Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PACE FOUR The Lan< iaster N evvs (hKMI-WKKKIA.) Eiitabliiiliv'd IMoU. Published Tuesday and i-iklay BY mt; LAN CASTE It NEWS COMPANY, lauicaslcr, S. C. OEOKUU BILL,A CIUVEN Editor and Mauuger The News la not responsible for the flaws of Correspondents. Short and Rational articles on topics of general atoreai will be gladly received. SCBSCUIPTION PH1CK: Cash iu Advuuio. One Year 12.00 hut hlontbs 1.00 fc.Ln.ei ed us Second Class Mallei Octooei 4. ISOro, ai Iho PosloUice ai iatucasier. S. C., uauer act oi Congress ui March s, iois. My Country 'Ti? of Tho?, Sweat Land of Liberty." TUESDAY, OCTORER 7. 1919. I \i:>IIN<; NOW .\\l> IN THK h'l'Tl' ItK Time will, come when the farmer will drive his automobile to town with produce over hard-surface roads -?in South Carolina. It is a pity, of course, that a lot of us who are now beginning to turn gray will no. witness the sight, but the future generations will travel that way. A fewyears ago one would have been considered very foolish to assert that concrete roads would ever be built outside of towns and cities. Hut they are being built now to connect towns and cities with the farming areas The Witchita Beacon pictures farming in Kansas fifty years from now in this way: "In 1969 the state will he thickly criss-iTOfsea wiui pavea roans over which will be carried in trucks all the local freight?then multiplied ten or fifty-fold?including short hauls from farm to the nearest market. "Practically every farm home will have its electric plant or station for light and power and motors will have taken lire place of horses ^probably electric motors operated by an improved storage battery, l-'lectric current from distant mountain streams and large central power stations will do away with small plants and with most of the small coal, gas and oil using plants. "Airplanes and swift automobiles will bring the city to the farm and the farm to the city. Motion picture theateres and other entertainments, churches and schools will be accessible to all. City and'country life will be so closely interwoven that farm ers may live in the city or business men on the farm and there will be no f 'back to the soil' problem because there will lie little or no distinction between the farmer and the town man. Fanning will be just as much a business as is manufacturing or merchandising. New alignments will In made The old artificial distinctions and prejudices will largely disappear through closer contacts and better un ders'andings and a better feelin? will prevail." And this prediction causes th?" Charleston News and Courier to re mark: "Ten years ago the average man tr South Carolina would have sinilet derisively at such a forecast am would have set down any one maklnf it as an idle day-dreamer. Tht changes of a decade have taught in that the changes here foretold for thf populous Middle Western State art not too much to expect here also i only we are up and doing and refust * to let the procession pass us by. "It is the motor driven engin< which is transforming farm life in Kansas and which cap transform it in South Carolina, too. The decline ol plantation life hegan when men start ed moving away from the country ir search of companionship and advan tages for their wives and childien Now the automobile is bringing aboul a new situation. Distance no longei counix as k iispm to no. \\ non tn? ,lay's work is done on thr farm, 01 fully In hand, thr farmer ran jump in \ * :iis machine and take his wife at^d children to visit friends, or to town to see a picture. Instead of having to start home front town well before; sundown, many farmers now wait until nearly sundown to go in to town. "Of course the ability to do this is predicated on having good roads . In those parts of South Carolina where the roads have been improved it is a. common signi now iu see inree or j four hundred automobiles, a majority I of them owned by farmers, parked in the neighborhood of the moving picture theartres at 9 or 10 o'clock at night. The greatest handicap which the coast country has today against its settlement and development is the lack in this section of first-class highways usable the year around and in all kinds of weather. (live us the highways and we shall have here the same sort of civilization the Wichita paper predicts for Kansas." l?OVT TKASK HIM. The editor, of course, has an easy job. as most people think. He sits in a swival chair, in a gold-lined sane-, tnin with his feet upon the marble-1 top d?'sk. He's generally a knocker! and a grouch and whenever anyone' wants to say something mean about i somebody else and is afraid to. he thinks the paper ought to do it. Witness this from the Ilock Hill Record:. "The other day several prominent citizens of Yazoo City. Miss., were discussing a local situation and thought something should be done After it was found that it was unpleasant. unprofitable and risky for any direct action to be taken by any ndividual or civic group, it was the concensus of opinion it was an opportune time for the newsjajer to juinpj in with both feet and force the desir-j ed action. mere is not anytning strange j about such proceedings as this. comments t lie Yazoo (Miss. > Sentinel j There is hardly a week passes but (he mail brings a letter to the editor from some one asking him to "jump on" somebody and nearly always the w riter wants his own name kept j seeret. If the newspapers were to! do all that is asked of it hv these; people it would he a growling, snarl-! ing thing and would accomplish! nothing The newspapers are ever) ready to oppose w rongs, or to tight for the right, to demand practical reforms, to praise the worthy and to] blame the unworthy. They are un-j afraid But the truth is. most of the demands that the paper "jump in with both feet and force action" are selfish propositions and are usually urged by the people who themselves are unwilling to do exactly who' they request the newspaper to do." That's the general view taken by most people as to what the editor is | for. And then there comes the time' when the editor must say what shall i and shall not go into the paper, and sometimes must answer so well for i what l? printed as for what is not. Everything that is sent in as news is t not news, and the Literary Digest has found in The London "ToDay" a set of rules as follows: 1. Typewrite your copy or hand write it clearly. 2. Write vour name and address > clearly on the back of last page of , typescript or manuscript. I 3. "Enclose not a loose stamp but a I nun iiuu rfSJU'H envelop ' 4. Don't write a letter of expluna-l - lion to the editor. Hut if you do write. 5. Don't tell him your stutY is pood -?he won't take your word t>. Don't tell him it is bad bad f writing needs no bush. 7. Don't tell him that your friends ^ like it he doesn't care, i 8 Don't say that another editor| i advised you to send it along that ' would make him suspicious. 9. Don's say you want to earn ntoni ey by writing he is not out to help . you, but to edit his paper anil pay| those who help him. t 1ft. Don't flatter hint editors are J r cynics. > 11 Don't tell him his old 11 Don't tell him you know his old aunt he may hate her. I THE LANCASTER NE\* 1 ) I Wtti't nub Itic <\nS n ir\n } >/ % n\ o v? I *?. fUU i aon mo U|>|||IUU -lit | not have one. 13. Don't ask why he rejects your offer?he may not know. One added caution seemed too important to condense Into a line: "Those about to try to become contributors o a parictular magazine would be well advised to purchase or borrow a copy first, so as to form an opinion what it is like. If this precaution is not taken it is as \Vell not to say anything about it. Above all. don't ask an editor to tell you what \ he wants you are supposed to find that out for yourself." Truth is. the editor is glad to have items and suggestions sent in. but 1 ho will never find a way to explain' why all of them are not printed. I.WTASTKlt I.KADS AS A CO'TTON | MAIIKKT. Every intelligent observer of the cotton markets in this state knows that Lancaster is the leading market. In a recent issue of The State there were specials showing the market in a number of towns, indicating sales of middling cotton ranging from 20 cents to cents and Hock Mill tookl pride at the publication that its market was in the lead at 152 cents. Does not the dear little lagging! town of Itock Mill know that middling cotton on the Lancaster market on the same day was 24 cents? It would pay the Itock IMUians to buy the cotton that goes to that market and ship it by rail to Lancaster and secure a handsome profit which should have gone to the producers. MORAL ?Sell your cotton in the best market. SCISSORS AND PASTE. Prices of l.igunr Now and in IKi2. (Hanilet, X. t'. Messenger.) The young man who came all the way from Bennettsville, S. paying his way on the train to get a quart of liquor Jroin "old standby" and paying for It fifteen dollars to quench j his thirst, as was brought out in the; trial last V ud.iv waf a week, no doubt wmili i ?\claimed, "Turn backward. () i'im< , hi your iiight to j 1832!" if he could have read as we! did Saturday in the Greensboro Pa-' triot, dated Feb. 1, 1832 which was shown us by its present editor, A11y.1 t\ H. Mebane. In it was given the Fayetteville market which included among other things, peach brandy,' apple brandy and corn whiskey. Peach brady was quoted at forty-five to fifty cents a gallon; apple brandy, forty to forty-Jive and corn whiskey at twenty-seven to twenty-nine cents a gallon. For something like a year or more "Mottled in Itond" whiskey has been! bringing fifteen dollars a quart, and scarce at that, at least to the man not on to the trade. All kinds have soar-' ed regardless of where or how it was made. We could hear sometime ago how the prices moved from five dollars to eight a quart and then to ten dollars and now fifteen The unscrup-; ulous fellow who has no regard for the law or the condition of society, and fears neither God nor man takes this as the opportunity of his life to make money to get rich quick But to the price of the different kinds of liquor In the State's principal market in 1832, it ill hard toi work ones belief down to the fact that peach and apple brandy and corn whiskey could have been put on the market at any such price and any| profit whatever have been made. It was as near nothing as could be im ' agined. What about rations then?. The cost was in the same category j as the liquor. Then you could buy it for a song j and there was no penalty other than | the damage done your mind and body! (and the chances of doing that was out, | of any proportion to the present liu- { | billty. Now, one has to go to the bot|tom of his jeans to pay for ifven a | quart with the possibility of the strong arm of the law encircling him 'ani squeezing ten times of the original cost besides being pointed out as a law breaker. ^ in*- v?iirm * i?ui(iM Man. (Raleigh News and Observer.) How (he facts get twisted as they | are passed from person to person is well illustrated by a letter from a valued friends and by the good fortune of the paper in being able to (secure the information asked for by that friend. The letter says: P "The writer heard a statement a M-w uny* aki> irnm a rename pariy that about one hundred years ago North Carolina produced a giant ? fS, LANCASTER, S. C. named Miles Dorton who was ten feet high and weighed more than a thousand pounds. This seems so remarkable that 1 hope you will give the public a full account of this man. as I am sure there are other people who have never heard of htm." From Appleton's American Cyclopedia, a volume of which Mr. W. J. Andrews kindly loaned the News and Observer from the library of his father, the late Col. A. 11. Anitews, the following information is taken: "Miles Harden, probably the largest man on record, born in North Carolina in 1798. died in Henderson county, Tenn., January 23, 1857. Ho was 7 feet 6 inches high, and In 184 5 weighed 871 pounds. At his death his weight war a little over 1,000 pounds. Until 1853 lie was active and lively and able to labor, but from that time was obliged to stay at home or be hauled about in a two-horse wagon. In 1839 his coat was buttoned around three men, each weighing more than 200 pounds, who walked] across the square at Lexington. His coffin was 8 feet long, 3 5 inches] deep, 32 inches across the breast, 18 | across the head and 14 across the! feet." It is noteworthy as hinted at the beginning that the name In popular usage has been changed from the correct form to Dorton that the height has been magnified considerably and the weight some, which shows that it lo , ,.,...,1 ~ K,, ? 1.1 ~ ~ 1. .? iu #*- iimr hi um i\ to the book."' It is believed that the Lexington referred to Is Lexington. Ky., and th it the North Carolina county in which Dai den was born was one of the eastern counties. A Hie Work Completed. (Charleston News and Courier.) The completion hy the Sot?thern Railway of its double track between Washington and Atlanta is oMnterest not merely to those who live along this route but to the people of the South generally. As an undertaking, this work represented the faith of the Southern in the section it serves. The South was not so prosperous when the j project was begun as it has since become. and in carrying forward the work the Southern has had to contend against very great difficulties. Under the most favorable conditions it was known than an expenditure of many millions of dollars would be required and that a good many hard problems would have to be attacked. While the work was in full swing th" J disastrous floods of 1916 caused grave embarrassment to the Southern. the lines of which suffered heavily over a wide, territory. But despite this handicap, and in the face of the nnvlntloc anil u-Klnl. oil iKn ! railroadH have experienced during the' war period, the Southern hns pushed forward and at last this great trunk line in double tracked for distance, of nearly seven hundred miles. Some surfacing work still remains to be completed but the double track is in daily use and it will not be a great while before the line between Wash-1 ington and Atlanta will be one of the1 best in the country. Begun under the presidency of Samuel Spencer and ! carried forward ably by President W. W. Finley and President Fairfaxr " Yo na No longer Is the obviously c must not be evident in the to attain unless you place setiere with a thorough undi From the matron of larger ] figure, GOSSARE The Original-Unequi will give ideal proportions and the most critical obsen gracefulness and charm to t Our stock is complete, and for as little as $2.75 up to a | You may be assured that ot i anticinated vour everv need LANCAS' "THK . F J ? T V fliank N Statement of t The Bank 01 \t % Located at Lancaster, J: 1 ?? ness September 12th, 191! t ~ RESOUI Loans and Discounts .. Bonds and Stocks t Furniture and Fixtures 1 ?? Real Estate X Cash on hand and in Ban V $ f V LIABIL V [ Capital Surplus and Profits .. . |> Reserve for Taxes V Rediscounts A Deposits X Bond Deposits t T T T Y T Harrison, the lino has finally boon1 put into operation under Mr. E. II ! Coapman as federal manager. It will KAIjK OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. As executor. I will sell at public sale, on October 24th, 1919, the following personal property: Household and kitchen furniture, one horse and one mule, one surrey, one buggy. I one two-horse wagon, and farming I tools. Sale to take place at late resi-j deuce of J. F. Carnes. Terms cash. CI R. Carnes. Executor Estate of J. F Carnes. Deceased. 99-101-t . j NOTICE, Notice is hereby given that the' books of subscription to the capital stock of \V. IV Craig Co. will be open I at the office of It K. Wylie at I,an-j caster. S. ('., on Friday. October 10th. I 1919, from 9 a. m. to 2 p. in. Capital stock $15,000 00 at the par value or * 1 on.tut per share W. I). Craig. V. E. Craig, L. N. Montgomery. It. E. Wylie. John D. Wylie, , Oct. 6, 1919. Incorporators u must appe turally grace :orseted figure smart; the corset t finished silhouette. Not easy yourself in the hands of a cor;tstanding of this elusive mode. proportions to the girl of slender > CORSETS tiled Front Lacing Corsets without any feeling of restraint, /er will not be able to trace your he skill of Gossard artistry. you can buy a genuine Gossard ny price you desire to pay. I ir specialized corset service has . ? HiH PKPARTMEN BEST PLACE TO SHOP AFTE1 NJESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1019. t O. 33 # v*A * he Condition of V X f Lancaster % Y i. C., at the close of busi- V ? t iCES. V $630,503.40 ? 595.000.00 2,450.89 f 16,012.18 % ks 81,186.33 t V 1 o?ir i oa * 1TIES. > Y $ 50,000.00 > 142,440.24 Y 3500.00 JL $ 45,000.00 Y 811,342.56 Y 272,000.00 1,084,242.56 $1,325,182.80 Y Y $ ?$ <$ enable this great railway to serve the South more efficiently than ever and is the best testimony that could be had to the foreslghtedness and enterprise of the men who have made the Southern Railway system what it is today. George Fairey F'oovey, Chauncey and Thurlow Gregory have returned from a week's trip to Detroit. I.. ?I (iregory Bros ^ liANCAN'I'KH, H. C. .FOII Automobiles Trucks and T ractors (Hid luts more imitations than any other t hill and Fever tnnie on the market, hut no one want* imitations in iiiedirine. They are daiiKcrou.H. jar fur ^ fr nnuviv.w. i aiuKUS t ALU" m . ?