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I FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1919. LANCASTER EQUAL SUFFRi OFFICEIIS: President Secretary Treasurer Press Chairman VL_ In Vermont. state of Sentiment in Vermont for ratifica- senate bj tion is growing' Dr. Marion Horton, the amen state president, and Mrs. Lillian H. having tn " Olzendam, ratification chairman, are 24 by a \ reaching every little hamlet with the, "It wai news of ratification progress, in order peace tr< that the state in its pride to be in- guaraute* eluded among the necessary thirty-six peoples o may rise en masse to urge upon the leglslatur governor a special session of legisla- fication ture. I amendme Letters, telegrams and resolutions democrat are reaching Governor Clement daily. Nonie it. To iliustrate. Mellows Falls* ami Dallas Illarre. two towns slow to take an in- in expr terest in suffrage, recently passed suff'agist resolutions for a special session. At argument the llarro meeting one of the national tors was officers had been granted a hearing lation of before four congregations at their tin- that the ion service Sunday evening. July 6. before s* There was a community chatauqutt in used by t progress in llarre and the local tnin- tlon wer isters decided at the last moment to and did r holcf their services in conjunction liquor ini V with chatauqua at the tent. Several hind the hundred persons were present. The tactics w pastor who presided. Superintendent riety." Fleet of chatauqua, at the head of the schools of Richmond, Va., and tho speaker of the evening, Dr. Thomn- ' 'oinii son, of London, we-e all suffragists. ? 1 ?VN The suffrage hearing, supplemented * e 's,eNN hv live suffergc remarks front each of the participants mentioned, would ?T,,n'za have fallen short of results If the op- '1(a"on portunlty had not been seized for a 11'1 n 1 resolution, so perntiss on was read'ly ,oso,1,a" granted to present the following res- u'ln olution which was almost unanl- on ^ehuM niously adopted by a rising vole: ^ | Whereas eleven states have lias-' "Darlii tened to ratify the Federal Suffrage deep emc amendment; and are safel Whereas the governors of many shall par states bc.ve pledged to call special The ol sessions of their legislatures in order and pass to ratify the amendment before the spouse. It general election of HUM); ! Tears we He It Resolved that we, the citizens "Dearr of llarre, urge Coventor Clement to ' prove t call a special session ef the state leg- ^co I cni islature in order that Vermont may ?no su^ he included among the thirty-six This fl ~ A ~ <* # .t, * ? s* ! t!Tk? imilirn ii?it*M?aiy KM" Mill rai lUCUllOll. j 1 uv , ? man," sa Texas. with me! Texas has the honor to he the first And a Southern state to ratify tln> Federal him fron Suffrage amendment, and the ninth silently a I IB || JPjlSK for, apd b( K I to get WRICLEVS. a sealed package. I for the name-the C Name in Goody-Lai tnHESSf II THE LANC ?I VALVE OF CR VGE LEAGUE. | LANCAJ? ! This Includes l.ivc ...Miss Margaret Moore [ is 'op .Miss Nanule Hill Moore \ Hig Mrs. S. L. Allen j . . . .Mrs. Leroy Springs Saluda. S. Ju I Held agent of th ! Estimates. United the Union to ratify. TheIOf Agriculture, h r a viva voce vote ratilled|the following re dment on June 28. the house| vajue <)f ?u rro,, iken similar action on Jure!0 ?. .. i ouum v uroiina Ml 'ote of l>6 to 21. I also the value of s fitting that on the day the; crown in ei eaty was signed in Paris. corn am, oats w sing democracy to all the prinoipa, crops in f the world, that the Texas Darllngton> D,u0 e should complete the ratl-J Florenoe> William of the Federal Suffrage j donf where cottoI1 int. gi\ing the rights of wprp tliranking y to women." said Mrs.lwh?e in rharlesl Mahoney. president of thocoun(ies cotton> Iqual Suffrage association. were cons|deied (1 essing the joy of the Value o s over the victory. "The Crops l of the anti-suffrage sena- . l.ivcstoc that the measure was a vin- s C * IS state's rights we are glad Ab-vi?p $ 7 88; majority place human rights Aij<on 14 V> atc's rights. The methods, And-8on iti.'io! the opponents of the resolu- Bambpri, 8.78, e thoroughly unscrupulous, Barnwp? ir> lot deserve to succeed. The Beaufort 4;2o! terests of the state were he-' Koi.kll|ov , anti-suffrage fight, and their ca]j,nun 8 77' ere of the well-known va-_charles(on 6'>7r,: ^ Cherokee 6,t0 i t'nited fur Ratification. |* hoster 8.1" lent women's organizations C'hes field 8,6.b rsey have joined forces with Clarendon 12.43 Jersey Woman Suffrage a.-- Colleton 10,92 , and are cooperating in the; Darl ton la.912 ion of the New Jersey rati- Dillon 12.28 committee. The committee Dorchester 5,.54 her among its members rep- Kdgefleld 8.5! 5 ve women of every county. Fairfield < .88 wage an intensive campaign Florence la.8J r of ratification. Georgetown 2.86 ^ Greenville 12,80 A liove Story. Greenwood 8.61 tig!" he cried, in tones of Hampton 8.88 ition. "At last?at last you Horry 8,51 y in my arms, and nothing' jttSper 4.08 t us! Kershaw 8.65 liject of his touching words i_,ancaRter 7.23 ionate embrace made no re- j 12.30 ut remained cold and silent. j pc> 12.29 lied into his eyes. ' Lexington 10.24 st." he continued, "how can \IcCormick 6.59 ny love? Is there no sacrl- \farion <i _>4 1 make for your sweet sake \Iarlboro 17.80 erlng I can endure?" | Newberry DUO nal appeal was irresistible. Qconeo 6 t?7 best thing you can do. my orang'burg 25.32 id a gruff voice, "is to come |?|ckeils 0.66 Richland 7 15 brutal policeman unfastened Saluda 9 73 1 the lamp post and led him spart'burg 15,97 wav- Sumter 11.32 . I'nion 6.28 M By TiM 1(1 ffl0 . Pilot of llal.0011 1 SCaicd People in Cliii package ^ J / Chicago. July ' / as to tho cause o '1 > / destruction by fn machine resulting I jury to 28 other p gl j^P / at the first Bessie J B j inquiry. The cat I seemed as far fr< I the moment wh< [ 1 along the gas hag ( Chicago's skyscra ing down through Its goodness I bank, spre iding I j. i 1 bookkeepers, cler ? phers preparing d, preserved. jvvrrk - _ : ; Assistant State 3V0F lasts! j asked the chief of custody two ofTUi { tices of the Goodyf > CrtDr ' company for ? * OVt\u j names were not <1 , I 2 | persons, most of It's in | I t he romp; ny's lot < hist nieht and to 'ut look I t j , ( inquest -on whir! reatest I ! ! officials ar< \vui? in ! i tion looking tow ikJ. j i whs 111, rk"i| by t Itoettnot and his : to testify. Their advice of counso ! i company. : While the cort t i composed of six f.t .n* ' ] technical experis. ^ | 1 first testimony, th ? j ! sel's office was en a >lTy ' I I ordinance regulat: flf | | city in ortier to :aster news, Lancaster, s. c. OPS IN I INVENTOR OF MOWING 5TER $7,233,0001 MACHINE DIED POOR I , I slock and Kstimate I>avis \\. Kntrikcu llntl Fortune ?r?(IraiiKi'liui'K Wltliin His (irasp llut Failed lu*st. to Take It. ily 24.? It. B. Hare A special from Kennett Square, e Bureau of Crop I'a., to The New York World under States Department the date of July 17th savs: as recently Issued Davis W. Kntriken. who died at his port showing the home here last Monday in his 94th s and livestock in year, was the inventor of the first 1918. by counties, mowing machine in successful use in (he three principal this country, and. in fact, of the first ch county. Cotton, horse-driven mower used in the ere considered the world. It was more than *?r? years, all counties except ago that Mr. Kntriken invented a n, Marion, Horry, harvesting machine, and he did his isburg and Claren- work so well that the principles lie i, corn and tobacco utilized at that early day are still crops as to value, found on all mowers made since. | um and Beaufort Th)> heavy yields of the Pennsylcorn and potatoes vnn,a h.,y fiej(,8 ,n (he vic,nlty of le chief crops. Philadelphia brought to the farmers f All \alue oi tlie problem of harvesting their crops and 3 principal jn BOQ(| <.oml it ion in the faot of what k in (.tops in even then was regarded as a scarcity! >18 s. c. 1918 0f "hands" and the high wages paid 8.000 $ 4.805,000 , .. , , ? ~ * to men in the harvest fields. So at lo.otti.noo J,,, port unit y of a large number 1 ' 0f farmers who knew of Mr. KntriK ooo 6 80S.000 i . , , , I*!, ' ken s mechanical skill, the young tiia7 ooo 12.074.000 . ,, ... chlnist, then jnst through his appren,,0"? 2,t>14.ooo fjcesjl|p to a cross-roads country agrit.ooo 8,C>o.?.o in cujfura| implement repairer, under' ,17 fi ,'t "0 j jie i,jjr task of breaking the, S.ooo 3.7 <8.ooo con,|,|I1P 0f ,j10 juirvest worKers. 4.000 3,285,000 3 000 5 600.000 H? had s,u,,,0,, thR nP0(l of ,h(? 6 ooo 6 180 000 far,no,s i,,", had I),rkRd out lhe short"| 3 000 9 03*> OO0 romll,KS of ono or ,wo i"vpniors who! ' ' . ' ~' , . had tried to meet the farmer's liar-' 9.00 0 5.591,000 ??,,A vest needs, so he was in a sense ready <)00 12.260,000 ? ? .. for the task. 6.000 8.603.Otto , . , , , ? ... Through an analvs's of the cutting 3 on i 3,703,0o0 .... power of a razor lie found his first 0,000 5.4 43.0U0 1 ... . clee In the mower, lie soon then uis8 000 5,11 0,000 .... covered that ho must add saw teeth 6,000 12,t>o 1 .OOo | _ 7,000 1.523.OnO n,s Kr;'s* Knives, and it was loK. 1.000 8,570,000 ,(a| lh',f tliore must he a cuttei-lnr f.000 6.213.000 w,",r?Mn the knife could' he operated 4.000 5.527.Ooo ""'''"v at rapid veloritv. With 1.000 4.815.000 on his har to protect the 4.000 2.126.000 knivos nn,? Rive them an ohjeet 0.000 6.008.00ft a*aln?t which they could cut he had MOO 4.443.000 so!vprt the problem. The velocity of f.,000 7.064,000 kniVfM was readily obtained 6.000 8.512.000 ,hlou*h ??K wheels on the drive 8.000 7,05 1,000 who",s 8.000 3,460.000 Thp vo?"P inventor worked lonir 2.000 7.830.0 )0 hm,rs- "?r while at the mower he dirt 7.000 12.777.000 jol,s that come to his shop n. 7.072.000 shmvn'l 01s cutter to several farmers ?.ooo 1.784 000 a,", the same experience o: .t.ooo 2o.000,0m.i sgg? 9.000 4^276. < .. o.i'O'i r, 107,on. 1 + VVV VV %< 8.000 5.0 1 2,om) j V* 5.000 12.055.OOo V j. % United 8.000 10.054 0 Ml 2.000 7.812,0(1) I t 1 - ' I Q A1 stsu 1 Douuieri That Killed Twelve ratio IN'fuwes to SUMM itify. * * v n i 24.?Onlv theories! f the explosion unl I JL 1. Vrl.ll. J re i?l the dirigible j in 2 deaths and in-, t Asheville, N. C ersons were elicited j ?n of the coronei ? V Wnynesville, N. C is* Of the disaster Junaluskt% N> C mi disclosure as at % t*D (lames spurted I" lilt Rock, N. C as it soared above Brevard, N. C pers before plung- i _ . .. ? the roof ,,r ? ,r *f Balsam, K C ratal flame; ainom: Ridgecrest, N. C ks and stenograto end their day's 's Attorney Lowry| Y AND !\ police to take into Y m . . .i i i , Iicke als of the local ni-i%* ?ar Tire and Hubb rj iiiestiontng. Their I*** Ivulged. SevonlPi'n .5^ p ? them me-hnnics. of J OpClTCi X O ces were f|ne-dinnr 1 1 iy p<I suimpelled *VV Moun m of lho coroner's si itn and f !? i :il ^ ig b< t' >ro taking ac- J O 1/* T II an! proamnion * ViOit 1 6HH1S KOrSt h?> I'ofM 1 of I* i lot * chief, Mr. Vuj' V refusal wan on tie] iept osenf in : th-? ?. * aner's double jm y ^ isiness men and six j J * were hearing the * e corporation connng? d in drafting an A THROUGH SERVICE, ing Hying over the aid in preventing Z to innocent 1 y- J IT ft1 ^ f an accident in the V* , ? VV O. x^A was Milton O, Nor-j icr for n morning j % >day. His parachute'^ ped from the nm*|^L nd hC U11 ,n t,ei page three INSURANCE When you want Life Insurance, Fire Insurance, or Sickness and Accident Insurance, see A. G. ELLISON lie the lt?>Nt CompaiHeN T 1 other inventors, was assured that terest in all farm communities of the grass could not be cut, except by, in country, and Mr. Kntriken. who raresome way, imitating the sweep of tin' ly spoke of the experience, stated that old hand scythe, lie, however, was at the outset he had been offered a not in the least dissuaded and in less royalty the equivalent of $20 lor than ten days he had rigged up a each machine which in the ensuing rustic-looking contrivance that was quarter of a century would have netheavy enough to require the services ted him at least thirty million dollars, of three horses to draw it through However. 011 this point the inventor the hay field. There were a great never complained. His only disapinany farmers to witness the first test pointinent lay in the fact that the of the mower, which, to everybody's farmers for whom he had invented delight and the inventor's satisfac- the mower were obliged to pay more lion, went off like a tried and proven, for the machines than he had hoped, tool and the trial was not ended until he whole field of grass had been cut down. Later a joint was put in the cutter bar so as to make that portion semi- _ m mobile, enabling the operator to raise 1 llC flCXt tllTlC or lower the knives from the driver's! _ _ seat and to swing it upon the tongue I yOU DUy CdlOITiel of the machine when it was desired i I to haul over the roadways or through 51SK 1O1 gateways. It was Mr. Kntriken's intention 10 give the device to the farmers, not realizing that lie had made a machine almost as important to agriculturist* | T| as was the cotton gin to the Southern S? I p planters. He, consequently, did not H 1 ^ take out any letters patent and in a H C"! fi f 1 I (?4 | J short time it had been seized upon by all the manufacturers of agricultural . implements. The real inventor sum a$ found himself unable to cope with n anufacturera with larger plants^ and he was literally driven out < f ?ri_ j i t . ii,., , y, 1 he purified and refined business by his rivals, who used hi invention in all mowing machine- calomel tablets that are and eventually for reapers. nauscales3, safe and sure* The mother attracted the widest in- Medicinal virtues retainnon has more imltntlnns than any et*. improved. Sold other Chill ium! Fever Tonic on the only in sealed packages* market, . l?*lt no one wants iinita- Price 35c. tiuu*. They are dangerous things in the medicine line.?Adv. i*** *, * *. * S* * , A A A *" V * V %' % * States Railroad Administration * director fieiieral of I luiiroails 5 i Railroad Lines ! > ER EXCURSION FARES % LANCASTER, S. C. | % $ 8.82 Hendersonville, X. C 7.62 10.32 Try on, X. C 6.48 10.20 o , , xr r, nA1 V ^ Saluda, N. C 7.02 & g go Black Mountain, X. C 8.16 10.74 Hickory, X. C 6.00 8.04 Highland Lake, X. C 7.56 (War Tax Extra) *1* 1ANY OTHER ATTRACTIVE RESORTS V Is on Sale Now. Final Limit October 31st ur Vacation in the Glorious V tains of Western North Carolina V iback Riding Motoring Fishing Camping * LIVE OUTDOORS V IN TIIK LAND OF THE SKY" :* % CONVENIENT SCHEDULES. \UTHEN, Agent | LANCASTER, S. C. ? . .. . J