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mj Lg \ ^ LOCAL DOTS jgj ?Cotton brought 11 cent' on this market yesterday ; cotton seed, 22 cents. ?Every farmer in the conn ly should at end the meeting lier<- next Monday of the Cotton Growers' Association. ? A laot preeminently worthy of note is that b t li the Sout hern aud L. & C'8 trains arrived here about on time yesterday. ?It is underwood that the business houses recently burned at Van Wyck will be replaced in the near future by substantial brick buildings ?Waxhaw En ter prise. / ?A daughter >. ho^n 'o Mr. and Mrs. M. VV. S- ar! o o, of this vicinity, on the 25th ultimo Tin ugh m irried about eitrhfc *-> years ago, this is the first child to bless their home. ? Mrs. I !a Reeves, wife of Rlr. Robt. Ree?e<?, d.ed Sund.?y . night at her home in the Arcane mill village alter a brief illness. Mrs. Reeves was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sistare of this <51 ty ?Rock Hill Herald. ?A new mercantile firtn has been organized at. Van Wyck, in which prominent citizens of that community are interested,among the number being Messrs R* II Massey, J. A. Hyatt, and Hasel L Mob ley.?Waxhaw Enterprise. ? Miss Addie Belk, daughter of Mr. H. W. Belk, and Mr. Loilitl TTlinf. ft! nhaotanfial.l w* vy iiwo VV>1 il JIU \j\l nil* ty, were married in Soulh Carolina last Sunday. The br;de is very young and the marriage was without the consent of the ^ parents.?Monroe Journal. ^ ?Yesterday was %<ground hog day," and accoiding to the old tradition the backbone of t* e winter is not yei broken. As the sun was shining yesterday, the ground hog of course saw his shadow when he emerged from his winter quarters, which caused him to return to his hole, there to remain forty days long er. ? Mr. E. T. Edmunds, accompanied by G. F. Hall, lelt the city for Lancaster last'night, 'where Mr. Edmunds will in the future have his headquarters. Mr. Iiall will assist him in organ -zing a branch office of the Life Insurance Company of Vii^ ginia, which will Le an adjunct of the Chester office.?Chester Lantern. ?Mr. B. A. Gainer, of the L)ry Creek section, exhibited to us Wednesday a curiosity in the way of a pig's foot. It, was a front foot and had fire claws. Both front feel, Mr. Gainer said, tyero just alike, but the rear ones wore of tl e regulation kind The pig of course died when it discovered that it was freak-footed. ^ ?Mr. B. F. Haile, of the Q ^ Flint Ridge section, sold a load ^ of unusually fine turnips on the Lancaster market Wednesday, lie kindly presented to the edi tor one of tho lsrgesti which weighed 9i p( unds. Mr Ilaile does not know the variety ol turnip which he has so successfully grown this yoar, but says he bought the seed from T. W. Wood <& Sons, of Richmond. PERSONAL ~j Mr. B. N.Craig, of Rock Hill, whs a visitor ht-ro iliio week. Mr. Walter Dunlap, of Rock Mill was in town yesterday. Miss Edi h Stewart, of Rock Hill, is visiting- friends in Lancasi er. Mr. John T. Stevens, of lver?h?w, spen Wednesday in Lan-I caster. Rlr. Chas I). Jones returned yesterday irura a visit to Char lotte. Dr. Babcock, of Columbia, paid a brief visit to Lancaster a tew days ago. Mrs. Crawford NVitherspoon, oi Rode II II, visiied relatives bete tins week Mis. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, S. C , is the guest ot Mrs. J. M Scott?Charlotte Observer. Miss Kslello Carpenter, ol Henrietta, N. C., who has been visi ing her oro'hers here, re turned home day before yesterday ?? . j Mr. and Mrs D. F. Sapp, of Lancaster county, spent last Monday with ftiends in Waxhaw.?Waxhaw enterprise. Messrs Sylvester Sliute and Hugh Arant, ol Black Hawks, Miss., who have been visiting relatives in this county, return ed home yesterday. Mrs. I. E. Wallace and baby, of Heath Springs, who have been spending a few days with Mrs. W. G. Johnson on their return fro" a visit to relatives at Iva, went home yesterday morning. ?Chester Lantern. Mr. Bon Welsh and family moved trom the country to town this week. Mr. Welsh is going to engage in the mercantile business, here, with Mr. Tin mas Hil* ton. They will occupy one of the store rooms 111 the Springs block Mr. S. E. A. Ilinson, of the Flint Ridge section, who has been engaged in the meat mniket business here lor the past three weeks, moved his family to Lancaster Thursday, having decided to locate here. He is the senior member of the firm of Liinson & Co. A Splendid liailroad Official tiesi f/ns J/is 1'osition. Mr. L. 1J. Roddey, agent here of the L. C. railroad company, has tendered his resignation to take efFect March 1st. As the public well knows, Mr. Koddey is a model railroad official, highly efficient,courteous and polite and ever at his post of duty, and the announcement of his resignation therefore will be received with universal regret. Fie has been connected with the L. <fc (J. about eleven years altogether, six years at Lancaster and five at Fort Lawn. It will be good news to rho (i onor a 1 r?n LIL? L * ...v |VU>.V|?I UDWHVer, TO I know that. Mr. Roddey wi!! stilH retail) the agency of the Southern Express company, the duties of which he has been discharging along with his railroad work. It was largely on account of the increased work in both offices that. Mr. Hoddey has been forced to give up one of his positions. ?The court house square is to be graded off, under direction of the Franklin Circle. Work on the square was begun yesterday. Sheriff Hunter's Views on the Proposition to have Executions in the Penitentiary. Slieiilf Hunter says, according to Inn humble judgment, amongst s!,me of Hie mistakes already made by the nr?con? Legislature is the killing of Capt. John W. ilamel's hill re quiring all execu inns of prison ers sentenced to death lo take place in the State Penitentiary. He pays ho knows of one prisoner who escaped I r??m Chesterfield j:?il after sentence of death h id heen passed up >11 h. 111 and tha' he has never heen caught. Also one from Camden j <d, and i wo fr< m Y- iU count-, jail. The o crimia ds are now at large, anil no doubt roaming the country somewhere as outlaws. Whereas, lie savs, il such a law as that Cap'- Mamel has re centlv ( nd,javo!? d t> have passed had heen in force, when these men were sentenced, they would have been conveyed to the penitentiary, where they would have heen securely kept; and no doubt long since have paid the penalty of their crime. Sheriff Hunter says if we had such a law a more humane wav J ihan hanging could bo adopted to execu'e condemned criminal ; and that more ol them would be executed than under the existing law. They could be more securely kept in tha peniten tiary; and influential citizens would not be so apt to sign peti tions to commute their sentences from death to lite imprisonment. after they are conveyed from the jails to the penitentiary; atheir loud prayers and cries for mercy could not be heard by those whose hearts would soften, and perhaps induce them to sign petit'i ns against their judg ment, and the best interest ol the country, lie also says he believes such a law would have a good effect in that it would have a tendency to deter many ...1.,. ? ?> >vnv air mm men 10 commit capital offences, as they would consider that if found guilty, their commutation would be very doubtful, after they are convey*d Irom the county jail, and away from their relatives land friends, and placed in the penitentiary. The Hill to Require the Southern to Ituitil a Depot at Lanraster. Representative Foster's bill to compel the Southern R,n lw?iv company to build a suitable depot at Lancaster has passed the I House and is now before the Senate. The hill is as follows: Sec' on 1 That within fourj months after the approval of this Act the Southern Hail way Company is required hereby to build and construct at Lancaster, suitable and convenient passenger and freight depots, to be approved and accepted by the Railroad Commissioners. Sec. 2. That failure on part of said Railway Company to comply with the provisions of this Act, both us to kind ol depots and time of building same, shall subject the said Rail way Company to a penalty of one hundred dollars per day, to be recovered at the suit of any person or citizen of Lancaster for the benefit of the State. " ? . ?* 1 " w v v lllBlilll Everything ehs 44lock bottom,' than cost, chance?im pre I 5,000 Yards 10c. Outing Go Williams - Y The C< We Have .] B Into > New Q a An attractive storer% BLOCK, east side of ] B dially invite all of ^ public generally to c 9 make announcement ^ gains we are now offe Jf ting goods to do so n( s McCardell Si | February 2, 1906, TO 1 Being now engaged cantile business in L; fully solicit a share < We guarantee to tre; ask is to give us ? We keep a general and Groceries. All g Call to see us, one We are established on east side of Ma cated by Carnes Br E. A. Thon Business Notices. JpVAII Notices inserted nmler tins head at the rate of ON K CENT A WOKD for each insertion No I notice to be counted loss than i words LOST. On sheets of Lancaster, Gold P.O. set with miutill diamond. A so Crescent with live pearls Peward will t>e pan! lor delivery lit this office. TO KENT?Five or six horse farm. Eastern section ol tlio county, known as "tho .f. N. Estridpe Home Place" Good building. i Y. Midiitnis. Fl)it SVliK Goo I young miloli cow. I Jersey?3rd calf. Also lot Rood fodder. Apply to T. W. McMurray 4t Lnncastei, S. C. It. F. D. No 1. CHOICE Barred Plymouth llock Egws i for sale, 50 cents tor to, at the yard J. N. | Crockett. 1-24 1 in I 5 1 Grand k , Dry Goods, No- 1 \i tions, Clothing | and Blanket j | Sale ,e is priced to '?often lower Now is your we it ing at 7 1-2c. iughes Co. ash Store. |j fust Moved % Our Ttmr^TOTwi X ,uai ici s / om in the MOORE Main street. We cor- ^ our patrons and the W all and see us. Will % later of special bar- $ iring?too busy assor- ^ Allison Bros. ? - ?=? ..s THF. in the general merancaster, we respectof your patronage, at you right. All we i trial. stock of Dry Goods oods new and Fresh. and all. in the brick store in street, lately va others. npson & Co. TWO good Second -liaiul Stoves for JptL Apply Tlio News otVu-e. MOW in tbe time everybody er?j a good drink of Coffee. ('all at HtllwBfl nett's and get your winter supply > w WANTED. ? Bright, honest young ^ man from l.ancaster, S C.to prepare for paying position in tioverninent Mail Service. Box One, Cedar Rapid-', la. ? At the meeting in Columbia this week of presidents of county cotton uhsocmh'ions a resolution was unan.mousy adopted advising farmers and merchants to hold cotton for 15 cents. The Lancaster News, 8 pages twice a week, $1.50.