The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 30, 1913, Page 4, Image 4
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Published Tuesdays an
Fridays at Lancaster, S. C
by The Lancaster Publlshini
Company, successors to Th
Ledger, established 1862; Th
Review, established 1878; Th
Ente.prlse, established 1891
and entered as second-clas
matter Oct. 7, 19OS, at th
postofflce at Lancaster, S. C
uuder Act of Congress o
March 3. 1879.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1U
?Weather forecast for So
Carolina: ltaiu Tuesday; Wedi
day unsettled, probably local rai
light variable winds.
Wonder if the name keeps ir
quitoes out of Citrouelle, Albania
There is one disad\autage ah
cotton going up, the millinery
goes along with it.
"It is almost as hard to be a g<
neighbor as it is to have one," s
The Atlanta Constitution.
The turkey-trot is out of order
cept on Thanksgiving Day, on
way to the dining room.
According to the mayor of CL
leston that city is a vory wic
place. Well, he ought to know.
The Anderson Mail remarks t
some men are such dead beats t
they will not even pay a complimi
"It's a long lane that has no ti
ing," for example the former i
bassador to Mexico from the Unl
States.
And bananas are to be shippec
free of dutv after all. Was it
"flue Italian hand" that did
work?
If bank presidents in South Ci
lina can go wrong and get off \
a fine of $1,000, how long will t
continue to go wrong?
We miss those pert Piedir
paragraphs and hope they will s
appear as usual on the editorial t
of the Greenville paper.
The Atlanta Constitution is
sponsible for this: "Oue never
lizes what a soft snap one has u
one hqs lost his or her teeth."
"Some day whei\ dreams c<
true," Lancaster is going to hav
chamber of commerce, the knot
and the pessimist to the conti
notwithstanding.
Vaughn, the Greenville vill
now having been denied a new t
by the supreme court of the Un
States, his next effort will be
executive clemency.
We suggest to The Anderson I
that if it don't believe that a boy
pick 4oO pounds of cotton in a
to come to Lancaster and the sc
will drop from its eyes.
A fig for all this talk about s<
ing Santa Clans' mail free.
Santa existed long before there v
any such things as mails and has
ways carted his own baggage.
The police department of Chat
ton is establishing certain si
zones in sections of that city,
wonder if these zones include
special preserves of the blind tig
We said that 13 was an unlu
number and expressed the hope
cotton would go up to 15 cents. S
then she has been agoing and we
lieve now our hope will be more t
fulfilled.
We have never given jealous
place in our feelings but we r
confess to a feeling akin to it w
we read of the work which is b
done in other towns where live c
mercial organizations exist.
The governor of Ohio has
doned a convict after he had se
a term of 4 3 years In the penl
tiary. Latterly in South Caro
with few exceptions, they ra
serve more than a year or so at 1
A North Carolina paper. The '
ford Journal, gets ofT a good
when it tells of the answer of .
Fisket who was asked for a
Bcrtption to build a fence around
graveyard. After a mom'
thought Flake made this rt
"Those that are in can't get out.
those that are out are bound tc
In sooner or later, no I don't se<
need of a fence."
Who will the people of those t
ties which have recently voted ii
dispensary blame for not ge
\
what they wanted and are fairly en- EFI
titled to? Manifestly the very man n
they elevated to the executive chair, car<
w ho will not appoint on the county neSfi
board of control men recommended ina|
_! by the legislative delegation whom piac
^T: they likewise voted into office. If in (
d such non-action on the governor's beai
part Is not defeating the will or the whe
B people, we would like to know why. Com
e dutj
e Senator J. A. Banks of Calhoun trial
county and president of the State the
8 Fair Association, puts it well when sent
he says, "We have had quite enough whll
f of government of, for and by the sma
classes, and government of, for and and
?- by the factions." coui
friei
Senator Tillman, according to a As i
,ou
75c recent press dispatch from Washing- citiz
ton, remarked^ "I am sawing wood pres
13. and waiting for something to turn Thr?
up." He has then evidently ex- haul
utli changed his pitchfork for a fess dan- sane
ies- ?erous implement. coui
Ub* case
The Spartanburg Herald realizes Jury
ios- the causes of the election of unfit trial
men for office and classifies them as pose
ignorance and selfishness. "Some year
out men," says the Spartanburg paper, dolli
bill "vote wrong because they do not ] be i
know any better, while others vote And
wrong because they expect to profit assa
ood by it." kill.
ays and
We would keep lots of money at danl
home and a wide-awake man could to I
?x make a good living at it, by estab- tern
t,llO
lishing a dairy in Lancaster. Every and
housekeeper has to contend with tical
lar- trouble nearly every day In getting (of ?
. j butter and frequently has to pay an pow
exhorbitant price for shipped butter fore
because the home product Is not the
hat available. An active, energetic, re-. it.
bat liable man could make money selling |
?nt. butter for which the demand is grow- PA1
ing all the time. T
iru- well
am- The first issue of The York News VOU]
Ited made Its appearance Thursday. Its maj<
editor is not only a native South who
Carolinian but a Presbyterian as neC(
1 in well, and last but not least his sur- j wor
a name is Fair. We extend greetings aU(i
^ie to the new paper which has been one
launched upon the sea of journalism ! jar
and wish for it abundant success. 1 nei^
aro- Tjiere ja much work for the press of i torn
South Carolina to do and judging to C
liey from the tone of the first utterances You
of the new paper, we Judge that it nelg
i t will line up with those papers which for
oou ring out with clearness and cer- you
tainty on all questions affecting the it."
public interests. | ??
The
rG_ HOW TO KILL A TOWN. , mal
mer
rea- The Following from The Char- out
ntil lottesville Progress shows the many no
ways in which a town may be GVel
i <n i Inn
killed: l ime
'
"Denounce your merchants bo- the]
e a cause they make a profit on their tisii
:ker goods. the]
"Make vnnr town out a had nlace thci
and stab it every chance you get. | t
"Refuse to unite in any scheme for som
the betterment of the material inain,
teresta of the people. , ceri
rial "Tell your merchants that you can com
ited buy goods cheaper in some other stiti
for town am* charge them with extor- p(j
1 tion. If a stranger comes to your
town tell him everything is overdone mp8
and predict a grand crash in the near com
flail future. froi
can I "Patronize outside newspapers to tun
tj. ' the exclusion of your own and th? i .
denounce yours for not being as large 1
ales an(j ciiPUp as the city paper.
"If you are a merchant, don't ad- |
vertise in the home paper, hut com- l
jnd- Pd the editor to go elsewhere for
Old a(ivertlsements and howl like a sore- lowhead
because he does so. Buy a rub- sub
;ero her stamp and use it. It may save the
i al- you a few dimes and make your letter
heads and wrappers look as por
though you were doing business in I
les- a one-horse town. I his
"If you are a farmer, curse the der
ent place where you trade as the mean- do
We est on earth. Talk this over to your scri
the neighbors and tell them the men had
erH are robbers and thieves. It will | q
make your property less valuable, ' ppr|
but you don't care." 1
icky bor
that LANCASTER LEADS. fon
luce mal)(>
The Anderson Mall of the 29th
.ban instant, says: "The cotton market
at Anderson has been consistently
and continuously knocked for years tjia
N a and years. Now let's boost for a for
nust W|1||e, jcXcept in Anderson and some ftec
n other nearby points, cotton at no w0
f i"K other place in the state brought over
om- j 31^ cents. In most places it was > ^he
less than that figure. Newberry, for i Kuf
r_ instance, paid 13%, according to the tj0,
rved news,PaPprs ?' that town. If the I
Anderson county farmers knew all tire
'ten- ,
,, the time how much more they got rar
Una, I . ... tur
. for cotton than most of the rest of
Lrely . . mil
( t the state there would be more boost- wjj
ing and less knocking." I car
Raf?- The same condition has prevailed CU1
ono at Lancaster as at Anderson for sev- j ^
John ftral ypar?- Neighboring towns to j ooj
sub- Ket trade would offer a little bit more hei
I the thaa the market price Justified for 1
ent's some high grade cotton, but would sill
jply: Pay lower than the market Justified j "S
and ,Mr sl?'iieu uonou, jrt!i me it-yuri ou
> ^et usually got out that Lancaster was Co
? the not paying what she should for cot- J dei
ton, and consequently cotton that pl?
should have come to this place, went su<
:oun- to other markets. Now we are glad str
1 the to say that Lancaster Is leading the ha
ttlng other surrounding markets. wr
J I
THE LANCASTER NEWS, SEPTEMBER 3(
"KI T OF LIOI1T SENTENCES, often as he uay chose to spea!
Is common knowledge In South cause the people are always gl;
jllna that there is too much lax- hear him, his critics to the con
\ in the enforcement of the crim- notwithstanding.
laws. The blame has been
, , . .... ' Colonel Roosevelt sails Oc
ed on the lawyers and juries, but
. . 4. We don t know where he's i
>ur judgment tne judges should . , .... . .
, .. ,r .. but we re glad he s on his way
: their share of It. Very often ?
n the Jury charged with a case Thanks to Coi. Leroy Spring
e up to the full measure of their having at last succeeded In
r and find a verdict of guilty, the valllng upon the p08tofflce
I judge very often, when he has partment to put oa c
discretion of imposing a prison pouche8 on both the mo
ence or a fine, in the case of and afternoon tralll8 out of La
Le men, makes the sentence a ter Qn th0 L & c Rallway
II fine, which Is promptly paid new arrangement will meet a
the criminal stalks out of the feR waut lf the pub?c degire
t house with his influential arrallgement to be made permi
ids to mingle in society again, they will show It by their patro
in instance of this an influential Thp letter of Mr w R Thoi
en of Lexington county was the as8istant to pre8ldent Springs.
ident of a bank in that county. ?8hed thljJ lggue ghow|j ,n (
?e a*? violated the state the great convenIence of th<j ne
ting laws causing loss of thou- rangeInent to the publlc Rut
is of dollars to citizens of the gquarly <<up to? thp patrOQB Q
ity interested in tfie bank. The offlce as tQ whether the new arr
was plainly made out and the ?.i?i
v ' ment will be made permanent,
promptly convicted him and the
judge for this grave offense im
s on alternative sentence of ai xi-pniVT HTUPT? t> a nri
's imprisonment or one thousand " * AJTEa,
firs. Of course the money will
laid and the man go scot free. Fine weather for house-bull
so it is in cases of manslaughter, ( harleston I osL
ult and battery with intent to Fall and the football seasoi
seduction, illegal sale of liquor now on.?Charlotte Observer,
other crimes when the defen
ts are white men. the rule seems ' dust |h,e/ame ?,ld 8un8h,n?
.. , ? , i feel mighty good some tlm
>e, when the law allows an al-! Spartanburg Herald.
ative sentence, to impose a fine I
the verdict of the jury is prac- I A peanut politician is one
lly nullified. The circuit Judges *T}?8 to work a shell game on his
, 4. _ ? . , , stituents.?Andersou Mall,
south Carolina have It in their
er to aid materially in the en- j It's our prediction that next A
ement of the criminal laws of ' wtll find South Carolina the h
state if they would but realize P1ac<i tjj'3 side of the equator.
j iiey Ledger.
???? ?? | Gen. Nelson A. Miles wants
rKOXIZE HOME INDUSTRIES, to Congres. That man is too old
. ? . . T _ . 'seeking new trouble.?Coll
he Fountain Inn Tribune, in a Recor(j
considered article on "Spending j
r money at home where you I Now that the tax on banana
;e it," says, that "the individual removed it should be uni
, ... . , . sary to again call attention tc
' 8ends a do,,ar out of town u?- necessity of removing the peels
*8sarily is either a chump or the sidewalk.?Greenwood iour
se. He may save a nickel now I
then, but he is merely robbing ^ boing rebuked by a fai
, . . .. , ably dressed woman for sti
pocket to pay another. The dol- young blrd8 from a neat, re
you spend with your next door ."Data all right; the mother's d.
fhbor today you may see again ' soo her on your hat."?Abt
orrow. But the dollar you send ,^ed'um*
Chicago you will never see again. Now that thev arp boostlng
i have not only cheated your state fair again, we hope it wi
;hbor but have robbed yourself, be considered amiss to expref
as long as a dollar remains In ' bope that it will be more of a
. . , . . . . , fair this year than it ever has
r tow n you have an interest In Let u8 hope there wlll be 8om(
* * * | more to it than the horse racin
It might be well to add here that the carnival shows.?Auderson
i Tribune has no complaint to j
ce on this score. If there is a I The cruel 'Richmond Time
chant or an individual who sends patch thinks that possibly
of town for his printing, I have South Carolinian who was ar
knowledge of it. I believe that in New York city was simply
ry business house in Fountain overjoyed at seeing for the firs'
is loyal to The Tribune. Some in a long time some one who
them do not advertise, because for the enforcement of the
r have not yet learned that adver- ?Greenville Piedmont.
lg is a paying investment, but
f at least give The Tribune'shop These same fellows that were
r job printing." ing about the streets two week
'he Tribuno is riclit. There are kicking about the hot weathe
? . .. , . now huddled around some gr
le individuals and business con- Htove aplttlnK all over hla baco
is, that have very little of the saying "Its too pesky chilly
imunity spirit. They are so con- morning to stir around much."
uted that they have little knowl- some people be satisfied?
4. ,,, , ,4,, thune Observer,
e of what the term public spirit |
ms. They are parasites upon the in Barnwell and Hampton co
imunity, sucking their life blood three white men have been
n it, but yielding nothing in re- an<* killed by white men in
... . ., ,, ... ,, last month, but so long as
i. It is just me. with even "my men are not hanRod or com
e and son John left entirely out. to serve their full sentences i
| penitentiary, probably there w
HOW TO STOP IT. no Rpneral^discontent, no matte
' many white men shall be sho
"he Pee Dee Advocate tells the fol- killed The State.
lng little story about one of its
scribers who was bothered with wonder whether the legis
t. .. . . . . . . , will spend the greater part c
continued borrowing of his pa-| next Besalon wranslln* with Ooi
by a neighbor: | Blease or will give serious and
One of our subscribers once had consideration to such imp
paper stipped for a while in or- .matters as the reform of the pr
to see what his neighbor would system, a new school law alor
about It. The neighbor sub- ; "acs recommended by the sctm
bed, and then the old subscriber commission, the Torrens land
his paper started again." anfl the law to tax water p
, ?Sumter Watchman and Sou
he idea is a good one for all con
i:ed. the regular subscriber, the The fact that the negro. Will
rower and the publisher. There- accused of criminal assult, hat
e we pass it on to any here who acquitted by a Jury should be r<
. i j ... bered long. This is the negro
* he worried likewise. a mob tr,*d to ,ynch and w,
would have lynched but for the
OVER-REACHED ITSELF. a^e the sheriff when the cro
temped to storm the Spartanbui
Imong the Democratic newspapers A jury of white men has decide
t have been criticising Mr. Bryan j Fair was not gnilty. If the mc
making Chatauqua lectures while had its way, it would have d<
rotary o, s.au, Th. New York ?VS S
rid. Recently this paper in ciared innocent. Could thor
>ping with the ways of "the world, better illustration of the i
flesh and the devil." with much risks men run when passion g<
????? ...i*v* ??, i? .. ^,.,.1 i better of reason and they attei
c? es out with this Proposl- !et thft ,aw aside?_New/and c
a to Mr, Bryan:
'If you will devote your entire I We are rather glad that Mr.
ie to the duties of your office and refuses to be bullied or brow
rain during your tenure from leo- or ridiculed Into giving up hi
es or other addresses at which ad- < tures. It has been an effort 01
salon fees are charged, The World part of his enemies and his
1 pay you on behalf of the Amerl- \ kneed friends to force him on 1
j people regularly during your in-j fenslve to make him ridlculoi
mbency of the office of secretary , to injure him In the world and
state the sum of $8,000 a year, ! own country. It has failed as
th no obligation on your part ex- the other attempts to bring hi
)t to observe the one condition the present administration Ini
rein expressed." repute have failed. Mr. Brys
Of course Mr. Bryan will treat this done too much good by his 1<
,y attempt The World to p,?y ^p.Te To'not'Thm"t^he
mart Alick, with nllent contempt. money or that he Is reall;
I'll miciupin iu wranrii tur |S,T ~?t? luring i u i niwury uuv im\.a
mmoner In the esteem and confl- feels his power and Importan
nee of the great masses of the peo- |w?#8^^e.?5d_he
, ' that cup and we want him to
> ha? been tried before without bl8 fln He the oniy man
cceBs, leaving him each time cord outside the Insurance co
onger In the public favor. As we reports who has grown rich Iu
ve said before we see nothing! Florence Times.
ong in Mr. Bryan speaking as Mexico's "Independence"
i
J
3, 1913.
trary
tober I an*Somedaytfflg
going J set jroujr bay
: vp//?cta&actiL )
?l :i II - r
RS ;
It is the ambition of every fath
idlng. * day securely fixed in a nice busine
> for no other purpose, why not bej
1 are in The bank for YOUR BOY'S FU
; same money that will set your b
OB*1? make a comfortable old age for y<
Do YOUR banking i
who
s con- y \ye pay 4 per cent interest Cor
ugust J
ottest >; ^ . _ _
Gaff : The First Nat*
to go I OF LANCAS1
to be y
imbia Q D Jones, R. E. Wylje
y President. Vice-Presiden
s has ! V
leces>
the ?
from - . . ?
na'" came and went tamely enough. None
.. of the predicted demonstrations ^
11- sr aKn'ns,t American residents maternUed
'a''ze<*- There were parades at the > jl
^ad I cuP,tal an(* General Huerta made his
tevlile 8Peec^- **ut th eoccasion wns far
from hilarious. To most Mexicans, rj
indeed, "Independence" Day under *
.. the present regime must seem a
U'? Kr/\o/1 noil... ? ?i?- ?1 - - < 1
11 not "*""u ""L,lc 111 in-1 uiau a ii ii lii >u it i
is the fGsUvalstate
There was one significant note In
been. **uerta's message to Congress, a note
^thlng of uncertainty and Indecision cong
and cern'nR himself and his spurious
Mall. Kovernment. ^ f
He took pains to emphasize his Amer
(S-Dls- willingness to surrender his power ren H
that to a successor who is constitutionally lar pi
rested electe(lr
too This Is a different Huertn from him
t time who f?rced himself Into the presistood
dency through slaughter and Intrigue
jaw and who spurned the peaceful sug- A 1
gestlons of the United States. deligl
The dictator Is evidently on his Tot
walk- 'aKt l^gs; and no one realizes his aut* J
ts ago weakness better than he himself.? w
r. are Atlanta Joojpoal. \
ocer's
n an<i Punishment by the Mob.
this
When Augusta Chronicle.
?Be- "To lynch at all Is a grave offense | cjj,frg
against law and order, a blow at Re<
unties tho safety of society, but to ?
shot >ynch on mere suspicion, at the risk
, (j10 of murdering an Innocent man, Is to A 1
white trample upon morality, outrage will p
polled Justice and be guilty of the black- He<
n the pst ?f crimes. What is to be done Am
ill be about It? (leorgia's authorities? famoi
r how state, county and municipal?can
1 and n?t afford to Ignore a matter so
grave and far-reaching in its consequences.
Life must be protected
lature and the accused, whatever his col- I
>f the or or offense must be given a trial
pernor 'n order that his guilt or Innocence In
care- rimy be establshed." Thl
ortant This Is from The Macon Telegraph re?l
imary an<i the reference is to a recent inci- oxhib
ig the dent where a man was killed by a the C
ol law mob who was afterwards, by a con- one?
law fesslon, shown to have been innceent
^wers. ?f the act because of which his life
thern. was taken.
Of course The Telegraph is right. We
I Fair Its conclusions are strongly put. It is ( night
i been not for an inflamed mob to pass on on Ti
jmem- the guilt or innocence of any man pons,
whom nor is it for an Inflamed mob to ex- ?
10m it act punishment for crime. Kei
> cour- If there is to be government by law AT 1
wd at- at all, the law as the people have laid | .
g Jail, it down must be Invoked to adjudge j
<1 that accused persons and to punish guilty in d
>b had persons. When angry citizens put
one to aside the law and take upon Re
:er ex- themselves the law's duty, disrespect
,w de- for law is invited and follows.
be a Those who speak out against mob De
. .rlble law do not plead for the victims of his g
>ts the the mob, but society .and order,
tnpt to The people do not want to revert to
lourier the half-civlllzed practices of centuries
ago when might was right.
Bryan But that Is what Is being led up to Ou
beaten when the law is defied by mobs who store
s lec- in their wrath, cast it aside and in- the a
a the suit it and reject it and by example the r
weak- encourages the whole people to indie
de- suit it and reject it.
is and
J-,"- Strengthen Weak Kidneys. In
m and Don't suffer longer with weak .i,.\.\fl
to dls- kidneys. You can get prompt relief
in lias by taking Electric Bittern, that wonicturen
derful remedy praised by women Th
? them everywhere. Start with a bottle to- A
needn day, you will soon feel like a new prodi
y lee- woman with ambition to work, with- hous<
use he out fear of pain. Mr. John Dowltng Fo
ce on of San Francleeo, writes: "Gratl- try j)
Ink of tude for the wonderful effect of open
drink Electric Bitters prompts me to write, us w
on re- It cured my wife when all else fall- will
mpany ed." Good for the liver as well, have
defeat Nothing better for Indigestion or >
biliousness. Price SOc and $1.00 at
Lancaster Pharmacy and Standard Th
Day Drug Company. Folio
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ar Theatre
rogram This Week
TUESDAY.
L'TH IX TIIK WILDERNESS.
?reat two-reel feature from the
ican studio, featuring J. War[errig.au,
America's most populotoplay
artist.
?1 3. Keystone.
IjOVE AND RUBBISH.
capital farce comedy that will
it yuu Kreauy.
lay, lucky Tuesday, 3 big reels
[2.00 given away at 9 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY
jl 1. American.
"TO ERR IS HUMAN."
)ottle of poison, a child and a
e of murder.
?1 2. Majestic.
JAPANESE COURTSHIP.
beautiful Japanese picture that
lease you.
?1 3. Majestic.
other capital picture from the
is Majestic studio, entitled jf, \
HOUSE HUNTING. '?Hi
THURSDAY
HAMMY'S SECRET CODE
three reels. Broncho.
Is is one of the greatest threefeature
pictures we have ever
lted. All who like pictures of
Ilvll War should not miss this
FRIDAY
> give $2.00 away every Friday
at the same hour that we do
lesday. Always save your couYou
may be the lucky one.
el 1. American.
THE HALF-BREED'S MERCY.
most remarkable series of thrlll.dventures
beautifully blended
convincing tale of the Plains.
el 2. Majestic.
IMPULSE.
plcting the life of a miser and
;old. A capital story.
el 3. 'Reliance.
THE ROSARY.
*
r patrons know the pleasure In
for them when we announce
ppearance of a Photoplay from
lei lance studio.
SATURDAY
three reels. Thanhouser.
ES CRUZE AND MAROURITB
SNOW
anhouser?From the op >ra.
notable Thanhouser three-reel
iction with a notable Thanjr
cast.
r the benefit of our many coun>atrons
we will commence to
at 1 o'clock on Saturdays. Visit
hen In town. Your patronage
be appreciated. Remember we
the very best of music.
ADMISSION 5c AND 10c. '
e pleasure place of the town,
w the crowd.