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p u;e four IheLan< aster News (SK.U1-WEEK1A.) Established 1852. ? , mi Published Tuesday and Friday BY TUB an LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. cei liUiicaster S. C. Bi GEORGE Bl'LLA CRAVEN pr Editor and Manuger I Sic The News is uot responsible for the tie ? lews of Correspondents. Short and j rational articles on topics of general ((l Interest will be gladly received. i8 SU BSCR1PTION PRICK: I ?'J Cash in Advance. ta One Year <2.00 , Six Mouths 1.00 i wi Entered as Second Class Matter T, October 7, 1905, at the Postoffice at Lancaster, S. C., under act of Con- eo ?ress of March 3, 1879. (lj My Country *Ti? of The?, Sweet Lane I iK/*rtv." ! in FRIDAY* JULY 12, 191S. ii , * _ wi [SENTENCE SKHMO.N'S. j wa ; * sai Happiness only begins when cai wishes end, and he wlfb hankers after more, enjoys nothing.?Booker. ^a, Our grand business is, undoubt?dly, not to see what lies dimly at trl< a distance, but to do what clearly %vj| lies at hand. Carlyle. wo , I sometimes think that never blows ?a% ?o red ')ai ajL. Tfre rose, as where some buried lat TB- ? Caesar bled; Utt p \ That every Hyacinth the Gerden j)af wears *>ropt in her lap from off some love-, ly head. ?Omar Khayyam. |na1 # . , the x ' * True happiness never flows into a prr (ix^u. but always out of him. Hence ^^~t||iewen is sometimes found in cot- a . t an/1 1/4,11 it/ Italant/c llnot-An 1* ne\ ^jteTT^iWtyore internal than external net bif * . dei vf?1 *->'**% s~ raa II>l^)HI Al.KTTKs! <f i?r ' - Jk : - lie1 With a*war tax of $15 to $50 on aiutomobiles we expert to see the wo r * Tnarket soon flooded \*ith flivvers. + The Greenville Piedmont says ap plaufte Is intoxicating. NVe taJ>-up i that to mean that the people up of ^Greenville way have quit payint gai tfclght dollars a quart for it. ! Jf elii o The authorities at Wrightsvilh- m< J Beach passed an ordinance requirln^/^'1 -the ladies to wear stocklngs?whilpae flr"' 1 earning. They really ought to/"111* ri *1 least thai much. b'gi.' . r rc. " Mr . ?*~~ itK-''whole '"..United States go"e- K'v' dry a ready market, will-probably bo nia created for lemon, extract and 'Ja- 11161 : malca ginger. f'ai J0 f + a y We would like to see the governTijent take over the telegraph and spc telephone lines though we are not r'>l looking for any increases as in th ion Case of freight rates and passenger P"' fares. en? > ? But the Charlotte Observer will fa i?ot maintain that all the liquor can- tcr lured thereabouts was intended fo. an Mh- South Carolina points. pei & ? ?\ ^jr "" + an iKJr The fellow who has more mouth jla ** ^ n discretion in tliese times of war would be wise to make preparations ^ for entertaining an olilcer and for - y . being entertained. ag ,V * l. J And a lot of fellows who've been rtjjja- r on bragging about wearing $40 clothes * tV 1 v v soon * Ui be . saying that thirty Is *" w ail 'their lntiit. m ' .-e The trouble about a tax on hotel bills la il?at the average man will not . S|1 Tiave enough left after paying the \ wl 4)111, ;he waiter and the bell-boy. ^ Dr. Gardner may touch>ipon sev- '' ^eral subjects in his letter, but there pn| 1s no mistaklng^fcjbe fact that he Ik f<M tigalnstnthe^oohfoom. < If by taking over the telephone '0 lines the government carf make us ne tiear what the other fellow is say- tio *ng, then we shall be unequivocally , kn In faror 9/ the project. * ' the ' "f. ' > :* ;^TWi8i?gbk'- >*A2 "TO ERK IS HUMAN." j with The cases of the Alabama man who U is s serving a life sentence for the subs lrder of his wife who is still alive, cont d the North Carolinian who re- we atly was pardoned by Governor j give ckett because on her death-bed t?e rivei osbcuting witness had made a itement declaring him innocent of e crime for which he was convict. serve to emphasize that "To err hi,vt human." The law, of course, coal ght to be less susceptible to mis- hav< ke than the ordinary individual i"'r* 10 does many things in a hurry to * th his mind on some other thing. "s'1( le law takes a more deliberate we" urse, as a general rule, and the in- weo vidua! generally faces it with t,ns jak knees and trembling, more be- bav< use he fears that he will get what SpP' coming to him than that a mis- mon ke will be made. Too often the a 1)1 lilty go free, but in those cases it loss to be regretted than that the w'n< nocent should be made to suffer. witli In the North Carolina case the rnn tness perjured herself because she coui idn't like the prisoner.'* and ')'or inted to get him into trouble. She PRt,i id as much before she died and used the governor to issue a par-, Tl n. In the Alabama case, it must ve been a very clumsy mistake on ! part of the court. The man was n" ed for the murder of his divorced ,'l"il fe and child. The bones of a S' ?U man and child were found in a thej e and this played an important ' *t in the trial. Now, three yeaus nr>ca er. the wife is found living in a SUcfl le town in Indiana, and is brought ?n " k to Alabama to establish the in%ense of the convicted man. week rhese cases show that it Is the s,roJural course to make mistakes? Porti ? courts, even, composed humanly, na'' the same as individuals. The rhan n who npvcr makes mistakes ^r' actor er makes anything, and with witbelie ises swearing in both directions at a nee ak-neck speed, it is really won ful that more mistakes are not de. both as to the guilty and the ^u"' were lorent. and if the court were to here both the plaintiff's and defend- ^ t's lawyers, doubtless all hand.-* "in ' uld be sent to jail. ^ 1 t e.i mic. (;.\ui)\i:i;'s i.kttf.i:. tivel The News is not disposed to open tl eir a "hornet's nest" in the matter lar ji pool rooms. The argument beselve 1 in a discussion betiring upon the cthei nination of pleasures as a war Th astire between th" Greenwood Iriclit Iv JimrnaI and this paper, as a this leral proposition and not as ap1\ tc ing to anv particular locality. W fe't ? space cheerfully, however, to The . Gardner's letter that he mav nt \ e expression to his views upon the Anil. tter. This does not necessarily for an that The News agrees with Mr not i rdner's expressions, though it i> Mr. (veil defined policy of this paper fensi a public forum to permit anv reFrid msible man to appeal through its the i limns to the court of public opinnot i in anv matter pertaining to the men die welfare, whether or not we nece lorse the views expressed. such The News reallv appreciates Mr. pres rdner's favoring it with h'S let The views of a newspaper man and d minister of sneh ripe age and ex rend rience are well worth considering irg ri Mr. Gardner is well known and I'nit s many friends in Lancaster. aho> ?. . SH(?r TXI/K. On account of the increased post- j e rate which went into effect July it will he necessary to cut off from r mailing list all subscribers ? n ' lose subscriptions are not paid in ' due Vance. This will he done on Au st 1, and before that time we hope say get a little notice to each sub- , You iher showing tinje of expiration of T cii bseription. These will he mailed saw thin a few days, and those who i them should remit before August one in order not to miss a copy of the it s' per. If any error, in, dates i* ,,m' 9 " \ I* inH t }i<> nfflnft w i 11 irt* nnlv t#?/. trlun ? itrt 1 make the proper corrections. <? Thle plan has a*two-fold purpose; as j save white paper and to meet th* w postal rate. After the n of a subscription, we dAjRn uev ow whether the subser'lbelj^lfees paper *>n t i n ?!, an,. ? THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. iout instructions to that effect, i room, but refuses to condenr very bad business. We hope no one or more particulai icriber who wishes the paper | ""hments have fallen below t of decency." tnued will be cut off the list, and , (hlnk yo? are , trust prompt attention will be fron) quite agreeing with n n the little notice when it ar- pool rooms are. at least, ver lionable resorts. Did you e ^ one where the ladies were \S |T STANDS tomed to visit and spend ti wonder if the pastors of the c et us see! As It now stands, we . , ? in Lancaster are ever seen 3 the promise of domestic block nire po0| room that you have if we can get it: if we can't, wo It not ruin the preacher u p the promise of "run of mine." rnught in one? A place thai . . . . . . , fit for women and preacher Gossett said as much in his letter place for bovs. and voung me he local fuel administrator, pub- ,;,vvs of the state of South ( pd in The News Friday. This is condemns pool rooms in tha up into July. "Coal ordering dares that minors shall not k" was June 8 to 8. Winter be- mitted in them. Surely we . , defend an institution that is along about November; so. we , , , ed as not a good place for o e what is left of July, August. and youth8 ember and October?over three Forty years ago. the wrlt< ths?Jo "get in our coal." with to Lancaster as pastor of tl omise of block coal, if it can be ' aptist church. There \\f . ..... .... .. rooms there, then, and some , and. if not. "run of mine.' If ..... ., claimed that thev were pub er steps up on us and finds us rssitipSi roul), not run th lout, we will be willing to take without the license that the of anything. And every day He opened up on them, and t its. Every day we wait for the pponle Joined in with him. a , . . . were voted out. Col. J k coal lessens our chances of \\ vile who was then State ing any coal at all. from Lancaster, had a law after that, closing Lancaster THE STATE CAMPAIGN. to barrooms. That was a gr< le News does not believe the and on and on the good wi (dates for State offices are bet- ponfi until barrooms ha\e no , ... defend them in our state. If ig their prospects of election by .... . a citizen of your town I wou ng each other liars, thieves and ?p on that pool room and gh ndrels. In effect, that is what rest until something happei are doing, the word "liar" hav- Sheriff John P. Hunter. >een used on at Jeast one or more f 1 'pm' a,u' comrade, who hel .in many a fight for the right dons. There is no excuse for .. the b'ind tigers in Lancaster. practices and no man can gain R,irP j could count on him ie demerits of his opponent. In there is Judge D. A. Williams course of the campaign last 'mv Cregory, It E. Wylie and ;. Jno. L. McLaurln sought to de- Preachers, and there are othf R A Cr.r.r.r.r 00 P??<' ",e P??' r??' " ' .......w ness. The man who runs 01 nR through the process of ellm- .slacker. and he should he on to strengthen his own and sent to the front, regarr res. Mr. McLaprin says that Ha "Kp or physical condition. Cooper is "a coward and char- a,ronR enou*h for you? It took a long time, nnd a assassin. The News docs not ? . . . . , fight to put pool rooms < ve the statement and its utter- Greenwood. hut they went, very naturally makes one think would like to see the real m of its author. Mr. Hlease, Mr. believes in right who would , Mr. Cormack and Mr. Cooper vo'rP ,n f:,vor f,f hack. There was a nreach nearly as hitter in their replies , . . , , ... 1 undertook to defend them. icl.anrin. The vital Issues of soon had to sten down and ot campaign appear to be the ques- he is gone no one knows of ability to vi'lify, abuse and There were thousands of dol , , , . . . ... .. vested in them here, or.e heiri k down and to get by with it. elegant iv eouinped. hut mon candidates are having compara- ? . . . , , , ^ ' influence could not held then v' little to say of themselves, of |Ue people arose and said th peculiar fitness for the partieu- had to he wiped out. losltlon. hut are confining them- ** J'ar ..... . . .. Oreenwood, S. C. s chiefly to tearing down the fellow's political fences. . ip people of the State are little SCI^SOltS \NI) FASTI" ie?l toward polities this year and method of campaigning is like- Fool \?t No. 511. ? destroy what little interest is (Pageland Journal.1 for the particular candidates. An art of ,he K?neral assei the past session provides tha News has printed the statements . , . . , mereantiie or industrial firi lr Mei.anrin. Mr. Hlease. Mr. jnR ? p|ari. nf business In th Mr. Cooper and Mr. Cormack of South Carolina, provided tli the information of its readers, is not incorporated, shall regb n the interest of any candidate. of th? flrm and ,ho in* ... . . ... owners with the clerk of ci Mei.anrin s statement, or of- . . ..... the county in which the busl ve, if yon please, appeared (.0|1(p|P|,.,i. amj place a sign ay and the "counter-attacks" of in easily readable Roman let r>thers Tuesday. The News does or over the entrance showl care to comment upon the state- ,1amo of tho OWnor or ownere business. Is and our comment is ve>y un- . , .. Fhe act was aporoved Mat ssarv. Our candid opinion of ] p i # and was effective las methods of campaigning, if ex- day. The great majority sed here, would not he very com- ' uslne<s men of the St -te km entary to any of the candidates. "r ""thing tiavs will lie required to coiur it is not tucessarv to sav to the ... . tlie provisions. Itlanks may ers of th s paper that men seek- fho c|(.rk of f.ourtf an(, tlte ofl'wes of governor and for registering is one dollar ( ed States senator ought to be fi'in. The fee goes to the < nnnrl \ nnnnllu re such methods. j* " " ,v" piy is provided for each day ness is run after July 1st I.FTTKRS TO Till'; KIHTOIt. complying with the provision law, and each member of tbe liable. Pool Room ItusinesH tM.ee More. Wh?n ||ipr|l ,R n ohanRO of the Kditor of The News: ship a statement of the facts thank you very much for repro- filed with the eh-rk of court ||ir in your excellent paper what other dollar paid. Until Greenwood l>aily Journal had to done the retiring member about the pool ro >m business, firm Is held responsible for tl think it quite strong and too 0f the company, rping. but I tun sure it was not. There may have been good n an old man now, and I never for the passage of such a law a rood pool room, and if you ft,, man who has to pay thi e one in Lancaster it is the only ;.nd till out the blank It see upon the face of this earth, and n piece of darn foolishness, lonld lie killed upon the principle r,f somebody's desire to be this world is not a proper place or it mny have been introdu an institution th%t -has reached defended by someone who wi dpte of .perfection. You say: satisfy bis curiosity as to the There have been pool'Vooms used of some particular business i rendezyius, tor liqnor-drinking, vlaw may possibly be needei or^H?il|UR and gsniybling, and. of iupil.ia, Charfeston, Gregpvlll rse, in such ca va, nujsaacos tjmburg an* another d?Jtw| be worst soi t, jfut w^.do not b*?-, larger fftwns of the fftaie, b e all pool rooms can be put In goojt Isl* *Uin over. ?*ch no par- PageUurfl ???" / ' * C tLjPr the &<?>* ferson, arjfc nbont liTnety-e -* .* , flL .: / tor - f Tf* - V ? F n it bep estabbe level ery far ne that THIRD LIE accusme? I BONE Would ho jvas \ i is not n." NOW ON 1 'arolina I t it de-j bo per-1 can not P I *f I regard-j Subscribers who ur uoys; who wish to pay cas t?r wont 'ro har' ca// the people' lie nec-1 O I !_ L e town! Subscribers who >y paid. ho Rood no payments will < nd tlipv ' * " at ONCE. passed, fnrpvpr ^nt dav. x " THE BANK OF L I were ,7" LANCASTER, ned. I my old npd mo ? ?is after I am i. And i, Thar all the cent of the other towns of the State itzeri >rs who showing who owns the place, when chint n bust- almost any 10 year old negro In the "1 ne Is a | town can tell the names of each flrar drafted; member of every business In town? nrtill I less of The members of the legislature to tl Is tliln J don't get iim? h pay. hut they are not head ' worth what they do get. repli strong and out of * + + + + + + + + + + nttar and 1+ TABERNACLE. hand an who 4. + + + + + + +.1..1. + + + + + + + ho wc lift hts Lancaster, S. ('., It. F| D., July 11. vant: 'hem The plays given on last Saturday helgl er who >),.),( were a great success. The "A but he ;l|,n 0f was realized. It will go rhin< it ano for tli?> benefit of the Red Cross, j "C where. ,\|11(h praise is due the actors, who nulsi 'am in- ,)n account of their wonderful talent Mont ig most ,n,j ability, made such enjoyable gagii ey and -casion for a worthy cause possible, hand II when I The Woman's llotne Demonstra- f?-reil e curse ,jOM club met at the home of Miss tachi Odessa Plyler on Wednesday after- an ei dner. -non, June 26. The demonstration "I agents. Misses Neely and Craig, were airpl present. The subjert was canning have >f pears and beans. During the af- ' ternoon refreshments were served by W the hostess. Mis. James M Stewart, of Cam- whv ten, has been visiting her mother. ^ nbly of Mrs. Kllen fames, of tliis communl- ^ni) t every ] ty. the past week. qj n hav-| Miss Carrie Funderburk, who is ^y?|V e State attending the summer school at ie same J Wlnthrop. spent the week-end at por der the | home. j lividual Misses Christeen and Beulah Tayaurt of lor are attending the summer school Iness is at Wlnthrop. printed l Mrs. M. L. Walters, who .has been ters by very ill for some time, was carried to 1',p Ing the the infirmary In Charlotte a few days, ^ i of the ago. Messrs. C. H., A. f\ and J. S.;Th"'1 ch Oth ttowell and Misses Luia,Taylor and t M<>n- 'feth Howe'l attended the Sunday of the school convention nt Lancaster Mon- n<' w little day. ' a few Several of the peojde In this com-*} And dy with mil iitv enloved a tlshing party On \\ he ha ' Lynch's Creek last week, the fee' "Scrlptor."' [And or each Ai lerk of ITALIANS MAKE STEADY I wi to ;on: ADVANCE IN LOWLANDS a busi-| T T( without | % And s of the F.xtend Line* at Head of Calclno j Arm iJ Valley Near Mouth of the Piavc It Ivor. owner- AIR must bo ! | and on- Homo, July 11.- Italian forcea opthis Ir) orating In tho lowlands near the of the mouth of the Have are making io debts st?-adv progress. according to the statement Issued by the war office, reasons In the mountain section of the front' . but to the statement says that the Italinns I,< s dollar have extended their lines at the head mar mis like of Calcino valley and have held the one a result grouud thus gained In aplte of heavy whew smart, counter-attacks by the Austro-Hun- man ced and gUrla'ns. The text of the statement, Ping! inted to reads; r lmifs owners "Tin the lower Have, having re- staU Such P"40d * violent counter attack and "J 1 In Co? destroyed ne* ceatera of enemy re- ed o e, Spar, sfataneir'we have considerably extend- July t of the ed our lines to the southeast of Shis- drop ut whgt sanuova and to.the nrt^i of Cava- gun dtfor In xuccherlna.- We JKave captured 419 Ave J of- prisoners, In .addition to faVin^^ffiiie Tgbt per| battjfiry ef ?|x 105-tpllllmete^Kw-^tCl RIDAY, JULY 12, 1918. &ERTY >S % UAND m % have paid or h will please have made kindly do so * ^ fit V? -"fll 1 ANCASTER , s. c. 4 -?- . a t ^ ^ a 9 and a lrage number of maJ guns. ft 'o the tfortheast of Monte V ipa, Italian detachments. after lory preparation, penetrated in\e Atistrlans* positions l^t tbe of C'alcino valley. The Mfpr cd with an intense artillery Are launched an obstinate connterk which developed into hand-to- ^ .j| fighting. He did not succeed, ver, in wresting from us the adages gained on Porte di Salton its, ibout 30 prisoners and Ave ma? guns were captured. . 1 In the AsiAgo plateau we re- , ?d two counter-attacks against :e Cornono and Sasso Rosso, en:ig Hie enemy in bayonet and "Si bomb conflicts in which he suf- ( I severe losses. A British donent surprised and destroyed nemy post near Canovo. taring recent days ten enemy anes and two captive balloons been downed in air fighting." 11V IMOX'T I WAIT TO HE DRAFTED? " ' didn't I wait to be drafted, s ul be led to the train by a band, put in a claim for exemption. i why dlfl I hold tip my hand? didn't I wait for the banquet, hy didn't 1 wait to be chared, the drafted men get all the credit, hile I on.; VOLUNTEERED. i nobody gave me a banquet, id nobody gave me a kind word, grind of the wheels of the engine as the only goodbye that I heard, i off to the camp T was hustled, > be trained for the next half vear. ef then In the shuffling forgotten, was only a VOLUNTEER. maybe some day In the future hen my little hoy sits on my knee asks what I did In the conflict id his little eyes look up to me 11 have to look back as I an blushing ? > the eyes that so trustingly fmer tell him 1 missed Icing drafted. JbMC' wa?j only a VOLl'NTEER. ^ m ?Anonymous. 1 tCRAFT M \KE ATTACK ^ fli m DN BRITISH SUBMARINE nan Menplane Damage Mubmersl- ^y' i|e CUT Fast Coast of England Mix Men Killed. indon, July VI. -A Hrltlsh sub- | ine was slightly damaged and officer and flve men were killed ,'j^M ii the crafjt'wan attacked by Qereeaplaryi off the cant const of {H land JajIjt 6, according to an adilty/btAtement. The text of tha * J vLsrlttsh submarine waa attack- J \W the east coast of England on M fc by five enemy soaplanos which A pWd bomb* and directed machtnd flV? at the beoat. One offloar and .AH /ien were killed. Tbd subma- ^1^^ , slightly daroagfd. V c to her harbof^*^ \'y ffZ. * jf*