Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' 4 (Sljr ICanrastrr Smua (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUAK1TA WYL1B. Editor J. ('. SI1KPAKI). . . Bu-dnos*. Mauajtri Pl'lllISH KltS' A X N OUNCE MF.NT Published Tuesdays and Fd, days 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 wfarcli 3, 1879. 8VBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year S1.30 Six .Months ".V PLEASE TAKE NOTICE. Henceforth all obituaries, cards of thanks, lodge notices. tod'eon ? 11 ? 1*1 I . - 8'-* ? ? .i /nv? o an I'Ki'&iv uuairs 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 are not news items, nor can we accept such items for publication except as advertising Weather forecast for South Carolina: Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday, with probably scattered showers. TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1915! Homecoming will be our uext stop. Let's celebrate the occasion as it should be celebrated. If you can't keep cool, keep as cool as you can. ?+ tlra nrn n Ica f a lw\ 1 ^ ai-o ? 1% ^ c. .. v ??4 v M.cv VV UV1U UCIC tiltr i I I D I district Conference for the Common Good. + Let's invite every able tit Lancastrian to return for our great Homo Coming Auf.ust 10 and 11. + Lancaster is the livest town in this section and its rapid development augurs well for the future. + The man who does not advertise has nothing to do but watch the other fellow get the trade he has failed to go after. Despite the hot weather, the lot of the editor is quite endurable during this good season of first fruits and vegetable and the hope of an early watermelon fills these midsummer days with happy anticipation. + We ask the attention of our readers to the announcement on page eight of the removal of the Lancaster library to one of the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce in the Springs block. j Mr. B. F. Adams, in a communication today, makes a strong appeal to our readers for prohibition. He urges them to vote against the liquor .raffle, pleading particularly in beialf of helpless womanhood and jhildhood. + 8 Lancaster needs just what a chau8dqua has to offer. What less proressive towns have secured could od should be brought to Lancaster, tfbo will render the community a lasting service by going to work on the proposition? + We cannot give too much thought to education and the public health, for to our mind no other considerations are so important. Mental and physical development are alike de si ruble and should claim the attention of all thoughtful people. We are bending every effort towards making The Lancaster News of interest to its everv reader and each news item furnished us adds interest to the local page. So if you know any local happenings don't be a tightwad with the information, but aha re it with us. Because the paving of Main street will hardly be finished by the proposed date, July 27, it has been decided to postpone Homecoming Week and the district Conference for thrt Oommoin Good until August 10 and 11. These two davs will be big days in Lancaster. 4 When a su; -< ribei stops hi- papet because of -wine i.f,: u. exprosse. by the editor 1 tl. i not a'-? or-'* With his ox 11. " t. - w iikneof Intel".es-t" ?o ?'x> Ua f of it. The Wash.n?t n h; > Reporter makes this comnidif : t sublert "Those who seek t.. pan sli The Reporter by wir/.idrax ii.^ their patronage, for some particular viexv that if has expressed, will tind that fins method of rebuke will have no effort whatever upon th? policy of the paper. We do not question your right to think as you please, to hold any opinion that seemeth right to you, and it does not lie within the power of your patronage to influence our editorial conduct." + BACK UN Till: JOB. * It was our pleasure to attend the forty-first uuuual meeting of the South Carolina Press Association at Chick Springs aud the joint meeting i of the North and South Carolina ! Press Associations at Montreat and J to speud last week resting from ; these dissipations at Chick Springs. Both meetings were most enjoyable, , but we are happy to be back again I among our own people, with whom j we hope to share some of the good things acquired during our abseuce. The contact with others eugaged in the same Held of endeavor is very j helpful. Valuable suggestions are given and received, topics touched upou which interest us and we bej lieve w ill be of interest to our readI ers. Theu, too, there comes to us an j elehient of inspiration and renewed enthusiasm for the great game and our vision is clearer because of these experiences. It is good for all workers in whatever field of activity they have elected to labor, to come to; gether often and give to each other the best each has to offer. It was particularly gratifying that there was such an unusually large attendance of the newspaper-makers of ! South Carolina at the recent meeting, the largest iu the history of the state association. May this good organization grow in power and usefulness. W'e hope next year to have an opportunity of showing the Tar Heel editors souietlnug ot the hospitality of the Palmetto State. As their guests we were entertained delightfully and South Carolinians are appreciative of the courtesies extended. A cordial v. elcotne awaits the North Carolina editors, who are expected to meet with us next summer at Chick Spi iugs. + THK ItKVOI.VKK. v , + The Gaffnev Ledger, edited bv the i big-souled. patriotic Kd DeCamp. in a recent issue has the following to say about t^volvers and those who j use them: i "A revolver is a nick'd-plated substitute for bravery, which has praoi tically driven the original article out of the market . "The revolver gives a puny man i w itli a 5-8-in.h brain and the pluck . of a grasshopper a 100-yard reach and ' makes him more deadly than a Sioux j Indian. There was a time when this I country had no dangerous animals, ! except bears and wolves, and life was safe except on the frontiers, but now 'vast hordes of lfi-year-old boys who use their skulls for a dime novel bookcase, roam the streets with ?ig| arettes in their faces and portable cannon in their hip pockets, producing obituaries with the skill and enJ thuslasm of a cholera microbe; while . it is at all times possible to meet a personal enemy who has been chasing you for a week, and who is reluctantly compelled to defend himself when he catches you by tilling you so full of lead that vour remains w ill r.? 1 uire eight pali-hearers. Revolver? are now so generally used in debate, j in domestic quarrels ami repartee of all sorts that 8,0lib Americans die of them each year, it is said." + WE MUST HAVE IT. 4The Spartanburg Herald, in an editorial headed, "Not So In Spartanburg." comments as follows on the advantages Spartanburg enjoys in having its own roller mills: "The situation in Lancaster is not the situation in Spartanburg, by reason of the fact that there is now in Spartanburg the Spartanburg Roller mills, which meet the demands of the farmers of this county. Spartanburg farmers may sell their wheat here or they may have it ground." Again we urge our Chamber of * uuiuici ic iu |ju?u i lie iiiauci til uilir for the grain has been harvested and many farmers want to have it ground. The need of a flour mill becomes every day more apparent. The town of Lancaster will lose as heavily ;'s will the farmers who have made the grain, if we fail to provide a mill at this place What Spartanburg lias done Lancaster should do. and let's do it now. We owe it to this section and we owe it to ourselves to help market our excellent harvest of '.'rain. + , + ^ STItoNti AlJt.l MK\T. flays The Henderson Gold Leaf: "Just as soon as the mob starter! its demonstrations against Governor Slaton, Atlanta promptly ordered all the saloons in the city closed. Could there be any stronger argument against the saloon in any community than this official and wide open recognition of Its danger to the public safety? When did anyone ever hear of an order being issued to close the churches, the Y M. C A.'s, i the public libraries and similar institutions under like circumstances?" THE LANCASTER NEWS " -I: ROAD IMPROVEMENT. The construction and maintenance nf hiiitli^ rno ?1 a q ro ???? ' V> W?v u> V lOVVKtUg LUUI T til" j teutlou than ever before in the his- ' tory of the counti/ It is one of the . most impoitant otters that could, engage the atteution of the people of ; Lancaster county. Thousands of dollars are spent each year on our roads, but after all, during the winter season they are practically impassable after continuous rains. But ! Lancaster is no exception to the rule in the hill country, where red clay abounds. The American Highway Association has recently sent out an article, under the caption, "How to Make and Keep the Road Dry." It is as follows: "Water plus clay or ordinary earth, when mixed, invariably forms mud. On ordinary earth roads the rains and melting snow furnish the water and the passing triffic the mixing, and the result is muddy roads, lake away the water or prevent it from mixing with the clay or earth on the road surface and little or no mud will result. In other words, keep your road dry if you wish it to remain hard, smooth and fre? from Til 11 HI "Except in very sandy or arid regions. good drainage is the cardinal principle in the maintenance ot earth and gravel roads. Get the water away from the road as quickly and completely as possible. Water naturally seeks tlie lowest level, ^ou can not keep the water from falling on the road, hut you can assist its natural inclination to get away to a lower level. Keep the ruts filled and the road returned with a sh?|?e towards the side ditches of from three-fourths to one inch to the foot, and tlie water will not collect on the road to soak in and he mixed to mud by passing traffic. Keep the side ditches clean and with frequent outlets to get the water away from ihe road entirely. Do not let the culverts clog up or material lcummulate in the ditches and hold back pools of water to soak into and poften the foundation of vour road. Water is an enemy that will run away if you will give it a chance. Do not neglect to give it every chance. It will pay and pay well. "Like most other enemies, water is not very destructive or dangerous until it collects in force. Therefore. get the water away from your road at every available opportunity and before it has time to collect in sufficient volume to be dangerous to the road, and do not invite certain disaster by makiug your culverts too small to care for the largest possible storm. Furthermore, build the culverts so that the water will, of necessity, flow through then and not find a way around or neneath tliem. Properly designed substantial wing and end walls are the fortifications which protect the culvert from attack and destruction (luring severe storms. Do not butld dry weather culverts; build them with a view of caring for and protecting the road iiuriug tiie worst possible storms. "Make your road dry. build it hard and compact with a crown sufficient to shed water rapidly to the side ditches, and with simpl?* culverts and drains. T okeep your road dry maintain the drainage in good condition. Drag your road after rain; dragging fills iii th?> ruts, smooths the surface, and maintains the crown. On a road which lias Ihh'ii properly dragged the rain ttmls no place to collect and soak into and soften the surface. Unless the rain is of long duration the surface is softened but very little. As soon as the rain has ceased and the road surface dried so that the clay is not sticky, but while it is still plastic, drag the road again. Any depression or ruts which have been formed during and after the rain are thus filled, and the surface smoothed up and plastered over with a thin plaster of clay or earth which packs and becomes very hard under passing traffic. Therefore, in order to make and keep your road dry, first prov de for good drainage and then maintain the good drainage by systematic dragging after each rain. Diligent attention to these points w ill, in general. insure an earth road fairly passable at all times and very good most of the time." The above article contains many fdiuuwic ^up,ftrniii;ua. i IIO III (t ill drains. To keep your road dry maincondition after they have been worked. This can be done as indicated above: "l>iag your road after rains; dragging tills in the ruts, smooths the surface, and muiiirains the crown. On a road which has hern properly drugged the rains find no place to collect and soak Into and soften the surface." The ordinary road drag will do the work, but the difficulty about it, is that it is impracticable to have all tlie tuain roads of the county dragged at the proper time. We note that the county of Lexington has recently purchased a new road machine, which it is claimed will drag from 25 to 30 miles of road a day. We understand the county supervisor has under consideration the advisability of purchasing a motor engine and truck for hauling material and dragging the roads. If ft will do what is claimed for it. is would be worth many times its cost In one or two years. We understand it costs approximately something like $5,000. But cost what it may, if it will k? ep the roads of the county in passable condition in winter, it is certainly what we need. \ . JULY 13, 1915. ~EAF NOT NECESSARILY E MORE WAGES, SAVE A DIME i That is the easiest possible v I your earning power. Place spent dimes in one of < POCKET BANKS FG A Dime opens a Savingsgets you one of our little 1 Makes Saving easy. Com us ebout them. The Fif """ "i ii ii i rTTTrTT*rirnrnMBM[ AJ-LJmIhLJ. AAAA t ,^ iTi .Litiifi ih itnli iliiTuli il.it. ill I t TTTTTTTTTTTT% TTTTTTTTTTTTT I I * * | I * PHESS ON GKKMAX NOTE. + ! Ii + * | r " I ,'++,H"K+il"l"H+++t | Savannah Press: Germany in her i v last note asks lis In <lo tnri Til II /->Vi 1 seeks to put us in a position of show- s ing special favoritism to her in tho 1 clearing of ships from American i ' ports and this we can not agree to do. ' Raleigh (N*. C.) Times: We shall not go to war with Germany but we undoubtedly will break off diplomatic j relations, abandon our neutrality and j throw our moral and other resources j on the side of the allies and human- j, ity. r Birmingham (Ala.) News: It now ^ becomes the solemn duty of the gov- t eminent to carry out its promise to j omit no word or act necessary to se- v cure compliance with the rules which* c must be observed if the lives and liberties of American citizens are to be safeguarded. Memphis News Scimitar: We may not relish the idea of dickering with ^ Germany as to how our citizens shall travel the seas, but certainly we have no just complaint against reaching a s fair understanding with Germany oc f this point so long as we submit to dictates of Great Britain regarding commerce with neutral ports. Tampa (Fla.) Times: Germany has abated not a jot her stiff-necked atti- ' tude. Rather she has gone further . toward a separation of relations with i the United States by her convert [ t \y mat n f aHanlr nn ontr A m nrloon passenger ship, which also carries munitions of war. ] Columbia (S. C.) Record: The note not only falls short of meeting our demands, but deals too much In adroit, diplomatic persiflage. In our opinion the last note of the German ' empire is insulting. i Mobile Item: "Impossible" is a i mild term, indeed, to apply to that J proposal in view of the fact that the , rights of neutral vessels under a neu tral flag have never heretofore been ' called into question. Rome News-Leader: The last Ger- ; man note will prove altogether unsat- ^ isfactory to this country because Ger- ? many professes herself an advocate j of the freedom of the sea and then 2 calmly proposes to restrict the free- ? dom of American citizens and Ameri- ' can ships at sea. Knoxvllle (Tenn.) Sentinel: It is a mere piece of verbal fencing that refuses to seriously regard the Presi- i dent's representations of our Ameri- * can rights upon the high seas and our ; grievances against her for the viola- $ lion tnereor. * Mobile (Ala.) Register: Germany's ^ reply embodies a counter proposition ) which has for Its basis the assttmp- J tion that Germany, owing to her ne- , cessities, is justified in establishing ) "rules of the road" upon a sea high- ^ way common to all the world. There is no difference save in degree between this and a claim of r'.ght to block the road altogether. FROM OTHER PAPERS A Modern Definition. As Lloyd?George sees it, war is shell.?The State. Most Becoming. Smiles will fit any race. Try 'em on.?Columbia Record. Negligence Expensive. "Nothing," says a contemporary, "can be cheaper than hygelne." And, we might add, nothing more expensive than the neglect of it.?Anderson Mail. One Editor's Views. Laymen put in charge of the expenditure of public funds usually put their brains in cola storage until the job is finished.?Fountain Inn T ribune. Hot Weather Hint*. The good things to do these days are to drink plenty of good buttermilk and refrain from discussing the 1 European war with those who differ from you.?Spartanburg Journal. The Pa|?er and the People. One of the first things a newspaper nan learns ih that you can please part of the people all the time but you can't please all the people all the time.?York News. The God of You have heard that the devil is not as black as he Is painted? Of ' tNMC 1Y MAKING BUT * day / j vay to increase 1 those foolishly I our II U IR DIMES V j0 $ ? Account and I'ocket Banks. e in and ask tsT National LANCASTER, S. C. he truth of that I canuot say. But do know that God is not as cruel, as tarsh, as cold, as many of those who reach His gospel contend. He remembers ,,nr frniltv nur weakness. He suffereth long and Is Lind. His son. speaking of Him, aid: "He is kind toward the unhankful and evil."?Fountain Inn rribune. Don't be Misled. Don't allow yourself too far misled >y the denunciation by the press, es ecially that of Georgia, of W. J. Iryan. It has always abused him but las never discredited him. His resigtation from the cabinet was for the >urpose of more effectively serving he ends the administration Is strivng for, and his powerful Influence rill be appreciated before the war is >ver.?Washington (Ga.) Reporter. EDISON ACCEPTS OFFER. Yill Gladly Dead Civilian Advisory Board. , West Orange, N. J., July 12.?in innouncing tonight that he would fladly accept Secretary Daniel's ln! BRING USYOl r ! Torino* lis vmir nrnHnco rkonl I the CASH and the HIGHEST H us anything you have to sell, I clear money than you can get READ AE ? The NEW PERFECTION 0 t you to read about in the adi t paper. This is the stove tl > KOMFORTABLE and CHEE THEY ARE ON | EDWARDS e We Sell the Best Things to C I Cook ^ I COAL SHING I ??. i *. 4 1 ?f+ < I t 1 I i Twelve Reasons Why You Should Buy Your Groceries of Us Ao. 10. BECAUSE we make a specialty of delivering when promised. It costs money for officient delivery service, but it pays us. Also wo deliver by parcel post to out of town customers. E. W. S # I I II I Hill II ?? ^ )RE >* ,u k5 ave 1 , Bank 1 vitation to head a civilian advisory; j board, Mr. Thomas A. Edison said < that he believed the proposal was so important that it should be attended | to now, at a time when the war in Europe was briuging before the publie encouraging: and develoDing ideas and Inventions of Americans especially otlicers and men of tlie army and ,1 navy. "The United States is far behind in these matters." said Mr. Edison. I believe it is highly important for board of civilians, made up of engineers from leading industries, to be formed for the purpose of looking into the feasibility of ideas developed by young men. While all ideas that will be submitted may be not feasible. at least they have the benefit of expert judgment and advice." The Liberty Bell in Utah. Salk Lake City, Utah, July 11.? The largest crowd ever assembled in Utah greeted the Liberty bell here today. It was estimated that more than one-third of the state's population saw the bell on its tour through Utah. Folks rode horseback fifty miles to see the bell. ? i - ? + k ,? JR PRODUCE. I ?!? try, eggs, etc., and get both * \ ' MARKET PRICE. Bring >; and we will pay you more i from any out-of-town man. \\ !0UT IT. I < 1L STOVE is what we want ] 9 that are running in this !! lat keeps the wife KOOL, IS RFUL. IS DISPLAY AT IS : HORTON'S 1 ook and the Desc Things to ?S vith. IS LES WOOD ?S 5 t I ( ! ?! I l? I* ? *1 ' < . 1 " ' ISTARE