Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 ?hr iCanrastiT Nrius (SKMl-WKKKLY.) JUAN1TA WYLIB Editor J. V. SHKPARI). . . Business Malinger PUBLISH K IIS' A N NOUNCKMENT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Kuterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905, at trie postofllce at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act of Congress of March 3, 1S79. SUBSCRIPTION PRICK: (In Advance.) One Year |tl,50 Six Months T."?e "Let reverence for laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries and colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books and almanacs; let it be preached irom ine puipu, proclaimed 111 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 the poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars." Weather forecast for South Carolina: Fair Friday and Saturday. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1018. The fair is gone but fair weather is still ours. + How long will the concealed pistol be allowed to do its deadly work? + "Better roads for the county and better streets for the town," is a good slogan for Lancaster to adopt. + What are you doing for your school? Encourage your teachers by frequent visits and help them in every possible way. + Lancaster's interest is centered on the game our high school football team is p' ying with Darlington today. lli i hoping. ? ff t Ik* Li. ipi an war continues for two years more, the people of the South will become independent of the Western markets. + There are more home raised corn. hogs and molasses in Lancaster county at this time than at any other period of its history. + We don't know what the remainder of this year's cotton will bring, but we do know that if a big crop is planted next year it will not bring the cost of production. * There are some people in Lancaster who are not members of the Library Association. And there are in the library some good books these same people have never read. We believe in preparedness in local as well as national affairs. For instance we hold that the streets of Lancaster should he made ready to withstand the winter rains. + There are many reasons why you should become a member of the Civic League, but the very fact that the league is working for your town is reason enough for you to join it. Let's begin now to plan and work for a bigger and better fair next year. We must have permanent grouims aim buildings. Loi s Iwe thorn and lot's organize for business. + There is no reason why we should not have a hospital right here in Lancaster. We should keep Lancaster county money at home by affording treatment here for those who need it. : The strong and aggressive note sent by President Wilson and Secrej. tary Lansing to Great Britain, insistf ing that the rights of the United States as a neutral nation, shall not I be interfered with, is bound to bear fruit. Just as a similar posi^on syitli Germany did. Both Germany jind Great Britain have taken positions, which cannot be maintained if the United States will take a firm stand and hold it. + We hope our farmers will not rely on tho grain supply of this year to last them during 1016 and increase be cotton acreage. There is going to he great demand next year for foodstuffs and the man who plants (rain will be able to sell it for a good trice, when cotton is perhaps br'ng*n* less tnan the cost of production. Nobody knows when the Kuropean war will end but common sense teaches us that as long as the war continues the demand for gra'n will Increase, while there will be less and less demand for cotton. ' ''" FOIt IMI'ltOVKI) STItKKTS. I l>a n oast or has moro pave J side-' walks than any tc?n of sts sise in, I the state and we have reason to be 1 proud of this fact. We have a great I white way on our Main street, four blocks of which are paved. All this j marks us as a progressive people, wise enough to see the need of permanent improvements. Hut another step must be taken, a step without which we cannot move forward. We refer to the neglected streets. Kx-j oept for tiie asphalt paving on Main street, there is scarcely a block on any street in town which "is kept in good condition. Hordered on both s'des with good pavements, the intervening space attracts particular notice because of its sad plight. In dry weather many streets are deep in ruts, while during and after rains, they are ankle deep in mud. liven, those streets in better condition are not what they might be. We wish it | were possible to pave every street in town, but since that is out of th-j question, they can, at least, be dragged and worked. And this most i needed improvement should be made before the winter rains set in. The street crossings have too long been neglected. They, at least, should be I put in proper condition before bad1 weather comes. The experience of last winter is sufficient for many 1 years and those who waded through mud and slush deserve something beter now. The hollows In the streets should be filled in and smoothed over and the streets dragged after : every rain. Nobody wants to sit : still in a growing town like Lancaster. The wonderful progress we have made should spur us on to finish the task. No other work so needs the I attention of the town authorities, j whom we urge to undertake this street improvement. Perhaps only a few more weeks of good weather remain in which to do regular work on the streets. It is imperative, therefore, that a prompt start be made. We hope this plea will be Tfeeded and that work will soon begin. Let's do it now. + He a*' mil ititv.w still \<;it.\ti\<;. y * We have about romo to the eonelusion that Mr. liryan, in liis peace 1 propaganda, is bent more upon furthering his own political ends than he is in preserving peace for the United States. In the last issue of The Commoner lie makes an address) j to its readers, in which he tries to appeal to popular prejudice. Mr. | Bryan says, "The preparedness now demanded will provoke war instead of preventing it. l'eaoe among naI tions, as among individuals, rests upon friendship and good will, not ! upon force or fear." The object of making additional preparation in tlie event of war against the United States is not for the purpose of using force or putting any other nation in fear, but to, place the country in such a position that it will not lie at the mercy of any country that might attack us. The United States in times past has found itself wholly unprepared for war. We do not know what is ahead of us, and it would be sheer folly to act upon his ideas and depend upon the friendliness of other eoun-i tries to keep at peace with them. Mr. Bryan is carrying his peaee-atany-priee ideas entirely too far. All he will accomplish will be to embarrass the Democratic administration in its efforts to Icing the armv and na\y up to such a standard as will make it respected by ?>thor nations Mr. Bryan has talked and agitated enough. It is time for him to take ,i back goat. + -Hr!r X-f-l-Ir!--! -i-i-irfvlrfr i^fr-4?J-E+: WHY THK DIKFKHKXCE? -! M mmmmmm Road the following from The State and see if you ran explain why juries discriminate between corporations and individuals: "A railroad company purchased a dozen automatic pistols and conceals them, in easy reach, under the seats in a coach, for the convenience and protection of passengers against train robbers. Two unarmed passengers engage in a quarrel and one of them' ' snatches one of the railroad com-i pany's "guns" concealed under the) seat and kills the other. "Where is the jury in South C'arol'na that would not give a verdict ofI ' $25,000 damages to the widow of, ! the dead man against the railroad company? "Where is the jury that would not send to ia'l tbera'lroad president who ordered the 'guns' placed In the car? "If a mere man conceals a 'gun' on h's nersnn. It s a tr'vial offense. "Whv Is a life worth about one| hundred times so much when It Is 'akon by a. corporation, though by; ??elde?t. In South Carolina, than a' life taken by a man? "Is !t not true that a he'fer calf 'I'ed by a railroad Is reckoned of more vil"o In So't^ Carolina ft?an a man shot down in a Btreet brawl o^ private quarrel?" THE LANCASTER NTAYK v*f '* 'I' 4> ! ! !'+1+ > ! i '! 4't > ! + ! * + + AT THK I.AXC A8TKIt FA lit. + + IwH* >'!"> < ! ' Had u <>uod Time. There was a bunch went to the Lancaster fair last Friday night. Some of them won blankets and others only tried to win them. But all of us had a good time.?Waxhaw Knterprise. Many Thanks. Press reports say that the Lancaster county fair was a great success this year. Much of the credit is due The Lancaster News but we have our doubts about whether credit was given the newspaper.?York News. As "The Kra" Saw It. Lancaster was wise in holding her second annual fair this year and she date for holding it, as the results have shown. The weather last year and the stress occasioned by the war, discouraged many and caused several counties to call otY their fairs this year, and they never made a greater mistake. The very exertion itself, to have a fair, is worth all it costs, as it is an effort to do something worth while. The exhibits at the Lancaster fair were most creditable. They could have been more numerous in the agricultural department. We can think of a dozen farmers within a radius of five miles of Lancaster who could have added materially to the success of the fair, who were not represented there in any degree by the products of their farm. It should not have been the case. The incorrect inference is. that only a very few farmers in the county possess anything worth displaying on such an occasion. Then, too, it led almost to the overshadowing of the fair by the carnival, which was far too conspicuous by its more numerbus and elaborate display of tents oh the fair ground. We do not know it to be the case, but we venture the guess that too few had to assume the responsibilty and perform the toil necessary to the success of such an important undertaking, which is a gross injustice. Such a task requires a distribution of the work among many in order to make the best success of it. A great many times people can do themselves great injustice by their neglect or refusal to contribute help in a public enterprise for the good of all. We do not want to be understood as criticising adversely, but rather as offering friendly suggestions in a proper spirit. The Lancaster fair was very creditable, and its promoters deserve the highest commendation. They did well to undertake it and their efforts were attended with success, and we congratulate them. They deserve the thanks of all who attended. Kershaw Kra. \l TI MN ItOM WCK, Were you u loaf gold tinted. \ 11 <1 I a wandering breeze. We'd gaily go a-flying Through woods by autumn minted, To far, old welcoming seas. Were you a leaf gold tinted Anil 1 a wandering breeze. Were 1 a sunbeam youthful And you the guardian tree. Whose gold and crimson treasure I praised in amorous measure. My words, however truthful. Would doubted be by thee, Were I a sunbeam youthful And you the guardian tree. Were 1 the moon of reaping And you the ripening grain. In my blue dome supernal I'd brew a draft nocturnal To set the world a sleeping With the glory every sweeping Itound castle fair in Spain. ?Ex. + + + I'llOM UTIIKIt IMPKIIS. + + * ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ N'ot One. "Ohir> boasts of nine presidential possibilities." Hut not a single probability. -News and Courier. \ men. The county-to-county campaign system in this slate litis outlived its t vcftiln- - . Spartanburg Journal. fold Comfort. There is still a bottle to be hail at the other end of the Carolina Speeial. -Charleston Post. Here's to llim. I.adies and gentlemen, we want to propose a toast to the weather man. lie's a friend of ours. -Spartanburg Herald. Wheat as Cover and Fooil Crop. Certainly has been fine weather for sowing grain. Did you do your part? Do not overlook wheat as a cover crop and as a food crop as well.? Greenwood Index. The Probable explanation. Some of the stutr that reaches this office insists on spelling it suffer age. The culprit must be some hen-pecked hubby who feels that he has suffered an age from female rule already.? Greenville Piedmont. liel'evos In Enforcing the Iawn. A man feels safer in South Carolina these days. There is nothing 'ike having a state administration that stands flatfooted avainst lawie?sness. Governor Manning (a verv naturally looked upon as a holy terror by the 'awlegs element. He hoMevrs that the laws were nut on t'^e statute books for enforcement.? Spartanburg Herald. Notice of Ha's. I will sell at puh'ic auction at the McCardell home place on Sat??rdav November 20, beginninr at 10 o'clock, lot of com and fodd?r, two mules and wagon, one horse and farming tools. W. J. TH'"?,?*t,c?r?N1 Administrator. # XOVKMBKK 12, 1915. H()\OH ROLL FOIi (K^rOHEK. J Vault's of Grndetl School Pupils With Highest Averages. First grade?Thelma Clanton.l Catherine Cook, Sara Craig. Willie I Locke Crawford, Frances Culp, Rachel 'Edwards, Grace Harper, Sara Hilton, Martha Hinson, Evalyn Hirsch, Mary Laney Hunter, Mar-1 garet Penny, Katherine Riddle, Katherine Stevens, Elva Stogner, Rose I Williams, Evelyn Wylie, William Craig, Thomas Crenshaw, John Drennan, Curtis Hagins, Mack Hughes, Dewey Knight, Hal Jones Long, James Reed. Second grade?Joe ltee Blackmon, Henry Dost, Loula Boyd Beaty, Cooper Davis, Elizabeth Gooch, Jessie Morris, Pauline Beckham, Ruth Cross, Louise Cautlien, Frances Williams, Doris Hilton, Minnie Moblev, James Tbomasson, Marion Sistare, Thomas Wilson. Johnnie Cox. Third grade -Ivy Poovey Eustace Morris, Eldridge Lazenby, Archie l.inirli. \lnrlill ( ' rn ? frvf ?l" \1->, Blanks. William Frost. Mary Dottnom Witherspoon, Mary Scarboro, Irene Poovey, Blanche Mobley, Hutb Mackey. Margaret Bong. Elizabeth Baney, Rebecca Jones. Elizabeth Bazenby, Mary Mackey Hough. Henrietta Edwards, Bvllian Davis, Eugenia Adams, Oveta Roberts. Fourth grade?Jennie Bee Sherard. Walter Davis. Edward Croxton. Beulali Mae Baney, Eugenia Hughes. Colin Murchison, Miriam Poliakoff. Emory Penny, Thurlow Carter Thomasson. Fifth grade?Eva Cook. Mary Agnes Funderburk, Marion Haile Bong. Gertrude Poliakoff, Dorothy Porter. Mary Evans Riddle, Katherine Sistare, Ruth Tlireatt, Martha VanLandlngham, Sara Williams, Bouise Williams. Elizabeth Witherspoon. Sixth grade?Ira Adams, Theo. Baker, Charley Burgess, Wren Ballard, Mary Lee Beckham, Kathleen Ferguson, Jewel Hinson, Mlddleton Jones, Sybil Lingle, Sadie Parks. Marie Settlemyer, Margaret Thomasson. Seventh grade?Maud Bennett, Baura Gilbert Williams, Nannie Ferguson, Mildred King, Ida*Cauthen, James Porter, J. C. Sowell, Edward Sistare, Lewis Murchison. Eighth grade?Roy Biggert. Ninth grade?Ernest Moore. Mary Ellen Blackmon, Mary Elliott Carnes, Freddie Knight. Caroline Porter, Guy Skipper. Helen William- J_ son. = Tenth grade? Helen Derrick, Chauncey Gregory. Toy Gregory, Leighton Horton. Eleventh grade?Ernest Beaty. tt Gladys Blackmon. Jessie Ferguson, c< Mary Kirk. MILL SCHOOL. qi First grade?Fay Kennington. Dexter Beckham, Grace chapman. I Ci Minnie Cook, Ruby Ghent. Azilee Knight, Norah Bangley. Ben Tlireatt. Walter Burgess. Second grade?Erline Harris. ' Itose l.ee Knight, Vera Robertson, t'l 'sce Vick. Eulalia Vlck. Ann! T Harris, Frank Bowers, B. B. Carnes. Albert Clark. Bardan Hunter, Web ster Humphries. Robert Harris. . Third grade?Jim Wahlen, Robert Bowers, Myles Wells, Chalmers Carnes. Iva Whitley. Bertha Knight. G Fourth grade?Agnes Sealy, Nancy B Wilson, Rosa Walden, Bleeka Bang- fc ley, itose Eva Garland, Ruth Phillips, is Oscar Funderburk. Bizzie Bell ol \u;iius. uhip Mao warren. Mamie Burgess. High first?Willie Harris, Luda '< Helms, Bertha Outen, I,ois Sanders, Clyde Evans. M I*-1 K( ) i ^ ^ ^ * > v > > 9? MKTR<> \rtro M II K () >i KTiti > - ~ ~ ?? :s:cc:c: METRO METRO ETRO & 1HTRO B METRO Rfc M M m. 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After you have started a bank account, you will find that it is no sacrifice to'deny yourself many of the useless pleasures that really eat up so vast an amount of money. Do YOUR banking with US. We pay 4 p*?r cent interest compounded quarterly. The First National Bank ^ UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. LANCASTER, S. C. Notice to Creditor*. I Notice of Discharge. All persons holding claims against Notice is hereby given that the unto esetate of Allen Hudson, de- derslgned will, as administrator of . . . . . the estate of W. S. Marshall, deceas. hereby notified and re- ed on tho 1;uh day of De,ember> aired to prove same before the un- i<?ir>, make his final return as such :Tsigned, at the office of Clerk of administrator and apply to the pro nun, on or Derore inov. 30th, 1915. I'"'.' '"'j!' "?o?h?h.t coumy lor letters dismissory. PAUL MOORE, j A MARSHALLf ov. 4th. 1915 Clerk of Court. Adniilll8trator Kgtato of 8aid De. ... v . ceased. 11-13-15-17 Registration Notlee. Nov 12,h 15,1{. f) the Voters *>f the Town of Lauraster: .. ... , . , . NOTICE, l on will please take notice that . . ... . . , ,. . Notice is hereby given that the to books nl regis.rat.?,n of the own | undcr8igned wlll on the flr8t day of Lancaster will be opened a; the December, 1915, apply to Robert B. nurd House 011 Monday, Novetnoer Mackey, Secretary of tho Lancaster ' r?th, A. I>. 1915, and remain open Cotton Oil Company, for a Certificate >r one week for the purpose of r n- of Stock in said Corporation to be tering all of the qualified electors issued in lieu of stock certificate No. r the said Town. 77, dated the 13th day of December, L. C. LAZKNItY, 1912, of the par value of $500.00, Mayor Pro Tempore. which certificate has been lost or >11N CRAWFORD, stolen. Clerk and Treasurer. (Signed) M. S. WITHERSPOON. Nove. 11th, 1915. Lancaster. S. C., Oct, 22, 1916. 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