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CONFERENCE FOR ^ THE COMMON GOOD | (Continued from Pope Two.) g & Chester Itailroad erected its new I passenger station, for our peo- I pie to get together and take I steps to petition the railroad commission and the legislature for the erection of a union passenger station in keeping with the needs of the town, something like the one at Rock Hill and Chester. That In his opinion all that was needed to get it was to go after it in the right way. That there were other public utilities needed in Lancaster, but they would never be had if we did not get together and go after them. He recited the refrain of the typical selfish man to be, "As I walked by myself I said to myself And the same self said unto me. Look out for yourself, take care of yourself For nobody cares for thee." He also alluded to street corner criticism of men who were endeavoring to do something for the town and to the "tight wad" spirit which opposed all town improvement because it would cost something. That there were men in the community who needed a change of heart in this matter. That the public utilities we already had were obtained over serious opposition, because of personal animosities and business rlvai.*les. ? He said he did not agree to the proposition that a few funerals were needed in our community, for the-reason that we could ill afford to sparo any of our citizens, but we should all earnestly pray that they should have a change of heart, as the speaker had had on some public matter. He spoke of the apparent indifference in the approaching election for mayor ana aiaermen and urged the voters | of the town to arouse themselves to the importance of the matter and put ^Dut a ticket of wide-awake, progressive men and guaranteed that it would be elected. Mr. Wylie closed by reading the following verses apropos of how to "go after" what Lancaster needed: "If you would like to see a place That's full of push and snap, A town that hits a faster pace, A town that's on the map, Yes, If a way you'd like to know To find it in a jerk. I'll tell you where you ought to go? You ought to go to work. You needn't pack a trunk or grip And leave the folks behind; You needn't go and take a trip, Some other place to find: You needn't go and settle down Where friends of old you'll miss? For if you want that kind of town Just make it out of this." MR. ROACH S. STEWART. W Mr. Roach S. Stewart made an eloquent and scholarly address on the "Relation of Town and Country." He remarked on the satisfaction It should be for our people to meet and reason together "for the common ! good." Mr. Stewart said he had wondered for what reason he had been chosen for this particular subject when practically all the people of the town came from the country. He named several of our most prominont men who were born and raised In the country*. Mr. Stewart said we are all countrymen just come to town. In referring to the mutual dependence of town and country upon each other, he said, "a wise Creator 1 so fashioned the world that the people of one part of it are dependent on the people of the other part. Commerce is civilization and civilization is commerce. He attributed China's failure to keep abreast with other na tlons to her cutting herself off from Intercourse with them and the greatness of the United States to her commerce with the whole world. What Is true of nations Is true of the smaller divisions as well. The town has what the country has not. the merchant in town having furniture, clothing and farming implements, while the farmer has com, cotton and hay. Thus it is that the town and the country must freely exchange their several commodities. Mr. Stewart said he disapproved of the sentiment, "God made the country, man made the town," prefering rather to believe that God ^vjriade both. He assured the audience that the people of the country and the town would like each other better as they knew each other better, "Its the sensible, practical and only thing to help each other. Then why criticise and misunderstand each other?" Ignorance, he believes, to be the cause. "Panic, wars and fires," said Mr. Stewart, "have caused loss," hut ignorance is worse than any of these things. He then quoted the now famous remarks of the late Governor Aycock. in which he thank ed God for South Carolina, which state alone stood lower than North Carolina in the scale of illiteracy. This state's best assets are her boys and girls, the future depends on them. They should be taught fairness, squareness and liberality. "South Carolina," declared the speaker, "is by heritage divided into classes. With all our chivalry there (Continued on Pago Six.) SALE OF HOUSE AND IX)T. By virtue of authority given rae by Miss Hattie Taylor. James H. Taylor and Everett B. Taylor, only heirs at law of J. E. Taylor and Mrs. Nannie J. Taylor, both deceased, I will sell at public auction for partition and division at Lancaster court house on the first Monday In December next, the house and lot situated in the town of Lancaster, South Carolina, ^fronting on Barr street and adjoining lots of J. M. Hood and Mrs. Lois Barnes, the house containing eight rooms, and the lot containing threefourths of an acre, more or less, and known as the J. E. Taylor house and lot. Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. P. ROBINSON, Attorney. Lancaster, S. C.. Nov. 18, 1913. I TI ry jkUr \\lw* JONEJ IE LANCASTER NEWS, NOT bU CO Pioneering one can engage in, satisfaction after th so the Jones Mei that the GO C< is the most practi tifically constructe< We are going to Corsets in sizes, st} to range in prices f $3.5( We have a expect in a few da} here. Every lady and look through o Gossard Corsets. ? J,^V 5 MEI "LANCASTE /EMBER 25, 1913. SSARD R8ETS 1Q not- tV? A ?1 u itw i>>\< lllUDl piCdbdlll II , but few things give you n e mountains have been sea rcantile Company has deci >SSARD ORSET cable, comfortable and sc i Corset for women to w % carry a full line of Gos< des and prices to- suit everv - J rom .... ) to $8.50 comfortable fitting room /s to have an expert corset is invited to call and meet \ ?ur full and complete line j/y ^ / \S&s$fr J ^ lilvj VVI {.CANT] R'S LIVE STC v d ling lore led, ded t ien ear. ;ard one * and iere lere of LL,rL ) R E." 3 y^X V." I j^| I Umf \TiifUl 1II I V!_(_ IM />" jiA kjjf: W^m I ^ ^ ^ ' CO.