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i * * PAGE TWO FINDS HER PLAN WORKS WELL . * T Vucinda Has Saved Money Since Aban? donlng Her System of Buying Things on Impulse. V ?. ? many things 1 want to I* mln. Man<l I am so 1m nmethlng that pleases / v trnlghtway I buy it; fie later that really I and thut now I don't ?. all. ... that Is the way I did do; but now I do differently. Now when I see something that once I would have bought ou sight I say to myself: 'Do I really want that?' and then I sny to myself. 'I will wait a week and see.* "At first It wns very hard for me to ?lo this; hut then I got myself under control and cnine to manage very well. "Often on the second or third day, when I have seen that thing still on *ale, I have found that I no longer fancied It and then, of course, I was glad " " f I hadn't bought It; but then sometimes when I found the thing gone, why, then naturally I Imagined I did want it; but on the whole I tlnd this plan to work beautifully and now I stick to it faithfully, and certainly it has saved me from buying u whole lot of things I didn't want; things sueh as I used to buy, that Brother Claude, In * his brusque way, called Junk." No Rice for Face Powder. Bice is a food, not a frjyollty, according to wartime classification. Therefore the French government lias prohibited the manufacture of face powder from rice. This Is Are sad news flashed straight fmjy^pdYis, that Kay city which has mrfvTously led the 1 world In the nupirr if vanities, as It now leads In tLpmatter of valor. This ^ {report, decline also that the women .of Fiybcojffe flicking away dally on . fjielr^^wocr puffs some 100,000 sob dlers' rations of good rice. r ^"TfetEGUAM BY TRAIN I INSTEAD OF RY WIRE Western Union H:\s Bw'n Dispatching Messengers With Night I^etter Uusiness. . Washin^fi^n, June 24.?Transmisof. nislWfc^tter telegrams by ? messei\^?jfWBtead of by wire ' \ ICJi easfei^cities is a practice \ long standhpT; it was learned after the postoffffe department had taken action to Jttop the trathe by arresting five trJlL agents of the Western Union cctfifpny who^ had brief cases filled with pigh messages which j they were carrying between New York, Boston.^ Philadelphia, Balti4 more and \Afonhington. The messengers lour of whom were taken ar.New York and one at Uoston?wilAbe called before a federal grand jtpgd^n tell what theyj kn ow of the tratlle. and those responsible for it will he charged with violating the law giving the govern y ** ment postal system a monopoly or Vhe transmission of public rommuni cations by train or other post routes It was Intimated that a few high ofii, , cials of the company knew of the ... | practice. i pon conviction tney j. ."would bo subject to the penalty of #500 fine or six months imprison' "? xnent for each offense. Postal inspectors who made the seizures had previously gathered evidence, it is said, that thousands Jlght letter telegrams have been ed on truins between the eastern cities, and deliveries to their destinations with all the earmarks of having been sent by wire. Fictitious letters and figures ordinarily indicating the identity of the telegraph operators at each end of the wire, v 1 and tile time of receipt, were born hy the messages, which had been Xyped in the offices where th-sy orig. ijjL' lnated. i By leaving either end of their routes on midnight trains, the messtf\ngers usua?'^ were able to deliver fhuydles of mfliaages in the destina ^ early the following i and the telegrams then ' Ajrere distributed to the addresses ms ft they had .iust come hy wire. On A me occasions, it is said, trains w. held up for hours, and the feleEjrrams were then transmitted by wire from the nearest station. Reports reaching the post office department after the seizures, were ** that the system of sending quantities of messages hy trains had been In vogue for many years, and that JHfch since It often, relieved wires already Q .'S .' overburdened and resulted in d'div& v as prompltv as if they had been Mr .^teguqphed, the practice was con<41 vVlere?l Justified. fki Postal authorities will refer their a M|d4nce to district attorneys in A '.fJew York and Boston for prosecu A-ion, which, if is said, will be dlrectd at the company officers or executives responsible for the situation rather than at the messengers, who acted only as employes under, in M? Htructlon. + I v, f The elevators in the Waldorf+ Astoria hotel In New York ure now manned by fifteen young women 'operators. / * "4> 1 ?- , y Til AVi jj1II LET THE UNIMPORTANT ROADS GO DURING WAP Construction mid Mnintcnnnct Should lie Confined to Important Ones, Is tXlicial View. Washington, June 24.?Ilijrhwaj construction anil inaintcniinrn ilnr ing the war should bo "directed on ly to those roads which are of prim< importance for economic and niili ' tary purposes," the National Conn [oil of Defense declared in transmitt ] tint: to state councils of defense ; letter from Secretary Houston. Fed eral agencies controlling material foi road building will be governed lo this policy and the national counc' > asked that state highway depart 1 rnents be induced to co-operate. ' Fse whatever possible of local roat I building material is urged to sav< rail transportation, and avoidance o bond issues except in urgent cases i< i asked in order that such financim will not conflict with war loans. "As far as possible important highways already constructed shouh be maintained," the council declar ed, "and those should be construct ed which are of vital importance be cause of their bearing on the war These may be summarized as fol lows: "Those which are utilized or wit] be utilized by the military establishment. "Those which carry considerable volume of material and supplies esisential to war industries. "Those which have a bearing upon the production and distribution of I food supplies, connecting population i and shipping centers with surroundj ing agricultural areas." | STEAMER AND U-BOAT FIGHT FOR TWO HOURS i 11: i ( f 1?? I ? #??! 4 HT <!?.? 1 *; .?? i ? ........ .... .... . < 'apes?Submarine I .aiindied Two Torpedoes. Norfolk. Vn., Juno 24.?Incoming vessels brought to the waterfront the thrilling st >ry of a running fight at sea he ween a large \tneriean steamer, southbound. olT the Virginia capes, with a Hun s--a wolf on Monday night, shook off the enemy and scurried to safer southern waters. The enemy was tirst sighted [southwest of W interquarter light, i and the battle continued for 30 miles south of the capes. Captain Simmons immediately sent out wireless warnings to all other ships, and when offered .aid, told all to stay clear of the enemy, and joined battle with the U-boat. The U-boat opened fire at a distance of about half a mile, and the guns of the ; American promptly responded. For [two hours the submersible and the J steamer exchanged shellfire. Two torpedoes were launched by the Huns, t>?>t M missed the mark, one passinir 50 fi et to the stern and the other 2 no yards in front of the vessel's how. Captain Simmons was unahle to say whether or not any of h s shells found their tarpet. Zip-7.appin with every fireman crowdinp on fuel, the steamer finally shook off the enemy, escaninp unscathed. Inconiirp masters also iwnorted siphtinp a I'-hoat late Sunday nipht off the mouth of Cape Fear river and hound south, probably to the'r base in the Gulf of Mexico. * TWO WAOSWOItTII SOMHKRS CiKT ONK VKAR SKVTKNCF Spartanburg, S. ('., June 24.? Convicted of beinp absent without leave, two Hrooklyn, N. Y . soldiers members of the 53rd Pioneer infan try. have been tried by court-mar tj;11 at Camp Wadsworth and each sentenced to serve one year at hard labor in prison. The soldiers ar ralpned were Private Walter Miller Company C. and private Martii Kelly, Company I>. j Soldiers convicted under this icharge are now receiving sentences at Camp Wndsworth ran?inp from one to fifteen years in prison. Will Knter Army. Greenwood, S. C., June 24.?Cal lioun A. Mays, assistant United States district attorney for the western district of South Carolina, has resigned, effective July 1 and wil enter the artillery branch of the ar^ ' 7 "'? THE LANCASTER NE ,i ~ il LEGAL ADS l> ; I NOTICE OF FINAL, DISCHARGE. The undersigned as administrators | of the estate of R. Francis Kee, deceased. give notice thut they will : make final return on June 29th, ,1918, and apply to the Probate 'Court of I>ancaster county for Letters Dismissal y. T I.AP1V CTT I,' I.' IT" v W. P. ROBINSON. Ad ministrators. Dated May 29th, 1918. ? It a w?Pri. No. ti4-41. NOTK K OP PINAL 1MSCHA ROP. The undersigned as administratrix of the estate of S. B. Stover, deceased, gives notice that she will ' make final return on June 29th, "11918, and apply to the Probate "| Court of Lancaster county for Let'Iters of Dismlssarv. MRS. EMMA STOVPR. Administratrix. Dated May 29th. 1918. 1 ! It a w?Pri. No. 64-4t. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. ' Auction bids will be received on the site by Lancaster and Chester; eld counties on Monday, June 24th, 19 IS. at 4 p. m., standard time, for furnishing all materials, labor and ; equipment for the construction, * complete, ready for tratlic, of Mc1 Mantis Bridge, over Lynch's River, [between Taxahaw and Pageland. The hridere is pnmnnuut ?? > I ' I fifteen-foot spans and one fifty-foot truss span, length over all eighty-one feet, containing, approximately 13,"jr?60 feet H-M. Lumber is to be Long ( Leaf Pine and White Oak. Complete plans and specifications on file at i County Commissioners' office in ' | Lancaster, S. C. and County Super"I visor's office at Chesterfield, S. C. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. E. H. KESTER, Engineer. Lancaster County. E. R. KNIGHT, Supervisor, Chesterfield County ' 67?It. REGISTRATION NOTICE. State of South Carolina, County of Lancaster. To the Voters of Lancaster County: I'nder the act of the general as s mgly of 1M7. all registration cer- " titicates will terminate on June 30, i 1 fl'JlS; and for the purpose of reregistering all voters of the county, the hooks of registration will he open | I in the office of the county board of egisiration at Lancaster court house very day during the months of July and August (Sunday excepted) from 'J:on o'clock A. M to 6:00 P. M., at t i which time the voters are Invited to appear in person and qualify. v Note, please: That under the law, (: I you must apply in person, and not by i proxy. ? During this time voters of all sec- j tions of the county may register; v but for their convenience, the regis- j tration hoard will visit all townships f during the month of September and register the voters. This schedule H i will be published later. H W. G. A. Porter, t W. P. Estridge, p R. J. Flynn, j County Board of Registration. f 70-1 It. ; DISCOVERY OF C ROAT BASE IS WORTH $1,000 I'his I- the Offer That I- Made b> the <'oiiitiiandant of the Third \aval District. i New York. June 24. Authentic Information that will lead to the discovery of an actual German submarine base will bring the informant not only the satisfaction of having performed a patriotic act. but a re ward of Sl.hhO This offer was made public by tile commandant of i ne tnirn liavni district to stimulate i the amhition of those likely to he in :> position to obtain such information, partirtilatiy seafaring men. 'The offer reads: "The commandant third naval 'district, L'tfn Broadway, New York, lias been authorized to pay $1,000 toward to any person who furnishes I authentic information of any actual (submarine base, reservinK the right i to decide who is entitled to such re11 | ward and to apportion the reward if two or more persons find such information." * i Lift X 'rLafevTucc fix $jf \ Co&ts* LICE POWDEQ 2ft i f .7 LICE LIQUID tS . \r-Sy^/ HEAOllCEOWTHENTff i JkLiTr^ Bid bird* end poultry house* 0 I of viUlity uchinti poata. ^ - Prlo**15o 30o.00o. $t.40 Br I THIS STANDARD DUUO CO || I L .. 1 dr r . . .. ' <* ?? ' :WS, LANCASTER, S. C. If you There was to be a terrific hail stu what would you do t What could You can't cover your crops?in the "cobblestones of the sky." So Even it' you know there was to ing storm?one that was bound t income?you couldn't do a tiling 1 could save your property?and yt Consequently?what's to be d your business on a "my-erop-ma; you ! Vou don't want to fcel'ths work may be swept away in a fe not. You may argue that the storm may not?for a day?or a weekthen what I There's only one safe answer: It' you cannot prevent hail stor against loss caused by them. A possibly secure is an insurance pc illll't' V DllipiUiy. LOWEST RATES?ABS SE IRA B. J< FIRST NATIC {AIDERS ON THIS SIDE sacrificed to fuel i MAY HE SPECIAL TYl'E the raiders to rot their bases for lonj '>11 ill for ICndiiranre, >*ot Speed. Some officers exj Not One Known to Have that this sacrifice t lb-en Destroy etl. for tlie inuldlity c easily overhaul pi Washington. June 24.?Although have chased and fc here have been varied reports re- remain away from ently of the destruction by patrol long a time. Tito of easels and armed steamers of one that vessels capahl >r more of the German suharines more than twelve ff the Atlantic coast, it was learned have succeeded In n lUthoritativelv that the navy do- the aubmarine afte inrtment is without evidence that In discussing th< vould justify the t>ellef that any of that have been circ he sea wolves have been accounted destruction of the I or. first appeared in It also was learned that a close nearly a month ag tudy of reports made by masters of retary Roosevelt si hips which have been sunk or at- is merely a repetit: acked has suggested to some naval scale of the experie xperts that the raiders operating on admiralty, his side of the Atlantic are of spe- Mr. Roosevelt ha ial type in which speed has been quarterly report of SUMMER JUNE 18TH TO WINTHRHF JULY 26TH, 1918 mlXllllYUr NOTKI) KDUOATORS: Famous educators of t AI,.honso Smith, professor of Knglish in United St former Secretary of National Playground Assoclsrt ferenro; William Wirt, originator of tire famous Gar Kirksviile, Missouri; KUa Flagg Young, former I of Chicago; I)r. Liberty II. Ilailey, Cornell llnivers Henry N. Snyder, President, Wofird College; Dr. Ida Tarbell, lecturer and author; Dr. W. C. Dagley Teaching; Mrs. Km ma A. Fox, noted parllamentar COURSK OF STiJDY; Full courses of study v intenaents and Principals; (2) High School Teachc wishing College credits, and (6) Those wishing e FACl'l/TY: President Johnson has secured an i of specialists and loaders of education in this and c SPECIAL KKATl'KKS: Special course for Clyb course in Surgical Dressing, Parliamentary Daw; J in high school, model school, rural school problems, methods, etc. County boards of education are aut teachers who do satisfactory work In this Summer s Lectures, Kntertalfiments. Out-of-Door Plays, Mug sonally Conducted Excursions, Large New Cymnas water, Howling Alleys, l^trge Athletic Field thor< Hoard and matriculation fee for entire session | The best accommodations. A place for health, i For further tn(/>rmation write for Summer School 1 Reserve dormitory accommodations as early as i D. B/JOHNS< <^v' * TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1918. knew f: # 1%/ >rm right in your very seofciori? you do? 1 cither can you shield them from i 1)0 a hail storm*?a ruinous, rag;o destroy your entire source of to prevent it. No power on earth 1 >u know it. ' one? You can't afford to run , y-be-ruined-any-day'Vbasis, can it harvest of months of hard w minutes?do you? Of course MAY not come. Quite true?it -or two. But when it DOES? . "INSURE YOUR CROPS!". % T ins?you can protect yourself * *T \ ..J i-1. - 1- ?. i. - -1* ? - -A mi rm* nest protection you can licy in the Hartford Fire Insur fa l ** -* * OLUTE PROTECTION. E ? <3NES, Jr. >NAL BANK. V ^ZIZ=ZZZZIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ1 9 apaoity, enabling submarine losses, the items included nain away from being only those which were consid? periods. ered of sufficient credibility to warmessed the belief wint consideration. Taking 100 if speed accounts typical reports, Mr. Roosevelt ex- Mm ?f the raiders to plained that 50 per cent of them had aUr izes which they been dismissed by the Itritish au>r their ability to thorities as "highly improbable." Germany for so After carfeful rechecking -0 per cent Akj fleers pointed out of the submarines reported sunk ? ? e of but little -were listed as "possibly damaged," a knots an houi on|y 13 per cent of the total * inning away from , r being attacked. *'ere rec?rded 48 "known to have i many reports ueen 8UnK' ulatlng about the J-boats since they German Attark British Squadron. American waters London, June 24.?German airto. Assistant Sec- planes attacked a British naval ild this situation Mquadron north of Heligoland Bight * ^ ion on a small june jg the admiralty an- A nee of the British nounced. The German machines \ d before him the made no hits and one seaplane was the admiralty on destroyed. * j SCHOOL ] i pai i rnp pnrifHiti , | | | HI H ?v/vvi\ hide LULLLuL SOUTH CAROLINA ho United States yi 11 giv^ ^eriea of lectures. Dr. utes Naval Academy, author- I)r. Henry S. Curtis, ion of America and National Child Welfare Conv Plan; John It. Kirk, President. State Normal of resident, N. E. A. and Superintendent, City Schools ity; A. H. Cook, American Consul to Greece; Dr. A. E. Winship, editor- of Journal of Education; of the Carne^fo Foundation for Advancement of Ian, and many others. rill be provided to meet the needs of: (1) Super ^ us; (3) Primary andKIrade Teachers; (4) Tnose | pedal hranchee. inusuaily largedaftd competent faculty composed Women of this State, Jtyy 8th to July 20th; jflMPj demonstration Work with Children in all grades kindergarten prartli-ofcv'.nfes.on the Montessotl horisjed to renew oertlfltfpes noy>- in force for School nnd take the Anal- oxa5unations.\ Ay JmV <^e icai Companies, Educational Moving Pictures, Per.^\^gW| i lium; RegulntionJ|ise 8wiinmii)g PoollNvlth filtered* * >ughiy equipped. 4 Jt ecreatton, information, arid inspiration sn<?8pllef 1 V Tjftfjj lulletin. > )Vl *?? I M- Ull possible. t *? it VJlK V. >?W , Is* sny jmeh toivl A. ? --^nson is apparently*^ DN, President/to^ TjbiH ji, J ^ i