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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

1t may be stupidity on our
part, but we must confess to an
inability to see wherein we have
been caught mapping, as intimat-
ed by our friend Solicitor Henry,
in his communication which ap-
pears elsewhere in today's paper.
In the editorial to which he re-
fers we simply directed attention
to what, according to all recog
nized rules for the Interpretation
of language, is a marked discrep.
ancy between what he in his
card in the Columbia State says
he said and what the official
stenographer says he said, in his
testimony in the hearing before
Judge Gage OF the motion for a
change OF venue in the Morrison
case. The affable Solicitors
present explanation revives in us
the nope that we may some day
be able TO see a difference be
tween tweedledum and tweedle-
dee. But, seriously, we gladly
accept aud give publicity to Mr..
Henry's disclaimer that no re.
Election was intended by him on
Lancaster's most worthy sheriff.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

between Columbia and the up
country, in which the Congress-
man strongly appeals for an i'm.
provement in the company's SER
vice. Why Mr.. Aiken confines
his complaint 10 the locality des
ignated we are at a loss 10 know =,
for the grievance is general, a
fact which The News has more
than once emphasized. Possibly
he thought that it would be more
proper for his colleagues equally
as interested to take the matter
up with the railroad authorities
on behalf of their particular ter
ritories. AT all events, we should
like TO hear Of Congressman Fin
ley inauguraIing a movement
along the same lines.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

The very excellent histori-
cal sketch of the old WaXhaw
settlement, written by Miss
Marie Craig, which appears in
today's News, is taken from a
recent issue of the Winthrop
College Journal.
In the Monroe court this
week Mr.. f. j. Heath recovered
verdict against the Seaboard
Air Line for $3.50. damages to
his land by fire.
The pup'ic cooking demon
srration at The Lancaster Mer.
Cos hardware store is bein g at
tended by a large number of our
people. both of town ard coun-
try. The demonstration is un
der the charge Of Mr.. Philip
Fische, Of st. Louis, who has
quite q record OF holding sales at
the largest fairs given in this
country in thI past 5 years. Mr..
Fische is giving similar de
monstration to the one that was
conducted Il at the Worlds Fair in
1904, in which he is operating
range with a paper stove pipe
bound with cord, and matches
are placed underneath the cord
against the paper. If you have
not already seen this Worlds
Fair wonder call today and see
it.. Remember the exhibition is
very interesting, not only 80 but
very educational, as the demon
strator is well posted on what
ought to be placed in the kitchen
to keep down worry and trouble.
Mr.. Fische extends to all an in
vitaiion 10 attend today his fare.
we'll exhibition.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

that of the entire amount,
$2,291 .97, expended by the Gov
ernor last year of his special con
tingent fund for ''iawiessn ess and
Iynchings" the aggregate sum of
81 ,667 sd was paid Messrs Hen
ry, Howie and Newbold on &C.
count Of the Kershaw lypching,
assuming that all the sums paid
those parties were for Sc vices
reudt red in connection with that
investigation. 1t will be noted
that the payment of $500 So to
Solicitor Henry and the pay
ments Of $93. and $134 A on the
18th of March to Mr.. Newbold
for Mr.. Howie are not stated to
be on account Of the "Kershaw
lynching," but the presumption
is that they were so made.
Assuming such to be the case,
Detective Howie received alto
gether, in a little ever two
months-from March 18th to
May 26th-the startling sum Of
,300.76 for his alleged services
in trying to find out who lynch
ed Morrison. From the general
knowledge of the public as TO
what Mr.. Howie did in the mat
Ter, his compensation appears to
be altogether out Of proportion
TO the amount of work done
But reasonable showing must
have been made 10 the Governor,
else he would not have ordered
the bills paid. Mr.. HOWE may
have rendered service of which
the public knows nothing. We
are simply judging the matter
by what appears in the official
record.
The payment of $3.50 Sc to
Solicitor Henry also needs some
explanation, and in justice to
that officer the matter should be
explained. AS it now appears,
here is IA salaried public officer
receiving extra compensation
from the state for work done, or
supposed 10 have been done, IN
the line of his official duty.
The claim Of Lawyer Newbold
is very modest one and is there
fore not open to criticism. He
seems to have been paid only his
railroad expenses TO kershaw,
1922.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

Mrs. Boone, wife OF Mr..
Smith Boone of Lanes Creek
township,dled last Tuesday night.
She was about 40 years old and
had been for IA number of year
member OF h 9 Methodist
ch@rch Funeral was held yes
terday at Ioar.--Monroe En-
qu'rer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

Mr.. J. l.. Helms who lives
four miles south Of WaXhaw he'd
the misfortune to lose his barn
by fire last Sunday morning. A
good mule, and new buggy
and a wagon, together with a lot
of hay and other feed stuff went
up in smoke. Monroe Enquirer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03
THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Miss Louis Sloan, of Greenville.
was severely burned Wednesday
night by the explosion of lamp,
which was overturned by her
dog.
Cotton growers, cotton spinners
and representatives of cotton ex
changes are to have conference
in Washington May 1st.
j. ID. Ellis, euitcr Of the Ala
bama Christian Advocate, one OF
the leading Methodist publica
tions of the South, dropped dead
in his Office in Birmingham
Thursday afternoon.
Reb Mitchell, a North Carolina
vile murderer, was hanged in
Windsor Thursday. He killed
his wife with a cart board and
then pulling the body in an out
house burned it.
The trial Of DR.. j. b. Mathew S
for wife murder is now in progress
in Greensboro, N. @. An account
Of the killing, it will be recalled,
was published in The News some
weeks ago.
The National House of Repre-
sentatives passed Thursday the
Foraker bill providing for the
marking of the graves of the Con-
federate dead buried North.
Eight companies of state troops
had 10 be put on guard in Spring
field, Ohio, this week, on account
of an anti negro riot. A number
OF negro houses were burned by
whites.
Prof. S. p. Langtry, Of the
Smithsonian Institute, w Washing-
ton, died in Aiken this week.
Several men were killed by an
explosion Tuesday in the Little
Cahaba coal mine, at Piper,
Ala.
Dave Bush, colored, was con
victed in Columbia Thursday OF
criminal assault on Sylvia Thorn
son, a negro woman. The jury
recommended him to mercy,
which saves his neck.
The South bound passenger
train on the Southern ran into an
open switch at Camden Wednes.
day morning, striking freight
train. Two persons were injured
and the engine and a box Car
badly damaged. A young white
man named Jones, OF near Cam.
den, was knocked senseless.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

The Anderson Daily Mail pub
fishes a letter from Congressman
Aiken to Colonel A. B. Andrews,
vice-president of the Southern
Railway, in relation to the Soulh-
ern's delayed passenger trains
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

Entered as sccond-class matter, Oct. :, 1905
at the pos tofice at Lancaster, ) c.. under Act
OF Congress of March 3, 1879.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03
Saturday, March 3, 1906.
S0WE STARTLING FIGURES-COST
OF INVESTIGATING KERSHAW
LYNCHING.

Apropos of The Kershaw lynch
ing, interest in which has been
revived by the suit against Ian
caster county for fifty thousand
dollars damages and the recent
order of court transferring the
case to another county for trial
we republish the following, taken
from the comptroller generals
annual report to the legislature
Just adjourned:
SPECIAL CONTINGENT FUND--LAW-
LEssNESS AND LYNCHINGs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07
Dangers In Circulating Libraries.

A foreign medical journal has been publishing facts about the dissemina- tion of disease through books from public libraries. It is, of course, impos- sible for librarians to ascertain whe<e books have been or to know the condi- tons of families into which they go. A large number of books were examined and were found to contain the bacilli of pneumonia, diphtheria and many other sorts, some of which were harm less. Even new books fresh from the publishers hands were found to con- tain germs. There are very many per sons who practice wetting the fingers with the lips or tongue when turning the pages of books This is an exceed ingly dangerous thing to do, not only to the person who does it, but to all others who may use the book after ward, especially if the person SO doing has any form of disease in the system. Invalids of all kinds are likely to be great readers, and the consumptfve or those suffering with cancer may un- willingly deposit on the pages of the volumes they peruse the deadly germs of their own malady.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

Special rates to northwestern points, California, Mexico, Colorado and homeseekers excursion rates to various DO nts. Will be gladly fur rished With all the information of trip etc. by local ticket agent.
 H. N. ATWOOD, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07
HOMESPUN
 HEROICS
By Claude Pdmores
Copyright, 1905, by E. c. Parcells

One of the habitucs of Skinner's gro cery, at the village of Skinnersville, was Abe Langford. He became sit ter when he was twenty years old, and for twelve years he never missed but one night. That was the night of his marriage to the Widow Durham She was his senior by ten years and she married him mostly that he might have mother Every night, rain or shine, summer or winter, Abe was there.
 During the first year the old veterans crowded him around somewhat, but after that one of the cracker barrels was marked with his initials and duly recognized us his throne.
 As for occupation, Abe was most anything He did days work here and there. but the wife mainly support ed the two of them by sewing for the neighbors Abe was mild hammered and easy going, and he was not much of a tall1er.
 But Abe Langford's wife knew him better than his fellow sitters. They had often remarked among themselves that he had no ambition She knew better Under that quiet and humble demeanor was hidden away an ambi- tion that longed to soar and impa tiently waited it's opportunity Almost every night when Abe reached home he said:
 "Doggone it, I don't amount to shucks and never will. Why hain't I as big a man as Deacon White:'
 "What's the deacon been doin'?
 "A horse thief tried to git into his barn last night and the dog woke the deacon up, and he went out and yelled at the fellow that if he didn't git out
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

To Louisville, Ky, account of American Bowling Congress. One fare plus $2 for the round trip Tickets on sale March 15 to IS. inclusive. Re turn limit, March 31, 1906.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

8. M. Nckey, Agent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07
Just . Lie.

II once," said the colonel solemnly- ''I once, and only once. had all thirteen trumps dealt me"
 "Er-I suppose you were the dealer" :" suggested a candid friend.
 No. sk'!." roared the colonel. "No. sir! l was not the dealer!"
 'Then may l ask what happened to the trump which the dealer turned Ap%
 And a terrible silence ensued.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

BOW POINTED STRAIGHT. mighty sudden he'd let go hull bush el of buckshot at him. He's hero, the deacon is. When he got through tellin' the story Skinner offered to trust him for ten pounds of sugar all to once."
 "Everybody can't be hero," an swered the wife, with sigh.
 What do you s'pose happened to Elijah Smallman two or three years ago"
 "I can't say. l don't remember of his telling that anything did"
 "No he never told a human being about 1t till tonight. and then he made us all promise never to breathe word to soul. Lordy, but the chills went up and down my back while he was tellin' it!"
 What was it?''
 "He saw murderer. His dog parked about midnight, and he got up and looked out of the winder and saw a murderer snoopin' around. The feller even came up and rattled on the kitch- en door. The dog put his tail down and made sneak and didn't come home for two days. Lijah said he got so weak in the knees that he could hardly get back to bed, and he covered up his head for more'n an hour after wards"
 How did he know 1t was a mur- derer?'
 Because the feller had on slouch hat pulled down over his eyes and was crouched over. That's the way they allus do. Yes, he was a regular mur- derer. A week later a tin peddler come along and told Lijah that hull family had been murdered about fifty miles away the very next night. If the dog hadn't parked the SmaNman family would have been wiped out. Do I ever see a murderer snoopin' apound?"
 Land O massy, but hope not!"
 But l orteY see one, same as other folks. If ever do see one I won't stand and tremble and shake No. sir. < won't I'll just go right out to him and tell him to hump himself out of that or he'll have me ih his hair. but Ahan't never see one. There's no such Sood luck fo1 me-" Put yep hain'tydqn 50 bed.x. ob- lnl eaeetha nhss.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07
RecuperntinR.

Visitor (to conviet)-l suppose you find your life here very tiresome. my friend. do you not? Convict-Oh, no, air. have been a burglar for good many years and have. worked hard and eonscient,ously at thl business, and as I'm only h fef three years1 h9f that n Iii k 6s maaSood
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

Most disfiguring skin eruptions, scrofula, piples, rashes, etc.. are due to impure blood. Burdock Blood Bit ters is a cleansing blood tonic. Makes you clear-eyed, clear-brained, clear skinned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

Capt. John l.. Collins of Coffeeville, Miss, is in Pine Bluff today on bus mess.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07
IRON MOUNTAIN SPECIAL RATES

To St. Paul, Minn., account of bi- enaial meting General Federation of Women's clubs. One fare plus s2 for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 26, 2S, 29 and 30. Return limit, June g, 1906.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

To Hot Springs, Ark, account of Arkansas Federal on of Womens clubs. One and one-third fare for the round trip on the certificate plan. Tickets on sale April 24 to 26, in- elusive.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

To Paris, Tex, account of Women's Board of Missions, Cumberland Pres byterian chrnch. One fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 3 to 6, inclusive. Return limit, May 15.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07
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Special one-way seeond-class colo hist rates to the northwest. Ra es and arrangements outl ned below will govern in the sale of one-way second class colonist tickets to destinations shown and to intermediate points ef- fected: Rates-To Billings, Mont. from Pine Bluff, s29.65; Livingston, Logan. Cinnabar, Mont. s31.5o; Hel. epa, Butte, Missoula Anaconda, Mont, s31.50; Spokane, Wash, s34: Port. land. Ashland, Astoria, Ore. Tacoma. Seattle, Wash, Victoria, Vancouver F. C., s3650. Dates of sale-Febru. ary 15 to April 2, 1906, inclusive: Sep. tember 15 to October 31, 1906, inclus- i've. These tickets will not be honor ed in standard sleepers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

Special one-way second-class colo mist rates to Cal fornia, February 15 to April 2, 1906; September IS to Os. tober 31, 1906. The following rates and arrangements are authorized for the sale of one-way second-class col onist tickets to San Francisco, Sac. ramento, Los Angeles and San Diego Cal. Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah, Granger, Wyoming, also to Prescott, and Phoenix, Arizona, and all interme- diate points on direct lines to which the regular second-cless rates are higher: Rates-From Pine Bluff, $50 via Texarkana and $31e5 via St. Louis. Dates of sale-February 15 to April 2. 1906. inclusive: September 15 to October 31. 1906. inclusive. These tickets will not be honored in standard sleeping cars.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

Meeting grand lodge, K. of H. O Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark, Fen ,uary c1 and 22, 1906 For the ahcye oc- casion the following round trip rates and arrangements are authorize! to Little Rock: Rate-$1.70 for the round trip. Dates of sale-I'ebruar l9 to 21, inclusive. Return limit, February 23.
 6. M. Dickev Asent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-07

To Nashv He, Tenn, account of student volunteer movement for for eign missions. One fare plus s2 fol the round trip. Tickets on sale Feb ruary 25 to 27, inclusive. Return linn it, March g..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-08
Cures WOman's Weaknesses.

We refer to that boon to weak, nervous,
suffering women known as DR.. Pierce'S
Favorite Prescription.
DR.. John Fyfe one Of the Editorial Staff
of THE ECLECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says
of Unicorn root (HelOnias Dt0icd) which
is one of the chief ingredients of the va
vorite Prescription
IA remedy which invariably acts as utter
tne invigorator makes for normal ac-
he continues oin Helonias we have medical
ment which more fully answers the above
purposes than any other drug Nth 1Uhtch am
acquainted. In the treatment OF diseases pc
culiar to women 1t is seldom that q case Is
seen which does not present some indication
for this remedial agent" DR.. Fyfe further
says: "The following are among the ieadin
indications for HeloniaS unicorn root. Pan
or aching in the back. with leucor'noea
atomic tweab condition. Of the reproductive
organs OF Women. mentaN depression and ir-
the reproductive organs OF women; constant
sensation III heat Pm the region OF the kid
neys; me9brrhagid Ifoodng). due to weak
or aSfaas 3an an
abnoH1A condition Of the digestive organs
and hHamic (thin blood habit; dragging
senssNons in the extreme lower part of the
II more or less Of the above symptoms
are ITessnt, no Invalid woman. Gallo,
Il
PTeScTTDTI0n, one or rTT115 leading fngredT--
ents Of WHICH is Unicorn root, or Helonias,
and the medical properties of which it
most faithfully represents.
Of Golden Seal root, another prominent
ingredient of 'Favorite Prescription"
Prof. Finley Ellingwood NJ. d., of Ben
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
ut is an important remedy in disorders OF
the womb. In all catarrhal conditions
and general enfeeblement. it is useful"
Prof. John NJ. Scudder, M. D., late Of
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root:
rIn relation to its general effects on the
system, there is no medicine in use about 1oflich
there IS such general JndninitD of opinion 1t
is universally regarded as the tonic useful in
all debilitated states"
Prof. r. Bartholow, M. D.. of Jefferson
Medical College, says of Golden Seal:
."Valuable in uterine hemorrhage menor-
rhagia (fiooding) and congestive dysmenor-
ChGa painful menstruationl."
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faith
fully represents all the above named in
gradients and cures the diseases for which
thew are recommended.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-08
The ArtfuI Squirrel.

You may find many n squirrel in
the course of your tramp, but no two
alike exactly in their method of at
tempted escape or concealment. The
ways and means of the little rascals
are legion. One may flatten himself
out against gray patch on the back
of tree trunk, absolutely motionless;
and unless in your earnest, steadfast
looking you can detect an ear or a
shoulder in relief against the sky you
might as we'll abandon the search. An
other may lie along a bough flattened
at full length but here the telltale
ears are more easily silhouetted. Still
another may crouch drawn up ia a
fork and here the thing to look for is
the fluffy tip of that little signal flag
which always works and waves and
jerks and signals so bravely when dan
ger is not in the air. Or one may gath
er himself up in bunch to initiate
a knot or knob; and here he can very
well tell when you have spied him out.
He will catch the eye of an acquaint-
ance in a crowd, and will instantly linn
Der up for headlong flight, leaping from
tree to tree, till he vanishes over the
ridge.-Field and Stream.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-08
CHAPTER MI,

1t was about s O'Clock in the evening
when we brought the Celsis through the
Narrows. Then the greater harbor be-
fore the city itself rolled out upon our
view; and as we steamed slowly into it
the customs took possession of us, and
made their search. 1t was a short bust
ness, for we satisfied them that Paolo
suffered from 40 maligl ant disease.
For ourselves We went off to dine at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. When dinner was
done I suggested that Roderick should
take Mary through the city awhile, and
that | should get back to the Celsis, there
to secure what papers were left for me,
and to arrange. after thought. what my
next step in the following of Captain
Black should be.
l was driven to the wharf very quickly,
and got aboard the yacht with no trou-
bic. There was man keeping watch
upon her decks. l went to my own cabin,
getting my papers. my revolver and other
things that l might have need of ashore
As was ready to go back to the 9th
erS l looked in Paolo's cabin, and. some
what TO my surprise. l saw that he was
dressed, and seemingly about to quit the
YACHT IulS discovery SET me aGl0W with
expectation. If the man were going ashore,
whittier could he go except to his asso-
ciates? Was not that the very clue 1
had been hoping to get? This thought
sent me forward into the fo'castle, where
Dan was.
Hist, DAM said l. give me mans
rig-out-a jersey and some breeches and
a cap-quick," and while the old fellow
stared and whistled softly, 1 helped TO
ransack his box: and in a trice 1 had
dressed myself. putting my pistols, my
papers, and my money in my new clothes
but leaving everything else in a heap on
the floor. As l came on deck, saw a
shadow on the gangway. The man was
leaving the yacht at that moment, and ]
followed him.
Once out into the city, and having turn
ed two or three times to satisfy himself
that he had no one after him, Paolo
struck for Broadway, and thence with
staggering gait he made straight for the
Bowery.i At last, after a long walk, and
when the man himself was almost falling
from the exertion of it, he stopped before
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-08
Women Who Work.

One of the many advantages which
women derive from being paid work
ers is that they are enabled to take a
fuller and deeper interest in the CON
diSions of employment generally. The
mere spectator (Other than the student
of practical economics) seldom exhib-
its more than simulated concern in the
relations between employers and en-
ployed, or in any of those matters
which are really among the most i'm
pOrtant at the present time. He or she
may be extremely benevolent and wish
full to do good to other people, but
many of his most kindly projects are
built of the stuff of clouds and dreams.
because he has no vital comprehension
of the lives of those whom he is seek
ing to help. The humblest woman
wage-earner, however, having known
what it is to be iostled by stronger
competitors, what it is to offer labor
that the woman of another country is
selling cheaper, what it is to find her
work suddenly come into fashion or as
suddenly 60 out of it, must have
formed certain ideas on the subject Of
production which within their own linn
tied range are sure to be more or less
accurate and Serviceable.