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TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 191 CONFIDENT HUNS WILL NOT SUCCEE (Continued from Page 1.) i the French nn<! hrltUh not been broken, the Germans so fi W have completely failed In their c tensive, as I see It, for the torrltoi they have Rained is worth absolute nothing from a military view. Tin have not pierced the British line, m have they pierced the lines of the s lied armies. Until this is accot plished, the Germans have tailed accomplishing the end they desire and, if reports be true that the Ge man commander planned an eve oping movement, by which to dri the British armies westward towai 1he coast, he certainly has failed i far, everywhere the'Huns are fact by a solid line of British or Frenc So long as the line holds, all will I well. "At no point have the Gertnai leached the old battle line we he for over two years. Tit's b" i't" Mi to which the Gert. aus rot rented ,i tor the battle of the Marno, and it the line from which the Germans n tj mies withdrew March 13. 1317. Th ?. ~ ?- At 11iic, uui, uvicusu n oi us mere, are Just as line condition as they were tl day the allied troops left tho trenches to follow up the retreat ' the Germans. If it should be th Field Marshal Hair's troops and t! French forces are driven back ns f as that line. It will offer prepan defense works for the finest kind a stubborn stand. No one shou think for a moment that I'arls threatened as yet. K\|>ectN Ri)( Change Soon. "The time will come, probab within a few days, when the allii troops can begin heavy counter t tacks. The present retreat has sa ed the British and French from tl the awful losses the Germans rnu have suffered. The German ran are being thinned, while the ran of our soldiers and of the British a being conserved as much as possib for the supreme moment, when o side shall begin an attempt to smai the Germans, when the tide of thf rush is stemmed and before they ha time to dig themselves in. "Right now the main thing for tl allied rorces is to keep their lines i tact, and for the Ilrltish and Fren< to retain their close contact, and i tire in good order. "We cannot lay great stress up? the loss of these several little t'owr NOTICE Beginning March 31st, 191 the banks of Lancaster, S. *( will observe the followir hours: Open 10.00 a. m.; clo: / 4.00 p. m., until September Is 1918, or until further notice. Farmers Bank & Trust Co., First National Bank, Bank of Lancaster. 44-3t. j Confidence li Reserve Be Played an important ] ness from the adverse | outbreak of the Europ< to keep business on an This system, with i tower of strength to tli of it, and will assist th ments which they may I By depositing your Y the protection and th I membership in the sys ?1 FIRST NA1 LANC/ . - mil i r 8. nor can the Germans claim in their D capture accomplishments of military value. Most of them are nothing but ruins, left so by the Hun when he retreated in March, 1917. Also, the a8 ground over which the Germans have ar advanced is almost tlat, with very few hills, all of which are low. The ry French are retaining possession ot jy the valuable Chemln-des-Danes ridK \ Sy If the retreat of the British should of 9r necessity, be continued a few miler further, they will arrive at a range n_ of somewhat higher hills, where opjn portunities for defensive warfare art ,j much better. Somewhere back there the British have selected a line upon jl_ which they expect to make a determVP ined stand, and that line now is being |.(j prepared. That Ib why I say we al: go must have full confidence in the outBlj come being in our favor, and wait ^ <Everyone must remain cool blooded lje Just keep in your mind the tho igl?, that the Germans cannot break tht tl8 allies' line and that their offensive Id will fail." i" ;3 SOCIAL NEWS By MISS GLADYS M. JONES, lit 'Phone 44. in ie Mrs. L. A. Watts returned to hei se # home in Knoxville, Tenn.. vester?f . at day' fie ? ar Mrs. M. J. Perry will go to Columed bia tomorrow to attend a meeting ol of the state council of defense. Id is Mrs. Morrow Ivy, who has beer I vlaiMno I " l? ' ' * ..? ....o. ?. it. i \iafi,. iciuruca n her home in Rock Hill Saturday. ly Drs. C. R. and R. K. Foster mo v_ tored to Tiuimonsville Friday, he ?o? ist Miss Juanita Neely spent the week ks end at her home in Rock Hill, ka ?o? 16 Mr. and Mrs. R. 13. Mackey have '?1' returned home from Baltimore, Md. ur where the former has been undei 8,1 treatment at Johns Hopkins hospittl !tr o ve VVm. I'oag and Jas. Drennan re turned to Rock Hill Saturday, aftei spending a few days with the letter's n* father, W. E. Drennan. ch ?o? 'e* Misses Edna Bailey, of Elgin, am Annie Belle Hunter. of Ileatl Jt1 Springs, were in town between trains IS> on Saturday. Mrs. It. N. VanLandingham am; daughter. Martha, spent the week end in Heath Springs. ?o? Mrs. M. S. Witherspoon and chilg dren, Mary Dunnon and Marior ^ Simins, returned home Saturday J"> from Rock Hill. ?o? Mrs. O. C. Blackmon went to the se Rock Hill infirmary Sunday, accom panied by her husband. ?o? Max Brlttain, Thurlow Gregory JaH. Hathcoek and Audrey Cauthen left Sunday for Detroit, Mich., for the purpose of driving automobiles back through the country. "N n The Federal inking System art in the recovery of bnsiconditious following the ean war, and is still helping i even keel. ts immense resources, is a e banks which are members em in any financial rcquirebe called upon to meet. money with us you receive e new facilities which our tern enables us to offer you. rHE? riONAL BANK lSTER, S. C. THE LANCASTER NEWS, Li j mmm THE NEWS ABOUT TOWN v : I Saturday a llusy Day. ! ___ Saturday was one of the busiest 1 days of the early spring with the merchants of Lancaster. There were many people In town from the country districts, due largely to the 1 fact that the ground was too wet to 1 permit farm work. i; uu?R 1IIIN Heck. ? The General Sessions court coni vened at Chester yesterday. Judge Prince presiding. The case of It. M. Giles, charged with the murder of : E. A. Ivester, at Great Falls on Jan uary 22, is set for trial at this term. i ?o? Will Open llrnnch Store. The Hennett-Terry company, of p s this city. Is preparing to erect a handsome two-story brick building ?in Hamlet. N. C., and will open a branch store there. L. H. T >rry, secretary and treasuer of the company, , spent s -ve.ral days in Hamlet last | week making preliminary arrange- I I j ments for the building. W. P. Hen- * ' ] nett is president, and W. H. Terry, f vice-president of the company. ^ Appreciates Tlie News. A subscriber at Heath Springs, enclosing check to renew his subscrlp. tlon, says: "I can't hardly do withj out The Lancaster News. It's like a letter from home when I was a boy fifty-six years ago on the battlefields I I of Virginia." 1 > I ??~ S Everybody Talks War. 8 Thnen Koo * * I ...Vic una 1-1.M-iH-Miiy ix'Ml II o SUDj jeot of conversation in l^ancaster dur. ing the past few days except the Gerj man offensive on the western front. Newstroys have been selling out of . the dally papers in a few minutes after receiving them. ? ?O? 1 ii Mr. Murchison at (Ticstw. I . > i Rev. Hugh R. Murchison. field re ; presentatlve of the state council of r defense, and Col. A. L. Gaston I ' " ' j spoke yesterday at Chester at a meet- I I j< 1 ing of the Chester county council of I j defense. 1 ; I To Give Cantata. A Cantata consisting of more than one hundred children from the Cen1 tral school will be given at the ^ 1 Maekey opera house on Friday, 1 | April 5, for the benefit of the Junior ' Red Cross. Miss Mackey has given I the house on very liberal terms in or- j ' der to be of assistance in this patri- \ ' otic cause of relief of distress abroad. . Further announcement will be given , in the paper pertaining to the nature / , of the play. ^ ?j _n_ Another Fire 1 esterday. I The fire alarm yesterday afternoon at 2:10 took the fire department to > the cottage of Lee Steele on Catawba I street where sparks from u kitchen I I flue had set fire to the shingle roof. Z j The blaze was extinguished with 1 , i chemicals and the damage was slight. ig Must Sign Name. 1 , The News is constantly receiving N __ communications unsigned, which, ac- I cording to a long-established rule, I find their way to the wastebasket beI cause we do not know the name of , the author. All communications | must be accompanied by the name of ! I the writer, net for pubrcalion, but I j to show good faith. j I Catarrhal Oeafnt ss Cannot Be Cured n 11 ' b lor .I ;?in llcatlon i. ua thyy cannot reach i tt.o <1 .; * .1 portion Of the ear. Thcr? u T>" o. ly i ji>- :o c ire catarrhal de&fnrak, -Dad t.,.( in t>y a constitutional remedy. C tlarrl..il Oralnear I* canard by an In? mid l .ditlon ol tiir niucoua lining of b, t e Eustachian T' r. When thla tube la li I'i'iicd you hove . lutrbl',,,- acund or lmp hearing, ni I who r. It la entirely c ?. ,? afiiraa la lb- i null, t'nleaa the l'r li l.?:n uii'loii can b' i.ilu ed and thla tuba j i'. itorid to its not nal < oniMtlon, hearing llil w.ll be dc-'i - d f..rover. -Many casta of d I'fposa . ?? by catarrh, which la \\'l a. ,| rsi." of the mucouu aurfi coe. .!?.! _ CH'irrh Medicine acta thru tl < * 'ood ou tno mucoua surfacea of the 1 ?; *> \ l V\ w.'.I alve One Hundred Oollara for a at ot " t rl. .1 >? nfrn j# that cannot b< trr 1 i 'Ij a Htavrh Medicine. Clrcn.ara All Or ire'ata. 76r. i ^ CHKN.dV Ai CO.. Toledo. O NOTICE OF ELECTION. | Whereas nii?.thlrd n' I holders and one-third of the electors of the age of 21 years, residing in Taxahaw school district, No. 27, have petitioned the county board of education to order an election to deteniine whether or not an additional tax of 4 mills shall he levied on all real and personal property for school ?* purposes. " * We hereby order said election to | ~" be held by the trustees in said Taxahaw school district. No. 27, on Wednesday, April 10th at the school III house. |*1 At which election only such eiectors as return real or personal prop-j erty for taxation and exhibit thHr tax receipts and registration certifl- *. cates shall be allowed to vote. The opening and closing hours shall be the same as In all general .M elections. V. A. LINO EE, , J. K. CONNORS, p W. B. TWITTY, County Board of Education, mmmm - |f, j . , . _ . . r HwFillHBM'iy liHIUw ^TiiiTilPf^i^'"nytH^ nn INCASTER, S. C. *ODMAN-\V 17( LiUdlCf I A wonderful selection 'resses, Waists and Skirts f Ready-to-wear priced sp ing easy at this store. :: SPECIAL FOR EASTER TRADE i Ladies'Spring Waists in Voiles, repe de Chines and Georgettes. Something New And Different adies* Waists, $1.38 value, at ... .98c adies' Crepe de Chine Waists. Priced as low as $9,.25, $2.48, $2.95 and $3.50 adies' $2.50 Silk Waists. Special $1.98 sidies' (ieorgette Waists. Priced $3.95, $4.50, $4.95 and up LADIES' COAT SUITS What is nicer than a New Wp; Coat Suit for Easter? Priced $10.00, $12.48, $14.95, $17.50, : V $24.75 and up. I ;|\ EASTER COATS ' ff/S A beautiful collection of 1 , /1 New Spring Coats assembled \ 1 7 here for Easter in all the 'All //', new spring shades and styles \\\ (//' up-to-minute. Priced Jfik $10.00, $13.95, $14.95, $16.50, 1^, $17.95, $22.50, $24.75 and up Men's fcai The majority of folks are thinking; ore of quality those strenuous days an usual in these days of high prices id scarcity of goods. ETTER VALUES MEANS REAL ECONOMY. Tha tis the reason we are mighty oud of the good looking suits we ivo to show you for spring style itliout extravagance. Suits priced $11.95, $12.48, $14.95, 7.50, $19.95, $22.50 and $25.00. OYS' CLOTHING FOR EASTER Mixtures and Seizes, all sizes, iced $3.95, $4.95 to $12.48 MEN'S AND BOYS SHOES en's Leonard Shaw Dean Slippers. Priced . $7.50, $6.95, $5.95 and $4.95 en's Dress Slippers, well made. Priced $2.48, $2.98, $3.48, $3.95 to $4.95. >ys' Slippers $3.25 and $4.95 I I III ?M ALKUP Specia of Ladies' Coat Sui for Easter. Our 1 ecial for Easter mal SPECIALS IN SKIRTS FC This store shows one < complete line of Co and Silk Skirts for El 1 tamos' Cotton Skirts at 98c, $1.25, $1.48, $] Ladies' Wool Skirts $1.98, $3.48, $4.50, $4.95 and l Ladies' Silk Skirts, in Plaids. Priced $4.95, $ gk, LADIES' SIL For Faster n select yours > Wmm spring shade: wwl\W f?uiai<^s-*i>] l|j|| $6.95, $10.00, h|very s a ' This week r White Go and Domes ster Su MEN'S AND BOY' Made by Dutehess and ot pants manufacturers. Bir with a guarantee. We priced $1.98, $2.43, $3.48, $ Hoys' Trousers and Kni Priced 5Cc, 68c, 75c, 98c and up. Men's Felt and Stra New shipment received The verv latest Pvw.n^i $2.95 and $3.48. Boys' Caps at 25c, 48c, 95 Men's and Boys Several hundred Ties oi Easter in all the new sha 25c, 48c, 98c and $1.50... . Men's Shirl In Fancy and Plain, with Cuffs. Priced 75c, 98c, ! $1.98 to $3.48. Belts and Suspt Men's Belts and Snspem 48c, 68c and 75c. Men's Hosie Special for EasterF, anc rp * j i an, \> lute. Kiue. Priced 38, to 65c. * a ifrifcwUni .tim 1 " PAGE FIVE CO. k ts, Coats big stock tes shop IR EASTER if the most I tton Wool I i ster. I ..98 and $2.48 , $2.48, $2.98, [p. Stripes and 5.95 to $7.50 K DRESSES (4tf, i* 5 u\\ Oil (US n today and while our asip-to-minute, of the new ; in Poplin, ssaline and riced $14.95, $1675 1.50. PECIAL : in Silks, ods. Notions tics. its PANTS her leading 5 v your pants have them >3.95 and up. s ekerhoekers. aq OK ) yi.w, ipjL.ZJif iw Hats I }>v express. I $L98, $2.48, I c and up. I >' Ties | \ display for | pes. Priced 1 ts I Soft or Stiff I $1.25, $1.48, I tnders | [lers 25c, 38c, | iry I I y and Black, I 15c, 18c, 25c, I 1 ' ' I ^ Jm