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The Lancaster News. Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor.! SUBSCRIPTION RATIOS. Ote Yenr tl.50 itT.Months "f> Vhrtto Mon ills 10 1'iynblfl In advance. advertising ratios. One inch, tlrsi nsertlon. *i.00. K.ich subsoivticut. insertion 50 cents. For iliree months or ior.ceci reduced rates. Professional cards, per year, (12. Roslncss notices. Transient Advertisements, Cost and Found, and oilier classified a- verUcc vents not exceeding '25 words, '25 cents f. r eacff insertion: I cent a word for each addltioir.-J word over 25 words. Ob'tnarlos. Tributes of respect, cards of \>ant_s and all matter of a personal or political mtv.*;* to be charged for. A? v< rtislng r ites by the column uladc known on application. Hri*f correspondence on subjects of general ntviest Invited. Not responsible for views u! vorrvspotuleti ts. u. 10. wyl110, president. JXO. A. COOK, Skcj'y. and TitEAS. j m. r1ddl10, jit, business manager. m. umr wmiw?g i i ?ii 11111111 _ir. I.'. - fccJjerert as scconJ-tlass matter, Oct 7, IP0\ ?* ltt? postoflH'o ;it f ivnoustor, S C.. uniler Act <*f C<?nt?r?\ss of March 3. 1879. Saturday, February 3, 1906. "THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY'S OFFICE IN LANCASTER. The News has oeen kicking vigorously recently against what it regards as Lancaster's ill treatment by the national government an.' the Southern railway eomo-ny, the one in the matter of a p>stoffice and the other a depot. Now, while engaged in such unpleasant task, it proposes to regaster at least one more protest, and that is against the Southern Express company. For many years, ever since, in . t'xct, we believe, it has had an igv ncy in Lancaster, the South ?rn Express company has had its *iiice located at the L. & C. rail t< ad depot, nearly, if not fully, ha f a mile from the business portion of town?certainly i.> slose proximity to the corporate limits on the south. No one can successfully deny that during all t>he?e years the (flice has been aaost inconveniently located, a iict to which every one who has jver had occasion to go or send wfter express matter is ready and willing to testily. The Express officials themselves will no doubt admit that its Lancaster office wan never in the first instance located with any reference whataver to tlie convenience of tlie juiblic, o'her con?idera'ions governing altogether in the mat ter location. More than once the Express company lias been asked to move L h office up town, where it would h e centrally located, but its re ply in every ins'ance Ins been Ifeat. the receipts here would not justify it in making the change, the claim being made, and with reason, that Hie expenses of an up town office, where office rent Would have to be paid, an agent e'iier than the railroad agent emjjltoyed and a delivery wagon maintained, would more than exft.'-it tho ffimnanv'j inonmo - I - IIWUI V'e Lane tsfer business. While that excuse may liave Is u, aii'l most likely was, a good *no in the past, if does not hold $f*.d now, j?>r conditions have n'erially changed during fhe Jp?st six months or more. Lancaster's development along all hues h ?h indeed been rapid, iis jet'eral volume of business being very much larger than it was a < year ? r ao* ag??. Bu' ecp e?uily < h a the business ?-f the Express company g:own to large <1 'meninns during the last few months, owing principally to the voting out oi i ho dispensary. liun. reds ? f gallons of liquor now conn here by express where 01 o came 1 durn g the d ?ys ot thedisjo sary, i <i .(i 'lie quantity is mc'CH i"g I | daily. It. is probably sale to say that the Express company's rev- : cimes at Lancaster have practi I cally doubled since the closinp i ol the dispensary. i In view *.f these facts theie is j no longer any reason why the ; Express office shou'd not be moved up town. We trust there- ] fore that the matter will he taken up at once by the Express company officials. . I * RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELAY ' IN TRIAL OF MERGER SUIT. Apropos ol what has reeen 1\ been said in I ese columns about tho failure of the Soul I era ltui 1 way company to build a suitable depot at Lancaster, it is proper for us to state that, according to information received by us a day or t wo ago, from an excellent an tliority, the Southern is not to blame <or the delay in the trial of the famous merger suit, in which its title to the old Three (Ts is being contested. The responsibility for that delav, as re pre ented to us, lies at the door of the attorney general's ( thee. The Southern, it appears, has alt along been anxious to have the on OA li A-? e/1 i t l*/\ ? - - 1 ?? - * v/i?ov ncii v4^ UU ^ IIIC QCYQlill pUSl ponementa have been granted a' the in?t.??nce ot the state authorities. ii i:::u* he that the prolonged illness ot Attorney Ueueral Gunter has had something to do with the delay, but as to this we are not alvhed. But whatever the cause of the delay or the question of re?pon-ihility thereior, we contend that the people ol Lancaster have been inconvenien *ed long enough in tl?e matter ol a depot and that the Southern should ?no lunger postpone providing a decent and adequate budding at this point. . as we nave Heretofore repeatedly stated, this community is in no wise responsible ior the {Southern's troubles over its title to the r< ad itself, aud^ we think that our peop'e have shown patience and lorbe uance to an extra ordinary decree in waiting so long before assertion tbeir own rights in t he premises. It makes no difference who owns or operates the road, Lancaster, one of its most important feeders, is entitled to some consideration when it comes to the question of depot facilities. THE COTTON ASSOCIATION?THE MEETING NEXT MONDAY. With all the earnestness at our command, vould urge the farmers to stand most loyally now by their organization, the co'ton growers' association. The enlire world is amazed at tho success that has crowned the efForts <>f that organization during the briet period of its existence. So (.Teat and far reaching has been the viclorv won by the fanners that rnosi powerful influences antagonistic to their interests are today combining and working to overthrow their organization and ! destroy its usefulness. Are the farmers going to re treat under fire ? Wo do not believe that they will We believe that they are going to stand by their guns; that they are going to fi.httlu h *ttle to a successful finish. They are going to show hll pi r 'r*\ 1 If \r ill floif on lun Kit -- ?VJ '?V ? VM til' J. V?U"U UJ c;i?Tiiiijr practical support to the action o' their great convention at. New Orleans. Atnonir other things, tli i c livention directed rho farm* rs to hold their remnant <>f c lion for fif'een cents and to reduce ?h s y ar's cotton icieaeo, as is emphasized by President Jordan in his add'ess published elsewhere. That :iie very lie of t h association de I en 's up< 11 the farmers cn iy ng lit h p ans as n api rd om for them by their rcpre-en'afv^g in convention ssembled is a qu stion tli ti m 1 not adtn.t oi d ate. Th- re is but oil" thing for the fai m r to d" in the present ciis<-q aid that is 'o follow the "dvice ot his chosen leadeis. Now a good way for the term eis oi Lama lir county 'o Oiov their interes' in ihis great move meat is to turn out to a man at tlie couti'y convention 'o be held heio next Mot day. L"t t! at day be a memorable one iti the history oi lite cotton as^oc a'ion ol Lan caster county. Let every farmei be present. As previ u-dy announced, dis'inguiph* d hj eakersirom Columbia ami eLr where will address the meo! ing. WHY THE BUSINESS OF THE COUWTSIS CONGESTED. About two years ago the vri'er, as editor of one ol Lan carter's old papers, wrote an nrliolo on f lio onkiortf 1?| < iV'V W.? * ??V^ ou.'li VII 1IIC 'law's delay's," undertaking to show why the courts are so slow in dispatching business, winch article was unfavorably criticis ed bv niore Mian one lawyer and doubtless did not meet with the approval of some judges We placed the responsible y foi the congested condition ot the lockets throughout the state on both judges and lawyers, the ,r riner for allowing cases to be continued 011 flimsy pretex s and the latter for not being ready tor trial when their cases are called. We look the ground that il the bench and bar dnl their whole duty there would be no necessity for increat-ing the number ot judiios or lot the holding of ho many special terms of court. That article is now recalled by a remarkable speech made i" the Senate this week by Senator Hudson, formerly himself a cir cuit judge, and by the way, one of the host the state of South Carolina has ever had. The measure under discussion was the bill to repeal the law providing for holding extra terms of court by special .judges, and Senator Hudson's remarks are thus vei? by the New and Oou rier: Senator Hudson wliile appro ciating the unsatisfactory conditions, held lhat these Courts must bo provided lor. We can never tell when Circuit Judges may be disabhd by illness, ai d it is practical wisdom to prep?re lor such contingencies He declared that i he mode of c inducting Court business is a shame to the State and the profession. He felt thai business was neg 6 On be : my One Day Only ure, I Spring anc - Cloth NT nu; if \?r^ii 11L- rk f^ i 1 w ?v , II J vy LI 11 1\ L V / V to iook up-to-date, cc show you a few thin His Line is and contains all of 1 up-to-date designs ii Prices from the che Remember our Floi J. C. Ec Bennett's C looted and that. .Indies are toe 1 lenien', t<??> accmmi dm in? to lawyers in or ler to win t he l.ivoroi t ie B^r, some of them, perhaps, being members of the Legislature. It was i.ot fo where Judges were elected by ^ the people. There the Judge < was the director of I lie pro | ceedings. Now the'awyers aie. lie yields to no man in admiration for our Bar, but he must protest against tho protraction oi cases in Courts by lawyers, by th*ir long-winded speeches on trivial matters which Judges permit to almost an unlimited j decree. Our lawyers need dis- s cipline. VVe n?-ed Judges who will lake liol?l of the reins and < transact business as it ought to . be. As long as Judges permit such indulgence so lone will business be retarded, and it 111 it ters not how many Judges we have when such o.n litioos exist He closed by saying that he J most earnestly felt tliere ought to 1)3 reformation in this respect, 1 but it cmnot bo ob'ained b.v ' this bill. We have no desire to "but" in" in the controversy between Capt. Ilunel and "Voter'," but it is probably proper for us to stale thai theie w is an ex planatory postscript to "Voters" first co nmunication and why it j was not nnhlirtiiprt ?/<? *rn nr? - ? " " I able to say. It was likelv omit- I ted by the printers, however, lor 1 lack of space. We know it was 1 for that reaton the coinmuuica tion itself was delayed publica ' tion for several issnes after it i was received at this office. ? ( MWapV of a" kinds done IlUlJV at The News office, j February i Fifth fKi o rJ off Ia un 11 tins Utile U1C1C Will an expert Tailor in |i store taking meas- i s for 1 Summer ; ling | Iress well and want )me in and let him RsAmwlnf a VUlllUl^l^ the latest and most -1 high art clothing, iapest to the finest, jr deal is on again. Iwards ' )ld Stand. Professional Cards Dr. J. E. WELSH, ^ DPNTIQT N Dilute over William?Hughes Co's Store, formerly occupied by Dr. It. M Galloway. LANCASTER, S. 0. ^ Dr. R. G. ELLIOTT, Lancaster, S. C. Residence 'phone, No. 187. Office, Davis Building, cor. Main aiul Dunlap itreets; 'phone Xo. 72. Will practice in both town and couny. A!l calls, day or night, will .re- , ;eive prompt attention. Auditor's Notice. Notice in hereby given that this office will he open from the 1st day of January to the 20th day of February, 1906, for the purpose of receiving the returns of the taxpayers of Lancaster County. a|| real estate with improvements thereon, and all personal property of L . every description, must be returned at i's true value in money, and all < persons having such property in their possession or control as manager, holder, or as husband, parent, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver, accounting officer, agent, attorney or factor, on the 1st day of anuary, 1906, are required to list the same for taxation within the time required by law, or incur the penalty of 50 per cent, which attaches in care of failure to do so. . ' The poll tax of t??. " >* * upon h11 male persona oetween the ages of 21 and (10 years, except perBons who are exempt by law. All returns must he made in regu-( lar form and it is preferable that theyj he made by the proper owner in P^S ion on blanks provided for the mIpoee. 'I'lie return# must be duly sworn to before some officer qualified to administer an oath. All items of realty, whether farmn jr town lots, must be listed separately, and no return which says, "same us last year," or "no changes," will be iccepted. After th?- above dates I will be round in the Auditor'- office to wait upon the public. Hespectfully, JOHN A. COOK, Auditor L. C. Lancaster C. II., Dec. 4, 1906.