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PAGE -FOUR TheLancasterN (HKMl'WEKKLY.) Established 1852. Published Tuesday and Ft BY THE LANCASTER NEWS COM Laucusler, S. C. GUOUOU BULLA CKAV Editor and Manager The News is not respousiblt Views ol Correspondents. SL rational articles uu topics oi ataiaat will be gladly iecei\ SUBSCRIPTION l'RICJ tnsli iu Advance. UM Year 41* Montiia . Cuttued as Second Class Octooer 7, 1906, at Hie Post Lancaster, 6. C., uuUer act greas of Alaicu 4, 1 o i i>. *^ly Country 'Ti? of Th##, 8 w? o* Libirty." TUESDAY. SEPT 1(5. 1 ItlM.lONS I OK ROMP The Charleston News and take* note of local progress of the counties of the state I way development and says New Orleans Times-PJeavun mates that at least a billion will he spent in the I'nited Sta lng the next two or three j the construction of highway! of this money is to he used la purposes of adornment, as it gan. where out of $50,000.00(1 ly appropriated for roads pro made for lining the highwa fruit and nut trees. Since t of the year upwards of a tliir States of the Union have tak to raise funds for beginning tinning State highway systen have figured out that t lie rel one way or another, "in redu cost of transportation, in in the production of the country ening food and all other proil reducing time, in economic < nient and progress, in assurin and he'ter relations between eral sections and cities." wi the money which they are s i on roads the l)est investnu> con Id 1 e made out of the Stat u ry.' The proposition \> 1?ic-Ii w mitt.ed to t he last session general assembly was dcsig provide a state system ol hi The general assembly, howev net 1?iu enough for such proj re:?st-u u> no anyi'ting. i?en < own resources, several connti shown a determination to ha road- regardless of whether tl as a whole, ever lakes any a that direction. Of course, w a state system is adopted, the: ties which are going aheat rn ul-buildine programs will I that much ahead of the i which are not, and their rot become a part of the great sy The Charleston paper up hit pessimistic and looks up general assembly with fall I' says: "The time is , jfc e t. Ia four months the Leg w'll meet again and unless meanwhile a different atmosi V created from that which nm rr> more will he arcomplishet forthcoming session than was pi shed at the last." Perhaps after a few year after the majority of ?lie have voted bonds, built roa t bey ha vp been connected | county with another, the lee may he Induced to pass a lat poritlng the whole into a st to 11 of highways, provided tl ties pay the hills, hut before l eral assembly may he expe create anything approximating system of roads, men will ha elected to office whose visioi confined hy township and lin?s. In the end, however, whei tii ? eonnties have awakened .possibilities opened by good re have built good roads, it will little whether it Is railed a st tern or just plain roads, b I lEWS News and Courier sees It differently. I MAI Speaking of the development in the ^ different counties, it says: "But the public in general continues strangely Wom indifferent to the necessity which ex- It PANY. lor establishing in this State a leal system of State highways. The 7~ | very progress that has been made by Ki | i various counties acting as units has Maui ? I tended to still the agitation for the *ng ^ tioruai night ion una larger development already urgently of ci. general reqUired and the importance of which 000, will he borne in upon us increasingly heari as time goe3 on. bette <>.. "The development of a State high- ter' * . j.ue , sory . l.OU way System and the development ot oourl Mattm I county highways are part of the Mi othce at j same problem but each presents sep- sesse 01 Con aral0 pimSes which must be handled * ',ar P. L. individuallv. It was hoped that a vig| Hunt ; nt-ous campaign of education would |alo 1 be conducted this summer and fail they jD \ for the enlightenment of all the peo- by S I pie as to the broad benefits which loun ! would How from creating a high- " Moor i?t Land wav system in South Carolina which cornf | in time would serve to organize this Th 910. j State as it has never before been or- wcnt I ganized and to open up its resources ; the and unite its people as must otherCourier i ! wise remain impossible. on th in somej ^ time in high- THE CHAKEOTTK ItOA!) word : "The it js a pity thut the Charlotte road co?l 1 e esti- could not be improved this summer chair dollars aMti made so that travel would be ^ ^ tes dur- possible during the winter. For ous i rears in some reason, nobody seems interest- seem s. Some ed in that road, either at tlie Char- t>(' ai gely for lotte end or at this, and with the ex- l',e ilea r m >..!%: . . - - .... i ..nun- eeptioti 01 about ten miles in l-ancas- jone? ? recent- ter county, which has been top-soiled, the i vision is ti,0 roatl will he no better this winter her. vs with than last. court . fore tie tirst Here, one of the most important . almo d of the roads north and soutli is permitted to fjc|er) en steps become impassable for two or three right or eon- months each winter, and, while it is. They mav possibly be a wild statement we croWl plain turns in believe it conservative to say that unul) cing the enough money was paid out last win- times creasing ter to pull cars out of mud holes and ment . cheap-, for repairs made necessary by the were lin ts, in condition of (lie road to top-soil it in 1,1111 with develop- the worst places. g closer Perhaps the reason for the lake the scv-, warm in'erest in this road is because It make it leads from one stati to another, pending and the selfishness of each prevents The < nt that one doing anything that will be of e treas-. benefit to the other. Charlotte has a I)o ] commercial interest in this road; in jj0 a> sub-' that portion of it which lies in lain- ment of the caster county. Lancaster town has a tied to commercial interest. Hut aside from eitize ghways. these very small considerations the ^ er. was people who live along the road and u? ect and the people at large who use it, have Fli an their an interest, and because of its import- caste es havejance as a north and south highway, a" ' I med> ve good it should he improved. mend le state, e(1 ln ction in FOOD S.XLK CALI.KD OKI'. for n henever Says the Charlotte Observer: splen THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, 5 JDE MOORE FAINTS in-law of Leroy Hearth VHEN CROSS-EXAMINED ;var v?teran- \h* la8t wi fy and offered by the i rebuttal, was plainly n iun Who Shot Leroy Hartli Is Q( perspiration appeare ouml Over to Court Under tire face, and lie wi $10,000 ltond. nervous. He declared tl eu to see Maude Moore The witness was ai loxville. Tenn., Sept 15.? clement8 lf he knew le Moore, charged with shoot- weU McM1Uan aI18Wer eroy ilurth to death last Monday flrmal|Ve ;, was held to the November term i ?You are preJudlced iminal court under bond of $10,- woman> too?.. Mr Clem this afternoon at a preliminary ,.j ftm .. MeMillan at ng which had lasted through the p,ng h,s an8Wer out. r part of two days. Martin Hun- <<Y()U wou,d ?ke to rrrested Wednesday as an acces- ed?>. asked Mr clem( to the murder, was bound to ,.j certalnly WOuld," t under bond of $5,000. Millan. with consider! ss Moore readily made the us"jness d bond. H. L. Brady, P. D. Doyle. ?Juat a8 8QOn flght m, les Armstrong. Kd McNew and clement8 8tatod. . Ileargan, signing as securities McMillan. eyes flashi er had not made bond up to a p(ng tho side8 of the c hour though friends say that ,)0 Wft8 s|ulng rcpUoA hope to have secured his release ft8 8Qon nght you as to aturday. He is now held in the Af} MrMUlan left the ty Jail, while Miss Moore accom- h|ssed despite efforts . :d by her mother, Mrs. Minnie. j,rjng immediate order. e, went to their home after the tletion of the hearings. To lK?clde on H e defendant, Miss Maude Moore. Pittsburgh, Sept. 15.on the stand at 1:40 o'clock, a strike in the steel im more than tin If an hour after for Next Monday, wil afternoon session of court had until after the Industr n. The young woman remained summoned by Presiden e stand an hour, and during that held at Washington. O her answers were clear, well depend upon the action ed, an apparently answered with al committee for organ thinking. I steel workers meetlns: it as she rose from the witnesB day. , immediately after General W. ennerly had completed a vigor- Spend a $1 on lUit-Si tross examination, her strength 1,10 1>r,c? ?' a ed to give away, her face blanch- James McGuire, famo id she fell headlong, almost into N'ew Jersey says, 1 ip of her mother, who was sitting farmer troubled with the desk of the defending at- RAT-SNAP. Tried ever r, Hal 11. Clements. Because of r'(' ?' rat8- Spent $1 o crowds which gathered around '"'Bured the rats it kill and the poor ventilation of the Price ?r a ,U>K- RAT-S room, it was several minutes be-ica^e form. No mixing she regained consciousness, and roo<** ( ats or ('?KH w st two hours before she had 8Uf-j'r*iree 8'zeSi 5?c> $ itly regained strength to sit up-'Rttaranteedby, Lancastet j W. S. Stewman and Co two different occasions the' ? il burst forth with shotits of ap-'i te, which deputy sheriffs were wwy WT W le to restrain, while at several mJu ftj Wll m i. during testimony and the argu- WW # W lj J of prosecuting attorneys, hisses' heard. Sympathy of the 300! in tlie courtroom was plainly the defendant. plain It. A. McMillan, brother-j V^kUOtioil l?i:t lin: VittitsKlir. ! ?m Opportunity is Here, Backed l$.v [5] Lancaster Tim iinony. n't take our word for it. W n't depend on a stranger's state- j3Q ad Lancaster endorsement. Jj^ ad the \statementrf "I Lancaster id decide for yourself. ; ju=? re is on^ case of it. t irence PittteVson. White St.. r, says: ' Poan's Kidney IMllscO 0 ertainly k wonderful kidney ,c'j^? and it i^ a pleasure to recom1 them. Diian's have always help- ^ I1I16 StOCl e when I have needed a mdetcine lucr l.v kidneys Vind have always done! jyp CV6T 3.S IT1C (lid work."', IsjGj ' c. st all dealers. Foster Milburn 20 """""" ~"?>"gr,. ,?i.Ns v" | LADIES' ? quickly ri^leves <'Oiist ipaUon, 0cj Ladies' Coat listless, liOKN of Appetite and, $12.5' Inches, due to Torpjd l.iver. : S./Jj ? i b| lad Judden Downpour Makes jfl $1'19 $1'9H Uu r j?g MIDLINE e Finest Roads a Danger |g complete line ag ladies and chil Before you can stop to chain Eg jj gg ^2.9 , the crash can come. Rum |jg ?????? ig into freshly sprinkled gg ^ LOTHW iss-streets holds the same jMg Men's Suits, 1 igers. Don't gamble with ?g $10.50 $14.95 $ h chances against you. 3rj Young men's Plav safe with a Hartford .. , '* , T) . ... , Men s and B< icy which covers every loss gtB . .$3 50 $4 9f it can happen ? or through |P Men's and B< ar- I Es Men's and B< ncaster Insurance Agency || m k t I It A B. JOXttS, Jit., 'fej AvJL? A liMnrmlcr, S. t\ | liffiZfiSSSSSSS! ?e coun-J "Are the people really very mun:i 1 with' interested in reducing the high cost be Just ?f living, especially the prices of tut count ie foods0 Why. certainly. But the poor Blllo ids will response to the (>overnnient's otYer 'stem. to sell surplus Army foodstuffs _____ pears a through parcels post at prices consid011 the erahly lower than those prevailing for lit hope, the same goods in the open market growing would not indicate that they are so islaturoj very anxious to put themselves to in the'any trouble to secure lower prices , [>here is As a result of their indifference the x exists^ Government has withdrawn the sale jj| 1 at the through parcels post. Not more i accom-j than 1<> per cent of the supplies was i taken." >3* s. and! I'ncle Sam. as a community grocer. - ^ counties'did not make a fowling success. Per- At ds. and haps the failure is due not so much ?|?l up one to the Indifference of the people as lislature to the method of dealing. As we under x incor- stand it. the first act In buying group, ate ays- cerles from the government was to mr te conn- put up the monev. the next was to err Ihe gen- wait until the -groceries came. In ^ cted toj some instances the supply whs ox? a state haunted and orders could not be filled ve to t>e an I in such Instances the government t is not will return the money* P?' county There was a considerable saving in j ?l (? "the government's prices against those u alt of prevailing on retail markets, tint the ? to (tie people don't like to do business that Jjkj ads and way. matter Miss Mary Youngblood, of Tirzah.J ate sys- |s puoS| j,er (.oua|n> Miss Kthel! ut the ('ntithen. ' 5. c. ? . and a world1 tness to test!>ro8ecutlon In X ffected. Beads ^ (1 over his en- S? is extremely j +<? Statl liat he "want-j^ convicted." !& Thp R, sked by Mr.|^ M ,fC *** the deceased j It Located at Ls ed in the af- ? neS3 September X against tnis v entsaaked. ?? Loans and Disc lawered, .nap- Overdrafts, .. . ? , v Bonds and Stocl Be her convict- ? Furniture and answered Mc- Banking House answered Mc ReaJ ^ Positive- Due from Ba||, b as not?" Mr. ' g ;.;/ --S? Cheek^and^Cjv n<1 ii in \v nicti X ? . ^ j that "Id just ? L,berty B0IK,S look at you." V stand he was if deputies to "? JL Capital Stock 1 Surplus Fund, -Whether the A Undivided Prol liustry. called penses and T i be deferred I individual Dep lal conference * to Check t Wilson to be Savings Deposi ictober 6. will V Time Certificat of the nation- ^ Deposit, izing iron and Cashier's Chec here Wednes- & Notes and Bi? <? Bond Deposit j iap and staved ?? Reserve for Ta log." us Hog Raiser A advise every rats to use STATE OF SO ythlng to get ? Counl n rat-snap. $ Before me Ci led. saved the the above nam nap comes in says that the with other a true conditio on't touch it. a; books of said b 1.00. Sold and X Drug Co. and * j Sworn to an | day of Septeml if 1 71 CD ?|> Correct Attest: I LLI\ ! LEROY SI ?? WADDY C _ ' ( R. L. CRA ? L y eeF\ A , T II and Win! >OLIAK< k of high grade Merchand >st of them had been bong READY-TO-WEAR. Suits. Serjfe, Poplin at A1 0, $17.50 $22.50 $.'17.50 up feta >IES' DRESSES. Di , Silk in all shades at .$4.95 $7.95 $14.95 $22.50 H< H< )IES' SKIRTS. .M] \, Taffeta, Satin in all q( 95 $4.95 $7.50 $9.50 and up tND MISSES' COATS. J~ >ilvertone Silk, Plush in all les at S $9.95 $17.50 $22.50 $47.50 1 es' and Children Sweaters. 55 $3.50 $5.00 $7.50 and up ___________________ W RY MILLINERY dout i of up-to-date millinery for Idren 8 $4.95 $7.50 $9.50 and up W ???????????? shoe IG CLOTHINp u ill wool, at at;. 19.50 $25.00 $35.00 and up ^!| Suits f? 14.95 $22.50 $27.50 $37.50 c 3vs' Overcoats at I $6.50 $950 $12.50 $15.00 oys' Pants all sizes Ti oys Hats and Caps WMAKftFF -rM VU1I1UVI A "ir % TUESDAY, SEPT 16, 1919. 1 1 1 Bank No. 3.3 jment of the Condition of <?? sn/t of Lancaster ineaster, S. Cv at the close of busi- t 12th, 1919. ' ^ 1 jf* Kt-SUl lU BO. Y ounts $ 609.128.71 > , 21-374.69 > M cs Owned by the Bank, 322,100.00 ^ Fixtures 2,450.89 X 1 6,042.18 X ate Owned, 10,000.00 ? <s and Bankers 61,154.67 j 13,012.00 > 2,697.50 ?? r Minor Coin- 2,997.50 X sh Items, 1,294.66 X on Deposit 272,900.00 X $1,325,182.80 V ? f LIABILITIES. ? 'aid In $ 50.000.00 V 100,000.00 "its, less Current Fx- ?& axes Paid, 42,440.24 X osits Subject X 384 937.03 X ts, 248,900.75 X e of 176,293.41 <f> ks, 1,211.37 811.342.56 Is Rediscounted 45,000.00 Account 272,900.00 X xes 3 500.00 X 1,325,182.80 X X .' UTH CAROLINA, V ... -r I * ly ui i^uncusier?i ame Geo. W. Williams, Cashier of led bank, who, being duly sworn, t V above and foregoing statement is n of said bank, as shown by the A ank. A GEO. W. WILLIAMS, a d subscribed before me this 15th A 3er, 1919. A 11. T. CANNON, A Notary rublic S. C. A A PR1NGS, a THOMSON, A lWFORD, A Directors. a T s ' foj -p l A 8 b . ter uperang 14 DFF'S a| ise at reasonable prices as |o| ht before advance in prices |l / SB Lg DRY GOODS ? !| wool Serge, Poplin, Silk Poplin, Taf- jpe Latins, at50c $1.25 *1.98 $2.25 vard vr\ * ^ i??c5 re^s Ginhams, Fancy, Large Plaaids at srfl . . /. . . 20c and .'15c yd ^ eavy Outing, all colors 25c ^ni eavy Cotton Flannel . . . .25c and :55c *p > inches Bleaching . . . .20c and :15c yd >od Mattres* and Feather Ticking at (BP . . . . . 22c 35c 50c 09c yard |jcj xxi Heavy Shirt Cloth 25c and 55c yd Be >od Shotting at . . 17 l-2c 25c 50c yd pron Ginghams. . ..17c 25c & 55cyd. Se BLANKETS || ool and Cotton Blankets, full size for Ex! >le bed at . . $2.49 $2.98 $5.49 $6.50 up yej SHOES SHOES (jj| y? are headquarters for solid leather Sg s to fit the family Eg idies' hightop Dress and Work Shoes 9j^ $2.98 $5.50 $5.50 $8.50 illdren Shoes 75c $1.25 $2.25 $5.50 up jp|| >ys* Shoes $2.49 $5.50 & 6.00 ap en's Dress and Work Shoes at fp ....$3.50 $4.50 $6.50 $7.95 and up gjpj links and Suit Cases at jRQI 1.98 2.98 4.95 6.50 9.00 14.95 ffl otto:?Honesty our Foundation, Be and Square Dealing our Succe#. Be - v. M