The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 11, 1918, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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;. I GOT HIS CO0KIES SWISS P
jitter Helps Out QN UNI
Jymother in Distress.
< | Demand Ironcl
'* Away From Home to Take Foreigner
r Qoodiea and Wee Berred p
i ; \ ^ by the Guard. ji
JjLakes, III.?One morning an
flbned grandmother from Chi- ||flQP|T M ITY
&*> ' jPefully climbed off a f'rnlh at liUwi I ??l?l
Makes. She might have stepped
torn the daguerrotype pictorial #ago Switzerland Hai
I an old magazine. A bluck bouuct e, E|cment ,
pwned her silver hair and was tied since War E
Ith black ribbons uuder her chin. Overrur
fee gripped a large paper bag. The 'r 1
tard stopped her. - -
Berne.?swltz<
XOU caa t come In today." he told en lnltlul stepH ,
r. "Wednesday Is visitors' day." ller able forelgn t.le]
s filled with tears. "But Roy Is go- hatJ gufreri,d as ,
[ to sea today," she said. "I came to t 8ince August
e Roy his cookies. 1 had to run New regulptloi
ay from home to get here. My eral councn nro
tighter won't let me go out of the d|fflcuit for.the
?uch. She thluks I am too warring countrl
a B 4 from uny side, f
She took a letter from a handbag. It obvious, legli
is from Roy and It read In part: ! bood and 0ccupa
"Grandmother; I leave for sea on t0foret into the
j^nd Ml that 1 lack to make frying desperutel
i? ?ome of your ralsln cook- rlght neutrulity
len. The food here is good, but I hud weHther the stor
(to leave without again tasting the Switzerland hi
cookies that I loved so much." without any matt
**I baked cookies for that boy since Gf thousands of
he was big enough to eat them, and m?st us freely ui
he always had my cookies until he ?u- actlon has been t
(listed/* she resumed. "His mother Is becuuse her hosp
'dead. He is In Camp Ross. I must iy violated, her
.see him. before he goes away." even threatened.
The guard was iron. The new rule;
' Paymaster J. D. Doyle Is a busy effective as soot
itnan. ' But Paymaster Doyle was not niatlc and consul
Htoo busy to Btop and hear her story, the world can be
nle is not a young man and his hair la all foreigners e
ijgray, but he likes ralsln cookies and must be equlppe
a heart as big as the admlnlstra- ports from thei
nfion building. , equivalent pape
IP He heard her story, heard that her that prior to com
slaughter would not let her bake the foreigners must 1
cookies, heard how she had waited un- matlc or consul
*tll the daughter had gone shopping roasons for want
hnd then mixed the buttec and done that, after arrlvu
WjS6?ktlL 9 perfect Wfcwn.' This later with the pol
ajjormng she had stolen away and they intend to lr
to the stntlnn ^
/ He helped her Into his enr and There always i
/whisked her to Camp Ross. lie found fle between Fran
i<Boy for her and saw her weep for Joy the nelghborhooi
f on Roy's blue Jacketed shoulder, lie tween Germany
Lgte on? ot the cookies. Grandmother Basel, on the pui
Mnd grandson visited and said good-by. ers Many undes
* Mr. Doyle took her back to flie de- smuggled thetnsi
\I>ot, helped her on a Chicago train, and dei and have fall
returned to his neglected work. lie Switzerland, the
H 6* tickled us a kid. hide because of tl
I "Jove, she loved that boy," he said foreigners.
|1 he smacked his lips. i That all Is to
^ person crossing
* i<i- - - i - i,. than the ordinal
(WMAN AGENTS' START "S" h
IIBPOD SHORTAGE SCARE police will be pc
will have little cl
ij^Bashington.?The work of without the rlgh
^ajAan agents among house- he i> unable to o
Bee 'ttr cause a disruption in 1 curd today Is i
|3^B-mnrkets of household neces- than the money
{ Ks and Incite a discontent chase It and a
, war conditions has caused on'y on presenti
>flalse shortage In some places papers.
f ^^ commodities that really are hotel at
rii had in plenty. stops, the peusic
national food admlnistra- Pr'vnte famll
j a flpn, commenting on the reports are tt" "able to 1
J Bthree successive buying drives *? nnn?unco
'} housewives throughout the Problem
I country on salt, laundry blue There remain*
ftd matches, says there Is no deserters who t
v'?t of these commodities ainonz across the bound
" jginn!l retailers by the excessive another and of
'laying, that the national stock those who have
r- Ul as large as ever, with no poo- permission of th
hie likelihood of shortage v.ith ments, and then
normal demand fr?, ' ? I turn. Swiss law
.Humer. deserters and re
The housewife is warned to Hro ('uded, canno
disregard rumors and not to There are in J
overstock, as such unnecessary estimated, betwt
VBroying may cause real shortages !lles,' gentry.
a^TJhprt^iinie in certain lo- ,,l<' <,ltlZt>ns. 1
VVvj^nt ~ l<Mist. are gainfi
living model livi
) ? ? slrable to the p?
out criminals.
?/Y PIN BRINGS IN $775 "*??? ,h?t
^ ? ers among its 17
JwSlHits Man, Causing Him to Swal- are deserters am
I lew Fastener?Operation Neces- while in Zurich
sary to Remove It. ' cee('ed.
k , - | The ugitation
fork.?Mrs. Ann Kelly of Elim th<> man P??wer i
oprietor of a trucking business 8?rtf"a and refra
klyn and Long Islund City, *^at 11 w"' 8urP'
y Joseph O'Laughlin $775 be- taken to incorp*
r? them Into a civil
11II nwfliiinvru n nmrij
ughlin Wa* atrfcek bf hn on- ,abo' ,n agrlcult
ruck tfwned by'Mrs. KeTly
ed by John Mackey. He had LAW VIOLAT
from a barber shop and. was !
the collar of his woolen Man Who Brol
safety pin waa in hia inouth , Child 8aya
automobile struck htm. and ! ing f<
of-the collision caused the
illow the pin. An operation Columbus, In
lary for its removal. deputy tlxh and
i given a violator
Jerman Carp With Flag. *h? statute of
y, la.?When the patriotism something to <lo
loumellote, a Ureek restau- Ehlers has n
e, wns questioned because Nampa, Idaho,
low display of GtJrmnn carp, [ The writer say*
is a veteran bf Balkan Hartsvllle, at
?ped a small American flag twelve years, I
1? fish. The apparent adver- crowd of men w
Ing value of his window display wus law. I also dl.so
imedlately doubled. perhaps others 1
?????_____ here to forgive
Camps for Homeless. 1 charge? you wfl
Washington,?Among the largest of , know- ?od h?H
far relief work being carried on at aur- studying to
he present time are camps for borne- ! these things el
sg thousands of persons in and i a*?- ^ here wll
HI SeJ?dkt, which were started by i Khlers says I*
MM. ?. '/wl W. Ryan, head of the 1 ' ,n the
^Jted jCross In that region. ' ^ur 8*'n'ni
lO.OOOjmifereni camping out answer the que
which have been set up. nieaoa to apen<
THE LANCASTER NEWS. I
HI CHECK HELP WIN THE WAR
1ESJRABLES Opportunity for All Furnished In
lad Passports of All
_ .. . Lend Your Money to the Government
s Entering the t0 A?lrt the
wintry. tor Democracy.
Washington.?Wnr savings stamps,
,0 yifll ITFP P?r>t,lnr,y known as "thrift stamps,"
Iw VIULfllLU are now on sale. These stamps have
I been termed "little baby bonds," by
? Suffered From For- the treasury department, and the term
.. No Other Neutral | ??",es nearer explaining them than any
I other, for they are virtually governegan
oun ry a ; mpnj h0|Uig issued In siur.ll amounts,
i With Spies. ! Gf them Is the entire resources of
>rt^Td finally has tak- ,the n,nt,?"' and they steadily Increase
. 41. in value from the clnte of nnrphnno
iu cuuirui me unuesir- .. , ~ . " * """ *"
ment from which she ' thL?ate ?f ftur,t/- January 1, 1023.
10 other ueutral coun* Th,s ol>"K?Hon of the United States
; government Is Issued In the form of
is adopted by the fed- 1 Btamp8' ,n two denominations, the 26intended
to make It ct>nt 8tamp and the $r> "tangent
of oue of the 1 For the convenience of Investors a
es. for the deserter thrift card Is furnished to all puror
the foreigner with- ' chasers of 26-cent stamps. This card
timnte meuns of Uvell- , ^ns KPnces for 10 stamps. When all
tlon to flock, as here- i the KP?ces have been filled the "thrift
little country thut Is card" may be exchanged for a $5 stamp
ly to maintain an up- ?*t post offices, banks, or other nuthoruud
at the same time l^cd agencies by adding 12 cents In
m until peace arrives, cash prior to Febrtiary 1, 1918, and one
therto has permitted, | CPnt additional each month thereafter,
jrlal objections, scores Those who prefer may buy a $5
strangers to enter al* stamp outright. rI hese will be on sale
s in peace times. Now until January 31, 1918, for $4.12. They
aken to stop this only automatically Increase in value a cent
itullty has been gross- n month every month thereafter until
neutrality at times ' January 1, 1923, when the United
| States will pay $5 at any post office
s, which will become *or ench stamp.
i as the Swiss diplo- K is also important to note that
ar officials throughout war-savings stamps Increase each
i notified, require that nionth In cost as well as In value, so
ntering the country thnt It Is decidedly to the interest of
d with Ironclad pass- the public to buy early,
r own countries, or When you purchase a $5 stnmp, you
rs of Identification; must attach It to an engraved folder
ilng to Switzerland all j known as a "war savings certificate,"
'urnlsh to Swiss dtplo- , which bears the name of the purchaser
ar officials adequate and can be cashed only by the person
lng to come here, and j whose name appears upon the certlflil,
strangers must reg- ( rate, except In ense of death or dlsIce
of the city or town ability. This certificate contains 20
ihnblt. I spaces. If these are all filled with
y Undesirables. ! "war savings stamps" between Decernhas
been a dally traf- 1 ber 1, 1917, and January 31, 1918, the
ce and Switzerland In j cost to the purchaser will be $82.40
1 of Oeneva, und be- | and on January 1. 1923, the governand
Switzerland near ment will pay the owner of the certlfl t
of laborers and oth- rate $100? a net profit to the holder of
tlruble foreigners have $17.00. ' This Is based on an Interest
slves across the bor- rate of 4 per cent compounded quared
to return. Once In terly. The amount of war-savings
y have been uble to stamps sold to any one person at any
lie lack of control over one time shall not exceed $100, and no
| person may hold such stamps to an
i be changed. Kvery aggregate amount exceeding $1,000.
the border at other , jf fhP ^0 spaces on the "war-savings
\v points where Iron- certificate" are not filled by Junuury
ill be required will be I9i9t the stamps which are actually
e fails to return, the attached will draw Interest at. the same
it upon his trail, lie rate.
Iiance of escaping, for if the holder of "war-savings stamps"
it bind of credentials desires to sell them before muturlty,
btain bread. A bread they may be redeemed at any post ofnore
important even the holder receiving the price paid
with which to pur- ( for the stamps, plus oue cent a month
bread card Is Issued on each stamp.
itlon of identification I
!
which the newcomer * n
>n that takes him in, 2 SWEARS OFF ON CANDY *
? FOR DURATION OF WAR |
his arrival. ; + O
for Deserter*. 0 Portland, Ore.?When little *
i the problem of the Q Jack Applewhite of Clarkatou, *
lave managed to flee X Wash., heurd his father read VJ
ary from one army or + about the shortage of sugar In o I
the near-deserters, V Prance and the uppeal of Her- X i
coine here with the Q bert Hoover, national food adelr
respective govern- ? mlnistrator, for every pound of 9
have declined to re- sugar, that can be spared, the O \
prescribes that these 2 lad dictated the following letter: X
Tract lonnrles, as they o "Dear Mr. Hoover?1 am sor
t be forcibly deported, q ry about there being no augur in 2
Switzerland now, it is France and about the llelglan Q
en 10,000 and 15,000 2 and French boys and girls not q
Not all of them are Q even having enough to mnke
lundreds of them, at 5 things sweet, and 1 am going to A
illy occupied and are save all I tan, for I am not go- Q
ps. Others ure unde- A lag to buy one siugle lilt of Q
tint of being out-nnd- V candy, and I am not going to X
Ftftures for tieneva o ask mother to make one bit, el- +
out of 70,000 foreign- X tber?und she makes Just awful Q
0,000 population, l.Ji'tO good candy and I love candy Q
1 2.4.r>2 refractlonarle8, 5 dearly." X
these figures are exfor
the utilization of
epresented by the de- LAD JERKED UNDER A CAR
ictlonarles Is so strong
Ise no one to see steps Presence of Mind of Brother 8av?s
rate the majority of Boy's Life? Escapee With
lan service of manual Loos of Toe.
ure. |
Ftndlay, O.?Frank Drats, eleven
OR IS FORGIVEN yearn of age, Is In a hospital minus hla
great toe, and that he yet retains hla
(e Game Law When head Is due to the thoughtfulness of
He la Now 8tudy- his older brother Howard.
?r Ministry. | The two were returning from school
and were walking along a railroad. A
id.?Fred II. Ehlera, train overtook them and when the cagame
warden, has for* boose came along young Drais caught
of the law. Resides, hold of the steps. He was Jerked unlimitation
may have der and his great toe cut off. He fell
with the affair. with his head across the track, but his
Rcelved a letter from brother Instantly grasp, <1 the situation
from Willurd Isgrlgg, and hurriedly pulled him from the
i: "When I lived near track, the only thing that saved the
the age of seven to lad's life.
went seining with a
hen It was against the l_ays a Bjg Egg
heved tlie Snnrlnc lnu/ a ?? "
. nuiiiu .iionica, uai.?ah egg measurn
that line. I ask you |ng seven Inchon around the middle
me. If there are any an(i gi? Inchon In circumference the
int me to pay let me long way was laid the other day by a
really suved me and 1 h4.n belonging to (ieorge 0. Ilartor of
r the ministry. I did the Santu Monica fire department. The
even to fifteen years egg was so large that Harter's friends
II you spend eternity?" accused hlin of keeping an ostrich In
igrlgg's heart evidently disguise. The fireman keeps only four
place and he forgives hens at bis home, No. 420 Colorado
j. Ehlers declines to avenue, hut he says that from tliii
stlon about where he number he has averaged two egg* a
& eternity. day for more than a year.
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