The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 31, 1906, Page 4, Image 4
The Lancaster News.
Semi-Weekly.
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Wednesdays and Saturdays
At Lancaster, S. C.,
By The
Lancaster Publishing Company.
Charles T. Connors, Editor.
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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
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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 ^
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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.
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