The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-04-18
Lancaster Will See Trophy
Train and Also Tank Used
in Army.
TRAIN HERE ON MAY G,
w. =. Robinson Has Accented
Craftsmanship for Lancaster
County and is Preparing for
the Drive.

w. p. Robinson has been appoint
ed and has accepted as chairman
for Lancaster county in the Victory
loan drive which begins next Mon
day Mr.. Robinson is marshaling his
forces and preparing for a syste-
matte and effective campaign i'm this
county. AS near as possible Mr..
Robinson hopes to use the same or
ganization that was used in the pre-
vious campaigns.
THE Thirtieth Division Special" 4"
the trophy train bringing trophies.
of the great war taken in the field
by men of the Thirtieth Division
will visit many points in South Caro-
lima during the period of the CAM
paign and will be in Lancaster on
Tuesday, May 6. The train will ar
rive here, according to schedule
which has been sent to The News, az
1923 Tuesday morning, May 6, and
Will remain here until the same .
hour Wednesday morning. The
train comes here from Rock Hill
and the next point after leaving
Lancaster is Camden.
Another feature of the campaign
will be the appearance in Lancaster
OF one Of the tanks like those used
in the war-like those that went
through the Hindenburg line The
date has not yet been announced.
"The Price of Peace" the govern
ment moving picture. will be shown
at the Star and Midway theatres on
May Z. At the former in the morn
ing and again in the afternoon and
at the latter at night.
The picture was made by the sig
nal corps of the United States army
and covers the period of the war. 1t
begins with the young men leaving
their homes bidding farewell tca
mothers and fathers and other low
ed ones to answer the call Of duty
Then scenes at the port OF embarka--
tion are shown. The spectators are
given n close up view of the big
steamer Leviathan, formerly the
Naterland, loaded with 10000 SOL
diers bound for Brest France. Then
the men are shown leaving the
steamer at Brest.
AS the men draw nearer to the
trenches the scenes grow in interest
and the audience applaudad wildly
when the American boys were seen
advancing to take their places in the
battle line. Close views of the
trenches are shown and the specta-.
tors are given an idea of what rear
warfare is. The machine guns are
shown in operation sending their
messengers Of death over towards
the Hun lines
The picture shows the real ter
rors OF war The Americans are
! shown going over the top in the face
! of a gruelling fire from the enemy.
| Two men are seen to fall. killed by
a shell, in one advance Hundreds
| Of dead Germans are shown. Snipers~
are shown crawling out into NO
| Mans Land" for duty.
The picture closes with the scene
! in New York on the occasion of the
arrival recently OF the Leviathan,
this time without her war paint,
bringing 27,OOO men home. Tho
marines, or what is left of them. are
shown landing in New York amid
the cheers Of the people
| The picture is put out to encour-
age the purchase of Victory loan
/ bonds and to give the general public
! some idea OF the immensity of the
war through which the country has
| just come. The captions on the pic
| ture give some idea of the enormous
expense of preparing for war. IT
opens the eyes OF the average citi-
zen along these lines and makes hir
a more willing purchaser of bonds In
! the approaching drive.