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. Lancaster enterprise.' Vol. XIII. LANCASTER, S.C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER u, 1903 No 3+ I WE f f? 1 | OUR j I FALL r I ? la f j Of MiSli 1 ROR PAfc: !j OctcM J And to invite A3 I | generally T( w lines. 1 F wi ' * (L I Thanking yot t, c ( asking you to \ we are, / T U \ . uauija&ujr d i . 1 ! wm?mmmmmmmmmmmmmummmamummtmmammmmBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaaTwmmmmmmmmmmu } BB<3 TO V lUAflU^W ANNUAL DISPLAY \ nery and I / Dress Goods | v b AND WINTER ? in^lN A 1 indUMT ) Der 1, 1903 s _iL the ladies and the public % 3 COME and see these '^e know that you ^ 11 be pleased. v i for your patronage and j : keep the good work up, ? , Etespectfully, J lercantile Company | \ \ 1 > GOVERNMENTS' KKPOKT ON! CO ITON PRODUCTION. The Number of Hales Gin net) This Year Shows a Considerable Falling Ofl'Comparatively. The cotton crop is slow in com ing in, according to the report ol comrnt rce and labor. iMr. W. M. Stewart, chief statistical) of the division of manufactures, has issued a statement in which he shows that up to Oct. 18 but 3,829,627 bale^ have been ginned, against 5,925,872 tor the 3ame time last. year. The statistics show that the amount of cotton ginned is less every State. This indicates that the crop is t| smaller or that the season Is later e( or that the agents are not as ac live in collecting data as they j were last year. p The statistics of the quantity dI cotton ginned were collected c, through a canvass ot the indivual s, ginneries of t4ie cotton States hy q1 (531 local special agents,who tound |1( that 27,723 ginneries had been w operated this season prior to Oct.. n, 18, and that these had ginned 3, el S3!) G27 commercial bales, or e. bales as pressed at the ginneries. ni Counting round bales as hall c, hales, the number is 3,706,248. To the corresponding date last year 29,314 ginneries had been i, operated and had ginned 5,923,872 commercial bales, which was p 53.5 per cent.ot that year's pro- h( duction. In coin paring the sta C( tisticsofthe two years due allow- b ance must he made lor the dif- Ci terent conditions of the two seasons. NV This report will be followed by t, three others, showing the quan n titv of cotton ginned from the a growth ot 1903 to Nov. 18 to Dec. 13, and to the end of the ,] season. The final report will C( give the quantity of cotton gin- j| ned during the entire season, and will include also the quantity ol ,, liiiters obtained by the cotton (j seed oil mills from teginning cot- jt ton seed of this year's growth. w The report for South Carolina shows that 414.709 bales had (} been ginned up to Oct. 18, all ol fi these being f quare bales, except )| 1,504 bales ot sea island. Last w vear at the same time there had been ginned 001.431 bales, repro- |, sealing 03 4 per cent of the crop IX\ r>l the shite. There were 3,08*2 ginneries reported last year, and 'p only 3,044 this year. ()] ? u Doesn't Respect Old Age. It's shameful when youth fails (j] to show proper respect for old nge, but just the contrary in the *?, use of l)r. King's New Life Pills. 1'hey cut oil maladies no matter j ' now severe and irrespective of h*< 'l'/| (i irn I K'o n/?r\cii n I ? .? .. H ~ I ..v* u^vi m r j rt j U llUll't', | il Fever, Ooi stipation nil yield to this perfect Pill. 25c, at Crawford Pros, ,J. K Mackey & Co. and Funderburk Pharmacy. Another Wreck on the Southern, n: R i There was a head-on collision Wednesday morning on the g| Southern three miles above Ches tt( :er. The 7 80 train coining south ei was running on time and collided C with an extra work train going bi north which consisted of an en ti sine and flat car, and was run- f" ning flat foremost at the rate of 18 rbout 10 miles an hour. The flP iccident was due to a blunder on ?' he part of the work train crew ('jj n over looking the time the re- jyj *ular passenger train was due. p iua Boston, a colored laborer on ai THE OLD RELIABLE Absol u tely Purtv THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE ie work I rain was instantly Uiil1 Mr. George W. Fet.ncr, uineer on the passenger train, at on emergency brakes and ocsl to his post throne!) the *ash and was knocked une<>u 'loua against the Mde ot Iih cao. hree lelt libs were broken and a received internal injuries and ill hardly recover. The engieer on the flrt car pot on emrgency brake*', jumped fr >m hi*, lb and was unhurt. The lire tan on the passenger received a it on his head and was badly >,aided. Six other negroes, laorers on the work train were :n tred but not seriously. Dr. hoiuwell, ol Fort Mill, was a assenger on the train. He was anding and was knocked uninscious against a seat in front, ut soon revived and assisted in tiring for the injured. The only other passenger that 'as injured was Mr. Lloyd Osorne, teller in the bank at Whitlire, who received a slight cut bove his left eve. The injured men were brought own to Chester and made as amlortable as possible until late 1 the afternoon they were sent own to Columbia, Engineer Peter to the Columbia hospital and le colored men to the colored osjital. Dr. Fhornwell was orse hurt than he at tirst lought ami was put to bed at 10 Nicholson hotel, until the rst north bound train got irough late in the afternoon, he ent home. Work was common* 3d immediately at clearing the ack and trains passed through bout 5 o'clock p. m. Mr. J. M liell, manager of the elephone Exchange here, was 11 the wrecked train but escaped nhurl. lie savs he leit the braes and braced himselt against le seat in Iront. Only three laies, Misses liona (Jaldwell, Mf.rin Harris and Isabella Grier, of ort Mill, were on the train, hey were coming to Chester to itend the Wood.* Sledgo mar age.?Chester Lantern. Disastrous Wrecks Carelessness is responsible for ) lany a railway wreck and the irne causes are making human recks of sufferers from Throat ud Lung troubles. Hut since the Ivent of Dr. King's New Discovry for Consumption, Coughs and olds, even the worst cases can b cured, and hopeless resigna on is no longer necessary. Mrs. ois Uragg of Dorchester, Mass., one of many whose life was ived by Dr. King's New Discov. y. This great remedy is gnarateed for all Throat and Lung iseases by Crawford Bros., J. F. ackey & Co. and Funderburk harmacy Druggists. Price 50c ad $1.00. Trial bottle free.