Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m lift _j Slir itaiuaiUrr jtfruts ' y (SEMl-WKKKLV.) JUAN IT A WYLIE Kdltor j J. C. 8HEPAHD. . . Business Manager b Pl'BMSHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: I J Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The 8 Lancaster t Msblng Company, j t< successors to The Ledger, es- f, tablished 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, and en- P tered as second-class matter g Oct. 7. 1906, at tne postofllce at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act I of Congress of March 3, 1879. 1 u SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: f (In Advance.) P One Year $ 1.50 a Six Months 75c a I 1 M ltl KH I Mil l b * 1 COTTON' AND SEED SELL * HltiH. y + t? f With cotton selling for 12 c rents a |M>und an<l see<l bring- + ing 45 cents a bushel, we want to remind you that you can easily spare the price of 14 '' pounds of cotton or four bush- + il els of seed for your subscrip- + a tlon to The News. You do not sell either cotton + or see<l on credit and when you dispose of it you have the a CASH, and we are expecting? if our loyal readers to share with + j, us to the extent of paying up 4 their dues. 11 We are going to keep tab on those who jwiy up and see how el many folks really WANT to get + jfl the paper twice a week. + ... In 111111111 n ii 11 n 11?i iT fT _ SI C, Weather forecast for South Carollna: Partly cloudy and cooler hi Tuesday and Wednesday. hi TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER lis. I5>ir, lij Cotton would like to be king again, but keep him dethroned. + "Dollar days" are all right?If you *,'* "happen to have the dollar. + . : The night school needs more teachers. Who will volunteer? j + C? If you want to cut your fertilizer bill materially next year, sow crimson tj( clover this fall. .f Old General Prosperity, who has long been on his way hither, has at 0<) last arrived and is receiving a hearty ni welcome. ?. "> i nc "Now let South Carolina show ?( poor old Georgia what prohibition ^ means," suggests The Anderson Daily Mail. aj Lancaster needs that creamery and we hope that the farmers who would .^ contribute cream will make known ru that they wish it. ^ en "Sociability Tours" are all very 0,1 well but. trade excursionists will find that the people of Lancaster prefer s|) to buy at home. 1 _ bu de Along with other phases of com- ' ' munity work, help your paper by I) r contributing to it every local news item that occurs to vou. ai1 -! ; l;: The law-abiding people of Georgia '-1 should rally to the support of The e Augusta Chronicle, which is making 1,1 a brave fight against anarchy in that ,,r state. ?' If "misery loves com nan v." then ?I> the Palmetto State, which was so long afflicted with Cole Illease must nv be thankful that Georgia has had its ni: I Tom Wataon. of * t h Lancaster should be able to sup- pi port a good lyeeum course this win- ta ter. Other smaller towns enjoy the a benefits of good clean attractions. a Why not we? bf ? ' be Have you read all the ads in this -pj paper? We ask that you do so, believing that you will find it worth while. They tell you where to find - nt what you need to buy. ; ^ J " m It is all right to hold your cotton if thereby you do not hold off your aI eerditors. But where there are debts to be paid, it is wiser to market it promptly at present prices. ei + w Cotton is bringing a good price. ii We hope that those subscribers who are in arrears with this paper will p, come in and pay up. Olance at your o! label and you will see how you stand, st Are your exhibits ready for the fair? We should make Lhem represent the best that our homes, ^ farms, schools and factories afford And Lancaster is going to do this or we've missed our guess. | * Lancaster county is learning to * hve at home. Home made hog, B' fcomlnv, syren, wheat and foodstuffs re making our people more and more fndenendent of the outside world and ttterefore more happy and carefree, y | I | r *' : A WORD OK CAUTION. -K -! *s Mr It!"M-Mrlflrir!rlcv^S"!?i )?ici9Irhr}6{?} Irtel: M The present price of cotton may e the cause of aome of our farmers 1 oing wild next year and planting t mch more of it than they t tinuId. The reason of the rise is due 1 o the war in Europe, which so 1 rightened the farmers last year that 1 hey cut down tho acreage in cotton I hinting the extra land in gruin and < rasses. Another contributing fac- i or was that less fertilizers were f ,sed. A right beginning having al- * eady been made, it would be a pity 1 or the farmors to be fooled by the1 resent comparatively high prices ] nd get back into the same old ruts J gain. The present indications are > hat less than 12,000,000 bales will < e raised this year, but if another ( 6,000,000 bale crop is produced next r ear, as was done the past year, cot- j on will go back to six or seven I ents a pound. Now is the time to be 1 lanning for next year's operations, J nd the wise farmer will do like he j id this time last year, make up his i lind to put in this fall all the grain 1 nd hay crops possible and then * lant what land is left in cotton. He f hould also make up his mind to use i minimum amount of fertilizers and 1 possible contract no debts, or if * e is obliged to go in debt on the a ext crop, to make it as little as pos- t ible. If this plan is carried into s (Tect for two or three years, there ^ nr?f n (ormor in T ? ? ?? ? ,.vv u >M. >MVI 111 uuuvaoLCt tuuiiiy j, ho will not be out of debt and a q ee man. The fact Is In some re- a iccts cotton has been a curse to the ? outhern farmers. It has caused im to impoverish his land and put a Imself almost hopelessly in debt, si ow that he is beginning to see day- e' Cl ght, it would be a pity for him to () ander hack into darkness again. a + ir ri ont ( II IMItRK OF com. MKKCK. * st I p One of the best assets Lancaster al is to boast of is its Chamber of vt inimerce. It has done a vast nount of good since its organiza- Jj in. It has been the means of bring- n, g our business men together at the e: fferent meetings of the board of P' ivernors. with the result that at ch meeting they have learned ore and more about each other and bi und out that after all there was p< >t a man among them who was not, heart, a very good sort of fel w. Asme irom the social features, has been the means of helping li ong many good things in the coun- 8> Its wide-awake secretary, Mr. ^ lison, has been the means of bring- jM g the people of the town and the at ral communities together. He has fr eon raged the farmers to make his i( flee their headquarters and has J*! ways gone into the country to in eak whenever he has been invited, ei 2 lias shown both farmer and ai isiness man their mutual depennee and has helped bring them to- p ther by holding a number of cele- ie ations for the good of the town ei id county. Every "big day" in .master is worthy o! the name for e people llock hither in large num- U] rs, knowing that there is some pi ing in store for them. They take ide in the permanent improveputs the county seat has made just jj the town people glory in the devei- gi ment of the county. cl Then, too, the Chamber 01 Com- pi erce furnishes to outsiders reading tc atter descriptive of the advantages w this section. It is furthermore, jj e medium through which our peo- f( e are furnished with helnful enter- ? inment of many sorts. Without it o county fair, a spring fashion week, a Home Coming, would never have ;en possible, nor could our several tl joster trips have been so successful. f< he splendid line of publicity it has ven us, the fine spirit of co-opera- jj on, the organized means it fur- 0 shes for taking hold of many good p lings, make the Chamber of Com- e erce invaluable. May It live long ? id prosper. j( + a a Again we rise to inquire when, if n /e,T, will Main street be swept and p hen also will the other streets of ancaster be cleaned ofT? A long- " ifTering public has the right to ex- v act some improvement after weeks t f "watchful waiting," but the e treats are going from bad to worse. ? T t The "Booster Edition" of The fl raenwood Index is an attractive * wty page issue, publsbed In the In- * ;rest of the Piedmont fair. Green- t rood is a rood town in a rood sec- v on and The Greenwood Index Is a 8 eekly paper second to none in the J tate. e * ! i Are you boosting the county fa'r? [ L is worth bonstlnr an A tha offn" ou pat forth will do 70a good. j i rrrrc Lancaster nt:wr. g -i-i-i-i -i-1?i?i?;?i?i?i it : z ^ ei SOMK PAST HISTORY. -K r? " 5K | li The following from The Klchmoiid el Evening Journal should be read ]by svery one who. Is heartily in fa^or.ifi >f seeing the state-wide prohibition j (l aw, which goes into effect January ! S) I it, next, strictly enforced. While jt rhe Journal is an enemy to jirohi- ; t| )itlon, honestly believing that it i r( :>innoi oe eniorcea, yei 11 nas given ^ nuch food for thought in what it sets jj orth as to the past history of South j C| Carolina in its treatment of the'g. iquor traffic. Says The Journal: I ^ "South Carolina prohibitionists at h ast have won a victory out of which Senator Tillman tricked them ;wenty-two years ago. In 1890, " vhen the present senator first gain- u 5d control and practical possession,) >f the state, it was about three- 4 ourths 'dry* under local option. 4 rhere were no saloons except in the 4 dties and larger towns. The prohi- ^ lition issue was made and an ar- 4 angement something like what we, lad here in Virginia last year was jffected. At a very exciting general jrimary, a separate box was placed a it each precinct in which to vote * or or against prohibition. Many of v he people were so engrossed in thej Tillman fight that they neglected this' (xtra box, but prohibition won by a' najority of 4 0,000. Senator Till- n nan, then governor, practically al gnored the prohibitionsists He( vi vas king and could do as he liked, ind he whipped them to heel. He lecame Infatuated with the dispenary idea, which has been adopted if iv thn ritv nf Alhnnn fin Ho i-rool. m (1 and established the state dispen-, iu ary with supply and executive head-; uarters at the capital of the state nd branches in every important1 own and city. Some of the prohi- to itionists became so enthusiastic over d? hat Tillman scheme that they aetu-, pr lly accepted employment as dispen-; ers. Men who had worked and VOtd for prohibition, including a few lergymen, took jobs to sell whiskey wi ver the counter, in packages from go half pint up, and on pretext of fight- hii ig the blind tigers, catered carefully iui > local tastes for intoxicants. The ay depended on the sales. "The dispensary began in riot and rife and bloodshed, attended with do roclamations to martial law, mut- na< iv of part of the militia and mob- !><> i/.ation of all the rest, with raids ad invasions mil searches of priato dwellings by armed ruffians nnmissioned as dispensary constales. On one occasion, at least, the br ml room of a prominent gentlewo- so inn of Charleston was invaded ana foi cplored by these Tinman agents in of retended search for illicit liquor, eginning thus, the state dispensary onn(i up as a state institution, in an rgy of corruption and scandal as to id as any that developed under car- sei et bag, scallaway cornfield negro an lie in the Reconstruction period. tU< was proved that the state not only scl illed and persecuted citizens to es- I.?e tblish for herself a monopoly of the quor business, but that she had vindled and poisoned her enforced istomers.' The whiskey sold from so ic state dispensary to the local dis- thi ?nsary and by them to consumers, pr high prices, had been watered wi eely and doctored with concentrat- an 1 lye to give it 'age' and 'beed.' The tin rofits were enormous and a largo Yc irt of them was stolen. Men are liv- \wl ig in South Carolina today at ease soi ljoying fortunes fished from state mi id people through the whiskey busi- wi ?88 "The state dispensary was abolish1 and counties and citizens were ft to decide, by local option, wheth they should have dispensaries. ^al ix counties of the forty-five voted ru >r and established official saloons, no ic profits going into the local treas- w' ries. The counties which voted for P? rohibition proceeded to ignore the rv. They had blind tigers on a l>? ale never known elsewhere, men ^e ho imported from other states, a" mior bv the car InnH anil Iront oods in warehouses. Broken down n-horn gamblers and petty mordants made money hand over (1st W| nd blossomed out with the finest an- 'ia tmobiles money could buy. There aP as strong suspicion in some coun- *1'' es thai local officials and blind eu gers formed secret political rings su ?r mutual protection and advantage ')l] nd divided profits. Anyhow officers 0,1 f the law on small salaries became w< ffluent and financially comfortable Pf uddenly and mysteriously. In harleston, the dispensaries and Igers operated peacefully and comartably cheek by Jowl; the blind, Igers practically open saloons, sup-i lying the night mixed drink trade, h* he dispensaries attending to the te riglnal package end. The state dis- ut ensary had supplied anything call- is d for from the finest champagne, 1? laret and liquors to the commonest c'r nd hottest corn whiskey, and the ut ocal disDensaries followed the or- ta mple. Grand Juries, in Charleston th t least, refused to indict even when ftlclals made bluffs at arresting and a rosecutlng. | tl: "The net effect of the vote for pro-. ? ilbition last Tuesday will be to close; he dispensaries in the six counties) fhioh have them. Judging by. hisory and by the style of liquor law 8* nforoement that has prevailed in rf louth Carolina since me u'ti- w nate effect will be that the blind lgers and conniving officials will tl lourlsh more abundantly than ever ?' efore and that everybody who lias hi he slightest knowledge of the ropes vill get all the liquor there is cash f* o pay for. Governor Manning, while ?< lit ft nrnhh'tlnnlal hoa i>nn??<mina rt ind courage. He has tried hard to 01 nforoe the lawn and by doing ao has P ncurred a gr*at deal of unpopularity| ind lost some friends and strong sup-; >ort. If we may base predictions on >ast performances It la not unllkply ro h?t he will be defeated for re-elecIon and that having voted enthue- tt aatlcally for prohibition, South Oaro- II' IKPTKMBKR 28, 1915. nn, with equal onthusuibiu. wll lect next year, a governor wlio will ;fraln carefully from enforcing tht iv and from interference with thi roflts or the pleasures of an enlight ned citizenship." 4 Mr., Mrs. or Miss Subscriber, who > in arrears, did you ever Bee an al i this papier that caused you to sav< jmething? Did you ever see a newt em that gave you the very inform* ion that you wanted? Did you evei Bad an article in it that gave yoi een pleasure, or one that put yoi i the way of a day of pleasant asso iations Truthfully you must an wer "yes" to all of these questions nd you'll admit way down in youi eart that you have gotten the wortT r all that the paper costs So, com< i as soon as possible and bant s what you owe on the paper. + i unn n mn minimi 4 FROM OTHER PAPERS. 4 4 Heaven ForbUl. Such nights as we are now having re apt to make poets out of met ho ordinarily are sersible ?Green i lie News. It uil Depends. Of course, if you want the bus! ess and have energy enough to gc Iter It, you will get it, if you ad' grtise.?Spartanburg Herald. Nothing New. Villa threatens anarchy in Mexicc Carranza is recognized. Whaddyc ean. Anarchy??Greenville Piedont. The ls>ng and the Short of It. Compare last fall with this. Time get busy. Cotton is rising every ly. The crop will be Bhort but the ice is long.?Greenwood Index. Scheduled to Arrive. Another nld-fsiHliimiPil nooi u'hn 11 soon be with us is the bore who es around bragging that he takes b cold plunge every winter mornit.?The State. A (iiiihI Time to llegin. It's a mighty good time to begin bt paying. As long as you owe mey and have a dollar in your cket it belongs to somebody else Edgefield Advertiser. Have You? Glad you think this is a good town, other. Have you told any one else this week? Once the habit 18 rined it comes easy and does a lot good, you know.?Greer Observer. In the Infant Class. The man who gads about seeking fill up business hours with nonnsical talk and stale jests to the novance of busy DeoDle is still in e infant class of the world's great liool of progress.?Henderson Gold af. Needed Changes. Keep your mind on the matter of changing the method of farming at you can grow Into the habit of oducing at home the things that 11 make the farm self-sustaining d have the opportunity of holding e surplus cotton for better prices. >u can't do that when you owe the lole amount of the crop to the peril who has been kind enough to ike the advances to you to farm tli.?Kershaw Krn. Keep Wheat Money at Home. Wheat planting time will soon be re again. We hope, now that the rmers of the county have once ised wheat, that the practice will t bo discontinued. No matter lat price cotton may bring, the ople should raise at home all the ur and meat and everything else ssible that they consume. Kefs ep our wheat money at home hereter.?Bamberg Herald. What Counts in Advertising. .lust as the constant drinninsr of iter will in time wear away the rdest stone, so will the constant pearance of an attractive and jur-iously placed advertisement draw stomors, increase business and asre success One trouble with many isiness men is that they advertise ily at long intervals, and then they inder results are not greater. It is irsistence, backed by the goods, at counts.?Orangeburg Times ani miocrat. Cheer Up. Hard times? Whaddaye mean, ird times? Cotton is more than n cents a pound, it cost less than lual to produce the crop. Money plentiful, and there are men offer* g to loan it at six. per cent. "Side" ops were more plentiful than lual. The fruit crop and the vcgeble cfop were good. The spirit 01 10 people is optimistic. The nation at peace. The state Is enjoying political rest. In truth, this is nc me for an extenuated physiognomy -Greenville News. Answer These Questions. Who gets the best end of thi lopping game?the person whc >ads the advertisements pr the oiu ho does not? Who gets the most for the money ie one who buys without method id without thought, or the one whr iiys with discrimination. Who gets the cream of the thought 11 buyer's purse, the merchant whr iveruaea in in* ioni pappr insi r ?ad In the home* of the commnnltv p the merchant who refnaee to ua< rioter's Ink??Salisbury Post. W'll Hrvo HIn Rewnrd. Jedplng from some of the hot com lun'catlons Mull Olenn Is nrintlrtferv fow dava In his paner he mn* I'nk by now that Oen. Sherman hat over tried running * newspapei I A^A A^A A^A A^4 J^A A^A A^k J^A A^A A^A -A.^11 l^r T^V ^r ^ > If you earn $10,000 a yea ffall behind. If you earn ten of it you will get ahead?an so. Let your money grow. ( We will pay you 4 per cei ' JL put in our bank and compo Y |? months. I The First N; A ..... ,.J ou ual IV ill 11II1HH. ur. King's Now Life Pills go straight to the root of the difficulty by waking up the action of the liver and increasing the bile. Dr. King's New Life Pills cause the bowels to act more freely and drive away those "moody days." 25c a bottle. 1 AT* ATA aTA ATA ATA I NEW SH | LAC | SUI | SKII f AI I WAI t ! f See the new shipment of La ^ are beauties, and are most ( JL selling. Prices j New style in Ladies' Skirts. ; j ^ styles in all the wanted : a reach of every one ( ^ ^ New shipment of Waists in J ^ wanted materials. Prices | COLLAR AN1 I \ We will show today positiv C in Collar and Cuff Sets, > plaids, most moderately p J.T.W I . . , The Store That Always ni ir and spend $11,000 you will & dollars a week and save part jr d there is no other way to do i ? ^ it interest on the money you V und the interest every three A !* > ational Bank ? x Y UNITED STATE Y LANCAS' Y ! , when he made his famous remarks. ?York News. And you've probably noticed also. Brother o' Mine, that an editor can pass his days shouting himself hoarse for the good of the community and humanity in general?urging on the people those things that will lift us up out of bondage of moral depravity, ignorance, bad government, rotten economic conditions, etc etc.?aim receive rarely, if ever, one single word of encouragement. And yet the very instant someone sees something in the paper which he imagines does not set well with him?zam, bat, swash, hlam, slam, swat, wham, whack reverberates the lusty kicks on the poor editor's carcass. But it'ft nil In o .. ? ... u ...v UUIC lllllMMJ, Health and Happiness Depend 1'|k>ii Your lilver. That sluggish river with its sluggish flow of bile is what makes tho afnrl/l I^aI/ '!?-! * * rx rER, s. c. J and when we editor gets his "Thirty" here below and hikes off for Gloryland bright will be his crown with stars, and brighter still for having striven to do his duty in spite of odds.?Anderson Intelligencer. Hpaint now If you ought to have painted las* year and waited, how much do you think you made? You'll buy an extra gallon this year. There's $5 or $6 for paint and labor. You think you won't, but you will; you can't stretch paint. It is always so; the longer you i wait, the more paint and wages. Besides what paint Is for. What Is it for? DEVOE Lancaster Hardware Co., sells It. Whenever You Need a General Toole Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a | General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propertiesof QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. SO cents. IPMENT I o k. w rt a UtS' I ITS 1 RTS | MD STS I ? ? V idies' and Misses' Suits, they & ; moderately priced for quick $11.50 to $23.50 X We are showing the correct materials and at prices in X $2.25 to $6.50 X the best style and all the 4, . ..$1.00, $2.00 and $2.75 X ) CUFF SETS! ely the newest styles shown made of stripes, dots and riced at 50c v ylie Co. I Shows Something New. 6^fe. . ^ ..,. iiaOft