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' '4 <5ljr Siaiiractpr 'iNrnia (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUAN ITA WYLIE Editor 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 matter Oct. 7, 19 05, at tne postoffice at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of idarch 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) O..I* Year $1 -AO Six Months .75c Weather forecast for South Caro lina: Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday. " Tl'KSD.W, APKIIi *.27, 1IM5. What has become of the once familiar April showers? + tie is having just the bulliest time imaginable amusing himself, the court, attorneys and spectators. + Fun lovers all over the country j will be saddened to know of the death of John Bunny, which occured at his home in Brooklyn yesterday. I + Those veterans, with whom we have talked, who attended the re- , union In Columbia, say it was one of , the best yet. + Isn't it strange that it took h world wide war to make people in general realize that liquor drinking was injurious? + The Griffin (Ga.) News gets off this good one: "Whenever you cuss your home town, remember you are a part of it, though you may not amount to much." ; , + Some people never think of giving in an item of news for the paper, but if some item is overlooked by the editor they may be depended upon to make a to-do about it. + ijiidh out ior souieuiiug nveiy 111 the lighting line al)Out May the first, the time when Lord Kitchener said the war in Europe would real'v beCin + Tho youngsters in the rural schools are now "getting by heart" their selections of poetry and prose they expect to recite at commencement. + Many of our iyi4 subscribers have come in and paid up to date and others in advance". We hope those still in areata will send us checks or money orders. W Since writing our good roads editorial we learn the county officials have put the Landsford road from the city limits in first-rate condition. Our informant savs it makes that portion of the road in the town limits "look a sight." + W? would ho glad if our county correspondents would begin sending in brief, newsy letters for each issue of Ilie News. Won't so mo one from every section of the county write us . 'lie happenings of their community? Tlx nofrt evidence of the fact that President tVilson is keeping the United States absolutely neutral as between the warring nations in Europc. is that newspapers in Great Itritain and Germany are charging that the United States is sympathizing, according to Germany, with the allies, and according to the allies, with Germany. Those who are disposed to believe that President Wilson is a "peace at any price" man. should reflect upon this statement in his recent address to the Associated Press, viz: "I don't want to walk around trouble. If any man wants a fight that is an Interesting fight worth while, I am his man. I warn him he is not going to draw me into a fight for his advertisement, but if he is looking for trouble and I can help a little, why then I am in for it." + We know our readers will he glad to hear from our Valdosta, Ga.. cor respondents, Mr. John W. Twitty and MIkh Marie Craig. who have communications in this issue. Mr. Twitty is a native of the county and lived here the best years ol his Ions and peaceful life. Miss Craig, daughter of Mr. J, E. Craig of the Craigsville section, is a young woman of whom the county may well feet proud. An honor graduate oi VWinthrop College, by close study tand extonsivo travel abroad, she is well equipped for educational work 'Rhe in new fea?"!,,r'- In the Statt Normal school at Valdosta. T " * ?+ ItETTER ROADS NEEDED. -Iy , The Greenville News recently, in reminding its readers that South Carolina is far behind North Carolina in the matter of good roads, s.iiu mill uui pcupic 1-nuiiui ciute a good road until they get over into that state," meaning North Carolina. Which leads The Charlotte Observer to remark that, "The difference between the roads in the two states is certainly very great. There is no need for a state line to mark the change. Going into South Carolina from this state, a bump, then a continuation of bumps, tells ' the story." It is humiliating, but nevertheless true, that the roads in Lancaster I county are worse than those in the ' counties bordering us on all sides. If any one is not disposed to believe this, just let them make a trip into Kirshaw, Fairfield, Chester, York and Chesterfield counties bordering us in this state or over into Mecklenburg or Union counties in the Old North State, and if their minds are open to conviction they will be con| vinced. And there is no earthly excuse for it. Enough money is taken from the pockets of the people each vear by taxation, to keep the roads n good condition. Every two years during the campaign in the primaries, this matter of good roads is made one of the main issues and many fair promises are made, about improving them, but when the smoke of battle has cleared and the successful ones get into office, there is no appreciable improvement in the roads. We are informed that one of the worst roads in the county is the Brown's ferry road, which goes south past Douglas church, Mr. Lon Houze's and W. D. Jones'. It is to be hoped that the present county board will vastly improve the condition of the roads. We are pleased to note that the main road of the county, th? Charlotte and Camden road, has been very much improved by crowning, scraping and ditching on either side. Let the good work continue. + * FOOD CHOPS VS. COTTON, v The Waxhaw Enterprise gives such good advice to farmers and such a timely warning in the following, (hat we pass it on to our readers: "Cotton has passed the ten cent mark, but that is r.o sign that it will be, ten when selling time cotnes next fall. There is going to be a big cotton crop made this year in spite of the fact that everybody was sick of the cotton crop last fall. And on top of that most every farmer saying that if I only had known that the war was coming I would have been fixed for it. Now that it is planting time the farmers know that the war is on and that a blockade, even against cotton, has been declared and if the bottom should fall out of he price next fall no tiller of the soil can find a suitable excuse for the condition in which he may find himself. Food crops of ait kinds will command a fancy price next fall. No matter whether the war ends this summer or not. the price will he high because the people at Europe will have to be fed. The men in the arnty are planting no crops. Every fanner in Union and Lancaster eoun ties ought to raise enough of all i<nui< of food crops for home consumption and a little to spare. Then it won't matter to him so much whether he ran sell his cotton or not. lie will have something at horn i to live one." + Notwithstanding the advance in cotton we still advise our farmers to make the plautiug of it a secondary matter. Of prime in portaneo is the planting <.f enough foods"ul* to carry the farmer through another; yur without buying or a credit. NOW MAJOlt HACKORKhh. I too hie First t'ounin of >lr. John K. Muc-korcll Kleetecf \ln/or. Capt. Robert B. Mackorell, do<nble first cousin of our townsman.. John B. Maekoretl, who is manager of the C'oker store at Ilartscille, has been honored in a military way as will be seen from the following, appearing in today's Columbia State: "Robert B. Mackorell of Harwville has been elected major of the third battallion, first infantry, National Guard of South Carolina, aefnnllnir to an announrernent hv W. W. Moore, adjutant general. TTte election was held Saturday. W. J. Tiller of Chesterfield was the other candidate. There was no choice tn the first election. The vote was 8 to 4. The examination will be held before the militia examining board May 6. t "Maj. Mackorell was captain of Company G. First Infantry. He has ! served for ten years in the National luard." Major Mackorell resided here at 1 >ne time. Friend to Waiters. Madison, Wis., April 26.?The i anti-tipping bill was vetoed tonight by Governor Phillips, who declared such n law would Interfere with per1 ' - htv' v;rs un constitutional. THE LANCASTER NEW MAIN 8TKEET TO BE PAYED. From L. A C. l>epot to Court House Square With Sheet Asphalt. After having the matter under consideration for some time, the city council Friday evening let the contract for the paving of Main street from the Lancaster & Chester Hailway's track to the court house square. Sealed, bids were advertised for and there were eight bids in all. The council asked for estimates on four kinds of paving, viz: Bithulitic, asphalt, concrete, sheet asphalt and concrete. Before deciding on the kind of matrial to be used, the council sent Alderiuen L. C. Lazenby and VV. II. Millen, in company with H. S. Jaudon, the engineer, to Charlotte and Spartanburg to inquire into the results of the recent paving done in those cities. Upon their return the council assembled to hear their re* port. Several or the largest taxpayers In the town were invited by the mayor to be present and give the council the benefit of any suggestions they might have to make. The contract was let to the lowest bidder, the Noll Construction Company of Chattanooga, Tenn. The total cost will be approximately $21,000 for something like 11,500 square yards of sheet asphalt. Work will commence in about ten days and under the contract must be completed by July 1st. Many permanent improvements have taken place in Lancaster re. cently. The water system has been extended, a complete sewerage system installed and about 8,000 yards of cement sidewalks laid in all sections of the town. This work is still underway, the property owners, as a general rule, gladly availing themselves of the opportunity of paying >ne-half of the cost of .paving. JOHN L. McLAURIN TO SPEAK. K\-Sen?tor Will Spoak at New Bethel School Closing. The closing exercises of the New Bethel high school will take place Friday night. April 30, when the program will consist of numerous songs, recitations, pantomines and the play. "The' Old Spinsters" Convention." and Saturday, May 1, when the program will consist of speeches >y Mr. V. A. Lingle, county superintendent of education, Hon. Claude \". Sapp. former member of the house from Lancaster, while ex-Sen.itor John L. McLaurln, state warehouse commissioner, has been inited to deliver an address. All these then need little Intro. auction to a Lancaster county audience. Mr. Lingle is well known for liis interest In things educational. Mr. Sapp is a well known lawyer of Lancaster and was one of the leaders of the last legislature. He is reputed one of the best orators in South Carolfna. While John L. McLaurin is one of the best known public men in South Carolina. He Is an orator of note and an enthusiastic educator. Mr. R. S. Stewart and Mr. Luther Ellison have also been incite^ to appear on the program. IN MEMOKIAM. In memory of little Sarah Kills, who departed this life April 12, 1915, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Ellis of the Ttich Hill section. >ur darling sunbeam, Sarah, An angel hath borne thee away; To a happy land where you may shine 1 Throngh God's eternal day. How sad and lonely we feel, And oh, our hearts are sore. But God knows best and some sweet day. We will meet to part no more. Oh. Sarah, dear, we miss thee, When fn our hand we meet. But then we'll he drawn cfoser, To heaven and our Master's feet. Our precious little sunbeam, We know you are happy now; With a harp of gold you sing sours of praise And a crown upon your brow. And by your sweet young; life. We hope and trust and pray, That we may he inspired To shine briRhter day by day. Yes, we've a little Sunbeam In heaven, SlilninR round God's throne. So we resolve to be up and shining That we, too, may reach that ho.ne. Contributed by leader In behalf ol Rich Fill I Sunbeam Band. Help the Belgians. To the Public; I thought when I made my returni of my work for the Belgian women and children, $750, my work foi that cause was over. STnce thei Governor Manning and the New York agency have asked me to eoij tinue the work which '.If possible, ii iiiui c 111 ft'-m man r*T7i . nwnir nil charitably minded people (whb o course tifvqr gave me anything! have, I regret to pay, br*n^efl mjeai a man eonflfitfally whlklng thi streets with a subscription In hand I am willing to take up the Worl again and let you do the street walk ing. You Just meet me and. If tb< cause appeals to yon, hand over onl; In cash whatever your contclenn dictates and I will see you get credi for same. If you can't give from thi ! heart don't give. It Is with you. cannot close, till from my heart > igain thank those who helped me si liberally In my first effort. Very truly. , ; . J. M. HOUGH. J. J /* . . * ? - x?r ***fc - - rS, APRIL 27, 1915. . 'p|?HIIIIHIMIIIII!IIIIIIIIH!!l|||||?|||Hi;||||||||||||H|l||||B I 3hc man 1 I fealway* s u 9ft ha$ wrcnd CcttotiDWel cm? c* \ iSkxematx with tti string out for ( i i f] Start a [piini'minMiiniiDni N ^anlt P rp-?T 1 Account I Kobbie Bu power'd the gift g us." You can see school children ar and tomorrow. AMERICAN FLAG OLDEST I AMONG GREAT NATIONS Mr. W. F. Estridge Gives History of "Old Glory." ANTEDATES ALL OTHERS. Popular Notary Also Draws a Good Lesson Frof the Destruction of Soduni and Gomorrah. ' To the Editor of The News: I was thinking about the nations of the earth, their size, location, rank, population, wealth, possible advantages, and then I took a square | survey of. the situation as it is today. At first I said the world was ir j darkness, then I look on my desk I and saw my Rible, and concluded 1 that the world had light, but did not have sense enough to know it. Right recently I have been doing considerable notary work, folk:s who have money are very particular about their papers; that's all rlgli. : Nothing wrong, but Its for only a ' short season at best. What about a subsequent title? The title of most importance is the one most neglected by most people. Selah. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah teaches one good lesson at least; that the angels of God ' would not destroy these wicked cities if a small number of Christians could be found therein, but as the required minimum number could not be found, the very few who- were found were brought out. I do not know the name of Lot's wife, but I do know she looked back. Well if people today prefer to look hack at their earthly possessions, and forget the command to go forward, knowing tlte prize is before them, and are turned into a pillor of salt, they only have themselves to blame. I don't know where Lot's wife is today, she i can't be found. I believe she became pure salt, just as is In the "salt sea." If she is in the salt sea as brother Adams says, site might he melted j and a part of that sea. I)r. Robinson says brimstone is a common odor on that sea shore to this day. Another lesson on the same line ?e are taught is that the Amalikites, who were enemies to God's people, thereby being enemies to God, were rotally destroyed, even the king, but ue: The Kenites were ordered to get out from among the sinners lest they be destroyed too. The Kenites were a people who did favors to j God's people, while they were being ' 'slivered from bondage (evil.) God will reward those who are not ' stumbling blocks, but to the contrary, help those who are trying to help themselves. I believe I will digress, and tell the school children aomethlng about , "Old Glory." t It is not generally- known that the r naltonal flag of the United States of ! America is th* oldest -flag among . those of the greater powers of the i earth. Its adoption In its present ' (priu antedates the forms now used (f by all of the great European powers. TJie lltfi of June, thii year, will e be the 138th anniversary of the birth of the American flag. The his1 |?tory of it Is one of gradual trans3 formation from the earlier forms of y the English standard. ' In 1263 the R banner of .England was a white ' ground with a red cross of St. I George, and It wa& this flag that John I Cabot brought to these shores?Co> ; lumbus did no^rdach the mainland [of this country in 1492, and therefore did not.then* Introduce the flag, * ' ' ' .. *"><'- ^n mmrn v ?on i vho ttilnte he has the man without tin t?4 ttu Knocker from HU <Wr, *Ui itittol hear appcrtunUtp ytun j loney In the bank always opportunity. Coma \n 01 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillM E FIRST NATIONAL BAN] LannaRt.Ar R n VN1TEI) STATES DEPOSITORY. i 1*11 w said "Oh ive us, to see ourseh ; yourselves, the st< id babies at The Sta ? ? of Spain upon this continent. The i !rst colonies along the Atlantic were I formed under the St. George flag 107 to 1643. It was the flag of this t country for 169 years or until 1686, ( when Sir Edmond Aiulros came to j Boston as governor of the colony, 8 bringing with him a new flag, which t the king had provided for New Eng- ( land. The new flag was like the old s one, except that the red cross was t made very much wider, and in the , upper part of the cross was a crown and in the lower part the letters a "J. R.," signifying "Jacobus Rex," { or "James the King," and this was a the official flag for 21 years. i By the union of England and t Scotland, the English flag took other a forms, in which the crosses of St. t Andrew and St. George were combined and Anally the red field sub- 1 stituted as it appears today. a At the battle of Lexington in 177 5 i r flag, known as the Bedford flag, s was used and afterwards various < standards were adopted by Congress, a or by the several colonies, for the ' bodies of troops that were fighting C for American independence. Wash. ington designed and used a flag like :he uresent one. exrent that ?H? i English Union Jack took the place 1 now occupied by our field of stars. l Congress subsequently adopted for ! the United States the present Hag, its birthday being June 14, 1777. In 1794 tVo more stripes were added 1 to the Hag to represent the incoming J of the new states of Kentucky and \ Vermont. This was the flag which i was floated during the war of 1812, f and which gave Inspiration to Francis Scott Key to write the "Star Spangled Banner," now our official ,! national air. When in 1816 there were 19 states and all wanted a star und stripe, a | committee of Congress, to which the j matter was referred, decided that a c 1)111 should be passed reducing the 1 number of stripes to thirteen, rep- J resenting the original colonies and v adding one star to the field of blue < for each state in the Union. 1 When a new state is admitted, a 1 new star is added on the Fourth of \ July next succeeding such admission. Referring to the Hag. Washington said of it: "We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the "Pigs Is BUT IN BU Pigs and Cattle fo we select BETTE and stall-f< Everything abov CLEAN AND 1 PHONE 160 FOR BEST F CITY M i * v ; . . ' ..' ' ^ ' Jffl no chance J Micijtnttic I ifftd his tars with B A fl\c bats summattf [ j Herbert Kaufman. has Hie latch- I n^ taUt if oven I * iiMiiiiimnnHiiiiiiiiiiDjI Start a | k 11 3a ti \i I ' j Account I , would some ires as others see ires, residences, r Theatre today ? ? vhlte stripes shall go down to poserity, representing liberty." So it is that the flag that first ypifled the thirteen new states along ;ne ragged edge of the Atlantic, oined in a Federal Union, now itands at the head of the ensigns of he nations, representing an inlestructible union of indestructible itates, many of which are greater ban the ancient kingdoms and em, res of I trope. Besides states, the flag floats is the undisputable sign of )ossession, peace, power, protection md prosperity over Porto Rico, Vlaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, iuam, Wake lHand, Tutulla, as well is the>protectrate which we at pres>nt hold over Cuba. ?uch a flag, with one hundred milious of free cit:'ir.s behind auJ l hundred and fifty billions of vealth to sustain it, must neceslarily command the respect of all ther nations or. the globe and we ill may gratefully join in the prayer: *l,ong may she wave, Per the land of the free iii the lion;< ot tne brave." Well, Miss Editor. I hope you will >urdon my long letter. I was only ike a certain lawyer, who was >iu^ me in a 1.11UUU. i Kfi Hiarieq ind did not kr.->v/ tow to step. W. F. ESTRIDGE. P. S.?Please remember, Brother farmers, you can't eat cotton. Hon. I. C. Massey told me he knew a boy vlio did chew a quid of cotton until t killed kim. Moral: Don't chew anything you can't swallow. 7 F. E dun Takes His Own Medicine Is an Optimist. He has absolute faith in his medicine?he knows when he takes It for ertain ailments he gets relief. Peo>le who take Dr. King's New Dis:overy for an irritating cold are optinists?they know this cough remedy vill penetrate the linings of the hroat, kill the germs, and open the vay for nature to act. You can't lestroy a cold by (superficial treatnent?you must go to the cause of he trouble. Be an optimist. Get . i bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery oday. "Bor&va'Oui/Cv ocvoivtvcxSutb to "VvaVo ^icroteto Ovoc ^co&btmwjoixxC^ ttvrit iXaxvb. FIllST NATIONAL BANK. , Pigs" TCHER1NG r Pork and Beef R PIGS sd beeves. it our market is WHOLESOME OODS. PROMPT SERVICE ARKET i j > ^ ' ' v . . \ .