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4 Slii- IGauraiilrr Nciub (SKMI-WKKK IjY.) JUAXITA WYLli: Kdltor J. C. SIIKlWItO. . . KiisIih'ss Miiimm-r PUlll/lSlI Kits' AN NOI" N'CKM KNT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Enter- ' prise, established 18i? 1. and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7. iit ttie postofRce at Lancaster, S. O., under Act of Congress of March 3, 187. SriiSritlPTION* I'HICK: (In Advance.) One Year S!.."?<> Six Months 75c "Let reverence for laws be breatheu by even.* American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap: let it be taught in schools, in seni naries and colleges: let it be written in primers, spelling books and almanacs: let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of just'ce. And in short, let it become the poltical religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and th? poor, the grave and the gay of all eexes and tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars." Weather forecast for South Caro lina: Fair Tuesday; Wednesday fair, cooler in west portion . TI KSItAY, CK TOBKIi il?, 1W15. Remember the dates?November 3, 4. 5, ?. + Are your exhibits ready for the fair? j And are you making your plans to be present? + Friday of next week will be ' School Day" at the fair and every school child should help celebrate it. + Pleasant Valley community fair comes off Friday of this week. Let1 every one who can attend. The allies need not count on Greece getting off the fence as long flip (; i-rin:i lis cnnriniip lh.->ir mni! rush through Serbia. + Inst tail of trying to <ojolo ami bulldoze Greece to join her in the war against Germany, Kngland had hotter ho putting more men into the light. Will the farmers continue to sow grain and cover crops as they did last fall, or will they he fooled hv the advance in the price of cotton and fall into the same old ruts again? - The Henderson (N. ('. t Gold Leaf well says that "it would he better to ( spend a billion for national defense ( than to pay it to some invader as an. . indent nity. i + y Here's honing that all of our neo pie are observing "Clean-Up" week and that Lancaster will soon appear to much better advantage because of , their efforts. + t The Charleston Post rises to remark that "Sanity is returning" in that city. We extend the hope that upon her return she will remain for t quite awhile and that it may be many ( moons before she takes her departure again. + rhe Lancaster county fair is to be held on scheduled time, November 3, 4. r? and 0. There has been an . erroneous impression in some quarters that the fair was to be postponed ( but such is not the case. It will b - held next week as advertised. * When the great Napoleon was running rough shod over Europe, England did little until she was directly threatened by an army of invasion. So in the present war, she stood etill and saw poor little Helgium litterally wiped out of existence. She also witnessed the great drive of the Austro-Qerman wedge into Russia and now brave little Serbia Is being sacrificed. During the whole war the brave Frenchmen have been standing In the breach. How long will Eng-' land continue to use the cat's paw to pull the chestnuts out of the fire? j +?__ v, "We sometimes feel like lambast-f N ing a police officer for arresting a poor nigger' /or shooting craps while he overlooks the monied white man who plays poker; but we are afraid -?because he might quit arresting I the 'nigger.' "?Newberry Observei I Th's observation reminds us of an in-' c'dent that happened while John T.} Roddey was mayor of Rock Hill. Mr. Roddey informed his policemen that as long as white men carried conceal-, ed pistols and gambled in that town and were not arrested and when they brought negroes before h'm for crapshooting and carrying pistols, he proposed to nut on orilr a nominal fin* of something like SS osnta. 1 WOTIIKH \V \ It N I \<?. I: * H -1-1-1-irs-lrirfrfrlfh?! \\ <? nolo from The Hock 11 iI Herald tluil Mr. K. A. Hutchison ol lhat oil> luis recently made a visit ti tho boll weevil infected sections ol Alahatna and Ccnrgia. In speakin; of Mr Hutchison's trip. The Herald says: ".Mr. Hutchison was especially im pressed with '.he devastation by th* boll weevil in the western edge 01 Georgia and in Alabama. He saic lie saw fields in which the weevil ha. appeared and it would take at leas twenty acres to produce a bale many fields The weevil has disrupt ed conditions generally, desp te :h< fact that ample vmtag of its comlBJ had been giver, ind the people ha. ha . t me to tun; from cvvcr. T s indecsion a - to the next ste; throughout the sec.on. Not only d. t Mr Hutchison tail v .th the business men. but he out among the face rs and spent goodly portion of t me with som-1 o them. "Mr. Hutchison talked dirersifiea tion quite extensively and intere?te, quite a number of tatmers and lam owners with his statements as to wha Hie lioon 1 oonnv nlioVl A/1 n Iaiviv tural lines in this community durim the past few years. He is firmly con vinced that the boll weevil will hi South Carolina within five years an< believes that the sooner the farmer prepare to turn loose with the cottoi crop the better it will be for then when the pest actually arrives." If there is anything as certain a certain can be. it is that in the course of a few years (five according to Mr Hutchison) the pest will be in thii state. At the rate the weevil ha< been traveling in this direction w< believe it will be sooner than that But the length of time is not irapor tant; the certainty of the coming and the consequences are the importanl f )l i 1) P't V n W U'Ho* O rn fncrM/v.r. .MOw. . w >1 unv ai v niC Idl lUUK going to do about it? The sensible farmer will begin by cutting down his cotton acreage each year so that when the boll weevil gets here it will find but little cotton to feed upon. Diversification of crops is not only the antidote for the boll weevil, but the means whereby a farmer can improve his land and get out of debt. \V\lt ON WiiMKN. The v utioti of .Mis: Kdith t'avell, a British >ubject, practicing her pro. ion as a trained nurse in Belli m. by a s<iuad of German soldiers, has s< nt a thrill of liorror throughout the civilized world. It seems that she. with other women, aided British and Belgian prisoners to escape. All the women were pardoned except .Miss ('aveil, who under the stern military rule of the German army, paid the penalty with her life. . ina nirui'iuus act is m Keeping with the relentless war being waged by lie Kaiser's arniv. Ii spares nothing 11 its onward march of destruction? lot ancient churches, monuments, ivomen or children. The death of Miss ('aveil recalls the brutal liangng of .Mrs. Surratt. in 1S65, charg<1 with being in complicity with John A'ilkes Booth in the assassination of President Lincoln. Mrs. Surratt to he last denied her guilt, but feeling vas so wrought up that mercy was lenied to the poor, feeble woman. It mines \\ itii poor grace for this coun ry to condemn Germany. Both ragedies are a blot on civilization. tii.i.man iwttiis \ ?.i:i:\t -: vwv. The New York World interviewed Senator Tillman, chairman of the naval committee of the senate, the jther day as to his views on increasng the efficiency of our navy. He replied as follows: "Without going into details and specifications as to the kind of ships we ought to have in general, 1 approve the secretary's program, as announced in today's papers. I want to see the United States have aB soon as possible the second most powerful navy in the world. We need it for two reasons?to repel any attempted invasion and to maintain the Monroe Doctrine. Mr. Daniels has alwayi shown himself alert and broadminded." Senator Tillman is right. It ha? been only since the breaking out oi tne war in Kurope that it has been sc apparent how insignificant our navj ia compared with our importance at the greatest of the world powers. Th size of our navy should be somewhat in proportion to our greatness. Read in this issue what each coun' ty in the state is spending per capita for education. While we are making great improvement, it will be fount! that out of 44 count'es, we stand pretty low, 36 from the top. The ad loinlng counties of Chester, Chester field. Kershaw, Fairfield and York art all ahead of us. Let's don't stop un til, like Chesterfield, we have ? special levy in every school district In the cousty. TfTK TiANCASTKR NEW : 1-!-! !-!-! k -k \ "W H \T \\ K ST.WI) AGAINST." 1 The Washington (Ga.) Reportei f one of the best of our weekly au > semi-weekly exchanges. uuder th ^ caption. "What We Stand Against. ' ori x'uo fr ho f<tll/xurf nv Sl ' ivuv? IU^. 1 "Lawlessness an anarchy an J then who condone it. "Btjcots who can not dtser n nai > between reason an I nrejuJ.ce. Hypoer'tes. en nee .? y those v > I -jl r | even . ? mi selves. vj -a^ys. * ho i . i ~e?:e <e tn ; n ? :Vo t <*e.' \r < - -< v >? i>a '#, ? cv*>n -OJ^' -? ; ^ ^ Orou.ch.es. who i*v n:ai at t*3 ? " " { ;* r'*h -f,. ; ; 7 *; a. >e they are ceaseto?* eJ the p own 'a '..re. Bo v co:: e rs h ose co * a r\lice * ca t * -?. to :-v a: ! - the business * tl so they Jo r.o: like a "There are others, but these cc * - .f.tte our pet aversions." *' + TRUSTEES* MEETlXtJ. A .. ' 7" , , , State Supt. Snearingon and Su| Wessinerr of City Schools Speak. * Satnrdav morning a represenlatii niitnhor nf trnitonc nf T o nr?o cl< t county responded to the call to me 1 at the court house and evinced mu< s interest in the program. The pre? it dent of the Trustees' Association. M l Wade H. Drnflln. called the meetir together and presented Superintei s dent Wessinger of the L.ancast< graded schools, who spoke on tl e "Corelation of Subjects in Teael ing." He first compared spelling an s English and used the words "thei s and their" as illustrations. '"Spel ing." said Mr. Wessinger, "is tli ? foundation work in English but we d not use it in common conversation. He next compared geography and hii I torv. showing how inseparable the , are in reaching but declared that eac was usually taught with a differer 1 end in view. Mr. Wessinger deplore ( the energy wasted in rural schools b j' devoting too much time to the few i the higher grades, while 35 or 40 it ' termediate pupils are idle, i Hon. J. E. Swearingen, state supei intendent of education, began his rf marks by ascertaining how many on* two and three teacher schools wer represented, which he took as a fai test of what Lancaster county is do ug in an educational way. Mi Swearingen said the schools are oftei prone to go too much .it loona ... ?' M *? ?? ' hounds and want to go too far a owe. that thev should rather begii and work gradually toward the dc I red end. He sanctioned what Mi Wc^-inu'iT had Inst said about ener pv lost in d? voting too much atten tion in rural ohools to the highe irniilos He warned the trustee 'list teachers who closed schon or the day at 1 o'clock. The super ietemh nt urged the adoption of th state three-ni'U tax, the state gradei license for teachers end declared tha teachers ought to he paid acordini to grade. A resolution was adopted by th< association petitioning the Lancaste countv delegation in the legislatun to raise the salary of the superinten dent of education of Lancaster coun ty so as to warrant his giving his fttl time to the educational work of th< county. T. It. BULKY Bl'ltlLI). Kuiieral Took Place at Now Hopi Church. The remains of Mr. T. It. Bailey whose tragic death is herein reported were p?ken to New Hope church am interred todav, n'ter funeral service! by Rev f\ W. Rurgess. Mr. Bailey, who was a son of Mr \V. .1 Bailey, was about 2f? years ole and bad been twire married, ltis flrsi " (fe having heen a Miss fponaim > and his second, by whom hp is snr vived. was before her marriage, t, Miss Starnos. Several children of hit unrrincp survive him. also ar ;ufant of liis second marriage. Muefi svinnnthv is f? it for liis loved ones ic their grief. Germany to Pay Sweden for Dentt of Swiss Folks, Heme. Switzerland, via Paris, Oet 2 5. The government announces tha the German minister has expresset his government's deep regret for tin act of a German aviator in droppini bombs recently on Chaux de Pond and has promised to pay indomnit for the death or Injury of Swiss citi zenB and damage to property. Th minister explained that the avlato ' who dropped the bombs had lost hi way, and believed himself to he nve , French territory. He and hig obsen er have fyeen punished and tram | for red, t [\ PAINT-WISE ! i , is to paint when your property need It. Paint-foolish Ib to wait for tl) : price to go down. 1 But bo manv are foolish, they' wait a good while. Tho whole rise in the cont of a ic i? 10 per cent. The flrwt year'a dre t won't be more than half that, moi f likely a quarter. , Waiting for 5 per cent, more liki | ly 2%. ' / t The average job (with Peyoe) " 150; 5 per cent, $2.50. Pot it off ft $2 50? (luees not. i You think of that 1oh as $100. 8 . it 1h with inferior paint. Paint Pevoe; do It now, if yon property needs It. t DBVOW I Lancaster Hardware Co. dolls It, S, OCTOBER 2l>. 3915. I The Compelling ? Story of "A Fool There Was" M ' I ( Vrtwr blmer.on Browne, who has heen ha ?.??! as The' Ymericatt j. u;i' si. accomplished his srvatwt > .ceos * btfii be penued his daring. * <? drama oi a weak uian aud an t . iscrupulous vampire-wotuau. "A Fool V;>erv Was. * of which the ie KtitM version has boon made by \Vi'- I am Fo\ as a production extraordi re'.ecsed through The Box Office ".ion Company. This remark-; ,.tb'.e drama in which Kobert Hilliard V?. starred and achieved a notable sue' cess, created a natiou-wide diseuss on at the time of its presentation ' * and had a record breaking run at the Liberty Theatre. New York City. Based upon Kipling's poem and Burne-Jones' famous painting. Mr. Browne has succeeded in creating in ,t. "A Fool There Was" a work that, for daring originality and sheer power and moving qualities outdoes, in its ve own particular field of the drama. ?r any play of recent years. It is the pt tale of a weak-willed man and a woman of sinister beauty and vampire '1* ''cart. "The Fool" and "His Wife" are * happily married and living in a stvl^ commensurate with his large fortune ~ at a country house at Larchmont. "The Fool," at the beginning of the ' play, is a virile, fine natured man, _ fond of his home, his wife and little *e child and devoted to wholesome sport. Then comes the meeting with ie("The Vampire,"' who is destined to ? ultimately ruin and drive him to a I degraded death. "The Fool" at first resists the wiles of the sinuous, iy i strangely fascinating Vampire. But J(she bides ner time, knowing by an J experience, mile-stoned by blasted " careers, that in due course she will y i be able to bend her victim to her will, n "The Fool" is an emissary on an "| important foreign mission. On the I steamer over "The Vampire," in some _| " strikingly .conceived scenes, manages " to tighten her grip on his already " 'actuating nature. By the time t ej Italy is reached "The Man" is comrj pletely at her feet and ready to do c '"I her bidding in everything. In her " ' arms he forgets his diplomatic duties, s 11 his wife and his own career. The s '1 Vampire has woven a spell about him c t that nothing short of death can s 11 break. Even his child ceases to exert e any good influences over him. With v ' curses and violence he repels all attempts to bring him to his senses, p - "The Vampire" shrugs and smiles as r she st es her work progressing. "I Drink and drugs still further sap 1 his will till, at "The Vampire's'' behest, he leaves his wife and child al- / ^ together. I? is the beginning of the tra'-'ic end of "The Fool." The "rag ( ' and a bone and a hank of hair" to l K whom he has "made his prayer" toys with him like a tigress with her prey. ( e \ smile from her sends him into the r seventh heaven. If she frowns he is I p * renzied with jealotisy and weakly - violent. His fortune has slipped ( - away and only one friend remains to 1 him. a fine charactered man. who 9 tries in vain, time and time again, to i break the chains that bind "The ! Vampire's" miserable victim. She merely laughs at these attempts. She ; knows too well the strength and i tenacitV of the \vnl? ?ha h?? ? ???" pi Ruined, broken In body and mind, j "The Pool," at the last tries to break I away from the associations that have wrecked and blasted his life. Rut it A is of no use. At the end lie tries to ' crawl to the side of his enslaver, t * | while she laughs cruelly at the spec- I tacle he presents. She sees nothing ( but what is amusing in the pitiful I semblance of manhood that begs her I t to free him. "Kiss me, my fool,'* she orders: ( - ??i 1 AF0( \ Y A Pictui'ization of ! y 3 51 Y , Y m ? II III A vivid theme that - "A Foo ?Even To a raj How many arc drawing card and Theda Bara and E< TI ; | TOMOR] If ' | PR ' ?* ~ " ' * * v "r *' '**' % The best place to hide mone for safely protecting it. Eve accounts of people having b< rag-bags, under the carpet, b those other places where peop well known to burglars. Hide know you can get it when you Do YOUR bank We pay 4 per cent interest The First Na UNITED STATES LANCASTJ >ut as he strives to reach her side he rumples up. His tragedy is over. The Vampire." with an inscrutable mile looks down at the huddled hape at her feet. Tearing some rimson roses from her corsage she eatters the petals, like crimson drops f blood, over all that remains of her t retched, broken victim. The play is based on "The Vainire," by Rudyard Kipling. I TIIK \\\>I1?IHE. k fool there was and he made his prayer Even as you and I!) 'o a rag and a bone and a hank of hair < We called her the woman who did not care) lut the fool he called her his lady fair Even as you and I f) Oh. the years we waste and the tears we waste And the work of our head and hand. Ilelong to the woman who did not know (And now we know she never t< could know) 1 And did not understand. l fool there was and his poods he.l spent H Even as you and 1!) p Tonor and faith and a sure intent ' And it wasn't the least what the 5 lady meant) E tnt a fool must follow his natural hent. ~ Even as you and I!) I I ?$ OL THERE 1 the Kipling Poem ?tnd The T rA ;..l! u0111*8 r-aiiiung, t Vampi deals with a phase of life that classes. I There Was, and he made hit as you and I? r and a bone and a hank of ha : v' > there who do not know these a greater production. All-stj iward Jose. Direction Frank . . ... ;t f 4T AT 1E ST A ROW, WEDNl ICES 10 and 20 Can * ** : r? ' ' / 1 V4^' * V- *'< <*< ?? A j/li MDBvr * . ST f/\ / BU ESI^K V - P? y is where they have vaults ly ween we see newspaper sen robbed. Sugar bowls, ehind pictures, and all of ile conceal their money, are it in OUR BANK, then you want it. ing with US. : compounded quarterly. tional Bank DEPOSITORY. SR, S. C. ? Ob, the toil we lost and the spoil we lost, And the excellent things we planned, Belong to the woman who didn't know why (And now we know that she never knew why) And did not understand. In fool was stripped to his foolish hide Even as you and 1!) 'hieh sIk might have seen when she threw him aside? But it wasn't on record the lady tried) a gome of him lived, but the most of him died, Even as you and 1!) Hut it isn't the shame ami it Isn't the blame That stings like a white-hot brand? It's coming to know that she never knew why (Seeing at last she could never know why) And never could understand. ?RUDYARD KIPLING. To he shown at the Star Theatre imorrow (Wednesday.) Admission i) and 20c cents. Adv. Ilalaria or Chills & Fever reicription No. 666 is prepared especially if MALARIA or CHILLS * FEVER. ive or six doses will break any case, and taken then as a tonic the Fever will not stum. It acts on the liver better than alotnel and docs not gripe or sicken. 25c WAS 1 . Great Humes- jf ire 1 will appeal to all | ^ i prayer ; I r ) lines f?A great Z ir cast including Powell. T'"' ESDAY | -?:i ?? **? % **