The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 02, 1917, Image 4
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WATSON 11KL1 Editor. . ?
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Publishes 1 Tuesdays and Fridays by the 1
at Lancaster, S. by The Lancaster untirinj
News Company, successors to
The Ledger, established 1852; The
Review, established 1S7S: The Enter- arglime
prise, established 18!?1. and entered |a(yos y
I as seconu-ciass manor uci. ?, i?uo
it the postoflloo at Lancaster, S. C.. P,(dtN
*ndor Act ?>f Congress of Mart h ">. a stlbsc
1879. .
in t lie a
I ike
Sl'HSCltll'TION A',Kt
(In Advance.) will Olll
?ne Year *ir,? every S
- " s;x Month>- !!? Hithert
The News is not responsible for the have t?
rl%ws of Correspondents. sufliciei
to save
Short and rational articles on
(topics of general Interest will bo ^ch?l\<
gladly received. vote of
" 1 "decent]
..FR1DAV, M A i*<' 11 i>, 1<>17 to even
U..11
JMlilll III'
Our Idea of caning your broad jv
ner sail
the sweat of your row is issuing m
- lowed ti
l.qual b iff ru-'O < 1 i ion.
| -o . which 1
We are in favoi of "Votes for Wo- again C<
nion" but we hope we will never have South
to print another Kqunl Suffrage T>Ti men illh
tlon for the dear ladies. this ma
!| ? of Soutl
The average woman's idea of ilopopillatl
mestic economy t is to make her.
husband give up smoking. Therefore,
we are glad that we are no,
married.
o "
The new one dollar hills are quite Short
similar in appearance to five dollar a retjUO
tills but our subscribers need feel no section
delicacy on that account about offer- Cllt for
ing us a few of them. l'espons
? spondet
The Spartanburg Herald printed
1110 editorial paragraphs in its paper
Wednesday. Probably the opening not .H'Si
cf the new Cleveland hotel Tuesday out ft li
right was too much for Charlie be unat
Hearon. Wo a
Of course a little tiling like spend- P<liutid
/rg a couple of hundred dollars on i iJ,Z
tlie trip to the liiauguaration would burned
not worry us any but we have such gomcthi
presing duties here at home that we
can't well leave just now. We hone . . ,
painted
Mr. Wilson won't be too badly disappointed.
0 n
o in ever;
As a starter for a slushy stanza either 0
contest we suggest : newsptJ
There was a young lady named Hose
. section
Who wore those short, fashionable
clot lies
Her skirts ivcr* so high
You swi i re could descry
Anything of licr costunve but hose1
Oceasinnallv when we hmr r,f
what some movie actor draws per ,%holo
week in Salary or what some mush ( hambt
cian receives for a two hours' nrr- ftjct ha.'
formance the idea occurs to us th.c rnutual
possibly there are more remun ra- Thos<
tive occupations than editing :? ,
the Bos
semi-weekly newspaper.
0 noon in
Suffragist on foot
Or Suffragette benefiti
We don't know which a
Lllill till
To call them yet I.
inatioii
But what s the use.
We're now hone-dry
Lets call a truce We h
And vote them "aye." real int
0 jterest \
Our Suffrage Number:
The staff that reads ;
Our first offense
Can understand i
We've little sense. .
We I
Of slugs we've cast elusion
Some fifteen galleys The Ar
May looks like June , ,,
J ? ... should 1
And Mary, Alice.
fight G
We've stuck eucti type thousar
And read such copy
^ w ew , . come a
Our brother-love's
Now misanthropy act was
The blank we'.e caught comes t
On this edition.' inveigle
Will skid our soul We beli
Into Perdition. Can't di
TUESI
NOTHING BUT JUSTK
.vith we submit the "Equal Suffrage
"Tews, a majority of the matter in this
Lancaster Equal Suffrage League. T1
rlv in an effort to niako this rrnmher r
sincerely trust that every subscriber a
nts advanced as to why women shouU
lave made out a strong case and the
well that they know what they are
liber does not believe in equal suffra
rgument to interest him.
prohibition, woman suffrage is sweepi
y be a question of time?and a shor
tate in the Union will accord to its woi
0 we have been opposed to woman
lough t that woman's sphere was in
it safeguards could not be thrown aroi
our mothers, wives and sweethearts
1 come to the conclusion that when it
the fair sex will always be cast for j
politics, we cannot conceive of any in;
criticize the fair sex lor exercising
the ones to enforce the laws of the hi
io shall be done. Yes, ladies, we say t
i> vote and we are absolutely sure th
lave obtained in South Carolina in
ime to pass if the right of sulfrage it
) Carolina has always been noted foi
il when the question of yes or no is ]
tter, that same chivalry will again pi
li Carolina will be given every right ir
ion of the State.
! (:o:)
AN "S. O. S." MESSA
lv after the writer assumed charge of
st was made that some friend of the
of the county consider the matter of
this paper. Unfortunately the reque
e and but few of our friends in tl
I.
Lancaster News is striving to be a pa
l Lancaster as a city but of all Lancai
ttle assistance from various sections i
>le to accomplish our end.
re just as much interested in the fact
his barn red and that Sam Jones 1
zie as we are in the fact that a block
down on Main street. We would p
ing about the happening in town but
jnds in the country we will never ki
and that the buzz wagon is bought,
ow sound another appeal and ask som
v section of the county to write us
1 ... A . . 1- 11 Mil.
nice a wei'K or twice a weeK. it win n
per and it will be appreciated by the
from which the letter comes.
(:o:)
PLEASING INFORMAT]
Lancaster News and the business peo
re delighted with the information
ir of Commerce is to be revived. Tnl
> just been made public and therein li<
congratulations between us all.
2 who were in charge of the old body
ird of Governors will hold a meeting
thel namoer ol < ommerce rooms and
at once for effecting a reorganizati
ng the town are already on foot and p
e new body will start off with a rush
to accomplish something of real val
pie of the town.
elieve that it is the duty of every bu
erest in this effort and we are fairly (
vill be taken.
. (:o:)
THIS IS TIME FOR ACT
>elieve that every American citizen ]
frhat the time for action in regard t(
nericans violently opposed to war doi
take a definite step by admitting that
ermany under any circumstances, bu
ids and thousands of Americans belie
nd that America should act. The 1<
furnished by the sinking of the Laco
he disclosure of Germany's damnable
Japan and Mexico into declaring war
eve that the time has come to shov
ctate to the entire world.
)AY, FEB. 27. 1917. FRI1
3E. II ffl \
Edition" of The Lan- C>
In Eui
i issue being compiled court ctr
le ladies have worked ,iho roya
>f the paper a success VYM,I(I pI
sliooter.viU
carefully read the
:1 have the vote. The Tho'loj
y have demonstrated ( 'lariostc
linn, inn
1 A j1 1
anoui. r,ven tnougn tho hiph
ge, he will find much Johns,on
ng the country and it an(^^^
t time at that?until aiu1 went
I people Hi
men the right to vote, healthy
suffrage because we ,mrK Jou
the home, and *that
und the polling places There
from insult, but now Imu'1 *
question
is recognized that the in eontin
jood government and ?r ro,u
, , Green woi
in being base enough
the right to say who
l i i . Well. i
ind and in what man- ? . .
. rtparta nb
hat you should be al- inp to n
lat certain conditions ,lavo s'
must lin1
i the past, can never,piekens >
? given you.
the chivalry of her If ^
presented to them on rare with
evail and the women 1,:,s no,hl
he will b
ow accorded the male i ton in m in
ville Tied
You hi
ton will
Host pint
? ago in ro
The Lancaster News s<" i?1uh <
... bring n
publication in every hmi),
acting as correspondent
met with but little
Some
ie rural sections re- would be
|the pros'
cabinet.
per representative of nm, of th
iter county and with- put him i
of the countv we will and ,lh
.Sentinel.
that John Smith has
las purchased a new who own
of business buildings i?? i.anca
robably hear a little '.""k '!"
journali
without the help of farmors :
low that the barn is vioe an(1
luirs Jou
le friend of the paper
a short news letter . '"
bible, 111
>e appreciated by this world's
people living in the oi,y
Til at tin
' neoessarj
,ins of T
| manifest
(juainterf
[ON. informatl
pie of Lancaster as a T)ie lj(
that the Lancaster now on t
formation to that ef- '"""111,1"
I Wel'O la 111
es sufficient cause for tempt to
for proli;
have live
have announced that very
next Thursday after- Th<* next
that plans will be put ' b" 1
1 ' will rarr;
ion. Some plans for wide pro
resent indications aie
j
and with the detern.- The oc
ue for this town anP yesterdaj
of South
law, w h 1
isiness man to tat e a spent so
confident that this in- !?,?nac''
hihits thi
|liquor, lr.
have so
South Ca
ION. "ro '
;inR to d
' | what are
has reached the con- for ft fin
) Germany has come,
jbtless think that we| The a
we are not willing to a t,me
j root of
t on the other hand, Should n
ve that the crisis has;'an- Pr)
mc exnortorl ''nvort","" af'A
? "' ' heights,
nia and added to that J higher !
scheme for trying to The. "n^
* combined
on the United States, brought
v the Kaiser that he HUre|Jr le
tlon can
| ensues.?
#
r>AY, MAKCII 2, IS
Vhat Others Say | Ib
Misidoiable DllTcrencp.
rope, a man well known
cles would be a member
lty, but in this country
obably be a negro cr
?Columbia State.
* *
Independent Republic.
gislature seems to think tli
>n is a part of South Chi
mil urn an i ii?\v ueeaei1 n
license for that city.
Times.
* *
Vml the End Not Yet.
ti Hell hns gained a poll
If since he left Spartanbu
to Lancaster. And yet soi
iv that city life is just
as country life.?Sparta
rnal.
* * *
The Explanation.
might not have been
ranplinc over the, llqu
if the solnns had not he
ital had humor on accou
mhia's square meals.id
Journal.
*
Splendid Snenestlon.
ivell! Colond Looker of t
urg Journal has this hen
prohibition editorial: "I.oi
nmethlng." Tlio Color
re fallen off the wagon.Sentinel.
fie Certainly Will.
Dial enters the "senator!
the idea that Hen Tillmt
tig left In his ling of trlcl<
n badly fooled. Your t'nr
i is quite versatile.- (!roe
Imont.
* ?
Common Sense,
nve no guarantee that or
living fifteen cents this fa
1 is to plant a large acr
rn and make the cotton tl
rop. Corn is bound
good price. Tugaloo Ti
* ?
We Anticipated it.
newspapers are saving
a good move on the part
ident, in forming his he
to put Colonel Roosevelt
e several positions. Surel
In the cabinet, lock the do
?\v the key away, Pieke
*
A Ix\ Spartantuirg.
derstand that the gentlenv
s that farm on Main strc
ster is goinc to plant it
s year instead of cotton. T
s delighted to know that t
ire beginning to take its a
are diversifying.?Sparta
rnal.
* *
flight Fresli News.
[onston Post says tliat t
p Standard dictionary. T
Almanac and the Tionst
etory make a good libra;
? last three furnish t
' literary assistance in ed
he Post has always he
and that The Post is {
with the first is received
ion. -Columbia Staate.
* * *
Traffic Is Dnometl.
luor traffic is doomed. It
ho run as never before. Cc
i Webb and ltlrhard Hobs
L'bo 1 at when Ihey dared i
Kct conRross to take a sta
ibition, but both of th<
d tr? see cotiKrosa take
Ided stand on the cpiestic
party platform that is \vr
t Democratic or Republics
V a plank advocating natk
hibltfon. Cherokee News.
*
i Molar 1'lexus lllow.
ingress of the United Stal
r "knocked the stuffing" c
Carolina's "quart-a-mont
ch our General Assent 1
much of the people's mon
The Act of congress pi
b importation of any kind
o any of the states wli!
called prohibition laws, a
irollna is one of them. Wt
Rock Hill "blind tigers" >
lo for a living now? A
you "old soaks" going to
nk??Rock Hill Record.
Plant Kvery Acre,
pproaching spring season
when everybody who has
ground fit for cultivnti
take all of the foodstuffs
Ices of all kinds of foodstu
'anelng to unparaliel
and will probably be mil
>efore the end Is reachi
aralleled volume of expo
1 with short production h
about a condition that w
ad to trouble unless prodi
be Increased or other rel
-Cheater Reporter.
117
' I ?
rj | m Our Scrap Basket 1 P
TIHs Is a Joke.
In Borrow?"I've come to the con- Or
of elusion that Jones must have money, carbi
11(> j Keep?"So must I. Will you in- juicy
ap troduce me to him?" {Sque
J fruit
I A Wish for Kvery Bay This Week.
swee
.Monday?That things may run
coni|
,a* I smoothly all dav. .
o- 'bona
Tuesday?That we. may find some , .
lot , , h
_ i mid-winter bargains at tiie stores.
Wednesday- -That flour and sugar The
ma.v soon come down in price j
Thursday?That Washington's spirit Or
n'* may live on. villa
P Friday?That we may learn to hate w'10s
nw . , musl
ns less and love more.
ed 11
n" Saturday? That the magazines and ed ii
newspapers may soon ba able to on r
buy enough paper to tnako them 8C,1?(
, , and
so bigger.
unlv
or Sunday?That we may feel happy fjie (
Rn and uplifted. At
11 * excel
Get a Transfer. the i
"If you are on the gloomy lino. mom
Get .a transfer. liver
cerv
he If you're inclined to fret arul pine,
... an o
d- Get a transfer.
Brov
. o v,o* on un> ir;u-K ni uoudl and gloom torfc
ieI Get on the Sunshine train; ther<'s I'.im
mer
room,
j or o
Get it trnnsrer. tlien
"If you are on the grAucy track. j|(J
aI (let a transfer. man'
u. Just take a happy special hack. An(1
:s. (let a transfer. wj(h
lc- Jifnip'on the train and pull the rope, va8
n That lands you at the station. Hope - (OW,
Oet a transfer. ' a
"If you are on the worry train. OU8
.Get a transfer.
>t- You must not stay there and com- s?(p,
11., P,a,n- whei
e- Get a transfer. tj10
Ho The cheerful cars are passing through forn,
to Ami there is lots of room for you anno
ri- Oet a transfer."
woul
1)11) YOU liVO\V THAT rpr(
Japan has 2.14(1 merchant ships. rpj
it Hoots cost $12 the pair in Harbin. Pnm<
of Manchuria. . t),e f
xt Cuyahoga county, Ohio, has the Q|(j
in hest paved rur;*l district in tlie app|
y; world. an o
or Over half a million people in the fn t|
ns United States own railroad stock. with
There is a telephone for every cong
home and a motor car for every third Vf)U
house in the State of Kansas. ever
an Madison, Wis., has 120 manufac
>et taring concerns whirl) turn out $1.in
200,000 worth of goods) annually. ^
ho The largest living thing is the blue paaH
he bottom whale. It weighs lfift.OOO
(1- pounds and has an eight-inch throat,
n- Made entirely of metal a new vise gc
for wood workers can he placed at j p
any angle at which i* may he de- q,j
sired. uallj
lie That rubber that has lost its elashe
ticity may he rejuvenated by im- ]ftUR
on merging it In a hath of glycerine and
rv. distilled water? sells
he The oldest hand in the country ,|url
it- which is still active is the Armory
en band of Hartford, Conn., wltfch was ?ev,,
in- organized in 1X44. a fa|
as A device to he attached to a plug ^
of tobacco to bite off pieces and
thereby save its user's teeth has been 0?e?,
patented by on Oklahoma inventor. A|
is As one example of municipal ]i?.vt'
>n- thrift, the junk sorting at the Chi- ,jj j,
on cago house of correction has result
it- ed in $inO,ono protit during the last a K1.
ml year. (o ai
on An Oregon power development j?4
I ;i tlln !1t hue n/vrl/l'o ln..?ft?t "V*" 1 -
, ...i ?w.?. r mificni i ll.Jill |jvt,
>n. drive eight chains each 21 inches they
It- wide, transmitting 5,0(10 horse-i <p]
in. power. |one
>n- Cheap imitation of tinfoil is made talnl
in Germany hy coating paper with se|f
a mixture of finely powdered metal I \\and
resin and subjecting It to fric-iso, r,
tea Hon. thin
?ut Railroad companies have ordered than
h" thirty-live thousand freight cars, and
>ly that means busy times for the cai ?0rs
iPy building industry during the year to you
ro- come. OURl
of On account of the scarcity of jj
oh leather and paper In Germany, wood- 0f j
nd cn shoes are again be'ng used, and
i n ihf
at school children h? . ? s'ven up paper js jn
?o- pads and gone back (o Mates. ^
nrt Cottage homes for married teach- TOOS
do era are being provided by the school an(j
authorities of Washington State, p,.rf
with the hope of making the life of jf
the rural teacher more attractive. ;kno<
I? The shipments of Portland cement nttm
n from the mills In the United States aroM
on In 1916 approximated 94.608.00ft ^
barrels, compared with 86.891.6jBl n w
barrels In 1915, an Increase of 8.8 niak
l#*d per cent. as ^
irt* Many business houses, both whole- ter.
l,0- sale and retail. Industrial concerns if
rtfl and railroads, have boxes Into which uorl
,HS their employes can drop suggestions Wer<
111 looking to the betterment of the ser-^hoi
,r* vice. In most cases tho meritorious :mor
suggestions are paid for. The plan; mar
has surprising possibilities. * shot
,v>v
? ? 1
' Here and There i@
( rnpefruit Punch. v
te quart of grape Juic^, a pint of ?
miated water; Juice of one large
' grapefruit and sugar to taste,
oze all tin* j.uice from the grapeand
strain into tlie grape juice,
iten, stirring until the sugar is
jletelv dissolved, add the carted
water and serve with crackle.
Fable of the idling Musician and
tiie Village Prophets.
ice upon a time, in a sleepy little
ge them lived a young man
?e desire was to become a great
cian. While other children playlarbles
and hop-scotch, he stayn-doors
and practiced his lesson
i violin. Ills solo at the hign
ol commencement was anchored
the visiting orator from the State
ersity who made the address at
exercises complemented it highly,
ter the afl'air was over, several
llont opportunities were offered
>udding Knhlick. Old man Simis
offered him a position rts dey
boy for the Sitnmond's gro;
Bill Brown presented him with
ffer of a position as clerk in the
n confectionery. and the direcof
tlio ('.Icn Hollow school told
lh;tl it ho would attend "sumnormal"
lie could have tho lionf
teaching the (Men Hollow chllduring
tho winter term. When
efu ed all these generous olTers,
y dire prophecies were made,
when he boarded a train one day
his beloved violin and a ran*
telescope full of clothes the
ispeople grew very much alarmtid
whispered strange and ominforehodings.
x years later the town woke up
dently to hold a chautauqua, and
1 the program was announced in
Weekly Horn, the face of the
or resident was seen. The paper
mured that Mr. Itlanque, one of
foremost violinists of the day
Id positively play at every con*
ie day for the hero's arrival
'. The hero himself appeared 011
icene. He played his best for his
friends and neighbors, and they
rinded generously. After it was .
ver Old Man Simmonds went up
lie platform and shook hands
the lionie-comer and by way of
ratulirtions said: "You've got so |
kin fiddle real well, but if you
Kit nitMi uiit 117. in yer nngvrs 1
11 wish yo had took that joh 1
ed yo before yew loft home."
ORAL All prophecies come to
-?in the eyes of the prophet.
KliHKItT IIKI?K SAYS.:
ion after a person is "found out"
i put "in."
10 man who wears stripes us- 1
r lias a checkered past.
i longer do we give the horse
11 to the man who talks of dying.
ie price of the stutt the lawyer
is not based on the cost of proIon.
ie woman about whom people
r gossip leels that she has made
lure in soc'rtv.
man who is tender-hearted is
i one who isn't affected by any*
troubles but his own.
i optimist is one who won't bethere
is a core in the apple une
has eaten down to it. |
IV Drettv vnnnir i/ir-1 on ti'lol
eat crime may as well Ret ready
gn a vaudeville contract.
?ople who knock the place they
In would better he satisfied for
are not wanted anywhere else,
tie person w ho laughs at some
else who Iuih the toothache cery
couldn't ha'e ever had It hitnhen
a man tells his wife he is
y about something he is usually
king more of his own feelings
of hers.
hen folks talk about you It is
ip?when you talk about them
are simply telling things that t
it to he told.
arry Thaw has made a travesty
ustice?yet there are few people
care a tinkei'c d?.rn whether he
i jail or out.
'hlle a task Is yet In the future
L people underestimate the time ;
energy that will be necessary in
orming it.
there are people with whom you
w you can't agree, why in the
o of common sense win you sticky
ind where they are? ^ *
Rood thinR would be all right If f
ra?n't ao easily secured as to f
e us believe that we could Jusi )
veil have gotten something bet
some girls never married the
Id would be better off?and if we
b selected to pick out those who
ildn't marry we would pick them
e because of the men they would
ry rather than because of any
t coming of their own. . 1