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_4 $l]c Cattraalrr JJrum -f (SKMI-WKKKLV.) t 1 ' * JUANITA WYLIK Editor!--J. C. SUKPAKI). . . Business Manager ' _ PUBMHHKRH' A VNOUNCEMENT: | tere Published Tuesdays aud Fri- uew days at Lancaster, S. C.. by The .. Lancaster Publishing Company. | snccesaors to The Ledger. es- of 11 tabltshed 1852; The Review, Lan established 1878: The Enter- wj8i prise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7. 1905, at the postofllce Kim at Lancaster, S. C? under Act intc of Congress of March 3, 1879. iost 8UbJtVluniu.i rnar.: (In Admnce.) *re One Year $1.50 end Six Mouth* 75c t,e PLEASE TAKE NOTICE. cer1 Henceforth all obituaries. aud cards of thanks, lodge notices. wit aottces of all public affairs j,e charging admission, citations, executors' notices, notices of discharge, etc., will be charged Ine for at the legal rate. unt There has been some uncer- mei talnty in the minds of our arg frieuds as to what news really is. The items mentioned above e(* are not news items, nor can we mo accept such items for publics- oec tion excert as advertising. ^ Weather forecast for South Caro- nea Ilna: Generally fair Tuesday and , clet Wednesday. stri TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1015. ten -- COD Now is the time to be making tho preparations for cover crops and tho tak sowing of small grain. xvh + giv We want more small local enter- f?r prises. They bring new people and otherwise help the community. w'v + * ! fltt The Rack-to-Schooi movement has urg now begun in earnest and many a givi small boy is there against his nec will. ed ? f aj'e "Now is the time for all good ,icn banks to come to the aid of the cot- V\al ton crop," suggests The Anderson the Mail. less W?lI It some people don't change the a,r( expression they are wearing, they ' ^ will not be ready to greet prosperity th when it comes. troi If WO make lin nnr mlrwla ilia* h.l\ illiteracy must go and work with that end In view, 1920 will find us mit near the desired goal. ,U>K ? K?? It might be well for our people to consider the advantages of the com- ' mission form of city government. We believe there is merit in it. 1 Some business men forget that ad-! ''~'~ rertising is just us necessary an ex-j ^ pense in the conduct of their bus!- Pa8! ness as lights, rents, taxes, or fuel. *act ?V in ! We hope the good example of a maj night school in this district will be vot( followed by the Inauguration of be 1 moonlight schools throughout the , the eounty. ; the + on t Plans are going forward for our afte second county fair. We hope there lo , will be full and representative ex- who hibits from the farms and schools crj,t and factories of Lancaster county. jK)| istir Procrastination In the matter of ,w> , | Jlf) 1 providing a street sweeper may rr,-'Carr suit disastrously and we therefore ^,|ip urge that such a device be provided jj(ji for keeping clean the new asphalt ,j I paving. ^ d eel We bespeak for the night school teachers of Lancaster the help and ^ ^ encouragement of our citizens generally. Such altruistic work is to ,.'' (1 i rc be commended and should elicit inItelllgent and sympathetic co-operastat tion. . , .v Already the South is becoming e'or self-reliant and we should never for ? get what the European war has 1<an taught os, viz: That we can always w^e meet and overcome any emergency fhe when we are feeding ourselves. That Ka' lesson the South cannot afford to whi forget. muf 4. frot Just as you have been led by your II conscience to vote for prohibition, so pro! may you be led still further to help thej enforce the prohibition laws. South of a Carolinians must always keep in now mind the importance of law enforce- hav Bient, if South Carolina would go hav forward. j ^ We assert without fear of contra-j rea diction that no other town in South . be i Carolina permits the driving of auto-; are mobiles at such a reckless, break-' abl< neck speed as is permitted here in beg Lancaster and in behalf of our peo- in < pie we beg that this dangerous prac-( to tice be discontinued. 1 thli + _ I .get If there is, in reality, suck a thing wit as a town, county or state board of add health, which has anything to do cotl with the san'tary conditions of the is 1 [own 01 ijunrhrier, n is uiioih time par for ho. she or It, to be RlvinR some attention to various places In the " " town which are a menace to the the health of the citizens. The r. . . JMj EM*. -.3 THE LANCASTEI * *'* t) OCR SCHOOIjS??GRKKT- -I- v THK PKRPARKDNRS? INCiH. k * NBKDKD. * r&TSifiri-aaew :o:c&iiOictciOK*ao}u? j u the graded schools which en- The term "preparedi d yesterday upon the work ot a during: recent months been session, as well as to the schools frequently to the strength >ughout the county which have and their readiness to pit ate been opening every week, The selves In time of war that caster News extends its best haps have not thought ties. We hope that the efforts of greater is the need of pi ?hers and pupils will from the be- for dally life: The S ning be well directed, earnest and i Journal emphasises the Uigent. so that no time may be of this preparedness for and that the work in every in- j following editorial: ice may be prosecuted with as "There is no end of ial at facility as possible. 1o this ?J>out Germany's marveloi . .. # . . tlon to war, her amazing the co-operation of parents must nessJof organization and givetfi If they will see to it that j ?wn duty to at least be tain hours are devoted to study more prepared than we i 1 nothing is allowed to Interfere attack. Tin* hoe onw olill/i h these study periods, they will eyer tQ wltneg8 the 'trage<J conferring a kindness upon the nott ue lg certainly dest! cher, no less than upon the child, lives to witness and partic: ducation as well as In any other battle of life. Now, obser lertaking, there is demand for very first element and fot , ... . . the German preparedness Lhodical work. If certain hours education of 99.5 per designated and the pupil is train- people. Here in South Ca to conform to these hours, much fourth of the voters coul re profitable will the study name8 on the club *"0 In Germany only one-half ome- cent of the people are In .Ve beg, moreover, that thorough- Think of that?25 per is become the desideratum, that a against a half of one pei ?r knowledge of a few subjects be there. Right here you h , 7. .. _ . , cret of Germany's astoi [ven for rather than a superficial clency as a nation. Her dency merely to cover a certain first of all educated and t! ,, .. 4i i . you can build other thlni trse. May the practical lessons, ..Send your chUdren tQ' necessary preparation for life Monday?all of them ol e the place of those branches keep them there regu Ich require oqual application yet them that you believe In t , 4 , ,. 4, , , in dead earnest, sustain e less return for the time and ef- of thG teachers and thus t expended. In this practical age out of the effort. For th< re is little use for those things and for the community Ich do not tend directlv towards most vital business goln lug pupils for life work. We The 0o^ani , A. ? . , . keen enough to see this a ;e, therefore, that first things be enough to act accordingly en first place and that the un- sit down and confess the essary be eliminated. The grad- inherently greater than o school system holds manv advnnt- ~ Remember, the real g Germany began when she s over other systems but the ten- deBtroy illiteracy and did icy towards "cramming" must be a half of one per cent. :chod lest the end for which that in South Carolina 2 grading was designed be hope- 8*!!! c?nfronts us. T^et up wiiii bo snamciui a nc ily frustrated. This by way of weakness." ning for the danger signals have + Ve assure all who are concerned + t teachers, pupils, trustees and pa- * FROM OTHEH IMl ns have our sincere interest. We t. . e the future welfare of the counstate and nation o nour heart and The Feast You Far id and we hope that the work now V ' ?a" 1 a' ..... . . tral.?-GafTney Ledger, inning may result in the greatest d to the greatest number. XVcI,t Hardjy ?"?I?7~ September is not the ( nmt it often starts o ? Charleston Post. AFTKK THE ELECTION, WHAT? Omnipresent. And the poor liquor with us always, even unto 'he legislature, at its last session, the world.?Anderson Mai sed a law prohibiting the manu ure and sale of liquor anywhere w We are now the second South Carolina; provided that a j,ip nation, and the war'i ority of the qualified electors see America first.?The S >d for the law at an election to leld this daw If the majority of . , Easily Jon fused ? , , And soon it will be han voters are in tavor of the law, gU|gh some straw hats fro state will automatically go dry leaves.?Anderson Intellii lie first day of January, 1916. and r that date it will be unlawful I<et Him Advertisi manufacture or sell liquor anv- 'he home merchant \ ... . .. . . ... * . the goods and go after tli re within the state. The only ex- as hp flhould (lo we d(J , Ion is the manufacture of alio- p00ple will leave home t for medicinal purposes under ex- Columbia or anywhere el ig laws. So that there will he ,cr News, need of additional legislation to Nobody is Surprls, y out the wishes of the \oters. **We regret to state tfia law lias already been passed con- been unable to find enoug mal on the people ratifying it to- indict any one for thi XJ. , i ..... moaned the Cohh conutv a II 111 I j 1111/11 it'll veil I Irrn 111 lilt? t " , , .. . .. Why all tlio tears, gentlen t.on today as it is generally con- ramo up tf> fh(l p?bHp.g Pv >d it will, under the provisions tat ion.?Henderson Gold I ie act, as soon as the result is de cd by the state hoard of canvass* Much the Same. the dispensary authorities are ?}r' Tfa,t thinks the ex ^ polftics from the questio cted to begin winding up the paredness is what is neec ous dispensaries throughout the is a sound proposition, e and no additional liquors are out politics would have e ordered after the result of the 011 the country as tl , of a cotton patch of the tion is declared. The new law Charlotte Observer. not affect dry counties, like caster, but only those counties Why Not Get Ilea* re dispensaries exist. Nor does J8, al>out time to prep; new law afTerf in anv wav the "t^ylng-down process ne in any way the pPace doe8 conH??f0r 8om uun-ii-iiioiii.li an, now in iorce. m gome old way, it is guei ch allows any one to order as will be eventually restoi b an a gallon a month of liquor munition-makers in th 4. 4 he on the alump, while tl n without the ?tate. , of thft and 8outh w|, f the local optionists or anti- top wave.?Augusta Chroi ilbitionists carry the election __ e will be no change in the state: TC'NfO'W PATN iffairg. Those counties which are ? _ r dry will remain so and those There's a paint-educatl ing dispensaries will continue to advertisement, e them. j Buy by the Job. not ga ^ by the paint put on; that'e >ur cotton farmers had better paint is A. ? . . ., ., ... i gallon; that can't be hi lize that the boll weevil will soon amonntl, to nothtng. i reality in South Carolina. They! The price of painting is now operating over a consider- day; that can't be hi e territory in Alabama and are amounts to noth'ne. inning to rank. their nww.r.nc.1 'y*? ^rnnn or"! Georgia. The only eucceesful way hnlf o1 y?t1P moni>T fight the pt-st i? to plant other nevoe. 10 gallons enoti lgs besides cotton and when they averaae lob; an average here they will find them-elves No,w r7ko? Vrt?r < , . . _ . . a dav for n gallon Devc hout anything to eat. This is an tht, othPr 15. Iltlonal reason for cutting o"t l>evo* about th ton. Don't wait until the weevil naint abopt $70 or $80; ipon you before you begin to pre- labor the bigger the ~ ?? ?v,? , li?, . alwavs that way. e to thwart him. 1 .. .. , ' .. _ . , But that s for the job. * I is it going to last? On Many people would rather swat |0nK a8 the other. Ir neighbors than the fly," says D > Henderson Oold Leaf. [^ncaaier Hardware C ia., jhHHHII . uouis 26,867.64 d enough, Net due from ^ f approved reserve bu8;?e?B agents In other rethe efforts 6erve cUles 10,476.66 iffij Net amount due from ?8if. 4 banks and bankers this is tne (other than included g ?n f.ro , in 9 or 10) 9,481.06 b have bee Other checks on banks nd ,r?8?.1Ut!! in the same city or "U8t town as reporting m a people b{Ulk 3,806.33 urselves. Outside checks and ? other cash items. . . . 8,208.68 !i.S. i,,.{_ Fractional currency nickVl!l els. and cents. 121.86 ,r Notes of other national 660.00 i nave none . . gleet and I Lawful T?"eyJn ro* I serve in bank: Total coin and certificates 10.016.55 Legal-tender notes 4,000.00 + Redemption fund with I'KKS. 4? U. S. Treasurer (not more than 5 per cent 4"M"Hi4'4,,l' on circulation) 2.500.00? i Do. aetbeneu-j Total $3 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN, STSoTSL E. M. Croxton, Cashier of above statement is true to the Subscribed and sworn to befc question is the end of CORRWT ATTBCT. r?i T P ? vya ?i iuui . v iinn. j. it." ?? ship-own- ???? s enrt may 3"$" jf* 1 to distinim autumn jcnrer. i { 17 A I I nil handle W+ / m, I 9 e business B .j B lot helleve $ ?*> -* JLA-JA o shop in se ?rhes-1 ^ greatest vali Ml ? await you at our s t we have t tions and have spc h evidence s crime," rail StOCK. rand Jury. ion? You erv eyppr- ! % Loaf. n' of""pro- ' * All the new styli Adweedfn" X l"''*'1'8 tllilt wU1 k thp aomn t le clearing *** w ? v ? ; - Wool eded?when Serges, Gabardi saedrt peaci V Stripes are all goo *d. Then t* plete line of these e East will he farmers JL 1 be on the T U!!i i LU rr. We have made j on in this t ment and have hi iiion. Buy > sellers already. T i the job. X . . J so much a Y workmanship and elped, bnt 4? # X winners. so much ax , ,, >iped. but > Make us a call a cn rou Y the right goods at >se perhaps Y "U"' igh for the % paint. 1 i?. ' lonnt la?,or D ? " 10 10 da) >r,. E I JT J %f% JL < o average o the dcaror ^ difference, M M How lo.ia 4% e twice as Y __ _. ,_, ^ The Store Tha KVOK A i 0 -,u 11 l NEWS, SEPTEMBER 14, 1915. MOST ; REPORfl zri FIRST N, L applied 00 *1 or nations at Lanca4}ter, in the State of 5 >tect them* many perhow much : - = -eparednees RESOURCES, oartanbnrc Loans and discounts. .. *206.014.88? 6 Total loans.. lmDortanoe n > ^ * _ | viciuiaiu, uawKurea ..... life in the U. S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation k lust now (par value) $50,000.00 ._ U. 8. Bonds pledged to ~ secure U. S. deposits thorough- (par value) 17,500.00? m?th?n? ToUl U- S" Bond8 something Bonds other than U. .8. ire against hondg pledged to Be_ i ? i. curG U. S. deposits. .$ 3,600.00 v of war or Securities other than U. 7 s- honds tnot includned, if h j gtOCkg) owned unP.li? S! pledged 8,937.61? VGj .. # Total bands, secruitles. etc indation of Subscription consists in to 8t?ck of cent of her Federal Reirolina one- serve bank $4,500.00 u Less amount ills in 1^14. unpaid 2.260.00 .. of one per 2,260.00? such case.1 cent Furniture and fixtures r cc"l ov Net amount due from Federal Reserve bank $ 4,000.00 oeoofe a Net *mount due ,rom people a approved reserve hen on that, aKents in New York. School next Chicago. end St. ' OF THE CONDITION OF THE ^ ATIONAL BANK , k>uth Carolina, at the close of business September 2nd, 1915. LIABILITIES. TTTTTTT Capital stock paid in.. 2 60,006.00 ' If.? Surplus fund 25,000.00 333.87 Total capital and surplus 2 75,000.00 Undivided profits 2 8,076.13 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 1,946.18 ,129.95 __ ~ Circulating notes 60,000.00 67.500.00 Dividends unpaid 8 24.00 Individual deposits subject to check 99,792.81 f1OPl \ Oa n f dannalf vv> VHIVWiVO ut due in less than 30 days 46,546.41 Cashier's checks out standing 618.34 12,437.61 United States deposits. . 16,060.00 Time deposits (payable after 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice): Certificates of deposit. . . 28.811.64 i Othef time deposits 29,991.40 219,833.60 2,260.00 Notes and bills rediscounted else3,471.30 where than at Federal Reserve bank 21,181.67 I a \ 80,137.46 i \ 72,146.02 j Total $372,146.02 County of Lancaster?ss. the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the best of my knowledge and belief. E. M. CROXTON, Cashier. n >re me this 9th dap of Sept. 1915. JOHN CRAWFORD, Notary Public. ). Jones, R. E. Wylie, W. F. Laney, Directors. NEW | r.nnnQ I ^ i Lies we have ever shown in Fall Goods Y A tore. We have made great prepara'nt a great deal of time selecting our ?|? SILKS I V es in Silks are shown here and at Y ike buying easy. Dress Goods Z f ines, Plaids, Cravanets and Fancy ?s> d for Fall and we are showing a com- V goods. Y AT SUITS | jreat preparation in our Suit Depart- X id to duplicate on some of our best X he Suits we are showing, taking style, X quality in consideration, are sure X nd have us prove to you that we have X the right price. X THE 1 . WYLIE I )MPANY | | it Always Shows Something New. X