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4 ?tic Xaurastcc Itcws !!; (SEMI-WEEKLY.) ch Published Wednesdays and Satur- ti days at Lancaster. tS. U., by the Lan- m caster Publishing Company. jj, Charles T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION HATEs! One Year 11.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 40 Payable In advance. ADVERTISING RATES. J, One Inch, tlrst insertion. $1.00. Each subseuent Insertlo i 50 cents. For three mouths or f: cnger, reduced rates. Professional cards, per year, 118. f;j Business notices, Transient Advertisements, Dost and Found, at.d other classified aover- 0| tlsements not exceeding 85 words, 25 cents for eaelt insertion; 1 cent a word for each addl- Jo tloual word over 85 words. Obituaries, Tributes of respect, cards of Ol thanks and all matter of a personal or political nature to be charged for. l'p Advertising rates by the column made known on application. fr Brief correspondence on subjects of general interest invited. Not responsible for views of '>1 correspondents. It E. WYL.1E, Prbbiuknt. A. J. CLARK, Business Manager. Entered as second-class matter, Oct. 7, 1$K)5, at the postofllce at Lancaster S. C.. under Act of Congress of March 3. 1879 N ATI* It l> A V, .11 AlK 'll I I, I DOS. n ? a Lyon's roaring over Pritch- " ard's performances has left a |( beastly laste in the mouths of C( Bome people. b The latest highly colored story comes from Pennsylvania. A far- it raer of that state claims to be n the possessor of a hen that lays C colored eggs. lie must feed her n oa Devoe's paints. ir ===== tl Monroe, N. C.,like some of her w South Carolina neighbors, is k keeping up with the homicide hi procession. There are now five prisoners in Monroe's jail cliarg- tl ed with murder. Court convenes there next Monday. A New York man struck a ^ match on the seat of his trousers 81 just after his wife had cleaned ?( them with gasoline. What followed was a burning shame.? Anderson Mail. An asbestos patch is the thing . for him now. 1 g d An exchange boasts that an Atlanta girl has now married a v nobleman from Europe. She a was a grass widow, and lie will n probably find that the American t' he caught was a tartar.?Angus- w ta Herald. , Yes, a sort of tartar emetic, since she hails from Atlanta. Whenever a Columbia man wantshis garden spaded he starts a report that money was buried in it during the war. His neigh- '' bora c<>nie around at night and t( quietly dig up the whole patch Id for him.?Anderson Mail. w Good schema. Now watch Ex- a] Editor Carter work it 011 hisWent f, End neighbors, while he goes u fi filing. ,, If all the Circuit judges dispatched business with tlio rxpe- si union ol Judge Watts there h wouldn't bo any excuse for the ( b creation ot now circuits every o lew years. There's no unseem- , h ly haste on Judge Watts's part, v hut he certainly know* how to 1* keep I lie machinery ol the court * moving?and that, too, without d friction. d Wo renew i nr suggestion to ff Council to establish a fire de-1 o: partment. Lancaster cannot at- '! ford fo remain longor " ifhoui b( some kind of fire protection j bl YorUviile, a town not so large as 1 se Lancaster,has "own^d an up-to j p: date fire wagon for/onr or fivejw > ears,*' says fhe Yorkville corre-,d< THE LAN0A8T1 >oudent of the Charlotte Ob- Governor rver, and it has recently pur- Paj lased "regular fire horses." Un Money I the purchase of its own ani. " als, Yorkville has been using .6 yery stable stock. What our Me6 ' 1D C .... . . , T receivers Jighborinc town has done, Lan- , f . , . Pritchard f ister can certainly do. , ? ry tund fro now in the We hope that the recommeu. , . . . sent out a ition of the grand jury in rela- , , ,. ^ holding tl on to the County Home will be tjlat ivorably acted upon. The pres . . . , ces must ii it site is entirely too far from ... . .. , , , without th< >wn. One of the advantages coijatRra| (j a location near this place is the , ... 1 and withou ict that the inmates would more ., , the chairm equently become the recipients 1 r countereigi the kindly attention and help 1 urer. the good, generous-hearted . lhis moi oeple of this community. 1 J governor v 7 ceivers tak It is rumored that there is a when they lovement by several business are ready t r.d professional men to secure * ie enactment of a "curfew" law )r Spartanburg. There has een considerable complaint re- Editor Lnnca antly concerning the conduct of Though oyR on the streets late at night. news froir -Spartanburg Journal. our county Anderson has a curfew law and pje are jUB is said to work well. It might wide-awaki ot be a bad idea for Lancaster's Mr. j)ou ouncil to pass a similar ordi- Mr. ^ L ance. The chiel of police re \y Complet< larked to us the other day that tuning and le people of this community Bryant Scl ould be amazed if it were at Battle C nown how many youths are to tjie largest e seen on the streets late hours tj10 world, t night?some as late as two and graduated iree o'clock in the morning. Miss Jan - spending a . .. , , Mrs. John Attention is directed to the ex- ... .. ? , , will return jptioually fine showing made ^ ,,, ~, , ? T ... at Clifford v the Bank of Lancaster in its w , , Mr. Ben atement. of condition publish* it i i. 11 i i court in CI 1 elsewhere. It will be observ- . , . , .he being a I that this splendidly managed ,, ... . . , . , . Miss Ar nancial institution, which ranks ... nr. . visiting li xth oil tlie honor roll ol hanks , , ..... . nelghborho l bouth Carolina, continues to _ , Osceola, w row in popular favor, as eyi- . . , school, last enced by its steadily increasing . . i c i i . i Miss Ivii olume of business. Us capital i . . t(>r< spent n?l surplus now amount to . , . , , with ner li loro than one hundred and ., . . , ma Mob ley -venty five thousand dollars, hicli assures absolute safety to _ epositors. Kesult ot Lost Arm in Saw Mill. Ashovill Charlotte Monroe Journal : At .Mr. John dent as a r /. McCain's saw mill, which a pistol oc< ad just been put up in Huford ville, ten i )wnship, a most peculiar acri- yesterday, But occurred last Friday by tW(> boys, 1 hich Mr JefT Stanies lost his 8 year-old nn, and came wit bin a mere die. action of losing his life as well. Voung ] le was bearing oil'lumber, work- was ?ttem ig between tha engine and the calibre car *w. Suddenly the big belt 22-calibre rlieel of the engine flow olF, r'dge explt truck Mr. Starnes and threw l?1.g close 1; im against the saw. As lie fell *',e bullet eside I ho saw his ieft arm was t'10 *e'^ ev ut dll and thrown with such '',0 head, ' Dree against the colored man hack of th rho was running the engine as Jack's fin knock linn down. The big hlood poi heel, who-h weighed eight hun-i^e'"IPr ?f red pounds, pinned the man 1'vo. own by the saw and part of the heel rested on tlie -jaw . This Court in ict kopt him from being drawn n tho saw and killed. Bits of Chester! ie wheel wore knocked oft and day's Str ?rne ol the teeth of the saw i Mond ty. tl rok. ii out. Mr. McCain him- Robert Ah If whs on the yard and his rare | following o resenco ot mind saved the: Julius M ounded man from bleeding to J guilty. 3ath. j Arthur I AK NEWS, MARCH 14. IUU8 W arns Banks Not r Out Dispensary ~^W"^W^T~ w e of yesterday: Gov. W W >rder to prevent the appointed by Judge or the State dispensa- Yoil IU huvil,,h tuo 1UWUCJ . | > various banks, has fl CclDl letter to the 31 banks I deli. tis money, warning E under no circumstan- I A liis money be released | BjJL m. 3 production of the leposited for security PTee it the check signed by an of the commission tatO led by the State treas- Lar ire on t ho part of the CJUai rill prevent the re- * ing any action even ? fllS 1! have (pialified and 0 serve. tO g ~ cabl khurst News. Kter News: S Want c i we seldom see any ???? 1 this community in paper, still our peo- 1\l t as much alive and TT 3 as over. ? Chesterfield this yeai Week. I'"M1 ',0Plini . , . ... i guilty, throe ye .eld 9poc1.1l ... ye.u-r- Tllrlelim tie: Court convened . . lk , lory with intent ie :)th instant, J u due . , ill , i (-' ?ll,<l rll'l'IIC.', inch presiding. The * .. ... . ' . , ; Arthur Kiel uses were disposed of: , , , , , . , freaking mid lar lorrison. murder, not yo.,r j II. M. Smith, larris, larceny, guilty, . not guilty. glas Robertson, 9011 of Robertson, has recentail a course in pianorepairing in the Niles il| I | 100I of L'iano Tuning l| | Jreek, Mich. This is school of the kind in and Mr. Robertson | 1 1 with honors. ? ? tie Cauthen has been 1KB M | I while with her mother, A J0 Robertson, but she " to her school duties Seminary this week. v Mobley will attend TTTNJ uarleston next week, U. S. jurcr. inie Stover has been er parents in this ^ >od. She returned to -LvOcLCl here she is teachimg I 4**2 1%- 1) , Sunday. Uciliy 1.1 1I1 McDow, of Lancas- "One of th< Saturday and Sunday the marvelous ? ttie friend, Miss Em- comedian, wlios have seen him. balancer Colum Boys Playing with "Alts. Com p. among the best Pist?h those who do n< e special in yoPieraay's will nuss tlte 1 Observer : An acci- Columbia.' esult of playing with jurred noar Weaver- l-H I niles from Ashoville, anil it is feared that llarmie Black and an High cl lad named Kller, will dancing, illU and beautifu [back, 15 years old, gentlemen ai ipting to drive a 32tridne into a pistol of ^ ~ horo when tlie cart- jfwyli i led. Kller was stand- J iy watching the elfort. entered just under ] e and, going thrush odged under the >-kin Doors Ope o right ear. Two of ! 'fWO hours gers were torn off and i^jss it son has developed. the boys is expected one year. A r t 111 i r IInvil ante: i to know that we are selling Dage, cut from the field, nic :ious. ng Beans, in peas, squashes, new Iris es and tomatoes direct froi id of Flowers. We are rters for fruits. > the Place et seed potatoes and frost 3age plants. ickens and butter. L. Croxton & C( i ^ 1111 auuvv 1 nd children. A treat for all. h 13th 1 [n Catholic Grove. n at 7 30. Performance start of solid fun and amusemen Court adjourned , manslaughter, Tuesday night, maki "fl- for the amount of w< manslaughter, Hindi a short while. iirs? Irion Is of Slenogra .assault and bat- Covington noted w to kill, guilty, that thii was his las i official capacity as h( mrdflon, house- transferred t<? the no ceny, guilty, one , | i c,ft DeWittH Cnrboli/.ed VVi nou-o jreaking, it'ilmiiiistoothing udi lor pile* Hold by nil druggis t & Silverlak ] and 20c I DER CANV7 what the Columbia coord says: e best features of the series this \ve< icrobatic feats of the Connors. Mr. c originality makes him a favorite v He is undoubtedly the best acrobt bia has seen in a long time. ior, as a buck and wing dancer, rani . The Connor's engagement ends to )t avail themselves of the chance of s >est performance of its kind ever ] vIOUGH SAII ass plays, farce comedies, sin strated songs, acrobatic acts, a 1 fir<^_ dinrP5 A c K r\iif ? ' D r new e and h porn the head proof ). bY how w vv L,S.C., 2k has been Connor is a -ith all who it and hand ks foremost night. All eeing them produced in D King- and icrial acts or ladies, 4th s at 8.15. t. Don't sine die 011 a record irk done in Tlio many pher F. F. dfli re:rr,?f t visit in an vv circuit.' lob Hazfll Sftlvo Pooling if good t*