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Lancaster Enterprise. > - = -- = -> ===== Vol. XIII. LANCASTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1903 No 40 ' | Wll I sonN ^ur utrDc 11 !4 And We Are Going to j Break the Record Selling jj Goods Before He Gomes. >1 11 1M i We Have Just Gotten in Some ^ New Goods for j: Christmas Trade Ij (; Our Stock is New | = t And complete in every department, and if y. 1 you are going to need anything before Xmas Vi c iaIA n ? vvc m\\ oiivK fuu biuudy ?. t ! Come to see us and we will make von hannv 7 Respectfully. 1 ?i , | Lancaster Mercantile Company j \ # ? , ? VILL LET COLOMBIA STRIKE FIRST BLOW. 'hat the Leynote of Instrultions From Washington. Washington, Dec. 19.?''Let iolombians take the initiative," i the restraining keynote ot pecific instructions which Secreiry Moody has cabled to the imerican naval commanders in ithmian waters. It was anounced today that while the ituation on the isthmus was in I) \V?V lllliritlilll* tlin - -J ?.v/ mo ?? (inuiil^ju government, it was suflicienty delicate to necessitate the lost careful and diplomatic handng, and for tliis reason secrecy as been enjoined upon ollicials . t the department regarding the l peration of the ships and m iines. At a conference held today be- ' sveen Secretary Moody and Brig. 1 len. George F. Elliott, commandnt of the marine corps, the hit ?r reported that upon 24 hours , otice he could get under way to | !olon wilh the new Caribbean ea battalion which is under rders to assemble at PhiladelIda. (This battalion, which it is itended shall go south on the miser Dixie, now on her way to 'hiladolphia from Colon, will irobably sail between Dec. 25 nd Jan. 1. Gen. Elliott has been j !lfnrit?eil lll:il nnloua llir? i at li ttiin ?i ituation enters upon a decidedly f lore peaceful phase in the mean j inie he will command this bat- | ftlion and upon his arrival will I rganizo the three battalions ot larines on the isthmus into a rigade of which ho will assume upreme command. Jii official circles tonight it was , lated that Panama, while (lis ( burning any obligation to Co- ^ onibia for the recent payment ot portion of her debt, will volun ' arily and as an act of comity as- ' ume such share of it as in her ' ulgement may be deemed prop ( r. < A glHr-s or two of water taken half ' n hour before breakfast will usually | eep the bowels regular, llarsb caliartics should be avoided. When a ' ur^ative is needed, take Chamber- | kin's Stomach and Liver Tablets, 'hey are mild and gentle in their 1 etion. For sale by J. F. Mackey ?& , o., druggists. t Now lor (iienp Sugar. Washington, I) jo. 17.?The ? resident signed the Cuban reci* irocily bill a low minutes before * o'clock this alternoon. , The president then issued a reclamation, reciting the passge of the Cuban reciprocity s lit ana declaring the Uuhan 6 pciprocity treaty to bo effective t an days from today. t Now that the bill has become i law, a question of great inter*t lias arisen, namely, tbo effect p f the reduction of the duty 011 1 'uban sugar upon importations H f sugar from other countries, j he Hritisli government has i arved formal notice upon the ( late department that under the j ivnrod.nation-clause, it expects J ? - r_~? u_:4:_u - iai aji limn nu^ill uuiu 1M1I1HII l ^est Indies shall be admitted lto the United States on equal ^ *rms with the Cuban sugar, and , is not doubted that Germany, ranee, Austria and the other reat beet sugar-producing coun rieB will do likewise. An old i olding of Attorney General 01- t THE OLD RELIABLE Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE iey in President Cleveland's ad ministration was adveasfl tr? such iemands, but the quebtion promises to bo reopened with vigor. Good For Children. rhe pleasant to take abd harmless One Minute Cough Cure gives immediate re'ief in all cases of Cough, Croup and LaQrippe because it does not pass immediately into the stomach, but takes ?fTect right at the seat of the trouble. It draws out the inflammation, heals and soothes and iures permantly by enabling the lungs to contribute pure life giving and life-sustaining oxygen to the blood and tissues. Dr. Armstrong of Delia, Tex., prescribes it daily and says there is no better cough remedy made. Sold by Crawford Bros. Arkansas' Governor Fights. Hope. Ark., Dec. 19. ? During ? joint discussion here today between the three candidates for H.-n. Onn. ? - ! - - * - - -- ' - - l.ho i/ruiuui nuv uWillillltllOll iur governor, a peraonal encounter iccurred between two of the candidates, Gov. Jell Davis and As mciate Justice Carrol D. Woods if the supreme court. Gov. Davis struck Judge Woods 011 the head, causing the blood to flow freely. As Judge Wood attemptid to retaliate he was seized and kept from reaching the governor. Later he disengaged himself and itruck the governor 011 the arm. The principals were arrested *nd placed under bond for their ippearance in the mayor's court Jan. 15. As Gov. Divis was closing hic ipeecJi todar. i,.i accused Judge Wood of having gone to New Vork to secure information igainst Senator James K Jones, n the last campaign for United States senator. .The governor laid he himself had fought Sc#aor Jones in the open, but that ludge Wood had knifed him,and vas a traitor. .Judge Wood quickly arose and laid the governor would have to etract or be held personally reiponsible hereafter. "Why not now?" said Gov. Oavis, accompany ing the remark jy striking Judge Wood with a :ane. Officers interfered aud irevented furthur trouble, after ludge Wood struck the governor >n the arm. Thin is the former homa*of |ex?enator JoneR. *" <8 rbla elgnatut' ia on every boa of the genuta* Laxative Bromc-Quinine Tableta ike rented* that curve a eold la una <laj