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IU'sinkss MANAGKK. lEi.trred as seconU-clnss matter, Oct. 7, IPOs ?t the pAstoflli'e at I ancaater, S C.. under Act ?# ?.'?xi(rri!ss of March 3. 18*11 Wednesday, March 21, 190G. JUDGE PARKER'S TRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH. The speech delivered in Char lot ie last Friday night by Judge Jtlt<ui B. Parker, of New York, lute democratic candidate for President, is attracting no little Attention throughout the country. He not only lavished praise on the South, com mending its martoIous industral development and the conservatism and wisdom of its statesmen, but even went, fo tar as to expre-s t be opinion that the next Democratic nominee f?>r .President should be a Southern man. Judge lJa?"ker is not given in lla'lery and it may be taken lor granted, therefore, that his utterances in this instance were aincere. Iu the course of his remarks Jmine Parker said : "It is more than two score yeais since the war closed and your people find themselves upon the threshold in what piomises to he the most remarkable busi aess development the world ha-< ever known within the same time .and apace. Some of your men u v gone torili to command the highest success, in the most honorable way, in tiiegte ileal tinanrial and commercial movements of the time ; others have hec mi the. managers of great railway mterests; you have developed j^reat manufacturing enterpris s, and most difficult of all, your p ople, as a whole, h tve so mainla ind and increased their own p siliou and the dominance of the country in one <?I the greatest products of tlio soil as to make Mif ni the wonder anil the admiration of the world. 4,Jn spite of your devotion to principle and consistency, in the laeeol a numeric d importance that was preponderate, in poll trcs only have you stopped aside. From tire earlies' days since sellgovernment was restored you have sent your best men into pubic lite. They have been at one modest, able, leyoted, patriori, - awl iiniuiwl NT?v . .. ...... vrww . 1. U J(H' * 'I J J I" II jrenftiary on* opened it* hospitaMo, doors to arirni' your Senators, Representatives or Governor*, nor have the olfieers of the law, from detectives to attorneys-genoral been compelled to hale them into the criminal courts. In the f;ica ol thin record you have not only permitted us of the North to present to yon candidates for Preaident and Vice President, hut you have insisted upon our doing so and have then voted for them, and that, too, when some time* no o'her States did so " Speaking directly us to the time being opportune tor the se lection ot a Southerner as nation al party leader. Judge Parker made the following significant statement: "The time has come when the really effective Democrats of the country should be recognized and vvhen they i}u mselvvs ahould no longer hesitate, decline or re use to seek or to accept these honors ,t/liir?li 11 rn llioii* liicl duo Inr it-nrlr >vell done. It may po-fbbly be iliat th<? party will uo Jo defeat again, but since 1800 it has done nothing else under Northern leadership and cerlainly it cannot do worse. "I believe firmly that it will do better because it will at once eliminate the tactions wll'ch are inevitable, so long as their leaders feel that they have only to capture a few State organizations in the North, nominate their candidate and then depend upon the South to support and elect him if possible. And certainly no faction can refuse to support a worthy Southern candidate in the light of the loyalty of the South In ppnrv l-mrfr.v n-itwli - ? ~ ? J I'" - "J ('ate." The South generally will ap preciate the compliment paid this sec'ion and its people by tlie distinguished New Yorker, but we have no idea that his advice will be taken by the next national democratic convention, or that a Southerner eould be elected President even it he should get the nomination. The South, it is true, h is good presidential timber?just as good as that to be found in any other part of the Union?but politics is a practical thing, if 'thing" it may be call ed, and upon its practicalness depends its success. Sentiment 11 is allowed to cut no figure, and 1 even justice and merit are sometimes ignored in striving after 1 success by a political party The leaders of the democratic party know that the Sou'h is always 'Solid," anywav, in a presidenf i:il inn n nil tl.ut Iiam/* io ? . v.<? V<vv (tim Mini i IICI O II.I necessity therefore to nominHte a man trotn this section in order to ! carry the v<?te of the South.? New York, with its large elec 'oral vote, will no doubt again turni-h the democratic candidate ! for President in 11)08, Volcanic Eruptions Destroy Several Towns. Honolulu, March 25.?The officers of the steamer Sierra, | which has airived here from Sydney, N. S. W , via Samoa, 1 report that tlie eruption of the volcano on tlie island oi Savail of the S tmoan group continues on a large scale. Three villages have been completely destroyed, including Malacola, where was located the finest, cocoa plantation on the island. The residences of A King and () Barlelev hav been reduced to ruins and are a total loss. The lava from ?lie v lea no is flowing into the ocean in a -.tr-am three-quarters of a mile wide and 20 feet deep, at the rate <>f '(! f -m! un himp At night a solid wall of molten lava, tivo miles long, ?*a11 be seen reaching lar out into tlie sea. While in Rock Hill last Friday afternoon, Judge Alton B. Parker made an ad iress to the students of Winthrop Collego. Senator Tillman too Busy t< Attend a Dispensary Con vention. Washington cor. The Columbi Stale: Senator Tillman says that h snows nothing ot any plans t hold a convention of the friend ot the dispensary. "1 iiav scarcely had time to give sue! a thmg a though'lie said t< day. "But," lie added, "you can sa his, tlia' when the time come and the fight is on, I expect t he in it, whether it begins befor "lie opening of the campaign o alter." "D i you expect anything b be done before the opening o the regular campaign?" "Well, I say, 1 don't know i. ..I I . ? : _ _ * i ii ii'im <i nwi vt* in ion or m ore a nize, as they call it. would ta'< a lot of conferring and a lot o correspondence, and so <ar as am concerned, I haven't the timi to do it. I wouldn't even hav time to attend that conventioi or conference, or anything else so long as I am 'r"swaitiped thi way." Then he turned to a pile r papers on his desk, called elerf and added: "Why, man, I lee 'ike a fellow down in a dee well. 1 can't begin to see d?\ light. All I can see is a lilt! gleam of light which will gt bigger and bigger as 1 climb '>ii of this well, But you know wbo a fellow's down in such a hoi as this, the sky looks about tb size of a dollar and be can't se even I he sides ol the hole he i in How in the name of 9ens ran 1 see outside to organize db pensary f rces or anything els at home? "Oh, yes, I'm watching it, he concluded. Lancaster's Treatment of Dis pensary Violators. The Columbia State. The Lancaster juries and .ludg Klugh are settling the blind tig* problem in the way it should 1 s< ttled. There i* no reason wb any set ol m mi should be nermi ted to hold the law in contempt Whenlhey do it is the fault of tli machinery of the law?the oil cers whose duty it is to appr< head criminals, the,juries or tli judge. If a jury c uivicts an 1 th judge inflicts only nominal pui ishment, then the judge is re; p uisihle for the encouragenier ol crime and for indifTerence < juries. A long offending JJillm lujuor dealer in Lancaster wt sentenced to pay a line ot $50 or spend a year in jail; while hi other white man, on Ins fin i Hence, was sentenced to Ihre months imprisonment or $10 line. That hrand of justice is tli kind to giin respect for the law for that class of lawbreakers r< spert nothing fliey do no* feai I f ilie L incasler ex irnple is fol lowed tigers will heroine scare* Comptroller General Jones i in receipt of an official repot from Chesterfield to the effoc that a woman has been conyicte of arbon in that county under tli operation ol the insurance U\v against incendiary fires.?-Tli State. \ ) Really if*? | * : Beautiful ' ' ?| Th?M*k* '>,_ ji ITmhroSfl eay??oc ")>v-/k' ' VWV1 'w have done more than produce pretty goods this season. They have given us marvels of artistic designing and skillful workmanship. The patterns are all new, none ? of those of past seasons being even remotely touched e upon. Hundred of yards of ; EMBROIDERIES HERE. 8c Embroidery, 5 cents ; 15c Embroidery, 10 cents. " !' _ j? Cash store Williams-Hughes Co. . | : 1 . STAPLE rjwonu I i I AINU JhANCY VI VVVI IVtJ fl We have just opened up one of the n if opt and most com j?| A plete lines of Staple and Fancy Groceries ever shown in KM Lancaster and are now ready for business. Our line con?t w sists of everything generally kept in an up to date grocery rE store. It shall be our aim to sell the bes' of everything j mi at reasonable prices. S<? when von want anything in Gro ff ceries, come to see us or call 'Phone No. 105. All phone [fl p M orders will receive prompt attention. We make a special- IBB ' W *v ?' ^ne Oigars and Tobaccos. Wnen you want to smoke ML X atop in our store and get something nice. EB >i Yours for business, Hj | B. M. Welsh ?> Co. I' & aI P. S?Get our prices on FLOUR before you buy. Two 2 car loads just, received. e ?? in e "" " " 1 xwn A \/ FARMERS MEET AGAIN v ij Hello, Hustler ! Oh, 1 am all right. How is everything? My family is well, I am well ? in fact everything is in good order, and the country more prosperous than I ever experienced before. 1 think we are going to have a good crop, and if we do e there will be some money made and a good portion of it e profit. Prices are looking upward and I see no reason ...1.il. i i i ' * , I wny uiey snouiun i noici. .. Say, did you hear Harvy Jordan's talk ? it Yes, and if it is like he says it is, we will have the )t' bank people counting a few of our 10, 20 and 100 dollar . 1 bills this fall. Well. I am going to plant corn enough 1 j to feed my hogs, horses and myself and hold my cotton lH until the price comes to my ligures. 1 raised my meat (? this year and 1 won't have much to buy outside of what i- 1 have already bought. I have a good supply of Flour ,t and it's sure fine. I bought from Edwards. .e| What is the name of it? Magnolia?$2.30 sack. q ( Well, I better go and buy me a load before it advances. He handles everything that you need on the farm, Sugar, Coffee, Flour, all kinds Groceries, Dry Goods, '?i Shoes, Hats, all kinds of Notions, Harness, Whips, etc. When you go to town always call and see him. Leave > r. your whips, lapmbes, ami all your bundles in his care. I i it always gives him pleasure to take care of them for [ you. Without a doubt he's a farmer's friend. Try him once, you will go back again. * jl J.C.EDWARDS in Bennett's Old Stand. ;!t I i r