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* " J The Lancaster News ! Lancaster, S. C. SH' (SKMI-WKEKEV.) : jo mm e "My Country 'Tio of Thoo, Sweet Land thl of Liberty." , sir Published Tuesday and Friday t]1( BY THE f LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. Established 1852. thi Bo GEORGE BULLA CRAVEN atl Editor and Manager Entered as Second Class Matter clu >otober 7. 1905, at the Postofflce at for Lancaster, S. C., under act of Bon- pu ' |ress of March S. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: (In Advance.) me One Year $2.00 ea Blx Months 1.00 for ?????? dej The News Is not responsible for the rlews of Correspondents. ant Short and rational articles on CCE topics of general Interest will be gladly received. ^ Tuesday, Dec. 11, 1917. ,or _ _ _ sen SENTENCE SERMONS. ?o? car Good deeds immortal are?they can am not die; aKr Uoseathed by envious, or withering frost, They live and bud and bloom. ?Aytoun. hpl 1 What is there given by the gods more desirable than a happy hour? ?Catullus. Wai thr There has never been any great ling genius without a spice of madness. I / ?1Senca- will That man lives happy and in com- met mand of himself who can from day { to day say 1 have lived.?Horace. uar; plus It is our right to know what is be- 8j ^ ing contemplated on our behalf, and if we do not approve, to forbid it.? r'la! Arnold Bennett. hi 1 he i When thou makest a feast call the' t jie poor, the maimed, the lame, the' blind; and thou shalt be blessed; ' for they can not recompense thee; ^'al for thou shalt be recompensed at the,vant resurrection of the just.?Luke xiv: to t *? ?? wan ! It is safe to be silent when y?ur'(^| words would wound. "Faithful are I the wounds of a friend," says the lid proverb, but one should be very N ?ure one's friend needs the wound- uall' ng and that one is qualified to per- w 'orm the operation.?Anon. + I The EDITOR l.X LETTKS. ?o? sam And in peaceful old Concord, too. ; that havt What more would you expect |enR f a New York socialist. ??4, the -It ought to be an < ipy matter to ^ ^ bserve meatless days in Columbia ow. , of c +" . .... neec Mr. Dooling and the defendant * ... It n lerely had a tilt. That's all there arri . to it. ' for j . ?* It will remain a fact even though "'is eans is acquitted that Homebody ^or llled Mrs. King. P'iy + and While the voting is still in pro- goii ress we may be permitted to say P^n ?at somebody is going to be elected, ^es + ( It couldn't have been a Hillsville, ( agedy. anyway. Nothing like that woi in ever happen again?not even at *tr< lllsvllle. aay + Chi T*V* a Kavq (n ITronon mau Ko tir nl 1 |M A lie u\Jjn in a i auv.c iiiu/ "*-ii III ovided for but they're not as com- the rtable as we who are left at home, lzei i?refore, a few "smokes" will help | . onderfully to break the monotony. ; 1 + | tha The fact that the Spartanburg ser uirnal had no paragraphs on Fri- are iy would lead Ed. DeCamp or some me his other enemies to say that Wat- plo n Bell had got hold of eight dol- ear rs. 1 ? A Georgian who went to the na- Gai >nal capital to get a government pai b Inquired the price of board and Ro mt back home. That may have thi; en the wise course, provided be of s anything to eat at hom* <?' THE LANCA INVEST 1DLK MONEY. j TIIK TKAOKDY The "thrift" stamps and "war The co?i8,on Q kings'' stamps now on sale at luden steamship at atoflices and banks will be readily ken when well understood. The ship in the Halifa3 ying of these stamps is not spend- was one D ? money but it investing it in the tastrophes in hist fest security known?United worst the war ha *tes government obligations. To removed from the is extent, at least, the stamps are apparently aQ acc nilar to the Liberty Bonds. lhe,egg attributed augh the stamps are put in reach the war Thousat those ?ho were not so situated ab,y fQur thousan U they could buy the Liberty and property valu nds. The stamps are in denomin- dol,arg wag degtro. ons of twenty-five cents, and when tJon Qf Rlchmond 3 first one is purchased, the pur- Uon Qf Hallfax iser is given a card with spaces p,ete,y degtroyed sixteen stamps. These may be the explo8,on fo? rchased at different times and af- ,on thoURh a ren ad to the card. When the card the d|saster ,a th filled. it represents an invest- wag Qot de8troyed nt of $4.00. and may be exchang- nf)t a? Qf the crew for a "War Savings Certificate" the gh,p he[ng &fu $5.00 by paying a few odd cents. the flre whJch foH( pending upon the month in which The va8tnesa of hanged; in the present month yet known. ,t ,g g i January twelve cents, and one can te? ,tg extcnt it additional for each month that near,y Jf nQt er January. This "War Savings fland people perisbe rtificate," or folder, has spaces tacular horror, tt iwwmy inriii ?. arcis, repre- perhaps has never ting $80.00 investment, and, to her with the odd cents on each The pjrgt , d, this month and next month, "When Is their in ounts to $82.40. The government !,innlztM!', As so< financed.'?Boston 1 ees to pay $100 for each of these ar Savings Certificates" on Jan- $100 Rew y 1, 19 23, a net profit to the The readers of tl pleased to learn tha der of $17.60. one dreaded disease . been able to cure in riie government expects to raise that ,s catarrh. Cat this means two billion dollars for *ieJu^?onsMtmiona purposes and in many places a,attB'11l!ru^t'ife?nioo" c oughout the country they are be- '?ce2 of 8y?tem the foundation of the taken readily. patient etrenRth by b stltutlon and asslntlnfi l feature of the war stamps which J'?*'!?- < "H1.? proprteu faith In the curatlv? i appeal to many neonle of small Catarrh Medicine th * - - Hundred Dollars for i ma is that they will he redeemed t,'ni! *J??r ''J Address F. J. CHKJ iny poatodice any time after Jan- Ohio. Sold by all Dr y at their coat to the holder. i one cent for each month that ?? II have elapsed since their purse. In tl?is way. one may invest lie thrift stamps and at any time nay need money, he can get it at postofTlce. It is not to be sup>d the government expects this ure to be generally taken adage of, and yet it is a safeguard he holder of the stamps against , . - SOI t in case of reverses. th< .!> WKATIIKR?HOW ABOUT du TilK WOOI>Y.\RI>? ow that cold weather has acty arrived the scarcity of coal and il will be more generally felt. ^ scarcity of labor is an import- ^ factor to be considered at the e time. The News is informed an local dealers in this city who fin 5 wood on hand in four-foot His have for several days during past week been unable to secure in' necessary labor to saw it up for] j-j-j renient use. ()jhe city has ordered ten carloads) ,, in oal Tor distribution to those in 1 and who cannot buy elsewhere. 'a my he some time before this coal \ es and anyone who has wood sale \v ill find a ready market in city. Farmers who have wood sc sale should bring it in. It is a (It sical impossibility to get coal as the winter wears on there is ig to be a demand for wood deding only on the severity of the * ither. j St + tj 'harlestbn is about to put motor- tl" men 'ami', conductresses on the ?et cats 0f that city, which is to that on the assumption that1 e* irleston girls will register as high good looks as those in Lancaster, i street cars will be well patron- ei a. I w + y< It is announced in Washington | hi it watchmen and other necessary tl itries must really do what they i supposed to do. Which may. an that a lot of government em-i ti iyes are going to be expected to n their money. * cl Meet the r.ext governor of South rolina! Our shears and paste de tment turns in this from the i ck Hill Record: "We shook hands s morning with the next governor: South Carolina, Robert A. Cooper, trmfrwmmum % STKR NEWS TUESDAY, DEC. 11, IS AT HAIjIFAX. TKNSK SITUATION CItKATRI) AT TltlAU OF GASTON MK f the munitions id a Belgian relief (Continued from Page 1.) i harbor last week . , of the jury, just eliminate it i uost appalling ca- >our minds. We shall forget i ory, certainly the together. _ "I am willing to concede thai is produced. Far ... . . ... client ought not to have made scene of war and answer," Cansler said apologl ldent. it Is never- 'or the defendaut, "but at the i as an incident of time U mU8t be apparent that methods of examining witness* 1 8 ? ve8> Pro ~ New York are not the methods d. were sacrificed ployed here. But the question ed at millions of so humiliating to my client th yed. A large sec- nm not surprised at the answer. ? ...... . 1 am not surprised at the quei a suburb or secbecause I don t think the gentle was almo3t com- from New York knoW8 how t0 by the efTects of amine a witness in our courts." owing the collis- "Now. may it please the coi larkable phase of Solicitor Clement said, "if any at the ship itself apologizes for this Is ought to be . .. Means, not his attorney." and that many if ... . ' "You are not going to put saved themselves, , . , . ? *. client in the hole before the irwards burned in that way," Cansler retorted 3wed. ! don't own him. I don't know the disaster is not ho 'eels about it. Of course his o great that none fiwer was not pr?Per " A *ld* lt mark about addressing the court loose some way and L. C. Cald fully four thou-, gaj,i Cansler: "You can add 'd. It was a spec- yourself to me here or elsewhf le like of which "Now. now. we are going to been known. along till right." the Chariot _______ ; promoter of peace in Its vie form, said, and the ancient Col tequialte. Bill Means, father of the defend nrrlage to be sol- was 8faruiing up untiling, the r >n as it has been .. . .. . Pranscript self-possessed man in the house "Gentlemen of the jury, I am Mcl $100 sorry, your honor, I am very sc * . Mr. Clement. 1 am sorry," said lis paper will he , 3' , t there is at least defendant. And Judge Cline \ that science has judicial notice that the Jury is ail its stages and arrh being greatly composed of wooden men. Wh treatment0"'Hah"! ,,pon th? thi"B ended f?r thP aken Internally and at the Mucous Sur- Wheezing in the lungs indlc thereby destroying disease, giving the that phlegm Is obstructing the uilding up the con- r?Q?ui*P? RAKhARD'S HOREHOl \ nature in doing Its passages HAbbAitn a r>rs have so much SYRUP loosens the phlegm so ; powers of Hall's , . , , , ft they Offer One it can be coughed up and ejer my cos. that It fails prlce 25c. 50c and $1.00 per bo tf of fpillmnnlilt >JKY & ro, " <- | Sold bv all dealers In medicine.? \>kkis(. ' o The Citizens of Lancasi At the insistence of friends I have consen rial preference and private interests would lie e organized and bitter hostility of the perso ty makes it easier to light them to a finish, ra 4 I make no appeal to the lawless element fo pect none from them. Those who would pre ve greater freedom in our midst have no rea: em. Those who want a Municipal Administra d everything do not need me, for I do not fm< ire it. I stand for a clean and moral city, a govern ipartial police, a well equipped Fire Departir nice and continued improvement of our stre< precautions in promoting ,..e health of our ese respects the Mayor and Aldermen of the ith fully. * I Jut some say the city is in debt. So it is, Iministration went into office the city was i >nded indebtedness. So scant was the city's i cure funds to meet the interest coupons eve 'fault. It took some good financing to tide the Mu ien done without any weakening in the efficier irfaced. No city of its size anywhere is cleai cted against fire and better governed than La lose who visit our city and by those of our cit Notwithstanding the handicaps besetting Iness of the city at the close of the year will h iminution in efficiency of government, and 1 1? 1 1 ! 1 t* T i? ? 1 i ttve ueen purcnaseu ana paia ior. n me City table us to surface the streets and has alsc hat it cost. You can also turn into money :>u prefer to see the Fire Department well ec id easier Policemen, unless you prefer the n te city has ever had. But, what's the use! Intelligent and jus leir prejudices, their spites and hatred will My appeal is to those of our citizens who ? ean, moral, impartial, progressive and efficier Lancaster, S. C., December 10th, 1917. 117 The Best Place Yei and Women to Sa T2 Join Our? /ivvnvnnnif 1 n* s, IHKfolMAi) (Zing iurae .; ;;; how: ask was small weekly saving "J rea/ money?as sht stlon itnan ex_ l!Oc Weekly 25c Weekly 50c Weekly [For 50 Weeks For 50 Weeks ^'or 50 Weeks! Jrt .. YOU WILL YOU WILL YOU WIL L body HAVE HAVE HAVE $5.00 412.50 $25.00 my 2 THE BAI i anB LANCA LANCASTEF get tean lent onel Zl "You'll Be Happy If You Save." very; I ~ >rry.! | the ?ave j RHEUMATISM. i D not Why will you suffer from this most i .. ere-! dreaded disease whun L?-Rheumo has raj an(j Kht. ; proven the greatest remedy for the . ' past 25 years? Thousands of people I T.nn.?, atPBj testify to its wonderful cures. This two r >n u,r famous prescription should be In ren ^^jyour home. Have It ready when you " ,hat feel that first pain. Ask our dealer "* ^ ted. At t i f?r the to show you our money back guar- j tt'e- j antee. For sale by The Standard ?Ad Druf, Co.. Lancaster, S. C. 11-tf. | V' ? ? ? W ? ler: led to oirer for re-election as Mayor, althou best promoted by withdrawing from public s nal enemies 1 have made in the faithful disct ther than retreat before them. r their support, for I have shown them no qi fer to see blind tigers, gambling dens and v son to believe that I will slacken in my etfort ,tion that will say "Yes, Yes" and "Me too" t( 1 it difficult to say "No" when the public ii ment based upon law and order, an efficient, f lent, and vigilant precautions against fires, ' ids, lights and water system, and the ceaseli community. There are few who will not ad present administration have discharged but not as the result of this administration, n debt near $28,000, in addition to th< neans that the Mayor gave his personal gi n before he was sworn in office, and thus | 'A nicipal affairs in time of war and high prices, icy of City Government. Most of the street! ner, better lighted, healthier, better policed, incaster. It is the subject of favorable c izens who are able to be just where justice i the beginning of the present administration lave been reduced not less than $2,000, y besides this the city's new equipment, well w does not need or want the PACKARD TR1 > produced a revenue to the city, it can now the Fire Truck this administration purch juipped. You can save some money by hir lost fearless, vigilant, impartial and efficient tice loving citizens know, and those who are , not heed. itand for law and order, for civic righteouj it administration of municipal affairs. CHAS. D - f Hf t f for Men ve Easily CLLd US: t s run into turn below $1.00 Weeklyf2.no Weekly For no Weeks For 50 Weeks YOU WILL YOU WILL HAVE HAVE $50.00 $125.00 NK OF I STER t, s. c. -Heated coughs that resist orremedles require both exterinternal treatment. If you dollar bottle of BALLARD'S LOUND SYRUP you get the ledles you need for the price There la a HERRICK'S " EPPER PORUS PLASTER chest, free with each bottle. r all dealers In medicine.? I gh my per(ervice. But urge of my uarters and rorse places to suppress ) everybody nterests re"earless and the mainte2ss exercise ? mit that in their duty When this b $100,000 ,T/ uiiruniee 10 prevented a 9 But it has a have been better pro:omment by >s due. the indebt.vithout any orth $6,000, LICK, which be sold for ased, unless ing cheaper Police Force governed by 3ness, for a . JONES.