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The Lancaster News. t.ll>a,)( $2,2! Semi-Weekly. erno Published Wednesdays and Saturdays lync At Lancaster, S. C., $1,6 By The ry, Lancaster Publishing Company, coun as 8 U Charles T. Connors, Editor. (j SUBSCRIPTION RATES. TO 11(1 One Year fl.50 UlVe Six Montbo 76 , Three Months 40 tllrtt Payable in advance. SollC ADVERTISING RATES. meil One inch, lirst nscrtion. ft.00. Each subsc iril, qucnt insertion 80cents. For three months or lOHi longer, reduced rates. .. . Professional curds, per year, U2. IOr d Business notices, Transient Advertisements, L.j, 0] Lost and Found, and other classified never- ' tlsements not exceeding 26 words, 25 cents for I. I,! I . .,,,.,.1 r?. ...1,11 l\ III, ttot.nl word over 2.*i words. . i Obituaries, Tributes of respect, cards of ^ thinks and all matter of a personal or political A , nature to be charged for. u Advertising rates by the column made known I )?? *> on application. 1 ftricf correspondence on subjects of general u^Uii interest Invited. Not responsible for views of correspondents. QlOn It. K. WYL1E, president. ?, J NO A. COOK, SKt.'Y. and TltKAS. "*ay J M. ItlDOLE, Jn . Bdsinrss Manager. j 2Q ??1???????i?jn tr Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7, iPO.s , at the postofflee at l.ancastor, S C.. under Act 0U W. of Congress of March 3, 1879. knov Saturday, March 3, 1906. w^a' _ ] ler, be i SO WIS STARTLING FIGURES?COST lo (}, OF INVESTIGATING KERSHAW But LYNCHING. , have Apropos of (lie Kershaw lyncli else ing, interest in which has been the 1 revived hy the suit, against Lan have caster county for fifty thousand the ] dollars' damages and the recent are order of court transferring the by v case to another county for trial , recoi we republish the following, taken Tl from the comptroller general's Solic annual report to the legislature expl ju^t adjourned : that SPECIAL COXTINGENT FUND?LAW- eX^' LK8SNESS AND LYNCHINGS. recei I'd 05. . from liv Appropriation $2,500 00 Mar. 7, J. K. ""'"i Henry $300.56 1 11 Mar. 15, H. W. Tl New bold (for is a 11 11 B. Howie) 93 00 fore H. W New bold (lor LI Bldowie) 134 44 seen 11. W. Newboid ra'lr (ItREx Ker $6.2 uli iii' I ,*ra on 28. II B Howie (Kershaw It Lynching) 93.00 part. Apt 6. IIBIJowie inab J Kershaw 1)wn Ijs nching ) 305 93 21. H B Howie fd (Kerr-haw i'1 hi Lynching) 135.00 pear M .y 9. II. B. In tl Howie (J. W. f A. Kershaw Lvnching) 110 00 11 B. IIov\ie ?ize< t Kershaw ot la Lvnching) 00 00 ancy 20 II BHowie caril I Keishaw . Lynching) 18.44 II IJ Howie 8ten( (Kershaw testi Lynching) 290 95 Judj; June 5. Pinker- chan '0I,> N- c?.e. Agency 190.51 .' .'y Pinker. I)re8< ton, ... 1> , 1 ii the I Ha State vs. E. be t Murreil 381 42 twee Sept, 6 C. L. (iee Owens (Servi* ucce ces investment Murder E. Mur- lien rell, 52.50 fleet $2,291.97 Lant The foregoing makes mighty interesting reading. It shows Tl that even an abortive attempt at lisht investigating a tyncning, sucn as Aike was made in the Morrison case, vice"comes high" to the taxpayers of Kail South Carolina. It will be seen ?rn'fi of the entire amount. bi 31.97, expended by the Gov c< r last year of his special con m jut fund lor "lawlessness and pi hings" the aggregate turn of vi 67 54 was paid Messrs Hen- hi Ilowio and Newbold on ac- ig it of the Kershaw lynching, ft ming that all the sums paid fa e parties were for se.vices tl ? red in connection with thai h stigation. It will he noted p the payment of $360 56 to as ;itor Henry and the pay u: ts of $93. and $134 44 on the en of March to Mr. Newbold.ri dr. Howie are not stated to li n account of the "Kershaw le hing," but the presumption a1 at they were so made, ssuming 6uch to be tlie case, p ctive Howie received alto er, in a little ever two ths?from March 15th to 26th?the startling sum ol 0.76 (or his alleged services w ying to find out who lynch n [orrison. From the general w vledge of the public as 1o d t Mr. Howie did in the mathis compensation appears to ' * 1 ai iltogether out ot proportion | le amount of work done.? . a reasonable showing must i been made to the Governor, he would not have ordered " fills paid. Mr. Howie may i rendered service of which public knows nothing. We 11 rr simply judging the matter 1 rhat appears in the official rd. w ie payment of $300 5(5 to V itor Henry also needs some h anation, and in justice to i] officer the matter should be h ained. As it uow appears, is a salaried public officer , vnig extra compensation i the state for work done, or iosed to have been done, In ine of his official duty, ie claim of Lawyer Newbold ^ery modest one and is there not open to criticism. He _ is to have been paid onlv his i .. i ri oad expenses to Kershaw, 2. U h may be stupidity on our p , but we must confess to an oj ility to tee wherein we have ()| cauidit napping, as inlimat- w y our friend Solicitor Henry, is communication which apS s elsewhere in today's paper, ie editorial to which he re- ( we simply directed attention ha', according tall recog e: 1 rilluu Inr 1 lio i ti t o i*i > r o t o I i A it (! ^ ,..,V , nguage, is a marked disc,rep- A between what lie in his in the Columbia State says v said and what the oflicial c, >grapher says he said, itt his s< mony in the hearing before r( ;e Gage ol the motion 'or a w ge ol venue in the Morrison The affable Solicitor's j. ant explanation revives in us ()l lope thai we may some day j ible to see a difference be j. n tweedledum and tweedle- a] But, seriously, we gladly ^ pt and give publicity to Mr. ^ ry's disclaimer that no re- (j ion was intended by him on caster's most worthy sheriff. ? f< le Anderson Daily Mail pub tl ss a letter from Congressman h m to Colonel A. B. Andrews, K1 president of the Southern way, in relation to the Souib- 01 1 delayed passenger trains u 3tween Columbia and the upaintry, in which the Congresfeiau strongly appeals for an imrovement in the company's ser ice. Why Mr. Aiken confines is complaint to th" locality des ;tiHted wo are at a loss to know, >r the grievance i? general, a ict which The News has more ?an once emphasized. Possibly e thought that it would be more roper for his colleagues equally i interested to take the matter p with the railroad authorities n behall of the r particular tertories. At all even's, we f-hould ke to hear of Congressman Fin>y inaugurating a movement long the same lines. THE NEWS IN BRIEF | Miss Louis Sloan, ot Greenville, 'as severely burnt d Wednesday itilit, by the explosion of a lamp, hich was overturned by her OR. Cotton growers,cotton spinners nd representatives of cotton ex lianges are to have a conference l Washington May 1st. J. I). Ellis, euitor of the Alaama Christian Advocate, one of :ie leading Methodist publica ouh of the South, dropped dead 1 his oliice in Birmingham 'hursday afternoon. Ueb Mitchell, a North Carolina rile murderer, was hanged in /ind.-or Thursday. He killed is wife with a cart board and len pulling the body in an out ouse our tied it. The trial of Dr. J. B. Mathews >r wife murder is now in progress 1 Greensboro, N. C. Ati account f the killing, it will he recalled, as published in The News some reeks ago. The National House of RepreMitatives passed Thursday the oraker hill providing for the larking of the graves of the Com derate dead buried North. Eight companies of state troops ad to he put on guard in Springeld, Ohio, this week, on account I ati anti negro riot. A number I negro houses were burned by hites. Prof. S. P. Langtry, of the mifhsonian Institute, Washing>n,died in Aiken this week. Several men were killed by an xplo-ion Tuei-day in the Little ahaha coal mine, at Piper, la. Dave liush, colored, was con icfod in Columbia Thursday ol riminal assault 011 Sylvia Thorn.? ... nn?r,. Tka i.,,-,. 'uj w ? ulna", * ?iu j * * j ^commended him to mercy, hieh saves liis neck. The South hound passenger ain on the Southern ran into an pen switch at Camden Wednesay morning, striking a freight ain. Two persons were iniured lid the engine and a box car adly damaged. A young white la 11 named Jones, of near Camon, was knocked senseless. ?Mr. J. L. Helms who lives >ur miles south of Waxhaw hi d le misfortune to lone his barn y tire last Sunday morning. A ood mule, and a new huggy nd a wagon, together with a lot f hay and other feed stud' went p in smoke.?Monroe Enquirer. Mm White I' SALE You can't go anywhere in town or suburbs but what they know about our BIG SALIO WIIITB (JOODS Mrs. A. tells Mrs. B. and so it goes. Every one who buys is simply "delighted." The more you buy the happier you are. It's the greatest money saving sale in town. Williams-Hughes Co. .. ) The Cash Store. | I [WrawTl m Have just received a SI k DTTAT A PT HTTP C \ car of Fancy Patent tiiniUljil IllVUIt 1 m of which we guarantee every sack. If not satisfactory, # C money refunded. Also a carload Second Patent, to be % B sold at the right price. We want you to just try it. M j RBMBMBBR V.. \ We have a complete line of Groceries, everything fresh \ | M and new?something not found every day. When you M i M need Shoes, we've got 'em, Come and let us show you C i \ our line of shoes. Also a line of Gents Hats. Can suit 1 ! m you in all the latest styles. # 1 E. A. Thompson & Co. # j | Carnes's Old Stand. ^ j 1 _ ?The very excellent histori- ?Mrs. Boone, wife of Mr. leal sketch of the old Waxhaw Smith Boone of Lanes Creek settlement, written by Miss township,died last Tuesday niftlit. j Marie Craic, which appears in She was about 40 years old and today's News, is taken from a had been for a number of years -J - ? recent issue of the Winthrop a member 01 the Methodic College Journal. clr-rcli Funeral wan held yes. .. . ,i terday at Zoar.?Monroe En?In the Monroe court this J week Mr. E. J, Heath recovered ('U rftr" a verdct against the Seaboard Air Line for #850., damages to PrOfGSSiOI\dl CdfdS his land by lire. ?The puplic cooking demon L)r. J. H. WELSH, si ration at the Lancaster Mer. nPMTI?_ , . . , DENTIST. Co s hardware store is being at. i i i At. i t e I Ollice over Williatm?Huehes Co's tended bv a large number of our , , Tue81 " H , . . . ? , More, formerly occupied bv Dr. people, both of town a? d conn- |j M Galloway. try. The demonstration is on . ,v/1 A,,.,,,.-, , - . ... LANCASTER, S. 0. der the charge of Mr. Philip Fische, of St. Louis, who has quite a record ol holding sales at Dr. R. O. ELLIOTT, the largest lairs given in this Lancaster S C country in the past 5 years. Mr. , , , . . . ... , Residence 'phone. No. IH7. (Mire, Lische is giving a similar de Davia Hnilding, cor. Main and Dunlap ,, , I , streets: 'phone No. 72. monstration to the one that was Will practice in boil, town and oounconduct d at the World's Fair in All calls, day or ni^ht. will re. .. , , . ceive prompt attention. 11)04, in which he is operating a range with a paper stove pipe r' bound with cord, and matches # ..1 1 1 < l. . 1 i \?J . ..? ? iii f I'liiuou iiiiufTiieni ii niw cord LJtiil idcllIlS against tho paper. If you have ^ not already ?e?n this World's Wo have a few HEAVY Fair wonder call today and see SHOES that will soon be it. Remember the exhibition is out of season, and will offer very interesting, not only m but sueh goodg f()r the next 3() very educational, as the demon- days at htralor is well posted on what ought fo he placed in the kitchen Actual Cost. to keep down worry and trouble. Mr. Fische extends to all an in- e are save you vitation to attend today his fare- money. Come Quick. well exhibition. CHERRY & CO. 4