The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-12-04


or all Indebtedness on the parson-
age and now starts out with a clean
slate.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin A. Barrett, of the mill
village. died Friday night. Inter
ment was at Laurel Hill, near Ker-
shaw Saturday.
Local suffrage leaders are circu-
lating a petition to be presented to
congress favoring the constitutional
amendment. 1t is being literally
signed in Lancaster.
There will be Homecoming"
day at New Hope church the second
Sunday in December. An address
will be made by DR.. M. l.. Smith
Public cordially invited.
The land OF the estate of T. NJ
c. Mosier, of Kershaw county, was
sold at Camden yesterday 1t was
purchased by Mrs. Katherine NJ.
Mosier. the purchase price being
$17,277.
"A man who was soliciting labor at
the Kershaw mill yesterday was
placed under arrest by the authori-
ties. He was from some place in
North Carolina and sought to take
mill hands there for employment.
Thompson and company are NOV
ing into their new brick building
next to the l.. and C.. depot. The
building is not yet completed and
the Office now in the Springs block
will not be moved before next week.
w. F.. Estridge, of Midway, and
r. ]. Flynn. of Dixie. members Of the
registration board. we're here Mon
day for their regular monthly meet
ing. w. J. Porter. the other mem
Der, was i'll and could not attend.
There will be public meeting at
the court house tonight at 1880
o'clock at which Col. n. F: Thomp-
son, of Raleigh, will be the princi-
pal speaker. His subject will be
"Closer Cooperation" This is a
meeting for the farmer and town
folk alike and everybody is in
vited.
The meeting at the court house
tonight will begin at 1880 o'clock
Col. N. F. Thompson, Of Raleigh,
will be the speaker of the occasion.
Col Thompson is a man of wide ex-
perience and intimate knowledge Of
the needs Of the South and he will
interest all who hear him. No ad-
mission charge.
The Lancaster County Teachers
Association will meet at the central
school beginning Saturday, Decem-
ber 8, at IL o'clock. Prof. Walms-
ley, of Winthrop college, will speak
on History and its relation to the
present problems OF citizenship"
Prof. Brim, OF Winthrop, ON
"Some detail problems OF the coun-
try school, daily program. use Of
textbooks in relation to community
needs" All teachers are urged to
attend.
David r. Coker, United States
food administrator for South Caro-
lima, yesterday issued a statement
calling on customers to report mer-
chants who charge excessive prices
for sugar, salt and gasoline Mr.
Coker says that many reports are
reaching him from different parts
of the State of excessive prices and
he concludes his statement with:
THE tremendous burden which is
at present on the food administra-
ton may prevent action being taken
as promptly as would be desirable.
In the meantime, however the GUS
toner himself can do a great deal to
correct unfair practices by refusing
to deal with merchants who are
charging outrageous prices. Mer-
chants who are charging five to ten
times their usual profits on certain
necessities OF life are public enemies
and should be dealt with as such.
The State Food Administration will