The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 29, 1918, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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TUESDAY. JANUARY 29, 191S Califor
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ginnin;
SENTENCE SKIOIOXS. fhe 0?
Time i
A fool must now and then be right j ROO(j ]
by chance.?Cow per.
. the tal
Memory is the treasure and guar-|waa ^r
dian of all things.?Cicero. not yet
is a co
The letter kills, the spirit keeps ,
good r<
always in law and gospel.?Brown-j
ing. | re*ard<
and w
Learning without thought is labor birth t
lost; thought without learning is have w
perilous.?Confucius.
of com
Experience is like the stern lights 'nK
of a ship which illuminate only the things
track it has passed.?-Ooleridge. never
In t
Instruction does not prevent waste
of time or mistakes; and mistakes ('"'ons
themselves are often the best teach- constat]
ers of all.?Froude. living,
in the
Then* is a certain dignity of mannecessa
p.ers absolutely necessary to make
even the most valuable character nior,ow
either respected or respectable. countrj
Lord Chesterfield. in tinu
**" the wo
ED ITORI.ALETTES. sooner
would
When it comes to disappearin',
Concord, North Carolina, is right
there. crushin
^ sistent,
Well, the price is 'nothing to{niaking
worry about if you can't get the I The na
wood. j milltarj
^ j tic peo
We'd like to see a few million j Certain
dollars spent on the roads here-1 before
abouts. neither
* in the
This is no sign however that there cause t
will he no more pipe-freezing ' ntp a ]
weather. . ,
strongh
*
! nat ion
At any rate we had a bit of diver-!
bul'y n
sion trom the talk of fuel and food
nations
shortage.
^ associat
And still the conference at Brest- bfineipl
IJtovsky resulted in about what was s,ni(,in
expected of It. ,is 1
+ ,trically
Perhaps the Colonel also thinks It possibh
would be a good idea to eliminate traininj
the third term issue. the bel
^ and on,
Maybe Black Jack will come home! ()f stru
and the Washington newspaper cor- fighting
respondents will br*gin talking about with n
him. pact tc
* i w ar. J
Now that we are to have women . .
i to becc
lawyers in South Carolina we sup- j ,
(only w
pose we will also have feminine pol-1
quest
iticians. . ,
^ crusher
Mr. Chamberlain says he has no Thes
w 1) ich
personal feeling against the president,
but even so, we suspect he has t'vi,v
no particular love for him.
^ will mi
They tell us that Pershing's men j f(8*entli
are short of food, but. ten million *he
clav pigeons recently arrived. Which ^he 'a<
1c to say: They asked for bread and pssary
were handed a stone. now or
The News is not an enthusiastic '{ut
champion of any now ways of spell- crowde
ing, but does maintain that it is alright
to spell "all right," "alright." Nut
And now comes to us the Greenwood oned o
Journal which sanctions our view of Mayor
what Is well and proper and puts it reason
down "alright." ahovel
THE LANCAl
K BRINGS CHANGKS OF NO EVASION OF 4TA1
CONDITIONS. The News differs with
quite true that "Time Has papers in several States
it Many Changes." The pro- istitufionaj amendment
! Time applied to nearly if State rights. The recet
things constructive will work prohibition amendment 1
j which may not be brought forth much talk of "
sy any other process. We landmarks," and or "t
i that in ancient wars the cient sweeping the S
ants were well-equipped; so prairie fire." Missfssip]
equipment of that period i to ratify the araendme
They were, perhaps, as well second and Kentucky th
td as our soldiers of this day less The Ne' s lost sigh
Deration because the oppos- tion of one or two Stat'
ces had no more modern , ing. South Carolina v
s than they themselves had. Looking back over thai
rears ago the telephone was assume that the States i
business necessity because it of the aim ndment. and \
ver been heard of. Several take from the States t
go passenger trains were few legislate in and legleli
Dusiiioss expansion nad not liquor tratnc, it is still
I beyond local lines, and the the amendment cannot
bile was not known. People . until three-fourths of th
le times did business in by vote of their legisla
generally up to twenty is the thing they want,
way. Now Florida does busi- a uniform law adopted b
New York; New York in and who will say thai
nia or England or France, would not be improver
pective, to lead up to the be- laws relating to many si
t of the war), and likewise uniform in the different
I countries with New York. I The constitution ca
ivas when the oil-lamp gave amended by the action
light?eminently better than which must be ratified
low-dip and the best that eight States and to say
town. The electric light had invasion or State rights
come about. The telegraph other way of putting th<
mparatively recent invention; .argument that Statewide
aads are only beginning to be i*4 wrong because one se
>d as a business asset. Time, j State ought not contro
ith the passing of time the sections. The liquor tral
>f new ideas and inventions, j outlawed and is, or will I
rougM tin hanges?changes j amendment is ratified
litions of business and of liv- fourths of the States, n<
at have made necessities of issue.
of which our grandfathers *
knew. WHAT IS ADVERT
he constantly revolving con-! Pradstreet s says that
... ' r?f nil ??ll
unuer wntcn we live and "" muui?-s
it changing of the manner of vertisers. Taki"R
universal military training. Sertlon as a ba8,s ono
process of time, may become ,hat advertising is a pre
ry. No one can tell what the ?ucc<*?ful bualnesB. It
may bring fourth. If this Wannamaker; it made I
had been prepared for war Liberal U8uer8 of neW8p
5 of peace our entrance into t,sinK are not K"ner
rld-conflict would have come aP,onK fho falll,res' Ad
and our part in it. perhaps. 'a part?a w orki"K P*
have been more effective, but R*les-force. ?orks
would the principle under 11 br,n?s
we entered the war the t0 the atore and ,h" c,e'
g of militarism?been con- tho,n ThG advertising
had we all the while been rl?rks institute the
militarists of our people. | Adverti8i"K ,8 a nerGS8
, , . conduct of successful b
tural result of compulsory
... . .... . same as the clerks are i
r training will be a nnlitaris.
..., . ,. .. The most successful busi
pie or a militaristic nation.'
, .. in everv town and city i
ly it was never a necessity
.. . ... . .. . the newspapers?becaus
the present conflict though
. It increases their succesi
were aeroplanes necessary
... ... .1 c ? ? ? marks have been hough
War Between the States be.
. ? for money consideration
hey were unknown. To ere-,
, .... . . . have no value except thai
nation of militarists and so
? ... , .u . been given by advertisii
; fortify ourselves that no
... . . . . . The business failures
will dare antagonize us is to
, ... .. . ? .,? ? very large extent among
r bulldoze the less fortified
..... cj4 . . . do not advertise, becaus*
The United States and her
.. business methods requii
es will win the war on the
. . . .. . ing.
e of democracy and the den
of the theory that "might . T~ ! +
A registered man told
t." That principle is diameer
day that since he had
opposed to militarism. The
moned by the Uancastei
? necessity for universal , .
would rather go to the
? arises in the possibility of fo ^ (<> Lam.as(0,. for ,
ligerent nations dragging on oxamlnatIon._Spartanbu
torn and bleeding and weary We h&ye a sUspjcion ,ha
ggle until they merely cease |Hferpd man? (r none
C. with no end of the war. Watson He? hlmgelf> w
o agreement or world com- bepn to,d onre ?ved h(
, preclude the recurrence of ,,aye bpen unablft tQ flnd
luch is a possibility not likely mpnts gtandlng aKainst
>me real. The war will end therefore cannot undersl
hen Prussianism, world-con- gjBtanoe tG coming here
and autocracy have been |nation.
L . I ? ?
e are the conditions under T. .
Bud Biggs rises to a
we live?now. Time, and ac-' , , 4.
der and remarks that
during the process of Time. . ,
> \ smoke clears away Wooi
ring about such changes as .
be president and congi
ike universal military service
congress.
al to our well-being, essential ^
lasting peace of the nation.
Well, there's this co
et that it has never been neethe
worst comes and
cannot be used to oppose it
; wheat bread at all. cor
in the future.
come into its own.
LaFollette may resent being j *
d out that way. j The abolition of pass
j will materially reduce
then Bro. Gossett never reck- f?er traffic on the railro
n the possibility of the Hon. |
being not a benedict and by And yet many of us
of which he has no coal her when they didn't b
to be tagged. the small towns and ru
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*W0*>! :::*}\ >Wi 1 vrSTER
NEWS/ LANCASTER, S. C.
1 ' 1
*E RIGHTS. | _
many of the SCISSORS AND PASTE.
as to con- ? ?
obliterating "^k Cmr* of Newspaper*,
ltly enacted (YorKvllle inquirer.)
has brought ^ was keld some time ago, by in0.
. ... ference at least, that newspapers
State rights ? .. _ ..
were not essential to the efficient
he amend- con(iuct 0f the war. This, was in
outh like a connection with the question of al?i
was first lowing print paper the right of way
nt Virginia Jn fre,8ht traffic. But now this
holding has been reversed. In his
ird, and un- drastic fuel saving order. Administ
of the ac- trator Garfield took good care to
es in count- provide that newspapers should be
fas fourth. a,l?wed to use such heat as was necessary
in their production. And
t one is to i , ..
| now ine aoministrator arrived atil
ire In favoring conclusion is not difficult to J
vhile it may comprehend, for after the order was,
he right to prepared the very next question
.. was how to secure its promulgation.
ite out the , .
Without getting to the people some
a fact that information as to what was expect- H*
become law ed of them, the order was without Foi
e Stales say value. y<1
tors that it
It is merely Tlie Spies,
v all States, (Charlotte Observer.)
conditions That the German spy is still active
.. in this country and alert to his op1
were the 1
portunities is indicated in the disibjects
more r]rtslllos i>(>nt the attempts to instates?
terfere with the government's <ifn
only be forts to get the freight moving,
of congress From headquarters of the German '
spy system?it is to he supposed the
government knows where the headthat
this is quarters Is located?instructions
is only an- were sent out to agents through dif.
..,^.,1, fcrent n.irls nf Iho imiinlau
. .. jai suggestions as to how the freight
prohibition , ...
plans might be retarded. With the'
rtion of the ,.ap(Ure uf these letters, it is also to
1 in other be supposed, the government has
(he has been eonie into information as to the loae
when the cat'on of these agents and with this
information In its possession we may
))V | hi ooexpect
greater progress in the gen- ?
o longer an ora| WOrk of cleaning up these trou- ^os
blesome citizens. We are encourag- rour
ed to look for interesting develop- tjlos
IS1NC.? menta a,on? that lin? amp
84 per cent than
Where Itelavntion is .lustitled. mi ill
are non-ad(Charlotte
Observer.? citizi
streets asGeneral
Pershing sends informs- ol ''
to assume tj()n f)j. killing of three American cnn*
requisite to ?n?diors "in aetion." and there arej dmt
made John explanations in army circles as to; P''ob
lenry Ford. vvhat "in "action" may mean. The "lis
aper adver- <,''-a(M,S8'on leaves one much in doubt' mon
, '>n the point of particular interest to or P
ally found ... . .
the people at home, and that isi
vertising is n bother the men were rngaged in
rt of the actual battle with the
unseen ami should not think the suppression of ^
. this particular detail would he eitli-.
the people
or promotive or protective of raili-j gj
wait on f;,rv advantage. There is fighting! must
and the ahead of our men in Ur-'noe amlj jj,
sales-force, those charged with the sending out
ity to the news should he privileged to
... give all essential details. This is1
us in ess ihe , , , 4I 4. , .
one class of information that need'
a necessity. not ra|j for censorship of so strict
ness houses a nature, and it would appear that]
rdvertise in if affords room for relaxation of the| }
ie it pays. ru,e8- for il certainly could not mim
, come under the head of enemy inses.
Trade ,
formation ..
t and sold
Oh.
i, but they .
A Matter of Simple Justice. 1 n
t which has ? , , , v With
(Columbia State.)
ag. W
flovernor Manning in his message
aie to a p0into<1 to the increasing enrollment
those who of girls in the University. They
? successful number this year 53. A little ex- ?
e advertls- nmination will, we think, disclose! y '
thnt nearly all of them either live .
I for i
in Columbia or have relations or
Ms
friends in Columbia that make their p
us the oth- attendance upon the University's ,
iv. . . . hrok
been sum- classes convenient and inexpensive
r hoard he As a school for women, the Uniarmy
than verslty Is a local Institution con- ^
lie physical ducted for ,he uae and benefit of
_ , Columbia and from which the i,.,nr
rg Journal. ? t ",ar
voting women of other counties, by
t this leg- want 0f a building are ex- jURt
other than eluded. The whole State pays for Its t,-iu
ho we have maintenance.
ire. but we Legislators who deny to the
any Indict- University a building for women are
him and vo,,n|i: to 8UPP?rt R University for
Columbia girls and denying It to the 'or
.and his re- pjrjH 0f other counties. Refusal to
> for exam- admit girls to the University's ad- ' ]
vantages would be not short of nier
cruel and wanton injustice. And wat<
the injustice to the young women to c
point of or- Qf gouth Carolina who do not live
when the |n Columbia should be ended,
dy will still
ess will be I<ookinR to 1020. for
(Greenville Piedmont.) <?
If the war run on through 11(20, <|iat
isolation if w'1'(h ,H not Impossible, and Wilson ..
and Roosevelt, each seeking a third
there a no t
term, be the opposing candidates of row
n pone will jwo major parties, many men
who have all their lives voted either
the straight Kemocratic or straight
Republican ticket, will deliberate be- A
es doubtless , . Kitir
tween voting for the Socialist can- S,,1C
t hn nauoon
didate or Kolng fishing. Washing- a"P'
at^8- ton. the father of our country, had HOC'
many high ideals as to the future of *
hla country and they were larpelv "
can rememembodied
in Ms farewell address, last
"rn ooa' *n i As the years since his death have Is y
ral districts, grown in number, the influence of "
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THE BANK OF
"You'll Re Happy
If You Save."
1 ?
e ideals upon the citizens of this ma'am," r
itry have weakened. But, one of "No, we
e ideals, emphasized by his ex- ine to he ,
le In refusing to accept more Otherwise
two terms in the presidency. "Oh. I'd
has a strong hold upon the don't think
ens of this country. The force use it."
hat hold would he tested in the "What i
ingency specified above. And said his pr
contingency is by no means im- what coldl
able. 'The Piedmont believes pected a r
country has too many strong scandal,
for a Diaz to be either needed "Oarling
ermitted. ling."
+
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WISE AM) OTHERWISE. "We dn
teen.' excli
After the Proposal. minuting,
le?Yes, Jack. dear. but you Hut wa
t ask father's consent. crobes. si
B?You ask him. You know t"er"
better than I do.
______ the stuff w
<'minting Noses.
Vhat's that man doing?" _
'ounting noses, my dear." * suppc
Vhere's my puff? I gotta dab <,(,wn
?ome powder before he counts S"?' 'nf*
>"_rn?rl,>r..ln?rn.l *aVO hlm
trying to
A Dressy Job. Karnes. I
fair Bo-Peep, she tended sheep
a bewitching dress
i hair in curl 'moHt any girl ^
ould bo a shepherdress. rent wave
?Courier-Journal. cheeks enn
will last fo
Kafe. "Dear m
Istress (engaging new maid)? s>ng
say the last family you worked bairns.
A'ere Germans?"
lid (apologetically)?Yes'm, but ^
was sterilized when the war "I don't
e out."?Puck. that younj
but I'm afi
Evidently. high in th<
iss Howells?I wonder if that "Oh. yes
leman across the street cares to already be<
me sing? committees
er friend?Tie must, dear; he's
closed the window.?Boston
iscript.
Mother
i that you'ri
Doom in African Trade. afternoon?
rhe wrlstwateh has done much Frank?
our trade." got such a
Where Is your trade?" Mcttherit
is mainly in Africa. For- dock to d
?7 tuuiuu i sen a uauvt* n r mil K
because he wore no pockets the hands
arry It In."?Atlanta Journal. round It.
papa's lltt
Starting a Row. Rrftat (,eal
B ... . panlon.
Smith gave me a couple of seats
the theatre today."
Topping! I'll get ready Immeely."
"Horses
I )r? and n'r'ana vrni'll lr> limn f'lieSS V O
""' ? * ' hOTHOB 1
once. The seats are for tomor,,,
? . . licked th
morning.?Cassell's Saturday. . ?
thirty-five
"That's
at the t'liaurt'eur Was Not Called nuc){ <*i
chauffeur had applied for a po- from my y
>n with a new-rich family which ? fr
red to be considered "top-notch" turned th?
ally, and was being Interviewed anrt (lo y
the mistress of the house. storm so c
We call all our servants by their that I did
name," she announced. "What dog, only
our last name?" swim the
You had best call me Thomas, Lantern.
V, JANUARY 29, 1918
I OUR
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en, boys and
y, irrespective
m Weekly1 $2.50 Weekly
BO Weeks For BO Weeks
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HAVK HAVE
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nk, how little
)f the reward,
plans, it only
LANCASTER
eplied the applicant.
Insist that you be will
calloil hy your last name,
you won't do at all."
n willing, ma'am, but I
the family would like to
s your last name then?"
ospectlve employer, somey
and as though she exevelation
of international
, ma'am?Thomas Dar(iorm
Proof.
ink from the same canaimed
the old soldier, rusn't
you afraid of the miuggesled
his granddaughS'o
microbes could live in
e was drinkin", child."
1
? Foolish of Hi in.
)se your son broke himat
college football."
eed: the doctor said what
nervous prostration was
get his lessons between
loston Transcript.
Permanent.
can now have a permaput
in her hair and her
imeled so that the color
r years."
0. the poet of the future
of enduring young
Los Angeles Times.
ell Whitewashed.
object to your marrying
< representative. Emily,
aid he doesn't stand very
a political world."
4, he does, mother. He's
an investigated by five
1."?Washington Star.
no to the Clock.
(to Frank)?How is it
a late home nearly every
Well, no wonder; we've
big clock In our school.
?Why. what has the
o with it?
-'Cause It's ro big it takes
an awful long time to get
If we had a clock like
le one I'd get home a
I quicker.?Youth's ComTilars!
!" said the Yankee,
u can't talk to me about
once had an old mare that *
e fastest express on a
mile run."
nothing!" said the Cawas
out about fifty miles
ioubo on my farm one day 4^
Isrhtful ulnrm *
... -wi in up. X
? pony's bond for home
ou know, he raced the
lose for the last ten mllea
n't feel a drop, while my
ten yarda behind, had to
whole dlatance.?Jack-o'
.