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Hj j fASE 101) K M. THELaNI lASTMiNliYVS 3 - iui.iEM *? l' l'l: i v v - ^ " w piv.ui-nnnnKi./ ' LMUiblibhtd 18o2. tli / ffgmmmm m ? Published Tuesday and Friday j 111 BY TlLli dl LANCASTER NEWS COMPANY, j 1. uica.sU'i, S. C. UBORCE Bl LI, V < HAVEN K'lu'?r and Manager V* ' The N wo is not responsible t'oi the views oi Correspondents. Slioit aud ratio uil article , u topics of general in " 'V- Joieioat will be gladly received. BUBSt ItlPUON I'lUCE: Cash in Advance. One fear $2.00 ?t* MoutliH 1.00 v Enteied as Second Class Matter October 7, 1005. at the Postotthe at Lancaster, S. C., under act ot Con- ai areas of March 3, lo7tt. _ in FRIDAY, MAY 30, 191*). ti Country Tn of Thoe. Sweat Land " =S=====rr=^L^^=='=== " mi; nr.KK. l 'Warrlnn corn! tions created a do-' testable creatine now known to the' victimized public as the profiteer." ' n the tlreensboro News says. "Abnormal years have allowed him to ?1 *\ i??j? and dehumanize li s, sordid soul w: i!<- lie grew fat at thei i' expense >\ unfortunates and because! of the lack of law and organized opw position to h.s insidious practices. An unusual state of affairs made a barrier for him while he sold at a( criminal profit and pleaded excessive l" , .1 11 costs as a cover tor Ins commercial piracy." savs the Charlotte News. T "The profiteer prospered and multiplied. Today the war is over, hut the profiteer - ontinues to ply his in trade. While the country is Hushed ... ol with money. l,o continues sell his w soul for paltry dollars. Whore the 1* profit is not so large, the species has '* ol Increased many fold: where the in ^ dividual profiteer is dominating, the ^ coffers aie running over. ; s< "Such is the condition confronting' the American people today. Protl- " teering is still rampant, open, ( brazen. There can be no mistaking j. that evidences on all sides are convincing. One need not go into in- n dividual cases: it is In the air, on a i g every tongue, at ervy hand. LegitiI ? mate profits are not countenanced,! Ci "If theie is opportunitv to bleed the tl public while the dollars are plentiful and the confusion of war conditions 1 Si form a screen to hide the bandits ?, who char.tablv are called profiteers j"Charlotte need not try to soothe itself into the belief that it has escaped the greedy hand of the profiteer. Tliis would, indeed, he a city of refuge if it were without him. So. swat the profiteer. Guard .against "aim. and. when he is discovered swat him. Th?' housefly is a holy angel when compared with this comliereiil leech. "I'Vriet on- t he profiteer, ihei sw at Rid the nation of this one of the n."St despicable productof i he war And the Greensboro paper aids; 'What is said for Charlotte goes for G et nsbon. goes for Smiihville Brownville ,ir I the condition is n ?* unknown at Yap's Cross Roads. It is a highly laudable purpose We wonder how it i> to be gone about just but where there is a will there is a way * "One suspects that each man. o?* any man. could be hit own profiteer swatter to a certain extern. Far be It from such that we should advise > tM people not to buy goods, for the retailer and the newspaper are as close as elose; and the buying publlr would find it hard. In eurtading. to pick out the profiteer Is- 't the erage merchant caught in the n t even as you or we? He lias to buy things, including t thing sMls T'.ut ro|pn.< volou?. il will probably >4 rome to that if things ovr-r eomr *1own off their high pereh that people w '1 begin to try ami do with out things. ( heap money. wa* money, seems to make a pleasant situation for many people. to b< much better than dear money and the general squeezing and skimp ing and depression that go with it Nevertheless, a body does despise lo be gouge<! beyond reason." V'TIKEj rvmmmn*! * ? I.MIMCOVKU MAIL SEItYlCE. J bale The News was recently assured were . i ppntvt at the matter ot bringing pouch bale all to Lancaster on the early bun- baleg ly morning train would immedi- caste ely have the attention ot' the post- poun liie authorit es. Tli.s and the es-lc"no' blishment of city delivery are two ^ Lane the improvements contemplated the mail si rvice at Lancaster. The Ceivii alter ot Sunday morning mail has bale 11 discussed in this paper on sev- P?un al occasions ;;r.d while there has ("l,n getti 11 no eneral demand l> r the set- (i e. It u > has not been taken to eomj an tliat the peoplo were satisfied. sini|> s it is. letters remain in Rook Hill a,M' . , . _ name i.d are brought to Lancaster at l it La the afternoon on Sunday; likewise ?OIKj if morning papers from the north notli ntie ii tin after dinner amusement,J cottu bile if the change in prospect is l,rm' iade. with little or no additional , Hera tpen.-e they may be brought to the vear tv on the train reaching here from marl | , ock Hill at 8:J:t a. tn. This w.lljum net io ot lntertere witii me service on cert a rains arriving here at 10:17 and . itig :17. The train from Columbia jf aching l.anoastor at 6:05 p. in., p n|. oi's not now carry mail and will (.()II(I ot nndor tho now arrangoment. tin- (jie ss possibly pouch mail made up at' 10 local postoflice about 5:d0. j j|j|| Tliore aro. of course, some people .)ap<? i every town who would like to see isp; le Sunday mail service d'spensed j<(., ith in entirety, but if there is to be jn ny Sunday service at all. it might j, ,p 0 so arranged as to lie of more fallj| enelit to the patrons of the office ^pj lan that now in etYect. ) Hi: t (lTT(l\ MXKIvKTS IN I.AN- n,onl CASTKIl \ N I> liOCK llll.I.. on \ Some days ago a citizen of ("lies- Lam r county made public a statement 1 regard to tho alleged superiority Lancaster as a cotton market as Ai imputed with Hock Hill. The |n_ ancaster News, in an editorial, at- . noua tnpts to turn th's to the advantage f Lancaster. This effort is entirely ^un* 'ummaic and indicates mat trie virus* t(?s is alive to opportunities to and 'ivu its town; but, if what the oiti- SU>IK mi of Chester county states is true nd what the News says is true, how id it happen that a citizen of Lan- m?h aster county, who was in Itock Mill wiiil ist week told this story; It |s Tiiis Lancaster citizen, whose ante is withheld because the Ilerhi has not had tin opportunity to s et his permission to use it, is one hack f the best known men of Lancaster incoi aunty. His statement is suhstun- (;av lally as follows: (j This gentleman says that a few ays ago he went to Lancaster with am pies of nine bales of cotton. One npK' Tuesday, J is the date of the ne OP-TOM-I and OP I who is a Special Rep Brown - Sloa Comp< GREENVILl Brown-Sloan Glasses h friends and customers by thei pasl four years and have givi if your eyes need attention o require a change call on ab carries our personal guarante Lancaster ] Lancaster THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANO was low grude and the others' possibly fin good cotton. He was offered 8 thority to cli per pound for the low grade . ... ... . I 19 UIIIIKt"iy i and 20c per pound for the eight i Finally, before leaving Lan- t,on t*ie ,<>KU r, a buyer offered him 24c per' ZZZII d for the nine baleB. He de- ^ T il to sell and returned home, day or two after his visit to, aster the gentleman came to i Lancaster Hill and sold his cotton, re-j^ov* W. S. ng 1G l-2c per pound for the Sabbath sc of low grade cotton and 30c per preaching 1 1 d for the eight bales of good third Sunday n. He had no trouble about ""d fourth ng these prices here and made 8:20 p. n ITort to get the local buyers in meeting eve ictition with Lancaster. lie 111 Iv brought his samples here sold the cotton at the prices (Passtors 3d. The News s incaster may he, probably is, a of church s< cotton market; but there is every Friday ing in the past history of the m business in the two places, to Through t a that Lancaster is a better cot- Fraser socle market than Rock Hill. The the pleasure id's opinion is that, year, by June 7. of h Rock Hill is a better cotton'club. The ;et than Lancaster. Tills opln- years lias v is not based on isolated trans-1 the state hn ns. but on the broader and more and unusual iin foundation of general trad- hoped will h in cotton.?Rock Hill Herald. Lancaster. The News remembers correctly, cents for ad :nl?> no montion of tho Rock Mill cnimren. me in tnorket in its comment upon ,ax" e .... . a' "it* Cent i' letter ol' Mr. rhrailkill. which r was first printed in a Hock pap<i anil later in a Chester! CfltMTh with LOCAL, r. The News has no desire to cannot reach Catariti is a trace the Ho?k II 11 cotton mar- fluenced by cc in order to c hut adin ts that it is diligent Internal rem? cine is taken onsistently boosting Lancaster, the blood on i r .1 , ti i ii ii . i system. Hal! e ch |is tall ill Hock 11.11, it is no prescribed by . , .. In ttds count ol I he New s. posed of som< .. , , , . , . . ' combined wit ic Herald should not only gtvej rurificrs, Th names of the Lancaster citizen ioned. but should give the dates teaumori?ahe'' L 1 / I 1 1.' V f vhifli ho offerocl the ootton in J Ajj DruitfcfHi aster and in Rook Hill. Hall's l aml \ st <;<;kstio\. lnounrement is made that nil- 'if open-air services on ih<> court J e green will he resumed next lay evening at 8 ;:{u. Th" sert last about an hour and a half. The News wishes to offer the estion that the <-ity authorities it some method by which autoiles may he kept off the square! e the services are in progress. next to impossible to heat tin ker when automobiles are contly passing. driving up and ing off from the square, and the nvenience of turning at Main and streets and at Main and Itarr using White street for an hour a half each Sunday night will be iKfchlc Th<> authorities may! une 3rd < \[ visit of our 1,-TRIST ICIAN iresentative of n Ontiral Ill UpilV/Ul wy LE, S. C. ave been furnished our ir representative for the en entire satisfaction, so r your present glasses ove date. Their work e. Yours truly, Drug Co. , S. C. I LSTEK. S. C. d they haven't au-, """ ? ose the street, bat It! hat anybody will ques-| llty of such action. UK CHURCHES. Con l <. and Shlloh A. R. P., mi Pn t turann nuatnr I N ^ . m hool 10:30 a. m.; M 1:30 a. m., (lrat and . s at Lancaster, second at Shiloh; preaching i., Lancaster. Prayer ry Wednesday, 8:30 p. , ell 1 t are requested to furnish ita n d ing announcements ervlces for publication 0 | , Loans aii he efforts of the Mamie tv Lancaster will have ^ bont on Saturday evening.' Liberty I earing the WofTord (llee club, which for several 1* umitur iaited various towns in Re'll Est is been most successful ly popular, and it Ls Cash Oil ave a large audience in( The admission is 75 j ults and 50 cents for se tickets including war rPnrmnnpA will tio plwon ;il school auditorium. | Cannot Be Cured APPLICATIONS, as they r, , the seat of ttiu disease L.JipitUl . local disease, greatly in>nstituti<>niil conditions, and SurnliK * ;ure it you must take an 1 ' * dy. Mall's Catarrh M?diInternaPy and acts thru Deposits the mucous surfaces of the I's Catarrh Medicine was lL\nrl Plo ono of the best physicians I?Oll(l ry for years. It is cum1 of the best tonics known, h some of the best blood e perfect combination of ts in Hall's Catarrh Medlproduces such wonderful irrhal conditions. Send for rrce. Y A CO.. Props.. Toledo, O. is. 7Gc. ly Pills for constipation. |______11_^__ V r(|f J nn i \l i \: V ' - >; -HI MM I ^ ' The Silk Sense KUMSI-! ai DEW The Silks that have silkified the o Iridescent, radiant, skimmering, s< istic of Nature in her happiest moods Sparkling as the dew on the roses i In color combinations that reflect tl stars blending into the sapphire of as they roll onto the shore; the pir clouds on a summer morn; these an ings. The lustre of the texture, the distil dition to the unusual coloring, rank tl I'eer for out-dooring wear. So decorative in themselves that tli u?. ? , i millet > iniiiti in nit' jJifini ui in 11 and circles. Silks for every purpose and ever afternoon, yes, even for evening- for for scarves and neckwear; for hatsfind ? LANCASTER DEP. "The Best Place ' 9 FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919. ' I Bank No. 33. densed Statement of Condition of Bank of Lancaster . Lancaster, 5. C. I close of business May 12. 1919. RESOURCES. d discounts $ (553,3 58.57 is 10,000.00 londs 345,150.00 e and Fixtures 2,450.89 ate 1(5,042.18 hand and in Banks 158,083.18 $1,185,084.82 LIABILITIES. $ 50,000.00 uul Profits 113,086.40 $738,948.42 posits 253,050.00 991,998.42 $1,185,084.82 ',} i\dfi ' MALUNSUN'C / IV 0 / I i j .> I Silks deLuxc O wjm imr '"~)l VII/ -/y~ v * itions of 1919 KUMSA id -KIST ut-doors. LMiitillatiiiK. two-tone Silks character1. in a June dawn. le artistry of Nature?the j?old of the the night; the foam on the breakers i lk of the dawn as il steals over the d many other equally beautiful shadnction and the beauty in weave, in adI w ?... rifsu noveiiy ;miks, tne Mlks without a le reverse of the silk is sufficient trimle jacquard stripes, checks, triangles y occasion?for dresses out-doorinjf, ^ skirts; for blouses; for sweater coats; ?what more versatile Silk could you ARTMENT STORES * to Shop After All." ?