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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 SUBSCRIPTION KATKS. ?i? One Year $1.5 SI* Months 7 Three Months 4 Payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch, first nsertion. fl.OO. Each subso 4uent insertion Ml cents. For three months o ionger, reduced rates. Professional cards, per year, t\'i. Business notices. Transient Advertisements Cost and Found, and other classified aover tisetnents not exceeding 2ft words, lift cents to each Insertion; I cent a word for each addi sional word over 2ft words. Obituaries, Tributes of respect, cards o thanks and all matter of a personal or politica aaturc to be charged for. i Advertising rates by the column matle knovri an application. Brief correspondence on subjects of genera interest Invited. Not responsible for views o correspondents. R. E. IVYI.1 E, President. JNO. A. COOK, SBc'r. una Tkkas, j. M. RIDDLE, J? . Busink.ss Managkk. Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7, IW at the postottlce at Lancaster, S C.. under Ac of Congress of March 3, ism. Saturday, November 10, 1906 THE NEGRO QUESTION-POSSIBIL ITIES FOR GOOD OF THE COLORED PREACHER. Some colored ministers in tlx town and county, we are told have been doing some good worl of late in appealing to their con gregations to use every eflor within their power for the sup pression of crime among thei own race, especially the heinoui offense of criminally assaul inj women. The preachers referret to are earnestly striving, if w< have been correctly informed, t( build up a sentiment among tin negroes tor the maintenance o; law and order throughout this section. The resolutions recent ly adopted on the race quest ioi by the colored Methodist confer ence at Dixie, published in Tin News at the time, afford evidenct of tlie beneficial results of tin movement inaugurated by tin preachers to bring about bettei moral conditions among ibec 1 ored race. The News, of course com mends the ministers engaged ii this work, tor their labors ap pear to le directed along tin line time and again suggest, d ii 'tliese columns. We have con tended all along that it is in the power of the negro preacher t< accomplish much in the wav ol reforming the morals and iin proving generally (he characters ol his own people. The most ignorant and depraved of librace come within the sphere o his influence?a class that can not he reached by the newspa per or other agency for good The responsibility, therefore, c the colored minister is ver.t great indeed, his opportunities for elevating the moral tone o bis lace being well-nigh unlim ited. While trying to stamp ou immorality and endeavoring t< encourage a spirit of obedienci to law, the preachers and othei leaders ot the colored peoph might at the same time rendei incalculable service to the rac< along another important line, il they would but make the propei effort. We reler to the need o the cultivation in the averag* i egro of an ambition to hettei hi* material condition, to makt and accumulate something for himself ai d family. The great scarcity ol labor today ;s duo to the idleness ol the negro The 'advance in the price of labor enables iiie negro now to make enough in two or three days to support him for a week, and the consequence is lie loafs or does nothing fully half the time, nol withstanding the fact that there is a demand for his services six ?t * davs in the week. Almost any 0 J hour in tlie day or night a lot of stout, able bod ed negroes may he . seen hanging around street corners. Now let the better class of t! e ! colored people ? the preachers ~ and leaders?use their influence with the idlers. Teach them the | value and importance of laying " n up something for a rainy day, of having batik accounts, of buying 1 f homes and bettering their condition generally. At present prices of labor any ordinary hand can, . by keeping regularly at work, make a trend livinc and have a nice sum left at the end of each J week or month for deposit in ' bank. The savings thus deposit- ( r eu will in the course of lime be ' - come sufficiently large to enable the depositor to buy a home or make other judicious investment 0 for I he benefit of himself and , family. Hut the average negro c will never adopt this plan as long . as lie is content to merely exist, t and here is where the leaders of j - his race can put in their good | r work. Let them awaken his s dormant pride, instill in him an y j ambition to become a credit to 1 himself and to his race by lead3 ing a life o( activity and indusi try, carefully husbanding thej" ; fruits of his labor and scrupu I fjlously obeying the laws of both i j Gcd and man. 11 The prospects are now pood fori - tlie establishment ol a board of; ^ 1 1 trade in Lancaster. The News I] s has repeatedly urged open our h 51 business men 'he importance < ? | and value to the community of t < r such an organization. and weM - aroji here fore pleased to note that j Lancaster is likely to have ah . hoard ol trade at an early day. i , A meeting ot representative I < . merchants and other business ' ? men ol the town was held last'^ i Tuesday night, when the mat L . ler w> s thoroughly discussed. : . j "I lie consensus of opinion was ] i that a heard ol trade should be I I established without delay, and 1 while no action was then taken, i \ 1J another meeting will soon be i. held for the purpose ot formu- < s 1 ting the nece-sary plans. j l ?Good progress is being made I in making a cpment sidewalk, in j front of the Springs block. A1 -1' * clerman T. S. Carter is personal-l ly supervising tne work, and he f . is seeing that it is done right. i Sheriffs Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, , County of Lancaster. Execution Against Property Lancaster Mercantile Co., riaiutiff, 3 Vs. !: K. Phillips, Defendant. r l!v virtue of an Execution to me directed ? in the aliove stated wine, 1 will Hell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within ( " the legal hours of sale, at Lancaster Court Monso, on Monday the 19tli day of Noveiu* j her A D 19'ifi the following described f i property, to wit: i One binck mare mule about 7 years old r | aij<l one black horse mule about H yt-aiH 'old. Levied on and to be sold as the I property of E. If. Phillips to satisfy the j aforesaid Execution and costs. Teims of Hale cuhIi r JOHN !'. HUNTEli. bheritl L. C. i Oct. 31, 1900. -*8 TO THE & The Greatest COST SALE EVER KNOWN IN THE HISTORY OF LANCASTER CO. T T ' - - - - -- Knowing mat me good people of Lancaster county have implicit confidence in what we say, tve would find ourselves very much embarrassed indeed if we did not stick to it. So when we make the assertion that we are going to sell at cost, we MEAN that, and nothing less. Now for the next 30 days we are going to offer our entire stock of $25,000.00 worth of Heavy and Fancy Ciroceries absolutely at cost. Perhaps there are others who have come at you with the same bait (selling at cost) and then add on 25 to 50 per cent. ; but that is not our motive at all. We know that our reputation is at stake, and we intend to carry it out just as described. Below we mention only a few of the numerous barirains we have in store for our friends T?ememher the date ilso remember this is a spot cash sale. Not one single thing will be charged at prices named. rhree cars Fancy Patent Flour, 150 barrels each, per sack $2.00 Dne car Half Patent Flour, per sack 1.75 2,000 pounds fancy blend Roasted Coffee, 7 pounds for 1.00 500 dozen cans 3-lb. standard weight Tomatoes, per dozen 1.20 100 dozen cans Corn, per dozen 1.00 100 dozen cans Peas, per dozen 1.00 3,000 lbs. selected Plug Tobacco, per pound 20c to 40c 5,000 pounds Candy 1,000 pounds Smoking Tobacco from 20c pound to 40c 10,000 Cigars and Cheroots 4,000 gallon Molasses at per gallon 20c to Ami our entire lot of Hardware. Now remember this sale will last only 30 days and is to be paid for before taken from the store. The sale will commence next Monday and will end the first Monday in December. Very respectfully, Bennett Grocery Comp'y Wanted! I YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO I We want to buy within the next three weeks all the cows, sheep, 11/1 IOC T 1-11 C C 14 A \I C E I ?oats, hogs, chickens, geese, tur-1 Jill I Ijlj L|lAllLC ! keys, ducks, guineas, eggs, but-1 Illu Vllflil VU tor. etc.. for sale in Lancaster i zounty, and will pay the highest | Rogers Teaspoons $1.50 sash price for same. Our busi- Rogers Dessertspoons 2.25 ness has increased to such an ex- j Rogers Tablespoons 3.50 tent that we find it difficult to Rogers Knives 2.00 keen enough meat to supply our Rogers Forks . 2.00 trade,and for this reason we are Rogers A. D. Coffee Spoons 2.00 | paying a little better price than Rogers Sugar Shells, gilt 75 3ther folks for cattle, poultry, Rogers Sugar Shells, silver 00 etc. So if you have anything in Rogers Butter Knife 75 and bring'ita!|t.ick!n"\vea also Anything in Rogers Silver at proportionately low prices. want to buy corn, peas, green As a gift silver has no equal. I have the largest and 1 and dry hides. Highest cash best selected stock of Plated and Sterling Silverware ' price paid for all. ever shown in this community. We wish to say to our trade that we are prepared to deliver ~T * T~ ~w~ t * t anything you want in the meat ( | line. Handling so many beeves| * i day enables you to get your choice cut. We also handle fish ? ? and oysters. 1 piyier Bros. Bargain Seekers Bargains Take Notice . We will offer to the trading public for the next 30 days our If you want a big bargain entire stock of Men's and Boys' Clothing ; also our line of nice now the time to eet it Pants at cost. In dry goods and notions we carry everything nowis me ume to get it. general store, and will sell them lower than For Ten Days you can buy them anywhere in town. We have some superb barwe are going To sell you *ains in dress goods in all colors and styles. goods at reduced prices, HATS AND SHOES. and will also give you a Hats in all styles and prices to suit all. For men we offer an nice present with every two attractive line of fine shoes in 3.50 and 5.00. These are the celdollars' worth that you buy. ebrated Reynolds Shoes, the best on the market. In ladies' fine ^ shoes we give you the Stroolman Shoes, one of the best in AmeroOUVemrS ica. We have them in all kinds and stvlea nr?H of the Lancaster Graded up to the minute and are in the prettiest kind "of patents and School at cost. So come h ack leathers? from 2.00 to 3.50. Our line of shoes for boys, and get one before they are miss<hs an(' c surpasses anything ever before offered by * J us? from 50c to 2.50. J gone" November 6, 190b. Yours for business CLYBUBN * ROBINSON. . McCar(jell & ^ Read The NeW9. Old Mercantile Stand. mm