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i'?hr Hanraatrr iMcuis (SRMI-WKKKLY.) .WATHON BKIJi Editor ( Published Tuesdays and Fridayi j at Lancaster. S. C.. by The Luncastei . News Company, successors t< The Ledger, established 1852; Th< Review, established 1878; The Enter prise, established 18 91, and enterc< as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905 at the paptofllce at Lancaster, S. C. under Act of Congress of March 3 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year. . .' $1.5< Six Months 75' The News is not responsible for th views of Correspondents. 1 Short and rational articles 01 flB topics of general interest will be gladly received. 1 TUESDAY. KKB. IB, 1M7 "Lancaster Leads." All the time It would have been a com para tively'simple matter to conduct s "loak" Investigation almost anywhere in Lancaster last week. A headline tells, "Schoolmarm Kills Lion." We expect the pupils of the school taught by the huntress would prefer to have it reversed. u People who think that the world owes them a living are usually tco lazy to go out and collect the account. We would like for some bright young person to tell us if Fido ate up all the kitten's meat would tincatnip? Superstitious people think that Friday is unlucky and three of the | candidates for Congress are going to be convinced of that fact for the rest ^ of their lives alter next Friday. i ???. . .vutiougn nc is now ju t a plain * American citizenu like the rest of us. Mr. William Jennings Hryan still insists on trying to toll how the government should bo conducted. Whoever has the $39.28 belonging * to us will kindly bring it in at onoe. Government figures estimate this as being the per capita wealth and we need our share right now. o While York's municipal officers were trotting over the State looking at the tire lighting apparatus of other towns, they should have paid a visit to Lancaster and inspected a "shonuf" fire department. We believe Lancaster is a good town and we know that Lancaster has good people. With those two facts in mind, we are going to give Lancaster a newspaper worthy of the town and of the people. We heard a man talking in a hotel lobby several nights ago of the places he had visited and the things he had seen and according to r> lia b!e figures he must be not less ^han 113 years old at present. News items from Sumter in one doV toll /\l' t Vl'A mon inn "??? cide and another states that all jails there are tilled with prisoners. We hardly think that Sumter would appeal to us as a place in which to live. o Since the United States is on th? brink of going to war. young men of Lancaster may learn- with interest that by getting married they can keep from being summoned for a time. We had personally rather try the war. In a Lancaster drug store the other day a young lady asked the handsome clerk tho name of a camera. "Belvedere" he replied. After a moment's hesitation the young lady asked. "Er,?do you recommend the Belva?" Some poor, down-trodden newspaper slaves on daily sheets think they are living, when as a matter of fact they are but exisltlng. They ought to try real life In a real town like Lancaster and see how much fun there is in living. Mosaic' * mm,, ^ . IT 1WSSKS r\l)KHST\M)IN(i. 1 | For years and years every one cm- ' : tiring a public building of any kind c has seen a placard asking people not s^to expectorate on the floor, and we ' thought that the public had reached ithe place where such signs were heeded. Imagine then our surprise " I i when we attended a public gathering ilast week in Lancaster and saw some .eight or ten different men spitting '.all over everything in sight. Some |were chewing tobacco, some looked like they had tuberculosis and some were undergoing an attack of grippe D or whooping-cough or something of ' ... . . . . . . c the kind. The writer had never felt ' the need of a rain coat and an urn- ' p brella more acutely than he did for f . the two hours the meeting: was in 11 > progress. It is actually hard to believe that civilized people In a civilized community would have the in decency to spit promiscuously, not only over the floor but on people as well. We lon't know just what laws i;ov , ern the subject, but we would like to see some action taken bv which a man could be placed in jail .10 days every time be spits on the floor, i! What would the average man think i i; a caller should come to bis home i and expectorate all over the premises? Well, where is the difference as regards a public building? _+ YES, THEY 1VIM,?NOT. We And quite a bit of pleasure in ireading expressions published in various newspapers from German citizens who have located in the United States and are now making their homes here. In discussing the war situation, practically every German and practically all German alliances in the United States declare that the* will ho pon.ii. In II.- ?11 ......... .w nn.-nfi III*" Uil I IU 1 mnis of the United States govern- ? inent. should sueli a call eome. Yes, t 1 hey will?not. We have an Idea ? that about two out of every one liur- < fired Hermans in the country would t stand by the United States and the ? other ninety-eight would either he ] trying their best to get back to Get- ( many or would be plotting mischiei they could do in this country 'or the "Fat herland." We are frank to say that if we were living in Germany and war was declared with the United States, wo would do everything in our p c.v, for the Union and we are pretty well L convinced that the Germans hero s feel the same way. 1 The talk of Germans flghting lor the United States against th ir 0 mother country is all poppy-cock and all sensible people know it. \M? NOW TilR GO\ KKNMKXT. ] Not content with imposing upon the newspapers in every way it possibly can, the United States government is now considering the question ' of advancing the price of postage on newspapers. J Kach week the average newspaper j, receives from the various government departments about two bushels of matter the government wants printed in the paper and without ex- !" reption the line always appears, v "there is no appropriation with which to pay for this." The United States government is run on the tight-wad basis so far as newsnaners are con- ( cerned and the government gives the I newspapers mighty little. t We have forgotten who the Con- . pressman is who has introduced the < hill in Congress to increase the postage rates on newspapers, hut we sin- ' cerely hope that the newspapers of ( his home town and district, wherever ' | that may he. will flay him alive and ( see to it that he never gets back in ( the halls of Congress again. I * \VK ASK \ I.ITTLK \ll?. t i When the next issue of The Lan , (caster News is printed the first prlmary for the selection of a Congress man from this district will be In 'progress and we will be unable to ' give the news of the election to our < ,readers until the following Tuesday, < jbut in order that we may answer enquiries from the public and have l tabulated form ready for Tuesday, we wish to ask some manager at ' every precinct in the county to kind- i ly telephone us In the result at his i *""" " " " " i ! in i i.??, TTTE LANCASTER NEW >ox some time Friday afternoon. It i s probable that the votes will be ounted by 5 o'clock at most boxes ind if the managers will assist us in ompiling the returns, we should be ible to give the public some infornation on the matter by 7 o'clock in he evening. We hope that one manager at each iox will be kind enough to co-operate vith us in this and let us have the eturns at the earliest possible monent. + NOW IS THR TIME. We hear that there is some agita:ion about reviving the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and putting it iack on its feet. The news, if true, <hould be pleasing to the business iien of Lancaster and all others in-j crested In tho advancement of the , own. Hot-air promises and a great toot- . ng of horns will not accomplish anyhing for the town and that is all ioine Chambers of Commerce do, hut , e believe that the local organizaion, if revived and placed in the i lands of competent men, can be a rreat factor in the upbuilding of the own. If such a movement is on foot, we . vant to see it go through and we j vant to see the business men stano >ehind the venture now as they have n the past. With co-operation and issistance from all hands, the Lani aster Chamber of Commerce can do Croat things for the town. A KOKTUXATK MSTIUCT. Those in attendance at the pol'ti- j al meeting hold here Saturday were 1 ill pressed with the fact that the 'ifth Congressional district of South 'arolina is fortunate in having five inch candidates running for the ofice. We firmly believe that any one >t the five men asking the voters of he district for their support, .vill ompare favorably with any iiher listrict's representative. Of cnurs? ve have a preference, just is every it her voter has, but we do not beieve that the Fifth district will have ause to be ashamed of our reproeiitativo, no emitter which of the ive gentlemen is elected. 4> ROYS KKAI> THIS: Don't bo afraid of work. Tho publisher of one of tlie world's neatest newspapers w'as shining oes and selling newspapers when is? than 16 years old. Thomas Edison was a newsboy Ll 16. j The Inventor of the comptometer .as working at a lathe when only 4. Andrew Carnegie was a newsboy. / i John D. Rockefeller was a groj er's clerk when a boy. The president of the Illinois Manufacturers' association was terding cattle at the age of 12 ears. Plan right now for a Job when , chool is out this spring. Don't vorry about the pay?just get a Job.' ONE GREAT DANGER. Probably the liquor laws of South 'arolina at present are ineffective, ut we are much afraid that tho Gjo- ' rial Assembly, by continually chaug- , ng the law, will eventually put Soutn ( arolina back in the "wet" column, j It is our honest opinion that if the' leneral Assembly does enact a j bone-dry" prohibition measure, bat there will be a howl from one ;ud of the State to the other. We way be wrong, but we are sure that :he prohibition election two years tgo was not indicative of the opinion of the voters of the State. The votes cast in that election were cast t Lv the anti-saloon league supporters entirely and those in favor of liquor [lid not visit the polls. We may be wrong, but we believe 4 that the present liquor law, allowing ach citizen one gallon per month, is as near a solution of the problem n is possible. ~'i ill? mm iir i STUEST)AY. FKB. 13. 1917. E$ What Others Say Ha Tluwe Anderson Folk. An Anderson man writes asking to know what an "overt act" Ts, say- ?1 ing he wants to know because if he sees Germany commit one he can teli o> the United States about it.?Spartanburg Journal. T Nothing in a Name. ^ And again. Just to show you there is nothing in a name, the negro George Washington who was killed on the California was a British sub- ^ jeet and born in Alberta, Canuda.? Greenwood Journal. Combustible is llight. Ignorance begets credulity. It ^ means a lack of understanding. The ignorant man cannot even see what is best for himself. There is much u ignorance in South Carolina. There- n fore, there is much credulity. This is one explanation of our combustible politics. it lloth Wrong. As England is using Illegal means jf to carry out her announced intention of starving Germany, some of us cannot condemn Germany for using illegal means In attempting to starve "w England in retaliation. Both are wrong.?Greenville Piedmont. j? Mighty Poor liOgic. An Indiana man shot himself about two weeks ago because his sweetheart refused to marry him. He has ? now recovered and his sweetheart has decided to marry him. Moral: If CJ your sweetheart refuses to marry ^ you. shoot yourself.?Spartanburg Journal. 11 Would Win Votes. d rreacner hays women Are l sing More Liquor." Of course, the suf-'^ fraglsts would beg to differ from the divine who made such a" statement, S1 but if they should refrain from tak- k ing issue, the cause might win a big crowd of advocates from an unox- g pected source. -Columbia State. I. Probably So. It may be possible for this coun-j try and Germany to reach an agree-j ment that will stave oft' actual war M between them, but perhaps just before the time foi such an event, those, two American steamers, the Roches-' ter and Orleans, unarmed and heedless, will enter the barred zone with disastrous results.?Columbia State., V I Some Always Complain. f Telegraphic advices from Cheyenne. Wyo., Tuesday were to the ef-' feet that a snow blockade which had closed the main line of the Union Pa- F ciflc Railroad since January 31 had just been cleared, and that more S than fifty trains, which had been stalled in the snow, were released. And yet some people complain about S the "cold" here fn Darlington!?Darlington News and Press. The Madness of War. T The outrage against civilization Si and international rights of neutral O nations offered by Germany in \\ threatening to sink all vessels with- Is out warning, attempting to enter any O of the ports of the Allies engaged in \N the war against her, is her final fraa- I, tic stand in a hopeless struggle. We T have in this frenzied policy of Ger- A many simply the horrible example of A the madness of war when it is R fought to the last ditch.?Orange- a burg Times and Democrat. A \\ Too Much Evidence. IT Too much evidence is almost as T bad as too little. The public has lost A interest in the * ?eak" inquiry not II only because more Interesting things o have forced the leak out of mind but Ii also because there has been such a F mass of testimony, some of it contra- T dictory and most of it inconsequen- f; tlal, that most people long ago gave a up trying to follow It. Now that the H lady who was supposed to be loaded F with information that would startle g the country has admitted that her In- }] formation was based upon the prat- p tie of a child. 'It will be harder than T ever to get the public to return to A serious consideration of the "leak" M inquiry.?News and Courier. Ii T American Diplomacy. Ii A nation, like an individual, likes II to look back on a clean record. A America can do so in this instance. W Scrupulously, patiently, (his govern- It ment has borne the encroachments of H both sides until it seemed that Amerl- A ca was to be not only long-suffering. I] but all-suffering. At last came the A crisis. (Jermany announced that she F would sink all ships (even Amerl- It ran ships) in certain waters. This. 8 repudiated her former solemn pledge*. T and announced a campaign of ruth- O less savagery. America has sovered A relations, therefore, with (Jermany '* and the prospects for a peaceful so- II lutlon is not encouraging.?Manning A Herald. T ! i. ; * g Our Scrap Basket S Definitions of .Moderns. ^ boarding House?The maximum ! gossip and the minimum of food.j Comedian?The saddest sight upi the modern stage. a Loony Limericks. w here once was a warrior bold, ' fho at bay a battatlion could hold But he shook like a leaf, r-, ('Tis a fact past belief,) fhen his better-half started to ' j scold. 1U1I baffydils. U si Is a symmetrical female figure to C( e desired? Of corset is! ni Why not make a desk tool of the ei egro marathon runner? Is he ot an inky racer? The trees are unlike the girls a* ^ le seaside, for they bare'their limbs ^ l the winter. If a knife and fork should become II vers, where would they spoon? Of all the noisy girls of goon |( >oks, is not the door bell the i orst. Man got- it in the neck when coins increased in price. l/curii a Little Kvery llay. A well trained conscience speaks I tt nly when spoken to. L, A kettle sings because the air es- ]< ipes by fits and starts, thus pro- cl ucing the singing sound. ;v Plants grow more on bright moon-i ^ ght nights because such nights pro-' iw uce more dew. Ilj Animals are covered with fut.'y air and feathers because'these sub-,*' % Lances prevent the heat from th^, ody escaping. It isn't always the quiver in a, p ill's voice that draws a beau. When h >ve once grows cold, it Is unpala-i^ ible when warmed over. I a Tills Week as it is Not in History. t< tonday, Feb. 12. Peter the great 0 founds the Hull Moose party. >; 1840. uesday, Feb. 13.?Cinderella is the 1 first picture play actress, 1 ti 1 0. Wednesday, Feb. 14.?The Vikings invented the musical scale, 4 0. ' hursduy, Feb. 15.?Tom Thumb arranges a match with Jess \V!l-j lard, 184 2. liday. Feb. 10.?Tecumseh oritiiit- j ates a new tatting pattern. 1850.j aturday, Feb. 17.?Sir Walter Ral i* r? elgli buys an x-ray machine for experimental purposes, 16.10. unday, Feb. 18.?Pawnee Bill do- n cides to have his hair cut, 19 20. ? How It lla|?|K>netl. here are at least hort intervals f time .'hen a publisher's life i worth while, nly the other evening fhen we were eking the office 0 go home for the night, subscriber came in nd paid $6 on ri ack subscription T nd two years in advance, nd * fhlle we were fixing p his receipt ^ he telephone rang A nd a business man said e wanted a whole page f space 1 every issue ii rom now until July. hen n little girl ip ave us $10 nd said er pa sent It up and or us to just 1 lve him credit on Is paper. or about two hours J hey kept coming nd we took In lore money 1 those two hours hen we ever took In L i two weeks n efore. jj nd Just when we reached jv lonie the telephone n nng. It was our H anker and he said n . relative of ours c lad died n! nd left us our million dollars. tl t made us feel e o good n hat we Just had to hug c >ur wife, tl nd she said: ti Henry, stop that; L's six o'clock b nd a line to get up." vt } / OY FOUND DEAD IN COTTON SEED ejjro Youth Suffocated When Seed Caved in at Local Mill. . The dead body of Waddell Mackey, negro youth about 18 years of age, as discovered in a pile of cottou ed at the Lancaster Cotton Oil ompany Saturday afternoon about : 30 o'clock. It is presumed that le negro had been in the seed since Dout 11 o'clock Saturday morning. The most natural conclusion is lat the boy lay down and went to eep Saturday morning and that the >tton seed caved in on him. If he lade any attempt to get out, he ridently went In the wrong direction nd was suffocated. The body was brought to his home* i this city and the funeral was held unday. -IRS. MASSEY WAS RTTW.TTP.'n ?ATTTT?T?AV 'ollowing Her Death in Columbia, Body >\ 'as Brought Here for Interment. Mrs. Leila Robinson Massey, who ied in Columbia Thursday afternoon as buried in Lancaster Saturday af?rnoon at 3:30 o'clock. The funeral srvice was conducted by ltev. D. W. [eller of the Lancaster Methodist burch and interment followed in /est Side cemetery. Mrs. Massey was formerly Miss .ella Robinson of Lancaster. She as 3 9 years of age. She had been vin# in Columbia for a number of ears. She was a consecrated Chrisan, a member of Oreen Street iethodist church. She# is survived by her step-father nd her mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. 'lyler of Lancaster, and by the folnving children. Otis Massey, Frank lassey and Bert Massey and Misses .illian, Sallle and Bdna Massey. She Iso is survived by a brother, James Lobinson of Lancaster, and two sis its, Miss Hnttie Robinson of Lanaster and Mrs. Mattie Ilubbard of lorth Carolina. L.OCAL WOMEN TO WAGE CAMPAIGN 'he Lancaster Ladies Have Formed an Enthusiastic Equal Suffrage League. The Lancaster ICqual Suffrage .eague held its initial meeting Monay afternoon at 4 o'clock at tho esidence of Mrs. C. I). Jones, viceresident of the local league. The leeting was a large and enthusiastic ne. Mrs. Springs made a report of the ork done in the Suffrage School hieh was held in Columbia on Feb. -P-10. Delegates from many cities hroughout the State attended the ehool, and took hack to their local sagues the benefit of the forceful peeches made by the instructors, irs. Cotnam, Mrs. Wilson and Miss loughty, representatives of the lational Association. The days selected for all future egular meetings of the Lancaster .eague are the second and fourth hursdays of each month. There ill be a call meeting of the leaguo n Thursday of this week at the reslence of Mrs. C. D. Jones at 4 o'clock. ,11 members, and any desiring to be nrolled as new members, are urged a be present on next Thursday afsrnoon. The officers of the local league are: 'resident, Mrs. Leroy Springs; viceresident, Mrs. It. R. Riddle; secreary, Mrs. C. D. Jones; treasurer, Irs. W. S. Patterson. rrcrapft fiTTWPPTin A MORTAL WOUND i ____________ )u(T Marshall is Charged With Shooting Pel Moses Last Sunday Night. T)uff Marshall, a negro, was rought to Lancaster yesterday lornlng and lodged In the county ail, charged with shooting Pet loses, another negro. The Injured egro is in a critical condition, the hot having taken effect In his abdoten, and it is thought that his hances for recovery are very light. The shooting took place Sunday on he plantation of the Lancaster Merantile Company nnd H. W. Bell, manager of the farm and formerly hlef of police of Lancaster, brought he prisoner to town yesterday and urned hint over to Sheriff Hunter. It is said that the negroes had een drinking shortly before the hooting and It la presumed that rhlskey was the cause of the row. j sJe