The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 03, 1916, Page 4, Image 4
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of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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"Let reverence f? laws t>e
breathed by every American
mother to the lisping babe that
prattles on her lap; let It be
taught In schools, 1 i 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
onrts of Just'ce. And In short,
lot It become the polttcal religion
of the nation; and let the
old and the young, the rich and
th poor, the grave and the gay
of all sexes and tongues aul ji
oolors and conditions, sacrifice
unceasingly upon Its altars."
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TUKSDAY. OCT. 3, 191(5.
Build that flour mill.
o
\ clean mind needs but few ,
promptings from others.
o j,
If you can't speak well of this
to a a, at least don't speak at all. i
o
5 es. it's fact that many a great '
mau uever breaks into history. Wc!
know from experience.
"Latest reports from the European
front contain the same old stuff ,
served up under a new name.
o
Bo not overlook the fact that if
we really desire it, we can secure a
- nndern lihrarv with little effort.
*
o
The fellow who thinks he knows it
all usually knows less than the one
who admits that he knows nothing.
o
If one-half the mean things that
art suhl of candidates were true we
"would be better off with no officers
?t all.
o
The latest recruit in the sea of
blood is the I'niversity of Chicago.
It has declared a relentless war on
sparrows.
o
It is estimated that at L'OO years
of age au oak tree is full grown. At
abut it is a few hundred per cent
ahead of some people.
o
Have you decided to lend your
valuable assistance to the county
officials in the construction of better
highways in Lancaster county.*
o
flow nyiny of you have mentioned
the tact to tlie city officials that you
appreciate the splendid work being
dotr or. the streets of Lancaster?
o
V.'e are progressing yes, progressing.
The fat man is now only
splendidly developed, while the
?kiuny woman has the grace of a i
rending willow. t
Oon't delay longer, but get busy
today on the proposition, and let's '
nuke the third annual Lancaster!
County Fair a pronounced success
from every standpoint. It's up to I
you to work as well as others.
I .nnowdne (u eonMlir ? (Ka *
...........nr. ... IT life HIT
recognized cotton market center for
this entile section. Many farmers
are selling cotton on the streets of
l.aneaster who have not done so before
in years. There's a reason.
o ,
Kvery merchant in this town |
wants to sell you goods. You want
10 trade with the merchant who will i
1 1
In the he. I by you, who will sell you |
i he b ' goods al the least price. It (
<s up to you to read the ads in thisj,
jpapeV and it is up to the merehant '
to sec that you re id his ads. When j
you both d > this you l>oth win. ,
o (
f?o you want to make a'dear sav- ;
mg of ?2~> to * >'> on your expense l
between now and the first day of next ,
January? You ran do it and this is I
the way you can do it. You will lie
making many purchases for yourself 1
and your family for fall and winter t
purpos * and ior the Christmas time. ]
There is always some merchant in <
town who will do a little better by if
you than anybody else. When a!1
merchant is able to do this he is ;;
keen to advertise and let the people .
knew just what he can. and will do. j
Your own cue is to read carefully I
Mu . aHMMSIHIiilH
Tfl
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?ach week he advertisements in this
[>aper. They tell the story and the
name of the merchant who makes the
story. Head the ads.
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THE KN'tM'RGR. <
Every community has him. every \
community cusses him. and every i
community tolerates him. i
He is usually an unsuccessful
1 usiness man whose objectionable
ways have been the direct cause of !
his losing in the game of life. He '
must needs vent his spleen on some '
one or some thing. Admitting no 1
fault in himself, ergo, the fault must '
be in his environment?hence he 1
knocks.
He is a pestiferous cuss, and as 1
little as we may beiieve it, he really
does harm.
He is sure to get the ear of many
new men in town and pours into 1
their ears his abuse of the place.
According to him conditions are all
crosswise. The business men are
cheats and swindlers. The professional
men are quacks and shysters. 1
To his way of thinking there isn't a '
decent mechanic in the place. Even
the laborers are lazy and trifling. The
town is dead and is no place for a
live man to tarry. His soured soul|'
fairly writhes and squirms with sar- 1
donic joy when he sees that his
miasmatic mouthings are having '
their intended effect upon the victim.
That is the knocker?that is !
his story .his way.
If there is a public enterprise
planned that needs co-operation and
united effort he is immediately possessed
of a superior wisdom and begins
with glee to point out all of
the weak spots. N'o calculations
can by any possibility work out as
intended. Men upon whom the en- 1
terprise depends will prove weak or
traitors. The plans are all wrong.
The whole thine is a piece of stupendous
folly, and he for one will have
nothing to do with it.
Hut what a pity he will not! That
would be all the community would
ask of him and his mouth.
And thus it goes on year after
year.
Does it have any effect, you ask?
It certainly does. The business life
of the community, contrary to the
opinions of many, is susceptible to
influence from adverse critics. Perhaps
not half of his hearers know the
real cause of his pessimistic knockings.
and in many minds a doubt lingers
and things that should go with |
a rush are unaccountably slow and
lagging.
Hut what, say you. can we do with'
him?
May we make a suggestion? Ev-|
cry time this insect opens his mouth j
to knock tell him plainly that there
a re quite a number of roads leading
AWAY from the town, and cordially
invite 111111 to take one of them and
follow it to its end.
And let every loyal citizen of the
town give him the same advice.
pkoim.k voi mtdir to know.
There are many people in this
town you ought to know, for your
own sake. Some of them you may
not know, but you should.
You should know the banker. He
is the one who supplies you with
money when you need it. and cares
foi your money when you have it. .No
town can conduct modern business'
without him.
You should know each merchant.
They have the goods you want, and
if you know each one personally you
uiso know something of the wares,
they sell. This enaoles you to buy
judiciously and saves you many a
lost penny.
You should know the mechanic. 1
Kver.v time an improvement is made
you must call him in. If you know
til you likewise know the one who'
is most likely to give you the best 1
service.
You should know the school teach
or. He is responsible to a great de-,
[free for the moulding of the char 1
ictet of your children, for the Ics- 1
;ons they learn while under his care
ire not forgotten, even to the brink
>i nif grave. Know him. and help
him.
You should know the farmer. Me '
holds the world in the hollow of his
hand. To him we look tor tin; proluption
of the sustenance of life, and
without him we could not live.
You you should know the mi .ister. .
He is interested in you, though you
may give little thought to him. He
toes not supply you with the?bread
foil eat. or the clothes you wear, but
le does beckon you along the road to
i better life beyond. Know him, and
lear hint, and heed him.
And you should Know the sheriff.
A'hen the devil gets under your hide
he sheriff is a good man to know. 1
If you are Inclined to ki?k up a little 1
lust your knowledge of him may
ause you to pause before you kick
i'es, know the sheriff, for while you 1
ire a good citizen he is your friend,
ind when you cease to be good he( 1
>uts you where you can be nothing '
>ut good.
:e Lancaster newstue
AS THK KDITOIt SKKS IT.
Hickering. backbiting and lack of
harmony have wrecked more community
prospects than we care to
enumerate. They are the granite
upon which many a bright commercial
future has been smashed to
nothingness. They are the death
knell of prosperity in any town. (
And yet we see reputable and high t
standing and well meaning business,
men continually taking little, vicious
Jigs at their competitors In the com-1
mercial field. We see them throwing ,
out innuendoes in the hope of curtailing
the trade of their rivals. We
see them casting veiled reflections
on the business integrity of- other |
firms who may perchance be more
successful than they are.
It doesn't pay. It doesn't pay
either the man, his rival, or the commercial
life of the community upon
which we all must depend.
Many business men have no
thought of the far reaching effect
of their inconsiderate words to the
detriment of others, but the disastrous
effect is felt on all hands. It
creates a spirit of discord in the
community, destroys the confidence
of one in another, and prevents that
cohesion of purpose by which we accomplish
the greater achievements
of life.
We would like to see every man
speak well of his business associates.
We would like to see them all laboring
in harmony In commercial union
for the advancement of this
town and this community. Wei
would like to see them all pulling,
together in order that the load may'
by lighter for each.
We have everything to gain by
such a unity of purpose. We have
nothing whatever to lose.
Are you for it?
The spectacular arrest of a gang
of blackmailers who have been preying
upon rich men and women of t?<e
metropolitan cities furnishes us new
food for thought?and skepticism.
When the arrests were made in
Chicago a few davs asm it u.a? h?r.
aided broadcast that millionaire
men and women had been caught in
compromising positions. It was even
said that many social families of
prominence would be rocked to their
very foundations. Federal prosecutors
gleefully announced that no one
caught in the net of the blackmailers
would be shielded?that everything
would be laid bare to the world.
The public gasped with anticipation,
and the victims shivered with
apprehension.
And then an order suddenly came
out of Washington directing that the
names of the victims be kept secret.
Money, money, money! The overpowering
influence of money! i?
If poor men and women had been j
caught in the net of exposure no
consideration would have been
vouchsafed them, no mercy would
have been shown them. The searchlight
of publicity would have been c
turned on to the full. t
Hut not so with the socially promnent,
not so with those of the
swollen bank accounts. Money and 1
positions give them influence, and
influence grunts them immunity e
trofn publicity. i
Skeptical? We are just skeptical
enough to wonder If the time
will ever come when the law will be
for all people alike not a law for ,
the poor man and none for the rich. 4
HO.MK DEMONSTRATION CIjI'B *
OIU;.\MZI<:I> \T i:i< i< IIIM, ?
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The itieli Kill 1 teutons! rat ion and d
Improvement Association was or- ^
ganlzed Sept. 27th at Hich Hill
school building. The following of- ^
(icers were elected: *
President. Mrs. I. M. Blacktnon; *
vice president, Mrs. I!. IV Carson, and 4
secretary and treasurer. Mrs. M. A. ^
McCuirt.
Twenty-four ladies joined the nsoi
i.ition and it was decided to meet
oneo a month at the homes of th <1 it- '
rerent members in Alphabetical order, 4
The first nicotine; will be held 4
with Mrs. J. W. Blackmon. ^
Miss Martha f'reighton was present
and demonstrated the tireless
cooker and nave much helpful advice.
She also served beef roast 1
and loaf to the ladies, which was 4
highly enjoyed i?> ail present. 14
wothki; r.wmiiATK ?>1 r.
J. II. Oosnnll, Spartanburg, Wants "
I'enitciieht r> J0I1. , <
Spartanburg, Sept. no. J. II (los 4
nell, of the Swit/.er section of this 4
county, announced today that he
would he a candidate fo'- superintondent
of State Penitentiary to sue-1
reed I) .1. (Griffith. wliose term will 4
expire early next year. Mr. Oosnell 4
has been for six years a member of 4
the si lie Democratic executive com- 4
inittee. and who was at one time al
member of the hoard of township
commissioners. He has been engag>d
in farming at his home near 4
iwitzer foi several years. |
SPAY, OCT. X 1916.
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By Selling Just A Little 1
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Because We Sell foi
No Loss In Deli
If you Don't believte we ?
don't you try it, ajng \
ASK THE IV
NOW TR AD
Remember ? Every Af
Saturday at 4 P. M. tpOA/V
"THE YOURS Fi
MIDWAY 1U D D[ \
BOOSTERS" fY D. 1 LI
"MIDWAY HE
HALF BlliUOX ton SODA tralia and sligh
AND ICR CIIKAM THIS ^ KAIt elsewhere it is i
Two hundred i
New York, Sept. 39.?Experts havo|fream wJ|| he cn
istimated today that $500,000,000 is'ed States this y<
he retail value of the sodas, sundaes statistician for
nd other fountain refreshments sold <ia,inn ( 1
This means a r
n the United States in 1916. (|(()| _
The soda fountain is a great Am- There are aboil
rican institution. Americans have tains in the Ur
ntroduced it successfully in Aus-jthan half of the
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% business enterprise. If this\o
will have to be by the enterprise
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> We are ready to co-operate
safer, better and bigger. We
% dividual service to every deposit/
?> count. Talk your plans and b^s
$ may be able to make helpful /su
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Help You Get Some
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Cheaper Than Anybody Else.
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Cash, Which Means
nquent Accounts.
an do what we say, why
then yon will be Wise.
IAN WHO IS
ING WITH US
1 CDrr To Those Who Trade
I LIVLiH Cash At Our Store
OR SERVICE "WE
rl ED P, f A DIVIDE
LliIV & IAJ. PROFITS"
ADQUARTERS."
tly in Knglan I. but Advertised I-ettors for Week Ending
inknown. September :*?. 101U.
nillion gallons of ice
Jan Kinney, Harie Gamble, Mary
nsumed in the I nit- (jjiniore ("J), J. I). Carraway, C. H.
>ar, according to the c0|^ Kulice (]renshaw, Miss Georges
the National Asso-I Alanim. Mrs. Willa Carnes, S. N.
ream Manufacturers. c0mn8f Mrs. h. a. Cralley, Nancl*
etail value ot $80.- pjfer< Mrs. Kyeners Right.
When calling for above letters
it lnO.UUt) soda foun- p|eajse gay advertised
mru mates. morel j AS p HUNTER,
m in drug stores. | Poatmaster.
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Greater Growth |
industries great, but industries can I <|
ive conmunity is the manifestation of I $
mmunity is to grow in importance it I
^f stable business interests. I ?
in/hiery way to make local business I |
are smcerely interested in giving in- 1 &
fr, regardless of the size of his ac- I Y
iness problems over with us. We %
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