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rr. f 4 (Sljp IGatuaatrr 2mits (SEMI-WEEKLY.) XUAN IT A WYLIE Editor PUBLISHERS' \ \ \ OUNC 'I :M BNT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, E) successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1S7S; The Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905, a:. <t\e postofllce (at Lancaster, S. C., under Act " of Congress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) L?e Year Six Months % . . . 7f?c Weather forecast for South Carolina; Showers Friday and Saturday. b FRIDAY, M \V 21, liHo. All together lor a flour mill for Lancaster. + v Oh, you school boys and girls. Aren't you glad the books will soon l>o laid aside for awhile? + . >> u uu|Ra v neater ? in > oie inost | \ bonds (or street improvement. Lun-1 ' raster did it end will never regret it. ! + ignorance b bliss to those North i Caroliular.s v. ho must celebrate, y-t t cannot wait till tin Fourth of July. J + Remember that a fly breeds 200.- ( | 000,0011 descendants every 4" days J and you will then swat the wore - strenuously. + A gentleman in Kershaw remarked to us > t sterduy that liis town on Id lake he flour mill if Lancaster did not. * llov ;,r<. vv <' ?oll.g iO Obset'V* til ' Fourth ol July'.' Let it he us sale and sane as possible, but celebrate KL ve can and must. 'J( + Now is the time for all good men (or the good of South Carolina and the nation to stand by Governor Manning and President Wilson. + With Governor Manning, Mayor i Grace and Sheriff Martin co-operat- ' ing together tiie blind tigers in | Charleston should be put to rout. < + I The best motive power you can J give your business is advertising and ( the only medium for the merchants i of Lancaster is The Lancaster Ne?vu, 1 which circulates extensively in this 1 county. + , Lancaster needs the advantages of < ^ Chautauqua and what less pro- 1 gresslve towns can get Lancaster could easily secure. We should be- | gin right now to arrange for a Chau , tauqua next season. , + , Jtarer than the rare June day, I Greater than t lie "Glorious \ Fourth," c Is the Twentieth of May * i Mammoth myth of Mecklenburg. ( + , More new store buildings are x tienled in Lancaster. There is not an empty store room in the place. , Several store rooms are needed. Won't some of our property owners I v supply them? , The chamber of Commerce is tnk- V ing steps to secure a flour mill with ' Ifcfsonaofe prospect of success. If * we want the farmers to raise their own flour, let's go down in our pockets and show how much we want it. r I. <: That Lancaster county wants com- 1 pulsory education is evidenced by the attitude of the school districts 8 which are circulating petitions to se- ' cure it. What school district will he " ithe next to take this progressive c step? + 1 Why not a hosptal for Lancaster9 1 Thousands of dollars go from Lan- ' caster to other cities and states that could he kept at home if we had a a modern hospital here and the com 11 fort and convenience such provision r would he are nlsn ivnrth fAnui/lmv I in*. c + c If you do not consider your home t town worth a good word from you, i why do you tarry here? There are s other men to whom boosting comes t as second nature and to whom community building is a business worth while. We need such men and if ' you can't measure up, why not move f on? ' + I Are the cemeteries in Lancaster 4 being kept as they should be? Do < they reflect credit upon usf marking < ws as a people who revere our dead? > It is important that "God's acre" 1 should be made beautiful and there t Is much work for willing hands to 1 do, in Westslde cemetery at least. The last resting place of our loved I ones is a sacred place and should be ' tended with loving care. I St " . NSHy.WWUJ" '' *"' ANTK-'.tKIXl'M NKtiHOKS f >. HONOUR!). -H Th" ante-bellum negroes are fast passing awav. Few of them now reiuain with 11s. They were a different t \ |x tn pcopa I nun r.'.iiuy oi tncir d< scciidnnts. They lrl:ed up to and hud :i proper appreciation of the "white folks." The white people not any treated tin:;, with kindness and consideration, lur had a genuine af- 1 fet'dion tor them. Tiiis has been at- 1 ested time and again since the Civil ' War. which resulted in giving the ' negro freedom. In Augusta some .veeks ago tlte colored janitor of the ity hall died after fifty-one years of service in that capacity. Comment- r ng upon it The Chronicle of that ' ' ity said: 1 "Notwithstanding the shifting 1 jolitlcnl scenes and the many ( hanges of administrations during t hat long period, the old negro was , etuined because of his faithfulness . nid real worth. That his faithfulless was recognized and appreciated 1 s shown hy the fact that the mayor 1 < tnd council, together with other city i jffieials. attended the funeral in a [ , tody. Two ex-mayors and other for- ( m*r officials also attended the fu- ' mral of the faithful colored man. It.,* s as Rev. c. T. Walker, the colored 1 ninisti r of Augusta, said: 'The best I< 'needs of tin colored race are found n tin1 South. When a colored man ' s faithful ami deserving his worth 1 s appreciated. The long term of i ; it.hiul service of this old colored j ( nan should he emulated by others of lis race.' " And recently in Yorkville, Ilanni>al lleaty, ati old colored man, who ! i; <1 been the s< xton of the A. K. 1'. I hiirch since 186P. and janitor of the 1 oert house since 1874, died. lie ( vas esteemed highly by the white I 1 >eopb as evidenced by the fact that ' 1 ii his own roquest his funeral serices were held from the A. 11. " church and were conducted by the lestor, Kev. .1 I?. dates, assisted by he old colon d man's own preacher I'lie pall-bearers were aineng the nost prominent citizens of Yorkville, t lumbering county oilicials and mem- ' iers of the bar. The Yorkville i*n-!' luirer. in speaking of the circum-i | dance, said: j, "Tlie sole signifieanee of this un- i lsual tribute to a negro was the com- t polling power of character, worth, t faithfulness, as exemplified in a long it'e of humble but honest service. 11 Hannibal was probably the best s known negro in York county. He < was born in servitude and reared in l the home of a master and mistress 1 w ho were the best products of ante- ! i helium civilization, and who had no children of tiieir own. He was hum- j hie, courteous, alert, intelligent, I kind and obliging, and if he ever 1' intentionally gave offense to whites ! 5 >r blacks, the circumstance is not of j 1 record. He passed through periods . ? of intense racial friction without < ?ver Incurring tlie suspicion or ill will of either whites or blacks, and , o> far as is known has never been I ibsent from his post of duiv except ' oy reason of serious illness." I This recalls tlie funeral of two < >!d ante-bellum slaves which it was I our privilege to attend. One was \ hat of the late Hisliop Iscru t.' t'lin- I on. On the day of his funeral the t ircuit court, tut motion of the then t oostor of tlie bar, adjourned out of t vspect to the memory of this humble i nan of God and many white citizens < vitnessed the funeral obsequies. During reconstruction /times, when liis bishop's former master. Irvin 'Union, was penniless and in actual!"; vant, the faithful old slave built p I louse for him on liis plantation, and v hen t lie former master was on his ? leath bed, tlie ex-slave administered piritual consolation to the dying (| nan, whose last words weret "Fare- j veil Isom, if I am lost, I will be lost | (] leading for mercy." To this the ^ olored man replied, "You cannot be j ^ ost pleading for mercy." I I) The black man erected a tomb- ! n tone to mark bis master's grave in j ( b.e Presbyterian church yard, and ( ipon it can be read today the above j onversation. 1 <1 Tlie other funeral we attended was j hat of "Aunt Emily" Thompson, the I ormer slave of the late Capt. Robert 1 j. Crawford. She was universally steemed by both black and white j nd many white persons shed tears i t the passing of this faithful old . S nirse. If the present generation of] ^ i eg roes would emulate the example! tf these two they would not only j levate themselves, but would come o a better understanding and appre- ' miiun cji me wnne people, wlu . ihould be ready at all times to help he negroes when they are worthy. ' + S On page 7 of this issue will he 'ound a list of the newly-elected ' school trustees of Lancaster county, . he list having been prepared by Su- ? >erintendent Lingle. We believe the 1 [>ublleation of these names will be >f interest to the patrons and pupils if the schools. The trustees have a i <reat responsibility resting upon * hem and should endeavor to keep ' lie school they represent up to the i lighest standard of efficiency. jf + I f The night school has had time to < materialize. Aren't you interested i n the proposition? i < . . i. ' THE LANCASTER NEWS * ( <)(>!> ADVICE. -; ! Some members of u secret farmers* organization in Lee county, have addressed an open letter to Governor Manning and Commissioner of Agri?u It tire Watson, because they had the temerity to sound a note of warning, in their speeches at Leesville, against farmers forming secret organizations. with political purposes in view. We are glad that the gov- , arnor and commissioner of agricul-1 ture had the backbone to give this) ivholesome advice. We do not believe) ,n secret organizations confined to my one class or calling. The lawI'ers, doctors, merchants and dentists lave their separate organizations, | but all of tlieir transactions relate to I" he good of their professions and are | ' pen to the world. We have had a j unl experience in the past due to the workings of secret organizations conined exclusively to farmers. Design- 1 ng demagogues and politicians sue- | ceded in worming their way into sv hem. which resulted in their ?ii?. uptlon. Kvery class and calling in south Carolina needs tho sympathy ind co-operation of every other, is IVhilst in an agricultural state like i . \ i ^outh Carolina we art more depenlent 011 the farmers than other call-' ngs. still they cannot afford to "go: t alone" and arc helped by the co- it operation of the bankers, merchants V" ind others. The governor and commissioner of igriculture did a pood service to the icople of the state, especially to the f ' 'armers, when they sounded a note if warning against secret, oath- j p lound organizations of farmers with ailitics as tin ultimate end in view. I ? , ' 'u. V (it) .li'TKIl IT. * us I ill r Ml SI IT lOW 11 OI LUIlCUSllT IlUS aken a forward step and lot the ron- |n ra?t for the paving of her streets. In Lancaster is a smaller town than ; Wl 'anulon by far, anil it seems to us If r(] Lancaster con take this step Camlen might begin to make an effort ' ilong litis line. .Many of the pro- j gressive towns of the state have betcr main streets than Camden. Nothing adds more to tlie looks of ' i city than well paved and well kept i 01 itreets and we hope that city coun;ll will soon take some action along r his line. No town can boast of a prettier main street than Camden in i good weather, but in bad weather '.e same cannot be said. The fin- fa siting of the new postofflce adds Hi greatly to the two main thorough- sii ares of Canulen and to have the ac streets leading to aod from the post- ui llficc paved would make a still st greater improvement." ? Camden Chronicle. We heartily second the motion of The Chronicle that Camden do fol- hi ow the example of Lancaster and ,118 pave her main street. We were in ]i; Jamden recently and thought of ,a low much a well paved main street co vould add to that historic town.' Keep agitating the matter, contemlorary, and you will get it. In order I o have modern Improvements in our . , own all that is necessary is for the irogressive young men to go right 1 ifter them. I ? ! he >XrfrH: i .IXf JlMCKICmSK SHrfeHyHr TIIK PKSSI.M 1ST. -I: ev 4. Headers of The State and of The ,pi s'e?s and Courier find pleasure in he frequent contributions to tliose ar ladies by John Jordan Douglass, the (g 'ee Dee poet. liis verse has gen- lb line poetic merit and the sentiments w Ml le expresses are high and noble. fu furthermore the pftet-preacher or sit ireaeher-poet is obviously a student f human nature, even as he is of 3'1 iod's vast out of doors and he t. writes tlius of that greatest clironij bu rouch. the pessimist, in The State f recent date: le never smiles the livelong day; to has a d.irk nnrl <lr?lofnl tuaw The world," he says, "is gittin' j worse." le thinks it soon will need a hearse; lard luck hits him with horny fist, io walls the chronic pessimist. f crops are poor, then "want's at hand." i bumper crop "shore strains the 4 land;" " The rain will "spile the oats and 1 corn;" try weather "blows the poor-house horn. ' 'We're nigh erbout mint," I insist, io wails the chronic pessimist. ie has a corn on overy toe; lis eyes are flowing wells of woe, io tells the sick they're going to die . 'Jest like my Uncle Malachi"? Poor soul by all misfortunes kissed?1 The mumbling, grumbling pessimist. ; La + | lt, We now liave a children's play- i Ai ground and it is giving pleasure to Ai he little ones, but the progressive dement in Lancaster should provido wl i gymnasium where men, who sit or | CO itand all day in store and office, ' ?ould find relaxation outside of busi- Hi tess hours in health-giving athletic st jxerclse. i >111 ii 111 ??? i. MAY 21, 1915. &5L2 navc >t ; unprovcd,u gr-*tc what p] Pt \ \ r usl m l^c d I ' TOtr'snfeM >vou^^es^r' I j^j^^^^aijW^rcaf admir and let uo e xpi am FROM OTHER PAPERS Correct. Ads get sends.?The State. Or if You llnve. If you've got nothing else to do, cat tlie fly.?Henderson Gold Leaf. Why 1 mi Should Guild Now. Guild now. The lumber industry reported to be rapidly reviving. Intt means higher prices.?GreenHe Piedmont. Sunday Sinners. Hilly Sunday says that the sinners it made their beds must lie in cm. They seem much inclined to hbath mornings. -Florence Times Work for All. Lot everybody lend a hand in caning up the town, Every one n do something?if it is no more :;n to pick tl|> a glass bottle and put out of the way. ?Dorchester Eagle- . A Wise Prophecy. The time is not far distant when' e will all be able to look, the nd lsity of 14-1 a squarely in the ( it and be thankful that it came to i..? Keowee Courier. Itollgl) Sledding. Everybody wants to go to heaven, it the young buck who spends his me making "racy" remarks about omen will find a long and rocky ad to travel.?Barnwell Sentinel. 1 If Wo Only Had. When it comes down to boosting lr city, there are lots of tilings at would attract folks here if we ily had them. Among these a lhlic library would stand near the ont.?Henderson Hold Leaf. If Tliey Only Would. There could he no kick on the i-iiuuiit-u maimer ill amen Air. pvaii tries to handle the diplomatic tuation if every other nation would t in the same humanitarian and lselfish manner as he apparently rives to do.?Henderson Gold Leaf. A Day That Has Gone. There may have been a time when s business associates would overok the business man who did not ie printed stationery, but that day is gone?gone with the tallow ndle, the ox team and the stage Mil.?Coffee County Progress. DOUBLY PROVEN .master Headers Can No Longer Doubt the Evidence. This Lancaster citizen testified ng ago. Told of quick relief?of undoubted neflt. The facts are now confirmed. Such testimony is complete?the idence conclusive. It forms convincing proof of merit. L. P. Clyburn, French St., Lancasr, says: "My kidneys were iinacre and I had backache. Doan's idney Pills, procured at the Standd Drug Co., rid me of the trouble." Itatement given M'.reh 2 5th, 11.) OVER THREE YEARS LATER, r. Clyburn said: "I have had no rther trouble with my kidneys ' tee I used Doan's Kidney Pills." Price 50c, at all de* lers. Don't nply ask for a kidney remedy? i i/uiiii s rviciut'y i'iiib?uie same at Mr. Clyburn had. Foster-Mllrn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. $6.80 TO RICHMOND, VA. AM) RETt'RN Confederate Veterans Reunion DAYLIOHT TRIP SOUTHERNRAILWAY ir. Camden 8:20 A. M. /. Kershaw 9:20 A. M. r. Heath Springs.... 9:38 A. M. ir. Lancaster 10:05 A. M. r. Rock Hill 11:10 A. M. r. Richmond 8:30 P. M. Regular morning train connects itli Veterans' Daylight Special from 11111 /> > -1 -? mn iilli, vuiljrius 111*11 CIUHH tlH>' aches and Pullman sleeping ears. Tiekots on sale May 29 to June 2, mi ted to June 10. Extension and op-over privileges. W. R .CAUTHEN, Agent. W&w XMA\fm~A\\ U 0" > a fin? &orl of a world if wc ntricd.unlcslod men lo leap i Leases their vanity. ?Our Battle: ocks . there would be no stokei til tine* about the decks in the c at." u can have money in the Bai you. work for it and J?AV E FIRST NATIONAL BAI Lancaster, S. C. v nixed states depository. ?*a>. ,v .?wu?mw S. L. ALLEN, M. D. Oflice over Lancaster Pharmacy. OUloe Hours 8 to a. m., 1 to 2 p. til. Phone 187. EDGAR J. HINSON DENTIST. Office In Moore Building, over E. B. Roddey & Co. Hours, 8 to 12?1 to O. Office phone 33. Residence 118. Twelve Reasons Why You Should Buy Your Groceries of Us Ao. 2. BECAUSE you positively get honest weight. Our scales are regularly inspected and sealed. They weigh you out what you pay for. Short weight and long business life don't hitch. F W C JU? ff kJ I Inside i| Dope! :: * ! I Vet us put you wise. Gel > into one of our belts for the * season and enjoy solid com;; fort ;; We can confide a fev other pointers if you'll drop I! in ot? txs. For instance. w< know how to assist you ir ; buying the right kind of hat ;[ That's a simple but impor! I tant part of satisfactory ' I salesmanship. Good service b our mid< ; die name. ;i i J. T. WYLIl tAA^^isUm' in And ships would * s,- every sailor .7 ? ockcd hat of & fcL^i?3(w | * , 1IKCIKT HAUf/IAH. ^'Olf V?fl 1 *K, And lot m>r ?* plain I DR. H. L. GREGORY VETERXARY SURGEON. I treat all animals. Calls promptly answered night or day. Prices reasonable. Hospital service. Office and hospital Kershaw, S. C. J. A. CLIFTON, M. D., Specialist in the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, will be in his office over .Lancaster Pharmacy for one day (Wednesday) each week. Eye glasses fitted. No charge to the poor. Please call early 36-tf DR. C. B. PRATT DENTIST Hours, 8:30 a. m. to 12:30; 1:30 to 6:00. Phone 283. Office over Lancaster Pharmacy. DR. '1. 1?. NESRIT K v Dentist * Office In Telephone Building. H* Waxlmw, X. 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