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r ? TheLancaster N ew Lancaster, 8. C. (SKMI-WEKKLY.) ww -My Country 'Tin of The?, Sweat La of Liberty." Published Tuesday and (f'rlday BY THE LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY Established 1852. Entered as Second Class Matl Dotober 7, 1905, at the Postofllce Lancaster, S. C., under act of Co tress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year |2. 81a Months 1. The News is not responsible for t lews of Correspondents. Short and rational articles topics of general interest will gladly received. Friday, Aug. 24, 1917. Ill tllC meant imp KiipIp finm nr up the money. + Russia's back appears to be st fening in places. + Italy Is striking the Austria hard on the Isonso line. * Pershing is eager for the Sa mies to get into the fray. * The boys are training and will there in tirue, mighty strong. England and France are makli .good progress on the Western line ? And the American manufactur is making munitions; the America builder, the ships, and the Americi farmer, the grub. . The death of John W. Kern, fc mer United States senator from I diai a. at Asheville, August, 17, j*. gr >at loss to the country. He w a m. n of big calibre. ?-+ Federal District Judge Speer h sustai ?d the constitutionality tllA C. ? ux.-vn.u <ii.ui i.i?. vri courts and so will the I*. S. Supreme Con when the question reaches th court. . ? The State Annual Education Edition of the 22nd is worthy high commendation and presents most encouraging outlook for tl educational interests of our commo wealth the coming year. . Germany is doomed to defeat the end. The reign of the Hohe rollern will end, and the plea of tl German people for liberty at lion and peace abroad, will then fa upon willing ears. The highest patriotism may I shown and the most efficient servh for the future of the country may 1 rendered, by filling the colleges an high ' schools with our students. Tl wat*-emphasizes the need and dut of training the youths of our land 1 * v. W&at is the matter with the ara at Salonika? We hare been ezpec ' ing to hear of a big drive there, no thaf^Greece is all right. Is tl ! Solonika army following the 1 Junction of Paul to the Theesalo ians, the older inhabitants of Solor i ka, (4:10) "study to be quiet?" A " + - We note with great pleasure th Congressman Sam j, Niehollg making strong, patriotic speech proclaiming the righteousness of tl was against Germany, and the du of every man to stand loyal to t country. Among other things, ?aM In his Union address: "We a m this war, and any man who do inythlng to hinder our success the front or at home, Is a traitor his country and Is not worthy of t respect of a patriotic citizenship." ' pi f ppi pjpmppp > ' PMsnppppi ' r~ ' THE I. W. Wl. ^ . The government is beginni i deal with a Arm hand with tt . = i dustrail Workers of the World, ^ monly known as the I. W. W's. are agitating against the s draft in some of the Western S This organization is composed I 1> of foreign-born people who "d ! not caught the true Ann j spirit. - REGSITRATION OF WOMF We trust that every worn Lancaster county will be regit ter and pledge themselves for the at servation of food products, th< ,n~ vention of waste, and the exert every womaly way of the gret cilities and opportunities thej sess to strengthen the nation i 00 time of crisis. Already the women of Lan are doing a great work Tor th< he Cross, and the patriotism of th men of Lancaster has never bet on' pealed to in vain. be j + THE VOICE OF LABOR, j Samuel Gompers, President < American Federation of Labo ? i clares: ltS "There is milv .itiw hnsie til ^ for permanent peace and tl either the abdication of lvais if- to the democracies of the wor Kaiserism must be crushed b democracies of the world." n_ This has a patriotic ring ii name of labor and is iu striking trast to the treasonous condu members of the I. W. W. in soi tnthe Western States in resistin 6oldier draft. be THE COUNTY BOARD OF E! INEH8. The work of the Board of I iners has been long and ar These gentlemen have given of their time to the discharge c er i duties imposed upon them b: in 1 government without compensi i-H anH hu Vrt o n d na unrorl ?n nm thoir duties with promptness , fairness. There are still about >r- applicants for exemptions I n- passed upon. The District Boa is Greenwood, will soon have al as emption claims before it for rev The public recognizes and a l c iates the patriotic labor of the: fleers. as of * gf.vfk \i. i.i.on \i:i> woo p, This worthy and distingu oll'tcer has recently been moist' from Charleston to Fort Rile assume command of the Ki aj ninth National Division. We nf not fully understood why Ge a Wood was trans/erred to Charl jje and do not undeFstafui now wT n_ is transferred to Fort Ililey, bu1 the true soldier that he is, he < ; without a word, and since his : ln as a commanding officer is so n and so well known at Washin n ie we do not doubt he is being p ie where his military talents will II serve the country. He carries him the good will of our peop + ,e TMK >K(iRO S()U>IKILS CA le i It is to be hoped that the e >e of Governor Manning and asaor id in trying to get the War Depart >e , to provide a separate camp foi ty ; gro soldiers will succeed. If . j camp cannot be separated wil j serious Injury to army tratnln ly ' a whole, there should- at lea it- j such separation of the white aji w gro races within a camp as to d ie ish to the lowest possible degre n- occasion for some regrettable n- Hct. ,l_ The War Department shouW reason the question from th< stract, but from the concrete, at recognize the depp Beatfld feeli j8 the South that the Southern vi< es the race relation is best for he races. This conviction express ty legislation- separating the rac lis many ways cannot be brushed he by military rules and disci re Why irritate needlessly the S >es ern white soldier?- Such a sc at tion will involve no degradatl to the negro patriot soldier, an he hurtful loss to military training { discipline. ' ?????? THE LANCASTER NEWS FttH)A\ GENEROUS CUBA. J.tion by the ng to Cuba is not ungrateful for the ser- w'th Germany le In- vice rendered by the United States an<i very prof com- in freeing her from the dominion of i 'mity to Germa , who Spain and setting her in the path of . Uerman Coal oldier freedom and progress. She prompt- j P?w?r make he Itates. iy stood with us and declared war j Pect of great large- against Germany, has offered the J trado with ( have United States a training camp and !i8ht as a neut erican recently has given to the United many is indie ! fnilf hirtro Hhrnian utu:imahina ' jU8t fl8 WUS tb interned in Cuba and now her prizes Statee as a neu ?v enemies of the ' of war. an in William E. Gonzales, United States ( helP but feel ' stered Minister to Cuba, who it is announc- tlon ma>' lu^u ? con- win receive these ships as repre- other hand? to 0 Pre* sentative of this government, speak- 18 necessary tc .isein lng of thl8 of Cuba, said: "It to Germany ar at fa" is Just another illustration of Cuba's lt be true as 1 r P?8" generous spirit and of her earnest deplote8 berse n this purpose to co-operate with her allies P'',>9 G emu to the full extent of her power." e*Pect the Uni caster * restrictions on t Red | THE CAIUIANZA GOVERNMENT country, as th< e wo- in MEXICO. t,on would be ?n ap- ^ would appear from Washington German> i dispatches that the Carranza gov- quantity | ernment in Mexico is steadily gain- !"no"*n 8upi Ung such strength as to inspire con- tbe ^T,lit*d fldence In American Rankers and the "u nt of thl <l' r, C10"* Wp tni^t United States Government. American Bankers are said not to be , smanship i averse to lending the Mexican gov-! p?.onable we "i . ^ ernment $250,000,000 and that the rl?ht? ?f ucut American Government is disposed to w'nn'n& id. or -manv extend moral endorsement of a loan, i y the It is understood that if such a loan ? is placed the Carranza government + + + + ? * will allow some supervision by this * 11 government. + CUfcSS Ct Of " A me of We ima^ine the military + + + + + + ^ g the m?bilization and preparation going i . on in the United States is helping to . .... ? ... The food coi I stabilize the Carranza government , I get the people ^a>I- ' and is calculated to impress the Met- J |esg day8 a w ican people that it would be wise to makes some ol restore order in that distracted h'?*tlcss day ah :xam' country. ? dou8- ( + Of fours much ! THE SUFFRAGETTES. Geortfe Creel ?f the ' Official Bulletir r the The conduct of the ??*Wttes in but we are rmt Washington in picketing the White would not cro? it i o n, ^ House and in trying to harass the heart and say President with their insulting ban- squelcher. Fl< &nd , ners is not helping the cause of forty woman suffrage. In fact, it is disto be A woman's gustine to manv frlnnil< i?.? .,<>..0.. ? v..^ | nOUnrP?: "If 1 11 * Why can't they have the sense to see jobs we (Ionian " ' * that their methods are utterly he, already om iSi?n' fruitless and most pestiferous? Why K"? "* "'? Pa>' ppre- of it "somewh can thev not see that the tine spirit ?e ol- safe keeping.? the suffragettes in Hngland are now showing, in forgetting themselves in Advici heroic service to their country, is (-?0 nh? surely winning them suffrage in pieate don't pu ' England? It is most gratifying to is our duty t< know that the suffragettes of the ,,m' sf n<' v to 1 to the French Klity- S?U,h d? "0t amUate W?" > gusta ChronicK men and do not approve of their # have methods. The Southern woman be- 0no ( neral lieves that suffrage should come The selective eston ^|jroujh State action, and it will at I one good thing ky hG no distant day. wor,d how t like yonng Americ: Dbeys pKPKNDS UPON THE VIEW the"" cousins and the raerlt POINT- ing of depends 8r?? Westerners want no embargo on pTifs Commercii gton, g^ipm^nts to neutral countries of laced rne O corn and wheat and Southerners want . . . FJmperor Cha De81 no embargo on cotton. This la huI ly echoes the wit" man nature, but ''when self the any the Kaiser, '1?- wavering balance shakes 'tis rarely srath that "our right adjusted." not seek the MP. The* question should be: "What HtrvnKtti ?? t^l - . , .. . . , . # .. TT .. conviction is iTorts Is for the best interests of the Unit- .. . , upon us that t dates ed States as a whole in waging war war jg ment with Germany?" In the senate re- Rirhmond Jour r ne- ! cently, Senator Lodge of Massacha ' the i setts stated that Germany was re- Standard * < i . A. . , The first wor thout cerlvlng cotton from neutral coun- . istration win b? g as | tries and also from Italy, and Sena- harV(M,t an(j re at be; tor Smith of South parolina reply- pU< 0f the cou d ne- | ing said that the figures of Senator of conserving tl imln- 1 Lodge a3 to the amount of cotton re- making bread c e the celved at various foreign ports are the Pl*nt " ardization of th con- entirely wrong and misleading and After centnr "nminates from the mill sections of r is a curious 1 not , New England." Senator Smith de- weight, size an ? *b- j clared that for four months prior to 8<xntial article c , ^ ^ a. a to the whim of and it... -? ?* - f iuc ciin nutc ui tut; u iiiit*u states in- I . I , I and depend on ng in ; to the struggle, until the present, no ; ty The 8tate pw of cotton has been permitted to reach man, the butch both the enemy. food products n ed In 4 Ing. Yet It ha es In HOLLAND'S COMPLAINT. wi,h the haker away Holland is sending a mission to ",ooro,'ra^ recent investig pllne. the United States with a view to se- |nfjuatry in thi; louth- cure some concessions on the nK6nts disclose* para- United States embargo on abnormal varieties of lof on of shipments to neutral countries f?renf bakeries id no through which Germany gets sup- T,1R ,nov,tHb' lack of uniforn K and plies. Holland thinks she is ,nfi ,g to con threatened with economic destruc-'buyer and leav< I - rm roin* very !? *, miumm r, AUO. 24, 1917. embargo. Her trade j has been enormous 4I? itable &D(i her prox* #' DyaQd dependence | | and fear of Genuao |* r tremble at the pros- 1 ! VT dlminuation of her 0 Germany. Holland's ? ? ral to trade with Ger- ?_ iputable, of course,! * e right of the United ? 1 ? . w 4 , ,.u .u Farmers, as a rule, tral to trade with the ? i_ 1 j I Their hank deposi allies, and we cannot i * , . j 14 i v complete record regrel. thru the 1 . ,v,ul'e the stubs of re o an . On the . perfect rCCOl'd O f< conquer Germany it; i-? l i ... . Paying a laborer, i control the supplies ,, i -n -i-i other bill with a C; id her armies, and if u with money becau t seems, that Holland <1 , , " A . ? w the cheek must en If by abnormal sup- ? , , ^ w being returned to .ny, she ought not to T j 14 . 4 can be preserved a [ted States to put no , j . i , . , * wj posited in a bank her trade with this , x . ? . , awav as when ca i effect of no restrlc- ,* ? pocket. to allow Holland to x -?tt We invite every in enormous and un-1 _ . i it 11*1 county to make the and kce" u? th<!; of keeping a bank i pile, by puroha.ee In ] J not ,)nv V0U. A It t.. to the Kreat d.tri- j fanners 'have accc lied cause. f# 7 however, that wise v ,.r ? , ? . . . v \\ o pav tour nor may find a safe and v 1 1 ly to reconcile the rals with the neces the war against Ger- V r......... | The First I f LANC COMMENT. + > t j * CHAS. D. JONES, Pr t E. M. CROJ Itfit-r I>o^s. ! ! tservers are trying to ?^2 to observe two meat- ?- - -- eek. This weather ^ . r us willing to try a lmP?R,tion- * '<*** dictatortWip jo.?Pickens Sentinel vlrtua,,y unlimited powers over fo< _ + distribution shouTd1 be compettnf effect this 1 ong-nejected refoim.e He Wouldn't. , N<pw York Wor]d I explains that the' i is not a newspaper. ! 1y fo bet that George , Traitors All. js his hand over his | in his speech at the Uniou' r*?eagt it is not a news j ?t,lK o;^n,aKar nipht vtihn Hio >rida Times-Union. I i Baid: "There are men walking tl oady I>??. organization an-1 8treets of this 0,ty who ou*1 ao take over men's to he taken out at sunrise and slio d men's pay." May- They are doing work for German [ ??, some ol them do nailer false pretenses and are lyin unless he leaves part . ... ? . . about it. It we are competent ft ere" down town for ..... . . c. our libertv we win hnd them out an \\ ilmington Star. f. ; get them. Kvery one of us can hel I'v telling to the authorities all w * to Hoover. i now and hear, md. Mr. Hoover. But ,fl on)y m.ittpr Qf timo whp blish .t again that it v p will get these snies and traitor t consume the dark i<We ean>t hp fnn|f,d or pInve I all the white bread w||h t()o long There are SQ1B and l.nglish. Au , nc.wspapers printed in this city tli editors of which deserve convlctio * and execution for treason. Soont }<mm! Tiling. or iater they may get It." > draft law has done These are solemn words that eai It has shown the ry a(jded height, coming from s many hard-working conservative a man as Mr. Rbot, bi ans are supporting they are undeniably true.?Ne heir sisters and their York World. ' Ir aunts, to say noth- ^ >nt children.?Memil-Appeal A COMPLBTO EDUCATIO -4 uilty Party. To be gentle, irles of Austria, glib- To value time, protestations of his To dress neatly, by telling his Reich- To keep a secret, group of powers did "To leern sewing, sanguinary trial of To be charitable, is world war." The To be self-reliant, ping slowly jo ne in To avoid Idleness, he real Instigator of To study hygiene. Akhoond of Swat.? To darn stockings. , nal. To respect old age. , - To learn economy. I/<?af of Bread. To know how to mend, k of the food admin- To know how to oook. i to control the wheat To make good bread, gulate the flour out- To better the world, ntry with the object To keep a house tidily, lese foodstuffs and of To be above gossiping, cheaper. Why should To control her temper. Iso Include the stand- To know how to buy. le loaf of bread? To make a home happier;, ies of bread-making To take care of tho sick. anomaly that the To dress economically, d quality of this es- To take care of the baby. ?f food should be left To know how to study, the individual baker To sweep down cobwebs, his personal hones- To make a home attractive, regulates the milk- To be interested in athletics, er and the dealer In To marry a man for his worth, ind compels fair deal- To know the value of fresh air. s dealt very leniently To understand the rules of diet. True, there is a To read the very best of books. iund loaf." But the To take plenty of active exercls ;atlons of the bread To keep clear of trashy literatur ? city by government To understand character buildin i practically as many To take an Interest in the school if as there were dlf- To understand emergency nur i Ing. le result of this entire To be light hearted and fle< alty In bread-making- footed. fuse and delude the To be womanly under all circut ? him helpless against stances.?N. C. R. News. I "* *"1 'ifib^MMM?? ? If. * rs Should I ?> i i . ti Dank Accounts V y v : > , keep no book accounts. J it book affords them a J .V of their cash receipts, their check book are a I 3xpeiises and payments. $ a store account, or any heck is much safer than I se the person receiving dorse it, and the check, the maker by the bank, is a receipt. Money de is not so easily fooled irried aroimd in one's : farmer in Lancaster i experiment for one year J iccount and see if it does J irge number of our best / units with us, why not * >; ' cent 011 Savings Depos- ; !l y National Bank j ASTER, S. C. v . J ! esiden^/ ' LTON, V. Pres. and Cashier. J y - - - 1 -X. _-J* LI. -g Of + + + + Mi * ^ * WIT AND ITWMOR, ? * ? ' # NOT NBKDED. The Grocer?Now, sonny,- doe* youV mother need any horserAdlah? le Th^?' K-id?No, sir, 'causae we oiily ot have atv automobile. * ^ m ^| ARKMKDV. r I "Miss G1dd*y says she find* It so !t j hard to make up his mind." t- | "That Is more than she can say iy ! for' her face.*' IK ' \ )rj COXCKIT. "Pa, what is a conceit?" "A mental disease, my boy, that % 1? is dangerous only when it becomes ? chronic." | !l THAT TltOUS.Wn-l'OfXD LOOK. "It pays to be cheerful," ?1 , "You bet. As lon^ as you took ie as if you had money, your creditors '? will have confidence In you." II T MIST (ihrr INTO ACTION. "One thing is very unre." r- "What's that?" 10 "We're not going to be able tort talk the kaiser to death.*' w A BAD BREAK/. "That was a break dad ninde:" ? "What was it?" "'He credited an automobHh story* to President Lincoln." ONE ADVANTAGE. "If. leather keeps going up, -we'll, have to wear wooden shoes." "Ailright. It'll put an end-Yt<>* pussy-footing." DOUBLY DISPOSED OF. "Kill' this report of the grand' opera concert." "Why?" I "The writer has murdered it." H4H PERCEPTION. "Hie Is- so- mean-sDlrited I don't believe he has pluck enough to resent the iheult of a bribe." "No< he- Just pockets it." N<* FOREIGN AID. "Why don't you get an alienist to examine your eon?" "No, sir! An American doctor is good enough for me." A SMART KID. Boy?Have you any dry herring? Grocer?Yes. my boy. Boy?Well, why don't you give them a drink? DIDN'T GET A CHANCE, e. Edith?Did you tell the girls at e. the tea party that secret I confided g. to you and Molly? s. Dolly?No; Molly got there first. V 8- ^ REVENGE, et Aged Mendicant (after being refused alms)?I'll fix that young a- shrimp. I'll raise his rent as soon as his lease expires. A