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(HKM1-WBRKLY.) * "MOVIE" CENSC
JUAN IT A WYIilE Editor "
J. C. SHEl'AUI) . Business Manager While the majority <
ii.11 ? i pictures shown on th<
PCBMSIlBTHS* ANNOUNCEMENT: L*nca8ter are Uot
Publtilled Tuesdays and Frl- ... ' .
days at tin caster, 8. C.. by The of them ******
Lancaster Publishing Company, ! catlonal value, others
successors, to The Ledger, ee- ! such a character as pi
tabllshe^ 1852: The Rwrkm. | hl5lted. By . what,*
establish**) 1878: The Enter- '
prise, established 1891, and en- National Board of <*
tered pa second-class matter Its ealstence, or who c
Oct. 7, 1905. at the postofflce board, we have never
m\ ^Df*ter- 8. C? under Act ascprtain> butwe d(
of Congress of dor oh 8, 1179. . ., .
7\r, ? ?| many pictures which i
SUBSCRIPTION PRIOR: the stamp of their app
1 <In Advance.) j the sort of pictures v
Jra-i elevate those who see I
Six Months 75e
. i not belong to that clasi
1* LEASE TAKE NOTICE. condemn all "morality"
Hencoforth all obituaries. plays, for we know th
cards Of;thanks, lodge notice^ have se8n the thought!
notices of all public affairs
charging admission, citations. tention that hundrei
executors' notices, notices of have given them. We
discharge, etc., will be charged photoplay, "The Hypoci
for at the legal rate. wh!ch Mtch a storm of
Tliero has been some uncer- , , ? ,
tainty in the minds of our 'sed in Columbia
friends as to what news really strong appeal for clear
is. The Items mentioned above ; and a plea for truth an
are not news Items, nor can we aI1 lhe relatlon8 of lif
accept such items for publicstion
except as advertising. we condemn those
???-?r? ? which though often tri
Weather^ forecast for South Caro- sequential, are neveri
lina: Lo?^il showers Tuesday: Wed-j le88 and clean And>
nesday faifr, somewhat lower teni-; ,, .
perature.T? v.' sonally do not care
'?? | those In humorous ve;
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER HI, 1015. not condemn any who
?- ~ ment in the pictures In
Are you boosting the fair If not, peal to mirth is legitln
get busy. from vulgarity. In otb
? :? are not asking for "hig
"He kept us out of war," has been sentations nor criticisii
suggested as a good national Demo- taste but are rather u
cratlc war cry for 1916. censorship which will
people from the gross,
Every live town has many boost-j or even the indelicate.
ers. People who find a place good 1 citizens elsewhere have
to live in like to tell others about it. board of censors a gre
+ in securing clean pictui
Don't throw this paper asid<* until triune may not he frequ
you have learned from our advertis- ed by improper pictures
ers where to find tlio poods you wan* we have had no more si
to buy. here than have other to
? contention is that certa
The old-fashioned mosquito at able features have occai
least gave warning nr Tts presence. seen here in the past,
but the newer variety does not sing. An(j what protecrto
It noiselessly approaches its victim , hildren and what warr
and gets right down to business with- rent8 that there will no
out ceremony. rence of pictures which
* tive of things which chil
Your choice of reading matter is . as (.an we? aftor(
an index to your character. Rooks We are nQt cen8urlng
worth while make men and women. ment Qf elther Qf the {
who count for something and good but arfi mere,y 8UKKea(
literature is easily accessible if there v|sablllty of a loca, boa
is the desire for it ahip for their own prote
You may not like this town and as for the *ood thel1
there's a possibility also that this
town may not like you. Had you
ever thought of that? Your own at- rF THE GOVERNOR A
titude may be responsible for the at- TRATOR.
titude of vour fellow citizens *'*
We suggest that the Civie League j Governor Manning, ii
plan for curb market to be opened strike of the employes i
next spring. The need of such a railway company of Cc
market has long been felt by the played tact, commonseni
housekeepers of Lancaster, who will sire to bring about good
help themselves and the farmers as Manning did not consii
well, if they inaugurate a market. to force, but quietly, tin
+ ly, effectively, settled th
We were much gratified to receive that existed between the
for publication last Friday, several to the controversy. He <
news letters from various sections of has doubtless won, the
the county. Why can't we have as all concerned. In this
many in every issue of The News? instances, the governor
By sending In communications you a sincere desire to set
are not only helping us but are also served the people of hi
boosting your community. 7,<al and tactfulness.
'airness and his honest]
The University of South Carolina cannot be questioned
is increasing its usefulness by adding critics. Mr. Manning
the extension feature, by means of governor merely of his f
which other state institutions have )u, governor of any one
been of incalculable service to S iuili tion. He is the govern
Carolinians. The university Is to he the pe0ple of South Car
congratulated upon taking this fo- interests he has pledge.
ward step. promote. And right w<
filling that pledge.
Main street could be kept neat and
clean if the -town authorities had
. i . ! .ii. *? e recommend for
enough pride in the town to insist ,
? . . . , Lancaster the requii
upon ft. Ry day we are ashamed of , . * .
. . . . . , washerwomen obtain li
its appearance and by night also, we ,
.. ,, . . - . least that they hand in s
regret to see the lights of our beau- , ,
, , .. . . their names and patron
tiful white wav shed upon the accu- . ,
, ?... . pot only he a safeguard
mulation of filth. No effort is made _ .
~~. _ . or those whose clothes
to remove the debris. .. ,
^ many unsanitary pla
To the end that ilTl^ri^ be ban- Sundered, but will ltk,
ished from the state let Lancaster an i,"'en,ive to tlu' was
county have more night schools. maKe thpir homes fit pla
Every school district shonld have Its '? carr>' these clothes,
"moonlight" school and every school rft?'9tration of washe
district will wtien the men and wo- been ad?Pted in Green
men of Lancaster county resolve to :her progressive Caro
organize them. The exam*'* of this hPre the good effects
school district should be an incentive observed. Lancaster n
to others. I the good w
x | 'own request the con
The children's playground b'ds It
fair to he ?"">?1nr rocrea- 4
t'on place fo^ the school chtlrtrcn There should be no 1
who last spring found it much to work for a public libra
their liking. While we are working citizens generally wouli
towards sunervised oiav. which w'll interest which the work 1
provide a paid director for her who1? Uttle nucleus of books
t'me, will not seme lover of little grow Into a large lib
children vo1"nt?er to teach t^em would require a borne
games or tell them stories st c?r- Tta's Important matter si
tain hours? We anneal in behalf of to more people than t<
fun-loving childhood. Let's t?a?h handful of faithful womt
the chl1d"?n of T,so^?.t?r how to seem to take that lntt
play as happily as possible , should be felt by every
1,
T1IK LANCASTER NEWS,
innmn i mum
+
IRSHIP. . * FROM OTHER PAPERS. +
. himimihimimiiiiiiiii
of the motion Nor is Fall.
t screens in Win-tsh ts nawthing like this.?1
objectionable. Charleston Post. - \
i decided ?du- j { y i>o R Kon. ? t
have been of, Be "a Booster* * Don't prooftstihe?Jd
be pro- , nate.-^Oreenville Piedmont. ">*
nXhorl*r.. j 7* ** Place like Horn*." V
nBorshlp has Bat alter all. Dr. Dumbs, there**
onstitute that j no place like home.?News audi
been able to! Courier.
0 know that j . ? ' f
h.,' lietyChange Their ifixpMasiou. *
claim to bear.j ThO blind Tigers are wearing the
roval, are not smile that won't come alt.?'The
rhich tend to < State.
them. We do: '* i
. I y Asks the Reason. -X~
? which would | Jf tp ^ell a drlnk jg a crime, why
or "problem shouldn't It be made a crime to .take
elr value khq one??News and Courier.
ul. earnest at- l ?
. - There's a Reason.
^ No'Wonder the politicians can't
1 consider the understand Manning. He's actually
rites." against trying to keep the pledges he mado protest
was before election.?The State< 7 " /(
last week, a ? ,, , _ '*
...... But One Main Issne.
i. rieht liviue _ .... .
- - iue siaie campaign ne*i summer
id sincerity in will have but a single issue?Mlo the
i. Nor would people of South Carolina want a l?wsimpler
plays governor for two year?'
. , more??Sumter Watchman and
te and incon- Southron.
theless harm
vhile we per- They Know the Evil,
for many of A goodly portion of the pro-prohl- >|
bltion vote in Richland is said to
* e ou have come from former dispensary
find amuse- employes working against the sys-1
which the ap-' tem.?Columbia Record.
aate and free .
er words we Henry" Ford's Example.
' A successful business man must
:h brow" pre- not oniy a successful advertiser
lg the public but must make for himself the repurging
a local tation of being a successful advernrntect
our User. Henry Ford has made such
Ji . a reputation in this respect that the
the immoral country has learned to await his
Thoughtful business announcements with more
found a local than passing interest.?Henderson
>at safeguard Gold Leaf. ,
res. Lancas- Why. Verily?
lently offend- W<- presumed that when the people
and probably of this school district voted compuitch
presented sorp " education upon the district. S
wns hut our ''le-v did so because it was felt that ? \
certain percentage of the population
in objection- ,.are(j little for the education of their
Blonally been > r-spr'nr. and that it was the duly
of the officers of the district to make
n have little ',0'1 rfiK?'al,0hs ?? would guarantee
these children an education. If
ant na\e pa- t;ie school trustees of the district ex- I
t be a recur- pectcd to surrender their own judg- a
are sugges- ment for the judgment of these pa- y
dren. as well ronts in matters affecting the inter- I
est of these children, why have com- I
n uvi iu t)ulsory education at all??Abbeville fl
the manage- Medium. H
ocal theatres
ting the ad- County Fnirs.
rrt Of connor- The county agricultural fair is, at
least nominally, held for the upbuildctlon
as well ing Qf agriculture and to lead up to
* patrons. such ideals as will elevate. Inspire,
educate, and broaden the thought
and activities of the rural people. ,
There is a decided tendency among,
,S A RBI- :f- the promoters of many county fairs
# to make them what they should be ?
truly agricultural.
A good fair is one that entertains
and educates. It must do both. It 1
1 ending the 8hould be an agricultural exhlbi- 8
of the street tlon essentially; also fundamentally *
ilumbia, dis- useful to the intelligent, practical c
Be and a de- farmers and their families. It may x
f .. ,. also be made entertaining in the v
ee ng. Air. highest sense. People will attend a ^
ler a resort fajr jf there is anything Interesting I
iderstanding- and beneficial worth going to see. 1
e differences T*ie county fair offers the mass of t
> two nrntino farmers in a district one of the best e
s means of useful instruction, in6piraieserves.
and tion. and entertainment.?Rock Hill
good-will of Record.
as in other ^
has shown "|f Vour Xe!ffbwr Se'lM it?"
Ask yourself this question: I
"ve and has ^ you 8hall be on the jury and
s state with your white neighbor be proved guilty A
His love of of violating the liquor law. are you
v of purpose K?'n8 to vo,e to send him to the A
, . , . chaingatig. to the everlasting dtseven
b> his grar.G 0f himself, his wife and his 1
is not the littlo girls and boys.
riends nor is If you are going so to vote as a A
political fac- juryman, then you are in truth a proof
nit of hibitionist. 1
' Or are you in favor of sending only
olina, whose nGgro liquor sellers to the chain- A
1 himself to gang and allowing white men to
ill is he ful- "pay out?" (
Are you, who voted last Tuesday
for prohibition, going to support in A
the primary only those candidates
adontion in for governor sherifr a no timed at rat a f
ement that w*ho will enforce the prohibition
. law? If so, vou cast an honest 1
censes or at baJlot
tatements of RUt jf you are going to vote for t
s. Thir will officers who will take care of their
to the health friends and protect them when they 1
, t violate the prohibition law. then yon
' would hurt prohibition no more if 1
ces to be you went jnto the blind tiger busi->
ewlse act as ness.?The State. J
herwomen to . r !
ices to which _. , . . J
i The election to decide whether or
The plan of not t^jg atate ghall have a state-wide I
rwomen has prohibition law carried In the affirmville
and in ative Tuesday. That the state will I
illna towns have etate-wide prohibition in fact
. ' has not yet been decided. That it *
i nave t>een wm hav0 lt immediately is not to be
eeds such a expected, as many obstacles are yet j
omen of the to be overcome. In tome of the tlf-,
incil to pass 1060 counties that have had the dls- pensary
heretofore it is to be ex-1
! pected that sentiment in favor of en-,
??- forcing the laws will not be as strong'
et-up in the ** in those counties that do not have b
if our th6m now- 1? countjes of small?
k ?. er towns, it may be possible to have t
l show that effective enforcement oT the laws p
deserves, the from the very first and certainly the j
would soon hffht to clean them out will be easier
rarr whirh than tn 1116 counties of larger Cities. a
. such as Richland and Charleston. v
or its own. rj,he prohibition fight In Kanrss, it
lould appeal must be romembered, was not won ft
9 the mere when the laws were enacted, hut like
,n woo alone South Carolina will have to do. lt a
mat htld 10 make a grinding fight for
many years before the state became
cftlseo. I fairly clear of the liquor traffic. We*
SEPTEMBER 21, 1915.
REPORT OF T1
FIRST NAT
rit Lancaster, in the State of South (
7 - a
r I k ?.? ?. .
, r - - ' fwi; >' .. ... T?XI
v I RESOURCES.
Loans aauL discount*... . $206,014.88
Total loon*i . . $208,014.8
Overdrafts, unsecured 33$.fl
*U. S. Bonds,deposited to
secure ^circulation
v (par value) $ 50,000.00
V'U. S. .ponds pledged to
r' secuVe U. S. deposits
(par value).. 17?S4MMM>
' Tothl U. S. Bonds 67,500.(1
Bonds other than U. S.
bonds pledged to se
cure IJ. S. deposits. .$ 3,600.00
"Securities other than U.
Sp bonds ^ not includ*
ipg stocks) owned unpledged
8,937.61
Total bands, secruitles. etc 12.487.E
Subscription
to stock of
Federal Re- ,
?. serve bank $4,500.00
'Less amount
unpaid .... 2.250.00
.>= 2,250.00
2.250.C
Furniture and fixtures 3,471.3
Net amount due from
Federal Reserve bank $ 4,000.00
Net amount due from
approved reserve
agents in New York,
Chicago, and St.
t Louis 26,867.64
Nat amount due from
approved reserve
agents In other reserve
cities 10,476.66
Net amount due f'om
banks and bankers
(other than included
in 0 or 10) 9,481.06
Other checks on banks
in the same city or
town as reporting
bank 3,806.33
Outside checks and
other cash items. . . . 8,208.58
Fractional currency nickels.
and cents 121.85
Notes of other national
banks. 660.00
Lawful money In reserve
in hank:
Total coin and certificates
10.016.65
Legal-tender notes 4,000.00
Redemption fund with
U. S. Treasurer (not
more than 5 per cent
on circulation) 2,500.00
80.137.4?
Total $372,145.01
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Coun
I, E. M. Croxton, Cashier of the abo
above statement is trile to the best of
Subscribed and sworn to before me t
CORRECT?ATTEST: Chas. D. Jones
uust go after them in all sections,
ilthough we may expect a long fight C! J ^
jofore we win In the big cities. The J
>ne big fight which must be won
vill be in the primary next summer,
vhen the whiskey element will
loubtless have a ticket In the field.
f they do an uncompromising fight
uust be made and no flirting with ___________
>oth sideB must be tolerated.?Laurns
Advertiser.
THE IiITTI,E BRANCH ROAD. *
J
fou are jolted along on the little
branch road ?
Iv a train hardly able to pull its JL
load; V
md you fuss and you fidget and wish ^
you were there, H
ind you scold the conductor and X $
muss your hair, J|
'ill all of a sudden she slows for a 4%
bit X
ind you know that the broad main V w
line you've hit, ?IUS1
'here's a different motion, a differ- I 1 _
ent pull, V anJ Q
uid your heart is beginning to bub- 4%
bie run i*
)f hope and oourago and faith and t 11011 C
cheer. y ?
tnd you're ready to ride to the end ^ 1X13.00
of the sphere. j
)h, the little branch road of life's the n
same? ?*!? 11
fou jolt and jostle and the world ? I
seems tame. ^ QUICK
t narrow perspective, and such a A *
fate T
"o be way back somewhere so out of
* date,
rill suddenly things take a different JL
hitch j \
tnd you know you have come to the
central switch, X
^nd' you're 'koine to run on the Y
great in aln line,
Vnd things aye beginning to look so I^P
fine. Y ? |\
Iroader and brighter and sweeter for
yon*? J J " ?
Vnd you want to 'get up and shake 1
hands with crew. Y
-3 ?Bed* town Bard. A
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OTTftTTT TO PATIW ^
I ourht lo hare pelnted1 1aat year, n .
ut 1 hated to pay $2 a^galloo. T^Pft fr
I've yet to paint $hls yeari it'll O
aire d litMo mord paint; I suppose 1 A f'-..! _
'alton In 10; and 'a little more work, % III?!. &
suppose 1 day ta 10. ^
My Job would haWe coot last year A w
bout *50; i( is going to doat this Z B
ear $65. Y I
$5 gone., i suppose it'll be the A l^r
am? aga n, If I wait again. 4
What If paint gois down to $1.76 Y
gallonf $$.60 on the job! & The StO
I shan't wa^t; what a fool I was! X
DT5VOH V
Lancaster Hardware Co. sell it. vVvVV
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HE CONDITION OF THE
I0NAL BANK
Carolina, at the cloee of business September
nd, 1915.
1 f - ?
... LIABILITIES. ' *
,o ' Capital stock paid in..$ 60.eeo.00
? * Surplus fund. . ...... 25,000.00? ~r? v,'
Total capital and surplus.* w. ...$ 75,000.00
Undivided proflts. . ....$ 8,076.13
Less current expenses, * '
interest, and taxes
'paid.:. . ...... 1,945.18 . ?. i i
_ 8,129.96. .
.q Circulating notes. , 50,000.00
,1. Dividends unpaid 8 24.00 -.vu
Individual deposits subject
to check 99,792.81
ru.ltfl a _-a j * '
I voniiinm 01 deposit , ' -
due in less than 30
days.. 46,545.41
Cashier's checks outstanding
618.34
11 United States deposits. . 15,060.00
Time deposits (payable
after 30 days, or subJect
to 30 days or
more notice):
Certificates of deposit. . . 28.811.54
Other time deposits 29,991.40
^ ! 219,833.60
I? Notes and bills redlscounted else,0
where than at Federal Reserve
bank 21,181.57
5 Total I372.14C.02
ty of Lancaster?ss.
ve-named bank, do solemnly swear that the I
my knowledge and belief.
E. M. CROXTON, Cashier,
his 9th dap of Sept. 1915.
JOHN CRAWFORD, Notary Public.
, R. E. Wylie, W. F. Laney, Directors.
four Job Work To The News
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?.NEW... |
DRESSES I
T
t received shipment of Serge |
erge and Taffeta combina- ' *
Iresses. These dresses are
in the latest fall styles and X
most moderately priced for %
selling.
( $ 5.75 f
.pes. * 7 75 | "
) $ 9.50 | 1
I t11 CA %
\ x i.uu
iese dresses quick and get the X
election. ?
T. Wylie Co. |
re That Always Shows Something New. %