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LANCAS1
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"ER, S. C., TUESDAY,
NA IS IFOOD CONSE
OCT. SO, 1917.
RVATION SECON
IJEaWD
$
D LIBERTY LOA
? I
3.00 A YEAR
N GOFS 1
FIRES F
SENDS CHALLENGE
m\ rnwAPn
IRST AMERICAI
o
I Ir In DO
, Ul tlon onn Am- HH
FNFMY
1GUN . ABOVE ITC
|PROBABLE TC
SALE OF $1
I
MAXIMUM CAMPAIGN
>TAL BOND FLEDGES EX1
9,000,000. EACH OF 6,
MS NOW ON BE
EJECTED FROM LONG DISTj
,032 HOMES. SPENDS N
! .Inv If V....111.
YOND HIGHEST
\N( E WALKER I nrrinui \
IIGHT AT ROYAL OFFICIAL.
nir*oi
MARK SET
S ARE WELL
rn iiiiti i nrnniT
UILLL IUVIMI1U
PERSHING'S MEN IN
LINE TRENCHI
Case of the First Shell
Sent to Presid
LI 1UI11 I enidttac In tho
wrrto* of the BA
Pood AdmlnlnFRONT
trtttoa ?nd ^^1
choepfnlly w^
ecptln* It* dlrootJon
and
ndvtco.
| Will Re ?WOOPKOVV Pr<?lde
ent |??-son.
9 Several Counties,
Lancaster, Go B<
Columbia, Oct. 29.
nt Wilson. with other States
South Carolina went
Among Them Lancaster Com;
eyond High- 1 thusiastic W<
nent. Secure
?Joining hands i The Pood Con:
of the nation. Lancaster county
. "nvHi1 flip fnn"l thornine with an
tv Has 2.?0 En- Washington
urkers Out to si?
Them. An iuterestii
.Saturday night
I of Philadelphia
nervation Drive in the Royal, and
started yesterday cn a little strol
armv of ohnut 9KO V r?\r llln
ukiiik nii'dii irum YI h n \|
to Jacksonville in j LUlUI
ity I>nys.
A V OVF
visitor to the city:
was Jay \V. Neville,! CESS,
He was a finest at!
left Sunday morni"K ,
I to Jacksonville, Fla. j Severs
tU Wlin KL5ULI
RWHELMING SUCMcADOO
SAYS.
T Days Before Ex- 3
Wilson.
*
. With the American
France, Oct. 29.?Americ
are in the first line trend
French front. The artil
the first shot of the war a
on the morning of a recen
n a r m a r* ur r\rlr In a nnrfv
Army in
;an troops ^^?jj||JyL/
aes on the I ,%l?v
[lery fired :' *
t 6 o'clock .
t day at a
Thnro hnu
iand answered the ]
Enroll the German Kal
IMirtnjt the subscription to
"Pledge ! well beyond the $1
W f>4>L "
t'ounty after county
its maximum allotm
continued in the le
???J $307,000 during the
ing the total of th
Italian offensive enthusiastic and
iser by pushingj This campaign in
the liberty loan 's part of the #
8,000,000 mark, j canvass of the 22
went beyond j America,
ent. Charleston i The local cat
sad by raising1 pledges is under
last day. bring. J Rev. Hugh R.
e "City by the are four captains.
patriotic workers, on October 15,
Lancaster county couldn't walk
;reat nation wide sixty days wit
,000,000 homes in celving aid.
I gets a thousar
npaign to securei dinner at the !
the direction of | Florida city;
Murchison_ There walked for nau
and three to seven | thousand simol
uui irum wasningion it'ni 01
on a wager that he
to Jacksonville in
hout in any way reIf
he makers it, he WashingU
id dollars and a big ty loan pat
Seminole hotel in the mark,
if he loses, he has A last do
ght, must fork over a portions tl
leans and Dav for the rounded un
au ascriptions will
Be Known.
in. Oct. 29.?The Liberiseil
the $3,000,000,000
ly drive of titanic proiroughout
the nation
mnrp than SI llfift -
ViVI U1WII M Wl IWI.p, ?'?
been intermittent artiller
since.
The helmeted infantry i
without the knowledge o
my, on the same night, th
and mud. The French s
the trenches welcomed th
Biastically.
Tho nnnrnut nnont v ( em
;"fl'ghunl SHOULD HE GOV
BY PRICES 1
narched in ???
' th? """ And Not 11, Market <
rough rain
soldiers in Food Adniinlstratoi
em enthu- to whoU.sll|(
iu Washington. Oct. 2
ERNEI) Sea" up to $5,007
county hovered aroi
rHEY PAY 000 notch.
It was a great
.... , Carolina. The libe
oiulitions, Is
were busy througho
's Decree late into the night.
eral days before th<
.... i he given.' Central II
' . ?\\ holesal- ... .rs ,
,000. Richland lieutenants und
ind the $2,500,- Kach lieutenant 1
solicitors or work
day for Sodth spoon, Dr. W.
rty loan ajrents! Springs. J. M. Yoi
ut, the day and W. L. Oroxton,
It will be sev-1 captains in Lanca
} final total can. An effort will
Iberty loan com- very one of the i
er each captain, dinner for ton
laa ten or more Mr. Neville,
ers. J. 11. Wither- .ract, must re
S. Moore. Heath kind: ho must
lor. Van Wvck and of any "lift" <
Kershaw, are the! or others who i
ster county. i the road; he u
be made to roaeh; j-.ny for every
G.032 homes in the j theremore, he
People. 000, and wt
according to his con- rit'd the tot
reive no aid of any "on dollars
: not take advantage s,Mn treasur;
offered by automobile Federal r
chance to pass him on K,inK under
nist earn his way and "??nute suits
thing he gets. Fur- 'dea of the
left Washington with are that the;
is believed to have caral
several hundred mil- jj
beyond the maximum
v officials had hoped for.
eserve banks are strugan
avalanche of last
icriptions to form some
grand total. Indications
v will not complete their
eral hundred yards away,
tor is one of the quiete
front. It has not been t
being under the control of
der the direction of the F
Americans have shelled
gun positions and troops
my sending back shell for
first shell case will 0e sen
The see- ers* Pro,'ts 'n war time
st on the non-Perlshab,e foods, si
aken over. crm'<l by ihv pricoK ,hf"
troops un- and not by Prevailing ,
vench. The t,ons- tll? food admin
German decreed in special regu
the ene- wM1 bp put into RfTo<>t
shell The with rRSPect to a nur
t to Presi. modi"RS
I Iiun^r uiiinms are
s, at least 011 thp total for the S
hould he K0V" | $19,000,000. Green
t actually pay | over the line wi
market condi-1 amounting to $61
ilstratlon hns|connty increased
lations which j ovev.8UbScribinj? its
November 1 ' .>0 prr cent,
nber of com-j "it is magnificent,
; Governor Manning.
connnenr inai voumy ims wee
tate will reach holder will he
wood went n\vay;nledae card, aprrc
th subscriptions, with the United S
flO.OOO. Horry j titration. Every
Its amount byi^iftn, as it is one
quota by about up their boy or s
wbo is fighting t(
it Is fine," said intact the libertic
A niericans.
k. i-,very House- $30 and must
asked to sipn the; that amount w
>einu to co-opevato j sonville. He
Itates Food Admin-land he was nt
one is expected to along any cai
way they can back from societies
ome one else's boy might secure t
> sustain and keep I j[c |R f() tai{
s that are ours a*j,hlngs along l
have nor less than tabulations
hen he reaches Jack- At leas
carries no hap???e throughout
>t permitted to hrinn "antes on a
Is of identification n any more i
throuch which he until the !i
lid. * hence. The
e notice of interesting as 10,000P0t
the route and report h-ach ot t
for several days.
t 8,000.000 persons
the country wrote their
pplication blanks. How
did so will not he known *3
nal count, several (lays .y^
number may go as high
he 12 districts appeared
-w A % dont Wilson. The ease Is
M V* - ?OB808slon of General Si
*W. shot was fired by a red b
ner and his comrades in
and the assembled officei
Later a luncheon in the
attended by the Amei
French artillerists in celt
the first American contac
now in the The rule Is one of mi
bert. The th? Kuidance of the foo
aired gun- wi" be placed under
the ranks Thursday, said a statt
*s cheered, by^^od Administrator
field was the commodities affc
rican and beef, pork, and muttor
tbratlon of molasses, cleaned rice ;
t with the oleomargarine, lard an
iny drawn for "The people are
d dealers who iated upon the wot
license next to the call of the n
intent tonight win W. Robertson,
Hoover, and liberty loan comm
cted include been diiecting the
i, syrups, and following are the
tnd rice flour, counties:
d lard substl- By four
to be congratu- Mr. Herbert H
iderful response! Administrator saj
ation," said Ed-j "We are askin
chairman of the and every public
ittee, who has themselves to th
campaign. Thejtion to carry out
subscriptions by economy and tl
, v.aste in food so I
ities. j stances permit.
i them. Among
oover. U. S. Food ()f roads, and li
rs: I tatlve of this
K that every home unfaVorably i
eating place pledge ,oa<\H hereabot
e food admintstra- wager
our directions as toi t^c fart that
he elimination of1 0(\ down for
far as their circum-l count of beint;
I t)K?
those is the condition l"
ie spoke to a represen- l,i?ations w
paper as helnp rather ha(l ?>xrf>p<Ie
mpressed with the T,ie trea!
its. turns based
came about through t'oni the r
Mr. Neville was turn- total of ?4.
army service on ac- admitted to
: fljjt-footed. He told result
o? ?,? ?/>..u ...?n, lotion was
it'd ns minimum, ana mere
that most of thorn
(I the maximum as well,
jury's tabulation of re_ wj
upon estimates received
eserve banks, showed a
555.0000,000. This was Vjd
be an under-stateinent
t. At the hour the tabumade
subscriber's were
enemy.
The gun used in firini
shot was one of the fani(
76s. On the second day i
shelled a German battel
which was located by soui
enemy replied vigorously,
falling close to the Amei
Joined in the artillery du
V
mien, uieu on, cooKll
K the first ('ense,l milk and vi
jus French ^00('H aml dried fruit
the French dealer In these
y position 'he rule says, shall .?
nd and the 'hun a reasonable adv,
projectiles ?<-,.ual purchase price c
ricans who 'ar Roods sold, witho
el. the market or replacei
limn Af e.i/,1, onln ??
ig iais. con. Abbeville
arious canned Aiken
s. Anderson
commodities, Bamberg
;ell "at more Barnwell
ance over the Berkeley
if the partieu- Beaufort
ut regard to Calhoun
nent value at Charleston
/VA.
. .$ 185.800 Kconoin
.... 325,000 "This is-not an
. . . . 773.400 ask, yet it is jus
. .. 110,000 to winning this i
, . . . 168,000 of soldiers to Fr
. .. 18,000 tion to T.iherty 1
. . . 273,000 ing of ships. If t
. ... 152.000 women and child
5,007,000 lies are not kepi
iy Vrged. | far as any ott
onerous service to arpument whi<
t as vital a service the jittiP strol,
svar as the sendingj
ance, the subserip-j ^ ~~
>onds or the build- EBBIE J. >>
be millions of men. AT HIS 1
[ren among the alt
In health and
1,1 11 v 'A/UIU ? ?I | 1\ (|>
icr man and thus tlif landing in
di Is to be settled n> f'ities and
I which ho is takinp. country and
hanks were
atson DIES por
rOLUMRIA HOME tricts follow
Boston. ?
$1,500,000.1
line in thousands of
towns throughout the
most of the 26.000
swamped with unrecriptions.
. ijw
ury's compilation by dis1500.000,000;
New York,
r?00 ; Philadelphia. $425,
Will He Relieve*
AH or the troops will 1
after a certain period
Thus the American expedi
are getting the benefit of
", j conditions.
Standing In a little, i
serted shell wrecked vl
within hostile guiv range
be relieved Wholesale dealers i
by others. Kar Hre 'o'Mdden by j
tlon forces to sel1 "at an advance
actual war finers' ,ist prlce at w
chased such sugar no
almost dc- ,he normal ma'g,n
lllage. well who,esale ,lealers ,n
and a few ,n the Han,e loca,ity f
crirt as mav hereafter 1
v lit-1 un cc . . , , , ,
n refined su- Chester
i similar rule Chesterfield
over the re- Clarendon. . . . . .
hirh he pur- Colleton .
Ki cuter than Darlington
charged by Dillon
refined sugar I Dorchester
or such mar-1 Edgefield
hp PQf n til lull Prl Fairfield . . . .
i.JU,uw|Biifunin, i ne Be
.... 203.400 maintained in w
173,000 first line of our d
. . . . 123.500 ination by Clerma
. . .. 44,000 ours. They must
400.000 "The food adm
. . . . 239.700 ing nipht and ri
. . . 08.900 equitable dlstribi
. .. 35,000 plies to protect
. .. 219.750 and our consum*
uuiers can not ho -???" ' nroun
ar. They are the Faithful I
efense apainst (lomny.
Their flaps are
he fed. | Columbia, C
inistratlon is work-1 Watson, since
lay to secure the'niissioner of t
ution of our sup- and Industrie;
both our producers. (jje<i at his I
?rs. and in no w.ivl - - "
a looses i>y Death a 000,000; C
'uhlie Ottirial and Richmond.
# , $100,000.0(
ful Citizen. ?
000; St. I?<
)ct. 20.?Ebbie Julian neapolis,
March 15, 1004. Colli- City, . $1(1
\>jriculture, Commerce $850,000,0(1
i for South Carolina. $275.000.0C
tome, 917 Barnwell "Suhscrip
leveland. $4 50,000,000^
$180,000 000; Atlanta,
10; Chicago, $550,000,^uis,
$200,000,000; Min$130,000,000;
Kansas
10,000,000,000; Dallas,
Ml, and San Krancisco: '"'BEJS
10.
itions to the second Lib
B-immpTpr* rrnm Tnn tre
correspondent watched t
marching up in a driving
roads covered with sticky
artillery had been firing s
. as a result the impression
that there was considei
activity on this front than
been for some time.
T< vi'Q? annn oftor Inlla
nones, tnei:? -
he troops iiie food nuiulninii<
; rain over With regard to per
mud. The the 'ood administrate
ill day and today that it will mak
was given t"u" examination of an
rahle more which Increases in pri
there had WM deal individually
trative orders with dei
in excessive prices.
u,-." Florence
Ishifble foods. Georgetown
>n announced G^viHe
e prompt and Greenwood
y localities in H?mpton
ce occur, and Kerah?w
by adminis- ^asper
Hers charging faster
Laurens
.. 456,000 ,<?an this preat se
.. 136,650 i be so effectually
. .. 1.286.00Q i niy and savinp o
600,000 "We have abu
. 3.700 the world flphtin
.. 140.400 an(l nt reasonafc
. . 6,000 one of the 20,6
.. 242.000 300.000 public
. .. 341,000 operate with us."
... si reel, at l" ?5'
ction of our labors ternoon after
aided as by econo- months,
f waste. It had been
ndant food for all that Commlss
g against Germany, would result
ile prices, if every | Was not a si
00.000 homes and! who knew of
eating places co- pverv hand in
I sions of sorrt
i> o clock Saturday af- ?rty loan p
an illness of several 000,000,00(1
' ment.
known for some weeks "From e
ioner Watson's illness report that
fatally, and his death ' est!
irprise to the friends script ions w
his condition. On that it wa<
Columbia are expros- eulty they
1W nv?r !ho >lnolh ed
rouaniy have passed $5,said
a treasury statevery
district came the ^
it was almost inipossimate
totals, as the subere
pouring in so rapidly
i with the greatest diffi_
were even being record
Ing and In the dark tha
j; <* . machine guns hauled b
nuloe, the drivers swatch
Chos and with shrapnel he
\-thelr eyes, came up on th
^ *lde a dark caftal. There
line of these and then can
rolling kitchens, giving o!
> bdor of warm food.
t the first
y Missouri CHESTER YOUNG
irnets over ARE HURT !N
ilmets over
ie road bewas
a lone Misses Durham Kikh I
ie infantry .
, Automobile, Thou
* a savory
Slightly Injui
IT-Gft
ll.exinpton
LADIES jMeOarmick
COLUMBIA .
Newberry
tod Dunn by Oconee..
. ? . ! Orpnpeburp . .
'"h ?"* Plrken,
red.
.... 115.350, The campaipr
. . . 74,000 througout the w
. .. 37.000 ?rday night.
.. .. 259.1501
.. .. 273.000 LANCASTER
457,300 t
.... iVM,.O GOES ABO
508.000
. . . 265.OuO Liberty florid Su
i will continue one 0f tlie St?
eek and close Sat- van(8i one uht
five work for
.+ wjU injlelibly
COUNTY the annals of
VE ITS QUOTA ''oK Wat*or
the moment f
'end came pea
ihscriptions l'|? to mother and hi
ite's most faithful ser- "Now sa
a has done a construe- by telephon
South Carolina, which Per, if was
inscribe his name on coast. Non
this commonwealth. it would bt
i was conscious up to curate acco
)f his death, and the next VVedn
cefully, with both his "Wednest
is wife at his bedside, bank subset
lea were being reported
e, telegraph and messendeelared,
from coast to
e was so bold as to say
possible to give an ncnnting
of all sales before
lay is the day on which ISjfl
iptions must have reach
All passed in silence.
Can carriage had sprawle<
form a soldier who had 1
r^W' ill'and who was being h
, ;-1?o of his walking comra
Through another' stn
v with cobbles and its sides
ti?ftvint skeletons of shell
^$6?ees came the sound ol
The last _
1 on It the Columbia, Oct. 19.Deen
taken r,de and Vlrg,nia Dur
,eld'on by ter were * ?'
night by an automobile
eet paved by S,mon p?aison. a n?
lined with C,dent occurred a* <
wrecked Tals and ?regK R,reet8
' the tread w,re. knocked down
naaou/l Ann. \ti??
IVI1II lit 1111
?Misses Flo- j
ham of Ches- ^Par,anburg . ,
ajured Friday
s being driven * nion
gro. The ac- Willlamabu** . . .
:orner of Ger- ^ ork
The women
and a wheel Total.. .. .. .
. . . Z,9HS,300
. Saturday >
. . . . 95.0uo
. . .. 951,000 *24:
.. 400. O0?. y
. .. 133.800 I-"n<;a" er
, ' ? i squarely in the
16,50o ... .
474 0 bond subs(
' '*** only met the issu
__A more than Its
fl 8(353,550 in ., # 1.
vfding up the $15
light Totaled j He is ?"rvivei
12,000. was Mlfls v'?n
Beech Island,
ty met the issue l,af?e to Conn
matter of the Lib. rember 17. ]j
-'riptions, and not ncw resides ai
1? but sent in $26.- two s'?ters.
? allotment. in dl- of Richmond,
>.000.000 for South' K,lk> of VVayi
[1 by his widow, who ! ed tho d
?aret Smith Miller, of banks.
S. 0., before her mar- "With its
nissioner Watson, De- at sundown
196; his mother, who ued, "the ]
t Richmond. Va., and forcing ahe
liss Dorothy Watson, | hpnt on rur
Va., and Mrs. E. D. ] dreds of mi
tesville, N. C. I Subsequei
ist riot federal reserve
maximum safely passed
the statement continNew
York district went
ad by artificial light;
ining up a total of bunllions
more."
at to the issue of this
/ W many hobnailed boots
darkness the dim form
could be seen mnrohlnp.
! The cautious flash of
lamp disclosed
war* American Infantry,
backs, rifles si una
shoulders, rain gllstenlnJ
helmets and coats, the ^
*va w.t* * a%.
and In the w*01 ?u?b num
S of men ed down the hill. Tne
Were crossing Gervals
an electric 8?uth ai"l they noticed
that thev toward the city up G
packs on and 11 wa8 then that ]
on their ed upon them. Simon
? on their h'arefl under arrest ar
rind whlp-|glven a hearing this n
"j~ A ~ Th/\OD UIKA II' I # WOOOA,}
ir us 11 uuhiiyoung
ladies PKKSKNCE OF AIV
street going TROOPS 8lTllPR]
a car coming Washington, Oct.
ervais street, ence of American t
Pearaon rush- caused great asto
Pearson was crews of* the Zepp
id he will be L-50, brought down
lorning. {last Saturday while
I 1 n I'Oi/! An F?rrlnw A
Carolina. $216.0(
IGRICAN Lancaster county.
ISES flRRMANH scriptlons were t<
2ft.?The pres- night they reachi
roops In France was divided as f
nishment to thej Kershaw bankt
ellns 1^-49 and ' Springs. $10,000;
by the French 400.
returning from Col. Leroy Spr
)0 wan allotted to
and when the sub- KILLS WIFE,
otaled up Saturday AND A
ed $242,000. This Taylorsville,
ollows: White, aged a
i, $19,800; Heath came violently
Lancaster, $211,- and shot and V
f mall children
IngR, who subscrlb- miles from hei
I statement, <
* | bv telephon
rHILnREN would run
SKS TO BE KIIil^EO would
N. C., Oct. 29.?Carl figures to $
bout thirty years be- ?cievelan
demented Saturday, eleventh ho
tilled his wife and two|ment added
i at his home eight j bida fair to
e. following the tri- -? *c
iffleials were informed
e that New York's total
up to $1,650,006,000.
swell the department's
4,705,000,000.
d furnished one of the "*1
ur surprises," the state.
!. "This district's total
ro high over the max
HIU UU11UIII III (.(]
*/)*L inround thslr legs which
h?g with machine like prProud
of Honor
v Tha AmlrlcanH ->,wung
street apparently as
Chough on dross parade
leir CCiaiS * * ?iv " Iinr.-fini
were muv- M*y It is fortunate fnat
Bcislon. n?t enacted as the your
In a dangerous position
down the women suffered consi
proud as the shock, but their fri
?, notwith- *hat the injuries were 1
marched reported. The Mit
'here they *re receiving the best j
? aible at the heme of
I IIIC CIVTIUCIH | w 1 liilKiailil
a tragedy was Pitches to the st<
iK ladies were 8a'd the prisoners d
i. The young one of them knew o
derably from any American expei
ends are glad ?
not so serious Increase in
ises Durham An increase of nin
attention pos- wages of all motors
Mrs. M. A. tnra in nmnlnv nf t*>
\ 'Iiiriit I ais- ea 10 V1UU.UVU
*te department day of the campa
eelared that not committee from
f the landing; of day afternoon to
litionary forcea. scrlptlon to $125,
I total far beyond
Wage*. , |
per cent In the To
Ben and conduc- j The State coir?
Donda on the flratiyie tragedy, W
Ign, wired the local ji oad some, dla
New York Satur-jftn(j, meeting i
increase hla sub- he had done a
000. This run the white had a st
the allotment. bor but was
I ill 11 111 Ul *u
hite walked down the "Chicago,
tanoe from his home glow
i neighbor, told tfhat muni of
nd asked to be killed, down hard
ruggle with the neigh- tha( mark a
overcome ;m<! lodg^il^ot edtltely
UU.UUU.UUU.
Homcwhal disappointed
start toward its maxi$700,000,000.
buck led
today to come as near
s possibie. Workers had
Btretf. lie UtUitteo Co., fc*a
1
^ "wuiuorii r uu- ouu \ urrwuuni >
i ^r??d K.??b.r 1, U,