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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
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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 puhlication
except as advertising.
Weather forecast for South Care
lina: Generally fair Friday an
Saturday.
FRIDAY, JULY Hi. 1015.
Now for the Home Coming.
i-et i vt ry absent Lancastrian rc
turn.
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Comt buck to tho old home towi
on August 10.
4.
Friends her \\ ill extend to you 1
royal welcome.
If you have no faith in your tow
do not expect your townspeople t
put their faith in you.
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There will be many visitors her
for the Home Coming, so let's hav
the town spick and span to receiv
them.
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Whenever you feel disposed t
grumble about the weather, just re
member how it makes the cotto:
grow.
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With a good price for cotton, a
well as other farm products this fall
the suffering South will doubtless b
as optimistic as she was before th
war began.
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Clarendon county in electing as It
senator Hon. Charlton DuRant, ha
put in office a good man. an hones
man and a man strong for Wilson.
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Even York is to enjoy the advanl
ages of a chatauqua the first thre
days in September. Surely Lancas
ter cannot afford to miss what littl
York has secured.
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There are timely weather hints fo
those who wish to read them, but
good disposition is all that really i
going to help the average perso
brave the present hot wave.
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"We wish the prominent liquorite
who are so triumphantly pointin
out that prohibition doesn't prohibi
would kindly mention some otlie
law that does," challenges The Siat<
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The "Dutch Weather Prophet" ha
predicted a drop to lower tempera
ture between yesterday and Sunda?
Many weary left-at-liomes will watc
for the showers which, according t
his forecast, will precede the longed
fr* r A rn r\
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"Better late than never" with tha
cleaning up of the town. Diseas
germs lurk in unsanitary places. Bu
we are all too busy growing to gp
sick. Once more we plead with th
mayor and council for a thoroug
clean up campaign.
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We are not borrowing trouble, bu
present political indications sugges
that the next Fourth of July wi
hardly be safe and sane in Sout
Carolina. We have reason to believ
that fireworks on a large scale wi
be a feature of the celebration.
The Rock Hill Record makes loca
mention of a visitor who spent se\
eral "days" in Rock Hill Tuesdaj
It doubtless seemed that long to th
visitor, who was on her way to Lat
caster, but we are surprised that Th
Record is willing to admit it.
4b
Have our people no civic sense
Pride in the home town should b
BufTlrient to demand that the mai
streets, at least, and the court hous
square be kept decently and in ordei
Uncut grass, weeds and rubbish ar
not only unsightly but are a menac
to the health of our people.
We miss the shade of many tree
that could and should have bee
spared, but that's no use to stan
Idle in the sun and lament. Lt
every good citizen plant a tree an
see to it that it Is spared for the com
fort of future generations and fo
the making of a "City Beautiful."
L,
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FOR A M.MS MEMORIAL.
L?r
In closing an editorial on the services
ot" American physicians and
nurses in the great war now raging
in Europe, The Columbia Record
takes occasion to refer to the
Dr. J. Marion Sims' "memorable
services in the Franco-Prussian
war." And The Record further
makes this statement and asks this
question:
? "This great man's memory is not
properly reverenced in South Carolina.
What became of the movement
>0 to rear a monument to his memory?"
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= Several times we have urged the
building of a hospital here which
should be named in honor of the foremost
surgeon of his day. who was a
native of this county. No more titting
memorial could be reared than
an infirmary where the sick and suffering
of this and other counties
might be healed. It seems to us that
Lancaster is even more remiss than
the rest of the state in failing thus
far to do honor to the memory of her
distinguished son. A movement
started at home for a memorial hos^
i pital here in the county which gave
: him birth and in the town where he
=, spent his boyhood and young tnan'
hood, would, it occurs to us. be most
: appropriate. This form of remembrance
is obviously so much more in
.keeping with his life of usotulness
1 than any granite shaft or monument
of bronze. It would be a refuge for
healing and relief to those stricken
v it h disease. It would be the only
| kind of memorial worth erecting to
a this the modest, unostentatious, practical
man whose active life dedicated
, to the alleviation of pain, hrough*
ti health and happiness to many women
o of America and Europe.
Might not the doctors of the town
and county consider the suggestion
e | we have offered? YYe have no bose
; pital, nor have we any worthy mee
mortal to Dr. Sims. Both ends
would be met and physicians else
where, as well as other admirers of
0 f 1 Ol? ? - -?. .?
I o. itianuu anus, wouiu aououess oe
j glad to endorse and otherwise to
a . help in this useful, humanitarian
| means of perpetuating his memory.
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e THE HOME COMING. H
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s Plans are going forward and prep*
s arations are being made for the obit
servance of a big Home Coming in
Lancaster on August 10 and 11. less
than one month hence. It is the pur,
pose of the originators of the pro**
posed Home Coming to make of it a
5" great occasion, one which will draw
e hither hosts of absent Lancastrians
and many other visitors. So rapid
has been our development during
r the past few years that we want to
a celebrate it. to hold high carnival for
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a couple of days that others may ren
joice with us in the progress we have
made. There are certain of our lov
eu ones, wno tnougn native to lite
R soil." of Lancaster, have gone elset
where to seek their fortunes. Let's
ask them to come back. It may be
that the many advantages we now
have to offer will impress them with
8 compelling force and they will dej_
cide to return to take up their abode
r in Lancaster again. It is probable
h ?hat many sons and daughters of old
0 J Lancaster who have not kept up with
[. | what we have been doing, will marvel
at our growth and improvement
The town they left only a few years
,t go lias developed into a little city,
e a progressive place possessed of
t numerous advantages. Friends who
t have watched our progress from
e time to time will also be glad to
h \ anile with us in this home coining
i elebration and even strangers will
1 not be strangers long if they come to
t Lancaster and join in tlie merryit
, making. We ask that our readers
11 wat^h these columns closely during
h the next few weeks for further anil?
I nouneements relative to the occa11
1 ion. "There's a great day coming"
i as the old hymn says, and we want
| 'housands to people to gather here
on Augu.it 10 to enjoy the celebraj
tlon.
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c RKSPKf TK1IJ.V Si:B>UTTED. -i0
The Gaffney Ledger reports the
P
use by the Southern Railway of a
n liquid weed killer, which is sorely
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needed and should he used on the
streets of Lancaster. We respect?
fully submit the item to the city
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council, who might investigate the
results of the experiment:
l8 "The Southern Railway Company
n is trying the experiment of killing
weeds and grass ny apply.ng a spec1
al liquid alongside its tracks. Sa -
>? uniyy morning a nam or several
(1 tank cars filled with r.is liquid pass.
ed through the city or. Its way scuth,
spreading death and destruction to
r the vagrant grasses and weeds growing
uear the tracks."
TIIE LANCASTER NEW J
HOW TO IUTLI> UP LAN- !- 1
CASTER. 4: <|
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We reproduce below two striking
articles by newspapers published In
Laurens and Spartanburg. These
papers are referring to their roapective
counties, but wnat they have to
say is true also of Lancaster. If one
ur mure inn. acre would lake care
of the products raised in the county,
particularly cotton, Lancaster would
not lose thousands of dollars in trade
each year, which goes to surrounding
towns. The articles referred to are
as follows:
"If there were in Laurens a firm
or corporation that would purchase
and ship the products of the farm,
the business of this city would be
doubled within two years. There
would be money iu circulation
throughout the year and diversification
and soil improvement would
rapidly advance.
"At this season of the year there
are butter, chickens, eggs, fruits and
vegetables of various kinds on many
of the farms in this county for which
Te is no market except to the few
who live in town and on such small
lots that they have no room to raise
them.
"An advertisement in The Herald
today would probably bring in a
<ar load of Irish potatoes in three
days. These, it seems to us, could ? !
be shipped to Northern markets,
n?_.V UICJ HIIUIU VI 111^, Itasuililllit'
prices.
"It the city of Laurens builds up.
r must be done by building up the
county and a business such as we
have men t lb tied above is the only .
way we know to do it."?The Laur<
nsville Herald.
- Just such a situation as the Laurens
paper calls attention to exists in
Spartanburg and in practically every vv
other town in this section of South
Carolina. It was called to our attention
forcibly yesterday when a
gentleman, whom we know, came to
Spartanburg trout twelve miles in the
country with i load of Irish potatoes.
ahbage and apples. He tirst car- ;
ried his produce to every grocery
store in town and sold nothing, he
hen visited the hotels with the result
that he sold one-half bushel of
lis twenty odd bushels of potatoes, ni
He theu visited one or two whole- w
ale produce places and was told that in
they did not need anything he had. St
Late in the afternoon he sold his
potatoes to one firm for fifty-five
ents a bushel, finally peddled his apples
and threw his %,-abbage away. Y<
"Now is that a condition that will o\
i n.l Iidii 1 bn n.v<\nliX In Ln ? ? H?
'iversify their crops, to raise pro- <
(luce for market? Not much. It
will not only discourage the man on <>'
the farm from growing such thiugs,
but it will keep him. even if he does of
^row them, from coming to Spar- W
vnhurg to trade. sh
"We say the merchants of Spartan- la
>urg want the trade of the people 31
of the county yet they cooly tell the or
man from the country, who has davit
miles to th's market, that they
an buy all they want from the commission
man v ho snips his supply in ar
rom New York state or some other SV
oint hundreds of miles away. ?|
it is possibly true that the towns ti
of SnurtanhurK countv cannot con
ume all the produce grown in this I(J
county. If they is true it is a recent
development, however. But if
it is true, if that condition has ar.ved,
the sooner we realize it and #n
prepare to ship out of Spartanburg e
instead of shipping in all the time, '
the better it will be. There Is not Jr
in this city, if we are correctly in- of
formed, a single c?ncern that buys q*j
produce regularly and ships it to
other markets. They ship in and
ell to the local stores but not one
that will take the produce growing p(j
. this county regularly. There should s,
he in Spartanburg a produce rarket '
and one upon which the people of the :'t
ounty could depend for the market
price at all times. The absence ot b(
such a business is another thing that
will keep trade away from the local
merchants. We want the people of
Spartanburg to sell their crops in this t
city and to spend here some of the
money they get for them. If we do
not have such a market there is no ey
reason why the farmer should grow
more than enough produce to meet ()r
his own needs "?Spartanburg Her- f
aid. bf
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I1KCOMHK.
Oh, was 1 born too soon, my dear, or j
was I born too late, p,
That 1 am going out the door while w
you come in the gate? Pf
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for you the garden blooms galore,
the castle is en fete:
You are the coming guest, tuy dear? j;
for mo the horses wait.
I know the mansion well, my dear, jj1
its rooms so rich and wide;
If you had only come before 1 might ()J
have been your guide.
And hand in hand with you explore
the treasures that they hide;
But you have come to stay, my dear, C(
and I prepare to ride.
Then walk with me an hour, my
dear, and pluck the reddest rI
rose D
Amid the white and crimson store
with which your garden glows.
A single rose?I ask no more of w hat y
yuui iuv? ucsiows,
It is enough to give, my dear?a jj,
flower to him who goes.
The House of Life is yours, my dear, a,
for many and many a day. f(
But I must ride the lonely shore, the q
Road to Far Away;
.o bring the stirrup-cup. and pour a
brimming draught. 1 pray,
And when you take the road, my ?,
dear, I'll meet you on the way. ft
Henry Van Dyke in Current Liter- t
| ature. j it
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5, JULY 16, 1915.
Dimes Ai
SAY
And you will have if Deposi
with Interest at 4 Per Cent <
Quarterly:
$36.80 in One Year.
$75.07 in Two Years.
$114.89 in Three Yea
$156.32 in Four Yeai
$199.43 in Five Year
$1,082.05 in Twenty 1
The starting of a Savings A<
hard. If you will visit us v
you how easy it is. OUR DIM
now being distributed, ANI
HELP.
The Fir:
FROM OTHER PAPERS \for
som
KoMldrr Karefully.
Keep kool end kcllected and kalm. aiui
ristnius is komin*.?Columbia rcv(
ecord. )\\es
' plei
Works Hntli Ways. scrc
It pays to advertise and the people still
ho advertise generally are able to it i
iv.?Greenwood Journal. and
bre<
Generous Germany. to a
Come to think of it. Germany is ^er
ally nice to allow us to use the
iii.im.i tuiiiii.?Auucriiuu inieiu;noer.
ft
whc
"He Makes No Friends," Ktc. sucl
We are aa charitable to our fellow t'ial
en aa moat people. But the lad ven
ho boaats that he liaan't an enemy see
the world gives us a pain.?The ^
ate. vice
In s
A Thoughtful Courtesy. and
Juat in passing we want to remind 1'ur
ork people that it Is a courtesy they
ve to their guests to let the news- ^
iper know the visitor is here.? cl.
yrk News. w
ti, for Ke?l Compulsory Attendance.
I)r. John G. Clinkscales will not *wi
rer for governor next summer. I
hich reminds us that v.-e have the A
iell of a compulsory attendance
w and we would like to see aub- n
ance put Into It.?Columbia Rec- ml
d. Tl
Doesn't Necessarily Follow. p
The Walterboro Press and Stand- '
d aaya: "The day for woman's , ^
iffraee in South Carolina is not far i
stant?Miss Juanita Wylie has
'en elected a member of the execu- I j
re committee of the South Carolina
ress Association." ? Spartanburg
urnal.
Home Vacationists.
A summer trip at home?walk
ur miles, call at postoffice after
ich train, write a nickel's worth of
istcards to make your home-left
iends envious, and drink a bucket
water each day.?Orangeburg
mes and Democrat.
A Pleasant Innovation.
Miss Juanita Wylie, the attractive ,
litor of The Lancaster News, is ?*
arting an innovation among newsiper
workers by taking a vacation
id spending it at such a delightful
sort as Chick Springs.?Spartan- JjV(
lrg Journal.
Knough and to Spare.
If the wheat crop and the corn crop
rn out as expected, there will be to
is year ten bushels of wheat and
ferny-eight bushels of corn for I
ery man. woman and child In the
nited States. With this supply to
aw from, wo could sell ;i good deal
grain to Europe without fear of
ing left without enough to eat our- * ** **'
Ives.?News and Courier.
%
I'iMir Old (iatTnev. y
?|n ck Mountain is a little town of y
>out 1.000 population and yet it ?
>asts paved sidewalks and streets,
aterworks r%nd sewerage, a newsiper
and two banks, and macadam J.
ads in every direction. We were
itonished at the enterprise of the '?
?ople. Yet Caffney with her 8,000 X
innot afford either paved streets or y
ind-clay roads. Men and brethren, %
lere's something wrong somewhere, X
occurs to us that there should be
ore concerted action on the part .(
our people.?Gaffney Ledger. .J.
A Striking Contrast.
Nothing can be greater than the ^
intrast between the great armies f
Khting one another in Europe and
le great army now being massed in ^
lis country to harvest the great ?
ops of wheat and other cereals. In
ne case the armies are for the pur- A
rise of destroying life, while In the if
ther It is for the sustenance of life. .j.
he one means bloodshed, destruc y
on of property, misery, poverty and S
ereavement greater than the world A
as hitherto seen, while the other y
leans prosperity, comfort, happiness X
nd other blessings. Such Is the dif>rence
between war and peace.? "/
rangeburg Times and Democrat. A
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Think of Your Neighbor.
We may screen our houses and A
swat the fly," but If our n.^xt neigh- y
or happens to have cows or horses .1*
nd ..eaps of compost about their lot, A
is iniDossible t? keen the ilies out. v
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ted Monthly
Compounded
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LANCASTER, S. C.
they collect cn the screens and
le get in every tim^ a door is ul.
ned. not
t is said that if stalls are (leaned thrc
compost heaps removed every 11
?n days to a screened pit that the ed I
i cannot mature. How much slm- gre:
this seems than so much house- it v
tening and swatting. These could of t
I be i.one as extra precautions, but wou
s an established fact that horse no <
cow manure is the liy's chief can
iding place. So the logical way is T
ttack the fly there.?Spartanburg will
aid. ier
aval
A Thing We Don't Want. lal
larconi. the Italian inventor, for
>se wireless telegraphy has been T
!i a boon to the world, now claims ed t
I he has about perfected an in- friei
tion by means of which one may all
through a solid wall. and
ie claims that with this new de- Mai
one may see what is going on
i remote room, though all doors V
windows may be closed. He de- shai
es the thing has been done and the
L it is comparatively simple. |
ye are not prepared 10 dispute ms i
m. Wireless telegraphy and com
jless telephoning are common crop
welve Reasons C
% You J
ho:!J Buy Yourl
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in b=
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BECAUSE we make a specialty
<lelivering when promised. "
It costs money for efficient de- "
ery service, but it pays us. J!=
Also we deliver by parcel post
out of town customers.
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QUALITY I
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FITRNF
That is a fact?a fact easily
known self-evident fact that we
columns.
This is the season of the yei
something in the line of Furnit
SEE OURS before you buy.
No matter what you want \
that will appeal to you on sight,
tell the Story.
J. F. MAO
DRUGGISTS
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;gh today. Those are so wonderand
yet so common, that we canbe
surprised at being able to see
mgh solid objects,
ut what good will be accomplish)>
this new invention? There are
it possibilities of evil in it. If
rere possible to confine the use
he new invention to those who
Id not misuse it, there could be
abjection to its introduction, but
this be done?
hieves, criminals of every kind,
have their work made much easif
this new invention is made
lable to them. Lovers of scanwould
be willing to pay dearly
it.
aking it all in all, we are inclino
the opinion that if Marconi is a
tid to the world he will suppress
knowledge of his new invention
let it die with him.?Anderson
t.
fomen are ever the same. Eve
ed the apple wtth Adam, but took
llrst bite.
here's no such word as failure In
lection with the forbidden fruit
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proven?the most widely
have ever stated in these 1
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ir when you a.e wanting I
ure, and we ask that you %
we will make you a price
, for fJoods nnrf Prii?? will I
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