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, WlIitON TAKKH 8TKPH TO imiNii WAK TO AN KNU. ( < 'i >1 1 1 in iu-< l 1 1 ??in drat ' ou* of tho formation of any more rival IoaXUOm to preserve an uncertain lull- j ?nco of |N>vvor amidst uuiiltlply litu hum plclous. Im. t eweh is ready to consider the formation of a league of nations to liiNuro peace and Justice throughout t In' world. lie fore that filial step can ho taken. ItOWQVOf, Midi deeim It ne cossary llral to nettle -the Ikmu<*s if the present war upon terms w l? l?-l? will certainly safeguard the Independence tho territorial Integrity, and tin* jm>IIi leal and commercial freedom of the nn I Ioiih Involved. "In tlio iii(MtNiirm lo bo taken to w nini'thp future |?eaee of the world, the |hk>J)Io and government of tho t'liltinj States are an vitally ami as dlreetly > Interested an tin* governments now at war. Their liileroMt, moreover, in tho: uuvjns to lie adopted to relieve tho j smaller and weaker |*eoplcs of tho ! world of the peril of wrong and vlo- | lenon Is an ?piick and ardent as that-1 of any other people or government. I They stand ready. and even cngor, t.O eo operate in the accomplishment of I heso ends, w lien the war la over, with overs InfliieiHv and resource at their , eotninand Hut tho wur must lirst ho I concluded. The terms upon which It ? Is to tie concluded they are not at llli- i ertv to suggest but the president does j fee I that II Is his right and his duty to ixilnt out their Intimate interest in Its eoneluslon, lest It should presently lie too late to accomplish tin* greater tilings wh leh lie beyond Its eoneluslon ; lest the Hitllid loll of lieutial nr. t lolls, now exceedingly hard to endure, ho rendered ultogehcr intolerable, and lent, more than all, an Injury ho done clv l ligation It self which ran never he h loned for or repaired, "The president, therefore, feels al together J untitled In suggesting en Im inedlao opportunity for eomiwrLson of vlewa as to the terms which must pre <*edo those ultlmato arrangements for tho peaeo of the world, which all de sire and In which tho neutral nations, as well as those tit war, are ready to play their full, res|>onslblo part. If tho contest must continue to proceed towards undefined ends by how attri tion until the ono group of belHgcr ents or the other Is exhausted ; If mil lion after million of human lives tau:;t continue to l>o offered up until on the one side or tho other there are no more to offer ; if resentments must ho kindled that can never cool and de spairs engendered from which there cjui be no recovery, hojH's of peace and of tho willing concert of free |>eo ple will he rendered vain ami idle. "The llfo of tho entire world lnis Ikjoii profoundly affected. Every pa rt of tho great family of mankind has felt the burden and the terror of this unprecedented contest of arms. No na tion In tho civilised world can he said iu truth to stand outside Its inlluence or Li* lie aufc against it distributing ef f??cts. And yet the concrete objects for which it Is being waged have nev er been definitely stated. "The leaders of the several bellig erents have, as has been' said, stated those objects In general terms. Hut, staled In general terms they seem the same on both sides. Never yet have the authorial Ivc spokesmen of either side avowed the precise objects which j would; If attained, satisfy them and i their people that the war .had been fought out. The world has been left to conjecture what dellnlte results, what actual exchange of guarantees, what polltlctl or territorial changes or readjustments, what stage of n?Ultar\ Success' even, would bring the war to! an end. "It may be that peace is nearer than I we know; thai the terms which J he ; belligerents on the one side and on the other would deem It necessary to! Insist upon are ihM . so irreconcilable I us some have feared: that an inter change of views would clear the way at least for conference and make the pcrmanant concord of the nations a hope of the immediate future, a con i-ert of nations immediately impracti cable "The president is not proposing peace ! He Is not even offering .mediation. He Is merely proposing that soundings lu be taken In order that we may learn, the neutral nations with the belliger ents. how near the haven of | tea eel may be for which all .mankind lungs with an Immense and Increasing long- I ing. "He believes that the spirit in w hich j he s|?eans and the objects which he seeks will he understood by all con corned, and he confidently hojie^ f.?r i response which will bring a new light into the affairs of the world (Signed) "LANSlNi; .1 W. Powell of iticlilnnd county harvested l.(MX) bushels of sweet jsjta 1 1 ics from live acres Mills year. TAX RETURNS? i >(li< ??' of County Auditor. Kershaw lioiinty. Camden, S. ( '. I >o< \otlce is hereby Ki v?*n tlint the Aud itor's office will be open f.?r receiving tnx returns' from January 1, 1017, to fcVtiruary JO, 1917. Inclusive. Tlu>se failing to make .returns within said period, a* required by low. will be suhjcet to a jHMvalty of 50 |>er cent, us 1 cannot take returns after the 'JOtli, as the </tb er business of thl.i oflice must tfo on. The Auditor will atUutd in person or the deputy at the following place.4* In tho county on tho dates indicated for receiving returns: Belli nne. January in. 11 Haley's Mill. January 1'J. Howor's SchiHtl House, January l.'i. Klrkle.v's Store, January lf? Kershaw. January 10, 17 Westvlllo. January IK. Liberty Mill, January 10 Mlaney, January 23. All perrons bet ween the ."in* ?>f Jl and 00 years Inclusive, are required to pay poli and road tax. unless exempt ed l>y law. t All trustees, guardlauH. es.ivut.irs; administrators. agents and others holding property In charge, must re turn same. The Income tax will be enforced. Parties sending lax returns by mail make oath to same before some quali fied officer, and fill out the same In a proper manner, otherwise they must l>e rejected. W. F. Hufwell, Auditor Kershaw County, 8. C. -? ITEMS OVER THE STATE. ? : r Hhuford Ward, h young farmer re siding at OavlH Ntatloii In Clatvudon county whs murdered while asleep In bed .Nlooday nipt ltobbery U MU|?? |nm4cU to have tice.ii the motive, ax fctOO was found to Im< inlssdng Jim Luwmoii, a negro, living nearby, Is nup |x>?*cd to hitvo been the guilty one. lie lii I c.icapcd. John Johnson, alias Hully Howard, who has Mtrved several yiutrq on the Florence county ehaln gang, has beep arcesjod am) carried to Columbia for safe k 4 toping charged with the murder ..r itev. Hugh Hirreliou, near onion. I'lre of unknown origin visited The Observer building ut o'clock Satur day morning Willi flic result that the greater part of the plant of The Ob server Printing House was complete l.v destroyed and the proi?erty of The Charlotte Dally Observer was ho ho riously damaged, chiefly by water, that for the coming week the pa|?er will be issued from tiio presses of the Char l??ttM' News. v'odo'.x ing a preliminary hearing, Mejmour Carroll, colort?l, has beep hound over to t he Orangeburg court of gcncrul sessions on the charge of ar son, Carroll Is accused of setting tire to ore of the buildings at the state negro college In Orangeburg, January i *. ? I r?. Carroll has been released on $1,5410 bond. He Is a son of Itev. itlchard Carroll, the foremost negro preacher in the state. < , . ?t> . 'Juy.,iuu. Ho* does tho soldier of today. pK< noui.co the word bayonet? Apparently much as hiE o'tlccr doe.i liut wk?i Tommy Atkins was Jack Firelock he called hie "arwe blanch-/' a "bagonet." That was hla cwn word, as "revally" wuh, ,vnd ifl, his varalon of "reveille"! According to undisproved tradition tho jayonet war Hrot improvised at a mountain Mght in' Hayonne, waon tho liasques nhort ammunition, tied sickles to tMclr mus'iots In a rush upon tho Spanish enemy. Tho FYonch took up tho word and tho other nations after them l.o> < hrenb <> Locating tho Snobs. Very fo.v millionaires m?*tnrgo cities are snobs. Tho sno5s"""are lergely found In small towns, nnd are worth from $20,000 to $30,000, ? Atchison Globe. AitltOK DAY OBSKlfcVKD BY Ol'KN AIH SCHOOL Arbor Day was most Ittingly obKC ed on Wednesday from 12:(M) to 12:80 by Allss ICllle Zeinp's Open All* School under the auspices of the Civic League. The children rejoicing that school was closing f or the holidays, marched -.l'rom<-- the to Kershaw Park In front of the Rectory where the faith ful Oliver had a bountiful young holly tree awaiting them. Kach bore some Implement to lu-lp In the planting. Kev. Mr, Harding offered this beautiful prayer ? "In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy (Jhost, Amen. **"1 "Most gracious Cod by whose know ledge the depths are broken up and the clouds drop the dew. who art the Lord of Heaven and earth, who inak eth the powers of nature to produce {'ml sustain life, we ask thy blessing upon the work for which these child ren are gathered together, the planting of this; tr???\ tru-ling in Thee as a personal Hod who governeth ail things and their Heavenly Father, distract tlit in in this nnderaking and in all the : works and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen:" after which j during the planting of the tree the fol lowing program was carried out, all the participants entering lido the spirit of the occasion to i>erfectlon and eov lerlug themselves with glory : Cleave the Tough (Jreou Sward, rec itation by Lugene PeLoaehe. Songs, by Susan Kennedy. The leaves are Falling Fast, recita tion by Louie I^ing, Dorothv geiup and Marjorie Miller. When the Hain is Over. recited bv Jack Nettles. He Who Plants a Tree, Plants Love. Han Miller. Mrs. von Tresekow. the President of the League, after a few words, asking the Assistance of the children in all the | civic work and forming a Junior Ix>a gue of the pupils of the Open Air school with Miss Marion Wntkins as President cloved the exorcises by read ing the following original verses, en t it led, "The Children's Christ m:*s Tree." "And now. oh little- Holly tree 1 Wo chrl den t bee ? '11 "Childrens" Christmas Tree" 'Ami max \ on grow both strong arid ? great j The onipiorer of any fate. ? A-mt trnrft iv; trmx' to Tie " 1 Useful and true and good like tlice | That you arc rhclr's and they are \ours ?To guard theo ?-ver from all foes. A piece of ivy was planted around ! the General'^ fountain. the^boy* fired salutes to the six Oenerals Camden Is so proud to have produced, and with a Merry Christum* to all, the first Ar bor Day of the year |wi--*ed into his j tory. CITATION j state of South Caroling County of Kershaw By W. L. McDowell, KmjoIiv. Pro. bate Judge I Whereas. 1 >. M. McCaskill made suit j to me to grant him letters of Admin* , istration of tho Kstate of and ??(T?*ctM \ of Mafia Williams. Th^se are, Therefore, to <4to and ad ? monish all and singular the kindred i and creditors of the said Marie Wll i Hams, deceased, that they be and a;v pear before mC, in the Court of Pro bate, to l>o held at Camden, S* C., on January 3rd. next after publication j thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any. they have, why the said Administration should not 1m> granted. CJiven under my Hand, tills 20th day of December, A. i>. 1916. w. t, Mcdowell, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County. Published on the 22nd and 29th days of December, 191<l, in th*? Camden Chronicle and posted at the Court House door for the time prescrlbtd by law. . George V. llobart, former pros* i"< ,<?rfll>hvr on The Columbia State is now drawing fft,0OO a week <>n pltt.VW II Wi III ??? ??? " LLOYIMjKOHUK KKJKCTK GKKMANV8 PROPOSALS. " I (Continued froui first, page > right Co give tho I r-f aimwer to such an invitation. Tho enemy is still on their soil and their sacrifices have U'cu i hi? greater, i 4*The answer they timve given lius a 1 ready (iHH'HN'd Iti the patters and I simply stand here to give ch.a r and definite support to the statement ( !???>' have already math*. "Any man or wot <?l* men who want only or without sufllelent enus<> pro longed a terrible conflict like Hits would have on his soul a erlme that (M'eaiia could not cleanse. "On the other dm ml. It In equally true] t h lit any men or set of men wlu? from a sense of weariness or despair a ban* ! dotted the struggle without achieving the high purposes for vMtleh we en- 1 tried it, would We guilty of the eostfl est act of poltroonery ever pen*: J Mated l?y any statesman, 1 should like to quote the words of Abraham I. in ? coin under similar conditions: " 'We accepted this war for an object, and a world object* and the war will end when the object Is attained un der God. I hojte Is will never end un til that tiiue." "Are wo likely to achieve the "Abject by accepting the invltatl^no of the German chancellor? What are the pro posals? There tire none. "To enter, on, the invitation of Ger inany, proclaiming herself - victorious without any knowledge of what pro posals she proposes to make, into a conference is to put our heads into a noose with the rope end in the hands of Germany. "This country is not altogether with out experience in these matters. This Is not the first tlmo wo. haVe fought a great military desitotlsm overshad owing Europe, and It won't be the llrst time we have helped to Overthrow a military despotism. We have an un comfortable historical memory of these things and can recall one of the great est of these despots, whose favorite device was to api>ear in the garb of an angel of peace, either when he wished time to assimilate Ills con quests or to reorganize his forces for fresh contests, or. secondly, when his subjects showed sy-QitomfT cf fatigue and war- weariness, anSi^poal was al ways made in the name of humanity. lie demanded an end to the bloodshed at which lie professed hhnself horri fied although he himself was mainly resfxmstblc. "Our ancestors were thken in once, and bitterly they and Europe rued tt. The time was devoted to reorganizing his forces for deadlier attacks than ever upon the liberties of Europe. "Examples of this kind cause us to regard thtK note Wltli "ff '*C6Ylsldi ralilc measure of reminiscent disquiet. "We feel that we ought to^know, he fore we can give favorable considera tion to such an Invitation, that Ger many Is prepared to accede to the only terms on which it is possible peace can be obtained and maintained in Eorope. Those terms have rej>eatodly been stated by all the leading states men of the Allies. They have been stated repeatedly here and outside. To quote the leader of the House of I/ords l:is t week: ""Reparation and guarantee against repetition, so there shall be no mis-' take, and it Is important that there j should bi' tin mi- t ?! 1. i' In n irj.jttjij.. i?l* I life or iS-alli to millions." "I/i't me repeat ? complete restitution, full reparation and effectual guaran tees. "Old t he German ehancellor use a single phrase to indieatc tl.et he was prepared to accept such a peace? Was there a hint of restitution? Was there a suggestion of reparation? Was there an implication of any security for the future, that this outrage on clvlllzrtion would not again be perpetrated at the rv:t profitable opportunity? '?The very substance and style of tlie speech constitutes a denial of peace on the onlj* terras on which i>eaee is pos sible. He is not even conscious now that Germany has committed any of fense against the rights of free na - Mary Pick ford nr The Majestic Christmas Day in "llehlnd The Scenes". CITATION state of South Carolina. . County of Kershaw Hy W. L. McDowell,- Ksqnire, Pro I a to Judge. Whereas, It. H. Halle made suit to ine to grant him Letters of Adminis tration of the estate <>f and effects of Dorcas McDonald. Those are, Therefore, to cite and ad" inonlsh all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Dorcas Mc Donald, deceased, that they t>e and ap ixnr before me, in the Court of Pro hate. to he held at Camden, S. C., on January 3rd. next after publication thereof, at 11 o'elock in the forenoon, to 8 h o w cause, ir any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 20th day of I>ecomher, A. D. 1016. w. ~L? Mcdowell, Judire of Probate for Kershaw County. Published on the 22nd and 29th days of December, J916, in the Camden Chronicle and ffested at the Court House door for the time prescribtd Heyman s Jewelry Stori CHRISTMAS AND JEWELRY theV HARMONIZE >li ii? i4 it ? rri -r ' ' 1'*' .'WjWeUBjtl f Very naturally, SVhen you think of Christmas presents you associate with a Jewelry house. And in this line there is no more appropriate gift A Handsome Watch a... A Birth Stone Ring Silver Vanity and Card Caoe Diamond Set LaVallieres ' . \ A Signet Ring Leather Belts With Sterling Silver Buckles Leather Hand Bags ? A Brilliant Diamond Solid Cold Jewelry | Gold Beads A Set of Cuff Links A Cut Glass Set ~ ' " ' ^^3 Parisian Ivory Toilet Article^ | Mahogany Tray and Nut Bowls ? ? ? ' 9 This store is prepared at any season to furnish anything needed in and we are especially so as the holidays approach. We have a most and hijrh class selection in all jeweler's lines, and can furnisn you anr" need. ?? - ? Every package put up in holiday style at jf. H* Heymaji's t Ions. Listen to this from the note: "'Not for nu inntniit have they (tiny Central Powers) swerved from the conviction that respect of the rights of other nations Is not In any degree Incompatible with their own rights and legitimate interests.' "When did they discover this? Where was respect for the rights of other nations in Belgium ami Serbia? That was self-defense, menaced, I suppose, by the overwhelming armies of Qelglum. I suppose the Germans had neen intimidated Into invading Belgium by burning Belgium cities and j villages, into massacreing thousands of the Inhabitants, old and young, into carrying off the survivors into bond age. Yea, and they were carrying them into slavery at the very moment when this note was being written about their unswerving convictions :.is to tiie respect due to the rights of i other nations. ! "Are these outrages the legitimate j interest of Germany? We must know. | That is not a moment for peace. If excuses of this kind for palpable crimes can be put forward two and half years after e\fK>sure by ? the grim facts, Is there any guarantee j that similar subterfuges will not bo I Used in the future !-? overthrow am ! treaty of i>eace von may eu'er Into [with Prussian iniliarlsm? | 'The note and si,eech pro-es that | they have not yet learned the alpha bet of respect for the right of others. "Without reparation peace is Initios ?dblr. Arc- all these outrages against | humanity on land and sea to he liqui dated by a few pious phrases about humanity? Germany leaves us to ex act the damage for all future violences committed after the war. We must exact it now. so as not to leave such a grim inheritance 'to our children. "Much as wo ull long for peace, deep ly as we are horrified with war, thin npte and Speech, which heralded It, do not afford us much encouragement to hope for an honorable" and lasting peace* ' ,v? "What hope Is given In the speech that the whole root and cause of this great bitterness, the arrogjant spirit of the Prussian military caste, will not l>c as dominant a** ever. HLwe patch -up peace now? The very spefech In which these peace suggestions arc? made re sounds to the boast of Prussian mili tary triumph. It is a long pacn over the victory of Von Hindenhurg. "Wo must keep a steadfast eye upon the purpose for which we entered the war otherwise the great sacrifices wf? have been making will he in vain. The (Jorman note states that it was for the defense of tlielr csistencaumd .tlio-tootw dom of national development that jSSS Central Powers were constrained to take up arms. Such phrases are in tended to delude the Herman nation into supporting the designs of the Prussian military caste whoever wished to put an end to their natlon j al existence or freedom of develop? incut. We welcome their development i so Ion*.; ms it was on the paths of peace. "The Allies entered this war to do i fen;! Kuropo against the aggression of i Prussian military domination, and hav ing begun it. .they must insist that the only end is the most complete effect ive guarantee against the possibility ?of that caste ever again disturbing the | peaee of Kurojx'. Prussia since she ? trot into the hands of that caste has : heeu a had neighbor, arrogrant. threat ening. bullying, shifting her bounda l ries at her will and taking one fair field after another from her weaker . neighbors and adding them to her own dominions. "With her belt outwit* J weaiwiis of offeott am) rttJnl ment's notice to t?e thttn/JJ Ways been hii unpleasauL dU neighbor In Burope. she ? oughly on tho nerrw of tw was no peace near where tWS is dlffleult for those who are* enough to live thojwanda <fl away what it ha* meannol live near. / "Even here, with the pnM the broad hwn between us, i what a disturbing factor thefc were with their constant dm ucg, But we can hardly hai it meant to France ami Boat oral times there were threats * against them even within the this generation, which prefco -aUtoritnUvo of war or ? hmg ^Tliere were many of us win that the Internal influence in 0 would bo strong enough to (hi ultimately to eliminate it. "Now that tfiia, great war b forced by the Prussian lead Would be fdDf JJot to air to fl tJiis .UwukU thr? of Europe and this iMurbafl I jieac^ful citljsens was dealt with! and now ds the moet serlow.r^ against the law of nationa "We will wait until we httf L terms and guarantees the fej I Government offer other than tb?r tor than those, surer than tb?M jshe so lightly- broke. And b I we shall put oor tnwt iBW ' ! army rather than in broken fen? "For the moment I Ho not ?? would be advisable for me to id! thing upon fjila jtfrttentar hii"? A formal reply will be deUw th? L Hies in the course of tl 441W- day^'- ? ^ ? ? \ 420.001 256.15 1. *50.50 ...91.50 ...56.50 .259.30 . .502.50 . 238.50 .441.00 ,480.00 .105.00 ?107.00 .400.00 ,500.00 450.00 .740.00 .126JOO .328.50 1 LjSO.OO 15.00... ...0.00... .4.00... ...e.oo... ...5:00... ,16.00? lO.OO.. ...TOO... ...6.00... .3.00... 20.00.? ,.7.50... ...4.00... .10.00... .10.00... .12.00... ...3.00.?, Estimated Apportionment of School Funds for Year Endi? / < '<1 union ? 1 < 'loveland ? 2 ( iuml>erry ? ( 'assatt ? -1 ( Vntral ? 5 Tim rod ? 6 Almey ? 7 West villi* ? 8 _ I'iedinont ? 0 " Liberty Hill ? 1'? 'f rinity ? 1 1 illanev ? 12 ( "8?13 Buffalo ? 1-1 Providence ? 15 Pine Grove ? 10 Hldgeslde ? 17 Heaver I>ain ? IS DoKalb? 10 Cedar Crook ? 20 Indian Ford ? 21 Hethuno ? 22 Gates inn? 23 Mt. Pi sua h ? 21 < Oakland ? 25 Sand dill ? 26 Hanging Rock ? 27 Oak Uldge ? 28 I.tiRoff ? 20 Thorne Hill ? 30 \o<l's Crook ? 31 Savannah ? 32 Ix>okhart ? 33 Shamrock ? 34 Antioch ? 35 Mt. 7 1 on ?30 Flat Hook ? 37 Concord ? 3X Crosoont ? 39 Kershaw ? 40 Can toy ? 41 Pleasant Grove ? 42 Stoneltoro ? 46 Hethel ? 17 100.00) ! S0.00| 76.00 40.(K) 45.00 00.00 125.00 120.00 120.00 .173.58! 130.00 ..18.02 .... ....79.83).... 13.98 3f,.27 ...209.90 8.38 99.4S ..700.001$.... 45.00,. ! .... ,2,7*77.40 .?OO.0O[$....5O.OO | ..^1, 201.50 10.00... ! 51.00 .,5.00.. 22.00... 6.00... 12.00... 20.00.... 20.00.:. 45.00... I. 24.00... !. 329.181 ..21.85 .40742' 02! ,73.46 7.03: ,.50.00 .100.00 ,.20.00 ...240.00 ,.35.00 ... 110.00 120.00 18.00 ......40.00 .578.261 .200.00 . 240.7SI 22.621 5.00 2.40 4.35 .360.12 ...206.60 107.96 408.49 ,.138.66 01 1 ......2.51 1.00 34.52 50.00 50.00 60.00 65.00 36.00 22.00 ...105.00 60.00 54.00 18.00 40.00 60.00 50.00 30.00 40.00 46.00 00,00 :....70.00 .....40.00 .....20.00 .....01.00 15.30| ,20.00 ,21.00... .10.00? 16.00... 1.25... | 78.00 ...44.00... | 884.501 7.50... 1 JO(XOO ...10.00.. 20.00... 10.00... ' ISBJOQf 358,50 1 -400.001 - ..17.00...1, ,.4^M.. . .3.50... I ,55.50} 60.001..,. -5.00... j .,132.00].. .45.001 .7i,.885.00j.-? ......mm Trustees are requested to enter the several items a pport loried ^ siHv tivo districts In their "Trustee's Cheek Book.'" If thetr *<*>ks are exo* od, or If they haven't a check bodk I will be glad to fonilMlitli*111 0?'' plication. Trustees are avoid Ironing pay ~ ? should he approved, for the school law prohibit* trustees ffotajl in a also requested to scrutinize their acconnta carefully to warrants in excess of funds apportioned. No overora"* C. W. B1RCHMORE, Superintendent Education Kerahaw County. ~ ~