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s ftauraater Nmub (BBAU<WEEKLY.) UBLISHERS* ANNOUNCEMENT: i 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 tne postoflice at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. LUTHER ELLISON, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION P ICE: (In Advance. One Year . $1.50 Six Months 75c "Let reverence fo laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lao; 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 lu courts of Just'ce. And In short, let It become the poltlcal religion of the nation; and let the 1 old and the young, the rich and i th? poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice ance&slagly upon Its altars." 1 FRIDAY. SEPT. 15, 191() ? t Many a sickly smile hides alt mighty healthy jag. a Our best wishes are extended to (the teachers and pupils who are entering the autumn session. I I o t The man who gets licked has the dignified satisfaction of knowing he didn't kill the other fellow. o Winter at its worst has its Rood 1 points. It prevents many a neighborhood row over the back fence. 1 o Some men are so energetic tney f fail in business today and start right j in tomorrow to engineer another ;1 failure. o ? t If congress will pass a law for preparedness against bill collectors 1 we'll vote right and vote often or ' any other old way. * o It" they continue drafting new men j into the war the survivors may be un- v der tl.e painful necessity of footing the'r own pension bills. ^ o Sit tight, smile serenely, and let a the other fellow roar. When a fel- s low loses his head it's an evidence he v hasn't much head to loose. ' o c A commodious rest room conveniently located on a ground floor in 1 Lancaster would be a boon to tired s women and children who do their r shopping. And too, it would be a ^ business getter for the merchants. c o I Again wo urge that every community secure for us a correspondent t vho will write up regularly the news ( of the neighborhood. We want the ( news while it is news and by sending it to us you will help us give you a j oright, -newsy paper. s o i Of course we can worry along ! without a modern, up-to-date Libra- 1 ry hut every progressive town has ' one and it is to our interest to sup- ' ply this need in Lancaster. Yet so far nobody seems disposed to get. busy on the proposition. We had cherished fond hopes that j the United States might go down in , history as the one great nation that escaped participation in the scourge of war that is devastating the world. Hut hope is only hope, and ofttimes it is but an optimistic dream. ! I 0 I, Politics is never profitable except to the man who wins the oifice and not always profitable even to him. So why will people generally waste time and energy and even offend each other because of politics while j, t.here is so much community work ^ which if taken up would accomplish something profitable to all concerned, j, And now just keep right on shouting for those better roads we are1' needing so badly in every direction I Your shouts have been heard al- ^ ready, but they were too weak, too,1 feeble, too half hearted. Put more 1 !m in your words, add greater vol-j ume to your tones, and tell everybody ! to insist to everybody else that weji need and must have good roads, 1 good roads! good roads! Keep right1 on whooping for good roads?as we 1 are whooping at you! |i .'dfe - M T But we can without detriment, or expense at least remember that we are all neighbors, and friends, and brothers, and so act one to the other, to the end that peace, harmony and hapoiness may oe our lot for the coming season. ??o MAY MAKK IT PAY UP WEKK. Why not maae the flrst week in October "Pay Up Week" for this town and this community? Why can't we all make tlie rounds and pay up all of our hills, or pay at least as much as possible on each one of them? Why can't we make this a town where credits a?-e a pleasure, and where bad debts and slow pay and In-i difference are unknown? We would all feel better, and the ; people we pay would feel even still better, and they would then be able i to pay what they owe. i Ri 11c hn va tn hu no id coin n t i tnn nr < other, and the beginning of a new 1 year is an opportune time to wipej them out and start with a clean i 3late. But if allowed to run they:' will drag along from month to 1 month and in the end everybody will j tie wishing everybody else wouldn't < L?e so everlasting slow about paying I what they owe. i The man who pays his bills promp- < y can always get credit when he t wants it. and he won't have to go ( muting around tor an eudorser. His ' ace and his word will be good mough for any business house. I> But the fe.low who allows his bills < o run indefinitely and is indifferent > 0 the needs of his creditors is an unlafe risk at best, and and his repu-i ation for honesty and reliability t loes not improve with age. 1 This is a pretty good town and our I tenple are generally good on the pay. >ut we can make it better if we want f o. t Let's all pay up. I o THINK THIS OVER. < Kvery time you walk along a pub- 1 ic street you see something that < night not to be, and it is not pleasng to you. Neither is it to others ^ vlien they see it. i < Possibly it is a broken sidewalk. 1 >r a mudhole in the roadway, or a ' ittered up vacant lot. or any one of t 1 hundred different eyesores. Then. too. possibly it is nobody's | lusiness to look after these things. Why not make it somebody's busi- | less? Why not employ a town utiliy man. whose business it would be o spend all of his time in cleaning 1 iml beautifying the town? If we have such a man and it is his ' insiness to do such things, then they sill he done?as they should he, and is they are not now. < ,Vhv not a utility man anyway? ' The cost would he so insignificant : is to be a mere nothing, and the remits would be so gratifying you 5 vould just naturally feel like sing ng the praises of this town to every 1 ?ne you meet. ' That, you know, is the kind of ' alk that spreads the fame of a town ' ifar. and brings in new people, and 1 tew industries, and more money, and greater prosperity. ' This is merely a suggestion, be- ' ause we are not running the town or 1 he people in it. i But we do think it is a good sug-#' ;estion. and one that would produce 'xcellent results if favorably acted : ipon. ' Of course you have a mind of ' our own and your own opinion on such matters. But what is that opinon? We'd like to know, and possi- 1 ly there are others, too, who would ik" to know what you think of a own utility man. Speak up. and be leard. + AS THK KIUTOU SKKS IT. We are face to face with the problems of another autumn. It may bring us much or little, as we choose. The question is, what do we choose? In the parlance of the street, "it is up to us." % One thing we need is greater commercial activity. But how are we to promote it? We need a closer community of in-i terest between the farmer and his family and the town man and his family. In many ways each is dependent upon the good will of the other, but few of us seem to realize this. In years past farmers have been shipping their products away to market in small quantities and realizing small profits while the rapacious middle men have rolled In the gold that should have found its way: back to the farms. And the loss to the farmer is likewise a loss to the town and the community in general.! We shoudd not permit another1 /ear to go by without remedying this glaring defect in our system. It can ae done. The business inen of this town, should all get together and devise lome method whereby they can mar-j HE LANCASTER NEWS F ket the products of all of the far-! rners quickly, economically, and) without the aid of so many hungry | go-betweens. It may take a little' brain work, and a trip or two to some; central market in order to put the scheme into practical working order, but it can be done if it is undertaken in the right spirit. When the business men look after the interests of the farmers in this respect the farmers will reciprocate by giving them the immense volume of their business that is now going to other sources. Too many of us are strangers to each other in this community, where we should all be brothers and dwell together in unity for the common good of all. And that is because there are ennt ft* 4 .li LiiTTi.r nju iiici 11 y iiuiu miu ia?i cliques unci sets, with each immersed in Its own shell and never a peep at the light of outer day. We need a common ground for meeting, where neighbor gets neighbor and the stranger finds himself at home and among friends. If co-operation is good in commercial affairs it would be of equal benefit in private and social life. It would ifford us a more intimate knowledge if humanity and a broader perspecive of life, and the resultant spirit >f good fellowship would be felt in i thousand ways. A year of "getting together" .vould stamp a wonderful imprint upin the heart, the soul and the conscience of this community. I . We can materially benefit this town j end our farming community if we iegin right now to make it a fall of production and prosperity. It would be difficult to find one unong us who could not in some manner increase the result of his labors during the coming months, and with each of us persevering to this ?nd the year's profits would mount ligh in the financial column of lo al history. While considering our own indl /idual interests we might dwell also lpon those of the community in which we dwell, for what is of value o all of the people is of equal value o us. Letter From Mr, Estridge Editor Lancaster News: I have read all kinds of prophway relative to the termination and results of the European war. but there s no one, not even themselves, who an speak of that much desired termination with knowledge and ac uracy. We all admit that when the Holy Bible reveals, the revelation is \bsolutely correct and final. Recently I have given much of my itudy to the Book of Revelation by John, and it appears, I can read this ivar in the 13th chapter. If this is lhe case, and I have a correct conception of this chapter, the war will, 11 all, last 4 2 in*.. . or 3 1-2 years, then Germany will fait. To illustrate: The number of the tieast is the number of a man, and his number is 6.66?Kaiser has six letters from our alphabet, K is 11th A iv 1st, I i^ 9th, S is 19th, Ij is 5th, R is 18th. Place these numbers in vertical hnpe for addition, and as there is six >f them, place the figure "6" to the right of each, then you will havej llti, 16, 96, 196, 56 and 186, add) tnese and you have the number of the beast, or man -666. If this is a correct interpretation of the 13th chapter of Revelation by John while on the Isle of Patmos, the Kaiser is the man. 666 is his number, Germany is the country, 3 1-2 years will be the length of titer war, and Germany will fall. The Rible is true, every word of it. but 1 may be mistaken. Take this under consideration, and see what you can see in it. W. F. BSTRIDGE. KAGI.K WINS. Peking. China, Sept. 15.- After trimming the feathers and otherwise disguising their mascot eagle, the Cnited States marines attached to the American legation here recently succeeded in matching their bird of freedom to tieht ? ? . ? munil undefeated cork v\hirh was the pride of the Chinese sporting element. Upon being placed in the pit. the eagle went to sleep. The cock, full of pepper, bravely handed his adversary two blows. This was too much for the marine mascot; he awoke front his dream of the snow* capped Sierras and deliberated pulled the chicken's head off. Our sea soldiers anticipate no further challenge. If you feel "blue,'J "no account," lazy, you need a go^d cleaning out. HEROINE fa the rUfht thing for that purpose. It\ stlj/iulates the liver, tones up the sniriiach and purines the bowels. Price^wc. Sold all dealers! In medicine. y<Ad\. ^ .1* L W Tf ' f5 ' RIDAY, SEPT. 15, 1916 I THERE IS ?I EVER" Why Does Our Busii ASK $6.00 TO OUR CA! EVERY SATU) GET SOME OF 01 OTHERS ARE D0IN1 "THE YOURS f I MIDWAY 1U n pil BOOSTERS" II. D. I L J "MIDWAY HE If your child is pale and sickly, J tiKRMA,i picks at the nose, starts in the . , .. ... Fierce Attacks sleep and grinds the teeth while ^ sleeping, it is a sure sign of worms.' i?arj9 Sept A remedy for these parasites will be night the Germ found in WHITE'B CREAM V<EH-| newly won by MIPUOE. It notJ only clears out Somme front. lie worms, butWt restores health nnes they w , , ? I with heavy loss and cheerfulness. /VPrlce 25c per bottle. Sold by all' dealers In modi- ZZZ JT cine.?Adv. We Do Firs X ? | Work Will X ? y V X Working with a purpose X financial plan builds busir, v in business is . and 1 reach the right 'terminal Y financial method. This i Y curate service, courteous t | Accomplish your bui *:* Checking Account Syslen | =?== | FARMERS BANK. i W. H. MI T % A REASON I 7OR VTHING ^ ness Keep On Increasing? I ANYBODY! FREE 5H CUSTOMERS RDAY AT 4 P. M. I JR "FREE MONEY" S IT-WHY NOT ]fQU?. OR SERVICE !"WE /irn O fA DEVIDE I LEiK & IU. PROFITS" LADQUARTERS." ? ' EFFORTS FALL j If you sit In a cool draft when you are heated and get a atlfT neck on Soiiime Front or iame Back, you will be looking epulHed. for something that will ease the 11.?Five times last Fix your mind on BAiLans attacked positions SARD'S SNOW^ AJNIMENT and the French on ihe don't be talked oWt of It because It The war otliee an- jB the best paliyrelieving liniment ere repulsed each time you can get anywhere. Price 25c i. 50c and 11.00 per bottle. Sold by ? all dealers in medicine.?Adv. t Class Printing. Subscribe to The Lancaster News I f It li A P urnAPA 11 1 a I ui|IUdC | e plus the selection ofj the best % less. Your purpose td succeed |* you are practically \certain to ? ! if you select the wrongest *? 3ank offers its depositors ac- v Mention and valuably prestige. % siness purpose by using our X V & TRUST COMPANY I LLEN, Cashier. 5 i ** wWm ' i