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r ' v . PAGE FOUR TheLancasterNews ; (SEMI-WEEKLY.) Established 1802. <P] I B Published Tuesday mid Friday ( BY THE Ia1 LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. I w Lancaster, S. C. c< UEOHUE BULLA CRAVEN T Editor and Manager tc SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: u (In Advance.) One Year $2.00 ei Six Months 1.00 Entered as Second Class Matter , tl October 7, 1005, at the PostotUce at' CJ Lancaster, S. C., under act of Congress of March 2, 1S70. ; Thft Npwa i? nnt ruonnncihlo f?v?* Dm views of Correspondents. Short and s rational articles ou topics ot general y interest will be gladly received. ? . la "My Country 'Tut oi Thee. Sweat Land . C( of Li1. er!y." ,? TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1918 u SENTENCE SERMONS. n Death loves a shining mark, a sig- e nal blow.?Young. si Dignity increases more easily than it boglns.?Seneca. i ^ | F Habits are at first cobwebs, then w cables.?Old Proverb. I P n Find some work for your hands to t< do. so that the devil may never find you idle.?St. Jerome. ' o \T ? man is more easily deceived e than he who hopes, for he aids in his ' own deceit.?Bossuet. t c r Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill. Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill! ?Einnierson. j' a At Rome you hanker for your coun- li try home; n Once in the country, there's no place like Rome. ?Horace. e + v EIHTORI ALETTES. s Mr. McAdoo does. a ?+? And they call this the sunny t r south. s + S Chester Is to have a municipal 11 woodyard. Better late than never. t The only thing we ever had against ^ Woodrow Wilson is that he plays t golf. h * c It really seems that Virginia is (i not a safe place in which to commit p murder. c s Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to 8 pass.?Aesop. P a We don't know how Mr. Roose-' g velt gets by with it but he not only gets by but j '.I for it. + In this day when real liquor can't j. be secured we wonder what this stuff <, is they're selling at. $.10 a gallon. ^ ? ? v To many of the daily newspapers the fuel shortage has no more terrors than the print-paper shortage. ? What we think of the weather- r works nowadays is that it lacks oo- ( operation with the fuel administra- 11 tion. + fl We don't suppose anybody has really thought the legislature would 1 adjourn before the allotted time ex- 1 pi res. 8 + t "And now Jeannette Kankin wants ft to become a senator," a western paper tells us. We don't doubt it?- s she once even wanted to be a con- s gressman and she is. a + ? At least the members of congress who voted against suffrage can say, while everybody's away at the polls, and the fire goes out in the kitchen range: "Don't blame me." The Anderson Mail is comforted in the thought that Mr, Burleson will not be postmaster-general after March, 1920. But all of us know: that the war will be over In a hun- t dred years, and also that the coming i of summer will relieve the fuel short- < age to an appreciable extent. i I THE THK PARDONING POWER. AGE-LI The State, of Columbia, Is well The legl leased at the resolution of Senator : purpose In onham to submit to tne people an hibitln? ct mend men t to the constitution age from i hereby the granting of paroles, suspect th Humiliations and pardons would be but an att mlted by the board of pardons, be so appai he Stage's chief Interest appears that its ui > center in the probable abuse of rially impa le power In the hands of the gov- j der consid rnor. We are not sure that it of drivers >uld not be abused in other hands ble for ac lati the governor's, and our advo- driving of icy of a pardon board or commit- feurs incre ?e would be rather to relieve the trians and overnor of embarrassment in con- cars. The idering requests for clemency, a 12-year /ere the institution of pardons equivalent bolished altogether, a good purpose of the law'ould be served, and criminals age is con oubtless could still get what jus-'car withou Ice demands. ! cations. A Under such plan it would of nec- certainly v ssity devolve upon the supreme years Is nc i aurt or some tribunal to reopen any has long I ase in question and decide upon its license lssi lerits, which in effect would be not carry with nlike the pardon board. The State ceipt for t akes the position that the amend- lawful for lent would cure an evil of ancient to drive an xistence in South Carolina, and highway ui ays: ! his compet* Far back, in the days of Robert K. dents woul cott. the Ohio carpetbagger gover- number or. shameless abuse of the pardon lower was one of the intolerable Question of rrongs under which the people suf- nffirPr i ered. Scott, to retain his power, ardoned criminals in order that he is of no se light attach them and their friends qualifloatioI o his political interests, pardoned ; hem by dozens and scores, so that it ?ration, ecame known that a black radical ... " ii^ ii iv nui ereited, but then the war has brought Nor,h ( ar( ibout a lot of changes. ! vo,0(' ^<>r ^ against, tin One day we read that there will lovor8R('>e: "No further famine in roal this nouncemen winter," and the next: "Dr. Gar-,'11 *lou leltl says situation may grow much members I vorse." Which leads us to believe seems to '' hat somebody don't know what "nfl 11 ma> hey're talking about. , stances im . + ; decision tt "With everything else taxed, says quickly dis .he Greensboro News, "It will always ,effectively emain a miracle how the can-opener er import, escaped." Like the bottle-opener it have beer s carried merely as a relic. votes in fa U - ? ! ii is a ia light wantonly assail or kill a white r negro Democrat and political recklessly j nemy of Scott and fear no penalty. POUntry roj We do not want one man-power i South Carolina. This is a Demo- out regard ratic State and the people should others, ule. The composition of our State is that two ca iappily such that never is corruption jn the road ikely to be dominant in the |e?risla- | Ive halls and the executive chamber ond. each t t the same time. Under the Don- turn ol,t lam amendment (the introduction f which was a surprise to The is found in >tate. for it had despaired of the prefprs to | arly adoption of this urgently needd reform) the board of pardons rather thai rould continue as now to he of sta*- (just ;in(i it itory creation and the general asembly could provide such ways of many cases ppointing or electing its members foi. DassjnK s it might deem wise. The unanimity of the senate' is. The licei re believe, significant of the wish of moblle8 ur he people and indicates that the esolution will he adopted without qualiflcatloi erious opposition by the house. of lenator Donham is to he congratuited upon connecting his name with his most valuable piece of legisla- xil ion. The News is not overzealous in houth ( ?i aking on to new departures, and no< 'n ^,lV( hough not looking upon the Don- n,en- ^i^0 iam resolution with misgivings he- SPn,?l,'%es ' ause of i18 provision to submit a ^?U"1CI onstitutional amendment to the P?'iti<K c,in eople for ratification, it would urge The Sou,t aution in the framing of a sub- whon the 8 titute for what is eminently an in- in tbe bous titution of mercy in all intents and ?ut of ,he urposes, though it may have been tinn' Zpb bused in South Carolina and other ,hfi only on itates. ginia's onlj * man was tl C.A.MOl I' LAdKD. Tennessee r A subscriber to The News who ,m'asu,eives R. F. D. 2, out of Heath ern conK,ef prings came into the office yester- s,b,y bp at ay and said he wanted to stop his mnnnc,'f 'n aper. He said he wasn't getting it fo be bro nyway, and didn't see any use pay- issup i,selfng for it. This subscriber had a obs,ri,(,i(>n rievance against us which ought to nmmber8est on the shoulders of Postmaster- "8tickb'rs" I en era I Burleson's money-making tbcy ?PP?f nail service. tional ame; The mail service has been caniou- <)f conKreBf laged. "had rathe We looked up our records and il is never his subscriber's paper has been go- have set 11 ng out regularly, but the subscriber to be shot ays he doesn't get it more than hair al he time. We don't know where it Such a ri ;oes. dition wou Hut Postmaster-General Hurle- fo resu,t 11 on's department is making money but we (,?l ,omcthini? fr.r whut. it near an e LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C [MIT UNIMPORTANT. otherwise would have t elature would serve no against it. Be this as it i the passing of a bill pro- ever, the Southern repre lildren under 1Z years of refused to be awayed from driving automobiles. We sltion that it was a matter e law-makers mean well, State to decide In its own empt to "be easy" would the measure did not have tl rent in passing such a bill ing. Sentiment in favor o sefulneBS would be mate- men voting has been growl tired. The real issue un- ly, and while President V eration is incompetency rayed himself against the which is largely responsi- sentiment for a long perio cidents, and yet reckless ally committed himself to s wholly competent chaf- the measure although he, ases the danger to pedes- the Southern congressmen, to occupants of other in the contention that it w passing of a bill carrying ter for the States to deal aita limit utaiiia ko *ha ???" ' *- ? * -o- --?-v -vuiu i/o luo iutiu-iv. rruDaoiy eacn oI of admission on the part gressmen who opposed th makers that one past that meat had his own good re ipetent to drive a motor some of the reasons perhap t regard to other qualifl- ilar, while some may be fai in age limit of 14 years from the others. Soma pot vould be better, and 15 that the women as a who! >ne too high. The News be interested in govern: >een of opinion that the the women could substar led by the State should fute such statement by jj it more than a mere re- there is a percentage, not he money. Were it un- by any means, of men who i anyone, of whatever age, or no interest in the affai automobile on the public government, itil he shall have proved . We will wait and see. ^ sncy, the danger of acci- to see the women use the d be mitigated and their good advantage, not alone laterlally reduced. The sex, but to mankind an< age might well be left to tion. issuing the license, but it Tious consequence where The Greenville Piedmo is are taken into consid- ?P'n'on that Mr. McAdoo big man if he solves the ti ct that people drive both tion Problems while Tom ] ind too fast out on the "?^t is hidden under ids and seemingly with- However. it's too early in for the rights or comforts en<'or8e either for the p It is usually the case * rs meeting both will stay Gossip About Claud Si to the last possible sec- Antl the Sapp mig rvincr fr. ?v.~ that race next summer for , .<7*-. .u.ii mt?y asserts an exchange. W? r be right and lose." but heard women of the old scho theless a fact that they nprs admit reluctantly that to laugh" at a play they w< lemselves up as a target n? lf there werfl BOmethlng at and they will be shot for well-bred folk In a hearty i If you could but face the at stead of the stage during tb ndicul departure from tra- Df a taking comedy you Id naturally be expected here and there prim, proper 11 a division of sentiment ?ng their faces straight the n curtain goes down and the ibt if anyone expected so up for f?.ar some one might qual division. Had the had so far forgotten their n >lin? congressman who ? snare In the genera l.o?h .he amendment voted s?d c<>u?,er service e result would have been When testing seeds. It Is President Wilson's an- to count them and then s| , .. , .. . evenly on moist sheets of b t on the eve of the vote ... a a. per. A device has been Be and his advice to the which does the work accui o vote for the measure quickly. It Is used In conjui , 114il ... a vacuum pump operated b ave carried little weight, * , . > , pressure on a foot pedul, at ' be possible that circum- of a inetal contrivance havini ipolled him to a speedy Burfuce with 100 smul ... .. . . . . Hons. When this Is broug ma,ler m,sht tact with quantity of ?r posed of In order to more partial vacuum created, tl carry on matters of larg- draws a kernel over each < . . flees. By then placing the 1 Circumstances, too. may on ft ^otlcr and releasing > responsible for many sore, the seeds are depoalte vor of the measure which ^ order on the sheet. . .? iw Iiiunr inw ULIIt5I general of SoiVth Carolin Another evil of motoring tanburR JournaI. passing. Generally one throw dust on another It is good for Assistant a ride behind and take General Sapp. who wants t . . , ... , . . attorney general, that the must be admitted that in * is held in the summer. t i that is the sole excuse nFe8 |hp winter._< i Piedmont. ising of drivers of auto ider certain and specific Claude Sapp of Lancaste , , , , nounced as a candidate fot is would be the solution general, and the newspai serious problem. j Rrapher8 art. having tiie * Perhaps Sapp's persistenci IKV VOTKD NO. ing to rise will be reward' irolina congressmen were nex' campaign. Rock liil + jr of the ballot for woI Volcanoes Are a Bless wise, the national repre- por a? thelr upheaval8 ,t 3f the people of other pay Central America to get ites were of opinion that volcanoes if she could, for heavals have created the flr best be run by the men. j Knd SUKar ,and ln the worl, i Carolina delegation, correspondent. Usually t uffrage measure came 11 n long, premonitory warning annual deaths due to this e. voted solidly against it. not ??qUai to the number c *' North Carolina delega- killed yearly in automobile reaver, of Buncombe, was 1 ?rm,n(1 N*w YorkNeither words nor artit ,e who voted for it. Vir-I cou,(, do Just,ce tQ the WOI r Republican congress-' inospheric effects of the le only one voting "for." i hinds. The changing llghti ! ors, the purple mists, the ^ ecorded live votes for the hnnks of clouds, the cooll: The opposition of South- that assume the colors of tti ismen, however, may pos-. *} rtawn nnd sun.,M't- the "J throw mountain lakes and 1< tributed rather to the jn jf,,, high heavens, resting, which woman suffrage is ly. upon a base of hlue .. i.. k~?. these can never be descrlb uglit about than to the gotten. "States' rights" was the which met the Southern Laughing and Good Brt and. being generally Valuable as a good laugh i , . . . . p.v smile are for men nnd for the rights of States, eyftry actlvity therp nrp a led the federal constitu- have been some stlffnecki ndment. These members wh? have been a little of the good breeding of a hei TUESDAY, JANUARY 15,1918 een cast | aentatlves MEMBERSHIP IN OUR their pox CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB f the wo- _ ln< rapid-' COflll 111 0110 OSb flhnilt Si Wilson ar- i __ # # # , drin of - there is no cost to join. d, he flnmpport of Single women, married women, young too, like II was nrm or old can jotn. with T"p- Married men, single men, boys and the con- youths conjoin. Everybody, irrespective e amend- ? ason and s are sim r different Weekly 2Ac Weekly 5<>c Weekly Weekly $2.50 Weekly 1 For 50 Weeks For 50 Weeks For 50 Werkx For 50 Weeks For 50 Weeks laiblv fG&r YOU WILL YOU WILL YOU WILL YOU W I L L YOU WILL e will not HAVE HAVE HAVE HAVE HAVE ZI; Z $5.00 ,$12.50 $25.00 $50.00 $125.00 roof that ~ negligible Think, how easy it is. Think, how'little take little 7 7 m rs of the effort is required. Think, of the reward. ^bauotTo Come in and ask about the plans, it only ' l? ,helr takes a moment. d the nai r: THE BANK OF LANCASTER -ansporta-. Marshall's ' 'Tf"7/ H,?PPy w fc , If You Save." a bushel. the game residency. itpp. / Y hi rise in! attorney I/OAD UP THE PIPES OF THE BOYS IN FRANCE. a.?Spar- | Tear Out This Cou|>on, Fill It In and Send as Much Money as You Can Sparc to Buy Tobacco for Our Fighting Men?Each Attorney Dollar Buys Four Packages of Tobacco. o become | ???? ! primarj ! To The Editor of The News: , an n ni>?hi I I a r, O rr Greenville Enclosed And to buy packages of tobacco, through "Our Boys in France Tobacco i* h %\ s j\ it * Fund" for American fighting men In France. attorney ier para- I underatand that each dollar buys four packages, each with ir inning. | a reta|| value of forty-five cents and that In each of my packages I'd "in the k? Placed a postcard, addressed to me, on which my unknown 1 Herald. friend, the soldier, will agree to send me a message of thanks. Ing. Nam? would not rid of her ' Address Street A these uplest coffee 1, notes a mt* here are i and the * / cause are ^ ?f persons - - ? - ? - . ? accidents it's brush "" kderfut at mountain ) and col mat white j I ug vttjjorH I le rainbow Res thJt ItOAl) TO SUCCE88 LIK8 ^ apparent- THROUGH ADVERTISING ether, all ed or for' Bradstreet's says that "84 per cent of all failures are among nonandThsp advertisers!" women In "Which, considering the source of nd nlways the declaration, is pretty conclusive d, proper proof that advertising pays, suspicious j When Bradstreet's says that only *rty laugh. jg per cent of business failures are t have all among advertisers the statement has SSI real significance, snt to see l t>U8'ne"88 Arm ever became too crude truly great except by the aid of adlaugh, and vertislng' , A ldlence In- Like competition, advertising is e perforin- the "life of trade." Without it, in would see modern days and under modern folk pull- business conditions, no commercial loment the or other business concern can lights go thlnlr thnw " ~ _ ? o..^i.oon niiti ii can witn lanoers as it. ter. That Is axiomatic, as every successful business man will attest, able. Outside possibly of personality necessary and integrity advertising In the pace thnn mightiest force, positive and potent, lotting pu- In present day commerce and busldeveloped ness.?Atlanta Constitution, rutely and tctlon with y exerting id consists < a square, II perfora- ^ bt In conaln and a le suction rt the ori nstruiuent ' >*' ?? Subscribe For The Lancaster News, $2 a Year ..,,v.