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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-06
MOORE TROOPS EMBARK
ON HOMEWARD VOYAGE
Ascanius Is Bringing ~ Officers
and 1927 Men and Canopic
81 Officers, 1907 Men.

Washington, Dec. 5.-Notice ha
been received by the war depart
ment of the sailing from Liverpool
on November 20 of the steamer AS
canius, for New York, with AZ Off
GERS and l 1,427 men, and the steam
er Canopic for Boston with 54 Off
GERS and 1.067 men. All on bot 1
steamers are aero units, except =
few casuals and unattached officers
On the Ascanius are the 349th
475th. 476th. 326th. 371st, S41st
335th. 473rd and 832nd aero squad
rons; five officers and Is men medi
cal detachment casuals and six un
attached officers.
On the Canopic are the first Hand
ley-Page park; the 211th. 282ni
and 306th aero squadron: a detach
ment OF the second Handley-Page
acceptance park; three officers AMI
IL men, medical casuals, and IA un-
attached officers.
This makes a total of 1880 OF
ficers and men now en- route home
from England, representing nearly
two-thirds OF the total number of
American troops in that countrv
when the armistice was signed. The
remainder are to return home OF
several steamers leaving Liverpool
this week and next week.
The Canopic is the first ship t.
sail from England for Boston, tn,
other five being en- route for New
York.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-06
Will Attend Meeting.

About fifteen Lancaster men.
some from Heath Springs and Ker-
shaw. will attend the good roads
meeting TO be held at the state house
in Columbia, Tuesday and Wednes-
day of next week. The Lancaster
county automobile association. OF
which r. NJ. Croxton is president and
Max G. Britain secretary. will be
wei represented. At this meeting
the Question of building a system of
state highways. which has been dis
cussed at length in this paper. will
be considered. There will be repre-
sentatives present from every county
in the state.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-06
SAY EVIDENCE AGAINST
PACKERS is CONVINCING
Five Big Concerns Charged Wit,
Combination and With ControlI-
ing the Market.

Washington. Dec. 5.-The federal
trade commission in a supplemental
report to congress charged the fve
big meat packing companies of the
country with a combination in re-
straint of trade and with controllin =
the sale OF live stock and meats.
Evidence is cited az length to sun
port the charges. Swift and com
pany, Armour and company, Morri
and company. Wilson and company
Inc. and the Caudahy Packing com
pany are named.
"The evidence Of the present dav
existence OF a meat combination
among the FIVE big packers is volum
nous and detailed" the report said
This evidence is convincing, con
sisting as it does largely OF docu
ments written by the packers or their
agents and including the memoran
da made by one of the participants
in the combination of the terms and
conditions agreed upon at variou
meetings Of the packers"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-06
IOwry-HOlden.

Miss Ola Estelle Lowry, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ Lowry. OF
Taxahaw, was married Sunday
evening, November "a. to William
Boyd Holden, son OF Mr. and Mrs.
j. w. Holden, OF Kershaw. The
marriage was n quiet affair. The
bride and groom mOtored to the
home OF Rev. Prince Blackmon.
where the ceremony was performed
by Rev. Blackmon The bride was
unusually attractive in a pretty dress
Of blue chiffon with white trimmings
and white shoes, hat and gloves
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Holden went to the home
of the groom's sister Mrs. L. j. Hi
ton, where an informal reception wa
held. after which they left for Ker
shaw, where they will make thei
future home. The young courle
were the recipients OF many hand
some presents.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-06
Election at Heath Spr;pps

An election for mayor and four
"ardens viii be held at Heath
Springs. Tuesday, December 10. It
is likely that there will be no oppo-
s'tion to the incumbents and that
they will stand for reelection. The
present mayor is ]. A. Williams and
the clerk, ii. A. Horton.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-06
Buys Blood Hounds.

Chief of Police ]. f.. Orr. OF this
city. has purchased two pure bred
bloodhound pups and will train
them for duty in the administration
OF justice in his Jurisdiction. The
hounds were purchased in Lexing-
ton, Va.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-06
Southern Division Now Has.
Least Per Cent Members
to Population.
AT BOTTOM OF THE LIST
Manager of Division Has
Pledged South to Show It
is as Loyal as New England
States.

The following letter has been re-
ceived by j. H. Witherspoon, Red
Cross Roll Call chairman for Lam
caster county, from E. r. Black,
manager of the Southern Division,
relative to the membership drive to
be carried on December 16 to %:
In connection with your Christ
mas Roll Call want to call your at
tention to an incident and a prom
ise
AT a Red Cross meeting in New
York recently the black board con-
tained the names OF each division.
the population of each division, the
number Of members Of the Red
Cross in each division. and the per-
centage in each division OF members
OF the Red Cross to the population.
The New England division had about
ten million population, three mil
lion three hundred thousand mem
bers in the Red Cross, and showed q
percentage OF membership OF thirty
three per cent. The other divisions
followed with large memberships.
The southern division was last. 1t
showed a population of about ten
million, membership about six hun.
dred thousand, having a percentage.
OF membership to population of six
per cent.
Il was greatly ebarrassed at these.
figures. i realize that in our divis-
ion we have a large negro popula-.
tion and large rural population.
These two facts however. furnish no,
excuse for our low membership.
They are rather conditions which
make our work harder. but which
can be overcome. AT this meeting l
grew restive under the situation
shown by these figures. ] promised
that meetingsthat if they would for
get those figures of the southern di-
vision and would have another meet
ing in January I would give them the
answer OF the southern division to
the challenge OF the figures present
ed by the New England division, and
] pledged that this answer would
show that the southern people were
Just as responsive to the cali of the
Ped Cross as We're the New England
people. This means that have
pledged our division to quadruple
its present membership.
Il tell you OF this incident and
this pledge in order to let YOU know
that the honor OF our division is at
stake. 1t is with the utmost conf
dence that I call upon you to exert
every effort to help me keep this
pledge made in your behalf as well
as in my own behalf This pledge
can be kept If you and the other
loyal Roll Call chairmen in our di-
vision feel with me that the south
in its warm-nearted purposes fs
equal to any other section of this
country. I am not going to say any
more. I call you whole-heartedly to
help me redeem my pledge.
please Immediately return the
quota blanks sent you so that I NAV
know through their expression that
| have your hearty cooperation.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-06
Organization Perfected for
Membership Campaign in
Lancaster County.
WITHERSPOON CHAIRMAN
All Arrangements for Christ
mas Roll Call' are Complete
and No One Stops Until Goa
is Reached.

Roll Call" is now complete and each
unit OF the organization is ready for
the drive which begins December 16
and continues for one week. Tn
goal has been set of every adult a
member" and no one is going to let
loose until that goal is reached in
Lancaster county. The general
chairman for the drive is j. II
Witherspoon, and Mr.. Witherspoon
has surrounded himself with al
"airtight" organization of commit
tees for the different branches, and
is going over the top with 4
whoop."
The committees are as follows:
Mems Division.
Chairman. H. Witherspoon.
Vice-Chairmen-R S. Stewart,
John T. Stevens, r. w. Graeber, r
B. Mackey.
Speakers Committee w.
Williams, r. f. Wylie, John T..
Green, w. c.. Hough.
Ministerial Committee-D w.
Keller, Samuel Long. H. r. Murchi-
son, B. F. Carson, H. C. Dunn, w
S. Patterson
Publicity Committee-John M
Madra, Geo. B. Craven, w. c. Cor
coran, John w. Hamel.
Advertising Committee-E. M
Croxton. r.. Baxter Robinson, c. D
Jones, r. N. Walkup. j. l.. Driscol,,
]. T. Wylie.
Industrial Committee-A. Ii. Ror-
bins, o. B. Bartlett, w. G. Taylor,
G. Dover. Fred E. Culvern.
Automobile Committee-A. J
Gregory, John d. Wylie, w. F.. Har
per, Max G. Britain, f. X. Plyler.
son. ]. T. Thomasson, M. d. Lee, ]
A. Tillman.
Cashier-H. p. Luddington.
School District Chairmen. :
Rarhervilie-H. n. Patterson
Pleasant Valleys. f. Bales.
Belair-J. l.. Pettus.
Osceola-R. F. Wolfe.
Van Wyck-J. Nj. Yoder.
Ferguson-J. r. Sistare.
North Lancaster-A. b. Robinson
Helms-W. E. Taylor.
Jacksonham-G. F.. Mellow
Zion-Samuel r. Williams.
New Bethel-D. F. Sapp.
Tabernacle-C. II. Rowell
Tradesville-J. l.. Funderburk
Cane Creek. Roy Cunningham.
Camp Creek-B. II. Plyler.
Dixie-Ben II. Clyburn.
Buford-R. w. Parker.
Unions. f. A. Hinson
Oak Hill-A. A. Knight
Bell Town-H. ]. Beckham.
Douglas-W. b. Blackmon.
Elgin-J. s. Hagins.
Rich Hill-R. A. Blackmon.
Fork Hill-R. F. Sims
White Bluff-O. c. Hegler.
Taxahaw-W. f. Thompson.
Riverside-W. II. Drafin.
Jones Cross Roads,. r. Caske,
Tledsdnt Hill. -. hODeTtSOn.
Oak RIDGE. j. Bailey.
Caston-W. j. Bowers
Pleasant Plain. W. Welsh.
Charlesboro-E. c. Mungo
Tank-W. ID. Jones.
Dry Creek-James A. Cauthen
Rruce-W. B. Bruce.
Oakhurst-L. r. ROllings.
Halle Gold Beckham r..
Clyburn.
Kershaw-S. G. Dover.
Heath Springs-Chalmers f. VIII
liams.
Midway--W. F. Estridge
Flat Creek-Adam Morgan.
Crenshaw-George W. Baker.
Stoneboro-G. o. Hammond.
Bethel-R. l.. Slower.
Unity-Charlie Parks.
Antioch-C. L. McManus.
Lancaster-W. 6. Patterson
Women's Division.
Chairman-Mrs. w. II. Millen.
Vice-Chairmen-M A. j. Greg
ory, Mrs. M. j. Perry. Miss Juanit.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-06
New Agent M Heath Springs.

Horace Earle. of Hopkins. has
taken the position OF agent for the
Southern Railway at Heath Springs.
and. with his family has arrived
there.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-27
FRANCE. THE BELOVED

America feels a kinship with and
love for France that she does not bear
to any other nation. 1t has been at
tributed to the fact that France
helped us in our War for Independence
and that we owe her a debt of graft
tude.
But the psychic relation between
the two countries is far deeper than
such action warrants, and, in truth,
cannot be fully explained by any his
torical fact or material formula.
1t is that we secretly admire and
long for the characteristics that dis
tinguish the French from all other
peoples? The Frenchman is romantic
and impulsive-almost childlike in
this respect He is a dreamer as we'll
as a doer. He is not so worldly wise
as is the Englishman or German.
America is young. We have not
yet lost our own impulsiveness and
romance of youth; we still dream
dreams and put them into action. The
glamour of life and of idealism is
still motive power with US.
Sociologists tell us that likes and
dislikes are based on consciousness of
kind. 1t is because we are like the
French that we are drawn so closely
to them. 1t is because we too feel the
power of Joan of Arc, the inspiration
of the Marseillaise, that our hand
clasps the hand of the Frenchman
with little firmer grasp than it does
that of the man who sings God Save
the King"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-27

short, stocky, leafy stems with large
root systems, instead of the tall spind-
ling plants with few roots which are
produced when the plants are crowd
ed. Usually it is best to set the plants
directly in the soil of the hotbed, but
it is also convenient to set them in
fats or shallow boxes which can be
placed in the hotbed and later shifted
to coldframe without disturbing the
plants.
Large plants, says ]. T. Rosa ,Jr of
the College of Agriculture, such as
tomato and egyptians, should be trans
planted twice for best results The
seedlings are set in the hotbed two
by three inches apart, or transplanted
to fats in the same manner as other
plants. AS they become crowded or
root-bound in this position, four or
five weeks later, they should be re-
moved to a coldframe, where they
may be set four by four inches apart
or, better still, potted in four-inch
clay pots, which are staged side by
side IN the coldframe.
Here the plants are gradually ex-
posed to outdoor conditions and hard
ened off by withholding part of the
water supply, so that they become
tough and stocky before being trans
planted to the garden. 1t is we'll worth
while to take some trouble to grow
good vegetable plants. The earliness
and yield of the crop well repay this.
1t should be remembered that the big
succulent plants are not as good as
the medium sized, stocky, toughened
plants, which grow fast after trans
planting. Plant seeds now, so that
there will be ample time to grow good
plants without forcing them too fast.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-27
SPRING VEGETABLE SEED
= SHOULD BE PLANTED NOW

The farm news department of the
College of Agriculture is serving the
farmers and amateur farmers of this
state by issuing bulletins of informa-
tion in regard to crops. The most re-
cent? of these deals with the early
planting of seed for vegetables.
Seed for early crops of cabbage,
caulifiower, and celery, it says should
be sown in February. Ten days or
two weeks later, seed of tomato pep
per, eggplant, head lettuce and SINH
lar crops should be planted in the
hotbed also. 1t is advisable to divide
the bed with partition, keeping one
section cool, to suit the first group of
vegetables which grow best at tenn
peratures of so to so degrees Fahren-
heit, while the other section can be
used for the second group, which
grow best at rs to so degrees. The
simple manure-heated hotbed with
hotbed with fifteen inches of fresh
fermenting horse manure under four
inches OF medium rich soil and cover
ed with standard glass sash, is quite
satisfactory for growing early vegeta-
BILE plants.
The seed may be sown in a few rows
at one side of the bed, or perhaps a
few shallow boxes in the windows of
fairly warm room indoors may serve.
AS soon as the seedlings form a Sec
Ond pair of leaves, which will be from
two to three weeks after the seed are
sown, they will be ready to trans
plant to the hotbed. They should be
set two by three inches apart. This
transplanting should not injure the
roots severely. 1t gives the individual
plants room in which to develop
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-27
JEWISH FESTIVAL SUPPER,
"SEUDAT PURIM," "IIELDHERE

of Persia. They tore their garments
and put on sackcloth and ashes. As
the day approacher nearer and nearer
for the slaughter, terror seized the
afflicted people At last Mordecai call
ed to Esther at the palace and told
her of the kings decree. Go and ask
for clemency," he ordered. But .h1
timid maiden feared to enter the ronm
of the king without his permission. 1t
was a custom that anyone who :,'.e
there without being called by him
should be slain. The girl refused to
go. Then the cousin pointed out to
her her duty. And who kI oweth
whether thou art not come to the
kingdom for such a time as this?"
The maiden consented to beard the
lion in his den.
She Consents to Intercede.
For three days she tasted and then
came to the court of the king and
bowed before him. The beauty of
Esther dazzled the eyes of the king.
He bade her arise. What wilt thou"
Queen Esther? And what is thy re-
quest? 1t shall be given thee even
to the half of the kingdom" For two
days she feasted with the king in her
chamber. On the second night she
also invited Haman to the banquet.
At the height of the feasting the king
repeated his question, What is thy
request? 1t shall be given thee even
to the half of the kingdom" Then
she told him that she was a Jewess.
She reminded him of his decree
against her race. She begged for its
revocation. The king grew angry
Who" he asked, "has ordered this?"
He" she said, pointing at Haman.
The king Immediately recalled his
decree and ordered Raman to be
hanged on the same tree he had fixed
up for Mordecai. And the Jewish race
was delivered by the beauty and grace
Of Queen Esther.
Today, it is celebrated throughout
Jewry on the fourteenth of Adar of
he Jewish calendar. 1t is a day of
ieasting and joy and the sending of !
portions one to the other and pres !
ents to the poor" Masquerading has |
become the fashion since the fifteenth
century. 1t was introduced by the !
italian Jews from the Roman carnival |
It is also customary in some places to
burn Haman's effigy. But the main |
observance is the giving of dainties
md money to the poor. even among
he Gentiles.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-27
THE WRATH OF THE WORLD

Germany, in seeking to thrust her
military scheme upon the world, has
caused three-fourths of the world to
rise up and give battle. Germany,
prepared to whip the world at the
time the storm broke out in Europe,
expected to sweep through Europe
and overwhelm France; but the mill
tarists of Germany, it is seen, have
stirred up the wrath of the world and
caused millions of hands to strike at
them. Three-fourth of the worlds
population, living in eighteen coun-
tries, now give resistance to the plans
of the German government
The strength of the iron ring of
enemies which Germany has caused
to combat her is comprehensively
shown in the figures given out by the
State Department to the news associa-
tions recently. The figures show that
the persons living in the central en-
pires are outnumbered more than sew
en- times by anti-Teutonic populations
and that the proportion is swelled
even higher if consideration is taken
of the populations of the ten countries
which have broken relations with the
Central Powers. 1t may be pointed
ton of 1851. 100000 about 1,342, ,000-
600 live under flags of the enemies of
the Central Powers. About 100000
inhabit the countries which have
broken relations and 132,000,O00 are
neutral, whereas the population of
Germany and its allies is about w.
100000. OF the worlds total area of
57,OO0.000 square miles, 27.O00,000 are
under anti-German domination and
the Germanic allies control only s.
100000.
State Department records show the
following nations at war with Ger
many or her allies: United States,
Great Britain, Italy, France, Russia, |
Serbia, Japan, Belgium, Portugal, Ru-
mania, Greece, Montenegro. San Mari !
no, China, Cuba, Panama, Siam and
Liberia Ten other nations have brok-
en- relations with either Germany or
one of her allies.
In three-fourths of the world the
conviction is that the only peace of
permanency that can now be seen is
in the complete overthrow of the sort
of government the emperor of Ger
many stands for. 1t is to accomplish
this in the name of democracy that
this war is being waged against the
Central Powers by eighteen countries
or three-fourths of the world.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-27
and instruments from Germany. Switz-
erland and France.

and instruments from Germany. Swift
erland and France.
Now the situation is such that even
pair of good opera glasses in the
hands Of sailor may be more for
tunate in picking up" the rise Of q
periscope above the surface than a
more powerful glass in the hands Of
the lookout or officer, since 1t will
enable the ships observers to cover
wider area of sea at any point of
which a U-boat might be concealed.
Patriotic Americans are asked to
lend their binoculars, spyglasses and
telescopes to the navy and they will
be returned, If possible, at the close
of the war with the Governments
thanks and the added historic interest
that will be attach to them. They will
first be examined at the naval observa-
tory. and, If accepted, the owners will
be sent 81, the rental price if returned
and the purchase price IL lost. The
glasses will then be marked with a
metal tag with the owners name and
and the owners key number,
opposite his name in the record, en-
graved on the instrument to insure
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-27
NAVY NEEDS MORE 4EYEs,
Kansas Citians Asked to Put Optical
Glasses at Governments Disposal
BY Associated Press.

Kansas Citians Asked to Put Optical
Glasses at Governments Disposal
By Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 81 EN-
phasized by the Tuscania disaster,
an appeal from Franklin D. Roose-
welt, assistant secretary Of the navy.
for binoculars, spyglasses and tele-
scopes, is meeting with a response
here and throughout the southwest
in the form of an intensive campaign
to induce every citizen who owns such
a glass to place it at the disposal Of
the Government The campaign in
Kansas City is directed from the To-
cal recruiting office. Lieutenant
Ralph B. Campbell in charge. The ac-
tual work of calling attention to the
need of the navy for more "eyes"
is being done by seventy-five members
of the "four-minute men" organiza-
tion who are speaking each night at
the theaters and public gatherings
throughout the city.
Although the Navy was well supplied
with binoculars and spyglasses for
ordinary warfare, the call of the Kan
sas City recruiting officers points out,
it was not prepared to furnish the
great numbers of glasses needed to
combat the submarines, to which in
is of vital Importance. The
needs of the American Navy have
been made more acute by the rapid
expansion Of its forces together with
the cutting of of the European supply.
Previous to the war this country OBJ
tanned most of its fine optical glass
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-27

Queen Esther of Persia is the Joan
dare of the Jews. The story of the
salvation of the Jews living in the
sixth century before Christ is woven
around her. Some say the incident is
fictitious; some say it is fact. In
all it is beautiful story.
Yesterday was the day of its COM
memoration. The Poale Zionists OF
Columbia celebrated it last night at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ri
back, 511 Turner avenue. After the
supper singing, readings and the tell
ing of jokes filled the program. The
festival supper is known as "se'udat
Purim" The day is called "Purim," F"
or lots, for it was by means of wheel
of chance that the day of the destruc-
ton of the Jews was set by the kings
vizier, Haman.
Ahasuerus Great King.
Ahasuerus of Persia reigned from
India even unto Ethiopia, over a
hundred and seven and twenty prov
inces" To show his greatness to his
people, for he was a proud king, he
made a grand feast. When all were
gathered he displayed "the riches of
his glorious kingdom and the honor
of his excellent majesty many days"
When the heart of the king had
grown merry with wine" he demand
ed that the queen. Vashti, show her
beauty, for she was fair 10 look upon,
to the people. She refused. The an
swer was her doom.
A new queen must be found, and
the realms of the Persian empire
were searched for a charming maiden
In the capital of the kingdom, Shu-
shan, was dwelling a Jewess, Esther,
and her cousin, Mordecai. "And the
maiden was fair and beautiful" She
would have hidden herself away, but
her cousin was gifted with wisdom
Co." he counselled her, land it may
De given to you to save your people
rom destruction" And the maiden
went unto the palace of the king and
'ound favor in his eyes and was chos-
IN from all the beauties of the land
% be queen to the king, Ahasuerus.
Esther Chosen as New Queen.
But Haman, grand vizier, hated the
Jews, for they refused to bow before
him. When Mordecai did not give him
,beisance he fumed with anger and /
vent to the king. 1.-The Jews are an |
lnfaithful people," he cried. 81 will
,ive you 10000 silver talents to ex-
erminate them ALL" And the king
Sorrow filled the heart of the Jews ]