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4 v (Sljr tauraatrr Nrtua i (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUANITA WYLIE .7 Editor ~ PUBLISHERS' A N NOUNCE MEN T: l Published Tuesdays and Fri- { days at Lancaster. S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, ' successors to The Ledger, es- * tabllshed 1852; The Review, a , established 1878; The Enter- a prise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter ' /Vt 7 1 Q O Pk of #T\ a TVAotnffl PQ 31 at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act v of Congress of March 3, 1879. c SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: a (In Advance.) H Year fl.ftO I c 81* Months . , . . ,75c t; PLEASE TAKE NOTICE. u Henceforth all obituaries, i tl vards of thanks, lodge notices, i p notices of all public affairs tl charging admission, citations, executors' notices, nottces of discharge, etc., will be charged u for at the legal rate. i c< There has been some uncer- a talnty in the minds of our ' friends as to what news really . is. The items mentioned above NV are not news items, nor can we s< accept such items for publication except as advertising. Weather forecast for South Caro- 'c lina: Fair interior, probably showers a< on the coast Tuesday; Wednesday ;r i:ur, uoi muni cnanKf 111 temperature. TVESDAV, JUNK 1X1, 1?15. sl Why not a continuous white way 0< on Main street? + d Will council withhold what the 11 public asks for? + 1)1 Older city builders than we recog- " nize the importance oT attractive approaches to the heart of town. + The town authorities are not swat- n ting the tiy but the need of swatting aI is to be seen all about us. Why :,J don't they clean up this town? (-st If you will leave your address with 1 ' us when you start on your summer vacation. The Lancaster News will ,n follow you and thus you will be as- " sured of two letters front home each i week. . r c< + In It the critics of Governor Manning wanted good government in South Carolitut they would be helping to el .mould a sentiment for law and order 111 Instead of finding fault with everything the governor undertakes. -! + uospuanty oilers to the guest the J best the host has to offer. Why then J. should Lancaster greet her guests with only a faint glimmer, and hide under a bushel, so to speak, the light ! that should bid them welcome? + We place lights in the halls of our ' re homes to make our entrances bright ! u and attractive and to bid a welcome |10 to our friends. On the same prin- 1 A ciple, other towns light the way of approach to visitors. Will Lancas- | ( ? ter allow its people to appear inhospitahle. or will she not rather place ! "l a brilliant illumination at the sta- ^cl tions, as evidence of the welcome we IK" have to offer? . Vv< ' | ire Tlie State, a newspaper which has f (-*t ^s|?.vays opposed lawlessness in all its forms, lias not failed to make of the *s Wituwfhoro tragedy an occasion for setting before the people of South i l-r' . Carolina closer f. J ? IUU IT lUKli* , ments against tlie wreaking of pri-l:al vate vengeance. The State, in a ; 'ia aeries of .w*l).considered editorials.!'0 has gi-.en our pee pie much to reflect j ' u upon \\? w ish to acknowledge our | : ?ivvu. appreciation and to commend to our readers a careful reading of two ,n? 'u1 these editorials which will he,''11 jfouiwi in The News today. I 4? f tr There is a vacant beneficiary cadet- j tin ship for Lancaster county at the < it Citadel, the South Carolina Military wt College, the examination for which Hi will be held August 13, 1015. This '>1 svffords a splendid opportunity for j wt some poor youth of the county to get 1 th ji first-class education absolutely free. ( ;>o Usually only two or three boys com- | It pete for this scholarship. We urge ! m upon the ambitious boys of l.aneas- be ter county to write to Col. Bond, sn- w penrintendent. of the Citadel, for the be necessary blanks to be filled out, to then prepare for and stand the ex- at animation. r? + i03 Number one, volume one, of "Pro- ,j gressive Lancaster" ha s just been 1 :)| issued by the Lancaster Chamber of 1 n Commerce and we wish to congratu- 1 ti late the editor, Secretary Ellison, upon the subject matter therein. The , C] publication is not for advertising , tj purposes, but merely for the infor- f] mation of its members. It is to b? issued month.y in the hope of stimulating the members to still greater activity. It contains a foreword, J committee reports, editorials, an- *' nouncements, a number of wellselected articles on city building. It tells of a number of plans which will soon materialize, thereby advancing 1 w the interests of the community. w . t *!-!-!-i-1-1 -I?i-Irvririr! I P TO THE COMMUNITY. -r & HS! Pursuant to a call made by the' ocal Council, Boy Scouts of Amer-1 ca, from the pulpits of the several hurches Sunday, a mass-meeting vill be held at the court house this ifternoon In the interest of the orlanization. The scout masters tell is that they have carried (ja the work 1 ,s far as it is possible for it to go , without outside help. We have as-1 ertaitied also that these faithful nd efficient officers have thus far nanced their troops and otherwise jirriod nn flip wnrlf u-ittmut naaia. i w.. w. .. .. I unce from the public. It seems to : s that a spirit of appreciation of, lieir services must now compel our eople to take up what these men j ave so well begun and thus enable ] hem to carry it on to yet greater ] sefulness. Since our boys have be- 1 ante Scouts thev are manlier, more 1 mbitious and more resourceful. . hey have undergone a development 1 hich every day manifests itself in 1 1 aine unexpected way. They are I 1 ained for efficiency and their lives j , ocome more purposeful, as the var- i >us forms of knowledge they have < equired are finding expression 1 i work for the community. But it should be clearly under-1 ;ood that the future of the organation lies with the people of the )tnmunity. To carry out the work, itire camp outfits must he pur- ( lased for the summer outing. A; lountain trip is in contemplation, a ; . eek or more in camp which would | ( of great benefit to these growingj ' vs. Hut some of the youngsters in not nfl'onl to take the trip with- . ut financial assistance. Neither t in they obtain an equipment for' inking their meals unless donations 1 ( e made by *hi*ir friends. It is no* i iking too much of our people to s rge them to help the Hoy Scouts | ' cure this permanent outfit. It is t early up to our people to help these I f >ys who have not yet been able to * ake enough monev of their own to' 1 i . nance their organization. Such a immunity asset should appeal to the i, merosity of the community and we { lieve the Hoy Scouts will not be ? ?nied when their need is presented. 1 et there be a representative gath- ( ing of men end women at the mass- i eeting this afternoon. < OXCEKM\(i THE "WHITE WAV." * . So far as we have been able to (certain, no good reason has been Ivanced by the city council for their t cent decision to divert the great < bite way to Gay street, instead of t ntinuing it to the railway station? 1 i petition, numerously signed, has I ten circulated and presented to the 1 uncil, w ho declined to defer to the t tition, although they must see t at it is the will of the ma- c rity to adhere to the orgi- P 1 plan. If a "great white ly" to the stations seems of more iportance to certain taxpayers on t ly street, if they nave the wisdom see how vastly more important it s to have the approach to Lancaster >11 lighted and attractive, if they \ e unselfish enough to want to ad- ' lise'the home town to r.trang^r.-* c ther than adorn their own resl- j ' nee and business street, surely the v uncil, who are after all. the ser- ? nts of the people, will carry cat ( eir wishes. Far be it from us to h sli any plan curtailed which will !1 ike Lancaster more beautiful. If 1 f? council can complete the .Ma.:. ! s eet white way and in addition, ir.- J ill another on Gay street, so much j ! p better. But we wish to urge the I y fathers to consider what wt v ?uhl miss by taking from the main -r oroughfare of the town the lights i J lich were to beckon all comers to-! ? irds the business section and light ' ' eir way thither. The ornamental j 1 ists topped with globes of light ' ould be placed where they a- 1 ost needed and where they will f ;st serve the purposes for which i' , as deemed wise to erect th ?nt. N'c ' dter advertising scheme could the >w n authorities give Lancaster than j tractive and artistically lighted tilway stations. Many citizens have \ ^pressed to us their surprise and 1 isappotntment at the recent action f the council and we are therefore | ot only expressing our own cotivic- i ons but those of older and more ' xperienced citizens when we ask the t Ity rat hers to give more consfdera- ! on to the wishes of our people, so | reely and generally expressed. + Yesterday was the longest day In tie year and because it was also the ottest we are glad that June 21 is a st. "This Is the season of the year hen the ice v.agon becomes the bane j agon," says The State. O THE LANCASTER NEWS, ! A l?^lrHrlrrvnra CHARLESTON'S ATTITUDE. -It * ' ;:ri:riQlc:ct:l:ici:i:ioi0u The action of the grand jury of Charleston in throwing out all of the indictments against the illegal whiskey sellers except in one case and that against a negro, is not surprising. judging by that city's attitude ju the past ttiVard the whiskey laws of the state. It is patent that the grand inrv su-orn to rlo thulr diitu shielding the violators of the law. Solicitor Peurifoy did right when he nol prossed the case against the negro, when the jury had let the eighteen white men go. Says The Sews and Courier: "In commenting upon this motion Judge Moore remarked tha* he had no right to inquire into the deliberations of the jurymen in their room. * but that the action taken by them in returning such a number of no-bills seemed to say that Charleston was lifferent from other places in that It lid not have any places where liquor was illegally sold. Thfs remark Drought forth laughter from the spec- c tators, so much so that order had to J be called for. He said that out of the i number of no-bills returned and con- c stdering the amount of evidence of- h fered by the officers It was a little " lifiieult to understand how no prima ! i facie cases could be made out against I F iny of the defendants." r The News and Courier says the t lotion of the grand jury, while 'disap- j ( pointing is not iti itself dishearten- j y Ing." and suggests that the jury's | iction does not necessarily represent | the sentiments of the people of i * Charleston. It i>- to be hoped that 1 U does not. The News and Courier I sounds this note of timely warning j a :o me people ot Charleston: I 1 "Rut today the people of this city ire confronted with the fact that in ' J the wholesale defiance of the law which has been permitted locally. ' Charleston stands atone among the)" ommunities of the state. We have | 1 ijeen defying an exasperated public ; ' sentiment an l that cannot be done j J', without hazarding penalities which . Ltndoubtedly " ill lie executed unless s here is a wholesome change. More- j 1 iver, we have raised up amongst us i scores and hundreds of lawbreakers i whose prosperity is achieved at the : ' xpense of the best resources of the ' ^ onimunlty, who are a drain upon I ' is in every way. and who have rejee.tedly exerted themselves to the itmosf of their large powers in op- I | >osition to the best interests of the' x onimunlty. The big question for ' 'liarleston at the moment, then, is " lot the unwisdom of the liquor law >ut whether or not such a condition an he allowed to exist longer, when in much is in jeopardy because of , t." * + r.-ir.-r a > + Ci II'HOI.I) TilK LAW. -I- n a It is of the utmost importance hat the people of South Carolina, everywhere, should speak up at all '' Jmes and under all circumstances 'or the supremacy of the law. There } ire no circumstances where either a nob, or private individuals, are jus- u iliable or even excusable, in taking 1; he law in their own hands and unlertaking to mete out* justice in a ;iven case. a A correspondent in yesterday's cj itate says he "realizes fully and horoughly that in flrrder that civili- S! ition may rule, the law must be uprente," but this writer attempts o draw a distinction "between ad- b locating mob law as a means of enorring Justice, and having a feeling it' sympathy and compassion for ,, hose who, when half crazed by rrorrgs they have sutfered. try to r< venge those wrongs themselves. (>( veil though crimes are committed iv them." This is a process of rea- a; oniug into which many ?ell-mean- <" no nannli. foil If ?l,n loo- <? to. - = iw UV.- S1 u pre me (am) who will be so bold as a o say it should not?) no matter how nm ii our feelings may be aroused in n elialr of innocent victims of the Jj' vorsf of crime?, our sympathy should u lever Ret the upper hand of our n udgnvent. and cause us to condone I; >r participate in violations of the aw. As we have hud occasion to 1 emark heretofore, tliere rs no jus- p ideation or excuse for individuals aking the las into their own bands ind thereby becoming lawbreakers. ?! ' hen the law is sufficient tn any case o do ample justice + The demonstration of lawlessness which took place in Atlanta yesterday is evidence that certain Qerglans, also, have not a proper respect for law and constituted authority. Such a spirit Is no credit io any state, while we believe Frank was guilty, (iovernor Rlaton doubtless acted conscientiously in commuting his sentence, believing, perhaps like many others, that there was some element of doubt as to his guilt, yet we deplore the outbreak which shows eo unmistakably that deplorable spirit of mob violence, that effort on tlie pan bf private citizens to take the law into their own hands. + l ancaster's Home Coming week will be observed later in July than the glorious Fourth. JUNE 22, 1915. |r "fata S "If you are E8 and ban enough, yo ?y *Ci sound a Lf hew a chance to tal j iDollarr are I fthe acoiwiiltfj; fcv " | ^accounjr "THE COURT PROCEEDINGS. i inly Jail ("uses Are to be Tried at This Session. The June term of the circuit court 1 onvened at this place with Judge I folin S. \Vil3on of Manning presid- < ng. Solicitor J. K. Henry and Sten- 1 grapher Harry McCaw were also on land. As this is a jail delivery term ( mly cases where the prisoners are I n jail will be tried. The grand jury J lacsed upon all the bills of indictnent in their charge, made their 1 Inal presentment and were dls- * barged yesterday. The following is . he presentment: i State of South Carolina. County of Lancaster. To his Honor John S. Wilson. Preiding Judge, we. the grand jury of. h< said county do submit the followng report: We have examined and passed on 11 bills of indictment handed us by he solicitor. Did not visit the county ehaingang. iome or jail, these being visited and a-ported at our spring term of ourt. and reported on ^favorably. We re glad to report that thd ehaingang - doing good work, and getting the oads in good shape. Nice sleeping uarters are alro being provided for he convicts. Sewerage is being intnllari ill llio Miinlf ? ?!! ? ?.??? ..... x. ..x J"". " 'I'1 II Villi lake it more sanitary tlian at r sent. ?T.e bridge over North Wild Cat reek near Tradesvllle is in a danerous condition, and should receive ttention at once. It has l?een suggested that the udit of ti e different county books, lie report of which was handed in irith our report at the spring terra ourt be published in tlie county ewspaper. We find that this will >e of some expense to the county, nd unanimously decided not to have his done. The report is on file in he clerk of court's oflice and any one esiring to see the report can inpect same by cs lling at his office. We present Otis Miller for assault nd battery with intent to kill and arrying concealed weapon. Witesses to prove same, E. C. Mungo nd O. J. Small. All of which is submitted, J. U. BELL. Foreman. The following true bills v. ere found y the grand jury: The state vs. C.us Knight, murder, i The state vs. Meek Williams, house reaking and larceny. i lie state vs. .neeK Williams ami [asel Clyburn, house breaking and 1 irceny. The state vs. David Green, house reakftig and larceny. The state vs. Bossey Evans, assault | nd battery with intent to kill an ! * Trying concealed weapon. ' The state vs. Will Blackmon, as?ult and battery with intent to kill. The state \s. Will Blackmon, as- | ault and battery with intent to kill. The state vs. Vern Adams, house reaking and larceny. The State vs. Vern Adanrs. house reaking and larceny. The state vs. James Mellwi?in, inacious mischief. The state vs. Hazel Olylnim, reviving stolen goods. The state vs. F'rnnk Clyburn, reviving stolen poods. Th estate vs. Wyatt Watts, assault j nd battery with intent to kill and irryitig concealed weapon. ] The state vs. Lizzie Duncan, asi'ult and battery with intent to kill nd currying concealed weapon. tins Knight, charged with the ; niriier of O. A. Gregory, was araigned and pleaded not guilty and < :s trinl was set for today. The trial ill commence at 3 o'clock this afteroon. Claud N. Sapp and J. Cope?.nd Massey will assist the state and < ohn T. Green and Harry Ifines will ppear for the defense. The following cases have been disoscd of: Bossey Evans alias Bossey Ervin, I. THE SI COME ANE I > U H^HH[^BhKI I 1 ] WMflr d exist where^colon! Meadfasl and rasped .your to uil make haabxOay anyxehe -?11 ( JH ..L I com v?u? raoome a ivrsr ca ke root." ? ? - ? FIRST NATIONAL BAN Lancaster, S. C. NITFD STATES DEPOSITORY. chatged with assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. The verdict was guilty of assault of a high and aggravated nature and carrying concealed weapons. He was given nine months imprisonment or $150 fine, James Mcllwain plead guilty to a harge of malicious mischief and was given six months in the reformatory it Lexington or pay a fine of $50. David Green, on a charge of house jreaking and * larceny, was found guilty. KEEP ONT lift 44hot umlc "ui i "uuumi (( in i V-1 tions in the way of drill tasted. MAVBK you haven't in this store wai genuine pleasure. The; drinks that "tiekle you SAY, jus come in her< drink or flavor of ] "boys" till the order in ( J.F.Mc Twelve Reasons Why You Should Buy Your Groceries of Us JWo. 7. BECAl'SK we carry best grades for those who demand highest quality. We- eater to tlie "best trade" us well as t<? those in moderate eir [Ministanees. This is a high class storo foi o eryone. E. W. 5 R SC I T>RE THAT CONTINUES TO There Is a Reason ) SEE US BEFORE % POIP * ov - - jfe? V o15, if you cent enough JU ? tv at anything? - ftW '"' A5S free wherever if rfl - Hmrhmrt KJ titan! a dollar nM /vOn51 tn our 2*anfe fe> Nil wgUr if 11 Meek Williams, charged with house breaking and larceny, was found not guilty. He was charged with breaking into the store of Robinson-Cloud Co. He was placed upon trial again for breaking into the Ex press office. He made an amusing appeal to the jury, but was convicted i all the same and the judge gave him i five years on the chalngang. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO 1 OINTMKNT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6to 14 days. The first application gives Kase aud Rest. 50c. KOOL *v the collar" but come to ill tortile koolest pl'oposiks and eats that you ever noticed it, but the 44boys" a. : 4. i. . : i r i i ?>u you wiin ;i siiiiic 01 r enjoy "brewing" those r palate." mikI call for your favoriti Lee Cream and watch the louble-quick time. ickey Co. /^tSI eKU r 1 >ISTARE his' || GROW. ? : YOU BUY I 00K FOR THE I JT1NG FINGER IT rER OUR DOOR I { 1