The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 09, 1919, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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Lancaster, S. C., under act of Con-! no brief fo
grmt of March 3, leTS#. I
undertake
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919. "The es
vesties, bu
the
^hy Country 'Tis of Thoa, 8w?ot Land exaniinatio
o' L'b?rlv." ? ,
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POSTMASTERS RY EXAMINATION*!,lt,caI frier
Possibly the selection of a post- ^ope c<
master in Rock Hill is of little or no ,he honest
interest to the people of. Lancaster endeavorin
and Lancaster county, but the prac- of talent
tice of "electing" postmasters by **ill not bi
"strings" which are said to lead out tlerstandinj
in different directions arc or import- And the
ance to the people everywhere. rrles thi:
whether or not the "election" of a "from 1
postmaster is In prospect in any par- letter, whi
ticular town or city. A week or so '"* is c
ugo the Rock Hill Record printed an ot a P?8tr
editorial article in which it was; if he be
stated that "it seems that the exam to a sena
ination tor the olllce of postmastei.j may ha
?s required by the president's ordei. j examlnatioi
would be followed by the uppoint-i8Uro that
v.ient of the man who makes the best | j,>f't'onnble
mental and business showing," but sa-v* sure
"no matter how meritorious a can ,ho xenatoi
didate may be proved by the exam fatlon?
illation, he will not be named unless "()1 cour
tie be acceptable to the senators from , new.
South Carolina." land stinkii
Commenting from the statement. test
the /Columbia State said: 'means, fa
"These th.nas being true, they are Sl:i,,''s "1?''
jio less puzzling to the State than p,ctionablei
they are to the Record. Why hobl 1 ' nresen
examinations, in which husinc-s ex afT(-<t the
perietu e and mental capacity are t*.' r*ion
tie tested, it the results may be se "pi
Aside at the whim or pleasure of a
l>air ot 1'nited States senators? It is
that is the ease, "the job of post- ha\
xnastet is a political one," as the Re rented, tlia
cord says it is. t itivs hat
"It the people, when they vote fot IZ^ZZHZH
a candidate for senator, are in fact ^
voting for a postmaster as welt ?
would it not be proper to require- S
the senatorial candidate to append ^^
to his name on the ballot a list ot ?
citizens in the various towns of the;
utate >\ iio would be acceptable to
hint for postmastership? yj
"Sometimes we entertain the re- V
tell ions thought that the mere pe > I
pie have equal rights in the appoint-!
ment of federal oflic'vs. especially; 2
postmasters, with those of senators JH
and representatives in congress.' ___________
Congressman Stevenson, writing
Jo the State. sttys:
"Your editorial, "Are Kxnmina
lions Travesties?" based upon th<
editor.al ot the Rock Hill Record, I
Hating fliat no matter how me. ito I m^M \
j inn- ;i ijiiu Mill'* 111 .* i > li<' pi ov ! I. > ? '
t the cxa in in .11 ion. he will not be nam
< (1, unless he l?e acceptable to the
^ penators from South Carolina. 1 Mi
think is based on an inaccurate un
tlerstandrng of the situation.
SI?E( I ^
"linless there is special cause
shown, the man who makes Ihfo EL
highest mark in the examination
v ill he appointed regardless of the
wishes of the senators or their likes
or dislikes Then, if they make it a D,
personal matter when it comes to
the confirmation and he is "person |p
filfy objectionable" to the nenatom, Jthey
can have the appointment re-j
j"Cted The appointed does not have q
to be personally acceptable to the, ;
senators, but if the senator makes
the plea to the senate that the ap j
(jiointee is "personally objection j
* able" he can prevent his conflrma Tliesda>
tlon- and that Is nothing ni'?.|
Postmasters above the fourth class,
Jiave always had to he confirmed byi
Laminations are not tra- This is intert
t are a business way of and we believe
n important officer of the readers of The
t and 1 have not only ap- not take up so i
s same but have insisted The question c
>ults being accepted in tors by civil ser
and the winners in the been argued fro
ns being appointed and th eorder of tl
whether personal or po- effect. That th
ids of mine or not. and I the rejection o
jntldence of the country iti ^ rant because "
y of the government in aWe" is news tc
g to get the highest ordet J if not. in fact,
suitable for postmasters zen. "Personal
; impaired by any niisun- a very broad
S of the situation." statement of a
Stale, in the same issue, i eraliy disputed
s explanation: upon for any
tepresentative Stevenson's tirular. For in
icli we print this morn- tlal political 1<
lear that the confirmation where a postms
naster may be prevented e<l" objected t
"personally objectionable diilate, that wo
tor," however creditablv der the head ?
vo passed a civil service tionahle," if th
11 Hence, unless one he desire. Yes. p
lie is personally not oh- under the civil
to ;t senator, which is to postotlhe depai
that he is acceptable to tics.
rs. why take the examin
s<.M \ Ith! l?K.\ I
'so there is in ttiis "tio'h j ^ square deal
Because it is an ancient petition which
abuse is why we pro- i sy'vnnia lluinat
it it not now. by any! into a fervent e<
r the first time. The! Pasted in stable
lion is that "personal oh- j TMttsbiirph. It
ness" to a senator ?or to lows:
tative should no more "To thee, my
appointment or the eon-I prayer,
of a postmaster thaii| "Feed me. ?;i
trsonal objectionahleness"' and when tin
ie. I provide nie wi
old fallacy, to which the di> bed. and a s
e too lonp fool'sh:\ as- me to lie down
it senators and i resen- me Vour vbin
e ;i pe sonal proprietor me a- the reins.
T T
pera no
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THE 1
ami there are many in- ship in public
ere the senators have ex- which the peopl
s right to have appo.nt- denounces as u
cted on personal grounds, corrupting, Ily
ave absolutely nothing to wretched senat
appointments until they fected through
tilted to the senate fot sv." the conf,
in, and 1 will say that pointee whom
'r has been an appoint- be. prevented a
e in my district since 1 public service i:
in congress, which the senator's privat
lave hesitated to confirm terest and, in tl
d I apprehend that there in quality.
> candidate for the Hock "Who cares i
who wili And any dith- ihe postmaster
lie passes the inspection tionable to the
1 service commission and have not the
lice department in beinft rather superior
by the senate; but I have the senators in
r the senators and do not "We have nc
to speak for them. master of Roc^
r
LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C.
ottlces, the wages ot that 1 uiav serve you th
i
e pay, that the State gladly and learn to love >
mjust, injurious and not Jerk the reins, and do 1
the retention of the me when go.ng up liill. Nevt
orial privileges, et- i beat or kick me when I do
"senatorial courte derstund what you want,
Irination of .an ap me a chance to understi
he doesn't like may Watch me. and if I fail to
nd in that way the bidding, see 'f something
* subordinated to the wrong with my harness or
e and partisan in- amine m> teeth when I do
le long run. degraded 1 may have an ulcerated to
that, you kuow, is very pain
n Rock Hill whether! not tie inv head in an unna
is personally objec- j sition, or take away my best
senators or not and | against Ilies and mosquitoes
people of Rock Hil:jting off my tail.
rights to those ofj "And finally, oh my mast
this matter? , my useful strength is gone
> candidate for post- . turn me out to starve or l
Hill." jsell me to some cruel ownt
sting reading, to us.islowly tortured and sta
it will be to the i death; but do thou, my
News, else we should j take my life in the kindest
great a space with it 'your God will reward you 1
>f selecting postnuis- hereafter."
vice examination has! ?
I TO SAVE AN KHITtl
im many angles since
.. . . , Here is a minister who
te president went in
ates the editor. At a recent
e senators may cause
, . . . ,, convention he offered the I
f the selected appli.,
. . ., toast "To save an edit
personally objertion.
. , starvation, take his paper
i a number of people, v v
. ... for it promptly. To save li
to the average citily
objectionable" has bankr?Pt^. advertise in h
meaning, since the j ,lhera,I>'- To *ave
senator is not gen- "end him every ltem of
and he is not culled, whlch 'VOU caU get huld"
explanation or par-j1,im fr<Mn 3
stance, if an Influen-respondence pla,nly on onP
?ader in some town|the Kh,,et and 8end 11 ,n as
ister is to be "elect-' poB?ib,p- To 8av* him fr
o a particular can- ,ako*- bury bim Dead
, , the onlv ones who never m
Uld readily come nn
. ,. , . takes."
>f ' personally objec
e senator should so. done Hough left Wedne
ostnnisteis were put r.reenvllle, where he will p
I service to get the fnr Greenville team thi:
tment out of poltCatarrh
Cannot Be C
with LuCAb APPLICATIONS,
cannot reach the scat of the
>, .1* 'J. 11 ?? Catarrh is a local disease,
. I tut I Mr, flue need by constitutional eondb
i ti,? ?iw ,n order to cure it you must
I lor thi hoist is lie internal remody. Hall's Cutar
tho WiKtei n p..nn. I c,ne '8 ,aken Internally and t
the westi in I - nil- th(. blQod on (he mut.ous aurfur
le snrletar has mil J?tein. Hall's Catarrh Medli
le soil. t> na> pin pri.Brribod by one ol Ule beat p
inine ni *iver and h is this country for years. It
punt pi.iyt r, .inn as poa<,d of aorTp of the bost tonlc
. ill mi.i- On- citv -if combined with some of the bi
,n 1 purifiers. The perfect cotnblr
reads in part as fol- ingredients in Ilcl. Catur
' citio is what produ- t.-j, uch v
results in catarrhal conditions,
teslinioi.iais. free
> mil -tor I rift'or mv F J CHENEY A- CO.. Props.. 1
master. I crter my Ap Druggists. 76<
Hall's Family Pills for corstlj
r and care <".>r inc.
day's work in done,
lit shelter, it clean. ?
it:i 11 witle enough !ot The M
in eonitoi t 1 alk to
> meat s as nmi h t - fc1-5nC-CZEa!'59C-BaF'E81-E
^E?'B2S'?TO,cOT.aiX'rat'E
I'. t Hie solllet tiles, ^ ' tinillMtllllfllMlllllim
use I I
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Chorus I 1 H
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e more'
rou. Do
lot whip
?r strike, B;
not un Statement o!
TT D ?
rthe Banh
is noi Located at Lancast<
feet. Ex- ness IV
not eat.
oth. and HI
ituui. D(, Loans and Luscoum
turai po- Overdralts
t defense Bonds and Stocks o
Bonds deposited. .
Furniture and fixtu
Banking house. . . .
er, when Other real estate ow
. do noi F)ue from banks an<
reeze o, Currency
>r . . Gold
sr. to bt OM ,
Silver and minor co
rved to Checks and cash ite
mastei,
way and Total
here and <
! LI
- ; Capital stock paid i
i Surplus fund. . . .
appreci- Undivided profits,
editorial penses and taxes
Following Dividens unpaid. .
. Individual deposits
tor from . , . .
ject to check . ..
and pay Savings deposits. .
iirn from Bond deposits. . . .
is paper Time certificates o;
i dispair, posit
, Certified checks. . .
news of n , , ,
Cashiers checks ..
To save
our cor- Notes and bills red
side of Time deposit inter
earlv as
Total
oin mis-,
ople an
STATE OF SOUTH
ake mis
County of
Before me came
sdav for the above named k
itrh bail says that the abov
* season. a true condition of
; books of said bank.
^Ured W 41
u they Sworn to and su
vadiueum- da>* ol Mart'h, 1919.
lions, and |
take an
rh Medi'
Correct Attest:
One was LEROY SIMtIN
la com- ' \VA1)I)Y C. Til
Unou-n I / ' r? A VOPTI
- l .. * . I ? 1 OCJ *
Hi llluUi) , .
union of 11
rh Modlvondt
rful
Si-nd for
'olcdo, O I
nation. ???????
ost Popular Car on I
?-OT:naHw:OT:^:?-SK!3B?iW-^:w-sBS
""iMiirimMif?
4^
r^9HI
"His Office On WTit>
>del 90 is a business man's car?a
>ney maker. It has riding comtoi
ks and economy to brag about. ^
h of the 600,000 Overland owr
xlel 90 and are as proud of it a:
:?you will like it.
KEftORY BROS
Gregory-Hood Live Stock Co., Lai
OvwUad Model 90 FW? r?w?pr Tooting C*t f9tii
Come to our store
I
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919.
f
[ink No. .'5.5.
r the Condition of the
: of Lancaster
?r, S. ('., at the close of busi- 4 i
larch 1th. 1919.
^SOURCES.
s $640,035.99 i
8.766.57
wned by the bank 147,100.00
248,500.00
res 2,450.89
6,042.18
net! 3,500.00
ii bankers 143,569.03
21,664.00
2,660.00
in 4,142.12
1 701 QC
aiis i|i t/i.ou
$1,230,222.64"
ABILITIES.
n $ 50,000.00
100,000.00
less current expaid
38,964.14
100.00
sub
$429,457.61
197,530.71
. . . . 248,500.00
f de....
108,571.56
5.84
. . . . 2,059.59 986,125.31
liscounted 45,000.00
est account 10,033.19
$1,230,222.64
CAROLINA, '
Lancaster?ss.
Geo. W. Williams, Cashier of
tank, who, being duly sworn,
e and foregoing statement is
said bank, as shown by the
zir i|
time saver?a
t, power, good ^
lore than one- :SJ
lers drive the jjjj] ,
i we are. Get j]l|
Dealers j|
ncaster, S. C.
lUkTMi jjg
GEO. W. WILLIAMS,
bscribed before me this 10th
H. T. CANNON.
Notary Public S. C.
IGS,
[OMSON.
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ireclors.
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