The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 21, 1917, Page 4, Image 4
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The Lancaster N ews
Lancaster, S. C.
( SUM 1-WEEKLY.)
"My Country "Tn of Thee, Swtut Land
of Liberty."
Published Tuesday and Friday
BY THE
LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY.
Established 1852.
Entered as Second Class Matter
Yatoher 7. 1905. at the Postofflce at
Lancaster, S. C., under act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
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views of Correspondents.
Short and rational articles on
topics of general interest will be
gladly received.
Friday, Sept. 21. 1917.
The chicken thief and the possum
referred to in the last issue got lost
the silo.
+
Oh! for a lyrical, marching battle
hymn, worthy of this great nation
and its lofty aims.
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It seems that Russian armies are
stiffening their resistance to further
advances of the Germans.
+
Lancaster county's share of the
insurance license fees for the six
months ending June 30. amounts to
*4.-1 55.
Gen. Haig, after battering down
*ith cannon German defences, lias
maJe further progress with capture
<?>f prisoners on the Belgian front.
.
Secretary McAdoo says that delivery
of the first Liberty bonds to
subscribers will begin on September
26 through the Federal Reserve
Bank.
o
The large, attendance at the various
openings of schools and colleges
throughout the State is most
gratifying. The republic is safe
-when its youth are rightly trained.
o
It is stated in an Associated
Press dispatch from the American
Training Camp in France that
American -engineers have taken over
an important section of French
strategic railway.
.
The Argentine senate by a vote of'
23 to- 1 on yesterday favored breaking
off relations with Germany,,
which will probably be supported
by toe Chamber of Deputies, as there,
t\ a strong public feeling in Its favor.
The depravity of German ma-,
chinations makes the world indig^
nant.
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After the organization of the
Southern Labor Congress at its sixth
annual session now holding in Charleston,
S. C., one of the first things
done was the passing of resolutions
indorsing the President's war policies
and the action of the Minneapolis
convention. The true voice of labor
is full of loyalty and patriotism.
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At this country's call more than
three hunderd thousand strong
young men are moving into the
training camps to form a part of the
great new national army. With the
regular army and the national
guards and the marines more than
i million men follow the flag today.
And there are more to tome!
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liaron Rhonda, Mntlsh rood controller.
states that if voluntary efforts
fail the nation will be put on
compulsory ration. That the minimum
food requirements from the
(Jolted States and Canada would he
more than 10,000,000 tons. It is
manifest that the United States
must stress the need of food conservation
in order to help supply the
mormous needs of the Allies.
FRIDA
The President endorses and urges the war is
the organization of school children those who
into a Junior Red Cross. This those who
would afford a tine opportunity for every enei
teachers and school children to do ajand conip
I great service, wituuut impairing me
regular school work. The orga-niza- "L.YEAYE
tlou and its work would have edu- When G
cational advantages of great value, tomb of Li
4, said in th
It is stated that arrangements are Fayette, w
j being made for the publication of a France wi
weekly newspaper at each of the ant| classl
soldier camps. The soldiers in camp three won
should have plenty of good reading ancient fr
matter. Why can not Lancaster gratitude,
people help in the movement to sup- to the cotr
ply this need by sending books, America <
> magazines, etc., as soon as read to ing, heroi
the soldiers in camp? need, and
with the
It is hoped that the efforts now "March or
being made to settle the Pacific death."
. coast shipyard strikes will be sue|
icessful. The government offers to
pay half of any wage increases for (Oli'
companies making not more than 10 The land
per cent profit on commandeered Her nai
'ships. This is a bad time to have To her tin
I
the slightest interruption to the Whose
j building of ships. The dynamic wine
wi nmviu au fiiersy snouia oe : uur irusi]
, put into the building of ships and j Througl
| more ships. ? v ' chanc
0 "" j so, flu y<
Mr. Hoover says: "The Gerf..ans I give j
are trying to starve the Allies by j
sinking the food ships and all gov- Above our
ernments are fared with reduction: The sell
; of consumption, stimulation of pro- Where Va
jduction control of prices and read- The blu
justment of wages. The winning of Alike eacl
the war is largely a problem of who Reflects
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can organize this weapon. Real Twin eagl
conservation lies in the equitable! One mo
distribution of the least necessary ?
amount, and In this country we can '
only hope to obtain that by volun- ' !5>' r
tary self-denial and voluntary re-;'11 ,'1' (<M
.. .. " courst
Auction of waste.
| A mercilet
^ swell
If the Catawba river bridge doesn't To suns a
wash away we will probably get last trol?
week's edition of the Lancaster i Aml ,)erau
News about the middle of week af- S?
The storm
ter next. Anderson claims that she (i,je
has the poorest mail service in the And only c
world but Piece Brown never lived ' Ku'
; in Lancaster.?Spartanburg Jour- 1,1 n
, , , . Still I triti
nal. Glad to know Watson Bell is 4
And strive
. so anxious to read The Lancaster mote
ina? ne complains of the ex- For the i
, cellent mail service here. The last thwarts, 1
I itsfilf C
i time we were in Spartanburg the
How:
| automobile carrying us got stuck in Vnfj what 5
! the red mud on Main street and we of the sta
1 had to call for help to prize us out. compli
If it be
^ sea,
A dispatch from the State inform? ] .
Let me sir
that Miss Natalie Camp will soon free:
start for the Russian front for am. | it land I n
bulance service. It requires a bright, jit 's tot I
brave and beautiful soul to be eager
i Hut happei
for such unselfish work for sick ami 1 . ,, ,
book t
suffering strangers. I)o you ima?- That I <Pi<1
ine sdie could be safely entrusted to shell,
vote? Military service is not the *n
logical concomitant of the right to
vote. Young men have been and
niav be drafted into service before
1 William
they attain the voting age, and old j hjs fiamj ;i
men vote whether subject to inili- i proverbs o
tary service or not. And military before the
service is not limited to the actual he aa'1' (
bearing of arms. The most effectual quoted 'a
the evil an
service for the army is to feed and foou8h pa*
clothe It, and to minister to the sick jj js a Krf
and wounded. l)o not women hold expressed,
up the military arm even more ef- in Pf
i .. .v. u . i . ? condensed
fectually than if they should takt . . .
rort I have
a place in the battle line?
upon a pr
? improveme
THE HOLD IKK BOYS. densatlon.
Lancaster's second quota of sol- Solomon s
. , - . . remer.ibere
diers for the war, seventy-eight
Jthing in a
strong, upstanding, eager young men ) wjgt, man
left yesterday on the Southern head, the I
morning Columbia train for Camp neck.' "?(
Jackson, where with the comrades
already there, they will train for ser- RE.I
vice in Fiance. The business places Hooker
Li . it UII i a
in Lancaster wore closed a while beof
the gre
fore the arrival of the train and a fjjSpOHjtjon
great throng of men, women and der any a
children accompanied them to the asserted tl
| station and witnessed their depart-]'''' nr>' '?
' 1J SOl i'MH i fl
tire, with hand-shakings and God
By way c
bless yous, with tears of love mlng- j?up|jr
led with thrills of pride for these Times, he
worthy men who are ready to make was good i
the supreme sacrifice for their be- General
that the i
loved country in this great crisis. ment jn
Follow citizens, let us realize that when on e
Y, SEPT. 21, 1917.
on, and that it behooves fondness for passln
stay at home alike with sons through the 1
rtlilcro ? K
go to the front, to bend
. certain if this were
rgy to make victory sure hlmse|f one night
l?te. tried to get past t
After the "Who gi
TTK, WE ARE HERE." "A 'riend," and
friend, and give t
ien. Pershing stood at the had b<?en exchange(
aFayette the other day and plied:
le French language: "La- "Roxbury!"
re are here!" the heart of "Xo sah! was
.. ... . ... . . . firm response,
is thrilled with his crisp .... ..
Medford!
ic eloquence, speaking in ..No sahi?
is a volume of history, "Charleston!" Sh<
iendship, undying national "No sah! No sah
and unbreakable devotion K'? determinedly.
, ... . v "Now see aheah, yo
imon cause of liberty. Yes, . , , .
whole blamed jogg
an not forget libety.lov- Sherman ho done
c France in her time of! can get pas' me wif
America's valiant sons , bridge!'
brave sons of France will 1
, w , . , . ] WHO STARTED
i! March on! to victory or .
The Crpwn Princ
, nice little chat witl
Butcher of Potsdai
five La France! of nothing, said:
ver Wendell Holmes.) started the war?"
, . . , . , "I know" said th
of sunshine and of song!
won t tell.
aie your heart's divine; ?n. , ?
' Did Cousin Geo
e banquet's vows belong persisted the youth
breasts have poured its "No." said papa.
"Did Cousin Nic)
, . , . ,, "No," said the f
/ friend, our true ally ?
Did Frances Jo:
i varied change and ?No? said the Q
e: "Won uhn ,11,1
I w
>ur flashing goblets high, >'ou S01
rou. Vive La France! I ber Teddy ^ooseve
. - ? __ Central Africa sever
called on us, and 1
hosts in triple folds magnificent army: I
fsame colors spread, great and glorious
lor's faithful arm upholds ,l'nl zepps and
.. ... .. . and the gas bags: a
e, the white, the red; , _ '
on the back and sai
i nation's glittering crest you oan ,jrk |he w|
the morning's glance, like a damned fool
es soaring east and west: -?________
re. then, Vive La France!
-S,:K
\ \ TIIIKWAV. n 1 r
harles Henry W-dib. i l/OUSluS I j
irst- of ;i tide that my j ^
"DOWN TO"
Til K STAi;
nd moons I do not con- Admission ."?<
- se
I can not would wreck
ill: ??_
-tossed toy of a turbulent
>ne star through the night wa w
eshell on its cr? st afloat,; W
the sails of my boat. I J Bj
to steer by that star re-' JL w w
ide that threatens and
know
ontrolled in its ebb and ^ IJJL1,
mi I. a speck on the main,
rs that sway the Sea to
lin?
in the plan that I sink at | B
rnr
m M. M. v
ik as I sail, with ponnon ]
lake. as a sailor should, j
am great. hut that OneJ Beauti
i what may, lot the lop-j Shepherd
my best with nw cockle. 3 38c, 48c,
the August McClure's, I 38c vq
km:\\ now it w.\s' Dresses,
iumskm. colors.
Jennings Bryan has tried _
it condensing one of the! (j3l3tG3
f Solomon. In a speech ! I .? T *
legislature of Oklahoma J S 16Cl iTOIHj
Dne proverb 1 have often #_
"The wise man foreseeth DC3Utlfu
d hideth himself, but the tyr i
is on and are punished." [ Z3C V3IU6S,
at truth, and beautifully i
but I found it did not 1 ZUC V3lU
lople's minds, and so I i A | .
it, and it is the only ef- i UDC lOt
ever made to improve llrirP P 3
overb and this is not an |II1IX ?.Vl, C
nt, it is merely a con- OA* TflS'
It is not as beautiful a3 # IVI
proverb, but more easily Plaids and
d. It means the same'
condensed form. 'The. Red Rot
gets the Idea into his
foolish man gets it in the 1l 1^
,M,V VKCKSSAHV. 'l
T. Washington recently
tering of negroes that one
at faults of his race is a ^E
to . xh11 >11 knowledge un \
n<i ail circumstances. ami
lat until the negro learn-,I
display his vanity he wan I <WUHI*
any confidential capacity. |
>f illustration. says The """"????
edger and Philadelphia
told a story whirh he said Iwf
enough to be true.
Sherman had been told j
Boldlers of a negro regi-|
la command were very lax ,
(entry duty, and showed a wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
|Mf?
rman next tried
i!'' said the ne- ^
Then he added:
i* can go fru th* J ^
rafy, but Massa , yjy
say dat nobody |HJK
out savin' Tarn- g^Bm
THE WAR. IKS *
e was having a L3 'w
t his father, thej yj
e father, "but I f
rge start it?" ] I Aftgr
without a chin. J 1
V eve
iolas?"
ather.
seph?" r.
Id man. UVl^L %
n. You temem. ^Hk \
it came out of!
al years ago and
showed him our, - ^
showed him ourl S fjg
navy; I showed I **'
tiie submarines, | w*A??to
nci T.-ddy was so
ivymj
rt: "Hill my boy. f?
hole world. .in-1 *, cJJJJJ
I believed him."
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