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IP**' . 4 ?Ijr Canraatrr Nruta ( SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUANITA WYLIK. 7 77. Editor J. C. SltEPARD. . . Business Manager PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905, at ttie postofflce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year $1.50 Six Months 75c "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 preacnea 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 arid 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 probably Saturday; moderate temperature. I'KID.W. DK( 'IvMllKIt IO. 11)15. Welcome to Trades Day. + May it be a red letter day. + All together now for a county fair association. + Alter business we may all enjoy a day of pleasure. + The Lancaster merchants are making a big bid for your patronage. Trade at home. + Lancaster never does tilings by halves. Holiday Trades Day was a success in every way. + Let the slogan be a permanent county fair association to be organized the first Monday in January. ?4 Tl. .. .. > . 1 . ... i iiv iur<;ivi"r 01 nit- county, judging by the met tins today, are heartily in favor of a county fair association. + Vow may not care to get many ol them, but buy a few Red t'ross seals for the sake of suffering humanity. 4> Our idea of preparedness is for Southern farmers to plant grain. They will then be ready for any emergency?even the boll weevil. + If you would help stamp out tuberculosis, use Red t'ross seals. Use; them whenever possible to seal letters and Christmas packages. + We hope the most progressive men will be elected to the several town offices. Lancaster needs wide-awake, energetic workers in the city building just ahead. 4 The sick could be given prompt attention if we had a hospital in Lancaster and many who are not able to stand a trip elsewhere for the purpose could be treated when their need is greatest. 4* The speech of Governor Manning was pitched on the eight plane, so different from that of the professional politician. It breathed a spirit of wliole-hea rfoH inini-not -<? ..,.VK .11 111 i'.U IC the people of South Carolina. + When we spend our money at home, where we have made it, we are helping our town. The business men are helping Lancaster to grow, even as we are when we patronize home industries. We cannot do better than to trade at home. + It is most gratifying to have in the governor's otflce a man of high Christian character, one who feels the weight of the responsibility that rests upon him, one who is discharging his ofllce in tlie fear of God and in the interest of all the people. We should all be very thankful for Gov-. ernor Manning. "What has become of the oldfashioned boy who wanted a gun for) Christmas?" asks The Tugaloo Tribune. He probably got it and is no I longer numbered among us. And will there still be parents this Christmas so old-fashioned as to persist in giving such dangerous gifts to small boys? An long as this foolish practice prevails, many young lives will pay the price. + Governor Manning and Commissioner Watson are welcome visitors in Lancaster today. Both are loyal servants of the people whose every effoit is for the upbuilding of the commonwealth. Their good advice on questions of moment should not fall on deaf ears, for they are both men of wisdom and sound com ton sense. t. I, M ' J Jr..ctwslf. K&^r+r^CkiCiCICk!. LtOJC ] < ;- FOR BETTER FILMS. *| * * -h cmco: ocri ctci cktcick i : ic^maac*.. If the boys and girls who are so 1 fast growing into young manhood and womanhood are to become the kind of citizens we need, it is incumbent upon their elders to see to it that they are influenced for good, that their characters are moulded aright. And since envioronment has so much to do with character building, it is important that children be surrounded with a wholesome atmosphere. Not least among the means of rightly directing their I young lives is me opportunity af-, forded by clean, helpful amusement:, ( Public playgrounds, carefully super- ( | vised, give the children of some for- 1 i tunate cities ideal receration grounds f and the physical exercise so necessary to well-rounded development, j School influences should be of the i best for the companionships of f school days sometimes exert a power- < ( j ful influence for good and bad. j, Kvery thoughtful parent furnishes 1 his child with suitable reading mat- ' Iter, withholding the doubtful and : 1 harmful and even that literature j which though not bad, is nevertheless r not worth the time it takes to read it.' ' So it should be with the kind of motion pictures children are allowed to' see. Lancaster may have as good C pictures as come to the average town , ' this size, for there is need of a strict- ( er general censorship of films, but j they are not the kind of pictures we li need. Wo therefore want to join I our voice with those who are trying I * to create a public sentiment which L will demand clean, wholesome pic-1 h i tures. The photoplay is a great b popular instrument for the portrayal 11 of human emotion and our conten- ? tion is that when children are permitted day after day to see vice in p all its forms, unrestrained passion, * dishonesty and every phase of degre-1 _ dation, their plastic minds cannot v escape uninjured. Then cheap hu-:tl in or and sickly sentiment are In no ^ wise uplifting. Frequently, there is ,, nothing morally wrong with the pic- v tures. yet they are decidely pointless u and hence of no value to those who ' see them. The least that can be said ^ of a great many pictures is that they are not worth vhiie. So long as t children are permitted to go regu i:iriv n? see tin* motion pictures with- s out regard to the character of the production. Just so long will there lie no improvement. But when parents! b are aroused front their indifference ' It and awakened to the importance of p better flints, there will of necessity,' come a demand so insistent as not I ? to be disregarded. It all goes back * to the world-old need?public senti- y inent must lie educated in order to w accomplish any reform. We urge! si that our people see the danger of certain pictures and the cultural e force of others. If the boys and girls i a are to derive help rather than harm | H from the "movies" the taste of their' ' ci elders must be discriminating. We; f( are hard to please when it comes -to j motion pictures in general and we + wish others were even harder to J please. j, + "VOTK FOB VOFIt CITY." o bi The election of town officials, set for next Tuesday. x\ ill decide the important question of who will ad- ni minister the affairs of the municipal-' 1? ity for the next t**o years. it is a) matter of no small moment that the voters consider carefully the claims n of the several candidates, then cast M their ballots tor those men who will serve us most wisely. Let them be guided, not by factional differences nor by personal likes and dislikes, j but by the needs of Lancaster and b Iis wnom mey are to cnoose a mayor an.) -p noaru or auiermen. Tuesday the I choice will be made and we beg that i it be a wise choice. No better word I . I can we give our readers than the re-1 ^ cent advice of The Spartanburg t? Herald on the eve of the aldermanic T election last Tuesday, which was this: "Vote for your city." The I Spartanburg paper also appealed thus to the patriotism of its citizenship: t tl "The citizens of the city are called 11 upon to go to the polls and perform f' the duty most highly prized by every n true blooded American citizen, a p privilege for which our forefathers spilled their blood. Every citizen who can do so owes it to his community to vote for its best interests.! r Its best interests can be served by [ voting for the set of officials who are best fitted to perform public duties. * No mistakes can be made if each citizen has in mind when he casts his n vote his city instead of the men for I whom he is voting." 4 The Lancaster merchants are do- t ing their Christmas advertising ear- t, ly and on such as scale that we are w issuing a supplement today, which 1 was necessary in order to aecommo- v date all who seek your patronage, c Already the stores are full of attrac- I : tive goods and extra clerks are being 1 |secured in order to handle the In- , creasing trade. 1 Mn riiroiaasMrr---*"***'* " THE LANCASTER NEW} ISENHOWER PLEA OF SELF DEFENSE (Continued from l'age One.) Isenhower fire the shot at the negro, lule Smith. Said the witness: "I attempted to get to Clyde but was pushed back from the gate; I tried tgain and again I was pushed back. Finally I gained entrance to the grounds and saw Raleigh Boulware an the steps of the court house. He pulled his pistol and fired at me, two jhots. One shot missed me entirely tnd the other went through the ihoulder of my coat. As Boulware tgaiu turned towards me, I fired but [ doubt that I hit him. A number of jther shots were fired at the same ime." COAT IN EVIDENCE. At this juncture counsel for the lefense submitted as evidence a blue ??fi t Qalri to ho tlio ntio worn hv Tson. tower on the (lav of the tragedy, and i well-defined bullet hole was to be leen in the shoulder. Upon cross examination the witless was asked if he made this statenent, told in court yesterday. "You ire the damn I am after." The lefendant testified that he did not lse profanity and that so far as he tnew, he had never used an oath in lis life. He swore that he had no nalice against Sheriff Hood or Raldgh Boulware and nad no reason for iny. At 11:30 o'clock the cross-examilation of the witness began, this beng conducted by Thomas F. Mc)ow of counsel for the state. In cross-examination Isenhower delied any planning with his brother 'Ivde about the Jule Smith case, statng that Clyde never told him of any ntention to kill the negro. The delefendant did not know who fired the ast shot In the affair and repeated lis statement that lie was fired on by toulware as the latter went up the teps and that lloulware was descendng the steps, pistol in hand, when he defendant opened fire. Isenlower testified that after the affair le placed his pistol behind some furliture in a store and that he afterwards looked for it but was unable o find the weapon. The defense having completed the reservation of its side of the case, he state put up one witness, W. L. layne, a policeman of Winnsboro, in eflly. This witness testified that he was related to the Isetihowers and hat he talked with both Clyde and Irnest come time before the killing, layne stated that Clyde said that if he negro was taken to his home he ould never come back alive. The itness said he told Clyde that SherT Hood had said ha would die before ivlng up his prisoner. During the onversatio" with Finest Isenhower h" latter said he was not expecting rouble, but thai if it came lie would Pluc the first thing." Witness nderstood this remark to apply to iteriff Hood. t.AWYKRS ARM IIFARD. Havne was the last witness to be ut on the stand and immediately iut i no noon recess arguments woro j egun. Each side is allowed two ours for this purpose. j A. ' ]. Hill of Spartanburg, solicitor f the seventh circuit, opened for the late, followed by A. I- Gaston of hester for the defense. Thomas F. IcDow of York, who is associated ith counsel for the state. then poke, followed by John It. Hart for iie defense. At the conclusion of lie latter's argument court adjournil until tomorrow morning, when rguments will he made hv C. L. ilease and the solicitor of this droit. J. K. Henry of Chester. The ?se will probably go to the jury beire noon. KIIOM OTHKIt PAPERS. * * 4W44WH4W H I I ? ??? W >lerely t lie I .at est. Not the least of the Ford jokes is ur Lieutenant Governor.?Winnsoro News and Herald. Modest Request. Dear Santa Clans Please bring ie a spoonful of radium.?Yours, ivingly, John. Charleston Post. Serve a t'seful Purpose. Say all you please about old Carmza's whiskers, but he will make lexico a mighty good Santa Claus lis Christmas. -Spartanburg llerId. Expresses Our Sentiments. We always were regarded as a retty eccentric cuss, and our advice to go ahead and do your Christmas lopping when you dern please.? he State. Don't Illume the Almighty. If you don't clean out your cellars, ack yards and alley ways don't lame the Almltrhfv or tnllr r\f "muo. )rioue providences" If sickness and ealh enter the family.?Orangeburg? imes and Democrat. The Real Surprise. It ia not go much of a surprise lat some go-called buainegg men do ot advertise, but rather that they ver thought of entering on a busiess career at all.?Henderson Disatch. Prepare for the Worst. We suggest that you go by some aberdasher's this evening and imagie yourself wearing the loudest tie i stock, just to nerve yourself up for rhat Is coming your way three weeks rom tomorrow.?Greenville Pledlont. A Case In Point. China used to boast of her "unreparodness," of her devotion to he Golden Rule, and now China akes orders from little Japan, fhich is not a tenth her size. If the iryanltfos?-"peace at any price" rowd?-had their way this country vould haye to. answer the beek and all of Japan in less than a decade. Tncle Ram wants to be right and so Ive each day that when nl?ht time miwl he can tell all of the ruffian lations to go to?.?Valdosta (Oa.) rimes. 5, DECEMBER 10, 1915. nil FIREDJATAL SHOT Five Witnesses Make Positive Statements Concerning Officer Houlware's Death. MANY AT FAIRFIELD TRIAL Most Witnesses Declare Policcmuu Did Not Draw Pistol During the Fray. York Special to Charleston News < and Courier, Dec. 8.?Five witnesses testified here today in the trial cl Ernest Isenhower that they saw him shoot Raleigh Ooulware, a Fairfield county rural policeman, on the court uuusr oicjjb ui vviiuisuuru June 11 last, at the time Sheriff Adam Hood, Clyde Isenhower and a negro prisoner, Jules Smith, the latter about to be tried for alleged criiuiifal assault, were killed. Rapid progress has been made in the trial. The state closed after exuminig fifteen witnesses. The defense had put up three witnesses when court adjourned for the night, and it is understood the defense will offer two or three witnesses, including the defendant, tomorrow. It is likely the case will go to the jury tomorrow afternoon. Nothing of a sensational character has developed so far. It has been practically plain sailing throughout, except for an occasional tilt ot counsel over admission of some testimony. Particularly did the defense try to keep out testimony of O. C. Cauthen that Iloulware told him almost immediately after being shot that Ernest Isenhower shot him. ) Judge Rice admitted this over pro-! test. The five witnesses who declared \ they saw Isenhower shoot Boulwarel were A. Lee Scruggs, county treas-1 urer; W. W. Turner, superintendent of education; S. Y. Rose, George M. I Clowney and A. W. Rrice, all of Fair-: field county. The testimony of tlies" and other witnesses was substantially in agreement as to the circumstan-[ res surrounding the alleged shoot-1 ii r of Iloulware by Isenhower, therefore a synopsis only of Mr. Scrugg's testimony is given here: SCRUGGS' TESTIMONY. I Mr. Scruggs gave his version of| the tragedy from the time Sheriff Hood and his deputies entered the court house yard with the prisoner, Jules Smith, whom they had just brought from the state penitentiary by automobile, to the last shot, which witness said he saw Ernest Isenhower fire at Boulware. According to the witness. Sheriff Hood, his prisoner and Clyde Isenhower had already been shot. Hood's deputies and Smith had gone on up the steps into the court house when Officer Boulware, who had been In the sheriff's party, was seen coming ! down the steps. When Boulware was j part of the way down, said witness, | Isenhower, who was on the ground, j stepped toward the steps and fired point-blank at Boulware, who stop ped suddenly, turned around and j went rapidly up the steps and into the court room. * Dr. J. E. Douglass of Winnsboroj testified that Boulware was shot, about the middle of the abdomen: that the btillet, which never was located, had necessarily come from below where Boulware was when shot. Thn ' * lie m iniDi: <nru gcicrai uncgeu I discrepancies between the testimony! of W. W. Turner and S. Y. Rose given at the inquest and that given on the. stand today. With one or two exceptions the witnesses stated that Boulware had ? no weapon in his hand at any time during tlie shooting. Turner testified that Bouwware, after being shot, reached for his pistol but did not draw it. A. W. Brlco testified that Boulware drew a pistol after he was shot by iBenhower and Isenhower ran behind a column. No witness testified that Boulware drew a pistol or had one in his hand before he was shot. Other witnesses besides those mentioned said they saw Isenhower shoot toward the steps, but could not tell at whom he shot. WITNESS FOR DEFENSE. W. C. Cathoart, former police chief of Columbia, and until recently connected with the dispensary raiding squad in Charleston, was the first witness for the defence. His testimony had no direct bearing on this case. Judge Rice would not permit witness to say whether or not Jules Smith made a statement to Cathcart and Hood at the penitentiary, where the negro was confined a while for safe keeping. Cftthcart was chief In Columbia at the time. E. L. Lathan's story of the tragedy was substantially that of other witnesses, except that he testified after the shooting that Boulware pointed a DECEMBER. Have you. ^money Why not decide to secure yourself today against old age, sickness and loss of employment? Don't take chances of an unexpected strain on your finances. Incomes melt away before those demons, expense and extravagance. Begin now, to save; how welcome it will be in that needy hour that is apt to come. We will pay you 4 per cent interest on the money you put in our bank and compound the interest every three months. Let OUR Bank be YOUR Bank. We pay 4 per cent interest compounded quarterly. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. The First National Bank Under Control of United States* Government. LANCASTER, S. C. pistol at Isenhower, who dodged seals will be found on sale in Lan arouiul a post caster at the following places: LL B. Hagood, last witnesses of the ? Th? B*n\otiflnu h" , , . tional Bank, Farmers Bank and day for the defence, said he saw Er- Trust Co standard Drug Co., Lannest Isenhower "dodging around." caster Pharmacy, Lancaster Drug The examinations today were con- Co., Lancastoer Mercantile Company, ducted l?y Messrs. Ilenry, Hill and ^ a< koi*t?l 1. and B. ( . Hough. McDow for the state and llunahan. Where, Oh Where? f Blease, Hurt and Gaston for the de-1 if only the good a id pure in mind fence. ko to heaven, what .s to become of Judge ltice has been firm in his ''1C doctors, and the mwjers, and the , . . . . merchants, atul the editors, and the rulings and is not permitting eithet hankers, and the farmers, and the side to waste time. rest ()f the common herd? And where, Large crowds, many from Fairfield oh, where, will the politician go? ? county, are attending the trial. Barnwell Sentinel. Administratrix Sale. NOTES FROM MILL \ ILL AGE. By virtue of an order .from the Judge of Probate of Lancaster counTlie little child of Mr. and Mrs. ty, j will sell at public out cry at the Oscar Rollins Is very sick with croup. ittte residence of It. A. Love, deceasMr. Sanford Snipes has moved to e<it on pri,|ay, the 24tli day of Dec. the cotton mill from the country. 1915, within the legal hours of sale, . Mr. Bob Barton has moved here ^jie following personal property befrom the country. longing to said estate, to-wit: The little boy of Mr. and Mrs. V. Two wagons and harness,, one M. Adams, who has been very sick, buggy and harness, one mower and is able to be up again. rake, one disc harrow, one stalk cutRev. C. W. Burgess is expected to feri two-horse plows, plow stocks leave Saturday for Scranton, where an(j plows, hoes, gears, guano dlshe will be pastor. tributor, corn and cotton planters, Rev. Wylie Catoe will preach at saddle, middle buster, three milk the Second Baptist church Sunday cows, three yearlings, three horses, night. four mules, one brood sow and ni?a icev. j. i<j. sinoKiana win be pastor Terms of sale cash, at Grace Methodist church. * ESTHER LOVE tun iMMum UIM,? Administratrix Estate of R. A. Love, RED C ROSS SKAIjM. Deceased. ; ? ? , Kershaw, S. C., Route 5. Dec. 10, \\ here 1 Lancastrians May Purchase 1915, Tliein. Again the people of Lancaster will be given an opportunity of helping ? Rnu Wocl!ni(hn..c? 1 tuberculosis sufferers by buying Red Jri " \ "e^*,"5n""Se | Gross Seals. They cost only one cent StlPClNC Ware During Electrical! apiece and may be used 011 corres- I Prosnpritv Wppk i pondence of any kind, as well as on %m? " 1 Christmas packages. The Red Cross LANCASTER LIGHT & POWER CO. ION WITH NOT ASEME? I ON WITH THE DANCE I perfect-process i Pure Silk Hosiery A pure silk hose with ^ a style befitting dress occasions, a durabil- */^ni ity that suits it for \VV 'W outing use, and a i vv 7! price that makes it ) J /f\ an "eoety-day" article j Buy Your Hose Now and be Reach' for the Holiday Dance. , ' J. T.Wylie i in ITTTT *?rir-_-.^_r1T^jp^a^yia.i?aaM^?i*<M?????w^la?MMM?