The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 16, 1919, Image 1
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68TH YEAR, NO. 93, SEMI-V
COUNTRY NOT BOUND 1161
FOR THE BOW-WOWS _
i
Despite Bolshevistic and Socialis
tic Agitation, Clouds Will
Move On in Time n?
left
LIVE IN RIOTOUS LUXURY tran
near
In Other Words, It's The "Cost ^on
of Higli Living" That Con- the
Fronts the People, Not High Ins '
Al
Cost of Living. his
. was
(Manufacturers Record.) l,tI
Let no one be discouraged by the '
spirit of unrest throughout the land. ?" ^
However dark the clouds may someill
11
times seem, the mist clears away
at last and the sun shines with re- torn
newed brightness. cued
Labor strikes are threatened alWOll
most daily, but many labor men are
showing keen appreciation of the
conditions under which we are living
Victi
and are opposed to the radical leadt
rv
ers? an extremely hopeful sign. Inwore
sofar as labor men are willing to
increase their efficiency and production
they are fully entitled to high
wages. Neither the laboring man nor s
.I,., r.,iv,?. ....l..cidei
man has ever been adequately paid J
as a whole. The unrest of the hour
over
is the inevitable struggle of the crysails
as it seeks to throw ofT its old ^
shell and become a butterfly. Even- * ^
tually, out of the struggle will come a ^ 1
larger, broader life, a closer friend
ship between all classes and a more ' uu
harmonious co-operation between s ,ra
t lie
employers, between the rich and the ()
poor, the educated and the uneducat- . 11
lie V
ed. This will be founded not on socalled
charity or philanthropy, but
on a fair and honest wcognition saxv
^each of the rights of others. said.
H ar
America is not going to the dogs. roun
despite all of the Bolshevistic and
Socialistic agitation, all the parlor in t]
Bolshevists and all the wild theories ? .j.
; of long-haired but short-brained men. j ^
When tempted to be discouraged an,j
as to the condition prevailing in this UJ) (
country at present, we should rem- amj
ember the difficulties through which j,ut t
we have passed in former years. To nef.i(
do this we need only to go back to an(j
the free-silver craze of 1896, which
swept a large part of the nation off SHI
of Its feet and brought about a condition
which looked like we were
headed for chaos. At that time the t?
?r - IJIYV
fearful denunciation of the "plutocrats"
and the "money bags," and
the Shylocks by Bryan and others of
his ilk more seriously threatened the ^
country than even the Bolshevlst/c '
agitation of the present hour, for the ? "
simple reason that the agitation of ()( ru
that time had Its foundation in the l>i"'
desperate poverty of the whole coun- 01 ll
try, whereas the agitation of the pres- turn
ll&VC
ent has no such foundation, but, on
the contrary, has, as aguinst it, the 'J'"1
abounding prosperity of the entire J
nation. 0,air
coun
We are talking much today about ^
the high cost of living, but, broadly ^ ^
speaking, the nation is living in more '
m 111'
riotous luxury and In greater extrav r)oS(
agance than ever before in its history. ^
In 1896, on the other hand, the na- mjt,
tlon was living in desperate poverty.
Then the farmers of the entire coun- ,
day.
try were practically bankrupt, and
all business Interests were stagnated.
Hundreds of thousands of men walked
the streets begging in vain for
work. Soup kitchens to feed the '* (
starving were in evidence eve^whore.
in i sp
In the West corn sold at lf? to 16 tlm<,
cents a bushel and was burned for. ^
fuel, because it did not pay the cost
of hauling to the railroad and the v *'
freight to the market as compared'
I' l?l t o
?^? ^
and for the entire year averaged less \v. .
than 6 cents a pound. Wheat sold fori
several years at from 49 and fit) to 60 (?,
cents a bushel. erno
Kvery wheat grower, every corn don
grower, every cotton raiser grew Pick
steadily poorer under these prices, 'mam
and there was nothing In sight except year
absolute bankruptcy. Millions and mem
tens of millions of dollars of farm pard
loan* could not bo paid, nor cbuld etc.
#
even the In!threat on them be mot. man
Tbla desperate condition of the w'hit
.farmer* did not, however, help the on> 1
c'ty population. |t Is true that farm
product* wore abnormally cheap, R w
lower than they had ever been In a,pr
? hit I
(Continued on Page Three.) of kl
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IE LANS
weekly. lancaster
1
fEAR-oLD hero is MnMTON I flW
back from the war "IVl/llul LI/ it
'UcmI Colonel and Two MujorH CAPTURED TO
[tiii1ap Shell Fire?Ho
Across As stowaway. Posse Takes Men i
Huge Still on 1
jw York, Sept. 15.?Although he Pee Dee Ri
this country stowoway concelaed
barracks bag dragged aboard a
sport by sympathetic soldiers ONE PRISONER
ly two years ago, Maurice Bailey
ears old, of Jackson, Me., landed
1 tho transport Northern Pacific WO Cousins of Not
hero of one of the most interest- llerry Lowry Wi
episodes of the world war. From Green8borc
ti ugly scar over his right eye is
only service record because he Rounded lip.
never officially recorded a mem
oi the American expeditionary Bennettsville. S. C\,
e, but a french war cross pinned j Ra? j j Newma
lis tunic bears silent testimony Peaney Newman, whj
is heroism on that autumnal day near Greensboro N.
118 when he crawled over a shell- Lowry Q{ Maf:ion cou
fdd ,n ^o Toul sector and res- L Lowry Qf Lower M
1 a colonel and two majors of , . . .
........ . jail here, charged wit
26th division who were lying ? .. . .
J * distillery on the banl
n ,n no n,an's land" river, near Cashwav F
Is brother. Alfred, who enlisted in Brownsville. The lat
103d Infantry, and his father they are second cousir
or. a sergeant in the 157th infan- Croatan out|aw> ?
whom he followed to France whoge gang terrorllcd
! umonK that immortal army of Jugt after fhe clvR wgr
ricans destined never to return ThJs luodern Lowry
Inst the advice and pleadings of lured lag(. Thurgday
father and brother, Maurice de- , ? ,
milium iwmpuseu Ul v
[1 to "do his bit" by going t( T J Cunningham of
ice. He followed the colors of his p0i?c<?man chns Pool
her's regiment until the war wa n? mill village:
man Paul B. Rogers
hile carrying chocolate, cigarettes ant waiter McCall;
water from a Y. M. C. A. canteen ma'n Rufus M Jacks
m men at the front in the chateau constahlo J. O. Kelley
rry operations in July. 1!?18 Mr Rogors got ln
rice was struck by a piece of May that thore wag
pnel. Two months later rejoined 8WamP( and he has sii
company which was then about to flnd It He heftrd t
tiles from Toul. It was there that toniobiles going back
ron his decoration. wa;. unaido to And t
Ve were just fighting again and I the 8tlll (i? a few day
two majors lying wounded." ho got ^formation as to
"I got a soldier from company Tj,e poss,, Uf 0fTice
id we went over to them and also here la8t Wednesday,
d a colonel lying wounded uoar- went to Brownsville
One of the majors was wounded for an all njgiu soar<
he arm and the other's leg was tersoti and Deputy
cut off by a shell. The colonel Hubbard were in the
a bad wound on top of his head stioiiff got sick that e>
couldn't seo. The soldier picked to return home. De
he major with the wounded leg remained till about i
carried him on his shoulder. I he oame home. The r
the other major's arm around my ty sp#Mlt (jle njght in tl
, the colonel grabbed hold of me ,, , , .
Before dav Thursda
we made it to the hospital." ... . ...
officers hoard the cu
SRWOOD AND STOLL ?nd bfeK"n to. advanc
BOTH CLAIM ELECTION cZe il sU" "of 'a ?
a camp.
ly Battle Promised in Sixth
Messrs. Rogers,
South Carolina CoiiirrcM- .
Peele and MeCall oirc
sioiuil ConU'st. came up from the re
srs. Jackson and Kell
alumbia. S. C.. Sept. 15.?Ashley rront The par(y fr?
as, Jr.. secretary of the state doin rjVed at the house
tic committee, is in receipt of a Cunningham reached
est from P. H. Stoll. of Klngstree sy Newman threw ope
10 late congressional election re- pointed his pistol
s. received Thursday night, which Cunningham covered
i changed StolTs apparent elec double barrel shot gi
into victory for his opponent the other ofnrerH
. Sherwood, of Conway. Mr. Stoll drawn, Newman droi
ns that one election box in Dillon and surrendered. Rai
ity. according to democratic rules Lowrys were arrested
le state, should have been report house.
y its managers to the county com j j Mewman am,
ee within 36 hours after the poll wpn? found ftnd arpps(
>d. but that more than 48 elaps Rbout a quarter of
ml that the Dillon county com h()Usp Ca8Bett wa8 L
eo did not meet until Friday 8quirrela for brpak(
reas it should have met Thurs thpm re8,8le(, exce[)l
man.
lie state democratic committee
. . . . . After the six men
Is here tomorrow to declare the
, .. . . .. . ed under arrest, they
Its of the primary in the sixth . ? '
.. ,, . . . . .. Paul Rogers and <
seventh districts and the con , .
? .u , ? . . . while the others wen
from the the sixth district pro
. .. ... ., . the still. After the si
s to give the committee a lively ?
Mr. Peele was called
o. it <11.1 f?r help to get it ou
r. Stoll was nppnrentlv elected _ .
? ?oa . .i i Policeman Rogers in
ibout 80 votes on the earlv re,
, ,. . . . men. Cassett then at
s, but the one Dillon hox reported
_ ... , , , lowed to get some \
Thursday gives Sherwood a lead
3 votes. P?*np. and after lie
^ darted around the hou
I. ft.VMPKY PXUDONKD Into the swamp. Mr.
BY (iOYKKNOIl CfMiPFIt not leave the other tl
ilumbia. S. ('., Sept. 16.--Gov to catch him. He is
r Cooper has Issued a Dill par- born and a warrant h
for VV. J Ranipey, convicted In tor him.
ens county September 1317, of The house where th
slaughter and sentenced to three made has been occu
s In the state penitentiary. Cle- Dowry for several v<
ry was urged by the hoard of his hrnUinr m i i
ons. the trial judge, the solicitor men. They told Mhj
The evidence showed that the that they are aecond <
Kainpey killed approached him ry Berry Low ry. I'oai
e Rampey was driving hla wag- a young man. The o
A-lth a drawn knife In his hand dlo aged,
prfy hit him serosa the head with Near the camp the
agon standard, from which V automobiles, a Ford
1 died. Rampey claimed that he \t |{aj| an<^ a Bulck
n self defense, with no intention
lllng the uian. (Continued on P
tiftf L. ?' lie + ?.! i " i -
FASTER F
,S. C.TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1919.
RY GANG HI JOHNSON BLAMES NO, '
I SWAMP PRESIDENT F0RH.C.L
Sign For
For
md Captures Speaks Against Treaty and Leaianks
of gue of Nations and Bitterly Washing
iver Criticizes Wilson convinced
earnest in
ment of An
ESCAPES SURRENDERED IDEAISM ranza gov
novel expe
ww tw ww lieve itself
orious Henry California Senator Says Presi- America
th Four Men dent Wilson Might Have Pre- Rion. here;
>, N. C., are vented Continuance of High s,^n '
can Rover
Prices Last December. what may
refuse Mev
vise their
Sept. 15.?II. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 15?Sen The ^
n and his son ator Hiram \V. Johnson, of California,
situation f
to men from continued his speech-making camu
govern
C., Manny L paign in the Middle West in opposi- ernjjss|, ,
nty, and ltiley tion to the ratification of the league , '
... , . . ,, where it 1
arlboro, are in of nations covenant, in an address , ,
antee their
th operating a here, and declared that it responsi.7
. America
ks of Pee lie bility for the high cost of living rests
region are
1 erry, in lower upon any agency or man it rests upon . ,
, x . to such an
ter say that the present national administration "The un
is of the noted and Wood row Wilson.
poses and s
r llerry Lowry "President Wilson adds to his fear- , , .
... . . cd that th
this sectio l some harsh names, appeals to our ,
, ,, , , dangerous
material interests, and even taxes tlie .. . .
^ . activities e
gang was cap- two months that the league and treaty
1 . v. w region: th
by a posse o have been before the American pea- ^ busines
'hief of Police i.lo and Senate with the high cost '
to that reg
Bennettsville; of living." said Senator Johnson. "He ,. That
e, of the lien conveniently forgets the eight months jnj,,jlt j,.(
; Rural Police he spent abroad, secretly pledging
.... . raally renc
qnd his assist our resources and our man power to ) ^
iturai j'onee European and Asiatic governments
on and Stat The two months of discussion by <'"*1"
our people and our Senate in the ' j*'11 r *'
formation lust open of what he discussed secretly ' hanneI "
a still in the for eight months has had, of course, This affi
ice been trying no bearing upon, future cannot pos- ot workm?
?f men and au siblv elTecf. the high cost of living. 7enw? hut
and forth, bu If any single Individual can lie chart- in tl,c **n
he location o ed with responsibility for the hig'i lK>r,s from
s ago, when ho cost of living that man is Wood row thorlz,?K '
where it was Wilson. region.
rs was formed They Remain the Same. j
Sept. 3. anl "?'he living cost in December and DOUBLE
that evening January last were substantially what FOl
'h. Sheriff Pat they are today. Mr. Wilson then had
Sheriff Henry, exactly the same laws he now Invokes.
party, hut the He had neither time nor inclination ith? mi I
lening and had to deal with a problem then practical- ,'<l
puty Hubbard ly as acute as it is now. He neve.- in
nidnight. whei even touched the subject, except pat
est of tho par ronizingly and as an ephemeral il W. K. M
to swamp. of no consequence or importance. U-> senger age
y morning, the makes its solution depend now upon announced
tting of wood ,ho immediate ratification of hi in service
c in tho direc treaty. He would frighten us by i! Southern I
r daylight they,cheaP an(i specious statement, de ion and A
nail Mouse and vo'd of economic logic and waiting mile posts
in any sound reason. He covers hi?!tv- the last
Cunningham own dere,,ctl?n hy a? unfo inded completed.
led around and ounter charge. Remember h s address This giv
>ar, while Mes to ConKre8s December 2 last. rrnck big
ey advanced in T<n?k Oil" Harness. standards,
m the rear ar " The moment -ve knew the armis curvature,
first. As Mr tice to have l>een signed we took her hy most s
the door. Pear harness off. It is surprising how fast concrete at
n the door and ,h<* process of return to a peace foot- Hack lay it
at him. Mr inK has moved in the three weeks close, a lar
him with since the fighting stopped.' His idea '"g ballast
un. and seeing of reconstruction then was. It will he done ho
with weapors no* he easy to direct it any better "ne are p
iped his pistol lh"n it will direct itself. When he 'hose sect
1 and the tw< had ample time for action last Decern- service for
at or near the her and might have prevented the The ins
ubsequent continuance of high prices matie blocl
J. E. ('asset t lhese are his words: fame bet w
ed at the camp " 'Our people do not wait to be lanta will
inilo from the ooa(,hed and led. Any leading strings constructs
lolling a pot of we ,n,Rht seek to put them in would Charlotte i
'ast. None o sPf,edily become hopelessly entangled, ed. Double
Pearsy New because they would pay no attention em was s
to theni and go their own way. Th" struction v
. , . , American business man is of quick in- between A
had been plac ... ....
were left with U'a,ive, At that we "ad ?
Charley Peel> P '?^ral food administration, CONFEI)
t In search of co P,ete,y^ organized throughout the
till was found naMon" , Mr W,,8?n deliberately <
. scrapped his vast organization, which
away to send
t. leaving only *'''1 ",ive reino\e?t a part, at least, niv<iri<i>ir
charge or the ? f P cau8es of high price*. Now M|||tArv
iked to.be al months aftpr he has dismissed tho
*ater at fh ',,<'"r?l and state agencies, he is callgot
water, h '"C "lf>ni ,0?0,her ngain to ,lea| with
i?e and escaped duestlon. The ratification of the Washing
Rogers could fr''l,N mn>' Increase exports, hut !n rpPOrt was
ve men to try 'r"a8e ,n e*Ports will not reduce ,arv oomni
front Greens PTi"'s af home, ir responsibility for ,,on of s''
as been issued ' " h*h OOS' of ,,vin^ rests upon any whlch ?<>"
agency or man. it rests upon the pres. ''""'fderat*
le arrests were Pn' n<,min,HtPa,,on and Woodrow Wil- aml ,>,;,nk.
Pled by R i "?n" <1,Ir,nsr ,h?
Ho and o . T' n- <ion al At
-owry. are old Sponkin? "f article ten of the cov- di,lon "> 1
Gatrato Olbso, T"1 ?f 'hf> 1('a*,,e- a?nator Johnson Sm,,h <J
ouslns of Hon ? q,lo,,nK President Wilson s Inr?y
Newman ;< ,e^nro,BMon of se Hon, said: mlttee. ?at
'thers are mid " mnkp" America undnrwrl'e make P
everv territorial garb of every other be
re u,r. . "*llon' PVf>ry WronK and ""Justice urt'"d ^
claimed hv m' 2?"" p,,0plp"- bargain by which mp??ure. r
clalmwl """"-O '
nnd% . erans. and
.v | ????.. wm? *"???* nuTcidfjuij IU niuMir i
-? ?? retary of
age Two.) I Continued on Page 7.) I ?eteranH, u
,
. HI. nut). .11 -
tews
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
;,?JlNftUENZA Pl.AGUF.
. h VJi Vf V A *
>,..? iS LIKELY TO RECUR
mal Itclciisc of Mexicans
What .May Happen.
Surgeon-General Answers Ques:ton,
Sept. 11.?Apparently tion Asked by Millions
that the United States is in of People
demanding proper treat- _
nerieans in Mexico, the Car'ernnient
has adopted a Of GH I IO I5K PREPARED
dient in an attempt to re
of responsibility. . .
ns going to the Tampieo re- ( ommuntttes Should Make Plans
after, will be compelled to Now to Wage Fight on the
mal release of the Mexl- |)jKCasc_<'an Prevent Much
nrnent s responsibility for
happen to them. If they Suffering.
;ican officials will refuse to
pa ispor s. Washington, Sept 15.?"Will the
dition raised a peculiar ., o?.
flu come back this year?
ar under international law . .. . . , . . ..
This question, being asked by thouiment
may refuse travel . , . . . .... , ,
. sands of scientists and millions of layto
toreigners into a region .. , ... ,. . ,,
men throughout the world, is discussmay
be prepared to guar- . . _ .... ...
ed by Surgeon General Blue, of the
public health service, in an official
ns going to the TampiCo oil ..... t i .u . .u
. , bulletin in which it is said that the
being asked to make oath , , , . ... ? . ?
. . plague probably will reappear, but not \
affidavit as follows: ^ ^ lo i4
I-O ov ? V ? ?. no uvri n 11IVCI .
dersigned, under oath, de- ... , . ,
"Probably, but by no means cer?avs
that he has been warn- ..... .... *
tainlv, there will be a recurrence of
e ranipico oil region is a ... ? ..... ..
,. the influenza epidemic this year,
district on account of the _ , T11
savs General Blue,
u bandits operating in said ,,T .... u .. ,
Indications are. that should it ocat
dec"- * Uv reason of .. ... . , ..
cur. it will not l.e as severe as the
is as eV . .. ... on his way , , ,
pandemic of the previous winter. City
;ion and travels at his own tr . , . . . .. . ... . .
officials, state and citv health boards,
in case some accident . , . . , . .. .
should be prepared in the event of a
pen to him, hereby he for- f . ., .
recurrence. Die fact that a previous
unces the right that he or .. , . . ...
. , , attack brings immunity in a certain
might have, to present a . , ? , . i. #
. , precentage of cases should allay fear
the Mexican government. .. c .. . , . ..
011 the part of those afflicted in the
ctlv or through any other . , , .
previous epidemic.
"Influenza is spread by direct and
da\it is not only retiuired indirect contact. It is not yet certain
mi who are American citi- (hat the germ has been isolated, or
also of American citizens discovered, and as consequence there
died States holding pass- j8 yet no postive preventive except the
the state department au- enforcement of rigid rules of sanitaihem
to visit the Tampio (jon an,j (h,? avoidance of personal
contact. A close relation between the
influenza pandemic and the constant:
TRACKS USEI) ] ly increasing pneumonia mortality
1 THE ENTIRE \V \Y ra,l> i'rior to ,'1'* ?f 1919 is re
I cognized. It is now believed that the
| disease was pretty widely dissetninuttas
i ompletcd Isoig lie* r- i , , ....
ed throughout the country before it
Beaching I- nun Wash- j WJJS recognized in its epidemic state.
Uton to Atlanta. | This failure to recognize the early
cases appears tn have largely been
cGee. assistant general pas- .in,, to the fact that every interest
nt. Southern Railroad, has was then centered on the war.
that double track is now . -Xot one of the many experts of
on the 'uiiire line 01 thei,^. service would make a more positailroad
between Washing-, ?vp forecast. A? agreed, however,
tlanta. the section between ! .
? mm a r<- urrence was not unlikely.
and 44_, near Thicket- an(j jn ,|1(> lare Gf tju, known fact that
on which tiack taxing was would he wise to he prepared,
have just been cut in. "Contrary to the opinion expressed q
es the Southern a double frequently during the early weeks of
:h way, built to modern last year's pandemic by a number of
with favorable grades and observers, the studies of the public
and all streams spanned health service indicate that the epiubstantial
structures of demic was not a fresh importation
id steel. While grading and front abroad. Careful study of the
ig are thus brought to a mortality statistics of the United
ge amount of work in lay- States shows that there were a nuniand
surfacing will have to ber of extensive though mild forerunfore
the newer parts of the ners during the previous three or
ut in the same shape as four years.
ions which have been in "Concerning the important quesseveral
years. tion of immunity conferred by an
tallation of electric auto- attack of influenza, the evidence is
< signals for the entire dis- not conclusive, but there is reason
een Washington and At-|to believe that an attack during the
also he complete when the earlier stages of the epidemic conn
now under way between f<*rs a considerable, hut not absolute
and Spartanburg is finish- immunity in tho later outbreaks.
track work 011 the South- "Despite the fact that there is stilt
tarted in 1 ; 02 when cor.- some uncertainty as to the nature of
vas begun on the 7!? mills''he micro-organism causing influenza,
lexnndria and Orange, Va one thing is certain, that the disease
m is communicable from person to perER
\TE VETS M \Y >n Moreover, fudging from experience
in other diseases it is probable
AMI* (iORI)ON ( OTS that the germ, whatever its nature,
is carried about not only by those who
lt?'|M>rt Ordered by Senate are ill with Influenza, but by persons
I tody Upon Desolation of who n)a>' ?>?' entirely well. Kverything
,, . . . which increases personal contact,
or Harris, <>f (.eorg a.
therefore, should be regarded as a
factor in spreading influenza,
ton, Sept. 15.? I-avoraM<? ? !) sr>ems probable, however, that
ordered by the senate mil -! ?. ? .. 1 ? 1
I ... ...... < ?( < i 111 irnni nuni rerur*
ittee on the joint resolu- rentes in 1h" near future, with an
nator Harris, of Georgia, increase over the normal niortali'.y
id authorize the I nlte 1 from pneumonia for perhaps several
e veterans to use cots, ten's ^ years; and certainly we should b< ,
^ts now at Camp Oordor,ja8 f.,r iis possible, prepared to meet
reunion of tha' orv ??iiz:i- them by previous organization of
lanta next month. In ad- j forces and measures for attornpte I
Senator Harris, Senator j prevention, treatment, and scientioorgia,
and Walter !' An-( fic investigation.
oral chairman of the com-j "There should be no repetition of
ned by the city of Atlanta tj10 extens've suffering and distress,
lans for the reunion. ap-j which accompanied last year's pan?fore
the committee and domic. Communities should make
rorable action upon the plans now for dealing with any recurB.
Forest, general sec rente,
he United Confederate vet- "No mention has been made here
Carl Hlnton, general sec- 0f a cure or specific. 9o far as the
the Sons of Confederate ? ?il8o
were present. (Continued on I'age S.)
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