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The Lancaster News. Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year *1 j" CIIA iMUIIlllM ** .Three Months Ptynblc in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. One inch, tlr.st nsertion. * I. ?K>. Knob subsequent Insertion ">D cents. For three months or longer, reduced rates. Professional cards, per year. H2. Business notices, Transient Advertisements, Lost and Found, and other classified :t< vertisements not exceeding 25 words, Sii cents for each insertion: I cent a word for each additional word over words. u*5Jl Obituaries. Tributes of respect, cards of thanks ana all matter of a personal or i>oliticaI nature to be charged for. arM Advertising rates by the column made known on application. Brief correspondence on subjects of general interest invited. Not responsible for views of eorrespouden ts. It E. WYL1E, Phksipent. J NO. A. COOK, Sec'Y. and Tit k as. j. m. r100l.e, Jk , Business Manager. Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7. IP0\ at the po.Htofllce at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Saturday, March 31, 1906. Providence caused a reduction in the cotton acieage and yield last year and from present indications He is going to do the same thing this year. The only reason why Lancastrians are not kicking just now against the condition o 1 the tidewalks is because they can't ? t.heir feet are too deerlv embed od in mud. THE SOUTHERN AND THE SOUTH. A fiood deal lias appeared in these columns within the last few weeks about the Southern railway, mainly by way of criti cism of the system's unjust treatment of Lancaster in the matter of depot accommodations and the running of belated trains. Now, upon the principle of giving the devil his due, we re produce some facts and figures given by the New York Commercial, showing what the South ern has done and is doing tor t.he Smith in ji w -i \r It lino not only extended its lines many i hundreds of miles, thus ?fl\ rd ing railroad facilities and advan ! tages to vast areas of hitherto undeveloped territories, hut it has been instrumental in the estnl) lishment of hundreds of indus tries throughout the South,which are "ow giving profitable employment to many thousands ol i our people. A large proportion of the industrial enterprises es tablished through the influence of I lie Southern are backed by millions of Northern capital, which would not have been in vested in this section bad it not been for the Southern's en couragetnent and work. There is scarcely any doubt about the fact that that great railway sys tem lias done more lor the Smith's development than any othor one agency. Tlie New York Commercial tells us that during last year alone there were completed and put in operation in the territory covered by the Southern 40 textile mills, 34 furniture factories, 38 iron industries, 6 tanneries, 77 stone quarries and coal mines, 13 cottonseed oil plants, 8 fortilizer works and more than 500 Amall industries. Of course it is i cess. The News certainly does not, but it does not intend to let the Southern rest until it gives Lancaster a decent depot. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE. The time being about at hand lor announcements of candidates lor public office to appear in ttie newspapers, the Columbia Record comments at length on the manner in which the announcements are usually made, that is to say, "at tlie earnest solicitaf.irtu rif f rimwla " pfe T i> I liu course of its remarks our esteemed contemporary says: These things read as if the aforesaid iriends of Mr. So-and80 had surrounded him, backed him up in a corner and threaten ed to brain him with clubs il he dnl not consent to make the race. I11 one way it looks as if Mr. So-and So was rather ashamed of being a candidate and wanted to explain it and apologize for it on the ground that he was forced to enter the contest. Of course that is not the meaning; intended to be conveyed, but 011 the contrary that his iriends recognized his eminent ability and fitness to till the place lor the best interest of the people and insisted upon him giving up his pi ivale affairs for a while and de voting his whole time, thought and energies in behalf of ihe state. It is an endeavor to make it Mimpnr that tlio ic ^.>..1. ing lhe man, and we wish it were so. That is unfortunately so infrequent these days that it is not at all necessary to proclaim it to the world, for till the world knows it and makes little ado about, it. The man is simply put in oflice and that's all there is to it. VV <1 lit urliol liof i I > i o .? I1U' 1U7I nwi I of thing does a candidate any good, especially when everybody knows that the great majority of them are lairly itching to gei the ollicial job in the first place and have been working lor a year or more in advance to be in a posh ion to "accept" the nomi nation. We believe the people I would much prefer an open, candid statement from candidates that they believe they are competent to fill the place to which they aspire, that they would like to have it for the honor that is in it and for the Balary attached, which is always in all cases a prime consideration. This thing of prospective candidates being "in the understood that these enterprises were not directly established by the Southern, but it nude them possible and the very fact that they were located along its lineand within the sphere of its influence and activities is conolu* ive proof of the Southern's powerful agency in the upbuilding of the South. As to the development, of the Southern itself, the New York Commercial is authority for the statement that in the last twelve years it h ;s grown from 3,100 miles to 7,107 miles, an increase of nearly 75 per cent, it ap pears that the system is paying dividends on its preferred, butnone on its common stock, as its expenses of expansion and oper a'ion have been too great to admit of payment of dividends on the latter. The fact that the Southern and the country traversed by it are both rapidly developing and prospering is cause for mutual congratulation and rejoicing. No one should jbegrudge that great system its well-earned sue hands of Iriends" and actual ones running only because of a widespread demard lor their services has become a political joke, and we wonder that any i I effort is made to keep up 'he threadbare delusion. Sometimes it does occur that there is a strong and wide insistence upon certain men to stand for office but it is rare in this day and generation. When it does hap- { pen we all know it. Kditor Biice sizes up the situ ation with remarkable accuracy for a man who has si ever been a candidate himself. But it is a si open secret in newspaper offices that most announcements are written in the office where pub lished. A candidate will hand the newspaper man the amount ot his fee for such publication with the remark: ''Announce me as a candidate for such and such an office?yon know how to fix it np?and sign 4 Many Voters' ? or'Many Friends' or something ^ of the kind." Of cousso, as tliei?" Record says, now and then a ra genuine announcement by friends yL J is made, but such instances are |*g in It id rare. H We agree with our Columbia |H contemporary that it would he better Jor every candidate to announce himself. But, at last, it H is largely a matter of taste, so we jjj leave the matter with the candi- | dates themselves. ? I That's a capital contribution on the road question by Mr. Belk jftj in today's paper. The writer also H gives the farmers good advice as H to caiing for their lands and as I to what kinds of crops should be I planted this year. Mr. Belk is an ! intelligent, level-headed citizen and successful farmer and the -? only fault we have to find with him is that he will not get married. Request Blanks in Lee---' County Authorities Decline to Use Them. Columbia Record. The letter of Mr. James, of the Lee county board of dispensary control, to Clerk Mobley, of tin* state board, in reply to the board's resolution to require county auditors and others to comply strictly with the request blank feature of the law, or be reported to the governor, goes much further than was indicated in t be information t hat was given out lrom the state board about the affair a lew days ago. The let I er discloses not only that the Lee county auditor refuses to carry out the law, but that. tbe Lee county hoard endorses his action, and adds that this feature of the law is obnoxious to the ueoule of Lee. which is about. the strongest dispensary county in the slate, and that Die board has therefore concluded to con tinue as heretofore. The lettor i goes on to say that the request blank feature would drive Lee county into tlie blind tiger column. In other words, the I^ee county board takes rjiiito adifTerent view of the situation fr< in the position tlie state board has taken at the instance of Senator Tillman. Miss Finch, a pretty young lady of Fort Lawn, was a visitor to Lancaster yesterday. ___ A Prize IN EACH r=TF/ BOX l__, n / ?? +jL, ijw/V I I W ! and why not? Honest upright, isn't it a fact every woman prizes a handsome hat? Beautiful Trimmed Millinery and our store go hand in hand together. Everyday hats, shopping hats, church and opera hats can be had of us. Our hats take the lead, and as to prices?you won't fuss about that. Williams-Hughes Company ^ CAS I I STOUK u ??????????? ?r StaP'e GROCERIES Fancy I Come and get something good to eat. Yes, we are in the |fl swim. Selling stud' right along and receiving fresh goods b2 every day. Our Fancy Grocery line is first class at reasonable prices. We have the right kind of Flour at the right H price. If you don't believe it, just try it. We are selling Farm Implements t as cheap as anybody. Bring us your Kggs, Chickens and D Butter. Always ready to serve you witli politeness. Some nice Yam Potatoes for seed. B. M. Welsh Co. 1 In SDrings Block. ,'J doors from National Bank. H Ring your bells and blow your horns, (f Edwards is the man, as sure as you are born. i st. Magnolia Flour is the best and purest. 2nd. That it is guaranteed to rise. 3rd. It's nice, white, and makes good bread. 4th. It's cheaper by 25c the sack than other tlour not half so good. I*I)S*?N: Magnolia, 98 lbs to Sack, $ 2.25 New car due, fresh from the mills. Cream Cheese, 20c lb; 2 for 35c ; 3 for 50c Just received a fresh barrel of Mackerel at V10c each or ^ for 2^c. Do n't fnniW th;it I I ^ _ ? - - mackerel is better now for breakfast than anything else. 5 lb. pails Java Coffee for #1.00. We can sell you Groceries of all kinds very cheap, and we want your trade. Gentlemen's Dress Shirts 25c. Gentlemen's Dress Collars 5c. Shoes for grown people from $ 1.1 5 to any V price you want. Everything cheap at J. C. EDWARDS j in Bennett's Old Stand. 4