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-V - _____ 5Wjr ffaurastrr Nruta (8BM1.WBBKLY.) WATSON BELL Editor. Publlshe' Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C.. by The Lancaster News Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise. established 1891, and entered a second-class matter Oct. 7. 1905. t the postofllce at Lancaster, S. C., nder Act of Congress of March 3, 879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year $1.50 8lx Months 75c The News is not responsible for the lews of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general interest will be gladly received. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1!?17 She didn't come in like a lamb and here's hoping .she won't go out like a lion. o The housewife and mother is presented at this season of the year with the problem of how to dress "the chicken." The Greenville Piedmont publishes ? headline. "Household Blessed With Twins Twice." Where do you get that "blessed?" o Just timid suggestion to the young ladies of Lancaster county: An engagement ring on the finger is worth two in the pawn shop. o We seriously doubt whether the South Carolina Bar Association will be allowed to hold a meeting in this State after April 25. o When a "free press" was guaranteed by the Constitution it was not infant that readers should let their subscriptions go unpaid. i According to the calendar spring i began last Tu ?sday but our advice is that it will l>e well to keep 'em on for a few da> s yet, anyway. Twenty cct ts per pound for cotton this year may in. an that the new crop will bring about five cents per pound. Therefore, go in strong to: I l;og and hominy. Hope sprin s eternal in the human breast. We never have seen anything in the editorial columns of! certain newspapers but we keep on looking for it just the same. From what we can learn, a number i of young men in Lancaster are glad that they do not belong to the Na-| . tional Guard and especially glad that I they are not members of the Coast1 Artillery. Occasionally we net all discouraged and disgusted and then we think about people having to live in semlcivilized places like Gaffney and ( herokee county and right away wo cheer up. r ??? Lancaster drug stores are advertising chocolate milks with onions at ten cents each and potato sundaes at twenty-five cents each, but no one except bloated bondholders can purchase the delicious concoctions. ; ?0? We are determined, if we can rake ond scrape enough money together, | to go to Spartanburg for one day of the music festival In May. stop at that new hotel and see Spartanburg people make idiots of themselves when the great stars appear at Converse college, o South Carolina has heretofore possessed but one tri-weekly newspaper. The Orangeburg Times and Democrat, but The Greenwood Index has now become a three-times-a-week publication and we hear that Ed DeCamp Is thinking of making his paper a tri-weokly. ,Ed if you had a try-wekkly (correct spelling) who would attend the circuses? i mj^ixANCiASTRK NEW! FOR A CLEANER TOWN. We note that several South Carolina cities have designated certain weeks during April as the time for "Spring house-cleaning." We presume that some such day will soon be ordered for Lancaster, but we would suggest to the city fathers that they not let too much time elapse before issuing the proclamation calling for the undertaking. It is a well known fact that by removing the win- ! ter's accumulated rubbish early in the spring, that thousands of j flies and mosquitoes will be avoided a little later. We do not think that it would be too early if the city would decide to have a gen- ' 1 eral clean-up week during the last of March. (:o:) MORE RECRUITS ARE NEEDED. ; ? ' _______ The Lancaster News is in receipt of a communication from ' Lieut. O. F. Cooper, navy recruiting officer for South Carolina, in which the officer asks that this paper lend its assistance in trying to arouse more interest in recruiting. The officer in his letter lays most of the blame on the parents of the State. He says that fath# v ers and mothers are not willing to give their pennission for sons i to enter the navy, in some instances even after the applicant has passed the required age. We can readily understand that few fathers and mothers wish .... 1 I to see their sons in the United States service, and certainly not at [ this particular time, but if there ever was or ever will be a time j when the people should respond to whatever patriotism they feel, i then that time is with us now. We sincerely hope that South | Carolina will demonstrate to the remainder of the country that her sons are not lacking in patriotism and that this State is willing to furnish every man needed in the time of trial. ' (:o:) THE COUNTY FAIR QUESTION. We learn with considerable alarm that it is a question as to whether or not Lancaster county is to have a fair next fall. It appears that dissension has arisen and that those in charge of last year's fair may not be willing to attempt the venture for a second time. This is to be regretted, not only by the town of Lancaster, but by the people of the county as a whole. Is it possible that we are willing to allow one or two people to dictate how Lancaster county should be run? Because of the objection of one or two folks whose view is not as broad as it should be, are we going to allow the county fair association, already launched with brilliant prospects, to become a thing of the past? The news that no fair would be held here would be received with regret in every section of Lancaster county and ail the people of county would be genuinely and sincerely disappointed. In all probability many of the country people have already begun their plans for making exhibits at the fair. Other counties have their plans for the event well under way now and it is high time that we were starting the ball to rolling here. Let's do away with our private differences and all help to arrange for a "bigger and better" fair for Lancaster county this year and demonstrate to the other counties of the State that when Lancaster really tries she can accomplish wonders. (:o:) OUR NEEDS CAN WE FILL THEM. ? Lancaster is a good town, one of the best, if not the best, small town in the State, but we need several things and it seems to us j that all the citizens of tne city and tho.se of the county as well should be willing to join in an effort to supply these needs. First and foremost, we need a new court house and a new jail, j The condition of both the present buildings is nothing less than deplorable and the time has come when we can no longer say that we will remedy the matter in a few years. Other counties and other ?.s realized some years ago that public buildings were a necessity if their cities were to keep in pace with the progress and they have erected new court houses and new jails. We risk the statement, without fear of successful contradiction, that Lancaster has the most obsolete buildings for court house and jail of any county in the State. We need a public library and we need it even more, if that be possible, than we do county buildings. There ia little doubt but that we could secure a Carnegie building here if we all co-operate: to that end and in all probability we could have the Carnegie librsvry within six months' time by all lending a hand. We need a city hall and that too is a matter of almost imperative j necessity. We do not know whether the city's finances will permit the erectitm of such a building, but if not, we believe that the money could easily be borrowed and there would be no protest f *?nAb Al/lore I I Will tl 1C ll^VIIVIUV* We need a modern playground and park for the children especially but for the adult population as well. If Lancaster can secure the things we have mentioned by the time the handsome new Federal building is completed, this city will present a prettier appearance than that of any city in South Carolina with less than 10,000 population. Let's see what we can do. SFimMX MAWJH 'in, 1UI1 | | What Others Say | m Pretty llad, surely. How'd you like to be in Lancaster when the railroad strike began and the trains ceased to operate??Spartanburg Journal. A Sensible Suggestion. We favor an Iron Cross of the largest size for Gumshoe Bill so that when he is thrown overboard it will Interefere with h.is ability to swim, ?News and Courier. ? t An Explanation. Possibly the employers who offered jobs to the members of th? "Free Workers' Society of Deserters' were attracted by the first word ol the title.?Columbia State. Very Gratifying. Admiral Fiske is so sure we would be licked if we got into a war thai it's very gratifying indeed to feel that he won't be in command of the American fleet.?News and Courier. I?ooks That Way. Cherokee county has voted bondc in the sum of $225,000 to be used in the construction of Improved highways. Is it possible that York county is going to tag along behind Cherokee in the matter of road improvement??Rock Hill Herald. t Puerile Tactics. It does seem that two grown-up men could come io some sort of agreement, and not continue the puerile tactics that Senators Tillman and Smith are indulging in relative to the Chester postoflice.?Chester Reporter. An Kstnhlislieri Reputation. Watson Rcll Is writing BOine pungent paragraphs for the I,nnras?er News. Rut it must be remembered that a former editress set a m'ghty fine example along this line and Watson is striving hard to keep uv> the established reputation. -Gaffney l.edger. ? Vour Ideas Arc lVmn". Watson Bell, who is now publishing a paper somewh ere in the interior of the State, Rays love is blind. We want the gi-'s of , I>ancastcr to understand that from what we know of his experience in York, or there shouts, he has an idea that love may have peeped just a little bit.?Spartanburg Herald. Republican Russia. Tin* Record looks f -r a purely republican fo m of vovornnr n' in Russia as a r< ult of the successful revolution in th: t country last week and "t 's just poss'.b'.o ?'at this revolution is Irit the for nnor of other revo'utio- - mi the other monarchies of the Old World. We believe the people are pett'ng tired of "the divine rights which hedge about kings." and we hope the day will come when all peoples are free and Independent. Over a hundred years ago the United States of America set the example for the rest of the world ? and our free government has endured. and it will endure to the end hi unit', -ivim'k mil necora. History Repeats Itself. Nicholas Romanoff, former Czar of all the Russia*, is now a private citizen and a heartbroken man. His last words as emperor are said to have been that he had been betrayed by those he trusted most. This was history repeating itself. Caesar's dearest friend, Brutus, was among his assassins, and the experience of the Czar was the experience of Napoleon. who bitterly lamented that every little scoundrel on whose head he had placed a crown in his days of power had turned to rend him. Human nature in high places as well b * low is exceedingly weak or, in the biblical phrase, "is deceitful and desperately wicked above all things." ?York News. Warring on Oar Commerce. Three American ships were sunk Sunday, one of which, the City of Memphis, had made a notable record in carrying and landing contraband supplies. Two were homeward bound in ballast and were sunk by gun fire. The third vessel was torpedoed without warning and it ie probable that a number of her men were drowned. These attacks upon American ships prove that the German campaign against the American flag la on with no qualifying condition*, and give justification for the use of defensive methods by such American vessels as may enter the war zone prepared to resist attack. All doubt on the question as to whether they will have to fight their way has been removed. Germany is warning on American commerce. It Is but a question of time when America will be warring on the German nubmarlnes.?Charlotte Observer. * , >vI v I H ^ j 11 Our Scrap Basket | ? | [ I'lli- Is a Joke. I*' Tom's father?"Get up Tom, It's ^ 5 o'clock, and all the birds are sing- ^ ing." 1 Thomas-?"Well, I don't care. If the birds want to make fools of 1 themselves, let 'em. I am not going 1 to." c Population vs. Meat. ^ 1 The population of the United States has increased by 24,000,0001 people in the last fifteen years, and l the number of beef animals has de creased 6,000,000 and sheep 10,-'\ 000,000, while hogs have increased!" only 11,000,000. " ^ [ Our Mmt Battleship. ~The first American battleship was ? the old Texas of Spanish-American ? war fame. She was authorized by ? I congress in 1886 and was completed ; six years later. Tho original battle- ^ 1 ship was little over 300 feet long ^ i and had a displacement of 6,315 tons. : The present day Texas is 554 feeti^1 long and has a tonnage of 27,000 ^ tons. The old Texas ended her days ^ i as a target for navy practice.?Ex. | Salad Dressing. I ^ An Italian chef derides the Amerlcan manner of preparing the dressing ' for lettuce, by which a goodly part of the oil and vinegar is left in the.!' bottom of the dish. His method is I to put the salad in the bowl and.'P '(turning the leaves with one hand. cover them slowly with oil with the 'l other until every leaf glistens. He [then seasons them with salt and pepj per. adds a few drops of vinegar, 0 I gives a last stir and serves his salad once. t j? IA Wish For Every Day This Work, h . Sunday?That our minds won't stray ! from the sermon to the new hats. I Monday?That the green will soon ( come out on the trees. a Tuesday- That we won't take any ji ; more c Id. a Wednesday ? That strawberries wnillll Ifioi i ho fna ?' Thur lay? That we had time to rend A a i the hooks In the world. ' ^ I'-'day That there would not be any flie? this year. ll Saturday?That subscribers will pay up Waste ??f Coal. "Fully SO,nnn.OOO tons of anthracite coal are now being loft behind in u the mines each vear, and it is osti? it mated that since coal mining began in this country fully 2.000.000,000 tons *of anthracite and 3.000.000,000 vs tons of bituminous coal have been left In the ground under conditions . which make future recovery highly | improbable "We waste through nonuse an- |( nually 3,000,000 horsepower which j, our water power could furnish. At the moderate assumed cost of $201 per indicated. Don't Hurt the Worms. : g The Chinaman has been noted for ? centuries as a careful gardener and worker of the soil. lie gets more' from a little patch of ground than any other known fleldworker. One ^ of his maxims is that one should a.1- j ways be careful in digging never to e injure earth worms. j Maybe the stolid, uncommuntcatlve Chink knows why he takes care: of the worm; maybe he doenp't. I)ar-1 ^ win and other scientists who thought more and dug less than the Celestial t) brethren have told us why the worm j. is safe from the Chinese spade. Worms always indicate rich soil.! They help make it. By forming air, passages in the ground they tm-l prove the earth and make It richer,0 and more productive. I IP Dhl You Know? Hloundin walked a tight rope over|r the Niagara Falls, June 30, 1859? I* That good quality steel will fall to 1 pieces when brought to a white '' heat? I Twenty-three operations are neces- h 1 sary in the washing and ironing of a collar? b ! The anthracite mines of Pennsyli vania contain more than 7,000 miles i of tunnels? y i More than ono-thlrd of the population of Dublin consists of families it living tn a single room? I The sky lark and the wood lark a i are thought to be the only birds t< i which sing as they fly? i{ In Mexico Is a tree called the tree d of little hands because it has curved c< i antlers that look like the Angers of a little child? c< ' The past year brought 131 new factories to York county. Pa., for the tl .manufacture of cigars and other forms of tobacco, and now there are a 1,500 in the county. b P Here and There | ffl r r such there be, go mark him well; or him nc bank account shall swell, lo angels watch the golden stair 'o welcome home a millionaire. ^ 'he man who never asks for trade n local papers oft displayed, 'ares more for rest than worldly gain, ind patronage but gives him pain. Mark This Man. Ireathes there a man with soul so dead Vho never to himself hath said, My trade of late is getting bad; I'll try another muslin ad?" 'read lightly, friends; let no rude * sound )isturb his solitude profound lere let him live in calnr repose Tnsought except by men he owes. tnd when he dies go plant him deep 'hat naught may break his dreamless sleep, rj Vhere no rude clamor may dispel 'he quiet that he loves so well. md that the world may know Its loss 'lace on his grave a wreath of moss, md on a stone above. "Here lies l chump who wouldn't advertise." Canaries consumed 4,704,625 ounds of bird seed last year. The reindeer has been known to uli 20 pounds at ten miles an hour or 12 hours. Defined. Willie Willis?What's the "Book f Judgment," pa? I'apa Willis?"A work of literaure which will be widely read but rhose contents, I am afraid, will not e popular." Old Jokes Re-twisted. "Why does Dr. Bones stand around he door of the motion picture theter all the time?" "He wants a ub. He's waiting for "The Birth of Nation." Crippled Mother Coo.se Rhymes. !at, bat, come under my hat, ,ml I'll give you a slice of bacon, itid when I bake, I'll give you a cake f there should happen to be any left when that gluttonous Johnnie gets through stuffing. 4 11117 DafYydils. If n child, lying on the floor, hould point a toy pistol, loaded ith blanks at you, would you call a pointblank lie. When a bride steps on the scales, hould not her father give her a eigh? .* If a "For Kent" sign find a lodgig in a window, where would a sign oa rd ? If a man named Pott should inerit a fortune, would you call it ott luck? Ilon't Whine. Get the whine out of your voice or will stop the development and the rowth of your body. It will narrow nd shrink your mind. It will drive way your friends; it will make you npopular. Quit your whining; brace p; go to work; be something; stand or something; fill your place in the orld. Instead of whining around, xciting only pity and contempt, face bout and make something of yourclf. Ileach up to the stature of a trong, ennobling manhood, to the eauty and sterngth of a superb wornnhood. There Is nothing the matsr with you. Just quit your whinlg and go to work.?Ex. lyoarn a Idttle Every Day. An electric lighted cross revolves n top of a San Francisco steeple. Crime increases at the rate of 300 er cent every ten years. About 2.240 pounds of apples are [ quired to make 150 pounds of Idor. Over 20,000 women are employed i the canneries of California. When a Hon desires to strike a ard blow It uses It's left paw. The United States produces a ushel and a half of apples per aplta. One ton of whale blubber will ield 200 gallons of oil. There are 4,000,000 tons of stone i the pyramid of Cheops. In Vienna girls help mix mortar n<l carry It in hods im *[??n ) workmen. M Life insurance in Japan has oubled in volume during every dearie since It was introduced. Spain Imported 1,200,000 tons of >al during 1915. There are now 50,000 aviators in ie world. llerlin surgeons cure insomnia by pplying electric currents at tho bso of the brain. ?