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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 KATKS. Ore Year. H.RU S;x Month ? 75 Tirec Months 40 Payable in advance. A ! >4' KRTISING RATP.S. One inch, first n sort Ion ?l.00. R ich subsequent ins rtion r?i>. ents. For three months or >Mypr. reduced rates. Professional cards, per year, 112. Business notices, Trtnsioni Advertisements, twt and . < und, and other classified ao verSwaicii s not exceeding 25 worus. 25 cents for ?ch insertion; 1 cent a word for each uddiy*-nal word over 2"> words. Obituaries, Tributes of resneot, cards of Anaks ant nil ;n :tter of a per sot alor politlc.il nature lobe charged for. : ** Ad von rales by the column made known yj OJipiK' ' II 'I. Jlrief for1'.'-'! rtihince on subjects of perioral "'tfresrl -'t-'i Not ro.siionMble for vIcivk of rt'?puuiU.'n:M. K. E. WYMK, PHESIOENT. ?IV"0 A. COOK. SEC'Y. anil Theas. 3 M. HlDOl.E, Jit . BUSINESS MANAGER. mirconr.' u iirwu: K&torod w? "oc >n?l-cln?s matter, Oct. 7. IPO?, if \he pji at '.at castor, S C.. tit. lor Act it L'ongrts-! uf March 3. 1S7;I. ^" dnosilav, February 14, 15)00. tME ?05 TOFFICE MATTER AGAIN. A prominent citizen ol Lin remarked tlr* oliier day lhat lie believe.l I lie recent agi la i n by The News in th> mat ffr oi ihe town's postoilice facil rlies was a move to advance the intens e of Col. Springs's ivw fcnildin r, l he idea being <o get brie depuhinent at Washington ?t? select ore ol the room' in the Springs bicck for a postoflke. A' olheis may entertain the iazne idea, we lake occasion now Jo say thai liiere is no lollnda lion v\h lever lor such belief. The rv cmer.t started l?y The 5t-ivs lor a belter and more con v.. nt , js.oilier in I, ncas'es r, n * s!if ed 5 v (b?l Springs or ><. >! ?y el te.. W?| laKe Jill.- fci.Cclllt lU ill justice ir. Col. Spdn.s as well as ta Vn Neww. While Col. Springs i.- in{ .! i : this nowspaper, over, be it said to hi.edi', uiul rtakon to direct or Kuitro! :ls i>#?licv in any par Hcular. Flecertni ily knew noth> iug a'" .? t 1h ills ussioti of this > .*< waiter in ;lie.^e columns antii inisiw the articles thonisolves, j st as e ther readers o! Tim X \vs. A-: a matter of fact, ; vi- do not know \vliether ho ha- i aver seen tl.etn?lie has certain y ' aever meutioned J heir subject "Matter to us. Xur was Col Springs's new jniMiug, or any otl.er 1 adding In particular, in cur ir.iod whenii vf were uruing the importance ' V >1 better posteffice tacililies lor J incaster. What we were then 1 and are still seeking, is a 1 improvement in the) u's postoffice ai-conir/oda- < lions, either, as heretofore sug 11 seated, hy materially enlarging!' *Uvi remodeling tiie buiIdi11now i' in a kg or by getting another and j, better building. , There are several buildings ? , ?e 'rally locatod and suited tor!] postolliee purposes, but The'1 Nt\ys is not. '-pulling" tor any par- < tiealar one. It is boosting no ' %Jb< <ii's interests, nor is it raking ' ml anybody's chestnuts, but is is f sin^^V working for the best ir.- 1 teres'.*" l'ie entire community m. this'roster, as well as in all 1 other*. It wants Lancaster to 1 have an nptodate postoflice and t y U is going to keep up this "agi ( until it gefB it. j s r-t' j SUGGESTIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE. tu M A bill lias been introduced in (j, the Iowa legislature to prohibit honey bees irom roaming about at will and invading the pre- , niises o! pc rsons to whom they do not belong. Doubtless it will tie lollowed by a bill requiring u< the tishes to observe ttie rules <?f ^ ' 'lie real as they swim up or down stream, keeping to the tight always.?Savannah News. And a'so petlnps the enact nient of legisla'ion to keep lleas from under school houses or ^ churches in tlie country, as has ! * already been attempted in North H Carolina; or possibly to prevent yellow jackets from stinging.? *? Greenville News. vt While legislative suggestions are in order, what's the ma'ter j, with the passage of a law forbid- bt ding kat)*dids from nibbing w their legs t? gcther summer c o nights, thus producing the monotonous sound for which they are famous ? And why j no? the legislature make it law J |u lul lor a Rtand-pipe to (-it down t at w henever it feels like it ^: frt There's tlie Thomas cat, too?j 10 why not place a legal embargo'^ on lis mid-night cavo^lings in j . oth r peop'e's back yards ? ! Ui p? 1 ?-. I in [liiE NEWS IN BKIEfIII... ii li i. m George llasty, wli > killed two f)j actora in Gallney in Decern! er, is to be tried ttie 2Gth instant. 11 is 8 a'ed tlisit llie Actors' As ..j serin t ion <>t Now York I as em r ploj'od special counsel to a-sis' ia the pi*"sec Hunk Ji ciuircHon. charged with | the assault and murder ?>t Mrs j >Saiali Smith, in Gadsden, Ala.,| lasf July, was taken (roin G ids |j( den j i i Su div a: riling an . .'u lynched. * ln A collision occurred Sunday in- ruing near (Jr. onshore, N. C .j ! on iho Southern. between a pas- . -eager train ai d a swi cli cni ine, t in which five trainmen wete kill. I * P 1 1 * t * i'itt (Hi Jir.cl one seriously injure*! Among lie dead are the two , . 1)engntfoers. The m uaiaire o ' o piv-idenl's d iiichier, Miss A ice R ?o?evelt,' jp an 1 Kepies-'iitaiive X ( no as Ltuig.vor h, o Ohio, ui i lake il co next S.durd y, providodjth Nick, the groom to lie, is well | A Mioudi. He is now sick wi'h !'" . l "4 1 '111 SJ 11 tis. A colored I'resby t-Tian church in Moeksvillo, X. c-?u"hs li:ej/j in ihe root, from stove line, Sun I i! uiy morning duiing services, and I was dostroyed. I' i .ok a Mji ad ol policemen wi h drawn revolvers t keep a ihou-a^l men and boys from u? lynching a ncr r >,01arenceBrooks, ? i'i New V< rk c t ' Saturday. Another negro had b en killed and j Brook* i-> said to have b en in | ? ihe shooting allray. The S' sth i- not the only section where, the j lynching spirit pievads. A man who had served as n s' soldier in the Philippines under au< the name oi Joseph (iilt-s went Vt! lo the White ]Iouce Saturday "'I' ind insisted on eee'ng the pres.. ] lent to cot, he said, .ft),000,000 *?' which the Lord had sent liirn W liter. ? The Southern Railway h is a f)i( plan on lo< t to issue bonds to <r. he amount ot f200,000,000, part 1 if which it is proposed to expend mj 'or revision of tracks, new equip- i?h ii'-nt, etc It is to be hoped that onio of it will bo spent in build ng a new depot in Lancaster. A shooting scrape occurred i C Friday evening in Savannah in vhich 40 shots were fired The h? rouble had its origin in politics. C] Jne man was killed and several er leriouslj wounded. ? at Jo e|li Watts shot and killed to brothers, D. S. and Orrin cDullie, at a party in lvochelle, a., Saturday night. Thr- e white prisoners % were irned to death Saturday night the Eastman,Ga , guardhouse The town ol Littleton. W.Va., as burned Saturday night. One ousand people were renderetl titleless. England launched Saturday e bigges' battleship in the orld. Its cost is .$7,500,000 Samuel Chris opher, a young Lite nun, wh9 arrested Salurty in Ga?tenia, charred with ling a dtserier from the army. Judge llydrick, at toe Lvxiug 11 court, s t. aside three small irdict" in damage suits against to Soabowd Air L'lie and mled e ag? lit of the company, W. C. hn?on. f>>r contempt of court, ) being clia*g< d with tanipeiing i h itie jmi^s, .-ieeping with etn,raving their I o'el bi l?,etc Ex-Vice President E.S.Peters, lis Southern Co ton Ass c aan, lias hern heard from Ue is issued an ai'dr^ss in which 3 charges ti e S utii Caro ilia id Georgia fanners with bad ith. lie s'vs that they <li i not ,t ? " 1 . . .. .i iiuC'* a tog HI i year a- me* on.is el lnel > Sarah .f<>no 70 v arsolel, 1ms 'oii ofnivictnl oi murder in 1'lidie 1, hia ? .h- K 11;ti^ h r osr el u .fi'or's c'?'ld v-it' :n a few airs after li as bar n M jor \V. K St eumaii, a gal at Co foder-'t v-i? r n "l t'h irst*>11. ? it (l : u 'clou'y in Sayan ill Kr<l>\. II.- was a other Mr J It Ste? elm in c f Caind-ii. There are rumors oi war 1 >oh mi t is country and China. io g ivernniei.t i- ; ad to it s' in^ w r r-'rplio a fotas >ssil)!e to the Philippines. An aye 1 white man was f unel a I Saturday at ti e tailroad nlge near Put Mill, lie was )o;ly e 1 id and i is thought that ) 111 z1 t > elo ith- lie had $17 h:s pot k?. ts. 1 lie Senate h:;s b gun to dieiss t!:e liquor problem. Senrtoi ice s'att <1 I lie light a.ains' o dl-'J);'i?s:i|*y iMt(ia> 11 ^!l' Ml a ie? oh so vert 1. <lon at >ci i?{i S<mi or Tillman, roitoraiiiisr cluirj;*'!h eii iiav 1 of'cmiimcs l>e n made !t have never boen j>r veil iusiness Notices. fJSF~ All Notices inserted under i- head at the rate ol ON K I'MXT \V()KI> for each insertion. No itiee to be counted less than 2.* >i Is. 'A U li ?v? moved our entire stock ol Is trout th Masonic Jh.ildiny into ? ne tit spat ions store ro nits oj the >) in^s oek. I'l. K. Cloud. r V')[J want sometliiro nice to semi nr citl or friend cn Nt Viilon< ioe's |>,ty a should km on - ot those beautiful and li-tic Vah nt lies, all iu\v designs, mud the ' .11- on Art <'o. At i lvi>u:n ?V hiiison's IVK are now in our handsome new inters in the Si rinj.s liock. (.'all and us. K I-'. Cloud. IIS r i? I't-ivfcl one oar good <lry ' V?i n, in the Valle y of Virginia Bennett < iroy Co. 7*06*2 w. HAYING just finished moving into the rinvi"* Block. wo aio too busy assorting I arranging our stock to wiitenti ml* tiseiuent Will tell you about our barns in next paper. E. E. Cloud. l-'OK SALE C >oil young milch cow. ; rsey 3rd ?nit Also lot good fodder jdy to T. W Mc\l nrray Luncastet, K. C. H. F. D. No t. HOK'E Burred I'lyuioutli Hock Eggs sale, 50 cents 'or lo, at the yard J. N. ockett. 1-21 1 in WANTED ?Bright, honest young in from Lancaster, 8. C., to prere for paying position in Govern nt Mail Service. Box One, Cedar ipids, la. Cherry (8b Co. is the best line of CHEAP LOT HI NO that was ever offed on this market. Call quick Mac key's Corner. HIM, (TAMIL! GIVE ME J. C. Edwards' Store "You will have to wait, the line is busy." : "Well, I don't mind waiting, if time is money?I'll make it back when I get my goods." y I lis Magnolia Flour is $2.30 per hundred. Every where else #2.40 and ?2.50, and not half as nice and white. Seed Tick Coffee 1 1 1-2 1 cents per pound. Beautiful 5 lb. milk Pail filled with Roasted Java Coffee for $1.00. When Slioes [ arc needed, don't fail to see Edwards. When you need Linen Collars at 5c each, see him? II 1 , 1 1 ana wnen you ncca anyining in traceries ana Dry Goods, it will pay you to call. 600 Busliels of Virginia Valley Corn to come in this week ?price right. I want country people, town f people, and all other people, to come and see us. | I J. C. Edwards !j Bennett's Old Stand. - STHE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, LANCASTER, S. C. f RESOURCES $200,000.00. J 1 directors: ,n?air \ T. S. Carter, 1 W r V? t.un(lelbuik, of farmers, firms and w O. I. Heath, business men gener- f Chas. D. Jones, ally ? * jm Ira 15. Jones, * 1 R. C. McManus, SOLICITED. 1 if CHAS. D. JONES, Pros't.^ E. M~. CR0X TON, Cashier, f J More j Lexington Roller Mill Co. JpW and better LeKentucky. I Highest grade Flour. rm i | We are (Hiring to our , \/Si IP PC | ?'? ti.e "t 1 V i wt?. * yjtj highest erade flourever sold in Lancaster "HENRY CLAY." week. Our Mr. Klliott '''vc''y snck ?uan'ntee'1 to please or money reis now in Hie Western funded. I'.r sale by -markets selecting the best Mules to be toned. BENNETT GROCERY CO. Don't buy until you see I our new .uppiy. Professional Cards HEATH-ELLIOTT MJLE CO. ? t Jan. 30, 1900. Dr. J. E. WELSH, ; DENTIST. Personal Property for Sale. Office over Williams?Hughes Go's The underpinned will sell at public Store, formorly occupied by Dr. auction at the Court House on Thurs- i> ?? day, February 1Mb, 190U, tlie personal K* M' Galloway. property belonging to the estate of J. LANG A ST KR S n Wren Tillman, deceased, consisting ot ' mules, horses, cows, corn, fodder, ???????????? f...nin? ? o ? mm...PS ,...p.cuiciimiovu, ^ UR. K. G. ELLIOTT, It. Cunningham, ^ _ ' j. m. Yoder. Lancaster, S. C. Administrator*. . . q lun,. t., Kesidencn 'phone. No. 187. Office, Al * ' Davis Building,cor. Main and Dunlap 11 streets; 'phone No. 7J. tal niA?lf of all kinds done Will practice In both town and coun- J Job work wm-r '?'??? WMttt v ..-.-j,.,,. . . - - L *1