The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 20, 1917, Image 4
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WATSON BELL, . . .
Publishe1 Tuesdays :
at Lancaster, S. C.. by T1
News Company, sue
The Ledger, established
Review, established 1878
orise, established 1801.
6 second-class matter C
t the postottlre at Lam
- nder Act of Congress
879.
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views of- Correspondents.
Short and rational
topics of general inter
gladly received.
TUESDAY. Mai'cl,
We would start an agi
"dress-up" week in I,an
had anything ourselves
in.
o
We learn that the foe
getting low in some secti
fool supply seems to hoi
ordinarily well.
o
If the United States e
war we will prohahlj e
"living sf|'i;ulron ' nl out t
first battle begins.
Some places on our i
look a little bare after tl
but we expect that som
some mail boxes look a
also.
o
Wo learn that corn i
Union county, North Care
its liquid form it is said
tiful in Pickens county,
liua.
o
We had a few warm <1
and we therefore want t
opportunity to warn our i
we hate spring "pomes"
poison.
A man stole a whole 1
caster two or three days
meat selling at present
should be regard. ! as a
fense.
The Pee l>ee Advoeat
John L. MoI.aurin is i
ma ml as a public spea
haven't heard any -u '
in those parts.
*
o
Many of us think tint
not properly conducted ii
try but few of us wa.it to
present residences for
country just at this time
Of course we have y
money that we can send t
hundreds of subscribe]
charge. If we didn't
wouldn't be in the news
ness.
? ? o
The Cheraw Chronicl
editorial, "What Do Yo
Our Town." Ed Defanni
there once and we are \
to know just what Old J
think of "Charming Chi
| o
"We rode to Columb
13 the statement made In
burg Times and I>emo
this statement we infei
'Orangeburg people usui
'Columbia.
o
tf'ourt ofTleials speak in
terms of Judge S. W. O.
Is presiding over the p
of court for Lancaster ct
Shipp bears the reputatl
cne of the finest jurists
and his conduct of court
to Indicate that the reput
deserved.
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THF T,
, THE PUBLIC I
k ) ? A North Carolina county has just 1
. . . Editor, j by which that county will hereafter hi
las a public prosecutor. The idea is
ind Friday*;
ho Lancaster ^as ^een in use 5,1 sonie ?f the We:
ressors to some time, but-it is nevertheless a spl
1852; The to see something of the kind devised
: The Fnter- eventually for the State of South Car
and entered ... . , .. ,
\\ e employ citv attorneys, county
)ct. 7. 1905 j , .,
e ,, neys, but we tail to provide in any v
'aster, S. C... ^
of March :i. haled to the bar of justice.
If the accused be guilty, he would b<
defender, and if he is innocent, he c
HitE: !ished.
We say that under our constitution
. . % . ? i. 5 0 I
75Jcent until he has been proven guilty I
of the workings of many municipal, <
isii>ie lor ,h' have decided that it is just the other v
I guilty until he proves himself innocen
articles or Poor nian. unable to employ counsel,
est will be court room.
WRITING ON '
20, 1917.
The chief pasttime of any South Cai
tatttSn for a I. ,, . , . . ... , ,, ,
is in thinking about pontics, talkint
caster if we
to dress up mixed up in a political row. The natr
resist the natural impulse than can i
water; it's simplv born in him.
k1 supply i- Xow here come some half-dozen nc
ons i'tit tiie mother Stole campaign practically tw
<! up extr: - w]10 wj|| })P who and why in the race !
jornatorial chair. We learn some ve
ous things from some of the
ver uoes to . .
1 e'.ng that there is great doubt and u
nii t in ill ;
ho time th" (1,s ''e chosen by certain factions,
As a matter of fact, a man acquain
in South Carolina, regardless of what <
mailing li t favor, knows right now who will be tl
ie slaughter {or an(j w]10 will lie the next Governor.
" i)lar08 111 offer for re-election, then the aged Sei
httu i>a ington, but if he does not care to ser
Lever, at present Congressman from
s scarce in Senator and Robert A. Cooper of Laur
lina. but in marv for Governor, will ho nominated
to he pien- We do not pledge our support to any
South taro- NVe )iave mentioned and we know that
the three, but common sense says that
is the way it will be.
ay* recently
Wait and see and then we will hav
o take this
readers that so*
worse than i
THE BANKS SHOULD
i.
hog in Lan- We are .just in receipt of a letter froi
arc. with of Richmond, Va., which is a copy of ;
prices that Rank to all the National hanks in this
capital (f- u jth a subject so tremendously impc
South and the entire United States t
comment at some length. The crux o
e says that
r ( ( Federal Reserve Hank is an appeal to t
kor t?ut \\(> farmers the tremendous importance of
i? it (i> 111 giving ior the y< r, at least, the place
rtulfs.
Of course, we all know and have kne
thne-s arc n;me-al sorrow that the entire world
a ttiis conn- . . .
where any relief is in sight tin'ess 111
change our
t . (.: s is hard to tell. The country 1
any foreign
t hoi e is every reason to believe that c
gravity.
o? so ir.u'h Some astounding figures arc presen
his paper to f ioil I 111 1016 their was a rlrfirionrv in
rs free of n, . ,, . - .
States over the previous year of 411
have we
(paper busi-,there was a deficiency of 386,000,000
ciency of 208,000,000 and so on down t
was a shortage in practically evevy c
e prints an rest of the world to an equal extent.
u i "f Whether war continues or peace coi
i spent a day, , fM , , , ,
there will be a hungry world short (
rery anxious
Ian Ed does supplying this food is one in which t
sraw." ticular interest, because a great pari
upon the South, Heretofore the South
la recently" j to raising any crop but cotton becaus
the orange- have contended that the cotton crop
(rat. 1,1 oni they must have a money crop. That \
r that most
ally walk to'** *S n? *?nger true ant* the time has
j is the real money crop and a better r
was or ever will be.
i the highest What profit will a South Carolina
Shipp, who many bales of cotton and receiving h
.resent ternr. pay back every cent of his cotton mc
>unty. Judge the unanswerable argument and we 1
Ion of being
in the state telligence of the South Carolina fan
here seems recognize the facts. The time has con
ation is well he chooses to or no, must produce f
his surplus crop. What about it, farr
.ANQASTett ffgWa " TPTESDA.1
JEFENDER. IS What
i?^?Z"
lad an appropriation passed tt. t ^ ,
^ r r ! It s not hal-d
ive a public defender as well decorations th<
by no Means original, since ^'lve ,he 8Ubmi
... . . refused to sinli
stern cities and counties for1 Greenwood Jou
endid one and we would like
for Lancaster county and They
olina. . Th"
neing engineer
attorneys and State attor- Watson Bell, !
/av for the innocent wretch lrerchauts ll<"
printer's Ink.3
convicted, regardless of his nlc i
ertainly should not be pun- "*:at a pui>
want a drink'
Norfolk Virgin
i a man is regarded as inno-,clever rascals
mt from what we have seen COIK'ea,in? alc
News and Coui
county and State courts, we
/ay. and that he is considered *
t. We don't believe that the A Pennsylvi
, ? ? . , ,, 300 pounds saj
. has an? fair show in th* v the cosl
high and that
fects from It
rHE WALL. pound"^?Spar!
'olinian, if he be native born, sport
r about politics, or getting The >ounK
having their
re Sand-Lanner can no more >.? ,?r
i (luck keep from taking to,shi,ls- ties ai
enough to'be 1
the European
)litical prognosticators with ,h0 women are
o years in the future, telling 11 11,11 Rt <M
for the Senate and the Gub-_ , ... ,
.\ \\ el
ry interesting and marvel- Hernstorffs
prophets, among them fr,rn^ship for
,, while at the c
ncerUinty as to what lead- orniy MOXi,.() .
et cetera. reminds ore o
ted with political conditions I'l.,1"(' "lMt
* snnlo and he a
candidate he may personally Advertiser. .
le next United States Sena11*
lb R. Tillman chooses to (^"
A Sparta ii hi
nator will go back to Wash- min corporate
re another term, Asbury F. becau?
this State, will be elected
ens, defeated in the last pri- thinks his win
by an overwhelming vote. yot hc a,,owt>,,
in a cotton mil
one of the three candidates uoek inn n
we would not support one of
the way we have written it s<
It will have
that there is p
e a chance to say "we told lumhin. and pit
There were pi
was and peoph
. rot; but seeing
i alvhi iatilsd. overrn. nas mi
I Wo arc glad tc
in Ill's 1i a
in the Federal Reserve Bank Rood work wi
i letter sent by the Reserve Vorkviiio rcnqu
I
vicinity and the letter deals
n-tant to the people of th< A compni!a7i
hat we feel it necessary to this state is c<
f the letter sent out by the "! 1,17 ,,u,>
corn from the
he bankers to urge upon the Catawba and t
diversifying their crops and from thP hottr
tributaries of t
> oi first importance to feed ,uttinK off the
hundreds of t
Tlio past sea so
nvii for some months to our t)i;in those swo
is facing a food famine and for <
, families Vho
ore consumers become pro- ? ..
^ corn sellers ari
laces a grave situation and Monroe Enquir
ivery montit will add to the
I'olit ieol
Polities in Si
ted for the reader's inspec- have slowed u
I the corn crop of the United ",'v,;ral ",cn
rliair, hut as
,000,000 bushels; in wheat cooper and t
; in oats there was a defi- stated authenti
, . i make the rare
he line. We find that there Uleaae (}eorKe
rop and this applies to the the others tha
Ing this office s
something doi
rues quickly, in either event win he warm
)f food and the problem of aKaln
r some doubt as
he South should feel a par- we forgot the >
t of this burden must rest v,,,e ?Johnflto
i has paid but little attention
. I'lrliaps Co'. I
ie the farmers of the South Another of
is the money crop and that Manning hm
, . . x l x service. Col. 1
ia? been true in the past but Hm upoll ,he
now come when a food crop visit to the J
noney crop than cotton ever himaelf w,8e 1
Col. Cobb 1? lr
sary general o
farmer derive from raising pxe to the
. . . - .(great tnterost
iKh prices for it if he must h()U|ie llm, dw
>ney for food? Therein lies it a visit, ah
lave enough faith in the in- he brouKht a ,J
pounds, con
mer to believe that he will 0.j10r edibles c
ie when the farmer, whether house of the ca
, , ,, ed to take honn
ood crops and make cotton .. .
^ i would be appr
tiers of Lancaster county? Columbia Recc
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r, March 20, 1917. *
Others Say S3 ? Our Scrap Basket H || P |
> Pink Slip. Forgetting Troubles. ! (1
to guess what sort of ^ good forgetter Is as essential as Wife i
) Kaiser is going to a good memory to succeed. The chup doar, th<
arine commander who who can forget his troubles is weal- awake i
; an American boat.? thier than he who remembers them, about it
irnal. ' Aviate
* * / V take car
'Try to lb- Itlglit. . . . ari
CJet ltcsults. . . . , .... R ' an
?? VT . , . . I am not r ound to win, uui i am n.,,,
er News, which is now . , , L . , . . . . Cold,
. . ,, , , , bound to be true. 1 am not bound to , .
ed by our old friend, . . , , . , . .. ? ,ro?. nlc
sure looks good. The 8^cceed' but 1 am b?und to Uve ub num art
vil there believe in toVwrhat ,,Kht 1 have" 1 ,m,st ***** almost t
i, xt with anyboJy that stands right;)
?Cherokee New? ' .... ...
m stand with him while he is right.?
* Abraham Lincoln. Wh
1 iigiiiia Plan.
. how the
ulrop every time you ? ...... c
. j, ? ... , .. I < ommercc with Latin America. borne
is the advice of the . ! . .
ian-Pilot. Have those' Total commerce between the Unit- rated,
up in Virginia begun ed States and the countries constttut- r"?'<l mi
ohol in gumdrops? *,1K Latin America in the calendar N
ior. (year 1916 reached the unprecedented cssary t(
, . | sum of $1,260,793,000, as against A mo
$921,0125.000 in the previous year, durance
All Weigh It. [This was a gain of approximately 3. j Wouh
a man who weighs 1>er cent for the pcri0(I an anim
s that lie cut out meat skin?
; of living became so
he has felt no ill ef- Slushy Stanzas. That
whatever. This shows There once was an amorous minister wonderf
e of weighing 300 Who on meeting a girl always kissed d? we e
tanburg Journal. her, derful t
But one night at the gate, inspirnti
Shirts Shine. when too late, morning
sports" are certainly IIo d kissing the chauffeur's Of (he i
inning this spring in blacK sister oi tlie y
"loud" styles. The ,n *',e v
id socks are "loud" A Wish For Kacli Day This Week. '"et u
leaid above the din of, Monday?That nothing will happen ?n, ,^U,?(
wai. In this respect j to the early plants In the cold
taking a back scat.?-I fnlll|l ' !"v *
3_(, I f,ani?- drawing
" * Tuesday?That the good phonographs t]0 now,
didn't cost so much. the KOj(
I-Read Kditor. Wednesday?That there will not be waste, f<
conduct of feigning any measles in school this spring. Qf the s,
the United States Thursday- That eggs would get nian raI1
tame time plotting to' down to 15e. n Conce
md Japan main tier. Friday That things would stay
f the lines of Shako-, clean when they once get in that
one may smile, and: condition, ^ ^
vfilian."?Chesterfleld Saturchn -That it didn't take so _ *
T guess
much baking to run the family,
other pc
i to nie.
ite Queer. How imligo is Produced.* tin' to n
lrg man has sued a A pri :vo hut effective method best pai
in in that county for ?m obt: ' u.g livilgo in southern India ramhlin'
ip of t"1 dentil of hi. is > ? 11ecd hy the natives. The dressed
llaps" i f a mlu bu plan' -> t'ghf'v packed the day it is the wef
he was working. Ho cut. n a ' rge vat. into which is run, the pain
i* was wo th nun. ami boardc are then placed over the ter. just
h r to labor a'! da^ tc.p and are kept in position by heavy rise's fli
1! Quite an ; noiualy crossbeams. The plant is allowed to ,,f sliadc
eeord. soak for ten or twelve hours, during gun whe
* ? wh'ch time a heavy fermentation when fls
takes place. The liquid Is then if need
re as So.
. , , .drained off into another' vat, after night.
to he admitt ' now* , , , .... . .
... . which coolies beat and stir the soak- r( ranger
enty of liquor in C o , "
>11 tv Of tine li, aor too ?'1 Ina8S thoroughly with flails until smile fr
mp'e who id there ,h? <lye ,)PRinS ,0 omorpo' The who,e Krln w,t
r who said there was ,3 the" n,,owed to Th" ?eep wl
: Is believing and the 1,qM,d ,s dra,"ed ofr- tho res!" 'nd ?
. cine is boiled in copper vessels. It is friends i
lined no the real stuff. . '
.. . , . then pressed into hard cakes ready man's hi
? sc? s> nii-thing doing
ml I,or,' Ihnt tho for ",e n'a,,",, ?1 ask
III ?o on. and on? drl,t a"
irer. l>'cl You Know?
* That rapid rivers flow 7 miles per Amerl
, ... hour? are sclll
i Is Scarce.
voly scarce article in Glycerine was once a bl-produet of There
>rn. The great floods tfio soab making industry? ,mosoult<
twept every stalk ot Tka< *'IUP lWn " ,h6 neatest I.on- There
fertile valleys of the ',on weighs 30,850 pounds? .York wl
he Yadkin rivers am #rhal '? man ran wa,k thr*e ?,d'
m lands along many ?,pr hour- or fo,,r fm>t b?r ^cond? There
hose streams, thereby Thp custom of hand shaking lates children'
coin crop of the State -'nek ,f> Henry 11. of England'' j"\oik.
housonds of bushels. If is estimated that during 1'HT The
n in other sections OVt>r *350,000.000 will he spent tnjcnn chic
pt by flood was not a the purchase of tires for pleasure *5f0,00<
orn and hundreds ot rnrs alone. I he r
have heretofore been The same force that moves one ion f"'p- blay
r* now corn buyers.? on a smooth high road will move /mc i
er. * eight tons on a railway or 32 tons on 1 1
. . . a canal? i^o 000
Prognostications. 1 Th? Ch'cagn & Northwestern rail >f
outh Carolina seem tp W I>roud of ,ho fa(t ,hat for th(* of ~nrh .
p a bit. Rumor has '?*? f,,"r " ,,as not k,,,od a| Tbo '
ited for the governor's Passenger in a passenger train ???Jleftrth Ufl
yet only two. It. A. dent of a"y kind- During this period I . '
homas Peoples, have ?' time^ 132.238.957 passengers were, ^ }
Ically that they would carried? ^ n ^
>. Guess when C. L.! > for at(>a
-Jlell Tlmmertnan and lb-gin Fly Swatting Early. ; Coal i
t have been consider- Tho most effective time to fight is mineral
innounce there will bo bcfortl the enemy is ready. Why not There
ng. The senate race open a swatting campaign before the cancer a
with B. R. Tillman fly 1h ready? That would give a Sunst
ace, and this leaves strategic advantage which would violet ra
to his opposition. But keep the pest in check. heat,
gentleman from Parks- j Qne cnn harfl]y imagine anything!
n Times. more desirable than a flyless nation.I
Of course, it is hardly possible to eli- j Hon.
: obb Is a Vegetarian, minnte all flies, hut experiments have friends
the staff of Oovernor shown that tiles can be eliminated to "And
qualified for eminent such an extent that they will be hard- ?>j'm l
Charles Cobb of Hock ly noticeable. "Ah, <
occasion of the recent] Plies breed in manure and other are you
Inauguration, showed animal and vegetable waste. By Sweet, v
>eyond his generation, eliminating these breeding places or his own
? -training for commis- by treating them with substances, "I'm
f the army. With an which will kill the fly larvae, flies,turned
ticai, he observed with can he almost entirely ellmihateo Oompanl
the splendid market from any farm or community. __
Ided that he would pay j By starting early, any community Onion
the way to Rock Hill can practically eliminate the flv a labor
asket, gross weight 21 nuisance but if tho fly is given an a lot
tabling?onions, and opportunity to propagate, extermin- white wl
ollected In the market ation is well-nigh impossible. The them m
piim. woi. wiuu wish- trouble wun most anti-ny campaign* j Our
ie something rare, that is that they are not started until the amounth
eclated, lie got It.? flies begin to give trouble. Then itiHon pou
?rd. Is too late for effoctlve work. abroad.
Here and There ?3 *?
>1(1 Jokes He-Twisusl.
af French army aviator: "My
e boy Bleeps all day, and is It
all night, what shall I do *
? ? *
/
)r: (of t ho nisrht uhirti tmi
e of him, I have to be up all
iy\vay."
silver, coppor, quick silver, *
k?% tin, zinc, lead and aluml!
the ten minerals found in
ivery home.
1017 DiifTydllls.
the window has a new pane,
hall stairs at it!
people digits are highly eduThere
have boen men who
ake a linger print,
vas sick, what would be nec)
make the ink well?
tor car may have much enand
yet tire easily.
1 you call a man in bathing
al just because h chad a bare
Bunlight in the morning is a
ul thing we all agree?but
ver think how equally wonire
these early days of the
on? The sunny hours of the
are the best working hour?
lay, and these early months
ear are the best for working
ihole cycle. .
s therefore get a good grip
elves, and as I'. 1). Armour
Jump In while the other fellltchlng
his pants up and
a full breath." Let us hus
remembering that these are
len (lays that we must not
ir before we know it the lnro
immer will be on us when no
i work quite so well,
ntrate while we may!
The loafer,
say that 1 am worthless and
at least. I be. 'cause kids and
lople's dogs they all shine tip
While decent men is scrambail
a dollar down I spend the
t of my time In aimless
roun'. I pity lots of wellfolks
that cuoly pass me by,
irlness that's oji their lips,
that's in their eye. In wina
corner >/ar to Rome on*,
re; in summer-time a patch
>'s the top of my desire, a
>n fall winds whistle, a pole
lies bite, three meals, or less
be, and a place to sleep at
To turn a little favor for a
or a pal, to get a tender
om a youngster or a gal, to
h them that's grinning, and
th them that weep, to never
ny enemies and like my
a heap, to never hurt a wor>art.
nor do a man a wrong
for nothing else except?to
(1 loaf along.
iean marlo boots and shoos
np In northwest India,
aro about 1.000 kinds of
>.
Is a braver dam in New
ilch is said to be l.r?0 years
?
aro 0,000 girls working on
s dresses In Greater Now
nnual product of the Amerl ken
yard is estimated at
>.000.
zar of Russia rides a bieys
tennis and bowls ninenins.
production of the United
during 101 r> amounted to
tons.
rnrld's population makes use
.000 glass eyes In the course
yea r.
iverage inhabitant of this
es more than two pounds of
is per day.
nindred and thirty-five mil*
of coal are yenrly required
m railroads in this country.
omprlsed f>3 per cent of the
product of Illinois in 191**.
are 78.900 deaths due to
nnually In the United States,
roke is caused by invisible
;ya from the sun, and not by
Still Going.
'Mr. Sweet was making
with Johnny, his host's son.
how old are you?" he asked,
five," snld Johnny,
riuite a little man! And what
going to be?" questioned Mr.
rho believes that he selected
career In the cradle,
going to six," Johnny re- ( b|)
with conviction.?Youth's
Ion.
s at Tulsa, Okla.. will build
temple. ;>
of folks who expect to wear
tngs In the hereafter will find
ade of asbestos,
total production of lard
annually to nearly two b'lnds,
one-third of which gwca
' # I