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4 ' " ?Ijr IGanraatrr Kruij (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUAN IT A WYL1E Editor \V. 8. HOUGH . . . UuslnesM Mgr. PUBLLSHEKS' 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 postothce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SI'HSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year $ 1.51 Six Months 75< TO SUBSCRIBERS. Your subscription must be paid up to and including year 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 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 malll,-<? out the papers names of subscribers are someti- s left off inadvertently. ?Weather forecast for Sout Carolina: Generally fair Frid.ij and Saturday. FRIDAY. OCTOIIKK ?, 1011. Have you bought a bolt of clotli during cotton goods week? The clipping of Von Kluck's righ wing may keep him from flying over the fortifications of the allies. If some teachers taught as dili gently as some parents have to do there would be little need of the superabundance ot' home work. It turns out to be not such an ex traordinary session of the legisla ture after all. Governor Hlease. as usual, was on hand pouring out the vials of his mighty wrath. If you have that pride in your town and county which you should have, you will join our boosters on their trip to Columbia during fair its trip to Columbia during fair week. How about the legislature passing an act or joint resolution curtailing the length of the governor's special messages relating to those whom he is wont to characterize as "my enemies?" While the legislature is deliberating on the matter of curtailing the production ot cotton, it might also consider the feasibility of passing some measure insuring the production of food stuffs. Every member of your family, Mr. Header, will want to be in Columbia on Lancaster Day, October 2 9, so do not deny them this pleastire, but go down with them and make the day a memorable one in their lives. Have vou faith in what tht> fnium holds in store for this town and county? If you have not, the fault is in you. Hut if you are a booster, all is well for in that case you know that good things are in store for us and you will compel others towards the same belief. " It is very strange that the socalled "poor man's" friend, who was so loud iu his protestations of solic itude for that unfortunate fellow, now most in need of his good offices, seems to have gone into his hole since his defeat in the \ugust primaries. It is certainly high time for him to he doing something. The "Industrial Edition" of The State, consisting of a mammoth issue of 88 pages, is an achievement very much worth while. It tells a tale of progress In South Carolina which should reassure the gloomiest pessimist. The thrift and enterprise of The State, which made possible such a piece of work, excite the ad miration of all Its friends. Have you women bought a bolt of cotton cloth and will you help relieve the present stringency by wearing cotton dresses this winter? With a heavy wrap, cotton frockf may be worn with comfort all winter and by a general wearing ol cotton clothes much may be done tc increase the demand for cotton an?1 thus raise the price. By all means hold your cotton of! the market, unless you want to set the price go down to four or cents, which means ruin to th< country. It is radically wrong foi those who owe no pressing debts tc ? setting meir roiion tor tens mar ten rents and even those who ow< debts should get their creditors t< eo-operate with them in keeping th< rotton off the market. CIVIC WOHK. 5 We find much to commend in the decision of the Civic League to undertake the planting of trees and grass, for it will add so much to the r appearance of the town and will : j suppdement the improvement which 1 is to begin with the street paving. The matter looks toward the making of a "City Beautiful."' a work which should appeal to us all. When the ' streets have been properly graded, it is the purpose of the league to plant elm trees, which are said to ! grow more rapidly than others and more symetrically. Then when the pavements have been laid the civic workers want the property owners ) to have grass plots beyond the ceB mont, which borders their property. As leaders in this aesthetic work they promise to set the pace by having the grass plots around their own property and urging others to do likewise. Those of us who have seen the beautiful shade trees and grass plots along the streets of Columbia, 1 Savannah and Augusta know how much they add to the attractiveness of those cities. We hope and believe that the people of Lancaster will he glad to co-operate with the women of the - Civic League and that next summer. the new pavements will not be in ' i themselves our only cause for congratulation. hut that a good start will he made towards more trees on the streets as well as well kept grass plots. 1 , ? PK.XT1CK KCONOMY. y In view of the distressed coifol1 tion of affairs, brought on by the war in Europe, it will be the part of wisdom for our people to practice the strictest economy. The | prosperous times for the past years had developed a spirit of extrava1 gance among all classes of people and it takes just such occasions as the present to teach a wholesome lesson. Our people have been living beyond their means?many of them spending, each year, more than ! their incomes. Each head of a fani- I ily should systematize family expen- ] ditures, teaching the children the habit of doing without luxuries, and ' co-operating with the grown folks' in minimizing the family expenses. in view 01 me depressed condition of affairs it may not only help the family to tide over until times pet better, but it will he good training for the children. The lesson should he impressed upon them that periods of business depression are sure to come, indeed swiftly follow periods of extravagance, and that each member of the family should not forget that the "rainy day" may he just ahead and that the sensible person will lay by for it. That is a beautiful charity for which funds are being raised to send a Christmas ship laden with toys to the children of the Kuropean war ' zone. Contributions in the shape ot all kinds of harmless toys will he gladly received. Nothing sugges- 1 tive of warfare will go to those little' ones whom war has separated from beloved fathers and brothers and has orphaned in so many cases. But playthings in which children may tind innocent amusement will go from neutral America to cheer the darkened homes of Kurope during the approaching Cnrtstmas season. I We are glad that so far hard times have not caused a falling o(T in our subscription list. On the ( other hand we are gaining new readers all the time. Those who receive The News know that the cost of the paper is infinitesimal in comparison with the information it contains for we give space to everything possible that seems to offer relief from the present depression. We are publishing this paper in the interests of the people of both town and county and the people had rather go without something else than give up reading The News. From what is said of Governor Blease's special message to the extraordinary session of the legisla, ture, it abounds in more, if possible, bad sentiment, misstatements, vitu , yciniiuu <11111 itniint^ man nis mes| sage when inaugurated governor the , | first time. The legislature should , have too much self-respect to allow | the message as a whole to go into ' | their jorunal as a permanent rec(iord, but should cull out of it all that . I is objectionable. For the passing j tof Blease we should all be truly > thankful. I > The little Plckens-Dugaa-Tlllman 1 girls are to he hauled again before f the supreme court, for that august ?' tribunal to pass in judgment, for the i third or fourth time upon whether ? they shall make their abodo with r their mother or their grandparents. > It is to be hoped the court will make i I some final disposition of these little 5' tots and not be dragging them from > time to time, before It. as the whim 5 or caprice of the contending par| ties may dictate. , frlV * ? TIIK LANVASTKR NKW | 11* TO THE KAKMEH. It will be the part of wisdom for the cotton farmer to realize that he Is mainly up to him to work out of the present dilemma in which he finds himself. Nobody else can do it for him. Along this line The Charleston Post has this to say: "The farmer is chiefly concerned in this thing. He ss the first and the greatest sufferer by the depression in. the price of cotton. Let him look the problem squarely in the face and determine whether, in view of the certain reduction in the value of cotton if produced in full measure next year, he thinks it good business to plant the capacity of his farm. it is a plain business problem, such as the merchant and the manufacturer has to deal With frequently. The farmer can get through this emergency if he will put his mind on the problem, and he will be a great deal better off for the effort than he would be If he put his salvation into the hands of anybody else?especially the politicians." ritAISK I'Ult Jl lXiK MOOItK. We take the following, in praise of Judge Krnest Moore, from The Union Times of today: "Judge Krnest Moore, who recently presided over three weeks of civil court and one of criminal court here, impressed those who attended the court of his impartiality, capability and wisdom. He is a man seriously impressed with a sense of his "osponsibility and is unfailing in the discharge of his duty. He is, moreover. unfailing in his courtesy and respect \yf others. It has been si long timf" since we have seen a judge on the bench that Impressed us more favorably than did Judge Moore." Dr. George W. Dick of Sumter, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, has withdrawn from the race for speakership of the next house of representatives, which leaves Mr. James A. Hovt practically the sole occupant of the Meld. Mr. Hoyt is the present clerk of the house and Is a skilled parliamentarian. Col. Alfred Aldrieh in a communication in The Greenwood Index, claims that he "evolved the theory by which the price of cotton in August. 1913. selling at HVt cents, was advanced to over 14 cents by October." Good enough. Colonel, but get busy and "evolve" another "theory" whereby she can go up again. Gentlemen of the city council, i while we are waiting for those cement pavements, upon which the "women and children" will tread, give us some cinders on the sidewalks. Those same "women and children" will have to wade to their shoe tops In mud, even on Main treet, when the winter rains set in it something is not done. The Chamber of Commerce is affording us advertising of the right -ort by securing a "Lancaster county day" at the State Fair. It is now up to us, from the town and from every part of the county, to become members of the boosting party from Lancaster. We want to make this section better known. Will you help us by lending your presence? Senator Clifton sang the tinale of his "swan song" in the senate this week. lie emitted the opening strains of the song in presenting the minority report on amending the primary rules in tl** last Democratic state convention. Colonels Harvey and Watterson, realizing that Woodrow Wilsou has come to stay, are repenting in sack i loth and ashes, isn't it ahonr time for Champ Clark and some of his ' lesser lights to be asking for seats on the mourners' hench? .Inst for the sake of novelty, if for nothing else, don't talk hard times all the time. In this connection read Sheriff Hunter's comr.^'n'^ition 'n thi !j?"m * and y>u wit} see that times are not neariv so had as they have been. COTTON* ST%'liK SHOW OPRXS. Women Prominent in Society Acting as Patronesses. Washington. Oct. 7.?Women prominent In offlciul society are acting as patronesses of the National Cotton Style Show, which opened here today as a part of the movement to promote Interest In the SouU/s great product. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the secretary of the navy, had one of the largest exhibits, showing nearly 100 articles made from cotton in her state, North Caroline. Among the many who showed model gowns of cotton were, Mrs. Champ Clark and her daughter, Mrs. James R. Mann, wife of the Republican house leader; Mrs. Ben Johnson, Kentucky; Miss Sallie Williams, daughter of the Mlssissipipl senator; Miss Lucy Burleson, daughter of the postmaster general, and Miss Callie Hoke Smith, daughter of the ueorgia senator. The decorations consisted of rotton plants showing all grades of growth from the seed to the finished product of the looms. S, (XTOBKH 9, 1914. r Impossible I in the; Impotttltnlih? i meaning, Clttuxrt cVsr hod ?Ui?en partf?tei hearted efforts of qui . iA. J3antl ; mght and dav|. Tt| gcr it ejets. If rnatu j 1vaOtf. itw , |[3Konfl^j|| th j | From Other Papers 1 Hark to Cotton Hose. Change the styles, make the dresses longer, and let the oldfashloned cotton hosiery for ladies come back into vogue.?Anderson Intelligencer. South Carolina to tlie ltescue. The grocers are now looking for a shortage in the tea supply and the South Carolina tea farms may be called to the rescue. -Charlotte Observer. Ihiy-a-M illion. The "buy-a-bale" movement Is be { ..n .... |...|i.ii.ii iiiiuuKiiuui me country that it will soon become the buy-a-million-bales movement. ? Itock Hill Herald. Where is He? What has become of the old time farmer who used to bring the editor a side of bacon, a bushel of menl, or a nice fat pullet or two simply to show his friendship??Gaffney Ledger. Mr. Hooker's Pleasant K\|>orionoe. The person who dies without ever having, as a candidate for some office, received a voter assuring him not only of his vote but of his influence, dies without having experienced the most pleasant sensation in the world.?Spartanburg Journal. liny Cotton Clotli. The wear cotton movement is worthy of support, just as much so as the "buy-a-bale" plan. It is just us much your patriotic duty to respond to the "buy-a-bale of cotton cloth" as it is to the cry of "buy a hale cotton" before it is made into < cloth. There must he a demand and a consumption of cloth, if the way I is to 1??? cleared for cotton. I.et the I people of the Sonth buy cotton cloth | .ind consume cotton cloth.?Spartanburg Ilerald. Manners Proof of Character. It has been well said that the best proof of a man's character is his nnnncrs. To be sure it is not an inallible test for many a rascal has '.orii distinguished by his suave and popshed manners, and on the other hand extreme diffidence or natural awkwardness sometimes makes a i.ian of purest character act in a boorish manner. But almost invarlably it will he found that good mannerr and good character go to- , pother, even as the lack of one usually means lack of the other.? , Orangeburg Times and Democrat. A Good K\ a hi pie. , Kentucky's moonlight schools, through which it is hoped that adult 1 Illiteracy will soon ne banished from , the Blue Grass State, will reopen this week. Over 1,000 teachers ' have already volunteered their ser- , \ ices. It has already been demonstrated that with tart and energy these schools can he made a success, and that among people whose pride is proverbial. Kentucky, says Tlie ?'ourier-Journal, is the tlrst state to ?iM'ni|n any movement oi tuts kind. Ought she to he the Inst??Xewra rind Courier. Idle and Injurious Talk. The mere suggestion of a "stay < law" is injurious to Soutli Carolina. Able lawyers agree that such a law would he unconstitutional; that its unconstitutionality already has been decided. Therefore, discussion of it results only in imparting confidence in the people. Were it possible to enact such a lnw and were it enacted, the result would be that South Carolina would be quarantined as a plague spot by the commercial world. Merchants, bankers and industrial corporations would not be relieved of paying obligations due In other States and | mr-ir mummy lO COllCM (lebtB due them would cause' their creditors to wtlhdraw credit from them. An Immediate result would be the withdrawal of credit from manufacturi Inn concerns; that would cause them : to shut down and tens of thousands of employes woutd be out of work. A j "stay law" wonld hurt the whole j state but to wage earners It would be nothing short of calamitous. O fcourse there has been no serious notion entertained of the en acimeni or such measure, no sane | legislature would give It ccnslderai tlon, but unless our people want to j invite more trouble than they are now struggling against, the mention of it should be silenced.?The State. Keep Your Stomach and Liver Healthy. 1 A vigorous 8tomach, perfect 1 working Liver and regular acting Bowels Is guaranteed If you will use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They insure good Digestion, correct Con-' stltpation and have an excellent tonic effect on the whole system. Purify your blood and rid you of all body poisons through the Bowels. Only 25c at your druggist. m-ir?rt m.nrCvWvTim-nr mlnnw I for .you to ha bank??plMlesI is rum? an aU-fasbiotnd vJtrrd -aHHi y drum of thr past is a rcalifc; toda nfittqerj and a tuudll. ImpcwsiHUti ilfor/r Atxjfman. A^COririt ti?i>er quits. It qocs 01 (T icttcjcr it Works, the Ixaf-der it 'A nw.ims m ?n<v?c< >-Attid frn?f [E FIRST NATIONAL BAN Lancaster, S. C. UNITED STATES DEPOSITOKY. CHEEK l*I?! Our Popular SlieriIT Tells of Ileal Har<lshi| ?s Endured After the War. | To the Editor of The News: This, 8th day of October, A- .1). 1914, 59 years ago, I first saw the light of day on a farm in the grand I old county of Lancaster. Almost ( ever since my recollection, which' seems to nie to go back nearly to the time of my birth, I have heard off j ind on. tiie cry of hard times; and 1 have surely experienced some of them. For well do I remember my ! father and older broiler going to the i war in Virginia and leaving me and i two other brothers at home to work on our farm. In addition to doing farm work I often had to do house | work. 1 have filled many thousand j i llillv mi ll,o ?1?1 ?t 1 I v... . .... viu r>|#i iiiiiii^ ? iiwi, ; and helped my dear old mother weave on an old-fashioned loom; j and have worn many pairs of maple i dyed copperas and blue homespun breeches. I have seen the time when we could not afford to lose the hide of a cow that died, apparently from starvation- -we would skin her and tan the hide and make shoes out of it. I have beaten ?ip j tan bark many a time and helpetl to tan leather. After Sherman's army j ransacked this county in I86i>. wet were left with an old blind horse j d an ox with which we made our J rop that year. In the fall we made our sorRum molasses on a wooden supar cane mill, and Rreased the i mill with home made lye soap; and ' oiled the molasses in ovens, wash j nots, dinner pots and every other j "liiiR we could Ret hold of. We sop- , red this sorRum molasses with corn 1 read, sweet potatoes, and some' miics we pot a little flour bread, but ot often. We would sweeten our ' rand coffee. wheat coffee, okra offer, or any other substitute for coffee with sorRum molasses. On Sundays our pood old mother would try to Rive us a little better dinner than <>n any other day, flour bread, "ies, and occasionally a chicken tew, which I love so well. Even to ir.is nay i look for a littlo better dinner on Sunday than any other day. However, notwithstanding the many trials and hardships of this /low To Give Quinine To Children. T'T-BRIMNK i? thetiade-mark nnmt Riven to an improved Quinine. It is a Tavtele.ss Syrup, pleas: at to take nud does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to ndults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not tiausente nor ause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try it the next time you need Quinine lor any pur- i pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The oaine FKBRILINL is blown in bottle. 25 cents. < J check. Lts loss or dfstructk ?* I /vl* 4-V-*^ ?-?-?/v?-iew?. 11 ~ "* \n niv iiiuiivj. us leceipi c shall be glad to have X{R' as < V STATEMENT OfNcTHl y the f armers banh & V located at Lancaster, S. C.. at ine c V RESOURCES. 4*? Loans and Die- \ < ^ counts llft5.645.4K J Overdrafts 1,844.06 ' V Furniture and FU- 1 y tures 2,875.00 *** Due from Banks and Bankers . . 37,213.98 1 & Currency 3,067.00 , 1 Gold 1,047.50 j Silver and Other * < y Minor Coin .... 497.51 J y Checks and Cash Items 766 oft IjZ ToUl |212,?6C.SV % STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, % County of Lan cuter?m. Before me cune W. H. MUlen, Ci X who, being duly sworn, says that V meat Is a true condition of said b V said bank. ^e Sworn to and subscribed before A JOHN CR. Correct?Attest: W. T. Gregory, ' Direct* '{ FARMERS BANK & V W T. GREGORY, President V R. T. IiKATY, Jr., A . : ..a i A)e money j tieKsl | a d^mbon but not a |f v y. Smiting marti'iay cs artmtrehj UuhMfn vOorkino for Jott xtorks attd ttu lar| HaVc tVw a K, I 3cm\o jj lire, I have received many favors and blessings. for which I feel liutubly thankful to my God and friends. JOHN P. HUNTER. Women Offered Services. Tokio, Oct. 8.?One hundred women shell divers of Shima province offered their services to the navy to clear the mines from Kiao-Chow bay. The offer was declined by the navy as the law prohibits the employment of women in warlike operations. These divers are accustomed to remain in the water for a long ? period. Their idea wns that, un- " seen by the enemy, they could dive for the mines near Kiao-Chow and remove thetn to the Japanese warships. CHICHESTER SPILLS DIAMOND BRAND 5" J LADIES t lik T'?' l>ri((tii for CHI-CHR9-THR 3 A diamond BRAND pills In Rkd and/o^a Cold metallic boxes, scaled wilh Blue<0> Ribbon. Taxi no ptbix. B? ? to?r v/ Dnntil and ask for CIII.CHKS.TCB V DIAMOND BII a Ml PILLS, for twrfltT-dn > ear* regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable. >OLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS TZMR rVPPYWUPPP WORTH XkUU) bVLIi I " n Ln L TESTED. SEE WOODWARD ( For Plumbing (and Klcbtrical Work phone :m Remit By 'k Check : , ? ? A Ml L.1L . . -A ciiin yvu wm ooin aaa V V dignity to your busi- & ness and save money as well. Besides, V there is safety in a j ?n does not mean the loss \ V an never be denied. We >ne of our depositors. S CONDITION OF f : TRUST COMPANY, Y lose of business June 30, 1914. V LIABILITIES. Y Septal Stock Paid in ?50,'?00.00 X Surplus Fund. . . . 1,600.00 Ulillvlded Profits, Bess Current ExIpenses and Taxes f bald 8,261.01 A [nfllvidual Deposits JL ljubject^ to Check 64,668.71 uiv usruumeg or Deposit 33,806.34 Jk *4 Cashier's Checks... 41.(1 f Bills payable. In- 49 eluding Certl- X cates for Money Borrowed ((,000.00 <9 Total (Ill,>68.(T ? IShter of th? thnn "??>->? w..?. thh above and foregoing state- jT ank, as shown by the books of W. H. MILLION. me this 6th day of July, 1914. kWFORD, Notary Public. A W. P. Robinson, W. P. Bennett, JL >rs. TRUST COMPANY? W. H. MILIJCN, Cashier, sslstant (.'ashler. % *