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f I * ?ljc iCanraatrr Nruia VMI"" (SEMl-NVKKKLY.) - ~~~ " " We wish to PCHLI8HERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: ? a number 0 Published Tuesdays and * rldays at Lancaster, 8. C., by The ?' Chester who Lancaster Publishing Company, ize a Chamber < successors to The Ledger, es j town Chestei tabllshed 1852; The Review. sltuation ra..r established 1878; The Enter- situation, rain prise, established 1891, and en- large territory tered as second-class matter trade and yet h Oct. 7, 1905, at toe postofflce Kress that sucl at Lancaster, 8, C., under Act , , . of Congress of March 3, 1879. expected to = -? realize that Ch? SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ; mercia, organis (In Advance.) I ine Year.. *1.110 That matters ar tlx Months 715c it is they will ~?I m V Z out a trade be Let reverence for laws be ; Kronthod hv ovprv AmprlrAn holp conditions mother to the lisping babe that ' The Chester prattles on her lap; let It be same view of tl taught In schools. 1 i seminaries Lancaster News and colleges; let tt be written " V . In primers, spelling books and recent developn almanacs; let It be preached object lesson from the pulpit, proclaimed in the people >f C legislative halls, and enforced In likewise." Th< courts of Just'ce. And In Bhort, . ... . . let It become the poltical rellg- on ,h,s Rubjo(, Ion of the nation; and let the Improved cond old and the young, the rich and quote it in full th poor, the grave and the ga, .,r(. ?? of all sexes and tongues and nrofl,w to bolir colors and conditions, sacrifice . ? uncesglngly upon its altars." Time Ten Jhesb TUESDAY, MARCH 21,1916 , XiuriTgVian ' ?* i bable that mucl Weather forecast for South Caro-' pd at once; but Una: Fair, slightly warmer Friday; organization thj Saturday cloudy, probably local rains f?. pusb all matters that warmer on the coast. leration where . vying with oth ar? having the Just one week ahead?Field Day. abljr Rnd vI>foro + Chamber of C .... . . . . . much, and by What have you done to make jieve supppp^ jr efan-up week a success? sadly needed he ^ It. We have j' 1 annual report of Make montv if you can. but above her of Commere a41 else, make good. .accomplishment . dltable. So fa Lancaster has 1 Why not hold that election to manufacturing decide on the matter of library main- notwlthsta 4 en a nee? Mr. Carnegie helps those tliat help themselves. . the backward 4, state* has been ? . ..... . hustling and li "Safety first for schools can be the size as can b secured only by regular practice of and sidewalks ^ tbe fire drill. Yet we wonder how handsome newmany schools in Lancaster county are <"')nst -,w.u has been adver - wwict '"?? *" . sunn ry way*. y i also been had < Ay We are glad that the South Caro- 's an affrlcultur lina veterans are to be entertained Jidertakw i?.a Rood town like Kock Hill. There of the town aloi cannot be many more reunions and county, which si j-' U?e gallant old soldiers should be PUI"Pose of evei j , . . merce. The one accorded eyery honor and courtesy, particular Cham ~ ^ done?its great If a town like Chester can support ment?Is the ne two hospitals surely Lancaster can 'J? have instillet support one. We know that this If 3 81 , , . erated progress town can do wonders whenever it ner and change trica. so why not wo build a sanitn- lagging, baokwa rnim? , little cltv that is energy and get-u * I its full share of "That Atlanta newspaper man who are going. tackled the job of running the Lan caster News lasted only one week. KITTIN'ti CHI What's the answer?" asks The Rod: The children < Hill Herald. He failed even to tack to-day arc unfo le the job. but another and a better dent Lmeritus man will soon show how it can be speaking for the lone. Hoard, because t + house work or We learn with regret from Super- 1 tliev miss the ti fntendcnt Wesainger's rommunica- eye which playe* tion to-day that the high school will the bringing-up not serve lunch to the Field Day and which is m< contestants this year as heretofore, sound scheme r Hut whether or not the school chil- ( mere theoretical dren do so. lunch should be served ; "The boy on to all those who take ?art, as well Kliot, "has adit as the teachers of the county. Can't j0 train eve. ear the Chamber of Commerce extend |)e a|Ways looki this courtesy? ,he soils, the w * the forests, ha' 1 kl.t.PmiNh K ! , IMiOlt. course with mat - - - <! ??? j using various toi It has been a long time since we 1 the same with t have had anything to say concerning Kven the city ch Lancaster's telephone service but we hold tasks has cannot longer refrain, in view the Hut in general, act that said service gro*> s steadily tion lacks such worse instead of better. Whe'-e the ; the duty of the fault lies, we do not know and there- Dr. Kliot, to su fore will not attempt to fix the I He would coi blame. Hut nohodv can deny the ficiencles by "1 fact that the service is inadequate. I more hand, eatto say the least of it. It is very ! as drawing and annoying to ring several times be- . ii.g of much ni 4. roon! tire 'itt ungtior ami aftAr Anrpq nf one convt citation. to ring fo" anotht r i nhysics. biology number and have the person with In rural and w 11* , v i ha." in.M I i' ' talkhi.-, ' would emphasiz answer three or four times before work. In the there * any recognition from "een- would l?<? given tral." >ffee grinders" arc a poor ing that tl" v svihstit.it for llie bell ay stem but start towards when '! inking of connection- and It mm be < di coin tiotiH liccarav nn Ineonven- larhionVi folk ie. ce ; t patron of the telouhon -nse. that wh tliey should be given sou." relief. school for is . Tii" . ! sy of t ne nt '< r nit I books. Tint It the cup; > of tie- comoaoy is not nr if ibis (ji . here hi on. it. Into *' ?> for we ...o+'v. "ffi believe t' / a> a Mv a' t eon- 1 r>' " hat l sldernte. l'Srhapi thft eon "nine"4 ! ? 'n school '* .von. out in ik .1 of more modern nM' Iron to-dfr leviecs vt a >y r- h t? -r ? ' n c 1 -t ' iok-b i, n?" leu. I.uncus r i t-?o pro- ? t"uuM ac gre- lve a I >wn to It * 'nffHrl " <! w't i 'e?| sense-dev tiie pre -nt telenh ine facilities pn'l training systei banenster is not satisfied Ther" is i>*e readier ro much dissatisfaction with tbrt trr-vtwi <ntc:e and mn which could and should be vastly and are bettei Improved. i Anderson Int< % THELANC * C()M>IKI{(K ? "?? I 11 r II | II I I t IKSTKH. i1 FROM OTH couimend the action f progressive citizens * are trying to organ- Kvery Ci<>?* >f Commerce for their Every local cl * has advantages of member of the chi oad facilities and a Orangeburg Tii from which to draw * las not made the pro- Too lligli h a town should be Don't buy more ake. Hut when we <"an pay for. It is ?ster has had no com- 'his time.?Tugal mtion the wonder is * e not worse. Certain Ov? never be better with- The Pickens St >dy of some kind to is getting ripe in over there. they are heginnii Reporter takes the gcncer. le matter as does the I * s and draws from the j ^ nent of Lancaster an | a" ,,l? P?1 which should nspire the timcp, one ri heater to "go and do ?>f an office runnii Reporter's editorial patch. so exactly describes Itions here that we Cultivate V as follows: Do with your n mibers or people who does with the ve that the Chamber The fallow mind, ill be able to do very produces nothing em\ If they count as geburge Times ai location of new mants here it is not proh will be accomplish- lias A Fa if the existence of an "It is all newgpi at will be in position f, reader tMa , immunity's claims In ' * come up for congid- "na politician tall this community is denouncing the re er communities that hand is a dirty ir claims presented jjOW8 iU8iy is anything, the ommerce will meau and by will, we be- The Sil i arousing what is so The noisv fe?( M-e?community sn,r- _ . list glanced over the <,an,Pal8n <1? not the Lancaster Cham- 'n an election. ] 'e. and the record of silent vote that g is. indeed, most ere- one slde or the r as we have heard , VT ? . landed no greot new ,V C- > Dl?patch. enterprises lately; * * nding this fact, the Handle V sound and thorough A . . from being one of A Promin?nt communities of the ,on 's Qu?ted ai converted into as Mexican situation ve a community of der keg. Well tti< T1"" log around the k have been paved. business buildings d1 ou?bt t? be ructed. and the town bunt Journal, tlsed in various and Due recognition has '' , 5f the fact that this >0 t,ood A al section, and much ' public goo< n undertaken ha* not plisUed- by. these Ji development poelpg a c*ndidat< le. but for the entire - .... tiould be the aim and crowd* ' P?Htl?a y Chamber of Com- They a great thing that this tion for the bitten ber of Commerce has |8 engendered bv outstanding aehfdVe w spirit that it seems Heraia1 into the people of * * Jirlt that has accel- p^, pi*nly in no uncertain man- , .a v.? . ? All kinds of fp? ^ lIlt- wwn irom a ? ? rd community into a scarce. The jaKt distinguished for its frequently a good r; the farmers to pli ? ? _ much corn as tbey IU>HKN TO |JVK We 'l0n 1 kn?W 11 nr unii i ' any advice. ?Tut hi w ell-to-do patents u' rtunnte. says Presl- * * Eliot of Harvard. Save Tin CJenernI Educational There is no bt hey don't have to do community can ei farm work. Thus ,r>'inK to save the raining of hand and to be tho future d so large n part in bab,eB are more i of their forebearers. citizens than arc ?re important in anv brought up In sq if education than v,rons. The "bet book learning. here several year* the farm." says Dr. '"K to tbe bubieH tirable opportunities ,y" ^a,(,os,ta ((la ' and hand. He can * * ng at the sky and I Would k< oods, the crops and Some correspom ring familiar inter- "s w'th a numhe iy domestic animals, clever comments o hIs." etc. It is much ?ftclals and the he girl on the farm. ''np Junket euphem ild trained to house- campaign, but w valuable advantages, nubilsh any of the (lie rising genera- ,?1 even a tolerabb training. And it is have to fool with mikio. loot like state nol n' inn/in, n?/ n i * r pply It. |coptlons wo novoi rrect tho prosont rlr>- j the critter. and wi tho introduction of , now.?Tho and eye work, such * * cook inn, and the giv- Wo Wish lore time to tlio ad- The story is ii Borvation chemistry, ^ord has tackled and K'-o.??ran'iy." nrlcod gasoline, suburban school? he J factory in whlcj 0 gardening and farm cheapening fuel city schools tho boy.; W"1 bo fully 1nv such all-round train-i"ut- regardless o would have a good , Tt is good not entering trades. i ?,#. said hv tho cr ilijorted bv gome old- J his genius for 1 tlirt this Is all non ii'n'i i at n boy or rirl !? sont ?nVe to nnrJfv T ^ 1 f?| -'j p fyf fit ftp f 1 a i . . h 1 ^ < sU | - " lordAl jnrob .on, and an^wor it *i>rfco$ hi nw much do I r< meto- ? >" * 'ivltv V lonrn >(l out of book nonrv freely to Or let him compare, irnaollne It is 'V r wh core taught not'i ri rufneturlne 1 rn''"v with those who Mir high price o rordlni' to tho prnctl- <? vllllnt? to fl' r!op irnt 1 hRii shovelful Into tli if?, and see which have task that will 1 mniHiid of their knowl- .Thin last one is story of their powers, \nywav It Is m r fitted to brRlB life.- was t"he late e slllRenoer, zone.?The Stat IABTER NEWS. MARCH 24. 191b J|imMimi KtK'K HlIiL FORMS * KIRK INSURANCE [ER PAPERS. New Corporation Win Hnve Ca Stock or 9100.000. To Appl; d Citizen Is. t barter, itizen should be a __w__ amber of commerce. Rock Hill, March 1?.?For i mes and Democrat, weeks there have been rumors plane were being made for the To W'Hsto. matlon In this city of a fire Insui lenuizer man you company. These rumors have i too high to waste minated in the meeting held lou Tribune. evening, when a number of p * 9 inent business men and farmer ' ripe cided definitely to organize a mtlnel says polities pnnv wjth a capital stock of % i Pickens. So rip* uoo. ng to rot. Intelli- Among those in attendance v T. L. Johnson. Sidney Frledl * * Jno. II. Steele. C. \V. Spencer, 1 lever. Williams. J. A. Willlford. J. B. J itical scrambles ol ; 8on> j. g Glascock, R. M. Lot arely if ever hears c D Rel(, R L sturgis. D. P. ng for a man.?Dls-| lle E. W. Hall. A. Q. Westbi | C. L. Cobb and Richard T. Few< ; A committee fratii these wi liml and Soil I once attenj to tho details and t lind what the farm , for a charter and business will 1 soil?cultivate it. | at the earliest possible date, like the fallow soil The tentative understanding is but weeds.?Oran- the new organization will be ki id Democrat. j as "The People's Fire Insui * ; Company." and it is understood miliur King. I only local business will be trai iper lies." No gen- j ted. It will be the policy of not a South Caro- company to run upon a most co ting; It is Mrs Villa vatlve basis, issuing policies ports that her hus- cipally to small property ownei rascal.?Greenville the community who are at pr< finding It difficult to secure quate protection on account of ent Vote unsettled situation following thi ows in a political cent withdrawal of a number of count tor so much ei?" companies from the state. It is generally the 18 understood that the new com Ives the victory to ha8 alrea<,y made ^rangei* . whereby it will be oroteeted to Viuci . iiramri auii I 1 Insurance facilities offered by c # (strong companies. Vith Care. rridal In W?hl??-iCHK8TK" W" '' ??K , itaylng that tho COMMKRCIAI. It is sitting on a pow-1 s first fellow walk- ,/onK Cherished Ambition to He I eg witb fire about i*ed in Formation of Chambc lynched.?Spartan- Commerce. Special to The State, tccomplished. Chester. March 18.? This has 1 is to be accom- a momentous week for Chester.' olat debates by op- on* cherished Chamber of < L*B before eager meree is at last assured, ft. R. I fans and partisan fat. George. R. Dawson and J ffOTd no compensa- f*?than,.'!thri^ <?f th? .''clip's ?i ness of feeling that Prgmioenfr wholesale business i them. ?Albany h?vHgi*in their' time practical!: ,of tjhe week to making tha prop organisation a financial success, of Corn subscription* were quickly forth >dstuff and corn i? 1 from Chester's business meri. week of March I?}men lbe mOWMnent r* I time to begin to that mnclx tb' r,aht *** vould like to urge J?an for "cretary. There Is no tnt about twice as!,n vlev at PrPflent- but a hi*h 1 did last year, but lr,ed gecretarv w?? be employed T they will accept caloo Tribune. | SAVES MURDERESS FROM DEATH CT1 !? Ruble*. ?? >(ter work tliat a ' \orth Carolina C^ivornor Coinm tgage in tlian in Sentence of Ida llall Warren babies. They are .. ? _ ? ... i Her tiuiTfy Partner, citizens. Healthy i*|/t i** int*rvftuuu ' > those who are! Italeigb, N. March 21.? lualor or bad en- death sentence Imposed upon ter milk" crusade j(|a jjau Warren. the first wo i ncn was a bless pver Hemeneed jn North Carolin of the communi) Times d,e ,n the eIeCtr1c chair, was < muted to life imprisonment 10-da sen Sweet. Governor Crai*. dents have favored The Kovernor also commuter r of more or lean J life Imprisonment the sentenc* n State politics and Samuel Preston Christy, convl biennial mudslinu-1 with Mrs. Warren for the miird? Istically dubbed the I her husband. e don't intend to Formal petition for commutf m. We can't keep : of Mrs. Warren's sentence was Kood humor if we seated yesterday at a hearing *i a nialadorous sub-1 ed by the governor. Counsel Itics; with rare ex- rhrlsty was unable to attend ber r have fooled with 0f Illness but filed a written pet e do not purpose to jn his client's behalf. State. Mrs. Warren and Christy were victed for the murder in Win Him Tittck. Salem on July 18, 1914, of ( t print that llenrv ^arren After their convlctlor I lie problem of hi*h f.aSf. went to the state supreme i He Is building a on an ftppPnl nnit the action o i new methods of |ower co^rt was affirmed. An a for power chicles (() cpjpf Justice Clark of the fjfltlfrrttorl aft/1 supreme court, for a writ of f expense. jn orrjor that the case might he 1 vs. Whatever mav to the supreme court of the 11 iticv of llcnrv Ford, '.tate . viak denied. C'iiief Ji tuslne^s is not din- White of the supreme court o * ho would under 1Tnit< d States also declined t Europe at this time a spriilar appeal. rered by any sort of Moralise of her sex, women's I em and tint one of r-t); r < rgani/ itlons eftd indtvt ?s h- cotne of exceed- hroughou* the eountrv appeal m > will > 1 the governor for clemency for reduce the price of ti\ Not onlv is hin _v ... ? __ ?, I r "1 1 Dr. ML R. Campl rop dollars hy the le prosecution of an ' KeRfcteretl 0|>tOITlt'tri: in ;ind Mftlinfftcturlny Optu in his proper field ANDERSON, S. C. - .ii.ou Standard Drug Co., local iore prec aid ? t ,entatlves. Take your broken xcurslon In the war an(j repairs to them for prom] e. accurate work / 1 *v . , ?>. : n?itai1 STATEME V tor ? The First Nal that for" _ Lancaster -ance cui- j (Conden la8t I March 7th, irom-; s de-J com- (, ? 100.- 1 fere: RESOUR lelm. ^ D .' ' Loans and discounts fohnidon.j United States bonds (at par). Le.8~j South Carolina and other bor rook.-1 >11. | Stock in Federal Reserve Banl 11 Furniture and fixtures ippiy jegin! Cash on hand, in banks and due that| ^ iown! anee that asacthe RESOUR l I 90 userprin Sapital stock lent Surplus and profits ade- Circulation^ th** Notes rediscounted "for- DEPOSITS . it pany s lents > re- j >ther i I' 4 ODY ' ' ^ Warren. Other petitions urged the | u ? (>YP(Mi t i vo not tn int#?rf#?ro whllo hnn- I - !T OX | " " dreds of communications pleaded for like treatment for Christy, if Mrs. n Warren's sentence was commuted. t> Governor Craig, after The hearing c yesterday, informed counsel for Mrs. a > "Warren he was sure the verdict of j iho courts was sustained by the *!? ~ dence submitted at the trial but he ' ' was undetermined at tho time u whether he WMld permit ; woman * ,nen to be electrocuted. . ), r ?H qmoj "There is no escape," said the rot- ? >1^ ernor. "from the conclusion that Ida m rotn Itall Warren is guilty or m ureter, deliberate and premeditated, conceived allze anc* GXecu^e<* ,n determined wtcked. . uess, but I can not contemplate that, > >e of | _ unworthy and blackened by sin man ja I though she be, that she shall bo tl j shrouded in the cerements of death. a dragged along the fatal corridor and d hound in the chalv. Germany ex- n ecuted the woman spy; Kngland did p AIIC' not. The action of the military gov- i J ernor of Belgium was condemned by j mtt^'the conscience of the world.. The j ^ nml | . grililltHIIH The W Mra * r = Curtain v bv Sgft' i ^ I'J 9 Special Priced fo\ men ?r of HI W ?Dtm'l tvnit until itfon Spring House Clean pr? )5l Curtains. Biiy the "*"t- W ^or 'ggl ready to Iiuiik your c auao ? notice, ition ? ~ congton*l ?Dotted Swiss, sp< 3. J.; M at i the WJ court Ml f the ?Plain and fancy ppeal and ecru, special state |HI 12 l-2c, 15c, 20c ar error taken [S81 Fancy Cretonne 'nlted \?l] ... uatlce Ml nre 8hown l9 ' 1 th>' special priced at. 15< i) act S<| We also show clubs, , match cretonne, ape rluals, .wU, cd to 39 ,,,! , , VWT( White enumeled Mrs. f*ujp jr^Tt each oi . bell jJJ H ?# WWIlWWCTaMMMWWMtt a "an S The J. T. W ropre JB lens?H " *nd t&tfCM.MXCCCi > 'v" == NT OF I ( tional Bank , s. c. sed) , 1916. i' i ECS. $250,454.33 | 67,500.00 ids 10,579.92 c 2,250.00 3,471.30 j from U. S. Tr. 90.524.69 $424,780.24 CES. $ 50,000.00 32,549.72 .* 50,000.00 15,000.00 277,430.62 $424,780.24 a :flllng of this woman would send a hlver through North Carolina . "Humanity does not apply to V ran the inexorable law thut Is does o man. ThlB may arise from a misonrelved sentimentality; it may rise from the deep instincts of tfrs ace." ;? NOTVCK OF DIHTHABfllE. Notice is hereby riven that the nderalgned will, as executor of the rill of K. 8. Howie deceased, en he 14th day of April 1916, make ile ffaal return ae such executor nd apply to the Probate - Court of <ancabter county for letters diqiutssry. T. B. Howie, Executor. Will or B. 8. Howie deceased. March 14. 1910 lme frid iotk i: to debtors and creditors. All persons having claims against ho estate of J. M. Hough deceased, re hereby notified to file the same uly verified, with the undersigned, nd those indebted to said estate will lease make payment likewise. Mrs. Lilly H. Vanl*andingham, Executress. Estate of J. M. Hough deceased, larch 10. 1M6. t-frldays susmnrag Goods I =????- m r Quick Selling ? 0 0 you liavc your >3 Ing to buy your m now and lie H in tains on tthort m J M ?clal priced now .10c and 12-12c acrim in white ^5 priced at 10c, iff< id 25c S M for over drapery ariKe of pattern*, \ 10 l-2e and 2?c ? fi rancy edging to * jJJ . inl per yacil R<- r. 1 colluge rods 1 Ot; ? for 25r ? [m ? ylie Company | IIIIIIIIITII*