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(.The Lancaster News. Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The l<?fficaster Publishing Company. Citarles T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. "Br> Year II. W Jk.1 Mouths "f> Months <0 Payable In advance. ADVERTISlNO RATKS. Inch, flrst insertion 11.00 Each subseSijtA insertion .SO cents. For three months or atsjrrr. reduced rates Frefemlonnl cards, per year, CIS. SadnesK notices, Transient Advertisements, Wv*l and Found, and other classified svversm meats not exceeding '.'5 words, "is cents for iusertion: I cent a word for each addial word over 2ft words. 'Itfrltaarlcs, Tributes of respect, cards of 'tf.vsks and all matter of impersonal or political astr-re to bo charged for * ?y* Mlrertlsiiip rates by the column made known ? application. correspondence or. -ubncts of ceneraw a. real It Tiled Not responsible (or views of srvespondenla It E. WYL1K, PiiESi'^^rtT. JVO. A. COOK, SEC'y. and TltKA,^ i M. KIDDLE, Jr.. BcsiNF.ry'M an agkh. "tittered as second e^fss matter, Oct. 7. IPOS, .? the postofllee. Lancaster, S C.. under Act ?" Congress e' iarch 3. isrvt. Saturday, July 21, 1906. 4V?.YOR RHETTS SPEECH OF WELTO THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Dtae of the best speeches made 'st the meeting of che State Tress .Association this week, at the Isle Palms, was the address of welnroe by Mayor Rbett, of Charaston. Naturally, much that he Oftld was about Charleston, but i) that he said was well said and >f much intersst not only to CharEstonians and members of the jress association but to the entire j?eople of the state as well. For ack *d space however, we shall poly refer to one or two matters i:scuased by Mr. Rhett. Charleston's mayor has evien 11 t I tr nri tf^?? ?v\ ?1? ? * - A I m.iiij (.inn lullkll lilIUU^IH (U lilt perplexing liquor problem, judg-l ing from his extended remarks! >"0 the subject in the course ol kis address referred to, which is published in full in the News and Fourier. Lie draws the dislincso oiten lost sight ol, be* Jteen tlie use and the abuse of hkuor, as follows : "Since the foundation of the' wsrld the consumption ol liquor, tus given trouble, and since the ufciudat ion of the G >vernnienl I he rigulation ol its sale, or its use, ias been one ol its most difficultI problems, and the reason is that i si* real evil lies not in the use,! twt in the abuse. Too olten has use led to the abuse, that iwmy have thought, and do atil! | &iuk, that the only way to stop i ii?a abuse is to prevent the use. hi iheir enthu iasm they have confused the two. and believeI innlv that the use. whether in! moderation or otherwise, is an *vil, not because it may and does ead to the abuse, but of itself,? Others as firmly believe that it< in moderation is a positive vr.etit, and it is an invasion of i their rights as tree American ntiz-'iifl to deny them what is ,*ood and healthy tor them, just because some abuse the u^e ot it. it is to deny them the use ot i tobacco, or tea, or ot cofTee," The difficulty of "reconciling rach views into any law that | *i!l he generally observed" is j thus pointed out by Mr. Rhett ; h One community is comnose I j?f citizens who have been lor! rears and years taught as a part I >$ their daily conduct that the . I v?e ot liquor in any torrn is < vrong, it is a part ol their daily < %*ligiou. They want prohibition, 11 ?ud here prohibition prohibits ; I i not because of the law, but be su cuise of the sentiment of such a to community. Another community ro iu?9 been taught that the use of 01 liquor in moderation is proper and its abuse a crime or a dis ease. They do not want prohibition, they want some law tbat will prevent the abuse without interfering with the moderate use. Prohibition in such a community will not prohibit, and an M< attempt to enforce it will result c' in bloodshed, or in a breach of in the law, accompanied by the ci breach of m uiv other laws, such 0j as bribery, perjury, blackmail, graft, etc. Kespect for law in general in such a community is e shattered. I am referring now to tv urban communities." ' g< Mr. Kliett attributes the de- p crease in drunkenness to grow l ti ins public sentiment against the ^buse of intoxicants rather than d to restraining or prohibitory h laws, lie says: o Has it ever occurred to you c< that drunkenness has decreased n enormously in the past quarter ol a century, and that the laws ^ regulating its sale have had little or nothing to do with it? 11 What has done it? The steady tl growth ot the sentiment that li M.? _.l . iiic uinu ? imuu is j)t*rvt?i- |( ed and overturned by liquor is not fit lor business and is a menace to society. So long as a man a feels that he can drink to excess P and retain his standing in busi- h ness circles, where it is necessary for him to obtain the means of u existence, or that he will be tolerated, if not petted in society, he is going to propure n liquor and indulge in it to excess, e no matter what laws you may w pass for the regulation of its sale, o or how stringent.y you enforce ,, them. It one-half of the energy which has been expended upon A devising the means of regulating I the sale was expended upon de : vising the means for restricting j1 its consumption, principally by ,' creating and maintaining a sen li timent against it? abuse, the n world would in that respect be ? much better olT today. ( Mr. Rhett also bad something " 11 to say in his admirable speech . by way of crititicism of tlie ^ Southern Railway for the kind of service it gives the people ol South Carolina, t be service being better in other slates than in ^ this commonwealth. ''The uni'lue method ot improvement," s ivs Mr. Rhett, which the South-j* t rn Rail way has thought proper or her is to lengthen its schedules j as the roadbeds deteriorate and;!' p >\ver becomes deficient, so as to l) decrease the danger ot travel and j' of damage suits, while it spends ' its money in other States or on ! through service." Air. Uhett admits that the I Southern's excuse tor not doin<j < better with its road in South j Carolina is the pendencv ot the, . et tuiKius merger suit; but he I adds: n I W Whose fault it has been that Lj a suit allecting one of the high- j ways of the State has been de- j 1 laved for over two years, leaving I the whole State to suffer in 1st consequence, 1 do not know; hut j Iv 1 do know, because it has so i ?. stated, that the Southc::i is go- j ing to wait until tlie suit is settled?perhaps another two years ?before it will expend upon the road what it has already deter- b< mined ought to he done, unless it he compelled by law or pub-' lie opinion to do otherwise. Gentlemen, if it is not settled c< by January nex*, it is far batter m lo repeal the law, and let pro , yy /ions conditions revert. It was p|< >nly passed because it was i bought that the road wouUl he 1)( mproved and better service re ( m lit- to the State. This appears have been an error, a gross er >r, and should be repaired at ice." THE CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS. The Christsan Crusaders have >eided to hold their next series meetings in Kershaw, and are i\v taking down their tabernae and tents preparatory to Loving to that point. They will irry with them the best wishes the people ot Lancaster, where , leir earnest labors in the Mask's cause have unquestionably ceomplished much spiritual nod. It would be unreasonable, robablv, to expect that, all ot i nr n??l i <*!? It v two Itllnrl l'Pfl nor. ans who proteased conversion uring the Crusaders' meetiugs ere to rem no steadfast throughLit life to their present changed auditions, but doubtless very ! lany of them will continue lithful to the end. Hut even lose who perchance may be so nfortunate as to lap^e into :ieir former habits and modes of ving are for the time being at ?ast made better men and betjr women. Resolutions to lead new and better life are, like a olicy of insurance, good while ept up. In addition to m uiv iiulivid als manifestly benefited by the ,'ork of the Crusaders, the comlunity fis a whole has exporiencd a spiritual awafcening which, re dare say, will be productive f good results for years to ome. WORD ABOUT SIDEWALKS, AG AIN. It will take just exactly ninetvine years, eleven months, tweny-ninedays, twenty three hours, ifty-nine minutes and fifty ine seconds tor Lancaster to get ood, permanent sidewalks at be rate of progress now being iade. Hurry up, city fathers, nirry up, please, and put more ands at work on the streets. There are lots of people in Lanaster who do net want to be blijred to tramp in mud Hie alance of their days. Tliree or our hands?the present s'reet irce ? chopping grass h *re and j here and 111 row in1/ loose ?1 i r t iu? holes and gullb'S, to lie wa^h d out by the next rain, will no; 0 able to klcover" the town, ven in thai class of w #rk, be>re the rains of winter set in. | It occurs to us that everv lout * f sidewalk worked oyer and resli earth applied to it should t once h ?ve :i layer of sand or 1 ; itched rock put on it. Of course i pavement should b'sodraind as io protec1 it from washing! linfl. To do this kuul of wors i ill require more hands than j lose now employed and inorej iilerial. It may be liiat, owing to tiie | arcity of labor, Council has j een unable to cany on street j ork as it would like to do. Hut lis trouble will soon be rernoy. 1 ; crops will shortly be "laid; y" ami labor will no doubt then i ttbuikIHDt l'lie decision of the Supreme! ?iirI in the Kershaw dispensary , atter is a welcome piecoof news. ro believe in 'he g ?od old d?rno atic doctrine of tiro right of the 'ople to rule. Bv an overwhelms majority the people ot ( JULY SP 25 pieces Organdies, 10c values, in red, nile green, canary, la alice blue and white, 5c yard. tc 25 pieces linen colored Crash, 10c value, this sale Gc yard. ; R All our White Goods at cost,1 fi to close out. When you want the best goods y for the least money, call on ! n A. J. Broom Special in Men's P/ We have just i with a Northern and now we are la deal with you. We have no hesitai have for this sale the Men's Pants that was t m<;tpr T ft f\/frvr mir A w V/ V \^I ^ 1A1U1 tion of Pants?it mean: 72 prs. $3 00 Pant 72 " 250 " 60 " 2 00 48 " 150 Don't miss this great E. E. C Leader in Lc Com Expert Tailor, Tah the Globe Ta Have your measure taken by < to tit you perfectly Mr. CI. F. \V (Jlobe is, without a doubt, the best sented in Lancaster. Will be at July 19th and 20th. Cherr Welsh Neck 1 I 1 AHTSV1I Co-Educational and Military. B heated by furnaces or steam, prov situated on a'campus of twelve at structors, graduates of leading col for board, tuition and medical att Uniforms for cadet, $30.00; for y< sion. Write for catalog. ROBT. W. 1 L uioaster county decided at thei p >Us last ()ct >her that they did' not want <lisp"ioarics, an<i the \< establishment therefore ?l a J dispells try in an extreme por- <1 fion ot the town ot Kershaw ly ink in Kershaw county, while ''l possibly te hn c ?liy legal, would ja| have baen a contravention of the expressed wishes of the people. Subscribe to The News. ECIALS 50 dozen 50c Shirts, while they ist only 39c. See window next > postofhce. Just arrived, 5 pieces 15 cents epellion Lawns, mercerized nish, this sale 10 cents. 50 Ladies' Summer Hats at our own price, to close out to lake room for fall purchases. Company Sale mule a big ileal Pants Factory going to make ncy in saying that we greatest bargains in iver heard of in Lani see this great collecs a big saving to him. ;s, this sale $1.95 169 1.39 1.00 \ : feast. ">1^ I >1UUU. >w Prices. ing! :ing Measures for dloring Co. ne who knows and guarantees earn, of Newberry, S. C. The tailoring establishment repreour Shot Store two days only, y & Company. High School .1 ?K. uildings large and commodious, . ^ ided with shower baths and ( res. Pure artesian mutoi' ... ? IT UVV/1 . Ill"" lieges of the country. Terms endance for session $120.00. >ung lady about $18.00 for sesTURRETT. A. M., Principal. Notice of Application or Discharge as Guardian. Notice is hereby Riven that the un r-?ifccm*?l will, on the nth of Auguat. I0U make his linal settlement w til le Judge of I'robate of Lancaster unity, :tl his ollire at Mi. courthouse, i gum dinn of Kvelyn K \i?het,an<t ;>|>Iy to said court tor tlnnl discharge i said guardian l'his .1 illy 5. Hunt K. W. NISItET, (iuarilian of Kvelyn It Nistjet. il'-atl?Tlio NettH. A 'i ? v