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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
NOBODY HEEDS THE
KNOCKER.

The Spartanburg Herald is an ex-
change in which we always find valu-
able hints on community building.
The editor knows the various types
to be found in every town and has
evidently met that most undesirable
citizen. the knocker, for hear what
he says of him: .,.
THAT individual who thinks he
can obstruct progress is suffering
with most unpleasant and unfor-
tunate case of exaggerated ego, and
in most such cases, nothing more SER
ious than a case Of acute indigestion
is necessary to bring him to a realiza-
ton that the procession will move
right along regardless of the out
come of his distemper."
In some case the ailment does not
last long but reaches an acute stage
and when the crisis is past the pa
tient is left in weakened state. In
other cases the trouble is chronic
and responds to no treatment what
ever. But in whatever form the dis
ease appears it has but one cause,
self-conceit. The sufferer is labor
ing under the misapprehension that
the community will not be able to ex-
ist without his help. and he is deter
mined to withhold it. preferring
rather to criticize those who perform
any task which seems to make for
the welfare of the town. Fortunate
ly the disease is not contagious
This is perhaps the reason tha,
knockers are in the minority mere
and elsewhere. Nobody cares n
great deal whether or not thev re-
cover and nobody is in danger be-
cause OF them. Indeed such an ex-
ample OF undesirablity are these
pests that those who see their soureu
visages day after day, cannot but as
sumo the opposite aspect. They
grow tired, too, of his carping criti-
cisms and resolve to be as unlike him
as possible. AS for the knocker him-
self, he is of little consequence for
the progressive citizens do not re-
gard him as he soon finds out that his
knocking does not deter them one
whit. Nobody loves a knocker and
nobody heeds him.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
SECOND COUNTY FAIR.

One month hence, during the first
week in November, Lancaster county
will bc holding a second county fair.
The initial effort last year, despite
rain, muG and other untoward con-
ditions, was a most successful ven
ture. 1t even exceeded the eXpecta-
tions of those who made it possible
Because the people Of the town and
county were interested in making
their first fail representative of them
and worked with that end in view,
right we'll did they accomplish their
purpose. And in the same spirit
which prompted the loyal men and
women of Lancaster last year, may
they and other workers bend every
effort towards an even more success
full fair for 1915. 1t will require the
cooperation of our people, old and
young 1t calls for the best efforts
they are capable Of making. A coun-
ty fair is of immense benefit to
county 1t helps to develop the COM
munity life by encouraging friendly
rivalry among the farmers and the
school children. 1t puts the housc-
wife on her mettle to excel in the
useful arts. 1t calls for no less than
the best we have to give. Our slogan
is ambitious but Lancastrians love to
demonstrate that they live up to it.
Make ready your exhibits then ano
let's show our neighbors how and
why Lancaster Leads"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
New Newspaper Men.

There are two new additions to the
ranks Of the newspaper men in the
state. Burton Hicks has become edi-
tor OF The Woodruff Record and
Allen Hawkins has oct ONE editor OF
The W:lliamston News.
MIR. Hicks Is 1 young attorney of
Woodruff and leSiEiator- elect from
Spa ctanburg County. He will make
The Record very able editor since
he is a young man of marked ability
and a forceful writer.
Mr.. Hawkins was elected to the
house from Greenville last summer
at the head Of the ticket and was on&
Of the champions of compulsory edu-
cation In the last legislature. He re-
Gently resigned as member OF the
house to become superintendent OF
the Williamson graded schools. He
will he a splendid addition to the
newspaper ranks.-Spartanburg Her
osd
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
MAD AT PAINT

Csc a gallon for paint is about
$3.50 on the average job, and lots of
men waited last year for that; but
they didn't reckon; they got mad,
wouldn't pay it.
There are times to get mad and
refuse to pay; but when ones prop
erty needs protecting is no time to
get mad and not paint.
Besides. it costs more to get mad
and wait than to paint.
Getting mad doesn't do any good
to your property; paint does II good
by keeping out water; no water, no
rot; no pant. some water and rot;
and a little rot Is more than enough
to make a man liberal towards his
painter and paint.
Paint costs not cent. All the
paint In the world, so long as 1t keeps
out water, costs not n cent.
DEVOE
Lancaster Hardware Co.. sells IL.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

"\yILL SOON BE HERE"

The News, realizing the nearness
of the boil weevil to South Carolina
cotton growers has taken occasion
recently in several issues of the pa
per to bring the farmers of Lanca--
ter county to a relization of the i'm
pending danger. Along this line we
call attention to Governor Man
ning's Warning to Farmers Of
South Carolina" The governor in
closing his message says, 1--WE must
not regard it as one of those misfor.
tunes which may or may not come
to us in a distant future. We be-
lieve that the boil weevil will soon
be here" Our farmers should not
be deluded into feeling of security
because of the fact that the cry Of
"wolf, wolf," has been made so
often heretofore. without his appear
ance. Twenty-odd counties of Geor-
gia are now infested with the pest.
The weevil has been travelling Eas,-
ward at the rate of from 80 to 100
miles this season. Only the Savan-
nah river separates us from Georgia.
We cannot resist the onward march
of the great army of insects which
have literally destroyed all cotton
bolls in their path. But we can pre-
pare, in way for their coming by
planting as little cotton as possible
for him to feed upon. Let grain,
grasses, clovers, and vetch take place
of cotton. Thus will be accomplished
the double purpose Of improving the
soil, supplying foodstuffs for man
and beast, without going in debt for
them and at the same time accom-
plishing the starving out Of the
weevil when it makes it's appearance.
Emphasizing what the governor says,
we repeat that we also hope this
warning will be heeded.'
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

Even our horseshoe, hung up for
luck, failed to accomplish anything
and Main street continues as dirty
as it has been for the past month.
We are at a loss for a new means of
procedure, for we have no idea of
forgetting, even if the city council
apparently has forgotten the need of
a street sweeper. Maybe some of
our readers can suggest how to ac-
complish the end in view.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

The wise farmer realizes already
that the higher prices he is offered
for his cotton this fall would never
have been possible II the South had
rs'sed a bumper crop. He knows
ttat the short crop is responsible for
better prices and he has learned to
saep down the cotton acreage. plant
ing much OF his lands in what will
feed his family and livestock.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

This issue of The News completes
Vol. 10 of the paper For a decade
tor in the homes of our citizens in all
parts of the county We would be
glad, IL by the end Of another year.
il should be twice a week visitor in
every home in the county. If you
are not already taking the Laper be-
gin now.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
, Get TOgethcrneSs." ;"

Johnston is a community with a
"get-togetherness" hard to beat. The
town, which by the way has this well
known reputation, is fairly free OF
private grudges and petty grouches.
When anything for the good of the
town is proposed, practically every
ono lays aside private interests and
puts shoulder to the wheel for the
betterment OF the community
Johnston Times.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

We hope that the newly organized
influence to have some Of the streets
at the edge of town put in as good
condition as the county roads into
which they merge. BY so doing the
new association would be rendering
genuine service to the community.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

II may be we'll to remind teachers
and school authorities of the state
ment of Dr. Claxton, United States
commissioner of education, that "the
first duty of the school is to safe
guard the child's health
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

If the petit jurors of Charleston
county will do their duty towards the
blind tigers as the grand jury has re-
Gently done long step will have
been made towards law enforcement
in Charleston.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

Let reverence for laws be
breathed by every American
mother to the lisping babe that
prattles on her lap; let 1t be
taught in schools, in seminaries
and colleges: let it be written
in primers, spelling books and
almanacs; let it be preached
from the pulpit, proclaimed in
legislative halls, and enforced in
courts Of justice. And in short,
let it become the political relig-
ion Of the nation; and let the
old and the young, the rich and
the poor, the grave and the gay
of all sexes and tongues and
colors and conditions, sacrifice
increasingly upon its altars."
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

Not satisfied with the troubles poor
Did Georgia has already, member
Of the legislature of that state Is
about to introduce a bill for the es-
adjustment of a state dispensary
system.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

Editor Booker of The Spartanburg
Journal finds a good excuse for at
tending the circus In his promise to
take his young son to see 1t. We
can't decide which of the two will
derive the greater pleasure from the
circus.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
The Augusta Chronicle is we'll able

The Augusta Chronicle is well able
to defend Georgia from any foe that
threatens that good state, but there
is no excuse for certain other dailies
not joining in the defense. But why
should not all the newspapers of
Georgia mobilize under such d
leader?
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

II the speed limit is exceeded on
Main street and fine is imposed
therefor, nobody can plead ignor-
ance of the law with the warnings
posted in conspicuous places along
the street.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

The Gaffney Ledger is edited by
one Ed II. DeCamp, who, when he
finds he is in the wrong has the man
hood to admit it and to apologize to
those whose feelings he has wound
ed
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

The Anderson Mail says that wo-
man does not like an auction because
the auctioneer insists on dong all
the talking. And she probably likes
auction bridge because all players at
that game are given equal chance of
having a Say" what the trump
shall be.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
He Gets the Crowd.

DO what he may, and cuss him all
you please, Bill Bryan never faces
the empty pews when he gets up TO
talk Henderson Gold Leaf.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

Lancaster will welcome the Char
lotte boosters but we warn them here
and now that Lancaster is loyal to
her own state-that with us it's
South Carolina First
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
How Much Better OF.

This time last year the farmers
we're hoping to get ten cents per
pound for their cotton. But what
farmer would take ten cents per
pound for his cotton now?-Ander-
son Mail.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
4 New ProDOSitiOn.

May Irwin proposes to help the
women laugh their way into the bal
lot. Now If the suffs are going to
lay down their brick-bats and smile
well, We'll listen to 'em with pleas
ure.-GreenNille Piedmont
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

Georgia is now confronted with
two pests, viz: Tom Watson and the
boil weevil. AS destructive forces it
is hard to tell which will play greater
havoc with the state.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

II you are not a member of the
Library Association you are missing
something. GeL on the band-wagon
and Join il.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

The commission form of govern
ment, rightly administered, makes
for a progressive community. Ian
caster should give thought to the
advantages it offers.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

Fall hat" day has come and gone
but several straws and Panamas are
still Drawing October weather.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

Whether or not you ought to sell
your cotton or hold it depends alto
gether on whether the cotton is
yours, that is, whether you have
debts to pay or not.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
The Very Best ThinU

One Of the best things that high
priced cotton is doing is filling the
schools and colleges Edgefield Ad-
vertiser
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

All merchants who expect to do
much business this fall had better
begin to remind the public that they
are still i'm business.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
What Care They?

The woman suffragists may be
weak in logic, but they won't mind
that very much provided they are
strong in votes. News and Courier
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
Takes Himself Seriously.

That old-fashioned fellow WHO
takes the point Of all the paragraphs
he reads in the newspapers as a per-
sonal thrust is still living, though
about 108 years old.-Spaftanburg
Herald
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
There's n Reason

That man you passed up street
with smile on his face is a farmer
who hasn't sold any of his cotton yet
-Spartanburg Journal.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
Knows Better Now.

In the old times the teacher
thought it was Furnishing boy 10
make him sit with the girls.-Ander-
son Mail.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
They ShOuId WOrrY.

With roller skates in one hand and
a school book in the other, young
hopefuls should worry. y.-Charleston
Post.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05

Weather forecast for South Caro-
lima: Showers Tuesday, cooler az
night; Wednesday cooler and partly
cloudy.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918.

Have you planted your winter gar
den?
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
FROM OTHER PAPERS.
Cannot be PenaliZed.

We remind the farmers that no,
body can penalize them for holding
The State
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
piles Cured In s to "a Days

Your druggist will refund money ~ PAzo
OINTMENT falls 10 cure any case Of Ttching,
Blind bleeding or ProtrudiuR Piles In 6to ~ days.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-12
Eminent Scholar to Retire.

DIR. Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, who
is to retire from Johns Hopkins uni
versity at the end Of the scholastic
year, is, with the exception Of DR..
Ira Ramsen, the last man Of the orig
inal university faculty. His reason
for retiring is his age, he having
passed the eighty.third milestone. Doc
tor Gildersleeve, a native of Charles
ton, s. c., is recognized as one of two
greatest Greek scholars in the world,
and has been at work on Greek Syn
tax, said by Greek scholars to be the
most wonderful work of it's kind ever
attempted, and which he has himself
said he never expects to live to COM
plete. His associates in the depart
ment of Greek of the university, DR..
G. w. E. Miller and Mr.. Edmund Speik-
er, will probably finish it. Honors con-
ferred on him by the scientific institu-
tions of the world are many, and his
treatises on classical languages are in
general use in educational circles. =
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-12
Stung.

Last week young man was ar
rested in New London for taking
pictures without a license. He was
fined $1,000 and cost. AS he had
no cash, his camera was taken from
him. People were indignant that
he should suffer because he was on
ly trying to earn a living. His fine
was paid for him and a license Sc
cured. The young man disappeared
few hours later. The following
morning the fact was disclosed that
he was a detective. He had been
having time with the boys, drink
ing, playing craps. etc. Hereafter
the people of New London will not
be quite so ready to extend help to
the stranger in distress.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-12
Armed Citizenry.

The suggestion that the people Of
the United States form clubs and COM
panies for rifle practice and familiar
ize themselves in the use of weapons
in readiness for protection in case Of
war is only new in the form of the
weapons in which we are asked to be-
come skilled. In an epistle to the sher-
If Of London. dated June IL, 1349, 566
years ago, Edward III sets forth how
the people Of our realm, as we'll of
good quality as mean, have common
ly in their sports before these times
exercised their skill of shooting ar
rows; whence 1t is we'll known that
honor and profit have accrued to our
whole realm, and to US, by the help
Of God, no small assistance in our
warlike acts. Now, however, the said
skill being, as it were, wholly laid
aside" the king commands the sheriff
to make public proclamation that
every one Of the said city. strong in
body, art leisure times ON holidays, use
in their recreations bows and arrows,
of pellets and bolts, and learn and ex-
ercise the art of shooting, forbidding
all and singular on our behalf that
they do not after any manner apply
themselves to the throwing of stones,
wood or iron, handball, football, bum
dy ball, cambuck or cock-fghting, nor
such like vain plays which have no
profit in them" Cambuck or cam
mock was the ancient name for
hockey or shiny.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-12
More Asbestos Produced.

The asbestos-producing industry Of
the United States is growing. For
many years we have been the greatest
manufacturers and users of asbestos,
drawing our raw material from Can.
ada, but we are now getting some ex.
cellent fiber in our own country. The
most notable feature Of the asbestos
industry in 1914 was the development
of a new field in Arizona, which is
furnishing a grade of fiber that com.
pares very favorably with the Cana
dian. AS the mineral occurs in the
Grand canyon 1t is frequently desig-
mated Grand Canyon asbestos, al.
though the deposit in that remarkable
natural wonder is not yet producing
asbestos commercially. For electric
installation the Arizona asbestos lie
even better than the Canadian product,
for 1t contains lower percentage of
iron. Asbestos Of low grade has
been produced in Georgia for many
years.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-12
Lightning Begins on Time.

A bolt of lightning, shooting through
an 18-inch stone wall at the home OF
William Reese, near Valley Forge.
Pa, tore hole in the building as large
as mans head, struck a GRANDPA.
theirs clock in a room where the fam
lily was gathered and threw the glass
door of the clock across the ROOM
shattering it into a thousand pieces
over the head Of the farmer, who was
lying on couch.
The bolt, stunning his Oldest daugh
ter, rendering the younger daughter
deaf and shocking all in the room, dis
charged itself through the lower por
ton of the house, and dog which lay
on the floor was killed.
The works of the clock were dam
aged and the wood splintered.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-12
DlrIqlbIe for the Navy.

1t is announced that the navy de-
partment has ordered a dirigible air
craft from a Connecticut company,
which is to be delivered within four
months and will cost $45,636. This
craft will be IT'S feet long, 81 feet in
height and will accommodate eight
men. The speed will be 25 miles an
hour. This craft cannot be seriously
regarded as a fighting machine, but is
probably intended merely for practice
purposes and for training operators
for possible future craft. The battle
cruiser North Carolina, which has be-
come superannuated. is to be remod-
eled to serve as an sviation ship, and
will be sent to Pensacola, which is to
be made station and school for train
ing aViators. AS soon as it is finished
the new airship will be sent to the
same place and O floating hangar 10 to
be provided to shelter it.-Scientifio
American.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-12
CHANGES IN WARFARE
MODERN GENERALS ARE UNLIKE
THOSE OF NAPoLEoN's TIME.
Now Do Their Work Out Of Sight OF
the Armies They Command, and
Move Men as Would a
Chess Player.

Generalship today is about as much
like generalship of Napoleon's time
as two-old.cat is like a major league
game, writes Frederick Palmer In Col
her's Weekly. The general who
watches the battle from hill will be
blown to bits by artillery fire. I've
never seen a general on a horse in
this war. II he travels, it is in q mo-
tor car, and he travels very little.
He sits in front of a map covered with
blue and red penciled lines of the
trenches and the enemies. A dozen
experts are around him-each a spe-
cialist. He is but the chairman OF
the council, the silent man who lis
tens. The others plan and organize;
he mods. Photographs from aero
planes tell him the change each day
In the trenches. He works with O
card-index system Of lives and mate
rial. An expert in a brigade COM
mand decides whether it's practicable
to gain few trenches; the division
staff decides to let the brigade COM
mander try, or perhaps carries 1t up
to the corps staff, which may in turn
pass 1t on to the great staff. A Joffre
or Won Hindenburg sits on the lid.
He must keep his mind on the great
main object; he must not bother with
details; and he must never, never
lose his head.
OF Joffre they say that when re-en-
forcements are demanded he is always
slow to respond. Yet they always ar.
rive IL they are needed. In one day /
have seen $4,000 French troops pass
over single line of railway, for they
may be sent very rapidly when neo-
essary.
Joffre is not caught mapping, though
he always sleeps his eight hours q
day. Won Hindenburg seems never
perplexed, never rushed, though he
has struck such telling and sudden
blows.
Where Napoleon threw in 10000 re-
serves and from his horse watched
them double past to change the tide
of battle, Won Hindenburg throws
100000 men on railroad trains in the
night into East Prussia, and everlast-
ingly surprises and overwhelms the
Russians Meanwhile, in what seemed
a fierce and desperate attempt to
break through in front Of Warsaw.
he was only feinting. But he did not
make half feint. 1t cost him twep-
ty or thirty thousand casualties. The
allied newspapers were rejoicing in
his repulse before Warsaw when he
was preparing his coup in East Prus-
STA Some Germans who were taken
prisoners in front of Warsaw had ON
their persons copies of orders indi-
eating that the frontal attack was to
be pressed. Perhaps those Germans
fell prisoners very easily.-Frederick
Palmer In Golfers Weekly.