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Sec'v. and Tubas. .1 M. ft I!).'?I.E. .1 it . llrsisrss MiMrr.li Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7. IPOs, at the postoltlce at (.ancestor, S C.. under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Wednesday, February 21, 1906. To Inquirer: Theodore Roose velt Lougworth, of course.?The News and Courier: That's abou' the naughtiest thing Editor Hemphill ever fathered. It a bas bleu Presbyterian, such as is Col. Hemphill, we believe, cau with impunity and without protest, publish anything like that, we do not want to hear anything more about some of our prudish readers turning their hea'ls to blu-h every time they see something in these columns ? l. , n _ , . _ _ b'.'wui iv vws h mineral water. _______________ A FRUITLESS SESSION. The people are going to be (lis j appointed with the work of the j session ot the legislature jus; closed. A>- Col. Kohn of the New and Courier says, ii has been ' a i do-nothinir General Assembly.''i Of the Acts pis ei but coin | paiatively few ot them are 01 j general interest. l?y all means something should ! have been done with the dispensary. The system should hav been either retormed alo"g lin - 1 suggested hv Senator Tillman an : otliers <?r < ]so abolished and loci! option adopted. As it is, practically no change lias been j ma .e except in the man igemout of the state institution. The same opportunities for graft and ra calit.v generally remain. 1 he legislature is also censur abb for kliliiig biennial ssions, ti iimiier uirenuy passed upon and approved by lite peopled hem ! selves. 11 should have done some 1 long Inward solving I he problem i ol the equalization of property assessments lor taxation, lint | all the acts ot omission of out lawmakers are too numerous to be enumerated here. PREPARING FOR WAR?WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? I he fact that the Tinted States Government is making active preparations tor war in the Orient, presumably with China but possibly with Japan, is causing more or less uneasiness in this country. The public has not been taken into the confidence of the administration and it is largely a mat er of speculation, therefore, as to what the sudden increase in I our armed force" in the Far E <st really means One theory is thai the government is playing a big game of bluff, that it wants to intimidate the Chinese and scare them into abandoning their boycott against American goods.? Another is, that the admiuistra tion is but preparing to protect Americans and American interests in China iu the event ol a revolution or insurrection that appears imminent. It lias also been suggested that the United States is anticipating trouble with Japan, growing out of the commeroial rivalry of the two countries in China. Hut whatever the cause of Uncle Sam's warlike preparations, it is having i - ? - ft _ * _ i a disquieting eneci in uusiuesr circles just now. Ignorant Legislators. We have thought for a long time that a man should not be allowed to become a member ol the legislature until he has traveled around some over the state and gained some knowledge of the conditions in the different sections of the common wealth and formed some idea o' the needs and wishes. Here is a case in point that illustrates what we mean. The lower house of the gener al assembly passed a bill the other day prohibiting the ship ment out of the state of shad. The passage of 'his bill wa* due to the blind ignorance ol those members who voted lor it. It was due to nothing else under ?he sun. There is ju^t as much uood reason for a law of this kind as there would be tor a law to pr > liibit the shipment of cotton out of the state in order to j rotect tin* mills, or to prevent the ship ment of watermelons out of the state because town lolk> and negroes do not get as many I hey can eat at one cent api c Fortunately there is reason tc believe that there is more intelligence in. the senate than there is in the lower hoti-e, and there is hope that the hill %\i? 1 he killed as it deserves to be. i'he unfortunate thing is that those people who are trying tc develop the li iiing industry on ilie coast ol the state are liable co eel discour.-nreil and abandon their ell rts in disgust. Senator Tillman said something the other day about the present legislator:! being coinposed of "drift wood.*' We thought at the time that this was rather severe, but when we sbp the legislature deliberately trying to kill an imp* riant in dustry we are not at le to say anything in its deleave. We renew the original sug gestion : A man ouaht not to he allow eel to serve in the legislature un til h? has traveled around some over the state and learned to know jomething of the conditions aid needs ol the diileient sections. '1 lie people should quit choos ing as their law makers men who have never been beyond the limits of thoir own counties.? Anderson Mail. Subscribe for The News. i , I I I I ""THE NEWS IN BRIEF [( |i ?i Robert Groves has been convicted in Anderson of murder. He killed a negro and Ihrew tilbod} in Rocky river. lion. James S. Welch, a lor mer Represent a' ive in the legis lature from Union county, d:e?' at Carlisle Friday night. Lion. David B. Hill, of New York, wh<? is spending the win ter in Caniden, delivered an ad dress before the legislature lit Columbia Friday. James W. Israel was shot ai d killed iu his field in Sp?rt?n. burg county Friday by Je-se Bush. The latter claims thai Israel ruined his daughter. Israel was a married man. Hon. Wm. Jeffries, a promin ent citizen o! Cherokee county, ' died suddenly ol heart disease Friday, while diivims along in t' his buggy, near Gdfney. T. J. Revell, an Asheville, N. O., merchant, was instantly kill ed Saturday by the collapse of his houre. Three other persons were severely injured. Rokeit Scott was hanged in Kingstree Friday for the murder ot Mr Julian Wilson, last Oclo ber. , Las! Saturday was the 4In anniversary of the burning < ! Columbia by Sherman's Army. . John A. McCall, *ormer pre9i dent of the Aew York Life In. 8uraF.ce company, died Sunday, in Lakewo'd, N. J. It has been since learned that I the man found dead near Fort , Mill recently was George Max well, wlfo had run away from t the Mecklenburg, X. C., coun'y ! home. A large grain elevator in Dnluth. Minn., was burned Saturday night. One million ( | bushels of wheat were also destloyed. Charlie Emerson, a farmer, was stabbed to death in Lamar I Saturday niahl, by an unknown person, 'l wo negroes have been j i arrested on suspicion. I Ca lie Collins, I'no 18-year o.ti j ? S' n of Mr. J. .1. Col-ins, ol Ilock j Ilill, ciit e in Blacksburg Thida\ i night ironi injuries received) i while coupling cars. 11 Y. Stack, a flagman on the Southern, was shot and killed in i Concord. N. C., Saturday night, bv a 14 year old ?*ir 1 named! flaunon. I Itev. N. L. Wiggins, a Met no j i (list minister, died in Greenville Sat unlay. j y . A verdict for five cents was : rendered by a jury in the Superior curt at Greensboro, N. C., last Friday, in tiie ca.-e of L. II. Cherry against tiie street car J co"" y iv. The plaintiff claimed I damages f??r ejectment from at str.jet car. .John 15. Stetson, the (amors hat man, died at his winter home in Florida last Sunday. ' _ ?Mr. Jenkins and Miss Rollings <>t Jell'erson were married at White Plains last Sunday, by Rev. R, J. 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DAILY KXCKi'T SUNDA" T All ex-members of Hopewell westbound .... ... . . it 11 Lv r^ncastcr 6 30am 3 4b p ra Allianee will meet at Hopewell Lv Fori Ltwu sioum o&pm l.v Huscormille 4 :>v u in 4 30 p ra lift Oiltil inslolll 'l ! 1 It I.V Kliihlmrir - ? ' " w..-, M AV *ii- V ' * i?< A W VI W V l\ . ? - " ** * "" ? 1,1 1 -to P 171 7 # 7 Ar ( lifter 7 30ji m 5J5 p tq for th? purpose ol getting its Ar > ii.trmn,.-s.?? iiy uV. tt n? ?oo p~:c i j? <i 1.1 i Ar (luluinliia?Sou l{v.... 10 15 u m share of money in the hxchsnge. |-x TMOl. -hvery old nwiiibcr should he Uv Columbia?sou tty Aof>um .'iiopir nreieiil Mem her l,v ' l'i'ri"1"? """ 'tv siisu m 600 pm Pre8,m- Memoer. i.H.a.n?srnrs; . . l-v Klchburc 9 40 a 111 8 3? p re Uv Hancomv ilo 0 Ml n ni 8 45 p in ?Rev. II. M. Marshall had % SSL'S?:::: ^S SB Si? r;imer a peculiar JlCClueill to CONNECTIONS , , . , , CHESTER? Southern. Seaboard, and Carivhappen to him a few (lays aL'O. Una A NnrthWeatern Railways, if i _ ,? i : 11 LANCASTER?Southern Railway. He was playing with his baby. A. i. mc.ukk. superintendent. The baby had a pair of scissors lkroy springs. President, in liis hands and they stuck in iy ~~ " ? one of bis Cather's eyes. It was TflO NpWQ '*oos Printing very painful, but it is not seri- llvllu for others. Why ous.?Rock llill Record. can't we do yours? ?????? l