The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 16, 1917, Image 7
I LAIN CAS
i Three Bus
I and This
I Fash
X New, Beautiful, 1
| In
% FOE STREET AND AFTERNOO*
? BEADED OR EMB
111 $12.50 - $15.00
Of particular interest are the new Er
1 $1
i
j X Fashion<
'** Four specially priced Lingerie and T
Y gandie and Linon materials, a collection <
| | $1.00-$1.50
Apron Checks, 3i
* lOc Ynnl. dres
JL Bleaching, extra quality,
^ lOc Yard. q
Tlr?r<lorpd Curtain Scrim.
~~ ?
T lOo Yard.
C
A Nainsook, 36 inches wide,
? J 112l-i2c Ymtl, ;
| ~ Sovereign Tlaids,
V 8c Yard.
f ^ Table Oil Cloth, 1 i
Y 25c Yard.
^ AT.
MUCH TIME IS SAVED. since th? regroup
Chattanooga, Tenn., March IB.? ''ir Southern Kai
Many hours will be saved in the time Hilv'nK 'n tir e is t
required for the* movement of elimination of dc
through freight trains of the South- i,lslM(tion which
rn Railway system through the in- ?train had to
auguration of joint yard operation at Jai 3*
c points where separate yards previously
were maintained by lines now' ^ ,H n one h?is
' Included in the system. KO,f for scveral
J natural to be int
Chattanooga. Birmingham, Merr- ?onal ftnd homo f
dian, New Orleans and Oakdule terest [n uU0 Qf f
(Harrison Junction), Tenn., are the den s c thig wJ
points affected and at. each of them Tergation'
from two hours will be saved on ? .
I "Your father 1!
* at U l^nln T?nai_l
tjvuiy miuu&u iu;i5ui vic*??a. "ud? un, yassirin
ne88 moving between the West and "Docs he work
the South through the Louisville and yassir h
Cincinnati gateways will be expe- ..Wh'at doe8'he
dlted by quicker handling at Oak- % ..Well cap.n ,
dale and Chattanooga and likewise tQ be a'Method,
the handling of business between the qult an> got to
East and the Southwest will be im- preacher; un' bin
proved by groater efficiency at Chat- to jje a jjapt
tanooga, Birmingham, Meridian and ..jB jie a uapt
New Orleans. ..NOf cap'n; h<
This is one of the measures for he's a caddie 1
greater operating efficiency adopted New York Post.
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BUI JUDGE
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Well Printed Letterheads
opes and Billheads In
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HflIS OUR MOTTO
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THE BEST PLACE 1
;y Weeks <
Store is 0\
lions For E?
effective Creations
Dresses
I WEAR. MANY WITH NOVEL
BjOIDERIED EFFECTS.
- $20.00 - $25.00
nbioideried Taffeta and Georgette Dresses at
15.00
ible Waist
'ailored Waists of beautiful Voile, Lingerie, Orjf
smart, distinctive styles, sizes 36 to 50.
- $1.95 - $2.95
Be Plain color Poplins for entire Burlap, Greei
ises or separate skirts,
25c Yanl. ~~
Colored Mad
heck and Stripe Percales,
JOc Yanl. I ... ,
15-inch Tabl
retonr.es, all colors,
15c Yard. I '
Amoskeag a
4-lnch Table Damask. and Stripes,
25c Yard.
Striped Cheviots, Overall Deni
12 I-2c Yard.
lw?>0,.y?.o,''nl Thi! MAY MAKE "KAPOK" OF VAL
sffected through the
tuble bundling ami Th.t I. Abuml.nt In H.I I
. Been Mentioned as a Substiwas
necessary when tute fop Woo,
move through two
There are two varieties of ka
Alters to tie found in Haiti, both p
the same caddie at ucts of trees of the Kriodendron I
days running, it is ?nd both of good quality.
. i . hi. local names for the tiber vary
erested in his per- .. . , ? ,
~ , c . . corning to locaiuj; " muruueiu,
iffairs. Silch an in- . * ,\ . '
ton inapnii and eottxm uoir
.he caddies at Cam- u,OSi, IlloS{ commonly used,
nter led to this con- Kapok iv fairly ahundant nil
Haiti, hut no commercial use has i
Ivlng, Zeke?" made of it. The natives soniet
y ole man llvln'." ?tu<T pillows with it. and occasioi
-m mattresses, hut this is uhout the
tent of Its utilization. Indeed,
e wifkin', now." over the West Indies it is little
do?" and hua no fixed market value, ei
my ole man ho used I in Cuba, where it is a well-de
s* preacher; den he article of local trade, and where
i be a Presbyterian wlderable quantities are brought
aebye he quit dat an'I "l<> Dominican Republic.
* , , ,, There has been noted of late
Is preacher. I . .... . ,
.. ... interest in the substance in the IT
s preac or now . States, and it Is being advertise!
s all right now, sub, jjor fan0y trade names as a ne\>
ap at IMnehurst." covery for life preservers, cushioi
steamers, pillows and the like.
________________ filling for mattresses It Is an
substance, exceedingly light,
lately sanitary and possessing
resilience that even after long i
does not lump or pack. As a qu
material for comforters and othe
coverings It equals wool In wt
and excels cotton In softness and
ness. For dressing gowns, sm
' Jnckets and other padded gar
I It has much to recommend It.
A VT ? upholstery It Is superior to mot
terials now In use.
D Kapok Is used In Bnglnnd to
extent In the manufacture of hal
certain of the longer varieties
mixed with cotton to Impart a
IONERY luster to fabrics. The regular 1
however, has too short a fiber tc
! It Is extremely Inflammable, an
tk Its chief drawback. If th?
if Envel- could be so treated with chemlc
to eliminate thla dangerous <
QlC&tC It would be very much more
able.
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Altered Whole Thing.
"You have sworn to tell n
\J l-a W W but the truth."
"Nothing but the truth,
1 ~* honor?"
? II i "Precisely."
:mg "Then, Judge, with that Urn
'upon mo I might as well wn
J that I'm not going to have m
^say."?Detroit Free Press.
" ? irnmy H irevmnpmcr's tyrv!
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ARTMEr
^0 SHOP AFTER ALL.
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Spring
Women who make millinery
Spring creations the loveliest of i
ful, offering the widest scope of a
Priced
NEW SPRING SUITS DIS'
MO
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foiret iwiu, nerge, liicuini
the smartly dressed woman.
Jaunty Suits in light shadesSport
Suits for general weai
Magnificent values in Sprin;
$8.75 - $10.C
ii and Red, Sea Island i
25r Yard.
ras Shirting, Red Ticking
loo Yard.
71 7" ! ; 25c White V
e Napkins, hemmed,
!?.">< J >?>/.. ?_
Khaki i. h?tl
nd Chambray Checks
iirown Drill
15c Yard.
ins. Long C'iotli,
20c Yard.
rtray came from C!nnmil Pi-noi ... r?..
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unk town and Consul General Skinn
..p the London, telling of the sinking o
and City of Memphis, the Vigilancif
Hag She the Illinois. These dispatches
lit 5 firmed press reports but added
Ger- details.
tain International lawyers and ci
pok ith- tutional experts here showed nn
rod- itancy tonight in saying that 1
am- oats dent Wilson lias full authority t
The t,ot? terpret as nn act of war, am
HC the nounce that this country com
'cothole
that an actual state of war exis
nr? _
T'ie reason of Gemany s flagrant as
OTer and on American shipping,
heeti Such action would be subje
lines im<- the approval of congress,
mlly iday Despite the unwarned sinkii
! vere big passenger liners like the
H" and fornia and the Lanconia. the Jeo
used 33 jzjnjr nf Americans on nearly a
of other vessels, and the sinkii
lined
con-*08, three other American ships,
from|her Housatonic, the Lyman M. Law
the Algonquin since the unresti
some warfare began, some official:
nlted the spired by the President annoi
1 un- :e- reluctance to on! eve that Ger
r disQor>. Would carry through her threat,
118 OIine?, clung desperately to the hope
t to- some slight respect for internal
ahso war 'aw m'*?ht still be shown.
sucl an<l German sea warfare may fait
ise is stated, however, to have suit
illtlnfi re- evern the most pessimistic fot
r be<neu- here. That she actually nieai
*rmt\ be stnd every vessel to the bottom
l,*htdate dares to venture within hot
,oWn'con? hidden zones Is now accepted
the fnct. Neutral, passenger. Ilelgb
it ma ^aa aPPear to ^e a" in the
: category.
HOmt'-m- Practically Certain to Becoiu
antiate volved.
" ?r ad- With the practical certainty
N^dopt country will become involv
feaP?lsub- hostilities with Germany, ev
> P'1 I only for the koontnir r?r>on nt
, - -- "FV.. wi III
t lanes to Europe, officials are scai
als ? The! the war news with the closest
j?aH?hips tiny. An advance on the west
val'ines or in Mesopotamia is now at
ines. with the keen eagerness born
| the realization that it may have a i
Itive effect on America's future histo
otljjjltate The kaleidoscopic developmei
i ag- the last few week's history has
S the followed most keenly. The app
y?li no crumbling of Turkish power in ]
resl- potamla and Persia as ?h?wn ?
capture of Van today by the
it.ti *ianB- following the fall of Bi
<Und, to the Rrttlah, the unexpected ?'
rn yherl- ing forth of both British and F
m ' nned In a wide swath on the west I
Mea- the pro-war revolution in R
wore threats of Internal trouble in
the many and China's severance of
that tions have served to convince
.been observers that the beginning o
end Is near.
|nite The (ierman retreat In Frai
not yet accepted as more than s
(TTlfKt the gic, however. Tho Russian r<
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Spring
! Millinery!
the very hobby of their outfitting pronounc
my year! Trimmings are mutifold, coloring
my season lor the evolution of different ide
$3.50 to $25.00
TINGUISLY PRICED.
DERATEHED FOR THEIR STYLE, Q
$15.00
<> r'. iV.nr iitu> and TJnrolla. braided and embr<
v f ^ J
5 for the young woman,
r.
? Suits now ready at
>0 - $15.00 up to $40
Sheeting, I Diaper Cloth, 10 yai
in< Yard. inches wide,
$]
l.Vtard. Beautiful line ot plal
oiles, SU inches wide, Voiles,
15ctnnl. JOc and
_
o-)(. yard. Pretty Striped and C
: i 1 hams,
ing. closely woven,
l.V Yard.
110-inchcs witl'-. Middy Twills, 36 incl
12 I-2c Yard.
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eeng ment witn private outicters and with jV'ere pi
or at the funds now made available. I then In
f tl'u The announcements from the de- ,addltlo
t an(j partment followed an hour's confer | will pr
ence between Secretary Daniels and Judg
con.
, the President, who walked over from at the
I few . ! . ,
the White ijouse to the State, war (yesterd
Dnstl aiu' navy buildings for the purpose, until t
( j s Engines for Chasers. , torneys
'real- Engines for the "chasers" to he P? 1"
to in turned out by the New York plant m*
1 an- W"1 he bought from private mnnn- ""J*
liders facturers in time to have them in- '
ts by | stalled promptly upon completion of A hot:
isault the hulls. still 01
Rids for 200 or more additional
ct to craft of the same type "coast patrol 1 ?
boats," as they rfre to be designated.
ig ot will he opened next Wednesday.
KER
Call- Mr. Daniels has called upon the
pard- entire small boat industry to submit i
score figures as to the number that wou'd
us of fie turned out at high speed. He * *
the plans to monopolize the market with
. and government orders.
To Buy Private Boats.
* in" A large number of privately own- In a
inject nmto'" er?'t nv'ifi'.de r?~v" yf *01^' -'r
1 may he drawn up* i at r.ny time. Re- Sc? tt. ?
tired navy officers have heen at work shaw i>
*,,al alone the Atlantic coa?' surveyine: that K
.ional ^oats f0r a month. Contracts have the co
been made for their purchase and a March
,y telegraphic order will make them Mr. i
assed government property overnight. plains
coast Volunteer crews for the boats hav* take nc
ns tu been enrolled among yacht men and "Dear
t,iat others along the coasts. meetin,
Navy officials estimate that within Teaehe
,l8 four months a fleet of 2,000 patrols mittees
and chasers will be ready for action, plans
It is planned to assemble the vol- I)fty fo
^ I unteers with'n a few days to becin tees w<
acttial operations as a mattet of mectin
training, pendljig orders from the held, ai
' ' President for complete mobilization ruary
ed in , ?.,?_* ?
n j(. of the navy. port, o
e poa Submarine-proof. they w
rtnin?* Ofllcials say it is planned to e<?- al "nu
tablish a submarine-proof patrol off ? 00 1
Th p T
fror.t ,*1G American coast, insuring safe In 1"
tidied P?99?*91 to ?nf' 'rofn American ports Rhaw
of a for all ships. ,March
livect Since the visit of the German sub- :^>.1 ,h<
murine 1T.K1 XI?. ? v_-? r it?ld I
t j.. v v> >u 1ICW|FUII insi yiiiD- j
its of mer made It clear that the under- lany ^
hppn water craft could operate across the '
Kary D
arent Atlantic, it is believed necessary to :
Meao- provide for protection of American 1 * a
n the harbors In the event of war. |
, 21 day
Ru?- Informal negotiations will he an^
igdad started for a working agreement . pflr( ^
weep- with the British and French patrol coun(y
rench squadrons now endeavoring to profront,
tect ships passing through the Ger- Sl
ussla. man submarine zone.
Ger
rela-, tlon. too. Is admitted to hold posit- Berl
many biltties of counter-revolution which An att
f the will greatly cripple the military ef- lasting
rflelency and in some quarters it is been n
ice is held confidently that Germany at!' today,
trato has strength for another g eat of cesBful
:volu- fensive. safely.
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at on tne stana. i nc aerense " "*-r?*
itroduced 10 witnesses and
nal witnesses for the defense
obably be sworn today.
;e S. W. G. Shipp, presiding
present term, signed an order
ay continuing the |Evans case
he next term of court. Ati
interested in this case agreed
lit the introduction of a stateiade
by young Bailey, who is
the point of death in a Rock
pitlJ, .
it six other homicide cases are
i the (locket for trial at the
term of couvt, Which term,
me to a close Saturday.
SHAW SCHOOL
TO TAKE NO PART.
sot Participate in Eyents
Arranged For Field
Day.
letter to V. A. Lingle, county
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^'oeruitendent of the Ker.
;raded schools, gives notice
crsha-.v will not participate in
ming Field Day program on
30.
Scott's letter to Mr. I.ingle < why
the Kershaw schools v I
) part in the event:
Sir: At the organ'z 1
g of the Lancaster C /
rs' Association last fall, > ll
i were appointed to 3
and arrangements for I
r this spring. These c : *
ere to >eport at the y (
g. This meeting it.
rid the committees. r:t
meeting, either nnd
r such confused rep1 t
ere given one week'
1 to report, such re
undo through the r -.;t. >?
ancaster Mews and K
Kra. Only on \ * - ' v,
14th, did a prograr- e," ev. ts
s day reach me, f> ?;vh thh
lay Is set for Marc'' H it.
impossible that K 1 shew, r
her sehool, can do ":r
ractlee and m; ke "frorrangements
In ( 1 "clrs "
nd give herself jus '" a eh
of events. Hone -t nr-?t, ;k
reby do, withdraw '-oin tsV-.g t
'ith the schools o' Lrn-.T'er i
lpt. Kershaw Grn1*>l ft h -T.
ack on London 'v ?->npolfns *
one and one-he'-* h-ifs has >
tnde, the war ofTi ? rjced
Ram he were d a-ned in*- s*
ly and the airs! ? ro':i"?i ^
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