The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 09, 1913, Page 4, Image 4
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1), 11)13.
?Weather forecast for South
Carolina: Fair Tuesday and Wednesday.
Has Doctor Sen's Sun Yat Sot?f
The currency question, just at this
time seems to be bothering Mexico
more than the United States.
We may not have a community
Christmas tree, but a strong community
Christmas spirit will be a
blessing to us all.
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Caitrastrr Nfiua/
MKMI-WKEKLY.) M
- -W'? IVVME Ktl\uM ,
Congress will shop in Washington
this year because its members will '
not be released in time to make their 1
purchases elsewhere. J
Instead of merely complaining at
the high cost of meat we might more 1
profitably raise cattle and thus solve >
the problem for ourselves.
It is said that electricity may now |
bo put to 48 uses about the house |
but think of the many more duties ,
ttill devolving upon mother.
!
The annual convention of the State .
Baptist Association convenes in j
Ilennettsville today, with W. H. (
Hunt, a prominent lawyer of New- ,
berry, presiding.
There is some hope for a man who
will admit that he is mistaken but
very little for the man who always
maintains he is right, even" when
convinced he is wrong.
Remember, children, we are in di- :
rect communication with Santa Clans,
so the quickest and surest way of
reaching him is to send your letters
to The Lancaster News.
Can anybody tell what the Hon. l
John L. McLaurin expects to do in ,
the way of running for an otlice? i
It has been a week or more since he i
has given out anything. i
I
Cynics declare that the Christmas j
spirit is dying out. but we persist in t
our belief that it will continue to live ,
on and bless the world in spite of all t
hey are trying to do to kill it. ,
<
ffnre it has been authoritatively ^
announced that Miss Pankhurst's ,
book is perfectly proper, its sale has ^
been slow in comparison with the |
demand for the volume when it was ,
first stated that Miss Panklirrst's ,
work was indecent. I
Those little Red Cross seals are .
Belling rather slowly. This is just
to remind you that our people's in.
terest in the fight against tuberculosis (
will be judged largely by the number
of stamps sold between now and
Christmas. Ite sure that you re- ,
member this little charity when you
plan your gifts.
The Lancaster fire department did
themselves proud yesterday in so
quickly extinguishing the fire at Mr.
J. C. Bowling's. This was due to the
fact that the fire alarm was quickly
'phoned in to the fire department,
which responded with no unnecessary
delay.
That the shooting of the negro by
the attorney general of the state in
one of Columbia's clubs near midnight
Saturday was an accident we
have no doubt. But that the attorney
general at that hour and place
was ordering Just simple cow's milk
? ' - Hr,n!,t* the testimony
WW uuvw uui ,
before" the coroner's Inquest to the
contrary notwithstanding.
The Chester Lantern, a bright,
newsy tri-weekly paper, will soon
change hands, Mr. C. -N. Wren shall,
editor and owner, giving place to Mr.
J. E. Nunnery of Chester county,
formerly a member of the legislature.
We have no doubt but that The
Lantern under Its new management,
will continue to shed light Into the
darkness of South Carolina's need.
f
LKSSOX I'KOM GAILIilARD'S 1
CAREER. ju
In the death of Lieut. Col. David who
DuBose Gailliard of the United tiger
states army. South Carolina Is called j view
.ipon to mourn the death of one of ject:
ler most distinguished song. Colonel I "fc
juilliard was a self_made man in the t'ce
sense of having shaped his own
career. In the early eighties he was feU(j<
\ lad attending the famous Mount their
Zion Academy at Winnsboro, then efflci
taught by that distinguished scholar
and noble-hearted gentleman, the pUbu
late Prof. H. Means Davis. It so hap- this
pened that he could not continue at lessn
school, owing to straightened circumstances,
so he accepted a clerk- I
ship in a store at Winnsboro. Rut
the ambitious boy was not contented work
to remain behind the counter.
i Th is
About this time there was a va- sjlou
cancy at the United States Military j "i
Academy at West Point and, though $18.<
poorly prepared to stand a competltlve
examination for the cadetship, |?,pr,
he determined to make an effort to j rpj
win it. So with Prof. Davis to coach |)av
him he went earnestly to work to
prepare himself as best he could for j pr
the examination. He won the prize ' js aj
iii the competitive examination and f
in due time was graduated from West awsn
Point high enough in his class to be aKjta
assigned after graduation to the en- I
glncering corps, the Rejection being : rpj
made from the five ranking highest ??I)re1
in the class. ' jeast
From that time on his promotion Wava
was rapid, considering how slow a mn^
process it is to be advanced in the
ITnited States army. Ilis signal ____
achievement was at Panama, where p-p
he worked for years, finally overcoming
almost superhuman diflicul.
ties in the Culebra cut, caused by
the treacheous slides with which no
he had to contend from the be- ?Th
ginning of the job until its completion.
He lived until his work was
almost done .and just at the time Th
when he was about to lie rewarded
with the stars of a brigadier general. 1 ' *
lie had to answer to the last roll
call.
The career of Colonel Gailllard
diould fire the ambition of many a ,,.,rij(
lioy better favored by circumstances week
than he. Every year there are
me or more vacancies at West
Point or the Naval Academy ^
ind comparatively few young men Soutl
ippear for the examinations. We are a thi
proud of John llilliard, who graduat- tl,,% I
pd from the Naval Academy a few
years ago and is making his mark in,
i'ncle Sam's navy. And another lad
rrom the fifth congressional district! j,p
Is now at Annapolis winning bad t
bidden oniniotis from the professors, short
Look out for these vacancies. boys 1,1 *'*''
>!' Lancaster, and do what Cailliard '''m
Hid Milliard have done and what
Shannon Heath experts to do. It is
in vou. Let it come out. ' ^
innls
Illeaf
A \ A KItOW VIKW Oh' TI1K your
MATTER. of ti
Not long since a widow lady
iving in town who owns real or
state in a school district in
he country where an election 'I'
,vas about to he held to determine
v bother or not a special levy should who
>e made for school purposes was ap- consi
iroaelu d by a farmer who also own
d land in the school district. He mh
vislied to know if she favored the '
ax, for he was violently opposed
o the levy. Because she had no |
children and lived In town, he sup>osed
she would not favor it and on
he principle that misery loves rom>any,
sought comfort from her. Hut
je reckoned without his host for she I
old him that she favored the special l
ax originally, hut since learning of i
lis opposition to it, she was the more I
'onvincod of the need of education
u liis section. There are some other
parts of the county where such narrow,
contracted notions prevail and
they are usually entertained by some
rlose-fisted old codgers who have
been for years absorbing from
the community in which they live and
giving nothing in return. They remind
one of the ola lady who, at a ?
church meeting was thanking the """"""
Lord that although she had been a
church member for forty years it had ?
only cost her twenty-five cents.
"Yes," said the minister, "and may
the Lord have mercy on your poor, I
stingy old soul."
WKITK KAIlliY TO SANTA ( LAI'S.
Santa Clans wants all those who 5
are going to write their wishes to
him through The Lancaster News to 8
send their letters to us this week and
next. He has to make his selection 8
and prefers not to be hurried. So y.
write early, dear children, and avoid
the rush.
If Judge Frank Carter of Ashevllle q
likes the kind of work in which he
has been so engaged rceently, we
give him an invitation to come across
ttie line nnd be elected Judge in this _
state. He will find all kinds down ""
IK-re, most? mm n? won an iii?: ^
blind, the deaf, the halt, and the I
maimed. ||
Fine weather for dragging the I
roads, but are you going to do it? L*
THE LANCASTER NE>
;hky can iik handlkd.
dge Frank Carter of Ashevilie,
has recently driven the blind
s out of that city, in an inter,
speaks as follows on the sub- .
|
]very consideration of honor, jus- ,
and public policy demands the I
rcement of our liquor laws irn- |
ally against every class of of- !
t?rs, and the means provided for
enforcement are so simple, so
ent, so nearly self-executing
their non-enforcement nencel
must convict every responsible
lc official of moral complicity In
most demoralizing form of lawess."
1 Kill COST OF PRINTING.
Ve paid the board of public
;s $25.22 for water, light and
>r for the month of November,
was about $10.00 more than we
id have paid."?Gaffney Ledger
'hat is pretty steep. We paid
08 for the same service in New-'
y?$1.80 for water, $5.50 for
and $12.58 for power."?New
ir Observer.
le Lord only knows what we did
ee seed sent out by Congressmen
>out tlie only thing the farmers
tratis. Hut the matter of doing
' with this custom is being
ted.
le Grace-Whaley mix-up is a
tty kettle of fish," to say the
of it. But Charleston could alfurnisli
anything lively, no
er whether fish, flesh or foul.
:0M OTHER PAPERS
Avoi?l the Hush.
) your Christmas hinting early,
le State.
*et They Keep Announcing.
ie early bird catches the worm, '
the early candidate catches the
?ns.?Anderson Mail.
Inst Before Christinas.
en the cook will get on her
behavior and commence coming
er in the mornings in about a
now.?Greenville Piedmont. I
Poor Old Yorkville.
e York News says that the
i Carolina political game beats
ee-ringed circus. But what do
people of Yorkville know of a
-ringed circus??Abbeville MedA
Formidable Antagonist.
esident Wilson must have had a
lay of it Sunday after he read a
snatch 011 what a certain Pali
politician is going to do to
in l!?lf>.?Greenwood Journal.
Look Out For Them.
you find one* of the negro crimrocently
pardoned by (Jovernor
?e loafing about your place keep
eye on him. These are the kind
ends that attack our mothers,
i and daughters when they get a j
r*e. and they will bear watching. !
angeburg Times and Democrat.
Iiey Saw It's a (hhkI Town.
at army of Methodist ministers
have been with us for the week
sts of a fine body of men. Itock
Grow More Coltoi
Plant Simpki
Tlit1 earliest (\itton in
limn planting to hale. 1
lintel* We sell only gem
seed?direct from his far:
Price $1.25 per bushel
Liberal Discount if Order
On every order sent us
off this price. Order now
W. H. MIXSON SEED C
Sole Distributors f
:or Christn
rou want only
nch as will be f
ation." "V esta.'' t
>rands, which a:
ively by us II
UR FLOUR you are convinc
rate that our brands have no
ROCK BOTTOM," Two car
ES. B. Rod
(On the
YS. DECEMBER 9, 1913.
11111 has felt honored dv their presence,
and we hope they have had a V
profitable period. We know they
have been well careu ror by the wo- y
men of Hock 11111?for, after all. it
is the women who have borne the
task of suitably entertaining these y
men of God.?Hock Hill Record. J]
Proper Conception of Vice. *|
Vice must be looked at in its prop- J
er light, and not as a pastime which ]
may be indulged *in if a man is slick y
enough to get off with his villainy
without being caught. The vice is
there, as a source of social corruption J
and it must be stopped and the can- >j
cerous, besmirtched villain must be
put without the pale of civilization if J
civilization is to measure up to its y
fundamental requirements.?Flor- J*
ence Times. V
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Czar of a OifVerent Type. ]
Former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon V
takes the floor to say: "They said I ' <
i was Czar when I was it* the speaker's J
chair at Washington, out Woodrow j y
Wilson can give me cards and spades i ,
in that line." Mr. Cannon is right. | ?'
As a Czar he was small potatoes and
few in a hill. He counted quorums, j
legislated and killed legislation at , y
the behesl of a small clique of selfish 1
interests. Mr. Wilson is the Czar of
ninety-odd millions of people and has y
their warrant and mandate for carry- y
ing out the popular will and compell- *<
ing needed legislation.?Columbia V
Record. i .
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION. I
Organized at Oraigsville?Interesting
Meeting Krblay Afternoon.
To the Editor of The News:
I ,
The parents and friends of Craigs
ville district. No. 1, met at the v
Craigsville school house Friday af- *
ternoon, uecemoer diu, aim u> eau-1
Ized a Parent-Teacher Association. !
The aim of the association, which is *
to teach parents how to rear young
children, was explained by Mrs. J. E.
Craig, who also read the constitution. J1
The following are the officers:
President, Mrs. J. E. Craig; vice V
president, Mrs. David Adams; secre- J*
tary and treasurer, Mrs. Boyd Craig;
committee on programs and mem- ?'
bership, Misses Eunice Plaxco and _
Annette Craig. They were also asked
to write an account of each meeting
for the county paper that others
might see and also organize. There
are fifteen members. A fee of ten
cents per year for each member is | ^
required. The meetings will be held |j
on Friday afternoons at 2 o'clock and | ^
one each month. The literature for i
each meeting will he furnished by the
department of education at Wash- J
ington for almost nothing. An Improvement
Association was organized
in connection with the ParentTeacher
Association and at least one j ?
paper will he read at each meeting ;
in the interest of this association, and 4
refreshments will be served. |fl
It was decided that on account of I
it now being so late to have another ;
meeting on Tuesday afternoon, De- ; ^
fonihiT 2:1 All the friends and pat. .
rons of (he school who were not |
present before, are orRed to come ?
and he with ns this time. It is for
the betterment of the neighborhood
and everyone is needed.
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? g
i to the Acre, b
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Very prolific and a good *
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in.
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before Jan. 1st take 10c
^ 1C oil A1?f
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10., CHARLESTON
or South Carolina.
las Cooking
B'lour of quality,
bund in the "Sen
'9
ma :jw one iseiter
re handled excluf
you have tried
ed ; if not, a trial will demonequal.
Our prices are as usual,
s just received. Give us a call.
dey Co.
Corner).
t
$/7/7rf erccom
Ring ofr extravagance; ri
will find FREEDOM. The m
worried by debt or fear of tt
Are YOU one of this kind?
Bank your money and be i
the services and safety of 01
Do YOUR banl
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interes
The First Ns
OF LAN<
C. D. JONES, R. E. WY1
President. Vice Presir
MONEY TO LOAN.
I am now prepared, as heretofore,
negotiate loans of $300 and upirdB
on first mortgage on Improved
tton farms in Lancaster county, on
ig time, repayable in annual lnillments
at 7 per cent interest,
i commission charged. Only a
mil fee for furnishing abstract of i
le.
R. E. WYLIE,
Attorney-at-Law.
ireat Closir
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A
\llisor
'or the next 30 day?
ntire line of up-to-i
reatly reduced pric<
>e sold regardless of
ompicic anu wc ait
eptional bargains i
ions, Shoes, Hats, (
Jelow are a few of o
Special Closii
Men's $3.50 Shoes
Men's $3.00 Shoes
Ladies' $3.50 Stroutman SI
Men's $5.00 Bion Shoes.. .
Men's $4.50 Bion Shoes .. .
Men's $4.00 Bion Shoes .. .
Ladies' $3.00 Stroutman Sh
Ladies' $2.50 Stroutman Sh
Ladies' $2.00 Stroutman SI
Ladies' $1.50 Stroutman Sh
Misses' and Children's SI
Men's $18.00 and $20.00 Si
Men's $15.00 and $16.50 Su
Men's $10.00 and $12.50 Si
Men's $6.00 Pants
Men's $5.00 Pants
Men's $4.uu rants
Men's $3.50 Pants
Men's good Pants
The Chesterfield Hat, the
cost.
Space will not per nit us
line, but join the processior
Allis
V
ng in economy. Then you
an is not a free man who is J
le future. >
ndependent. We offer YOU
JR bank.
king with US. >!
it, Compounded Quarterly
V
itional Bank :
FASTER. '
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LJE, K. M. CROXTON, |J.
lent. Caiihier. J.
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Tax Notice.
The books for collection of Town
Taxes are now open at the office of
the Clerk and Treasurer In rear of
the First National Dank, said taxes
will be collected until December 31st,
without penalty.
JOHN CRAWFORD,
Clerk and Treasurer.
To cure n Cold In One Day
Tnke LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It .tops the
Cough aud Headache nnd works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
K. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. jL*
ig Out Sale
T
i Bros.
5 we are offering our
date merchandise at
*s. hLverything must
cost. Our lines are
offering some exn
Dry Goods, NoClothing
and Pants,
ur
ig Out Prices
$2.75 *
$1.98
iocs $2.50
$4.15
$3.98
$3.10
oes $2.25
oes $1.90
iocs $1.49
iocs $1.15
iocs cheap.
lits $13.00
its $11.00
lits $7.50
$4.40
$3.98
S3.9!5
$2.00
98c to $1.75
5 best Hat on earth, at actual
to quote prices on our entire
i and meet at
;on's