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j tsetter Farmititr Sjattraalrr ?mua (SKMI-VVKEKLY.) WATSON BELL, Editor. | Publishe' Tuesdays and Fridays at Lancaster, S. C.. by The Lancaster News Company, successors to The Ledger, established 1852; The Review, established 1878; The EnterOrise, established 1891, and entered B second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905^ t the postoftlce at Lancaster, S. C.. nder Act of Congress of March 3, 879, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year $1 50 Six Months Toe , The News is not responsible fo" the views of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general interest will be gladly received. TUESDAY, March 27. 1017 ' Every little rain his a motion of I its own. o The merciful mau is merciful to his beast. o The regular paragraplier is not on the job, hence tlie timeness of the squibs. ?o? If the entente allies had a few t Stonewall Jacksons this war would j soon end. o t The prettiest thing in the world . * is a pretty girl; but after all pretty is as pretty does. o We would rather be a long, lanky U' lucid Lancastrian than a rich rare jj and racy Rock Hillian. ||i ? ! Ilk Mncn m nrn Imvu tlonionotvilml the fact that American marksmen j are the finest in the world. ( o With all due respect to the Kaiser we hope that the report is true that ^ we have sunk one of his subma- J rlnes. < ! ? < Sherman said "War is h?1." Since , then from the accounts which come ^ from /"Europe the horrors have multiplied. No county in the State has a better set of county officers than Lancaster. Yet the number of homicides are appalling. # ;i Of all the letters we receive That nwike us laugh the longest |. It's one from hmi who fails to pay IHiwn cusses us the strongest. o The stingiest map in Logansport Is Simon Flverett Heck, He buttons his collar to a wart TtWhich is on the back of his neck, so I CC o A man in Cherokee county found < oria gold mine on his farm the other i I day, which shows as?Hooker would " nay?the beauty of living in Chero-j1 1 coiitV O II * 1 cou If Lancaster contnues to improve L I shi{or the next ten years as she has ^ moVithin the last ten we will have a pro' ;own of more than ten thousand ' !tho touls. that! While the Germans are indeed and ery thorough in everything they unertake, we don't believe all this ' andy(tuff About spies being in every aanlet. ham: , Every town should have a slogan. I ov would Lovely Lancaster do? j 'e will Issue a challenge to tlje first mart \Alick who suggests Lazy 247 Unc&ster. ?-I ??? i ; it is to be regretted that the mis able schedule on the Southern atiway la such that the distance betoen Gaffney and Lancaster is very uch enlarged. Good towns like ,6N should be closer. in iJUAi* TA " ? ' THE LANCASTER NEW THE MEETING IS IMPORTANT. 1 We hope that there will be a large attendance at the meeting to be held next Friday at which time the matter of another county fair will be discussed. We hope that the meeting will be an enthusiastic one and that the people of Lancaster county will determine t ohave a fair this year. With one great success scored in the past, it would be a most lamentable mistake for Lancaster to five up the venture this year and have no fair. Go to the meeting next Friday and hold out until the finish for a^bigger and better ounty fair. (:o:) HERE'S OUR INVITATION. Through the negligence of some one, presumably the publicity ?ommittee, the Lancaster County School Field Day, an event scheduled for next Friday, has not been properly advertised and therefore many people are in ignorance of the event. Regardless _>f that, we wish to assure the people of the county that those in ?harge of the affair have made every possible preparation for taking care of the visitors and indications are that the day will De fully as successful as those in years gone by. We even hope that the attendance may be decidedly larger than it has ever been it any previous event and that more schools will participate. The Lancaster News wishes to assure every reader that this paier will be glad to have them make headquarters at our office vliile in town, inspect the office and make suggestions about how ,ve can improve the paper. We hope that many of our friends will ivail themselves of this invitation. (:o:) ONE GREAT PROBLEM. One great problem the United States will have to face in its war vitli Germany will be that of what to do with the Germans in the Jnited States. The natives of the "Fatherland" will be a menace :o this country from the time that war is declared until the war s ended. A majority of the naturalized Germans, although they rlaim to be United States citizens, will probably sympathize with Germany. We distinctly remember that a few years ago we heard i naturalized German aay, "Damn the President of the United States" and that is undoubtedly the way he feels right now, ilong with some several thousand other Germans in the United States. It will be folly for the United States to expect these men :o fight for us; rather, it is sensible for us to believe that they will io everything in their power for the Kaiser Bill. In our opinion, every German who has given us any reason to relieve that he may not be body 'and soul in sympathy with the United States, should be flung into prison and kept there until the ?nd of th? war. If such a ruling is passed by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of War, we are absolutely positive that he will ftave enough Germans on his hands to fill half the prisons in the United States. (:o:) DO SOMETHING NOW. Just whose fault it is we do not know, but it would appear, from information given us by the general public and especially people from the country, that some one is at fault about not constructing a bridge over the Catawba river between Lancaster and Chester. A few days ago a party of people came from the Chester side of the river to Lancaster and while here spent a goodly sum with local merchants in shopping. They said that many people living in their immediate vicinity would prefer to shop in Lancaster if they could get here as easily as they can reach Chester, but owing to the handicap of having no bridge, they do their trading elsewhere. This condition of affairs costs Lancaster merchants money every day. We are not surprised that the Lancaster merchants are insistent in their demands that the bridge be replaced and that right away. The only surprising feature is that they haven't brought enough influence to bear long ago to have some sort of bridge built. What is the use of wasting time in a discussion of how, when and where the bridge will lie built? It will have to be built eventually and now is the proper time to do it. Let's get something under way about that bridge proposition and let's do it right now. (:o:) " WHO IS AT FAULT? Occasionally we are greeted on the street with the question, whv Hid yon not print Vnl) 4 4h'it question is fairly easy for any average newspaper man. The ar tide was not printed simply because those in Charge of the paper knew nothing about it. It is an impossibility for any newspaper to know evxefything that is going on. All newspapers are forced to depend, more or less, upon the general public for information and this is especially true of the small newspaper, where it is impossible to employ several reporters. We have a telephone in this office, principally for the use ot those desiring to give us information, and if our friends, and particularly those in the country, will be kind enough to telephone matter of news to us we assure them that the items will appear, m. - . STUESDAY, March 27, 1917 ^ m ^ | What Others Say | m \ One Sure Bet. If war comes don't you know Watson Bell will be Klad that h A wont tn I ! La?caster? They'll never find him i There?-Spartanburg Journal. * ? . ' "The" llarber. It Is understood that the barber over In Lancaster has quit eating onions since they have gone to 15 cents a pound.?Spartanburg Jour-j nal. Good Advice. L There are ten murder cases on the docket in Lancaster county for trial at the next term of court. If you want to get killed, move to Lancaster.?Spartanburg Journal. ! Tliey Saw in Time. The Supreme Court having declared the Adamson law Is constitutional the railroads are In a very | good position. They granted it before the law said they had to.?> ! Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The Way Its Done. When a man has a few dollars his friends term him a financier. When he goes broke he is just a plain mortal and his friends melt away. The ron-advertising merchant should gev busy and advertise thereby accumulating a few dollars and some friends. - -Hampton Guardian. * Sized I'p. Ed DeComp does not mince word *. 7he Gaffney Ledger, usually conservative in its make-up. comes out this week with a double head, "Germany ;i>pciares War on the United States." This may be a little premature, but it just about sizes up the situation. ?liilion Herald. Have Done Tlieir Duty. If the farmers of York county fail to plant velvet beans this season, it will not be the fault of the newspapers and the local banks. These I agencies have certainly done their jduty in arousing our farmers to the necessity of prompt action.?Itock Hill Record. South Carolina First. At Augusta they are tiring poetry at the Nitrate Board. That ought to |fetch 'em and probably would if it ! were not that our own Columbia seems to have been designed by na itnre for the location of the government nitrate plant. Augusta is a fine old town and next to Columbia lis entitled to consideration.?Chesterfield Advertiser. <^nlte a Difference. News dispatches from France relate that the first act of French soldiers upon recovery of French territory was to minister to the relief I of wounded German soldiers. The ! French are a brave and chivalrous 'people and their conduct in this respect. compared to their adversaries, shines like a good deed in a naughty world.?York News. I'p and Doing. There are people who. allowing themselves to become Idue and discouraged by the disturbed political conditions, are inclined to lay down on the job and not try to do anything. Such people are not much any way, and it would be better if they could be shipped away in some I of those boats that have to go across 'the danger zone. There never has |been a time when it was more incumbent on every individual who is worth his or her salt, to be up and doing.? Yorkville Enquirer. All Birds. The Richmond (Va.) Reader tells of a preacher in the adjoining State of West Virginia who has been married three times, and each time he proved himself a bird fancier. His wife was named Parrott, and of jcourse she was talkative. His second was named Robin, which used to make good pies, while his third was a Sparrow. Rut he died and his widow married a Mr. Quale. And not a "chicken" in the lot!*?Pickens 1 Sentinel. Modern l)ny Quilt. The Marietta (Ohio) Observer, lengthily extols the virtues of "ye ole fa?hion qutlt." One agrees that a ,u. Ut is an interesting antique, hut a 'sufficient number of quilts to keep a ,'20fh century citizen warm would proIt ect Romlon from a Zeppelin raid. These same quilts, no doubt, were | accountable for the hideous dreams of our ancestors. The greatest 1 warmth with the least weight Is a good bed covering slogan, and this is accomplished best by denuding the , sheep and the goats. The Ohio ent) usiast prolrtibly never slept under a . half a dozen hatter cake layers of those "red and yellow, patchwork," most correetly named "crazy quilts." . * 11 his Ufa.?Columbia Stata. r \ | Our Scrap Basket ? |'[ Slushy Stanzas. Once a man who was thought very ei wise Scratched out both of his very good eyes; iS Uut when skirts began shrinking,' b It set the man thinking; ! i< Now he's scratched them back double a their size. A Wish For Kneli Day This Week. | Sunday?That everybody was interested in church. Monday?That we had motion pic- s' tures at home. Tuesday?That it would quit raining.'' so that we could dig in the gar-j" ,1 ? vac? il. Wednesday?That somebody would) leave us a fortune. Thursday?Thr.t dentists didn't hurt. Friday?That we never needed doc- t tors. i C Saturday?That we knew the snows were over. g t How to Treat a Cut. j' wfien you have a cut, a scratch, a v bruise of any other kind or Injury a paint It with iodine. As soon as in-|^ jjured, dip a toothpick with cotton a I rolled on the end of it . in the iodine. 8 and paint over tlie wound without washing. The iodine will kill ail the germs in the dirt that gets into the ? wound, while washing only drives the germs farther into the flesh. Whenj" painted with the iodine wrap the in?'c jured part in a clean cloth for a ^ couple of days. 'e i " l?i?l You Know? .... I Brooklyn bridge was first proposed I by Colonel Julius W. Adams, in 1865? j That the corner stone of the Wash- J 0 Ington monument was laid by James K. Polk. July 4. 1848. v Wisconsin was called the badgerj State because of the number of these si animals found there? Thnt the largest room in the White p House is the Fast room, and it is 80x40 feet in size, and 22 feet high? (| The empire of cireat Britain com-j prises 8.557.658 square miles? This|(, is more than a sixth part of the land!^ of the globe? j n Respiration Restored b> I'nique fi Method. A surgeon in one or the Southern ;g coal producing States, recently found d a new method of establishing respira I tion by reflex action. He had been ir lifting ordinary methods for several hours and was. barely keeping the pa- 8l tient alive, although he had worked p very hard. Happening to see a comb on a dresser, near the bed on which a the patient lay, he took it and drew tl It smartly across the nose, the teeth j of the comb coming into contact with 8 the septum between the nostrils. Thei0 patient at once began to breathe ami ! his respiration soon became normal, d It was necessary to repeat the opera- ,h Hon several times, but the patient | finally recovered. r a Practical Health Hint. The pocket handkerchief should a be abolished, because it is a source 01 e infection long after a persoji has re- j covered from such diseases as in-it fantile paralysis and even common colds, says I)r. F. Robbins in the 11 Medical Record. "The day will jo come," he says, "when the custom- j sry cotton rng is replaced by the t cheap anil clean Japanese paper nap- | k e. which is burned after it has io been used. Infants and children are helpless against the rubbing of i< strange handkerchiefs over their * perspiring and grimy .faces. The public roller towel of the past was v innocuous as compared to the family pocket handkerchief. Hitter expe-'s rience will drive home the lesson t that neglected noses, mouths and J throats are largely, if not exclusive- c ly. responsible for the ultimate crip- a pling of the unfortunate victims ofi' disease and Ignorance." p 's American Watches. I i ne inny-nve year? (luring which r the United States Census Bureau has f i separately listed American watch-jt making establishments have wit- I nesHed a centralization of the Indus-, try and a five-fold expansion in thei* value of the output. In 1869 there were in the United 1 States thirty-seven establishments') {making watches, watch oa?*ts, n.nd watch movements, employing l.ain . 'wage earners, or an average working stafT of less than fifty. i In 1914 there were but fifteen such establishments, yet they employed i< 12,390 wage earners, or an average,! per establishment of 825. 'l | In 1869 the thirty-seven establishments for which returns were made 1 jUsed materials that cost $412,783, and their combined output was val- ' ued at $4819,989; in 1914 the flf1 teen factories used materials that < cost $4,670,000 and wrought these t into watchee, parts and movements ii [worth $14,275,000. I P Here and There' ^ Economy in youth provides an \ asy chair for age. * An exchange says: "The See-More kirt Co., announces that skirts will e longer this year, the extreme rngths extending as much as two and half feet below the neck." I \ Ilist a Little Warning. Last year we got a letter from a lan who owed a bill. He promised oon to pay us and we have his prom<e still. Hut men can't live on romises, and some day we suppose, e'll get right mad and writo him up ike?goodness only knows. Some Curious Facts. Of course we are not vouching for hem, but so great a paper as the ihlo State Journal says: If a tallow candle be placed in a un, and shot at a door, It would go nrougn without sustaining any inury, and a musket ball fired into the ater will rebound and be flattened s if flred against a hard substance, i musket ball may be flred against pane of glass, and if the glass be uspended by a thread, it will not ven vibrate. Cork, if sunk twenty set in the ocean will not rise again, 11 account of the presure of water, n the Arctic regions, when the thermometer is below zero, persons can onverse more than a mile distance. Ir. Jameson asserts that he heard very word of a sermon at the disince of two miles on a very still day *ith perfect distinctness. Some Sense ami Nonsense. Detroit packing houses kill 500,00 hogs every year. Only those who earn It realize the alue of money. But the automobile lacks horse ense. The under dog gets a lot of symathy?and that's about all. It is everlastingly too late to picli he winner after the race is over. A wise man knows more than ho ells, but a fool tells more than he nows. A woman always pollles - .nan long Just before she male a big doI of him. Do you earn a living you don t * et?or do you get a living you on't earn? What has become of the old faabmned kissing bug? The corn cob pipe industry in Misouri is said to represent 1600,000 nnually. Things you try to keep in the dark re bound to come to light some Ime. The longer the engagement the horter the married life?can't be + K A*...'!*.** W A 1_ I _ 1- - iuunuc. rw?er ininK or IXT Solomon was the wisest man of hla ay. yet he was numerously and opelessly married. Even the man who admits he aught only one fish may be lying bout its size. A prude is a woman who noses . round for something to get shockd at. L/ots of people go to church just o pick flaws in the sermon. A woman doesn't object to hoar a nan praise another woman?if the tlier woman is dead. Old men always know more than hey pretend to. Women sometimes feel unworthy f their husbands?in books. What has become of the old-fashoned girl who, when a love affair rent wrong, pined away and died? If at first they don't succeed, most romen marry again. One is never certain of a woman's ge sntil he sees the figures on her ombstone. A high-brow Chicago paper reently stated that the victim of an 111 to Aoelrlont tt'oo l? ? ? * ? ?0 I U ? t'llHUII "shape." Will some little boy or ;lrl tell us just what is a critical hape? ? Out In one of New Jersey's lakes he other day a fellow was fined $25 or pinching a girl's leg under waer. Hefsaid he was playing shark, tut proved himself to be a sucker. The modern dances may not f>e Igbt, but if ono doesn't dance them Doubling the diameter of a pipe le la left. . , ncrases its capacity for times. Canada in 1015 mined *18,936,. noriii <>i gun.. United States In 1915 produced I 11,581,150 tons of coke. ' Canada last year produced $391,)00 worth of asbestos fiber. Asbeaos fiber now brings $500 a ton In [Jnited States markets. United States is now exporting $75,000,000 worth of sugar yearly. j Heforo the war the yearly export j was valued at about $6,000,000. jjf There were 7,842 fewer freight / ?ars and 815 fewer locomotives In J tervlce in the'United States at the vJ slose of the fiscal year 1916 than at 1 the close sf 1914. I