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1 X?se Lancaster News. Semi-Weekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. MS* ?*< Tear II.so ftv. i'inlhs "5 *V^i Months 4(J Payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. tiK i scb, first nsertion. II 00. Each subsc|tui.)'isertion 5'? cents. For three months or reduced rates. Tjfc/fevslonal cards, per year, 112. R . nes? notices. Transient Adwriisements, bwt and Pound, ami other classified a verahareaats not exceeding words, 2S cents tor mm> ise'tlon: 1 cent a word for each uddia?< \ ?ord over Si words. ffr.tvurles. Tributes of reVpect, cards of abii-. He and all matter of u personal or political M*- J IT iu uu Ci?rr''-'U IUI. ran ^?v*?rtisir.g rates by the column made known aar> implication. w<Af correspondence on subjects of general ? ; vt Invited. Not responsible for views of aero spoil dents It E. WYLIE, P?B9It>BNT. jjco a. COOK, sbc'y. and thkas, 4M. KIDDLE, Jit. UUSISK99 MANAGER. wered as second-class matter, Oct 7. iPO\ atift*<postofflce it Lancaster, S C., under au Bf JMgress of March 3, 1879. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1906. ? *NSEL ANP MANNING. for as uioral character anc jjpLeral fitne~s for the office art atMicerned, there is probably not larch, if any, ehoiee between j?? I ti* /\ JaIas 1 %v t l< /V nn/xtii / ??* i nn tallUia^'u? ill ino ocuv/ut Tn> 9 for governor. Both Anse >:vi Manning are reputed to bt \ jnt u of great moral worth, both v,x tfkjw male enviable records as .ators, and Mr. Ansel alsc in* to his credit long years o kilhful ancl eilicient service a? ?i?3citorot bis circuit. It seems ti lw?generally conceded that eith candidate would make a gooi **wernor. Both men having first cla-t fuhernatorial timber in theii r*tke-up, voters will no doub xjfrt their h l!r>*i according i< t/?ir i i ii .v i : ? views on tli < ?ari u: -a : n.> 1 the campaigi ?t.-Cii. i\ 1/. Those oppose^ inthe st.tto :i?|>easary and fa mr^ng local option as betwoei xnttity dispell-mry and prohibi t?m will vote lor Ansel, whil< Hose who believe in a "purified' w reformed fit <te dispensary . 'vug the lines of the famou; fisysor-Manning bill, will sup Tprt Manning. We voted to A-jfiel in the fi st primary am ? expect to .support him in tlx tvr ud, because we regard hi ip&ilorm as infinitely better thai tj..cf his opponent. Besides,w< if.ic known Mr Ansel person iliy for a number of years am a hr.ve the 1 ! he-'t regard to xrji as a man a._d citizen. iiUKc GRAY'S "LAST WORDS." Luke Gray, the negro hangec y Aiken last Friday, for tin xurder of a white man, made i *unawhat unique speech on tlx 4hilows. The State reports birr i saying : "Til tell all you all arouix ijre that have come to see me \ v. n ir t 11 ! i f f vtin'f ir^?iinr tfi ,lir. . foj'lJ only sen a half dead nig **r hanging h-re. I'm g'oing <tfra>fJit to heaven, and il yon shirt meet ine there, I am going t-m judge you. I have been prayfeg const anil}'. I've been prayilg tor my houI and If?r all of .yon, and instead of standing ??ound here to watch nie he Ung, you ought to be at home laying. J killed Mr. Woodward iieauee the L^"d li?<1 said that I t.as 'he m? '.o lo it. When be said what he did to mv wife his time had com*1 to die ; and I was the one the Lord had said must kill him. I'll tell you all good bye, and I hope to see all of you in heaven." It is a remarkable fact that pvprv rnndeiii tied npcrrnnn theeve ~ J of his execution confidently expresses the belief that ho is go iug "right straight to heaven." Senator Tillman declined to I accept President Roosevelt's invitation to be his guest on the occasion of the naval review last Monday. Tillman has repeatedly stated that he does not intend to accept any more social or official courtesies at the hands ol Roosevelt until the president apo'ogizes for the well known insuit of a few years ago?Hie withdrawal of an invitation to dine at the While House. The Senator's declination, therefore, has , occasioned no surprise. The alarming frequency with which white women are being -ssaulted by black brutes is causing thoughtful citizens to turn their (iliuiiuuii bunaiu UCV Pliij; BUIIIC" I practical plan or plans lor the 4 protection of our women of the country who are exposed to such { attacks. The rural police idea, 1 being generally agitated, was I commented on in our last issue. , Another plan which is meeting with favor is to teach women how to use firearms. And in this j connection a good suggestion.is t made by our esteemed fellow j townsman Capt. Sam'l E. White. j In the opinion of Caft. White . lie art of handling and using fire i arms should be taught in Win thiop and other leinale colleges * which could be easily done with r ou' interference with the regulai j course of studies. The id.a it , eminently worthy of careful con Ktrlprn firm 1 Cotton in Mecklenburg?Condition of Crop Poor anc Cotton Association Expects Good Prices. g } Charlotte Observer: Mecklens burg farmers favor a high prict >r their cotton. At the Septem rjoer meeting i h*? Mecklenburg 1 Cotton Growers' Association " which \v<js heM in the court * house yesterday, reports were 1 received from the 23 subcivil 0 divisions relative to tho condition of tho present crop. The re1 ports ranged any where front 5f 1 per cent, to 75 per cent, of a full crop, t hree townships, name iy, Steele Creek, Sardis and Sharon, reported 55 per cent. BerryI [hill township, made the best a showing, reporting 75 per cent i of normal crop. 1 he average tor 3 the county was 01 per cent, ! i One township tavored 12 1-2 cents as a minimum price for 1 the staple Three voted for 12 - i cents. rive advocated 11 1-2 {cents and eight, 11 cents. All believe that they should receive 1 i more than tins, either 12, 13 or jl l cents, hut stated that they were willing to have the figure i they gave fixed as a minimum I price. The meeting was attended by 200 ol the more prominent farmers of the county. Head?The News. o Tbe Official Count Result of Election in State <u> Already Published Officially Confirmed?Some Changes in Figures. The following is the official count of the sta'e vote, as declared by the state democratic executive committee at its meet ing in Columbia Ja^t Friday night : For Governor. Ansel, 39.156 Manning, 23,159 Blense, 16,959 Bruuson, 10,118 Sloan, 3,368 I o on lUCiUIHWill, * Jones, 870 Edwards, 570 For Senator. Tillman, 83,074 Comptroller General. Jones, 51,132 Walker, 45,559 Attorney General. Lyon, 45,27.2 Youmans, 22,975 liagedale, 28,210 Railroad Commissioner. Summer9ett, 15,848 , Wharton, 24 036 Sellers, 8,622 - Causler, 22,001 i Sullivan, 24,550 i Adjutant General. 1 Boyd, 64,591 ' Uaskell, 31,002 Secretary of State. 1 McCowan, 51,8G i Morrison, 20,317 Rag 11, 13,500 ' Tribble, 7.422 Lieutenant Governor, j McLeod, 95,320 State Treasurer. Jennings, 96,343 Superintendent of Education. Martin, 92,564 I The candidates tor congress re* > eeived the following vote: First District. Legare, 9,018 Second District, r Patterson. 6,370 Toole, 2,845 s llare, 2,821 Third District. M Aiken, 9,293 1 Hoggs, 6.802 Fourth Distiict. Johnson, 12,732 j 1 rhy, 2,138 Mahou, 2.805 k Fifth District . Finley, 0,703 . S'rait, 5.15b Seventh District. Lever, 13,104 As previously published in The News, tlie candidates in tlie second race are : For Governor?M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, and R. I. Manning, of Sunder; for attorney general?J. Kramer Lyon, of Abbeville, and J. W. Ragsdale, oi Florence; for railroad commis sioner?J. II. Wharton, of Laurens, and .J. M. Sullivan, of Anderson. Rev. and Mrs. Chalmers Fraser and .diss i.anneau have returned from Atlanta. Tliey wore accom panied home by Miss Kirkpatrick, j sister of Mrs. Fraser. J????J ? | Peo|ii?s Suppiy o? | ^ is out for business and won't be found ^ ^ asleep when it comes to selling. They J * m are going to push business, and it will T ^ be to the interest of every farmer in m ^ 4-/\ vv* r?l'r* 4 Uni ?? AC f ^ ^ IjcWlCctSltJI CUUIlt^ IU I UcilVVJ men enuuu ? | ^ lishment headquarters for ^ i General Merchandise i I ^ "Quick sales and small profits" will be y M their motto, and "the same price to ^ I all" their rule of business. At present J $they are closing out the stock of goods & ^ purchased from Carnes Bros. Call at ^ Jfc B the corner store in the Moore block and i \ get some of these bargains. You will j J always find a warm welcome. Messrs. ^ Jno. A. Cook, J. A. P. Sistare and A. C. ^ I m Carnes will take pleasure in|waiting J I % on you. % ? After September 1st f i \ $ they will open in the Springs block in M I ^ the store-room now occupied by Welsh ? g & Co. a brand new stock of Dry Goods, ^ f Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Etc., ^ \ continuing the grocery in their pres- f S I SPeoples Supply Co. S The Best Brands of Tobacco and the most popular sellers are Ram's Horn, Red Eye, and Taylor's Nairn's! J.-af. T\ ? v\ /> t f 1 mf/\v ^ nil /\f /\?? 4 /\1> n -i ? ' / t.. J _ 1 i^MSLUlCL III llclVOl HUill iX 11 ULIld lUUaCl ' . . . ?L'- CK.1 Olliy by TAYLOR BROS., Winston-Salem, N. C. * Struck Boy with Brick and Kills Wife and Himself, then Buried Him Alive. M aeon. Sept.* 3.? A Ohicairo, Sept. 3. ? Robert special to The Telegraph from | Gordon. l'? years old, to-lay con Albany, (in., any? Howard Hayes, fessed th?t lie struck .Joseph a niidtUe-a.od in in, placed his Reed, 8 years, with a brick, left hand over the eyes of his stunning him, and then buried w'fe and fi-od a bullet into her him alive beneath a sidewalk in bron*. He then kiile ! himself. Iron! of his father's home. 2S77 Before t!??- si.oo'm cu red the Aicher ay-nue, The boy's body woman',-, creams wmo heard, was found where (iordon said ho 'ben two reports of a pistol, had buried it, and Gordon was When neighbors arrived, Mrs ! arrested. Hayes ^ ae dead and lo?r husband ? - dying. There is no clue to the A North Carolina Farmer cause of the horrible crime. Commits Suicide. ~ ....... , r _ Italian Rioters Dislodged with Troutman special iti yester- Dynamite. Iday'a Observer: Mr. Walter (/OOk * ii in ui lle fttted farmer who' lives ill I he vicinity of Amity, Punxsu'awney, Pa., Sept. 3.? comitted suicide this morning Two members of the State con by stabbing himselt with a knife, stabulary are dead, one dying, It is said tbat ho bad been on a and two others wounded, as the debauch for several days and result ol the riot with Italians that be had mistreated his wife a4 Florence, seven miles from I .,,,1 nkil.l^n .1.?USfl ! ?.? l? I r\ . . . ... jc?iav4 Vlinvii li'll t 11 ft n I 11 ftl U 11 ,,c*v J ^ ^ ' 11^ OI I HH I I } i | is impossible to obtain the par ians is deal, another slightly ticubirs of the tragedy but there wounded and lv\<, are under arseems to be something o* a rays- rest. The house in which the tery connected with it and (ur- rioters barricaded themselves is ther investigation may reveal a wreck from the dynamite used l something unexpected. The de- by the troopors to di> lodge the ceased was a man of good family rioters, and leaves a wife and several ? ? ? ? children. Subscribe tt i'iie Nev.s.