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"My Country 'Tis of Theo, Sweot Land of th
of Liberty."
sesslt
h' RIDAY, FEBRUARY 1"), 1918! ,8,atl
I wisht
I ?f t.jt
SENTENCE SERMONS. I for tl
I 1 ! 1 trial
j Every man lias throe characters the s
??that which ho exhibits, that which provj
he has, and that which ho thinks ho
.... 01 do
i has.?A. karr.
of th.
We have more power than will; s'on*
' and it is often by way of oxc use to on'
ourselces that we fancy things tare those
impossible.?La Rochefoucauld. work
Th
The t'obb'd that smiles, steals
something from the thief.?Othello.
at al
Virtue is like a rich stone?best u|c|<
plain set.?Bacon.
said
His own character is the arbiter roa?8
of every one's fortune.?Syrus. and t
genet
Beauty is the index of a largei portu
fact than wisdom.?Holmes.
the r
And sweets grown common lost utteni
their dear delight.?Shakespeare. In
* misse
? some
EIHTOIt (ALETTES.
I really
cret
/ The Sunny South is redeeming itself.
+ A 1
How* Russia is living up to its ( (>l
reputation. 11
* I real !
A lot of people talk a good deall'ro,n
more than they say. | mom:
+ parch
Have you begun tp think of the stitut
old swimmin* hole? tarnu
?, slituh
If anybody believes the legisla- an(j ,
ture earned its money, please rise, order
" * b u r d e
Maybe the war department mere ..
J ruling
ly wanted Charlotte to wake up. It avoi(j
did- after
alrea<
The split-log drag is one of the
q aant
best pieces of furniture around the
and 1
house.
norm;
Maybe the torpedoing of the Tus-|,or
cania was that long-looked for "of- '
fenslve." m,n,s
* riousl
The legislature could have done of th
the State a great service by abolish- who
iug Itself. f?odsi
+ and c
Now that baggage is not to be most
searched perhaps there'll be two consh
quarts where there was but one. was r
+ lng ,
st There are so many candidates for Ryrrn
governor of South Carolina that it jieavv
^ a pity only one can be elected. j}lJ
* Una I
How mucli do you suppose a glass
systei
of beer would cost In these days ofJw
HO v% I
By-rocketing prices with a free
of an
lunch thrown In.
eeptli
A lot of boys joined the army be- *arrm
Iny"
cause they didn't want to spend the
house
balance of their lives explaining
t hey
why they didn't.
^ ! ton?
Pact is the newspapers would not
have been better off if the railroads from
had paid for their advertising in f<
real money. stock
^ ton h
A South Carolinian was arrested farml
ir Virginia the other day for lar- count
ceny, and incidentally it was learned farml
that he has five living wives. If he produ
has been getting by with that, he ton a
ought 'tiave little fear of the conse- B(-rtib
? -jmoflce^of, the larceiy^ charge. '
THE I
IN HISTORY. j forth all of the
itory may be recorded that "the essary, not alon<
general assembly of South tion, but for the
ina mot, remained in session 37 tions associated
and adjourned." That is near- Every farmer sh
that can be said of it, though inch of land he
as a remarkable session for foodstuffs.
it did not do. An article
more interesting might be
VIKW4 \ \ i
?n of what it failed to do rather J
of what it did. It was not in......
, , (There recent
d at the beginning, however, to paper reproduct
the session one of constructive from the Greens
., ...... . the senatorial
ation and that policy \\as li\ed Carolina and tl
i. The legislature did some niary election.
, . , , ...... .. I communication
table things, but jealousy in Leslie, S. C.,"
muse of representatives toward Greensboro pape
011 the same sub
enate prevented a reform" in News does not
tardoning power becoming law. gogue" is, and f
because the con
vise the senate stripped the readv been nrln
alian ballot bill of some of its ?
qualities. The ratification of Several days i
irohibition amendment was one a,ivt' to Senate
. . , .. approaching Sou
e creditable features ol the
election appearei
>n though in so doing, the leg- A,so re(.tMlljv (h<
ire merely acceded to the quoted John L.
>s of an overwhelming majority to himself, .Mr.
izens. The creation of a home I dlman as eaiul
. . , , . . . . . of ITlited Slal<
lie feeble-minded and an nidus- . .
know that in Ti
home for girls, the repeal of pot is ahva,
state income tax law and the ; where, but for
sion made for the state council, excitement, accc
fense are the most outstanding j ';,,<'h-eaii met
anil-dog antics. ^
e creditable features of the sos- , ... . .
behind the I'aim
In fact, aside from purely lo- a wealth of pol
ills of minor consideration, comparable to
bills constitute practically the types of them,
of the session. sand-lapper, 1'
...... . . and some who
e prohibition law was onlv ....
and tell you th
y strengthened, if strengthened are statesmen.
I. The "bone dry" bill was ings of North (
ly killed, and if anything was men is caused
during the session about good migendeied by I
, , Carolina leads 11
it was of little consequence ....
lina, but the e
iittiacted 110 attention. 1 he number of pollt
al assembly missed a good op- qualified to steei
nity of doing something for j he that ship hi
oads at a time when they need 1 S'??P or Just Ph
Lion. i 1 wi8h 10 set
| to the Hig Thrc
fact, the general assemble ....
j 1111 and Mlease.
d many opportunities to get in j .. , ? .
?>1 I . A/ t ' I 4(1 III 111
(rood work. bill nflnr oil I ...... ...
- - election oi lino
' did nothing that bring re- would be a s
In the future. from this we ini
of himself would
,? blessing. Perl
tlv\ li ItKLIKU?BI T WIIY? .
has brains. ! ti
igressmen Lever and Hvrne: lhink constructs
le farmers of South Carolina a lie life in Sout
nervier when they obtained e<ltial. His has i
? ....... .. vision. llis gra
rood Administrator Hoover a
| with wonderful
icaitou o, the orde. iring j{ nee<, thestinu
ase of equal amounts of sub- jje is no absorl
os with wheat tlour. .Many ideas.
us have a supply of the sub- Hut Mr. McLa
os. the product of their tarms thing vital. He
.. . science. Hut lat
o require them to buy more in
of Hlease. He 1
to buy flour was to impose a rode he nierely
n upon them. Under the newjer. He was a s
however, the farmer may j people in South
the purchase of the substl-utes jbetrayed them
... .. . .... I "Republican" fo
satisfying the dealer that he .
is fatal in Sout
ly has on hand a suffi ient ! herft <)ne |nust ,
ity of substitute foodstuffs isn't enough to
le may buy 70 per cent of his All factions, all
il consumption of wheat tlour j a|h?on-pure neuu
will forgive a ca
) days at a time. ...
| ir the decalogu
' expediency of the food ad-1 otherw,ae. but h
tralionte order lias been se-1 be like unto Caei
y questioned chiefly on an ount ! Laurin is doubtlc
e burden imposed upon thos< |i,s an-v' ,)Ut he
convincing the v<
were compelled to buy i inch ,
1 who once suppi
tulTs that they did not recuire j Inant W|,0 (|eeme
ould not utilize. The farmer in , had in the po
cases is supplied with meal in'muses with som
ierably greater quantities than' ",ns'<'?rs "u" (,<
j while champion,
equired under the original rul- .. ,
M | MeLaurin does n<
and Congressmen Lever anil tj(.s Gf jeadershii
is have relieved them of a man and Mr. HI
' burden. u'd no nilghty 1
t why should the South Caro- Campa'KnB a,lno'
not stirred men'i
farmer buy flour at all? By a ,
' er two have dor
matic diversification of crops jon abstract, hii
>uld be relieved of the purchase clear,
y food necessities, possibly ex- Many people 1
. ? , still wonder whj
tg sugar and coffee. Too few J
such control for
mr practice the "hog and horn- OV(jr guch a ^
doctrine and keep their smoke- He had it. The
s in the town stores, so that "Coley," as they
may devote more time to cot- him, believed
, wrong. The m
the money crop. A farmer Is
tion against him
ett.ng the best that is to he had mere appean
his farm unless he raises all to rabid fj-euzi<
jod required for his family and them an a\ira a
, and after this, whatever cot- him, a halo
...~n . . And. contrary tn
c v >ii ?cii cultivate, intensive _
following was b
ng has become a need or the f.d to thp waf?e
ry. as much so as extensive propertyless. M
ng. The present demand for land-owning fai
cts of the farm other than cot- ,aw an(' or('er- P(
... . , . .. . community, inan
nd tobacco Is proof of that asservatlve
townsn
n' devoutly by "(
sther season ought to bring wage earners .-in
. - n I
1 0r
tANCASTER NEWS, LANCAS1
food products nec- der his banner
a for a certain sec- Instinctively fou
nation and the na- they considered
privilege. They
with us in the war. K?,
wrong, but they
ould cultivate every right What m,
can cultivate well Just this. The
lug personality
was bold. He
had grit. His
? VIEWPOINTS. ilte?*.
J1 **ut the signs
, , deuce of his n
ly appeared in this now tUn . .. "
ion of an editorial old h<
boro Daily News on afTections of tl
situation in South fought too man
ie approaching pri- Perhaps doubts
Below is printed a ?n whati. .
signed ' Pedagogue, ? Aether he
addressed to the great, the
r giving some views drove Ira B. J
ject. The Lancaster justice of Soutl
oregoea ?'?
itnunica*ion has al- pathy to the nat
ted.) has greatly we
ing.
igo an editorial rel- Senator Tillm.
ir Tillman and the ,veBr8, may I
tii Carolina primary sPav"i'ied old hi
il in your paper. ness? as Mr. Mc
4 Charlotte Observer iN,? 'on??r does
McLaurin in regard I w,t'1 Pronged pit
Blease and Senator 88 he ,ives- I
idates for the oflice' reP''ese?t South
s senator. Now 1 j 1 n,ted States s?
ir Heelia the polltl- ,!on Til,nian hat
>s slmmerng some- of them all in
downriirht nolltiinl ,,,aJority of tl
) 111 paiiled by catch- ('aro,ina- tli
hods. aye. oven cat- paiens of lo,,K
sorth Carolina is far hpnrts of ,ht> >
etto state. You have ,hey hiive ,)PPa
iticians but nothing hofore nor si,,rp
our array of all them' nor do ih<
peanut, two-by-four, (,a-v ^he ('e"pc
no-proof demagogic, *>!S s,an,'P?'|it tc
will come right out U'MI he nio,e "
emselves that they "1P Kreat nui
No doubt the mils- onro '?ught I ill
'aroliua newspaper ',,lf now r*
by downright envy '}ioad man. An
the fact that South n,an" And he l!)
ot only North Caro- ,eal,y "agonal
111iro union in the "na 'las Prod
ical experts so well Hampton. He h
r any ship or state. 8tern consistenc
irkentine, schooner, ',u>ks, a idrongei
lin bateau. lhan Mr* BI<Jase
. . L , , palmiest days,
you right in regard ... ,
...... ,, | niKl respect or tl
ie, Iillman, McLau- ...
tration, somethi
not, never hai
has said that the doesn't \va114.
r Tillman or 151oa.se I)tnvn h?n. ,n
stupendous mistake. fh,,v n)ay be;U
lor that the election now till Dooms*
I be a stupendous king ,.in?. with Q
laps so. McLaurin oantf pranre up
" ?heer ability to -patriot" and
e!y no man in pub- cvery r?,e of fh
h Carolina is his Hhics from nu
lie power to see the |ingsK;i(e to |()|
iy matter functions (|isc.Us8 every tQ
imv. .3KMi, n"i uues down to the brh
this of other mimls. creek, but when
ber of other men s Grand Old Peep
Old State," marc
mrin larks some- register their w
has no political con- Kdgetleld. spav
tely he was an ally though he may
las no evil political like a three-yeai
lacks one altogeth- And then ther
enator once. Many weeping and we
Carolina think that and some hum
i there. He was too wonder how mm
r them. And that pie are going to
h Carolina. Down
be a Democrat. It
be merely nothing. SCISSOHS
classes, demand a
jcrat. Some voters ^ Hit Gf |
ndidate every crime (Charleston Ni
le. any heretodoxy It wa8 to be
is Democracy must (bat papers 1 ik?
nar's wife. Mr. Mc- j,une. the Kansa
>ss a good Democrat jioston Tiansct ii
>11 have a hard time Upon badgering
Dters. Many a man no matter what
>rted this brilliant undone, should s
,( hint > /?"?
.. ...... O .CT.J V.rtlil man J)j|| aS jUH
liticul field, now ?-s to undei
[)\v over what he
iwnfall of his erstIn
addition Mr.
it possess the quailI>
that Senator Till- I WHITI
ease have. He has H
hosts to victory in ! H I
nt epochal, he has H Q
b being as the oth- H tj
le. His virtues are H p
b faults too coldly ~
lave wondered, and H ~
' Mr. Mleuse had m O
so long a time, TO ~~
e number of voters,
men who voted for 8 ?1
affectionately call- *
lie could do no S
ost violent accusa- A
i fell on deaf ears.
uice th-ew them in jj
?s of welight. To ^
Imost divine envrl- ?
encircled his head. D
popular belief, his A
y no means confln- y
earners and the
any a God-fearing. . 8
rmer. exponent of *J?0
>wer for good in his
y a reputable eon- 12
flan, swore Just as r?T P A 1
'oley" as did the CJjEAJ
un
TSR, S. C.
flocked th086 who
ight against what
the classes and class 1V/T,C* l\/lD
may have been lYlEaiYllJ
believed they were .
jide theni believe It?
powerful, compell- 1 || |\ I A I If I
of Cole Blease. He A 1TJ
was audacious. He ?
"nerve" ... unllra- . Qomg fa fln
all point to a deca- TL. *
ower. He has not ' TICYC tS TIC
? once had upon the
,e, v?,er? H? ??" Single worn
y losing campaigns. _ ? ^ ^
assail even him as or old can 101
is the same Coley,
terrible Coley, who W/irri/)// ...
iones, former chief ITMuTTlCTl 111
i Carolina 1m io-nn. A.M- ? ?*
iiiiST hi, a?,i J"tUUlS CanJ?l
ional administration of age.
akened his follow,
. . Ittc Weekly 25c Wee
an is advanced in __ , ,,
. , , ror 50 Weeks 1'or .?<) Wcs
ae comparable to the
arse, dying in bar- ^ I li Ij \OtJ W II
Laurln has implied. HAVh IIANK
'IT, '<!""!">rt $5.00 ,$12.5(
chfork. But as long T
te so wishes he can
CaroUna in the Think, hoWCC
mate. Since l.S'.tO 7
i been the foremost /*/*
the eyes of a great ettOTt IS VeqUU
ae voters in South
ose ruthless cam- CoflI? IfI flfll/ I
ago be stirred the
reformers as never
made to palpitate tttkeS Of fflOfft?J
He is a god unto
sy regard his feet as |
tion of voters from
a that of Mr. Blease i Tl
tan counterbalanced
mber of men who
mail loom a mi nail. You II Me Happy
gard him as a big. If You Save."
(1 he is a biR. broad
i a builder, the only
figure South Carolured
since Wade > dence in President Wilson,
as the force and the'1'1111 l'ie President has a
y that McLaurin l)OWeis lo reorganize the
hold on the voters| bureaus of the government
possessed in his 'hey proclaim, that their c
also the confidence' ('one Kood, by convincing
lie national adminis-j 8?n that our war organizat
ng Mr. Please has a" that it should be.
and apparently Of course nothing can i
difference to these Jouri
the Palmetto state those for whom they spea
he tom-toms from however, a sufficient co
lay. make the wel- upon their present efforts
iratory. cant and re- credit for the introductio
on the stump, yell Overman bill to call attentl
slacker. liractice fact that w?jI1 over a vrvi
e campaign code of Ident Wilson asked congrei
id-slinging and bil-' action of precisely tlie
riy gontlcninnllness,' v.-hich the Overman bill
pic from the war David Dawrence, Washln
Iging of i'ersimnion respondent of the New
the voters. "The bune, points out that Presi
ml" of the "Grand son, anxious to eliminate
h up to the polls to the red tape which now (
ill. Uncle lien of eminent effort, asked cons
ined old Dobbin before we actually declare!
be. will romp home on Germany, to pass the
-old. measure:
e will be the usual "The President Is hereb
dllng and gnashing i/.ed during the vacation ol
try politicians will to take action looking to
h longer some poo- and scientific co-ordinatio
Mve* work of the various exec
partments of the governmei
is hereby empowered to
AXI) PASTE. amj jf deemed desirable, t
date bureaus, divisions, o
teoent History. other governmental actlviti
ews and Courier.) der that duplication of sei
expected, of course, he abolished and extravag
? the Chicago Tri unnecessary expenditure e!
s City Star and the A report shall be made to
pt. which are bent Kress on the first day of
the adminiatrnttnn session thereof or.
it may do or leave under the provisions of
ei/.e on the Over- Hon.
tifying their recent This proposal was brou
inline public confi- vote in the senate on Jai
I
I BARBERS COURTED
SEVERAL (JOOI) REAS<
YOU SHOULD PAT
Latta D
FIRST?I want your businec
r]
SECOND?If I give you b<
deserve your busines
TH
THIRD?
This Shop is Up to Date ar
I
We have just received a seat
for our regular barber chairs fc
convenience of the children.
N TOWELS j SANITARY ME1
I
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918
ERSHIP IN OUR
AS SAVINGS CLUB
\d ask about it
> cost to join.
ien, married women, young
n.
on cinnr/z) mr. r* finno ??iJ
Vll^ Wtllgtc IfXJJfO UKU
n. Everybody, irrespective
kly 50c Weekly! $I.OO Weekly $2.50 Weekly
i*ks For ."><) Weeks, For 50 Weeks For 50 Weeks
i L YOU W I U I- YOU W I U I. YOU W I h L
HAVE HAVE HAVE
) $25.00 $50.00 $125.00
I | j
isy it is. Think, how little
red. Think, of. the reward.
isk about the plans, it only
nt.
UF RANK OF I ANf A<HTP
sr SERVICE
DNS WHY o
RONIZE XJ
rber Shop ? .
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is. r~i~
riLvrs (jool). ri ? 1
5tter service I ?
is. A |
AT'8 BETTER. 2 9
w I
id Sanitary. ? 9
THAT'S BEST. L R
, as an attachment q S
>r the comfort and M S
CHODS HOT WATER 1
lillk VTA Uiilivnuilili
The fuel 1017, and rejected by u single vote,
sked for The public cannot be expected to
various keep track of everything of this sort
is proof, in a time when so much is happenlamor
has ing; but it is clear that if the senate
Mr. Wil- had not blocked Mr. Wilson thirteen
ion is not months ago much of the red tape
about which the senate has been
make any complaining would have been elimuals
and inatcd long ago.
k. It is.
mnientary ,\n Abomination.
to claim (Greenville IMediuont.)
u of the Tj,e action of the State senate, in
Ion to the killing by a vote of 20 to 17 the bill
ago I'res- for air-tight prohibition, fastens on
*s to take south Carolina for #nnih?r * <? >?
sort for quart-a-month abomination, unless
provides. tiu> exigencies of the world war
gton cor- should bring about national prohlYork
Tri- bition. In its refusal to pass the
dent Wil- air-tight bill tlie senate did not remuch
of fleet the will of South Carolina. The
logs gov- quart-a-month law has been tried
;ress even and found wuntlng and in no coun1
war up- fy, ecept Richland, has it worked
following with worse results than in Greenville.
k
y author
' congress Tlie Way to l>o It.
a proper (New York Commercial.)
n of the Our best chance to win this war
lutive de- lies in letting President Wilson act
it. and he the part of commander-in-chief of
transfer, the forces without interference. As
o consoll- Senator John Sharp Williams causffices
and tically remarked: "If the Presies,
in or- dent l.- n't brains enough to run
'vice may tliia war, we certainly can't give him
ance and brains by act of congress."
liminated. +
the con- Tuscania Torpedoed,
the next London. Feb. 14.?Thomas J.
ion taken McNamara, secretary to the adthis
sec- miralty, announced in the house of
commons today that it had been esight
to a tablished that the steamer Tuscania
tuary# 24, was torpedoed.