The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 23, 1917, Image 4
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"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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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the fact that everything in the newspaper business has increased
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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
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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
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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
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that you re in arrears, we urge that you visit us and square up pr
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the account.
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PROHIBITION WINS
in
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The dream long entertained by the prohibition forces of the [u
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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 ' '
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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.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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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