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TkE Lancaster News. | Semi-Weekly. i ablished Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The .-Lancaster Publishing Company. diaries T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. V*i ?e?r (I.MJ Itt) Quills *5 Months 40 Payable In advance. ADVERTISING RATES. B?f icii. nrsi 'user,ion. n.ui. r, un suiwlqci-*. i inert ion ?>< come. For three mouths or iocs -, reduced rules. oosional curds, per yenr, H2. K> cess notices, Tr uisient Advertisements, *?. u<". l''ound, and other classified a-'verdtn-.Acrts not exceeding v!5 words, cents for im-.' rsertlon: t cent u word for each addltte v. oard over 25 words. lloPmrlcd, Tributes of respect, cards of dhi1* s and nil m atter of a personal or political i?u v to be charged for. <it?i ??.' e-Using rates by the column made known Mid cation. St-s-f correspondence on subjects of general ?>t Invited. Not responsible for views of vrnspondents it k. nvyl1k, President. uu a. COOK, Sec'y. ami Tubas. .3 X KIDDLE, Jit , Business Manaqf.k. Str?red as second-class matter, Oct. 7. 1P0.\ jostofllce at r.aneaster, S C.. under Act Singress of March 3, 187V. 'Wednesday, August 22,1906. U1K; CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AND THE, DISPENSARY. Tarring his power of veto, governor has nothing to do wfch the making and unmaking lit laws; that is the peculiar prov ne tlie General Assembly, rtl il, it is well to know how the \jflSematorial candidates stand tife'.be leading issue of the cam ijwgn?the dispensary?an i al ftoueh we have repeatedly pubtithed their views at length, in wmuch as tlie election is near at! ia'id we reproduce the following lib'ief and concise statement ol tho position of each with reference to ihe liquor question, taken from he News and Courier : The one essential difference i*tween the Manning and Ansel f&pensury platform is that Mr. "Vanning tavors the state dis^asary and Mr. Ansel would tfeolish it. Both Mr. Manning twd Mr. Ansel are willing that rv.iutieH shall decide for them lives whether or not intoxicants tii ill be sold within t heir bor lers; i. \ ? '?.1 mi .111"./\ Hmoi m#es i uriner aim *\?'j thai ho is personally it pro dvhitionist, and wouM vole a- i even a county dispensary ! tit his own county. 'Iho voter wlio lavors a s'ate ilii'^ensary and county option j support Mr. Manning. Tip voter who ?pposos :i state jtitisary l?u* tavors county a von will vote lor Mr. Ansel ''ha voter who Javors the state ?i?'7ernarv law as it stands with condition tliat the -'Biioe Ua'" hI:aM It repealed, and who if opposed to any kind oi n.iintv option, will support Mr. ijfease. I Mr. A. (). Jones is for no| ilate dispensary, hut. would in I ?3nd? hurh license niichr tiie! iV/spensKry regulations m the rations. Col. J. T. Sloan and Mr j YcMalian are for the st'?tQ disfensary and we do not know what they think about the "Brice *aw. ivir. w. a JVl wards is i :pfeinst the state dispensary. Mr. Joel E. Brunson is for a! 'lone.dry world. Air. ii. M. I /irner, who for :Jv*nty years was tlie News and | fanner's Washington corresp- n tent, died l ist Saturday. The thousands of readers ol our Char > > 4 on contemporary will greatly! 1* sj the bright and entertain ^communications of41R. M. L.," ( The captain of a B'e?mar which | has arrived from Sail Francisco says that the situation here is ^ worse than that following the disaster at San Franc'sco. HUNDREDTHOU8AND HoMKLKSS. * Loudon, Aug. 20.?In a dis- ( patch from Valparaiso without | date, the correspondent of The Daily Mail says : ( "Sixty per cent, of this city 1 has been completely destroyed. The death roll is very heavy.? ' There were eighty-two shocks during Thursday night and there i have been 300 since then. The i tremors still continue. One bun- i 1 <lred thousand people are home less and destitute. Water is giv ing out. Surrounding towns have been destroyed and the railroads ' have been cut." | Mrs. Lilian Miller leaves today [ for a visit to Winnsboro and i Charlotte. winch for co many years constituted a leading feature of tho paper. Mr. Larner achieved ruccess in ins chosen profession, j mrnulism, under great difficulties. As a lad he was forced to work to support himself and his mother and sisters. For several years he served as a page in the national capitol, and at the age of seventeen entered a printing office in Washington. For live years he worked at the "case" during the day and attended school at. night. During his ap prenticeship he also did additional work as a reporter for one of Washington's leading dailies. His promotion rapidly followed. For years he was connected, either as editor or correspondent, with a number of the principal newspapers in the United Slates. The meeting of Council and citizens generally called by tlie committee of aldermen for last Monday afternoon, to considei the Southern's plans for the new depot here, tailed to mate rialize. Why? Is it possible thai our people are indifferent about so important a matter as tlx kind ot depot the railroad com pany shall build here? If tlx new building shall provo to b< f 4 4 ~ 4' 1.1* <1 tin 11 s; that night ?2 shock wer felt. \II of the buildings ol lliecit, -ither were ruined <?r damaged The lo^s will be enormous probably reaching $250,000,000 A thousand persons kille 1, i considered to be a lair estitnat oI ' be casualties. Vina l>el Mar, three mile from Valpara:so and having; popula't ??f over 10,000; Quirt hue, 225 utiles to t lie south ward with a population of 0,500; Q til 1 da, 25 miles to the northwes with a popul ttinn ol 10,000, am vilatres all found were do drey ed. Most of the damage w a' du< to lire, which started immeduult after the fust shock. I'lie whole population is sleop ing in the lulls, ihe parks or tin si reet s Komi is voryscMve. Milk cost* i w> Chilean dollars a lit r, am it is alnio-t impossible Io obtiin moat, even at l?i^l? piices. The railroads are destroyed. Kain, v\hudi i/e^01 to tail im inedia'ely utter lho tirat shock, stopped an hour afterwardsIdle nights are very < old anti windy, and the people shvpinr in the open are eollerwiii greatly uushi lsiuciory hi me puunc will the citizens ol this com munitv be able to find hiij ground upon which to do tin kicking stunt, having failed t( avail themselves of an oppor (unity presented to ex p res either their approval or disap proval of the plans of the pic posed depot t Terrible Earthquake in Chili h'a' 1 rn _ v * t i ^uies anu lowns wrecKei ?Thousand or More Fer sons Killed?Property Los Enormous. Valparaiso, Aiij; It).?At 7:5 o'clock last Tnursdav eveninj Valparaiso experienced an Martli quake of m*eat severity, am i vuu want me oest, up-io-aate i livery service. *j KEA1H-LLLWTT MULE CO. . Professional Cards 'ij Dr. J. K. WHLSII, DENTIST. I Ollioe over Williams?Hughes Uo'e e Story, f<?r!>:erly oecnj ied hv lJr. ? K. M (ialloway. LA NO AS IKK, S. O. | j Dr. K. G. ELLIOTT, Lancaster, S. C. ' ] Ke*ulence 'phone. No. IS7. Otliee. | I >.i v i - Itni l<li tig. eor. M hin ami Imnlnp si reels; 'phone No. 72. 1 Will prHCl ire i n hot h l own him! enmity. All rails, day or (light, will re- | ceive prompt attention. j Dr. E. J. Hinson DENTIST I Office in Springs Building. r Office Hours : 8 to 12 and 1 to 6. Sunday Hours, 0 to 10. I Miss Mmule Moore is vLiting ' r "elut'Yes in Yorkville. ; Why Suffer ? Any Longer > With Headache? 1 Have your eyes attended to at 0 once and save yourself from further suffering. It is a fact s beyond a doubt that the most frequent cause of headache is some defect of vision. I make examinations free and am prepared' to do the work perfectly. H. C. IIOUGII, g Jeweler & Optician. 8-15-2w. 1 Livery, Livery, Livery! ir Though doing a rattling good ^ livery business, we are deter-! . mined to do even better. Our I present stocks of Vehicles and ejHoi *ses are being supplemented i by handsome new carriages and v burredes and stvli^b I 00 J Driving and Saddle Horses. Our livery establishment is going to be second to none in - the State, and don't you forget fit! Come or send to us when i -i- it-- ' i * \ Peoples Supply Co. \ \ ?> % is out for business and won't be found 5 ^ asleep when it comes to selling. They ^ iare going to push business, and it will X be to the interest of every farmer in m Lancaster county to make their estab- m ^ lishment headquarters for ^ i General Merchandise S ? "Quick sales and small profits" will be W J their motto, and "the same price to X J all" their rule of business. At present M J they are closing out the stock of goods ^ purchased from Carnes Bros. Call at ^ Cthe corner store in the Moore block and C - i n a ^ i \r ; 11 ^ m get some 01 tnese oargains. iou win m j always find a warm welcome. Messrs. ^ ^ Jno. A. Cook, J. A. P. Sistare and A. C. S Carnes will take pleasure ingwaiting J on you. ^ After September 1st 5 they will open in the Springs block in M the store-room now occupied by Welsh ? & Co. a brand new stocks f Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Etc., W continuing the grocery in their pres- ^ ent quarters. Look for the big sign, ? Peoples Supply Co. j , k Wanted! JsL j Wo want 1,000 men with / Jfi J IllA 2,000 foot to fit in 1,000 l pairs of our new V \/fr Hiwy' Walk-Over?*^ HVIJ ! 7 pL-S rhe quality is right, til is I // vl right ami prices right. / // b \ C^n c/i r\r\ I / A J ? oi.uu, ifl2flS?W $5 00. dSfitei WAX HAKI RIG US PM Of f ^^SfcvCl01 UUhc JWW Same price to all. Williams-Hughes Company (/1AS| I STOR K. ______ v * Must Go in 30 Bays 1 Still Have a Lot of BUGGIES AND WAGONS that I guarantee firstclass in workmanship, material and finish ^ that I must sell in the next dO (lays, and want everyone who has an idea of buying or exchanging the old vehicle for a new one, il) wVllit I l>o\;a ' - ... ? ??.v ? aim my jii icus anci terms. l will do you good if you will call and make your wants known. Also a big lino of General Merchandise that I would like to close out and will make a price that will ple:ise you. Yours truly, J. J. BLACKMON <