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' 4 (Hijr iCanraatfr Nriua Z (SEMI-WEEKLY.) th JUANITA WY LIE .777. Editor W. 8. HOUGH. . .Business M?r. PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: Published Tuesdays and no Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., tin by The Lancaster Publishing uu Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1862; The 1 Review, established 1878; The ov Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class mnttfir Oct. 7. 1906. at the postofflce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. foi SUBSCRIPTION PRICK: jm (In Advance.) ,j(, One Year |1.50 Six Months 75c FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER, 120, 1018. dei wb Attend the conference tomorrow. f We must all work for the common good. And even the weather was against ^ the pater familias in the matter of the fall opening. an We could hardly get up a county 'ia fair this year, but what's the matter ?P' with a chamber of commerce? mc as For the street work being done by the city council, we in common with other folks, are mighty thankful. <l? Ma Some use has at last been found | ha for the English sparrow. It is said Bu they will destroy the alfalfa weevil. ha 8W Don't pull oft' that straw hatf yet, an unless you want to. It's nobody's su business how long you wear it. in Frost won't hurt it anyway. All that fine piece of road between Lancaste rand Kershaw needs Is a . good dragging, but it needs that ^ badly- m? Encourage those who are trying to C c organize the conference by your co presence at the preliminary meet- to ing tomorrow. pe The Atlanta Journal remarks very ,<v pertinently, "Now that the Chautau- 'n qua season is over, maybe Mr. kl1 Bryan's critics can also rest." ne hi We agree with The Chester Lan- en tern that some of the new hats "cer- eo tainly are birds," whether trimmed fe with the little feathered creatures or fo not. . ? :: m * " ca The Abbeville Medium pertinently tli remarks that the best men make \V| enough mistakes to keep them hum- th ble. But what will keep the other be kind humble? to an If the military authorities are st. correct in their assertions that the U|1 United States is not ready for war, ,,x why are we so reckless as to allow ^ Em. Pankhurst to invade our tll borders? (0 What has become of those guys who Prophesied that the election of a Democratic President would bring on hard times, and that the passage ^ of tariff and currency legislation would make cotton go down? ov We want to make the preliminary In Conference for the Common Good of ? Lancaster county a great success. ')b Your presence will help and your ex- '111 ample will encourage others to enlist in the good work of uplift. * There is another individual in public life in Soutn Carolina "in whom there is no guile" in the opin- {'r ion of The Yorkville Knqulrer, if we Rr are to judge from its utterances, and that is the Hon. John Lowndes McLaurin of Marlboro. in bo How would it do to place road 8V drags in every township in the coun- Kr ty and on some convenient day have all of the citizens in the county turn en out and give the public roads a good f working. The plan is feasible. Who will set it in motion? K< The Atlanta Journal takes a very of altruistic view of things when It of proposes to let Mrs. Pankhurst come 01 in, not for any good her visit may do this country, but that her militancy A may learn how American women have won the vote "by the gentle are of smiling, not to speak of logic." ci a I The Land and Industrial edition of The Moultrie (tia.) Observer Is a w special issue which is a credit to the city of Moultrie and Colquitt county n an well an to the management of the paper. It will also doubtless prove ^ a means of advertising that section p In such a way that people will be at- n tracted thither. d tl Fiom the way The Newberry News ij and Herald talks It seems to think b that from something the Washington correspondent of The News and c Courier said in reference to the ap- c polntment of Senator Weston as II United States district attorney that a the Democratic administration at k i i " v THE LANCAS' asliington, at whose head is Presi- VISIT 1 nt Wilson, intended to dictate to When they < e people of South Carolina whom the ladies of ey should elect United States sen- visit the libra or next summer. We don't think Exchange. T1 e Newberry paper need be unneces- on Main stree rlly alarmed. President Wilson Is hours during t t the kind of a man to try to coerce the greater p e people of a sovereign state. So Some of the li r Newberry friend, we are sure, either the llbn ed not get unduly wrought up both perhaps. er the matter. they should Jt they have con We hope the women, as well as the nr >n, of both town and county, will roady8aie for id their support to the movement By putting yo the common good in Lancaster. article brought ery community is in need of civic satl8fled than provements, which work is always fn town ue better by women than by men. can? for thPIU "Our people need more of the Then patron , ,, , i, ? ii.i ,, make your owi ice of God and less of politics, ; n ? . . , lieve the idea L-lares The Gaffney Ledger, to . . men on the fa licli we say amen. We even go ,i i ,i . 1,1 ? *i the exchange tlier and say that with more of the _ . ? . , ,, , , ?. Lancaster nexl ice of God in the hearts of our jple there would be less politics. . JOJ1 f' 1 only a dollar a Wednesday was the first day of : vv*8e the price ) fall openings. We were not t for an etittal le are of the fact until we overhead j change is beii irate husband exclaim, "Shoot the J Library Asso t." Nevertheless, he made an , helping the llbi piling in his purse, from whence he exchange, mrnfully pulled out fifteen plunks ammunition for the "shoot." " "Wanted: 0 "After all, Km. Pankhurst Is a^s 'mhued wi , ,. i n,i r i municipal prof ubtless only a new edition of Carrie | "Wantedtion, without Mrs. Nation's that individua tcliet," says The Columbia Record, the general ad it in finitely preferable would be a . , i , ? ,. .. .. "Wanted: tcliet for weapon rather than the partisau spirit ord of fire with which Emmeline and weak con d her sister militants are causing "Wanted: , ch unprecedented property losses a hroad, altrc ? , , ,can give as w England. "Wanted: sonic Interest JUST TO KKMIXD VOL*. building of tin mi i tn ^ , "Wanted: This paper will reach our readers 8tjnK of uiw|u the rural districts too late to re- nrnmntlnn wf [nil them again of the important self-interest. seting, the Conference for the "Wanted: immon Good, to be held at the nlveraal spir urt house tomorrow morning. But "Wanted: the men and women who receive caption, who in time to attend we wish to ap- Pe,)d8 upon th bony 6ipg* c al. By your presence at this con- .Let U8 . j rence you will show your interest they do.' community work, you will make "Wanted: iowii the fact that the good of your to fee* ^,at ^ i nproKsn rv nq ighbor is your concern as well as man; and nier s own. If men and women care the confidence ough for each other's welfare to sources, and me from remote sections to con- I ^? e.. * .. .. , ... Wanted: r about those things which make to listen to tl r the good of us all, surely the mist, and to oj en and women of the town of Lan- I of the ?Ptlmli ster can spare a little while from ! 'riie aljove ' e business of the day and meet story. "He Cc 1th them. This conference, more 's opti an any other instrumentality, may ^on t >'ou fpe' made a means of bringing the rea(l this wn and country Into closer touch d may result in a bettor under- N'ATi Hiding of their dependence each The perfect ion the other. The town cannot proacli of In ist without the country any better j again. The hi an the country can exist without silver witcher; e town. It is only by both working ; days are brli getlier in harmony in confidence ' shine and with d in understanding that we Cjin '\'ati.re is lavi tain that measure of prosperity us now as ne lich we all would like to enjoy, year, gilding r ien let the townpeople come out in [the feathery b e morning and mix and roinglo j goldenrod, cov th the men and women from all sightly spot v er the county. These are your her royal wea iends, maybe your relatives, and remote, no va u will enjoy being with them and remembered i inning for a future meeting in the bution of her terest of the "common good." fabric is dra Mother Earth S.\MI'I.E OF SOl'TII C.HtOlilNA nients she li POLITICS. covered with The Democratic mayor of the city might envy. Charleston swears that the Deino- Have you atic congressman of the first con- scene of spier essional district bought his seat, on its border i s? has petitioned Congress to expel of the cloth-c e members from that body, charg- not, then go g under oath that the congressman out of doors, iught his seat in Congress and then work and tha ore to a lie about it. The con- upon us sue essman characterizes the charges gifts. is a tissue of lies from beginning to id," and speaks of the mayor as a Till haracter thief," a "chronic office- a Western eker," a "disturber and a dan- of the greate: 'rous iconoclast." All of which finds a certal >es to show the present condition whose every I politics in South Carolina. Roth just that mu these gentlemen have been hon- of the cause, ed in office by the city by the sea. knocker, close "Of course RVF.RTISK IN YOUR COUNTY ers. There al PAPKR. for anything ment and pre The Orangeburg Times and Demo- ing. These k at, which knows a thing or two sary, they it liout advertising and its results, re- jhey help adv ?ntly made this statement, which ^ nonoa^tUl th e heartily endorse: aught we ca "The business man that gives a boost and e. ewspaper advertising a wide berth with their kn i sure sooner or later to find that golden nugf ould-be customers give him a wide worry." erth. That is but natural as the ublic rightfully believes that If a Wc are wo lan has goods to sell he will ac- ft8 wel| as a ualnt people with that fact through tie best medium that offers?and p*Pec* to att tiat medium is the paper that circu- ence for the ites in the place where the man does row. If you usiness.' yOU wm ( The News is the only paper which irculates very largely in Lancaster Mr ?|,Rru ounty and is the only paper pub- Ada uarf?fttt Ished here, so unless the merchants Mjgs ijUja oi dvertlae with us, the people cannot1 \lr. n now what they have to sell. ' Sunday.?Pa TKR NEWS, SEPTEMBER 26, 1913. run library. 'CHESTER YOUTH PJS . PUT IN custody ; iry and the \V ouiau s John Frazer, Jr., and Bissell Bighuni J le building is located Arrested Charged With Part in ! ' t and is open several Parr shoals Hobl)cry. y he morning as well as V < art of the afternoon. q C,he?Aer StPe,Clal 1? Colutul;la State: I . . Sept. 25.?John Frazer, Jr., and * idles may care to Join Bissell Blgham, young meu lu the iry or the exchange or 20s, were arrested here today by V If they love to read Detectives Adams and Baum of J ,lu the library and if lAh? W. J. Burns detective agency of . . , Atlanta, Ga., on warrants charging , < intry produce, canned with being implicated in the J y work, they will find Parr Shoals robbery a few weeks ago V such at the exchange, when officers of the J. G. White ur own price on each Construction Company were held up y i< ? ?. ?? at Die point of a pistol and $16,000 , in, you will be better 8tolen " F ! if you sent your pro-1 The arrest of these young men, y \ "to get whatever you both of whom are members of two ! j" of this county's well known families, ' ' .. . , created one of the biggest sensations ' ,>v,?r experienced on the streets of |# a pin money. We be- Chester. \ will appeal to the wo- I Mr. Dighatn was 011 his way to :irm particularly Visit Lando 011 some business and he was when you come to J n:1 " af?n and "tested | Z while Mr. Irazer, the son of one of , t time and Join it if the city's wealthiest men, was called . e membership fee is out of his father's stable. They were , v year and that is like- ''oil1 carried to Winnsboro In autoino- I V ' of library urivileges b,le8' Both denied thpir ?ullt. but ! Z ' quietly surrendered. Deputy Sheriff v ngth of time. The ex- Dinderman assisted tlie detectives in > ?g conducted by the making the arrest. j elation, so you are! While only the names of two of i V ror,. ?. the detectives are known, it is said rary when you join the _ . 1 . 1 ? t i? that there have been at least half a #< I dozen working in this city for the ' 1 past fortnight. ! ! WANTED I Room 25 at the Carolina Inn, the * ne thousand lndivldu- h/^'iuai-tcrs. had begun . th a modern spirit of ? r V-V . t?,k'1?w,Ilg {?, a ,reg8 v number of Chester s citizens being # Individuals who feel ta*en ther? for conferences. This > 1 success depends on ? ternoon It was learned from some J vancement of the com- "f t??e men that had been in the room > , that they had been pumped with all A complete ousting of b,lnd" of Questions about citizens of . destructive jealousies .1 1 4 ?u r ^ 4 * fldence ' This evening Arthur L. Gaston, an \ cemented citizenship, attorney went to Winnsboro in an J ilstlc spirit; men who e?ort to, ha th? K?^g men releas" > ell as take ied or admitted to bail. Fverv man to take Hoth youths are orderly and law in the welfare and up- ab^ing and public opinion in Chester > ? community , seems to incline to the belief that the , Criticisms without the are the victims of a blun- J I, and a propaganda of ^er on the part of the detectives. Ihnnt an nvorHnao of I HELD IX winxsiioko. t;? Above all else, a unanl- _ ? ? ~ . , [1^ lose and a wholesome, Two \oung Men Carried There ! rom It of co-operation. I Chester. Citizens, without ex- Wlnnsboro Special to Columbia feel that progress de- State, Sept. 2 5.?John Frazer, Jr., em and not upon some- and Bissell Bigham, two young men Itizens who wll* say, of Chester, today were brought here nstead of 'Why don't by detectives who had arrested them in Chester. The authorities Men, without money, seemed disinclined to give publicity leir Influence is just as to the arrests. The young men are Is that of any other now held here. 1 with money who have I in our citizenship, re- Heath of a I.ittlo Girl, future prospects to in- Little Marguerite the attractive ? , . . . five-year-old daughter of Mr. and ?i Uf A? re use Mrs. A. J. Marshall of Heath Springs, lie whine of the pessi- ^ied Tuesday night aft^r a short illjen our ears to the song neHH> The little girl was a niece of Mr. E. C. Mackey of this place, who s from a very readable attended the funeral at Heath imes Up Smiling" and Springs, which was conducted by mism and good advice. DeVaiio at 4 o clock W ed... >_ . ? i nesday afternoon, better already for hav extract from it? Representative Roddenbery Hies at j Georgia Home. I HE S GOLI). Thomasville, Ga., Sept. 25.?Repseason marking the ap- | resentative Seaborn A. Roddenbery, dian summer is here w^? has been ill at his home here . .... since last Sunday, died late today. ir\est moon lias lent its ^ nervous breakdown last week y to the night and the orced Representative Roddenbery to glit with mellow sun- drop his official duties at Wasliingi the glow of goldenrod. ton- At the direction of physicians ... ... ' he came home for a brief vacation, sliing her wealth upon wag believed that a short rest ver before during the would restore him to health and not ondside and fields with until Sunday did his condition berightness of the stately conie serious. ering every bare or un- Despondency, kith the soft sheen oi j8 Qften caused by indigestion and 11 1th. No hilltop is too constipation, and quickly disappears I lley too obscure to be when Chamberlain's Tablets are | n the gracious distri- taken- For 8ale a" dealers. | n bounty. The soft, rich wn lovingly over old ??????????. the ^BBBBBMBBBBIMBBMBMMBBMBB as worn so long are raiment any queen been out to view this BA idor? Have you stood OF A W surveyed this "field I >f-gold?'r If you have I V BJB# soon into Cod's great W W W look upon His handi.nk Him for bestowing h beauteous JUST RECEI exchange, which is one st boosters imaginable, li^ O n use for the knocker, ^ JL X JjlJiO kick at a good cause is eh more advertisement ^ZZH^^^ZZZZZZ^^ZZZZZ^ZZZZZZZ^Z The editorial on the >s thus: We are Exclusive Selle there are a few knockIways are in every place -w- - a that is for the better- I 3 4 g .j 1 I ' tffress of anv unriertuk- I _ I , . I I 1 I . 1 ^ . , ' ?jr v m *w m JL?. I ind of people are neceslake life worth living. ertlse a good movement ZZ^ZZZZZZZZI^ZZZZZZZZ^^ZZZ^ZZZZZZZ has no equal. Let them e crack of doom for T^t- ni re, for every knock, 18 II 1 nese shoes are w ivery swing at the cause :?!" ?pwetu.boautudpn" style and comfort. Try one pair of th irking for a better town better county and we end the county Confer- BKi iH'iM.ilH l**^1 VWWfl Common CJood toraorare sufficiently interestdo nkewi?. Springs Block ^1 11 i $> e Robinson and Mrs. -M- Xlv of Wingate, N. C., and iten of Lancaster, S. C., L___????_______ ind Mrs. E. A. Brewer geland Journal. ?__________ ? ^ankyou a/tdso/nedi se/yourh MMB* M.m*m ^X*-i MX/ /// C# VU It is the ambition day securely fixed in for no other purpos< i?*. l Via Knn lr fnv vni A. 4 i'l I v WCWIA ivyi X V/* same money that w make a comfortable Do Y( We Pay 4 Per Cer The Firs O C. D. Jones, President. WE~f FOR YOUR And in order to d ner than in mere w your esteemer favoi one of our custome tiful Parlor Grand The value of this i teed by the makers We cordially invit try this beautiful chance of obtaining to our store and let GIVIN< We also desire 1 splendid values w department. J. F. 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