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ftSNTEXCE SERMONS. the
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Like as the waves make tow'rds the ^aV(
j pebbled shore.
So do our minutes hasten to their *
end; The
Each chanting place with that which witi
**. goes before. hea
* In sequent toil all forwards do con- ^ay
, tend. ^ ?
, ?Sonnet LX, Shakespeare. ?' 8
J * ing
Gashe^ with honorable scars. It
Low in Glory's lap they lie; rrlt
Though they fail, they fall like stars. ajsn
j * * Streaming splendor through the
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b/ v engl
^ Seldom comes glory till man be (jesj
dead.-?-Herriek. . ,
desi
* Least is he marked that doth as ropi
most men do.?Drayton. ter
? ness
f **' Not marble, not the gilded monu- ^
ments
, and
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful
rhyme. pa,t
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| EDITORIAL,KTTEN.
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And now the world is learning the ",is
* kind of stutT the American is made frnn
of. ,han
? ^ thou
t Of course, if the speed law can't C(1 r
be enforced there is some excuse are
for not enforcing it. 'nK
^ Dell
This county is in for some real live Ann
politics yet. when the county candi>
dates begin their offensive. (
i&jf telli
p According to reports the crown the
- y prince's army walked right in and ftnn<
turned around and run out. that
. + i la
? They^ork or fight order would be a'rP
:v * .. - *
m conslfletaidy strengthened if it could ,,n '
be extenlM*to reach some of the can- P?''f
f didates. that
^ Wt don't know who is going to
be elected United States senator from
t ' 'I*
^Soutli Carolina but we are amost pos- A
>? -4tivb who isn't. says
? - outo
We don't object to the government his
^ ' operating the telephone and tele- inos
graph lines. As a matter of fact, it jnK
couldn't be worse. distt
, * sign
, _^TherqrTs a lot of graft in rain coat roa(j
^manufacturing, anyway. As a mat- Iajj,
ter of fact, the success of the business
depends upon the weather. ^
trt* I * fake
Uncle Sam is going to put as many
* this
soldiers in France as is humanly pos*
trip
Bible; to whatever extent needed is
a over
*" n phrase that doesn't appeal to your
v .* and
V , uncle.
a tr
+
wlfll
The German soldiers don't seem
?to understand how the Americans r
could get across the water in the
* ? - face of the submarine and soon the r
' German soldiers will be wondering '",v<
fii cn
how in the world the Americans got
certi
IU UCI 1111.
^ or ti
Of course if tho present condition e,en
of the Jail la the best that ran he thin
done about It, there is no room for ?har
argumeht; stifl that doesn't change 'his
or modify the fact that the Jail Is in- cou*
adequate. The grand Jury says tho hoar
jail Is Inadequate. The Jail Is Inad- A
- equate. V be*
m
THE LANC/
KSTIOATIXG THE AUUMjANE. legislature of every sti
eneral Pershing has been kick- prohibit the use of an
to the Washington authorities board. In some sectii
the Dellaviland airplane, which many of them, and to a
iow the principal output of the natural inclination is i
jrlcan factories, and investiga- tiously, expecting to eo
s have been begun simultaneous- road, but when he find
y Secretary Baker and the senate fake, he just as natural*
mittee. General Pershing, the less and when he does
latches read, has sent a cable- sign announcing that a
11 criticizing the Detlaviland ma- ing is ahead, he pays n
ics sent him from this country, It- That's natural?tin
?esting changes and disapproving ural thing in the wor
ures both of design and construe- stead of increasing in
The News has been slow to commodity advertised,
eve the stories it has heard of gains nothing but the
t, etc., in the airplane construe- the traveler.
, these coming principally from There is another kim
glum, the sculptor, who tried a however, that is a beu<
weeks ago to stir up a scandal Post or cross-roads pc
failed, and we are slow to be- states, the legislatures
e that the airplanes sent to the laws requiring the coun
it wiil fall to measure up to ex- to erect substantial si
nations, but we're betting on roads pointing the way
shing. And if Pershing says the to the nearest towns, b\
les do not measure up, it is tlon has ever been give
it now time to change the details and in few instances ha:
onstruction. plied with. North Cart
rmy officers in charge of testing a law and in a few cour
DoHaviland machines made at have been erected, but
Wright plant in Dayton, Ohio, attention has been pah
b been summoned to Washington ut0? and, according to
ell what they know of the work, writer, instead, tho d:
committee will also have other have been put up.
lesses to testify before it and the | There ought to be ?
ring will last for a week or ten the erection of mile po
b, so we may expect to hear more Inaccurate. Go into tli
ilrplanes than we have been hear- niost any town you clu
during the weeks past. * jwill find mile posts saj
I seems, as a matter of fact, that mile to town then two i
icism comes from other sources, and some times after pa
i. Officers promiently identified reading one mile to to
i the flying service, as well as one reading three and e
srican aviators and aeronautical I At its best, it is exp
ineers, who have seen the British tising, like the railroad
gn of the Dellaviland and the re- nothing but contempt;
gned American type in action, other hand, mile posts
? to read the advertising, hut I
k it's poor taste and if the mer-J Mr SimondB ifl proh
it should insist upon continuing . , , , . .
mistlc old grouch but a
sort of advertising I believe he
. , newspapers pay him fo
d be compelled to take these
ds down." an(l the PG?P,e P?y for
II of which is as true as true can P^rs and road it, we su;
And, likewise, it is true that the continue in business.
ster their disapproval of the lat- rately and of pleasinj
The trouble is Riven as weak- will he appreciated hy tl
i of the wing fabric, which Is said enters your pates.
ave caused several field accidents j
weakening of the structural TI1K KMIM/OYMKNT
s by the excessive use of steel j The United States era
s. and deficient fuel capacity. Iyire a,)OUt tQ put on
ecretary Baker gave the senators advert|sing campaign to
information that 753 DeHaviland peop,e with (he aervlc(
bines have been completed in overybody and every n
country up to the last report Uy behind the war po?
i official sources, of which more ministration. Pl,blish
, 400 have been shipped abroad. era> cmployorH ail(, empi
igh General Pershing has report- cd t<) co.oporate in pi
eceipt so far of only 67. There movementt and the dri,
no reports from General Persh- np soon as |he ne,.easar
that any of the American built matter can |je prepare(
avilands have been used by the WQrk Qf the lndu8triaI t
.rican forces on the front. jon(, ,n importance only
orations in the field and
lose on the heels of the reports
the agency which super
ng of investigations begun into
rects the employment o
l)e llaviland airplane, comes the
. , 0 . ... has an Important office I
mncement from Secretary Maker ,
? , ,, . . . . , The advertisements bi
General Pershing has requested I
. . ....i- b\ the government au
rge shipment of this very same
lane, in addition to those alread> underwritten by pati
he way "over there." "None are uals, firms and conimeri
ect,'' the war secretary says, and t'ons 'n 'he same man
"a about all the objection there j Liberty loans. Red Cross
I Knights of Columbus,
4k i stamps and other war p
A O.WGKUOUS SIGNPOST. jPaigns were financed. 1
writer In the Charlotte Observer ,c state in tills eonnee
(hat lie took a 150-mile trip by departmeut of labor <
mobile the other day and bad publicity and advertisii
attention called to one of the publishers and advertls
t dangerous forms of advertls- J war began the most poi
he bad ever seen. At varying tional force with whic
inces along the road appeared baa bad to reckon. T
boards in the shape of the rail- w'll benefit both the ai
I crossing boards, erected by the the worker. Since onf
vay companies to warn travel- uiary objects of the emi
that they were about to cross a v're '8 the stabilization
oad track. "I have seen those inasmuch as labor Is a
i railroad crossing sign boards,'" most every business a
writer quotes his host on the enterprise, the advertis
as saying, "until I fear I shall l,y the reaction from
look a real railroad crossing sign conditions. Workers Ir
run onto the tracks in front of dustries will bo benefit!
ain. It's dangerous and I do ,h?y wm be constant
1 someone 'would call attention wi,h 'bo vital nature of
he practice. I am of the opinion ,hey are doing. Those
it Is Illegal, in the first place, erwlae engaged will be
eproduce a warning signal as an to bow they can securt
jrtisement. It's true that the P'oyment. since the sup
hoard advertising the wares of a "billed and unskilled la
ain merchant, put up in the shape tiaI Industries Is a prln
ie danger signals, will force trav- ^bo employment serv
e
LSTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C.
ate ought to
y such sign- BUD BIGGS SAYS?
?ns you hud ?
stranger, the "I observe in passing, Mr. Editor,
to drive cau- motorists continue this way, reJSMh
a gardless of the condi111
e to a rail- ?, . ,w ... .
VfvLgA? tion of the roads, said
s that it is a ? Bud iiiggs as he came
y grows care- into our dlamond-studconie
to a ded sanctum and took
grade cross- ft sea* uP?n marbletop
desk, the which
o attention to I.t . . ,,
\yl leading me to believe
e momst nat- V Jl that thoy Jugt naoheral.
Id. And, in- 711 iy want to come by
terost in the Lancaster, at whatever
the merchant cost. As a matter of
contempt of ract' Mr* Kditor- our roads are Ket"
, ting in good shape, tho we haven't
I just exactly what you'd call a system
il of signpost, | of roads yet. I like to see these
aflt?the mile folks coming this way; it advertises
at. In some the town, and if you want to see a j
man who believes In advertising,
have passed JooR ^ mQ Every tlme a traveler
ty authorities conlGg bere, Mr. Editor. and is fav- 4
gns at cross- orably impressed with the old town,
to a stranger he tells other people about it and
it little atten-;lhey come to look 11 over through
! curiosity, or some other malady
n to the law, e(iuajjy as fatal. We oughta do bet- >
s it been com- ^er Py our roads, Mr. Editor, but it's
)lina has such a cinch that we've got Charlotte beat
ities the posts a block on our end of the Charlotte 4
in.others no r d Truth is. Charlotte has been
I so busy with Camp Greene and ru1
to t u stat mors ()[ (^anip Greene that it has had
the Observer time to give to anything else,
anger signals They tell me that if Wade Harris
hadn't gone to Washington to see
i law against "h0"* u- lhey m,*hl have moved
Camp Greene over night."
sts which are. ^
ie suburbs of "We never know what the world
>ose. and you holds for us, Mr. Editor, until we go ?
ring first one out and fish for it," Hud continued
miles to town Rs he took up our a011*1-*01'1
opener with which to clean his nails,
ssing the one ... . . .. ..
This, I am saying, Mr. Editor, for _?L_
wn. you find (h(, especial benefit of the merchants papor publisl
veil four. who run their business without ad-] carefully ev
ensive adver- vertislng. They'd never sit on tho an(j hold
sign, it gains banks of a creek and expect the fish i Bible point
... ., to bite if they didn't bait the hook.j penditures.
while on the . . ., ... I K
And yet they do the very same thing , pecially at t
erected accu- jn tbelr business. They wait for the;crease their
? appearance customer to come along without everv man,
ie stranger as throwing out the hook .for him. Ad- > purposes of
, vertislng is the hook and I know, |jikR wjse |t
and every successful merchant knows publishers tc
I It. I notice there are not so many j rates, feelinj
SKKVICK. of them in this good town of ours asitcrests of th
plovment ser-',hore to be' hl,t fnr the,r own: similar burd<
'good, there are still too many. In jn every poi
an extensive fact one ls too many> mp. Editor. tbe(r busines
acquaint the As j 8aj,i before, we never know what Newspaper
s and to put the world holds for us unless wo jUSt now
ceded Indus- lnok Th" fo,,nw who """" 0;!t !,f" ?trivinK to s?
tor It gets the business?that's the
cv of the ad- Kecret Mr Kditor." Tilings Mr,
ers, advert is- * (Ohariesto
o\es are ask-, ,.j was one of the innocent hy- Whatever
otuoting the standees when the candidates were the senati
v-p will begin here," Mud rambled on as he tipped ,past ,s c,oa]
v advertising <>v,'r nur cut-glass ink-well upon the jj|ease set,s i
Brussels carpet, "and I w-as much 0i,>f.{|nn t,
1. Sine t surprised to hear the hoys saying utterances o
11 niies is se<- j.(,ai]y decent things about the other guilty conce
to actual op- candidates. I thought it was a paii only been a <
at the front, of politics, Mr. Editor, to stab the that j,,.
vises and di- ?lker fellow in the back every time saying
you get a chance, and that in every ahout Wood
' ' e OI candidate's mind, he was the onl> ^ year ago
Lo pei form. man in the state fitted for the office diences tha
ping prepared t0 which he aspires. Of course, I American sol
thoritles will realize that this old busy world is go|j WOuld In
iotic individ- **PinninK "round fast and we learn ^ (jont Wilson
new things each day. It seemed to congress whi
ial organ za from my scouting position. Mr. j unwarranted
ner that the Edltor, that Cooper had "em Roln* j AlmI(,hty Qo
1, Y..M. ('. A., here. I don't know what they ve jcan nianhoo
war savings been handing him in other parts of n^0 jie waR f
lublicity cam-'the 8,a,e' but they Ruro K've him th? not a 8,nK,e
glad hand in Lancaster's county seat, with referem
it is pei tin nt they say in basebailology, he aim- ^ claims thi
tion that the p|y niade a hit, but Id call it a Carolina wil
considers the touchdown, Mr. Editor, a real touch- st*nate he w
ng efforts of down." 1 son and tell
ers since the * | necessary to
, . . I ?and Mud beat it up the street to him to the I
verful educa- a" . ' . . ...
seek a bet on when Pershing will Mr. Bleasi
h the enemy aho()t Kaiser's hat full of holes. South Car.di
he campaign ? trlotlc lot I
dvertiser and ~ when he beg
> of the pri- SCISSOItS AND PASTE. senate at P(
plain, how<
[jloyment ser- j
of labor and Newspapera Facing Serious Problem. J
fac tor in al-, (Exchange.) I try to tako l
n.t industrial The newspaper publishers' face .
? - - - imp as inai
in n? now the most serious condition u? ?
er will profit nlng. He oi
in the history of the business. In hn . . n
settler) 1:i hnr nfi '8 'n & Pr
addition to the steady increase in wjth j)(r H(a
i essential in- the cost of white paper, an increase jjnG ^ )s
led in that which is over lftO per cent, the ^ (,an
lv impressed hlpher prices of type metal. Ink and whftt he w?
the work that in fact' ev"ry art,r,e n?' *aary ln the former supp,
making of the product together v.ith hrill. it
who art oth- iarKO]y increased cost of labor in ?.OP.i ,n _?v
f * * ft f I C J iff R d \
inrormeu as PVery department, there is now ad- soniG (if (hei
) similar em- ded the burden of an increase in j{now aiHO ,
plying of the postage rates beginning with 25 per hJs chk>f nc
hor to essen- ron' and ??nninK "? 150 Per cent Wilson, wh
mry function' th?SG infrftafl^ about suppo
nary run i on there j? a)HO (ho (jemand for news- BrmBh ^0i(j
'ce- paper space by all departments, of
|the government, a demand w.hlch is
i n<jt accompanied by -any '-provision The Orj
ably a pessi- fof*remuneration, and there is tho (Danvl
s Jong as the "dde* necessity of givin^the read- Charleston
I era and subscribers the latest and of comparat
i his writing n0WH nf the world war?news ment which
the newspa- that is naturally more expensive wide and Is
ppose he will ,han thP nGWa of any pGr,od ,n the .American.
| present age. I Ing of this r
I Facing the conditions, tho news- it began coi
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lers are forced to study continues to come. Casual perusal
ery avanue of expense 0f the American will convince any
down to the lowest pos- one that among other reasons d'etre,
their usual former ex- it is ardently devoted to the candiPublishers
dislike, es- (|ary of one of the senatorial asplhis
present time, to in- rnnts Jn that state of bitter partisan
rates, being desirous of politics. We reproduce the followwoman
and child, fo? jnR paragraph from an editorial In
national Information, t^p Americanos an Indication of its
is not the wish of the preference in the senatorial contest.
i I.i.. i
, intioauo <iu?ciiid.iir -"This is the time above all when 1
; that the business In- ve n<.pfj strong men In Washington I
e country are facing, hold up the hands of tho PresI- '
ens and need assistance^ dent. Now more than ever before |
*sil>1e form to lmprovu ; does South Carolina need Blease and 5
s conditions. j mon nke him in senate. This is no
makers are tborefoie (jmc for 8trlfe and personal or politi- a
facing problems and oaj appointments. We want men of H
J've them. intellect and force to represent us.
We want men who are close to the HI
. Blease Musi Explain. people, men that the people have ?flj
n News and Courier.) confidence in. Everybody is patriotelse
may be in doubt as io and from out this great body oi
nrial race, one thine at patriots let us select brains. This IsV ^
and that is that Mr. no time to send mollycoddles to high' V
that his only chance of office. The national onnltol should
r> cover up the disloyal he filled with leaders of the people 1
f which he has been from every state in the union. South j
rning the war. It h - Carolina will demonstrate her ablll- \
omparatively sliort time 'V to pick the best when tho former
was going about the governor is elected by tho greatest
the vilest sort of things majority in the history of the etate.
row Wilson personally. ^'r Wilson will find In Blease a
he was telling his an- staunch and canable supporter. With
t the blood of every leaders like Blease in the front
Idier killed on foreign ranks of the march to victory
r charged against Presi- America will he doubly assured of a
and the members of speedy and victorious termination of
a voted for war "as an 'he war."
sacrifice in the sight of And the organ industry playt
id of fresh young Amor-, daily except Sunday and wafts ItSj^ ^
d.'' Even a few weeks notes far and wide, or seeks to do sdjj
laying that he took hack through a generous policy in sendM ;
word he had uttered 'nK the paper to other newspapers*
ee to the wnr v?<# That to perfectly legitimate, but ine
at If the people of South Influence of a newspaper Is dimin1
oni yelect him to the 'shed when there Is even a suspicion
111 go to President Wll- 'hat it is published wholly or parI
him that whatever is "a'lv In the interest of the political
win the war he is with ??ndidacy of one man. We have litUnlsh.
f'e Interest or concern in tho Pala
has discovered that m?fto State senatorship, hut It may
nians are not the unpa- ,,e worth while to give readers at
ID . 1, ~... < _ . - this illulnnnn on 1.1 "
>u ii.uur.ui iiicui iu no "" ?<?"? l" m?3 Claims
an his campaign for tho Put forward by this paper for its
xnarla last July. It is randidate.
?ver, that he believes " ~?
very stupid and (lull WIFE OF NEGRO WHO WAS
d, else he would never LYNCHED SEEKS PAYMENT
them in with Such clap
he handed out at Man- W|n? S.,lt for *2.000 In York four!
ight to know better, but ... _ .
.. . .. ! But New Trial 1* Ordered |>y
etty desperate situation, *
kes to play for, and the Judge Moore.
Ling la doubtless the best
We are curious to see York. S. (\, Aug. 1.?The most in1
have to say when his teresting case tried in the court of
nrters begin to ask him common pleas here last week was
lat he has never had a "f Mary A. Sims, wife of W. T."
against the Kaiser. Sims, against York county fhr
m will probably want to 52.000 damages on account of the
vhether he agrees with lynching of her husband, five miles
wspaper organ that Mr. from York, on the night of August
om he is now talking year. The Jury rendered a
rting, was bought with v?rdict for the defendant but a new
I trial has been granted by. Judge |
r.rnest Moore on the ground that the A
1 verdict was contrary to the greater I
jar, Industry Playa. 1,^ of (hp evl(1onc<>
llle, Va., Register.) ThiB
case In unique in the annals
i, S. C., han a newnpaper of York county damage nuitn and
Ively recent establish- only two or three similar cases have t,
is being sent out far and been tried in South Carolina. The |b
known as the Charleston plaintiff Is suing for the amount of
We do not rec^U^brar- money which the law of this state Vfl
uhllcatlon until W^ntly stipulates shall be paid the family jfl
tiling to this office and of one fcut to death by a