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4 (Sljf ICatuaetrr 5iri (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUAN IT A WY LIE Editc W. S. HOUGH. . . Business Mr PUBLISHERS' ANNOl'NCEME Published Tuesdays and Ft days at Lancaster. S. C., by T1 Lancaster Publishing Compan successors to The Ledger, e t&blished 1852; The Review established 1878; The Ente prise, established 1891, and ei tered as second-class matti Oct. 7, 1905, at the postoflh at Lancaster, S. C., under A f Congress of March 3, 187 sitiis("itii'Tinv pitir-r (In Advance.) One Year 9 81x Months TO SUBSCRIBERS. Your subscription must I paid up to and including yes marked on your label. If pap< is stopped look at your date ar you will probably find you ai behind one year. Wo cannot send each su scriber a statement. Look i Your Label. If you do not receive yoi paper promptly we would appr ciate it if you will notify us ar we will correct the mistak In the hurry of mailing out tl papers names of subscribers ai sometii s left off inadvertentl FRIDAY. MAY 22, I!>I4. ?Weather forecas. for S< Carolina: Generally fair Friday Saturday. Woodrow Wilson democracy good enough for us. We wish for every school eliil Lancaster county a happy and pr able vacation. August may give us a cold but this May is certainly uniqu a month of low temperatures. Flowers are ornamental, plant more of them; weeds art eyesore, let's destroy them. Honest men are pleased at prospect of an honest primary, convention did its work well. Human life is apparently abov cheap in Charlotte nowadays :i has been in South Carolina of years. Good roads make for a more tented rural life aim there migli a more general "back to the fti movement were there better road which to make the return trip. We will commence (he public* in our next issue of the new c< tution and rules of the Democ party of the state as promulgate the recent state convention. Our columns should be a guit: you in buying. The Lancaster chants who advertise want your ronage and carry goods whirl sure to please you. Be patient with the enthusias the young commencement oratoi will meet with real problems enough, real grown- up problem let him solve on paper the which now seem to annoy. The Lancaster News is the newspaper piib!<?hed In Lanci county and is theref' re beyond c tion the best advertising agettc the county. We are glad to be to make this statement without paring our circulation with the another paper, which not infreqi.4 leads to trouble. Many North and South Can towns have thought it wise to t warnivals. Lancaster might well Tow their good example. Ther joHlii'/# uplifting about such ah ve * much that is degrading. Rof they L^0 ?wajr * Rood deal of nn which shoJ'W be spent for somet worth while. The News extends crmgratulut and hearty good wishes to the tw graduates of the Lancaster gn schools, who tonight receive t diplomas. May the ten girls and boys be successful in all they up take in life. We hope that every of them will make the effort L> tain a higher education. The following from The Flor Times is full of optimism and the sonlng also is good: "We take an indisputable fact that alth< there may be much disagreemen tween people as to both men measures the majority of the v of this state are honest and pati and if the repeater'is eliminate shall find that when the maj peaks it will select the best n The Anderson Dally Mail says, redeeming feature of the elate paign meetings is that you don't to attend them unless you wanl which should be a comfc thought to people in general, the over-worked newspaper rej must go on, no matter how dls ful the job, that the people whr away may know what happen their absence. THE CLE AX CI* THE STREETS. Ufi we waited patiently lust week to see the town authorities put the streets of Lancaster in better and >r more orderly condition, but were disr# ? i I appointed to find that clean up week XT: meant nothing to them except the re- Spt,cjai t i- nioval from the property of Individ- Antioc 10 ual citizens of the trash collected uarper , g* during the week. This -work, per- rents ias v> haps, kept them busy for several |jarper 0 r- days, for we are glad to say that our Miss h ra~ 'citizens in general responded prompt- ^ ju>r g ^ ly to the call from the Civic League RJch and placed the debris where it could Miss 1 9, easily be reached and carted away, llpr 8jgte I but the women who inaugurated this Misses most important civic work had in ^ntioch 1.50 natnd a broader, more general cam- cu]p vtsi 75c paign. They hoped that the owners caster |a of stores and other such property would co-operate with them just as did the housekeepers and that the ?r town would set a good example, too, Special t id by getting to work on the streets. Kbene re Of course, it is useless now to dry. Th ^ worry about "what might have been" their lan at i done, what should have been done, Mrs. ? while the work was on, but we are section, ,r stating disagreeable facts now only friends t for the purpose of bringing to the returned e attention of the authorities, the ne- Mr. at ie cessity of a thorough clean up cam- dren visi paign on their part. For their assis- am| Mrs ^ tance in the prompt removal of trash |ast Fric collected by individuals, the town Miss I j merits and w ill doubtless receive, the Gibson \ >uth I thanks of the Civic League, but it is Miss Bet aIul our hope that the city fathers will jast sati I come to see that their work is not yet js ended. What of the tall grass and weeds which, for lack of cutting, Special t 'have grown up and are going to seed Fork d in "of only in the streets, but actually of tllis s ofit- 1 upon the sidewalks of the town? j but What of the paper which is to be COQj lha seen lying all about, freqently scat- a^out day, tered the entire length of Main e as stret? What of tho unsightly and very koc unsanitary ditches which should be ^ properly opened and drained? What let's i of all these and kindred menaces to s an health, as well as blemishes upon the landscape, little pieces of neglected 4 ' ' work which could and should be ^ t<?r t n 6 IVi r 11 done? We need these Improvements ^,1( in order to maintain our self-respect 1 ' aaK and, besides, we would like for the ^lr8, a M rn ,? appearance of our town to attract ' ' , it as mothcr-i , favorable comment from strangers is it Mondftv . , rather than have them unfavorably late Mrs ( impressed. Lancaster can bo made ? as neat and clean sis other towns and con- it is important that it should be. '^'r' al t jH, We appeal to the authorities to make rm>- it so. The Civic League has other a IS on important plans in view for the bet- r' terment of civic conditions, but little punter or nothing can he done until the ition streets and back alleyways are made * ' >nst- clean and presentable. The offeo- ( ' Mr ( ratio tiveness ot the work of any civic ord at ganization depends largely upon the ' ,iu'k' 11 attitude of the town authorities to- "ou^'1 ' wards these most important consid- essr le to orations which sin- rroquently neg- "Ull,,'r nter- lected. tors at 1 pat- Mrs. i is THE It. F. I). MEN. Mra- Til Those of our readers who take The tion the State doubtless saw the picture of ^'r- ^ m ol "Letter Carriers at Lancaster" in Hattie ' that paper last Tuesday and those Monday. soon i who livp in tlio rnrol diidrinio Mrs so Lancaster county recognized In Harriet ones it tried and faithful friends, Mrs- Hfor the carriers who bring to noon. . their homes newspapers and letters ?^r- ' 0,,1> ' six days out of every week are in Howers, IS'' r (truth their friends and helpers, keep- little da lues"jlng them in touch with the gr.eat Wf>re P'? ^ 111 world, thus broadening their vision Sunday a and brightening their lives. The car- WImhw '0,11 riers are the torcli bearers of enlight- Haker a ll ()1 enment, workers who are in a very Stella H "tl% real sense blazing the way for a bet- *^r J ter civilization. We honor these man l>0?*n v )liiri'who' ra'n or are always on sometini . ' ! the job. They seem to realize, how home, a boo , . , , much their coming means to those who live in sections remote from the e IS great centers of population, how do- Special . pendent their patrons are upon tiieui Camp i for intercourse with friends and regular * loved out' far away, well as for tion is r n inews which will help them make; hot- ' . M r. I tor crops and market them morq sue- rnnnagei ions i' Farm life has been made building e|Vft j more attractive by the establishment jnK ?t ided of ll,e rt"*a' 'tw delivery system, j heir wbich enables the rarnier to enjoy The f two the convenience of a daily mail. now, ki ider- Wp want all of our carriers, to l,P- (bot ??? ! whom we owe so much, to heed the ' one | Our I , 0|}. call of Mr. Sumner R. Williams of ory j-w ^ Lancaster, one of their ntimber, fn 10. Motli this issue, copied from The State, is ready ence and attend the R^ral letter Carriers' ' rea- Association, which wiil he held In HuM; Hp It as Rpartanbnrg July Mr. Williams Well. ough i8 carrier on Lancaster Route 6. only or t be- Much valuable information may i *V ..... . old scl and be obtained by meeting together and would t oters the welfare of the system will be ad- Anyway roltlc vanced. Resides these constant ^e d we workers need a little outing. We ^)Pt^eer ority hope Lancaster will be well repre- The 1 lan. sented at tne spartan nurg meeting, very go Mr. Ad "One Congratulations to The Pee Dee dots, cam-1 Daily, our flourishing one-year-old j' have Bennettsvllle contemporary. Few | 1 to," j towns the size of Bennettsvllle can Special rting boast of any sort of a daily journal Heat But | and the Marlboro county Reat has ''/ni'h'l'V >orter reason to congratulate Itself that it broken taste- furnishes such a live, newsy little turning ? stay sheet, one which would do credit to a was K? ed In much larger place. May the young an"jPj!'r'j dnil continue to grow and prosper. car wit LANCASTER NEWS, MAY 22, 1914, were unhurt. The accident oc FTHnrV A7V\lfO "bout fifteen miles this side [//V f Y f\f* Mfw luwbia. Mr. Hammond was < v the car when it turned Messrs. Jones and Tw'tty saved aythu-u selves by jumping. Mr. S. J. V ,ul n* w-ho occupied a car just in th i seeing what had occtnHrtFd, j o The News. hastily from his seat to the h. May 21.?Mr. Boyce and is laid, up as a result of jf Antloch visited his pa-; received in that way. . tj.Mi.tnv *? ft . ? w ,, * Mrs. J| A. C lark left MondE' t Friday, Mr. and Mrs. It. J. fQp the 'Fennell Infirmary a( if Klgin. Hill, where she will undergo Jthel Small of Antioch visit- ment. ister, Mrs. O. F. Hlnson, of Dr- w s- Moore went to Co I |Hst Kridnv ueuurnuaj iu ? "" ucl" rriuaj. state conventlon> of wh?ch h ,eila Harper of Elgin visited member. r, Mrs. H. It. Harper, of Messrs. H. W. Mobley, Clyii Ada Small and Madeline then, Glenn Maekey and S. . npljqi, Mackin, in addition to those i named, motored to Columbia ted Miss Ethel Small of I,an- nesday. st Saturday hud Sunday. The Heath Spring sehool is a very successful session uiu KRRNRTnn 1 direction of Prof. J. I?. llushai ' ' Misses Jones, Eathan, Brown, ? and Carothers. The faculty hi ? The clews. re-elected for the ensuing ter zer, May 21.?This section is Mrs. E. P. Hutson of Venter e fanners are trying to get ^er little sons, is visiting her i , . . , , Mrs. Horton. near Heath Spr1 d in shape to plant corn. Mr chlU(le ouncan Qf Blloxi >. N. Swett of College Hill is spending a few days with who spent last week with j rents, Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard t md relatives in 'this section, home Saturday. THE DEMOCRATIC COXVK! id Mrs. H. E. Vick and chll [ted the hitter's parents, Mr. staflr Correspondent Writes . J. R. Rollings or Catawba, Work For South Carolli lay. Your correspondent was in dae Stevens and Miss Mable dance on the recent state con ,-isited the hitter's cousin, as one of the delegates from I null UUUICMUII, 1)1 IVUCK lllll ? ? ? tWUIIVJT, Ullll l 3 jrday. Ira B. Jones, John T. Stevens Stewart, John E, Porter and FORK 1111)1). S. Moore. The body lost no 0 The News. Betting down to work. Hill, May 21.?The farmers The platform adopted hear ection are about done plant- dorsed the administration of the weather Is so dry and dent Woodrow Wilson, In hi t they are at a standstill domestic and foreign pol'cles lelr crops. manded that our senators v lealth of this community is ihe unqualified repeal of the I d at the present time. canal free tolls act. lizzie Council and Mrs. Lois. It recommends biennial sos* >n visited relatives at Heath the legislature and recomnun last Saturday. it enact laws to protect prima J. W. Wright visited Mrs tions from fraud. iVhlttaker Monday afternoon. it commends the effort belli id Mrs. Tom Hunter and lit- to advance the cause of ed liter, Nettie, visited Mr. and and to foster and develop tli ide Dabney Sunday. inoh schools and commends a TInnie Hunter visited her islation tending to improve or n-law, Mrs. S W. Hunter,. ways. afternoon. rpjie convention carried < ... D. Hunter visited Mrs. G. : mandate of the people to ado tenberry Saturday afternoon. ruies an,\ regulations as wi nd Mrs. C. E. Bowers visited guard the primary election 1 in White Bluff section Sun- fraud. There are many regi rnoon- hut the most important are tin i. H. Bhker and Mr. \\. R. js new club rolls to be visited Mr. Robert Hinson either ill writing or by mark afternoon. voter, who must have been a Harriet Shehane vlsi'ed Mrs. cratlc citizen of the state I utiter Monday afternoon. years, of the county one year oy Hinson and Mr. Jasper voting precinct 60 days. S berry visited Mr. Prank notice is provided of the time J which a voter can enroll lib s. Henry Klacknioit, S. \V. iTnder the new roles no white and John Outcn were visi- cratic citizen, however ignorai Iveishuw tlie past week. lose his vote. The com in it tee Jane Sims visityd her sister, stitution and rules gave earic da Neal, of l*iint Ridge sec- sideration to the mutter and t past week. standing inflammatory speei . . ( . Ellis and daughter. Miss |{?presentative Irhy of Laun Ellis, visited Heath Springs solicitor Timinermaa, who co ed themselves champions I in 11 it* Hunter and Misses "poor man,'' the convention b; and ( allie Sliehane visited Qf to, gQ> tabled their r L. Hlackninn Sunday Hiter- report Senators Appelt ar ton were also against the c ra Raskins and Miss Osie r,>port. Ex-Senator Gnrydan the bright and charming foeviUe, L. D. Jennings of ughter of Mr. J. H. Holers, Senator A'lTen Johntone ai iasant visitors at rilat Ridge George B'. Cromer of N afternoon. were thrw principal defenders * Gladys ( onnell. Myrtle majority report 011 the floor rid Zelma Raker visited Miss convention, migh Sunday a f tern own. jt- jH convention 1 ohtr Outcn and famify hare nf tne most represeirtative isiting his grandfather for ever gathered in the state, ar je. but hate now returned interest was mnalfosted by th hers in its deliberations as \ ....... ... . dencvd by their constant attc t A.Vir ( (?,kk. .... . ... _A both day and night. The to The News. (gogues and" politicians wen C^reek, May 20.?As the paratively few in number, corosspondent from tin's see- remarked by Senator Jolmst< m a vacation*, r am writing a "gijm tares" of the delegate s for Camp Cnrek. . , ... 'rank Williams. the efficient ed that tftey th'r* * r of the county cliaingaag, is solemn duty for the n?ople. us some good roads, start- The work has been done > Mrs. Recher Sti.-ole s and go- wit hstnmlVrrg the demn.?ogi t towards Lancaster. It looks m in street politicians will rip, rear, ea% .. .?., tk .. .. n .. _ *. iv. fnnm nf t)iA ninrifh f nfn ro armvm iiir iinmiK ?l It's*, JllJSW """" * tiling for our cotton to come elections ih South Carolina igh wme few have very Rood free t>om the suspicion of In parting Mr. I,. N. Monrgtm^ ,y anrf flW an* n<> "rh,t* irongb chopping. Mr. Whiter, f'rft*'c ritlzer* wilt lose nlH v lershed has a good stand* and i will talte the pains to put h to chop as soon as the wind on trm erub which I tam and I,?e Bryan Mother-'and plMCft W,U ^ du ' ad e visiting in Charlotte. . While rn Columbia we me polities Is poor business wftb erent tfmes, the following to candidate out. Who will trlans. via: Messrs. It. B. ret? Somehow, I thought my ? . . n^?.? hoolrpate, Mr. B. P. Adams, and wm' r-^ront<>. Mart tf out for something this year. Vincent. James A. Cautheu love to read his writing In (3. K. and M. B. Plyler, E ws. He hits Bhly Patterfton committeeman T. Y. Wllllar . the eyes and signs his name lg(ratw /ohn L Ca8k?y. W. , health of the community is ^ Massey, H. H. Ho od. As soon as we hear from 0. Strait, J. 8. Wllsoi>, T>r ams I will write a few more n?_.? i. nuji. > J. R. MOTHERftHBfr: " HEATH 3PKING. STAFF CORRK9PON1 to The News. Tom Hard hi IMeaw h Spring, May 21.-?Mr. Oscar The present promising nd of Stoneboro is in the Co- campaign in Georgia has bro hospital suffering With a every variety of candidate, leg as the result of the over- one of them suits Tom Wati of a motor car in which he himself is the only candldat Ing to the city Wednesday, in agree on and the Oevll y with Messrs. W. B. Twltty wouldn't have Tom for fear 1 ward Jones, who were in the make H?II too hot to hoh h him. The other occupants ?Columbia Record. ** - - - ' ?" . k ? * % curred Sk fTHEKLYTOSI S j JS MONEY IN ?~SIS * ?2WD A MIf 1 lumbla 1^1 ^ S IpiASK ANYMA> i?2f. : WHO IS SUCCESS Sfi HE LL TE?t^< )uncan. I*1 ktion |:j OPPORTUNITY comes ever) i?f , S [ I mw?oy- Ilfts yours conic I WEB^ attor.- M A savings account started a t/v vention [ ] / Lancas- I;1 come in handy now. Start ly no 5. r!1 s? [ ] you will be tti<? man ready p itl Ume %in M We Wl11 P3^ F'?U 4 PeI> Ceilt( inU III you put in our bank and cpmp lily en- Ki Presl- I l\ every three months. oth his l*| and de- [ ] ????W??1 olo ** u fjl " The First Natio dons of V] LANCASTER, S .Is that 1 ry elec- ] VNITED STATES DEPOJ K made i ucaiion _ 10 cominv leg- | SAFETY AND U 3Ut the iT safe- It is hard f|> got the two oo 18 fro... FARMERS' WtJ-TUAL hi illations ^ at there j problem. For 21 vears, wc signed * >y i he protection at a minimum < Oenio- vi i \ for two afford to take chances nn^ '.'i'1.1"' I mid liv<> stiM'k ' 11 ilin tn \ umrKri. - - -- -I- . ' within gce : "Zo_ R T? BEATY, Jr., Agent a lt **cd Bank & Trust Co., Li on con- i Or write D. E. BONEY, Man est conlOtwitll ches by ____________ 'in and institutof the ? >Iie cr mem- ready cash. It is far more hi x..s ?\i- i an(j time_aavinf, \ye pay special at 'flhil'lCO, T # , dema- counts and invnte them ill to opei * com- learn the advantage of doing so im As was inc. the STATEMENT OF THE CONI * 8how- ?% THE FARMERS BANK & TRU r? do a ^ located at Lancaster, S. C., at the close of t *t RESOURCES, iml not- I.oans and Die- Capital ties and >> counts $111,144.65 In .. nrt and X Overdrafts 1,726.97 Surplus Furniture and Fix- Undlvld primary i turea 2.875.00 less ( will be I j)Ue from Banks pens< neffularl- | Y and Bankers. .. . 11,332.22 Paid > Demo- > Currency 3,026.00 Jndivld ote who JL Go,d 1.006.00 ' 8ubJ< , t 8ilver and Other Time C 1h nnme Minor Coin.. .. 740.36 Ikepo he time X Checks and Cash Certlfle rtlsed. J Items 314.76 Cashier Vancal- | TotAl $132,183.94 Tot* Mackey ? STATI0 OF SOUTH CAROLINA, r?. Arch et County of Lancaster?ss. G M J Before me came W. H. MUlen, Cashier c Executive 1 wtl?* upon dul* "worn, ??T? that 1 us Mas- V "tatement Is a true condition of said bank 3.'Lang- ?S> of said bank. rton W. Sworn to and subscribed before me thla E. F. A W. P. ROBI John 8. ?L Correct?Attestj W. T. Gregory, W. P. ] Directors. >BNT. y % FARMERS BANK & TRV political X \v. T. GREGORY, President "nut??Uo A ? * nBA ' " *?*<" himself _____ ie yould i-i n *. ?tp xi , him for Results I ry a Ne a ' It M ' t ' 7f777*7?77?>>>>>?v a w JCCES? |! THE|p> | A\ i iFucv/ i iu. I ^ N /day to 111011 with E YOU READY? i years ago would ; >w; 111 a few years j i the money. ; irest on the money ound the interest J y y y ?????? y . nal Bank i c i ilTOHY. ; # w COST mbined, but the is solved the have had safe cost. Can you buildings '(?ii. \ .t the Farmers mcaster, *& ager, Yorkville. * *? * * * ?*? * ?T* Vrite ?|? I Check A >r your bills when ? pespnted instead of until g around for isirn ss-like, dignified tent on to ladies' ac- ^ i or; here. They'll med ately. JL \ 1 ^ a 3ITION OF ST COMPANY, jf tuBlness March 4th 1914. jr LIABILITIES. > Stock Paid +++ *DU,U00.00 f I Fund .. .. 1,500.00 V lad Profits, A Current Exjs and Taxes V 6,994.71 $> ual Deposits Jf. act to Check. 60,643.79 V ertlflcates of ?? sit 21,540.39 JL d Checks 1,463.74 wf 'b Checks 31.81 ?S? I $138,168.94 V if the above named bank, Lhe above and foregoing i, as shown by the books 4? W. H. MILLBN. % 10th day or March 1914. NBON, Notary Public. ? Bennett, A. B. Ferguson, % 'ST COMPANY & W. H. MILLBN, Cashier. t Cashier. % "! ^ !ws Want Ad.