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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 HATES. ?ne Year (M.M itx Months " *> Three Months - 10 Payable In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. One inch, tlrst user lion. *1.00. Each subscT-vtnt insertion 50 cents. Por three months or rvogcr, reduced rates. Professional cards, per year. 112. Business notices. Transient Advertisements, \joet and Pound, and other classified advertise ments not exceeding 25 words, 25 cents for steh insertion: 1 cent a word for each additional word over 25 words. Obituaries, Tributes of respect, curds of .Ttanks and all matter of a personal or political .ia:ure to be charged for Advertising rates by the column made known m application. Brief correspondence on subjects of genetal -ilrre.st invited. Not responsible for views of ^respondents. R. E. WYLIE, Pit esi dent JNO. a. COOK, skc't. and Trias. J M RIDDLE, Jit , Business Manager. "Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7, 1P0\ st the postoftlce at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act kf Congress of Mfcrch 3, 1879. Wednesday, June 6, 1906. KHAT SOUTH CAROLINA'S JUNIOR SENATOR IS DOING. That was an eminently proper ?md timely amendment Senator Latimer succeeded a few days :?go in h aving inserted in the post c-fhce appropriation bill, whereby patrons of rural free delivery routes are to be allowed the priv iiege of furnishing their own mail Noxes. There was never any jus#ice(or reason in making a person pay $l.f>0 or more for a box that, it is said, can be made for fif leen cents. Senator Latimer was not our choice lor the position he now iiolds, but we are free to confess that he has done some good work since his entrance into the Sen ate. He is not so much in the limelight of publicity as is our distinguished senior Senator, but there is 110 doubt about the fact that in a quiet way he is rendering the country valuable service. In a newspaper interview a ?ay or two ago Senator Latimer l.unself reviewed his work at the present session of Congress, as f)l lows: "In the committee on manu fietures I helped to frame the yure food bill which passed the .Senate. The hill amending the immigration laws, reported from the committee on immigration, of which I am a member, has yas.-sed the Senate, and I wa?.jccessliil in having incorporated in the bill the substance of my amendment providing that i.Oimshtp companies bringing *nv forbidden immigrant to thi< country, when the grounds 01 the rejection of such immigrant could have been detected by a competent examination at the pf-rt ot embarkation, shill transport such immigrant back to the country from which he came free ot cost, and shall pay to the Oovernment twice the amount received for bringing him over re. We passed the agricultural appropriation hi 11 a few days .ago, and I succeeded in retaining in the bill the item ot $244, l>?>0 lor the distribution ot seeds,! . nd also secured $'20,000 tor the i improvement of roads, $20,000 for making surveys preparatory l*> draining the swamp lands of p e State, and $20,000 for the purpose of gathering agricultural statistics. I secured in the Senate the adoption of an amendment to the postoffice appropri- j ation bill permitting tlie patrons of rural mail routes to erect their own mail boxes, thus putting a stop to the present practice of requiring the farmer to j buy patented boxes from favored ] firms at fancy prices This i amendment was rejected by the < committee, but I made a fight on the lloor of the Senate and won. 1 am on the committee on public buildings and grounds, I and have secured the passage through the Senate of a bill carrying an appropriation ol $75,000 tor a public building at Anderson ; and 1 now have pending before that committee bills r~- i: t !i J:.. \ : i iui |>uuuu uuiiumi?s ill Chester, Greenwood, and Sum ter, and also for the enlargement of the United States Court House at Greenville?on all ol which I expect to get favorable action in due course. ' I secured the passage through the Senate ot the bill creating the new judicial district for the western part of the State, and a number of bills for pensions and private claims." That's a pretty good showing for one session, and the end is not yet. Of course it is understood that Senator Latimer has by no means abandoned his plan to obtain national aid in the building of public roads. ROCK HILL'S RAILROAD. Hurrah for Rock Hill ! That town is going to have something else besides a street sprinkler.? It is going to build a railroad of its own, which is to be a connecting line between the town and the Seaboard Air Line, tapping the latter at Speucer, a point between Catawba J unction and liar mony station. The business men of Rock Hill are thoroughly in earnest about the matter. At a meeting held by them last Friday the sum ot I $65,000. was promptly raised toward the construction ol the j proposod road, which is to te 'known as the Rock lliil Railway, j Mr. W. 8. Lee. Jr.. of the Southern Power (Jo., who wa* at the (meeting, subscribed $10,000. to 'the capital stock, which is to be| 1 $125,000. The following gentlemen sub-i scribed $5,000 each: John (J. j Anderxm, T. L Johnson. W. J. Iioddey, J. M. Cherry, C. W. F. Spencer, W. L. Roddey, R. T. jKewell, J. R Barron. John T. ; Iioddey, Ira B. Dunlapand J. R | 1 JthiiHon. The pr< jected railroad w ill make Iiock 11 ill practically independent ot the Southern, its only outlet at present. We con-: jgratuhite our Rock 11:11 friends jon the fact that they are getting together again, as evidenced by ] this railroad movement. < MONOWS TO A DESERX ING MAN. I Rtiv. W. L. Lingie, pastor oil of the Rock llill ITesbyterian 1 church, had the degree ot l>. J) I confered on him fast week by .v Davidson College, lie was also,1 made president ol the Hoard of; I Trustees of that institution. iVlr, (jingle is the youngest man that i has ever been president -f that I Board. i After Teddy Now. Plot to Assassinate the President Revealed. Portland, Ore., June 2.? As an outcome of the arrest of a Pole in this citv for an assault upon several Russians, the local detectives have learned of the existence here of a large body oi Russian Nihilists who it is alleged have been plotting the assassination of President Roosevelt, simply awaiting 1 lie accumulation of sufficient tunds be fore sending deputations to Washington to carry out the scheme The Closing Exercises of the Crenshaw School. The following interesting pro gramme of the recent closing Ovnrniona f li a o nr online I V-AtlVIOVO WI llic VI Cllf 1IC%U nV;lH?U" , taught by Miss Burness Smith. whs carried out with much credit to all participating. Programme : Song by school : 4< Welcome to all." Salutatory address : Lester Crenshaw." Recitations by wee ones. <lA doll's schoolMaud Milliard. "Love:" Vera Crenshaw. "What I will do:" Eddie Hun ter. "I'm too small :" Bennie Hunter. "Two little hands:" Ella Crox ton. Dialogue: "Leaflets and Lady bugs." Dialogue: "The Ghost in the closet." Recitation : "A careful scholar-" Rogcoe Ililliard. Dialogue: "The invitation." Recitation: "Potlicker." Thos Hendrix. iteciianon: "Aunt ivioiicy on boys." Lottie Croxtoii. Dialogue: "Parliamentary law." Recitation: "Jonnie's prayer." Alice Beckham. Song: "The sinner and t he song " Delia Orenehaw. Dialogue: "The morning call." Recitation: "So was I." Sydney Croxton. Dialogue: "The Spinster's Fori nightly club " Dialogue : "The sick doll." Recitation: "The Kentucky Philosopher." Nina Hiiliard Dialogue: "Making preserves.*' Recitation: "The smacking school." Bes-ie Croxton. Dialogue: "Some noted eharait< rs from Mother Goose." Recitation: "Training a mule." Samraie Beckham. Dialogue: "What we'll do when we get to he men." Dialogue: "Trials of a teacher." Dialogue: ''Entertaining big sister's beau." Dialogue: "The train to Mon roe." L'antomime: -Old Folks at home, or the Swa'uee River." Jong: "The Drunkard's Dream." Minnie Beckham and Belle Barton. Dialogue: 'No cure no pay." Kan Drill: Jong by school: "Farewell." Maledictory. Roscoe Milliard. A grain elevator containing 550,000 bushels of grain, at ?ort William, Ont., collapsed ecently. ? V ' I FROST Nips the Cotton We nip the price on Flour, Coffee, Sugar and Groceries of all kinds. People in this age of hard study and quick understanding have agreed that real facts win over deception. They want you to show them the goods and deliver them according to sample. Not to tell them something in the paper and when they call in to buy be "JUST OUT," or show them a different piece of goods and try to make them buy what their judgment tells them is not worth their money. MAGNOLIA FLOUR '> is what you want ?healthy, sweet and nutritious, 98 pounds to the sack, standard weight, $2.25 per sack. SHOES?We have certainly got the best price in Lancaster. They are made of solid leather. Dry Goods of all kinds at best prices. We Are Agents for the Kershaw Bottling Works. This Ale is made from pure artesian water, is healthy, delicious and refreshing. Come to our store and see us. If you don't want to buy, that's all right?we like visitors. Our store is your headquarters if you will just make it so. Prosperity be to you and I. |t Respectfully yours, J. C. EDWARDS j. in Bennett's Old Stand. ^ 50c Saved is 50c Made None are so wealthy as to pay 50c more for Shoes at one place than at another. That is what we save you on our men's $3.50 line and guarantee every pair to be as good as anybody's or your monev refunded. Ask to see our Indies' Slippers, made on the latest last, with large eyelets, Every pair guaranteed at $1.25. Remember we have all prices, but nothing but the good kind. Cherry & Company 11 I We Are "jgajjs ? CLOSING OUT II All Medium and Low-Priced Men's and Boys' Suits 25 SUITS Worth $8.50, at $5.00 j 40 44 " 7.50, at 4.90 32 44 5.00, at 3.90 48 Prs. Pants 44 1.25, at 00 \ 55 1.00, at 00 Williams-Hughes Company CASH KTOHK. Government's Report on Cot- create of about 1.080,000 acres, j ton Acreage and Condi- or about 6.2 per c<*ui an compar tlQf-j , <*d \v 111 the 'nt >1 -1 ^ wv * V"<1IIKIV( II Washington, June 4?The j HcrertK? planted last year. crop estimating board of the Bu I The average eondition of the re?u oi Statis'icn of the Africa!- growing crop on May 25 wan tur d Department find* the to j 84.6, as compared with 77.2 and tid area planted to cotton in the . 83 at the corresponding da'e- in United Stiiton thin year to be 1005 and 1004, respectively, and about 28,680,000 acroa, an in a ten-year average ol 84.0. *