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22 AN IMPORTAf C0NS1DI Salisbury Post. In a few weeks the South will another cotton crop on hand, much of a crop is yet to be Having grown this crop for tht pose of converting it into 111 one; to do this to the best adva should be given the most serioi eration. The big problem writ g-ower of a product has always the selling end of the process I hiu ic ? o tnio *? .o II o 11 ur; yjt UMIUII il? A11 ?Y product, Cotton has always beei in rather a haphazard way, a 1 miss scheme, or rather lack scheme, and the many unfavt experiences the South has had her cotton are causing serious sideration. Last year's crop heavily, and great de-l of it is the air throughout the South : nother all but in sight. Condition have changed somi since the last crop came on. Th serve banking system has bee into operation and the financia tern of this great country is qi different thing from what it wa year. This system is offering helpful opportunities to the country and this can be made elude the Southern cotton gi His cotton is valuable, regardl the fact that the. world's mi have been practically closed th ncy need for the bulk of the cr ing about in the open without any one good?in fact worki hardship on every interest ol Southland. The Reserve banks can an take care of the situation, but haphazard way. There must be definite plan, some organized a recoenized svstpm irh(? give the staple a standard val and lift It above the uncared t nniiiniii miiiiin THE h:\-SL\VKS ARK Fl Columbia Record. We have seen it staled that of the counties of the Piedmor of the patriotic societies are to arrange a reunion of the ex of the county. A very pretty ment, if it tan be made to sh< real depth of feeling which sv occasion should stir. But ur of the ante-bellum negroes ar we will fail to appreciate thenerlv. Wherever thev luwt training; and service, they had characters, faithful hearts. The ex-slaves are Retting that they do not appreciate tl significance of any occasion it honor and the younger negro somewhat resentful when the tude of other generations is tin ed. although, their record of pr since slavery has been a mart There is at Fort Mill, in this a beautiful monument com me ing the fidelity of the slaves the war. In the same par monument to the Confederat dier. a monument to the Won the Confederacy, a monument Catawba Indians. It was quite an occasion wh monument to the ex-slaves w veiled. It was reared by a Cor TTTTC IT THING TO BE L? RED AT THIS TIME ~' " x good. ' 1 teriornting bales that are to be seen j,le abr( have'b'ing around on many Southern can paI k0v.' farms. The warehouse is a proml- ??proBpei 1 nent and necessary factor. The cot- COntrol i seen. | (Qn mugt pe Btored. It must be stor- joru > pur- j 0(j jn an approved manner. The stor- tj,c wjl( T how i jnR must be In accordance with defi- white I ntage : nito laws which assure protection, i as hj8 r is con low insurance and bonded caretakers. ye^ 0 h the Thus will It be possible for the bnnks panic tli , been to step in and assure ready money pend sp . and sufficient to keep the crop from be- -ashler other coining a burden to the grower and a Gf pr0sr 11 sold menace to the whole business inter Fnctoric hit or est of the South. Ac driei of Elsewhere is published an article overtool irable on financing the cotton crop taken effects with .from Wall Street Journal, and It re- plainly i con-Mates the plan which the Federal Re- son too] lllinir I !- ?' ' ? 1'ifQi\i in iMuiuuiuiK aim wmcn Turn vet in offers opportunity for taking care of KUst of ?an<! the crop. A careful reading of this j and nioi plan will reveal the fact that the) ewhat community has a very important ie Re tiling to do. The cornerstone of the 11 put whole plan is the bonded warehouse il sys- which must he furnished to contain ^P uite a the cotton. is last This is an important matter, most very important matter, and should JT whole not be neglected for a moment. ^P to in- Every section of the Southland rower, should be moving rapidly to the one|^fc ess of end of getting the crop cared for, i ?. arkets We must not depend on the banks. i^P iere is but co-operation with the banks is op ly- necessary. We stress this matter doing here and now for the reason we want ng a to see the cotton crop of Rowan ^P the taken care of. We want to see it fortified so that the continuation of d will ! present world conditions will not in no leave us helpless with an unmarketed ^P i some cotton crop. The way to better coneffort j ditions seems clear and it is plainly h will i our duty to act now, for it is only a nation! few weeks until the new crop will ^P 'or de-' l?e finding its way to the gin + + x SW. + A KNOCKER. + W + + + A ++++ ++++H-H-I-I* I I I M || n I i W Fountain Inn Tribune. in one) Once there lived a man whose it sons I lu'urt had turned to gall and whose X ! soul had soured. He nursed a per- VP ' *,nM petual grouch and envy was his con-slaves gtant companion. He saw no good A senti- in anything, opposed everything as JT -)w the I a niatter of habit, and knocked t!i.> <^P uh an 1 world and all that tl.ercin dwells. itil all' 1' a preacher came to town, he inp gon timated that the good man was i prop-! probably not above taking a littb>;^P proper *'ra 111 ,or be bad heard?Oh, he had stmint alvays heard something. If : young couple nr rried, he e\so old pressed sympathy for the groom bete full ?a"se he "had heard something" i their "bout the bride, and pitied the hrid"'^^ es are because he had reason to believe servi- " at the groom was heavily in deb: 9 mtion- and too la/.y to work. j ogress knocked the home hall players ,-el. -<>r feeling good when they won and ^ i state, railed them boneheads when the\:^P tnorat- loaf* i during knocked because money was | A k is a spent for a ball park, and then knock-'^ e sol- e,l management because the'^P nen of crowds were not larger. ' to the ,,e knocked when his townfolk ;ir-i A ranged for a big celebration, and j ^ en the when the crowds came to celebrate j^P as un- be knocked all creation because thcl^P ifeder- crowds did not spend Ml their money ?s and at bis place. hie in knocked everything?good and|W make bad?knocked bitterly, hatefully, IA i-relicf spitefully. He was a pestilence, a'^^ dgnitl- scourge, a fester. ^ lunger And at last his sour soul tore it- ^P Ime to se,f loose from his disgusted body, and his neighbors?he had no friends A i) Vir- arranged for his funeral. A ress or t'rowds came. Everybody wanted w ber of to hear what the preacher would say. itation The good man read a few verses, A iment.|an(l 'ben began: "Our dearly beid but bived brother is knocking at the im? Kates of heaven." ; ire of A deacon arose from the amen i then corner and cried: "I don't know ay the whether lie's at the gates of heaven, emorv but, wherever he is, I'll guarantee >f war be's knoekln'." b war, 'r'ie preacher looked startled, ^ ord of <>0'ighed, and stepped down from the ^P hfully, rostrum. ? is drv "I thank you for the interrup- A d tint snld ,ie was about to be a hypo- ^ ething crltd." i^P Then he smiled. i A t been "Our brother has departed this ^ of the Hfo." he resumed. "He has gone ^ . have away. We shall see him no more.'^P ie nt.. Let the congregation rise and Join A today in ainglng 'Praise (Jod from Whom A _ .u-. ah ni--' ? i iimn**" "" r"5,,,K? r low."' ^ I poll- ? ^^P litlcal One-third of the fools in the c.ouii-^ ilgh i lry think that they ran boat a lawyer expounding the laws. One-third think ^^P they can heat the doctor in healing ^ >, you the sick. Two-thirda of them think -what they can put the minister in the hole1 a ?t re- expounding the gospel, and all of;^P what them think they can beat the editor >y. running a paper. OefTney T.edgor. ?OC ate soldier who loved his slav< saw that they were comt'orta after life, lie endeavored to the inscriptions and the has scenes as delicate and yet as s cant as possible, and yet the yc negroes did not seem at the tl care much for it. Polk Miller, the celebratei ginia raconteur, mane the addi the occasion anil gave p num dialect stories and old plar songs with banjo accompan The ex-slaves were entertaim that was about all. The white people have mi sentiment about the ex-slaves tne negroes have, and well mi Southern whites cherish the m of the faithful black man i times. In all the days of ih< there was no blot on the reci the slaves. They served faitl and the young negroes of tht mkI time should bo as proud n record as if it were sonv t.ehievod on battlefield. We believe that if it had no for tho enacting prematurely 1 15th amendment there would been no sordidness among tt groes, and thoir condition v/ould have been better, but fo terrible wrong in giving them tical authority or even po rights. Citizenship is too h right to be trifled with. il you wish to be miaerablc must, think about yourself? you want, what you like, whi pert people ought to pay you, people think of yon Kirrsle LANCASTER NEWS, AUGUST 3, 1915. Two Pictures. J has ever known. Men by Journal. dropped the tools of indu 07 the world was at peace, sprang to arms. Battles is were busy. Crops were armies larger than the 1 rhere was no threat of trou- Xerxes grappled on two >ad. At home, the Republl- swaying back and forth, an "ty, self-appointed vizier of jjng civilization into the rity," was in undisturbed i . M ' , I tweon them. The purchasli of the government, and Theo-| msevelt held forth daily on|of this nation's best custot >le duty of man, with the cut in two, and some of tl louse or the President's train turners perforce ceased buy ostrum. gether. ut of that clear sky came a _ , . * Yet there was no panic, lat torcod every bank to susecle payment and rely on halted, sis a ship might h.i 's checks." The card house ran against a continent; but erity tumbled to the ground, ijjj not sink, nor even take s closed, the stream of traf- There was a tremendous d 1 to a tliin trickle, disaster yf commerce and finance. In c the whole nation, and the lapse like that which cai of that disaster were still years before. The army ? visible when President Wil- ployed was no larger in 191 k the chair in 1913. 1907; and while the enrlie now to 1914. In early Au- slon lusted for years the lat that year began the greatest already passing away, and t Bt destructive war the world i<> returning with steady pi ? < ? B. R01 GENERAI One Juno tho first, ninoteon hu ing public of Lancaster County, an and satisfaction, is our motto. Wo 1 triod to give you service and satisfa lots of friends throughout Lancast* and remain still loyal to us. We fal our sincere appreciation to tho nrai I Lancaster. We wish to give to our nianv f Home (Nmiing Day, August the torn coats, umbrellas, packages of any will gladly take care of them. Win Irionds. they will no doubt be thirst hard to lind in town on an occasion < supply our many friends with plein here and not water when you are tl as you want and stay as long ns yo know who we are, you all know wht have the goods and we have the pri If any article purchased in our store with a smile. We carry at all times what you want, if you will call ot 01 we will till and deliver same on shorl it is and we will correct it. just as g appreciate your trade, and that we , going to stay there if we don't mak M. Call and you will find us here. ? B. ROi LANCASTE P. 8.?Don't forget Kings Elegant Flour, rising >oooooooooooo?oeoo( <P>mehb9|R jjWFMMBWWM millions | fjri| stry and Lil ( involving x The world Is coming mor< losts of to realize that the only frontiers , . measuring the value of a h d tramp- ... .. . ... Is by the service that life mire bedered to humanity while ii sg power ing lived. Tho man who ners war, , . .... . . . 1# himself dies to himself an tiose cus- forgotten, but he who has ing alto- world better, who has le: him something of value to Business ,)e ^ an '^ea or an 'nsl* the man whoso life and w ' 1 s 1 \ worth while and whose I the ship i only rewarded him in his in water, generation, but continued lisruption has gone to give an ncou it no col- time on earth, to bless ne seven and to make the world bett of unem- At best, human life is 4 than in pointment, even to those wl r depres- pllsh most, because they ai er one is the spirits that see most in I trosperity to be done and are most 1 ice. serve. But the individua ~~ " % " " ~ }DEY - MERCHANDI ndred and cloven, wo opened d today wo remain in the r liavo served you as best we c ction in every respect. We f or ('oiiiity, that have stood h\ 1 short in our best efforts wl !?y jjood people in both the riends a cordial invitation to tb. Wiu'ii yon reach town 1 description that yon wish to n you reach town with you v, and a- you know that a n )f this kind, wo are going to tv of good cool water, and \n lirsty. Come as often as yon u want Our store is your h re we are, you all know whal cos, the quality, we guaranl is not entirely satisfactory a complete line of Pancv ir store, or ring Phone No. 27 t" lUltil'O If * - . ? I niKMllll 11 lit KC < lacllv as we took you. order, are on tlie eorner. and in the e a thing. Always on the jol 5dEY B'S LEADING GROCERY. the highest, grade Hour in 1 Holds Mer Own. IS SERVICE 9 and mor vision perishes, as do a people with means cf out vision, perhaps, without seeing uman life until it is too late, that there were has reir- opportunities and responsibilities t was be- that have embraced in this life that would have made eternity lives to wltli hjm an entirely different ex( s soon j8tenrG Those who have wisdom and made the understanding in this world are t behind tnose who see things in their true humanit* relations in their right proportions tut'on. Is | aiuj 8Q gOVern their lives us to meet ork were I essential issues of this existabor not ence leaving the vanities to others, day and ?The w,se Man after he nt of hia ________________________ humanity :er. Whenever You Need a General Tonic a dlMtp-l _ Tako Orove'a i,_ The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless ~ | chill Tonic is equally valuable as a *e usually j General Tonic because it contains the ;his world i well known tonic properties of QUININE willing to ant* IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives i . out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and "hout Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. & m 1 SE 5 __________ our doors to the trad- A ing. Quality, service A ould. and have always A eel todav that we have A * us. from the first day a lien we try to express a town and county of a eoine to Lancaster on a v bring your lap-robes, ^ have eared t'?>r, and we ^ ir wife, children and jL m nod drink of water is ^ make special effort to re want you to come 2 i want, drink as much J icadquarters. You all ? k we are here for. We w ;ee in every respect. 9 we return your money W (troceries. Wo have 9 (>. Give us vonr order, 9 t mistake, tell us what 0 Don't forget that wo ~ ring, and that we aro ? from 5 A. M. to P. 9 __________ & co. i ft the world. Sensation Self- q o o ??oe*ooo*?o0MO