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(SP-~ w' {'' 4 SUjr Cmtraatrr Nruu (SEMI-WEEKLY.) CHAS. T. CONNORS.... Editor R. E. WYIilK. . . Acting Editor L C. BOYER ........ Manager Live ui tiie growin, educational advantages and business interests of a rapidly growing town. The Journal is in itself a great credit to a place the size of Pageland. , The Abbeville Medium thinks that news will be very scarce when the legislature adjourns. We cannot see that the legislature has given us much in the way of news, as the session now closing has accomplished little. Its record is largely one of meeting and adjournment. London sulfragettes declare that they will make a hell of London unless the government gives them the right to vote. If suffrage is granted we presume the metropolis will hecome a veritable heaven on earth, many leading spirits in the movement having already shown angelic attributes. We hope that every school in the county is preparing for Field Day. April 11 should be made a red letter day for Lancaster. You cannot begin work for these contests too early. Skill is only to he gained by practice, so we advise all pupils who are ambitious to participate in the various mental and physical tests to get busy. Fnless Wood row Wilson should consent to resign t he presidency and take charge ol Spartanburg's new government, we fear "The City ol Success" will go mayorloss foi some time before anybody car C . 1 ? L ^ *11 uv juunu wno win measure up to the standard described b> The Carolina Spartan as th( man needed for the position It is indeed a man's job and th( citizen nearest approaching The Spartan's ideal will, we hope be the one selected for it. Spar tanburg has come to a crisis ir her history which can only b< safely passed with a stronj: hand at the helm. PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905, at the postofflce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year $1.5< Six Mouths 75i FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 11)1:1. Senator Strait has his opin ion of "educated fools," whict he has expressed freely, but wt prefer to reserve our opinion ol ) uneducated ones. Two things which we cannot attempt to reckon are the number of living Presidents of Mexico and the height of Greenville's skyscraper. It has been suggested that American suffragettes continue their "hike" from Washington to Mexico City. A fine idea, provided they do not "hike" back. The reluctance with which "Uncle Joe" Cannon's Washington friends part with him reminds us again of how "blessings brighten as they take their flight." f If that Harvard professor who has not slept in twenty years should ever lose consciousness and enjoy sound slumber again, we hope nobody will awaken him, for he has a Rip Van Winkle nap coming to him. Tbg Pageland Journal of Tuesday last contained an interesting supplement descripi: xt- - i i y ,' SEASON FOR HOUSECLEAN 1 ING. With the approach of spring careful housekeepers always be gin the task of spring cleaning : Walls, windows and floors, be sides various and sundry pieces of "household and kitching fur niture" are after careful scru tiny, usually subjected to i thorough-going cleansing pro cess and for a week or mon brooms, mops, brushes anc dusters vie with soap and wa ter in the crusade* against din and disorder. These energeti< workers may be real lovers oJ \ cleanliness always, but* theii zeal at this particular seasoi also comes from their knowl edge of the fact that the cole of winter kills many dangerous 1 germs, which thrive mightilj ' and revel in the warm summei weather. If such a practice is necessary to the health and happiness of the family, is it not most imperative that towns anc cities also observe "spring cleaning?" We notice the campaigns have already begun in other towns and suggest that plans be made for "clean-up week" in Lancaster. It is im portant that all back lots, store premises, streets and alleys be put in proper condition before the time of the insect pests. All breeding places for flies and mosquitoes should be done away with. Much can be done to keep off these deadly foes by carefully and persistently destroying the haunts which they frequent, but once upon us, we are soon at their mercy. A week's cleaning beforehand will be worth a month or more of toil later on. So let's begin and by we is meant not the authorities alone, for, important as is their work, they cannot accomplish all that we see is needed. Of course the authorities must take the lead as it is the A. ? 1 1 A A 11 town s worK, out naturally every citizen is expected to do his part. See that your own backyard is in a perfectly sanitary condition and report to the proper officials any unsightly or unsaTtttary place you may have noticed about town. We should see to it that there is no possibility of disease being caused from dirt. JUST A REMINDER. We hope that Lancaster county will he well represented at the State Teachers' Association in Columbia, March 13-15, and that the teachers of the town will show more interest in this meeting than the majority of them have shown iti those of the County Educational Association. At a recent meeting of the latter organization there were only six teachers from the city schools out of the forty-one teachers, trustees and patrons in attendance. We feel that those teachers should be commended who came from all over the county, many of them braving wind and cold, as well as bad roads, for hours that they might be present to fill their places on the program. But is it asking a great deal that those who live in town, within easy access of the place of meeting, be expected to be present? It is certainly duo those who have worked so faithfully to make the association a success, as well as due their scholars and ! . v., 4 . 4 U 4 . i licit rvriy tt'cierifi should attend these meetings, especially those teachers withir. walking distance of the school > j THE PEOPLE ARE NO'I FOOLS. j It is unreasonable to expect some folks to be helped by edu> ! cation or any other means ol 1 uplift--we refer to that clas? , known as 'born" fools. Manj people, however, have natura i endowments, and whether edu ; cated or not, it is difficult foi f demagogues to deceive them *d ways. These good men perhapf I ?. mt > THE LANCASTER NEWS, - lacked opportunity for self-im-j provement in their youth, and , finding themselves handicapped - in the battle of life, are doing . all in their power to give their - children what they themselves j were denied. The vast majority of the un educated are not fools. Their i hearts are in the right place and - their minds arrive at concluj sions which often surprise the i trained reasoning powers of - their more fortunate brothers, t They are.very far from being z fools. They have learned to f realize the importance of etiur cation and in that respect are i far more enlightened than many - who would keep their children 1 in ignorance, 'thinking to gain j profit for themselves. The r demagogue who poses as the : friend and champion of the poor, i downtrodden man, is in reality . that man's worse enemy. Were ; he his friend, he would work , [ for his best interests. Instead < of doing this, however, he tries j . to keep his loved constituents in | i ignorance. But these men are , : wiser than their so-called i i champion knows and, with com- 1 . pulsory education, the days of ( the demagogue are numbered, j The people are finding out his j aimllol + .r TU?.. r uujJIIVltjr. JL I1CV CclllilUl ue iurever deceived. "THE STATE." 1 We have always admired the ( splendid work The State has 1 done for South Carolina and ^ have often wondered if the majority of its readers realize what a power for good comes ^ daily into their homes with the ^ advent of this progressive jour- j nal. Its spirit of progress was s never more truly exemplified v than on Wednesday last, when the secretary of the corn show r made it known that the great agricultural event, of which we are all the beneficiaries, was { made possible only through the . patriotism and generosity of The State, which guaranteed $10,000 to secure it for South Carolina. We fear The State lost heavily by this transaction and believe that those of us v who saw and were benefited by the coru exposition should be % willing to help make the loss lrood. Such an act of true votion to the commonwealth j should not go unrewarded. { Such liberality is unheard of in ( these days of selfish striving c for gain. The State is indeed South Carolina's greatest asset. \ For more than a score of years t it has labored faithfully to ad- 1 vance the interests of South j| Carolina. On Tuesday The State celebrated its twenty-sec- , ond birthday. We wish it many happy returns and hope that it will always be read by a grateful people who realize the high r ideals for which it stands. t t A HARD LUCK STORY. 1 I Joseph R. Wilson, a Nashville newspaper man, finds himself in hard luck because of the fact j that he is a brother of the j President-elect. Owing to the [ relationship, he had to give up t the idea of an appointment as postmaster ;it Nashville, al- ' though receiving a Mattering j i endorsement for the position, t 1 Then t lie suggestion that he be ' 1 made secretary of the industrial . . commission, two offers of edi- | I torial positions, besides others I of more or less importance, were < , likewise given up because of the i fear on the part of certain peo- ] . pie that he might be unduly : "influenced" by his brother or 1 that the President-elect might : be "embarrassed" by "Brother 1 Joe." Here's hoping Mr. Wil" son may be allowed to keep t he > position he holds with the 1 5 Nashville paper without fear of I ' favor from his distinguished | ' brother. j Present conditions in Mexico - j remind us forcibly of Sfier* man's famous definition of war. FEBRUARY 21. 191*3. IRISH ESTIMATE OF WASH-1 INGTON. Tomorrow, the birthday of the "Father of his Country," brings to mind an eloquent tribute paid his memory by the Irish orator, Phillips, who said 1 of the great American: ( "I see you concur with me . a.i :a it ' * I uim ii umiiei'H very nine wnai immediate spot may be the birthplace of such a man as Washington. No people can claim, no country can appropriate him. The boon of Providence to the human race, his fame is eternity, and his residence creation. Though it was the defeat of our arms, and the disgrace of our policy, 1 almost bless the convulsion in which he had his origin. "In the production of Washington it does really appear as if nature was endeavoring to improve upon herself, and that all the virtues of the ancient world were but so many studies preparatory to the patriot of lUn 1 - > uic new. iiiuiviuuui instances ) no doubt there were; splendid ;! examples of some single quali- \ fication. Caesar was merciful, !< Scipio was continent, Hannibal ! was patient; but it was reserv- 'j ed for Washington to blend ? them all in one, and, like the \ ovely masterpiece of the Gre- J nan artist, to exhibit in one ' flow of associated beauty the ! pride of every model and the J perfection of every master." * e Instead of letting the dear * 'peepul" rest for this year at J east from the fearful turmoil J >f last summer, the politicians J ire at it early, four candidates J or governor having already J >een announced. J t The News and Courier says hat if the Republican party ~ lad favored the literacy test for mmigration during war times i large part of the Union army could not have been there. p( - w FROM OTHER PAPERS I hi Old man Diaz over in Paris v< irobably smiles as he reads.? Atlanta Journal. a Whose town is Anderson now, j! iince Ranks has ceased to claim t daily??Spartanburg Herald. ^ Our idea of a bore is the man al vhom even the insurance S1 igents will not go to see when 9' hey know that he wants to buy .1( i policy.?News and Courier. P( a< Had the bill to muzzle* the mess been passed South Caro- e< ina would have become the si >aradise of the demagogue.? sl )rangeburg Times and Demo- jr rat. p This country, you know, is to :t 4^ au i-i r? 11 it- iefs|Jt?iifsiwic" u> ine worm lor r he conduct of our cousins and V( or the safety of all foreign j.( )eople on American shores. V( Jncle Sam is the world's police- "n nan and the lot of the policenan is proverbially a hard one. a] ?Florence Times. p, A good many years ago, when *1 l boy was whipped at school, he eceived another whipping when s le went home, but in these days -x' he father and mother wipe his ears away and go and whip the eacher.?GafTney Ledger. The legislature feels duty * round to do something. For the a ack of anything better one P louse passes a bill just to give a he other one something to do n o kill it.?Waxhaw Enterprise. s< Somewhere between New a fork and Philadelphia, the Ma- n or acquired, it seems, a new c nilitary commission. He is d rfficially introduced by The a Philadelphia Public Press as ,| 'Colonel Hemphill." By the u inie he gets to Washington p lo'll probably be a fnil briga- v lier.?The State. c If- anybody thinks that Wood- \ row Wilson lacks nerve, his is- a sue of a declaration of intentions in book form on the eve of acession to office should dispel ' the illusion.?Charleston Post. There's a Steamboat Bill be- * fore the legislature. He is a r distant bousin to the many Rail- 1 road Bills who have visited the c legislative halls.--The Colum- V bia Record. 1 a Candidates for state office c two years hence are announc- r ing. Jim Cansler of Tirzah p never announces but he'll he e there.?Anderson Mail. t v' t ????????T'????: If a 'burglar trots in have money eonoea/ed fret your money. That i The burglar will know ; fore /ie ifoo? into your lar's business. DKJR bu your money. If At is in r from burglars,/ from fi trnvaganeet yon cannot it so easily. f Do YCJUR bankin THE FIRST N BANK OF CHAS D JONES. fresiden t R E WYLIE. Vice-President The Worth of Advertising. There is another thing about ' Ivertising?for it is being ressed that with the parcel ! jst in operation the merchant ho will not advertise may as ell close up shop?the man out 1 the farm is being shown that 3, too, can advantageously ad?rtise. Discussing "How to build up market for produce," Rion H. utler, in The Progressive armer, again reverts to his adsrtising suggestion. His idea of value to the small farmers rul to the newspape?s of the nail towns rather than to the . ig plantation owners and the )urnals of the larger cities of opulation. Here is some of the Ivice he gives: "Then get familiar with the iitor as a factor in selling your uir. If you give him a small jm to run a three-line reader i his paper, saying: " 'Turnip Greens, Onions, I adishes?Henry Jones will be | i town Monday with turnip | reens, onions and radishes,' ou will have the people in the ^ isidence streets informed of > our joining and ready to buy i lore quickly than if you have ! > argue the question after you I rrive. If you ask them in the: aper to telephone an order to | our house before you start to nvn, you may sell out all the :uff you propose to take before ou have it on your wagon. "Tell the people through the fiper that your Klondike strawerries will be ripe by Wednesay, and sell for 15c a quart, ell them you have killed a beef nd will deliver some desirable ieces of meat on a certain date, t wholesale prices, always aming the price. "Your paper will help you I'll the cow that you do not find purchaser for among your imlediate neighbors. It will loate a man who would take a ozen of your eggs for setting, t a reasonable price, but who oes not know you have them nless you tell him in the paer. The paper is merely a man ,'ith a bigger audience than you an get yourself, and it tells the /ant story to all of them. It ells what you want to tell, and t tells it for a very little cost." And on the other hand, if the ni'rrniinf will m*in4 in 4 li r> n . > ...... V fT 111 |'i 1Mb JO t?IL or the description of the poods 10 has in his store, and state ho prices, the people in his tcritor.v will n'ot pive all heed to he advertisements of the Ch<apo mail order house, but will :o to the home merchant. But f the hip Western house does 11 the advertising and the loal merchant makes no statement to his people that he has uobably the very poods wantd?if he keeps it a secret irom hem that their needs can be ' to your house and you V { there, the burglar will y '? n burglur'a business. ' rou hove the money be- >J houset tlmt is the burg- J, siness is to PROTECT tur bunk, it will be safe r*e, nnd your own ex- ' lend It, spend it or lose >g with US. ATIONAL 1 LANCASTER. ! ? M. CROXTON. > ? Cashier. V ? CUR TIS MAC KEY. y Ass't Cashier. *> \ .. 'i supplied by him while the great Chicago concern is parading it OA J. U It.UA Y . | Red No. 1? flow New York Travel? 1 and the Servian Ha Ikan War. I Split reel. Qaumart. I Reels Nom 2 and 3 ?Old Mudamal- S Relic's Secret. n (historlucl drama.) . 9 From the famous book by Kugenle 9 Marlitt Two thousand feet fea- 1 lures of reliance productions. 1 ! See program for next week else- 9 where in tliis j?h|kt. I 4 B that it has there the goods for j sale?why, the public will go to j the mail order house.?Augus- I ta Chronicle. J Anybody, Lord. j "Would you marry him if you j were me?" | "I'd marry anybody that ask- j ed me if I were you." v ] "Your wife knows a great j many people to speak to, doesn't 1 she?" , "Yes, but mighty few to j listen to."?Houston Post. 1 FOR LANCASTER PEOPLE4" 1 Lancaster Citizens' Experiences Furnish Topic for Lancaster Discussion. ^01 The following experience occur- ^ " red in Lancaster. A Lancaster citizen relates it. Siiniliar experiences are occurring daily. Lancaster people are being relieved. Getting rid of distressing kidney ills. Try Doan's Kidney Pills, the tested Quaker remedy. Lancaster people testify, Lancaster people profit, The evidence is home evidence? the proof convincing. Lancaster testimony is gratefully given. / Lancaster Sufferers should read i.t W. S. Lab g ley, Elm St., Lancaa- 1 ter, S. C., yys: "My back ached intensely arid my kidnevs were rU?_ I ordered. J The kidney secretions passed ir/egularly and wore unnatural. 8<*ne time ago I got a supply J Of DoaiJs Ki.lnev Pills from the H Standard Drug Company's store and ! it did not take them long to relieve me. Nfy kidneys are now In a normal oondition and my pains and I aches lave disappeared." 1 For'sale by all dealers. Price 50 i cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., BufTalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. I Remember the name?Doan's? and take no othoy Here is a message of hope and good cheer frop Mrs. C. J. Martin, I Boone Mill, Va., wiio is the mother I of eighteen optldren. Mrs. Martin was cured of stomach trouble and constipation d>y Chamberlain's Tab- * ? lets after five years of sulTering, and I now recommends these tablets to the public. Sold by all dealers. w STAR THEATRE ] Program for I riday and Saturday, I February U! and '.?**!. M FRIDAY. I Reel No i \ win and a Way. 1 (drama ) Th an ho user. J Reels Nor. 2 and 3?His Squaw. j it takes two large reels to show 1 this wondcriul broncho feature. H CJ A rflTTT?T\ *