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I V PAGE FOUR TheLancasterNews ( 8EM1-W KHKli Y.) Established 1832. s l< Published Tuosdny and Friday BY TUK b LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. Lancaster, S. C. , sv GEORGE BULLA CRAVEN a Editor and Manager i 81 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: q One Year. . $2.00 Months 1.00 ? i n Watered as Second Class Matter October 7, 1905, at the PostofOce at b Lancaster, S. C., under act of Con- n greas of March 3, 1879. ^ The Newe ia not responsible for the a lews of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general n Interest will be gladly received. tl in My Country 'Tm of The#, Sweet Land ?' L'-erty." d TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1918. * J?=t: M J 8HWTKNCE HKRMOVS. &J 1 u The eye can cut its way like the w sword.?Balzac. ni ai The blue of heaven is larger than ^ the cloud.?Browning. *>< Beware of "chewing the cud" of bl past wrong doing.?Mamton. ui w Some defeats are only install- ^ *nents of victory.?Jacob Riis. te Nothing in the world is worth the losa of thy place.?J. Tersteegen. w Great minds have purposes; oth-1 ers have wishes.?Washington Irving. a( bi Do not gaze backward, nor pause!in to contemplate anxiously what is in l0f front, but move.?Frothin^hsm " fr A little fire is quickly trodden out. ^ Which, being suffered, rivers cannot r?= quench. ? Shakespeare. til Who can measure the effective p( force of that bounding senate of trl- [ umph animating a whole people??| President Poincare. Nothing hinders so much the pro- hi gress of mankind as false convictions. The sicker a society is the more are the institutions for curing ' its diseases, and the lesser thought |e* is given to the necessry change of is the whole life.?Tolstoi. |nt ;a O shame to man! devil with devil I damued. Finn coticord holds, men only dis- cc agree g< Of creatiireR rational. i* ?Milton. EDITOR I ALETTES. in 4 If it should be decided to put all * n< war obstructionists in jail we don't cr know what Colonel Roosevelt w ould ' g< do about it. I hi * A North Carolina judge has bought 5 ' a weekly newspaper. Verily the | cr beuch sometimes elevates a man to tr a really worth-while position. + w You shouldn't put off until to-'*1 morrow the buying of a Liberty i ,v bond. The better plan is buy onv to-'iH day and then another tomorrow. -1 ei There is nothing in a name. Cow- n ard. S. C-. was the first town in tbejh State to "go over the top" in over-jp subscribing its quota of Liberty jn bonds. ib Judging present and future events ti by the paat, we should say that the % landing of Japanese troops at Vladl-jii r?Htok was discomforting to certain ?1i inhabitants of that section. s 4> The Greensboro News Sunday n printed Colonel Roosevelt's copy- (j righted editorial on the lttth page. |p Which Indicates, say our phllosoph-;,. era, that the said colonel's batting 'j. avenge has fallen that far from first place. + t An old bachelor was heard to re- t mark the other day that he had lost a enough sleep in his life worrying t about his sweethearts to have raised j> a family of ten children.?Tugaloojn Tribune. But most bachelors have k nly counted the probable loss of c sleep in case thoir home should be o blessed with one. k I DWIX)YAI/n. The inan who is not Tor the United tates In this war is against it. Dis* >yali?ta are not only obstructionists, ut those who do nothing. Idleness 1 these perilous times is a crime gainst the nation. The duty of the verage citizen is now reduced to a impie basis. It is not even open to uestlon that the president and those f his associates who direct the war lachinery at Washington are able, onest men and are doing all in hulan power to win the war against ermany. If they fail it is not exggeration to say that the American atiou will come to an end. It is ierefore. to all the people of the ouutrv, a plain matter of life and eath. If America is to live, the war ?ust be won, and it is the plain duty f every man, woman and child to do II in their power to help the adminitration in Washington in the conuct of the war. We may have very ucided views on ordinary events, but e should have none about the war. fe are for and with the president ad the nation without any question od without argument. The men ho are blazing the path for this ation to follow know what is best ad have no purpose except to win le war. That should be the purase of every human being who tnabits the nation. There ia no room nder the Stars an<f Stripes for one ho is not williag to uphold that flag, s long as you live under the proiction of that flag, you have no right ? an opinion other than to win this ar. This is no time for criticism of the jvernment even though you disjree with the war policies. The best rains of the nation are promulgfctig them and it is doubtful if you >uld do better. The soldiers in the ont line trenches, whose presence iere makes it poossible for us to main at home, may disagree with le orders received but they are not emitted to question their superior ficers nor to do anything except ley orrte-s. Why should we, here home, have more rights than they ive? Kvery man possibly is entitled to 1 opinion on ordinary events, but ren in ordinary times that privilege ot'lou mistaken for license. This ition is now at war to a finish?to successful finish and opinions of dividuals cannot change or better inditions. Therefore it is best to > into the war, heart 'and soul. It our war?your war and my war? ;cause we are the nation. IT VVA.S WIIOXG. The lynching of a disloyal citizeh Illinois was a crime. Mob law is ?ver to be justified, though the 'ime for which the mob seeks ven;ance be revolting. Its inception is boen traced to a saloon, which OVi.'les not bv anv means an excuse it. an understanding. Numberless itnes of numberless kinds have been aoed to similar places, where otherwise sensible men have their brains red beyond understanding of right ith mean liquor whose charactertie is to bring out the evil, vulgar r.d criminal instincts, while smothricg. as with anesthetics, every Inuence for good that normally has ibitat in that brain. That the lans for the Prager lynching were lade by men as they sat around the ar-room table and gulped down the erv stuff that gave them the nerve a do and dare without which they ould not have had the courage or iciination to carry out the plans sc sid. is all the more reason that they hould be run down and punished. The fire of the liquor perhaps was listaken for patriotism by the raeirt' era of the mob who. in their drunk n condition were without sense oi eason. Hut that view of the mattei i an understanding, not excuse. * Clarence Poe, who sometimes editi he Progressive Farmer and some imes dabbles into politics, writes tc freind asking "Is Alexander get ng ready to be the Cole Blease ol Corth Carolina?" Not knowing the ther contents of the letter, we don'l no* whether it was intended as i ompliment to Doc Alexander 01 therwise, but Clarence ought tc now that it can't be did. / v THE LANCASTER NEW I' M ? 8HOP TALK. The Nows has been sending out a number of "notification notices" to , its subscribers recently calling ati tention to the expiration dates of the i subscriptions. These notices are in no sense "bills" but merely reminders. All subscriptions are payable in advance and whei. the time paid i for expires there is no way for the management to know whether the subscriber wishes the paper to continue going to his adress or wishes It discontinued. Therefore, the policy of mailing out these notices usually just before the expiration, was adopted merely to invite a renewal of subscription. The News does not wish to cut off from the mailinr Hut anyone who wishes the paper continued and who expects to pay for it. even though the time paid for has expired, but when no information is received as to the wishes of the subscriber, no other course is left open to us. The little "notification notices" are designed to call attention to the time of expiration so that a renewal subscription may be sent to the of- 1 fice in time so that no issue -of The paper will be missed. Another purpose or mission of the little notices is to trace down er- j rors. If the date of expiration on j the notice does not conform to that, , on your receipt, the office .will con- 1 sider it a favor if you will call our attention to the difference so that the error may b$ promptly corrected. ' Handling so manv names and ?i?tea _ < and conntantly adding new ones and ] making changes in addresses, it is 1 only natural that some mistakes will ' ' be made. "To err is human." , though we wish to minimize these errors by the use of the notices nowgoing out. , I HOW HE CAN HEliP. ! 1 - The laboring man who is not iu , position to buy Liberty bonds still i has a chance to help the government J in winning the war. The Columbia j State brings out the point in this I way: ! .Millions of p-ople in the I'nited > , States, hundreds ?>f thousands in , South Carolina, will be unable to | purchase a Liberty bond of the value j of fr?0 or S 1 >0. but this part of the! population may have by the purchase' of war savings stamps an aveeu* through which they can do their duty. Tens of thousands of South 1 Carolinians are amply able to invest! $5, $10 or $40 in these small but perfectly safe securities of the ttoveminent. If the great numbers of 1 poorer people, hut people who are by ( no means paupers, including bun- I dreds of thousands of negroes, would I avail themselves of the really for- ' j tunate opportunity to place small ' ; savings in the form of security which 1 he government has provided for! their benefit, the aggregate of their' contribution to the cause of their I country would be comparable to that made by the wealthy classes and they WOUld deserve even greater praise. I + GROUND GLASS STORIES ARE BRANDED AS FALSE ' ?1 Major <?MincN, W'lio (hive Out Story, < llud llccu in Hospital anil is Hark There Now. ( I San Antonio, Tex., April 8.?MaJ. Gen. Henry T. Allen today officially J denied the truth of reports that , i ground glass in foodstuffs had af- , , leeted health of soldiers at Camp Travis. Tex., or of members of their families, as was reported yesterday. 1 At southern department head-j quarters It aas said the reference I made in the "ground glass" reports' ,ito alien enemies at the department! , laboratory was "senseless." The on-j ly nllens on duty at the department laboratory were enlisted men who 1 would have no hand in any analysis or investigation of any food product . sent here for analysis. J MaJ. (Jen. Allen said: "Those stories seemed to have been obtained from Major Noel Gaines, at least he is quoted in them extensively. Major Gaines is now in the hospital suffer?, ing from a nervous attack. He was - in the hospital Saturday, but evi,' dently left the hospital Sunday. He I la ha n Is * linen n r\ u- " A Savage Theory. 1 (Baltimore American.) 1 "Rillings isn't very generous, with j alt his money, is he?" 1"No. he holds that wealth is a burden and that it is not fair to put ' one's burdens on other people's shoulders," B, LANCASTER, S. C. For or Against Uncle Sam. To oppooo the war savings movement la to oppose victory on the part of the United Statea and its Allies. To be Indifferent toward this great movement la to be in effect Indifferent toward the murder of women, ohildren, and other civillane. To belittle the war aavlnge movement ia to belittle the heroic sacrifices of dead and wounded soldiers who fought for your protection. r-anuro CO D?OK tha government In the W. 3. 8. campaign Is failure to bs a trus American. Tha Amirlean who does not help Amerlea te the limit of his means and ability automatically hslps Germany to the limit of his means and ability. In these times a person either helps or hinders. If our soldiers did not take their duties seriously, there would be disastrous results for those at horns. And If thoss at home do not take their duties seriously, there will be disastrous results for our soldiers, for our sailors, and for us UIf our soldiers can GIVE their lives, surely we can LEND our money. "Will you co-operate, or will you obstruct?** W. 8. 3. n: :j i _ _ it, n m j-nvuienus in w. a. a. Charleston.?To the First National Bank, of Florence. S. C., falls the distinction of being the first bank in the country to adopt the plan of paying dividends to stockholders In War Savings Stamps, 'fhis bank, according _ to an official report received from _ Washington, has set the pace for the country In this respect, and Is closely followed by the Union National Dank, nf Columbia, which also pays stockholders' dividends In War Savings a Stamps and Liberty Bonds. Banks all jver the country, and other concerns, ire adopting this patriotic plan. w. S. 8. This Is The Limit! Charleston.*?As far as is known, snly two men In South Carolina have n purchased the limit allowed to holders P jf War Savings Stampe?one thou- t land dollars' worth. Governor Rich- c ird I. Manning and J. E. Wannamak- .. War Saving* Stamps. "Thousands of people own governt ' bonds In small denominations ami ilraw a few dollars in interest eve?-y itx months." the committee say*. "Why not re-invest these coupons ' again in War Savings Stamps? Ths ' Interest of two or three dollars would mean many thousands of dollars to the government, if this plan is followed." W. 8. 8. Not a Bad Idea Wax Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps make Ideal presents for birthdays. for graduation, and for all other , occasions on which 1t la dealrable to . remember those we love. Rv (Ivinr War Havtnaa Stamn? and I Thrift Stamp* we not only express our lore for the recipient, hut for our country. The Rift. Instead of betfng something that in noon worn out. broken. loat or rendered worthelnn through change of Tuition, is one which constantly Increases In value an years go by, aad remains always a reminder of the donor. Thrift and War Savings Stamps may be purchased In lots to suit alt . purses, from twenty-five cents to $1,000, maturity value, the full amount one person is allowed by law to hold. They do away with that nerve-racking search for something appropriate, which so often ends In failure and the hasty purchase of "Just any old thing." They are always appropriate, and will always be appreciated. BUY A LIBERTY BOND. sr. of St. Matthews, have purchased ( War Savings Stamps to the extent of M.000. the limit allowed by law. It ' Is reported that a movement Is on 1 foot to Institute a Limit Club in Co- 0 lumbia, which consists of members 1 who pledge themselves to purchase a luring the year War Savings Stamps v to the amount of $1,000. t w. s. s. South Carolina Lags. 0 Charleston?The official report Is?ued from Washington shows that r?f all the states in the Union. South 1 Parolina ranks last and least In the s sales per capita of war savings > immna Tha Qnn t h Peenlina I > tea in greatly disappointed at the poor a showing; which the state has made up to the end of February, and hopes , that the men. women, and children ( *f the state will invest liberaUy and v steadily In stamps so that the stigma may he removed from the state's a same. ' W. 8. 8. c a Is Your Interest Patriotic? j , Charleston?"Invest Idverty Bond f Interest in War Savings stamps." t This is the request issued by the Sout^i Carolina War Savings Commit- ' tee to government bondholders in this state. This should also apply, the : state committee declares, to re invest- * ment of all securities' interest Into * t. % ONE MILLIO? RESOUI . It Pi To Be Id Wi A Stron; THE BANK OF LANCASTE c SC1SSOKS AND PASTE. c Better Pay For Teacher**. ( (Greenwood Journal.) t Some days since, the Daily Jour- t al had something to say about the v av of teachers in general. Since a hen. we see that the teachers of r , reenwooa county nave oad a meet- j tin and petitioned for an increase in g heir salaries. We do not think that . his should have been necessary for hem to have to ask for it. Every . ine understands the situation, and j hese teachers shoul?i have received . ssurance before this that their pay kouUl he increased. The salaries of eachers in our schools have never teen what they should have been. It s time that there should be a radical hange in this respect. Indeed not t inly have the salaries of teachers, in t eneral, been out of proportion too, ( tut this lias been the case in our intitutions for higher education for ^ ears. There are the fewest nunt- | ?er of professors in our colleges who j re paid what they should be. f We hope that the salaries of j eachers in Greenwood city and coun- j y, or which there are ninety-nine, | rill be raised. and not only the sal- ( tries of these teachers, but that the ^ lay has dawned when teachers all >ver the country will be paid better alaries." There is no use in intering ' nto any argument on this subject. 1 t is such a plain proposition as to ' nable any one to see that it is the ! hing that should be done. The men ind women who have devoted their ivos to this work are not doing it ' or monetary considerations. Were his their object they would have nought other occupations long since. Tlie Concrete Ship Kxperiment. ' (Charleston News and Courier.) ' The concrete ship, one of the most ' nteresting products of the war. still 1 ooks promising. The representative >f the shipping board, who witnessed the launching of the first concrete ?hlp on the Pacific coast the other, lay. has confirmed the verv favorahle -eports of the vessel's performance, i ttls testimony and the other evidence ivailable are so encouraging that the < shipping board is expected t oau- i thorize the conatrnction of as many SCHEDULE OF THE T1 Opening The campaign will open on S The campaign will close at c Individual subscriptions mi bank or trust company before Installment An initial or first installmen be made upon all subscriptioni Second Installment?Payabl Third Installment?Payable Fourth Installment?Payab 1 TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1918. zzzzzzzzzzz nnz I DOLLARS * RCES 1 i * . ays v entified th g Bank LANCASTER R, S. C. : concrete ships as can be supplied vith engines by the boiler factories >f the country. It is a pity that there is not time or more thorough trial of the new ype. It is probably true, however, hat the building of concrete ships till not interfere seriously with the iteel ship program so that even if the lew type proves disappointing in >ractice irrepnrable harm will not remit from the decision of the ship>ing board to build many of these ressels. Meanwhile the progress of he experiment Will be watched with teen interest, lively hope and no litle anxiety. i., i.'..-I-. i> - .- ? *<ui IJ a warr. (Chesterfield Advertiser.) The idea of an early peace, to say he least, is dangerous to our cause ind has no foundation in actual coulitions. ^ The various military guesses place rictorv for the allied arms three to ive years hence. It is believed that it will take America that long to itrike Germany with her full might, v> ind there now seems no hope of vicory until that is accomplished. If our allies can hold their own unil we get there they will be doing wonderfully well. In the meantime it behooves us all i.o prepare for several years of sacrifice. We should plant food stuffs and then more food stuffs and buy ill the large and small government bonds we can. For us stay-at-homes, who are loyal, there is no other 'ourse. It Depehds. (Pickens Sentinel.) An i t i\r- nt a On..U. n 11 -,..vw. w 4 .? wuuui vynruiiuft uewspaper^ecently wrote an editorial of more than a column length to tell his leaders he was truthful. Couldn't the reader discover the fact without being told? Knows by Experience*. (Spartanburg Journal.) A scientist has reached the conclusion that there is no hell. All we hare to say is that the old coot eri- ' dently never wore a pair of Shoes too small for him to some place he could not escape from. flIRD LIBERTY LOAN. of Campaign. Saturday, April 6th. lose of business May 4th. jst reach some incorporated close of business May 4th. i Payments. t payment of 5 per cfcnt must e May 28th?20 per cent. H July 18th?35 per cent. il le August 15th?40 per cent. |1