Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, February 10, 1900, Image 1
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FR0URES8 OF BOER WAR. j
Buller S11 pposed to bo Making
Wide Detour to Reach Ladysmith?Large
Operations
About to Begin in
tho West.
London, Feb. 6.?Military opin |
ion in London continues to as-J
sumo from very slender materials
that, Gen. Buller is again throwing
his army against the Boer
works. A retired genera!. Sir
William Henry Greene, whose
distinguished career gives weight
fc<7 hie opinion, thinks that Gen.
Buller, with 25.000 men, is making
a wide detour to the west and
. north in order to avoid the rough)
est parts of the country. As Gen.
" Buller must have some thousands
of wagons, Sir William Greene
poihts out that the advance must
necessarily be slow. No authentic
word is at hand, save that the war
offioe reaffirmed orally to newspaper
inquiries at a late hour
that it could not confirm the reported
advance. There the Natal
situation rests.
It is from the western field that
more definite statements come.
Large operations are apparently
about to begin. Gen. French who
has now returned to Rensburg
from his conference with Lord
Roberts, has sent what is describ
ed as> an overwhelming force of
infantry to seize Norval's Point.
This is where the railway, before
f it was destroyed, crossed the
Orange Piver and connected with
the Free State trunk line to
Bloemfontein.
Norval's Point is 19 miles north
of Colesberg and 25 miles from
Gen. French's headquarters at
Rensburg. The Boers at Coles
berg have been in danger of
being surrounded by the largely
reinforced and extending lines of
the British. An occupation of
Norval's Point in force would,
presumably, render Colesberg
untenable.
The Boers are showing great
activity in the Naanwpoort and1
esborg districts. Many of thci
guns hitherto fa ing Lord Methueii
are beiiev. i o liave whip l
to Norvai's l'on.t. British,
therefore, may find formidable
i bodies of Boers there.
L The war cflico announces that
15 transports will be dispatched;
between today and Monday, with!
13,000 troops, including the ltli
cavalry brigade, militia ha*tal
ions, and 3,000 yeomanry
BUI.I,I'll MAY ItK PI6IITIXU.
London, Feb. 5.?The war ollice
statement that it has received no
confirmation of the report that j
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A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written hy Mrs.
Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. 1). i
"Wan taken .vith a bad cold which
settled on my lunge; cough set in
and finally terminater! in Consumption.
Four Doctors gave up,
saying'I could live hut. n short
time. 1 gave myself up to my
Savior, determined if could not
stay with my friends on earth, I
? would meet my absent ones above.
My husband was advised to get
Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, (loughs and Colds.
I gave it a trial, took in all eight
bottles. It has cured mo, and
"thank God, 1 am saved and now
a well and healthy woman." Trial
bottles free at Crawford Hros.'
Drug Store.
Regular size 50c snd $1. Guaranteed
or price refunded. 1.
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AST?
LANCASTER, S. C
Gon. Iiuller has recrossed the!
Tugela river has failed to shakej
public belief that, operations of M
tremendous importance are pro i
ceeding at the Tugela, and it is
thought that either the denial;
was prompted by a desire to keep j f
the military movements as secret
as possible until something is no
complished, or that Gen. Huller;
is keeping the home officials in j
the dark pending results. It is!
obviously extremely difficult to
extract the truth from the confl
lr?f i no cto t??v>o
Uiviiuf^ omtUUiUIilO Bli tlUUIiUlUg 11
Gen. Buller's movement, but most 1
of the commentators agree that "
the aggregate of the items tends 0
to confirm the belief that move- t
ments of importance are in pro- p
gress. It is true that the correspondents
at Gen. Buller's head- t
quarters convey the impression
that his main force is still south o
of the Tugela, but it is easily t,
conceivable that the dispatches ?
. r
are so censored as to convey a p
false impression. Possibly, though n
dated Saturday and Sunday, the a
dispatches were, in reality, writ- n
ten prior to the movements reported
to have commenced on j,
Friday. This has already happened
on various occasions, die- u
patches being detained by the 0
censor and redated when actually a
released. p
Whatever may be the actual f
situation, there seems no doubt "
that Gen. Buller's preparations c
for a fresh attempt to relieve |
Ladysmith were completed on n
Thursday or Friday, and though ii
the start was possibly deferred H
from the date first selected, it 1
will not be long before it. is defi- 1
niteJy known that Gen. Buller's r
forces are again fighting their ?
way toward Ladysmith. Those, v
however, who expect den. Buller 1
to r-'aoh the beleaguered town11
tonight, seem (o have forgotten I
the presence ( the Boers. The v
best informed people, while san- l
guine, fully realize that a British
victory can only be achieved at a j J1
heavy cost.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible1 ?
Burn, Scald, Out or Bruise. Buck 1,,
leu's Arnica Salve, the best in the t
world, will kill the pain and N
promptly h' sl it. Cure* <)!d Sores '
Fever Sores, I Beers, Boils, Felons
("orris, all Skin Frimtir.ns rn.r-f
I'ile cure on earth. Only els :i ,
box. (biro guaranteed. Sold by '
Orawforu Bros , Druggists. i ,,
.Memphis Itauk Cleverly Swindled.
Memphis, Feb. 8.?The Mem- '
phis national bank was victimized
yesterday by a forced check for"
$5,1540 purporting to have heenjr
drawn by Edward Smithers, the (<>
major surgeon and disbursing of-111
fieer of the United States army at j
San Francisco and payable to the
order of S. A. Hvrne and endorsed
by him. I <
The bank advanced the holder ^
$1,000. It has since tieen ascer-1 e
taincd that tho check wan one of o
a number stolen from Srnither's '
ollice by a former employee and j1
the signature forged. The man
who presented the check disap-; ;
peered. I
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After doctors lulled to euro me of pneu' *
nioniu I used Dm' Minute Cough euro and v
three bottles of it cured me. It In also the best
remedy on earth for whooping cough. It cured I]
mv granuchlldrch of the worst cases," writes i
John Horry, Loganton, Fa. It Is the only
harmless remedy that gives Immediate results *,
Cares coughs, colds, croup and throat and lung
troubles It prevents consumption. Children 0
alwuys like ft Mothers endorse It. Crawford
Bros. d-w-a '
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SEM I-WEEKLY.
L, SATURDAY, FEBF
FERTILIZERS HIGHER.
lLL THE CRUDE MATERIA US,
HAVE MATERIALLY AD
VANUED.
'resident Morgan, <>1 The Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Com
pany Says the Selling Priee is
Lower Than Cost, ot Materials;
Warrant.
Richmond, Va., Fell. 1, ISKK)
To the Editor: My attention lias
as been called to a communication in
he News and Observer, published
nder date of January 31, 1900, in
eference to the advance in the price
f fer ilizera, wherein it is stated that
he farmers of Pitt county, N. C., proose
to organize and tight (he advance
n the prices of fertilizers, and by ininuation
our Company is censured as
he cause of this advance.
I desire to make a plain statement
f facts and conditions as now obnined
in the fertilizer trade, and to
how to the dealers and consumers of
ertilizers that the advance in the
nve ui luunuiaciureu fertilizers is
ot only just and warranted, but is
bsolutely necessary, and that the
lanufacturers of fertilizers could not
fford to sell them at the price ruling
tat year unless they did so at a very
eavy loss.
Now to get down to facts and llgres;
we will see what has really
austd the price of fertilizers to be
dvanced this year over last:
Acid Phosphate being one of the
irincipal ingredients in all complete
ertilizers, I desire to show here how
luch this article costs to make in exess
of the cost price for the same
hing last year. The advance in pyrLes,
from which sulphuric acid is
nade, is more than $2.00 per ton over
ast year. The advance in Nitrate of
ioda, which is a necessary ingredient
n the manufacture of sulphuric acid,
s fully $8.00 per ton more than last
ear. Phosphate Rock has advanced a
ninimum of $1.75 per ton at the mines,
ind in some grades of rock the adanco
is more than $5.00 per ton.
These three articles constitute what is
lecessary to made Acid Phosphate.
*ut them together in the proper pro- j
torliou and a ton of Acid Phosphate
rill cost .<2.07 per ton more than it did |
ast year.
Hags are costing us 20 cents per ton 1
uore than they did hist year, so that .
he crude materials going into a ton
if Acid Phosphate is costing approximately
.<2.27 more than it did a year ,
, .1
jiii. i- <u lactiirj >ll|lj)lll'.s ami
machinery, coal, ami everything n< sary
to operate a fact >ry, n from 2.1!
o 100 per l eu!, higher than it was a
ear ago. This will add certainly an j
alditiunai 10 ?*? iTt to the i :i~t of a ton
if fertilizer, making in 11. most eon-|
mvativ and reasonable estimate j
. ..-si tile a ton ol id per < nl Aeiil Phos- i
diatr. bagged and ready for shipment, (
osl lite at. innfae! nrer $2.;;7 more t httn ^
t did twelve months ago.
Now let lis look at complete ammo-:
dated fertilizers: We will take what ;
s commonly known as standard grade ,
if complete fertilizer, running, say,;
pe?* cent of ammonia, S per cent of
vailabh phosphoric acid, and I per
?*iit of potash As I have above dem- ,
nst rated, acid phosphate costs $2 07 i
lore than last year This is eqtiiva- ,
put.to a little more than 10 cents per
Spain's Greatest Need.
Mr. K. L\ Olivia, of liarcelonia,j
pain, spends Ins winters at Ai-i
,eii, S. C. Weak nerves-had
auaed severe pains in the back j
f his head. On using Klictric \
iittiTJ, America's greatest Blood!
nd Nerve Remedy, all pain soon
fit him. lie says this grand mod-1
cine is what his country needs.
VII America knows that it cures!
iver and kidney trouble, purifies j
he Mood, tones up the stomach,'
trenuthens the nerves, puts vim,
igor and now life into every)
uuscele, nerve and organ of the :
tody. If weak, tired or ailing you J
iced it. Every bottle guaranteed,
nly 50c. Sold by Crawford Bros., j
)ruggists. 1,1
TERF
tUARY 10,19QO.
Absolutely'l
? Makes the food more de
"OvM tSAKINO POW
100 pounds. In making the 2)4, Sand 1
fertilizers, 1,200 pounds of acid phosphate
would be necessary, so at 10
cents additional cost per 100 pounds,
the additional cost for acid phosphate
would be $1.20.
If cotton seed meal was used for the
ammonia, it would take approximately
700 pounds, and cotton seed meal is
now worth $0.00 per ton more than
i crmatiy. so it can not be said that
our company controls or is in any
wise responsible for the advance of
these materials, as we have no interest
whatever in any of these properties,
either directly or indirectly.
Take phosphate rock : We do mine
a small proportion of onr wants of
phosphate rock, hilt we mine none for
sale and we buy from other mines
more than two-thirds of what we consume.
So no one will suppose that we
were anxious to put up the price of
pho.?ip!i:ite rocks.
A - for cotton so *d m >:il we Have no
nterent eiliier directly or indirectly
in any cotton .-ce?l nil mill, .-owe are
no' rc-pon-ibl" for t In* advance in this
article. '!ood . : i ! t mkayfe are made
!>_ tin* ' !!* ; jn:c!?".-- i*i the tVi !, and
ut* Iiavt* ii.i interest ami no rotilrol
over these pmducls in a:i.\ way.
Why, lti;*:i, shouid I In* Virjjiniat'nrolina
<heu.i.al Company be
blamed for lhe ad\ance in the cost of
crude materia! , anil . mid it tie business-lii.e
for us t 1 wan' an advance in
( ru le inaieri i! , ni which we have to
buy almost entirely allot' our needs
ami of which we produce absolutely
not bine-, except .1 sin.ili ipiantiiy of
pho-pliate rocU?
It is our aim and purpose to manufacture
lertili/. r- '.s cheap y as possible
and to sell them at a low price as
we can alford, thereby st imulatinj; a
large eoiisiiinption of fertilizers and
their general one for all crops.
Let us see how the farmer is situated:
lie is gett iug I his year from
to 51 cents a pound for his cotton more
than last jear.and we understand that
for a great deal of the cotton seed the
cottonseed oil mills are now paying
Jfi cents per bushel Are these advances
wrong, and arc the manufac
turers who arc having to nse this product
condemning the parties who produce
them, simply because the demand
is such that the price has
increased so enormously over last
year? At present prices the farmer
can sell the cotton seed from one acre
of land and buy as much fertilizers as
he usually puts over two to three
to ci;ki: a <:oi,i> n o*k day
Take I.axativk Hkomo Qtinink Tabi.kts,
All druggists refund the ino ?ey
if it fails to cure. K. W. Gbovk'm signature
on every box. cents. 1.
iasi year, which is equivalent to 30
cents per 100 pounds, and 700 pounds
would cost $2.10 more than it did last
year. Now add 20 cents for extra cost
'of the bags and you have $3.60 per ton
more for the materials than we paid
for these same materials last year.
If tankage or blood was used for the
source of ammonia instead of cotton
seed meal, the advanced cost over last
vear would hp 43 90 nnr fori oa mmmnn
ia from tankage or blood is now 60
cents per unit higher than last year,
so tor 2}g per cent of ammonia the extra
cost over last year would be $2.80.
Sulphate of ammonia is tne only
other source of ammonia commonly
used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
Twelve months ago this article was
selling at about $12.00 per ton. We
paid for it this week $62.00 per ton.
Now I assert that the price of fertilizers
has not advanced nearly so much
as the price of raw materials going
into them. Let us see who is to blame
if any one, for the advance of these
crude materials. Take Pyrites : We
buy from Spain more than threefourths
of all we use. Nitrate of Soda:
We buy entirely from South America.
Potash Salts: We buy entirely from
city today. After the wind \nd
rain subsided a heavy enow bepan
i'aliinp.
Indianapolis, Feb. S. -A torride
wind storm swept western
Indi-iua and eastern Illinois oarly
thi> rnominp.
('ollinsville. 111., Feb. S.? Nine
I people were seriously injur-d in
a tornedo ibis tnovuiup ami much
dam i:r .va - done i property.
A proup of fine residences ;>uticii?
of the town ..ere reduced to
j splinters.
Minneapolis, Feb. i>.?The
mv t sn >w :;fi,nn of i !io winter,
la: nipanied by high wind and *
low temperature, occurred here :
ttoday. Business is paralyzed.
()malia. Feb. 8.?A storm which
began hero last night is row a
I blizzard and isstill raging. Street
, trallic is considerably delayed.
Chicago, Feb. 8.? A blizzard of
huge proportions is raging in
Nebraska and there is great danger
to lives and stock. Snow is
I falling and is being driven by
heavy gales. There was a drop of
I 12 degrees in six hours. 'The thermometer
is 12 degrees below zero
at Bismarck, 18 below zero at
Wildstou and 21 below zero at
Prince Alberta.
( ?'?> lUrlip, Mciulolii. V.i.. says, "Nothing
i id ini' ho mui-h good us Ivodnl l> mi I x-hiCura
Onr ilosi' roliovoil me. a fuw Imttlcs cured me."
It digests what you eat uihI always euros dys
popsiiu Crawford Uros. d-w-s
John Ihrr. Poscyvillo, Intl., says, "I never
used any thing as eood as *>?? Minute Cough
f'nrt' W < ore never without it." Quickly
breaks up coughs and cold Cures all throat
and lung troubles. Its use will prevent consumption
Pleasant to take. Crawford llros
1-wMothcr's
'Crusted Friend, Simmons Stiuav.
Vine Wine or 'l'ablots. Prepare the System for
Confinement, Shorten r.abor and make Child
birth Easy,
>RISE.
NO. 91
8 Bakina
i$U PoVvDEH
>U55E
licious and wholesome
OCR CO., NIW YORK.
acres, even though there is a small ud?
vance in the price of fertilizers,
caused by the manufactures haying to
pay high prices for the materials entering
into them.
We propose to be perfectly fair and
candid in our statements and believe
tbat when an unprejudiced farmer
looks into the situation he will realize
that he is not charged as much for
fertilizers as the cost of materials
under present conditions warrant.
Yours very respectfully,
S. T. Morgan,
Pres. Virginia-Carolina Cheml. Co.
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BLIZZARD IN THE WEST.
Five States Swept by Wind,
Snow and Cold.
St. Louis, Feb. 8.?Oue death
and widespread property damage
resulted from a severe wind
storm that swept this city early
today. Rain fell in torrents before
the blow set in.
JefTerson City, Mo., Feb. 8.?
Anton ileister was blown from
his door to a stone wall and killed
in n wind otnrm thof onranf fKio