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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-12-06

disfrsnchise the negro vote in
this state.
We notice what you have to
say, Mr.. Editor, about cotton fut.
ures and we agree with you. We
have always had a rather un.
favorable opinion of such meth
DDS of making money, but have
been in better position to see it's
detrimental influence, during
the past four or five years. After
having learned more about it.
we have reached definite con.
clusion that it is demoralizing,
positively dangerous and ruinous
practice, in the majority of cases,
according to the ones that have
come under our observation.
Former Lancastrian.
Macon, Ga.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-12-06
Safe Crackers Makes a Good
Haul in North Carolina
Town.

Kinston Special to Charlotte
Ob. server:--rhe safe in the
Trenton Drug company's store,
at Trenton, was open ed by safe.
crackers last night and. monev
and stamps amounting to $3.50
was stolen and carried off. The
burglars also paid visit to the
general merchandise store of Mr..
T.. j. Loftin, and after blowing
the sale open with nitroglycerine.
took about $3.50 in money. Five
hundred dollars belonging to the
Trenton post office, located ir
the Trenton Drug com pany's
building, was stolen and $500
belonging to the Trenton Drug
company.
The robbers work d the com
oinatlon at that place but were
oreed to use an explosive at Nj.
Loftin's place. The detonation
when the sale was blown open
awakened citizens but no one
saw the safe crackers as thew es
capped. An effort was made 10
secure blood hounds to trail the
burglars, but Intellectually and
they got away with their booty
Suspicion rests on a white mar.
about 40 years of age, who has
been seen around Trenton for
several days, and was missing
today. This stranger was seen
lurking at the rear OF the Trenton
Drug company's store Thursday
afternoon late and was also seen
about noon in company with an
other stranger driving from
Trenton to Kinston.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-12-06
Fifteen Cents Cotton.

Is good for the pocket; but it takes OUR
NEW DISCOVERY for that bad taste in
the mouth every morning. and that old
weak back, and tired dull feeling when
YOU get up. The only Sl.OO liquid pre-
paration sold with an absolute GUARaN-
ZEE with each bottle for all Blood and
Skin Diseases, Nervousness. Liver and
Kidney Troubles. You run no risk what.
ever in buying OUR NEW DISCOVERY
Your druggist will sign the guarantee
Sold by Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-12-06
Notice to all Persons Indebted tn
the Lancaster Mercantile Co.

AS you well know, we made
some business changes the first
of last year, and it is absolutely
necessary that we must collect
all past due notes and accounts
In order to settle with the late
members of our concern; there
fore, we now ask our friends,
whom we have been so liberal
with, to now make arrangements
at once to pay us. All past due
notes and accounts not settled
promptly will be placed in the
hands of our lawyer for collec.
ton. Yours truly,
tt Lancaster Mercantile Co.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-12-06
10 Shove up Assessments.
Comptroller General Makes
a Move to Bring About
Big Increase in Valuation
OF Property for Taxation.
Columbia Record.


Controller General Jones has
addressed circular letter to city
and township boards of assessors.
county auditors and county
boards of equalization, which
will have the effect either Of reyo-
lutionizing the assessment of
property in this state or of furth-
or and finally demonstrating that
the auditors and the members of
the boards have no intention of
enforcing the very plain statutes
passed by the legislature years
ago looking to the assessment of
property at its full "true money
value" instead of on a 60 per
cent. basis of valuation arrived
at through sytem of lodging
made possible by politics and
wire pulling.
The regular quadrennial assess
ment Of real estate is to be made
next year, the returns beginning
to be made the 1st of next Jan
uary. The comptroller general
after several times failing to get
the legislature to pass such laws
as will make it criminal offense
for an office to knowingly list
property at less than it's true
value and making it perjury for
return to be made below real
value, has decided to "take the
bull by the horns' with this
circular letter and direct the en-
forcement of the law requiring
property to be returned at it's
true value. He estimates that
his directions, if carried out, will
double the tax values of the state,
making them over $4OO,OOO,OOO
instead of only $4,000, 900.
The comptroller general finds
that at present property is as
sessed in this state at from 8 to
100 per cent. OF its real value,
and he points out that the small
property in proportion is carry.
ing the biggest part of the load,
as it is the large property which
is lodging. OF course, if the
directions of the comptroller
general are carried out faithfully
throughout the state there will
not only be no further state de-
ficits, but the city, town and
county authorities, as we'll as the
state authorities, will have more
tax money than they can spend,
and the levy will have to be re-.
duced in proportion as the assess
ment is raised.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-12-06
Notice Of Election.

RESOLVED by the Town Council of the
Town OF Lancaster In Council assembled
and by tho authority of the same:
Isl That an election for a Mayor and
to serve for the next ensuing two wears i
hereby ordered to take place at the Gusrd
House In the town Of Ian caster on Tu.s.
day the 18th day Of December, 1905.
2nd That Eugene @. Secrest, James M.
Warwick and j. U. Foster are app ointed
managers to hold said election
Done ana ratified in Council assembled
this 25th day of November, 1905.
Attest:
Seal
q. ID. JONES. Clerk.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-12-06
Notice Of Discharge.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Undersigned as administ rator Of the
estate OF Thannie j. Bowers, deceased
Will on December the 23rd 1905 make
his final return as such administra-
tor, and apply to the Probate Court
1or Lancaster county, for final dis.
charge. j. A. BOWERS,
Administrato or of estate of
THANNIE j. BOWERS,
Dated Nov. 22nd, 1905.
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The Lancaster News, 8 pages
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-12-06
Georgia Crackers Learning
to Observe Thanksgiving
AKick at Football--Record
Breaking Marriage Fees
The Smith Howell Contest
The News Views on
Cotton Futures Endorsed.


our citizens spending the day in
the fields, trying to kill a few
birds, some remaining at home
and spending the day quietly
with their families, enjoying
big turkey dinner. Many attend
ed the football game in this CITY
IN the afternoon, many coming in
from towns around here in all
directions. A few years ago
people from the country, lots "oi
them, would come to town, un.
mindful of the fact that it was a
holiday, expecting to transact
business "a on other days, and
find business houses closed and,
consequently, had to return home
and make another trip. But they
are learning better now. Thanks
to the rural delivery system,
they are able to get the d ally
papers and keep posted on such
matters and Thanksgiving day
finds very few country people in
the city.
Speaking of football, we hope
The time will soon come when
this game will be thing of the
past. Scarcely a game is ever
played in which no Injuries to the
players result. Twenty-four
deaths for this season so far. is.
we believe, the record for the
college foot ball teams of this
country. TO sit and watch a
game of this nonsensical, "kn ock
down and drag out" piece of
SO called amusement is enough
to convince the average person
ChaC IL Is time for the proper
authorities to call halt on this
kind of brutal sport.
When we heard a preacher say
once that he rode about thirty
miles through cold, sleet, snow
and rain to perform the marriage
ceremony for couple of couples
and was paid one dollar per
couple for the "perform ance,"
we thought that beat the record
for unmitigated nerve on the
part of the happy grooms. But
a few years later, when Dick
Humphries got married, handed
the preacher fifty cents and told
him he could "hand him back
the change some other time" we
saw he had those other fellows
beat by several blocks, but that
fellow mentioned in The News,
who paid the justice of the peace
the trifling sum of two cents for
such an important duty, has cer-
tainly gore the limit, beyond all
question.
Notwithstanding the fact that
the gubernatorial election in
this state is yet many months off
The campaign is on in full blast.
The msin issue appears to be the
Aguestion of Acknowledgement, the
question which both the Caro-
linas saw At to act upon a few
years age and which resulted in
the Acknowledgement of the
negro voters. We believe |
It is a question of "preparing for
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-12-06
Notice to White Teachers
of Lancaster County.

especially request all White
Teachers In Lancaster county to
meet AZ Lancaster Court House at II
o'clock q. m, Saturday Dec. 9th, for
the purpose Of organizing Teachers
Association, and for Discussing inn
portant questions affecting the
schools In this county. most, earn
estiy urge that avery Teacher In tho
county be present at this meeting.
q WIN. MOORE,
Co. Supt. Ed.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12
ALFALFA.

This Is the crop Of the irrigator. 1t
does all the corn crop does for the east
ern farmer and much more besides. 1t
is better feed than corn for horses.
stock, hogs and sheep, and gives more
iced to the acre at far less cost and
labor. II sold instead of fed 1t gives
much better cash returns than corn. 1t
gives honey crop for nothing where
bees are kept. as they should be by ev-
cry Arkansas valley farmer. 1t en-.
riches instead Of impoverishes the soil.
1t is hardy and perennial, and even II
deprived of water will not die as other
crops, but will wait until the water
comes, when 1t springs up as strong
as ever. Once planted, it needs no
more work except to turn the water on
and cut it. Instead of one crop 1t
gives three or four every season, and,
in short, q piece OF land in alfalfa as.
sures perpetual income to the owner.
1t yields about two and one-half tons
per acre each cutting, and the hay sells
for So to $3.50 per ton in the stack.
but II fed to hogs or stock instead OF
sold 1t gives the owner about $500 per
ton. The second cutting Is usually
psed for seed, and gives about five
bushels 10 the acre, though cases are
numerous Of much higher yields. The
seed sells from Sc to $s per bushel. and
me straw can either be fed or sold Tor
about $1.h0 per ton. Sheep do espe-
cially well on the straw.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12
TRUCK FARMING.

Arkansas valley towns are sur
rounded by small truck farms varying
IN size from five to twenty acres. on
which are grown with profit, not only
the celebrated Melted Gem" canta
loupe and the famous Rocky Ford
Watermelon" but also all kinds OF
early vegetables such as peas. string
beans, radishes. lettuce, pie-plant and
tomatoes. which are shipped by both
express and freight to the cities OF
Denver. Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
and also to the many towns in the min
ing districts. The Cripple Greek min.
ing district is within easy reach OF the
Holly truck farms. and the market for
all kinds OF early vegetables is good
and will be permanent. On account o.
the earliness of the season In this
favored portion of the state. the
grower is enabled to get the best mar
ket prices on account of being in mar
ket in advance of other portions of the
state.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12

alfalfa pasture. without any other
food. and need only few weeks of
corn feeding to fit them for market.
There Is greater freedom from disease
here than In the central and eastern
states. A business Of only few years
growth. but one that has proven to
be one Of the most profitable OF the
many to which this favored section is
adapted. is that OF sheep feeding. In
the Arkansas valley sheep are herded
in great numbers, from which immense
clippings of wool are shipped to the
East. the lambs being sold to feeders.
These lambs are bought by feeders in
October at an average price Of $1.50
per head. Five months feed on corn
and alfalfa, $l.4O; freight and labor,
~ cents; total cost per head 33.4O:
average weight ninety pounds; sold at
$3.50 to $40; profit. S1.lO TO 1926 q
lamb. This applies to New Mexico
lambs; native lambs do even better.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12
ABOUT OUR CLIMATE.

The average elevation of the county
is about 5000 feet. and we have in
our midst many rugged and successful
farmers who came here few year;
ago in the last stages OF disease thai
are standing recommendation fol
the health giving qualities of oul
matchless climate. Sunny days art
the rule. the sky seldom being oh
scured by clouds. and almost every
day is a sunny day. The winters are
mild and short and farm work is car
ried on throughout the winter months
with hut little interruption. In sum
rncr the days are hot but not oppres
sive, while in the shade it is always
cool and refreshing. The country i;
especially recommended to those sui
fering from lung trouble. as the air is
pure and dry, but there are many other
diseases that are here alike benefited
and cured.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12
Arkansas Valley Of Colorado

The Chieitain is receiving numeroa'
letters every week from Eastern sw
scrihsrs and others who desire !
know something about this section q
the great West. As IL is impossi0'
for us 10 reDly to each OF these u
quiries by letter We will publish her
II fow lLings that a prospective srll!s
would like to know regarding our c
cation, resources. climate. etc.
Holly is practically new town, IL
greater portion Of IL having been bull
within the past FIVE years. 1t has oF
about 500 inhabitants at presenr. 6l
the building OF mammoth beet snss
factory which began in March is eaui
ing rapid increase in the populaao.
which. 1t Is estimated. will rcae
the 2.030 mark by the time the factor
is ompieted-Octobcr l. 1905.
Holly Is located in one OF the ricf
est agricultural sections Of the Wes
that part which is devoted to agrcn
ture being under one OF the greats
systems oil storage reservoirs and irr
cation canals in the world. Beyon
the canals. where farming cannot b
carried On. lie millions of acres
land covered with the wonderfully u
rrjtious buffalo grass, which makes
an ideal stock country, thousands
fat cattle being shipped from this le'
ritory to the Kansas City and Denye
markets annually. While everythll
adapted to this latitude grows We
here. the best paying crops are suga
Deets, alfalfa and cantaloupes. Alfall
is a, doNble producer OF wealth. Th
hay is fed to thousands of sheep an
cattle and the plant is used as a fe
tipzer. Being plowed under, 1t eE
riches the soil for the production
other crops.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12
Executors Notice.
(First publication April 21.)
Last publication MAY I'll

(tirst publication April 2l.)
ti-ast publication May FL
Estate of 5. F. White, deceased.
The undersigned. having been
appointed, executor of the last
will and testament of S. F. White.
late of the County Of Prow-rs, aud
State of Colorado, deceased, here.
by gives notice that he will appear
before the county court of Prov
ers county, at the cou ri
house in Lamar at the March
term. on the 22nd day of May A.
ID, 1905, at which time all persons
having claims against said estate
are notified and requested t. at.
tend for the purpose Of having the
same adjusted All persons indebt-
ed to said estate are requested IT,
make immediate payment to the
undersigned
Dated l4tb, day Of April,
A D 1905
w E WHITE, Executor
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12
PRICE OF LAND.

Land in the immediate vicinity of
the towns are now selling tor SIS to
800 per acre. Lands Just as good but
further out are selling for $40 to s75
per acre. including improvements;
this is for the land and water right.
Lands can be bought for small cash
payment down and deferred payments
running, over seven years bearing in
terest, IN most cases not over six per
cent. Lands can be rented on good
terms for growing beets. alfalfa, truck
and general farming.
In conclusion we will say that there
are thousands of farmers in the mid
die states who could come to Colorado
and make dollars where they are now
making cents. THIS is no boom coun-
try and we do not have to exasserate
the facts to prove that the Arkansas
valley soil IL the greatest wealth pro.
ducing soil on earth. II a man wants
to do ordinary farming such as Is done
in Illinois or Indiana. he could do that.
II he wants to raise sheep he can util.
ize the public range in connection with
his home ranch, and will make money.
II he wants to grow beets, he can make
more clear money from ten acres than
he can from the richest eighty acres
Of Illinois soil. If he wants to raise
melons and vegetables. ten or twenty
acres Is all he needs to clear several
hundred dollars per acre. If he wants
to raise bees, there's no better spot
in the world to do 1t and the profits
are large. II there is man who
works by the day and wants to change
his location. there is not better state
in the Union than Colorado. All com.
mon day laborers in Holly receive
$1.75 per day. This answer to many
inquiries ABOUT the country is the facts
as they exist. They have not been
colored in order to induce people to
come here. for that never pays. There
Is room for thousands of new people
in the Arkansas valley to help develop
its vast resources. and we firmly be.
lieve that every man who comes here
and gives his best efforts 10 his work
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12
IRRIGATION.

Irrigation. briefly stated, is taking
water from river or reservoir and
turning 1t into canal and thence by
smaller canals or laterals, applying 1t
to the land. While we have productive
soil, 1t Is the never failing supply Of
water that does the work. No wait.
for-rain-and-don't-get.it-farming here
We do not have TO depend on rain;
in other words, we control the ele.
ments-the irrigator is independent OF
rainfall. We have the water at our
door. and at the proper time use ii.
Besides, the soil becomes richer as il
grows older from fertilizing sediment
deposited on the soil while irrigatiny
Irrigation also increases the yield. in
some cases being double of that oi
the best Eastern farm lands dependins
on rain for life. A man can make more
money, with less labor. from forty
acres of irrigable land than can be
made from eighty acres of the best land
in country depending on rain. Irri
CATION is not complicated, and your
more experienced neighbors will glad.
ly show you-it is no longer an expert.
meht with us.
In the matter Of irrigation. the
country tributary to Holly has dis.
ticct advantage over any other mart
OF the Arkansas Valley and indeed
there is probably no other section of
the West where such irrigation faeilj.
Ties exist as here. The five huge res.
ervoirs built by the Great Plains
Water Company contain sufficient n,
all times to furnish the farmers under
the Amity Canal with all they require
10 produce crop. However. i, IA sci.
dom necessary TO draw on this SUNNY
of water as in recent years The Gow In
the river fas been increasing and gen.
orally furnished plenty of water for al,
during the growing season.
These reservoirs simply make farm.
ing an assured success SO far as mois.
ture is concerned and the farmers who
located under them feel that they arc
more fortunately situated than If thev
had to depend solely upon the river for
the water necessary TO grow thcir
crops. '"s''
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12

Inc sugar Beet Industry of the
Cnted States Is comparatively in It's
.uiahcy. Few people realize what an
important part this unpretentious veg
etao'e IL destined to play In the future
prosperity q the country. 1t alone can
noive the great economical problem:
onAu This country produce the s.225..
wv t0es OF sugar that are consumed
nere every year, and thus keep at
none the immense sums of money rep
resented by the present Importation?
ontii the fact that sugar beets could
pe raised to perfection under irrigation
had been thoroughly demonstrated,
capital was extremely cautious about
investing $l.000.000 in a plant that
would probably lie Idle much of the
mine on account of crop failures.
mere were too many dangers to be
considered. Excessive rains in the
spring are liable to rot the seed. A
drought may hinder their coming up.
OF later may stunt their growth. Fall
rams might induce second growth
anu lower the percentage of sugar. All
these discouraging features are over
como 10 great extent In irrigated dis.
iricts, and capital nov stands ready to
uoubie the number of factories In the
>s'''AS NAitey us SOON us there Is
sunicient amount of beets raised to
warrant it. There is positively no
srumbltng heard among agriculturists
who raise beets for the factories now
running. 1t matters not In what Sec
ton the farmer is located, he has the
same advantages as il he were within
hauling distance of the factory. The
santa Fe railroad delivers the beets
from any station in the valley without
extra cost to the grower-the first case
ON record where the farmer doesn't pay
the freight.
The phenomenal success of this in.
dustry under irrigation is not entirely
due to the fact that the water supply
can be controlled by the grower, but
partly due to the direct action of the
suns rays upon the leaves Of the sugar
beet that causes the saccharine mat
ter to be stored up in its roots. So
that the sunshine, like the rich soil
and the water, must be considered as
part OF the farmers assets.
The Holly sugar factory will this
year pay to the farmers between $780,
900 and $500,000 In cash for beets.
Below we give list of growers and
what they received for their beets In
1904:
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12

at the present time, under cultivation
Experience has taught the people
however. that small farms and intense
farming bring the best results, and
many owning and cultivating from 16t
to 800 acres are dividing their places
selling Fart and retaining only from
twenty to forty acres. A man cannot
cultivate. under irrigation, as many
acres as in the eastern states. but the
returns are more. Crop failure from
drouth is a thing unknown. and the
returns from the soil. in both quantity
and quality, and market value, are SO
superior to the results III the East
that the thorough going, frugal farm
ers are improving their places and get.
ting out of debt. 80
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12
GENERAL RESOURCES.

The resources of the country in ad-
dition to the growing of sugar beets
and the large amount of money paid
therefor by the factory and the money
disbursed to employees in the sugar
factory, are all kinds of staple farm
crops. fruits, truck farming, dairying,
hogs, bees and honey, cattle and sheep
raising and feeding and fattening for
Eastern markets. Farming is not an
experiment here. and irrigation is not
a new thing. the older bitches having
been built twenty-five years, and most
OF the land under irrigation bitches is,
The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-12
THE SANTA FE ROUTE.

The Santa Fe Route. the creates
railroad in the world for helping Il
build up the territory it reaches
passes through the center of the Al
kansas valley. We are located on tn
main line of this road between Den
yer, California and all points east ant
south, affording our farmers faciiitie
for reaching the best markets of tht
United States. The liberal policy pur
sued by this road in years past to
wards the growers and shippers alonl
its line, is sufficient guaranty to Ii
that we have decided advantages II
this particular ever almost any othe
portion of the West.