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r ? Xjjj f AGE rOPB The Lan( :aster N e ws (SKMMVHEKLY.) e ? Established 1MG2. e Published Tuet.(lay and Friday o BY THLK 0 LANCASTER news company. Lancaster 8. C. < t: | UEOltUE BULLA CRAVEN c liMitMP mill MilllilHAP The News is not responsible for the ! li?WB of Correspondents. Short and d y rational articles on topics of general t( interest will be gladly received. SUBSCKITTION i'ltlt'E: t< Cash in Advance. a One Year *2.00 s Six Months 1.00 (] Entered as Second Class Matter e October 7, 1005, at the Postoflice at r Laaoaster, S. C., under act of Congress of March 3, 1?7 9. h TUESDAY, FED. 4, 1919. a : *"My Country 'Ti? of The#, Sweet Land <| of Liberty." t> i. (UMM)Si:i? TO I I ? I lt We gather from an article in the sl State that that paper opposes wo-j man suffrage hy federal amendment.;0 at least, if not by all means. Tliej^' State says that "advocacy of woman ^ suffrage by federal amendment hy South Carolinians is confession that 101 the people of South Carolina are 1rl hopelessly wanting in the character and the conscience to do justice'"1 themselves to their own women. 1';" is an appeal to outsiders to lash and " drive them into a path of righteous-l1" ness that they are then too blind and ai wicked to discover and tread." We tear the State has worked itt self into a frenzy needlessly and is itself appealing to sentiment from n< a rather narrow viewpoint. We at have been in the habit of going t<> OI the state eourts when we eannot get L>> what we want in the eounty courts; 1'' to the United Sates eourts when the ''' state courts fail to give what we 1'' think we ought to have. South Carolina is. we should say, a vastly ni important part of the nation, not separate and distinct from the other u parts, and, furthermore, what con- 01 ll S gress does in the matter of suffrage is only what we do ourselves What R" is congress? Whv, represe.1t.1t Ives H oi the states; or, you might say. tInstates themselves, joined together in an effort to pass laws that will be of benefit to the union of states. ' That definition accepted, we fear pr the State is wrong in asserting that Some of the states mav thrust sufco frage upon other states who do not want it. The same argument was he used, if our memory serves 11s right, an about prohibition. \dvocates of ws barrooms and dispensaries contended l)ll that one county ought to be permit- V;l ted to have liquor if t wanted it ami pr let those which did not want it drive wi if out. The argument i- all tight. so ' !' far as it goes, hut it doesn't go fa. ve'-oush. nr The State says further: "If South' m Cnrnllna la I .....I I i. .. I.. SO her women, is a newspaper of South sh Carol na reach to .-in t hat tl e ! Cn righteous and enlightened eomtnon- nv wealths of Pennsylvania and I'tali. tn conspiring with 36 others of superior vi tie. sliouid coei-e tliis State df of nuts. take her hy the throat and m compel her to reform her electorates, Sl| and to enlarge it. so that it sh II conform to their standards of jusb\ lire and propriety? The Stale- In a l?t loss knows that a fr number of people tn South Carolina ic uro on both sides of the question; it does not know on which side is the in majority, hut. regardless of the states' rights argument as to suf- th frage. if it is right for the women to ?r vote-, it matters little through what ni channels they receive the privilege. ^ Manifest I v. it is bettei that the wi,- ' . In men r?f all states be granted ihejfj franchise than that a state hero and tli there and no v and then eome to s<-e|n< light and give the women a pi ivi-J lege they want and one which tho r> r< State will not say they ought not to ,(f he given. pf I' ? t *4i Ui dt THE MOVING I'U'TLIIK i-Killl'. | mot Rock Hill is the center of an luter-|'or sting if not important tight bv thejto ' | lish xhibitors of moving pictures on Aut lie side and the health authoritiesjkno n the other. As The News unde.-jfori lands the situation, the health au-, "e er ( horities ordered the picture shows ' and losed as a step toward preventing 1 am? lie spread of influenza: the exhibi- by i ors refused to comply with the or- hy er; the local health board appealed ! ^ov a the state board, the state board to "83 ! of i he sheriff of York county. The lat-! for er said he had nothing to do with if 1 waj tid refused to take action. The! due* fate health board then appealed tni'ev> essr he attorney-general and the gov- . I 111 ' rnor and the picture shows wero etj losed. mot These exhibitors, or one of the ex-|Pur ihitors, appealed to Judge Krnest c I rec? loore for an injunction restraining < Q tie health authorities from interfer- the ig with the show houses, and Judge, bon loore granted an "order to show,8a'^ ause" but refused to restrain th> l*ax two ealth board and the shows remain . ( HMO losed. This order is returnable iy and the decision of the judge in [fact 10 matter is awaited with some in-! , con Most, not alone locally but over the and ate. t),0 l'lie "dt-sati^fciion" on the nan frot | f the movie exhibitors appears to for e wholly in the fact that other in- 'nR and ustries and enterprises, principally! f 10 schools and churches, were not jn ( rdered closed and they claim the'cons osing of their places of business is a iscriininatory. The health board., ?ftf( ut knowing the extent of its au- . . Ftat mrity in the premises, appealed to pass le attorney-general for a decision suhi id it was held that the board has aior ithoritv to take such action as is . thor eined necessa y to safeguard the iblic health." SO( The decision which will be an ; iuneed today by Judge Moore will least set at rest any speeulatioi doubt as to authority, unless the! hibitois should take tiie matter to \\ i t h ie higher court in ti e event of a poca cision adverse to their conten of < mis, and if such course is followed, j s'n ' lian will perhaps be ra'sed n theint'w T1 eantwne. and the s'iow houses t?<-:-- . , into it ted to reopen, and the exhibitors Sfles ill see that it would Icive to i ninentlv hotter for lh?'ir inteiests Pans t il (*t id thev taken their mod.cine in nhi n >(l humor. stat< + . over KJHWAV HIM nil .1, over COME IT TONICHT T? (Continue*! From Pace One ) my, POB8I essed on tlie fa-e of the said threi nds. Gala "See fi. The said sinking fund eleus tntnission are hereby authorized Pole d instrueted to sell the bonds elud* rein provided for in sueh amounts Ckra d at sueh times as they should he of C reeled so to do by the state high- T< iv eommission at the highest prre to h italttahie not 1<- than |>ar <> f o itoth lue and aeerued interest: and the s|k>v or ends thereof shall he deposited the th the state highway commission, ter.ti iproved hy th*' state highway en- f??nsi neer, and authorized for payment j?ga th*' chairman of said commission Gem any otnor ntomnor thereof who J'rua ay ho designated bv said oommis jy It; >n for that purpose, and a correct Dan? iristrv of such bonds when sold iioc all be kept by the sinking fund si mtnisslon. and also an accurate oast count of the proceeds of said bonds the rned over bv the commission to mair e state treasurer man ' Sec. 7 That for the purpose of ions fraying 'he expense- and carrying it the provisions of this act, the j<( im of if so much he nee- ^nr snry, is hereby appropriated to be sjr)|] ken front the license fees collected itssP ' the state highway commission 0)m "Sec. 8 That said bonds shall be jariri ee from all state, county and inun- flirn ipal taxes whatsoever. take "Sec. !? That the sinking fund jjpv# intntlsslon are hereby authorized, ^eca i their discretion, to perform each va(j, hi every act neeessari to carry out vj0is i?> prov'sions of this act not herein fpro leclfically authorized, and which is ,|nv it inconsistent with provisions j, Jrcof * dent "Sec. 1" That the principal and j,pr terest of the bonds provided for in fr0n lis act shall he payable in gold at t,f ie present rate of weight and fine?ss per dollar. T.im "Sec. 11. That for the purpose of to a lying the interest on said bonds and ride ifiting the same at maturity, an loin inual license tax not exceeding $1 its : >r horse power for automobiles and T THE LANCASTER NEWS, LA orcycles and $2 per horse power the exti motor trucks; said horse power come it >e determined by the rating estab- which ed by the Association of Licensed the fro; omobile Manufacturers and gian an wn as the standard horse power luent o nuia of the Society of Automo- revise t i Engeueers; $10 for every trail- so that or attachment to a motor vehicle,, rights \ an annual license of $50 for each every make of motor vehicle sold, Japai any dealer of same shall be levied confere the general assembly: Provided, senior k-ever, that so much thereof as territor r be needed for the maintenance that as oads and bridges constructed and it back the operation of the state high- the not f department shall bo first de- and Jaj ted therefrom; and it shall also terpreti r such annual tax as may be nec- to reta iry to pay such annual interest on the ho It ?t thn rnvnnuo llo e/\?> from the license tax upon auto- tends n )iles shall he insuflicient for that sian aff pose; and the fact that the prln- ed. to il and coupons of said bonds are der." Mvable for taxes as hereinabove Thesi vlded; and that the payment of of the principal ami interest of said pan is 1 ds are to be secured by a levy of sires tc I motor vehicle license and other islands is hereby declared a contract be- formerl on the State of South Carolina any holder of said bonds, which Chin; I go shall he expressed on the to be g > of said bonds. perlalls Sec. 12. That the state highway the gra imission is hereby authorized lights" empowered to draw and expend higher funds which may be realized Chinese II the sale of the aforesaid bonds Kiau-CI the pupose of laying out. gradand constructing with a hard Swita <1 urn hip surface such highways to ho t) ho state as may ho incorporated has so hp state highway systPin, and the the pe, (tructinn of bridges constituting governn irt thereof and for no other pur- while S s whatsoever. participi Sec. 13. That at tlie first general .Vf>t, bee e election. ensuing after the "es. Rh? age of this act, there shall he nieant t nitted to the qualified electors of 'icing t state the question as to the ere- haps, i i of the debt hereinbefore an- France, ized and directed." Switz< the sea ?ETY OF v AT'ON'S tral stir IS HU'KED HY THE French BRITISH DEI.EOATES r:,,MV northwa rContinued From Page One.) Palatina the Ar.str'ans and the Magyars, use the Czechos claim that part n,>ros erman Saxony and German Si- 'J* ,,lis belong ethnogiaphically to the ho Czecho-Slovnks are comlnp s<*?nd opposition to Polish claims in ntlons tin and sections of (lalicia, while he northeast ('zeeho-Slovak ex- ~ ion lias brought them into eonwith the Uuthenians. or Pkras, in eastern Galaeia. The new desires expansion southward a frontage <>n the Danube and t a corridor to the Vdriatic. Poland. le Poles, with an inadequate arare endeavoring; to establish ession or d'sputed regions on sides of Hussian Poland and eia, which constitutes the nu5 of the new Polish state. The s desire eastern (lalicia to ini' l.einherg. which is in the ifne. and the disputed province holm. In l.ittle Russia. > i the northeast the poles des:re ave Vi.na recoi:ized as Polish. I i the Lithuanians ?nd the hnlikl have raised claims to Vilna. holsheviki supportlnp their pre ons hv a menaeinc military ofive. The Poles are contendlnc 11st the Germans not only for nan Silesia and F'os??n and west sia as provinces populated chief- j jr Polos, hut also for the city of '.ip so as to provide Poland with _* t access to the ?en louhl the Poles have Dan/ip, Prussia would he cut ofT from west of flermany and wouid rei an "Island" populated hy Oer 211 s surrounded l?v Polish dnniinst Itclpiuiu. Ipmuii ask- that the reparation da maces wroupht hy Germany I he the first lien upon German ? ts to the extent of at least 1 fl,000,000 francs, or up to a much V r>r sum if Germany does not i ft the machinery and the materia?* n from Rolglum. Relpiuni he's that she should hp paid first ii<p she was tho first to hp in ri. hecausp hor neutrality was Mori, and l)prausp she has sufri more from despoliation than of hor country in the war p'Tiiini having reasserted her in- ^ ndence. and finis emerged from ^ ??tfl state of neiitialitv desires fc 1 Holland the left hank of the ?ldt and the peninsula of \1aasit which protrudes into Helgian berir. ItclKium also will assent plebiscite in Luxemburg to dewhother that conntrv wishes to Belgium or France or to retain mtonomy. he foregoing may he considered LNCA8TEH, S. C. eme claims of Belgium. They | A | ito conflict with Holland, resists any infringements of I ntiers. asked for by the Bel- i Lb incxationists. The govern- ) ^ f Holland appears willing to ;he Scheldt navigation treaty Belgium shouid enjoy equal vith Holland. Japan. it?Japan enters the peace nou < ? Il,i M?H?? thfl delegate, has said, "with no ial ambitions in China," and for Tsing-Tau, she will hand to China under the terms of es exchanged between China >an in May. 1915. This is in d by Japan as permitting her in certain former concessions Shantung peninsula. Japan, Maklno explains, "neither inor desires to interfere in Rusalrs. but is willing, if solicitaid Russia in restoring oris declarations dispose of two main questions in which Ja- I nterested. except that she de? retain the southern Pacific north of the equator which y belonged to Germany. China. i?The Chinese delegates ask uaranteed against foreign imm or aggression and desire dual abolition of "consular | and to be allowed to impose duties on importations. The also ask for the return of, lau. Sw it Zetland. :erland -Switzerland appears 10 only neutral nation which far presented her desires to ;tee conference. The Swiss lent has represented that, witzerland would he glad to ute in a society of nations. ^ 1 a use of her mixed natlonali? could not do so if that he use of her troops in po- I ^ he world bv force, as. per-1 against Italy. Germany or ?? I mark wishe erland desires an outlet to northern Si by making the Rhine a neu- . dominuntly ani. This is in accord with asked to r desires, since If Alsace-Lor-I Sehleswig a comes Freneti from Rasle Denmark b; rd and independent buffer 1864. or tc hould he erected out of the southward t te and Rhenish Prussia, as Norway I (1 by Marshal Koch. It would j Spitzbergen. sary to neutralize the Rhine. j,(,t pressin were done, it would give; ally, and an outlet to tlio sea. A strong x'tiiitiiiiMvia. Sweden fav inavia?The territorial aspl- don of the of the three Scandinavian regarded l?y iirc considered modest. l>en-| key to Sto VULO WEI knd all Kinds of We will open a first < i Lancaster and solicit :all up-to-date machii rorkmen and guarante re located at Southern :reet, in building forme o. We will open for I Vulcanizing of Bl Will be a & >tewman'sMa< JOHN A. ST1 Home of DAYTON AIRl * *-' .... i ?. t k State Ban at th i ? Loans an Bonds. . Hanking Fixture Cash on Banks. Capital. Sin pins a Dividends I tcposits. s to annex I'hleswin in by Danes. ORain the nd Holstein, Prussia in ? extend o the Kiel < ins certain a or a part k iter clalD socinllst ors the nnic Aland islam the Swedes ckholtn. Si X Mac :lass IV your nery, e satisi Railwi :rly occ busine; ow C 'peek :hin( EWM> .ESS Til -. f. .. . TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 1919. > f" ment of Condition of The k of Lancaster e close of business "W. 31. 1918. UKSOURCKS. d Discounts . . . .$ 671,312.77 190,600.00 House. Furniture, s, Ktc 10,o42.18 hand and due from 254.807.43 $1,127,352.38 LIAHILITIKS. $ 50,000.00 iid Profits 136.500.00 2.500.00 938,352.38 11.127,352.38 { I ! that part of ests in this connection are in conflict (habited pre- with those of Finland. Sovereignty hut lias not over the islands has belonged to Kinprovinces of land since the fall of the Russian ira, taken from periul government. Nothing has been the war of heard since the collapse of Gerlier frontiers tnanv of earlier Finnish plans to soanal. cure an outlet hy the annexation of ispirations to part, of Russian Carelia, lying bo of it, but is tween Finland nud Murrnau coast, us energetic- and oven of adjacent Flnmark, which belongs to Norway. This contention movement in on the part of Finland led to tbo ?n with Swe- landing of allied troops at Murmansk Is, which are to prevent the establishment of a as the naval Gorman submarine base in the northvedisli inter- ern seas. SIZING UNG hine Repair Work ===== lachine and Repair Shop patronage. We will inwill employ competent factory work. Our shops ay, on west side of Main :upied by Catawba Auto >s about February 10th. )uts and Rim Cuts dtv With Us ??-? I ts MAMU|# W VIU1 VN, Proprietor HE (or Lancaster County.