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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-06-06
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The Civic League will meet We'd
hesday afternoon, June Z, at the home
OF Mrs. II. e. Wylfe.
Inc Zion Democratic Club will
meet at Zion Saturday night, June
10, beginning promptly at s O'Clock
w. c. Williams.
There will be an ice cream sumner
at Antioch next Saturday. June 10Th
beginning at o'clock, for the benefit
Oh the church. The public cordially
invited.
Mrs. III. A. Marlett of Spartan
burg, who for the past two weeks
has been the attractive guest Of her
sister, Mrs. A. II. Dreyer. Jr re-
turned home Tuesday, accompanied
by her sister, Miss Edna Small
Mrs. Ola p. Calling will play for
the First Baptist church during tbo
summer. There will be a fifteen min
wy VI san pItiuue at the evening ser
vices. Notices of the numbers to no
rendered will appear in the church
column of the News every Friday.
O.
we call attention to all users OF
water in the city to the fact that tho
water rent must be paid by not later
than the 10th of the month. If nor
paid by that time, you will be cut
on and will be charged an additional
dollar in order to be re-connectad
NO further notice will be given.
Mr.. Marion Budd Walker of Ches
ter, 5. c., was the recent delightful
guest of his cousin, Mrs. John p.
Hunter. Mr.. Walker is graduate
in Voice and Piano of "The New York
School of Music and Arts"
He gave pleasure to all who heard
him sing in Lancaster His voice
rs strong, rich baritone. and his
enunciation perfect, which is great
accomplishment that all singers do
not possess. His voice is wonder
fully cultivated.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-06-06

CALL 1858 Excelsior Grocery Com
pany for fresh meats OF all kinds
delivered at once Excelsior Gro
Gerry Store, at Southern Railway
Station, city. 57-tfc
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-06-06

FOR SALE-One WHITE FROST rs
lbs. capacity refrigerator. In per-
feet condition. First applicant
can purchase same for $1,000.
Lancaster. S. c.. Box 11S. 6S-3tp
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-06-06
No. 60 s.

lhis ia prescription prepared especially
Tor MALARIA oFCHllLS & FEVER.
rive or six doaesi will break ony case, and
IT taken then as 4 toDic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts On tie liver better than
Ca!omei and does notNggipc or sickcn. 2sc
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-06-06

There Will be an ice cream supper
at Antioch next Saturday, June 10th.
beginning at Z o'clock, for the benefit
of the church. The public cordially
invited.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-06-06

The Zion Democratic Club will
meet at Zion Saturday night, June
10, beginning promptly at s O'Clock.
w. c. Williams.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-06-06

The Civic League will meet We'd
nesday afternoon, June Z, at the homs
OF Mrs. II. T.. Wylfe.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
BUSINESS BOOMING IN JAPAN
Long Spell Of Depression Has Been
Succeeded by Gratifying Era Of
Good Times.

After q long spell of depression the
tide has turned in Japan. ''But for the
war and cheap rice" says the Japan
Times, ''the turn would have come
months ago. But the farmers make
up with the abundance of their crop
for the cheapness of the grain, and
the war itself has brought consider
able prosperity to not few lines OF
industry and business, as the company
returns for the first half-yearly term
show. Compared with the preceding
term, 13 weaving companies saw an
increase of their profits by $40 per
cent, chemical industry companies by
120 per cent, seven exchanges by SO
per cent, four sugar companies by 80
per cent, seven warehouse companies
by 70 per cent, 19 spinning companies
and four flour mill companies by IS
per cent. Increases Of profits seem
to have been and to continue to be
the general rule, the exceptions being
the railway, gas, kiln and few other
businesses. Most noticeable Of all,
raw silk has of late been going up in
price until it has now more than re-
covered the high level of 1000 yen d
bale, which it fetched before the out
break of the war. The fact seems to
be that a business revival is already
here, and it only requires the loosen
ing of capitalists purse strings for
new enterprises to make the country
realize the turn of the tide"
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
NOTICE ITO TAXPAYERS
OF
APPOQUINIMINK HUNDRED

The taxable residents of Appoquini-
mink Hundred, and all persons liable to
nav tax in said Hundred, are hereby
notified that the Taxes for the year 1915
are now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector for said Hundred, will be
AT THE OFFICE OF GEORGE NJ. d. HART,
IN TOWNSEND. DEL.
EVERY SATURDAY.
During FEBRUARY 1916,
From 9 to O'Clock, p. M.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
bv sending written communication en-
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
OvERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 3. CHAPTER
80, VOLUME 81, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS
AMENDED:
Section S-Tbat on all taxes paid before
the first day of October there shall be an
abatement of five per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first Gay of Decem-
Der there shall be an Abatement of three
per centum. On all taxes paid during the
month of December there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day of January there
shall be added one per oentnm per month
zntil the same shall be paid.
w. s. MONEY,
Collector OF Taxes for AppOquinimink Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
HONDURAS SHY ON "M0vIES"
Consular District Has Only One The
ater and the Admission Prices
Vary.

There is but one motion picture es-
tablishment in the Tegucigalpa, Hon
duras consular district, the Teatro de
Variedades, in Tegueigalpa. A mum
ber of causes combine to prevent the
industry from being more successful,
among which are poor transportation
facilities, the small purchasing power
of the masses, the sparse population
generally, and the lack of electric serv-
ice in all the other interior towns.
In Tegucigalpa performances are
given three or four nights week, COM
mencing at $50 or o'clock, and last
ing until midnight or after. Approx
mately about forty-nine hundred feet
of film are shown nightly. The prices
Of admission vary with the quality of
the film. Old films, Of the regular
stock sketches, are sometimes dis
played at prices ranging from ten to
thirty cents, depending on the loca-
ton of the seats. Other nights, when
such films as Lies Miserables" are
run, the prices are trebled; and for
ordinary new films the usual charge
is about fifty cents for the best seats.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
Prisoners Save Monev.

An. unusual plan was adopted and
tried with success in the Dayton (O)
workhOuse, which deserves the careful
consideration of penal authorities
throughout the country, says the Nash
vile Tennesseean.
Through a board of parole, prison.
erS are allowed certain liberties in &C
cOrdance with their behavior and their
appreciation Of freedom allowances.
Regular work in factories is secured
for number of prisoners, but they
are compelled to return to the work
house at night. They are required at
the end of the week to bring their
pay envelopes to the superintendent
of the workhouse, The latter sum
mons the prisoners family and opens
the pay envelope with them and the
prisoner present. He divides the
money as seems best It is said that
under this unique system of parole
one prisoner, who is serving a term
for nOnsupport, has placed more than
$1O0 in savings bank, in addition
to taking care of his family and pay
ing his creditors. He still has two
months to serve.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
Nature Fake.

The story of the tomato plant graft
ed on to an eggplant and producing
4 splendid fruit, with purple skin,
deep red meat, few seeds and wonder
tul flavor, survives and goes the
rounds
This particular nature fake persists
because of the lack of horticultural or
botanical knowledge. Even Burbank
himself could not produce new fruit
by grating. Such fruits can only be
produced by pollenizing. Every school
boy who has studied botany or a
primer on farming, which always con-
tains instructions on grating, knows
that the scion or bud, grated on to the
root or stock, governs the kind Of fruit
% be produced. Otherwise, every
graft might produce hybrid or freak
One may graft half a dozen kinds of
orange scions on one sour stock, and
ach scion will invariably produce its
yun lLnd Of orange and not a cross
between the sour orange and that OF
he tree from which the scion was cut.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
Explaining the Whistles.

A commercial traveller arrived for
the first time in small western town
during the night. In the morning he
was awakened by whistles-shrill
ones, foggy ones, scale runners, high
key, low key and every other kind. So
at breakfast he questioned the land
lord: Quite manufacturing town you
have here" "Oh, yes-fne town."
what kind of factories?" 'Wa-all,"
more slowly, flour principally" "Just
four?" "Wa'all," very slowly, "yes,
as yet; but the Metropolitan mills a
big one" "Why. 1 heard a dozen diff
ferent whistles!" Oh" edging his
chair up confidentially, them is all in
the Metropolitan. You see, we got the
whistles for the factories we're goin'
to have an put 'em in to make the
town sound lively. Seems quite citi-
6ed now, doan't it?"-National Food
Magazine.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
The Eternal StruquIs,

Everywhere. on every side, ore is
convinced of the inadequacy OF human
judgment concerning clothes. One
woman said the other Gay that she was
SO struck with the failure of others
that she rushed into black, which was
the most unbecoming thing she could
possibly wear; finding this out, she
gave up in despair, ard remained at
home in house gowns for two weeks.
She told this to a friend who an
swered that she had anchored in Sc
rene waters at last, for she had taken
to heart the remark If her negro nurse
WHhhe WHhhe said said, in extennatinn of her mis-
tress' unmarried condition: 1T amt
hard to be an old maid, if you just quit
a-strugglin'." She had ceased to strug-
gle with clothes and had taken up
more interesting things in life, regard
less of her appearance.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
sEATTLE'S GUINEA PIG FARM
Somewhat Remarkable institution
That Is Conceded to Be of
Very Great Value.

Among the various industries SeattIa
has undertaken for the common good
that of guinea-pig farming would seem
to rank as the most curious. Seattle
is a guinea-pig farmer on a consider
able scale and at times the PRINCIPAL
worry of those in charge of the
ranch" is that the guinea-pig supply
will exceed the demand.
The municipal guinea.pig herd mum.
bers 700. The guinea-pig farm is 2
necessity. not an idle experiment. In
their humble way these funny little
animals play an important part in the
daily work of preserving the city's
health. They are the official goats"
for the chemists in the city's bacteria
logical laboratories and at the federal
plague laboratory, which the city helps
to maintain.
In fact, the little guinea pig is one
of the most unfortunate of all ami
mails. Since doctors have learned that
he is subject to almost all the ills that
human flesh is heir to, life for him is
one long feast Of germs.
Because the blood of the little cavvy
is so like human blood, he is ideal for
many archaeological tests. Give him
a cold germ and he will promptly start
to sneezing and coughing; give him
too much red liquor and he will ac-
quire ridiculous headache. So good
natured is the guinea pig that he will
accept the present of any sort of
germs without protest and during the
course of his life at the city laboratory
he gets all sorts.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
Piano Records.

To enable an owner of a player pi.
ano to make his own records, an Ohio
inventor has perfected a simple ma
chine which allows such work to be
done rapidly in the home by anyone
who is at all familiar with music. The
device not only lessons the cost Of
record, but also makes it possible to
obtain exactly what is wanted, since
it is within the power of the operator
to set a selection in whatever key he
wishes when perforating a roll. The
device consists essentially of a punch
ing instrument that slides along a
scale, so divided as to correspond with
the apertures in the tracker board of
the player piano, and cuts slots of the
required lengths. The roll of blank
paper is inserted at the back of the
machine and fed across a platen plate.
Guiding members at each side and
grips at the ends serve to track the
paper properly and prevent it from
wrinkling. AS the punching is done the
paper is moved forward and wound on
a roll at the front Of the machine.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
Use Hay fer Breastworks.

Many thousands Of tons of Texas
hay are being used as bulwark against
bullets on the lines of defense by the
British and French governments, Gal
weston dispatch to the New York
World states.
This fact has just come to light by
the statements Of foreign buyers Of
hay, who also direct the compression
of the bales before shipment from this
port, to make them as nearly bullet
proof as possible.
Three ordinary field bales are COM
pressed into one bale before being
loaded on vessel. This process gives
a bale the density that is said to make
it equal to steel plate in stopping bull
let's. 1t is stated that trenches are
being lined with the bales Of hay.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
FuTuRIsr MusIc:

The. futurist music witch the future
has in store for US is said to be "dis-
tinguished by it's dissonance." In
other words, it is a system Of dis,
cords that harmonic with life. We
are so accustomed to the other kind
Of music that this sort will for
while seem unpleasant, but when it is
rightly adjusted, we will enjoy it. 1t
is only a habit that gives to harmony
its delight. We remember the heathan
Chinee, when he first went to the op-
era and heard the orchestra tuning up
its fiddles, that he vigorously ap-
plauded. He thought that was the
music he came to enjoy and he en-
joyed it. So the futurist music will
strike the novice in the sweet by and
by. Some days ago we gave this quo
tation from Carlyle: Spiritual music
can only come from discords set in
unison" Perhaps the futurist dis
cords can be so utilized, and in their
relations one can see beauty, love,
duty, heroisn, eternity. And that is
really the teaching Of the futurist. We
may regard the music ugly, but it is
our ears that are at fault. We will
need a new set of ears to compre-
hend and enjoy futurist music. That
won't be hard condition. We think
sometimes we need a new set Of ears
to enjoy much of the present style of
music.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
Woman Conductors in Kits.

kits instead of skirts for women
street car conductors, it seems, are to
be the new style. It is reported from
Oldham that skirts being found incon-
venient and, in wet weather, a source
of discomfort-es especially when the car
steps had to be climbed-have been
discarded in the woman conductors
uniform and replaced by kits and leg.
gings, buttoning up the sides. If sol
diers may wear kits, why not tram
conductors? The new fashion may,
for time, cause amusement, and even
ridicule, as was the case with umbrel-
las when first introduced, but addi.
tional comfort may overcome preju-
dice and lead to the innovation being
adopted generally.-London Chronicle.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
CERMANY'S "KULTUR"

Another Zeppelin raid on Paris! 1t
resulted in the killing of "a and the
wounding Of 27 combatants, most OF
whom We're slain in their beds BY
bombs dropped from an altitude of
14,OOO feet. In other words. the at
tack served no useful military pur-
pose for the Germans and was
merely further evidence of the
bloodthirstiness underlying Teutonic
military methods. No memter of
the Quadruple Entente is to be
frightened by such work. The
wanton slaughter Of ner1, women
and children merely will strengthen
the French, British, Russian and
italian determination to win the
war at all hazards. = Erening
Journal.
Most of these victims are women anC
children, which goes to show that Ger
many in her Zeppelin raids is adopting
that chivalrous rule of the sea "womer
and children frst!"
All this cowardly shedding of limo
cent blood is an object lesson commend
ing to all the world the beauty of the
Germanic Kultur that with it's devi
doctrine that might Makes right il
to supercede the childish nonsense Ct
Love as taught by the Christ in hi;
Sermon on the Mount.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
w1nD1ErowN, DEL, FEB. II, 1916
TEUTON SAVAGERY

a,..n1c FEAR REPRIsAL LAIR RAIDS
Amsterdam, Feb. 8.-Warnings
are being sent out through nortn-
western Germany to take precau-
tionary measures against reprlSai
DIV attacks by the Allies for the re-
cont raids over London and Paris
Fleets of air patrols are securing
the skies by day time and searcn-
Tobts are kept active all night'
Hiob angle gurs are kept contlnu-
ousIy manned. "--B''lletin.
Mo+5ino could more plainly show the
,.n.uonco between the brutal, barbaric
roo+bods of Germany in this Great war
- tho humane. civilized tactics Of the
Allies than their refusal to retaiiate Oy
dropping bombs upon defenceless Ger
man cities. thosoreIy tempted by zeppe-
lin air noassacres of innocent non-com-
ho+ants women and children in their
hods which bIoody-mieded Germany has
been practicing in France and England
aver since the war began.
These eowardly butcherings which are
roere senseless murders without one
atom of military value, are contlnua-
+ion Of the deliberate scheme o.
..Friobtfulness" which Germany EN-
nloved SO shockingly in the WholesaiF
murders, raplngS and other atrOcitlt $
against the unarmed people of Belgium
with a view thru these crueitles and
horrible savageries to terrify that ne
roic nation into submission. IheSe
awful deeds. which will make the name
Of Germany a stencil in the nostrllS OF
civilization forever, wholly failed IN tn
case of little Belgium, crushed ano
bIeeding under the iron heel of German
nilitarism; they certainly will not sue
ceed in soaring strong, stout-hearteo
England or the hardly less powerful
and even more courageous France.
How white the Christian chivalry o1
France and England's shows, alongside
the foul bIackness of Germany's in
cessant murderings of helpless women
and children! History will write dowr
this German Kaiser as a monster o
blood whose wanton cruelties have fan
exceeded those of Herod and those
which have made the name of a Nero,
Infamous.
No, thank God, Germany has the mo-
nopoly of barbarism, Germany and hel
cruel ally, Turkey, and tho the provoca-
ton of these persistent assassinat.ons Of
women and children would, many lead
ing statesmen here and in Europe de-
clare, justify reprisals in sheer defence,
the chivalrously brave Frenchmen an
the kindly brave Engli5hmen, to Their
external honor, refuse to stoop to th'
low level of Germans and Turks, max
ing war upon helpless mothers arc
babes.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12

"Weir of Hermiston," Robert Louis
Stevenson's last unfinished book, was
written in bed, or rather dictated to
the novelist's devoted wife. ''Katriona," :"
written about the heather-clad hills Of
the highlands on the tropical island,
Samoa, was mainly written Gin re-
cumbent position" for it is certain
that long before his early lamented
death, Stevenson spent much of his
time on his couch, working to the very
last hour of his life. Mark Twain
wrote nearly all his later books in
bed. So persistent "sluggard" was
he that he had specially contrived
bed desk fitted up, so that he could
write without trouble or exertion
while propped luxuriously among the
pillows.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
BLoNDS FOND OF CHEESE
At Least That Is the Opinion Arrived
At by Waitress Who Has Been
Observing.
Are YOU a cheese eater?

Are you cnoeSo eater?
Do you eat your MONDAY wedge of
mince or apple with or without,
If it is with" it is a 1O-to-1 bet that
you are blond, for all blonds eat
cheese, according to one of the Marie
Antoinette counter girls in a Boston
restaurant.
This counter girl besides being all
expert manipulation of the hot and cold
coffee and master of the mazes and
electric order buttons is a close 90
server and psychologist.
She says that after three years Of
close comparison of those VINO pa
tronize her counter she has reached
the conclusion that cheese is the pref
erence of blonds. A few dark
skinned and piratelike men may use
cheese, but the blonds all partake,
and she suspects that a brunei who
asks for the with" when ordering
pie either has blond strain or a fair
haired sweetheart.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
Better Marketing for Farmers.

A joint committee of the trustees
and faculty of Delaware College, ap-
pointed some time ago to consider the
proposition of better marketing for
Delaware farmers, held its first meet
ing Thursday at the office of William
H. Head, Wilmington, chairman. The
other members of the committee are
Daniel P. Corbit and Frank Bancroft,
trustees, and Professor Harry Hayward
and DIR. E. V. Vaughn, members of the
faculty. The time was devoted largely
to mapping out work to be done.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12

Next year will occur the centenary
of the organization of savings banks,
and the American Bankers associa-
tion has plans afoot for its appropriate
celebration. Savings banks have been
an encouragement to thrift among the
wage earners. More than eleven mil
lion people have deposits in these in
stitutions, and the average of these
deposits is five hundred dollars per
capita Of the depositors.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
All Work Guaranteed
ESTATE OF MARGARET S. JOHN

ESTATE OF MARGARET S. JOHN
son, Deceased. Notice is hereby given
that Letters of Administration upon
the Estate of Margaret S. johnson, late
of Blackbird Hundred. deceased, were
duly granted unto Harry s. Wood
keeper on the 23rd day of November A.
D. 1915, and all persons indebted u the
said deceased are requested 10 make
payment to the Administrator without
delay, and all persons having demands
against the deceased are required to
exhibit and present the same duly pro-
bated to the SAID Administrator on OR
before the 23d day of November A. D.
1916. or abide by the law in this be-
half. Address Martin B. Burris, Esq,
Attorney-at-Law Niddletown, Del.
HARRY S. WOODKEEPER, Administrator.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12
a.,s 4he wittisst Student.

Edward Marshall Maslin is an
pounced to be the wittiest student Of
the University of California, and has
been awarded the Irving prize for
wit and humor" for his essay On
the Futility of Twitching Up Ones
Trousers to Prevent Bagging at the
Knees" and for a group of futurist
verses, songs on serious subjects lin
the cubist way.
Maslin il Q Junior from Wstsopville.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12

One old man, who had been mar
ried almost fifty years, told US the
other day that he was never away
from his wife "a hours at time with
out becoming overwhelmed with lone,
someness. This is offered for the
benefit of cynics who get their ideas
of matrimony from the divorce courts.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12

Habits are hard to break. The San
Francisco county jail is being stolen
piecemeal, according to reports, by
prisoners who keep twisting off metal
fixtures and hiding the loot.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12

When in conversation you run up
against hard Balkan name pro,
nounce it glibly any way you like, and
you will find that people will look at
you admiringly and wonder how you
knew.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-12

On her last trip to the Pacific coast
from oriental ports, the steamship
Minnesota carried what her owners
say was the largest cargo carried in
one bottom in the history of shipping.
The total Of the cargo is estimated at
nearly 10000 tons. Included were 49,
500 bales of hemp from Manila bound
for Chicago, and 2,79O bags of peanuts
for the Pacific coast. From Kobe came
1880 chests Of tea for overland
points via the Great Northern road,
principally Chicago, New York, Mon
treal and Toranto. There were 43,430
bags of Manchurian maize, and over
$500 cases of porcelain from Japanese
ports. From Yokohama was shipped
treasure amounting to 100000 yen
in gold coin.