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PAGE FOUR TheLancasterNe (SKMI-WEKKl.Y.) Established 1852. Published Tuesday and I'rid, BY THE LANCASTER NEWS COMP^ Ianciuter. S. C. OEOHGE BULLA CRAVE! Editor and Manager The Newt Is not responsible ft Hews of Correspondents. Slior rational articles on topics of ge latareat will be gladly received SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Cash in Advance. Om Tear Six Months Entered as Second Class .Y October 7, lso5, at the Postoth Lancaster, S. C., under act of gresa of March 3. 1&79. FRIDAY, JULY 25, 191! Ceurttry 'Tia of Thao, Swaot ' Liberty.* PRICES. "Prices are coins: to continue as lone as people continue to be inc to pay the high prices in opinion of the Philadelphia Rec says the Charleston News and rier. "and people are still willir pay the high prices." Thus l>i Review says: "The present extreme pile patently do n<>t d -i-o iraire pari ing where Supplies are urgent)] quired, either to '.11 iinrned ate w 4 or replenishment purp< b< consumption oi s'aple a: r\- luxtf ies. even ill secte ns where indications are dl-uppolntinc. t nues of not ild' dimensions. . The cost of footwear i^ inoui steed ly, hut train contintns ;t? and for sonic time past i: has been necessa:y for manufacture solicit orders." Further evidence of the >amo is found, if it l?e needed, in the < niercial and Financial Chr which tells us: "An active demands prevail: woolens and worsteds, and. ac<oi to soiling agents. they are unah fill the enormous inquiry tor r and dress goods. Manufacturer: reported to have - ale I down o and are understood to he prep: to mak< allotments for sprint ness, nit It Imyers getting only pa the goods they require." "And so it goes in practical! lines," adds the Charleston p "there are phntv of people wh< willing to buy even ;tt til p which prevail In oth r words, t are plenty of people who have p of money wito have more money they ever had before, and who able to 'live better.' its the en phrase lias it. than ever befon spite the diminishing purcli: power of the dollar. These pi ,i spending the r money free! tln> things that they desire and people who se.l those things (barging as much for them as people who want to hu> those tl are willing to pay. So long as inner are Milium 10 pay ?nai arc paying now, the prices will conic down. "This is not especially encoura t >r that very con.sideiable bod people who have not shared in Hood of sold that has lilleil so 11 pockets They have no more m than they had live or ten years ami for them the high prices ai many cases prohibitive. There i relief in siuht for them yet. e? in the sense that prosperity for classes of the nation, sttch as farmei s and tlie wage-earners, efi's in the Ion? run the natlo a whole, itnt in this thought the more than a grain of comfort." The upward tendency of prir sMil tending upward Many inert have heen noted very recently more yet to come There is litt! d'eation of the price of anything ing down. Take, for instance, conditions: A week or so ago doctors of Lancaster announced their fees hereafter would he 101 cent greater than heretofore, lit an advance in the price of an t IWS .ute necessity, not u iffxury. L 1 week the barbers of the city nounced increases in their prie i and the Jitney drivers have come IIV . t i? . r * . -* j wuq an increase 01 ten cents v.v passenger, charging thirty-five ce instead of twenty-five. The X< does not wish to he construed as c I icizing these advances: all of th j may be necessary: we do not do ir th that they are. But the only > ea t and neral tor advances in price that one he 'hese divs is that everything else advanced, which may be a fair eqi zation. provided that everything t $2.00 ! ha- really advanced. The price of a shoe shine is lattei cents: it used to be five. If the be ice at Cou- }dack finds that the public is will to pay fifteen cents, he would ^ standing in his own light if lie not advance the price to fifteen cei r (That's the principal nowadays \vh | is regulating prices. L\( KI\<; IN SKKVH K. Very recently the oider has b? promulgated that the Lancaster ofl Land , of the Western Union Telegiaph co (panv shall open at 8:30 a. 111.. a close at 6:30 p. m. It was t enough before, by all means, wl the closing time was 8 p m.. but i close at 6:30 is more than the pro; nril of Lancaster ought to stand for. T 1 "u News has commented frequently the miserable service afforded h< 1,1,1 > by the telephone and telegraph. we l as the mails. but there has be hope of improvement and the te ' ' graph actually has shown some i 1 provement until this la'e order f . early closing, which more than offsi it I' Ii whatev r rhatup for the rood 1 and . , taken place. crop In the matter of mail -riviio. t c :iuarly Sunday morning train has best l.egun to bring th-> niorc.ing i lllng rs into Lancaster. Tree t .v live, at the depot until the train from ? not lutubia at I? : 1 r? arrives, but cv rs to that is bettei than waiting until i ter dinner, or the arrival of the 1: 80t t ; j train. An inspector from the po 'omodite department here re<ontl> ; ntcle -ured some citizens of Lancaster t' I the earlv morning Sunday trr s for! I would soon bring in onucT inn 1,1 uling be didn't sav that this mail would le to i I permitted to remain at the dej lien's nearly two hours after i's arrival. ' Long distance telephone in and t ?i n ' ?f could be no w orse th busi-i'' '* an<* 1 bose fhree public servl r, of' institution should be made the t. get for a number of well-defined co ,, plaints at the hands of the peon'e v a 111 the city. In that wav onlv can t aper. , servic e be improved. If the Weste i are 1'iiion is made to know that the or rires >>!e will not stand for such an eat here closing hour as that recentlv *i Ion ty nouneed, it will bo changed. Id! than wise, th<> mail and telephone servi i are , ri greatly improved by w ell i I rected complaints to the proper i fic'a's. ising It is beyond doubt that there v on :,do(|unte room for improvement Hi,.'the mail, telephone and telegra are s,,rvice in Lancaster, the \ i ' \ 11 til >:i.h row. lings Here is a storv which the Chest the News credits to the Winnshoro Ne t hey and Herald with some misgivini not lYVitl. III. ..? ......... ..... ........ along with the statement that the King is no law requiring a newspat y ol rt'inliT to believe all he reads: t he nanv "Just seven years ago, the tempi oil' v i,rv <-' itr?r of this paper was ea ,(J,M paigning for office and stopped at It e in '"PW'M house in Longtown. It tie s no 'u>f '??'{ "" his v,,st, in which u(1p, had a fine watch, and, laying it on mo it ! ence 'n 'he back yard. A c chew d np a pocket of the garmi ben 'ontaining the watch, laist week I h ,JS I'ollard was called to see a sick ci re is ('oun there. It turned out to the sinie calf and the time piece w r.v js f"""d in such position between t uses'"l!,t 'he respiration the ol and 'nK 'n Mn(' 'he tilling of the lungs e in-' '"I'' 'he stem winder wound up a he watch had lost but one hour local ' -Vf'n I tl,< "The watch was removed by I that I I'ollard and the cow Is doing well.' I per ^ " A man Is commonly either made ,f ls marred for life by the use which ibao- makes of his leisuie time. Shaw. i ii i | a annii a,, IIKH ,mn i tiiiii?> I THE LANCASTER NEWS ,ast r? an-' Tlie Best Joke. gi es; | out' (From the Cincinnati Enquirer.) | John Deasy. the Cincinnati attoi- a ptr| ney, claims that the oldest joke is n,>l the one about the school janitor who ^ ?ws|quit his job. He was asked why ho ,l rit- quit, and he replied: "Well, I's an '' em honest man and don't like to be ^ ^ ^ surred. On Monday I saw on a black- w board in one of the schoolrooms this s?n | notice: 'Find the least common null n arSjtiple." So 1 hunted all over for It ha* ami i couldn t find >t. Then on Tues-I day on the same board I found this notice: 'Kind the greatest common " divisor. So I says to myself that " one of them is lost and they'll be ac- al ten eusing me of taking them, so I quit."i ; ti >?t- . :jjt. George Hausewine. Jr.. of Wll-, liamson, \V. Va.. claims that the old-i?, est joke is the one about the man d'd who came home unexpected in the its. afternoon. He looked all over the' jCh house for his wife, but couldn't find her. He heard a noise in the cellar \ and went down. Here he found a, colored woman doing the familv laun-i ! T dry work. ?en "Have you any knowledge of my I ? lice wife's whereabouts??" asked th^j"1 .... 1 man. . "No. sah! replied the colored vc"d . , M i man. "They wasn t in the wash this ltd weefc *' ot to Nodge. of Oxford. Ohio, claims that r y pje the oldest joke is the one about the j j old sea captain and his first n.ute he I | gc j who came ashore into a greasy little j.,, on I eating house to Ret a meal. Thev i or 're> ordered soup and the waiter brought ^ as two bowls of weak-looking li<|uid. j , I The captain tasted the stuff and th-n . II j pi i said: "Ilev, waiter, what is this , stuff?" "That is soup," replied the M In* waiter. "Soup!" exclaimed the taper tain. Then he turned to the mat. t? and said: ".lust think o it Hill' lb-re s! you and me have been sailing on soup ;tll our 1 i\ - add didn't know it." h Joe J. i'nuei. general manager of at the Triangle i-'lltn company, of New York, claims that the old joke is theis,: jp.'ono about tin1 Irishman who got a 00 j job as an attendant at a booze cttre|w' | establishment. The house physician ,'*1 brought the Irishman into a room in! ' ;if-( which a patient suffering from dollr-|de 17 iutn tremens was strapped to a bed ,!< ^ "Now," said the physician, "if till man sees snakes again give him a J l'? 1 dose of this medicine and it will <|uiet j de him. I'll be in and see him in the! do in morning." The physician came ? around in the morning and the p;> . tient was raving. "How long has he ? been this way?" asked the physician P ? "" "All night, Mir." replied the Irish e ] man. "But didn't I t?*11 you to give ? ] ,,,i iiim 'his medicine it' he saw snak< again?" demanded the physician * an j "But In- didn't set- any snakes, re L , " ' I pli- 'I tlie Irishman. "All ho said was ? purple giraffes on roller skates an., ? J BUSINESS NOTICES * S i + + + + + + ? si \\ \\ I'll)?A farm <>n public. i- < . i i. ?J lyl near school not less than 2"" nor j] more than 1J o ai r<- . Ilium 5l e< k< r, Box 37, Camden, P. 11 i r I oic > \ I i:?! '(>.ir lull Oiroc Jcrv-ey ? ili- sow Will farrow real soon. 0 1. ? ?f_ McManus, Lancaster, S. C., Itoute f 2 J: il_l: tj $25.00 Reward [| phi ? j FOB ('.ll'TI ItK \\l> HKTl ltV TO ?J CHAIN GANG OP ESCAPED ? 3 CONVICT ? 3 i; James Dunlap, who escaped froin ] wa chain gang camp in evening of Tues- j I8' day, July 1st. 11 ?, was .-a-ntem-i'il in I. it last March term of court to serve four]! . ,ro years on chain gang for breaking lnto|| j Bennett-Terry Company's store. He ?J is about five feet, four iin hos tall, v ] dark, ginger cake color; looks as It . ] >r- ho didn't havo much sense; walks l ,,, talks and works very slowly; slightly I (1) fiat nose. ? | A reward of twenty five doilart ? will be paid for this convict's returt ? ll,> to the chain gang camp at Lancaster ? ' ? S. C. | air, JOHN P. JU'NTKU, >< ' Sheriff 5 M H. Ki:sTKK. ',3 Countj Knglneer. L ow r J ' { I h< ^ Gregory Bros i llrt ASTI II.S.. . | KMC Automobiles f )r. [ Trucks and [ or Tractors I ft ! 1 ildhMitolii i m i -- rlrt _ i * -- 3, LANCASTER. S. C. ?d, white and blue monkeys with' reen eyes." Bill> Byrne, the Covington (Ky.) ' ttorney, claims that the oldest joke ^ ^ the one about the Irishman who! ad a run of hard luck and decided > commit suicide. A man discovered, to Irishman a few hours later. He ad a rope tied around his waist and as dandling from a tree. "Whit 11 it* vnii fining0" V?r* inn. I "I'm hangin' myself." replied the ishnian. "You can't hang yourself by put-1 ng the rope around your waist,"! lid the man. "You should put it round your neck." "Ocli!" replied the Irishman. "I1 ied it that way. but I couldu't reathe." IOONEY DECLARED I NFAIRLY CONVICTED (Continued From Page One.) tat such a course would "not be impatible with the public interests." he secretary estimated the total cost [ the Mooney investigation at not ore than $7,150. Conjectures regarding what the jvernment might further do to aid ooney were revived as a result of le submission of the report to coness. Since Mooney was convicted 1 a charge of violating a state lavr ither than a federal statute, it would ? beyond the power of the federal jvernment to do more than request ^ tmuiuia nuinuriiies u> parnnn mm give him a now trial. His sentence ready has been commuted by Govnor Stephens from death to life im. isotiinent. EXICO IS AGAIN w IN THE LIMELIGHT (Continued From Tape One.) r - :iI that lie had received no ? u j Mexicans in ('arranza ??iform liaviiur been found. "I' >s Pos fieneial Ft win referred tlie Fall has confused foment to t'ol. it. II S. Tompkins. with the K1 mmander of the Seventh Cavalry, this statemer to made this statement: fi(l. "That d "I have troops stationed at Ysleta, Col. (Jeorge lien- and Knit Hancock on the bor- trolled by tin r patrol ami they have been sta- tint pet repor mod there for about five months, irinp that time 1 have itad no re- Mll'K OF "I rts of my troops crossing the bor- OFF 1< r or having killed any ("arranza sol- San Diego *rs or officers." Marguerite N [""Watc ! I WATCH for 1 HARRY HIRSCH MEYERS who hav Markets for the b STORES and THE We are going of UP-to-DATE Re sex at a price whi< der?"HOW WE D In the meantime \ on ALL merchandise or So come NOW and be "The HIRSCH ST i WE put the GAIN WE Sell the WALK Also for the hir; I.ANCAST FRID t"on<l<>iisi':1 M!j>t?'lll(*lll of Col) The Bank of Lane At Close of Business June ii RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts 5 City Bonds Liberty Bonds Furniture and Fixtures ' Real Estate Cash on hand and in Banks . . $ LIABILITIES. Capital $ Surplus and Profits Dividends Reserve for Taxes Deposits $84 8,3 73.4 8 Bond Deposits .. 261,it&0.00 $ V siblo that Senator Pall the super tho Bin Bend district for a divoi Paso district in making who was i it," (ienoral Erwln add-' boiled" le (strict is commanded by army. Si F. Langhorne and is pa- Smith's s i> Kiuhth Cavalry. I do prison cat: ts from that district." | came in I l.\KI> BOILED" I 'Kit WANTS DIVORCE ??? <l?i Hiliousne* , i a)., Jnl> _l Mi Headache! Iichel Smith has tiled in Adv. :h O the return of I and MRS. e gone to the ] benefit of the IR customers. to show a FU iady-to-Wears ch will make ^ O IT." V L. are going to SL i hand as we nee< CONVINCED. ( ORES for BARGAINS for YOU in B -OVER SHOES the LADIES SCHs KK, S. ifihEftiaRftfiyyfiifiifiifii 1 >AY, JULY 25, 1919. B ??H#l A Of aster ;o, w 703,638.34 10,000.00 388 1 10.00 2 450.89 16.042.18 186.582 07 1,306.823.48 ? 50,000.00 140.500.00 2.500.00 AoM prices Bj 1 the room, tj Dur Slogan, f] I | ARGAIN ? for MEN 1 ?1 'i TORES [I o,uuv.vv 1,110.323.4 8 1,306,823.48 >! ior court a petition asking r?c from l.icut. F. II. Smitli. ;iven the sobriquet of "hard > the men of the American ie alleged brutal treatment, career as commander of up No 2 in France recently "or congressional investlgalokly relieves Constipation, is, 1/osh of Appetite and ?, duo to Torpid I,Ivor.? rinnrinrinnrw roiii i-J ill oiJuuij i ut | ! our MR. [i MINNIE | Northern [| HIRSCH I LL LINE I for both jjj pou won- jjj i n