The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 19, 1918, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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TheLancaster N ews
(SBMl-WEEKLY.)
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Published Tuesday and Friday
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^ incllnit
" My Country "Ti(* of Then. Sweet Land nillldetl
? the me
TUESDAY, FEB. 19, 19IS.
. | ccmpla
' order, i
SENTENCE SERMONS. j ingratlt
(the ne1
He is only fantistical that is not they
in fashion.?Burton. transpo
paid re
Were we as eloquent as angels. jng. i
yet should we please some men ami ,.overnI
some women much more by listening
.u ? a <i i ? ? ~ there Is
than by talking.?Colton.
vertisir
In all your dealings, remember though
that today is your opportunity to- under
morrow some other fellow's.?G. H. a need
Lo rimer. advert!)
ever,
I would be virtuous for my own comes 1
sake, though nobodv were to know I . A,
than tr
it; as I would be clean tor my own
sake, though nobody were to see me.
?Shaftesbury. Food
amount
Temperance and exercise are the papers;
two great preservatives of health, had hai
and the art of reconciling intemper- eontribi
ante and health is as chimerical as I.. .. ,
; the i. J
the philosophers stove, judicial astrology
or the theology of the al
magi.?Voltaire. I newspa
f> | people
| newspa]
EDITOR I ALETTES. | causes
cheerfu
The editors might retaliate by !
staying at home. j
4? alongsii
Whenever they start eating oat- jjavo 'jc
is another time they may count us they fe
ou^* "pass."
It hai
Have you forgotten the old times |jn;l |h,
when they talked about war with togethei
Mexico? a polioj
" * movent*
The old way is such a perfect fall- ??
r propaga
ure. Mr. Burleson ought to try airships
for carrying the mails. j no
~~~ . savings,
The legislature passed 208 bills
other n
during the recent session and at
ment d<
least eight of them were worth
would
while.
+ j Me A rlon
As a matter of fact it had as well ornm,'n
be accepted that at least one of the j1
gentlemen is going to be elected ' f>n"% 1
i new .-pa i
governor. | 11
. +
And so Russia goes back into th?i T
war. This war will never be over j Histo
for any of the nations until Germany i Alpine,
is beaten. j ginning
* cents.
Candy without sugar is approved fln(j j
by the food administration, but that
death <
is like eggs with the yellow and I)r p
white removed. . .
ing ph]
village.
After all, the restrictions placed
times i
upon liquor permits by the recent
of very
legislature puts most of the trouble
genteel
on the probate Judge rather than
old so
the man securing the permit.
ly. anc
The Greenville Piedmont came to 1
us the other day tied with a bow of ,or s< 1
upr vIpp
green ribbon. The Piedmont is generally
one of our most highly appre- anf' in
elated exchanges and of course will a
be more appreciated done up In per- <le(' ,h
fume and ribbon. h,t<1 us
^ some t
"Ollie James put some real Ken $1.25.
tucky ginger In his attack on Cham- inR
berlain but the speech was no hot- hot w
ter than the Oregon man deserved," accoun
observes the News and Courier of 'rom I
Charleston, Kentucky ginger? We sta.rte?i
didn't know they'd come to that In year,
Kentucky. new f
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THI
I EDITOR AND HIS PASS. tions much g
ctor-Deneral McAdoo in can- Gorman I
all contracts for railroad ad- Pitts, went t
tg with the newspapers on a inception of
9 exchange basis shows a dis- malned seve
n on his part to Ignore the the trouble <
es the newspapers, especially two accounts
tie weekly, bi-weekly and tri- Dr. Hennesse
newspapers, have made to Alpine. Mee
se the interests of the gov- store of J. I
it since the war began. It two men bru
i a woeful ignorance on Mr. ing. The d
o's part of the value of co- made him b
on. the newspaper with the did it purpos
ment. It is but natural that the store oug
>f the newspapers will cancel him to pass v
ontracts with reluctance and him down,
is natural that they will feel and a fight I
e patriotic call for space by brother of G<
i departments of the govern- The fight its
though not attributing the suits, but D
o the government, but rather story goes. w<
ig to the theory that narrow- turned armc
ness may be found even in armed themsi
n who run the government. lowed in wh]
News is not one of those to were injured
in of the director-general's shot, Erwin s
except from the standpoint of Dr. Ilennesse
ude. It lias always believed wounds in h
Aspapers would be better off despaired of
bought and paid for their {his dogged c?
nation and the railroads j will pulled 1
al money for their advertis- Pitts died a
lut The News takes note of Asheville lios
nent control of the railroads: nessee's renii
< no competition now and ad- was tried in
ig is not so necessary, murder of G<
there will come a time, even j acquitted liin
government ownership, that I defense. He
will bo felt for newspaper pine and res
<ing. The government, how- the impressio
needs the publicity which trouble was
through no channel other The last
le newspapers every hour in Hennessee st
ay. every day in every week. Glen Alpine
conservation would have turn from a 1
ed to little but for the news- j other part ol
liberty Bonds would have i turned the e
<1 sledding without publicity; |tion to take
utions to many war reliefs, j he received
1. ('. A., the Red Cross, would 'close range, ;
nounted to much less, it thol bullets were
pers had not informed the! Garfield and
of their purposes. What the j charged with
pers have done in these! are brothers <
however, has been done The curtair
lly, and many of the men con- fer they hav
with the newspapers have in|'eud will hav
1 contributed to the causes '* . to he sup
ie his fellowman and tjiey hut two lives
g'.n.l to do it. Nr.:"rally j the battle em
el the taking away of their | really did not
Who blames them? I both sides wi
I
s been hinted in North Caro j
at the newspapers may get; POOR
r and pledge themselves to j The Lancas
r of silence on all great | to be unders
mts; refusing to print any place the blai
nda sent out from Washing- J for the delay
from agents elsewhere; giv-jto its subscri
space to Liberty loans, war; vice is poor c
selective drafts and many I scribers in tl
latters on which the govern-j Lancaster coi
?sires publicity. Such policy plaining with
be the logical result of Ml. on dally occ
's action, and. with the gov- in receiving t
t paying for the space it ises, 'week, a subs
lpon the amount it has re-j 1 out of Wax
ised, would be a boon to the to the office
per business. | rearhed him
^ .ten o'clock.
IIK >\ .-\\ OF ,\ Kl'KI). | the tlrst comr
iry may record that "the alont with
North Carolina, had it.- be-j,ions- Tuesd
over the sum of sixty-five in the local
It hits cost one man his life|near ^'ve o'
the suspected cause of the noon, and thi
of another. Five years apo ma" on Wa:
A. Ilennessee was a practic- have receivec
fsician In the little mountain morning, via
He was quick-tempered, at the Seaboard
ibrupt In his manner, a man at *be latter
strong likes and dislikes, but leaving of t:
I and polite?a type of the Certainly it t
utherner?fearless, absolute- subscriber 1
I quick to take offense. W. 'lay) mornini
? was a merchant. The doc- v'ce provided
it him a bill for professional tlon of I-anc
? to a menioer or the ra:nily, lty M'vl*rai 11
return. Pitts sent the doctor Lancaster an
for merchandise. He had ad
e hire of a mule which they We're wil
icd jointly on a mountain trip lotte retains
imp before, the amount being an easier ti
The doctor objected to pay- away from
e item and the two had some, take Camp C
ords. The difference in the lotte.
its was sixty-five cents, and
this the feud Is said to have Believing
I, smouldering year-after- philosophy. 1
kindled at times by adding has led itsell
uel until It assumed propor- here.
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S LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C.
;reater. I
>itts, a son of W. D. i SCISSORS AND PASTE
o Tennessee before the
the feud, where he re- Who Is Represented?
, _ (YorkviUe Enquirer.)
ral years. Soon after
.. , , _ The killing of the prohibit!
jver the mule and the , A
does not so much mean that
between his father and Carolina is against prohibitioi
e, he returned to Glen means that South Carolina's
ting the doctor in the sentatives have never been n.
D. Pitts, an uncle, the realise that it is their busin
. . . , represent South Carolina,
shed shoulders in pasaoctor's
quick temper
,, 4. Jealous?
elieve the young man
, . A%_ . ' (Richmond Tlmes-Dispatcl
ely, and remarked that ? A
I 0?cr"uirjr uanieia iooks
ht to be big enough for | Charleston, S. C.. as the A
vithout trying to knock seaboard's choicest port for a
rho fire began to b.aze station and rendezvous for fl
followed. Erwin Pitts, vessels. Without intention
little Charleston's undoubted
arnian, took a hand. .. . ..
its. one may ask if the secreta
elf had no serious re- investigated fully the claims c
r. Hennessee, so the Richmond, sometimes knov
snt to his home and re- West Point, on the York
id. The Pitts boys Port R,chniond CHn outmatch
leston point for point as tc
dves, and a battle fol- . . . . ,
water, strategic importance,
Ich several by-standers ness of operation and general
, Gorman Pitts fatally ability. It is a location favoi
jeriously wounded, and nature, and its possibiliti
e received seven bullet hereby respectfully common.
the secretary's careful and
is body. His life was . ,
consideration.
for several weeks, but
>urage and indomitable Nmi Committal Policy,
lim through. Gorman (Greenwood Journal.)
few weeks later in an The editor of the Greenville
ipital. After Dr. Hen- Piedmont has been sick for
likable recovery. lie weeks with grip. Upon his
T, , to his desk he makes the stai
Burke county for the
that there were so very man.
iriuan ruts. t tie jury cjsms upon the non con
i\ on the plea of self- policy of the editorial pa^e t
returneil to Glen Al- felt called upon to say that
limed his practice and due ,0 *',e ^ac? ,ba* b(> bad n(1
on the job. and that the woi
n was general that the ,
been done by others. It seen
over* readers of the Piedmont wer
day of January, Dr. loss to know what had produci
epped from a train at wonderful change but the:
about dark on his re- found out bv ,his ,hnP ,hat th
... , . with the same strong conv
lisit to a patient in an- . ...
and with the courage to <
the State, and as he tjiem S(jj| lives and that his
orner of the little sta- remains unchanged.
a buggy for his home. We do not believe that an;
ten bullets, fired from wt,hout convictions and the
hood to stand bv them, eai
*nd died instantly. The .... . .. .
mnnd that admiration and
<>d *n b's back. ;h;,t one who has backboi
Aaron Pitts are in jail Tli's applies not only to the
his . murder. They of a newspaper but to men in
of the man he killed. walks <>f ,ife' 11 is ?,roof ?r ?
, , . ter ami of real manhood. Lor
I will be rung down af- ... .. ,
the editor ot the Piedmont
e been tried and the express and to stand by his
e ended. The debts, it tions.
posed, will go unpaid.
i were sniffed out and Hoiv It ls?oks.
[led without a decision. (Charlotte Observer.)
hing that will bring re- IIow does Washington look
II have lost. ?ut the saloon? Just the su
^ ever, except a change of signs
i.iiin mi* lesiaurant nas tan
MAII, SRIIX ICE. place of the corner establlsl
ter News does not wish the hotels have been surprised
food as attempting to d?ve>?Pp'? "^d of the roon
merly used by the bar for an
ue upon any individual . - ,. . ,
sion of their dining room fac
in delivery of the paper 8ome 0f the smaller saloons a
bers, but that the ser- ing the soft drink busine
:annot be denied. Sub- ,herp ia one which has bee
.. , , verted into a cider factor\
ie northern neck of J
press operated in sight of th<
mty have been com- ,ng throng8 hundreds of who
a regularity bordering tn to sample the attractively
urrence of long delay tised merits of "pure apple
heir papers. The past The side wall of a towering b
., ... .. which once confronted the
criber living on Route
pants of a hotel with an inv
haw, N. C.. complained fo fry a certa|n popular br
that Tuesday's paper | whiskey, now proclaims the
Friday morning about of a "little pill." Several
This is by no means prominent saloons are
, . . , ... .. going alterations for other pi
daint from that section. ...
and the city has accepted the
those from other sec- 8,tuation as a protty go0(,
ay's papers were mailed after all. especially in view
postofflce somewhere fact that the people are pormi
clock Tuesday after- keeb II(luor for private use.
s subscriber getting his
xhaw, Route 1. should REASSURANCE.
I the paper Wednesday ??
Catawba Junction and 1 truth you had fo
me
to Waxhaw, arriving ,n abaenpe and Jn ^
place before time of apart,
he rural mail carriers. And unconsoled my soi
ihould have reached the heart
the following (Thur.- Wh,,n 1 m"",t "* ''on once ?'
face see
g. At its best, the ser- Nof Jn thy tho?Kht one fleet|
I for reaching that sec- ment be,
aster county is slower At times In social life c
ours than that between mart
_ ... ? With poor dissembling and
id Washington, 1). C.
parent art
* I sought In vain to hide life'
ling to bet that Char- ennui.
the camp. It would be Hut when I saw once moi
a.k to mice Charlotte witching face
And heard with rapture t
Camp Greene than to m|Uar yolpe
Jreene away from Char- Upheld In transport al
matchless grace.
^ Ah, then indeed I knew I
bo firmly In groundhog choice
But cherish one no other
the Charlotte Observer pJare
r to think that Spring is ^nd jn my reawakened ti
Joice. ?Anonyi
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CHRISTMAS Sfl
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repre- ? . I . I I
ade to tome in and ask abo
1688 tO
There no cost to ji
_ ( Single women, marri
upon or old can join.
tlantic j
naval | M 2 I -* ?
Kilting inurntru men, single
tomcr- youths can join. Every
ry has of age.
if Port
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H ver I
For 50 Weeks For 50 Weeks For 50 Wee
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chlTp "AVE
>?> $5.00 .$12.50 $25.00
red by T T
es are
oil!, ill Think, how easy it is.
effort is required. Thii
Come in and ask about
! Daily .
some takes a moment.
return
lenient ????????????????
rS THE BANK
it was
'' ,M ' ' "You'll Re Happy
k h!ld If You Save."
is that
e at a
Bd this " j ^
f nave I *"r> '
OOOI) IIOADS. ; ware
le man
... ' narii
ictions ?? *
express Dragging the ltoads.
policy i (Newberry Observer.)
A farmer from ten miles out said
y man. jon gaturjay> jn reply to the o b ^
111,111 man's question, sayii
a com- "How are the roads?" drag
respe? t "The best you ever saw." farm
A few days ago they were de- nati<
e<l ,n: scribed as "awful;" and they are vme
all the H|in aWfUi in some sections where (j0 t
hara('~ the split-log drag is not used. freqi
lu ,na> Our informant said the dragging that
live to (jie roa<|8 jia8 been more general jng (
comic- sinoe tjie re0ent rains than ever be- then
lore, and consequently the roads are KOod
good. satis
All that is needed to have good
roads the year round is for the peowith
pl? to Ret tlie habit ?' dragging w
ime as!lhem ,eKularl>' and systematically Bric^
q,ju>|after the rains. If they will do that, poln
tho ^ey Und, instead of rain mak- ttie
lment; i ???
at the
?j
MONEY YOL
rROtten
ncH far Extravagance is sinful?it is
same money in the Bank, some d
"rowing I
dulge yourself in those luxurie
by dear money.
ng moA
flank Account grows?you
ing it grow. You don't need the
i trans- will need that money some day.
r drear
HAVE IT SAFE IN
re your
U'n a/I/I A Pont
nai ra- ??v (?uu 1 * vi v viii micivoii
1 your COME TO OUR
had no
:: The first Nati
[nous. ___________________
S3PAY, FEB. 19. 1918.
IN OUR 1
flNGS CLUB
at it. t*
tin.
ed women, young <
W ?
> men, boys and
body, irrespective
i
ly $i.OO Weekly $2.50 Weekly
ks For r?(> Weeks For 50 Weeks
T YOU W 1 li 1. YOU WILL.
HAVE HAVE
$50.00 $125.00
Think, how little .
rk, of the reward.
the plans, it only
OF LANCASTER
roads worse, they contribute tol
making them better, by prelg
the way for smoothing them
tie rough places.
I>rag 'Km Often.
(Monroe Enquirer.)
ail Carrier Gritlln is reported as
lg that Lester Mills keeps the
on the public road across his
i so much that it "looks Jike a
inal highway," says The MarshHome.
The drag will certainly
he work all right, if it is used
uently. And I am reminded
Lester Mills has credit for dosome
mighty good farming. And
there is another saying that a
I farmer just simply will not ho
fled with bad roads.
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ncnun rurnKO inanril.
ashington, Feb. 18.?George S.
ge, of Chicago, lias been apted
chief of the forage branch of
fuel and forage division, >.
m
VNk THE
I WASTE.?
waste. If you put that
ay you will be able to ins
without missing the
will be interested in see se
extravagancies. You
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