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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22

ers shall be commissioned by
the Secretary of State, as now
,rovided by law.
Sec. 10. That the said County
Board of Commissioners are
hereby authorized and empow-
cred to borrow money from year
to year to pay current expenses,
including ordinary expenses and
expenses for road and bridge
building, and to pledge the
taxes of the county to secure
the same, and all contracts made
by the County Supervisor must
be approved in writing by ma
jority of said Board. The said
County Board of Commission
ers is hereby authorized to bor-
row money from the State Sink
ing Fund Commission, and the
said Sinking Fund Commission
is hereby authorized to make
such loan. That the said Board
OF commissioners shall publish
not less often than quarterly an
itemized statement of all ex-
penditures made for the county.
Sec. IL. All Acts and parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed.
Sec. IL. That this Act shall
become effective immediately
upon it's approval by the Gov
ernor. - tMlsl 81
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Hisory.

The first writer who Is definitely ac-
knowledged as historian was the
Greek Herodotus, who wrote in the
fifth century. B. c. The very earliest
of ancient records, sacred and secular,
are merely lists and tables of ruling
dynasties, and the next step toward
the development of the continuous
narrative which we know as history"
Is In the expansion of such lists to In
clude events. The most notable early
examples of these historical records"
are the Old Testament books of Kings
and Samuel. which date back to the
seventh century, b. c., and the book
of Chronicles, which, though equally
notable. was compiled three centuries
later. Ancient Egypt has similar rec
ords, and there are notable early frag.
ments OF Japanese and Chinese chroni-
Gle. The first actual written narrative
history" however. is Greek. The Old
Testament, az stated, goes back to ex-
tremely early Jewish records. The
New Testament, which was written in
Greek, is. OF course. much later; much
history had been written before the
beginning OF the Christian era
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
One Claim to Distinction

II the literacy of its inhabit-
ants, IN the rer capita wealth OF
its inhabitants, and in certain
other respects the State of
South Carolina ranks low arrona
the forty-eight, but in the sane
tlty attaching to marriage andi
conservation and protection of
integrity of the American fam.
lily. the State Of South Ca, Dina
ranks first and its place is In.
rival"G and ':NAueeticEa:i
-Iere is not the fainccst like.
,ihH' that ne people o. South
Caro- ma Will Surrender TIC orc
ting that more than al others
gives the State distinctions and
Nrlch her pe"' /" wherrIr- tie,
IT.: go may ;,ld do speal with
honest pride.
in South Carolina the theory
anil the practi"e are that fan iy
,'fe. 1amily hCNcr and Che rigl. Is
of children shall be protected
even +ksc"rh, in rare cases, the
happiness Of an Individual mar
or woman be sacrificed.
There will never be a divorce
law in South Carolina.-The
State.
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GATES TO BLACK SEA
IMPORTANT POINTS WHICH ARE
MAKING HISTORY TODAY.
May Again Determine the Future OF
Europe, a. They Have Done In
Gigantic Conflicts OF
the Past

With the northwestern battle thea
ter Of the Turks proclaimed by, the war
prophets as that where the deciding
master strokes in this most titanlike
of all struggles are to be delivered, q
sketch of this remarkable regions past
prepared by Harry Griswold Dwight
for the National Geographic society is
or more than usual interest Here the
West won its self-confidence, and this
confidence has borne fruits with splen-
did richness for longer than 1000
years. Here the course of civilization
has been changed and modified sew
eral times, and here again today the
attention Of the world is fixed in the
belief that the future OF Europe will
once more be determined by events
about to transpire. In the bulletin is
sued by the National Geographic 60
ciety Mr.. Dwight tells about The Gates
to the Black Sea.
There is something alluring In
the very shape and position OF these
lakes-the Black sea and the Sea OF
MISUNDERSTANDING as they do the
two most historic continents of our
globe and communicating with each
other and with the outer seas by
openings that seem miraculous. And
those landlocked waters have been
from earliest times, as they happen
again to be today, the theater of epic
events. For us Of the West no
legends are older than those of Zeus
and 10. Of Phryxus and Helle, of the
Trojan war, of Jason and the Argo,
which commemorate the earliest voy-
ages into the Great Lakes of the Le-
want.
"Of the two, the Marmora-the Pro-
points, IL you prefer to be classical
is by far the smaller Not much mora
than 100 miles long and some 40 miles
across at its broadest part, it is about
the same size as Lake Champlain. The
Marmora has much of the softness of
air, vividness of color and beauty of
scenery that we associate with the
Aegean and Ionian seas. Thread the
narrow slit of the Bosporus, however,
and you pass into an entirely different
world-sterner, barer rockier, colder.
III the Marmora may be compared
10 Lake Champlain, the Black sea is
about four times the size of our great
est lake. Lake Superior is 412 miles
long by l67 wide, while the Black sea
has length of $50 miles and breadth
of 1856. That there is something dark
and unfriendly about it is more than
a legend.
AT the moment at which write
the fleets OF France and England are
hammering at the historic gateway.
Thus the question of the Black sea,
which is the ancient question Of the
straits, Is posed anew, more dramati-
cally than ever before. Is it for a
f1nal solution? No solution can be
found" the writer concludes, which
will give any one nation an absolute
right Of control over the Bosporus
and the Dardanelles."
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The HelnleSS Farmer.

We take it that the following
article from the Progressive
Farmer was written some time
ago when cotton was selling Al 5
and 8 cents per pound, but it is
such an excellent summary of a
condition With which the most
of us are very familiar that we
can not resist the temptation OF
reproduce it even in these SEEM
lngIy prosperous times:
| am a merchant and not a
farmer but | eat farm products,
says the Progressive Farmer.
don't eat grass, but do eat
meat, and grass makes meat. 1t
takes men, land, seed, plows and
horses to make grass. | don't
farm, but / do study farming
'dd farm conditions.
Today | went upon the streets
to talk to farmers as they came
to town. | first met a man with
one bale of cotton. | inquired
what he was offered for it. and
he said $25.00-5O0 pounds at
five cents. | said, Are you going
to sell it?" He said, "Of course,
! am going to sell it; | can't eat
1T. We have no factories and
can't have it made into cloth;
what can do with it except to
sell it for whatever | am offered? /?
] raise it but h.ve nothing to do
with pricing it."
The next man ! saw had
pork for sale. He had two hogs
Weighing $50 pounds each-5OO
pounds-the same weight of the
bale of cotton. | inquired what
he had been offered. He said.
30 cents" Cor $4,000 for the
two hogs. said, Are you going
o sell it? He said, Il don't know
whether am or not; can cut
1T up and peddle it out at Is
cents and get SIS, or | can take
1T home and bacon it. 1t will only
lose about one-fourth, and | can
sell 1T for 25c a pound, and get
nearly $4,000. If | can't do that
| can eat it; besides, I have
more hogs that will soon be large
enough to kill"
The next man had coop of
chickens. He had five dozen, all
nice hens. | aked him what he
had been offered. He said S7.OO
a dozen-$35.00 for the coop. I
aid, ARE you going to sell
then" :" He said. "I don't
know whether | will or not. | can
dress them and get about one
dollar each or I can take them
back home and they will Law
eggs enough to pay for them
selves in short time" He said
the reason he brought them to
town was because he had a sur
plus. 49,
saw annt Ter farmer with
one thGee-year old steer, | asked
|Hm the same question, if he
was going to sell it, and he said,
Us" If he could get the worth
of II he would. asked him what
he had been offered. He said
$500. / asked him again if he
was going to sell. He said that
he didn't know, that he could kill
it and sell it by the piece and get
10 sents to Is cents a pound for
it, and it weighed about 400
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
NOTICE OF DISCHARGE.

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will, as administrator
OF the estate of r. T. Hilton, deceas-
ed, on the 18th day of March, 1916,
make his final return as such ad-
ministrator and apply to the Probate
court or Lancaster county for let
ters dismissary.
w. Y. HILTON,
Administrators Of estate of said de-
ceased: &c -E.
Feb. II, 1915,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
inv,goratIng to the Pale and SickIy

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC drives out
Malaria enIiches the blood and builds p the sys.
tenn. Il true tonic. FO- ~I,tits and .,hirS.n SOc
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
The Mill Schools.

A strong effort is now being
made to put the mill schools of
South Carolina on a better basis
and it seems to be meeting with
success. Although not the fault
of the teachers, the mill schools
have been long neglected. Part
OF this neglect can be traced to
the school children and their
parents because of necessity, or
what was thought the necessity
OF placing the children in the
mills as wage earners as soon as
they became old enough. How
ever, recent legislation against
child labor has bettered these
conditions in great measure.
George ID. Brown, of New
berry, State Supervisor of mill
schools, has travelled 10000
miles, visiting 1872 of the mill
schools in the state since july
l, 1915, and in an interview Civ.
EN- TO the press he stated that
he had held conferences with ov-
er 600 trustees. Mr. Brown seems
well suited to the Office, and has
his heart in his work. In con-
sequence of his efforts, many of
the schools have voted for
new buildings and equipments
and enlarged teaching forces.
night schools for adults have
been organized, and the COM
pulsory school attendance law
invoked. Another effective plan
which he has carried out in
some instances is that of con-
solidating mill schools with city
schools, where such plan was
feasible.
Recently while visiting the
Brown stated that they were
the best in the state, and he
attributed this condition, or at
least great part of it, to the
fact that they were under the
supervision of the superintend-
ent of the city schools, whom he
termed one of the best. He stat
ed that the attendance in the
schools here was good, the teach
ers seemed to discharge duties
well, and that the operatives
seemed very anxious to keep
their children in school as much
possible. This was not only q
compliment to Supt. McCants of
the city schools, but also to the
county and to the operatives and
the management of the various
mills.
Another thing that is working
good in the mill communities in
south Carolina, is the fact that
community work" is being car
ried on. The Brogon Mills of this
city were the first in the state
to qualify for the government
aid to assist in carrying on this
work. Since that time the work
has been started at the Riverside
and Toxaway Mills the Williams
ton, and the Piedmont Mills.
Under the supervision of able
teachers and directors, there is
hardly and limit to the great
amount Of good that may result
from this community work.
The community libraries not on
ly afford literature for the op-
eratives and their children, but
also a meeting place, where all
may come together for the dis.
cussion of subjects of mutual
interest. Horticulture is now be-
ing introduced along with this
work and it has it's place.
Altogether, the mill COM
munities in South Carolina are
being cared for much more than
they were few years ago, and
the direct result will be better
citizens, both now and in the
years to come.-Anderson Intel
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
Honor Roll BufOrd School For
Month of January, 1916.

First Grade
Frank Sistare.
Ethel Snipes.
Everett Taylor.
Willie Usher.
Mary Barr
O'Dell Snipes.
Marguerite Neill.
Second Grade
James Sistare.
Odessa Snipes.
Third Grade
Leona Sistare.
Fourth Grade
Anna Belle Small.
Roma Parker.
Mollie Usher.
O'Dell Barr.
Rosa Lee Powell.
Fifth Grade
Miranda Taylor.
Ella Taylor.
Eugene Parker.
Lula Usher.
James Lee Usher.
Sixth Grade
Eta Taylor.
Collier Taylor.
Eula Mae Duncan.
Louise Duncan.
Seventh Grade
Ethel Neill
Ruth Thompson.
Eighth Grade
Julia Thompson.
Myrtle Thompson.
Kate Thompson.
Frank Taylor.
Otis Taylor.
This honor roll was mailed
two weeks ago, but as it has nev
er appeared in print | suppose j
was lost in the mails, and | sent
duplicate.
A. c. Rowell,
Principal Buford School.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
Forgetting All Round.

The merchant who forgets to
advertise should not complain
when the buyer forgets that he
is in business. 1t is just a case
of forget" all around.-Gaffney
Ledger.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22

Ihe oulnlne That Does Not Arset The Rstu
TIVE BRoMO QUININE Is better than ordinary
Quinire and does not cause nervousness y ,r
ringing IN head Remember the full name and
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
Lancaster & Chester Ry. Co
Schedule in Effect August 15, 1915.
Eastern Time.

Conp ections-Chester with South
err. Seaboard and Carolina & North
western Railways.
Fort Lawn, with Seaboard Air
I.'Le Railways.
Lancaster with Southern Railway.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There In only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitution.
al remedies. Deafness is caused by an inaamed
condition OF the mucous lining OF the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube Is inhamed you have =
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and whe,
Ii Is entirely closed Deafness is the result and
this tube restored to its normal condition, hear
Ing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out OF
an iniamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
or Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot bt
;nred by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for clrcu.
lars, free.
F. J. CHENEY co.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. I5c
Take Halls Family Pills FOL constipation.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
piles Cured In 6 to a paxs.

Tour druggist will refund money ~ PAZo
SANIMENT fails 10 cure any case of Itching
Blind, Bleeding or ProtrudinR Piles In TO II days
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22

pounds, net, or he could keep it
another year and it would be
worth considerable more.
l saw another farmer with a
milk cow and a young calf.
asked him the same question,
"Are you going to sell that
cow?" He replied, / don't know ;
if | can get the worth of her
will" l said, "How old is she ?"
-Four years." he said. l saked
him what he had been offered.
He said $4,000, but wanted
$500; that she was part Jersey
and Holstein. He said that the
calf was worth S25.00-a much
as bale of cotton.
| went a little further and
saw wagon that looked like it
was empty. A lady was holding
the team. She was widow.
asked her what she had to sell
he said that she had canned
goods-fruits and vegetables
that she had put up. I asked her
what kind she had and what she
wanted for it. She said:
SO cans tomatoes. $4,000
so cans peaches. 7.5O
SO cans hominy. .......... 500
SO cans turnip green's. -. 500
SO cans pumpkins. ..... 500
so cans blackberries. =. 500
SO cans buckleberrieS .... 600
80 cans huckberries. -. 900
so cans beans. 600
| told her that for these $50
ans of fruit and vegetables she
was offered more than she would
get for two bales of cotton. She
said, Yes, | know that. but |
raised cotton this year and got
in debt and am having to sell
my canned goods that | canned
st year to pay me out of debt,
said, "You are offered the mar
ket price for your canned goods.
by don't you sell them?"
WELL" she said, My canned
goods are better than those that
are shipped in here to sell. NV
children and picked these black
berries and hucklebelr.ea. and
there are no stems or rotten
berries in them, besides all the
fruit and vegetables we put up
are full weight; some of the
stuff YOU buy out of the stores
is half water"
Now, take this picture and
analyze it and make the COM
pariSon between the man with 2
bale of cotton and any one of
the balance and you will notice
that each was more independent
than the man with the bale of
cotton. Each was more confident
than he, and had some other
route besides following specula-
tors to make price on their pro
ducts and their labors. When
Will the Southern farmers open
heir eyes?
mere never mas been a time
in the history of this country
when the opportunities were so
great in the South as they are
now. We have an object lesson
before us that shall awaken ev-
cry Southern farmer. Just think
of our predicament; bacon 25
cents, corn at S1.O0. wheat S1.25
ckens $500 a dozen, beef
cents a pound, pork at 10 cents.
lard at Is cents and we have
none to sell, but we have an over
supply of cotton at 5 cetns per
pound. Cotton to sell, meat and
bread to buy.
The question is now con-
fronting us; will we ever wake
. to conditions and meet them
rs they should be met ?-Dnlon
IT~,o11
The Tupelo journal., 1916-10-13

the cotton stalk By the first of
May. That generation will
hatch out another generation Of
boil weevil insects in Is DAYS.
Then in Is more days there will
be another generation to hatch.
Now there are all sorts and COL
ors of boil weevil insects. and
just as soon as the cotton is
large enough to form squares
they are ready to cross breed
and put the elephant snout boil
weevil in the squares. You need
not mind the old boil w eevil that
come out of their quarters, for
they live but a few days. and if
there be.any harm in him he'll
fail to meet his mate if the cot
ton stalks are burned just after a
general frost.
The insect lives under the
ground in winter. In spring
he'll'come out, and if the stalks
are burned he'll fail to meet his
mate.
Now the farmers are bound to
acknowledge they can't see what
they recognize as boil weevil I'm
The Tupelo journal., 1916-10-13
Notice

To the tax payers of the City of Tupe-
10, Miss, and the adjacent annexed
territory constituting a part of the
Separate School District of the City
of Tupelo, Miss.
Notice is hereby given that the May
or ana Board of Aldermen of the City
of TupeIo, Miss, at a special meeting
of said Board to be held at the May
or's office in said city on the 9th day
of October, 1916, at 7:30 O'Clock, p. M,
will examine and go over the real and
personal assessment rolls of said city
and the adjacent annexed territory
constituting a part of the Separate
School District of said City of TuDelo.
Miss. as the same are made out and
will be on file with the Clerk of the
Board on the 18th dav of October. 1916.
and at such special meeting they will
make such raises and decreases in the
assessed valuation of different property
appearing on said assessment rolls as
in the opinion of said Mayor and BOARD
of Aldermen is right and proper 10 be
done in order to equalize the valuation
and assessments thereon.
This the Sd day of October, 1916.
G. E. Goodiett, Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-10-13
Notice of Bond Sale
In the matter of the petition of j. '

In the matter of the petition of j. w.
Battle, ct. al.
Notice is hereby given that the Board
of Supervisors of Lee county, Miss.
will on the
EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER.
1916 at the court house in the city of
Tupelo offer for sale and sell to the
highest bidder. at public cutlery. road
bonds of the Fifth Supervisors District
of Lee county, Miss, in the sum of
$50, 900, 00) Nine Thousand Dollars,
bonds to be in the denominations of
$500. 90 each and to bear interest at a
rate not to exceed 6 per centum per
annum, payable semi annually. Pur-
chaser will be required to pay attor-
ney's fees for having bonds approved
and furnish blank bonds without costs
to the District. i.
All bidders will be required to furnr
ish good faith check 10 the sum of
$500. 90, which should be filed with
John M. Witt, clerk of the Board of
Supervisors, on or before that date.
This, the Sd day of October. 1916.
A. S. Parham,
President of the Board of Supervisors
of Lee County, Miss.
John NJ. Witt, Clerk of the Board Of
Supervisors, Lee County, Miss. 20
The Tupelo journal., 1916-10-13

til the cotton il about ruined, or
destroyed, and yet the Cotton is
full of little insects. and they
cannot recognize him to be a boil
weevil, and they are put in the
cotton stalk by the boil weevil
and the striped bug, known as
the sharpshooter, in the fall of
the year.
About four years ago | wrote
w. ID. Hunter of Dallas, Texas,
chief of the government bureau,
concerning this very same mat
ter I'm writing about now, but
he did not believe it, and | could
not prove it at that time, but
now l can prove it by several
colored farmers, and a prominent
white man of this state. If all
the farming people in all the
cotton counties will agree to pull
up and burn all the cotton stalks
| truly believe that I've done
more for the farmers in America
than any man that ever lived or
died. Yours truly.
W. F. Hemingway.
R. A., Box /.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-10-13
Notice of Public Works

Notice is hereby gwen that the roaC
commissioners of the Second District o.
Lee county, Miss, and the Board OF
Supervisors of said county will, at the
court house in the city Of Tupelo, with.
In lawful hours on the 9Th day of No.
Vember, 1916, let to the lowest respon.
slble bidder contract for hauling grave.
for the construction CT the following
roads in said district:
Link on Sherman and SaItillo road
beginning at the intersection of county
highway and run to Macedonia church,
about Il miles.
Link on SaltillO and Birmingham
road, beginning at the intersection of
the county highway west of Uclatubba
church and run west to place of U. S
Benjamin, about 1t miles.
Link on Saltillo and Mantachie road
beginning at the intersection of Gun
town and Mooreville road and run west
to Brooks creek, about 81 miles.
Link at the Hopkins Hill on Unity
road, about o~ne-quarter mile.
Link on Saltlllo and Birmingham
road beginning at the east end of
Tishomingo levee and run west to
birmingham church, about II miles.
Link on Tupelo and Birmingham
road beginning at c. B. Kirkpatric's
Gin and run north about one-half mile.
Link on Saltillo and Mantachie road
about one quarter mile, near Mansel's
place.
Plans and specifications for said
work is now on file with the clerk of
the Board of Supervisors. The district
is to furnish the gravel and the bids
should be for hauling at so much per
square yard. Bids must be sealed and
filed with the clerk of the board on or
before said date. Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
This the 4th day of Oct. 1916
j. A. Peach,
G. r Witt.
F. C. Billiard,
Road Commissioners.
A. S Parham,
President Board of Supervisors.
j. NJ. Witt, Clerk. 20