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UNCASTER ENTlIPtlSE Published tvery Wednesday and Saturday BY Tt>o Koterprise f nblishln* - Company A. J. CLARK Bdktat. One Year,. $1.00 Six Months 50 ct? Three Months 25 cts In Advance* Wednesday, Oct. A, 1899. New York Cotton Market. New York, October 2.?It was "hitr day" on the col ton uxchamre. The greatest advance in prices was a matter of 38 points and from start to finish the bull fac tion was- in control. Friday's queer doing in the New Orleans market had led the trade here to look tor something in the way of a surprise when the market opened, more particularly as it had been rumored that Liverpool shorts were in full retreat and being closely followed by jubilant bulls. The initial sales showed at) advance tar exceeding the hopes of the most optimistic holders, while subsequent busi ness revealed an intensity of bul lisli sentiment in outside specula tive circles not. even imagined by the market's best friends. Just previous to the opening the super intendent of the exchange made the unusual request that brokers name the full pri^e when making bids and offers in order to minim izetlie possibility of mi-Makes and to reduce contusion as much as possible. The stroke of the gavel started a wild wave of specula tivo activity which showed little abatement up to the very close. Opening prices were 14 ($25 points above the closing ot Thursday, and though the market reacted from time to time during the day the undercurrent ot sen timent favored still further gains. Bulls were spurred on at. the start by an advance of 7(a<7? points in futures at Liverpool, coupled with rumors that sp.it cotton had advanced in remarkable form during ourholidtv interval. Talk . of frost having injured cotton in several parts of the belt, esti mates for much small, r receipts than last year as well as further severe reductions in crop estimates. and reports of advances in the price of spot. cotton in the southern markets add fuel to the fire of bullish enthusiasm. Pros pacts of frost. f*?r the western belt to night and increasing apprehensions that to morrow's government bulletin would be more bul lish than generally expected, served to check profit taking late in the day. Those parties who sold out Thursday night in the fear of a slump abroad before opening to day, reinvested soon after the market opened. The market olofed firm at. a net. gain of 31 @34 points. Futures closed firm ; October, 6.9G ; November, 7.03 ; Decern ber, 7.11 ; January, 7 17; Febru arv, 7.21 ; March, 7 25 ; April, 7 28; May, 7.30; June, 7.32; July. 7.34 ; August, 7.35. The Barnwell Shortage. Auditor Wise, of Aiken, who has been investigating the ac counts of the late Treasurer, A. F. Free, of Barnwell, has made his report to the comptroller general in which he places shortage at $8,041 GO. The state will lose n ?th ing. neither will the bondsmen, as the late treasurer's heirs have given up all their property to reimburse the statp. The examiner severely criticis es "gross irregularities" on part of both the auditor's and treasurer's oflice. VV. A. Dyehes, Wlialey, S. C., writes: Have used Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medisine ten years for Indigestion, Bad Colds and Tired Feelings. One dealer sold me Zellin's saying it was the same, but I will not be fooled again.] % KINLOCH G. MATH 18. The Had Death ot This Unfortu nate Young Man. The following account from the New Haven Evening Leader of September 20th gives the partic ulars of the sad death of Kinloch G. Mathis : The body of a man who was identified as Kinloch G. Mathis of Lancaster, S. C., was fount about 7 o'clock this morning on the grounds in the rear of the Karnam residence at 43 Ilillhouse avenue. The body was found by the coachman and was lying under a pine tree not far from the Whitney avenue .entrance to the grounds. The grounds are not very extensive, running from Hilli t~ iiiMirr rt*cnuc i yj ?t avenue. The man had ended his life by committing suicide and had evidently entered the place through the Whitney avenue gate during the night. A bottle containing about 3(> grains of morphine was found near the bodv. He had swal lowed a considerable quantity of the drug and had been dead sev eral hours when found by the coachman. When the body was found word was sent at once to the cen tral police office and the amhn lance with oflicer Hayes in charge went to the Faroatn resilience. The body was removed to Beech er & Bennett's undertaking es tahlishment. where Medical Ex aminer White viewed it. He has decided that death was probably due to a dose of morphine taken with suicial intent. Nothing was found on his p?-r son giving any clue to his identity. Everything that would afford a clue had evidently been re moved before ho took the fatal dose Dr. White found that the dead man was five leet nine inches tall, had brown hair, and lighl I hiue eyes. He thought. he wa< about 21 years of age, whirl later proved to he an acuraU estimate. In addition to the hot tie of morphine the medical ex aminer found a Richardson re volver with five chambers loader: in the man's vest pocket. 11? had not attempted to use the re volver, which is of 32 calibre I Other articles found in his pocketi I were a stamp box, 74 cents ii I change, two pocket rules, such a: | are used by printers, and a hand I Kerchief marked > K " The rnan was attired in a pni of black and white checked trou sera, a gray vest with greet I stripes. He wore ?aced shoes size seven I), and gray soft hat which was made by Howard Bros The police officers and other who viewed the body at tlx I ... ..... | undertakers establishment wi*n ' not a!.l?' to identify it. nil I ins! that the dead man was : j si ranger i n t he < ity. A printer named I). L Terry | belonging in the south, who ha i heen working as a substitute ir tin* composing room ol Tin | Leader, heard of trie tindiu: of the body and after hearing th< j diseription, eonrduded that tin unfortunate man was his friend lie went to the undertaker's es tahlishment. and identified tin body as that of Kinloch (i. Mathi; of Lancaster, S. C. Terry says that he has been ] acquainted with the dead man ] * about three months, lie first ] met Mathis in Charlotte, N. O., about three months ago, and j 1 since that time has been almost ' constantly in his company. During the summer months they grad1 uallv worked their way north and finally landed in New York. They i worked at their trade as printers i every place they could secure employment. p Mathis is said fo be well coni nected in Lancaster, where his ' mother resides. * lie was 21 years old and un ^ | married. * * * With Terrv 1' he cams to this city. Both put S up at the Globe hotel on Wooster and Union streets. Terry savs u that Mathis remained tln re until Monday nicht, since which time he had not seen him. The loaded revolver found in Mntlliu iwwcuscinn Imtnnrrnil - ?W Terry, who says that he doesn't 1 know how it came into the dead _ man's possession. mi The loss of the $50 and eontinned failure to secure steady employment made Mathis despon dent and Terry believes that he had ended his life whde brooding over his hard luck. When Terry saw him last Monday night Ma- u this was feeling down hearted but a said nothing that would indicate ^ that be intended to commit sui > cide. 0 The dead man has a brother u named Marion Mathis living at Yorkville, S. C. Terry belongs in J( North Carolina and knows noth . i ing about the dead man except . what he has learned since meet i ine him three months ago. <-( The authorities will notify his j I brother of his dentil at once and it is probable that the body will ^ he sent south for burial. The Typographical Union cannot take v I any step? to care for the body of the dead printer owing to the fact I that he has destroyed his mem ( : hership card. The officials of the j t International Union will be tel- c j egraplied to concerning the case i by the officers of the local union, ? who will await instructions. ? [For The Enterprise. Items From Dwieht. l! I Dwioirr. S. S., Sept. 30. 1800. Mr. Kditor :?The weather con. tinues favorable for cotton pick ' ini? iltid till* <rat4iritirr nf n:?rlv oi\t I - ! i ton is ncarin^ completion The . crop is somewhat short with us ' I hut the rise in price kindles smiles ; r I on the faces of our farmers. ,J Several of our neighbors have I sold cotton in Monroe, which i3 ?; , 'twenty miles awav. the past week. | | They say that the difference in 1 prices between there and I.ancas- ' | ter pays them well for the extra! 3 j distance. Rut we hear that Lan-| .ieas'er i s paying he? ter prices, and i. ^ j we hope that our people will no j < longer have cause to haul their;' , cotton away from their home rnarket. \ J Messrs. !!u?hell lMyler and Joel j x I slier are very ill with fever. J , Miss Corenne Elliott has been < ? visiting friends and relatives in , I . : 111 < i around I)wii?ht iluritirr lntl > , i week. i i 1 . ?l Mr. V. A. I,ingle, one ofj | . IDwight's most prorrising sons, f who is attending school at Mars- ( ? ville, N. 0., paid Dwiglit a visit s j last week. He was accompanied | by two of his pretty cousins,j 3uggies, Buggies; Bugs 3uggies good, Buggies 1 3uggies big, Buggies li story? 3uggies for comfort anc BLJ6G :o: Yes! WE HAVE BI lumber, of all grades and $30. or a good top Buggy on i eason, we are making a s] arge weekly sales is the sc ell a good buggy for so lit Mr Our livery service o ilar favor. Good Gentle Horses, and Carefu Plenty of Wagons a Call and see us. ELLIOTT & C lisses Mat lit* and Janie Linglel f Marshville They were givuij croquet party l>y Miss Etta Lin le wliit'h was ureally enjoyed l?v nito a number young people. Among the many beautiful outiu ladies present was Van's l)est girl." And while he has Iways been a faithful and obeient son, and a loyal and trustworthy pupil we suspect that lie verstepped the liberties accorded itn on the classic grounds of larhsville, as we hear that the earhers there are very strict in lieir rules concerning the assoeia ions of pupils with the opposite ox. We will not say any more ?r I'car this uiav meet I he eyes oi 'rofessors Sams and Nisbet Rut houId these gentlemen learn the larticulars ot his pleasant asso iations with litis charming heiTe ;e believe that they will deal ust 1 v and consideratly with him, nd that they will remember hat this offence is one to which hat variety of human species ailed the boy is proverbially >rona. To say the least, all were glad o see Van, and we congratulate lim on the felicitous tune he had nth his love. Amknus. NOTICE! lo the Taxpayers of LancaNterl County. rllK TREASCRER'S OFFICE will he open for the > ol led ion of taxes or the fiscal \ ear 1899. fro..i the Kit It lay <>f October to the Hist (Jay of Deem her, 189?. The levy is as follows: ItatP, o Mills, bounty, - - - r? 44 J.4C.R.K, - - - - 3 " Retiring C Si C. R. It. Rondo, ? Irhools, - - - H " LOCAL F.EVY. I. C. Sc O. K. K. It., Oills (Teek, 4% * " " " " Cane Creek, I'.j ' " " " " Pleasant Hilt, 3 " .ancaster (traded Soh.'.ol, l " )akhursi, - - - - J " lonnji X Road", - - - 2 " Total Levy by District*: lidian Land. ... 1(>?4 " Vaxliaw, .... i(}3j " ane Creek, - - - 21 " :ane creek, (traded, - 25 ' 'ane Creek, .lories X Roads, 23 " Jill's Creek, ... 21" Jill's Creek, (traded. - 26'a " ill's ('reek, .Lines X Roads, 23'.j " tuford, .... 1?}3*- ? Mat Creek, .... ]?;34' ? Mat Creek, Kershaw, - llV1^ " Measant Mill, - - - 111*, * Measant Ilill, Kershaw, - 1U?4 " Measant Hill, Oakliurst, - 231, '* Measant Hill,Jones X Roads, 2P., " >dar Creek, ... 1 " 'edar Creek, Jones X Roads, 1S34 " Respectfully submitted, W. C. CA1JTHRN, County Treasurer. Sept 25, ISM. fies galore? ?9L' better, Buggies best? ' ttle, Buggies on every I Buggies for last. ilEST & * JGGIES, almost without I all prices, ranging from 00 up. In fact, just at this pecialty of Buggies. Our , jcret of our being able to tie money. ontinues to grow in popStylisk Turnouts, 1 Drivers. nd Harness, too. : m A WFORD.' SPECIAL NOTICE! * A 1.1, PERSONS INDEBTED US, either by N'nli* nr Account, must come forward and Hettle promptly We have sold out our mercantile business to the Lancaster Mercantile Company ami it will he impossible for 1 ns to carry our customers any longer. As you well know, we have always tried to he very indulgent and accommodating 11 our cost utters and Lave never pressed them unnecessarily, so we hope they will appreciate the fact now that we are going out of business, and will come forward promptly and make settlement. All notes and accounts will he due by the. first of November and we will expect settlement in full by that time. Thanking our ft iends and the public ? generally for their liberal patronage in the past, we are, Very respect fully, HEATH, SPRINGS & CO. Lancaster, S. C., Oct. 4, 'Htt lin-w&a MONEY TO LOAN! I IIAVE n ade arrangements witjbr' Brokers in New A ork City through whom I am able to place loans secured by a first tcor'gag" on mpr ved farms lor five years time, payable in instalments, at the low rate of 7 per cent, interest per annum. The brokerage and the charge for abstract and in eppetion are small and at the expense of the borrower. R. t?. WYLIE, Atty-at-Law. Sept. '27, 18W. Gin. ^2?Ss Dr J. G. QUIVEcRGS, Tlir. 8I'KCI A 1.1ST OF Columbia, S. C. Will be in Lancaster, Monday, October 16tb to IStb, At Col. J. N. Crockett's House, prepared to treat all troubles of the Vfl KYK. BAH. NOSB \I> TIIKOAT JpJ^Fitof Glassesguaranteed. Ring up + t 'Phnne *? j-f iiyiiv OR CALL AT THE NEW MARKET AND BE 8UPPLIED WITH COOD FRESH AND WHOLESOME MEATS { A* v\?i pay th* highest market prices for good Htock and in only the best wt> buy anil deliver to our customers. PJT Sausages of all kinds In season. A A. 0. SMITH & CO. ** 'I wish to express my thanks to the manufacturer* of Chamberlan's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy, for A having put on the market such a won- M derful medicine," says W. W. Masaingill, of Heanmont, Texas. There are many thousands of mothers whose children have been saved from attacks 4 of dysentery and cholera infantum who must hIho feel thankful. It is for Hk sale by J. F. Maekey & Co. s