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9CF Tmlf ,'CTbf iCauraatrr Nrms (SEMI-WKEKLY.) ' VUBLISHER8' ANNOUNCEMENT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancastor, S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger established 1862; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1906, at the postofflce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. LUTHER ELLISON, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION P ICE: (In Advance One Year . .$1.50 Six Months 75c "Let reverence fo* laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lao; let It be taught in schools, 11 seminaries and colleges; let It be written In primers, spelling books and almanacs; let It be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed In legislative halls, and enforced In courts of Just'ce. And In short, let It become the poltlcal religion of the nation; and let the aid and the young, the rich and th poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes p.nd tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon Its altars." TUESDAY, OCT. 24. 1010. Stick to the farm and its money will stick to you. o War at best is a dreadful thing? even in the home. o Retting is ail dead wrong at best, hut when you bet on the wrong Hid-1 it's a howling sin. We are a great advocate of free speech, provided the speaker tells no ales out of st hool concerning us. The (wise man takes note of the little things in life the fool sees only he big ones and forgets even them. o t? an hi i mpl v wonderful, the affection Mr. Hughes and Mr. Wilson are publicly lavishing upon each other! o Scientists tell us the moon is increasing its speed. Rut, then, who cares? We're not trying to keep up with the moon. o They say the art of being happy Is the finest of the tine arts, hut it's bo darned fine many people are unable to find it. o Don't rush through life at a breakneck speed. You may stub your toe just in time to fall into the hands of the devil. o If you are cheerful in the position you find yourself in today, tomorrow may find you in a better one and yet more cheerful. Germany is ready for peace on her own terms. The allies are ready for peace on their own terms. And we ar<- ready for peace on any old terms. o Most people are always waiting tor "the lightning to strike them," srnd when a flash does come near them they shiver and jump like a dog having a nightmare. According to foreign correspondents ail nations are winning tremendous victories in Europe. Rn?. then, it's a poor correspondent who can't magnify a scratch into a carnival of blood. The "high cost of living" is high enough to scare any one but a millionaire. and it is doubly so when waste and extravagance prevails in the kitchen. The cost of a bite wasted is not much in itself alone, but multiplied many fold it becomes a aerious matter. o A QI'TSTION OK (TNZKNSIIII' Just at this time the question of neutrality is claiming much attention and the matter of the attitude of our government toward the warring nations of the Old World is one of deep ccncern. And owing to the fact that our government has had to settle some knotty international disputes arising from the war, a rather mixed up condition of affairs is prevailing In this country. The disputes with Germany and with England hnve developed a proGerman and an anti-German element, a pro-British and an antlHritish. We are told that we must concede every claim of Germany or lose the sympathy of the GermanAmericans. We are also told wo must conciliate Britain or alienate a large Anglo-American element. T1 Now the thought that naturally j occurs to the patriotic American is: What is the attitude of these various elements toward our government? Are they American citizens or aliens7 j That is a question to be settled. If this pro-German or pro-British j element with whose vengeance we are threatened. are aliens?not American citizens?then their likes and dislikes are of small concern to | us. If they do not like our attitude let them go back to their own country. If, on the other hand, they are American citizens, then another and very large question arises. Are they: citizens for revenue only,?holding citizenship for the material good to be derived therefrom while their hearts and affections are with the jold country? Then the sooner they !come out in the open the better for this country. Are they here to call, the sweets of the land and refuse to take the bitter? Is it their Inten-L tion to enjoy the protection of ourj laws and our institutions while their hearts are with those who may at any day become our enemies? j. To the man who has crossed tho>( waters to cast his lot in America, , citizenship should he the most price-L less of his possessions?is so to the , men who is worthy of it. He should he as the bride who leaves her fath- , er's house to cast her lot with het , chosen mate?for good or ill. The man who takes citizenship should do so for good or for ill. One; sentiment, and only one, should (Ire tho heart of every American?may ' she always be right; hut my country.'! right or wrong. 1 And. with due respect to the opin- ' ions of our political jingoes, we he- J lieve this is the sentiment of the 1 great mass of our foreign born citizens. We can not believe they are 1 more solicitous for the welfare ot the land they have left than for the i land that afforded them a home ana plenty. Naturally, fond memories clusters around the old home, hut the allegiance of their manhood < lies here. And. should the occasion call fori it. we believe that allegiance wilt hold firm. ' + 1'IXISHMKXT NOT REFORMATION Edward E. Budding of Hunting- j ton. W. Va., himself an ex-convict, i claims to have secured employment for three thousand ex-convicts. Hal also claims that of that number less, than one hundred h ive "fallen down" on their jobs. Mr. Dudding has gotten hold of| the right wire in twentieth century' reform. Strange that otherwise kind-j hearted and humane people will per- 1 sist in "punishing" the criminal,! even after he has paid the uttermost farthing of his penalty, i Why can not we at. see that the logical end of law is not to punish but to reform evil-doers? Pause a moment and consider that word "punish." Doesn't it smack too much vengeance? And who ever heard of vengeance re forming the transgressor? Perhaps when the vengeance has so completely broken the poor wretch that he has lost the power of resentment we may consider him reformed, but j Clod save us from such reformation. As men of enlightenment and mercy, we should look on the law machinery of the land merely as the means by which we may reform or re-make the human character which untoward circumstances have warped and tvVisted out its original symmetry. The very idea of punishment is repugnant to the soul of the merciful man, and should have no place, in our scheme of life. We insist that the idea of punish-, ment as applied to the evil-doer is unworthy of the enlightened citizenshin of tliis I'roat /.,?n >1 # Reform the evil-doer, re-make the warped and twisted character; restrain, if necessary, tne incurably visions, but punish never. ' AS THK KIMTOH SKKK IT. It is an old saying that two heads are better than one, and on the same principle two heads together are better than when they are facing| in opposite directions. It will pay i us to keep our heads together in Lancaster, for the good of the town | 'and each individual in the town. 1 When we are facing in opposite directions and pulling apart we get nowhere and accomplish nothing. The result of our labors is a cipher. But not so when we get our heads together. Not so when we act as a community and not as individuals. Not so when we all face a definite object and pull until we get there. It Is good to keep our heads together. We learn each other's ideas and ambitions and thoughts, and from this knowledge springs the Impetus that brings success to any community. ... ? J -j . - IK LANCASTER NEWS Tt I l,et's get our heads together in Laucaster and keep them there. Talking People. Some people talk much and do,, little. Others talk little and do much. A few are betwixt and between and never succeed in setting themselves or the world afire. There is, however, a happy medium which will afford us the necessary outlet for our thoughts and yet serve the food of the community at large. Don't be a clam, and don't be a big noise. Talk when you feel like it. but talk sense and talk to people who have sense. When we do that we will gradually bring to the surface the good points in each other; we will open up opportunities for the development of the community, and will be able to hit upon (he means of pushing our town along. The man who talks little but says j much when he does talk Is often si-J lent when a little talk from him I would accomplish wonders. On the, other hand, the big noise Is known) us a noise and commands about as much attention and remembrance as passing gust of wind. Talk up. but speak gently and to the point. You will be both heard ?nd heeded. The Mind of Man. Every person knows his own mind, but it is not every one who knows bow to apply it. Many have positive convictions on certain subjects, but have not the power of will to assert those convictions in the face of determined opposition. Every person has a mind of his own. but each mind is susceptible to influence from other minds, hoth great and small. The babbles of the fool will sink into the brain of the man of intellect, and sooner or later will have its effect in one way or another. The fool listens to the wise man and immediately imagines that he is himself the fount of wisdom. The man who walks the middle course absorbs both the wisdom and t he foolishness of the others. The Kicker. The fellow who goes through life kicking at other people usually is propelled into eternity by a kick from the devil. Kicking don't pay either the kicker or the fellow who is kicked. The injustice of an unjust kick leaves many a heartache behind which rankles and grows into bitterness which lasts for months; and years. At times it ceases only I with the death of the victim. Hut the victim of the kick is not the only one who loses in the game The kicker makes a reputation for himself with * every kick that he gives, and that reputation follows him through life. When the day comes that he needs the services of a friend he often finds that he has kicked the ,l only people to whom it is possible for him to turn. He loses because he has kicked himself out of the confidence of his fellow men. Don't] kick. , PROFESSIONAL CARDS Dr. M. R. Campbell Registered Optometrist and Manufacturing Optician. ANDERSON, S. C. Standard Drug Co., local repre entatlves. Take your broken lense> nd repairs to tbern for prompt an<) i.curate work DR. C. B. PRATT, Dentist. Hours from 8:30 A. M. to 12:30; 1:30 to 6:30. Office Phone 286. Residence Phone 398. Office Over Lancaster Pharmacy. DR. J. J. POLLARD VETERINARY SUIUiKON Treatment of Sick, Lame and Disabled Horses, Mules and Cattle. Office: Oregory-Hood Live Stock Co. Telephone 22(1 liancaster, 8. C. Residence Telephone 119 DR. J. RKKCK FUNDKIUU' K K Dental Surgeon. Office Hours? 8:30 to 12:30 A. M. 2:30 to 6:00 P. M. Office Over II. ('. Ilnugh. PHOTOGRAPHY You know the place?Moore Rlock. See .Me For T ine Pictures. Kodak work up to the minute. I know how, and the price is right. W. A. D,\VIS, Photographer, LANCASTER. : : : 8 C. | rESDAY, OCT. 24, 1916. QUESTIONS A Question ^re y?u satisfied wit No. 1 groceries? Question Do you think that yo No. 2 Question If a firm or a Perso' No. 3 save you money whc Question are y0U trading Answer No! Nobody is becat t?m? l hiehest. . lr A 1 m. ^ Answer You so> but yc To No. 2 store and you will ki Answer You would think the To No. 3 be obliged to say tk ? Because, as a matte Answer ?you think of coiir I o No. 1 p0lite fellow and the little cheaper than a Four Reasons why we sell chec have to pay a book keeper. \ don't lose any bad accounts. amount of clerks now than if u over and see if you are not con goods with the same clerks am shouldn't sell cheaper than the of a book-keeper, loses bad ac much. What do You Say? 'the YOURS F( MIDWAY 11/ D DI\ BOOSTERS" If. D. ILI "MIDWAY HE. OFFICIAL PKOUKAM. | Department. . ?? Z7T . ... . ? ' 11:30-12:0?C 'nigrum of the 1-lint Ridge ( 0111munity Fair Which is to he Hold 12:00-12-30? at t'aston Sriii><tI Ituililing Oct, 12:30-1:00? ! :il, 1010. jnent. The program will begin promptly 1:00-1:30?N? t 10 o'clock. 1:30-2:00?Pc Prayer by Rev. J. W. II. Dyehes. 2:00-2:20?Du Address of welcome, (). ('. Adams. 2:020?Horse Song by the school, America. yard dash (open 10:20-11:00?Farm Products. age and under I; 11:00-11-30?Horse and Mule to boys 12 years * ^ aaaaaaaa AJLA vvvvvW V v>vv> | The Way To I f =^=^=== ? No town or city can make its ?lr make a town or city great. A I ? business enterprise. K this co will have to be by the enterprise ! We are ready to co-operate X safer, better and bigger. Wd\ * dividual service to every deposit* count. Talk your plans and bps ? may be able to make helpful^su | WE PAY 4 PER CEN k | FARMERS BANK i X w. II. Mil r j* L_^_? lND answers ih what you are paying for your u are getting your money's worth? i should tell you that they could it would you think? % where you are/now? ise every thing is high?higher? m are noi^mtte sure. Visit our \ow what ypu think is true. it, as wmMerof course, he would at. / \ r ot fact, you dotH^ hardly know se that so and so is - such a nice m too he always sells YOU just a iny body else. \ rf iper than any body. We don't Ve sell absolutely for cash. We We sell more with the same I ve were charging. Now think it winced that a firm who sell more I dont lose any bad accounts ? firm who has the extra expense counts and can't possibly sell as 4 )R SERVICE ?WE LER & CO. rffiSfc A.DQUARTERS." Apple Race (open to girls 12 attie. years of age and under.) cwjno "Baseball Thrown (open to all girls.) lousehold Depart- , I Sack Race (open to all boys.) Greasy Pole (open to all boys.) edle Work. ?ultry. by Departmcnt. W'ANTKI)?You to know you can and Mule Race, 50 j get $8.00 per cord for dogwood. to girls 12 years of. See me for cutting instructions. 5o yard dash (open Phone 194. Ira S. Harper, Lanof age and under.? ! caster. Route 6. 4-9tp. ' I 4 z Greater Growth | industries great, but industries can ?| ive community is the manifestation of % mmunity is to grow in importance it of stable business interests. S in every way to make local business X are sincerely interested in giving in- ? ir. regardless ol the size of his ?e. JL , X o ? ? MV inesS problems over with us. We ? ggestictos. |* IT ON TIME DEPOSITS | I TRUST COMPANY I ? L.LEN, Cashier. J Wlv