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SSI . ? PLancasterNew ' Lancuter, 8. C. (HKMl-WKKKLV.) f Cwntry Ti? of Thaa, Swnt La f Libarty.* ItbUshed Tueaday tod Friday BY THE VNCASTER NEWS COM PAN! Established 1852. GEORGE BULLA CRAVEN Editor and Manager Catered as Second Class Matt ober 7. 1905, at the Postofflce icaster, S. C., under act of Co ss of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) s Year 32.C Months l.C ITie News 18 not responsible for tl ws of Correspondents. Short and rational articles c ?lcs of general interest will \ idly received. Friday. Nov. 9, 1917. Of course it would be quite di rent if everybody had the san inion of Mr. La Follette that 1 .s of himself. + The funny part of it is that th? it such men as Mayor Smith flee and never know any better ui 1 it's too late. + n ?!! 141 uoveruur n uuuiau idiivcu m outh Carolina hospitality was ju ke any other hospitality?he sa , was evidence of Americanism. * Certainly President Wilson wou ot go down to Richmond to he liss Margaret sing. Most fathe mow how their daughters sing. + The Governor of North Carolii 'isited the Governor of South Car Ina Wednesday?and no remarks nore than passing interest we nade. + Dr. Muck will find that a man iot required to play the "St Spangled Banner." but that it is n he part of discretion to refuse play it. + About 28 1-2 per cent of the nc board of education in Greensbo are women. That ought to give th city at least 33 1-3 per cent ei ciencv in its schools, i ? ? t "Where is the old fashion" baby's bank that had first claim < all the pennies?" asks the Colut ilia State. Since everything h gone up to six cents there are i pennies left. ? We admire the spunk of th 3N*orth Carolinian whose son w fcilled or captured by the German He said: "The Germans nev ,*ook Edward without a fight?lit the fighting kind." That's tl epirit that's going to win this ws + Morris Hillquit, socialist Candida *or mayor in New York, used to -Morris Hillkowitz. He got t court to allow him to drop t "'kowitz" and add "quit." And frr the returns of Tuesday's election would appear that he is some qu ter. A Virginia judge has cited tmewspaper editors for contempt court "to determine how ,far t jpress of the State may go in cri cizing the State courts." Wr shou ?ay, offhand, that they may go as f as they ought to go and no dece newspaper is going any further. + Peeling deeply for some Virglr -editors, chiefly in the neighborho of Norfolk and Newport News, 1 . all their attention to this from t tBtatep^per of Columbia, as the V glnian Pilot would put it: "T latest dance is the Chinese Todd "We hear that its effect can hardly distinguished from that of a pla South Carolina toddy." 2 OXE OUT OF FOUR. | A j The food administration in Washf| = ington announces that one family ^ out of every four in the United States 11 ! signed food pledge cards last week. 1 .This Information is given on the 11 basis of incomplete returns from the 11 : campaign. In other words, seventy- ^ ,five per cent of the families w ere ^ __ | either not reached by the food a?- w ministration workers or refused to " sign the cards. If the people could al realise what the conservation of our ic _ food supply means, there would be none to refuse to sign the cards ann none to fail to live up to the pledge. er The hardships of war are yet to fall ^ at upon us and the better we prepare 80 n*1 against a shortage in the necessaries of life the better will we bear P* the burden when It falls. In Lancaster county, approxi- cc '?imately half of the families signed w the cards, which is considerably betie ter than the average for the whole ^ country; the State of South Carolina te ~~ probably averaged as a whole as well ot >n e ;as Lancaster county. 10 Lancaster county, while doing a ta = good deal better than the average P' over the whole country, could have done a great deal better, though we ** say this in no disparagement of the ni te loyal workers in the "cause." under v te' , Chairman Hugh R. Murchison and r-1 with the help of Mr. John M. Madra. Roth of these, as well as their many '8 assistants throughout the county. til in did good work and hard work not c' n~ only during the campaign of last ^ week, but for two or three weeks preceding the campaign. ni te t?>? ? ii ri( i iic ^ru^ic iiiusi tuiuc iu t\ I *"(111St I j zation of the necessity of food con- 11 servation. as well as conservation of many other supplies and then it will , be an easy matter to get co-operation sl Id: t in the matter of saving on the com- 11 ar ri1 mon commodities, in which there rs might be a shortage. ' ol + b< 'I A KING THE "E" Ol'T OF FEAST. il na oFood economists have suggested, of | land very appropriately, that the re I |American peopie this year torego the usual Thanksgiving feast, taking [1 . the "e" out and making it a day of o 1 tasting. Many of our holidays, it n t may be said, are improperly oele- ? . ^ brated. The establishment or in- ' auguration of a day of thanksgiving h tl carried no appeal for gorgeous w >w feasts. It is a day set apart for C) 01 ro Pfayer and praise for the mercies of ^ at Clod to the nation and to the people 1 ft. who inhabit the nation. j, It therefore, would not lie out of; 0| piace i>y any conception of propriety Cf f<l ti dispense this year when the coun- P{ >n try is going through a period of^f i n- anxiety, sacrifice, hardship and peril as with tlie usual feast and spend the J,.) no day in a more consistently appro-101 priate manner. This Thanksgiving qi will find millions of our people beset ir a' with anxieties and uncertainty as to ti ils the welfare and safety of fathers, w IS- sons and brothers who will bear the p er biunt of America's part in the great h ''s war. Loved ones worry through an w he effort to safeguard the lives and di- c< ir- minish the peril which overhangs if those who have gone to the battle- s< t P fronts and those yet to go. " In no more appropriate way could o tr ft Thanksgiving be celebrated this year h 1,0 than by a concerted appeal by the d >m whole nation to God that our boys may fight for a righteous cause and il be returned safely to us when vie tory has been won. This should not be accompanied by lavish feasts ' ivo n when our government begs of us to v "eat a plenty but wisely." That we j, ho may not suffer for food in the future, ii we must economize now. "d ar In other words Judge Clin* be- . . !< inl lleves a man can get a fair trial in p his court and that belief goes. ii + h l'a Postage on letters now costs three 0(' cents and we doubt if a lot of them K ti *e are worth it. he I ?, a lr-! Of course, so long as Baltimore n he remains wet, Washington folks won't) a le. Ikick. j ^ w ' I a be : , n jn Music may be music but Dr. Muck ! f (doesn't look at it that way. ' q w v " rHK LANCASTER NEW8 FRIDA I FUEL SHOHTAGK IN PROSPECT ' + + + H The United States government has ' LETTEf tquisitioned 10 per cent of the outut of coal cqines for emergency * ^ ^ ^ urposes. Many cities and towns ANOTHE liroughout the country are estab- To the edit shing municipal woodyards to com- i wish to at the prospect of a fuel famine, to the peo] hese are already in operation in I Lancaster I tany places and others are just be-j ties to resp Inning to cast about for the wood i to carry on nd attending to the other prelim- A. In our ti larles attendant upon such estab- trenches on shment. , must win t Por two or three weeks there has United Stat sen scarcely any coal for sale in do this we ancaster. There has usually been j fare of our ime wood for sale, but not a great to see to il ?al. Warm weather has kept the with food ai sople from a realization that a fuel nitions. Th mine stares us in the face and may 18p'r,tuaI na quate atten ime at any time "when the biting y , inds begin to blow." biggest agei Many families hereabouts are in good spii jubtless well prepared in the mat-,^or recreati< . ? .some, spirit' r of fire wood, but there are many I Next wee hers who find themselves in less in x*njte rtunate positions. We have no de- this work iled account of the probable sup- 8ro at home y of wood adjacent to the city or out R8>ing. . ..... . . . . be insignifi e probability of securing coal, but .. the seorifice would seem that the fuel com- making. R ittee which has been appointed must be lit ill probably find some work to do whethei ght here at home. other invest , a generous Whether the municipal woodvard fun<j rnjP practical in Lancaster is a ques- morale of o jn for others than ourselves to de- be able to f tie but it is practically certain that 1),,r t*,at wp . _ . do our part ere is going to be a heavy demand . . A be between r wood in Lancaster this winter, foeen railed ore than likely a demand that can- Relieving it be mot without ample prepara- district will on. and the time to make that pre- rn010' * ani \ iration is now. The supply may ; ample to meet the needs but a irvey in that direction might bring Rock Hll >rth the information that the deand is going to be heavier than t TH K t nticipated and that supply will not QP ? equal to demand. In any event + + 4? 4 would be well to investigate. ( Cj Advertisli "MIST BE CONNCItlPTKIV >'*t to be di That is. tilt The Abbeville Medium, a news- ( onstanl 8,1 aper ably edited and usually right mere fire < i its political views, joins the ranks gulsh or gi f conscriptors and says that Sena- iarse flre >r Henjamin Ryan Tillman must be ' ' fturned to the United States sen- water- rtash te, asserting that the senator's have little lace cannot be more ably filled. ern fire dep Granting that all The Medium has outKro as to say is true, does The Medium ' ' ike the position that a man's given a so ord is of no value and that we plenty of it, in say one thing today and an- mon sense ther tomorrow, being in earnest all p:iys If vo le while? . . * kind of fish The above from the Spartanburg bait- not al mrnal appeals to us as the zenith bait. Not f inconsistency in an effort to be every advei insistent. Why cannot we be in 1101 's a nioc .... ... . majority of unesi an me wnne ami yet say one W|de ar ling today and another tomorrow? ,\8 a pjoim re any of us infallible and do newspaper ; tanging conditions have no hearing ,!n ?Pen Hie . . in a practli a one s position on air* certain tier, and p; nestion? Consistency does not lie tiveness an( i the fact of one sticking to a posi on even though he know that he is The Nigl long. Senator Tillman, most ... . ... Although th robably, meant what he said when ... My folks e made the statement that he They said ould not again be a candidate, but wait, inditions have since changed, and Their wa the senator feels that he can be of l>r The nigh ?rvice to the country by remaining j thought i in harness," it is no impairment burst, f his "given word" if he changes The nigh is mind under the changing con-' At holtlG j ( itions. I And mot 4. She helped Department of Agriculture. ., . . r, . . And foun (Columbia Record.) . . , . . .. , . , And our ol< We do not know what the legisla- _ . . j ~ - The nl^h ure win uo aooui rne rsiate depart-; lent of agriculture. Commissioner n S'atson and CJovernor Manning had, e i the past discussed the co-ordlnat- The pictun rig of certain features of the agrl-i down, ultural work of the State. We he- Familiar eve it would be a mistake to herge.The dear his department with Clemson Col- around ?ge or to let Clemson dominate the An(j seer ollcy of the department. Clemson "Rest here * doing the best work of its whole nigh istory. hut as long as It Is depend- "Stop hatt nt upon the fertilizer tax for Its here," upport. Clemson should not con-' ?pj,e ni^j rol entirely th eagricultural policy; f this State, which is soil building * 'eft them nd not soil stimulating. In the, ' Anfl f,ao' leantlme. Governor Manning has To run aga cted very wisely in selecting Dr. A. That lea< . Summers, a capable business man , nut, oh. so nd the head chemist of the depart- Some nip lent, to handle the affairs of the of-! I'll rest am ce until the legislature can elect: The nigh ol. Watson's successor. Y, NOV. 9/1917. US TO THE EDITOR. WISE AND OTHERWISE. R PATRIOTIC DUTY. Musically Inclined. or of The News: "Your cat made an awful noi. the back garden last night, am i make a patriotic appeal ..1>m awfuHy sorry, Mr. Houi >le of Chester, Fairfield, but since he at* the canary he th (ershaw and York coun- he can sing!"?Our Dumb Anlm; ond to the call for funds th. work th- v m n Not Do** ??th . ' - ? (Everybody's.) -alniag camps and in the Narrous Employer?Thomas the French front. We wish you wouldn't whistle at his war into wrhich the -es has been drawn. To must look after the wel- af A soldiers. It isn't enough, A : that they are supplied, nd clothing and war mu- mav buy ieir physical, mental and; tures must have adeti?n /nf ?. C. A. is one of the. ?UI icies in keeping the men rits by furnishing places >n by providing a whole ual atmosphere. k there is to be raised M id States f35.000.000 for wKAM That those of us who must do this, goes with-; This contribution will gm ft 0T1111TI0 cant as compared with ** gJCfalatllC that our young men are ut it means that there >eral giving. Ask your- ^ ^ { r you can afford to make J| ^ ments before you make / subscription to this ss we see well to the A ur soldiers they will not 9 B 5^ E_ Ight our battles. Retnemare as much obligated to as those who happen to .. . _ . . | that offers you the comfc 21 and 21 who have . , style and wearing serv upon to give up ail. which has made leading p that the people of this sicians indorse Gossards. ] do their full part and mous couturiers and soci leaders of the world's fash ' centers accept them as 1 erv truly yours. standard corset style?? R. C. BURK. millions of women the wo Chairman of District. over acknowledge them as 1 C Nov 7 1?117 i answer to true corset econoi This real Gossard will o ' wear three ordinary corsi and every time you put it "OXKTAXT STREAM + you will delight in its ease WATER" ETC + adjustment, revel in its c ............ stant comfort, and be c scious of the fact that it \ cents the style of your si ^ i plest suit or most elabor ng seems to be an art frock. scovered by some people. ,n the pla|n g<jft pjnk practical part of it. A white Sterling cloth of wh earn of water from one ori it is fashioned all the moi engines will soon extin-j et under control a very while a few buckets of G0SSCird MedllS, ed on here and there. or no effect. The mod- __^_______ artment is practical, and wn the bucket system;' _ h modern advertising? I II used in a practical, com-, JLidllVdvlVl U and judicious manner.1 u want to catch a certain __ __ you use a certain kind of J f\ D St llCICi 1 fish bite at all kinds of all people respond to j tisenient. The newspalium indispensable to the ???????? advertisers, because of id repeating circulation, y iter of trade and profit < advertising is no longer M F) * Y Y * I stion; that is. when done ? /I Y%|Yff/)Yl Y ral and intelligent man- < 1/llllVll Mm ivs because of its effec'rhMr i Business a it \\ lien I Went Home, e train went in real late. * stayed up for me; that they could hardly HE funds g I >' ndering child to see. J HCSCrVG Banks 1 other kissed me first, . t when I went home; | Billion Dollars. ny heart with joy might . . , . > cumulated to eai it when I went home. , terosts, UOr Call i found a fire of logs. V . , , T, her watting there; J UlterCStS. Its pill me from my travllng J her banks, of will > d ray easy chair. the farmers and I ! house held out Its arms1 J it whPn T wont V\ a o 1 A . ?uuv HUUJC, -j gv/utini uauiviiig ie rest away from harms, ' .. . it when I went home. * pOSSlblG. is from the wall looked * If VOU are Hot pictures, they; y ailfl gf'ttillg its old things stood all > d jn ftnd tftlk j ' ! V *. ned each one to say: > \yc welcome 1 with us forever, dear." i y t when I went home, > ailfl Savings aCCOl ling In the world, stay is it when 1 went home, *< y all, the folks, the place, mi *1e c to work I came, I Iia plfci* in in that mad race ? |||^ J[ U Is, they say, to fame; J me time, I'm going back, j IjANC ;ht I'm going home; * 1 get the thin* I lack, j * t when I go home. i ! ! ?D. m. h. |y.v?y??yM>;?>M*yM?y? work. * Office Boy?I ain't working,, sir,' * I'm only whistling. * * * His First Lesson. (Harper's Weekly.) te in | I Little Bobby had never been to iton, ! Sunday school before, and came inks home wide-eyed and excited to rea,s | late his adventures to his mother. 1 After giving a flattering account of his teacher, he added: I ; "And she told me to learn the your opossum's creed." .mmimmm?ma? ???^^?|pi # >rt, lias been invested in actual ice quality which will be seen at a by- glance in its luster and finePa ness of weave, and will be laety ter realized in its gratifying ion wearing service, the Never before has even Gosmd sard offered such a remarkarld ble corset value as in this the Model 263 at $2.50 which we ny. should be pleased to show you. ut- Other models at $3.50, $5.00 a ?t8. and more. ' on * of |1T on- Hear on f GOSSARD 'J CORSETS irh 1PV Til AV I uno In Kmni a j aiu w u mb m. win Sewing Without Sacrifice" epartment Stores ? To Shop After All" \%YV/.VV\y/.YA\y//.y.y.y/.y -v II ?? I* Jollars to Help [j And Farming 'i : , . atliered into the Federal I io\v aggregate oyer One I This vast sum was not ae- Z n profits for private in- K t be controlled by private I rpose is to assist its mem ch we are one, in helping msiness men and to make : conditions as sound as j yet one of our depositors J benefits and protection, t over with us. # )oth, checking accounts 2 ints. * i' 'I : National Bank i JASTER, S. C. J #' #