The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 13, 1917, Page 4, Image 4
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TheLancasterNews
(SKMI-WKKKLY.)
WATSON BELL, Editor.
Publishe' Tuesdays and Fridays
ai Lancaster, S. C.. by The Lancaster
News Company, successors to
The Ledger, established 1852; ThO|
Review, established 1878; The Enter-I
prise, established 1891, and entered1
li second-class matter Oct. 7, 1905.
I the postofflce at Lancaster, S. C..
nder Act of Congress of March 3,
879.
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glkdly received.
Friday, April 13, 1917.
"My Country 'Tie of Thea, Sweet Land
of Liberty."
In all probabilty a spring chicken
will this year be worth considerably
natari flian its weight in gold.
Judging from the way some men
do business, old Shylock has come
back to earth to stay awhile.
Just about this season of the year
the mosquito flock, most of them as
large as English sparrows, begin the
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General Haig Is accomplishing
wonders across the water but the
Arm of Haig and Main will not stand
very hlgli in South Carolina after
April 25.
We wish to felicitate the Spartanburg
Journal over the addition to
fha-t splendid paper of the full Associated
Press news. Major Hooker
will now issue a real newspaper.
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??me people we know are not content
with opportunity presenting herI
self. They want the old lady to
slam them one in the jaw before they
are willing to wake up.
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Here's hoping that the cost of
"Plum Branch" suits won't go up
much this year. All present Indications
are that our summer wardrobe
will consist of merely one seer
sucker suit.
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We sincerely hope ttiat t/he people
of Lancaster will attend the meeting
to be held in the court house tomorrow
evening, at which time a Hen
r'rnfta nrcanlfoHAn uH 11 Ko
here.
We again wish to remind our
country friends that we. will appreciate
letters giving in brief the news
of the various communities. We are
always glad to receive and publish
these letters.
The United States may have a
chance during the present hostilities
to see something of the horrors of
war, but it will never be brought
home to us as It has to the people of
the foreign countries. *
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We would like to hear Marse Henry
Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal
express his personal
'iijAfiion about the Germans just at
t.bia time. lie has said all he can in
his newspaper, but some things can't
. be printed.
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^ We reckon we are in pretty good
shape to go to the war. After readin
old Dock Evans' health column in
the State we find that we are in
I splendid shape except for having tuberculoala,
heart diseaset gout, softening
of the brain, rheumatism,
lumbago, spinal trouble, bunions,
bam eye sight and eight or ten other
diseases. I
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OUR COUNT
The assistant secretary of th<
Corrections, Mr. Albert D. Oliphai
tion to Lancaster, had no word of
management of our county jail b;
press some opinions about the ja
paper.
There is no use to make excuses
ing. Lancaster county needs a ne
one. We realize that with the war
coincident, there is little probabil
now pruirt houMP within the next
I be built.
The present court house and t
1100 years, approximately. Doesr
have outlived their usefulness?
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OUR COUNTRY
Just whose pen wrote the follov
so splendidly represents the viewi
we are reproducing it:
"We believe in our country?th<
believe in her Constitution, her
principles for which she stands,
past is secure. We believe in her
[bilities?yes, more, her wonderful
American people, their genius, th<
believe in their honesty, their gei
believe that nothing can stand in
vancement and prosperity. We 1
"times of business depression" ar
greater and more pronounced con
lieve that in our country are now b
the solution of which will be for t
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OUR RED CI
It affords this newspaper gcnui
ment to the movement just launcl
a Red Cross unit. The movemenl
frage League of Lancaster and th
due it for the organization, but r
public is in sympathy with the It
iriirht of ballot, the nublic must be
work.
Promoters of the plan for org;
called a meeting to take place in
ing at 8:30 o'clock. This meeting
men as well will be heartily welcc
the association. The ladies hope
lance and if there is not, the peop
verely criticized. There should b
tomorrow night.
The work of the Red Cross Sc
comment. Its work for sufferinj
in value from a monetary standp*
since the United States has been
We sincerely hope that the Lanca:
largest in membership and the n
any similar society in the State.
Attend the meeting tomorrow
part.
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PATRIOTIC PR
Inestimable benefit should re:
launched in South Carolina for p
an agricultural standpoint. The
fact of the entire South, are slow
try will shortly be face to face w
plants every available acre in so
conditions existing in Europe, b
such conditions will come to pas
[winter will verv sneedilv Hi.<nhii?f
pie in South Carolina can't go hur
everything we eat is imported f
twelve months will see us confror
tion we have ever seen. The que*
demand and already it has become
far greater than the supply, unle
vote every energy to producing s
of us are, from necessity, consunv
therefore imperative that the pi
planting the crop.
Dr. VV. S. Cun ell, president of t
and Thomas F. McDow of York,
mittee in charge to address a me
of next week, at which time eve
home to the people the gravity
is one of absolute importance to
Lancaster county. It should appe
poor and all alike should wish to 1
We hope that the attendance at r
the building where it is held to i
people in attendance will heed the
We have said before and we n
with the hoe is going to be of as nr
tion of the present war as the mj
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THE LANCASTER NEWS
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RY'S NEED. I
i State Board Qf Charities and
nt, on his recent visit of inspec- h
p
criticism to offer regarding the h
y Sheriff ftunter, but he did ex- 8
il building to the editor of this
i for the present miserable build- ^
w jail and she will have to have w
going on and the demoralization J
lity of getting a new jail and a
year, but eventually they must
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he present jail have served for 0
1't it seem reasonable that they J
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'TIS OF THEE. ?
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ring lines we do not know, but it 1
9 of the average American that
s United States of America. We s
laws, her institutions, and the v
We believe in her future?the i
vast resources, her great possi1
certainties. We believe in the ti
eir brain, and their brawn. We
lerosity and dependability. We
the way of their commercial ad- i
relieve that what are termed t
e but periods of preparation for *
lmercial successes. And we be- h
ieing worked out great problems, v
he benefit of all mankind." c
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*OSS UNIT. f
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ine pleasure to lend its endorse- ,
hed here for the organization of ri
b was started by the Equal Suf- u
.!
e League should have the credit T
egardltess of whether or not the
idies in their efforts to gain the
in sympathy with the Red Cross v
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inizing an association here have
the court house tomorrow even- '
: is not confined to the ladies but f
imed and will be expected to join :
that there will be a large attends
le of Lancaster deserve to be so- ,
e several hundred people present:
>ciety is too well known to need
? humanity cannot be estimated
oint and the work that it will do
plunged into war will be tripled,
ster Red Cross Society will be the
lost valuable in achievements of
night and prepare to do your
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EPAREDNESS.
suit from the campaign just
reparedness?preparedness from
people of South Carolina, and in
to grasp the fact that this eounrith
starvation unless every man
mething to eat. We have seen f
ut we are loath to believe that t
is in South Carolina. The next ?
i our minds of the idea that peo- 1
lgry. At present a great part of *
rom other States and the next ,
ited with the most critical situation
is merely one of supply and
i evident that the demand will be
?ss the people of this section de- !
omething to eat. A great many
ers instead of producers and it is i,
roducers bear us in mind when ;i
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he University of South Carolina,
have been assigned by the com- j
feting in Lancaster on Thursday;,
fry effort will be made to bring
of the situation. This meeting
every man, woman and child in
;al to the rich man as well as the '
lear of the program mapped out.
lext Thursday's meeting will tax
ts utmost capacity and that the
j advice of the speakers.
iow repeat, the man in the field
mch importance during the duraan
in the trenches with the gun.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 13,1917.
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| What Others Say B
An Exception.
As we go to press, Klngville so far
las not reported a German raider ,
roceeding up the Congaree. But j
[ingviile is an exception.?Columbia {
tate. , ^
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The Paper Was There. ]
It was our good pleasure to see
"he Lancaster News yesterday at
llacksburg for a few minutes. He
as looking real well.?Spartanburg
ournal. j
John Hart's Dinners. 4
Some time when you get blue and |
egln to think that there is really
scarcity of food in this country, run ]
ver to York and take dinner with ]
ohn Hart.?Spartanburg Journal. 1
The Difference.
"The difference between the
idamson Law and the American peo- '
le," says the Boston Transcript, "is
ne of them is upheld and the other
lelp up."?Orangeburg Times and
>emocrat.
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The Motor Car Industry.
The automobile show to be held Id
ipartanburg this week will impress
he public with the great developnent
of this industry in the city,
'he motor car having come to stay
ong ago. is today a necessity and a
reat factor in the commercial life of
he country.?Spartanburg Herald.
Preferable to Gaffney.
Watson Bell, formerly editor of <
'he York News, left York and went
o the "City of Success" because it
as so lonesome in York. We don't
lame him for that. Don't know how
e stood it as long as he did. What t
.re blame him for is his doing worse )
han ever?going to Lancaster.?
'herokee News.
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Democracy Gaining.
King George is a democrat already
or the reason, if for no other, that
>e has to be; and now that King
'i-tor Emmanuel has also congratunted
the President on his great adIress
In the cause of democracy, it
ceins fair to assume that the 11a 1 an
monarch is also a liberal m'nded
Potentate.?News and Courier.
In tlie l.lme Light.
"Self praise is a poor press agent
vhen it comes to making people be!eve
it," says the Jacksonville TimesTnion.
IIjs that paper never heard
Pooseve1t> or Tillman, or Blease?
The most unmitigated egotists are
?ften most successful in politics. They
advertise themselves and the people
ake them at their own valuation?
it least, for a time. -Greenville Piednont.
A Hint to Germans.
If any man of German descent is
it all doubtful about the opinions
hat he. in the present emergency,
should hold, let him acquaint himself
with the works of the most brillant
and distinguished GermanAmerican
that ever lived in South
Carolina, Francis Lleber, and not
.train will he think toleration of a
Fatherland ruled, not by its children,
but by a man setting up in the twen-1
tieth century the preposterous claim
3f "divine right."?Columbia State.
Good-Bye John Barley Corn.
Out in Illinois a man crazed on
whiskey, threw his wife and two
ear-old child on a hot stove, slashed
lis son with a knife and choked his
'Ider daughter. It is alleged he
'orced his wife and daughter to take'
n washing to get money for him to
juy whiskey with. We can't say that
luch a cruel thing as this has hap- 1
jened in this section, but we do know
i lot of people who have gone hungry
md ragged on account of this stuff.1
lust such as this Is what has caused
3ld booze to fall so fast in recent
rears.?Cherokee News.
Our War Month.
We think of April as a month of
ihowers but. for this country. It has
been signalized by Its entrance into
rarlous wars. That is a curious
fact. Six wars in which this coun
iry engaged began In April, as foVlow?:
The War of the Revolution \>?rm
In April, 177B.
The Black Hawk War began In
\prll, 1831.
The War with Mexico began In
\prll, 1848.
The War Between the States be<an
In^Aprll, 1861.
The War with Spain began In
\prll, 1898.
The War with Oermany begins In
\ prll. 1917.
The only other really Important (
Aar In which this country engaged,
hat of 1812 with England, began in
lune of that year.?Greenville Piednont.
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Our Scrap Basket i|j_
British Isles. '
Great Britain is an island in which
ire located the countries of England ht
Scotland and Wales. Ireland Is an 5C
Island by Itself. These two large
stands together, with the numerous ea
small islands adjacent, constitute the le
British Isles. ,
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Look for the Best.
er
When a young man gets into a new
place he meets the bad companions tt
First. They float around on top, as it
scum usually does. Good company cj
is not so easy to get into. It has to
be sought. The wise young man tc
knows the channels through which a,
tie can come in contact with respectable
people.
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A Wish for Each Day This Week. "
Sunday?That the Sunday dinner
won^t burn. p,
Monday?That the spring fashions
will be pretty.
Tuesday?That this will not be a
rnlnv ImrkworH nnrlnr
Wednesday?That none of us may
catch cold.
Thursday?That we may have lots
of early flowers. lt
Friday?That spring may not bring tl
111 luck. b(
Saturday?That everybody may take
on new life. q
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Did You Know That? b<
Hawaii exports 2,000,000 cases of
canned pineapples yearly?
France In 1916 exported to the
United States goods valued at $110,- '*
204,951 ,r
The factory output of sausage in
the United States is worth $60,000.- a
000 annually. 01
The Standard Oil Company has 81
$14|y<>0.000 invested in Roumanian ei
oil properties.
Madison, Wis., has 120 manufac- p'
taring concerns which turn out $1,- "
250,000 worth of goods annually?
Vani'ln, the flavor that makes va- ('
nilla ice cream so popular, has been
found in the leaves nnd roots of a c<
iiuml er of plants?
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Non-Advcrtlslng Failures.
Startling figures relating to failures
in business and non-advertisers v
were given to the Cincinnati Ad 11
Club recently by Jesse M. Josephs. ju
of the Josephs Advertising Agency, i
In his address on "What Should a '
Retail Store Spend for Advertising?'^'
Mr. Josephs said among other things: iv
"Figures I obtained from a financial I ><
agency show that out of all the failures
in one city during the year. 8b n
per cent of the firms had not speni a
a dollar on advertising. 14 per cent "
spent about fifty dollars a year a L
piece; not one had really advertised.
Judicious advertising is founded on
facts, figures and nrsearch. I want
to warn you not to stand still in advertising
If you don't advance every
year your business is slated for the ti
grave." n
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Uncle Sam's Uniforms. ^
An act of congress, approved
March 1, 1911, entitled "An act to o
proteot the dignity and honor of the tl
uniform of the United States," provides
"that hereafter no proprietor, d
manager or employe of a theatre or s
other public place of entertainment tl
or amusement in the District of Columbia
or in any territory, the dis- tl
trlct of Alaska or insular possessions v
of the United States shall make or w
cause to be made any discrimination
against any person lawfully wear- u
ing the uniform of the army, navy,
revenue cutter service or marine J
corps of the United States because of n
that uniform, and any person making h
or causing to be made such discrimination
shall be guilty of a miade- g
meanor, punishable by a fine not ex- a
ceeding $500.
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Mucilage. ^
Mucilage is an adhesive substanco
nreDared from the exudation* of v?- h
rious trees and plants from linseed,'n
marshmallow roots, onions, etc., by!
the addition generally of an alkali h
Holution. The ?amo result ean he oh- c
talned hy long boiling water. b
A aervleeable mucilage can easily
be made from onion Juice. After fl
a short boiling, a good sized Spanish e
onion will readily yield on pressure!
a large quantity of very adhesive s
fluid. This product is used extend- a
slvely in various trades for pasting q
raper on tin or even glass, its tena-1 n
city being surprisingly great and
equaling the result of many of the n
more costly patent cements. Some o
of the cements sold by street fakirs t
at 10 cents a bottle consist of noth- r
ing but onion Juice and water?the
bottle and cork cost a great deal d
more than the contents.?-Grocer's d
Encyclopedia. II
iH Here and There; 3l ^
DID YOU KNOW THAT? ' WM
A barge built for the harvesting
tip on the Pacific coast gathers up
10 tons of sea weed on a trip?
Land covers 29 per cent of the
irth's area and 14 per cent of it is
ss than 500 feet above sea level?
Punch bowls of molded ice, with
iwers frozen therein, are being
irned out by some ice manufacturs?
In Mexico there grows a tree called
te "tree of little hands," because
's leaves look like the hands of a
?i!d?
In Russia there are enough people
? populate Great Britain, Germany
nd Prance, with a considerable
umber left over?
That a new heading device for
sweating wheat is designed so that
can be attached directly to the
ont of the tractor?
Swedish milkmaids are being dls
laced by men who are taking up
ork that was formerly regarded Ml
urely for women?
In a new form of electric fan vercal
blades draw In the air from beeath
and distribute it equally in all
orizontical directions?
Spain is studying its large deposs
of peat, with a view to utilizing
le material for the production of
oth gas and electricity?
Two inventors living in Portland,
re., have patented an egg-shipping
-ate so arranged that should an egg
e broken, it will not soil the others?
A German hospital uses a seriei of
drrors to reflect beams of Mght free
om shadows on an operating table
cm an arc lamp outside the operat?g
room?
Fully nine-tenths of the magazine
rticles on how to choose a husband
r how to manage one are written by
pinsters, according to one magazine
litor?
The Siamese have a deep-rooted suerstition
about odd numbers, and in
he building of their houses they
rive to have an even number of winows
and doors? "
If a regiment of 1,000 men, with
juipment of 60,000 pounds, marche?
0 miles^ it does as much work as
'.borers raising a weight of 200,00
tons a distance of one foot
To replace the familiar steam rol>r
a gasoline machine has been de- S
eloped which, in addition to econolizing
on fuel, gives its driver an
nobstructed view of his work?
The^first successful example of the
tographic art was produced' 120
ears ago by Aloys Senefelder, a Ba- ?
arian, who produced a piece of mus
printed by his process?
Bucharest, the capital of Roulania
has a nnnnlntlnn r>f inn OOO
ml is said to be the gayest city in
lie world. The Roumanians are a
,atin race and Bucharest is a deberate
imitation of Paris?
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SENSE AND NONSENSE.
If you draw too much on the f'lare
you may find your new leaf r u
larked up before you turn It.
When it rains pitchforks it may
e just to help the farmer with hts
ay.
In life's harmony, woman insists
n playing first fiddle or bursting up
He orchestra.
The smile that won't come oft'
oesn't amount to much. It's the
mile that you pass around that gets 4
lie candy these days.
If you are honest in your convlclons,
and have the backbone to stay
'ith them, your strongest friends
ill sometimes be erstwhile enemies.
A grass widow shouldn't effect
eeds.
When a man's faith in anything is
udgment for picking a good investlent.
When things turn out badly,
e Hays he Just took a chance.
Probably a large majority of men
et more satisfaction out of winning
bluff than on a full hand.
By a new system of dieting food is
leaaured by the cubic inch?probaly
to make the patient believe he is
ottlng a square meal.
When a girl asks a man to teach
er how to swim he might as well
lake up his mind to support her.
When a man gets to considering
ow he wasted language during his
ourtship days he makes up his mind
o conserve words around the house.
A man will tell how some woman
irted with him Just as If ho wasn't
qually guilty.
If a Dinn can't propose to his
weetheart without getting nervous >A.
nd excited, he Isn't well enough aeuainted
with her yet to think or
larryinlg her.
Woman smiles and says nothing as
lan expatiates upon the superiority
f the male over the fomale?that's
he way the woman proves her supelorlty.
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A Chicago man got put in jail 30
ays for kissing a girl. Why such
llscrUnlnation? Many of us get a
ife terra for the same offense.
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