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r :cA~ ' 4 . TheLancasterNews Lancaster, 8. C. (HEM1-WBBKLT.) I Country Tio of Thoo, Swoot Land of Liberty." Published Tuesday and Friday BY THE f. A Xlr? A <3T?V? MVWO PAMDAVV Established 1852. > GEORGE BULLA CRAVEN Editor and Manager Entered as Second Class Matter >etober 7. 1905, at the Postofflce at Lancaster, S. C., under act of Con|ress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) One Year 82.00 1 61*. Months 1.00 ; , The News is not responsible for the views of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general Interest will be gladly received. Friday, Nov. 2, 1917. The more we see and hear of Champ Clark, the better are we satisfied with what happened in Baltimore. + Signing the pledge-cards Is all ' right, but the question is how many * of the signers are going to live up to it? Wheatless days and meatless days are very satisfactory but we don't want to hear anything about a mealless day. Every once in a while in Ohio it is demonstrated that it is all right to think what you please so long as you don't think out loud. Maybe when the women are given "equal riehts." thev will abolish that foolish custom of taking ofT the hat when a lady enters an elevator. + l> While Atlanta and Richmond and sometimes Concord, N. C., can get In the datelines, Baltimore, it seems, can produce bigger fires than any of them. 1 Through "helping" the government by buying Liberty bonds many a man who never had a cent ahead Is now provided against the proverbial rainy day. + The price of milk is causing much complaint in Greenville but a reprehensible acquaintance who visited that city tells us that's not what they drink in Greenville. When we take a vacation to Virginia. we're going to present Frank Woodson, of the Richmond TimesDispatch. with a real South Carolina yam, unci lei rum sun ior iiimsuu. + The editor of the Gaffney Ledger admits seeing the circus in Charlotte the other day but says it's the same old circus he's been seeing for twenty years, and yet they tell us this State is dry. + The return to "active duty" of one Felix Diaz serves to lemind us of a certain Mexican, more or less .prominent, by name of Villa, who was called upon In his absence by General Pershing. !' "Germany made plans to control , Brazil." the State says in a headline, i According to our best information, 1 Germany's plans included control or i the whole world, but the best laid ] plans sometimes fail. ? ? I When the Charlotte Observer says "There are more cotton mills In | Gaston than in any county in the , world," the Columbia State comes 1 back with "Yes, but Gaston county could be put into some of the South J ( Carolina cotton mills," and to get i even, we suppose the Observer will 1 now make another claim as to the birthplace of Andrew Jackson. ff v'" THE 1 A LITTLE 8HOi>-TAIJt. SIGNl* ? Meet the new editor. He's a long, Writing lean, plain American, who believes from Parii there is a lot of good in everybody of the Mat and everything, and who would a siguiflca much prefer to scatter a little sun- the displi shine through the instrumentality takes plac< of The Lancaster News rather than partture o I besmirch the columns of the paper rious sect! in the slime of gossip and scandal, don't knov He feels that is an accomplishment, do we car and a noble accomplishment, to be take up a able to make one laugh. There is a letter, whi lot more to be gained from seeing During and believing in the good side of have road Vnil r ivinnr folks than from enlarging their and excit< shortcomings and faults. There Is a ^ lot of good In everybody. There fs are sent t some bad in some people, but we ment8< . It Is no prefer to overlook that. Qf these be The new editor, as a matter of In- parting an that comn formation, is engaged in a difficult that task?that of giving the people of their welfi cold month Lancaster county the best newspaper enlisted vc of its kind in the State. There are a??i It wo mittee sho many good newspapers in South their own Carolina, but it is our desire that! corP? and The Lancaster News be made a little L-jn^erops1 better than the best of them. True j United Sta he must blaze the trail and guide its 1 tender course, but. after all, it is the aid ' comfort an u ? . , ,. . , .. life and I that is given him that makes the pa- wjjj ap per. The patronage of the business for this spi w , I others, vol and professional men in advertising, "Doing tnj job printing and subscriptions keep rlnes." the wheels turning, and the moral |#nd g"' C support that comes unstinted in- ^ye oppC creases the standing of the paper in one 8hould the community and adds to its use- being mad< fulness. and the vo We want the people of Lancaster | the lines i county to feel that The Lancaster may deteel News Is their paper. We want to en-' tinction is ii m I u i ago > I u 11 I u u 11 n ,t [ u Ml s 11 U III I'HI- (iraiit'l's zens of the county on public ques- j D." is a bil tions. These need not agree with ment, and the views of the editor to gain en-J the volunte trance to the columns of the paper.' attention, ? and the chief stipulation in this con- of more th nection is that the name of the wri- The fav< ter be signed to the communication, sailors sho not necessarily for publication, but e(j; wheth to show good faith, and the name they are a will not be printed if request to that Vjce with b effect is made. j We aim to publish a newspaper A N that will be appreciated in the community; one that will be felt. We L do not propose to be a knocker, nor j ttiink we a drone, and we intend to print the This dog of news, without coloring, without, "He's reall; modifying, without favor or preju-!"e brings i dice. A newspaper which does not airs on 1)1 (Down, Zi do this is not worthy to be called a Down newspaper, and by so doing, we be-1 ne really lieve, The Lancaster News will gain ' He's certaii favor and friends. Personalities lN>? uatchdc He gives al shall never be indulged in. and per-i ,, , , He ain t nt sonal character shall never be as- Though kir sailed in the discussions in this p*.-I Hut wise n per, and what we advocate and head: champion shall be, to the best 01 He s very our ability as a judge, for the best Hut Karmei interests of this county and this The cost of citv . ' 11 was dec ' And little That he wi Ft H>l> t 'ONSKKVATION. ? .. , rorth from The national food administration friend, is determined upon two things: to when force the wholesale and retail deal- he?" to u rAfienn u tu! ononn en tro l ho < 'riA/1 numo n~ ? c onsumers to use care in buying and Aru* aearol using food in the homes. One hun- ? "fairs Then out I dred thousand manufacturers. wherewholesalers and distributors of o horrors! staple food were yesterday placed old, under license for the duration of the garnie ... ... . hold, war. Small retailers will not be ? Hung o er licensed but they are subject to the curb b provisions of the food law, which And had n forbids speculation, hoarding and On guard, excessive profits. within This is done for the protection of Oh. oh. the the consumer and is "half the bat- ever; tie." The other half the consumer 'r,iat Without a is asked to do in this way: sign a sound1 food pledge card this week?now?- "Well. Zip and live up to the pledge. Use cau- Oray, tlon in buying and care in using * calculat .. a. ,. , ~ . diving the food in th home. One meatless day VV hose eyei a week in each home means the sav- nessing of thousands of pounds of meat And grand in Lancaster county, alone?one brown meatless day and one wheatless day * ni BUre she sa will effect a great saving. _____ The food administration expects I everyone to do his part?eat a (Ne plenty, but wisely. With So crop, and We don't know that the fact that KrltB* they mill In th he was red-haired had anything to faro]|n!l do with it. ground me rim* ?* i r. i .jAR CARTER flEWH FRID, 'ICANT, IF NO MOBK. | VVEU to the Charlotte Observer i Island. S. C.. "G. B. D." 9 f -ine Training camp, makes nt comparison regarding H ly and excitement that e on occasions of the def drafted men from vaj ons of the State. We, v who "G. B. D." is, nor e. but we are willing to little white space with his' the past month or so, I several good articles in , IfiHNU ' in regards to the display going on *> ui mo uuiue uoys are to the national army and I the difTerent canton- I HVJ y| doubt sad for the parent* I >ys to bid farewell on their I MMMNH id I am pleased to note I jitters have been organ- K * are going to look after ^ are in camp, during the is before them, but having ThlH tru duntarily many months uld appear that this com- I* ? " ? uld also devote a little of HIaokp?o1' fc free will in the marine arriving Ami the navy. the visitors, e men serving in the nia- from every locality of the 4. 4. 4. 4. 4, tes and it would be little locate their whereabouts them little gifts that will)* " id brighten .their camp + am sure most anything 4. 4. 4. 4. 4, predated. Thanking you ace, I am, as thousands of "We advise untarily. G. B. D., caster News 1 bit .is one of the ma- those Watso Camps.?Rid Training Camp. Paris IsOctober 27. Being Am se, and we believe every- 11 chance, th oppose any distinction Ker?us, but e between the draftees 'nation what lunteers, and yet, between Ridgelan n "G. B. D.'s" letter one a 8Usp,cion that a dis- GeorgeEBuUs made in favor of the his good wif We suspect that "G. B. Zwlnl t over-zealous in his judg- page ads. an ..?* ... , ,. . fersonlan. still it is apparent that era have been given little It is yet a ir, at least, are deserving even '_n mon i any a\ an they have had. News. But likely to be p >rs to the soldiers and Greenville uld be equally distribut- we er draftee or volunteer, those who 11 now enlisted in a s^y- haven't very ut a single purpose. i ? It's now u O-ACCOl'NT IHHi. something?i a weather News. The i ouella C. Boole. newcomer in ouses him f 'd better send away Greenville hi ours," said Farmer Gray: (,reenv"le 1)1 y of no earthly use; Maybe so, 1 in dirt, and scatters loose to believe th ir clothes and furniture? satiafled with ppo, down! Down, sir! , . v such a close sir!) ? Isn't worth his keep; Is 1 sure no ennd for shflpn1 >g he, for not a bark | (From th t footsteps in the dark. 1, 8 eas>' to 8 > earthly good nohow, d? id and gentle, I'll allow." *n stri Id grandma shook her w'hen thf "P to yc good to love," she said Ain't It ht self? r Gray was obdurate; living was sc great TAP reed tin dog should go. 1A.E did the farmer know _. , . , The storm as planning thus to send . , . . .. ... . day night di< i his home the truest ., community. destroyed an e is Willie?" Where is damaged. Our jEpwot fone distractedly, school is do bed in vain, below, uo- league ! _ missionary p: he house they rushed to an(* *he sum raised for mi ?their sweet three-year- w"' School Day" nts clutched in Zippo's at o'clock. been arrange the well-curb in such way scholars ent with his body's sway. The K'r'8' ot watchful Zippo been intermediate he would have plunged Party at th? ? night for the League. Th< ' praise the good dog had was realized, yone, all were so glad Miss Carri Willie had been found teaching at bruise, but safe and pnd with hei U. A. Funde po," then said Farmer Miss Reon day at home e you'll have to stay,"? ftmi Mrs. L. dog a kind caress. Miss Edna 3 were raised in grateful- the week-en< Funderburk. ma stroked his rough Miss Paris head: ville, is spen you're worth our love, Mabel Kate id. | FIRST WO! Itely on Yams. (S SKI wberry Observer.) With the uth Carolina's big corn France, Nov, everybody clamoring for can wounded say there isn't a oorn today at a 1 e entire State of South lieutenant ol O, for a sack of water- was hit in tl al. ter. ,Vf ? , JT ^ r r AY, NOV. 2. 1917. COMING AMERICANS AT BLACKPOOL JL 4k A B ^ 1 ui'> HB^M|^BSp|^ajj^^HE[ - i^fl^BrlBfl^KVjLl ok load of pretty girls who nre making munitions for the all Icturesque part of the celebration of Anglo-American day Hfflnn.l ?..w.o?tltf TK,.? -*l ~ ? W ?A~ ?a ii^iuuu, ictruuj. iiir/ nic t-JLit*uuitig it ururi/ wcivvuic iv erlcans by joining In the procession thnt was organised to gr + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + IACK-FIRES. + SCISSORS AM) PASTE. + * + + + + + + + + + + + .|. + + + + + + 4><t> + <P + 4',l the editor of The Lan- "The Observy." to play "hands off" with (Columbia State.) n Bells and Ed Degeland Herald. The references of The Observer erican, we like to take Charlotte to the secretary of 1 ... , , historical commission of Sot ough they may be danCarolina would perhaps be entit it is beyond our imag- (Q more con8lderatIon ,f ,t wo, they've been doing to spell his name correctly. A news] d man. per setting itself up as a criti student of history does its cat News has a new editor, 3Cant Justice when it begins by 1 i Craven. May he and exposure of slovenly habit in e have a tranquil jour- own compositions aimed at a his ocky road of journalism r(ap who |eas?t takes his work 1 it paved with double . ? ,, .. d silver.?Jefferson Jef- riously. Were Mr. Salley dispot to reply in the manner of our c< temporary to one of its recent pa fact thnt Senator Till- graphs he would be compelled feeble health, can beat address it as "The Observy." rerage man.?Lancaster an average man is not i candidate against him. Future History. Daily Piedmont. (Spartanburg .Journal.) on t know. Some of Short sketch from a history have been mentioned 2001: "The country in the fall high batting averages. the >'0ar of 1017 was ,n a deploral state of affairs. Traitors were ? , n ^ ... . congress and went unpunishi p to Greenville to start .... . Spartanburg is to have wealthy citizens refused to give th bureau.?L ancaster support to the government by hi editor of the News is a ing Liberty bonds that were offer to this State, which ex- them for sale nn(, ,n Soulh Caroli or not knowing that .. is a weather bureau. ,he lnen untfpr arms nought mr illy Piedmont. bonds than did the civilian popu but we are not supposed t'on- To fheir lot fell the fighti n, ... ... an<l they also paid for it." at Greenville would be Spartanburg running __ ,, ,. Tlie (lovcrnnr Said?. faoe" (New York World.) . _ The Hon. Thomas W. Blckett, g( n't It Hard? . ... ^ ... . , . ernor of North Carolina, enterta ie Washington Star.) . . . , , . ...... . . . . .. ed a party of friends at the Hipi ay what another should . , , . . . drome last night. When the ca els appeared in the early part iggle for glory or pelf; ,r .. . . ., ' Cheer Up, a friend said to t t same problems are put ... . .. .. governor: "Mr. Hickett, those a >u . . , , . niais unnK nui once in seven nay ird to decide for your- .... . ? ? Ho, nee. hum! replied the g< ernor of North Carolina. "I sh ~ have to tell the governor of Soi IERNACTE. Carolina about this." hich occurred Mon- Bargains In Stamps. d great damage In this (Philadelphia Evening Ledger.) Several houses were a .... ~ ? . The government is printing 3-c< d the crops were badlv t stamps at the rate of 25,000,000 rth League and Sunday day Down ln Charleston. S. C.. ling great things now. ne?ro wa,ked ,nto the Poatofflce t net Sunday morning, a ?,her day and boUKht one doUa rogram was carried out worth of tw?8" He sa,d he h of fifty dollars was heard the prlc? was K?,n* up ,0 l88jons cents in November and he believ observe "go-to-Sunday ln Preparedness. next Sunday, Nov. 4th, A short program has lawyers Is Lawyers. d and we exnect to have lfin?rtanhiir? inumoi \ on time. Doing Jury duty is hard work a senior class No. 4 and every man summoned at any tl No. 5 gave a hallowe-en ^as a good bid for sympathy. 1 school house Saturday when we do really sympathize w benefit of the Kpworth hjm ja when we see an able busin i sum of sixteen dollars man sitting on a Jury, drawing ab< one-tenth of what his time Is wor e Funderburk, who is an(j letting some pettifogging It Dixie, spent the week- yer delay the case for half a day. r parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1>UI% A Fair CJenlus Discovered. Courtney spent Sun- (Kansas City Star.) i with her parents, Mf. \ Courtney ?ne Krftat Ilen(l stenographer 1 Manly, of Dixie, spent Revised a novel way of making a 1 with Miss Etta Helle wlth ht*r employer, displaying g 'ius that promises great success Funderburk of Trades- hpr in the business world. \V1 ding a while with Miss ,hft bofl9 States a letter contain Shute a wor(* 8be does not know how J spell she does not make the us TNDED AMERICAN guess at it. She looks it up in NAD <X>RPH OFFICER dictionary, i American Army in ?? 1.?The first Ame^i- A Uve Hook Wanted, in the trenches arrived (From London Ideas.) iase hospital. He is a "I want a nice book for an in ' the signal corps. He Hd?a wounded soldier." be leg by a shell splin- "Something religious?" "No; he's convalescent." - W^K AND OTHERWUE, I Diplomatic. (Galveston News.) "1 say. Arnold, 1 want to apolo- > , gize for tbe nasty temper 1 displayed last night. Your wife and sister must have thought I was crazy." "Oh, no, they didn't. I fixed that all right." "Mighty good of you, old man. Thanks." "Yes, I told them you were | drunk." | Kansas Musical Note. (Kansas City Star.) Billy Horn was arrested and fined $25 Saturday night for being on a toot. When You Walk. (Santa Fe New Mexican.) P The average Btep is 26 inches. This means 2,447 steps to the mile, lies or 12,185 in a 5-mile day. A person at | weighing 160 pounds in a day has pounded into his shoes 974 tons and *** 1,600 pounds of meat, bone and troubles, and this he carries above his shoes. Men buy three pairs of b shoes a year. A steel hammer * weighing 160 pounds coming down * at that rate for four months would * have to be renewed each day and * would have to be fished out of the I deepest hole in the earth at the end of four months. of Heavy Sleepers, the (Santa Fe New Mexican.) ith The little maid of all work came led to fetch Baby John, as it was his Jld bedtime. pa- Oh, let me peep at him In bed!" cal pushed Mrs. Sweet, ise a few minutes later she was taken the ir to see little John between the its sheets. to- "Gracious. Why do you have such no- a high bed for your little son?" she ied grasped. >n- "So we can hear him when he ra- falls out. You have no idea what to heavy sleepers my husband and I are," said his mother. She Knew Kill. (From the Outlook.) of Humorously comparing the Kaisof er with a certain Fast Side bully, Vice President Marshall recently ln said that the Kaiser's memory in e(j history will be like the memory of e|r this other Kill. When he died, a ,v- neighbor remarked to his widow: .P(j " 'So Bill's deadT' " 'Yes, he's dead.' na '1 suppose he's hittin' the harp with )re the angels now.' 'More likely,' said la_' the widow, 'he's hittin' the angels np with the harp.' " Very Much the Sjuue. (Minneapolis Tribune.) When Lincoln was still an Insignificant country lawyer he had oc,v~ caslon to travel to a small town to in~ take charge of a case. It was a 1C>~ drive of some fourteen miles from m the railroad station to the town inn ? where he was to spend the night. 110 Wet and chilled to the bone he arnt~ rived at last, but to his dismay found only a small fire built in the [}Vgrate, while standing about it, so as a' tc Exclude the heat from the travel1 er, were the other lawyers Interested in (ho rase. At length one of the group turned to Lincoln. "Pretty cold, eh?" he asked, ant "Yes." replied Lincoln, "as cola > a as it is hot in Hades." ( a "Ever been to Hades, stranger? * ihe asked another. r's "Yes,"- replied Lincoln solemnly, lad This raised a faint smile among i 3 the other lawyers. 'ed "What does It look like there?" they asked. 'Very much like this," said Lincoln, dryly; "all the lawyers nearest the Are." me % BILLHEADS e"9 We Print Them DUt th. w LETTERHEADS We Print Them Well ENVELOPES Z HANDBILLS lBn We Print Them Too ing to !>? "he We Print Everything Well va_ DROP IN AND SEE US AND BE CONVINCED ii ii . ? _ ???