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PAGE FOUK TheLancastek News A i LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY. Lancaster. S. C. ' T1 GKUIUiU 111?LLA CllAVUN the i Editor and Muuager appl: The News Is not responsible (or the ' ' flews of Correspondents. Short and that mtlonal articles on topics of general W|lJc tntersat will he gladly received. ofter SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ?iues Cash In Advance. menl Ome Year $2.00 j mak( Six Months 1.00 | fhp Entered as Second Class Matter < ' ,u' October 7, 1005, at the Postoflice at agkti Lancaster, S. C., under act of Con- ! greas of March 3, 1579. have ? office FRIDAY, MAY 1(?, 1919. ticke ?? " " r* how( Hiy Country 'Tio of Thoo, 8woot Land | wi(h, of L'bortv." ? ?: marl "S IT MP lU'.M." ment (leorgia has a species of the dead- j>rov; ly "sperits ' which has been desig- office nated as "stump ruin." We are not pies familiar with the whyfore of the ever name, unless it should have come calru from the practice said to be iti fors vogue around Fayetteville. N. C.,lthe i jctimi years ago. auer tne slate or way. North Carolina went dry. when a cer pay I tain stump out in the suburbs of the and i Tar HoH city was a silent "blind , papei titer." Or words to that effect; we'ndvei heard it. The story went that the baUoi thirsty walked out or drove out. as This the ease might be. to a certain sec-! as tii tion where a tree had been sawed is wt down leaving a perfectly flat surface space on the stump. Liquor in those daysi for. didn't come at eight dollars a quart.! some And a man was supposed to put feebl half a dollar on the stump and walk of s| away. It" lie remained away, out place of sight and out of hearing for the think time nooessarv. he found 011 return lishti ?hn? the half dollar had turned to inane a pint of liquor Nobody sold it to papei him. he didn't even sop anybody \ lint lie not what lie went after.) Maybe this is how the stuff down in ^ f Georgia conies to he called "stump tired ruin " We don't know the ;i I'.ut it has come to pass in these ,n 1 'l arid times that the making of liquet, :,s a a process the knowledge of which 1 ,,n heretofore lias been confined to a 1 few. is becoming more and more an " art to tie sought by the h.gh and the "'",1S low iii ever-increasing numbers. ' ',0> They say. nowadays, that the stuff '"'i<e can lie made on the kitchen stove. ''"'x ?n<| Tlio Va? . I-j in .nn.l !...? .1. . . in SC is not propaganda sent out by tin1 think manufacturers of stoves for adver- I'"-"'1 tising purposes, but it ran be art 1 "'x unity done right in the kitchen. '<>ok* and It is said, furthermore, that the 'n stuff manufactured right in tin sclnu kitchen has the Kick iiiai the aver age tiiirsty man seeks, even a little more tiian in- expects. VVe doubt it. s'boi We don't believe liuuor can be ntade case on the kitchen stove; we don't bo the t lievo a man who doesn't know h >w s,'!n>f can make 1 irinor even with the u'afi proper utensils made for the pur *ur?! pose. nh'e And. liuuor made on the kitchen ',n stove, if liquor can be made on the earlk kitchen stove. is Ii?i 11 or. just the .1 . n Kir "Al? same as the stun you bring front ttaltimore is liquor, and if the am? i thorities find you making it on the frajn kitchen stove or on the heater in the men front room, or find if In your posse- glnei sion. no matter where it was made- 'n ' or who made it, it is good night for i went you in t.f The safest plan is to cut it out en son < tirely. It's against the law and the ginei law is going to lie enforced with an <ornl increasing degree of rigiditv If ? from # you go to making liquor in the kitchen, you're going to get caught sooner or later, and it wouldn't hei I , nice to spend a while in jail these ited. hot summer months. Furthermore,! I man; the season is about over. It's too Whlc hot now to drink liquor. You al- millt woys did cut it out in the summer tnndi time and take beer instead. The vanr only difference now is that you' iman: can't have either. I term . .UN A1MH T ADVKItTlMlNG. GOVI Ivertising is a legitimate part; j newspaper's stock in trade, aud 'thing to be paid for like any Wire r commodity. Some persons in Hi y community need education or; subject. re more rural the locality the more contracted the ideas of the| Cole leant and the more he feels at ernor tv to ask for free advertising passed shall contribute to something era' a ana t< h he is interested in. Thus it mit aj 1 happens that people will re- state t a notice of their entertain of Sou t out of which they propose to, re?t rn ., . (lovern a money, provided they can get ,cause notice without paying for it-?'nmv a chances are that the persons essary ig such favors of a newspaper compai been to some oilier printing, ?Pera" to get (heir circulars and their ^ 'lP < ooper ts printed?not for nothing. ment. ever. They can understand "i a the advertising which the cir- constit *s and such afford is to be paid s'ncR i v . i . r .. should but thev do not fullv cotnpre- , I the act why a newspaper should not j qUe8^j0 e and benefit their speculat on "it out charging for it. These re- would ;s are preliminary to the state : of a business principle which1 , the st; tils in all regulated newspaper j ar^ jS s. and which is based on princi- j reiiuire of equity. It is this; What , inating a newspaper publishes that is an* ? ! If ther dated to put tnonev into the cof- , lv with of an individual or to further J 0f orjs Interest of his business in any livery the newspaper is entitled t?? i oompnr or its service. That is the long tr;,"s>u tical )( short of the principle. A news' ' j act. tli r must have a revenue from i'Hstrued rtisinp; just as much as the eoirpar r must have pay for his bread, ntessat: \n here one is as much a stock in trade for sue le other and in larpe cities this, 11 understood and every bit of art: in the city papers is well paid "Sen It is undoubtedly true that in R?neral 11 . .1 . I A mesf small places in the countrv.J or telf e nawspapers yield to the kind tponging referred to In such' point * s there are always persons who a math ; the whole newspaper estate matter lent is at their heck and com s''"' " nutted I if they take one copy of th? ?-o?t f Win is Tills? of this * have for many years past no- '* * ? "h v the verv undesirable feature in tl " pa ittonilaiice of the nnhlic s-liool ... . M IM II n highest grades, viz: There .1 r? "Sec rule many more gills attending <*'! sh;>l I ov Why is this? When- are I""1"1* nnv vi invs? Thev leave school tnanv tll'S 'I'' 1**111, in their early or middle ni!iv j, as soon as they are aide to get plaint." dtion as clerk in some store or i Til miner toe impression that are wasting time h\ remaining (.loir T'* e hool longer The average hoy format s that if he gets some business j?(,rH|(| ion that will enable him to earn nf \t,,r v dollars a month, and that Said i towards Ins final oceupation old 1' e. while his classmates stick to ^ ountr. , .w ? i in? f? >1 three or four vears longet, vciir 1 ts just so many years the start so,.(jon s I'otnpanions who remain ii> sources d. Now the real facts in the find tli nre that the reverse of this ..% a<' ? ? ruth. The hoy who remains in Th* ?' and acquires a thorough ed- i|om on lays a foundation that will Carolir y. other thing f?e ng equal, en- who di him to surpass his classmate ' 1X4". \ left school three or four vears , death Br- ponnds t'liOW DIVISION liOVS around AltltlYK XT C'.XMP J\?"KSO\ weigh! llumbia. S ('., May 12. The walked hearing annroyimatelv 400 sonare and 1:! officers of the 117th en quired crs. Rainbow division, arrived wide, olumbia shortly after 11 o'clock 1853 I rday night and immediately able t to Camp Jackson. They were lime I >mmand of Col. J Monroe John- home, r>l Marion, S C. Among the- en- two-ho r*rs were the South Carolina " 'II panics from Spartanburg, Ce>- inches da and Marion. The train was breast, i Canip Merritt, N. J < <|f u velvet IHI> TIMMH'S KXPKCTKH TO the co VA\<K II*' OKItM.ANA lt\l,KS marrie indon. May 15. Reuter's Iiin- large, learns that in the event of tier- |inn(> y not signing the; peace* treaty, ^|Kant h Is regarded as unlikely, all father ary arrangements have been b for the allied armies to ad- Clyr e in exactly the snmo way as IMvlsir would have done had* fJer- from y not accepted the armistice with 1 s. this w THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. SRNOR SIGNS THE <EW TELEGRAPH ACT \x KSSAY OX ; Man that is born ot Companies Must Vse Intra small potatoes and few late Lines and the Most rises up today and floui rag weed and tomorrow Direct lUmte. (jay tke undertaker hat goeth forth In the 1110 ., _ _ ling like a lark and Is imbla, S. C., May 15.?Got- ... . , . . in one round and two s< Cooper has signed the act, . . ,, _ ... . ..... . ... In the midst of life h at the last session of the gen- . ... ssembly, requiring telephone and *be tax co et or ' jlegraph companies to trans- wherever he goeth. T1 I messages originating in this ?' "fp is ?' "P"11 for deliverey in the borders! 8"detb doun with th Carolina over the most di-! r?Pid'ty He walketh I lutes. An effort was made on br,Rht to ahsoi lor Cooper to veto the bill, he- j and peteth the bank 1 of its alleged unconstitution-i a,Kbt draft for $357nd the excessive amounts nec-i "p cometh home at f to be expended by the wire n,8Pteth the wheelbar ilea to make its provisions pa,h U r,8eth up and lV0 I to the earth and falletl n he signed the bill Governor j and runneth one of Its 1 gave out the following state-1 ear- In the Rpntle spr 1 putteth on his summer >m in grave doubt as to the a b?'"<?rd strlketh bin utionality of this act. but homo and fl1,eth h,m here is a doubt I feel that I worda and rheumatism. solve that doubt in favor of hp pu,tP,h on wlnter trf . and let the courts decide the: wasp that *bfirei in I cltement. He starteth was urged before me that it the pe,,ar with an 0,1 be a great hardship on the *OPth backward and tl ph companies to transmit all cometh after him and ate messages wholly within nmi" \tc. Mv construction of the U(% hu>'e,h a wa,rh dn that a telegraph company is ho come,h homP from " d to transmit messages .?rlg-|watoh doe ,rpeth hlmand state for transmission to near him untU ros>* mon her the most practical route.,to ,ho ,mrso trot nnd e Is no practical route whol- on the brown n" in the state between the point bn>' Kp>di"K a bla3 ;ination and the point of do- np,h. I have no doubt that such He mnrrieth a red-he: ly would have a right to wi,b a wart on hnr no it the message by some prac- nPX' '^p parent tin' ante without the state. The "?dpr w,th a f,pp arrop lerefore, when properly con- ?a*?llltles and commeth I will require a telegraph wi,b his !>olov0fl ^>n iniv to transmit and deliver: Kook HHdge r es wholly within the state Thp mos, |mnortnnt they have a practical route today is the cmk and h delivery. nament given by the following is the text of the |c(|ii;<l Suffrage henuue ii ' over the Hank of I at Hon 1. He it enacted by the ^07.011 tables of pi ayors v assembly of South Carolina od for KaimM. Hea inge delivered to a telegraph were presented by prot phone company within this generous merchants. la 01 transmission to any other powers were artlstlcnll A it h in this state shall he as decoration. Delicious it of fait, and regarded as a Was served from an atti of law. as an?l for an intra- pointed table. ansae!Ion. and shall be trans- Thp pr1zes. which incl by such company by the most other :<r!ic!es. silk host ind pti'ctical loute within the correspondence cardc, ( i'l'i's ; n<l c: Htlv. ** oro I hjit for any violation |,v (||0 lollnwinc storos; act said corporation shall he , T Wylie. l.ancnstet lo a penally nf ?:,rtn f,,r Poh'nsoo-Cloiid. Stnrdnr iolatiou, to he recovered h\ i.nnca iter I'rng Co , Pol rty aggrieved and TorfeM its Rodtnne W'lkup. ? do business in this state |,;,t! <n. !! C Hough, la .. .>in iiiiil: in-ieui con.am- par,m,M? Stores. I bar liny art ion for actual or ? ^ c damages growing out of I'F^SOX VL> >> ntion of the provisions of J- S. Wilson and I*!, t' i. and nnv cause of action s"'1 snenl Thursday in ( c united in the same com- business ri Mis C.corge Phillips. K I.IH.iKST OIKKH'.N ^ "7'"""' F,k" s flopping. r niton N C . News-Herald.) ? ? following very interesting ?n George |{ rn?v*? '?! ion was given to the News- I-rem out, X. ( .. to act by C. I.. Shaping, a resident daughtei, little Miss K canton- wards Craven, to Lancar he: "In turning 'hrough the I)OI LAIC MAUK Nf n'ted States llistnrv. "Our ll)K\l OK y and Its Resources." belong my father, published in the, (Continued From Pa S7d. January 1st. and In the treating on the wonderful re- fa,. aR ? |s worthy of fli t. etc.. of grand old state, f .., ,ljive a|way?, l)r,.n . 0 following, whleh is an ex- who beheve (hat pi dont of speech was tl The <?eeatest American.' ?fotv. beeause if a man I la.gest man on record ??h |ihs| tMnK fo rio ,s ro Pn Harden. a native of North n(lvcrHllP the far, , la. who was horn in 1708. and ,, rarTtlof ,,o HO (.a8lIv f led in Tennessee in 187 7 He yQU fo n,mil| reet and 8 Inches tall, and In ,nok VViSf. ,f yon weighed 872 pounds. At his fhp Rporpt ,R nut an,, he weighed a little over I ."<><> 'knoW K that ,1P fs n fool ' j "So it is by the ex pot 1803 his coat was buttoned tha, ? defeated; not I 1 three men. each of them aion of fo|ly an(1 |n ,h) ng over 200 pounds. who frfM. s)a,P(.h mon K<.t in together in it across the communication with at Lexington In 18.70 It re- whjrh constitutes the I 1J yards of cloth, a yrd! common achlevementi to make him a coat I nfil through many vtsslt le was active and lively, anil through many hitter o bear labor, but from that fmjnd th,. wav to th|f, , le was compelled to stay at rtom and now ?he ?,ai,{|3 or to be hauled about In a of the wor)(, ftH the r, hm?- vtnKiiii. I of constitutional llbert; is coffin was 8 feet long, 3." i deep, 32 Inches across the STEPS TO ENFORC 18 inches across the tent. COMPITLSOI required 22 yards of black to cover the sides and lid of (Continued From Pa thn. Miles Darden was twice! si, and his children are vervl'^o ages o felght and fn though It is probable that "hall attend school duri of them will ever attain the secutive months, or Ic weight nnd size of their each year. The statu b I cation has recommende term of compulsory atl le Cauthen, of the Kainhow gin In each district with >n. who has recently returned of the public schools of overseas, spent a few days It Is hoped that every 1 lis sister, Mrs. K. VV Itailey, trlct trustees will adopt eek. ' mendation in order to C. FRIDAY, MJ HAN. ' woman is ? , ~T a h|n Hank No. -ishes like a Statement of the Condition of th< or the next f|t| r| w w h?,h?a I he Bank of Lanca knocked out Located at Lancaster, S. C., at the close ITte in debt "ess March 4th, 1919. pursues him; He bannister | RESOURCES. ters and he; Loans and Discounts $6' considerable Overdrafts rorth in thei Bonds and Stocks owned by the bank rb the ozone Bonds deposited 2< eiier with a Furniture and fixtures Banking house 'ventide and Other real estate owned row in bis Due from banks and bankers L smiteth him Currency < t upon him. Gold ie?s into his Silver and minor coin in* time he Checks and cash items clothes, and ^ f?r from Total $1,2J with cuss In winter ? .users and a LIABILITIES. n causes ex- Capital stock paid in $ 1 down Into Surplus fund II sander and Undivided profits, less current exhe oleander | penses and taxes paid I sitteth upon Dividens unpaid Individual deposits subir and when! ject to check $429,457.61 ie lodge the! Savings deposits 197,530.71 and sitteth Bond deposits 248,500.00 i. He Roeth Time certificates of debetteth his posit 108,571.56 ne. and the Certified checks 5.84 :e faco win- Cashier's cheeks 2,059.59 9! wind heiress Notes and bills rediscounted so. and the Time deposit interest account roster goeth ? t and great Total $1,21 lome to live STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. tHirncv. County of Lancaster?ss.. social event Before me came (ieo. W. Williams, G bridge tour- the above named bank, who, being dul Lancaster says that the above and foregoing stat it the rooms a true condition of said bank, as show] m astor a books of said bank. lore afrang- GEO. W. WILLI 1,11 Sworn to and subscribed before me t rrns",ve nnd day of March, 1919. ovely spring H T CANN v used i?i -- ? - -- ISotary 1'ublic 'r,,ppo Correct Attest: arnvo y ap LEROY SPRINGS, , , WADDY C. THOMSON, m,7 ,nm' L. C. PAYSEUR, ' T /;in:- Directors. handkercontributed FMiarnrioy. it Hrug ('o.. tukoff. I! isv ( Hobins ?n- maximum number of pupils prompt- nine months, th1 monster !>< ly as well .is the maximum attend- tendance is both anre Classification and graduation ble. The ditlieul of pupils will he greatly facilitated' triets are negligll * by this policy. The general assent- with the result! lyburn \\ il- |,iy. howevur, refused to designate teachers, selioois i oltitttltia on tijo specific months of compulsory The nterest ii J at:end.tn< o and the state hoard did J state-wi le mid if th?' Cnl r'01 aathori/.ed to tlx a rti'me! sttite superln'ondi In this connection. The opening of1 aL.e to announce iv in town . . , i the schools in each community is: tendance officers , regulated f?y the local trustees. The ft today for practice varies widely in the various Catarrh Cam orupnny his communities of the state. Not a few with LOCAL, API'I lea nor Ed- dlBtrlcts run summer terms. In the catarrh*?*'* tocal' iter. tobacco counties a summer term is, flueneed by constttu , . . . , in order to cure il ?-? impossible. ( otton picking also at- internal remedy. I ^ foots the opening of manv schools. P*1?, }s Jaken inter . , the blood on the na AMhltli A A definite rule fur all the districts system. Mali's Cu m' the State can hardly he laid down h Is^country"*fm ge One.) unless the recommendation of the posed of some of th combined with som state board is approved. Certainly purifiers. The per m Hie schools ought to run when the chie'"sFw'hst^prodi unong those majorirr of the pupils can attend. results In catarrhal . r??? i testimonials, free, reato.-i tree eity an(, town 8chottte an,j P'. J. CIIENKY A C he gi cutest . Druggists. 7fie. country schools, running eight or Hail's family Pill Is a fool, the courage him " ? iy spenftlng. lisenvered If I 11 and I O mrnm or foiiy m W H H| H iy t hp serlil ? free air of t<? t(ial m.n TO Til IS one another Graded School Audit experiences ??rt free TO IIKAH at the front Bpresentative; ?^ _ r Slfovofa a v ItY LAWS m. w " "" The Great Danish Violini >uiteen years < nK four con-: TV/ I I F* MM "SV*r"! Wednesday evening, Ma d that th? ?? tendance beHI Adults $1.00 ADMISSION Chi thin reconi-l secure the rrtt iV tfjtfi _ r / VY 16, 1919. e ster of busi- 4 10,035.99 * 8,766.57 47,100.00 18,500.00 2,450.89 6,042.18 3,500.00 13,569.03 >1,664.00 2,660.00 4,142.12 1,791.86 50,222.64 50,000.00 [)0,000.00 58,964.14 100.00 36,125.31 45,000.00 10,033.19 30,222.64 iishier of y sworn, enicnt is n by the AMS, his 10th fON, S. C. s compulsory nt?logical ami feasities in other dis>le when compared ig advantages to and pupils, it this problem is enthusiastic. TJie "lit hopes to he the full list of atearlv next week. not Be Cured .ICATIONS. as they Boat of the disease dis('U.??. greatly lntlonal conditions, and you must take an lull's Catarrh Medln.il'y and acts thru n ous surfaces of the turrh Medicine was f the best physicians years. It Is comie hest tonics known, o of the best blood feet combination of Hall's Catarrh Medlices such wonderful conditions Send for O., Props . Toledo, O. s for ronrtlpatlon. IC torium d St ? y 21st Idren 50c (8KM1-WHEK.LV.) Established 1852. of 11 ? Monu Published Tuesday and Friday othei BY THE