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* Hflje Countjj * VOL. XXXII. ~'"? KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917. NO. 11 1 1*U S DESTROYERS ON THE JOB. FLEET REACHES BRITISH WATERS SAFELY?CLASH WITH GERMAN U-BOATS ALREADY REPORTED Queenstown, May 16:?A squadron of American torpedo boat destroyers has safely crossed the Atlantic and is patrolling the seas in war service. The American navy's actual entry into the war zone has already l>een productive of a brush between a <leatrover and a German underwater | boat, according to an announcement by the British admiralty, but the result of it has not been made public. The destroyer squadron arrived in Queenstown after an uneventful voyage across the Atlantic, but almost immediately after a formal exchange of greetings with the British naval officials put to sea again for the hard work that is before it. A crowd of several hundred persons, some of them carrying tiny American flags, lined the water front and cheered the destroyers from the moment they first sighted the flotilla until it reached the docks. The crowd cheered again when a , few .moments later the American senior officer caine ashore to greet i i rmi avuiu in Do Not Wait to order Screens, lower now and v hurried. Our spec: ables us to produc - WINDOW AND 1 of all kinds at a TT71 prices, wnen j Screens you have correct workmans product. J Kingstree Mfg. fvFS wfW ^ I J ALWAYS GOT ITJ HJ^S>PS t J ^TAPI PC a bqijs ijlltea mro*-," WE DO NOT KEEP HARUW, WE SELL IT. WHY? BECAUSE WE CARRY GO< VTHE LOW PRICE; AND TH1 THAT WHEN THEY WANT A STORE SHOULD CARRY.THE ? AND "GET IT." AND THAT O' M IT STANDS THE TEST. King' HardwE The Popular Hi 1 the British senior officer and Wesley Frost, the American consul, who had come down to the dock to welcome the flotilla. Everything was done in simple, business-like manner. There was an entire absence of formality. The commander of the British flotilla was waiting on board his ship and sent wireless greetings to the American units as soon as they I hove in sight, steaming in a long! llA WKAV 11I1C iiuu me uai lam . Wanner Weather. Washington, May 16:?The cold spring is over. The weather bureauj announced yesterday that the appearance of the summer type of i pressure distribution indicated warmer weather. There is no probability of a return to unseasonably low temperatures for some time to come, it declares. Big Shortage in Tin Cans. Washington, Mav 16:?American consumers will have to deny them- 1 selves v canned beans and canned soups for sixty days or longer under 1 a decision of the war can committee cutting off the supply of cans to ; packers of th >se articles. Cans will ' be supplied only to packers of perishables and necessities. 1 Only two weeks more of spring. IE~ RUSH! ( until Summer Prices are much workmanship not ial equipment en:e high grade DOOR SCREENS .stonishingly low rou select OUR the assurance of hip and superior & Const Co. I | PLIERS CATCHES PADLOCKS | -PlMCl , TACKS SCREWS SASHIOCKS- 3 1 I ^ NAI LS=1 F r a ? a Aai 11 or r nftKuwflKt. ARE ON OUR SHELVES LONG. I I 3D STUFF AND SELL IT FOR . L PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED NY ARTICLE A HARDWARE ; Y CAN COME TO OUR STORE ! UR HARDWARE'S THE BEST: ! ! ire Company. ardware Store. i i J FIX MAXIMUM PRICE FOR WHEAT GRAIN EXCHANGE MEN TAKE ACTION TO STOP SPECULATION IN THE MAK&K1A. Action, which it is believed will remove the element of speculation from the grain market and forestall any steps by the federal government was taken at Chicago Tuesday at a meeting of representatives of the primary grain exchanges of the country. It was accomplished by fixing a maximum price for wheat futures at or 'under which sides may be made, but no buying will lie permitted except to close out accounts. No trading in May options of wheat, corn or oats is permitted except to close deals. The same principle was extended to July and .September oats and corn, in principle, but action was rirvt tol-nn .i?i it u'oc liolrl imnpiw. ?arv at this time. Milling interests were represented at the meeting, together with the grain exchanges of Chicago. New York, Toleda, Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Omaha and Si Louis. The following statement was issued: '' It is the consensus of opinion of the representatives of the various boards of trade and chambers of commerce assembled that the unusually high prices are due: " I. To the subnormal production of grain and food stuffs generally the world over during the preceding year and the very unfavorable outf/\r tl?n rpvmt'inrv rtrAno nc (avo i\n uil gum nig oo iwic" cast by our agricultural department1 "2. To tie1 breakdown in the system of distribution because of the inability of railroad companies to render normal or efficient service, the relation of supply and demand being so close that extremely good facilities should have been available when in fact the railroads never in their history rendered a service so low in efficiency. "3. With over half the world at war the demands from all important countries are abnormally high. This intensified by our own industrial activity naturally has increased the demand for foodstuffs. "4. To the very commendableef forts of the officials at Washington to stimulate production which have been misinterpreted not only by our own people, hut by foreign govern- j ments as meaning that we were in a condition bordering on famine. Nat-1 ural conditions admitted of high prices,hut the hysteria is absolutely responsible for the inflated values now prevailing. "While these extraordinary conditions have temporarily disarranged our grain markets, it is the unanimous opinion that the system of handling grain in the usual course through boards and chambers of commerce is the most economical manner of handling the business,and while speculation has been more or less prevalent it has little to do with present conditions. It must l>e remembered that these great market places are the development of thousands of years of experience and are the only known means of distributing farm products of this country, and till a better substitute has been devised, their operations should not be interfered with." Major Gen Leonard Wood arrived in Charleston Sunday and next day officially took over the command of the Southeastern department. He is delighted at his assignment to the "city by the sea,'" to which he is much attached. This week he inspected the civilian (training camps at Forts Oglethorpe, McPherson and Logan H Root. Today he reviewed a patriotic and preparedness parade of 10.000 Charleston men, women and children and was presented with a large flag by the city. / ' \ i Here 1 Are we forty years be selling of Haraware we i oughness which we estab ness, no concealed faults times in such principles v years we have been selliji ideals of integrity and w r* _ M a _ _i, \W V/Omns anu voan I Kingstr THOMAS DIXON'S DEFENSE Of the Film "Fell of a Nation," Shown Here Monday Last. Thomas Dixon,author of"The Fall of a Nation," has come to the front in answer to *he criticism of his caricature of ex-Secretary William J Bryan under the name of Hon Plato Barker in the film. "It appears to me that the film is always singled out for condemnation in respect of matters that do not start even a ripple when presented on the legitimate stage or in the funny columns of the papers. Are the cavaliers aware that Mr Bryan is bSeing caricatured in almost every summ? ahr\w r?r tpviip in thp COUntrv? I saw him cartooned in the Ziegfeld Follies the other night and in a Columbia theatre revue in Chicago recently. Every newspaper cartoonist is privileged to make fun of public characters. Yet flhen a film author does the same thing hands are held up in holy horror! "My answer to the charge is simply that all the statement of fact implied in my caricature are true. Resigning from the office of Secretary j of State,Mr Bryan, so to speak, hugj ged the Chatauqua platform and be-1 came the star lecturer at an emolument of $500 per lecture. He raised the price,generally collected the money in advance,and put the other Chatauqua speakers in the shade so that summer many of them could not ob-1 tain engagements. The theme of his oratory was 'Peace,' aAd he wa9 surrounded by groups of admiring women and children,just as he is shown to be in the picture. The part of the caricature referring to the future is a likely forecost of what would hapI pen should such an orator present to an invading army his Utopian peace j I TT | J 1__ I 1 ] I ; proposals, ne wouiu oe laugucu at, i j handled with indignity,and the result! of his efforts would be absolutely nil. "In conclusion I will say that I attacked Mr Bryan on his record as a pacifist and foe of adequate preparedness. I have nothing whatever against Mr Bryan personally but claim the right to make ligitimate sport of | his mistakes which might have cost I America dear. Every development I of the international situation proves : anew from day to day thafrthe professed friend of unpreparedness is j the most dangerous enemy to Amer- j ioan liberty." i Germany Alarmed. j Washington, May 16:?In an ad- i ; dress before the reichstag yesterday the German secretary of the navy j I admitted that serious inroads were : being made on German's submarine j flotillas, due to "improved means of ! destruction devised by the allies." I The State Department received I w/vfi'firtflfi'An r\f fho riopmon > piumpi uuiiiitanuij ui km. uviiii-u . 1 naval head's speech and gave out a ! paraphrase of certain of its passages late this afternoon. "While claiming that the subma! rine warfare had achieved far greater results than expected he admitI ted," says the State Department an! nouncement, "that a certain num- j I ber of submarines were being lost as I a result of improved means of de-! 1 struction devrsed bv the allies." Plant rice. Get your seed from the People's Mercantile Co. It i [s a Qu hind the times or ten years ire maintaining the standai lished many years ago. There in any Hardware sold by us. ve will stand whatever criticu [g Hardware from our ston orthiness. eta We Leai ee Hardvt mmmmmm&a BIG LAND BANK BUSINESS. Loans Have Passed Million Dollar Mark Now. Washington, May 15:?Loans to farmers by the federal land banks have passed the $1,000,000 mark and are being made at the rate of $150,000 a day. If the present rate of increase keeps up the Farm Loan Board estimates the total loans during May at $3,000,000. Loans thus far by States include: South Carolina, $167,700; Mississippi,$105,325; North Carolina,$38,600; . Tpvna SM 40ft- Virginia S23 450. The first issue of farm loan bonds will be placed on the market within a month or six weeks, it was announced today. United States War Newspaper. Washington, May 14:?The first daily war newspaper to be published by the United States Government is "on the street" here today. It is called The Official Bulletin and is published under order of the President by the committee on public information. It is an eight-page journal, about 12x16 inches, and has regular head lines and all the other typographical effects of an 'up-to-date newspaper. Everything in it relates to the war, most of the articles being official "hand outs" by the various executive departments that are engaged in putting the country on a fighting basis. The bulletin is free to public officials,newspapers and other agencies. It contains no advertising. Eighteen British merchant vessels of more than 1,600 tona were sunk during the past week,says theofficial sum mary of shipping losses issued yesterday. Five merchant vessels of less than 1,600 tons were sunk, together with three fishing vessels. man with1 money <g ' ^ rich by Banking y. the money that s< people -?-waste EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARRY A COUNTRY NOW. PLANT EVERY AVAILABLE FO TABLES AND GRAIN. EVERY I HELP. HELPS TO KEEP PRICE! PLANT YOUR MONEY IN OUR HOARD MONEY AT HOME-ANI PUT YOUR MONE WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTER Farmers & Mercha "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Authorized by Federal Reserve Board to Act as r * estion: ] i ahead of them? In the 8 ds of honesty and thor- g 5 are no shams, no cheap- g If we are behind the g; sm we merit For many g; > alwavs with the same a It Others Follow I / are Co. 1 1 Hemingway School Class Entertained. t Hemingway, May 13:?Miss Sallie Haselden entertained at her home on Friday evening, May 11, in honor of the senior class of the Hemingway school. . ' The guests gatheren at an early hour and after enjoying a number "f Mnmaa nil ininn/1 Kl Q flftnror /Inn. U1 Railico, Oil jUIUCU ill a iivnvi WUtest, which was very interesting. . The judges were unable to decide definitely which paper was the best and the prize, a large bunch of pink roses, was divided between Mr Eugene Huggins and Miss Verdie Simmons and Mr Manley Poston and r, Miss Ruth Haselden. Mr R N Speigner and Miss Claudia Johnson received the booby prize, which was a big red rose. nolimmi# imi rrpnm and cnltp wpre served and after the refreshments Miss Ellen Hemingway rendered several enjoyable selections on the piano. Those present were: Misses Elise Rollins, Wilma Harmon, Allean Cannon, Marena Springs. Ellen Hemingway, Claudia Johnson, Verdie Simmons, and Messrs Ergene Huggins, R N Speigner, Ernest Cannon, Albert Waldron, Berti# Huggins, Manley Poston, Weldon Dorant, Louis Venters and Rupert Eaddy. Senator Tillman has entered a hospital in Atlanta,Ga, to be treated for his sore wrist. Dr Robert Wilson,dean of Charleston Medical college, gives good advice to the students there in his ap! peal to them not to enlist now, but j to finish their course in college. The ! country will need all the doctors it can ket, but it wants good doctors, not ledgelings dropped out of the nest. ' * The old reliable Whippprwill Peas for sale by o-i t-zi Peoples Mercantile Co. i-A ? O* ?.??.. *>" ""<? *^5^ MUSKET, YOU CAN HELP YOUR OT OF YOUR LAND WITH VEGEJIT OF FOOD YOU RAISE WILL J DOWN, TOO. BANK. IT IS UNPATRIOTIC TO ) IT IS NOT SAFE. Y IN OUR BANK. EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. nts National Bank, LAKK CITY. S. C. ; Administrator. Executor. Trustee end Registrar.