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Country 'Tie of Thoo, Swoot Land
of Liberty."
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20. 11)18. ja
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v BUY- I
V- WAR :
SAVINGS
? STAMPS J
: CONSTANTLY ]::
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1-einps lom SENTENCE SERMONS. el
ns food. tll
necessities_ , . ,
au uuur ui suuiuue, passed ill sill- tt
Mrest n<re aQ(j earnest prayer in conflict Lj,
,n jith and conquest over a single pas^
won or subtle bosom sin, will teae.i,
us more of thought, will more effectually
awaken the faculty and form t\
v, 11 . the habit of reflection than a year's]ti
study in the schools without them.? n(
S. T. Coleridge.
in
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There are moments in the life both
of men and nations, both of the
world and of the church, when vast tl
blessings are gained, vast dangers jn
averted, through our own exertions
sn
C ?by the sword of the conqueror, by
the genius of the statesman, by the
holiness of the saint.?Arthur Pen- wi
rhyn Stanley.
th
Religion's in the heart, not in the
C!S
knee:?Douglas Jerrold.
j. ' -?,/ tn
?\ i Many mean things are done in th.,le
family for which moods are put for- tic
ward as the excuse; when the moods ]eb
4 themselves are the most inexcusable
things of all. A man or woman
in tolerable health has no moral
* ? right to indulge in an unpleasant ,(>
mood.?J. G. Holland. to
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. ' OX G RUM AN SOlfi. j :>0
if J American troops are on Gorman ,.a
soil. Whether that means a very tj1(
great deal in military value or not, it
{ .?> .is quite an interesting statement 'an
Air ?
' ' and certainly it means more than a , ;1i
/' .Tew months ago when the best that tai
iv-A could be said was that the (. Millar wn
?*' ' J''
had been stopped in their advance on
&Paris. The stopping of the enemy. th<
*-i a3 a ?I fact, was the turning j mi
point and the beginning of tiie aili* d ,
offensive and the German retrograde
^0Vemont* The war ^4'ts 'lose to
f' ^ ? the hearts of the Germans when
. brought home to thetr own ground; ;,r
m/"f. they know the destruction thev
K .f
A-* themselves perpetrated in Belgium
and France and they know what it
means when the battle line bonds -it
back to their own frontiers. There-! th
lore, that the Americans are on Ger- as
% man soil is an important statement, at
The springing of peace proposals ui
* at this time by the Austrian govern- 't
>
ment was probably a ruse, oharac- bt
teristioally German, to divide atten- ai
tion so that the advance of the allies B
, , might possibly slacken, and possibly 1"
.' t *
to divide the allies. In this, how- t?
ever, as in perhaps every estimate ai
Mm onnnitr Viao olaoo/1 on/?n ' >1 '1
* ?? i??o 1'ia* CII III' <111 l*?,
he was mistaken. There will he no.ci
Blowing down and no division of a
Hentlment. or attention. The Ger- u
mans perhaps believe that when the d
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war reaches German soil all along I1
the line, they can yoll "Kamerad," o
and end the war. As In their eati- P
rt
male of the war policies of the allies ri
as to the reception of Emperor ii
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V
' T1
liarlos' peace feeler, they are again ed. and tin
istukeu. The war win not end un-|Will be mat
I the peace terms announced by dustrles Ho
resident Wilson, speaking for the defense cot
lies, are met by the enemy, no mat- projected c
r where the battle Hue goes. Ger- concerned t
an intrigue and manlplation will The mat
)t gain a hearing, and the quick up directly
sposition of the peace note by Board, but
resident Wilson illustrates ade- of defense,
lately tlie position or the allies as ^the decisior
i terms of peace. be made to
Really, whenever Germany begins The ability
i talk peace, we look for the blow- Board to e
if, uv ui auuiuoi uusuuuiu, uui n rests upon
lore is such a thing as sincerity in | the prloritl
le makeup of tho German, there will j from the 11
b considerably more of it evident materials a
i his peace talk when he has been terlals for
riven out of Helgium and France authorized
nd back on his own ground, and The stat
ot until then. | create a sin
The advance of General Pershing's; construetioi
len into German territory is a step,, have the m
nly a step, but an important step. ready had
struction p
THE TIIIKH PRIMARY. . 0 ?
of South Ci
A writer in the Charleston News' .
| tion was tt
nd Courier a few days ago ?laflo knovv
osted that to avoid the expense ofj
primary to nominate a candidate
>r comptroller general the matter SCIS51
e left to a vote of the Democratic
tecutive committee and the chair- Cicriiiai
on of the various county commit(Chariest?
es, who would vote by sealed letSo
seriou
>r. The suggestion sounds plans- f jn Gen
ile to The News and is at least rjes (hat Ge:
orthy of careful consideration. The sian ministi
irrespondent of tho Charleston pa- through tin
A. , , . . .'column app
?r says the plan has been worked
lose heart.
!'ore* | take France
There has been entirely too many Frenchman,
ections this year, at a time when final victor]
ie public mind is engaged on mat- f?rce8 admi
It is a oi
;rs of more importance, and the ' .
Inor thol 1 r? i
lird primary will elicit very little fry tQ cheer
iterest, if any. Few people care them that
ho Is elected to the office and he- confident
veen the two who seek the notnina- wou,d suppr
. _ . would have
on have no choice. There are some.
verse of ths
0 doubt, who are more interested probahl;
1 it but their nuinner is limited, siuns better
lections are expensive; we have better how
en it stated in some papers that "
.... ... .. seems to s
us third primarv will cost the state
chiefs are t:
the neighborhood of sixteen thou- Heretofoi
iml dollars, and the money should followers th
saved if there be found a b-gal done for.
ay to save it. hWtl wh,toAmerica
w
'1 he News is not informed as to
make her s
e legality of a nomination by the are droppin
ecutive committee and the chair- ning to tall
en of the various county commit- threatening
es, but after all, it is merely the i,s niona,'e
change?
imineo of a party ana not the duly Fvidentlv
r?cted officer. People erf the state ,,p aj| jfiPa
e too busy on the farms, in the trying to 01
dories, in business ana professions ,r>r>c as they
. i .u ii their eneinv
take the time to go to the polls
tell their pi
vote for a candidate for comp- that their e
)ller general in whom they hive could tie ov
interest The cost rn tost time to great effort.
ih individual should be added to('^'s P?'iey?
_ , , , , the allies as
p general cost of the election, and
span Is or
appears there could be little if jnR s(gns as
y objection to the election of the man govet
rididate by the committee, the do- fJermany's ?
I
Is of the plan, of eourse. to be
irked out by the committee. Another (id
In a third primary at a busy time,
(Cha
re would not be sufficient votes
In the clei
t to give an expression of the will
the people. and the plan suggest- palmer, alioi
by the News and Courier's for- j covered mm
?pondent apparently would be the Hffht on the
Intion of a more or less knottv rnrin ,,R'n,sas
a true /
?'''' n1' j eessful in
? vessels und?
NO IH ll,OI\<? NOW. that the nil
f'onstruction of buildings is eon- would be di
lored non-essential to the war and measure of
e state eouneil of defense has been '^.it
neutral eou
!<ed by the War Industries Board to stars- and S
t as its representative in passing enjoyed lari
>on the necessity of proposed con- f?if't, anj
ruction There is a scarcity of iaJ American n
to how som
>r, there is a scarcity of material, rerRnt)y jn
ntl therefore, the War Industries supplied wi
oard will taboo all unnecessary rial of any
lidding where the construction to- 'arKply
tls more than $2,500. It has been ,,m'r'r
looking aft*
nnounced by the state council of themselves
efense that persons interested In a, gold frbpi t
-wist met ion nrr.ipft mnal hftranftor America fo
pply, with .a full statement of facts government
ndor oath, to the state council of; J*0*0'' loval
.to render tl
efense for a construction permit. Qf a matof
roper Investigation of the necessity j Trans-Atlar
f the project will be made by a re-jbas been b
resentative of the council, who wHli'nat,on an<1
>the better
eport to the council where the facts j applies ar
i the particular case will be review-j to Vjg'nt G<
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IE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCA8T1
9 decision of the council 'MR. WYLIE W
le known to the War In- COAL A
ard. In cases where the *
incil decides against the Qf the FormeP -n
onsti ucttou, the person Plenty But H?
Aril! be directly notified. With U?
ter should not be tuken
with the War Industries To the E<mor ^
through the state council jn the ja8t iSsut
Ihllll fh n n nnn?nl from ocb ?/"
i of the state council may011^00*1 ^or coal.
j . . a I for the informat
the War Industries Board. | t ^
such data as I ha-v
of the War Industrie* Fearing that th
nforce this whole plan hie in obtaining c
the fact that it controls in company with
ies and has also secured!of the flrm of Kdw
. v Mr. W. Frank H
manufacturers of building ^ Lancaster Icc
pledge not to supply ma- two of thG deaier
projects which are not place, I went to
under its regulations. summer in order
>. ? oo, ?fiii'fuel administrate
e council of defense will,
i first hand, all I cc
all committee on proposed j ^ who,e cQal gU
a. which committee will home an(' advised
atter in hand. It has al- be too much alar
referred to it four con- developments.
_ . , The outlook nov
rojects in different parts . ?
J ing. Edwards &
irolina, but Just what ac- qui8|t|oned> throu
rken on these was not I administrator, eig
n lump coal, and I
_ more cars, orderi
_ pendent ly. They
iOBS AXI) I'AHTE. cent ly. three cars ?
; expecting three
! week. The Lam
rv Confesses Failure. ,
' * company have
. ! through the Stati
,n News and Courier.) L e|ght rars of
s has been the moral d-ition have ordered
many of the allied victo-|f||j8 company now
neral von Stein, tho Prus-Iparj, So if wo?i,j
er of war, has issued uatlon is satisfact
* German press a-three- nertjon. I will say
eal to the people not tola pPrniit to any pei
He tells the Prussians to order for several p
> as an example. "Every ^he mines, one or
he says, "believes in j CJin furnish, on r
f with a steadiness that drGSRea 0f different
ration.'' coal can likely be
American waters were the civil war the r
Ith provisions and mate- orai public resent!
needed kind has been pc?s of the law rr
ired up. Warner's ships 374 pien being in
American flag had been rnv out of a total
?r them. They also made men drafted, the 1
useful in transferring .pared almost ent
he i'nited States to South Crowder haa beer
r the use of the German most without a to
. The aid which this sup- Crowder hints
American has been able credit for the dri
he enemy must have been tarv of War Rake
lal character. Rut the "No one know
ltic company's enterprise whom we are lnd<
rought to a sudd^**-^rm-jttve eervice law
I the fleet will* ' tojits conception as
service of K; administration. '
id possibly! n'wmow* the most
srmany. , .
. 4* /'
irious process or reason-1the Clinchfleld Coa
luces a German leader to 0ffirPa at Spartanb
up his people hy telling niue Gem Coal Co
their enemy Is perfectly! jn order to con?
and determined. One aa possible, I woul
>se that von Stein's words wood In cases whe
an effect exactly the re- Your suggestion
it which he desires. Still, wood, or coal yard
v understands the Prus- sideration hy thos
than we do and knows thoritv in the mat
to talk to them. The in-j i wish to urge
ting about it is that it people the Imnot
how that the German ftlf? amount of gas
[iking a new line. were more automi
-e they have told their Sunday than sliou
at the allies were nearly many places the nt
France, they said, was an,j name of t
Kngland was starving, taken hy officers i
ould never he able to view to publicntic
ttrength felt. Now they pers. If the requ
g all this and are begin- ment is not heeded
v about the great and forbidding the sal
power of the allies and pleasure cars and
to Germany. Why the them on Sunday, m
Surely the wishes
because they have given in this matter will
of an offensive and are!
-ganize a defensive. As County Fuel
were planning to attack
11 was grimi |i(iiiry 10 I KUU
eople and their soldiers NEAR
nemy was weak and
errome easily by one (Continued Fr<
The abandonment of
-the policy of depicting Kinc Ferdinand's
i being weak and In de- >ng as they are for
ie of the most convino- While Marshal F
yot afforded of the Oer- his policy of strik
nment's realization of aratod points alon
lerious predicament. ^ay was one
i quiet for Genera'
,, , ? ?- army. There was
rmaii fiaiiie llrokon I p.
sequence on their
tillerv and patrol
rlotte Observer.)
inintr up of the American CHOWDER'S C
:ic Ship concern, Mr. j LIK1
n property custodian, un-j
re facts that will throw, (Continued Fri
secret operations of Ger
Wagner, who had posed and that this arm;
American, had been sue- nof from volunteei
bringing German-bought nf selection from t
American registry, so nf fbe country,
ovements of these ships Meanwhile Crow
vested of the largest jn (ho army step b
suspicion Tie had 11 linker (Jives
had been flying flags of When the United
ntries transferred to the war c.eneral Cro\
[tripes. and these vessels mnn in the army
?e liberties, the same. In po before mngres
r other bottoms under suggestion for tin
egistry The mystery as jcctlve drnft law.
ie of the German raiders Th? ^..
BH, S. C. . ' '. '
KITES OF ' HJjT"]
iND GASOLINE 49^ <
tere Appears to Be > ^
s'h Not Pleased
e of Cars. Hi
The News:
? of your paper you
in as to the present
i< giadiy give you. urn*
Ion of the public, wtm
e In ray possession. *
Lere might be trouoal
for the winter,
Mr. J. C Edwards,
urds & Horton, and
arper, manager of
i- & Fuel company,
s In coal at this
Anderson the past
to see the State
r, and find out.
?uld in reference to
uatlon. I returned
I the public not to
med and to await '
v is most encouragHorton
have reph
the State fuel j
ht car loads of
in addition, elpht I
ed by them indeliave
received, reaf
the coal and are
more cars next!
aster Ice & Fuel
likewise ordered
[> fuel administracoal,
and in nddl-j wv
two more cars. K/vti
has on hand two J I
seem that the pit- iI I
ory. In this con-J I
. that I will grant I |
rson, or persons, toil
ersons, direct from
morn cars of
ipnllratlon. the ad-! I1^
mines from which '
had, partlcularlv. ???
1 corporation, with ?-??
urg, S. C.. and thci
.. Jellloo, Tonn. I
lerve as much coal m^amm?
d advise the use of
re It can he used.
of a municipal SpP mP lit OD
. Is worthy of con- (hp <. s grown fl
e who have alitor.
bind after deducti
upon all of our * i
... Anyone who can
f jtnrr of romioincj *
oline used. There TIME to liny Ian
lhiles running last
Id have been. In
nmher of machines he
owner Is being _
of the law with a '
in in the newspa- JH_ A. v
ost of the governthen
a drastic law
e of gasoline, for
the running of ???^?
ay he nut in force aeaSBS^=S[BS
of the government |
he resnected.
R. B. Wylle. w
Administrator. 1% I
PS ARE 1 ^1
\ ST. QUENTIN
mi Page One.)
troops is weakenced
hack. 1
'och was following | I . ? mm ? 1
InR at widely sep- i iiiru
ir the battle line,
of comparatively
I Pershing's field m
no activity of con- m
front beyond ar- JL JL 11
activity.
AREER IS
E PERSHING'S
The T
r>m Pa pre One ) * *
y would be raised. 1 Election w
s but by a process
he total manpower
dor was advancing I HAPHAlT
y step I UCouay 9
IItin t'rcdlt.
I States entered the
vder was the one Then
who was ready to ?
is with a concrete 1
? framing of a so- a. m., ana
been that where In Clppl-j
haft riots and Rennent
at the unfair
>sulted in only 4fi.- I ious preeir
duced into the ar
of nearly 800,000 Will CSlll Stt
law which was preIroly
by General rlav QpnfrF
i administered nl- Uay, iJCpiC
mplalnt.
elf disclaimed all p
a ft lnw, but Secre- tJ*
r has said:
s so well as I to
L?bted for the selec- V^OUl
In all its bearings,
well as Its complex . , t
The man to whom
, in this respect i?
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YOUR ^
Tar Savings |
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NOW V J
THE BEST TIME TO . V'-fl
FULFIL YOUR
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Lancaster, S. CJ
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oils will open at 8 o'clock *~s i
close at 4 o'clock p. m.
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ion managed for the var- s A
icts in Lancaster County
: the Court Hoyse Safur- |
rnber 21, and get boxes.
STEWART, Chairman '\j
tity Democratic Executive ; f
vCommittee. . J|
? Mp?j? I L?l^ < m .
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LAND? f f i
cc for some well improved land,, vj^iich
in it this year will more than pay for the
n? all expense for labor, fertilizer, etc.
read should know that THIS IS THE
d and houses. t
"DO IT NOW"
. HUGHEN
TIIE LAND MAN J
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OTICE I '
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Democratic
mary Election 1
% v|
'hird Democratic Primary I
ill be held on J
September 24,1918. ,/j
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