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! STKATEGY. Secretary llaker has gone to i France in order to learn as much as I possible of the conditions confronting the American troops, and to lend ^Y such ideas to military authorities over there as he has that will be of PAGE FOUR TheLancasterNe1 (SEMI-WEEKLY.) Established 1852. Fublifilied Tuesday ami Frldu BY TKK LANCASTER NEWS COMPA; Ijtmi'UHtoi', S. U. CiEOKCE BULLA CRAVEN Editor and Munuger SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year I Six Months Entered as Second Class M October 7, 1D05, at the Postotti' Lancaster, S. C., under act ot gress of March 3, 187a. The News is not responsible fo views of Correspondents. Short rational articles on topics of gei interest will be gladly received. "My Country 'T:? oi Thoo, Sweot Librrty." FRIDAY, MARCH 15, \V SENTENCE SERMONS. Opportunities clo not come their values stamped upon tl everyone must be challenged.? thie I), Rabcock. It is a noble and great thin cover the blemishes and to excusi feelings of a friend; to draw a tain before his stains, and to dis his perfections, to bury his weal* in silence, but to proclaim his tues upon the housetop.?R< South. You must elect your work; shall take what your brain can, drop all the rest. Only so can amount of vital force accumi which can make the step from k ing to doing. No matter how i faculty of idle seeing a man has I * i u i x tin- * w 11 ii i i y . ? + The Germans didn't know f long time that the Americans \ in the trenches but they kno now. + The Russian people probably wondering which is the lessei tv o evils the iiolsheviki or tiie man. + Because the onions, (the fruit that grows), have begun bloom is no reason for waste of er foodstuffs. + A wine cellar will he consid by some newspaper men as a rate place to go, especially i enemy airplanes hover o'erhead. * Nearly a million more men a b*i put into service this year. V\ is. another instance not in ke< with Senator Chamberlain's opi 4 While Lancaster has had i elections in the past four montln other is scheduled for May, and the August primary and the go election in November. Verily, one election after another this + George Creel in opposition t< plan of giving only the nana killed and wounded in France xiui nuuics.i hi in ai in i\iii, r>nj better to tell the whole truth George really means that the i papers should print everything t the truth, the men behind the ells will need some kind of for able weapons for self-protertior step rrom Knowing to doing is ly taken.?Ruskin. I live tor those who love me For those who know me true; For the heaven that smiles a hove And awaits my spirit too; For the cause that lacks assistai For the wrong that needs resist; For the future in the distance. And the good that I can do. ?Hani EDITOR! ALETTES. And once there was a national day called Garfield Day. The llolsheviki ought to've l<n that that kind of government woi go in Norfolk. * Germany's idea seems to he to ^ Russia to disarm and then proeee >uiur. his in i ivai at a r renen port was announced in the papers of MonIday and there were few of the peo>2.00 j 1.00 I Ple ?f th's country who knew that he 1 had left the seat of government. utter ; ce at Here are two instances showing the <^on- efficiency of the war machinery. i First, the fact of the secretary going r the to France because he believes his . and ueral i vis'1 w'll be of benefit in the conduct of the war, and. second, that the r; navy is competent in safety, quietly 'and quickly carrying the secretary over, the Information as to his sail iuk uciiik wiiiiiifia uuiii peopie 'generally, and likewise from the Ger. Itnan agents who swarm in this counLand try. ~~ | The secretary's visit to General 18. jPershing will he beneficial ?both ta that department of our fighting force abroad and that at home. General Pershing will got first-hand in... I formation from Mr. Baker and Mr. withj liem*'?a'ter froni General Pershing. The -Mai-1 President endorsed the secretary's idea of visiting the troops, and while the trip is surrounded by dangg to ers> Mr. Baker Is willing to brave L these for the benefit his first-hand cur.. , knowledge of the situation will * P 1 ?1 \ mess l,r'nk'. vlr- The time has ceased for criticism jbert 0f the war machinery of this nation it o ,f ....t ?? ? ' >--- ' vx/u, it ma/ nuv uc jiri nrvi, uui when it comes to percentage of efliyou ,uuj eiency. it measures up to near 100. that ulate >11'ST RKALIZR WAR. now- ^gt. William DeVaney, British solm"'Vdier with two years experience in the . the | trenches drove home a true shot in 1 his address in this city Monday when hi declared that since he came to America he had seen nothing in the way of saving food that would sug> me gest that the people realize a war , is on. His admonition to the people ince, was to "save every crust of bread." Sgt. DeVaney said in London one mav pn illtn n raul a i. ? 1 - " ? 0- ...v? ?% i uovuui (i111 aim UIUM (S. ten dollars "for a good dinner," but can get no more than the allowance set by the law. The rich and the poor are treated alike; money canholi "ot buy only what the authorities say one may have. In this country .custom has been that one may buy lown anything he wishes that is for sale, nld t i' he has the price. Since this counjtry entered the war, that custom has .little changed, though scarcity of a get j few commodities has limited the d to amount purchasable legally. Who J knows when this country may be i forced to adopt more drastic means or n i of conservation of foodstuffs unless vere wc 8{lVG now and produce more? We * !l can eliminate the possibility of measl arcs similar to those in force in Loni don by saving, saving, saving. Kvery little item, no matter how small it ?' may seem, must be saved. The C'.er- 1 spirit of "letting the other fellow do it" must be downed. Kvery one must save, best j ^ SKN.XTK SIKH 1.1) ACT. , "1 Senator LaFoliette might possibly l.e vindicated in an election in his State, should he resign and seek lered | vindication of his pro-Germanism in first that manner. Hut. the senate, itself, hen i I should try the charges preferred j against the Wisconsin senator and re t? acquit or convict him. The voters 'hich in Wisconsin elected the senator in >ping 1 '*''' *? suu'<'e,>(l himself and his presni(,|, ent six-year term does not expire j until 1!>2:'?. So, undisturbed, Mr. three I?iPol lette yet has five years of his i, an term to serve. Serious indictments then have been brought against him in the ncral |senate and tlie people will look disit jsjparagingly upon those preferring tlv year, j charges should they bo dropped or I the responsibility shifted upon the > the shoulders of the voters of Wiscon s of sin. The people generally have come and to the conclusion that Mr. LaFollett'j s it's ought not to he permitted to remain . If! in the senate; they have reached this lews-1 conclusion on the basis of the hat's charges preferred against him. ll pen- the charges cannot he sustained, the mid- senator has been done a grievous i. wrong, and to drop them without THE LANCASTER N1 pruof or denial would be doing t! people of the United States a grlevo wrong. Delay does not mitigate the crlm but. unfortunately, does serve to sti public sentiment or kill It entire] If the delay is of sufficient duratio Public sentiment is a strong fore but where there are long delays I bringing the accused before the b ! of justice, it often changes to syi pathy. Charges have been brought again the Wisconsin senator in the court the senate, and in that court ] 1 should be tried. "INADEQUATE." In the report of the grand jury the present term of court, mention 1 made of the inadequacy of t county jail. The building the grai ! jury says, is inadequate, and T News assumes that all informed cii zens of the city and county will agr with the grand jury. It might ha gone further and said that the cou house also is inadequate. Both tl court house and jail are nut-of-dat worn, badly arranged, ineonvenie for people who have business j transact there, and a new cou house and new jail are essential the county is to keep up with, in th ; respect, its strides In other dire I tions. This county needs a new cou house. 4 To lose the federal aid for roads this county is to let the money si away. It's within our reach. + j What has become of the ol | fashioned senator who used to si | the war department had fallen dowi SONG. Alt ho I've barely met her and scarcely know her yet. Somehow I can't forget her and eai musing moment let i Many tender recollections of th maid before me rise. This dainty senorita with the blac brown eyes. Ah. those eyes have penetrated to tl depths of my heart, I Which with thoughts of her freighted since the day we h to part, And the sparkle in their shadov with the sunlight vies ; And there radiates the beauty of il dark brown eyes. I If when for a partner sighing, should ask her to he mine It would be a blow most tryir should this maid my heart d eline; , Hut if she answers silently, ah. win a sweet surprise To read her modest answer in tl downcast eyes. A. II. # l-'nitliful Ne\\s|>a|H?rs. (Charlotte Observer.) Who says the newspapers of th ci entry cannot keep a secret? It w kirown to every Associated Press p per in the country as long as a rnon ago that Secretary Maker was pla ning a tiip across and ten days sin the papers knew that he had saile tiiil n.ivor (i \v ,,r.l h'Ml I way into print. The first tlie publ know about it was? when the pape carried the news yesterday of t ! s:ife landing of the Secretary on tl >?h"r side. That the sailing of St rotary Baker should have been "ke <iuiet" was a matter of more than c dinary importance. One ran wi understand that if the Germa j could have had word that the seci ! tary was on the way they wou i have made more extraordinary < forts to intercept his ship and sii it. There would have been a st cial detail of submarines acouri I the probable route with the set t termination of waylaying the yeas i carrying the American secretary ! war and sending it to the hotto ! I* is to the credit of the newspnpr of the country that they religious ' withheld any information of any s< ; from the Germans and to that extf i added to the safety of tne secreta | on his perilous trip. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot jBe Cure t.y local applica'ltVba. na they cannot rem lh- dlteaird porttJb of the cat Titer" I only one way to ckrc catarrh!) deafnei j and that la by a \onatltutloial rented Catarrhal Di-nfneaa la caua< <\I by nit I named condition of t\<- mntoia lining the Euatachlnn Tube. \WheuIthin tube Infamed you have a rumbling! aound or Ir perfect h ?r111k. and Am It la entire Clotted, l>< afnen# la 'he rynili tlnleaa t] Inflammation can be redu^df and thin tu t restored to 11a normal <.,tJUtlun. hearn will be deatroyed forever, fclany cttaea deafness nr.- eilMCd hv CMnh, which uti Inflamed condition of RteXmucoua an i facoa. HaU'a Ca'arrh M<dlclV acta tn the blood on the nuicouar aurrui-a of t , system. / \ \V will give One Hundred rwtara 1 a"?y enae of Catarrhal Heafmne th^ cann 1 be ?ured by llall'a catarrh Medicln^ Ci eu.uia frde All IiruK.Tiatn, "hv. \ r. J. CHENEY & CO.. Tolado. O EWB, LANCASTER, S. C. U3 SCISSORS AND PASTK. lQ Imposing on the Piewi. xy (Manufacturer's Record.) I? "When the government couue to realize the power and dignity of advertising to convey its message direct :e> to the people?" ,u The foregoing is the closing paraar graph from an article 'by Mr. Willi. liam H. Field, vice-president of the Chicago Tribune, in a recent isaue of Printers Ink. ist ^ Mr. Field has asked an interesting question, but we are afraid that it he uin o i...? v...? ii u? (i mils nine uciuic a suiismvtory answer is given to it. The United States government has never recognized the dignity of advertising properly, but it has persistently, through all its various departments, sought to impose upon the newspapers of the country by asking 3d for ljmitless space provided "there is he no charge." The newspapers are con(. stantly receiving from the governI nient requests for printing this, that ee j and the other, "provided it is done ve | without charge," which is beneath rt ' the dignity of the government, and he no such requests should be made by i any government department. .6, It is proper that information n | should be furnished by the govern ? uiciii w urn ?. is vji n, t'iuuai'ii.t which rt will interest the public, leaving to the individual newspaper the quesj i tion as to its publication, but no de| partment should for one moment c~ ever send any newspaper a request that the matter be published, "prort vided there is no charge." The governmen might just as well ask the maker of pig-iron to furnish his product, "provided there is no charge." or to ask the cotton grower, the wheat grower or the mechanic, or its clerks, or its officials, to furnish their material or their work without d- cost as to ask the same t>f the newsiy papers. \ Nevertheless, the newspapers are in their patriotism constantly giv ing unlimited spare to the advocacy ' of the things without which (he govI eminent could not float Liberty 1 bonds nor carry on the ar. Other patriotic people are gi>-' : > their time l !l to the same work, but they do not give the product of their factories or l's their farms. For such products as the government needs it pays, and j pays liberally, except when it comes to newspaper space, and then it ex|u, pects the newspapers to give their lime, their, money and all of the js space upon which their existence de((l pends freely ar.d liberally and with! out a dollar's expense to the governvs ment, and to this it adds constant hampering restrictions which make ie life almost a burden to every publl?hnr The government is constantly 1 ; struggling to strangle the newspa! pers. It deals with them, to a large >g J extent, as though they were proven e- j criminals, and should be suppressed. ] instead of recognizing that they are at I the very l?fe of the nation, and that without their heartbeats the nation ifi wou'd soon be dead. The government puts upon the T newspaper business all the hampering restrictions that petty officials can devise, and now it proposes, unless the bill is repealed, to put a prelis miur.i npon sectionalism by doing its ls utmost to destroy nationalism a" thro, gh the lessening of the cireula1,1 tion of national newspapers. Carried n to i; logical conclusion, the newspal'e pejs of broad national circulation *' will be destroyed by this bill or they ill of ne essitv have to put the cost '1C upon their subscribers. In this way the government, while ant'Tonizlng the newspnpers with a strangle hold upon tlieir throats, is !r at the same time doing its utmost to P' sectlonalize the country's thinking ,r" and to aectionalize its information, | rather than to nationalize its life, ns e" furious Strategy. M (Columbia State. p'*| The State prints this morning an | article sent by one of the officers of )H"jthe "South Carolina Rranch National nKj Woman's Party" in relation to the 'e" j recent decision "vindicating" the women who picketed the White House. ol i The South Carolina Branch of the m Woman's National Party Is reported >rH to he "rejoicing." ?'y Tl.e amendment to the federa' >rt constitution providing suffrage for (nt women may be submitted to the State r-v by the congress and it may be ratified by the majority of the States, but ? it occurs to The State that endorseid ment of the methods of the White House pickets will not serve to in ?w. rrer.e the popularity of the cause in ii- South Carolina. i? Cne is almost driven to suspect thn* some of the suffragists in South Carolina nre hopeless of the'r cause ? so far as the action of their owr of it State is a factor anrl nre eager for it? coercion in this matter hy a niajorlty cf the other States. There seems to be a disposition to ir^ court the opposition of South Carolina to woman's suffrage. \ \ x ....... . . ,= FR I Bank No. 31 Statement of the Cc THE BANK OF LAI Located at Lancaster\S. C., at the 4th, 1918. V nnnrvr rnnr' IICjOUUIV^II Loans and Discounts. . \ Overdrafts Y Bonds and Stocks owned r>y the E Furniture and Fixtures. . \ Nanking House V . . . . Other Real Estate Owned. A. . Due from Banks and BankeVs . . i Currency \ . . / Gold A . J Silver and Other Minor Coin. A. ./. Checks and Cash Items Y/ Total K liabil/ti\ Capital Stock Paid in / . . . jsurpiusrund .1. .. Undivided Profits, less Current I Taxes Paid L . Due to Banks and Bankers. I . . . . Individual Deposits Subject to Check I Savings Deposits / Time Certificates of Deposit . . Certified Checks. . . . . I Cashier's Checks ./ Notes and Bills Redisconnted . . . Accrued Interest on I Time an Deposits /. Total I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster?ss. Before me came Cfeo. W. Williar named bank, who. being duly swc and foregoing statement, is a true < shown by the books of said bank. GEO. VV Sworn to and subscribed before March, 1918. JN( Notary 1 Correct Attest: LEROY SPRINGS. R. L, CRAWFORD, L. C. PAYSEUR, Directors, j story, seven-room residence which Satu he is going to build on his lot at the aom( corner of Chesterfield avenue and Market street. an< Notwithstanding the strong peti- <'ur', tion sent from Lancaster to Governor an(* Glenn, of North Carolina, asking Ma that the death sentence be executed inter in the ease of the negro. Robert Me- derei Dowell, convicted of the murder of .p| young Lloyd Millen, of this county, >< w . couri his excelleney has seen fit to commute the sentence to life imprison- rorsment. The killing of young Millen con* was one of the most atrocious ever!*'1, committed in North Carolina. HeJ Mi was brutally shot to death without B. K the slightest provocation, on a train T. 11 in McDowell county, that state, ills Jarni ' slayer. It is claimed, has "very little Trail Intellect," hence his commutation of alter sentence. mon | LOOKING BA< TEX V KAILS AGO THIS |J TV I MONTH. J (From the Files of This Paper (Fro March 14. 1 908.) The Hon. T. B. Ilutler, of Gaffney, Tli who will contest with Congressman jouri Finley the tatter's seat in the house, pa made many friends and acquaint- are ances during his visit to Lancaster ... work tins wees. As a result of the conference be- 1 I twcen the governor, state treasurer tra'n and attorney general, the books and York other records of the state dispen- night sary were transferred to the vaults "? | K,r of the state treasurer's olfice, so as|( j to set them beyond the control of the federal court and preserve the *)y ^ I attorney general's evidence against cupa grafters. Ar The. Kmery club was charmingly courl entertained Thursday afternoon by war)] Miss Juanita VVylie. Dainty refreshments were served during the evening. e"Mr. Goss, of the civil engineering l)r firm of Jaudon & Goss. of Georgia, boro, arrived here Thursday to make a with survey of the towji with the view of praC| establishing a system of water ^ works, in accordance with contract recently made with council. an(' Dr. W. F. Daney is having the ma- ')( terial hauled for an attractive two- west IDAY, MARCH 11918. edition of I NCASTEl I 1 close of business Arch aj / $640,7). 17 ij 1 51.5?.26 !a/ik 120,3>.00 / 1,0M)0 / 6,0i.l3 / 3,51.00 1 104,2).94 17,3'.00 2,74.00 1.7: .06 5,45.36 $954.61.97 :s. V $ 50.00.00 A loo.oo.oo ? Cwienses and L V 43,63.41 V 9,69.91 $467^49.98 * 142, *91.53 105,926.71 4|8.51 2,479.41?$719,2^. 14 | \ .. . 25,00.00 d Savings . . 7,0U.51 Y $954,671.97 ns, Cashier of the above >rn, says that the ahove condition of said bank as \xn r T TAT\KO /" _ -1- - . Hiuuinmo, Vjasiuei, ! me this 12th day of 3. H. POAG, (L. S.) Public South Carolina. r> iy \ A / A r-ir-N I or\WA\rxLJ * VKXTY-S1CVKX VKAItS A(i(> THIS MONTH. m the Files of This Paper J March 14, 1891.) 1 le court of common pleas adled Friday. irmers throughout the county very much behind with thdir is reported that a morning is to be run over the 3c's from vllle to Columbia, returning at t. nest Moore, Msq., has recently the dwelling formerly occupied I. F. Connor repainted, for ocncy by Mr. W. Ganson. 1 election will be held at the t house on Friday next, for town en, to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of Mr. J. W. 11amW. B. Aiken. Jr., of Winns, was here recently, prospecting a view to locating here for the tice of his profession, dentistry. :aater is a fine county, Doctor, > hers are good people. >uglas church, Ave miles southof town, was destroyed by fire rday night. It Is thought that i person went Into the church built a fire to warm by sbmetime fig the night, and then went off left it. ! xj. Jno. F. Jones, general superldent of the 3c's It. It. has ten1 his resignation. ic expenses,for the last term of ^ I f r?? f Kia oAiintu -1 w V...U vuuui; w an KittllU JU$! 2.80; petit jurora, $4! 4.70; fl latlblea, $77.60; witneasea, $ : .30; total, $782.30. ?j. Jas. K. Hart, of Yorkville; S '. Abney, Esq., of Columbia; J. Aj|i lay, Esq., of Camden; J. C. jb, Esq., of Cheater, and W. I). itham, Esq., of Camden, were in Jig idance upon the court of com- jp pleas last week. I