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v.-r 4 ffifjr Sjanraatrr 5spuis (SBMkVIIKLY.) JUAN IT A WYUeTT . .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, 1905, at the postofflce at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act of Congress of idarch 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) Onr Year $1.50 Slv Mouths 75c PI-EASE TAKE NOTICE. Henceforth all obituaries, ? cards of thanks, lodge notices, .lotices of all public affairs charging admission, citations, executors' notices, notices of discharge, etc., will be charged for at the legal rate. There has been some uncertainty in the minds of our friends as to what news really , is. The items mentioned above J are not news items, nor can we accept such items for publics- | tion except as advertising. j Weather forecast for South Caro- ; lina: Fair Saturday. 1 FRIDAY, JUNK 25, 1015, H not a completed white way for Main street, why not? * There is one tiling certain. If j |j Prank had been some poor devil without money or friends he would ^ have been hanged long ago. + We have repeatedly asked -the question, "Why divert the white way from Main street to Gay street?" < But no good reason has thus far been " advanced. I is + We have not yet heard one good j reason advanced why the "white M' way" should stop one square short 11 of the depots of the town and divert- 1 ed to Gay street. ft ?+ We don't know how they line up << in Georgia, but inasmuch as "Little .! Joe Brown" was "agin" Frank it is tl to 1)0 presumed that your Uncle Hoke ft Smith was "for" hint. v. + ?v It's late to begin town cleaning v. nevertheless, it is imperative that ^ -a start be made. Already stagnant water and a rank growth of weeds threaten the health of the conintu- 0 nity. ,1 ^ f, If it were not so one-sided a oues1 Oi tion, a good query for debate would be. was an evenly divided council ( justifiable in changing its former n mind about extending the "white way" to the L. & C. depot? ^ Governor Craig of North Carolina has granted a five weeks' stay of the " sentence of Trull, who was to have x been electrocuted July 2 for the murder of Sidney Swain in Charlotte last n year. + Is it probable that the people ate ? wrong, who almost without excep- ? tion, are clamoring for a continuation n of the white way to the railway sta- a tlons, while the third of a dozen men P stand in the way are right? w + o Now that the supreme court of the United) States has declured the 'Grandfather Clause" in the consti- t( tution of Oklahoma void. Congress o should repeal the fifteenth amend- Ji aient to the constitution. y< h A -InTltvr!-!* K {!4Cyfl^Tvffn^!Tlr!rlr!t%r!r!T>-i ! "THK WHITE WAY." H I* 4 ; -:-:-rr7<r:-:-{f!"r84:k-i-!ri \Ve have heard some of our citizens say that a white way might bt all right for some cities, but Lancaster can not afford to have it. Foi their especial benefit we commend the following editorial which appear?d in The Charlotte Observer of yesterday, under the above caption: i a How about sending Teddy over to ! v bring order out of chaos in Mexico? , ? L The York News speaks in a very v complimentary way of ltock Hill's street ear. , + It may not be the popular thing , lor him to do, but Governor Manning ,, is eertainlv uoine ni'ii^r dm io? breakers. , + Governor Slaton will doubtless al- , ways be of the opinion that a stat'> militia*is a good thing in time of danger. j-: We note that of late The *. Greenville Piedmont is more kindly disposed towards Mr. Bryan than it used to be. 4 We would not be at all surprised ^ if the next congressman from the fourth congressional district is c named Morgan. I B + K Everybody, even the most anti German in feeling, will have to give \ it to the Kaiser's soldiers that they " are great fighters. I 4. : E The Gaffne;" Ledger is correct in Its statement that one real booster is 1, worth more to a community than a il thousand knockers. + c The pulpit and the press can do jj more to educate public sentiment tl against lawlessness In all forms than a' any other agencies. ! e< + ! m. riuiu n? ;u iion anci me action the people of Charleston for a long ?riod of years, it would seem that ley tliink that tlie "City by tlie Sea" an "independent republic." For the information of The Yorkllle Enquirer we will state that udge Moore is winning golden opinnis all over the state, not only for is eminent legal attainments, but >r his absolute fairness as a judge. The Enquirer sounds the only dis rdant note we have heard as to udge Moore since his elevation to le bench and it comes with ill grace om a paper published in the county here Judge Moore was born and here his ancestors on both sides ere also bora and lived for several enerations. + Governor Manning is not the sort t man to give un the fiKht avainst :ie blind tigers In Charleston be?use the Charleston grand jury failil to find true bills against thetn. heir failure to measure up to their uty has made his exeelleney the lore determined in his efforts to nforee the law. No man realizes lore fully than Governor Manning hat a stupendous task he has unortaketi but his courage and pereeerance cannot be questioned. Life is not all a grind, even for the lost diligent and painstaking editor ml we think we can note signs f unusual anticipation as we glance ver our exchanges. The state's ewspaper makers who fail to gather t Chick Springs next week have assed the age of enjoyment, but If e can read between the lines most f the brethren will be right there. We want all absent Lancastrians i make plars to return hence for ur home coming, to be observed on uly 27. A cordial welcome awaits 5U. "It is almost as common in North Carolina towns now as the measles. S'o town seems to be too small to lave them. Rowland, a little town n the cotton fields of lower Robeson ouuty, has equipped its streets with he improved standardized cluster ights and the effect on the visitor is aspiring. Where one would expect 0 find no street lights at all, he sees 1 town lighted as effectively as the test city in the land. Also Lmmberon has put up a system of standard ights and for a few blocks it looks ike a section of West Trade street in he best-lighted town in the South. There are two or three other small owns in that section that have adoptd the standard lights, and first thing ou know the whole state will be vondering what is the matter wltli taleigh." Yes, they are all right if put down vliere they will do the most good n Charlotte the white way is not >nly on Tryon street, the principal >r main street or the city, but exends down West Trade, a crosf itreet. a distance of a hall nile to the railway station. We enture the assertion that there ire no towns of much importance vliere the two depots are so close ogether and so near the business enter of the town, which have white vrvs yet dc net extend them to the lepots. Reflect carefully about the natter, gentlomen of the city connii. We dislike to see you make a mistake. It is true that your sucessor^ will finish out the street, but vhy not be reasonable and continue lie lights to the stations. You have hanged your minds once about the natter and nobody will think the ss of you for changing again. + .\ (ii: \ n rnti s i * The Yorkville Enquirer published ii the town of York anil county of 'ork, in one of its characteristic jng-drawn-out editorials under the aption, "Liquor in Charleston," oes out of its way to make this ratuitous fling at Judge Ernest ioore of this place, wno was the preiiling judge when the grand jury irew out all the indictments against ie white blind tigers. Says The nquirer: "The presiding judge, Moore of ancaster. had in charging the grand try with regard to liquor sellers and Liter matters, presumed to suggest tat grand jurors remember that hat'leston is a part of South Carona and to act accordingly. After te grand jury replied as indicated jove, the judge very tamely remurk1 that it was not his business to inuire into or criticise the reasons tat had determined the jurors in teir action." It was no presumption in Judge oore to remind the grand jury that harleston is a part of South Caro THE LANCASTER NKWS. : )f- if; i THE FRANK OAHfi. -1 ~i; 49trlr!ri-lT-!-n?C{Ct34Ct^KOvlOirlTl^r!* We have no adverse criticism to > | make of Governor Slaton for corn muting Leo M. Frank's sentence from death to life imprisonment, for 1 the reason that the matter of clem ency, under the laws of Georgia, is lodged solely with him and the presumption is that he acted as his i judgment and consience dictated, notwithstanding, it is said that the 1 governor was a member of the !??.* firm that defended Frank. At the same time we believe that a clear, ' unbroken chain of circumstantial ovi1 j dence connected Frank with the death of little Mary 1'hagan, and this ( too, eliminating, entirely, the evidence of the i.egro Conley, who we believe told the truth about the main I facts of the case. It may be said I i that life imprisonment will be pun[j ishment sufficient. This might be if i lie were allowed to spend the remainder of his days in the penitentiary, ' but in a few years the horrible crime, | will in a measure, be forgotten, and ! | some "chicken-hearted" governor afo , , will turn him loose. Money can m wield a powerful influence in defeat[ I ing the ends of justice as has been . evidenced in the cases of Frank and trr , Thaw. 001 ;I ...x;-c; * * e\i BISHOP NOHTHHOP. ;I> , vi. wo 1 Today marks t'?o fiftieth anniversary of the consecration to the < priesthood of Bishop Henry P. wh Northrop of Charleston. Lancaster aln should he particularly interested in *or the celebration of this golden jubilee, for many of our older citizens recall I the fact that Bishop Northrop, with tra other mem iters of his family, Wi "refugeed" here from the Yankee lj,,t army during the war. The Northrop 1 home, on what is now the Connors place, one mile east ot Lancaster, was ' burned and the bishop's good be lather, Claudian B. Northrop, mur- no' dered by some of Sherman's van- s'l< rec dais. We join with The News and Courier in wishing the venerable prelate a recovery from his present ' indisposition. We take from The hea News and Courier of today the fol- J/'" lowing tribute to hiui: e've "What of the man? Is lie a fount llo< of inspiration, i\ center of healing influences? It is the glory of Bishop Northrop's priesthood that he has \ been all this and more. Strife and por dissension have not thrived in his gov presence. Intolerant only of evil, can soundly liberal in his views, broad of wot ; vision, quick in his sympathies, active Wa in all good works, the esteem in sen which lie has long been held in this community by persons of all religious faiths is its own sufficient testimony c; h) fill* i 11 tl 11*^11 ! *? haa - ? at i 4 thai We understand that some of the othi members of the council who are op- are posed to the white way being extended to the depots tried to meet the argument that the people ^had petitioned for it, by saying, "Well, they (' have nothing to do with it. it is our w-u il t S business." Our view of the matter este is that each and every member of tpj,, the city council are after all, but New servants of the people and should be C,,S! governed in their actions by what the lu" seer people want. 4 We are sorry to see a town administration otherwise conspicuous , ' for unusual activity in the way of fan permanent improvements, fail to pro- of i vide modern lighting facilities at the K:ul railway stations, other communities, far less progressive, have long cujj ago provided for this need, while bor umicitsier is aoout to tail when the v opportunity is at hand. Y If Leo Frank's sentence to life im- wai prisonment is not interfered with, NVn' reasonable people should be satisfied. ^,n Hut the possibility tbat one of Gov- pen ernor Slaton's successors may sooner usu or later pardon him, is one teason the why many deplore that the death sentence was commuted. pos The contention of Frank's attorneys all along was that he was not given a fair trial on account of the I mob spirit, which prevailed in At- I lanta during the trial. This same I mob spirit was bent on giving Gov- B ernor Slaton, who saved Frank's B life, no trial at all. | "A merchant asked us the other B| day to say something to wake up B1 Orangeburg in a business way. H?* I never advertises, however, and we don't think he wants to wake up." ? Orangeburg Times and Democrat HI We have some of the same kind in K| Lancaster. How long will they sleep? II It is not generally known, but It is I ; claimed that Itobert Lansing, the J new secretary of state, who succeeds 9 Mr. Bryan, has represented the a i United States in more international I arbitrations than any other living I | American. ^ HR&MMtfKSL' f .TUNE 23. 1915. W "failure cai S "If V014 c ? du^darc enough, *(X sount jt ha* a chance b 1 P SDoWars are ^ like accrms\\htyy> will grow?in to yA barite> E P6*^ nrx L. accouiitf Eg | I'ROM OTHER PAPERS The Wilson Way. Where there is a Wilson there 1 >vay.?The State. Ho Certainly Is. Bryan is certainly telling us a out it.?Charleston Post. Xo Time for Xeutrality. It is no credit to a man to be net il when a moral issues is unde usideration.?Anderson Mail. The Very Limit. Of all things that have no right t st a subservient paper is th rst.?Orangeburg Times an raocrat. Leave lliui to History. The main thing, after all. is no at a parcel of jingo editors sa "?ut W. J. Mryan. It is what His y will say.?Tlie State. It's a Long; Way to <Jo. It's taking the allies some time t< verse those "few miles," which Mr nston Churchill cays intervene ween them and victory at tlv rdanelles.?News and Courier. School Kllicienry. The efficiency of a school shouh measured by the numbqr passed? by those rejected. Toacheri mid be instructors, not telephom elvers.-?Colutnbia Record. Not So Here, We llo|?e. 'The proposed tlour mill," reads s idliue in The Lancaster News >ks familiar to Rock llillians. Ai as this town is concerned, how r, it seems that proposed is all.? k Hill Herald. What Say the Critics? Vonder what our nagging contentaries understood our red-headed ernor to mean when he said in his ?i?fuiiii'w Hint, ii eiectea lie ild see that the laws are enforced, s that politics??Newberry Obrer. Swat With Care. wat the fly. and while you are t Rive the mosquito a whack. See t no tin cans half full of water or r breeding places for the pests left on your premises. In other ds?clean up?and stay cleaned Dorchester Kagle. Value of a "Forum." olunilrta lias a "forum"?a place re public quest'ons are discussed tated times by any persons interd. Pretty good idea, don't you ik? Wouldn't be a bad idea for .berry. Public questions are dialed much more fairly and truthy in the open than in dark an 1 et places.?Newberry Observer. <>ood Advice. isten to the wholesome advice of llooker T. Washington to the libers of his race: "Stay 011 the n; educate your children: get rid lie lazy negro, the loafer, the ibler. the itumoral leader; share r confidence with your wife as do your toil and responsibilities: ivate the good will of your neigli: talk to him, not about him."? rity and Ch'ldren. Men Who l)o Things. es. any one can stand around and t. What the world needs is no tors but men with murage and flilenee to "turn things up." Any is can wait for something to hap, whether it ever does or not? ally not. This country, this state, city needs men to go on, drive light ahead with hope and faith courage to do things.?Salisbury t. H I THE! COME AN * D jm 0I ittiot exist where gealanb pi ire steadfast and respect your tools, you'll make HecUhtfay atvywliere < > acorn vrill become a first class take root." ? ? ? ? ? - IE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Lancaster, S. G. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. Are We Consistent? nu | Files cause a large per cent of the 8,1 ' cases of "summer complaint" among ig children by carrying disease germs , from the deposits of filth near so many homes to the food, drink and play things of the little ones. Other cases are caused by these disease 11 germs in the shallow surface wells so of common throughout the whole foi Southland. The rains carry filth | de from lots, stables, closets, etc., right j hii into these surface wells. We stand ! do ,r idly by and see these things go on, I he and then when death claims his anI KEEP I i I ID( )N T jict 44 hot under tl our fountain and call f h tioiis in the way ot drinks < tasted. 1 liif AY BE you haven't noti a 1V1 in this store wait on genuine pleasure. They ei drinks that "tickle your p; - / SAY, jus come in here an drink or tiayor of Ice < "hovs" till the order in doul i n n n j.r.mac Twelve Reasons I Why You I Should Buy Your Groceries of lis , 6. | BECAUSE wo not only lui e bargains at all times, but because wo have special sales at certain times. , , These sales are hi j bona fide money savors. Watch for them. Then stock up. Jj e w. sis IRSCH STORE THAT CONTINUES TO GRO The*e is a Reason ID SEE US BEFORE Y feNm* L00> K P01NTI " OVER Ajaziitl- -. s'-nv if .you cart enough U ar anything.* - - f* Ire* wherever U* ffl Harked Kavfmtn EMS -5> plant a dollar 2\sV in our 3tatib to- llljl Oau: Water it Hill Wf' ml toll of infants and adults wo ed crocodile tears and say we can't iderstand why the Lord has taken e dear ones from us.?Pageland urnal. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the good people Lancaster, both town aud county, r their kindness shown us and our r.r boy, Julius L. Hegler, during i illness and death. Especially we thank his faithful nurse for r ministrations to his comfort. MR. AND MRS. W. V. IlEGLER. WOL 10 eoilar" but come t< or the koolest proposiiiul cuts that you ever iced it. but the "boys'* [ i you with a smile of ljov "brewing" those date " 11 call for your favorite Cream and watch tlie )le-quiek time. ^ I key Co. P^wqi - TARE r^nl OU BUY I K FOR THE I I ING FINGER T OUR DOOR I .k A