The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 20, 1918, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7

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r Friday, SEPT. 20V1918. -? ?~ 1 ^o^oooooooooooooooooo^oooo< 0 * 1 1 y**" 1 The Kaiser as I Kne\ $ for Fourteen Yec ' ijjf A x: By ARTHUR N. DAVIS. D. (Copyright. 1918, by tho McClur* Newspaper Syi [hj \ ' One of the subterfuges resorted to* t^lnpj avulTaffle o ^5 by some of the war profiteers to con- lutes vhich were Cenl the extent of their gains and es- small cake of folk fa- cape taxation was to Invest their sur- $:t. A servant's m plus earnings In works of art and otbe,r rohe, formerly c< hi a mi <*M. j\s me tax nssess- tninatde for less ments were based principally upon the us high ..s $8 u p< individual's bank deposits and the tax- r speculator, am 'collecting machinery was very much dinner In Berlin put of gear It was comparatively easy goose, Just enoui to evade the law by careful manlpula- three persons, for tlon of one's bank account, nnd by dls- One of the thin burslng profits received without hnv- most, of course, v ' lag them go through the bank. A Ger- It was put 011 sn man who.n I knew told me that he bad night, only a limit disposed of an oil painting which bad able and as soon cost him ?:10() for no less than $85,000, of, only coffee or the price of works of art and antiques out sugar, milk < having Increased to a remarkable ex- had. tent because of the demand for them The scarcity of ijktS from tux dodgers. munitions was ev tender the stress of the changed war when the Inl %v* food conditions the hungry German of houses through W 'soon replaced the honest German. Get*- thoroughly ransm V mans bad always had a reputation for In the way of e< honesty, but their claims to such dls- mtnum fixtures or ^r? tlnctlon disappeared with the food sup- wasn't absolute ply. Necessity soon brought out all seized, that wus worst In the German char- Horses were gr actor. from sight when 1 I Although the government decreed a One saw them lyl L. high fine nnd Imprisonment as pun- where they dropji lshment for buying or selling anything and what dlsposltl - \ji which bad been commandeered, specu- corpses can well lators sprang up on every side nnd quite certain that " people bragged openly of what they \ l>ogs, too, nearl C~? had stored away. ; life. A man I kn ^ The worst deprivation was In the fine Newfoundlnnt ft, lack of fats. The people showed It j bad disappeared "? very plainly. One seldom saw a fat next day Its skin man or a fat woman, alttffiugh before on the fence wi y the war fatness was almost chnrncter- "Died for the fntl Istic of the German physique. Indeed, One of the prlnc I saw a rather stout woman being fol- meat to be seen I ^' ywed by at least twenty boys who ' consisted of black WlfWfere Jeering at her and making slur- selling at 75 centf y rihg rem. ..a about the manner In something ludlcroi /which she had retained her avolrdu- the Germans bein pols. A fat person In Oermnny today crow," hut there \ Is regarded with suspicion. In eating It onese Naturally the weakened condition of To obtain oil, p the people makes them all easily sus- the school childi Coptlble to disease. Epidemics spread sebds, from which rapidly and I am Inclined to believe ed, and verltabb that little care was taken by the au- seeds were thus o r ' thorltles to protect the older people The last meal from .nfectlon. I know that my sec- on January 21, Hi rntrftv'n mnthor foil nlid ^rnlra b"tb the Hotel Adlon. W her legs last summer (1017) and was sardine, three t . ^ taken to the accident ward of a hos- smoked salmon, s< g pistil where her fellow-patients were ly more than hot t nlTNcrlppled. Ten of the Inmates of boiled potatoes an m that ward died In a single day from < cornstarch puddlni dysentery, and the following day the i sauces of any klni death list was Increased by twelve, bread I took In in] the" old lady with the broken legs be- for this elaborate Ing one of them. Twenty-two more amounted to $4.50 bread cams saved nt the expense of To sum up the twenty-two useless women In one hos- able to obserw It, pltnl alone?a fair record for two Germany In .Tnnitn days! I have no proof that these un- rapidly becoming fortunate victims of disease were de- able. IIow much llberately Infected by the hospital au- come without br thorltles, hut the mere fact that twen- troubles which w ty-two patients In an accident ward collapse of the Ge died from dysentery In two days Is only a matter of c ceVtalnly evidence of gross careless- The twentieth ci ness It nothing worse. ? radical changes 1 To buy new clothes It Is necessary i views and asplratl to secure u certificate from the gov- ! history will prove a eminent to the effect that you are ab- 'be future. In tin solutely In need of clothing, and, even j Germany has expe 1 then, you are compe. d to give up the or toss serious soel ' en\t you are discarding. would be dangero '? \ ranch offices for Investigating the much upon those ^ necessity of 'replenishing one's ward- As long as the o "\ r<i|jyi hare been established all over to the kaiser lltt * tfid cltfes and they ore always crowd- j to the way of a s ed,' Women are In charge and they no matter how dls aeemed thoroughly to enjoy their au- Hous the people at ? -i iL-i- jy * ? t *- -,f - * * - - u?>111.v mm iiu?ir power 10 aeny an i ueueve mat tne t application /nf new clothing. j when the officers When I left Berlin the law permit- against their gove ted n mnn Just twb shirts, two collars, There muy he t' two pairs of socks, etc., n year. Since civilians, eonslatln soap had dlsapjieared from the mar- ??d youths and o ket so many inadequate substitutes been called Into th had been tried that one's laundry In- but their effort w variably came home full of holes. defeat of such ai In November, 1017, I paid $100 for a m?y be the signal stilt of clothes which If it hnd been which a portion ot mnde out of cloth of good quality take part, and tliei would have been worth about $.1,1. As ?ult which will ha it was, the tailor frankly admitted the world's hlstorj that the goods was mnde of re-worked The basis for tl yarn, and because of-.the lnck of cotton fact thnt the offl thread, the somas were worked with a army realize the e material which looked like paper prevailing throug string. Their families, as Tills pnper string was In general use tank and file are s ! at that time, the department stores all nourishment and displaying notices warning customers know, even better not to curry their parcels by the string. th^ extent of^the A Miiny purchases were* no longer Germun nrmy hn wrapped, to gave paper, and no pur- continue to suffer chase amounting to less than $5 was ment hns misrepr delivered. dltlons. Bi-fofe I left Berlin, artificial silk If the German < "ns^> principal fabric obtainable for tlrely of men of i ladles' wearing apparel. Almost every who were willing I woman In (lie hind, princess or maid, sake and who wr n^^kwas attired in art taffeta. It sold for the war until th " yard. |u normal times It would dropped than glv. I MVP been worth froth flh^tts to $1. look for much In V In the fall of 10l7, a clhtn smt was tin- But tho ravage obtainahlo for less than $J1C0. U would posed of a l^rge | have been worth $25 in normal times, bit-d-ln-the-hono AJ1 fur skins were needed t*T ,sol- places huve been i^W^psVwe.ir and the few thnt were's^ Who have been rn V Jfttalnrfble for homo use In the form Therein 'les the h w ' f 1.000 up. .* revolution. speculators, w<^b|*|tfprt I will not ventur Ration soft soap at Ifper that will be, but T jk, potfhd. People said it wus uuuUf frmq certainty come ah iki* }*rv? portion or Hi \Vv ^crwl?n^\ 0". * - '* * ' * 0 * m THE LANCASTER yEWSs _ >00000000^ people will ut lust turfl on their rulers J *"* A an<i destroy the throne uud the whole Y ilohenxollern regime. * ? T* V In this connection, I recnll a V X^Um A' Pr?Phe?y niade early In the war by nn " X honored colleague of mine of Dresden, Y an American dentist who had lived and X practiced in Germany for forty years liO X and understood the German people and Y 'their rulers as well, perhaps, as any Y man alive, lie was a leader of his X profession and a man whose judgment - X an all things wus most accurate. He De S? X was In'close contact with "many leading , , , , , . X figures of the German nobility. OOOOOOOOOO "Germany will lose the war because ridkato.) ^,,r ra,'se Is wrong," he declared. "Sh?? gjjsr; ? I will fight 't through to the hitter end ^Hj iiitslde. of the snbstl- ;|, foundations of the empire are Hh soup only In uumo. \ desolately destroyed 1" gfaD et soap easily brought , Ik^I plain woodey ward 'X & >v^u;:!d GATES ARE SEPTEMBER 24-2 / j M >und for butter, from * MM 1 ray lust Christmas Committee Busy With Organization consisted of a small Work and Largo Fund Secured 'w*.;h for one inenl for to Qefray Expenses of which I paid $25. gs the people missed <g eo ng. ras their beer. While L___ ile at 8 p. m. every Tulsa, Okla.. August The Con? ed amount was avail- federate veterans. Sons of Confeder- ^eld Se as It was disposed aje Veterans, and the Southern Con- union h tea substitute, with- federated Memorial Association, hold " or lemons, could be thofr anmm, roun,on this yoar at , , i # . Tulsa, the first time the reunion has T8 II ( bleared earlv"in the ?'octod Oklahoma as the state in | |N terlors and exteriors w,'lch to meet. The dates of the reout the country were union are September 24-27 inclusive. HI ked and .everything Hallway rates of one cent a nille I I ?pper, brass or alu- each way from all parts of the country, wl cooking utensils that have been granted by Director-Genernecessary was 1 McAdoo of the railway adminis-1 y tration Tickets will be placed on ... adually disappearing M,e ahout Se|)temher 19. good for IN [ left early this \t ar. rejurn paasngo until October 31. ng about the streets ted rem exhaustion, These rates will apply to all meinon was made of their bers of the associations named above TiOT f be llnagined. It Is and to members of their families. 1*1101 L no part was wasted. Tickets are to be purchased on the y vanished from city signed certificate of department, state Reunion o\v, who had kept n aiuj camp commanders and adjutants. Qe Sl 1 dog. told me that It The certificates were supplied to the ^ one night and the reunion committee by the railway was found hanging authorities at Washington, and the th a sign reading: committee sends them to the officers lerlnnd." of the various Confederate organ!- Tuiaa, lpal articles of fresh rations throughout the country to he, fact tha n the butcher shops UHO(j jn securing the low rates foi beginnlr : crows. They were aU entitled to them. No ticket can i apiece. There wns "i? .h? k* uo purcnaaed unless the certificate T"'"7" ?M rt ? , VK ? ! ,a 8how" to the t .ket agent. It s. 'ng tha * t , e"J therefore, Important that all who In- "nmo ar s Ittle to I"ugh at ten(, comlp... to the Tu,sa reunlon pro. '"K turn . <? . ? vlde theriV I;*?. at once with the a ,(,ul r zes were offered to necessary \ .tifloate, by applying to Some 'Tt t0?nTCt .T commandeXd adjutants P??>??hc It could be extract- ? . and a r > mountains of the The Ttt,aa reunion promises to be ibtalned. one ?' the most successful meetings , . 1 I had In Berlin was f.ho old Confederate/ and their fami>18, when I dined at """ ana inen(lR k-1 ? *?r enjoyed. It conslsteil of one ? fund of *10?.000 has been provided . ' hln slices of cold b>' the people of Tuisa to entertain . up which was hard- thn reua,on- W. Tate Brady Is chair- - K alt water, two small man of the K?ne > committee and An d as a substitute for Nathan Bedford Forrest is gihoral existed Cf. No butter and no secretary. The committ eo Is com- ?' whlc 1 were served. Black P?sed of a number of Tulsa's most constltu / pocket. The check enterprising citizens, and they are framed, i table d'hote meal takin& much interest in their work. 1 aI The usual mess hall and sleeping 0|'j V-, situation as I was arrangements have been provided for ? ' living conditions In from 6.000 to 10,000 old Confederate (' ry of ttds y?>jjr were veterans who are to be preferred ' ' S' absolutely unbear- guests of the, reunion committee "V " r worse they can he- Owing to demands for tents in the e. ^ ? dnging on Internal army, it was impossible to secire u 111 bring about the tentage for these old soldiers, but T Thi " rman empire can be probably a betUr arrangement than n 1 onjecture. tents has been made. The school namesntury has seen such authorities of Tulsa, at the repuest The " n world conditions, of the reunion committee have orderod "nii,s ?' ons, that I am afraid public schools to ho suspended ?ahola, but a poor guide to f?r 'he entire week of tiie reunion, *^e was } past few centuries, and the old soldiers will sloop In the POSMcssc rlonced several mitre school houses. These buildings are . here fri nl revolutions, but it ?f brick, one story high, and they are a?'?cted us to predicate very Prpvlded with ample toilet facilities apoka*. abortive uprisings. water and electric lights. Five thous- *ind Ulcers remain stanch and double mattresses have been pur- Juried i le may he expected chased by the reunion committee, and Ilr'ar uccessful revolution, other necessary bedding provided. A c'an f?r icoutented and reh??l- large t?nt will be used as a m#??o hail rites. large may grow, hut ^ be located within a hlock of 1 ulsa line will surely come the convention hall In which the of recei themselves will turn business sessions of the reunion are city wit rnment. to be held R. A. Pickens, the man 80,000. svo revolutions. The vho has successfully catered to many IM.OOO.i g of women, old men Confederate reunions, has been en- $10,000,t tliers who li-ve not *nKcd by fbe reun'on committee to do ,nKs ar e army, may rise up, the honors for the old soldiers. He | The gre ill he In vain. The ,s now ,n Tulsa waiting for his friends frf" th 1 uprising, however, to come. He will serve his guests mcnts c for a greater one in three meals a day free of all charge. 000 hari ' the army Itself will The convention hall in which the makn nt a a civil war will re- business sessions of the reunion will CPntpr ' ve no counterpart in be held is new and attractive. It 'rom wl r. seats more than 6,000 people, is well ,nr*e Us belief lies In the ventilated and so situated as to not pros cers of the German be interrupted by the noise of street Tulsa xtent of the distress traffic. The hall is equipped with a close of ;hout the country, fine plpo organ, ono of the finest in prty I.o well as those of the tho southwest. . ed $18.f lUffering from under- Ample arrangements havo been Kvpry privations, and they made to accommodate all reunion vis wnr p,"r than their inferiors, itors, In hotels, rooming houses and Tn,sa's reverses which the private hofneg. The city is full of I'oan w s suffered and will good hot?ds and rooming houses wep,cand how the govern- Itestnuran&faciiities are as good as The csentefl actual con- any city a^*-ds. pledge l Tulsa is situated in the great oil r0f'ppms dllcers consisted en- belt of Oklahoma. It is a wonderful moets 1 the old school men section of country. The Rurrondings r<M|nion to fight for fighting's Bro entirely different from any other one Hid rather continue reunion city It will be a new expor- ,he Wnl e last Herman had ience to thousands. Tulsa will sociatioi i In we cotrid not a cordial welcome to every reunion *hat ,he this direction. visitor. and put forth her beat ener *nd arrf s of wnr have dls- gleg to make the week the greatest tc enter percentage of these one the Confederatea and their friends P1eofficers and their have ever enjoyed "On to Tulaa." la Tulsa taken by civilians the watchword throughout the south bact o?< lied from the ranks, and gouthweat i kee. Cre iope of a successful -rne attenoance ut rne aociai events' 'n a of the Y. M. C. A. wa? phenomenal ?f the e a guess as to when during the yeat; ?,713.609 attendingf The Alh 1fe*sJ sure that It will 8,190 entertainments. The attendance -torlc Oj ont. Fortified by a 4 the "Y'' movie shows was sstimMrdJ here, c >diuy. th(\Oorman - j tg30 for 8.22? performy* YVi here h\ l?n"n v"""? V' /.* ' threat # Knued:> -X v 7-^Sl^ Igher in kSV 1| (Conti^?|lk- _or(., of t 1 sOl. * ..,930-^llo^f r~-' ^Jr "lufd on Page-Kight ) J?? ' I liANC ASTER. S. C. TULSA'S NEW CONVENTII :;# ^ rv-'/ - * . "" ' . 1 s is a photograph of Tulsa's new convention hall in which tin ptember 21-27, inclusive. It seats 6,000 people and is one of eadguarters are in th's halt , can tour Sam Houston, the < 'Ajo nrnniPM ed warrior statesman left reo \l\ > KMISlllill hiH wanderings around th /It U IlLUIllUI 1 Some of the old frontier forts I mm IIITrnrOT ur,''l conspicuously In the on 'IJIVLV If I I U It r \ I tory of the southwest, were lUOLO 111! LlVLOl T,0!,r present site of the < their remains are yet to he sr nlong the irkansns river th INQUIRIES CONCERN- points of historic Interest that G ORIGIN OF THAT in^ro "10" wl" W"h ' CITY'S NAME Rut It is modern Tulsa that teres! the visitor most, heeansi ._ ,, _ marvel of enterprise and thrll IF hISTOR/ BRIEFLY TOLD nPW portion of the city ri beauty and magnificence anyt ' the continent. The most mod< Visitors In September Will scrapers west of the Mississip irprised and Entertained By 1 are to he seen in Tulsa, and listoric Surroundings of line la ever changing. Develop the City of ,hp 0,1 'n(luatry has made slhle for these modern building erected. Vast fortunes hav< , Okla.. Aug.?In view of the mado in this one Industry Yr t people all over the south are are a variety of industries hf ig to talk about ,vilsa, and the generously repay those who ha rute reunion it not surpris- money invested in them, t interest is attached to the J Reunion visitors will find t id tha. people of an investigat- , roundings at Tulsa entirely d of iniud should make inquiries from any place where reunioi ! been he'd in the past. It will b years ago Dr. Fred 6. Clinton world to many. Oklahoma is sd a pamphlet on this subject derful section of the country, :opy of it has been preserved development of late years h; iuhi 1c library. From this pain- marvelous Reunion visitors apears that the word "Tulsa" surp. s? . at t n> growth of Tu escriptive of man or beast. It ,hp development of the oil ! nothing in itself. It is simply hereabouts ne of a former elan of tho j _ ncliana. Dr. Clinton says: j Evory b|>,ngg fo ently, clans, or secret ; 'Hies. committee huntlreds of reqtn among the Creek Indians out reservations of rooms at the h. lylif march ^if progress, a boarding houses and private tional form of government was Apt lications for certificates and these clans sent their rep- which tickets can l>?. Ives to tin* councils of the two stenographers busy a'ter There was a time when th's I them. The liejds of departme 1c government was very I divisions report increasing established among the ' |n the Tulsa reunion all over ft or Muscogees, because the, and southwest. The damn s of the clans were not allow- rooms is .lot confined to one ntennarry and representatives it It, Widespread Tulsa ox; sreditary. One of these clans large attendance and is niakir twn hy the name of Tulsa, and arations accordingly, nanner the settlement took Its HEAD OF THE VETER Irst settler within the present r??????????? f the city of Tulsa was Archie i a fullblooded Creek Indian, i a man ef fine physique and *d a superior mind He came J? rZAv nn Georgia in 183ft. and was town chief of the Tulsa Loch- j His followers idolized him, en he died, in 1850, he was n the southern part of the city f e ampitheatre erected by the // the practive of their religious a/ 's growth has been very rapid ' k it years. It is now a modern h an estimated population of 100, with total resources of )00. The monthly bank clear* *"*" If may be of interest tfi >te of the fart that Tulsa is the Gtr. George P. Harrison, of < af the Mid-Continent Oil belt Ala., Commandcr-inCb e' cf ths lich the nation is receiving a Confederate Veterans' Associa >r cent of the oil necessary to jecution of the European war. also a patriotic city. At the HHIUHHFESPTSSHBP the drive for the third Liban. the community had inest- M 107,900 in various war funds. 1 eniand on the community for K . ? poses has been promptly met. -11 Xs quota of the third Liberty us suuHcnnea in loss than a \ community' will redeem Its t !o the ex-Confederates like It \ **^3 ^z?i all of Its obligations and V V tH rosponslhllitles. That the r y ' here Sept. 24 27 inclusive will _-, ? ^ of the best In the history of """^-^2^. ' ted Confederate Veterans' as- *? i. Is assured. It Is believed w.i,.' U. ?. Food AUmlnl? in - . Baking; powder biscuits, attendance will reach 100,000 bread, muffins, brown broad, ingements are being: perfecfhd die cakes en waffles is wo tain that large number of peo- cal1 "Quick breads." You all makes 'em wld on er wheat flour -tor two cu has an interesting historical substitute flour to save a ound. A corner of the Chero- wheat dat kin be saved f< ek and Osage nations was with- widmit tZllV . V.._.i. a J, i _ ? . wld out any wheat at nil an hundred yards of the center glad to do It tor help win d< business section of the City. Dat ain't bad med'clne to ert Pike highway, and the his- to' who'* gwine tu'n up his :ark trail cross each other n*ifiack ??" breati ?r hlscu Washington Irving stopped ac 8' U82 while making, his Ameri- The Lancaster News $2.0C ~ ~ v- "" ' -* i of labor an<t lv"' w . ? he Amerlorit*, ^ ^ ^ Ived by King was flrat recelved^alona., % \ m PAflESEVFA N ON HALL 1 * ' ?> # . ' ?:; >- ? * '. - ' ? a sessions of the Confederate reunion will ba the best convention halls in the country. lt?> jelebrat- fjtm i ac=gj?P^M>g"B=?? er<1cityf * v.-r' rly his- T S'f "I m located H 1 -i I B C . I H on. All yT * 'ijT izz: 11 Was a ij :::, Misery sj vals in I I Mrs. F. M. Jones, |J bins on I Palmer, Okla., writes: ,,0 ^rn sky- U WJ " i"rom the time * en~ III 7 pi river Ifl m tered into womanhood M | its sky- I I ... I looked with dread 0 0 ment of I 0 from one month to the 0 g It pos- I next# 1 suffered with my n E cs to be 9 0 back and bearing-down 11 (9 ? t>,?Pn )! pain, until life to me was 11 j, . / r? ?w I a misery. I would think I HI |4t: re that ,, . . .. BE I s ... thofr 0 1 could not endure the I ML 3 0 pain any longer, and I . ho sur- m gradually got worse. . . IIHJI J liferent' II 0 Nothing seemed to help HI k is have I I me until, one day, ... 01 0 7 0 a new | I 0 I decided to 19 a"n,r:,|BIB TAKE 111 ?l is boon ? > PIDIMII UHIIUUI hotels,' . 44 ,ho;;:,n The Woman's Tonic 7 t (11 keeps " i tock four bottles," ' "I IJSII Mrs. Jones goes on to 0| Tnteres't 1MII My' "and W3S 0Ot ?n,y (fiM Hi Ul greatly relieved, but can yJfrJ no for I truthfully say that 1 have I I ,'W pvcts i ll " It has now been two C ^ ig prep- I years since I took Cardul, I I lJ| and I am still in good J Wj AMQ I ^ealth* 1 would ad- E "No I vise any woman or girl I _ i I to use Cardui who is a IB . I S sufferer from any female I I ^ I If you suffer pain caused III fi E from womanly trouble, or ' | R if you feel the need of adistre | H I good strengthening tonic 'I ill to build up your run-down on|C to | j III system, take the adviceui It gjil I of Mrs. Jones. TryCar- I j? II | dui. It helped her. We | I , ^ believe it will help you. I I fl g I All Druggists 11 _J | CLOSING OUT1Dp?lika, ' ? ' XT PAINTS , A grade Standard faints and will * ' ^ . SI I make special prices for the next S?.C iJ We have a full line of Highthirty days in order to close out our paint stock... \ls<, a full Hue , ' of host autoiiiohile and huggy I " " ^ quirk, this is only good to rthirly ifdays. 1 list conic, first served. lV*" Tlircc thousand dollars worth of . V^'' paint to 1m> sold in ilO days. __j /1 Bennett-Terry Coj'1 t dey 1 e cup ___ Jf OTHERS I Yr R*d"c? your doctor'* l a b,"" " A > war, . >?? h"a take, W V/Vrtiir1' ftotiyriiioi^' ; nose m hmi rv_M ii|' V't TTTT$*?eir6^^B Its er fM..Wm",!^|J|||j NEW PRICES ?30c. 60c. $1.20 ) Year * f ? ??VP?W1$G Jr* ,*jfttwkaS*