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'' >? PAGE FOUR s TheLancasterNews (8K.MI-WEEKLY.) Established 1852. Published Tuesday and Fi Iduy BY THii LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. Lancaster, S. C. (jiKOItUE BULLA CRAVEN Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Entered us Second Class Matter October 7, lt*05, ut the Postotlice at Lancaster, S. C., under act ol' Congress of March 3, 1870. rne news is not reapousioie t?>r me views of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics 01 general interest will be gladly received. Wy Co untry ?T * c.f Thca, S^sot Land e\f I i^ortv.1' TUESDAY, FED. 2(i. 1918. SENTENCE KKKMONS. , I A thankful heart is not only tlio gioatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.? Anonymous. When the best things are not possible, the best may he made of those ( that are possible. ?Hooker. ? i There are some people who ride all through the journey of life with ( their backs to the horses. They are always looking into the past. All the worth of things is there. They 1 n fnrovo ? t n 11-1 ? ?* n K/m?i 1 # .?.v.v> minlllh UUUIK nil- K<HMI ? old times, and how different things < wore when they were young. There j is no romance in the world now, and no heroism. The very winters and summers are nothing to what they ^ used to be; in fact, life is altogether v on a small, commonplace scale, c * Now, that is a miserable sort j of thing; it brings a kind of para- , lyzing chill over the life, and petri ties the natural spring of joy that ' should be ever leaping up to meet the fresh new mercies that the days keep bringing.?Brooke Uerford. ( KDITOKIA LKTTKS. c The governor of Arkansas says there will be three more years of war and we're Inclined to hope that i the governor doesn't know what he is talking about. + There is at least one good thing we can say about Fred Starr, who leaves this paper to take a position in his home-town?Dublin, Ga.,? the folks down home certainly did sena mm some good things to eat. What Mr. McAdoo said to Mr. Hoover and Mr. Hoover said to Mr. McAdoo was of little value to the causes of food conservation and expedition of transportation, but It Is to be taken for granted they got some satisfaction out of it. Of course the split-log drag has I been used?but use it some more. i * ? Unless the South feeds its own 1 people nobody's going to feed 'em. ' Why worry about a food shortage when watermelon time is so near. ' The short lines now at least have 8 the assurance that they will not be run for the fun of the thing. ( i If the war is to continue for three 1 years it's a safe guess that beans ' will come into more common use. + Seven hundred tlu .. I army rifles have been made in the United i States since the country entered thenar. Tell Senator Chamberlain. + An advertisement in the Spartanburg Journal begins: "Wanted byj seveial gentlemen, single and niar-j tied rooms and board with private family." I + "The legislature," says the Abbeville Medium, "did not enact a great i deal of, constructive legislation, but as some one has said. "It did not do i much harm.' " MORE ABOUT THE MAIL SERVICE. Postmaster Hunter Informs T News that it is necessary to rou mail for Waxhaw, N. C., via Ito Ilill. Charlotte and Monroe, ai that is the reason of the delay in t papers reaching subscribers in t northern part of Lancaster couti who get their mail by It. F. D. cu riers from Waxhaw. There i3 i transfer of mail at Catawba Jun tion from the Southern's afterno* train leaving here at G:05 to tl Seaboard. Tuesday's paper, cons quently, is sent to Charlotte We nesday morning and down to Mo roe and Waxhaw and the followii morning is sent out from the latti place on the rural routes. The p per, however, should reach the su scribers on Thursday and Mondt morning under this routing. There are other sections equal us diflicult to reach by mail. Sul -fibers to The News in the Stom boro community have been frequcn v complaining of delays in gettin the paper, but the service is the bos that can be had under the preset . l-rn 11fomnri? Tl.o ?...w - . . tr<ijj\-|n ?l> I Heath Springs on Wednesday an Saturday mornings, and to Stone )oro the following morning and on in the country routes, althoug Stoneboro is no more than fiftee niles from Lancaster. The News hopes the postoflice au horities may see fit in the near fu ure to remedy as far as practica hese defect^ in the service. J ransfer of mail to the Seaboard a "atawba Junction would put the pa >er in the hands of its subscriber n northern Lancaster before nooi pVednesdays and Saturdays, whicl could be good service, and a da; ouid be saved in the delay in reach ng R. F. D. patrons out of Stone joro by running up the leavini inie of the carriers. + ST.\M)AIU?S TO I.I YK HY. "He was a success and yet h lied poor." The Christian Guat tian thus lays down a standar worthy to be made a guidepost. I he modern world, we are too (|uic ;o judge success in dollars and cent md many a man has died rich wh was proclaimed a great success, bu who never did anything really wort while. The Christian Guardia looks upon history with pessimisn upon fame with misgivings. 1 jays: "He was a success. And yet h iied poor, unhonored and unrecop nized, and he rests in a forgotte ^rave. But he loved God and h loved his fellows and he did his bes to transfer that love into servic< md that is a success. Wo misjudg men. We measure them by th lalse standard. The dollar standar is useless, for Christ died poor, an Commodore Vanderbilt left mi lions. Fame is not an accural measure, for sometimes it rests u| on falsehood. History is not alwaj true, and some little men have grei reputations, and some great men ai unknown. Kant was dead long b fore men realized the greatness < his thought. Education is not a tr\ test of success. The unletter* father is sometimes a much bigg< nirtii man nis rnmired son, and t) Doctor of Divinity is often a less* saint than some of his uneducati hearers. Mountain peaks and sta are grand, but they are no mo useful than the blade of grass. 1 be just and merciful; to love hon and truth; to he pure and kind ai loving; to live our faith and he our neighbors, this is true su I cess." Says the Columbia Ilecor "There are some encouraging sigi We see where a new church has bei built in Lancaster." ltather c couraglng, we should say, but mc too far for the editor of the Reco to feel its influence. + Camp Greene is to be made bl ger and better. Which is to say t Charlotte people were right on t Job. liii'itii MWmA THE LANCASTER NEWS CHEERFUL LETTERS. v It is indeed hard for the mothers * he of the boy* in camp and those at | ite the front to write cheerfully to _ ck them. It is hard for the wife to a ad smile through the tears in letters to he her husband. And yet It is best. * he Best for the soldiers, keeps them ' n ty contented, their spirits charged to c ir- attack and to meet attack. The let- 8 no ters should be bright and cheerful t ic- at all times; the boys will be en- 1 >n couraged by them' and will go to lie their tasks with stronger hearts and ? e- minds. Let them know you're back r d- of them, but don't hold them back d n- by writing gloomy letters and pic- 81 ig turing lonely scenes at home. They ,f Br haven't gone "to get tiie kaiser"? a- they've gone to get peace; to bring j 11 l?- peace to the world, and many of j r iv them will give their lives to the!^1 I tl cause. Hy reason of this, however, I i.. we should lint hnnlon iliom ...ui. I Ij. troubles ut home, many of which are Imaginary. We may bo lonely, we f( . mav need them, we mav, even, need cl them as (lie productive source of I food and clothing. Hut how little j(| lt our sacrifice seems when compared ! m () with theirs. They are willing to | ^ .1: bear the burdens of hardships, pri- j ! I is vations, even to give up their lives m ^ j for their country. Let us help them c| Ij ! by writing cheerful letters to spur ai ., them on to victory. 1 r' * bi SHOILI) HK I'IMSHKlt. w Lynching is never justified. lt ar j may be no more than is deserved by J,r v certain types of criminals; it may be 1,1 th t punishment none too severe, but ,. ( there is no justification for an act /\] in direct defiance of law. The per- pi n petrators of the crime against the Pc , community Saturday when a negro to 11 ro murderer was summarily despatched should he punished. The lynching ro tnnlr nlonn *>? ? V?.~ i_ ? vx/w.? |/iuvc Iirm I dll lilA in Darn- 1 1*1 R I well county, ami while the victim I ,a was guilty of a very atrocious mur- j m ! th tier, having shot to death with no j rQ provocation a white man of that | Qf town, there is nothing to ind -ate J ti that he would not have been dealt jc' with properly by the courts. Well-* d th meaning men in excitement are of- ) n ' ten led into a mob to seek vengeance . ] in a misguided moment and without m; thought that the courts will mete o out to the accused the punishment he justly deserves. Mobs are with-j h out sense or reason and while the w good people of ltarnwell county were P< rightfully indignant at the murder i 11 . | m of a young man who stepped hetween his father and a drunken er e negro, that cannot be said to justl- it fy the taking of the law Into their n , uv.ii nanus anu tnereny com 111 ittinn *" P a crime against themselves, their _ oj lt community and their State. aj ? pi *' "Kverything a German agent in :t: tliis country does will bear watch- m d W: j ing," the Charlotte Observer tells ^ ^ ! us. Kverything a German agent in fn ^" | tliis country does ought to be done v< 0 behind closely arranged and sub- rJ v stantial iron bars. ^ rs ? * " p1 SCISSOItS AM) PASTE. i ft p. e] jf The Kaiser Won't Wait. T Ifl (Charlotte Observer.) n While representatives of labor or- tl ganizations and various other inter-'ol ests have been placing the blame for ci ie|the railroad troubles here and there, ci er Congressman Meeker of Missouri ti thinks he has found a place to put cl the blame where it will "stick." He a ro blames congress for the "virtual'ci re bankruptcy and breakdown" of the In To railroads. Also he accuses the govor ernment of socialistic tendencies and) 1(l | neciares that "before the United 1 States can hope to whip the Kaiser. 1 p I it must win the war at home." Mr. ic~j Meeker may or may not be right I about it. but If we should put off the I attempt to whip the Kaiser until we; had completed the job of winning I the war at home, we fear the Kaiser I 18 would be holding the handle end of j I en the only whip available. Woldn'tj >n- it be better to pursue the policy of i (st winning the war at home and whip- I , ping the Kaiser at the same time? r" i The Betrayal of Armenia. (Charleston News and Courier.) Ig_ Secretary of War Baker in his(I weekly review of the militarv sltuahe tlon mentions the fact that "the I ^ Russians are evacuating the Armenian centers south of the Black Sea . > *.?' - 'i':J 3, LANCASTER, S. C. rhich are being reoccupled by Tur:lsh detachments." That our miliary men expect this process to coninue is indicated by Mr. Baker's tatQment that Treblrond will probbiy soon fall into Turkish .hands. There is something especially rercttable about this because It marks he final passing of the hope that nost of Armenia had been delivered nee and for all from the cruel way of the Turk. The Armenian erritories from which the Grand >uke Nicholas swept the Ottoman re now heing given back into Tur ey's bloody clutches and such Ar-I lenians as have survived in those! egions will doubtless share the| readful late already meted out to a many thousands of their kindred. Deliverance will come to Armeni in the end but the time is not yet. t is a striking commentary upon ip so-called idealism of the Russian adicals that they are responsible >r the giving back of Armenia into in dread power of the Turk. / The Clrcat "Passer." (Columbia Record.) While newspaper men are in eon rence over the matter of the ex lange of press mileage for transnidation. they may be assured of ic sincere interest of one railroad an whose name is associated with ip history of this State. Col. Varf 15. MeRee, whose railroad name "Hunch," assures the newspaper en of the State that he will "extango courtesies" with pleasure, til that all who wish to do so may cle over his road ?the Swamp Rab t. Col. McBee, who for a long time us superintendent of the Richmond id Danville?now the Southern? id was general superintendent of e Seaboard when it was built rough Columbia, was known as the jrand old North American passer." nd this has nothing to do with issing in the parliance of draw iker. lie is yet ready to live up ~ his honorable reputation, rail- 1 adically speaking. Where is the "Swamp Rabbit" ad? Oh. yes, it extends from reenville to Travelers' Rest, a dis I nee of about 2 0 miles, and the last entioned town is well named, as ose declare w ho ride over this ad and get off there. The owner the "Swamp llabbit," otherwise ie Greenville, Knoxvllle and l*afie, or something like that, wantto tear up the roadbed and sell e rails at a bin profit, but the court strained them; put the road in lunch" Mellee's hands and it is a king expenses. Factionalism Asleep. (Greenwood Journal.) It really seems that factionalism hich has been so wide awake in dities in this State for a number years is hard and fast asleep. It ay not be dead, but it is resting tietly and so far the efforts of seval politicians have failed to arouse from Its nap. John L. Mcl.auriu is given the thing some very vigoris shakes, but it seems not to have ren turned over. If it opened its es no one saw it. And then came s ong another fellow from some ace in the State, and tried to twist ? * tail, but there was nothing do- 1 g. It really seems that this man ^ as heard from a year or two ago, r it the memory of him has about ( ded from the mind of the average >ter. Let us see was he ever a 1 indidate? Well, yes. What for? 1 ive it up, do not know. j There now. Nothing done so far. ad we believe that the combined ef>rts of the fellows who have been 1 Using cain in South Carolina each lection year are going to fall Hat. ' here is a reson. The people al- ! *ady, tired of this factionalism have aeir minds and their hearts on Lher questions. And while it may be ' ruel to make the suggestions, it ocurs to us that they are sick and red of the cheap one-horse politlians who hare been responsible for II thin turmoil. They are dead | orkn in the pit. whatever thin may lean. HONG. love you for your bonnie eyes That are no wondroun blue; love you for your loyal heart That in no pure and true. love you In a thousand ways A thousand titties each day; love you whether with you Or a thousand miles away. love you whether days be dark Or whether they be fair; n presence, absence, sorrow, joy? Unchanging everywhere. love you in the noontide bright And in the twilight gray, Vt morn, at noon, 'neath starry night I love you, dear, alv/ay. ?A. H, Taylor. 1 ' IATTEI RO J y y y J; SEE MR. GRAEBEIl, FAR JOIN i "PIG ( y y : IF YOU DON'T GET IN NC V v THE OPPORTL 1 THE BANK Of # ft ' [ : Lancast J 9 v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v vNITTING BAG USEFUL DEVICE TO SHOPLIFTER sod h,v Ijiuly in Durham to Ctmrenl (ilasNwan1 anil Slalnncnl ! ollows Detection. Durham. N. Feb. 25.?Durham merchants are discouraging the carving of knitting baks by their cusotners, for they are firmly convined that a number of shoplifters are ising these spacious carryalls to aid hem in their work. The merchants iave been a little bit suspicious of he bags for some time past, and recently one prominent merchant ound a lady who had slipped six utglass tumblers in one of these ;nitting bags, this incident, reporta to the president of the Merchants' issociation, brought a statement ront President R. L. Baldwin askng women to stop using the knlting bags when they come up street. derision in the intermountain rate case. ? BUSINESS NOTICES ? DR. \V. S. HOLLY, Vetorinary Physician, Surgeon and Dentist. Office at Gregory, Heod Live Stork Co. stables. Phone 226, Lancaster, , . :...V One of the clerks in the store vhere the tumblers were stolen re>orted suspicious actions of a lady hopper to the manager of the store, ie went back to the counter where he lady was pretending to Inspect he glassware, and asked her if she vlshed to make a purchase. She eplted that she was waiting for a lerk. Asked about the cutglass, .he said she wanted to find out ibout the price. The manager alked so plainly when he asked ibout the articles in the knitting >ag the woman let him have the ag, but declared tha she intended iaying for the tumblers. Caught with the goods, she readily paid the money for the articles and mved prosecution. The shoplifter said that she lived in Salisbury and was leaving town an one of the afternoon trains. The merchant, however, knew that she gave a fictitious name, and later found out where she lived. INCREASED RAIL AND WATKIl RATES ARE NOW AUTHORIZED Washington, Feb. 2S.?The Interstate Commerce commission has authorized the Margon steamship line and the Southern Pacific railroad to increase rail and water commodity rates on traffic from New York and Norfolk to Galveston by water and to California by rail to the level of all-rail rates. It is in line with the commission's decision in the rodent TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 1?18. , w ^tionI m i ys! i M DEMONSTRATOR, AND Kf THE ' [ ] :lubm 1 >\V YOIT MAY MOT H A YIP. M V fNITY LATER. i * ; LANCASTER ) . V er, S. C. i V y y > l *1 FOIl SAUK?One Singer Sewing Machine, only run about two monthp;, in first-class condition. Will sell cheap. Can be seen at Gregory-Hood Harness Shop. C. P. Stoll. 37-4t-pd. BUY A UICYCUK and pay while you ride. Cost you no more than to pay the cash. So easy that way and at the old price. J. B. Mackorell. 26-lt. FOIl HKXT?Two rooms, up stairs, furnished either for light housekeeping or bedrooms. Possession given March the first. Apply to Mrs. G. F. Ferguson, 12 French Street. 34-tf-np. 1'OR SALE?Two mules and one horse. Cash or credit. J. C. Edwards. 33-tf-np. CRN NOTICE?Until further advls- A ed we will Kin cotton on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. Lancaster Cotton Oil Co. 33-6t. A WANT TO RENT?A private garage or good place to keep a car. Apply "Auto" care The News. THE CHARI/OTTE OBSERVER will be for sale daily and Sunday at Lancaster News 0*?~e. Robert Porter. NOTICK?Only a few more days In which to pay Town License without the penalty. The time expires March 1st. 36-2t. aoo NKOHO LAItOHKHH At Hadin Aluminum Works. Hadin, .V. C. .Eight and ten hour Jobs. New scale of wages $2.00, $2.10 and $2.25 per day. Permanent inside work and regular advances in pay guaranteed. Pay every Saturday. Outside work for a few. Homes for families $5.00 per month: water. tnllot nnrf oiontrin lights In every house. The negro section in Badtn has high class public school with competent teachers; community building with moving picture auditorium, public library and lodge rooms for men and women. Ample police and fire department. Fire department operated by? colored men. White and colored physicians. White and colored merchants. Hoarding houses for single men equipped with toilet, bath rooms, steam heat and electric lights. Board $3.50 per week up. Badin is 34 miles from Salisbury, N. C., on Southern Railway and W i I .... O . tr. ... O 1LI J ? .. imuu-uiiioiu puuuiuuuuu iianway. Special inducements to men with families; new and modern home provided same day family arrives. Write or come at once to EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, TallMMsee Power Company, Had In, N. C. 35-41. Afe,..,,' . j 1 m