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TheLancaster N ews '
Lancwter, 8. C.
, (SKMI-WKKKLV.)
"My Country Tn of Thoo, Swoot Land
of Liborty."
Published Tuesday and Friday
BY THE
LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY.
Established 1852.
GEORGE BULLA CRAVEN
Editor and Manager
Entered as Second Class Matter
)etober 7, 1905, at the Poetofflce at
Lancaster, S. C., under act of Contrees
of March 3, 1879.
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The News is not responsible for the ]
lews of Correspondents. I
Short and rational articles on
topics of general Interest will be j,
gladly received.
Fridav, October 19. 1917.
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Well, did anybody expect Iowa to
go any other way.
As a matter of fact some of Mr.
Hoover's ideas are based on the size
of the average pocketbook.
??
The result of the bond sale may
look gloomy but it's always the lastminute
rush that tells the tale.
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Of course, according to figures of
the express company, sickness is now
on the increase in several States. i
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It should be borne in mind that
the money invested in Liberty Bonds
is not spent and is sure to pay divi- .
dends.
The Abbeville Press and Banner
has joined the semi-weekly class of
newspapers which merely means
more of a good thing.
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Of course, if Billv Sunday wants
i
to take a shot at Atlanta, that's his t
business, but he has before him an .
almost hopeless task. i \
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We don't know how many Ameri- s
can soldiers will be shot in Europe 1
but it is a safe bet that few of them :
j \
will be shot In the back. 1 \
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If the price continues to go up s
there will be no necessity of en-;1
couraging less consumption of gaso_ '
line?it will be automatic. ! t
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From the way Florida is electing l
women to public office one might in- 1
fer that the men are either in negli- 1
Kible quantity or negligible in .
quality. g
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There Is something interesting in v
talk about a universal language and
yet if it comes down to changing '
a
from the only one we know we're go- .
! 1
ing to kick. t
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We've heard a great deal about r
'the Northern people liking Southern '
biscuits, but Just why anyone should
come to Spartanburg to get them, no
?
.one can understand.
I
A bachelor acquaintance, who
"knows nothing of auch things, advises
us that one-reason the price of
shoes has advanced is the effort of,
he manufacturers to make them i
long enough to reach the skirt.
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An audience in a theatre in Co- j
lumbia hearing Congressman Lever
endorsed unanimously the action of
congress In accepting the gage of,
battle thrown down by the Oerman ;
government. It's that way, Bo, all
over the nation.
+
There was a timo not so many
years ago that a lot of fun was poked
at South Carolina by a lot of North
Carolina newspapers by reason of a
certain governor's pardon record. <!
^ DOW sk?e'8 on th? ?ther '
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THE COMING CAMPAIGN.
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The campaign in South Carolina Ev
thing*. Not the least of these will othe
be the race for United States sena-jfor
tor, which, already is occupying a The
seat close to the front of the stage, ques
The policy of the present senator is but
to run "If the people conscript j the
him." That is. in view of his an-' T
councercnent two years ago that he qulr
would not again be a candidate, he stan
has decided to make the race if the thro
people wish it. nam
Discussing the situation pro and com<
con. the Columbia State and Char- ly *
lotte Obeerrer hare been twitting
each other, and the Observer comes then
back with the following: frier
In copying a recent statement by t'n 1
The Rock Hill Record that Senator Bi
Tillman "is accounted the strongest doin
man in the State?bar none." The v
Observer anticipated that it would
"no doubt be controverted." The Columbia
State comes mighty near being
the first to come to the bat.
That paper is disposed to shy somewhat
at The Observer's knowledge nlen,
of politics in South Carolina, but, Plctu
svens up handsomely by the implied whic
confession that this knowledge^ is | bad.
ibout as accurate as that The State1,
from
holds of North Carolina politics.!
\nd then it makes its point, which U11,V(
s that the question is not whether the i
Senator Tillman is "the strongest inclli
nan in South Carolina or whether cann
tie ought to be re-elected ori
were
Ahether he can sen-e the State in
Washington better than another. (?ll,I<
>ut whether or not he is the man sinnt
Aho can be elected with the least prop<
ffort by the supporters of the Na- (or ,
tional Administration." The State
then
s of opinion that "a candidate de-j
ending on the stump the National ^
jolicies as President Wilson and the ibis
najorlty in Congress define them is wher
lecessary." The State will lend its wjier
support to whatever candidate
'promises best to promote the inerests
of the nation and the admin- manJ
stration." As to the local situation by h
The State makes revelation of an the <
'acute desire on the part of the a
Bleaseites that the contest shall be
larrowed to ex-Governor Rlease and I>rop<
5enator Tillman." hove
It is with the announced policy of these
rhe State, however, fhat we are the ditioi
rtore impressed. The equipment of her
he man who shall aspire to Contress
will be simplified in the comng
campaign, not only in South inK 1
"arolina. hut in North Caroline nod ment
n many another State throughout nishi
he Union. The candidate must he very
in administration supporter. The,
var policies of the government t,lUK'
nust be upheld above all other con- Sun(l
liderations. This requirement is so to pi
latently necessary that it might be pect
vritten into the Democratic platform 1 wj,en
vith exact propriety. The Observer)
as come to the conclusion through <amP
he knowledge it has gained of the n?t 1
entiment of the people that loyalty ever)
o President and country is going to stran
>e the supreme exaction of the cam-: j
>aign. and the candidate who fails
o measure up to requirement in this ,om
articular will be elected to stay at 'he r
lome. Congressmen are going to possi
>e elected not on favoritism, but will
ipon Americanism. The State an- _
. . . . Soutl
nits that as events unfold its optnon
as to men and their popular
itrength "may from time to time * H
hange," but we take it that there
rill be no change in its position that +
'the candidate who promises best to
iromote the interests of the nation H
ind the administration." will have
ts support. We do not know who
hat policy might shut out?neither, j ^
>erhaps, does The State?but it is
tory
ertain that it will shut out the th
lividual who ought to be barred. i
mani
Admitting the general qualifica- raRte
luuii iu mi nie oiiu;?j, mere is 1011 been
is contributing factors only alio- "pea
fiance to the administration and the not 1
lation and ability to meet opposi-ifl,am
ion. In these times of stress P?~ pow
Itical ambitions should be forgot- |
en. as far as possible, though we
lo not agree with the State that "a
-andidate defending on the stump rtay
I will
he national policies as President . yam
Wilson and the majority In congress Vlrg
leftne them, Is necessary." The back
latlonal policies need no defense Til
'rom any source, though It is neces- ,VW)
meal
uiry that a candidate be of the same
a
relief. There is no place in con- c
jress for those who oppose the polllies
of the administration?Jail is w
S C
he place for them. 1 '
Crav
The man who is not backing the p]yy<
'resident and the nation should not edltc
jffer for public honors and if he a 8eT
loee he should be promptly do- ,iav''
h n s
eated. Senator Tillman, however, .
time!
a part of the administration. slona
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LANCASTER NEWS FRIDAY
SHOULD SIGN NAME.
ery well-regulated newspaper has - WISE OR 0
lie requiring correspondents and + + + + + +
rs furnishing items to the paper Sjrmpathi
publication to sign their names. They lived in t
name will not be used if the re- met on a hoi
,t is made that it be not used. The conversation
neighbors.
it is necessary that we know ..Ye.e9>.. Mr R<
source or the news. ply tQ the remark
here Is nothing new in this re- Mr8, ^'extdoor wi
... . _ . . sweet tempered w
ement. It is a custom of long m .
"So cheerful a
ding, and yet we receive items looklng on the brl
ugh the mall rery often with no the friend enthui
e showing from whence they "Ye'es," said
e. The Lancaster News not on- she r*ther overd
. ... aide' business. T
rants items of news sent In by . ..
was there, and Nc
or telephone, but appreciates how absentminded
i and wishes to encourage Its lighted end of
ids to send in such items as of- mouth. He spran
ss possible. ? mustang, and .
deavor to swallo*
it please sign your name when Right in the mid
g so to insure publication. Nextdoor remarke
^ "How fortunate
est to discover it
NOT IN THE SOUTH. gQ Journa,
e don't know that this move- The President
t to open on Sunday the motion Pittsfleld Eagle.
ire theatres In the towns near John Kendrick 1
. ? . , ... ,, tauqua address a
h cantonments are located, is all ,
ton. told an inclde
and yet it is such a departure Pref,ident Wilson's
custom as to call forth almost president was ridl
ersal opposition, especial)** from 1 one day. A boy
ministers and church-goers. We snnut at tho ?
"Did vou see wl
Qe to the bell<>r that Roodness askf>d the pre8,dei
ot be legislated into a man, and friend.
there legislation requiring "No." was,the 1
ch attendance, there would be he do?"
.. _ . .. I "He 'made a sn
?rs just the same. But in the
used to call it,
r>sal to operate moving pictures dpnt
:he amusement of the soldiers, 1 "Stop. Let us t
> arises the natural question: | friend indignantly.
y should the soldiers require, hind ought not to
. . . , .. was an insult to tl
form of amusement at the camp
tion and the boy
i he was never accustomed to it manded
1 at home?" "O. never mil
e venture the assertion that(said the president.
r a mother at evenings-time sits r'Rht.
"Vou did?whs
er fireside wondering what are .. . . , .
i said the friend in
environments of her son in the ??j n,ad<> a wors
way camp! Wondering if replied the preside
er influence and safe-guards
...... , A Sailor'
r over the boy! How many of
Sailor?"Just at
? mothers would wish the tra-jfathpr received a ,
nal sacred Sabbath broken that i)Qth his arms am
boy might have amusement? him into the sea.
e do not maintain that the rnov-, hnew how to swin
>icture is a bad form of amuse-1 yiip s<M,r
, rather, we endorse it as fur- i "Why do you alt
ng reasonably clean amusement of water and a gla:
economically, but we have been ^ore an orator?
. . . "That." said tl
it not to expect such things on .
t many reception c<
ay and it would be hard for us givp hlm somethini
it that teaching aside. We ex-' forgets his piece ar
the soldier finds the hoars drag think."?Washingt
i he visits the city nearest his
Very I
.. So he would find it were he, Romantlc Younf
1 soldier. So we find it; so summer on a farm
rone finds it when among how those old trei
gers. moan and groan 1
..... . the crying of a loi
is more the breaking of cus-, _ ? _
Small Boy: "W
that would cause apposition to make a worge rapk
aovement than harm that might full of green appl
bly result and the movement ?Smart Set.
hardly be encouraged in the
Out of
"Yes." said a ti
* night. "I was one
+ + land on the Atlan
one days."
Il.\t'K-FIKKS. There was a snu
ting around. Anoi
+ ? + up.
<11 la II r?. ? ? * "?n ,he Pacific
Jreenville Daily Piedmont.) ,
, , . . . . . didnt see land
esident Wilson has declared . ? .
.. . . . . , , days," he said,
nothing short of complet? vie- . ..... ....
_ ... ? .A little bald-he
over Germany will suffice, and ... . #
_ .. ' , , ed the ashes from
at President Wilson as in many, ... . . .
, I started acroa
/ other things, is r ght.?L.an- . _ . . .
* ' at Topeka in a sk
ir News. Then he must have ... . - .
, . "and was out of si,
wrong when he advocated . . . .. ...
. . I reached the oth<
ce without victory." He could ,.. _ _ m ?
Aw, come off,
have been right on both such ....... A .
had told the first
etrl rally oppo.lt. position.. u?.( mor. tha? ?
d we ..y h. ... always right? w,de ? T ka ..
ot u" *r" "I didn't say It
. T. 1 . *1? bald-headed m
(Columbia State.) . ._ . .
skiff turned over a
incaster News: "We hope the Denver Post
will come when the Virginians
learn what the South Carolina ^ IU?a<ly W1
is." We. would yam-mer at the qibe evening les
Inlans if they would ham mer book of Job and
at Ufl- Just read, "Yea,
iAt would be a fsiir tr&d6 but thG wlrRod flliftll be pi
together would make a square mediately the chi
anywhere. darkness.
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"Brethren," sa
mir How to Taylor for This! wltj, scarcely a mi
(Danville, Va., Register.) v|ow Qf the sudden
e have received the Lancaster, nilment of thts i
,, >fewg of which George B. Rpen(| a few mind
en. formerly of this city and em. er for eelectrlc
?d on the staff of this paper Is t
tr and manager. The News is ^ German Help
nl-weekly paper, but an old one, Boston, Oct,
dr been founded In 1852. It Is help In the City C
ittractlve eight-page issue with charged. The oil!
ly and crisp editorial expres- of them might ha'
i. overhear wa? conf
I
, OCT. 19, 1917. ,
THERWISE. FROM OTHER PE*
etic Wife. Very Occasionally.
:he same road and (Gaffney Ledger.)
neward bound car. St. Patriek didn't have t
turned to their <"> prohibition when it c
I banishing snakes. It's r
>binson said, in re-; hear of a snake-bite in a I
of his friend that State,
as a "wonderfully . ?
oman." And They're Paid for It,
md sunny, always (Columbia State.)
ght side," went on That you hare never be?
slastically. tioned in the paragraph
Robinson, "but doesn't necessarily mean t
lees that 'bright ar* n?t taken as a joke,
rhe other night I
>xtdoor?you know Seems So!
I he is?put the (Charlotte Newjs.t
his cigar in his If the governor of North (
g into the air like an^ the governor of South <
choked in his en- ...
- hi. comments. "h<mld w ? ?"
1st of it all Mrs. 8UbJe<*. they would doubll
d blandly: mark that it Is a long time i
i you were, dear- tween spells of sickness,
at once!"?Chica
Her Parting Injunctioi
(Aiken Journal and Rev
and the Boy. A.n old negro woman who
ly worked for John P. W
3angs. in his chau- shouted after her grandsc
,t Great Barring- left for the army last week
>nt Illuminative of ger! Youse gwlne to fig
i human side. The Germanies, and don't you cor
Ing with a friend tew me shot in de back, hea
made a face" or a this not true patriotism?
icecutlve.
lat that boy did?" The Price of Coal,
it. turning to his (GalTney Ledger.)
AH the weather prophets o
reply. "What did j we have any knowledge are
ing an unusually cold winte
out' at me. as we hope they are mistaken, fr
said the presl- coal now selling for $8.50 r
and the price likely to j
:o back." said the much higher before the wintf
"A thing of that many people will be liable
go unrebvtked. It fer. Those who were in a ]
to head of the na- to purchase their winter su
should be repri- fuel before the cold weather
are indeed fortunate, but It
id. never mind," ( case that a great many peop
"I fixed him' all, not in a position to do this a
' sequently must suffer. The ]
it did you do?" | wood is keeping pace with th
surprise. ! of coal, and if It goes much
e 'snout' at him." people will have to resort t
?nt with a grin. j tricity for cooking purposes.
's Yarn. (Jetting Mighty Sweet.
that moment my (Greenwood Journal.)
bullet that cut off j Some of the newspape
1 legs and threw have been very much in fs
Fortunately, he Germany, and great pacifist
i."?Le Rire. the government has called t
loyal editors to task, requlrii
et of It. they show cause why their j
vays put a pitcher , tjon3 ?hould not be denied th
?s on the table be- > are getting powerful sweet, ar
' ing out and out against Ge
be chairman of They want Germany wiped
immlttees, is to map, and wiped off at ohce.
? to do tn case he thlnk that the war iica rij
id has to stop andlone and that president w
on Evening Star., rfta]iy and truly a great pr<
What a change has come over
Well, It Js better late than
t Lady (spending but Boniehow were we in the i
i): Just hear 8ome Qj these gentlemen, we
ps in the orchard Kreatly have preferred to ha>
n the storm, like r|t at the beginning lnsl
it soul. having been coerced Into bei
ell. I guess you d aJ They are going to have t
:et if you were as mighty straight or they will
es as they are! jy be Hp a(ra|nst It. but it
hard to convince the general
I of their sincerity.
The time has coine when tl
raveling man. last ernnient jfl going to debar
e out of sight of that are forever criticizing I
tic ocean twenty- malls, and It would not s
us, in the least, to know tha
ill-sized crowd sit- of (he rftb,d editora. were
ther man spoke There ,9 nothlng else to b>
i This is no time for disloyel
ocean one time I j anceB Every one should do I
for twenty-nine tf) w(n bght that is upon
have no fear as to the result
aded man knock- many js going to be licked ai
his cigar. ed had|y<
is the Kaw River ^
Iff once," he said, The Dear Old Comma,
ght of land before ,
sr side." Messrs. Editor and Prlntei
said the man who who really ought to knc
tale. "The Kaw Give, oh, give us back the
iree hundred feet nt ik<
" "-^VV3 "VU(5 ?S".
Comma that divides the se
was." said the lit- so that he who runs ma
an quietly. "The Bidding suns of sense shine
md I sank twice." through the clouds that
mislead.
?? Never did we love the commi
tt?l ParNon. )ov(, |( n(|W
son was rom t e Letting sentence after sentem
the minister had and aim,e88 wander Qn
the light of the Wh?e we gtruggie throui
it out, when lm. darkness, fitting words
.rch was }n total Qr thftt
Only finding, as we muddle
id the min h er, more and more to wond<
iment's pause, "in
, and startling ful- T,? we flee that one 8ma11
?rophecy. we will like a br,*ht October r
tes in silent pray- Could c,ear aI1 ,n one brlef
company." wou,d the prlnter Rr
boon.
. Discharged. Oh, I know full well you 1
18.?All German but, please, cruel prlntei
Mub has been die- Olve us back the dear old
clals feaied some and as qislckly as you ca
re been spies, and ?Kate Upson Clark In th
fences. ' burgh Su^fc^tOleUu.
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IS. SECOND L.IBKKTY LOAN
f FACTS.
* +
... I 1. More than 99 per cent of the
* people of the United States can Inomes
to i
... vest In the second Liberty Man 4 jfc.
are you "
jt P?r ??nf bonds without being In any
x>ne-ary 4
way affected by their taxable feature.
Too. 2. The new 4's are exempt from
all State and local taxes.
?n men- 3- Th? income from the new 4 1
column P?r cent liberty Bonds is subject onhat
you lT t0 surtaxes.
4. Surtaxes are levied only on
incomes in excess of 96,000.
5. Out of a total papulation of
110,000,000 In the United States on
.. ly 400,000 persons paid income
^ r? Da taxes in 1916.
^arolina g Only 246,000 persons paid
on the surtaxes.
ess fro. 7. $5,000 face value of new 4
now be- Der cent Liberty Bonds are exempt
from all taxes whatsoever, present
and future.
8. An Individual may own (proII*
..ui.. i- ? v_ _ _ia_ 1 \
V1U1 ILK U<T UttS UU UIUC1 LUpllKi;
lew.) $130,000 Liberty Loan 4's and pay
former- no taxes.
'lllianis, 9 The income of an individual
>n. who from Liberty Loan Bonda (providing
: "Nig- he no other Income) is exempt
ht dem up to $5,200. Of this exemption
ne back $5 000 represents the 4 per cent ln.
r terest on bonds of a face value of
$126,000 (exempt from all normal
taxes) and $200 represents the Interest
at 4 per cent on bonds of a
face value of $5,000 exempted from
f whom an taxes. (Paragraph 2, Liberty
predict- Loan Act.)
r. We
>r with THREE CENT LETTER RATE
ler ton, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2ND.
?o very
>r ends, i)rop Letters Will Ci?> nt Two Cent
to suf-; Rate and Postal Cards at
position Two Cents.
pply of
set in The new postal rates will go into
is the effect on November 2. and after that
le were time letters will go at three cents, .
nd con- drpp letters, ones addressed for device
of livery at the same office of posting,
te price two cents, and postal card3 and post
higher cards, two cents.
o elec- Order No. 755 from the postofflce ijj
department reads as follows:
Section 406. Postal Laws and Reg
ulations. is amended to read as folx
lows, effective November 2. 1917:
rs that 399. Upon all matter of the first
ivor of class postage shall be chargs
since <>d * * * at the rate of three cents
he dis-j for each ounce or fraction thereof;
tig that an(j drop letters shall be mailed at
jublica- (he rate of two cents per ounce or
e mails fraction thereof, including delivery
id com- a( letter-carrier offices,
irmany, Note: A drop letter is one ad.
off the dressed for delivery from the office
They ftt which it is posted. There is no
;hteous drop rate on any matter except letllson
is ters.
ssldent. Section 400. Postal Laws and
them! Regulations, is amended to read as
never, | follows, effective November 2, 1917:
jlace of 400. Postal cards shall be transshould
mitted through the malls at a posre
been tage charge of two cents each, intead
of eluding the cost of manufacture,
ng loy- (Actg 0f March 3, 1879, and Octo;o
walk ber 3, 1917.)
not on-1 Se<dlon 4 02. Postal Laws and
will he Regulations, is amended to read as
public 1 follows, effective November 2, 1917:
402. It shall be lawful to transtie
gov. m(( hy mail, at the postage rate of
papers (WO cents apiece, payable by stamps
t from (0 he affixed by the sender, and unifirprise
jer such regulations as the postmasit
some (er general may prescribe, written
In Jail, messages on private mailing cards,
b done. Buoh cards to be sent openly in the
utter- mails, to be no larger than the size
lis best fixed by the Convention of the Unlus.
We versal Postal Union, and to be apOer
proximately of the same form, qualid
lick- ity, and weight as the stamped postal
card now in general use In the
United States.
nnoiner oraer under No. 754.
bearing on the mailing of letters to
a, men BOidjerBt nailers and marines as.
,w* signed to duty In a foreign country,
comma jB 0j |nterestt amj reads as follows:
Section 4$6. Postal Laws and Regntences
0jat|onS( j? amended by the addly
read, tJon the f0u0Wing as paragraphs
8Weetly 3 and 4:
would ^ Letters written and mailed by
soldiers, sailors and marines asi
as we aigned to duty in a foreign country
engaged In the present war may be
:e blind mailed free of postage, subject to
such rules and regulations as may be
?h the prescribed by the postmaster generto
this fti
4. Only such soldiers, sailors and
i, more marines who are assigned to duty
ar at. jn a foreign country engaged In the
comma, present war are entitled under the 4
noon, provisions of the preceding parainstant
graph to mail their letters free, and
ant the in order to be entitled to this privilege,
sftch letters shall bear in the
late it; upper left corner the name of the
r man, soldier, sailor or marine, together
comma, with the designation of the organlaain!
tlon or unit to which he belongs, aa,
e Pitta- for instance. John Doe, Co. C, Fifth