The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 19, 1918, Image 1
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VOL. 23. NO. 35. SEMI-WEE
SPLENDID RESULTS (BE
PROM FIIPI flRMR
atvua a VUU V1M/IJ11
Gcr
Dr. Garfield Says 480 Ships d
Sailed With Supplies for
Troops in France.
PATRIOTIC SPIRIT SHOWN G
self
Americans Made Sacrifices, Na- ^
tional Fuel Administrator was
Says, Which Could Not Be her
bolsl
Compelled By Arms. from
Pc
New York, Feb. 18.?Some hith- <iuen
erto unannounced details of the prov
causes and results of the five-day In- tnry
dustrlal suspension and heatleBS consi
Monday order were disclosed here <
by Fuel Administrator Garfield In an ful
address to the alumni of Williams shat
College. Dr. Garfield's theme was *
the spirit of America and he praised be *
the people for the tranquility with awaJ
which they met the economical *nK 1
crisis. the 1
As a result of the closing order, vir*u
ur. Garneld said, 480 ships, carrying
more than 2.000,000 tons of man;
food, fuel and munitions and other Palm
war supplies, which had been tied m'lit
up in Atlantic ports, were bunkered h'ds
and sent to sea from January 7, the Repc
day the order became effective, to whic
January 29. A normal number of over
ships only remained at anchor, he that
declared, and the flow of supplies foetl
necessary to the American expeili- aide
v tionary forces and the allies had
been re-established. tral
In addition, the fuel administrator ^IfMV
continued, the railroads were closed nre
for import shipments of steel and Haw'
other important commodities to fac- A
tories, without which the most es- lnvo
sential war industries inevitably ?1
would have been closed, but not in oxpe
an orderly fashion. ture
Increase in Trade.
~ thizi
Dr. Garfield called attention to the .
a rch
fact that the nation's foreign comatioi
merce had increased from two bil- arp
lions of dollars in 1913 to nine billions
of dollars and said there had ( ^ '
been placed on the railroad little *1,IS
more than one-half of the number of !M"
locomotives needed to care for tlie ''"n
increased xtruffie, the remainder be- "''s
ing sent to France and Russia.
repr
Almost without exception, he con- j?(
tinuod. the manufacture of war ma- ^pj,
terial was at its height about the nia_
first of last December. Then came
\ iicni
the worst weather the country had sj,PV
experienced in twenty years. The yj
railroads found the struggle against
over-production and blizzards too ?? much
for them, the administrator TEv
said, and some relief was necessary.
"To cite a few of the most important
articles" ?ai,i Mr
"the shipment of steel plates essen- l^?st
tlal to the building of our ships fell
off nearly 50 per cent during the
period from the beginning of December
to the middle of January.
Downward Plunge. j,(
"The plotted curve of weekly rouI1
shipments of all steel products looks jn t
like a great picture of Niagara, the gatu
first of December marking the be- 0?f|0
ginning of the drop and the middle ^
of January the bottom. Had this
ner
decline been permitted to continue.
our most essential war industries ,r,
1 ha \
inevitably would have been closed,
but not in an orderly fashion. Cooperation
demands the share of (|. j
losses as well as gains. Noteworthy
coun
that the upward trend was resumed
for the week beginning January 26. th(
"The fuel administration, believ- , .
ded
Ing In the democratic ideal, asked .
5.
not that some, but that all partici- , ..
of tl
pate in the sacrifice necessary to ^
save us from our own prosperity and ,
. Lane
the American spirit arose and as- T}
Ituolf
? tend
"The reaction of the American preS(
people in the face of the greatest ooun
crisis which this generation has been wlt.h
calico upon to face proved that they (oar>
Wfirp triiA InKorlt ^9 *w" a? ?
> ?*V ??uva iiVi a UI lilt* rtllirn- 11 oil
can spirit and practical advocates ma)j|
ot the principle of democracy." (he
serai
f>|)|?ose Amendment. ucatl
Columbia, Feb. 18.?Many of the
Judges of probate of the State are I
desirous of being heard by Governor Ca
Manning on the bill tightening up of k>
the regulations governing the Is- rejec
suance of liquor permits before ex- pora
ecutlve approval Is given the meaa- toral
t rq. I hise
IE LAW
KLY. LANCASTER,
WI^SHOPTOFPEAOWWE
LIKELY TO BE SHATTERED BY
many Has Suddenly Found Herself Involved it
'ifficulties on the Russian Front?No Big Bj
Being Fought in Any of the War Zon
Sir William RohpHcnn
irmany has suddenly found her- Cermany decided to
Involved In a tnaze of difficulties operations against R
he eastern front and in danger tude of Austria" wt
>sing all the large benefits she fluenced thereby. T
calmly preparing to realize from to mean that Aust
peace with the Ukraine and the leave Germany to
heviki withdrawal of Russia alone In north Russii
the war. hopes to keep up c
>land, that land which so fre- the Ustrograd govt
tly in the course of history has while is not clear, I
ed a thorn in the side of mill- P?tch declares that E
conquerors, is threatening to that very thing, h
titute herself the rock on which diplomatic relations
jlerman hope of peace and gain- However, all the cer
expansion in the east may be *n agreement over 1
tered. Kmbittered by the tear- 'a declared.
>fT of a strip of their territory to In the west, whi
:iven the Ukraine for breaking situation at the fr
r from the bolsheviki and sign- signs for the momen
i wiiii me central powers, yona the stage of raj
Poles are In what appears to be bombardments and e
ally a state of revolt. of major operations
en the very weapon which tier- men massed for
y and Austria were at such there has beei
J to forge in the hope of deriving marked Import:
ary benefit?the Polish army? the hi?h command c
fair to be turned against them. entente side of tl
>rts in the German newspapers, Thus, London adv
h express dismay and alarm the retirement of G
the Polish situation, indicate liam Robertson as cl
the Polish legions, now an ef- ish imperial staff a
ve military force, are on the merit by Major Gei
of the prevalent Polish sent!- Hughes Wilson app
t of bitterness against the con- that something app
powers. The situation has Red general staff wa
n so serious that the military supreme war counc
patrolling the streets of War- session at Versailles
ertson. it is revealed
ustria-Hungary is particularly 8en* to take Genera
lved in the difficulties, because r,s RHtlsh military r
lie prominent part which it was "u> supreme war 001
cted sfye would play in the fu- ?hicf RtafT "with
government of Poland. The inference being
sh elements and those syrupa- ei ai'thorlty has bee
rig with them in the dual mon- Premier Lloyd G
y are up in arms over the situ- endorsement of par
i and further internal troubles received the other <1
threatened It would appear, ha
lining to the north, it already ",e military
been reported that Germany 'v an<' ,ua<'? R r?t
>oses resuming military opera- 80 niany have
i against northern Russia, and aPPa,cntly was endo
report gains color by the an- 8ft"'?8 council, that
icement that the commissions control ol
esenting the central powers at ,u'<>8, General Rob
ograd have left the Russian 'v was not w'R'nR
al and passed within the Ger- P'an* 80 a''le soldier
military lines. The probable v/'*hout a*iy queptii
nan purpose to attack the boi- ra'8e(' as to 'lis abil
iki is also indicated in a ,0 8t<-P down and 111
11a dispatch declaring that if other.
VCHERS' MEETING TO NINE MEN GO r.
BE HELD SATURDAY JACKSON
fleeting to lie HeUI During |,a*t of Lancaster's
sent Scholastic Year ami Will in ('amp Witlii
lie Lai gc One. ycw |?,
blowing is the program for the Movement of dra
ity teachers meeting to be held Lancaster county is
be Central graded school next am, durinR the nex
rday, February 23. at 11 ba1ance Gf the com
(.b
be sent to Camp Jar]
Singing of Star Spangled Ban- yet 54 to be sent, ai
by the audience. will go tomorrow.
Invocation by the Kev. James () w Connor. I
rer of the First Baptist church. Charlie Caskey. WII
Address to the teachers by ph|ulp8 w
Leroy Springs upon the subject Vt..r.
.Mm ic, vn*urK? Oltt
unior ited Cross work in the Hancock
ty.
- . . . . # The local board r
Solo by Miss Lucy Jones of
. . . , .. tions this morning t
musical department of the gra- ?
, fifty men found qua
ThOOl. . W I s
...... . . , . cal board for special
Patriotic address by the mayor
,, . service to be reexami
tie city, Hon. Itoach Stewart. . .
... ... . , ? 'cat advisory board ii
Chorus by the girls of the m. . *
. . . . , Monday. These will
aster high school.
.... .. . ,. day to report at the
lis is the last meeting of the . .
..... , . .. cul board at 8 o clo<
lers to be held here during the , .....
.... ... morning and will lei
ant scholastic year, and the
ty board of education, together ? U,n a'
the teachers and officers of the
lers association and the associa- I>KAI.KK SQCAKKS
of the trustees of the county are MY KKD
Ing unusual plans to make this Columbia S O
most successful and profitable _
.... ..... ... . South Carolina wl
on within the history of the ed
lonai associations of Lancaster. *ave ,ne ,te(1 t't"0""
___________ for $460, representti
U*fuse Women K'ght to Vote. charges on sugar. 7
ipe Town, Feb. 18.?The house 1st rat ion agreed not
saembly by a vote of 54 to 39! license If he would
ted a motion In favor of Incor- and he gladly accept
ting a paragraph In the elec^nlty. This announce
I reform bill giving the fran- by the food adminii
i to women. did not give the nam
CASTER
S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1918.
WEST IS NOT THE PLACE~|
poland TO START ECONOMY
n a Maze of
itties Are Saving at Expense of Educaes>
tional System False Economy,
Swearingen Says.
resume military KECENT APPROPRIATIONS
Russia "the atti
juld not be in- Superintendent of Edu
his would seem **
ria intends to cation Discusses Action of
fight the battle Lawmakers at the Session
a. Whether she
onnections with Just C losed.
Mnment mean- *
but a Sofia dis- Columbia, Feb. 18.?"Economy is
lulgaria is doing aiways justifiable, but economizing
aving resumed ^ public schools is of doubtful
with Russia." vajue in the present crisis," said
itral powers are j0hn |R. Swearingen. State Superin.he
situation, it tendent of E<lucation, in a short review
of the eleven items on public
le the military education contained in the general
ont |shows few appropriations bill. The large mat
of passing be- jority of acts appertaining to the
Ids and sporadic common schools, stated Mr. Swearinnterlng
into one gen, apply to local schools. He [
by the millions thinks this tendency on the part of
attack and de- the legislature is unfortunate, in .
1 a development that it makes the general assembly {
ince regarding "a quasi court for the settlement of
>f the forces on local issues and controversies wilhhe
battle line. out a judicial investigation of facts."
Ices announcing Mr. Swearingen's statement, the
ieneral Sir Wil- forerunner of several others on the
hief of the Rrit- State's system of education as afnd
his replace- fected by the recent legislature, folleral
Sir Henry lows:
art*miy indicate Sweartngen's Statement,
roaching an al- "The tendency to encourage local
s created by the s(.)100l legislation Is unfortunate. It
11 in its recent makes the legislature a quasi court
. General Rob- for the settlement of local issues and
. would not eon- controversies without a judicial in1
Wilson's place vestigatlon of the facts. Most of the
epresentative on local measures will not become acincil
nor remain cessible to the public until the code
limited power." commissioner can compile and edit
that some high- tj10 statutes for 1018. District
n set up. trustees interested in any one of
eorge, with the these local laws can procure a copy
liament that he from the secretary of state by remitay
to back him, ting the fee for transcription,
s grappled with "County superintendents, trustees
situation bold- an,| teachers throughout the state
lform with the ;,ro making many Inquiries about
held, and which public school appropriations. These
rsed by the Ver- pi opriations cover eleven icons a?
there should be follows:
I the allied ar- pural graded schools $187.r?00 (
ertson seeming- equalizing funds for r.eedv
to tit into the sohoo,s in districts votthat
he is and a? oigtit-mill tax... 100,000
on having been n|ph rtchoo,s 7 5.000 ,
lity, he lias had extending the school term 60,000 .
ake way for an- public school buildings... 50.000 (
Night schools 10,000 |
?Teaching of agriculture . . 10.000 (
Public school libraries .... 5.000 t
ro C AMI? School Improvement Ass'n. 2.000 ;
TOMORROW St ate Board of Education. 2.000 (
Teachers* registration and (
< mployment bureau. . . . 2.OO0
(Junta Will Be
n the Next Making a total of $508,600
"This total falls $57,500 below f
l^s" the estimate submitted by the State
? superintendent to the ways and
fted men from committee. Economy is al l
beginning again vv 11 Vs justifiable. but economizing in (
t few (lays the "|n public sehoo's is of doubtful '
lty's quota will value in the present crisis. (
cson. There are "Not a few school rooms are withid
nine of these r,ut teachers today. Young men by
These are: scores have been called from the
. class room to the camp. Hundreds
L. Ihttman, ,
., ,, of young women are entering gov- *
ham 1$. t'astnn ,
(, Tmylor JeiT fM'nim'nt service or are undertaking '
., ' . 0 clei leal work with better compen- *
Mings, Fred S , * . i
sation. The average salary received 1
by women in the public schools dur- *
eceived instruc- jnc i 16-17 was $349. Fortunately *
0 send the first f|)p thfi chndren> teaching has at- s
lihed by the lo- trafte(j niany of the finest, best v
lim.ted military 0(jUjppftd young women of the State. 11
ned by the rned- j,u( wnr ^.-ires of these stren.i1
( olumbia next |MJ9 times are compelling teachers to
be notified to- ^OPj{ better paying positions even
office of the lo- fi,rugh the work in such positions i? c
k next Monda\ ||()f p() p?^.asant or attractive as the v
ave at 8.55 for j,ard job of teacliing. t
"Ten of these eleven appropria- s
tions are made under statutes pre- a
SKIiF viously enacti d. The State super- (;
t'KOSS ('HK('K 'ntendent hopes to discuss each ap- P
Feb 18--A ProP'iation separately in a later ar- _
ttcie. The eleventh Item, providing q
tjolesale dealer # , , ?
for a teachers registration and em- b
societ> a check pinyment bureau, has been requestlg
the excess ed by tha State Teachers' Asnocia- w
'he food admin- tion and provides for a long needed b
to revoke his service in the schoolR. Any teacher e
take this step holding a valid certificate Is entitled e
ed the opportu- to register upon the payment of a w
ment was made fee of $1. Superintendents and o
itratlon, which trustees seeking teachers will be s
e of the dealer, given reliable information upon re- r
News
SUBSCRIPTION $
AVERAGE PRICKS HAVE \ ANrA\T
SOARED 75 PER CENT
Washington. Feb. 18.?Av- OVFR 1
erage wholesale prices have in- " " 1^1% I
creased 75 per cent since the
world war began, according to
a review made public by the Reports Not
Bureau of Labor Statistics. South Cai
Most of the advance has been ^ .
within the last two years- ear *
From January to December
of 1917 the wholesale prices of RED ("ROSJ
farm products increased 39
per cent; food, 23 per cent;
clothing, 28 per cent; lumber, Dr. Riser Th
27 per cent; drugs, 60 per . . o .
. . . V\ . isters, Sch
cent; housefurnishing goods,
37 per cent. Almost the only t hildren a
relief afforded the househol- jn ('an'
der was 10 per cent decrease in
fuel and lighting. Metals and
metal products decreased ^ The sale of
per cent. mas seals in
Retail prices have fluctuat- been a great
ed at a relatively lower level are not yet in
than wholesale prices. Dressed show that 850
poultry and granulated sugar sold. It is tho
only of twenty-eight import- reach 900,000
ant foodstuffs show as large in. Had it not
a percentage of increase in the conditions the
retail than in the wholesale ceeded 1,000,0<
prices. sold in Lancasl
Lancaster, 10,
~ * Van Wyck, 50<
CARRY OUT THREAT WITS
means that L
TO INVADE RUSSIA SOTS!
The success
due to the faitl
Because Iiolsheviki Fail to Sign thusiastic wori
Peace Compact Kuns Cross w,atP In Lani
lowing had cl
the Dvina River. their respectiv<
most places \
BOLSHEVIK! CAPTURE KIEV ?rh0.01 !lhi'dren
Dr. L. T. Gregi
Miss Annette (
Austria-Hungary is Left to Dea I)r A- R
of the camp;
VN it h I roblcms Ncur Homo stato takes th
the (Germans Confining Ac the editors, m
tivity to Northern Territory. ,IS and rllll(,r
shows, and th
and women an
With Russia in the grasp of in- tht- valuable a
ternecine strife and her battle line thanks tho?e
ilenuded of men as a result of the tions through
pence declaration of the bolsheviki, sent out from
Germany already has begun the car- Pamplots fo:
r.ving out of her threat of invasion schools will bt
because of the failure of the bol- out the state:
dieviki to sign a peace compact with will he put on
(lie central powers. A dispatch in homes whe
from Merlin announces that German tuberculosis; (
troops have crossed the Dvina river, will he sent to
Reports eminating from Sweden as many as 5<
say that the Germans have begun other plans are
pushing forward their troops into fight against
Russia's two remaining Italtic prov- Plague."
Inces?Ksthonia and Livonia?the
taking of which completely isolated BAD MARK
Russia from the shores of the Maltic ^y
?nd give the enemy, in addition to
the port of Rdga, the city of Veval,
situated on the Gulf of Finland on- t..? h..?i
nil * '
posit e Helsingfors, whence thoy Criminal
easily might operate against Petro;rad
by sea.
Although Austria-Hungary had
;ho\\ n dissatisfaction ovci the stand Greenville, ?
hat Germany has taken toward pora| jcarj it.
Russia, Hie dual monarchy evidentl> 105th militarj
las been placated by a promise ol \|ai?lon. N t\,
'Sertnany that any (lertnan militarj ^ n(,ra| oour
i<ti\ity will be confined to northern jn;(j jnt<,rit ;n j
Russia, and Austria-Hungary left to . j of.-tf r on
leal with what ver other problems Corporal lit
nay arise in the territory adjacent aut0mobile wb
o her borders. driving, and w
ltelated dispatches from Petro- , ;.t the car.
;rad tell of the capture of Kiev, the am| struck the
tew capital of Ukraine, by the bol- <i?.r, inflicting i
heviki. The fighting is described as poral Huitt 1
laving been ot' an extremely san- against tiustin
quinary character, 4.000 persons marksmanship
laving been killed nnrl ?ev?r..i o<?"
i>as returned t
and wounded. Great destruction
ras wrought in the town by shells MOTIIKIt FA1
nd explosives dropped by uviators. GIYEF
? Spencer, N. (
Manning at Greenville. \ ance brown,
Columbia, S. C\. F>o, 18.?Gov- d,ed at her ho
rnor Manning was at Greenville, here Friday n
I'here he addressed the men at sustained early
'amp Sevier Sunday. "Father and 'vom which sh<
on Day" was observed at the camp s<*iousness. M
nd Governor Rye of Tennessee and 'rom the bari
lovernor Manning were the speak- Btopk early in
ra. Mrs. Grown um
. having bruised
nest. No sort of commission can the fall, and
e collected from the registrants. A child born t
"Payment of applications on file accident to the
Mth the State superintendent will One other chih
egin in March. Trustees nr too? v...-k^?.1 ?
r? interested in any one of these rents. Mr. and ]
leven items should confer at once known citizens
'ith their county superintendent in in Davidson c
rder that he may file with the State will he held Ru
uperintendent any delayed papers Davidson, by
elating to any district." Mocksville.
12.00 A YEAR
ER SELLS
12,000 SEALS
, Yet All In But
rolina Has Sold
v a Million.
3 IS THANKFUL
anks Editors, Minool
Teachers and
nd All Who Aided
ipaign.
the Ited Cross ChristSouth
Carolina has
success. All reports
but the reports so far
,000 seals have been
ught the number will
when all reports are
been for the weather
sale would have ex)0.
12,213 seals were
ter county as follows:
300; Kershaw, 808;
); Lancaster R. F. D.
0 sold by letters sent
lumbia office. This
ancaster county has
Tor the study and preerculosis.
of the campaign is
hful efforts of the enters
throughout the
caster county the foltarge
of the sale in
1 communities and in
vere helped by the
: Mrs. Leroy Springs,
Dry, Mrs. J. A, Hyatt,
'raig.
iser, who had charge
tign throughout the
is means of thanking
inisters, school teaclien.
moving picture
ie above named men
(1 their assistants for
id given, and he also
? Iiw arm cull 11 1IIIIthe
"dollar letters"
tlie main office,
r use in the public
* distributed throughpublic
health nurses
to visit and instruct
re there are cases of
harts on tuberculosis
all schools which sold
10 seals, and many
on foot to help in the
the "rlieat White
+
SMANSHIP IS
OURT'S VERDICT
rporol Acquitted of
Intent in Firing
;ld llullet.
5. ('., Feb. 18.?t'orIluitt.
comnntiv it
' police, a native of
has been acquitted by
(-martial of any crimlie
shooting of a ntedDecembor
2:>, last,
litt tried to stop the
ioh the oirtcer was
hen it continued, lirThe
bullet went wild
1 driver in' the shoult
slight wound. Cortas
been cautioned
g so much to his
in the future, and
0 duty.
?+
I\\I,I.Y HVRT;
1 BIIITH TO CHIJiO
i to ? ?
riTu. is,?Mrs. /.en
aped about 30 years,
me on Third street
ipht following a fall
that morning and
p never regained eonr.
Brown returning
? where he had fed
the morning found
ronscious on the floor,
her face and side in
convulsions followed. 5
tome hours after the
mother is doing well.
I, two years old, and
..l..A V ?U * ?
?i*r, urniuo!) ner paMrs.
J. H. Grubb, well
near Grubb's ferry
ounty. The funeral
nday at Smith Grove,
Rev. Mr. Pry, of