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PAGE FOUR TheLancaster N ews (SEMI-WEEKLY.) Estiiblislicil 1832. Published Tuesday an?l Friday DY THE LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. Lancaster, S. C. UEOlUiE 11ULLA CRAVEN Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION' PRICE: Cash in Advance. One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Entered as Second Class Matter flatnhor 7 1 MOfi at I ha PnatnffiPA nt Lancaster, S. (J., under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. The News is not responsible for the views of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general interest will be gladly received. "My Country "Tis of Thus, Sweot Land of Liberty." PninAV t 1)1)11 in into aw i/;i 1 , i KVIIJ 1 i.7io? SENTENCE SKIOIONS. A pessimist is defined as one, who, with the choice of two evils, takes both.?Anon. The ills of the body politic may be healed without resort to dangerous quacks and fanatics and, nauseous nostrums.?W. A. Purrington. He that spits against the wind spits in his own face.?Dean Swift. The true, strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.?Johnson. Knowledge is proud that he has loarend so much; Wisdom is humble that lie knows no more. T^nnL'O !1 rn H/ii cnl/l A til inllamnn > ??'! spells. ?Oowper. 4> KDITOKIALKTTES. Tomorrow is the clay! * Well, om. flag hasn't been unfurl-1 cil yet, but it's going to be. ? Bought a Liberty bond yet? You ' can't do it too early or too often. * The shooting of Ilola Pasha serves j 10 remind us that this country needs some first class executions. + On reflection it seems that Creel was to be censor over newspapers which censored themselves. + At the same time the ground the Huns are capturing will avail them little if they fail to hold it. + 'Charlie Caplin has demonstrated that he can not only make folks laugh but can make them cough. ? 'Secretary Baker's trip to France and his swift and safe return will serve to stimulate some who enter- j tain doubts as to the efficiency of , tho now + While the county authorities with the aid of the elements are doing a considerable bit for the highways, it would be nothing amiss to fill up that hole just beyond the L. & C. tracks. + Lloyd George is confident. "We have lost some territory,'' he says, ""but we have lost nothing vital." The Germans gained that territory at the secriflce of men they will need to hpld it. + The Kentucky parson who prayed: ] "O, Lord, bless the president of the | United States, the King of England and the president of France, but If you will excuse us, Lord, to hell with the Kaiser," may have gone beyond the bounds of ecclesiastical dignity, but "them's our sentiments." + Watson Ilell, of the Spartanburg Journal, had his feelings hurt the other day when he overheard a visitor remark that Spartanburg was an< awful town and he would like to get away. Bell doesn't think the visitor ought to have said it though he heaps no blame upon him for feeling] that way. j TOMORROW?A GREAT DAY. v Indications at this time are that * ; the weatherworks will be kind to us ^ on the occasion of a great celebra- * tion scheduled for tomorrow in this 1 city. Indications, it may be added, 1 point to a beautiful day, and it will * be a great day for Lancaster coun- 8 ty. There will be many features, 8 each worth the time and trouble at- 8 tendant upon a visit of people from the sections adjacent. The speaking * that will he heard the miiate hv ? 1 great military band, the street pa- 1 rade, are some of these. The com- 1 mittees, who have been working ' hard on the details of the celebra- c tion, are confident that there will be 1 a great crowd here tomorrow, and their efforts in that direction are certain of reward. The chief speak- a er of the occasion will be Hon. ' Whitehead Kluttz, who is no c stranger in South Carolina. lie was 0 a classmate at the University of 0 North Carolina-with Mayor Stewart. v of this city, and has acquaintance ' with others in Lancaster. Col. Gas- * ton, chairman of the district Liberty loan committee, is well known here, i He is another of the speakers, who jhas accepted the invitation to come a here tomorrow. n All-in-all tomorrow, (Saturday), v is going to be the biggest day in the 1 history of Lancaster, and it will be "better to come than in wiah i-nii i' , , .. fi had. ti MI ST (iO "OVKIt TilK TOIL" ? Lancaster county's allotment ot a Liberty bonds is $ If 1.600. Approx- 1 imately one-fourth of this amount o: was subscribed at the organization t( 1 meeting held last week in the court!'1 I house. These subscriptions, how- P over, were practically all from busi- n noss men of Lancaster city. Heath K< Springs was represented in the to- al jtal amount subscribed by the two ? !citizens of that town who were presunl ' IT ti,'r. ,,.<11 I >? .. V- 1 - - tl lions from this city, from Heath j u Springs and Kershaw, but the built jcl of the $140,000 now to be subscribed must come from the country dis-'a tricts of tlie county. The News was I informed yesterday that the farmers ire "lining up" and will show their patriotism by buying Liberty bonds,aI as far as their financial condition will permit. This is good news but i $' is no more than expected. The farm- If ers are loyal, patriotic, honest citi- tr zens. Tlieir sons are fighting this sa battle for world-freedom alongside ta the city son ?there is no caste or dis- k< tinction in the line-up, and the farm- ce er is going shoulder-to-shoulder if 1 A Billion I Insuranc ?P The Federal Reserve 2?ai lj? likened to a vast billion do jfl fund which we and 7,600 ot S all times to give us the cu [ 1 need to stand back of us in ? j and to enable us to give bel jj j service in many ways. I 3 Every one of our depos 5 1 without any additional cos J 3 protection and benefits of 1 | | J - If you would like to have [ 1 back of you, come in and d< I us. g rri r>* . ftT , | ine nrst m LANCASTEn . THE LANCASTER NEWS irlth the city man in backing up tt hese boys. The farmer is going to g< ?uy Liberty bonds not because he mows his money is safe, but he does p< mow that; not for the interest the w tonds draw, but because he wants bi lis country to win the war and r? tamp out autocracy and oppression d< is he would stamp out a bed of pi nakes on his land. w The News is a great believer In the o1 armer, in his loyalty to State and b; lation, his honesty, integrity and pa- al riotism. Likewise The News would c< ?ot believe the farmer will permit tl lis city friends to carry the burden tl ?f the war. The farmer's share will t< >e taken by the farmer; and when Si Lancaster county shall have gone tl way "over the top'' in Liberty bond (pi ubscriptions, the Lancaster county ' g< armer's subscription will be record- m (1 as it ought to be recorded. He- fc ause we are a believer in the farm- tl r, we believe the farmer will nieas- p< ire up. and so far as his share of ju liberty bonds is concerned, he will is o "over the top." as ?2 as WIIKHFIN SOMKHOIIY F.KltS. be To one removed ftoni the scene of so ction, though by reason of such re- tli loval better able to see the issue rollout prejudice, it would seem . ui bat the North Carolina court slipped a cog" in letting down Ma- 1,1 ar (leorge L. Peterson, now an of- *r cer at Camp Jackson, who was ca ried on the charge of embezzlement co f J 7.6ft ft f mill tho vihUo ' ?*vw..?s CO s disbursing ofiicer of the North arolina national guard. That is. 11 tlie assumption that Major Pe- ~ srson really embezzled. The court, ? owever, found the officer "not EE uilty." and that is to he taken as EE leaning that officially Major Peterin did not embezzle. Fact is, the ~ nily ofllcer, who has the reputation ? f being right much of a politician EE own in Sampson county, where the EE uckleberry grows in profusion, put EE p the amount of the alleged defal- E: ition with the State treasurer at == le time of his arrest, and while in general way that is usually taken j ? i mean that prosecution will he ^= opped, it was not so in the rase of ~ ajor Peterson, and he was tried ~ id nrquittrd. ~ Now, Major Petri son wants his ~ r,600 back, and who blames him? ~ he did not embezzle tlie funds en- EE listed to his rare, and the court lias = id that he did not, there is cerinly 110 reason that the State should sep his money. Indeed, his inno- ^ nee is not open to question, or. ~ so, it is to give the court a slap in EE: aaaaaaaaaailifil | _ .. 131 1 Dollar | J e Fund | | nking System may be ? ] =j liar mutual insurance E Z = 3 = her banks maintain at 3} == irrency our depositors E j time of finacial stress j J :ter and safer banking Ec I I litors, large or smail, | J it, participates in tne his great system. jv EE this nation-wide fund ffl iposit your funds with Sjr ~ ? ] tional Bank | | innrinri finn wr 11! = IJUUIJUIJUUIJUl J | - ^ 1 rill LANCASTER, S. C. ie face which it will not soon forst. There seems to be some kind of ?culiar conception of the law by hich poople believe that an emezzler is absolved of all guilt if ho ?turns the money and thus "unoes what he has done." We susect there are few murderers who ould riot, after calm deliberation ?er .their acts, undo the crime, ?f y which they might go free and be bsolved of all blame. It is such | inception of the law, presumably, lat causes many people to believe tat the money put up by Major Pearson should be retained by the late. They accept the theory that te officer stole the money, but he aid it back and therefore he should 0 free. Rut Major Peterson does at look at it that way. He was >und by the jury "not guilty'' and lat means a lot more than some ?ople think. What wen.1 before the iry and what didn't go before it. ruled out of the argument, so far 1 we are concerned, as irrelevant, i a lawyer would say. The facts to ? considered are that Major Peterin is "not guilty," even if he "got ie money," because the court, in ie proper course of court proced e, has said he is not guilty; and e money he put up with the State easurer should be returned, be use the "shortage" it was to vcr did not exist, according to the urt. Jllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll I fws.s.| = XOlR 1\Y1NGS STAMPS - IIIUCB BY THB liuntn ? OlAi U) * I .GOVERNMENT 1 Buy Them And I Help Win The War I FOR SALE EVERYWHERE I THIS STORE WELCOME I WILL COME HERE SATU | DAY WITH US. COME TC E STORE YOUR HEADQUA ? SPECIALS IN HOSIERY. E Women's Hose in good quality, black and white 15c Pair z Misses' and Boys' Hose, fine and heavy ribbed Hose. . . . 15c Pair E Women's Silk Hose, black and = white 25c Pair E Women's Fine Lisle Hose, black and white 25c Pair = Children's Socks, black, white and 5 fancy tops . . . . 15c and 10c Pair FINAL REDU Women's (larinents for wo ? tend t<> sell every suit and < = when you can select for yoin \ sale. ('oats $5.75 to $26.50; Su | FINE VOILES. E 36-inch Voiles in all the new, lovelj and colors for summer, specia at 25c E Vlnn CnilUi-J 1 -- - ? - ' - . ,uu . uuioiu iuiics, an colors, E ?.v E Ratlste and Voile In a wide varle signs and colors . . I Or, 15c and Cotton Foulards specially priced a 25c and SILKS AND PONGEE E Just received an unusual large asso patterns, very suitable for sport a at most moderate prices. 40-in(h all Silk Crepe do Chine i % different colors 91 = /%. WOMEN'S 1 ? Skirts of Pique and (labardi: fiilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllll FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918. ONE MILLION DOLLARS RESOURCES 4 It Pays To Be Identified With , A Strong Bank 1 THE BANK OF LANCASTER LANCASTER, S. C. IIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH ROBINSON ^ | LANCASTER'S ? !S EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD WHO M RDAY TO CELEBRATE THIS PATRIOTIC 1? > SPEND THE DAY AND MAKE THIS j? RTERS. H = # f SPECIALS IN CORSETS. =? Women's Corsets. 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Come rtment of ln aml ,et us Bhow >'ou these becoming Hats kirts. All at vcry moderate prices. Sjg| In twenty CH IId)llKX'8 llATS. =E 1.43 Yard Hats for children at 75c, SI.no, #1.50, #-1.5<) OXFORDS AND PUMPS. ? J = 'i r /I * " " \ o nt tho foot in comfortable,x stylish Shoos at' S sonablo })i'ices. aftfl Hve us the opportunity to servo you. ?5 I tfHXTE WASH SKIRTS. J | uo, regular and extra sizos . .$1.25, $1.50 to $4.50 I illllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllilllillH