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I r?i (Stfp Eanraater Npotb (SKMI-WKKKLV.) VUBLIHHKKS' ANNOUNCEMENT 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 the postofllce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. LUTHER ELLISON, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION P ICE: (In Advance. One Year 81.50 Six Months 75c "Let reverence fo laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattle* on her lap; let It be taught In schools, 11 seminaries and colleges; let It be written in primers, spelling books and almansca; let It be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed In legislative halls, and enforced In eoart* of Just'ce. And In short, let It become the poltlcal religion of the nation; and let the eld and the young, the rich and th poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and eolors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon Its altars." TUESDAY, NOV. 14, 1916. Everybody wants the war to end ajid nobody knows how to end it. o The Lord helps those who are not always bellowing to him for help. o The town knocker never troubles his head over the eight-hour law. o The election? An old story by this time. Give us something new. > o That's right, hlame the other fellow. He's probably doing the same to you. . ? Perk up and stay perked. We'll have another presidential election in four years. o Another whale of a bargain advertised this week. Read the ads until you lind it. o Now that the election is over the war can sneak hack onto fhe frnnl page again. o The Lord loves a cheerful giver end we love a cheerful payer. How's your subscription? o The woman who really knows how to manage her husband seldom tells otfiers how she does it. o If the science of aviation continues we'll soon be getting a through route to heaven. o The world owes everv man a com[ petence, but some are too darned lazy to collect their bills. o If food continues to advance in price, heayy weights, like the bear, can live on their own lat. ?0? Give the defeated candidate a friendly greeting. You may want Jtis vote yourself some day. o Woman may be the weaker sex. l>ut she can make a fool of the t strongest man by the wink of an eye. o If you feel like cussing us for what appears in these columns, let 'er rip. ? We know then that you read the paper. o The fellow who bet on a "sure ? thing" is now industriously endeavoring to find something that really r is sure. o Rockefeller has been squandering his money again. This time he gave a little irirl thirty cents. Watch the I' price of oil. o The privilege of riding in the ! i presidential yacht would almost | tempt us to accept the office ourself. | f Yes. almost. o? Whether the election suited you ** v or whether It didn't you have the sat* isfaction of knowing that you are v only one little toad in a big puddle. o The fellows who lost in the election will at least have the satisfaction of knowing the dear people will . liot be cussing them for their failure to make good on their promises. r? ??? ' Some of these days, perhaps, nar ' tlonal and state candidates will f learn that if they want to impress ' their own particular merits upon the rural voters they will have to usa the columns of the rural press, the home paper of the man they seek to ' reach. The average city daily does I not exert any great political Influence, in the rural districts. > T WHAT DO YOU OWE TO YOUll COMMUNITY? Friend, stop and think what you |owe to your community. But first stop and think what your community has done for you. How many men in your community have accumulated what they have outside of that community? Very few, you will admit. Now, how was it possible for you to accumulate property? Was it pukely by your own exertions, or did | not business conditions contribute 'largely to the result? If you are a [fanner, and were your farm a hundred miles from civilization, what I would it profit you? Hqw much wealth could you amass? No, friend, your holdings are not solelv the result of your own energy. I The entire population of your community has contributed to your upbuilding. What though you are the most I capable lawyer or doctor, if you are located in a sparsely settled country where there Is little demand for your services, what does your capability profit you? What of the expert builder if there are no houses to build? What of the engineers. If the nearest approach to a locomotive were the old ox-wagon of our grandfathers? So you see that wealth is very largely a matter of environment. Without a populous community all men are at a disadvantage in its accumulation, and as the community grows in population the opportunities ifor accumulating wealth increase. This by way of reminding you that J however "self-made" you may boast yourself, you are in reality "community-made," and you owe a debt to your community. And the size of that debt is in exact proportion to the amount of your holdings in the community. Now if you owe this debt?and we jdo not think you will dispute it? isn't it up to you to discharge it I when called upon to do so? How many times has your comImunity called upon you in vain when (plans for its betterment were being | mad.-? A road was to build for (which funds were not available. Did I you contribute? A school house was to be repaired and the grounds beautified. How much did you help? Your church was old and ouf of date, and the membership wanted to rebuild. Did you chip in? In short, you are paying your debt to the world and to your community in the only logical way?assisting to (the extent of your ability to make it | a better community for your children and your children's children to. live in? Now you will admit that you owe to vour narents a debt vnu can novei repay?to them. The only way you can possibly pay is to pass it on to another generation. That is nature's eternal plan. Just so you can pass on to ?h<community of the future what thecommunity of the past has done fot you. Will you pay the debt? + \\ \ I'i'KA I. TO t'OMMI MTV I.OVAI.TY. It will not be long now until the holiday shopping will be in full swing, and before it opens we wish to have a few words with our fellow citizens on the question of how and where this holiday money is to be spent. Are you going to patronize the mail order houses this year as perhaps many of you <1 id last year? Or are you going to, if necessary, even make a slight sacrifice and stick to home people? Whence came the money that you are intending to send to that mail order concern? Did it come from the city in which that concern is located? Not by a long shot. If you are a farmer it is the product of the soil. What soil? Why. the soil of YOI'R COMMlTNIT\. Now. you. as a practical farmer, know full well the results of the ruinous practice of i taking everything from your land land returning nothing to it. You know that this practice must sooner or later impoverish your soil and^dejstroy your source of income. Can't you realize that in sending your money away from home you are .doing to the community just what I you would not think of doing to your farm?-robbing it of its productive (power? You certainly are. Every !dollar sent away from your community robs it of just that much ot Its power for good. But perhaps you are not a farmer, but a mechanic, or trader. Then the responsibility rests even more heavl ly upon you to keep your money in the home channels of trade, because all of it came from the hard earnings of your neighbors and friends, and you have no right to deprive the community of the good It can do if circulated therein. Yes, we say no right. No man has any right to be disloyal to his community. Deprive any man entirely of community support and he be ETE LANCASTER NEWS T1 comes a parish?worse than a Robinson Crusoe, for he is among his kind but not of them. What loneliness could be more terrible? If, then, you are 'thus dependent on your neighbors And friends, do you not owe them an eqnf.l allegiance? Are they to couault your interests while you ignore theirs? This were ingratitude of the basest sort. Just suppose, you patronize all thel mail order house, that for a period of twelve months every citizen of your county followed your example and did all of his trading away from home? What condition would your Ra *.,*> J AU- 1 [VV/UIIVJ uc ill i VVUU1U UltJIO Ut? R solvent merchant In It? Not one.i What of your schools, your churches,; ;and all the civilizing institutions ofi 'our land? They might still survive ; if you bare all the expense?not otherwise. Think seriously of these things, iyou patron of the mail order house, j Realize that if you have the right to deprive your community of your, money, all your neighbors have i equal right?then imagine the con j sequences. Don't be an ingrate! If you have( a dollar to spend, spend it at home.| Thus it stays and works in the onlyj spot on God's earth in which you are, interested. Send it away and it Is, gone forever. + PATRIOTIC. A man that will go to the trouble and expense of making an exhibit at the County Fair, knowing that hq can not get enough direct financial return to reimburse him. is patriotic to a large extent. Of course he will receive, considerable indirect benefit, but in making the exhibit, demonstrate the fact that he is patriotic and wants to let the people of the county know what he is doing so as! to encourage them to get out of the old ruts and improve their condition.! Take the matter of raising cattle, mules, horses and" hogs. Our people have been in a habit, for several generations, of depending on the Westl for these things, and that is one rea- ! son why we are as poor as we are. As long as we raise all cotton and buy all food stuft and work animals j in the West, we will be poor, but <f our people can be encouraged to i raise their own needs and then all the cotton thov can it will be only a few years until the people of the South will be the bankers of the world. But in order to get them fo do this it will be neeessarv for thnso that have made a success of raising these things to demonstrate it to others and by exhibiting your cattle, stock, etc., you will be a benefit to generations yet unborn." There are a number of people in this country raising fine beef cattle, hogs, mules and horses which we hope to see ihave a full exhibit here. There are some people that have a number of home raised mules and we would like to see them all on exhibit. It will not cost you much, and we hopo ito see you show that much patriotism. Won't you do it??Abbeville .V ed i u m. TAX STATKMKXT. The following is a complete state-! intent of the taxes for the various purposes for Lancaster county for the fiscal year 1916: State tax $ 24,711.27 Special county lb.454.80 Ordinary county. . . . 17.107.82' Road tax 22.810.41 Taxes levied in portion of county (It .R. bonds) . 3,405.62! Three mill Constitutional school tax. 11.405.20, Special and local school tax 23.438.02j One dollar poll tax . . . 4,172.00 Capitation dog tax.. . 1,035.50; $3.00 Capitation road tax 12,000.00; ?i $130,540.64 1 hereby certify that the above is a correct statement of all taxes for the fiscal year 1916 for all purposes. JOSEPH W. KMIOHT, County Auditor. CARD OF THANKS. Tnft?mnoh ou if imivAoalhu , wo IV 10 I ill |>WO0I lilC IW isee all personally, I desire to take .this means of expressing to the peo-j pie of Camden, Kershaw, Heath Springs and other'places, my sincere] appreciation, and that of my father,i my brothers and my family, for the sympathy extended to us and the many kindnesses snown us in our recent deep bereavement In the death of my mother, Mrs. Fannie J. Stalkner. R. O. Staikner. NKW MVKSTDCK COMPANY (HARTKHKD Columbia, Nov. 10.?The Secretary of State today issued a charter to the H. M. Sawyer & Co. of Sally, with a capital of $2,000, to do a general mercantile and livestock business. I I ' [JESDAY, NOV. 14,191$. MAKE 4>D0LI DO THE VV 3 BY ATTI OUR BU WHICH IS NOV HIRS Lancaster's Fastest Look For T1 Finger Over ???_? LOSS FOR STATKWIDK. ! FA KM IA?A\ ACT 1 i WORTHY A> Prohibition lleaten in Missouri Kin tion Yesterday. \ Washington. Nov. St. Louis, Nov. id.?Statewide pro- Quick of the Fed< hibition was defeated in Missouri by board, in an address an overwhelming vote. Returns from ,. . , 6 the farm loan act wo more than half the voting precincts gave a majority of more than 124.- t('re(1 ln the 000 against the amendment. The 'nK an(l actual farmer majority against prohibition in St. interests of landlordh Louis was 127,000. The majority ue described the for prohibition in the 1,353 precincts p,an ag ?a gygten| , outside of St. Louis reporting was . . o caa government money to about 2,500. tern by which the far Ilf I\ P* ? PI n ? opportunity of I We Do rirst Class i nnting investors on security.' > $ f 11 The Way To Gi 1 ? ?|? No town or city can make its ind X make a town or city great. A live *;* business enterprise. If this commi |? will have to be by the enterprise of: We are ready to co-operate in t X safer, better and bigger. We are V dividual service to every depositor, t .Til i * count, lam your plans and busines % may be able to make helpful sugge t WE PAY 4 PER CENT |: I FARMERS BANK &' % W. H. MILLE ' ."It . ?. I . I. - ^ . YOUR(h AM fORK OF ? iNDING j SALE V GOING ON 1CHS' t Growing Store, le Pointing Our Door * :<? AID HEAVY FIXES LEVIED. ISKRTS QUICK Chicaeo. Nov. i l Pinna , _ ,, , . more than $171,000 were assessed by 10.?Herbert . Federal Judge I.amlis today against eral faun loan $. Co., packers, and a number here, declared ()f railroads convicted of violating uld be adminis- the interstate commerce act. In most of actual farm- cases the charges were rebating or sand not in the Iin ?h*PP,nK than tarload shiP* ments at carload rates, im or tenancy. rural credits BREAKS ALL RECORDS. iot for loaning. Mobile. Ala., Nov. 10.?Spot cotfanners a sys .ton in the Mobile market broke all iner is afforded records today, passing the high >orrowing from 1 mark of yesterday by ?5 points. The | close was 19 cents. A^A ? I eater Growth | ustries great, but industries can ?j community is the manifestation of % unit; is to grow in importance it stable business interests. ?! ivery way to make local business * sincerely interested in giving in- % regardless of the size of his ac- t s problems over with us. We . stions. % = ON TIME DEPOSITS | TRUST COMPANY | IN, Cashier. I * f