The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 17, 1914, Image 6
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SHIVERED THE RECORD^ DON'T L
ME CONSOLATION LEFT TO VIC- WHY AUTI
TIMIZED PEDESTRIAN. FA,L TO N
Effort Coot Him Much, However, end 8oem Unable
It Was Without Great Pleaeure From the Ci
That He Learned He Had Been Long En
"Fooled, B'Goah." th<
It was a typical old-faehioned coun- One might
try store. The real native that goes ?authors an
with Bueh & place was seated on a mortal ized w<
cracker box, clad In the old-time care- beginning of
lees country style. Another of tho i(jeai lover, 1
same vintage was engaging him?let often their ir
us call him Gray Whiskers?In a heat- abstract whic
d argument on election. The second woman. To
man In the course of his remarks more engage
aid "he was nigh onto eighty years jjfe than in 1
old" referring with pride to his war jn (hoir com
record. (Ho was mustered out at rjsj. (a very
Readville.) tenderest em
"What tlmo does the next train "copy."
leave hero for Boston " briskly In- Even to be
<jujr?-u mo wnter. has disadvai
"Oh, about two hours or more they'll heroines are
be one," said Gray Whiskers. tures and th?
The writer lost Bome of hie brisk by the Btudy <
manner and expressed discontent and love herself
a few other things. the dlesectlnj
At thiB point the veteran volun- Then the v
teered the Information that a train lng with the
topped at Sharon Junction in an is necessaril
hour and the writer might walk there from the outf
and wait for it, bly Jealous of
"Holy smoke," howled the writer, the wife
"you expect me to walk four miles In "I am sure h
an hour? Couldn't do It." '8 ?' tne."
"Huh, four mile 's nothln'; I've "world of his
walked It In three-quarters of an hour the actual
an' I'm eighty years old," boasted the He seems
veteran. away from tl
"Yes, an' I seen him do It and I'll the woman w
bet ye he kin do It again," butted In and, in const
Gray Whlskere. for it. Life
Well, various remarks were passed tame, becaus
and the writer offered to cover all stroyed bis 1
bets, but there was nothing doing. It there seems
was two o'clock sharp when the writer lty about his
left for the long journey down the The artist,
track; the train was due at Sharon notice and an
Heights about three or a little after, of form and f
"I wonder If that old rube could and some hj?
make It," he pondered as he skipped Instance,
the ties. "There's Edward I'ayson man who not
Weston, he was an old has-been. I ?btb him to
reckon I'll try to make a little record than critical,
myself." noyed by a
Tbe day was fairly cool; a little trivialities In
of the sun lent. Its rays to warm the own appeartu
scene. The sky was blue and walk- part of her i
tog fairly good. One mile post after has the artist
another flashed by. Feverishly the hatred of oe
writer gazed at his watch; he was well bothered thai
inside the limit. The last mile post A girl ens
was dancing toward him, but what a with a sigh:
difference in the atmosphere. He was Fred looks 1
stifled with the heat. Hat In hand hang In clam
and coat over arm he sped onward as modern faahi
If the devils were at his heels. an object wt
At last the Journey was ended. He To be beaut
fafl into a chair at the station and nearly so ,gn
looked at hlB watch once more. The to be well <
veteran's record was smashed to room."
atoms, done In 36 minutes, and the Both artiste
station agent there to prove it. He ably, too mv
would hand It to those rubes. The them to be Id
fact that his collar was a shapeless subject to mc
palp and his clothes wringing wet with ed feminine ]
the strenuous effort was nothing. The
*scord was broken. That was enough. Irishman
A few weeks passed and the lncl- An Irishma
dent was forgotten. Lately, however, shrine of Mai
the writer had occasion to visit Fox- and who pra;
boro again. He went to the general toward holy
tore and sought Gray Whiskers and Charley Mark
the veteran. The proprietor was the The venerabl
only one present. Triumphantly the convert to tin
writer told how speedily he had cov- nounecment tl
sred those four miles. hammedanlsir
Th^ nrnnHfiMr ? 4 * 4- *
. r..vw. uicn uui u wreain met'iinR last 1
of smoke; "an' you took any stock In ciety of Grej
the talk of those two fellers? Why, lishmen have
they never walked more than 100 hornet within
yards from this here store in years," Hibernian Mo
he said. "An' tiia^,' crfd veteran ,be*J as the provier
all bunged up with rheumatism. I Lord Head
guess ye were fooled b*gosh." guished ances
The writer took a look at the time ing from 1661
table; he had an hour to wait, but from 1797. I
he took Gray Whiskers' place on the and succeed**
cracker box and did not try to break and estates i
any more records. daughter of i
Baron Headle
Jersey Journalism's Jaunts. tative peer ft
The first regular newspaper pub- and has ateo 1
lished in New Jersey, the New Jersey tary career.
Gazette, was issued from Burlington through the F
on December 3, 136 years ago. Isaac 1st, wars. He
Collins, a Quaker, was the founder hoiJ^e in Lond
of the publication. It did not long 000 acres in
have the field to Itself, for within a doe house In 1
year the New Jersey Journal was es- *nini*ln Countj
tablished at Chatham by David /
Franks. Collins, the father of New Hoap
Jersey's fourth estate, was a prmter. The mother
and had a printing office in Bufting- thought it w?
ton for several years before he under- daughter lean
(osi the publication of a newspaper, fore of Christ
Twelve years before the OaAtte ap- afternoon wh<
l??ered a paper called the CuuetUu- together to ti
Canal Courant was issued hn Barfing- she began to
to? "hp Andrew Marvel, at the sign the Christ Chi
of the Brfhe Refused, on Constitution where he was
lfm. North America." Only ond nuro- she Imparted
bar waa Issued, and while the Courant Christ was g*
wss printed In New Jersey It was cir- cause of his 1
coiated principally In New York. The 25th of Dece:
real publisher was William Qoddnrd, called Chrtsti
?T.av mwr paousnea a paper in Phil a- I all over the i
<!?lphla. The Courant blttori^ attacked I When she
the British govern rmmt, J <uwl wmm she waited 1
j.namptly suppressed comment. R?
to see if the
Worth Knowing. / She had not
The seven wonders of the modern thinking, for
world, according to the vote of some serious.
700 Khropean and American scientists, "Mamma, v
who were asked by Popular Mechan- man's name <
ics to express their opinion, are the a birthday pa
following: Wireless, telephone, aero
plane, radium, antiseptics and anti- Denied His '
toxins, spectrum analysis and the X- Worcester,
ray. The seven ,wonders of the an- ite dish, hash
dent world were/ the pyramids of mate of the
Egypt, Pharos (lighthouse) of Alex- raved and tl
aiidria, hanging Wardens of Babylon, barn." A rev
temple of Diann at Ephesus, statue brigade had i
of Ju(gter by PlldHda, mausoleum of I barn from des
Ar tamest* and U e Colo? of Rhodes, was caught w
I
THE LANCASTER NE1
IVF THF PART w,,d nd T,m*.1V
L. I 111. I Mill An American professor recep
made a list of 17 eommoa "west
which In hie judgment oufht to
-IOR8 AND ARTIST* cultivated for food. This waa a m<
IAKE GOOD LOVERS off-hand Jotting down of facta whl
occurred to him, not a study of t
???? subject, but It shows that man I
_ ^ . not made very extensive use of t
, to Detach Themselves opportunities which nature affo.
eatures of Their Fanoy him.
ough to Appreciate The learned professor might ha
i Real Thing. included the animal world as w<
Why was not the American bVson
suppose that the writers buffalo domesticated by Indlar
H nnnt a tuhn Kava 4 m TX7K%t ? ^ L? i. ? * *_?_ *
? ,? uxo iui- "iij, niicu ue ii?h jiruvea qib vaiue
mien's charms from the many parts of the west, 1b he i
time would provide the bred In larger numbers now? W
5ut In actual fact It Is was the African elephant left w
iterest In women In the while the Indian brother was train
h spoils them for the one to harness and war?
her they may appear Why Is the pheasant still half w
d in the expression of and the grouse wholly so, when th
life itself, and she feels have at least as many possibilities
pany that she runs the usefulness as the ancestors of dom
genuine one) that the tic fowls? The qungga of South .
otions will be used as rica is larger as well as handson
j than the wild ass of western As
) the heroine of a book Wh? wnH one taken for service a
itagcs nowadays, since *ke ?tber left?
generally faulty crea-1 ~~~~
> author is so engrossed Two Ways.
Df human nature that his Kver been hauled In?" asked t
may fancy Bhe is under motorist.
I knife. ''Hauled In?"
writer of Imagination, llv- ^ e8- hauled in.
creatureB of hlB fancy, "<jw -do you mean hauled In?
ly somewhat detached * cop ur rt'',e
ilde world. "I feel terrl- On the Road,
my husband's heroines," A Yankee tourist spending a he
of a well-known author, day In Dublin happened to be rid!
e Is as fond of them as a motor bicycle on a road that lea
Often the creator of a to the town of Dray. Seeing an Irli
own is rather ineffective man riding an usb toward the c
world. I and thinking to have a Joke with hi
In such a hurry to get | he dismounted, and, approaching P
he latter and resembles exclaimed:1
ho has cooked the feast j "Hello Pat. Is your motor or ml
?quence. has no appetite the best?"
with him Is apt to be ! "I think they're Just tuj sam
e his dreams have de- said Pat.
nterest In realities, and "Do yon think this motor of mine
almost a lack of slncer- an ass?"
human relations. "1 do," said Pat.
with his eye trained to "How do you make that out?"
alyze external loveliness "Because lFs going to-Rray."
eature. has similar faults '
eolal ones of bis own. Ho* Like the I aba*,
though a woman likes a "What Is to be will be." remark
dees her dress, she pre- the opttmtet.
be appreciative rather "Well, 1 don't know about that."
She Is apt to be an- ptied his pessimistic neighbor. "*Y
meticulous attention to >*st ougbf to see bow- those gown
i the house and In her | ment niptibte seeds I planted para
oce, which she Imagines ouL"
lrovliye, and unless she i
;*s point of view, with Its 1 It Can be Done by Proper Eflfor
informltj, she Is more ' prom yjjp Berea (Ky.) CJtlzen.
u In 1910 there were, according
jaged to an artist said, jj,,, United States census, 1,152
"Before be kissee me, literates In Rowan county. Now th<
to see If my draperies are twenty-three. These twen
dc folds. He can't bear j three are classified as fqllows:
ons. and I do feel such j "Too stubborn to learn four; cc
len I try to please him. nrmeci invalids or sick during c&
Iful In a picture Is not P*1*"- ?lx; de,ec"ye eyesight s!
Idiots, five; moved In during closl
atifying to the pwlde as q{ campalgnrtwo ?
ireased In a drawing Th,fl ,a the ^*Bult of ft campa|
started by the county superlnter
i and authors have, prob- \ ent, Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, t
ich of the feminine In years ago to wipe illiteracy from t
eal lovers, and are often county. It is the first practical {
ods and nerves, account- , monstratlofi of the ability of the p
privileges. ple of a political unit to educate
their people that has been furnish
Tlir.?. . M by any portion of the United Stat
Turn, to Mahomet. N() other county ^ aH Amorica ,,
n who worships at the sUcli a record.-It is a demonstrat
liomet, prophet of Allah, of the efficiency of the rural schot
ys with his face turned when they are enlisted in a conn
M ecca?such Is Baron when they are enlisted in a eomm
Allanson Winn Headley. 1 cause. It is also a demonstration
e Irish lord is a rocont ,ll? ability of t|p mountain people
e faith of Islam, tho an- handle thelr>own problem.
tiat he had embr:?r?Hi Mo- *
i having been made at a
month of the Islamic So- ||| ;
it Britain. Many Eng- L ~
become disciples of Ma- ????
the last few years, but
slems are almost as rare
hial hen's teeth. ' ?
ley comes of a dlstin- www
jtry, the baronetcy dat)
and the baronial title pamA
le Is the fourth baron, |
1 his father in the title
n 1877. He married a 5S2
an Anglican clergyman. S'??? C_xJ
y has been a ropresen)r
Ireland for 30 years,
had a distinguished millAs
an attache he went
'ranco-German and Carlhas
a handsome town
Ion and owns about 126^
Ireland, including Aghaftillarney
and Illaun&glv- ST"?
' Galway. gmml
(table, Asywty 522^
' of a three-year-cAd girt paSsij
a about time her small
ued the whv and white
maa. Consequently, one
sn they were lying down
ike their afternoon nap
tell the Ittlle one about
M and the kywty
born. Aa beet ebe oootd
the Idea to the child that _ , ,
tod, and that It waa be- -ID tee lIlOmiDg WJ
laving been born an the .
mber that the day waa WOOCl Or COfll ID tllC DOl
naa and was celebrated , .
world. and just go to cookmj
had finished her story
tor her wee dangfctar'a tblS OOUDtry WIieD it IS
nelvtag none, she looked .
child had fallen asleep. tD6 tillDg. WlCkleSS&I
apparently ahe waa .
her blue eyes were very tUlDg ID ODe-Dftlt 01 ti
what did yon aay that Also take'ft p.?ep,flt th(
waa? I'm going to have . *
rty and invite him." bleS Will be OVer. Botl
I 1 .
'Hash"?Starts Trcubta.
Mass?Denied bia favor- W
i, George Lapard, an id- I 1 ^
Southbridge poor farm. ifl j. /
ireatened to "bum the v
minutes later the fire
a hard time saving the ,
itruotion by fire. Lapard Lmim
iroute to a restaurant. ??
i*
N&, FEBRUARY 17,1914.
?? i
A Fresh Air Society. Thank Qod every mornl
tly Anderon Mail. havo something to do tha
l?** A national association has been -fJJ" lllt? J1 or ,n?t" ?
be formed to promote the use of freah * ... f? 10 dt
ire air, particularly in sleeping cars and . eed in you temperan
teh school rooms. control diligence and stre
. ... ? . . cneerfulness and contei
he One may laugh at the modern Am hundred vrltues which tl
,as erlcan tendency to institutionalize n.,ver know. ?Charles K
he everything, and form societies to do
^jB things which every numan being
should attend to for himself, but Lancaster & Cheste:
such an organization as the one re- .Schedule In EfTect Nov.
,, ferred to has its uses. o
5,11 The notion is still abroad In the eastern lime.
or land that some kind of fresh air are WESTBOUND
is? very dangerous to human beings and Lv. Lancaster 6:
in must be used with extreme caution ' Lv. Fort Lawn 6:
lot to avoid fatal results. Bascomvllle 6:
hv "Night" air is one of these sup- Lv. Ulchburg 6:
lid posedly deadly varieties of atmos- ' Ar- Chester. ...... ..7:
P(i phere; "fall" air is another; moving | EASTBOUND.
air, otherwise known as "drafts," is Lv. Chester 9:
another. In fact, there are almost as J-"*- Rlchburg 10:
many kinds of evil atmospheres as , , B' comville 10:
ie^ tliere are simpletons to make the:'- ^ort Lawn 11:
clasification?and the name of the Ar. Lancaster....... 11:
4 _ , . rniinurttnno. Phnator
co" lUHt IS It'KIUII. j "" *? VUVOVVI,
Af- The fresh air association can com- orn? "?ab'>nrd and Carolii
ler bat these notions. Perhaps it can al- w^st? rn Hallways,
da. spare a little time to look into a Port Lawn, with Seabop
nd s>'stt*'u of school ventilation which is Rtilwa;.
in general use, which is based on the Lancaster, with Southe
assumption that a teacher who is A. P. McLUi
competent to intruct young minds ? ?
doesnt know enough to tell when a For Frost Bites and Chi
be room needs an airing. For frost bitten ears,
toes; chapped hand nn(
I blains, old sores, red i
Bj Lancaster Leads.
at once and heals quickly
home there Bhould be a
.11- To Prevent Blood Poisoning JiWuSSS. ifl,
a- ply at once the wonderful old reliable f" nllos etc or, in j, ,,
porter s antiseptic HKAI.IN6 on.,? s pues, etc. ZOC. All drui
ids uicat dressing that relieves pain and heal mall. H. E. Bltcklen C<
gh- 'he same time. Not a liniment 25c. 50c. f phia or St. Louis.
Ity ?
m,
: "Just^a Mistak
A lady came in to ask us why we p^tal to "lur
*** our ad last week, and before we could e^ain it,
had sold her
One sack Primrose flour
jj? One- half bushel Asheville meal \
One pound Rumford Baking Powders
One 3-pound can Chase & Sanborn's Coffee
One half-pound Chase & Sanborn's Tea
t. One 25-pound sack Franklin Sugar
Three 3-pound cans Old-Time Tomatoes
to One Package Leggett's Maccaroni
il- One pound Kingan's Cream Cheese
>re One can Heinz's Tomato Soup
ty* Three cans Armour's Viena Sausage
)n_ One package National Biscuit Co.'s Baronetts. ...
m- One package Quaker Oats
ix; One gallon Georgia Cane Syrup
r* ; One package Graham Flour
gn I One box Diamond Matches
id- i ?
wo j
' Just like Terry, he will sell the ladies, and we
,e9 get to explain.
ed
es. I
I BENNETT-TERRY C
of
to
?
len you get up and find all of your pipes frozen an<
ise, isn't it nice to just stick a match to your oil a
J. Now, life is short, why not have what you wan
in the reach of all. A Florence Automatic Oil Sto1
id valVeless, nothing to get out of fix and will cook
le time. *Try one. Sold on a guarantee, you take no
s Ideal Ftfeless Cooker and then all your cooking t
i have got to please you or back them come.
Youts for business, v * 1
MACKOREL1
t dSrVSS $71,000 ROBBERY
eing forced Although details have not been
> your best, given out a package addressed to a
ice and self- iocai bank containing 171,000 In U.
ngth of will g tr?aaury notes was taken and a
iJf1 in package of magasines substituted,
le idle will The Bubstitutlon wa? not found out ^
lngsley. till the package reached the bank, **
when the cashier found the bundle
r Rv Co of magazines. He started to
o?h i'oi? read some of the stuff and became bo
Interested that he agreed with the
bank directors to mane up the lose
if they would place him on the sub00a?3:16p
scription list of "Laff" for life. In
30a?3:55p order to get you in a good humor and
47a?4:16[ help you forget even your big trou58a?4:30p
bles, domestic or financial we will
4 0a. .6:15p agree to send you "Laff" for one year
at the ridiculously low price of 50
30a?6:45p cents.
20a?7:27j This National Magazine of Fun is
31a?7:38j making greater strides than any
03a?7:55p other magazine before the American
3 0a?8:25j public today. It is a magazine that
with South will koep the whole family in a good
la & North humor. The staff of Laff contains
artists, caricaturists, and writers who
ird Air Lin# rank among the best in the country.
It is highly illustduted and printed in
rn Railway colors. It will keep the whole famlE,
Supt. ily cheerful the year 'round. You
can afford to spend 50c a year to do
Kkin th,8> Send th,s clipping and FIFTY
fitleers Imi CENTS today to the Publishers of
. lln ' Laff, Dayton, Ohio, for one year's
anA subscription. The regular price is
equal Buck" 5100 and We are mak,Dg ttllS
pa the pain SPECIAL OFFER to get acquainted.
r. In every 35-4 0
box handy m
icdy for all "
ema, tetter. Bank No. 222.
PhlhideL STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
e? OF
The FarmersJ Bank & Trust
located at Lancaster, S. C., at the
J7 close of busIneBsVlanuary 13th, 1914.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts. . .$ 95,614.41
Overdrafts / 1,410.IS
Furniture and FixAires. . 2,875.00
Due from Banwt and
Bankers \.... 15,112.70
Currency }.... 7,794.00
Gold ./ 1,020.00
Stiver and Other/Minor
e" in Coin ./ 885.72
rerry Checks and Cash Items. . 1,366.44
Total .. .. \ $126,078.40
$2.75 LIABILITIES.
55 Captal Stock Paid In ..$ 60,000.00
k ok Surplus Fund . . I. .. 1,250.00
Undivided ProfitsI less
. .1^\ Current Expenses and
50 Taxes Paid.. J. ... 4,664.16
1.35 Individual Deposit! Sub35
to Check.. .. \ ... 43,310.64
. r Time Certificates o\ Doposit
,\... 11,442.45
25 Cashier's Checks.. |... 411.25
15 Notes and Bills RAdlsok
counted .f . . . 10,000.00
BMls Payable, Including
Certificates for hroney
15 Borrowed 5,00').00
60 \
20 Total 1. .$126,078.40
5 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Lancaster?ss.
rj rrr Before me came VE. B. Llngle,
* President of the above named bank,
never who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement Is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books of said bank.
E. B. LINGLE.
Sworn to and subscribed before
I /\ I me this 20th day of January. 1914.
I I I W. P. ROBINSON,
Notary Public.
If I Correct?Attes:t
f W ? ! J. E. CRAIG,
W. T. GREGORY,
w. p. bennett,
I Directors.
TAX NOTICE.
The tax books will be open from
October 16, 1913, to March 16, 1914.
One per cent penalty will be added
Cj In January, two per e6nt In February
and seven peiycent In March.
In school dlstrlctrNos. 1, 4, 6, 6,
13, 15, 30 and 43 la special tax of
two (2) mills Is levied. In districts
Q Nos. 2, 3, 7, 8, 19, 12, 26. 34. 46
and 4 8 special tax three (3) mills.
In districts Nos. 10, 11, 17, IS, 20,
m0 23, 27, 31, 39, 42, InA 47 special
?s tax four (4) mills. In oiHtrlcta Nos.
i 24, 33 and 36, special tax live
(6) mills. In dlstrlAs No. 14
^ , special tax six and one-half
mills. In districts Nos. 12.
| 32, 46 and 49 special tsK eight (8) 4.\
^ss mills. In district No. 3 W special tax
^ ten (10) mills. In dtsflict N >. 40,
I special tax eleven (11) ntllls. Ia dls1
trlct No. 2S special <ax tVo and oneTS
I half (2%) mills. All mhle cltlsens
! between the ages of 21 and Bl years
| are subject to a capitation tax of
I; three (IS) dellars for road purposes
*1 I and all male cltlsens between tb<
II ages of 21 and 10 years are liable for
^ || | one dollar poll tax.
mm \ T. L. HILTON.
County Treasurer.
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Schedules Southern Rtflwiy.
PrfwtiWf OMWtaP ?f IflM Boitk*
4 ___ I N. B.?Schedule figures published
a no as in ferns tlen only and are net
guaranteed. Effective Sept. IS. lilt,
itove Dally departure from Lancaster:
No. lit?lfitfiS a. m. for Rock
t in Hill and way stations.
No. lit?S:tl a. m. for Camden,
ira ia Columbia and way stations.
No. 114?1:48 p. m. for Camden.
Colombia, Charleston and way steany
uons.
. , No. 117?7:4S p. m. for Rock
risk. Hill. Torkrllle and way stations Also
Charlotte, Washington, Philadelphia
roil- iand New Tork.
I W. B. McOee, A. O. P. A.. Colom
bla, S. C.j W. H. Caffey, D. P. A..
Charleston. 8. C.
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