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TUESDAY, NOV. 12, 1918. | prot
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My Country 'Tia of Thoo, Sweet Land ate
of LiKerty."
================================== is tl
THE END HAS <X?1K. B*ni
The abdication of the Kaiser nave Sum
rise to the belief that President Wil- Stat
sons terms would be fully met with- rlier
. In the stipulated time, and so, l?e- serv
fore the end of the 7 2 hours given P?rs
<by Marshal Foch for an answer, the Tl
answer came with the full meaning on '
of the end of the war. did
The end has come. sent
There are, of course, many details h'ns
yet to be worked out, there is much se">
to be done before we can settle '
,, .... nert
uumi IU ycm o CUUU11IUI18 iis i ory ex- j
isted before the German war lord
dreamed that he ought to rule the
world, and it will he a long time he-!
I prog
fore conditions will be the same. |
"But Peace reigns over the world! i'?
Sum
The United States has sent more;
' news
than 2,000.000 men overseas and!
, Frai
their welfare and safe return to the
homes they left when the call came'
_ I mor
for men to destroy Prussiamsmj
that Liberty and freedom may live.j
i one
is a huge task. Doubtless the be-j
(1 lie
ginning of their return, while anti-,
' The
cipated, has not yet been planned and
' kind
after a beginning is made many
' pa p?
months will be required to trans-1
seen
|port them. Perhaps the first to go;
aim*
across will be returned first, and
' to L
possibly some of the men now in
Sund
camps will be sent over to do garIt
rison work and help to rebuild the!
city,
devastated Belgium and portions oft
, son
r ranee.
does'
It was "big news' that came yes |
subjf
terday announcing the signing of
the armistice. Had it been carried i
simultaneously into every home in
the United States from which a boy I
has gone to the front, it would have! fipi
occasioned the greatest celebration p
ever known. While it had been oxpected
momentarily for days, it was, ?e=
the biggest news ever Mashed over g?
?srj
the wires. ar
It meant the end of the greatest f
war in history and VICTORY for
the allies. ?
N
PHKMATl ItK XENVS.
The dispatch sent out by the
United Press Thursday afternoon; In
announcing the signing of the armis- from
tice bv the allies and Oermany ap- l'"' f
a ni|
parently was sent in good faith. li
, uger
leally was inconceivable from the ton,
first that a big news agency had de- open
liberately faked the news and th? |nu'ui
explanation has been made that the <a,u*
Seve:
information was offieia'ly given to t,nfjn
Roy W. Howard, president of the.men(
United Press, who is in France, by cninj
Rear Admiral Wilson, commanding i not ''
- j ('ros;
the American fleet in French wai/.at
ii
ters, and Admiral Wilson says in a (j)e
statement which he isseud the fol- niou:
lowing day that the United Press cd, I
acted in good faith and was in no- Ine("
, . I Sl,m'
ffino u; iMiVllir. rt <1 111(11 MT III I Ml
S p 10!
a short while after Howard sent the j{e(j
cablegram to the New York office of to af
the United Press, Admiral Wilson Kani:
found that tho statement could not ir'~
tronj
be confirmed and so notified How-. wjj j"
ard. Howard then filed another Sprj
cablegram "killing" the previous an-,
nouncoment, and this dispatch wa.j j |.
n#t received by the New York office ft on
of the United Press. ! Pro( l
I A 3 f '
Jtist w hy the latter message was i
secui
not delivered has not been determ- j ajlaw
Ined and thore is a hint in some of(and*
T . , ... . jjmmii iHi^p in IJSPSPI' w>
THE LANCi
papers served by the United Vr'ley. Remember th<
?s that something sensational iP&ckets must be inspect
* <4 ? i wr i? ... ?d from the Red Crosi
' come ot it. Admiral Wilson
vember 20th.
le the following statement, which
wired to The News Friday af- Priday three boxe8 ,
oon but reached it too late for from the workroom to d
lication: quarters, two of whic
Tlje statement of the United hospital supplies, bed
... , .. . , jamas, operating leggim
5s relative to the signing of an
garments. The other v
istice was made public from my cage OQ a 8urgical dre81
o on the basis of what appeared irrigation pads.
>e official authoritative infornia
I am iu position to know that The chapter has been
United Press and its represents- 'otment of 4 00 hospital
, . , , ... , for the convalescent
* acted in perfect good faith and ,,
I- ranee. These books i
the premature announcement one short 8tory 8evera
the result of an error lor which and amusing pictures.
agency is in no wise responsible." WU1 are asked to assist
I,,? v??.c tha IT..it,4,1 order. The chairman
inittee is anxious to get
? for a short time merely to be ,et8 off by the end Qf Q|
eoted when the "big news" _____
ks and it is not likely that the Sunday the chatrmai
ice will be continued for any communication from A1
th of time, though the fact thai th'U all work on surgi<
. ... be discontinued at once
United Press sent out the anter
is asked to hold the
acement of the signing of the ar- ham, eyon thoURh the,
ice prematurely does not oper- nn allotment. The Red
against the organization, which houses are filled witl
lie largest news distributing or- fReiont. they hope, ur
.of the war.
ization serving afternoon and . ...
This letter urged thai
Jay morning papers In the United dresslnK workers assist
es. It has more afternoon of refugee garment all<
its than the Associated Press and poor little children of
es many of the leading newspa- a'? 'n great ne
, , er clothing for the wlnt
in the large cities. , ,.
ready severe over ther
he News does not feel called up- rea80n lt ,8 urKe(1 the
to defend the United Press. It these garments be coi
not print the bulletin which was shipped at once. Tin
out Thursday, and therefore. w?rkroom will be open
morning and afternoon
no explanation to make for it- . , . ,.
pose of making these i
and this is printed merely that garments.
public may have the facts in con
ion with the matter. GYPSY SMITH TAI
TO GREAT
A POOR SFRVICK.
is shameful that Lancaster, a (Continued From Pa
ressive and .important city, has! maJn ,ong enouRht ,f t
letter mail service than it lias.) .nlice Germany, to colic
lay. when all the world awaited reimburse Belgium a
* from the scenes of action in 'hirty thousand Anieric
ice. no papers came to Lancaster not walt for ,ho declara
j but crossed the border
! eleven o'clock. The earlv' . , . .
and joined the forces un
ning train does not carry mail j8ji flag. Think of
iiuuiiv?jusi wny 11 hops noi, no] isniisn casu
seems to know and thp train|:n'"'on 'M
? ' than one hoy for every
at 10:17 was considerably late.; , ......
spoke of Britain s work
Charlotte Observer has some' f hor navv and thc tra
of arrangement for bringing its J many of our ow n me
rs In the baggage ear. but it France. lie said that
is they are left in Rock Hill! mlllion n,Gn had boGn tn
Britain's navy and onlj
st as often as they are brought I
incaster. Such was the eas^
yffiififfiLSifibHifiH
looks like ignoring a thrif v J j
but if there is some good rea- J j
why the early morning train J j B Jl
i't carry mail. The News stands J J
>ct to correction. ^ l H H ?
i i A W
ED CROSS | <
11 Contribute
| ] Wotnet
nTFQ BV LOCAL gj
^ CHAPTEK bn
|
a recent letter to tlie chairman'
Mr. K. It. Black, manager of j gl An opportune t
loutliern division with a copy "I - J (iuction. Bcautii
pit letter from the general man-it J in lovely shades (
01 the war council in Washi. g nierly $59.50 redi
Mr. George K. Scott the co- UC
ition of lted Cross chapters and J - Tailored Suits
hers with the United War Work r3 and PoplillS. All
laign now on, in support of the - 1 duced t()
n recreational organizations " X
rsed by the national govern- t ?
was urged. During this L _
laign the Red Cross council will | II
authorize any campaign for Red r J 1 j
s funds for the national orgar.-j?J
on. Though tlie demands upo.i, . J
American Red Cross are enot-i" 1 The season is J
9 and more than ever anticipa:-11 room tor Holiday
the organization is for the im- j? f stock at greatly I
ate present in possession of (? J
lent funds, the result of the rU Rpaiitiful Patti
ur,
idle! drive in the spring. Ail?i.
Cross workers then are urged |
isfst in raising funds for the < r- I Handsome Tail
nation responsible tor prov d- ? now. . . . , . . . .
recreational facilities foi the ? J
?s. To balance this united drive y J ??-??????
tie the I!ed Cross drive in the LS~1
' ? :j Unti
eryone with a Christmas label J
a soldier in France Is urged to La All Untrimmed
ire the Christinas box at once. ? dliced. A large
..|n.i }-ofr>-o boxes may ''?i? n
ed at the Heath Springs. Ker- f ] ''
and Lancaster Hed Cross rooms III
from Mrs. Potts, of Pleasant |Dl~n~fljCTJ-iiLliji
LSTER NEWS, LANCASTER, 8. C.
8 Christmps over four thousand had been lost by
ed and mall- enemy attack.
s before No- The speaker drifted into the Y. M. !
IC. A. and Y. W. C. A. work among '
1 the soldiers, he having himself spent
were shipped more than two years with them in j
livision head- the trenches and at the front, and (
h contained he said that lOitglantl and France:
shirts, 'pa- asked us to bring the Y. M. C. A.
i, and under- men over. "Should we have answer-1
ras the third ed, no?" he said, and the audience J ^0
ling order of in one voice said we ought to have
gone. "Now we need your money,"
Mr. Smith said, "to pay the running
given an al- expenses of the German army, for
story books we surely have them running." The
soldiers in demobilation, said the speaker, may
must contain raean demoralization and there Is |
1 good jokes nior? need now for the services of, * 11
Any who *be ??v?p organizations which are:
in filling this banded together in the war wotkj ^
of the com- than ever before. The boys are;
these book- homesick, far from home)
ext week. and idleness is frought with| ^
many dangers. Where we had ^
_ ? ? one hut before we will now ^ ^
a received a
need two. He called the people who
.lanta asking v <
cal dressings re'use to contribute on account of
The chap 'ac'< ?ymPathy with a particular
dressings on or*anlzation in the' group, "insectaf
be part of rians " He 8a,d he knew no differ" Ca
~ ? ence between the boys and that q..
Cross ware- . _ oil
i dressings taere ,8 no difference in the sight of jjr
itll the close ?od "If you won,t Rive to the
, boys who have been dying for you.
t all surgical WOUI"i?d ,<lr you- <W?K for you. Di
In thn lining y?" "re not "?r,h ncMlnl: "" " In,
He took a vote on the question: Are
Jtments. The A. . . ...
France and I h?y WOrth 8aPPortinK. aud evcO- Sa
, , hand In the audience was raised. nr.>ed
of warm- .. . . . ill
.... . He said he was trying to get into the
er that Is al- . , . . .
t-. aw. people s pockets and made no bones ^
e. For this ' lA Al_ . ? . ? Ca
? A of it. "The other day, he said, a
allotment or, A ,. .......
. . . . farmer told me that he had just VT
iirpletod ana . . . . . . ' . Nc
_ given?had just been milked that
e Lancaster . . . , ,. .. ,
. morning, and I told the farmer that 0
?very nay rv?
' every good cow had to be milked rfor
the pur- . . ,,,,?? , . .. . , . Re
twice a day." He spoke of the high ,
nuch needed . ... . , .
prices the farmer is receiving for his
t products and said he knew what ,
cotton was selling for and what corn
?KS was selling for.
CROWDS smith told of an ine'dent
. when a crowd of soldiers, wet and
^ <r0 ( ) II O r
muddy, just back from the trenches.
, , were waiting at a canteen presided tu.
liev have to . .... tn<
ovpr hy some ladies, wlio were set>(
i money to ting ready as fast as they could to
nd Franco. j,an^ 0ut coffee, when some one |)0|
an boys did aj0pp0fj them and said, "stop, let's
ition of war, i,nve n WOrd for Jesus," and one of ,
to ( an.ida (jye 80](i|era told him: "Governor. , '
der the Itrit- puts Jesus in the coffee." Mr. '
this sum, smith said the hoys were not crowd-j
alties, one^jnK that those in the rear, as the j
tried, niore j onps jn frnnt were being serve?T, j
home. U?, were singing: '
in the war, j
importing of "What's the use of worrying,
11 safely to j It's never was worth while,
twenty-three So. pack up your duds in your old;
iimported by , kit-bap:,
t a fraction And smile, smile, smile." j
binson-Cl
LANCASTER'S LEADING
to the United War Work Fum
diers in comfort and cheer unt
i's Fine Tailored l
SUITS sS
ime to buy a fine tailored suit at a re- Wo me
ul Silvertone and Chiffon Broadcloths I(>"
)f Blue, Brown, Plum; also Black. For- Priced
iced to $.'16.75 __
of French Serge and Fine Gabardines ?
desirable colors. Formerly $37.50 re
$28.50
_______________ "Fov
with n<
MILLINERY ..Fot
Taupe.
growing short and in order to make
GoodJT we will oirer our entire Millinery Chan
reduced prices. with bl
Bin Hats formerly sold at $12.50 now
$6.75 i
lored Hats formerly $8.50 and $10.00 J
$5.50 and $6.25 _,r
vY on
???????????????? ural YV
rimmed Shapes c y?
i 1 rti n ? ?
onapes ana uniiaren'8 iiats greatly re- Worn
selection of Women's Fine Mourning dels, al
iiiiifi^tRfitfHJiLfiLnLniiiLnuiifiLriLnLnLninLninirii
TUESDAY, NOV. 12, 1918.
40
Bank No. 33.
Statement of the Condition of
The Bank of Lancaster
seated at Lancaster, S. C., at the close of business
November 1st, 1918.
RESOURCES.
ans and Discounts $674,326.46
erdrafts 11,627.75
>nds and Stocks Owned by the Bank 95,860.00
irniture and Fixtures 1,000.00
inking House 6,042.18
her Real Estate Owned 3,500.00
le from Banks and Bankers 213,716.88
irrency 28,036.00
Id 2,735.00
ver and Other Minor Coin 2,921.20
leeks and Cash Items 10,613.59
Total $1,050,379.06
LIABILITIES.
.pitcil Stock Paid in $ 50,000.00
rplus Fund 100,000.00
idivided Profits, less Current Expenses
and Taxes Paid 37,368.50
le to Banks and Bankers 400.66
vidends Unpaid 100.00
dividual Deposits Subject
to Check $549,376.83
vinjrs Deposits .. .. 137,707.95me
Certificates of Deposit.
108,760.34
shier's Checks .. . . 9,819.39 805,664.51
>tes and Tills Rediscounted 45,000.00
Other Liabilities, viz.:
iserve for Taxes 8,500.00
serve for Accrued Interest on
Time Deposits 8,345.39
Total $1,050,379.06
ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Lancaster?ss.
Before me came Geo. W. Williams, Cashier of
3 above named bank, who, bein^ duly sworn,
ps that the above and foregoing statement is a
le condition of said bank, as shown by the
oks of said bank.
GEO. W. WILLIAMS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th
v of November, 1918.
H. T. CANNON.
Notary Public, S. C.
rreot Attest:
LEROY SPRINGS,
WADDY f. THOMSON,
R. L. CRAWFORD.
Directors.
loud Co. I
1 STORE |}
I US' - v !l
yuit/U V\* f f ?*IU
i. iveep our victorious sol- jfi
II they come home |j
Vomen's Serge Suits j]
lack and Navy. We ollVr exceptional values in [ f
suits. Good workmanship and stylish models. ? ?
ly priced l'or quick selling at . .$12.50 and $14.75 f 1
n's Poplin and Serge Suits. Splendid material and I .
able colors, either plain or tailored. Others with [ '
dollars and Buttons to add attractiveness. [ 3
at $19.75, $22.50 and $26.50 r ]
5f5
Women's Kid Gloves jj
/ne's" French Kid Gloves in all Black; also Black | 1
ovelty white stitching. All sizes, 51-2 to 8 | 1
$1.75, $2.00 and $2.50 (I
/ne's" French Kid Gloves in Brown, Grey, Tan and I j
RvPollonf /.i*nlU.. ~
$2.00 and $2.50 IE
lUt French Kid Gloves in all White and White | ]
lack stitching; also desirable suit shades. * ]
$2.00 and $2.25 Pair { j
Rich, Luxurious Furs {j
jen's Whole Animal Neck Pieces in Fox and Nat- J
olf. Lovely shades of Brown. * ]
$17.50, $25.00, $.15.00 and to $75.00 \ J
nd Taupe Animal Neck Pieces, Large sizes. |
$12.50, $16.50 and $20.00 { j
en's Plush Stoles and Capes, very becoming mo- ?
II richly lined in Black Beaver and Gray. ?
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