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68TH YEAR. NO. 18. SE1
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
ONE OF ESSENTIALS
President Wilson's Closest Advisers
Say He Has Not
Changed Views.
INSEPARABLE FROM PEACE
It is Believed Exchange of
Views Will Clear Away
Any Partial Misunderstandings
Among Nations.
Paris, Doc. 19.?After four days
of srathprlnc vlnmo i ?
France. President Wilson's closes
v advisers say he has seen no reason to
change his belief that the founda
tion of a league of nations Is inseparable
from the actual peace treaty
itself.
These advisers say that the President
In explaining his definition of
"the free'dom of the seas" will reassure
Premier Lloyd George that he
has no intention of demanding a reduction
of the British navy to a
po'nt involving the unsafety of the
empire, but will emphasize his feeling
that the plan of a league will
strengthen the empire.
King Kmnianuel already has been
fully advised of the President's
ran s through conferences with
K'ount D1 Oeltere. Italian amhas dor
to the I'nlted States, hnt th
president will take the opportunity
to inake personal explanations to the
kin*.
The hope is expressed hy those
surrounding the Pres'dent that the
exchange of views will clear awav
any partial misunderstandings
which may exist in regard to Mr.
Wilson's attitude and prepare tho
way for the assemblage of the con
ference with complexities removed
so that it will be ready to deal with
(principles and any oustanding dif
ferences of opinion that remain.
In all iiia conferences the president
has taken opportunity to express
his views, it is said, hy those
who are authorized to speak for him
that no one nation is entitled to assume
the role of master, or dictate
the manner or the conditions of the
representations of others.
There is some indication that con
Mderable headway Is being made in
this direction and that th<> members
of the American mission arc now
seeing tiieir way clearly. All e\
press the conviction that delegates
will enter the conference in a spirit
of accommodation.
Some undercurrents are interpreted
as showing indications of regret
because the acceptance of President
Wilson's points in a general way
prevented some nations from achieving
their own objectives which might
have been gained if Germany's col
lapse had been made even more com
plete. In reply, it has been made
plain to those with whom the Presi
dent conferred that the United States
government does not consider the
.n un j in arms mono, ami
that victory would ho inoomnloto
without an organization of nations
to guarantee world peace.
VISITS II.KADQI'\HTKRS OF
AMKHK .W l'K\( K MISSION
Paris. Dec. 19.?President Wilson
called at the headquarters of the
American peace mission in the hotel
De Crillon for the purpose of meeting
other members of the mission
and Inspecting the organization al
ready created.
Up to this moment President Wilson
has not expressed himself in fa
vor of any of the various propositions
that have been advanced as
regards the creation of a league of
nations, says a statement issued by
the American peace commission.
MARSHA I. FOTII t'AHS
ON PltKSIDRNT WII>SON
Paris, Dec. 19.?All Paris is talk
In* of the rail paid President Wilson
by Marshal Fnrh. The great
strategist wns expected to appear In
full dress uniform and wearing his
decorations. On the contrary he appeared
In a much-worn blue uunfform,
adorned by none of bis decorations
and wearing an old forago
cap.
Marshal Foch told the President
that his visit to France paid that
country the greatest honor possible.
The President replied that the visit
of Marshal Fnrh to America would
be a great honor
During his talk with Marshal
Foeh, President Wilson Indicated the
ground he desired to rover In h's
trip to the front.
IE RED CROSS
'HE L
HI-WEEKLY.
SOUNDS 'TAPS' FOR
VOLUNTEER SYSTEM
General Crowder Advocate*
Permanency of Selective
Service Flans.
LAUDS DRAFTED SOLDIERS
Would Be a Calamity, He
Says, for United States to
Revert to System Formerly
in Vogue.
New York, Dec. 19.?"Tups" t >
the volunteer system of raising at
mien in war time by the Unitel
States was sounded by Maj. Gen.
Knoch H. Crowder, provost marshal
general, iu an address to the retiring
members of New York draft boards.
I He earnestly advocated that the se
lectlve service system should becoma
the permanent method of raising
American armies in the future.
General Crowder declared the se
lective service law had enabled th>
) government in this war to register
23.740,000 Americans, put into the
field nearly 3,000,000 fighters and to
have in readiness to entrain on No
I
. vemher 11, when the armistice wat
signed, 2,000,000 more soldiers, ai
within a period of 18 months. 1
would be a "calamity," he said, for
the. United States to revert to th
volunteer system in view of such i
successful test of selective ser\
adding that the American consc its
j had shown the valor. aggress'vcness
, and initiative of the most seasoned,
troops.
"What of the army have you rais
ed?" asked Genera! Crowder, nfcr
ring to the drafted men who had
been sent overseas.
"These men you have sent to the
colors have proved themselves tha
equals In aggressive fl?r! tir r an I
soldierly hearing of the veterans of
France and England."
(ieneral Crowder's speech was an
exposition of the successful work of
the selective service law, which I e
sat'l had responded "smoothly aid
so well to our dual form of state
government and national contr
that it would he calamitous if i?
should not become a recognized pa it
of our national system for the raiding
of armies In time of war."
The provost marshal general con
trusted the draft methods of tie
United States with those of England
and showed how this country hail
profited by the mistakes made b\
the Rritlsh, who after three yea?s
were obliged to adopt ronseriptior
I effort all Ihia wofk. Am deeplv
concerned over results In Southern
Division. Please urge your
workers to renewed efforts and
wire me Immediately your estimate
of results. Will greatly appreciate
your unceasing efforts
right now.
E. Tt Rlack Manager,
Southern Division.
Pointing out that wlion CJernianv
hurled her challenge to the democracies
of the earth it became nee
essary for those democracies. fo*
sell-preservation. to organize theii
resources as she had done and makol
"every man a soldier," active or reserve,
General Crowder declared th s
test had been met. lie referred t.
the efforts of Lord Kitchener to raise
an army and of fh? tlrst gallantj
100,000. lie touched briefly upon
the great drain upon the flower of
Kncland's manhood and how tin
futility of trying to raise the required
number of volunteers became apparent.
"After 17 months of war had wit
nOl'OO/l K/> /HnnCT??n??? ^ 1 ' ~ ? ?
. ... ... .. >ii. vnntinl l "US IIKIIIIIIP il
Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and the Bat
knns and the deadlock on the wesiern
front." he declared, "the ne?.
army of England was 1.7 00.000 men
short of Its then authorized
strenpth." The volunteer system
was now to he abandoned, he went
on. after "It hnd thrott'ed the in
i dustrial life of the nation and un
I de- mined the whole economic struc
ture."
srr'CKHH DEPENDS ON EFFORT
J. H. Wltherspoon, chairman
for Lancaster county for the Red
Cross Christmas Roll Call, has
received the followinp telepram:
"Success of Roll Cnll absolutely
denendent imnn i/niir nornnal
V?ALL YOU N
ANCA
LANCASTER, S. C.. FRID.
Dear Reader,
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Letters to Santa Llaus
Heath Springs. S. C., '
Route No. 3. 12-18-18.
Dear Old Santy:
I want you to be sure and visit mo
Xmas. 1 am a little girl, live years
old. and try to be nice and help my >
mama. i i
I want you to please bring me .i
little doll trunk, d II and some fruits |
and candy. I have a little s'stor
seventeen months old . I'ba e bring
her something nice.
Yours for a marty Xm Reba
llailey
lleath Springs, S. C . I i
Route No. 12-1> -1 h. j
Dear Santa Clans: i
1 ant looking for you to come to
scr us Xmas. If it didn't take ah the
powder and shot to kill the tier
mans, I wish you would please bring;1
me some fireworks this year; also 1
some fruits and candv Idonwe i? i
member my Utile brothers. Harrv <
and Wade t
Thiee cheers for Old Santy and '
Uncle Sam. I t
Yours truly. ,
George Halter. I
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Lancaster. S. C..
Dec. 18. li? 18
Dear Santa Ciaus:
I am a little girl, 1? years old. and!'
want you to please bring nie some 1
fruits, nuts, a cocoanut, peanut but-, I
ter, firecrackers, a little comb and
brush, so I will close hoping you
will come Christmas.
As ever. , '
Margaret Neill.
Lancaster. S. C.. Route 5.
Lancaster, S. C..
Deo. 18. 1018.
Dear Santa Clans:
I am a little hoy eight years o'.d,
anrl want you to bring me some -
crackers, fruits, nuts, cocoanut. cap
pistol, so I will close hoping to see'
you Christmas.
With love to you. I remain as ever,!
Vernon Neill.
Lancaster, S C., Route 5.
Heath Springs, S C..
Dec. 11, 1918.
Dear Santa Claus: '
I will write to you now and tell
you what I want Alittle rocking
nKoir an/1 A at.alwK* aWAI. A?/1
of all kinds of fruits and nuts, and;
my brother said he wanted a klttv
ear and some firecrackers and a little
horn and fruit and nuts
Your friend,
Nancy Stover flark.
(Continued on Page 2.)
EED IS A HE/
fVY, DECEMBER 20, 1918You're
Wanted (
PREDICTS A NEW ERA
IN AMERICAN FINANCE I
Kedoral Krservo Hoard Thin!.*
After-War Conditions Will
firing Changes.
Washington, Her. If. A new pi
in American finance, "replete wit'i
row anil momentous problems <1
nandlng no less cons'derat on r1
[hose of war." is predi ted in ill
Iiecembev liulletin of the fi'ilera! i
iprvo board.
Itationing of the financial t
<oiir<i's of ih'' fountry during t:
irnnsMion period. not widely ditto
ntr from that required when ' n
tion was at war; aid to foio'cn g"
mnnients through the medium < ;
he hanks, in addition to that whi<'
may be reunited front the American
rovernment: prevention of infiatior
limitation of industry to "those lin<
'
a hich nitty properly he railed esse
Hal." and methods for absorption t
ivar loans, were some of the sugger
lions made for securing a broa '
eonomieal basis for the future
With the termination of the w
ihe United States, in common witn
he rest of the world, is confront!'1
with problems and needs growin
tut of reronstruetion. hut in tl
tpinion of the board, definite llm"
mist ip sot to the requirements < !
^uhlir financing.
"The 11<|\iid capital of the ronr
fry," the bulletin continues, "mnv
For a long time to come be imwb
mate to meet the demands of t> e
ivorld. and some process of husbanding
or rationing it must therrore
be applied during reconstruction,
just as has been the case durng
the period of the war. The
nethods will not be the same but
vill be c'oseiy analogous to those
>ursued during the war "
Attention is called to the fact that
he federal reserve system is now I"
in "exceptional position for irluenrlng
the distributing and use
if banking credit upon an econom'c
inalsi "
Necessity for the reduction of
nans on war paper Is dealt with at
enRth, and direct absorption of the
government bonds now carried by the __
tanks thromrh extensive popular
wvinR Is suRRested as a means of
reatinR new current wealth.
With the return of banks' obil- It
rations to normal liquidity, and as
mmmercial paper takes the place of
lotes secured bv bonds and cert"*
ates of indebtedness. now maknir
ip a larRe proportion of the federal w
eserve system assets .the bulletin ti
lays, prices will praduallv work towards
a normal and stable basis, i
iRT AND A I
New
SUB
m the Phone
ItKl> CltOSS t'HItlSTMAS KOI.I,
< 'ALL.
Following is the tabulated report
by school districts in I.an
caster county <>f members secured
in the Ited Cross Christmas itoil
( ' fl ! 1 Thiv rotwul vi ill ln? eoerio 1
apain in Tuesday's paper show-in;*,
figures up to close of the cam
ptiju Monday night. and head ;uarteis
niges all chairmen to j
n their report*- promptly:
Women M? ti Total i i
Lancaster :in:i l s 1 is'
I m aster Cot ton M i'ls
K rslnvi I
K i sha >' Cot ton M ills . . . . j j
Ileath Sprtii'.-s . . . i l
I' ol orv ill" II
!' V
Ho'alr i j
Osceola 11
Van Wv.k i!
l-'et guson ;
North Lancaster
Helms i 1
J'H'ksonham j
Zlon
New Rot he)
Tubernnele i
Tradesville j
Cane <'eeelc I
Cnnip Creek
Pixie
Refold
Fnion
O >k It'll
Hell Town
Peuelas
Klein
ltieh 14 II
Fork Hill
Whito HluIf
Tax a haw
Riverside
Jones Cross Roads
Pleasant Hill
Oak Ridge
Caston
P easant Plain
Tank
Pry Creek
Union
Oak hurst
Halle Oold Mine
M i<l iv o v
Flat Creek
Crenshaw
Stonehoro
Bethel
Antloch
Unity
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Itirth.
Morn to Mr. and Mrs E. K Plv>r.
December 15, 1!'18. a son
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Unncaater. S P.. Doc. 20. 1''1S
oar Santa:
I want you to brine me some 11 re orks
ami fruit, nuts, candy and
aln on track.
Yours truly.
Charlie Porter.
)OLLAR
COTTON TODAY
28 3-4 CENTS
SCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
WOULD SINK SHIPS
Timi rnnuriTrinr
i Alien rnuniimifii
?
American Delegates to Peace
Congress Advocate Such
Flan.
IS FAVORED HY OTHERS
England and France Agree
With America Though Some
Small Nations May Want *
Division.
Paris, Hoc 19. ?The American
delegates to tho peace congress have
resolved to advocate the sinking of i
the surrendered enemy warships and
resist any proposition to distribute
them on the basis of naval losses.
This announcement is made by thoso
in close touch with tho American representatives,
who. it is added, feel
that such a position would result iri
avoiding dissension and materially
support President Wilson's declaration
that the war was not based on
aggression or the acquisition of
property.
r-MKiiinu. inrimcn rsir r.ric (ieddes,
first lord of the admiralty, had previously
acquiesced in the American
plan to destroy the captured or surrendered
warships, and. it. is declared,
will continue to support the
United States, although it is expected
that some of the lesser navl powers
will demand that the prizes bo
distributed.
American naval stations will bo
maintained for at least a year at
llrest, Gibraltar and the Azores to
render aid to American merchant
ships. The consent of France, England
and Portugal has already been
secured. The aero and radio stations
at these points will be in readiness
to respond to calls for aid by
American shipping in distress, and
facilities will be afforded for needed
repairs and supplies
Mthouph the plans have not hepji
developed, it is believed in naval cirrles
that fin sliipp'ttir beard desires
the rontintianee ef the mrnniiip of
il bins itl ! e'lb-o s .in d
crews n ti! pr v -to capii il is orpani/ed
to underlain the event task
?! it h *ts:?of mere h lit
\ essels
The ot1 naval e-onblis1 ni.-nts in
Rurope have I ordered abandon"
e i s ro'-hit\ as possilile, and prn
re?s in this dir? t(. n ha? already
been eons'deii' i The 1'nited St. ten
navy had aero stations alone the
Ruropenn road. the to :terial of
which. except at ft; est. Gibraltar and
the Azores, is be-up shipped home.
Naval t'.anspo t r-li"\-ed of carry-*
in:; munitions, will hereafter convey
fnorl supplies.
Itemobilization of tl<o naval personnel
has been ordered tr? proceed
rapidly on the ha-sis of the transfer
to the reserve lists of men and ofli,?f
uihkI character iml physique.
The needs of the pev merchant marine
it is calculated will absorb as
large :< proportion of such reservists
as is desired.
Schedule Changed.
The Lancaster anil Chester Railway
comtmnv anrtotnu-ei rhfin?o .-?r
schedule previously given out as effective
December 22. now schedule
to become effective January 1. as
follows: Train will leave Lancaster
at 7 a in.; arrive Chester 9 a. m.
Returning, leave Chester 11 a. m.j
arrive Lancaster 1 p. in. This schedule
will afford connection at Chester
with Southern train for Columbia
leaving at 9:08 a. tn., and arriving
Columbia 11:05 a. m., making
it possible to go to Columbia
from Lancaster, spend nearly three
hours and return hv Southern leaving
at 1:45 p. ni. and reaching Lancaster
at 6:05 p in. Connection will
also he made at Chester with Seahoard
train for Atlanta leaving at
10:20 a m., and at Port Lawn with
Seaboard train leaving at 9:25 a. m.,
for Great Falls.
% - iw 1
itwiimani, IM'JMl.
The name of Daniel r. llinson. of
Lancaster. H. F I> S, was Riven in
The News of Tuesday as "(Hod of disease
" Ft Ilinson's name should
have annexed under the head
"wounded severely." Letters havo
recently been received by relatives
stating tbat he was wounded on October
12. but is fast recovering.