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TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1918
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SENTENCE SERMONS.
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Death loves a shining mark, a sig- e
nal blow.?Young.
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Dignity increases more easily than
it boglns.?Seneca. i ^
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then w
cables.?Old Proverb.
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Find some work for your hands to t<
do. so that the devil may never find
you idle.?St. Jerome.
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man is more easily deceived e
than he who hopes, for he aids in his '
own deceit.?Bossuet.
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Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill.
Pay every debt as if God wrote the
bill! ?Einnierson. j'
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At Rome you hanker for your coun- li
try home; n
Once in the country, there's no place
like Rome. ?Horace. e
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EIHTORI ALETTES. s
Mr. McAdoo does. a
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And they call this the sunny t
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south. s
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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
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It really seems that Virginia is (i
not a safe place in which to commit p
murder.
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Good manners and soft words have
brought many a difficult thing to 8
pass.?Aesop. P
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We don't know how Mr. Roose-' g
velt gets by with it but he not only
gets by but j '.I for it.
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In this day when real liquor can't j.
be secured we wonder what this stuff <,
is they're selling at. $.10 a gallon. ^
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To many of the daily newspapers
the fuel shortage has no more terrors
than the print-paper shortage.
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What we think of the weather- r
works nowadays is that it lacks oo- (
operation with the fuel administra- 11
tion.
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We don't suppose anybody has
really thought the legislature would 1
adjourn before the allotted time ex- 1
pi res. 8
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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? ! 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
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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
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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
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' 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 | ????
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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 ""
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mountain
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^ 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
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