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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-01
HEALTH CONDITIONS
IN CAMPS IMPROVING

WASHINGTON, March j. -Ra pid
improve ment in health conditions
at all army camps in the United
States with the passage of winter
is shown by reports for the week
ending Feb. p. made public tonight
by the var department.
Adm sSiOn, non effective and
death rates for all troops SHOW a
material reduction from CORES
pondins figures for the preceding
week. reinstatement says. Measles,
pneumonia and meningitis continue
TO decline"
The total number Of deaths IN
the regulars. national guard and
national army was 16f for the
week. Of which 81 were due 20
pneumonia.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-01
LOOK AHEAD" SAYS
KAISER TO FARMERS

AMSTERDAM. March 1.-Emper-
OF William in acknowledging a mes
sage OF homage from the German
Agricultural society, telegraphed the
following message.
Your loyal greeting has graufied
me and again convinced me that I
shall not be deceived in my conf
dence in The efficiency, energy and
ready sacrifice Of the German agri-
culturists The army and navy have
achieved tremendous things. The
German sword has prepared the
way for peace. German industry
and severance viii bring Us a
blessed future Look ahead. trust
In God Ny thanks are accompany
Ing your labors,"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-01

the future lights OF the English bar
by a very small circle OF people
who did not even venture 20 say so
openly. He had. however, the luck
% fall in with two men whose pro-
lection helped him considerably to
gain the reputation which he won
In such a relatively short time.
one Of these men was the MEM
Der for Liverpool. Mr.. Rutherford
and the other Col Hail Walker. so
well known on the turf and so gem
orally respected In London society.
OF whi'h his charming wife lis one
OF the leaders, These two gentle
men had become acquainted with
tine then Frederick smith. and had
immediately discovered the keen
Wit and Shear intelligence of the
young barrister. Mr.. Rutherford
being "a solicitor by profession and
with large practice, entrusted all
the big cases of which he had the
handling 10 Mr.. Smith. and always
spoke OF him i'm glowing terms. Col.
Walker, who had won complicated
lawsuit. thanks 20 Smiths ability.
also sang his praises wherever he
found IL possible. and. thanks 20
them. the present English attorney
general found himself i'm request
much more quickly than would
have been otherwise the case.
Success.
Briefs came pouring down upon
him and very soon ne took silk. lie
then sought election 20 the house
Of commons, which ne entered with
the same facility that had attended
all the other phases of his career.
and where he made for himself a
name as "a debater. which equaIed
the one he had won AT the bar. lie
was very opiuIonated i'm his deci-
sions. and in politics took up most
strongly the cause OF ulster against
home rule ia Ireland. When "a few
months before the war Sir Edward
larson made his memorable trip 10
the sister island Mr. Smith accom-
panied him, and helped him i'm his
campaign with an the energy ne al
ways brought TO bear i'm everything
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-01
BEHIND THE SCENES
With Rulers and Leaders of Wartime Europe
By the Princess Rddziwin
Copyright 1918
sIR FREDERICK sNmTH.
Copyright, 1918

SIR F'rederick smith. the English
attorney general who has fallen into
disgrace with the Irish party in the
United States, Is one Of the rising
young politicians lately come 20 the
front in England with a ra?'dity
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-01

which Va o ~ J q
have been next
TO- impossible in
earlier q "a y s,
when "A parlia-
mentary. as well
as a political
ep n Q alto n
could not only
be built after a
long period OF
hard W or X.
Some Is years
ago ne was still
unknown 90 the
general public
and only cOnsid
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-01

those men Who even after their fall
inval ably fines themselves on their
feet.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

queens and the nobility of the Old
World. But we suspect that he is
doing still more than that. We have
great faith in President Wilson and
we have an idea that every day, even
every minute of his time is spent to
good effect. He is learning; gather
ing information and data that will be
handy at a future time. There are
great things to be done in the near
future in which President Wilson
will have a very important part and
these things will have an effect upon
the whole world, therefore must be
done right.
President Wilson has the reputa-
tion of doing things right.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
Served His People Wen.
columbia state }

Not many men in South Carolina
have made for themselves in the last
quarter OF a century so high place
in public regard as Or. Stewart w
Pryor achieved in Chester, where rs
"A physician and surgeon he spent has
manhood, doing good on an cvcr'cu-
larging scale. He was one OF the
pioneers of the extension of modern
surgical practice in Upper South
Carolina. IL was not so long ago
that most Of the skilled surgeons i'm
this state lived i'm Charleston when
there was not a hospital even i'm Co
lumbia. In those days il was nee
essarv for patients requiring hospital
accommodation To be taken to
Charleston or out Of the state Dr.
Pryor built a hospital i'm Chester af
q time when the cstablishwn1t .r am
( institution Of that Kind in a small
town called for a business courage
/ not far removed from aUdacity lie
saw the need Of the people and re
solved to fiji it, disrcgarding the haZ-
! ard OF his means and ne devoted
himself TO the great work of rclicv-
ing pain and disease with his whole
! heart and mind. The people scarce
1 ly are aware OF the great benefits
that have been conferred upon them
j by the physicians and surgeons
whose enterprising spirit has been
not less than their fine skill and un-
selfish zeal without hospitals
u modern surgery would not exist
!, Now. nearly every town OF four thou
p sand or five thousand Inhabitants
> has its hospital and that they have
, been multiplied so rapidly in recent
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
The Plan for System of Highways in
South Carolina

(Following is the plan adopted by
a committee of the South Carolina
state automobile association and
at the good roads conven-
tion held in Columbia December IL.
The committee was composed of r..
Goodwin Rhett, Charleston, chair
man; III. ID. Calhoun, Barnwell; A.
G. Farmer, Anderson; Geo. b.
Craven, Lancaster; w. ID. Alderman,
Jr., Florence; l.. D. Jennings, Sum
teri
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
TUESDAY, DEC. 81, 1918.
BACK TO WORK.

The period in which Christmas is
the center is now passed. The holi-
days are over; the war is over. and
there is no reason why we should not
get back to work and to business. The
Country's wisest financiers tell lis
that the prosperity we have been en-
Joying is to continue: business is to
be good, but the time has come when
we must get back to business on a
basis of peace, not war. Every
thing has been subjugated to the
war; everything that seemed unus-
ual was attributed to the war; high
prices scarcity of different commod-
dtles and of labor, adulterated and
substituted products was because
of the war But there is no subter-
Suge now; the war is over. And the
time is here that we 20 back to work
with the idea OF getting business on
merit and the idea of making profits
that are reasonable. Labor is not
going to be so scarce in the coming
months as it has been since the
United States entered the war and
consequently cheaper; therefore.
the value Of money must increase and
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
CAPTURED MATERIAL
COMES TO AMERICA
All Equipment Taken From Ger
mans by Overseas Forces {.
BE BROUGHT Home

Washington, Dec. 30.-All war
material captured by the American
army will be brought home, Mr.. Ba-
ker said, 70 be disposed of as con-
gress may direct. The equipment in
cludes more than 400 guns and
trench motars taken in action and
thousands Of machine guns and RI
fes.
Various proposals for distribution
OF the captured material have been
made. 1t has been suggested that 1t
be divided among the states in pro-
portion to their quotas in the army.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
THE MAIL SERVICE.

iIEs N.Ntb SEitN II IL.
The News is in receipt of a letter
from b. l.. Winchell regional direc.
tor of railroads under the United
States Railroad administration con.
corning the Sunday mails in and out
of Lancaster. MIR. Winchell has read
a clipping from this paper referrinc
to the abominable service on Sun
! days and wrote the editor to set the
railroad administration right and
place the blame on the postoffice de-
partment. We do not know which
article Mr.. Winchell refers to. as The
News has on several occasions re-
mark upon the fact that
the early morning train should
carry mail. We do not re-
member, however, having referred
at all to the railroad administration
as it Is quite plain that 1t has moth
ing to do with the placing of mail
clerk on any particular train.
The fact remains, however, that
the service is bad There is little
reason that the mail and papers for
Lancaster. Heath Springs and Ker-
shaw are permitted to lie in Rock
Hill all of Sunday morning. 1t is
sible for the conditions, although we
are prefectly willing to absolve Mr..
Winchell from. all blame, but that
some remedy should be sought is
hardly to be denied by the postofficeI
department, the railroad administra-
ion or anybody else. If but one
train is to carry mail on Sundays. ri
the government cannot afford to putt
a mail clerk on all the trains as is
done on week days, then the train
that should carry il is the early
morning train. And il is QuiteI
noticeable that on week days when
this train carried the mail there is
little brought in to this city on the
train reaching here at 1:17. 1t
would be much better If all the trains
carried mail giving a double daily
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

years is due in a, great measure. to
the vision and toll Of men like the
late DR.. S. G.. Baker OF Sumter and
this benefactCr OF his kind whose
death is now mourned by the people
OF Chester and by thousands of 9TH
ers throughout the state, and espe-
efally in the Piedmont district.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

now provided in the act as advisory
members. 1t should select it's own
chairman and have full power to
employ it's own engineer and fix his
compensation and also the compen-
sation of all it's employees.
"There should be two or more is
sues of State of South Carolina
highway bonds, aggregating a suni-
cient amount to connect every coun-
ty seat, with weli-surfaced high
way, each issue to be retired serially
or by amortization within the life
of the road upon which the proceeds
are expended.
There should be levied by the
legislature an annual license tax
upon motor vehicles all of which
should go to the state highway
commission, sufficient to enable the
commission to keep the highways in
this system in proper condition and
repair; to pay interest on all out-
standing state highway bonds and
to retire the same in accordance
with their terms.
The counties of the state should
De authorized to issue county hign-
way bonds to construct parts of the
state highway within their borders,
to such amounts as the people NAV
ratify within the constitutional lin
it's.
There should be levied for the
next two years a one-mill tax to pei
distributed to the counties propor-
tionately for road purposes: Pro-
Vided, that in the event any county
should desire to turn this fund over
to the state highway commission
for expenditure on highway in the
state system within the limits of it's
county the commission should be re-
quired to add like amount from its I
license fees for the same purpose.
THE present motor vehicle H.
cense tax should be at once raised I'm
so cents per horse power for au-
tomobiles and motorcycles and 81
per horse power for motor trucks.
with So for trailers and $36 for
dealers, unless there is a reasonable
assurance or federal aid exceeding
an amount which this will yield,
In which event these licenses should
be increased to yield an amount
equal to that expected to be fur
nished by the government.
ANY moneys which a county may
turn over to the highway commits
sion to be expended on a state high
way should be refunded to such
out OF the proceeds OF any
state highway bonds which may be
issued. without interest
Whenever any highway which
Is now improved. or may hereafter
be improved, shall be taken into th.,
state highway system, so much of
the improvements as may be avail
able in the said system shall he ap
proved and the value thereof paid
to the county out OF the proceeds of
any state highway bonds that NAV
be issued
Your committee believes that
under such a plan system of state
highways can be Immediately begun
and prepared for construction by
the time the state bonds referred to
above he submitted TO the people in
November 1920. and in the mean
time possibly n considerable amount
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

Entered as Second Glass Matter
October Z, 1905. at the Postoffice at
Lancaster, s. c., under act OF Con-
gress OF March 3, 1879.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
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BARGAINS - We
have on hand for sale at exceed
ingIy low prices eight automobile
used by the Government; also 81
automobiles that have never been
used, bought at bargain. Prices
from $S50.OO to $1,O5O.OO. Also
want agents in each county for
good line of cars. Columbia Sales
Agency, Columbia, S. c., Phone
1888 17-4t
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
store Tuesday. Owner can get
same by paying for this ad. Rob
inson-Lathan Co. colt

STRAYED-One black Berkshire
pig, white In face: weight 40 20
SO pounds. Will pay reward for
return. l.. w. Hinson. Lancaster,
o. 20-1t.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

WANTED-We will pay seven cents
each for good meal and hull bags
delivered at mill. Lancaster Cot
ton Oil Co. 1856
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

(FollOwing is the plan adopted by
a committee of the South Carolina
state automobile association and
Submitted at the good roads conven-
tion held in Columbia December IL.
The committee was composed of r..
Goodwin Rhett, Charleston, chair
man; III. ID. Calhoun, Barnwell; A.
G. Farmer, Anderson; Geo. B.
Craven, Lancaster; w. ID. Alderman.
Jr.. Florence; l.. D. Jennings, Sum
teri
"Your committee on plan begs
first to submit certain facts which
before its proposals are presented.
There is at present no state
highway commission in South Caro-
lima. The state highway commits
sion, created in February, 1917. is
composed of five members of whom
three are senior professors of en-
Sineering at colleges and the other
two are appointees of the governor.
IL is limited in its powers and dsI-
! ties TO Investigation and advice. At
| least four-Iifths OF the amount it
collects from licenses is turned over
to the counties Under the present
act it is possible to establish a sys-
TEN of state highways. and your
committees recommendation con-
templates such amendments to this
act as, In it's Judgment. would be
necessary both to establish and
maintain in good condition and re-
pair at least 1900 miles Of we'll
surfaced highways connecting every
county seat in the state.
To do this would require a very
large sum, possibly S2O.OOO.OOO. or
even s25,000,0O0, and without the
credit of the state behind 1t this
would be impracticable. Under the
Constitution this credit may not be
extended unless two-thirds OF the
qualified electors OF this state, vot-
ing on the question at general
state election, be in favor OF it. I'm
til November, 1920. there will be no
opportunity for submitting this
question to such vote.
However, there is much to be
done In the establishment OF a sys
tenn or State highways before sur
facing them, and it Will be found
that year and a half will not be too
long a time to lay out such a sys-
tenn and acquire title to the roads.
I'm the meantime however. your
committee proposed plans for sur !
facing roads in such counties as NAV
desire to have their portion OF their
highways now constructed within
their limits
1T is clear at the outset that two
thirds OF the qualified voters voting
on the question would never favor
any large issue Of state bonds 70 be
retired by general taxation. II must
be made clear that the general pub
lie are to pay no part OF this tax II
Ia public improvement which so
benefits the motor We
hicle owner that ne can well afford
TO pay IL all. and he should un-'
express himself There
are now over 55.n0O automobiles
registered in this state and thew
have paid in licenses during the
year. in round numbers. $3.50. 900 .
The increase OF automobiles in the,
State f.r The past ;wo years has
been from 10 600 i'm 1916 to -. 900
in 1917. to 5000 in 1918. Tho in
January /. 1916 TO January /. 1918.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

PAIR OF MEMS SHOES left in our
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-03
LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE

April /, 1918.
Mr.. Dell Morrison of DEBORAH was
a Hesper caller Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Richert and
daughter were Mabel callers Thurs
day.
Willie Welsh and Lawrence Iver-
son went to DEBORAH last Sunday.
fired Anderson called at the -
Foltz home near Prosper and at the
" lille Welsh home near Hesper
Monday.
Adolph Rolfshus assisted lack
Ericsson haul sand and stone Tues
day FOR his kitchen.
Albert Iverson and wife moved
back to Hesper Monday and Clar-
ence Anderson moved on Mr.. liver
sons farm Monday.
II. McMillen and family were Ma
bel shoppers Tuesday.
Mr.. Wallace returned to his home
near Black River Falls Thursday
after a weeks visit at the Burr
Sinclear home.
| Charlie McMillen went to De-
corah Thursday morning after his
sister-in-law, Miss Esther Paulsen
who returned from Cedar Falls Wed
nesday, where she has been attend
ing school.
Henry Seliman, Ray Hiatt, Wal
and Fred Darlington went to Hes
per Monday evening.
Mr.. Paulsen is visiting with his
daughter, Mrs. Charlie MsMillen.
Those who were Mabel callers this
week were: Henry Sellman, ed. Oar
ington. Valentine Kern, Clarenc,
Knoke, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Small
ley, Mrs. Florence Halse, Rob. Til
lapaugh, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Youn'
and George Foltz.
Dell Morrison was seen on on
streets Friday.
Lawrence Iverson was a bushes
caller at. Willie Welsh's Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Walt Tilapaugh AM
son were entertained at the VIM
Feltis home near Hesper Sunday.
Valentine Stoskopf and family
Mr.. lack Ericsson and children, MI
, and Mrs. George Foltz, Muriel an
George Foltz, Frank Perry an
/. wife, Mrs. Walt Tillapaugh and so
were DEBORAH shoppers Saturday.
lack Ericsson was hauling lumbe
from Mabel this week
The Misses Vera Koppen an
Mayme Goldberg were Mabel shopper
, one day this week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-03
MADISON TOWNSHIP.
Anril /. 191S

April /, 1918.
Miss Helen Engen, Theo. Engen
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alert Engen went
to Camp Dodge last week to visit
with their brother Hans.
Ole Bakken Jr. arrived home from
Albert Lea, Mimi, last week to
father.
Andrew Istad has bought a new
Ford car.
Nick Engen bought a pair of
horses from Pete Gavle last week.
Mrs. Christ Dale went to Camp
Dodge last week to visit her hus-
band.
The Josvanger young folks visit
ed with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Selnes Of
Hesper Sunday afternoon.
ThOs. Peterson visited at the
.Guttormson home last Friday
John Kirkeby was business cal
Ter at Gust Bakken's one day last
week
Quite a few of the farmers seed
ed their wheat last week
f. F.. Bakken is. a candidate for
supervisor for the Fifth District. He
is an expert road man and ought
to make a good supervisor.
The farmers who live on the north
Madison road would be glad to see
some road work being done in De-
corah township this year as far west
as the Brakeman bridge.
The road needs a few culverts and
a good grading. That road is very
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-03
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FREEPORT.

April 1, 1918.
Miss Lane of DEBORAH attended the
social here last Friday evening.
Cora Dickinson and Ethel Miller
visited at the Drake home in Decor
ah one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Dinger spent
Sunday with friends in DEBORAH
Chester and Mory Delaney of Dt-
corah, were week end visitors with
home folks.
Elmer Stohr has been on the sick
list the past few days.
Dan Switzer of Lanark, is visit
ing his brother, A. X Switzer and
wife at the present writing. He cam.
Friday.
Little Luella Hatlestad had the
misfortune to fall and break heI
arm last Friday. AZ present she is
getting along nicely.
Della Logsdon is spending few
days at the home of her brother
Leonard, near Monona.
Mrs. S. Sorenson and daughter
of Clay Hill, spent Sunday at the
j. A. Headington home.
Eva Stohr of DEBORAH spent Sun
day with her brother Elmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Logsdon and
little daughter of Monona, spent
Sunday at the home of the former;
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. Logsdon.
r. Younblood of DEBORAH was ;
Sunday visitor at the F. HcNnrIcT
son home.
Claude Hall moved into the Stray
err house last week. He has it rent
ed for the coming year.
Thomas Malli of Clay Hill was {
pleasant caller in our village Sun
day.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-03

times.
Mr. House was a pleasant caller
at the Schild home last week one
day.
Some of Tom Noes folks at Ridge
way were pleasant callers at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rollie Kratz
Sunday.
Albert Aegerter and Elmer Schild
were pleasant callers on l.. E. Bech-
tel Sunday.
Dan Kreuger of Flo-enceville,
Howard county, autoed down here
last week to make a pleasant call
at the Theo. KratZ home.
Rev. w. A. Scholer of Cresco and
Mr.. eager dined with Mr.. and Mrs.
Theo. Kratz and family last Sunday.
John Aegerter was delivering
porkers at Ridgeway last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Aegerter and
family dined with Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Schild Sunday and spent a pleasant
afternoon together socially.
w. E. Wiedeman assisted Charley
Kuntz at delivering porkers at
lRidgeway last week.
Esther Aegerter was a pleasant
caller at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
| w. E. Wiedeman last week Mon
day.
John EAirschman and son Joyce
were plea SAINT callers at the Ole San
de- son home one evening last week
Misses Sarah and Thelma Sander
son were pleasant callers at CrescC
last week Monday between trains GET
ting soma dental work ouu. A..
thai city.
Mr.. end Mrs. Carl Haakenson anC
daughter Gale were pleasant caller!
on friends and relatives at Decoral
las. week Saturday.
The change in time was noticed
the fore part of the week by every
body being up early, some at work
etc.