The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 11, 1917, Page 4, Image 4
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The Lancaster News !
Lancaster, S. C.
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(SKMI-WKEKEV.)
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"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
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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
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SENTENCE SERMONS.
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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
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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
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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
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'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.
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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
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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?
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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'
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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
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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.