Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 iiauraBtpr Nruu (HE Ml-WEEKLY.) JUAN IT A WYLIE Editor W. 8. HOUGH. . . Business M*r. PUBIiISHERS' 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 Becond-class matter Oct. 7. 19 05, at tne postofflce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year Si* 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. 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. ?Weather forecast for South Carolina: Fair Tuesday rnd Wednesday. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 11)11. Plant grain for your money crop next year. An honest diversification is good for the soil. Talk is cheap and war talk is cheapest of all. Use your cottonseed for feed instead of selling It at prevailing prices. Don't fall to take advantage ol the favorable weather and sow grain. The farmers who are holding theii cotton will do well to protect it from the weather. The low price of cotton has taught us that there may be "too much ol a good thing." The pay-a-debt movement is a good one, but it has not yet been fully exploited. When all our farmers begin tc live at home they will be independent of financial crises. "Can the war talk and begin paying up debts," is the good advice of The Henderson Gold Leaf. Remember that the more grain you plant this fall the more cotton you can plant next year. General Election is in command and the hosts of the nation are mobilizing at the ballot box today. i Make your schools comfortable anu attractive that the children may the better be prepared for work. Silence the croaker who mourns unceasingly of hard times, yet who does nothing to make things easier. Anderson has declared war on the blind tigers. How long, we wonder, before Lancaster will take similar action. In landing his warehouse bill, John L. McLau.'in landed a good, fat job paying him $3,000 an nually. The Anderson Mail remarks thai "it looks as if General Von Kluck counted his chickens before thej were hatched.'' For fear the bond issue act nui? have more than one life, like tin cat, to be on the safe side, voti against it. The county fair has ben postpone! one week and this gives us severa more days of preparation. Decern ber 3, 4 and 5 will be Lancaste county'8 first fair dates. If the county fair in to become permanent institution, it is Impo tant that we make a good star Much depends upou the interest < our people in this Initial attempt. The Greenville Piedmont fini cause for thanksgiving in the refle tlon that we have had only one e tra session of the legislature th year. "It might have been wors Texas has had two and Is threaten) with a third," adds The Pledmor Are a once proud people, the pe pie of the South, to become begga because of a temporary depressioi Having experienced with wonder! rouragre other times or real Harden will they rot easily rise above t petty trials of today? PCIlhlC IIKAIiTH DAY. The South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs is responsible for many movements fraught with good for the state, but no other in our estimation is more important than the setting apart of a Public Health Day. After soliciting the state board of health for a couple of years to name such a day, the board com i piled with the request of the or; ganized club women of South Carolina and November 18 nag been designated as Public Health Day. We hope the day will be properly observed In every school in Lancaster county. It Is of prime importance that children be taught howbest to conserve their own health l ami that of the general public. It is a subject to which both parents and teachers are inclined to give too 1 little heed. In some cases they themselves know little and care less ' I about health conditions and because i of their own ignorance and indifi ference the little children for whom they are responsible are allowed to grow up without instruction in mati ters of sanitation and health. We suggest that a doctor or some other person known to be interested in such things, be invited to speak i to the children of every school in the county. In case a visitor can ! not be secured for November 18. lot the individual teachers inform i themselves on some vital health topic and instruct the children, making their remarks as practical as possible and so direct that they will come as a personal appeal to I each child that hears them. Let : i the parents also supplement the in-! j struction received in school by health talks at home. A full, free ; discussion of health. hygiene and I sanitation cannot but reeult in the | good intended by the club women of . I South Carolina, who by united and : | patriotic efTort are doing so much | for childhood that had never before 1 i been attempted in an organized j way. It is safe to say that notwith- j standing the effort of the legislature . I to saddle the state with au addition- | [ 1 al bonded debt of $24,000,000, the' failure of Governor Blease to veto ' ' the act, or to return it to the body ' ; within three days, rendered the ' measure inoperative. So it seems i 1 tnat the governor var right when he characterized the boj.d act as a l "huge joke." We all know who the i jokers are, but now about the farinjers of the state, upon whom the joke lias been perpetrated? The net result of the recent extraordinary session of the legislature is an acreage reduction bill, of . , no real value, and a warehouse bill carrying thousands of dollars to i office holders, as well as other expense. But the members of the leg-, i islature had a good old time, singing camp-meeting songs, fighting In the lobby and voting themselves $200 aniece and iiiilenee And the tax payer.s are to foot the hill. The United States census department is our authority for the statement that last year South Carolina | spent all of its seventy million dollars from the cotton crop for food, j drink and forage. Wouldn't it he | wiser next year to raise foodstuffs and drink water to quench your j thirst? "So Thanksgiving proclamation was needed to make Americans give I thanks this year." says The Charles-j ton News and Courter. And yet neither our freedom from war nor the Thanksgiving proclamation of our great President could make some1 pessimists we know find cause tor giving thanks. Head the petition presented else. where in tnis paper by A. ('. Kaufman. acting president of the South t aronna stale uoara or trie American ! Red Cross Society. His stirring ap. peal for the stricken war sufferers ! cannot but touch those who read it. It would be well for the town to ri | join the schools of the county in 1 their Clean-Up Day. The back lots i_ as well as the streets of the town ,r j proclaim our need of such a campaign. a Raise at home everything you r. j need to eat and enough besides to t. j sell to your improvident neighbors, jf If you will do this the "where1 u/lthat (thall va hp rhiUiAH" nrnhtpm i need not worry you, for you will be is able to buy whatever you need In c- that line. x j8 This from the Trenton correspon ,e< dent to The Edgefield Chronicle e(j flhowfi how well our town and on< of its young women are though of in another section of the state !0-j"MisB Mooro, one of the popula rs ' teachers, went to the fair on Thurs n?jday, Joining several members of th. 'ul| family there in celebrating 'L&ncas Ip, | ter Day/ Lancaster is another up he j country town that is forging to th i front." THE LANCASTER NEWS OPTIMISM. We suggest the formation of an Optimist Club in Lancaster, the cardinal principle of which will be for 1 the members to be always cheerful i and look on the bright side of things. The following, taken from The Atlanta Georgian, is illustrative of the idea we have in mind: "In the mall reaching The Georgian's office this morning there came a letter from Mr. Solomon Schlomberg, of Jonesboro, Ga? who apparently is a most unhappy man. "Solomon refuses pointblank to, Join our proposed Optimist Club because, says Solomon, 'What's the i use?' "He writes: " 'I would like to know If my smiling face and optimistic talk would "stand off" my creditors, pay ray rents, clothe my family or pay my grocery bill?' "No, Solomon, we regret to report that your smiling face and y ?ur optimistic talk would not of themselves alone liquidate your just obligations to the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick milker. "There is an important difference between being an optimist and a mere cheerful idiot, Solomon. "Considering the noble and illustrious name you bear, and all that it stands for in history both profane j nnr) onorni] iv n ctimilil tlvlnLr Ihot might have occurred to you, Solomon. "While, however, your optimistic talk and sweet smiling face would not alone pay your debts, it would help matters little, if at all, for you to sit down and cry in the face of the bill collector?perhaps really iu need of their cush. "It doesn't help any, Solomon, to complain of 'hard times' and gloom generally?It never did help any man In this world, and it never will. "Nothing but hard work, honest dealing, frugal living and right thinking will pave the way to success, Solomon. Look up, not down; look forward, not backward; be of good cheer?and stick to your Job i the best you know how, whether the j skies be dark or otherwise. "Henry Ward Reedier said, and truly: " 'It is not work that kills man; ! work Is healthful; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is the rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery but the frlc- i tion.' "Think that ever Solomon?aad ! cheer up! "Be game, though the heavens fall ?which they are not going to do." "TOWN KILLERS." Under the above caption The Greenwood Journal discusses this; pest with which every community is ' more or less afflicted. Says The Journal: "Who are they? Well one thing is very certain they are not boosters. You never hear one of them say anything favorable tb the communltly In which he lives. There is always something. It never occurs to them ?L ? ? ? 1. a ? orvti n m n ?r h.t u> I 1 ti ll n m _ i (Hill llic ?v i i;ii^ uiav uc nivu tuviui nelves. "The town killer never helps set any enterprise on foot that might help build up the business interests of the community. He was never known to make a subscription fur anything along this line. Wliea others undertake it, he will begin to talk about it and tell you that It is no good. He can not see any use in it anyway. As for giving to assist in building or supporting a church, hospital, college or school that is out of the question so far as the town killer Is concerned. As for a fair that to hirn is one of the most foolish stunts that was ever pulled off. He will tel! you that the state fair Is enough and too much. No use in having one where he lives. "The town killer always boosts the ptaces where he does not live. [ He wfll tefl you for instance that I Abbeville fs one of the livest, best towns in the state. If he lived there he would tell yon It was the dead- ; est. No business season is ever a good one. It is the dullest he ever saw, bringing a better price at every town in the state except the one in which he lives. Everything Is out of joint in and around him. Last i faii when cotton was selling for ten and twelve cents tlie town killer talked as if everything were going to the wall. He worked harder then than he does now. and for the rea- j son that It was more difficult to get people to listen to him. Of course; we have a few town killers in Oreeni wood, hut they hive never succeeded in killing anything but themselves. It is about all that they can do to get about in this community. They are very lamp and weak, thanks to the builders and boosters who have made Greenwood and who are still working at It." I A very helpful feature we suggest as Important for our coming county 'fair is the "Better Babies Contest." All visitors at the state fair who saw the interesting little specimens of humanity as they underwent a careful physical examination, must feel I very grateful to the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and W'nthrop College for Introducing I this new feature at the state fair. The Chester News suggest* as a slogan the following: "I have paid . ifor my paper, have you?" We wlah ' to second the motion. Everybody ? should remember the county paper t It visits your home regularly, toll ing you everything that is happenr ing. Adopt the slogan -and do li . now. u I ______________ - J Some of the money you spend al I home will como back to you but 1 when you buy from mail ordei i houses it is all gone forever. NOVEMBER 3, 1914. 7j:y: \>*** * */f >j*,v : Rsl Carl you nai ?$v u invest as an ^ I -at any lirtn upon it ?? Sia cipal such ai Include will y?'a " of privacy aw 'M ; |1| IIIIII "" 1 |tnnnnr OOBB-EUilOTT. WedilliiK of Former Lancaster Hoy to Miss (\?lib of Ware Shoals. The following account of the Cobb-Elliott wedding, which was st lemnized at Ware Shoals last Wednesday evening, which we take from The News ami Courier of yesterday, will be read with interest by the friends of the popular groom, who, with his winsome bride, are visiting relatives in Lancaster: "A wedding of widespread interest was that of Miss Lila Perr'u Cobb and Mr. John Eugene Elliott, which took place in the Memorir.l church on the evening of Wednesday, October 28, at 7:30 o'clock. The impressive ring ceremony of the Pres byterian church was performed by the Rev. James M. Dallas, the bride's pastor. "The church was beautifully decorated, Southern smilax being interwoven with large pink chrysanthemums and colored electric lights. Ferns wore banked on the chancel to form a large pyr.imid. Traceries of smilax festooned the three arches and from the centre arch was penshower bouquet of soft ferns, bridal chrysanthemums, under which the young couple stood. Mrs. John McBrearty, of Pelzer, rendered the music and Miss Lenora Purcell of Greenville, sang. "As the notes from Ixthengrin's 'Bridal Chorus' sounded the bridal party entered, preceded by the ushers, Messrs. Gary Elliott of Lancaster, Claude Pinson. John Major and Reuben Oliver of Ware Shoals. Misses Lola Cobb, sister of the bride, Anna Bell Dean of Anderson and Dorcas Graham were the bridesmaids, and Miss Lillian Cobb, sister of the bride, and Miss Cornelia Elliot of Lancaster, sister of the groom, were the maids of honor. Misses Mar/ Gambrell and Margaret Dallas were the ribbon-bearers. "The groomsmen were: Messrs. Ira IV. Jones, Jr., Mallie Ferguson and If. J. Gregory of Lancaster and <\ It. Oliver of Ware Shoals and the best man was Mr. Wayne Greene of Lancaster. "The pathway of the bride was strewn with rose petals by little Miss Harriet Moore, the four-year-old niece of the groom, and the groom and his best man were preceded by Master Charles Dickson Oliver, bearing the ring in a large lily. "The bride entered with her father. Her bridal costume was of white duchess satin and nandsome real lace. Her cap veil, which fell far down on the train, was draped with orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of sofe ferns, bridal .1 1111 ?f rh,. vnllav li ustrp lllltl lllirn wi 1 .1%..^ . "Immediately after the wedding, a brilliant reception was held at the home ol the bride's parents, which was beautifully decorated in ferns and pot plants. The receiving line consisted of Mr. and Mrs. \V. Cobb. Mr. J. C. Elliott. Mrs. A. I.. Moore, Mrs. Joho R. Mackorell and the bridal party. Mrs. G. M. Roland, Mrs. John Major and Mrs. U. S. Oliver received at the front doors. Mrs. Ed' Gaines and Mrs. .1. Oambrell acted as hostesses in the dining room, and Misses Grace !x>cnn and Nub Sharp presided at the punch bowl. Refreshments were served by Misses Mary Gambrell and Margaret Dallas. "Tile popularitiy of the couple was amply testified in the large and beautiful assortment of gifts displayed in the library, which was presided over by Miss Tweetie llillhouse. "Mr. and Mrs. Elliott left on a late train for a visit to the groom's home in Dnncaster. Their future home will be at Ware Shoals Mrs. Elliott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cobb of Ware Shoals and Mr. Elliott the son of Mr. and Mrs. j J. C. Elliott of Iaincaster. i "The out-of-town guests were: Miss f'ornelia Elliott. Mrs. John 11. Mackorell and Messrs. J. C. Elliott, Ira R. Jones, Jr., Mallie Ferguson, i J. Gary Elliott. Wayne Green and Ffowell Jackson Gregory, all ol ! Lancaster; Mr. and Mm. John H McRrearty, Dr. and Mrs. W. R Dondy, Miss Sara Cobb and Messrs Steele Dendy and Irvtn Walker, al I of Pelzer; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cheat ham. MIbb Rose Hamlin and Mr John fp. Cheatham, Jr., all of Abbe vllle; MIkb Anna Boll Dean or An<Jer 'son; Mrs. A. L. Moore and children Lloyd Elliott and Harriet Moore o1 J Gaston la; Misses Tweetle HUlhouse Greenville; Mlas Lenore Purcell o Chlcora College and Misses Heler Arnold and Neva and Evelyn Dallai of Due West." ' Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All peraons having claims agalns |the eHtaleyofW. E. Roberts, Sr., de l ceased, are"-fifcreby notified to fll< the same, duly^^erlfled, wltlh thi undersigned, and Immm indebted t( ....i.i ...ill an|,a nnnman | naiu rninir win yicaec ya/uiuu l IlkewlBe. W. U. CLYBuRN, Admr. Estate of W. K. Roberts, 8r, r Peceased. Oct. 26, 1914. O-27-N3-10-1' iiii?iiiiii))iiifc=ii:.i?iimuti1i?iLimi==jiiiLi;u'^mi tie another place in which you nail oras lar^o an amount ? i^you please, ? receive a re WIIM I MV* V* WW AtlIM A C-W WW A M numnt^^Avu pkase.a&often ? h thia lh? eVmen! of safety, o lyauhavcIlK reHvalue of our] n n it u unu mm u n u im iftra ami u '.I u h EE FIRST NATIONAL BAN Lancaster, S. C. UNITED STATES DEFOSITOHY. IIISTOKIC AL SOUVENIR8. Sent !>> Former Ijaneustriaii From Ixnv Country. A few duys ago we received by parcel post, from Mrs. Lillian Flynn Griffin, daughter of Mr. J. Palmer Flynn of the Dixie section of the county, who now resides at Summer-I ville. S. C., a parcel containing a small package of Extra Blend Yellow Dragon tea, grown and packed at the Pinehurst Tea Gardens at Summerville. and the other souvenirs are mentioned in a note under separate cover. Mrs. Grifiln, in asking for her bill for her subscription to The News, says: "It is like a letter from home and wish it continued." Her interesting letter to The News is as follows: To the Editor of The News: I am sending today by parcel post a number of historical souvenirs of the lower part of our grand old state. The package of tea is raised here at Summerville, my present home, and the bits of oak sprigs I gathered from "Marion's Oak." a few miles 'rom Charleston. This oak covers one acre of ground. It is very ancient. The huge body and limbs are divided and lying in every direction. You will recall it is the tree i where Marion, our grand American, met with the British oflicer, roasted j sweet potatoes and served them to ; him (the British officer) on a piece 1 of pfne bark. The tree is a beauti- | ful site to behold. Every limb is , streaming with the enclosed silvery j gray moss. Around this tree is very , uirMWiii.il. t\ iiuiuuri ui urrp i ni\r.> are near and on thefr banks are lime factorfes. Mnch lime Is being made ' here; I hope. Miss Editor, if you have never visited this place, you will not fall to do so the next time you are in our country. The railroad runs through here. The nearest shopping point is Ingleslde. I remain. Yours very sincerely, MUS, LILLIAN FLYNN GRIFFIN. A Prediction Verified. When the question of a special i session of the general assembly was | lirst agitated. The York News de- j clared that the special session would cost the tax payers one hundred | thousand dollars; and we merely call ! attention to th efact that our prediction has been verified to the let-| ter, for the expenses of the special I session and the appropriations made by theni amount to the round sum of one hundred thousand dollars.? York News. V safe. That's what fall busin V have not a bank account bet ^ wonderful business nfrtp?^Ve J 8TATEMENT OF tt THE FARMERS BANK < located at /.minister, S. C., atyThe RESOURCES. / Loans and Dis, counts $ 189.487.Vo Overdrafts 3.972.53 , JL, Furniture and Flx*1 tares 2,875.00 . Other Heal Estate I owned 3,500.00 Due from Hanks and Hankers . . 10,559.*7 JL Currency 2,782.00 t Gold 1,060.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin ... 335.81 t Checks and Cash ?? Items 352.36 Total $214,914.97 STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, f A County of l^ancaster?ss. 1 ^ Before me came W. H. Mllle bank, who, being duly sworn, sa ? t statement is a true condition o V books and said bank. . V Sworn to and subscribed befo !i<?? 1?14. JOHN CRAWP ft I Correct?Atteet: W. T. Oreftory ? jj^ Direi ? \ FARMERS BANK & f W. T. ORBGORY, Praridcat V R. T. I1BATY. Jr.. A 1 . * J * a >Su please, j] if ^ular rclom Jp? your prin* j jsyuu please? f cour*tc^y? ]M 3ank to yov*. Spa nw 11.111 n h ;|JH j33Slj T/. 41**4 V'.>..wku /?# ..a \?vi i* nmon ui ryuiuicm Ana Widows. Wo. the undersigned, do hereby appoint the following men in each township, to get the names of the Confederate soldiers and widows of the Inte wur, now living, and meet at the court house with reports on the first Monday in December, 1914: W. Q. Caskey, Gills Creek township. W. A. Marshall, Pleasant Hill township. M. C. Gardner, Flat Creek township. William Estridge, Buford township. W. T. Sistare, Cane Creek township. John Bell, Dry Creek township. William Crenshaw, Waxhaw township. D. K. Hall, Indian Land town ship. The object is to present the names of those living to the next legislature. Be prompt, help the soldiers. W. G. A. PORTER, Commander Camp Dixie, No. 1175. All We Can Hope For. "A good many of us thought from the outset that the legislature would do no more than draw Its $200 pay," says The Greenwood Journal. We sincerely hope they will do no worse than that.?Greenville Piedmont. EVER HAVE IT?" If You Hale, the Statement of ThU Lancaster Citizen Will Interest I Ton. Ever hAve a "low-down" pain In the backf In theV^small." right over the hips? That's thd home of backache. If it's cansed by weak kidneys, Use Dow's Kidney Pills. Lancaster people testify to their worth. mad a case of it: Mrs. li M. Parks, Market St., Lancaster, slfYs: "I ached all over and my back J was a constant pain. v When I sat donvn I got so stiff across my back I cauld hardly get up. I couldn't do J any stooping. I was narniy ame to ao my nouse work. I finally pot ja box of Doan's Kidney Pills at the standard Drug Co., and began taking Ihem. They brought me lasting relief from the backache and fixed iny/ kidneys up in good shape. I can't praise Doan's Kidney Pills too strongly." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy? get Doan's Kidney Pills?-the same that Mrs. Parks had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., BufTnlo, N. Y. The Man of 4 Money | f got his wealth by giv- X ing his entire atten- ? tion to his business. ? He didn't worry about ? his cash. He put it in ? a good bank where ? he knew it would be ? ess men should do. If you ? ter open one at once. It is ? invite you to open it here. % + IE CONDITION OF ? & TRUST COMPANY, ? i close of business Oct. 21. 1914. J LIABILITIES. 1 Capital Stock Paid in ?50,000.00 v^urplus Pund^H^ 2,500.00 ubb Curreut^Hp <?* dcuses and l^ces ? Individual I)cp<ftlts /Subject to Check 39,914.75 Time Certificates of * I Deposllt 32,814.23 (fertlfled Checks . . 25.25 JA Aashler's Checks. . 8.60 Y ihils Payablo, in- 4D? vnriiii' A eatel for Money J Rowowed . . . . 82,500.00 To{al $214.914.97 ? V >n, Caahier of tbe above named I y? that 'he above and foregoing 2 f ?ald bank, aa nhown by the W. H. MILLEN. y re me thin 2 5th day of October, O 'OHU, Notary Public for S, C. a , W. P. Hoblnaon, W. P. Bennett, ? store. >. rai/sr COMPANY } kUlMMl < UhUf A