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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 RAT US. One Yenr $1.60 Six Months " "> Three Months <0 Payable in ad vance. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch. first -nsertion. tl.OO. Each subsequent insertion 50 tents. For three months or ionper, reduced rates. Professional cards, per year. 118. Business notices. Transient Advertisements, L?ost and Found, and other classillcd a vcrtiaetueuts not exceeding 86 words, is cents for each Insertion: I cent a word for each additional word over 8i words. Obituaries. Tributes of respect, cards of '.hanks and all matter of a personal or political nature to be chanted for. ji Advertising rates by ihe column made known >n application. Brief correspondence on subject* of general merest Invited. Not responsible for views of oorresponilents. It K. WYLlK, President. ;NO. A. COOK, Sec'y. una Tiikas. j. M. KiDDLE, Jr.. Business Manager. Entered as second-class matter, Oct 7, IPO , it the postottlce at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act of Congress of March 3. IS7J. Wednesday, June 13, 1906. The developments by Hie dispensary investigation are becoming more serious as well as sensational. Heretofore the revelations of alleged corruption and bribery have related mainly to county dispensers and other subordinate officers of the dispensary system, but during the past tew days grave charges have been made i.? :t it.. t: \ty WllllUBSeO U^UUO IIIU IUVCBIIaa'ing committee against former heads of the institution. Whether tho?e charges can be sub stantiated is altogether another proposition. They are vigorously denied by the parties accused, and as a matter of simple justice to those whose integrity has been assailed, the public should bus pend judgment until all the evidence is in. KHYAN IN THE PUBLIC EYE, AGAIN. Democratic public sen'imenl is gradually crystallizing in favor of the nomination of Bryan for President in 11)08. The democratic conventions of several states, among them Missouri and Indiana, and a number of judicial or congres hional districts in <)liio, have al ready endorsed Bryan as the proper one to be chosen as the party's national standard bearer two years hence. Even Tammany is said to be for the Nebraskan. Time has demonstrated tie wisdom and truth of much tha; Bryan stood tor when he was de Joaied in 1SVM> and again in 1000 ?hence the general verdict that .-e is the logical candidate ol the Democratic party in the next presidential campaign. There is no telling, however, what the conditions will be in 1008?what new issues may be before the country. By that time a stronger and more available man even than Bryan now appears to be mnv hfl rliHrnvpi'Ail tw I rw?tU?r J ? "? J'.n.J. In his previous races Kryan <1 id not receive the distinctively conservative vole of the country. He was regarded as being two radical in his views. The pow erful moneyed interests of tlie I North, the East and the North- j west fought him because it was claimed that his election would jeopardise the country's general welfare?would unsettle values ^m and possibly c'use a disastrous tiuancial panic. But all that has 1 changed. There has been a revjolutiou in public sentiment since ! those days. Instead of being the extremist and violent agitator lie was then pictured to be, the peo pie now recognize in Bryan a i man of marked liberality of thought, great perspicacity and wonderlul foresight It is now ? seen, in the light of recent reye- ?? lauons, that the Nebrnskan was II right when he made his charge- II oi political corruption and ar lis raigned the great corporations, trusts and combines for imposing ed upon and oppressing the peo- by pl<>. 8a COURTHOUSE AND JAIL FOR SALE? ir. The attention of the esteemed 1* 1 Abbeville Medium is invited to dti | the notice of Lancaster's clerk ; that there will be no June term jot court, in that county. While 'U i the official notice does not give ine reason, 11 is learned mat 11 is he because there is not enough business on tlie docket to justify holding court The dispensary P" was voted out of Lancaster last in, year. We notice, by the way, that the fence around the court house has been sold, and we may expect the court house and jail to be advertised tor sale or rent ta next.?Chester Lantern. of Yes, esteemed contemporary, re our people have become so good, dr so law-abiding ? since the dispensary went, "where the wood ! bine twineth" that the sale ot the '? court house fence may soon be wi followed bv the placing of the $1 courthouse itself and the jail on W( the bargain counter. By the way, 1 doesn't Chester need 'em in her business ? Your county now has all of Lancaster's convicts and \\ there is no reason why you shouldn't take the whole shoot . 1 in' match. 1 1 ===== b} G PRICE ON THE PRICE OF COTTONPrice, the f imous cotton speculator, usually a "bear" but at Al tli present a "bull," gives unati- , ' swerable reasons why the mar- . ket should advance. After re- ? citing the fact that the depart merit of agiiculture now pracii i ca'ly admits that tiie increase in acreage over last year "is barely a' I *' * 1 n | four per cent, ami that the <lil- r i ference of over two per cent be i fween this figure and i's previou- 'a estimate ol the increase was addled to offset last year's underesli- in mate of the acreage and the crop," (Jj ij Mr.Price, in a card in yesterday's to daily papers, says that smdi ad- In I mis-ion brings us "face to face n? with the real truth ol the situa- ex ; tion, natnel.v: That the acreage is not increased this year appre q Iciably, it at all; that under the I existing conditions ol labor the South has nev< r produced a crop jot 11,000,000 bales from the acre: planted, and that a perfect cj ! i i ' , VMriui'/n in Iirru'll IIC II Ut5 H> Tl II a lor a production even up to the 8|, world's minimum requirements, |j(; h' 1 that t lie slightest impairment |>l< ot tins condition means a pros er pective scarcity of cotton so acute aj, that an extraordinary advance in no 11 he market will become inevita- ?* ble as tlie condition and projtresa th< of the crop now becomes a mat- wj I ter ot such supreme impor- ],ii tance." m With Bear Price, IJarvie Jor- jn( dan, E. I) Smith and others pull ing together for better nrices. there ought to he something do mc ing ill the way of a rise in the bo; market ere long. mi ! Disease takes no summer vacation. If you need flesh and strength use Scott's Emulsion summer as in winter. Send for free sample. SCOTT ft BOWNK, Chemist*, 409-415 Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and fi.oo; all druggists. THE NEWS IN BRIEF I Several houses were demolish-1 and one or two parsons kilUd a tornado in Dewey. I T , turday niniit. It was decided by the board < f ustees 011 Fiiday bi-t lo accept orence's hid for the Stale 111 tstrial Sch? ol. A neirro woman was hi lie.! b> rhtniinr Fiv rlav nltui'iiDiiM at nopolis, iliis 8'ate She whs in r house at the time. Eleven men were blown to ecea and live others serioush jured by the explosion ol a dyimite plant in Pennsylvania iturday. Mrs. Geo. 11. Atkinson, secre ry of the Southern conference the Y. W. C. A. at Aelieville, ceived death stroke while ad essiag conference Saturday. A dwelling in Rock Hill, bending to Oapt. A U. Greene, as damaged to the extent of 000 bv lire one nit?ht last o eek. Loss covered by insurice Ex Govenor and Ex-Senator m. Pinckney Whyte has been pointed to till the vacancy in ~ e United States Senate caused j the death of Senator A. P. orman. The Hon. Eugene S. Blease, ho was recently acquitted oi ie charge ot murdering his 'other-in-law, J. Ben coleman, is resigned as Senator from iluda county. Jim Davis, alias *'Dago", the ?gro who murdered Mr. liussell 1,1 Uia air r? t.\. I J ? i.. jva iii> nn v am ai< r ciiui'* la., Tuesday, was lynched at iverness Saturday night by a rge parly of masked men. I here were two lawful hanggs last Friday. In Alabama, ip Dixon, a negro, was hanged r the murder ol another negro, i Virginia, Gabrielle Batelle, a ?gro, convicted (?l assault, was .ecu ted. onstable Tried to Shoot a| Doctor and a Policeman. ; ? s Columbia special in yesterday V :arlotte Observer: John Carr, magistrate constable, tried to oot Dr. J. .1. Watson and Poeman Hedge path in Irontol the st eachers in the presence of sev ^ it hundred women and others '' the baseball game this after al on, all of which caused mueli r citement and indignation and j u a arrest and locking up ol (Jarr (il h numerous charges against | 11 II which will result in his trial!0' n Circuit Court lor assault with 1 eut to kill. C'arr had been ,r inking and was in an ugly hu>r. lie had excluded a small jj y from the grounds for alleged sconduct. 01 BEN HUR 4 Was famous for chariot racing. We sell BEN HUR FLOUR That is more famous. Its quality is superb, its whiteness and rising quality is great?surpassed by none and equaled by few. Don't take our word?try Hen Hur and be satisfied better than ever before. One sack settles it. M , m- W-: Mb is still in the ring and asks Ben Hur what it was doing in Lancaster. Ben Hur says that it came to stop Town Talk. Magnolia?Have they been talking about me ? Ben Hur?No, t > but I know I am the whitest Flour in Lancaster. Magnolia?You may be whiter, but you are not any better when it comes to the taste?and you cost more. Ben Hur?Well, stop talking about me and I'll stop Town Talk about you, and we will work with purity, quality and honesty to all of Hdwards's customers. Don't forget to buy your Ice, Ale, Fountain Drinks, Sugar, Coffee, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Notions, etc., from the store that invites you and your trade to make headquarters at I Respectfully yours, J. C. EDWARDS / in Bennett's Old Stand. IP i r ? iv We Are L/lAJSjllN(j (JUT | All Medium and Low-Priced Men's and Boys* Suits ^ 25 SUITS Worth $8.50, at $5.90 40 44 " 7.50, at 4.90 32 44 44 5.00, at 3.90 48 Prs. Pants " 1.25, at 90 55 44 44 44 1.00, at (50 Williams-Hughes Company (;ahii stohk. M. iouth Carolinian Charged Mr. Kd. Fly mi, son of Mr. and y with Desertion. Mrs, It. J. Fiynn, of New Cult, who is now connected with a large wholesale lumber plant in Washington special, 11th in Alabftnifti ,,Hk| ? brjel yisit l0 lant, in Columbia Record:- n|| thi> wpek Mf lepresenntive Johnson called on K|ymi just c0 Ieted ? ,wo ?e president to* ay wit 1 Sen months' tonr ol the principal tor Gallinirer to intercede for ... , . h cities ol the north and west, 1/1 . Matthews Fortner, a Furnian the interest ot the company In* niversity divinity student under | , * \ * J ] represents. r^ rrrst for deseilion from tlie | J nvy The president said lie | >uld not take action and thatj ?Last Saturday night, June 2? ortner would have to stand 1906, the sad message was re* inl liv pnnpt mn'liut in I to ? *?.? - - .... ...v.... ... ceiVed by her people here that lar wrtv and that he would take .. . , . , , . A t? .i , i Mrs. Eva ohute Ingram had died u ih matter up after the trial. ...... h is action would depend, he lM 8 e? wheie she had lid, upon tlictestimony brought ^een '?r about two years for it in the trial. treatment.?Monroe Enquiror. 1