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?te Hatuaslet: Sfdgwr. t^2rrob>^i^iC^aqmu1, ( A Ftunily Xwpapc - For "* Promotion of the Political, Sbalal, Agricultural and Commercial interest*. j ^SIbl/w^taJoil*" bbiVjl-iA/t- > KLY rUr-iUH, LA N(JA?TKK, S. ()., FKBttU A HyTb, >*? ESTft^ ??!..,.==&' XIT i T*i nn Tin i t-\ i mi r\ m i /-i ! .VU \ T1>I)IViim'vik<i.i. ' wAKtmtmnuN: Said to be Already Actively in Progress. A CUBAN'S Y1EW. # I Thinks the Maine Disaster Will Make Relations Between Spain axd the United States More Cordial. Washington, D C., Feb. 22.? The army and navy departments are actively preparing for war. Extra workmen are being placed on the defenses under construction. : A special plan is being out lin ed for the protection of Washing-1 ton city. Every gun is being examined. The senate today passed , the bill adding two regiments of artillery to the stauding army. CAN RAISE THE MAINE. St Louis, Mo , Feb. 22.?Capt John T Guyre, for more than 30 years a diver both in salt and; fresh water, who helped raise tho Milwaukee, a double ftirreted boat, sunk at Mobile, says the Maine can be raised. lie says. "There is no question about the divers being able to determine whether the Maine was sunk by u torpedo.' Captain Guyre says the Milwaukee was wrecked in about the same way as tho Maine and lay in about the same position. Tho Milwaukee was tinaHy brought to the surface so she could be towod off. ANOTHER VIEW. Cleveland, Feb. 22.?Senor A C DeArange, a prominent Cuban and member of the Junta, in speaking of the Maine explosion, said. 'It is needless for me to sav that aL. /l I - * - -* mo v^uoans deplore that disaster, ( tho horror of which has sent a thift to girdle tho globe, while its circumstances have called forth tho condolence of the civilized j world. Hut it may interest the public to know that we also re | gret tho oeciUTonce for a reason puite separate from sympathy. The event will result in bringing 1 Spain and the United States into more amicable relations. Already tho conciliatory courtesy of the Havana authorities and the Mad-1 ? rid administration has neutrab/.od the unfriendly feeling which so: Ing prevailed in this country. The Spanish ministry saw its opportunity to strike the soft spot in the American hearts and was not tardy in embracing it. Whilo this fact may not seriously miiitate against the Cuban cause we would wish for a different Condi lion.' If you engage in a wheut do.ts, .t % and rako in tho profits, call it legitimate. If you get bitten, say it's gambling. Always l>? consist.! cut. It fs rather paradoxical, but truo nevertheless, that it is tho persons who make tho most trou ble for themselves who are alw ay , borrowing it. MT'tlnnontlnHiice or water oui .ne sleep st op (ted I'orasdiaiely b y l>Klr Dktohon's snti DiCKurrc CuK e'ltldrru and a-tuita alik* ?Price. *% Hold by J K M" **** A Oo , Drair^lg I>anca*t?r, H' She?Do you thiok that Adam realty loved Eve? He?Certainly. Tou see, there were no other wo Men around! , ? ? unoi l'r..> I \> lljIJUKiN | T SAYS ABOUT A CON VENTION. i No Provision Made for One This Ch I Month?Thinks Organization Has Done Good in Ro oucing Acreage. L ,, ? r I Special to The State, j Rock Hill, Feb 22.? In Saturday N ! morning's State there is a request! | from the Newberry Herald and j I News that The State newspaper j ask President Wilborn "what be j (come of the State convention he 1 was to call in February and if he; has abandoned the idea of trying i si to effect a State organization? In ui other words has ho thrown up the tl sponge, or what has l>een done?" a< The State refers the question to I tn President Wilborn and your cor i cc respondent upon interviewing him m was told by President Wilborn jei that the Newberry Herald and I at News had things considerably j '? mixed, lie states in regard tojcl the calling of a Stato convention I th in February, that there was no lu provision for the calling of such hi convention and that ho had pre-jtb vious to this received no sugges- ( si tion as to doing ho; ho had regard- j ed the organization made in No- j a vcniber, during the fair, us tkelcti State organization. Pursuant to te the suggestions made at that meet- t< ing every county in the State had j tl been requested to call meetings in ami to etfect county and township ti organizations; that such action ti had been taken in nearly every tn county in the State and ?hnt Now- J. berry county had been among the t< number doing so; that the organi- j ir zat ion is intact and is moving along ei smoothly. tl President Wilborn, is by no tl means discouraged with the pros- si ent status, and says that in tlie t( meetimrs of flw> ililToronl /...unfw.o I p, V, I.V.O resolutions to reduce the acreage ci to 10 acres per plow had been j ff passed and that the farmers gen- e^ orally were signing such agree- le incuts. He also slates that very w much more small grain is being II sowed in the State thai has been tl for many years. lie further aut'norized me to say that while no g provision has been made for call- ^ ing an early spring meeting and tl considering the stringency of the p times ho had not thought of doing u so, if it is the wish of the |>eoploof ( h< the Stato ho would take pleasure ci in doing so whenever such dispo- p sition is made known to him. tl ,r' A Sinter's Help. it V Next to mother ami father there is no one who can help a young '1 uuiii in Jive nobly a> bis own sis i'' ter. She cannot always go with |? him. Her weak arm could not always shield liiin if she were be- " side him. But there is iihelpj11 which she can give him thai will provo mightier than her presence. I It is not tho help of good advice and earnest word?those should j have power, too?hut tho help i? rather of silent influence, gained " I in the home by a life of useful- iHj | nesH and tieautjr, aud then held as / a potent charm outsido and t>eyond the home walls. There is a I power over her brother |>oflsible it i to every true no tor which would I be like the very hand of God to I guide him and restrain him in all ^ [ the paths of life. Cotton Plant, tl ! , , . t< Better wiver about taking the drink than wabble after getting it. | HAT MORTGAGE I, MARKED ATISF1ED. inking Fund Commission Fi- ' nally Crosses the Bridge. ERY LONG SESSIO N. i 1 ow tho Question is, Has Attor-I ney Lyles Been Checkmated ? Well to Wait and See Next Move. he State, 22d. i The State sinking fund coiuuiison under the authority givnn it nder tho provision slipped into le new sinking fund commission :t by tho free conference com littee in tho last days of tho re>nt session, has cancelled the lorlgago given by J \V Alexand on the agricultural hall property id marked the $ 10,000 document atislicd,' thus making tho purniser a present of a clear ten lousand dollars in tho effort to and off Mr Lyles in his tight to xve the federal courts pass upon io validitv of tho Blue Ilidgo ?r?n * "I" I The Stato a few days ago gave | atatement of tho status of the | ise, showing why it was ahsolu- j ly necessary to do this in order > prevent Mr Lyles from forcing , ic State into court in a case raisig directly the main issue as to { ic validity of the scrip. It was lought then that the State would { ike such action. When Mr j iyles was told that this ?oemed ? ho the next move of the State 1 j i the rather interesting and ex- !, 1 ting legal game, he remarked nit this was the only sensible , ling for the State to do; then he niled and added that "it seemed ? him that it came too late." It, | known that tho papers in the ( iso referred to have been tiled >r some time. It was said last j /cning that Yttorney Lyles had j ft the city in the afternoon, but hither he went is not known. | le does not seem to bo rutlled by I ? ?. ? ? ? iv viit rwuinjrv*nilt IIIUW, 11(1 W- | vcv. His next move is not even ' uessed at yet. * Yesterday all the members of, >e sinking fund commission were j resent at the meeting. The, ( leeting continued for several j} ours; the entire matter wasdis-j. issed and gone over in u 11 itsj| husos: finally the hoard re relied ( ic decision to cancel tho mortira , i, mark it "satisfied/' and return j to Mr Lyles as attorney for .J Alexander. A resolution to , lis elTeet was adopted, so the', oard announced, but a copy of ic paper coul l not lie obtained, ) wing to the u-uial amount 01 red , ipe that lias to In? gone through , 1 order to find out what the com !, fission has done. r? ?% ?" o??. M r JittUi'x J 'lies, of tin* drill/ firm /.f . A S hi., Oowden, lil . in h|m uk ? ig of !)r King'a New DUoovery. Hay* mt !M?t winter hi* wife wu? attacked Ith ladllpp', and lief c*ms grew mo ] rious tliMt phy?lcian? at t'owilen and | 'etifi could do nothing for her. It trmril to develop into Hastv f-'on ' iimptloti. Having Dr King's New < iiscotrery in utore. and selling Iota of j , he took a bottle li >me, and to the , irprl** of all she begar to get better rom first do?e. aud half doaen dollar ' ottle-t cured her nouod and well. Dt Liog'n New Dincovery for Coosump* ion, Cough*and Chide Is guaranteed > do this good work. Try It. Free -la! bottles at Crawferd Bres' Drug tore. MMwi On to PHaatrt CoMi ^ s' ATROCIOUS CRIME AT LAKE CITY. Work of a Brutal Mob.--Negro Postmaster Killed. His Wife, Son and Daughters Wounded and Maimed, and an Infant at the Breast Shot in Its Mother's Arms. special to The State. Lake City, Williamsbuig Coun,y, Feb. 22.?On the night of the 16th inst. the small building just nitside the corporute limits of Lake City, which was formerly a ichool house and which had been converted into a dwelling and lostoffice, jointly occupied by Postmaster F B Baker (colored) ind family, was well riddled with mlleta from the guns of unknown parties. No harm was done to .he occupants of the house. This failing to prove a sufficient warning to Baker, was followed .his morning just lieforo 1 o'clock by another attack upon the house by a mob which shot it 75 or 100 .imes, setting fire to the building n the meantime. Five of the chiidren and Baker's wife escaped death, but all but two children wero wounded by gun ihottf find aro maimed for life. Ba%er was shot down just inside jf the door as he was attempting ;o conic out of the building. Anjnf.int baby was shot out of ts mother's arms as she was about waning out of the door. Baker's body and that of the child were cremated in the Humes. The building and the entire post)111co equipment were consumed >y tiro and the citizens of Lake Jity are without n postoflice. It is certainly one of the most lorrible "rimes ever committed in ;ho State. ( )nA A f 11 '?? "I" " * ^ ?1,4 vr>.? w> utiitui r? <^ii in in uiwuglll ;o he futility won titled. The coroner held un inquest over .he dead bodies this afternoon. I'he verdict is to he rendered next Saturday. The feeling in Lake City among he whites is one of deep regret at he horrible deed committed so lear the town. The best citizens leeply deplore that they have >een placed in a position to receive the censure and hear the disgrace of the awful tragedy, when it is not generally believed that itizens of the town helpud to make ip the mob, though as yet the guilty parties are unsuspected. Feeling is running high among the negroes and trouble is feared tonight, as the negroes believe iiiul the crime was committed by whites. Frazier Baker was a black nagro, About 40 years of ago, and was appointed and took charge oi the Lake City postotlice about sis months ago. He ?*as a native oi Florence county, and never had lived at I.ftkn I'itv iirOll 4 j umii iiu num there to take charge of the jxist >flice. The people of Lake City protected against the appointment. Twice within the last two months the man baa been shot at. la Pamela Wimi. Thara U m dinei aaara oa<*rtohi fta (to atara tk4a ijnni ^toa Phytotoma aay Ike (?? mpi Ma of no l?? urn agraa. It la (ttnfcit HMt mailt to atkt a aacratt liagnotoa. Ho aaatoat how aovara, or a*4er dUealsiJemto^a oi^kkaeae Hu?toWWWWwWTWe*Bto MKll Jwl| HfwWBI Tvoai MMcrawttl cara H. LanMaahlo la aO I ilMUlM ?l#f PM. 3l?wa* baa Mton la aaM by all Mwa HEAVY HAND WILL FALL j w( ON SLAYERS OF BAKER. I Postotfice Department Offers Rewards for Murderers and Incendiaries. Lake Citv 18 i Office Discontinued. ' J Washington, Eeh. 23.?lnfor- jR 1 mation of the murder of the ne- ()f gro postmaster, Baker, at Lake La City, S C., and the burning of his office, came to the postoffice de- ? partment today in a dispatch from ^ Inspector Williams in diarge of the district, who has headquarters at Chattanooga. The latest telegram was very brief and merely ^0' told of the killing of the man and i the burning of the office. He will j send an inspector to the scene of the tragedy at once to investigate and make a full report of the case ye: to the dejartment. When this is ' th< obtained the department of justice ty will be asked to prosecute the It persons engaged in the crime. j pe? Baker, who is said to have been j coi a respectable colored man and who So : had previously taught school, wan li?< ? o " " M I appointed to the office in July on 1 lost. It is said at the department inj that he was a man of quiet, unoh* er trusive habits and had filled the toj position a short while only before threats of personal danger were ex mode against him. Thero was no ly place in the city to be had for to keeping the postoffieo and it wus H< removed to the schoolhouse in tho me suburbs. The citizens boycotted od 'the offico with some degree of hei success. No serious complaint tie had been received concerning the tin condition of affairs very recently, am and it was hoped that the preju the dice against the postmaster had tor j died down. pre The postmaster general has of- clu ferod a reward of $300 for the Stn arrest and conviction of the persons who burned the postoffieo atj rur Lake City, S. C., or Monday I tin: night, and a reward of $500 for an< ; the arrest and conviction of the *tr< i porsons who murdored the post- ! j master at the same time. J General Gary has issued an or-1 l .1:= *: - " ' paw in uiwiiiiiiiiiiu tut* oince at 1 j i Lake City from this time. ! jn? Mail intended for Lake City wo will hereafter be sent to Scranton, | cm j the nearest postoftice, where it jai ean he called for by the people of fm ! the former place. ' cat Attorney (leneral (iriggs has a c telegraphed United States Attor-' 1 ney Lathrop at Charleston in | strueting him to cooperate with jn, the State authorities, and if possi- l(;l 1 hie secure the arrest of the parties M1 for destroying the postoftice building and for other felonious acts in jp, connection with the murders done vj( in violation of the statutes of the jj, ' United States i w# Courting is a natural blessing. tcl It teaches young people to speak t? mildly, especially if the old folks I are in the next room with the ft' '' door open. I | i The .laps are up to <late in new j ideas, and 5,000 of them aro pro-1 ' paring to start for the Klondike ' next month. j jei A littlo girl four years old says j she knows what drawing is: 4 You i just think aomething and then run ^ a line around your think.' ne out Much charity which begins at ^ home is too feeble to get out of <i? doors, and much that begins out of doors never gets into the home '*? * w circle. Cr< m ft? AWMrt *? i Undersell All Others In Groceries. i. i h rr k iv s E?ouml* granulated Sugar for 1 (X) [kjuiuJh light orown Sugar 1 00 We have the cheapest line Chewing and Smoking Tobacco town. Also we carry a nice line Notions, such as handkerchiefs, dies' and Gents' Hose, etc., etc '* W. Cherry At Hro. i )VERNOR O F F E K S UE WARD. 00 for Conviction of the Murderers and Prosecution Instituted. In oiiiciiil and political circles sterday great condemnation of 5 act of the Williamsburg counmob was heard upon all sides, seemed hard to believe that nple living in South Carolina iild be guilty of such an act. me vigorous expressions were ard and the opin'on is unanim s that the deed will do tuore to lire this State than all the othlynchings of the last decade put pother. Governor Ellerbe, when seen, pressed himself very vigorousabout the affair, but declined say anything for publication. > simply made the annc.unco>nt that ho had promptly offer a reward of if500 for the apprension and conviction of the pars unknown who hud committed i deed. In addition to this the nouncement is made that through i attorney general s office Solici Wilson lias been instructed fo iceed to Lake City and take irge of the ease in behalf of the ite. This case differs from the usual l of lynchings in that the vici was holding a Federal office 1 United States mail was do Dyed by the fire. Thoughtlessness. Farmer Simpson was anexceed;lv mild natured man, and uId find excuses for the shortnings of his neighbors; for tho dts of his horses and, in fact, OVArtf itnnlnouoni 4k.*4 J Limb no in his way. He purchased :ow, and had great ditlicultv in eping her in the pasture. 'She's kind of a rovin' critter, t slie means well.' lie said, af a walk of several miles in purit of her. One morning he was milking 0 cow, when she began to kick ilently, upset the .-tool, sent o |>niI Hying, tn<l :;I the milk is spilled. The farmer got up, and con m plating the ruin, said gravely a witness of the disaster: 'Well, now, that's the worst lilt this row has.' Then after a moment's meditain, feeling that perhaps ho had en unnecessarily severe, he sd<1, 'That is if you can call it a nit; maybe it's only thought*sness.' four t,'f> Bv U?ln? I'HK GhKAT HoUTM 4KKICAN KlDNKY ' URK " This v* remedy i* u ureal am prise on aclint - f Ms e*oe?*dlnK promptness la ifvl iu pain in (lie Kid i ys, Bladder (I B-ck lu male or feintle. It rev?-s retention of water and pain in ksiiu h s'm st imnn diately. Save or*?ve? bv u <inu ?hi* marvelous re I'm use will prevent fatal conjuenc's in M''iiost *0 ctaee by its eat alteratlva and healing powers, id by J /"Maoke * o? ?anoaate~< U