The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 26, 1915, Page 4, Image 4
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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, ?.
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Are your exhibits ready for the
fair? j
And are you making your plans to
be present?
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Friday of next week will be
' School Day" at the fair and every
school child should help celebrate it.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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\\ <? 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 -:
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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.
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"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." *'
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TRUSTEES* MEETlXtJ.
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, 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
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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
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, 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.
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I Lancaster Hardware Co. dolls It,
S, OCTOBER 2l>. 3915.
I The Compelling
? Story of
"A Fool
There Was"
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( 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,
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"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: (
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A vivid theme that
- "A Foo
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To a raj
How many arc
drawing card and
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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
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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
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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
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sen robbed. Sugar bowls,
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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
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will appeal to all | ^
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