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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-27
.rgest
-.AuOWment eVer paid.

Fifteen years ago MI. George Gooderham, of Toronto, took out
15-Year Endowment Policy No. $50, 421 for $780, 900. in the Equitable
Life Assurance Society of the United States, paying an annual pre-
MUM of Ss3S2. Now his policy has matured and shows the following
results:
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
BULLER MAY BE FIGHTING.

London, Feb. 5.-The war office
statement that it has received no
confirmation, Of the report that
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
BLIZZARD IN THE WEST.
Five States Swept by Wind,
Snow and Cold.

St. Louis, Feb. Some death
and widespread property damage
resulted from severe wind
storm that swept this city early
today. Rain fell in torrents be-
fore the blow set in.
Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. s.
Anton Hester was blown from
his door to stone wall and killed
in wind storm that swept this
city today. After the wind and
rain subsided heavy snow be-
gan falling
Indianapolis, Feb. S.-A ter
riic wind storm swept western
Indiana and eastern Illinois carly
thi, morning.
CoIIinsyiIle, ILL.,, Feb. S.-Nlne
people we're seriously injured in
a tornado mis- morning and much
damag' VA done t. property.
a group Of fine rrGlGenCe8 out
side OF the town "ere reduced to
spiinters.
Minneapolis, Feb. S.-The
..r'rest snow storm Of tho winter,
az. ampauIou by high wind and
low temperature, occurred here
today. Business is paralyzed.
Omaha, Feb. S.-A storm which
began here last night Is now a
blizzard and is still raging. Street
traffic is considerably delayed.
Chicago, Feb. S.-A blizzard Of
huge proportions is raging in
Nebraska and there is great dan
ger to lives and stock. Snow IS
falling and Is being driven by
heavy gales. There was a drop Of
II degrees in six hours. The ther-
mometer is II degrees below zero
at Bismarck, Is below zero at
Wildst0n and u below zero at
Prince Alberta.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10

acres, even though there is small adj
vance in the price of fertilizers,
caused by the manufactures haying to
pay high prices for the materials en-
tering into them.
We propose to be perfectly fair and
candid in our statements and believe
that 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. II. MORGAN,
Pres. Virginia Carolina Cheml. co.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
Memphis Bank CleverIy Swindled

Memphis, Feb. S.-The Mem
phis national bank was victimized
yesterday by forged check for
$5,G4O purporting to have been
drawn by Edward Smithers, the
ajor surgeon and disbursing Of
ficer of the United States army at
San Francisco and payable to the
order of S. A. Byrne ana endorsed
by him.
The bank advanced the holder
$1,000. 1t has since been ascer-
tanned that the check was one of
a number stolen from Smither's
office by former employee and
the signature forged. The man
who presented the check disap.
peared.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
Spain'S Greatest Need.

Mr.. r. p. Ohyia, of Barcelona,
Spain, spends his winters at All
ken, S. G. Weak nerves had
caused severe pains in the back
of his head. On using Electric
Bitter, Americas greatest Blood
and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon
left him. He says this grand med
icine ls what his country needs.
All America knows that 1t cures
liver and kidney trouble, purifies
the blood, tones up the stomach,
strengthens the nerves, puts vim,
vigor and new life into every
MUSCLE, nerve and organ of the
body. If weak, tired or ailing you
need it. Every bottle guaranteed, =,
only SOC. Sold by CRAWFORD Bros.
Druggists. /,
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10

Tugela river has failed to shake
pubic belief that operations Of
tremendous importance are pro.
ceeding at the Tugela, and it is
thought that either the denial
was prompted by a desire to keep
the military movements as secret
as possible until something is &C
complished, or that Gen. Butler
Is keeping the home officials in
the dark pending results. 1t is
obviously extremely difficult to
extract the truth from the con-
hlcting statements surrounding
Gen. Buffers movement, but most
OF the commentators agree that
the aggregate of the Items tends
to confirm the belief that move
ments of Importance are in pro-
gress. 1t is true that the cores
pondents at Gen. Buffers head
quarters convey the impression
that his main force is still south
of the Tugela, but it is easily
conceivable that the dispatches
are so censored as to convey a
false impression. Possibly, though
dated Saturday and Sunday, the
dispatches were, In reality, writ
ten prior to the movements re-
ported to have commenced on
Friday. This has already hap.
pened on various occasions, dis
patches being detained by the
censor and redated when actually
released.
Whatever may be the actual
situation, there seems no doubt
that Gen. Buffers preparations
for a fresh attempt to relieve
Ladysmith we're completed on
Thursday or Friday, and though
the start was possibly deferred
from the date first selected, it
will not be long before 1t is def
niteIy known that Gen. Buffers
forces are again fighting their
way toward LaGvsmith. Those,
however, who eX., ect Gen. Butler
to reach the beleaguered town
tonight, seem 70 have forgotten
the presence [, the Beers. The
best informed people, while san
guine, fully realize that a British
victory can only be achieved at a
heavy cost.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
That Throbblng Headache

Would quickly leave you, if you
used DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Thousands of sufferers have prov
ed their matchless merit for Sick
and Nervous Headaches. They
make pure blood and strong
nerves and build up your health
Easy to take. Try them. Only IS
cents. Money back if not cured
Sold by CRAWFORD Bros, Drug.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
n Narrow Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs.
Ada K. Hart, of Groton, S. ID.
"Was taken With a bad cold which
settled on my lungs cough set in
and finally terminated in Con-
sumption. -Four Doctors gave up.
saying / scould live. but a short
time. | gave myself up to my
Savior, determined if could not
stay with my. friends on earth, |
would meetmy absent ones above.
My husband was advised to get
DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
| gave it trial, took in all eight
bottles. 1t has cured me, and
thank God, am saved and now
a well and healthy woman" Trial
bottles free at CRAWFORD Bros
Drug Store. ~
Regular size SOC and 81. Guar
anteed or price refunded. L.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
ALL THE CRUDE MATERIALS
HAVE MATERIALLY AID.
VANCED.
President Morgan, of The Vir-
ginia-CarOlina Chemical! Com
pany Says the Selling Price is
Lower Than Cost of Materials
Warrant.
Richmond, Va, Feb. |, 1900


To the Editor: My attention has
has been called to a communication in
the News and Observer, published
under date of January 81, 1900, in
reference to the advance in the price
Of fer ilizers, wherein it is stated that
the farmers of Pitt county, N. g., pro-
pose to organize and fight the advance
in the prices of fertilizers, and by in
sinuation our Company is censured as
the cause Of this advance.
desire to make a plain statement
of facts and conditions as now OBJ
tanned in the fertilizer trade, and to
show to the dealers and consumers of
fertilizers that the advance in the
price of manufactured fertilizers is
not only just and warranted, but is
absolutely necessary, and that the
manufacturers Of fertilizers could not
afford to sell them at the price ruling
last year unless they did so at a very
heavy loss.
Now to get down to facts and fig
ures; we will see what has really
caused the price of fertilizers to be
advanced this year over last:
Acid Phosphate being one of the
principal ingredients in all complete
fertilizers, l desire to show here how
much this article costs to make in ex-
cess of the cost price for the same
thing last year. The advance in pyr-
ties, from which sulphuric acid is
made, is more than $500 per ton over
last year. The advance in Nitrate of
Soda, which is necessary ingredient
in the manufacture of sulphuric acid,
is fully $500 per ton more than last
year. Phosphate Rock has advanced
minimum Of s1.75 per ton at the mines.
and in some grades of rock the ad-
vance is more than $500 per ton.
These three articles constitute what is
necessary 10 made Acid Phos phate.
Put them together in the proper pro-
portion and q ton Of Acid Phos phate
will cost $2.07 per ton more than it did
last year.
Bags are costing us 20 cents per ton
more than they did last year, so that
the crude materials going into ton
Of Acid Phosphate is costing approx-
imately $2.27 more than it did a year
ago.
l. cry piece OF factory supplies and
machinery, coal, ana everything he
e sary TO operate i factory, n from %
to 100 per cent. higher than it was Il
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
4 FrightfuI Biunder

VIII often cause horrible
Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise. Buck.
lens Arnica Saive, the best in the
world, will kill the pain and
promptly h"alit. Cures Old Sores
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons
COrns, all Skin Eruptions. Best
Pile cure on earth. Only % cts. a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold Oy
CRAWFORD Bros, Druggists. /
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
PROGRESS OF BOER WAR.
Butler Supposed to be Making
Wide DetOur to Reach Lady
smitb-.Large Operations
About to Begin i'm
the West.

London, Feb. 6.-Military opin-
ion in London continues to as
sumo from very slender materials
that Gen. Butler is again throw
ing his army against the Boer
works. A retired general, Sir
William Henry Greene. whose
distinguished career gives weight
to his opinion, thinks that Gen.
Butler, with $4,000 men, is max.
ing wide detour to the west and
north in order to avoid the rough.
est parts of the country. As Gen.
Butler must have some thousands
of wagons, SIR William Greene
points out that the advance must
necessarily be slow. No authentic
word is at hand, save that the war
office reaffirmed orally to news
paper inquiries at a late hour
that 1t could not confirm the re.
ported advance. There the Natal
situation rests.
1t 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
it was destroyed, crossed the
Orange River and connected with
the Free State trunk line to
Bloemfontein.
Norval's Point Is 10 miles north
of Colesberg and 25 miles from
Gen. French's headquarters at
Rensburg. The Beers at Coles
berg have been in danger Of
being surrounded by the largely
reinforced and extending lines of
the British. An occupation Of
NorvaFs Point in force would,
presumably, render Colesberg
untenable.
The Beers are showing great
sctivitY in the Naanwpo0ri and
,esbarg districts. Many of the
guns hitherto facing Lord Me-
thUen are believed o have gone
to Norvai's Polnr. The British.
therefore, may find formidable
bodies OF Boers there.
The war Office announces that
10 transports will be dispatched
between today and Monday, with
$4,000 troops, including the lth
cavalry brigade, militia battal.
ions, and 5000 yeomanry
BULLER MAY BE FIGHTING.
London, Feb. 5.-The war office
statement that it has received no
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10

After doctors Jailed TO cure me OF pneu7
monia l used One Minute Cough Cure and
three bottles OF IL cured me II is also the best
remedy on earth for whooping cough. 1t cured
my grandchildren OF the worst cases" writes
John Berry, Loganton, PA. 1t Is the only
harmless remedy that gives immediate results
Cures coughs, colds, Group and throat and lung
troubles IL prevents consumption. Children
always like H. Mothers endorse it. Crawford
Bros. - a.w.s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10

John Dir, POseyville, Ind, says, 81 never
used any thing good as One Minute Cough
Cure We are never without it," Quickly
breaks up coughs and cold Cures all throat
and lung troubles. Its use will Erevcnt cen
sumption. Pleasant to take Crawford Bros
l.w-
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10

''' p'"'uS' III ihahihS tne St2, ana |
fertilizers, 1,200 pounds of acid phos-
phate would be necessary, so at 10
cents additional cost per 100 pounds,
the additional cost for acid phosphate
would be $l.2O.
| If cotton seed meal was used for the
ammonia, it would take approximate
ly 700 pounds, and cotton seed meal is
now worth $500 per ton more than
last year, which is equivalent to 30
cents per 100 pounds, and 700 pounds
would cost $2.l0 more than it did last
year. Now add 30 cents for extra cost
fof the bags and you have $3.50 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
year would be $500 per ton, as ammon-
ia from tankage or blood is now 60
cents per unit higher than last year,
so tor 21a per cent Of ammonia the ex-
ira cost over last year would be $3.50.
Sulphate of ammonia is the only
other source Of ammonia commonly
used In the manufacture of fertilizers.
Twelve months ago this article was
selling at about $1,000 per ton. We
paid for it this week $4,000 per ton.
Now assert that the price of fertil-
izers 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 three
fourths of all we use. Nitrate of Soda :
We buy entirely from South america.
Potash Salts: We buy entirely from
| Germany. 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 inter-
est whatever in any OF these proper
ties, either directly or indirectly.
Take phosphate rock: We do mine
Il small proportion of our wants of
phosphate rock, but we mine none for
sale and we buy from other mines
more than two-;hirdS of what we con-
sumo. So no one will suppose that we
were anxious TO pui nm the nr,c. nr
! phosphate rocks.
=, for co'tnu seed meal We nave no
! intrrr,; either directly or iurfr.riIv
! ina an, cotton ,pnl ail mill. 80 wa .rn
not rrspou,ibln r,,. IN. ,Iv,ncn In ,,,,.
article. nionl ,,,I1,pl.o,,o. ,,.,. ,r.,,,.
/ hr fhr l,r,-. n,cl..~. s., TN, W., .,,I
We have uu interest and mn rnrtrol
over thr-, r~.dar... ANY way.
Why. .hag. ~n,uid fin. yiroini,-
| Carolina Chemical yomu.uy ~.
/ blamed for ihr advance, i, the cos, or
crude materials. and ..yuld If b,. hg.,i-
| ucs,-Hkr fer us 'n want nm ,iIyo,,r, IN
crude materials, of which we huv. In
! buy almost entirely all of nur rnrds
and Of which We produce obsolrt.Iv
J
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10
TO CURE COLDIN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE TAB
LET'S. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. T.. w. GROVES sig
nature on every box. % cents. l..
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10

Geo Bdrhc. Mendoza. Va, says. Nothing
did me so much good as kodol DSsdrpsia Cure
One dose relieved me. Il few bottles cured me-"
1t digcSts what you eat and always cures dys-
DepSl Crawford Bros. d-W-s
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-02-10

Mothers Trusted Friend, Simmons Sauaw
Vine Wine or Tablets. Prepare the system for
Confinemcnt, shorten Labor and make Child.
birth Easy
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-12-20
Such a Fame.

Young lady readers of the MES
SAGE, gather ii lesson from the
following, taken from the Kansas
City Times:
"A few years ago, II girl named
Edna Whitney lived in Chillicothe,
Mo, and worked i'll "A cigar factO-
ry. Her name was proposed for
flower queen at the Kansas City
Carnival, but the management
grumbled; it wanted a woman who
was not working out by the day.
Topeka at once took up Edna
Whitney and carried her from
Chillicothe to Topeka on IA special
train. She was Carnival queen at
Topeka, and the poor girls head
was turned. She organized Il
dramatic company. This failed
and she organized a concert com
pany. Then she married man
named Lane, Of Arkansas. He
has Just secured divorce from
her. Such a fame"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-12-20
THE PENALTY FOR A HAT.
1t Cost a Pennsylvania Young Lady Her
Membership In a Church.


Because Miss May Oller, daughter OF
the late Bishop Jacob F. Oller, persist
ed In wearing a pretty creation Of a
hat in preference to the plain bonnet
worn by the women Of the German
Baptist church, she has forfeited her
membership in the Antietam German
Baptist church of Waynesborough, Pa,
according to the Philadelphia Times
Miss Oller is a highly educated young
woman, graduate Of Juniata college.
Her brother is superintendent OF the
Frick company. Last spring Miss Oh
Ter returned from a European tour, and
wore in place of the conventional bon
net hat Of the latest style. In July a
meeting OF the authoities Of the church
was held and Miss Oller was notified
that II she would retain her member
ship in the church she must return
to the palmer headgear, and that she
would be given until the next quarter
ly meeting to make the change. Miss
Oller wrote to the church authorities
asking them to extend the time, mean
while continuing to wear the hat. The
time was not extended. however, and
at the quarterly meeting she was form
ally expelled from the church. Elder
Jacob Sny der presided at the meeting,
which was unusually lively. Postmas-
ter S. E. Dubbel and J. J. and Jesse R.
Oller, brothers of the young woman,
made a fight against expulsion, claim
Ing that the annual meeting had made
the wearing OF the bonnet discretion
airy. This petition was, however, Bit
terly fought by the two young German
Baptist ministers, the Rev. ]. b. Rath-
ruff and the Rev. John Oelig, who in
sisted that the traditions Of the church
should not be broken down, and they
were successful In their battle by
large majority. There Is much indig-
nation among Miss oilers friends and
relatives and they will take the matter
to the next annual meeting.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-12-20
Son to Be Shot.

This old father now fully real
ICES that the fruits of Imperialism
are not very sweet:
Southington, Conn, Dee. II -
News has reached here in the form
of an official communication from
General Macarthur that Lynn Skin
ncr, Il former resident of the vii
lagc of Plantsvillc, has been SEN
fenced to be shot on Christmas
day for sleeping at his post ON
sentry duty in the Philippines.
The young man is IA member of
the Forty-third United States Vol
unteers, now stationed near Tao
loban. near Manila. His father,
John p. Skinner, who is II years
old, is nearly heart broken by the
news and has left for Washington
to plead with President Mckinley
for his sons life.
According to information re-
ccived in Plantsville today, the
aged father has been so seriously
affected by the news Of his son $
disgrace that he may not live until
Christmas day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-12-20

those we love. why not dift fortune IS
we'll as sCiSh it for the childH
The greatest fortune any mother can
bestow on her child is a healthy body
and happy mind, and with this great
fortune every mother may endow the
child if she will. The child's stock OF
health is what the mother supplies. The
weak and worried woman has a very
slender stock of health to bestow on
the baby
DR.. Pierce's Favoritc Prescription
makes mothers healthy and happy. 1t
does away with the misery OF morning
sickness 1t strengthens the nerves,
gives the body a feeling of buoyancy,
makes the mind cheerful, gives vigor
and elasticity to the organs peculiarly
feminine, and baby's advent to the world
is free from danger and painless.
"My first two babies were stillborn, and !
suffered every thing but death, ~ writes Mrs.
Euphemia Falconcr, of Trent, Muskegon Co,
Mich. II was reduced to io9 pounds. When |
was three months along with my third child
was taken with hemorrhage or flooding and
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continued to take your medicine until baby was
born and he Is healthy and all right. My
health has been good ever since l now weigh
los pounds"
There is no alcohol, whisky or other
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neither does it contain any opium or
other narcotic.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets do not re-
act on the system They are a perfect
medicine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-12-20
The Explanation.

The following is tersely put by
the Palmyra Herald:
The third constitutional amend
mcnt, the one providing for the
taxing of mortgages, seems to be
generally misunderstood
II is intended to work rs follows:
Jones has II farm with Il mortgage
on it. The assessor comes along
and it is his duty first to fix the
actual cash value of the farm
which in this case we will say is
- 600. He then asks Jones if his
farm is mortgaged and Jones re-
plies that Smith has a mortgage
on it for 81 900. The assessor
thus finds $1,000 farm in which
Jones and Smith each own IL half
interest. If he is assessing land
at 80 per cent of its cash value he
will make out two tax bills on this
farm, one to Jones, the owner, for
$500, and one to Smith. the mort
gage, for $500. When Jones
goes to pay the taxes on his -, 600
farm he will find $500 assessed to
him and $500 to Smith. Jones
pays his own tax and then before
taxes go delinquent he is notified
and pays Smiths tax if Smith has
not already paid it. If Jones pays
the tax on Smiths $500 interest
he is given Il receipt which is good
/ for that much interest when he
goes to pay interest on his mort
gage. 1t will thus be seen that
the object of the amendment is
two-fold-frst to relieve the man
who is now required to pay all the
tax levied on Il mortgagcd farm,
and, second, to compel the holder
of the mortgage to pay his pro-
portionate part of the tax. No
honest man can object to this.
And altho the money lenders
are already scheming to compel
the borrower to pay all the tax,
it is only a question of time when
all their schemes will be brought
to naught and they will be compelled
to bear their just proportion of the
burden of taxation.