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HF. ' I . Hp!5 - i LANCASTER ENTERPRISE Published Lvery Wednesday and Saturday BY The Enterprise Publishing Company A. J. CLARK. Editor. One Year , $1 .00 Six Months 50 cts Three Mon'hi 25 cts In Advance. Saturday, May 27? 1899. Captain J. B. Ooghlan, has been assigned to duty as com mandant of the Puget Sound naval station, June 30th, by which time the Raleigh will be out of commission. The work at Port Royal, S. C., on the governmental naval station will be resumed at an early date. There has been no work done, pending a controversy, as to the government's title. The navy department received Mr. (Jrigg's opinion that the government title was secure. Work on the engineering shops and other features of the present will be pushed at once. SHALL MINISTERS MARRY RUNAWAYS? Southern Presbyterian Assembly Declared Itself. The Minister's Judgment. Richmond, Va., May 24?The morning session of the Presbyterian general assembly witnessed the transaction of a great amount of business. A notable incident was the according of the rights of associate membership to the Rev. T. W. Williams, the delegate from the independent colored synod, who comes to speak upon the question of colored evangilization. After the assembly had voted to accord these privileges the moderator extended the welcome of the assembly in a few well chosen words, the commissioners all standing. The Rev. Williams replied briefly. i A communication was received from the association of ministers of Richmond and Manchester endorsing the proposition to remove the headquarters of the foreign mission committee to this city. It was docketed. The report of the committee on foreign missions was called up and adopted. The report says, among other things : "The net receipts for the year were $144,990.10. We regret to record the fact ?Kot tKio lo *1 ftr.o qi i__? 1-uav tuio m o I ? i jcno iiiau the net receipts for the previous year. The year, however, closed April ], 1899, without debt and with a balance of $54.10 in the treasury. Touching this matter and in reference to overtures from the presbyteries of Knoree and Arkansas, asking the general assembly to take proper steps to signalize the opening of the twentieth century by a special effort to raise not less than $200,000 for the cause of foreign missions in the'year ending March 31, 1900, we recommend that these overtures be answered in the affirmative, and that our people be urged to make the mini mum of their contributions this year $ 1 each." The report on hotne missions was presented by the chairman of the standing committee and was adopted, as was the report on theological seminaries. In answer to the overture about ministers marrying runaway couples, the assembly made the following deliverance: "The assembly is of the opinion that it would be both unwise and inexpedient to attempt to lay down any inflexible rule for the guidance of its ministry relation to the performance of this ceremony ?the great bond of society. It believes that an enlightened conscience and the laws of the land are, as a rule, the safest and only guides to be followed in Biich cases. But the assembly cannot forbear to express the opinion that in the cases describ ed in the overture the greatest prudence and cantion should be exercised by the minister; that he should exert his influence, so far as he can properly and prudently do so, to prevent such marriages, and only consent to perform the ceremony in those canes where he is satisfied from all the circumstances that the best interests of all the parties (including the parent or parents) will be subserved by his so doing." The report of Sunday schools and young people's societies was read and adopted. The paper gives the following interesting statistics: Reports of 2,050 Sunday schools are summarr/ed, with an enrollment of 19,338 officers and contributions amounted to $44,327. showing an increase of 8 schools, 18 officers and teachers and 4,241 scholars. The contributions amounted to $44,327, show ing a decrease of $4,158 For other objects $24,999 was contributed $7,530 less than last year. Reports have been summarized from 28 presbyteries, showing 331 young people's societies, with a membership of 8,892, contributing $9,878.98. Special mention is made of the organization of the commander's societies. The assembly then took a revcess. The afternoon session was largely taken up with a debate upon the motion to adopt the report of the committee on records of the synod of Alabama. The point of difference was that part of the repprt, which has reference to the division of the presbytery of South Alabama. A petition of several ministers complaining against the acticn of the synod in making this division was answered by the committee with the assertion that the synod is vested with authority to unite or divide presbyteries at will, and that this authority is unlimited by the constitution. The report was sus tained after a long discussion by an overwhelming majority. The following committee was appointed to attend the unveiling of the monument to be erected in ( lid Kent's hlirinl iri-nnnrt ir? M An - mouth county, N. J.: Rev. R. P. Kerr, Rev. Jas. I. Vance. Rev. Parke P. Flournoy and Ruling Elders T. P. Graham and William Wirtheny. The overture presented to the assembly in behalf of the alliance of the Reformed churches was favorably reported by the committee on foreign relations. The committee recommends the appropriation of $480 as the pro rata of the expenses of the alliance, and closes with the follow. ing: Since the peace conference of the accredited representatives of the nations, looking forward to the disarmament of the several uriiutjw iiiDi navies 01 me nation*, is now in session at The Hague, Holland, the assembly, at the adoption of this report, be led in prayer for this conference by the moderator. The report was adopted as a whole, and the closing prayer was delivered by Dr. Kerr, at the request of Dr. Green, who was acting as temporary moderator in the absence of Dr. Cannon. The night session was devoted | to an address on foreign missions. / . . . ^ ..... .. ^ .. ft. ~ POWER ALMIGHTY MOST WONDERFUL! The Clean, Hard C Good Judgment i ing, Has Don Several Manufacturers S Trifle, Compared Wf \ Our cash bargain annex (Cloud & All nothing but bargains. Not cheap stul merchants sell CHEAP goods. We s special bargains are world-beaters. SPECIAL BARGAIN NO. 1?On very pretty styles and very fine sheer m 20 cent quality; our astonishing price, 8 and county ought to see these goods. SPECIAL BARGAIN NO. 8--Oi the 10 cent kind and very desirable; oui Lancaster has never seen anything like SPECIAL BARGAIN NO. 3?-Al ful quality, very fine and sheer; strict cents?don't miss this. SPECIAL BARGAIN NO. 4?Si Pants, sizes 4 to 16 years; every pair w; price only 35 cents. Four hundred p Pants at 60 cents on the dollar?all firsl ufacturer who needed the money. Special Bargain No. 5?Embraces o no recommendation ; everybody knows town. It seems to us that we have air and we expect to supplv the other half M MM* half price ; the sooner you come the bet Special Bargain No. 6?All sorts of ladies, misses and children, part of Cl< prices. A splendid lace Oxford for cl only 40 cents a pair?worth 65. Our millinery department is one of t\ our cash bargain annex. The success ready our second order is almost gor with work, but with the aid of an assist the orders. Everybody is delighted wi plaint of any kind. There is nothing up-to-date trimmer. Please note prices in mind that we are not quoting prices done by some merchants in newspaper the best stock of merchandise in Lanca: plain white welts at 8 1-2 c ; regular pri ity Piques in plain and solid colors, nev Nice line of novelties in Piques, very r whites and fancies. Our prices lower est thing in linen and silk Crash for ski a cheaper lancy linen Crash at 10 cents ?great values. White checked Nainsc Organdies in lace effect, very new, at 5 plaids and fancies, cheap at 5 cents, o fancies in standard Calicoes, sold every some moire Linings, value 6 1-2 c, our white Quilts; genuine Marseilles Quilt: very best white Quilts, extra large and some large Quilts, value $1.25, our pric full size Vest, bleached, at 5c, special vi size bordered Handkerchiefs, good 5c k made Dresses, trimmed in lace and eml line ladies' Skirts 40c to $4.50; beautif lar and cuffs, 35c to $1?many worth d Silk Waists, plain and fancy colors and makeup, and prices very reasonable, Til rntinn T Vin ' f Cnrrrnf tli" rwl'*"" ...... kivii. A y 1/ 1 1 L I Ul ^ V- k UIL J/UILt V 1UL and don't forget to bring your pocketb nothing but the cash will pass. Our m for the people, first, last and all the tim Farmers' Banking V \ 'w OF THE j f DOLLAR -T DEMONSTRATED. 5ash., Coupled "With md Shrewd BuyLe the "Work. short. Lots Closed at a th Their Real Value. ? <A ison's old stand) crowded with bargains, ff?wc don't deal in that kind. Other ell GOOD GOODS, CHEAP. Our six ^ e case (over 2,000 yards) real Organdies, aterial, guaranteed as good as anybody's 1 1-2 cents; everybody in Lancaster town tie case extra heavy yard wide Percales, r price, as long as this lot lasts, 5 cents, it. >out 600 yards wide India Linen, beautivalue, 12 1-2 cents; our price only 6 1-2 xty pairs boys' fine cassimere Knee arranted; cheap enough at 60 cents; our airs men's medium and fine cassimere tclass, new goods picked up from a man- ^ ur whole stock of clothing, which needs that we are the only clothing people in eadv suonlied h^lf thf trarl/* fh ic cnrinnr i y I i - ~ "1" *&? / real soon. We continue to sell suits at :ter selection you will get. Shoes, Oxford Ties and Slippers for oud & Allison's stock, at awful cheap lildren, wedge heel, in tans and blacks, le busiest and most attractive corners in of this department is phenomenal. Alic. Miss Hasseltine has been crowded tant we hope to be able to keep up with th our hats; not a single kick or cornlike having clean, fresh stock and an below and compare with others and bear on cheap, shoddy goods, as is very often advertisements, but are giving prices on A *. T ? -v * sier. in ice line Tiques in printed and ce everywhere, 12 1-2 c. Beautiful qualvest shades, at 12 1-2 c?value 20 cents, lew and swell, in handsome qualities in \ than anybody's. Just received the newirts and suits at 25 cents a yard. Also ; also plain linen effect in Crash at 5 cts. xik, 10 cent quality, for 5 cents; fancy c?worth 12 1-2 c ; fine Scotch Lawns in ur price only 3 1-2 c ; big lot light and where at 5 c, our price only 3 1-2 c; handprice only 4 c; immense value in large s in white, worth #3, our price only $2; heavy, value $2, our price $1.15; handc 75c I good dollar kind for 60c; ladies' ? 1:-- - -- - %iul, line 11I1C V CSC HI I O, I3 tO 23C j lUli ind, we sell two for 5c; children's readybroidery, at 30c, 50c and #1.10; splendid ul line Shirt Waists, with laundried colouble what we charge; handsome line black, perfect fitting and very swell in dany other goods we have not space to id & Allison's old stand, on the corner? ?ook. This is strictly a cash sale, and otto: Underbuy, undersell,of the people, e. & Mercantile Co. .