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The Lancaster News. ti< Semi-Weekly. bf " N > Published Wednesdays and Saturdays C(1 At Lancaster, S_. C., al By The Lancaster Publishing Company, ej iti Charles T. Connors, Editor. b< SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year tl.50 1-1 Six Months 75 < Three Months -to 1>? Payable in advance. ^.i ADVERTISING RATES. pi One Inch, lirst nsertion. $1.00. Each subso quent Insertion 50 cents. For three months or 01 longer, reduced rates. \v ProfessioniU cards, per year, *12. " Business notices, Transient Advertisements, gr ItOSl and Pound, and oilier classitied a?>vertlsements not exceeding 25 words, 25 cents for j^ tlonal word over i"? words. . j. Obituaries. Tributes of respect, cards of thanks and all matter of a personal or political Kj nature to be charged for. Advertising rates by the column made known j on anplication. ftr.ef correspondence on subjects of general oj interest invited. Not responsible for views of correspondents. j>/ It E. WYL1E, PltBSIDKNT. J NO. A. COOK, Skc'Y. and Tukas. p" J. M. KIDDLE, J it.. BUSINESS Manaqek. ?r * W Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7. IPOs at the postolllce at f.ancastor, S. C., under Act ti of Congress of MJffch 8, 1879. W Wednesday, February 28, 1906. .^ w t i ;D k.. ,i ..i t ? c j . i jli 10 a. uau piau iu itrtJU it preachers too high; it makes them sassy as we!! as extrava II gantly liberal. See tlie effect ol L that pounding on our ministerial p< friend in Heath Springs last pj Friday. m ===== Hi An unprecedented compli- ^ meat has been paid Senator Uf Tillman by the Republican con,mittee ol the Senate which has , had under consideration for some time the Hepburn railroad rate bill. He was selected, on A last Friday, by the committee t<> report the bill to the Senate, j)r which he did Monday. in UA North Carolina man has th discovered that whiskey will kill in rats. The very idea of wasting \y whiskey in killin grats!" I|e We do not recall the paper -t from which the above was clip ag ped, but it sounds like the Anderson Daily Mail. The man, . 1^'f by the way, who writes the paragraphs lor that journal is a genius. THE DEPOT SITUATION. ol( of We are frequently asked ^ whether the bill Representative , . . ch Poster succeeded in getting . through the House, requiring the j, Southern to build a new depot at Lancaster, ever passed the Sen , th ate. The fate ol the measure ? lias already been published in The News, but tho fact has evidently been overlooked by a />( number of our readers. v?0 *i.~ u:ii 1 > -* xoa, me lilii J'ilMSfCl OOM1 bouses, but, through the South em's influence, it was amended kr in the Senate so as to allow the io railioad company until the first mi rot next January to comply with Ci its provisions. In other words, vc Lancaster must be content to HI put up with tbe Southern's mit- ye rlnf\At foAilif ma ? 4 V* i*?y? v; 1ICIU iur UV the remainder of this year at .Jo least, unless the company sees II' fit to voluntarily make some im- br provement in the meantime, ol which, in the interost ot common w< decency and humanity, it should do. ki The writer had occasion to go oil to the depot last Saturday night, coi to meet the passenger train duo hii >re at 7 55, and ho found condi >ns there iust as ihey have ten represented to be bv The ews. lie did not expect, ot >urse, to see a new depot or ly substantial repairs oil the d dilapidated ouo. but he did cpect to see some improvement i the matter of conveniences id accommodations for the mefit of the traveling public, e had hear J, for instance, that mps were burned without ludes or chimneys. In the detriment lor white passengers ie lone lamp without chimney at dimly burning. A person luld scarcely tie distinguished i the room ati<l the smoke troni L0 shadeless lamp was so ollen ve that ladies and others wait ig on the train had to stand itside in the dark on the nar)w platform. A lamp on a ost between the depot and the ack had been lighted, but it ent out before the arrival of >e train. Fortunately for the aiting crowd a hotol porter ime up with a lighted lantern ist. before the train rolled in, hich enabled them to see where *J.T H Vf U Now that's (he kind of service le mighty Southern is giving ancaster, one of the most imortant points on its line in thi> art of the state. Such accomodations would disgrace even a ag station. Appeal to the railtad commission, did we hear ime one suggest ? What's the te ? Will somebody please tell i what that body is tor, anynv ? Shootinu at Catawba Fat I a. Joe Williams, colored, was ought to the city yesterday id lodged in jail. lie is suffer g from a gun shot wound in e shoulder, which he received a general fight at the Falls ednesday. He is not at all icided as to who shot him, and will probably never be known a number of negroes were enged in the tight.?Chester intern. Little fjirl lindlt/ Burned. Little Daisy Eliis, the 5 year1 daughter of Mr. J. B. Ellis, this place, was painfully irtied a tew days ago, by her >thes catching lire while stand, g by the grate. Miss Cora ' Jiinington. who was present, is also badly burned about ' e hands in extinguishing the mes that enveloped the child "nth of Mr. Fletcher 111 nek well, n Wei! Known Citizen of Flat Creek. Mr. ,J. F. Black well, a welt iown cili/en ol Flat Creek wnship, died last Monday orning, at his home near Flat eek church. lie was the ungest son of the late Jamos ackwell and was about 18 ars of age. lie leaves a widwho is a daughter of Mr. din Bird, and several children. M la tilu/i tinr3ima/1 l??? * ' - -V, ?.?v/ UMI ?I*CU "'J 1WII others, Mr. D. L. Blackwell, 1 Kershaw, and Mr. R L Black 1 ill, of Flat Creek. Mr. Blackwell wan a Rood, ndhearted man and had a large : clo of friends and acquaint an i 3 who will regret to learn of I 3 death. ] THE NEWS IN BRIEFI ! i Mrs. Nintt Dupiee, the young woman whose throat was recent !y cist, near Atlanta, and who said the deed was done by a negro, lias sinca acknowledged that the wound was self inllictd. In the destruction by lire of college buildings Saturday at Gambier, Ohio, three bovs lost their lives and a number ot others were eeriou-dy hurl. W. K. Vanderhilt, Jr., one ot America's well known million, aires, received rough treatment Saturday at the hands of indig nant peasants in Ported* ra. Italy, because his automobile ran I over a boy. Vanderhilt drew j a revolver, but the peasants jumped into his vehicle and j kicked and cuffed him about j until he was finally rescued by the police. Elizabeth Robertson, the 14- j year-old daughter ot Mr. J Caldwell Robertson, of Colum bia, was killed in Henderson vine, IN. U., Saturday, by Hie; falling of a stone pillar of a gate j on wliicli she and several ot her I children were swinging. Little Helena Dorsey, 3 yearold, of York Pa, was held on a red hot stove and then hasted wi'h boiling water by Lillian Thornman, 13 years old The child ol course diedWill/ Page, a negro, was shot to death and It is body cremated Saturday near Bienville, La., by several hundred men, tor at- 1 tempting to assault a 11 year-Ill old school girl, Sarah Gaut. ~^ There is sumo talk of John L McLaurin running against Sen-.'On ator Tillman next summer. J Col. J. I). E. Sloan, of Charh s- ^ ^ a ton, who was well known through j w ' out this section of the state as a | en dealer in lertilizers, died last i c', i U8, ' Fndav. I A J J M Hon. David 11. Henderson, Ohm formerly speaker of the national ii house of renresentatives, died ' ,x* * j Ktil Sunday. > 1 ! liny The Student Volunteer Move. K?i> ment will assemble in Nashville this afternoon. between 4000 ^ and 5000 delegates are expected : to attend the meeting. y,M Mr. Needham Pitts, manager i Mr< [>f a saw mill near Oxford, N. U., I win had his skull crushed in the mill i(iv< Saturday. iWr Mrs. Cora Carpenter, a beau-! tiful Ohio woman, said to he ol ' a prominent family, has been ar ! slia rested in that state oil the charge , " e of train wrecking. I P'ei i A bill has been introduced in Virginia legislature to impose a stamp tax of one cent on all 11 1 1SSt! chocks for the benefit of Con <>i i federate veterans. Joliann Hock, the man who is |;,J, said to have murdered a dozen or , v"r tv <1 more wives, was hanged in Chi- tint ,. . us m cago i< nday. i? E. W. Ray, a young whi'o I,1,!",'1 man irotn Augusta, Ga., was convicted in Columbia Saturday mail ol stealing a bicycle. Ho was ,ifcr sentenced to the penitentiary j' 1' lor two years. foil i t King Edward, of England, is at tii seriously ill. The doctors have "Vi made him give up the use of to bacco, to which ho lias been a lile-loug slave. The Line is Busy! Busy bees make honey, Busy men make money. Bees select their favorite flowers, Men select that store of ours. Why will you pay $2.50 for flour when you can get MAGNOLIA so nice, white and light for $2.30??98 pounds to sack. Weight, price and quality guaranteed. Fresh Cream Cheese 20c lb, 2 lbs for 35c, or 3 lbs for 50c. Car corn we had advertised nearly gone. We expect another soon. Don't forget those New Orleans Molasses. We have a few half barrels left, per gal. 30c. < Rrino- vnnr hnme-raised hams to us and trade them for goods or money. Seed Tick Coffee going like hot cakes. Our Java Coffee, put up in milk pails, out. Will have more soon. DRY GOODS Gentlemen's Dress Shirts, each 25c. Ladies' Heavy Skirts, each 85c and 95c. Genuine Sweet Ore Overalls, each $1.00 Heavv Plow Shoes, per pair $1.10 and 1.25 Heavy Outing, 10c kind, per yard 8c. Narrow, but good quality Outing, per yard 5c. Gentlemen's Collars each 5c. Now, gentlemen, ladies, boys and girls, we mean business. Come to see us, and if you don't buy we will let you be the doctor and we will take the prescription. i j. c. EDWARDS I Bennett's Old Stand. ? ? j -ors for Second Week Mr. W. T. G:e?ory, of i lie ^ lMjg following petit jurors were Gie^orv-llood Co., returned Ill's wn ye.-terdsy (or the second wee,t 'r,,m a '''p to Atlanta. 3k of Hie approaching March Mr. and Mrs E. H. Steele are n o' cnurt : | visiunijr in t;oiumm;?. B Mnng >. E W HUtan, Poter McMad* ' ?? \\ W Morton, J W L?>ng. Jno T Howell, i &8iSSS5l awWte Daily Observer le\, .J M .Stoguer, O C Gnrdner. Jno K ln L, .. (ham. .las ii r?sk. y. i< ii Phillips. L i Published every day in the year. Lilton, Geo W Phillips Jr. .IWHull, 11 H niiigton. t n rnig, o l. ihnnmonii. J $8.00 per year, iniie. i) a Knight s e \ iimson. .1 $4.00 per 6 months. ( unnint/num. \N s rnulkennury, A Lr ft prts. J no r Steven k. It L Sims, J D (' ?p^?.00 p6F o iTIOIltnS. The only paper in the State issued every day. ,1Y Charles I). .Jones retuniel i Sample copies sent upon rei week from his trip to New quest Address, k. Mrs. Jones, his wife, and I . ? , ' , Charlotte Daily Observer, i Ira H.Jones, Ins mother, * * ... , ohaklotti:, N. C. > accompanied nim, slopped ' ; B""more ?'' LANCASTER & CHESTtft . railway company LditorJ. W. Hamel, ol lv r schedule in m-m-may so. i9.?. i daily kxcei't susda" ,W, was in town vestevday. wksthound are indebted lo liim for a fer Lmicuster tiilu.im 34br>m Lv Fori I. i wu s 40 u in 4 15 i> co iisalit fall wl.ile here. U'!!^lll,! \*>vm i.\ Kith Mug i n u in | 46 p m Ar o'lHirtlc; ~ 30 a iii ;> 15 p rr Art Imrlotte?Sou.Ky... yftf?uin 7 00 piv Meeting of Assessors. ^lirsirk'? kasthound If 'I'oWln-llilm mill SI If. i 111 Itnurilc III i I .V I .....I. O... .... .. . ,, IV.V on;> am ;< IU ?? m mors lor the I ownships in the f'ounty i.v h irloito?-sou.'tv Hu.S .> ni ft on o ui niicaster will meet at their usual plnees l,v CliesTer ....... . . 9 no a m 8 1 i> m iicetinc <>ii the tirst 1'nesday in Muieh '*v Itlcbbonj p to a in m :iv n rr. ,. ,<i r L.V ItiiM'umv lln VfcOa in S li> I' to < V . , . ..... i . .. , '<v Kurt l.a'-n 10 00 am 8 50 o in is the duty of 1 ownsln p una Special a r I.uncus tor 10 :t0 a ni 915 i "> ils of assessors to runviiKH each nn?l m^\i.-rri7ws " V return of Itonl slid Personal proper- ,,,lll.v?1..l, ' * .. '..,, . .. .. <.11 Ej*TKIt?Southern, Seaboard, and Caro>1 their respective tonio hips in o ilei Una & NorUi-Western Railways. i dividual retiiins may ho equali/nd |..\N? AST1SU?Southern Railway. airly as possible. A. 1 . Mel.l'ltK, iSupenntendeni every instance where a niiitcrial I.KKOY SPRINGS. President. ige in the return of any individual in.11on" hundred noi'nrs and , ili?* assessor* will loop a notice of i nr\ chalices made and foiwzrd ennui l>v U vlLiU to the ('muity Auditor so th .t notice ...... he Hont to the partus s.. raised in ?.r- 1(1 U,e Overseers ol the lhiche HiKhw. ys tluit llu* iiix|iM>er n ay li ivo tin* op-) ?* ( onnly : alii y to niipear hetnvo the ' otllity j j nsU you nil to warn out yonr hands oit d of Fajuiiliz itioii, winch said fountv 1 eacli section of road and work veur r" nl d nl l i|ua i/ itiim will no et <m the | good between now and the Ifih ihiv of h I'ltes-hiv in Meicti Cz7 h lost 1 111 (' i ?' - , | . lim n, mi you i' ii nil make A tiiiod r< j it e office ??t Hi- i oiiiity Auditor ?t lain- | on th first Alomluv in Ipril, hh th? gr iinl r f ontf 1I-.H-.0 K. f Ijii'v u quint* y??u to do I'lio ioihIh ii.hnI to i In triueii ' I I o\vn>dii|t mid Speeiul wort I. iiid I hope I will not )iav<- to i k of \sh'"sots, me <\ officio itietn- ! imvo tiny trouble with mivot the overm-cm. of the County Itonrd of I'tjUAliz ition. Take due M/the end work vonr roudn. .Iito A ? ook, I M ('. (iA|{f?\Klt. And, i.iiti.- o . ( oiiut^ .itipoiv.sor. i Feb Zllh, f'JvG. I l-'ohiunry 17, l'JOG, lm 4