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( \ 10 MORE DAYS UNTIL LANCATER COUNTY FAIR 10 MORE DAYS . m The Lancaster News m VOL. 12, NO. 9, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, NOV. 10. 1916. "" VALUE OF FAIR TO OMR PEOPLE Agricultural and Industrial Show for Both the Town and Country Folk. AN EXCHANGE FOR NEW IDEAS! I 1 Besides, It Appeals to All of Us Who 1 Want to Be Amused While We're Lqprnlng?Closer Touch With Home Lives of Neighbors. The fair Is an educational clearing house. It is an agricultural and Industrial lustltute for residents of both town and country. It Is a short course j In better farming and better living. It la a physical demonstration of why the man who farms with his head Instead of with his hands must Inevitably succeed. It Is a comprehensive exhibition of what the ambitious boy or girl may | achieves In agriculture, live-stock rals- j lng, dairying, horticultural, home, gardening, domestic science or household economy. It Is an exposition of the , marvelous Improvement In farm ma- j chinery and agricultural Implements. It Is an object lesson In the great j part which improved machinery plays In the development and cultivation of the farm and the increased prosperity of the farmer. Look for Yourself. The chief educational vulue of our fair lies In the fact that It Is demonstrative In character. The eye Is a more convincing Instructor than the ear. We ure slow to accept aud believe In any new method until we have had optical proof of Its superiority over the old. Often It Is difficult to secure the attention of the busy luun or woman long enough to give such a demonstration. " Not infrequently it happens that furniers who would be most benefited by better methods of furmlng ure not sufficiently Interested to be present at any special meeting called for the purW1Q0 i\t (IIupiioqInCT fho unKfanf Bnt the fair appeals to that trait of man'tind which demands entertainment and amusement and becomes a common forum for the discussion of all matters having to do with agriculture, Industry, the home and the school. In this clearing house of education the farmer learns what the manufacturer, the merchant nnd the banker are and hnve" been doing to make his labor less arduous and his farm more profitable nnd the town resident learns what rapid progress Is being made In agriculture. A bond of common Interest Is created which means much to both town and country. Value to Everybody. The farmer learns by actual observation of the newest devices and Improvements In agricultural implements. He learns their use and benefits. He learns In what way they assist In soil cultivation, in plant growth, In sowing,. In harvesting, In threshing. He learns the economic value of the more modern machinery, of the silo, of motor power on the farm. The urban dweller la furnished a vivid picture of the agricultural resources of the community. He learns about the fertility of the soil In the vicinity; of what la being done to Increase the farm vield: to lmnrove the quality of the stock, and to multiply the total dairy product. * 1 Every man and woman, whether town or country rexident, Is brought Into closer touch with the home life of others. All Imbibe that broader education which means co-operation? that ideal education which is service to self and all humanity. 1 COME AND SEE US YOU will find the latchstring of this newspaper office hanging out all ready to be pulled during fair time, and once inside you will be met with cordial welcome. If we don't know you personally, this is a first-rate opportunity to get acquainted. If you're an old acquaintance, you'll have the advantage of not feeling like company. Who Did 't? WARSHIP ? HELP j MERCHANT SISTER! MAY COME TO COAST Koenig Says He Can't Tell What His Government May I)o About It. New London, Conn., Nov. 3.?The German armored submarine U-57, sister ship of the U-53, which recently sank five vessels off the New England coast, is expected to act as a convoy for the undersea freighter Deutschland on her return trip to flfirmanv - bv.vw.wihk iu a statement tonight by Capt. Paul Koenig. The Deutschland's skipper added: "I would not be surprised if the armed submarine appeared off this coast while I am in port. You can't tell what the government will do." Capt. Koenig said he probably would make his homeward dash: within the next ten days. He denied' a report that he would go through I the Cape Cod canal, saying nothing! was to be gained by this route. Officials of the Eastern Forwarding company announced that the! Deutschland's cargo was discharged at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Great care was exercised to prevent outsiders from seeing the work. Only the crew of the submarine and the North German Lloyd liner Willehad | were allowed in the hold. Vice President Hilken of the Forwarding company, left today for New York. Nothing has been made public concerning the Deutschland's manifest. James L. McGowan, collector of customs, is out of town. He| sent a special delivery letter today j to Capt. Koenig. but the latter de-j clined to comment on its contents. The citizens' committee, which kasl arranged for a complimentary banquet to the Deutschland's crew next I Wednesday, announced that a gold watch, suitably inscribed, will be presented to Capt. Koenig. The U-R7. it was reported, left Bremen on Octoher is?a~..~ after the Deutschland sailed. HAYS KOLTv WEEVIL WILL COVKK STATK Andrew Moore Tells Ijefonte Soclety That Preparation Campaign Should Hog in at Once. Columbia, Nov. 3.?That the boll weevil will eventually cover the en-* tiie State of South Carolina, was the opinion expressed last night by A. C. Moore, member of the University of South Carolina faculty, in an illuminating address to the members: of the LeConte Scientific society. Prof. Moore is a member of the boll weevil commission, recently returned from a trip through the infested States of the South. He said that the weevil would prove a serious factor in the agricultural and economic life of the State and that a great' campaign of preparation should be- \ gin at once. An account of the findings of the commission was given by Prof. Moore. Prof. Moore said that the weevil was not like an army, but that he would continue as a permanent fac-j tor in the agriculture of the State. He advised that the farmers of the , State heed the advice of the federal demonstration agent% in combating the weevil. "UNCLE NICK" PARSES, t^nce Famous Ball Player Dies In Washington. Washington, Oct. 31.?Nicholas K. Voung, "Uncle Nick," an old-time baseball player, and formerly president of the National league, died at his home here early today. He had been employed in the treasury department for some time. Mr. Young was born in Amster-1 dam, N. V., and was 76 years old. He played professional baseball with the old Nationals of Washington in the sixties, later with the Chicago club of the Union league and was at one time manager of the Lord Balti-i more club of Baltimore. He becamo president and secretary of the National league in 1881 and held that oosltion until 1903, when he retired and was succeeded by Harry Pulliam. Mr. Young had been an invalid foi four years but until that time at- ( tended most of the games played hero. ~ ' I fair time againI The Purpose of Our Own Festival and a History of Some Others WHY is a fair? We can't all answer that from a single viewpoint. It means something different to practically every one of us. There is no douht, though, that the feeling of gayety is universal?even to those who must work like Turks to make the occasion a success. The man or woman with a grouch has no business at our fair this year. You must go prepared to enjoy the blare of band music and the million noises that aren't music. You must be keyed up to revel in the sight of thousands of chattering holiday makers, of bright decorations, of pretty girls, of sideshows and ballvhoos. of noucorn hnll? in rod Hcum* and sweating glasses of orangeade, of sizzling sandwiches and ice cream cones, of live-stock and household and implement displays, of pattering trotters and pacers and running horses, of buzzing grandstand, of golden sunshine and yellow dust-clouds. Yes, and tired feet and whimpering babies with heat-rash and smart alecks here and there?for we haven't reached the land of perfection yet. Now let's peel the surface off the situation and see what's inside. This year's fair is going to be a pretty fine advertisement for our whole community?the surrounding farm lands and fanners, the town and ita enterprising, public-spirited merchants. And really that is the rockbottom purpose of holding a fair?advertising. It is a community aim and effort, to show its people how much they amount to, and to show outsiders that this is a mighty good place to live in?prosperous, progressive country and neighborly people. A man looking for a place in which to settle down couldn't reasonably ask for anything more or better. Courtesy to Visitors. The folks of this community understand one another. Our farmers know the town business men with whom they deal. Our business men are pretty well acquainted with most of the people who come into their stores. Now we want to show?all of us?our spirit of kindliness and intelligence to the strangers within our gates during the festival season. It is fhe best sort of advertising we can put forth. It is inestimably worth while to us if visitors go home and say: "I always like to attend their fair. The whole town seems to wiggle its latelistring at me. And they're the 'whitest' people!?go out of their way to be polite?ready to give information or do a little favor?I'm certainly going hack oftencr and get acquainted with some of them." In order further to answer the question which introduces tins article, we take down our handy reference book?a large red volume?and turn to page 426. Therein we learn that the word "fair" is derived from the Old French "feire," the modern French "foire," the Italian "flora," the Latin "feria," meaning holiday, and that this is connected with the Latin "festus," meaning feast. Tn the Fnitcd States there are no fairs of the kind that have been common in the Old World. The term here is applied to a variety of exhibitions, such as church, charity and agricultural exhibitions, and local, state, national, or international expositions or fairs. The fact is, the term is applied to all exhibitions where people are expected to bestow patronage or make purchases. Bits of Fair History. The most common kind are agricultural fairs?county and state, as you know. This kind got their start as a regular thing in America in 1819. At Albany, N. Y., there was a prosperous merchant, Elkanah Watson, who believed that such an enterprise would encourage farming and manufacturing and help business. He used his influence with the state legislature, and that body appropriated $10,000 yearly, for six years, for premiums on agricultural products and family manufactures. Since then annual county, district and atate fairs are quite generally held. The district and county fairs especially are held, not mainly for the sale of goods, but for advertising purposes?as we have said. City street fairs, where amusements of various kinds are furnished, are intended to promote the welfare of the city by attracting traders to them. The same goes for world's fairs which are held in this country. While commodities are sold, the primary object is to advertise. ' In the Old World the fair or bazaar is an ancient institution. If we could find filea of the daily papers and country weeklies when old Mr. Pharaoh was kinging for a living, when Professor Plato was discoursing on pure democracy and the what and how of a republic, when the thousand and one events of the Arabian Nights Entertainments were being worked out, we should probably find articles like this one?an editor's write-up of the annual fair in his town. Barter and Exchange Places. People throughout Europe look upon the fair as a meeting held for the purpose of exhibiting and selling goods. Originally fairs were held at stated times and places, some for the sale of u particular class of merchandise, others for the sale of goods of a general character. People resorted to them to exchange goods and to collect their stores to lust, for several months. Princes and the magistrates of cities encouraged them and some of the privileges granted long ago still remain in force. Such fairs as these flourish today on the outskirts of civilization, as in Siberia, Manchuria, Asiatic Turkey, where people live isolated for long stretches of time and do their buying no oftener than once or twice a year. They originated in the church festivals, which were found to afford the best opportunity for commercial transactions, the concourse of people being such as took place upon no other occasions. Other European Practices. In some parts of Europe persons of all ranks still wait for the great annual fairs to make their principal purchases of articles of every description. This applies especially to parts of Europe when: trading facilities?including transportation, advertising announcements and the like?are not as highly developed as in all parts of America today. One of the most noted of the old fairs was that of Saint Tlartholo* PLENTY OF CARS, Pll SYSTEM LACKING SO WITNESS ASSERTS AL C., B. & Q. Official Explains Rea- I>rt sons for Trouble With Rail- ^ road Transportation. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 3.?The ap- ^ liarpnt uhnrt > nf 41? hnll m W..W. vw0v ut v,u> n u^UU 11113 "" * railroads of the country was declar- Iu's( ed to be the result of a lack of efti- ''rs^ ciency in their distribution, by W. Parl L. Barnes, superintendent of transportation of the Chicago, Burlington cov< & Quincy railroad, here today. He ^ei . was one of the last witnesses to tes- in 1 Itify at an informal hearing on the al- tu*e jleged shortage of cars being held by w^' iC. C. McChord, member of the inter-: ^USI state commerce commission. | ' . It was brought out that the rail -1ton roads now own approximately 2.-.??^ '600,000 cars and that the apparent 'SKU total shortage on all lines is only ? about 60,000. Mr. Barnes gave it as una his opinion that much of this result- wor | ed from shippers asking for more ^or cars than they need. Any app.ararent how shortages resulting from other imP causes, he said, could be met by a ' moj^e efficient distribution of the car nou supply. Mr. Barnes in response to ques- dest tions as to why the Chicago, Burling- has ton & Quincy had failed to return dist cars owned by by other roads, declar- niilt >ed that system had been forced in men self defense to hold foreign cars and ulat !would continue to do so until some beei assurance was provided that their of a I own equipment would be returned, port ,More than 37,000 cars of all classes cotti | belonging to the Chicago, Burling- seed ton & Quincy were held on foreign Mex lines, he said, while that system held tofo approximately 32.000 cars belonging tiuir to other lines. stin< Other railroad representatives port heard today were: VV. L. Parks, vice port president of the Illinois Central; J. field F. Poterfield of the same system, and Ti C. 11. Phelps, superintendent ot hno, transportation of the Louisville & can Nashville railroad. Short state- js p nients were also presented by repre- (ott< sentatives of Ohio and \1fihigan eoai worl dealers and consumers. has wid? IHL Dl'MHA ItKSICJXS lisln FHOM TilK SKItVH'K tutei whit Quits Austrian Oiplonuitir Corps totti With Imperial Recognition of tory Mis Long labors. . j Vienna, (via London). Nov. 4.? take Dr. Theodore Constantin Dumba, for- getti mer Austrian ambassador to the jntei United States, at his own request has whit been retired from the diplomatic ser- urge vice by the emperor. The announce- to tl ment of the retirement of I)r. Hum- jng ba includes imperial recognition of thes Dr. Dumba's excellent services cov-.oottt ering a long period of years. Icotti Dr. Dumba was ambassador of into Austria-Hungary at Washington! from May 24. 1913, until September.| |i?i&. in the summer of 1915 he made himself unacceptable to the lUnited States government when he attempted to transmit a report to the mor i Austro-Hungarian foreign office,"?*' which disclosed the ambassador's ?' ' ;participation in plans to cripple U8UI American munition plants by strikes.' hrna A proposal that Dr. Dumba quit the oth< | United 9tates on leave of absence was not regarded as satisfactory ann ho" President Wilson insisted on his re- *'*' call. P,ck thre UUTTINO OFF THE EARS. Khilt El Paso, Nov. 3.?Villa bandits Hooi again are cutting the ears from cap forc? tive Carranza soldiers and then sending them back to their com- cans mnruls as a warning to other Car- sligl rarza soldiers, said a Mexican civil- chile ian refugee who reached here today lvvo from Jimenez. infe< mew in London, founded at the beginnin The greatest fairs in Germany are I Brunswick. Other noted and historic fair Kurope are those of Zurzach, Switzerla gaglia, Italy; Lyons. France (before tL Russia. The last named yearly attracts buj central and northern Asia, and merchant hands. At Mecca, in Arabia, the fair j annual pilgrimage of Mohammedans, and in the world. We hope this array of solemn factstrue?will not put a damper on your fri l'air for you. Doll up in your gayest drap< a regular picnic this year?just like the a sweetheart; when you had tintype pictui them. Remember ? A X iLAUt. I BOLL WORM COMES TO NORTH >VANCES IN MEXICO sence There One of Worst Ienaces to American Industry Experts Report. Washington, Nov. 4.?The pink worm, most destructive cotton t known, has appeared for the timo I ?> A rnl? J " , v....x, 111 iiwi (.11 Aiuci R'tt. ine <1?tment of agriculture announce ly that the worms had been disjred in northern Mexico, where r presence, the department says in official announcement, constl!s one of the "greatest menaces ch have come to the American intry in its history, mportation from Mexico of cotseed, cotton seed hulls and seed on is prohibited under an order ed late today. fficlals of the department were ble to explain how the pink boll m happened to be imported to th America. It is presumed, ever, that the pest came in seed orted to Mexico from abroad, liscovery of the worm was anneed in the following statement: The pink boll worm, the most ructive of known pests of cotton, been discovered in the Uaguna rict, Coahuila, Mex., within 200 >s of the Texas border. Aniendts to quarantine orders, and regions, effective immediately, have i promulgated by the secretary griculture, prohibiting the imation into the United States of on seed, cotton seed hulls and cotton from the territory in ico from which shipments herere have been permitted, and reing that Mexican lint cotton de I'd for the United States he lined through certain northern s remote from American cotton s. he pink boll worm has not been >vn to exist on the North Americontinent heretofore. The pest i revalent in practically all other in producing regions of the Id, and in all sections where it become established has cause-l 'spread destruction. Its estabnent in northern Mexico cons{is one of the greatest menaces h have come to the American an growing industry In its his3very possible precaution will be n to prevent the worms from ing across the border. All cotton rests are warned of the danger h threatens the industry and are id to give the utmost assistance lie federal authorities in preventany movement in violation of e rules governing movement of in seed, cotton seed hulls, seed t an, or cotton lint from Mexico the United States. , , DEATH IN KXPIjOSION. I aicBuurg, nov. u.?Wednesday ning Eliza Cor ley, an industrious 0 woman living on the premises Mrs. Jabez Ferris, went to her \ al morning's work, leaving two 11 children in her house. An>r negro girl living nearby went, 1 a smaller sister, to Eliza's le. For some reason the larger , who is about ten years old, ed up a can of gasoline and w it on the fire. The smaller Iren. who were sitting on the before the tire, received the full e of the explosion. They were horribly burned, while the girt \ ing the trouble escaped with it linrta Hno ......... wv v?i i v niuaurr Iren died last night. The other will get well, it thought, ir "tion can be prevented. ? g of the twelfth century. :hoee of Frankfort, Leipzig ami a held yearly or semiannually in nd; Budapest, Hungary; Smite war), and Nizhni-Novgorod, rers from all parts of Europe and lise worth $100,000,000 change* ia held in connection with the I is one of the moat picturesque -all guaranteed to be reasonably volous mood and spoil our own pry and set your heart on having year you were sixteen and had *es made together and exchanged :