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_4 TheLancasterNews ! Lancaster, 8. C. (8KM1-WEEKLY.) "My Country 'Tio of Thoo, Swoot Land of Liborty." Published Tuesday and Friday . BY THE LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. ' Established 18?2. Entered as Second Class Matter )otober 7, 1905, at the Postofflce at Lancaster, S. C.. under act ot Con|ress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 The News Is not responsible for the rlews of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general Interest will be | gladly received. Friday, Oct. 5, 1917. ' Congress is speeding up its work , and will almost certainly adjourn by h next Saturday. | It is hoped that the military in- ( surauce measure will be passed be-! 1 fore Congress adjourns. | ( ?*? li The dispatches today tell of a big i British drive against the Germans - - . I and the capture 01 many prisoners.; + The war tax measure levying taxes 1 amounting to $2,5:14.870,000 was]1 approved by the President yester-j day. * It is expected that the war ur- 1 gent deficiency appropriation bill 1 carrying $7,757,434,410 will be. ' come law today. + 1 French aviators keep up attacks I on German towns and cities in re- i prisal for the German shelling of the < open town of Bar_le-duc. ! i ? ? ? A ? nruaMant i i. ? VCp.VI. i i ,, Aircraft Corporation Gen. George | W. Goethals will devote himself to | the manufacture of war airplanes. | * ] Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's seventieth birthday was celebrated yesterday throughout Germany, while Haig and Petain were busy . i1 shelling the Hindenburg line. |( ? ? < The air attacks upon London have so aroused Londoners that thoy call ( for reprisals against Germany. In answer to the appeal Lloyd George said: "We will give it all back to I them and we will give it to them soon. We she", bomb Germany with compound interest." ; + I John P. Grace, editor of the Char, leston American, appeared before th" postofflce department yesterday to answer charges of printing matter j. in violation of the espionage act. The question under consideration was whether his publication should ^ be denied second class mail privi-; leges. ? ? li Rion McKissick, editor of the, Greenville News, delivers the ad-i' F! It dress today at a picnic on King's j Mountain battleground, held under} the auspicies of the local chapter of i * the Daughters of the American Itev-;1 olution. i' ?r The prospects are bright for hav-^ ing at least two community fairs in}' the county this fall, one at Van j' Wyck on the 30th of this month, and one at Gaskeys on November 6th. ' i It goes without saying thnt these two progressive communities will make creditable exhibitions. * The war department is plarvljig 1 to revive the title of General, held I by Washington, Grant, Sheridan and Sherman, so as to provide a suitable rank for Major General John J. Pershing, commanding the Ameri-l' can forces in France. Since the death of Gen. Sheridan in 1888, the rank of General has not existed. ?T".!.. i" - The United States and Englau are acting in harmony in placing a embargo on the exportation of con moditles to Sweden, Norway, Dei mark and the Netherlands, to pn vent supplies reaching German through these countries. Such rigid embargo must result in weal ening the fighting power of Ge many. The grand jury of the Feder Court at Greenville on last Tuesd* returned a true bill on an indie ment charging W. P. Beard, firs the publication of false stat ments with intent to interfere wll the operations and success of tl United States against her enemie second, with attempting to cause ii subordination, mutiny, etc., in tt military and naval forces of tl United States, aud third, with o structing the recruiting and enlis ment service of the United State because of false statements publisl ed in the Scimitar, a weekly papi owned and controlled by him. The District of Columbia will b come "dry" on November 1st unfit the operation of the Sheppart Barkley excise law. The saloc keepers have begun proceedings ft an injunction on the ground tin the 14th and 15th amendments t the United States Constitution ai invalid, because eleven .Souther -tales were excluded from the Cot i?ress proposing the amendment! that two-thirds of neither have vote or them and that three-fourths c he States did not ratify them. long shoot and a narrow chance" a lie old hunter said. . * The Council of National Defens is expressed by Secretary Baker i i recent letter to the Indiana Stat Council declares: "Every effort tht this country is capable of mukiii should be applied to bring the wa to a speedy and successful conclui ion. The resources of the countt in a general way may be said t consist of men, money, and materia and during the period of the wa any new enterprise or undertakin should be tried and justified by tli test: Will the men. money, and nu Lerials so applied best contribute i this way to the winning of the war \'ew enterprises which ure not fur iamental to the efficient operatio if the country's necessary activitic should not be undertaken. This wi not result adversely upon busines nr conditions of employment becaua ;very man and every resource wi je needed during the war. All el Tort should be centred to help wi :he war." THK L1BKIITY LOW. The campaign for the $;i.OOO.ouO )00 Liberty Loan is now on and or -rybody that can is expected to d lis best in making the loan a grea success. It is inconceivable tha here could be any failure to reac he minimum amount required bu t is expected that the loan will b argely over-subscribed. A swif iberal and hearty response to th all of the government by the pec >le would convince Germany an he world that the United States i n earnest. True patriotism an ;rim determination to win the wa rvould be expressed by an outpoui ng of small subscriptions by men ( imall incomes. In this time of big prices for all farm produce and < ?ood wages there are few farmei ind working men who could n< carry one or more bonds. Of courf men of large means and rich co porations must go strong in hel] ing now, but the thing one woul hope to see is the hearty hel of many inen of small moan Nothing could be better f< the future thrift and cred of our people than that th< should realize the importance < putting some of their earnings inl government securities. The rate < interest may not seem large to oi people accustomed to larger into est rates, but when it Is cpnsiderc that the bonds are absolutely sa and practically non-taxable and a so easily converted into cash wit! d j out loss whenever It becomes necesn sary, such an Investment at 4 per i- cent is a good business proposition, a- It is practically the same as holding e- your money in your hand and re. iy ceiving 4 per cent net interest on it a or keeping it in a bank at 4 per cent k- assuming that money in the hand oi r- in bank is as absolutely sate as e United States bond. It is also prac tically certain that these bonds wil al bring a premium soon after the war iy as before the war 3 per cent gov ernment bonds were around par t. The 3 1-2 per cent Liberty bonds ar< 0* r. nur n t o am n 11 nraminm lb ? 16 THE WHITE SOLDIERS. 8> Lancaster's third quota of whiti a" soldiers left for Camp Jackson yes ie terday to Join those who have gon< lG before. These brave and eager mei k" go into training with all the besi wishes of their countrymen who ar< 8? proud of them, and confident thai they will do the full duty of soldiers ar + GERMAN KUIjTUR. e" German kultur is a curious thing 3r It raves at the "impertinence" ol President Wilson in making a dis tinction between the Gyman people >r and the German government, but ii it is esteemed highly honorable tc >f secretly foment treason and rebelo lion in this country. There is noth u ing wrong in German duplicity and ?- treachery toward the United States s. unless caught at it, then the Ger<1 man government is not wrong, but >f only the obedient agent made a A. mistake. The Kaiser government s does no wrong. It rules by divine right. *? n THK NKOltO SOI J UK ItS. e This is a notable nay in the htsit tory of the negro race in Lancaster g County. A peace-loving race, they ir are responding to the call of their s- country* to fight for liberty and huy inanity. Fifty-one of these strong o young men have been selected as 1, Lancaster's first quota of negro sol ir dlers and today they marched to the g railroad station bound for Camp ie Jackson. The negro properly traini ed and lead makes a brave fighting n soldier. This has been proven on ? many occasions. The negro has less i- to fight for than the white men of n the South, but along with the whites >s in numbers and manhood he takes II his full share of duty and danger, ts We have no fear that these negro ie soldiers of Lancaster will fail to 11 measure up to what is required and f. expected of them in camp or field. WHAT ( Kit MAX VICTORY MKAXH Contributed by Irvin S. Cobb to the National Security League's C'ant' paign of Patriotism Through Eduo cation. L{ It means the triumph in the world ( of Prussianism, Prussianism being another name for depotism, crulty ** and intolerance. it It nians the spread of kultur, a e thing which seems to he good for a t German but whicji is fatal for any one else. 0 It means the denial of justice to )_ Belgium, to Serbia, to Poland and to d the Russians. [8 It means, sooner or later, an assault by force of arms upon the principle of the Monroe Doctrine. It means the greatest blow ever r- struck against the principle of re>f presentative government among the ^ peoples of the earth. ^ It means the loss to France, nol only of Alsace and Lorraine, but ol ra her northern provinces. >t It means the tearing down ol ,e Great Britain as a great construe r_ tiveand civilizing force In the world It means that this plane is to be made an unfit place whereon to live Id for men and women who believe thai |p intelligent human beings are eapa s hie of so'f-Rovernment. It means the apotheosis of a half>r mad despot called a kaiser, and hif degenerate first-born, called a crowi iy prince. rff It means unrestricted murder ol l0 non-comhata!its on the high seas indiscriminate and unrestricted af slaughter from the air of innoceni Ir victims in unarmed cities; and un r- restricted rapine, brutality and ser vltude for the helpless of captlv< ^ | and vassel states upon the land. IWhat German's defeat means? The exact opposite of the thing; above enumerated.?The State. FRIDAY* OCT. 5, 19^7.?"'" I IN THE ANIMAL WORLD. . 1 'I Horses In Algeria outnumber the: human beings. In Russia, where blluders are nev. er used, a sying horse Is almost un . known. * . | The robin eats his own weight , and 56 per cent over every day. His . is principally a diet of worms. There is a humane law in Mos1 cow, Russia, which prohibits drivers ' of all kinds of vehicles from using 1 whips. The general condition of the horses attests the wisdom and benefits of such a law. , The value of horses in the United ' States, January 1, 1917, is placed > by the government a,t $12,174,629,000. Iowa leads in the numbOr of horses within the State: 1,552,000. Illinois comes next with 1,452,000. One-tenth of the agricultural and 5 horticultural interests of the United States are destroyed annually by insects and our greatest safeguard is the destruction of these by the wild birds. The birds are our country's greatest aids to food conservation. A good way to render asphalt pavement less slippery is by heating the surface and then applying a layer of gravel, which is then rolleu into the pavement. In wet weather the pavement retains its roughness and thus enables the horses to keep . their footing. f The skunk has been classified as an animal of great economic im^ porta nee by the Department of Agrl; culture. As an enemy to destructive t insects and vermin, against which , the farmer could not successfully cope, this animal, so commonly demised and destroyed, should be protected at all times. The first division of 2.000 carrier , pigeons has been mobilized "some, where in the Southern Department, U. S. A." preparatory to service overseas. After hrief training these erstwhile "doves of peace" will he j sent to European battlefields to I carry dispatches through tlie war -wm zones. mm It is the horse that has fought ^ ^ I the wars of the world and won our . I human liberty. Besides this, lie ^ has broken our prairies, sown and . harvested our grai and delivered _ - + + ft to the markets of the world. He lias carried messages of victory and of sorrow, and down to the time of a i ) " Washington he constituted the fast_ tj,a( est mode of communication known.l(jj,j if we except the carrier pigeon. , Kind words, a gentle voice and a! little petting will accomplish vastly more in the management of horses than any amount of shouting. j'Tw I He is the real friend of animals N who does the most for their wel- Cut fare, not the one who talks the most S 'about how much he loves them.? IClipping from Our Dumb Animals.! j ? I THK SO\<; OF A KNITTKR "" neri Apoligia pro Vita Mea and to Mr. ! app Tennyson. 8ev( thet Knit, knit, knit On thy cold gray wool like the sea. ?V And I would that my tongue could utter Thu . MV Uiai nunc 111 IllC. | | jStai 'But one ran not utter thoughts. When knitting away like me. For every sentence is broken I . By "knit two. purl two, and three"! s^? to l Oh. well for the fisherman's boy St?' That he shouts with his sister at play! Oh, well for the sailor lad f] , , That he sings in his boat on the 8Un bay! nny F ( They know not of stitches dropped? tjie Of ridges and ribs and purls; C They, can if they want to, read fort Or take thought of dress and a b curls. Sar new But the stately dames knit on, eryl ? And the debutantes do, too, And whAthar I n <? a ? ? ...? ... I.U.U, iu imin or t home, p 'Tis all that they care to do. 1 was j And the shapely sweaters move on day Till every one has his fill, mai But oh. for the sight of a quiet his hand ales j And a needle that is still! cor [ oth Knit, knit, knit, | roel Nothing but knitting I see, Sim But the quiet grac? of a day that wol j is dead the . Will never come back to me. can i Mrs. Aubrey I.ee Brooks In j the . The New York Times. inoi ;| * ? S1" , qui t TIIK TOIIiFR. . Ho worked since early boyhood's an^ day tW 5. With watchful eye and wrinkled hrow, When he at last found time to play. ? Alas! Ho had forgotten how. , "I ?Washington 8tar. GET BEHIND THE ( The Liberty Loan conference lowing: resolutions: "In order that South Carolina the battle for liberty, this the ? -11- .... South Carolina, hereoy cans South Carolinians to subscribe li of liberty bonds. It is the desin 000 in the State. Under the p this should be easily realized. T1 ed for the conduct of the war, ai do their share. "This committee hereby calls banking center to act as bond s give several hours each day until is subscribed. At least five vol ev^ry banking town, and five a town population. Volunteers froi also be needed. "The ministers of the State a erty bonds on each Sunday teachers are requested to tell th bonds and urge them to talk to scribing. The head of every fr organization in the State is urge bership and line them up for t newspapers of the State have c ism beyond peradventure and wi in all other patriotic matters. D every patriotic citizen of the St the success of the bond issue an sionary for Liberty bonds. "The women of the State can should discuss and determine w; the sale of bonds in all of their n "Thousands of young South C for service in the fighting force called on to make the supreme South Carolina who is able to do our boys at the front by taking is required. You are simply ask in the world upon which you v rate. "In working for the Liberty b a great campaign for food savin] influence to see that 110 food i housekeeper registers her name campaign." * WIT ANI) HUMOR. + + ed 4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4 tlu H11 .All That a Alan llath. x jr 11 automobile does not prove Sfr : a man has money, but that be a have.?Judge. ja b!? ho Poor Mary. as "Mary had a little lamb," ' ' thi ot many years ago. now she has to vegetate, 0 high the prices go. ?Princeton Tiger. His Favorite. str Which is your favorite Wagan opera?" asked the musician. Lemine Bee," said Mr. Cumrox, 11 ealing to his wife. "There are nR cpi sral that I never heard yet, aren't ral e? v .. coi \ eS. Well, I reckon it's one of them." r( Washington Star. ' 7 W8 Don't you love your song, "The *a' Spangled Banner?" I do," replied Senator Sorghum. Then why don't you join in the rus. My friend, the way for me to w real affection for a song is not a" try to sing it."?Washington S'' wi in th Dosing Faith. 0? ?ld Lady?"I don't believe this nil i-cure tonic is a.goin' to do no he good." of 'riend?"It's highly spoken of In an papers." ev >ld I>ady?"Yes; but I've taken sa y-seven bottles, and I don't feel pr It better. I tell you what It la. Hi ah. I'm beginning to think theae of spapers editors don't know ev- wl thing."?New York Weekly. W A Coward of Conscience, 'Ired and dusty the excursion I i returning from the Hank Holltrlp, and Slmpklns, a little bald a with big ears, overcome with T! day of happiness, dropped off to >p, says The Philadelphia Red. In the hat-rack above, an- I er passenger had deposited a feious crab In a bucket, and when ipklns went to sleep the crab <e up, and finding things dull In A bucket, started exploring. By sful nevlgation Mr. Crab reached C! edge of the rack, but the next A ment down it fell, alighting on ikln's shoulder. Not feeling te safe It grabbed the voluminear of Slmklns to steady Itself,. T I the passengers held their nth and waited for developments, t SlmKlns only shook his head :htly. A 'Bet go, Eliza," he murmured, tell you that I have been at the ? re all the evening." si GOVERNMENT! yesterday adopted the foli may do her full share in Liberty loan committee of on the loyal and patriotic berally to the second issue ? to raise at least $15,000,iresent financial conditions le funds are urgently need* - 1 A id our people can ana must , for volunteers from each ^ alesmen, each volunteer to South Carolina's allotment unteers will be needed for .dditional per thousand of n the country districts will ,re asked to speak for Libduring the month. School e children about Liberty their parents about substernal, civic and business d to call together his memhe bond campaign. The lemonstrated their patriot11. of course, aid in this, as Hiring the next four weeks ate should give thought to d constitute himself a misbe of great service and lys and means of aiding in leetings. arolinians have been called s. Many of these may be sacrifice. Every citizen of so can do something to aid these bonds. No sacrifice ed to buy the best; security ill .receive a savings bank one! sale do not forget that K is poinjr on, and use your s wasted and that every as a volunteer in the food A I,list The following story Is In circulan: Horace Greeley once recetv. a letter from a woman stating it her church was In distressing ancial straits. They had tried dee they could think of?fairs, awberrv festivals, oyster suppers, donkey party, turkey banquets, panese weddings, poverty socials. mock marriages, grab-hags, x sociables and necktie sociables, if on Id Mr. Greeley be so kind as suggest some new device to e struggling church from disndlng?" The editor replied: ry religion."?Ex. + HEItOIC. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., tells a >ry of his father: ? "Father tells many stories. Somenes he tells a new one. Not long o he related one to me that conrned a man who had Imbibed ther too freely. The man. In this ndition, fell into a watering iugh. To the officer who came to Ip him out as he wallowed in the iter, he said: "Offzer. I ken save self. You re women and shlldern."?New >rk Observer. * Mr. J. R. Cnto" is a man who boves in doing one thing at a time, d one only. He enjoys a discus?n of the war and other topics tn tils follow townxman, and not frequently does he come across e street for a little chat when the stomers at his store j?re not very imeroun. One morning last week was reclining In a Ford In front the hardware Htore and taking i active part In the discussion of ents. past and present, when he w Henry Sowell enter his store, esumahly to purchase something. f? called to him "Hey! Come out there.. Can't you find tt someher?? else?"?Pageland Journal. - hen the shadows creep from the west, think oI the twilight songs you nang, And the hov von ltiiios ? ? he wee little boy with the tousled heart That so long ago was thine. wonder if Hometlmea you long for that boy, O littfo mother of mine, nd now he has come to man's estate, rown stalwart in body and strong, nd you'd hardly know that he was the lad Whom you lulled with your slumber-song. he years have altered the form and the life But his heart 1? unchanged by time . nd still he Is only thy boy as / old O little mother of m|ne. -Walter 11. Brown in the Wesleyn Literary Monthly.