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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06

son. He visited various points in
France where American troops are
quartered. going also to the German
line, where he reviewed the third
army. Speaking briefly of his visit.
Secretary Baker said:
THE American army abroad is in
splendid condition The third army,
which 1 inspected on the German
frontier, is beyond doubt the best
equipped army in the world. 1t is
everything that an army should be.
in all its departments
THE men are anxious to get home
and we are moving them as rapidly
az possible. expect to see the 800. :.
600 month mark reached in June
and the one millionth man will! EN-.
bark for home next week"
Secretary Baker said he visited
but one embarkation camp-that 3;
Brest. Its condition is simply
ideal" he asserted. and you car
get the same expression from ar,
douehboy on this ship. did rot
see. any OF the others but am inform
ed that the same good condition pre-
walls at ALL"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06
THIS CHEERFUL OPTIMIST.
(From the Detroit Free Press. y

The prize for optimists is award
ed to resident OF one of the rural
districts OF Wales. AS the story
goes, an old man was sitting on the
roof of his house during a flood
watching the waters flow past. when
neighhor who possessed a boat
rowed across to him.
"Helloa, Ted" he said.
"Halloa, Dave" replied the 9TH
err.
"All your fowls washed away this
morning, Ted?"
Yes, but the ducks can swim"
apple trees and all that gone,
too, eh?"
well, they said the crops would
be failure, anyhow"
II see the water has reached
above your windows now"
That's all right. Dave. Them
windows needed washin' badly.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06
NEXT WEEK MILLIONTH
MAN WILL START HOME
Secretary Baker Says the Troop
Movement From France Is
Progressing Well.

New York, May 5.-The one m'l-
lionth man Of the American expedi-
tionary force will embark for home
next week. Secretary Baker said u
day on his arrival here from France
aboard the transport Washington.
ThA homeward movement OF
troops, Mr.. Baker said. is progress
ing in a most satisfactory manner
and he added that the 100000 a
month mark would be reached in
June, Secretary Baker left here
April Z, accompanied by Warren
Pershing, General PeYshing's only
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06
PARIS SLOWLY DROPPING
BACK INTO NORMAL LIFE
Cafes Allowed to Remain Omen la.
ter and Food Prices Arc Being
Reduced Little.

Paris, May 5-This has been a
red letter day for the ordinary work
a-day Partisan. Beginning today
the cafes are permitted to remain
open an hour later in the evening,
until 10:30. Music again is allow
ed, and the popular restaurants
served national" dishes at prices
reduced by 80 per cent in conse-
quence OF the action of the food
ministry, which has placed frozen
meat and certain classes of vegeta-
bles on the market at moderate
prices.
The cheaper meals proved so
popular that most of the restaurants
were sold out at noon. and crowds
OF workers who had been eagerly
looking forward to some relief from
the burden of dear living found
themselves charged at the old exor-
bitant rates.
In the evening, the grand boule-
wards were more crowded than ever
the early closing rule. But a down
pour OF rain and the sudden failure
OF the electric light in the central
districts, plunged everybody into
gloom. French soldier, his face the
picture of boredom, was addressed
by a companion: You don't seem
pleased at all at being demobiliZed. /"
"No, I didn't think it was going to
be so dull" was the reply.
But Paris is regal ming slowly its
normal life March 90 was also
the opening day Of the first after
war salon; to be precise, 1t was var
nishing day of the Salon du Cercle
Artistique ct Litteraire, otherwise
known as the Salon Volney.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06
EXPLANATION NEW
TAX ON LUNURIES
Continued From Page OneD

waters, essences. spirits, oils. and
other medicinal preparations, com
pounds or compositions. mot in
Guiding serums and antitoXins)
upon which the manufacturer or
producer claims to have any private
formula. secret or occult art for
making or preparing the same. or
has OF claims 20 have any exclusive
right or title to the making or pre-
pairing. etc
This tax is to be collected by the
seller from the purchaser at the
time of the sale, and the commits
sioner has ruled that the articles
sold shall be stamped by the seller
instead Of keeping a record and fl
ing returns The proprietary
stamps for this purpose have now
been received and orders for same
will be Immediately filled. The re-
taller selling 10 the consumer is re-
sponsihle for the collection of the
tax, and a stamp must be attached
articles when sold 1t is not re-
quired that they be stamped prior
to sale, but all goods in stock may
be stamped before actual sale IL the
retailer so desires
Printed regulations are expected
TO be received under each Of the
above sections in the next few days.
and all taxpayers having requested
their name to be placed upon the list
will Immediately receive a copy
thereof.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06
WHEAT CROP IN BEST
CONDITION EVER KNOWN
Prospects for 800, 900, 900 Bushels
Perfect--Will Smash Record of
1914 Record Crop.

Washington, May 5.-Prediction
of the department of agriculture for
wheat crop this year even larger
than the record-breaking crop OF
1914 was repeated by the United
States chamber of commerce in a
from all sections of the country.
The report sated that an acreage
never before equaled had been plant
ed and a.yield of 9OO.0OO,OOO bush
els Was forecast
THE condition OF the winter
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06
INTER-SCHOLASTIC
SPEAKING CONTEST
Fant Kelly, Union, First Among
Boys; Elizabeth Douglas. Gin
ton, First Among Girls.

Columbia. s. c., May 5.-High
school students. both boys and girls.
held their seventh state inter-scho-
lastic oratoriCal contest - the Uni
versity of South Carolina Thursday
night In the section for the boys,
FAINT Kelly. of Union. got first place,
his subject being. The Lessons of
the War" Jack Tierney. of Green
vile, won second place. his subject
being, "America's Uncrowned
Queen" William Cherry, of Win
throp, got third place, his subject
being, Peace Address"
Each of the boys received gold
medal and the Union school will re-
tain the trophy cup which is award
ed each year to the school getting
first place.
Miss Elizabeth Douglas, of Clin-
ton, got first place among the girls,
her subject was THE Sweet Girl
Graduate" Miss Nellie Brunson
OF Rock Hill. got second place with
''In This Sign We Conquer" Third
place went to Miss Bernice Clark
of Clio, whose subject was THE
Stars and Stripes in Flanders. d"
Each of the young women received
a beautiful gold medal.
w. c.. Taylor. OF Westminster.
was elected president of the orato-
rical and athletic association. He
succeeds II. T. Shockley, of Hastoc,
J. II. Witherspoon, of Gaffney, and
w. d. Roberts, of Clio, were elected
vice-presidents, and NJ. f. Brock
man, Of Greenville was elected sec
retary for the sixth consecutive
time. ]. O. Vanmeter and II. C.
Davis. of the faculty OF the Univer-
sity of South Carolina. were elected
members of the executive commit
tee.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the Nseat bf the disease
Catarrh Is a loCalN disease. greatly in
fiuenced by constituNonah conditions. and
In order to cure 1t \yob must take an
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces Of the
system. Halls Catafth Medicine was
prescribed by one Of tha best physicians
posed of some OF the best tonics known.
combined with some OF Me best blood
purifiers. The perfect cdpnbination of
cine is what produces such wonderful.
results in catarrhal conditions Send for
testimonials. free
r. j. CHENEY & co. Props NToledo. 0
An Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for consultation.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06
DRY WORLD, BATTLE CRY
OF TEMPERANCE PEOPLE
Conference June 4, ) and q is to Per-
feet Some Plan for World
Wide Campaign.

WASHINGTON, May 5-A dry
world will be the battle cry when
representatives OF the temperance
organizations of so nations. includ-
ing the United States. meet at Lib
erty Hut here for conference on June
A, and s.
The conferences, the main pur-
pose Of which is to effect some plan
to start a worldwide temperance
campaign, are to be held under the
auspices OF the Anti-Saloon League
of America
More than 100 foreign and prob
ably several thousand temperance
leaders OF this country are expected
to attend the conference here.
Wayne p. Wheeler. general coun.
eel for the Anti-Saloon league. out
lined the plans already formulated
by the Anti-Saioon league for the
conferences
ance organizations of foreign coun.
tries are expected to arrive in New
York on May 90" Mr.. Wheeler said
''From this city the foreign delegates
will make nationwide tour tc
study the conditions existing in this
country's dry and wet States. They
will also journey to Canada.
"Follcwing this tour the repre-.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06

wheat is so high as to be without
precedent or parallel" the report
said. 1T is in fact monotone OF
perfection. The plant came through
the winter and the trying month OF
March unscathed and unhurt In
west il was necessary to pasture it
to live stock 10 keep down it's rank
growth" "
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06
RABBITS WANT PRESIDENT TO
STOP MaSSACRES OF JEWS

New York. May 5.-A reolutior
asking President Wilson TO use his
good Offices in attempting the pre-
vent further massacres OF Jews ir
the Crimea Pinsk. Rumania and Po-
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-06

land was adopted at the annual con-
ference Of the union orthodox rabbis
OF the United States and Canada
which opened her today.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
Maine Society Anuuals.

The annual exhibition of Maine farm
crops, which takes place at Bangor Cit.
Hall Nov. II to 81, promises to be th,
largest and best yet held In the state
The following organizations are uniting
for the exhibitions to be given tha
week, with separate program for each o
them: The Maine Pathological Society
Maine State Dairymen's Association
Maine State Seed Improvement Associa
ton, Maine Live Stock Breeders As
sociation, and Maine State Boys ant
Girls Clubs. With the annual exhibits
OF these five organizations combined In
the one exhibition, Bangor should have
a meeting In November we'll worth visit
ing and one that will attract many peo'
pie interested In this work from many
parts of the state.
The Bangor chamber of commerce is
cooperating with the committee In help
ing to make this exhibition the best ever
held in the state. The city hall has
been secured for the meeting and there
will be plenty of space for all exhibits
with Office room, lecture room, and
rooms for meetings for each of the sepa-
rate organizations. The committee is
working on the program of speakers and
other important events for 1.-The week OF
the exhibition. An unusually large
number of premiums will be awarded in
all the exhibits.
The committees on premium lists and
programs contain the names of the fol-
lowing secretaries of the organizations
named: E. l.. White of Bowdoinham,
of the Pathological Society; Herbert NJ.
Tucker of Augusta, of the Dairymen's
Association; E. L. Newdick Of Augusta,
of the Seed Improvement Association ;
r. P. Mitchell of Orono, state leader of
Boys and Girls Clubs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
joys Of Tournament Colt.

Wouldn't 1t make you mad II you
were entered in a golf tournament ana
YOU started out shooting the little old
dill down the line, better than you
ever had and finished the drst nine
holes in the lowest score you had ever
made; slipped a little on the second
nine, but still had chance to make q
respectable showing. and then on the
eighteen hole in the presence OF an
admiring throng Of friends you pro-
ceeded to put the pill into the ditch
three times and take eleven strokes
where FIVE should have been plenty!
Wouldn't 1t make you madf
Well, the only consolation we know
ont of that horrible catastrophets that
we remembered even in our rage that
there were ladies within hearing dis
tance. We came up smiling out OF the
ditch, but we sincerely hope the young
woman in the pink gown and the big
hat who grinned gleefully at us u no
mind reader-Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
New zeaIand's Pest, the Kea.

New Zealand farmers have started a
crusade against the kea. The bird
threatens to kill off thousands Of sheep
and ruin the country's industry. The
kea Is q kind Of parrot, smaller than
the rook, and has an immensely strong
beak and claws. Forty years ago there
were very few kea parrots In New
Zealand, but they are now the CON-
monest birds in the islands. The kea
attacks sheep day and night. 1t strikes
the sheep on the head, tears open the
body with It's claws. and gorges on the
warm flesh. Hundreds Of these ma
RAIDERS have been killed, but, In spite
of this, seem to thrive. The curious
thing Is that the male bird can not
be distinguished from the hen, and no
nest has ever been found. No one is
able to say where the bird breeds and
when, and young birds are never seen.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
KEEN ON FAMILY TRADITION
Mothers Usually Impress Offspring
With the GIorles Of Her Side
Of the House.

No matter how masterful the hus-
band may be; and no matter from
what high estate he came, nor how
subordinated his wife may appear, be
sure that the wife always compares
her family to his, and hers always
shines by comparison.
Through the generations the moth
ers have taken this subtle revenge on
man.
Though they lost their family name,
still they kept in their hearts con-
viction Of the high estate Of their
house.
And to their children they impaired
reverence for the glories Of the moth
er tribe.
It is q ten-to-one chance that your
maternal grandmother either in person
or by tradition, meant more to you as
a child than your paternal grand
mother.
Most Of US know mighty little about
our fathers folks; about their fam
ily glories and achievements.
But we know what our maternal
great-great-grandmother did.
You will note that the Daughters OF
the American Revolution are as po-
tent an organization today as they
were a generation ago, says Omaha
News. Sons Of the American Revolu-
ton are seldom heard of.
If 1t depended on dad to uphold fam
lily tradition he probably would dwell
as much on his great-uncle, who was
hanged by the neck until dead, as on
his great-great-grandfather, who was
a governor.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
Do Not Plow Under Manure.

As to the various ways Of applying
stable manure, | know nothing about
light soils. Mine is hardwood hill land
with the damp swsle characteristic Of
such land. Except when plant 10 corn
prefer applying the manure after plow-
ing and harrow it in. have no diff
Guilty in putting 1t under the surface if
/ disk it thoroughly and then dig it with
a spring tooth set down to the last notch,
or as low as the team can haul 1t.
If could have all the manure I
wanted I would plow under heavy
coat and then apply little in the hill
as starter for corn; but in practice l
usually break the sod the year before
and have sold ground" which pulver-
izs we'll and then furrow deeply with a
double furrow board plow, and then
drop generous quantities Of manure
along this trench-planting corn on one
side of manure and beans on the other.
As | hoe and cultivate, the ridge be-
tween rows is worked back and covers
the manure we'll 80 that it keeps damp
and available.
On the other hand, for grain and
grass seeding, prefer to apply on the
surface aDQ as uaVc oiIoouy Soiu oiS ~
in. A manure spreader should be on
every farm to spread finely and evenly.
Il seems to me that to plow under ma
nurs for grain aud grass seeding is
something like putting nursing bottle
lust out of reach Of an infant and expect
il to extract nourishment from 1t.
The manure must be near enough to
the seeds so that the tiny rootlets can
at once reach out and get nourishment,
else they will languish and die before
they grow large enough to send root
probing down through the soil in search
of manure 8 to 7 inches away.
There is 80 much in this game of farm
ing, that one must ever keep reaching
out for knowledge and ever keep re-
adjusting ones practices to changing
conditions. We can't farm "as father
used to-" neither can We farm as We did
q few years ago. And maybe We may
not be able to make the practices of q
neighbor work. Our excellent expert.
ment stations aid rs in general way
and then il is sup to us" az individual
to seek out that which best aids nj
individually.-E.C G. Wadsworth in New
England Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
Club Prize winners at University

ORoNo, Oct. %.
That active participation in boys and
girls club work often leads to bigger
things Is evidenced by an analysis of the
records of number of members of the
entering class at the University of Maine.
Ten of the students in that class, seven
of them boys, were in their grammar
and high school days prominent In agri-
cultural club work in their towns.
Clarence j. Titcomb of Farmington
holds three scholarships, total value
$3.50, all of them won as club prizes in
sweet corn growing. In 1915 he was
state champion in that project, and the
next two years held second place.
Kenneth r. Gibbs of Livermore Falls
was q prize winner In sweet corn and
poultry projects and was two years local
club leader. he was member OF the
judging team that represented Maine al
the Springfield exposition last month.
Robert T. Harvey of Dover was Piscst'
aquis County champion in potato raising
two years and last year was fifth in the
state contest. Last summer he was
local leader of the Dover clubs.
Carroll r. Wilder of Dennysville Won
third prize iu the potato contest in
Washington County in 1915 and wal
high man that year in the Maine Central
special contest there.
Other members of the freshman class
who have achieved success in club work
are: Virginia Chase OF Bluehill, Helen
B. Hamliu of Gardiner, Willard R
Conant of Buckfisld and Lincoln 81. Pat
ten of Hermon. A sophomore, Clarence
Gould, was several years q member, and
last year local leader, of the Bowdoin
ham Boys Club, the oldest in New Eng
land.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
Famous American Clipper Ships.

In the days of the famous clipper
ships, the American vessel was sec
ond to none, writes Frederick A. Col
Inns In Boys Life. No other country
could build ships at once so staunch
and 80 speedy. Records were estab-
lished which have never been sur
passed by sailing craft and, even with
the use Of steam, were not bettered for
nearly half century. In 1852 the
Sovereign Of the Seas sailed 436 miles
in a single day. The Lightning crossed
the Atlantic in 13 days 20 hours, and
the James Blaine Of $500 tons made
the voyage from Boston to Liverpool
In 12 days and 6 hours. Although
America led the way with the hrst
transatlantic steamship, she allowed
the sovereignty Of the seas to slip
gradually from her. At the beginning
of the war most Of her tonnage was
afloat on the great lakes or engaged
in coastwlse traffic, and her deep-sea
feet was small.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
Loves Shadows
n
By GRAHAM L1NGF1ELD
Copyright. 1915, BY the Mcclure New
paper Syndicats.)


Copyright. 1915, By the Mcclure News
paper Syndicats.)
When the barriers are broken down
and we see ourselves as we really are
it is sometimes humiliating spectacle
This had happened to the masterful
man. For years Henry Travers had
regarded himself as the hard, cold
analytical business man to whom the
sentimental side of life did not appeal
This morning in his private Office he
vas facing bare facts.
Arriving at his office and crossing to
hang up his coat-a spot from which q
corner of the outer office could be
glimpsed-he had seen sight that had
thrown down the barriers Of his self.
deception and shown him an uncom'
promising truth. 1t was nothing but
a triviality, perhaps, but 1t was sufh'
cient to make clear to him more than
he wanted to know.
Presently he rang the bell and his
private secretary stood before him. He
did not speak at first, but sat at his
desk moving the different objects from
place to place. At last he looked up
Miss Deane," he said, II wish to
speak with all restraint and Difference
but must be frank. This morning, by
a mere coincidence, / happend to see
something take place between you and
our Mr.. Halliday on which only one
construction can be put-that you are
engaged to him. OF course, that Is nc
concern of mine; but you must realize
that during Office hours such condi
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
"Better.Slres" Campaign On.

The United States Department OF
Agriculture is going to try to induce
every farmer to breed his animals only
to purebred sires, but it is not going to
accept pedigree as proof that an animal
| is worthy sire. In other words, while
the department is going after the scalp
of the mongrel scrub, 1t is after the
scalp of the purebred scrub just little
bit harder, if possible. In its "Better.
Sires-Better Stock" crusade, it is going
to insist on individuality as well as
breeding. This was brought out at the
formal meeting held October l in the
Office of the chief of the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry to launch the crusade.
At the moment of officially launching
the crusade, "a states and the District
of Columbia were definitely enrolled,
and the delay in most of the others is
merely a matter deciding through what
agencies the work shall be done.
Department of Agriculture specialists
in various phases of livestock work are
agreed that the better-sires campaign
will give added impetus to their particu-
lar work. Cattle-fevsr tick eradication,
bovine tuberculosis eradication, COW
testing association work, cooperative
bull association work, hog g-cholera con-
troll, county livestock association work,
and many other efforts, all will receive
added impetus from the better-sires
campaign. On the other hand, all of
these things will aid the campaign. In
fact, they have paved the way for it.
The man who has cut down his scrub
herd to escape dipping costs in the tick
eradication campaign Is in better posi-
ton to build up with pure blood. The
man who has cleaned out on account of
tuberculosis is ready to start again with
purebred animals. And so of all the
rest of them.
As Department of Agriculture officials
see it, the campaign will be beneficial in
many ways. The man who buys . pure
bred or two will take more interest in
bis live stock than when be had only
scrubs, will be inclined to give them
closer attention, better housing facilities,
| more carefully selected feed. In short,
it will put him in the way OF becoming
a better all-round farmer. The better
stock will return larger profits and the
farmer will be in better position to ex-
tend his operations or improve bis con-
dition. Larger quantities OF food prod.
| ucts of superior quality will be produced
and the consumer also will derive
direct benefit.