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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. Oo* Year ?!.!? !Mx Months T5 Tbr?e Months - 10 Payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. Onwincta. tlrsl insertion. 11.00. Eachsubseil'icst insertion !V0 rents. Kor three months or laager., reduced rates ProJessional cards, per year, ?12. Business notices, Transient Advertisements. Uost and Pound, and other classified aovcruaeaK-nts not exceeding 2ft words, 2ft cents for ?i?-h Insertion: I cont a word for each additional word over 25 words. Obttoarfes, Tributes of resnect, cards of ftnnha n Ii ,"l ,i 11 mat loe of i noeoAnnl or t\nl i t ip'l 1 VMttive to be charged for. Mn &S3B Advertising rates by the colunin made known ?n application. Brief correspondence on subjects of general interest invited. Not responsible for views of correspondents It. E. wyme, pkksipknt. JSO. A. COOK, SKC'Y and The as. J M. KIDDLE, Jit , Business Manager. Kr.tered as second-class matter. Oct 7. IPO'i ?t the postofllcc at Lancaster, S C. under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Saturday, November 25, 1905. JACKSON'S BIRTHPLACE. Notwithstanding the fact that Andrew Jackson himself claimed South Carolina as the state .r>f his nativity, and notwithstanding the further fact that the correctness of his claim finds _ l l a n . _ i _ Himiiuiiui connrmaiaon in History, our friends across the line persist in believing that he was born in North Carolina. A few days ago a committee of the Mecklenburg Chapter of the Daughters of the American Rovolution placed, with impressive ceremonies, an "iron marker" at a point in North Carolina 011 the plantation of Mr. J. L. Rodman where it is rnntfttlflpH til Jit Iupkortii f.rct oonr the light of (lay. The "iron marker" is to be replaced later on by a handsome monument. DEALING IN COTTON FUTURES. We rarely see the Greenville ews, but trom a copy of Tuesday's issue which came to this office we learn that a sermon was preached in the Baptist church ?f that city last Sunday on the subject of gambling, to which exception has been taken by one Alexander, proprietor ot what he terms an establishment where ^cotton options" may be bought and sold. In a signed article in the paper referred to Mr. Alexander protests against being "presented to the public as running a gambling institution." He does not under take to differentiate his business from that of gambling, but con tents himself with the general assertion that the methods em ployed in his business are "correct and honorable;" that "the beat regulated business institutions in the world are the duly organized and legally constituted M Mr. Alexander also claims that I' ere are but "three offices in South Carolina through which 'cotton options1 may be bought and sold." One of those, he says, is in Rock Hill, "owned and op erated by a gentleman of the highest Christian character, and u officer in the leading Presby terian church in the south the econd in Greenville, operated by himself, "a Christian and a church i member," and the third in Onl- t umhia, which is "under the supervision of a gentleman whose honesty and moral standing is as high as that of any man in the Capital city"?a member, he thinks, of the "great Methodist church." Mr A lavumtor crnaa nn In snv i *'41 V" VV ' that "there are possibly more j than a do/en imitations in the I slate, where the form of buying ] and selling may be gone through with; and where there is no tran- < saction, but simply bets placed on the market fluctuations." < All of which is more or less I interesting. It will certainly be I news to many that there are only three orthodox "cotton option" concerns in South Carolina, all j the others being "imitations." There is no doubt a difference . between a "cotton exchange" and a "bucket shop," and that may be the distinction Mr. Alexander has in view, but we must confess that we are not sufficiently informed on the subject to draw the line of demarkation. The fact of the matter is we know little or nothing about this cotton tuture business. VVeknow ? nothing as to its practical workings, and such being the case we are not prepared to say whether the Greenville Baptist preacher was right or wrong when he char acterized dealing in cotton futures as gambling. To the uninitiated, l . ? ? * - nowever, 11 certainly looks that ( way. If it is not betting on the , price of cotton, what in the name of common sense is it ? The principle, it occurs to us, is the same whether the transaction is had through a regular "cotton ex change" or a "bucket shop." But it is not our purpose at this time to discuss that phase ol the question. We are willing to concede lor the sake of argument that there is nothing immoral in buying and selling "cotton op tions"?that it is not gambling in the usual acceptation ot the word It is the obvious effect of partici palion in such business to which we desire to direct attention. Is the game worth the candle? Is it possible for a man to give proper attention to his regular business or professional interests when his mind is constantly ub sorbed in the contemplation ot the possible results of the cotton [contracts which he is carrying? Isn't he thinking about the latter both day and night ? Isn't the | mental worry wearing him out day by day ? Does he ever know what it is to enjoy peace of mind when engaged in these terribly uncertain, speculative ventures? Is it not a fact that more fortunes are lost than are made in dealing in cotton futures?that the cotton speculator may he well of] today and u pauper tomorrow ? Is it not a fact that there are men to day?Lancastrians among them? living in rented houses who at one time owned comfortable homes which have been lost through cotton speculation? Isn't it only a question of time when tho successful speculator of today will become financially embarrassed if he persists iu tak ing his chances on the fluctua 1 tions of the cotton market? Isn't the cotton future business often 1 times appallingly ruinous and always demoralizing in its effects ? I Much has been said and written t L. i ibout the whiskey hnbit?(he tenacity with which it clings to man, or man to it, but the seductive cocktail is no more alluring to him than >s the singular fascination which he finds in cotton jpeculation once he gets a taste nf it, so to speak. It be wins to1 uir a fnnlu I luil lia nu ii tlw* hat lor afford to speculate attain tomor row. If, on the other hand, he loses today he teels that he must keep 011 until he at least recovers what he has lost?and so it goes an from day to day. There is a Keely cure lor the curse of strong lrink?i? there a fortune awaiting I he man who devises a remedy for I lie cotton future habit ? Address to Cotton Growers President Strait, of the Coun ty Association, Urges the Holding of the Remnant of the Cotton Crop for Fifteen Cents--Don't Fail to Attend Approaching Asssociation Meetings. To the Cotton Growers of Lan easier county : The impression has gone out that this is a farmer organizition. Thai is a great mistake, this is every southern man's fight?not only man's but every woman's. The salvation of every southern industry depen Hs imrm tho mipcpv;n nf t.Viia movement to protect the cotton interest of the south. Every power that can be mustered has been brought to bear to depress the cotton market and continue to rob the southern peop e of iheir money, which is their cotton,and where that is taken it stagnates all other bu ines- and the resu't is poverty and distress. Wo now know that tlie output ol the crop cannot be over lb, 000,000 b les, which is worth 12+ cents, uid by misrepresent'a tion the half of the crop has been sold lor 10 cents and to save the south Irora great loss we will he compelled to get 15 cents lor the remainder of the crop. Now let me call on every man and woman who loves tho southland?which prostrated so long and is now beginning to walk around, come to our relief. Let us not falter in tho heat of battlo and loso the great advantages that we have gained for fear we might run the chance of losing a few dollars. vThe Battle Koyal is on and lot oirnnif t\uf mAttn Aitinnn nt n *%rl V \J ? v.)I J JHl U1 VyUiAl'II (IUU square to the front and gain one of the grandest victories that has ever crowned the south, and pledge ourselves to hold our co'ton for 15 cents, and get it or nothing Kver}' country has had its Juda* Iscarots and Benedict Arnolds and such like, but those fellows we will bid adieu in this great battle. You must remember that your future welfare, your wife's and rr/Ml t? /I An n aU* l/l??Ar* '1 JVUI vlCrtl V11I1U1CU B, UtJpWUU upon vour action. You have off en heard people spy "but will they stick?" An insult to every man who has any manhood left. Self interest ought to ho quite enough to create stickability. All arrangements 1 t will be made to collect the .05 cents bale on cotton, the assessment made by Association, and we will not object to any one donating. Now organize on the 1st Saturday in December and send delegates to the county meeting on the 2nd Saturday in December. T. J Strait, n < i*i _ . . /-I . _ i * xresiaeut uonon urowers iisso ciation LaucaBter county. ?The Rev. J. M. White will preach tomorrow morning at Gills Creek, at 11 o'clock, and at Pleasant Hill in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. Business Notices. gjUT AW Notices inserted under this head at the rate of ONK CENT A WORD for each insertion. No notioe to be counted less than 25 words. FOR HALE AT COST ?1 have 500 Cultivated Blackberry plants for sale at 5cts apiece, which is just what they cost uie. E. C. Lanier, Lancaster, S.C. NoW Is the time to bring; in your Eggs and Turkeys and get your fruits lor the Thanksgiving Cake. Bennett Groo. Co. \Y ILL have a car load of beat Northern Apples, also a lot of Oranges to sell by the box. Bennett Groc. Co. FOB SALE.?Singer Sewing Machine in good condition?has been recently overhauled and is as good as new. Apply to S. T. Blaokmon. IF YOU want a nice roast for your Thanksg'ving dinner you had better place your order early. Plyler's Meat Market. Phone 97. WE CAN furnish you with all L- i n d J t.nol. * ~ * rv 111 vi - ui mvic a i co li uirato lur jfuur Thanksgiving: dinner?choice roasts, steaks, sausage, fresh tisb, oysters? in fart anything in the meat line. Plylei'a Meat Market. FOR SALE.?Good combination Mare 8 years old. Weight 1050 lbs. Extra line saddlur. Apply to or phone C. O. Stogner, R. K. D. No. 2. TWO STORKS, one dwelling and two rooms, in Lancaster, for rent. Apply to W. '. Cunningham. GIN NOTICE. ? After this week we will only run our gin on Thursday and Friday. Lancaster Mer., Co. THIRD Arnval of 30 inch changeable Taffetas in all the new shades; $1.00 quality 80 cents. Lancaster Mercantile Co. PLACE your order for celery for Than ksgi ving. J. H . Mackorell. A BOX of Huyler's candy for you Thank8givinf?. J. B. Mackorell. Professional Cards JOHN E. WELSH, DENTIST, Lancaster, S. C. Office Up stairs in Mason ic Building. DENTISTRY. I)R. R. M. GALLOWAY, Surgeon Dentist. Office Up-stairs in Ganson Building. DR. R. G. ELLIOTT, Lancaster, S. C. Kes'idenee 'phone, No. '187. OMlce, Davis Building,cor. Main and Dunlap streets; 'phone No. 72. Will nraotine in hnfh fnwn anrt nnnn. ty. All caIIs. day or night, will receive prompt attention. Notice of Discharge. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned as administrator of the eBtate of Thannie J. Bowers, deceased will on December the 23rd 1905 make his final return as such administrator, and apply to the I'robate Court for Lancaster OOuutJ, for a final discbarge. J, A. BOWKKrt, Administrator of ebtate of THANNIE J. BOWERS. Dated Nov. 22nd, 1906. PRESIDENT PAUL MORTON Outlining the policy of the new management of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States in an address delivered before a Convention of Equitable Agents, among other tmngs 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 be our policy. I have great ambitions for the Equita- ^ ble. I want it to be not only the greatest and the t>est 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 their 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, \ i A j ? special Agent, ? Lancaster, s. c. SHEKIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, * Counts1 of Lancaster. ? COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Annie E. Wilson, in her own right a nil as Executrix of the of William Knight, deceased, IMiWntiff, vs Sarah Si tare, VV. Jack Knight and others. Defendants. IIY VIRTUE of a decretal order made by his Honor O. W. Buchanan, judge presiding, dated Oct. i'Oth, 1 DOS, ! 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, next, within the legal hourst of sale, the lollowingdescribed lands, inCedar Creek township, county of Lancaster, in said State, formerly belonging to William Knight, deceased, and described as follows, viz: First. Ninety-seven [!>7] acres, more ur 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 [BO] acres, more or less, known as the "Home place," bounded north by Dry creek, east by lands of Anderson Caskey, soutb by the Johnson lards, and west by lands of Miss Mcllwain. Third. Fifty [BO] acres more or less, V. known as the "Jack Knight tract," bou-nded north by Dry creek, east by lands of Martha J. Kstridge, s tut h by the Johnson lands, and west by lands of Anderson Caskey. Fourth. Fi ft v-seven tf?71 nrroa mnw. or less, bounded north by Dry creek and estate lands of .J. S. McCardell, deceased, east and south by lands of Mrs. A. K. Wilson ami Mrs. Alice Thompson, and west by lands of Mrs. Alice Thompson. Terms of sale CASH. Pur- / chaser to pay for papers. JOHN P. HUNTER, Sheriff, F,. (J. R E. Wyi.ii, Plaintiff's Attorney. t ^ Notice Notice is hereby Riven that the tax books of the town of Lancaster, 8. will be open for the collection of taxes on the 1st day of November, lftOC^ at the ofllce of the town Treasurer, and all taxes remaining unpaid on the 1st day of December, 1905, pursuant to .Section 1 of the Supply Hill of 1905, will be subject to a penalty of IB per oent for the non-payment of the same, together with oost, K R. W y i.I , Oot. 10, 1905. Mayor. ... ... . i