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PffcE FOUR . TheLancasterNews i (SEMI-WEKK LY.) Established 1H5J2. "" " ???????????? Published Tuesday anil Friday BY THE t! LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. e kuirtwkr, S. C. ? GEORGE BULLA CRAVEN Editor and Managoi' ! Q i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: C (In Advance.) bl One Year (2.00 Six Months 1.00 \ 63 jqi Entered as Second Class Matter | October 7, ia05, at the Postottice at Lancaster. S. C., under act o? Cou- ti gress ol March 3, 18 70. ?? The News is not responsible for the St views of Correspondents. Short and 1 rational articles on topics of general a interest will be gladly received. j g< *4y C ..r'r, T ; T! ec. Sweet Land 1 - til - _ _ ^ FRIDAY, FERRUAKY 1, 1918 lh ar SENTENCE SKIt.MONS. bl Who hearkens to the gods the in gods give ear.?Homer. j I wi Staled by frequence, shrunk by ] usage into commonest commonplace, i by Tennyson. ,l0 gh Hold knaves thrive, without one ^j, grain of sense. 1 But good men starve for want of | impudence. ?Dryden. , ce ca The less tenderness a man has in Wf his nature the more he requires of 111 * others.?Rahel. wl The difficult part of good temper consists in forbearance and accommodation to the ill-liumors of oth- 1 ers.?Empson. lai sa; We always weaken whatever we , i exaggerate.-- La Ilarpe. ho The soul of man is larger than the lo sky. Po Deeper than ocean, or the abyssmal j SP( dark j ^ Of the unfathomed center. ?Hartley Coleridge. 15:0 + | die KIHTOItIA LETTEs. up I (Jo "(lermany's Hangman"?that's a ce? good name for him. ' he + | is Even at that, "bog spavin" is not j the worst of ailments. , jj0 " * ! go They tagged it: now the ques- j I lin tion is, will it stay tagged? ^ + Mr. McLaurin might have said that he would run if conscripted. + ra Maybe Senator Chamberlain just j ot' didn't know himself and didn't be- '5'! lieve that else knew. i or j St, And many o' 'em found only sti when too late that they couldn't va buy a cigar on a Doc. Garfield day. pr pk The German people probably are th beginning to realize that what other Or folks believe of their government is jj, true. de + ofl If the Colonel chafes because lie's (j. not in Pershing's place, let him _ I chafe?we want the men to come ex back. |w + , oi With a million and a half ready j and more getting ready, it doesn't i se look like the thing is "broken down." I , i 1a + j ^ Our scouts report that it is their, ' observation from excellent scouting1 S( points that Newt. Baker la a much bigger man than he was a while 111 tr ago. ? I = Taking all things into considera-1 tion we believe Secretary Baker has i 11 ! handled the proposition about as ; well as if he had pleased Senator!*' Chamberlain. + C The Spartanburg Journal says it h can say what it thinks of the weath- ? er in two words: "It's ^ One Is naturally to assume that the ' word "hot" was not intended to fit' n in the blank. 1 ? >- .... t THE LANCASTER N 'IMKJ SPAVIN" AND THE SKNA- way. A stupendous blunder surel TORIAL HACK. would be made In electing one a "Should I go on the stump this fllcted with "Inertia," in these perl ummer, I shall unhesitatingly sav OU8 times, to the United States sei hat I regard the election of either ate. It would likewise be a stuper i-Governor Blease or Senator Till- d?us blunder, exceeding: stupendoui lan as a stupendous blunder." to elect one openly opposed to th So John L. McLaurin. or South nat,onal administration in the cor arolina, says In a statement in the duct of the war' "to obatruct th harlotte Observer. Stupendous po,,c,es of Woodrow Wilson." lunders. it may be said by way of to strengthen LaFollett cplanation are quite stupendous. and a 'llttIe group of w,Uful 8ena alte frequent, it might be added. tors' who are doing a" ln thel i political campaigns where fac- power to hamper the conduct of 1 onalism has a greater batting War upon whose re8ult d-Pends th rerage than the welfare of the future not only of but ? ate. The party may possibly make man*?nd everywhere." It would bstupendous blunder in selecting a a 8tuP do"8 blunder at this perlo, jvernor; likewise in electing a of the war> in whirh every man 11 nited States senator. Mr. Mc- every State has a part' for Soutl . Carolina to send up a now and in aurln s conception of the term may ? different from the construction experienced man to take the im hlch The News puts upon it. It is por,ant p,are held ln the Unite( very broad assertion, to say th.> S,a,es congress by Senator Tillman ast. when it Is known that * ough Senator Tillman is feeble in TIIK POSTMASTKH (IMXKItAli. >alth, he is a very useful man in Maybe President Wilson doesn' e senate; his service to the State consider that the fault in the presid nation has been great. It is ?nt postal system lies with Postmas tite possible that a stupendous ,(,r General Hurleson. Maybe il under might bo made by displac- doesn't. Put the service is bad; g such a man with "untried tint- 1 ,,at 'R ,){ul 's witnessed all ovei r," even though he be not afflicted country, not in any particulai th "bog spavin and the heaves." section more than another. The "Senator Tillman is incapacitated postmaster general, it is to be as' physical weakness for the stren- sumeij. is the man to remedy the deus work now required. I am fccts, and improve the efficiency of id to be able to say that I am ",p service from time to time as ciricerely sorry for this, and in spite cumstances permit. It is to be taken the unjust treatment that I re- ,or granted that the president has ived at his hands, were he physi- Mr. Burleson's ability to nelly lit to perform the duties, I compllsh this result, by reason of ?uld rise above personal resent- latter's renomination for an>nt and say that he should he left other term by the president and conlere he is." firmation by the United States senThus ex-Senator John L. rumin- a,e mm men auer nuuaing such 1P08lBI service la leas etllcient pretty little house with pretty at present than it has ever been, iguage. he knocks it all down by an<' most people believe that Mr yi 11K: "This talk about 'dying In Burleson s effort to [tut the departrness' is all rot. A broken down m?nt on a money-making basis is at rse 'dying in harness" is cruelty '',R expense of the service, though animals." The ex-senator was there may be other causes, not ssessed of a stupendous grouch, it Known by the public, for the miser?nis, when he sauntered tip to the able service which has been expe stropolis of Mecklenburg to dis- rienced for the past several months rge himself of his views, and he | 'be president, however, must nol 1 not confine his remarks to bog fRR' that Mr. Burleson is responsi avin and the heaves, for he set hie. or be would not have renominex-dovernor Blease and shot him a'R(' him for another term. wn several times, and then pro- * , , . . . ? . . .... . It AKhilt At gi lTS HIMSKIiF. sded to blow off his own political , . .. ,.0 , .to.. Because Secretary Baker didn'l ad, towit: "So far as the State , .. ... ..... tell the world what he was doing concerned it will establish more .... ,. . . criticism was heaped upon him. Th< nily than ever the present fac... . . .... News has maintained that the wai nal lines, and whoever is elected ... .. . . department was competent, and vernor will necessarily have to . . .. .. while it did not know in detail what e up on one side or the other. ..... . . ,, was being done toward equipping ns I absolutely refuse to do. ..... ... .. . . .... an army for service abroad, it has Which is to say that by elinnnat ? himself from the gubernatorial felt that "?omethinR wa* *olnK on-' ce. the possibility arises of an- Mr" Baker'8 aPP^rance Monday be her stupendous blunder, either on fore the 8enate mi,itarV committee , ??... ... ... .... ,. ., ., and his statements as to what hai < part by thus eliminating himself, ... . r ,u i ? .. been done is reassuring. It wll . on the part of the people of the ..... u- . rru 'curb the criticism that has beer ate by not electing him. These * . ... , .. flung indiscriminately by those wh( iipendous blunders are quite pre-! . . , . . . . ., .. smarted under the secree- whlcl lent in our midst, it seems, quite ... ... t ? . ho.s very prudently been !t part o evalent. Mr. McLaurin makes it . , . . .. ... the administration's policy. Whili a in that he considers it a certainty , . c . m,11 , Senator Chamberlain and Colone at both Senator Tillman and ex? ... ... , .. 'Roosevelt and others have been en >vernor Rlease will enter the race. , , .. . , .. ' gaged in mud-slinging, the war de p considers it a stupendous blun-j ?r to elect either, hut he does not i fer the name of a prospective can * date whose election would not be j y CI 1 I 1 stupendous blunder. Perhaps the J -senator has a card up his sleeve * lvJX hich he proposes to play at the K iportune time. Who knows? 9 , ? There are three barriers to good I ^ miiQ, piC! rvice in the senate?bog spavin? S 1 nation of simp leaaism and "inertia." The two p^ps^ tJiat js kno st named the most fatal. The 9 n r? ^ 1 , , ,.k ? M 5 Syrup Pepsin, takei ews does not agree with Mr. Mc- .? i aurln that Senator Tillman is so J Will afforCl grattfl 'rlously afflicted, though his health Wl tllOllt ITripiIl lay be feeble. Sometimes people go JJ >o fast and get arrested for speed- B ig, and those afflicted with "inor- 'S a" never accomplish anything. * t is necessary sometimes to hold a m I* XJL D heck on law-makers. Senator * J Jl verman once said in a speech that M The s fie beat work he did In the North N ?? B arollna legislature was not the SOLD BV DRUGC iws he passed but the laws he and 3 ome others kept from passing. 'ou can sometimes Judge a man by rhat he does not do. But you can- ^ tr,a' I**1'? can ^ obtain , . . ~ ' g Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 457 W iot Judge ex-Governor Blease or ^ ne afflicted with "Inertia" that ! ? ! / aU ? % V EL* ' ' f BW8, LANCASTER, 8. C. ly partment has gone right along ??? f- equipping a vast army, and while' 1- facing many obstacles, has accoml plished in the short time since the i- beginning was made more than was 9, expected. 1 .^1 P ,e Mr. Baker has answered his criti ics, which is more than they deserve ed. The News does not hold that L?Oi * no mistakes have been made and rpi e does not suppose that Secretary * ? Baker entertains such belief, but it r is quite likely that the war depart- i3IF1 a ment has profited by them. And for ^ Qy e these mistakes it cannot be said that f Secretary Baker is wholly to blame. Mc e Tie was advised in what he did by i the best military authority of the yOtltfl a country, including MaJ.-Gen. I-eon- g\f IVI U? I The charges against the secretary j(>c Wcekl - of war and the war department were v"or 50 Week I too flimsy to be considered, but hav- YOl' W I L! . ing been considered have been HAVE thrown out of court. $5.00 t President Wilson didn't get Count TL * L - <"zemin's speech but it is not to be * fllflKj - taken for granted that the president , t missed anything. dfUfC Narrowed down to a point of un- Come . derstanding Mr. Roosevelt's visit to _ Washington was not very success- tCLR S . ful. + A political upheaval in Germany may be different from those we have in South Carolina but no fiercer. r * "You'll t Meatless days used to depend on You S whether you had tlie price, hut times have changed. * Edward." SCISSORS AM) IWSTK. There were J who fancied the United Sti A Livestock Millionaire. onf war that (The Wilmington, N. C.. Star.? unite-?-on accc The Star yesterday listened to an ments in tl interesting story concerning one man overlooked th in the South who has already he- that a war ol come a millionaire because of the together the s j livestock vision he had as a pioneer at odds, that I in the business. lie started busi- part of the < . ness on borrowed money and .took tip." That a two years to make payment of a pass, note for $.100, but he paid it with one ear interest and the 'man who loaned anything but u him the money says he must now he Federal am - worth close to a cool million. He . is yet a young man and is right in!|? living the livestock campaign for the J |iVles Who South. He hopes some day to see| Dccei the South exporting cattle, hogs and , packinghouse products to every ^ country in Europe, while they are: <>n <vn j , . , 1917, the dea . endeavoring to recover from the home and tool * little boy. These United States. i Wa h->,i Q u??i (Columbia State.) He was our jo Soldiers of Pennsylvania regi- We loved him menu at Camp Hancock, sons and 1,?r soon he s grandsons of Federal veterans, par- j8 ^ark w ticipated last Saturday in the ob- Lone,y arfj Ql servation at Augusta of the birthday ? .. r or the one ? of General Lee? which was not an ? . Has forever p incident unprecedented or remarkable. It would be difficult to find in God needed o the South a man who does not honor Amidst his sh the memory of the Pennsylvania And so he bei soldier whose name the camp at Au- And clasped 1; gusta bears. When this great war shall end,|"ft 's K?ne hi animosities that grew out of the Never w'll his War Hetween the States will have Sw?ptpst thou j about so much life left in them as Around the gi i have those between the Scottish and hard to 1 " j English peoples that had their birth ^vhen love h" , when "Wallace led" against "proud 1 hard so I ??????????????? word, 1 rv \ c w? must fore rht Relief >111- lvvIlVl ? Go to thy ro8 . . * 5 In ,hv Ki'ftve istipation s we w?u,d n? Bryan, For thou are asant-tasting combi- i^vin* le laxative herbs with S ijcttkiw <7i wn as Dr. Caldwell's g , - i i STATE OF i just before bedtime, g county ll relief next morn- J E- at g or other discomfort, g whereas w H Huit to me to g Administrate aldwell s 3 p M ^ These are, Darvoin " admonish all I CDolll S drod and cre< II (caned, that t 'cct Jsdxative 'ore me, in th 5 he held at L m a# ?ISTS EVERYWHERE licatlon therec ( ) $1.00 forenoon, to 8 _______ have, why th should not be ed, free of charge, by writing to Given unde ashington St., Monticello, Illinois day of Januar 30-2t-Frldaj ^ f FRIDAY, FEE MEMBERSHIP IN O tlSTMAS SAVINGS me in and ask about it. ere is no cost to join. igle women, married womt I can join. irried men, single men, < s can join. Everybody, in e. y| 25c Weekly 5<>c Weekly 91.OO We 8 For 50 Weeks For 5(1 Weeks For 50 W< r> YOI' W I L I. YOU W 1 I> I, "U)V W I HAVE HAVE HAVE ,$12.50 $25.00 $50.0 , how easy it is. Think, i is required. Think, of the in and ask about the plam a moment. THE BANK OF LAF ie Happy ave." infatuated Germans and predicted before BUSINESS ites entered the pros- < its people could not 4> + + 4> + + + + H unt of the diverse elele population. They ,OK WAIJC?Piv< e rather patent fact niilk. W. M. f defense would weld Route 1. eetions that had been ? the people of every Hl'Y THAT CHI ountry would "close stop the waste i lready has come to W'R <1? the worl lets. J. II. Ma es to remember now , . . the valor and virtues' DR. w. S. iioi.i; il Confederates. siclan, Surgeon at Gregory, He uiory of Little Hrynn Hfa^les. Rhone Departed This Life ? t.her 17, 11)17. ??'V A HICYCLK ride. Cost you pay the cash, uing of December 17, . ... and at the old th angel entered our orell K from us our darling FOR HE XT?The le treasure once, Cunningham ar y and pride, formerly occu| ah, perhaps, too well, Robinson for a lept and died. Apply W. J. Cu ... . , 30-2t-np. Rhin our dwelling, ir hearts today, 'e loved ,o dearly. NOTHINO nun assed away. house on a d flash light. N ne more angel child, wind can hi inning band, alwav? ready. it with loving care, Mackorcll. Ittle Bryan's hand. ? ? . , FOR SAIiE?Fift it not forgotten, ? . , _ - . ? acres of land. .M m . h"r?? "> ghta win ever linger tenant. rave where he la laid. BtDok SHua,e >reak the tender cord. miles from Lan is bound the heart. aPPly W. B. PI narrt, to apeak the " WANTED?A goc ver part. 8ent u* in l'anci counties to t little Bryan, Granite Monutn so low. of cemetery wc t call thee back little good propositi^ man. Owen Br at rent we know. Oranlte Co., Q Father and Mother. TAKKN UP?A Bt i ADMINISTRATION. premises. Owr by paying for SOUTH CAROLINA. and feed bill. ' of I>ancaster. Heath Springs, ewman, Judge of Pro. B. Twltty has made WANTED HIDES grant him Letters of ja jow but cat i of the estate and ef- pounds cow hi< . Bell, deceased. mule hides, goa therefore, to cite and hides. See m and singular the kln-j Capua Cauthen lltora of the aald dohey be and appear be e Court of Probate, to NOI ancaster on 16th day ? 1916, next, after pub- All water renti >f, at 11 o'clock In the 0f each month, how cau8e. If any they 10th a discount ie aald administration be allowed, after i granted. ter will be cut ol r my hand, thla 30th An extra charg y Anno Domini 1918. made for cutting J. E. STEWMAN, water. R r Probate Judge. 29-2t. / y . IRUARY 1, 1918 UR I CLUB p '.n, young boys and espective I okly $2.50 Weekly jek* For 50 Weeks TTT you w l h l HAVE 0 $125.00 how little * ? reward. s, it only ICASTER I ? + + + + 5 NOTICES ** s cows fresh in Morris, Lancaster, 27-3t-pd. Ll> a SLATE and of tablets. A slate c of a hundred tabckorell. 26-lt. V, Veterinary Phvand Dentist. Ofllee od Live Stock Co. 226, Lancaster, and pay" while you i no more than to So easy that way price. J. B. Mack- * 26-lt. front room of the id Hough building pied by Pressley number of years, inningham. rKK around the ark night than a To danger of Are. ow it out and it Is Come see one. J. 26-lt. y to one hundred Also several two. r standing rent to can furnish own d two or three caster. For terms lyler. >d man to repreaster and adjoining sell Marble and lents and all kinds >rk. We have a >n for the rlaht others. Marble and reenwood, 8. C. .ray rod cow on my ler can have same this advertisement J. Y. Hammond, Route No. 1. 30-2t-pd. ?The hide market i use about 2,000 ies, horse hides, it hides, also sheep e before you sell. , Lancaster. S. C. 30-4t-np. ricE. s are due the Arst -?> If paid before the of 20 percent will which date the waff. ;e of $1.00 will be off and turning on . 8. HARPER, Supt. , | I