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(Elic Canrastrr Krtus T (SKMI-WKFKI-y.) WATSON BEU Editor. jn enl Publishe1 Tuesdays and Friday ai Lancaster, S. C.. by The Lancast r News Company, successors to nici The Ledger, established 1852; The jfj Review, established 1878; The Enter- , I . . 1 prise, established 18'J 1, and entered ^ as second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905 It the po-toffi "<> at 1/iii' i Vr, S. C.. "n' . andcr A t ??f C : : -- of Ma eh !. Jul ! 1879. 1 i ' - , all SI USCKIl'TlOX I* KICK: voj (In Advance.) f.(i< One Year f 1.50 , bei (Six Months. 5c The News is not responsible for th? ,,r)( views of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on ^ topics of general interest will be the gladly received. . " ho] FRIDAY, MARCH 0. 1017. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. + NOTICE TO AIiVEKTISEIps! * * + _ + We beg to nt" m i ). >?e u-- + 4* Ir.tr adverti- n- p n Th?- + + Lancaster Nov. s that no adver- + : 4? tising copy will be accepted + me + after Monday at noon and Thui s- pre fr day at noon of each week. This i , ! is Imperative on our part and I* will be strictlv adhered to. { 1 ++ +++ +++ +++++ 0 var We would have given a plugged cqu nickel to see Jim Hamel of The j.^a Kershaw Era trying to dodge the au- ^ ^ tomobiles and Fords while attending the inauguaration in Washington. ? ant The time now approaches when if are the town boasted of an "Uncle's" (ja^ shop, we could open negotiations for j laying away the overcoat and petting back the white trousers. Alack! Alas! 1 o We sincerely hope that the mer cnants 01 me cny aie not going i< let the "dollar day" idea go by the board. We believe that it would be a success in Lancaster and that the ( entire town would profit from the at- me tempt. Qf o We invite you to nur town because we know you will be delighted with ca? its people, delightt-d with its laws, del delighted with Its school privileges, and delighted with the moral element U 1 hat exists and is largely sustained i by fhe people. o Pa It isn't always safe to Judge a man Th ^v his name. An acquaintance of o us h it i tamed Crook is telegraph editor ol COl The Spartanburg Herald and except ^ , jot' being entirely bereft of morals nd character, he is a pretty decent ort of fello-v. o COl An automobile show is being held p.. I a near-by city and the editor 01 |)()! he Lancaster News has reoeiv d a >rdial Invitation to attend, bu* iving no automobile and no pros- i'.1 icts of ever having one, we haven't th< cidod to attend the event. bri o se( When a town has to hold six or ,re? committee meetings to decide icther or not to attempt some at- in* n for the benefit of the commun- tin , the people usually wake up to cai 1 that some more progressive city c0] i already successfully carried out Idea plnnned. gru o Ve are not professional boosters un Lancaster an/1 therefore our latit ge may not he as finished and our j? *. intents as brilliant as those from I e other towns, but for a really -? *ty welcome and genuine couri come to Lancaster and see what fk i i 1 get. : tic o? Oil emson college boys say that An-jthi >n gave them a fine time a year ap '/i arhen the encampment was held or ? | ' at city but the Clemson fellows lif< never really seen any entertain- an T .? A I ? 1? T I 4*3 L lllOlll UUIUC IW imii' uniri 't-lil fortnight this summer and thelwa town will undertake to show me what real entertainment Is. | pel ? ?t ^ .V >( t?. # *? A TITF Ti SOUTH CAROLINA IS rhpre i<< no on#?stion of votincr on n hon T" v .-0 w.. v--' Lancaster county before the people of tl : and therefore we are probably inter lich we have no concern when we menti< itter of fact, we hope that every one of this State shortly to vote on the questl ids will approve the same and will authc build roads. All parts of South Carolini ,1 that very rapidly, that if South Caroli ioining State.- , she must have pood road! \\\ note with con iderable interest and of the counties in this immediate secti lc on the bond issue for roads or that th i same. It is with especial interest that ng waged in Chester and Cherokee coui Both the counties mentioned have then 1 both the counties will find considerabl -taking but we are confident that there le-awake and up-to-the-minute citizens re are "has-beens" and we have no hesit h Cherokee and Chester will wage sue >ing. anyway. (:o:) WE MUST HAVE T] fhe fact that we have had little to say ii s paper relative to a new court house bi ans indicate that we have lost interest ir ferred not to annoy and harass the peo same subject over and over again unti ling to take the idea under serious cons "here can not be one single plausible anc iced for Lancaster county having such ; rt house as we now have; on the othe sons could be furnished why a suitable t supplied. Ye learn that the Lancaster county ja I the Lancaster county court house in 1 correct surely the buildings have done e .el's get a movement under way right n< lse and a new jail built in Lancaster. idea will meet with any serious opposit (:o:> JUST A REMIND] ")f course people grow tired of having red on day in and day out, but we are afr our friends are going to be disappointec lies to their homes on March seventeent ;ter News addressed to them. We ha> :ail that we cannot continue sending 1 ibers now in arrears and we hope that t easonable view of what we have had* tc Wo merely want to say again, by way c per is worth having it is worth the sr erefore, if you care for the publication i fore the date set and therefore save thi ivenience and annoyance. . (:o:) JUSTICE DELAYED IS Elsewhere in this issue of The Laneasi nmunication, "Justice Delayed is Justi< iticular local significance the article ma> ssibly none attaches to it, but reg irdlesj are heartilv willing to endor^p whnt m v\ YVe are familiar enough with court jre are frequently occasions when it is ing on a cause for a hearing, but on tt m enough scheming on the part of attori .en justice is denied because justice was r to take any part from a local standpc e grand juries and the jurists of South ( refill in the matter of permitting cases ( ritinued from term to term. The hone: itter what offense, is anxious to have 1 ilty man naturally would choose to hav< til the last possible minute. (;o:) BETTER DAYS ARE ] There is no more striking example to I ire prosperous times are here than is fi ?ns Wanted" columns of the daily press, e year ago practically every daily news e country was printing each day from peals for positions; these appeals were two classes of workmen, but came fror 3. Hundreds of skilled workmen wer d could not find jobs, but today the situ t. The "want" columns carry applicati nting positions and a majority of thos nts so that it is easily seen that a positi ative. A VF A ST FT? NEWS FRIDAY, M __ 5 AWAKE. I m WhatC Id issue for good roads It mu,tA"JU"j. his county just at pres- the kaiser sand ferinsr in affairs with nf 'ha' ,v td when the "I an the matter, but as a the half-dozen counties on of issuing bonds for He,P , rom A. - , , In other word >nze the issue of bonds feels that n fcl it are coming to realize, licked is perfecti na is to keep pace with '."B on ei Greenwood Jouri 3. , no little pleasure that Xml ()tlM ion are either about to if Hob La i-\ j th;'.t he wouldn't ev arc now considering ^ " liver that speech we note the campaign have filibustered. anything in ord . ? talk.?News and * share of old fogies ^ e opposition to the un- cause * ai*e more progressive, it's a ^reat thi i 11 ?,. ,, time of the vear. in both counties than , _ and Democrat. ancy in predicting that time of the year rcessful fights. Here's ,'of's not tHiTik it alive. ?Greenvilh * 1 jikps 1 We have often IT-pM "* ' Washington nJLlYi. hotel man and n there is a wlzn make people pav i the la t few issues of f.ntJrp wpek in o;.( lilding does not by any ( olumbin i the topic. Rather, we * One <J?n pie of the county with We don't wan 1 they were ready and vo wrro th0 ten ? 10,000 blllf iideration. face In Pittsbur 1 reasonable excuse ad- rpa,son why it wj _ , not in Pittsburg in excuse for a county LedK<?r r hand dozens of good * eniple of justice should Ctmiim Hun f'ottontot weevil will get ; il was erected in 1823 way to escape is t 825 and if these dates "en"! thing for humnni nough service for their raising something to eat.?Gaffnev ow to have a new court (iOTIC I We do not believe that There are sai< ion from any source. Buffalo nickels it mistaken. We k wad In this tow ___________ ten of them ant! said to ha/e retii ?Spartanburg J the same subject ham- .... >la\V<* 80 \\ hen alls sa aid that quite a number election, because 1 when the mail carrier xvna a P"'???ient war." It looks h and they find no Lan- second tPrin ho v re already explained in w,n more fani? put us in war.?t his newspaper to sub- . he subscribers will take A Hisk ) say. A nirkol in 1 p 'i fifty cents owed ,r reminder, that if the Tlm(i> nm, im of $1.50 per year. Tiiat depends. my longer, please remit half-dollar I o \ l?asi^ as long os s oflice considerable in- a8 ,onR a8 we r more. Newberrj DENIED. we|, Ler News we present a nn(1 8hout Awhile :e Denied." Just what <<> burn, the vi . , . , turn." The con have, we do not know; V(>I1<?rab|? ,von)i> * of the local viewpoint, edits the I-anoai ir correspondent has to lished a special of suffrage for 1 procedure to know that he favors the pre out of the question to Itocord. le other hand, we have . A l?'K tieys to convince us that Thfi Southorn delayed. Without car- nounce that a co )int, we do believe that made fnr lho 1 hydro-plant on t Carolina should be more K COf,t 0f $6,000 )f real importance to be to more than the . .. . , _ of the county ho' it man, indicted for no The (,ev<,?lpmfn lis cause heard and the making should 1 e his hearing postponed ,)00n1, Th,*y a" to a largo force turn loose imme - ?-Wateree Mess* i _________ ? SERE, * Funny I What a funny be had of the fact that lf,ns ls ,hn* rar' .... tor much thougl urnished by the "Situa- ?on fhoy pagg< We well remember that mary bill. Then paper in this section of bill to which s< one to two columns of an(I ,h?' not confined to any one i.'.? mP' repoal . 1 Whereupon our n men in every walk of ? e without employment about and pass a ation is radically differ- puts the primary ons from but few men bookH- They ar e word their advertise- "J1' ,A. .. . , , then to think Nc on with them is not im-;p08ftd to 5e Herald. ' I ARCH 9, 1917. Ithers Say &d 0 Our Scrap Basket Humiliating. A Friend. fully humiliating to Wanted?A friend who will his sealords to re- nize me when compelled t k"o women were kill- patched pants; who will t; .aconia" was torpe- hand when I am sliding dov Record. instead of giving me a kick * ten my descent, who will len Any Source. dollar without two dollars st s. Ilerr Zimmerman wno w?" conu> to ni(' w"e low who is getting slck: who wI11 P"11 0,r his coa y justifiable in call- odd9 are two to one: who w in sight for help. me beh'nd my back as he ml. ray face. Such a being is wn , ? . ten thousand humftn beings tl cut the world. m - As Well. rllette had foreseen i be allowed to de- Origin of "Printer's Devi . maybe he wouldn't 111 ?*r,v (,a>'8 Prin';n- was Hob will do almost ,ho "bJa^k art." and printer er to hear himself supposed to be in league w Courier. tan- ^ut R was in th? time o , # Manutius, in Venice, that took a serious turn. This v or Wonder. famous printer who first pi: ' K lo 1)0 al'\? at the Greek and Roman classi< Orangeburg Times took ,nto h]8 employ a ne^ Wonder just what uko was homeless on the sti the T. and I), editor Venice. The people suppo .1 great thing to be l)0y wap an jmp nf satan nnfj Piedmont. ln (he printing. Mobs c* * * about to wreck the building w a Wizard. boy was brought forward and heard that Willard Red, and it was shown that was a wizard of a fi?sh and blf>od; but, he w ow Ive know that called "the printer's devil, rd there. Me can every boy in b's position eve for a room for an has been so called. lev to sleep in it on" Record.* , , ? Lemon CIiotso. Three fresh lemons, with rwl Itriison. . . , , . . rinds; one pound of rouch 1 t any one to think . . . , , gar: quarter pound of fresh . who was flashing , , , sir fresh egcs i in a bar tender's ,, , ? , .. Rub all the oil from the r g last week. One ... ... ' . tlie lemons ith tin sugar. ti isn't us is we were ... , .. the lemons and pour th" jun last week.?GalTney .. ... ,. . ... the sugar. Add the butter pieces. Heat the eg?s s * * yolks and whites together a ?ii Sense. <0 fi,p mixture. Stir all toge , run. else the boll a thin crock, sot in another iron. And the best 0f ontllng water and cook a 0 inaugurate a com- a quarter. At flr.-u st m of raising some- . iUntly unl'l '? but'.er .111 1 tv to eat instead of are melted and to prevent tl ; for the hnll weevil f-(om curdling. It can then Ledger. nn<l stirred every few minute done. This is excellent for ta Kov Good. calces, but most delicious c il to he 19,000.000 l.uttered bread. 1 circulation. He is now a certain tight- Rpa,n an(, Vor[ugti] topeth n who has eight or (,ucp ppr ppnf of #he wor,d I they may now be A? the gteam ra?way8 , ed from circulation. ZoaIand aro ownP(, am, open Journal. (he KOVernment. Wrists watches with unbr ; May lie Not. glass crystals are now being m 10 Wilson ?'nn re- n ? ? i.ur<?|H*uii suiuiers. In his first term lie What its inventor says is who "kept us out of breakable telephone receiver probable that in his steel skeleton within its liai rill have a chance to i,er body. as a president who Klectrical railways of the Ireenvllle Piedmont. States represent a valuation ol 00ft.000. v Venture There are about 10,000 iand is better than t,urks ?nd wagons in service you.?Orangeburg United States, operating in V. icrat of 1rad<>We'd like to buy Kvpn cold borage is a s from you on that whon {t ronlf*s to keeping an our nickels last, anil niontould beg or borrow No to ,r>' ,n ?llosa a w r Observer. n"e* T:,ke for granted that somewhat older than she thil * looks, and let it go at that, mid Sliout. Chicago university will ad the suffragist exult tary roito its curriculun ? the lamp holds on' Marion (O.) has a woman lest sinner may le- v.^n conducts a 2,000-acie far ifirmed celibate and jjJO telephone system of Ja n-hater that now presents an investment of $! *ter News lias pub- 000. edition in advocacy x smile is a sunshine pri women. Yea, more, \ frown hatches ehickens of iposition.?Columbia Any man who can catch a Ihe dark can hoe his own poiitiea. ; Investment. Telephone poles of glass Power Comnsnv ?n. over a heavy wire net nr ntract has Just been niadp ,n Europe. These po Hiildlng of a great re1y broken. will neither he Wateree riyrr, at rnst- nnd arft Impregnable .000. This amounts p^'8entire taxable values Gentlemen burglnrs think tb real and personal. fo hreak Into society .. . , Love may not be a disease its this company Is , , ; ... . Is frequently of a rash natur nit this county on a ? * . . , . Perhaps no man apprei 5 giving employment , ... , ... legacy more than a man s of hands and will , . legs, nse sums of money. Tint no woman can wear a anger. ing gown without a show of ] { (Rvery time a man meets 1 .ittie Hunch. down town he wonder* whi ' little bunch of So- going to cost him. leel legislature. Af- Men who know it all are ht and. more discus- panlons for women who ki id a state-wide prl- most nothing, they passed another Don't get the Idea undei y irtie one attached a t'lat others think as much of said "Joker," true tt you think of yourself, ed the primary law. To a good woman a lovei Tarheel friends. In ousy Is a homage, but to a go othlng, rush madly a husband's jealousy Is an ii Jokerless bill which Motor traffic has Increased statute back on the cent and horse traffic has Ir e a gay and festive f, per cent In Massachusetts oigh legislators. And the last six years. >rth Carolina is sup- A subscriber writes asklni "dry."?Spartanburg color suggestion for a leap ye How would lemon do? M IIP | Here and ' A distillery will be I recoR Honduras for the pr o wear cohol from bananas m> 8ma|| (je exported rn hill. # A hero is a person (1 me a cfjrltv thln* 80 wel1 that I1 n I am Nv h i 1 e many every day it when ally as heroic but do ill talk to advertise, does to . * * nted by a farmer \vho is ' ,n '~'1 twelve chlldreu had r in the same cradle , M great toe. He was rc 1 atvled C8t ar,'ival one evenini :> were remarkod: "William, ith Sa- "early worn out. I'd f Aldus fal1 pieces." "It's matters replied her husband; eas the hor a ten dollar bill iblished "The next time you gi "s. He new one, a good one :ro boy last." eets in * * * sod the The fighting and helped neighbors is a foolish ollected time. You will lose a hen the a whole lot of selfI exhib- whole lot more of th he was acquaintances had as still very likely have to y " erf! long list of cuss word r ?iiic" thets. If you cotue it in nine out of ten all is so childish tlu person must afterw tender bl,lsh for sharae oaf snbuiter* A "rarmer Party' held in Chicago, the ii iiuls of ,nR: "P'ease come li 1,n (>ut wear farmer's clothes !? > ovfr Who ,,adn 1 heen nea cut in'twent>* years thought ilightlv wou,d r'de to the pa nd add a,ld wear overal,s or ther in clothe8- To her grea vr^ppi canie in automobiles i n jKur lation full dress clo ir con- P?es to show tl compliment to bo cj nowadays, le eggs ' . . i ? ? be left ?s until ^nr town is indeed rts and situation. Mature >n thin done her utmost in site for a city of gem enduring progress. seem that nature mui Pr ed this particular loca s ?'M ' and high-minded cla n .New v, . , Nature, in this respec l,<' met with a genuine if town or city has an eakable ^ , , type of its own, and lade for , , citizens of the same j teristics?to a great < nn 11 n we think this is true. has a * ? ? rd rubGood roads makt United <>oun,ry children to att f $730.- enabl? them to do a regularity. Nothing electric cerna the life of the pi in the ral di8tricts as the i !4 lines tntinication between towns and railroad i failure thighwaju' mako P engage- na,ize schools and c a doctor is needed 'Oman's <|U ickly and sometimei she is unf?rtunate necessity aks she boon 11 ,s to have ? what distress bad roi d mill- * * * , The ability of alw i of 80 hr,Sht side or shinln m. one 'H a blessing to I pan ro. ?>OR80SS08 -the power, JR.000,- those with whom he changes our daily >moter: [Performance of duty i gloom Joyful game of life, flea in home being a place of row in JJi'owling it becomes liitighter and song. W molded come aoon upon yi e being nanee. To live daily les are flowing from the h rot nor 'hat "lay he learned to in- v 'lh a little patience and daily practice. it is up . * There is a structu . but it graduate from our scl e. young "and old, rich Mates a one for himself. It without acter," and every ac is a Htone for this sti becom- by day you are carefi pride. liveB with pure, uprig lis wif- end you will stand a f it it is ored by Ood and ma leak will sink a ship fit com- break a chain, so on? now al- orable act or word wl its impress and work our hat your character. Then you as deeds unite to form by one tho days gi "'s Jeal- years, and the years tod wife pass will raise at last nsult. , flee, endurlnK forever 70 per and you will cherish icreased tenderness the met during school life. The ol the faqilliar walks a ? for a |tho desk upon which *r ball, name, all indelibly memory never to be ' There US i established in T F odaction of alin buncheB too profitably. t who does one icople notice it do things equnot know how the father of ocked each one with the same >cklng the new? when his wife that cradle Is 1 afraid it will about used up'1 then handing he remarked: 0 to town get a . one that will I quarreling of and costly pasf1 friend or two, respect and a le respect your for you and our discredit a Is and foul epito think about the cause of it it ar.y sensible arils honestly ' was recently nvitations readko farmers and The hostess ,r a farm for that the guests rty in ox carta othor working t surprise, they and wore regutbea. All of lat it is a great illed a farmer , "beautiful for Beems to have creating a fine nine worth and V It would thus * st have designlity for a noble ss of citizens, t, has evidently .iponse. Every individuality, a thus attracts general charac;xtent, at least, i it easier for tend school and o with greater so much coneople in the ru means of coin. communities, itntions. Good ossible to cenhurches. When 4ie is needed * often. If this arises what a ;ood roads and ids may cause. ays seeing the g up the dark the person who as well as .o has to do. I struggle in ti nto playing the Instead of the grumbling . a place of riivklos will not nir fair countewith sunbeams earts is a trick by every one , determination re which every 100I is building, and poor, each is called "chart of your lives ucture. If day il to huild your ht deeds, at- the air temple, honn. Hut as one >, and one flaw i mean, dishon- ^ 111 forever leave its influence on i lot the several a day and one row into noble as they slowly a beautiful edlto your praise,' with the utmost norles of your d school house, bout the place, you wrote your stored away in forgotten. \