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^ - '-A t alir iCcuuastrr Dieius (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUAN IT A WYL1E Editor W. S. HOUGH. . . Business Mgr. PUBLISH FRS' A N NOU NCKMENT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger, es tabllshed 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Enterl prise, established 1891, and eni tered as secoua-eiass matter Oct. 7. 1905. at the postofflce ' ' at Lancaster. S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year $1.50 Sir Months 75c TO SUBSCRIBERS. Your subscription must be paid up to and including year marked on your 'abel. If paper is stopped look a. your date and you will probably tind you are behind one year. Y.'e cannot send each subscriber a statement. Look at Your Label. If you do not receive your paper promptly we would appreciate it if you will notify us and we will correct the mistake. In the hurry of niaili'c out the papers uames of subscribers are someti- s left off inadvertently. ********* ********* * * * TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS: * * * * \\ e are supplying the Post- * * master at Lancaster with 11! * * copies of The Lancaster News * * o cnroi' un v lout onniow nf nnr M. * city subscribers. For our # * rural subscribers we are fur- * * Dialling each carrier with * * three extra copies. When you * * do not receive a paper ask for * * '-one. * * ( Lancaster Publishing Co. * * ? *V******* ********* -4?UTUESDAY, JULY 21. 1?14. w?Weather forecast for South Carolina: Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday. probably showeri in aouth portion. Don't forget to vote for Ashlwl ?} Brice for attorney general. Is The Anderson Mail aware of the fact that this is campaign ear? Clean up the town. City Fathers and you and all our people will lee better. Only one more week for enrol! meut. Remember the bonks .-Inst July 28. It was a bad day for John (J Iticbards. when he exchange! B--i Tillman's coat-tails for i hose of * *o 1? L. Rlease. Any one of them. Clinkse: lo> Manning. Cooper. Browning or th? two Smiths would make a goon ynv ernor Among the things that might V recorded in "Poor Richards' \lma nac," is that he climbed upon tk< hand wagon too late. The Newberry Observer s;t>s thai John G. Richards has cut out i pretty big job for himself 10 get him self elected governor and beat Kliit Smith for the senate. The Greenwood Index says it i= not worrying about the chance ol John (1 Wif'htirJc KaI n a ^ 1 o.I crsw ernor "He has as much chance.' says The Index, "as a tnllow legged man would have in a walking mate! in Hades." I ___ Governor Blease does not reninii at the campaign meeting - to hear lit! record discus ed |>y .Jeoiiilli; . allT'ollock. hut a- soon a " > fini : speech, picks up his hat md leav?-; the stand, with some t< >"' hi s? u pathizers following. Governor Blease is loud hi hi praise of General Hampton, Leit h does not tell the people that as member of the house trorr. Newberr county in 18h2, he voted seven time I against the grand olo man for rt election to the United Stai.es senai? The town may not have nine mnnnv to snend in nubile imorovi Iments. but one thirg could be don at small coat. the grass on the streei cont'd be rut. We nope the town ai thorities will soon ev'nce euoui; pride In the appear;tr<e of the tow to have-' the grass and weeds mow* down. * :v~ 1 Richard I. Manning's advocacy l!a* au<l order is well put in the fc flowing from hi* campaign speech Bamberg: "If elected governor tl verdict*!. o?. juries and the judgme pf the circuit courts must stand tay administration: yet I will gi full consideration to all upplicatio tor pardon and will extend iner and ' clemency where the causes justice and right are furthered. B after a fair trial those convicted applying the torch, yeggmen, sal crackers and pickpockets, and the who have attempted outrage on o women need not. apply to me t * pardon." THE Win Tl'KN HIM OUT? TH Senator E. D. Smith,, now serving "Greet his first term in the United States P'ace 0V1 senate, is a candidate for relection. ^ Ho was brought out by the cotton ' . . ,, Daily Joi farmers five and a half years ago * , . . . as ol Ui and was elected by an overwhelming 0vor 00 majority. While in the senate he has , , , i 'art oiiilt directed all of his energies* In the in, , . done to > terest of the farmers and has sue- joi1 ^ ceeded in having enacted into law ? , -. _ zens inmany measures for their benefit. So ^ ^ insistent has he been in advocating . . . , this evil, better prices for cotton that he is Q|ll . et known ail over the country as "Cotton Smitli." It is believed that the |)l>l)U a^' in condii cotton mill presidents and cotton ... .... , . , "c bopi buyers have no great liking for him. , . tins gre; Tlien why should the farmers of the 1 , . . . and at * , state vote to turn hini out? Has his . .. . tlicit thii opponent shown that lie can serve worse. them better than Smith? This optigers j ponent. when he ran tor re-election .... ' , \\ hy not . - governor two vears ago constaiitlv , . . , , , . , do away -tressed the fact that it was the rule in South Carolina to give the gov- yjr ^ rnor a second term and the people p^rg pu gave it to him. Now what's "sauce jlt, (>ull?*i' for the goose should be sauce for the 0|,j mea gander." The same rule insisted on jnK lo j, by Governor Blease two years ago. .)reawnl when he was running for an en- pardlv r dorsement. should be enforced In enough Senator Smith's case. By efficient office service he has won the right to a second term and we believe the peo- The S pie will give it to him. John G. _ - explain **ms( kk? .> hu.1gn I \ iitk.' by a cai Senator Tillman, like the pood I Kiehard> Democrat he has always been, says smith, s the new primary rules "insure an The def< honest vote." and that "there is lit- prove tli tie possibility of our having; as bad >e gUver a governor as Hlease has been." ar,js rU| Here is what the senator says: "Governor Hlease and Mr. Fortnerl Clinks I are howling about the negroes hav- true w|1( ing white teachers and the danger - , . i to our civilization from that source. * I am inclined to believe the Southern epitaph < people made a great mistake when gave hit they did not take charge of the ne- Qf the st | ; groes' education and put them aU ?nwna nr i under white teachers. HoweveY that ! may be. the one real danger, and a rural dl gre*?t one 't t?. to South Carolina's monwea civilization lies n a possible division among the white people themselves. Mend* making the negroes the balance of mt>eri power and the controlling factor in , j politics. As long as the white peo- Pr?P<'r a pie stand shoulder to shoulder and ; is doing fight it out amonR themselves, we said. "I need never fear, '"he new ru'ea,had to s ; adopted at the last convention to govI ern the primary, insures an honest a Ko\er vote and every good Democrat will out newi abide the result, whatever it be. lie pres; there is little possibility of our hav-:empjiasj ing as bad a governor as Blease has 'been." tribute! ??f the s I'llK >l.\\ FROM I.IBKItTY lill.L. John G. Richards suspended his There 1 tugging at the coat-tail of Governor Rancast* ' Hlease long enough at Abbeville to s'8tied t make an attack on Senator Smith. ^'le Itis line of argument being that the ru'e? '(senator had not shown that he was l'le v?t? a friend of the farmer. Of course, "pective lie made himself ridiculous, for if th,'ir na there is one thing Smith has done rapidly ; | that is clear to every unprejudiced b?oks * mind he has been the friend ot the ma'n ( farmer. Hut unlike the statesman <ive from Liberty Hill, he has not been a ^ ^en y chronic office-seeker for the past signed, ' twenty years. I'nlike him, too. he ^ol . has not been a political jiunpiug. . . , , , , Just . jack, changing his opinions on many , , , , , . club hoc . questions with the change of every wind that blows. Hut the senator ... . , . next Su will be returned to the senate by an morp (ja i I overwhelming vote, while the Lib..... ... j Ify hims f erty Hill man will be heard of no , . election -.more when his time as railroad comhave no ' nnssioner expires. The tin , CilVK WIXNSItOKO WATKK. ,,ow A headline reads. "Winnsboro Wants Water." Hut we venture the ' 0,npn i assertion that it will not get pure, '? ,'H' - wholesome drinking water if it act- When i upon the suggestion of one of its r,'*ulf* - - ilthiest ami me t promiir nt i iii- '-"glnni s zeus that "each citizen install his '"''J ',r' - ov 11 waterworks." Winnsboro will ' 0,iiitri? never go forward if such ideas pre might 11 vail. We hope our Fairfield neigh- W her s .. iii ?/.? *r?ie.I r..1.1 fornia i ' a complete sewerage system at the K,', 1 same time, as this combination is ' tlie wise course to pursue. There is re8P> w* '* always an element of opposition to 'f every movement which makes for.So11"' ( the growth of any town but this must 'n* 001 not be allowed to stop the march of ne^rt> ,l progress. Such a spirit should he ~~ overcome by the unselfish and for- Pnrt8 " ward-looking element. Good luck sf,owr 1 ,s to our Winnsboro brethren in this 1 late undertaking. Lancaster wishes a*a,nK' :h you well. ' rtoc*,n' n that oi id fompul CONSWTKXCV, THIS. v . em wh Governor Blease has boon un- Here of merciful In his tV uunclatlon or a^igta ,|. | United States Marshal James T. instruc at Sims, because' when a poor boy In letter h*. reconstruction times he set type In a ,'n?.pj,r ot Republican newspaper office. Yet he we in has now on his personal staff J. P. greatei ve Gibson of Hennettsville. w ho Mr. the coi a law ng Pollock says ran for the legislature cy .on the Republ'can ticket In Marl-! (iu|t?? of boro county and carried around with fore tl ut him as his body guard W. P. Heard, Thli of one of Roosevelt's Bull Moosers. j fr. i Yet Mr. 81ms has been a consistent the n< i8o Democrat all of his life and was ur given the United States marshalahip ?rei or by that sturdy T>emocrat. senator. Benjamin Ryan Tillman ca^ 0 I 1 4 : -ese LANCASTER NEWS, JULY 21 1: SAME EVIL HEltE. 1 wood will be a mucb better S3" which to live after the blind 1 is completely w ipeu out. fpf'' hove from The Greenwood M iirnal is as true of Lancaster In' reenwood, but will the e\il wiped out here, we wonder? B f it will not unless more is vipe it out than is now being B "here are enough good .-iti- B Lancaster who are opposed B legal sale of whiskey to ?top B if the various forces would B \NS2? together. When there is a B united demand for a change 59 lions, tlie change will come. PB ' * x 2 public sentiment against S ?) it evil will soon be aroused || , vork or we very much f-\?r H 1 ngs will go from ban to We all know that blind 98 ^1 '*' ' ire thriving in Lancaster. L. then, be up and doing to __________ with them? GOI> (i rby, in his sp h h at Lain- _ , ... This poem i it it on pretiv hea.v when , , , , . Carolina Press I John Gee a lour wyks villi* P.oni'li )>\ isi* baby, going around tryrnitate Col lb. as-"." From indications '.!?? baby will T^e world 1 each the walking stage suou world to go into the governor's And men are "God give t The needs urn tate hus this to say of Mr. I The creeds Rioahrds: "It is ditticult to 'rhc world is < or excuse the assault tnude ndidate for governor. Major ^,e Nations a i, in Aiken, on Senator IS. L). ^re slaying i candidate for re-election. The holds are eat of Mr. Smith would not "God give i e fitness of Mr. Richards to 1*? stjy th? tit nor. Why did not Mr. Rich- ^o that the i for senator?" What is true tcales rang out clear and The world is en in his speech ut Bauil erg Anon from "I would wuut no better1 Brave men ai on my tomb than 'Old Clink i "God give i nself for the boys and girls'Men that shal ate.' When you build u> the Men who b: td cities at the sxpetise of the!This world, a stricts you damn the couiIth of South Carolina " The world Is ? Who cares \ si L. Smith, In his speech at When men ar< 5, showed that he' had a God give m ppreciation of what the press; who heed the for South Carolina, when he Who staunc stand like Jefferson. If I our world la itand for newspapers without nment or government with- uod g've us \ spa per 8 I would take the pub- Who show s," said the speaker with [n deed.} of ki s, thus paying a deserved ?J?io give i :o the good work of the press vv'ho I've for 1 tate. For helpful To cure our bl are hundreds of voters in ?r county who have not yet Tju t in he club rolls. In every issue j;od Kave t< s'ews published since the new pure perff ere adopted, wo have urged A perfect i rs to go at once to their re- who follows i club secretaries and put Fears nnug lues on the roll. The time is ()r heaven's t drawing uear when the vill close, Indeed there re- what if the 1 only six more days exclu- Qr queer an next Sunday intervening. So fU|j 0f errt ou read this, if you have not Misleading lose no more time, but go and The Master I lr full name. Thru death ? Faith knows i one week from today the >ks for the enrollment of vol- lt??ck Hill close. So that excluding The Rock ndav there remain only six convened In ... . r 8:30 p. m. y? In which a voter can guui- B|??op C< lelf for voting In the primary n,0nd. Va? is We urge upon those who ?-nce will be 1 t enrolled to do so at once. Journtng Wed ^ . i? if K. T. Hodges ie is growing short. Do it w H ,leed ton and J. K. as delegates [fs<?r\ Krtncittiun Elsewhere. ,lis' church / rr.. v preach at 1 1 ; Editor of The News: cresdav. tv.i li.ii. f ll.o u n../lui'1'.il of compulsory education in fJc SlITP a I. Scotland or Germany we ut the prt inc "hut those are foreign home. It J s and what would suit th?*m ;\nv other p n?t suit the rnitod States." the nearest i Massachusetts and Cnli- you live ant -eport that tliey do not want under the I rid of compulsory education, enroll anyw s bringing ahout such prog- cinct nearef still have the old time argu ft that we can't try It in VETKR1 'arolina because while educat- 1 have loca rweFves we might educate the practice of 1 prepared to t now .Mfw Editor, when n- JJJ of^Hght rom our own Southern stales Hood Eire SI hat compulsory education of W. H. BO' ilte citizen Is his defease Graduate U. I the negro who Is already geona, W? K Into the schools, It seems _ , . lly the negro could fear the JOIUl A. sory education of the South- | ilte man. Hours, 8 to is what Hon. V .6. Gilbert. Ph?a nt superintendent of public ? ? tlon In Kentucky answers In a a T of the 8th Inst., as to results' ** \ state: Office Ore* ?t: We not only believe, but Offlco Hours ow that the state has made r educational progress under, mnttlutftPV lath' fhon )vofr\r<? j?tnh ? - EDG^ ond: Yes. the negroes were generally attending school be- ^ffl0? 'n Mo le compulsory law. 'd: The compulsory law has! Honrs sed the attendance of the OIBce pho > greater proportianally than igroes '? _ _ E. H. HI.AK K 1JK. anwood, 8. C., July 18, 191*. ' II r <1 doses MUl will break any f Fever or Chills. Price 25c. : ov?> . 4 :;*? p. . 1914. tl$) Xooh around j)oj^rrf &#/ I ctkrtjtChere. vrtCntTno arc B tjou, oven their ovCti he ? B ncU the 3\inte beside: B quarter* and their ?clla \j\\'\ | tematicalty pcoridtntli 22* 1 THE FIRST NATIO iv -v -: 8 Lancaster, i I'MTKI) STATES 1?E IIVE US MEX. vus read onto re North From Other Association at Wright r Wm. Laurie Hill: ??????? Ami Tlien > s full of need? oiittcs ? . , ( hester News, is full of creeds? crying? "L." Stands Fd is men!" Coley, thy middle i ist wait for men, Orangeburg Times ai await man's ken? SwaTT lying. There's a disea Swat it!?Darlingto re at strife-,? Press, human life, And Never 7 Kory. The newspaper tl is men!" everybody has never le of woe Anderson Intelligence world may know, Particularly Thi Slory ' South Carolina. have discovered, was full of sin, ' 11 18 8tm a pretty , .. .. News and Courier, out the din, M crying?. A l^t S. C. Foil is n,en!~ The legislature is 1 do his will, vltal statistic matter '.**? iif-U thrill. Sr^fSSSit -dying. Would lie. I foU oT greed? , If a,| the Smiths , . i . for Hoke and all I for numan need. "Little Joe," it is sui i buying? some race.?The Stal ore men! j baby's cry. Just Watrli h the tearful eye. , Nobody has got C led up yet as to wha eying. ^ ^je oomes back every ? and straight on every iii'.n of grace' cerns the well-being ho master's face? Hnlans.?Spartanbun ndness, , lcd!,. < are l^ss For There may be cons aur an good and roaring before brotherhood? ends, but the fact n indness. people of South Can crazy over politics a: .. . , years ago.?Green wo Ilethlehem, ' The Wilson ?ctlon; When President nan. room after the suf in his path? him. when he was h . . , . , . led by some of his il ht of heaven's wrath, tors ?<the smlIe he v ejection. had disappeared and termined lines aboi norld hath needs says a Washington . . Wilson. What he id varied creeds Heves. and denuncia ts? only make him in man. The President believ< ends the way? to endless day? * ? a a * ? * no terror. ? #? DMrirt Conference. jk -w' Hill district conference f ??? Rlrhburg Monday at ?8* ^ Tfi illins Denny of Rich- ? prcnffflng. The confer- ?? n session two days, ad- JIL Inestfay, the 22nd. Rev. t . pastor. J. M. Riddle. ? W. B. Culp, II. H. HorStewman arc attending J // A * from the First Met ho- V?^J Bishop Denny will t. in. Tuesdev and Wed- t v { -& ????? nd si>rn the club roll * ... D, , . . nos 1 tors. Key cmct nearest your ? ,f . . . ?.? have signed at 8?lf h?w.^" reeinct, go at once to 1' M ,x' ^ precinct to where men'8 arc/. NV I re-enroll. No one, ,t. depositors ules, has a ri^ht to * <3Tj here but at the pre- THE V AR it to his home. at Lanes RKSOI (NARY HUROKON. I^ans and .ted in Lancaster for tbe JL ^ counts, toy profession, and ta J Overdrafts. . . :reat your live stock for V Furniture and diseases. Calls answered ?% tnrss V <*?'_? " Due from B. vOB^PHy. 4; . n , rz. Veterinary Surgeon. *Bd B?nk?? " ? ?? a-?_ A rnrrssev. . . . Mi V/* tCfcCI IW?I/ -? f nhtngton. D. C. J Cold ? ? ? ?iirt V Silver and O Winstead, M. D. y Minor com r l.jMoa?t??r Dru* Co. > Check* and < IMagtfdals a Sp-cialty. X , items. . . . 10 a/ m., 4 to f p. m. Y kM MO and A ^ q Total . . . . a 7.T.V.V M D Jh STATK or BUI lXaJ PWmlcy. ^ County 8 to ? a, fen.. 1 to S p. m. J Before me caj Phone 1?7. 1 y who, being dul; Y? m ment U a true lR j. hinson {. said bank. DENTIST. A Sworn to ant are Building, over K B. J t?^*rC; C?\i - ? Correct?Atteal , 8 to 18?i to 0. A ne 33.1 Residence 118. i c B mutt l/. B. lUtA 1 A w. T. OREOOH DENTIST y R ours 9-1-J-J-8. r Lancaster Pharmacy. 1 "'ntfti 'i^i imi__ t ' / * BH , camino lcs$ than S ttic5 atu> haOc mo- 3 8 s. 'Their pennies their its vPere .5aita? sijs- 8|f r<n? rrTl j. I**nt it utorthtfhiU? | |I ?1SL: ft I iN?L BANK, |p|t!?| Iof suffrage is a matter for state action and not federal control.?Corapers |lumbia Record. leaching Sex Hygiene. ^ The National Kdueational Association distinguished itself by taking oine. action on two public questions?woo t . man suffrage and the teaching of sex hygiene in the public schools. While ~ ... ,, doubtless many will believe that the " i.i lf, association went out of its way and lame is i.eti. entered fields not embraced by its id l emoerat. laliors. it was certainly in its proper " sphere when it touched the subject * _ .. . of so-called sex hygiene and publicse-carrying ny jy declared that the school room la n . ews and no pjace for jts discussion.?Asheville Citizen. an He. ltemeinlier the Dumb Animals. ?a.a.Ca'Vi 1ahl> I During these hot months there Is O' p in eq. [ danger of horses, cattle and hogs iHuiieniiK iur wain ui waier. t\ iiiub 1 cow will drink three or four gullons s Summer. of wajer during the night and they tlie geologists , sj,ould have it. Many people let once tropical, i tHetr fowlB suffer for want of water, warm state. , Chickens need water a dozen times [a day if they can get it. See that all " j farm animals, cattle, fowls and your low suit. I dogs have w ater enough these sumto > . i roer days.?Dorchester Eagle. , This is most is far behind in i a Chronicle. I a * ' f? th? s.??<?* South Carolina has had so many Indeed {things to happen within the last few in <'eor*i-L vote years that were so very far from beih? Mrnwns for 1 lnK creditable to her that one finds relv going to be u rtlfTleult to specify. Every true v.? , ' South Carolinian has been humiliat- ^ ed time and again over prevailing conditions. Among the disgraces ii L which she has been compelled to enlinkscalea tang- dure are the efforts that have been t he stands tor. nia(je al several campaign meetings time, clean-cut to i,owj jown some of the gentlemen r '?8ae Vl.r>C?n" w'l? as Democrats and freemen have m m aro a right to be heard. Every sense of ? Herald. decency and fairness, to say nothing ? about their just claims, demands Politics. that they be given a respectful hearilderuble ripping ing.?Greenwood Journal. the campaign j emains that the { KOIt < OXGKKSKMAX. ^ alina are not as j We are authorized to announce * they were two p k. Finley as candidate for re on Jonmal. j election to Congress from Fifth Con? igressional Distrfct, subject to the , \%-Hy. rules governing the Democratic prlVVilson left the i ntary. fragettes visited , aited and heck- Popular Excursion to Cliarleston 1-mannered visi- i July ilOtli, via Southern Hallway, core on entering i Hound trip from Lancaster $2.75. there were de-j Visit the beautiful Tsle of Palms, ennt his mouth." I joy the cool ocean breezes. Call ou dispatch. That's ' local ticket agent, oelieves he be- W. 11. CAFFEY, tion and abuse Division Passenger Agent, ore determined. I Charleston, S. C. es that the right j 8.7-86 ?<# i Safety * <^\ a?? X jO^^^^^andprofit afte}?-arda is the rule in handling ja# . \ the money of our de- ?|? id our last statement and judge for your- ?++ the funds are invested, how ample the cash X ow easily convertible into cash the investre invite the strictest scrutiny from intend- t : y \TEMENT OP THE CONDITION OF V MERS RANK & TRUST COMPANY, V i?ter, S. C., at the close of business June 30, 1914. <8* ^ JRCES. UAUII.1TIES. ** Dts- Captal Stock Paid JL . . . $165,645.43 in $50,000.00 t 1 844.06 Surplus Fund.. .. 1,500.01 ? ' Undivided Profits, JL less Current Kx. .. 3,875.00 penses and Taxes O inks paid 8,251.01 i . . 37,213.98 Individual Deposits 3 067.00 Subject to Chtfc*' ?4.15* 71 V "J Aia r n Time Certificates <df pr ... . 1,047.50 IMpOsit. . r. . .'.V **.605.34 ^ ther Cashier's Checks. . . 41.51 497.51 Bills payable. In- ' " > ' eluding Certi ? catee for Money t Borrowed. .. . 66,000.00 .. .$212.65?.r>V Total $212,#56 5" X ITU (JAUOLINA, T of Lancaster?ss. n?i. <?.!. ? jT me W. H. Mtllen, Cashier of the above named bank, y y sworn, says that the above and foregoing state- V condition of said bank, as shown by the boolm of W. H. M1LLEN. ?L I subscribed before me this 6th day of July, 1914. jT JOHN CRAWFORD, Notary Public, t: W. T. Gregory, W. P. Robinson, W. P. Bennett. Directors. S BANK A TRUST COMPANY % ,Y, President W. H. MILIJBN, Cashier. ^ T. BRATY, Jr., Asstotaat Cashier. ^ ^