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( r 4 IGuura liter 3mti8 T"E CH The or (SEMl-WUKkliY.) o comme JUANITA WYLIK Editor a now era W. 8. HOUGH. . .Business Mgr. As remarl ? . ? ? chairman, ?UBL18HERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: represent: Published Tuesdays and zens tha Fridays at Lancaster, 8. C.. gptri by The Lancaster Publishing ? Company, successors to The m?eUng Ledger, established 1862; The Lee, the Review, established 1878; The chamber < Ente.prise. established 1891, things ar and entered as second-class ' matter Oct. 7, 1905, at the or smn 5 postofflce at Lancaster, 8. C.. oers, moi under Act of Congress of The firsc March 8. 1879. fully met ==: tjle , mee SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ? , ? (In Advance.) *hiC" * One Year fl.BO ,the bod> Six Months 75c ,et us al ourselves TO SUBSCRIBERS. irganizat Your subscription must be name. A paid up to and Including year every ma marked on your label. If paper tr?u... tn r la stopped look at your date and you will probably And you are caseer Le behind one year. power to We cannot send each sub- Let us acrlber a statement. Look at ? , " , mjwm. mm Ually WOT Yew Label. If you do not receive your to advam paper promptly we would appre- town. P elate It if you will notify us ; thing. V we will correct the mistake. p.nri(i ....... In the hurry of mailing out the paper names of subscribers are to ear'i o sometimes left ofT inadvertently. Lanrastei ;1 ??_ -.? ? And no ji FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1i?l ?. maM. W|ii tag a Ml ?Weather forecast lor South ? ... . ,, .. ... ... i .. . will a 1 w Carolina: l air Friday and Saturday; rising temperature Saturday. peak a the other "Lancaster Leads." good poiu son, even We aVe living up to our slogan. is well t< them. \\ The old town is taking her rightful Roddev tl place.' I lock Ilil let's all t A real live chamber of commerce |jf( of | has been formed. our pers'; Our fondest dream for Lancaster becomes a splendid reality. 1>I{. S. ??? TJIG loi The Lancaster News extends its ^ heartv congratulations and rood , s , , . * been in wishes. asylum, i First it was "The snow, the snow, ('?inpietel the beautiful snow." Then "The Saund slush, the slush, the Tubbaly* slush." nsdnuatii charges 1 Having effected a strong organiza- was the tlon and pledged your support for tigation. three years, you have made a great Hr. Ra beginning. champioi his loyal Keep up your fine enthusiasm, let- nr. Elea ting others catch the spirit of it. get woman v the boostling habit and work to he foi for your town as you would for your- patients self. interests which w? The beautiful snow is fast disnp- Tiiey ro, pearing, gentlemen of the city coun- majj^ain cil, but is is giving way to mud. mud. .,jso .,doi beastly mud. In the language of (jons for another, "Help me, Cassias or 1 sink." 8titution in it tee v If you find that your occupation or promptly calling has not been listed in the (jovernoi suply bill as published, make it expected known to the town council and they report a will see that you are attended to. lature th of the The Presbyterian banquet proved adoption to be only the forerunner of another dressed this week, in which last saints of all jn wjiich denominations and sinners as well action t participated. the comi nullity." Now that a chamber of commerce other hai has been organized and a body of himself more than two hundred men are go- result of ing to work for the upbuilding of jv ^he vl Lancaster, we feel that our strivings 0f j)r ^ have not been in vai.n this coun on the p; The meaning and value of cooperation was clearly demonstrated tu|?| at the meeting last Tuesday night. What one man could never have done ^ by himself in a lifetime, two hundred 'Tesiden men accomplished in the course of oaual to I an evening." splendid ________________ a lawyer If President Huerta succeeds In meaning running General Villa out of Mexico, words af Governor Dlease might prevail on 0": w him to come to South Carolina and much ml aid him in co rcing a recalcitrant the Pres legislature. a lawyer tended t We congratulate our venerable 8,ty of Georgia correspondent, from whom his licei we are anxious to hear again, upon practice! the fact that the governor of his the firm state has appointed one of his fellow son. H< townsmen to the United States sen- jurispru atorship, made vacant by the death s'ty and of the lamented Paeon. on cons ' Presider Among the few who have for some er" r('fe time past worked so earnestly and perhaps aggressively for the organization of legal tr! the chamber of commerce, especial mention should be made of Mr. J. B. The f Markorell. who haR riven much time and labor to this end. message ing to *v New chamber of commerce ap- the com * predates the kind of helpful work of a,HO to the three officers of Rock Hill's com- leglslati merclal body as well as those of Mr. Cftnt ral Murrell, land and industrial agent of k'ortner the Southern Railway, whose pres- senate, ence contributed largely to the sue- effect h cess of our organization. jlaw-mal . NQMM -if * TILE LANCASTER NEWS, KiSSS AUSPICIOUSLY LAUNCHED s it was the largest and most (Continued from Page One.) oj itlve gathering of the citl- jyj t has ever taken place. ~~ sp t, too, that animated the next introduced. Mr. Long is vice '8 was tine. Mr I). Markley president of the Rock Hill chamber If secretary of the Rock Hill of commerce and a well known and ....... I successful mill man, being president ol sf commerce, said that three 0j ^wo cotton factories in Rock Hill. m e necessary for the success Mr. Long said in part, "I reel now ta in organization, viz: Mem- that the report we are going to uey and personal service. "la^e 's that Lancaster Leads. I , , , have a profound admiration for a rf two requirements have been tQwn gat?ertnK nko thl8 for a town in The amount raised at J which can boast of cotton mills like ai ting was over $12,000, yours and owns its own railroad. al larantees the existence o?. 11 ou should be prourr of what you ' . ,. ... have accomplished. The wonder is, 1 ' for three year8" Now how you have done it without a P' 1 with one accord dedicate chamber of commerce." He went on C to the work of making the , to tell of the benefits accruing from ion something more than a organized efforts and explained how w >nd the way to do it is for 8U?h ? body w,1> be T?? for the raan i w'ho has more than for the man who n, woman and child in the ka3 ieBH> jje t0|(j Gf ^he great good emember our slogan, "Lan-|the chamber of commerce has done a.Is," and to do all In thei" for Rock Hill and the good one will n' keep her In the lead. I do here and urged our people to get ail m.i.,n?#lv a?iH tnHiviH. busy and organize, assuring thorn it * .... ? would be the best night s work they 1,1 k and boost when it comes PVer accomplished. iw cing the interosts of the SECRETARY LEE OP ROCK HILL. ?< ersonal service is now the I Mr. B. Markley Lee. the recently . - ? . elected secretary of the Rock Hill 11 1 ' | chamber of commerce, gave much ni to do this is to be helpful valuable information as to what 'r ther. Let it go abroad that should he done in Lancaster to make is a place where you will the contemplated organization here hi ,ettv jealousies; that each n ""cress. Mr. Lee has had consid- )> erable experience in chamber of 111 le primarily bent on mak- commerce work in Georgia, and told '* ccess of liis own business, of how the state organization caused tc avs on proper occasions, "Georgia Products Hay" to lie cole- :I word of encouragement for hnted by forty towns in the state. J On that dav evorvthing served on " ? ' ,M' ' U"U: v the tables wis raised and made in " ts to be found in every per- Georgia. More than 2.2nn feet of ' the most Cod-forsaken. It new 'cmcr notice ?as given to thi- tc > And these and to magnirv celebration and it has advertised the .... ,, . . _. <nirit of Georgia as well as her pro- v e were told by Mr. John T. (,rr,s fo (,)p comjtrv at ,arffp *Mr J(] hat this kind of spirit made |,,.0 believes that Georgia will reap si 1 "The Good Town." So benefits from this example of united t\ esolve to stand for the up- effort for many vears to come. He li ,master and give the town says that since that campaign there tl is not a town of any size in Georgia L mal work. that lias not organized or is not s< about to organize a local chamber of h commerce. "Since coming to Rock w XI'MlKHS YIXHICATKI>. Hill two weeks ago." said Mr. Lee. b , , ..... "a Georgia friend inquired of me if b gislature adopted tiie report j jia(| noj brought the Atlanta spirit n oint committee which has with me." "No." was his reply. "I tl vestigating affairs at the found it there already." h ind among other things has ThP ,,,rPO considerations especial- o . ....... lv emphasized by Mr. Lee in chamber > exonerated Dr. Lleanora commerce work, were the nunierllers from "the complaints, rait the financial and the element of ins, innuendoes, inquiriy and personal service. In regard to the 11 brought against her." which numbers needed. Mr. Lee said, it ' should be as large as possible and V main reason tor the inves- pvpry maa ,n (hp town shoul(, bplonR f It also heartily commends to it, it matters not what his business s bcock, superintendent, for or profession. Every firm. too. J1 ling "the right, not onlv of should take memberships in the and true subordinate officer, of commerce. He urged ns bearers not to stop at one or two nora R. Saunders, but of a memberships, but to take as many J" I'hose every instinct is shown as they could afford. He told of the r the right. the unfortunate different methods of collection, sayunder her care and the best ?"* ?J\nl , dues woro. nia,,?. , ... monthly in some places, in others j of the institution. All of quarterly or yearly. As to personal t 1 think was right and proper, service, he urged that, as soon as he t ild not have done less and '><?s subscribed, every member should ed their manhood. Thev to work fo,rt V'T n m?fJy th,VK" 1 ... , * to be accomplished. Speaking of a t i ed a set <>i rules and r< gula- fpxv 0f pjlases of work in Rock n the government of the in- Hill, he told of what certain com- c The report of the com- tnittees are doing, the community Y. t >as unanimous and was ^ and co-operation of s . . , the Rock Hill chamber of commerce t .?< op ed b\ each ltouse. wjtj, t|,p York county farm demon- H Bloase, as might have been strator. lie said that last Saturday 30 s , is disgruntled about the men called on the farm oemontsrator nd the action of the legis- no ,nan P'ants without first see. , . ing this agent. He referred also to ereon. As soon as he heard (hp ,mportance 0f parks and play- f committee's report and its grounds. by the legislature, he ad- For commercial development, in ' that body a communication. ?rder to get information. It is neces- j ... . .. . sary to have a secretary to give it he sharply criticizes their ftnd t() follow lt up when question- r filing them, "The report of how to go about the work after J nittee will simply become a organization. Mr. I^ee said. "Get you ' Senator Tillman, on the an active secretary, but don't be too e id. in an Interview, expressed hasty al?0,lt 11 tl?et a K.?od' mpe: f v tent and energetic man. Telling of as highly pleased with the duties of the secretary, he men- 11 the investigation, especial- tioned that he has to look after the ' Indication by the committee dues, attend to the correspondence aunders. Senator Strait of a"d advertising, follow out possi- J bilities and offer inducements to new v y was one of the committee enterprises of all kinds, taking up art of the senate. such matters with the committees and j __ investigating whether they would * itymia'VT \ i ... vi n pay He has also to take up any proW i Kit. posed changes of railway schedules. r nderson Mail, in referring to n,ake known the educational and ? , . ... .. business advantages of the town, . so s posi ion on the urf,jnK new people to come in, should ' Is, says, "The President has co-operate with the farm demon- * analytical power. He is not strator and help build up the but- ^ but he thinks he knows the rf>undlng country. J of the plain Anglo-Saxon JUDGE JONES. \ they appear in the treaty." The meeting was soon opened to orthy conten.poy.ry vrry ^ ] istaken in the statement thatjThe judge expressed his gratification 1 'dent is not a lawyer. He is . at the enthusiasm so-clearly mani- 1 and a good one, too. He at- ' fested and his pride in the movement. 1 he law school of the Unlver-j"" h"ped thf organization would j . . . 'help the country as well as the town. ' Virginia, and after receiving ..a I " /\ uv7ur?*7 uit iuvu ap,niiidip ivocil vou tse in the state of Georgia, [ not stand," quoted Judge Jones, and ' 1 for some time in Atlanta added, that earnest, honest, and per- 1 having been Renlck & Wil- Hl8t*nt co-operation will be necessary ? . to success. I believe we can accom- ' ? was afterwards professor of | pl,8h a Kr#>at deal Jf wp RO to work .. i dence at Princeton Univer- he declared, "but don't let the en- ' is the author of two works thusiasm of the banquet be the end. tltutionai government. The I?lusL,I,ut ,?,ur 8h?ulders to the ,, ,, , lt , , , wheel. We will need a good secre?ts splendid analytical pow- tary but mil8t not Ket a man jHRt 1 rred to by The Mail are due, because he wants a job, but because j , in a great measure to his I of his fitness for it. Fine talent can- , lining. n?t he P>ot f?r nothing." , JRKPREBENTATIVE SAPP. Mr. Claud N. Sapp, member of the governor has sent a special state legislature from this county , .o the .Uro threaten- Spe'that? "M ithhold the appropriation bill come together to get something to ntitutional three days, and eft'> but that they had come to better call a special session of the themselves their town and county. K He dwelt at length on the lack of colre in the summer if the two- operation here, and on the existing iroad mileage bill and the factionalism. He disagreed with the bill are not passed by the opinion of others of the speakers It remains to be seen what ?bout politics, and declared that ... . .. "politics, next to religion, is the most lis threat will have on the jmportant thing we have, and everycing body. thing has to be done through poll FEBRUARY 27, 1914. a." lie repeated the statement * ade recently on the floor or the iukp of representatives that even if *< ! believed a measure to be wrong V 1 would vote for it if he thought the ! " >> IIIII II IH?M HI >ast. "Then let us show our faith by ur works," said Mr. Wylle. MR. W. T. GREGORY. I 1 Mr. W. T. Gregory was next called ipon and he said he was glad his line had come for he was "about to mst." Mr. Springs, having first ofered to take twenty-five member hips, Mr. Gregory said, "I want to ^ M. lush the colonel up to the top of the adder, so I can go higher myself. loth Colonel Springs and Mr. Greg- M Art ry raised their number, Colonel iprlngs to fifty memberships and Mr. Iregory to thirty-five. We have t! MR. W. P. BENNETT. I sonable price Mr. W. P. Bennett said he thought I to give all of t should he stated for the benefit of . r i.no nvpr hose who perhaps did not know it, hat Mr. Gregory's stock concern One Dollr 'sold more mules than any other firm Gilt Edge Flc n the country." Mr. Bennett urged We know he business men of the town to tnke something tli nembershlps for their firms, as many w . if them as possible, but emphnsized 0 NVun 5 hat no matter how many member- when you co hips he held, each member was en- We have a itled to only one vote, that all would hare alike as they had done in the evei*y day an upper. tity we have MR. R. S. STEWART. Molasses are There were many calls for Mr. R. especially foi !. Stewart, who spoke next. He said and say, "Sel hat he was not going to push any- you." Now >ody ahead of him on the ladder. th ' h hat until tonight he knew nothing inan you nav if the purposes of a chamber of com- ? Horton evi nerce, except in a general way, but table and wl hBt from what he had heard he be- work. Work ipvtwl it rMunl V'Ptl ituolf Intn u hnnui_ ^ ... *"7 "! county like i r? club. The proper spirit, he said, ias recently exhibited bv Mr. George "arnes, who after hearing a drumner tell of the wonderfully large nllllon-dollar mill, said, "Yes, and toy Tunningham runs a saw mill | J yy irith buttermilk." He expressed his iwn interest in the organization of a remfmi hamber of commerce, saying, "There s nobobdy who wants it more than ^ "But," he declared, "when we ome into an assembly of this kind j ? - ? !gain, for God's sake let's not point mt that factionalism e\i"ts. ..et's make it a crime to say that here are factions. We've got to W luit talking about tbe faults of each ither. And when we get together, lon't let's talk about politics." |l l|al| THE CANVASS. Messrs. C. D. Jones and W. C. vt rhoroson, when called upon to speak. JElflL^V ?oth suggested that tnstead of more ipeechee, the meeting should get ^ lown to business. A committee was accordingly appointed for this pur- _ ; >ose, and within fifteen minutes It IS Jt>I 13,000 was raised. After brief renarks by Mr. J. F. Nesbit and thanks I wy :o the ladies, offered bv Judge Jonas. Jut Ul wi ind unanimously adopted, Colonel 3prlngs and others expressed their 8CTld VOU gratification at the success of the' meeting. He announced that Mr. | * Lee, the Rock Hill secretary, had KllOW kindly consented to stay over till Wednesday afternoon and help solicit 11 Don't f further subscriptions, the committee! which he assisted being, J. T. r i t-? Thomassoti, Charles D. Jones, J. H. , IriSIl L Ot Witherspoon, J. It. Mackorell and W. | T. Gregory. The coitfiuttte^ has al-1 ()nr lit reaily Dwelled the amount subscribed * to over $4,000 for each of the three i years, ni?l making a total of e'er I or tell US f 12 0(0.. The officers elected at the meet- VOU ing Tuesday night are I<eroy Springs, J president; C. D. Jones, vice president, and J. B. Mackorell, temporary secretary and treasurer. A Splendid Record. Among other things that he has I not done, President Wilson has not I split a single Infinitive since he has been in office. Anderson Mail. I v Miwnif I rfW, - ^ | 111 1111 >i>n>! 7FICIENCY J ' ;rese pertaining to your financial affairs his Bank offers. All the points of ser V legitimate banking will permit is offered > istitution, and our satisfied customers > "All Classes." i #' i in position to handle any account, not J V >w large or how small, and to the small J w; we offer the same consideration that we * larger one. Make The First National Z ir headquarters and the place to meet Z y ids?come to see us and feel at home here. I y ite you to become one of our customers >; our service is not pleasing. y I i - I M ^ ' ' ' First National Bank V y LANCASTER, S. C. )NESt President. R. E. WVLIB, Vice President. y y TON, Cashier. E. CURTIS MACKEY, Asst. Cashier, t y y y; ^ THE FARMERS" .ancaster County ? lie best line of Groceries to offer you at the most reai that has ever been carried in Lancaster. We want . .. .. . . ... yovi it special invitation to come to our store ana iook We want to sell you six pounds of Parched Coffee I ir. We want you to buy enough of our White Lily or >ur to do you all summer. what you want and we have taken groat care to buy iat will give you the very best o fsatisfaction. 'ou to make our place the place to meet your friends me to town. l shipment of Keg Molasses that we are expecting in d if you are going to buy any Molasses in this quansome of the very best quality for you. This grade of rarely ever put up in this way. Wo bought these r the FARMERS. We want you to come back again 1 me another keg just like the last one I bought from try us one time and see if you are not pleased better e been In a long time. Wben you trade with Edwards sry one In the family are satisfied when they go to the len they get through eating they are ready to go to : makes dollars and you know everytiody in Lancaster these, even down to the babies. Very truly, ARDS & HORTON I IE ft WE SELL BRICK, KHINOLKS AND COAL. J ^ What the Ladies I o Koawi rnllSssst lelrooe FlLOUR I 'ight, Light and Flakey, none better made leat. If you haven't tried it, just let us a sack. When we get you to once try it we have a customer and a friend, orget that we carry Carden Seed and Seed atoes in stock at all times, ic of Groceries are complete. Telephone your wants and we will rush them out for 1 f1 Yours for business, W. Sislare I i "GOOD THINGS tO EAT." P iople of his county wanted it. "If | J _ ?u are wrong, your representative ^ l ight to represent you wrong," said r. Sapp. He declared that though g ^ g lit into many factions, Lancaster still the best town in the world. 8 a chamber of commerce gets us to sther and gives us peace, we need le In Lancaster, and the peace com- * t.. ?vinH ittee seemed to him a most impor nt one. Mr. Sapp told of an Inci- * i , jnt of the past campaign, in which # ^ llRl l r. Massey, Lancaster county's other I . presentatlve, had told at the meet- I J V1CC tlicit g at Belair of how I)r. Marion Sims | id other great men had left home by tllis il' id achieved greatness, but added, I * [f you'll make something out of me, COllsist of 11 stay with you." Mr. Sapp ap- J [led this promise of Massey's, telling * \Vo nrp olonel Springs, the chairman, "If '' tllL ju make something out of this town, * ,, , e are with you." | J; matter lit MR. R. E. WYLIE. | j depositor Mr. R. E. Wylie complimented the ne gathering of men, which he pro- do to tlie ounced a progressive body. Mr. 1 J fylle said he has reached the age . Bank VOt hen he cha talk to his fellow citizens ? * i a fatherly way. He declared that y friot e have not that confidence in each ! > OUl II1CI ther which we should have, but that J mch is to be accomplished through , y Y\ C 111Y le agency of the chamber of com- , ! lerce. "We have good, true men J Ulld. SeC if i T nnpn ulnr on/1 #b ow ? I UUIIVUMVVI, CW1VA Vil XJJ IIIUOV IUU rv IU1 le best in each other. We havo rainy men, a soil uneqtinled by any, v II <1 traveling men toll nte that they ' rwrnam 0 more business in Lancaster than * 1 any otlior town its size in their rritorv If wo have all this without ! chamber of oommoroo. what may * e not accomplish with one? It V I ill give ur a medium through which " I to people may speak and will bring ado to Lancaster which is now going V > other towns." Mr. Wyllo told of an old woman. !*, ho got up at an experience mooting lid thanked the Lord that, though !ie had belonged to the church for ("HAS. I). .!< vonty-tive years, it had only cost * or twenty-five cents. Whereupon V le preacher exclaimed, "May the E. M. CKOX ord have mercy on your stingy old J' nil." The speaker appealed to his V earers to have no such spirit to- i* ards their chamber of commerce, ut to give till they felt it. "Everyoily should subscribe for one or lore memberships and the organize- ~ IAII vlwilt l<1 lui fnr l? oo.? eo ?