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_i j TheLancasterNews LiincAAter, S. C. ! (SEMI-WEEKLY.) , i [ Hy Country Tis of Thoo, 8w??t Land i1 | of Liborty." |j < Published Tuesday and Friday ' BY THE I , LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. I Established 1832. t GEORGE BULLA CRAVEN ( V. Editor and Manager i c Entered as Second Class Matter 11 >?tober 7. 1905. at the Poetofflce at j J Lancaster. S. C., under act of Con- . s frees of March 3. 1879. t t SUBSCRIPTION PRICE (In Advance.) One Year $2.00 I 81a Months 1.00 t The News is not responsible for the [ Flews of Correspondents. e Short and rational articles on ^ topics of general Interest will be gladly received. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 1917. s SENTENCE SERMONS. g t The wise man's tongue is in his;_ I 8 heart; and the foolish man's heart . .. ... is is in nis mourn.?Aiaoic. u As gratitude is a necessary, and a . f glorious, so also is it an obvious, a f cheap and an easy virtue; so ob- t vious, that wherever there is life there is place for it; so cheap that 1 the covetous man may be gratified without expense, and so easy that the sluggard may be so without labor.?Seneca. " i i If you are rich the time to sup is! when you please; if poor, sup when- 3 ever you can.?Diogenes. ,c i ct If we look back with the usual 1 a course of our feelings, we shall find that we are more influenced by the!v frequent recurrence of objects than o by their weight and importance and that habit has more force In forming.^ our characters than our opinions have. The mind naturally tak^.s its 11 tone and complexion from what it * habitually contemplates.?Robert p Hall. KDITORIA IjKTTBS. 1 P What this country needs is more ti eplit-log drags. p I w Norway, in the course of events, eeems to be, as it were, sitting tight. * ,a What has become of the o f argu- ! ment about prohibition bankrupting the State? Since the president has declared in favor of woman suffrage it would (| eeem that the pickets now would be v willing to take up their kit! tiy to do something worth while. w + w We part with the York News reu luctantlv. That paper announced in f< its last issue that it would give up e the fight and a crowded newspaper . [d graveyard has claimed it. There , C< wasn't enough patronage and that's I f< the whole story. + President Fairfax Harrison of the]" Southern Hallway is not very enthu-!'1 I ? Biastic over the way the government j is treating the railroads. In other ia words his idea is that if the rail- j1 roads are expected to be "Johnny on a the Spot," the government, too, a should be on the Job. 1 Says the Columbia Record: "If every citizen of South Carolina 1 would kill just one rat next year, ' he or she would be doing a great and patriotic service for the country, f We will go further and include dogs e and cats." And you wen* toe far? you never heard of Senrtor Vest! ' * c A stranger complains to the news- it paper in Mount Olive, N. C., that c soon after he entered the gates of the city he was invited to "take ii seven or eight drinks" and to "at- o tend shows and engage in other forms of amusement," but never an invitation to "atend church or Sun- ti day school." (Name and address of ti - ? - ' *<3 THE LA WAK SAVIXCiS STAMPS. PHOTKCTM The United States government has The annc established a plan by which it is eminent wi loped to raise two billion dollars members of [or war purposes and offering an will doubtW jpportuntty to every one to aid the preciation a government. The plan is to sell j sold.ers eas war savings stamps" and they will duct from nake their appearance on December ciflc amoun ? The stamps are the govern- the size of t nent's certificates of indebtedness shall it be lust the same as the Liberty Bonds, tion. the rel >ut in smaller denominations. One receive fron o be known as the thrift stamp aside an at vill be sold for 25 cents each. An- ducted fron )ther will cost from 14.12 to $4.23, This will 1 lepending upon when purchased. In amount of i December of this year and January, can go as h [918, the value of the war savings more, tamp will be $4.12, and after Jan- Many of lary, one cent for each month will i:ntary allot te added. j and when t With the first thrift stamp the menl adds nirchaser will be given a card con- compulsory aining spaces for 16 stamps. By wives, child turchasing 16 thrift stamps and af- er:}> and th< txing them to the card it may be these being xchanged for a war savings stamp sisters, brot y paying the difference between the cases of otfi alue of the thrift stamps, $4.00, nients are nd the current value of the war soldier, but avings stamp. With the first war take advanl aving by purchase or exchange 0fTered by oes a war savings certificate con- their people aining spaces for 20 war savings while they tamps. By filling the twenty an(j will mi paces during December and Jan- for them, ary, next, the cost will be $4.12 The provi or each stamp, or $82.40 for the, wjjj serve to ull certificate. On January 1. 1923. dependents "<= w"? ?*f reaeemea ?>\aIso works he government at $100, a net profit peopje c the holder of $17.60. .. ?, goes into en The war savings stamps carry in- j erest at four per cent, compounded "LOOK uarterlv, but the thrift stamp, by Lself, will carrv no interest. The I The New tamps may be secured after Dei week on thi ember 3 at all postottices, banks der the hea ad trust companies, depots, stores !-which we b nd factories, and "the entire terest to a j .ealth of the United States is back ers. The it if these stamps." files of the They mature January 1, 1923, but five years a here is a proviso that upon 10 days as they tbei lOtice in writing, after January 1, in no wise 918, they will be redeemed by much intei ostmasters at cost plus one cent a "reminders, lonth on each war savings stamp. rences in th 'his plan affords an excellent opLancaster ct ortunity for saving and at the same L This feat line aiding the government in the paper each rosecution of the war. By starting ] reader may ith 25 cents one may soon save a ii. it to just omplete certificate with an estabin selecting shed value of $100 five years hence nd its face value at all times. ****** ?# + IM)INC> WKI.I, + 1 + Lancaster and Lancaster county ave no desire to make capital of "The heal loir patriotism nor proclaim tii Lancaster N irtues from the housetops but it ally enhanrt . ?iue the people that they ku. ^ '* absolute servation is hat is being done in the different . ., R month isn t ar causes now under way. In the Columbia latter of the campaign for funds ?jui Vour ir V. M. A. war work which lead you tc nded yesterday, Lancaster county a,'idt i r r . . * . if junt a bit "i id well. In tact, we doubt if any ounty did better. On the night bene the campaign opened the allot* lent of $2,100 for this county was , RKI1 versubscribed by $114. This was ccomplished at u meeting held in *****4 he Methodist church. Col. Leroy ? 1 The knitt prings started the fund with a con- |OVft|y ^ox 1 ribution of $1,000 and others, large 16th. Folk tul small, ouicklv followed until the fifj nairs 1 ubscriptions totaled 12.214. At fi" HW<'a,< . , , . ? , , 94 muffle he close last night approximately 88 pairs 13,000 had been raised. v. Two (,un) The Lioerty Bond allotment for been wired ,ancaster county was $216,000. a couple of Lancaster county sold $24 2,000. oan seo _ Ohiistmai In the food conservation camel uests that >aign, 3,068 pledge-cards were sign- tbe serV|0e id In Lancaster county. be sent in What the local Red Cross chapter Poag at or a doing in the war work is told In J aocks to eao ed in. Pac >ur news columns from time to1 . . _ , | not he sent ime and in a single article enough The next redit cannot be given It. r.ges for the Lancaster county, all-in-all is do- be packed a ng well. We do not care to boast, f,ay ?' ,'lis to contribut r we would say more than that. by dl.opplnf ? quarters on Mr. Ford has tendered his plant to The knltl he government. But what we want acknowledg . , each of the o know Is, what can the govern- M I j ^ enr do With Fi.rd. AlU,omobllp>t? derbirlr ^ f It WI1WM JwwiTiyHawww NGABTKR NEWS TUESDAY, NOV. 20, 19) >\ FOR DEPEXDESTS.! KEEP THE KIUNEYS WELL luncement that the gov- j Health is Worth Saving, and Son U provide for dependent ' barter People Know How to Save It. families of drafted meo LancaBU,r people uke ,he ;s8 be received with ap-1 itves in their hands by neglectir ,nd make the life of the the kidneys when they know the: ier. The plan is to de- I organs need help. Weak kidneys a: I responsible tor a vast amount of su the soldiers pay a spe-i , fering and ill healths?the slighte t monthly, depending on a#lly ? janger(!u, 0,e Doan he family, but in no case ^ Khlney Pills?a remedy that hi less than $15. In addi-'helped thousands of kidney sufferer atives of the soldiers will'Here is a Lancaster citizen's recor a a government fund set n,endatlon. Lee Ellis says: "I strained n nount equal to that de- . . . T k t / back and I believe this caused tro1 i the pay of the soldier, ^le with my kidneys. My bat bring them a monthly | ached all the time and when I li not less than $30, and It down J couldn't sleep. If I lifted t< igh a. $100, and perhaps pound9' ???>ething in my bac seemed to snap. I got Doan's Kii ney Pills at the Standard Drug Cc the men will make vol-, and one box entirely cured me. ments for their families, | baven t had an ache since.' H,_ , .______ Price 50c, at all dealers. Dot his is done the govern- , . . ... I simply ask for a kidney remedydollar for dollar. The Ret Doan s Kidney Pills?the san allotments apply to that cured Mr. Ellis. Foster-Milbur ren and widowed moth- Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.?Adv. ?re is no question about -?? + ++ ++ ++ ++ made by the men. For ^ hers, fathers, mr in the + BUSINESS NOTICES ler relatives the allot- * i left with the individual < + + + + + + + *? many of the men witj j,)iANT KVLGHIM OATS?We hav :age of the opportunity just secured fifty bushels of thes the government to aid oaf-5 and will offer for quick sal in some substantial way at M 75 Per bushel- Bennett Terrv Co. 1 l-2t-Fridav. are serving in the army ike voluntary allotments ^ TELEPHONE FXCH AMiK KOI I SALE TradesviHe Telephone oj Ision of the government. change is for sale. Apply to t ? ... . . H. Funderburk, Lancaster. S. C make the men who have | ? u. i. 11-11-nr better satisfied and it j for the contentment of |.()R SAI.K?Nice five-room hous back home. The plan on Main street, three blocks o rect this month. court house. Cheap and eas; + terms. I)r. D. Mclntyre. Marion INCi BACKWARD." j S' C" -4t-pd. Early Jersey Wakefield and I'I a s is presenting once a I Dutch frost-proof cabbage plant I for fall planting. Can deliver b; s page a department un- parcel post for 2i?c per loo. J d "Looking Backward." B. Mackorell. 5-tf-np. elieve, will prove of in- " " l-'OH KKN'T?Eight-room house 01 great many of our read- Catawba street. All conveniences ems are taken from the Good garden and barn. Posses paper ten and twenty- ion given Dec. 1st. Apply to J go and are printed just ^ or I-atta Hood. Phone .14 o were printed. This is; ' nP" news and yet there is < ? FOR SALE?Saxon Roadster 1 est in these items as' good running condition; electri ' so to sneak of occur-i starter and lights. Cost $47 ? so to speak, or occur i wm geU at barg.lin Lancaste ie past in Lancaster and Garage Minty* ' WHY NOT Bl'Y that child a slat ure will appear in the! and suve the waste of tablet# Friday and we hope the Tablets are about half the siz find sufficient interest now. J. B. Mackorell. ify our efforts and car0 I'UUiHl'M OATS About fort the items. bushels at attractive price, als fresh cabbage plants ready fo + + + + + + + + + + + setting out. Start your sprini garden now. E. W. Sistare. iACK-FlRKK. + 10-2t-np. * ! + + + + + + FOR SAKE?Fifty to one hundrei acres of land. Also several two fh of the State." says the, horse farms for standing rent t ws. "might be materi-1 tenants that can furnish owi sd i>y the establishment , stock. Situated two or thre prohibition." Our ob-: miles from Lancaster. For term that a quart of poison a apply \V. B. I'lyler. , laying large numbers, i Tuesday-5-tf-np. observations .too will, s "SKKWiAI. l ltOI'KUTV i believe that according ivits a lot f.f people are 1 w111 8eU at ?ub,ic action. fo tnder the weather." cash, at the Walker McMurray.hom ^ ! place on Wednesday, November 2f i beginning at eleven o'clock a. m four good mules, about 250 bushel i of corn in shuck, several thousan (TtOSS NOTES. | bundles of fodder, a quantity c j straw and hay baled, two wagoni shop tools, harrows, plows, cotto and corn planters and other farmin ing committee shipped a . .. .. ? . . vv utensils on the premises. >f knitted articles on the! ^ w. r. ivumctsuo, >wlng are the content*: Attorney for Crockett H. McMui ray. executor. ll-2t-np. srs. >rs KHKl'MATISM. wristlets. ? ired hank* of wool have Why will you suffer from this moi for and should be here in dreaded disease when I^Rheumo hi days. All who want yarn proven the greatest remedy for th i. Poag at her residence. past 2F> years? Thousands of peopl s packet committee re- testify to its wonderful cures. Th names of all sailors in famous prescription should be I from Lancaster county your home. Have it ready when yc to Mrs. Springs or Mrs. feel that first pain. Ask our deal* ice, as they are sending to show you our money back gua h one as names are hand- nntee. For sale by The Standai kages for the navy can- Drug Co.. Lancaster, S. ('. 1 1-tf. later than November 24. box of Christmas pack- D 7* J ? sailors and soldiers will \*TOtip I\(Zlt V U ttl t lied Cross rooms Thurs-I J7lfist*? week. Any one desiring i tttteen MinUte e to this fund can do so! No need to dose delioate littl# stomacl . . . . {t ? . , with nauseous drugs or alcoholic syrup ; In at Red C ross head- Himply rub ? UtX Vick's''Vap-O-Uut that day. Halve over the throat and Ghent. The v ing committee gratefully pors inhalod loosen the tough, chokii es receipt of $1.00 from P^'egm and eaw the difficult breathin One application at bedtime insures a sour i following ladies: | night's sleep. 26o, 60c, or ?1.00. VSCKS vs??bSALVI 17. " SHOE SALE" < 3 AT POLIAKOFFS f\ SODD LEATHER SHOES iJ We are in the lead to furnish vour whole family s.| with solid Leather Shoes at prices cheap as ever. Q. ..Men's and Ladies' Heavy Work Shoes at$1.98, $2.49, ! $3.98 up to $5.50. iy, Men's Dress Shoes at $2.98. $3.98 up to $6.50. u_! Ladies' Dress Shoes, high top, vici kid, gun metal, ;ki patent leather at $1.98, $2.98, $3.98 up to $6.50. iy! Boys' and Children's Shoes, all sizes. * BOYS' OVERCOATS AND MACKINAWS i-| Sizes 6 to 20, price $1.98, $3.98, $4.98 i MEN'S OVERCOATS AND MACKINAWS At $2.49, $3.98, $6.98 up to $12.50 i't Men's Odd Coats $2.49 and up to $4.98 - Men's, Ladies' and Children's Raincoats. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! OUR CLOTHING LINE IS LARGER THAN EVER. \ GOOD AND CHEAP. + Men's Cashmere and Kersey Suits at $8.49 + Men's Serge Suits at $9.98 and up to $18.00 + Men's Worsted Suits at $9.98 and up to $18.50 f Men's Pants at $1.25, $1.98, $2.98, $4.50 and up to $6.50 Boys' Suits. Serges, 3 to 20, at $1.98, $2.48, $3.98 up to e $8.50. e Roys' Pants, 6 to 20, at . .19c, 75c, 98c $1.98 up to $3.50 {p ' DRY GOODS Fine Poplin Cloth at 25c Yard and Up ii Good Serge, black and blue at. .49c, 75c and up to $1.25 Outings, Dark and Light Colors. >. Fancy Silks at 98c and $1.50 Good Plaids at 10c, 15 and up i. Suitings at 17 l-2c, 25c and up Percals at 10c, 17 l-2c and up . ?a , _ 0 it Hue 11 n i h-> i n111 ~a' ivc ana up { Fine Quality Broadcloth at 98c y Pants Cloth. . . ^ 25c J LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR t All Wool Serge and Poplin Skirts at $2.98, $3.98 up s to $5.50. y Ladies' Suits, Serge and Poplin at $8.50, $12.50 and up ' to $18.00. f Children's Dresses 49c up to $1.00. Ladies' Waists 69c, 98c up to $1.98. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Coats and Sport Coats at $1.49, $1.98, $2. 98, $3.98, $4.98 up to $18.50. Ladies', Misses and Children's Hats and Caps at 50c, 98c, $1.49, $2.98, $3.98 up to $6.50. HATS AND CAPS 11 Men's and Boys' Hats 50c, 98c, $1.49, $2.98 up to $4.00. Caps 25c, 50c up to $1.00. -1 FURNISHING GOODS Ladies', Gents' and Children's Underwear, Sweaters, l-j Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Etc. j M. Poliakoff J1 NOT,CONNECTED WITH ANY OTHER STORE. i: r.r*? i \i ) * I : You Have a Direct J s : r : Interest : . : : r : 1=1 I ! .i : ' !: : "j I In the growth and development of the Fed- I >8 | di oral Reserve System because its object is to I ,f! >.! improve banking, currency and credit con- * " ( ] , -, , , , - ? ? .i (imoils; ana to lessen the likelihood of those 5 g ; ' financial disasters which in the past have r*; brought untold losses to the business and -j laboring men of the country. A I You can contribute directly to its devel- j is opment as part of every dollar you deposit 10 ' " io J with us goes directly into the new system 1H * * ln J to protect our depositors. 1,1 Don't delay any longer to get under its I 9r * r- I protection. I 'd i: *' 11 : v I ' l \ The First National Bank v ! a t I LANCASTER, S. C. J : :