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PAGE SIX 4 -A , I ]\VeSet1 u Standard i rvud Why is it that United S are *otfir?g new records f and serviceability ? Why is it that the sale tires are constantly mo leaps and bounds: The answer is found i f uries wkere United Slate * made. J >'.v\ JT < -S*tmdards of constri i ; j^W I >jr^these tires are higher tha y/J fore known in the tire in \t*S J i / jj Makers of tire fabrics 1 w' I the standards we have g for United States Tire j higher than any previous Likewise through eve i of construction from cri ) - to finished tires?we ha\ 8t j' end higher standards ev ' A These standards work c ' car in the practical ec< manded by war-times. United States Tires wi! A** % * car to higher efficiency. 4# There is a type to suit dition of service. , The nearest United S and Service Depot dealer ? ?1^fnlly aid in selecting rigl . .w . your requirements. ; ?United State* <j_*> are Good 71 ow United States Tires are That's why we sell thei v fLER & MACKEY, ^Subscribe to The buy v. $2.00 a year, tha? r ' South Carolina Taxes, I , v .Floating Debt, Have D ^ j In Five Years. (tot these facts in yniir mind ai R. 4. Conner | said in his speech at Karnwcll. and ag | ton, that ho could not and would not % ductioii in taxes. V < * .. / John L. McLauri 3 that lie can and will reduce ta away with useless offices and useless government, and using the same I business understanding that inspire* South Carolina the state warehouse Get Your Name on the C . t ? ' * J * - . * *' ' THE LANCA THE RED TRiAh ^ KEEPING ITS PI % 1 SSSSSSs* V 8ecretarlei Sx \ I Soldiers Out Int > \ 1 Man's Lane i Afil No Job Too Small For KBM Of Men ' The American Y. M. ( J ^2? I 1 Ing its promises. Americi \ ? ., fTP-.ars now, anil have bee MMw""Y<lTf J weeks, al work in the t alonu the battle front in 3 St an indeterminate numhei angle men "over there" t ^ i,;-.: - : , Are and niu.l and actual grim reality?a part of A personal letter of abi eat was lately reeeived fr< e|0 Harbison, president of tli !!,? ^ Y. M C. A. and a well kn ( J[? man of that city, who I France on a special Y. 2 *1 Bion. r|^ The Letter "Casualties had oceurrf soldiers just before we a tates Tires village," the letter reads. .. v I ordered to get under co\ or mileage ;; suite. After a su;?p >r of c] ! broad, and ? an;u d b ef, tin retaries were oraered to tl- v.* toce'he'- with fifty htippened to be in the o bu.iu.ng, as tin boche wi n?:? ti to belt the town, dies, a b g basketful of in the fac- . p1'* - in*1 ? >n w? -p. a to be dug out later, overrr l!* * ^eS are ,j kets. We litted our gas l>e sure tin y were worlti then settled down?or tri LICtion for dungeon \Ye expected tci n ever be* a" n'*ht, hut in an hour . /All ??UL, mill u I w I* OUStry. The rest of the evening t If ?-<a stairs in one of the reasi Cell US tnat f rooms. With piano and st iven them r'es anc* l'1*1 ever-present r . 1 ful canteen, at which I t iSbriCS are j "Needless to srv. I sic ly known. 1 night, with all the bang a side, but nobody does. ry process flrst night. The night ,j. ?,li about tvso hours of dozin ide rubber nock sjtting up in a c.i re Set new train, but, strange to say prvwhprp the ,aok of 11 for R mini" erywnere. "We were up the nexi une bonne heure. and af ?ut on your at thP offlcprs. nu, s C1 )nomy de- atarted off for the trenc us ladened with about fin canteen supplies besides !1 nist? tnv *:ls a* li raise any 'alert#.' etc. "For two hours we pi tuous way among the vat every con- trenches and oonneotlr ! stopping frequently to popular wares ami ng th< tatCS S lleS repairing the trenches, s new ones, some on sentr Will CliCer- sleeping In the dugouts tit tires for ' -uns and walchin* heads. *' A - wo ontoroil tV trenches, we suddenly ra ? tary llaker and a*-: unpar ^ I II I stepped aside as well n luted and said. "CI ?>d t |*Q C J] Secretary.' A May i as one of the officers say t _ I tary. 'You see. Mr Secte ?.nrrill 'US, ^Ari*/ eten are rfcht if n tli ttiliflrar' lien s with >li b >ys.' ill!|i .iiiui "Tim. wa flyn-. am on w'ho wou'd he cl.ui to UilWUwUJUbt-^j^?? \Vp i ntere.i No Man's 1. n* a "ench. a land wli # se? u fn in the rear line tlYOQ III'" nil 1 our earl r. all lit eA. ,orn an , ,les0lHl0( an i ?. I utes we crawled, h t and <!* a shell hole?the fur'herm I post in our lines ? and 1 t-0Y ^ C dlers on guard, all very '*-?y They gave us a warm v we eondii-. ted our coninn " low whistlers, for there _ . German snipers in thrvo Ikl reetlons only seventy five 1 lr "Needless to say. our il V ? Y O* were empty when we cai hurried back to the sign Triangle in the village, of hot chocolate, and stai In another direction. * "We watched the explo closer and closer, each < ~'""" by the weirdest kind of whine through the air. a lng a let-up we rushed aci and Into the dugouts In ' | |* ment, where our second nrhinina PHe" disappeared llvtulfll(^ "Two of the secretarl _ _ _ gassed the day before w |Aiihl/iW ,hift P,arr>. *nrl nnp s,'Kl yj ally HZIX by shrapnel, while others lng under the physical str ?*d relief I'm sure we fatalities noon, but sinr< ?nce in the trenches 1 d question any more ,.i l. 41. . while0' Never was such * I* tlH'Ill ny given to man to sen men as this. "Pass the word on, oulckly. that five hundrei capable, earnest, and big tian men are needed her* dlt'on to the wee'< y st I coming. We ar< ahl n frequently. but the% don' II i 11 ;11 I hllll])- critical, and we mu-t no will unles'. more and bet |>rt?!llisc a re- Immed'vely A- I i Y. M C. A Job over hi for the b'ggest r: n !n A Boasts Herd of Trair in ] Th?? vorsmillt. <>f <>n rlcinoiistriiti'il l?y ti fur: Ttrookfie <1. Muss,, who I ^('S, 1)\* (1? ?i 11<>- 'Mtortiiliiun'iit us w.-ll ii his Om?rns?\v lunl. 'I'll lliacllilicrv of tntikhl his honl to do v . ; Ruch as rolling ii hnrre '(I'OHll-^JIII^cu hnrnyiiril nml the 11 k??, i I i special wuoih'ii plntform I III 1)1 In ^ive cattle have their pnrtlcul SVStl'Ill performances. I | ^11 n II Amounts to Same AxOlI# 'T>o you ever talk to j "Net !<itentlonu!ly. IJ ^.1 I suspect that my hush tenlnjc."?Kansas City J' lSTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. CLE IS KING BASE BALL YIELDS 80MISES TO VOLLEY BALL IN CAMP > Follow The to No Popularity Of Volley Ball Among Col. I dlera Surprises All Old Baseball Fans. The Biggest What are the favorite games with 3. . is keep- aoldiers in training camps In the ?n secretaries southeastern division? The immediate n for many response would naturally be baseball. lirWHhl ttl-fiau "France To However, this is not correct, according r of Rod Trl- 10 ,ho latest statistical report ooiuand shell piled by R. C. Cubbon, Ariny Y. M. C. lja't'e a A. physical director for the southeast1 * a,r s era division, aided by the the 126 phvssorbin)? inter lcal directors in the camps. Their flg>ui Mr. Ralph ures of the number of panics played ic Pittsburgh antj (he number of men participating own business , ... . .. ias been in sl,ow ,,iat vo"ey tho most pupil. C. A. Mis Ular of all sports. There was a time when baseball was -d among out the niost P?l?ular sport in the catnps, rrivcd at onr and in the month of March it was "and we were three times as popular as any other 'er of our de game, but in the following month the hocolate. war , . , , . ,, > six of us seO newly introduced game of volley ball the cellar of was taken by the soldiers with the soldiers who greatest of enthusiasm and the report Id shell-torn , pe physical directors in the camps We took' can- of southeastern department show canteen sup- that, commencing with the month of * should have April, volley ball has easily held first >uts and blan- pjace aa the most popular sport with masks on to * ng well, and th" "oldlere. ed to?in th? This is very easily understood when i have to stay it |g explained that volley ball can be ft,bu!lv won't played In a very small space about we spent up 8izp ?* 11 tennia court. The soltinably whole diers with little practice can becoma ngs and sto quite expert In the game. Another fecund wondei ture is that all of the players on both nok my turn B|dPa are playing the entire time, (no nt none t is bench warming) and the games do not .nd noise out- |Bst oeariy ao long as baseball, in fact 1 '0'd. tic not much longer than the average before I e<i . ... ."r ' - _ l>aset>all inning The only equipment ' w. . a 8 ' . needed for this game is one ball and nwiled night I . f It one ne4' nev c Playground baseball is another game morning * th?!. n,ai'n* * th# ter breakfast 8?ld fr" H"d now rank* '??rth in pop. . , ularity. This game also can be play . . . ad in a small space, the distances bei, of tvreen bases being only thirty feet. our helmet 'n tbl" Kamo a large, '? used >11 tim? at and tbw pitcher is required to use the underhand throw. All the skill of the iranort a tor Parent game of baseball Is required rlous lines of 'or playground ball and the playing lg trenches h11* all the thrills and tense moments dispense our tbal ,B Xt> bfl bad 4n tho national past* boys, some time. ome building A* ?" tmterUlner boxlng Is very v duty soni?' tnuch In the limelight in the campa some man nnd 'H*** baseball has an immense folfor German lowing of devotees. Providing games of entertainment is of no small iniportIa frr.nt.iir. ance in the camns as it is shown n the n into Setfle physical director's report that 905,375 iving officers spectators were in attendance at 143,s 1 could sn games in which 6?!'2,05t> soldiers participated in V. M- C. A. games. norning. Mr <sed I heard lo the Sec re- ^ tary, the "Y" ie fcnt-lin. EAT PERISHABLE FOODS. 1 we knew I'se all the fresh perishable diers fur ie fori ro.ln- s and can what you us S <>n nf)( us(? iich' we had Every household should can < in the di.s a fpw Quart" of the vegetables uprooted an 1 nnd fruits that are in season or some min and thus insure a supply of * inded, into food for next witter. o?f listen ng I, jH not patriotic at this time 'ound six sol- fo ,lse canned goods which must much alri' . . .. # . ,-elconie, and b<* ?><*ld a food reserve, inlcations in For canning frulta an adawere I'ire- quate supply of sugar can be different dl- obtained hv innivin* ?? - -r?-v '"B ?" J?ur feet away. grocer for a certificate and esgunnvsacks timating your sugar needs for me out. running purposes ' of the R< " Patronize war nrnrdens and drank a cup . . rtefl in again h*'P ~,h" ~ portation slona getting ______ _? in? preceded a wall and *" - ------ - ? - - - - RUSSIAN HEROINE HERE an embankpack of suphad been ^Eg?aiiSS|H " 4$' i arlons trick- , ^ ' nnd he has win nun tin- Mine. i.eoninn Bottiiknreva, founilur '' "' and lender of tbte famous Russian women's Battalion ,of Death, who.ar* lived at a Pnolflft port en route to _. . France, where she'will offer her senrn," Ices to the allies. At the time of the rourself. downfall of Keransky Mm*. Botp^ ut frequently knrevu waH smuKk'led q/ ami hm t Us- nn(] taken to Vladlvoa/1 ournaU | took Pefuj{fi 0? u mjui7| Jl MISSES LANSING LEARN SE HORRORS OF REAL WAR ?_ They Art* Sisters of Secretory of Ru Stnte LiiisIiik anil Are Nurses in k France. , / ? With the American Armyi'^ France, June 24.?The Misses Kuttyifl, ; 1 S. and Katherine E. Lansing, sis? reY tors of Secretary Lansing, who have the been members of the Red Cross in rul France since last September, have ofhad a thrilling experience and learn- hot ed the horrors of modern warfare tloi lirst hand. nie Recently, when German airmen wty bombed a village near the front i where the Misses Lansing conducted or8 a canteen thov were fnri'ml uith .. " ' hoi many other persons, virtually to live jas( in a champagne cellar until they ker could close the canteen and leave the village. The Germans had advanced' jor in that sector and subpected the vH- ruj( lage to almost incessant bombing. The correspondent was lunching . r in a little town in tho rear of the French-llritish front when a chauf- ' feur told him that two "nursoe" had been talking to him and inquiring If the Americans were coming there. *^U| They appeared to be lonely, said the'"*0' chauffeur, and desired to see some 'mr of the countrymen. ' ?ni hater, the correspondent found the 'an ! "nurses." who proved to be th? *'ni IMsses Lansing, in front of a neat ?2 home, where they were comfortably 1 billeted. They said they were mlr thirsty for news from home and Nel eager to learn from Americans what 1 the American troops were doing. SOUTHERN TEXTILE MEN MEET AT WRIGHTSVILLE 1 ma One of the Most Important Conven- ^nt lions of Year in Session l>ls- fi(' cuss I^tbor Problem. lari Wilmington, June 24.?The semi- wai annual meeting of the Southern ro? Textile association, one of the big- Wh gest organizations of its kind in the the south and easily the biggest and it"I most important convention booked it 1 on the beach this season, was con- out vened in the assembly hall of the not Seashore hotel Friday morning at tolt ten o'clock for a two days session, his Representatives from seven states cen were in attendance upon the opening wai session, including some of the big- too gest mill men in the south. All sub- boy ects programed are of a practical na- I si | miiu while the remaining ses- I shins are expected to be fraught with lari things patriotic the textile men are Chi here for business and not for boardwalk promenading as is often the case. The textile men were at the Seashore last year and in returning here for their semi-annual meeting 1 ihey paid a distinct tribute to the ren city, the beach and the Seashore nPV hotel. ^av The convention was called to order by President J. M. Davis, of 'n ' Newberry, S. C., and the welcoming K'Vl I address was delivered by Roger aPa Moore, a former president of the Rotary club and brother of the mayor. mei The response was hy J. H. McDowell, * of Greensboro. The annual address *'ni of President Davis was delivered '?d during the morning and was follow- onl ed by a patriotic discussion on what has the mill man can do to help in win- prn ning the war. Th< The afternoon session, convened at Pat 2 o'clock, was devoted largely to a tha discussion of the evils of the pres- spa ent system of soliciting labor and dec numerous suggestions for remedying glai this evil were offered. The mill men doc are pretty well agreed that the day Ho of usefulness of the once traveling ind solicitor is gone. This, in the opln- doc ion of many, is due largely to the ext scarcity of labor and the importance are attached by all communities to the nev Iflhnr it hnu within It U hm.n^lo !>-> The principal meeting of the clay, me however, was that hooked for 4 hut o'clock In the afternoon when dele- is gates donned hathing suits and in- tha sisted upon the ladies in attendance. f>rn remaining throughout the "special" jl0v meeting, held in the surf. it , LHiHTNINH PLAYS ing PRANKS WITH FAMILY ger "st Tears Shoe Off Woman's Font., Hums upt Impression on Flour, ami I .oaves pat Her Uninjured. (Jreenville, 8. C., June 24.?Mrs. wei f!. O. Dillard and family, who reside sev near I'elham, this county, had a very hrci narrow escape from serious injury Khj \ Monday afternoon, when the house heel | was struck hy lightning. The bolt nin J killed a horse and a number of chicle- ri\9 | ens on the place, set a blx on Are in foo the house, demolished some pieces on of furniture, and played ^somo queer wit pranks, but no member of the fkm- the Jly was seriously hurt. J oth A tall tree In the front yard Is at^p- the poT ^have drawn the bolt.I Ajsev the P?rch n?ar COUsihe S ? rmiard and AtaY ant. Jpt son WHFRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1918. INATE WON'T CURTAIL DEBATE FOR THE WAR le Proponed by Underwood to Limit Debate Wan l)efented by Vote of 41 to 34. * _______ A'ashington, Juno 17,?The senate used to curtail Its debate during i war. By a vote of 41 to 34 a e proposed by Senator Underwood Alabama to llqpat senators to one ir gnd a half^on a bill or resolua and twenty minutes on amendnts, except by unanimous !fc>nsent 5 defeated. Uthough the resolution's support imu uaru luuiiueai m us aaopi during'the spirited debate of the t few days, when the vote was tai late a dozen Democratic senas unexpectedly joined the malty of Republicans opposing tht e. ' , rhe vote follows: )emocrats for adoption?Ashurst, lkhead, . Beckham, Culberson. ? chcock, 'Johnson of South DakoKlrby. Lewis. Martin, Myers, gent, Owrie, Pomerene. Hansdell. Iiinson, Saulsbury, Shafortli, Shep drf Shields, Smith of Arizona, ith of Georgia, Smith of Maryd, Swanson, Thomas, Thompson, flerwood, Vardaman and Wllfley. ,8' Republicans for adoption?Cumis, ' Kenyan, Lenroot, McNary, son and Morris.?6. Total for?34. * Two Cards. The quick wit of a traveling salesn who has since become a well >wn proprietor was severely testone day. He sent in his card by office boy to the manager of a ge concern, whose inner office i separated from the waiting m by a ground ,glass partition, en the boy handed his card to manager the salesman saw him >atlently tear it in half and throw n the waste basket: the boy came and told the caller that be could see the chief. The salesman 1 the boy to go back and get him card; the boy brought out five ts, with the message that his card s torn up. Then the salesman k out another card and sent the back, saying: "Tell your boss ell two cards for five cents." ie got his Interview and sold a ? ge bill of goods.?Pittsburg ronicle-Telegraph. It Can't He Hone. I (Chester News.) ^ n a speech in New York city retly a prominent man said: "The A irspapers of the United States e given more to tiie winning of war than any other one industry the United States. They have en millions of dollars worth of ce, which is their commodity y have for sale, to the governnt absolutely free of charge." n dollars the newspapers of the ted States stand fifth among all ustries and we might say it is the y Industry In the country which been giving its goods to the govment without any compensation. ? Chester News, a small country >er, has already donated more n two thousand dollars worth of ce to government since war was lared on Germany and we are rl to say that the management ss not begrudge one cent of it. waver, there are a few Ignorant ivlduals who seem to think It s not cost a newspaper anything ra to give space away and they very reluctant about giving the rspapers any credit for the pubty they have given the governnt. We are not hunting glory would like for some "guy" who laboring under the impression t space can he furnished the govmnnl without coot /-? oi.?... - - v to set ten columns of type for i government without any cost, vould be a revolution in the printtrade and a life-size photo of the jtlemen doing the remarkable unt" would doubtless be placed >n the walls of the various news>er offices throughout the world. re found to have been melted In eral places. Both windows were kefl in the room nearby. Mite l)Blnv(^ was standing niuy; the v"' 1 when the crash < a me. "phe i g burnedvtiie ?r lA several cee, tore h ahoe off^MjSe Dtllarda\f "*j| t, and left the print o^her toot w the floor, ,according to reliable ..jK nenaea, but, the young lady, al>ugh Romarvhat shocked, escaped J 1 er Injury. A box of clothe* on ufr back, porch was not aflre, and mM eraj.planks were knocked looae on ...'> ,./kitchen floor. The ground >und the tall tree wafetorj*^ tor f aodistance^ * rec m 4wi