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PAGE FOUR * **4- ' * > TheLancasterNews r ^ '' (SEMI-WKERIA.) Established 1852. The News assumes 1 ? ' is running for the hou Published Tuesday and Friday BY THE tatives on the issue o! LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY, eminent;" that is, the Ijaiicuster, S. C. | his platform !s the pre (iKOIUiE BULLA CRAY EN 'county government. J Editor and Manager . In his speeches that The News is uot responsible for the providing for th< lews of Correspondents. Short and rational articles on topics of general *em through the legis Interest will be gladly received. and he offers uo apolo SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: sa>'8 that the Pe?P>e Cash in Advance. t;,ke by defeating him One Year * $2.00 . ,? .. Six Months 1.00,in 11>16' 11 iippoars 11 : jcounty government is Entered en KbcihuI flooo Matter ? ? ? defeat October 7, 1905, at the I'ostottice at Lancaster, S. C., Tinder act of Con- Mr. Mines makes it i greas ot Match 3, 1879. |opposed to the presei if 'believes that in th tIi&v *09t *.t&icoun:y'11,0 .T"1" iFyjj|tL m %| Gytfy county commissioners ' is a can<Mdate for th< other candidates have "Wy Country..'T.. of Th.o, Sweet Land fu,l>' their expressions or t ibertv * !the county government TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918. at a11 exPreas^ thelr ? viewed by The News, i ~~ Mr. Bailes may or ma> t r??"TBNCB SERMONS. endorsement of tlie pi : ^ county government; tl 0 It is not permitted to the most'other lssuos to bP ct . equitable of men to be a judge in his . ... the system promulg own cause.?rascal. j j Bailes may he workin From heaven descended the pre- to such a degree th cept "Know thyself."?Juvenal. prefer to wait until mi *-< . - \ importance are dispoi My cares and my inquiries are for ... , attempting a change. Recency and truth, and in this 1 am i ? * wholly occupied.?Horace. hand, the defeat of ^ the election of Mr. # He who would climb and soar aloft Cunningham or Mr. ( Must needs keep ever at his side not as we y,ew the The tonic of a wholesome pride. , . dough Rtitute a repudiation ot _____ | county government n It is indeed a desirable thing to The "Issue,'' therefore ^ be well descended, but the glory be-1 ?i,i? Upht ia mnrn nn longs to our ancestors.?Plutarch. the ca?didatea than be V Every man hath a good and a bad p'e* ai angel attending on him in particular The News is dispose ^Wlt6'all his life long.?Burton. disfavor upon any pro itends to take away th< Anger is momentarv madness, sc , , , people, and the elect control your passion or it will control you?Horace. commissioners by the distinctly not of our Nothing is so good as it seems be- ever, the present syst . forehand. George Eliot. is working one; go, -iqAd been put in the office EDITOR IALETTE8. done much good. T roads is one which coi ' 'At retreating the Germans seem supervision of the c to have world dominion. ^ :MU' something has* + some of the candidal The safest plan is to clean up the present condition of th premises before the committee visits illustration of the efll you. ^ present system of c .. ment. "The roads are Hindenburg, as a matter of fact, dition now than ever ? had as well cancel that dinner date history of the county, Par's* candidates said last * * * statement goes undisp ^ Some day a lot of people are go- (.halIenRed> but it is n l^lng to find out UutL-Carranza is very oompijnH.nt to the roa ^^^asecret.i^. tjjan villa, if any. or a serjOUa indictmer conditions. Our road 't A submarine off Capo Hatteraa ^ con,mlon_we n shooting up lightship, will not help 40ndu|0n_but Hindenburg save hla backbone. r >un(1 ^ lh#y nre tm ? + ? _. .... ? . Tho fart remains, how The militant suffragettes who are .. . .. , ., . der the present sy>;t? making trouble in Washington are .... . , ... government, they ha v also delaying the results for which ' ' . . derfully improved. Tl they are working. ^ how wisely is money _. ... ? . . pbrary roads? or roads The "issues' In the county cam, . . , , for only a few months palgn are not so much Issues after all. They're merely talking points However opposed 1 for the candidates. ')e *? *^e Process o f commissioners, the i . The I, W. W.'s, like all other pro- busy this year in do p; - t pie aflll come to realize that sedition ward the winning of t don't go in this country, even if proper consideration they're not shot for it. changes in form of gr less the efficiency of / A lot of the fellows who "would system is impaired an have been glad to go If they'd been been changed. Th within the age limit" will now have seems, have been <jult the opportunity of proving it. jit is only the system r tionable. Not only Is there one Liberty loan The same perhaps i campaign approaching. hut (hreo the other "issues" are being planned. Have you a lit- forced themselves to f tie Liberty bond in your home? man suffrage is a ma - . , deal of concern, to-be Two duties for the man between a matter that can 18 and 45 next month: register and Kaiser is licked. O buy a Liberty bond. The latter is candidates for the lc also the duty of the man between 45 done well to express and 150. |the subject, and it wi! V ?? i to the suffragists to ) Every time a man is killed at a save one, who have s arnde-crossing s some newspaper sitions, are in favor starts an afgupient to abolish grade ballot to the women crossings, and then sets down and candidate for the sen waits for the next accident. jposed to woman sufTn { ? . \ - /. THE LANCASTER NEWS, LAN I DATES AND He says in his speeches that he is I gratifying BS." opposed to "unrestricted" suffrage conditions .hat Mr. Bailes for the women. The sentiment iu and that se of represen- this county is quite strong for wo-1 mortality f "county gov- man suffrage, and while it is of no|ed. But t chief plank in special significance iu the present, not alone isent system of campaign, it is quite an interestingjman and dr. Bailes says assertion that the candidates, gen- j possible, I he piloted the erally, are iu favor of It. that will o present sys- It was an unfortunate occurrence lature in 1914|that the loyalty of one of the can- "1*11 gies for it. Hejdidates was questioned, but it was The Ne made a mis- too absurd to be taken seriously. A tonally wi for re-election good citizen is loyal to his country in v!,lpliat his plan of war or peace, and Roy Cunningham Prognostic what brought is a good citizen. Whatever doubt On 1 y. W was felt as to his loyalty was dis- disillusion >lain that he is nelled when ho made known his no- with the fit system and j sitlon in the matter of Liberty lhe result is Democratic! bonds. War Savings stamps and tbe stnte unti should elect Red Cross, and told of his having ,he count Mr. llines, offered his services on two occas- reputable ; senate. The! ions since the United entered the over, he is guarded care- present conflict and of his service in prodicitior of opinion on the Spanish-American war. Tbe 'he prima t, if they have question of loyalty is not an issue The News opinions. As in the campaign; every one of the Stone's Hr the election of candidates is loyal, through and for what t ' not carry the through, and it would be indeed a Laneasb psent form of tine distinction to say which of them Mr. Stone lore are many is more loyal than any of tho others. a?d Coope insidered, and figures: a ted by Mr. I TIIK II.WD or T1IK KAISKlt? Cooper, K successfully. President Carranza has never ap- Betkea? 4( at the people pealed to The News as anything sto,,e> ia " utters of more'short or a friend to Germany. It i B,easo ied of before! will be remembered that on the oc- maJ?rity I On the other icasion of the Kaiser's birthday, Car- vi,,e> Alk Ir. Bailes and ranza felicitated tho German emper- B?rry, llorton, Mr. or and sent a message assuring Oconee, F 'lyburn would friendship. It has been hinted that and Yorksituation, con- Germany is maintaining a subma- from two the system of I rine base in Mexican waters. *,vcu ? U1 iow in effect. Whether this latter stateniont is counties s (, viewed in true, we do not know, but Oarranza RKa'nst a issue between I evidently is friendly toward the Ger- Accordii tween the peo-jnian empire in the present conflict. Iw"' have The plan of President Carranza to |coun^? d to look With take away from their owners the ?"'y flve' position which Mexican oil fields, owned by Brit- iKershaw' ' ?)OWer of ishers and Americans, and make r??Pfir wil ton of countyjthem the property of Mexico, has the totaIs nro legislature is appearance of being "Made in Uer-1 liking. How-jmany." If Carranza's plan is carem apparently Vied out Mexican oil will be a na-1 Mr S,?' ixi men have tionally owned contrabrand article will and they have an,i refusal to sell it to the United he matter of ;tates government or the govern- S(.|s ties under the meats of its allies may not be unex- | oimnlssioners, pected. Of course, this country is at j |i been said by peace w ith Mexico, but Mexico's i (Nv. es about thojsympathy doubtless is with our one-' It is id e roads as uu^mjeSi an,j ,j10 cutting off of the Mex- sa,a,y <>f ciency of the {can oil supply will be a source of ''fid ^y 'h ounty govern- very great pleasure to the Kaiser, if '* \"V ' reduction better con- his hand is directing the Mexican his term o before in the authorities, or if not. In one one of the .$ deal more week. The 'I'llII PUBLIC HK.\I,TII. temptibly uted and un-i The campaign for betterment of .,n,r> W ... a big way o much of a health <^niltions is not eliciting the se|f ridicu is now, rat h-j interest in Lancaster and Lancastei the nation it of previous county that it should. Perhaps con- whieh it i s now are in ditions in this city are as good as i light say, ex- some other towns, but even if that as an all-year- true, we should not he satisfied. utter failures. | There are many sources of danger -very d I er is feelii ever, that un- to the health of the community and j nH.nt closi m of county everyone should appoint himself a around tin ve been won-' committee to see that his own prem- governmei ue question is. js,?s Wjj| score 100 per cent. The.0' spent on tein- N'ews is not advised as to the pro- how for each i ; that are good j .-educe of the committees which have a ^OV( in the year? j been appointed, but assumes that the each shee he News may premises of all citizens of the city must bo p f electing the will be visited and such recommen-j'MR "l0 ne i basis and people are too dations as may be deemed necessary i ^ ing things to-'made to the owners. If this course ljng the n< he war to give is followed, and it is the logical tion of a | to proposed course, every resident of tho city have gon< ivernment, un- should make certain that his prem- Some h the present ises score 100 per cent. stuck to cash for a d that has not This is comparatively an easy Grnment j e results. it matter. The destroying of tin cans, paid pap< e satisfactory, the drainage of holes wherein stag- persists ir that is ques- nant water lies, and generally clean *crlber af backyards and alleyways will bring , w I the gover nay be said of the desired score. Mosquitoes breed j ug (j which have by thousands in tin cans which have finds his he front. Wo- been carelessly thrown out and in , dignant t tter of a great which water is permitted to stag-,row hecai , , ? . .. consider -sure, hill it is nate, and there are many other, .. same sub wait until the souroes of danger. chf$J *>f which Is pap0r no f course, tltgj the dry ^chtaet*- which 'all men will , paper sto gislature ha v4" agree should Sk be permitted In a j of the tlr themselves ""on le^n as progressive as Lancaster. on-v n?f'r II l>e gratifying Th?*-^ia?ker from the(9,< however, * at" ' ~ ^ Z. j'the cash I know that all can he materially mltigaitrf ny pro^? tp expect" tated their po- er care. The authoi^te^.$hoQld see The go of giving the to it that proper care ltfjfakeri. business Mr. Hough, The NeW$ has that thn 'orc,Di celvo casl ate, is not op- health campaign wTil amount to J)POpj# wj age, tee-totally, something; that the_results will be a pay|nR f( " v / , J >yS^W-' -W*' t % fCASTER, S. C. improvement in health in the town and county, the death rate and infant may be materially reduc he people must take hold; the committees, but every t woman, and child, where A A JL in order to obtain results be noticeable. * <m;xosticatio\s." ws is not acquainted per- j th K. Roy Stone, of tlreeni styles himself "Political N< ator for South Carolina 'e were laboring under the that no one could foresee mitost degree of certainty Subst of an election In this 1 the voteB were counted, who wis verified and sworn to by men. Mr. Stone, who- call for i, has issued a pamphlet of is as to the outcome of rt f ry to be held next week. i3IlDS( does not vouch for Mr. ;ures, but gives some here no payi hey are worth. AU/' er county is put down by Ol l/Iil/ as for Dial for the senate r for governor, with these Dial. 1,283; Please, 1,067; mwwwi 1.110; Richards, 831; TUh I 6. Rice, according to Mr. lot counted. is given, by Mr. Stone, a In twelve counties, Abbeen, Anderson, Charleston, Lexington, Newberry, ickens, Richland, Saluda, the majorities ranging votes to 840. Dial is " pay for their clothing ajority in all the other !an(| t^e newspaper man ind a total of 66,012 seen where the benefit total of 60,887 for Blease.' : b th himself and h ag to Mr. Stone Bethea ,a> r* michty poor Idea , ->e s. St uthern newspaj a majority In only one . ... languished all these yea i 1 Ion; Richards will carrj haneful understanding t .Charleston, Georgetown, rounded more or less t Lee and Newberry, and phere of deadheadism II carry all the others. The PftPer a public bene! , ? _, i rather than a iegitin given as follows: Cooper. enterprise. The govern icharda, 43,110, Bethea, pjy making a business of the newspaper ofllce. 10 predicts that 128,000 be cast. Be,,cp ^ (Chester Report 11 We are glad to see .SOUS ANI) PASTE. school districts of CI propose to vote extri lengthening of the sch< 'resident's Salary. crease of teachers' sala ill Street Journal.) this is directly in acc< le to speak of taxing the wishes of President W1 the President. As it is other war leaders. _ No e government which would conditions may obtain, i ax, it would be merely a crippled business may b -a diminution?during war goes on, it Is all-in f ofllce; no more, no less. (he sc hools proceed as n sense it would be a great develop and train the i ! It would be a con- nien of tomorrow, and small act on the part of a (hat will come along f< hich is doing big things in years after the war is ei . The suggestion is in it-imand a trained and edu lous and most offensive to .ship as at no previous ml sense of proportion nation's history, gnores. ??? + n Business Hands. HKD CIIOSS N< harlotte Observer.) lay the newspaper publish- Eighteen women repi tig the hand of the govern- feront school districts ii ng a little more tightly met at the Red Cross e affairs of his office. The Saturday to help organl it not only takes control vice work in the county .per supply, hut indicatesj from remote parts of many sheets he may have have gone into the serv edition he prints. And it, canary for Miss Skippc ernment requirement that service secretary, to t the publisher sends out larged committee. The >aid for. This is but plac- met Saturday will lo< wspaper business on a cash families of enlisted n in bringing about a result community, and if th nd the government is fore- need help or informal ^wspaper men to the adop- tain of that district wll (lolicy to which they should to Miss Skipper at Red Q voluntarily years ago. |quarters, over the Han iave done it, but few have ,er- The office hours it. Now they must exact "?rv'c? uf^ between 11 subscriptions, or the gov- ??lock. tself will cut off their un irs. The publisher who Friday Mrs. Mlllen 1 sending a paper to a sub- tcson visited the thrf ter the time It Is paid for Kershaw, Heath Sprlnj ill make himself liable to ant m". and report s nment. And this reminds in a" throe. Kershaw mes a home subscriber who hox of ninety pajamas paper stopped becomes ln-|h?P? to send in within ind Is inclined to make a They also sent use the publisher does not (,oz,'n knitted socks am his credit "good." This Kauzo rolls. Heath Hp scrlber, taking a northern RftV?nty-flve beautifully ver complains when tha* Janias, all of which ha ps coming at tho expiration R,nro July the fifth, ne paid-for, and without !,1?no made thirty ps 0 having been given at whose auxiliary 9 understands the rule of '"''ntly been organized nasls paper and knows what 'sh a number of hospl vnrnment has raised the Recently the Tlei standard of all newspapora i ommunlty club nrade g them to demand and.re-jthe Red C'-oss ? hopln ti for all subsorlptlona. The'same each month. T II soon get Into the habit of/making hospital garni >r thelypaper Just a^thcy^or the chapter. I r ^ ^ y ^ ^ ** % # \ ' , V* TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918. A i IRD LIBERTY BOfJDS DW ON HAND . % cribers who have paid or h to pay cash will please the bonds. cribers who have made merits will kindly do so v SANK OF LANCASTER LANCASTER, S. C. # ^-???? or groceries, brought in a dozen of nicely made who does not pajamas. will come In , is subscriber Miss Skipper, the home service i about busl- secretary, will go to Columbia jer trade has Wednesday for a conference with rs under the home service workers throughout hat it is sur- the state, >y an atmos- ^ md that the Within the last week three church It institut'on societies have voted a monthly eonlate Dusiness tribution of two dollars to the Red ment is aim- Cross. The Laidies* Aid society of organization the Raptist church, the Mamie Frasibr and Indies' Aid societies of the Presbyterian church. is. ^ er.) Friday Mrs. Springs and Mrs. that several Hughes organized the Junior Red lester county Cross at the Caston school with 100 a taxes for per cent enrollment. This is ml term, in- splendid three-teacher school wittflpHk ,rles, etc., as about 120 pupils, filled with patriot-^^^ >rd with the Ism and anxious to begin work 1m- . Ison nnd the mediately. This is the 17th school ( matter what that lias been organized. j or how badly The same community expects to J ecome as the organize a Red Cross auxiliary wlthiportant that 'n the next few days, isual, as they men unci wo-; The ruling of the war department ^ tlie problems regarding the issuing of passports to or years and women having male relatives In th"* ided may de- United States military forces, w^.u V cated citizen-j was modified recently so that the J time In thelgfgters of soldiers might go abroad (in Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. work, i has been further changed to Include * * the sisters of male civilians employ-,^^Hty )TKS. led by the Red (' i < > the Y. M. 'A. and other organizations of a aim- M esenting dif-j"nr nature on duty in Europe, ] R i the county, al8? ,ho sinters of malo civilians '/ jk B' headquarters are employed by or attached to t> i| Ize home ser- American expeditionary forces, / BfeA Since men Under this new ruling alters VnAy' the county ^e sent abroad under certain specific M ice it is nec- conditions, one of the most Import- JP r. the homo ant ?' which is that they will make f have an en- no efU>rt to visit their brothers. If i women who ar,y ?' these conditions are violated >k alter the ^0 organization for which they are >on in their working is under obligations to reese families turn them immediately to America, ion. the cap 1 direct them When Col. Robert Perkins, Red I Cross head-j cross commissioner to Italy, was in k of Lancas- this country recently, he related an of the home experience of a Red Cross worker in A 10 and 11 Rome. m. This man, dressed In the uniform J (of the American Red Croes, had and Mr. Pat- dined at the opposite side of the ' t *e auxiliaries, town to that in which his living Cs and Pleas- quarters were located. Coming plendid work home rnther late, and losing his Is finishing a way, he got Into the slums of the V; i, which they city. Walking along a very dark mo next rew street, ho was suddenly waylaid by In ono-half two bandits, who pointed a pistol at ^ 1 three dozen ),|s head, and demanded his money.^SfcjJi rincs sent In (jo very ralmly said: "I am Capt. finished pa-^ 0f the American Red vo been mado <'ross." They immediately assufaed One family an atlltn of the utmost respect. JSj nlr. Pleasant pocketed their revolvers, and, w4th has only re- the greatest courtesy, told the Red will soon fin- Cross officer that he had wandered y< , Ital garments, into part of tho town where it was?*-> | not safe, and after saving that'they | ssant Vnlley would see to It that nothing bhouffe a donation to evor happen to any man represent g -to do the Ing tho American Red Cross, esea? hey are also ed him to the more civilized Part^j? opts regularly the city and, /bidding him a eour 1 SiUurrtiiy Hi.-y "Goo4 departed. '