Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wr " P.ACF FOFR Y * - ' ?- m 'j THELANCASTEkNEWSi Xhepi,f3 (SKMi-VVEEKIA.) Established 1832. u blK week for ? uousty since ea Published Tuesday and Friday by th.k Americans and / Lancaster news company. .ind captured te? iauicaster S. (J. , munitions that s (jEOIKiK BL'IjIjA CltA\ EN 'as the decisive Editor and .Manut;er , " has been retreat * The News is not responsible for the lowing in close | Tiews of Correspoudeuts. Short aud rational articles on topics of general a week- Tke U1 Interest will be gladly received. I mans Fismes? SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: j hands of the Ar Cash in Advuuce. and the retre ? One Year J2.00 . , Mix Mouths . . . . . . . . . . i.ou;crown Prince8 .i.??____________________? | serves has not 1 Entered as Second Class Matter . October 7. 1906, at the Postofflce at onrusnLancaster, S. C., under act of Con- The war, how grew of March 3, 1879. preparations for in progress In tl tension of the < dp the grandest an **(y Country *Ti* of Thaa, 8wt?t Land Possibly riot all t-'K^rty." come under the JXUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1918 8erv,ce in Kran' . ad>^g== i 1 | war department ? in men, and tfc ? SENTENCE SERMONS. mately a milU( * * ~~A overseas will b< It Is impossible for that man to e(1 There will despair who ' remembers that his _ victory has conn Helper is Omnipotent.?Jeremy Taylor * The changing will have its el * Mad Ambition ever doth caress but only one th ? its ow n sure fate, in its own restless- ,8 winning the ness. ?Coleridge. Iwithin the new ? __j camp with the . iiuumi ia itun iru IUI11111UIKI <liven by the love of all your native that has charact" land. I Then a successive title, loon and THE y dark. ^Iie pr?p()8itio l)tawn from the mouldy rolls of , , ' VT . . , ... road from Char Noah s ark. ?Dryden. will probably ha People will not look forward to Portion the r posterity who never look forward to ter and Charlol their ancestors.?Llurke. sadly needs atl haw Enterprise 1 was angry with my friend; tives of the , 1 told my wrath, my wrath did end. . -.if commerce will i I was angry with my foe, 1 told it not, my wrath did grow. son township i ?Blake. second Monday purpose of disc RDITOKIAIJETTBS. KClU"R " "nk ' ""V way system by ' . .. . A . ? , posed to turn o Another test of patriotism is com, Cureton's store lng to every man who walks up and , of Waxliaw ant votes in the primary. the federal gove ^ + ?? .... . . . , , . ing link bet wee If President Wilson would not re -?i in i. .. mington liigliwj OPive Mr. Blease, then how would ... . ? ? .. , Savannah high\ >Ir. Blease toll President Wilson of , . . ,.o haw paper. "A his loyalty? + derslanils the i It certainly is a coincidence that township .1 Blease and his "organ." the Charles- t'1' ri^'11 1)1 a r,nt * . . . .. . . ceptatwe road to aoT ton American, both have been accusant* ) ?) . ,, then the fedet ' ed of disloyalty. _+ will take over e a ., ... .. . .. without further reepf,tlon. with the draft age 'A , ... ,. .. ty or township. * limits extended, you can see the big. through it will gest army any country has ever 1 . j .u t .. good road out! known. And the best! seasons to road: where *f Why the q? The Greensboro News , ... The News, aays: "Since American soldiers , , , . . . . - good roads, an; crossed it and refused to be driven .. ? ly interested in back the Ourcq is now the Oursq. * * provement beca + ? .. , Columbia-Lanes Some may regret the necessity ot . . , , . . . . way which is Kiving up business to go to war but , , from Charlotte ? l,le real regrei mat me uran ages ? are to be extended will be in the r<"1 is a,HO ,ho . ^ i'^henzollern household. Charlotte to p swiftly to the The Spartanburg Journal says it is ?sr<*?>a cross! never safe to estimate what a South Wi,h ,he La,,( ^ Carolina voter will do. Hut it is a the rharI?"G r safe bet what the South Carolina (1,tion? at lGa?t voter this year is not going to do. use- il is dt'sira + of the road be It has been said that the Germane tion The are wonderful fighters but the t,,ro a K??d a" Americans who have been close on ,he north to their heels for the past week would ,ink *hat '8 pu be more Inclined to believe they are G?mP"ahment 0 wonderful runners. Charlotte, to tt + cellent roads o "Good roads and bad," is the title and concrete; " * -- - .. or an editorial article in the mar- * uiuiuun, mci * lotte Observer. The Observer editor road and the evidently haa recently been on the anfl Charlotte Lancaster-Charlotte road where he weak link, could encounter both kinds. "It 's a n?t >fi 1'nterprise, "th "As a pickpocket alarm a New ter weather th , York man has Invented a device to any point are ring an electric bell when a pocket miles of town Is entered by an unauthorized toad will give band.'' says an exchange. Now, who lotte, one by wtll Jnvdfet a-way for the bell to Belair, passabl .? know whose hand It Is.,'' outlet to good *1 - * 1 ' . Jf; >> : * ' < * THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S, >l> \YKKIi. Chester, Rock Hill, Columbia, Bisn~ says, "ut any time to se in tlie war has been opville, Hamlet, Cheraw, Durham, papers reduVed. l hi the ullios. Contin- Raleigh, Ashevtlle?in tact, to any paper *8 aeu^e> an,l \ will hnve to take charge rly in the week the point of any consequence will be as- put and allowance it to French have gained sured. Tlie psychological momeni newspapers. We will m ritory, prisoners and for getting good roads is upon us; ?*d to see people desiring ire counted by many let us not pass it by." a dally paper and n< victory. The enemy The Lancaster end of this road. It as paper8 to supply a certain nui ing and the allies fol- may be said, is not in condition for wcrji,erg ?? jursuit for more than heavy traftic during the winter This Is what has happ lain base of the Ger- months; it was badly cut up last iand and other Europei -has fallen into the winter, but is now in better condl- ^',e H'ze ?f headlines, tl nericans and French, tion than last summer. Right now, pnB?s <an be pi it days and other matters at continues. The after the rains of Thursday and Frl- are reKUlated and the armies, with its re- day, all the roads possible should pers carry a standing ar jeen able to stop the 1 e dragged. The News has remark- readers to pass the pape ed on several occasions that the split- ono e'Re w'ien they I ever, is not won. And log drag is the best piece of road 11 rtS '8 imposs enough papers to go art winning it are still machinery ever devised, and takes The newsprlnt situa his country. The ex- this opportunity to reiterate that country hns not gotten iraft age limit prob- statement. Dragging, at the right >'pt, but the supply Is effected this month, time, prevents the roads being cut to Pnce w'th the deman Ident Wilson's hands pieces by heavy vehicles and skid- War Industries Bo into force certain " ny known in history, ding wheels. regulations which the of the men who will. are required to follow a i new draft will see WHOSE l)t*TY? designed to save paper. ce, but certainly the 1 If the town authorities are to per will not be lacking niit the hitching of cows on the Discretion. le army of approxi- streets and sidewalks of the town, ^ heater Repor' >n and a half now 't is somebody's duty to clean up the The farmera of the co' ducing the neeessarv ft ? materisi11v irmreaa- pavements after the COWS. * . . ^ lne pUDUC Dy lne 1U(I1C, be no let-up until Whose duty? nomlcal use of what ha a. Either the owners of the cows or have won the enconiun ; of the draft ages the town authorities. Hoover, who has seen fi ITect upon business, Whoever is to blame for the con- 'ir> niost diastic part of lit: ? .. ,, , , carding the use of w| inR counts, and that dition of the sidewalks. It is not to uondlt|<ing continue to , war. and draftees t,,e 0,'edit or the authorities that he able later to make age limits will go to such condition is permitted to re- cessions. The country h same cheerfulness main for so long a time. 1 lu' thorough realizatioi ori/.ed the tirst draft If the tHWn authorities are to per- ,hat war ,a *oing on. ' mit cows on the streets, it is up to 8P?nse has been ^ in Ira ROADS. the town authorities to keep the _ n to build a milit;yy P:,v?ments clean or to see that the J LETTERS TO THE lotte to Wilmington mvntMS kefil> them clean. 1 Lve its effect upon a k 's so,,,ohody's duty. Mr. Craig Writes o oad between Lancus- * To the Editor of The Ni Lte a nortion ih?> Rev. W. S. Patterson 1 1 ; SCISSORS AXl) PASTE. eft Lancaster on Julj en ?n" l< ,lx" automobile for Videtl says that represents- raMIllltv lAsts I),I;IV<m1. route was by way of Kr Monroe chamber of (Charlotte Observer.) <lrn- "atesb meet wittii?> .tack.' Augusta to Louisville, (] Th<> army casualty list made pub- terson is holding a meei oad supervisors the ;jt. Friday is the longest yet issued j. \ pressly, former p:i in August for the md yet it is not so lengthy as the aster and Shiloh A. it ussing the matter of !?? ?'??" bas reason to expect,^ in view j an, ,;0|ng to take up th , A. , . . . of the numbers of Americans en- our Lancaster county i if the national high- ? , .. . . gaged and the fierceness of the hat- Boyd Craig's to Kersha tVaxhaw. "It is pro- ri(,s ))n ,ho Aisne-Marne front dur- j>osl j We traveled in ver the road from K t|ie |:.st two weeks. Circum- nnn. This. I think, sp? to Monroe by way dances indicate that the published r,?a,| nien in Lancaster ? I Mineral Springs to 'is,s "re as short as they are at pres-j Kershaw on were fairly nt because of delay in getting the, Columbia to Augusta irnment as a connect- fl . . r . ? , ! casualties compiled at the front iiii'i sand roads which is II 'be Charlotte-VVd- ,r.u, 1U,.,,.,i to Washington. A travel over in a ear. F iv and the Charlotte- Washington dispatch Friday said to V dctte the roads are vay." says tin' Wax- here was nothing to indicate when could wish. The crops is the enterprise un- ' be i net eased casualty lists resulting j soul h Carolina are not ft om the present severe fighting. ernge, except around proposition, it. is tor . f 1 von d begin to cotne in. the fea-( which has good crops md county to secure on fol. tl)(. ,j,.|ay vvas explained in I our.try homes I have y and furnisli an ac- , cable from General Pershing w hich j?he la d is level a?d c the government, and tated that the task of assembling [ have been in Burke : al road commission '>'" n :,nrs of thw n,en was an PX"' '"unties of Georgia a 'roniely dilficult one liecause of tho here that they are ihe md k( cp up ti r( a ijinjti-d means of communication In , tiof Georgia. The expense to the conn- jj(i?-? areas and owing to the l.ieally level, tlie rows If this project goes ;.u-\ that American troops are bri-j;(nd long. The cotton assure Waxhaw a -ailed with British and French units.'say will make over a hal let at all times and ' e cablegram from General Persh- Home as much as a bal ng gave no estimate of the casual- They say the crop is ah s leading almost anyties. age. There is plenty of -?ops looks good. The always interested in Lawyers and Lynelilngs. fairly pood with veil ywhere, is particular- (Spartanburg Journal.) nearly all of It and th? this proposed Ini- Whether or not it would have had! the greatest soil improv use it is a part of the desired effect had the attorneys ('an turn their cattle c ... of South Carolina in session here v<?-! gathering their corn a ister-C harlotte high- , , , , , ,, .. , , 'eidav adopted tlie recommendation I live all w inter. Land involved. The load ..,Native to lynchings. is u matter or I have heard of $100 j to Waxhaw and Mon- seme doubt but we regret that the offered for some but w road leading out of association did not endorse the pro- is of a sandy type and Lancaster, turning Position. tivate. No creeks or b The idea was that the legislature 'y. Some low land that left at or near the , , . r ss a law requiring every voter, be-ito cultivate. Waterm ng of the Seahoaid. forp he cast a ballot in a primary abundance and seem t( faster county end of ?>!ect<on. to take oath that he had | of the soil. Fertilizer i oad in first-class con- -ever participated in a lynching, i soda is used extensivel for summer and fall W^ethor or not the legislature would ton. from 600 to 1,000 . have considered the proposition, and acre, and they don't h< tile that the other end , . . , , ?? hether or not such a law would be it on They are lookin f put In better condl- f)^ any value If passed. Is more than weevil In a year or tw< irs can see, in the fu-jwe know. We presume that the av-year-round road from crage man who takes part in a lynch- Vidette. Oa.p Ang. 3 the south, and every inK- if ha la forget the law and follow the dictates of his own t in brings that ar inclinations, would probably Just as * RED CROHH N iirm i?". ocjruuu willingly perjure himself at the polls j * 4 te north, there are ex- as not. We seriously question The material for tl f macadam, sand-clay whether or not honor has any great kits has come. These below Lancaster toin,eaninK to ,ht' avera?e members of made on surgical days. a mob. He that as It may. we wish tor sewing to workin o is reasona ) y goo> attorneys had presented ? -e urged to come i link between Osceola their resolution to the legislature. them. is at this time the _____ Newspapers and the War. Mrs. John Poag rt orlous fact." says the (Charleston News and Coupler.) day a supply of gfgy? .... Announcing that it has ttrraiged. ^11 who aria anxious-t lat In the severe win- * .. vi. l3 , Jt , to take the full afternoon dispatches' rfUng are asfed to^lpply e worst roads toward of thp AMOClal(ld Pr?SH ftndtfhat Its * ' ' v within two or three subscription rates and advertising A few May.^ ago The proposed new (rates will he substantially higher in nicely made pajamas two routes to Char- future, the Anderson l?ailv Mall tolls from Kershaw. Thes? Mo roe and one t> subscriber* frankly that they may needed and will comple ">r an' " ^ > ket a smaller paper rather than a *ent to headquarters. ? ai an iimeH 1 no| larger one at the increased prke. I cut pajamas were sen roadu to Lancaetev. | ?we will not be Hurpriaed,'' lt|la*t week. Thie bra ? f ? # C. V\ ? TUESDAY e the size of it t shortage of 1^5h government * L i of the out- ' MMm*""*""" the different >t be surpris- ? , rrTHIRD LIBER only be able ' \ A. V . uber of sub- vrl ened in Eng- \ DS an countries '.V; ' te number of 'jBRl ited on given ? \ * now on hai^ ?peal to their r on to some . % . ft:i vi? flniahtw! % Ill '0 -r Subscribers who have tlon in thin V ' V I to that stage 11 who wish to pay cash wit not keeping \. lid hA.Tp?. call for the bonds. 'preliminary" ^"wMchl" Subscribers who hav no payments will kindl ler ) at ONCE. ^ untry by pro )odRtutTs and ous and eco h5; the bank of lanc/ , LANCASTER, S. C. improve maj ? further con as had a fup n of the far and the re hie. FDITOH splendid work and co-operates in^eheck or mo every way with the chapter. i.to the Araer *jfetyort letter if Trip. The appeal is constantly coming done with tl ews: for more nurses. All registered initted to p aud myself nurses who can possibly give them- form or ea r 2i?, in an selves to overseas service are urged j-uted to puiti te, Ga. Our to do so. Those who on account of |Supplies thn 'rshaw. Cam home duties cannot leave are urged, relief societi urg, Aiken to enlist in for home defense service rections of t la. Mr. I'at Young women are asked enter clothing and ling for Uev raining that nurses already trained be stated, istor of l?ar "av be released for active military Write pla 1'. churrhs ervlce. tionallty, rai le roads first dress of the oad front .' Women of America. 'necessary de w is far tin Training and experience in mod- send the po? South Cam ' n nursing is one of the most val- ceived from aks well for table gifts you can make to your his latest p munty. From ation. j will be retu good. Fron All possessed of this skill must plainly your were lots of make it directly available either in as sender, not good ti military hospitals or in home de-j given to the rom Augusts en so nursing. When 32,1)00 nurses sent by it t all that one mve been withdrawn for service in relief. all thmug! Military hospitals, all of the remain-1 I' is usual up to the av nursing resources must he tnobi- i ly ;.s !'< llow Bateshurg, 11 zed. j$5 and not and the best Unroll in the lied Cross for assign- ; cers. f'om * seen. The e men' to the m'l'tary forces, or for It advisal <?ps a re fine community service, which is the sec- money he s< ind Jefferso d line of defense. While it is nd they s:>\ money or pi garden conn To meet the growing demand for country to land is prac 'ted Cross and Y. M. C. A. workers l*llod w?uit are straight in Kurope the war department has following is tine, they lecided to modify the regulations' :,bove. The e to the acre, .vhich govern the granting of pass- j s'imes no re e and a half sorts to the women relatives of men '? tiiese ma ove the aver- n the United Statos service so that 'N'0 'otters rain and the the sisters of soldiers may he en- American It corn crop is rolled for foreign service if certain1 od ?et beans in conditions are rigidly observed. ! betters sh >y think it is The first of these is that any sis- ,w'? pages a Or they have tor to go across must bo a duly ac- one sifle of in them after credited member of one of the regu- f),!?in envoi nd they will lar authorized organizations which nn<' marked is very iiigb are doing work in Kurope. She must ?n 'he ?r. acre being also be particularly qualified by, should be v as refused. It training for the position which she 'he prisoner easy to eul- is to fill and Is sent to France as a I ramp where ranches hard- worker and not as a relative. She upper hand is rather low must make no effort whatever to velope conta elons are in visit her relatives in France whether 'he stamp t be a native they are sick or well, and if she vio-p)p written ?nd nitrate of lates any of these rules the organize- v,? Postage, y on the cm Hon to which she belongs must make'hack of the pounds to th? itself responsible for returning her !,<>n 'he nam esitate to put immediately to America. der. The If g for the boll In the event that any one of these'sealed, shou > sisters should marry an officer or' nHce or mt J. E. Craig. soldier in the American expedition-Should be ni ary forces after her arrival in Wu-' Kovernment rope she will automatically be sen\ tern. back to the United States by the or- 1' has cor OTKs. ganization in which she Is serving Cross t ' This modification of the regula Austria f lie inn tions will oncn the ftelH fnroio- extra fnml kits will he advice to many women who have them by th All who pre- hitherto been refused passports. The K with gauze original regulations still apply to the >||SH ind help with w'ves. mothers and daughters of men on iast y in the service. Agnes hum ? ? _ tertained at irelveil SatUr- In response to numerous inquiries wool. I which are dally reaching the Fted Sut b hegfn knit- Cross, bofh at national and division-i tractive gu to Mrs. Poag. al headquarters, regarding the reg- A delicious ulations for sending money anil let- served. Tf a number of ters to allied prisoners of war In malnder of were sent ini Germany and Austria, the bureau of present wei i are much , prisoners relief has Issued the fol-j say. Kllza >te a box to bellowing instructions: j Kozella I>rl Throa Hnian ' ? J1 a - wi i>ri,uliik luuim;. nena to tnp ana Uura it to Kenttaaw j Ilureau of Prl*o?4ti<?Relief. Amorl- Gregory, T. nch la doing can Red Crosa. TOfhlngton, D. C..' Charles Fit I : ',iB , AUGUST 6, 19X8 ^ . * rl * Z3 ? i " . *? ^ .TY Mk:. / |p L '* + ID J9 paid or I phase j/. VvVfy' ?}&> * ' e made y do so ISTER = J) ney order made payable lean Red Cross, with a stating what shall be he money?to be tramrisonejs as cash in the UJP currency, or to be dfuse foot', clothing and jugh one of the foreign es according to the dihe sender. The size otj number of shoes shouldt? ? inly the full name, na-^Kl pi camp ad-^^| prisoner. To avoid; un-^H| lay and correspondence, ital card or envelopd"re^^ the prisoner showlnfl^R rison camp address./> ?*9 rncd if requested. Write]H ' own name and addressH This information society in Kurope o the prisoner with 2 to send amounts month* V p"'v?tes. frr^MAj to ex. ecd $26; for ofWTM and no* to exreed Die that 'ood Instead of V nt to prisoners of war. i not pes hie to send ickages direct from this all eel prisoners, the domay l.<* accomplished liyJL the instructions gl>^K% American Red Cross 1 sponsihility in attendl^K^ j I % should he sent to thSgfl ed Cross to he lould not he longer tha^^N nd should in> written^o^B 4 the paper, enclosed In ope, properly addres^^R*; as follows: IV" 'ront of the effv elope written the full name of and the address of the he is confined. In the eoi ner, where on an en- ' ilninc a nordinary letter would he placed, should "Prisoner of War Mall, via New York." On the envelope should be wrlte and address of the senator, unstamped and unld be placed In any postill box. No reference lade to the war or to any al matters In auch letno to the attention of the hat the Italian prisoners ire very hadly In need of and clothing to be sent t?ir relatives and friends. mdcrhiirk Kntcrtain*.. ^riday evening Miss Mary derburk charmingly Tna dinner party, In honor ?ie Moore I,insay, the finest of Miss Kllaa MftOKfg, 4 salad and Ice course war ie guest* spent the reth? time dancing. Those *e: Misses Susie M. LU?dMoore, Freddie lrffotght. Iscoll, Lucia Murcbison Gilbert William#, Ned f. C. Hicks, Wm. M. >yd and MlddletA^#|?es ^ 3 wvJii