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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
CHRISTMAS GIVING.

christmas is time OF extremes.
Some nervous and enc tional NO.
men will make gifts running up into
the hundreds. The presents are cpt
to be little knick-knacks OF no rar-
ticular value, but supposed to testify
to the good will of the sender. They
cause some pleasure. But in many
feeling of obligation to make a
"Other people Gisgustod by the
eXcesses of the season, make few
gifts or none at ali. They merely
buy two or three routine presents
for their own households, with as
little feeling as they order barrel
of flour.
I'm neither extreme does the
giver find the real spirit OF Christ
mas. 1t is not swapping card
case for desk set, with some neigh
bor with whom you have no close
intimacy. Rather it is gladdening
the heart of the child faces Of your
own circles of relatives, and drop
ping a Christmas basket here and
there among the needy. That kind
of thing never promotes nervous
prostration, and it keeps the heart
open.
THE approaching Christmas Icy
Will afford an opportu lity Tor the
abundant exercise of generosity and
good feeling to the needy and desti-
tute who may be made to feel that
il is indeed a day of good will md
peace"
The above, from The Florence
Daily Times, describes so we'll the
spirit that should a,tuaTa MS all at
this season that We commend it 70
the consideration of our readers
Let us all remember in whose honor
the great festival of the year is cele-
brated and spend 1t according to
the ideas He has given us. Good
will to men" means not only 4
right feeling towards those to whom
We are closely drawn by ties of
blood or friendship but tea hes 4
broader charity, love for mankind
which prompts us to acts of mercy
in His name.
Christmas is in the heart. Let it
be in yours, and mine, giving US
happiness and contentment through
out the year to come.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
THE GOOD FELLOW" MOVE
MENT

The esteemed Orangeburg Times
and Democrat suggests that mis- is
the season for looking around MS
and seeing how others are living, il
they are cold, hungry or otherwise
in need of anything we may be able
to do for them. 1t suggests that
there may be some whom each " us
can help by "a gift or a lift." at this
good season and thus continues:
Join the Good Fellow move
ment, and do something this year to
make arother's Christmas a happy
one. A dinner basket, Christmas
stocking, or merely a. little gift, Will
bring sunshine into hearts that are
drear, and may throw a ray of hope
into a soul that has despaired.
"If you are happy, if joy sur
rounds your home. think not hat
Christmas is complete. look to your
neighbor."
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
THE COMMUNITY CHRIS rNItS
TREE

The suggestion of Mr.. j. New ton
Johnston of Florence, that I.arcas-
ter have a community Christmas Tree
is Incorporated in an article b. Sec
retary Ellison endorsing the plan.
We have always thought mmuri-
ty Christmas tree for the children a
beautiful idea, as well as u sple'I LID
means of reaching many chill Iren
who might otherwise be overlooked.
If there is yet time for TIE under
taking, no better investment @; the
funds Of any charitable organization
could be made. We hope that all
who are interested in Lhr. PROPOSE
tion will confer at once with Secre-
tary Ellison, as It is just one week
until Christmas and the tree, such
as has been suggested, means let's
of work. so somebody will nave 10
get busy II anything is done.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Santa Claus. Santa Claus,
EIGHTY-TWO WE'RE KILLED.
Pathetic Scenes Brought To Light i'm
UaItlcDool During Inquest.


Pathetic Scenes Brought To Light i'm
Hatlcpool During Inquest.
Hartlepool, England. Dec. 1S.-
The latest official estimate OF the
casualties resulting from the Ger-
man bombardment of Hartlepool, Is
sued late tonight, says that eighty
two persons were killed and abou:
two hundred and fifty wounded.
An inquest began here Thursday
over the bodies of those killed in
Hartlepool and West Hartlepool
The testimony brought to light
some pathetic cases. An old woman
was picking up coal dropped from
cars on the railway embankment
when she was killed by shell. An
old man and his two daughters were
starting brakfast in the kitchen
when a shell killed all three.
A young woman went to the house
of her aged mother, intending to
conduct her to place of safety En-
tering the passageway she stumbled
across her mothers body. A shell
nad pierced the roof and killed her.
An elderly man. who thought the
gun firing was that of British ships
a. practice, sat down unconcerncdl '
TO breakfast. a shell carried away
the corner of his house. killing his
two grandchildren.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Cleanliness and Health.

The town has but one garbage
wagon, and 1t Is manifestly impossi-
BILE for that one niger and one mule
to rake and scrape square mile of
territory and make a good Job of
1t.
Health is always and everywhere
a matter of cleanliness. Disease
breeds in filth.
Since the public health is by right
the first consideration of municipal
government, il would seem that
sanitation should receive more thor
ough and constant attention than
any other branch OF municipal work.
The grading of streets, the OPEN
ing OF new walks, the trimming of
trees, the setting of hitching posts
all these are commendable thines,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

"The Anderson Intelligencer gets
the prize. 1t is the first paper to
publish The New York Suns letter
to little Virginia about Santa
Claus. ."-Greenwood Journal. We
wish to congratulate The Intelli-
gencer upon this distinction. 1t
knows that this answer to Virginia 8
question by the late editor of The
Sun is a gem in American literature
and as such can never grow OLD nor
hackneyed. We expect TO repub-
lish the beautiful defense as we have
done every Christmas heretofore.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

but what will they profit If uudis-
turbed garbage breeds disease and
fever in the community?
The town needs another cart and
another negro laborer. 1t needs
more constant cleaning than can be
given with the present equipment
The extra cost would be small
Must we wait until rev fresh
graves teach us anew the lesson the
town learned several years ago?
Cleanliness is not costly virtue,
but filth is costly vice.
May The Tribune, without Jump
ing on anybody, respectfully sug-
gest that a stitch in time saves
nine?-Fountain Inn Tribune.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
For Peace Commission.

Washington, Dec. 16.-A congress
lay the foundation for ar. intcrna
tional peace commission or world
government" was proposed to Secre-
tary Bryan today by delegation
representing the Women's Political
Union of New York. The plan con-
templates that American women call
the congress.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Brother DeCamp Offers Advice.

Young lady reader, II you are
looking for your price, lust test his
home conduct before you accept him.
Don't be guided in your choice by
what young man is in your parior.
find out what he is in his mothers
sitting room.-Gaffney Ledger
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

''Of course, IL our women had
votes some things we know would
not happen in Rock HILL" says the
esteemed Record of that place. But
granted that they would induce cor
tain reforms, is not the fight for the
ballot too great price for them TO
pay? 1t might be wise to bear the
ills you have, etc"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
TO SUBSCRIBERS:

Your subscription must be
paid up to and including year
marked on your LABEL. II paper
Is stopped look at your date and
you will probably find you are
behind one year.
We cannot send each sub
scriber a statement. Look at
yo / Label.
If you do not receive your
paper promptly we would ap-
preciate it if you will notify us
and we will correct the mis-
take. In the hurry OF mailing
out the papers, names Of sub
scribers are sometimes left off
inadvertently.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
The Model Letter-Writer

We would like to describe the
model letter writer, but cannot.
We can give. howeer, a specimen OF
a letter that comes up to our ideal !:
Editor The Observer:
Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find
money order (or check would do
just as welD for $50 to pay for
your paper one year. do not want
to miss single copy.
Yours very truly,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

Whether or not your own Christ
mas is what you had wished, see TO
it that to the children at least. the
season is as full of joy as love and
unselfishness can make it. 1t is to
Christmas makes the strongest ap-
peal
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

Moonlight schools are taking
the place of midnight stills in Ken
lucky" says a press dispatch. Let's
go to the root of so many of our ills
here in South Carolina by still
more effective means. Compulsory
education will take the place of un-
rest and lawlessness.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

The only effect the bomtardmcnt
Of the coast of England by the Ger
mans will have is to stir up the
English as they have not been stirred
since the time of the expected in
vasion OF that county by the great
Napoleon.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
No Such Tendency Here.

There seems to be a tendency on
the part OF certain school boards to
shorten the term. to reduce salaries,
and otherwise interfere with the
normal efficiancy of their schools,
on the ground that the European
war renders such economy necessary
In most cases, this is mistaken
policy.-Bamberg Times.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Obituary Notice.

Woodrow Wilson Pittman was
born Sept. IL, 1914, and died De-
cember 18th, 1914, aged three
months and six days, infant child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter and Eula Pitt
man of the Lancaster Cotton Mill
village.
Budded on earth to bloom in
heaven
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Value of Compulsory Education.

All lovers of progress and educa-
ton ought to feel gratifed that the
compulsory school attendance law is
so largely increasing the school at
tendance: Superintendent Joyner's
report to Governor Craig shows tl.at
the law has added at least 10000
to the already large number of
school children.-Henderso IN. c.
Gold Leaf
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Lancaster Fair n Success.

The Era is glad to note that Lam
casters first fair proved such a
good success despite the very un-
favorable weather with which it had
to contend. The exhibits were nu-
merous and fine in every depart
ment, and the attendance was very
gratifying under the circumstances.
Era
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

More attractive window displays
than ours would be hard to find.
Every store is full of goods excel
lent for gifts and you cannot do bet
ter than patroni2e the home mer-
chants.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Where Ignorance is Bliss.

The editor of this paper desires
to state, now, henceforth and for
evermore that he does not know
single thing about the foreign war
and therefore begs visitors to this
office not to start any discussion on
the subject.-York News.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
An Editors Preferenc,

IN FUICOfS FTtI6renCG.
Some words we prefer:
Farmer to agriculturist;
Newspaper man to journalist;
Preacher to divine;
Woman to lady;
Man to gentleman;
Teacher to professor;
Child to kid.
-Newberry Observer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

df you are tempted to defer pay
ment of debt, think of how your
failure to do so may mean no Christ
mas for the children of your credi-
tors. Would you deprive innocent t
children of their God-given right TO
happiness in this glad season?
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Your Cold is Dangerous
Break II U1n.Not

A cold Is readily catching. A run
down system is susceptible to Germs.
You owe 1t to yourself and TO others
Of your household to light the Germs
at once. DR.. Bells Pine -Tar-Honey
is fine for Colds and Coughs 1t
loosens the Mucous, stops the Cough
and soothes the Lungs. It's guaran
teed. Only Csc at your Druggist.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

Have you helped to further the
purpose of this PAY Your Debts
Week" by doing your part in it.?
Ii not get busy and settle up before
the week is over. Somebody else's
Christmas may depend on your
meeting your just obligations.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Most Appropriate.

The song Walk Right in Turn
Around and Walk Right Out Again, ;
should be dedicated to the South
Carolina penitentiary. Macon Tele-
graph
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

Make up your mind to get all the
fun possible out of Christmas 1t
may be a hard year financially, but
Christmas is in the heart, so all who
will may be happy
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

Weather forecast for South
Carolina: Cloudy Friday and prob
ably Saturday
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

Negro is Taken Out of Jail anil Shot.
Hampton, s. c.. lee. lG.-" Allen
Seymour, negro, accused of hav-
ing assaulted young white woman,
was, removed from the county jail
here eartly today ny "a mob and shot
TO death. The taller was overpower-
ed. No arrests have been made.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

We second the motion of The Co
lumbia State that the Southern cot
ton farmers as a money crop, sub
stitute hogs instead of cotton.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

If you try to make others happy
at Christmas, you cannot but he
happy yourselves.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

The Camden Chronicle thinks
Blease has Shown poor Judgment
IN the class of criminals he has
turned out of the penitentiary from
Kershaw county.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
The Why of Wheat.

An effective way to emphasize the
necessity of sowing wheat is to
print it thus: EAT.-Edgefield Ad-
vertiser.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
II.

If every man who wields q ham
mer were a builder and not
knocker, how much happier the
world would be.-Anderson Mail
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
TO SANTA CLAUS.
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?
On unnr yrnu N n,nnnnt y>onSa

VII your way al DauSe--
Here's a test for you:
Do you linger round the spot
Where the sunshine cometh not?
DO you seek the hearth that's cold
With your treasure-stores untold?
Is your smiling visage seen
In the hOvel poor and mean,
Or are you the guest elate
OF the ever-fortunate?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
With your pack of cheer,
Are. you solid gold Ul gauZc?
Democrat or Peer?
Do you seek the squalid lane
OF the pauper and the plain?
DO you take your Christmas joys
20 the pallid girls and boys,
Little maids and little chaps
Clad in rags and housed in traps?
DO you load the Christmas Trees
With rich gifts for such as these?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus.
Whittier are you bent?
To the frigid upper-floors
OF some tenement,
Where upon a bed OF grief
Lies one thirsting for relief,
Thirsting for some little rift
In the clouds that seldom lift.
Do you carry drafts Of life
To these scenes of pain and strife,
Or are you the guest alone
OF your sister Fortunes own?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?
On your way a moment pause
Here's a test for you:
Do you give to those in need?
Do you to the weeping speed,
Scattering your gifts of cheer
Ger the weary and the drear-
Or do you your treasures pitch
Into laps already rich?
That, dear Saint, beloved and gray
That's the test Of Christmas Day,
John Kendrick Bangs. in Harper
Weekly
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1s, 1914.

One week from today and Santa
Claus will have come and gone.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
"EaSily Suited"

Union Suits" is the slogan of
Union, S. &. Well, fit suits the
Unionites, they are easily suited,
but nobody else has a right to kick
--Greenville Piedmont.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

Worry shortens life, while hsppi-
ness prolongs it. If you rouid live
to ripe old age, cheer up
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

Useless giving is useless waste
is the reminder of The Charleston
Post and very timely one, too.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Put II to Yourselves

Everybody who loves his home
should answer the call of the Bel
gians.-Greenwood Journal.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
On n Parity.

Cotton is low and so are the prices
now advertised by the merchants
Laurens' Advertiser.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18

We get good many letters OF
that kind. and never fail to think
what fine letter writer the writer
is.-Newberry Observer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
Remember This,

Success comes by doing Things,
not by talking about them.--Tuga-
loo Tribune.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
\ Stern Reality

War nows is getting to be war
nuisance State
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
From Other Papers
Worth Trying.

Pay up and they'll shut up
Calhoun Advance.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
A Golden Opportunity.

The South now has a chance at
! financial independence. - Chester
| News.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-18
4 Glad Refrain

Business is good" All together,
now. Sing IL again.-Charslesto
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-07

threatened with death II they voted 10
dictments in the police scandal.
The confession by Glass, Hoyne
said, involved a number OF police ON
Gals and patrolmen who were not hit
in previous statements.
Glass. according to Hoyne, admitted
that he operated a pay of" joint
where crooks congregated and where
policemen came to receive protection
money. Glass produced a sample q
the card Of Identification given to
crooks who paid protection money
promptly and therefore We're In
right with the police. To prevent
them from being counterfeited. each
card was perforated twice with a
punch of special design that was kept
locked in Class safe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-07
shall, be deliyered after leaving YOU

shall be deliyered after leaving yoM
hands. Or they may be in sunny i".
or Greece: II 50, it would be wen =
get your packages away the nrse "
in December to assure delivery
Christmas day.
The u. 8. postal department is s
ing out warning to all postmas !.
that extraordinary measures snouiu ~.
devised to prevent any delay IN .a,
dispatch and delivery Of mail ou ,,.s
the Christmas season; also caii :.
attention to the fact that you VIII :.
allowed to mark your parcels mo. =
be opened until Christmas" OF -.
lar inscription. So ship early ana
sure the timeliness Of your Car'
gifts. The practice of mailing pa VII,
ages late IN the hope that they
reach their destination on C-hr ss,set
day IL likely to defeat its own o IN.
through unavoidable delay due
gestion OF the mails. ,s,,
All packages should De se
wrapped. so as to bear transm ssrl
without breaking or injurtng ae-sons
bags or their contents or the pe IA
handling them. Use good strong o.
and thick paper. Many articles %
damaged In the mails for the e. s
that they are nc. properly wrappss
! Withstand the necessary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-07
WARNING SENT OUT
ON FOREIGN MAILS
Postofles Department Suggests That
Ocean Ships are Fewer This
Year Than at othsr Times.

The time is drawing nigh when the
fellow whose home Is across the
"briny deep" will have to consider
that the "greyhounds OF the Atlantic
are fewer this year than last. There
fore, we have met the former facili.
ties for handling the mails across
the seas, on account OF the a He
rndst bear in mind that In ordinary
circumstances 1t takes SO days to
South Australia via London, England.
and % days via San Francisco to de-
liver a package Or letter. Ii your
"ain folks are in Germany, France,
Great Britain or Ireland, you may
count on two weeks before the goods
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-07
More Evidence Uncovered In Chicago
Where Officers Of the Law Pro-
tected Criminals for Blood
Money.
CONFESSIONS ARE MADE
Indicted Police Raise the Cry That
They Are Being "Jobbed by
a Bunch Of Crooks" and
Claim Innocence.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.I
CHICAGO, Dec. Thirty members
of the Chicago police department, In
GLIDING several higher-ups, may be
under Indictment before the present
grand jury investigation of alleged
graft and r%ottenness is concluded,
States Attorney Hoyne announced
today.
Four new indictments are to be re-
turned today, Hoyne announced, based
on the confessions already given the
grand jury by Barney Bertsche, con
victed head Of a gang of clairvoyant
s%windlers, and Professors Frank and
Jimmy Ryan, clairvoyants. The De,
cember grand jury met today to hear
the confession Of Clarence E. Glass,
ex-pugiIist and alleged promoter OF
fake prize fights and the latest
"squealer" to turn states evidence, &C.
cording to Hoyne.
chief Of the detective department:
Lieutenant John II. TobIn and FORMER
Detective Sergeant Walter O'Brien
who were indicted Saturday. announ'
ced that they would surrender them
selves in court today and give bond
All three denied the charges placed
against them and asserted that they
had sheen jobbed by a bunch oil
crooks"
Fearing that. an attempt might be
made to assassinate some Of the
.'squealers," Hoyne took extra precau
tons today and armed guards follow
ed Bertsche, Glass and the two Ryans
to and from the states attorney:
Office. Detectives were trying to trace
telephone calls to the homes Of three
members Of the grand jury who were