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4 ICaurastir SJriufi (SKMI-WEEKJLY.) JUAN IT A WYLIE Editor W. S. HOUGH. . . liusiness Mgr. PUBLISHERS' AXXOINCK.UEXT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster. S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger, established 18 52; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise. established 1891. and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905. at 'Tie postofflce at Lancaster. S. C.. under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SI" 1JSCRIPTIOX PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year * SI.HO Six Months . . ,75r TO SVBSCR1I1KRS: Your subscription must be paid up to and including year marked en 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 mailing out the papers, names of subscribers are sometimes left off Inadvertently. ?Weather forecast for South Carolina: Fair, colder Tuesday; Wednesday fair, fresh northwest winds. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17. i!iu. Now for a Law and Order Lergue in Lancaster. Your chief business should be to plant foodstuffs and boost the county fair. The Hoy Scouts are good scouts and their organization does credit to the town. "Is all the dry fanning done in prohlhi tion states?'' asks The Greenville Piedmont. The .News will be glad to receive | and forward contributions for the 1 relief of the starving Belgians. Make a careful selection of your best farm products and send some- ! thing to he exhibited at the county ! fair. To succeed as it should, the crusade against the blind tiger needs j the support of all law-abiding citi-1 zens. From what we can learn there !s ( more grain being sown this fall than ever before in the. history of the cou nty. The article in this ssue by Rev. J. H. Boyce will be interesting reading. all the more so for the fact that Mr. Boyce's grandfather was reared In Lancaster county. The Newberry Observer makes the excellent suggestion that "a good rule for every town to ndopt for ts blind tignrs is: "Run 'em in ' The suffragists are as silent on the results of the recent elections as the proverbial little boy whom the calf ran over. Hut then nobody's asking them to explain. More work is going on in Lancaster right now than n other towns twice its size in the state. It is good to live in such a busy place and have a place in the march of progress. If you ere not a member of the Lancaster Library Association, now is a good time to join. The library is in need of funds just as you perhaps are in need of good books to read. Mayor Griffith of Columbia is very candid to say the least of it,] when he states that he does not be- i lieve in suppressing the evils in the j capital o'ty, but believes only in regulating them. I Much interest is being manifested : in Columbia's fight on the blind tiger and we all wish the movement i abundant success. Rut help Is needed In the home fight, which should claim our first consideration. We welcome "Uncle Joe" Cannon back to the house, because he is a Jolly good old fellow, and as he is no longer speaker of the house and his party is in the minority, his partisanship will work no harm. To the Chi* stmas ship so many gifts were sent that it could not set sail on the day appointed. Hut the heavy cargo has been loaded and the Santa Clans from America is on his way 'to the little children across the ocean. SllhllllF IlLMKIfS views. We take pleasure in publishing the communication of Sheriff John 1*. Ilunter, relative to the blind tlgei evil, to be found elsewhere in tins issue. It contains many valuable suggestions and we hopo others will tollow Mr. Hunter's example and give their views as to how the ev.l may be suppressed. An invitation is extended to ali of our citizens to use the columns of The News in this behalf. We wi h to emphasize two points made by Mr. Hunter. One is the statement that had he the power he "would revoke the business license of everybody doing business n Lancaster that is suspected of selling | whiskey." The town council should make a thorough investigation and lake away the license of any person, firm or corpornton that is engaged in the ilicit sale of liquor. As to the second point, viz: That liquor under the nterstate commerce law is allowed to come into the state. This, of course, makes it easier for the blind tiger to operate than it no liquor were allowed to be shipped into the state. The next legislature can correct this phase of the matter if it wants to do so, by making the Webb national law, effective 11 South Carolina. This would prevent linuor be ing shipped into this state. We feel assured that the author of the eonIributed article, "Uncle Hardy Knows," had no idea, whatever, of, reflecting upon Sheriff lluntor, as every one knows that he is conscientious and tearless in the discharge of li s oilicial duties. The purpose of tlie article was to arouse public sentiment in the community so that something might be done towards suppressing the blind tiger evil. GOOD ADVIUK. Clemson College is advising the farmers to do the following things right now, viz: 1. Sow oats and wheat. 2. Plant a winter garden. 3. K;ii se all the hogs possible. 4. Raise as much poultry as pos- i sible. We heartily second the motion on ( all of these propositions. It was a good thing that the i White House is occupied by a 1 resident who had enough selt- ' respect not to let a buck negro from lioston insult htm, without call ng in in down. One thing easily leads to another. Mr. Roosevelt, when President, torgetting the Southern blood that is in his veins and wishing to cater to the negro voter, had Hooker Washington to dine witn him in the White House. Tit s incident, no doubt, emboldened the Hoston darkey to take liberties with President Wilson. The President, while observing all the proprieties of the occasion, administered such a rebuke to the colored gentleman tnat a like ofiense will never take place again n the White House. .Mr. Roosevelt gained nothing by his Alphonso and Gi.ston act with Hooker, but on the contrary, hurt himseir. President Wilson's conduct will meet with approval all over the country. There are merchants in Lancaster and others as well, who are being embarrassed because persons who owe them are not coming forward and settling their accounts. It is true there is a temporary depression and somo cannot meet what they owe. hut on the other hand the great majority of debtors could come to the front and make satisfactory arrange-' mcnt willi their creditors. Many will take advantage of present conditions to withhold from others their just dues. Senator Appelt of Clarendon, now til fit. Ilia iilio-tiine r>r\l i t i ??!i 1 1/lnl K Governor Mease. as been shattered, jumps on him with both feet in The Manning Times, of wh' ch he is editor, because the governor would no* allow the cotton bond biy to become | a law. He says it was "arrant! cowardice," in the governor. We differ with Mr. Appelt. We think this one of the best things the governor ever did. It was less than a year ago that a white man and two negroes died uiiHflAnlv r?n thnlr wov f mm town from the ciTects of liquor, generally believed to be blind tiger liquor, which they had purchased in i the town of Lancaster. The Caffney Ledger says: "It's difficult for legitimate business enterprises to compete with concerns who conduct blind tigers as a side i line." Don't fail to sow oats. There yet remains something like two weeks in which it is perfectly safe to do so. The State thinks It is a long way, for the allies, to Berlin, oven if the Germans are on th eretreat. THE LANCASTER NEWS 1 ' 1 i " - ' ~ " i "t'I.KAX-11' l)AV." Friday, November 20, is "Cleanup Day" for tlie schools anil we. hope it will be observed all over the , county. The School Improvement Association is to be congratulated upon setting apart such a day, for the surroundings have much to do with the kind of work done by the scholars. If the school house and grounds are neat and attractive, the children will be furnished an incentive for keeping them so, while amid untidy and unattractive en-1 vironments, an indifferent spirit I Krows upon them. If they are made to see and feel the mprovement, the battle is already * won, for their interest is aroused and it will bo their pleasure to help In keeping the school clean. The training afforded by the observance is really a les-| sou in good citizenship. affording the men and women of tomorrow a , practical example of their respon-' sib'lity as citizens. This civic work j will inculcate in the children a love of cleanliness and order which will in many cases become a fixed habit. If more attention had been given heretofore to this important work, the carelessness and indifference of many children, now men and women, would have been early changed to interest and a love of order and neatness, and they would have grown up Into cit'zens who demand a clean town and do their part in making it so. This "Clean-Up Day" if observed generally and made to serve its intended purpose, cannot but be reflected, not only in the school improved and beautified, but in the home as well, while in the at-| titude of the children towards their town and community will be seen one of tlie further-reaching results. Ml Kit I l<?K III VI Kir* V IK IV* (>iv(v His \'ersion of the Blind Tlgpr Problem. To tlie Editor of Tlu? News: The article which appeared in your paper, publ shed November 10, 1 b 14, under the caption of "Uncle Hardy Knows," says: "There are blind tigers in Lancaster." I wish to state that I have no doubt but that we have many blind tigers in 1 the town of Lancaster, and in Lancaster county, and all over the state1 of South Carolina, which thrive by reason of whiskey drinkers. This, of course, is a very bad state of affairs. But what sensible, reasonable and fair-m.nded person could wonder at such a condition of things when the laws of these United States give everybody the right to order whiskey and to literally flood the whole country with it, and to drink It at their will? This law suits blind tigers; and their patronizers scarcely ever get drunk enough to tell on them, itmatters not how limber and simple they may seem. So evidence sufllclent to convict is hard to get hold of. The court does not consider what we BELIEVE; it lakes EVIDENCE to convict. But. however, if I had it in my power I would revoke the business license of everybody doing business in Lancaster that is suspectea of selling whs key. While my faults may worry some people, as well as myself, and cause theni to say unkind tilings of me. at the same t' me no living man can truthfully assert that I am "blind to my official duties," notwithstanding I, no doubt, sometimes make mistakes. If anybody can give me information in regard to violations of law, and for any good reason does not care to swear out warrants, give it to me, and not a stab in the back, and prose?ntions and arrests will promptly follow. JOHN P. HUNTER. Sheriff I^incaster <?Ounty. THE VALUE OF COWPEAS. Should lie Saved to Follou Corn Next Tear. Clemson College Special to Columbia Record, Nov. 16. St .to Demonstration Ajioiii W. \V. Long of I'leniKon College, who is now engagod In making a tour of the state as a final course 11 the grain campaign, the extension division (Memson College has conducted this mitumn, is oa;;*:. for South Carolina farmers to realize the value of their cowpeas at this time and to save all the cowpeas they can get their hands on. The reason for this is that, in order to get the greatest benefits from sowing their lands to grain th s winter, farmers should sow the grain stubble to cowpeas next year. Land sown to oats or wheat this autumn r.nd to cowpeas next year will be in a greatly improved condition a year from now. Clemson's wheat propaganda will be continued throughout November, which Is the best month to sow wheat in South Carolina. In manyparts of the state it may he be sown 'up to December 16 with good re| suits. Mr. Long states that all in (lications are that South Carolina will have more land ?own to oats and wheat this year than ever before in the history of the state. Hoth crops are expected to bring record prices next spring. I JUST RECEIVED?A big shipment of Typewriter Rllbbons of most of the best makes of machines, In* eluding- Monarch, Royal, Oliver, Remington, Underwood. We are 1 selling these at 75c and they are as good as the best. Lancaster PublishI ing Company, Lancaster, S. C. >, xoYMJjw.t it..!?'11.... &b': ^ y?u r,aTr I Si; ?v invc5? ao err. [ ^ 1 [J; *~?t any lime Uj w^nii e 4rf:V? i cip.3! uucli an I'.iclude -vvilh of privacy a*i<ij f?;,< V"'' ,; !i 1; B.-snr te# pite Igggg ** SAW AVIATOR KlIJiKR. fhmlottoan a Witness at Tragedy | Friday at Chesterfield. Charlotte Observer. Mr. James Harris of this city was I an eyewitness of the tragic death of j the aviator, Frank J. Terrell of , Worcester, Mass., at Chesterfield, S. j C., on "Friday, tho Thirteenth.*' ' Mr Harris returned here yesterday. "Tim n#?r?ii1nnf nn/?itrrn/1 nn flit* last day of the Chesterfield county fair, at which Mr. Terrell had made , a successful flight on the day before." said he. "It occurred, too, In ' plain view of between 2.000 and ! 3.000 spectators, including the avia-' tor's young wife. "About 2:30 o'clock wben Terrell, a n'ce looking, clean-cut man of 2 8 vears. was tinkering with his machine, I beard bis bride of a few months, aged about 24 years, crying and pleading with him not to fly. as she had a premonition that misfor-, tui.o would attend such an attempt. Mr Terrell merely laughed at her fears however, and assured her confidently that all would be well. "The atmospheric conditions appeared favorable and the airman said they wore all li ght. The weather was clear and no winds were perceptible. At 3:30 be climbed into the Curtis biplane, which was evidently a rather old machine, and was off. "Under his guiding hand the machine made a pretty ascension and flow half a mile. Then it turned gracefully and was returning to the fair grounds when Mr Terrell decided to do some fancy flying. The machine executed a dip without mishap. Then another dip?and it was then that the accident occurred. The strain was too much for the wires and they snapped. Instantly with a fearful crash the wings crumpled up logetber and biplane and driver dropped like a shot 300 feet to the onrtb below. Terrell was clearly visible when the wires snapped, being <usi above the fair grounds and we could see h s body stifTen as he braced himself, knowing death was certain. He made no attempt to jump but held himself firmly in place end in a few seconds all was over. He struck the ground first and the motor above bint drove him into the earth. Every bone from his should-, ers down was shattered. His body was soft like pulp. The crowd rush- ( od up and pulled the machine from j above him. "Mrs. Terrell, who had witnessed ' everything, fainted when she saw his body, and soon afterward became hysterical. Her condition was regarded as serious some time afterward. The effect of the accident on the crowd was depressing .almost terrifying. A few minutes after the i trageoy the country people were j hurrying for their homes and in a | short while that fair was at an end. i "I had been told," continued Mr. I Harris, "that Mr. Terrell was one of | a rla'-s of 1 4 men taught by Curtis?, and that seven of these had been ! killed. Tho body of the aviator, it i was understood, would be sent baek ] to Massachusetts for fnterment. The J sum of $300 in a?I was earned by the fliehts Thursday and Friday. "Early that morning I was riding in an automobile that broke down, lint no one was hurt Th?n f saw the aeroplane accident. Then Ir.ter in tne afternoon 1 saw a runaway In which a lady was thrown from a buggy." said Mr. Harris. "I'm Inclined to think that next time Friday. the 13th .arrives I'll go home and get under tho bed." HOW TO SUCCEED. During the last few years, conditions in all lines of business, even professional life, have changed so completely that every man is waking up to the fact that inVirder to win success he must specialise and learn to do some one thing ami do it well. So it is with any atftlcle that is sold to the people. I must have genuine merit or no at ount of ad' vertislng will mtaintain the demand for the article. . For many years di igglsts have I watched with much int rest the remarkable record maint ined by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root ,the great I Kidney. Liver and Bla< ler Remedy. ; From the very begini ng the proprietors had so much confidence In it that they invited very one to : test ft. It is a physician's p ascription. They have on file thousands of unsolicited letters r celved from former sufferers who ( aim they are now enjoying good health as a result of Its use. However, If you wish first, to try ' a sample bottle, address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Illnghamton, N. Y., enclose ten cents and mention this paper. They will promptly forward you a sample bottle by parcel post. Ftogulnr sizeg for sale at all druggists?fifty cents and one dollar. V * ** * * * '*' ' * " 1 'V.*.*. ic anollwrplace in wliichyoi all eras lar^c an amount , yen please, ? receive a re Lnd add or ivithdrawfrom lounto asyou picaso.adoftcn; thi? Ihe tilcmcnt of safety, o yeuhavelhc real value of our v ii n ttut .lamrtrmrn-r.ty u;ui n ;i u n 3 FIRST NATIONAL BAN Lancaster, S. C. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. UNCLE HARDY AND THE TREES. Will Tliey, and Othera of n Day fiono by, be loi gotten? (Contributed to The News.) I was in a detestable lninior. And who would not be? Already 1 had negotiated six squares of Lancaster mur, losing one rubber and about half of my religion. Yet who could stay in a bad humor when there was a prospect of talking to Uncle Hardy? And sure enough, there he was, with Ills body supported by the recently erected ornamental piece of pip'ng used for supplying water to our sprinkling cart, and his head thrown hack, he stood gazing wistfully upward. "Hello, Uncle," I greeted him. "What are you looking at?" "At de trees, sah. Dey's tukln' 'em down. It'll he mighty hot walk in" for do olo man when he com up frum do stashun." "But they'll plant others," I insisted. "Maybe, sail. But it tuk a long time t' grow dose trees. I)e little ehilluns be ole men like Uncle Hardy befo' dey gets as big as vonner ones." "How old are the big ones. Uncle?" I asked. "Lessee, sah. funnel and I put dem trees out befo' de wall Some wher back in de fifties, It war I digged de holes, and de funnel he put in de trees. I 'member when we plant de two big uns by de walk de ole gemmen say: " 'Hardy,' say he, 'when you and T am gone, and our ehilluns c-um up de big road den dey stop under dese trees In de shade.' "And so it am been, massa. His chillun, and my chlllun, and ole Massa Wylle's chlllun, all play under de trees. But de ole funnel he done cross de ribber and olo Uncle Hardv he still here, and dey am cutP n' down de trees." "Oh, but Uncle Hardy." I remonstrated, "they'll soon plant other trees, and these will he forgotten." "Oats so. Massa, data so. De ole trees, and de ole folks am soon forgotten. Tfnk de'll forget ole Uncle Hardy when he's gone?" the old darky asked as he turned away. And the question rang in my ears until I forgot my lost rubber, and almost recovered my religion. Will they forget Uncle Hardy? He and the trees, and many an old man and woman in Lancaster belong to a daylong since passed. Will they be forgotten? And as I plodded through more mud, I concluded that senti I o % jfi fe x 1 1 rV I * ' safe. That's what all jnusii V have not a bank account be ?? wonderful business hey. W V STAT KM ENT fr<T V THE V ARMEIIS BANK ?* located at Lancaster, S. C., at th Y RESOURCES. Loans and Dis- y counts $189,4*7.6/ Overdrafts 3,972.1*1 ^ Furniture and Fix- V Y tures 2,875.tltr* *5^ Other Heal Estate ?? owned 3.500.00 Due from Hanks and Hankers . . 10,559.67 X Currency 2,782.00 Y Gold 1,060.00 C? Silver and Other X Minor Coin ... 336.81 Checks and Cash T? 11 Amc o c o o? j Y - UUAlOU j Total $214,914.97 | ?? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA I % County of Lancaster?si j Before me came W. H. Mill bank, who, being duly sworn, s Y statement Is a true condition Y books and said bank. 4Q4 Sworn to and subscribed bef 1914. JOHN CRAW I JL Correct?Attest: W. T. Oregor % $ FARMERS BANK & Y W. T fUUKJORY, Preai?lrat V " T. IJKATi, Jr., , *1**1* x can |! a 5 you M jjvxlar* return ill \Wi l yovii' prim |p 3i>yc?u please? !fl! ( courtesy- jH Qh Dank to you. ||j nrm 'L! ;U-VM" ^ rJ'UTJ ,1'jtf * ? mcnt was not half bad after all. and j that It really made life worth living. Death of Mr. Livingstone Mr. Livingstone d'ed at the Mill i* 1 , Village last Saturday afternoon at 3:.in o'clock. For some time ho had made his home with his father-inlaw, Mr. S. L. Hobinsoti. He is sur1 vlved by a little daughter. The re! mains were interred at Westslde j cemetery Sunday afternoon, after ! funeral services by Rev. S. R. Brock. Donald McCauley Dead. Mr. Donald McCauley of ('hosier, a s prominent retired business man #f ' Chester, died in a hospital In Columbia Wednesday. He was 60 ; years of age and a native of Scotland. He was well and favorably known in Lancaster. Change in Itinerary. The following change has been made In the Itinerary of Miss Hlte, published in the last Issue of The News: i Wednesday, November 25, at 1(>:30 a. m. she will be at Pleasant Plain, on Friday, 27th, at 10:30 at Pleasant Hill, and at 12 in. at Oakhurst. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. We are now engaged in dropping from our subscription list, the names of parties whti are in arrears for the paper and to whom we have sent statements of the amount due by them, but who have failed to pay up. It costs money to run a newspaper and we cannot carry the names of subscribers contrary to the rules and regulations of the postoffiee department. It is possible that in dropping names from our list, some error may occur. If any subscriber, therefore, who has paid up, should fail to get the pajier, please notify us at once and the error will lie cor- ^ reeted. VtOYvsvstcco. soawu} vi ounvta. Coxxcv^oux L^oxXs. SXoac\xfc&. oxvac&ouxCt va\XuA"BaxOR, Tobox^ X"}mXo bXtuCtTHE FIRST NATIONAL) BANK Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Yatir druRRist will refund money if FAZO OINTMKNT (nils to cure nny case of Itching, Hlind, llleedinRor Protruding Piles in 6to 14days. The first aiHihcntion Rives Kasc and Kest. 50c| The Man of ?|* ?. Money y Jfot his wealth by giv- X \ ing his entire atten- % tion to his business, i He didn't worry about X^ his cash. He put it in a good bank where X he knew it would be I less men should do. If you tter open one at once. It is X P e invite you to open it here. V IIE CONDITION OF J TnncT roMn 4 STV V ejdose of business Oct. 21, 1914. I LIABILITIES. v Capital Stock Paid V in $ 60,090.00 + Surplus Fund . . 2,500.00 Z Undivided Profits, f less Current Ex> . penses and Taxes < >vpaid 7,152.14 V Individual Deposits Bubject to Check 39,914.76 Jk Time Certificates of /Depostlt 32,814.23 4? (mrtified Checks . . 25.25 JL fashler's Checks.. 8.60 lulls Payable, In- 4^ I cludlnR Certlfl- ^L' \ cates for Money J \llurrowed . . . . 82,500.00 d [Total >214,914.97 en, Cashier of the above named ? ays that the above and foregoing t of said bank, as shown by the> W. H. MILLEN. ore me this 25th day of October, FORD, Notary Public for 8. C. ?+# y. W. P. Robinson. W. P. Bennett, ctors. X t 7KMST COMPANY ? W. H. M1I.IJ4N, Cashier. Assistant Cashier. / Ji ik: