The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 06, 1917, Image 4
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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
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fcl the postofflce at Lancaster, S.
inder Act of Congress of March
1879.
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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. . . ..? _ .