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Gaiiibiiog Speculation. Dangerous Thing to Tamoer with ?Soiuo Good ^ugges'.ion-. Strong an< 1 more dangerom than any other perhaps i> tho passion for gambling. One* it so cures a hold upon a man, or wo man for that matter, tho chaneet are great that tho victim is irretrievably ruined While tho man who makes an occasional wager i? not necessarily a slave to the passion, it is undoubtedly true that com plot* surrender is quick am easy. The Advertiser does not pro tend to usurp the office of the str men preacher, hut from a >trictI > secular point ot view wo wish t< warn against that form of gambling known politely as "specula tion." When a man risks more thai lie can return in the event of loss, that means that he is obtaining credit under a falso pretense. Il . is not honest. When a man goet ,.U/. .. ......-...I I - at iinw (i nun nci miu uuy s n llllUt concerning which ho is wholly ignorant it is garni ling, pure ant simple. Take the cotton mat kct. Ever our shrewdest business men know nothing about it. Cotton mill men, whose business it is to watch and study the market, are wronjj as often as they are l ight?as a general rule. When you or 1 buy futures or sell them wo are betting. Morally, cotton futures and poker playing are on precisely the sumo level. Mean while, it is not necessarily uniiioiu! for a man to play cards for money or to speculate in cotton, provided a man risks his own money, to which 110 other man has any claim whatever and risks no more than he can afford to lose without in* volvingjloss to cieditors or do pendente, ho, in our judgment, commits no otl'ence. The difli eulty is that not one man in 10, 000 is ablo to do this. A man with a pocket full of dynamite would be a fool to ride a fox chase. The man who gambles is a greater fool because Le takes a greater risk?with rare exceptions. Speculation utterly untitsaman for business A bookkeeper who has a few cotton contracts is likely to do hia work in slapdash fashion while ha has the contracts. If he wins a few hundred dollars, the chances are that he will bo useless until he lias blown it in." Employers do not want and will not have young men who speculate on their payrolls. They cant afford it. The young man ambi tious to succeed who begins by buying cotton contracts begins at the wrong end. Early disaster is the invariable and inexorable result. ? Laurens Advertiser. A VARY CLO-E CALL. ' 1 stuck to my entjine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain," writes C. VV 1? * ^ ... . ?<.- . j , u iniuiijiniYc nrcmnn, of Burlington, Iowa. "1 was weak and pale, without any appetite and all run down. As I was about to give up, 1 got a hottlo of Electric Hitters, ind after taking it, 1 felt us well as I ever did in my life. Weak, sickly, run down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by Crawford Bros' and .). F. Mickey & Co., and T. Eugene Funderburk. l'rice 50 cents. The north and *oit being somewhat worried about the treatmeit accorded the negro in the south, the south is more than willing to get relief from part of itH responsibility by trading, .*ay, 250,000 nogros for an equal uuinber of whites from those beet ions each year. And .if it wou'd be any inducement, we might give two for one. Comparative Statements Of Tous Shipped And Royalty Receiroil. i Attorney General Gnnter has just completed the annual report of tt<e phosphate commission and today the copy mix handed to the s ate printers About tha only thing of interest in the report is u comparative statement of lb* tons shipped and the royalty received since 1000. The report shows that for lt>0() 72,209 tons were shipped, and tho royalty amount; od to $21,556,49; for 1901, 97, 527 tout, mid $26,279,09 royalty; for 1902 66,793 tons, and $25,310,65 royalty; for 1903, 67,115 tons, and $16,936,47.? Record. > WONZ)ERFUL NERVE. Is displayed by many a man enduring pains of accidental Cuts, 1 Wounds, Btuuex, Burns, Scalds, , Sore foot or stiff joints. But r there's need for it. Bueklen's Arnica Salve will kill the pain and cure the trouble. It's tho best Salve on earth for Riles, too. > 25c, at Crawford Bros' and J. F. Mac key & Co's , and T. Eugene I Funderburk's, Druggist. 1 Fifty-Two Victims of Howling Gale. I 1 Seattle, Wn., Jan. 9.?The steamer Clallam of the Seattle1 Victoria lleet wont down early this morning midway between 1 Smith Island and Dungennese, in 1 the straits of Suun deFuca. Fifty-two persons were drowjed. The Clallam was n staunch new passenger boat on tha Seattle. Victoria tun. She left Port Townsend for Victoria at noon yesterday facing a lorriftic gale. When in sight of her destination ' a huge sea overwhelmed the lit- j tie steamer, smashing in hor head ( lights, Hooding her hold, with wa-' ^ icr, cxuiigiiisuing me nres oe?' ucath her boiler end placing her , at the mercy of u howling gale. j The Legislature of Mississippi' has instructed her senators te vote ' for the Panama canal treaty. The President has sent to the ; ssnute the name of lt?r. Joshua Wilson, colored, as postmaster at Florence, S. C. Two citizens of Alabama, who ' I pleaded guilty to the charge of peonage on last Friday, were fined' $1,000. A resolution was introduced in the lower house of congress Friday authorizing the President to tender the good offices or media*tionjof the United States to Itua sia and Japan. The coroner's jury in Chicago is investigating the cause of the Iroquois theatre firs. There have hoen two moie deaths of victims of the tire, making a total of 598. A man who never abuses his partner or his employer has the ti uo Christian spirit. Sfops (he Coiif/U aud Works off tho Cold. j Take Laxative Bromo Quinine ITublets. All druggists refund (money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box 25c. Host of the conclusions a man leaches theoreticuMv - J t? ally useless. No man has the heart to say "No" when a girl asks if he real j ly and truly loves her. lloware of the tireless worker who ia always trying to work yon. i , A bachelor says it's woman's art to doceivo and man's folly to believe. The Kent Prescription for Mantra Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tastclesi Chill Tonic. It 1 is simply Iron and Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. ' For Confederate's Horses. I'uited States Begins Payment for Animals Taken After Surrender. Washington, Jan. 8 ?The War Department has begun the payment of claims amounting to $37,000 of ex-Cunfederate soldiers for horaea taken from them1 after the surrender. This payment ia made in accordance with an act of Congress, passed ;n 1901, but it bass been hard for the claims to bo properly established, and no payments have been made until now. The matter has been investigate oil andjpushod by Quartermaster General Humphrey, with the rssuit that claims to the amount in^ dicatod will be paid at once. Most of the claimants re. ide in Tennessee and North georgia, in the vie inity of Chattanooga. This is for payment at a valuation of about $150 for each horse taken by the Federal commanders from f'onfoiloritou ?? ???? . . W ... vv? VI UVV? U V VI Kirn I Strawberry Plains, Tenn., after Gen. Grant had allowed thoao eurrendoi ing to keep their side arms and animals. stop "i r A neglected cough or cold may lead to serious bronchial or lung troubles. Don't take chances when Foley's Honey and Tar affords perfect security from serious effect of a cold. Why She Didn't Shout __ I Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead of Pittsburg is fond of telling stories at his .own expense. Whan ho was [rector of the Church of the Nativity at South Bethlehem, Pa., he acquired a convert for the Episcopal church in the nerson of ? - j \ Methodist woman who was much s$iven to contributing to the church iorvicos by ioterjecting"Ameo, and ''Alleluia." He explained to the good woman that such ejaculations wore not customary in the Episcopal church, and she sat gravely through a sermon on dignity and decorum in public worship. Afterward the Bishop thanked her for restraining her fervor. "No need to thank me," retorted the ex-Methodist. "You did'tsay anything to make me shout."?New Yoik Times. PNEU V10NIA AND L\ GRIPPE Cough cured quickly by Foley's Money and Tar. Kefuse substitutes. T. E. Funderburk. Many a girl shatters her ideal when she marries him. Two often cease to be company after they are made one. It is twice as easy to fool yourself as is to fool other people. Only a poverty-stricken office is compelled to seek the man. Many a man's respect for old age ends at boarding house pouN try. Some candidates get there with both feet and others put both jeet it it. About the time the average man succeeds in developing a theory it explodes. Love that has nothing but beauty to keep it alive is very apt to be short-lived. A woman never really enjoys hurting a man's feelings unless she loves him. CHILDREN POISONED Many children are poisoned and made nervous and weak, if not killed outright, by motbersgiving them cough syrups containing opiates. Foley's Honey and Talis a safe and certain remedy for coughs, croup and lung trouble, and is the only prominent cough medicine that contains no opiates or other poisons. Alliance Kxchauge Again. ^ In the supreme court proceed ings yesterday there whs u case entitled "II E. Brookshire respondent, vs. Kurmer* Alliance I Exchange of South Carolina, appellant. Appeal dismissed." Somejmonths ago Judge Ernest Gary m\ie a decree that the ?.f fairs of the Exchange *hoiil<< I e put in the hands of a receiver, or that a bond should bo given for the protection of the interest f those who are in the suit in reference to the money owned by the defunct exchange. "This money is in bank, and an effort was made to have it dividisd among the various sub-alliances which supported the exchange All of them are practically out of exialonco and the action of the court meins that the money in bank will remain thero until further orders.?Columbia Record, 9 th. A LIFE AT STAKE If you but knew the splondid , merit of Foloy's Honey and Tar you would never be without it. A doee or two will prevent an at tack of pneumonia or la grippe. . It may save your life. Denied The Fact. ' Alexander H. Stevens, vice | president of the Confederacy, was odo of the most skillful debators *" Georgia has ever sent to congress. f Th? mitlinr of I -uvuui VI i: i vill ILiU V>1 V L ^ War to Date''tells of one occasion when Stophens mat defeat. Ha had made a apeech at a political rally to which it seemed impossible to reply. A man named Russell was at last porsunded to take the stand. He at once attacked the record of the opponont with greundless charges. "Now," ho demanded, "stand up here and explain to these raters why, when you were in congress? you voted for a five-hundred dollar property qualification for franchise." "Little Alex" jumped up. Hie shrill voice was ear piercing. "It is false," he screamed. "I deny the fact." "les," said Mr. Russell "that is what I expected yon to do. M For twenty years you have been going around denying facts." The audience roared with delight, and "Little Alex" left the , ball. He said years afterward d ' that he never again used "fact" * in that familiar but illogical way. CASTOR IA Tor Infants and Children. The. Kind You Have Always Bought F I Notice to Pensioners. I will be at the Court House every Saturday In Jauuary 1904. to meet new applicants Tor Pensions, and to fix all Pension Papers in a condition to go before the County Peiuion Board Respectfully. W. B. BKUOE, Pen. ('cm. L. C. Notice to Trespassers. Hunting, Hhooting, riding, driving, walking, cutting timber, damaging or cutting fencee permitting dogs, hugs, stock and cattle to run at l*rge, and trespassing in any manner, upon such lands as nre owned or controlled by us in Indian l,atd and VVaxhaw Townships, and fis'ring in any mailtier in the treams belonging to these lands are forbidden under penalty of lite law on and after December the fifteenth, 1903 J. Douglas Nisbet, J M Nisbet, K. W. Nisbet. jUUWbT UtScflScS are the most fatal of all diseases. FOLEY'S GSSUO or money refunded. 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ASTORIA r Infants and Children. e Kind You Have Always Bought M jars the J \ gnature / /I \) w w 'n \X Use r For Over Thirty Years ASTORIA "Ml eCftTAun MMMNT. NM TON* OITT. Bin oooooo 1, COFFINS. in stock, to keep, a JFF1NS and r stock embraces id the plain, cheap METALLIC cases, nr order when so unyour family. PRICES LCH of ALL. tui to.Oct. 15, 1902.?tf. mr o tlie Taxpayers of lisncaster inty. The Treasurers office wilt ojhmi for tho collection of taxes, liout penalty, for the fiscal year 3 from the loth day of October to 31st day of December, inclusive t> levy is as follow*: te Tax, 6 mills inly Tmx, 4 mills ?cial (i.ACRR) 3 mills iking Fuud ( . A (J It R) 1 mill uMitutlonal Wcliool Tax 3 mills lCIAL LOCAL LBVY (8, C. A OA. EX. K. R.) lie ( reek Township 4} mills Is Cieel' Township 8 mills asant Hill Towuship 8 mills ?01AL LOCAL FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES n Wyck Hchool District 2 ra.lls ncaster 4} mills t.caster. Interest on nds & S'k'g Fund 1} mills, 0 milks rshaw, 4 mills ath Borings, 3 mills kliurst, 4 milks tcs X Roads 1 mills TOTAL LEVY BY DISTRICTS, linn Laud 10 mills linn Land, Van Wyck, 18 mills ixhaw, 10 mills ixhaw, VTnn Wyck, 18 mills ne ( reek, 20} mills ie ('reek, I an raster, 10} mills ' e ('reek, J. X R. 22} mills id ict n, mint Is reek, Lancaster, 27 mills Is ( reek J X II, 2t mills ford 10 mills it Creek, 18 mills it Creek, ItilMliHW, 20 mills >a ant Hill, 18 mil* insant Hill. Xershaw, 28 mills !M8Hiit Hill, Heath Springs 22 mills usaut Hill, Oak hurst, 23 mils as nt Hill. J X It, 21 mills Jar ( reek, 16 mills Jar Creek. J X It 18 mills Respectfully, W. C'.CAUI HRN, f>t. 28,1003, County Treas.