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The Lancaster Nei
Lancaster, 8. C.
(SEMI-WEEKLY.)
WATSON BELL, Editor,
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Tuesday, Aug. 7, 1917
My Co untry 'Tt* of The?, Sweet L
of Liberty."
BADGE FOR FOOD MAKER."
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Time may come and time may
but bill collectors we have with
always.
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If there is any treason in Lam
ter county we haven't heard 01
and thank the Lord for that.
Pickens is preparing to hav
horse-swappers convention at si
early date. We possess a fine CI
ley horse we are willing to swap
A short trip out of town serves
make any of us realize wha
dandy place Lancaster Is when
return.
A Northern newspaper, writ
about Charlotte. N. ('.. says the o
means of locomotion are Fords ;
mules.
o
Stanley 11. Itose has been
pointed to direct the new emba
law. If he is any relation to it
dolph he is all right.
Often we hear a man say that
doesn't believe anything he sees
the newspapers but he is usually
first man to try to borrow a pa
' when any publication appears.
o
The OafTney Ledger got mixed
in York's big political picnic t
robbed Filbert of its one chance
Klory each year when it referred
the affair in several places as be
at Tirzah.
The Claffney Ledger thinks we
caslonally go over to Gaffney in
effort to save something on <
board bill. If we wanted anyth
to eat Gaffney would be the 1
place in the world we would exp
to find it.
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These are Indeed strange tit
when the people of one of the tl
teen original States are willing
listen to treasonous talk. In 1'
or In 1865 a man guilty of t
crime would have had a short r
age to a near-by tree.
o
The Dutch Weather Prophet
Columbia may be a well-inforr
man but the next time he predl
that we are going to have a y
without a summer we are stralg
way going to start for some place
the mountains.
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THE PUBLIC'S APP]
Several South Carolina newspapers
? the back about the splendid work the;
y ingr of Friday, July 20. We do not de
8dl*vo pporlit knf if soamo In nc fViof fV,,
V7V* TV VA VV4*V MUV IV OVVUIO tV/ U O V11UV V* I'
Y. subscribers express appreciation. Th
ever, that the subscriber never does. ]
tter ble and complain if something he wanl
> at he never has a word of appreciation t
:on" by redoubling its efforts has supplied
subscriber paid for.
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00 NO ENVIABLE I
the
We must confess that Lancaster c
on any record in the conscription of whi<
he On the other hand, there is room for
fact that out of the first severity me
them made a claim for exemption fror
i tainly would not say that all of these
^ but on the other hand we know, and
some of these young men must have
they claimed to be exempt. It is not
seventy young men with three excep
' service. We are surprised to learn t
and i this kind in the county. It goes witl
? of the sixty-seven will be forced to g
i. we have our doubts about how valua
get there. A man willing to pedjure 1
cape is not likely to prove of any grea
Co:) ?
(A QUESTION OF S
The attitude some Northern Senab
adopted of the training camps for th
icated in the South is childish and disj
aside personal prejudice and a dislike c
cal period of the nation's historv, son
go,
their tents" because the training cam
North. Happily they do not all tak<
pointed out by army surgeons and otl
'an- while the South's winter is so mild as 1
' " ing six days out of every seven, the v
severe that the figures would be exacl
?' a could drill there no mere than one da;
,me army should stay housed up in barracl
1,11 week they would emerge as wretchedly
of the stipulated three months, wherea
U?
10 camps will produce men at least with t
i > education. Any man with the real wel
can recognize the truth of these asse
them. The ones we hear from in Was
inp ing about their country. In short, the
nly and that tells the tale.
ind , v
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ap- HOW AN AGENT M
rpo
an-1
As Lancaster county is now starting
monstration Agent the idea occurs to
ho j
mors in this countv do not know what
in
tll0 and what he can do towards helping
per problems on the farm. We believe tha
caster with a desire to be of real ser
county and if they will let him know t
up 1
, to respond.
for Sixteen things that the agent can
to county are given below:
ins 1. He encourages community co-op
2. Promotes improved methods in i
.3. Introduces more and better livest
oran
I 4. Assists in the proper manageme
aur 5. Establishes "boys' agricultural
ins production of corn, pigs, poultry, etc,
aHti 6. Assists in marketing and distribi
ert i
7. Aids in the control of hotr cholera
9. Helps in the construction and a
nes ings, such as silos, barns, pig pastures
lir-j 10. Aids in installing draining sy
to water supply systems, etc.
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11. Conducts farmers' meetings, j
hat I
(as tural tours.
12. Gives aid to the woman county
13. Assists in county and communil
14. Forms breeders' and other liv(
15. Plans systems of crop rotatioi
land and the even distribution of labor
ear
,ht_ 16. He represents the State and Na
\ in and can have the assistance of the ej
at any time it is needed.
E LANCASTER NEWS TXJEi
RECIATION. IJ WHAr
? <
aie patting themselves on
i Go
y did in handling the draft- Tho Judg
ny that the newspapers de- cers of the
ey would do well to let their weeks of
July term c
e point about that is how- deal of bU8
He is always ready to grum- York News,
is to see fails to appear, but
i><
o offer when the newspaper We are u,
just a little more than the seeing a gi
those on th
ers.?Lanca
come over 1
| show "him
1
IECORD. !
What do
"""""" Bell makini
There must
certainly hasn't established j mate 0f the
:h she may well feel proud. wm deveioi
considerable shame in the
n examined, sixty-seven of
n military service. We cer- . ]
! Norfolk Vil
claims should be disallowed, j at so cents
everyone else knows, that wants "quo
, . * i , it's tho orij
perjured themselves when cent8 Coh
conceivable that all of the
tions are unfit for military j Trail
hat we have young men of jpa t<|"
hout the saying that many for decency
o to the army anyway, but vvhcn the c
! would we tl
ble they will be after they ocrat who
limself in an attempt to es- President, i
, . i coarse and
t value to any arm. |Yolk Nelvs
11
_The crop
,_doubt the 1
tECTIONS. | Chester cou
? ?????? ?? outlook Chi
| rorn this yi
ors and Congressmen have the stock of
e National Army being lo- 11,(1 voc, ,a,)
of any prev
rusting. Not willing to lay rf.ction. ct
>f the South, even at a critine
of them are "sulking in Thp v
ips were not located in the ti>.> discover
} this view. It has been I'hotorrnphe
|or not there
ler militarv officials that ... ? .
^ J would II CI I |(
o permit training and drill- tnsrnphed.
. . ,, _T big follow ll
vinters in the North are so , .
!and dare* y
:ly reversed and the troops peid Advorti
v out ot' the seven. If the
cs for six days out of every A |Vnchin
trained soldiers at the end ,ho frown
.ion . . . , United Stato
s in the Soutli our training
a tors as th
:he rudiments of a military would t>. * sci
fare of his country at heart ' "Mv! fron'
scp.?Tlio Ll
rtions and will agree with ^r,.?t j, no?
hington care little or noth- ' ""',1
,.A. . . ula that is
y are political demagogues and a pro-c
cortain papc
Hill Record.
From a
[AY HELP -Z'JTl
??????????????I ho made to
carta from t
C out with a new Farm De- and brine ti
us that possibly many far- rurko>' wou
'ceased to he
the duties of an agent are for Rnpiand'
them with their labors or ">' to detaci
, , . . T would he c
it the new agent is in Lan- tm?
vice to the farmers of the balance had
heir needs he will be quick nu'rria,|y h
{started.?Or
do for the people of his
I Older pet
I cial, politioa
eration. ihp very care
crop production. use it. Th<
OCk trouble by
much to the
nt of farm business. j younger me
clubs" for improvement in vvho aro p0'1
I their eountr
i
What a hi
Jtion. to send you
i and other animal diseases. ,hoy had
not a Just 1
rrangement of farm build- or.
, etc.
stems, terracing systems,
Recent ev
show that v
ihort courses, and agricul- th,'re Ronn
methods of
which crlppl
agent in her work. ministration
y fajrs> ' ROme P V|
work done.
istock organizations. way of help
is for the improvement of ronsressmen
throughout the year. 'he 'mni, nR
fronts Araei
tional agricultural agencies who set po
cper^s in these institutions i weirar? an(1
|enough to
Spartanburg
if> .? & ?n
BDAY, AUO. 7, 1917.
od Work Done.
;e, the lawyers and offlcourt
all put in two solid IrJ^&SwW
jod, hard work at the . * TrA?
f the court, and a great
iness was disposed of.?
>n't Believe It. ^
ring in hopes of some day
rl who really looks like fay ^
e summer magazine ooy- c7
ster News.?If Bell will *YbU
lere for a few days, we'll
one.?Camden Chronicle.
?
rit Pleads Not Guilty. The banner breaks ii
you know about Watson The trumpets sing
5 speeches In Lancaster A chorused chant of
be something in the cli- The drumbeats thi
White Rose County that An echo, but a grow
[> orators.?GafTuey Led- An echo that is fll
An echo that shall n<
i Born from the cho
The Original.
ericnn dollar," says the The diapason of the
rginian-Pilot, "is quoted Blends with the si
in Geneva." Nobody All, this had been fo:
ted American dollars"? Who planned the J
uinal that is worth 100 Who dreamed and d
imbia State. That this great na
Who blent the surgi
ors and Treason. With a11 the aftcr
en Republicans are too
have too great a regard And so today the so
to criticize the President Clasp hands with t
A i _
ountry is at war. what nilu 111 lllc n?ig??iy 5'
(link of an alleged Dem- The fullness of oui
not only criticizes the And deeper than the
Hit denounced htm In ...^re foundation
unmeasured terms.? When men for hear
The truths our nat
* * *
est in History. And higher than the
outlook is without a That quivers in thi
>est In the history of ThJ[c flames the fla|
nty. From the present ^hf flag whose pit
ester will make enough Th? fla? of promise 1
The bugle* shout i
ear and to spare, while . , ,
, And send a sense of
canned and dried fruits , ..
. I . , , From days that w
les will he far in excess
ions attempt in this tFlester
Reporter.
. ^
inlutt Intlly \ot. ^
latest in ehitrieitv i>
y that thoughts can be
d. Whether that Is true Or
are souv thoughts thn'
>ok well in p int or pho
For instance, after a j
i i i i fOuyrl
ins knocked y<j't down:
on to get up.?Chester-'
ser.
0 0 0
Vould lie (irenf.
c bee with I ho Kni?or i
i' and four or !:\
s Cohnressmen pml S n- i ~E"
o prine'pul attraction, zzz
toothing that wo would! =-horo
to WflHhlncton ?> tf
incastor Ni" Niiotlwr
oludod a pnrtv In floor EE-: K
opposing tho draft lav I SEE: feat* ^[.r -T^J'
detach Turkey and Hill ^t!
ho Teutonic oomhination i?3?T^ i -JSHi
nay to whip.- Jackson- :=r^ - 1
"nion. IIut none of tho (Copyright.)
whipped England eom-i
lefore this war was rprieenville
Piedmont. ? T
Universal IVj
1. L ? 1 A If a
1 or religious, ought to II With All tf
ful those (lays how they
>y may caime untold By CHARLES J. DONA
what they say?not so
government, hut to the1 j
n, particularly to thosei M
rig to fight the battles of' # \ assumed
y. | compulse
irrlble thing it would he rJ 'fj unheard
ng men Into a war that Lgjjg-V^ f / leaa at Va
?en taught to believe Is jj^0 ftn(j
war!?Newberry Observ- fathers
nothing Missing.
ents in the United States El diers am
/hen 1t comes to war 7^9 are urgi;
lething missing from our an(j app)ied during the fir
congressional procedure, flg jn Qur entjre
les the efforts of the ad- . , , . . , . .
. Ther? ouKht to J ^ and wh,ch hav? be61>
Islon made for getting, fron* file very foundation <
There should be somei An American mother
Ing the great majority of a soldier in the day of the
i who are Impressed with history and her country's ]
Ity of the task that con- ^ ^ w
rlca, by curbing the few
litics above the nation's honorable sense of the won
I who are not even big duties of a citizen, and
forget sectionalism.? j mankind have ever decme
Journal. ' shameful and dishonorable
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^Our^g I *
/llbur D Nosbtt j
s^utAor- of 1
ir Flog and My Flag"
n glory on the breeze,
from all their brazen throats i^W
thrilling harmonies, J
rob amid the ringing notes? ir ./il
ing echo; yes, V9!
ing from hill to plain, J
sver grow the less, yi'J
rd that was not struck in vain.
gUllS Jl
iriller sounding of the cheers?* a
reheard by those great ones 1
.tructure in the former years, Jl
ared, and gave of wealth and life , <9
tion-song should never cease, d
ng song of somber strife 8
croons of honored peace! .4
uthland and the north 9
heir blood-brothered east and west '1
ong their lips send forth ?
r faith is all expressed.
very deepest chord J
is laid in days agone 1
th and home and manhood warred-* i
:ion has been builded on. <
farthest reach of song '
e bosom of the sky i
y of faith above the throng? ii
m and purpose cannot die. *
3oats from sea to sea, *
in answer to the drum 9
strength to you and me 1
ere, and are, and are to come!
i<v W. K Ncsblt.)
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TO MOTHER
DoilT vioRPV MOTHER- p
frtfc HA9 qf
/i^VA oiOiEM we AHtsr g
men in we worip |
|> V' -Jk \ro l00" AfrER we ^
l<OY^ ^ ^
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lilitary Service in Line
le Nation's Traditions
PARTE, Former Attorney General of United States
is often asserted, and yet more frequently
, in the discussion of current events, that
try military service is something new and
of in the United States; something more or
riance with the traditions of our early national
with the practice and counsel of our country'i
This is not merely untrue; it is precisely the
>f the truth.
su who now advocate the enrollment as sold
Bailors of all our citizens fit to bear arms
ng a return to principles universally accepted
st fifty years of our national history, as well
>oriod, and fully sanctioned by laws in force
i in force, in substantially their present form,
if our government.
who says she didn't raise her little boy to be
nation's need, if she knows her country's prist
>resent laws, must know also that she says, in
1 to bf an American citizen, in the full and
d; that she has taught him to shirk a part of
I precisely that part of those duties which all
d it most disastrous to the state and most
to the man himself thai he should shirk.