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The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
n. |. ". W. and 'Bilr Thonp.ou.

Washington has echoed the past new
days with gossip about enemy propa-
ganda. oficiais are telling their
friends that pro-German intrigue Ia
more brazen than ever before. that
the wagging of tongues over peace
had more poison in 1t than the first
chemical analysis revealed. Then
there was the rabbit special Of the
Peoples Council. frankly pacifist and
covertiy pro-German, which finally
found haven under the sheltering
wing Of william Hale Thompson.
mayor of Chicago. whose cozening Of
alienism in the second city OF the
nation-and the sixth German city of
the world-has now become nothing
less than a national menace and a
national disgrace.
Somewhat behind schedule time. the
Department of Justice has achieved
its iong-threatened raid of the I. W.
W. headquarters and branch offices,
with what results 1t is too early to
tell But we hardly think 1t possible
that so shrewd a person as 'Bill"
Haywood has reduced the inner and
more dangerous secrets Of his organi-
zation to paper, any more than Boy
Ed did, or any other German agent
in the. United States now under sur
veillance. The I. W. W. will not be
judged by any incriminating docu-
ments, unless its leaders are more
foolish than is generally supposed, but
ready have been of so sinister a ma
ture that drastic action by the Fed
eral government must come If they
are continued.
War measures OF a repressive kind
will be approved by the people gen.
orally. There is no menace to free
speech or to a free press involved, ex-
cept where some scatter-brained dis
trict attorney. or some officious bu-
reaucrat blunders into some folly of
arbitrary repression which will, in
any vase Dc ECpAhdNSN W
their superiors when the true facts
are revealed. The government has
been altogether too conservative and
cautious in dealing with seditious
alienism at home. When the United
States Is on a war basis II Is quite
ready to convert itself into an au-
tocracy for the time being. It does
not fear the charge OF ''Kaiserism''
leyeled in the direction of the White
House whenever some profiteer is
deprived OF his loot. some contractor
is disappointed, or some jealous Or
ganizations which have been preach
ing pernicious anti-nationaI doctrines
are taken firmly in hand.
In other words, the spirit of the
nation today is for a much firmer and
stronger policy in dealing with the
domestic enemies of the nation than
the Federal government so far has
displayed.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column in City.

Adj. Gen. Mccain, of the Army, has
notified the several department COM
manders that special regulations gov
ernng appointment and promotion of
officers of National Guard will soon
be issued. Until they are issued all
cases now pending or which may
come up before their adoption, ap-
pointment and promotion of officers
of National Guard will be disposed OF
as follows: / Commissions for ap-
pointment or promotion will not be
given for any vacancies which ex-
listed on August (no matter on what
previous date the vacancy occurred
nor for any vacancies which occurred
after that date, until such commissions
can be given in accordance with spe-
cal regulations to be issued. 2. Ex-
ception to this rule may be made in
cases of enlisted men discharged from
regular army by authority from Sec
retary of War to accept commissions
in National Guard.
Among the important elements of
field training prescribed by Mai. Gen.
Leonard Wood, U. S. A., for the troops
of the Eighty-ninth Division, which he
has been ordered to command at Fort
Riley, is that of trench work. "Spe-
cial training for trench warfare" says
Gen. Wood, will be taken up at the
earliest practicable moment and
pushed forward as rapidly as circum-
stances permit, This special training
will comprise: drill by all units in
attack and defense of modern
trenches; the use of special weapons.
appliances and methods now employed
in Europe; construction Of trenches,
bomb proofs, emplacements, obstacles.
mines and other special adaptations Of
field fortifications used in trench war
fare; barrage fire for trench mortars
and artillery; observation and trans
mission OF firing data; review Of pre-
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

disintegration of Austria will have
been made by Italy in the Istrian
Peninsula.
The Russian drive, of course, Is de-
signed largely as a new achievement
for the German people to gaze upon
as a symbol of their unbroken mill
tary power. 1t will probably be ac-
companied by a new and even more
brazen peace overture. all intended to
strengthen the autocracy with the
masses, and to keep alive the favorite
fiction that Germany is fighting a
war of self-defense, that her host
of enemies mean to set upon and tear
her to pieces.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
THE HORSE SWAPPER'S
REFORMATION

amt the same as 1 used Z be
There's somethin' or other a-changin
me
From what I was bout a year ago
A rough, cantankerous feller! no
I've quit my tricks and I've settled
down.
As stiddy a man as there is in town
A-barrin' none-an' there's lots of
'em
Who called me rough cause I traded
some,
That knows me now an they mebbe
bow,
And gineraly call me Mister now!
An here's how come 1t: A preacher
come
From Yankee Forks for t preach to
EN-
A sort of saIIer Completed one,
That drawled his RS" and his as
an run
r specs an legs-an' he had a mare
He said was one OF a fambly pair
He used T. have, that he'd trade or
sell
For something that wasn't so skit-
tish-well,
I had a roam had doctored some
With stufrs we used to condition
EN-
I guess twas wind-blown more or
less,
An had a spawn or two, 1 guess,
An jist a leetle bit lame behind,
An seems to me that the mare was
blind.
She was six years old Can' a-conffn'
ten,
That's a favorite trick of US tradin'
mem.
He liked my mare, an'-well. liked
his,
An in'lly the facks OF the matter is
I offered boot-if that don't begin
A trade there's nothin' on earth that
kin!
Well, US two swapped, an started
hum,
And then religion begun to come!
I cussed that mare til 1 plainly see
How Unreliable cuss words bel
How pore an weakl-an' the dad
burned mare
Would hist her tail an she'd paw the
air,
An balk a spell an then up an run
Or kick the britchen on jist for fun.
TIL I-says Now, my lady bird,
scurr'd
Around til I lit on a good beech gad
An laid it on It'll the critter had
Enough of it, an to my surprise
Agreed, at last. to my compermise!
An of all the tricksi Why, my land
o. love.
That mare would "crib" from a red
hot stoye!-
She's spawned, sprung an she's
vindblower. too.
And drives suspicious like blind mares
do!
An lots of ailments. as like as not,
That other hosses has plum forgot.
- -~ss
An that's how II all come about,
doggone,
I weighed the consequences, pro and
con,
An found the most soothin' religion
The kind that hardens our con-
sciences,
Like this one doesl So l let 'em
drench
Ny heart and soul at the mourner's
bench;
An here I'll stay It'll they change
agin'
An call another new preacher in.
AM then-doggone emf he amt
warned.
] practice some o. the tricks I've
Iearnedi
John D. Wells in the Buffalo Even
ing Newt
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

almost any source of light. very
fetching.
Met /. Berlin, the writer Of ditties,
In a huge gasoline wagon, and he
bowed, and l looked about to see IL
many saw him but no one did, and i
was disappointed although l am not
over vain.
To the Waldorf tavern where /
lounged about in Peacock Alley and
watched the tailor made men and
handsomely gowned women, and 1
noted that the hustle has been revived
for feminine wear, and that tan vests
are a part of masculine attire for
which / am glad. My favorite haber-
dashery is a tan vest with red tie,
yet my wife says it is horrendous.
Home by underground tram, and
was annoyed by fat person in the
next seat who persisted in dropping
his tired head on my shoulders. and
snoring in my face, much to the
amusement of the fellow passengers,
and yet he looked like a man who
had toiled hard all the day, and was
patient And so to bed, very tired.
A keeper at the New York Zoo dis
turbed a rather old gentleman who
was taking his rest Just in front of
the cages of the African lions. The
man was doing no harm. as he ex-
planned when awakened.
But he was seated upon reasonably
hard asphalt, was being well burned
by the sun, and had allowed his hat
to roll some distance away. The
keeper thought it best to give him a
gentle shake. In exchange for it he
learned something.
1T is ali right" said the ancient
person. IN be on my way. 1 come
up here every now and then. / used
to be an acrobat with a circus, and
those were the happiest days of my
life. When 1 get up here tho animal
odor makes me drowsy with mem
ories.
"Once in a while at midnight / 60
down to Brooklyn Bridge for the same
reason. l climb onto those big milk
wagons and pay the driver to let
me drive across the bridge. Just the
sound of the head wheel hubs banging
against the axle is music to me. It's
the old sound of the circus wagon"
And then he ambled away.
New songs heard along Broadway:
AT the Yankee Military Ball,
China We Owe a Lot to You"
There's Something in the Name of
Ireland My Flower Garden Girl"
Small stationery stores in the vi
cinity of many apartment houses are
attracting no small amount of trade
by an ingenious idea They carry a
stock of note paper ana correspond
ence cards stamped with the name of
the apartment, or lacking a name,
the street and number. Thus does
the apartment house dweller have a
chance to impress his or her cores
pondents with an air of class that
is affected by the big New York
hotels. There seems always to be
room for at least one more station
cry store in New York. Sometimes
there are two or three to the block.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
VACATION HERALDs.
FRIDAY. sEPrEsBEa :. 1911.
EACH DAY o. The YEAR.
By John KendrIck Bangs.
A CHALLENGE.

Well. Mr.. Day. you've come once more
To test my mettle and to see
II am filter than before
To meet the tasks confronting me.
Bring on your test-rm wide awake.
And fully ready for the brew.
I ask no quarter, and will take
No impudence at all from you.
I have no fear you'll lay me low,
For though in yesterdays ARRAY
You knocked me out, I'd have you
know
That yesterday is not today!
(Coryrisht, lsI7.)
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
New York, Day by Day
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

New York, Sept. 6.-As Samuel
Pepys would record in his diary: Lay
late brooding over this and that, and
in especial that autumn is nigh and
l must face my tailor for a fall sur
tout albeit have not paid the reckon
ing for my summer tweeds.
Came L. Arthur from the Orient,
and brings my wife, poor wretch.
silken kimona, but not so much as a
leches nut for myself, and yet 1 bade
him hearty welcome, and 1 told him
many complimentary things about his
work, yet Holy Writ tells us that
Daniel was the only man not spoiled
by being honized.
For walk through the town and
note that the women of Broadway
yclept chickens have gradually peeled
of until they are like a chicken ta-
male with thin layer of husks and
some silhouette successfully against
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

filled by appointments from civil life.
Graduates OF recognized schools who
are between the ages Of "a and so are
eligible. Competitive examinations
will be held in the East on Sept. "A
and at Mare Island on October Is.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

An evening contemporary cites three
rules for marital bliss: Be consider
ate. Stay home every night. Do the
chores. What do you mean "bliss?"
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

After all there's not much use in
dropping Wilson'S note behind the
Austrian lines At the rate the Aus
trians are retreating now they couldn't
be still long enough to read It
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

A seer visiting Allentown, Pa, tod
a young lady that IL she would
squeeze a salt bag her lover woulo
return. Very much like the other salt
story about catching birds.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

These are very doubtful days for
the chap who has been putting up a
front on a $50 Palm Beach suit.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

Won Bernstorff receives an iron cross
from the Emperor. An iron cross for
q double cross.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

Some Of these Congressman when
they swing around the home-explain-
ing circuit are going to need shock
absorbers. puImotors and life nets.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

About the only importance that
some men achieve in the world is the
fact that they help to constitute a
quorum.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
Sentenced to One Year
For Assault on Child

James Clark. coloTed, 26 years Of
age, was sentenced yesterday TO serve
one year in jail for an attack on a
6 year old colored girl on the Union
Station plaza Judge PUgh said in
passing sentence that he intended to
do all in his power to nip in the bud
such acts as this, and he considered
It his duty to impose the maximum
penalty. Clark was arrested as he
was running from the scene Of his
crime. DR.. H. w. Mofiit. of 1856 Har-
ward street, caught the negro, being
attracted by the mans strange sc-
tions. With the assistance OF a pass
erby the doctor managed to get the
man to the Sixth precint and the po-
lice Immediately investigated.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

Hygiene is being taught to the less
civilized natives of the Philippines
with motion pictures.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-07

New songs heard along Broadway:
AT the Yankee Military Ball,
China We Owe a Lot to YOU"
There's Something in the Name of
Ireland My Flower Garden Girl"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
WATSON BELL
WHAT WE NEED.

In all probability The Fifth Con
gressional District of South Carolina
never had more serious task on its
hands than it has at present in select
ing n man to represent us in the low
er House of Congress. With the Re-
publican vote tied with the Demo
cratic vote, much will depend upon
The man we send to Congress to re
present our district and whoever our
representative may be, he must be a
man in every sense of the word.
Not for one minute would we die
tate to the people of the Fifth Dis
trict. some OF whom are as intelligent
as may be found in the state, as to
who they should choose for the Of
fee, but we would suggest some Of
the things to be considered
Our representative should be Wen
versed in the law and more or less
familiar with parliamentary pro
cedure.
He should be man of some per-
sonal magnetism and a man with the
ability to make and keep friends
He should be an orator and able
to hold his own on the floor when the
occasion might demand.
Last of all, but of primary inn
portance, he must be man of un-
questioned integrity and veracity.
We hope that the voters of Lam
caster county, when they go to the
polls to register their choice, will lay
aside personal friendship and at the
same time factional feeling. and try
10 vote for a real man for a real job
If they do that, they will return home
With :hc knowledge og one duty well
done
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
Lancaster On The Man.

Watson Bell who has for several
months been city editor of The Her
aid. has accepted the position of edi-
tor and manager OF The Lancaster
News, and will take charge of that
newspaper tomorrow.
Mr.. Bell has many friends in Spar
tanburg, who will learn Of his de-
parture from the city with regret
but who at the same time extend
their best wishes to him in his new
field. In this expression of good win
The Herald heartily joins.
Watson Bell, as he is generally
known in newspaper circles through
out the State, has had wide expe-
rience in South Carolina journalism,
and is thoroughly equipped for the
work he has undertaken at Lancas-
ter.
We do not know that piece OF
news ever Originated" at Lancaster.
We have no record of IL If such a
thing has ever happened, but there
will be something doing there in the
future. The arrival OF Watson Bell
in town is guarantee of that. Lam
caster is to be congratulated in this.
that in the future people in these
parts when its name il mentioned
will not longer connect 1t with the
Wars OF the Roses, but will soon
come TO learn that Lancaster is n
real town in South Carolina. So,
here's to Lancaster. The News and
Watson Bell. May they live long
and prosper. -spartanburg Herald.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
FORTUNATE. BUT -

During the recent bad weathec
about half the towns in South Caro-
lima have been visited by fires, not
one or two, but some half dozen and
in most cases they were disastrous
Lancaster has been fortunate enough
to escape any general confiagration
and for that we should be thankful,
but eternal vigilance is the price of
safety and with the probability of
high winds in February and March.
property owners will do we'll to take
every precaution as regards fire. In
addition, our fire department should
be kept up to a high standard of ef-
ficiency. Lancaster has splendid
equipment and the department should
be well able to cope with any ordin-
'ary blaze, but at the same time. too
much care cannot be given to this
very important department of the
ICity government.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
WE EXPECT THEM BACK.

None of our country correspond
ents knew that we were ready to re-
sumo the publication of our paper
today, and for that reason the de-
partment usually devoted to that
matter is taken up with other news.
We hope that none of our cores
pondents have been lost in the shut
he and we sincerely hope that they
will all resume their work where
they left it off and during next week
furnish us with all the news of in
terest in their respective communi-
ties. We expect to make that feature
OF The Lancaster News interesting
and more interesting from day to
day.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
THE GOLDEN RULE.

DO as you would be done by
Persian.
Do not that to a neighbor which
you would take i'll from him.-Gre-
clan.
One should seek for others the
happiness one desires for oneself
Buddhist.
What you would not wish done to
yourself do not do unto others
Chinese
He sought for others the good he
desired for himself. Let him pass
on.--Egyptian.
All things whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you, do We
even so to them.--Chrlstian.
The true rule of life is TO guard
and do by the things of others aa
they do by their own.-IIindu.
Let none of you treat his brother
In a way he himself would dislike to
be treated -Mohammedan.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
OUR INITIAL BOW.

Every time an editor takes charge
of newspaper he writes an article,
usually very lengthy, in which he
tells the public of the wonders he
will perform. Having just come to
Lancaster and assumed the position
of editor and manager of The Lam
caster News. 1 suppose it behooves
me to say few words to the public,
hut Jny promises will he few. / am
not going TO promise this and that
and the other thing, for the very
simple reason that l may not be able
ito carry out those promises. l do
ipromise to give The Lancaster News
my best efforts and to do all that l
can for the upbuilding of Lancaster
and Lancaster county. So much for
the promising.
| have not come here to help one
faction fight another and I have not
been brought here to fight any man S
BATTLES. While I remain here, The
Lancaster News will be fair and inn
partial to all parties and treat every
man alike. When the time comes
that the publication cannot do that,
another man will succeed mo
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
Ed DcCamp's Best Wishes.

We look with pleasant anticipation
upon the re-entrance OF Mr.. Watson
Bell to the field of semi-weekly jour
nalism. He this week, resurrects the
Lancaster News. which has been sus-
pended for some weeks. Lancaster
is to be congratulated upon securing
the services of one OF the brightesI
young newspaper men in the State
We are perhaps partial to the young
man by reason OF the fact that we
had somewhat to do with starting
him off in the newspaper business,
but any discriminating observer will
readily admit that his work is above
the average. Here's good luck to you
Watson, in your new field of endeav-
or.-Gaffney Ledger.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
AMERICA FIRST.

We have never seen anything to
admire about the Republican party
until the last week, but we must ad-
nit that we do admire the Republi-
cans for the attitude they adopted
when President Wilson announced
that he had broken off diplomatic
relations with Germany. Democrats
and Republicans alike lined up be
hind the President to a man and
the Republicans are said to have been
even more enthusiastic. if such a
thing be possible, than were the
Democrats. 1t would be a difficult
matter now to convince any Republi-
can or any Democrat in the United
states that Woodrow Wilson is not
the greatest man placed in the White
House since the days of George
Washington.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
1917 DaHodilis.

If all the desk were kingdom.
would the ruler be King?
1t may be easily handled, as a
rule remarked the Victrola lev
."r, but 1 OBJECT to being called
crank"
Music and fish seem to be of the
same genus, if scales mean any
thing.
DO you blame the hammer for
knocking when the glmlet gets to
boring?
The pillars of the average porch
seem to be pretty well posted on
holding matters.
Animal tanners should wear whls-
kers, in order to beard the beasts in
their dens.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
\ WISE STEP.

We think that the action of the
Democratic Executive Committee in
advancing the date for the Congress
sional primary from February 20 to
February 16 and consolidating the
second primary and the general cleo
tion on February % is wise. The
necessity for haste. when one con-
siders the situation now existing in
Washington. is apparent to all and
as we see it, the action of the Execu
tive Committee will neither help nor
hurt the chances of any particular
candidate. 1t is now case OF may
the beF man win and we certainly
hope he may.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
Whom You Arc WcarY.

When you are worn and weary
when your pathway seems strewr
with mire and stones and thorns. sit
down and rest awhile. Then, sum,
mon all your power of thought lift
the veil from your eyes, and with
your uuobstructed vision, camly look
around you.
Compare your toilsome lot witt
the generally supposed easy condi-
tion and good fortune of your smfI-
ing neighbor.
Observe closely and weigh every
thing you see on scales whose
weights are true.
Are your neighbor's burdens
| lighter than yours?
Is his road smoother?
Does it wind its way in the cool
of. green shade among fragrant
flowers and beside still blue wat
ers?
1t does not.
! His is the common heritage OF
man.
At the top of the hill the gods
of Success are waiting for him and
for you.
Climb and meet them there they
will welcome and bless you
Townsend
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-09
Minor Rnnkrr Snrs-

ID. Watson Bell. formerly editor of
the York News but more lately city
editor of the Spartanburg Herald
has become editor and manager of
the Lancaster Naws. Bell made the
York News one Of the brightest and
most attractive papers in the State.
We are confident he will do the same
with the Lancaster News. He has
the energy and the ability and will
prove valuable asset to Lancaster
-Spartanburg Journal.