The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 15, 1916, Page 4, Image 4
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"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."
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FRIDAY. SEPT. 15, 191() ?
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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
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The man who gets licked has the
dignified satisfaction of knowing he
didn't kill the other fellow.
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Winter at its worst has its Rood 1
points. It prevents many a neighborhood
row over the back fence. 1
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Some men are so energetic tney f
fail in business today and start right j
in tomorrow to engineer another ;1
failure.
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If congress will pass a law for preparedness
against bill collectors 1
we'll vote right and vote often or '
any other old way. *
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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. ^
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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. '
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Let's all pay up. I
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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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\.
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SEPT. 15, 1916
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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
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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.
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