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r 26 ATa ATA *TA ATA ATA ATA ATA ATA A^A ATA ATA J ^ ^ "y - . X ^ * a 1 II " x Y Y | t | f | !| B J I I I f\UR BIT i | enables i ! i rw^wc Am i I and I I f I t + t + f | + - - + f + T * t i T * v + X * DIXIE. + * <1111 1H1III I 1 II I 111 III I II By Dr. Frank Crane. "Dixie" is the best liked tune in "the United States. Audiences that remain apathetic through infinite rag-time and sentimental airs will applauded when the band plays the Southern classic. It doesn't seem to make any difference whether people are from Dixie land or not. Northerners, New Englanders, Westerners somehow seem to warm up as respon ! sively as one bred In old Kentucky when the lively strains of the inimit iiuie meiouy negm. When it comes to striking the bull's eye of sentiment "Annie Laurie," the "Last Hose of Summer," and even "Home, Sweet Home" are distinctly outclassed. "Dixie" is hors concours?meaning the others are "not in it." Slavery is gone. The Southern aristocracy is no longer dominant. States' rights have paled. But the one song of the South has triumphed over all that the North could do in the way of music. It is as unreasonable as wnnvin ar 1 as irrestistible. As the Southern girl has a charm of her own, knocks all logical canons of beauty into a cocked hat, and .vith her languid smile works havoc with icebound hearts of Northern men, so this amazing tune has done for us all. The old South has gone, but it had a certain beauty that "the world does not willingly let die." Its high spirits of chivalry, its keen sense of honor, Its esteem of women, its pa^sonatc love of home, its vivid loyalty to its convictions, these are fine flavors in the garden of human feeling. We pay unconscious tribute to them when we applaud "Dixie." Why is "Dixie" the best American tone? Why do you like Sue instead of Jane? Why do you like ham and not mutton? The dictates of taste are Inscrutable. We liko "Dixie" because we like it. It is original: there was never a trine I'ke It. It in no*, like the flood of comic opera melecl'lcs, a weftk variation of things else. ?or a crazy-' gnilt of recollected scraps. .1ml sent It straight Info the heart of the composer. Such a song la made once n oratory. It ? llvelv. There ta snnsh'ne In fl^ and laughter, the tinkling of ban jfj A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A i y T^y ^T ^ 1 i:? K *?* : ;! : ^c:fi;?^;?m)i T HE IN M UYING IfER, who is located us to give YOU BETTER ] /ANT AGE combinec has made us what we m THE STOI jos, the pat-juba of clapping havJs. : There is joy in it, cosmic, dcmentnl jj joy of life. There is home in it, and l^vo an-1 j j loyalty, und the glee of "our folks." And it is human. It grips the heart. It gets into the feet. It stands the test of tunes, for you want to keep whistling it, and it make<> I you twitch to dance. 1 | When it is played it seems to say "Why can't everybody just be appy?" i ' PISTOL CAKRYING. j ] We more than occasionally see the! i argument advanced that prohibition cannot be enforced because "pistol toting" can not be stopped. There ' no analogy, or the resemb'ance is slight. J The officers of the law don't entorce the law against carrying wea-j y ions. They can do it, or they can at least make more of an efV/?r? What effort is made to learn who re owners and habitual "toters" of . pistols? What effort is made to confiscate weapons unlawfully carried upon the person? Aa a matter of fact we believe i hat this habit is diminishing gradually. And there are some cases j where the carrying of a weapon mav be necessary for protection. In 3uch j cases?for instance overseers of large works in the country, remote from protection by law officers? there might be a provision made 1 for a license for the carrying of a weapon. We could point out instances in ( his State where lives would have t been saved had law officers taken the t precaution to look for weapons upon { the persona of men whose previous , vunuuvt wuuiu nave jusunoa tne suspicion that they were armed. t Moonshiners, who claim the right t given them by bountiful nature to ] convert their corn r'nn* Into a ???* ^ able form, are hunted down. Blind i tigers and bootleggers are pursued < wherever the public conscience is < 1 quick enough to demand action on f the part of officers. h"t "s'*tol tot- ( era" are never hunted la the name t fashion. t The law can be enforced?bat the I law officers must be supported by 1 public sentiment.?Columbia Record, s ^MR3 THE LANCASTER NEWS, 0 ATA ATa ATA ATA ATA A^A ATA ATA AVA ATA ATA ATA A1 ^ ' A ? A * A' * A' ? * ' A ' *-'' ' A''',N|/*vt ^y| * x x /l\ 1.1 Vlx'f/lisf, /! 2 SE ERCH. IS ] The R D1 AVI in New York, the Ma VALUES at LOWER PRICES. 1 with the honest valm ! are today; LANCASTEI Ik L001 Fll *E THAT CO s ? THF.1R V When the kids has done their prob- If lenis and their spellin' has beer, said Foi \nd have said their now-I-lay-me's and are tucked away ii. bed, Hut Maybe you think it's the finish and the end of the day, Am And that Slumberland has got them when we've got them tucked In away; Itut as like as not we'll set there Hui underneath the swinging light. Mother busy with her damin' me a If i readin' all my might, When without a bit of warnin' my old Hut neck'll get a squeeze, \nd a little girl will clamber up onto her daddy's knees. Cot \ml another one will be there rtglit behind her mother's chair, Wh kVith her little fingers brushin' through the glory of her hair; She \nd one of them told me last night, holdin' me off, this away. Fin 'I will surely be glad, daddy, when your hair starts gettin' gray In 1 \nd when mother's hair's like silver, I just love white hair, I do!" In \nd I looked across at mother, and she looked up at me, too; Tha \nd my hair's as black as ever, and her hair's like ruby gold, \nd we ain't none of us ever give a thought to gettin' old. tEADKRS OF BOOKS IN AMERICA F furr Americans are said to be the most 'uri >mnlvorous readers in the world and his would aeem to be established by j Nof he statistical iltUmant nf TTni_ I - ? ? ~ ? | nm ed States board of Education. To ; are lay nothing of the vast consumption and >f newspapers and periodicals, na- Nor tonal preeminence is indicated by hail he fact that within Ave years the um lumber of books in our libraries riea vlthln reach of the public rose from vor* [>6,300,000 to more than 75,000,* one )00?an increase of about 20,000,* met )00, or more than one-third. Un- the ortunately this vast increase is not tiot lue to the foundation of new librar- par es where they are needed or the de- vas lirable expansion of small ones the >ut is almost ent'rely due to addit- is a one to collection*, already exten- is g ive. I bur I ' >CTOBKR 19, 1915. L 4T4 ATA ATA ATA JTA j/A V% A% A^A A^A ^ ^ >x*)K?)to?' K+a . T.+'K+x+r*:: * i r^? 2CF ANDI IV = 1 - rM 1 lgtit LftOOd 1GHT PR1 rket of the World a es we give you has g t'S FASTEST GROWING ! V. I K FOR Ti VGER OVER NTINUES TO V1SH I < fo we had we should have feared it. ti? I suppose, leastwise 1 should, eo this thing of heln' aged has >f never struck me as much good; wl l now that the children want it 1 ati ain't feelin' tbataway; ap 1 I won't be worried any when I sh see a streak of gray my hair, but when their mother wl gets a gray streak in her hair? of mph! I don't believe I'll like that' W 1 don't reckon she will care? ga t makes the children happy she'll ht be glad for silver strands? en to me gray hairs means slippin' ag down into the sunset lands pi th cli irse it will not matter any 'bout "1 my love when she is old? w< y if silver comes until it crowds fe out all the strands of gold I *e will And me right beside her, | lit steppin' with her right along, ru ding all the notes of gladness that cl< is in a wild bird's song se ler voice, and the reflection of the dc rain-washed, springtime skies her eyes when she looks at me by with love's gladness in her eyes-- ?f it the children sort of want us two be gray-headed?makes me smile, tl< , I sort of hope their wishes won't *l< be granted yet awhile. ar ?Judd Mortimer I*ewis. w< etl th 'urther proof of too uneven a dis- ur nished by the showing that more 0j alshedby the showing that more to n half of the public libraries of p( entire country are found in the W] 'th Atlantic States and that four- dc is of the borrowers' cards in use p< confined to the North Atlantic wj i North Central States. To the dc th Atlantic States went more than & r of the total number of new vol- be as added to all American libra- so i In the course of one year. Omni- w! dob reading practically conflned to )a action may Involve aa much is e "culture" aa real cultora, tor qi books read are in great part lie- in i and the fiction la In a great ea t trash; but it is obvious than in o\ t sections of the United States th desirable habit of reading books la itlll to be acanired s?d that this dc rreatly to be regretted.?Spartan- 1H g Journal. b? ' I K ^ ^ >? v?v . . ? .? vC .<KJ r V W t W V V V> V*< ?E1 QINT U Jl AT VA Is at The CES Jways on the lookc rained for us a sco] STORE. 9 S HE POIN1 OUR POO i GROW. W.?. ATA A^A ATA ATA A^A ATA ATA AT^ A^A ATA.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Living for nil Old Ago. larlotte Observer. The United States public healtl rviee has undertaken a campaigi r the encouragement and promo an of- longevity, and instead o ming South and picking out soin the numerous old negro mainmie lio "nussed George Washington,' id who will swear to almost an; ;e suggestded, has gone to York ire and unearthed tho record o nry Jenkins. an Infantile prodig hose career of usefulness was cu r when he was but 1years old hile hardly undertaking the propa ition of a second Jenkins, the publi alth service reasonably hopes t courage a lengthening of the aver ;e span of life by inducing the peo e to a more general observation o e simple rules of health. It is in Ined to regret that Henry Jenkin eft behind no rule of living whirl Mild enable one to duplicate hi at," but commends Jenkins" "grea lf-repression." However, the pub > health service passes along sonv les of its own conception tha early bear the stamp of commoi nse. Tnfi sound proposition is lai< iwn that there is no royal road t< d hkp and it is not to he attained ' a particular dietary or reglmei life. Perhaps the best rule ma expressed in one word, "modera )n." Moderation in food, modera >n in drink, moderation in the Joy id worries of life, moderation ii ark, moderation in recreation nanimity of the mind, the aoul am e body. These make for long ten e of life. Only a small proportioi , the hitman race rounds oat it ur of duty on thl* earth. Sorn iople are born with good bodie. hirh they treat well. Barring acci ints, they live a long time. 8t.n< *>ple are born with poor bodie hich they treat well. Barring accl ints they can live to a ripe old age ime people are born with dies which they treat badly an* me are born with poor bod'ei hlch they treat badly. Thev don' it long. A second safe nrnnoeltlni that the term "old age" too fre lently la another name for the fa" g due of the debts of yonth. Over ling, over-drinking, over-n?avlne rar-working, these are drafts ot e bank of nature which sooner 01 ter must be met. Sometimes th* ly of reckoning can he pnt off % ;tle hit but TV me w?t?r? win no1 i wheedled out of her claim. ?:k?^?:K'?:<^c?)K*)K?^?)K*)K?^ V I' J """""^ i ^ Y 7 a | = i I ' I " i iH > 1 i Y Y nit for BARGAINS |! I pe of Customers j | I nir/n I ?? I ING $ | k I t ? V n f f ;; * i J.4a A4A A4A A^A A^A A^A A^A *Vj. (V V V V V V V V V v I I I I Mil I I ?IH I II I I !! ? TOWN BUILDERS * 4M i? 4 / r M a I I I I I I I I 4 The huncst, consc.lentlouH real rg- | f tate man is a great help iu building I [> un a I 'i'W *?? -? ? ? ? ?* - ? ? * * * * ..j/ u lunu. 1 ut'ie Ul'(3 piUUgerS 111 til LB s a? well as in all other business, but " the real estate men of South Caroy Una are on the whole useful, patriotic - citizens, men of character and town f builders. There are exceptions, men V who have lost control of themselves t in the excitement of the chase. Deprecating the custom to confuse the real estate agent who does a c legitimate business with sharks who n do not The Macon Telegraph some - time ago had this tribute for the rep utable real estate man: "With a f thorough knowledge of your real eg. - tate, its values and the forms of safe s transfer and having a definite knowledge concerning his own locality, as R well as the business in other parts of t the country, he is able to furnish an - intelligent opinion concerning busip ness prospects and conditions there t ami '* ..... ii'-i suppose a capitalist 1 i) or a manufacturer wishes to Invest I 1 some money in Macon and must have 1 0 information. Who is better posted J 1 and better able to give the necessary ? a information? y We are informed that after having * passed through a serious period of * depression incident to the wai, the 8 real estate of Columbia maintains n now a firm price, there is some ac'? tivlty and numerous bona fid* sales. * Speculation la not noticeable, but de' presslon also has gone and values n have become stable and are climbing 3 to a healthy normal. * No live town can get along without 3 real estate men, developers, promot" ers. The more of them, the better I - me development. The well estab- I 8 lished flrme are no more to be crtti- I " clsed for the foolish moves of a few | olungers than the legal profession, or | 1 ?n,> -?? * ..... u.um, m 10 d? Diamrd (or the acts 1 of a few. The high middle ground " vr'll be reached a? ?r this war?%.* I ' we'll at*/ there.?Colnnu a Record. i ' Health and Happteeeo Pep?d Up? Tear Urn. That sluggish river with Ha sluggish flow of bile la what qtakaa the world look eo dark at tlntee. Dr. ' King's Now Life Pllla go straight to . f the root of tho difficult? by waking so the adtlou of the lfver and InereasIng the hfle. Dr. King's New Life Pills canoe tho bowels to act more t|fr?*tT sod drive away these "moody days." Mo a bottle. 1