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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. S UBSCR11'TION KATKS. One Year fl.fiO Six Mon(lis 7iS Throe Months 10 Payable In mlvnuce. A ! > V K K T IS I NO H AT MS. One Inch. Ilrsi nsertion. * 100. K.ich subsequent Insertion 50 cms. For three months or 'oilirer. rt iliu eil rate* Professional cards, per year, *12. IlUhliifss not id -.Transit ct Advertisements, l.s.ist and Pound, ami other classified a vittiscmonts nut exceeding 19 wor is. 25 cents b-r eacli insertion: I m,i u v ord lor cucli addltlotiul word over 2"> word* Obituaries. Tributes of respect, cards of thanks an?t nil matter ol a pt reonal or political nature to be charged for. Advertising rates by the column made known on application. Itrief corresp uiilcnee on subjects of "eneral interest invited. Not responsible for views of correspondents it. K. WYI.IK, I'ltKSl DKNT. JNO A. COOK, Sko'v and Thkas. J M. KI l>ULK, Jit . HUSlNKS9MANAUP.lt. Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7. IPO:-, ivt the postolttee at ' ancaster, S C.. under Act of Congress of March 3. Irfy. Wednesday, April 11,1906. A NEWSPAPER IN JEFFEWSON. Jefferson is to have an uptodate newspaper, which means thai iresh impetus is to be given to the development ot that already rapidly growing town. A company, compose 1 f?f progressive citizens of Chesterfield county, lias purchased the Carolina.Citizen, which has been published for the past two or three years in Cheraw by Mr. J. T. Meehan, and will remove 'he entire plant to Jeffeisou. Mr. Meehan will continue as editor ot the Citizen He will of course move to J idler son. The promoters of the Jeffersoi newspaper enterprise are to b< congratulated upon the wisdom shown in the selection of an editor. Mr. Meehan, who ia i native of Lancaster county, w? believe, is a vigorous, forceful writer and has ihe courage of his convictions. He also has excellent ideas as to how a newspapei should be c-mducted. THE DEMO UATIt CLllbS AND THE LIUUUII 'lt'bS I ION. As previously -1:i ?*tl ill these columns, tho Don; cra'ic clubwill inept mi Mto '2Stii instant t< el< ct delegates t<? tho count \ cot" vontion, which moots tin tir t Monday in Mav. K tch < !nl] will select a member ol the connty executive commit toe. The state convention. will bo held o?: the Ifith of Mav. Lancis'er is entitled t< six delegates in that convention and they will ^bc accordingly elected ny the connty convention on M iy 7 li. The VorkviHe K iquirer says that it has good reason to believe that the dispensary lorees in York ccuntv have "plans well under way lor ilie capture ot Ihe precinct club meetings and of flie county convention," mid it therefore advise* "the un'i dispensary people" to " taud !or their rights now." We he-.ir ol no similar move Tin nt in I/.uic isior county, which like York voted out the dispensiry last, year. So f ?r as we have been able to learn the friends of the dispensary in this county are quietly acquiescing in the verdict of the people rendered at the polls the 3rd of laH October If any plans are being laid with the view of dis orbing present conditions, we 1 ave not heard o them. Not even Senator Ti.!maii's manifesto created so much as a tipple on the surface, judging by the silence with which it was generally received. Our poo pie are evidently thinking ab<>u' something else just now and have neither the time nor the inclination to become wrought up over the liquor question, especially so soon alter t he excitement and agitition ot last fall. It seems to he getter ally recognized that prohibition, which the people hy an overwhelming majority voted lor, should be given u fair and impartial trial. But all Democrats, regardles* ot their views on the liquor question, should attend their club meetings?not for the purpose of trying to control the organi7?Hnne in f lm <>l snv nur. ticular mode of handling the whiskey problem?but because it is a duty they owe ihe party to attend and to see to it that capable, honest and loyal members only are elected to the var ious offices and chosen as dele urates to the county convention. THE SOUTHEIIN'S BIG PLANS. The Yorkvillo Era quotes an , official of the Southern Itailwav as recently saying in Yorkville that "the Southern is under con tract, vvi'h the government to ^ deliver 400 cars of coal daily at the naval station in Charleston, beginning the first of next year, and this wiil mean that at least t 25 trains will pass through here , in each direction." According to the same author* ( ity "the road told Three C's) is t being completed through the , mountains of North Carolina inI to Tennessee and will connect at Johnson City with roads to coal Ileitis ot Virginia and Ten nessee and with the Southern's Cincinnaiiconnections. Through passenger trains from Cincinnati to Charleston via this route will : then he put into service. The work of bui'ding the connecting link from Marion to Johnson i City is heing rapidly pushed and , all contractors are said to he nil tl? r an agreement to have their , work completed by Sept. 1. The , entire roadbed of 111 #? t? 1?1 Three j C's will be overhauled and heav\ steel raiis put down, and ill places l he i oadbt d changed " These improvements however, 'it appears, are conditioned upon a decision favorable to t lie Soul h i orn in the famous merger suit. Wonder if that railroad man said anything about building a depot ?t Lancaster? Committeeman Lyon on Senator Tillman, and the Latter's Reply. Mr. .J. Kra-dor L\oi', of the dispensary investigating committee, in a liy letter to a Columbia lawyer, makes some sensational references to Senator Tillman, evidently smarting ' under what i'dlman bad to^say | about the centmittee in his recent manifesto. Referring to the j delay in the investigation. Mr. j Lyon says : "We are trying to get the lac's in regar 1 to several suspicious matters which we think | should b investigated. Among ihem is Hie statement, as L recall it, ot Senator Tillman that lie returned certain rebates to a distillery. We wish lo find the credits on the b< oks of the dts tillery, showing the amount ol reb ites which Senator Tillman s?id he return*d as a gift for the gratitude he fe t to the liqu?>r eoncero credit ng the State ol South Carotin >. Besides this there has come t > inv ears a ru tuor. the source ol which i dti not now recall, but which 1 think should be looked into, that Senator Ti.liiian, when tiovenor, was preset.ted with a piano by a liquor concern. it may he that receipts may he shown to the teha'is which may hav? been returned, and f??r pivmenl of this piano which ma\ have been received. : s was rumor. <1 to he the satisfactory explana lion in the c so o* lie Towil hoihc matter " o ? t: I i * oi-'iiitiui iniuiau w?i* lint* r? viewed Sunday whi'e on lis waj from Washington to Olennon College, on the subject of Mr. Lyon's letter, by a representative ot the Columbia State, the re. port of the interview appearing in Monday's issuo of that paper front which the following is re published : After reading the letter, Sen ator Tillntan was indignant anc grew more so as he talked. "1 am surprised," lie said "that a gentleman such as J thought Mr. Lvon to be wouh go in the papers in such a sneaking way as this. Even the ltann ol a lawyer to whom he wrote ii not given, hut whether he au thorized its publicity or not, assume it to he authentic. "1 have not attacked the in vesligating committee: 1 onb warned it in a friendly spirit And why? Either the $700,(JIM worth of claims against the Stat board are valid and binding o they are not. I say they are not because the whiskey was bough contrary to law and tlie State ii not legally bound for payment. "What ?bout the piano,'* Sei: at or Tillman was asked. "Well," he replied, I liav heard it said if you throw a rod in the dark and a dog howls yot may swt ar he is hit. "I have not nought to disciedi the investigating committee,' the senator continued, but ti warn it, and when Mr Lyon without provoca ion, makes pub lie iis dirty and cowardly insin un ions that a whi-key firm gav< me a piano, i' is pretty clear t< my mind that let howls becaus* he is hit. Ii was easy enougl j for him to have found out ?1 about the piano. Mr. Malone the music dealer in Columbia I* n< i itr ^ In vilw\n? l?ii Ii M .1 ?*? ** ii v/ ill HU owiw II (im wln? |> i d lor it and ho know: wliou it was bought. I note also Mr. Iaoii's pretax for delay is that lie may look 111 to the records o' the Mill Creel 1 >isti 1 int* company to see whelh er there are any credits." ' Mr. Lyon heard inv tesii tnony in Coluinhia and he riiowi 1 said nothing about returning anv money, for 1 never received liny," said Senator Tillman. -11 the books do not show that any money was over paid 'hey cer tiiin 1 y do not show that any whoever returned. 4,I want to reiterate and em phasi/.e, in the most positive way my beltel that the investi gati 11 j* committee. charged with Huc.h a ({real resD' nsihilitv. should do its duly by deciding at once what is lawf ul to he d? n about these whiskey cluim*; the more lawyers I hey write to or see about this matter, the great er is I tie danger thai there will be u mean scandal. It occurs to us that Mr. Lyon blundered badly in rehashing " p ?? ??? I 111 || MM 1 II-'- L L J??????i ? IF YOU WANT Good ClothingFor Men, Children and Youths that are up fo date and at prices to suit the times, | We Have Them Beautiful line Pauls, hij.li art make; Neckwear in all the grades "lit kind-. Nice line Dress Goods, Henriettas, : Ba'is'o, Mohnires in all coiors from 25c tn $1.25 yard. Nicest line of White Goods we have ever had, in Lawns, | Dimities, Madras and Merer zed. Hats, he hesl made. Shoes for Ladies, Misses and Children in all the s'\le and piices. Bion F Reynolds Shoes for men in all shapes. . The nicest line in Oxfords ?n I hiirli-'uts we hive ever had. And everything else that is kept in the way ot ?en ; eral merchandise. Call and inspect for yourself an 1 he t convinced. / s? mm r> < <' o i o n inaaraeii oc Allison oros. I At Old Mercantile Stand. MMM? igr-MirTWni-r ii "t-y---n-n i - ilmu.ium wli jj???? ,| First National Bank j In tin se days of keen competition, I lie success of it bunk uiuy tie said to A ' ' ? depend primarily upon the liberality of treat-ueut accorded its depositors. V ' Recognizing this fact, THE FIRST NATIONAL HANK, of Lancaster, S i grants as generous terms as are consistent with modern conservative hank- K i ing, and the result li.is been a continuous and rapid growth, as you will see M i by our last statement to Comptroller of the Currency, published elsewhere m < 1 in this issue. S I 9 AVe want and invite au account from every individual, tirm and corpo- m roii/tti in T > n An at. ? fVnttlti M Iitiiviu IU iiiuiwi.tv 1 v uiuny. j 1 CHAS. D. JONES, /'res 7. E. M. CROXTON, Cashier. 1 a COMPETITION V I The Best for J The Farmers k i s ! A?Sells goods?a general line, B?Sells goods very close at times. r C?Sells goods both cheap and rare, *r i And in the paper he gets his share. I T Tl> ~ 1 l c ii _ i ? I | i^uw? i uc iiuhi <)i tiii on Doarci? ( | MAGNOLIA goes, load by load. j $2.25 Per 98 lbs. Standard Weight. D? Was left, as he is yet to come ; F? Is in business, don't forget, . (i?Is not here, that's why he is left. 9 II & II ? Are quite in the ring, Big prices, low prices they continue to sing. I?We will pass, as we are in haste, And take up another to take its place. j: . '( J ? Is a hustler, and if you give him a chance Will do the business just at a glance. , L?With apples and oranges fine Is pleased to wait on you any old time. kj M?Is the bullet that has the power, Their goods no object?money their power. l ?is a new comer and looked upon with fear, * Everybody expects them to get their share. |f Well, I am done, as W is the end? He sure to come to J. C. Edwards again. 'I Don't forget that we can fill your bill cheaper than the cheapest. Dry goods, groceries, and all goods carried in a general store. j.C.EDWARDS I in Bennett's Old Stand. ? I those old chargea against Sena- stale rumors at that. Ilcshould , tor 1 ill man i'? the absence ol have (|uietly continued Ids inany acMitional proof to >?.Uii, T09llgll,iol, of the charts, and them He admits that they arc only "rumors,," and, as is well nf'er concluding his work, then known to the public, they are given the result to the public. t