The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 16, 1914, Page 4, Image 4
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?Weather forecast for South,
Carolina: Rain, slightly cooler Friday;
Saturday partly cloudy.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER IO. 1914.
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Save the shade trees.
Without them our town will be
far less attractive.
We need every tree that shades;
our sidewalks. Not one should be
wacrlficed.
The first Lancaster county fair i
will be held next month. November
J6, 27 and ib.
To plant cotton or not t.? plant
oottoi seems to be the question In -:
fore the legislature.
I
The Greenwood Journal suggests
"a debt-paying day" and the slogan.
*T have paid my debts?Have you
I aid yours?'
Uncle Hardy says he doesn't care .
a oent how much cotton is cut out
rext year, "'jIs so de watermillion
crop ain't 'sturbed." i
t
The idea of the Civic League Is
not to replace the trees which may
he cut down but to supplement those 1
we already have with others which 1
will later grow large and afford '
welcome shade and beauty. *
i
The calamity howlers who are
going around crying hard times 1
ought to lift up their heads long '
enough to read from the bill boards
that a circus is coming to town '
a*oon. '
'
Now is the time, for the wise '
farmer to show the stuff out of '
which he is made. This is no time '
to sit down and bemoan condi- 1
f inn n V?ait t I ? -? ? * '
?ui lauicr a nme ror nun to
gird up his loins and get ready to
/arm right. '
1
Von c.i? hardly tind a farmer who '
helped to ir::ke the present, bumper '
crop of cotton. Kvery fellow lias 1
been rcdudiig iiis acreage for se\ 1
eral year" j;st. yet there has 'fen
tto uoH? e??l.Jt decrease in t.ie total
output.
"In villages like this one mayor 1
and vouncilmen have little oppor- 1
tunity for brilliant reforms or col- '
lossa) constructive work, but they '
have frequent opportunity for the
employment of common sense," says (
The Fountain Inn Tribune. We
heartily second the remark.
The State's pertinent paragrapher J
thur, gives vent to his feeling over
the war news, which all of us perhaps
have felt, yet no other has so
concisely expressed: "(lather ye. J
war news while ye may, old Time Is
atlll a-flying; and this same dope
that's true today, tomorrow may be
lying."
There la one thing certain about
the legislature now in session, and
that Is its members will provide for'
themselves in advance of legislating
In the interest of the farmers.
The senate voted $5 per day and
mileage. The house voted this down
and in lieu thereof voted a fiat pay
of $200 for each member and mileage.
So no matter what they do and
nobody expects them to do much,
the poor tax-payers will in ail probability
have to pay the solons $200 a
head and mileage for "giving relief" |
to the farmers. But as we view it, it i
makes but little difference. If thev I
had fixed their pay at $5 per day
they would have dallied on In Columbia
for forty daya.
OUR FIRST COUNTY FAIR.
I After "Lancaster County Day" at
the State Fair on October 29. we
are going to have another big occasion
which needs boosting and deserves
well of every man. woman,
and child in the county. We refer i
I to our first county fair, an Institu-1
tlon that we have long needed and >
are about to attain at last. The.
secretary of our Chamber of Commerce
knows the importance of a
fair as a means of enlisting the interests
of all our people and bring- |
ing them together in a common purpose.
He knows, too. that many of
our best citizens are discouraged
and that a time of depression is a
time when a county fair will be
most helpful. On first thought
many perhaps feel that the outlook
is dark, that the c;#nival spirit so
<n keeping with such an occasion
will be lacking, but we contend that
by putting forth the proper effort
to make a success of the fair our interest
will be aroused, by an exhibition
of the best products of aome,
school and farm, our spirits will be
raired and by participating in the
amusements and becoming funrnakers
and boosters, we will not
onl> enjoy the occasion ourselves,
but our optimism and good cheer,
will be contagious, heartening the
discouraged man and better p.-epar- .
*Dg him to take up his burden again. [
Then, too, the fair, with f's va-1
rlety of attractions will bring many
people to town and this will help
trade considerably. More dry goods
and groceries will probably sold
fair week than any week thi3 fall
Att-acted hither by the fair, the
people will be benefited and busl- i
ness, too, will liven up. It is up to
all of us then to become county fair j
boosters. Of course, the first fair
will necessarily be on a comparative-!
ly small scale and will not be as pre- 1
teutlous as in other counties where j
fairs have ben held before, but It |
can be made to answer every pur- | i
pose, If the right spirit Is put Into 11
the work and every man, woman I
and child goes at it with interest , i
and enthusiasm.
IS IT WISE?
There Is a custom prevailing here-1
abouts among teachers, which if
persisted In, will, we are afraid
pause the penmanship of the school
children of the rising generation to
be worse even that that of their
parents. It seems that, by way of
punishment, pupils are detained i
after school and required to write -J
a certain word or phrase not slowly,
with care as to the formation of the i
letters and attention to neatness, but j
merely over and over again hundreds r
of times. This writing in some (
cases Is almost illegible, yet is accepted
by the teacher. One child
confessed to us recently that rhe (
wrote her words in just half the 1
time the other offenders took be- f
ause she wrote with two pencils.
Writing lessons may be made just
is helpful to delinquents as any other t
required work, but let the writing t
oe done in copy books, or at least In
ivith some idea of improving the
penmanship, we beg. and not as
s so frequently the ease, carelessly ^
written, ending, perhaps in an in- ?
' f
listinguisliable scrawl.
Most of us who have a great deal
if writing to do know that it is very
usrd to keep our handwriting legible
md it is in behalf of the children ?
hat we ask the teachers to considet
he probable effect on the chirocraphy
of their pupils iif this form
>f punishment is persisted in. p
TIIK1 M.\KK I S TII(KI). I
We must confess that it makes
is tired to hear so many people
ulking "hard times." They never \
onsider that in making the harden c
>f their conversation "hard times." 0
hey are not helping to make the |
imes better. Their woe-begone t
ooks and tales of woe only tend to
?hill others who have more hopeful
lutlooks. Instead of counting up ^
:he many undeserved blessings they j
have enjoyed all their lives, when I <
times like these come on, which in
the end will result in good, the {
chronic croakers, forgetting what (
blessings they have enjoyed at the
hands of a kind Providence, go
around with long faces doling out (
the poison of "hard times." From <
all such we pray "Good I<ord de- j '
liver us."
I <
One lesson among others taught J
by the present Kuropean war, is that
an long as the South, as long as any
Individual farmer, raises cotton on
credit, ec.tmg and wearing out the .
crop at time prices, before it Is i
made, he will be at the mercy of <
every ad* irse condition that may |
confront him. If the farmers of the'
South will take this lesson to heart
ano never forget It. th 5 so called j j
disaster that has befallen thi ui will '
rr. ?t* a in the *n0.
?
While boosting Lancaster county:
at the fair, ask your friends from
other parts of the state to corae to
our first county fair.
\
THE LANCASTER NEWS
KKMKMBKK TH K LESSON.
Lord Curzon of Kedelstone. in a!
recent address at Harrow to an audience,
including the masters and:
boys of Harrow school, admonished
his hearers that when the war is
over "not to throw away the lessons
of the war."
The war has lessons also for us
on this side of the water, especially
in tne south, which we would do
well to learn and which we should
not soon forget.
Fearing no evil, we had planted '
a large acreage In cotton, under the
delusion that, as heretofore, the'
countries now at war would take
two-thirds of the crop of the United
States, amounting to about 8,000,000
hales. The great majority of
our farmers had gone into debt to
plant it, expecting from twelve to
fourteen cents a pound. Now they
are confronted with six and one-half '
cents cotton with the prospect of its
going lower. Many failed to plant
food stuffs enough to enable them to
continue farming another year, and
with the probability of the staple
not bringing the cost of production
another year, the merchants are not
willing, if they are able, to carry
them further.
The lesson for the farmer to learn
then. Is that he must be independent
at all times, of puch conditions as
now prevail, and that t obecome independent
he must raise cotton only
as a surplus crop, raising first those ,
things necessary to carry on his affairs
on the farm. By adopting this |
method his farm can be made self-1
sustaining, and he will then be in a 1
condition to withhold his cotton :
from the market for such price as he ,
thinks it should bring.
The creditor class may also learn
a lesson and that is to be more careful
In extending credit to farmerr
v ho are dependent upon cottoi.raialng
to run their farms.
The discipline that ill are now un
rlergoing will be worth all that It
costs in dollars as wet! as Inconvenience
and even suffering. If the lesron
taught shall not be forgotten.
From Other Papers
The Reason Why.
Safety first; therefore, buy a bale, j
?Charleston Post.
Krlipses All Rise.
The biggest part of a calamiity
lowler is his howl.?Greenwood
lourpal.
Discard One Crop Plan.
If you want to be saved from 1
inancial ruin. Mr. Farmer, you!
nust discard the one crop idea.? |
Jaffnry Ledger.
Have Karned a I test.
They are talking of a recess for
'ongress. The members deserve it. ;
They have worked long and faith- i
ully.?Newberry Observer.
Buying Instead of Burning.
Well, after the way the Yanks
reated poor old Columbia, the least
hey can do is to buy every blessed
me of our bales.?The State.
It's the Nature of the lirute.
Villa doesn't want to be president,
'arranza says he doesn't want to be
resident. Then why must they #
Ight??Augusta Chronicle. si
Amen! tl
Finaneial and industrial indepen- w
lence will never be in South Caro- w
iua until we feed ourselves from it
iiir own soil.?Klorenee Times. p
I u
t'onvert the lliiitliru. u
Nine miles of trenches filled with '1
inburied dead. Send for our for- ti
ign missionaries to the "heaten" tl
ind locate them permanently in
On rope.? Anderson Intelligencer. I
A Tip to Pewiniinh. o
To increase prosperity, follow Ed- li
van! Everett Male's advice enlarg- tl
>d: Look up and not down; look 1<
?ut and not in; look forward and 1
lot back; don't talk war?talk o
lusiness; and lord a hand!?("oium- s
tia Record. Is
it
A Prosperous fount jr. n
We read or a certain county In
rexaa principally inhabited by Gertinnfl
who make everything they
:onsume at home. They have money <
n the banka and can hold their cot- y
ton indefinitely without borrowing a
i dollar. Why can't all the Southern r
armers do this? -Chester Newg. 1
I r
The Only Solution. j t
You may talk about help from the p
government, "buy a bale," and re-i?
lured acreage all you want, but un- a
less Mr. Farmer learns to ral?e all .
the corn, wheat, oata and meat he 1f
^an use and enough more to supply ?
bin city cousin the chances are that J f
cotton will remain low and produce
*111 go sky high.?Gaffney I<edger. u
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Children's Kyeslght. >t
Now that the schools are opening |?
again, teachers and parents alike 11
should give careful attention to the,(J
pyes of the children. W
There is nothing more trying or j *
Irritating than the continual strain'
resulting from the effort to see
through Imperfect eyes. Many chll- <
(Iron are classed as "dull" who could
he cured by properly fitting glasses, t
Many of the defects in sight are (
minor and by no tneans serious, but t
they undoubtedly worry and handl- ?
cap the child, who does not know
really what is troubling It in its
daily attempt to absorb knowledge. I
The horrors of school might be removed
for many a child almply by
1, OCTOBER 16, 1914.
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1 SMorUW t f THE FIRST NA'
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I Shoes ? Shi
This is a matter that interests evei
weather that is fast approaching will re<
made great preparation in our Shoe D
here the best Shoes that money can bu;
qualities of our Shoes will permit.
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Uill/IAJU U1IVUU
Gun Metal Button Shoes, wear guaranteed, at
$2.25, K2.IM), $2.75 and $8.00
Viol Patent Tip Button Shoes, wear guaranteed,
at $1.50, $1.7n, $2.00 and $2.50
Batton Button and Lace Shoes, wear guaranteed,
at KM.OO and KS.OO
Old Ladies' Vici Plain Toe Shoes, wear guaranteed,
at K1.4H and $2.00
Kangaroo Lace Shoes, good Shoe for outdoor
service, special priced at . . . .Kl.SO and $2.00
CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' SHOES
Children's Vici and Patent Button Shoes, sizes
2 to 5, special priced at 75c and Kl.OO
Children's Vici Button Shoes, raised heel, sizes
6 to 8, special priced at $1.15
Misses' Vici Button Shoes, sizes 11% to 2,
special priced at Kl.no
Misses' Gun Metal and Patent Button Shoes.
sizes 11*4 to 2. special at $2.00
Big Misses' Patent and Gun Metal Shoes, sizes
2 % to 5 %, special priced at
$2.2n, K2.no and $2.75
If it is good Shoes you are looking for ai
both in style and quality, call
J. T. Wylie
I | THE STORE\
ivlng proper attention to the needs
f the eyes.?Anderson Mail.
f
"Sir Kemper Tyrannfw."
Kverybody can call to mind the JT
nal of Virginia. with its motto,
Sic semper tyrannis." If ever yT ^
here were a ruthless tyrant in this X A;
orld, it is the liquor (raffle, which H
recks manhood, spreuds diseasj, "?V,V\v ftB
icroa?es insanity, destroys homes, ^ '^'^iRviy
ropogales poverty and oppresses t
omen and children. It is a tyrant I '
ithout a single redeeming quality ^ v t IrvA
uesday. Virginia, true to her mot- J ^ /
?. "Thu? ever with tyrants," ov-r- e^e jMJjf
lirew tin liquor trafflc and put her
toi i!(iv n on it. Good for the c Id fa
lominion, the mother of Presidents. |
lie is now in line with a number of
ther Southern states and we be with this bar
eve the day i.< "ot far distant when
he uor trade will be nowhere & handed out tl
gaiUei. sou'h of the Mason and ?
axon's line. Get the good work go y nere proves y
n. And every prohibition state
hould take advantage of the Webb J 8T
iw to cut offl importations of liquor THE ^ AR
ito dry territory.?Greenville Pled- >? i^ated at Lanci
tout. ? ????
V RBSOl
(Social renters. Loans and
The crying need of rural South ? counts. . . .
aroliua is social centers where our Overdrafts
oung people can be entertained, " '
mused and instructed under the dl- ? *urnllure 411(1
ection of cultured, clean and compe- V tures
not leadership, where aesthetic sur- % Due from Bj
oundings atlr the love for the beau- ? and Banken
Iful; where art charges the atmos- V
ihere with Inspiration and power, e#s ^ rr?nCT?
-.1 Z Unlit
>iiu ixiiiuv oui amupcuicii 10 iiinu un ^ ? ? - ? - * ' " ' "
nd brighten their lives. g Bllver and 0
To hold our young people on the Minor Coin
arm we must make farm life more A r. . . .
ttractlve, as wall as the business of J
arming more remunerative. The Itema. . ..
chool house should be the social A
inlt, properly equipped for nourish- 4$ Total . . . .
ng and building character, so that I __
he lives of our people can properly V STATE OF SOI
enter around It and become sup- A County <
lied with the necessary eloments X Before me eai
I'bSMr *oOTUr- %
4 T meat is a tree
Notice to Debtor* and Creditors. V said bank.
All persons having claims against m Sworn to and
he estate of J. Butler Fundorburk. X
leceased, are hereby notified to Die f 4
he same, duly verified, with the un- Correct?-Attest
lerslgned, and those Indebted to X
tald estate will please make pay- Y nent
likewise. A Pi DOMED
J. C. FUNDERBURK X F/i AitlliAl
M. B. FUN'DERBURK. V W. T. OREGON
Executor* Estate of J. Butler A r.
Funderburk. Deceased. .t,
October 2. 1914. ,/VW%tVV
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i to hat)e money
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it is a reattfei today. Sowfog moMmm ? ^
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riONAL BANK, I J&ank; |
l DEPOSITORY.
pes ? Shoes |
ry one just now. The cold winter
quire food serviceable Shoes. We have
epartitant and you will find shown
y and the prices are as cheap as the >
\ BOYS' SHOES
Little Gents' tun Metal Shoes, sizes 9 to 13,
this is a gold wearing Shoe, special priced
at 1 $1.25
Hoys' Gun Metal Button Shoes, sizes 2 V4 to 5%,
special at. . A $1.95
Boys' Good Heaw Kangaroo Shoes, just the
Shoe you needlfor good rough wear, sizes
13H to 2, at. ,\ $1.85
Sizes 2 Vi to 6 at .V $2.00
MEN'S SHOES
J. E. French Sho6s i\ Gun Metal, Patents, Kangaroo
and Vici, t?se Shoes come In all the
new lasts and a re Especial priced at
I $4.00 and $5.00
Big Line Men's Knox vhoes, come in Gun Metal,
and Tan, these .-:re absolutely the beat Shoes
that can be bo ight for the money, special
at $8.50
Men's Good Heavy Work Shoes, in Black and
Tan, Just the Shoe for rough wear, special
priced at $1.5<>. #2.00, $2.25. $2.50 and $3.00
nd Shoes that you will be pleased with
and let us fit your feet.
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OF QUALITY 1 I
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A Check ?
Book it -j*
Btf j?3 The Key $
Blf WvSp v \
^|ir J'l which often unlocks %
^ ^ the doors of credit. 3L
1 M You'll find it easier to #jj>
buy goods on time if
\ you have an account
ik and pay by checks on it than if you ^
le currency. The possession of an account
our good judgment in financial matters.
ATEMENT OP THE CONDITION OP V
MERS BANK & TRUST COMPANY, *f
ister, S. C., at tbe close of business June 30, 1914. ?$>
JRCE8. ^T~ LIABILITIES. V
Dls- Captal Stock Paid <&>
. . .$166,646.43 in. $50,<>00.00 I
1.844.06 8urplus Fund. . .. 1,600.00 V
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uuuiviuea rronu, A
Flx" less Current Ex- I
. .. 2,876.00 penses and Taxes Y
inks paid 8,261.01 o
i 27 213 98 Individual Deposits X
asvaa 8ubject to Cheek 64,668.71 Y
3.087.uu Time CerU flea tee of <6
1,047.60 Deposit 83,806.84 X
>ther Cashier's Cheeks... 41.61 Jr
497.61 Bills payable. In- A
_ - eluding \ Certl- X
Ca" cates for Money f
764 <?9 Borrowed. .. ... 86.000.00 e>
.. .8212.960.67 ToUl >312.968 67
ITH CAROLINA, X
of Lancaster?ss. X
me W. H. lfillen, Cashier of the above named bank. X
r sworn, says that the above and foregoing state- T
condition of said bank, as shown by the books of T
W. H. MILLEN. >
I subscribed before me this 8th day of July, 1814. O
JOHN CRAWTORD, Notary Publle. X
W. T. Gregory, W. P. Robinson, W. P. Bennett. Z
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S BANK & TRUST COMPANY ?
Y, President W. H. MIL.LBN, Onhlw.
T. BBATY, Jr., AuUUat Cashier. )?