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(County Kworii.j TELEPHONE NO. 83 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATE: . One copy, one year $1 25 j One copy, six months 75 i One copy, three months 50 j One copy, one year in advance ? 1 00 W. F. TOLLEY & R.K.WALLACE Publishers. I Thursday, May 24? 1917. June 5 Registration Day! June 5 is registration day when the young men of the nation will register themselves for service to ( their country. Every man who has passed his twenty-first but has not: reached his thirty-first birthday is expected to go to the precinct desig- j nated for his neighborhood and enter his name on the list of those who may be called into the war service of the government. None is originally exempt, though exemption may be claimed, with supporting reasons, to be ruled upon later by the government. The registration is to be universal and absolutely equitable. It should be facilitated in every way possible and any obstruction to it or evasion on the part of any eligible will be an unpatriotic act There will be little of that, we may be sure, for the necessity of the case and the fairness of the plan are understood and must commend itself to every right thinking man. The nation is committed to the greatest business in its history. This war is much more than a military adventure in which dash'and daring can win. It is an employment of the whole nation, and the resources of men an material must be co-ordinated and organized along scientific principles of efficiency. It is the privilege as well a3 the duty of the younger men to be available for the high service of the fighting line, and there will be little disposition to dodge or shirk. The older men and all the women have their part to play, too, and it is by no means the easiest / part. The young men alone may go against the enemy in the front line and the adventure and the glory?in such measure as modern ' war affords?will be theirs. Great sacrifice must they make, but great service will the** render their country. The registration is but preliminary to the draft. It is obligatory upon every man within the prescribed age limits. Those who do not come forward will be searched out in due course and arrested and tried before a federal conrt, where a punishment?one year in a United States penitentiary, without the alternative of paying a fine, may be administered. ti? ? X lie ) uuu^ men ui me uuuiu 01^ called to record themselves ready for service. The call to serve may or may not come to them, but none must fail to put himself at the disposal of the government. Some Need One Badly. Except with a Pharaoh to make them do it, the Egyptians of old would have paid no attention to Joseph's warning of the coming seven years of famine. In these days, howeyer.when people are able to see the conditions ahead as plainly as they can see those that have gone before, there is no need for a Pharaoh. Those who have not already done so . should get down on their knees and thank God that He has allowed them another seedtime and harvest before the scarcity is due to reach its worst fcnd then all should go to work to prepare as they have never prepared ibefore.? York Enquirer. , The annual meeting of the Charleston alumni of the University of the South was held last week. Rev John Kershaw was elected president, Rev Dr Walter Mitchell secretary and treasurer, and Archdeacon Alexander R Mitchell chairman of the .committee on prospective students. A storekeeper in Newberry has had bad luck. One day he found one of his finest Plymouth Rock hens hanging on the garden fence with her neck between the pailings, dead. Several mornings after that he rfound his large tomato plant box stripped of nearly every plant by the rats. Even the hens and the rats are adding to the high cost of .Jiving. K I. MR. LOGAN ENTERTAINS A Jolly Party oo Black River in Honor of Sheriff Martin of Charleston. We were fortunate in beinpr the; recipient of an invitation Tuesday to join a little party on Black river to partake of the hospitality of our esteemed friend and fellow citizen, Mr Walter B Lo^an, representative! of the Heed Phosphate Co. and whose father. Col R C LoRan, was; the founder of this paper 32 years, 1 I ago. ' Walter," as he is more familiarly known among his host of | friends, is a genial, big-hearted fellow and never does things^by halves.; Hence it is unnecessary to say here, that the feast provided on the oc-1 casion was par excellence. All j around the board we could hear; from the guests in a sort of subdued ' tone of voice: "Now, isn't that stew great?" "Charlie, this coffee isj simply excellent." Then on the other hand we could hear: "Gee, but this old country ham is fine!" "Conrad, this 'red breast' is delicious," or perhaps it was a nice fat trout or bream, fresh from the water that morning which called forth laudations from the mouths of the fifty or more present. The dinner, as well as the company, was certainly one of the most enjoyable it has ever been our pleasure to attend although we have enjoyed a few, and cite from a good old New England clam bake to eating poi in Hiawaiian islands, birdnests in China, shark fins in Japan and flying fish in Barbadoes to the more civilized functions by our English ^cousins in Nova Scotia, Australia and British Borneo. It was great?not so merely because we were hungry and full ready to eat. The food, however, was excellent. well prepared and admirably served, but the company?the men? the good fellowship among them was the paramount feature. The party and accompaning feast was gotten up by Mr Logan in honbr of his old friend. Captain J Elmore Martin, for twenty odd years the well known, popular and efficient Sheriff of Charleston county. To come in personal contact and form even a slight acquaintance with Sheriff Martin is at once to become enamoured with his high-toned, gentlemanly character and charming manner. He is one of the few really charming men we have met in all our peregrinations over this old world. He is a self-made man, too, and doubtless his success in life, and especially the great secret of his success as a public officer, lies in the fact of his pleasant demeanor toward his fellow-man, for he is always the same kind-hearted, sympathetic Elmore Martin toward the thousands who know him, including rich and poor,young and old, representing, as they must, races and creeds of many kinds. It is really easy to recognize genuine merit in this conservator of the peace and dignity of Charleston. It was also a pleasure to the younger men present, worthy of special mention, to see Sheriff Mar i tin and our own beloved Sheriff j Graham, the man who has done so much for them, and the only living member of the Kuklux Klan in Williamsburg county, "hobnobbing" together and to hear them exchange experiences which either come up in their everyday lives as officers of; the law, or perhaps some amusing j incident in a deer drive or a fishing i escapade. They are, perhaps, the | two best known Sheriffs in the State, I and we have yet to hear aught but the nighest praises concerning the public or private life of either. Sheriff Martin was captivated by the wonderful progress he noted as; having taken place in Kingstree j since a former visit here when he attended the institution of a lodge of Knights of Pythias. This was some ten or twelve years ago. He was also pleased with the cheerful, i patriotic spirit that pervades our. citizens at this time. To add that' he fell in love with Kingstree and her citizens would be superfious, for every one does who has a true sense of appreciation. We all wish Sheriff Martin and the friends who accompanied him, here Tuesday. Lieutenant Stender,' of the Charleston police force, and ( Mr Chas Webb, of the Shepherd CONFLAGRATION IN ATLANTA. | Seventy-Five Acres Burned-Damage Estimated at $3,000,000. ^ The most disastrous fire that At- 1 lanta has known in many years visited that city Monday afternoon. I Approximately 75 blocks were destroyed, and the loss was estimated * at $3,000,000. The fire started from an unknown 1 source in a warehouse and spread rapidly. The burned district comprises approximately 75 blocks, va- J rying in width from one to several blocks. The buildings destroyed j ranged from flimsy negro shanties c to $6,000 and $8,000 mansions on Ponce de Leon avenue, one of the fc most beautiful residence sections ot i the citv. Mrs Bessie Hodges died of shock, I and 60 persons were treated for < minor injuries There were many rumors that the t fire was the work of German spies, ' but Mayor Candler said that after a thorough investigation he was con- * vinced that the disaster was not of J incendiary origin. The city was patrolled by troops, , and very few attempts at looting ' were discovered. 1 With characteristic enterprise, the city authorities and business men I undertook the care of the homeless 1 and declined all offers of outside aid. ' Atlanta is one of the most pro< gressive cities in the South, and it } is hoped that in due time the bufot , district will be rebuilt with structures far more valuable than those j destroyed. 1 MURDERER CAUGHT AND BURNED 1 Tortures Her Child Suffered Visited ' Upon the Negro. Memphis, Tenn, May 22:?Ell Persons, the negro who confessed the 1 murder of Antoinette Rappal, a i school girl, near here several weeks ^ agu, was burned to death at the scene of his crime this morning. A j mob of two thousand witnessed the ( lynching. The negro's body was soaked in oil and swung from the limb of a { tree and the torch applied. The ne- S gro is said to have repeated the con- t fession that he killed the girl and implicated two other negroes. Mrs | Minnie Woods, the mother of the 1 murdered girl, addressed the mob j saying she wished Persons to suffer the tortures he dealt :o her girl. ( Persons was taken from the Sheriff \ at Potts Camp, Mississippi. The 1 Sheriff was bringing the negro from 5 Nashville. It is reported that a second negro has been captured by i the mob. J _________ 1 BishopCollinsDenny of Richmond, * Va, one of the ablest bishops in the Southern Methodist Episcopal church, 8 was in SpartanburgSunday night and ' preached the dedication sermon of ' El Bethel Methodist church. This ( church was built in one day, every piece of the structure being placed i in that time. Bishop Denny preached j the dedication sermon at Jonesville $ Methodist church in the morning, i He is well known in Kingtree. having preached the dedication sermon of the new Methodist church here. < Snulh Ruttpr C.attlp Vlnrkpfc. Better marketing facilities in the South are essential to the increase in live stock production which is desirable from every point of view, especially at this time with meat sky high. Various methods of inproving the present situation to meet \yar conditions have been tried and the most promising ones were discussed today by the United States department of agriculture. Among the most important are the organization of cooperative shipping and marketing clubs and of local livestock buying companies, the establishment of local packing houses, the custom of holding livestock sales on advertised dates, and the use of local ice plants in curing farm meats. Use your own judgment and buy | a Singer Sewing Machine. It will s last a lifetime. Terms reasonable. 5-17-2t Kingstree Furniture Co. ( Supply Co, to understand that our * gales are always wide open and a 1 hearty welcome awaits their return. 1 There were about fifty represent- 1 ative citizens present to enjoy the feast and the company of the honored guests, among whom was Poor c Conrad Constine who came down t the river in the Mary Lee Swann. I I ,1 NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. ihort Items of Interest Culled from Exchanges. The summer season on Sullivan's sland will open next week. Magnolia Heights (Florence) Bap ist church was opened for service Sunday. Columbia Woodmen of the World vill observe next Sunday as Memoial day. Seven nurses will be graduated at ioper Hospital training school Monlay night. The Seaboard Air Line has install d double daily service between Flormce and Poston. Atlanta and Augusta, Ga. have )een selected 8s sites for divisional :antonment camps. ! Bishop Collins Denny will deliver :he baccalaureate sermon at Carlisle I Pitting School, Bamberg. Sunday. Rev Frank H Wardlaw, formerly! )f Indiantown, has been installed as pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian :hurch, York. The children of Ridgeland public school are cultivating 125 gardens, rhese are in addition to the regular family gardens. MayorL DJenningsofSumter.who >qq Kcon ill fur seven weeks with typhoid fever, is now convalescing rapidly. The 11th annual convention of Commercial Travelers of the Carolilas will be held in Columbia tomor ow and Saturday. The thirty-second annual conven;ion of the Woman's Auxiliary to :he Board of Missions (Episcopal) is n session at Georgetown. Capt True, Pullman conductor on ;rain 82, who was recently stricken vith paralysis at Lanes, is convales:ing in a Florence infirmary. Jesse Ives,Sr,one of the oldest and )est known citzens of Florence, died n that city Sunday, aged 80 years. Te was a i onfederate veteran. Rev John Jeter Hurt, a brother )f Rev W E Hurt and wellknown in iCingstree.will preach the commencenent sermon at Coker College Sunday. /-? r> J_i. i congressman ruiK&umt? una ap^uiui,- i id John C Bethea of Dillon to be his | jrivate secretary^, succeeding G W Sligh, who has gone to the officers' ;raining camp at Ft Myer, Virginia. The Cannon Manufacturing Co, ;he largest mill in York, has given ts employes a bonus of 10 per cent >f their salaries, to continue for "our months. The Southern Wholesale Lumber iompany of Columbia has been chartered, with a capital of $50,000. Lieutenant Governor A J Bethea is tecretary and treasurer. Branchville High school gave its innual banquet Saturday night. \mong those responding to toasts vas Rev P B Ingram, late pastor of lohnsonville M E church. ^ i- : * t : ~ commencement exercises ui untieitone college, Gaffney, will begin tonorrow and continue until the folowing Thursday. ^This is one of the >ldeat colleges in the State. The Southern Baptist convention, n session at New Orleans, has appealed to President Wilson and Congress for absolute prohibition durng the period of the war. Commencement exercises of Chi:ora College for women will be held Saturday. An address will be deliver-, ?d by Alan Johnstone, Jr, a brother >f Mrs George McCutchen. | Columbia high school baseball i earn suffered its first defeat of the j season Thursday, Florence being the j rictor. Next day the tables were j ;urned, Columbia winning over Flor?nce. One of the largest cotton sales i hi? vf>nr was made in Sumter a few 1 lays ago, when P G Bowman bought; 715 bales from the Levi Mercantile I :o of Manning, paying 19S cents yer pound. About 1,000 Shriners attended the neeting of the order at Spartanburg ast week. A distinguished visitor was present in the person of Impe- j ial Potentate Henry F Niedring-1 laus, Jr, of St Louis. Fear of being drafted into the ar-1 ny and separated from his wife and :hree children, caused Wm K James, ,i 28 years of age, a street railway employee, of New Orleans, to commit tuicide by swallowing poison. M W Shive.a prosperous mill man )f Scranton, and Miss Mary Holstouser of Crescent, N C, were mar ioH TnoaHau nf last wppk. Thev ar ived at Scranton Sunday morning ind are making their home there. We have several new style sec>nd hand Singer Sewing Machines hat we will sell cheap. >17-2t Kingstree Furniture Co. ?ur ZTlotto: Better (Sot Overstc '"Vj This Collapsible Equipped with Heywood-V elliptic springs; reed body,fi color and upholstered with 1 leather-clotn hood, easily position. It is the greatest Genei market It can be used etth A Tiny Cherub or a CI A Go-Cart and Cai As Long As They Lasi Hoosier Kitch< Save Miles Kingstree Furni Phone 167, - - PEOPLE TH MUST PROTECT Without Good Feet Thi 17u 11 u1c v/l^k weari Shoes Made fo fort and D They co& n< other shoes, hi better, more and la& longer wp qpii oil thp ]f T V mmm m vmv both men and worn quality, price and % call at the Silver Departmei , East Mair KINGSTREE, M >fcs ^or Cess ZHonei} >cked! m lEATnii CUT! HOOT Sleeper Sulky Vakefield self adjusting nished in light or brown leather cloth; fitted with adjusted to any desired *1 Utility Sulky on the ler for lild Three Years Old riage Combined t id the Old Price! :n Cabinets of Steps ture Company KINGSTREE, S. C, AT WALK r THEIR FEET * ;y Will Not Go Far. Y WAY -by ng r Ease, Com urability o more than ut are much | comfortable j : i lading makes for ^ ten,and for style, t perfedt fit, ju& I man it Store, i Street, - - S. C . \ J