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I * 1 ' ^ ThePeople's ^ ^ ^ ^ ^dvertisiiig ^rOUJtXXII. KIMSTREK, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 19lT ~~ NO.T* - , ^ ? PMERTCAN VESSELS SUNK BY GERMANS. THREE STEAMSHIPS TORPEDOED AND SOME LIVES LOST-NO WARNING IN ONE CASE. London, March 18?The sinking of the American steamships City of Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia was * announced today. Fourteen men] from the Vigilancia are missing, as ] are some of the men from the City of Memphis. The crew of the Illinois I was lauucu oaicij. The City of Memphis, in ballast from Cardiff for New York, was sunk by gunfire. A second officer and fifteen men of the crew have been landed. A patrol boat has gone in search of the other members of the crew. The Illinois, from London for Port 1 Arthur, Texas, in ballast, was sunk at 8 o'clock this morning. TheVigilanciawas torpedoed without warning. The submarine did not appear. The captain, first and second mates, first, second and third engineers and twenty-tree men of the crew have been landed at the Scillv Islands. The fourth engineer *i ' ? 7'Aifl Ami/// A/in/ hlano . BEAVER BO PURE-WOOD-FIBRE WALLS AN] Better see us before your pi comes down. Call or phone at Kingstree Man'f KINGSTF i Use Our farm 4,5 * /o-. [wWasf ^ OUR UP-TO-DATE FARM PENSIVE? THEY ARE A "PAY SAVING LABOR IS SAVING "MONEY." ^ COME IN AND LET US FIX ^ I MENTS YOU NEED: WE KEE1 OUR IMPLEMENTS ARE Tfl _ EST. King' Hardwi and thirteen men are missing, j The American steamship City of ! Memphis, which left Cardiff Friday j in ballast for New York, was sunk | Saturday when she left port. The ! City of Memphis had the Stars and Stripes painted on both sides. She encountered a submarine about 5 ! o'clock Saturday evening. The Ger 1 man commander ordered the captain of the steamer to leave his ship within fifteen minutes. During the night the boats became separated and at 4 o'clock Sunday morning three boat crews were pick-1 ed up by a patrol vessel and landed, i These boats contained thirty-three men, most Americans. All of the officers were Americans. The officers believe that the other i boats will be rescued. The following American officers of the City Memphis are known to have been landed: Chief Officer C G Laird, Chief Engineer W I Percy, Assistant Engineer F Bevill, Third Officer M Dierland, Wireless Ooperators J Welch and P J Donahue and Electrician Phillips. Thp alumni of the University of South Carolina held their annual banquet Friday night. Among thoee j present was F J Watson of Little Rock,who married Miss Mary James Britton of Kingstree in December. ?T LUMBER, I I J Rough and I Dressed, $ Ceiling, Siding i S flooring 1 ^ I Moulding i Sash, Doors | Screens tJ Work I Mantels ^ } Lime, Laths e? th Glass in all fs?5 Sizes and in tcl any quantity. g & Cons. Co. UL11, 3. V.. iflSPQQli111inIMPLEMENTS ARE NOT EX INU" iNvuiribnii. TIME* SAVING TIME IS SAVING YOU UP WITH THE IMPLEP THE PRICES DOWN. IE BEST? THEY STAND 'THE ire Company. P VIRTUALLY STATE OF WAR NOW EXIST! PRESIDENT URGING AN IMMED ATE SESSION OF CONGRESS TO CONSIDER MEASURES. Washington, March 18: ? Wi 4L" ???A.ni?nmonf nf flio rnfhlp lilt" ClIUlUUIKCIIIVUV VI MIV - V...V destruction of three unarmed Ame iean merchant ships bv submarine it was unofficially admitted hero t night that virtually a state of w; exists between the United Stat and Germany. Technically the United States r mains in a position of armed neutri ity. Whether this shall be chang< before April 16, the date fixed for special session of Congress, the wi making branch of the governmen President Wilson has not decided. One step the President is conter plating is a call for an immedia session of Congress to hear an a dress asking for authority to ado; aggressive measures against the su marine menace. Already American ships are beir Armed to defend themselves; tl next move must be to send warshi /v?/1a??o fa caa!/ Ant onKmorln Willi UlUCIO 11/ \J uv ouuiuutiii and clear the transatlantic lanes. Some of the highest officials of tl government hold that the execute has power to declare that a state i war exists and to proceed with a gressive protective steps pendir the assembling of Congreas. The is no indication, however, that Pes dent Wilson will follow that cours Of the three ships destroyed, tv were unloaded and were homewai bound. All were American buil American owned and officered ar manned largely by American citizen Meagre dispatches indicate th all were sunk with complete disr gard for the safety of those on boai and that some of the members < the crew may have been lost. Today's developments brought tl government face to face with tl problem of formulating a defini policy for the nation in case tl United Slates actually enters tl war. This possibility was mentio ed by the President in his inaugur Hflrir^ss March 5. Locals from Salters. Salters, March 20:?A number i our farmers took advantage of tl fine weather last week and plante corn. From all we can learn, there wi be an abundance of tobacco plan for putting out. Those whose plan were killed by the cold weather February have replanted ancf mat of them are now up. Mr T B Gourdin, who recently u denvent an operation at the Sumt infirmary, is improving, we are gh to say. Mr and Mrs D Bone of Chariest* spent a short while here Sund: ! night with Mr and Mrs FI T McCla Mr Giaham, a timber min I North Carolina, was here'sever * - s _ _ i : rr a ays lasr ween on ousmess. tic w accompanied hy his brother. MrSAronson of Lanes was he jfljjfeirsday or. business. Miss Lou Ferguson, principal Indiantown school, spent Saturdi and Sunday with her sister, Mrs T Salters, of this place. Miss Florrie Bell, of the Johnso ville school faculty, spent Saturd; and Sunday here with Mrs T E Si ters. Mr Spann of Lake City was he on business Saturday. Mr Eppsof Kings tree was here short while Saturday. Children's day for home missioi will be observed next Sunday by ti Sunday-school of Union church wi appropriate exercises, at the close which an offering will he taken f k/->rv-ia miccii.na A f?nrdi?l invitntw is extended to all. Mr Faison McDaniel, a student : the University of South Carolin spent Sunday with his parents her Look Out. The 45th annual meeting of tl South Carolina Teachers' associate was brought to a conclusion with tl business session Saturday mornini when officers for the year we elected and many other matters < routine assignment disposed of. J: P Kinard, Ph D. superintendent i the Newberry city schools,was mac president; D P Kinard of Dillon ar Mrs E S Watkins of Columbia, vi< presidents. R C Burts of Rock H and W S Black of Lexington wei ' re elected secretary and treasure respectively. ,? i.| Here I: ii- 5$ Are we forty years behi selling of Hardware we an gj. oughness which we establii th! g! ness, no concealed faults ir lSS | Sj times in such principles we ,r., M years we have been selling >g, j gi ideals of integrity and wor O- I iAs _ fx* 1 r* ? ar' <H ^Oinns anu asnc If Kingstrc a * CZAR Or RUSSIA E it! ABDICATES THRONE Pt b-, TOLD BY DUMA THAT THE HOUR ^ HAS STRUCK--WILL BE- * IK COME A REPUBLIC. ie ds Ppfrntrrnfl. March 15?Czar Nieh es olas II has abdicated. His brother, ie Grand Duke Michael, is Regent. All be ve ' the leading members of the reactionof | ary bureaucracy, deposed from pow- D: K* j er, have either been imprisoned or H are in flight. The Duma, represent- de T6 r . ing the people, and backed by the ^ e army, is in complete control of the m /o Russian Government. The Emperor rd : is reported to have been placed un- de | der guard. 00 j This end was achieved in Petrograd es at I only after three days fighting in the Ja e-! streets, but today, with a brilliant 01 "d ' spring sun emerging from the clouds jj* as though to hail the new regime, shops and banks are once more open- th ie ; inpr, the street cars are running, and ( an te | the capita! apparently is already ac- j ^T| ie j customing itself to the tremendous le! change so suddenly brought about. jco n- { I! In Moscow, Kharkov and Nijni t?e j Novgorod, as well as the naval base, of Cron9tadt, the same end was gain-' nj ed, according to all reports, by ac-; j;1] clamation, amid universal rejoicing [ an 0f and without the slightest bloodshed. |ar ie The British and French Ambasea- j re >(j dors have already established official relations with the controlling com-j F0 ill mittee of the Dnma. Everywhere th t8 the army, so far as it has been heard 0f ts from, ha3 rallied tp the support of jn [the Duma. The Militaay Committee of the J Duma has asked all the officers not1 ch n. yet employed by the committee to} St er undertake the organization "f the j lcj soldiers who joined the people and < Fl ! helped guard the capital. 1 nv jn The committ v issued a tat ment, j ni n pointing out that at the present mo- ni rj,i men?, when facing an enemy who s i nr- i wishes to take advantage of the tern-! ? al 1 porary weakness of the country, it _ a;j j was absolutely necessary to make i j every effort to maintain the power re of the army. It added that the blood i of the Russians who ha.l died during 0f the two and a half years of war 1V j pledged the people to do this, g i , The President of the Duma has j sent telegrams to the commanders' n_ of the Baltic and Black Sea fleets,, to the chiefs of the armies on the ,|. northern, southwestern, western, Roumanian and Caucasus fronts and re to the chief of the general staff, requesting that the army and navy a preserve absolute calm and be sure that the struggle against the foreign ns enemy was not suspended or weak-' aeiened even for a single moment. .. I The nrderlv revolution, keening tn 0f pace with street revolt. n\t>r in or a few hours on Mo. i?, ,\.4. o i.ie >n Duma, refusing to ac.. pi V-v 'V;rV 1 decree proroguing it, contir. I :*at sittings and sent the t'zar a telea gram saying: e' "The hour has struck. The will of the people must prevail." They announced that the government had failed to maintain order, 10 and submitted a list of names from )D which the Czar might choose a new 10 Ministry. Simultaneously they sent! telegrams asking the generals to r0 urge upon the Czar the need of 3 bowing to the storm, as m je Eas ey Baptist church was burned Sunday, entailing a loss of $10,000. ill China has severed diplomatic relare tions with Germany,and the German -- ?'-1 ? i I l j r, miiiisi^r rer.iii uas ueeii uanueu i ' his passports. s a Qu< nd the times or ten years e maintaining the standarc shed many years ago. There 1 any Hardware sold by us. ttti 11 rtVlfiniOl Will suiiiu tunaicvci uiuuoi Hardware from our store, thiness. its We Lead :e Hardw SCAPED CONVICT KILLED BY fCCSE, 1ST CHAPTER OF ALABAMA'S 1 SENSATIONAL MURDER CASE WRITTEN IN BLOOD. Birmingham, Ala, March 20:? lal chapter in what is believed to 1 > Aiahama'9 most sensational mur- 1 ir case was written tonight when avid D Overton, former official of untersville, under a sentence of. -ath for the murder of Judge W T iwler, his political rival, last sumer, was shot and killed by a posse deputy sheriffs. Overton met ath in a fight in which he and six mpanions engaged after they had capod from the Jefferson county il early today. Tony Mciliao, anher fugitive, a*so was killed and J Lathem. a member the escaped md, was m ?rtal?y wounded. Four Overton's companions fed when e fight with the deputies began,, id are being pursued by the posse. *Jl lilt Ul ?Q3 IlijUl CU. alino was under a death sentence ( r the murder of a peddier here * vera! month- age, and Lathom had .' en indicted on a charge of forgery. The seven prisoners fled from Biringham about 8 o'clock this morn er after overpowering two wardens id a turnkey. They were heavily med. Thoroughfares in every diction out of Birmingham were arched and late this evening the dice were informed by a negro at the prisoners were hiding back Ovventon college. Theodore Kuker. a veteran merant of Florence, died in that city indav. He was a native of Germa hut had long been -a resident of orence county. Mr Kuker was forerly engaged in business at Tim- ' onsville hut about 23 years ago 1 oved to Florence, where he had < ice made his home. f i x i iui i *? i figured. He ft on Banking so a> | t/ of his earning Nov/ he hag- ,4 ^ rvr jr ALL OF THE RICH MEN YOU J FIGURED WHEN THEY WERE HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK T< BUSINESS. SO THEY STARTED YOU KNOW THE REST. THAT FORTUNE. IT CAN BE JUST THE SAME V\ ABOUT IT. PUT YOUR MONEY WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTERE Authorized by Federii Reserve Board la Act as I Fanners & Mcrchar " \ UKOTJTTT.T.V ^ A FK" ^stion: I ahead of them? In the gl Is of honesty and thor- gg are no shams, no cheap- gg If we are behind the gg m we merit. For many gg , always with the same gg lj OtHers Follow ? are Co. 1 ULi ALLIED ARMIES PUSHING AHEAD CONTINUE TO DRIVE TEUTONS BACK ON ALL LINES OF BATTLE DESPITE OBSTACLES. Notwithstanding bad weather and a 1 m ncf iron noroKlfl nAn^ifii^no r\ f +**? Jk i hi vow ujouj>v.iuv?, vvuuitrviio Vi tc 1" I ' rain and obstacles by Germans to protect their retreat, both the British and French armies in France have made further notable trains. On their part of the line the French have thrown their cavalry to within four and a half miies of St Quentin and also have reoccupied considerable territory between the Somme and the Aisne. Paris reports that the losses of the French troops in their pursuit )f the Germans have been insignfi :ant. It is reported that there has been in increase in the outpost skirmishes a Russia. In Macedonia and north of Monas:ir the French war office reports the capture of Teutonic allied positions, line machine guns and 1.200 prisiners. The Berlin war office, however, tays that all the French at:acks here have been without result. On the Austro-Italian front the jsual artillery duels are still in progress. Nothing new has come throuRh concerning operations against the rurks by Russia, and by the British n Mesopotamia. Berlin reports the sinking in the Mediterranean Monday by a German submarine of a French battleship of ;he Dantor. class. This class of vessel displaced 18,028 tons and carried >81 officers and m^n. Scarcity and hijffi price of pota.oes have stimulated planting early jotatoes in the South. In the six irincipal early potato States?South 'arolina. North Carolina. Virginia, Florida, Alabama and Texas -188,000 teres have b-en planted this year, igain&t 1(5 1,000 in 191 <5. m onev^tt ^/5= / t v asw \y v iw ;>neyyou earn? SEE SO COMFORTABLE TODAY YOUNGER THAT THEY MUST 0 START INTO ANY KIND OF A BANK ACCOUNT. BANK ACCOUNT GREW INTO A riTH YOU. THERE'S NO LUCK \ IN OUR BANK. ST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. ? ktimitiislrilor, Executor. Trustee and Registrar. 3 its NatiotieiI IJjinli, | j