Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, February 17, 1904, Image 4
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I have Just received
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which are worth your
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prices If you need a i I
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taste and y ur purse, i f
right now. Come in
and talk it over. T
B. C. HOUGH. I ir
I Jeweler and Stationer. I 1
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LANCASTER * ENTERPRISE. *
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Published Wednesdays by j
Entkrprisk Publishing Co. c
A. J. CLARK. Editor. 8
One Year, ... .$1.00
Six Months, - - .50 8
Three Mor Us, - - .25 c
IN ADVANCE. ?
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Wednesday, February 17, 1904 i
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The Baltimore fire enipha 1
sizes the importance of fire in- c
surance and of carrying it in c
the large companies. Doubt *
less there are a number of small c
companies that were badly r
crippled by that fire ; but the ^
large companies will go right '
alomr as if nntliincr liaO lmn f
pened. t
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When cotton was selling for
five and six cents a pound the
publishers of many weekly papers
reduced the price to one
dollar a year. They probably
now realize the unwisdom of
that course, when everything
that goes to make a newspaper ^
and to keep the makers of news- s
papers alive has advanced in (
price. Any weekly paper worth r
reading is worth $2 a year, ac
cording to present standards#? 1
The State. 1
But wo .furnish the Enter- 1
frisk for $1.00, and just here 1
we wish to call upon you who e
have not paid up to call and N
settle, or send tlio money, if J
you are not coming to Lancas- ^
ter right soon. Wo need it, c
and shall expect you to pay *
without further delay. Many, ^
many have paid. To them we '
extend hearty thanks. ^
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In last week's Entkrprisk 1
we stated that the Baltimore '
conflagration was the third 1
greatest in the history of this '
country, hut we have since '
learned that it is the second
largest and most destructive *
tire of this country, the Chicago (
tire in 1871 being the largest 1
and the Boston fire in 1872 be- *
tlw. ir 'IM.? a !
vmv inii vi. ii vmii i no ouur |
comes tliis paragraph bearing
on (ho same subject : '
The Raleigh Times says : "It 1
is now beyond doubt that the N
destruction caused by the Ii re ; t
in Baltimore is the greatest L
ever experienced in any single !
fire in the history of the world." I
While the loss was appalling,
it was yet about $70,000,000 (
less than that incurred in tho : 1
Chicago fire, without consider ' t
ing the sacrifice of life. But!,
our Kaleigh contemporary lias 1*
forgotten the little affair pre r
sided over by Nero. There '
wore no fire insurance cofnpa-U
nios in those days, so the esti-U
males of losses are not accurate, ,
but the city was burning for!
fully one week. In such fires!
us destroyed the cities of Koine,, '
Vienna, Jerusalem and London, M
the losses were total, there be ! >
I
ng no insurance, the great
>oon of modern property hold
irs. Nor were there fire-proof
raults and safes, so that the de
truction of treasure of all kinds
vas enormous.
DANGEROUS? UNMISTAKABLY.
A passenger boarded an
Vtlantic Coaot Line train in
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yiianesion recently witn a jug
?f gasoline which he set down
>eside liis seat. The car had
lot gone but a few miles before
in explosion occurred which
lurned the man badly and set
ire to the coach. The passengers
got out, but the car burned
ip. The fire started by that
ug of gasoline could not be put
>ut, so the car was side-tracked
md left to the flames.
That Haiti more fire was
pread and rendered more unontrollable
by the explosion of
gasoline tanks and drums. In
act it caused the Hurst buildng
in which the fire originated
o collapse in ten minutes after
he fire started. It is a danger>us
thing when it comes in
ontact with heat. It will exlibit
its energy at once. The
xplosions of gasoline are what
tin tlio Enterprisk'8 presses,
t is the explosiveness of gasoine
that makes it valuable as
l propelling power for engines,
>ut it must he properly confined
>r it is exceedingly dangerous.
RUSSIA-JAPANESE WAR.
The Japs and the Russians
ire at it. The first gun was
ired by the Japanese on the
>th of this month. Two Rusian
vessels were destroyed.
)n the 9th some of the Japalese
war vessels surprised Port
Vrthur after the manner of
)ewey at Manila, and disabled
liree of Russia's vessels. Since
hat conllict they have had seviral
others,and the result has invariably
been in favor of Japan,
rwelvo of Russia's warships
lave been either sunk orso badly
lisabled that they are out of
msiness, and eight others have
>een captured by the Japanese.
>o that Russia's navy is now
50 vessels weaker and Japan's
s seven stronger than when
lie conflict started. Of course
loth sides have lost some men,
bough the loss of life and the
ist of wounded is as yet com
laratively small on both sides.
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v> inn va iu<iii;air7 uiai iiuuiu
i,<)<>U soldiers have been captur
(d l>y each side. The Japanese
ire landing troops on Corean
oil. One report says that over
loo Japanese soldiers were sa>ered
by the Russians. While
lussia is vastly larger and has
nany millions more people than
lapan, still Japan has perhaps
he most modern navy in the
vorld, taken altogether; and
hen Japan has a great advantigo
in proximity to the scene
>f action. She is lighting near
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ravel 5,000 to 10,000 miles to
jot to the battlefield, and when
i vessel is crippled it is out of
nisiness for the balance of this
conflict. Russian supplies and
>oldit rs brought to the front by
atlroad have come some 5,000
niles over a newly constructed
>nd poorly equipped singlerack
railroad, with rails
,veighing only 10 pounds.
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* our reduced prices. Cloth
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^ to sell, regardless of cost
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