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1 a*? Sjattraatrr Jfauta j; (KKM1-WEEKLY.) PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT: Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The F^ancaster Publishing Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, and entered aa second-class matter Oct. 7, 1906, at tue postofflce at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act of Congress of March S, 1879. LUTHER ELLISON, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION P* ICE: (In Advance. ,; One Year . .$1.30 Six Months 73c "Let reverence foi laws be breathed by every American { mother to the lisping babe that l?rattlee on her lap; let It be 1 taught In schools, 1 i seminaries I and colleges; let It be written i In primers, spelling books and | almanacs; let It be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed In 1 legislative balls, and enforced lu courts of Just'ce. And In short. I let It become the polttcal rellg- j, Ion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the Tlch and ' th poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and < colors and conditions, sacrifice L unceasingly upon Its altars." , ' TUESDAY, OCT; 31, 1<)1(>.|* Gossip is the art of magnifying a f He into general belief. o Wisdom is a valuable asset, when one has horse sense enough to apply ' it. O r. Public demonstrations of affection cloak many a battle behind the home doors. c o . Of course, if you don't want tot vote as we say you can vote as you 19 darn please. o 1 , When walking in the shadow of j death it is wise to hunt the sunnyi side of the road. o The only disagreeable feature of great wealth is in finding a way to * dodge tax assessor. ? o o When you meet up with a fellow who "knows it all" you can safely as- K aume that but few care to know him. ^ o 8 A K/...t 1. J 1 . i_ : . t nuuui me urn ueni iniiiK on earin j for a girl to do is to make love toj? her beau and scratch a sore corn at the same tim6. p Itl o The man who spends his time telling others how to do it usually winds up by having his neighbor do it i when his own time comes. ! ts o A good way to get through life ' successfully is to use all of your own brains and as much of the other I a fellow's as vou can annex. d o a Republicans say calamity will ^ overtake us if Wilson wins, and Democrats predict disaster if Hughes;^ gets in. Trot out a suffragette. ? ' fi A he Ithv mind is conductive to a r< ^healthy body. A healthy body pro duces energy and the ability to aor.omnlfsh things. Start with the' j mind. I t)! Now that war has raised the price , fr of . rything we eat. wear and use. ho v in the thunder are we going to get ti).?ni down again? Anothe?- , , tr war. perhaps. ai ?o? We picked up a daily paper the ^ olh.?r day and noted that Kngland had won a great victory. In the next column the Kaiser was sweeping everything before hiin. Turn- ^ ing ov?r a page, we found Russia , . ff Hweep i>? >-er iocs into eternity, and ^ Austria, Italy and the whole gang ' exterminating their enemies on . every hand. Now if war is hell, J, iust what is a war correspondent? \\<?FK. Ever atop to consider how foolish si Is answer?how uselesa? ! f? Not only this, hut anger weakens! And unnervea and renders tis unfit f; for battle, he that battle of the brain fl or the brawn. h ^Ever watch two professionals c spar? See the clean-cut exhibition of skill and gcience as each receives u and returns blow for blow. Tint h watt till one becomes angry. Clone' Is all that fine science and in Its c *>t?r.e is the brute lust of battle, v Now see how terribly unprepared Is *he angry inan to stand before hts o smiling adversary. Passion driven h and furious, he is an easy mark, and b his defeat is foretold from the be- a ing. Again and again the sclen I tiflc Kk>ws of his cool and quiet op- it ponent bent down his guard and are t driven te vital parts of his person, ' ! ' TI ind blind with passion he Is poweress for defense, to say nothing of >ffense. And as in the sparring ring, so n the larger circles of life. The nan who can with a smiling face md stout heart meet the blows of ife is armed for the fray and victory s his. The shafts of opposition, or mvy, of malice, of hatred, roll from lirn as the water from the back of a luck. He is impervious to attack. 3e is unconquerable. Does your temper give way under the annoyances and vexations of life? Then stop?back up?get a fresh grip on yourself. Remember, anger never conquers any but the heart that harbors it. Smile. 4> THE DANGEK OF IIjIJITERACY. It is gratifying to note that the tendency of the age is setting more strongly to a general education of the youth of the land. Many States, unable to solve the educational problem in any other way, have passed compulsory school laws, and In some localities these are being enforced. Needless to say that where such is the case the results are nost gratifying. Still there are many sections of vur country where this is not the ase?many sections where ignorance s still at a premium. This should not be. No child should ever be permitted to reach natality without ix^ng given the jround work of a liberal education. There can be no greater menace o the safety of this republic than hat of ignorance. It is the father of rime and the mother of treason. Of late we have been deluged with irgument for national preparedness. [Y> our way of thinking the most efective perparedness that this nation ould attain to would be to see that very child within its borders is ifted above the soul paralyzing lough of ignorance. It would be vorth more than the entire heavy irdnance of the Kaiser or all the Ireadnaughts of Britain. "Vox populi, vox Dei" is indeed a loble sentiment, but it is true only n so far as the voice of . the people s tlie voice of an enlightened, inelligent people. It were a mockeryj f an omniscent God to suppose ithet wise. Let us as a people awake to the :reat fact that this land can never m what tlin Prnnlnc iot,.n,l,wl 14 hould be until our people are all inelligent, educated, well informed itizens. There are few social or political roblems of which education is not he sure solution. + TOWN FACTIONS. Perhaps no other one factor ields so great an influence in ro\ting the growth and prosperity of town as factionalism. It spreads self as a pall over the community fe, and under its malign influence 11 progress wilts like a pear tree tiller the blight. No amount of energy nd public spiritedness is sufficient i survive its depressing effects. Take the average town torn hy ictionalism. A measure of public] nprovement is proposed. It comesj om one of the two factions. It \ally has merit and would be benerial to the town. Does it meet with pproval? Yes, from that side of le house. From the other side,; itter opposition. Why? No mor-j il can tell, except that it emanated om "the other side." There you have the meat in the] H'oanut. "The other side" stands >r everything that is undesirable; nd vicious. A"d it is a sad commentary on ouri nasted Christian civilization that, lis spirit of hitter factionalism too' ?M.i?miv in iKiiiiiicH wnere 'i snouici fvor ho found in tho churches, 'ith them, nil too frequently, "our, )lks" does not mean, as it shouldTi II of Clod's creatures, hut is cor acted to apply to "our church." he Methodist, Haptist, Presbyterian, ongregational, or what not. Again, in many small towns, this ictionulism centers in tho hanks. Inch has has its following. Kaeh is triving not only to build up its own irtunes hut to tear down the other. But from whatever source, the act remains?and the factionalism ourishes?a sad commentary on tho oasted "progresslveness" of our ountrymen. And the pity of it is that it is all seloss an<V fruitful of no good reults to either side. United effort would invariably aeomplish for both what divided /rangling accomplishes for neither. There in a world of truth in the Id emblem of the bundle of sticks, ound together, which 110 man could reak, but which, taken separately, child could destroy. No factional fight in a comraunty ever yet resulted in complete vlcory for either side. Many communities have had the IE LANCASTER NEWS TTJ sagacity to recognize tills fact ana, while there have always been auu will always be differences, have had the good seuse to endeavor to harmonize and work together for the common interest. When we see a community torn by factions, we feel like reminding it of the old fable of the cats and the monkey?the cats found the cheese, but the monkey ate it at last. MATTKR OF (JURAT IMPORTANCK We understand that the city coun-j cil are about to enter into a contract I with the Lancaster Cotton Mills, (which lie almost wholly without the | city limits, to supply the mill with city water. It is said the contemplated contract price is to be seven cents per thousand gallons, or seventy dollars a million gallons. We further understand that it will cost, exclusive of interest on bonds, etc., approximately $100 for every million gallons of water supplied by the city to the mills. In other words if the estimate is correct the city of Lancaster will lose op every million gallons of water furnished something like $:10, and the mill expects to use a million or more gallons a month. Can the city of Lancaster afford to be so generous to the cotton mill? Another thing of vastly more importance, such a contract may sometime in the future so diminish the water supply as to be hazardous to the interests of the city of Lancaster. Incidentally it will he remembered the argument was used by those who opposed the issuing^ of honds for water, and it is known by many who lopposed the undertaking at that time, that the supply was not ade? Uiuate taking into consideration the I I future growth of the city. The mill community is now as large, if not larger, as the city of Lancaster, therefore, why should the city council take steps which may prove dangerous to the best interest of the City? Too, can the city afford to I take the risk from an insurance standpoint? It is true that in the winter months much waste water pours over the dam, but during the long droughts the creeks that furnish the water supply almost cease to run. As a matter of fact, at one time not so long ago, prior, however, to the installation of the sewerage system, the water supply fell 16 to 18 Inches below the dam. We understand that the council is 'Mivinea in opinion as to the advisaIbility of entering into tho contract. Our advice to the city salons is to go slow in the matter. The interests of the city of Lancaster should he above all other considerations. To those who boar the burden of taxation in the city we suggest it , would do no harm to do a little investigating for themselves. Again v we offer the columns of The News to the city council as a splendid medium through which to advise the * taxpayers, as well as the public at large, as to the proceedings of each meeting. In short, we again ask to he given a copy of the minutes dl- c rectly after each meeting in order \ to publish same for the information i of the people. In city building, the t limelight of publicity will always v augment all undertakings pertaining to the general good of all the people. "professional cards ]; Dr. M. R. Campbell ' Registered Optometrist < and Manufacturing Optician. < ANDERSON, S. C. < Standard Drug Co., local repr* ^ntatlves. Take your broken lenset < iml repairs to them for prompt anc , recti rate work. DR. O. B. PRATT, Dentist. .-Hours from 8:30 A. M. to 12:30; 1:30 to 6:30. Office Phone 286. ? Residence Phone 398. Office Over Lain aster Pharmacy. DR. J. J. POLLARD VETERINARY SURGEON Treatment of Sick, Lame and Disabled Horses, Mules and Catj tie. Office: Gregory-Hood l,lve Stock Co. Telephone 2241 l^nncaMer, H. C Residence Telephone 119 DR. J. REECE FUNDERBURK Dental Surgeon. Office Hours? 8:30 to 12:30 A. M. 2:30 to 6:00 P. M. Office Over It. (', Hough. PHOTOGRAPHY You know the place? Moore Block. See Me For Fine Pictures. Kodak work up to the minute. I know how, and the price is right. W. A. DAVIS, Photographer, LANCASTER, : : : S. C. I ESDAY, OCT. 31, 1916. QUESTIONS A Question ^re satisfied No. 1 groceries? Question Do you think that you No. 2 a wr n Question ,r an person No. 3 save you money what Q uestio n yyhy are you trading Answer Nobody is To No. 1 highest. Answer You so, but yoi To No. 2 store and you will km Answer You would think thai To No. 3 be obliged to say tkii . Because, as a matter Answer ?you think of coursi To No. 1 polite fellow and thei little cheaper than at Four Reasons why we sell chr.af have to pay a book keeper. W don't lose any bad accounts, amount of clerks now than if Wi over and see if you are not com goods with the same clerks and shouldn't sell cheaper than the of a book-keeper, loses bad acc much. What do You Say? "THE yours fo midway iy n pi VI BOOSTERS" fi. D. FLIJ "MIDWAY HE^ jYNOD PRESBYTERY the Presbytery, a MEETS AT RICHBURG coming year w|? , and foreign mlsslo V. R. P. Delegates Will Hold Ses- by student8 of thf sions at I nlon Church??Trial preached before Sermons l?y Students. Conferences on ec The first Presbytery of the Asso sions will also cl iate Reformed Synod of the South place on the progi vill begin its annual sessions at ITn- The first Presby on church, near Richburg in Ches- upper part of th er county, Tuesday morning. The Broad river east, a vork last year will be reviewed by Carolina. Each co ' % I The Way To C Y == * f No town or city can make its i X make a town or city great. A liv v business enterprise. If this con 4* will have to be by the enterprise c A) * We are ready to co-operate ii X safer, better and bigger. We ai X dividual service to every depositor count. Talk your plans and busir % may be able to make helpful sug ? " % WE PAY 4 PER CEN1 I f FARMERS BANK & J w. H. MIL ND ANSWERS i what you are paying for your I are getting your money's worth? should tell you that they could 1 would you think? where you are now? te every thing is high?higher? t are not quite sure. Visit our aw what you think is true. . , as a matter of course, he would oi^fact, vou don't hardly know e tnbtsoi'andso is such a nice i too mJhlways sells YOU just a iy bodyfblse. aer than arty^body. We don sell absolutely., for cash. We We sell more with the same e were charging. Now think it linced that a firm who sell more j ?i i ? i i nun i iuse any oaa accounts firm who has the extra expense ounts and can't possibly sell as * R SERVICE ?WE LER & CO. ?& cDQUARTERS." ind plans for the represented by the pastor and one be made for homb, eider> anj a delegation of not less ns. Trial sermons tjian 75 members is expected to at> seminary will be me I'resDytery. i ie*>a the sessions. The Itev. J. P. luoution and mis- Knox and Mr. Simpson will be the aim a prominent delegates from the A. R. P. church ram' of Columbia, tery comprises the e State from the ~ ' ~~ nd% part of North ni n r* i PI ra ngregatlon will be|We U0 FlfSt tlHSS Printing. . 11 Ireater Growth | T If X ndustries great, but industries can ecommunity is the manifestation of % imunity is to grow in importance it ;* if stable business interests. Hi ii* y l pvpi*v wav 1ft moLo Iaa?I ?? . vi vi^wiuj I*/ muni lUldl UUMIIC&) ^ re sinceKjy interested in giving "in- % , regardless ot the size of his ac- jt less problemsN^er with us. We $ gestions. y ? r on tl^fe 6^pqsits 1 TRU^T COMPANY 1 LEN, Cashier. T"