in society between
the time of his youth and this. His
book is in a large measure testimony
to the affection and the happiness
which his youth accorded to him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
PLOTS WITHIN PLOTS.

IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT BY cx
and 4. NJ Williamson. Colored fronst
piece. limo. pp. 5l2. Doubleday Pss.
& Co.
To begin with, this is an excellss;
novel 70 take along on the Meditr.
ranean trip. II is just possible tia
the authors and their publishers
thought Of this when they planned 10
publication at this season OF the year
AS for the plot. II is most complicated
a BELTS a book 81 the country wher
East and West meet. There is. fr
Of all, a member of the peerase-s
courtesy title only, but brother to
marquis. He is poor Of course. Tier
there is an American girl, and Sta
equally Of course. is very rich. and
accustomed 10 having her own VA
And there is an officer in the Brita
service in Egypt. whose mother Vi,
an Egyptian princess. his matsrra
grandmother a Sicilian lady and b.
maternal grandfather a Greek Ne.
il be said that he can assume the y
tive costume and mingle with the y
tives undetected? He even wears "a
green turban OF the pilgrimage 10 Me-
ca. Furthermore. there is an lrss'
woman who masquerades as Nn
Jones: and another American wcn1i
who believes that she is the rercsf'
nation Of Cleopatra. and an EngliS'
woman married TO a Mohammedan, va'
wishes TO be rescued from his horie'
harem. And there is a band OF vi
famous. mysterious. elusive plotier
native and white, following the parry
up the Nile, causing all kinds
trouble and danger until, at the srl
the Mountain OF the Golden Pyrans
gives up its treasure And. amid NE
dangers and adventures and the lH'
palpable stalking mystery, the reads
is personally conducted through u'
country, after the manner OF al W
Williamson books.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
NEW AND RECENT NOVELS
BY POPULAR AUTHORS
George A. Birmingham's Early Stories-Ihe Anonymou,
Home in Book Form-Wih the William
sons Up the River Nile

the unsougnt result that the cas-. =,
his minor characters is brough, 10.
far more potently 10 the reader r.
is that Of the story's chief personals.
The homesickness Of the strs,s.,
American consul and Of the Pen,,vs
vania Dutchmsn, who, amassin. ,
fortune in Brazil, pines for his rs,,v.
village: the longing for his sh.cs :,
the cowboy orchid-hunter in IN. an,
tropics; the death OF the yand.,,.
Russian in Tibet. with wish .,
home in his last hours-the.e ins,s,...
simply given. intended 10 strengths
the main theme Of Home" as II e.,-
tres in the family mansions q, Pa.
Hill. in reality overshadow IL. "a.
atmosphere Of these old houses !.
elaborated in manner that lacks en-.
muIative effect, and the end /, "a.
long drawn out The novel has otss-
themes-love and passion-but her. |,
remains very near the surface, not -
purpose again. but IN execution. n.
reader, in short, must industrou,y
collaoorate with the author to realm
the effects AZ which he aims. For n.
rest the story is picturesque IN In
fittings 20 Africa and South Arnerz
with men who do things in a mas.srsu
way. But one has his doubts abor,
the Brazilian parish priest and AZ
amazing advocacy Of bigamy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
IRISH POLITICS.

THE SETTLING POT. By George A
birmingham. limo, PIP. ZS9. Inc George
\. Doran Company
Lest Mr. Birmingham be accused OF
overproduction. Of being too anxious 70
make hay while the sun Of mis- popu-
larity continues 10 shine. his publishers
announce that THE Settling Pot is
one OF his earlier novels, which is now
added TO the uniform edition OF his
later works. Two others, Bad Times
and "Hyacinths." are soon 10 follow.
The present story was certainly worth
republishing. 1t deals with the serious,
not the humorous, side Of irish Ire
though, of course, humor is not lack
ing. II is. indeed. a strikingly inform
ing study Of Irish politics in the recent
past rather than, one would think. at
the present day Underlying it all is "A
genuine love of Ireland and the Irish
people. but the author tells the truth
as he sees il with unfinching honesty.
The picture he draws Of political con-
ditions i'm Ireland and Of the subter-
ranean influences that make them a
'seething pot" resembles in many ways
that found in the Introduction 70
Shaw's John Bulls Other Island.
The plot Is concerned with an Irish
country gentleman who decides to
throw in his lot with the Nationalist,
who was ostracized in consequence by
the county, and who ends by discover
ing that he cannot go on because what
comes to the surface in the pot and is
boiling over is scum.
Yet within the pot there is good stuff
Ii may be dinner for the chllder. TO
make them grow into men and women,
il may be food FOR the men 70 make tneHl
strong. il may be fattening for the less
honorable beasts Of the field. IL IS. az all
events the raw material OF life. Far pet
ter is it 10 be sitting beside a seething
pot than stagnant pool. Let MS Keep
the pot seething II we can. Let MS 90 our
little part I'm this dear ireland OF ours TO
stir men into the activities OF thought
and ambition. II we get our toes burnt
and our fingers grimy. let US put up with
il bravelv II there is a nasty smell We
shall remember that there is good food
in the cauldron.
What plot there is serves only one
aim, that of giving proportion and
perspective to the picture, which might
almost make one wish that Mr.. Biz
mingham had not abandoned the Sc
rious for the lighter vein in his fiction.
There are excellent portraits here Of
the peasantry in the mass; kitkats Of
Nationalist members Of Parliament; A
full-Iength portrait which unmistaki
ably suggests Parnell; fair study Of
the priesthood as moral leaders and
as politicians; another, drawn with
frank dislike. Of a decadent neo-Celt,
d gentleman by birth and nothing else.
who wOrships Kathleen-ni-H ouihan in
London in verse and story and play;
and a sensible exposure of the Village
industry" movement, whose benefits
exist only in the Imagination OF their
promoters. This earlier novel Of
George A. Birmingham is welcome.
One looks forward with interest to the
publica ton Of the other two.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
PATER'S "MARIUS"
An Edition for the Authors
Most Devoted Readers.

MAR1US THE EPICUREAN. His SEN
sations and Ideas. BY Walter Pater
In Two Volumes. Svo, PIP. lio, 1874 The
Macmillan Company.
In the library Of his old friend Rich
ard c. Jackson. whose intellectual
traits he reproduced to some extent in
the character Of Marius, Walter Pater
was wont 10 pore over rare books. He
loved best TO study them thus, In an
atmosphere impossible in a place like,
for example, the Bodleian. One re-
members that taste Of his when hand
ling the present edition of his most
chara cteristic work. How he would
have rejoiced in it! 1t is not an edition
for a public library, or for the mildly
interested reader II If an edition for
the bibliophile who is sealed Of the
tribe of Pater The two shapely vol
umes have been printed abroad. for the
Medici Society in a limited edition on
handmade paper. The type is the beau
tiful Riccardi font designed by Mr..
Herbert p. Horne, the biogrspher Of
Botticeln. II has brilliant black face,
but the page is sufficiently open and
the effect is as graceful as charming,
as 1t is dignified. Pater's book was
never more appropriately presented
and among the numerous editions OF
il there have been several Of great
typographical excellence. The collected
edition OF his works. published here,
like this "Marius," by the Macmillans,
is a superb set of books. Nevertheless,
the volumes before US will take a place
apart, forming the ideal edition for
those Zealots who isolate "Marius'
from all the authors other writings
and make II the object OF cult.
We have alluded 10 the share taken
in the evolution Of this book by Jack
son, the scholar of encyclopedia read
ing and multifarious tastes. In the au-
thor's biography there is an odd note
on the relations Of the comrades in this
matter:
one day Pater. after producing a num-
Der OF little squares OF white paper. upon
which he had been making notes, said 10
Mr.. Jackson: See. ! told you l would
write a book about you, and now ! have
sucked your veins dry. / will begin.
There must be no personalities, inter
rupted Mr.. Jackson.
Certainly not" followed Pater; but
since tave taken the bloom off the peach.
the fra GRANGE from the rose and the breath
from the lily-eVen as the hyacinth sprahg
from the blood Of Hyacnthus. 80 shall all
that l have CLEANED from thee swell ny
fame 10 kiss posterity herewith.
Clearly. there could be no personall-
ties Of any vulgarly concrete and di-
rect sort in the work OF prosateur
capable OF such fine drawn preciosity.
Il am glad to write about YOU" Pater
went on, because owing TO you my
life has been enriched-its minstrelsy
swelled" The man who could talk in
this exalted strain would surely put no
merely human biographical touches
into the portrait Of his friend. He would
deal i'm essences and kindred high
erected thii $. Yet he had his more
solidly constructive ambition in the de-
signing OF - arius" Elsewhere in Mr.
Wrights memoir there is note Of
what oater said TO Jackson in lSs2,
when he had just returned from sum
mer in Cornwall. flushed with inspira-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
AN ANONYMOUS NOVEL,

HOME illustrated by Reginald h. Birch.
l2mo, PIP. 337. The Century Company.
This is Enthusiastically a first novel
pulling together" as the process Is
prosaically called. would have greatly
improved il, but that is. no doubt, a
trick of his art which the author has
not yet mastered. His purpose is firm
enough; where he fails is in its execu-
ton. whose diffuseness brings about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
JOSEPH CONRAD, DRAMATIST.

Joseph Conrad's first play "One Day
More" which was recently produced
by the London stage Society and the
, aeatre de PGuvre, Of Paris, is printed
I'm the February number Of THE Smart
Set" The scene of the play. which is
a comedy, is laid in small British
seaport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17

their evidence, which has been welded
into chapter upon chapter, much OF II
conjectural. II is true, of the laborious
progress toward civilization Of the race
before the dawn Of history. All this
work and its results are included in the
new edition OF Lord Avebury's book,
which the Messrs Holt will issue next
Saturday.
A Persistent Critic.
Eden Phillpotts is, Of course, used to
the criticisms of book reviewers. But
he has also for many years mad an
anonymous private censor whom, 1t
appears, he cannot please. No sooner
does a new book of his appear than he
receives an unstamped envelope, on
which he has to pay the postage
Within is merely the torn out title
page Of the new novel, across which
is written, in hand Mr.. Phillpotts is
now well acquainted with: THANK
heaven, | have destroyed another Of
your abominable books. Pay the two
pence yourself.
ToursenieH and tho Viardots.
The Memories and Adventures" Of
Louise Heritte- Viardot the daughter
OF Pauline Garcia and the niece OF
Malibran, which have recently been
translated from the original German.
contain several references to Tour
geneff. who for many years made his
home with the Viardot family in Paris
lie lived with us for thirty years, and
never paid a farthng. He died
after an Illness OF eighteen months. and
never thought OF showing gratitude for
the expensive and very tedious. nursing
he received by leaving us even small
share of his fortune. His millions were
inherited by an old woman whom he
never saw and who was already million
aire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17

THE SETTLING POT. By George a.
Birmingham. limo, PIP. Zs9 Inc George
a. Doran Company