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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. SUUSCKU'TION KATES. ' . Ono Year II.W Six Month* 7f> Tbrco Months 40 Payable iu advance. AHVKKTISIXU rates. One Inch, first ''nsertlon. si.00 K.ich subsequent Insertion N) cents. For three muuths or longer, reduced rates Professional cards, per year, H2. Business notices, Transient Advertisements, com and Found, nnd oilier classllled a '.vrrtiseniLMits is-it exceeding 25 words, 25 cents for each insertion: t cent a word for each additional word over 25 words. Obituaries, Tributes of respect, cards of thanks and ail matter of a personal or political nature to bo charged for. .Advertising rates by the column made known on application. Brief correspondence on subjects of general intei'cr t invlted Not responsible for views of correspondents it k. WYLIK, president. j no. A. COOK, sbo't. and the as. J m. UIUOLK, Jit . business manager. Kntered as second-class matter, Oct. t, ipos at the poslolllcc at Lancaster, s c., under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. Wednesday, August 29, 1006. HIE DcPO I /V\ A 1 Ifclt. Haviffg failed in the reoent ' < !l u t to net a in ass meeting ol <itiz>nsto consider the Southern's plans lor the Lancaster <! >pof, the town council itself lias taken some action in the matter. Probably realizing that it is now rather late to get any radical changes made in the Southern's plans, the company already having a force of hands at \v >rk on the old building the council, at a meeting last Friday evening, passed a resolution asking the Southern 1o make some suggested improvements in its present plans. The resolution is as follows : "I-esolved by the Town Council. in ?f ssion assembled, and hv the authority of the same, That Southern It. It. Co., in constructing its depot at this place, be requested to provide while and colored waiting rooms each not less than 20 leal (along side the traca) by 16i feet (fronting Main street) with toilet closets lor the ladies. The said waiting rooms 10 be finished up on the inside in the style and manner indicated in Mr. Heather's letter to the Railroad Cornmission. Also, that a shed of suitable si/3 bo constructed at the West end of said passenger rooms for the protection of baggage and the convenience and comfort of ?h > traveling public." Jbio it q iosl ol C( uiic.il is mc'f ? rr?'t- /in blo one, and (he imprcvemoMti asked for ho essentia1, lii t we confidently ex pect prompt compliance on the par! of I he railroad company. THCLVNtHING EPIDEMIC The action ol the Baptist Association of Spartanburo in c ndcmninir lynching cannt t be l o sfiomdv commended. It would be well I? r other religions ortta .i/i<ions t folio.v the izoo 1 example rl o- s <1 General action in the matter l>v Hie vari ?u-' elm relies or assoc a olmr h??-< in tlie stilt* woul'l doubtless gre illy awl im nuilding up a healthy public *entimeut -igainst mob law. Aii ili * work, however, of onl tivV'ng tb in ud ol ,lio poo I pie respect for Ihe majesty and I supremacy of the laws ??f the J land .should not ba loll to the I good church members. Law-abid I ing citiz mis generally should lend a help ng hand, and especially should ihe pulpit and press redouble I heir ellorts to prv>niote bolter conditions in Ihe slate. It has often occurred to us I that the colored preachers could, < if they woul 1 but make the right c kind of effort, do more to stop \ lynching than possibly any c other class of citizens. The low, i ignorant type of negro?Ihe ?r kind that commits rape?rarely | if ever sees a newspaper; he 1 knows little or nothing of what 1 is going on in odi *r communities and in other stales; he never 1 hears of the swift punishment j meiou on' e?SP\vnere to ortesu i of his class who criminally assault white women; he therefore < has no idea of the certain death < that awaits him in the event he ] commits suoh crime. But it is | in the power of the colored i preachers to op ?n his eyes, to t impress upon him the enormity < and heiuousness of the offense I of putting Ins vile hand" on a white woman and t he inevi'able ' consequence lo him personally < in case lie does so. i Lynching lor rape is responsi- i hie for lynching lor oilier crimes, and there is every reason to he- I lieve that when the commission i of that awful offense aganst wo- I manhood shall cease lynching tor ' any cause will become a thing ot 1 j the past. ' The action of Council in rela- 1 :ion to dogs will meet with gen eral approval in the community. The tact that a number of dogs in town are known to have been bitten by the mad dog that recently bit Policeman Kiddle made it necessary tor council to adopt decisive measures for the protection of the public. The pfople can not alf >rd to take any chances wit 11 mad dogs or dogs suspected o! being affected with rabies. One 1 human li'o, especially tha' o' I somebody's darling child, is ot in, finitely more value than all the ' dogs in t he state. I is to b? hoped | t hut all owners of dogs will heartly cooperulo with Ihe authorities [in ihe enforce meat ot the new j ordinance, which is published in today's News. White Woman MakesGravc, Charge Against Young i Man in Aiken. Aiken special in Monday's S ate : A young white man by j the name ol Prince Barton was brought here early this morning I and placed in j ii) charged with | . ommitlinii an assault upon Mrs.) M.iltie Bryant, who is said to be 'a divorced woman ot (ir;4nife | ville. According to Mrs. Bryant, J she had never seen Barton prior to lust night. She says Barton; came l<> her house last night while she was at a neighbor's. ; Some oi the people in Iter house j e died her home, saving that , Barton was a nice voting man. i! She agreed to accompany turn, to an ice cream festival Mrs, j ^ Bryant savs that shortly alkr < leaving the house Barton made | an attack upon her, throwiin: j f her to the ground. She r sisled | as best she .amid, and S'Teunedj for In 1 j?. s uno people nearby | ' ran t her as?i8'nnce, but Bat ton 1 lied before liiey arrived. t Fine Cotton VIr. L. C. Dnzcnbv's Expertment with Deep Ploughing and Heavy Fertilization. Mr. L. C. Lazecby drove us tlonday morning over to see his otton patch near St. Paul's diurch. a''d it was indeed a sight veil worth seeing. Although the otton has been topped, the stalks iow average over five feet high ind the limbs are so closely lap ;ied between the rows that the ot presents the appearance of laving been sown broadcast.? L'he cotton was not. planted nnlil ate?May 2t)lh, but every stalk iPpears well developed and literillv loaded with fruit. The remarkably fintt growth is lue namely to two lacts : thorough preparation of soil before planting and heavy fertil /, ition. l'he ground was lirst well broken up with a two-horse plow and (hen harrowed. On the lot. which i son I ai 113 IJ acres, 1200 pounds ot the Kershaw fertilizer were applied before planting, an I about the firs* ol July S00 pounds more of the same kind of fertilizer were applied alongside the cotton, making altogether one ton u-ed. 1'hat looks like heavy fertilizing for this sec'ion, but the present indications are that it will pay handsomely. 1 lie only disad vantage under which the crop is j I it i% ir lo f l*n I unt 1 I* .? t b I i i u ?il*7 intk uuu inc i u w 9 are too close together, not being much over four feet apart, when, to accommodate such a rank | weed, thoy should be six ioel ?^ But alter making liberal allowance for the loss likely to ensue from tho density of the g owth, the yield will no doubt be at the rate of two bales to the acre. Mr. Lazenbv is so well pleased with Ins ihis year's experiment in deep plowing and heavy ma nuring that lie will plant twenty acres of cotton in the same way next year. Negro Lynched in Louisiana ?Confessed to Attempting Criminal Assault. Calhoun, I,a. August 27.? Alfred Schaulncit, a negro, was lynched here at 10 o'clock today by a mob, for attempting to criminally assault Mi-s Oiivo Chambers, a nroininent vmnuf f i j v h woman ol this place, at an early hour tins morning. Sehaunfneii was frightened l?v tho screams of l)is intended victim and fled, but was later captured by a posse a few miles out of town. Ho was brought back to town by the posse and after confess j ing bis guilt, was hanged to a telegraph pole. YoungManof Gaffncy Drowned. CJafrney special in Columbia Sato: hmmnti Marsh, a woll , mown young man ot tho city, ,vas drowned in a pond near) iafTnoy. His companions were incap j him- hi iniuui il i ill <?smm l nco. ile could not swim, h ivitior a ' >1 /viik lo assist him. On losing , his he was powerless to regain lie hank. His holy remained in i \ Peoples Supply ('0*1 i is out for business and won't be found ^ asleep when it comes to selling. They rT g are going to push business, and it will ^ I be to the interest of every farmer in % J Lancaster county to make their estab- M ^ lishment headquarters for ^ S General Merchandise S ^ "Quick sales and small profits" will Ix? W M their motto, and "the same price to C $ all" their rule of business. At present J ^ they are closing out the stock of goods ^ 0 purchased from Carnes Bros. Call at ^ M the corner store in the Moore block and # ( ^ get some of these bargains. You will j f always find a warm welcome. Messrs. Z ? Jno. A. Cook, J. A. P. Sistare and A. C. 5 m Carnes will take pleasure in^waiting on you. % 5 After September 1st # 1 C they will open in tho Springs block in # $ the store-room now occupied by Welsh ? ^ & Co. a brand new stock of Dry Goods, % # Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Etc., 0 ^ continuing the grocery in their pres- ^ t Peoples Supply Co. S tw. Ujsb^X Wanted! J3L We want 1,000 men with / Ai I ||\ 2,000 feet to fit in 1,000 \hpai rs of ou r new y" J Walk-Overg^p^ 7/JJl Shoes ; | + I The quality is right, lit is I I j ju / right and prices right. I if fy \ $350, $4.00, I ij& $5.00. I I utll I IVy |/l IVV/ i w evil. Williams-Hughes Company CASI I S TOIU5. the water some'hing over an relet) shotgun at an early hour hour, a largo number ol men thin morning. The gun was load[striving to recover it during ft) with buckshot ai; 1 ('agio do ^ jihat time. elated belore he died this alt-r ^ The young man was 1!) years noon that Fred '(awkins, ^011 ol of are and an orphan. For a "Uncle" Jerry li.i'kins, comnuiiiherof years lie had made mitted the crime. his home with Mr. C. <?. l'arish, Cagle and Ids wile went to in- * proprietor of the (Commercial yostigate when a noise came Irom hotel, lie acted as night cWk t?t tlieir hen hoii-e He w .s lit d that ho.sllery. upon twice, Mr-. Cables moling ~ hv and holding a lump. Ilawkiua Georgian Killed While In- wn* arrested today and Indited vestigating Noise at his in .iad lie denies the anto-mor Hen House. Iein>ialement o Oagle that it was l>e who lift (| th< -h't's, declaring he can prove an ahhi Oaiiiaville. (la., Aug. ?W-? I _ 1"1'1 '* ( ' <;l' (,la<!e dis- TUa Mau?o I>oos .loh Printing \ ? triet, Hall county, was shot inj lilO llOlitj for others. Why V. the stomach with a doutdo bat- can't wo do your . ? . V I . ? t