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rr 4 " QHjr Hanraatrr 3Sma (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUAN IT A WYLLE. .77. ..... Editor J. G. SIIEPAKD. . . 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 the postofflce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year SI.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, 1i 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 Seen it Carolina: Friday, fair. i"1511>\v. m:< m, nu.-?. Are you a Santa Claus assistant? + Make everybody happy this Christinas. + Let's think of tlie poor and give them a bit of clxeer. + Lancaster boys and girls, we welcome you home again. + To everybody in Lancaster county we wish a joyous Christmas. + Here's hoping that each little letter to Santa Claus will be answered with a full stocking. + For an inexpensive Christmas present for a friend or relative, how uhout a year's subscription to The Lancaster News? + South Carolina will have statewide prohibition after January first Let all law-abiding people in the state take their stand behind the law and see that it is enforced. * One good resolution for the New Year would he that you will stand for the enforcement of law. We ask all of our patrons to read again the little article on this subject, quoted from a speech of Abraham Lincoln made in 1857, which we have carried for several months at the top of our editorial page. It contains much food ror tnougnt ana renecuon. * Let's by all means organize a county fair association, and the only way to bring it about is to subscribe to the capital stock. The shares are $lb each and almost anybody can take one share at least. Subscription lists are being circulated in every school district in the county. Don't wait for the committeemen to call on you, but hunt them up and sign your name to the list. We note fr< m our oM"hango:; that Representative Wolfe of Orangeburg will introduce a bill in the next legislature allowing divorces in South Carolina. We venture the prediction that his bill will be killed as it should be. The sentiment of the state is and always has been against the granting of divorces. If this young law-maker wants to connect himself early with the making of one law which means so much lor the future welfare of the state and which is sure of enactment at an early date, let him father a bill for out-and-out, state-wide compulsory education. - Mayor Hyde of Charleston, in his inaugural address, gave utterance to a truth which should sink deep into the hearts and consciences of the people, not only of Charleston, but to the limits of South Carolina. He said "There is a very general demand at this time all over our state and country and also in our city for the recognition of law. The time has come when law-breakers must come the way of the law-abiding and there must be no compromise with lawlessness. The law-breaker cannot be a desirable citizen except in the minds of those who-place value alone on the ? ^Vihame of business even though 11> legitimate in its nature, as againsi the community's integrity and vir tue. To apparently thrive as a citj on lawless conditions means ruii sooner or later and will be showi both in material things and in i lower standard of citizenship. En forcement of law and the co-opera firm of our citizens in strong, health' sentiment in favor of such enforce ment is at the foundation of al moral progreaa." I -:- CHRISTMAS. * + *W,+t+++HHH+HH+H+++ The following beautiful editorial appeared many years ago in The Columbia State, and was written by its lamented editor, the late N. G. Gonzales. The Yuletlde season now being with us again, we reproduce it In its entirety: "Last night the sun went to sleep | under a rosy cloud-quilting, presaging a glorious Christmas. Last night | the evening star twinkled merrily, . augury of happiness today. Last I night the rains had been driven be-j fore the whip of the winds, and the , winds had gone back to their restless , slumber, not daring to mar the beau-1 ! tv of this, the happiest Yuletide in Carolina for many years. "Last night thousands of little folk went to sleep, mantled by the rosy tlush of happy anticipation. Last, night the rain of a year's showerv tears had been driven before the' blustering exuberance of childhood.! Last night thousands of little eyes' winked themselves into peaceful slumber, waiting the twinkling of the morning stars through the lattice. Cor this is Christmas, a time of peace. "Nineteen centuries ago a star twinkled into its natal day, and its| 1 light has shed peace on all the earth. ! Nineteen centuries ago Clod gave to i I the world, racked with sin tempests. < :he Star of Peace, llis Christmas I present to mankind. The Son of Happiness was a child, and that's the; reason why old hearts grow young today, why age iij banished from the festal court of youth and all the world is full of children, and every- ( body is a child. Time backward rakes his flight, and for one day. at ( least, each heart is filled with a sub- ( He glow of childish peace. Some j may not stop to rocKon me cause; ] but hearts are today knit closer in ho bonds of sympathy and human j Kindness. " "Peace on earth, good will to- < ward men.' "Peace! Wonderful is this synonv- j mal tongue of ours. Rut no word can , take the place, can more aptly ex- 1 press the blessedness of 'peace.' Peace and home! Wonderful words: | words of the Yuletide. For peace is j the essence of Christmas, and home Is Christmas. Peac ? in all the earth. Peace in the soul. good, will in thoj heart. Peace begotten of love he- ? stowed, of enmity forgot. j i "This will he a happy Christmas in 1 Columbia. Cod has filled stockings11 with content and with hopefulness. 1i the rewards of difficulties overcome, 11 of duty done. Then let us all c chil- i dren today. Old hearts will forget ' their trials under the purity of the waxen berries of the mistletoe; old ' hearts will renew their youth under ' the prightly rod of the holly old I I will ptuldivnr t r> rom.1'11 !! 1 ' The governor was guided by an act of the legislature giving him the power ( of indefinite suspension. The supreme court holds that the act is unconstitutional and orders the reinstatement t of the suspended sheriff. The fault appears to be with the law-making body for passing an unconstitutional act and not with the governor, who was carrying out the purpose of the act, a case of "June bug" legislation, as Governor Tillman was want to say. + By making Christmas bright for, 1 others we'll find the greatest happiness ourselves. m ;? ways young under the preen of the 1 ivy. 1 "And the little ones! Jod bless them: they will he happy- They know how to be; they have nothing; to frogot. With tin.in remembrance i-s sweet Peace is already in their little hearts. For He who was once a child fills their stockings with good things, their hearts with innocent joy." * 77 !' ^'''rn" '' $ (Hit CHRISTMAS WISH. * * ( We are glad that it is Christmas; J once again for of all good seasons, i this is the best. It is the time when; 1 friends and loved ones meet to renew i the old ties of comradeship. At i , Christmas every heart is light, or ? should be, and the cares that at other j?' times annoy may be laid asid*^ for h |' while at least. We should >M bocome as little children, entering heartily into the spirit of Christmas. We may not feel the same thrill we used to feel, we may not he looking ; for Santa Clans as in ehildli ..1, hut j | we may yet know tlie jo;.;, that s Christmas brfngs. It our htuiis are voting, if we love one another, if 1 i Christmas is to us His birthday, we t will spend it aright. We will want to < make others happy, particularly the 1 little children. We will see to It that they are as glad as it is possible for! i them to he. We will fill the empty < stockings. We will learn by exper- 1 ience that it is "more blessed to give than to receive." This has been a , I' prosperous year and our people feel like making a Christmas a great holi- 1 day. We hope that for every one of j our readers it has been the best year, yet. The Lancaster News wishes all, of its friends a very merry Christ-1 1 mas. + The supreme court of the state has decided that the removal of Sheriff Huckabee of Kershaw county, on the charge that he had refused to enforce the liquor laws, was illegal. THE LANCASTER NEWS. : + ? FROM OTHER PAPERS. * > lifst We Forget. In wrapping the Christmas package, do not forget to put on a Red Cross seal.?Charleston Post. Why Ho Quit. Once .upon a time there was a man.. who qult'smoktng. He sat down on a keg of powder to light his pipe.? Fountain Inn Tribune. Don't Deprive the Kiddies. If you have to have, save on something else, you old skinflint. The kiddies must have their Christmas.? The State. IS IT 1 OSSIOK? f The millionth Ford oar has just been completed at the factory in Detroit, showing that with diligence the number of cars may yet overtake the number of jokes.?Columbia Record. Height of Fashion's Folly. Let the man who Is disposed to riticise Dame Fashion as she applies to the fair sex not forget the little overcoats, shouting with color. ?-Greenwood Journal. A Good Sign. One can always tell whether a man was raised iit a house or in a sawmill by noticing whether lie shuts the door or stretches it open when he passes through it in cold weather.? N'ewberry Observer. To Now Way and the Old. Good boys are made out of bad boys in these modern days by having a surgeon operate 011 their heads, rime was when mothers accomplish* ed the same result by operating 011 another prominent portion of their anatomy with a shingle, slipper, or i iuumi.?rtinHTsim iiiieiugencer. No .lust <>rounri. The merchant who does not adverise has no just ground for complaint when a mail order house, through *n aggressive advertising campaign, attracts a considerable volume of utsiness that could he easily secured v the local merchant, were he as progressive as the far away catalogue liouse.?Edgefield Advertiser. Help Wanted. About eight years ago the editor if The Daily Mail built a house and [he roof leaked. It still leaks. We Itave since tried every roofer and [inker we could get hold of to try md stop the leak. Tt still leaks. We liad all the whole blooming roof lorn off and a new one put on Tt dill leaks. If there is a man in the whole shindig world that can stop a leak oof, send aim on here to try his hand, (tut we wish to state right here that we ain't going to pay out "nary ifiutri it-iii umess ilie ieaK is siopied. The offer is open to the world.? \nderson Mail. Think of This. A dollar sent away from home? it Christmas time or any other time ?never conies hack. Had you bought of it that way? If so. we feel nire that you will do your Christmas diopping at home. The local merchants are the ones who support lo al institutions. If you need help or any worthy local cause you can ?t get it from the mail order hoiKe. an you? Had you thought of it tha' vay? And you can see what you are nonev from your home merchant lian you can from the mail order louse. Had you thought of it that vay? And vou can see whta you arc tting. Had you thought of I4, that vay? Trade at home. Keep the loilars circulating where there is ;ome chance that they may reach yon igain i:i v.hol* or ir part. -Oastonin "lazette. South Cai d nil Can Worry .Hong Atlanta 's cndergoing its sem' ' -isinnnl poiittenl upheaval. A ? II lection for Mayor Jim Wonrtv"' . id four 'ni'n hers " *lu police c nni ?$? '.>n ) been !'? for jaihisiriv the oitv council. The convr ion's action in reducing Chief ?1 C O Brav rs to a eantalncv creat I lie ; torin. Mr. Woodward may he "called, hut if history teaches anvhing at all, he will he re-elected at v.p "o\t, or the succeeding election. We fear that Atlanta without Jim Woodward would he as dull and uninteresting as Georgia without Tom Watson, Detroit without Henry Ford, South Carolina without Coleman Mease, the United States without T. R. .England without B. Shaw, or Hharlotte without?but that's getting too close home. Anyhow Mr. Woodward will come back.?Charlotte Observer. The Farm Mortgages. Most persons will learn with surprise that the, mortgages on American farms are held primarily not by "loan sharks" eager to foreclose, nor even by respectable country bankers, hut by the life insurance companies. Private investors hold considerably less than one-third of the mortgages. A respectable share of them is held i\v colleges ana similar institutions. Hanks, to the number of nearly 27,000, hold 31V4 per cent of the mort-1 gages. And 148 life Insurance companies hold 37% per cent of them. It's worth noting, too, that the insurance companies charge a lower rate of interest than any other class of lenders. Their average rate is 5.55 per cent. They are disposed to make loans for longer terms than bankers. It has been said that of all the farmer's creditors the life Insurance company generally gives him the most favorable terms, although it is very exacting as to security and prompt payment. it noesn't eliminate the need, however, of an adequate mral rredlt system that would' enable farmers to carry their >rops and develop thelr properties oa ,terma as favorable as any other kinds of business can obtain.^Augusta Chronicle. ? vmuwmm|iw n^m^niii ' I? i. DECEMBER 24, 1915. HOLY GRAIL MERELY LEGEND1 Green Crystal Vase Found by Baldwin I in Ruins of Cssarea la Only bo Called. Few places are more absolutely cities of the past than Cesarea. Some one has spoken of the remains of its ancient glory at- the "ruin of ruins." The medieval town which was twice rebuilt by the Crusaders covered scarcely a tenth of the area occupied by the city as St. Paul knew it, and n.lno .Ul-fl- I %uv auiuo iuai ?*c ocv iima.r arc iiut'iiy the relics of the medieTal city, which was itself built out of the ruins of the ancient city. What a rich quarry Cesarca has been for other city builders is shown by the [act that, though it has been drawn upon for all these centurfws | for marble and granite and sandstone.! It is not yet absolutely exhausted, but still affords building material for the peasants of the vicinity. The green crystal vase which was found here when Baldwin I, the great Crusader, captured the city at the beginning of the twelfth century, says the Christian Herald, gave rise to the story of the Holy Grad, which has in-! spired so many legends and poems, | for Baldwin and his followers believed | of psychology. We ordinarily assume pieas, that music "expresses" by some dl- 0tfcer vino charm, that the composer who ceedli sighs of love has "discovered" the proper musical statement of love's p emotion. But musical materials are ^ not discovered; they are manufac- i proki, tured. It is by habit and repetition, wm t not by intuition, that we come to ac- j plne cept chords of dissonance. The major 1 wjnte and minor third of the old music is jIo very sweet because it is very fa- ajBt|n miliar. The new bald colors of fu- yttnta turlst music are ugly because they warn1 are strange. Our ears contain little formulas, so to speak, for the chords " " and scales that have been ground ^ into our consciousness by frequent hearings. When we hear a new piece Maiorii of music It must agree with them to tem- 1 some degree,, else we feel uncomfortable. Now. these formulas, y0 though they thrive on variation, hate i negation. So if the new music ne- state, gates them entirely, as futurist mu sic does, there is no entente possible. Our ears will not serve our purpose. By We must become familiar with the judge new style.?The New Republic. (v I late Garden Plants In History. Tork) Which is the oldest flower in our uary gardens? The question was raised |lourt, over our dahlia blooms, which like the fuchsia, come originally from Mexico. | The first plants to appear here were to U1 grown at Holland house from seed sent !?88* home by I.ady Holland from Spain in leresl 1879. In the previous year Sir Joseph shop Ranks introduced the hydrangea. The < fuchsia had then been known among us already for close on a century. A ' ^(, further turning up of authorities dla- j a covered that the tulip (from the Levant) was Introduced about 1660, about j which time, by the way, the horse -VsJ choetnut reached ui from Asia and ^ the lilac from Persia. Some forty X J years before that had come the dam- ^ ' ask rose, simultaneously, among the ?? I trPAR with thn 1nrr>h Th a nldai* .A. claimant with a recorded date seemed % to be the crocus. It arrived from the far East In 1339.?London Chronicle. - ?? i Good Company. ?* Franz Abt,. the song writer, long ^ since passed to the beyond, was a sur- 1 prising gourmand. "A goose," he V used to s^y, "Is a pretty bird, but It has one great fault; it is a little too ^ much for one and much too little for | f two." Coming out of a restaurant one i day looking supremely happy, "Herr V Kappelmetster," said a friend to blm, "you seem to have dined well." "Yes, 1 had a fair dinner; it was a turkey." X "And was there a good company 1 t around the board?" '*Yes, good?but small; Just two, Indeed, the turkey and m,M"_ . 1 <H This is the 14th Chnstn have been blessed to enjo; Respeci A. W. CI "The Old S that it was the one that was used at the Last Supper by our Lord, when he pave his disciples the cup of wine and said: "Drink ye all of it; this do in remembrance of me." NIGHT'S BEAUTY IS HIDDEN Few Artists Have Been Given the Ability to Depict Its Proper Glory and Majesty. One of the perpetual regrets of painters is the unattainable beauty of night. Whistler's successful Nocturnes are of early twilight. The later hour, when the world's vast shadow weighs on us, seems unrealizable in paint. Even Crome. perhaps the greatest 'I master of nightfall pictures, could not I go beyond the twilight. | The perfect medium for darkness was discovered by Turner, whose set 1 of engraved Moonlights are among the In I most precious works that man has an ar made. j plicai There are but about a dozen en- now graved and printed by the master, least They so far transcend his colored cants drawings, from which they were de- Th< rived, as to prove that black and and d white can conjure up the spirit of mone night more potently than color, deck. Hut they are not ordinary mezzo- what< tints; they are creutive rather than inB * reproductive; no one but Turner could troub have done them, nor could he have enmit communicated their secret to his en- passa gravers. Wh up at New Ears for New Music. know Few laymen appreciate to what an ,ar n] extent musical esthetics is a matter ? f TO C FRIE AN PATF As the year draws t us great pleasing t< cation over tlie eoi the past. Kcnewi continuance, we de: vou our apprceiati< son's (iroutings, wi Happiness and Pi New Year. The First Na Under Control of Unite<] LANCASTI Beggars' Paradise. China begging is in the nature of t, and the various sorts of sup- ^ its have been classified, until it is known that there are at thirty classes of traveling mendlo 9 passenger boats know them I' 10 not attempt to collect passage tl y, for they sleep on the open V and. curiously enough, pay for i f] ?ver rice they require. This be- | ,] he case, rather than have any n le with them and gain their j y, the boatmen allow them free Re. en they reach the city they put <-> the beggar hotel near the Rig (' la and let the beggar headman t< of their arrival. Soon the regu- n lowance Is forthcoming and the a spends a few uays in pursuit of j. ure and then moves on to anplace to repeat the same prong. ai __________ \v rested Feathers vs. Wool. a Verona priest has solved the p am of the scarcity of wool, which t] >e abundantly needed by the Al- tj troops during the forthcoming r campaign. has discovered a substitute con- ' n of pressed feathers, the ad- 11 ge being that they make lighter, h er and cheaper wool. tl pe >ratlng to the Pale and Sickly ( n d Standard general strengthening tonic. | S'S TASTELKSS chill TONIC, drives out > Ki n.enricheathr l.lood.and tnil'.d* upthcsy?- I f| i. true tonic, i -r r lults aud hlldren 50c | ^ Yotl Might. I u might even call it the season : " he sweet buy-and-hruy.?The ' _ n Adinitiistratilv Sale. vlrture of an order from the p : of probate of Lancaster coun- ? will sell at public outcry at the it residence of William A. Mc- Cl le, deceased, on Tuesday, Jan- * 4th, 1916, within the legal t| i of sale, the following personal >rty, belonging to said estate, t* One mule. one cow. two one buggy and harness, half in- (, L In one wagon, farm tools and fl tools, corn and fodder, house- L> Koods. Terms of sale cash. ' J. R. EVERALL, n nistratrlx Estate of William A. Corkle, Deceased. t ncaster, S. C., Dec. 21, 1915. 8 w old*cu: As well as new are kindly and list their orders with i making the children happ; Father Sanfc Apples, Oranges, Coe< Sweet Things will have a t leave impressions happily minds. )UR INLO D Aj IONS <> a close, it gives > express gratili dial relations of ng < ?ur hope for sire i<> convey To >11 and the Sea-' tli Best Wishes, osperity for the 1 tional Bank I States Government. 5R, S. C. NEW PICTURE SERVICE. Ir. Parr Signs Franchise With World Fiifin Corporation. Embracing some of the most Tamils successes of the American dramac stage for whose film adapatations tiey have exclusive control, the /orld Film Corporation, tlirough a ranchise signed liere yesterday with le Star Theatre, assures local patoiih of the silent drama of a new ^rvice which is said to be very good. Distributing the exclusive output l William A. Brady, the Shuberts, , harles K. Harris, and allied lilm invests the World Film Corporation acognized tliroughout the country s the moot 1 ? lui'iur in tne moon picture Industry, will send to ancaster such popular screen stars i Clara Kimball Young, Robert Warick, Alice Brady, Vivian Martin, nd Holbrook Blinn, in a varied reertoire of film successes. Among !iose scheduled for early presentson are: Miss Young, of the statuesque rpe of stage beauty is accredited as lie most beautiful woman working efore the camera today. "Heart of le Blue Ridge" entrenched her fame srmanently among devotees of the lotion pictures. Robert Warwick, idolized both on ?reen and stage?being a recruit roni the latter?will be seen here ery shortly in "The Flash of an Imerahl," made under the direction f /' ? ' ' . uiuiic vnpui mil, wno also proneed "I.es Misernbles," when Victor [ugo's classic beckoned a new idea in lultlple reel features. Manager Parr of the Star Theatre, lert to the interest of local motion icture fans, believes the coterie of ^ tars embraced in the World program i unquestionably the most brightest onstellation to l>? sent to Lancaster nee the silent drama has occupied i) important a place on the local neatrical horizon. Help Your Liver?It Pays. When your liver gets torpid and our Btomach acts queer, take Dr. ting's New Life Pills and you will nd yourself feeling better. They urlfy the blood, give you freedom rom constipation, biliousiiess, dizzless and indigestion. You feel fine ?just like you want to feel. Clear he complexion too. 25c at drugists. 1 A^A A^V y ^ Ty y T^ "^y STOMERS I ' solicited to come early ? ne for Christmas Goods, j? 7 in conjunction with X j'a Coming y mnuts, Raisins, Nuts, J endency to impress and ? fixed upon their young J nas, or the 14tli year, I J v these privileges. T :fullv, J HANCE t ^ te liable." X