Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r I ?iip Uaurastcr Niutu (SKMI-WKRKLY.) WATSON BEIiL, Editor. Published Tuesdays and Fridays t* at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancaster - News Company, successors to The Ledger, established 18 52; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905. at the postolllce at Lancaster, S. C., under Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year $1.50 Six Months 75c The News is not responsible for the views of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general interest will Le gladly received. FRIDAY, FEU. 10, 1!M7. The only reason we bate to see summer approaching is that we dread the return of sport shirts. If we were not afraid of being run out of town we might suggest that now is a fine time to "swat the fly." o * A headline says, "Dam Bill Defeated." The liquor people probably think a bill of that nature passed the South Carolina senate. o It will be about twelve months now before we will have another opportunity to discuss bi-ennial sessions of the South Carolina Legislature. o We suppose there must be a great demand for prohibition. A Charlesfnn tret n /I Inrv 1- o I , 1 i ,? ^ ,1 ,1.x tvu ftiumi j u j nan iuuiuicu u u*.*" fendants ou the charge of selling whiskey. o At three o'clock this afternoon Old Man Fd DeCamp of the Qaffney I-edger had NOT offered his services to the government in any war-time capacity. Tonight sees three badly disappointed politicians, and two very exultant ones. Here's hoping that the best man may go to Congress from the Fifth district. o? We are duly thankful that none of our friends or subscribers saw fit to send us a comic valentine Wednesday. (Just when we finished writing this we got three.) o A lady whose surname was Mell Was named Carolina as well. But she was so sweet, That whoever she'd meet, Would address her as Miss Caro Mell. o We spent an hour and a half yes terday trying to remember what the newspapers of the country had to print before the European war started and then gave it up as a bad job. o Those Spartanburg newspapers are hereby notified that they have "got to quit kickin' our dog aroun" " or we will regard their future editodials as constituting an unfriendly act. o We learn that shoes are soon to go to ten and twelve dollars per pair and we want to warn Lancaster people right now that they may expect to see us strolling up street in our sock feet when that time comes. o Another newspaper man wants to know how we are going to get to Beaufort this summer for the Press meeting. It Is our nnderstanding that you go by rail to Charleston and then hire a row boat for the remainder of the trip. o If any admiring subscriber would like to see the editor of this publication attend the inauguration in Washington next month, all he will haVe to do will be to send in enough money for railroad fare, hotel bills, jitney busses, a few clothes and a jL substitute to work for us whilo we BKSTKI) Mil. MANN. We don't make a practice or read ing tlie Congressional Record and w< don't suppose :wy one else does, bu an article appearing in that esteeniec journal last Friday was so interestinj that we are passing part of it on oui readers. Republican leader Mann hates thi South like a rattlesnake and h< seems to particularly cherish j grudge against South Carolina. H< thought he saw an opportunity a fev days ago to vent some of his spleei on this State and the delegatioi from this State and took occasion t< deliver himself of the following: "Mr. Chairman, one of the mos remarkable things I have ever seei or hoard of in connection with sue! matters, under the gentleman') statement, is the list of officers 01 citizens named for a probationary period of two years by the President of the United States. On January 10 last, the President t><.nt in tin nomination of 10 citizens to be second lieutenants in the Marine Corps i for the probationary period of twc years. Among those names 1 lint] I the following: "Louis \V. Whaley, of South Carolina. "John M. Arthur, of South Cam Una. "James F. Jeffords, of South Carolina. "Thomas P. Cheatham, of South Carolina. "William C. James, of South Carolina. "Of course, they make only 5 out cf the 10. It may be that they are more enterprising in seeking these ativertised-for examinations? "Mr. Chairman, on February G the President sent in the names of 22 citizens for the same position ol second lieutenants for a probationary period. Among those names I find the following: "Charles P. Gilchrist, of Soutt Carolina. "Karl I. Buse, of South Carolina "John R. Martin, of South Carolina. "Samuel A. Woods, Jr., of Soutli Carolina. "David H. Owen, of South Caro lina. "James K. Bolton, of South Carelina. "James T. Moore, of South Caro Itnn. "William C. Byrd, of South Caro llna. 0 "George B. Reynolds, of SouM Carolina. "There were altogether 32 name' in the two lists. Thirteen of thos< tome from South Carolina and C I ton Virginia. Three eonie from all o the Northern States. Of course, I an assuming that it is because the citi zcns of South Carolina are eith'-i more enterprising in answering these advertisements or else they ar< more capable in passing the examin ations. "It is such a peculiar circumstance that I think it is perfectly proper t< call attention to it. Of course whei I see the distinguished gentlemat from South Carolina (Mr. Kagsdale row standing in the center aisle jus in front of me, I can understand hov they can pass a better examinatioi than the citizens from any place eis< in this country. " T h ft (rftiil Iftmon 5 a cs a Ir 1 r* or convey to the House the impressioi that if you scatter South Carotin: students all over the country, no oiu else has an even chance to compeb with them; that they can not conn up to them. Mr. Chairman, I admi that South Carolina is a great Stat and that its people are the smarten , in the United States, it not in th whole world. I make that admission and will not require proof from an; cl the gentlemen from South Care lina; and yet It hardly seems quit the proper method of selecting ofTl cers for the Marine Corps or an other uranch of the government sei vice to fix It so that South Carolln and Virginia, between them, got 1 appointments out of 32." Following the, conclusion of M? Mann's tirade, Congressman Rags dale of South Carolina, took the I! j"? and replied to Mr. Mann as follows "Mr. Chairman, the gentlemai <*> in twmAmhmmmmSl miMmw n... / TITK IjA NOASTER NEW from Illinois (Mr. Mann) is so obses sed with the idea that South Caiolina ? is going to get something that e-.-m i in the case of tilling these appoint1 meats, where the men have accepted 5 commissions and have gone to the r front in Santo Domingo, where they are now doing duty as marines, he 9 can not even stop chiding my State 9 for sending these men to the front. , South Carolina may not be as large i I 9 a State as Illinois, but if you will go . to the border, where tho soldiers are j'on duty, you will And that the num. i ber and the service of thoso from j South Carolina will compare veiy favorably with the soldiers from the t State of Illinois. I want to say to i the gentleman respecting the aplpointments, in so far as the Citadel 3 Is concernod, that men from the r (North recognize it as one of the r honor schools of this government, I oi.e of the honor military schools of the country, and when I learned that 1 toese appointments were to be made ' under regulations I wrote to the * commandant of that school and ask' ed him to give me the names of all 1 cf tlie graduates who were permitted to compete for it. I wrote a number of letters, and the commandant wrote I them letters, and it is because of that fact that they came here under the regulations and stood the examination. If, forsooth, there are more men from that small State of South Carolina than from the State of Illinois in this trying hour of our country's need who apply to go to (the front to fight her battles and protect her flag, it seems to me, if I were the gentleman representing that 'State, I would not want to call at-1 tent ion to it. The position they have sought, and to which they have ' fcten appointed, are not sinecures. ' They are not swivel-chair positions, .not places where they can hang I around Washington and wear parade uniforms, but these men have had i to go and serve where neither the gentleman nor myself have ever served, In places of danger, to protect the flag, and they have to go wherever the Marine Corps is ori dered to go. Hut surely, when these jftnung men are willing to devote their lives to their country's needs and go out and give this service, it ill be comes so great a man as the gentleman from Illinois to stand on this door and chide this government for accepting their services, or my little State for offering them, in this hour of the country's need." 1 Mr. Mann: Mr. Chairman, I sometimes have regretted that the " gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. j ? Itagsdale) himself had not been ad mitted to the Marine Corps, so that f he would not be a member of the i House. Mr itagsdale: 1 am quite sure the gentleman would like to lose just a s few more the Democratic side, because he will be badly in need of them before he is Speaker. Mr. Mann: We have got enough. 3 + 51 LAMBASTING LANCASTER. i The Greenwood Journal takes ocI casion to hop on Lancaster and LanII caster people and say some very harsh things because a Christian orf ganization of the city presented a mock marriage a few nights ago. a Probably some of the things the Journal said are correct, but on the whole we do not think that the Jour1 i:a 1 should have published the editorial it did. b The Journal considers that for a e (i Christian people in a Christian com( munity to make a mock of the blessed relationship Is a desecration, , and goes on to wonder if tho ininise ters of the city will' not make a protest against such a thing, y As a matter of fact, the affair was given under the direction of a Ladies c Society of a local church and the pro'reeds went for a worthy purpose. We y fall to see wherein any harm was . done and we do not think it likely ft that any Lancaster people had their morals Irreparably corrupted by being in attendance. , In the last place, we would like to i- enquire why the Journal should ree r fit to attack Lancaster and Lat : ttr people when practically every n town In this part of tho country mim . ^i'df!#"' i ' i 7tt FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1917, (Greenwood probably Included) has had these mock affairs for years and ^years. ? THE TOWN FOR A HOME. We wish the circulation of The Lancaster News extended from one end of South Carolina to the other, so that we might tell the people of all sections a little something about what manner of town we have here. If we could Induce the home-seeker to pay one . visit to Lancaster he would become a permanent citizen from that day on. Lancaster has every advantage of the city with none ot the city's disadvantages. Our public schools will compare favorably with those of any other 'town in South Carolina. . Our municipal and county affairs aie transacted by competent and courteous gentlemen. Our water la second to none in the world. Our climate Is ideal and cannot bo . . rpassed by the most famous winter resorts. Our people are the best people in the world, bar none. We can honestly and truthfully, say to tho man seeking a place to reat children and to live in peace and happiness, "sec Lancaster and search no more." J 1ST A TIMII) SUGCJKSTION. Lancaster people probably know what they want and it is not very probable that they are anxious for a j new-comer to town to tell them of w hat they need but we want to venture a timid suggestion that this county needs a new court house am needs it right away. We seriously | doubt if another county in the State' has such a dilapidated, antiquated, worn-out Hall of Justice us the one we boast of here. It is an outrage for county officials to have to spend their time in such a building nnd we are surprised that some member of the South Carolina bench, when he comes here to hold court, does not flatly refuse to preside in the building. We would not be surprised ana we do not believe that the Jurist could be Justly censured. Occasionally the man Just coming to town can see these things bette*tlian the native citizens, hut w? h?* liove every one will agree with us in the statement that a new building is I i badly needed. Well, if it is needed, let'? get tt. THE PKOPKlt COUHSK. "The "peace at any price" advocates were courteously received when they visited Washington, according to press dispatches. Possibly it was all right to receive them in that way, but our opinion is that they should have been placed in jail for a few weeks or some similar action taken. Nobody in this country wants war and every American wants to see everything possible done in an effort to prevent it, but all of that has already been done and before the peace advocates visited the Capitol Mr. | Wilson had said his final word to the Imperial Oerman government. There could be no receding from that position and the peace propagandists were childish in thinking that they could visit Washington and cause Mr. Wilson to change his mind. Mr. Wilson has not forced the issue with Germany; Germany forced It with the Washington officials and the ultimatum Issued to the Kaiser meets with tho approval of every loyal American citizen. .+ , MONEY WELL SPENT. A stranger coming to town Monday remarked that the best advertisement Lancaster has Is Its beautiful white way and we are Inclined to agree with him. The first thing that any one notices when he steps from the train is the lighting system and jit stays with him. Regardless of how mnny white way systems he may have seen In the past, he looks foriward to seeing Main street illuminated when nightfall comes and he is not. disappointed. We don't know what Lancaster's white way cost but it waa worth every cent of it, regardless of tho Initial cost. - >-rrv:t ran h j Our Scrap Basket @ Thrift Is just another kind of preparedness. * t The world will forgive a man for falling, but not for giving up. Modern Joke?Very Funny. Son?"Pop, what's an egg?" Pop?"I don't know." Anv m:in mnv lia InallAn.1 i? >.1 w ,, VV JMOVIIIV7U 111 U1UWing his own horn, but not in going on a "toot." Just a thought for employes: If you were in business, would you employ yourself? What you say about your neighbors may be nothing, compared to what they think about you. Most men can see where their wife would have made a splendid gang boss, but for the accident of birth. Some women swallow flattery just as a baby swallows buttons?regardless of the trouble that may follow. Any newspaper or magazine will gladly accept your contribution?if 't comes in the form of a subscription. 7 Men are docilo 'animals. Any wife can manage her husband, but when it comes to the hired girl? well, that's different. People who think advertising doesn't pay will wonder why the American Tobacco company has appropriated between #3,000,000 and $3,500,000 for It this year. Statistics show there is in circulation at the present time in the United States $4,024,095,762. almm half of which is in gold. This is enough to give every man, woman and child $3!h28. An exchange, repotting the fall of a farm hand from a hay mow says he fell on his blmticnttsorucem. Too bud, indeed, lie probably never will recover?or if he does, will never look the same. Gee! but we'd hate to be a farmer these days?corn worth only about 11 Oc a bushel, butter too high for ordinary people to eat, and eggs more precious than gold. Thunkful we ure indeed, that we are iu the newspaper business, the most remunerative business in the world! A North Dakota editor has the sympathy of the ent're publishing fraternity. A society woman iu his town was hostess at an exclusive function. The editor wrote a head on the story, "Mrs. So and So's Big Fete," and the printer set it, "Mrs. So and So's ltig Feet." Yulcntuic Day. Of all the Valentines wo know, There's some we hope we'll get? Though promised to us long ago. We're waiting for them yet. They bear a lovely lady's face? A maiden we adore, And though we rarely see her, we But love hei' all the more. ller face is good in any clime; Spend here where'er you will, But while you're spending, recollect That we, too, have a till. I Every month adds another farmer or two to our regular list of Job printing patrons. The time Is gone forever when any old scrap of paper and a cheap envelope was good enough for a farmer to write his letter on. Today he demands regulation size stationery, neatly printed ?and his demands are just as reasonable as those of any business house. Farming is a business?a big business, and farm stationery, while comparatively new, has come to stay. A Poet leu I lU>ci|K'. Here's one of those fool things a reader comes aero a once in a while and can't let loose of until he has solved it. Try lilllng In the blanks with words that rhyme: Willie caught a little f?. ! Mary put it in a d?. Susie said it needed s?. Mary said, "It's not my f?; For, indeed, I never k? What the cook would have to d? To prepare a flsh to e-?. I suppose it's Just Ilk** >n? Than she took the fryli.t p?. | And to cook it they b- -. First they put in lots of 1?, Hoated it, each keeping g? Lest It get so very h? That It would be burned a 1?. Then they dipped the fish in f?, Let It cook a half an h?, ' Turning it when it was b? 80 the upper side was d?. ; Then they put It in a d?, 1 And they all ate of the [ 1 " - mimmi . v r I 0 \ | | What Others Say SI! i Ill-hiding li In Person. I Wo have been waiting In vain for Wutsbn Bell to sdhd us a map that has Lancaster on it.?Spartanburg Journal. Very Probably. It's hard to live with the cost of living going higher and higher, but wouldn't we all die of amazement If ? (the cost of living started to get lower??News and Courier. One Fine Prospect. The man who is elected to congress from the Fifth district for about six I days, will have more than a carload of "literature" and of seeds to distribute.?Columbia Record. Probably 80. When about the year 1975 antiquarians consult the flies of newspapers of 1916 and see such items as that "Miss Lucy Lance has returned from a flying trip to Lancaster" they will infer that already traveling by aeroplane had come to be common in South Carolina.?Columbia State, i I A German Viewpoint. American forces went Into Mexico i to make Huerta salute tho flag. It 1 was not saluted. American forces went into Mexico later to capture Villa. He was not captured. What kind of war will we have with Germany, for there is going to be war | with Germany.?Greonville Piedmont. We Make a llow. D. Watson Bell, one of South Carolina's most competent young newspaper men, is now at the head of The Lancaster News. This means |that the county seat paper will take rank with the foremost seml-weoklies published. We know "Watson;" a man of honor and independence, "unaweil by Influence, unbribed by gain"?a newspaper man In all that the term implies. All success to him and The News.?Kershaw Era. Mr. Scliwnrar Approves. We are glad to welcome the Lancaster News back to our desk, as well as to extend to Watson Hell Its Jpeditor, our best wishes for his success with his new venture. Watson is a good newspaper man, and if the people of Lancaster and county will give him their co-operation, and the owners will not interfere by trying to dictate the policy of tho paper, they will have a good paper at his hands. The following from Ills "Initial Row" sounds Rood to us: I have not come here to help ohe faction light another and I have not been brought here to light any man's battles. While I remain here, The Lancaster News will be fair and Impartial to all parties and treat every man alike. When the time comes , thnt the publication cannot do that, , another man will succeed rne.?Rock Hill Record. " A Mock Mniviugc. "The most brilliant social event of the season will take place at the Mackey opera house Friday evening, February 9th at eight o'clock, when Miss Sarah Matilda Love Divine, daughter of Mr. Hiram Kphraim Do little and of Mrs. Hannah Maria Dolittle, will he led to the altar by a popular young business man of our town, Mr. Abraham Alexander Long. "The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Harold Dingbats. The jpubllc Is cordially invited to attend this wedding. Admission: children J15c; general admission 25 cents; reserved seats 3 5 cents." We clip the above which was carried as an ad from the Lancaster (County Citizen. Under the head of this announcement is a subhead which reads, "Brilliant, Humorous, Social Kvent Friday." Wo are not told whether the proceeds are for the benefit of some church or not. This (Is Immaterial. Just to think that In South Carolina among a Christian people who reverence the Bible and by whom the marriage relation Is held sacred It could he possible to imake a mock of this blessed relationship, and that Innocent children should be used to carry out this Irreverent farce. Why not have a mock religious service of some other kind In order to make money? Wo wonder If the pastors of the churches in Lancaster and the thoughtful Christian people will stand ror this thing without making a vigorous protest. Marriage Is a sacred Institution and It is blasphemous to make a mock of it. We should fear that the wrath of the Lord would be revealed against us If we should be a party to a thing of this kind. God pity the children that are being used to play a part in thj? kind o|^a thing! W> hope that the citizens will take the matter up and say what should !be said on the subject.?Greenwood Journal. . Hj Jk| MMIHpiHMiHjHMMflRBf' ^