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GE TWO \ LANCASTER EQUAL SUE OFF1CEKS President Secretary Treasurer ' Press Chairman Lancaster Kqual Suffrage League, f term Watch the suffrage inap grow pure! day rhite! Nebraska and Montana have iuter joined the ranks of those states which ment oave already ratified the federal our 1 mendment, making a total of 14. It is an interesting and striking "T act that every section of the United bor i Jtates is represented in this group to h of "the first to ratify"?North, South, whlc East and West, e. g., Michigan, Arkan-j is no sas, Massachusetts, Illinois, Pennsyl-j it is vania. Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas. New of w York, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Ne- hie "braska and Montana. ! that f There are now only seven states 111 road the Union where women have no trol voio# in the government under which opc r they live. ploy t The following pertinent editorial Ante appeared in a recent issue of the polic Voman Citizen: "Senator Reed is lion, ing to 'get a hitch* on the as c< ffrage band-wagon, the same wagon "I pr.t which he would not accept a ized ?rfectly good front seat when it was wag< pen to him. After telling the sen- sysU .e some little time ago that "wo- haul ian's place was in the home and wagi ost good women are there." Sen- awai >-*teed must have gone and bor- visio somebody's binoculars, for all arisi .dden he is tremendously im- hour . with the numbers of good wo- prin< tie sees out in the wide wide part! in hospitals or on the battle mun or serving in many capacities in c< than homes. And instead of son these women back home igno 'he senator from Missouri vate o give them medals for being heir homes. If men are to "als, says the inconsistent recei not women? Why not in- resui >y should men be sing ed folio .he mother who gave her inert a her heart and her very soul rise 3 cause of the war is not given only ?" he cries, and one can hear wort rs in his voice as he says it. gone Senator Reed, but your rope duee rong enough to hitch with. Re- wage he suffrage band-wagon is go- pays fast that it really hasn't time <*oni| er- with you." wngt upwi .anoaster suffragists join with the surni gressive editor of The News in the trol. .r> for light as to the position of are senatorial candidates upon the inu vital question of woman suffrage. The sent; next South Carolina legislature will railr vote upon the ratification of the fed- >s ral amendment, and it is of the ut- diret most concern to the people of Ran- "i taster as to how the senator from this yestt eounty will vote. It is not sufficient disci \as gratifying as it may bet to have dent V? whole-hearted support of our who vard-looking representative, Hon. as I. Horton. The senator must also brai right." man bond >. Charles K. Nageley, treasurer ever ie board of managers of the 111 i- inve liqual Suffrage association, has 'ask distinction of lteiirg the only wo-j Stati r member of the Chicago livestock thosi tange. that j hut ruth Carolina now has a trained yard nizer from the National Suffrage shall -iation. The organizer is now in, the | land countv, and will visit Lair- "'1 r luter. skill ness e Lancaster Kqual Suffrage ,|r<' 1 e wishes to take this opportun- abili ? endorse the earnest effort of erati It. Ft. Kiddle in her plans as Thei .* organizer of the fight against niarl aey. Mrs. Riddle has called a mari 'ng for next Saturday morning, infla jst 9th, at the court house at aroo JO. At this meeting plans will a lei aid for the campaign against il- creai acy In Lancaster county. Every servl iotic, public-spirited man and wo- he c in Lancaster should make a spe an c effort to attend this meeting. The fund te allotted for this special drive is dust month of August, and there is. afore, no time for delay. Kvery then 1 South Carolinian longs to see the stigma of tho next to the most il- duct state removed from our grand whir jld commonwealth. Only one more ,01 ' >e.ir before the next census. Won't you come and do your part toward "1 potting Lancaster over the top in this oper Initial campaign to teach 2.11 illit- ers n ejutes to read and write? Remember uuni ? date?next Saturday morning at earn ;30 at the court house. quin ?L. J. S. "1 HE EMPLOYES WANT CAPITAL ELIMINATED thro can (Continued From Page One.) publ . tho ; we agree with Representative the nton that this affords but tern- ing try relief. It does not offer a rem- cost cry i life j k.-. THE LA "Labor's bill, or FRAGE LEAGUE. provides a remedy i that its terms be full argument in j "Thus the cost o Miss Margaret Moore i automatically redu< . . . .Miss Nannie Hill Moore , portion as beneilts Mrs. S. L Allen ducers of transport Mrs. Lerov Springs "Increase in eari : ducers under this s will be presented on Wcdnes- *n ',u'reils before the house committee on ln' balanced by dec state commerce, fn this state-' Hallways "Kf : we are sounding the note of railroads a basic principle. !try of ,he natlon- ' Originates With lather. Ithe price of every 'hat this role originates with la- irunsporia Is merely because labor happens ( tod 'n <be *nci ave firm organization through commodities, so a h it may become articulate. It costs must be ref it to benefit labor as labor alone; pr'( ( *' to benefit the consuming public,] * hich labor at present is the audi-'intPrest a3 oon8Un part. in labor's bill providing'overburdened pulj .. . ? , , .. mental statement ( the public take over the rail, . . .. . . . ... spectfully submit s and establish a tri-partite conbetween the public, the railway I" ?P'e ating management and the em-. . , ii , .. ? *J 1? 1 ^ I vJ ST r es. the labor organizations of , rica have established this new IN SHANTU y which envisages their condi-, not only as producers, but also official Declaration turners. Return It to t marks the step by which organlabor passes from demands for i a increases to demands that the I tin of profits in industry be over-j Washington, Au ed. Hitherto, during successive j tentions in the t'l ? negotiations and arbitration Shantung, where s] els. we have called for pro- by the Versailles t rial settlement only of questions be set forth in a I ng out of differences as to wages, j from the Tokio go s and conditions of labor. That .big to information eiplo of 'genuine cooperation and circles here, nership based upon a real com-' Although the ex ity of interest and participation ' declaration was nc Diitrol," of which President Wil-j assumed it would l lias spoken to congress, has been!'he repeated statei reu not 11 nv innor and hy the prl- j statesmen mat tnc owners of the railroads. i ly is to be return Wane Increase's \iillilled, j some quarters it \\ Vliat wage increases have been might even set a dti ived during the past few years j' ion and acknowled Ited only in immediately being! 't-ot agreement sh wed hy more than proportionate' with China on that >ases in the cost of living. Kadi The reported de in wages has turned out to meanjanese government 1 temporary relief for the affected purposes is believa Lets. When the increases have growth of informs around the circle, labor, as pro-; versations between r. loses the advantage of the newi Tokio reflecting tl >s through the additional cost it mment's desire tt as consumer. Moreover, through ease be given t< pounded profits taken on these idem Wilson has t j inereases eaeh eyrie becomes an that a complete ex ml spiral of costs, which the con-1 vv,?uhl throw a new ing public vainly reaches to con- tung provision, wl of ttie points of at Vs the major part of the consum- position t<. the tre pul>lic, labor is entitled to repre- Although it hud ation on the directorate of tlie several days that s oads. As a producer of capital, imminent, tliere ha entitled to representation on the ulatlon in senator torate of the railroads. circles whether tilt ro capital, which is the fruit of mpnt i,solf would rday's labor, we now propose to |,M ' u,"ild rcmi liarire evcrv iii?? ohHm t i.m vv ?""i, ,1"' d sdosure and that the owners of capital. '*,>s 1 , i;a^'liU represent on y financial interests , ^ >'so" 1 '?nj (listingulshed from operating ,(> ''u> 'l'tes?i< ns ns and energy, be retired from declaration agement, receiving government '*r?(' l,v 1preside Is with a fixed interest return for ip" "l" situation i y honest dollar that they have wou'd hn\?? on the Bted in the railway industry. We treat\ that the railroads of the I'liited News of t ie exp as he vested in the public; *hat '1|llJ >hantun e actually engaged in comlm-ting a"er fore industry, not from Wall Street, 'li,d opened from the railroad offices and ""Portant diselot s and out on the railroad lines, ^er,'',,ary Lansing I take charge of this service for NVortnosda>' to disci public. treaty. It is expt rhese represent all the brains. vvi" 'M> P,ll>1'r i,ad and energy that is in the busi- ,,omm",Pe tnembe They are entitled to that nieas- SOf>r,dary to tell o of control which is equal to their how ''ie treaty tv and their responsibility for op- nations covenant ing the transportation properties ^ ersailles 1 and only will the service pri-i liy he for the public, not pri- , ,,TT,,N >mi' KIV for profits to speculators and WAN I AN IN tors of capital. As a means for Itock Hill. Aug. mplishing this end. wc ask that the Hamilton Carl use he granted to a corporation city have requested led not for profit but for public per cent In wages ice. We ask that this corporation nouncement made ontrolled In Its management by retary of the mill qual representation of the three that it has always a mental interests upon which in Hamilton Carhartt r.v is based. The public, operat-' Carhartt Mills, tot managers and wage earners will pioyes a large pot guarantee both the integrity of earnings. The em| Investment required for the con-'past, it is stated, ti of the industry and that return high a? the earning h induces it by Investing, to en- fled. Mr Carharl he public service. from iliis policy I Share Kainings Kqiially. stance, Mr. Ivey rhe public as consumers and the ho'vover. that the | ating managers and wage earn- the Carhartt Mill d is prodttcers having joined in that would involve an antee will then share equally all crease of 2."> per c< ings In excess of the amounts re-, thousands of dollar nd to meet the guarantee. I increase so great t rhis Is provided by granting to out of the question wage earners and management The mill owners half of the savings which they stated, to give til ugh their perfected organizations crease of i? percent make, and by securing to the that no greater ri ic the other half to he enjoyed by j be granted. consumers, either by increasing -4 means of service without ineroas- A leopard cannn fixed charges or by reducing the but in rhe subtle ht of the service which the machin- a two-spot seems t( then in existence can render. an ace. NCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. , i the other hand, i PURCHASERS WANT *nd we ask merely ACTUAL COTTON scrutinized. Our| suppoit of these Wnnnnmaker Says World Is Facing t transportation is Absolute Certainty of Complete ?ed exactly In pio- Exlmustlon of ltnw Cotton. accrue to the pro ation- Answering an Inquiry fo rl'earsall's ilng power of pro- Magazine of New York as to the cotsystem cannot be ton M(tuation. J. Skottowe Wanna>ed costs: it must nuik01.( president of the American reased costs. Cotton association, has sent out the >y Industry. following telegram: ire the key Indus- .... . The consumer falls to realize the They affect at once , , .. ., . . 0 . . , seriousness of the situation he Is facnccesslty. As In- _ _ . . # .. , . _A ing. In only two years of the last 50 tion costs are re-i , " . ,, has there been improvement in Aueased price of all ,,A. . A. , 'gust condition. That was tn 1903 when ___ reduction In those, _ . . . , , . , , , . the September report showed betterlected by reduced . . ...... . ur< meut tor August of only 1.5 per cent ^ , , , I and in 1914 when August rose 1.6 >ecause of labors: . are only. ter as part of an , .... 001 .. . . "Tlie department of agriculture lie. This funda-' , ,, , , ra> states in its condition report that >f principle we re-] ul ji _ I Uioiu in it in I K*' auUIIUOIlIUOUl Oil to the American . ,, .. , ... ?,?,,?|Soi acreage. However, they fail to make ^ allowance for thin, both department) ^TE PI VNS nnd Pr,vate estimators basing their k production estimates upon an acre- ' 11 NG PROVINCE age of :i:l,960,000. From tills should | H be deducted an acreage abandonment 'u' * . . . . lisl i of Intention to of . 1-4 per cent. ... . , "Kven with ideal seasons, an ex- , < liina is Kx- j? treinely small crop, certainly not larger tlian around 10,000,000 bules lnU is an inevitable certainty. With ad- ' t |2i g. 7.?Japan's in- verse seasons or insect damage we are i ^ linese province oi racing a crop calamity. The plant,1 tie is given control with diseases rooi system, sappy, mj n?i reaty. soon are to poorly fruited, is unable to stand reformal declaration verses. It is two to four weeks late DTI vernment, accord- and subject to calamity from insect received in official damage. We are, therefore, facing clo the possibility of the smallest crop act nature of the grown in the last 50 years. None of pi< >t forecast, it was the 9 1-4 per cent acreage abandont ro follow the lines of ment shown in our report can be re- , dci nents of Japanese claimed. The season is too late. province eventual- "Cotton carried over on August 1 led to China. In includes hollies, rotten and unspinna-j j cqu as believed Japan bio cotton. The total world's produce ite for the restora- tiou in 1915 was 17,609,000; in 1916 pr( ge publicly the so- it was 18,0!V6,000, in 1917 it was 17,-j e is said to have 410,000. The figures for 1918 have wo subject. not yet been compiled. _. clsion of the Jap- "The world's consumption in 1915 t to make known its was 19.761,000; in 1916 it was 21,- 0,li >d to be the out- 011,000; in 1917 it was 21.180; in il diplomatic con- 1918 it was 17.701,000. These tig- jn Washington and _ le American gov- r=n tat all the facts in www 1 wi i ui i uca m"j UrTJ IC=J > the public. l'res- isnj old many senators posure of the case light on the Shani development was jkrj hilh d been much special and diplomatic of Japan's promected development 5S] ^W"W K reached the cap- WS I^ H inn relations com- I ^ ,h" l" T''M * \JJX X XIV *ures by asking to conic before it j Jj2n] uss features of the gh _ toted tfie sessions f * tlint some of the [Crg 1 rs will want the jOc* m f the inside story [gO with its league of 30j was ?rawn up at by ph The owner-prestige won and * ah Lexington is due not alone to it iiPbovKs ye , , , - ~ . 5ru but, aiso because it has suiiicit CIIK ASK (>! ' PA A* E3 7 -Kmployes of yc? The elftciency of the Lexingl hartt Mill of this yg 0f a never-to-be-doubted certai 1 an increase of 23 ye formance. In congested tratti . according to an- SQj ,, , , , by b. i.. Ivey. sec- ah through mud or sandy roads, Mr. ivey states Jani never need worry about the at been the policy of |js Lexington to come through . president of the Eg colors, ihare with the em tiOIl Ol the mill s loUl Rllt I .??vintrt<?n unffii>Un/>i> > ?' pioyos havp in the jgoj er than its excellence of pi a on pai i tp Equal to all road demands, th< :h of the mill jnsti- 3nl . , . , ..... t will not depart Bs a,s0 adequately fulfills every p in the present in- can he required of a motor cat states. He added, Ec! mi ? . . . present earnings of gg Phe Lexington has ample pi O not Justify an in- dant speed within reason, easy increase of many hro usual flexibility, sturdy end mii in wages. This addition it has sufficient size, s in the payroll, an roominess, luxurious comfor' hat it is altogether QJR . ... . Mr. Ivey states. ?g smart appearance, rich appou * are willing, it Ik fig e employes an In- SQ __ _ A ^ _ t in wages, hut feel A J IV T JD aise than this can jLfj | ^ | t change his spots, {jpQj | j rnd of a card sharp J gyj > be able to become. 1 SSSSHBi FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 191 Bottles of PERUNA Greatest Human Vitalizer J llf-_ "During the winters of 1897 'A TY <15 . and 1898, i was bo badly afflicted , with catarrh of the nead apd p ? 1 _ >1 thought 1 must surely die from r.fl?ll*PlV \ f|r 7 It. After try lag many doctor* J and all other recommended fern- _ XlVil^Hw/ edlos made known to me, I w as f* J \f Induced to use Peruna. 1 waa VsllI vU \ eared entirely by aslng twelve bottles of Peruna and dne bottlo _ _ of Man&lln. / Mr, Wot. A. TTartmann, 217)4 S, Since that time, I bavs never Second st., Muslcogoe, Oklahoma, been without Peruna. I use It .. * ? t. _ . . " ' ? . .7. for eolda and aa a general tonte th"8 describes his case. Read hi* during Spring and Pall months letteri and And It the greatest human vital Uer." Sold Everywhere JJqnld or Tablet Form '8 are official, being furnished by | AA D > department of agriculture. We tP^O.Vrvr avC^W'cM!* facing the absolute certainty of j 11 plote exhaustion of the supply of |.-(m CAPTl'IIK .\\l) IIETUI1 v Hnnrf slnnln enttrtn | CHAIN <?.\X(1 OK ESCAPE 'One of the best experts in the CONVICT ith estimates the eost of production the growing crop at 4 7 1-2 cents James Duulap, who escaped r pound, basis middling. The chain gang camp in evening of lerican Cotton association witli rep- day, July 1st, 11)19, was senten entatives from every cotton grow- last March term of court to serv ; county in the belt will estab- years on chain gang for breakin H the minimum price for the grow. llennctt-Terry Company's stort ; crop based on supply and demand about five feet, four inches comparison with prolits being dark, ginger cake color; look? de by the manu.ueturer. This as- he didn't have much sense"; iatlon is now so thoroughly organ- talks and works very slowly; si d that it seems absolute certainty hat nose. it the price so agreed upon will be A reward of twenty-five c intained. The manufacturer will will be paid for this convict's rer have the opportunity to again to the chain gang camp at Lam v cotton at anything like present S. C. ces. Two leading manufacturers JOHN P. HUNTE America inform us, 'We have Sheriff, sod out our hedges. Do not ex- H. H. KESTER, t to hedge under present condi- County Engin ns. Realize that it will be ex niely hazardous as purchasers un- + + + 4,4. + .^ + + + + + + unT'couL^we^cm id PROFESSIONAL CARI UPI cotton. We could pay today raw cotton, basis middling, 7 5 its per pound and make reasonable DK. J. KKKCK FUNDKRBr tt's. Ilenhtl Surgeon. An artificial'kiss is the kind onej0fBc? Hour9: man infhcts on another. 1 8:80 to 12:30 A. M. V ! 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. lOfl lias livorc. lmltntlons than any J And by Appointment, ler Chill ayl Fever Tonic on the Office Phone 160. irkot, but/yio one wants imita-1 ? .. ... ns. They life dangerous things es dence Phone 5 2. the mrdicine line.?Adv. 1 Office over Lancaster Phari ? n ...I if 11 ?=y /3 rsO V3 >se Who Want f \ iveable Car held by l\w is fittingly correct for all social needs ant ,s efficiency, pleasingly suitable in any environment. 1 enc>? i meets all demands at all times. I ~ :on consists Economy of fuel and proportionate in nt> of, pei crease of horsepower are effected througl ic, on hills, the driver Modfe Multiple Exhaust System. An >ility (if the noying squeaks and rattles are banishe< with flying by the construction of the frame, in whicl 100 separate parts are eliminated to giv< iches birth- greater streiyth and lighter weight. Eas< erforrpance. of control is promoted by the positive act ; Lexington ing, one lingefc emergency brake, urposp that It is the sum of these features witl many others, all in harmonious relation ower, abun- that constitute the sufficiency which make control, un- the Lexington a truly liveable car. urance. In with ample Carload shipped from factory August 1 t, reftpedly See us and get a demonstration, and selec nments. It your car. They won't stay with us long. c WILSON, Dealers \NCASTER, S. C. % I W ' V ] .M j , r ;N TO I> from Tuesced In 0 four g Into s. He t tall; 1 as if walks, lightly lollars return caster, R, ieer. 3S UK, ./ K nary fl ' i i i ll I 1 . >.'j ' F m ? 13^ A