The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 18, 1913, Image 4
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(8EMI-WKEKLY.) decisiou
? court wi
R. E. WYLIE. . .Acting Editor backbone
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ing the i
PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: $5,000 ai
Published Tuesdays and 0? tustice
Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., J
by The Lancaster Publishing p e to
Company, successors to The WM hnd
Ledger, established 1852; The unsupport
Review, established 1878; The newspapei
Enterprise, established 1891, i ?i \ i
and entered as second-class 1
matter Oct. 7, 1905, at the class, has
po8tofflce at Lancaster, S. C., years, ma
under Act of Congress of clem nol
Ma.ch 3, 1879. of the lav
SVUSCllllTlOX PltlCE: " '."'j
. . varre, it 1
(In Advance.) . . r _
x ' point tor
One Year 91.50 , , ,
Six Months 73c hearteued
in.f.i
laws, which if done will be enough tlx* church
to absorb their attention for some world bey
time. the childn
-rested to
STAND BY THK I'LATKOKM. subject, tli
The Democratic party is in con- 'ess help
trol of all the departments of the will tl
national government and its square- fully the ;
ly up to it to show its faith by its from good
works. Its platform calls for a We hop<
tariff for revenue. The present ?f contes
tariff was framed by a Republican There are
Congress and approved by a Kepub- which nn
lican President. Many Democratic Write on o
senators and congressmen aided number ea
and abetted by their votes in en- -"(1 addres
acting it, taking care of some ar- cation of
ticle or other in which some of tends. W
their constituents were interested, top of the
such as lumber, sugar, rice, etc. compositioi
But the issue of high and low tariff Roads, A
is now squarely defined and it is the Washingtoi
duty of every loyal Democrat to ?
help redeem the party's pledges to 1
the people. We are glad to see that Why is
Senator Tillman has announced that others as
he will stand squarely by the tariff uring on 1
bill as framed by the Democrats, bring aiu
It is now time for all good Demo- corn, whet
crats to come to the aid of the things moi
party. fare than
are many
THE VEDICT AGAINST THE imported t<
STATE COMPANY. high prices
Tho recent verdict of $'-0,000 by that oach
Black against The State Publishing n tho col
Company does not argue well for in tho aim
conditions In South Carolina. We tilizcrs usr
watched tho progress of this case kept up tl
with much Interest and in our judg- knows, the
rocnt the plaintiff failed utterly to made and 1
make out a case. Indeed wo think down to (
the judgo who sustained tho de- farmer wll
dealers. j Pharmac;
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 11)13. Gonzales
bo their f;
The Greenville Piedmont is ever w^? 'laxe
ready to "point a moral and adorn lina
. . ., They cou
a tale.
many goo
Theodore Roosevelt is said to be 'Ul\t 1 s< d'
writing his autobiography. We c ?
wonder if he will dwell at length on l*,< c '. u
the severe lambasting he got in the P'tun,,ir>
, . , felt they 1
last election. , '
. and nobl
There are more lively chapters "
represented at the D. A. R. Cougress
in Washington this week than , ,
...... , And be i
were ever written on the liistorv of .. ...
.. .... . . , , tion, their
the great War of Independence. . . ,
ciated by
. . . South Car
Two courts are in session in
m .i ! , , , ^ come whei
Greenville this week. And yet
, .. . versal.
some people say the world is grow- .
I n I q \'P
ing better."?Greenville Piedmont. .. ,
trio frooclc
The world is growing better, in . .
, _ , , tamed in
spite of Greenville and her courts. .
the great
Hon. Richard T. Manning of ^uT^-Oui
Sumter has announced himself for ''
freedom o
governor. If we mistake not Mr.
, . . , . to me to
Manning ran when the old defunct ,
, have a
state-wide dispensary was an issue,
i ? i .. , , ... . papers or
but don t think he made the trip.
K eminent,
Now that Willis Moore, the chief momen| v
of the weather bureau, has been re- a^aIU?
moved from office by President Wil- - mal
son, it is to be hoped that he sa^e- *f
carried with him the beastly weath- muzzle(1 a
er we have been having for several 'Knorance
week s flourish us
Ex-Speaker of the South Carolina 1'HIZES
House of Representatives, Richard
S. Whaley, who was recently elect- Logan 1
ed from the llrst congressional dis- 'be office
trict to succeed Congressman George partment
S. Legare, deceased, is well equipped ington, ha
for service in the lower house of tlle best r
the national Congress. He will 800 words
doubtless make a worthy successor tenance ol
to the lamented Legare. open to ai
ages of 1
Sam J. Nichols, Esq., Governor county s
Blease's lawyer?friend of Spar- must be :
tanburg, who figured with one of 1913. Tb
W. J. Burns' detectives and the based on
dictagraph, has been appointed by reading <
the governor to sit as one of the quotations
justices of the supreme court at the full text
hearing of the proceedings before child's ow
that court for the disbarment of Mr. Paj
Barney Evans. And so it goes. ience to a
the cond
Like The Anderson Mail, we don't througliou
Think much of Congressman Aiken's firmly coi
bill to reduce the rate of postage on ference to
letters from two cents to one cent, roads is d
The change would not materially build and
help the poor who need the help and fore to stii
besides would materially reduce the building a
revenues of the government. Let offer is i
the Democratic party confine its at- children k
tention mainly to reducing the necessity c
tariff and changing the banking if they ar
/
0 the complaint in the deep hole it will be 1:
1 was right and the him to extricate himse
of a divided supreme adopt the safe policy i
"oug. We admire the the acreage in cotto<n
manifested by Judge overtaxed soil rest, o
the second trial in reduc- plant it, put it in clovei
imount of the verdict to oats or anything else
id we hope for the sake We know of many far
, if nothiug more, the su- caster who have reduc
urt on the second appeal ton crop to something
that the verdict is wholly to the horse with mu
'd by evidence. The State themselves, but the ^
r, though cordially hated of them are still contin
emagogues and criminal too much cotton.
i for the past twenty-two
de an aggressive fight for A MOTHER'S INF
itics and the enforcement We have recently r<
v in South Carolina. Like to his mother written
? plume of Henry of N*a- F McCombs, chairmai
las always been the rallying tional Democratic execi
the discouraged and dis- | tee, and sometimes s
when things looked bad "The man who disco
r the commonwealth. The row Wilson." In spe
brothers, whatever may strong religious charac
lults, are clean, brave men she influenced him f<
always loved South Caro- says, "I can scarcel
rare intensity of spirit, the time when I begai
Id have left the state as my small self in the
d citizens have done and of an unupliolstered
ped the strenuous light in every Sunday, with S
y have been so long en- coming as an inter
ith more profit from a meetings. Then at
standpoint, but they have dinner, we children rea
tad a mission in this state dispensed in Sunday sc
y have they pursued it. ing again from him, "i
glit in which they are en- ly separated right out i
not a personal one, it is wasted no time in dh
good of South Carolina, it. With the great*
It said for their consola- watched and guarded
1 unselfish work is appre- Do the mothers of todn
men and women all over much influence over t
'Olina and the time wi 1 j as did the mother of 3
u this feeling will be uni these mothers, and fat
matter, by precept a
rdict is the greatest blow teach their children to
>111 of the press has sus- 'he Sabbath day to kt
this state. Mr. Jefferson, i*o they see to it that 1
apostle of the rule of the read and understand
reference to a free press God, especially on the
r librty depends on the And 011 the week days
f the press. Were it left tend carefully as to li
decide whether we should employed, what book?
overnment without news- the places the frequen
newspapers without gov- who are their compa
I should not hesitate a mother more than an]
0 prefer the latter," and the power of influencing
hen the press is free and the character of her
1 is able to read, all is nine times out of ten
the newspapers can be failures, it is because
nd the people kept in has failed to do her pa
the demagogue "will no doubt but that the
as green bay tree." their mothers had muc
the making of the str
Foil KSSAY ON GOOD character of President
Ito.VDS. President Marshall, ?
IValler Page, director of State Bryan and Sen
of public roads of the de- ^avy Daniels.
of agriculture at Wash- *
s offered a gold medal for x<) "BIG STICK" :
omposition. not exceeding Tlle extraordinary se
i, on the repair and main- Kress is now well un<
f roads, the contest being the country may well
ly boy or girl between the Itself that in Preside)
0 and 15, who attends a lias one who is not a t
chool. All compositions t>ut a practcial leader
submitted before May 15, T,ie farther he prog
le subject matter may be administration the mor
information derived from evident that lie is not
r>r ohxprvntinn hut >/-. I of great knowledge of
: will be permitted. The tbat be is genuinely t
must be expressed in the endeavoring to bring
n words. ment, as he has said,
?e has had much exper- People." Most of his
iid him in his study of Called 'n this object
itions of public roads were first of all party 11
t this county and he is 'm^ued with the idea
ivinced that much indif- Preniacy tha tthe in ten
the importance of good People was often overh
ue to Ignorance of how to effort to perpetuate pa
repair them. It is there- President Wilson, wl
ululate an interest in road ''rat, is first of all the
nd maintenance that the t,H> nation a whole,
nade. The rural school ,n'"'sler the laws in th
now from experience the aI1- Tbis ifl wb>' no se
if good, permanent roads t,on to bim bas ar's<'"
e to keep in touch with 'tepublican ranks. Mr
, the school and the great l,ad &reat individuality
ond their homes and if inK* b'K stick" meth
m become sufficiently in- aml l?s?red opposition.
> make a study of the ^'''son, instead, seen:
ieir parents will doubt- adopted as his weapc
theni gather information K'' 'an s wand which
icniselves appreciate more beckontMl towards th
ldvantages to be derived ('uly- firm and
roads. where matters of print
there will be a number vo,ve('' but "hen dealii
tants from tliis county. PKSfJ,?tials. he does not
only a few requirements l'b '''s own ideas for
ust be complied with, harmony. He is withal
nlv one side of the paper, ,,l! aml "'cvoted statesmi
ell ouKe. iri ve n?mi< uvi.
is, also the name and lo- PQHM PiTUCP P,
the school the pupil at- rKUIfl UlHcK ri
rite this plainly at the
: first page. Send your For the love of Mike
i to the office of Public don't you shut up for
grlcultural Department, minuteg??Spartanburg
" ' ' * There is no hope foi
thrope who would rath
iVH\ COTTON? than the truth.?A
it that our farmers and 1 *
well always are lig- j( j8 tnkit>r Mr. McC
what cotton is going to time to make up his ir
1 not on the prices of to be ambassador to I
it, oats, meat and other |'erhaps he is trying
few millions so as to be
e necessary to their wei- dovvn the Job
?News i
cotton? And yet there
of these other things Nobody heard anyt
o our state each year and h'Sh cost ?' living
, , ,. _, when a woman knew It
paid for them. It seems to (.ajj on jJcr nejghbor
year there is an increase shawl thrown over h<
tton acreage as well as h< r bare arms wrapper
aunt of commercial fer- aPron- Augusta Chron
id. Now if this thing Is We want to Join |n
10 Qrst thing the farmer movement with this
ro will be a bumper crop clean and be sensible,
the price will go tumbling f'aaes the world can
r t, by that. Keep your bo<
' or 7 cenl3' Tllpn tho side and inside; the latl
,1 find himself in such a only wholesome food.
9
V and standard Drug Co. ' ture was found In tin
m
mpossible* for sense pan can oe exerciseu ia a iuuuIf
Why not sand ways, by breathing pure air, by
' . . taking the right exercise, by emptyind
cut down ,ng 8tagnant water> by parenting
and let the bad odors, by resting when you are
r if you will tired. Be sensible and be happy.?
r, grass, peas, Sumter Herald.
but cotton. QUery: If it took Ed DeCamp,
mers in Lan- Harry Watson and Brother Sims
ed their cot- three weeks to recover from a meetlike
10 acres inK of tbe press association in Coto
lut?bia, Just how long will it take
them to recover from one in Char,-ast
majority (eston??Greenville Piedmont.
[Uing to plant
There is not a great deal that a
mayor can do. He will not have
much money to spend, and cannot
LlENCh. make much improvement, but he
i?ad a tribute can do two things that would meet
i by William with the approval of all right think,
*# ing people, enforce the laws and
clean up the city.?Salisbury Post,
utive commit
poken of as The Columbia ltecord now calls
vered Wood- itself such instead of "The Daily
aking of her Eecor?" wit,hout the "Columbia."
It wishes to appear proud, not
:ter and how aghamed, of its town. The "Daily"
or good, he never did fit, as it appears only six
y remember days in the week. The change is
to be commended all around.?
i t0, comP?se Charlotte Observer,
hard confines
bench twice A Laurens boy had his touring
undav school car stolen on Main street in Greenval
between ville in broad daylight. Which
shows you how dangerous?but
home after The Greenville Piedmont can go
,d the laeflets ahead and finish it.?Greenwood
hool." Quot- Journal.
She intuitue- ^ye mourn passing Qf the oldof
wrong and fashioned parents who demanded
scussion over knowledge of the whereabouts of
sst care she their sons audi daughters, and we
my reading " lamellt no less tbe passing of the oldy
. fashioned boy or young man who
ly exercise as never felt disgrace or chagrin in
heir children keeping his parents informed of his
dcCombs? Do whereabouts. If we could but realize
to the fullest extent the responhers
for that sibnty of tbe pRreut what a re?lu_
nd example tion would take place in every city,
? "Remember town and hamlet of our state! What
>ep it holy7" a revolution would take place withip
;heir children Khe llmits of our own llttle . towu!
uut we are too prone to think of
the Word of these awful warnings that come,
Lord's day? every now and then, as far-off, ret
do they at- mote, having no direct bearing upon
OW thpv arc us- Do you know where your boy
' stays during the hours that follow
t they read, yOUr home-going??Keowee Courier.
it and as to
nions? The INCREASES STOCK.
other has |janra8|er Chester Railway liaises
aad shaping Capital to $500,000.
children and Columbia Special to Charlotte Oif
they are 8erver, April 17.?The secretary of
the mother slate today authorized the Lancaster
rt. We have , ^ Chester Hallway Company, operatinfluence
of j,ig between the two towns named in
h to do with tjie title of the corporation, to lnong
religious I crea80 jts capjtal stock from $50,000
Wilson, \ ice to $500,000. The par value of the
>ecretar> of shares will be $100. Action in reetary
of the giir(j lo the increase in capitalization
was taken at a meeting some time
77 , UK?METHODS.
When questioned over long disssion
of Con- tance today. Col. Leroy Springs,
ier way and president of the company, is quoted
rnn^ritnlnto saying tha ttlie increase was to
i j pilt the cap,tal stock back where it
at W ilson it jia<j heen when the road was taken
nere theorist, over by the Springs interests. He
of men. j stated that the increase was for imresses
in his provements made in the past and
those contemplated for the future,
e it becomes j when askeci if the road intended
only a man to extend its lines, Mr. Springs reaffairs
but plied: ''Probably there will be an exmd
earnestly ! tension made. In what direction I
, ' ; cannot say, it might be to Spartanle
govern- , i,UI.g) to Gaffney or another town,
"back to the But there will be continued improvepredecessors
ments to the road, such as has been
because they made in the past.
nen, so much COI'I KK TBI"ST SUIT DISMISSED
of party su
st of all the Itray.il Claims Ten Million Dollar
ooked in the | Coffee Pile Sold.
. . , ^ \ Washington, April 16.?The an1
ti-trust suit against the Brazilian
lile a Demo- valorization scheme?the so-called
President of coffee trust?will be dismissed withsworn
to ad- a few days by Attorney General
.r i.,#.,... o. ,.f McHeynolds as a result of definite
e interest of * , ,. ...
assurances from the Brazilian govrious
opposi- eminent that the 900,000 bags of
even in the j coffee, valued at $10,000,000, stored
Roosevelt : hi New York, have been sold to
but driv- ' bona-fide purchasers.
Attorney General McReynolds to?
invited (jay saj(j tj,e United States would
President accept Brazil's assurances that the
is to have coffee no longer was in the control
>u the ina- valorization committee. Bra,
zil declares the coffee has been sold
*s? ar 1,ls to seventy-eight roasters in thlrtye
path of three cities of twenty American
unyielding States.
iple are in- Had the compromise not been
with nnn reached, it was within the power of
' . / ' Hie United States government to
mind giving ^oize the coffee under a new law
the sake of passed by congress as a direct rea
wise, tact- **ult of the coffee suit.
AK.MISTK S IS A(illKKI)
UPON UNTIL APItIL 12.~?
\PERS I Ollieial Co ifirmation Comes of Agreemeiit
for Sus|>eiisi?>ii of Hostilities
Between the Bulgarians and the
, Coley, why Turks.
about fifteen Constantinople, April 17.?The
Herald. agreement for suspension of hostilities
between the Bulgarians and the
r the misun- Turks was officially confirmed today,
er believe a The armistice will last until April 23
.tlanta Jour- and may be prolonged if peace has
not been concluded in the interval.
A neutral zone is to be fixed durcml.s
a long ing the suspension of fighting and it
lind whether has been agreed that the Turkish
'arls or not. fleet shall not interfere with the reto
borrow a vitualling of the Bulgarian army,
able to bold The armistice may be annulled on
and Courier. 4 8 hours' notice by either party.
hlng about Death of Mrs. Martha Small.
In the days Mrs. 8. T. Blackmon received a
was all right tlcgram yesterday afternoon anwlth
an old nouncing the death of her step?r
head nnd grandmother, Mrs. Martha Small, in
i up in her Columbia, at 4 p. m. yesterday,
icle. | Mrs. Small was in her 83rd year.
| She was a Miss Mosely, and was
i the health ! twice married, first to Mr. Preston
remark: be Craft and after his death to the late
Half tho dla- Itev. Allen Small.
be prevented Mrs. Small was a consistent merrily
clean out- ber of the I'nlon Baptist church,
ler by catiny; The interment will take place toThe
common day at Buffalo Baptist church.
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OF LANCAJ
C/MS 0 JONES.
a President.
R E WYL/E.
, Vice-President
T I I J I
HOPEFUL CHANGE
HELIKVKS ANXIETY r
abl]
With Permission of Doctor. the Po|k> tari
Si^ns Decree of Church?Vitality ed
is Strong. ' saE,
Rome, April 17.?Medical skill and by
trong vitality have combined to bring are
about a more hopeful change in the CIlo
condition of Tope Pius. Official bul- aga
letins issued today relieved present glo^
anxiety, but there are some who are bly
skeptical and fear a third relapse tari
owing to the general weakness of Mas
the Pontiff and because he is inclined due
to disobey physicians' order. The be
bulletin issued at 8 o'clock tonight of 1
was of a reassuring character. It ing
read: the
"His Holiness passed a good day lina
without fever. This evening his tern- her
perature is 118 degrees. The improve- all
ment in the bronchial symptoms con- and
tinues." disc
SIGNS CHURCH DECREES. imp
Early today the Pope declared that '^u^
he felt better than at any time since Ann
his first relapse. The sun pouring (^UCl
into the chamber impelled him to tar'
leave his bed, which he did without the
assistance. As is his custom on such an(*
occasions, the Pope ordered his attendants
out of the room. Cardinal T
Merry del Val, the Papal secretary of to
state, visited the Pope this evening, *bat
and. haviiiK first obtained nernussinn pen
from the doctors, submitted for his 'K,K
signature several decrees on impor- P'e
tant questions of an urgent nature. ern
Pope Pius signed them. His hand- l'le
writing was firm and clear and show- Uliic
ed no change from his writing before
his illness. nla?
The deep concern of the Italian v,'r>
government in the illness of the cuss
Pope was manifested today when Bite
officials requested those in charge of iin
the case to give a statement regard- thin
ing the prognosis. This was met with he
the declaration that it was prac- to i
tlcally impossible to say whether the for
Pontiff would recover but that if he wori
did, his condition hereafter might bo way
considered precarious. hem
that
One Mill Man's Faith. elec
In view of the alarm being vote- how
ed by the members of the American tall
Manufacturers' Association and mill Post
interests generally who arc exerting
their influence in Washington
to prevent the modification of the -*
protective cotton schedules in the
liew tariff bill, the following from
The Lancaster News is interesting
and reassuring. The News says: B
"Our far-seeing townsman. Col. to i
Leroy Springs, brightened the out- of t
look of many cotton mill men Lan
gathered in Washington this week "?ti
in attendance upon the American bool
Manufacturers' Association, when stoc
it became known Wednesday that opei
he had bought up all the stock in tion
the two mills at Fort Mill and the day,
Springstein mill at Chester, thus
considerably increasing his already
large mill ownership, and that, too,
in the face ot the Impending reduc- _ a
tioi. of tl.e tariff on cotton mill pro- C h
ducts." 1 xi
Whatever happens, we can't
"view with alarm" the prospects for
the cotton null industry when so
level-headed and successful mill "
men as Colonel Springs increases Con
his investments at this particular par
juncturo.?-Columbia Record.
Con
Parcel Post Business Increasing. Rd
Washington, April 16.?More Win
than five million parcel post stamps, TCI
the face valuo of which exceeds
$2,500,00 0 havo been 'Supplied to
postofllees of the country slnco the nC8!
establishment of tho system. Parcel and
post business is increasing so rapid- anr)
ly that It has been found neccssarv
to double tho dally output of ' '1
stamps. The largest single order T( r
filled this month was $100,000 ed <
worth for New York city. ,jrc,
Subscribe for The News.
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c are always pleased ?
Ir experieaee to our J'
ho have XOT banked J
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STER. I
EM. CROXTON,
Cashier.
E CURTIS MACXET. J
ess r cashier.
>* 'W'mmt'?VtV?V>V?'lV>'i'iVi'i
A Good Tariff Hill.
'resident Wilson is unquestionf
right when he says that the
ft revision bill which has startso
happily and surely on its pasr
through Congress is approved
the country generally. There
some sore spots of course,
versville, N. Y., is protesting ^4
inst the reduction of the duty on
,-es; Lousiana is yielding terriabout
the cutting down of the
ff on sugar; Governor Foss of
achusetts declares that the retion
of the rates on leather will
a dreadful blow to an industry
Ills state, and we shall be hearbefore
long a little wail from
rice plantaters of South Caro,,
and a big one from the luminterests
of North Carolina. But
that was to have been expected
was expected and it should be
ounted and disregarded. It is
ossible to reduce the rates of
y on commodities in which
sricans are interested as proi-rs
and not raise a howl. The
ff represents so much profit to
interest immediately concerned,
nobody relinquishes profits
lout a protest or a cry.
no present administration seems
have remembered two things
. all these complainants quite
{latently, perhaps determinedly
>re, that is to say, that the peoelected
the Democrats to govthe
country for four years on
promise of the party to make
erial reduction in the tariff, and
the ultimate consumer is a hui
being and a voter. There is
' little said at any time in dislion
of tariff schedules, in the
rest of the consumer, and it's
interminable time since anyg
was done for him. This time
seems to have somebody at hand
emember and to strike a blow
him without any great waste of
ils, but in a powerfully effective
The consumer is going to
>fit from this tariff bill, and
is exactly what the consumer
ted the administration for. The
Is of the producers are going to
on stopped ears.?Charleston
Lancaster Leads.
Notice.
y virtue of a commission issued
the undersigned as corporators
he Pepsi-Cola Mottling Works of
caster by the Secretary of State,
ce is hereby given that the
ks of subscription to the capital
k of said corporation will be
led at the office of the corporafrom
10 a. m. to 12 m. Satur,
April 19th.
J. M. WOODLEY,
M. M. WOODLKY.
iRMERS INSURANCE >
[on. P. II. McMaster, Insurance
iralssioner, has licensed the
liters' Mutual Fire InsunincA
ipany to insure farm and lsolattown
property against Fire,
id and Lightning, in LANCASt
and YORK Counties,
his Company has been in busli
In York County for 21 years
has nearly $ 1,000,000.00 Insuri
in force. Tho average cost has
i 30c on tho $100.00 insuranco
year. Reference will be furnishm
request. For tho present, ad
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D. E. LJONHY, Manager,
Yorkville, 3. C.
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