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My Cuuntrv 'Tir. of Thae. Sweat Land but jt8
stated.
TUESDAY, JAN. 22, 1918 posed it
- ception
caster a
SENTENCE SERMONS. alowld
er part
The vile are only vain, the great mo?
Ulttll 80]
are proud.?Byron.
congeste
It is good discretion not to make ^ needs
too much of any man at the first, as the r
because one can not hold out that though
proportion.?Bacon.
would b
If we consider accident. tions w
And how repugnant unto sense, minimur
It pays deserts with bad event, "Wha
We shall disparage providence. (o maij
?Davenant. . . _
to be h
For God looks on the naked heart roads tii
And not on silks and laces; age at i
And when he makes men true, he route to
stamps rail just
His trade-mark on their faces. _
?Will D. Muse. Fagelanc
+ say very
service i
EDITOHIALETTES. of efflcie
we susp
Dr. Garfield might have stopped tor routt
the legislative machinery. from the
plement
A lot of folks protested and then ag rajir0
went right ahead and closed up. do the 1<
* j the farn
With two Sundays everv week for .. .
I the farnr
the next ten weeks most people can , ..
* from the
catch up with their sleep. \fter
* 1 mav not
"Doc Garfild has tagged the coal i
entertain
shovel, an exchange tells us. Not I
..... ' ble repor
only tagged it, but he has put it
between
away.
+ would b<
If Mr. Roosevelt has any inclina- 1 h,?nicl?
tion toward the White House the K?od aul
first thing he should do is get on nient Ina
the right side in this war. posed m<
^ , lotte to (
While the legislature is engaged | re?<'hing
in wholesale abolition of depart- frien(i
merits it ought to consider what 1he!an>' like,
people hir>i{ about the legislature. '"t a nl
roads as
Changing the time of meeting of (least in I
the legislature to July might not ^ it would
serve to relieve the fuel shortage per's infr
but might help some if there should plan ma>
be another shortage next session. 7)ie
.u?.
| i inn miu
"If the truth were known" is the
' sentative
title of an editorial article in the' . ? ? ,
| the eond
Greensboro News. If the truth were
the rout
known?well, it might go here in ta|ten ^
South Carolina where there are no I .,
I the road:
laws providing for divorce and ' p]arftR a,
where the jails are fairly large, any- talnjy t]
way, but it would never do in the sec- cam(jen
tion wherein the Greensboro News .. .,
bad, tho
has habitat. .
may be.
up abur
Bills have been introduced in the
. . farmer t
legislature to abolish:
dUpositii
The State highway department.
? the men
The State tax commtsslon.
ed in oj
The State board of charities and
trade w
corrections.
every ef
The office of insurance eommisthe
roac
sioner.
governm
Abolishing is becoming popular
down Columbia way.
^ The h
"If Secretary Daniels continues to resoluti<
Rain in popularity at the present K?v
rate," Bays the News and Courier The 1,011
of Charleston, "it is not utterly pre- the Bena
posterouB to suggest that some day f?rm bil
we may have a president named
Josephus." Which is a way of say- To Di
ing that Josephus is making good in Newberr
the face of more criticism than any seed ha'
other cabinet member ever received, the stoi
,
- " - 1
fOTOR POST LINKS AND
HE ROADS?AGAIN. Th
P&geland Journal thinks the ture
bile mall routes will be an punls
aary expense, "particularly going
lays, "as the proposed routes some
allel with and near to main an<* i
railroads. Take the routes tions,
aleigh to Cheraw, from Che- has a
Columbia, from Charlotte to an<* 1
i as examples. Why don't 1
tes go through sections not of el<
directly by railway trunk m?nt
In the case of the route 'n
iiarlotte to Camden by Lan- 'aw c
here may be seen one of the vei*y
s in mapping out the howei
Then the Journal proceeds tearln
tin that this route should som?t
y Monroe, Pageland, Jeffer- cr,nie
McBee or Kershaw, In l'Jhme
vont we are to suppose that terreri
Jlishment would not be "un- death
y expense." The Pageland heavi?
>ve believe, is a bit jealous, '*
case Is nevertheless well- 1
The Charlotte-Cainden pro- 8everf
totor post line, with the ex- ,he
of that part between I.<an- cr'me
ind Pineville, does follow Pen?l<
e the railroad for the great- but a
of the distance, though the w'th '
ivice on trains has been so States
id for several months that 8bo,lt
such a supplemental service with '
uotor mail line will provide, The r
such service, it seems luw ,8
e most needed in those sec- l'on ?
here train service is at a forn18
n. ties p
t better will it be for a man wb'PP
a package on a motor truck U8e
auled to the city over dirt cru?lt;
ian to mail the same pack- Cr'mes
i poBtotflce or on a rural Eve
be hauled to the city by talk o
about as quickly?" the iahme:
1 paper asks. We should feet o
little. Provided the train of the
s at a reasonable per cent remov
ncy, but at the same time, tier wl
ect these Interlocking mo- Jury t
5s are to form a great line well, t
north to the south to sup- was t
the train mail service, or, and se
ad men would put it. "to the go
acal work." That is, carry facts 1
i produce to the city and the se
ler's supplies back to him dous
i city. time t
all, the motor post lines fair ti
be established. The News that t
ed the hope that a favora- yer w<
t on the condition of roads conteu
Charlotte and Camden tron (
j made, but the Cainden punish
s says it has been told on which
thority "that a govern- a pari
II niMtlo a I fin n.p?- ? ? no'1 1
? ^ ** vi ?|/ vnci me yru- f?? v *
Jtor mail route from Char- to Int!
'amden this week and upon The
Camden remarked to a of the
lat there would hardly be leavini
lihood of him recommend- the d<
otor mail route over such nient.
he had traveled over?at pardoi
(heir present condition." So niuch
appear, if the Camden pa as to
>rmation is correct, that the prison
' be abandoned. seems,
ews, however, anticipates terren
uld a government repre- nu
make an adverse report on ?' (aJ
lition of roads over which 'n a
e will pass, steps will be those
' county authorities to put
s in better condition at such
s objection may arise. Cei- lirensi
. , . That
,1*: lunii noui v narioue to Nev
cannot all be claased as man.
very I
ugh some stretches of It Lord'f
The route surely will open ?v?ry
ed to
idant opportunities for the niy Ht
o make quick and profitable _
dinan
on of his produce and for then
chants of the towns travers- ?J} ,h
Obser
>ening up better avenues of
ith the country people and
fort should be made to put . Q_?n
i-^ti nc.<i
Is in such condition as the v[f,ion
ent may require. nance
effectl
louse killed the Bonham publh
>n abridging the power of handl
ernor in granting pardons, carric
ise seems determined that would
.te shall not get by with re- ordini
lis. to gl'
slble.
r. Garfield?'Dear Doc:?The
y Observer Bays that garden Tht
ve made their appearance in In W
re windows. , right
wi ir i| iiiHWSFinm.it- -i nmmrnt
??- 'n ? r^-r? --mrnmmmm
PHE LANCASTER NEWS, LAN
CRIMINAL PENALTIES. i
ey've got a bill In the legislaIn
Virginia to abolish capital
hrnont. It's something that's *
to be done in all the States
Wh
time, but it's a long time off,
tlon i
t's a question, like most ques- of
that has two sides. Virginia or pe
ilready practically abolished It how i
t looked as if they would let
enough alone. The expediency
actrocutlon or life imprisonin
each particular case is left yes
i discretion of the jury, which suffrai
>ught to be the solution of a that t
knotty problem. Legislators, Ration
i ... . when
fer, are always pulling and Thur8
g at the laws and bringing out womai
hing new. Punishment for fled to
has two purposes: the pun- we w<
nt of the criminal and the de- pivon
it effect upon others, and the
sentence is considered the
?8t penalty, though It Is doubt- The
1 fact, if life imprisonment to coi
10 chance of pardon is not more anc* e
* punishment than infliction of (,uri"?
work.
sath penalty. For the nameless tjie en
against women, the death same
>.y should never be abolished, It has
law leaving it descretiona! fc?8*'01
South
the jury, in most if not all .
rata v
would have the effect of emplo'
ion of capital punishment safegu
:he one possible exception, and privatl
lews is of belief that such a
i far better than a total abolif
the death penalty. When reFed
are to be put into the penal- Nortj,(
irovided under our laws, the ruling
u6 |fuoi auuuiu come oacK into Court
i such oases as wife-beating, Ju<lRes
y to animals and lesser CO
fllct w
lodges
ry once in a while we hear hands
f the abolition of capital punnt
through a law to that ef- *
Gregor
ne of the greatest deterrents anoe a
more serious crimes might be for cot
ed. The law in Virginia un- judj?e
Itich discretion is -placed in the m
.v v. , . defer ri
rying the case has worked .
Is evat
hough in one instance a negro Ohio j
ried without jury or counsel calling
intenced by the judge to death,
vernor afterwards when the Ad
[tad become known commuting
ntence. There was tremen- Gerr
sentiment in Virginia at the P'ay
hat the negro had not had a ovpr
which
ial and comment was so free that tj
wo newspaper men and a law- having
are haled before the court for enemy
npt. It happens that the pa- t,irouK
if the bill to abolish capital
dltfere
iment is from the county in do or
this Incident occurred, though cernlnj
icular case may have had no This
n prompting Delegate Adams the al
.... malnta
roduce the bill.
conten
News believes in the efficiency jn ^ou
Virginia law as it now stands, Hun v
g discretion in the Jury as to tlon, *>
frritftM
?ath penalty or life imprisonis
not
for the danger of abuse of the havo a
ling power, which we hear so indign;
about, would leave a question can Gc
whether a sentence to life im- tenore
.. tm t i* hammi
ment was really what it
not dt
i ur icmuvai oi sucn a j como 1
t force might possibly nerve the en
iterially increase the number war w
>ital crimes and would result '
reversion to laws similar to
now in efTect. ** w
^ that S
PIOUH, BUT IiAZV. neRS b
town of Saluda publishes its niilitai
8 ordinance In the town paper, an ape
is what Newberry doesn't do. belitth
vberry Is like the Spartanburg
reputed to be very pious but
lazy, who. It is said, hung the States
i prayer on his bedpost and ago, *
night before turning in point- our 8
it and said, "O Ivord, them's
mtiments." offlc,al
vberry published a license or- c&r?lei
ce several years ago; since they *
she only points at it and calls piiahiE
e people to pay up.?Newberry otj,er
ver. ^ ^
ler towns than Newberry are
numbt
trly afflicted, for instance, havo i
ister. Many town* have a pro- men;
in their charter that no ordl- there
i carrying a penalty shall be ,h''ni
Ive until it shall have been
tatlon
thed in a newspaper or by nta.ntl
)llls. The latter provision is for a
d out in Lancaster, but it erB h
I be well to publish the license 8,1 m
h&8to
ance in a newspaper also, so as rf,tary
ve it the widest publicity pos- army
of th<
+ equip]
ay called it a grievous blunder iH an
comm
ashiagton but Garfield goes an ar)
on saving coal. ' we hi
:
r d ______
TUESDAY, JAM. 22, Itti '
^ 3
EMBERSHIP IN OUR
STMAS SAVINGS OU6
> in and ask about it
i is no cost to join. .
e women, married women, young
an join.
ied men, single men, boys and
:an join. Everybody, irrespective
, lll-w
caotsk. a. c. " "
SCISSORS AND PAST*.
1 M
Vo thing to Worry About.
t&rleston New* and Courier.) /^TT1\W
y discuss at this time the ques- f 111/ I
whether government operation
) railroads Is to De temporary _
rmanent? It all depends on
government operation during LOTO
erlod of the war turns out.
TL
Maybe Better Qualified. '
(Yorkvllle Enquirer.) ? a
, we are in favor of woman
ge, notwithstanding the fact
he entire South Carolina dele- fJtfl C
voted against the proposition __
It came up in the house last IviQTT
day. We consider the average -a
n as being as fully well quail- yOtltitS 4
vote as the average man, and ? gaggg
>uld like to see the women
the right to vote.
lOc Weekly 2J
Tliey Are Partners. For SO Weeks F.
(Charlotte Observer.) YOU WILLY
one consideration which seems HAVE
icern Northern manufacturers Ar
niployes is the matter of pay (
; the period of suspension of L_
The government thinks that TL* L 1
iployes should be paid Just the J lUflRj I
as if work were going on,-but
no power to enforce this sug- cffoYt IS
a. We take it that in the
house rent and fuel and pro ^ .
k'ages will be provided by the Lome in
yers and their work people
arded against as much of de- tdkeS 0.
ion as possible.
hould Be "Called Down."
Richmond Times-Dispatch.)
eral District Judge Kiillts, of
>rn Ohio, has defied a recent
of the United States Supreme ,ty ?
that the practice of Federal ,f' y 1 ~e 1
suspending sentences Involv- ^
nvlctlon of crime was in con- ??
ith the constitution, which ?
the pardoning power !n the War. It is an ar
of the President, by repeated- enforced by mill
srrlng sentence In the case of It is an army, hat
: embezzler. Attorney-General have been by bl
y proposes to meet this defl- there, that will c
nd has Instituted proceedings
1 tempt against the recalcitrant Twq
In the Supreme Court. Since
anifest purpose of repeatedly (Columb
ng sentence in the case cited ^ number of
lion of the court's ruling, the in South Carolina
ludge stands to get a severe PrIces of $1 a ye;
down. a year, a course t
been driven by th
materials and la
mlt* Weight of Hammer. Umeg |2 & year w
(Greensboro News.) too much as the
nan newspapers were able to ilrst rate county
very impressive indignation dollar a year cot
le speech of President Wilson, mistake from thi
leads us to the conclusion publisher reckonei
?e words of the President are 25 or 30 cents a ;
power added unto them. The the white paper, i
has abandoned, whether and that, therefor
h official decree or by Individ- profit of 65 or 7C
Itorial judgment, the air of in- that the number
nee to what America might would be limited
Its chief executive say con- ulatlon of readei
? the war. low he placed the
may be a healthy sign for little account of
lies. If Germany could have Not one publisher
lned her attitude of tolerant eration a cash in
ipt, we should have remained out which the pul
bt of our ability to rasp the newspaper at a
.ithout a deal more prepara- a preposterous u
ut the kaiser and his crew arc hono <? ?? ??'
- ??M|/n V V-UOl UIUOI
id. That 1b pleasant. There the difference be
hing more annoying than to white paper and t
n adversary indifferent to our the printed pape
ation and blows. No longer more, to collect i
srmany like the sleeping giant knew. The weel
the biows of the American Carolina during
?r. Perhaps those blows are has been of a
ivastating yet. but we will quality, consldere
to that; and in the meantime, prices to the subs
emy is aware that we are at it has been too i
ith hirn. been so good as il
Our (ireatwt of Armies. In nearly all the
(New York World.) Carolina the peo]
ras an impressive statement for K?nu'ne^> K?(
ecretary Baker made as a wit- oapa 'e men can
efore the senate committee on <>n,or ,hG buslnes
y affairs. He appeared not as to/^ ,f the rewai
logiat, but as a historian. He e by the n*8Kar
]ar o VPAP
ed no errors. He exaggerated J
hievement. Since the United '
entered the war, nine months
re have heard a great deal of WIHE AND
hortcomings. Here we have
data from which the most Nature
is of eltliena maw H?a ??l
... , . .. . Bill?I see tfc
vlll, proofs of national accom- . .
, ... . ., , . trunk contains
lent without a parallel In any .
__ , whereas a man's
country. How many of us re.
. .. , . t Jill?Well, yo
that the American army today , . . _
,.0o-Crt . old scout, that a
?rs 1,428,650 men; that we .
> i ., to peanuts wi
In the aviation corps 86,000 ,
...... . . . kers Statesman.
that in the engineering service
are now 120,000 men, many of
abroad, and that, notwith- His J
ng the difficulties of transpor- A certain magi
, we have in France "a sub- tation of being
al army." equipped and ready grants. One of
ctlon? Critics and fault-find- him charged witl
ave been many, but, Ignoring t?r he had plead
Intakes, most of them due to istrate put some
there can be no denial of Sec- which he answei
' Baker's assertion that "no "Have you an
of similar size in the history support?"
9 world has ever been raised, "Yes. your wo
ped or trained so quickly." It as Quick as Ugh
army one-half larger than that lng to where he
anded by General Grant. It is In the audience.
my Ave or six times larger than so that his wo-el
\d in the field in the Spanish Topeka State Jon
, l
Sc Weekly 50c Weekly fl.OO Weekly $2.50 Weekly
or 50 Weeks For 50 Weeks For 50 Weeks For SO Weeks
OU W ILL YOU WILL YOU WILL YOU WILL
HAVE HAVE HAVE HAVE
$12.50 $25.00 $50.00 $125.00
tow easy it is. Think, how\little
required. Think, of the reward.
i and ask about the plans, it only
moment.
THE BANK OF LANCASTER
Happy
: I
my that will be re- HE HATES HER KAIREK.
ions, If necessary. ???
idicapped as it may My Tuesdays are meatless.
uiiuo.n nore ana My Wednesdays are wbeatlesa,
onquer. I am getting more eatless each day.
My home is heatless.
Little Enough. My bed8' they are 8heetleB8.
They send them to the Y. M. C. A.
' a ate" My clubrooms are treatless.
weekly newspapers My coffee 1b Bweetlesfl,
l have raised their ftaCh day i am poorer and wiser,
ar to $1.50 and $2 My stockings are feetless,
to which they have My trousers are seatless?ie
increased cost of My God, how I do hate the kaiser!
bor. In normal ?Columbia Record.
ould not have been
selling price of a Aunty's Correction,
newspaper. The Reference in a Washington club
inty we?kly "-as a wftg ma(jG happy faculty that
p beginning. The gome peopie have of rising superior
ii ..0 y< ars ago that an emharasslng situation when
war would pay for anecdote was fittingly related
nk and press work by genator Lfie g 0verman of
e. he would have a Nofth CaroI|na.
i cents. He forgot gome Ume g{nce mUe neggIe wag
of its circulation ta}len_ Cn a railway Journey by her
by the local pop- y0ung aunf anti aunty's fiance. Evs
no matter ow ery^hing ran along as monotonously .
i price and he took ag aH rRMwnv ??m ?.- *? -
_ .. ? ayw UllVti tUO ilttlU
overnead charges. entered a dark tunnel, and then sudin
50 put Into op- den|y ^ere came the delicious smack
advance rule, with- a 8weet kl8g and the voice of a
bllcation of a good cbnd
dollar a year was "Oh, aunty," appeallngly exclaim- *1
ndertaklng. Per- pd lnnocent little Bessie, "please
: of the publishers klfte me tOQ ?
tween the cost of Some situation, but aunty was
he dollar for which nujte eqUaj to it. Before the passenr
was sold, ^ could break lnto a tickled titter
1 *bioh he never was calmly addressing the child,
cly press of South ?It ,g ,ncorrect to say 'Kiss me
the last 30 years tWQ . negB,e dear>" Ratd ahe. "You
surprisingly good Hhou,d
say, 'Kiss me tw ce.' "?
d In relation to phliadelphia Telegraph,
criber, but because
^
cheap It has never
t should have been. THE POEICEMAIf.
counties of South
pie will gladly pay The policeman's duties are so many
)d newspapers, but It would take a book to explain,
not be induced to And he performs them faithfully and
s now or hence- Is never known to complain,
rds are to be limit- He Is always neat In appearance, and
dly price of a dol- In answering questions, polite.
And is past master in settling dis+
putes or any kind of a fight.
The laborer works eight hours per
OTHERWISE day and six days In the week,
And if he works on 8unday "double
time" does he seek;
Provide*. And for work be performs after
tat an elephant's hours he Is paid at the union
40,000 muscles, rates,
body has only 527. Which amounts to "time an#, halfu
must remember. time" all through the UaNed
. man doesn't have States,
th his nose."?YonThe
policeman works whenever called
upon, which averages twelve
hours per day,
iupport. por ajj tbe extra work ho does he rest
rate had the repu- celves not one cent extra pay.
very hard on va- when you are at home on Sunday
these came hofAi-n
?? he may be arresting * crook,
h loitering. and af- while you sit by your fireside readed
guilty the map:- lnK an interesting book,
i questions to him. ^11 the good citizens of every city *
ed readily enough. should help the poor police,
y visible means of ^nd use their many Influences In
helping them get an increase.
Tshlp," replied Joe, They earn It and deserve it for the _
itning. Then turn- many extra hours that they fill,
perceived his wife And they need it to pay for the hl*h
"Stand up. Mary, cost of food and also the dochip
can see you."? tor's bill.
irnal. ?Anonymous,
I
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