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4 ?r?* ?lje tanraater Nrtua (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUAN IT A WY UK ~T777 Editor W. s. HOUGH. . . Business Mjcr. PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: Published Tuesdays and FrlJava a* T A O C I Til UdJ o at uauvuovvr, O. Vs.. UJ I U? 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 trie postofflce at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year SI.."O Si* Months _ _ . . . 7Ac 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. 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 mailing out the papers, names of subscribers are sometimes left off Inadvertently. ?Wather forecast for South Carolina: Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday, with moderate fresh lorthwest winds. Wednesday fair. TUESDAY, <>< 'TOBEH 27. IDIt. Exit the circus. Re a booster Thursday. Don't fail to sow a few acres of wheat. Spend "Lancaster County Day" In Columbia. The trip means much to all of us. Don't miss it. Let the people of other sections see that "Lancaster Leads." This is fine, open weather for sowing grain. Be sure to take advantage of it. "Lancaster County Day" may be made a tremendous success if every citizen does his part. Not one of us was too old to enjoy the circus, so let's get ready next for some Hallowe'en fun. No other county has ever been so advertised. This scheme of Secretary Ellison is a novel one1. Make it ; a success. Times are not too hard to afford 1 the annual circus. Let the first ; county fair bring a yet bigger crowd to Lancaster. Several women of this county- are working on a proposition for our | .first county fair, which will be of interest to very other woman in Lan-1 caster country. Circus day afforded Secretary Ellison and other boosters an opportunity of advertising the lirst t county fair, an opportunity which j Oi/IM >,^* ? I.- t.-- ? w uvi liuaa ?#y any IIieUMS. Secretary Ellison's first big undertaking, "Lancaster County j Day," offers profit to the county and pleasure to our people. You can't afford to miss this great booster trip. We wonder If our readers know that the Christmas ship sails for Europe November 10? We hope if i will bear gifts from sympathetic Lancastrians to the children made I orphans by the dreadful war. "A funny thing is that Fairfield | county doesn't have a fair," re-1 marks The Spartanburg Journal. And another funny thing is that the county seat of this self same county bears the misnomer, Winnsboro. The Orangeburg Times and Deino-! crat comments on a recent con vie-, tlon with recommendation to mercy.' f a man who killed his wife and child, then burned their bodies and asks quitle pertinently, "What , oomld ha hare added to his crime so M to merit the death penalty?" The business men of Lancaster i are alive to the interests of the town and realize the importance of giv-| lng publicity to our county at the fair. If you are as loyal as they you will put aside your business for th?> day at least, and make I^ancaster1 County Day the success it deserves to be. The man who expects to farm aext year and wants assistance in the way of money or supplies, had better take the precaution to sow 1 a Rood part of his land in grain this I fall. No one will want to advance j in the spring to a farmer who has neglected to plant n generous sup- i ply of grain. IX) Y A LTV* OF LANCASTER. A fine spirit has been exhibited by the merchants of our town In consenting to close their stores and also by the school authorities in granting a holiday for Lancaster county day at the state fair. They hare thus demonstrated their loyalty in no uncertain way and their appreciation of the fact that a l day spent thus profitably can result i only in good to this section. They are willing to put aside their own business for one day in order to give | ? the time to doing something for their county. In this time of bust' ness depression and worry, when the outlook is rather discouraging. it is most commendable iu our busii uess inen to forgot themselves and , their own Interests and devote to advancing the interests of Lancaster and advertising to the state the advantages of the "Ked Hose County." It shows a splendid loyalty to Lancaster, a desire to help advertise its interests, a spirit which has given impetus to the boosting trip as no other agency could have done. The merchants themselves have promised to use their influence and those in their employ will also lend a hand in making the fair trip both pleasant and profitable. Then the school csildren will be free to spend a day which will be a red letter day in their lives. They will gain more from the trip than from ten days in school, for they will learn a lesson more important than any that may be learned from books, they will have demonstrated an example of county pride. They will see that their elders are loyal to Lancaster county, that they are willing to leave the dally grind at its call and serve as willing boosters of their home. It will make of the growing bovs ai d girls better citizens to feel that they have had a part in the boosting. And they will reason thus: If the grown-ups care enough for old Lancaster to take this trip the c ountv must be worth it. It will set the children to thinking along lines of communitiy building. It will do all this and more, much more. We cannot enumerate the other results, direct and indirect, of such an expedition as the one in prospect for Thursday. We can only ask thai you make this trip with the boosters. If th<> busiest men and women in town can go to Columbia on this splendid mission and if the schools of the county are dismisssed in honor of the event, surely people in general will feel the call to service. We need a crowd and we believe there will be a crowd, enough to fill the coaches comfortably end that w hen , the "Lancaster Special" returns from the capital city at an early hour Friday morning, it will bring j home a tired but happy people who feel amply repaid for having made ' the trip. , We have experienced four, five and six cents cotton before this, and at times when foodstuffs and cattle were not raised by the farmer as have been in the past few years and they were not bankrupt by a good j deal. But many of them learned much by the experience. And so with this new experience j which they are now going through. It will be worth more in the | end than it will cost. So ' there is no use in gett'ng low spirited. Kvery farmer should be j at work gathering his crop as fast as he can. The cotton should be ginned and delivered to the creditor who has a claim on it, so that it may be used by him to meet his obligations. If there is no claim on it. and the man does not need the money for sonic time. It would be i well to warehouse it and wait for a better price. The time of all others to hold cotton, or any commodity, for that matter, is when it is bring- , ing less than the cost of production. We agree with The Spartanburg Herald that it is high time for the South to make a formal declaration of independence against the condition of affairs into which the calamity howlers are trying to get the country. The South is all right, in spite of six cents cotton and calamity howlers. ______________ i It looks now that South Caro-; Una will be the only cotton growing state to have any extra session of the legislature to consider the mat-' ter of cotton acreage reduction. ] And all it will cost the taxpayers of South Carolina la $50,000. This is a high price to pay for telling the farmers to do something they would have done anyway. Rut nothing short of this extra session would have satisfied the legislature, j whose members, besides playing ! polities, pull down $200 each, as' well as mileage, . JiL THE LANCASTER NEW AOAIN8T TOTAL ELIMINATION The legislature, whatover actiot it may take in the matter of reduc lug the production of cotton nex year, haa wisely put itself on recorc aa being unalterably opposed t< the total elimination of aotton The Manuf--ptnrcr?' ? lot issue, pu'. the matter in a mt ta? ll when it said: "The sooner the South dismisse! from consideration the wholly visionary enci Impractical scheme ad , vanced by business men or by men in public life to eliminate all cottor production next year, the sooner will this section come to a proper understanding of how to handle the present situation. It is didicult to conceive any greater absurdity from any intelligent point of view than that of forbidding the raising of cotton during the coming year by legislative enactment, national or state. From every point of view it is unwise. There are millions of acres of land in the South better udapral to cotton raising than to an^fmig else. There are tens of thousands of farmers, who, by raising their foodstuffs can produce cotton at a price low enough \jf justify a continued cultivation* of this staple without calling bankers or merchants for financial assistance. "These bankers and merchants should for their own protection (and if they have not business judgment enough to do this, they are not fit to be in business 1 soe that they do not advance money or merchandise for the raising of a crop next year except to the most limiited extent. or unless the borrower makes a binding contract to devote a considerable proportion of his land to foodstuffs. Any banker or merchant who, during the coming year, operates on any other basis would have no right to appeal to the public for sympathy and we have confidence enough in the business ability of the bankers and the merchants of the South to take care of themselves in such a situation as to see that another large crop is not produced at their expense. A very considerable acreage will of necessity have to be put into cotton next year, because it would be impossible to entirely readjust the farming interests of the South in one season without causing a greater loss to individuals and to the section than the raising of a cotton crop of moderate size say one-half of the present production. "There are other facts to be taken ilito consideration As hard the grower and tlio merchants and the hankers as this present low price is. it will bring uhnnt a very great In crease* in consumption. It will resalt in a demand for cotton products for many purposes for which it has never before been used. It will bring about a very much enlarged consumption of cotton goods through the production of new lines, and many cotton mills will find it necessary to put in new equipment to meet this demand, or to run to their fullest capacity if their pressent equipment is sufficient. Every business man in the country is studying the cotton situation and considering new ways for using cotton. Millions of dollars' worth of cotton will go into haggling for a variety of purposes for which jute bagging has heretofore been used. Millions of dollars' worth of cotton will go into dreys goods beyond former requirements, because lower-price cotton will go into bagging for a vaeven if the spirit of enlarging the demand for cotton goods had not been developed by the present condition. All of these things will help very greatly to increase the consumptive requirements of cotton during the present session. Evidence of this is seen in every direction." "WE M 1ST LOOK TO Ol'ltSEI.VES.' One caarnot read the excellent address made by (lovernor-noiuinate Richard I. Manning without being impressed with his directness in dealing with conditions as they really are and his common sense suggestion that we must "look to ourselves" for relief from tin* present situation. Mr Manning preaches ( irersifflcation as the cnlv hope for the future and emphasizes some wholesome (ruths. The governor-nominate said in part: "In the past we have felt that we could go ahead with our cotton?depending .almost entirely upon our (potton. But conditions have changed radically. We can not go on as our fathers have done. We will have to deal with the problems aa they now are. We must strike out on new lines. A great help in this crisis is diversification. You of l.exlngton have barkened to the call to diversify. You have raised nearly all that you will need. You are not so dependent on cotton as are the people In other sections of the country. But this problem will require more than mere talking. Something more than fertilizers will bo needed. It will require brains. We are turning in his trouble to the federal government for aid. But I toll you we will have to look to ourselves. This is a personal trouble. After looking over the field. I find (hat relief from the regional hanks will not he open until November. Now we will have to come back to the old principle of self-reliance. We can not look on the outside for help. We must come to our own rescue, and we believe that we will no to like men. We will go through with this bitter lesson and emerge from It like men. This principle of self-reliance Is the old Anglo-Saxon principle, and I believe we of today will measure up to It. This, to my mind. Is the only solntion asd every man of us must help." v jul, l. ?... ' ll! .... S, OCTOBER 27, 1914. .';V; ^y * X\ ? M : s ) ^ ~ ~ _ _ jj; ^?Ei=HIBlhll ^ fe Cart you nai invest as an p?j* -"at anytime upon it ? ^ cipal such sy , - cTc| Include i |0?> of privacy/iwi i p |44W W;J?TH / From Other Papers 'Twill be Your (tain. Fine rain, put in grain.?Spartanburg Herald. "Sow Oats." Don't depend on the legislature to work out your salvation. Sow oats. ; ?Pageland Journal. ,\ "Short" Month. October has .11 days, but most of us have found it an awfully "short" month at that.?The State. The Man We Don't Need. The man who has no time to give to helping his town is generally the kind of man the town does not need. ?Anderson Intelligencer. "Cain" Intend of Sugar Meets. We can't just see why the war in terferess with the sugar industry. 1 The Germans simply have neglected their sugar beet culture and gone to raising "Cain."?Gaffney Ledger. Explanation in Order. We would like for our Solons to i explain the necessity of a state warehouse system, if the law in regard to cotton reduction acreage Is to be enforced.?York News. A Fongns Growth. If there is anything in this world 1 that is contemptible it is the anonymous letter writer He is like the dirty fungus toadstool that blooms' in shadows and darkness?too filthy to stand the light- ?Florence Times, j f.ct Them Help Themselves. lleforo calling on other sections i of the country to "huy-a-bale." don't' you think the Southern people should cover their cotton with cotton bagging and thus help to Increase the consumption? -Newberry Observer. War In No Excuse. War or no war, crops have to be raised and business hns ?to be atj tended to, therefore. People must not spend so much time talking about the war as to neeloot nil Important matters. ?n every community there are folks always glad to waste time talking about this, that and the other rather than attend to their work.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Our IllOMSfngM. Matters are seldom as black as | they are painted. Very few of us are making money during these war times, hut? Merely to exist is blessing enough. Food to satisfy our hunger, clothes to cover our nakerfness, a shelter from the weather, a few good books ! to cherish and ponder, a fe-.y good friends tc meet us with a smile and a hand clasp, a task to while away the hours and bring us to bed decently tired, and above all a consciousness that Ood Is good and that He yet rules, bringing to each of us that peace that passeth understanding -what more can we ask of life" Fountain In?- Tribune. "On Velvet.** We were tafking to a farmer a few days ago who was deploring the '"hard times.'* He stated, however, that he had always raised his own meat and tlour and corn and that Ms surplus grain crop would pay for what little things he had to have, andthat he owed for nothing but his 1 fertilizers and that he did not Intend 'to sell his cotton until he could get what It was worth. Times may be hard, mit It seems to us as If this man was on "velvet."?York News. ; I Buy At Home. i Because my interests are here. j Because the community that Is good enough for me to buy In. goo denough for me to buy In. Because I believe In transacting business with my friends. Because I want 'to see the goods. Because I want to get what I buy when I pay for it. Because every dollar I spend at home stays at home and works for the welfare of Gaffney. Because the man 1 buy from ?(nnrlu h&rlr r\t IKa oaa/Ia Because I sell what I produce here at home. Because the man I buy from {helps support my school, my church, Hopeless I,ting Trouble Cured. Many recovoriee from Lung Trou' hies are due to Dr. Bell's Plne-Tarlloney. It strengthens the Lungs, checks the Cough And gives relief at once.?Mr. W. S. Wllklns, Gates, N. C., writes: "I used Dr. Bell's Plne-Tar-Honey In a case given up as hopeless and It effected a comI plete cure." Get a bottle of Dr. Bell's Plne-Tar-Honey. If your ; cough Is dry and hacking let It ' tickle down the throat, you will surely get relief. Only 25c at your druggist. .\'V* w * * *.* * *rrt ?i?? -ia^aa????^? ^?^A?? ilillllllilllillife^liHilliliiyilllltllllt^^iiUii'.iiiiiail ne anrther pl^e in which you lall or* as.laV^e an amount e ; w yA%~""'i itufivc <? ***'( ^tid add or wilhdrawfrom mounts a^you plea9?,a5oflcn a h lhi? iHe element of safety, oi tyou Have the real value of <mrl h ii u u miw (wi ii ii ii ii n iiiiu onmnnnr [E FIRST NATIONAL BAN] Lancaster, S. C. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. my lodge, my home. Boca so. when illl-lick, misfortune or bereavement comes, the man I j buy from is here with his kindly greetings, his word of cheer, aud | his pocketbook, if need be. 1 Because I get my living in this 1 state. Don't you? Here I live and , | here I buy. I buy at home. Do j, you??Gaffney Ledger. < Protect Your Credit. | At a time like this there are but \ few men who can meet all financial obligations promptly, yet it is possible for everyone to protect his ' ereditt. Instead of evading your , creditors and keping from them a knowledge of your affair* call upon . them and pay what you can en your indebtedness. Then make a clean f breaBt of your financial condition, ( assuring them that you will con- J tinue to make payments at the earliest possible moment. Every individual especially those f of limited means should safeguard J his reputation for the prompt payment of debts. Such a reputation is . an asset that should be prized above . measure. Should your good name suffer in this particular, it will re- J quire many years to repair the damage. The Immortal Walter Scott f never penned a truer statement than this: "Credit la like a looking J glass, which, when once sullied by breath, may be wiped clean again; ' but itf once cracked can never be , repalreo." *. Do not allow your credit to be come "cracked" even at a time like tliis. Safeguard it by every possi ble means.?Edgefield Advertiser. ' Be Thankful. , Spartanburg Journnl. i Our forest edges are breaking in to gorgeous color. At sundown a ' dew ey coolness steals over the land \ I am! every peaceful field bears faint i colors of ripoiuug wild grapes. The 11 hickory nuts are falling and the per- j, simmons are reddening for the j _ frosty touch. The fodder Is In the ! stack and the corn is ready to pull, j * We are at the crossing from summer f to winter. 1 To stand 011 some high place and I gaze afar over our rolling country ' these October days is to heave a big j c breath of relief and be thankful that j its beauty Is nowhere marred by the ( howling devils of war. Its harvests ' nowhere menaced by the hands or feet of marching millions, its homes ?dear homes?nowhere pouring up- ( ward the black pillar of smoke that f signals homelessness, its people no- ' where pierced by the fangs of heart- i biting of crief. Blessed country! Look?y?mder go the children, trooping heme from the school- ( house. Here and Jthere is a score of t of hill-sides, see the cotton i?ickers i deftly pulfing the fleecy bolls. Along the highway see a team moving briskly here, an automobile gliding swiftly here. From far and faintly i you cat'*h the sound of "wo-haw" | and kni^w some plowman is steadily ( turning the soil. Little blue columns j of smoke rise from chimneys, where the hearths are warm in welcome as cool evening draws near. Aye, a blessed country and beautiful c to look upon. To defend it men have gone forth in days of long ago and never come ( back nnd women have borne the J groat sorrow. Again to defend It \ living men of this hour would swarm forth to fight and die?If necessity arose. Hut God forbid that f this call shall ever come. Let returing Octobers ever touch our peaceful country with autumn beau- ( ty and bring our people In Increasing multitudes the due rewards of labor done In peace and good will to all mankind. Advertised letters for Week Endimc 1 , October 24, 1014. ! Colonial Film Production, Willio Frasler, Miss Krma Kdusod, Mrs. Juttle Gaither, John Smith, Miss ' Annie Crellum. Miss Supsie May McCollough, Sam Anteary. Miss Alice, f. Mrs. M. J Howell, Kbble Haber, ! lx>yd Cleanen, Mrs. S. R. Reynolds, ' Mrs. KUen Hudson, Jim Dorset, J. , M. Cash, Will Hyears, Dan Coniken. . When calling for above letters, please say "Advertised." ! J AS. F. HUNTER. Pn.tmo.t- ' OmsvsUtOc. tojiiwuo)vk o,n'v*0c. , Couxvpu* UMi. 5\ooittfflik 1 w y\vvv - < Toboj^ 'v\XMV>cilXvMU.Xo tfcaxt THE FIRHT NATIONAL BANK vj I aw??iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii|f=3 m ^ 'can i ' ' 19 you pleas*. | :;i& ^ular return i BsS your prin* n j^J1 isyou pleaoe? I f courtesy? " Jank to you. j" ifi nn H.UUN ii.iirN K sajj EBat COURT PROCEEDING**. i'enlirt for Defendant in Ciw? .\>?j?ilist Oil Mill. When we went to press Friday, last the Court was engaged in the trial of the case of Jane E. Cautheu, lain tiff. vs. the Lancaster Cotton Oil 'o.. in suit for $5,000 damages Resides damage, the plaintifT askid for a permanent judgement of the court enjoining defendenant In the 'uture. The case not helug completed Saturday the judge adjourned the court until Monday, when the taking of testimony was resumed. Solicitor J. K. Henry >poned the argument for the plaulifT. and was followed by I). Reece ^Villains and Judge Ira B. Jones for he defendant In the order named. Harry lllnes, Esq., closed the argument for the plaintifT, at the conclusion of which Judge Eflrd charged the jury on the law of he case. The jury, after deliberating a short while, found a verdict for the ief^r.dant. This is the second rial of the case. On the former rinl the verdict was for the plainifr for $1,500. From the verdict lie defendant appealed to the sujreme court. The supreme court r ran ted a new trial unless the plainiff would accept the $ 1. >00 in full or all damages past, presen' and irospoctlve. The plalntifl refused o accept the amount ami the case came up for trial again. The next case tried was that of I. 11. Withespoon & Co. vs. William Jardner for conversion of perional property. The vcdlct was for he plaintiff. After hearing sev>rnl motions Judge Eflrd had the ecent adjournment sine die. Before the ndjournmcnit of the ourt. Judge Jones took oe asion to express to his Honor Special Judge Eflrd, the appreciaion of the Lancaster bur of the ibility and fairness manifested by x ilm while presiding at this term of * he court. Judge Eflrd made suitible acknowledgement of his thanks or this expression of appreciation mm the members of the bar. Hank No. 222. STATEMENT OF THE CONDmON OF rhe Farmens' Bank & Trust Company, ocnted at Laicuter, S. C.. at the rfose of business October 21, 1914. RESOURCES. .onns and Ilscount* ...$ 1 89,487.60 Overdrafts ,f 3,972.53 furniture aid Fixtures 2,876.00 )tlier Real listffteowned 3,500.00 One from lank!N and Rankers..*.. .A... 10,559.67 ^urrency 2.782.00 Sold 1.050.00 lllver and Other Meteor Coin 1. 336.81 Checks and Cash Items 352.36 Ttotal ./. .$'>14.914.97 LIABILITIES 'npital Stock Paid/ti..$ 50 000.00 ^ Surplus Fund . . /S>. 2.500.00 'ndlvlded Profit teeth. Current Expends and' Taxes Paid . ./. . . . 7,152 14 ndlvidual Deposits Subject to Check . I . . . . 39,914.75 rime CertificatesV>f Deposit 19 mi 93 'ertlfied Checks A 25.25 'ashler's Checks . . . . 1 8.60 tills Payable, fnctudi^K / Certificates for Moneys / Borrowed / 82,500.00 Ttotal / $21 4,914.97 JTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of I^incaAer?ss. Before me came w. H. Millet*, 'ashler of the ahov# named bank, vho, helnit duly swmrn, saya that he above and forew)l?K statement s a true condition ol skid bank, as ihown by the books ca said hank. W. ft. MILLEN. Sworn to and subscribed boforo ne thl* 25th day of October, 1914. JOHN CRAWFORD, Notary Public for S. C. Correct?Attest: W. T. GREGORY. W. P. ROBINSON, W. P. BENNETT, A Director*. CABBAGE PLANTS. Weather conditions have been deal and I am justified In saying here are no better Cabbage Plants o he hadk The stands are beantlful ind you M ill be'more than pleased vith them. Varieties: Early Jertey W a lie field, Charleston Wakeleld, Eartiu^fiprlng, Early Flat [)utch, Late FlaTVDutch, Early Suc esslon and Late Vluccesslon. Price f!> cents for BOOj $1.00 per 1,000; >,000 and over 8? rents per 1,000. 3y mall 35 cenm per 100; 600, 11.25. Special prVn: on large quanItlee. Beet, lettuce and Cmton plants eady for shipment aftJr December 1st. Write for prices in these. Orders are filled same day recelvlit A m ? r k. * * ./ii i ii* jimj ri iiivOrH, ALFRED JOUKKNKT, Mount Pleasant, B. C. 7-2?t ?