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(SEMI. WEEKLY.)
PUBLISHERS* ANNOUNCE>fENT:
Published Tuesdays and Fridays
at Lancaster, S. C.. by The
Lancaster Publishing Company,
luccessors to The Ledger, established
1852; The Review,
?stabllshed 1878: The Enterprise,
established 1891. ?.ad entered
as second-class matter
Oct. 7, 1905, at the postofflce
at Lancaster, S. C., under Act
of Congress of March 3, 1879.
LOTHER ELLISON. Editor
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
(In Advance.)
Ini- Year fl.SO
M* Months ,. .70c
"Lot reverence for laws be
jreathed by every American
fho llnnlnp hnhn that
prattles on her lap; let It be
caught in schools. 11 seminaries
and colleges; let It be written
>n 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 poltlcal religion
of the nation: and let the
>ld and the young, the rich and
th poor, the grave and the ga*
of all sexes and tongues and
-olors and conditions, sacrifice
mce-singly upon Its altars."
FRIDAY. APRIL 21, 1916
\Veath' r forecast for South Caro.m.t
Probably local thunder show?r=5
Firday and Saturday; somewhat
lower temperature in Interior.
lister Greetings!
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Everybody should be happy at this
ocoavui
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;.ot every good democrat attend
* i-; precinct club meeting to-morrow.
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')ue reason for the popularity of
Easter is that no presents are re?iii~pd
at this good ??ason.
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it the early popularity of the straw
hat is any sign, we are safe in believing
that spring is here to stay.
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Anderson Intelligencer r ait
mis us that the "good old wool
tat lays are lurking just around the
sort t.''
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i^auoaster needs a creamery route
<ust as she needs a curb market and
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other institutions to help develop
farm life.
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" There's no crown without it's
J? n" and no happy vacation period
without the bugaboo of the final ex-,
ruinations.
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Wv ive'nt for;: )'-.en to mention
he hospital and never fear that The
Vev ? sv ill forget it. We promise to
* e agitating this great need.
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r Shakesperean pageant in Co-1
umbia next week is of state-wide
tigiiificance and should attract thousrnd'
of people from every part of
5 Carolina.
."lean streets for the town and
eeod roads for the county are mat*.
r-; in ihich the people of Lancaster
a e Interested and we are glad
I 'PO lllitm^d [II UfS.iro.7 Uk 1/ui.ii
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nobody could render a great
> to the community by eireui
.t a petition for the election on
tp. bravy proposition. Who is go u
n> undertake litis work in beit"
rh'? school district?
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ii-ipt that every Lancaster
ou'itv veteran who is able to be
h> r will attend the state reunion
ji Itock ilill next week. That is a
x ' to n and a good time is in
%? ) fi r "the men who wore the
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e- ! <ate: to the U. D. ('. con' r.-jv
like all other visitors, found
rtiis h goon town and regretted that
tlieJv stay In oui midst was so brief.
vVe wish that tl.eir stay had been
long and hope that each and ev*rvon<
of them will come again.
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W'n.tt lias become of the oldamnion-d
sister who looked undei
<hy bed at n.ght to see If a man was
fh^re?'' askj> Certain o
heea haters aro .-"till on tbe Job bu
ae yet nightly srarcn has been tin
'? *>aided by the long-looked-for man
C'liEAX-lP I>.\YS
For sanitation and health, for th
; prevention of destruction of prop
erty by fire, for the beauty of tin
city and Tor the reason that "clean
| liness is next to godliness," clean-ui
days are imperative necessities in al
cities large and small alike.
These special seasons when th<
' mayor issues a proclamation to th<
1 citizens to look to it that the prein
tuoa ri f thalr hiiDlnncc oclnhliahniont
as well as their residences are thor
! oughly cleansed of refuse and rub
blsh of every description' are 01
; ci mparatively recent origin. am
since their inauguration have growr
in popularity until now there ar<
few cities of even minor importance
but have one or more such cleaning
campaigns in the course of every
year.
It Is a pity, however, that such
campaigns should be necessary. In
some few towns they are unnecessary
because the citizens are so filled
| w'th civic pride that they keep their
property in a thoroughly clean condition
all of the time. But the average
city has not yet paused sufficiently
long in the mad scramble for increased
population to develop, as i'
should, the civic side of city building
and development.
But competition in trade has lie
come so sharp in all branches or
business activity, that it has forced
the merchant and business man to
study his business carefully for the
purpose of finding and stopping little
leaks, so small in fact that a fewyears
ago he would not give them
a second thouplit. He is realizing
to-day that a clean place of business
is more attractive to the averape customer
than a dirty store with unkept
surroundinps. He knows that
refuse and rubbish increase the fire
hazard on his property and that ho
has to pay for the dirt in increased
cost of insurance.
Although the averape citizen realizes
these statements as facts, still
concerted action and continuous action
for cleanliness has not yet been
secured and consequently 't is necessary
to have the clean-up campaigns.
The usual method of conducting
such a campaign is as folfows:
The Board of Health informs
the mayor of unsanitary conditions
resulting from foul alleys and premises.
The niftvor issue* :i nroclnmn
lion designating one or more days
to be known as clean-up days and
calling upon all citrzens to give their
premises a thorough cleaning. The
city makes arrangement for the disposal
of all rubbish collected from
private property and announces that
if the citizens will have the rubbish
piled in convenient places it will be
carried away.
The commercial organization, the
civic league and other city improvement
organizations should get behind
the movement and all working
together generate suflicient enthusiasm
in the campaign as to cause the
whole city to bestir itself to get
clean
Many towns and cities have ordinances
which compel the citizens to
keep their premises clean. Fin?s
arc provided for violations. Other
tdlnances provide fines for expectorating
on sidewalks and in p u 1>11 i*
places, fines for tacking cards and
i?;n^ on pedes and fences, and also
niakinc it an offense to scatter hills
o" the streets and in the yards of
residences.
The farmer should be just as particular
about the cleanliness of h?s
premises as the man who resides in
he city. The yard of the rural home
hould he kept perfectly clean and
free of all refuse; the trees whitewashed
at regular intervals, the barn
vard and chicken lots constantly
cleaned and limed, all for the purpose
of safeguarding the health of
the nt'onle as well as for the liean
tifieation of the premises.
The News will he found at all times
ready and willing to lend a helping
hand in sueli movements as this, and
its columns are open to (lie furtherance
of a genuine clean-up campaign
at such time as the mayor may designate.
VOTICK TO ltU.\I>KltS
(Jn page 2. this issue, you will lo
cafe church directory, outlining setvices
of the various churches foi
Easter. This column will appear ir
every Friday's issue in the future
Fag- 2, automobile column; page t>
Market Bulletin directory, soinethinj
jthai will interest all farmers. Pag<
7. comics, and on practically ever1
. page will be found "local dots" "per
r sonals" and other matter of interesi
I You must read the entire paper i
' jou expect to keep tip with all that
t happening throughout the county.
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Mrs Rebecca Mangum has bee
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. >
I). Pigy in Pageland for several day
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THE LANCASTER NEWS
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Postmaster Blackmail Now
n \V. L. Blackmon received his comj
mission as postmaster last and took
charge of the Kershaw postoftlce
p Thursday morning, the transfer of
? stock and other government equip-;
_ ment having been made the even3
lug before. Mr. Blackmon has re-!
_ tained Mrs. Mamie Rice as asistant!
postmaster, which will assure unin-j
f terruptde efficient service to the
j patrons of the office. Mrs. Hi'"? has!
served as assistant in the jfflce for j
1 about twelve years. Mr. Blackmon's:
? daughter. Miss Lillie Mae Blackmon,
? will also assist in the clerical work
, of the office. Mr. Martin Cauthen.
the retiring postmaster, has given
very efficient and satisfactory* service
during his seventeen years ineum1
bency, and he was strongly endorsed
1 for reappointment He has not yet
' decided his plans tor the future, but
he is too energetic fo remain idle
long, notwithstanding his advanced
years.?Kershaw Era
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The <'it.\ Beautiful
Why not acccept all the sugges-'
tions and appeal-- being made by tlie
Civic league to beautify your homes
and thus contribute to the appearance
of th*- city as nothing eise can'
The time is at Itand for this work
and a very little labor properly expended
will show most satisfactory
results without delay. Flower gardens
and lawns eared for contribute
so much to the appearance of things
that it is really surprising that more
attention is not given them by those
who would have the city present an
attractive appearance during the
spring and summer months.
We are requested to ask all to cooperate
with the Civic league in th?
spring campaign. ? Spartanburg
Herald
State Insurance
We do not think the people of th
-tate wiii tawe seriously tne proposition
that th. state engage in th
fire insurance business. The experience
of the state in the liquor business
was quite sufficient, we think,
to convince the people of the stat
that fields of private endeavor should
he left to individuals, singly or collectively.
and that when the state
oversteps the constitutional limitations
as to Its given rights in certain
particulars, that the result is
not ;,11 that could be desired. It is
true that the legislature does not
seem to be entirely cured of the disease
since it persists in operating a
warehouse business, which ft defends
011 the grounds of expediency,
rather than on const 'tn* 'anal
grounds. But If the warehouse
commissioner, seeking to usurp the
authority of the insurance commissioner,
and fathering a scheme to
put the state in the insurance business,
undertakes of cause it to assume
all kinds of hazardous risks,
assumed in the name of the state
by untrained men in tin? insurance
business, perhaps by men who will
not have the interest of the state a*
heart, when we shall have another
argument against the warehouse
system. Vbhevllb- Press and fEunner.
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Woiii.Tti anil l^ pan^neHn
jinn* l- a general impression inni
t Ii <* women of the country arc opposed
to tie preparedness pruRram. If
is true that the women air advocates
of peace, it is their nature and none
would have them otherwise On tiro
other hand, they are not for peace
at any price. They know that fn
ease of natinna' disaster, the.v would
voffer most, and they expect to sec
that thfs county is prepared to take
are of itself should the worst come.
"American women believe in military
preparedness against war and
they will have much to do with shaping
the military policy of the t'nited
States." aid Mrs Fr< deriek A Dow.
Chicago clrrb woman, past general
president and present pen oral secretary
of 'he Illinois Federation of
Women's Hubs, who is expected to
bring the matter up at the (leneral
Federalion convention In New York.
May 22. "American women <lo not
want war. htit they clearly see tliar
rliP duty of this nation is to he pre1
pared for any aggressor," Mrs. Dow
said. "It took our nrmj too ions
to get into action after the Columbus
* raid. I was talking with a proud
p mother of four sons the other dav
v and she said: "I don't want my
four so its to go into battle, but when
' their country calls I expect them to
f go.' Once the danger asserts Itself
3 the women of America will Hue up
as a unit, as they have done in EuIropean
countries, to repel the aggressor."?High
Point (N. 0.1 Enter'
a. prtee.
; APRIL 21. 1916
i \ \rAsTER-mriiburo raskkt
ball oamk
The basketball game between Lani
a.ster and Richburg which was played
in Richburg on Wednesday afternoon
was a game of unusual inter-!
: est. About twenty Lancaster girls.
| including the members of the team.
I went over for the afternoon. A
large number of Richburg people]
were out to see the game also. The
game was called at 5:50. The first
j few miuAtes of the play neither side
made a goal, each team seemingly
testing the strength of its opponents.
Lancaster, however, soon managed
to make one: then several
guarding and lino fouls were called
on Lancaster by the referee, who
was especially keen on calling fouls
for illegal guarding. The Rlchburg
team took advantage of the fouls
and made a number of points on free
throws The first half ended with a
score ot f. to 3 in favor of Lancaster.
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After a ten minutes rest the teams
began to play harder than ever. In
this half, as the Lancaster team was
more careful about its guarding, and :
the Rlchburg team less careful. Lan-1
cuoter had a chance to add to her
score. At one time in this half, how-;
ever, the score stood 11 to in in favor
of Ricliburg. At the etui of the
game the scorer announced that
Lancaster had won by a score of,
17 to 11.
For Rlchburg the individual playing
of Miss MeCrary, particularly in
making fmil goals, of Miss Drennan.
in the field and of Miss Oration In
guarding were the features of the
game The excellent team play of
the Lancaster team was remarked
upon hy a number of the spectators.
The quick passing between the guards
and between the forwards on Lancaster's
side was unusually pretty.
After the game a delightful lunch
was served to the visiting team and
the teachers by the Richland girls.
The Lancaster girls returned pleased
over their victory but even more
pleased over the cordial reception
they bad received and the good time
that had been given them.
The line-up was:
LANCASTER
Forwards?Caroline Porter Ouy
Skipper
Guards Eva Parks, ifelen Williamson.
Center Freddie Knight.
Side Centers?(Trace McDow. Clea
So well.
RICHBCRG
Forwards?Martha Marlon. Laura
McCrary.
miuro*. ii-wpnoill oration. wna M.
Tlagley. (
Center?Hattie MVMurray.
Side Centers?Mary HickTin. Eu- ;
cenia Drennan. f*
Referee:?Mr. Moore.
Substitutes for Lancaster?Mary
Elliott Carnes, Joe Lee Porter. Lily
McManus.
At :t recent meeting of the Lancaster
team Freddie Knight was elected
captain and Eva Parks, manager.
KOI THE It.\ ItEPItEKKXTATIVK
To VISIT SOrTTT AMERICA
Chattanooga. Tenn . AprfT 21.?
Wit it t lie vie.* of extending tlieir efforts
to promote the sale of south-,
ern made goods in the South American
countries. Southern RafTaay. th?*
Queen and Crescent route, and thei
Mobile and Ohio railroad, svill send I
their South AmeHejrn agent. Mr. j
Charles Lyon Chandler on a trip I
through South America this summer
Tie VIII leave In July and visit Brazil.
Argentina and I'mgiiay. where
the opportunities ar? now particularly
brigt/r for extension of Amerieun
trade because of the Ktiropean
war. Mr. ChandTer ntnde ;t similar
trip last year.
Mr ('handler will interview the
merchants and buyers of the three
republics and Investigate trade opportunities
generally in order to be
able to advise southern merchants
and manufacturers where and howto
place their products to the greatest
advantage. While on this trin.
his services will be at the disposal
of southern firms who are anxious
lo have specific trade opportunities
investigated for them, and will also
iif L'liin id assist arm promore tneir
trade there in any way possible,
firms desiring Mr. Chandler to repr
nent them should address him at
3 J J James building. Chattanooga.
So charge will he made for this service.
the w.ork being part of the
Southern's general scheme for developing
the south.
'There is a particularly good market
for southern cotton goods In Argentina
and Uruguay at the present
time," declares Mr .Chandler, "and
over HO.000,000 worth of cotton
i fabrices, piece goods, both bleached
and colored, could be sold to Argentine
Republic alone from the southern
states. We only export $2S,<
000,000 worth of cotton piece good!
CATAWBA CONNECTION
TO BE REINSTATED
Southern and Sea bo iu it Trains to
Reinstate Connect ion Mny 2N at
Catawba Junction.
The following communication
received from the ra'lroad commission
will be of interest t> the people
of Lancaster and vicinity:
"Columbia. S. C., Apr. 19. 1916.
"Mr. Luther Ellison.
"Lancaster, S. C.
"Dear Sir: ?
"In consultation held this day by
the South Carolina Railroad Commission
with General Superintendent
I Foreacre of the Southern Railway,
; Mr. Foreacre assured the Commis|
sion that on May 28 the Southern
Railway proposes a chanj?e of gched'
ule which will restore certain trains
in South Carolina, and at the same
; time such orders will be Riven as to
nrntpct tlir> cnnnpcllnn nf Hie Smith
i em Railway at Catawba Junction.
Tlif Commission realizes the importance
of this connection and have
persistently kept after it, and have
no reason to believe there will bo
any further delay after the 2Sth of
May.
"Yours very truly.
"John fl. Richards,
Commissioner."
The next meeting to be held in
Lancaster will be the gathering of
Group Six. of the South Carolina
Rankers' association. This meeting,
made up of representatives from the
banks of eight counties, will be held
here in May.
annually while our export of automobiles
amount to $33,000,000. The
South Americans are now looking
to the Cnited States for manufactured
goods and other products necessary
in their every day life, and
there is no reason why the south
should not get a full share of the
business If it is sought in the proper
way."
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I N ION MEETING OF MORIAR
ASSOCIATION
To lie Hold at Spring Hlli Church,
\pril 2Sth to 80th.
Friday, April 28, 11 a. m.?-introductory
Sermon by Dr. J. w. H.
Dyches.
1, ?What does the New Testament
teach relative to the mission of the
church??I)r. J. H. Thayer, w. L.
Croxton, Rev. Frank Funderburk, L.
J. Funderburk
2.?Has our missionary endeavor
in the home and foreign fields been
successful??Rev. T. A.. Dabney, Dj.#
J. W. H. Dyches, Rev. J. F. Hammond.
Dr. J. H. Thayer.
SATURDAY. J
1.?What motives impel y<Jh t0
contribute to missions??Rev. p. j
Blackmon, Rev. R. F. Carson,
T. A. Rabncy, Amos Funderburk.
Ransom Hunter.
? ?Will a regenerate, enlightened
christian refuse to co-operate with
God and Mis follow christians in savinp
a lost world??Dr. J. W. H.
Dvches. C. L. McManus, W. S. Blackmon.
W. P. Hammond, H. P. Mobley,
R. L. Usher. B. F. Adams.
Can >011 explain that method of
reasoninp by which some Baptists
arrive at the conclusion that the
Bible makes it oblipatory that ihey
shall submit to baptism by immersion.
but vlll refuse to obev that
other command of our Lord, "Oo ye
into all tlie .\orld and preach the
Gospel unto every creature''??W.
P. McManus, W. L. Croxton, J. L.
[Fund?rburk, J. C. Funderhurk, W.
IF. Estridge. D. J. Hinson. 2t-7-20
Mr. K. D. Byers, general agent,
rnion Central Life Insurance Co.,
; was a caller at The News office
J Tuesday.
Dr. M. R. Campbell
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Registered Optometrist
and Manufacturing Optician.
ANDERSON. S. C.
Standard Drug Co., local representatives.
Take your broken lenses
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accurate work
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