The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 18, 1914, Page 4, Image 4
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iZItie- JlauraBtpr Nruis
(SEMI-WEEKLY.)
JU ANITA W Y LIE Editor
W. S. HOUGH. . . Business Mgr.
PUBLISHERS' 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 second-class mattor
Oct. 7, 1905, at tne postofflce
at Lancaster, S. C., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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Inadvertently.
?Weather forecast lor South
Carolina: Clo, dy Friday and probably
Saturday.
Friday, i>kci:miu:i: is, i?>i i.
One week from today and Santa
Clans will have come and gone.
If you try to make others happv
at Christmas, you cannot but be
happy yourselves.
Worry shortens life, while happiness
prolongs it. If you '?ould live)
to a ripe old age. cheer up.
"Useless giving is useless waste,"
is the reminder of The Charleston
Post and a very timely one, too.
We second the motion of The Columbia
State that the Southern cotton
farmers as a money crop, substitute
hogs instead of cotton.
Make up your mind to get all the
fun possible out of Christinas, It
may be a hard year financially, but
and ns such can never j*ro\* old nor
hackneyed. We expect to ' epuhlish
the beautiful defense as we have
done every Christmas heretofore..
cnrisunas is in the heart, so ;vll who
will may be happy.
More attractive window displays
than ours would be hard to find.
Every store is full of goods excellent
for gifts and you cannot do belter
than patronize the home merchants.
The Camden Chronicle thinks
lllease has "shown poor judgment"
in the class of criminals he has
turned out of the penitentiary fnin
Kershaw county.
Have you helped to further the 1
purpose of this "Fay Your Debts
Week" by doing your part in it?
If not get busy and settle up before
the week is over. Somebody else's
Christmas may depend on your
meeting your just obligations.
' If you are tempted to defer oajment
of a debt, think of how your
failure to do so may mean no Christmas
for the children of your creditors.
Would you deprive innocent
children of their God-given right ?o
happiness in this glad season?
Whether or not your own Christ
mas is what you had wished, see to
it that to the children at least, the
season is as full of joy as love and
unselfishness can make it. It is to
the age of innocence and trust that
Christmas makes the strongest appeal.
"Moonlight schools are taking
the place of midnight stills in Kentucky,"
says a press dispatch. Let's
go to the root of so many of our ills
here in South Carolina by a still
more effective means. Compulsory j
educat'on will take the place of un- j
rest and lawlessness.
"Of course. If our women had
votes some things we know would
not happen in Rock Hill," says the
esteemed Record of that place. But
granted that they would induce certain
reforms, is not the fight for th<?
ballot too great a price for them to
pay? It might be wise to "bear the
ills you have, etc."
"The Anderson Intelligencer gets
the prize. It is the first paper to
publish The New York Sun's letter
to little 'Virginia' about Santa
Clans."?Greenwood Journal. We
wish to congratulate The Intelligencer
upon this distinction. It
knows that this answer to Virginia's
question by the late editor of Tho
Sun is a trem in American literature
CHRISTMAS CIVINC- 'I
"Christinas is a lime of extremes.
Some nervous and emotional women
will make gifts running up into
the hundreds. The presents are ;\pt I8
to be little kniek-knaeks 01 no | ar- , 1
I ticular value, but supposed to testify j a
to the good will of the sender. They ^
cause some pleasure. " But In many j
cases they impose a burdensome
feeling of obligation to make a 1
suitable return. t
"Other people disgusted by the c
excesses of the season, make few
gifts or none at all. They merely
buy two or three routine presents
for their own households', with as E
little feeling as they order a barrel r
of flour. c
"In neither extreme does the ?
giver find the real ipirit of Christ- '
mas. It is not swapping a card ^
case for desk set, with some neigh- '
bor with whom you have no dose
intimacy. Rather it is gladdening r
the heart of the child faces of your ^
own circles of relatives, and drop- 1]
ping a Christmas basket here and
there among the needy. That kind
of thing never promotes nervous !
prostration, and it keeps the heart
open.
"The approaching Christmas i ay
will afford an oppoftn lity lor the
abundant exercise of generosity and
good feeling to the needy and destitute
who may he made to feel that
.1 is indeed a day of good will ltd
pence."
The above, from The Florence
I fully Titties, describes so well the
sp rit that should .uttta ' us all at
this season that we cuuimctul it
the consideration of our rouderv
Let us all remember in whose honor
the great festival of the year is cole- |
hrated and spend It according to (
the ideas ile lias given us. "Cood I
M ill to nimi" lii.f.nu ,ml nnlv
right fueling towards those to whom ,
we are elosely drawn by ties of j
blood or friendship, bu' ten;lies i >
broader charity, a love for mankind
which prompts us to acts of mercy
in His name.
Christmas is in the heart. Let it
be in yours, and mine, Riving us ^
happiness and contentment through- ( '
out the year to come. I
THE HAPPIEST t'HItlSTMAS. J
1 As we approach the gladdest, hap- (
piest time of all the year, a season
set apart for "Peace on ear.rs, good
will to men," let us think ^or .. lit*le
while of what is the mo3t profitable
way of observing it. Must wc make ! i
of Christmas a mere getting game '
and measure our enjoyment by the j
number of the gifts we re vive? '(
Or must we not rather find Christ- '
mas in the hearts of <is. io.ir atti- .]
tude towards little children, in our _
desire to lighten the burden of the
oppressed, in our will to make as
many happy as lies 'n our p..w.*i?
We all love to give gifts to t ? near
Sllllt to Ilia .. l,or.?l ... I ......
enl friends, who at ?r .d. im i.e ro
great a purl of our living. W want
to see that they are happy and i? '
right to remind them of our lo e and 1
thought. Then there are nt'.lc < (id- "
dren whose Christmas w> may tn the , s
bright by a simple gilt a toy, a bag 1
of nuts, fruit or candy. ^nut-ins 1
there are, too, and the poo* a?M the
sorrowful ones, to whom Christmas ?
' i
only brings a quickened feeling of
pain in liearts already broken. We j
must remember that there are. even 8
here in l^aneaster, lonely li\cs, which ! v
a word of greeting, a sprig of holly I c
or a blooming plant would cheer and , v
brighten. Try to remember others |?
in your plans and let's get an akun- | 8
dance of pleasure out of Chrlstmrs ! v
as we must do if we remember that j
the only real happiness after all ?
comes from making others happy. Ij
THK COMMl'MTV CllItl?4 f\l \S ' "
TIIKK. !
The suggestion of Mr. I Norton jR
Johnston ot Florence, that I.areas-I a
ter have a community Christmas tree j
is incorporated in an article by St c- i
rotary Kllison endorsing ih<* plan, i
We have always thought a c mmurity
Christmas tree for the th'ldrci a
beautiful idea, as well as a spleu lot
means of reaching many chil iron g
who might otherwise be nverloaked. '
If there is yet time for the under- '
taking, no better investment of the ,
I
funds of any charitable organi/at'or c
could be made. We hope that all ?
who are interested In the proposi- ^
tion will confer at once with Serre- j
tary Ellison, as it is Just one vi.ek i
until Christmas and the tree, such '
as has been suggested, means 'cts '
! of work, so somebody will usve to
! get busy if anything ir done.
The only effect the bombardment :
| of the coast of England by tb? Ger- '
| mans will have is to stir up the ;
, English as they have not been stirred
since the time of the expected in- I
vnslon of that, county by the great
Napoleon.
Obituary Notice.
1 Woodrow Wilson Pittman was i
I born Sept. 11, 1914, and died Do,
cember 17th, 1914, aged three
, months and six days, Infant child of
: Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Eula Pittman
of the Lancaster Cotton Mill
village.
Budded on earth to bloom in
heaven.
A (Had Hefrain.
"Business is good.'' All together.
j now. Sing It again.?Charsleston
I Post. |
THE LANCASTER NEWS
I'HK "?OOI> FKIjIjOW" Mo\K-j
MKNT.
The esteemed Orangeburg Times
md Democrat suggests tbat ibis is
lie season for looking arouud us
md seeing how others are living, if
hey are cold, hungry or ol'icrwJee
n need of anything we may b3 able
o do for tliem. It suggests that
here may be some whom each ?f us
:an help by "a gift or a lilt.'' at this (
;ood season and thus continues:
"Join tho 'Good Fellow' move- j
nent, and do something this yoar to
nake another's Christmas a happy
>ne. A dinner basket, a Christmas
docking, or merely ft !itlle gift, will
>rlng sunshine into hearts *kat are
irear, and may throw a ray of hope 1
nto a soul that has despaired.
"If you are happy, if joy sur'ounds
your home, thinu :iot .hat
Christmas is complete, look to your
leighbor."
TO SANTA CLAUS.
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?
On your way a moment pause?
Here's a test for you:
)o you linger round the spot
pVhere the sunshine eometh not?
>o you seek the hearth that's cold
Yith your treasure-stores untold?
s your smiling visage seen
11 the hovel poor find mean, <
)r are you the guest elate
)f ihe ever-fortunate?
>
Santa Chilis, Santa Clans,
With your park of cheer,
Are you solid gold o> gav/.o?
Democrat or Peer?
)o you seek the squalid lane
)f the pauper and the plain?
)<? you take your Christmas joys
'o the pallid girls and boys,
attic maids and little chaps
Mail in rags and housed in traps?
>o you load the Christmas Trees
.Vith rich gifts for such as these?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus.
Whither are you bent?
To the frigid upper-floors
Of some tenement,
iVhere upon a bed ot-grief
des one thirsting for relief,
riiirsting for some little rift
n the clouds that seldom lift?
)o you carry drafts of life
r<) these scenes of pain and strife,
Jr are you the guest alone
Df your sister Fortune's own?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?
On your way a moment pause?
Here's a test for you:
)o you give to those in need?
)o you to the weeping speed.
Scattering your gifts of cheer
)'er the weary and the drear- >r
do you your treasures pitch
nto laps already rich? .
I'hat, dear Saint, beloved and gray, i
Hint's the test of Christmas Pay! h
John Kendriek Hangs, in Harper's
Weekly.
KI(iHTV-T\Vn W MIIK klLI.FD.
: |
'allietic Scenes llrouglit to l.iglit in
Hat tlepool During Inquest.
Hartlepool, Kngland, Dec. IS.
rho latest oflielal estimate of the i
asnalties resulting from the tie*nan
bombardment of Hartlepool, Is- |
iieu laie lomgiu. says inai eigr.iy- t
wo persons were killed and about t
wo hundred and fifty wounded.
An inquest began here Thursday
ver the l)odies of those killed in
lartlepool an<l West Hartlepool.
The testimony brought to light
ome pathetic cases. An old woman
k&s picking up coal dropped from '
ars on the railway embankment
.hen she was killed by a shell. An t
Id man and his two daughters were 1
tarting brak fast in the kitchen 1
then a shell killed all three.
A young woman went to the house
f her aged mother. intending to t
onduct her to place of safety. En- 1*
ering the passageway she stumbled |
cross her mother's body. A shell (
ad pierced the roof and killed her. , >
tn elderly man, who thought the , 1
un firing was that of British ships 1 1
practice, sat down unconcernedly;
o breakfast. A shell carried awry
lie corner of bis house, killing he- i
wo grandchildren. <
7 IT *~T I i
Coaches derailed,
hast night as the regular passen- i
er train on the Lancaster A- Ches- |
er Railway, due here at 8:25 i
I'clock, reached the Cunningham i
>Iace, about three miles west of this
)lace, the rear coach and baggage
ar jumped the track and ran for
ibout 100 yards off the track. Very
line uaiuaKti nan iiuiie lui lliw iriim ,
vas running slowly. The coach was
eft where it stopped and the paslengers
came on to Lancaster in the
:>aggage car. The train was delayed
lomethlng like forty minutes.
An Editor's Preference.
Some words we prefer:
Farmer to agriculturist;
Newspaper man to journalist;
Preacher to divine;
Woman to lady;
Man to gentleman;
Teacher to professor;
Child to kid.
?Newberry Observer.
Keniomber Tills.
Success comes by doing things,
not by talking about them.?Tuguloo
Tribune.
Your Cold is Dangerous
Break It Up?Now
A cold is readily catching. A rundown
system is suscepMhe to Germs.
You owe it to yourself and to others |
of your household to ight the Germs
at once. Dr. Bell's Pine -Tar-Honey
is fine for Colds and Coughs. It
ioosens the Niucouu, stops the Cough ,
and soothes the Lurgu. l?'s guaran
teed. Only 25c at your Druggist. I
1, LXhX KMBKR 18, 1914.
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From Other Papers
Worth Trying.
I'ay up and they'!! shut up.?
I'alhoun Advance.
A Stein Reality.
War nowB is getting to be a war
nuisance.- The St ito.v'
r^Ou
a Parity.
Cotton is low and so are the prices
now advertised by the merchants.?
Laurens- Advertiser.
Put It to Yourselves.
Everybody who loves his home
should answer the call of the Belgians.?Greenwood
Journal.
The Why of Wheat.
An effective way to emphasize the
necessity of .sowing wheat is to
print it thus: EAT.?Edgefield Advertiser.
A Golden Opportunity.
The South now has a chance at
financial independence. ? Ches'ei
News.
If?
If every man who wields a hammer
were a builder and not t
knocker, how much happier th<
world would be.?Anderson Mail.
Mhst Appropriate.
The song "Walk Right in. Turr
Around and Walk Right Out Again',1
should be dedicated to the Scuth
Carolina penitentiary.? Macoh Telegraph
"Easily Suited."
"Union Suits." is the slogan of
Union, S. ('. Well, i fit suits the
I'nionltes, they are easily suited,
ntt nobody else has a right to kick.
(Ireenville Piedmont.
Lancaster Pair a Success.
The Em is glad to note that Lan aster's
first fair proved such a
;ood success despite the very unavorable
weather with which it had
o contend. The exhibits were nunerous
and fine in every departnent,
and the attendance was very
gratifying under the circumstances.
-Kershaw Era.
Where Ignorance is llliss.
The editor of this paper desires
o state, now, honceforth and forsvermore
that he does not know
single thing about the foreign war
Lnd therefore begs visitors to this
ifllce not to start any discussion on
he subject.?York News.
No Such Tendency Here.
There seems to be a tendency on
he part of certain school boards to
diorten the term, to reduce salaHes,
ind otherwise interfere with the
lorrnal efliclaney of their schools,
in the ground that the European
var renders such economy necessary.
In most cases, this is a mistaken
lolicy.?Bamberg Times.
Value of Compulsory Education.
All lovers of progress and educaion
ought to feel gratified that ihc
onipulsory school attendance law isjo
largely increasing the school atendance*.
Superintendent Joyner'sreport
to Gpvernor Craig shows tl*al
he law has added at least 40.00C
to the already largo number ol
school children.?Henderson (N. C.)
[ old Leaf.
Tlie Model ijetter-Writer.
We would like to describe th<
model letter writer, but cannot
We can give, howeer, a specimen o
a letter that comes up to our Ideal
Editor The Observer:
Dear Sir: Enclosed you will fln<
money order (or check would d<
Just as well) for 11.50 to pay to
your paper one year. I do not wan
to miss a single copy.
Yours very truly.
We get a good many letters o
that kind, and never fall to thinl
what a fine letter writer the write
is.?Newberry Observer.
<'leanliness and Health.
The town has but one garbage
wapon, and it is manifestly impossl
ble for that one nigger and one muh
to rake and scrape a square mile o
territory and make a good Job o
It.
Health is always and everywhere
a matter of cleanliness. Diseas
breeds In filth.
Since the public health Is by rlgh
the first consideration of muntcipa
government, it would seem tha
sanitation should receive more thor
t?u*n iinu constant attention tha
any other branch of municipal work
The grading of street*, tha open
ing or new walks, the trimming o
trees, the setting of hitching post
?all these are commendable thtn?,i
gy tent aBirft
i*t an education
riaati m pre until It tins been ct
round otu of it, and so muA your m
each Week is a ?rind at first* 1
is after it has been ground, so t
^htcn .your -aspect of life.
EE FIRST NATIONAL BAN]
T a. r?
juancasxer, c>. u.
VN1TKD STATES DEPOSITORY.
bvit what will they profit if undisturbed
garbage breeds disease niul
fever in the community?
The town needs another cart and
another negro laborer. It noeds
more cohstant cleaning than can be
given with the present equipment.
The extra cost would be small. >
Must we wait until a tew fresh ;
graves teach us anew tin* lesson the '
town learned several years ago?
Cleanliness is not a costly virtue,
' but filth is a costly vice.
May The Tribune, without "Jumping
on" anybody, respectfully suggest
that a stitch in time saves
! nine??Fountain Inn Tribune.
Ibother DcCaiup Offers Advice.
Young lady reader, if you are
looking for your price, just test his j
home conduct before you accept him. |
! Don't be guided in your choice by
what a young man is in your parior.
find out what he is In his mother's
sitting room.?GafTney Ledger.
Christina
i New Shipment Just
Also Now Crop^hiits, Kai
L?.wl iv*. 1
i* 'cm i a nil
Home-Made Cckr
All kinds <>f Soft Drinks ;
j date Fountaii
New Cand
GUS BELI
Phone 95.
4 4 T|r ?|.
Christmas Greet m$sT*T
Y and best Wishes for fcS\
* * the^New^Ar
* * Why not make yourself a C
j %? ing an account today? We \
* deavor to extend you "very (
, X
. JT STATEMENT OP TH
; Y THE FARMERS BANK &
located at Lancaster, S. C., at the
Y RESOURCES.
<?* Loans and Disa
counts $189,487.60
Overdrafts 3,972.53
f Furniture and Fix*
? tures 2,876.00
j V Other Real Estate
n owned 3,500.00
r ?& Due from Banks
* and Bankers . . 10,569.67
JL Currency 2,782.00
t Gold 1,060.00
. Silver and Othar
I JL Minor Coin ... 335.81
* t Checks and Cash
<? Items 362.36
Total $214,914.97
e STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
- P.AIinfv r\t T ux nooolur ae
? Before me came W. H. Milieu
f % b&nl<> who, being duly sworn, say
Y statement Is a true condition of
a V books and said bank. #
R Sworn to and subscribed befor
4 1914. JOHN CRAWFl
,1 JL Correct?Attest: W. T. Gregory,
l i Dlrecl
? 4 FARMERS BANK &
V W. * OJiKGORY, President
J R. T. MEATY, Jr., A
-A J 1! -I. . J rL.
but 2is the five of |jj
Oill a J5mtk Account IV
4^^-iaaiffla rai ^ tdVf I i
~f % II
1 having :
s, J^to-6apj|| (
For Peace Commission.
Washington, Dec. 16.?A congress
of" women of all neutral nations to
lay the foundation for c. interna
tional pence commission or "world
government" was proposed to Secretary
Bryan today by a delegation
representing the "Women's Political
Union of New York. 1 lie plan contemplates
that American women call
the congress.
Negro is Taken Out of .tail and Shot.
Hampton, S. C.. L> m\ Id.--Allen
Seymour, a negro, accused of lute
i?g assaulted a young white woman,
was, removed from the county ja'l
here eartly tod ly t>y !. mob and shot
to death. The jailer was overpowered.
No arrests have been made.
is Fruits
Arrived This Week.
isins. Etc. I buy in CarSell
for Less.
idies a Specialty
^ye<l at the most 11] ?-t??l
iiMUie ('it v.
ly Kitchen
JOS, Prop.
Near Post Office.
Business and The ?j?
Check Book |
go hand in hand. All V
successful business ^
concerns use the com- ?
mercial bank's sys- V
tem. Errors are reduced
to a minimum.
Besides the advunages
are innumerable. X
hristmas present by open- \
vould appreciate it and en ourtesv.
E CONDITION OF J
i TRUST COMPANY, Y
close of buoinesH Oct. 21, 1914. ^
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid V
In r A
? * o",uuw.uu
Surplus Fund . . 2,600.00 X
Undivided Profits,
less Current Expenses
and Taxes t
paid 7,162.14 V
Individual Doposlts
Subject to Check 39,914.76 X
Time Certificates of jr
Deposilt 32,814.23 >
Certified Checks . . 26.26 JL
Cashier's Checks.. 8.60
Bills Payable, in- o
eluding Certiflcates
for Money
Borrowed . . . . 82,600.00
Total 8214,914.97 St
f
X
i, Cashier of the above named JL
s that the above and foregoing f
said bank, as shown by the
W. H. MILLEN.
e me this 26th day of October,
3RD, Notary Public for 8. C.
W. P. Robinson, W. P. Bennett, X
Lors. X
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W. H. MILLRN. Caahtar M
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