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HI HUM-:, .lit . 1RMNKS3 MANAGEII Entered us second class matter. Or' 7. t It UMpontofllci at Uncutrr, > t.*.. under . of Cong res - of March H, IMP Saturday, Sept. 25), 15)00. l lie situation in uul?a euiiirj about as often us (lie views of kaleidoscope. Koosevelt's re[>i sentatives on the island, Sect taries Talt ami B ic >n. repc bright prospects of peace one <1; and the next dissipate them I representation- of a gloomy ot look. Ace >rdiiiLr to the dispatch in yesterday's papers interve tion by t lie I 'lilted Slates is clo at hand. DEFACING KUFOHD MONU.V.ENT ? The Buford monument, we a told, is last being literally ruim by persons breaking oil piecethe shaft, presumably the work souvenir seekers. As a 1*< remarked to us a lew days a; at the present rate of defaceme ;? ....i.. .. . -i . ii n uiiiv ex 11i1 jii 01 11me, a a short lime at that, when it w he impossible to tell irom tl monument itsell for what pi pose it was erected. Visitors to tlie Kuforu bati ground should not he so incc siderate, to say the leant ot th< conduct, as to thoughtlessly otherwise destroy the monuin n historic value by chipping knocking oil parts of the stone It is to he hoped that thodeseer tion will lie stoppe I ; hut if co tinned, however, step- -l.ould I taken to proiect the monunie: by properly enclosing it. THfc ATLANTA VVAU The deplorable race trouble Atlanta is causing no liitle e citement throughout the who P.ftlinlrr It iii.hhi.1i l V ?. * ^ J.T "j/|/icjiriiucu I many that similar conflicts \vi now occur elsewhere in t lie Soul Hut there need he no occasb for alarm if the though'fnl ai conseivative men of both ratwill use their influence to pr serve order and especially maintain peaceful relation- b tween the whiten ami blacks, b everybody keep cool, and al)M all tilings avoid the comniissic of any act calculated to proved o ti?if li otf l\ am ?? r% viiiiivu'vj n n 11 ^mici (l W ill man or a negro. Grave and la reaching consequences, in tinn like the present, sometimes fo low what would ordinarily t considered a trivial affair. Especially should the leade ir Fleasant Valley News. if* ? > lr ft ie lo?t Mill l.mes: Mr. Frank m (i. Potts le-'t Monday for Colum- ft ie bia.?Misses Rebecca Harris, m tj Martha Baiies ajtd Cloud Hall \ r returned Wednesday to Colum- ^ p_ bia Female College.?Dr. R. M. j Potts returned home Saturday.? # iU Mr. Robt. IPckelt spent Sunday ft r)! with his parents of this place.? J |U Mr. Boh Bryant, of Ardreys, * j. spent Sunday evening in Pleas- ^ s. ant Va'ley?Mi-s Mary Jones. ^ who ha- been -pending some 5 t) time with relatives here, l?'il for I Q Huntersyille Monday.?Owin^lft to the inclemency of the weath | a , er tliere was a very stna I crowd ^ at Pleasant Hill San lav evening ! of the co ord people, thei preachers and teachers and s< cret soeietv * fli *ers. counsel the race to keap strictly within tli s bounds ot law, to treat the white neighbors, as well as ot: another, with proper respect an r. to shun all places and gathe; iurs where disturbances are lik< )Y ly to occur. Particularly shoul 'tt: l'ie c?lored loaders impress upo i.ro their race the heinnusness < to the crime '?t as-uniting won'e and the certainty of swift put ishnieut following i's cotnini fion. or A useful lesson may be draw - by even the law-abiding negi from tliat terrible Atlanta affai It was then and there made ev of j e-1 dent 'hat when once the white ? ? are wrought into frenzv by r< ii peated assaults on white wonie by black brutes, the innocent ? 1 well as the guilty are liable 'o su fer. It, ther f ?re, behooves the r< : -p?dable, peaceable negro, t' t.is own protection, if lor no oil er reason, t n-e hi-4 utmost ei deavor 'o pr?- v -nt the base-mine el and < luminal'y i clined of h 'race from committing those dan ' " nahle ac's which not only mea a; sure death to the beastly offen? e" ers hut jeopardizes the lile < the c> o 1 aud inoffensive negi >r* as well. We believe that it tl 1' b ''er class of negroes will e: - er: Ml mselves ill this mat t< lt ?liev wi l in the course of tiw ('s succeed in practically stampii n out tlia awful crime which itie\ 8e it ably causes lynching. Mr. Frank Lowry's Fir Farm. re eil of | Lancaster cor. in Sunday of State: Mr. Frank M. Lowry ( j, theTaxahaw section of the count ri) recently invited Mr.Oliver Blacl . mon. Sheriff Jno. P. Hunter < nt the town of Lancaster and Re) '' Mr. Blackmon of the Fork lli 111 section to a hunting and fishir 'le expediton down on his fine plai Ir I tation. Mr. Lowry Jhas a larg ! well constructed fish pond < tie his p'ace and it is filled with fis hi- He says the squirrels infest tl iir I forest down there, and no sport or man need go awav with ill-luc ,-,.1 Liter ''Old Bob White'' will ca ori and run over the hills and dale as plentif ul as Knglish sparrov all the year round. a i 11- j IN ? J_J in- Youn:? Man CommitsSuicic n? by Throwing Himself unde Train. Danville, t ept. _'?>.?(Jhas. 1 in i Adams, son of R. U. Adams, x Danville tobacconist, cummitte I, suicide today by throwing hin )V self in front of a Southern rai , , V hil(;<2Piiirpr f rui n ut r?A?>n/. 11! r?? 1 j N. C. Adann has been tor tli past three months employed at tobacco warehouse at Timmoni 1 ville, S. C., in passing throug Salibury, N.C.. and stated to se\ e- eral trainmen that he intended t to, end his life. Upon leachin e Spencer he threw himself befor et a shifting engine, but the engin -e eer. appreciating the situatioi ,n stopped the locomotive. A'fe1 . t minutes later he attempted th i deed of self destruction wit success. The legs were severe rfrom the body and death was ir. 5s stantaneous. Adams was 3 ' years of age and wan well know >e through this section. rs Head?The Mews. Rev. Chandler i- undecided so j % n Jo when the mpetinz will heuiti. ? ^ Rev. .1. 1. Sptnks. of Colum ? , bia. is exptc'ed to visit lisl^ <1 uighter. Mrs. Walter Hall,! J r | this week.?Mss Annie Mor j_ row, o! Char ot <: an! Miss ^ i flood Kell. ot Ardreyg, tpetil ^ j Friday with Mr. and Mrs. O. W | lc I Potts. M ..-I I n Bitten by a Mad Dog. J Mr. George Martin ? f Ihe X " Tiinity sec'toi was 1) t* *n on M " Wodne-day niclit 'by ;? strange w v dog th it was suppo-e 1 io be ^ >r|iiia!. He left the next day to $ " ! take the Pasteur treatment as % >f-' .. \?ju: ? rt jur* riiu> r ui ii> u?u|/uu'M ^ ? and Ids friends hope thit no M serious result? may follow? w Newberry Observer. ^ ie V Democrats Nominate Hearst S for Governor of New York. ? 8 ~ " rjfl Buffalo. N. \ , Sept 27.? The fV Democratic State convention, at k- an early hour this morning iol nf lowing ;i prolonged session, r. ; nominated William K. Hearst. 11! already the candidate of the In1<E dependance League, tor Dover l,_ nor on the first ballot. e'j The vote stoo l : Hearst, 309; !n j Sulzer. 124 : Dix, 17. Necessary h. , J | to a choice. 226. i e 11 p A k. j STA LE OF SOUTH CAKOLINA, W1 || I COUNTY OK I.ANC ASTKIt, ITU In tlie i'rohatc Court, I)] (HI ity J. E Stowman, Esquire, I'H l'roltatu \I/-lores, J. E. I ay tor. of Euitcnsi ?V lert'o, said State, h :s made suit to tt lot- to u'laut liihi Letters of Administration * : i t tin Estate of lilnl etteets of .1 N 'lnvlor AI le ell THESE AUK. THEREFORE, to ciU ;r and admonish nil and Ktngnlnr the kindred Cil .and creditor* of the said -J X Taylor, I deceased, that they be and appear before ' in**, in the Court of I'rohate, to be , held at Liuiea*>fer Court House, on the I tli <lav of October, next, dt? r puldi i- Ty J ti<>n hereof, at I ! 'iViccl; iii theforenoon, t > h a eanse. it any they have, whj the said ? ' Administration should not he granted. .,| 'iiveii .n l" ) in\ halt 1. tins 2'Jth day Ot >a Sept., \nni Domini. 1' >. i >r. k. s ri;\vm \x, ? I I'rohate Jlld|;e, I Sept. ^8, 1000 (I re ;S a LANCASTER & CHESTER C RAILWAY COMPANY V I in LE IN EFFECT MAY 8, 10J<> i Bl I DAILY KXCKl'T St'NDAv 50 j. K.'istern Time I Sir \VKsTHOU N D y O Lv Lanes ....6 18ant 11 In pa fid i. s 8 84 a m :t tf> p nr K 841 .i n ? ikj p n 6 .V) a in 4 lb p n J ? Ar 1 7 15 a in & 45 p a _ ' Ar i n.trlo'.te ?Sou Ity ... . i? .V> a in 7 OP p tt ou Hv lUOt) a m luspm II EAHTBOUND |? A" J.v 1 ii.i a So IC 3 10 p jr wJk 0 Lv < harlot t . . ... ilDU pa ? Cv Chester Put) a m f l"> p a j )) l.v Klchburjj li ID it m * 3V p a Lv BsHcamville nwia m R4S pn | (I i.v i (iri i. i- II in 'lit ii in B Ml p II Ar l,.mc?'iw I') 30 it m Wl&pn 1" CONNECTIONS 1 i ll K>TEI{? Southorn. Seaboard, and Caro Una A Norib-Westorn Hallwaya. Oil !1 I.ANCASTKK? Southern Kail way. A.I McCUKE. Superintendent j, Head The News. Grand Fall Opening j AND EXHIBITION OF ? wm-i-mmm I WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, ? - - _ . . I Oct. 3rd and 4th) Our Millinery Department has been given J especial care and attention in obtaining the W leading styles for this season, and we cor- ? diallv invite all of our patrons and the gen- S eral public to see our displav before buying. W e are better prepared than ever before $ to furnish the ladies and children with jl <, STYLE LEADERS, wiiich we have in both 5 / large and small shapes, consisting of the W / Empire, Gainsborough, Toques, Mush- % room, Peter Pan, Sailors, Vesta Tilley 1 and English Walking Hats, 1 all of which are designed from models di- ^ reet from Paris and New York. Our efficient Milliners, Misses Bessie ? Willis and Bessie Jordan, will take pains to show our magnificent designs to all visitors m i and will give prompt attention to orders. m X October 3 and 4 ? ! The Heath-Jones C?*j' ALWAYS Buy at the Cheapest Place. 1 DOLLAR SAVED IS A DOLLAR MADE We have just received a car of the wonderful MAGNOLIA our, which we offer for only $2.20 per 98 lbs. standard weight, complete line of Groceries. Everything fresh and new. We 11 at any time take pleasure in waiting on you. Always your mey's worth. Remember we have a nice line of Notions and ess Hats, Shoes and better Shoes. Did You Hear What r. Williams said to Mr. Steele about Mr. Small ? Said that r. Usher told Mr. Porter heard Mr. Jackson went to Mr. Sowami Mr. (lard nor toll! Mr ('rwl.-nv tlvd ho cm- \i . ...... ...... ........ Iiv. .-???? mi. i ui I y JIIII"ase that fine pair of stylish dress parade shoes, sold by E. A Thompson ' vo Doors Below Old I*. O. j "The Old Reliable." - ^ I THE BANK OF LANCASTER. Lancaster. S. C. j CAPITAL $50,000.00. ? j SURPLUS $50,000.00. Loans made on Real Estate, at reasonable rates. S2 Collections given prompt and careful attention. ^ Interest allowed on time deposits.. ^ Your business solicited. The oldest, the largest and |1 J the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. ^ \yy/5o\vy Dr. J. E. WELSH, Dr. R. G. ELLIOTT, dentist. Lancaster, S. C. ice over Williams?Hughes Co'r Kesidenc* 'phone, No. IS7. Offlc?, ?re, formerly occupied by I)r "Un"P M. Galloway. Ullll W ill practice in both town and ooiini k\T'> "I'L'U ? p ty- Allcllu-ll?y or night, will reh.lv, o. L?. oeive prompt attention.