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The Lancaster News. iwl Semi-Weekly. ,ij Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., re By The ar Lancaster Publishing Company. li\ liarles T. Connors, Editor, i SUBSCRIPTION RATBS. j C? >)**? Year ! icMonths " "? ' ww iuuniDM HI Paynble In advance. ADVERTISING RATES Jwrncli. tlrst nsertlon. fi.OO. Each subse- [|; y?.?vt insertion 80 ems For three months or .. reduced rates. : 11 frrtt.Vssionn cards, per year. 112. <St.Kjness notices. Transient Ad,ertisements, awl and Found, and other classitled a ver- W< dMMMUt tun exceed,nts 25 word*. 85 cents for . Ob insertion: I cent a word lor each uddi- ' II k.a cl word over 2." words. .... <3b.tuarles, Tributes of respect, cards oi 1 .w-vis and all matter of a personal or political (1) wu.v to be charged for /.C f. rtlsini* rates by the column made unowi 1 H a replication. Bmf correspondence on subjects of ecnera! ; Jt Invited. Not responsible for views of ; til twwapondents ! K. E. WYLIK, Pkbsiuknt. i ' NO A. COOK. Sei.'t and TitRAs, ff> {i M. RIDDLE, Jr. BusiNKS8MANAGP.it. 11, ? joa ^Alored us MOcnnd'CliHS mattor. Oct. 7. IPO . I* -4 '60 postofTU'c at l.anc&ater, C.. under Ai t | 111 tlkQaagress of March 3, Ih~??. I ? eil Saturday, May 20, 1006. Pti g 1 y* "5HE PUBLIC ROAD PROBLEM. 18 The numerous communicat ions | $| itch from time to time have |j( ippeared in The News during j0 he past tew weeks on public m mads have arouse 1 much interest *nd provoke 1 no little comment re ru tlie subject. It is evident 8f] -*u>* the road question is now re t0 leivinp more attention than ever \\ %c??k>re, possibly, in the history p, *?? the county; and it is hoped ;hai the present widespread api- (; jition will result in bdter roads fn i) me mi lire, even H the present Q| vstem of road w irking remains n) uctianged. tr The system could he greatly w reproved upon, however, and m iSost likely will he at no very c, fistant day. Many plans are now g j?ung suggested for remodeling ,he road law a id it. may bs that fc mme of them will serve as pegs js Vir legislators to hang their ideas ?p??. Sl Among ilmse with whom we ,,, ?*ve recently discussed the road w question is our esteem *d lellow j, "i.wnsman Uapt Samuel K. ef Vbite, who is taking quite an j,,, lit' rest hi the subject, as he doe ! |,, ra .'11 ma'ters affecting the pub j wcilare. A - is well known. I ,, C.rtj.t. White is a man ol all *ir S| nud has a mind well stu'ed wi ii ialuahle int'orrna1 ion. ob'ainto ( ).< long yearn ol readtnu d/BervHiion and ex peiience. , White is convinced that ? tlie solu'ion to the vaxed r a i ^ >ro>>lem Ii?-h ;n the adop'mn of ;Iih wide lire I or vehicles. lie ^ las l>een w ?U'?ns with silo I ires on his plantations in ^'?>ri p r.ounty for some > ears and wo'.d loi think now ol reimnino t (t >S? narrow.'ire vehicle. lie says he wide lire is a road maker. iot a road bretker, that tl packs lowii tin* soil and makes no holes t| uthyroul b (1?n?>t even in wet i:.tr .While I i?.iiks I }| ul tie N i: i v i<;\s>?l u- e of 'A i 1 ' ii* s * i?u:?: >f i'.self result. in r mN. Ititi' iiow ever;. i he people insi t ?>n sli *n>nd Iniihlinir." I ? -uir?*e?i s li ??. .1 n;?t,rM(i of isoiiix to Ho* heavy I Sj, - ? (Mi-*e ol mac.ulrtini/injr, ,'e' { tin h~ r >ivd? he lir*i | roperly Mir or fared hikI then covered to rheiwi Jepih ol not ruoie than two or pi; ? inchw with ..'niilieil rocks, J|\i t lich would probably not cost ceeding $300. par mile. Fort ill liat? tried tJiia plan and it is viugentire satisfaction. Mecklenburg's roads are often ferred to as models, but we e told that, owing to the vear and tear" of narrow tires, costs that county annuallyllOO mile to keep the roads in good ndition. )CK HILL AS A SEEKER OF SETTLERS. 11 is indeed a great pity that e property owners of R ck ill will not build additional isinpss housed in the city. The> ?u d have no trouble renting em provi led 'he rent was no treasonable. Some people say at build ng material is too high price now and that 'lie rental duId be entirely too lo \ to jufy the building of such at rue res. This is no argument at all r every one in Rock Hill know> at the town has been pracli 11 y at. a standstill along thine for a number of years. But it? mure ouiMiiu^, iu uui nnuwi Ige, has been erected 011 Main reet in the last six or seven >ars ? Rook Hill Herald. And that's the kind of town, it, that's trying to induce Col. orings, of Lancas'er, by pet;ms, offer of town lots, etc., to rate ther? 1 We suspected as uch when one of our esteemed ock Hill contemporaries, in derring to the Springs matter one days ago, boasted of the f . I I _ ^ ? l_ 1 _ _ I iwii s naving a street sprinKieu 'hen a town has to exploit its is?ession of a street sprinkler s an inducement to a man like ol. Springs, or any other man >r that matter, to become one its citizens, the inference is ?tuial that that town is disessingly short on bait with liich to fish for even suckers. iucIi less for an industrial and ipitalistic whale like Colonel prings. What does Col. Soring* care >r a street sprinkler? Why, lie able to buy enough sprinklers i float Rock Kill, and then have iflicient wa'er l^ft to extin* lish tlv tires of Mt. Vr?- h11vi?i-, ithout so much as exhiiu-tiny is pocket chang1. No indeed, lntemporai ies, >011 most trot it Hoineth n: a little in* r<* aliiinic and <iitrue iv<* than a reet sprinkler it ton \v sh to iia-t the attention <?i Uol [ rinijs. All" no"V ili<? i< 1?' 1 o' :t man av n: bannister, whore eleven or. s ;iim| ? modern hotel have en iii.ili i.nd ti.e other store* ive been re mod 'led?.all on .tin -1r?-e-1 n le<s til to six ion"It-, to on to lioo\ lid , in re only '"one s'ore lias been ?'("e?| on Mam stre t in t'<e s' s x or > even yenrjf:' strikes a*, til" a nie of nboiiMily. 1 illy 01 < slop, in s\\ or seven vim ? just 11tiiik .if i ! Why, the I lowii "f I'o smiii Tio' cmi, doubt shew a bet'er record a'i ' hs?l egro Lynched in Mississippi. C'oluiiih'J ', \?i M y 21 ?j s.rsie Younger, >? noifo, who] ot and kdb'd William Kec ??r. I well known wlrte ciizcn I;?hi iikI 'V wiiile tli" laMor, a-< a inli -p <?i i |?< s-e. wa* en leaving to efl'eeI the no.'ro'^ ariest. ih taken fr?un ill" jail nt ihi-, ace last niirht l?y > mob and I ached. t Osceola. \ c A Picturesque Village in Lan- * caster County, Named after ( a Noted Seminole Chief? < interesting nistory Kecau-i ed. 1 ? . j! Mr. Sam Mas-ey in I?ort Mill ( Tunes. I Imagine 'he s uisfaction of living in view of the road trav- ] eis'd by theFather of his country. , You have ot course read that the immortal (ieorge vidted our j Southland \ long time ago, rid j .iic in a milk-white coach drawn i by four b ooded horses. Well, he f tiaveled along the roid. less j man hall a mile Irom where 1 , vrile, on ll'? return toward < Mount Vernon. The mind's eye . can see the itnpos ng equipage , rolling down the long incline, | from Mount McCommun toward j the lord of the creek, and swayI ing from side to side between 'he minv boulders on the route ] ot two miles. Doubtless that , vehicle was very strong; tor, reckoning inversely Irom tlie supposed improvement of roads is civil zation advances, the highway of that time must have been the reverse ot smooth. Alter fording the creek another rise of two miles must be climbed until near a half mile below Six Mile church the level is attained. The present road j leads one over a bridgo over (Twelve Mile creek. The old road across the ford can still be; <een It diverges from the present road about two hundred yards northwest of the Seaboard | Air Line crossing and, extending through Mr. Dallas Steele^ larm, again meets it ju?t below ; Mr. A. I*. Morrow's home and! about a third or half a mile helow Six Mile church. The ford is about a quarter of u mile he low the bridge. About half a mile houthwest < f this ford nestlet (or li tug*) a very picturesque village. It rests on the top of a hill which j stands near the hank of the crock, as it about to spring into the bottom lands beyond the s*re tn. No?v don't ehudder!, i h"re seems to he little dangei >i the village r llinir into tin stre .in ; for I lie lious ?s ar ' well 1 11 lion <1 to the hi t-id : b^-idp". ihe tra<*|. s of 1 he railr >; <! are ?i obstruction in the way. t)n tin1 in r h sid" of the railway are a I ginnery, wo or tin w nelinu<> es a woodxard and depo', then ! til "'leek; on the -oil h side returning}.re the r?i r un! taut*. In.if a doz.-n or more occnp'ed I d xvo.linos one va1 ant one ami I three vacant r>tnreln>u*p*. and one | occupied, a'l leing intepspeised in a very sue a'istic m inner. A hnulevard (or w a :?>n r? ad I cx eni s through : he place?i hall xvay on i he n ?rth and half war ??> Me-oii'li f i ih ?;ii'i*?im?I; an aveiiu * brat c'l"* <11 a the ?cro I lie ci'ffi;. ji t. 1 an0 In r so n<l - nmriv ?'r-?i^ht tip 1 he lull. Lines mi i nil v < are < u km'iwii I' is no v- r\* iire in-' t ciimblhe liili b.\ takitit i' a; angles. but t<> an ?Iir c11y ap is more than the vera-M* * it sen attempts hide** 1 t'uis on t<-1 1 may easi v descend hv tl?e roll > mg pretest and n turn b.? tie :ig-2Ag route. I forjrot to mendon that a smilh.v is in process >f establishmen' und^r a shady >lm at itie eastern end ot the pillape where a wet.weather iraiu inav he utilzed for a slacktrnb The name of this picturesque location is O-ceola. A brave and defiant Seminole chief of that name anguished and died in one of the forts near Charleston. II e h a name of heroic memory, When o'lier chiefs had signed v humiliating treaty by making ih ir ma-ks or symbds and he whs called on to sign it, he drew liis knife and drove it through t e paper into the table beneath ind exclaim *d: 4kSueh is my liirnnl nrn " /on f ti f liuf nl_ 11 / "1 V'feet, 'l'hen he wa9 arrested anil last into pris<?n, where he died Some rav that the lute Oapt, James F Steele, on heintr request 3d by one of I lie railroad officials to name tiii* station, bestowed 01 it the name of that imtnorta Indian chief. Just east of the yillase is 1 fine spring ol water. It is claim ed by some that about the timr the Catawba river was only 1 branch there wandered, hunter and fished in these wilds an olt Indian named ( tsoenla. and tha spring (a favorite lounging plan ol his) was given his name; henei the station's name. However theee things may be, tlie soulles railroad corporation lately dis honored the famous warrior am put on their depot in largo letter "II uceck." Hut Uncle Sara i more reverent of antiquity an< generous toward the memory ol ; tallen lot; so the pos'oiHce ie mains Osceola. The State Campaign. Places and Dates of Meet ings Fixed?Lancaste Meeting on Saturday, Juh 28th. Tie special committee of ih state democratic executive com mittee met in Columbia Wed nesday ami irranged the follow inn schedule J'or Islut' cam p 'inn mo -*t? ^8*. St. (i?M.rn", Tuesday, J u nt> 1th h Charleston, Wedres'lay, .) one 21 \Vidtu.'boro. I'liiiisd >y, Junc 21 lif.'ii i?ri, Friday, June 22 nd llu'iip'on S tnid iv. June 23rd U rowel', Monday. June 2.~>t.li. Hand) r.'. 'l in-s lav, .1 ine 2(?'1? Ai'-e , W. due-day. June 27i Ivl.elie'd Thurxlav, June 28!I1 S dud i. Kn.iiiy. J tine 2th I . L* > in ton. Sam id a**. -I un?' 3(Jtli Coitiml) a. Mo"diy. Ju'v t?th. Orange* trn. i ue?dey. .In > 1 ('t!i Sumter, Wednesd iy, .1 n| \ I III Manning, lluir-d y.Julv 12ili. Monks (' rn- r. Fii l t> , July Id Gonrgir'own, S i>11r<I- y. Julv 14 Kiil^sipee. .Monday, J iily ll'.'h Florence, Iiw-'Ik, .In y 1 7th. Marion, W?-dn?sdi?, J n y ImIi ConFriday, Jii'v 20i|i. I) irli *ij|t , Sji' u f! )*. July 21 *t I)!-H(t,>VI If, 111 - I I \ . J III V 'J 1 I || R-tinut-vi I . July 2"?i!i < li !(1, 'I'll III* <lil\ .) 111 V L'li ('u i) I mi. K' kIU ' . J iiI v '171 ii. 1- iii'in ?-r. Si'u ilt'- , .1 tiI\ 2Sili 1 li -tr , VIo nlHy. J ily IJOt'i. W li ii -1 or.i, ti.ahiihx , Ju v { i si "i kv i ? Wfii , Auai t I - i i.t J"4'*- I'i'U slay. At.tus 2iul n i'l.m i) u' -, kri'l iv, .\ii:iim :>i*'l I : > i, > <iir?irtv, A.igua 7.li Newberry, Tuesday, August 7th. Hi Greenwood Wed , August 8th. Abbeville, Thursday, August 9. Anderson, Frday, August 10th. Walliaila. Saturday. August 11. Pickens, Monday, August 13th. Greenville. Tuesday, August 14. Laurens Wed., August 15th. i Announcements. For Comity Supervisor, , I hereby announce myself a cand. da'e for County Supervisor, subjeot , to the rules of the Democratic primary. if elected t pledge myself to 1 discharge I he duties of the otRce to , the best of my ability. I) W Hendrix. For Comity Supervisor. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for the oltlce of County Super visor, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. .lames O. Porter. For County Supervisor. I hereby announce myself a oandiI date for re eleotiou to the oflice of County Supervisor, subject to the roles governing the Democratic primary. M. C. Gardner. For Comity Supervisor. Mr. Editor?Please announce through the columns of your paper that I !} am a candidate for the office of Coun. ty Supervisor, subject to the .rules ' governing the Democratic primary. Two year- ago I was a candidate for reelection to this oflice, hut was de? feated by a small majority?only ten votes. I shall ever be grateful to my friemln fur flmir lihernl slinmirt ) L. .J. 1'erry. For Hi>|trMH>iilRllrn. ' In the last campaign I made a close ] race tor the Legislattire, and I prom. ised my friends that if there was t nothing to prevent my entering the race in the next campaign that I would run again. And I now an3 nounce myself as a candidate for the Legislature, subject to the Deino? cratic primary. Trusting to the people 8 for their support, and promising the best service I am able to give them, if elected, I remain, ^ Geo. W. .Tones. For Reprosrutatlve. 8 I hereby announce myself a candi8 date for reelection to the House of . Representatives, subject to the rules * and regulations of the Democratic 1 primary. J. W. Hamel. jp For Couul)' Treasurer, Having served the unexpired term of W. C. Caul hen, deceased, I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, subject to . the rules of the Democratic prim- J net, I V M ni j. (I. r>. HIMIklllWIIf ^ For .HwirlMlrutr. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the otflee of f Magistrate for Ituford Township,subject to the rules and regulations of / the Democratic primary. Win. Parties. I For Fount)' Auditor. After in a ii v solicitations to become " a candidate for the otlice of County Auditor, and the complimentary vote I received heretofore, I have decided to run. I pledge myself to he governed by the ru es and regulations of 1 the Democratic primary Mollis || Morton. For I'roluite .1 ii?lif4* I hereby aunounc myself a candidate for re-election to the otlice of Probate Judge, subject to the rules of the Democrat i<* primary. J. K. Sfewinan. For llic Kciinlc. I li. n-.liy nliiioiiiici in\'H? If ii eumli late , I >|- til" Sl.de * ? !.tit* . subject to the rules o( the Deiuocr.i'ii- primary . .1 Harry F"Star. | Business Notices. All Noh 'f.s Vui^rtct* umler 1 lli.u ha.nl at tl,. - .... r , v %.' . ? . . .? ? * I j ? t c iirnM I l?r- nil M III 1 ? .> I'( ' li .> I A W'OKI) f?.r each insertion No notice to It ('(Minted less than 2* , words W'-T 111'"' ElYEI) Auntie r car of Vi"? g'nia car corn. A so car of timothy a id 1 clover lia) mixed Ki^ht pi ice <) ?Blank moo. IS' I'l. V' K of Illtrafc of soda UK- ( (Hi. lite tor a top ilr-sMii^ For sain hy I lie Heath- loin s I (i. I Notice oi Auction Sale. I'iir-ti 11 ni to decision of i ti ?'.?uoi c | Hoard ii' t'oiiiiiii<**io"pr?. the it' n teni'H whic'i loron-r I v enclosed i tin court Iiioim* yhr'I will be ao'tl at public ^ noctton to tlie liiglic-1 holder oil ilif ^ tlrm Monday in .lone. l'.MM at 12 in. Ti'rniK <>f nalc each I ancaaier.S ( .May 22, IUOtS M < t^nlicr, ? <?. Sopt-1-v our. (joint' I" TIm* Newt O.'lice i lor ()ltl Papers. 1