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The Lancaster News. tl Cl Semi-Weekly. t( Wednesday, Nov. 2S, 1906. ^ THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK-CONDI- ti TION OF THE FARMERS. L Fort Mill merchauts are coin d plaining these days about the g dullness of business. The opin- ^ ion is that we are in the midst, of a period of stagnation to jSI which business of every kind is * subject. One ot the causes as 'I signed is the fact that the farmers t| are holding their cotton for a |j higher price, which always has a marked effect on business interests.? Fort Mill Times. A The complaint referred to is not confined to the merchants a of Fort Mill. Merchants gener- d ally throughout the country re- r port a tailing off in trade this tj season. While it is no doubt o true that much cotton is being ti held for better prices, that fact il alone by no means accounts lor c the prevailing depression in busi- e ness. That condition ,%as been o brought about by several cau-es. a In the first place, the cotton crop, b in this and neighboring states, is 'I undoubtedly short, and the far i< mers, realizing that fact, are A disposed to ecouomizj along all d lines this winter, buying only t! what they actually need. Moreover, the farmers have be- j 4: r u gun i,u practice out? uj me iuuuu mental teachings of the Cotton Association, and that is, ,4to live at home and board at the same . 15 place.'' In other words, they | are raising and making at home very many things which they used to buy at the stores. They n are making their tarms sell-sustaining. They are not onlv * S( raising plenty of 4ihog and hominy," but other things as well . Ill that are essential to the comfort1 , 1 If and happiness and independence ot farm life. c (if t'ne reason why tlie streetsj' o' our towns have not been crowd, ed with farmers this season is because they have been taking J advantage of the many weeks of M unusually favorable weather for 11 sowing small grain. In Lancas ter, for instance, it has been a rare thing since the first of Sep- 11 (ember to see a wagon going out ei 1 CJ of town without one or more; c 19 sacks of oats in it. Since the! i opening of the fall season over 1 twelve thousand bushels of seed; oats have been sold by five iner- /' cantile houses in Lancaster. That I 1 number, of course, does not represent all the oats sold, for it 1 ( by no means includes the sales; of all the merchants of the town I f I o i ?only those that we have sue ceeded in obtaining. Nor does it 8 represent the total number of r' bushels planted. Many farmers)'1 raised their own seed, while many others purchased planting m\A7~-u- S nocu HI uiuiuucj ?f dAllilW rtUU other markets where they sold cotton. The business outlook is cer K tainly not as discouraging as ii may appear to be to the super- b ficial observer. While now and n then a farmer may "fall behind" C( in the final reckoning of his cur bi rent accounts, as a general thing the people are in good shape j The majority of them have '"paid j ct out" and have money either in a| the banks or in their pockets w There is also much cotton yet to H' sell. A successful Flat Creek j P1 farmer told us a day or two ago ! p< * lat he had not sold a bale of his rop and that in d'iving to )wn he was struck with the irge quantity of cotton being eld in the country by others. Yes, all signs point to better rade conditions from now on ntil altei the Christmas holiays. The farmers are through atliering this year's crops aud ave pretty well finished sowing mall grain, and for the next few 'eeks the merchants?at least aose who advertise and sell as liey advertise?are likely to ave plenty of customers. GREEMENT TO READ THE BIBLE. The "Sons of Rest" have inugurated a unique and commen able plan io encourage Bible eading. They have at their abernacle, inscribed on a piece f white pine board, an obligai011 which binds all who affix lieir names thereto to read a ertain chapter in the Bible very Sunday. There are now ver ! eo nam* s to the obligation J nd the scripture reading will egin next Sunday, Dec. 2nd. 'lie chapter to be read that day i the first chapter of Matthew, ill signers are requested to take ue notice thereof and govern1 liemselves accordingly. HF nFM AMn cnn nuici i nice >u .... ? M1V ? vn I/I1L.LLII1UJ in J LANCASTEH. There is a pressing need in .ancaster lor more houses and it! i up to our capitalists and own-1 rs of vacant lots to relieve the ressure. The town is rapidly rowing, people are constantly loving in and many otherswonld me were it possible for them to ?cure houses in which to live ? . real estate dealer tells us that e knows of at least a half dozen imilies that are ready to move ) Lancaster now but can not do ) for the reason that there isn't vacant dwelling in town. Kxheriil L. M. Clyburn, one of i-ancaster's best citizens, who Did his residence here some1 louths agm is going to move to ie countMahis week because he as been umfede to rent a house 1 town. A CrAllllAmnn i?i onnt!' " ? ? r town was recently el cted ishier of one of Lancaster's irgest mercantile companies id, after accepting the position, ad to ask to be relieved, as he >und it impossible to get a house i which to live. The present situation will have ? he soon relieved, otherwise ancaster's growth will he ma-| lially checked. We should not ilv welcome new comers but we * lould be in position to extend lem every facility for getting nmes. Let us get busy building ouses ! TREET PAVING-COUNCIL'S PROPOSITION. Now that Lancaster has the ood-pavernent lever, let us connue the work so well begun, pforeour temperature drops to ormal again. The making of a ?inent sidewalk is not such a ig, nor as expensive an underiking after all, as many nagined, as has been reintly demonstrated by Council ; nd there is no reason, therefore, by streets other than Main lould not be thus paved. Apreciating this fact, Council pronses to cement any sidewalk in town, provided the owners ofj" property fronting on same will agree to bear half the expense. TheCouncil will do even better: it will cement in front of one j single lot, if the owner will foot " half the bill. It goes without ! s tying I hit if a citizen, for ] instance, ha9 cement laid in front of his residence his neighbors will soon follow suit, for the obvious reason that the com parison will be too great. 1 The cost of cement paving, as shown in our last issue, is practically a dollar a liueal or run- ' ning foot. That is for a pavemeut 10 leet wide. A 4-loot or 1 a 5-toot cement walk would do 1 for all practical purposes in the residence portions of town, for the present at least,and the coi-t would not exceed litty cents per running foot Now who will be the firm citizen to accept Council's proposition? Don't all speak 1 at once. Judge D?n zler has decided, ill a Spartanburg case, that it is no violation of the dispensary law tor agents of whiskey houses to soiicic oraers in tins state. me question is an important one and should he carried up to the su preme court. Mr. T. B. Woods, of Chester, committed suicide Monday. ?Mr. John Cloud, of Chester, , and Miss Sallie Bell, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bell, of this place, were married here last Sunday morning, at the home of; the bride's parents. The cere- i mony wus performed by Rev. W. . A. Beckham. Mrs. J. T. Thomassou and children lett yesterday lor Greenville, where they will remain 1 until after Christmas with Mrs. Thompson's sister, Mrs. R. M. Crorey Business Notices. \'nl iepa inaartm! n n.lor 1 till* head at the rate of ONK (JKNT A WORD for each insertion No notice to be counted less than 25 words. DON'T FORGET the excursion to Oreat Falls Thanksgi?in< Day. Train leaves here at 7.30a.in; 75c round trip. DOG Id >ST?Rather small male set"ter, dish faced, white with yellow s >nta?answers to name of Rob. Reward if returned to B. H. T.ayton, Lancaster Cotton Mills. JOIN TIIE ITSII and go to Great ^ Falls Thursday. Excursion train leaves here at 7 30 a. in. Round trip 75 cents WHY ruin your eyes when you can buy good Oil at Mackorell's? Red j "C" Oil VALl ABLE LOT FOR SALE ? j Eleven store-rooms and restaurant on same. In close proximity to Lancas-; ter Cotton Mills. Very desirable property for good mercantile business,! barber shops, beef markets, shoe shops ! and restaurants. Also excellent sitei for laundry, which is greatly needed] in Lancaster Apply to T.S.Carter, A Rent 10-27-tf. ALL indebted for the Lancaster Ledger wj|| please settle. After.Ianuary 1st all accounts will be put in hands of collector. T.b.Carter. 3m. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY or LANCASTER, In the Probate Court, By J. E Htewiuun, Esquire, Probate Jixlgu Whereas, Mary B McDow, of Lancaster j Co., said State, lias made suit to tuo to grant her Letters of Aduiiniatriitiou pf the Estate of and effects of EdgarS. M?- 1 Dow, deceased. THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred i and creditors of the said Edgar S. McDow, dcc'd, that they be and appear before ' me, in the Court of l'robnte, to be held at Lancaster Court Honae, on the j 11th day of Decemtwr, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to \ show cause, if any they have, w hy the aaid Administration should not be granted. ' Given tinder my bond, this 88tbdnj of Nov., Anno Domini, 19' fl. J. E. STEW MAN. , Probate Judge. Nov. 27, 1906 November For this month we have a list everybody that is looking fo make will hold good until furtl Dress Goods 3 pes 44 in. all wool Suiting* very heavy and worth 50c, spe cial for this sale 25( 2 pes 56 in. all wool Suiting never sells for less than 50c, spe cial for this sale 39< 5 pes 56 in. all wool Broad cloth, positively cannot be mat ched for less than 1.00, our sal price only 72 1-2 Silk Specials 6 pes 36 in. Silks, come in al the best colors and black, a res bargain at 1.25, to make thi sale lively the price is only. . 89c STL When it comes to Shoes, we anything but solid Shoes, and 1 4" 1"\ n r\Mi ?L-Vkrti huyc tnc pi ice Liictt rneans moi Clothing Our clothing business is boorr ing. Never before have we ha such a selection of clothing, an best of all, we have them at pr ces that will induce you to buj We guarantee to save you mor ey on every suit we sell. MILL] A word about our millinery, have in this line, and when yo\ vinced that here is the place t( E. E. GROUF SCR We have got to hav< to the wise is sulticii forced to offer our i Groceries at cost to g not for one moment Those W1 to forget the little know no time price you at strictly cash j. everyone to come an get your goods now all will be happy. ( Silver Li (patent) to sell at $2.c our COST SALE c December. Bennett Gr ?Comptroller General Jones of Columbia, was hero yesterda; to make settlement with Audito Cook and Treasurer Hlackinon The settlement was entirely sat isfactory to the state official, no a figure in the hooks of eithe: county ofii -or having to be chang ad. Col. L. C. Hough, of Ker shaw, foreman of the grand jury was present. Bargains! of bargains that will appeal to r real bargains. The prices we her notice. Below we quote a few: Cotton Goods >, 5 pes Cotton Plaids, just the thing for children dresses, has i. been a good seller at 10c, special for this sale 6 l-2c. H 1 case light Outing in pink, , light blue and neat check, positively a 10c seller, special for I- this sale 7 7-8c. 8 pes light Percales, very dee sirable for shirts and shirtwaist, c special price this sale.. .7 7-8c. Underwear II Children Vest 10, 15 and 25c. tl Misses 15 to 25c. Ladies' Vests, s 1 case, worth 20c, special. . 12c. :. See our Vests at 25 and.. 50c. OES are the people. We do not sell when it comes to the prices we ley saved to the purchaser. Ladies' Coats. i- We have just received anothd er shipment of those 15.00 coats d that we have a special price of i- 12.50. If you want something r. cheaper in a coat we have it. i- We have them at all prices from 2.50 to 15.00. [NEHY We want to show you what we i get our prices you will be con"* linv vr?nr nf J J VV?? CIjOUD ?ID-HOG APE 1 2 the money. A word ;nt. Now while we are entire stock of selected et the money, we would have 10 Owe Us account due us. We s, hence we have sold >rices, and now we wish d make settlement and at cost for the cash and Dnly one more car of ake Flour >o per sack. Remember doses first Monday in Yours truly, ^00 * ocery Uo'py. , ?Ah previously published, v there will be a rallv of the Woodr men of the World at Vanwyck tomorrow, Thanksgiving day. A sermon will be preached at "11 o'clock a. m. by the Rev. J. * Meek White, of Unity, after r which a basket dinner will he . served. The Vanwvclc Camp _ will have a meeting in the afternoon. Subscril>e to The News.