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The Lancaster New Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturday At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Compan Charles T. Connors, Edit* SUBSCRIPTION KATES. One Year ' Six Months Three Months Payable In advance. ADVERTISING KATES. One Inch. Hrst nserlion. ft.00. Each sul - vi .tiim For three inontli <?> "> ? longer, reduced rates. Professional cards, per year, 112. Business notices, Transient Advertlsemc Lost and Pound, and other classified a ' tiscmenis not exceeding 25 words, 85 cents each insertion; 1 cent a word for each at iional word over 2a word* Obituaries, Tributes of rosnect. cards thank* and all matter of a personal or poiit nature to be charged for. Advertising rates by the column made kni an application. Hrief correspondence on subjects of item interest Invited. Not responsible for view correspondents. j{. K. WYf.lK, Pitksipent. JNO. A. COOK, Skc'Y. and TttKAB. j. M. KllibUK, Jii . Business Managei Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7. I at the postofllco at 1 ancaster, S C.. under ->' I'nnirrra, of March It. is*S?. Saturday, March 24, 1906. One of the anomalies of I law was illustrated at tho pres? term ol court. An old man v sentenced to pav a fine ol $5( tor selling liquor and a you mm fined $25fi. for shooting i other. Is the inference to drawn that in the eyes of the I it is a greater o fie use to tank u fellow on illicit liquor than i 'o pump lead into htm ? THE COWING CAMPAIGN. It s. em- t?> he genera* ly con ded that, the dispensary will one of the leading issues in I campaign this summer. So far Lancaster as a county is concei e 1 the liquor quest?on has bt settled, tor the present at lea but its citizens, in common w tho?e ol the other counties, be expected to indicate by th liul Into Inr ooMilin.a.w, i 1/n I f ? vn \j ? VUlU'VifliUrO I UI I legislature what their preferei may he as to a general ah policy lor tlie regulation ol the quor traffic. There will,of cour he other questions of more less general interest discusi before the people. But it is not our purpose reier specifically to any of thi just now- At. this early stage w? desire to do is to caution t people against any attempt tl mav he made this year to rev actional feeling and prejudi In at least one county in the sti a movement lias already bt started to divide the people they were divided some ye ago. The old cry ot "Reformei on the one hand and "Conser tivea"or "anti-Tillmanites" on I other has been raised, and ev< effort will he made to bring abr the old alignment. We sincerely trust that effort of tho kind will be made Lancaster county, and if ao, t} if -ai 11 meet, with the signal In are that it deserves. There is reason whatever why th* should he a division among n people along old lino9. If the is to he any division at all, lot he on measures and not on ir. altogether. Let there be a f and tree discussion by candidal for public office of all issues which the people are interest but allow no aspiraut for yo re suffrage to inflame your passion " or oiasyour judgment by a pea's to prejudice for or against am particular individual, be lie Mr. ,s Tillmau or Mr. Anybody else. WATER WORKS AND ELECTRIC y. LIGHTS. The News appreciates the kind. ly words about i's work for Lan caster by its esteemed contem porary, the Kershaw Era, pub10 lisbed elsewhere Tlie su^gesti*" as to starting a movement 101 water works and electric lights i> 80r a good one. We I ad already beei thinking about the matter, but Ills, n*r- concluded ttia' it would not b? for ldl" the part of wisdom to agitate to< k."{ many public improvements at one time. Bet-ides, the comma i>wn nity has scarcely had time to get Brut .... , sot over Us disappointment a' the failure of the effort made a year or two ago to secure waterworks t. and electric lights. It is the pur w, pose ot The News to advoca'e the establishment of both of these public u'i'ities in due season. TIIE MOIIO "SLAUGHTER." ',e A great hullabaloo has been 'n' Raised by the press, the | ill|?ii l'aw and members ot Congiess ov>i W. the recent killing of several hum Ing dre?l Mortis, in the Philippines, in_ by United Slates troops. Among he t|ie killed were a number of wo aw tnen and children?hence fcnc uP howl in this country The kill ' '8 inn is to be greatly regretted, o< course, but acrorling to authen tic reports now being received i' was an unfortunate necessity. The women, it appears, were ce dressed as men, and could not h** therefore, bo distinguished fron ^,e the latter by our soldiers. They as were in the ranks fighting side b\ rn" side with male Moros. Ami tlx ie" children were used as shields by l8'* the men. It was impossible, fron hh j the very nature ol things, for tlx r*'' American soldiers to so regulate eir tlxir fire as to avoid killing tlx '"e women and children. ICe mi. _ i ii _ c . inn suiuiers 01 uiih touiiir\ lte are not brutes, neither are the} willul murderers, and when tin se' news was Hent broadcast through or out the world tha1 they had ruih ,fi(' lessly slaughtered innocent wo men and children the report car 1? ried with it. a strong degree o ctn improbability. a" In tl?e lirst place, the Moroi 10 killed were notorious outlaws? 13 men who not only defied the an ,Vft thorily of this country lint thai ce" of their own as well. The Governor General at Manila charac en terizes them as a "gang 01 i,s cut throats who were preying ars UpOI, community," and lit rrt savs that the Filipino public va" highly approves ot the action ol the Americans 11 Railroad Man Accidentally Killed in Monroe. no in i?ii special to Charlotte Observer. iil. Monroe, March 21.? Frank no -Smith, a white mm employed >re m the local yards ol the Seaboard mr Air Line Railway, was run down re and instantly killed at o o'clock it tins afternoon by a shitting en en gice ortions of Inn body were nil horribly mangled and death must lea have been instantaneous. Smith in was engaged in his work about 3d, the yards, shoveling clinkers >ur: from the tracks. / f The Efforts of The News to Secure Certain Improvements for Lancaster. From the Kershaw Era. ; Editor Connors of the Lances ter News has heen making stienuous efforts recently in the direc lion of securing improvement in his town in keej iug with Lao caster progress and for the accommodation ol her citizens. As i? I result of his labor the improve r ' ments are taking place. We note 1> at tt e Southern will I have to bu'ld a new dopot, the l express office has b-eu in >ved up ( t< wn and a special agent of the postoffice depart rnent has been there inspecting postollice cond'i ions. We mildlv suggest to Brother Connors to train his gnus tor wa- | ter supply and better lighted M'letu* Willie Ull'U'H are liilllllii; < his way, and il he c m mcceed in i influencing 'he securing of these jl two boons he will have clone his ? town the very grea'e-t benefac a I tion for its onward inarch. I Court Proceedings. ? ! Several Interesting Damage < Suits Tried this 'Week. r 9 ?j The principal time ot court in session here his week has been i taken up in the trial of damage ( suits against corpora ions. More | than one ol interest has been ! beard. Among the first to attract > J attention was the case of John i - - , . ' M Yaudit', ot theOseola section. . ' , , Jigainst the Seaboird Air Line . . j 11 tiiroad cum pan v lor damages lor searching his premises with, out a warrant for stolen goods. , The jurv ret urned a verdict in I , tavor ol the plainiifl ior $500. The Springfield Fire and Ma > rine insurance company and the * Lancaster and Chester liailroad company obtained a verdict against the Southern Kai'road . company for $2,083.78. The suit > was to reimburse plaintiffs for tire losses paid?the burning <?i a lot ot cotton at the depot a year or two ago, the plaintiff*elaiming that the lire was caused j by one of the Soul hern's engines Another interesting trial was ( that of the case ol Joseph II. | Fields of Winusboro, against the Lancaster Bolton Mills ami C. B. Skipper for damages alleired to have been sustained by rea son of a "ducking" ibo plaintiff . got some time last vear in the company's reservoir. The jury rendered a verdict against the company for $800. ^ The next case tried was that I of lv. W. Duster, of the Pleasant Valley section, against the Wee f tern Union Telegraph company, damages claimed for del iy in delivery of a message notifying plaintitr of the death of his grandchild in Monroe. The ; verdict was lor $2f>0. 1 Another damage suit, that of 1 W. D. Trent against the i Southern Power Company, for injury sustained to hand while at work at Catawba halls, result i ed in a verdict for die plaintiff! , for $300. The juries were discharged yesterday morning, and the reniainder of the dav was devoted 10 the hearing equity of causes. ~ > I Really jfe # -g I Beautiful The Makera of ^ |H^BhRR Embroideries -j,> * I ' .. 0?--y iVfo V I 1 1 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 upon. Hundred of yards of ' EMBROIDERIES MERE. 8c Embroidery, 5 cents ; 15c Embroidery, 10 cents. Cash store Williams-Hughes Co. ^. J LLv | StaP'e GROCERIES Fancy | ^ Onrae and trot something good to oat. Yes, wo are in the Ki ? Rwim. Selling Rtiill' right along and receiving frefth goods ^ every day. Our Fancy (irocorv line i? first class at reason* able prices. We have the right kind of Flour at the right, j W5 price. If you d n't believe ir, just try it. We are selling M t Farm Implements 9 ? as cheap as anybody. Bring us your Eggs, Chickens and 9 ? Butter. Always ready to serve you with politeness. Some nice Yam Potatoes for seed. I R. M Wekh Co. 1 > ^ 11) Sprinu- Hl< '-k. '! 'I < r- fr in N a 11 < * r?:: 1 Hank. ^ TWO ' FARMERS I MEET AGAIN j Hello, Hustler ! Oh, I 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. I tninK we are going to have a good crop, and if we do there will be some money made and a gooid portion of it profit. Prices are looking upward and I see no reason why they shouldn't hold. Say, did you hear Harvy Jordan's talk? Yes, and if it is like he says it is, we will have the bank people counting a few of our 10, 20 and 100 dollar bills this fall. Well. I am going to plant corn enough to feed my hogs, horses and myself and hold my cotton a until the price comes to my figures. 1 raised my meat I this year and I won't have much lo buy outside of what 1 have already bought. I have a good supply of Flour and it's sure fine. I bought from Edwards. What is the name of it? Magnolia?$2.30 sack. 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, Shoes, Hats, all kinds of Notions, Harness, Whips, etc. When you go to town always call and see him. Leave your whips, laprobes, and all your bundles in his care. T 4 1 * * n 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. j r ^ J. C. EDWARDS in Bennett's Old Stand. 4