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? > i I VOL. 10, NO. 17, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1014. $1.50 A YEAR. ______ ___________ ^ , LINN. LANCASTRIANS \ ON BOOSTER TRIP: Representative Crowd Visit ! ( Other Towns. ELLISON THE LEADER. y All Ketum Home Well Satisfied j ) Thai Lancaster l/ead.H?Trip a Success Despite Haiti. The Lancaster Booster Special, mention of which was nutde in our ^ " lust issue, made its proposed trip i iroeioriloo ? :?1 ? L '* 1 ' /v?tvuaj 1I1UIUIII U rsillKH- IIIICU. Notwithstanding weather conditions j wero unfavorable, nothing could daunt the enthusiasm of the boosters, more than forty strong, who made the trip, setting aside business and other considerations for the purpose of advertising the business interests of the town in general, and in particular the Lancaster county fair, which will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, the first fair held in Lancaster county since the Civil War. The train consisted of two coaches end an engine. It left the L. & C. depot promptly on schedule time, 9 a. m Engineer Ed Muggins was at the throttle, Superintendent A. P. McLure was in charge of the special. Stops were made according to schedule at Fort Lawn, Bascomville and Richburg, at each of which places a good crowd of men, women and children greeted the party. The train was decorated with "Lancaster Leads" and county fair pennants and other attractive advertising matter. At each stop, the crowd, wearing red caps labelled I "Lancaster Leads," and further ornamented with pennants bearing ' the advice "Attend the Lancaster 1 County Fair," filed out of the coach- ' es, preceded by the 16-plece Italian * band belonging to Smith's Greater 1 Shows. After Dixie and other fa- s ^ vorite airs had been rendered by the 1 band, the representatives of most' of the business institutions of the ' town distributed cards and other 1 advertising matter, while Secretary ' Ellison was everywhere in evidence, j' particularly where there were wo- i 1 men and children, to whom he gave ' souvenir buttons. 1 On arriving in Chester, the boost- ' 1 ers formed in two lines at the depot and headed by the band, inarched through the main business street up I to the public square. The mayor of : the city was sighted on the march < and was asked if we could take in s the town. He very cheerfully as- l seated to the proposition and told < us to go along and help ourselves, < Arrived at the square, the boosters bunched together and after giving ? the following yells, dispersed, each I one seeking out the reserved and < timid citizens of that quiet old city, 1 sitting like ancient Rome upon her < hills: f Lancaster, Lancaster, don't forget ! . The city that does things, you may i bet, . The like of which you never saw Lancaster, Lancaster, ' ltah! Rah! Rah! Vnnm t? a mlffhtv 'I ? ? - v/ o\/v?m |u*tn, wc , | . know, *** But come over to Lancaster and i ' watch her grow, I The like of which you never saw, ; | Lancaster, Lancaster, . Hah! Hah! itah! These enthusiastic yells mude old i Chester sit up and take notice and , before it could recover from its as- \ tonisluuent, our boosters were up and away to resume the trip, stoppng next at the "Good Town," Hock ] Hill. At Chester the Southern Hallway took charge of the train. Mr. Neill Simpson, an old Lancaster boy, was the conductor in charge and Mr. W. H. Hubhinu was at the throttle. On arriving at Hock Hill the parly was met at the depot by that prince of boosters, ex-mayor of the city and its present efficient president 01 the Chamber of Commerce, John T. Roddey, also Dr. J. R Johnson, Dr. ' W. O. Stevens, a Lane inter raised ' product, Messrs. Alex L^ng. P. L. 4 Johnson and others. They were 1 taken by these gentlemen to the Commercial Club ro. ne:. where a fcimal welcome was tendered in happy manner by Mr. Roddey and Dr Johnson. M. ltoddey, in the 1 course of his ienaruj, took occasion I1 to say that the progress Lancaster J (Continued on Png? Four.) 1 MJr i (AN DYKE BRINGS PLANSJFOR PEACE Confers With President Wilson ?Reported Plan iVILSON'S .. PROGRAM VIII Have Busy Week W?tli Many | Conferences ami Consideration of Message Washington, Nov. Ui>.?President ' Vilson has a busy week before him n preparation for the convening of 'ongress. Hesides completing his in ii ii <n 1IH.-??UK<;, III' will (1I8CUSS Till' ' European situation with two Ameri an diplomats just back from the war one. consider various pressing donestic problems and receive a rum- , >er of important taller?. In completing the message, it is I inderstood, the President is to cnnlider te advisability in recommend- J ng that Congress amend the Sher- i nan anti-trust law so as to allow American exporters to cooperate to neet organized foreign competition. President Fahey of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, who | vill call at the White House during he week, i* ejpected to urge c?.<tvng out at once a provision for an In- 1 restigat'on of combinations abroad \ vith which American exporters have .o compete. Mr. Wilson has been or more than a month on the trade '.ommission. He is understood to tave decided on Joseph Davies, comni??ioner of corporation, whose i u eau will oe merged into 'lie new ommission and Mr. Fahev is said lo >o a probable choice for one ?. f the > iac.es. Chairman Sparkman of the House livers and Harbors Committee will li&cuss with the President the fruint k of the next rivers awl harbors jill. The President is understood ot je oesirouis that only urgently necessary projects be provided for in the j.I. Conferences will be held during lie week w'ch l!enry Van Dyke. .Win- i stor to Ho'land, and lJtnry White. ( iiner Ambarsador tc France. it um been repjiled that Mr. Van Dyke > -.! .c.s a i-.essgo from tins Queen of ii -hand proposing a plan for neutral irtions to brii g about pc lee in Europe Ambassadors Suarez of Chile and -non of Argentina wi: s have just (> elevat I front the rank of M:us? rs. will In r"reived by the i'resi- i ..out Wo'kt ?"i v and Y .uradny tvtoilively. Si i rotary It y.n will call 'or the A <il it-ndors end present l?p'. to tin president vi?a formal r ? mony. During the week Mr. Wilson will onsider the Mexican question with . he Cabinet, will seek to end the t'o!jrado coal strike and will discuss ivith Secretary CJarrison the question jf withdrawing Federal troops from tome of the Colorado strike districts. SAVE NARROW ESCAPE Prof. Patterson Wardlaw in Automobile Accident Orangeburg, Nov. 28.?Prof. Patterson Wardlaw of the University of South Carolina and G. Mackey Sal- 1 ey of this county came near suffer- j ng a severe accident last night at , iboHt 7 o'clock when the automobile t >f Mr. Salley slid down the embank- ; uent of the Edisto river swamp. Vr Salley was taking Prof. Wardlaw to St. George school, where he was to ieliver a lecture. While passing j hrough the Edisto river swamp and s'hile driving near the edge of the :auseway, the embankment edge sud lenly gave way and the car fell down be embankment. Th" car did not :u:n over and the members of the larty escaped uninjured. Another' ar was secured and the trip was nade and engagement filed. Queen Well in l/ondon. London. Dee. 1.?The rumors thnt Queen Elizabeth of Belgium is II are unfounded. She is i:i London ' ind vieited Queen Mother Mexandra to extend birthday congratulations Monday. Noted Actress Dead. London, Deo. 1.? Funny Whiteside IJrough, the actress, died lust light after un illness extending over wo years. She was born in Paris n 1854 and made her first appearmoe on the stage in 1860. I PROGRAM LANCASTEI ? December 3, 4, J | THURSDAY, D X General Opening Day. *?* Lancaster Day. ? 1 J'. M.?Free Band Concert. X 2 P. M.?Final Arrangements ? Visitation of all shows. Y 6 P. M.?Free Band Concert. X 7 P. M.?Visit Smith Greater x 8 P. M.?Teachers' Institute. < X to be decided on at this meeting ? Y ? FRIDAY, DE Y > Y Lancaster Countv School Dav. Y X Heath Springs Day. *:* Farmers' Day. 1* Judging all Departments. 11 A. M.?Grand Parade of al *i* 12 M.?Football Game, Yorkvi ? Park. T 12:30 P. M.?Farmers' Meetin, X ers: Hon. W. W. Long, Clemsoi X McLaurin, State Warehouse Con & J. Watson. & 1 P. M.?Free Band Concert. & 2 P. M.?Horse Show. See J X 3 P. M.?Free Aeroplane Fligl ? 6 P. M.?Band Concert. X 7 P. M.?Magnificent Display c 8 P. M.?Attending Smith Gre | SATURDAY, I Z Kershaw Day. j- Lancaster County Day. % 11 A. M.?Grand Parade of all X Visitation to all Exhibits, Poi X IP. M.?Free Band Concert. 2 P. M.?Free Aeroplane Flig ? f 3 P. M.?Visitation to all Sto; { 7 P .M.?Display of Fireworks. SCIIOOli DAV. Il< Friday to Ih? Liven Over to the C.'oi Children. All school children who come to \ Lancaster Friday will in after life vs?l ent look hack upon it as a "red letter is t dt y" in their lives. Assembling on tioi the Central gn.'ed school grounds 'pju at 10::{(), a line of march will he :'t" formed which, will parade through '' sec tow ii after the m.uiner of last field i thh d:.y. Kv.ch sclio'. 1 should he properly ^ hav designated hv pennants or other- , ^ wise. Holiday has been declared in Tu< the schools of the county in order to l!tt! give the children an opportunity of ,,(,r visiting tho fair and the teachers ' an opportunity of attending the In- j stitute A silver loving cup is to he pro awarded by the Chamber of Com- us? meree to the school making the host showing in parade, having the best attendance and deportment in line Nai of maroh and the best school exhibit. The Lancaster school is not compel- * No' ing for this much coveted reward, on prefering to show this courtesy to jar the rural schools of the county. for Remember the special train with irin| i h special rates from Kershaw on which par children from the lower part of the Ka? county may come. Remember that noo all school children may see the 1 1 * motion pictures at the Star Theatre * a hav free of cost that dry, according to a ,|1;1 generous offer from Manager Parr. ^re Remember all exhibits may he seen Fir free of cost ,thc aeroplane flight is free to all and f dniission to all the hea side shows will be given the school jn(j| children Friday at half price. to A wonderful dry has been planned. We urge every parent to bring A the children to town Friday, as the ^lat talks by farm experts will be of interest to them no less than will the the the school showing All schools a,u' I the county arc requests! to sen 1 ten; their exhibits before Thursday night, gar to the court house, wher* a commit- due teo of women will receive and ar- trot range thm. in* ? iltry Show, etc. ? $ ht. ? res in Town. ;{ Attending Smith Shows. *|* I>\V MICH tOTTON XKKDKI). isuls to >lakp Inquiry in All 1'ai'ts ?r tlic Worhl. Vashington, Nov ;' <). Tin"Id's need ot' cotton at tin* prestiine and the need for next yea'" 0 be the subjec t of an invest iga\ by state department otllcials. ; treasury department tonigh* louneed that Secretary Mc \<lo<> 1 requested Secretary ltryan t<> lire all possible information on i subject. *iiit? ?! States consuls iio.t i e been instructed. the .-t it<-m? nt i, to make careful invest i-.--.-i ion ise in ISgypl. Iiitlia, China ami 'sia have been directed also to r?? l the most reliable estimati's ot 1 a 1 I crops in those countries. The reports from the consuls will compiled here each month and bably will be made public for the of cotton producers. rOMKS INTO ITS OWN. -dtrii Campaign Itccogni/.c-l us All lin|M>rt a.it. icriiii, via The Hague to London /. 30.?The East gradually is ii*:g into its own. """bore fannlw.'th conditions Iiuvo recogmzed three weeks that 'lie certer of lorranee nas been transferred to' eastward war theatre. The de-j ture of Kmperor Willi im to the, it '"or.;, 0"u. von Hinder-burg's Ju.ment is a I'e. I mar-di d a?.d ( p> blication i f appreciative tele uis to the Eastern coinu-airde.s e directed attention to the fact t events in Poland are oi far r.ter Importance than those in nders and along the Aisne. die presence of Kmneror William Fiold Marshal von Hindenburg's dquartors is interpreted here as icating that everything is thought be going well. IC?*|n>rts Itig Battle. Amsterdam. Dec. 1.? The Handell's Sluis correspondent says: 'A big battle is raging between Yscr and the Lys. One hundred twenty thousand Germans have n sent to Yprea for a final atipt to capture the town. The risons in Flanders have been reed to a minimum to provide Dps to prevent the allies advancon Zonnebeke and Langemarck." I COUNTY FAIR. $ 5, 1914. | EC. 3. | i for all exhibits. !I ? t X Shows. Hours for other sessions .{. i 1 School Children. lie vs. Lancaster at Ball ijl g, Court House. Speaki College; Hon. John L. X imissioner, and Hon. E. JC ack Gregory. 'X ht- / | t ?f Fireworks. \ ater $5nows. $ )Ec( 5. I I Live Stock. GENERAL ZAPATA KEEPS GOOD ORDEI Public Said to be Regaining Confidence. SMALL TAX IS LEVIED Snid to !??? XeresKary for I'uynirnt of Troops anil Kvik-hsi's of I'olire l)?>|uirtincut. Washington. Nov. S.?Kxcepi for a few isolated ras/s of robber} and violence. which resulted in se vere punishment to the offender.-., tin Zapata forces have maintained go < order in Mexico City, according ft advices to the state department to day from the Brazilian minister. The minister mentioned no Injun Jo Spanish subjects and otlieiais hart 'do not credit rumors that severs Spaniards were killed. The Brazilian minister reportet that the public is rapidly regain ing confidence. The Zapata niili'.ar; commander lias issued a tlecrei levying a tax of one-half the regu lar property tax, which he says ii needed to pay troops and the expen ses of police and government. Tin Carranza administration, he tie clares, left the treasury empty. VILLA NOT ON SCENE. Nothing was known by the Brazil Ian minister when he filed his dis patch, late yesterday, as to the tinn when Villa and his forces would ar rive. Previously he telegrapliei that agents of Villa and the Agua Calientes convention were workini in perfect harmony with Zapatj officials. The situation in other parts o Mexico is described in official re ports as quiet, with the oxcpt.ioti <> Tampico, where the approach o Villa forces from San Luis Potos has terrorized some residents. lie ports are current that (leneral Lui Cabellero, miliary governor of th state of Tamaulipas, who command the situation at Tampico now, i aligned with the convention forces If that materializes a peaceful entr; of the Villa troops is not unlikely Wireless reports from Tampici today said bandits were lootini nearby oil fields and apparently hat gainetl control of Panueo. < 'arran/.a at .lalapa. Vera Cruz, Nov. L'S. (leneral Ve nustiano Carranza is iu Jalapa to night and is expected to remait more ror two or three days to bo i-oino ;m <iuaintcd ' itli the people. Il< was .ii'< onip.taind bv Gem :al.s Ohre uoti and Auuilar General Derihet to .1left in <onin>: ml of tin garrison here (lenenil l.ueio Mlaneo. who wa: the last of the const itution.'Ii> letulers to evacuate Mexico City, i: here, as a prisoner at the disposi lion of the ntililtiry au'horith s. John K# Sillirnan, President Wil son's representative in Mexico, wil remain in Mexico City, where he wil conduct his work in conjunctioi with the Brazilian legation. Sue! dealings as the Washington govern nient may have with General Car ranza while he is here will be car rled on by Consul W. W. Canada. < < ?l IM'bSt >lt V ATTKNDA N< K. S|n?rtaiiburg Grnutl Jury Mitke ltecninmeii<lntioii for ScIkmiIk. Spartanburg Special to Charlestoi News and Courier. Nov. .to. Tin Spartanburg county grand jury it ?ts presentment filed with the cour of general sessions Saturday, reeotn mends that tin- delegation from this county support in the approaching session of the legislature a compul sory school attendance law. W. t! tjuery. the retiring foreman of lli< grand jury, will bo a member of tin next legislature. Ysaye Serlou*l> 111 Bemuse ol Hardships. l,ondon. Nov. U8. Kugcne Ysaye the famous Belgian violinist, is seri ously ill at Tunbridge Wells as i result of hardships he oxpei'encec after the inv nling Hermans oecti pied Ostend. Ysaye and a few friends manage' to secure a small fishing boat it take them to Dunkirk Thov am.iv the night without food and will little protection from the weather Ysaye was only able to bring away few belongings, but these include) his priceless violin. GOVERNOR BLOCKS I PUN OFSTATELOAN ; Refuses to Sijrn Three Notes for $150,000 at 5 Per Cent. . IN STATE SUPREME COURT. t lllease Paroles Abraham Davies, l'ii?k*r l.it'e Term for ('rimi. mil Assault. t Columbia Special to Charleston News ami Courier, Nov, 30.?The . state's borrowing bourn imiw <?* - ? eepted a bid from the Palmetto Na , lional Hank of this rity for a $150,> iiiiii loan at 5 per cent to meet the . expenses of the State tlovernment, hut the refusal of Governor Please j to sign the notes prevented the loan ? from being floated. State Comptrol1 ler General A. W. Jones and State Treasurer S. T. t'arter affixed their 1 signatures to the notes, hut the Gov ernor refused to sign them and of > course the lean fell through. Two of s the proposed notes one Cor $50,000 . and one for $25,000, wete to be due s on Janurary 20 and the other two, - otic for $25,000 and the other for e $50,000, were to be due on February - 10. "I feel that 1 have done my duty in the matter,'* said State Treasurer i Carter this afternoon. "Letters ask ing for bids on this proposed loan a ' were sent to twenty banks in the - , State and six were courteous enough 1 to acknowledge reseipt of the Treas surer's letters." Mr. Carter said he g , had also taken the matter up with i j the regional reserve bank in Riehj ntond, but without result, f The Governor today paToled - I Abraham Davis, colored, who was t" convicted of criminal assault at f Hampton in June, 11?14. and senteni eed to life imprisonment in the - State Penitentiary. e NKW ItKTIIKL IIM.II SCIIfMlb. S ^ St<?r> of a .Most I'rnKivssivA In? slilution. . The Now Itctlicl high school opened Monday with a good attendance. Mr. B. V. Patterson, an A. II. and , M. A. of tin* University of North ? j Carolina, is again principal, and lias as assistant in the high school Mrs. Brnest fames, a graduate of Columbia Female College, and one of - the recognized best primary teaeh. res in the state. i Itoth Mr Pattrson and Mrs. . fames have had experience elsewhere Mr. Patterson li ving taught a -( '.( ral of the ' rur 1 high - In "'Is in North C tro' n: i a stu dent of rural high school problems. Mr Patterson spent the summer of 1H1:'. in Bnghtnd and Germany, .where lie studied and represented the l'niversii\ of North Carolina in - several international raves in both Hngland and Germany. Mrs. fames was for several years 1 eonnected with kindergarten work 1 in Columbia and since her marriage i to Mr. Brnest fames has been coni nected with him in the high school - at Andrews, S. C. Owing to the fad that farm work - is not advanced as far as usual thin year, and that many children were not able to be present for the first week, the school started with only two teachers. However, the third H teacher will be added as soon as the ( attendance bcomes normal. B Miss Kva Hite, president of the j State Rural School Improvement , | Association, accompanied by Mr_ V. ? A. Lingle, county superintendent of 'education, and Mr. Luther Ellison, ' secretary of the Lancaster Chamber t of Commerce, visited the high school - Tuesday, and after a hearty dinner, at which Mr. Ellison was much in evidence, the school was addressed by both Miss I'ite and Mr. Ellison. ' Miss llite tells us that New Hethei has one of the best buildings and equipments to be found in any rural r school in South Carolina. New Bethel is a three-teacher state high school, with ten grades and the length of term i:- seven - months. , Immediately after the address or I Mr Ellison, the assembled patrons and trustees subscribed a $ 1 .*> addition to the high -chool library. itecogni/dng that >peeii,t prob1 lents confront the rural high schools ^ of the .stale, and that. only by ( special effort can (lie big). schools reach all classes daring these times 1 of business depression, the trustees and patrons after consulting with t Miss Hite, decided to assemble scool j at 8 o'clock and ai the noon hour , allow those desiring it to go home and assist in the cotton fields.