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i cUhr Sanraatrr Xnua (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUAXIM WVUK. . . Editor J. C. SlfEPAKD. . Business Malinger PUBLISHERS' ANNOW^WSNT: i Published Tuesdays and Fri- { days at Lancaster, S. C.. by The ? Lancaster Publishing-Company. 1 successors to The Ledger, tes AhllohoH IBS')- Tho Ravlau- I established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891. and entered as second-class matter [ Oct. 7, 1905. attne postofflce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) On? Year $1.50 Six Months 75c PLEASE TAKE NOTICE. Henceforth all obituaries, cards of thanks, lodge notices, notices 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 are not news items, nor can we accept such items for publicatlon except as advertising. I Weather forecast for South Carolina: Showers Friday and Saturday. FRIDAY. Al'Cit'ST ?), 1015. Where is the Lancaster board of; health? + What of our long-soughl-for night' school for Lancaster? Don't all speak at once. + Somebody is loafing on the job orj ?e would have better sanitary con-j litlons in this town. Lancaster Masons, like all other, Lancastrians .are the soul of hospi- ' tality. Their guests were royally en Vertainerl vpstprrlnv + "Think not of how dull business is. Nut of how much duller it might be." ? the excellent advice of The An-! ferson Daily Mail. 1 It is seldom that Lancaster has a, big day without its accompanying' rain, but it takes more titan bad i veather to keep us from having big Jays. + The Spartanburg Herald makes tite pertinent assertion that it does not suppose Marietta real estate lias' enhanced in value to any great ex-! tent since the murder of Leo M.j Frank. "If we must have the legislature, j let us have it over with as quickly! as possible," says The Augusta Chronicle. And if we had to live n Georgia our attitude towards life so'ght be somewhat similar. * South Carolina is not now in sus-l pense because the chief executive is attending a conference of governors. It is good to feel that we are there represented by a governor who is also a gentleman. + Already live hundred teachers have volunteered for service without pay | n the moonlight schools of North '"arolina. Is the old Palmetto State to be found wanting when so many adult illiterates are eager for what they can give? 4> The fates of Adam Mood and Geo Frank should serve to remind South Carolina and Georgia, respectively that civilization is set back many . cars whenever a mob can mete out justice" and take the law into its uauds. According to The Oheraw Chronicle "Charming Cheraw" did not staee a verv successful "hie <lnv" ?h!?i - - summer. The Lancaster News finds each Lancaster celebration better than the last, which betokens increasing co-operation and good fellowship. + Domestic science and manual training should have their places in the curriculum of every good school and we urge our local school authorities to consider the importance of adding these branches to the course of study prescribed for the Lancaster graded schools. + The town is about to emerge from an era of instituting many splendid permanent improvements and wc want to see it enter next into a period of municipal house cleaning, which will make every new asset appear to the best advantage. We an't begin too soon. ' ?: + Frank's guilt or innocence is of comparatively little importance in consideration with the lamentable fact that he or any other prisoner eyeald have been taken from prison and done to death by a mob. When a state's prisoners are not safe-guarded. somebody is to blame and a refection is cast upon the good name of that state. t . ,> ?*v?-vl ..'-V ' - - - - ? SHOULD ItK \ HOLISM Kl>. ^ ^ We are not particularly interested in who the contestants for state offices next summer will be but we are interested in the proposed abolition of the county-to-county circps. Lat the candidates stage their individual appearances and let there be' ! more dignity and less indulgence in personalities?more discussions of issues for the common good and { fewer, bids for the popular vote through appeals to passion and pre- j judlce. If South Carolinians would think seriously of the reflection cast' upon their intelligence by late pollti-: cal farces, they would do awav with them altogether and in their stead j would substitute campaigns wherein issues of real importance would be discussed. Nothing but continued strife and bitterness can ever result from the present system. Those who|i seek public office should do so by pitching their campaigns upon a high | w? a|i|fcailli^ IU lilt; 1II It? Ill" gence of those whose votes they seek. Some there are who oppose this needed change, but then it takes all kinds to make up the world. It seems to us that under the "couutyto-county circus" plan the demagogue thrives, the real qualifications for office-holding, are obscured and the man who slings the most mud is the man who can most easily win. We 1 need political campaign which are informing, which explain dispassion- , ately important questions of govern- j raent. It is, therefore, important that we consider the advisability of doing away with a system which has become a farce and substituting therefor a campaign of education. + v + A COMMON SORROW. tv And now it is poor old Georgia that hangs her head in shame be me cat iiie. The parallel is so striking that we quote it for the benefit of our readers: "Children, in swinging, get excited by the dizziness of going away up into the air, and then enjoy the soothing feeling of 'letting the old | cat die.' "This state has been dizzy from the whirl she has had for several; years in the see-saw of politics, and the people are enjoying the new ex-1 perience of the present. The old cat doesn't die all at once. Hut finally the calm comes." Lancaster was formerly beset w ith a number of knockers but the progressive element is now so complete- i ly in the saddle that these pests have almost entirely disappeared. Except for a few grouches, too far ad- , vanced for reform, everybody in Lancaster is happy and optimistic. 1 1 The attractive handbook of Dar- 1 J ling county issued as a supplement to The Darl'ngton News and Press, t is indeed an excellent "key to the > vast store of agricultural and industrial wealth" of that section. ? ( Lancaster needs and should be | Klven an opportunity to enjoy the I benefits of a Rood Chautauqua. Will < not some of our progressive citlsens ! take hold of such a proposition? 1 , , 'S : % *v * " ' gifli . cause certain of Iter citizens have seen tit to take the law Into their own hands and hang a prisoner who was serving a life term in the state penitentiary. South Carolina has too recently been humiliated by the spectacle of the mob wreaking vengeance upon both officers and prisoner, for us to sit in judgment upon our sister state. It is not consistent nor is it kind for any commonwealth in which there have been lynchings or other evidences of mob violence, to point the finger of scorn at another state when like disgrace has come upon it. Should we not rather try by every means possible to set the example of law and order and place such a high value upon human life that the taking of it is regarded as no small offense, but as a crime for which every offender must answer? Georgia's shame is not hers alone, but Florida's, Mississippi's, South Carolina's. None of the sister states has reached that desired goal in civilization where the mob spirit has been entirely eliminated. It behooves us all. then to sympathize, to really suffer with poor Georgia in her shame and to so educate public sentiment that lawless men dare not interfere with the proper administrat'nn a f iuatsoo + I.KT THK CAT OIK. t. .1" So dizzy with politics has South Carolina become that we should all r joice in an occasional lull and should make the most of it. The Columbia Record recently described the sensation very cleverly when it compared this welcome calm to wha* we as litt'.e children called "letting THE LANCASTER NEWS x-x-x-x-x-x;t+-x-x-x-x-x-x-;: * LETTER FROM THE WEST. * ft Mr. R. E. Wyiie Gives His Im- ft prrsHionM of Portland and the r Columbia River. ;k ft . * l~XX-^r{9Xr}~X^ I0IC liiT K Pocatello, Idaho. Aug. 12.?-My last communication was from Rainier, Oregon. We are now on our way to Yellowstone Park. ' After leaving Rainier we proceeded ilp the Columbia river to Portend, which is situated on the Willamette river not far from its confluence with the Columbia. It has a population of 280.000, the greater part of which it has gained since the Lewis & Clark Exposition in 1905. It is one of the most important ports on the Pacific coast. Flowers grow there in profusion, which fact has given it the name of the "Rose City." It lies on both sides of the river, the greater part of the population being on the cast side, but the main business and residential sections are on the west side. East of the city is a continuous high elevation upon which is situated an extensive park. From this ele*ation there is an extended driveway called Council Crest, several thousand feet above, from which a fine view of the city and surrounding country can be had. Mounts Hood and St. Helens in Oregon and Adams in Washington, all snow capped, perhaps sixty miles distant, can be seen plainly. The city water; is piped from the base of Mount Hood and it is nnrp rlpnr anH pnnl Tu*r? in?oe esting sights in the harbor are two three mast schooners, one a slave ship, 125 years old. used by England in transporting slaves to Australia and other places. The hull is built of teak wood from China. The other vessel is an interned German ocean tramp vessel. The cruiser Boston is also in tl.e harbor. It was a part of Dewey's fleet and fired the first shot at the Spanish fleet in Manila bay. May, 1898. Interesting sights also in the harbor are fire boats, used in extinguishing fire on the water front. While in Portland we had the pleasure of renewing our acquaintance with Mrs. T. Meriweather Jones and son. Lawrence, mother and brother, respectively, of Mrs. Lerov Springs, who are residents of the city. They accompanied ns to a reception given by the Portland Press ? iuii 10 nenaior h. k. tinman. who with his wife and daughter. Miss Sallie May Tillman, are there on a visit to another daughter. Mrs. H"!try Hughes. The senator has been on a visit to the Hawaiian Islands. lie was glad to see South Carolinians so far away from home. He jocularly remarked that people out West did not know how to pronounce Lancaster. that he met a man bearing that name who pronounced it Lan-cas-ter, accent on the second sylable. Senator Til'ntan appears to be in good health. In leaving Portland for Yellow stone Park we dectrted to go up the Columbia river by boat as far as The Dalles, in order to get a view of the scenery along the route. We took passage on the Bailey Gatzert. which plies between Portland and The Dalles. Going out of Portland we passed five steel bridges which are so manipulated as to let vessels puss underneath There were five cueVi bridges, three swinging draws, one lift bridge, one jack knife and one double lift bridge. Many interesting places were passed, such as the United States army barracks at Vancouver. wood pulp paper mills, canning factories, lumber mills, etc. We saw large quantities of pulp for the making of paper piled in heaps on the banks of the river. It had been made from the cotton wood trees. The general direction of the river is east and west. The river is the line between Oregon and Washington for hundreds of miles, the former being on the north bank and the latter on the opposite side of the river. As we went on up the Columbia we could see quantities of fish wheels where ?he salmon are caught for canning. These wheels wotv. I?v the force of the water on the plan of the old under-shot wheel. As the wheel revolves it catches the fish and dumps them into a chute, down which they slide into a nearby tank. Thero are several varieties of salmon. such as thd Chinook. Silver Side. Steel Head. Hlue Hack. Dog Sainton, etc. Smelt, a smaller tls"i, are also found in the river in quantities and are said to be fine. As we approached the Cascade locks the channel of the stream began to narnow. In some places we could throw a stone across. The amount of water which passes through the narrow ciiamiei una me rapiu rail or tlie stream causes the water to twist and churn like it does in the gorge between Niagara Falls and Lake Ontario and in the St. Lawrence riVer. hut the scenery along these streams cannot compare with that along the Columbia. When we reached Cascade Falls the boat went into a lock, where we were raised the necessary height to resume our journey. The United States government has spent several million dollars on the locks at these falle. An Immense natural bridge is supposed to have spanned them frqm the Washington to the Oregon shore, but it is not there now. The river is choked up with huge I- -* ' % uuuiuci3, i ncic id du luumii legenu that the bridge Was destroyed during a fight between Mount Hood and Mount Adams. The two mountains on opposite aides of the river, over a hundred miles distant from each other, sb tradition eavs, once heaved (treat boulders at each other and ttt* rooks m.?etinr in midair, f?lt' upon the brjdre and crushed it. The mads of rock lying in the river is called the "Bridge of the Ood?f.''A Another trad'tion Is that the devil was going over the brtdee and becoming sudlonly enrasred Hooped his tail aga'nst ihe structure, which caused it to col lapse. Along the gorge the mountains on either side are said to teach an Novation of 4,000 feet. We had a "speller" 011 the boat, a well-informed old gentleman, who through his ' . ;> '?<! '.".AM r: .fir*1 *'* -f" 1 \ V ALy(tUST 20. 1915. 7r = I (there is ti l? | velopiti r\_fn . tTime alar y)j?KH ??lb gunvll v>Ho dan $ay v'X'vV wan who megaphone, pointed out all the inj teresting objects, such as "Castle Hnrk " 1 19 5 foot kl?k ? I_? i ..wv?, .*??/ tvv I, uiftii, "Iillll 31AUUB in mid stream, having an area at the base of 15 acres. Mitchell's Point. Rooster Rock. Storm King Crag, etc. One interesting point passed was where th^ Hood river on the Oregon side and the White Salmon river on the Washington side, unite with the ; Columbia. It is up the Hood river ' valley that the famous apples are raised. As we neared the confluence ! of Hood river with the Columbia, our speller warned us to hold to our hats ; and the ladies to their wraps, as the wind would blow almost a hurricane | down the valley. Such proved to be the case, so the warning was timely. On the top of Wind mountain was pointed out a rock, the form of an Indian squaw with a papoose on her back, which landmark was striking. In leaving Portland we proceeded down the Williamette and then up the Columbia until we reached The Dalles, a hundred miles distant. We have been down the gorge below Niagara Falls, down the St. Lawrence as far as Quebec and have seen the Palisades along the Hudson, but none of these can approach in grandeur what can be seen on the Columbia. From a scenic and architectural standpoint It is unsurpassed. I shall think of it along with the Grand , Canyon. The great Columbia river highway runs along the southern bank of the river and is truly a wonder in the way of road construction. We saw one long tunnel through which it passes and to admit light into the tunnel windows at intervals have been cut through the rocks on the I river side. The good roads movement has certainly struck the Western country. There ts not only one "King's Highway" traversing the counties, but several, and what is best of all the "horny handed sons of toil" have no prejudice against them, but on the contrary are their i most aggressive promoters. Two great lines of railroad wind along 11 the river banks on either side, the i Northern Pacific on the southern, or >j Oregon side, and the Southern Pa> cific on the northern, or Washington i side of the river. We got off the boat at The Dalles.' ' a town of 6.000 population. We were accompanied on the trip from Rainier by Miss Ressie Moeck, daugh' ter of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Moeck, whom we vtsited at Rainier. She is a highly intelligent and cultured young woman, to whom we are much indebted for many pleasures on the trip. Miss Moeck is the incoming Democratic postmistress at Rainier. We visited Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hedges at The Dalles. Mr. Hedges is a wide-awake engineer and contractor and his wife is a sister of Mrs. Moeck. Their little five-yearold daughter, Margaret, fairly won our hearts. We were also accompanied on this trip by Mr. W. N. Forrester, a native of Georgia, who is in the shingle and lumber business, and who has been in the West for tlie past 25 years. rte is a clean, whole-souled Southwesterner. to whom we are indebted for many attentions. The Dalles for its size is one of the most up-to-date little cities we have so far seen. It is the county seat of Wasco county. Oregon, located in the center of a fine farming section. The business men are progressive and pull together At the depot of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, the most central part of the city, the Business Men's Association has a display of the grain, fruits, etc., produced in the county, where is given out literature relating to Wasco. The public buildings are quite attractive, such as a new $200,000 court house, city hall. sp?en<Ttd Elks building. Carnegie library, modern hotels, etc.. also a large flour mill and an extensive Libby canning factory. This factory is just completed , * # V4 - V 0 hot-house meth< (j a 5006 stjc& Junk >6 will do the work. QYurc* no rapt 1 is accumulation. Happy in?cc6 i he owes no man anything, 3{app can orou^lu sau u I have money ZThe ^anK. E FIRST NATIONAL BANK, UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. Lancaster, S. C. it. Oregon has woman suffrage. The women serve on the juries, but it is said that they are too tender hearted to make good jurors. The Oregonians are a contented and happy people and swear by their state. On the trip to Pocatello, j we followed up the celebrat- we, ed Snake river, one of the main tributaries of the Columbia. The river is well named for it winds and turns and twists in many directions. i About a half hour before reaching ad> this place we crossed the river at tier American Falls, where is the Continental divide. This place is on the backbone of the great mountain ( range, the water falling there going ag in equal parts, one half to the At- us lantic and the other to the Pacific vV'h ocean. The water falling over the Cascades is beautiful. A wonderful amount of power is generated there and is distributed to surrounding a j places. Pocatello has a population of 15.000. and promises in the near future to be the largest and most lm- lj;.t portant city in Idnho.. Rotse, the jja capital, is about twenty miles distant from the main line of the railroad Thorp it! il roffinnal lnnoiiwl ? 1 At Minetoka we were agreeably sur-j prised to meet Mr. T Meriweather! . " Jones, father of Mrs. Leroy Springs. ' who got on our train and eaine into on the diner, taking a seat at the table ua where Mrs. Wylie and 1 happened to I ( "ll be sitting. I had never met Mr. I Jones but once, and then at Colonel j Springs' wedding, but 1 recognized { him instantly and was glad to meet the him again. We leave at midnight mil for Yellowstone Park. It. E. WYLIE. I'm litt lilt. JOHNSON HO.NOHKD. Elected President of the National Ed- ] cation Association. i cor Oakland. Cal., Aug. 19.?Dr. David ' p.'1 II. Johnson, president of the Win a 11 j throp Industrial College, Rook Hill, as S. C., was elected today president of wo the National Education Association '' we by a vote of 479 to 184 over Miss (|lfi Grace C. Strachan of Brooklyn, N. Y. (lis Miss Grace C. Strachan, the de- bef feated candidate for the presidency, , *esl is district superintendent of schools for the city of New York. She is< , the woman who led and won the now i ra( famous fight for "equal pay for equal Go work," I de' Wf Among those present at the con vention were: Dr. Maria Montes- rls) sori of Rome. Italy, Ferdinand for Boison, commander of the Legion of ter Honor of France; Dr. Joseph Swain, t*ie ' Coi president of Swathrnore . College, . Pennsylvania: Krnesto Nelson, direc- j tor of secondary education for Ar- i 1 gentina; C. W. Crook, vice president wil of the :Knglish National Union of Teachers; BUa Flagg Young, super- arr intendent of schools in Chicago. Th< Modern phases of the education of 1,111 the VOUth of this and cnnilnir pou. "ol *" ?ll( orations were discussed at the con- nia Kress. This is the third international the congress. X. E. A. STAND BV YOl'H TOWN. Atl If you think your town's the best. of Tell 'em so. 'let If you'd have her lead the rest. I wo Help her grow. I rej for When there's anything to do. an Let the fellows count on you. ed. You'll feel bully w hen you're through the Don't vou know? i can the If you want to make a hit. i Get a name: of If the other fellow'a it. pre Who's to blame? she cot Spend the money in your town, ma Thus keep the prices down; Rel Give the mail concerns a frown? ta That's the game. law wit If you're used to giving knocks, an< Change your style* op> Throw bouauets tnsstesd of rocks. For a while. t.s i Let the other fellow roast. In Shun him as yon would a ghost, sav Meet his hammer with a boast the And a, smile, j>; ' .ovi -:; ? in [of When a stranger from a*ar " offl Comes slonjt, 'lint l eu mm woo vqm you are , Wf Make it atrong. ; oh?l ? [ at Needn't flatter, never 1 bai Tell the truth, that'a ann??eh; in Jo'n the boeetera, they're the bee We belong. ?Exchange n?i ?? ? can VfuHt BHleve ' Kwn Aeet, eve You eannot believe in v?v?r town and not be'-eve in ita ontAeNr'**., in- t??i at'tut Ion* and eeople.?Hendemon "r (N. C.) Gold Ijeat I'ai , >. i .. J aim inauKii not yei in run operation, 25,000 cases of fruit, such as pears, cherries and other kinds have been i put up in the past month. We took the Oregon & Washington Railroad, a part of the Northern Pacific system.' last night and reached this place tonight, travelling through the northern part of Oregon and south across the state of Idaho. We have seen fine crops of corn, wheat, alfalfa and ! clover and horses and cattle and sheep innumerable. This is the gfaln and grass cutting season In Idaho. The hky is stacked in this (open fields in huge plies resembling fortifications, but the fgrms are scattered. For a while as the train rushes along 'you will see fine sections and then nothing but waste, barren stretches unnn ?hlch nndiin# I gfowaf but 'sage brush. , Oregon and'Washington are both prOgressltq Atatee. Bot?h fcave had cbmoulsbry eduction fof several years. In the fprrapt the age limit be'ng from 6 to 14 years. Both states ! have gone drv, the law to tafce effect the first of January. Nearly every- \ body you meet out here aavs liouor has bad its day and they are glad of - , j r- ' ' 'XTT' & ^ 1 (kcounL | d transit- r\ In s the mart ier still is FROM OTHKB PAPERS. Stagger* the Imagination. lust suppose Mexico and Georgia re neighbors!?The State. AtlantA on the Job. Atlanta is never so happy as when rertising her naughtiness.?Alison Mail. Kngland's Friendship. Dur "good friend" Kngland, like reat many professed friends, loves only when tfhe can use us.? ishington (Ga.) Reporter. The Better Part. rhe political demagogue may get 'ollowing under ordinary circumnces, but when one's bread and iter are at stake it is better to en to men of brains like Mr. rding.?News and Courier. One Sided Advantage. t is said that 500,000 men in iv York city were called up by one Thursday and given a talk woman suffrage. The advantage s all on the fair suffragists.? irleston Post \ Hopeful Sign. \n associate justice refused bail other day to a man charged with rder. The case is so unusual in 1 tti Carolina as to be noticeable, tally the man slayer ds put to as le inconvenience as possible.? wberry Observer. "Animis Opibusquc Paratl." [f. said ex-Governor Rlease, acding to The Yorkville Enquirer's lort of a speech delivered at the bert picnic. President Wilson "had r part of the Democracy of ThomJefferson in his make-up, ho uld say to En gland: 'Damn you, you don't stop taking our cotton will stop you.' " No doubt with South Carolina National Guard, banded by Governor Rlease Just ore he resigned his othce.?Charton Post. Vtfk \ivwl nf liUklitfrv Editorially The Yorkvllle Enquirer her apologizes for printing ex- ? vernor Hlease's attack upon Presllt Wilson at the Filbert picnic. > are sure there is no reason why e Enquirer should object to critim because of its action. The initiation which it furnishes is of inest and it is information which public ouKht to have.?News and urler. lie a Wise Farmer. Ftegin now to think about your iter cover crop and lay your plans, . Farmer. Take it from us, you 1 find it profitable to devote more .? eage to oats and wheat this fall, e teeming millions of Americans at he fed; also the warring milns of Kurope. Wheat and oats 1 hogs and beef are going to comnd good prices, and you can reap reward if you are only wise.? ffney Ledger. Atlanta's Shame. There was great rejoicing in the anta underworld last night. Chief Police Heavers was fired hv the nr\. ? board yesterday. Every lewd man who heard the news probably olced; every blind tiger shouted Joy. every man who believes in open town was probably delightNone of them liked Beavers; on i contrary they hated him, beise he had made life miserable for m. Vtlaina will suffer for the action its r(4ten police board. Mark the idietion. The good people should >w their resentment of it by boyting the city. The cry has been de that ReaVers and the Men and ligions Movement had hurt Atlanby the strict enforcement of the rs. The good people should now hdraw their patronage of the city 1 turn it over to those who like >n towns.?Salisbury Post. Prr>hih*tion and Peace. Coroner Atk*nson, who has been office more rhan a score of years, a he has oh?etved that every time Bnuor irterests are given a blow ChestsrfleM county the number murders decreases. . His terra of ce dates heck to t}vp time when *or was mN plentiful and he has mi iu pomnon to obserye the inse for >"? better. H? *avs that most of the killings to which k? i beftn called a bottle of liquor waa evidence. He thinks liquor has >n the cft?e? of most of the in'stm wh'cb bare been held since he on Into of*"*. More evidence why rr Rood e.lttven In $outh Carolina >"\d vote for state-wide prohiblo In the Sl?>"tion to he held on thp je* cod Tuesdev in September.? inland Journal