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4 QJt)f iCanraatrr 5mn? (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JU ANITA WYLIK Editor \V. 8. llOlHiH. . . Business Mgr. PUBLISHEIW* ANNOUNCEMENT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster. S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905, at the postofilce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Si nSCHIPTION PRICK: (In Advance.) One Year $1.50 Hix Months 75c TO SUBSCRIBERS. Your subscription must he paid up to and including veur marked on your label. If paper Is stopped look ac your date and you will probably find you are behind one year. We cannot send each subscriber a statement. Look at Your Label. If you do not receive your 1 paper promptly we would appreciate it if you will notify us and we will correct the mistake. In the hurry of maili^" out the papers names of subscribers are Bometi s left off inadvertently. ? Weather forecast for South Carolina: Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday. Tl'KSH \ V. SKI'TK.M IJKK 15. KM 4. 1 School days. lluy your clover and vetch seed for sowing between this and October 1. Our condolences to Cherokee and York counties, hut both of them can, ?it least, "report progress." Make up your mind, Mr. Farmer, to sow your land in wheat and outs, ns fast as the cotton is gathered. The governor of South Carolina is absent from the state, on a visit to Portland, Maine, not to Portland Ned. Drill in vetch or clover between the cotton rows, preparatory to planting the land in corn in the spring. Portland Ned ought to be given his liberty if he will divulge the whole thing as to how he got out of the governor's olliee. Major Richards has one comfort, that the other defeated candidates have not?lie will not he a statesman without a job for the next four years. The Charleston Post is behind in times badly. It says "Kdgefield, the county of .Mr. Sims." The Chronicle and Advertiser will please take notice. The demagogues and strife terrors. having been put out of 'justness by the recent election, we wonder I what they will turn their attention t to next? Governor Hlease used to bo fond of throwing ofT on statesmen who would be out of a job. We presume a follow feeling will make him wondrous kind now. 11 the present state of the cotton market, caused by the war in Kuropi will not induce the farmer to reduce bis acreage in that crop for another i year, pray what will? We hope there will be large gath'< ring of the farmers of the county at the cotton congress to he held in the ?oiri house Saturday. This is ai .important meeting and should h well attended. We can't see how the calling of the legislature in extra session by the governor can hel| the cotton dilution. (iovcrnn)' nt help it it wer? practicable, is no* so much needed at his time, as self-help and '-o-opeiafiou on the part of all of out people (Jovernor Hlease is venting his Mpleen on the notaries public, of the atate. who voted against him, and who hold their commissions "at the pleasure of the governor," by revoking their commissions. Such narrow-niinded action is contemptahle to say the least of it. When our farmers come to town they should call at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce and meet Mr. Kllison, the newly elected secretary, in the second story of the Springs block. Mr. Ellison is anxious to meet, them and to talk over matters relating to the rural communities. In view of the general depression in business, it was a timely thing our tax payers did in voting the bonds and water extension. Our Londs vere well, sold before ha.'i times came upon us and the money 1 y tow mi ha l with which to complete th" vork. Vt-yc\i.. 'J ' Kl?l CATION WILL KILL IT. While the defeat of Blease for the United States senate and of his r candidate, Richards, for governor, ii and the election of one of the best v legislatures the state has had in a c . long time, is cause for general re- a joiclng. we Would do well not to for- n get that Bleaseism is not dead. The t: New York World, is a timely edi- a torial, warns "self-respecting Caro- c liniaus'' that "they have not yet h killed Bleaseism." Says The World, ti j "To do that they must educate the si people. Twenty-live per cent of a South Carolina's population is illit- n j erate. A considerable element of ii J the whites are ignorant and easily y nusieu. rrosiraieu in succession liy 11 war, carpet-bagism, the hideous \\ I orgies of the freedmen, hurricanes. It earthquakes and the blasphemous d demagogy that now approaches an end. once proud state cannot hope h ever to stand truly erect unless it r< shall have the sure support of popu- 'tj lar intelligence." S! The members of the next legisla- tn ifurc should not trifle with this all important ma** ?r by "humming and st nawing" a? t. ' ether they will en- in act a local option education law, or tli one <>C a state-wide character. The s' si local option make-shift will not an- jj swer the purpose. It is merely an ot expedient of the spineless politician pi to shift responsibility from his shoul- ''' ders back to the people of his county to see whether it is popular or not. it While there is argument for the sc regulation of the whiskey traffic by 'u local option, there is none in the ||| matter of a compulsory education law. The need for it prevails all w over the state. Ignorance is rife fc in Charleston .Beaufort York. Bancaster aud all the other coutnies; it tu ..rwl !,? r..~ I. l_ - o ^ me mc t ruicu.v iui it I5? XT si state-wide lsiw. Only three states he in tlie Union are without such a lsiw, and why should South Carolina not tsike her stand with the other progressive states in the Union? 'Mir border state, North Carolina, has re- ^j eently enacted n state-wide .law, ap- j,. plying to children from the age of ., eight to twelve, and it is giving uni- Jn versal satisfaction, and the people of j1( that state are now sigitating the limit so as to include all children from rsi eight to fifteen years of age. The pi present illiteracy in state, if al-' lowed to remain, will afford some {*' designing politician in the future the |{ same opportunity which Hlease took w advantage of four years ago enabling him to work so much injury to the hi state. If we are to save the state >! from demagogues of his class our 1" people must **e educated. to TAKK COl'RAfiE, U The condition of things is not so G gloomy us many people think. The progressive farmers of Lancaster county are in good shape. They ^ have plenty of "hog and hominy" on hand, and the surplus crop of cotton a< they have made they are in a posi-Jiw tion to hold for higher prices. We had a conversation with Mr. J. E. Craig of th?' Craigsville section and ^ Mr. William Hays of tin* Sapp's Cross Roads section recently and were itn- ,ai pressed with their feeling of optl-1 mism. These two farmer*. raise \try little cotton. For several years past they have given their attention to T< the raising of food stuffs, cattle and hogs, and as a consequence they are indifferent tc. what the* price of at cotton may he it the near future, ;or A \? hat little they will gather thev are J'j in a position to hold until the war \ ciot.ds roll by. Mr. Craig sells hay lx and clover the year round. Mr. I' Hays says he has corn to sell all the unit*. i 11 *ri* ,ir<* pieniy 01 omors in s!l the county who are in the same in happy frame of mind. I" Ik hovs* corn* 4 'i.i iis. What has become of the Lancaster a Count\ Hoys* Corn Clulis? A year b or so ago. there were several clubs b in the county which vieii with each w other in the raising of corn, but for w some reason or other, the organizations have not been in evidence lately. Now is the time to revive them again. We call upon every farmer t in the county, who has one or more boys, to begin to lay off a piece of ground at once, so that they can get ready to plant it in corn in the tl spring. The tlrst thing in order is d< i the planting of some kind of cover ? IF* crop, to to be turned under in tl?e i spring. And we suggest to the boys, during the fall and winter months to gather up stable ana barnyard manure for use on the land, and to study out the proper method of cul- j tlvation. J ' r e What the Germans stand sorely in t need of is such statesmanship as she 1 had in the days when Hismark was s Kuidin* the destiniea of the German empire. It is true that his policy I was one of "blood and iron,'' yet he knew just how far to pursue the policy. If his advice had been taken , in reference to Germany not taking \ over Met'/ and Strassbur* at the end c of the Franco-Prussian w ar in 1871. | ^ the present war mijrht have been ( averted. 11 ^ J ^... THE LANCASTER NEWS. Tilt: SCHOOL HOI'SI:. The school house should be the allyiug center for all the people ii a community. It Is the one place .here people of religiouB and politial differences can meet and discuss nd plan for those things which j lake for the uplift of the commit niy. It should therefore be the best nd neatest public building In the ommunity. There should be spac-1 mis grounds surrounding it and rees and flowers should be planted r> :is tr? iimlin tl>o ?.!??" ....... t?.i . >?> - < vuv I'mvr VU1UIUI till'lml attractive. There has been larked improvement in this respect i Lancaster county in the past fe.v ears, but there is room for much lore improvement. These thoughts ere suggested in reading the fol>\ving, penned by our great Pre ent, Woodrow Wilson: "There is one thing in which 1 ave been very mucli interested in scent years. You know I used to be schoolmaster and the interesting ling about the schools of the United tates is tliat the United States lakes so little use of them. I pr "For example, you take our school ouses all through the countryside, anding there, there and everywhere , i the cities, and they are closed for ic most part between the school sei- 'mi on of one day and the school seson of the next day. They are pub- 1 e r buildings. They helong to the r'v immunities. They furnish ideal vol laces in which to assemble and disiss public affairs. They are just' liat we need for neighborhood ro1 itlierings of every kind. And yet,cm was reserved for a recent date for ! miobody to suggest that the school ^li: iiises lie made social centers; that ln ii-v ut- uhku ior every Kinn 01 legitimate conferences. so,: "The back on the farm movement bill ill never be a reality until the ?)ia hool house becomes the center of . terest. Singing schools, debating cieties, musical concerts, phono- rov aph readings and musical pro- tax ams?they all tend to bring neigh- ( ?rs together and to broaden their . inds and make their ideas more >eral." sul ?_ bel HI.KXSK CIIARCKS FHAUD. to Governor Blease, instead of taking me s defeat philosophically. having wit ul his "little day." is manifesting ! spirit of revengefulness, and male- me g charges of fraud. For instance cor i throws out this threat; sul "I have never and will not now iSoi ilse my hand or voice to defeat its ha' esent results. But I warn the1 ?ople of South Carolina that the .. itience of the true majority of the anhood of South Carolina will very con ttle longer stand tliiR treatment rivi liich they have received." LQ The "majority of the true man- ^Uf ood of South Carolina." represented v something like 20,000 in the first rimary and tin,000 in tlie second. i^- apuKfii m mi iinceriam way. .in'J ^ use (Jovernor Blense's pet utiranee, "You ean't help yourself, mM ing overuor. * IIIS WISH. "Hood morning, Covernor Man- * ing. We wish you mighty well, and ?nt ust that you will not run your ofllce ene cording to the dictates of a few iwspapers of South Carolina.?'-Fox t ill Times. Ani tori We presume the "few newspapers he Times has refonce to are The orkville Enquirer. Newherry Herald 51 s id News, The Scimitar and The "H' ort Mill Times. If so we join aartily in the wish. see on Mr. Stogner Explains. 0 the Editor of The News: This is to correct a nilsunder- cor anding that so many people have iked nie about. H. L. Parker, M. ., . Rlackmon and myself were ap-' s ilntod by Mr. It. S. Stewart, county i'1? lairman. as election managers at be? ntioch in the late primary. It has (j? ?en told in the community that B. . Parker would not serve and M. A. lackmon and myself did not want <lu 1 serve. I have never in my li*"e iid that I did not want to serve as anager or any thing else that my ople asked me to do that would 'o dp my county or community, and po ly man who said that I refused or eh; iid that I did not want to serve, told in lie. 1 have never proved a traitor tin ? my country yet There are others iss no ougut to nave explained this, ho ut have failed to do so. I have cei ritten this to let the people know int hv this change was made. coi E. L. 8TOONRR. stu Antioch, Sept. 14, 1914. is Card ot Appreciation. w' o the Editor of The News: hci I take this method of expressing ne ? the voters of Flat Creek township gr ly appreciation of the liberal suport they gave me In electing me to lt< te office of magistrate. I shall eneavor to discharge the duties of the [flee to the very best of my ability, nr urthermore, I have no angry feel- ("1 igs to gratify towards any one. Ni Respectfully. pa O. C. HEOLRR. pa Sept. 14, 1914. al! fir lie Sure and Hear Him. 19 State Superintendent of Education to E. Swearingen, as heretofore an- ar lounoed in The News, wili make an tm 'durational address at the court jbr louse on Saturday of this week, the 9th instant. We urge upon all the ichool trustees, patrons and friends >f education to be present and hear W dr. Swearingen's address. hs T1 Now's the Time, fu We suggest to our city fathers the teed of getting the sidewalks of the own In passable condition before the vinter rains set in. The filling in >f low places with sand, gravel or ar tnders would help materially until ht vork of a more permanent charac-.fi er can he done. Don't wait until tad weather is upon us. BKPTKiMBKU 15. 1!)14. _ "(Uv | ' carry it vC like a bul \T A OTal (.^ v- -' '^- *> g fSss ?r\ ,? \*n At > . ! TTIt1 AJORITY DIVIDED ON WAR REVENUE ST oposed Tax on Freight Charges Will Probably l?e Settled in 1 ,iv t 'auciis. ^ * Washington, Sept. 13.?War reve- 8U" e legislation faces a tiglit w^fhin m>' mocratic ranks this week that may ,e(*t al the Panama tolls strugglt/ lit? M 11 ( 1 D It against a proposed 3 yrr eeni j re(j : on freiglit transporatlouf charges | itinues to grow amT a, party cau - | me, ? has heen dnmanjWf. 1 ''eh ^ m 101 >o strong were protest - last week I j it administration leader decide-1 !J.j10 await the return of President \V il tlie i before introducing the revenue he i I. Majority Leader Underwood ^ lis to see tlie President on his ar- jgj al from New Hampshire tomort and ask an open espousal of the Jfllcials close to the President re said he unhesitatingly would I iport the freight tax, while others I ieve he will advise the committee I make a thir<l attempt to provide | ans for increasing the revenue hout precipitating party stri??. Several Democrats, including tubers of the ways and means nmittee, already are preparing istitutes for the committee bill, ne insist that a stamp tax still will re to be accepted. \nother source of trouble is the lure of the senate committee on amerce in its readjustment of filter and harbor appropriation bi'l satisfy Republican members f?li- ?* itering against it. or \isiie Ik Prepared Stand Retreating Army, 'aria, Sept. 14.?It is officially an- ' ineed that the Germans are maka stand on the Aisine. Phe statement is as follows: . 'On our left wing we have everyero caught up wtli the rear guards i even the man body of the -my. ? Our troops have re-entered ions abandoned by the German ces. 1|L The enemy appears to he makng tnnd on a prepared front nlong rver Aisne." ?. "On the center, similarly it would m as if the enemy intends to resist the heights to the northwest and the north of llheims. In the region ween Argonne and the Mouse he itinues to retire. ? 'On our right wing, in the Woevre J triot, we Itave succeeded in relievC the Forth of Trovon. which has ?n attacked time and time again ring the last few days. (Tryon is miles south, souheast of Ver- ? n.) V V Others Should Follow Suit. % The Gregory-Hood Live Stock mpany-'s offer t<? pay 10 cent per and for middling cotton in e\- % inge for anything in their line or i ? payment of any indebtedness due * firm .appearing elsewhere in this lie, is to lif eommenrred ami should j iiiiKiHfd ny oiner raininess eon- j J mis. Mr. W. T. (iregory, president, M orms us that his other business , unections in different parts of the | f tte will take similar action. This > co-operation of the right kind. tton purchased by the firm will be * thheld from the market. If similar M lion should be taken by all busi- JtL ss concerns in the state it would t eatly help present conditions. M 4 >hinson-Cloud Company to Hoy t Cotton. ^ KspeciaJ attention is called to the w advertisement of the Itoliinson- J oud Company, in this issue of The *< > iW8, on page 8. particularly that ?> < trt of it where the nrm offers to ? ,y lb cents a pound. In trade, for *?> 1 good middling cotton sold to the in inriwtrttn uuw Him January 1, A 115. This offers a good opportunity ^ all persona who have to buy fall id winter Roods. It simply means ?u< 'o cents more for cotton than it is ^ luging on the market. } Sjieclal Notice. > Chestuut Camp, No. 166, W. O. '., are requested to meet at their V ill Saturday, the 19th, at 7 o'clock, i ^ lis is an imporant meeting: and a 11 attendance is requested. C. S. CASKEY, Clerk. ! ? Notice. ' The next regular teachers' ex- ^ nination will be lield at the court >use on Friday, October 2, from a. m to 4 p. m | Jfc V. A. LINOLE, I County Supt. of Education. -ej 4 ii nm . ! i,, in . am. i e w>orl6 is < eft of Gwerjj h from ib vteight cmd your t'ur2 'ttll a .squared shoulder and a lt< 'He % # ic up your mink to sa\ i yourshoulders and FIRST NATIONAL BAN] Lancaster, S. C. SITED STATES DEPOSITORY. vTITATIOX. \TK SOUTH CAROLINA, Cojnty of Lancaster. J.J0. Stewman, Judge of Probate. ' Vnereas, VV. U. Ciyburn has made : to me to grant him letters of adlistration of the estate and efs of W. E. Roberts, deceased, 'hese are, therefore, to cite nnd icnish all and singular the kindand creditors of the said deceas that they he and appear be ore In the court of probate, to be I at Lancaster on September 4 n?\t, after publication thereof, II o'clock in the forenoon, to w cause, if any they liave, why said administration should not granted. liven under my hand,* this 15th of September, Anno Domini 4. J. E. STEWMAN. Probate Judge. 117 wai CATTLE,HOC BUTTER A We Pky\Mor< than anybody. Wllen vol first. Wo lmndlo mio ohoi you any kind of 01/ von w; Ground Meal, Cream < jio< th? best, phono 1(>0. / I crry meai Stogner Bros i. u.'?4brr4~.it-1>< i . Prouri ... a. ' a'V k- --1- * a ' J > i J*i ')> I 7?' * ?? J** safety of your money. If tl render within thV bounds c ready to give it. \ And you' dealings with us aV all times. STATEMENT OF TH THE FARMERS BANK i located at Lancaster, S. C., at the RESOURCES. Loans and Dis counts *16&,64&.4;$ Overdrafts 1,844.06 ' Furniture and Fixtures , 2,876.00 > Due from Hanks , and Bankers . . 37,213.98 Currency 3,067.00 Gold 1,047.60 Sliver and Other Minor Coin .... 497.61 Checks and Cosh Items 766 u9 Total |212,956.6V STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster?as. Before me came W. H. Milieu, C who, being duly sworn, says that ment is a true condition of said 1 raid bank. Sworn to and subscribed before JOHN CF Correct?Attest; W. T. Gregory, Direct FAMERS BANK & ' W. T. GREGORY, President ? R. T. BEATY, Jr., i "n%Vv ?n the ^ i man" w >?? grows doubly heavy, cjht heart an? it ri^c3 -v Merherf /foufivarr ?- { }~ 5tart. Cv?*(4rr One dollar K, Will open an I Account !??.* ..vV::'';7s i see WOODWARD J For * Irlu inliing I and Electrical s Work phone :m i ited iS, POULTRY lND EGGS e For HIDES i have anv to soli sec us ? icest Meats and can give int. Fresli Celery, Home so always on hand. For V r MARKET >. & Connor etors. v I Safety, Service v and Satisfaction Y \ confidence as to the ?. Q|* an account with full bank. You can open V w the all airs ot this Jj) are looped together in y lere is any service we can V >f good banking we stand 11 find satisfaction in your y B CONDITION OF V fc TRUST COMPANY, V close of business June 30, 1914. LIABILITIES. V Captal Stock Paid in $50,000.00 X Surplus Fund.. .. , 1,600.00 Undivided Profits, ,' % less Current Bx- _ i pen see and TAxea . V .... I ,1 *C1 A, i. 0,?U1.V1 Individual Deposits X Subject to Check 54,6(6.71 V Time Certificates of ??? Deposit 33,605.34 X Cashier's Checks... 41.61 V 'Y Bills payable, In- % eluding CertI- X cates for Money <r Borrowed 66,000.00 Total $212,966.6? ashler of the above named bank, X the above and foregoing state- f bank, as shewn by the books of W. H. MILLEN. 4? ) me this 6th day of July, 1914. A IAWFORD, Notary Public. ? w. r. nooiDRon, w. r, itennett, i torn. \ TRUST COMPANY ?' W. M. 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