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* page four TheLancasterNews (SEMI-WEEKLY.) Established 18oiI. rul)li.shMl Tuesday and l ii<l.i\ DY THE LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. Luuciwter, S. C. GEOIM.E UlLLV CRAVEN Editor and Mana^ei SI'BSCRIPXION PRICE: One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Entered as Second Class Matter October 7. 1005, at the Postottice at Lancaster, S. C., uuder act ot Congress of March 3, 187 y. The News is not responsible for the views of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general interest will be gladly received. *>rl/ Country ?Ti? ot Theo, Sweet Land o' Lib.?rtv." TUESDAY, MARCH 19. 1918. SENTENCE SEIIMOXS. The modern majesty consists in work. What a man can do is his greatest ornament.?Carlyle. Die when I may. I want it said of me by those who knew me best that 1 always plucked a thistle and planted a flower when I thought a flower would grow.?Lincoln. \ win .inn i-pwrvc natures snouiu remember that though not infrequently flowers may be found beneath the snow, it is chilly work to dig for them and few care to take the trouble.?Selected. What is it that mainly distinguishes us from the brute creations? That we walk erect? Some brutes are bipeds. That we do not slay on-, another? We do. That we build j houses? So do they. * * * On no possible point of superiority can; we preen ourselves save this: that we can laugh, and that they, with one notable exception, cannot.?MaxBeerbahm. EDITOR1 ALETTES. If we are satisfied with our roads, we don't need federal aid. + Daylight saving appeals to us as a proposition of trying to fool our selves. + They're garnering old clothes fo'European relief, and possessing r.one other than old clothes, we fear we're in a bad way. * * Put the blame wheresoever it pleases you to so put it. but that ' doesn't relieve the fact that thirteen ; people lost their lives. + And finding no wheat in Odessa they will be disappointed, but that is only the beginning of the disappointments coming to them. * Few would object to paying an in-1 creased freight rate if there was a! possibility of paying it within a reasonable time after the freight ishipped. Kvery newspaper office that has a j wastepaper baler and a contract at j sixty cents the hundred pounds will j not kick on the "copy" sent in with ! a request for free space. Postmaster-General Hurleson says there is no immediate prospect of the establishment of aerial mail service. Hut there ought to be some prospect of improvement of the service already established. * In trying to gain some information as to how to reach the coming (press meeting we were told that Gaffney is near illacksburg. but to keep a close watch from the car window or we might pass without knowing it. + "We heard a man say yesterday, and we are convinced he is right." boasts the News and Courier of Charleston, "that beyond a doubt there are more nubile girls In Charleston than in any place of its alze In the world." And with that there opens a possibility of their getting away. 1L, ' THE LA MI ST HKGISTKlt AFTKK J FLY I. attained. Not that According to an opinion of the at- corrupt or misuse j torney-general, all voters must le- pardon or commute reslster after July 1 in order to be possibility of sue entitled to vote in succeeding general many to look wi elections. Even those registering any plan looking t now, or between now and July?l will the death penalty. be required to register again after that date. The constitutional re- DAYLIU 111 ; tltiirement of a new registration j ChrlBtlan 8clotK., r.nj It'll veai'H 1I1UKCS III IS ODIlga-' self?camouflage i ! toi >v- The l?ool<s of registration will . . .. . , . self. "Daylight S? be open almost continuously during the month of July, *August and Sep- R?tion to the jtember. early of mornings The opinion of the attorney-gen- Those in the habit jeial's office is as follows: seven, turning ove "They say that the act of 1!?17. . , ? ... .. page 4i?. was passed in pursuance of ? s , p,> un 4 s j the constitutional requirement that f,nd breakfast al I there be a re-enrollment and registration of the qualified electors of dishes washed ami this State every ten years, and 'makes provisions for the registia- Anally they reach tion and re-enrollment of all uuali- ... ,, , tied electors t1,en living in the State ,hpv W,U ,lnd upor who may have registered prior to pce that it's nine July. 1918. " "The re-enrollment is to be had eight, as it used to during the months of July, August and September, 1918. and is a spe- going to be the sa cial provision In addition to the h general law which otherwise fixes the time when the county board of we're going to nu registration shall keep their office open and attend to the registration lieve it's seven; we of electors. "The act of lit 17 was not intended cuflage the clocks to interfere with the opening of th- w . , to , books for the registration of persons |as they may become of age or be done before the sur qualified to register between now and July. 1918. or after that time. If though the clock si any one registers between now and . . July, however, he will have to reg- 8Un to K? iste, again in the general registra- be changed_the tion to commence July. 1918. Any one desiring to re-register under the this begins on tht provisions of the law must appear in person before the registration ^'arc'1 an(' 'f >'ou ( hoard." clock that day. you The act of the legislature, in ac- h,)Ur bch|n(, Ume ptirilnttoo ? J K o ?? ?% ., * i * . . * f ? -? VW...MHW " mi visum 11111iuikii re- I quirement, provides: *un does reach a c< "That the supervisors of registrn- kitchen door to tel tion in each county of the State are ume t() rj?K tjH, required to re-enroll all the qualified electors in this State during the year o'clock breakfast, i '!l . you'll tind you're h That at the same time the said supervisors shall register nil per- breakfast and othe sons who may make application ahead of you. Yoi tbprpfor and who may be entitled thereto, clock. The sun's n "That for the purpose of such en- congress is. rollment and registration the said supervisor shall keep the hooks of haven't begu registration open at the several we w<|j ,jn with the county seats every day (Sunday excepted) between the hours of 9 a. 'n 1 be time saved; m. and 6 p. m.. during the months of e(-; j,ow much tin July and August. 1918; and in addition thereto they shall attend. ^ o re going to let s during the month of September. |,as a head for tigu 1918. at least one day in each township in their respective counties, of we r<> Ratne, and W' which at least ten days' not'ce shall up the clock -not ? be given by advertisement in a newspaper published in the county; and writing, for we w< in counties containing 50.000 inhab- eariy that morning itants they shall attend in each city. town or industrial community con- o>?ke ourself believe taining three hundred or more in- when it ain't, habitants at least one dav. upoi similar notice. Provided. That th"| The News takes it nrovis'ons of this section shall only j i)V practicing cam apply to the re-enrollment and regis-1 ration for the year, 1918." j clock some bench! Another act provides: ! scrmebody. Certain! "That it shall be the duty of thej county hoards of registration, when j w'to ^ets up hetoi making up the books of registiation [ and, besides there for 1918 to arrange the names of the) electors in alphabetical order." j pulaory in the law | one may prize hims wot I.I? SAY llt'ltl?.\ II! I t lie sheets. But th "Believing as I do. that capital run up?that's sett punishment is a relic of barbarism. preserved to a limited extent be-j Out in Los Ange cause of the ignorance of the peo-j'UB l'te initials o pie, which 1 fear (?od has ceased to | HweclheaftH on thei \yiiik ai, i am prepared to say uUr-! ' ,If,,u"1 ,rs ""l rah! every time the governor s?is-|0ia' because of tin pends its execution. . . . Kn-.^PI on a wlhdy day forcing tlie death penaltv cannot 1>?> ( Pnthe same shown to have.prevented capital fei-,m'ttbt lead to honi onies. Thirty-eight of our States' ?oU?k eommunity. have tried that out. In my opinion I ??|? \ V T| 1 I ii brutalizes the community that exacts it. and to some extent, the I Wp 8pe})k of thft <|e. whole State. I am a minister of the tones, law. I uphold it with all my might;! A,ld honor them but I do not and never have and ' ,!t w,1Ht ol t,le 1,1 ... . . bones, never will hesitate to antagonize a .. , , Of the brave win law I believe to be wrong." Thus l uder the smoke-bl writes a prominent lawyer, who has With scarcely bi practiced In the courts for many *,,>n ?' your kind years. The News inclines to the be- light? L , .. . . Then pay and pa lief that abolition of capital punishment as a whole is too radical a ^i.d who shall sen rhange of custom to he attempted at hell, once, but the theory of leaving in Where the woun the discretion of the Jury as between ( rOHH *>ani 1 , . Say who, but yo the death penalty and life Imprla- An(| |onment. and at the same time letting down Jit be understood that immediate Through the d; i death awaits those cuiltv of nlwliif. day, .i | ., ? . , , Rut you, my filer tlon and Ihe nameless crime against And pay and pa woman, is sound and would meet the ends desired by those who advocate Then Rive If it nee< the abolition of capital punishment cent. The truth is that life imprison- out ?' y?ui . . A And rouse you out i ment carries more of punishment tent ] and vengeance, even, for those who An(, h<>ar yp tj,( J cry for it, than instantaneous death For the half dead t in the electric chair. Hut the possl- shell scars, Unity of political corruption and Wi,h H< arce|y 1,1 And breathe the! abuse of executive clemency must be mute stars? removed before that result can be Then pay till It # # Hnt' -?*>* N . NCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. : all povernors are I | their power of' SCISSORS AXl) PASTE. ition, but the mere 1? h a state causes Sltt ( K CK.W KX IN MILLION th disfavor upon DOLLAR ?OM> DEAL (Greensboro Daily News.) 0 the abolition of Thp Clnclnnat| ,)aper8 chronicle | the completion of a million dollar contract for municipal bonds there , March 13 between Weil, Koth and L S.A \ 1>(I. m , r? company, of that city, and Bruce p is foolinR your- Craven, referred to as the "well tracticed on vour-'known hontl lawyer and expert of | Trinity, North Carolina." On October i\iiiR is a propo-, . jast firm named, one of the 1 lazy man set up clients of Mr. Craven, contracted with him for a million dollars in the and ro to work. t , bitter Rrade of county and city seof yawninR at curltles in this state, all to be deliv r and goiiiR back | ore'1 an<1 pail1 for with,n s,x months. 'The contract was completed 18 days un is way up. will. tthea(| of time and the total amount I over and the delivered exceeded the million mark I bv $41,000. Mr. Craven was the 1 put away when. " , Ruest of honor at a dinner in < Inein uiuiue .ww.... i uau wednesaay nignt. and is at pres1 reaching the of- ent on an extended visit to New | York city, at the Waldorf-Astoria. 0 clock instead ot accompanied hv Mrs. Craven and be. Things ain't their son. Braxton, and Mr. Craven's mother, Mrs. Nannie A. Craven. me, any more. Mr. Craven is well-known in I.anits six o'clock, raster, having been superintendent of ike- ourselves be- the (faded schools here during 1908-09. i"re going to cam . and speed up. HOI,LAND IS READY TO t a day's work MAKE SHIP CONCESSION 1 goes down, even low it is time for Doesn't I,ook Good to Washington j. The sun can't and Plan to Take Over Tonnage clocks can. All Will Bp Carried Out. i last Sunday in ion't set up your Washington, March 18.?-Holland 'II find you're an on the eve of her shipping being taNo matter if the ^cn over by ,he Un,tei' Stales and Great Britain, has given evidence of main spot in th? .. . . , a readiness to make a Volunteer I you that its ps;ieement to that propose, even, bell for seven agreeing that the ships shall be sent f you wait for it through the war zone, av.ng a very late In v,ew of th<* continued pressure , ,, . .upon the Netherlands by Germany in r lolks are wav , , . . .... I opposition to such a step officials i must go by the^pj.p Were mystified at the sudden nt runiiitip this <?-- ?..? ? ' awn of "blood-red """ """"l is fast dwindling because of shortage , , ,, ? in other parts of the country and id. and I? Go on v , , the probability is it will either be y and pwy gone or moved farther north before , , . . . . the Germans can get there." Is of your last red * r meanest mite! NRC.IIO HAI) HKK.V of your sweet con- VII/KhY SI.ANDKKKI) Smith Center, Kan., March 18.?> groans toniglit! Mrs. Hen Hntler took a little spindI He in the black )jng bull pup to raise, Hen never had any faith in the critter, reatli to pay. "He's a spindlin" worthless, manr prayers to the ^y rur> and wouldn't even have the sand to bark if some one got In our hurts, oh. pay! henroost," said Hen, with a sareas - ? o minii*?- 111 i lit* Miiittiimi and oe^an to | | speculate upon what arrangements j 11 to figure what i l'ol,aiul mi^lit have made with Her I lin. money we make ) ,? _ It was stated in official quarters we haven t ngur- , L .. tjiat Holland probably would make le will be saved. I concessions to Germany when onte one else who she turns the ships over to the allies res do that. Hut j but it w as feared that the sudden nce're going to run n"l?sence with the long opposed plan that the ships be sent through it two a. m., that i ' , t.be w ar zone, might indicate that the in t .)? up. but; \ ether la nils government was propos: we're going to, lug something new in connection ? it's seven o'clock ; with the negotiations which Great I Hritain and the United States would 1 . j .> . be unable to accept, t for granted that 1 K ? j The official attitude here is that all oullage on the r; arrangements have been made to will acci ue | tnke over the ships and that the in- r' ly not the farmer; joction of any new proposals by Hole day, any way, j land cannot stav the decisions reach 11 is nothing com-1 e(' in London and Washington. 'j as t\> what time j e'.f from between GERMANS WILL NOT FIND ie clock must be ANY WHEAT IN ODESSAP > . E led. e Is Assertion of Gruin Kx|tert, Who g les they're wear. , , .. litis Just lU'titrncd from Itnssin. f their soldier- I; r hose. Hut the Xikolalev Storage t enter. 0 r to become gen- ! *' 1 attendant dan-j Chicago, March 18.?J. Italphl of two girls dls- I'iekell. a grain expert, who lias just initials which return,>d from Russia, where lie spent q s!x months studying crop conditions t '* '<lt a said that the Germans will find no t. wheat in Odessa. What little grain |] there was there, he said, was con- t IT III'llTS." sumed some time ago by the inhabi- e ? tants, refugees and disbanding sol- . id in hushed, 'ow diers. I He declares that Nikolaiev. and wheie the\ lie. not t>dessa, is Russia's great wheat en with bliatered ?torjnK center and tliat a large army < ! of Cosacks stand between the in- * O tan not die, j vintlnc flm-munu an/I t-Qoi u?/\,-aV./.i./././. ti lark sky at night, | oontainjnK f,.000.000 bushels of < eath to pray. wheat. Who fought your ^ of N|ko|a|,v ,fl 200 , , miles northeast of Odessa, on the ' y and pay: extending mouth of the river Hug ' 0 lo tho brink of ""U K"'" "" ,rom ' shipments on the Hlaek sea. said Mr. Pfckell. "It gets ItR wheat ded gasp and die, . ... . ,, from the immensely rich territory ier waving, tell,- - ....... . of Kazan and Simbirsk, several liunu and I? . . dred miles farther north, but the ry the ambulance Germans will have a fine time getting f g y If T Vv A Uf hooi aurvnlu I n W I I * . TUESDAY, MARCH 19, |918. Bank No. 33. Statement of the Condition of THE f BANK OF LANCASTER -lr Located at Lancaster, S. C^at the close of business March 4th, 1918. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $640,770.17 Overdrafts 51,572.26 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank 120,300.00 Furniture and Fixtures 1.000.00 Banking House 6,042.18 Other Real Estate Owned 3,300.00 Due from Banks and Bankers 104,220.94 Currency 17.347.00 Cold J 2,765.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin. 1,731.06 Checks and Cash Items 5,425.36 Total $954,673.97 LIABILITIES. ? Capital Stock Paid in ? no nnn aa _ . . . . ?p UV|VUV.W Surplus Fund 100,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and K Taxes Paid.. . . 43,687.41 Due to Banks and Bankers 9,690.91 Individual Deposits Subject to Check $467,949.98 Savings Deposits 142,491.53 Time Certificates of Deposit . . . . 105,926.71 Certified Checks 428.51 Cashier's Checks 2,479.41?$719,276.14 Notes and Bills Rediscounted 25,000.00 Accrued Interest on Time and Savings Deposits \ 7,019.51 Total $954,673.97 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster?ss. Before me came Geo. W. Williams, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above :.nd foregoing statement, is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. GEO. W. WILLIAMS, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of March, 1918. JNO. H. POAG, (L. S.) Notary Public South Carolina. ( nriwf Alloc LEROY SPRINGS. R. L. CRAWFORD, L. C. PAYSEUR, Directors. k- tone in his voice. ? "Never mind." replied Mrs. Ben. Candls and Cork. -A nth a knowing smile, "try him out. After first removing *the cork from live him a chance?he's only a a bottle ?f 8'ue do no* use the cork .. again, but in Its place insert the stump . , of an old candle. It will never exas( oming home after dark a few . , . _ ... . perate you by sticking and the glue ?l lights later, Ben had occasion to go cannot spill n the henhouse to see if all were here. Nero heard the noise. So did Irs Ben Calamity Averted. "Sick him. Nero." called Mrs. Ben. Barbara's father was dressing her ?, . , . ,, one day during her mother s absence, .ero sicked. He grabbed Mr. Not Jn ^ hnh)t Qf dressing her len and in a few minutes tore his WHS rn^Pr clumsy and slow about lothlng to shreds. Then he got a jt. Finally Barbara heaved a deep ood grip on n leg. Ben got busy. aigh and remarked: "My. daddy, It It took the hired man and Mrs. would be awful if you was the mother." len half hour to pry open the Jaws 4 ( Nero. Ben has changed his mind. Plants on Defensive. ^ Though some plants assume the ofKxploslon May Be Fatal. ,on*ive and C?tch 'n;ectf for foo(1' ?th* ers act on the defensive to protect \aldosta. Cla., Maxell 14. It is a them from being used for food. This uestion whether tklward Price, a special provislou accounts for the presruck diiver. will recover from tlie ence of thorns, spines, stinging hairs, fleets of burns received when he etc. Hied the tank of his automobile by he light of a lantern. Price work- "The Land of Blades." . . . Japnn Is called "the land of blades d at Jones mill, near ( lyattville. . ' . . .. .. by Its own people, some of the older ?~ | 7" scholars having declared that the first lie Who Delivers the Good* Is Kn sword was Invented by the same god titled to Greatest Honor. who invented poetry. A maker of A preparation that gives results, swords in Japan was ever highly honlelivers the goods, restores your ored among his fellow mechanics. An icalth, deserves your consideration, unusually skillful and artistic smith ind is what you want. h-Kheumo ometlme? was recipient of high mill iirw rheumatism sn.l sout-th.fs ,*r,? r??k' ,* /? '* "" _ _ , . even raised to the lordship of the vhy those who suffer from rheu.na- proTmce in which he dwelt. .ism want L*-Rheumo. You should ;e'? a bottle when you feel that first . ?. __ . -c?t.Manifold Uses for Cotton. [>ain. L-ltheumo Is a r.Juv nat ng. Jn 0|lllInR attent|on to thr man|f0|<j liiminnnt. laxative. Its use insures uspM jOJ. cot^on( cotton seed end cottonsuccess. Don't listen to druggists geed oil, the Boston Ilersld mentions who offer you something else, you the following products: Photographic know the reason. Guaranteed films, automobile windows, buttons. Price one dollar. 'ivory," artificial silk, combs, knlfs For sale Standard Drug Co.. I.an- handles, trunks, book bindings, shoes, aster 8. C.. or write Chapman-Alex- furniture, headwear. handbags, lard. antler laboratories. (Ireebvllle. 8. (I !?'?'" rubber, (uncMton ABfl mntfoloua * ? .?v.v,?a ixinurr UX?U 1U et Aav* plosives. 4 Carefully Treat , 1 Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cared /* ? I 9 ^ W Jf _ by local applications, as they cannot roach it I nllflTPfl S 1 fOlflo the <" '* <1 portion ot tha oar. Thar- la VIIUUI ?' ? only one Way to cure catarrhal dsafneee. M , , .. . _ *-?d that la by a conatltutlonal rtraedy, i Necleet of children's colds often lays the Catarrhal Deafness la caused by an In- # foundation (it serious lung trouble. On ; condition of tha mucous lining of the Other hand, it is harmful to contlnu- ! Inflamrd'Vou hav^a'rumbUni ^und'or'lm" ally dose delicate littlo stomachs with in* p< rf<n hearing, and whan it is entirely ternal mwluiiww or to keep the children ?'oa?d. Deafness Is the result. L'ntoss tha ..I ? ?? * Inflammation can b? reduced and this tuba always inaoors. .r-d to Its normal condition, hearing Flenty of fresh air in the bedroom and a * <?i i?? destroyed forever. Many cases of good application of Vick's "Vap-O-Rub" 2 ms?L!!,* ,c?I*"*' wh,ch ' R , ' ' .. . , . . \ ? a * 1 lnnnm?d condition of tha mucous anrbalve over the throat and cheat at the flwt f.icoa Hall's Catarrh Medlotne acta thru sign of trouble, will keep the little chape ,,,# blood on the mucous surfaces of tha free from col,la without injuring ?kelr di- " ^VNelil give One Hundred Dollar, for gestionH. 2~>o, BO*, or $1.1X1. w a-'y case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot VKXPN0SMM r -4ihBbHHl . ias^iof J .. - ^?I? '