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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
VORWAERTS CAPTURED
AFTER HARD FIGHTING
More Than 90 Spartacans Were
Killed and 80 Wounded in the
Fighting.

Berlin, Jan. 13.-The plant of the
Vorwaerts was recaptured by gov
ernment troops in heavy fighting
Two hundred Spartacans are re-
ported to have been taken prisoner
More than 20 Spartacans were kill
ed and 40 wounded in the fighting.
The government losses are said to
have been slight.
The building was attacked from
adjoining streets and house tops. The
attacking forces used light artillery
mine throwers and gas bombs in an
all night bombardment. The Spar
tacans, who were barricaded in the
building, replied with heavy rifle and
machine gun fire. Panic reigned
throughout the neighboring district
during the bombardment.
Newspaper Row. where the plants
Of the Tageblatt, Vossische Zeitung
and Lokal Anzelger are located, was
temporarily quiet as the result OF a
truce patched up Friday night be-
tween the government forces and
the Spartacans. The armistice.
which was not without elements OF
humor. was dictated by the urgent
need OF the civilian population living
In the danger zone to attend to it's
marketing and to afford the business
firms in the neighborhood an oppor-
tunity to look over the situation.
BY the terms of the truce. hostili-
ties can only be resumed after 12
hours notice given by each party.
The government troops and the
Spartacans are dividing the work OF
patrolling the street leading to the
big publishing plants whose owners
are still excluded from their prop
erty. Street traffic in the district
was resumed Immediately after the
signing OF the truce
The Tageblatt building is badly
Scared from rifle and machine gun
fire and virtually all the front win
dows have been blown in. In the
window spaces the Spartacans have
piled up rolls OF print paper as bar
The losses of the Spartacans dur
Ing the fghting in this district Fri
day are said to have been heavy.
while the government troops declare
that only two OF their men we're
wounded.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat OF the disease
Catarrh Is local disease. greatly in
nuenced by constitutional conditions. and
IN order to cure II you must take an
internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine Is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
In this country for years II In com
posed OF some OF the best tonics known,
combined with some OF the best blood
BURNERS I 1 The perfect combination OF
cine Is what produces such wonderful
results In catarrhal conditions. Send for
+. j. CHENEY q CO. Props Toledo n
All Druggists. 76c
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS OF
SOWELL GROCERY COMPANY.

You will please take notice that a
meeting of the stockholders OF Sow
ell Grocery Company will be held at
the office OF said company. In Ian
caster, South Carolina, on the 18th
day Of February, 1919, at 10 O'Clock,
a. m. for the purpose OF considering
a resolution adopted by the directors
to amend the charter of said COM
pany by changing it's name to Lam
caster Wholesale Company. and by
making Lancaster, South Carolina.
its principal place OF business. and
by increasing its capital stock to n
maximum OF Twenty-Five Thousand
G25, 5,000.00) Dollars.
r. l.. SOWELL,
President.
]. r. FAILE,
Secretary-Treasurer.
January 18th, 1919.
24-4t-1taw.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
FOR SALE.

AS attorney for Mrs. Mamie 7,
Beckham / will sell at Public auc-
tion for cash on the first Monday i'm
February, 1919, her house and lot
located at the corner OF French and
Church streets adjoining the Presby-
terian church lot. in case the same is
not sold at private sale before that
time. This property is desirably To-
Gated and the dwelling has seven
rooms.
w. P. ROBINSON. Attorney.
Jan. 7th, 1919. 22-7t.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Rev. Il. l.. Dufie Dead.

Rev. Reuben Lawson Duftie ven
erable Methodist minister, for sew
eral years a resident OF Lancaster
county. died at Westminster jan
uary 2. He was so years old, hav-
ing been born in Chester January Z,
1910. In 1856, Rev. Dufne was
married to Miss Ella Stott. the cere-
mony being performed by the late
Rev. r. r. Dagnall. Mr.. Dufe told
some friends just before his death
that he paid Rev. Dagnall $40 in
Confederate money for performing
the ceremony: the money was worth
less at that time but it was not so
learned until some days after tn
wedding. Mr.. Duffie united with the
South Carolina conference in 1886,
fifty-two years ago He was one OF
the old-time circuit riders and was
also familiar with the work of city
churches. Besides his wife. the fol-
lowing children survive: Mrs. T. l..
Hilton, of Lancaster; Mrs. r. G. Ell
liott, Of Greenville; Mrs. C. NJ Shell
ton. of Columbus, Ga: Charles
Dufiie. OF Alvin, Texas; Mrs. S. NJ.
Ellison, of Winston Salem, y. C. {:
James Duffie. of Spartanburg: Mrs.
A. Gaines and Mrs. r. L. McNeely,
of Westminster.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
HEAVY LOSSES WERE DUE
TO LACK OF EQUIPMENT
Lack of Airplancs and Transporta.
tion Cost 35th Division Heavily
i'm the Argonne Forest.


ment airplanes and transportation
facilities were responsible for the
! heavy losses suffered by the 35th di-
vision in it's drive against the Ger
mans in the Argonne forest. declar-
ed Governor Henry j Allen, in an
address at the city auditorium. This
address, following the inaugural eX-
ercises, was the first Mr. Allen has
made on his experiences on the bat
tie front while in the Y NJ. G.. A. SER
vice.
Governor Allen asserted that the
35th suffered 1000 casualties in the
six days battle, or half the strength
of the division.
Governor Allen also criticised the
censorship, charging that it be
came as arrogant and absolute as the
censorship of Germany, lacking only
the German intelligence"
On September 25, the 35th divis-
ion started to enter the Argonne.
said Governor Allen. by noon tn >
next day the doughboys had gone
beyond range of the artillery and
they fought for four days without
any artillery support. went along
the roads leading up to the battle
lines and time after time I saw the
roads Choked with the bodies of
horses that had been killed or had
died in the harness in the efforts to
bring up the artillery. The lack Of
artillery support was not due to the
men or their officers. 1t was lack
of transport. We didn't have enough
horses and what we did have were
too old and feeble to do the work"
The governor declared that there
should have been $4,000 horses in
stead of 2,300 which were available
when the men entered the battle and
many were old ones that the
French had discarded as of no fur
ther use to them"
"Yet your army paid s4OO each
for these animals. only TO be forced
TO shoot them a day or so later be-
cause they were too old and feeble
to do the work he continued.
Governor Allen declared that the
Germans maintained domination OF
the air on the American front 1--WE
saw much in the papers that came to
us OF American domination OF the
air. But we did not know that
throughout the war it was going to
be a domination of hot air" he
said. There was no lack of bravery
on the part OF our aviators often
times they went up knowing that
one American plane and one or two
American aviators were pitted
against, three. four or five German
planes.
mot only did the airplane service
pay the price but the infantry also
paid the price in human life for the
protection they expected and did not
get. for there was no airplane guard
for them"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Check for $1O.6G2.42 for Roads.

T. l.. Hilton. county treasurer. is
in receipt of check for S1O.662.42
from the Southern Power Company
for back taxes due Lancaster county
for the years 1909, 1910, 1911.
1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915. and 20
per cent penalty. The company pro-
tested the payment of the penalty for
long time but finally "came
across" The payment of the tax
was not contested. The negotiations
were made by ID. Reece Williams. at
torney. and Mr.. Williams tells The
News that there is a provision that
the money will go to the roads of
Lancaster county.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
THE COURT NULLIFIES
DRY STATE STATUTES
Reed 'BOne Dry" Amendment Is
Constructed by the L. =. SUI
premc Court.

Washington. an. 16.-Statutes OF
dry" states permitting persons to
import or to personally bring in lin
tied amounts of intoxicants for their
own use were in effect nullified by
the so-caiied Reed "bone drv''
amendment enacted by congress the
Supreme Court held in an opinion
reversing the federal court for the
southern district of West Virginia.
Justice McReynoids, in a dissent
ing opinion, in which Justice Clarke
concurred, held that the Reed
amendment was not an interstate
commerce regulatory measure. but
direct meddling with state affairs.
and as such purely beyond the power
of the federal government.
The case came up on an appeal of
the government from the lower court
decision dismissing proceedings
ing quart of liquor into West Vir-
ginia for his personal use as per-
mitted by the state law The trial
court held that such TRANSPORTATION
did not come within the meaning Of
the Reed amendment, which, it held
was intended to apply only to actual
shipments OF liquor. The Supreme
court remanded the case for retrial.
In rendering the majority opinion
Justice Day said:
I'm view of the authority of con
gress over the subject matter and
the enactment of previous legislation
embodied in the Wilson and Webb
Kenyon laws we have no question
that congress enacted this statute
because of its belief that in states
prohibiting the sale and manutac-
ture OF Intoxicating liquors for bev-
erage purposes, the facilities OF in
terstate commerce should be denied
to the introduction OF intoxicants by
means of interstate commerce. ex-
cept for the limited purposes per-
mitted in the statute. which have
nothing to do with liquor when used
as a beverage
That the state saw At to permit
the Introduction OF liquor for per-
sonal use in limited quantity I'm no.
wise interferes with the authority OF
congress, acting under its plenary
power over interstate commerce to-
make the prohibition against inter-
state shipment contained in this ac-
II may exert its authority as in the
Wilson and Webb-Kenyon acts, hav-I
ing in view the laws OF the state. but
II has power OF its own which in |
this instance II has exerted in ac-i
cordance with its view OF public
policy.
when congress exerts its au-
thorty in a matter within Its control 4
state laws must give way in view OF
the regulation Of the subject matter
by the supreme power conferred by
the constitution"
Justice McReynolds said in dis
,enting:
"The Reed amendment in no
proper sense regulates interstate
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Flint Ridge Baptist Church.

Sabbath school at 2:3O Sunday
afternoon. Organized class for
both old and young. Preaching at
800 O'Clock. There will be a spe-
cial sermon on missions Sunday af-
ternoon. The subject will be "The
Whole World for Christ" All the
members OF the Woman's Missionary
Society are urged to be present All
the people in Flint Ridge section are
cordially invited to attend and wor-
ship with US. Edward b. Jenkins.
pastor.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Names Road Committees.

John T. Stevens, of Kershaw,
member of the central good roads
campaign committee from the fifth
congressional district. has named
the following county committees in
this district:
Lancaster county: ]. III. Wither-
spoon, Lancaster; T. Y. Williams
Lancaster.
Chesterfield: f. d. Duvall. Che
raw; w, l.. Mccoy, McBee.
Kershaw county: F.. NJ. Woote.
Camden; c. j. Shannon, Jr., Cam
den
York county: c. l.. Cobb. Rock
Hill; T. F. Mellow. York.
Cherokee county: T. B. Butler
Gahpey; r. A. Dobson, Gaffney.
Chester county: r. H. Hafner
Chester; Robert Gage, Chester.
Fairfield county: c. F.. Elliot
Winnsboro; John w. Cathcart
Winnsboro.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Motor to Lancaster.

The Columbia State OF yesterday
says: Mrs. Leroy Springs of Lam
caster. secretary OF the South Caro-
lima Equal Suffrage League and for
mer president of the Lancaster
league; Miss Margaret Moore. re,
Gently elected president for Lancas-
ter; Miss Mamie Hill Moore and
Mrs. Samuel l.. Allen composed the
Lancaster delegation at the suffrage
convention yesterday. With the ex-
ception OF Miss Mamie Hill Moore,
who remained over last night as the
guest OF Miss Jane Tucker Fisher.
they all left in the afternoon for
camden. where they were met by
Mrs. Springs automobile, making
the rest Of the trip through the
country.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
BIG AUCTION SALE.

I will sell at public auction nj
Oakland on the 2Sth Jan, 1919, tho
following real estate and personal
property. to wit: All my home place
containing 200 acres more or less:
12O acres on north side Railroad and
80 on south side Railroad: also
mules, horses. COWS. hogs. farming
tools. corn, produce. four wagons.
one buggy, one New Heart Parr
Tractor, two automobiles and some
other valuable things
REV. j. F. HAMMOND.
23-4t
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Entertains u. ID. G..

The Lancaster chapter u. d. c.
was entertained at the New Years
meeting at the hospitable home OF
Mrs. Lester Robinson on North Main
street After the regular routine
of business the historical study
from THE South in the Building OF
{ Nation" was deferred as 1t had
Hccn proposed as tribute to the
memory OF the late A. w. Chance to
read his sketch OF "War Times Be-
teen the States" during Sherman's
raid I'm Lancaster. There will be
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Church Notices.

THE pastors OF Lancaster county
are invited to send The News notices
of their church services Standing
announcements giving the dates and
hours for services are preferred
with special notices for special SER
vices. These should be sent in not
later than Thursday noon to be
printed in the Friday paper.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Now Captain Springs.

During the latter days of the war
Elliott w. Springs. of this city. the,,
lieutenant in the British Royal
flying corps, was promoted to can.
tam. Captain Springs friends here
and elsewhere will read this an.
houncement with great deal of in
terest. He is expected at home
within in few weeks.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Barbecue for City Officials

Mayor r. S. Stewart entertained
the other city officials at a barbecue
at the fire station Wednesday night.
Those present included members of
the council, water works board,
board of health, chief of the fire de-
partment and city police.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
THE NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY

Joint celebration of Lee and Jack
son S birthdays on January 81 at the
residence of Capt. G. w. Poovey.
AFTER the serving Of dainty refresh
mehts the chapter adjourned to
meet the first Thursday in February
with Mrs. John Faile on Elm street.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
On Committees.

The Lancaster delegation in the
South Carolina general assembly has
fared well In appointments on i'm
portant committees. Senator Hough
Is chairman OF the committee on
federal relations and a member of
the committees on county offices and
county officers. judiciary. penal and
charitable institutions. roads. bridges
and ferries. In the house. Repre-
sentative Horton is a member of the
committees on commerce and man.
ufactures and interpretations. Re-
preventative Clyburn is a member Of
the committee on ways and means.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17

John ID. Wylie is quite sick at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
f.. Wylie. on Main street. Mr..
Wylie is suffering with pneumonia.
but his condition is improving.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
No Service mt Unity.

Rev. w. NJ. Boyce, the pastor. re-
quests The News to state that be-
cause OF the absence Of the pastor
on next Sunday, Gard Sunday
there will be no preaching at Unity
A. r. p. church.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
Ill With Influenza.

Among those Ill with influenza are
Miss Mildred Billings, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie King, Miss Juanita Wilson,
Ed Mohley and Commodore Clanton.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17

Mrs. w. Berry Cauthen is quite
ill with influenza at her home on
Chesterfield avenue.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17

Sgt. Lovick Duncan is at home
from Fortress Monroe. having been
released from service.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17
PERSONALS.

Misses Carrie and Charlotte Nell
waine had as their weekend guest
Miss Eunice Jackson, of Great
Falls.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17

w. A. Davis returned yesterday
from business trip to Charlotte.
Albert Blakeney. formerly resi-
dent of this city and now residing at
Darlington, was here for a few days
this week on business.
w. j. Cunningham spent Tuesday
in Rock Hill attending the auction
sale of Guernsey cattle.
Geo. w. Williams is confined to
his home on Chesterfield avenue by
illness. Mr.. Williams only recently
recovered from influenza and was
out few days.
r. w. Graeber attended the meet
ing of county agents at Clemson COL
lege this week
Corp. Crawford Gooch of the Goth
division, having been in active SER
vice at the front in France, was here
for few days this week He will
be released from the service at Camp
Sewer.
Mrs. Hughes, of Heath Springs.
was in Lancaster Tuesday shopping.
Miss Trenholm OF Camden. is in
Lancaster.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17

w. A. Davis returned yesterday
from business trip to Charlotte.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17

r. w. Graeber attended the meet
ing Of county agents at Clemson COL
lege this week.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17

Mrs. Hughes, of Heath Springs.
was in Lancaster Tuesday shopping.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-01-17

w. j. Cunningham spent Tuesday
in Rock Hill attending the auction
sale of Guernsey cattle.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-20
nj War DROUTH
Life of Wartime Prohibition OF
Stake in Supreme Court.
Three Cases Attacking Validity
of Law Up Today.

Washington, Nov. 20.-The life of
wartime prohibition law was at stake
today before the supreme court.
Three cases involving the validity
of the law were up fors argument.
Upon these decisions, expected to be
handed down several weeks before
constitutional prohibition becomes ef-
fective, depends the question of
whether wartime prohibition can be
enforced.
The score of vets and drys in the
lower courts is virtually a tie, the
prohibitionists having won in New
York and Chicago, while the liquor
interests have been victorious in Louis
vile and Providence, R. 1. Elihu
Root, former secretary of state, prob
ably will lead the fight for the liquor
interests.
Government briefs in the cases filed
early today show that department of
justice attorneys will stand on declara-
tions of Attorney General Palmer that
a state of war still exists and until
peace is proclaimed the ban cannot
be lifted.
The liquor interests, however. will
point out that the president, in vetoing
the Volstead bill, declared the causes
for wartime prohibition had ceased to
exist.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-20
USE STRIP BEDS
inexperienced Labor Could
Mine 125;OOO Tons per Month.
Gov. Allen InspectS Southeast
Kansas Surface Coal Field.

Pittsburg. Kan. Nov. 20.-The
amount of coal uncovered at the
steamshovel mines of Crawford and
Cherokee counties is not more than
25, 600 tons and may be only 10000
tons. The visit of Gov. Henry J. AL
len to- the strip mines today to view
the uncovered coal.coaI that was un-
covered before November /, when the
coal strike began-brought a state
ment from Hearl Maxwell the Sun
shine" miners representative on the
district board of the United Mine
Workers of America. Maxwell dis
puted a statement from operators
sources that uncovered coal amounted
to 25O,OOO tons.
The inspection trip of Governor AL
len was taken as an indication here
that forced coal production if such is
resorted to, will come in the market
ing of coal that had been uncovered
Ordinary labor could be used to load
this coal.
The Kansas Missouri line enters
into the situation. On the Kansas side
are fewer than 25 shovels now. There
are 80 shovels on the Missouri side
The Kansas receivers are concerned
only with the shovels on the Kansas
side, of course. The Kansas shovels,
Maxwell said today, could produce
about 125.00O tons a month for the
next four months.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-20

the cold nerve of the bandit but de-
clared any leniency shown him by
state authorities will be fought to the
last.
Snow fell over the rugged country to
which Carlisle is supposed to have
fled. Bloodhounds were useless and
the surly pack from the Rawlins pen
itentiary was sent home today. The
hunt became a serious affair today
The excitement died away. Adventure
seekers were organized into RESPONSE
BILE companies, given definite terri
tories for search and warned that Car
Isle, conscious that arrest means the
severest punishment, probably will
fight to the last. He is well armed
and known as a crack shot.
Cavairymen. muffled in winter
Clothing, cowboys and railroad detec-
tives We're on the hunt today, warily
combing every coulee and recess in the
hills. They believe themselves in for
a long search but claimed confidence
Carlisle cannot break thru the bris-
Ting Gordon surrounding his supposed
retreat.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-20
Bandit Boldly Wires
Thanks for Big Haul

Casper, Wyo., Nov. 20.-William
Carlisle. train bandit. walked into the
Western Union office here today while
scores of heavily armed men searched
the surrounding country for him and
sent a telegram to the Union Pacific
railroad in Cheyenne thanking the
railroad for the money he secured
from passengers on the Los Angeles
limited train which he held up near
Medicine Bow Tuesday night.
The message read:
Union Pacific. Cheyenne
Thanks for haul on your limited.
Some detective force.
(Signed) CARLISLE"
Medicine Bow, Wyo., Nov. 2O.-Wil-
liam B. Carlisle. supposedly the gay
bandit who held up a Union Pacific
train near here Tuesday night, was
pursued by death today.
Union Pacific officials said the life
of the bandit will be demanded if he
is brought to trial. Train robbery is a
capital offense in Wyoming.
Railroad officials frankly admired