The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 17, 1915, Page 4, Image 4
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"Let reverence for lbws be
breathed by every American
mother to the lisping babe that
prattles on her lap; let it be
taught in schools, ia seminaries
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
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:
Local rains Friday; fair and
colder Saturday.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1015.
TI KSDAY, DEi'EMUKIt 11. 11)15.
Congratulations to the new town
officials. They have our very best
wishes.
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Senator Tillman calls Colonel
Roosevelt the "bellowing bull of
Bashan."
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Have you bought your Red Cross
seas? If not there is yet time to help
a good cause.
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"Build the lire in the stove with
mail order catalogues." is the good
advice of The Salisbury Post.
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Hast call for Santa Clans letters.
Christinas is nearly here and we
must give the old fellow a little time
to prepare for it.
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'Lancaster Leads" in the building
of n<- \ homes and stores. This is
the In si est town in this section of the
state?and the best.
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We trust that every iittle boy and
girl who lias written a letter to Santa
Claus will get a Christmas stocking
tun oi tne "very tnings" tney want.
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With the gallon-a-month law and
the high price of eggs to make the
ingredients scarce, the prospect for
Christmas eggnog is rather gloomy.
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It is just one week until "the night
before Christmas" and not since last
Christmas were there so many good
little children in the world.
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It looks as if classic Greece is
doomed to meet the same fate as
poor little Belgium, to he crushed between
the upper and nether millstones.
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Mayor Grace's swan soup was inrerup
rscd with howls of discontent
and rimination. Mr. Grace is not
the first strife-stirrer who has come
to grief.
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The money spent for lied Cross
seal* goes towards the prevention of
the disease as well as for treatment
of consumptives. Are you doing your
part in this humanitarian work by
buying the little seals?
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The Anderson Intelligeucer inquires
"What has become of he oldfashioned
boys and girls who had
pound parties?" They are now attending
parties where the weight has
(icon increased considerably.
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Let each one of us do more in 1916
than we have done in 1915 to banish
illiteracy from the state. In this
great work all should be enlisted for
there is need of co-operation in order
to get results. So let our first concern
be the education of all the people,
adults as well as children.
It is cause for rejoicing that Malcolm
R. Patterson, ex-governor of
Tennessee, was defeated In the primaries
of that state for the United
States senate. He lias left an ineffacable
blot upon his character by
the pardoning of Colonel Cooper, who
so foully did to death the brilliant
Edward W. Carmack.
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Lancaster is makine excellent
progress in the matter of good roads.
We have reason to be proud of the
recent accomplishments of the county
authorities, who have given us such
good service. There Is no better
Toad In the state than the Charlotte
road. We hope that every other important
road in he county will soon
be Improved.
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THE NEW COUNCIL.
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There is reason for congratulation
that a city council composed of a
progressive mayor and aldermen
have been elected to guide the destiny
of Lancaster during the next
two years. There is need of good
business judgment and common sense
methods of handling the affairs of the
municipality in such a way as to advance
rather than check the progress
we have made. We have had occasion
to criticise the present council,
suggesting ideas which seemed to us
important, yet in every instance the
advice was given in kindness and
with the sole purpose of helping,
rather than hindering. But the
constructive work accomplished
by Mayor Hood and his co-workers
will remain as a permanent monument
to them. It will be remembered
that it was during their administration
that the town secured sewerage,
street paving and waterworks
extension, put in a great white way
and thus entered upon an era of city
building which is completely transforming
Lancaster. Mayor Hood and
the council associated with him
have accomplished great things
against odds which would have overcome
less progressive men. They
have inaugurated a new era. They
have spent a considerable sum of
money and have spent it wisely.
The permanent improvements that
have come during the past two years
give us more self respect and more
pride in the appearance of Lancaster.
For the reasons we have mentioned,
we are particularly glad that other
men of wisdom and discretion are to
carry on the work so auspiciously
begun.
Mr. Charles L). Jones, the mayorelect,
is a business men who lias been
eminently successful in the handling
of his own affairs and can be relied
upon to apply to the affairs of the
town the same business principles
with which he has conducted his varrious
enterprises. Mr. Jones is well
educated, trustworthy and far-seeing.
He has always stood for progress,
having advocated and fought for
every measure that made for the upbuilding
of Lancaster. As chairman
of the public works commission, he
exercised good judgment in selling
j the bonds for street improvement,
waterworks extension and sow i rag
at a very advantageous price at a
time when there was a diversity of
opinion as to the wisdom of bonding
the town for these improvements,
which have been such a large contributing
factor in the progress of Lancaster.
It was Mr. Jones who led the
fight. His communications in The
Lancaster News showing how the
money for the installation of the
waterworks system had been expended,
and the great advantage accruing
to the town from an up-to-date
sewerage system, were so clear and
convincing that the vote when taken
for the issuance of bonds carried by
a large majority. He will have a
plan of procedure, which through the
co-operation of the progressive men
associated with him, can only result
in good. Wo are expecting great
tilings of the new council and do
not expect to he disappointed.
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.Mi: n time and money will be spent
by C'ongn ss this session on the part
of the numbers of both parties, playing
hide-and-seek on the matter of
expending more money for a more
efficient army and navy. A majority
of both parties deep down in their
hearts, agree with the President on
the essentials in his plan for preparedness.
but because they have in
mind more their own political interests
than the welfare of the country,
they will play to the galleries for
many weeks before the measure is
passed. But in spite of Messrs. Bryan,
Kitchin, Mann, Lodge and others, the
main plunks in President Wilson's
program will be enacted into law.
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It is about time for some news
papers to pop up and inquire what
newspaper will be the first to publish
the editor of The New York Sun's reply
to the note of little Virginia asking
if tftpre is in reality such a thing
as Santa Claus. To our mind this reply
if published every Christmas season
is much better reading matter
than a lot of stuff some newspapers
will carry.
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"I'ork barrel" against preparedness
will be the main issue to be
thrashed out by Congress this session.
It will be better for the country
to have less pork and more preparedness.
All the counties surrounding Lancaster
have their county fair associations.
If Lancaster is to lead she
must get into the fair business without
further delay.
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When old Santa Claus makes his
annual visit this Christmas he will
find more hog, hominy and molasses
in the homes of the people of Lancaster
county than ever before.
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THE LANCASTER NEWS,
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STATE DENOMINATIONAL
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Some papers in the state are now j'
agitating the old matter of the state f
and denominational colleges. This s
agitation will do no good, but on the
contrary, is calculated to do harm. \
Why should the friends of the do- '
nominational colleges entertain any
jealousy of the state colleges? They
can hardly deny that there should be o
state colleges which are bound to bo >'
supported by taxes paid by the peo-1 jj
pie. To our mind only those students : j
who are not able to pay the tuition f
should get the benefit of the scholar-1 ?
ships. Too often there are admitted "
1IIHJ inc nuirtJC BtuuOlllB W11UBB pa-1 g
rents are able to pay for them, yet do g
not, but this is the fault either of the
law or its administration.
The denominational colleges
should stand or fall upon their own J
merits and their friends will not 1
add to the strength of these institutions
by periodically winning and
whimpering because Clemson, Winthrop,
tlie Citadel and South Carolina
University get large appropriations
from the state. We want to see
these institutions which are doing
such a good work kept up to the,
standard, provided this is not doncl
to the injury of tlie common schools
of the state. The denominational
colleges are likewise doing in their
several spheres a great work and will
continue to do so in spite of the illadvised
carping at tlie state institu- j
tions by some of their misguided s
friends and supporters. ' _
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And Ours.
Our notion of a bad spell is S
"Xmas."?The State.
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( ood Advice.
Buy all of your Christmas pres- 1
ents from home merchants.?Green- ti
wood Index.
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Far From Poor. | t
No person is ever poor who lias a
normal body, good health, a clear eye] )
and a clean mind?Barnwell Senti- '
nel.
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One Indication.
Kre long the express office will b.?
indicating preparedmss for Christ- !s
ni.is. -Henderson I)!spateh.
(.ood < Hd I nit iuN.
S. c. stands, among other names. ,j
for South Carolina and Santa Claus,
both noble business boosters.? A
Charleston Post.
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A lot of big hogs have been killed.
but the editor only receives a record [ 11
of their weight and ages.?Tugaloo t
Tr'bune.
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We Should Worry. '
It ain't the money, and it ain't the,
love that one puts into this Christ- ?
mas present buying. It's the bloom-. {
ing time and annoyance in trying to '
study what to get that will he appreciated.?(Ireenville
Piedmont. (
Sign of the Need.
Some of those York county jurors
who expressed themselves as against g
"capital" punishment, admitted that
they believed in hanging, or the _
death penalty. And still some folks jp
say South Carolina has not need'-d |
compulsory education during "10 I
last tw- i.v years, and does not need
it now ? Spartanburg Herald. v
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Christinas (living.
Jesus said: "It is more blessed (
to give than to receive." Not giving ,
rich and costh gifts to those who;
ha\o an abundance, nor to those who
can easily buy all they desire, but the
giving where gifts are needed, brings
happiness to the heart and a sense
of Joy in well doing.?Washington
<(Ja.) Reporter.
Only I lie Clerks Should Worry.
Pennsylvania suffragettes are preparing
to bombard the congressmen '
from that state with one million i
letters, but in view of the way Pennsylvania
voted on the suffrage oues
tlon in November we-do not suppose!
the letters will worry anybody except
the clerks who have to handle them.
?News and Courier.
Well-Xigh Impossible.
Politics is liable to play havoc
with preparedness during the session
of Congress, as it usually does with
many other matters of vital importance
to the nation. Hut it is always
a hard matter for politicians to rise
above the low plane of politics and
consider such matters solely for the
good of the country.?Henderson l
uispaicn.
A?i I'hjust Clmr((c.
The suffragette who has impeached
Mr. Wilson for the "impertinent
insult to women" involved in his
"refusal to grant them independence"
forgets in her excitement that |
the ballot is not a possible gift of
any President and tha. federal enactment
is obtainable only through I
a constitutional amendment submit-!
ted by the vote of Congress for the j
ratification of three-fourths of the]
states. The vials of this wrath,
should have been poured out upon|
the real obstacles- the constitu-l
tion and the people. -Valdosta (Ga.)
Times.
Pity Misplaced.
There is a tendency to remark on
the foolishness of Kugollla Kelly, the
New York heiress who eloped with a
tango teacher, but no one has a word '
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DECEMBER 17,1915.
o say about the poor judgment of
he professor of oaneing.
The ne\vspape;s have been full of
Eugenia Kelly for several months,
ihe is a product of high society and
avlsh riches. She was idle, pleasureDving
and useless. She frequented
ow cafes, had vicious habits and reused
to submit to control of any
ort.
That is the kind of a wife this
ango teacher chose. He deserves
dty.?Anderson Mall.
Kstablish l>iversification.
The South has learned the lesson
f diversification during the last
ear and nothing at this time should
llow the country to forget that les011
or cause us to depart from its
cachings. The South must diversiv,
it must raise more live stock and
t must hold down the cotton acrege.
These things must he done, if
he present prosperity is to remain
nd become the foundation of the
ireater wealth of the region.
This city, through the encourageoent
it gave to the matter of farm
lemonstration work, has done well
o promote this idea, and it has been
"he Herald's privilege and practice
o preach the doctrine in season and
nit of season for years. We have
ome some distance along the right
oad, but there must be no turning
lack at this stage of the journey,
diversification must become tlie es- |
ablished method of farming in our
>art of the country and all that can
te done by all interests to make that
he case should be done.
We should like to see the business
nen of this city, some time within
he winter, give a dinner to the leadng
farmers of the region and havo
it that dinner men of ability and
ittainmcnt who will speak upon the
onsequences of the agricultural revilution
that has really been brought
ibout in the south within the last
welve months.?Spartanburg Her-1
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COUNTY NEWS]
UNITY.
ipecial to The News.
Unity. Dec. 16.?It has been very
old this last week.
Messrs. Marvin Helms and Moffatt
lallman made a call in the Tyson
teighborhood last Sabbath evening.
Mr. Kirk McCain of Concord is ex ectcd
home next Thursday to spend
he holidays with his parents.
Miss Ulise McCain spent last week
kith her grand mother, Mrs. R. M.
ngton, of Rich Hill.
Mr. John Caskev of Lancaster is
pending several days in the Unity
action with his daughter, Mrs. M. It.
Ilnson.
Mr. Hue.v Montgomery made a
hort visit near Unity Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary L. Neill has returned1
.... ....V. <11.mis 11 nrrn Willi HOT
laughter, Mrs. W. 1). Todd, of tliej
ucksonliam section.
Mrs. L. E. Hoik spent Tuesday with
Irs. Charlie Parks.
Miss Loma McCain spent the weeknd
with her aunt. Mrs. B. P. Brasngton,
of Kick Hill.
Mr. C. H. Steele and family have
uoved in our midst and we extend to
lie ma hearty welcome.
Mrs. J. R. Sta"nes has been visitng
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H.
lallman.
Mrs. It. M. Steele and little daugher,
May, spent Saturday night with
Irs. Mary Steele of the Tirzali neigliorliood.
Mrs. 1). Tt. Relk spent Thursday
it li Mrs. Rachel Steele of the Camp
reek section.
MIDWAY.
ipecial to The News.
Midway, Dec. 14.?There was a
ares Old Sores, Ctlier Remedies Won't Cute
he worst cnscs. no matter of how lontr standing
re cured hy the wonderful, old reliable Pi.
orter's Antiseptic }ie il<ng Oil. 1?. relieve!
aia and *? >' v .iv. v.Klimc ?5c. 50c. ?1.0'
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Have youl
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Why not decide to secure
age, sickness and 'oss of
chances of an unexpected i
comes melt away before th<
travagance. Begin now, to i
in that needy hour that is ap
We will pay you 4 per cci
put in our bank and compo
months.
Let OUR Bank
We pay 4 per cent intere
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LANCAS'
ehapter of Daughters of America organized
at Midway Academy last
Wednesday night and they have a
good number of members.
Mrs. Leln P'underburk spent Wednesday
night with Mrs. Patsy Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Gardner spent
Wednesday night at the home of tin
former's parents, Mr. anil Mrs. L. M.
Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan spent
a day the past week with Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Gardner.
Prof. 10. W. t'askey spent Saturday
night with Mr. J. M. Walker of Kershaw.
Mr. Dewey Neal spent Thursday
night with his sister, Mrs. E. 0.
Catoe.
This section had its first freeze
Sunday, December 12.
DOUGLAS.
Special to The News.
Douglas, Dec. 16.?The health of
the community Is very good, except
Mrs. Hen Addison, who has been very
ill of pneumonia.
Mr. Walter Cauthen of Dry Creek
spent Tuesday night with Mr. J. L.
Graham.
Mr. I'ierce C. Graham has accepted
a position at Nitrolee.
Mr. Jack Williams of Lancaster is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Annie Caskey.
We are very sorry to learn hat
Mr. Charlie Caskey is suffering from
a badly sprained ankle.
Mr. and Mrs. It. M. Jones have
moved to Lancaster.
Miss S. Ruth Caskey spent the
week-end in Lancaster with Miss
Carrie Lee Caskey.
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lits, Raisins, Nuts, F
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buy Elsewhere.
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MAS COIN
t and a Happy New Ye
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employment? Don't take ^
drain on your finances. In[>se
demons, expense and exsave;
how welcome it will be
t to come.
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und the interest every three
he YOUR Bank.
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[ Consistency?
We presume there is not a bust
ness or professional man in this town
who is not an arden advocate of
home trading. So are we. And in
this connection we want to suggest
that it might be in keeping with
such doctrines for certain of our
worthy business men to remember
tbat this paper lias an up to date job
printing plant and is prepared to do ^
all kinds of printing. To say the
least, it is rather discomforting for
' lis to urge Ihe people to buy their
goods at home and then run across a
piece of printing for some local business
house that has been ordered
from out of town. The citizen who
makes a practice of buying his goods
from outside sources is injuring the
business interests of this town. And
the business man who has his stationery
printed in other cities is taking
i a slap at the newspaper that speaks
, up in his behalf. Consistency? Yes,
I of a kind!?Greer Observer.
Popular Minister Takes Charges of
Lancaster Circuit.
ltev. J. E. Strickland arrived In
j Lancaster yesterday from Greenville
to take charge of the Lancaster circuit.
He will take up his usual round
of appointments Sunday, preaching
I at the following places that day:
1 Mount Oarmel Sunday morning,
j Camp Creek Sunday afternoon aud
I Grace church Sunday night.
Mr. Strickland will make his home
I in Lancaster and will remove his
j family here during the holidays.
They are extended a cordial welcome
1 to Lancaster.
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