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Immigration ' t < H at T* \ Position of the J. O. U. A. M. on this Important Subject Defined?' TRestricted Immigration" One of the Planks in the Orri#?r'? Platfnw > ?? to 1S96, a time when every vote 'was needed, the Democratic party ia its national platform said: ^We hold that the most efficient of protecting American labor is to prevent the importation of foreign pauper labor to compete with It in the home market," and the Republican party in its national platform the same year said : "For the pro teotion of the quality of Ameri x <caa citizens and the wages of our American working men against L. ? ' - * " wa 1 aval UOIIipeilUOn 01 loW priced labor we demand that the immigration laws be thoroughly enforced, and so extended as to mxclude from eutrance to the United States those who can araither read nor write." Samuel Gompers, President of tfce American Federation of l^afcor, says: VThe tariff keeps ?at cheap foreign goods. It is tfce employers, not working men, that have goods to sell. Working maea sell labor, and cheap labor as mot kept out by the tariff. The pamtection that would directly kelp the workers is protection | against the cheap labor itself. Xfcn strength of this country is in tke intelligence and prosperity afour working people, but both <tkn intelligence and the prosperity of oar working people are adangered by the present immi (ration. Cheap labor, ignorant labor, takes our jobs and cuts our wrages." * President Roosevelt, in his anaual message to Congress on December 3rd, 1901, said : "The second greftt object of a proper immigration law ought to be to I r~i ? - u>,uto uy ? uttruiui ana noc merely perfunctory educational teat wme intelligent capacity to appreciate American inatitutiona *a<i act aanely aa American citiThe people, both native born auvtl naturalized, demand the early reatriction of immigration fcj a law to be enacted at the ceaaing aesaion of Congreaa, or vili make thia the burning iaaue n? - ? . wmm vavu VUU|^ICBII1UI1?1 UIBITICC wext year. We are well aware of the fact tkat immigration is a menace to <Mir country, and its restriction a Matter more worthy of considers titon than any political issue this eoantry has ever had. While there are already laws governing foreign immigration, ' are not enforced in the right Measure, and today our land of An ericsn Freedom is overflow-1 aag with all classes of the lowest degraded imitations of humanity i af foreign countries, and still keening at the rate of a million a year. Note the following stateMen t: New York.?More than 1,000,000 immigrants from all the natowns of the earth arrived in America and made this their ^phkce of residence during the .^Wftacal year. AH records have been broken. The alien influx continue today sa most astounding numbers. The forthcoming year, from pre wit indications, will sweep on America's shores a tide of humanequivalent te the population f all of the great cities of America with the exception of Chicago New York. Ellis Island alons received 82i,169 man, women and children. Southern Europe contributed nearly 75 per cent or what would equal the population of the cities of Cleveland and Oin cinnati combined. Agents of the ocean steamship lines despite the revelations fol lowing official investigations, are still sowing the seeds of deception throughout Europe and lur in? ? u^ mo i^uurnnb peasant to tfieir ticket offices with their glowing stories of streets flowing with milk and honey. , The proportion of men to wo men was two to one. The immigration officials say the increases from all nations were about ih proportion to recent foregoing years. Sixty per cent came from Italy, Austria, Hungary. Vast numbers were destined to the big cities of the country, and there seemed to be a proportionate de crease to the northwest and the south. It has become a common occur rence for 6,000 immigrants to pass through the railed isles of the Ellis Island bureau in a single day. The Russian war has contributed a large number of {refugees, but not as large as might be expected on account of the strict Russian border surveillance. "The indications are that the forthcoming year will break the remarkable record just establish ed," said Robert Watcbhorn, the new commissioner at Ellis Island. "If the increase is in proportion, by June, 1906, we will have added 1,250,000 to our population from foreign countries." n * * Lfu wo uh American citizenB desire a continuance of such measures? Will we American citizens allow the Dago,the other rifF-rafT of Southern Europe and tne uOoolie" laborers who will work for a manner of nothing and live on the refuse of the cess pool and the garbage dump?to replace American labor, and take our earning back to foreign lands, or assist more filth and vice to land on our shores? A large per cent of immigration is made up of outcasts, criminals, anarchists, thieves aud off scour ings of the earth, who are forced to leave their own land, and still are allowed to land upon American soil. Isn't it time that we begiu to take measures to stop this intlow of foreigu scum? Every true American, naturalized or nativeborn, regardless of nationality, partisan or sectarian affiliation, will answer, yes ! The Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the great Benevolent and Patriotic Order, has taken this bold stand. "Restricted Immigration" is the strong plank of its platform. J. S. Wilson, Lancaster, 8. O. Convicts Killed Two Officers and Wounded Others. Jefferson City, Mo., November 25.?Iu a desperate attempt to escape from the State penitentiary this afternoon five convicts fought for freedom with weapons and nitro-glycerine at the prison gate, killing two prison officers and wounding Deputy Warden See, and four men made a dash through the streets of Jefferson City und^t fire, only to be captured after two of the escaped men had been wounded. The Lancaster News, 8 pages twice a week, $1.50. Killed His Brother. . > <N ^ . V ; t i Claims to Have Done so in ; Self Defense?Says Brother < Had Him Down Beating Him With Bottle. Special to Charlotte Observer: Greensboro, Nov. 26.? A Ira tricide occurred near thie home o! i Mr. Kobert Wyrtck, four mies northwest of Gihsonville, about 11 o'clock last night, when Luci an B. Hornaday was fatally stab bed by bis brother, D. lio^coe i Hornaday, and lived only fifteen , minutes after receiving t1^ wound. A large pocket, knn, was the weapon used. The j Hornadays made their home in Uibsonville and after supper last night they went, to Mr. Wvrick's in company with several other young men. Alter spending an ' hour or two there the crowd at artorl Kavma 4 I* .r>. "LI 1 Uvi.iwu iivnic, urn uunmuny brothers straggling along behind and engaging in a quarrel. Before the crowd proceeded very far they heard the two brothers fighting and rushed back to se parate them, but found them both lying on the ground, blood flowiug freely from the ugly gash in Lucians's right breast lloscoe admitted that he killed his brother, but said he did so in self defense, while Lucian had him down pounding him with a bottle. Entertainment at Tabernacle There will be an entertain ment given by the Tabernacle school, Saturday Dec. 16th, beginning'at 7.30 p. in. Admission tree. Come everybody and hear one of the most popular plays of the season, <kUandy Andy," together with other recitations and music. Immediately alter these exercises are over, there will ho a basket supper, in which the pub lie are respectfully invited to participate. Proceeds to be used in repairing school building. IVIikhos Itusia Plyer, Ellen Rowell, Fionnie Funderburk Burchie Funderburk; Messrs. J. 11 Rowel, A. C. Rowell, Charles Rowell aiul George Games. Committee. Notice to all I'ersons Indebted to the Lancaster Mercantile. /.'? As you well know, we made some business changes the first of last year, and it is absolutely necessary that we must collect all past due notes and accounts in order to settle with the late members of our concern ; therefore, we now ask our friends, whom we have been so liberal with,to now make arrangements at once to pay us. All past due notes and accounts not settlod promptly will be placed in the hands of our lawyer for collection.' Yours truly. tf Lancaster Mercantile Co. eO YEARS' EXPERIENCE I haul Marks ^MHHv Designs ' " Copyrights Ac. Anyone tending s sketch and de?cr1ptlon may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention la probably patentable Communication* utrlctly confidential. KANOfiOOK on Patent* ?ent free. Oldest agency for ecurlngpatent*. Patent* taken through Munn A Co. receive *pc-(ot notice, without charge. In the Scientific American. A handro iely 11 hi* t rated weekly. largeet Orculatlon tf any aolentlflo Journal. Terms, $3 a year: fot> month*, 9L Sold by all newidaaler*. MONEY TO LOAN. 1 am prepared, as usual, to negotiate loans, >n improved cotton (arms, in sums of MOO 00 uiti upwards for five years. Interest at 7 per :ent on sums of 11,000.00 and over. Under 11,000.00. 8 per cent. Interest. No brokerage )r commission charged?only a reasonable fee 'or abstract of title. R. K WYMK, Attornev-at-L.aw. Town Properly for Sale. The following: lots in the town of Lancaster, S. C., belonging to the rtstate of the late Mrs. Julia A. Taylor will be sold at public auction at Lancaster court house the ftrst Monday in December next, to-wit: The vacant lot corner of Chesterfield Avenue and Market street, lying West ofL. C. Lazenby's residence, containing 8 acres?lot capable of division into several desirable building lots. Also lot, with commodious, 2-story dwelling thereon, south of Lancaster & Chester Ky. depot, formerly occupied by Col. LI. G Mellwain. A perfect, guaranteed title will be given purchaser or purchasers. The heirs of Mrs. Taylor being all of age will join in execution of titles. WALTER S. TAYLOR, MRS H. G MUlLWAIN, MISS JULIA A TAYLOR, J BURROUGHS TAYLOR, Heirs of MRS. JULIA A. TAYLOR pjURRY! J^ZOU can hurry me all yc X. stuff for your THAN] f thing you can name that y< ^ and get your orders filled co ? ries, Olives, Cranberries, Crai \ Catsup, Preserves, Saratov ^ Cakes and Crackers, Cheese, J Dates, Citron. Justanythir ? Huyler's Canch | J. B- MAC WAN The Trading: F We have the Bij Cheapest Stock ol ever had. Weboi cotton was cne* higher prices, i such being the c more goods than Our sto^k of dress IS NEW AND We pride oursel -- medium-priced 1 ING in the tow well-assorted and GENTS* FUl And at prices th tion?quality con When you think of ISHC Think of us. We carry the styles and quality. We h, Shoe for men, and Kippendc pair guaranteed. Give us a call; we welc or not. Yours, with Honest Goc Fund< I Notice. To the overseers of the Public Roads of Lanoaater County. I again ask you all to warn out your hands and work each of your sections of the public roads, as many days as the law requires or until you get y?ur road in good condition. X want to find that each section of road in the eounty is worked good between this and the last day of .November. As yon all know you can't do maoh (rood workine th? nl?? ? /??<??? ? ^ p V.M/ UrtM O Ulll f U |f the winter months. The Krnnd jury held a meeting on the tiret Monday in September last and requested me to give notioe to all of the overseers to put four day^ work on each section of road by the llrst Monday in Oct. and for each of you to make a report to me that day And I did so, but many of you failed to work or to make any report. So I kindly ask you all to read the report of the grand jury at the last term of the court. You will see by that report that they want to have the roada worked better than they have ever been in the past, or have the law enforced against anv one who fails to discharge his duty. Let every one do his duty, and the law will not be enforced against any one. but otherwise, they say it must he done, 'lake due notice therefore and govern yourself accordingly. Respectfully, M . C. Gardner Co., Siupr. ? ? . '.a HURRY! % HURRY! t >u want to; I have got the ^ KSGIVING Dinner. Any- * ou will want. Call on me ^ rrectly and at once. Cher- 0 nberry Sauce, Celery, Pickle, ^ *a Chips, Candies, Honey, ^ Maccaroni, Nuts, Raisins, ^ lg you want. ^ 7 for De Gals. S Korell ? T E D I ublic to Know I ?gest, Best and f Goods we have light goods when ip, anticipating md, of course, ase, we bought usual. GOODS I COMPLETE. ves on the best ine of CLOTHn. We carry a . up to-date line *NISHIN6S. I at defy corapetisldered. MTC m in an endless variety of andle the Forbush Cushion >rf Shoe for women. Every I :omo you whether you buy >de at Fair Prices. ;rburk Co. |