Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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| KNOW THY C II?Railroa In discussing the commercial the s:< achievements of this great age, *? ih< hall approach the subject as the f historian chronicling events. This serles will endeavor to record in writ- Par , wav ci Ing the supremacy of American men i<> and industries In the world'B affairs counV, and perptuate an appreciation of our )ta^ 3^ marvelous industrial achievements by seven world. They stand as a monument to Abo the native genius of our marvelous of tli builders, and most of the railroads in goven foreign countries have been built railwe under American orders. ment The railroads represent a larger in- A c vestment of capital than any other time i branch of human activity. The mile- in tri age in the United States eiceeds artich : * * *: WHAT IX) PLAYGROUNDS 4. | MEAN TO A CITY? + . + + | **** M I11 V I I I I'V I 1 I I I I I I I I I gpartj (Wrlten For the Salisbury Post) City playgrounds is a subject of fartur considerable importance and will con 1)pr ()) tinue to grow in value and impor- auout tance as cities and towns grow in luauuj wealth of child life and the life of ^ jn the men and boys of a city in which ta|njy is Rtored the powers and possibilities of,a great and growing and per- tlien, ruanent city life. To the men and sluit|1| boys there is offered an opportunity jlour8 on the city playgrounds to retain and strnns build up their bodies through health fill recreation which is done by no weap0 other means.. Play. is a health build- ef)n) er not only to the muscles but to exjs(H l, the nerves. It offers a chunge from NVOl.j(j the routine of business, a relaxation |,rop|4, of nerves and muscles in healthy j)ow ,, out-door exorcise will do more to j.ttl^lii the tired working man than any ^ . j medicine yet invented. , v Good health is the foundation of f v* | all possible success whether nienta ' has b or physical. Affect one and von nf *" politit feet the other. ponen There are hundreds of men and , could hoys in the city with sallow faces, . means lusterless eyes, llabby muscles, suffering from nervous strain, weak 'Iul backs, stomach troubles, throat ail- Ut;a,)t do w o r meuts and countless other petty trou , bles due to indoor, confining ted- ?"'lous work. Now is the chance for 'n ''l' Por\\ :i this kind to get out each day, ir even for an hour, on the playground *puru and if they have forgotten how to ^ play learn again the joy of a game ' mi of leap frog, skin the cat. playground ball or a game of volley ball. It Amer would give them an appetite to ba to 'au proud of and a new sense of physi- 'n a cal and mental strength undreamed rePre* of. What a wonderful change comes ot over a man who takes proper out- pr door exercise and breathes God's 8ome fresh air. He takes a new lease of 01 po life and becomes a child again care- ';iu8h ^ free, happy and healthy. scoldt ^ .... as etl Cltv plavgrounds are indispensable , , .. might as a source for the common purpose of life and as a means of nromotina "tight health. They not only produce goou health, but from good health springs italitv which, la half of efficiency. ' ' . . realm City playgrounds promote good health end the harvest in old age < > a sound mind In a sound body. creas< about much Earthquake Distribution. jokes Rev. H. V. Gill, an Kngllsh clergy- wax j man. on studying the dates and places iv. ui of occurrence of 88D earthquakes. remoi found that 674, or rnoro than threequarters of them, occurred In so- 1 ' quences, the successive units of which ' * were aeparateri by a week or less. Mr tntve QUI believes that any great dtspiaco- thing ment of the crust of the earth makes to u[ the earth to rotate unevenly or "woty ,-an h ble," and that the unevennesn 01 uio- ts noi tlon has to be neutralised by displace- HO th mente In other regions, where fhty will balance the original diuplacemont ________________ ' t th1 Saves Socks From 8Hins. Up-to-date hootblacka have adopted . a celluloid sheet which fits over the ^ top of an oxford, protecting the hosiery mjju, of the patron from being soiled by the polish Its spring top keep* it unK(. clamped ubout the ankle, and as it < an bo wlf>?d ofT with a cloth !t Is ea^y al- ^1 ,-'r ^ wavs to keep It clean. , I y.vovuuus Biiupiu iacis, ngures and ulatioi comparisons that are overpowering in areu. their convictions. railwa America holds her proud place 000, d among the nations of the earth today $13,00 on account of her supremacy in trans- and < portatlon facilities. The mighty minds Reduc of the age are engaged in the prob- italiza lenis of transportation, and the great- $78,00 est men in the history of the world's $124,0 commerce are at the head of the A c transportation systems of the United Intern States. takes In the discussion of transportation, Ice. let us consider separately our Rail- hundr ways, Telegraph and Telephones, Ex- Unite* press, Public Highways, Steamships, Franc Street Railways, Interurban and other 92c, A forms of transportation, and this ar- and S tide will deal with railways. The The United States haa the largest road i mileage, the best service, the cheap- tries est rates, pays labor the highest $767, wages, and we have the most efficient- trla $ ly managed of the railways of the $260 & THE LANCASTER Nfc OUNTRY t w (Sir /ear in ? available, ^ s .U81 miles X ivided ?h United States j^^Wfl^H?flKj|BM^HEB 9, Europe 207.432 and otlier X > per tlie world's mileage, :* per cent of the estimated pop- ' T BEjf "jP?T^^!SWPKR^ n and about live per cent of the 1 ? jnyflf The total capital invested in tie- T ys or the world is $60,000.000.-' J ' ' " ''" ' ? Ivided as follows: United States 1 t r rrwm"'ti-er"-^"^-<-?0.000.000 Europe $25.tf60.u00,000 t^t.l.t..^# > ***:.+A + other countries $11,350,000,0(10. 1 - -ed to a mileage basis thu cap.tion is as follows: The world * 0. United States $54,000, Europe + A,i|j STA!SI) TOGETHER. 00. and other countries $59,?00. * omparlson of rates is equullv as * ' ''I1 ' ,*" f' ?'' ' ' I1 ' I't I'ttlll 1 sting and the United States Columbia Record, the lead in economy and serv- ,\s a matter of fact, the fat I he average tate per ton per pas i,een tjie one who lias the 1 ed mile haul Is as follows: ? ...... ,. , ? ?,, , ? . r, ,, . ... ... felt the effect of war. It lias m 3 States 76c, Great Britain $2.53. , ,. e $1.44. Germany $1.44, Russia no roftl <l,sastcr *? thp majorlt lUstria-Hungary $1.30. Italy $2.30 thp,n- although to many it has m wltzerland 12.82. nrivations Mi.nt ?n.i hmoa i average yearly pay of all rail- produced by the sensible f; employes in the principal coun- ers and they are independent, is as follows: United States The greatest weight of priva Germany $392. Italy $345. Aus- , f ,, , win t . .. 322, Great Britain $279. France! ra,1?n an<l will >et fall upon ind Russia $204 l mechanic and the mill opera iut 30 per cent, or 188.000 miles, | nui,<iin* ?Pcrat,on8 which for e railways of the world are -vears P?st h:lve lively, have ament owned. About half the fered curtailment and carper ly mileage of Europe Is govern and bricklayers have been laid owned. It is to them more than to the fi somparisun of the economy, in er that our sympathies should and money and the convenience Rlven The farmer is inUepen ivel, will be made in a later ... , .. , if he owns his farm, no matter i small it may be. I The mill operative is aim whose happiness and prosperit I MM lit tn ,he keppin(. ?f fa?. L'MQUK ADVERTISING. Some mills in all sections of . State have suffered seriously aire | f !4 tv The mill managers of the South inburg Herald. , ?P*endid. human men. In ordi ? _ , circumstances they would i number of bord cars manu- . . . . . , , their mills runninng at a loss to ed is equaled only by the nunr- . . , , ,, ... . , , employment to their people. IS ' jokes, or alleged jokes, told , , ? mean things, and false, have these cars. It is said that the . , , . written in Northern journals wit 'acturers of these machines are ? . , ference to our mills and mill stigators of the jests, and cer- ... .. , , , ,a ! pie and here recently we have the prevalence of bord wit-i . , __ . the effects of the work of selfish s indicates that somewhere! a .. , . , , ! tators who would make the in is a full complement of ioko-1 dissatisfied. i working more than union In some respects this is a We are- and of a r^%M shoul ;e situation. for ordinarily j Proud the mill people of ter is considered a powerful South- tho employes. They an m of destruction. Sometimes i d"atrious. thrifty?and what is i (iitlon can tie laughed out of i ,uora' aml ( liristiryi. There is nee when a light against it Pointed in the soul ot the ave prove almost futile. The n,m Per8on a deeply religious s et of Zioti City, one Elijah ment. for the mo8t of P?Puli / could no, withstand the ,,r. our mil,s <ome fro,n lhw ni ing of .i^ple who lived out-1 inhabitants and with their nat lis realms. It has been so with combined with the re I i g another man who pretended to| Opportunities afford. <1 by the m int he wasn't. The statement 'Picturing enterprises, and the een made that certain astul equipped schools, we find that dans have laughed their op- n,m workers are becoming a clat ts out of a race when they cHi*en?hlp which. If undlstur not have succeeded by other1 dentOROKiies or by alien liarauF , will be the model for the ei , litis theory of laughter as a woldd* in is not even of one horse They have become intelligent. strength in the case of the 'ng and ambitious people, and ii Henry T. gets his advertising war keePR UP the> wlU feel il 1 s manner, and he gets it free i deeP'y lhan a,,y other cla8S of P? ps ho believes that only thej'n ,k's country, tor tr.anv mills ?us things aru driven to cover ')e made dies, guffaws and the like", ant! i Illustrating the deep implante List be right. sire of these people for the b' } of the characteristics of the;lk*nBS ?' interest icau people is their readiness take 'n improving their little ho igh at human curiosities, eithei and ,ke earnestness with which man or in an article which 8trlve for Prizes when the mlU8 tents the work of a man: one th"m- T,u* miU workers art! s effects of this characteristic is people. The mill managen otect the American people, to1 wou,d <ln weM to ho,d out to ' extent, rrorn the consequences opportunities and to instill mpous frauds Oernburg was ,hc,r h<*ar,s the w,sh to Purest ed at as much as he was! cea8,nR,y ,n self-improvement. >d. and the former method wusj 11 is necessary that all good active as the latter. Or. Cook ?>,e atlrk l?K?ther no matter today be on the vaudeville t,,eir surrounding or environ,, and a good drawing card if lhe|am' " tb,'n' 's al? .illegation made on him had been entirelvl^annlshness with reference to meat. Hut America laughed at;n,,U workers ?, is not their t and he had to beat it to the The>' are sensitive, they do not s of obscurity. to make ,ho ,irst ?<lvance*? bllt ' will respond every time to the ti L the Ford automobile in-:,. ... , ... , hness of the people ot other 1 Bs n, number dally. I*bc juket. j t j()|ls ? ?lks llfe. I. g?( over .be ground with as. T|)|> (> ? ,jm(. ???? m?, celerity as the subject of these' , ? * 1 placed on a common plane t?? , but the Henry T. continues to , . , , , . the enemy?stern fate, treat and to multiply exceedingltil now there is no section so Le as not to be Interested In the! Hablte. ,ranee of one of these unaesthe-! "Force of character is cumulnt ihiny, practical implements or says Kmerson. "All the foregone I. The Ford has done a lot of'of virtue work heir health Into t s, and one of these things was' All ttao foregone days of doubt. In ,set the theory that something and unworthineas work their eea-i e laugh,ed out of existence t, i 'n^? also. and that Is the i . . . _ , .. . lesson of all habit-forming: We *> a* In order to amend the theory! . ... . i our future with our present, anc at It states merely that only a th,nga of tod,y ?b#1) he1l> or hl ulent thing is subject to d^f^nt tomorrow, e hands of the jokesmith Do Postmen Get Letters? Thimbles Were Thumb-Bells f,0 you suppose the ,?ost office < Imbles were firs' known ui (.are to receive letters? I h?T< nb-bells," from their shape and . doubts. They get into a dreadful laeo where they wore worn. The of indifTerence. A postman. I inu r was soon found to be a more j8 qu|te callous Conceive his d? ' dent pine . and with the loss of inR onR (o himself without j. witlo:, t!,<? name was modified gtartled by a prelio. iicry d .-h?e ^ knock!?Charles Dickens. _ __ __ ??? ? ? ? ;ws, Al'<;UST 3, 1915. i.i.i.innnJiiJiiiiMiiiiniiiniKiwiii'l'iniiHTiriiHiiiriTiii'niiiri sss still on doing business j-?|?-]-?|?-' -???-' ?!?-1 -a-] ?|* '-?|*| ?|? '.?|?. !?.' -*j?.' a a. x a < ++ I.IOIITKN I \<i THE FA KM WO- in ,ier time, not ^ MAN'S woitK. Immaculately clei j j comfortable, but 4,4,^ ... ... street in front c tttp We can greatly lessen the work t , ... , morning in the y< I in the house by doing away with tlie wearisome, but t n?er unnecessary part of it. For example : i8 nothing compai least where there are no modern conven-1 of the man or wo cant j tonces in the home, and where the , t?R to do. no one V o! water has to be brought from a well, I love. Uncle II cant have you ever taken the trouble to | Farmer have l ......... ?-- - ...'uj-iuf nit* nistance from the well : . inn- to the kitchen, unci multiply that by , THE PRifl two, and that by the number of trips ition the wife probably makes in a day, The price of a n the : nd that by the number of days in to gjVe over tivo. the year? You would probably be ... . .. K His dream ot the two amazed at the number of miles she , ., i of the clov< suf- has traveled in the year, just to I .n , I To lose all and iters bring water to the house. You will . .. ... . I in the tight off. then probably seriously consider;.. . ... . . , . 1 nless lus high irni- whet her you had not better put 111 a I .. . . I ... .. seemeth rigl be | water system in the house, as well dentins for the live stock. I The price of a in how js t|H, house so planned that she pays can do the work which the wife or To live life for titer | some one else must do, with the changing wa v is; minimum of steps, the minimum of Qf patience and 1 stooping, and the minimum of lift- an,j sonB the i ing? Is it not possible to run the That he winneth ady. wvshing machine by some kind ways that a are of power: or is it possible to form a nary I cooperative laundry in connection The price of a u keep! with your creamery? If the farmer sjug give j is so situated that lie can have elec An(j stijj KO a|u.a lanv tricitv. why not an electric washing a king been machine, an electric flat-iron, and .? p,raving all danj h re vacuum sweeper? strife poo- j kpow as well as a man can how Kor the love that seen wearying is some women's work. I others love aK'- Know a good deal about the cure of ople children, for I have had a good deal | to do with them in my time. Hut even d betdrudgerv is better than no work at .. Booke i Now that you] the: all. and no home. No amount <>r care lege what an, y( > in- of children in sickness and in health him." "Can't te nore compares with the desolation of the years. He went \ em childless home, l saw one childless and he's booked rage woman the past summer, who. to put solid to act as an eiltlit ion _ ' ?" ? ~" . izl'ilAiiiiiZZziii I^Vj ///////////////// '\r I'HIVTI \<; qS I'll I \ Tl N't; H IMtl.N'TIXH S3 ritl\TI\(? 1MUXTIXCJ I'ltl NTI X<? I . lMtlNTIXti I oplo PRINTING may I'lllX'iiXfi PRINTING f W?? PRINTING L4 |J etter I'lUXTIXG I/* W* they PRINTING m mes PRINTING th0y PRINTING offer PUIXTIXG Kooil PKIXTING WW tents PRIXTIXO PRINTING nillTIP into PRINTING IlUUlV . uu. PRINTING printing * rgy pkixting Those A |?eo- ???- ? * ? pkixtixg ritiXTiNO INDIVIDU/ printing .ho i>i!1xt1n? DRINK ault printing wish printing Will be jjiven you f thov printing other Fi ;r THESE DI PRINTING in> printing Are furnished by fare printing and you are as w? printing are to the pure v printing THE REI) ROSE printing think of printing IMtfV ll\(il 1 ?ii|| The Lane mefcs* I VltlNTlM?Hl ireat I |>i:i\TIN(il ' eigbl I i'KINTl\(i B 1 th* I intlNTlN^I ln(1cr I iMUVTINgH I PIUNTlNol % iny I ^5 '?hs o ' ? ' ? iioojcoiotfui; it I " ^ y y y y y y y y y y y.y y y y y it>ne. I -N :::^^hhhhhhhhhh v?r- I ,xs y y y y y, y yy y y yyy y. y y y u,Uig m asaaKKKSBKKKKasics . Mo '.vx ~ * & ft* a* a? x x fw Cm eu s? a. s? a. a. x /E ARE J I THE CORNER | I AND I ,| "ON THE SQUARE" I f 'W :er Pharmacy t k^:+:+}-*:-k:+-:-+-;-+-:*-: +-:+:+ :- : +-?+: + :+ :+ * only kept house so A THOI'GHT KOK THE WEEK, an that it was unactually swept the (Jrftat is King Cott?n! Bul to Uo ,f i at his feet while the usurer and grain ?t her house every ?ar' Work is often' ral8er b,Il(1 us in 8UbJect,on' is to he weariness of it ilnvlte the conte,npt ot man aml tho ed to the weariness reProach of Qod- But to stand "?* be" man who has uoth-lfore him and amid the C'r?PK au,i * w II F*Ft I \TIN<; || ^ lruivn\r; || lomers |~s| I rm vn\<; |l already at Home. ll*R1\Tl\r; |i il sanitary i "?, ingcups (sis REE at the stores and I ''mv nvr? II iiblic Places. I PRINTING || rKi\n\i. || unking cups 3;:;;;-;The Lancaster News, ''''''NTIN#; || dcome to them as you ?l'HiNT!\o || /ater that abounds in BI'fHNTiNfijJI CITY. (let one and rnfNT!\(...| KJ PinxTi\?.'||| Ijm, n r. M ) I Mi II jr PRINTING II iiHi Sprinting || h printing |( I] PRINTING n H PRINTING || H PRINTING || (I PRINTING || ???nn ! n n - n' K P?*r-,ri\<, || printing || s III * SgSSRgRSSsHSSUiiS?, ^>a 4? ^ ' Scafr iijk m . ... . , . smokehouses wrest from him the to work for and to .... enry. in Wallace's ,nagnu charla of ol,r Independence, and to establish in his name an am pie and diversified agriculture, that . shall honor him while it enriches U9 _____ ?this is to carry us as far in the ??? . . . way of happiness and independence nan is his strength \t, , . as the farmer, working in the fullest wisdom, and in the richest field, conquest and bloont can rarry any people.?Henry W. ! Grady. give all he's worth 1 ... ,Poor Man's Riches. la tt j A poor man that hath little, and desires no more Is in truth richer than the greatest monarch that thinketh an is the service hej he hath not what he Bhould or what l he might, or that grieves there is no others through un-i ro0 to have.?Bishop Hall. ys j tonor and sweetness1 CITATION. no crown from the re wrong. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster, lan is to suffer and By J. E. Stewman, Judge of Probate. I Whereas. Lydia G. Mcllwain has .... . made suit to me to grant her letters i Min me heart, of of a(imjnjatration of the estate and etfect8 of Nancy E. Mcllwain, de?er and facing all ceased. These are. therefore, to cite and ri >. , . aumuiiibu nn niiu Hiuguiar tne Kinag t*s o\e to niiik.-, rp(| nnd cre(jitors of the B&id deceas'"e ed, that they be and appear before Benztown Bard , me, in the court of probate, to be j held at Lancaster on August 10th, 1015, next, after publication thereof, d Ahead. I at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to r son is through col- show cause, if any tncy have, why the tm going to make of administration should not be II for a couple of tif.uited. Given under my hand, this 27th to a co ed institution. day of July Anno Domini 1915. up for two years j p* STRWMAN. usher at weddings." Probate Judge. II'ltlNTINcJII ???tlNTI\(;j| I 1*111 NTINfilll i'Kr\Ti\(i||| PlU\TIN(i||! PBIN'I l\G|j| PHINTINL'III ri-.INTINfilll PHI VIIVLIII i'Kis riII PHI vriNt.Ill