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k': j?rPAGE FOUR f 1 TheLancasterNi "VKM I.WKKKI.V .) Established 1852. Published Tuesday ami Fritl BY TELE EAN'CASTEU NEWS COMPJ l4Ui('a.stei', S. C. UKUItbE UlLLA CllAVK Editor and Manager The News is not responsible f lews of Correspondents. Shoi rational articles on topics of gi Interest will be gladly receiver SLBSCHU'TION I'll ILK: Cash in Advunco. One Year Six Months Entered as Second Class I October 7, 11*05, at the Tostoll Lancaster, S. C., under act of gress of March 3, 187b. OHy Country Tie of Thee, Sweat of I ihertv.'* TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, I SENTENCE SKItMOXS. Nothinfljfis impossible to a vi lieart.?Motton of Jeanne D'All Absence of occupation is not res A mind quite vacant is a mind tressed. ? o\v[ f Inuoc^nse is au armed heel f To trample accusation. ?Shell Instinct is intelligence inca of self-consciousness.?John Jing. The path of precept is long, of example short and effecti Seneca. Where belief is painful w slow to believe.?Ovid. The greatest of faults, I s say, is to be conscious of 110 Carlyle. As has often been said, the g< war is peace, of business, leisc Aristotle. The anger of a woman is the t est evil with which one can thr ? his enemies.?Chillon. Rich men are indeed but the \ " urers, the stewards, the catere God tor the rest of men, havi strict charge to "dispense tint eryone his meat in due seaso Barrow. Vj KDITOItl.A IjKTTKS. >? "scarcity of coal will real ,jg compared to the scarci . *]And now those disposed to s; told you so" have the opportui * of their lives. * And Germany has found out a British tank steamer can do submarine in American waters. * _ The "I-Wish-I-Iladn't?Don club is overfilled with new men tonight, all of whom will be a< ted. 'f ' * 'Spartanburg is credited by a city directory with a populat.io I* 28,314, but most of them wish lived somewhere else. * It might be appropriate, whil? roads are in such excellent condi ^ ' to suggest that the weather is i propitious for getting in your w . 'wood. * We are wondering that if by eolidating the Hankhead higl and the national highway thei any probability of eettine ^ Rood roads. + ? And now 1t seems that -Newi' predicitlon that the Cha ton American would not jplnt P dent Wilson's letter Is io be< true. The American has not wril not print the letter. - e 'fh-grl7>rtncaster boy who dro his helmet "ovftr Ttr hio Man's l end couldn't put It hack on his until he poured out? the shra * doubtless feels thankful * that shrapnel hit the helmet, and h while it was on the ground. &' * V . A THE LANCASTi rWQ REASON* TO CiltUMHLK. j life, and that is the time it n J"" The regulations of the food admin- best care and food. We all w listration as to the use of sugar ln!8urPr,8?d to know what a la | . | cent of our motherless child ?? the household allow two pounds per under tWQ yearg Qld , notl person. This is the United States! especially at Patterson ^NY. regulation. The English are re- Home. She had just cut 1 stricted to two pounds per per teeth, and I never saw a h v ' ? . . babv. They have anothei X month per person, the French to * . , , ... | months-old infant that is : 1 1-2 pounds, and the Italians to one njcely th;|t th(J doct()r did or the pound. The French are perimtted pect to live when it went tlier rt and three-fourths as much as the "Dear reader, did you km a ii g ra 1 1 ' > nrtnlo ??, ? Otulnu tlm WllOll WC lOOSO OUT mother V , lost our host friend? Oh Italians only one-half. But the Brit- . . ., . #, I some good man might hear tl ; ish. French and Italians use less Qf our motherless children i $2.00 sugar iu normal times than do the tablish a home for them. Th people of the United Slates, and, will not restore mother to an; . .. . - . ??ii? but it can have good matroi dattei therelore, the ration is about equally; , [ice at I will train and care for them Con. I proportioned among ilie allies. The-lM,Uer fhan the ave,.ape 8erv. people of the United States, how-; ever, undoubtedly are wasters, and A, ? . . , SCISSOHS AND PASTE they ought to be satisiied if rationed on sugar proportionate with the; ,, . , Electrification of the ltailn amount generally used and wasted. , ,, .. (Charleston News and Cour It it should come to the point, the Secretary McAdoo, just bac people of the United States can make th0 Wost? gay8 the Wa8l n out on a pound and a half, or on a post, "expresses amazement pound, as they do In Italy, and extent of water power easily ft* should do so without grumbling. If ,,le am' "u> comparative neg ,., . . of the government in failing i it were not necessary to save sugar, ize this perennial source of ' the government would not ask the|?e hjnts ,ha, (he K,_antlc w I people to save it, and so long as we' transforming the motive po iliant are permitted to use more per per-j'he railroads of the countr net. son than our allies are permitted to sleam to hydro-eloctrlc curre , , I he undertaken while the ra ,use, we should accept the conditions: t are in government control, an L qj8_ cheerfully. I jt- Jbe experiments should pro (er The boys in France are lighting nomical and otherwise succes tor us. We must save for them. j ' considerable scale, the ontir< ^ formation may be looked for I HOME FOR MOTHKltLKss CHXLr> a short time. This construct ey | form is one that might well to a man of Mr. McAdoo's ipable' *s,ews ^a9 rece've(t from J. H. H11,i original genius. That it Ster- Spaulding. president and treasurer of fectly practicable has alread the Carolina Home School, at Meek- demonstrated. But to aoc( lenburg, N. C.. a letter from Miss the electrification of the enti road system means a phvsic that Olive W. Leonard. 459 Spring street, of unparalleled magnltude( Atlanta, Ga., which was published in than the building of several 1 the Christian Index, of Atlanta, with canals, and comparable even e are't,ie request that we publish it. Mr. waging of war on a modern s . ; Spaulding says: "We have just got- what of that. The tude of the enterprise is i |teh our state license to solicit funds. aga)nst ? but ra(her a poJn( lou ' Now we are going to appeal to the favor. Whatever may be one" 116. i 'good people of North und South aa to the assumption by the I Carolina to furnish the money to es-|Inent ?' 'unctions hitherto e> , ,1, ... , , ? . . . ... . ! by private organizations, ther oal oftablish and maintain this much; , , . ....... juuiiot ;u an mat tor a Ion;; ir<"' I needed home. come the government is goin* The letter follows: ercise many of those funetioi rreat-' "Some time ago while on a trip",e t!??k? which will he tl eaten over 'u North Carolina. I was espe- tasks. the vast works that i jt ia.lv struck and impressed with one olossal for private enterj place I visited. it was Patterson tak? "P* The bigger the task tre.is [Springs llotne lor the Motherless! /'nK the country s watei pot rs uj' Child. I was struck with the need!1'"' '"lining ol the railroads t! ing a 3UCh a home, especially in (ieor-j ''kely that it will he accoin 0 ev. gia. The man who is left with small I '"'''ore very long because i u children is a helpless heing, and tlic 1 bigness makes it more probat children are much more so. Mr. "1'1 government will undertal Spaulding, the manager of the '' w'" have to bo done son 1 home, said that some noted orplutu- lor '' *s 0O|*tain that there age superintendent said to him l)r,'0<'s ?f scarcity of coal in when he was opening the home, that ,ure? an<l 'be day is not very I .t was one of the greatest needs of u *'" 'be demands on that | 'the Carolinaa. 1 lirmly believe that u'" exceed the supply. Ir ly of''the same thing could lie said about. spheres ol activity where coal Heorgia a" eB80,itial a substitute for "Mr. Spaulding is one preacher bave to be found, and for tf 1V "i who can combine religion with good r' :"'s '',e only feasible substi ... business methods. He savs the lirst is hydro-electric current 11 thing to do is to live; and to him titration of the railroads nin tiiut means to live physically, men- 'ask so big as almost to stagt tally, and spiritually. He says that imagination; but to dismiss 1 what man is a trinity, and he trains the ,:>sk too big for these amazinf to a children along those lines. ,n which we are ?v,n? is t -The good manners ol the chil- orft's ?ye* to the record of a jdren wouid impress any oue, but the abeady written. good healthy looking condition is prominent on every child's face j ' nderratlng Germany, ihers i They show their keeping. I learned! (Charlotte Observer.) Imit- privately from the matron how The London Mail's corresp caret'iiiiy .Mr. Spuulding planned at The Hague says the ini|i each days rations. They have eggs at Cologne is that the Genm two or three times each week; a dil- weaker on the western fror new ferent cereal for break fust every even the allies have claimed. n ? < morning. Km h day is planned for a recites a number of condit "le> on lanced ration for the growing j support of that belief. On th child. hand, a French correspond Mrs. Spaulding is not a hospital ports that the German reservi ? (j1(. trained nurse, but is a teal practical net been exhausted they mi tion one" ^'ie '8 a ('?ll?Ke lady, a kinder-: possess 30 fresh divisions, as garton specialist; a music teacher 400,000 youths of the cli quite an(j a practical trained nurse of the 1!?20." It is never safe to un inter highest order among children. Their ' e resources of Germany i | nursery is kept in order next to aj power. Undoubtedly her | hospital. While Mrs. Spaulding only have suffered vast reductions con_ has general oversight, she has ev-i allied offensive. l>nt slie is i wryiimig sepr in ursi ciass orcier. j """" ' n <o in? common or a hway ThH playgroun(i j8 iarge and beauti- 'ing. It would be a mistake re 1? fu 1. The children are happy. (stork in the story sent out fr. some "But I want some good man to Hague. The French Informs start a home in Georgia for the moth-,'he hotter to he relied upon, 'orless child, where a man can send his children and pay their expenses. Aircraft. 10 The public has no idea of the suf- (Philadelphia Record.) rles- jt;rjng> and oftiines death occurs After all the hullaballoo ah '^ si- where a child could he saved if a alleged failure of the United 2ome trained person could have charge of to secure the production of e an<j' it. alrpllnes, a routine dispute "When a mother dies, as a rule, Cenerai Pershing tells of tl 'the larger children are scattered cessful operations of a sijuai 'among their relatives, oftimes in IS do iIavlland-4 machines, 1 pped j homes with other children. The lit- Dayton, Ohio, and equippec Land j tie Infant is left with some inexpe- Liberty motors. At the sail head1 rienced person or sent to a hospital lory there was a recent cele ipnol tor a,,out a yftar. and then some rel- over the completion of the ative or neighbor who will propose airplane of this typfl. ? Like tl | to keep it for less than the hospital Island "scandal," that of i It it can afford to do. When a child is production seems to be declli |teething is the most critical time of a natural death. . 4> ;-v -- 5R NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. ^ * eeds the i 7 II ould bo ADMONITORY COlPIiES. rge per- I " lien die q,^ jjne8 printed below were re ced one cent|y gjVen In the New York Tri-j Springs, bune prefaced by the following an ove" I nouncement: ' I ? Tl^ I ealthier "This amazing literary curiosity ' JLJULaVA^ i three- wag 0Ontributed by Joe Mitchell * doing chappel, editor of The National f not ex- Maganne. to The New Era, publishe' ed at Eeavenworth, Kans. Accom?w that; pany|ng jf was a statement to the ef6 have joct tj,at one whole year was occu-| t^at|pied in searching for and fitting the) 10 cries |jne8 j? d,jg remarkable mosaic form' I mid es- from Knglish and American poets.' Inv^ YY " o home Tho compiier is Mrs. H. A. DemY child. ,ng .. is who I .. . . .. .. _ ... . ?l i v\ ny mi iniM ion lor inuiupns 01 i much |an hour??youiik. Sn/??rrifcpr? tnt* Life's a short summer?man is but UUwov I IvCf O a flower.?Dr. Johnson. * ? Hv turns wc catch the fatal breath iVtlO iVlSll lO J)C and die.?Pope. The cradle and the tomb, alas! / /w/f fg\-r lh/> Yki ?ads. how nigh.?Prior. tCm fWr 1#ie Ul iar.) To be is better far than not to be. k from ?Sewell. O I ! lington j Though all man's life may seem a iDUUSCTlUCTS at the traegdy.?Spencer. availa- But light cares speak when migh- no payments ligence ty griefs are dumb.?Daniel. to util- The bottom is but shallow whence ~m. wealth, they come.?Sir Walter Raleigh. V/ifV#li? ork of Thy hate is the common fate of all. iwer of ?Longfellow. v from! Pnmingled joys here no man bent will| fall.?Southwell. THE R A Wif iilroads Nature to each allots his proper 1 llLi DnlllV (1 that, > sphere.?Congreve. ve eco-' Fortune makes folly her peculiar I ANfA' sful on care?Churchill. I Liillviii 1 trans-! Custom does not overrule.?Ro-; within Chester. j ive re- And throw a cruel sunshine on a appeal fool.?Armstrong. daring Live well, how long or short peris per- it to heaven.?Milton, y been They who forgive most shall be nnptish most forgiven.?Bailey. people certainly feel the effects re rail-j -may be clasped so close we the struggle. Find that everythl al task cannot see its face, breach. i8 high and there are many thir vaster Vile intercom e w'eie irtue has (an-t be bad at all. Old m 'anama no place.?Sowelvllle. women and children are In evide. to the Then keep each passion down ' vo yv.herc. Seems that the woni icale." i however dear.?Thompson. have taken over the WQrk Qf , tnagni-1 Thou pendulum betwixt a smile; men; they work on the farms, dr nothing and tear.?Byron. !rarts el0 and 8Ure are doinR th in Its Her sensual snares left faithless blt to help win the war. W. a views Pl^sures lay ?Smollett. I through a town the other day In govern- * ith craft and skill to ruin and truok to work for a whUu , iercised betray.-Orabbe. 'southern part of the city. It v e is no Soar not to high to fail, but 5 to on 1 . ? , , 1. .... v somewhat of a sight-seeing trip : tine to, 0 "'8 * ass nger. nje gHw many things that linpre : ox"; rle'T B'OW ? ">1 me greatly. Wl.h you could i is; and spfse.?Crowley. , , . ' r.. .. the street cars and trains; era: tie big 1 ()n. then, renounce that impious 1 1 . I . .. , M 1 looking things they are; sni lire too self esteem.? Beat lie. , , ... ,,, , . , coaches and ears and the locon rise to Hi dies have wings and granduer ,, .... . . .. , . ? t! ves look like our "dinkeys ha or util- '8 a dream.?Cowper ? no,,,. . , .... , there. One man can push a Jlat-< ver for lhink not ambition wise because . . . , ... ... <>n level track. Saw many tie ie more tis brave.?Sir Win. Davenant. . . , ,, 1 1 . Tin, ,,.,,1. .1 . , , . trains go by carrying soldiers to 1 iplished 'he paths of glory leads hut to the f , .. ... , . front, all ruling in box-cars. ts verv grave. t? ray. >le that What is ambition? 'Tis a glorious When you wr,to ?tl8' tf>n h {e it. Cheat.?Willis. jthat 1 a,n K?'ng ty send him so io ti.no Only destructive to ?ho bravo and ,,,0,,ey soon' 1 haven't n will bo great.?Addison. jearthly uso for it over hero. Ho c the fu- What's all the gaudy glitter of a Probab,y U8? il to advantage or 1 far off crown? Drydon. t o: ds wltli it. product The way to bliss lies not on bods You ou?ht lo 8CC the P??*?nts a i many ?r down.?Francis Quartos. i how tboy live. They wear hoa is , lW How long we live, not many years. wood 8hoes: the n,on wear it Will bu* actions tell.?Wtklns. aprons and funny felt bats w 10 rail-. That man lives twice who lives reamer8 beb'n<F You see thorn tuto in > the first life well.?Merrick. over the ?tro,>ts of ,bf> towns, pu Kiec- Make. then, while ye may. your inR beavy carts loaded with vege iy be a God your friend.?Wm. Mason. b'?8 01 m"k. Have seen women p\ ?or the Whom Christians worship yet not inK harrows and plows and spadl It as a comprehend.?Hill. I UP gardens. There is a bunch ? times The trust that's given guard, and ( hinose laborers here. Imported 0 shut to yourself be just.?Dana. jtb? French government. They 1 chieve- F?r live we bow we may. yet die a,so nuoer. Saw a number of th we must.?Shakespeare. j walking down the street today w parasols and fans, after working < iftliv^fw m. Vm ,rP ,, lin tb? bof s,m al1 day- Somethl .JOHNSON SAl S II IS lolse I saw today was an aeroplt INTERESTING IN FRANCE turn turtle and get all smashed londent ... ... ,l)ont know if the pilot was hurt 1 ion Hut lie IIiwi'i Soon a Pretty CJIrl 1 not. The ambulance was on the j Since He Left the States, and nan out to take care of him. j it than ...... . . , , Probably Lancaster. I working now and havent much ti and he L . for pleasure. Am not making pi 1011s in t , , ? * F e other Mrs. Latta Hood has received thei '"-engravings for the Propeller ? eat re- following letter from her brother, IJ.|more a8 'sn ' being publist *s have Will Johnson, from "Somewhere in over hero' Tho comPftny bas b< iy still France:" scattered around and the only p well as "Well, here I am In sunny France. son bere with me 18 Fred Adams, iss of hut there is no place like the slates. Am going to leave all the Fret derrate and 1 love them better now than 1 for the other fellows. Tl n man. ever did. Just irot vnnr letter ihii certainly don't aDDeal to me. ai armies was mailed July 7 to Camp Upton, haven't seen a pretty one yet. Thl by tee (Juess ere this you have received I'1" "ke I*en C., only worse, not ye* some mall from mo since I came Am well: get plenty of good e weak- over. Am In a town south of Paris, and K?f>d treatment. Have seen l to take called Komarinton. We are now lows who took part in the last dr tm Tho permitted to tell where wo are lo- a,H' "'a wonderful to hear th ition is cated as long as we refrain from talk. At this time they, (the U. telling anything about the places of troops), continue to go forward s military value to the enemy. 'TIs a my one hope is that they will beautiful place hero and the weather their way into Merlin. As Per i has been lino since I came in. tells his troops, It's "home, 1 out the Thought I would run into some of f>r Uerlin," so I'm confident tl States the boys from home," but they have won't let up soon, ffecttve "II moved to new , loerflfees. Next' Had a long letter from Aunt Ma h front time you write, give me Men'C.'s ad-i^^e told mo all the news. ' to suc-'^ess and any other boys over here mighty fine to get letters over h< Iron of that you might know about. I know KO ?very one to write often, tullt at I'" meet some of thom sooner or la- Sgt. B. W. Johnson, I with ter. 18th Co., 3rd M. M. Reg. A. ne fao- Tis innrvelous to see tho changes A '*' filtration brought about In Prance by the 1,000th American forces. Fact is, I think Safe oversea*. hn IIn?r this cnuntrv Is shnnt inn VOQ ra hu. Ill rl era Pmao* .."O ? ----- / ? ? WW-j ? ?"?r?w uwqi, mmnu lOUVIT^ Aircraft hind the times. Certainty' ought to cablegram yeste?(0?f snnounc ulng to become Americanized soon 'at thejiaf^ arrival oversea* of his son, V Irate It Is going (now. The Vrench P.oss Moore. J+ v A t r- m... ^ JB&t V mAs . * y+,f *>- *' * . .. .. * TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1918. /> II 1 LIBERTY )NDS j ? 3N HAND who have paid or ly cash will please mds. who have made will hindly do so OF LANCASTER ' ^ STER, S. C. 4 of + ?R * NORTH LANCASTER Igs + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 011 Lancaster, S. C., R. F. D., Aug. 26. ICG ?On Wednesday, August 21, the ien t. Craig reunion of this community was \ held at the residence of Mr. N. P. i ve Holdnson. This Is the Nathaniel eir . and Sallie Craig descendants who ffnt live<l all their lives up where the l a ,j : heirs of Mr. Harvey Steele now owns. There were 145 present at , ibis reunion consisting of Craigs, Tor Robinsons, Cousars, IMaxcos, Faulkss ners. Reids. Wilkersons, Walkups ! and probably others. Some of these zy-1 ajjilive in North Carolina and some in York county. 4 110^ An elegant dinner was spread on ?aria table made for the occasion in the 1 grove. Every one was asked to iop ? (li)>' f..i in line around the table and waiters would try to supply their 1 wants which was done. Ice cream 'In was served about four o'clock to the mf: crowd which was very much enjoyed. I,1V Everybody seemed to bo at their an best and tried to make every one en>uv . joy it. At 4:30 p. m. a prayer and praise n* set vice was hold, presided over by Prof. E. b. Reid, of .Ersklne college. >ag . ,. .mis. j. * . uem piayeu me piano and ihe singing was led by Mr. J. C. aM Reid. of Sardis, N. C. W. P. Robsh inson was called on and niade a talk ta~ for us. Also Mr. U. N. Plaxco, Prof. ./ Held and J. C. Held gave snort talks. inK Mrs. Emily Faulkner was present. of She is the only direct descendant llv^ . ^ l,y ing. Sho seemed to enjoy it very ^ are much. She lives at Matthews, N. C. ^38 etn She is now visiting in the comniun ity. This is to be an annual reunion 0 >ut was the vote of the attending crowd. lnR I Mr. N. H. Cousar and J. C. Reld is* inolthe committee on arrangements. , ' up' Miss May Faulkner."of Sardls, and or Kmma Reid are. visiting friends In ? lob the community. : Xm Mr. 11. N. Craig, of Rock Hill, vis- *, ? mo ited his brothers, J. E. and S. W. a%' Craig, last week. iny Rev. J. N. Leslie, of Tennessee. ,e preached for Rev. W. S. Patterson ,en last Sabbath at Shiloh. Mr. Martin er~ Leslie brought him over from Catawba Junction in a car. They took dinner with J. W. Craig. 10y Miss Marie Craig who has been in 1 I New York for the last two months is expected home this week. Mr. Henry Montgomery, of Camp R,s Jackson, spent Sabbath at home with ^e'",hi? mother. 'Vej Mr. N. H. Hallman Is to start Wedem nnsday with a force of handn to do ' | some work on Shiloh church. He is \ in. | to work it over on the outside and build a new front to it. jf i(>11 Mr. nrtfi Mjs. ~R. A. Plaxco and 1 J family, of Yt?rk -county, and Mr. . Jm | John Plaxco and children visited in this section last week. ry. | -piH We are needing rain again now. r6| The winds of last week were very 'jgjl severe on the crop*. %It seems tha , cotton crop is hurt badly by the dry a hot weather. . "I ?* uAmri/wte. /' I?" ? * riM'K, There will be aerylcos at Camp . jBP 1 a Creek church next Sunday condurteJA^P ing by Rev. D. P. Montgomery. Se^Bpr Vill mone .morning apd afternoon a^^^ jdlnne^^^the gro^)P y jr , M