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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1918, ( ,
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* SENTENCE 8EHMONS. V'1
is 1
' 'vol
Every rttil>le life leaves the fibre of onp
it Interwoven forever in the work of (
the world; by so much, evermore,
the sterngth of the human race has
gained.?Ruskin. 'cess
I The
There are nights when sleep is so h;(S
lieavlly impregnated with forgetful- a_a
ness that one becomes enamored of w_s
death.?Anne Simon. _ 4
sha
In looking about over the world ai
one discovers that the minimum of ' r
lawn and statutes is found to be with -yj,.
those nations who are the most or- an
?derly and law-abiding.?Bryce. iclia
prii
If I knew a miser, who gave up tj,e>
*'vfcrv kind of comfortable living, all are
pleasure of doing good to others, thu,
'' '? W^tll the esteem of his fellow-citizens, i^ji
t \ ?sind the joys of benevolent friend-j
\ . skip. for the sake of accumulating ?n,j
1 v \ -wealth, poor man, said I, .you pay fost
much for your whistle.:?Ben- wjjj
fa famin Franklin. and
* I able
^ SEEElXCi (H T THE PARTY. jthe,
The State says it would be nonsense
to dispute that "in lUlfi and ing
'1 llo
in the clays and weeks following the '
CiT suit
Democratic primary, appeal to rue
general election was seriously con- nof
eidered by some of the Bleaseite spec
leaders and only the unwillingness of '?
the masses of their faction and of v '
, for
j*omo other leaders to follow them Rro,
prevented it. So much is clearly and wer<
fully established by abundant evi- necc
slence from a number of Bleaseite ,,>s'
8t i'
witnesses.'' All this has been
grot
brought out to the knowledge of
" every intelligent reader since the Huel
publication of the letter of John L. a pa
HAcLaurin and the replies from!*51'"
\ ** a (| m
t ' Dlease, Aull, Cooper and Cormack.
-1 % part
J*" of these having been printed in j,rjVj
ull In The Lancaster News. prim
it iT*ftof gtntA stuns up the allega- I wi
^ tlons of aU^IBJH^\to ?8e" ?5.
' party as follows
"It would be nonsense to say that s,,jf
f thci.se Bleaseltes are not credible wit^' lno,.t
tiessees merely because they bring
accusations of treachery to the
^- Democratic party against one anofh
??r. The Indictment that an abortive
. conspiracy was formed against the lls
/ Democratic organ'zntion in 1 ! !<", occai
Tests upon Bleasite evidence which rathe
is* fnmlahflfl hv iho UloouoitAu
tt--> lotto
i'For example. It is confessed t?.a t
. , . . . . , mile,
at least two of them were in conference
with John C. Carers, non-re* in *s
?lent Republican boss of South Caro- ?weh
^ t Una, and that these two, Mr. M"- on ti
l.aurin and Mr. Aull, were In close 0j. t
^5' ^^association with Mr. C. L: Rlease
* . fP^ "Whether it was Mr. McL*urin Sf""
!j *"3^^ Aull or Mr. Rlease, one or all,ooun
three, who were prepared to dellve !p?nd
Kthe State to the Republicans, is of not i
minor concern. The residue of fact af t
is^that they accuse one another. Mr , .
Cv^ Aull does not accuse Mr Rleas"
W'; vhile accusing Mr. McLaurin, l>ut
.* nine or ten monjhs later he empha 'he <
71k xized that Ijetwgen McLaurin and of
bi-Jffcch had occurred shan
. "Meauwhiie. W. F\ Heard o*v,.rs
lr t i o <
f test.ipiA'iv ( su' fain Mcl.nurin
JBeard says that Rlease was flirting
lflth the Km (.' "it p.uty so early as be '
port;
" These disclosures have brten ?raV(
made since tiie tie: n .iiig of th-end
present rampnvm for < n-'tor R'enseite
leaders continue to denfl ince the r'ow
t Democratic organization as hanng lotte
lieen a leader of thieves in road
flome of them say that they were*a rpf
cheated out of the election in 191-1 j M
when Mr. Blease was defeated for
enator by nn aggregate majority lookl
around 19,000. The principal utter- end.
ills , * * *
of Bleasette newspapers and j A fl
irs now Is that the Democratic: Assistai
nidation, headed by ex-Governor 'gtate jloa
Gary Evans, is dishonest and
ipt. At York Mr. Blease refus- t|0n8' af
> deliver a speech at a campaign l^ancastei
ing arranged by the Democratic house am
nittee. While he is under no full elsev
pulsion to appear at the regular t,a?ter?8 j,
Jngs. he is making a campaign ,
... . that parti
is avowedly in contempt of
irman /Evans nnd the organiza- ninHt
^rhich he represents. construct
!n 1916 few Bleaseites could bo score
iced to believe that the primary l>pr 0
been fraudulent. The ground
not been fertilized for a bolt. ? xv
time was too short to po'son nnv s('?,e n|i
dderable part of the electorate Is given
nst the Democratic organization 70; Lam
poisoning process has been go- t.jjjj(
op ever since. Hundreds of men
hearing Itleiseite speeches an 1
line Itleaseite newspapers with- high on
hearing and reading the answer;- of prison
he silly charges of corruption. Br
It follows Inevitably that mini- which if
5 of South Carolinians will conI
< .1 . the repot
lc from these ex parte ami as
that the Democratic party is 1 speedily
ty of thieves and will he con- tecomme
led into enemies of it The D me am
ic party can not he separated coun(v 0
u the organization which it affect
, . iii- 1 mediatel}
last May and which in personnel
lie same organization that con f-'eeatly i
led it in 10 10. We can not have The N
Democratic party and two Dem- u,,, inter
itic parties at the same time in t j
th Carolina.
What is the object of this in- ''
lant attack upon the Democracy? condition
charge of fraud in the primary Broyles
been made when the majoritv an(j a ,-e
inst Mr. Blease was 19.000. It . .
sought.
made when the majority was,
i0. Suppose that the ground ,
II he sufficiently fertilized this NKW S
r? Suppose that a considerable
nher of voters men, supporting Prelim
Hlease this year, have been pre- ^ pnhli
i?d injnind to accept as true any
rge that he may utter against the ani
nary after it has been held. Are PU'P a,1<'
r not taught in advance that the\ industriei
to be cheated? Are they noi jujv 15
* saturated vvttn a desire to re- a,-,ept ^
It is submitted that it is a fair ,,,,vvs!'-ipe
inevitable inference from the lined by I
imony of Bleaseites that there on nee
be a bolt this year if the time terials tb
occasion for it shall seem favor- be so acu
The case rests exclusively on mies are
r own testimony and behavior I'ublisl
What is the Democratic partv ?o- tinue the
i
to do about it? Is it prepared to unsold cr
iv any man or set of men to in- Disconl
it, to play with it. to use it or pies or f
use it at sheir pleasure? Does Diseon
its safety depend upon the re-1 body exc
t which the people shall have for es. or
Shall it sit in drowsy idleness 'aw as ii
[e within its primary a contest Using,
oflice shall be made on the Disconl
tnd that its former primaries of copies
? corrupt, with the obvious and polling Hi
sssary inference that if the con- tin y can
fails, the minority shall repudi- hold cert
the primary of 1 !i 1 8 on the Disconl
inrl that it. too. was corrupt? pe-s at e
Will the Democratic party allow selling pi
f to lie continually attacked as gents in
rty of thieves at meetings where represent
lful Democrats have not been Disconl
itted to defend it? Will the ties or cc
y admit to the Hleaseites the or newsd<
lege of playing tin* game in t' e curing th
lary on the principle of "heads Disconl
n and tails you lose"? The N<
jjm;r war is now being carried i^suo that
gainst the Democratic party In rfs not ]
State. Tin* enemy has dug it,
dropped r
into the trenches of its factional
. 1 v our pn
ings. ' I '
? ,per. mate
RO.\l>s. have adv.
ie Charlotte road! The News since
had remarks to make on several more, it i
dons about the Charlotte road; 111110* sent
m, the condition of the Char- rra after
road. It has said that for a few for
< out of Lancaster the road was f!Uests it.
iir condition, then for some j,aVe the
ee miles very bad road, and then jnK to
o Charlotte good road Now ah pay jn a(p
his has been changed. The News will
h Carolina end -the Lancaster (() any 0
ty end?of the road is in fine whl) aaka
itlon for the summer; perhaps -WPfid ou
10 good for winter use. but good who (lo n
his season. The road is good and who ,
way to Charlotte, or for about frP
itv miles out of Lancaster, hut j)P K|VPn
" ' ' *
iiiiimnf mi or t 11 e road, mostly
worn out ma fa dam. is in bad
10; the new road from T'ineville
harlotte i-- worn out and full of _
We offer
s. Ii is a pity this road rannot ff>r any r
cured t>y
;upt in tip top shape so im- flail's fi
tiv eatarrl
int it is in north and south f,vo yCilrs
al, but let it be known that our ,Har'n,' *.
the Lancaster county end is 'be Mucoi
son from
In irood condition More Char-' o1""1 P?r
After y
peotrte outfit to travel this' Medicine
great In
? otiKbf to come down here to h..aith St
tl live town and county, and-pei - foTteiti'rr
they would start aome agitation gold by'
Ing to the improve: i
THE LANCASTER NEW6, 1
iO PER CENT JAIL
at Secretary Broyles, of the
rd of Charities and Correc
i just made reports on the j
county chaingang, alms-j
i jail, which are printed in 1
ehere in this paper. "Lan- iespLl
and t
ail," he begins his report on wor(j
icular institution, "is one of w ho
poorly and dangerously is the
ed in South Carolina," and in oi>
-card shows a fraction over e(*',n
to be
ent efficiency; that is. half
it should be. The possible from
lire hazard is 4 5; this jail vlsioi
14. Possible on ventilation xvai_
raann
aster gets sanitary fawill
j
possible 100, Lancaster i oi-tv
thing Lancaster's jail scores WUs i
is discipline and occupation this i
ers, 100 per cent.
oyles shows up some things
true, and The News receives
. , , Ma
i in mini, ii 11 ^ ii i m iiei
tie !'
remedied. All of the the j.o|. a
ndations should lie carried man
1 even though Lancaster mint
annot have a new Jail im- "
..... . and
>\ present facilities can he
genei
mproved. Al)lli
ews submits these facts In he is
est of the public welfare and main
iv sense as criticism, though 's a 1
i not that criticism of the \S ^
tlie li
is enumerated by Mr. ,.ene,
should be properly placed peopl
medy for such conditions to th
t he
^ ties <
will
I'AI'KIt CbNSKIlVATlOX ,jon (
DEMANDED. had
inary economies affecting haviti
shers in the I'nited States ca' ?
nounced last week by tho
paper section of the war '
s board to take effect on
Wi
(vestorday). Few of these
lion.
e weekly and semi-weekly aucce
rs, but the program as out- ate.
I he board is given herewith: Hen.
onnt of the shortage of ma- n? n
e paper situation is said to "'into.
He that the following econo- "IU|"
immediately necessary. I ,<>Ka
icrs are directed to discon-! v
acceptance of tlie return of "|0 1
pies. iin<1
linue the use of all sain- l)ruin
ree promotion copies.
tinue giving copies to any- ' ,su'
ept for office working copwhere
required by statute
1 the case of official adver- Nanoe
tinue the arbitrary forcing
on news dealers (i.e., com
inn to buy more copies than j>1(
legitimately sell in order to j,as r
ain territory.) ,r,. ,
inue the buying hack of pa- fipht'
other wholesale or retail li0j f(
ice from the dealers or v<
order to secure preferential (
at ion. bnseb
tinue the payment of sala- nn,t,.r
mmission to agents, dealers dered
alers for the "purpose of se- j(
e equal return privileges. good
inue all free exchanges. reaso
pws announced in its last faf| t,
t on August 1 all subscrib- befori
paid In advance would he
rom the list. This is merebaseh;
irt in conserving print pa- |msej,
rials and labor, all of which >,f t?a
anced from 50 to 100 per relaxa
the war began. Further- l*'0,
, think
s not good business to concerts
i
ling the paper to subscrib- > .
<11111 1
the expiration of the tone there!
unless the subscriber re- rilling
Any responsible man may ,Mlt w
.. . . , the a
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I
do so. even if be does not |t mu
ranee. In other words. The
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ot wish the paper continued
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to th?
e copies of the paper will (fj, jfl
ami the price per copy at l.omb
Will he five cents mtlitu
j many
How's This ? r,d;
One Hundred I>ol!ars Reward |lnp?i
?se of Catarrh that cannot be
Hull's Catarrh Medicine. hocrur
it .rrh Medicine hn? been taken fl.
1 Muff. rer? for the past thirty- ' m
Mil l bii* h come known an the i-ryint
bio remedy for Catarrh. Hall t? tntnrx
ledl'ine acta thru the Blond o
us aurfaoca. < xpi lllnpr the I'ot- "infill
the Blood and in alinK the din , .
llona.
r>u have taken ffall's Catarrh intf"
f.?r a ahort time you will sec .1 .
iprovi rnent tn your KeneraJ "ne
art taklnpr Hall's Catarrh Medl Ilea p
ice and pet rid of catarrh. Send .
lonlala. free. war 1
IMNBY A.CO., Toledo, Ohio. of r?1
all Dru**<R?. Wg. . ^ ?nrM
?; m ?; hopor
"?n"
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LANCASTER. S. C.
SC1KNOKS AND PAMTB.
1
Only Two Ol usses.
(Union Times.)
b only two classes one has any
ct for these days Is the soldier
he worker. All others are not
ly of being classed with men'
count. "Fight or work"?that
order that goes today. A man
rilian clothes should be aShamot
of his clothes, but ashamed
idle for a day.
e unuea suues win emergo
this gerat war with a clearer
i than was possessed before the
Our people are going to value
lood more than money; they
>ut a higher valuation upon lib
and there will he a unity that
lever before possessed; at least,
s the way it appears to us.
Senator ltenet.
(Greenville Piedmont.)
lining's appointment of Christenet
as United States senator
ix months as successor to Tillis
distinctly a personal apment.
Mr. Benet has been one
ie governor's closet friends
political advisers but has no
ral political following himself,
ty is his natural inheritance, as
a son of Judge Benet and a
lson of Judge McGowan. lie
man of the highest character,
ell as much ability, but lacks
ireadth that comes only from a
al mingling with all classes of
e. As senator he will he loyal
e administration and faithful to
highest conception of the du
if the office. The appointment
piobably create less dissatisfachan
would that of any one who
become conspicuous through
ie sought e'ection to any politinice.
FEDER/
I>li?l Will Succeed Tillman.
(Kdgefleld Chronicle.) (Cont
thout Providence hindering. " ~~
Nat 11. Dial. ?( l.attron,. will "Un",d 4"
, . . " essentia
ed to the long term in the sen- ,, JA ,
. United SH
slicceeil ill ir the liitclv ilopnnurwl
B. R. Tillman. Verv properlv, ,,n B< nt
' Taxes on
opening of the lists will he tol- jiave ,na^t
i. And old Kdgefleld will re? a *
I no r
Ish to old I.aurcns the senatnria. . ..
has estim;
in the personage of Mr. Din).
ufactured
is every inch an American of ,
he approxi
nost pronounced tvpe?lovnl
* . providing
hrave and true as steel?with
gc forwari
s and character to help hark un ... .
sufficient ?
[row Wilson in his world-wide
upproximn
? to he worked out and ad- . ..
. . to the mi
1 Kdgeneld salutes Senator , ,
been largi
H Dial eight months In ad- . .
lohacco pi
* The It
reports til
t'rowder and the Movies. j,( Halv ii
(Spartanburg Journal.) 000.000 p
lvost Marshal General Crowder 'bis quant
tiled that motion picture actors American
nit included in the "work or 'be army
' order and they are therefore rent of tl
) he molested at present, but at . probably
?ry same time, the provost mar- n,en eithe
general takes the position that rigarettes,
all players should be considered actually al
the new law anil has so or- allowed fr
diers and
may bo that thore aro aeveral oration bu
roasons for this with which or 'hose <
ns we are not aequalnted. We bacco.
> see where the man who pose* "The B
e the camera for the amuse purpose ot
of hundreds of theatre patrons bacco. cig
ng any more pood than is the manufactu
all player who appears on the shipment
all diamond and plays a game "The pt
seball for the amusement and bacco proi
it ion of like hundreds of pen- seven ai
As a matter of fact, we really "um; in C
that both amusements, to i France
n extent, are highly valuable Italy two
hat they do much good and "1? 191
'ore this is no attack on the 1.196.000,
: as regards the theatrical folk bacco.
hy should they he Immune and "Figure
thletes made to sufTer? There;ber cent
he a fine distinction, but if so 'n l*10 I'r
st indeed be very fine. nn<l 1917.
aged 10.6
Keep I'p the Oo?h1 Work! rr?P 14 7
//-.l . ^ 24.9 cents
(( harlotte Observer.)
' "The es
s beginning to hurt. Oermanv bacco ava
v moving; in earnest to have the \ states ma
air raids on territory behind crop Is 85
ines stopped and has appealed
' Latitat of Maden tf? "exercise i BIG Dill
thienre" to put a stop tq the rt,D.
. . . .. .. . lihlin
intr of towns outside the zone of
irv operations. This after Oer- (Contl
has shelled Paris and London
rilled thousands of women and; their speri
en In towns hack of the allied i Austrian*
Since the allied airmen have, laps in tl
i to bombard towns back of the Italian th
an lines the Germans have been) the enem
"enough! and appealing for conaideral
rention. We-do not know what ments.
enee" the Grand Duehjt might : In the
ile to exert In behalf of "suffer- Austrian*
Germany, but we feel sure of tried to tl
hlng?the air raids by the al-jhave tnet
ire not going to atop while the pulae. In
Is upder way. The only soureo German tl
lief In aiffbt for Germany lies In posltlona i
nder. Meantime. It Is tq.'be most iram
I thvp allied alrf aQuadrone will. the loss oi
line r'glvlng It to them.'* [ prisoner,
:\ . . :)
' TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1918,
THIRD LIBERTY
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NOW ON HAND
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LANCASTER, S. C.
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' ' *
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LL CONTROL BOARD IS APPOINTED TO
TOBACCO INDUSTRY EQUALIZE SUGAR PRICES
* I
tlnued From Paso 1.) Has Authority to Acquire Beet Su- * '
K?r Factories; May Sell It
per cent of this output. It < Mgjt I<osm.
il that shipments from the ^
?tes keep pace with the VVashinKton. July 15?To equalestimated
consumption. |re fhe prjre ()f SMKar tQ ,he oonRll$*
tobacco in Great Britain ifl the face Qf prOBpects for rially
incieased. crease due to a threatened shortage,
rench minister of finance &n(, t() 8GCUre bettor (?rtrlbutUm>
ited that in 1!?18 the man- o ^
\ ?nn a v ft unvM -^nomcu 1 ll*~ OUK.II j
output of tobacco would Equalization board, on rccommenmately
135.000.000 pounds d^tion of Food Administrator
shipments of raw materials Hoover.
1 from the United States in This board will'bo incorporated at t
inantities. Of this output, $5000,000, the pftpital to be furtely
4 0 per cent is alloted n,8hed by thft
PlrtiRlden t from his
lit a ry forces, there have apeclal war fun(^*>SW<l will have an- p
< increases in the price of (horlty acqu/t^> even at a loss to
roduets In France. government the production of
alian minister of finance beet sugar*'factories that cannot iin- *
tat the total consumption dpr present price of beets be sold
a 1018 will be about <5.- tbe pui,iic af a reasonable price,
ounds of leaf tobacco. <M a)ld 0jher high cost sugar. This will
Ity about 75 per cent is bp resold in the common lot at the
grown. Consumption by gtabllized price, thus saving considand
navy is about 4.? per erable f0 the consumer,
le total. Of this amount OlBces uf the board will be in
one-third is issued to the Washington. Mr. Hoover has been
r In the form of tobacco, app<?JntP(1 chalr^fr amL. ifeorg*
or cigars, but only those Rolph 8URar ditl!SIfcpd adtbe
front or under fire :,r? miinstI..lti()ll pr?^4*Xt. An anee
rations of tobacco. Sol- noUnrement Up dMWBftd ftdminlatrasailors
in the zone of op- t|on 8ald lhe ofjtymsation Is ext
not actually at the fronv p,.ct,,(| to facilitate Joiitf*<taalltig With
>n leave pay for their to- tht, a,11(>8 in foreign 1higj|uand the
adjustment sof differentwKrt ovecelglan
commission for the 8ea8 freight rates. wF *
' war supplies is buying to- ..It i8 expected." the annoitncearettes
and eigars from menf said, "that the price of sugar
irers in this country for wi|j need to he Increased in the la^-.?to
Belgian troops. ter part 0f tjre year In view of
rcapila consumption of to- increased costs of overseas and ii|t
ilucts in the United States ? .
lieniHi railway rales and In vi?*w .of
nd one-half pounds per an-i^j,e higher costs of production and
Ireat Hritain four pounds: manufactureof sugar, particularly
three and one-half, and in jn th,, jncrelfcd coats of beets, bags
pounds. anrt labor and transportation.
7. the United States raised ..I$y the'creation df this hoard,
000 pounds of loaf to- however, ft. will bOyposslble to work
out ft price for the public upwards ,
s show an increase of 50 OJ1ft ipont a pound less than would
1 the prices of leaf tobacco he the case if the price of sugar were
lited States between 1914 advanced to a price" that will cover
The 1912-16 crops av?r"|the high peaks in cost from all quad*
cents per pound; the 191? ters." * ~ tij- # ^ *
cents, and the 1917 crop The United States now virtually
i. controls all sugar produced In the
timate of the amount of to- country as well as that lmport?4^
lable for 1918 for United through the international sugar com^tl
nufacturers from the 191"^ mission-, ?
0.000,000 pounds." j ' m
? 'iontrary Evidence.
VE I SRENEWED "The greater cannot go Into the
less" 1ANS
HURLED HACK SBy nut how is it on
_ . i these blowy days that half the dun* in
nnoH Vrnm Po"" 1
......... . ...... the world gets Into my eyes?"
tacular drive agairfsM'e E.?y to Remedy.
and the hrenob ?M " ' " jjp?How shabby thos-? boats look.
>e mountain the She? v ny should boats he shuhbyT
eater dally are hnrasHltn.' I've often heard my brother talk ubout
v with patrol attacks of the (Milliters they had on board.
de violence and bombard
Should Eat Mushroom*.
few Instance* where the Wild mushrooms ere a food that
In this region lately have should be more largely utilized In this
dte strategic position* they now that food 1* scarce. no.,
&.i?h .imn.1 fn.?.n? ... cording to William A. Murnll. assistwith
almost Inst , r, ^ ,?r^?ir of v?rk boun.
n'', Turkish kn.l garrton., who thinks tlto poopj*
roops penetrated British Hh0uld be taught how to distinguish
north of Jericho, but al- the poisonous from the wholesome v?- i
edlateiy were elected with rf^tler. Wild mushrooms are eaten
r more than r.offc mem made In this country dWiost exclusively b/ I;,
Including 2 60 OerSana. forelgnrborn population.