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8 DECISION NOW RESTS WITH THE PRESIDENT iflovcrnniiMitN Attitude Toward Kailroads Not Ib'tiiiod?Koads Cajmbly Operated. Washington, Dec. 13. ?A decisiot as to the government's attitude to ward the railroads, involving sug Cestions for either government op eration during the war or suspensior ?f anti-trust laws and financial support. still rests with President Wilson. No move is looked for until after today, when the President wil 4io over the entire subject with Sen ator Newlands. chairman of xh? congressional committee investigat ing transportation problems. However, three important devel velopments. have been brought oui In the situation. They are: An order by Robert S. Lovett, di rector of priority, giving preferential shipment to fuel, food and government supplies over all general freight. Indications that tne governmenl will name a general traffic tnanagei to take entire charge of the move anent of government supplies and war materials. A statement from Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the railroad wat board, that the roads under present direction are prepared to furnish all transportation possible to obtain under any management. The Fresident is viewing the problem from every angle. His advisers are by no means of one mind on the subject, and their proposals have run all the way from a policy of government seizure to that of a hands off attitude, leaving the roads to work the problem out for themselves. He gave careful study to the Interstate commerce commission's recommendation to congress that the government operate the ra'l roads or suspend during the war laws which prevent a complete pooling and a consequent unification ol all rail systems. The priority order, effective De cember 12, is the first general order issued by the government classifying materials for shipment. It war issued at the urgent request of th< food and fuel administrations and government departments. The railroads have opposed it on the grounds that it would retard rather than expedite shipments. Unofficial action taken by their eastern operating onmmitlni> ihov h-,#o romplishing the results sought ami has not set up inflexible rules which a government order imposes. The materials classified will inovf In the following order: Railron 1 fuel; livestock. perishable foods and feeds: military supplies: other government supplies on special request : roal for cooking plants and coal for current use. The intimation that the govern ment will name a truffle manage! came from the railroad war hoard which has urged the appointment o< such a man to co-ordinate demands by various government department? for priority for their shipments. Kd ward F. Chambers, of the Santa Fc system, now traffic manager for the food administration, has been sug Rested for the place. Mr. Harrison's statement is inter preted as an answer to suggestions for government operation of railroads. It was given out at the railroad war board's offices and replied to declarations that the railroads have "broken down" tinder the strain of war. He asserted that th? roads could he operated more efficiently tinder different management * SAW A SrilMARINE AT HALIFAX NIGHT IIEFOKE Captain of a Steamship Says It Was Itein^ Towed Hy a Steam Vessel Without Light*. An Atlantic Port, Dec. lit. Two mysterious craft, apparently a large submarine in tow of a steam vesel, were sighted off the Nova Scotia roast in the vicinity of Halifax, on the night before the Halifax explos Ion, according to the captain of a steamship, which arrived here front a St. Lawrence river port today. He paid his steamship nearly ran into the two strange craft. neither of which displayed any lights. At first he believed the vossel in tow was a buoy, but later became convinced if was a large submarine. The towing vessel, he said, appeared to he signalling either to some other ship or a point on the shore. Wheezing in the lungs indicates that phlegm is obstructing the air passages BALLARD'S HOREHOUND flYRTTP loosens the phlegm so that THE BOY'S TOBACCO FUND MOONS CONTINUES TO GROW SF i First tirade In Kershaw tirade*! More Tin School Semis in Three Ihdlars Pound For Soldiers* Smokes. ????? i The "Our Boys in France To- Atlants bacco Fund" is climbine slowly, but, into ih? steady. A contribution received thiSjaKO from - week from the first grade of Ker- for never i shaw graded school amounted to an unusu three dollars. Speaking of this con- according - tribution the Kershaw Era says: D. F. Mcm I, Christmas time, act as "Love Fal- of the G I graded school. who annually at! in tracin - Christmas time, act as "Love Fa- small me ' ries" and contribute to some worthy J hood of 1 cause, have raised a fund from the in the no members of the grade to be used in j was dise< . the purchase of tobacco for the boys tlon repr t in the trenches. The following is a [ distillers list of the contributors: Olga Bran- the past non, 10c; Annie Grace Clyburn, 25c; 100.000 ] I Edna Mary Clyburn. 25c; John making c Stevens Nelson. 15; George Cooke, thousand I 10c; J. T. Welsh. 5c; Jean Culvern, one lot, 25c; Ross Blackmon, Jr., 25c; Lou-: led to th ise Clyburn, 5c; Edna Smith Hegler, band whl 10c; Alma Faile 5c; Furman Falle. fleers. It 5c; Robert Gardner, 5c; McTyere DuBose, 5c; William McDowell. 10c; FIRST ! Louise Watson. 5c; Nora I^ec I>ockman, 5c; Earl Lockman, 5c; Miss iLoute Benton, $1.00." II The total fund now amounts to Boston R $6.7 5. contributions having been re- From j reived as follows: | Previously reported $3.25 I Mica Daaia Vlli^H t a^aa.?a- *> C I . I mioo I (ii in umuil, imuvamn . ,| M. M. Montgomery, Dancaster .26 Italian 1st Grade Kershaw Graded Northern School 3.00 American fired by , Total $6.75 Boston, o * | Mr. Tinkl URGE ( LOSE RELATIONS large 140 ! OF OFFICERS ANI) MEN i *he" *,urt , Austrian A hug* Old Army Order Reissued on Ac- marked I . ? .4?,- i . . hurst. 1 count of "Newly Appointed and gathered r Inexperienced Officers." ed a ch< gressman Kepresc Columbia, Dec. 13.?"While un- j questioned obedience and respect for command : properly constructed authority must Hhell was remain the corner-stone of discipline inK a hp. I and the foundation on which to build I pjaVe ant : military efficiency, the advance in. homhardn education and intelligence of our! centrated citizenship make it more importanti tween th< ( than ever to establish a close and This may sympathetic relationship between the drive on officer and his men," says an order direction. just issued by the war department. copies of which has been sent to W. + + ! \V. Moore, the adjutant general of . ?he BUS The order is of peculiar interest 4* i at t hi- time because of a petition he < + + + ! ilig circulated in Columbia request- | < >S'|< | ing the commanding general at ^ j)(( Camp Jackson to abolish the caste , reward' distinctions between enlisted men , , , dale. 1 .iinl officers when they are off duty. Originally the order dated roi; sai December 20. lb 10, but, it is stated. Colony . in view of the large number of tj,P ,?n "newly appointed and inexperienced hold as otncers now on duty with the va- livoted iIouh branches of the army it is re- sr.|] on Issued. This la J would EXHAUSTED PIGEON Roy c IS BASIS OF INQUIRY ~ mule Police l.ook Into Supposed Mcssa^n hides, i coon s ('ni'rinl l?\ llird?\o lie- ? . . pay hig tails Given, before buncos' Halifax, Dec. 1".. The capture of FOII s.\ a exhausted carrier pigeon which rine ty sought refuge in a house near the dition. burned area the day after the ex- bargain plosion was the subject of investiga- bancas* tion by the police of Dartmouth and the military authorities. An early! TOItPKIM report made to t'hief of Police Me- ING I Kenzie of Dartmouth said that the selling bird bore a message "either in Ger-! 'or man or Austflan." Pure F bater, after the inquiry had be- %mti 'Igun, the authorities refused to give1 any information and Mrs. McColl, a "?,n j quartermaster sergeant's wife, who found the bird, denied that it car-! , '>y n< .1 _. . Renneti I t ied any message. There was a celluloid band on its leg bearing "No. ()|{ j, I2*-2*'" sician, The pigeon flew in through a (jrP) broken window of Mrs. McOoll's stables 1 house and alighted on the shoulder q of one of her children. It apparent ly had been hurt slightly in the ex plosion as its foot worn bleeding. It t in still in Mrs. McColl's possession. j All hu ! otherwise Deep-seated roughs that resist or- |.<arm js . jdinary remedies require both exter-jtj,e jaw 'r.al and internal treatment. If you i7-2t-n I buy a dollar bottle of BALLARD'S! . . HOREHOUND SYRUP you get the two remedies you need for the price Public of one. There Is a HERRICK'8 the booke RED PEPPER PORUS PLA8TER Taxes wll tnf tfrA rhpaL Jtfifl yvlth each bottle. Jst to De< _ , .1,^ ' " ' "Hr* " R 7 S*?S LANCASTER NEWS FRIDAY, DEC, 1 HINERS CAUSE | IORTAGE OF SUGAR ! ? Ik H < in One Hundred Thousand! ^ Ik Carried to | I ^ Bt | ? t Dec. 13.?Investigation V ] causes for the sugar short- ^ BIB 1 which Atlanta has suffered al weeks brought to light al angle to the situation. JF j to announcement by Maj. ^ niatchy, executive secretary j eorgia food administration ' g unusually large sales by % H H rchants in the neighbor-,^ H ^B Dawsonvllle and Greenville.j X H irthern part of the state, it, ^ jvered by food administra esentatives that blockade V in that section had during , 1 60 days bought more than & ^ pounds of sugar for use In ! ^ :ontraband whiskey. Ten X pounds was recovered in' ^ W and the investigation had V d e seizure of several contra- a* Bkey outfits by revenue of- gt was stated. & * * _ SHOT FIRED X H Y| by CONGRESSMAN X ill II ? I K r I representative Semis Shell ^ M I | Italian Trench Against , ^ jj^ Austrian Position. t y ? v Army Headquarters in,^ ?r LIU Italy. Dec 13?The first 1 IDC ChCCK 1101116 shot against Austria was n<\ U/L**. 11 Representative Tinkham ofi^f ZUC ffHltC MOIRC n the Dower I'iave when ^ ? mm pulled a string firing a .* ZUc Dress (jingh. ' mlllmeter gun. sending a,A ri . ling across the Piave to the ^ uLKj tllCVIDlo positions at Gonfo. ^ ____________ ! cloud of black smoke <|/\ II J he place where the shell ZUC liCHVy 1)1106] "he Italian battery men A ? around the gun and rais- ?* VUUUjJ >er as the American con pntative Tinkham fired the $ 20c Canton Flam nvitatlon of the colonel in 1 r i ft* l near Dona dl Piave. The f ljC AprOIl UlHgll i sent on its Journey dur- OQ C ivy artillery fire along the 0*/C JvlgC 1 the Northern front. The A Wfinl ^PrtTP sent was especially con- OOC T? 001 1JCI56 back of Mount Grappa be- ? _____________ ? Piave and Prenta Rivers. ~" """""""" be an indication of another : V the Italian lines from that 4^ :| DRESS INESS NOTICES ? + Y AT + + + + + + + + + + + 4 eather wallet containing ^ |/ \ 1 > bills Finder will be ?\ /y| \ / ed liberally Sallic Trueslotel Royal. 18-lt. liR CHEAP l'o Movable MM\i Chicken Mouses, made in st up in-date manner. Will % ? many as 30 chickens, I)e- ^ i TV 1 C Lancaster $17.50 or will ^ \ |)lg Lot 01 the ground for $14.00. i j? y ni about one-half of what it LaIQIGS ullOGS cost to construct them. J unningham. 18-2t-pd. ? Ask to See > Cow hides, horse hides, % f\ Q I hides, sheep hides, gout UUF jp0C12i mink skins, muskrat skins, V |UfAil U/AAI kins. red fox skins. Will tliCIl S All M 001 hest market price. See me & Wnrctpfl you sell. Capers Cauthen, X 0rbietI 0UUb ? ter, S. C. 17-St-pd. t V = liK Hoick Racer?suhma- V pe, excellent running con-lt? OTHER RARE ] Suitable for truck. Rig & PflATCl i. Apply Plyler & Mackey, X vUAlo, er. S. C. 15-tf. '1 , ===== >FI> WITHOCT WARN'rices of coffee. Wo aro|?S> 1"^ RA TP* 1A 8 pounds good green coffee X IV Cj 1Y1 JCj 1Y 60. Bennett-Terry ood Store. 1 ???????? , > VE this week two carloads ' We the at X HI |^H A you pay for straight (lour.' X ^^B * )t get supply from iih?iT t-Terry Co., Pure Food 1 ? 1. HOLLY, Veterinary Phy-'4& uSB H Surgeon and Dentist. Office jPff ;ory, Hood ldve Stock ffinK SMBl Phone 226, Lancaster, S. 1 |n 9K1 16-1 in-pd., ^^B ^^B NOTICK. ? II LA nting. fishing, trapping or X trespassing on the Foster + jrohlbited under penalty of ^ * * I r#IHHSH?6!SlfflB IX LKKOY SPRINGS. | ^ j TAX NOTICE. I fm B notice is hereby given thai X i for City 1 be open from December V member 3let, incluuaive. V *, 1917. irscl LANCASTER'S FASTEST GROWIN :ceme pecia AT OUR BIG flOVAL! spun - 10c yard $1.75 Value 1 spun, 12 l-2c yard Blue Oven ims - 12 l-2c yard nr . IT" i c- ?,,j '5c Value Me ' ' l5"ari Fleece Uu 'ar 14C 200 Large Si I Blankets, S lei . 12 l-2c yard nc . m j 75c Lace ams . . 10c yard Curtain$ . . . Lit yard . . . 63c yard $1.25 Mens j DressIShiri INDS OF 75cValueMer I GOODS bra,w?rt /-v? irk flliltlrfln'c . u vilUUl VII O UUK r , loats AL SALE ?? Ladies ICES Coats Boys' $1.79 s* $3.00 Value ] A .48 Scout Shot J Men's Khaki T V Work Panl BARGAINS IN MEN'S ALL WOC COAT SUITS AND BOYS' SCHO( A D IT D . WE SACRIFICE '1 D ?. I\ . HOLD OUR irscl NCASTER'S FASTEST GROWING >1 ' V ^ y -V' < Us'p 11 I G STORE. ? JERf LS I SALE I . <i Men's <t1 OA < \ ills . | m's Heavy ACkn lerwear .. < :e Heavyd*0 QQ X ale Price'P^**'? ? 48c I A is 79c I is Blue Cham- >IQ_ x ; Shirts . . 4yC X ? : X . 98c :/ I j A (to OQ and * up % $1.19 ^ | $2.19 I * $1.191 )L SUITS-LADIES' & OL SUITS. J PROFITS TO UP * REPUTATION. ? i^! STORE. % I >k[ [ForJ| The " I ; 4 I itirg Finge I r Our Doo ,