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fill he Caitrastrr Nrtus (SKMI-WKEKLY.) "WATSON HEIX Editor. Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. 0.. by The Lancaster Uews' Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Uleview, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, and entered as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905. tl the postotlice at Lancaster, S. C.. under Act of Congress of March 2. 1870. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year ?1.50 Six Months 75c The News is not responsible for the view's of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general interest will be .-gladly received. FRIDAY. FEB. 23, 1?M7. No matter how good a married \nati may be. lie always has a better Itaif. o-? Yesterday was a legal holiday all right, but who ever heard of a newspaper taking a holiday? o No woman of our acquaintance aver wore such tight clothes that she ) wouldn't jump at conclusions. The price of castor oil is going up "'We hardly think this fact will bo vrery bitterly resented by the childr?- 1 of the country. o The K.iUer- "Mn ...wi r<~?. t. . U1IU \JUll. 11 Uncle Sam takes a hand Wilhelnin anay decide to reverse the order 01 tthat little sentence. Just, what was the vote at Thickety precinct, Cherokee county, in the last Presidential election? Ph ase don't all answer at once. o By the middle of next week Gaffiiey people will probably find out the result of the election held in th* IPifth district Wedm-day. o If George Washington lived in thitday and time he would have a considerable job on hi: h. n ! to main tain his reput :t on f r veracity. Congressman Stevenson may now jproceed to show vis whether or not he a .as in earnest when he told us about '"what he is going to do in Washing rt.cn. o?? What we would like to know is where Ed DeCamp of The Gaffnev Ledger ever got enough money to go *on a trip he is now enjoying to Northtern cities. o <Our city's fair sizzling some. Pet Yellow banners are waving, you bet "'Votes For Women" flaunt Hn.-n And we verily fear Our fair oi^es will get "SuffrageYet." If Herr Von Hooker of The Spartanburg Journal doesn't quit casting alu *s at Lancaster we are going to make public the fact that the Herr .Urst saw light of day in Donalds, S. ?C., wherever that is. Some of our subscribers will do well to read a certain editorial In thl* issue of the paper entitled "The First and Last Call." We mean exactly what we say and we hope our friends will heed it. Kach morning as we glance at the news 'We certainly quake in our shoes, Legislature still sits And we almost have fits For fear they will cut out our booze. JP. S.?Flowers end slow music. Our spy in the Northern style centteru sends us by wireless a report that men's spring trousers are to bo made skin tight. Here's hoping we ?et a chance to see Col. William Banks of The Columbia Itecord ^rhen he dons his new spring duds. I - ; THE LANCASTER NEWS ! | THE FIRST AND LAST CALL 11 Whenever a new management assumes charge of a newspaper, a number of changes are frequently necessary in the mailing list rf of the publication and we find that this is especially true of The 11 Lancaster News. Our mailing list shows that many subscribers if are in arrears, not merely for one year, but in some cases for two; years. Therefore, these remarks are addressed directly to those ;N who have overlooked the matter of paying their subscription to w this paper. |ai , !c' This is the first ;mrf mat r?*ll tin "\Tn*v>Vi 1 ~ .1 ?..u .v. .VOWV v/ll AfAUAVli X KJ UI1|AUU OUUscription will be dropped from the mailing list of this newspaper.) The day when a publication could sell its product on credit or when tl a mailing list could be conducted on the credit principle has long K ago passed; in this day and time a publisher can hardlv issue a u |0: semi-weekly newspaper for the subscription price of one dollar and a half per year, even when the subscription is paid in advance,: and to attempt that system of carrying a subscriber for one year or two years is hardly less than financial suicide. j We do not intend sending every subscriber a notice that his sub- w sa scription is over-due, because we reason that if a subscriber wants the paper, he should be willing to pay for it, and if he does not vi want our publication, then we don't care for him to have it. Those who read the newspapers are already perfectly aware of i !ca the fact that everything in the newspaper business has increased ! P< in cost from twenty-five per cent to two hundred per cent and the j0. end is not yet. Cost of all materials is steadily increasing and The'dn th Lancaster News is one of the very few semi-weeklies in South Carolina whose subscription price is less than two dollars per year. We are not in a position to promise that our rate will not be raised a within the next few weeks. Ljj' We think that this is a fair warning to all those concerned. Our fil lai mailing list will be left as it is until March 15 and on that day the ?n paper going to every unpaid subscriber will be discontinued. This is merely a matter of business with us and the subscriber should in regard it as a business matter with him. Qf Remember the date and if you find by the label on your paper >'p N< that you re in arrears, we urge that you visit us and square up pr (*? the account. (:o:) PROHIBITION WINS in ? if The dream long entertained by the prohibition forces of the [u BU United States is about to be realized, according to the press. For Ki years the prohibitionists have hoped that the National Congress would take some action and that body at Wednesday's session appears to have taken the fatal leap at last. ^ Not only has the National Government taken a long step in the ,i( < l>r prohibition direction, but the South Carolina Legislature has been in ight there with the goods and that body appears to have done ' ' 1 * CO Is sh;ir?> fnr IVio wlvfo J 1 - . .w.w.i i.iuw ciiiii uone 11 very moroughly. Under the National law, South Carolina would indeed be "bonedry" territory. w sa We believe that the people all over the United States have be- hi onie distrusted with so much talk of prohibition and anti-prohibi- J' tion and probably they are ready to give real, honest-to-goodness > prohibition a trial. The public opinion seems to demand it and J'J, therefore the new laws will be well received. Time and time again the prohibition forces have worked out in theory how well a prohibition law will work and now since they are about to realize their ^ fondest dreams, let us all hope that it will be and do everything and more than they have claimed for it. Now is a good chance to tlI give real prohibition a trial and if it won't work the country can ,h do go back to where it now is. Ti (:o:) START THE BALL h ti. We are disappointed that something hasn't been done about re- ^ organizing the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce. Several weeks th op ago we learned that there was a movement on foot looking to the -0 re-establishment of such a body in Lancaster and why some one,"1 hasn't taken the lead before this and actually launched the venture ()( is more than we know. or We believe the trouble with us here is entirely a lack of co-oper-iot ea ation. Our business men are men of ability and our people urn jlf doubtedly have the best interests of their home town at heart. 9t to What we need is to get together a little more and all strive for the (Jn benefit of the whole. jcc The first essential of any organization is to have all forces working together. If we can biing about such a condition in Lan-| caster, this town will be a vastly better town in every respect |"-T within five years. If we believe that "Lancaster Leads" our first duty is to see that an she continues to lead. Let's get the Chamber of Commerce on its R,( ye feet again. KU 2 fg|j. v .11 "iVr, ? .. 2^ - -X* : . ~ \am~4U*. FRIDAY. FEB. 23, 1917. BE What Others Say Hi [ Smooth Traveling. Spartanburg's million-dollar gooU ^ >acls bill seems to have had smooth ^ aveling from the very start.?> reenwood Journal. * * * ? Might As Well. The New York preacher who says artln Luther caused the present! ii uuhm muck. ji nine iunncr id blame It on Adam.?News and h> ourier. J>l ? Unique Achievement. It is not ,every accomplishment st lat is discredited, for, says Max astman, "Journalism is the unique terary achievement of this age."?. M rangeburg Times and Democrat. T 1 .lust the Same. In spite of tliat awful Equal Sufage movement which was going to x lin our homes and masculinize out omen we still seem to have the 1'' me peaceful homes and the same Si ieet mothers and wives.?Greenlie Piedmont. g, . . I We Thank You. Watson Hell is making the L.an-, ster News a bigger and better pam*. The first number under his * idership was a reminder of the oJ| ys when Miss Wylie was editing e paper.?Tugaloo Tribune. gj * * * I Islands Are Loyal. aj( The Philippines have provided for division of twenty-five thousand f0 aops, which can be called out by e President of the United States In je no? of war. This shows our is- Starts are loyal.? Orangeburg Times d Democrat. VVI * * * th Safety First. Appropriation bills in congress arc jn big figures these days. Just think e(| $3X8.00(1.000 for the navy. And t there is no ground for complaint. ? } > country cau safely go to war tin- "j epared and the United States must unt the cost.?Newberry Observer, pi * * dr Wanting Too Much. Our personal opinion is that Wat- Si}. n Ilell wants too much high-class po commodation while attending the auguration. Then, too, we doubt of he enumerated in his list all the wi ins necessary to his well being on ch an "auspicious occasion."- - ji; arshaw Era. co * * * of Hoping For Fuck. The new editor of the Lancaster r ?ws which was recently bought b> va r. Leroy Rpi'ings assumed his du- ju s last week. We hope he will have >tter sueei'ss than his predecasors hti binding the tactions in Lancaster {l(. harmony, rather than strife. Weime, Mr. Hell.?Jeffersonian. ha Letter lias (ione. fa We aro expecting a letter from nu atson Hell almost any day now. lie id he would write us the day he j)e rived in Lancaster. He got there jn teen days ago. If he lived up to be s promise and wrote the day he t there the letter ought to arrive m it later than tomorrow.?Spartan- j rg Journal. pe ? Lesser of Two Evils. aj( "Since the United States is on the (p ink of going to war, young men of incaster may learn with interest at by getting married they can (\e >ep from being summoned for a ^ tie. We had personally rather try 0j e war."?Lancaster News. We n't want to try the war, Mr. Bell.? igaloo Tribune. n, ,_ b> Tlie Exclusion of Liquors. to Were The State eager to please the iparent majority of tho people it ri mm ciamor ror a drastic proliibl- R( in law but If, at the same time, It in sre eager that It a convenience In fli itaining a little whiskey now and 13 en be not interfered with, it would ipose giving to tho executivo a rea- in nnble sum of money to be used in os e enforcement of the law. lo To be sure, one might (and some u< I oppose an appropriation for the av iforcement of prohibition from her and better motives. It is not ,sy to reconcile the opinion that di luor should be excluded from the by ate with another that the State is ve o poor to expend some thousands ot to illars in making Its law exclude.? St dumbia State. ga ce Twenty Years Hence. News item of a few years hence: sn ohn Doe whose appeal for a new wi lal on being convicted of having ph ken a drink of whiskey was denied, pr d who twice was refused executive 18 mcncy, went to the electric chair co sterday without confessing his at: lit."?Columbia State. 66 I b Our Scrap Basket ? P Slushy Stain/.us. "here was a young lady named Annie. . ufe jS Hiose voice was both high and tin- j ^ pauy. When she'd sing at a party Still it iEach boy would depart, he ! Who declared that her tones were uncanny!' A clt country Tlitv Is ? .luko i city, w "I really believe you married me ecauBe I have money," wailed thejur*)an 1 eiress who was as stingy as she was been hi lain. days. "No, you're wrong," replied her count,.y usband with candor, "I married you _ , . t . , . , . then tr acause I thought you d let me have, ime of it occasionally." danced Tho , Wish For Kvery l>i?y This Week, gtmped londay?That the European armies |8ome o1 may go home soon. 'life* uesday?That the big church re-: vlvals may do some good. ! times h Wednesday?That Uncle Sam may out to continue to prosper. tj,e bac hursday?That we may think well , . , afterno< before we make an angry retort. riday?That we may keep sunshine <>(1 up '' in our hearts. til inori iturday?Thut God may smile up- A stt on Belgium. listeninj inday?That tho roor may get .. .. ... , . . . . . tho cor through the winter comfortably. said: ' Did You Know That that tin New Zealand has 333,233 acres of cornfieh ^ea*' down. The United States has 66,000 post-! ? and pii llces. K New York details 25 firemen to ve fire drills in public schools. ifived, ai Nearly 80 per cent of Germany's was tin cohol is made from potatoes. The Roumanian army is famous' The r its number of sharpshooters. ! A thin paste of wood ashes and1 mon Juice will renew tarnishedj80are(l ' ass. j used by i>iaaagascar nas a cavairy ot oxen ana its tiieh is said to be the only one in pound. ? world. |_an at A buttonless overcoat of English better i vention for nutomobilists is fasten- j , by a single belt. advance Mexico lias two official names, The i 'studos 1'nidos Mexicans" and are nia(i tepubllca Mexlcano." ! S0St gij A new attachment made to fire Tjiey ha ugs transforms them into sanitary renf jn inking fountains. Llnot There are l,8Gt> building and loan type is soclations in Pennsylvania with a*-?plates o ts amounting to $276.393,310.9!? newspai The greater part of 4,000,000 tons to six < herring caught yearly In Japanese prjce is liters is used to fertilize rice fields.! Sundi Within the handle of a new for tjie mping rope for children Is a re stereoty rding device to count the number \ aste f< turns made. hands ( Several houses in Spanish towns hundrec e built of meerschaum, a coarse p?.r cent rioty of which is mined in th?* jj j,a tighborliood. tlio life lllchard Cornelius, of Harrods dispute irg, Kv.. tlioiigh only years ot increase ;e. is tlie fattier of 17 children, 1'J per and >.vs and five girls. ruslon c For outdoor sports a St. l.oitls man is invented a program that can lie stened to a person's hat to form 'pj10 | i eyeshade. - j 11*5 i.Mireci For warming the hands there has Almo en Invented an asbestos pad with- nionies Which is a wick to be soaked in are pre nzine and lighted. Levo I Electric smelting at Welsh tin aVowals ines causes a loss of inetal of tut ?raging per cent as compared with 9 or 10 the pag r cent by older methods. ancholy Chile will send an official commla- man wl] >11 to the United States to make a flay nn(] orough study of agriculture and in- i_?tter I istrial hydraulics. meanon Sweden iB having its alum shale rje<j for iposits Investigated by experts, in genfj an ,e hope of obtaining illuminating Wnh a I, sulphur and other products. furnace, A castor oil factory has opened in The trmen, Columbia, and its flist sbip- femporr ent of 10,000 pounds was bought were (j, ' an American drug house. India prohibit rmerly supplied this medicine. epistles Roumanian infantrymen are un- conjure valved in (he Balkans, and the w]Voa f, Dumanian cavalry is as good as any on^ jhel i Europe. The Roumanian is a r(.a(j)nK te horseman and the cavalry spirjt non?11 s)i born in him. causes ( The domestic output of quicksilver (,or whj 1916. according to Drelimlnarv . ' icr all tlmates of the United States Geo mftn pr glcal Survey was 28.94 2 flasks. val- allowlnj id at the estimated San Francisco money , 'erage price of $125.90 a flask or ^ wouj( t, 643,800. treated The new year estimate or the pro- an(| rpg iction of zinc in 1916, Just Issued |>ntnftiI ' the United States Geological Sur-| Thfl iy shows the recoverable zinc con-|fo nn(jR1 nt of ore mined in the United ftn oppo ates in 1916 as 708,000 tons. ?|ture.B , tin of over 120,000 tons, or 20 per wh,ch , nt as compared with 1915. ifrom eti Goal production records were wag^gr lashed in 1916, when the output tan ?ho is around 597,500,000 tons, com- Thoungr ired with 570.000,000 tons, the Love evlous high record established in that It 113, The quantity of bituminous who gh, al mined was 509.000,000 tons.| ; , increase Compared with 1915 of iwell In :,600,000 tons, or 15 per cent. only kit i ? i ? mmmmtfrnrn I \ Here and There HI Sim* Tliltiff. J real anil life is earnest is full of enterprise, has a few back numbers . I UI uac IU ttUVOI UBtJ, :y man recently visltecl his cousin. The man from the Ishing to explain the joys of ifo. said: "We certainly have iving the fun the last fewThursday we? autoed to the club and golfed until dark, olleyed hack to town and until morning." country cousin was not to be in the least and began telling t the pleasures of the simple 'We have had pretty good ore, too. One day wo buggiod Uncle Ned's and went out to k lot where we basballed all jn. In the evening wo sneaknto the attic and pokered unning." lrdy old farmer, who was g, not to be outdone, took up iversatlon at this point and 'I was having some fun about te myself. I muled out to the I and geeliawed until sunThen I suppered until dark >ed until nine o'clock, after t bedsteadod until the clock rid then I breakfasted until it ic to go muling again." Printer lias His Ti-oubles. like everything else, has n price owing to the war. Ink newspapers is of low grade normal price is five cents a \T?W (4 ? - - ii sens mr etgnt cents Ivance of sixty per cent. Th? ?rndes of printers' ink have d proportionately. oilers of the printing presses le of a combination of molasrrerine and other materials, ive advanced one hundred per price. ype metal, out of which the cast and also from which the ire made for the printing of lers, formerly cost from five ents per pound. Today the from ton to twelve cents, rles, such as cleaning fluid washing of type, brushes for pers' use tnd even the cotton ii the pressmen to wipe their >n have advanced from one 1 to two hundred and fifty s been said that "printing is -blood of trade." We won't this statement, but add these s to the soaring price of pathere will have to be a transit blood. The hove letter. Love Letter is a habit which I by marriage. st all of the marriage cereperpetrated in this country ceded by the twelve page -otter, containing passionate of undying esteem and avfourteen mispelled words to e. It is a peculiar and melfact that before marriage a 1 find time to sit donwn every I prepare a long, wordy Love full of grammatical misdei, but after he has been martwo years he is too busy to ything but a picture postcard request to shake down the Love Letter Is Intended for iry use only, and if justice one a law would be passed ing wives from retaining which do no good except to up sad memories. Some uko great delight in hauling r husbands' Love Letters and them out loud. This Is a and inhuman practice which the average husband to wonr women u-or<? t><"^~* .. w.. IIITCUICU. /A L that man has (lono for wts ovidlng her with a home and < her to spend part of tho iho earns over the rub-hoard, d seem that he should bo with greater consideration pert instead of being made a Joko before his own children, turpose of the Love Letter Is fy the recipient that she has rtunlty to marry one of Na1 obi em en. The Love Letter loes not promise everything ernal happiness to an electrie is as much out of place as os at a church wedding, ids of women have taken tho sttor at its word, only to And failed to say anything about >uld pay the grocery bills. Love letter which reads as old age as in youth is the id worth having. ifflfts '