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4 The Lancaster News. Semi-W eekly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, S. C., By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Charles T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year SI.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 40 Payable In advance. ADVERTISING RATES. 'T" ?nc inch, ilrst nsortlon. fi.00. Each RUbsei,l nt infection - ? cents. For throe months or lvugur, reduced rates. Professional cards, per year, SIS. Husinea* notices, Transient Advertisements, Lw <\dH I 11 v il *im1 ftlhfii* i tiiivnr liAoments rut exceeding U5 word:", cents for ewh insertion: t com a word for each additional word over " words. Obituaries. Tributes of respect, cards of tnanks and all matter of a personal or political nature to be charged for Advertising rates by the column made known on application. ... Brief correspondence on subjects of eo iornl interest Invited. Not responsible for views of correspondents H. 15. \VYI,115, PltBSHiRNT. :> JNO A. COOK, Skc'y. andTtiK.es. J M. RIDPLG, Jit . Business Makageii. Entered :ih socond-class matter, Oct. 7. If.'O, St the postofflce at f^n carter S C. un or Act of Congress of March 3. I8*i> Wednesday, .January 22, 1908. The last issue of tlie Chester Lantern contains a* many as six editorial and local articles taken from The Lancaster News, all properly credited of course, which is a distinct compliment to this paper, for no journalist in the state displays better taste and judgment in the selection of matter for his columns than does Editor Bi^ham. The names ot some of Lancaster's streets have 110 significance whatever, local oriotherwise, such hs Market, French, Broad and Arch, for example.- There is no market on Market street, never lias been and none likely to be. There is nothing 4<frenchy" about French -treet. No French people live * n it. or have ever rlou^ so. Bread \street is no wider than any other. And i( there is any arch in Arch street wo have never seen it. Why not discard these and other meaning less names and substitute in their stead something possessing both signification and appropriateness? And now is a good time to suggest that we return the compliments paid 119 by our sister towns that have "Laneaser Avenuos." At all events our atreet nomenclature needs overhauling. Tilt LILN LAWIt appears to be a foregone ooit nl *1* n t * F 1 1 ^ &k,' l <: wuii^K'niuii til u til*" l II IHW Will be repealed at the present sessi< n ?>i the legislature. It tlie law is responsible tor everything charg- j o 1 against it?the demoralization : of labor, the encouragement of | extravagance, the impoverishment ot farmers an 1 ttie deterioration of their lands, and so on ?it ought to be killed, but is it i We doubt it. There ia no question about the fact that the law is oftentimes abuaed, that in many instances undue advantage is taken of those j who ar" dependent upon the lien lor a b i-'is of credit, but it does not necessarily lollow that such practices are general. An impartial history of Ihe law's operations in the stale would probably show that hundreds of poor tanners in each county, white as well as black, by dealing with honest merchants and banker', have prospered and are contiau * 1 HE LANOA in? to prosper?farmers who but for the lien law would be unable to operate individual or independent farms, unless gome other method of using the crop as a means of credit should be resortod to. >ATi 11 fl \i? ronno! r\ f f Uo Ian/ ram. M I %. U> "I l/UV l'? " ? edy the evils complained of ? * That, it occurs to us, is the paramount question which the legislature should consider. Will it make labor conditions belter, will it prevent high credit prices, and will it promote the farminc interests of the country generally ? Let us see. Labor is already scarce, and , there is danger of its becoming I more so with the lien law out ol 1 the way. The white farmer who i now rents land and get? his terilizer and supplies from a merchant under a lien, or with money borrowed on the strength of a lien given on his crop, will not likely surrender his indepen dent .mode ot living and hire him self to his landlord tor wages.? It is more likely that he and ins family will move to one of the many cotton mills in the state that are ready and eager to secure their services, and where i they will find profitable employment. The colored renter, long accustomed to being his own boss, will scarcely be content to accept j farm wages in this stats, when he can move over into North Carolina or Georgia and rent all the land he can work, or when j j he ean go to the railroads, power ! plants, oil mill-3 and other public works and obtain higher wages j than a landlord c:.n afford to pay | him 3 But suppose the landlord is . able to induce his renters or lienj ors to accept service under him , as ordinary field hands?will he I bo an) b >tter off than he is now ? : How is he going to secure t he j payment in labor or otherwise of flie advances that lie will be obliged to make ? It may be said j ! that the legislature is going j to enact a new contract law? i j one that will stand the test of the courts?and that under such law the landlord can "bind" his laborers. But is it possible for the legislature to pass a law that will prove effective?* The only law that would amount to anything so far as tiio negro is concerned is one providing for im-j prisonment for breach of contract, | and such an act. line the old one.! would I)'1 unconstitutional. Again. it tl landlord, instead of utilizing his present renters or lienors as wage hands, continues to rent Iih lands to them, how, in the absence ot the lien law, is he going to secure payment tor his advances ? Will he not. assunie risks that lie lias nevor assumed before t And in order to make such advances, will not many a Ian llord he forced to mortgage his lands ? We are assuming, of course, that the repeal of the lion law will stop the practice or system of making advances for agricuU tural purposes?but will it ?? Will not the plan of mortgaging the crop be resorte 1 to?a plan more expensive in every particular and less easily enforced ? There are evidently two sides to this lien law question and it , is to bo hoped that our 1 aw makers will study it from every i point ot view before taking ac- , tiou. \ $4 ' . 1* V .STER NEWS, JANUARY 22, 19 Good One on Rum Creek. h< Lee Mcllwain, colored, undertook to drive across Rum creek, Si just beyoud Mr. B. H. Bennett ' * el place in tlie Jones Cross Roads section, last Saturday afternoon while the stream swollen by heavy rains. His wagon was upset and lie and his mule had a narrow escape from drowning. t] The contents of the wagon were h wmOio'I rtnwii flin oronlr Iml every thing was recovered except ,! a s mk <> ll ur. ? Lancaster News. Lee Mcilwaui is not the only mortal who has been upset in tin 'ertaking tocross Rum creek, and lie was more fortunate than mo^t of them. They nearly always turn down stream when they reach the chmoel ol Rum ^ creek, and before they land on " dry ground, the mule is gone, S the wagon is gone, the ll >ur i- ft] tone, aud if they escape drown- 111 ing, they have to s'ruggle the ^ remainder of their lives '.o keep t> th ir heads above water. That .i is a treacherous, pertlou ford in \ the Jones Cross Roads section, n- ( are all tlie crossings up and do vn Rum creek.?Chester Lantern. The Poag-Bell Nuptials---A ( Beautiful Church Wedding. Reported for The News. The Second Baptist church was ihe scene ot a beautiful and happy marriage Sunday, Jan. 12, 8 :oO p. m.,the confracting parties being Miss Nan- a nie Bell and Mr. J. E. I'oag, both of this place. Long before the hour arrived the church t' was filled o overflowing. The q presence of the bridal party was announced by Mrs. Ethel Set. lleniycr when she began playing J( I lie wedding march. First came the bridesmaids down the left aisle, in the opposite ,tisle bring the ushers, followed by the uride in the left aisle and the groom in right, coming together an. crossing at the rostrum facing the an lien where the Rev. T. A. D ibnej joiued them together in holy wedlock. The hriile whf t beautifully attired in white ?ilk | with French laces. The brides- \ madi were beautifully gowned ( in white silk.- 1 hoy were Misses Annie and Kster W?hh n and Mamie Sullivan. 1 lie ushers were Messrs Will barton, Wal tor Crenshaw and Dirline Mi* hafiey. Tne bridal party loft * Monday morning on theoailv train for the true blue mountaim and the groom's parents. When they return their future home will be in Lancaster. ( As happ?ness and pe ice have begun, may it extend all down through their tuture life, till it i.- | well done. C. T. Ilardin. 1 i ill.lj a/ Unnlli fl.?Alinn " ni"ir w? I3UUUI \yai "iiiiia County of Lancaster In the Probate (Joint, By J. E. Htewman, Enquire, Probate -Indue. W11KHEAH, The First Trust and Snv- i ings Bank of Kock 111II. S. < , made Hnitjto no-, to .{rant >t letters of Administration of the Estate of effects of Frank Walker. THESE ABE THE HE POKE to cite and a Itnonisli nil and singular the kindred and creditor* oftbw s ii 1 Prank Walker i deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate to be held at E'liicRHtei Court Mouse, S. C.,on '1 ties day, Jan. 28th, next, after publication , m-roof, at 11 o'clock in tho forenoon, t<> ihow cause, if any they have, why the i said Administration should not bo granted (liven under my Hand, ihta lEth day ot Ton 1 nnA Ikss?t.tr?* ' 1 It IW * f??? I llliuw 1/UOi IUI, I ? J. E. HTEWMAN, 9 1'iobfite Judge, 9 1)8. Sale of Personal Property. I will sel at Public auction at my ame in the Antioch section on Feb. h at 10 o'clock, a ni. all the personproperty of the estate of John F. nipes, deceased, consisting of 2 mules O wagon, corn, fodder, I oow and oalf, rj to. Terms of sale, cash. L. L. Snipes, Aduirx t h Jotice to Debtors and < redi- { tors. v All persons indebted to the estate of ? lie ate .1 id;M ! '. Snipes, deceased, are erebj n tirie o make payment to !e o dersi^ned at once; and all parous haviok e.iiiiins against said es- ( ue will p esent -iine duly attested. ^ 1.. L. Snipes, Admix I teTA'I 1 OF L" l II CAUOLINA, tOV.SfV OF I.ANVAKTKll. j lu the Probate Court, Py J. E. Htewniun, Esquire, Probate Jnrliro iITuci'eiis, Nancy It. Sullivan ?rul John fV \Y. Sullivan have made suit 1 10 to grant them Letters of Administpmon T r the Estate of >iud effects ot llobort M. nllivan deceased. < THESE A HE, THEREFORE, to cite ml admonish all and singular the kindred ' ml creditors ot the said Uobt M. Sullivan ^ ec'd, that they be and appear before le, in the onrt of Probate, to bo eld at Lancaster Court House, on the I nth day ot January, next, after pitlilicaion hereof, at 11 o'clock iti the toreuoon, to ' Iio\v cause, if any the) have, why the said 1 duiirii (ration should not be granted. Given under mv hand, this 14th day ot ] anuarv, Anno Domini, 19i>8. J. E. 8 LEW MAN, Probate 4 a dg?. January lith, l*.?08, 1REG0RY-ST0GNER | DAIRY FARM \ r In charge of Experi- ' need Dairymen, delivers ! t your door every morn- ( ng Choicest Cream, But- ? cr and Buttermilk in anv ' uantity. Call Phone No. 168 and^i' a vc your urucr. c Gregory Stogner Dairy Farm 8 "CABBAGE AND i For the nex PP'CM on lartfe' sirahl f r if tni shipment, my p V. F. CARR - BOX 55 ^ In getting l _ generally n I J. llC meet and ir \ M^n checking ac I iuan of its real Who expenses, it P 0 - and Ire know f oucceeds cess to meet f tion she is f Why don't y [ _, You take I The for it will h i individual si f Personal enterprise i ) yourself. I t Interest tro1' ./.'0 c [ easy it is to ! 4? Four Pe f Compounded Quarterly wi | our Savings Departme \ THE FIRST NATIONAL I i ( HAS. 1>. JONES. 1'rfHidi i.l f E. M. CROXTO . ' 7 -'.J -}<- .' \ 'v y\\News in Brief. Mayor Charles S. McOollough, ^ f Darlington, died Saturday. . . 'he Farmers' Union ot Spartan >urg county will organize a naional bank and creel a handsome tank building in Spartanburg he present year.. . . A man and romun were instantly killed in n auto accident 111 Baltimore Saturday.. . . Four cliildron were I row tied Saturday uliile skating in ice, near Indiana, Pa., the ice ireaking under them....The egislature ot" North Carolina onvneu in extra session yescrday.... Four girl? were killed md a number seriously injured >y jumping from a burning ; nil ting mil] in Scranton, Pa. . . lenry Watlerson, the famous ?entuckian, was among the ipeakors in New Vork Friday it a meeting to consider the tuure oi the negro race. . . .Charges of malfeasance in ollice have ieen made again-t Police limpet or Whitaker, chief ot New Oreans police, for shooting at J. VI. Leyeque, a newspaper editor MjJ ...George Kennedy, a negro, j^T vas handed Friday at. Charles on for tho murder of II. G. 3:ollo, a white guard a' a con?iot camp.... Charge * Emory Smith, editor of The Philidel>hia Pro s, former minister to dussia and Postmaster General, lied suddenly at his home in Philadelphia Sunday. . . .Chief >t Police A. E Pett.igrew of Xiidsvslle, N. G.. was sliofc Sunlay. probably fatally, by Ed. Pent), a negro of desperate charicter. . . .Winston-Salem,^. C., lad a $100,000 fire Stmjjay night . . .Chief of Police K. l)ar ;an, of Darlington, S. G., ,vas ound dead Sunday morning in he citv hall building. Opinions !itier a to whether he was murlored or committed suicide. Have you renewed your subcriplion for l'JUS r *EET PLANTS." :t few weeks I will till all orders for ?t plains at the following prices: KHIO ^ XX)"to 1)000 $1.00, 10 000 at 90o; special lots cash with order or (3. O D. if irantee satisfaction and safe delivery f the leading vairirfiis; The Karly Id the most popular early variety, tha kelield a few duj* later but very deeu planting I'? t he later varieties I sion and the Late Flat Dutch, both ;e ilat beads. Plants now leady for eraona attention given to all orders. - MEGGETTS, S. C. f things to come to his way ' | takes sure by going out to 1 ivite them in. He has a < ! .count at the bank because 1 value in limiting wasteful ; s convenience, its safety i js it is an invitation to sue- ; him half way?an invitain the habit of accepting.* . ; ou have a Bank Account? in building up and caring ave much to do with your ; access, and success of any ' .vith which vou identify i f f t is all undar your own con- w ) in and let us tell you how 1 start an account. 9 r Cent I ill be allowed if placed in t tANK, Lancaster, S. C. I m w. U E. WYLIE, Vior. Pramdent * X, Cashier. V