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The Lancaster News Semi-W eeklv. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. CM By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year II.! Six Month* Three Months Payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. Onetnch, tlrst nsertion 11.00. Each subs< jucai Insertion 50 cents. For three months . '.oncer, reduced rates Professional cards, per year, 112. Itcsines* notices. Transient Advertisement Lost and Found, and other classified a-'ve tlMCtnents not exceeding 25 words. 25 cents f? each Insertion: I cent a word for each add Clonal word over 25 words. Obituaries, Tributes of respect, cards i thanks and all matter of a personal or politic nature to be charged for. v .? Advertising rates by the column made know on application. Brief correspondence on subjects of eencri interest invited. Not responsible for views < ootrespondents. R E. WYLIE, president. jno A. COOK, Sec't. and The as. J. ia kiddle, Jr.. Business Manager. Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7. IPO at the postofllce at Lancaster, S. C.. under ai of Congress of March 3, 1979. Wednesday, March 14, 1906. This being campaign year th democratic party machinery wi soon be put in motion. It i 6tated that the state execuiiv committee will meet in Colun bia on or about the 4th of ne> month, to arrange for the get eral primary. The townshi clubs will meet the last Satui day in April, to elect delegate to the county conventions, whic will be held the first Monday i May. THE UAILUOAD UATE BILL. Senator Tillman, it is stated will make a written report thi week to the Senate on the rah road rate bill, which has bee entrusted to his care by the Ke publican committee to whom i was referred when it catne fron the House. The submission ci the Senator's report will be fo! lowed by numerous speeches delivered from day to day, botl for and against the bill, which 1 justly regarded as one of th HK-st important that has bee introduced in Congress in man years. Tlie bill in (juestion is, as i generally known, sometime calied the Hepburn bill, becaus introduced in the House b; representative Hepburn, o Iowa, and its declared purpose i to confer greater power on th interstate commerce c >mmissioi in i he matter of the regulatioi of railroad rates. The measur passed the House by an over whelming majoriry, the vote be ing 346 to 7. The committee o ihe House to which it was re furred upon its introduction bj Mr. Hepburn reported unan imously in (avor of its pat-sage A.I though endorsed by the lloubt with practical unanimity, Hit bill is going to he vigorously fought in the Senate, but wil nest likely pass that body also , .-(Msibiy m an amended form. Senator Tillman himself wil in all probability propose Bonn Amendments for all of the pro vinions of the bill do not moei with his approval. In a speed lie made in the Senate about i month ago?long before he waf chosen to report the bill?the Senator made the following sig 7^c.ntremark6: ~ 1 bel eve there aie too many ?onts in the Hepburn bill; it is - a maze of wotds through which you can stumble, and every in n will disagiee as to what it mean I want a provision which w i 1 prevent any monopoly of the bituminous coal lands on the A' - lantie slope by the Pennsylvania rai road and its allies, and you _ have not got it in this bill. 1 ' want more light before I agree so to vote for a bill that may cm lo tain half a dozen snakes in i<. And, certainly, we had better pass none at all rather than pass P. ?< mething that will fool the pe jr p'e. They may find next year, when the Supreme Court hall; gotten through with it, ?hat tl?i n.aase of word?these thousands o' phrases and lines all doubled and twistetl and muddled up? have in them a loophole rn * . . , . , r t. hrrmrrh tvliw?n Willi u no 9teps have yet been taken to effect an organization. We earnestly trust tliat the matter will be taken up at an early day. The welfare of the commnnif* I demands it. I ? is AH progressive cities and | f'WiiB have business organiza n lions or are arranging to have ?. them. Even Fort Mill has reit eently organized a commercial II club. One was established in if Lexington, N 0., the other day. |. The Newberry Observer say.\t that there are plans on foot for (i "the organization ol an up-to s date business league or commere cial c'ub in the city of Newti berry, whose object it will be to v look alter the interests of the town in a business way." lie lerring to the proposed organiza ^J tion the Observer say.-: 'Wtint's everybody's busine-s is i>"bxly's business," is emplitticaily true ol unorganized corninuuities, where no one feels it s I lus duty to look after the public o; interests. 1'he purpose ol the i, I proposed organization is to make lit the s[ecial duly ol certain : men to look after the interests of i the city in every proper way and to fee that those interests do not. stiller 011 account ol pubI j lie indifference. Commenting on business or/ ganizations the Greenville Daily News truly remarks: No progressive city is without . an agereasi^e commercial body. Why? Because it is impossible for a town to amount, 'o mnnli without the support of the or 1 gamzed business interests of the , I community. The right sort of j commercial body is oik; of the most important a-sets that a city can have. It is impossible i to accomplish the best results in j i he growth and prosperity of a t city along broad commercial j lines without the united efforts of the business interests. Such work is essential to growth and ' development. > Greenville has a Hoard of Trade. It is a community of * i i jf stretching, you can drive no1 ouly an automobile, but a whoie freight train. I In less Sen aim Tillmn.11 tliore - fore, has radically changed his views, he may be expected advocate important amendments to the Hepburn bill. NEEDED: A BUSINESS ORGANIZAe TION. The News has more than once is urged upon the business men oi Lancaster the importance ol hay ing an organization of some kind?a board of trade, business ileague, commercial club or what P , . . ever they might see proper to t call it ; but, while the suggestion ^ has met with general approva interests of he business of tl place. The oiganization has c ready accomplished much go( work along the lines that ha1 been pointed out and it h planned u lartier scope of oper tions in the near future. Tl city of Greenville should aocou itself very lortunate in havu this progie.-sive commercial c ganization. But it is impo sil to brine about the pretest i suits in the movement to bui up 'lie city without the co opei ticn of all the business intpre! of the lo-vn Every man business in Greemille should a member of the Boaid ? f Tr ie We commend the experier of Greenville and ottier coi munitiea to tGo thoughtful cc sideration oi the business men Lancaster. THE POSTOFFICE SITUATION. As its readers well know, T News lias for some time be working assiduously for imprm ment in tlie service given La caster by the national govei ment in the matter of pos'offi accommodations, as well as I better facilities and accommoc tions tor ttie community at t hands of such big coiporatic as the Southern Railway and t Southern Express company. ^ have not yet accomplished that we set oat to do, but, our readers are aware, some pi grees is being made. The det initiation ot the Express co pany to move its otlice up tow as urged by The News, has ; ready been noted. Another important step 1: been taken, this time in t I po-ti fflce matter. It will be J called that the tact w as noted these columns a few week* si thai a letter had been receiv from the postofBce department Washington, acknowledging t receipt ot The News' arti complaining at length of Lt caster's grossly inadequate po office accommodations and lacj tio-?, and slating iliat a m would he sent here to invet gate the situation. Day bef< yesterday the government's! preventative, Mr. Homer ] Kintz, ot Washington, who assistant superintendent of t postoffice department, put in appearance. Mr. Kintz made thorough examination of t present postollice and of sevei other btnldiugs which have be offered the government for u iiQ nit f\ ffi I I /-? ?? a % ?% | wv? ??.? "Ill - \J i IIl?viq 11 KJ ill illation, however, as to his e< I elusions, hut will make a lull i port to the depart merit of the suit ot his observations. It m I be several days or it may i several weeks before the mat! shall he settled. Professional Care Dr. J. E. WELSH, DENTIST. Ollice over Williams?Hughes C< Store, formerly occupied by 1 K. M. Galloway. LANCASTER, S. O. DR. R. G. ELLIOTT, Lancaster, S. C. Rpsidenop 'phonp, No. 187. C>rtl< bavis Building, cor. Main anil I>11111 streets; 'phone No. 72. Will practice in both town and con ty. All calls, day or night, will Li ceive prompt attention. Subscribe to Tiie News. I Holidays PflSt? SFp^jnA | t>ut Women's Wants ^ Look over that memorandum of yours and you'll find J le. it's "a new dress," a "lot of notions," "towels," "sheetice ings," and dozens of other things are wanted. For in ? Finest Stock of Dry Goods i of j " opened up since January 1st, you'll have to consult us. Stock large ; prices small. he | Cash store Williams-Hughes Co. en i _! Ji i"r l AND FANCY Groceries | W We have iiiRt onened ui> one of the nic< pt and most, com- M >n* mm p|ete lines of Staple and Fancy Groceries ever shown in jjMj lie |Xj Lancaster and are now ready for business. Our line con- |9 rVe B 8ifl*8 everything generally kept in an up to date grocery 11 5 8f?re' It flhall be our aini to sell the bes* of everything : " ffl a* reaROn,b'e prices. So when vou want anything in Gro |M as H ceries, come to see us or call 'Phone No. 105. All phone Ml ro M orders will receive prompt attention. We make a special- H| er IS ty of fine Cigars and Tobaccos. When you want to smoke jfi stop in our store and get something nice. B Yours for business, B J B. M. Welsh <$)> Co. |(' he B P S.?Get our prices on FLOUH before you buy. Two 2] re B c'ar l?ads just received. g" II A TALK II ' illZ BETWEEN J >re ro :| Two Farmers!! he ral "Hello, Hustler; how long before you are going out?" en j "I'm ready now." se "Suppose we go out together?" "That suits me fine ; t- I like company, anyway." ,M "Look here!?where did vou hwv vnnr flrmrT' ?i bought it from Edwards." "How much did it cost you?" "$2.30 per sack." "How much did yours cost you?" "$2.50 per sack." l>e "Well, that settles it. If you find it good, I am going te to buy me up enough to do me until August." "You" er need not worry about tl\e grade. I used it all last year. It's nice, white and flakey, and makes fine bread." "There's no use talking, Edwards has the goods and |$! Edwards has the price. Everything sold in proportion. When you go there you can get most everything you need?Flour, Lard, Coffee, Sugar ; in fact, all kinds of Grcceries, Tinware, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, and all kinds of Notions. When you want to buy, don't fail to see Edwards, where goods go at your price or his, one." ^ "By the way, has he any one-horse wagon harness?" , ^r- "Yes, I saw 8 or 10 sets there today." "Well, I'll go in when I go back and see what I can j do." "He will sure sell you a set cheap." ? ; "Well, I turn off here ; good-bye. When you go back to town you will find him? si J.C.EDWARDS I p\n Bennett's Old Stand. u U ,