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LANCASTER ENTEIPIISE Published fcvery Wednesday and Saturday flw. foterprlsf. milsMn*. cSpiij A. J.CtA*K Mltor. One Year $1.00 Six Months, 50 eta Three Months 25 eta In Advance. Wednesday, Sept 0* 1800. ? i ? i ii ? * rry ^ LAST YEAR'S CROP. The cotton crop of last year was a record breaker, reaching 11,274, 840 bales against 11,199,994 bales the year before which was then the largest ever grown up to that time. The crop of the different States ' is given as follows in thousands 1 of bales : ( North Carolina, etc., 583; South ( Carolina, 1,012; Georgia, 1,536; i Alabama, 1,159; Florida, 70; Miss- 1 issippi, 1,522; Louisiana. 590; Ar kansas, 834; Tennessee, 414; Tex- j as, 3,555. Total crop, bales 11,- , 275. , North Carolina above includes < Kentucky and Virginia; Tenues- 1 see includes Oklahoma, Miss6uri, | Kansas and Utah ; Texas includes . Indian Territory. , Whilo South Carolina raiaorl a million bales of cotton last year, I Texas, including Indian Territory, ' raised three and a half millions j of bales. ] ===== I "Lancaster ought to back Leroy < Springs for all it is worth. He is i a leader who has already shown his capacity, and when a town < has a man willing and able to i lead in industrial developments it is fortunate, and should close i ranks and follow him. A million ' dollar mill project should not appall Lancaster with it6 hugeness. T I- -a Tt !. i iA)tjK ar union, wnicn in a year more will have about two millions in its cotton mills. The time is propitious for getting northern money into southern factories. If I local capital will do its best the rest is not hard." When Col. Springs 6et to work , to build the cotton mill here, Lancaster promptly subscribed the , amount he asked for, and although the mill passed through one of the worst periods of de , pression in such goods as this mill manufactured, the mill has kept running all the time, has paid three semi-annual dividends, and the stock is now worth 105, and some of our capitalists who ordinarily give cotton mill stock a wide berth, are now anxious to buy the stock of Lancaster's cot ton mill, and when Mr. Springs starts out to ftnlariTA his mill a i million dollar plant, those capitalists will subscribe liberally to its stock, and he will have little trouble in getting all that he will want in order to make the enlargement a certainty. A million dollar mill will bring perhaps 3000 more people to Lancaster, will consume four times as much of the farmers' wood as the present plant, and will furnish a market for increased tarm, garden, poultry and dairy pro ducts. Some ol Lancaster's boys should attend the textile deparment of Clemson, a clipping with reference to which appears in this issue of the Enterprise. We are informed that one of them expects to take the course. There is no field that promises brighter prospects . for lucrative positions than the field of cotton manufacturing If 70a have a boy, read w^at is said fn the article above referred to. It may help yon and him to decide what he will do. LANCASTER'S FUTURE. A great deal of speculation has been indulged in recently as to the future of Lancaster's business prospects. Many think that the consolidation of two of LanOaster's largest mercantile establiahments will have a bad effect, and that it will have a tendency to drive trade to other points. If that be trne it certainly ought not to. It is unreasonable to suppose that men with the sagacity and business experience of these, with so many varied interests whose sucr>PC9 ic HononHonf unnn tlin growth and material progress of the town, would do anything to drive away the trade. Their success as merchants depends upon the amount of business they will do. It is reasonable to suppose, therefore, that they will endeavor to build up the largest possible business. This is* the way it looks to us. Thert to do this, they must sell goods- at prices that will attract the trade, and must pay prices for whatever they buy that will induce the farmers to market their products in Lancaster. There is then nothing else to be desired. No one will deny that these gentlemen have a legal right to Jo what they are doing. Their money is their own, and if they see fit to use it jointly or sepa rately, that is their business. If they don't do a big business they cannot make money. Expenses must be paid before there are any profits for the stockholders. They can't run a business without patronage. They can't get patronage without they treat the public right. Can they afford, therefore, not to treat people right ? The Need ol Good Roads. Editor Enterprise:?In your report of the picnic and farmers institute at Craigsville you men tion that Prof. Morrison complimented Lancaster county for having produced two of the greatest men known in the history of the Pmted States?Andrew Jackson and J. Marion Sims. That was not the only compliment he nnid n? TI#> eni<1 wo ir. trc ?ln?l conductors of the institutes lar per crowds than did the people of any other county of the State? "but," he added, "you carry us over the worst roads to pet to them." That was a pretty hard lick, along with his compliments; but none of us can say it was un merrited. And if men like Morrison and Tillman keep on givinp us raps maybe it will make us ashamed of ourselves after awhile and cause us to mend our ways (and roads). * * * Whose fault is it about our scandalous roads? Not the super visor's, as some say; nor the fault of the chain panp, as others say. The people themselves are to blame. The}' could have the roads made better if they would. The supervisor appoints the overseers and orders them to work tho roads (see notice in the news papers). That is all he can do ; ho cannot ruake the overseers work. That is for the people to do?by reporting ihem to the supervisor, who will then have to prosecute the overseer. There is plenty of law to have good roads, and there are oflicers ready to enforce it. All that is needed is for the people to do their part. JUNH'8. ' "r'%" ' * THE INNOCENT PERISH - . ?| UNDER THE MOB'S LAW bj Ittacung Mormons; Her 8U>er Kills- Himself to ^e rent Being Captured. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 2.? Wednesday night ait Mormon elders weTe conducting a meeting in a school house at Pine Blnff, Stewart county, Tenn., when the building was stormed by a mob of over 100 men. Eggs and rocks were thrown through the windows and the building almost entirely demolished. Those present fled to save their lives, as bullets commenced to strike the building thick and fa6t. Miss Mary Harden, a popular young woman of the place, walked between the elders, Olson and Petty, with a view to checking the work of the mob. While the trio passed down the road shots were fired from ambush, and the woman was hit by a ball and almost instantly killed. Her brothers vowed they would avenge the crime, and after the first excitement died out they secured bloodhounds and placed them on the trail of the assassins. Burton Vinson, a prominent young farmer and superintendent n ( n Slindav fiphnn! ?T rntn o nnn ? - ?. uvuuvif fi i vio a \ uu fession stating he had killed the girl, but that it was an accident and he wished to rid himself of remorse of conscience. Shortly alter the confession the bloodhounds trailed to his home. Vinson turned, picked up a knife and cut his throat, almost at the same instant -sending a bullet through his brain. Ilis family and the officer's posse witnessed the sui cide. State or Ohio, City or Toledo, i Lccas CoCNTY- f Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he Is the senior partner of the Arm of P J. CHENEY St Co.. doing business In the City of Toledot, Cmintv anil nfnri.wftM on't ?K.. ? ?'-* * - ? will pay tte hutii of ONE HUNDRED UOL[,ar8 for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catahra Ccbe. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn to before me and subscibed In my presence, tills flih day of December. A. D. l.*8d \ seal A. W. OLEASON. ' ?,? ' Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure W taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Send for testimonials, free. K. J. CHENEY A CO., Tol- do. O Sold by Drut'slsts. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best Mass Meeting of Farmers Tailed. At a mass meeting of Co!ton Sellers, held at Kershaw. S. C . Thursday, August 31, the undersigned were appointed a committee 10 issue and have published a call lor a mass meeting of farmers who sell cotton at Kershaw, to be held in Kershaw next Thursday, the 7th day of September, at 11 a. m., for llie purpose of tailing such steps as may be necessary for the protection of our cotton weigher in weighing our cotton. 1a*1 there be a lull at tendance. J. N. Est ridge, W. JL Bhickmon, Robt. S. Floyd. Blood Cure Sent Free. By addressing Blood Balm f'o. H84 Michell Street, Atlanta, Ga., any Enterprise reader may obtain a sample bottle of their famous B. B. It.? Botanic Blood Balm, the greatest, grandest. best and strongest Blood RemI edy made. Cures when n'.l else fails, pimples, ulcers, scrofula,eczema, boils, blood poison, eating sores, distressing skin eruptions, cancer, catarrh, rheumatism. Free medical advice included | when description of your trouble is given. This generous otfer is worth while accepting. .Sample bottle sent all charges prepaid. Large bottles, (containing nearly a quart of med, icine) for sale by all druggists at $1 per botlle. B. li. B. is always ahead of all other Blood Remedies for curing Blood Humors. Try B. B. B. next 1 time you buy a Blood Purifier. i Hamiltonjniark, of Chaunrey, Ga?, says ne sutTered with itching: piles twenty ye*" before trying DeWitt's Witch Ilazel rtalve, two boxes of which completely oared him. Bdwnre i of worthless end dangerous counter* } feite. Crawford Bros. d-w-s Buggies, Buggies; 1 Buggies good, Bugg Buigies big, Buggi< > >torr- . t , Buggies for coihfort ^ B US Yes WE HAV1 number, of all grades for a good top Buggy season, we are making large weekly sales is tf sell a eood bue^v for * w ooy BHS^Our livery serv ular favor. Good Gentle Hoi and Ca\ ggfPlenty of Wago Call and see us. ELLIOTT 6 M. B. I'eavey, Byruiuville, wrifein Dr. M. A. Simmon* I Medici/le cured my whole famil ('kill* and Fever. If alf-o cure* pepsia and Headache. I beliei stonier than Zeillin'.* and l Draught. j WILSON FROM THE TRANSVA Claims to he a British Ai Hearing Despatches, but Talks Too Much. J Seattle, Wash., A dO? vid L. Wilson, who claims I an agent of the British uov meut and to have impor papers tor the homo office, arrived here en route ?a Lor I ? ' ? ' * iruui me i ran?avml. Air. (ton says ho has do doubt there will be a war. 4,1 have been three years in Transvaal ami know the lea of the Boer govern men t \ President Knitter .loon not v war. lie is now an old man. such he has not the control of cabinet he had once. The r net is composed of \oung b!i who want independence, who, I may nay, will never up until tliev have either utta it or heen wiped out 01 exish by the Eiiy.i>h iorces. Tin wltV I SaV t 11 f * ' ll < . iV!ir "When 'h?- lil'Vwv :s struc will be a i:v?-?' on .' in ihe Ti vaol. The Hrifish lV?r nio have been in e-in troops on?] practical! v i.M.ty .< tins tin lhe necessity '< n..:rvls immet ad ion." Frequent Protracted ( nnstipi r.sn?f!i i'iti iiiihii"ii nf tlie mo Remedy?use I?r M \ rtimi Liv??r Medioim. A WONOERFU' ~ URE OF I> HHOFA. A Prominent Virginia Editor Almost C!vcr; Up. but Brought Back to Perfect Ht by Chamberlain's Colic, Chi and Diarrhoea Remedy?I His Editorial. From TliP T in i II! I :'I|!?. Vi 1 siiflere.l with dincrhoen for a time and > ought I v. n- pa-t I cured. I had apei t much a?'d money and -offered sr. much ery ttia' I h.ul aim. -f decided to up all hope* <>f rei overy and aw* result, bur i.n.ie rig ttie advertise of l ti a Hi he i , n' oli', ? lioieru Diarrhoea H'-medy and also soon timonial- s'n'i.ig how some wood cures ha<! been wrought by this i dy, I d >1 ided tot y it. After tak few d"*e- I w?? entir?|y well of trouble, ami I wish to say forth nijr rrniiTS I'm IflKiW "UtrerefS t am a hale ami hearty man to-da; fee! as vnll a | ever did in my I (). R. Moore. vole by J * '. MacV Co. Irritating stingr, bites. soral wound* and cuts smoothed and h by l)cWitf'e Witch Hazel Hah tire and safe application tor tor flesh, lteware of counterfeits. C ford liros. > Himmona Hquaw Vine Wine or Iflta Ke^ulat? ^he Menstrual Oi and guarantee Regular, Na monthly periods. 1 y ' tuggies galore? ies better. Buggies besW. 98 little, Bungled on evefy arid Buggies for last. SIESTA * :o: 'V 5 BUGGIES, almost without and all prices, ranging from 50.00 on up. In fact, just at this ; a specialty of Buggies. Our le secret of our being able to ;o little money. ice continues to grow in pop'sesj Stylish Turnouts, reful Drivers. >ns and Harness, too. b CRAWFORD. * r>. vi J;i 4 (?a. i,i Mack Dr J. G. OlilV&ROS, Til K SPECIALIST OF h. Columbia, S. C. fill be Id Lancaster, Monday, October l"'n, 16th to IStb, At Col. J. N. Crockett's House, prepared to treat all troubles of the -Da EYE. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT 0 be AW Fit of Glasses guaranteed, ern ?????__ To eat with Appetite, Digest with n>t8 ronfortand Sleep with Tranquility, idon take a dose of Dr. M. A. Simmons jj I.iver Medicine occasionally. that ' $ Ring up <- -r vant 'Dhnnn wn =.* r nunc 74, and give or call at the new market incd and be 8uppliep with coop ence fresh and wholesome meats 8 18 As wo pay the highest market prices for good stock and Its only the best we buy and jf deliver to our customers , "3118 Sausages of all kinds In season. nthy A. 0. SMITH & CO. I are -?? ne il ,j,() j^un a woman Crazy, let her liate Menstruations be either too frequent or too much at one time. Simmona Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets correct his trouble. ition | wels. _____ VL none I II V* ""LANCASTER I is;1 GRADED SCHOOL. lalth Bead TllE ANNUAL SESSION ?F the Lancaster Graded School will begin on vlonday, SepL IK IHW, at 8.45 a m The Superintendent a 111 be at the School long ilous" on the 15th and 10th, from 10 to 12 a. m.. Ofing t" enroll new pupils and transact other school ,j " business Tea< hers are requested to meet on 11" the 15th Sept. at 0 a. m. mis- Pupils must come prepared for regular work > give on the first day if I lie 11'*sonable tuition fees will be charged pupils who reside beyond the limits of the men! School District All pupils will be required to , and pay a monthly incidental fee. tea- Hoys and girls from a distance desiring to ^ , , . attend this school can readily secure cheap M lerful rates of board he?> In private families. erne- h'or further Information address in ft a B. F. MILLER, tfiat Chairman Hoard Trustees. er to C'liBa. T. Connors, j ndt ? Secretary and Treasurer. . J V and Lancaster, s c. i?? J 1 For Toning up the System after Childbirth and Hastening Complete and Speedy Recovery, SimtnoQa yj tches, Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets are inealed valuable. re,^a lured I >aw- loo t Tubarro Spit und Saukr lM( )ft9 I l-w-s To quit tobacco eaally mr.<1 fore?er, l>a mag Jk oettc, (ullef Ufa, nerre and vifor, take NoVe J Tab- Beo,tba wander worker, thai make* . * re-ana *lrt)n*- All druuUta, tOc or Jl., Cure ?t?er?? ?.!?> l#eA Booklet and aample free. Addreew tural gvarline Remedy Ca. Chlcece or New Torts. 1