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A Good Time I Go buy a \ , Good Timepiece 1 have just received i a lot of uvw Watches which uro worth your swing? probably the n ost Interest ng assortment .that e er came to 1 uncuster. I never saw handsomer styles and as i bought them at a discount, for cusll, I mean to sell thoni at pleasing prices 11 you need a Watch I can lit your ta >te and y or purse, rlcht now. Come in I and talk it over. ft. C. HOUGH, Jeweler and Stationer. LANCASTER * ENTERPRISE. Published Wednesdays by extjmprisk Publishing Co. r A. J. CLARK. Editor. / One Year, ... $1.00 Six Months, - - .50 Three Mor tis, - - .25 IN ADVANCE. ?; Wednesday, December 0, 1903. PHAISE GOD. The friends of Furman University will be specially grati lied to learn that the proposed endowment of $ 100,000 has been secured under the plan proposed a year ago at the Baptist State Convention by Rev. .Joel I. A1 len. More than that has been secured. About the time the $100,000 mark was readied, Prof. C. H. Judson, a life long friend of the University and for nearly half a century the honored and honorable professor of mathematics in that institution proposed to the trustees that if they would make the endowment $105,000. he would rnvn I - ? o ~ them $20,000 more, making the endowment $125,000, It was secured and everybody is rejoicing, and .ill should join in singing the long meter dox ology? "l'raise God from whom all blessings How. Praise Him all creatures here below" <fec. Jtead Th>n. The Lancaster Cotton Mills Machine Shop is fitted with modern up-to-date tools and ma chines and has mechanics capa ble of doing first class work in it. They are prepared to repair engines, toilers, tiins ami Ma chinery of all kinds. Kirst clas* work and moderate charges is the "motto." Can bore out cylinders, patch boilers and give all kinds ot machinery a thorough over hauling, and guarantee it. work ing satisfactorily after leaving the shop. Apply to the Superintendent or at the Machine Shop, at New Mill. n!8-4i Mr. J. S. Mackoroll of Yorkville was in town a couple of days last week. Col. II. T. Thompson, Agency Director ot the New York Life, was in town Monday. The truest thanksgiving results in giving others good reason for being thankful. If you are thankful for all the blessings you will have no time to grieve over vour misfortunes. mm mmrnt* IIow'n Thin. W e offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure K J. CHENEY A Co , Toledo, (). We, the undersigned, have known K J. Cheney for the last l > years, and hvllove him i , ie jier'i'i tly I urmnl le In all business trimsirttonH and financially able to carry out any -.ill ii inad? 'heir tlrm W EST A 'I'KUaX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, r?. WtLDIN'd, KINNAN A M ARVaM, Wholo sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh < lire Is taken internally, act llrectly upon the blood and tnuctres M-r faces of tho system Testimonials sent free J'rice 76a per bottlo. Sold hy air Druggists. Hall's family i'llls are the lie#t NEW YORK COTTON ROOM. , i Rrokers Excited and Prices Went Rushing lip Until Realized that the Estimate Was Ten >1 il I ion Rales. New York, December 3.?An unprecedented rush to buy, a HenRational soaring of prices upward and the heaviest sales on record followed the announcement on the New York Cotton Exchange of the agricultural de pertinent's estimate of the cotton crop of the present season, 9,962,039 bales. At the sound of the word "nine," indicating the number of million bales in the estimate, a scene of frantic bidding set in, the shorts in their excitement not waiting to learn that the total estimate was but 37,961 |i bales short of the round ten millions, and instantaneously prices jumped from 10 to 20 pointp on the first sales, the rise continuing until advances of from 30 to 40 points were registered before the close of an hour, and of from 60 to 70 points before the upward movement was checked. Then the uncovering of long cotton in tremendous volume at the advance and the realization that the estimate was practically ten million bales caused a temporary i naui/iuii, tii4t PUUII ll ll 111 puur 1*1 buying orders from outside markets and bullish reports sent the prices upward again, and at the high point,reached shortly before the close, stood 79 to 87 points above the low level of the morn ing. The market closed strong at nearly the top, with prices net 69 to 74 points higher. Sales were estimated at 2,000,000 bales exceeding anything before recorded, while prices broke all records for this season of the cotton year. The market opened this morning with prices a little off from those at the closing last night. The market was depressed to 11.60 for January and 11.72 for March, May and July, and there seemed to be a disposition among the bidders on both sides to post pone trading until the government crop report was received When the report waa read at noon the effect was electrical, and the immediate clamor of The bidders drowned the reading of all but the first figure of the report. Shorts did not wait to hear whether the estimate might be only one bale less than ten mil lions or only nine millions, but ' in a panic rushed to cover, and in fifteen minutes 12 cents or more was being asked for everv option on the list. Although the | trade had been prepared for a low estimate, an average of private estimates put forward last week by Cotton Exchange mem hers being 10,358,000 bales, nothi ir>g below ten million had been anticipated and the wildest buy[ing movement in the history of fhn Kvchanoft onunorl Sa i.ruu ( > was the excitement, with over 100 brokers seeking to buy, that at tirr.On prices were 10 to 15 points apart in different sections of the pit. The volume of business was so great and the excite I moot so intense that, the brokers were on the verge of collapse,the i maximum advance represe"" an enhancement in value of from ' j $3 to $3.50 per bale, the lluctua j tions meaning the gain or Iosh ot fortunes. A glass or two of water taken half I an hour before hreaktest will usually keep the bowels regular. Harsh cathartics ahoiihi he avoided. When a I purgative is needed, take Charnber| Iain's Stomach and l.iver Tablets They are mild and gentle in their ' j action. For sale by J. F. Mackej A c j Co., druggist*. * S? H Bkl | in rn I For This M ^ In order to reduce our stock, in ' ^ we will offer to the public Dry 4) Hats at a great reduction. Beir ? for the next 30 days we will m; J customers to call and purchase ^ need, for surely we intend to sel ^ and those wishing to take advan * Call Earlv?30 D; - ' - J We will not quote you prices or ^ do not approve of that way, as 4) ception offered you by others ar ^ things advertised they say, "we ; ? make you any prices in this ad\ J come to our store and from the ^ you prices that will open your 4) sacrifice on all Dry Goods, but 1 ^ in the Clothing Department. $ /si u; ? vlil VO& lil I 1J ? the best fitting and cheapest lir % Douglas (& G ^ Can't be matched by any of our 5 line that is ma % i DRY CI j|S The hest and cheapest that has e^ I Remember ttnj! only holds good for 30 days, ar 3|2 our customers to call early be] ^ /! Thanking our customers for thei j?! and hoping they will take advan next 30 days, we are, sb yours I Heath Banking & y?yr vjx^-^si^yjfeSBG DUCSj ir.r.Q 1 m w mmm lonth Only | ___________ 0 j. T * the next THIRTY DAYS J Goods, Clothing, Shoes and $ ig overstocked on Clothing, 4) ake it to the interest of our ^ i what wearing apparel they J 1 Clothing regardless of cost, J tage of the low prices must ^ ivs is Not Lone ? w c # i any particular article, for we J there has been so much dc* ? id when you call for certain & are just out." So we will not # 'ertisement, but will say must t 1 counters our clerks will make eyes. This will be a great ? v the greatest slaughter will be ^ VVe are handling this seasoli ^ igh Art Clothing | le of nice Clothing on earth. ^ odman Shoes i competitors. The strongest ^ nu fact u red. W OODS J yer l)een offered to the public 3W This Sale! id we would be idad for all Sum fore the stock is picked over, ujy ir liberal patronage in the past tage of the cut prices for the 2m TO SERVE, Mji Mercantile Co J 1 Kgxv I y_ EsSta y> i * yt i {^ai iyj i '< i \