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I TheLancasterNews '',w,h Laucwtcr, S. C. (HEM1-WEKKLY.) The J 1 ^ the pr t ># = Hy Country Tio of Thoo, ftwoot Lsn<* hundr< of Lib'rty." county Published Tuesday and Friday Noven: BY THE sued. LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. ,ng th Established 1852. hundr< r >il vf or GEORGE BULLA CRAVEN "" Editor and Manager ?' "l,> __medici Entered as Second Class Matter that t lotober 7. 1905, at the Pctofflce at has bf Lancaster, S. C., under aot of Con- are iress of March 3, 1879. this cc SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Tha (In Adrance.) some One Year $2.00 natura Six Months 1.00 .. . the di ~ ~ prohib The News Is not responsible for the news of Correspondents. ,lUt w shipnn Short and rational articles on of the topics of general Interest will be hibitio gladly received. worker SI {I t P ^ Tuesday, Nov. Jo, 1917. gradu| I)<1 4dP(l Karensky is going to come back. Revolutions in Russia don't last anc ceedln long. from * clamp* Who would ever have thought that all at his real name is William Ashley , in \ir Sunday? tion h "dry" As a matter of fact we suspect |alure that it is a hard matter to be a good "proi,) mayor in New York. er ,ar salary The Abbeville editor just didn't fUnd know where the stopping-place was thousu ?but he does now. forcin * * ' The health of the State might be , two c materially enhanced by the estab- ^ . lishment of absolute prohibition. . .. , both 1 According to a"*" story that has ^on come to us the North Carolina of- ( aro" flceseeker now goes to Baltimore. suane< . are ir Billy Sunday says "it's the heart prohib that counts," and Billy Is right, pro- ened vided there is a pocketbook to back Newbe it up. argum fact o Hans Berg is another of the fool-'jsSue ish ones who didn't know that it is not ag easier to get into trouble than it is point, to get out. aro pi, I * permit A South Carolina vara weieliiner ------ - I propos 12 pounds is reported from Green- j (|ril , wood county. Which is. to say th*?; oouraK least, some yam. order * " accoun 'We don't know any reason why fcirl tedegraph messengers will not t y sa>s be a success?at least no worse which than the boys. a"* *?( terest tnits si The constitution provides for free 1. speech all right, but a clause that a >eo ' usually escapes attention is "but the affidav privilege shall not be abused." icine. * If Germany admits reverses on the manes The Trentino front the Italian army rja]jy must have put in a good day's work drinkii should for it is mighy little that Germany wjth c will admit. It s anv of * the 1 i< State constables for the six weeks obtain ending October 31 seized liquors and wines valued at approximately clerk $6,000. But that is on the Spar- tha" 1 order tanburg valuation of six dollars a cents quart. U?C\ turned month We have been told that Camp press i It i! Greene is to have vaudeville on no ten Sundays and yet Columbia turned cer to The down even motion pictures. From the which it would seem that Char- the ^1 lotte has beat Columbia or Colum- 'I3, 1,1 bia has beat Charlotte?depending "rrom largely on which way you look at It.. y?ur 1 + tily a Foodstuffs to the value of $73,- this p 000,000, owned by Germans and gestioi unreported as required by law, was mit si discovered by government agents in fieer f New York the other day. And that's to the not all. This is only a very small not bi part of what Is going to be di?- cers ? covered. Tfte * ~ THE LA* I BIT ION VERSUS LIQUOR CERTIFICATES. LOC News does not believe that ivilege of ordering liquor has TEN Y :o any considerable extent 1 in Lancaster county. Dur- (Fr<j(n the le month of October the re- Nove show that approximately five Miss Claud ?d permits were issued In this Past season < , and for the first week of I'ancast?r ! milliner, was iber. only sixty-five were is- Thursday nig We have no hesitancy in say- son> Qf phUa at it is doubtful that the five The mamn ed quarts in October and the Lancaster C< Ive quarts in the first week raP'dly neai company exp< present month were used for in ten dayg nal purposes, and yet it seems The Young he number of permits issued held its first sen kept within reason. There Hins< . , , noon at 3:30 wenty-six thousand people in was thorough >unty- ent. Daint: t the privilege is abused iu served. sections of the state is quite There is a establish ano A. We are not familiar with wh|ch wm n etails of the passage of the another evid ition law in South Carolina, the town is s e doubt not that the "quart The Rev. E . ? called to the jnt for medicinal use feature I gah church. bill was a compromise. Pro"j cjation. the n. as a matter of fact, has Who has bee d best, in our opinion, in those having asked where it was brought about wor't?? . ?, .. . _ . 1 Mr. and \ illy. North Carolina, at first, bright little a very mild prohibition law had a narrow has been necessary for sue- from serious, g legislatures to strengthen it quences. W1 time to time. Virginia Kround. ... . . ... 'hold of an ol id the lid down and nailed it i . in his mouth once. It cost a lot of money a portion 0f ginia to enforce the prohibi- become serioi iw but that state is about as father. Dr. M as they ever get. The legis-1,y arrived ai tidote for th provided for the office of, .. . .. I relieving the ibition commissioner," a rath-1 Mr i-.hr. i ge plum, a soft Job and a fat streets Thuri , and the commissioner had ;i;aince he was - . . . . ? ?#. ago at the P of, it we mistake not, fifty , > ter, for ap ind dollars to spend in en- j frjPrujs were g the law during the first two up and abou of its operation. There are __________ listinctivcly different methods upon t?.e Ob nging about prohibition and j()Ws. have been successful. I Mighty goo le of the newspapers in South makinR bark na are discussing the is- bate judges, ? of liquor permits and mostly ,,in> meets tl more nor le* iclined to the belief that the hition. Cut i lition law should be strength- j !"oot an.^ ^ra ; liquor in an and made more rigid. The have a bad e :rry Observer puts forth the handles it. I I bate judge, ent that the fault lies in the talk in its fa r ?.i?i ? ?... - 1 ur,H "" i auuu ui^ iuch iu mose WHO " : carry him un the permits. The News does . ________ rec with the Observer on thts _______ assuming that the right mo II I pcted to the offices where the Bu s are issued. As a general jflr|Bi it ion. it could hardl> be saro jfl D he probate judges would en- M e the issuance of permits in HT to increase their own bank Ul ts. Hut, the Observer says: B grand jury of Chester coun- B f JR M i there are "too many permits is true. And one reason there llllllllll i many is that it is to the inof too many persons that perlould be granted: ? The probate judge is allowed 1 for every permit he grants; | lie is allowed a fee for every p it he signs from an individual I A vears he needs liquor for medAnd of course the liquor-seller a profit out of every permit, j III I 1 Jl U.' huu nil rfollorl eoetf o n III I the sale, and consequently the 11||||]III _ rig of liquor; but the law | I be drawn tighter .together ' I >ne or two amendments. I IIII I J| hould be made impossible tor I fleer to make anything out of juor traffle. All affidavits to permits to buy liquor ought I made by some offlrer and free te permit issued free?by the of court preferably, rather I J. he prol?ate judge. The liquor 1 should have a tax of 15 or 25 ! a quart imposed on it. and | I III I ed at the delivering office and I 1 over to the county treasurer II m ly, with the report the ex- II I fl company is required to make. I II I s important that there will be |||||||||0 | iptation to hold out to any offi- III II ||| * encourage the sale of liquor. ||l|l|ll||| Observer's policy evidently is j I nd of prohibition thnt prohib- 1 11 |lll||f * at prohibits the use of liquor ! |M|| I my mouth as well as from IIIII 11|| I III mouth?" and The News hear- I 1111 11111 Jfl igrees with the Observer on I fjjj fl mint, and the Observer's sug- II I fl n that the affidavit and per- || WUjjf II lould be handled by some of- 'I IIIUV UU ree and without compensation L*2iflfl^fek* officer is a good one. We do elieve, however, that all offl.re corrupt. j Greenwood Journal comments 'WWtiUM JCA3TER NEWS TUESDAY, NO DKINO BACKW/ EARS AGO THUS TWENTY-FIVE Y MONTH THIS MO> Files of this Paper, (From the Files o mber 2, 1909.) November 2, la Phelps, who for the Miss Jessie Hough, or two haB been the ing at Jones X Road Mercantile company's day and Sunday in i married in Charlotte Mr. V. P. Clayton ht to Mr. J. W. Fergu- addressed a Republic delphia. the court house at loth buildings of the week, itton Oil company are Mr. Charlie Hinsor 11UK cumpimiun. me Hair were married S sets to begin operations a. Small. Rev. W. J. Long ; Peoples Thimble Club Mew Hope on the sec meeting with Miss this month, at 11 o'c >n last Saturday after- at Rum Creek at 8 o o'clock. The afternoon the same day. ily enjoyed by all pres- The Richmond and y refreshments were road company has track of the narrow movement on foot to across Main street ther bank In Lancaster, platform of the 3C's lake the fourth here? was done for their O' ence of the fact that in the handling of cot iteadily growing. Rev. H. B. Blakele: . O. Thompson has been for Miilersburg, Ky., t pastorate of Mt. Pis- be married to Miss S of the Kershaw asso- morrow evening at ' Rev. Thos. Blackmon. The estimates of t n serving as pastor. this coUnty for the r to be relieved of the as ma(ie by the coun 1 ers are $ 16,750. Irs. John Crawford's, Mj. J(>hn McManus child. Martin Phifer.!fhe faJ|hful (lischar, escape a few days ago ^ poI|ceman at ?eat if not fatal, conse- ^ |nBtantly ki?ert hile crawling about on crQwd Qf whiskey the little fellow got ! e held up by h)n Id cigar, and putting it throURh the 8lrt.et a . bit off and swallowed spee{j it. His condition soon _ , , , Rumors are curreni us, but his fond grand. . . Tillman has received [. P. Crawford, prompt. . . . . ? fer from capitalists 1 id administered an {in. . i *i refund the entire Sta e tobacco poison, thus cliilci Those who made J t. Cook was out on th? the A. R. P. parsona iday for the first time ed to pay up at one operated on some time posed to commenre w 'ryor hospital, in Ches- next ten days, ipendlcitis His many Mr. John Williams delighted to see him the Pressley dwelling t again. house. server's article as fol-jto tell where he stain are the thousands wh I and ruined by dringir , | that this judge sells id if we are to continue eepers out of our pro- Whi,e a*ree ' hut when the legisla- nal'a outlying princl leie should l>e nothing tion, we are inclined is than absolute prohithe whole tiling out 'both the Observer ai noh. The handling of were ;l radical In y shape or form, will flfeet upon any one who of the handling of t will ruin. even a pro- b the probate judKe! He will soon begin to vor in order to get the are that stripe, th< and on the thing will jud<?es are blidly need til no one will be able BHlllllllllilH lift vJIlt Wme. PETROVJ in "THE .AW OF THE LAND An exceptionally strong adaptation of (too. Broadhfirst's play. ? ? I Picture that is realy worth .wh WEDNESDAY at FHE STAR THEATR 15 Gents 10 Cents. lafM HMKM ' *" V If' >V. 13, 1917. ^RD 1 (q|_j| K\ItS AGO iTH. ^ f this Paper. hhhmmi 1802.) who is teach- , q^nj ii s. spent Satur- dv/UI town. We are ii , of Columbia. with solid Leal an meeting in Mens and L this place last $3.98 Up to $5.! Men's Dress i and Miss Ida Ladies' Drei unday by Rev. patent leather Boys' and C will preach at :ond Sunday of BOYS' lock a. m. and Sizes 6 to 20, 'clock p. m. on MEN'S 0 Danville Rail- At exien<ieu tne Men's Udd Coa Ruase road I Men's, Ladies' to the cotton I Railroad. This I CLC^' wn convenience I uon. I OUR CLOTI V left yesterday I where he will Men s Cashmei no Marshall to Men's Serge St r o'clock. Men's Worsted , Men's Pants al he expenses of Boys'Suits, S. lext fiscal year, " jg ty commission- poys. pan't3 g , was, while in :e of his duty h Springs, shot i pine Poplin CI ny one of a, Good Serge, bl wagoners, whoj Outings, Dark i while driving Fancy Silks al It an unlawful Good plaids at Suitings at. . t that Governor Percals at. . . a very good or-1 White Homesp tvho propose to) Fine Quality E ite debt. , Pants Cloth. . subscriptions to 1 ge are request- | A HIF e. as it is pro-! ,-oik within the All Wool Se 4 . <J?/? "-A lO 9t>.?u. has moved into ' Ladies Suits near the court ' $18.00. Children's I ______ ' Ladies' Waii Ladies', Mis: is Then there! at $1.49, $1.98 o are corrupted Ladies', Mis 8 98c, $1.49, $2.9 w ith the Jour-; * W 1 pie of proliibi- ?1 to think that j Men's and B ad the Journal Caps 25c, 50 their criticism ! liquor permits FU1 it the judges Ladies', Ger ?n some new Hosiery, Glove II IVI*1 I NOT CONN j A Bil lllllllllllHh II j I my . busin \ If * : X he I JReserve 1 Billion E | > forests, 1 r I | interests | | 1 her bank ile II I j J the farai i general I i possible. | j an(i getti | drop in a ill II j We w< I'll i J jjh ' an^ sav'' Jfl The 1 ' _ 3E SALE T POL1AKOFFS 0 LEATHER SHOES 1 the lead to famish your whole family ther Shoes at prices cheap as ever. **dies' Heavy Work Shoes at$1.98, $2.49, 50. Shoes at $2.98, $3.98 up to $6.50. js Shoes, high top, vici kid, gun metal, at $1.98, $2.98, $3.98 up to $6.50. hildren's Shoes, all sizes. ^ERCOATS AND MACKINAWS price $1.98, $3.98, $4.98 VERCOATS AND MACKINAWS $2.49, $3.98, $6.98 up to $12.50 ts $2.49 and up to $4.98 and Children's Raincoats. 1I1IINU! ULUIHimi! IING LINE IS LARGER THAN EVER. . GOOD AND CHEAP. re and Kersey Suits at $8.49 lits at $9.98 and up to $18.00 Suits at $9.98 and up to $18.50 t $1.25, $1.98, $2.98, $4.50 and up to $6.50 srges, 3 to 20, at $1.98. $2.48, $3.98 up to to 20, at . .49c, 75c, 98c $1.98 up to $3.50 DRY GOODS oth at 25c Yard and Up ack and blue at. .49c, 75c and up to $1.25 and Light Colors. t 98c and $1.50 ; 10c, 15 and up 17 l-2c, 25c and up 10c, 17 l-2c and up un at 10c and up troadcloth at 98c 25c :s' READY-TO-WEAR ;rge and Poplin Skirts at $2.98, $3.98 up X 5, Serge and Poplin at $8.50, $12.50 and up )resses 49c up to $1.00, K sts 69c, 98c up to $1.98. ses' and Children's Coats and Sport Coats , $2. 98. $.'1.98. $4.98 up to $18.50. ses and Children's Hats and Caps at 50c, '8, $3.98 up to $6.50. ATS AND CAPS oys' Hats 50c, 98c, $1.49, $2.98 up to $1.00. c up to $1.00. RN1SH1NG GOODS its' and Children's Underwear, Sweaters, s, Corsets, Etc. Poliakoff ECTED WITH ANY OTHER STORE. lion Dollars to Help t ess And Farming [ij i' M : ( funds gathered into the Federal * Banks now aggregate over One J lollars. This vast sum was not ac- I id to earn profits for private in- Z lor can* it be controlled by private Z Its purpose is to assist its mem s, of which we are one, in helping ers and business men and to make banking conditions as sound as are not yet one of our depositors ; ng its benefits and protection, ind talk it over with us. J dcome both, checking accounts ; tigs accounts. E==5l # First National Bank i LANCASTER, S. C. I 0 * - 1 -w n