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I--"" (5bf Hanruatrr iNru (HEMI-WKKKLY.) WATSON ?KIX Edit Publlshe'1 Tuesdays and Frid at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancas News Company, successors The Ledger, established 1852; 1 unt il I Ilt3. If we can pet forty or fifty s\ strikers .to each lend us fifty cei we want to pro over to Spartanbu ' > ; and eat one meal In that new ho some time soon. 0 Harold Booker advocates edito ally, "An Onion a Day." With i vegetables selling at unheard * prices it would take a wealthy man buy "an onion every day. F II ??~~ If you really believe that Lane ter Leads, or if you would like to <. Lancaster Lead, lend a hand in g ting the Chamber of Commei co ived and on i!s feet again. Probably several envious lit country villages in adjacent count IL will sit up and take notice wl 'Lancaster's sixty thousand dol bostoffice building is completed. The SpartnnbuVfc Journal clai A hf)VA rAPAi VAiI Q nAO?o..e/l f""'" ? V .WVV. U III u I I Will JeCamp saying "wish you w iere." We don't believe a word r. If Ed had written that sente . would have been "wish you \ ere." 1 ??? A majority of the Lancaster m lants say that they would like jo another dollar day held hero, tat Is now necessary is for the m lants to consult among themsel id name the day. We promise ? the rest. o When the Greenwood Journal > Ing the United Press It frequer inted out that the United \ ich superior to the Assocla ess, but the esteemed publicat i now switched to the A. P., all Ich shows that opinions < I I S % Review, established 1878; The Ent prise. established 1891, and ente as second-class matter Oct. 7, 19 fcl the postofflce at Lancaster, S. inder Act of Congress of March 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year |1 Six Months ' . . . The News is not responsible for views oi Correspondents. Short and rational articles topics of general interest will gladly received. TUESDAY MAttCII If) If there ever was a time when should hear the eagle scream it right now. We have figured out that you cai VArv Tirol 1 inrlfrn n in fh:u:irf or his gait to church. 1 ? If we ever take a wife "for bctt or worse" we will know in a (Ivan that she is going to be worse. o Usually a young man pretends know more than he does know a; an old man always knows more th he pretends to know. o Just as a gentle reminder we wou again warn our delinquent subscrl era that March 15 is almost hei After that; no pay, no paper. We note by exchanges that a cc cern is advertising for "a man to cemetery work." That position c be added to the list of jobs we* do: want. Almost all of us born in tl r ) country believe in America first, 1; and all the time, but mighty f hyphenates will subscribe to t? 11" i m i-??.. Tirrc T ? KEEPING COTT( = "Not only should the price of cotton be ?r", it is?but it should stay that way." Sue ays of an article we have before us and we hi ltor ment will be disputed by any man or v to rhe Certainly cotton should be high in price :er-'that South Carolina and her people can recl then we will respond. Arguments as to t 06. c are not hard to find. 3, It is quite generally conceded that th and in addition, this is the second yeai short. There is a visible total supply 01 quarter million bales and of this numbc 60 lion bales have already been marketed. 75c ?- and three-quarter million bales still to tho American mills and exports have been ti Iquire about seven million bales betwee ?n next crop comes in. One can readily se be that will exist late in the present sunn ? comes in. 17 Now suppose we do have war and ex ~ will be off-set by the increased demand is shape of uniforms, the manufacture of si As a matter of fact, it is unthinkable thi policy will stop the exportation of cotto bv it such as it has done in the first few d policy was put into effect, but it will n Britain as a last resort will give armed cr rying necessities, which includes eottor CO goes into the war, this would help the exj convoying and arming of merchant shi] t0 that there is a terrible shortage of cotl ?,] happens there will not be enough to go an the mills are to run full time and are nc stocks to run down to practical exhausth tend that a two months' supply is necess; 1,1 ica and that the stock in the mills will be ib~ were on August 1st (1,63*2,000 bales.) However, the thing that will have a future of cotton is the attitude of the f )n_ crop. On account of the prices that ha do this last fall, many farmers will be temp an ton acreage. This, of course, would be ?'t farmers of the South rush in and plant i 1917, and neglect their corn and hay and will then be for the price of cotton to lu* planting of a large acreage under cotton ( lsI a large crop (the South has failed to ma ' A year on a very large acreage), still a hi 1,11 sentimental effect on the market, and sh< ered next fall, our farmers will get less ]h more for their corn, hay and meat. If t 1(;: will continue their diversification and pit ir.c the crop of 1917 will then be the third sn it will not be unlikely that the price w possibly more. The Southern farmer v own feed and foodstuffs and any surplus >ri;|]i ing high prices. The world needs all of t <>! that can be produced in 1917 and at prit "> farmers. The South will become a land and will at last have come into its own. The Southern farmer ought to realize as.?a to do is to diversify; not increase his cot e: ; ill he will have enough feed and food 10 market his surplus if any, and sell his c ; ield him immense returns. There is no ( farmer if he only gets I Go p. pound for i,.s Western farmer $2.00 a bushel for wh< or. $1.00 it bushel for corn and 15c a pound cotton ci'op; p'ant more corn, peas, pe crops; raise live stock; and at the end < your own $1.00bu hel corn, or 1/Oe ho K(j your cotton for 25c or fh)c a pound. ore We hope this may be of some value t even though it isn't, t here is no harm d nee (:o:) vas , AND WHY NOT LAN ier to We learn with considerable interest A11 Clemson college are now carefully con ,orwhere the Clemson cadet, enrrw <^hnll trr? VCS ^ to ment this year; it has been the custom let the cadets spend two weeks in camp town or city instead of permitting the c tend the State fair. ,tly Why would not Lancaster be an ideal vaB to visit in May? This city possesses eve ted j an encampment and Lancaster would s< of spending the fortnight here had the time :an Let's start on the idea right now and Clemson boys here for the two weeks. ,ANCASTKft NTiWS TUESDAY MAR< ?? 1 i )n up. m What Others : high?much higher than Dey?nd D?ui Along with Watson Be :h is the opening sentence t>ar that Hon Joe Spa ive no idea that the state- because WG haTen't see, from his pen on the be iroman in South Carolina, several days.?Spartanbi and if there is anything *a i do to keep it that way, w,*h ? ?** million < . plant under construction vhy cotton should be high dred thousand dollar b built near Camden In t 'ture a big stimulus to e 1916-1917 crop is short'promised.?Camden Chr m 9 r that the crop has been surely So. f about fifteen and three- always had an ad any girl who can keep sr approximately ten mil- young fellows wondering This will leave about live for the 'avorable sell ought to join the diplo be used and at the rate however, as such talent c , . ., , i . eflclally used.?Orangel aking cotton it should le- and Democrat. n now and the time the * * * Too I>ate Nov ie the enormous shortage Holland, given a chan mer before the new crop <1' nt ^,lson to J?,n in 11 of relations with Germa do so. Her ships are ab i. 1 rr<u- 110w? 11,1(1 8nR 18 Keiung A .ports aie a fleeted. This ()Ver (jie situation, iiu for cotton goods in the severance of relations -have kept the ships hells, and other war uses. down.?Johnston Times. . * it the German submarine One I .one Priva 11 entirely. It may limit There are patriots and , . is said that the governoi ays since this submarine r J is Hooded with oilers of s< ()t stop it because Great State i" Hie case of war. . the large number of pat convoys to steamers car- , ? .. . ... J jto fight for their counl i. If the United States only one private. The jortation of cotton by the Nvant (-(,,11'11?88'"1"8 f'""1 > r 'brigndiei generals.?Ches :>s. It is plainly evident vertiser. 011 and no matter what * around next summer, if Went on iiair.ro We liope those news >t willing to permit their rendered such fulsome pre jn; some authorities con- von Hernstorff. lately tl .. ... . ambassador, now feel fo ary in the nulls ot Amer- ,mi>rt 0erman WM a? (h kept at about what they ly hand-ln-glove with propaganda in Mexico, wt I been divulged, doing hi! great influence on the to get the united states armers towards the next.w,,h Germany, Japan i ... ... .'And President Wilson km ve usually been obtained tline._Rock Hi? Record itort to inrreasp their cnt-1 * a great mistake. If the' ? H'"'" < ' P i>? i Anderson does things ill the cotton they can in necessary delay. She v other crops, the tendency 000 ,n bonds for paveme i_*i i. xi- tb's we8k- und the next < go down, and whilst the bonds and got the mone loes not necessarily mean derson was "prepared;" , , _ a constitutional amendnu ke a large crop this past . . . , 1 her to tax abutting propc irge planting will have a half the expenses. In tl >u!d a !ar?re crop be gath- *125.000 amounts to .-? ** 1 " 000; possibly $250,000. lor their cotton and pay There is nothing like he farmers of the South state of preparedness . Observer, mt only an average crop, will one in succession, and it Can't ite i> ill go to 20c or 23c and "? ? ???? ? ???? "? boville, perhaps a bit lai /ill then have raised his are two business sections could be sold at prevail- ?,,p in the city proper t , . , -j. the mill village. The n he food and forage crops proIty ?vcly nn(l res most favorable to the good business. overflowing with wealth "< ml" vi"? cided to go on a strictlj the first of last Decenili this. The thin*? for him nounccd the fact in the also quoting a few prices ton acreage; and by next <l(j just what a savin stuffs to supply himself, method would mean I otton at a price that will Ml"l* ' .. * Wiseacres said it ca t very much in it for the staid old merchants pred his cotton and pays the "n<1 fhe business el em town watched with inert 3at in the lorm of flour, ^ tjie outcome of "I'lyl i for meat. Curtail your don." piyier didn't tail , , . . he advertised and atten anuts, velvet beans, hay to hl> own bU8lnegBt , r>f the yeitv you will own old credit customers i gs and 8c cattle, and sell hnv,e ?'" "J1** o.ish lie helped by lendi amount equal to their av o Lancaster farmers ana account. This was weekly installments and ',,r paid spot qasla for plies. As stated, Piyier adv did the Job up brown, CASTER? page in each issue of h s lie advertised prices anc people were lnioreaiea n that the authorities at smaller than before his t sidering the question of ,he cash ,,a8iH JU8tlflot 1 icity. for the summer encamp- Has i>iyier proven th; for the last few years to ,,e hua- an(l ha c i. n i- through a half page ad i > in some South Carolina Slne3 Dec ut 1916 u, mtire student body to at-.eluding Feb. 17th, his gated $10,405.33 or an lover $155 per day for 1 place for the young men riess days of that time. 1 ;ry natural advantage for time he has invadod the .. it A . trlct and installed mod 2e to it that every cadet aervice. i of his young life. If a man says "de sun i \t ?. | . ,, may be mistaken but If ace if we can t bring the c,B., h, ? m),u a doubt.?Abbeville Med 6, 1917 Say | la | 1 Our Scrap Baskel >t. Definitions for Moderr 11 we greatly Marriage?Heaven for t irks is sick, year, toleration for the bal n an article life. 11 weevil In Alimony?A series of sy urg Journal, robberies sanctioned by law. lU8, * 191(1 DafTydils. dollar power. Circling around all nig and a hun- caused many a watch to rui ridge to be jf you are fond of rag-tinr he pear fu- what do you think of the v business is hat band. onicle. j No man who has to c wishes for mower ground. I When speaking of live! miration for what is the matter with the a couple of tbe angry cat? and waiting action. She SCRAP BASKET matic corps, Week a8 It Is Not ln j ould be beh- Monday?Xerxes marries Ma aurg Times ford 1914Tuesday?Gounod wrote ' ' the Dog," 1916. f' Wednesday?Charles Dickem ce by Presi- golf> 1789 tie severance Thursday?Charles Dumb se^ iny, did not |cftn bajj game> 1870. out all sunk r i iuu>?mvuueiBBonn visits rery feverish taa c?nal, 1790. t. any way Saturday?John Whittler Joi would not jy's Minstrel, 1840. from going Sunday?Margueiite Clark singing motion pictures, 19 do. 0 Some Knots About Ton* patriots. Tt 'i'he toa(i lives from ten p of Georgia years ahd it can lay over ervice to the sand eggs a year. It has li Hut out of year8 without food, but can riots willing long under water. It neve try there is ,]oad or motionless food, t others all tures and devours wasps, ieutenant to 8nni|g> bugs, grasshoppers, terfleld Ad- weevils, caterpillars, moths. twenty-four hours the to slimes enough food to All it ekc<l. aeh four times. A single t( papers who in three months devour c lise to Count thousand insects. If every he German these would have done one j olisli. That damage, the toad has saved e time real- lars. Evidently the toad is i the German bio friend to the farmer, g lich has Just and fruit grower, and can t 9 level best especially useful in the greet into a row gardeh and berry patch.?Ou ind Mexico. Animals. ew it all the | Please Consider. When you have read throi iredness. issue of the paper just ta without un- enougb to let one fact sink ir oted $125,- active brain. The paper 01 nts one day this j8gue was printed has lay sold the approximately double what it y. Hut An- two years ago. The ink we she nad got way up ln price. The oil tnt snt enabling jjje press revolving is up ii irty for one- The power that moves the mt tat way her i3 sky high. In fact, every lon?t expfmse is up in the clouds ar are "way above them, an being in .1 dollar of expense means j' ,?Newberry a?iount of money riahl out pocket. A great many sub are in arrears on subscript i hi- we need that money in < size of Ah- nUM?t the rapidly increasing ger. There producing this paper. It is in the city thoughtlessness on your r he other in k?ow. but. our own creditors lerchants of recognize that word. It i I seem to do wjth them for an instant. Uc "ours" brother? ?Dispatch, e stores de- la. r cash basis ter, and an- Kcnrn a Kittle Kvery 1>i newspapers, one mile of railway requi i that show- tons of rails, ig the new The night police of Sevill for the con- gpears as of old. Japan is buying 40,000 n't be did." steel in Pennsylvania. | ictcd failure one out of every four Aus lent of the has a bank account, lasine inter- ~ >-" ' cr's fool no- (put, because polished shoei n much, but off the heat, ided strictly Aeroplanes ready for delh "hose of his on saie in a New York store, tvho did not The wood flour used In th< to buy for states every year is valued a ng them art ooo. -erase week- Safety first?Take a fel j repaid in your size, but don't oven the custom- your size. current sup- The Temple of Debt is a maze whoso exit it is hard tc ertiscd. He Don't crowd?.There is p using half room at the top without c local paper, anybody ofT. 1 goods that The way of the transgresi l. Although he hard, but with some r let profits on comes mighty oasy. 1 this pub- it's a good plan to acqul rlence, but on the other hai at It can be men with all the experiencf a proven it world cannot raise the prl In his paper. meal. ) to and in- jn hot weather a man's l< sales aggre- nQf keep pace with the th? average of ter. the 67 busi- it la In the lungs that oi in the mean- becomes red. Beforo it gets uptown tm?- is of a dark purple color, ern deliver;- j Wool 13 inches long was c a Merino sheep that had bi do move" h<. in Australia for four years. in do/n it ur me s.duu persons empi ken without Swiss hotels, only 30,000 lum. ttves of Switzerland. -TTY CATAWBA TRESTLE IS WASHED AWAY. > he first Waters of Stream Too f ance of Much For Temporary Structure on Southern Road. stematic Following the unusually heavy rains of last week, the temporary trestle on the Southern railroad over the Catawba river has partially | ht has waHhed away, as a result of which a down. trafflC tQ an^ from I/ancaster to e music, t krorn-out volnt8 North 18 badly interrupted. The trestle over the Catawba was ] ut grass waflhed away last August and was ! replaced by a temporary structure, J [y tales, w^lch was expected to serve until i tall of the Permanent trestle could be con- j structed. Saturday flood warnings I were issued for the Catawba river and Monday morning It was found that listory. t*le Catawba trestle was slightly out rv Pick- of line. Railroad ofllclals would not ! attempt to operate trains over the "Walkln trestle and schedules were cancelled, [while efforts were made to support j playHithe structure but these were In vain and last night about 21 vents or 210 s Amer- feet ?' the trestle went down the river. Pana- Trains are being operated from Lancaster to Springdell and then ns Hav- hack on regular schedules but no passengers are being brought from invents the other side of the river and mnll 05. and express business is being routed to this point vin Columbia. Is Railroad ofllcials said last night fo forty that a forry will probably he put in a thou- ron*m'8sion at Catpwba within the ved two next few daya hut 'hey could not not live nia'<0 a definite statement to this ef r takes ^c?t nnd would not hazard a guess as It cap- <0 whon regular service over the lino spiders. icou,d ,)e re8t?red. crickets ______ it- inn it mniT hub ai ine present lime between the home whore I was born low of nnrt raised and their homo. I have estimate pnoWn them Intimately all of my life. Hod blessed this happy union with k mystic;hoys and throe girls, and It goes > find. ; without saying that whenever you lenty of meet any 0f them It Is a genuine rowding pleasure. After Mr. Flnley left us an election was held to fill the unexsor may p|re(t term. His friends were my icople it friends, and they favored me to fill this unexpired term, which ends re expo March 4. and I want the memberid som< B^jp Gf this house to feel that I deem . i in the jt a privilege and an honor to fill A ce of a the place of so great a man as our distinguished and lamented David E. teals do piniey.? jrmome ? CLEARING AND COLDER ,r b,oort WEATHER THIH WEEK mere it Washington. March 3.?Clearing nntj colder weather Sunday followut from e(\ j>y several days of fair and modBen lost erately cold weather la forecast for the Southeastern 8tatea during the loyed In week beginning tomorrow. Warmare na? cr weather In probable after Wednesday. ,.?0. |? MR. MeCORKLE MADE ad con BUT ONE ADDRESS. s stomMid will; ~* iver ten Short Term Congressman Paid ten of Tribute to the Late I)a\id >er cent Edward Finley ten dol-j Lancaster county people read with 1 valua-: gre?t interest the only address made ;ardener paui McCorkle in the lower >e made house of Congress during his stay i house, (here of one week. Mr. McCorkle r Dumb was elected as Congressman from the j Fifth district to fill out the unexpired term of the late David B. Fin- . jTt? ! ley and the address made by the lgh this short term representative was a ke .time eulogy to Mr. Finley. ito your! As printed in The Congressional i which Record of Sunday, Mr. McCorkle's cost us address was; cost us "Mr. McCorkle; Mr. Speaker, used la words, fail me when 1 attempt to it keeps speak about my friend Mr. Finley. a price. I am no speech maker and I did not ichinerv know positively until 1 came into the item of chamber this morning that I was gold many ing to say anything. I trust you will d every all bear with me while in my humble ust that way I speak a few words out of the of our fullness of my heart. 1 have known oiuuoin i>ir. nniey since noynooo, you might on, and say. The gentleman from South mler to Carolina, Mr. Byrnes, has told you cost of where he was born. He came to simply York county when he was about four tart, we years old, and when he came to do not Vorkvillo, now ifork, he was a young lon't go man, coming there to cast his lot > we get with ns, and wo were proud to have Ring- him. His experience in politics and also in the house of representatives shows whnt he was. lie was here ?V. nearly 20 years, and that alone res 270 pI0vps his ability and the love the people had for him. lie was loyal, le carry true, and had moral courage, which, :an we all know, everyone admires, tons of After he came to York he won tho hand of Miss Bessie fllst, as we all itralians called and knew her by that name, one of the most delightful young lahe hot- dies. Everyone knows who the s throw p,|?ts are, and when It comes to blood and good breeding South Carolina rery arc no |,f?ttor. I am proud to say that the Gist family and my family s I nited i,aVft t,eon closely associated. There t $300. . . ..? _ .