The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 14, 1917, Page 4, Image 4
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TheLancasterNews f
Lancaster, S. C. I
(SKMI-WKKKLY.) j
WATSOX BELL, Kdit??r, h
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Tuesday, August 14. 1917. "
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"My Co untry 'Ti? of Thee, Sweet Land I
of Liberty."
BADGE FOR FOOD MAKERS.
Mj&W "
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A headline says "Tobacco Is Go- jing
Up." In smoke? [
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Our idea of foolishness Is Gaffney
having a rest room. That is all the
folks over there ever do.
?o? ,y
A man named Mainfort is wrest- d
ling in Columbia. Is that profession .A
his?
o
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A man named Bost got married
the other day and now we reckon he a
Is. ?
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The new Russian Minister of Posts e
and Telegraphs, M. Nikotine, is, ^
probably fond of smoking.
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Charlotte's aviation training
echool turned out to be a pipe .
dream, as most of U3 thought it I
would. L
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A government poster says "Corn ^
is Sraree" but .advices from Pickens
g
county and the Keg Town section of
e
Cherokee are to the effect that the
supply is entirely sufficient. .
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Abbeville county has just defeated ^
a bond issue for good roads thereby (
demonstrating that she does not care
to join the parade of progress in "
South Carolina. ^
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If the government should adopt 11
the plan of permitting no meat to r
he sold on two days of every week ^
our neighbors will do well to keep a
closer eye on their chickens. n
o
While it is possible that a mistake
was made when David R. Coker of 1
the State Council of Defense let
polities enter into the recent meet-;
ing. yet at the same time we think
r
that the statements made by a former
governor deserved to be roundly
criticized. It was the right thing t
but possibly in the wrong place. J*
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Kingdon Gould, the millionaire 4.
who wan married on July 2, now s
claims exemption under the Selec- v
tive Conscription Act on the ground d
that he has a dependent wife. The p
proper treatment for him Is to send ii
him to the very front row of the r
battlefield at once and leave him t
there until the end of the war. Such b
patriots as he will never win this n
war for America. n
TH
SLACKERS AND S]
a siacKer is not necessarily a ma
lis country. It is true that the won
nan, but it applies equally as well to t
linder and annoy the government dur
nan who criticizes the government ai
rovernment organizations is, in his w
nan who refuses to fight. The man
,nd criticizes those who are earnestly
3 even more to be despised than is th<
? (:o:)? EQUALLY
AS IMF
Farming implements are needed by
rms and munitions of war. Tilling t
or without food there would be no arr
hat the National Implement and Vehi<
rged government action that would
lanufacturers on equal footing with
he distribution of material. It is e
lanufacturers of farming machinery
tun their working forces. There ha
lunition manufacturers have induced
lenient plants to quit. This is neitt
ountry will not gain by any such polic;
(o:)
THE ENEMIES A'
Probably having its origin with somi
o the Selective Conscription process o
report has gained circulation in c
ounty to the effect that dissension h
f the local exemption board and ths
oard at at logger-heads. A careful
his report is a lie out of the whole clot
armony prevails and that every mem1
orth his best efforts to discharge his
as not been and there will not be, vei
his report but at the same time, it is
eople in this county willing to start su
(:o:)
IT WILL HELP TP
One of the local Scout Masters of
lained to us that some Lancaster parer
oungsters join the local organization 2
isappointed thereby. We should thin
tmerican boy would be disappointed.
We do not know on what the Lane;
ection, but we do know that the Boy ?
splendid thing for the country. It t
ut of any lad, teaches him to respec
iea of how to care for himself in the c
ral education of its kind for the you
Lancaster parent will make a mistake
oin the order.
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SPREADING SENSEL1
Several times we have had a word or
his section believing every idle rumor
oing on. We have warned them that
ntire American fleet being destroyed:
'ranee being wiped out by one singl
fi'/t'tK of :H1p rpnnrfu tlvif unritur im nt
e disregarded but even before these si
irculated about loyal and patriotic A
/ay a report gained circulation in Lane
f the week that a Lancaster citizen
'oik city, charged with being a Germ
/ere plenty of people to help the repoi
n good faith, while others knew that
epeated it merely to have a small sens
ind, in cases where they can be convic
V punished and it is the duty of every
nan starting such vicious and harmfu
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ABOUT THAT SC:
We understand very fully that it tal
ailroad to make any considerable chan
heless it appears to us that the South
irne now to effect the change in the a
lo. 117, if it ever intends making the
Southern official wrote to Lancaste:
hat the change had been recommendc
o that Lancaster people would be ab
/ith the Charlotte trains in the evenin
Iocs not seem to have prevailed, sinc<
nadc. Meanwhile Lancaster is having
nconvenience that this town ever expe
oad schedules. If the officials of the
o hurry up the action on this matter
etween Camden and Rock Hill will
niserable arrangement is costing La
noney every day.
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;E LANCASTER NEWS TUESDAY, AUG. 14,
LACKERS.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
in who refuses to fight for . . .
} applies very well to that
, , , ... . Another Insult.
ho man who riops thincrs to _
Judging froui the frequency
ing this trying period. The Which Watson Bell comes to Gal
id members of the various he has i?ined the I. w. w. Or
, , . . haps he is trying to save somet
ay, a slacker just as is the on h(s board bl??_Gaffney Le<
who refuses to do his part j
r striving to do their part, Some Went Hungry.
b man who will not fight. v?f?' Jno L; c?f"r,? ot ?'"n
I vllle. was not at Filbert, and we
? j afraid that some of the squirrel
_^??: that neck of the woods went
'ORTANT gr> ?Co,umb,a Record.
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A Sure Bet.
this country no less than A gentleman in New York o
he soil is a basic industry, to Pa>' anv American aviator *
Ti /-xa.- e who W'R fl>' over Berlin and dr
nies. It IS fitting herefore few bomba on the German cat
?le Association should have He would probably double
place the farm implement ","oun,?i'a b?mb h? tbe Kal?
1 ' l Chesterfleld Advertiser,
munition manufacturers in
qually important that the Nobody Would Have Him.
should be permitted to re- 11 1S currently reported that
. . , Wigfall Cheatham, of the Edge
ve been- instances where Chr0nlclet has determined to do
employes of the farm im- secure himself against conscrii
.er right nor fair and the by "J""!"1: Maybe be tb
" the age limit might be extende
y. the next draft.?Gaffney Ledger
Old Methods Needed.
P TTT/-|-pTr A survival of the old time
1 WUltA. fittest methods of dealing with t
I ?- ????? nr? U'nilld nili n cinn o la
e of those who are opposed "lack talk that iR heard in i
I quarters. There is no room in
?f raising a National arni\, United States now for any but ri
ertain parts of Lancaster patriotic men and women.?H
ville Messenger,
as arisen among memuc/s
it certain members of the A vital step.
investigation reveals that If the Kaiser could have a loo
, ,, . ...... r a. the crops in this country he w
h. It is stated that perfect ,lwld<! thI1 , vrr>. v|tol aml R
ber of the board is putting necessary step has been taken
duty to his country. There *"ds ,he <*ompllshn.ent ot
j Hohenzollern downfall.?Ch*
y much credence placed in Reporter.
unfortunate that we have
ch a rumor. Sw,ns ??'
According to Admiral Jellicot
would be easy for the German i
^1~~to make a dash across the N
EE BOY. I Sea and back again. Then it 01
to be at least equally easy for
British navy, which is twice the
the Boy Scouts has com- of Germany's.?Greenville I
ltrf have refused to let their mont.
md that the boys are much ?? . ,
righting Democracy,
k that almost any average The draft rioter3 doif>t wan,
fight in France. They prefei
i u *u u fifcht the officers of the law at hr
ister people base their obr
Thty are not Interested in mal
>COUt organization has been the world safe for democracy; t
ends to make a manly boy *'ffortH nre solely to an
. I tempt to make this country un
t his eldei S, gixes him an for democracy.?Rock Hill Hera
>pen, and is, in short, a lib
th. We do not think any v,'r> Tru<>u
*!. ., , . ' Senator Tillman savs "the
i by permitting the boy to . , ,
J ' sharks are bleeding the people of
much money for the necessariei
life." We believe it is true, and
senate is helping the food shark
do it?that is, a few obstructioi
2SS RUMORS. I in the senate are; of whom Sen
i. Tillman is certainly not one.??
, , , e berry Observer,
two to say about people of ,
they hear while the war is , . ?
' .Am to Pyrites.
thev will hear tales of the .....
, Kditor Bell of the Iaincaster >
, ot the American army in^m a recent issue of that paper
e blow ol the enemy j of pressed lack of knowledge of
rer night. All these should presence or pyrites in Lanes
hould come the idle rumors roun,>- 11 >s a pleasure to inl
. bim that only three miles dig
merican citizens. In some fr|)m K,?u||e Cold v
aster during the early part pyrites has been mined for r
had been arrested in New *han a year by A. K. Blakeney.
an spy, and as usual there ha(l a lease on the mine whict
t along. Some believed it. recPntI>' disposed of to a com.
_ - or Northern capitalists, who are
the report was untrue and ranKjnR t(, carry on the indu
ation. People of the latter much more extensively,
ted, should be very severe- Haile Gold Mine is well wi
good citizen to report any Lancaster county and is ricl
1 rumors mineral deposits. In past years,
der ownership of outside capita
was extensively mined for gold
??~?? and classed as the largest gold i
HEDULE. I east of the Rocky mountains.
mine was abandoned, however,
the property was bought at pi
<es considerable time for a sale by Col. I.eroy Springs, Joh
ge in a schedule, but never- Stevens and Charles I). Jones,
ern road has had plenty of are ,h,> *ol? own(,r?- 80 far a?
i ?... ^ ? . . know. The mine continued inc
ichedule of passenger train ,
ative after being purchased by t
change. Some weeks ago Untu it wa8 lea8ed by A K U1
rs Chamber of C ommerce ney, who went directly t<? work
id, making a new schedule ting on the market the pyrites,
le to connect in Rock Hill wh,(h hf fo,ind rP5u,y 8a,e ,or
g, but the recommendation ontire outPuti
no change han ever )>een " " probabl. that
. mine will soon again be the s
f to submit to the greatest busy activities, with a hun
irienced in the way of rail- or more hands earning a good
Southern road can manage lihood and finding peace and er
people living in every town ment in the ?"mpioyinent near i
,, , rr,, . homes and families; while at
thank them. The present .. . . ,,
# 1 | same time, we trust. Its present
ncaster people time and aratora will find their Investme
good paying one.?Kershaw Era
1917, ' 1
4 -
t Production of Farm Ma<
* * Labor Supply Must E
With By CHARLES S. BRANT1
rf n,.v Q?*irm*n Eucabr* Committee, Notional Implen
pur- I ' ?
hing The truth is that unless prompt action
lger- our country is headed straight toward the sai
| in compelling our allies to appeal to us to sa
we protect the production of labor-saving fa
ett8~ of skilled farm labor, we, too, must soon fac<
I 7 J J
Ib in Anybody can realize how calamitous that
hun- well as the economic sense.
We are now confronted by shortages
labor that will begin to be manifest#in shor
machinery this fall and will result in serious
rters next year. Stocks on hand in important kii
1000; smaller than in normal years, because of ea
J1' and a rapidly tightening scarcity of all raw
the' apective conditions as to both elements mak
.r__l of our output will soon be serious.
For the last ten years farm labor has
! to secure, and now, with an enormous incr
in munition factories, and the withdrawal o
Col.| duetive occupations, there is bouiid to be a
field as this country has never known.
We regard it as vital to keep on the fi
ink" know the business, especially the men train
in machinery. It would be wasteful and fool
i ward try to replace them with unskilled m<
We seek no advantage for our industry
that without this product and without suffi<
and United States cannot increase, or even n
rait- foodstuffs next year.
These are the measures that we declare
*otne, this nation and its allies next year:
th^1
.. 1. That the manufacture of farm mat
?aiiy |
ar(8 j ence with the manufacture of war munitioni
ary raw materials.
2. That service to the country in farn
idered of equal importance with service in
k at ernment or private.
ould ; 3 phat labor on tbe farms be considere
tbe production of war munitions.
fhi 4. That raw materials for farming mac
(?tpr be given equal preference by the transports
with munitions of war.
I THUNDERSTOI
ato?
Jew
Twins. com plot
Charity covers a multitude of ''art of
sins, and so does darkness. consists
,ews . the toni
ex" ., \ position
. Appropriate?
ine permit
istor "Who is that doing all that swearorm
ipK over there?" asked the city edi- ~
itant j ,or- 1 It l3 ,
line, 'That." replied the office boy. "is to furi)j
nore religious editor, cussing because ()|. t,(j
who c?n'f remember the text of the
i he sermon he heard last night." j j>v (
[>any j(|Uite la
. ar. A Wish l'or Kvery Day Tliis Week, j n?e ju
lstry Sunday -That we may continue to,whJrh ^
grow better.
_ a parti
, Monday?That the blue may be ... .
Ithin will be
, . eliminated from this Monday. ..
ri in I come tl
Tuesday?That we nay have an oc-. ? . .
un- finish i
. castonal shower.
1, it I occaaioi
. Wednesday?That happiness. and
only pmst n<
not sorrow, may come to us.
nine 1 room.
Th(>i Thursday?That all of us may keep i ,
.1 well and hearty,
and * prepare
... Friday?That we may learn to con-t
jblic ' isoap an
n trol our temper.
. Saturday - -That we may he enabled' .
who Accoi
to do something for onr country. ...
we 41 ' Glasgov
,,,, r timed young soldier named Stork, ^"hout
hem - '
I was (iruitiR one d.iy in New York. ?'???? ?.
a^r"i When the drill ;nastor spat, 'VP. a
He was so frightened that with el
for, They found lilm the next week in f ookinR
Cork he the
In whir
the' After an Kh"-'rlr Shock. entirely
ceno An effective mea-n of resuscitation
dred, after an electric p.h >c': is said to he
live-, a sharp blow on th~ so'es of the feet | Many
ijoy-j without removln" 'h" rhoes. In all his lon|
:helr] cases, however. It necessary to
the'Pull the tongue f.orn the throat, as1
op- the action of the ruront Is to cause Even
nt a a contraction of th"> missies and the rr.embei
tongue is drawn br.cl; I::to the throat labor f<
2ssaH555E5^
:hinery and the
Je Protected
INGHAM LI
icnl and Vehicle Aeeededee 11
i is taken by the government
ne mistakes that have resulted
ve them from famine. UnM
rra machinery and the supply
; a shrinkage of food supplied.
Would be in the military
of raw material and factor*
tages of certain lines of fan*
i shortages in many vital lined
nds of tools and machines ar^
rlier scarcity of factory laboil
materials. Present and pro*
e it certain that the shortage
been more and more di fTicuH
ease in the demand for labol
f many young men from pro*
shortage of farm labor such
arms the men now there who
ed in the use of labor-saving
ish to let them go and aftex*
;n.
over any other, but we realist
nent labor the farmers of thri
laintain, their production <4
i to be vital to the feeding <4
erials be given equal prefer
3 as regard* supplies of necafr
i machinery factories be oo?*
munition-making plants, got4
4 as of equal importance witij
hinery and the finished good^
ition agencies of the country
/
IMS
ely paling the air passage,
many first aid equipments
of a device which will grasp
rue and hold it in a distended
so that the throat is open to
of artificial respiration.
'he Open Porch ltoom.
often a problem to know how
sh the porch room. A room
sort should not have the
appearance which is caused
ise of furniture too cheap and
eking in character. And yet
iltates to use fine furniture
n time will be ruined by even
al exposure to weather. It
with pleasure that we welle
news that there is a now
which should withstand the
tal dust and dampness which
?eds penetrate into the porch
TSn
..umiiure ih excellently
has much hoauty, and Is so
d that it may be washed with
d water.
ding to the Klectrieal World.
v, Scotland, has a suburb
a single chimney. The
which are of the bungalow
re all completely equipped
ectrlc heating, lighting and
apparatus. This Is said to
only settlement In the world
h the use of fuel has been
eliminated.
Short vs. I/ong.
' a man's short-cominus are
K 8Wlt.
C?lve 'Km Credit. ^
If eggs are a nlck^e each, re
that each represents a day's
:>r a conscientious hen.
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