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*' 'i PAGE FOUR The Lancaster N ews (SEMIWEKKIA.) Established 1852. Published Tuesday and Friday 11Y THE LANCASTER NKW8 COMPANY. liUnoaator, 8. C. george iiu mi a craven Editor and Managrr. The News is not responsible for th< rie-ws of Correspondents. Short am rmiiunai unit'i^u uu lupits ui KPH?I R Interest will be gladly received. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Strictly CiLsh in Advance. In city and county, except those delivered by city carrier and in postal zones 1 and 2 $2.JV Delive t\l by city carrier and to postal zones beyond the second, per year $3.Ot Six months, one-half the above rates No new subscription entered for i shorter period than six months. Tile date on your laliel is the tlnti on which your paper will hi stopped. TO \ I)VERT1SERS. The Lancaster News guarantees tf advertisers a larger circulation it Lancaster and Lancaster county that any other n wspa per. Entered as Second CI us Mattel October 7, 1903. ;>t the Postotllce al Lancaster, S. C.. under aet of Congress of March ' ), 1879. FRIDAY, DEC. 24, 1920. I win tin-: m\miiw:i;v stopl'ki). (Selected.) HK was impersonal. practical Neither the noise of children's 1 anclitor nor tre raucous noises of a discon1 nt humanity over availed to divert his attention from the monotonous cadences of productive time. W'iietlier it was duty or destiny that had enmeshed him to the machinery of his plants, a h i- rii -i i> .1. ......... .. u.> i>? IIIU, i I illlMllii IKk flltTiry to every eoi; and spindle. he never questioned suffice that thus he was. thi? most efficient pieee of moehanIsm in the industry, accomplishing trenu ndously yot deriving nether cot sr'oiis pleasure nor re iret from the work he did. Three shifts per day kept the wheals revolving is relentlessly as the revolving hours The shut-down at midnight in Saturdays represent cd to him not so niueh the arrival ol a short and sacred term of bodily rest and spiritual refreshment, as of a period prescribed by the laws of industrial efficiency for the cleaning of boilers, the inspection of equipment and (ho making of necessary adjustments to Insure the plant against even longer periods of onforced idleness. The salutation of the night watchman who opened the door in response to his knocking he heeded less than he would have heeded the slightest squeaking of an improperly oiled door hinge Passing into his private room lie deposited his coat ami hat on their accustomed hooks and methodically turned the combination lock Of the steel door, which swing ing silently outward, admitted him jo the vault where n the secrets of the hus'ness were secure from all hut himself. The almost mechanical precision with which he proceeded to his work was evidence of his expec (ation of devoting many hours of uninterrupted attention to the task of sort inc transferrin!! <ir ilnatrovinfr tlm accumulated records of many years, which even though concerned matters I our since accomplished or abandoned, were not to l>e entrijsted to any eyes l?ut his own. The file shelves in the vault were finally cleared. The impassive man was about to replace those packages and files of papers still entitled to sanctuary in this executive treasure chest, when the methodical order of his procedure was Interrupted by the discovery of a parcel, wrapped In a dusty paper and tied with a faded ribbon, a small parcel Indeed, that bad been hidden in the narrow space between some ancient transfer cases and the inner wall of the vault There was a svxpe tion of annoyance in his face as the man brought this stragglcr into the range of his desk lamp and .a-rut ini/i d it without apparently identifying it as belong lng to any recollected business transaction. He cut the ribbon and unwound the wrapper.. A face of inflate sweetness smiled | into his. The features were dinim and fading but the light of a mot er's love shone from them bridgi the chasm between his infancy a his manhood and spanning the abj that separates the corruptible tr( the incorruptible. Like an appa tion from heaven it confronted h and in its unwavering gaze there w 0 | complete understanding. sanctifi 1 i compassion. I "Mother! Dear Mother, tell it ~| me again." He heard the words, rather th , spoke them. The severe outlines his office seemed to reshape the solves in the dim candle light of ; simple cottage room. The face tli * had been gazing into his but a 11 ^ ment before, was looking loviiu into the upturned eyes of a lit i* .. hov kneeling before lier Her bn L~ "" " * " * ' was stroking liis yellow hair. "Mother! Dear Mother, tell it i trip again." Above the roaring of the wint wind about the chimney the sound her gentle voice repeated the sto [ of that other little hoy, cradled in manger, over which the silent sty kept vigil Oh. it was a wondro story, more marvellous than any ot er story ot' any other hov, thrillii with adventures more miraeulo than those recorded in any hook ancient myths or modern fiction. "Mother, I should like to he 111 him." "Von call mv ?i>ii fur Il<? 1i shown the way. Keep His Comman nnvits; be strong in fait It; ho now wetv of good ilood<; ho pure lioart: 1??? jus?; ho merciful; ser1 Hod by serving men; prove your hv for Hint by your lovo for His ohi dron. V ii do not undorstand th now Hut ii will moan lnuoli to y< wlioti you grow to be a man. an when I am no longer with you you do not forget." I x\ II IH-VIT HirUCM. mm nor. Tin' wind iiliniii iIn- chimney sin donly c< a soil i i roar. and l<? il mother ami child were gone ;iti f ' -rn hi d" -!; .1 faded phot igrap smiled tip into his face. The night watchman, pausing In Iai ri his rounds, hesitated at tl threshold 01 the private office Tun ittg toward him, the man askei the tgh not with his customary hrusl ness. why the machinery lias bee stopped; "This is not Saturdc night.'* 1 NTo, sir, it's Christmas I've." TIIK NKWS. This is the last issue of The Lai caster News for this year Next wee 1 the force takes holiday and the ne: isoio will be printed on Tuesda j January 4. 1921. j The Nftws has had a comparative goon yc;ir iin<M*r t no circumstance doing through the *?r<l??; 1 of movh a pr'nting plant of the proportioi of this one brings a goo.I man\ gr; linirs. but w'o wont thro ugh it wit I out mishap or shock cm opt to tl n< rvons system Once sottlorl in fl now location, however, wo found v , w ro bettor lixod than over befor l.ator The News wont through tl process of incorporation, bought i own home and now wo are sottlin down whore nobody can kick us ou N'oxl year wo may so some In provoments in the paper. The manag mont has never boon given to niakn promises, and we know The News now the best country paper in fl state, hut wo liavo somo lif t!o tliinj in mind that, wlirn carried out, wi tuple it even better. W ith these remarks, we wish e I ery advertiser, every subscriber, o erv patron of our Job printing osta lishniont, and everybody in the wor a very merry Christmas and a Ne Year of health, wealth and happ ness. CAN A I'ltKSIDKXT SMOKK? l! tli? president of flic ITnit< States wishes to smoke a eigaret i there is nothing in the statutes i pri'Vul his iloino Ami yet, h <;iii ' Itoosevelt did not smoke, It i rinse Tuft d d not smoke, hecau \V;!:'.'?n dors not Htnoke, Miss Lu I'nire (inston. of Chicago, unrrlnte dent of llie international anti-rigs ' r'lr lea ue, has sent a letter to JT? | idetil-elect Harding asking him n 1 to mo cigarettes. "The fn 1 lias had no sinok ' JT y ~ anr-v ?.. ^ jf \ V tw LAgCABTW W ed McKinloy," the lady writes Senatoi h- Harding. "Roosevelt and Taft am! ng Wilson all have clear records. Is nol nd this a question of grave importance?" rss We'll say it is! ThiB idea of i >m president of the United States ri- smoking a cigarette! Why, everj Im prejudiced, narrow-minded fanatic ir -as the country will say he ought not di ed it. even including Miss Lucy Pag< OaHton, of Chicago, superintended to of the international anti-cigaretti league. an But it seems to us the president o: of the United States should he permittee m- to smoke a cigarette if he wishes t< a smoke a cigarette, and that any oth lat G1' man should have the same privi lo- lege. A fanatic is a fanatic, how riy ever, and they do not see it that way do They don't smoke cigarettes and n,l therefore they think nobody should We have always been an advocate ol I,, prohibition, hut not a fanatic on tlu subject. We have never known any or objection to a man taking a drink il ,,f he wished to. but there were many iv men who couldn't take a drink; they had to take drinks, and prohibition irs had to be. Well, cigarettes don't ,1^ make a man do the things that liquor h- makes him do. 11R ?- + -t + + + + A + .j. + + + + + us v NOKTII LANCASTER of j.j.xj.j.j.ij.j.j.iij 1,ANCASTKK. S. ('.. It. K. I) 1. I^e Iter. 2. Our school closed on Thursday for Hip holidays. The school had an entertainment on Frias day night. The children had *' speeches, dialogues, etc. They did nr well in getting their part, too. The in young people of the community had r?. a play alter the children's exercises which was acted well. A good crowd I was oil) to see it. Misses Marie, .lanie. \nnette and ,s Mr. .1 F. Craig will all come home to spend the holidays with their paid rents}, Mr. and Mrs. .1. F. Craig, jl Miss Mary Craig, of Columbia. w ill spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. .1 \V. Craig Mr and Mrs .1 \V Criag. of Charlotte, will spend the holidays t here too. ie Miss Margaret Kohinson, of the id Women's college will he home with ,1, Mrs. Fii I a Robinson. Mr. F. D. Craig will go to Wil lington on Jan. 1st to take a posi i.mi wiin i in- iii'iK wuiiams ( o. Tills community hales to lose him. l- Miss Blanche Boo/or will i;o to I hor homo in Nowhorry for Christntas. k". BUDGET FOR 1921 WILL BE $7,000,000 iy tCon* ted r'rom Pap One ) { and tho assessed valuation of taxable property will total $3,813,711. a_\ and to this must he added the license taxes and fines accruing dur K ing tho year. In the city of Columhi a for 11>20 th? licenses will give y- the municipality a revenue of $10,1,jv Vothe of Sale. I will sell at public aiartion. for s. cash, at the store of \V. I|. Ristare, near Riverside, s C . on Dec 3n. 1020, at 11 o'clock a. m . the stock is; of merchandise and fixtures of said )V \Y. I, Sistare IMTerent kinds of merchandise will he sold separately. Ii then as a whole. lo W. IV ROBINSON'. Assignee \* Dor. 2S, 11*20. FIRE STEALS the wealth of the nation at the rate h of a million dollars a day. ,f, Only by sound insurance can w you be indemnified for the loss fire may cause you. Only by applying the knowledge of hazards can fires be reduced to a minimum, sd The Hartford Fire Insurance te Company has sold sound insurto nnre since 1810. Besides, at o- no extra cost, it offers expert >? - Fire Prevention Service, which se protects against loss that rannot he covered by insurance, j. Insure through thu agency. Lancaster Insurance Agency r'l[ jr WW. LAMCA8T?. B. . *| 000 and police court fines collected and bonds forfeited an additional 530,000, or a total of $135,000. It is. therefore, reasonable to estimate that the four cities mentioned will , aggregate a total revenue of $500,I 000 from these sources. This will i make the total revenue to them for the year of $4,213,701, or just $1,783,440.39 less than was appropriated for the state this year and $1,| 152,920.65 less than recommended I by the budget commission for 1920. i WAGES 35,000*MILL | WORKERS TO BE CUT (Continued From Page One.) ' ! I lead toward unemployment or reduc-I j tion of the purchasing power of the j nation's labor elements." ' "In many sections of the country 1 employers' associations have undertaken to foster a generally prevail-j i ing spirit among employes against I wage reductions in the interest of fa-, j cilitating a normal process of read! justment." read the statement, which ' named the Federated Industries of Washington and t lie Connecticut. Tennessee. Nebraska, and New .lerj soy association. i m Adopt Starving Children. j Pupils of the Central and high i schools wish to adopt four starving pli ililrnn i?f t ho Vnor L^uuf on.l lioi>n contributed as a Christinas present the sum of $40.00 as follows; High school __ $14.02 f Seventh grade, Miss Wright. teacher 1.7 a ' Si\iti grade, Miss Reid, teach- ' or 4.84 ' Sixth grade, Miss Mitchell, ten?her__ ._ __ __ 1.07 Fifth grade. Miss Moore, toacher_ _ __ 1.66 , Fifth crade. Miss McMamis, tciclicr . __ __ __ 17 4 Court h grade. Miss Kirkpatric. teacher__ __ 0.00 Fourth grade. Miss Woods. teacher - __ -- - -_ - _ 1.1a , Third grade. Miss Croft. teacher _ . 1.7a Third prad'\ Miss Foster teacher _ -_ _ _ .xr> Second prade, Miss Kohinsnn, tonchor .. . . Second gradn, Mis-; Mooi'p, t ?-:?? h??r . 1. S | First prade. Miss llinnant, teacher-. . 2.1 a First grade, Miss Hanoi*, tenchtfitfjyWffitfWitfiyfiifihfilffifi tf I] Rodma [J rr ii <: s || ? I /SI u 1 G | C j I o inir ol( I 2 new friends, (| to deserve; 1 r J and g<mx 1 fo] !( J (1 With grat Jj ceived by us 1(1 intangible ai i j j yond measui I f i ( 1 dence, and a IK -\r IS YOUR HEALT GRADU/ Uterettiaf Experience of Texas Weaea Knew Meat Canh MfV SidoteM Navasota. Texas.?Mrs. W. M. Peden, of this place, relates the following interest- j Ing account of how she recovered her strength, having realized that she was i actually losing her health: "Health is the greatest thing in the J world, and when you feel that gradually slipping away from you, you certainly sit ' up and take notice. That is what I did I some time ago when I found myself in a ' very nervous, run-down condition of 1 health. I was so tired and felt so lifeless ' I could hardly go at all. "I was just no account for work. 1 ] would get a bucket of wat?r and would ' ieel so weak I would have to set it down before 1 feit like 1 could lilt it to the shelf. ! In this condition, of course, to do even my housework was a task almost im- j possible to accomplish. "1 was . . . nervous and easily upset. | or 1.07 $40.0 0 The Lancaster high school has started a fund for the South Carolina i ttim r< ulnsis association, whi? )v. Will I Ito forwarded sometime after <"Ui4stmas. Gained Te Before Taking ZIRON, At Nervous, Had No Appei EVERY man and woman, who is In a run-down, weak condltioo, with bad complexion and poor hppotlto flllP tfl nf Irnn l.i thi'lr hlnml should Hud Ziron helpful and strengthbuilding. It is a scientific. reconstructive tonic, composed of ingredients recommended by leading medical authorities. Describing his experience with Ziron, Mr. George W. S. I.anier writes from Jones, Ala.: "Sometime hark, I was in terrible condition. 1 v.as weak and nervous, and had a tired feeling all the time. My skin was muddy. I ifiifitfiWifibfiifiKyibRifibfi .fi! n-Walk ii o p i* i x <> c i<: iristm< reetini 1 friends, loyal and true: to < and to those whose i'riendshij we heartily wish unmeasured itune throughout the coming eful ainu'eeiation for all tlie 1 from you, and for that priccl ?Kot, your good-will, which w e, we seek to merit your contii im to serve you helpfully in i Sincerely, Rodman- Yh J FRlfrY, ? 5^4 SI Vk Declares fk^^H a They WaaU Be Spared ud Worry. I couldn't rest w?u ? >~4 was ... 5/ cJHS just lifeless, "I heard of Cardui and after reading I decided 1 had some female trouble that was pulling oe down. I sent for Cardui and began "In a very'abort while after tbegan the 3ardui Homevtreatment 1 saw Ch im- TO provement and it wasn't long until I was ill right?good appetite, splendid rest, jp md much Stronger so that I easily did my i house work. "Later I took a bottle of Cardui as a ^ | tonic. 1 can recommend Cardui and gladly do so, for if more women knew, it would save a great deal of worry and jickness." The enthusiastic praise oi thousands ol other women who have found Cardui helpful should convince you that it worth trying. All druggists sell it. 1 DR. J. E. HOLLIS Veterinary Surgeon. I *' Clregory and Hood Hlv? Stool. (* > . lor all veterinary work. Calls aosweied day or night. , r* ?? The News?A pages?#2.50 yoniv * n Pounds 1 'ahum a Man Was Weak, ' fite, But is Now Strong. > *t -*ki had no appetite, and at morning 1 mini i if-ei iiki' KSIUDR up. I was reading of Zlron and decided I would try It . . . "Will Fay that Zlrott la a good medicine. I hare gained tea pounds in four months. Am strong and have a good appetite." Ziron is a mild Iron tonic, good for young' and old. Tt helps to restoro the system, when run-down by overwork, under-nourishment, caused by stomach or bowel disorders, or as a result of some weakening illness. (let Ziron from your druggist. Ha sells It u& a money-ba^lC guarantee ; n ? i ? 1 lip Co. ft N T JK H | Jil Id s \ i! i j H U our valued t? > we strive r] liaj)j)incss I | years. ! 1 # ess though S ( U e prize he- flL1 nued confi- Cp the future. }f|. a / ? <