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.PAGE FOUR TheLancaster N ews (SEMI-WEEKLY.) FsUblklu'<l 1852. Published Tuesday and Friday BY THE LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. Lancaster, S. C. CEORCE BULLA CRAVEN Editor and Manager St BSCKIPTION PRICE: One Year $2.00 Six Mouths 1.00 Entered as Second Class Mattel October 7, 1005, at the Postottlce at Lancaster, S. C., under act of Congress of March 3, 1870. 1 ie News is not responsible for the views of Correspondents. Short anu rational articles on topics of geueral interest will be gladly received. liy Country 'Tis of Thee, Sweot Land of Liberty." FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918. SENTENCE SERMON'S. The best sort of revenge is not to be like him who did the injury.? Antoninus. The modern majesty consists in work. What a man can do is his greatest ornament.?Carlyle. What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are tie perfecting of ourselves and the happiness of others.? Kent. The bread earned by the sweat of the brow is thrice blessed bread and it is far sweeter than the tasteless loaf of idleness.?Crowquil. A mighty pain to love it is. And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; Hut of all pains the greatest*pain. It is to live and love in vain. ?Crowley. Though thou be destined to live three thousand v.nrs and as mam myraids besides, vt t remember that no man Inseth other life than that which ite livcth. nor livoth other than that which ho loseth. Marcus! Aurelius. i;di ku:i\i.i;rrus. Kven with one good ear Mr. Roosevelt will hear the bee when it begins to buzz. + And we might surmise that Jacksonville is not tin* only place thai - , shipping it in. + Mr. Bryan probably will live just 1, as long as he would have lived had ( the Toronto incident not happened. , We fear that the call to Governor Catt is a practical admission that we're having trouble in enforcing our , own laws. A About the most logical theory to w h<'ii the war will end was ad-! vanced hv the man who said it would V end just aftvT the last shot is fired. ?t? Maybe the Americans abroad \vi 1*! have something to say about Hindenhurg getting into Paris on schedule time. + "Our municipal government is punk; what are you going to do about it," soliloquizes the Record of' Columbia, without even the slightest intimation as to what it is going to do about it. + It is not to be assumed that the proximity of the Kegtown section of I Cherokee county, of which the Spartanburg Journal speaks with a regularity indicating intimate knowledge, had anything to do with the! selection of Gaffney as a meeting place for the press association. "It appears that all this while," remarks the Charlotte Observer, "the soldiers at Fort Caswell? there are about 1,600 now at that place?have been laboring under th? disadvantages of a bum mall ar rangement." We would like for th< esteemed Observer to tell us just what particular neck o' the woods does not labor under the disadvantages of a bum mall service. f - - f wm "?m Bi WRITING FROM FRANCE. | A South Carolina boy. writing to I his parents from "Somewhere lu France," says: "I didn't realize what war was when I was at home but I can realize what it is now and that realization makes me want to do inj yai i uiuic mail c?ri . That's what we need back here at home?a realization of what the war is. The people who complain at conservation of food and fuel, who are constantly criticizing and hindering the war machinery, need a realization of what the war is. The profiteers need it. And when all of these come to realize the meaning of the war, the seriousness of the war, the seriousness of many situations brought about by the war, then will all shoulders go to the wheel. This boy. writing from France, probably sends home letters more cheerful than those which go from this country to the boys at the front. I nere at nome we get "grouchy" fr i we can't have "just what we want, \% hen we want it," because we haven't come to a realization of what the war is. "Over There," the boys are not expecting many of the I pleasures they were accustomed to j at home, and appreciate what they have and make the best of it. "We are having some beautiful weather over here now," this South Carolina boy writes his parents. "It's almost as though spring time was here, and you can just bet we are glad to see it because we haven't seen anything but snow, ice and rain since we've been here. But we didn't mind the weather. We don't mind anything any more, because we know, as every Southerner should know, that we are in this little 'scrap' to win and we're going to win." That's the kind of letters that are [Coming from our boys in France. :llu1 vot unnin I.r < <> I.. I.. i ...... V V OVUM VI HO * "Hi I'M III < I 11(1 nurse a grouch because we are asked to eat corn bread one day in the week, and we grumble and wish "that this thing was over," while! the hoys who are doing the lighting j go at it cheerfully, uncomplaining, j and with the single idea of win- ' ning. They are liked by the French, too. This hoy writes: "You don't have , any idea how the French treat us. They treat us like princes. There is an old lady who lives just below | mv billet, who is another mother to me. She sews buttons on all my clothes and darns my socks and does everything almost that you would flo for me?not everything, almost | everything. And she isn't the only [)no. t hern's thoiiHaniU lil*o hoe ; ? i France." Every letter that comes; fiotn France is teeming with cheer- j fulness and the determination to win, and that's the spirit that will ! ] win the war. ?. innti> i iklima i.ow The first anniversary of America's i entrance into the war will witness the launching of the Third Liberty Lorn. The campaign will last three <>r four weeks, hut the amount, lite, interest rate, maturity and terms of payment are yet to he determined, I hough indications are that it will he far more than $3.*600,000,000. the remainder of authorized but unissued bonds, and the fact that certificates of indebtedness now being sold in anticipation of the loan hear 4 1-2 per cent interest is taken as an indication of the interest rate which the bonds will carry. The campaign for the third Liberty Loan will likely be carried on similar to the first two issues, and, while it is going to he anything hut an easy matter to dispose of the' bonds. It will he equally as successful. The participation of the Ameri-| ran troops in activities at the front ?the fact that this country Is rtow well into the war?will stimulate | investment in Liberty bonds and assure success for the undertaking. ] m- ?. ? The kind of politics that would be conducted In the newspapers would be an innovation in South t'arolina," and should it become as heated as the stump variety it would become necessary to manufacture print paper front asbestos. THE LANCASTER Ni gi'UiLKN AS giJILL-DRIVER, We are much interested in the an nouncement that Robert Quillen ha joined the editorial staff of thi Greenville Piedmont. Our lnteres lies chiefly in the fact that we ha< come to admire his paper, the Foun tain Inn Tribune, as one about ai near Independent as they ever get There are several kinds of newspaper writers?there are those who adhen to a strict policy, definitely outlined; .there are those who are bound bj discretion; there are those who art Liased, prejudicial and narrow minded, and there is Robert Quillen We have no personal acquaintanct with Mr. Quillen, but we have fount! tkni U A U a a -a ? mat una tuts iciii oi writing lll( kind of stuff the people like to read without playing to the grandstand We see, through his writings, thai his paper has no policy; that is, nc trodden path to follow; he throws discretion to the winds, but he is broad-minded; versatile and clever and his paper is one of the most interesting that conies to us. His connection with. The Piedmont, providing a larger sphere in which tc work, will be no cause for regret on the part of the readers of that paper, if in proportion his work shows up as well as on his own little paper back home. THK AFTERMATH. Alter the war, what then? After the gruelling test; After we welcome back our men To the North. Kast. South anil West. After the victory's won. Anil day succeeds each day; After our dreams are done. And peace has come to stay. After it's o'er! What then? Shall we learn from the quick or the dead That we knew alway, and again. We must lead, and never be leadDo we seal with our young hearts' blood? Do we strike with untried blow? Do we slop the tide at its flood To help the nations grow? And 1 now not what they mean? ("Mv son is dead" yon say; "On him I used to lean As late as sweet, last May!") ah; yes. i no anermntli; Wo know 'twill surely come. With victory, that hath I'nmingled joy to some. Fhe world will seem more fair When peace, for it. is won: The millennium so near? A paradise begun. \nd drifting down the shores Time's wreckage will he lost; There'll be no more old scores ? No counting then the cost. The aftermath! The aftermath! 'Tis decked with laurel?see! It scintillates with light that hath An immorality! Anals Jugh. in the Washington Herald. + WISE \NI) OTHERWISE. Speak* l-'aster. (Topeka Journal.) Wife?You know, Henry, I speak as I think. i iinuu iii! i e!<, n?y love; ciniy c? I tener. A <'ensured (iroiKin Iteport. (Dalilogena Kcho.) If whiskey causes people to do and act like we are told that a 60-yearold man in the upper part of the county done and acted a few nights ago. our advice to all men is quit drinking it right now. His Only \Vorry. (Judge.) White Man?Uncle, you seem to have some trouble getting over the ground. Black Man?I ain't complainln' boss, so long ez ah kin keep from get tin' under it. Conservation. He -Will you meet me thin afternoon for a little chat, dear? She No, Harold; this is one ol my meatless days. laivisli Substitute. ( Exchange.) "Everything seems to work out for the best," exclaimed the gentle optimist. "What's working out for the best now?" "Just as prohhition laws deprive CWS, LANCASTER, S. C. ao many people of their customary g** . beverage, nature- provides an enor- J] mous supply of the most delicious ice water!" ? * t 2 The Unadorned Truth. (Detroit Free Press.) ,J "Pa, wh^t is temperament?" [ [ 9 "Just a fancy name for cussed- Z ness." J e r > Never hit a man when he is down. 2 Hit him when is up a tree, then lun away before he can net down. e . Kindly Dispensation. !l (Ohio State Journal.) I ! One of Providence's kindest dis pensations is fixing -it so that a man ? can be just as happy over feeling * important as really being. ' SCISSORS AND PASTE. > Tlie Danger Zone. >J< ( lioston Globe.) w ! The Kaiser hasn't yet moved his headquarters for safety to a place J opposite the section of the front held by the Yankee troops. y Running the War. (Ohio State Journal.) ? Things get straightened out in J. most people's minds after a while. but occasionally some prominent * military expert, like a Methodist J minister, for instance, gets up to make a patriotic speech and betrays the lingering conviction that Col. fc Roosevelt would be a better man to ! have in charge of our active inter eats in France at this time than * "Mack Jack" Pershing. ! v. >: Tlie Red Cross Workers. I (Kershaw Kra.) J From the number who have vis- ! ited the Red Cross headquarters V during the week we are led to con- >? elude that the interest in that organization is being stimulated in some manner and that good results will grow correspondingly. These |)rjt good ladies are engaged in a most fu 1 i 1 worthy cause, and they need not in ithe least be afraid that they will ' do too much. The greater apprehension that needs to be felt is. that the needs will exceed the provision ogy made for them. The davs will come . nog v-r..... ...in ^ . i > . ii< > nin iiiMiitiiiiii' n a v 111 g invi had part In tho good work thoy avo now engaged in. Hut Mr. Daniels' Vindication. tain (Charleston News and Courier.) .j, Having fought pretty strongly for o Secretary Daniels throughout a long tj period during which he was the most violently abused man in Amer ica. The News and Courier takes .,)e|] particular pleasure in reprinting the jre editorial article front The New York InjH, Times which appears elsewhere on jtaV( this page. The Times was formerly nj one of the most persistent of the secretary's critics. It says now that """""* he was "much underrated" by those j critics, that he has common sense. I 1 | that he has "that supreme but by no I 1 means common gift of knowing the J value of his advisers." that he is "one of the most competent mem- I hers of the Cabinet," that naval of- | fleers no longer criticise him. All this is perfectly true and The < *"r' Times does a manly and handsome thine in coming out* and saying so. T I'nquestionahly it is a fact that much ?an of the credit for the navy's splendid tral showing is due to some of Mr. Dan- hurj iels' subordinates, among whom our sorr own Samuel McGowan tases high fron place. Hut Mr. Daniles' great merit ing has been the fact that lie recognized chu the abilities of these men and gave K. them a free hand, file Times' trib- kins ute to him is one of the most signifl- ("ha cant and gratifying things that in t have recently come to our notice. was prei No .lustideation. pai( (Chester Reporter.) cha While we have about lost faith (1 in the effectiveness of proceedings sigr against lynchers, we are glad to mai note that prompt action has been eno taken in the Barnwell countv Ivneh-lhnt ing of a few days ago, as this will now serve to show at least that the State whe of South Carolina does not approve sibl of such things, and proposes to soni make all possible effort to punish A the lynchers and discourage lynch- cnt i ing. While the negro who was fail lynched had committed a cold-blood- Kla ed murder and had shot down abso- dur . Intely without cause a most excel- 1 It nt young white man. there is no had reason to believe that if the case wet had been carried to court and dis- bur posed of according to law the mur- Th( derer would have escaped with his frai life. There are some crimes so heln- the f ous and so fearful in their nature bul that it is not surprising that the F passions of men rage and surge to an such an extent that they take the law but into their own hands; but in he in . umuci iiincusniun nere wan not r the slightest prohahility of the guilty nu>i negro's getting off with anything nio less than his just desserts, and the Th< men. therefore, who stepped in and hib i outraged the law by lynching the one S. 0 * 0 The Bank o lias been designated United States Govern ]>osits in payment for NITR of SC The Bank will not the Nitrate of Soda in plying lias received n< eminent of the amount the necessary deposit t< Whon fl?n Vif/ > ? m. m. v a X_/ -i. 1 i V 1 M t?J \ shipped, each applican and all are urged to c such notice is receivet lotment out promptly. The Bank ol Lancaste ????????*?????*?? i ioner should be made to feel th? a weight of thel? offense. zi 1 t! 111. 4 *1 i * " ? unniiT in i/iiM. II (Bismarck, N. 1)., Tribune.) " ^'e will now consider the psycholol' the dog. The war demand for P! a is growing stronger. Dogs are tluahle in trench warfare; they nt the enemy's approach, carry " isages and locate the wounded. the demand is for dogs of a ceri trend, psychologically. w he thoroughbred dog is usually P* d at one or two things. The igreed prize-winning dog is good 'u sit and be looked at, and not h more. But there is other dog. ity of him. The stray dog of the et. cur by general repute and ' cellaneous by breeding, must a wits or starve, courage to face an with a brick or a woman with ll( tl] -OOKING B/ TKN V KAILS AGO THIS MONTH. Din the Files of This l'aper ( I March 7, 1 i*08.) he funeral of Itishop \\\ W. Dunwas held this afternoon in Cen- ca Methodist church in Spartan- V ?. The church was crowded with A owing friends, many ministers m i) cities throughout the state b"- St present. Among the prominent Ln rchmen present were: Ifiishop so K. Hass, of Tennessee: Jas. At- bn i, of North Carolina, and VV. A. lit ndler, of Georgia, who assisted he service. The funeral oration o, preached by I)r. J. C. Kilgo. ,.r lident of Trinity college, wtu> s(; 1 beautiful tribute to the life and racter of the deceased. hvi me of the most encouraging nl is of the times is the fart that ly farmers are not only making h( ugh corn each year to do them have a surplus to sell. Kvery r a^l then we hear of a farmer > has more corn than he can pos- jt y use and wants to dispose of he le of his crop. a Irs. W. T. Williams delightfully th crtalned a large number of her |n friends Tuesday afternoon. 01 borate refreshments were served ing the evening. M rhe Gregory-Hood company has ('. I a force of hands at work this dt ?k overhauling the bricks on itR!to nt lot, preparatory to rebuilding, tb i company will not erect any more a me buildings to tnke the place of'd? old ones destroyed, but will u| Id one immense brick structure, 'irking cotton in March is indeed in unusual sight in this country. r.f such a spectacle was witnessed di East End Monday. hi dessrs. R. J. Harper and J. Palr King are arranging to have a W ving picture show in Lancaster, m ?y expect to give their first exition In the Markey opera hous^ ol i night next week. H / / - - / < FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918. V f Lancaster I . : depository by the > ineiit to receive de- ? ** A TI7 I! v >DA t 4 accept payment for > itil each farmer ap- S ?tice from the Gov allotted to him, and ; l> be made. > )f Soda has been > t will be notified, $ ome forward when I and take their al > 1 f Lancaster j r, S. C. i ' skillet, alertness to dodge whizng club, rock or tin can. He gets lese qualities by heredity, educaon and experience. All his irvely fe he expects things like guns, lells and bodies, and ho becomes ychologlcally tit to meet them. ?e? We see a future for the utrav mr re've chased many a one to make a itnre for him, but have always died to discover what the same ould be. Psychologically, it ap;ars that he's especially fit to fight una. and no such material should ? overlooked or wasted. <>ot t'obl Keel. Mrs. Newedd?Oh, James. I've fal11 in love with that beautiful neckre. Mr. Newedd?Come on; you've > business to fall in love with anyling?you're married. \CKWARD TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH. 'rom the Files of This Paper March 8. 1893.) A party of South Carolinians illed on I'rtn^idont Cleveland and Ice-President Stevenson Monday, mong them were (Jovernor Tillan. Senator Irby, Congressmen rait, Talbert. Latimer and Mcmrin. It is said they indulged In me pleasant social conversation, it that not a word of politics was tared. The indications now are that ere will be an increase in cotton reage in all the cotton growing ates. The Busy Bees will give a hot ipper in Lemmond's hall Thursday ght. Snow fell at this place for several >urs Saturday morning. The court of general sessions for ?ncaster county convened at 10 clock Monday morning, his honor, idge W. II. Wallace presiding. His ...... vuaikm io ine grand Jury wan brief but very lucid statement of e duties and responsibilities rostg upon that body. Mr. J. F. Qreg y was appointed foreman. Itlev. S. P. H. Elwell, I). D.. of arion Street church, Columbia, 8. . will come up to I^ancaster Monly after the first Sabbath in April assist in a protracted meeting in ie Methodist church. I)r. Elwell Is fine preacher and will doubtless dlght and edify those who attend [ton hiH ministry. a ? The ltock Hill Herald announced Its last Issue that It would here'ter appear as a semi-weekly, the ?ys of publication being Wednesday id Saturday. Hon. Ira B. Jones, who is in Washington in connection with the tilroad tax cases, will return today. Mr. M. Paul Crawford, formerly ' this place but now of Centre ill. Ela.. is home on a visit.