The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 19, 1918, Image 1
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A LIVE TOWN
68TH YEAR. NO. X
NIGHT SCHOOL WILL
OPEN MONDAY NEX
Mrs. Riddle an.d Other Teachers
City Sc"ools Will Have
Charge.
NO TUITION IS CHARGED
The School Will Be Conducted
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesd
or Thursday Night of Each Week
(By JOE K. CONNORS.)
A night school for all I-nncuster p<
j'le 14 years of age and over will
opened here next Monday night in t
cotton mill school. Mrs. H. R. R
die lias been ap|H>inte<l by the clia
man of- night schools as county cln
man for I Lancaster county. Togetl
with other teachers of the Lancaei
vlioola, Mrs. Riddle will meet all p
eons of fourteen years and over <
sirous of taking advantage of this fi
course of instruction at the mill ecln
Mon lay night, November 25, at
o'dlock and classes will be i:nmediat<
organized and all preliminary arranj
meats made fur the beginning Tueed
night of regular class room work. T
school will be conducted regulai
monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Tliuisday nights of each week tnrouj
out the mouiths of November and I
cenilur and until further notice. I
exact hour for eucli - meeting, tile sc<
of work to be pursued during the p
grcss of the school, etc., will be i
liounced by Mrs. Riddle Monday ni,.
Teaching s'Iiom all Oay and for s.
era I hours three .light- ,n the w.
Will IiroM' a n exceed ne'i .Ireniio
job for miv ton her. however fai'h
and energetic she may b in tlie pi
nuance of Iter |>edagogical ambition n
tliis work at night, especially, will t
tlie strength ami cntluraiicc of all 1
leathers in charge, though for the en
of those whose education in their eai
days htu> been neglected anil for t
better educational progress and pr
Jierity of the I am caster folks general
your teachers here are very willing
tnak" the sacrifice and do the lx-nt tl
ran . .* you, and it is hoped that
the n..d people and all others as w
id' tii' i n will manifest | rofound
tore^t, in the night school and give
their endorsement and siip|x
throughout
So fnr as is now known the "teach
will rc-eive no pecuniary com pc neati
for their work. As to tin* prospect
fctudents for the night school, it is p:
ticularly desiral !c. and it is urged
your government. that all army rog
tran'.s not yet drafted who a if una
to read and write will he all men
present theinevlves for enrollment
the school Monday night. I 'ncle St
Is taking the Ix-st of care of the e<
utionnl hi' the b'?v 'ever thei
and in the ramps of America, but I
the illiterates 011 the outside he is t
gecting the schools, especial v the nit
cliools. as liest thev can to siiimlv 1
deficiency m tlie* educational status
lie Amrrknn army registrant and |
triot.
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NO DEPRIVATION TO GIVE
SOME FOOD TO GERMAT
<'hi? Supply Most Pressing X?
Without Kntailing Shortage
Among Allies.
London, Nov. 18.?Sir Albert
Stanley, presdent of the board
trade, announced that the first st<
had been taken to relax prohibit!
on imports and exports.
The Daily Express is officially
fonned that the arrangeme^s bei
made to supply the German' peop
most pressing need for food will r
entail sh ?rtages for the allied i
tlons. Germany has already nis
known her immediate wants, and t
in'o DMed food council will dec:
what supplies should be alloted.
One of Germany's requests is :
fish. Great lit itain will be able
supply large quantities of herrir
and other pickled fish without i
privation to herself.
*
Owitur to the tin t that mam li t
not yet received their labels. tin- tii
for sending off < hri>tmas packets
soldiers in Kram-e lu?- 1 ?*?*ii vvtrnilnl
Xovemlxr Kith. lint those having t
now arc ur^ed to present thorn
Red Croaa headquarters so that tin
boxes may Ik* **ent off' at once and
rush at the end of the month
voided.
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SEMI-WEEKLY. LANC
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7 J. T. Fain, of the Roc
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*ay able to appear at all
riy of his linotype machii
to Rock Hill last nigh
the type for this issue
the management of 1
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llnr, COTTON GROWERS WISH !ni?M|
REGULATIONS RELAXED!t^LiliI'
the I ? - -
k. RAJ
rjv Southern .Senators nn?l Represent!!the
tatives Are Working For ? Free
Distribution <>l ( oft to. Orders
1*.
"'.v Washington, Nov. 18.?Son tors
11" and representatives from the cotton
growing states and members of the BACK
cotton slates advisory marketing
,l hoard at a meeting here named com- Some ol
l,rt mittees to confer with government contin
agencies with a view to securing re- qu,
its taxation of regulations affecting the
ion distribution of cotton. A letter also!
ive was written to President Wilson
itr- calling his attention to conditions in - \-11i
I?y tlie cotton industry and asking his
is- aid in the efforts to move tho accu-|"' !0"'
hie lated stocks in tlie south. -hipping
his Senator Smith, of Georgia, who Hl
in called the conference, announced af- '"r
mi ter the meeting that sub-committees.''"" u"
in- were appointed to take up with the "" 1
re" war trade and war industries boards' 0 j'1'1,1 1
for the matter of a more liberal lieens-' w" 'lont
x- ing system for cotton shipments l>r,'x,OUH
rlit abroad, while another committee was a,M>ar'l
lie named to ask the shipping board to ' ,ai"''S4'1
of supply additional tonnage for this,' :,'Xv'a"
m- traffic.
Those attending tlie conference
said that because of restrictions
placed fui the export of cotton the a* "
market has become stagnant while ' " *^,IU
^ immense stocks are accumulating in
the southern states. These stocks '""V
. now are approximately 500.000 '
liales in excess of those on hand this
. , . . tin, aiin
time last year, they said.
__ ^ war depi
COTTON SHIPMENTS TO
*uu#e tii
H SPAIN UNpER NEW RULE ,,i ,.n?i
(,f ' : | war wh<
issued w
*>H War Trade Board Announces New . .. ...
civil lit*
on
Proceedure for Kxportcrs of Stn- when tli
in- He to Follow . I ab;M.,,1 :t!"
i liglitn
injfV an
'ea Washington, Nov. 18.?New pro- ij/,.,| n?
,ot cedure for the shipment of raw cot- eommuni
il" ton to Spain was announced by the niake n<
l(1? war trade board. I'nder the new fl,>t ,r,v
,,e! ruling a statement will be furnished appears
the board of the quantity of cotton ||,,w of
I which each spinner or consumer 111 tide Ik-i'i
f?r| Spain is to receive of the li)5,OOo(
bales to be licensed by the I'nitcd Synic
1 Ks | States for three months commencing that
1?- j September 1. and during each three j? ,ulvai
months thereafter.' 'mcnt. i
After the imports have been deter- tlie lipl
vc mined by the board, the spinner or j, conine
oe consumer may purchase cotton eith- ,,, o
u> er oireruy ironi me exporter in the jt |,?s
to United States or thrort(U> the Span- f,,r sji
In- Ish importer. Knphtnd
at " (Sunset)
L-ir \sknowlcdce?nent of a lx?x of pa* H(, it w<
a iamas recently shipped to headquarters ?
la* lias lieen reeeived. The ra.se was rated
"A," correct in every r?**peet. (<
JNCASTE1
:ASTER, S. C.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 19
iders of The News
>gizes for the small quantity o
ue to a breakdown in our lino
h could not be repaired in Lan
rom the Mergenthaler factory *i
/e hope to get the machine goin;
Friday's paper, or at least, nex
the meantime, we ask our read
id no issue of the paper will b
andard may fall a little low fo
t is due to the courtesy of Edito
:k Hill Herald, that the paper i
today. Mr. Fain tendered on
nes to us and our operator wen
it, and by working all night, se
!. It is unnecessary to say tha
rhe News highly appreciates Mi
OBILIZATION AS vr=D^T<
}1D AS POSSIBLE
?i |hts to Observe It; t'i
Issued Will Release .Makes Statement.
Daily From the Home
Camps. Washington. Nirv. 18.?
the voluntary censorship acrt
FROM FRANCE, TOO ^lie newspapers, George Cree
. man of the committee on pi
f the Camps Wiil Be Dis- formation, issued a stiiteme
utd as Men Aie Mustered expressing appreciation ol
and Some Will tie Mam- rat|,,n ?l ,h" Patriotic
ol tin press during the wt
Creel's statement follows:
"It has iieen agreed that
agtoii, Nov. 1.8. Arrangements no fU|||,er necessity for the
fiiiu Inline the troop* in France t;o;i ()f tho volunteer censors
g worked otii rapidly from a (|P1. VVhi. n ih? ........ <
- ?? * |#I lliin j
point of view, tin' shipping front the enemy the niilita
iiounced today, hi issuing a call r,og p]ang an(, lroop movon
? eoluntecrs t.. man the ships (he United St;iU.s. The ag]
I lie used for that purpose. may Pon8idered a8 no Ioil^
mm ween Is and do will he ac- jng and (jje rar,j carrying tl
...?ler the cm 11 issued today, of KO>f.rilIIlenl ls herewith ej
regard for their draft rating ,r Th(, 8ecretury of war an<, th
e\|s'rienee, and will Ih. put | tary of nayy aQ(J allothpi
training ships at Ito-toii. sat. | cernfi(1 vvlth tho direction of
<?. Scuttle, New OrKeam, and .g war eftort8 join in sjn,
d for si\ weeks s|ssial tram knowledgentent of the demt i
i tude owing to the press of tl
i ed States for the honorab
Already Under Way. , , . ,
J charge of a high respon
net * ui, Nov. IS. Movement of ...{4,, , . .
Without loice of law, and u
ricaii troop- across the Atlanta ? . , ..
1 | larger compulsion than th<
iped entirelv ami demohili/ation ,4i 4|%? . ,
1 patriotism, the overwhelmii
- in cant..,,meat* and camps at jnrjty Qf newspaper? hav? g,
iiiulei way. faltering obedience to even
,1 March, chief of stair, n.nne ()f gnvernment in inatu.rs;
o.incement today, outlining >!'?', jtary 8ecrecy. carrying throu
,rtmeat's plan in answer to the' eossfu,iy a ,,(.mendous experi
S the country has been a>-t?g honor and trust."
e da\ the armistice was sign i ^
it hccnmc apoarent that ? >' 'WAR WORK DRIVE IS
i over, lie -aul order- alrcadv
.. i .iiuiiuyt i'.l EXTENDED TWO
ou'al send 2<Ht.0<>0 men lines to
within two weeks, and that ( ^ __ _
r..n ....... or vuue Half of Amount ?
n. iiiouriiin was in full ??w mp .
, , Been Raised Saturday Nit
i.lMiO wonl?l ?|iiit the army daily. ' '
ny division* of 'i ueral Porsh- New N<?ik, Nov. IS Wit!
nv in France w ill lie d. nud>i ' *!IO?.-l?"i.4t?S on hand toward
tHHt as possible in their home . x is?< *?"?' ??' ^Mmo.immi. ..ill
ities. The chief of stair would '?'' ? united war work eonipa
. predictions as eo when the uounced ^nturday "if-'ht that tl
is ions would -tart home. It -?-liodiile?l to end net Mondtn
prolmlde. however, that the would he eontinued until W.
returning troo|?s can la* in full jtiipld. Miis derision was reae
ore February. j .1111*0 two days of the eampaii
The Pioneer Unites. 'virtually lo t is a result of pen
ollicers regard it as possible brat ions and the inuen/a epidct
tain divi-ioiis may h.v r--,filled Fleven -fates hav e m?*.s
iee of flie enerftl return move- 'pieta- lint pondine otl'nial eonII
I .en era! Marel. indicated that none of t lie report , has I re.
I HittlKivr) division, heeaitse it I he e.even ?t.it s wliieli estao
used of men from *2t'? stat s and filet that they v. ere lir-t to pa
ii it ion of the flglitinj; record <|iiota* ^ ?? have the honor of
ade in Fnm c. would l?c mark V. M <A.. KiiijrliU of t ol.ui
... . . .... s. o.si. - ' -
leouil I COIII illelH. Ihl' JOlll ,\e\V "IHIIIIIII ?rni\ I'lll* IIHIIICU
national puard) and tin* -tIr-1 tln-ni. I lie elevin state* whir
division an- in the same class, \ In- larirest <>vcrsiii?*cri|>t inn 1
odd not i'hiih,' surprise, there- similarly honored,
hese three organization* should The official ro|*>rt. issued S
1 n ,<ht showed the southeastern
Continued on p?f? ? ) 'm-nt had siiheerilad .fo.Hlo.JH)].
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i. 1918 sm
?iIpig show is to be
HELD ON NOV. 27th
Li.**, of Prizes Offered to Members of
{ County Bovs' and Girls' Pig
Clubs.
AT THE McDOW FARM.
Ci unty Agent Graeber Wants All Memg
bers to Bring Their Pigs So They
May Be Weighed and Judged.
g
I lie I-uneaster eouuty pig show will
.a. .he behl at tile farm of the liiiiuiHter
' Mercantile company on Wednesday,
| N'ovuiber 27. County Agent Graeber
I" ha- written the following letter to i il
members of the boys' and girls' pig
0 elulis:
I.a master. S Nov. IS. 1J?I8.
^ Dear Pig ( lull Mein's-i s:
I know ttfat you have been waiting
for some time *to hear ulxuit the pig
if show, lit on lu-coiint of tfie influenza
lutbreak we have licen forced to delav
the holding of tlie show. Hut now wo
have the pood news tor you.
The pip show will lie held tni \V?dC
nesday. November 27th. at the farm > f
the ljinea?ter Mercantile company, one
mile ca t of l-uua-ter on the ( he-t'T/icld
or I >i xif road. W ? wanted to held
.1 his sjtow :n the city of l^incaster, but
to eiiitahlc place cttnld he found.
A pood list of prizes litis oven scour
Ll ed. and should he of prent interest o
every one of you Ac orditip to the
p agreement made last spring, when you
s eiircil your pip, ?c expect every eluh
metiiiier to hring his or her pip to the
show and have it judped. A list of the
prizes is inclosed with this letter.
Now. I want every one of you to do
= your liest to win. <!ct \otir pip in pood
SHIP -liape. A pood washinp followed hy a
...on. "otii. or two of oil will do the pips pood
I v I'. I'. 1,
tnd make their hair look better, ror
the Idaek pips you may use either the
Xewspa- rude oil (as we reeonunend for lic-i
r hlaek oil. For the Duroe or red pips
eel
vmi should use a very 1 i lit colored
.naeliine oil. Do not us,, kerosene or
iaeeed oil e sun- to haw your pip free
^ it lice or nits, llrinp your pip in a pood
ovate, so it can lie safely handled
'p,e<1 by I .tol weiphed.
' * li?t i i \ow a hunt your IJeeord Pool". Me
i tile in- every meniln>r to finish up the r
tit hi 11 |{ivord I look to the dat. of the show.
the ad
support (Continued on Page Four.)
ir. .Mi. +
AN URGENT NEED FOR
,s AN OVERSUBSCRIPTION
opera
>hip un- challenge to Patriotic and R digious I
guarded Forces to Con.t to Aid |
ry vciA- Fighters. 1
tents
reemeat . V " " V , 7
reived \ est ord a v l>\ ( ol. I jcri?\ sprint's,
er l>in?l- . ,
i-lt.i 1111:111 tor I?inrn.-tit count v <>l ti>
lequests
I t'? <! War Uuh .
itnceled , ,
Atlanta, (.a., Hit 11.
t? secre- .
l-iTov N| rint;-. umra-trr. s. t.:
s con- . ' . . , , 11 1
x oor state Itinli'rs will advise von at
Atneri- ... ,
unci' en in pa iirti c\t ended l>\ national <>r
pp0
j- ''cr to close Wednesday tiiylii instea<l
et" Monday Tiiitht. This is ieces<arv
te I. n 11- . , .
localise peace r.lclua t ion t III oiuHioiit
le (lis
conntdv 11 r-1, two da\- cainpa <ni. t vit
slhilitv. , ' .
caI ncc<l o 1 miniedii'te positive actio,
ruler no .
I'lea-e not it v all leaders and workers ot
dr own ,
vonr territorv <i liant* an seeinl
ric nta- ' , .
11.hiniinons piMlm to ( ontmii" cant
ven tin- . . . , ,
nniiMi ai'ip-essiv el v tliroii'jb Wednesdav
/ desire . .
i 11 l?'ii t. Kein.rt ov wire ilnlv a- here
>ol mil-1 . ' ,
totore to vonr state oliieir. uclaim*
ftn sue- . ' , ,
of eonntrv will e rtnililv -lib-cr lisnient
in .
or filial cpiota and iittv p -r ee.it extra
a- asked l?y IMe-ident" \\ il-on. The
hour is here when Atneri-a should
dedi*'ot. her utmost for makinir a new
earth wlier in dwelloth liL'ht roii-ness.
Please I.axe read in ov.rv pulpit and
>ct Had meet in" po--ilde, al.-o to ! . in papei-.
'ht- II. II. KIN'ti.
Ii oii'V
its re- At'anta, 1 Jo.. 1 lith.
rials of l.ernv vprill>Ts. Ijnira-t-r. S ( ;
i^n an- I>r .lohii It. Molt director vreneru'l of
ie driv the I niteil Work ea tnpii i?.?. 1. received
liiylit. follow in;; caldojrmm from l>r. < !eo. \V
dnesilav Tnretv pa-tor of tin- lai'ue-t Its Mist
hed he- -horeh Ihiltoii. Texas. who i- now in
;n xver. -pe ial V W. (' \. worl amoii" men of
ice eele \nicriiin -\petlit i'liaf force-: "I Inr
li e. molt it ' i!e ol -III I 1- and sailors ov. i
! tli ir >}i ^ fnn?t it I'ti1 :in inroinput t1 !? elm I
filiation Vii^i- i,i tli.- patriot r and ivl'trimi
jini/dl, oriT, .>f \ morion. TI'men now
ii-li the faro tho jfraveet test of victory, dot->
til no! Ii/ntiou a ad road i 11 -1 inont and I
iiixino ?irt? u11\ roipio-f th* wisp-t and w<>r
nlni?: or thiest spirit tin 1 puidani-e. than
nftor our l?"-t is unworthy of ourmoti. of our
h show -o'liitrv. of our oppnrtunit ie?. Commit
will toi? look with oontidonor to you to o
ouro fullest |Mw?ihlo result* to 'last minaturdav
uto to show our love and appreciation
depart- f0. the laiys over there.
"R. II. KIN'ti."
COTTON TODAY
27 CENTS
ASCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
TROOPS CALLED OUT
TO QUELL BIG RIOT
Mob Attempts to Storm Tail at Winston-Salem
in Etfort to Lynch
Nev;ro.
L'TTff 1/ T V r I'l\. ?* ? Kt r
ri<?, iv k i. l. r. u : 1*1/YIN i WUUINL)&J>
Troops Sent From Green; boro end
Charlotte on Special Trains to Quell
Hiot.
Winston Sale in. V t\, Nov. 18.? The
death toll in the riot here hist night,
which followed efforts of a mob to
storm the city jail and lynch ? negro
prisoner, had been increased at midnight
to five a girl spectator, a city
fireman and three negroes. 'lTie polii
ee believe that a detailed eeareh wili
show that at least seven persona and
niaylie more were killed,
yl'pwards of a score of |iereon? are
lielieved to have la-en injured, five or six
of them seriously. They are meetly
white |K'rsiai? and include two members
of the home guard, which was called out
win ti the mob made its second visit to
the jail after shooting a negro and ac- *
cideutallv wounding a white prisoner in
the afternoon.
Winston ShIcii Nov. '8.?At leaet
two persons are known to have been
.illed and probahv a score of others
injured, several seriously. in a riot
i.ere la-t night which resulted from the
tTorts el a mob of several thousand
men to storm the city jail and lynch
a negro accused of shooting ,1. K. t'hi 1 dre-s
and sheriff Flint and attacking
Mrs ('hi'idrese last night.
l^ate at night firing -till was going
on in different parts of the city, th*
mob finally having broken into smab
groups. I.llorts ,,t the home guard and
the police to restore order were unai
nling even at tldiat time and Governor
liickett was asked to intervene,
lie ordered home guards from (Jreciishoro
and arranged to have a i-niniuinii ? #'
regular soldiers t sent from Camp
Poik. near Kaleieii.
I lie known dead are:
I'uelia-d la-vi. a young woman b\stand'r.
and Robert Young, a lireman.
'I'lie more M?rinii?|\ injured include
Margaret tieorge. I.inwood llc^er. ?ln> n
llumolcr. citizens. and Krank t 'Prion
and II.. I'. I law lev, members of tin?
Huchael lawi. a young woman b, -'
a nder was s lt? it through tlie limp, and
Robert Young. a tireinan. also was shot.
Nninner Injuied Uakncvn.
I'ive ot the moii* sci ioiisly injured,
uuiuuoig two llie.ilIieis of tile III I'le
j*imi?l. w re taken to hospitals, birfc
many others were treated at the r
homes. The total number of injured
was not known and the police would
not li.w.trd aii estimate.
The mob lirst formed in tlie afternoon
alwnit .'{:'1H o'eloek and stormed
the jail. Three shots were tired and tins
negro aroused of shooting the twiw
men and attacking Mrs. Childress was
seriously wounded, while a white prosoner
named Trapg also was hit in tha
arm by a stray bullet.
After some ?Ii11i n 11 v . the police siiereeiled
ill cleanup the crowd out ot"
the building and the mayor called out
the liotn p'lards. ?. 11i t reigned for -t
time, but ater the report went around
ieit thenpro shot was not the man
that had been -ouidit. By nightfall tins
molt had re formed and start d marchinp
to the jail which was surronded by
home puiirds.
Harware Stores Broken Open.
Hardware stores w?re broken into
and re\i/i\ers. shotpiuis and other
wea|w>ns and iiinmiinilioi- taken. Ah
the mob tiiarehed. it increased in sins
and when its object 'v. was reached
it numbered several thousand. Tho
mayor souplit to address the crowd,
hut could net I?e heard. In the mcuiitime
lire companies had arrived and
win n the mob hrol e tor the jail tho
lireineft turned water 011 them.
firing immediately followed, ami
^ oiitip was shot ih ad \ bullet hit.
Miss I i \i. who was watching nearby.
Tlio Ih-i.h- vuiir?l*. nn-w Ted the voll V
lut the mob quickly overpowered them
am! wont into mo jail. l'wo members
of lli,. pn:,d w ere badly hurl by heintf
thrown bodil\ <I<>w11 a stairway whirl*
tl.ey were pi turd hip.
Apparent!\ the mob did not liatl tho
m pro it >oiipht. for no more of tin)
prieorters were tired upon. After an
lionr or more the mob left the jail ami
started marehim throuph business aeetion
of the town. (Sradnally it broko
into pronpH umt for a time it wa* feared
that there would be a rnee riot a*
some of the proupH headed for the nepro
quarter.