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The Lancaster News. Semi-Wt jkly. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays At Lancaster, s. c.t By The Lancaster Publishing Company. Churles T. Connors, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. One Tear II.St Sll Months 7f Three Months 4C Payable In advance. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch, tlrst insertion. I'.OO. Each subsequent Insertion 50 renin. For three months or longer, reduced rates. Professional cards, per year, 112. Business notices, Transient Advertisements; Lost and Found, and other classified advertisements not exceeding 25 words. 2ft cents for each Insertion: 1 cent it word for eaoh additional word over 2-5 words. Obituaries. Tributes of resoeot, cards of thuDka and all matter of a personal or jtolttlcal nature to be charged for. CUBIitffln Advertising rates by the column made known n application. Prief correspondence on subject* of general interest Invited. Not responsible for views'of correspondents It E. WYLilE, Prksidknt J NO A COOK, Sbc't. and Tubas. 3. M KIDDLE, Jtl , Bosinksh Managbr. KnteTed at the postofhee at Lancaster, S C.. as second-class mall matter, Oct. 4. 1W.\ JTm. M-rr- . Wednesday, November 22,1905. Though a man of peace, the Rev. R Lee Robinson, of Camden, Ala , has sufficient provo cati<?n to go punniu' for the publishers of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian, who conspicuously display in the last i-sue of that excellen' journal what purports to be a picture of Mr. Robinson which no more resembles him than night does day. The aforesaid picture gives Mr. Robinson the appearance of having been struck on the left side of the face with a freshly used wattleiron. TOWN AND COUNTRY GETTING TOGETHER. Strange to say, one of the besl results of the Cotton Growers' Association thus far manifest has received little or no com ment at the hands of the nress * ' or of the people. It seems tc have been entirely overlooked. Wo refer to the bringing about of better relations between the town and the country. Unfortunately for years there has not been that cordial, friendly feeling between the citizens of the town and those of the country which there should be. Various causes, unnecessary here to discuss, tended from time to time to drive them further apart. But thanks to a kind Providence and the cotton association the country people and the towns people are today on better terms Al Al 1 ? ' * tmui uiey nave open in a long, Jong time. The cotton association lias emphasized the fact that a community of interest exists between town and country, that whatever contributes to the welfare of the one operates in a corresponding degree to the advance inent of the best interests of the other. It was but natural therefore for merchants, bankers, professional men and farmers to come together for a common Ti'I T*nnaA tlin Iirnf no! inn o *wl |Z " vuv j/iViUVVlVll (4 1114 yiVJm motion of the direct interests of one class, the farmers, when it was realized that by so doing the interests of all classes would be subserved. A prominent citizen of Lan caster no doubt voiced the sentiment of many others when he remarked in effect a day or two ago that the cotton association had indeed proven to be u revelation to him, in that it had , demonstrated the practical util ity and value of co operation in any matter affecting the general welfare. He went on to say that heretofore he had paid but little attention to the farmers' movements, their meetings,etc., 1 A ll. . A V #. 1_ * 4 . 1 out mat nereaiter ne intenus , to be present at all their gath! ing9 and to lend a helping hand in all their undertakings. Through the cotton association the fact had suddenly been brought home to him that the farmers' prosperity meant his and the town's prosperity, that the better the price they realized for their money crop? cottAn?the more cash they would spend in town with merchants and others. It took a concrete example to convince the party in question ( of the fact that the interests of town and countrv are one. hut let it go at that. His conviction was the thing desired, and that has been attained, whatever the means. And his experience is but the experience of many others, doubtless. Dwelling Burned. Mr. "W. B. McRorie's Heavy , Loss by Fire?His Home and Entire Contents Des troyea. i, i Mr. W. B. McRorie, a# well known citizen of the Vanwyck section, met with a very serious misfortune on the 12th instant. His dwelling and its entire contents were destroyed by lire. ? Mr. McRorie and - family were absent from home at the time, i and they accordingly lost everything they had except the clothes i i hey were wearing. ? It is thought that the fire was of accidental origin. The build :ng belonged to Mr. J. II. Mc1 Manus, and his loss is at least it ; 1-1VJ uau uw III r* LI I CI 111" ^ neither had Mr. McRorie on his household effects, his loss amounting to about $300. National Sinners' Report. The Crop is 84.7 Picked and 78 Per Cent Ginned. Dallas, Texas, November 10. ?The cotton rennrt of 'Ilia M-? tional Ginners' Association was made public to day, one day sooner than intended. The reason, Secretary Black well said, was because a portion of the re port had "leaked." He did not know how this had happened, he said. The report is as follows : Our summary of reports show that there has been ginned to November 14, 1905, total 7,41 1.359 hales The rmn iu Rd 7 1 per cent picked and 78 per cent 1 tinned, indicating crop for this i year of 9,459,793. South Carolina ginned 982,780. Picked 94.3 per cent. 1 Total crop 999,367. * I , M , T ( Mrs. Margaret Workman, 87 i years old, died last week at the home of Mr. C. R. Carnos, in the vicinity of Rock Hill. \ Evangelist Montgomery. The "Well Known Baptist Minister, Formerly of Lancaster County, Now Doing a Great "Work for the Master, in the Far "West. The many friends in this, his native county,will be pleased to hear of th?* marked success of the IieA. D. P. Montgomery, who is now engaged in evau gelistip work in tho West. The California Morning Dispatch, in a recent issue, Lays of Mr. Montgomery : California is fortunate enough to be again visited by one of the most learned and most enthusi astic evangelists of the state, Rev D P Montgomery, who begun a se iesof meetings at the Baptist church last Friday evening. Evangelist Montgomery is a man who speaks with such force and earnestness that his words and thought fiv swift as an arrow to the mind of his audiencu, meeting approval in that of the Christian, and con vic'ion in that of the worldly, some of whom have been brave enough to openly admit the fact and mate a stand for Christ. Tuesday evening the evangel ist begun a series of talks on "Sin" which promises to be very inteiesting, as well as instructive to saint and sinner alike, as this is the most vital question that presents it*>eli to the human race. la exp aimng the etomoloity of tile word s liner, Brother Montgomery said, wlien with bo a and arrow in ancient days a skilled marksman sliot at the bull's eye and failed to Bit it, ho was terine i a sinner, or one who mused the mark, and that is the most correct definition of the word .is used iit the scrip tures. In the exp'anation of such important words, as well as in other ways, tBe evangelist shows thorough preparation for the noble work in which he is laboring. Ihe excellent minister, Rev. C. N. White, of Smithton, is here assisting in the meeting. Cottage prayer meetings and aiternoon cessions are helpful adjuncts to the meeting. Lancaster Negro in Trou* ble. Kirk Belk Charged With Stealing Clothing in Charlotte. Kirk Belk, a young negro of Lancaster, who has been working in a tailoring establishment in Charlotte, was arrested here Saturday by Chief of Police Hunter at the instance of the unariot'e authorities, on the charge of stealing an overcoat, sack coat and pair of gloves from his Charlotte employer, J. R. Hemphill. The coats were found in the possession of the negro. Belk returned to Lancaster recently. He has been taken back to Charlotte for trial. Tho Lancaster News, 8 pages twice a week, $1.50. Business Notices. ^^"All Notices inserted under tbis head at the rate of ONE CENT A WORD for each insertion. No notioe to be counted less than 25 words. CITIZENS OF LANCASTER wufl n.-uur county Droinernoou plan of insurance is growing rapidly in numbers and public favor everywhere it is being tried. Thousand** of as prominent citizens as the state contains endorse it unequalitledly. It is an admitted success elsewhere tried. Why not here? Why hesitate to join? It oosts no more today than a year hence. Why carry the ri?k alone? Please don't wait for me to canvass you. It is your very own insurance company. 1 am here to aid in organizing and giving you a start. I go to Kershaw Saturday. See me at onoe and join. Kespeotfully T. W. Scruggs, Imperial Hotel. FOR BALK.? Good combination Mare S years old. Weight 1050 lbs. Extra tine saddler. Apply to or phone C. O. Stogner, K. L . D. No. 2. GIN NOTICE.?After this week we will only run our giu on Thursday and Friday. Lancaster Mer., Co. JUST RECEIVED?A car of fresh liiue. T. Li. Davis. A BIG lot of 120 coil wire bed springs, your choice for $1.45 each, less than actual cost, sold by others for $2 .25. The Heath Jones Go. T1IIKD Arrival of 80 inch changeable Taffetas in all the new shades; $1.00 quality SO cents. Lancaster Mercantile Go. PLANT onion sets now. I have them. J. B. Mackorell. PLAGE your order for celery for Thanksgiving. J. B. Mackorell. A BOX of Huyler's candy for you Thanksgiving. J. B. Mackorell. Professional Cards JOHN E. WELSH, dentist, Lancaster, S. C. Ottice Upstairs in Mason ic Building. DENTISTRY. DR. R. M. GALLOWAY, Surgeon Dentist. Office Up-stairs in Ganson Building. DR. R. G. ELLIOTT, T ~ c n l^dii^aaLCi, o. v^. Residence 'phone. No. *187. Office, Davie Building, cor. Main and Dunlap streets; 'phone No. 72. Will practice in both town and county. All calls, day or night, will receive prompt attention. Notice to Taxpayers. Taxes will be due and payable without penalty from October 15 to December 31,1905. The tax levy for State purposes is 5>$ mills, for ordinary county purposes mills, special county purposes (I,. A C. R, R. bonds) 2 mills, constitutional tax for school purposes 3 mills, making a total levy of 15 mills on all taxable property of the county. In School Districts Nob. 5,80, 32 and 40. there is a special levy of 2 mills additional for school purposes; in District No. 24, 3 mills; Districts Nos. 12, 17 and 39, 4 mills; District No. 38, ft mills; No. 14, 6 mill*, and No. 40, 7 mills. In Cane Creek Township there is a special local levy of 4)^ mills for railroad purposes; Gills Creek, ft mills, and Pleasant Hill, 3 mills. There is also a tax of one dollar on each male oitizen between the ajfes of twenty-one and sixty years, except ex-Confederate soldiers and sa'lors, or those who are so disabled that they cannot earn a support by manual abor. J. R. BLACKMGN, Treasurer Lancaster County. Notice of Discharge. NOTICE is hpreby Riven that the undersigned as administ rator of the estate of Thannie J. Bowers, deceased will on December the '23rd 1905 make his final return as such administrator, and apply to the Probate Court for Lancaster county, for a final discharge. A. BOWERS, Administra'or of estate of THANNIE J. BOWERS. Dated Nor. 22nd, 1905. PRESIDENT PAUL MORTON Outlining the policy of the new management of the Equitable T.ifo SnfMPt.v of th* United States in an address delivered before a Convention of Equitable Agents, among other things says : "Already there has been a saving in the administration of your Society amounting to approximately $600,000 perannum. This equals 4 per cent, on an investment of $15,000,000. This is the equivalent to having $15,000,000 more 4 per cent, bonds in our vaults. There will be other economies, and I can only repeat that retrenchment and conservative management is going to lie our policy. I have great ambitions for the Equ ita Die. 1 want it to De not only ine greatest and the best but the safest and most conservative life insurance institution in the land. I want it to be the one that the agents will like the very best to work for. I want it to be the one that bankers and people who have securities for sale can feel that they will always get a square deal from. I want it to be the one that policyholders will recommend tneir friends to insure in and that everybody can point to with pride. I want it to be known, not only as the strongest financially, but the strongest morally." Moral: Insure in the Equitable Life, "Strongest in the World." W. B. Knight, ? Special Agent, ? LANCASTER, S. C. SHERIFF'S L iLE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Annie E. Wilson, in her own right and an Executrix of the will of William Knight, deceased. Plaintiff, vs Sarah Si tare, W. Jack Knight and others, Defendants. RY VIRTUE of a decretal order made by his Honor O. W. Buchanan, judge presiding, dated Oct. 20th, 1004, 1 will sell*at public auction, in front of the court house, in the town of Lancaster, in said county and State to the highest bidder, on MONDAY, DECEMBER 4th, nfxt, within the legal hourst of sale, the following described lands.inCedar Creek township, county of Lancaster, in said State, formerJy belonging to William Knight, deceased, and described as follows, viz: First. Ninety-seven [!?7] acres, more or less, on the waters of Dry creek, bounded north by lands of Anderson Caskey. east and south by Dry creek, and west by lands of Miss Mcllwain. Second. Fifty [f>0] acres, more or less, known as the "Home place," bounded north by Dry creek, east by lands of Anderson Caskey, south by the Johnson lands, and west by lands of Miss Mcllwain. Third. Fifty [50] acres more or less, known as the "Jack Knight tract," bounded north by Dry creek, east by lands of Martha J. Estridge, south by the .Tnhnaon lamlu oml ? "?<? i- ? - ....WW.. .....WW, ...... n cot UJ lailUS of Anderson Caskey. Fourth. Fifty-seven ff>7] acres, more or less, bounded north by Dry creek and estate lands of J. 8. McCardell, deceased, east and south by lands of Mrs. A. K. Wilson and Mrs. Alice Thompson, and west by lands of Mrs. Alice Thompson. Terms of sale CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. JOHN P. HUNTER, Sheritr, L. 0. R E. Wylik. PlaintilFs Attorney. Notice. r* in lur in nrreu) given IIIRI r HP tax books of the town of Lancaster, S. C., will bp oppn for the collection of taxPS on the 1st day of November, 1906, at the oflice of the town Treasurer, and all taxes remaining unpaid on the 1st day of December, 1905, pursuant to .Section 1 of the Supply Bill of 1905, will be subject to a penalty of 15 ppr cent for the non-payment of the same, together with cost, K. K. WVLIB, Oct. 10, 1906. Mayor.