Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 (Tin4 Catiraatrr 3Ct<ua f " (SEM l-WEEKL V.) 'y Xl JUAN IT A WYLIK Editor! ' J. C. NHKPAKD. . . Uusine*** Manager " I Soutl PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: on Published Tuesdays and Frl- more days at Lancaster, S. C., by The abidi Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to Th? Ledger, es- le * tabllshed 1862; The Review, 'ZU(1 established 1878; The Enter- that prise, established 1891, and en- aee t tered as second-class matter , Oct. 7. 1946, at the postofflce ol at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act of th of Congress of March 3, 187 9. sired ~ SUAfl^RlPTION PRICE: ~ b?*e . (In Advance.) givlr ?.n<i cers .SIX ,'?UUlll> VOC I cinm. ' '' i ho i: PIjKASK take notice. Henceforth all obituaries, i cards of thanks, lodge notices. viol; notices of all public affairs , whit charging admission, citations. ; conn executors' notices, notices of hlbil discharge, etc., will be charged for at the legal rate. I There has been some uncer- whin tainty in the minds of our mail frtends as to what news really ; t|ial Is. The Items mentioned above ' are not news items, nor can we , ,l ' accept such items for publica- I 'lent tion except as advertising. i for ? i elecl Weather forecast for South Caro-j . lina; Generally fair Tuesday and ( ,iH Wednesday. law ? it C( TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 7, 1015. and neBs The cotton gin has a merry hum hibil which we are glad to hear again. theii + We still need better library fa- vp.-j cilities and should set about provid- -j; ing them. + *... Labor Day was in truth a day of I labor to some of us and not a day of ot rest from labor. , conn ! w h i c The Progressive Farmer offers aro ;| this good advice: "Pick cotton js quickly and market it slowly." even we v The Columbia booscus arc prea< !iing a good gospel based on their ^">u slogan. "Carolina First." It should ... , . , . , many appeal to all loyal South < arolintatts. ; to 11 We now have an uninterrupted period in which to work for the ' county fair. Resolve now that it is aU(' 1 to be bigger and better even than I)e?P' our tlrst successful venture last year, i I caniu Knockers have become so scarce' cernii in Lancaster that the few remaining ' give, here r.re easily spotted. Almost every are ^ man in Lancaster belongs to the pro- telep! gressivo element. hoste 4> desin We don't believe that many "pa- hoste triotic sons of South Carolina" care otllce iu uc uiviuicu iu aa iu uu? iiu:? v\ in to r<* vote on the referendum next week.' this i for in our opinion their minds are certa already made up and they will vote j the ti liquor out. I far v ? : q uen I Hundreds of friends throughout I jg 8p, the state will learn with regret that i tn(iuj Col. William Hanks, president of the! iH,r (1 South Carolina Press Association. i^ ;irft v ill in a Chicago hospital and we hope we a he will soon recover his accustomed ( 'photi health. vviH ? rt> a Benjamin Franklin's advice to a|()tj,( i. young merchant might well he pondered by certain Lancaster business pen hi men: "When you pay more for the ,nullj rent of your business house than for advertising your business you are pursuing a false policy. If you can do business let it be known." + i The Spartanburg Herald thus aptly i ' -describes the different- between the' -ph farm boy and his cousin in town: 1 ot ( | "The difference between the town|g0 t(, boy and the country boy along about j jn f|, this time of the year is that thej|jt. , county boy is pulling fodder while! heart the town lad is pulling father." j senta The Apropos of tlie recent successful ? _ . more Chautauqua in York. Drakeford, the f York News artist, has some very jj ,t good cartoons illustrating different tt)at phases of the entertainments. One shows two typical old knockers, the .can^ kind that always, like a sponge, man- a poI age to get all the good out of a com- enthi munity withr the smallest outlay of does time or means, in conversation to- th the r gether. One says to the other: "I pnte<j don't mean it in de way of a knock, dress dui i n rumer see a .} ceni vauoavuie ucau than this Chautauqua." To which are ' the person addressed replies: "You sure done hit de nail on do head." whon - not t Lieutenant Governor Bethea, in his splendid address, ( extracts of which who are published elsewhere in this issue, liquo in giving the percentage rtf illiteracy ^ate 8 nf'fr of the states showing South Caro- does Una's to be 25.7. also cited that of counl some of the counties, show'ng I^an- fo' p caster's to be 25.2. In the last primary election out of 2,990 voters Th who signed the club rolls, 750 o ibll their marks. This is a problem that every our people should be giving serious 'he j thought. We should bestir our- cnly selves to find out the cause, in what eurol section of the county it exists and schoc use every means to bring about a the < change in etisting conditions. . schoc THK LANCASTF M06oeo>tyD8oao>ocQio^9c?eiQtQ?eietfeie:^ I laress * ft TKU THK VOTIN<4?WOltK. v 'J'HK ItKAIj h'lUHY . . . N.-lrv.-M'!' I 'T l-irlrJr!-!-! ?1?I?I-H I?I?I?I?I?I?I?I?I?Iis a foregone conclusion that The following editor! i Carolina will vote out liquir Anaerson Daily Mail pr September 14th. What is ot i actly our position in re importance is that every law-1 hibltlon and expresses ng citizen will not only go to I more forcibly than we < >ol is and vote against the legal-' it, that we reproduce th sale of liquor, but will resolve full: he will do all In his power to -?A fair sized crowd hat the law is enforced after it church members turn mes effective. The mere passage night at the court house o law is not all that is to be de- estimable gentlemen , , , where tell them how t< ;, but men of courage and back- coming prohibition ele i, who will expose blind tigers by 14th. This meeting wi ig facts and nan ^s to the offl- it has been all over *ht and if necessary furnishing an as can see. South ... , ' already made up its mil av.t upon which a warrant can ; prohibJtIoilf amf outal( ssued. If active and aggressive; SUperfious. iures are put in motion against | "The real fight will itors of the law, especially the prohibition is put in e ones, as soon as the law be- niany people think the \ nlwl if in ? ? ?lw%. ps effective, with no let-up. pro- "i"? . ~ . . , ! election is over, but the tlon will prohibit. Otherwise it begun. As before r.ral not prohibit, as claimed by the county will not he affei ikey crowd. So, Mr. Voter, the more than likely that t i thing for you to remember 13 ! Jature wi" niake the ga , law even more stringe the most important work comes tho oountry will be flo, r the election and the more ar- sorts of home-made po and aggressive you have been pounds, 'monkey rum," the prohibition cause before the ?/ other substitutes tion, the harder you should work , fv'beel to ,iug down the violators of the this kiud of Infamous after the election, yes, even if j can sit up and eomplac osts vou some time and money that we have officers of an apparent hurt to your busi- tom brcakf ,this . officer of the law will . We hope all our staunch pro- harder to get people tionists will show their faith by whiskey cases than in i r works. J "The liquor traffic 4> country is being grea' a,u* '8 R?'nR to l?e " ' ""| ! more every year. Wh GIVK I S THK \K\VS. ^ , liquor drinkers there v sellers, but our own pel edge is that fewer and are using it. They find ice again we ask that our readers not pay, and many of liunicate to us any local items n?t prohibitionists, hav 1, are of interest to them. We th.eifr ?wn a/T,ord" tional feature of liquor 11 ways on the alert for news but done more to lessen Its impossible to keep up with the prohibition speakei ,diode's comings and goings as saloon leagues combie/d rotild like to do. The town is trv \s fas,1 Rfowlng betti sport, and tno ininrorom nig so last that there are more od nnch yoar am, whn? >rs here than formerly. With so liquors will he here in of our readers in easy access until the end of time I le telephone, we would lie so '''Oe hold of the co .... , , . , once had." n they would phone us any about tliemselves, their friends * ?~ neighbors. There are so many The young man Trull, e iu the town aiul county that 'electric (hair at lla ?ut the help of some of them \\o lust Friday for the tmi >t give you as much news con- uey Swain in Charlotte ng them as we would like to made a full confession Oftentimes we hear that there adding, "And my ruin v .isitors in town and when we women and bad conipan lione to learn their names, the warning to other young ss is out and we cannot get the important that they lc ed information. But if the their habits and the cr ss would telephone to this]heep. Trull was a form , there is always somebody here South Carolina and he reive the item. Twice nlreadv Rood family, but he cot Horning we have tried to get a downward course and he in number in order to find out it ho had committed the lames of certain visitors hut s > cost him his life. Trull': without avail. This is a ire- ho ? lesson to other yoi t occurrence and so much time .? > jnt thus that it is impossible to THF TFST re of more than a limited num lf ??eoPle- So,uo of our readers The tPS( of the man ,s ery thoughtful and realize that makes, re always glad to have them The grit that he dailj io us whatever they know that The way that he stands interest their friends and t)ie\ ,, , .aM(' 1,4^* s hates numerous burnt great help to us. Bet there be A COward 'an smile w s also to do likewise and thus naught to fear, us in getting up the many hap- When nothing his pro; igs which go to make our com ',l" '* takes a man to a ... Cheer While some other fel u isn't victory after an But light that a broth ol.l\KK \\ . S I h\\ YltT. -! The man who is driven *K| wall, r'.-rlr.Who still s anrls erect i_ e ,,, ... o. . The blows of fate \vi a aihlress ot Oliver \\ . Stewart' , , . . . . held high, licago is being delivered as wv. Bleeding and bruised ? press, too late for publication Is the man who'll win i: is issue. Mr. Stewart is a pub-j 'l>'speaker of prominence and his ' or ',e 'sn ' to rs will doubtless enjoy his pre-1 , . ,. . ..... >' s the humps you get i Hon ot the prohibition cause. u Newberry Observer regrets that And the shocks that opponents of prohibition did > stands, ear the address Mr. Stew art de-! hours sorrow and id in New berry and thus voices I -pi.T!", prizo tl,at <>8CaPp , That test your mettle an rpgret: worth. liver W. Stewart of Chicago rt isn,t the blows you ?, saw, conquered.' There is not the blows you take son who hearrx him who is not ?|') earth lsiastic in his praise and who Show if your stuff is i not declare that he hit the nail ?Detroit F e head. But 'there's the rub'? ? ? lersons who heard him. A tal-1 A FRIENDLY Bl<t 1 speaker made a wonderful ad, but It is safe to say that pracy all of those who heard him J"?* a little crimson bli _ m . 0 l 1 I I ^ < mi Intr in th>. eoln> n lavor 01 prom union. i nose "? "" should have heard that speech, ^nt> of natures heai ihorn it Is necessary and to soothe a soul in p a it would have cone good, were '* challenge to your i here hours are sad ai ... , , Is this Httle red gera ut you can t make people hear utormv ,<>v don't want to, and when the r side is challenged to Joint de- 0n>wi between the coi they decline. And yet such a thl t, , h as that made by Mr. 8tewart A amB? ,fa*Z.J J,' . A small red flower from a great deal of good. Newberry , ty will give a large.r majority tt , , j rohtbltlon because of It " " "S7 fnen,f so sweet, " Nodding a tender weleot e time tor tho opening ot the ly street c schools is near at hanu I?et body take note of the fact. le t ** rom 118 oa , . __ lA ered It with lace >eople of every community not it reBt|1 npon my ^eart see that, their own children are baby face, led at the opeomg of the For flowers are Ood's < >Is, but make an investigation to sends them 1 ?nd that every white child of And *^1? .. our sorrows In < >1 age shall be emrplled . Katbe <:R HKWS, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915. + \IIKAI>. + t'Uttl OTHKIt PAl'EKS. * : < ? 1111? M ? ai from The A Gong Farewell. esents so ex-, Good-bye. Boose! Forever more!! gard to pro- ?Florence TimeB. t it so nmi h other \(.rthorn States Likewise. j ?\ *T,7 Massachusetts seems to think that e editorial In Georgia needs some of her kultur. ?Greenville News. of faithful U1 ? _ ed out last A sheil ??"?? to hear some Candidates for 1916 are coming front some- out of the shell. It's a game of that > vote in the kind.?The State. j ction on the t is about like Explanations in Order. ! > state as far Are you a member of the church, Carolina has and yet vote to continue the sale of id to vote for whiskey? If so, why??Walterboro lie advice is press and Standard. begin after Has Given l*p in IKvspair. force. Too J What has become of the old-fash,-ictory is won inood South Carolina politician who it when the was waiting on Senator Tillman to > fight is only die to run for the senate??Spartan- i ted Anderson burg Journal. ;ted, but it Is he next legis- Can't Think for TlKMiiselves. illon a month Some public men never tell what i nt. and then (jiey think about political Issues un-i [)ded with all tjj they find out what the people dsonous com-; thjnk?Anderson Mall, and a whole How many He's About to Get Tliem. 1 U/!.o Thn* excellent ogre. Mr. Back To i School, will soon lie grabbing and. ?n?Yv"Voniark swallowing fat. play-loving young- ( tlie la w hired 'tera-CharleaUmPoat. '( Tell you ifis Hllv<* h* Plraaed. I to testify in A good many Ford owners that 4 any other >'ou 8ee laughing have been tickled }, All over the by For(1 checks and not by Ford J tlv curtailed. Jokes?Greenwood Journal. j so more and ? . .. ? . . ... ( lie there are lXoKt News *ct to Him' j rill be liquor And now the scientists tell us that J rsonal knowl- the family wash rag is the greatest { fewer people germ carrier imaginable. The small I that it does ',0y never heard better news in his ' them, while Anderson Intelligencer. ( e cut it out U The edura- The "Whole Hog." J drinking lias Our idea of a "whole hog" with I use than all sausage meat for brains is the fellow J rs and antl- who reads bis home paper for years a The conn- without paying and then swears be A r in this re- never ordered it llarnwell People. A ent is mark- _ intoxicating Help Make Them Go. some form We heard a man say the other day t will never that this was the time for the news- 4 untry that it papers to show an optimistic spirit? ^ that the newspapers were largely re sponsible for panicky conditions last fall. This is pretty good advice, but V v. ln died in how does the public exueet lite news- ?* leigh, NT. C., papers to be optimistic when nine rdet of Sid- out of every ten men who owe the ^ last spring newspapers raise the cry of hard +4 r . ' times every time you present a bill ^ ot his guilt. to nloin? if von Want the newspaper i vas whiskey, nian to be an optimist, pay him. He y." What a is human, just the same as the bank-1 4? tm.? How er- l'ie baker, and the candlestick! ? . ,, . maker.?Dillon Herald . ^ ?ok well to 1 2 t er citizen of \ motorcar manufacturing con- J longed to a cern in Detroit declared the other \ nmenced liit> 'bay a stock dividend of 100 per fore he knew having already declared 4 1 1 per cent in cash dividends on its origcrime which }nn] stock during the current year. ?* s fate should Nor does it make "fordmachines." ? ung men. Motorcars are not made in the South. Carolina pays in freight ?* charges alone on motorcars and ac- Jl> ' cessaries about $200,000 a year.? t The State. ? riie tight lie Lancaster 1 ><? Likewise. ^ , shows Don't forget that in October will ? I on his feet be held the annual ralr of this county. If you are an officer of the fair is and blows association start making your plans. | hen there's " >'?u are a committeeman com-; mence to consider your particular gress l?ars share in causing me fair to be a ,Hid un and success. If you are a prospective' exhibitor it is time to begin preparllow stars. J>r ?l ,VaHt Pbinning, your exhiliit. Get busy. Let all pull together. So, and so only, will the eountv fair be a success.?Wlnns-1 er makes: horn News and Herald, i against the list's Settle It. and takes .. . . th his head Hefore the voters of the state go, on record September 14th, as want-. , . | ing South Carolina "dry." we want ,., ' . to let it he known as a matter of record tliat The Intelligencer is in tajl favor of state-wide prohibition.! i /vye. more than that- nation wide j I prohibition. Yes. world wide pro-11 nnd the jolts hlbltton. And more than that, we; I know there will he no whiskey in I your courage heaven and we hope ehere Is to be none down below. For we would i I vain regret., hate to think that liquor is to be s your hands adilpd to the "torments" already in| d prove your Ktore for those w ho are to be eon-1 signed to that region, deal. Yes, we want to see prohibition in t on the Rood! South Carolina. We have no long-. 'drawn-out and elaborate arguments! f?al. to offer in favor of prohibition, for' 'ree Press. we don't believe you would read J j them. Kverybody knows what liquor! >SS4?M. I irt and they have been taught from I i In'ancy what it will do. So what's1 i the use of re-hashlng stuff that you ; nssom laugh- have heard all your life? It's tlrei some. So. go on and vote for prohi t-throbs tojbittoa and let's be done with the ! a'?> j pesky subject.?Anderson Intelllspirit * hen id *ray, .. ? _ mium on a, total attendance at the Panama-Pacific Kxpositlon has passed the r . . 12,000.000 mark, it was announced able* I found yesterday. ' *""* ' MOT PAINT lly with fh oe Tue wurat mistake in painting is not puttiQg off.. That cost* about nc in a lore- 10 per cent;, you keep your money a year and pay 10 per cent (or it. ..) Paint would hare to come down earth I c. v- 25 per cent to ui&ko 10 per cent on . the ioto, for wages do not go down. f like a tiny Tho worst mistake is "cheap"' paint. It costs from {50 per cent to >wn ch'ldi.'n 100, flrst cost, and another in wear, jere to bVus What a liar "cheap" Is! "Put oft" Ini? tendrils Is bnd enough; "cheap" 1$ ten times 1?Hireaa. worse ' ||C ?Ho Ward. DEVOF. Sir You'd had |lT IN THE BAP "YOU WOULD > have spent i sir is never. 2 L?ATE TO LEARN. I <+JTro -* ? i i Are you satisfied with whal i last year's hard work? You a i be a year wiser? Start that NOW IS THE TIME. It will i every dollar added to it makes i a better citizen, i We will pay you 4 per cent you deposit in our bank and every three months. The First Nati I'NITKD STATUS |> LANCASTE1 EVERTE GOC IN THIS MA Good Beef Cattle grazed stall-fed with good grain and experts; prepared for sak Orders filled RIGHT NOW tors; and when it goes on voi KNOW IT'S \ CATAWBA MEA Phone 2] A 4^A A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A ^ ^ ^ ^ $> n = I S U I and wai: .lust received new lot o Waists that we most eordi; and inspect. You will find the styles ir absolutely correct. Suits $11.50 $13.95 and $18.50. Waists $1.00 $2.04 ! A look at these interest you. P? T. w f. . r f .. The Store That Always 8h . . . } , . a ' V ' l88?l????fSg t you have to show foil ^ re a year older, why not Pm! savings account today, make you happy and i you a happier man and M m t interest on the moneys Q compound the interest M W< ional Bank ? KPOSITOItV. m R, s. c. 3 w iiyaSSSISgTi*' IING'S 1 )D 1 RKET. on good pastures or I fni'Affo* Viiit<?linrr>rl Via* 1 O 7 MWWVi?VAV\A A ' i by men who know. ? by experienced cut- jt ur table you V &OOD. | ([ MARKET I lo. fa T S STS -I i ladies' iSiuts and ully invite you t?> call ; i those garments to be > $14.50 $16.50 0 and $2.7.5. garments will ylieCo. ows Something New. =i