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!' 4 TheLancasterNews Something ol Lancaster, S. C. ... , . (8RMI-WEEKLY.) V'lla*e ?f ^ 9mmBmaBSSisaaBMSsamBaaess=asaaaa=s=KaKBe. in the case Of il yfly ^ appears ths WaS .Pre8ented * "My Country 'Tio of Thoo, SwhI Land the owners of tt of Liborty." , a village might Published Tuesday and Friday caster Court H BY THE quence of whic LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. pa98ed authoriz Established 1832. sioners, Samuel Entered as Second Class Matter son, Wm. Sirnpsi >otober 7, 1905, at the Postofflce at Eli Alexander t Lancaster, S. C., under act of Con- a ,at of & yU tress of March 3, 1879. _________ same at the nex SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: lature. Exactly (In Advance.) returned to the One \ ear $2.00 appear, but a mo 811 Montl,s 100 records ot the ZT IT ! ~ I "T" office there was The News is not responsible for the views of Correspondents. which had been of the village I Short and rational articles on legislature in 11 Copies of general interest will be purported to be gladly received. made out in 1 m T I commissioners Tuesday, August 28, 1917. ... , 1S J \ ? ' resolution of It ^ | In an old dee ,lie v>l,age Was /^) cr Lancaster. S been on the map /0/g J|rjyV^X fifteen years. \ / L'^ ^0y8' The writer fir October. 1875, ? village, but note PATRIOTISM. ty of her folks. : road, no bank, c Me serves his country best tabllshment. twi Who lives pure life, and doeth right- terian and Me eous deed, wooden store h< And walks straight paths, however store house occ others stray, and Chafee (Ji And leaves his sons as uttermost be- and N. G. B. Ch quest, by Funderburk X stainless record which all men may George Ferguson read; the house occup This is the better way^, and the house - Davis, the Emm No drop but serves the slowly lifting small house on tide; |for a pressing cl No aew but has an errand to some R. E. Wylie, a dower; they were in 187 No smallest star but sheds some buildings from helpful ray, j south end of Ma And man by man. each helping all built since then. the restv falling asleep 1 ATake the firm bulwark of the coun- J awakening on t y s power; would not know There is 110 better way. paved way, Its .. # ?Susan Coolige. . numerous and la jits banks and h ft iand all the slgi it is impossible to bring about any ? I traffic. In othe conservation of gas in the newspa- 1 ? 1 lik? progress is per columns. The supply is unlim- 1 jte(j " Franklin Acaden I school house, wb handsome Grad? .v New York paper contains the1 offering fine edui headline "Onions Bring Stiffer Instead of two 'Prices hv Ten Cents." Ten scents is , ? . . rian and Method h small advance in view of the crop. ' tist church, an I an Episcopal ch Solon speaking to Croesus said: , A_ people have thei "Assuredly he who possesses great , ^ and Presbyterian store of riches is 110 nearer happi- ' . , odist churches, ness than he who has what suffices , A. no banks, there for his daily needs." . , perous banks: + caster, The First Ferdinand, King of Bulgaria, 1 ? IThe Farmers wants the Kaiser to arrange for his ' . ^ , Trust Co. ?hare of Serbia. The Kaiser may ., With no rail *iave to ask Uncle Sam's consent. IT , _ two now. Using > ,, and well water \ treaty with unconquered Ger.. one of the flnet many is but a acrap of paper. . the country. 1 <*ermany is bankrupt in internatric wires were ?tional morality. ^ now there iB a r The government has fixed the strumentalitle of Vrice of coal at around $2.00 per transmission of ton at the mine. We are waiting to ma" came by h tiear the price at retail before lay- ol ^orn ?' ing in the winter supply. Wood at K?'ng ar"' 0O1" $2.60 per cord Is cheaper than coal, w<Me ?'(' "elds 1 unless the retail price is less than il,(',ist 1 ial P'a"trt $6.00. ' the ice plant, tfc . f fertilizer plant Uncle Sam has just let Russia have caster Cotton h little vest pocket change?one ' have given r lace lundred millions. Secretary Lan- Iand surfaced sti ing says: "There is no feeling on j and boarding l he part of this government that i wa? a day when lussia Is on the verge of collapse. 1 cat could not be consider Russia today stronger than Eggs were three fthe was a month ago." I in 1876. The fa: ^ Tl CASTER. J to ask more than that for the origin of the August, even though the h aster may be found j molting. Good fryers were ' Wm. McKenna vs. {ten and twelve and a hall >f Roads, reported in1 now it takes thirty-five < s, page 381. cents to get one, even if 1 it in 1801 a petition chirping for its mother, ' o the legislature by teen cents worth of beef ma< nd William Barkley,: mess for the family?now t\ le land, praying that cents worth can almost be be laid out at Lan-! through the keyhole of th< ouse, and in conse- (door. :h a resolution was The lawyers of that day v ing certain Commis- A. Moore, the father Dunlap, John Simp- Ernest Moore, Jno. D. Wyl 5n, Wm. Barkley and Allison, B. R. Clyburn, Jose 0 lay out and make The doctors were Leonard lage and return the J. Mackey and J. H. Fosl t sitting of the legis- preachers were Rev. J. W when the plat was soon followed by Dr. H. B. legislature does uot the Presbyterian church, a ng the miscellaneous think Rev. W. A. Rogers of Secretary of State's j dist church. Jones Crockett the record of a plat j Crockett Hotel, and J. h 1 received as a plat kept the Riddle Hotel j >y resolution of tho chocken pies were famous. S08, and this plat. Leminond is the only inei a copy of the plat Lancaster now. who was in 802, signed by the then. Mr. Lemmond grew I appointed by the 7, 1879, he had his greatest 101. and his greatest loss. Tha d by John Simpson, freeze came that so desti called Baruetsville, customers' crops that his fi 0 that Lancaster has $40,000 was swept away for one hundred and gave everything to his cred Vhat a story of sor- even claiming a homestead, ?f struggle and ease, same night the beautiful tw 1 prosperity, of do- L. C. Payseur who had ther iphs, of hatred and arrived, has retired from >lded within those in comfortable ease. With j ceptions, preachers, lawyers st saw Lancaster in | merchants of 1875 have pas a small, straggling the other side, other men hi d for the fine quali- their places. Industry has There was no rail- ?d into many tields, and 1 to manufacturing es-' la a- progressive, growing o churches, Presby- governed city. thodist, a few old ^ >uses and one brick FREEDOM OF THE 81 upied by Hasseltlne Under international law idson A. Hasseltlne by j-,11 nations prior to thi toffee) now occupied belligerent could lawfully & Company and sink an enemy ship pro^ i. The Court House, lives of non-combatants w led by H. E. Coffey, j guarded and neutral prop owned by T. II. (ried on ship respected; a b< ions house, and the may blockade an enemies c same lot, now used destroy neutral vessels, at ub, and the house of to run the blockade, prov ire substantially as blockade is effective ^ a b< '5, all the remaining may prevent munitions of \ the north to the leaching the enemy and n iiii street have been merchant ships carrying si Rip Van Winkle, merce, provided, except in lere in 1S75 and and, exceptional cases, the Main street now may have a hearing in a pri the place with its Qermany's ruthless si electric lights, its murder and destruction irge store buildings, < very principal of internal! andsome residences, as to the freedom of the a as of business and r parts of the city . (ilX)IHOl'S Fit A NCI * shown. In 1875,' No record of heroism in ny was a two-room : v.orhl surpasses that of F lere now stands the 'his gigantic w*ir. We tho *d School building,: 100 pleasure lov ing to stand rational advantages. I'lfic strain, but throughout churches, l'resbyte- 1 u' struggle from Marne to ist, we have a Hap- *he has battled with such t I. K. I'. church and courage and endurance as tc urch. The colored admiration of the world. 1 ir Industrial School that the French troops 1, Haptist and Meth- miles on the Western front Where there were 000,000 men and that in t are now three pros- year of the war she has 1 The Hank of Un- more than $16.500.0000.01 National Hank and feared that France might Savings Bank & hausted before the Unite { could strike for her and road then we have debt we owe for her help v ; nothing but spring i country struggled for freedo then, we now have days of the Revolution. It it water systems in J cheering to read and bell telephone and elec- France is not exhausted not known then? notwithstanding the great st tet work of such in- w'll and power to IVght an communication and show no weakness. electric power. The I ? ack and the tooting THK PUBLIC LIHKAI carrier marked the We have in Lancaster ling. Where there library containing many fi then, now there are worthy of reading, but we , the cotton oil mill, the taste for good readin le lumber plant, the growing in Lancaster as i and the great Lan- and that the public taste Mills. Mud-holes vitiated by the modern nov ) to paved sidewalks of which should better be reets. As to hotels the fire than be distilled louses, there never lives of our young peop . something good to hopes of those who were in found in Lancaster. > tal in establishing a publi dozen for a quarter were to encourage the re rmerg were ashamed good and useful books? -the ll"" - - I T?WI? - ?' y ^ . CJESDAY, ATO. 28, 1917. en* In) of knowledge and the ct ens were a taste for literature, i sold for Rufus Choate said: "1 I cents? who has laid up in his or forty held fast in all fortune, it is still and paasionate love of Then, fit- Henry Cabot Lodge coi ie a good reading of classics "whic venty-flve us back from the perishin delivered the moment to the liten e kitchen is the highest work of and which is as one nob vere Wm. ing." , of Judge lie, R. E. RUSSIA'S SOLDIER ph Clark. When the Russian i Strait T. caQie demoralized on tl :er. Th? account of the revolut Querry, Vera Botchkareva, we a Pratt of c'ared: "Since our men nd as we 'nK to fight, the women the Meth- them how to die for th kept the and f?r liberty." She o 1. Riddle thorlty to form a woman ind their and promptly organized t Wm. D. lon of Death." and whi "chant in caIne in battle they be business *P!endld courage. The to be a t00^ the oath to "Conqi t blessing and It is said each wonit t night a I rat'on of cyanide of pota "oyed hrs 'n Jhe event of ca urtune of The story of Joan o and he w*th insignificance. If t itors, not Wouien are of such h and that j 'Russia will yet hold bat ins came. nian host. i recently business THE COMMUNITY these ex- We cal1 ?Pecial attem , doctors, ,etter elsewhere publish sed on to l89ue addressed" to the ive taken Lanca?ter, by Mr. R. \ broaden- r?unty Agricultural Ager Martha J. Crelghton, Ho "lacaster fltratlon ^gent, urging I and wall ^ holding communi ship fairs this fall and times and places of meet * consideration of that sul accepted Lancaster county Is mot 6 war, a in havjng 8UCh able and ? seize or offlcerB in charge of the d rided the of co_operative work in ere sate- h(>me economics. T1 erty car- better jn any county ii jlllgerent and thoy de8erve our hea oast and jn thelr eff0rts for commi tempting opment. We trust there w Ided the Rieeting8 at the appointee elligerent placeSt and that the sp var from pftratlon aIKi progress my seize manifest. ich com believe that coram extreme'wljj Pe vpry stimulating neutral (|J County progress, and v 7.e court.1 j_reator results in a si iibmarine than a county fair. Tliei violates communities are enthus? onal law 1 |jne, tlie way will be ma* teas. a grand county fair, ? ~-J -* ' ' ui|/ycu (tuu wnoie-neari tained. l all the ' * ranee in: fimnan Submarine J] ugbt her! the ter-! The days (he subin ace are numbered, the aw- - . I The submarine has w \eidun |,avoc> hae been able to luuntless expected blow and disap i win the eept against unarmed or vVe learn iy armed ships the subm hold 383 n?t dare show itself. .-w o Not much longer will with ??I* . , , rine be able to operate ' he third . . presence being accurate! expended yery recently a method ha DO. We fected for detecting the pi be ex- exact location of a autre id States i niore than three miles dli .. There can be nothing Day the1 disclosing the nature of t vhen our ? _ .. . . tus or lta method of opet m in the it may be said that the p? is most paratus Is the result of < eve that started before the war ? and that I on a combination ol . skilled mechanical and rain, her , . . . ? , ? minda in the United Sta d endure ovei.f apparatus has out successfully upon G? marines in service, with that fewer German suhr ... afloat than there were, a public . . It will take time to pro no books! merchant ships that ope fear that war Zone with this and g is nut line equipment. It is na t should, pert that the allied warsl is being nrst fitted out, especially i !ers on submarine patrol. 'el, many Once the American and cast into jit royers are equipped th< into the reason to expect an aim ?le. The Hon of submarine activitl istrumen- A submarine that i must come to the surfai hours and remain there adlng of to 8,x hours to recharge diffusion ies. " Mil* imww.w Happy la he y JWFM ?* :?zz: I Why Ft reading." ww mmends the y h will draw y chatter of V m iture which ! civilisation T, . ! banners, a .. .?d u.t- J _Their b.;n J complete i women. . >vhile the i soldiers be- perfect re< te front on Paying a ] '.ion Madam other bill 1 re told, de- j * witll molltf are hesitat- * the check must show being retu eir country >J ' cail^ be pre btalned au- J posited in 8 battalion J . away as i ;he "Battal- > pocket, an the test! j We invi haved with1 : county ton volunteers I of keeping ler or die." I "?t pay Vt in carries a tailllCl'S ll{ ssiuni to be ^ pture. i >' \\ e pa V f Arc pales , its. he Russian ! ! i eroic build, , ! k the Cler _ The Fi FA I It. * tion to the * ed in this Z CHAS. D. J( citizens of J' ir I*. r uiacuci , Vf 1 it and Miss ' f" V# ? I me Demon .he import-^ when a submarine is ty or town- a destroyer flotilla sc appointing though at the time it 1 ing for the merged, the destroyer ' bject | to follow it as it travels 1 until it ia forced to conn rt fortunate ? ' . ... . I face, when it will be an enthusiastic I will be remembere evelopment after the United States agriculture war statements from w lere are no Washington spurces th inventive genius had n n the State submarine menace met rty support den|ai8- The denials w inity dc-vel-! tionably technically accu ill be good time, as certain flnishi I times and were nop<lP<l ami thprp 1 try-out in actual service irit of co-, hi on clear for some mon may be well informed as to c tliat American inventive unity /a I rs shout to master the s and useful V'.ill Street Journal. rill achieve, lortef time As to Your Fat i when the You will "find it less i(j on this root 'aw'*8 than to cho gaining virtues. Do n ie easy for: ? *<.. > .your faults; still less thoroughly fauj^a; jn every person tedly main-! near you look for what I strong; honor that; r I and, as you can, try to loomed. nn(' y?ur faults will di dead leaves, when their arine men- Ruskin. + rought its If We Knowhit an un ipear. Ex- Could we but draw th very light-, That surround each c larine does! See the nuked heart and Know what spur the i the subnia- often we would find It without its! Purer than wo judge ly known. We should love each otl >b been per- If we only understood esence and luriue even Could we judge all deeds slant. See the good and bad ' gained by often we ebould love tl '.he appara- All the while we loath -atlons, but Could we know the pow srfected ap- To o'erthrow Integrity experiments We should judge eaeh o ind carried Wftb more patient ch r the most inventive if we knew the cares ai tes. More- Knew the efforts all li been tried And the bitter dlsappol Brman sub- Understood the loss a the result Would the grim, externt narines are Seem, I wonder, just t Should we help where i vide all tho der? rate In tho Should we pity where antl-nubiuatural to ex- Oh, we Judge each othei lips will be Knowing not life's ht the destroy- Knowing not the fount Is less turbid at Its s( British do- Seeing not amid the ev ?re Is every- All the golden grains tpt dlmlnu- Oh, we'd love each oth es. If we only understoo s operating ? ce after 24 from four The new National flhl Its batter- is busy rushing ship That "Capps" the cllma: Mi tistsss smrT * - aV v'.ix V i i *r - Ti 1 - zrzri ep a Bank Account I w ' ______ ' . 1' four per cent 011 Savings Depos- ,j! irst National Bank I LANCASTER, S. C. j )NES, President. M. CROXTON, V. Pres. and Cashier. > detected by Washington's Rules for Civility. > equipped, Be not apt to relate news If you nay be sub- know not the truth thereof. sill be able Detract not from others, neither under water be excessive in condemning, s to the surA..v Be not hasty to believe flying rec?8j picy d that soon port8 to the disparagement of any. entered the L,et your discourse with men of 'ell-Informed business he short and comprehen- ^ . . slve. at American mastered the Show not yourself glad at the miswith official 'ortune of another, though he be ere unques-j y?ur enemy. irate at that j Undertake not what you cannot ng touches , perform, but be careful to keep your had been on promise. . But it has Speak not injurious words, neith tns to those ft in jest nor in earnest. Scoff at none ( levelopments although they give occasion. genius was Associate yourself with men of ubmarine. good quality if you esteem your own \ reputation, for it's better to be alone than in bad company.?Selected. ills. ^ eas> to up Congressmen say they are willing k? them b\ follow the President to death. If ot think of noo(j j)e From this distance it apof oth? rs p0ars ^at KOme of them are more who comes anxjOU8 tQ la|j< him to deatb. Is good and ^ pjoice in it; imitate it- A Georgia woman is said to have op off. like ' raised .T.000 bushels of corn, 500 time comes, bushels of oats, 10 loads of pumpkins, 9 children and a worthless hus hand on 80 acres of land. Jlut she cant't raise the ballot. ? e curtains ^?t ' nderatood. ither's lives, I spirit, i Not understood. We move along ictlon gives, asunder. better, Our paths grow wider as the seasons we should: creep her better Along the years. We marvel and we wonder Why life is life? And then we fall i by motives asleep, within uaderetood. he sinner, the sin; Not understood. Row trifles often ers working change us. , The thoughless sentence or the fanther's errors cied slight arity. Destroy long years of friendship and estrange us, id trials And on our sou,s the1"? falls a free* a vain, in* b,,*ht ntment. Not understood. nd gain? il roughness Not understood. How many breasts he sftme. are aching iow we hln- F*or lack of sympathy! Ah! day by day i we blame? How many cheerless, lonely hearts are breaking? r harshly How many noble spirits pass away Iden, force; Not understood, of action >urce. Oh, Ood! that men would see a llt11 tie clearer, ^ of good? Or judge less harshly where they ? er better cannot see, d. Oh, Ood! that men would draw a -Selected. little nearer ??? To one another, they'd be nearer pping Board Thee contruction.