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/ 4 (She Cmtraater Niuua " (HEMMVEKKLY.) H. K. \VYLIE. . .Acting Editor 'J L O. BOYER Manager ... O) PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: tr Published Tuesdays aud g Fridays at Lancaster. S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The 111 Ledger, established 1852; The L Review, established 1878; The a< Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class ' matter Oct. 7. 1905, at the ra postofflce at Lancaster, S. C., ci under Act of Congress of w March 3. 1879 VN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: oj (In Advance.) One Year $1.50 S1 Si* Months 75c 11 gt TUESDAY, .MAY 13, 11)13. ~~ re Of interest to husbands is the an- hi nouncement of the discovery of a dt upw gown which has 120 buttons. pj pi The State suggests that the ol Venus do Milo probably never got ni much fun out of a hammock flirtatlon. ? 1 The California alien land bill 0f promises to keep our secretary of tli state ana the Japanese ambassador 111 busy for some time to come. j j*? I w< American manhood was not found ^ wanting in reverence for American of motherhood. Mother's Day was he pro pertly observed all over the land m * <111 Sun da v. ' Lancaster la showing her interest In Winthrop's elaborate prosenta- V tion of the Old English Pageant to- l'(, day by sending a large delegation to witness it. th Mrs. Helen O. Longstreet, who has taxed the public patience over- m< much of late, should, on leaving the an Gainesville, G;i., postofllce, make up her mind to have less to say. ('r of V. B. Cheshire, of The Anderson Wi Intelligencer, has introduced quite fal an inovation into South Carolina, a 8unday afternoon newspaper, the ^ first issue of which appeared this week. !>' If tiie primary election laws are ad Qot amended, it. looks, judging from bil the recent election for Congress in a Charleston that an otlice will be be something for sale and barter like oh any other old tiling. Even Senator on Tillman is beginning to have hi: it stomach turned. tin The Daily Times tells us that there m< are a lot of men. in Florence wearing wl "Votes for Women" badges. W ar f?e glad to report that up to this time tie the men of Lancaster are not so en adorned. In this respect we are con- ed tent to let Florence or any other city pa lead. gr CO "Portland Ned" had plenty of time after lie was pardoned out of the penitentiary to go into the adjoining counties of Lexington and tin Richland and blow open the safes at na Barr and Klngville. Wouldn't it Iti be a good joke on the governor if Da it turned out that Ned was into this cei devilment? Pe ile Barney Fvans' license to practice sti law in South Carolina lias been taken |{( away by the supreme court because hr of his unprofessional conduct while ri|j at the bar. But from what we have an heard, poor Barney is not the only sh; lawyer in South Carolina who has m, been guilty of unprofessional con- Co duct. The ethics of the profession a am nothing like what they v re a |>r quarter of a century ago Paris i- going to spend $180,000.000 for beautifying herself. That tin is a considerable sum for ornament sei nlona hut n lAv..r ..f e.? , ..... .. ..I 111' IK'.I II 11 I II I . \ 11 should inspire more of our smaller Su cities. We should he glad to see p. Lancaster give more time and money to the end that the town he made tin more attractive, become cleaner, up shadier and more beautiful. By the ne way, what of that proposed civic \vc league? We, at least, have not for- co gotten it and stand ever ready to Its lend a helping hand in urging tin in need of such an organization. tin _ , all That was a good one Congressman an Heflin got off on the- Republicans vv: who are clamoring for the protection of the industries of the coun ?iry. Said he: "Mr Chairman, these tariff barons remind me of the Kentucky boy. lie was 15 years old, barefooted, with trousers rolled up to his knees, shirt open ill front, and one suspender hanging down, >n oersDiratlon trlcklinsr over i.io a... covered face as lie ran up the road, !$ with his hat in one hand and a rock m In the other. He met some gentle- i men, and said, 'Gentlemen, have you seen anything of airy woman, o kind of sandy haired and trottln' tie like?' They said, 'Y< , lhout a i' quarter of a mile up the road.' He hu gall, 'That's ma, dura her; she thinks she's goin' to wean me, but she aln t," OWN FA LI j CAUSED BY Wilis- ago KEY. whe How whiskey will bring about the ogat awnfall of a man no matter how Ron: ell reared or to what profession son'i r calling he belongs, is well illus- mist ated in the case of Harnard B. mitt vans, recently disbarred by the P. ? lpreme court from practicing law son'i i any of the courts of the state. Jong et every man, be he young, middle In y ;ed or old, whether he drinks mod- men ately or immoderately, whether appc arried or single, read, and weigh imly as he reads, the following ^ ords of Acting Chief Justice Nav; 'oods delivering the unanimous ',l ( jm ion 01 me court; i "How did it happen that the re-I >ondent fell to ,this low estate? , "or* e had the advantages of a rearing niix< mtle and refined; he had been en-1 and impassed from his birth with de- 1 >ted affection; he had a brother iady to come to his relief; he has enot id all his life the stimulus of , with iscent from families on botli sides over stinguished and esteemed, in the , ist and now, for manly virtues and | p( lblic services. The court is of the linion that the reason for his fall y ay be found mainly in the fact that conn e respondent is an inebriate. All wayi en know that the poisons of alco- the >1 have made liars of the truthful, laves of the honest, and traitors says the faithful. Under its influence "ifch e respondent has in mind, and der orals staggered along the devious year ith that leads to the abyss. It is ' ! ue that he is now just as un- co ' jrthy and incompetent to perform aftei e duties of an attorney as if his aver fenses were due entirely to in-' j (rent wickedness, and he will re- wi*i. uin so until he changes his habits id reforms his character." I ance Why will men indulge in the drink ^ e ibit? It does them no good man i,,-.. have I v-11 II IIIUJ * till III III l\ III Iill/\iC/l <1 >n, they would be much better otY ithout it. Hut there are ry few who can control A ia flVIIV emselves. We know of men in ^ , is community, some of them young ^ ^ n, holding responsible positions d some with wives and children '"J1 to are indulging too freely in the ink habit. We ask them to think *1 poor Barney Evans and what it is that brought about his down- ' II been pend PESSIMISTIC ( UN TEMI'i ?ICAid to The Charlotte Observer apparentis about to go into a state of de- rate no over the prospects of the flon option by Congress of the tariff meet 1 and (he income tax law. In recent issue it speakes about i's n>ni:l coining "harrassing," urging the now jection that "the federal govern nt does not need (he money an-1 is going to lead to extravagance " T1 There is no question in our mind . .i , Com at tlie government does need tlie n,.xt mey. The only question is \. lether it should roine from the.neigl iv who are able to pay it or from e toiling millions who have hithlo borne die fearful burden plac- ehur upon them by the Republican is al rty, (lie special guardian of tlw eat moneyed interests ot the untry. a.. the nu. ki< iiakds >est? At a meeting of the trusters c Presbyterian Theological Semi- __ ry at (Columbia, Rev. Dr. ('. M rZZ < hards, pastor of the church at ividson College, was elected sucssor of the late Rev. Robert fi. arson, 1). 1)., as instructor in homtics and Knglish liible in tliat intution. Dr. Richards is a son of v. John (1. Richards, Sr., and a other of Hon. John (I Richards, ilroad commissioner, lie was born d reared at Liberty Hill in Keraw county. lie is a graduate of vidson and of the Seminary at lumhin. The trustees have made fine selection and it's hoped that . Richards will accept. \ ITU I 1*111MIS(1FHKH. The (ireenwood Journal i- at ues inclined to take a little too rious and aunber view of life, lent the recent Ooo damage it against Kd DeCatnp and his par. The (Jaftney Ledger, The Jour1 think: l*D 1 i disposed to treat matter too jocularly. We look on a suit against the average wspapcr in South Carolina a> we mid on one against an inmate of a uiily poor i ou ..ill tni- i- doubt* is why 15(1 i- not rust down. Hut any event, any one who knows f genial editor of The Ledger can nost hear him say, "In the mild d slush of things, something ally's, always, sings." : \ \VOKI> OF C.\t TIOX. Says The Rock Hill Herald: "Rock Hill's slogan is all riglit, t we really ought to have permisui to use ( harlotte's also. Those io want to watch something grow IS growing,' must fix their optics Rock Hill." \ word of caution, contemporary. ' tt? r let well enough alone. Reniber tin poet's admonition about vaulting ambition suae times : I a pint' it- ell. Don't blame u for not wauling to rem..in in Anderson, Winn, b ?ro, York le, Ch< ster and Fort Mill class, t don't get. ?well?too biggity." ; A li'ippy rompliinr ii \va-> pal-] ; } L? Woo-lr Wi' 01; sever I lay lust work along, Mr. Farmer, ' regard "w: your plows, getting in the bal- the race a of your cotton and your corn. in which have had these cool dry spells Highball ? r .. . j ... second an y times before this and will i them again. ]f poop their cells few of the leaders of the some- a# u cons t battered and very much dis- j1P8S d ...... . . ters to tn ed Republican party have been providence ng a conference in Chicago to providence rmine if the G. O. P. can be rises froi together again," and if so how (,,her does . .. , . . . It Is a ca when. It has been suggested <)f ,.rjmjn Lit off both the elephant's snout Times and tail, represented by Roosevelt Taft respectively. Then it has Mine. suggested to allow both ap- si"g,>r win ? , I....". . has made ages to remain intact, but each tj >rforin its own function without Saturday, ranee from the other. At any the 1,400 it is thought a national conven- ar<' cared of the party will he called to this summer to look over the violets, w] and gather up what fragments thick on t Lin of that once glorious but VNi'' ho 1,1 , ., 14 0,000 vl inglorious aggregation. singer \ and far tn Sermon to .1, O. U. A. M. money to le annual sermon on Junior , rism, of the Pleasant Plain , icil will be preached Sunday | Special to at 1 1 o'clock a. m., by ltev. T. | Heath Dubiiey in the church. All Frances, ii iboring councils are cordially Mrs. E. \ ed to be present at 10::i0 ! weeks, die ck and participate in the prep- , day morni on in the hall, and in the i ligious sei ch service. The general public | home Sum so invited to he with us. | conducted order of the Council. Dr. Dyche \V. F. EST RIDGE, R. S. | body was tery. iperintendent J. G. Richards of i ? Kershaw graded schools, spent I Mr. R. rilay in Lancaster. ! day from Great Sal :\T75 ( We have heen very fortunate i the largst as well as one of the Sample Notions ever shown out We bought 11 lose goods at Toe will plaee them Oil Sale Wednesday V at the same rate of discount. This is a great opportunity t staple Notions as tin; line co ladies', misses', children's and lames and children s muslin anc men's and boys' Shirts and Draw hoys' blouses, neckwear, bolts, s II, It. KOItlNSON, Manager TH by Congressman Gordon Lee, r^??? n he gracefully yielded the per- FRO ive of naming the postmaster at le, Ua., the home of Mrs. Wils girlhood, and agreed tliut the sense is t ress of the White House be per- State, ed to make the selection. Mr. J. lowle, an old friend of Mrs. Wil- JJU? s father and mother and a life- people wil resident of Rome, was chosen, ton Post, ieldlng the patronage. CongressAn pvcl Lee gave up the most desirable ?.Tbe Cq8, dntnient in his district. fifteen cen to know.re wonder If Secretary of the y Daniels found any grape juice Green wi harlestont !'ve,. E" in the set Job.?Gre< he Anderson Mail thinks that land Ned could not have been It is cu id up in the safe crackings in K? around Columbia since his par- ',ops an> * x .? *x ---- ? Greenw. ucvnuoc vnuic in ill/ til? SHUUg igh to bind him here. We differ The Prt yon, contemporary. Think have the matter and come again. ^"(jR , , ?Caroiiiu on t be uneasy because it is so for the present that cotton won't Down r b up. Uncle Bill Plyler, an al- n'nK ,l mn ? optimistic farmer, who believes ''ou' for ' t . i . ' T , . . name oug Lord knows what He is doing ( ror a,,y t, during these cold days and i ts he would rather have it un- | That bt ground than outside Two !in,a ha8 c it be a slu s ago the larger part of the j fU8ed extr )n in Lancaster county came up lynching r the first of June and a good (Ga.,) Til age crop was made that year. LE LANCASTER NEWS, MAY 13, m OTHER PAPERS y?V.V.V,V.*.*.V. ly trouble about common ' hat It Isn't common??The "1^Tft/CL ver in the house as to the JiffrVbM Si, but the shouting, ahd tho Q/\J fflSc '? II attend to that?Charles- a -J? : N&t M Itange has an editorial on t of Smoke." It costs us * ^ its a day, if anybody cares y ^ ?Greenville Piedmont. J &&&& ood is a better place to * >ry lawyer in town is not SjpV4, * amble for Justice Woods' J jnwood Journal. : iv rrcntly reported that beer ? >WJ? J*1". ?ummer whether >; ' ^4V^jS?& . in mi i in- tree nsi or not shy I <m ians know that tliry * the greatest meeting pos- y Atlanta, for it has been [ ', Mr^ ined from the beginning. J * it Concord they are run- J /'> n named Grover Cleveland V f 'C alderman. A man of that lit to make a good official * ^ )wu?Salisbury Post. ' O.ZV15 1 ITT id negro in South Caro- J I)auk onie to Georgia. Wouldn't V wo ill (I in fi( ime if Governor Brown re- f>,s ? K/tmnlri adition because of Blease's J1 .... statements??Thomasvllle ""inon, ies. . nine (iollni't ' yro ws if voi 'i n can not be expected to f|op0sfts m It 1 11 11 11 11 :* 1 i f 1 <wt nnnrnvol * -ents on t 11 securing one of A nice fresl cleanest lines of back combs, f of Baltimore. F!-member on the $1.00, and only one of e? will go first, and get first ?a Morning Do o save money on We have y nsists chiefly of tables in the ( moil '? llnuionr llrill lmi>A AAA. i.v/oiv/i j , niu navu auci 1 knit underwear, price plainly i ers, men's Shirts, over, if they uispenders. first selection. E. E. C 7ftC8&?? WSS3M . - V t Vashington's horse show V months. M'nt Julep, Cocktail and ! ! fin.shed respectively flrst * il fourth.?The State. V >! le neglect to clean out J r | Tj\ irs in the springtime and V I JTlfr* Jp equenee suffer from sick- ! ! eath, it does not help mat- J ilk about a "rausterious ' !." To lay the blame upon , ! i when the whole trouble J1 CHAS 0 JONtS. m rotting potatoes and V Presiden lying vegetables Is absurd. ! ! r ? VVYLIE. se not of providence, but Z< ,, ? , al neglect.?-Orangeburg J; Vice-Pres,der I Demicrat. ???? ???i Dimiltreiff, the Russian o is visiting this country, an engagement to visit ; Vork City Colony Farm. | /?' " r and giv< entertainment t<> ! f. old men and women who ; / t \ '/ for there. As an appro- i \. the act, each of the resi- j fifak -><- < lie farm will pick 100 " men are saio to grew as he lan?i as grass. These i lade Into one bouquet of // olets and presented to the ft g( i touching tribute, that, YW ft ore valuable than a mere PVvf*^ // P ken.?'Charlotte Observer ?nth of an Infant. ) at The News ^ 7 c< Spring, May 12.?Sarah V / nfant daughter of Mr. and ^ V. Hammond, aged six ; -> d unexpectedly on Satur- V rr! ng about 11 o'clock, lie- This is also effe! rvices were held at the i . i? lay morning at 10 o'clock, P' cr..l> enc by Rev. T. W. DeVaue and Or.! r K;' s, after which the little Kuiuit a.;' interred at Salem ccrne Whitnrv Conlr jl P~r L. Collins returned Satur- hRLi^Afij, a trip to Charlotte. le of Samp < A A 1913. ~T, ; M| WASAV you ptaii^T, j ryou, pfoTvt- fifariV | nomt^Jn thi (hank/- j W# t > * /i. it # 1*1 r/weow, ,u <nwx/L KAmuui t:| Q^^aT/nocc/r^ Jjl ^jptteatT I * g?F wii/ 6ttliX> 1:1 ^ Ancti^Jd^. jjl. * |*| II 7v/i D()L,L,A. It, so easily spent, il' put M nt It) par eent. compound iittcrest 1*| >(> yours n/nout to 4f)fi </ u i u t i I lion, l#i llion, lOti trillion, 731 billion, i>i?d M thousand, six hundred nnd twenty I*1 j, ($4mi,?8^i,1?(i,781,22O,?80,((20.) Money 1*1 i will lot it. Wre puy 1 per ootit. on I#1 id eotnpoutul intorost every six [*] s irst National Bank ; OF LANCASTER. > ? M CROXTON. ? t Cashier. J ? CURTIS MACK?Y, * it Ass't Cashier ! ' A\y.yAyAyAy/AyrAyAyAy.yAy///: MIIHMWMiaMaaMMMiaMMMMiainMMMMMnHkMMIMiaMMMMMk %; Profitable Side Dressing v . ' $ The use of side dressing is increasing t on COTTON and CORN. It pays B#*''!* J to do it, if one uses the right goods. Two applications of 200 lbs. each per v acre are recommended by a well-known >uthern investigator and experimenter. He suggests 5-5-5 formula, or a mixture of equal parts of Acid hosphate, li.'jiirit and Nitrate of Soda, dc dress cotton when the plants arc 10 inches high id again v.hcn the lloo; i L?~ir.s to open. Where >t:on is inclined u ruse K A i NIT lalc'ng two a nof C-3 pounds each per acre, ct.v'o a .4ii ; >?>'. j an . worms on corn, if 3u It \ ; n y it, tot Potash Pays. " ? . . , 1 f t t t . Tl 1 , i . . >, t . i . :>...* i!j?. I GI RMAN KALI \Vi>:v i !i r.ui'di:ij Sav'(..n:;!i B. ok Tr'i't Building I , LA. S/.VANNAU.IiA. ?? I I I - - C. V<- I? II le Notions he $ 1.00 li line of ladies' neckwear, side and ans, silk and cotton hosiery. that in a sample line that there is ich article shown and that the best So come early Wednesday morning selection. n't Miss This Ssil<> rranged these goods on two large enter of the store, where every one ;ss to them. Each piece lias the marked on it. Come and look them ' please you buy. Remember to get Come early Wednesday morning. H-OUD \ * - -jj v