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PAGE SIX NEW NATIONAL PARTY ADOPTS A PLATFORM Equal Suffrage, Prohibition am (legislation Favoring Farmers * atul Laborers. Chicago. March 11.?Equal suf frage, nation-wide prohibition aui radical legislation favoring farmer and laborers, are the chief planks o the platform of the natiouai part' adopted here at a convention at tended by about 200 delegates, 10< ot whom are bolters from tlie prohi ldtion party. The platform, after several hour of debate on the negro voting ques tion ami various points of tin planks favoring laborers. wa adopted by a unanimou vote. It is the first definite expressioi of the policies of the new party. In regrad to suffrage, the platforn demands the right of men and wo men to vote on all questions and en foreement of the laws cnfram-hisin: negroes ami others regardless of rol or or rare. The prohibition plank pledges th party to work for nation-wide pro hibition and for immediate rati Ilea tion of the constitutional amend ment. Extension of the federal loan lav is among the important legislatioi concerning farmers which is advo cated. Advance loans upon crops o products in storage, government in suranee of farms and stocks, federa inspection of farm products at term inals and untaxing of all farm equip ment and measures to prevent th holding of large tracts of land id I and included. Limitation of immigration, short ening of working hours, governmen tal insurance, more rigorous inspec tion of factories and working places adequate enforcement of child labo laws, are some of the things urge* in the labor plank. It is also advo rated that the government forbi interstate shipments of articles mad by children, women employed mor than eight hours a day or six day 11 vvnalf PiviU'li'to nn<1<ii? txeionlrt \ ikii niur i unri , ij 11 /.a u?*i n I ?t I 11 < Louise Drennan, Hal Long, Jam Davis, Franklin Hough. Alb( Floyd, Mason Adams, Randol Thomson, George Williams. Third grade John Drennan. Kit Blackmon, Frances Culp, Rachel ! wards. Sara Flemming, Sara Hilt< Martha Hinson, Nova l,angt Katherine Kiddle. Vary Slice. Cat Steele. Ruth Williams. Fourth grade?L. ('. Roberts) Lnwriee Ashley, Curtis I'lyler, Do Hilton, Cooper Davis, Gladys R ledge. iKugene Robins, Kvelyn lit ertson. Arthur Williamson, Krn "Vaporize" Croup or Cold Troublt Vapor treatments for cold troubles a bettor than internal medicine*, aa the ^ Kra carry the medication direct to t aga ami air passages without disturbi the stomach. ? * When Vick'a Vap-O-Rnh" Salve is a plied over the throat and cheRt, these i Srs, released by the heat of the body, a baled with each breath. 2.?c. to .'jtl.tK VKK3 v*??SALVl bill* ... - tract, or persons employed in nnin spected factories or mines. Aholitio of contract prices on labor and th establishment of the honor system i prisons is advocated. Much of the platform, also is dt voted to the question of internatioi al democracy. The platform dorian that the party recognizes that the r? public of the world is the goal fo international political developmei and urges abolition of secret diplc ntacy, freedom of the seas and th abolition of prohibitive or discrin inatory tariffs or taxes upon trad and commerce. Other conditions advocated at freedom of speech by word or mout and by printed matter, the short hul lot in state and municipal elections right of absence citizens to vote l> affidavit, public ownership of puhli utilities and extension of the post; and parcel post systems. A telegram was sent to the Hritis labor party congratulating thei .upon their activity. + + HOXOIl ROLL. Following is the honor roll r Lancaster graded school for inont of February; First grade Floradell Campbel Mafalda Wilson, Sarah Rutledg Helen Robinson, Nell Milton, Guv ma Cline, Eva Meyers. Georgia l)e rick. Marion Hinson, Unllie W liatns. Ivah Mathis, Cornelia ('a then, Marjorie Keller, <). ('. lilac mon, Robert Mavis. Joe Croxto James Thomson, Everett liir.se Cecil Harper. Second grade Helen Campbel Velma Threatt, Margie Thorn? LMt,... L^.t. 11.. "THF. wr ,? A burning love story of tli e A drama'of great power and The cast also includes Wa AT THE ST TOMOF In order to show our app i- this picture at :: 15c? J Although il lias hern shown I , , . I 11 Floyd. Fifth grade Kugenia Adams, J ' jXardie Maker, Geneva Culp. Lyllian I Davis. Marguerite Drisooll, Henrietta ' I'M wards, Mary Mackey Hough, Rebecca Jones. Flizabeth Laney, Hliz*' abelh Lazenby, Ruth Mackey, Mary II Donnoni Withcrspoon, Marion itlanks Martin Crawford, Hlridgo Lazenby, Vrcliie Mingle, David Williams, Ivoy >' l'oovey. Grene Poovey, Ruby Plyler, ' Nannie Wilson, Vandiver Wilson. Margaret Long. Sixth grade?Annabelle Itlackmon, 11 Marion Faile, Mildred Ferguson, 11 j Norma Gregory, Jeanette Muggins, i F.ugenia Hughes, lleulah Mae Laney, Miriam Poliakoff, Jennie Lee Sherard. Kdwarcl Croxton, Walter Davis, VVilltoni ITnn oil Vf nr/.hlaAn + .. ......... Seven(h grade ?Mary Moore Hen>f nett. Catherine Carnes, Gladys Culp, h Kva Cook. Mary Kunderburk. Willie Green. Gertrude Poliakoff. Dorothy II, Porter, Katherine Sistare, Martha e. VauLamlingham, Louise Williams, o- Sara Williams. Kli/.aheth Witherr spoon. Marion Hilliard, Marion il- Long. u- Kighth grade?Mary Lee Reekk ham. Irma Hell, Lewis Clyburn, Len. ona Culp, Jewel Hinson. Marjorle h. Ilirseh, Sybl Lingle, Sadie Parks, I.ueile Roddey. Margaret Thomasle, son, Nannie Wilson. Ida Hull, is. Ninth grade -Margaret ltobinaon ps, Virginia Cousar, Alberta Williamson, es Sarah Plnxoo, Mildred King. Julia >it Hinson. Myrtle Hunter, Nannie Perph guson, Heulah Hurnett, Margarel ' Hradford, Kvelyn Hell. J. C. Sowell sie Richard Hobjnson, James Porter, W Id- J. Culp. James Reckham. >n. Tenth grade?Wren Hell, Davit ey, Crockett. Curry Perry, Robert Mc ee Ilwaine. iMPvenm graue??wiary imipi nn. Blaekmon, Guy Skipper. Freddi< ris Knight, Rosal'e Ferguson, Helei ut- Williamson. 5b est Honor Itoll of Mill School. ? First grade, section A.?Rutl 1 lowers, Mary Burnett, Evelyn Jol ley, Louise Jolley, John Taylor 'S Clyde Privett, Ollie (IrifTin, Connh kra Ghent, Thelma Baker. rtvha First grade, section B.- Jake San ng ders. Luther Gulledge, Bessie Hun ter. Milliard Stewart, Bella Beese. ral Second grade?David Hardin. Ha ir.i /.el Hudson. Harlie lfinson, Claud ' Harris, Richard Jones, Bewitt Knigh ELillie Rollings. J. I). Sanders, Ban iel Skipper, C. B. Sowell, Janell Car THE LANCASTER NEWS - ?^ii Isl Mfesifi p| 6~E.fcLALD)/NE FvueEAfc, ? Woman That 6od foag Ar1 A*C"TO. RAFT PlCTUo ** .'V 51 *i u U J ii IMAN GOD F e hind of Montezuma. A specialintensity. llace Iieid, Herhert Bosworth.an ARTHE tROW?WEDNI and possibly Thursday reciation of your patronage at tl Admissionin oilier cities from 2.">c to SI.00. | v oil. Dora Kllis, KHa Culledae. I Third grade l.awson Caldwell, I Willie Harris, Sibyl MehalToy. Huby ! Client, Pauline Mc.Manus. Loma Whitley. Fourth grade Robert Harris, U! Olen Mc.Manus, Lucile llurnett. Far- r* line Harris, Annie Harris, Wincic , d( TadlockS m Advanced first grade Paul Mehafley, Frank Thompson, Olin Cibson, ai ' Ih'ttie .Morton, Louise Strong. tf vvmits* mmu-iNb wah ialu w I u Randall Parrish, Lecturer, Civic Ex- pi pert and Author, Turn# Out New ai Sea Story That Makes Hit. vi "The m<?st unusual story of the war," i Is what the literary editor.-* and hook I reviewers have said of the novel "Con; trahnnd," by Itandnll I'arrlsh. And having just finished the tale ourself, o we take sides with them and declare ^ that "Contraband" Is a rip-snorting j | crnckerjaek of a yarn. It contains j more man-size action and heart-warm- t 1 ' lag romance to the chapter than any- ' | thing In the way of fiction we have * i read since the year of the Rig Wind. * Briefly, "Contraband" Is a recital of : the adventures of a young man who j tries to sneak a ship load of copper iiiTiks flu* fifpnn Into (iortminv n f#?w days nfitT war whs declared. < Of course there's a girl in the story < ?n wonderful girl with tender eyes | nnd soft h?tir and grace and charm and sweetness and courage. If it hadn't' i been for her, the hero would have left 1 the ship, crew, copper and (Jermany to their fate?but she made the dlflfer. ence. , Now here's a secret?we are going to run "Contraband" as a serial In this . I paper soon. Keep your eyes peeled for further announcement. i Irish Crop Report. a According to the agricultural statlsi ties of Ireland the total acreage under , crops in 15)10 was 4.806.575. 'I lie acre- ; age under crops the past year was 6,57o.453, showing an increase of 70.3,- I 878 acres, or 10 per cent. The total . 1 area under potatoes in 15)17 was 700,- i . 203 acres, as compared with 580,308 j acres in 1010, an increase of 122,955. or I ' 21 per cent; tinder hay, 2,532,723 acres, j & as co.pe.,red with 2.400,247 acres In 1016. an increase of 120,470 acres, or 6.3 per cent. Excusing Him. When a moralist turns satirist peo- ' pie are apt to say: "How good-natured his fun Is I" Thev know It isn't; but they have to say something to keep from taking his remarks seriously.? - New York Evening Sun. 3, LANCASTER, S. C. T l/NT* Liiii ttai orgot" i | an le of extravagant splendor. sci d several oilier noted slurs. "? :atre :SDAY |E !to liis Thealre >v<? i 11 show ! 11 a ' coi 10c 2 v scl i Gc I u cv Ea PROTECT LIVE STOCK FROM COLD. I Ti The winter thus far has been un-1 malty severe on live stock. It ia j tasonable to expert two months more ^ > ...n? < nn.l ?.!.. f * > naps it is true that an enormous amount of steel must be hurled by the big guns to Insure fatalities. Yet the actual number of men killed on all sides by artillery tire probably runs Into the millions. Useful Information. A beggar boy made application to a farmer's wife for relief, and was ! refused, on which the boy, with an . arch look, Informed the good dnme that If she would give him a slice of I bread and cheese he would put her In , possession of a secret which would be of service to her all the days of her life. The boon was granted, and the boy, agreeably to his word, remarked: j "If yotj knit a knot on your thread, you will never lose your first stltcto." inlands that special provision ha ade now to protect live stock from i^lher exposure. Comfortable stabling id housing of live stock reduces matrially the risk from diseases com- | louly caused by cold and exposure. also helps to save feed as animal* s'* ell housed do not need so mucti s<> ;ed. See that your live stock are UI ro tec ted from drafts. Pneumonia nr nd other serious troubles" often de- T1 elop in poor and draughty stables. j la R. L. SHILEDS. Jan. 21. 1*18. j p] m cc There are two ways to look at a li( mall farm-. One view?the common ne?is that it is a place to make a *' iving, but rather a hard place, and ol hould be sold as anything easier is w ound. The other is that the owner- in Kin rxt I.im.I ia n rt>?. ?!/ /v# patent io land in n tltla of nokllty, t) right to sovereignty.?Dr. Seaman A ., Cnapp. 1 w tJ Uses of Potatoes In Sweden. Uses uuido of Swedish potato crop, tltclnMy estimated tills year at $4,244, S'JO husliels. will lie interesting to people of the United States. Of the enlire erop, .'47.1 per eent is used for di-i reet human consumption; ;{-j.7 per cent1 is fed to animals, and 0..1 per eent la used In flour making. The losa In j storage la ll.tt per eent and 11.8 par cent la retained for seed. Effective Sheila. Controversy has long raged regarding the aetunl man-killing power of the big guns. It has been declared that $20,000 worth of big sheila must lie flred to kill one of the enemy. Per T1 HE GERMAN PRESS | FOR V ORLD CONQUEST f lame at Map Keveals Scheme I Planned by Kuiser to Uuin I Possessions. London, March 11.?Pointing out le seriousness of the German men;e in Siberia and in Southern Asia, ging Japanese intervention and lasting that the German people afrd no hope of rising against their iperia'istie masters, Lord Hubert soil, minister of blockade, pointed it in a statement to the Associatl Press what had already been acimplished by the Germans in the ist. Spreuding a large map on the bh', Lord Itobert said: "Look at what Germany has alady done towards a scheme of arid conquest. On the north she s taken rich Baltic nrovincea over lich she proposes to install a Oei- I in prince. j "She sent troops to Finland and % ncludes an agreement which puts b whole foreign policy of Finland t her disposal. These steps in the rth have particularly cut off ltus- ^ , from access to the sea. "Looking farther south we Hud it tlcrniany is in the course of ocpying Odessa, the greatest lllack ' a port, and that she has insisted it Russia cede to Turkey all ports the east end of the Black Sea. Her ^ Ident design is to substitute for ^ eBerlin to Bagdad railroad a new snue to the cast by Transcausasia d Northern Persia. In the execu _ on n oi this design uermany, inoreer. has had consciously or unconously the assistance and co-operan of the Bolslieviki. "Look at the plight of Armenia, th Great Britain and America ve already taken a deep interest d sympathy in this unhappy peo !. Armenian refugees who tied inTranscaucasia are now. under the isso-German treaty, to be handed l( rk to the Turks. "You have only to look at the map ,u see what a tremendous scheme of , ' 1 inmost Germany has undertaken.;1" Lving been thwarted in her plan to! ' 11 s nquer France, this is the second ( inir to her bow and for the mo ?nt tlio whole German people seem | m< be backing the new imperialistic | 1 heme. The military control ofj^( rmany is paramount and unsha-i' n. German democracy is docile <1 servile. The allies must adopt ery means in their power to frits-, , ite Germany's design in the!S| , .. fo ist. HOOPS AT WADS WORTH MAY HE MOVING SOON vi ar ceiling up in Training May Carry Significance for New York Guardsmen. be m Spartanburg, March 11.?The ring drive is on with the Twenty- C( venth division of the United States (j. my, New York's national guard p( lit in training at (lamp Wadsworth. lere is every evidence that the last 11 iii mi* iriuiiiiiK in a hi mi e rn army vision has been entered upon. Supies and equipment of every sort are tilling in, intensive work is being ine by the artillery and by the inntry, while every unit in the entire p( it tit is being gone over thoroughly ith training and instructions of, the ost minute character. According to announcement made lis week the whole division is soon lie engaged in combat exercises, n: liile prior to that all the artillery? le whole llfty-second brigade?will it TO ARRIVI FROM SAIN1 CAR OF You will find these ext Come quick and get youi Jn*l rMfivfd nhipmrni of Tyson He Jones Buggies COME TO J. H. WITHER! J _ ? JESDAY, MARCH 12, 1918. That Lingering C?Id is a steady drain on your ^ ^ physical stamina. It impoverishes the blood, distresses the digestion, and exhausts your vigor. ? jj, It affords a fertile field for serious infection and is likely to become chronic. You Needn't Suffer from it if you will take Peruna and use prudence in avoiding exposure. Peruna clears up catarrhal conditions. Thousands have proved this to any fair person. Get a box of the tablets today?prove it your8elf.^ any Jk 1 PROFESSIONAL CARPS DR. J. UEGl'K KtNDURlit'RK, Dental Surgeon. Ice Hours: 8:30 to 12:30 A. M. 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. And by Appointment. Office Phone 160. Residence Phone 16. Office over Lancaster Pharmacy. assembled on the range for prace and maneuvers. It is said this 11 constitute the most spectacular tillery event the army has had in is country. In the trenches gas is ing to be used during the next few ieks and special instruction in the e of the gas masks is to be stressed. These things bear out the state nt made during the week by Genal O'Kyan that there would be a neral speeding up of the training, iked if this meant early movement, e general told the correspondent ey might draw their own eonclu>ns. The training program now in ?ht will require six or eight weeks r its completion. The combat exercises to involve the noie division are neing carciuny orked out by the officers of the dision. Every unit will play is part -* ul the operations will extend over a r^e region of the country. . * (Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.) j ! "You simply cannot trust any>dy. Kveryone seems to be <lishonest vwadays," declared the woman, dy maid, in whom I had the utmost tnfldence, left me suddenly yesterly and took with her my beautiful *arl brooch." "That is too bad," sympathized te fiend. "Which one was it?" "That very pretty one I smuggled trough last spring. Knew Enough. (Buffalo Express.) "Does he know anything about :>ker?" "Everything?he never plays." Xot Tall, Hut Short. (Sketch.) The Dectective?How tall Is this ilssing cashier of yours? The Firm?Heavens, man! Ho ;n't tall?he's 7.000 pounds short. E TODAY I | r LOUIS A lV/II II cc lVlULiLiJ ra good, and all broke. rs for they will go fast. * \ llavn a (all line of Wagons :ind Harness % SEE US SPOON & CO. j