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PAGE TWO CHESTERS HOME AGA1I Found No Newspapers, Cakt in France at War?Fire Memories of Aid Raids in America New York, J ?? 17.?Only thost who have just come back home car i|ulte realize the strange sensations ot being back home?especially from 'over there." We were like gaping strangers in a strange country as w? lamled in the New York we knew so wel1 We had been for an approximatt six months in France -it seemed more like six years?and had become so imbued with the tensity ami the enorntousness of the big trugedv which engulfs Europe, that we could i oi ai once assimilate an tins joyous hurly-burly, all this bustle, all this clang ami clatter everywhere. What throngs of people! lUtsy people, animated people, laughing chatting people; people in ,,regular' clothes, and not the tremendous preponderance of women In gloomy mourning and men in all the uniforms of all the allies. A new game among them, too; half the population passionately begging for various war funds and the other half cheerfully trying to give as much as the beggars. Such a tangle of traffic! We were no longer used to the endless ^ streams and currents and cross-cur rents of automobiles, for in France / gasoline is precious. and civiliat Vy cars rare, and taxis a prize only foi the extra agile: and when we drovi J on Fifth avenue, and looked up tha Jjr beautiful, long, wale. tlag-Hutterim thoroughfare, with its double am trlpple lines of automobiles fillinj the space from curb to curl), w< could only turn to each other am laugh, out of the sheer delight o li Six cylinder cars, so loni . and shiny and powerful! They'r V mostly snub-nosed over there. A newspaper! A real Americai newspaper, tti pages full of startlim information ft\the front and cotni pictures in th^back! We bought i cab full of them at the first trattb atop,.and fairly revelled in the "new: of the war, something we never ha? in France. The newspapers there consist o one small sheet folded into fou pages, which convey the war newi in 20 or 30-word communiques, ut terly dispassionate and non-descrip tive: the rost of it being indignant 8r otherwise letters front constan readers, except on the great occas ions when President Wilson 01 Lloyd-<Jeorge or Clemeneeau 01 Poincare or somebody issues an oftl cial document. But here were whole square yard of eye-witness descriptions of tin battle of So-nnd-So, and some ver excellent murders and scandals, am pages of frank and free criticism o the official management of the war and threats of investigations, am all the other political excitemen - dear, dear to the heart of the true born American! From the revel in this feast w were abruptly awakened by a tuarve so unusual that it seemed like ; miracle. Music! The blare of a brass band Here they came, swinging dow the avenue with the drums poundin and the cornets and trombones am tubas tooting away, and everyboct packing to the curb and cheering and it was all so earnest and out bust astb- that no returning travele might question the increase of th 1?iu|m-i ?ar s|in ii hi . v hi v i i i'll Then a big, good-natured trafli policeman shooed us off the avcnur which was another home-like touch into a street which was all excava Hons on one side and bumps and rut on the other: an added home-lik touch. We awaited to watch the proces sion to by. There they went, th strong, sturdy boys in khaki, the in intelligent, clean, dauntless fellow who are to win the war! It isn' bombast to say that, because th French say it and the British say it The speculation with which our boy were at first received by the veterai '? *~^a rriors on the other side has givet way now to enthusiasm, since th? American soldier has been tried ii * the baptism of tire, and has come ou pure, shining metal; and the fac that now he is pouring over there b; IrSUMMER COLDS /rapidly reduca lianas streagtb / and illness is aasily contracted, l Lrf v:?p i.: m ^ VM MVVift m I0IVK WUI| pnapdynBrnAtnUull Scott a bownC ' i fl f 1QOMI>l?lO. W. H FROM THE WAR ZONE ?s, Hand Music and Ice Cream Department Siren Brings ?Finds Much Difference and France. 5 the hundreds of thousands has put i such fresh heart in the allies that ! they will l>e able to hold out against i all odds, until the job can be flnish: ial by the sheer weight of as line sol diers as there are in the world. > How good that music was! There's none in France away from tin' tight ing fronts, none in the streets of I'arls, where long files of soldiers inarch silently by, their faces serious N\ith that never-varying determination to die that those who come la ter may win; and ell without a sin[ Bio n..tn ,.< >!>'? ... ..... ,.f .1 ... < | h.V- IHMU 111 IIIU <11 Ul|l <11 l|. <1111 111 cheer their hearts or lighten their ' footsteps. Men cannot be spared for . bands. So there are none, either, to cheer the hearts of the civilians, who have as important a part in the war 1 ' as the soldiers; for every lighter at 'the front must have a citizen at < t home to feed him, and another to clothe him, and another to put the > i bullets in his gun. "| A candy shop! Real chocolates and 1 ' j bonbons and all sorts of enticing conj factions! We hadn't seen candy for ' | months, except the all-too-little the 5 soldiers have in the camp canteens. - A greater marvel still a bit further 'ion; a bakery, with actual cakes in i the window! Cakes, regular deli1 cious-looking. chocolate-covered and - otherwise, pastries and petit four, ' layer cakes cut open to show the < lines of mouth-watering filling, pas1 tries and petit fours! We started ? and started at this riotous sight. ' started in delight, then stared in 1 awe, for this seemed positively f wicked. There are no cakes in ? France! 0 A spin across the fresh green park, full of shouting children at 1 play, and then the intoxication of ! home; the hurrying from room to c I room to find everything safe and *, friendly and beautiful; the touching r| of pieces of furniture which seemed s; even to have a personality, they 1 were so well loved; the resting in ! favorite chairs which we had somef times feared might never hold us * again, the splashing in a bathroom where every tile glistened a wel come, the dressing in fresh linen - which had not been to the war, the doning of the evening clothes which 1 | no one wears over there, and then - the indescribable delight of a dinner r cooked by the good old home cook, i" her black face glistening with joy; such a (tinner viitVi i.. I ? ? ? , ?? v i Via* I'lM^iiauv i* (remembered flavors coming back 1 again, and all topped off with won?jderful home-made ice cream! There ; is no ice cream in France. 1 Out in the night life of the city, f of course, Immediately after the cof ' j fee, and no words can express the 'V joy with which we drove into blazing t Broadway. The glare and glow of - the millions of incandescent bulbs seemed not only shameless but dan?, gerous in their defiance of what '1 might possibly come from the skies. | ;l guided by their brazen indiscretion.; The throngs of people, too! By I night they were even more startling " to us than by day, for the streets of " Paris are not crowded after dark. and scarcely a crack of light peeps > forth from jealously shuttered and j curtained windows, while such few " street lamps as there may he are so ' shrouded in their blue globes that e when one goes to the theatre one carries a pocket flashlight to find the *' way home. Naturally we rushed to the thoa tro. "something light, with music," and to us a wonderful show, where the girls of th?* chorus were all girls e .... .. i i > ... ..... ...... hi mi. .inn m-ii in 11 ii i, ami wonderful dancers, and where all '".the sunns and dialogues were in bee I loved American; and there was the; " pep and zip of actors who, though 8 doing their part nobly in the war, f tiave not yet been saddened by it. A r' curious fact in connection with this performance. In France, when a 8 i bomb or a shell explodes deafeningly 11 in the near vicinity, it In considered 11 good form to listen and calculate n : nearness?but not to wince ?then go " on talking as If nothing had hap* jpened. Hut during this play, a man 1 on the stage jumped through a win^ dow and slammed his hand on a desk with a loud hang, whereat we jumped about a foot out of our chairs. By a strange reaction, the mere feeling of safety and security had made us "gun shy." They raised a liberal war fund between the acts, and the audience subscribed as happily as if that were part of the show. Everybody seems in the war now, In it to Win, in with everyth they have. I ttpjf sons'to .dollars; and the end Is ? certainty] It Was a stirringly 'fine sight to f people *1uit turned from the Matt ot.jr ar to ayi.. - r2" THE LANCASTER NE\ supplies, anil it made us prouder "" than ever that we are Americans. A supper dance, next; we couldn't miss that. We had feared, from rumors we had heard, that dancing had stopped, and the boys we had met in so many American camps in France had also feared it. They don't want all gaiety to cease in America. Their oftenest expressed wish is that when they come back they shall find it as lively and as cheerful here as it was before they went away. They may be reassured, for as yet there seems to be no artificial soniberness. What a joy to bo in a crowded ball room with the men in dinner coats or evening dress and the ladies in theii low-cut gowns of many bright colors. Music and dancing! May they sta> with us even when the days of sorrow come, for they are of wonderful aid in carrying out the warfare which must be waged on this side of the water. There was an intermission here, too,m for a war fund campaign. and it was inspiring to us, knowing the great need, to see the enthusiasm with which thousands of dollars were subscribed by these now thoroughly awakened Americans. They don't raise their money that way in France, for they have been nearly four years at this war. and the great mass of the people no longer have the money to give, even at tremendous sacrifice? so the enthusiasm of money-giving is gone. Those who have it give all they can. now without the asking, as a matter of course. When we emerged from the dance we found a beautiful moonlight night, clear and pleasant and deliriously balmy, and the sky was dotted with countless brilliant stars. People were admiring the wonderful night, but its beauty spoiled th"j evening for us. There was almost gruesomeness in the clearness of tW heavens and in the glorious rediance of the moon, for we had been so long used to regard that sort of night as a certain warrant that the (iothas would come, to feel positive that the air would be filled with the whirr of airplanes, that the stars would move, and change color, and prove to be wing lights, that the bursting of bombs and the spatter of shrapnel?so much worse in a city of homes than over a camp of warriors?would make the night hideous with deuth and destruction. Yes, we were home and safe, but still there was in us the habit of dislike for beautiful moonlight nights; and, too, there was in us a poignant syin- * pathy for the people over there on * Ihio niukl i * t vm.o n^iiv, it nir nrvirn nuti nu clear. We wondered what all our friends were doing, and if there had 17 been -a raid, and if they had all esraped. eg] Suddenly there came a dreadful tri sound. There was a lire somewhere. ("u and the fire engines > anie whizzing ni, along outside the park, sounding the th shrill, high-pitched rising and fall- m, ing wall of the siren?in London and to Paris and elsewhere in hell-ridden Kurope, the terror-fraught signal of an air raid! te We had no heart to enjoy 0111 11 drive, and so hurried home. m + I" lloyi) oeoroe praises valor of amercans ?t d <*; At Dinner of the Printers StM'icty of |,, London lie S|icaks of 'I'lieir M T| "Su|H*ii> \ alor." w London, June lit.? Premier David Lloyd (leorge, in replying to a toast 1,1 to the success of the entente allied A arms at the dinner of the Printers' society of London said that British- 1,1 ers have made unsurpassed sacrifices for a great purpose and a high f' ideal. Take Sulphur Baths } ? rrftfll at horite far? + titEUMATISm : Gout, Eczema, Hives, etc. Right tn your own home and at trifling cost, > I you can enjoy the benefit sf healing ? sulphur baths. of Hancock' 1 Sulphur Compound ihirc'i mm blnod iiurtfvlni) ind iltln hrilln* Vf remedy?SULPHUR prepared In a way to T, make Hi usa moat efficacious (Jm It In the 1 1 bath; use It a* a lotion applying to affected parte; and taka It Internally. SOc and $1 On bottlt at your druggist's. If ha can't lupptp |W> w and his name and the price In stamps and we will send you a bottle direct. HANCOCK LIQUID lUI-PMU* 1,1 COW PANT n . n j V * * VS, LANCASTER. S. C. If ytnj *'W r: There was to bo a terrific bail stoi what would you do ^ What could ; Vnu cau't cover your crops?uei the "cobblestones of the sky." >< > l.\. .. !P . 1 ? 1 r.vi'ii n von Knew mere was to t i 11u storm?one that was bound tc income?you couldn't do a thing t( could save your property-?and voi Consequently?what's to be do your business on a "niy-crop-may von? You don't want t?? feel that work may be swept away in a fev not. You may argue that the storm I may not?for a day?or a week? then what? There's only one safe answer: 4 If you cannot prevent hail storn against loss caused by them. An possibly secure is an insurance pol ance Company. LOWEST RATES?ABSC SEI IRA R ir U VFIRST NATIO] . few days. FLINT IlIDGE Mrs. Nannie ('ousti lotte Tuesday to cons , ? , ^ _ ant about her eyes. Heath Springs, R. P. D. 1, June . . . . ? , ,A i terson took her in t .?The people of this community , .. . _ v v Mr. and Mrs. J. T. e thoroughly aroused in the inter-' .. , . ? I itors of Mr. and M t of War Sayings stamps. Two pa- w,!dnesday even| iotie meetings have been held at I AnneUe , Lston school house, one on Monday 8pent OQe day aQd ght and one on Tuesday night ofjcounty ,aflt weeR T is week. The following named are . , , rains and crops aloni embers of the committee appointed canvass for War Savings stamps: oithu imxtTi ,,? .., , ., ... ,, Si IfMARINE GE essrs. W. J Mowers, \\ . F. Mac'v, R. I,. Sims, f). ('. Adams, Les- COPPER FROM r Faulkenberry, Misses Connie inson, Lottie Bowers, Bertha Crira- . . ,, , ,, ,, , ? I'-Bont Stays on Sii inger, .Mrs. J. II. Bowers and Mrs. idia Faulkenberry. * While Making Tr Mr. J. T. (Sreen, of Lancaster. d- Norwegian rered a patriotic address to a largo ul appreciative audience on Tues iy night. A meeting will he held New York, Jum night for the colored people of the daeitv of a Oerman immunity at th.-ir school hous<. (aJn who kept h|s V( lie commitoe will meet for instruc, lace lor two days v mis rhursday night and canvassing ill begin Friday. to the lJ-boat torn Mrs It F. Criniminger has re- the Norwegian stef irned from the Fennell infirmary, gen, which was halti here she has been receiving treat- (a,?. Hatteras. was ent, and her health is now improv- ,. , ,. ? . .. 1 fleers of the freightc Mrs. It I,. Lyles is visiting rela- "on'rt <row and tha< ves in Columbia tills week. I-und, also a N< Miss It 111h Holden. of Kershaw. '? this port ''lit Saturday and Sundav of last ' >,,,"nship Brosi eek with her uncle. Mr. J. K. Neal. Prnft hnd been 8U,,k raider, NORTH LANCASTER +++++++ ++ * LEGAL Lancaster, S. (\. It F. I) 7, June i. This section is very dry now. XOTK'K FINAI lias been about four weeks since e had any rain at all. A good rain The undersigned a ould help us wonderfully. of the estate of It. 1 The small grain is cut and most of ceased, give notice is hauled out of the field The make final return heat is nearly a failure on account 1918, and apply tc the rust taking it. We are much Court of I*ancaster sappointed in it as the prospect at ter? Dlsmissary. le time wan promising T. LAFAY1 There hasnt been any peas unwed ' w. P. ROH 't. Stubble land la ioo dry# for It. A hey are scarce and no clay peas to I>ated May 29th, s had at all. , - It a w?Krl. No. Gardens are about burned up and ill take lots to revive them. NOTICE OF FINAI Mlas Mary Craig has gone to Co imbla to take a business course. Th? undersigned W. Craig went to Columbia vtith trlx of the estate of ami Mtuin-d Monday. >''t flH FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918 v ?f v * knew )W in right in your very section? ^ you do? itlier can yuu shield them from >e a hail storm?a ruinous, rag- ' . > destroy your entire source of P> Jk~ ) prevent it. No pymA' on earth 1* 1 know it. 1/ Wk. ?ne? You can't afford to run f, V -be-ruined-any-day,, basis, can J w J ; harvest of months of hard J t minutes?do you? Of course * Jr , ' vf dAY not come. Quite true?it ? J r < or two. But when it DOES? * 'INSURE YOUR CROPS'". ~ f us?you can protectjmirself 0 (1 the best protection yotv can llm- * icy in the Hartford Fire Insur- | LUTE PROTECTION. A ^ \ )NES, Jr. SAL BANK. s \ V teis of DismiBsary. "B ir went to Char- MRS. EMMA STOVERj^^L . j suit Dr. Whison- AdniiniHtr'atv3eB|J jfc Rev. W. S. Tat- Dated May 29th, 1918. . lis car. It a w?Prl. No. 64-4t. ^Bjjj W- % Wylie were via- ^E>| \ | rs. J. E. Craig NOTICE TO < ONTKACTOKsjKH ind Janle Craig Auction blda will be received^ Sp i night In York the site by Lancaater and Cheri AfI . j "hey report good "eld counties on Monday, June T r (he road. 1918, at 4 p. m., standard time, f^Vl _ r furnishing all materials, labor at^EI V TS 80 TONS equipment for the constructb^Kl . Mquip complete, ready for traffic, of \1 MLAMM111 Mansis Bridge, over Lynch's Rive^^K JfT/ ? between Taxahaw and Pagelgn'd. Bf|f rfare Two Days Th(> brld?? is composed* of twiHff , fiffoon-foot spans and one llfty-fQoB'i , v7 ansfer I rom truss span, < glity-AMf. Boat. feet, containing approximately fifiO feet B-M. Lumber is to bei Leaf 1'lne and White Oak. r >% B 17.?The au- plans and specifications on submarine cap- County Commissioners' Off\^||HHfi/ i easel on the sur- Rum-aster, County ... . visor's olflce at Chesterfield, . tiile transtering JW Ifc* The right is reserved to reject^ s of copper from and a? b,dg ? tf | ^ unship Vindeg- ?. H. KKSTER. ,Engine?rp p J en izu nines on Lancaster Cooj^B E 7 described by of- KNIGHT, SuperrlsEi^P Mi ^ >r. The Vindeg- g? 4t Chesterrteld Co|| V" ^ jrweglan, were ItK(?ISTIi.-\TION XOTIC^^A K aboard the Dan- _______ I ind, after their State of South Carolina, ; by the Teuton^ County of Lancaster, . To the Voters of Lancaster f'oiuaf fc Under the act of the general eenigly of 1017, all registration! * rjc tlfleatea will terminate on JunE&-< j j?. * 1 y 18; and for the purpose j'K registering all voters of the cottTl ! K j DISC IIAKLK. books of reglstratir%Hdll hc^HSiXj the office of the cof'iHfchoardBEMM ? ??>"'??>?trators rfiK,8(ratlon at La^a.fflBLrfJFB F-'rands Kee, (^- eyery day durJng fhe rAjff B tiiat they will and Augugt (Sunday ei^KRtft June 29th. oolock A M* to Probate which time the voters ^ county for Let- appear (n person and Note. tAsase: That un^A BTTK KKE, vnn must nnnlvln 1 dmlnlau^ ^