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3". page four "*? The Lancaster N ew: (8KM1.WBBKLY.) Established 1H,"?2. Published Tuesday and Friday BY TUB LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY I .am aster, 8. C. ^ GKOltCK BULLA CRAVEN Editor and Manager SL'BSOKLPTION PRICE: One Year $2.0 Six Months 1.0 Ente: ud as Second Class Matt< uciouer i, isua, at me roswiucB < Lancaster, S. C., under act of Col gress of March 3, 18 7 y. The News is not responsible lor tli views ol Correspondents. Short an rational articles on topics of genera interest will be gladly received. "My Country 'Ti? of The#, Sweat Lin of Liberty.'' TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1911 SENTENCE SERMONS. A blithe heart makes a bloomin visage.?Shakespeare. l^abor rids us of three great evil ?irksomeness, vice and poverty.Voltaire. ?\tr greatest glory consists not i never failing, but in rising ever time we fall.?Goldsmith. The law of nature is. do the thin "and you shall have the power; bu they who do not the thing have no the power.?Emerson. Nothing more completely baflle * cue who is full of tricks and du j>licity than straightforward an simple integrity in another.?Co! ton. Talk about those subjects yo have had long in mind, and listen b what others say about subjects yo have studied out recently. Know! edge and timber shouldn't he muc used until thev fire cn.wntm.l Oliver Wendell Holmes. KI>ITOKI.\LETTES. It can be truthfully said that tin olection of today was politlcsless. * It used to be that a man could go drunk on a dollar and pay five to hp ? out the next morning. It's differen now. + Lieut. U. S. Grant kept his mar riage a secret for five months, am the funny part of it is that his bridt also kept the secret. - r- ? | * Since nobody went after it hut Mr Wylie. we think it is in accordant-* with the fitness of things that hi fihnnlf) it + Many people are glad to get th< good reports from American soldier abroad but they went "over there' to light and they're doing it. Making a campaign for oflin through the newspapers, we sup pose, is all right, but it had just a veil be understood that it's going ti cost some money. + The Observer of Charlotte, speak ing of North Carolina's resource! mentions coal, and bark here a te' weeks ago that state was crying fo coal along with the rest of us. ? Germany's warfare in Russia I * classed in the Reichstag as "inf; mous," and we agree with the Held stag thoroughly. In fact, we don know any part of Germany's warfai that is not infamous. * While the food administration hj suspended the order calling for meatless meal, before this thir is over some of us may have to \ with niealless meals unless tl prices come down within reach. + A New York lawyer called It not er a liar in the court house, lie wi promptly hit in the face and the mt who did the hitting apologized to tl court. If the first lawyer mention' was not ready to fight he had i business starting something. 1 S PARTY LINKS AND POLITICS. ' Party lines in this country have ' been very much neglected since the - i entrance of the United States into the war. Congress pays less and less attention to party lines in matters _ pertaining to the conduct of the war. It is a matter now of solidly and - substantially backing up the administrution. Of course, the lines are '0 still visible but they are constantly being crossed and re-crossed. Rett presentative Bascom Slentp. Vtr1 ginla's only Republican member of - t hd nnn (ri'OOol?nnl .1 nlnnn 11..? I.. ! III " 1 supply is received from some other | section. The production of food ( crops must be increased materially t to avoid actual suffering. Saving must he general and must be continued. The American soldiers e abroad and at home and the soldiers of our associates in the war must ( I e fed. Waste is practiced that t l ( must be stopped; the man of small family and small means is less t i guilty than his brother who is en- . I (lowed with a larger family and J more of the worldly goods. To the i i laboring man who "earns his bread 1 > j by the sweat of his brow" and at . ^ poor wages. it is little short of j mockery to preach conservation to < him, yet there may be some means. ? by which he may save proportion- j . ately with those of large means. I The individual waste among these people is infinitesimal, though by ^ j using substitutes in some instances ( <' the conservation of the food supply ( ' I will be carried further. ; GRASPING A STRAW. i Federal Judge Walter Kvans, of I Louisville, in the course of an opin-! * ion denying federal courts exclusive " jurisdiction in damage suits against [transportation companies solely because they are under government contril, indicated that he had failed s to Gnd any statute authorizing I>i/> rector-General McAdoo to take conir trol of the roads of the country. Several dollars being involved in the if. operation of the transportation } lines of the country and the gov-j ( | ernment being responsible, we are to assume that the taking over of cone trol is legal. The judge probably means to take Issue with the government on the "letter of the law," lF but even though he be right in his 0 assumption, it is so near to "making a mountain out of a mole hill" that it seems to be taking up time and lUarfl for nofliintr The contention of the federal] judge Is that congress authorized ( h the war department, "and no othar er," to take over the railroads, and v in points out that congress specified it ie should be done through the war deh1 partment. of which Newton I). Haker 10 is the head, and asserts that W. O. McAdoo, "who was and is secretary y quoted as soying that have party il lines practically disappeared, and _ the Times-Dispatch of Richmond, adf mitting such a probability, as to national matters, says "but it remains to be seen what will eventuate in the ninth district when lie comes w up for re-election When 4 politics disappear from the ninth, then indeed will the millennium be , at hand." In South Carolina it is S. party politics?in other words, "do_ mestic troubles," or fights within the one party's own household?but J there are "lines," just the same; g line fences of barb-wire and built , high, and there is little hope that they will disappear any time soon,! s thnilirh n nuivoiiiont f"" ?1 ~? 1 ...? ? Vitiviil I(M ( year" has been started in some states, originating, we believe, in , n North Carolina, and which is not , v wholly without merit. Some states are blessed with politics and legisla1 E tures and some are afflicted with l them. South Carolina is in the lat1 ter class. + ,s COXSKltVATION. i- The saving of food products by the ; people of the eastern and southern ], " states must continue. The short- ( age?the real shortage of food is ( ? lather in the future than the pres- ( ojent. The local scarcity of sugar or , u j flour is usually met w ithin a few , Idays time and nasses over ?hon ? THE LANCASTER NEWS of the treasury." has been appoint-1 ? id by I'reaident Wilson as director-; general, an office which, the court says, the law does not recognise. The News does not wish to treat 11 fir h 11V thft 4 llrl ffo'u urnnrl < *> ow? 1/xnc but is reminded of a man who was m arrested for some minor offense and th put in jail. He sent for a lawyer ' tv and stated his case. The lawyer P? f^aid: "Why. my man. they can't put <^( you in jail for that." "They can't,- th eh?" the man replied, "where am 1 w now?" lil + BRYAN AND HIS HISSKKS. Many people disagree with W. J. Bryan upon the liquor question and s<" perhaps as many upon other public j| questions, but there are few to im- (o pugn his motives. His retirement hi from the cabinet under the peculiar circumstances brought much criti- m he nsm upon his head. Some of his ^ friends deserted him and others be- jg lieve he made a mistake in forsaking co the President at a time when he m needed team-work. Hut Mr. Hryan's ag policies and President Wilson's poli- ^ cies were diametrically opposed, and th he felt that he couldn't do good he work unless he had faith in what he was doing. That was Mr. Hryan's opinion and he was entitled to it. He may have been wrong in that; we are inclined to believe that he js was. Rj A CnflnHInn gmllan/ia ....... ? v. .? ?. ?ux?iuia\ c " an III II If 411 de Mr. Bryan speak on prohibition the WJ ither day, but a few hundred per- w< *ons who thought the other way I'l ibout it. hissed him from the stage. of 0(] Xo effort was made, it seems, to ga itop tBe disorder and Mr. Bryan did a| not speak. He is a patriotic and ea dncero man; a leader and a national -r igure of great ability. Just why aiw' > ? . lo' nowd of boisterous anti-prohibi- ^ ionists should have been permitted !o insult him in Toronto, we do not th know. It was only a very small 11 [>art of the audience which did the liisxing, and the victim of their dissi :>rder was deserving of better treat- -| tnent. ("1 * ? *! THK Ligi Oil I'KICM IT. in The (lays of the li?iiif>r permit an |)(1 'nil of trouble. Leastwise, the hours he >1 the man who secures a permit an till of trouble. Most probate 'U1 ; su judges in the state, after March 10. . in vill require a doctor's prescription | n proof of the assertion that the seeker of the permit needs liquor for nedicinal purposes. Doctors, being tenerally reputable men. will not "" ssue prescriptions indiscriminately, tnd, therefore, it will become really JU lecessary to undergo a few aches th tnd pains before the doctor will feel l'r to tlisposed to endorse a note for a ar luart of liquor. There's hard sledding ahead for t] the seeker of the permit. It pwhiIpi>? r both money and trouble nowadays ca Ki to get drunk, but of course, in case ba di' sicknesRr the expense is not to be counted but it is coming to pass that he there must be "bonaflde" sickness re behind the issue of the permit, or no 'u permit will be forthcoming and the m ch thirst will continue unabated. That's ^ the status of the liquor permit. In * IMPROMPTU. fc Old things are beflt, 'tis truly said? Old times, old places and old 1)1 friends; Nor can the charms of novelty ror lack or them make full amends. ir Across the months and distance came l' Your message of old friendship's a cheer; ? '.Mid nearer sounds, engrossing Sl sights, p Naught else is to my heart more ^ dear. For e'en in silence echoes come | To 'waken mem'ry's vibrant strings; My heart .responsive feels the joy n Of mem'ries of old friends, old " things. " I A iiail across the distance dear, 1 A cordial word of comrade greet ing; 1 With hearts to loyalty attuned, r Here's hoping that we'll soon be l> meeting. t ?A. H. Taylor. e ;> LANCASTER, S. C. SCISSORS AND PASTE. The Turkish Itlenl. (The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.) The Ottoman government has 'J roposed Lenine, the Bolshevik pre- J ler, for the Nobel peace prize on ie ground that he has upheld thr deal of peace, harmony, fraternl- J and justice so dear to the Turkish jople." The humor of this will no >ubt be properly appreciated by v ie comparatively few Armenians > < ho have so far escaped falling vie- ! ! Ills to the Turkish ideal of itiatir-n The Correct Wen. (Waxhaw Knterprlse.) J Mr. J. K. Bigham has been buying ed cotton in little lots and having V ginned up when he gets a bale. * e said Saturday that he was going J ?iuit buying cotton pretty soon and ! ! ly war savings stamps. Mr. Big mi said his little folks had some * oney they made picking cotton and overheard them talking about ' [ >w they would spend it the otner * , , .. t_ i>. ?nen n.' ioiu mem mat they tj uld spend half of it that way but J ust buy war stamps with the rest. parents generally would encour :e the children to invest in the rift stamps or war savings stamps ie total aggregate savings would lp to win the war. J , The American Spirit. ! (Chester Reporter.) In a paper published at Casnovia, ich.. under date of February 14th. J contained an obituary sketch of J ?y C. Ronter. the young Michigan ldier who died here recently, un t circumstances that our readers J 11 all recall, and from this sketch * 2 take the following: "Here (at ' tester) he received the very best * medical treatment, and two train- * nurses, noble young Christians, ve him their most tender care, but m I to no avail, for he passed from rth on the morning of February tj0 id. 1918. The beautiful Hag \\t <1 ro n?>/l ? * * * ..* * ui n|iru II CilSKl'l, I IIO lllHIiy (>|p vely floral offerings. all contri- vlc ited by strangers in that far-off i,a >uthern city, show in a measure ,.Qi e Itppieolation of our people for ;i | e sacrifices which our brave sol- (Cv er boys are making for their ( untry." In a card of thanks s* gned by the family occurs this: To tiie kind unknown fi lends of (jjt tester who so tenderly cared for x ir beloved son and brother during ,j() s last illness: to those who con- jm, ibuted the lovely flowers and the autiful flag we wish to express our (ju art-felt thanks. We hope that ,,n) ould sorrow come to any of your |M I miPM win ** i.unr U|J IDF >'OU | ch kind friends as He nave to us ^j( our time of neetl." ou( A Splendid Ijuv. ( ^ (Greenwood Journal.! ma The legislature certainly passed e law (hat is a splendid one. If QU( had done nothing more than to ma act this one law, it would have t ut stifled the session. We refer to poi e hill that makes the owner of the pa) emises responsible for the charac- pj,? r of the tenants. Heretofore, we e informed, that the property v ner might rent his premises to nQ) y one he pleased and it mattered prc >t what the kind of business he ^yj rried on. there was no chance to ma ft at the landlord. He could sit pul ck and he assured of the fact that t^| ? was perfectly safe. Why need > care so long as he received his , nt? That was the only thing that ? need be concerned about. It uttered not how objectionable the uiraoter of the tenants might be to le neighborhood, there was absotely no way of appealing to him. kn But the recent law holds the landtrd responsible for the kind of jrf >lks who live on his premises, and a house Is used for immoral pur- ja oses. the costly furniture may he i/.ed, sold, and the owner called to . dr rcount. It Is predicted that this iw will do more to suppress one of te most objectionable forms of vice i cities than any law that was ever f() nacted in South Carolina. It makes tie Indifferent landlord very much live as to the kind of tenants that ocupy his buildings. It would sU pem. with this law in force. It Isj MO^lkU * ? unmuic 10 suppress entirely lewd nuses of all kinds. wi Him Fur Is Wuxliniv From Lancaster'.' ^ (Rook Hill Herald.) Kftlciency In the postoftice depart- m lent under the administration of he Hon. Postmaster General Burle- y( on is illustrated by a story in the .ancaster News. The News says h? hat in order to reach its subRcribrs in the northern part of Lances- s), er county at Waxhaw and on the ural routes from that place, the apers must go by way of Rock Hill, hi hnrlotte nnd Monroe. There is no tt xchange of mail at Catawba June AWAW>'?W??>?AWAW?V,Vff7i The Bank i .* . i TTn a linnii ^nuii?ni? + / # AI?O wvii uuoi^iiatv United States Govei ]K)sits in payment for NITF ot Si The Bank will 1101 the Nitrate of Soda plying has received eminent of the amoui the necessary deposit When the Nitrate shipped, each applici and all are urged to such notice is receiv IntllliMit out oroioivtlv - J.. ,.*..rvV The Bank < Lancast n, which is but a few miles from ixhaw. On account of this inetfiney and deficiency in the mail sere the people of a large section of master county get mail from the inty town three days instead of few hours after it leaves LancasDf course, ?there is no reason to ppose that the Honorable l'ostster General is aware of the conions prevailing in Lancaster inly and around Catawba Juncn. but one thing is certain?the llloiency in the handling of mail oughout the country is just about * same as in this Lancaster case, ;1 the administration of this detment of the government by Mr. rleson is responsible for the conion of the mail service throughthe country. Postmaster General Hurleson's ; idea all ulong has been to so nage his department that the rurniuem would niuKe a Mr prom of the people for carrying their .11. Acting on this idea he has and slashed and saved until the ?tal service lias been vastly imIred. Mr. Burleson does not ap-| ir to have grasped the fact that ! people are the government of ! United States, and that they do t wish to pay themselves a heavy >flt for the carrying of the mails, mt the people want is first class til service. If the postoflice dertment gets cost for furnishing s service the people will be dehted. They don't want a profit * handling the mails. Til K QUKSTIOX X AI UK. (I'aris (Mo.) Mercury.) t Are you a male so far as you ow ? Do you crack peanuts with a flat n? I>o you use your overalls for pam as? What are the gyrolies of a quauple triangle? TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1918. ?i Lancaster i i i ? a depository by the nmeiit to receive de- I . ; > LATE DDA I t accept payment for t! until each fanner ap- ; notice from the Gov- * it allotted to him, and to be made. j t / of Soda has been int will be notified, ^ come forward when ed and take their al- J w y y ?f Lancaster j :er, S. C. | y fl when you eat hash? If a German hullet should hit you between the eyes would you consider it a good shot? I)o you gargle your soup? Has there been any artillery action in your house since the cook was fired? Was either of your grandfathers hung for horse-stealing? If so, give a description of the horse? Have you had any experience with fire arms other than poker and tongs? I Whnt end of a mule is the danger zone? What strategic move would you make should you accidentally come in contact with a polly-wampus? What effect would enemy artillery have on your speed in retreating? II)oes your experience with machinery pvlpnil hovnnd ?>? saw? Did you cut your teeth on the ? bias? Can you drive a can opener? Have any of your folks been disappointed in politics? If so, give plurality. Would the Germans think the Americans living on wild game if they could see the display of "bare" meat in our moving pictures? # SENATE DEBATE ON BIG FINANCIAL BILL IS OVER Ix'adei-M Confident Measure CreuU ing $l,500,000,tMM> Corporation Will Pass. Washington, March 4.?Senate debate on the administration bill to establish a war finance corporation with resources of $4,600,000,000 to flifl U.'ar inrllialrioa ar**l * ? ...mmovi IVO ailU l/UWCI III veto non-essential financing, virtually has been concluded and consideration of the /finance committee's amendment begun. , Without discussion, the senate adopted an amendment giving President Wilson instead of Secretary McAdoo, power to appoint four directors of the corporation. Several contested amendments are to be considered. but leaders were confident the bill would be passed before ad' journment. Senator Thomas, of Colorado, and Ilollis, of New Hampshire, Democrats. criticised the measure, but i conceding its necessity during the war, promised to vote for it. Sona5 tor Mollis said the measure Is both * "highly socllistlc" and 3 capitalists' 1 measute, nnd he proposed amendments prohibiting bankers from be1 Ing directors of the corporation and also to eliminate the clause giving ^ the corporation power to Issue $4,500,000,000 in bends. i Warning against Initiation was given by Senator Thomas, who Is a member of the finance committee, i In the course of his remarks he i criticised the .new war tax bill and announced his opposition to higher t taxation during the war. Do you look down the barrel of a n to aee if it is loaded? What Is the hole In a doughnut r? Can you wiggle one arm at a time? Are your toe nails brittle? Which hand do you button your iBpenders with? Have you any conscientious scrues about killing time? Are old maids of their own free 111 and accord? Does the safety match conservt eeches? Do you think the "spare" Is thf njunv; I>| ny<?i?rius: What effect dirt tlie draft have on tur feet? What are the status quo of youi >ViC8? Is placing the heel of a woman's loe In the center of her foot camoui*e? Would the fellow who eats with s wife need more elbow room In 10 trenches? Are you reminded of Joseph's coal