The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 15, 1918, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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I States
FRIDAY, NOV. 15, 1918. th? wa'
? the cias
German
"""go0,"
y Country 'Ti? of Th??, Sw?et Land
o' Lit^rtv." Few
~ the delu
THE K\I> OK TIIE KAIsEU. armor."
The German emperor ami King his flee
of Prussia stepped down just before !n ''f
? , . u v- i( > . tral Em
he would have been pulled down.
, tei.ng t
I! was like hanging over a preci- U)acy ()
piece by a slender thread?the fall machine
was inevitable. The Kaiser is no war upo
more. What w ill become of him. no ^ et *
far-sigh
one knows, and as to his welfare, no
would o
one cares. His own people will not on
tolerate his presence and it is doubt- him thei
ful if any neutral country will shel- inventor
ter him. If anybody was ever "be- ^,inKero
navy.
tween the devil and the deep-blue ? . ,.
' Publti
sea," that is the position of the correspr
Kaiser. No one will extend him German
the friendly hand?the finger of unsonip
scorn will forever he pointed at him
induced
and the consciousness of guilt will .
to s'gn
be ever present. j,o was
Who is to blame? William Ho- France
henzollern! fensive
Before the. bar of humanitv lie has ,1K?l'nst
discover
been adjudged guilty of the greatest _ia?
Mall III I
crime since the crucifixion, and even I Failit
though no punishment may be peior s?
meted him, the consciousness of his 'buying
guilt will torture him to the end of ' '
thought
his days upon earth. ... )V t
Following is a biographical sk.-t h wrote t
of the fallen war lord: I in whie
A dream of world dominion oh- P,-0:"'.se
sessing the mind of Kmperor Wii- on ',ul>
lian plunged the world into war wou,d 1
Upon him and the tremendous mili- Vo v'T1c
iary engine of destruction of which 'ranoe
he was the embodiment, the expon- Perhi
ent and the leader rests the rospon-' 'horitali
sibility of deliberately planning 'be Ger
and bringing about the greatest German:
war the world has ever seen. lished s
It did not matter to the world Uharles
'that the emperor's personal share German
in the swift events Immediately pre- the *>utl
ceding the war had been obscured, prince
The world convicted him of organ- blame f
izing, directing and maintaining at ^or bis
the top notch of efficiency the great a SMesi
German military machine. It re- P?'lied I
membered that he signed the order birds, v
for the German mobilization that he by the <
-?tood sponsor for the terrorism and to i
brigandage which, under the guise Knipc
of warfare, ravished Belgium, l.tid over G<
waste the cities of Prance, dep pu and tin
lated and outraged Serbia and sent man at
the Husitania with her freight of Will eln
women and children to a grave n of the
the Atlantic. man mi
Civilization will never forget that on "Tin
it was the minions of the emperor this he
who officially shot to death Kdith (lerinan
Cavell the Rnglish girl who he- the Get
friended the Belgians in Brussels hut assf
Against these his cry "I d'd not eign off!
will the war" availed as nothing, peror's
Before the bar of humanity William main,
was adjudged guilty of the greatest he declt
crime since the crucifixion. In him the pow
humanity saw the last of the auto- confinm
crats, the final Caesar. Assertions kaiser."
that he was at heart peaceful, so asserted
persistently circulated for years as stnteme
to give them the stamp of German stated ?i
propaganda, became branded as cer- officers
tainly false. He who had long pro- oners a
claimed himself the prince of peace would '
stood revealed as humanity's were ta
eeourge. and against him and all Maxii
that he represented rose the new liberal
world of democracy and freedom. 'tiler hi
Many doubt whether William was his des'
entirely sane. He said repeatedly ru'e."
that lie possessed a divine mandate Willi
to rule, that the Almighty was his noeooec
"unconditional and avowed ally." It onus of
Is not entirely clear whether simh the ent
outgivings were the prodlirt of a front tl
disordered hrnln or were due to tin- g?n he
hounded egotism and an effort to "In
Impress his subjects with the 'den of Itnss ati
reverent and unquestioning snhntis- of \ust
sion. ITis speeches to his armies in ally en
which he asserted he and fhev were tria-Hu
"Instruments of divine Judgment1 not fro
upon Germany's enemies" were re- terests
*
THE LANCA8T
by many outside of Germany but is the result of ill-wil
es of rhetoric, intended to de- for years against the stre
is own people. prosperity of the German i
iatu's claim to close affinity The emperor, despite his
od was the burden of dozens expressions of good will ft.
peeehes long before as well as ca, gave vent to his ange
le beginning of the war. Of the United States when i
perhaps, none more clearly evident no official action
his claim than his notorious taken to stop the shipment
right" speech delivered at tions and supplies to the ei
nburg in 18i*0, in which he lies, by declaring to the
regarded the German people ambassador, James W. G
esponsibiiity" confeired upon shall stand no nonsense fro
God and that it was "my ca after the war."
j increase this heritage for William's designs to spi
me day I shall be called upon man dominion in Asia foun
account. Those who try to sion in his famous visits
e with my task I shall stantinople when he was p
as protector of the Moslems
1 tnis the world saw before the world saw a cunnine
not a menace but a comedy, ward achievement of the
hed with the then Captain ambition of German domin
It. Coghlan of the United Berlin to Bagdad,
navy when, returning from Friedrich Wilhelm Vict
with Spain and telling of was born January 27, 1859
h with the commander of the came Emperor William II
squadron at Manila Bay, death of his father. Fred(
ain recited the famous poem. June 15. 1888. He came o
Iter Kaiseer." In th s the University of Bonn fully^pn
ing refrain was, in the sup- enter the school of statecraf
s words of the emperor: work in the government bu
pulls mit nie -and I m t him was early taught the routii
V1KINSEEF?Und Gott." tlcial business under the tu
statesmen realize than that the great Bismarck,
ided Emperor in his "shining At the death of his fathei
maneuvering his armies and perial throne devolved upon
ts, building up the German II. who was then but 29
system, cementing the Cen- age. Bismarck continued
ipires and Turkey, and fu>-,cellor, but, not for long,
he preaching of the supre- the great statesman had ma
f autocracy was erecting a effort to instill his young pi
that one day would make his own ideas of governr
n all civilization. diplomatic policies, the new
le world was warned by some soon found that he disagn
ted men that the Emperor his grandfather's former <
ne day bring catastrophe up- viser in many important res
nations. These men saw in 1890 the disagreement of
a and see him now as a mad men reached a crisis, a rupti
given in h s youth the most and Bismarck went. The
us of ail toys?his army and between the two men
strained for several years,
ration of the "Willy-Nicky" fore Bismarck died peace w
ndence in 1917, placed the between them,
iKtnperor In the light o- an With the passing of Bism
ulous plotter. The telegram emperor's real reign begar
rl that Emperor Will am had military man he was a sth
Emperor Nicholas of Russia efficiency, discipline and
a secret agreement to wh>h servance of etiquette to the
to force the adherence of tail. And of the details of
in the perfection of an of- components of army life and
and defensive alliance he was familiar to the
England. The treaty was point. It is related that du
ed and repudiated by a Rus- itary reviews he was able
Ili iter. flio clicrKtout lninorfo/>?irtn
ig in his attempt, the Em- equipment or training of a
>t upon himself, the task of or squadron and railed att?
England to his side against the dereliction sharply. \
and Russia. How well he principles of tuctics and nn
lie had succeeded in this too, he was thoroughly ac<
gathered from a letter he Resides being well versed
o President Wilson in 1 14 matters, the emperor was t
h he said King George had ly familiar with naval affa
d Prince Henry of Press a, ing a technical mastery of
2'.t. lb 14, that England tails that go to make up
-emain neutral in a war in- ciency of a fleet. Study
the Central Powers with problems was one of his pet
and Russia. tions. ills influence was p
tps the most direct and au- fostering the development
ive of the accusations against man commerce, art and scir
man Emperor and tin* Pan- Interference In these affairs
s are contained in the pub- as in statecraft often eml
ecret memorandum of Prince German leaders and evok
Max Liohnowsky. who was them admonitions to leave d
ambassador at London at *? ^'8 chancellors,
break of hostilities. The In everything he was des<
unequivocally placed the thorough and. withal, on
or the war on Germany, and hardest workers in the enip
frankness was imprisoned in rising hour was 6 o'clock si
an chateau, permanently ex- a long day's hard work, w
from the Prussian house of quently extended well 1
vhirh action was sanctioned night, followed. Stated ho
miperor, and. finally, was ex- devoted to the task of i
Switzerland. himself on the progress of ?
;ror William's domination ',on,e and abroad through
.11..1 of the nrineinal German am
i iii4i ii niairniiiru, u i|imj iii?i t ? * *?
high command *?i" the Gor- newspapers,
my was emphasized hy Dr Before the war Emperor
t Much Ion, a former director often professed friend lit
Krupp works, tlie sp-eat Her- America. He encountered t
tuitions factory, in ltis book dation of exchange profe
? Devastation of Europe." In hy which prominent Genua
not only laid the blame upon tors visited this country
y for bad faith and criticized tured in the colleges het
man army for its brutality American professors simila
>rted that in the German for- 'hairs in German institui
ice "only he who did ti e em- learning.
bidding was allowed to re- He was an enthusiastic y;
They could not do better," and despite his withered
ired. "because of the charter, able to take personal com
?-er, the vacillation of and his racing yachts, and s
ed Interference by the with considerable success.
It was Dr. Muehlon who niuch time at his palatial
I the authenticity of the lodges and is reputed to h
nt that Emperor William the champion hunter in tl
it a meeting of German army 1? the point of game killed
that he had plenty of pris- stated that the emperor h;
nd that he hoped the officers 61.730 pieces of game, m
iee that no more prisoners 4,000 of which were Rtags.
ken. | He was a great reader?
rnillian Harden, a German vate library in the Imperi
leader, declared the Oermr n at Berlin before the war wa
rought on the war becnu e of inir one of the most interot
re "for something like world lections of books in the w<
posed as a dictator in mus
am often proclaimed h s in- ing, poetry and acting.
. and endeavored to put the At one time it was annou
the war on the shoulders of he had composed the librc
ente allies. In his speech ballet to be given in celeb
te throne after the war be- his blrthdav. A private
said: ance of one of his musical
pursuiticr ils Interests the Raid to have been piven In
i empire stepped in the way dam palace without notal
ria-Ilunpary. Our duty as an upon the musical world,
lied us to the s'de of Aus- rhysleally unimoresslve
npary. The situation arose short and inclined to st*
r.. temporary conflicts of in- William was fond of heln
or diplomatic combinations praphed while striking a
ER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C.
1 existing posture, though taking good care to J ~"""
ngth and veil the deformity of his left arm,|
empire." >a disfigurement with which he was
previous born, and of which he was extreme-i
>r Ameri- ly sensitive. He blamed his English,
r against mother for living a life of self-indul-i StateilH1
t became gence and cursed her repeatedly as
would be being responsible for his deformity. D
of muni-1 No description of the emperor's J ftC Dtll
ntente al- personal appearance will be com?|
American plete without mention of his full, Located tit L?inc?l>
erard, "I, bristling mustache. His photo-: ness
m Ameri-i graphs, which he distributed with a
lavish hand, showed it with endsj j
ead Ger-( twirled up at belligerent angles. | in*,
d expres-, He married Augusta Victoria, old- Loans ailtl I 1SC0UI
to Con- est daughter of Grand Duke Fred-' Overdrafts.... . .
roclaimed erick of Schleswig-HoUtein-Somler- Bonds and tocks
In this burg- Augustenburg, on February I4 urniture and l>
step to- 27. 1881. They had six sons and one Banking House.
Geramn daughter, of whom the Crown Prince Other Real Lstati
Ion from Frederick is the eldest. With the DU6 from Banks ?
irown prince, his father clashed fre-j Currency
or Albert quently and on one occasion virtually Gold " '
. and he- exiled young Frederick to Dantzig. Silver and Other .
[ on the but soon recalled him and restored Checks and ( ash
srick III, him to favor.
ut of the German mothers who wrote to thei Total
spared to emperor of the deaths of their sons
t. Set to killed in battle elicited from him no I
reaus, he word of sympathy. He regarded, Capital Stock Paid
le of of- their deaths as "glorious." Yet his Surplus Fund.
teiage of own six sons, though holding high Undivided Profits,
j commands, were so protected that penses and Taxt
\ the im-jthe imperial family stood practically Due to Hanks ant
William alone in all Germany in warding off Dividends Unpaid,
years of the clutches of death. Individual Deposit
as rhan*! - ject to Check. .
Though Savings Deposits
de every scissons axi? pastk. , Time Certificates
w,tV ' posit
nent and Murderers to Ik* Handed Over. I Cashier's Checks
enipeioi. (Charlotte Observer.)
eed with, will be interesting to know what' Notes and Hills R(
doee ad-^ j8 tQ done in the case of Germans| Other Diabilit
ipects. In who were guj|ty of alroci||es during Reserve for Taxes
the two war. The suggestion by Fied- Reserve for Accn
are canie erjcjj Edward Smith, the British at- Time Deposits.,
relations; , ?
. Itorney general for the organization
remained . , TVd..!
. , . of allied representatives, constituted i oi.u
but be-1
... a*. both civil and military author!-!
as made *
ties, to try these parties and punish STATE OF SOUT
isrck the them- 8tni,es one vexed <i"?'*'i<?n to County of Lar
? the satisfaction of the American .. 1
As n . . , . .. , i Before me came
r.L-i?,- f/.n mind. It indicates that these male- .. . ,
rkiei for (be ahove named
no ni? factors are not to go scot Iree, hut ,u , i
, . ' savs that the abov
! ?< de-|,hi,t d'mand bt" made """" < er- true condit ion of ,
all these "'? ?' "> ' ",e,r surrender Into allied ,|0<lks ()f sai(, ban]
training Power, just as was arranged with
sma'lest Turkey. That we are going to have c . 1
ring mil- a f8* court martials and an attend- , ? *"?( Sl
to de'ect ant train of subsequent proceedings T>io\ otllliLI,
in the now seems pretty well assured.
regiment Porrppt Atto^t *
,nt|on to "Salaried" Man Hit Hardest. I orrett Attest .
Vith the (Spartanburg Journal.) \V A T)I )Y C T
A.ncuvers.1 An interesting discussion has been . " . ' ,
juainted. taken up by some employers, in eon-: * . j
in army nection with increasing the remunhorough
oration of their employes, so that
Irs, hav- these employes may cope with the!
the de- increased cost of living. Some of I????????
the efft- 'ho largest business houses in t h??
of naval north, after making a eareful surve; j beautifully and even more i
oceupa- of the increased cost in all direc-;than the Germans. The chit
lotent in tions, have determined to advance; culty with them, however,
of tier- salaries in all departments approxi-j they are too Qintsy to withsta
>nce. His matety 40 per rent. | rough handling of our stun
as well The most interesting feature In j rampageous children. Also, tl
jarratsed connection with the discussion is'are not put together stoutly i
;ed from that or who has suffered the most as'to stand our climate, in whic
Iplomacy a result of the higher prices, the shrink or warp and crack.
| man on a wage or the man on a sal- Rot no more "toys" fr<
crlbed as ary. Figures are said to show that Huns! A poet in the New
e of the, the salaried employe is hearing thei Times imagines the toys t
Ire. His heavier burden because the demand) been sent for the children mi
tiarp and for manual labor created by the war by the Huns, and writes:
hich fre- has had the effect of materially boost' ,,,. . . , . . , , , ..
. ,. , , What should they do with the
nto the mg wages, while this reckoning will .. ... , .... ,
... i . . . . . I Those dimpled hands, so still 1;
urs were not hold good 'n a majority of the .. ?
tilG WaVCS?
nforming salaried employes' cases. ' . ,, ' .
jvents at * .These gifts come lagginglv;
fending "Toys" From the Huns. ?????
1 foreign . (Columbia State.) ~
Th? people of this country shud
Will ani (joro(j (hp other day when a ship
ies8 ^or turned up in Host on harbor with a
^ cargo of children's toys "made in
ilpS (>rm!,ny
It mattered little that 1 lio toys H Ll
and l? r wo,.r, ,.nrvr(j an,i pasted together, In
e while
... . Nuernburg or other places in wh it, . . . .
' 5 '' ' ' onee was "Toyland," before we were I I * I \ 111J4 tliss??l\rtl j >;
lions of , , , . ,
forced Into the war by the ruthless- . .. , . ,
ness and murderous praeticea of C.er-' ln?V\ >1 < > 1111 < 1 ill till
achtsman ...
many. The playthings came from ., .. . .
""" ,w" the cities ?f the Httns. -hev were ""t"'1 ?">'
mand of
n .i. .manufactured by hands kindred to , ai
aM them ' 1ICSS 111 t lie liaillC ot
He spent ,'10Re t*iat fashioned bombs and
hunting P?*son Kaa an(l other deviltries, and t
ave been ,hoy wftrfi ah,PPod to ,ho children of! I1T 11 TO
lie world ATtier,oa aftor many children had U I AVl
It was 1)00,1 ni,,r(ferp^ on the Lusltanla. ) ff He 1 CI J
ad killed No other cargo from Cermany
ore than for one of the countries against
I which she is making lawl?"s v i -Villi Ulll lie plt'HSCll
?.?? could have heen charged with such ........ l : i e.
-his pri-1 same? liiLrli <ni<i 111 v
-i sinister suggestion or could have ^ 1
it 1 pel ?l?:P
ts hecom- sHrrod ?"rh hl,,ftr moniorioa The Hrlllictt-Tci TV Co.
itlng col- Nuns could have added horror to
?rld Me Nio Incident hy sending th" ship of ill toWll.
1c paint- 'oy 'nfn a Belgian port for the dead
innocents of that country. j. w
need that The shudder over the thing wilt J
?ttn of n result In ultimate harm to Germany wlltTC 111* will 111* pi
ration of ni1d benefit to this country, for
perform- America has already begun to make Mill and settle tlleil"
efforts is k*r own toys for her own children,
the Pots- We should have been doing this long
>le effect since, but, as in many other things, |
the linns had the start, and we left; |YT w* fsm V m
-he was;to them the ''right of way." lAf Rk Mil
mtness -l What ever become of the suggeH-1 f f # 4 * |f |j|t||
g photo-!t<on that Japan send over shiploads!
military of toys? The Japanese make toys L??
PIP ? 1 'VI ;u m
FRIDAY, NOV. 15, 1918.
Hank No. 33.
nt of the Condition of
ik of Lancaster
iter, S. C., at the close of busiNovember
1st, 1918.
RESOURCES.
its $674,326.46
11,627.75
Owned by the Bank 95,860.00
;tures 1,000.00
6,042.18
i Owned 3,500.00
ind Bankers 213,716.88
rtO ArtArt
.60,000 .VVJ
2,735.00
Minor Coin 2,921.20
Items 10,613.59
$1,050,379.03
J ABILITIES.
I in $ 50,000.00
100,000.00
less Current Ex?s
Paid 37,368.50
I Bankers 400.66
100.00
s Sub....
$549,376.83
. . . . 137,707.95
of I)e.
.. 108.760.34
. . . . 9.819.39 805,664.51
'discounted 45,000.00
ies, viz.:
3,500.00
jed Interest on
8,345.39
$1,050,379.06
II CAROLINA,
icaster?ss.
Geo. W. Williams, Cashier of
bank, who, being duly sworn,
e and foregoing statement is a
said bank, as shown by the
<.
GEO. W. WILLIAMS,
lbscribed before me this 9th
1918.
II. T. CANNON,
Notary Public, S. C.
NGS,
umicnv
xmiV. '
Proctors.
iicaply seen graves
f ditli- Lie now the laughing girls, the marls
that ry boys;
nd tho They, all unknowing, went to meet
ly and their fate
lie toys With childish hearts elate:
enough And now?too late?
h they The hands that wrought their ruin
send them?-toys!
mi tho
York Kx press Men Strike,
o have T,,e strike of the express men
lrdered reached Lancaster Wednesday and
no express was received at the loca!
office for two days. On account of
toys? the tie-up no films were received by
leneath the local picture show and no show
was given yesterday. The men aro
in tin- back on the Job today. ^
...THE...
t- Terry Co.
irtnership, Mr. \V. II. Tcrrv will
Springs Block on Main Street,
al, where he will continue lmsiry's
Cash Grocery
V.
t to serve his customers with the
of merchandise that made ihe
the most popular (irocery Store
ill he found at the old stand
t<i li'n'i. rlii" * -
vw .... , , lin n riiMlilllCI S
accounts with the firm.
Ivcspcct fully,
IETT W.H. TERRY