The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 16, 1919, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
PAGE FOUK
TheLancastek News
A i
LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY.
Lancaster. S. C. '
T1
GKUIUiU 111?LLA CllAVUN the i
Editor and Muuager appl:
The News Is not responsible (or the ' '
flews of Correspondents. Short and that
mtlonal articles on topics of general W|lJc
tntersat will he gladly received.
ofter
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ?iues
Cash In Advance. menl
Ome Year $2.00 j mak(
Six Months 1.00 | fhp
Entered as Second Class Matter < ' ,u'
October 7, 1005, at the Postoflice at agkti
Lancaster, S. C., under act of Con- !
greas of March 3, 1579. have
? office
FRIDAY, MAY 1(?, 1919. ticke
?? " " r* how(
Hiy Country 'Tio of Thoo, 8woot Land | wi(h,
of L'bortv."
? ?: marl
"S IT MP lU'.M." ment
(leorgia has a species of the dead- j>rov;
ly "sperits ' which has been desig- office
nated as "stump ruin." We are not pies
familiar with the whyfore of the ever
name, unless it should have come calru
from the practice said to be iti fors
vogue around Fayetteville. N. C.,lthe i
jctimi years ago. auer tne slate or way.
North Carolina went dry. when a cer pay I
tain stump out in the suburbs of the and i
Tar HoH city was a silent "blind , papei
titer." Or words to that effect; we'ndvei
heard it. The story went that the baUoi
thirsty walked out or drove out. as This
the ease might be. to a certain sec-! as tii
tion where a tree had been sawed is wt
down leaving a perfectly flat surface space
on the stump. Liquor in those daysi for.
didn't come at eight dollars a quart.! some
And a man was supposed to put feebl
half a dollar on the stump and walk of s|
away. It" lie remained away, out place
of sight and out of hearing for the think
time nooessarv. he found 011 return lishti
?hn? the half dollar had turned to inane
a pint of liquor Nobody sold it to papei
him. he didn't even sop anybody \
lint lie not what lie went after.)
Maybe this is how the stuff down in ^ f
Georgia conies to he called "stump tired
ruin " We don't know the ;i
I'.ut it has come to pass in these ,n 1 'l
arid times that the making of liquet, :,s a
a process the knowledge of which 1 ,,n
heretofore lias been confined to a 1
few. is becoming more and more an "
art to tie sought by the h.gh and the "'",1S
low iii ever-increasing numbers. ' ',0>
They say. nowadays, that the stuff '"'i<e
can lie made on the kitchen stove. ''"'x
?n<| Tlio Va? . I-j in .nn.l !...? .1. . . in SC
is not propaganda sent out by tin1 think
manufacturers of stoves for adver- I'"-"'1
tising purposes, but it ran be art 1 "'x
unity done right in the kitchen. '<>ok*
and It is said, furthermore, that the 'n
stuff manufactured right in tin sclnu
kitchen has the Kick iiiai the aver
age tiiirsty man seeks, even a little
more tiian in- expects. VVe doubt it. s'boi
We don't believe liuuor can be ntade case
on the kitchen stove; we don't bo the t
lievo a man who doesn't know h >w s,'!n>f
can make 1 irinor even with the u'afi
proper utensils made for the pur *ur?!
pose. nh'e
And. liuuor made on the kitchen ',n
stove, if liquor can be made on the earlk
kitchen stove. is Ii?i 11 or. just the
.1 . n Kir "Al?
same as the stun you bring front
ttaltimore is liquor, and if the am?
i
thorities find you making it on the frajn
kitchen stove or on the heater in the men
front room, or find if In your posse- glnei
sion. no matter where it was made- 'n '
or who made it, it is good night for
i went
you in t.f
The safest plan is to cut it out en son <
tirely. It's against the law and the ginei
law is going to lie enforced with an <ornl
increasing degree of rigiditv If ?
from
# you go to making liquor in the
kitchen, you're going to get caught
sooner or later, and it wouldn't hei
I ,
nice to spend a while in jail these
ited.
hot summer months. Furthermore,!
I man;
the season is about over. It's too Whlc
hot now to drink liquor. You al- millt
woys did cut it out in the summer tnndi
time and take beer instead. The vanr
only difference now is that you'
iman:
can't have either. I term
. .UN
A1MH T ADVKItTlMlNG. GOVI
Ivertising is a legitimate part; j
newspaper's stock in trade, aud
'thing to be paid for like any
Wire
r commodity. Some persons in
Hi
y community need education or;
subject.
re more rural the locality the
more contracted the ideas of the| Cole
leant and the more he feels at ernor
tv to ask for free advertising passed
shall contribute to something era' a
ana t<
h he is interested in. Thus it mit aj
1 happens that people will re- state
t a notice of their entertain of Sou
t out of which they propose to, re?t rn
., . (lovern
a money, provided they can get
,cause
notice without paying for it-?'nmv a
chances are that the persons essary
ig such favors of a newspaper compai
been to some oilier printing, ?Pera"
to get (heir circulars and their ^ 'lP
< ooper
ts printed?not for nothing. ment.
ever. They can understand "i a
the advertising which the cir- constit
*s and such afford is to be paid s'ncR i
v . i . r .. should
but thev do not fullv cotnpre- ,
I the act
why a newspaper should not j qUe8^j0
e and benefit their speculat on "it
out charging for it. These re- would
;s are preliminary to the state :
of a business principle which1 ,
the st;
tils in all regulated newspaper j ar^ jS
s. and which is based on princi- j reiiuire
of equity. It is this; What , inating
a newspaper publishes that is an* ?
! If ther
dated to put tnonev into the cof- ,
lv with
of an individual or to further J 0f orjs
Interest of his business in any livery
the newspaper is entitled t?? i oompnr
or its service. That is the long tr;,"s>u
tical )(
short of the principle. A news'
' j act. tli
r must have a revenue from i'Hstrued
rtisinp; just as much as the eoirpar
r must have pay for his bread, ntessat:
\n here
one is as much a stock in trade
for sue
le other and in larpe cities this,
11 understood and every bit of art:
in the city papers is well paid "Sen
It is undoubtedly true that in R?neral
11 . .1 . I A mesf
small places in the countrv.J
or telf
e nawspapers yield to the kind tponging
referred to In such' point *
s there are always persons who a math
; the whole newspaper estate matter
lent is at their heck and com s''"' "
nutted
I if they take one copy of th? ?-o?t
f
Win is Tills? of this
* have for many years past no- '*
* ? "h v
the verv undesirable feature in
tl " pa
ittonilaiice of the nnhlic s-liool ... .
M IM II
n highest grades, viz: There .1 r? "Sec
rule many more gills attending <*'! sh;>l
I ov Why is this? When- are I""1"1*
nnv vi
invs? Thev leave school tnanv
tll'S 'I''
1**111, in their early or middle ni!iv j,
as soon as they are aide to get plaint."
dtion as clerk in some store or i
Til
miner toe impression that
are wasting time h\ remaining (.loir
T'* e
hool longer The average hoy
format
s that if he gets some business j?(,rH|(|
ion that will enable him to earn nf \t,,r
v dollars a month, and that Said
i towards Ins final oceupation old 1'
e. while his classmates stick to ^ ountr.
, .w ? i in? f?
>1 three or four vears longet,
vciir 1
ts just so many years the start so,.(jon
s I'otnpanions who remain ii> sources
d. Now the real facts in the find tli
nre that the reverse of this ..% a<'
? ?
ruth. The hoy who remains in
Th*
?' and acquires a thorough ed- i|om
on lays a foundation that will Carolir
y. other thing f?e ng equal, en- who di
him to surpass his classmate '
1X4". \
left school three or four vears ,
death
Br- ponnds
t'liOW DIVISION liOVS around
AltltlYK XT C'.XMP J\?"KSO\ weigh!
llumbia. S ('., May 12. The walked
hearing annroyimatelv 400 sonare
and 1:! officers of the 117th en quired
crs. Rainbow division, arrived wide,
olumbia shortly after 11 o'clock 1853 I
rday night and immediately able t
to Camp Jackson. They were lime I
>mmand of Col. J Monroe John- home,
r>l Marion, S C. Among the- en- two-ho
r*rs were the South Carolina " 'II
panics from Spartanburg, Ce>- inches
da and Marion. The train was breast,
i Canip Merritt, N. J < <|f
u velvet
IHI> TIMMH'S KXPKCTKH TO
the co
VA\<K II*' OKItM.ANA lt\l,KS
marrie
indon. May 15. Reuter's Iiin- large,
learns that in the event of tier- |inn(>
y not signing the; peace* treaty, ^|Kant
h Is regarded as unlikely, all father
ary arrangements have been
b for the allied armies to ad- Clyr
e in exactly the snmo way as IMvlsir
would have done had* fJer- from
y not accepted the armistice with 1
s. this w
THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S.
SRNOR SIGNS THE
<EW TELEGRAPH ACT \x KSSAY OX ;
Man that is born ot
Companies Must Vse Intra small potatoes and few
late Lines and the Most rises up today and floui
rag weed and tomorrow
Direct lUmte. (jay tke undertaker hat
goeth forth In the 1110
., _ _ ling like a lark and Is
imbla, S. C., May 15.?Got- ...
. , . . in one round and two s<
Cooper has signed the act, . . ,, _ ... .
..... . ... In the midst of life h
at the last session of the gen- . ...
ssembly, requiring telephone and *be tax co et or '
jlegraph companies to trans- wherever he goeth. T1
I messages originating in this ?' "fp is ?' "P"11
for deliverey in the borders! 8"detb doun with
th Carolina over the most di-! r?Pid'ty He walketh I
lutes. An effort was made on br,Rht to ahsoi
lor Cooper to veto the bill, he- j and peteth the bank 1
of its alleged unconstitution-i a,Kbt draft for $357nd
the excessive amounts nec-i "p cometh home at f
to be expended by the wire n,8Pteth the wheelbar
ilea to make its provisions pa,h U r,8eth up and
lV0 I to the earth and falletl
n he signed the bill Governor j and runneth one of Its 1
gave out the following state-1 ear- In the Rpntle spr
1 putteth on his summer
>m in grave doubt as to the a b?'"<?rd strlketh bin
utionality of this act. but homo and fl1,eth h,m
here is a doubt I feel that I worda and rheumatism.
solve that doubt in favor of hp pu,tP,h on wlnter trf
. and let the courts decide the: wasp that *bfirei
in I cltement. He starteth
was urged before me that it the pe,,ar with an 0,1
be a great hardship on the *OPth backward and tl
ph companies to transmit all cometh after him and
ate messages wholly within nmi"
\tc. Mv construction of the U(% hu>'e,h a wa,rh dn
that a telegraph company is ho come,h homP from "
d to transmit messages .?rlg-|watoh doe ,rpeth hlmand
state for transmission to near him untU ros>* mon
her the most practical route.,to ,ho ,mrso trot nnd
e Is no practical route whol- on the brown n"
in the state between the point bn>' Kp>di"K a bla3
;ination and the point of do- np,h.
I have no doubt that such He mnrrieth a red-he:
ly would have a right to wi,b a wart on hnr no
it the message by some prac- nPX' '^p parent tin'
ante without the state. The "?dpr w,th a f,pp arrop
lerefore, when properly con- ?a*?llltles and commeth I
will require a telegraph wi,b his !>olov0fl ^>n iniv
to transmit and deliver: Kook HHdge r
es wholly within the state Thp mos, |mnortnnt
they have a practical route today is the cmk and
h delivery. nament given by the
following is the text of the |c(|ii;<l Suffrage henuue ii
' over the Hank of I at
Hon 1. He it enacted by the ^07.011 tables of pi ayors v
assembly of South Carolina od for KaimM. Hea
inge delivered to a telegraph were presented by prot
phone company within this generous merchants. la
01 transmission to any other powers were artlstlcnll
A it h in this state shall he as decoration. Delicious
it of fait, and regarded as a Was served from an atti
of law. as an?l for an intra- pointed table.
ansae!Ion. and shall be trans- Thp pr1zes. which incl
by such company by the most other :<r!ic!es. silk host
ind pti'ctical loute within the correspondence cardc,
( i'l'i's ; n<l c: Htlv. ** oro
I hjit for any violation |,v (||0 lollnwinc storos;
act said corporation shall he , T Wylie. l.ancnstet
lo a penally nf ?:,rtn f,,r Poh'nsoo-Cloiid. Stnrdnr
iolatiou, to he recovered h\ i.nnca iter I'rng Co , Pol
rty aggrieved and TorfeM its Rodtnne W'lkup.
? do business in this state |,;,t! <n. !! C Hough, la
.. .>in iiiiil: in-ieui con.am- par,m,M? Stores.
I bar liny art ion for actual or ? ^
c damages growing out of I'F^SOX VL>
>> ntion of the provisions of J- S. Wilson and I*!, t'
i. and nnv cause of action s"'1 snenl Thursday in (
c united in the same com- business
ri Mis C.corge Phillips.
K I.IH.iKST OIKKH'.N ^ "7'"""' F,k"
s flopping.
r niton N C . News-Herald.) ? ?
following very interesting ?n George |{ rn?v*? '?!
ion was given to the News- I-rem out, X. ( .. to act
by C. I.. Shaping, a resident daughtei, little Miss K
canton- wards Craven, to Lancar
he: "In turning 'hrough the I)OI LAIC MAUK Nf
n'ted States llistnrv. "Our ll)K\l OK
y and Its Resources." belong
my father, published in the, (Continued From Pa
S7d. January 1st. and In the
treating on the wonderful re- fa,. aR ? |s worthy of fli
t. etc.. of grand old state, f .., ,ljive a|way?, l)r,.n .
0 following, whleh is an ex- who beheve (hat pi
dont of speech was tl
The <?eeatest American.' ?fotv. beeause if a man I
la.gest man on record ??h |ihs| tMnK fo rio ,s ro Pn
Harden. a native of North n(lvcrHllP the far, ,
la. who was horn in 1708. and ,, rarTtlof ,,o HO (.a8lIv f
led in Tennessee in 187 7 He yQU fo n,mil|
reet and 8 Inches tall, and In ,nok VViSf. ,f yon
weighed 872 pounds. At his fhp Rporpt ,R nut an,,
he weighed a little over I ."<><> 'knoW K that ,1P fs n fool
' j "So it is by the ex pot
1803 his coat was buttoned tha, ? defeated; not I
1 three men. each of them aion of fo|ly an(1 |n ,h)
ng over 200 pounds. who frfM. s)a,P(.h mon K<.t in
together in it across the communication with
at Lexington In 18.70 It re- whjrh constitutes the I
1J yards of cloth, a yrd! common achlevementi
to make him a coat I nfil through many vtsslt
le was active and lively, anil through many hitter
o bear labor, but from that fmjnd th,. wav to th|f, ,
le was compelled to stay at rtom and now ?he ?,ai,{|3
or to be hauled about In a of the wor)(, ftH the r,
hm?- vtnKiiii. I of constitutional llbert;
is coffin was 8 feet long, 3." i
deep, 32 Inches across the STEPS TO ENFORC
18 inches across the tent. COMPITLSOI
required 22 yards of black
to cover the sides and lid of (Continued From Pa
thn. Miles Darden was twice!
si, and his children are vervl'^o ages o felght and fn
though It is probable that "hall attend school duri
of them will ever attain the secutive months, or
Ic weight nnd size of their each year. The statu b
I cation has recommende
term of compulsory atl
le Cauthen, of the Kainhow gin In each district with
>n. who has recently returned of the public schools of
overseas, spent a few days It Is hoped that every 1
lis sister, Mrs. K. VV Itailey, trlct trustees will adopt
eek. ' mendation in order to
C. FRIDAY, MJ
HAN.
' woman is ? , ~T
a h|n Hank No.
-ishes like a Statement of the Condition of th<
or the next f|t| r| w w
h?,h?a I he Bank of Lanca
knocked out Located at Lancaster, S. C., at the close
ITte in debt "ess March 4th, 1919.
pursues him;
He bannister | RESOURCES.
ters and he; Loans and Discounts $6'
considerable Overdrafts
rorth in thei Bonds and Stocks owned by the bank
rb the ozone Bonds deposited 2<
eiier with a Furniture and fixtures
Banking house
'ventide and Other real estate owned
row in bis Due from banks and bankers L
smiteth him Currency <
t upon him. Gold
ie?s into his Silver and minor coin
in* time he Checks and cash items
clothes, and
^ f?r from Total $1,2J
with cuss
In winter ?
.users and a LIABILITIES.
n causes ex- Capital stock paid in $ 1
down Into Surplus fund II
sander and Undivided profits, less current exhe
oleander | penses and taxes paid I
sitteth upon Dividens unpaid
Individual deposits subir
and when! ject to check $429,457.61
ie lodge the! Savings deposits 197,530.71
and sitteth Bond deposits 248,500.00
i. He Roeth Time certificates of debetteth
his posit 108,571.56
ne. and the Certified checks 5.84
:e faco win- Cashier's cheeks 2,059.59 9!
wind heiress Notes and bills rediscounted
so. and the Time deposit interest account
roster goeth ?
t and great Total $1,21
lome to live
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
tHirncv. County of Lancaster?ss..
social event Before me came (ieo. W. Williams, G
bridge tour- the above named bank, who, being dul
Lancaster says that the above and foregoing stat
it the rooms a true condition of said bank, as show]
m astor a books of said bank.
lore afrang- GEO. W. WILLI
1,11 Sworn to and subscribed before me t
rrns",ve nnd day of March, 1919.
ovely spring H T CANN
v used i?i -- ? - --
ISotary 1'ublic
'r,,ppo Correct Attest:
arnvo y ap LEROY SPRINGS,
, , WADDY C. THOMSON,
m,7 ,nm' L. C. PAYSEUR,
' T /;in:- Directors.
handkercontributed
FMiarnrioy.
it Hrug ('o..
tukoff. I! isv (
Hobins ?n- maximum number of pupils prompt- nine months, th1
monster !>< ly as well .is the maximum attend- tendance is both
anre Classification and graduation ble. The ditlieul
of pupils will he greatly facilitated' triets are negligll
* by this policy. The general assent- with the result!
lyburn \\ il- |,iy. howevur, refused to designate teachers, selioois i
oltitttltia on tijo specific months of compulsory The nterest ii
J at:end.tn< o and the state hoard did J state-wi le mid
if th?' Cnl r'01 aathori/.ed to tlx a rti'me! sttite superln'ondi
In this connection. The opening of1 aL.e to announce
iv in town . . , i
the schools in each community is: tendance officers
, regulated f?y the local trustees. The
ft today for practice varies widely in the various Catarrh Cam
orupnny his communities of the state. Not a few with LOCAL, API'I
lea nor Ed- dlBtrlcts run summer terms. In the catarrh*?*'* tocal'
iter. tobacco counties a summer term is, flueneed by constttu
, . . . , in order to cure il
?-? impossible. ( otton picking also at- internal remedy. I
^ foots the opening of manv schools. P*1?, }s Jaken inter
. , the blood on the na
AMhltli A A definite rule fur all the districts system. Mali's Cu
m' the State can hardly he laid down h Is^country"*fm
ge One.) unless the recommendation of the posed of some of th
combined with som
state board is approved. Certainly purifiers. The per
m Hie schools ought to run when the chie'"sFw'hst^prodi
unong those majorirr of the pupils can attend. results In catarrhal
. r??? i testimonials, free,
reato.-i tree eity an(, town 8chottte an,j P'. J. CIIENKY A C
he gi cutest . Druggists. 7fie.
country schools, running eight or Hail's family Pill
Is a fool, the
courage him " ?
iy spenftlng.
lisenvered If I
11 and I
O mrnm
or foiiy m W H H| H
iy t hp serlil
? free air of
t<? t(ial m.n TO Til IS
one another
Graded School Audit
experiences
??rt free TO IIKAH
at the front
Bpresentative; ?^ _
r Slfovofa a v
ItY LAWS m. w
" "" The Great Danish Violini
>uiteen years <
nK four con-: TV/ I I F* MM
"SV*r"! Wednesday evening, Ma
d that th? ??
tendance beHI
Adults $1.00 ADMISSION Chi
thin reconi-l
secure the
rrtt iV tfjtfi
_ r
/
VY 16, 1919.
e
ster
of busi- 4
10,035.99 *
8,766.57
47,100.00
18,500.00
2,450.89
6,042.18
3,500.00
13,569.03
>1,664.00
2,660.00
4,142.12
1,791.86
50,222.64
50,000.00
[)0,000.00
58,964.14
100.00
36,125.31
45,000.00
10,033.19
30,222.64
iishier of
y sworn,
enicnt is
n by the
AMS,
his 10th
fON,
S. C.
s compulsory nt?logical
ami feasities
in other dis>le
when compared
ig advantages to
and pupils,
it this problem is
enthusiastic. TJie
"lit hopes to he
the full list of atearlv
next week.
not Be Cured
.ICATIONS. as they
Boat of the disease
dis('U.??. greatly lntlonal
conditions, and
you must take an
lull's Catarrh Medln.il'y
and acts thru
n ous surfaces of the
turrh Medicine was
f the best physicians
years. It Is comie
hest tonics known,
o of the best blood
feet combination of
Hall's Catarrh Medlices
such wonderful
conditions Send for
O., Props . Toledo, O.
s for ronrtlpatlon.
IC
torium
d
St ?
y 21st
Idren 50c
(8KM1-WHEK.LV.)
Established 1852. of 11
? Monu
Published Tuesday and Friday othei
BY THE