The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 11, 1914, Page 4, Image 4
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1852; The Review,
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?Weather forecast for South
Carolina: Fair Saturday.
FRIDAY. I)K( K.MIIKR II. IS, I.
Now for a cleaning up of the
streets before Christmas.
Have you helped to food "one of
the least of these," a Belgian baby?
Goose Creek water can hardly become
popular in Charleston while i
"fire water" is so easily obtainable.
Of course you are not ready for
Christmas and we would never think
of asking if yon are. But what are j
you doing to get ready?
We sincerely hope that the blind I
tigers which are being driven out of j
Kershaw will not head this way. j
From all we can learn Lancaster has
enough of these animals already. j
There are many reforms needed
in South Carolina, but above all
others compulsory- education appeals
to us. Let's work for it day in and
day out until we get it.
A chance for every child in i
South Carolina to obtain an oilucation,
that's what we are asking
and what the legislature should give
by enacting a compulsory attendance
law.
"It is more blessed to give than
to receive" and most blessed to give
to those in greatest need. When
planning your Christmas gtf's j
therefore, remember the most nt??Jv
of earth, the Belgians. i
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Were you one of the little group j'
who last year begun in Lancaster '
the custom of singing Christmas 1
carols, or were you one of those '
who listened? In either case, don't 1
you want the carol singing kept up? j'
We call for volunteers to learn the ;
Christmas songs and sing them I
Christmas eve. 11
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The children of Lancaster com.- i
ly are expecting Santa Clans to ;
make his annual visit to then, and !'
he will. The old fellow is reading i
the letters from his little boy* and
girls and though hard time may
Jighten his pack considerably, tu is
nevertheless sure to have something
to bring to all good children.
The Belgian relief committee
quests contributions of wheat. < orn
and rye for bread, oa;s for oatm
rice, both k n 1 of jjot toes, <
bage, beans, canned goods, p< ; n.l
cured meats, us v eil as food
clothing. So the farmers who "hve
at home" may find It easy to < >n
trltiute, even if they hav< 110 read,
cash.
The Columbia merchants report
most successful results from the
"Pay Your Debts" movement in the
capital city last week. Here's Imping
tlistt the dates set for a like
movement will be observed gener
ally and that our business men will
be helped very materially, for it is
In their behalf that we named the
time?December 14 to December 21.,
The teachers who attended the
sessions of the Teachers' Institute
last week, are betterfl we believe, for
having done so. The prominent educators
who addressed the institute
gave them new ideas, the contact
with others engaged In the same
great work was an inspiration end
the hospitality afforded by our people
showed them the Interest I..an-"
caster haa In those to whom is entrusted
the trail ing of the minds
and hearts of our boys and girls.
A HEAL ASSET.
We are sure that every visitor to
tlie county fair noticed those manly,
courteous khaki-clad young fellows,
who wore stationed about the court
house grounds and r.long the streets,
giving information, as wc'l as other
assistance to any who asked of
them. They are young gentlemen
we are proud to claim as co-workers
for the upbuilding of Lancaster and
to think of as future citizens, well
versed In the art of city building.
The Boy Scouts stand for all that
is best and noblest. Their mentai,
moral and physical development
along lines that make for >\n?r,
cleaner and stronger manhood,
should appeal to all who give
thought to the things worth while.
It is well to encourage the hoys
who are workiug thus for mu'ual
improvement. They deserve a word
hat the report sent out that Aviator j
rerroll sacrificed his life at the
Chesterfield fair by turning his ma- i
iliine aside in the air, in order to
ivoid killing persons who had heedessly
rushed to the place where he
ivs^s about to land, is false and is
v slander on Chesterfield. The Adlocate
says it has it from eyewitnesses
that the machine collapseo
while the aviator was performing
stunts in the air.
Tim ollowing from Samuel J.
Tilden, u taken to heart and pr\c
Liced i! the . 1: :;es, \ OUld pVOVo Of
i nest inn-, file advantage to mctr o!
our i<i ;>ple: "What you want to do
now is to cut down your expenses
an ! live within your income. 1
would giv? ail the legerdemain of
fliKuui) and financiering for the old
homely maxim, 'Live within vour income.'
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Those who came from other towns
and counties to visit our fair, marveled
at llrst at our optimism. Hut
the reason soon occurred to them
when they saw the constructive work
now under way, the volume of business
done here, our mammoth mills
running on full time and other evidences
of progress. They went
away thoroughly convinced that
"Lancaster Loads."
We can learn of no other county,!
which like Lancaster, held its first!
fair this year. Some, indeed because
of war-scare discontinued theirs.
It was ours to establish such an
event in 1 1 4. when many thought
wo couldn't do it. Lancaster showed
what stuff she is made of. It
takes more than a distant war to
I frighten this county into sitting
still.
of commendation and encouragement.
The work they are doing
will count for much in the years to
come, for Lancaster cannot but he
better for their example and influence.
We wish to congratulate the unseeing
boys of taller growth vho
made possible such an organization.
They have in uguratod something
for which every good citizen hould
he grateful. This training they are
giving our boys is (itting them for
the only life that counts?a Mfe of
service. Will not some good woman
undertake a similar work for
the girls? The abundant life and
spirits of our girls, growing rapidly
into young womanhood. would bo
better for enlistment as "Camp-fire
Girls." Who will meet the need already
felt by giving the girls also
an opportunity for organized effort
in the upbuilding of the town?
WHEN WILL IT KM)?
The war in Europe has been in
progress uow about four months.
At its beginning many persons
thought that it would be of short
duration, predicting the end in
crtivtol h in cr li b?? v ??>/???? !?.? VI*Lil? it..
OUlll\ villus I ? I\c ftIA lIMMllUa. >V lilltl 11^ j
probable duration is all a matter of i
speculation and while some unfor- j
seen contingency may cause the;
b lligerents to lay down their ams |
sooner, we believe that it will^fe a
war of several years' dunui#n7 Lord
Kitchener, who is in _ clrrfrge of the j
armies of (Ireat llritain, is of this
opinion, and has so expressed him- j
self on more than one occasion,
stating that he believes the min- j
mum duration will be throe years.
The German and Austrian armies
invaded the territory of the allies at
the beginning and are still holding
territory in the enemies' country.
It is true tiiat their advance has
been checked, but still they are
holding their own and even if driven
hack into their own territory they
will put up a still more determined
fight. The German army, in equip-1
ment and morale, is superior to any '
single army of the allies, and al-1
though we believe that in the end j
it will have to go down before thei
countless numbers that the allies!
can summon to their standards, still ,
that end is a long way ahead of us j
and we might as well face the injvitable.
The Pee Dee Advocate claims
THE LANCASTER NEWS
UK'S COMING SURE.
tl is just exactly two more weeks
until Christmas, and Santa Clans
j will be here. VVp have been asked
by some children if the war will I
prevent his coming. For the infor:
maton of all the children who have I
not Inut fnith in ri,. 1
j v aM.vM it* vuv j * i jr appeal - |
uuco of the Patron Saint of the i
Yuletido season, we are glad to i'
state ihat the war, with all of its |
horrors, will not interfere with the'
coming of their good old friend. |
| His headquarters are in a country
j which is not the theatre of the war j
j and he will make the trip this
| Christmas in one of the largest,
I most up-to-date Hying machines j
built to hold all kind of toys and
j good things to eat and wear. He has
discarded the "sleigh and tiny reindeer"
for a more swift traveling
|and commodious vehicle. So don't
give him out, children. He will
receive every one of your little notes
sent through The News and unless i
your parents are in a had humor j
Christmas night and you are too
wide-awake, he wilt come to gladden
your hearts.
IKK1S VS. S1IKKP.
Mr. T. \V. Socrcst (lives interesting
Information.
T > the K'litor of The Newt
J wish (o romp,?re the vt Sue of
dog- to that of sheep Now i hope
tliai it will not he ui tood .i.st
I an, altogether an to.mi. to the
dog. because a trainee l.ig 01 any
kind in lis place is certainiy a valia
hie piece oi property aucl it would
h? hard to calculate or estimate* its
vilur. and on the other han-l, we
have no way of calculating the loss
and damage the worthless dog is doiny
to our country in various wavtr. :
hue us take Lancaster county for',
excniple. Last year she returned L
l,94f dogs and possibly one third or',
ons-fourth cf the total nuuihor"*lr i
the county was not returned, but:
let us figure on the returns for the;
benefits received from thein. We!
n.ay safely expect $9 74.ad which
will go into the* school funds to help
edin ?te the chi'dren of the county.
Now. ii has been said mat what a
dog ;? consume In twelve months
\v 1 raise a 200-pound hojf. If this
be true we shou.-l have :. ? * pounds
of | c rk at 10 cents per pound, we
vould he in $2,898, a * ??ar profit
of f J,923.60. These are ,h lowest
es.itnatep. Now it has ?lm boon
said that dogs and sheep will not !
s ay together, ol whlc i fa-r. $ ami
romp.-lied to believe as our county j
returned last year 60 sheep or 131 ,
goats and sheep. Now suppose .-he
had of returned 1949 sheep and they
had doubled this increase we
would now have 3.8'?S sheep at
$2.00 each, they would no worth'
$7,796. besides the cllnpnps of wool,
which ought to he worth 50 cents
per head per annum. 0 79. a total
value of f8.77f>. A difference thus 1
over the dogs' value of n? arly ,
$8.0011 in favor of the sheep to this
county. Now with just a mall ox-i'
pcndilure to each farmer, of \hleh,<
I think I could safely say at least 1
8<i per cent of them COUld raise,'
sheep here in this natural grazing |<
hilly county of ours, one that could |
ho made the greatest grazing an:l |
.dock raising county east o*' the J
Blue Hidge with its lofty and rolling
hills covered with Japan clover!
and Bermuda grass, its rich crook*
and river bottoms covered with i
various other kinds of natural!
grasses with all these natural advantages,
we should raise thousands
and thousands of dollars' worth of
sheep and other kinds of stock annually.
Not many years ago a stock
dealer drove down from Charlotte
and paid one of my neighbors % 1.00
per head for 8 months old lambs and '
to make out his load be went just j
across the way the same day and
paid another neighbor $4.fib each j
for his lambs These lambs possibly ;
had not cost 50 cents each per head
to raise so you see there 's money
in raising sheep, I
But what about the dog? The
last assembly of the Virginia state
legislature placed a tax so high on
the dor/ that thev wi'l be con:p"lled
to go out of business, end now Virginia
is going to raising sheep. |
T ? re a-e various kinds of sheep,
some for their wool, some for the
laughter pen and some for both
or 1 and mutton, and when our
people Iinv been fotced to do away
1th s< many dogs on account of the
high v that should be nlnced upon
them at sometime In the near future.
then we ran safely go into the
sheep raising business, too, like
Virpinln, with the expectation of
realizing a net profit from our efforts.
Not many summers ngo,|
when I had a niee flock and the dops
pot among them and went to killing
so many, 1 would often butcher
eight or ten annually, always reserving;
one quarter and Helling the remainder.
realizing from $2.00 lo
S3.50. So you see if I bad marketed
the whole mutton I would have
easily realized $3.50 for it.
Although it has been said the man
w ho tampered with the dog and dog
law, his political head would certainly
come off the next election.
It. is hoped by many of Lancaster
county's good farmers that our repCures
Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure.
The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, f
arc cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
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rcsentaiives will enact laws that f
will prohibit the raising of so many i
dogs and encourage the raising of;
more sheep and gouts. Now it is !
up to them to do something along, i
the line of tins all important ques- j 1
ion. why-li should inteuest every [ t
I'liier. especially in those critical!
..i*l?U tiiuos. We all believo in \\o>?1 i
clothing and mutton, ling and j '
lioinmy anil a good living at home. .1
T. W. SBC REST.
Osceola. S. C.
WHKN TO QUIT \DVERT18ING. If
"When the grasshopper ceases to 11
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And the cow quits bawling; y ?
When the lish no longer flop. ^ ' t
And the baby stops squallhfg;
When the dunner not longer duns, *
And the hoot owl quits hoofeg; 11
When the river reuses to run.
And the burglar/mops his looting; '
When the vine;-no longer runs, c
And tlie skylarks stop their lark..
tng;
When the sun no longer shines,
And the young man quits his N
/ sparking;
When the heavens begin to tlrop, 1
And the old maids quit advising; 1
Then it is time to thut up shop, 1
And quit advertising. s
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Heal Humanity. !i
"Oh, you cruel little boy!" ex- ,
claimed the member of the \nti- f
Vivisection League as she glanced
over the garden fence. "How ever
could you cut that poor little worm t
in two?" John, aged six, met her i
gaze without flinching. "It?it 4
seemed so lonely," he replied I,
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VJN1TED STATES DEPOSITORY.
BACK AT US
A Live Town, Vou Hot.
Lancaster county had tir:.t tarl
ast week and according to the eseeined
News of that city it \\as a j
,reat success. Lancaster aootns to
>? taking on new life.?-Spartanburg I
Journal. ' I
To Our Rescue. j
Gaffney Ledger speaks of tlic
>aartjrapher of The Lancaster News '
isy being barred from the recently
organized union of Carolina puniters.
That is news, and we denan<l
a nexplanatton. The para;rapher
of The Lancaster News is a
ihining light in the ranks, and
thould be admitted to fellowship?
>erhaps not full fellowship, how>ver.?Rock
Hill Herald.
One Explanation.
rne Lancaster News says: "Many
'isitors have remarked upon the fact
hat the depression is not hitting
Lancaster as it has hit other towns,
rimes are not as hard here as elsevhere.
Then, cheer up!" We have
ibout come to the conclusion that
hese hard times in South Carolina
ire like Irvin Cobb's search for
itrocities in Belgium. They had alvays
occurred in the othe rtown,
ust u little fuarther along.?Sparanburg
Herald.
Tie Culnins That Dost Not Affact Tht Head
lecause of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA"IVH
BROMO QUININB is better than ordinary
)utnine and does not cause nervousness nor
in(in{ in head. Remember the full name and
ook for the signature of K. W. GROVE. 25c.
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to select from. 'riii\is soui
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Honor Roll of Caui|i Crook Soliool
for Month Ending Dor. :t.
Eighth grade?Eftle Morris.
Seventh grade Nettie Roberts,
Jazie Roberts, Maggie Lou Steele.
Sixth grade?Ruth Montgomery,
Hula Mr e Steele, Jessie Roberta,
Mary Roberts, Id i Steele.
Fifth grade?losie Montgomery,
Norma Roberts.
Fourth grade? Paulino Montgomery.
Juanita McDaniel.
Tliird grade-?Lillian Roberts,
I'aul Roberts, Dwiglit Plylcr, Maude
Steele, Florhle Sullivan.
Second grade?Mary Lou Blackmon,
Louise Sullivan, it. A. Williams.
First grade?Melba Williams, R.
J. 'Helms.
Respectfully,
A. C. ROWELL, Prin.
MISS BELLE KING. Asst.
One on Teacher.
Everybody's Magazine.
The teacher was telling the children
a long, highly embellished
story about Santa Claus, and Willie
Jones began giggling with mirth,
which finally got beyond his control.
"Willie! What did I whip
you for yesterday?" asked the teacher
severely. "For lyin' " promptly
answered Willie.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic propertiesof QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
ont Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. SO centa.
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