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PAGE EIGHT ?^ *1 i *+ +++++ ++++++ MORE BUSINESS NOTICES * ***************** SuLmi\r THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER will Tim be for sale daily and Sunday at Lancaster News Office. Robert Porter. * :? Wash *\n **r 4J * *' ** n. n. ni/uui, veterinary FnyBician, Surgeon and Dentist. Office nagc 81 at Gregory, Hood Live Stock Co. *:U5 no; stables. Phone 226, Lancaster, tota . __ States a BUY A BICYCIiK and pay while you year, ride. Cost you no more than to This pay the cash. So easy that way nouncen and at the old price. J. B. Mack- Chancel orell. 26-lt. British Great E FOR RENT?Two rooms, up stairs, 474 ton furnished either for light house- output keeping or bedrooms. Possession 901,223 given March the first. Apply to bined t( Mrs. G. F. Ferguson, 12 French sinking Street. 34-tf-np. generall - tons. FOR SALE?Two mules and one While horse. Cash or credit. J. C. Ed- structioi wards. 33-tf-np. other n * availahli NOTICE?Until further advis- ,,ove thf ed we will gin cotton on Mondays. *a' ^ Wednesdays and Fridays. l^an- that 1 caster Cotton Oil Co. 33-6t. inRS ni?' nage pn FOR RENT?Five-room house on Both North Main street. Possession at cials exp once. Apply to Mrs. Mary B. Mc- 1918. h< Dow. 34-lt. and Gre _ineir on FOR SAIiK?One medium size young officials mule. See W. P. Bennett. fidently 35-lt. rine will " Secretar 1<X>R SAI4K?One good family mare, ? icoll IIS V eight years old. Will work any- sumniPr where. H B. Murry, Iaincaster, ' ' coe, forr s- c- as-u-pd. vaI stafT 300 NEORO LARORRRH "ext Aup At Badin Aluminum Works. Badin. "8ubmar N. O.-Eight and ten hour jobs. New ?Nor- be scale of wages $2.00. $2.10 and fore tha 92.25 per day. Permanent inside m work and regular advances in pay ,,1P 1 nit guaranteed. Pay every Saturday. %ar'OUKl> Outside work for a few. 000 ,nns Homes for families $5.00 per sb'PPing month: water, toilet and electric at lights in every house. complete The negro section in Badin has high class public school with com-1 ,bat petent teachers; community build- na lv in log with moving picture auditorium. lapun public library and lodge rooms for bamI)eM men and women. handicap Ample police and fire department. come* ai (Fire department operated by col- * 1 year. C ored men. White and colored physicians. ship White and colored merchants. . ~ Boarding houses for single men ' equipped wan louei, oam rooms, steam heat and electric lights. r',l> ( Board $3.50 per week up. ''-K Badin is 34 miles from Salisbury. ,orr N. C.. on Southern Railway and st?PP?d Winston-Salem Southbound Rail- ,n a ',or way. dium m.Special inducements to men with families; new and modern home s,or> w< provided same day family arrives. A ms1 Write or come at once to honesty, EMPLOYMENT Bl'IlEAl', any one' Tallassee Power Company, etc., (>i Bad in, X. C. af,or th 35-4t said env ________________________ the sam NOTICE. "Go Ji "You ha The undersigned banks of this city as he ha will be closed on February 22, in ? honor of Washington's birthday: First National Hank, by E. M. The osti Croxton, cashier. in a < The Hank of Lancaster, by Geo. "Do not W. Williams, cashier. sale Farmers Hank & Trust Co., by "I'm 1 Max G. Brittain, cashier. i HOGS PIGS Car extra well Boars and Pigs, all sis few fat hogs for kil' A chance to get some j stock worth the money HOOD B TONNAGE SUNK | Til CI IN 1917 THAN BUILT I IILI ines Destroyed Nearly Three ^ |nSUr3r es as Mueh as Was I'ro- ^ duced In Year. I Pilfering ington, Feb. 18.?-Ship ton ! the Cj ink by submarines in 1917 irly three times as great as 1 of production in the United .. ? the case nd Great Britain during that ports on lea. At i was disclosed by the an-, evil has nent of Andrew Bonar law, suit of I Inr of thp Kvplipmipp in iKn destined house of commons, that to constl Iritain produced only 1,1(53,- lons' 1 Reports. s of shipping last year. The,ns pn)|v| in the United States was p,*,,, r(Mi tons, making a total com- 1 conseque innage of 2,064,697, while the Pert by submarines last year j "tenth wl v are reckoned at 6,000.000 I d,8pR,ohi destlnath lem of pi complete figures on con- nt practl l in Japan. Itnly. France and const. at ions in 1917 are not yet Formei s, oftlcials here do not be- that muc >ir aggregate equaled the to-j'n le total of the United States. wa8 Pf?h ment In 1 is the case, submarine s,nk" the cnnal re than doubled all new ton- J Onlllni**! educed. : congested American and British offi.- ; probably tect a very different story in ! those tlm nvever. The United States to pHferli at Britain are speeding up "n* or ilding programs, and naval in both countries have oon- j Onnitl predicted that the subma- almost m he curbed this summer. ! Goods y Daniels believes effectual Balboa ni rill be obtained in the early ,dlntely uj Admiral Sir John R. J. Hi-! ,nrKo. we ner chief of the British na- KV' ~ the dlschi , recently predicted that by the rejoa :ust it could be said that the Pnnamn ine menace is killed." How- strict sur predicted dark months be-1 since It 1 t time. ,'ps nnd < Jtput of the ship tonnage in ed States in 1918 has been |uted" an r estimated at from 2,50ft.- i checkers to 4,000,000 tons, with number a board officials confident ages load least .1,500,000 tons will be but also i d. No estimate of Great 'n,ners n?: output has been received, |,nt nKl<b that app< country is expected to 1 have beer crease its 1017 figures. 'stances p 's operations just now are difference d by lack of steel, but this the weig is expected soon to be over-1'bough pi nd that country also is ex- a ru',>- ' . . same wet o increase its output this strnrt,M, Ither countries are building Moreov is. | and dete I'ananm Don't Miml What Vmi Say. 'be detec (Abbeville Medium.) ''H> Uil" of the pi Ireenville papers are claim- ,,f ? sh,?d the soldiers who were on handle a >edoed American transport to cause in Greenville on their way j contents t of embarkation. The Me-1 'ec'ives < ikes a similar claim for Ah- \ 'jitliu . , , It Is cl< and we are reminded ot a i aKU|nSf ^ ? heard once: 'Zone are in was bragging about his that thef how he had never cheated sonarlit fr , had always paid his debts, j le hearer listened rnptly and S e honest man had retired. Owing iously. "I wish 1 could say cost of c thing Mr. sava." ' lnor* > . ... ' I ployees ihead. said the other man. j egc,,(i0~ ive as much right to say it creases I to 45 pei ? Jewell, I The Plotter. East Aft ich covered up liis head rf conspicuous spot, <*ver the .... . ... Is In roi disturb me. please," he budpet c expendit latching out a plot." would er ?Exchange. ture bin progress the gove for licen etc., the and the establish urfcr-c revenue 1 1WV1U ?res as i $210,(MX) """""" " " rates, $1 $46,000, bred Sows, reaped -es. Also a ^ w. .# by 8,000 liner nnrnnftps. 1916- ,n O r racreage _ _ paat yea jood breeding ' fected bj | not prod planted ylelda." ROS. JS? standing ; Ing It, h? er and si I cornea h< | won't he bald." THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, FT IS CHECKED How Scottish Avlat< Wreath on Funeral I ice Embargoes on South Man He Kl merican Shipments. A true Incident that spect shown by allied i memory of a during em I Formerly Was Credited to In "Tarn o' the Scoots," anal Zone but Has Been Re- lace, writing In Everyb duced to Minimum. Intrepid Scotchman, wi man he had brought d< ng is still a great problem In fore was a well-known > of merchandise shipped to named Von Zcldlitz, ai the west coast of South Amer- the Royal Flying eorp! several ports the extent of the looted to take n wrenth been greatly lessened as a re- "The wreath In a nsurance embargoes on goods corded and attached t< for those ports or In response chute, was placed In tl int complaint on the part of small Mornne?his own gnees, according to Commerce In the hands of the i In Mollendo pilfering, so far Tarn climbed Into the Inn goods are concerned, has minutes be was push need to small proportions In steep angle which repr nee of an agreement between trome nngle at which ivinn and Bolivian govern- Tarn never employed a ilch provides for the prompter "Evidently the enenu of merchandise for Bolivian the business of this loi in. Nevertheless, the prob- and must have slgnnle Iferlng remnlns a serious one the earth, for the ni cally every port on the west terles suddenly ceased approaching T.udegeel, ' 'ly It was the fashion to say enemy squadron en-age h of the pilfering took place flight, they opened out mama Cannl Zone, and there for ldm. offering no tn< ably some hnsls for the state- "Tain began to pla the days when traffic through spotted the big wh'tewns stopped by the slides In tery anil saw a little p cut nnd freight was badly In? Its way to the grou I at Colon nnd Bnlhoa. It Is down to a thousand fe< true, however, thut even In his parachute. Fie sn^ es much of the loss attributed sail earthward and tin ng was due to unusual hand- the ground waved a > rposure. Since trafllc through chief, has been resumed on a nor- " fluid,* said Tarn.** ? the loss from pilfering In Zone lias been reduced to an RECRUIT HAD 0\A gllglble point. trans-shipped to Colon nnd _ , . _ .. ... Showed He Could Do *e stored In pier sheds lmine- .... ? ... ... _. . , When Sergeant Let ion discharge. The sheds are .. ... ........ . . . is He Want II built, fireproof, and can be irded and protected. Both In . _ , , . . _ ' , , , . Among n batch of r? urge from ship to p er nnd in - ., ... m . ...... from the recruiting off ding from pier to ship the ,.nkv fmv.hpn,lof, Ral road company exercises whosp ,|abUnt sfnrk ?? servlslon over all operations. Hp fm>k fo f,)p frn|| ins charge of all port fuclll- ?n ? t,)p p(| oes most of the stevedoring. f p fof Hflp t Itself ngntnst claims for loss . . . . . .... The sergeant In chari ad company long since lnstl- ., , ... . . . . !'' * showeil the recruits elaborate checking svstem. ... , ... . . . . . ... position for firing?left not only take account of the . ... . , . . ..... , against the side and nl nd weight of cases and pack- , , . . ... . . . , .. . his disappointment tin ed or unloaded on the piers , . . ...... ...i ? ... could not hit the target lote the condition of the con- ,/w. , ... ., , fh | | ^ 100 yards. Finally In < ? #i( .! geant blurted out: for careful Inspection cases ,, T .. . , . w . ..? . Say. Jim, T thnughl >nr to he underweight or to , , ... , ,i yon used to go out In i tampered with. In many In- , , ? ?. . , ?. Ilferlng can he detected hv a ,,nd 8lho?t, ,thp h?"d off In the recorded weight and >"?r >? ,kfast and now ht on arrival In Panama. \h{tJhttt *" ^et! Iferers are clever enough, as To which came the o substitute articles of the Tonse ^ sergeant Ight for those they have ah- nn " " let m?' j I m used to I can knock er. n number of watchmen [ target, ctlves are employed by the j 1 he amused sergeant Railroad company. Some of recruit proceeded to s tlves work as dock laborers, ^hle apart, extended 1 htnen cannot he in all parts "s length grnsplni er sheds, and in a far corner ''10 muzzle and put tei or a hold the stevedores may center of the bull s ense with such roughness as "Jim's performance it to break open, enabling Its uas spectacular." addet to be easily carried off. De- "?nd put an abrupt e an exert an effective restrain- Peant s efforts to teac nee In such cases. shoot. In after years nr. then, that the precautions highest shooting dlferlng in the Panama Canal years In succession w extensive and effective and i Daedal, tource of the pilfering must be . >r elsewhere. Made 10,000 Shai The government Is go! tfllari^c Ari? I rtr r*I /X .l.I ? .... .....V..VU. >1->IIIIIK, Kill I1UI HH 11 Sp< to the great advance In the is going after this nqunl living. the local government the skins of the sharks axed the salaries of all its em- and used as a xuhstltut who were paid under 1,800 The experiment is n ($1,045) per annum. The in- and the man who has g! n some cases have amounted a leg over the fence, u r cent, writes Consul John F. W. Fordham, a New .ourenco Marques, Portuguese artisan, whose hlncksn tea. the vicinity of pictu sultant excess of expenditure Cove, for in that little budget estimate for salaries shark hooks were inadi nnd figures $318,200. As the for the Fulled States g ould not bear any additional Mr. Fordham signet are without a deficit that nnd was allowed thirty aharrass at present and in fu- to complete tlie order, tier the development ahd the force working day antl of the province of Mozatn- able to ship the entire ? meet this new expense Item the government agents rnment has Increased the fees hi little more than half xes for bars, canteens, kiosks, for in the contract.?Mi telegraph and telephone rates, export tax on sugar and has Hands and I ed a "military" tax. Increased At a bus? crossing i is expected from these mens- cabman was stopped bj 'ollows: Kxport tax on sugar, on point duty in orde ; telegraph and telephone cross traffic to proceed 17,000; other tares and fees, The man In blue, evl< his authority, kept the longer than was necessn Bermuda Potato Crop. The eahman began stlmated that the Triumph or though the hand of the ) of potatoes which will be against hltn. In Bermuda will be 82,500 "IMd ye no' see me according to Vice Consul Still- band?" roared the nngr Ellis, Hamilton. This Is less "Well, I did notice tl bushels than the fall crop of get dark suddenly." si spite of the fact that more "but 1 didn't know It ' was planted to potatoes the Ye see. It's takln' me i r. The reason given for this keep n?y horse frae shyl Ilgector of agriculture Is that Her planting* have been af1 unfavorable season* and will ?( uce a normal crop. The field* The director of a ro later give promise of good waR on his holiday. note from his chief a ^ closed thus: "The chl to be pining for a con old Make Daddy 8orry. *hall we do until you i d was proud of hi* newly ae* Hunpadour. One day while A Break, Ir front of the gln*s admlr- Member 8. P. C. A. <t > suddenly turned to his moth- my friend, I < lid: "Say. mamma, when dad your poor horse, unfort ime and sees my pompadour, Bp aii nke Ilnalnm's op be sorry he had his hair cut have you itnoWi B|r. th ton Transcript. nus. Mo rninrt j Buckeye Hulls go farther. ?t nnd <lropp"d i They allow better assimilation of x It opon nnd ' other food. >n pomoono on i No trash or dust. vhite hnndkor- Mr. Benjamin Thompson, Bal is feeding Buckeye Hull that he gets more food va I He has bought five tons ar 'N METHOD He says that f/i y occupy lei Ta secure the best results and to der Some Shooting j thoroughly twelve hours before Him Do It wetting them down night and morning |t(j this cannot be done, wet down at I feed the hulls dry, use only half as n milts sont tin J Book of MtX* loo wns n tnll?! Give* the right formula for everi t Tonnossoonn. I South. Tells how much to feed t nil ovor hlni. ' tening, for work. Describes Bucl ilng nil right ! usin* thcm Pr?Pcr,y- Scnd for V n.v wont to rho , o,pt K fhe Buckeye nrtlro. Atlanta Birmingham Cr#? ETP of tllO nrPO- ! Augusta Charlottes I the rOvulation 1 I mnmmmmt ??? elbow resting ( I . I thnt. But to : 1 ? Tenncfwoean I oVK|t ,^>0 OPKKATIVKS nt n range of, op s c Mnji sTItlKt hsgust the serGraniteville, S. C., Feb. 18.?lie I you told me tween five and six hundred operathe mornings | tives, men and women, of the Grann squfrre! forjjtevjne Manufacturing company, one you can t even J Qf the iarKest cotton mills in the , state, are on a strike for a 20 pei drawling re- \ we nil do do cent ,ncrease in wages. The closing 1 shoot the why down of the mills was made neces> nil h?1 outen sary by the walking out of the op j eratives. agreed nnd the | Members of the Aiken county leg prend his legs i?-.!ative delegation have appealed t< lis 1? ft arm to (rjkor? to ascertain if the mill? I the rifle near . . 1 shots through are working on government con PVe tracts, and, if they are, to await n with the rifle more opportune time to press theii il the narrator, claims. nd to the ser- j There has been no disorder. A h him how to committee of live was appointed b.< la t.irrhd off tstriking operatives to confei honors three on the BuiTalo Wlth ,,u> n,m management. + FX-SHKIUKK It. K. MI LDIIOW, k H?ok?- OK.LKK COINTY, IS I?K.\I art, however'^ Bishopvllle. Feb. 18? Robert K Ic monster that Mn'drow. ex-sheriff of Lee count) may be tanned and a well-known and highly re e for leather. speeted citizen, died at the home o ow under way. his father-in-law, Mr. G. H. Held Ivea I ncle Sam Thursday at 12 o'clock, after beini s If wt>rt> Isi f -- in declining health for severa London, Conn., 4. . . ! months. He was sheriff of Lei iftn shop Is In i resque Shaw's (olln,y tor twelve years and madi smlthery 10,000 on excellent officer. lie was a mem ? In three sizes her of the Presbyterian church, an< ;overmnent. was forty-nine years old. He leave 1 the contract ;i widow and one son, Robert K days In which Muldrow Jr The funera, too, i \ tV 'i '? place at the Presbyterian ehurcl I night he was 1 ' consignment to I ^ rlday. i In New York the time called Venting llis Wrath, trine News. (Ilirmlngham Age-Herald.) "Of course you don't permit you n Kdinhurch a ' 'tushand to talk hack to you," re r the policeman marked the first strong-minded wo r to allow the man. i I "Certainly not," said the seoon< ilently proud of strong-minded woman. "Hut some cnbhy waiting times, after I have given John j . , ' piece of my mind, he rushes to th< to proceed, nl- , policeman whs ce' ar an" shakes down the furnac I so furiously that I have an Ide; hnudln* up my what he might do to me If he dar y policeman. jed." hat It liegnn to , + nl.t . 1 Prudent. ivns your hnnd. ill my time tue "Any old shoes thrown at the wed In'at yer feet I" fling last night?" , "No. The guests were savin, jthem for farm work." "logical garden "Any r,c*?" He received a "What?with foodstuffs so high? isslstant which "Confetti, then?" mpansee seemR "Say, I guess you don't know ho< ipanlon. What paper has gone up!"?Ladies' Horn eturnf" Journal. * Self Appreciation, o brutal driver) ?! tell yOU< young man, we nee won t shut op. brajns |u this business." unately, cannot . . , , _ ,s. but I would 1 know you do' ?lr! Tl,at 1 at I ean.--Bos- why 1 am off?rlng you my services. ?Exchange. nut is oi vmuc to your cattle food value whatever. dvantages Sacked?easy to handle. They mi* well with other forage. Take half as much space in the barn. k dhnob. Ark., s to stock cattle. He says lue per ton with less waste, id has them stored in barn, ss space than old style hulls. ; :j " ^ frail' From /iri/!cvyiyWM.?HAftT 'PtctariyrJ btf HAHYEY F.THEW - I _ _ 1 ? Star I heater h. Tomorrow Wednesday , 15 cents 10 '*! ^lf| ^ttffftfffftttffllttt fttttfi tit J 1tfftfffffffttfffffft. w t fwt N dtp the ntiUfe odor, u>et the hulls feeding. It is easy to do this by for the nest feeding. If at any time east thirty minutes. If you prefer to ouch by bulk as of old style hulls. ed Feeds Free / combination of feeds used in the for maintenance, for milk, for fatkeye Hulls and gives directions for our copy to the nearest mill. Cotton Oil Co. Dept. K n wood Littla Rock Mamphia nan Macon Salma Double Quantity. ' 'Mamma came in just in time to - catch Majory in th eact. "What would you do," Bhe cried, "if you had a little girl that ate one s of the two hoxes of fruit her mother i had bought for company?" "I know," said Majory, eagerly : grasping at opportunity's forelock: "I'd make her eat the other box."? - Judge. + Advertised l/Ctters for Week landing ' February Hi, 1UIH. Miss Parley Cannery, W. E. Gaskin, Miss Ruth Freger, Miss Minnie , Mammons, Jobnio Moss, Miss Sarah Ilobcrson, Willie Withersnoon. Miss * Mamie Withetspoon, Mary Weatherspoon, Miss Ilattie Ivary, \V. J. Knight, Chalmers Kileo, Miss Erlie r Kobinson. John Lirrey, W. M. Hair, Matt le Harget, Miss Millie Hyde, 1 Miss Fannie ('inner, Louis Mallard. Mrs. Lida McDonald, Mrs. Asie Wat* ers, Mrs. Mary Williams, Mrs. Mat. tie Mackey. Mrs. Marrier Dunlap. r Charlie Wright. When calling please say adverf tised. Jas. F, Hunter, F. M. ? I Tfior.H.Ince /(nflAr/iAr TUESDAY, FEB. 19, 1918. * i your roughage and ?in save several dollars < n\i on every aying top prices for old style se they prefer a bulky filler, h less for C MAO* ^Eiyr )NSEED 9 | LLS \ LESS bulky as old style hulls by hour or so before using. water to Buckeye Hulls and 1 swell and give you as bulky Most important, the bulki s. c. ALLEN* FOE || = 'L?r.?Z't, * Will you wet down illed. / ?? ? reveals the re- Jjjy nvlators for the piny filer Is told itf 'by Edgar Wnl- t 1 ^ ody's. Tarn, nn ~t:.JK is told that the * *, Tarn was se- *"'t^W"i i to the funeral. * tin ho*, flriulv ^mtvyrTT fniw* mm ?*:ii ? r> n little pnrn- cottonseed hulls becau: ie fusiinjre of ft Others are paving muc machine helne mechanics?nnd sent. In five f j I In* up nt the H J esentod the ex- RmR COTTC n mnn cun fly. W q n ? Ipsser one. Wjfr 3 8 r senut realized ? ^ tie British flyer (1 his views to and are making them as ltlnlrcrnft hut-1 wetting them down a half fire, and when. I . ,. rum righted nt. 1 B>' adding an equal part cf d in n practice 1 stirring thoroughly they wil nnd mnde way ! a roughage as you want, rdestntion. ness will be due to water wl nc down. TTe ?not to lint which has no speckled cemerocesslon nut':- OtherA(