The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 13, 1917, Page 4, Image 4
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Laucwtcr, S. C.
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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,>
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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.
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Tha
(In Adrance.) some
One Year $2.00 natura
Six Months 1.00 .. .
the di
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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>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
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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
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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
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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.
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