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11. ' f TheLancasterNews f Lancaster, S. C. I (SKMI-WKKKLY.) j WATSOX BELL, Kdit??r, h u Published Tuesday and Friday h IiiY THE I! LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. ^ Established 1852. l" Entered as Second ^piass Matter ja October 7. 1905, at the Postoffiee at ij Lancaster, S. C., under aot of Con-1 iresa of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) I One Year $2.00 81* Months 1.00 a The News is not responsible for the fi riews of Correspondents. ^ Short and rational articles on u topics of general interest will bt n gladly received. ^ Tuesday, August 14. 1917. " ; "My Co untry 'Ti? of Thee, Sweet Land I of Liberty." BADGE FOR FOOD MAKERS. Mj&W " ' P A headline says "Tobacco Is Go- jing Up." In smoke? [ o Our idea of foolishness Is Gaffney having a rest room. That is all the folks over there ever do. ?o? ,y A man named Mainfort is wrest- d ling in Columbia. Is that profession .A his? o J< A man named Bost got married the other day and now we reckon he a Is. ? o it The new Russian Minister of Posts e and Telegraphs, M. Nikotine, is, ^ probably fond of smoking. o | J Charlotte's aviation training echool turned out to be a pipe . dream, as most of U3 thought it I would. L o ] A government poster says "Corn ^ is Sraree" but .advices from Pickens g county and the Keg Town section of e Cherokee are to the effect that the supply is entirely sufficient. . (I Abbeville county has just defeated ^ a bond issue for good roads thereby ( demonstrating that she does not care to join the parade of progress in " South Carolina. ^ ( V If the government should adopt 11 the plan of permitting no meat to r he sold on two days of every week ^ our neighbors will do well to keep a closer eye on their chickens. n o While it is possible that a mistake was made when David R. Coker of 1 the State Council of Defense let polities enter into the recent meet-; ing. yet at the same time we think r that the statements made by a former governor deserved to be roundly criticized. It was the right thing t but possibly in the wrong place. J* ??o H Kingdon Gould, the millionaire 4. who wan married on July 2, now s claims exemption under the Selec- v tive Conscription Act on the ground d that he has a dependent wife. The p proper treatment for him Is to send ii him to the very front row of the r battlefield at once and leave him t there until the end of the war. Such b patriots as he will never win this n war for America. n TH SLACKERS AND S] a siacKer is not necessarily a ma lis country. It is true that the won nan, but it applies equally as well to t linder and annoy the government dur nan who criticizes the government ai rovernment organizations is, in his w nan who refuses to fight. The man ,nd criticizes those who are earnestly 3 even more to be despised than is th< ? (:o:)? EQUALLY AS IMF Farming implements are needed by rms and munitions of war. Tilling t or without food there would be no arr hat the National Implement and Vehi< rged government action that would lanufacturers on equal footing with he distribution of material. It is e lanufacturers of farming machinery tun their working forces. There ha lunition manufacturers have induced lenient plants to quit. This is neitt ountry will not gain by any such polic; (o:) THE ENEMIES A' Probably having its origin with somi o the Selective Conscription process o report has gained circulation in c ounty to the effect that dissension h f the local exemption board and ths oard at at logger-heads. A careful his report is a lie out of the whole clot armony prevails and that every mem1 orth his best efforts to discharge his as not been and there will not be, vei his report but at the same time, it is eople in this county willing to start su (:o:) IT WILL HELP TP One of the local Scout Masters of lained to us that some Lancaster parer oungsters join the local organization 2 isappointed thereby. We should thin tmerican boy would be disappointed. We do not know on what the Lane; ection, but we do know that the Boy ? splendid thing for the country. It t ut of any lad, teaches him to respec iea of how to care for himself in the c ral education of its kind for the you Lancaster parent will make a mistake oin the order. (:o:) SPREADING SENSEL1 Several times we have had a word or his section believing every idle rumor oing on. We have warned them that ntire American fleet being destroyed: 'ranee being wiped out by one singl fi'/t'tK of :H1p rpnnrfu tlvif unritur im nt e disregarded but even before these si irculated about loyal and patriotic A /ay a report gained circulation in Lane f the week that a Lancaster citizen 'oik city, charged with being a Germ /ere plenty of people to help the repoi n good faith, while others knew that epeated it merely to have a small sens ind, in cases where they can be convic V punished and it is the duty of every nan starting such vicious and harmfu (:o:) ABOUT THAT SC: We understand very fully that it tal ailroad to make any considerable chan heless it appears to us that the South irne now to effect the change in the a lo. 117, if it ever intends making the Southern official wrote to Lancaste: hat the change had been recommendc o that Lancaster people would be ab /ith the Charlotte trains in the evenin Iocs not seem to have prevailed, sinc< nadc. Meanwhile Lancaster is having nconvenience that this town ever expe oad schedules. If the officials of the o hurry up the action on this matter etween Camden and Rock Hill will niserable arrangement is costing La noney every day. ? i ;E LANCASTER NEWS TUESDAY, AUG. 14, LACKERS. WHAT OTHERS SAY. in who refuses to fight for . . . } applies very well to that , , , ... . Another Insult. ho man who riops thincrs to _ Judging froui the frequency ing this trying period. The Which Watson Bell comes to Gal id members of the various he has i?ined the I. w. w. Or , , . . haps he is trying to save somet ay, a slacker just as is the on h(s board bl??_Gaffney Le< who refuses to do his part j r striving to do their part, Some Went Hungry. b man who will not fight. v?f?' Jno L; c?f"r,? ot ?'"n I vllle. was not at Filbert, and we ? j afraid that some of the squirrel _^??: that neck of the woods went 'ORTANT gr> ?Co,umb,a Record. ; A Sure Bet. this country no less than A gentleman in New York o he soil is a basic industry, to Pa>' anv American aviator * Ti /-xa.- e who W'R fl>' over Berlin and dr nies. It IS fitting herefore few bomba on the German cat ?le Association should have He would probably double place the farm implement ","oun,?i'a b?mb h? tbe Kal? 1 ' l Chesterfleld Advertiser, munition manufacturers in qually important that the Nobody Would Have Him. should be permitted to re- 11 1S currently reported that . . , Wigfall Cheatham, of the Edge ve been- instances where Chr0nlclet has determined to do employes of the farm im- secure himself against conscrii .er right nor fair and the by "J""!"1: Maybe be tb " the age limit might be extende y. the next draft.?Gaffney Ledger Old Methods Needed. P TTT/-|-pTr A survival of the old time 1 WUltA. fittest methods of dealing with t I ?- ????? nr? U'nilld nili n cinn o la e of those who are opposed "lack talk that iR heard in i I quarters. There is no room in ?f raising a National arni\, United States now for any but ri ertain parts of Lancaster patriotic men and women.?H ville Messenger, as arisen among memuc/s it certain members of the A vital step. investigation reveals that If the Kaiser could have a loo , ,, . ...... r a. the crops in this country he w h. It is stated that perfect ,lwld<! thI1 , vrr>. v|tol aml R ber of the board is putting necessary step has been taken duty to his country. There *"ds ,he <*ompllshn.ent ot j Hohenzollern downfall.?Ch* y much credence placed in Reporter. unfortunate that we have ch a rumor. Sw,ns ??' According to Admiral Jellicot would be easy for the German i ^1~~to make a dash across the N EE BOY. I Sea and back again. Then it 01 to be at least equally easy for British navy, which is twice the the Boy Scouts has com- of Germany's.?Greenville I ltrf have refused to let their mont. md that the boys are much ?? . , righting Democracy, k that almost any average The draft rioter3 doif>t wan, fight in France. They prefei i u *u u fifcht the officers of the law at hr ister people base their obr Thty are not Interested in mal >COUt organization has been the world safe for democracy; t ends to make a manly boy *'ffortH nre solely to an . I tempt to make this country un t his eldei S, gixes him an for democracy.?Rock Hill Hera >pen, and is, in short, a lib th. We do not think any v,'r> Tru<>u *!. ., , . ' Senator Tillman savs "the i by permitting the boy to . , , J ' sharks are bleeding the people of much money for the necessariei life." We believe it is true, and senate is helping the food shark do it?that is, a few obstructioi 2SS RUMORS. I in the senate are; of whom Sen i. Tillman is certainly not one.?? , , , e berry Observer, two to say about people of , they hear while the war is , . ? ' .Am to Pyrites. thev will hear tales of the ..... , Kditor Bell of the Iaincaster > , ot the American army in^m a recent issue of that paper e blow ol the enemy j of pressed lack of knowledge of rer night. All these should presence or pyrites in Lanes hould come the idle rumors roun,>- 11 >s a pleasure to inl . bim that only three miles dig merican citizens. In some fr|)m K,?u||e Cold v aster during the early part pyrites has been mined for r had been arrested in New *han a year by A. K. Blakeney. an spy, and as usual there ha(l a lease on the mine whict t along. Some believed it. recPntI>' disposed of to a com. _ - or Northern capitalists, who are the report was untrue and ranKjnR t(, carry on the indu ation. People of the latter much more extensively, ted, should be very severe- Haile Gold Mine is well wi good citizen to report any Lancaster county and is ricl 1 rumors mineral deposits. In past years, der ownership of outside capita was extensively mined for gold ??~?? and classed as the largest gold i HEDULE. I east of the Rocky mountains. mine was abandoned, however, the property was bought at pi <es considerable time for a sale by Col. I.eroy Springs, Joh ge in a schedule, but never- Stevens and Charles I). Jones, ern road has had plenty of are ,h,> *ol? own(,r?- 80 far a? i ?... ^ ? . . know. The mine continued inc ichedule of passenger train , ative after being purchased by t change. Some weeks ago Untu it wa8 lea8ed by A K U1 rs Chamber of C ommerce ney, who went directly t<? work id, making a new schedule ting on the market the pyrites, le to connect in Rock Hill wh,(h hf fo,ind rP5u,y 8a,e ,or g, but the recommendation ontire outPuti no change han ever )>een " " probabl. that . mine will soon again be the s f to submit to the greatest busy activities, with a hun irienced in the way of rail- or more hands earning a good Southern road can manage lihood and finding peace and er people living in every town ment in the ?"mpioyinent near i ,, , rr,, . homes and families; while at thank them. The present .. . . ,, # 1 | same time, we trust. Its present ncaster people time and aratora will find their Investme good paying one.?Kershaw Era 1917, ' 1 4 - t Production of Farm Ma< * * Labor Supply Must E With By CHARLES S. BRANT1 rf n,.v Q?*irm*n Eucabr* Committee, Notional Implen pur- I ' ? hing The truth is that unless prompt action lger- our country is headed straight toward the sai | in compelling our allies to appeal to us to sa we protect the production of labor-saving fa ett8~ of skilled farm labor, we, too, must soon fac< I 7 J J Ib in Anybody can realize how calamitous that hun- well as the economic sense. We are now confronted by shortages labor that will begin to be manifest#in shor machinery this fall and will result in serious rters next year. Stocks on hand in important kii 1000; smaller than in normal years, because of ea J1' and a rapidly tightening scarcity of all raw the' apective conditions as to both elements mak .r__l of our output will soon be serious. For the last ten years farm labor has ! to secure, and now, with an enormous incr in munition factories, and the withdrawal o Col.| duetive occupations, there is bouiid to be a field as this country has never known. We regard it as vital to keep on the fi ink" know the business, especially the men train in machinery. It would be wasteful and fool i ward try to replace them with unskilled m< We seek no advantage for our industry that without this product and without suffi< and United States cannot increase, or even n rait- foodstuffs next year. These are the measures that we declare *otne, this nation and its allies next year: th^1 .. 1. That the manufacture of farm mat ?aiiy | ar(8 j ence with the manufacture of war munitioni ary raw materials. 2. That service to the country in farn idered of equal importance with service in k at ernment or private. ould ; 3 phat labor on tbe farms be considere tbe production of war munitions. fhi 4. That raw materials for farming mac (?tpr be given equal preference by the transports with munitions of war. I THUNDERSTOI ato? Jew Twins. com plot Charity covers a multitude of ''art of sins, and so does darkness. consists ,ews . the toni ex" ., \ position . Appropriate? ine permit istor "Who is that doing all that swearorm ipK over there?" asked the city edi- ~ itant j ,or- 1 It l3 , line, 'That." replied the office boy. "is to furi)j nore religious editor, cussing because ()|. t,(j who c?n'f remember the text of the i he sermon he heard last night." j j>v ( [>any j(|Uite la . ar. A Wish l'or Kvery Day Tliis Week, j n?e ju lstry Sunday -That we may continue to,whJrh ^ grow better. _ a parti , Monday?That the blue may be ... . Ithin will be , . eliminated from this Monday. .. ri in I come tl Tuesday?That we nay have an oc-. ? . . un- finish i . castonal shower. 1, it I occaaioi . Wednesday?That happiness. and only pmst n< not sorrow, may come to us. nine 1 room. Th(>i Thursday?That all of us may keep i , .1 well and hearty, and * prepare ... Friday?That we may learn to con-t jblic ' isoap an n trol our temper. . Saturday - -That we may he enabled' . who Accoi to do something for onr country. ... we 41 ' Glasgov ,,,, r timed young soldier named Stork, ^"hout hem - ' I was (iruitiR one d.iy in New York. ?'???? ?. a^r"i When the drill ;nastor spat, 'VP. a He was so frightened that with el for, They found lilm the next week in f ookinR Cork he the In whir the' After an Kh"-'rlr Shock. entirely ceno An effective mea-n of resuscitation dred, after an electric p.h >c': is said to he live-, a sharp blow on th~ so'es of the feet | Many ijoy-j without removln" 'h" rhoes. In all his lon| :helr] cases, however. It necessary to the'Pull the tongue f.orn the throat, as1 op- the action of the ruront Is to cause Even nt a a contraction of th"> missies and the rr.embei tongue is drawn br.cl; I::to the throat labor f< 2ssaH555E5^ :hinery and the Je Protected INGHAM LI icnl and Vehicle Aeeededee 11 i is taken by the government ne mistakes that have resulted ve them from famine. UnM rra machinery and the supply ; a shrinkage of food supplied. Would be in the military of raw material and factor* tages of certain lines of fan* i shortages in many vital lined nds of tools and machines ar^ rlier scarcity of factory laboil materials. Present and pro* e it certain that the shortage been more and more di fTicuH ease in the demand for labol f many young men from pro* shortage of farm labor such arms the men now there who ed in the use of labor-saving ish to let them go and aftex* ;n. over any other, but we realist nent labor the farmers of thri laintain, their production <4 i to be vital to the feeding <4 erials be given equal prefer 3 as regard* supplies of necafr i machinery factories be oo?* munition-making plants, got4 4 as of equal importance witij hinery and the finished good^ ition agencies of the country / IMS ely paling the air passage, many first aid equipments of a device which will grasp rue and hold it in a distended so that the throat is open to of artificial respiration. 'he Open Porch ltoom. often a problem to know how sh the porch room. A room sort should not have the appearance which is caused ise of furniture too cheap and eking in character. And yet iltates to use fine furniture n time will be ruined by even al exposure to weather. It with pleasure that we welle news that there is a now which should withstand the tal dust and dampness which ?eds penetrate into the porch TSn ..umiiure ih excellently has much hoauty, and Is so d that it may be washed with d water. ding to the Klectrieal World. v, Scotland, has a suburb a single chimney. The which are of the bungalow re all completely equipped ectrlc heating, lighting and apparatus. This Is said to only settlement In the world h the use of fuel has been eliminated. Short vs. I/ong. ' a man's short-cominus are K 8Wlt. C?lve 'Km Credit. ^ If eggs are a nlck^e each, re that each represents a day's :>r a conscientious hen. mm i