The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 25, 1919, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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SUBSCRIPTION l'RICE: don
Cash iu Advance. "this.
One Year I2.0O stai
Six Months 1.00
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Entered as Second Class Mattel not
October 7, 1006, at the Postoiiice at
Lancaster, S. C., under act of Con- ',K?
frees of March 3, lo7W. the
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1919.! 1 h<
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My Country 'Tia of Thoo, 8woot Land
of Liborty." | tlir!
i ferf
ONK ('Yl.lM)Klt I.KtilSI. VI I BKS.i
are,
Before anv state can ever have a
j less
dtate system of highways it will have;
1 not
to Ret away from the county hound| ^
in'jinbeis of the legislature. The !
! goo
men whose visions are no greater
I Ren
than the confines of their own coun'
er
ties will never see biR enough to!
I cou
build a state road. It is coming toi
1 ed
the point that the accelerator must
win
be pressed down: or to use the ex- , ,
th it
pression of the average automobiist.
and
must be stepped on in the matter of
a he
legislation. The state lawmaking
I in c
bodies are not keeping pace with the!
ea n
world and the reason, or one reason. .
I 1,1
is their visions are too narrow. In
j sioi
the matter of roads, the question has .
f don
become so big that state lines are
] a Is
about to l>e ignored. The tourist;
Tosses a state in half a dav. (those
can
states in which he does not get stuck
of
in the mud), and the states which
otic
construct hard surface roads will
the
verv soon have connections with ,.
, feci
other states, for the Idea la growing.
But tlie legislatures of the different
van
states seem to be the hardest to
sen
convince. Not alone was South j
Carolina left in the mud bv a recent
nex
legislature, but other states suffer- ,
in !
ed likewise. Virginia did nothing
Oli
in the way of highway corvstruction , .
I hig
and the governor is now being urired
I of l
to call an extra session to provide
for the acceptance of a million or
are
two dollars offered liv the federal ?
i "f
government. Virginia does not need
| not
*':c ?ny ?np?p than South
i? llfl
kin
wot
tor. just as tlie South Carolina legts-f
one
lature didn't step on the accelerator.1 ,
; slot
'Tit ere is plenty power, we believe,
, yea
. tu the legislative bodies if the ma-'
in i
Chinery can he induced to perforin.
thei
? 111 the carbon must be removed and
opp
the parts of the working machinery * .
whc
wli ch are not doing their dtitv must
goo
be lubricated and aided in perform-j
ante. A one-cylinder automobile
mav not be expected to get up the T
epeed of a twelve-cylinder, but re<|i
epeeil can be overdone, and per- iner
haps the speeding automobile willjrial
run into a hole and be wrecked pap
while the one-cylinder may come are
alon g slowly, hut on the principle j suet
of the tortoise and the hate get met
there just the same and safely, j re a
The one-cylinder legislature, will whi
come along with good roads leglsla j ing
tion, but likely will avoid running do
Into the holes at such speed as to rial
wreck the whole machine. In short, the
maybe our present legislature will clsr
vet give us a good roads law; that fres
Is. on the assumption that sufficient | the
pressure will be brought to bear up-j call
on the governor that he may see free
his way clear to call the members ear
together in extraordinary session fort
some time this summer?th?^ sooner, Car
the better. a I
The legislatures need renovating whi
to l>e sure. Modern business would ] sus|
seenv to indicate that efficiency de- Wa
mynds a single-chamber legislature t'avi
which has been suggested and an alsc
effort made in one state to adopt, troi
At least the wrangling ami the un- in I
doing by one branch of that which seei
tho other branch has spent much moi
time and energy in the doing would bee
" ? THE LANCASTER NE^
eliminated. It will be a long we have seen no reasons (or favorae
before such radical change is ble comment.
ie in the luwmaking machinery The postofflce department, as has
the states, but whenever the start been stated in this paper on numnade
and one state breaks away - erous occasions, and which everym
the old way the other statesj body who has business transactions
I follow readily. Nothing could' through the mails knows even
done to better promote efficiency.j though uot seeing it in a newspait
is one of those ^problems! per, has sacrificed service in order
ich the average man will oppose to get the postal department on a
reason of the fact, that it has paying basis, and if it expects to see
er been done and he will not per- favorable comment in the newspahimself
to believe that It can be pers. we fear it will be sadly dlsaple.
The way things are done in pointed.
; year of grace would have been The newspapers of standing heslrtling
to the generations of a few tate in criticisms of any sort and
turies ago. Concrete roads could never indulge in criticisms unless
have been built a hundred years! sure of their grounds and believing
. or even fifty years ago, but'that by such the people generally
re was no need for them then, will profit. There is no real pleas>
automobile and motor truck had ure to be found in digging out of a
er been dreamed of. And many typewriter something that will inircle
of smoke will go up from in jure or offend, but the newspaper
nt the open fire before a scheme business is such a game that a cerlevised
that will make of the leg tain responsibility rests upon a man
ture a one-chambered body of j who directs it and if he doesn't
i. Such questions as this have, criticise where criticism Is due and
he thought out; they have to be' praise where praise is merited, he
ued over and looked at from dif-| fails to fulfill his mission. The pos*nt
angles by the great minds of^ tal service lias no claim at this time
at men. for there are many of j for favorable comment and until
er calibre who could see but will 'he service is Improved it will get
little at the hands of the newsnnloutli
Carolina would now have a pes.
d roads law if the men in thej So far as local service at the posteral
assembly had been of broad- office is concerned The News h:is ofvislon;
if they had not beer, fared no criticism. The nrgnnizanty-bound.
True the laws attempt- ''ot1 may he far from perfect but
may have been defective, but everything that man constructs Is
never men ben in to do perfeet j Imperfect and tbo postofflce organtigs.
Gabriel will have appeared w>tlon ran be no exception to th"
it will all be over. We ran goj n,,p Generally, however, we bead
progressively and do the best' I'eve the service there is as pood as
>ur ability, and that is till anyone anywhere else,
do. It 111 deeds are as retroactive
the omission as In the cotnmia- DEPARTMENT
l, and that which ought to be TO PI R( HASE CAMP
e and is left undone is as much
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ick of service as the doing ol that
ich ought not to he done 1 hlsj tructlon work at this held or conwell
he applied to the building siderable more than has gone into
a state system of highways. Had' anv other plants except T,angley
of the suggested laws passed in n?M" Virginia, to he retained, and
Wilbur Wright field, Ohio, to be
recent legislature, even as rte- , . ,
abandoned.
live as some thought, it would Plans of the war department for
re no iurthur retarded the ad d'snosition of the camps and flying
cement of the state than the ah- nH(ls sot UP the war as outre
of anv law lined by 8ecretftry Crowell were
i summarized as follows:
t is next to certain that at the T1)p oantonmPnt K ,n thft ?,tlth
t session of the general assembly now owned by the government and
south Carolina a law will be pass- to be retained for special military
providing for a system of state P'^poses. together with the cost of
_ . construction of each, follow:
hwava Some of tDo
l'ustis. Va., const artillery corps,'
he present body have been lushed .tjj 700 ono
*e they returned home until they Humphreys, Ya., engineers. $12.now
fully* aware of the wishes "4r?.000.
their constituents, if they were r,a nu>,or transport
corns. $1,417,00ft.
before. We suspect manv of , . _
Johnson. Fla., quarternvastafr
in .? i.-ili had par.:"wl ?????? r.nA nnn
(1 of a good roads law, but they Met'lellan, Ala., national guard,
ild not see and would permit no *00 000.
... , . . Benning, (la., miscellaneous.
to see tor them. A special ses- ? ? _ ? ^ ?
$6,600,000.
1 of the legislature will save a
1 and much car, be accomplished "*
n year in road construction. If \
e are any men in the state who \
ose good roads, there are none \
> will say that we do not need \
d roads. \
DOST Ali ST\H TH
he local postodice has > uelved .1 THK HOMW^OF I1KKI
nest from the postofflce depart- PAgram <ha\ed Dai
it asking for clippings of edito- ~
... , MONDAY, MAUOH 24
s and other matter from the local v_
MARYYIC
ers relative to the service. There Kverybod\
none available in the current Is- . ln^
i of this paper but the depart- "THK POOIl IjITTI
it would gain some information TVKHDAY, MARCH 2
tlve to our opinion of the service THBDA
YS, LANCASTER 8. C.
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Those to Be Purchased. ir " *
National army cantonments to be
purchased for military purposes,
with cost of construction and the|
price at which the sites will be
bought, follow: Statement
Bragg, N. C.. 19,500,000?$1.- /
300.000. "I
Gordon, Oa., $11,000,000?$425,- J fl D0U\
000. J?
Jackson, s. c., lio.ooo.ooo? Located ^lt Lanca
$625.ooo. j ness
Lee. Va.. $16,500,000. j
Pike. Ala., $12,700,000?$4^0.Camps
Ordered Abandoned. D'SC?l
Cantonments, the sites of which Uvenlralts . . . .
are leased and which have been or- Bonds ana Stocks
dered abandoned and the cost of Bon^s deposited,
construction on each follow: I' uraiture and fl*
Greene. N. C.. national guard. v Banking house. .
North Jackson. S. C., field artil- Oth^r real esUte
levy corps. Due, from banks
Poik. N. c., tank corps. . Currency
Wheeler. Ga., national guard, GolQ
$3,200,000. Silv^- and minor
Wndsworth. S. C., national guard. CheCKS and cash
$4,100,000. \
Beauregard, La., national guard, Totfll
$4,900,000. \
Forrest, Ga.. miscellaneous, .
?* ml"ce"ane"u"' ** - Capital stock pai,
Surplus fund.. .
??- nal,onal K"ard undivided profits
$6,000,000. ? j i.?..
. n i iu ittJi
I*ivine FI.M Dividens unpaid.
Flylnc and balloon held.. he Individual deposi
.Me. of whirl, are owned by ,he . t ^ ch
Kovornment nnd which are to he re- o - j _ n.
tallied, and the cnRt of eonBtructton R V a eP?s \
. , ? Bond deposits. N
on each follow: , \
. i ni.tr ?con mn Time certificates
l.aneley field Va., $6782.100. .
Post field. Okla., $2,268,000. ? ??SJ V V ' \ '*
Kellv field, number one. Tex.. $1 - 9,er9?e(? c^ec^s '
9o8 0ftn Cashiers checks
Rockwell field. Calif., $832,000.
T.ec Hall. Va.. $818,150. goteS and bills 1
Port Omaha nnd Fort Crook, Time deposit in1
Neh.. $597,663.
Flylnc and halloon fields under Total
option and to he purchased for military
purposes and the cost of con- STATE OF SOU*
structlon of each together with the County
nrlrn ? whlrh the land will be Before me can
>n a*" * a." k7," . the above namec
Areadla balloon .ehool Calif that ah
Rrooks field, Tex., $1,358,000? a
<170o73 ' ' a true condition
? ... . T-., * aw, books of said ban
Dorr field. ' Fla., $1.411.737?
Carlstrom field, Fla., $1,199,237 _
$5,120. Sworn to and _
Scott field, in.. $1,737,576-- day oi March, 19
*1 22.892.
Phanute field, IU.. $1.168,022?
$208,700. Correct Attest:
Elllneton field. Tex., $2.328,991? LEPOY SPF
$102,400. - . WADDY C. 1
Kellv field. Calif . $894.071? L. C. I'AYSi
$64,000.
Mather field, Calif., $750,562?
$78,673.
Selfrldke field, Mich., $2,455,426
? $190,000. L?____________?__
Park field. Tenn., $209,097,709 ?
$88,010 ^_____.
Souther field, fia., $1.220,497?
$32,534.
DR. 4. ItKKf'K FfTNOKRBfTRK
Dentnl Siirginn. 1 H 1
Oflloe Hours:
8:80 to 12:30 A M.
2 on to 6:00 P. M. \
Ana oy Appoiiiiiueui..
Office Phone 160. V
Residence Phone 52. A I I
nfflea nvar T onen.la. Ph.? M
... ?niui i ii.u mm 7 A J
I LAD1E
I Ladies' Coat SuitXal
" I Ladies' Skirts, Serg^
H Goods at
K Ladies' Waists, Voile
ircA/rRE 3
nki> numum.ayk h Ladies' and Children'
ly Phont* lot I
I UP-TO-l
Fnvortte, Ladies', Misses' and C
\ I 98c
'H (JlUli."
I SHOES OF
Pro*1 urtihn, I Ladies', Gents and (
mai f HiVh." 9 *ow ^ee^? pattent 1<
7_ \ .... 98c, $1.98, $
IMJ ihjk \ B Men's Solid Leather ]
v v ay." \ B ?__?
2?: i \ B CLOTHI
ter but we promise \ VKVIIJ1
\ Men's Suits at ..
- \ Men's Odd Pants at.
WA|>m \ H Boys' Pants, sizes 8 t
FIAJC'K." \
>? Men's Blue Work SI
T Comedy. __ , ? .
Men 8 Blue and Stirr
a??
I Men's Good Quality
1r an<l Pal lie New*. fll
Cent* Kvery l>ny. jl A full line of Soft J
H Men s and Ladies 5
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Hi
oh Lancaster is getting by read- ^ pox supe"
the tiles of-recent months. We "WHK\ A WC
not recall having referred edito- WKDXRHDAY MARC
ly or otherwise to the service at NORMA TA
local nostoffioe but recent criti- 777??^
"HKR ONI/
11s of the train mail service are
, , , THUIWDAY, M X IK II
ih in our mind and perhaps in m . . .
To be announced la
minds of our readers. We re- a good one.
having expieased ourselves FRIDAY, MARCH gH
ly on the matter of no mail on the GROROK '
ly Sunday morning train which AND
;>ids the morning papers reaching ?Als<
iouster before 10:17 and likewise Matt and Jel
av-over in Hook Mill of letters HATl It DAY, MARCH
oh have traveled nil night. We Pnthes VVeid
peot that what the department In Also Rig V Coined]
shington wants is clippings of Admission"IO and "IS
arable comment and we suspect
i
> that it will encounter a deal of
lhle in finding it. Most, If not
0
fact nil r* f ho OAmmnnl uo Kotio
i In the newspapers of recent I
iths on the postal service has I
n And HHHHHBflBH
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, IMS,
' gaH5gg"BB?a
% '
Jldnk No. 33.
f of the Condition of the
i
tilt of Lancaster
ster, S. C., at the blose of busii
March 4th. 1919.)
RESOURCES.
ints $640,035.99 ^
t. . . 8,766.57 w
k 147,100.00
. 248,500.00
Lturea 2,450.89 M
6,042.18 ^
owned 3,500.00
and bankers 143,569.03
21,664.00
2,660.00
coin . . 4,142.12
items L. . 1,791.86
I. $1,230,222 fU
LIABILITIES. /
i in / $ 50,000.00
/.. .. 100,000.00
, less current exes
paid .. . J . . . . 38,964.14
/ .. .. 100.00
ts sub- I
$42fe,457.61
1*7,530.71
2^8,500.00
of de- I
\ .. .. 108,571.56
, .\. . .. I 5.84
.. \ ../ 2,059.59 986,125.31
rediscouhied 45,000.00
terest a<p>\int 10,033.19
I . . .. . $1,230,222.64
rH CAROLINA. \
of Lancaster?ss. \
le Geo/ W. Williams, Cashier of
1 banki who, being duly sworn,
>ove and foregoing statement is
of said bank, as shown bv the
k.
GEO. W. WILLIAMS,
subscribed before me this 10th
19.
H. T. CANNON.
i Notary Public S. C.
nio.vfcON,
CIJR, \
Directors.
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AKQFFS
:s' COAT SIUITS
t . . . $12.50, SljkaO, $24.50, $27.50
, Silk, Poplin, Tdlt'eta and Washable
*1.49, $1.98, $4/50, $5.98 and $7.98
Ailk, Crepe del Chine, Georgette at
. A. $1.23, $2.$89, $4,998 and $6.50 ,
s Dresses, all sizes, at
. . \ . ,98c, M.98, $2.98 and $3.98
OATE MILLINERY
Children's\lafs at
, $1.98, $2.98/ $4.98, $6.48 and $9.50
STYLE A^D SERVICE
Children's Gpcfords, Pumps, high or
iather, vie* kid, Wack or tan at
3.98, $4.98,/$6.48 "4") $8.50 per pair
t'lough Sho4s at \
.$1.98 and\^2.50 per pair ^
llG CL0TH1NC
$7.50, $12.50, $18JH), $25.00 JL<
. $1.98, $$.98, $4.50, $6.50 aiid $7.50
;o 20, at I \
. 50c, $l|00, $1.50, $2.50 and *M>0
lirtn at J 75c, 98c and $iS25
ed Ovraljs at ~ \
..$1.49, $1.98 and $2.50 the beatPercale.
Madras, Silk Dress Shirts
$l/>(>, $1.50, $2.00 and $3.50 \
and Laujdried Arrow Brand Collars.
>ilk Ho^e 35c, 50c, $1.00
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