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r 4 Slir ^aiuaatrr Nrum (semi-weekly.) t: JUANITA WYLIE.7.7T.Editor 1' W. 8. HOUGH. . . Business Mgr. e rUBLISHKIW ANNOUNCEMENT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The I Lancaster Publishing Company, " ! successors to The Ledger, es- t ! tablished 1852; Tho Review, established 1878; The Enterprise. established 1891, and entered as second-class matter t I Oct. 7, 1905, at the postofflce it at Lancaster, S. C., under Act j t of Congress of March 3, 187 9. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) j( One Yoar $ 1.50 c Six Months 75c r TO SUBSCRIBERS. C Your subscription must be N paid up uj auu mu-iuuiiik ye'ii marked on your label. If paper is stopped look at your date and you will probably find you are behind one year. We cannot send each subHcriber a statement. Look at j Your Labol. If you do not receive your 1 paper promptly we would appre1 elate it if you will notify us and , we will correct the mistake. In the hurry of mailing out the papers names of subscribers are sometii s left off inadvertently. TI ES1)AY\ JUNE 1?, HM4. ?Weather forecast for South Carolina: Local thunder showers Tuesday; Wednesday fair except showers and cooler near the coast. The duty of the hour?to sign the . Club roll. "Do it now," is evidently the motto of President Wilson. The strength of Hlease's coat-tail Is being tried to the utmost. See if Comptroller General Jones doesu't vault .into office without a fcomersault. Be sure to sign the.club roll and write your full Christian name, as Well as your surname. Coat-tail swingers seem to please tome people, but our preference is for men who can stand alone. We hope Congressman I-iobson will force his associates, each and all. to respond one way of another to his cold water toast. Ain't the lawyers greedy? Just think of it?three of them, Bloase, g Pollock and Jenuings?after poor j old Farmer Smith's scalp. 'a v Watch out for "They Say," during |j the campaign, when he commences v to circulate his lies. Make him v fcpecify persons, times and places. e Ia A fashion note in The Charleston |j News and Courier tells us that ooatja tails are being made extra long this t year. We wonder if they'll also be 0 made extra trong. jj, g Are you helping the women of the't Civic League by buying lyceum ! j tickets? By so doing you will be furnished with excellent entertain- t Juent at u nominal cost. s <1 "Charming Cheraw'* is also ambi- j, tious Cneraw with a candidate, for the ia United States senate as well as one n for congressman from the fifth ais-i^ trtct. K 11] The fashion of making coats w fhould change by having more than 1 ^ one split in the tails thereof for the i s: convenience of candidates for office. . v ho desire separate honrs thereon. ' w , Wat-h Lancaster set an extra H move on herself when fhe sewerage'11 system is installed. We are informed I that uch has been the nlstory of all Kl towns after the installation of sew-1 r erage. ;tl Tin* editor of The Yorkville En- ^ quirer attended the Blease caucus in s the supreme court room at Columbia Monday night. It seems that differ- ! ent kinds of Grist arc going to the | ' Ulease mill in these latter days. P In the death of Hon. Adlai E. p Stevenson of Illinois, Vice President a during President Cleveland's second t administration, the country has lost h one of the few last statesmen of the j old scnool famed for their straight-it forward, rugged honesty. . The supremo court of South Carolina has fixed the place of residence * of the two little Piekons-Tillman 1 g'rls with their paternal grand- 1 parents for the next two months. ( i Their subsequont disposal may call ' for an enbanc session or the Judges < of South Carolink. ' _____________ i Remember, Mr. Voter, that there i Is not a single newspaper in the i state running for an office this year, < and when you hear any candidate i "cussin' out" the newspapers you I can Just put it down that the "flutter I of the pigeon tolls where the shot has | struck." I ? cv; .U !. |J?I THE LANCASTER NEWS. .1 (i()IN(j HK(i(ilN'(i. iHE rKOl'liK KKSPONSIIILIO. The News and Courier deplores The recent tragic death of a young he fact that the time for filing white man of this county should ledges by the candidates has expir- cause our people to reflect upon the d in Charleston and no candidates conditions which are largoly resp<>n,-lth one or two exceptions, well sible for the frequency of such <jc? i 1 f-- ti>o nffii'o ?m offerinir nirronpou Thu noor vounir fellow quiypi'u iv/i tuw V..W-, %? ~ ? vw>. c ? ? . or election. Our contemporary says, jR but a type of others, perhaps not No citizen can scrutinize the list of so bad, who have been allowed to he men offering for the house with- grow up in ignorance and violate the iut coming to the conclusion * * * * law systematically and Regularly, hat a delegation constructed out of without anything being doAe to deter he candidates now in the field would them. He could buy mind tiger >e inefficient to the point of liumilia- liquor, carry his pistol and defy the ion for Charleston and of offense for iaw with impunity. He had been ne rest of the state." tried one or more times in the courts What a sad change has come over ami was allowed to go scot free. Charleston! Tt has been only in re- And his is not the only case. He, :eut years that Charleston has been and others like him, are the outcome j epresented in the legislature by men of a condition, not only in Lancaster >f mediocre ability. Formerly such !county, but throughout the state of [iants as Simonton, Simmons, south Carolina, which is truly fright-i 1 raw ley and others line them, were ful. It there hud been a law wherehe representatives of that county, by this poor young fellow and others j~ tut Charleston is not alone in this re- like him, could have been forced to ;pect. The delegations from other attend school, their darkened minds j ounties for the past few years have would have become enlightened and 1 alien far below what they used to they would have been taught to love ?e. The Charleston paper asks why God and their fellowmen. Had his his is so, but does not answer the acts of lawlessness been punished j inestion. We do not know that we promptly in the beginning of his tai tan give a full explanation, but wo career, he would have, perhaps, | >elieve it is due in large measure to changed his ways and have become a j ho fact that those who are best good citizen. But the point we wish ' ou< Itted to serve the people, will not j to drive home is that we as a people ser :onsent to stoop to the modern meth- are responsible for the present con- | >ds necessary to be elected. It is ihe ditions of ignorance and lawlessness j ule, with exceptions of course, that in the state. Those of us more fori man who runs upon his merits, tunate have been too much concerned : in (peaking his honest convictions, re- about advancing our individual in-1 Cardless of whether they make him terests and have not gTvqn encour-1 rnpular or not, stands a poor chance agement and aid to the unfortunate j ^ ?f being elected. It is a pity that and misguided ones about us. "Am hat those best fitted to serve the I my brother's keeper?" is a question tei >eople are not called upon to serve we should often propound to ournem. On the contrary, the custom selves and the correct answering of s for the candidate to do all the seek- it will solve the problem of our livng himself, using such methods as ing. Our church obligations and the ^ vill win votes. The result is that on obligations we owe to society, have Tr: he day of election it is a kind of not been fulfilled and we are now pay;rab-bag affair and those least de- ing the price of our neglect. The lirable are as apt to be chosen as anv demagogue has taken advantage of WO >thers. our failure to fulfiill theso obligations (jit But this should not deter good and is making the most of it. If every i neu from offering for office. It is a man and woman in South Carolina luty they owe their state. If they would strive in the future to dtsefuse and bad laws are enacted, charge the obligations we owe to pjp hey have no room to complain, those around us and to the enforce- a < Cach county should send Its best and mont of the law, there would be a ?< nost patriotic sons to the legislature change In public sentiment, which egardless of their factional align- would soon be felt and the blind nent. We trust that other counties tiger, pistol-toter aud other lawless not vi 11 do better than Charleston seems men would either change their ways in? o give promise of doing. or seek a more congenial climo. Men ne) and brethren, these evils are still jK61 with us. What are we going to do, A TRIUMPH OF PRINCIPLE. about them? Coastwise vessels of the United ; Kli Itates will have to pay tolls for pass- T|||i, (XM),HATE'S SOLILOQUY. wh ng through the Panama canal. The , ? , . ..... . . (With Apologies to Shakespeare.) ,ct under which they were exempted . . . ... . . To swing or not to swing: That is the cas passed by a Republican adiuinstration in the interest of a syndicate l'lu s,'on ... . , , ., Whether 'tis wiser in the race to HI I'liieh owns ninety per cent of these crasn essels. Before tliey were made ex- . . ;,iai ... . , ... The swinging coat-tails of the powers en, mipt they were already protected " 1< igainst foreign competition. Yet a 1 tl. e' . , . , . . . .. ,, Or tread alone the path political, tepublican administration gave them . .... . ..si i- . Erect and independent. To grasp; ulditional protection by relieving ^ tor hem from the payment of millions *? '10 ' not , . ,, . . . i . , Yea, more: e'en by our grip to land ?0 if dollars which would rightfully be- m . .... , .. .. . i The office, and the thousand per-'in* nn C in tlio trphcnrv nf f ho TTn tnr) ' r "**" v*wi" 141' v" w ouisitefl itates. But the strangest part about I , ... ... . . ? .. ... .. Of office holding; tls a consummation he tolls exemption was that the .. . . . . .. . . , , . , i Devoutly to he wished. )emocratlc party should have endors * I mc d such a subsidy by making it one of liai he planks in its platform. And If the modiatora insist upon their I Rr| Ganger still Is the fact that a Presi- ! contention, which Is the view of theent elected on that platform should ,lnprta delegate*, that the provision-j avd had the honesty and courage to al Pres'dent a mRn not identified | dvocate the repeal of the iniquitous w,th any Political faction, the peace | Rtr neasure and successfully carry it' P'an8 W"1 come to naught. The ; t,P| hrougli in opposition to many of the j Araorican delegates insist that the to real leaders of his party, who raised I cholce fal1 on a man of di?tinct con- J he cry. the "cheap cry," that we IHtitutionalist sympathies, one whow? rere surrendering the canal to Great wau*d command their confidence. qU tritain. Others equally clamorous 1 *hort of satisfy the yoi aid it was in the Democratic plat- * onsl^utionalists. who are now al-, arm and agitation of the question !,no8t roady to ftnter the C,ty of Mox"' 1 'ould create dissention in the party. ;(-(> And they arf> entitled to recog- 'in oine politicians and newspapers because they represent the Ne ave been unrelenting in their at- Pp?P'ft ?' Mexico just as Medero did. i ^ icks on the President. Rut in the I N'? Pparp terms thatr.ro not satlsfac- j mn t tfx 111*, fnllmi'nwu a# nn/1 I erene consciousness that Ik* was ... . ... , . . . . , , ... Vila wll amount to anything, and Ight, he never faltered, never hit , _ , j0, ... ... . this President Wilson sees clearly, ack, but pressed the repeal measure ( lirough both houses of Congress. ?- ( nd now the United States will not Tj,e pock Hill Record says that land accused by the world of violnt- P. Stevenson, running fof Con- sei ig the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote Kress in this district, will win the foi reaty and making herself odious; respect of the newspapers because, n the nations of the world. The jH, js advertising with them. Chn' assage of the tolls exemption re- j ()ther candidates follow Mr. Steven- m, eal bill will teach a lesson also to son's example? It would not only da arties at home, and the monopolies redound to the profit of the news- ^ nd special interests should know by papers, but would be Information to his time that there is a man at the the voters. tic lead of the government and not a j th< lolitician whom they can handle as! ~ hey please. Cumbered with so much in the ori way of a cognomen, we predict slow ? J progress in the gubernatorial race aei We were recently congratulating for Mr Mullally. A friend of ours he head of a family upon the fact thinks likewise and has Inscribed the hat his boys were never seen loafing j following lines to the poet-politiclan: m' ipon the streets of the town and In- j ?'John Bailey Adger Mullally ** luired of him why such was the case, i Is now In the governor's race. Mis reply was that they had never! With a four-worded name, legun the habit, that they enjoyed j "J ^ ht? faca.e $ staving athome dofnrchnron inr thoirl C - ?- w" VMV" t|l another and that when not doing tome work about the premise* they Now that Co.onel Roosevelt la In would engage in athletic stunta and London this week and being gome- ? )ther forms of amusement and spend thing of a militant himself and in faseveral hours a day reading some vor of woman suffrage, it Is not unhelpful, Instructive books. We pass likely that he will head a procession this on to other parents with the Bug- of tho suffragettes ana with his big gestlon that they encourage their stick go around and smash up peo- j joys to do likewise. pie and things In general. rum-: Hi, 1014. > lttwfaflifkfeMan6 r.v/ ,f : * .* ' , ' "it isn't what's in uourhcn^bui xeh what goti can do, but what uou do 6 plobber gets along because tic goes < ! waster; he gets ahead because he be jDon't postpone saving any longei .^Bcink today, if only a plodder.? 8? at a time. You'll get ahead. THE FIRST NATIOl $ Lancaster, S I MTF,I> STATUS OKI BACK AT vn r\ . v r> rrom Uther rapers The Old (iuanl Never We wondei if Rallr , , ~~ sioner John G. Richards Eyesight. sign before enterting Some candidates can see a coat- governor.?Lancaster N 1 a mile off.?The State. "The Old Guard dies surrenders"?nor res Then What's the Use? berry Observer. Many are convicted, but few serve t half their days.?Newberry Ob- llut We Don't Know / ver. Spartanburg ?~? Which is the best tov Do You? Greenville or Spartanbv Do you think it will take you more to Messrs. Banks, Book* in two months to write your name to give in their evidenc full??York News. News. We are surprised a Swat Theni Mightily. plished editress of Th Don'tv forget to swat the coat-tall News. Thought she kn lngers and political demagogues W?11 enough to know th s summer. The state will be bet- hest town in the w off if you will.?Chester News. Greenville Piedmont. An 111 Wind. " He Evidently Believ Two things we missed by the dry Th? Newberry Obsei ather we should feel thankful for those dissatisfied with mosquitoes and mud.?Tugaloo niary rules as follows: ibuneJ ' ' > heard from, the new i ?:ive general satisfaction Gets a Place in the Picture. floaters and to the pe along the border of thf Roosevelt will herewith show the ? 8ta ? .. ? S.OW lWrtant at a?w^- our contemporary und, ig the father of a groom really is. thesft classes the dlssa Charleston Post. paper comes??-Lancast We have often heard Won t. Come Off. can ask more questions If you want to know howr to feel than a man can anawer taunt in hot weather just consult Newberry 0bserver. candidate. Ever catch his smile? Greenwood Journal. _ . i Endorses Our Ser beet We Forget. One of the ministers If the people of this section have | ty, a man whose opinio t. thanked a gracious God for send- , while, writes us as follow ; a much needed rain they have < . ... , fleeted their duty.?Gaffney Lod- !our rt>c?nt editorial on r, ! of President Wilson I i North and South, upon Poor Sillies. ering his refusal and s If the English suffragists think .. . .. .. ng George has anything to do with n Decoration lining the British government, "-*t Arlington: v, they don't deserve the ballot.? Lancaster, S. C\, R. F derson Mall. J Editor of The News: The Only Difference. I wish to heartily end Life and love are very much alike, tiele in Lancaster News e is just one dam thing after ano- June 9th. sustaining P ?r anil love is nothing but two son in Decoration I)a; m?things after each other.? Arlington cemetery. V irence rimes. that here in the south, be any necessity for su No Good ut Mathematics. Colonel Roosevelt r.as made his- Notice, y and altered geography, but he's The patrons of Camp t much at mathmatlcs. He seems jistrict, No. 15, are i think Progresslvelsm is multiply- meet at Mr. Jim'Pardue >, whereas it's really approaching day june 20, at 4 p. 1 o as a limit.?News and Courier. Worth Thinking About. ? ? Don't kick about the heat. Re- +* mber it is making a balq and a If of cotton grow where only one X ?w before.--Atlanta Journal. ^ S A Tip to Politicians. \2& So many politicians never seem to &L Jr ,rn the simple proposition that a j A ?JJ night line is the snortest distance ^ Lween two points, until they begin f vw\ fall away. Be open, bo frank, be /fl ithful and the people will support 11 longer and more heartily. They f II get onto these virtues just as ? ickly almost as they will get onto v\W Vi ir curves of hypocrisy and deceit. J ^v\h\\ c 1 ^ Clreenwood Index. \\l j * \ Pay in Advance. ^ \\ / > _ No railroad will carry a passenger J less he pays to a point ahead. t show Thorn wspapers are rapidly adopting the , " tire ne plan, and it works. If he is the I'amiers I ng three months, he pays three ? by check. You 1 mths. If one year, he pays for a worry and time j ,r NO fares, are to be collected nified basis than I lit? MMl (II LIIC JC# 11 I II K a^CIUIlU ^ irnal. Y A STATE A Id mi ted Capacity. ^ THP FARMS The Rock Hill Herald does not be- ?j? ^cal" at u?casjm ve that advocating Blease for the e% late is going to make many votes X RESOURC a candidate for governor this V l-'O&ns and Dieir. "If the governor," it thinks, j >* counts uts his mark of approval on a cor- | X Overdrafts n candidate, some thousands of I Furniture and Fixaase men will vote for that candi- ?? tures te, regardless of hia fitness or X Due from Bankc allocations. but tbeacp are other an<* Bankers. . . . >usands of Blease nitbi who will not Currency controlled by 0u4fe > a considers- X Gold >n." Considering the numbei of Silver and Othei ase taetleians, we shefild think The <? Minor Coin. . . . raid's view amply Justified. Gov- X^ Checks and Cast aor Rlease's toit-Udls cannot hare <r Items s carrying capacity of a seven pasiger tearing car.?Charlotte Ob- Z Total "ver Jk STATE OF SOOTH * *4? Many a man baa gone long on the county or L trket only to find himself short on J Before me came 1 :Ur.meat day. ..t < V who, upon bc'ng d & statement is a true . \ X m a . . ? Patrons of Dry Creek school are of ?? bark, lied to meet Saturday, June 20tb, Sworn to and sub school house at 4 o'clock to elect f istees for s?id school. V i VJTF. HUDSON. X Correct?Attest. ^ Chairman Board. ltor\}?w*p?*v6fait tmb t>a?* y VARMFDQ J X w^^EsSS. I xdVtoX v^ovt itaNAb eoob vq*x>A V R T CVCCOxi)VWX^-\> \ T FIRHT NATIONAL BANK. T-J m f*s in SB o only action tfin&Qhe alotty, because he's nol cu~> >es not lose his hcab!-//ertert/tiijfoff. r. Start to put money in our US. A CARD. Surrenders. f0 the Voters of (mIIr Creek, Townond Cornmis- ship?Gentlemenf: j'.Jr*. ro I have dectdedAo run In the next the race for primary election Li^fTTV county, for iews. tj^e office of Magistrate pf Gills Creek I hut never township. [ if en* ? Now- # This is the first time that I have ever asked the good/people of this tmlorson ?nil county to vote for mfc for any office, ? although I have helV"??P*crnl posl, . tions by appointment. I 1m now a rn.^Annerson, off in one hind leg, caused by ^ a h lS UP rlieumatism, from expoau: ? by my a'i err??n ,onS term as policeman on he streets Lancaster ijancaster, though I don't think .. that it will interfere with me much, t the accom- as j fjon>t expect to have nqueh kickle Lancaster JnR to do j wjn let the other fellow ew G.reeavtiie do th klcklng , lat it was the ? 'hole state. Now, Gentlemen, if you will kindly elect me to this office, as your servant as magistrate, I pledge you my es It Too honor that I shall dfscharge the ver cl-issifles dut,es of the offlce to the be8t of , . ability in accordance with law, and ~ in doing so I shall never forget to bo ar as temper justice with mercy. ^mary rules " YourH yery tru,yy except to the ISAAC T. HUNTER, i North Cam- (Ad.ertlwm.nt.) we inquire of OUR CITIZEN'S DEMAND er News. that a woman Fully Compiled With?A I,an enter i in a minute Resident Fnrni*he<l It. in an hour.? There are few items which appear in this paper more important to Lan caster people than the tatement pubitiments. lished below. In the first place It Is of this coun- from a citizen of Lancaster, and can . be thoroughly relied upon. In the ins are vsorin secon(j place, it indisputably proves ivs concerning that Doan's Kidney Pills do their the treatment work thoroughly and not tempor>y his critics, arily. Head this carefully: ,. i i A- W. Chance, merchant, Main St., nis reconsm- [jancaatPr> aaya; "I have been using peaking after Doan's Kidney Pills for years and Day exercises they have always strengthened my kidneys. I am satisfied that they are a good kidney remedy. I have felt , much better since using them. I une l.i. 4. think H3 highly of Doan's Kidney Pills now as when they cured me lorse your nr- 8ome years ago, and you may con, editorial, ot tinUe to use my endorsement." Price COc, at all dealers. Don't jr episode dn sjnipiy ask for a kidney remedy?get . a ?i Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that there should Mr chance had. Poster-Mllburu ch an article. I,.0 > Propg # Buffalo, N. Y. Creek school ' To Cure 11 00,41 ,n ?ne pp?nested to TakeUtXATIVKBROMO Quinine. ItntopaU* requested to ( Coil|fh ,nd nndworh off the CoM. 8 next aatur- 1 Drugpita refund mo.,y if it iaila to cut*, n. | H W Ct/lVK'l ''truatutv* e.-u-h bo*. 25c. ^ I yt02? Dispute | ??x abount payments is possible if you have the cancelled checks is no denial possible. Open an account ^ Sank & Trust Company and pay all bills i .vill avoid lots of trouble, save lots of and put your affairs on a far more digthey are now. ?? V 2MENT OF THE CONDITION OF X fc SRS BANK & TRUST COMPANY, *X \ 9. C., at the close of business March 4th 1914. E9. LIABILITIES. V Capital Stock Paid ?*+ $111,144.65 In $50,000.00 % 1,726.97 Surplus Fund . . . . 1,600.00 V Undivided Profits, 2.875.00 lesB Current Ex- A I penses and Taxes V 11,332.22 Paid 6.994.71 O AO r AA ?_ - ? a,v*?.w anaiviauai Deposits 7 1,005.00 1 Subject to Check. 50,643.79 t Time Certificates of M 740.35 Deposit 21,540.39 JL i Certified Checks 1,463.74 t 314.76 Cashier's Checks 31.81 $132,163.94 Total . $132,168.94 CAROLINA, X an caster?ss. / ', W. H. Mllleo, Cashier of tb*<jtboTa named bank, *? uly sworn, says that U)?,4feDYe and foregoing V condition of said bank, as shown by the books y W. H. MILLEN. A scribed before me this 10th day of Mardh 1914. ? W. P. ROBIN80N, Notary Pgbllc. I SV. T. Gregory, W. P. Bennett, A. B. Ferguson, X Directors. MNK &)TRUST COMPANY | v "resident W. H. MIIjLRN, Cashier. IlfcATY, Jr., Assistant Cashier. Y