The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-06
MR.. TWITTY RAPS
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
He Receives Some Literature
From Columbia.
PRAISE FOR METHODISTS
Hits Auto Drivers and Says Rail
road Trains Should be Stop
ned on SUNDAYS.


tinue to greet our ears. Human be- .
ings are being slaughtered by the /
thousand daily and yet the frame
work of the world still stands to
uphold and keep the survivors.
Speaking of war the Bible says ma
tion shall rise against nation, etc.
All these cit says) are the begin
ming of sorrows. Let some divine
tell the readers what sorrows are
upon us or may be expected soon.
None can divine the end of this war
and the results thereof. In some
places it is horrible but i'm others,
(for instance United States) it is
bearable and we are blessed com
paratively Let the curtain drop
and let us introduce another sub
jC't.
In my last letter to The News Gre
cent date) l had somewhat to say
on the subject of woman suffrage.
contended that nice refined wo-
men were out of their place in
political campaign, wherein they
would be called if allowed to vote.
Very soon after the letter appeared
in the paper, l received letter,
postmarked Columbia, S. c., (no
evidence who the sender wast con
tainirg six leaflets of printed matter
intended to support the other side
OF this proposition. Some of the
head lines OF the printed matter
quoted below: Eminent People
Declare for Equal Suffrage" THE
Justice and the Expediency OF Wo-
man Suffrage" Women are Citi-
zeus," etc. None OF these things
touch the matter that object to II
women we're allowed to vote. / con-
teuI that If women were enfran-
chised that they would be lowered
in sense, that they would not oc-
cupy the high plane OF purity that
they are accorded as they now stand
related to the other sex (man,)
hence ! contend that women ought
rot TO be allowed to vote. \ few
days later CATER receiving the
lc:die,s) ] got a letter from my old
friend, DR.. G. w. Gardner of Green
wood. S. c. He sent me a copy of
his paper Greenwood Journal, }
which contained an editorial on
what l had to say about the new
woman movement. He said he haG
been giving it fits for a long time in
his paper and was pleased, no
doubt, that l endorsed his views on
tho subject He said some nice
things about his old Methodist
friend. AS usual Tin such cases. he
said more than l merited. or course
appreciate what he said and give
him credit as entertaining best
wishes in my behalf. Our assoc.a-
ton in Lancaster was of the most
pleasant character and / would en-
JOY, so much. to see him once mrre.
Our city is on the eve of the
marriage of three couples of our best
families and daily parties Gin honor
OF the brides-to-be) are the order
OF the day. So much unlike old
times. In my young days an en-
gagement was kept secret, not
heralded to the public Gas now and
when the day appointed came the
parson was called in and the cere-
mony was said and one gathering
ai the brides home, wns all that the
occasion demanded Then il was
the custom (after the cerC%Cry AID
congratulations to sit down to a
square meal and enjoy pig. chicken,
turkey and all the dainty meats, and
full list OF the bread and cake
kind as we'll Also it was the Gus
tom to treat the party to a glass or
delicious syllabub. AS said. ii is
quite different now. a week or two
before the marriage is to be cele-
brated the friends OF the bride call
a meeting at some one of the resi-
dences and invite a party (mostly
young people) TO spend few hours
doing honor to the bride-to-be, and
wind up with a salad course or some
such eating y/far behind the old
fashioned spdare meal Such is life
and it goes TO prove that old people,
as a rule, will not endorse and har-
monize to the modern idea-it is
hard to take in new tricks.
am surprised to know that the
Methodists of Kershaw were able Il
might say willing) to build the
church (edifce / mean) as they
have. 1t is a solid structure and