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?t|p Cawaatrr Nrtua (8 EMI-WEEKLY.) WATSON BELL Editor. Published Tuesdays aud Fridays at Lancaster, S. C., by The Lancastei News Company, successors tc The Ledger, established 18 52; The Review, established 1878; The Enterprise, established 1891, aud entered B second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905 L the postofllce at Lancaster, S. C. nder Act of Congress of March 3 879. i?tw\v iidii ni I?II i ivr.i jt (In Advance.) One Year $1.5( Six Months 7 5< The News is not responsible for th* lews of Correspondents. Short and rational articles 01 topics of general iuteresl will be gladly received. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1917 "My Country 'Tis of Thee, Sweot Land of Liberty." An exchange says that a man shot himself with a gun. We presume the newspaper thought he should have used a broomstick. o A man entered our office the othei day and refused to discuss any feature of the war. The poor fellow was deaf and dumb. o America is going to war to fight for civilization against barbarians who do not recognize civilization and that sums up the entire situation. If it be true that the good di< young it isn't very hard to under stand why some folks we know have lived to be eighty or ninety years old. Two great events appear to be upor as at one and the same tLme?a declaration of war against Germanj and the opening of the college base ball season. o "Now is the time for all good mer to come to the aid of their country.' That old typewriter practice phras< never meant more than it does righl now and probably never will again o We learn from a fashion note thai the prevailing color this spring i; yellow. We know this doesn't apply to the members of the South Carolina National Guard and the volunteers yet to come. o We hope when the call for troop* comes that the first man they will get win ne William Jennings Bryan and that the next will take Billy Sunday. He ought to be able to put the fear of God into the hearts of even the Germans. o Chester county. following the splendid example of Spartanburg and Cherokee counties, has just issued bonds for the construction of good roads. A.11 the counties surrounding Lancaster appear to see the light. "When is our time coming? , ? 0 Following the lead of the banks in having a "Thrift Day" an effort has now been launched for "Thrift Gardens." The thrifty householder aad housewife haig ago appreciated -the advantages of a thrift garden. None but tho lazy and shiftless will #' :lv. wiiloui. _year. 4. If Lancaster people really do not want A Chamber of Commerce organization here we are willing to ahut up about It. but from what we can hear on the streets there is a very insistent demand for such a venture. Here's hoping that some one will take the time and trouble to arrange for the organization meeting and let the new body get to worn without delay. mLd; \ ' THE LANCASTER NEW3 J | - A SURPRISE IS COMING. News items from Washington tell us that the government is absolutely confident of the fact that a majority of the naturalized i Germans in the United States will remain loyal to the government . when war is declared. Yes, they will remain loyal to the govern, ment all right but in most instances it will be loyalty to the Im perial German government and not to the government of the United States. If administration officials really believe what I they say they believe, then we are genuinely surprised at their ' I near-sightedness. (:o:) THE APPEAL TO THE NAVY. - ; ' South Carolina parents should read with interest the appeal ) just made by Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, in which he ;jasks that the navy be recruited to its full war strength at once, and when they read, they should ponder. We hope that the parents of Lancaster county in particular will give considerable :j thought to what the Secretary says. 1 War for the United States is practically inevitable and when war is declared, the navy will be the first line of defense for the . country. Naturally the army will later have a large part to play, but for practically all of the first year, the safety of the I United States and her ports will largely depend upon the navy, which, as we all know, is now far below war strength. The Secretary points out in his appeal that life in the navy is by no means an unpleasant one and we believe that this is strictly true. In fact, we believe that the average young man will fare ( better, will have more opportunities and will advance more rapidly in the navy than he will on the farm or in the cotton mill. Every parent has a right to direct his or her child as the parent ' may see fit, but we sincerely hope that the people of the United States will not turn a deaf ear at this time to the country's call. If they do, it will be the first time that the United States ever showed a trace of cowardice. (:o:) '| WILL LANCASTER LEAD? ! Following the announcement from Governor Manning's office to | I i the effect that no more units will be accepted for the National Guard of South Carolina until the present companies are recruited to their full war strength, it has become evident that Lancaster will not be able to organize a company of volunteers, as had been confidently expected. In view of that fact, The Lancaster News , takes pleasure in printing the following telegram, received a day i or so ago from Capt. Lindsay C. McFadden of Rock Hill, captain of Company H, in which the Rock Hill officer says: "From present outlook the National Guard of South Carolina will soon be called into service. Conr gress meets next week and probably a law will be passed calling all men to arms. Am told that many Lancaster men want to do their part. Company H will feel honored to have such men join her ranks. ( Will you be kind enough to extend this invitation through the columns of your paper." s A majority of us had hoped and expected that a Lancaster com1 pany would be ready to answer the first call to the colors, but 'since this now appears to be impossible, we urge the young men of this vicinity t oaccept the Rock Hill offer and affiliate with that j company or some other near-by company. We are confident that .: Lancaster will be willing to do her part. (:o:) : i THE BLAME IS PLACED. ' , i | The President's call for troops means that war with the Imperial German government is inevitable, and that Congress, when it j meets on April 2d, will authorize the calling out, equipping and mobilizing an army of something like one million men. And this is only the beginning. It is probable that before the struggle is ended many more millions will be called out, and the flower of our young manhood will be sacrificed on the altar of unscrupulous ambition. Looking at the matter from the most charitable attitude toward jthe Kaiser we must conclude that he alone, or at least that the Imperial German government is responsible for the death of something like ten millions of people. The ruthless warfare which that nation has waged and is still waging causes a shudder ipf horror to envelop us whenever we think of it. And war with Germany is not all, everything indicates, that before many days have passed we will be involved in a bloody struggle with Mexico, and this too may be laid at Germany's door, because but for the intrigue of German emissaries, the nennle nf i Mexico would Hot have shown such a degree of arrogance towards % L v " President Wilson's almost superhuman effort lias kept up out of war, bit forbearance has ceased to be a virtue and there will be war noleus voleas. The scriptures say "that the time shall come when there shall be wars and rumors of wars" and it seems indeed that the time is at hand. We do not believe that any portion of the army of the United States will be sent to Europe, as we believe that the fighting with the Central powers will be done on the sea, but we do believe that . a large army will be required for the invasion of Mexico and for the purpose of guarding our line of coasts. J FRIDAY, MARCH 30,1917 [ffllWhal Others Say|n|] In the Long Ago. We can remember the time when i the man who had only four or five \ tons of coal In his cellar began to figure on ordering more.?Rock Hill Record. ^ The Foot Ilrlgtule. Watson Bell, of Lancaster-came to town Saturday. He reports that the heavy rains have delayed the farmers considerably with thpir | work. He says he found the roads coming to town pretty bad.?Spar- f tanburg Journal. * One Big "If." According to the Abbeville Mediun ( while it may take work to cultivate ' a back yard garden, it takes money * to buy vegetables. And the outlook ' this year is that It will take consid- 1 erably more money than usual, s) tackle the garden, if you can keep your neighbor's chickens out of it.? Greenville Piedmont. I i Democracy Is Coming. i Military barbarism and autocracy i is making its last stand 1n Germany, l sponsored by the Ilohenzollern and their supporters, but the uerman ( masses will not be far behind the peo- < pie of Uussia in freeing themselves i tiom the galling bonds of despotism. | The signs of the times are unmistak- t j.ble. Holienzollern nor Komanoii t nor Hapsburg is to continue to play < havoc with the destinies rf Europe t and the world. The people must and will rule.?Rock Hill Record. * * * < "Clamoring for War." Gov. Manning returned from the ( North last week enthused with the war spirit, having caught the conta- , gion in New York, and had it inten sified during a day's stop-ovor in the j national capital. A telegram to the*] daily papers quotes hi in as saying in ? Washington, "The South is clamoring for war." The surcharged atmosphere of New i York and Washington gave him. nr1( u ore likely gave the reporter, an" exaggarated mode of expression; for the South is not clamoring for war. Nor is the South clamoring against war. When war comes, if it does come?as now seems inevitaole?the * South, including South Carolina and South Carolina's governor, will d9 its I part.?Newberry Observer. A Good Kvample. Col. 1). C. Ross, president of the 1 First. National Hank of GafTney, and one of the largest land owners in the * county, performed a stunt yesterday r that every land owner in the county; would do well to imitate. Mr. Ross t put a force of laborers and teams to s dragging the road from GafTney to Beayerdam?a distance of two miles, i While this cost Mr. Ross a few dol- 1 lars we venture the assertion that ; he will get more genuine pleasure out t of it than he possibly could out of J an equal amount spent in another ? d'rectlon. to say nothing of the benefit bestowed upon others who wilh be c I rivileged to use this road.?Gaff- a ney Ledger. > ? 5 General l<comird Wood. With the coming of General Leonard Wood to take command of th< iiepartinent of the Southea 1 headquarters in this State at Char- ] leston, we may expert vigorous de velopment of ith military when the j timh arrives for action. General Wood is one of the most active men J :n the army, one who believes in prr-i' paredncsH of the thorough sort, and | who has been instrumental in devel- j oping much of the sentiment /that row exists for military training for ' Americans. South Carolina will come to know General Wood better and to recognize his :niluence in the affairs of this quarter of the country.?Spartanburg Herald. - ( Hard to Vnderstand. The Lancaster News edltorlalizeiin a manner to indicate that not all the business men of that town are in harmony regarding the holding of a county* fair this year. Just to, 'v hat extent this opposition reaches or how numerous or Influential the opponents are, doss not appear. Rut be that as it may. we Just wish to say that it is not understands!)! 1 how any business man can get the ,,f j- . 'rwi ~nr] in the wav of the sueceaa of an i-inurnrl-Hl ho obvioaaly helpful to business an j a fair. It may ?ot be run by those I whom you would like to aee run. or not In the way you believe It ought I to be run; and possibly as well as you j could run it. But it 1b a community enterprise and you owe It to your I community and to yourself to give . your hearty co-operation to the tMngs that make for the good of the I community in a moral and flnan- j cial way. Each citizen who shares \ in public benefits also owes the pub- 1 Be his best efforts in Its interest.? hershaw Era. j -' ai fjMiMJJiimyM 1 II *1 ^ ' '". V | Our Scrap Basket B JR Slushy Stanzas. There Who \n artist once painted a dog, . iVhlch critics declared was a hog, Another said "How? Wouls Why the thing is a cow!" iVhile a third one declared it a frog. ^ 'ien ('boosing a Wife. Men will marry a fool that sings When sooner than one that has learned to 1 "he scoff.?Dr. Walter Smith. In buying horses and taking a wife C'onfr llllll vmir anno n?J ? ' " * oj^o auu tuLuiuaiia your-1 rerna ;elf to God.?Italian Proverb. I like That's what a man wants In a Sum vife mostly. He wants to make sure! }' one fool us'll tell him he's wise.' too ? Hut there's some men can do wi'out,Thov. hat. They think so much o* thera? }{08pc lelvos a-ready, an* that's how it is ^n(1 f here's old bachelors.?George Eliot. This I 0 I Proi?er Time for Planting. Woul< There are many opinions regarding Qn m he comparative values of fall and spring planting of fruit trees. There! ire many advocates of each practice The t ind each has substantial reasons for c lis opinion. I To an When all reasons are taken into( mnsideratlon, it results in the dis-j ;overy that in sections where th?( ivinters are open and mild, fall I A 1 planting is by far more satisfactory han spring planting. But in local!-1 , 1 , i . * i? . I she w ies where the winters are cold and I irv, spring is the more satisfactory! \ ? ? i styles ime for setting out. I , I tor tat cm me A Wlsli For Karl) Hay This Week. Pol Sunday?That time didn't fly so days s rapidly. at nig Monday?That clothes did not go out ,pjJ( of fashion so rapidly. prepa Tuesday?That there were not so . ; many dark days. ! yyj, Wednesday? That everybody told the t)ipy l truth. Do, Thursday?That there was no such jsuccef thing as scandal. j^o Friday?That rent day was not sol Close. Saturday?That March may go out like a lamb. ( things . A < Did You Know That? able t That a note dated on Sunday is jt-g roM'? I vice I There is an average of about 350 :VjeW8 lirths and iO deaths in a day In LonIon? j That the meaning of Oregon is le^ ' 'Wild Thyme," and is an Indian! * ? matte lame? ? I That South America was discover-' id by Columbus in 1498, at the VSOIlla liouth of the Orinoco? ja S 61 That Asia ths largest country in he world, is nearly Ave times the ' iize of the United States? Mai That the largest bell in the world s that of the Kremelln at Moscow? The fs weight is 443,772 pounds. compi That North Carolina has three ^ ' lick names? They are "Old North State," "Fur State" and "Turpentine Itate." * 8t?P v Experiments made in Norway wit'i *'ndectric heating indicate that a pleas- A i uvt. even ttfmperature is possible ble Br vith an expenditure of from 30 to the r< 15 watts per cubic metre of space? acter. unulil The OI?l Home Paper. same been t's printed old fashioned and home- nghtii ly> Wh ienring name of a small country1 . .. whetr town; | . i L - . I there ,Vith an unfeigned sneer at its wrap- , . " about. per queer, \ The postman, in scorn, throws it down. Jutit a lut I scan every line that it offers a8 im| Cach item brjngs something to view, A p Through the vista of years througn ,llar' youth's pleasure and fears. ' w^? ' t serves their keen touch to renew. 'ow 8 The death of the girl I once courted. The growth of aflrm I once Jeered, time , The rise of a friend I love to com- phabe mend, ja spe! The fall of a man I revered. j The Is I dream I drift dreamljy backward jhe'd i To the days when to live was a Joy, they think and I pore, till the city's dull jtimes. roar A n JrowH faint, and again I'm a boy. a WOI tare perfume of green country by- an eV( w?rk. "air music of moweas and beee, worki \nd the quaint little town with the ? BO Oil streets leading down ^ j ro the creek and the. low-bending , epoloi they \l '))) ' ?r>(i lh? frirf"" O' ftiv "O"'. rades, \bout us oarth's glories unfurled j Cach heart undeflled, with the faith in ^ of a child, 1 cooking forth to a place in the world. Vnd the paper tells how all have and n prospored, Pay. follow their lives as they flow. Son \pplsuding each gain and regret- envy ting each pain slides i'or the sake of the days long ago. Wh tbove all the huge city dallies a har Vith ponderoua utterance wise, a pot< rhis scant page hath power to It 1 spread for an hour nien i i fairyland sweet to my eyes! them. c -r r""."> .*""<"";^.v4v*." ; ".~HS * - ^ Here and There' US 'h something in the boy or man ^ rules himself upon this plan: r I'll Try! i there were more young men oday duty calls to them, who'd say I'll Try! I'll Try. v (liHW-llltinu ll?> M <>u? urn nojr, to hear a fellow say: 1 11 Try! onted by a task that's new, ps a dangerous mission, too, to see him think it out, up his chances and reply: I'll Try! nuny say: "I can't" before ve ever looked a problem o'er; insibility they shirk, seem to fear unusual work, is the phrase of do or die, I'll Try! 1 fear had sot so strong a hold ortals, and that more were told; in their willingness to face asks that are not commondace? swer doubt with this reply: I'll Try! KL1SEIIT liEDfi SAYS woman's idea of a hero is one eurs none of the things she says ill do if he dares to hug her. matter how uncomfortable the a woman wouldn't be comde in something whose only reondation was its comfort, ks who are' as honest as the ire long must attend to business ;ht. 5 peacemaker should always be red to defend himself against sides to the controversy, om the gods would destroy ilrst get to writing letters, l't slow down on the road to is tind wait for the other fellow * ahead. > almighty dollar covers a muli of queer transactions. irity is but one of thp mnnv i that should begin at home. :lever politician is one who is V o cover up his tracks, easy for a person to follow adLhat Coincides with their own lally the man who shakes the ^ <ota the least fruit. ;ood mirror tells the truth, no r upon whom it may reflect. 0 men trying to entertain one n constitute a fair example ot at majority. s pessimist believes that the n the cocoanut is watered, ay a girl who can't sing is af1 with the idea that she can. i average man would rather omiBe than fight. 8 easier for the modern girl to aer brows than darn her hose, en a man is down his enemies ticking him and his friends betugilist who was said to reseanyan is suing the man who made ;murk for defamation of charWe should think that Bryan have a good case against the party, considering what has said about his aversion to )K. en we get so we don't care ter we are contented or not, 'is no longer anything to worry n falls upon the just and unlike, but the unbrellas are not partially distributed. ;ood story teller Is usually popbut isn't in it with the fellow ias never henrd the other felstory. tally things used only a short go out of fashion, but the alt is seldom used for more than 11, yet is always in vogue, s devil may be to pay, but it give receipts many would And have paid him In full several ? nan smiles a cynical smile when nan says she has got to spend enlng down town on committee Perhaps he thinks she is ng the same gag he ha* worked en. ot of folks say they have no glen to make when the fact is are merely too stlf-necked to tre dre 25,471 miles of railroad ince, In which ar? over O.OOt,- tt les. ^ ) difference between pleasure sal happiness la in the price 70a ne of the baseball players must Culebra cut Its wonderful at puzzlps us Is how a king with em full of wives cau be calle^ mtiate. s hard to be patient with some is It Is to borrow money froth I r ^