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H$jje $0unti) |£p|VOL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1917. NO.I

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BMB Items from Cades.

^^^pades, March 26:.Those from

^^Rre attending the State Teaches'association iif Columbia last weekwere Mrs Willie Fulmore and MissAnnie Mary Epps.Mr and Mrs V G Arnette went to

Kingstree Wednesday on business.Mesdames V G Arnette, Annie

Tomlinson and W I Hodges attendedthe millinery openings at LakeCity last week.

Messrs W D and J V Epps made a

flying trip to Lake City Saturdayillglll.We are glad to have one of our

boys back from the border alive. Heis Bethea McElveen.

Messrs E H Carsten and YoungHaselden went to Lake City Mondayafternoonon business.

Misses Garnet Graham and VelmaThomas came home from Coker col- jlege Friday night to spend the week-iend with their parents and friends.They will return tomorrow to resumetheir studies.

Miss Nettie Godboldt. .who is attendingschool at Marion,came homelast week-end.The school at Bethesda will close

Thursday afternoon.Alton Sauls came home Sunday to

see his mother.We are sorry to say that Mr J P

Epps, who has been sick.is not muchimproved.We are glad to note that Elbert

McElveen is well again.All the crops around Cades are

J. looking fine, especially the beans.

Fairfield county borrowed $30,000without interest from two banks inWinnsboro recently. i

J AVOID TiiI In Hot Waitan

) order Screens.<wer now and \irried. Our spec

B >les us to producIMrvATi; AMH 1inuu VY miLf j

all kinds at a

prices. When }Screens you havecorrect workmansproduct.Kingstree Mfg.V)UR SPORTINC

Is w«£ .TS AND BASEBAL3b JLL MAKE A HIT W1Si Y BALL" COME TO

Sf RY EVERYTHING II& iS CROQUET SETSB iL KILL A BEAR.OC a I AND SEE OUR SPC

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NAVY IN NEED OF MEN.

Twenty-slx Thousand RecruitsWanted Immediately.

Washington, March 25:. Followingis the executive order bringingthe navy up to war strength: "Byvirtue of the authority vested in thePresident by the act of Congress apjproved August 29, 1916, entitled 'Anact making appropriations for thenaval service for the fiscal year endingJune 30, 1917, and for otherpurposes,' it is hereby directed thatthe authorized enlisted strength ofthe navy be increased to 87,000 men.

(Signed) "Woodrow Wilson."the navy must enrun Iiinuruiaicij

approximately 26,000 men tp reachthe required strength. SecretaryDaniels supplemented it tonight withpersonal telegrams to newspaper editorsall over the country urgingthem to aid the department in everyway in their power to obtain themen. \

\The suit of A L Carter, night

erator at Orangeburg, against theAtlantic Coast Line for $50,000 damages,has been decided in favor ofthe railroad company by instructionof Judge Sease. About a year agoMr Carter was called out of the ticketoffice at night and struck by a

negro, the blow rendering him unconsciousand injuring him for life.The suit for damages alleged thatthe station was defectively lighted.

Governor Manning has appointedHon Thos G McLeod of Bishopvilletrustee of Winthrop college, vice WL Glaze of Orangeburg, deceased.

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it mmuntil SummerPrices are much

vorkmanship notial equipment en;ehigh gradePOOR SCREENSistonishingly lowfou select OURthe assurance ofhip and superior

& Const. Co.mmmmmmmmmamjmmmammmrnmmmamMM.M.a.w tw

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,L PARAPHERNALIA OF ALLITH YOU. WHEN YOU WANTHIT AnnilARTF.RS FOR YOUR

N SPORTING GOODS FROM ATO A LONG RANGE RIFLE

>RTING GOODS: YOU'LL PICKOU CAN GET IN CONDITION

:E BEST; THEY STAND THE

\re Company.

KAISER MAY QUITI THE THRONE.

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SEES ENEMIES AT HOME. CROWNPRINCE, JUNKERS AND PEOPLESOURCES OF WORRY TO HIM.

A despatch from Paris says, theabdication ot tne ijerman tmperoris forecast by the former German

i magistrate who wrote the celebratJedbook, "I Accuse." In an interiviewjpublished in Deuvre, he says:''The Kaiser is obsessed by the

thought that he is responsible forthe war, a thought which poisons'his whole existence. He feels he is1menaced by three enemies at home,without counting those abroad:

"First, is the Crown Prince, thereal author of the war.

"Second, is the Junker Pan-Germanist.youcannot imagine thesmouldering hatred of the Emperor

rfor those whom he believes to bemaniacs who are driving him intoan .abyss.

people, not the'Socialist party, buTtTir"are starving and who he feel3 are]arnwinff in number and rising littleby little against those who organizedthe war."At the meeting of the ParliamentaryPresidents and the Ministersof the federal sovereigns, at

which the submarine war was decidedupon, the struggle betweenthe Kaiser's party and that of VonTirpitz was most bitter. The majorityagainst the Emperor was so

' great, however, that he was obligedto submit and pretend that he was1convinced."He was personally opposed to a

break with President Wilson, but)was forced to consent."Documents will be published one

day which will prove that secretlyhe did everything not to bring Americadown upon him and that he considersthat the rupture was an irreparablemistake. The failure ofthe submarine war will soon showthat he was right, but it will be too!late."The people he fears most are the

anti-militarist, anti-Prussian, LiberaRepublican8,who want the Reichstagto be based on universal suffrage.That is why Wilhelm is so" anxious to convince the nation thathe did not want war. He wants tocontinue popular at any price, andthat is why he spoke the first wordof peace. The people were gratefulfor it, but the submarine warcame and spoiled evertything.

"It is hard to realize how thisEmperor, who enjoyed a popularityunexampled in our epoch, suffers inhis Tmjde. He alone perhaps in Germanyknows the whole truth, sincehe alone has in his possession theelements for forming a judgment on

the situation as a whole. How can

he resist morally and physically un[dersuch a strain? Certainly heVinnpQ nompfimps hnfr loss and leasfor the success of the unrestricted

| submarine which he opposed. Hesees the isolation of Germany becomemore and more complete."Once he tried to initiate peace

negotiations and failed. To try againwould be to admit and proclaim tothe whole world, but above all to th#German people, which he fears most,Germany's real-situation. If the Alliessolemnly declared, as they didwith Napoleon in 1815, that theywould refuse to treat for peace withthe Hohenzollerns, it woule be a

knock out blow. Our German people,who still believe in him, would abanldon him for neace at anv lirice willsoon be the unanimous and hidden

j thought of tortured Germany,"What resource is left to him but

a dramatic abdication in order to re!tain the sympathies of the Germanpeople and save the political future!of Prussia?

"Little Boy," sending a eommuni-;cation headed "Items from An-1drews," must be reminded that as

there are so many "little boys" at andaround Andrews, and probably no jfew of them very bad little boys, we

cannot publish his letter, not know-!in? the identity of this particular!"little boy." The items are verywell written and we re?ret his fail-urp to sitrn his real name to the!communication.

One good reason for savinR oldnewspapers is that they are worthmoney. Another, and peehaps a

better, is that so doing saces theultimate and unreplaceable resources

of the country.

| gsmmmmtmmmr.I Here ]\mgj Are we forty years bejg selling of Hardware we ;

JK oughness which we estal:gj ness, no concealed faultsgj times in such principles ^

]g years we have been selliigj ideals of integrity and w

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1 KingstrCEDAR SWAMI'CHRONICLES.

Deatli of Venerable Lady.Receptionto Soldier Boys.Cedar Swamp, March 27:.Mrs

Margaret Crawford Brown diedMarch 21. Had she lived one daylonger she would have reached themature age of 72 years and six

J^he was the daughter ofthe late William Lisrtaie, or tiiacn

river section, and early iu-iife 9hemarried Mr Sidney M Brown, whose;death occurred about twenty yearsago. After her husband's deathMrs Brown lived a life devoted tothe welfare of her children and byprecept, made good citizens of herboys, and by example estimablewomen of her daughters.She was laid tu rest beside her

husband in the old family buryingground, where gathered a largeconcourse of friends and relatives topay the last respect to all that was

mortal. She was a member of thePresbyterian church.The home coming of the soldier

boys, who enlisted from this placelast summer, created a feeling ofunusual parental pleasure to theanxious loved ones and one of admirationto their host of friends,and one of an inexplicable sensationin the region of the palpitating functionsof some of the blushing damsels.The young men from the border,with many of their friends, were entertainedat the home of Mr J G McCulloughwith a sumptious repastconsisting of barbecue, turkey withconconmitants.cakesof sundry kinds,and punch, galore. A large crowd

. 1 J«t AM^AIIA/1was preseui ana cvcijruaujr cujujiruthe evening and no doubt the greaterpart of the pleasure is due to

those who presided without tirearound the table and over the punchbowl so charmingly.The fa.-mers of this section- have

finished planting corn except wherethe soil s damp and cold. Frominformation gathered, the plantersare not neglecting the corn crop,but rather they are preparing bet1ter and possibly will plant more

than usual.Tobacco plants that were planted

since the freeze are growing nicelyand from appearance they will beready for transplanting at or aboutthe regular season,

Misses Sue Coker, Betty and' EvieGuerry motored through the counItry Saturday, visiting the town ofFlorence, and after a very pleasanttrip returned Sunday afternoon.

I Miss Jane Ervin spent the weekend at her home in the Indiantowncommunity and returned in due timefor schoiastic duties Monday.Mr and Mrs William Chandler of

Henry were among the visitors here(Saturday and Sunday.

Miss Beth McGiil is at home for a

vaction after finishing her first ex|perience as teacher and, we understand,she was very successful in the

jclass room as well as popular withher pupils.The school girls of the ninth grade

some time ago purchased a baskethailoutfit and are becoming expertplayers under the management oftheir enthusiastic referee, Miss LillianSalters.Now. young men, organize a baseballteam and we will soon enjoy

the Saturday afternoon pastime.W. E. S.

There was a lively time in the Recorder'scourt at Sumter Monday,when Policeman Ormsby Blandingassaulted S L Krasnoff. a merchant,;who requested Chief Sumter todismiss him from the force for con-

duct unbecoming an officer. After jBlanding was subdued, he was dismissed from office. The Recorderplaced a charge of contempt of courtagainst him, and Mr Krasnoff, it issaid, will have him tried for assaultand battery.

[s a Queihind the times or ten years aare maintaining the standard;dished many years ago. There ain any Hardware sold by us.ve will stand whatever criticisrrw Hardwarp from our store.orthiness.Lets We Lead]

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URGENT APPEAL TO 1RAISE FOOD CROPS.I

DEMAND WILL BE MODE IMPER- bPERATIVE THAN IT HAS BEEN ir

IN FIFTY YEARS. f(The following letter has been for- J?

warded by the director of extensionwork in South Carolina to every j*county ai*d"- ..demonstrationagent in the State. This articleshould receive the careful consic era-1 ^tion of every mai and woman ic the j -,

county who can assist in this work, L"either by raising their own food 1

supplies or encouraging others to do so j~The conditions of the food crops'.of the world, as being reported, ifnot alarming,are serious. This is es-ieipecially true when we realize that'the reserves will be exhausted at. the n

end of this crop year.It is reported that the English iir

wheat crop is exceedingly backward. a!The Dutch crop is small. The French a

crop is very much less than usual, sfand what is most alarming, Argenti-na will have very little wheat or corn jf

L Tl| A i I i Itiu export. nitr Australian wneai

crop is reported 50,000.000 bushelsless than last year's. The statement a!is made that the English Govern- c!ment has contracted for the entire S,surplus of this year's wheat crop ofCanada. Wheat in the winter grow- ^ing States in our country has sufferedmuch for the want of mois ure.

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Early vegetables in the SoutiernStates have been destroyed by recentfreezes. Coming nearer hame,the prospects for wheat and oatcrops in South Carolina are the most vdiscouraging in years. The season is hvery backward, therefore little gar- tdening has been done in this Stite. aThe country is virtually in a state 0

Af mor onr4 nr<3 novm vnoe.vw frv £ill vrat , auu nv. wu»c CVC1J icaS'JU tV J

expect that in a short time i hou- fisands of young: men may be called ijftom the field to arms. Therefore it vis necessary to impress upo:i all v

j classes of our people the urgent jneed of growing ail vegetables for rtable use and for canning purposes, ;

This matter should be taken up v

MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVESYSThM UK BANKS |

U.jtM ..WUlK.aV. \\\\V;.*tC::SW»S28£^aJ-.;WHEN YOU DO YOUR BANKINGMEMBER BANK OF THE FED!BANKS. OUR BANK HAD TO SHCBEFORE IT COULD BECOME A MWE ARE ONE OF A VAST ARMY

GETHER FOR THE PROTECTIONOUR BANK CAN TAKE ITS SECU

SERVE BANK AT ANYTIME ANIMONEY IS IN OUR BANK YOU CAN

P'JT YOUR MONEY IWE PAY U PER CENT INTERES

Farmers & Merchant- \ fWOL,r*TRI,Y 4=5A FF,"

Aulfcarized by Fsdzra! Kaserve Qjzrd to Ac! as Ad!

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istion s I.head of them? In the gj3 of honesty and thor- g?ire no shams, no cheap- gjIf we are behind the gj1 we merit. For many gjalways with the same §5Others Follow eg

are Co. 1ot only by farmers but by officialsnd residents of cities and villagesd bring about organizations for

le cultivation of vacant lots in foodrops. Chambers of commerce, wolen'sclubs and every agency should ^e appealed to to assist in this mostnportant work. The production of>rage crops on large areas, particu;rlythe velvet bean, sorghum, Suangrass, cowpeas and soy beans, isrgent. The acreage in corn shoulde greatly increased.The greatest care should be takenith spring. pigs. Hogs are now

dling in the Northern markets atr\n* r\Aiin/l /vn f Aaf #1/%

^v_ pet puuuu UIJ IUUI, UCC1 CBUUt.

um 10c to 12c per pound on foot,ith every prospect of increasing,he acreage of sweet potatoes shouldi increased many fold. Every farmshould plant a fall crop of Irish

otatoes.the Lookout Mountain vaety,if obtainable.With the food supply of the world

i its present condition, we may bessured of a profitable demand forII food crops. We owe it to our;lvesand our country to producele necessary supplies, for the famiandin the event war is declared,>r the men who are performingleir patriotic dutv. The indicationsre that for the first time since thevil war we shall be unable to purtiasesupplies from other countries,herefore it is imperative that weroduce them at home. This possiilityof shortage may bring somef our people to actual suffering.

Respectfully,WW Long.

Murder at Lancaster.Lancaster, March 2fi: H E Carnes

;as shot and killed by Pant Hunterere this afternoon. Carnes is saido have entered Hunter's yard andttempted to enter the house whenrdered awav bv Hunter. On his re-

sal to do so Hunter is said to haveired a load from a shotgun. Gamesived only eight minutes. Hunter^as placed in jail. Both men arerell known. Carnes was formerly a ^

ailer,while Hunter once served as a

ural policeman. Carnes leaves avife and large family. Hunter isinmarried.

Do your bankingour ;

National Bank!WITH US YOU DO IT WITH AERAL RESERVE SYSTEM OF)W IT WAS A STRONG BANKEMBER.OF BANKS WHICH STAND TOOFOUR DEPOSITORS.RITIES TO OUR CENTRAL RE-

)GET MONEY. WHEN YOURGET IT WHEN YOU WANT IT.N OUR BANK.T ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.ts National Bank,

LARK CTTY. S. C.ainislralor. Executor, Trustee and Registrar.