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Hanraetrr Npum _ (SEMI-WEEKLY.) JUANITA WYIJLE. .77 Edltoi J. C. KHKIMKO. . .Business M?nagci 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; '.Hie Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905, at the postofflce at Lancaster, S. C? under Act ot Congress of March 3, 1879. snnfirniPTuiv^ uuxrir. (In Advance.) One Year 91.84 JMx Months 7fS "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, 11 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 tho poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon Its altars." TUESDAY. .JAN. 18. 1916. Weather forecast for South Carolina: Tuesday continued cold and fair; Wednesday fail and warmer. Are you a builder? + We have no need for drones, + Active people like 'Lancaster. It is a busy hive of industry. + New enterprises find good openings here and a very cordial welcome. + Our next effort will be for a local hospital. All together now for with united efforts we can build it. + No new laws are needed, gentlemen of the legislature, so pass the appropriation bill with as few extra appropriations as possible and come home to receive the "well done" of the voters. This town is going forward with your help or without it, but it is just as well to line up with the progressive element in the community. Nobody can hold this good town back. Even tne Knockers have been silenced by the din of he builders who are actively engaged in consructive work. + I After reading Governor Manning's address to the legislature on the recent reforms at the State Hospital for the Insane every patriotic South Carolinian should thank God for Manning and take courage for the future. Our best interests i are safe in the keeping of such a zealous lover of suffering hu-! manity. + To even the most casual observer it is evident that the new city council believes in street cleaning. We are glad to commend their systematic efforts in this direcion. Clean streets fllwnvs imnroaa otvQni?_l ,r - -l" obtuiifk ers favorably and also engender in homefolks a praiseworthy civic pride. + With the library open every afternoon the books should begin to circulate more freely and many new names should be add- J ed to he list of patrons. Every! member helps to enlarge the! library facilities, giving booklovers th^ advantage of a wider scope of reading. If you do not belong to the library association, why not join at once? 4 "Lancaster county must be represented" is 'the slogan adopted by County Chairman E. J. Jones, in reference to the T ? - jjaymen s missionary convention to be held in Columbia in February, and Mr. Jones in The News today makes a stirring appeal ot the men of Lancaster county. The interesting program arranged for the meeting is also to be found in this issue. + We call attention to the system of fire signals adopted by the Lancaster Fire company, by the observance of which much time may be saved and confusion avoided. Instead of rushing about in every direction without any definite idea where the fire is, how simple it would be if the first person to locate he fire would sound the number of the ward. A'; ?? , v? .! THE STATE HOSPITAL FOR 1 THE INSANE. r After reading special [ message of Governor Manning to the general assembly concerning conditions at the State Hospital for the Insane many former critics of the governor's attitude toward that instituion are now convinced that he has worked for the best interests of its unfortunate inmates. Every word of the message is straightforward and : sincere. It is singularly free from criticism of others and it > presents facts and figures which I are convincing to any fair-minded person. At the asylum are over eighteen hundred patients whom the state of South Carolina has neglected in past years, Many of them, in close confinement, only needed kind treatment and diversion which when put into effect resulted in their cure. The governor found one dormitory containing ninety odd inmates under the care of only two male nurses. This dormitory was a veritable fire j trap. In order to secure an expert alienist the governor borrowed $2,375 which added to the i j $3,000 f alary provided by law, 1 secured the services of the * right man. Not one dollar of this amount came or is to come : out of the pockets of the taxpayers, but has been paid by the governor himself and he . asks for no rpimhnrspmpnf During the nine months of improved conditions, there has been net saving of between $13,000 and $14,000. This has been brought about by giving j some of the inmates employI ment at a greatly reduced cost, | at the same time affording needI ed occupation for them, which has resulted in improved menj tal conditions among those thus j employed. The address of Governor i Manning before the joint as I sembly made such an impression that at is conclusion that body passed a unanimous resolution of thanks to the governor for what he had done. A synopsis of the address is published in The News today. It i is worthy of a csreful reading. NEW HOOKS. List of Recent Fiction Received at Library. Following is the list of books just received at the Lancaster | Library: Dear Enemy, Jean Webster. The Freelands, John Galsworthy. Vietorv. .Towpnli Homeburg Memories, Geo. Fitch. Prudence of the Parsonage. Ethel Hueston. The Gilded Chrysalis, Gertrude Pahlon. The Little Straw Wife, Mar" garet Houston. Loneliness, Robt. Hugh Benson. The Knave of Diamonds. Ethel M. Dell. Aunt Jane, Jennette Lee. A Long Lane, Marion Harland. Mildew Manse, Bell K. Maniates. Lot & Co., Will Levington Comfort. The Rocks of Valpre, E. M. Dell. Nicky, Nan Reservist, Quiller Couch. Julia Page, Kathleen Norris. Mary Moreland, Marie Van Vorst. The Money Master, Sir Gilbert Parker. Playing With Fire, Amelia Barr. I A Soldier of the Legion, C. N. and A. M. Williamson. The Wooing of Rosamond Fayre, Berta Ruck. The Old Relabole, Eden Phill; potts. K, Mary Roberts Rinehart. Today's Daughter, Josephine | | Daskham Bacon. God's Man. Georcre Rrenson I Howard. The Jewel of Their Souls, Susan Taber. The Lovable Meddler, Leona . Dalrymple. The Story Behind the Verdict, Dambey. In Dark Wnxhnw. The Southern Power Company had a representative here one day last week looking over the situation to see if there would be any chance to get his company to put a line into town to light us up. The prospect is Just about as dark as our streets are now, which is some black.?Wax* haw Enterprise. THE LANCASTER NEWS, GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON STATE INSANE ASYLUM they did not fit; and it simply is appalling to think what a terrible disaster would have occurred had fire broken out, If that fire had occurred in the night time, with two nurses only, in charge of the 92 patients, it does not require any description from me to tell you what would have happened. T i. i- ? ? ? ?' 1 1 i want 10 say 10 you tnat under the changed treatment that restraint for violent subjects is no longer resorted to; but instead the kinder and more effective treatment by. soothing methods; where they are put in baths, and treated in simple ways, we find as the result those patients showed improvement both in mind and in body. Gentlemen, these changes that have been inaugurated there are a result of your wisdom in enacting laws which made the change possible; and 1 earnestly recommend the continuance of this work as necessary, if wo are to discharge our obligation to these unfortunate citizens, who have the misfortune to the afflicted in this way. The acts which you passed I i. ~ it... * - 1 miming iu uie reorganization ot this institution, and a change in the treatment of the patients, made it necessary, in my judgment, to make important changes in the personnel of the management of the instituiton. I wish to say here that I was confronted with serious trouble. You will remember, gentlemen, that this act was passed and signed on the last night of your session; therefore, when the acts were before me in their entirety, you had adjourned and gone to your homes. It was not practicable for me to call you back here to make provision called for, for wha you had clone in part. Now, I want to say there is no special act of the legislature which fixes the salary of the superintendent, except that in the appropriation bill there is provision of $3,000 for the salary of the superintendent, and of course that fixed it. Therefore, 1 undertook to find a niaif who, by his qualifications, and by his character and attainment, and his efficiency, would be able to put into effect the changes contemplaed by you in the acts that you passed. ; I made an honest effort to find a man for that salary?for $3,000. I tried to find him for that salary, even taking into " account the perquisites which " went with that salary. The per- C qui3ites which went with it U'prp n? fnllna'a- TVin o""""! .. w. ? V.K/ X I1C OUJJC1 111" tendent had the use of a house, he was furnished lights, water, E fuel, he was furnished vegetables; he was furnished such servants as he needed, from the institution; he was furnished a carriage and pair of horses, and S' a driver, and he was furnished L an automobile; in addition to that, he had the privilege of p< buying his supplies at the re- m duced rates that were secured in fc the purchases of goods for the v< institution. si A conservative estimate of ei the value of these perquisites p< places it easily between $1,300 L and $1,400 and the $3,000 sal- oi ary provided for. I found it m impossible to find a man, a phy- I ...u ^ i 1 5? - -i * nicuwi, wiiu nau, in aciauion to n( his professional knowledge. tl those traits and qualifications b< of administrative and executive n< ability which, in my judgment, it would qauify him to carry out ir efficiently the tfork of reorgan- o: ization, change in the treatment d of patients and general manage- tl ment of that large institution, C( for the salary provided. n What was I to do under these t< circumstances, when 1 thought p of those 1,800 patients in that institution, suffering, as they v were, from lack of treatment v wnicn advanced and progressive e skill and knowledge in that line t of training gives? I felt that unless 1 got a man as superin- t tendent who had those qualifi- v cations, the acts which you had r passed would be void and of no e effect, so far as those patients t were concerned. That was the f situation that confronted me. r What was I to do? We know v these patients would continue <] to lack those comforts and cares t which an enlightened, advanced 1 and progressive knowledge ad- ! ministers. There were no oth- [ er funds available for it. 1 t t (Continued on Page 8.) a JANUARY 17, 1916. Ao. 7858. FIRS! At Lancaster, tn the State RESOURCE! Loans and discounts (except shown on b) Total loans , Overdrafts; unsecured * 2, U. S. Bonds: U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) .... . 50,( U. S. bonds pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par value) . .. . . . 17,1 Total U. S. Bonds Bonds, securities,, etc.: Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure U. S. deposits 3,E Securities other than U. S. bonds (not includ lng stocks) owned ununpledged 7,E Total bonds, securities, Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve Bank 4.S Bess amount unpaid . . 2, Furniture and fixt ires .... Net amount duo from Federal Reserve Bank 6,3 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York Chicago, and St. Louis 12,8 Net amount duo from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities .... . . 7,4 Net amount due from banks and bankers (other than included In 10 or 11) 7,4 Other checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank 21,7 Outside checks and other cash items . . 4,4 Fractional currency, nickels, and cents. . Notes of other national banks 1.81 Coin and certificates. 7.4; Legal-tender notes . . 3,5( littees as the time will permit, make this appeal through the dumns of The News in ordei lat the matter may be brought efore our people at once. It is oteworthy that wherever the lovement has been presenter 1 scores of cities and village* f the United States and Cana a, it has received the most en nusiastic commendation ane o-operation of representative len. The movement present: a men everywhere the greates ossible spiritual challenge. The greatest thing in all th< /orld is the world. If th< /orld needs are not grea nough to arrest a man's atten ion and command his help, h< 3 incapable of being moved b: iic uiu9i iiiiptrauvt cnaiieng? nth which God has confronts nan. Men are gradually awal< ning to the opportunity to en er as influential constructiv actors into the currents of hu nan history, and leave th vorld better, because they lived rhis movement strives simpl; o voice God's call to men for i ife whose dominant purpose i o establish the reign of Chris n all human relationships. Thi >riefly is the "inspiration" o he movement. Can I count 01 he laymen of this county, wb tre consecrated enough to th v<ru<rin |>i i uu luuu n nil U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 2,E Totnl State of South Carolina, I. E. M. Croxton, Casl statement is true to the 1 Subscribed and sworn I. - OUNTY CHAIRMAN APPEALS TO MEN . J. Jones of Kershaw, Urges Men of Lancaster County to Attend Laymen's Convention. To Pastors, Sunday School uperintendents and Laymen of ancaster county: Having recently been aptinted chairman of the Laylen's Missionary Movement >r Lancaster county and bein^? er.v desirous of enlisting the jpport and co-operation o; /ery pastor. Sunday school su erintendent and layman ir ancaster county, and also of rtfnni7.incr na mnnv Inrnl J. ' *.?i ' . ^ REPORT OFT HE CONDITION OF TH ' NATIONAL of South Carolina) at tba close of i. those 1243,218.82 Capital stock pa 2431218.82 Surplus fund Undivided profit 437R7 ) 1ST 07 ReSflrvftri fr?r In Leas current ej and taxes pal >00.00 Circulating noU Dividends unpai {Demand Deposit >00.00 Individual depc 67,600.00 check .... Certificates of d< than 30 days Certified checks >00.00 Cashier's checks United States d< Time deposits ( days, or subji >05.33 more notice): etc. . 11,095.33 Total demand de Time Deposits: Certificates of '00.00 Other time depo 250.00 2,250.00 ? Total of tin 5,471.30 40, 41 and 42 ) Notes and bills Counter] olc? 51.77 than at Pederi serve Hank . 11.90 48.65 18.34 00.57 74.39 25.63 80.00 58.70 [>0.00 iOO.OO 75,569.95 $405,543.27 T?tal County of Lancaster, ss; ?'cr of the above-named bank, do solei jest of my knowledge and belief. E. to before me this 7 th day of January, V. E. Cn Correct-Attest: CHARLES D. R. E. WYLIE J. A. COOK. . service of humanity, God's humanity, to rally to the movement? We want as many as 50, > more if they can be had, who j 1 will represent Lancaster county at the big convention in Co- ] lumbia from February 6 to 9th. Impossible to cover the territo I ry in so short a time, I adopt this method of asking your cooperation. Send me your name . and address, telling me you will go as a delegate from your county and necessary blanks will be furnished you at once. Lancaster county must be rep' resented. Yours fraternally, : E. J. JONES, Chairman Laymen's Movement.: Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Pays. 1 . Your druggist will refund money If PAZO OINTMHNT falls to cure any case of Itchir* Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to M day s. The first appllcatiou gives Ease and Rest. Sue. I I I :+-\.+x+r+i i P ; :: South Carolina Coi < ii Missionary Moveme t p February 4 Very Low Rou e -II Vii ! 1 SHI ITHEDW ? l>/W/ A A AJU1X11 M <C9 A(\ ROUND TRI : >\ <pz.4u lancai ! !i \ [ jS Tickets on sale Feb I jj with final limit Feb. 1 * || For Tickets call on ? j I W. B. Canthen, Ag< 1II 111M ; IE BANK business of Dec. 31, 1916. LIABILITIES. ild in 9 50.000.00 $ 50 000.00 26,000.00 26,000.00 s ... 4,129.04 terest . . 468.20 94.687.24 tpenses, interest, Id 4,687.24 !8 outstanding . . 60,000.00 d 2,024.00 ta: >8it8 subject to 128,176.72 eposit due In less #0,326.91 228.17 outstanding .... 2,125.87 eposits . 15,070.00 payable after 30 ?ct to 30 days or posits 185.927.67 leposit 34,800.28 sits 83,204.08 10 deposits, Items .68,004.36 rediswhere al Re 20,000.00 20,000.00 4 ? $405,543.27 nnly swear 'hat the above M. CROXTON. Cashier. 1916. ilg, Notary Public. JONES, Diroctors. ADVERTISED LETTERS. Following are the advertised etters for week ending January L5, 1916. Miao Tonni/> C" ?: i-1 ???w uunmc OII211U. Dr. J. W. Sain. Miss Minnie McDow. N. A. Newton. Daniel Belk. Miss Nannie Crsferd. Mittle Crauford. Jessie Stclair. R. M. Teasley. Geo Phillips. G. A. Newton. P. D. Funderburk. Miss Francis Starnes. When calling for above let:ers please say advertised. JAS. F. HIINTF.R Postmaster. lvention Laymen's j nt,Columbia, S. C. 6-9,1916 | nd Trip Fares it ? 31 I RAILWAY II ar $2.401| i? II * * ruary 4-9 inclusive j; 2,1916 11 ! ; II :nt Lansaster, S. C. U ' . .;.2,