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ITheLancasterNei Lancaster, 8. C. I (SEMI-WEEKLY.) ... WATSON UKL.L., Editor. I* Published Tuesday and Frith BY THE I LANCASTER NEWS COMPAQ Established 1832. Entered as Second Class Ma October 7, 1905, at the Postofhci Lancaster, S. C., under act of ( jress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year $ Six Months The News is not responsible for riews of Correspondents. Short and rational articles topics of general Interest will gladly received. P.n.l.... \ Ill 1(11 J.'AAVltlJ , .fVUgUSt J.V, -LC7J My Country 'Tie of Thee, Sweet L of Liberty." BADGE FOB FOOD MAKE III In order to be popular forge Bay a good deal. o War, work and worry have placed Watchful Waiting with i of us. o What is the good of holding key to the situation if you cai find the key hole? o To get rid of a bore ask hin repeat his longest and favorite si twice. Even he can not stand t The success of an amateur , dener often depends upon the n ber and the appetites of his ne bor's chickens. o The way congress has acted the last three months reminds of the fact that Nero fiddled w Rome burned. o Wonder how the New York tional Guardsmen think Magn street in Spartanburg compares v Broadway? o A Western man hits the nail the head when he writes that i too much to expect the war to brains into empty heads at Wash ton. o i no suggestion or the Manu "turers Record that our men now ing into action be termed "Sold of Civilization" is the best we fc Been. That is exactly what 1 are. The saddest news Kd DeCanip heard in many months is that no cuses will tour the country this y Ed hasn't missed seeing a circu forty years, to our positive kn edge. o Life's a thing of rough and turn Life's a thing of laugh and grun Life's a game of go and hustle, Life's a thing of rush and bust Life's a play of brain and musol Life's all Jump and buzz and w o Even a worm will turn and if Man Ed DeCamp don't let up oi pretty soon we are going to loose and tell everything we k about him. It will be interef reading. v. _ When calling for above, i advertised. iVS the pa Proof of the fact that Pi fidence of the entire count: business panic or anything iy ca's entrance into the war. ly approaching a panic wo ;y. ( war was declared, but these new slogan recently pres< itter 1 Usual" and it seems to be t 0 at ! ^on- 1 NO NEGRI Congressman Sam J. Nic 2.oo trict has the thanks of the l.oo section for his action in pr to send negro troops to th the Had the troops been sent tc considerable harm would h on ful the white people of an be trouble would sooner or late consider therefore, that Cc 7 interceding with the depar ? I A REAL If the present members mission never accomplish i . nd will have alraedy earned th lie in South Carolina by an 4 rects that within the next ! 40 miles in South Carolina cars with screens. This is years ago. The public hai ience and the news that th< \ j with glad acclaim on every I f = 7 ! THE TV l Every newspaper in eve asked by local merchants t merchant begs the newsp? t home and the newspaper is chants positively refuse to I rvoi/*** nlA^ra Y\\r m*no nvif i nrr C*iv/14fe KJJ FiVUV..V*U6 re- buck & Company, probably 11091 y T_;i. ^ J rii - i * unitea states, nas .lust plac million pounds of paper, 01 the will be printed. These cat; mot with their alluring pictures succumb to this lure the i . will not advertise will bitte i to tory ness is starving him to dea hat. ing his business he deserve! garTHIS II ifihWe note by the daily pre! lina and all over the Unitei for '"slackers" who did not regis hiie precincts now and register, prosecution of that particul at variance with what the Mas'lackers. It announced bef olia vith ter would receive prison sc yet no such action has beei lowing any man to register been drawn? It is absolu t is. put drawn in the first draft ai ius- active service. | '?* A GUAR1! KO- _________________ iers During the last few days iavc pered all over the face and h< > bitious folk who hope in t eating green corn. We ha has perimenting along this line f'1"- tion to offer some valuable ear. | -p^e way to eat greei s in family is to lock yourself i owl-! then let the corn fly where bath tub. l,ie It is a good plan to wear i ihie. i engaged in the pleasant aci butter can then drop at its le o Old fashioned ear mulLs < hirr from getting into the ears. neck wear one of those tij 01<' puts on you when he gives n 3 An expert corn eater is a cut now corn, while the other 50 pe iting amateur can get about 10 but practice makes perfect. >leaae say ..... I ImmharHmonf nf tk. s1. THE LANCASTER NEW NIC IS MISSING. resident Wilson has the faith and con ry is furnished by the lack of anj approaching a panic following Ameri Many predicted that conditions close uld prevail in the United States aftei ; condition* have not come about. Th< snted is "Business is Better Thai ;rue in many sections. ?(:o:) DES ARE COMING. holls of the Fourth Congressional Dis people of his district and of this entir< evading upon the war department no is section for Iheir military training ) South Carolina, we are confident tha ave been done. No matter how care y section might be, it is certain tha r appear between the two races and w< mgressman Nicholls was very wise ii tment. (:o:) SERVICE DONE. of the South Carolina Railroad Com anything while they are in office they e undying thanks of the traveling pub order issued last week. The order di 12 months every railroad of more thai must equip every one of its passengei something that should have been don< 3 submitted to the greatest inconven i evil is to be remedied will be receive< hand. (:o:) 70 SIDES OF TT. ry town in the country is frequently o lambast the mail-order houses. Th< iper to preach a doctrine of trade ai alwavs triad to romnlv hut mnnv mpr do their part towards helping the cam the worth of their goods Sears Roe the greatest mail-order concern in th< ed an order for two hundred and fort> n which paper an attractive catalogue ilogues will come right into Lancastei of merchandise, and when local people Lancaster merchant who does not anc rly complain that the mail-order busith. If he can't see why they are ruin 3 to starve. ? (:o:) 3 NOT JUSTICE. ss that in some sections of South Caro 1 States the government is permitting eter on June 5 to go to the registration after which the government drops its lar person. Such an action is certainlj government promised would happen t< ore June 5 that those failing to regis ntences in Federal penitentiaries and ii taken. W hat justice is there in alnow, after the first draft has already tely unfair to the man who ha*s heei id who is even now ready to take uj ?( *>:) lNTEED REMEDY. the editor of this paper has been pep I practically all over the body by am ime to learn a little something abou ve given over considerable time to ex and believe that we are now in posi advice on the subject, i corn so as not to annoy the rest of thi lp in a room alone with the corn, an< it may. It is a good plan to sit in th< a diving suit, without the helmet, whei obatic stunt of eating green corn. Th own sweet will. come in handy. They prevent the cori To prevent it from getting down th ?ht rubber collars, such as the barbe you an egg shampoo, ble to get away with 50 per cent of th r cent is scattered about the room. A per cent of the corn at the first tria t?MA. 8 FRIDAY, AUG. 10, 1917. ]:^ WHATOTHE^SAY. J ^ It Calls Fop Admirutlon. | " i Women are as much out of place / -in war as in politics; but one oan- V ! not help admiring the patriotism of ^ the Russian women who are trying B to fight the battles their men ought 1 to be fighting.?Newberry Observer.| Supplying Ammunition. An army of eight hundred thou- Eg I sand workers has been mobilized in the food and garden clubs. This is the war home gardening division, ~ which will release the food of the > farmers for the boys in France. The Jrjf 2 ammunition they will supply con-; ^ sists of fats, starches and protein, j "T | The Kaiser will find it the deciding! factor in this war.?Spartanburg "Thou t Journal. Sail on < harlotte Is Disappointed. | Proud before hei jister It is to be regretted that the pro-; Qut< far outt upon the ; posed Hying machine annex is not What of fearsome wills , included in the Immediate plan, She has stoutly held hc General Wood for t'anin Greene It I * had been contemplated as a most de- She has fought the bill< sirable asset, and The Observer When her sister ships 1 , hopes that It may yet be added to I the camp, but meanwhile, we have The old ship, the bold s securod more than we had at first " expected and can afford to be con- r*,., T ?. - tent even with the aviatiunal disap- iding out the bitter sto , poiutment.?Charlotte Observer. The old ship, the hold m m m The Way le Open. Other ships go wallowi That was some very valuable in- Staggering and waverii 1 formation that Hon. W. F. Steven- Other ships go craftily son gave the farmers at Filbert prmid before her sister I about cotton marketing; but the In- . .. , J. Out the course and on B formation will go for very l'ttle un- . , , less some intelligent farmer takes ^ tossed ast e t the lead in acting upon Mr. Steveui ' son's advice. The way Is open for j The old ship, the bold ( tremendous improvement in market f-Jonest thread and trui conditions if only the people who are r% j r Ai , | most tremendously interested will Jor the 3torm ( Itake the necessary steps to avail! The old ship, the bole themselves of the benefit of thosel improvements.?Yorkville Enquirer. Sail before your sister s / Lct them waste their w How Times l?? change. ! \\fe who sail aboard of Alas and alack-u-day! Governor I Know how sure you br< Hlease is quoted as saying at Fii- Know the times that yo . bert that "when Tillman hears of the Ra . ^ rQyal ru proposition he will say something! " dirty. The old scoundrel has got ' ?? ?. .? ? ?j - 20 he can't hardly say anything! ' c'" Snip, the bold a without saying something dirty. ' Great she goes and strai " And this was said at Filbert, where' f0HowinR Qn(J WalloWi\ ' only a vfew years ago the noble and' . , , ? mighty Hen was a lion indeed but ' he old ship, the bold ^ now as nuibji.) .>aiu of caesar, "There he Ilea and none so poor a ^ i as to do him reverence."?York | News. Politics Not Needed. We are of the opinion that the) State Council of Defense has u morel serious and weighty task on hand than to discuss and denounce Cole! (Cop 1L. Blease, no matter how just and true such strictures might be, and TIJC MAM IA/11 believe, therefore, that Mr. David It I M t III AIM VYI I Coker's utterances pn this subject in Columbia last week were unfor- *Mo?nVt ? tunatc and calculated to bring about! AUt NfA iiMir/ I more partisan politics, though ^ ^?wip?o!i Rlease requires no real grounds for jtfSs Mint ' his rantings and ravings, and would 1 of course, have ranted and raved at "<?* j Filbert just the same, had Mr. Co- / fW- -'t a , vf ker never mentioned his name.? r ^ * 1 1 Chester Reporter. ?*S [ LI IM \ Free Press """ Wwfw The main object of the censorship l<4A\8j 3iT?W* seems to be to conceal from Ameri- ' I j cans facts which probably are known to the Germans. However, no mat^ ter how silly may seem some of thO| ^ rules for censorship of news. Amer-' j ' . . I ' ! lean newspapers should submit to ft- :V ? . >. them rather than run any risk of (giving the enemy information which may be of value to him. Ilut a cen- jfifuft sorship of views is a different propo- nj - sitlon. Any American newspaper \\l which is fit to live should fight such ; a censorship to the death, for it ~ t. would be an attack on the very roots || ? _ of our liberties. If free speech and ' I ' r free press survive the war autocracy ^ T^HISI01*1X11] can be destroyed when the war ends iMedmont. Demonstral B Ignorance F/\|tlnlns It. _ i ' u , By JOHN GRI Ignorance seems to be at the hot 0 torn of the anti-draft demonstrations ? in Oklahoma. According to the dlspatches, "agitators" and "organi- fj( 1 zers" nave conducted an elaborate ^ transf 0 propaganda throughout the region nSB j affected, asserting that service in 5^ fijfi 1 the national army meant sure death V ^ tl and that only a show of force would ^JTTl! of its t?e necessary in order to realize \ . ^ "dreams of conquest, riches, and, i comm T power" implanted by these agitators; , - i in the minds of the Ignorant tenant 1^^ ' If these the the abroat e | agitators rather than their dupes are \ n the ones upon whom punishment at stake are not merely \ . should fall heaviest. Who are thev dameiital principles upoi ?,and what Influence was behind jugtjfication?the e]emei I thera??News and Courier. , . .. , . and evil, justice and inj . ??g. I ^ i-zzzr: ??J Wilbur D Nesblt i s^utAor of J our Flag and My Flag" l 1 1 too sail on, O Ship of State, , O Union, strong and great.*' ' .! ' M ships she sails the seas of time; deep, all stately and sublime? perings and what of doubting eyes? . r course beneath the blackest skies, )ws off and she has dared the gales have drifted back with tattered sails. i hip, the ship that we are sailing onI j eat she goes?her sister ships a-tralling ?HI rms all steady, stanch and straight? ship, the good ship of stateI ng uncertain to and fro, i ig against the winds they go; j | in fear of warring fleets? . i j ships she sails with straining sheets; ' 1 the course with compass pointing true, e bleakest winds that ever blew. I ship! Full seasoned is each rib of heft ity seam from spinnaker to jib of her; or calm, all comely and sedate? I ship, the good ship of state/ ihips the course that you must make! hisperings of wonder in your wake! you, full well we know your strength, :ast the waves that lurch along your length, u have met the shiver and the shock, sh by hidden reef and rock! ' ship, the ship that we are sailing on; ght she goes, her sister ships a-trailing on, ng within her wake they wait? 1 ship, the good ship of state! " )Tright, 1917. by W. D. .N uHlilt.) rHOUT A (COUNTRY) GARDEN ? ?a? 1 i ng Power of Just War ted on College Campus I IER H1BBEN, President of Princeton University io one who has lived on a college campus sinot ?claration of war with Germany can doubt that orming power of a commanding cause. As if bji ;ic touch, all the fine promise of young manhood :en suddenly matured in the splendid beginnings power. believe that the cause to which cur nation has itted itself is a just cause. It is a war against to bring to an end the misery of the struggle 1 and inaugurate the new era of permanent peace. Vre feel our position justified, because the issues those of democracy and liberty, but the verk? n which democracy must rest and liberty flna ft? ital distinctions between right and wrong, good ustice.