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V SELL TOUR TOBACCO ON THE KINGSTREE MARKET AND BUY YOUR MERCHANDISE, GROCERIES, ETC, FROM KINGSTREE MERCHANTS. ; f!je CmtntD Ikcotb. ft. j * VOL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 9,1917. NO. 23 ?? / GREENWOOD HAN j KILLS HIS WIFE. FRANK BOYD ALSO SERIOUSLY i WOUNDS MRS. CRANE, HIS L MOTHER-IN-LAW. Greenwood, Aug 6:?Enraged, it ; oDpctpH hacause his wife had left him to visit her parents after he had told her she should not do so, Frank Boyd, aired twenty-three, shot and killed his wife yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock and wounded his motherin-law with four shots srom his automatic pistol. The mother-in-law,Mrs Crane, is now in the Greenwood hospital and it is believed she will recover. She has two bullet wounds in the face and one in each arm. The dead wife, Mrs Minnie Crane Boyd, was shot twice in the left breast and once in the head. The shooting occurred at the Crane home in Grendel Mill Village No 2, South Greenwood. Boyd and his wife lived in the Greenwood Mill Village. She wanted to visit her narents and. it is said.he told her not to go. She went away and Boyd followed later in the day. and as soon as he walked up on the front piazza it seems he began shooting at his wife and then when she fell.turned on his mother-in-law. After the shooting he submitted quietly lil ' Do Not Wait l/VS VI VIVl IVVX W1*U? lower now and \ hurried. Our spec ables us to produc WINDOW AND 1 of all kinds at 2 prices. When 1 Screens you have correct workmans product. Kingstree Mfg. CARPENTERS! TOOLS E\ y i i fl m 1 WE HAVE THE FINEST LIl SAW"-FOR ALL TRADES. WHEN YOU WANT TOOI r HARDWARE. COME INTO Ol "SQUARE." IT IS THE "RULE" OF Ol GOODS AT A LOW PRICE. A GetherW |OUR HARDWARE'S BEST: 1 King' Hardws to arrest at the hands of Deputy Sprouse of the village and made no resistance whatever when Sheriff McI Millan and Chief of Police Chandler put him in an automobile and carried him to the county jail. He is still in jail and refuses to make any statement or even answer questions, maintaining a stolid silence. Boyd is a native of Laurens county, but has lived in Greenwood county almost all his life. j1 ^ i < Eighty Per Cent Claim Exemption. |, The local exemption board states I that about 80 per cent of the men summoned for examination claim ex- j emption. And about 25 per cent pass 1 the physical examination. The claims for exemption are based for i the most part on dependents. The 1 exemptions for physical unfitness are of every description. A telegram received by the board ] states that persons recently married will not be subject to exemption. -'The pay of a private soldier has been raised to $30 a month and this is equal to a salary of about $60 to $70 a month. 1 The examinations ary progressing rapidly and Florence will soon have its quota, but will have to ask tor another call to make up the number to choose from. ? Florence Times. ierusht 1 until Summer Prices are much j vorkmanship not ial equipment en:e high grade j DOOR SCREENS in+AMinUmA'lTT lr\TI7 IdtuiiidiiJLiigi.y iv/vv fou select OUR the assurance of ship and superior. | I & Const Co. i c p : a j ' 1} y V/ IXI 1 II I ,ju *e or tools you "never ,s or anything else in ;r store, we treat you UR business to sell our so, let s do business tot stands the test. ire Company. LAKE CITY'S NEWS CHRONICLES. Tobacco Market Still Boomlng-Judge Baldwin^ Plight-Personal. Lake Cits, August 7-?Of course the tobacco business continues the main attraction for everybody. The Bales go on every day and there is no diminution in sizes of the sales nor in the prices secured. More than a million pounds are sold here each week. The Tuesday's sale was about half a million. The prices continue good, ana average above anything : * ... ?QtZ ah seen iu receui jenio, pui.ro ui w, -iu 45 and 50 cents are not uncommon. The sale of today, Tuesday,averaged 30 cents or more. This means that a hundred and fifty thousand dollars was paid out here today for tobacco. Mrs 0 S Baldwin and daughter are at Clover. York county, on a vis* it to Mrs Baldwin's parents. Misses Doris and Hulda Knight and Winnie Cash are visiting at their aunt's in Lumberton, N C. So many people come to town these days that it would be out of the question to name even the more prominent ones who come. Judge Baldwin went down to the Isle of Palms Sunday before last,and now he wishes he hadn't. About 11 o'clock he went into the surf and disported himself with the mermaids and the mere men till 2 o'clock. Next day the doctors plastered him with mentholatum to keep the hide from coming off too fast. He may be able to wear some clothes before winter. Tho attention of the young men is engrossed in the matter of raising our army. Each day a number of them are called to Florence for examination. The majority, so we are informed, are claiming exemption. How many will secure it is the pro position. The crops are really improving; the recent good weather?hot sunshine with just enough rain to keep things moist?is bringing the cotton rapidly to maturity. However,tobacc* is not commanding prices out of proportion to the prices of those things which tobacco farmers must buy, such as bacon, corn, meal, flour and so on. With bacon at 28 cents and corn more than $2 a bushel,good tobacco ought to bring every cent that it does. You may by sure that those who manipulate things will see to it that the farmers get no more than is necessary for them to exist on The scarcity of labor is becoming acute in this section,and when a number of young negro men are taken away by the draft, the condition will certainly be worse than it now is. Numbers of farmers cannot now secure the help urgently needed to carry on ^he farms; mill men are running so short of hands that they have to shut down at times; and cooks and washerwomen are just not to be had any longer. Dicky Swamp Chronicles. Salters. Ht 1, August 8:?Grip is prevalent here. Mrs John Richburg, Mr Ben Richburg and little Miss Mae Richburg are visiting the former's brother,Mr Bradham Williams, at Timmonsville. The Mulberry Interdenominational C E society has organized a chapter at Bovd's schoolhouse. Those in attendance from here were Misses Eva and Sadie Lewis,Beulah Spivey, Mrs R D Bradham, Messrs R I) Bradham. H H Carter,4,E B William son, Archie Spivey and Willie Williamson. We expect to visit the new chapter again soon. The Sunday-school of St Paul's church is engaged in an active contest to see who can secure the most members within the next six weeks. Miss Lucilla Montgomery is still sick at the home of her sister, Miss Millie Montgomery. Mr Willie Lawrence returned Wednesday from the Sumter infirmary, where he underwent an operation. He is much benefited. Mr S J Tisdale's family are still convalescing. The regular meeting of Mulberry C E society will be held at 8 p. m. Sunday. The junior branch will meet Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock There will be interesting programs, and all members and friends are requested tn be present. Mrs.K U bradham and Miss beulah Spivey were in Kingstree Thursday. Farmers are about through curing tobacco. Stlter* News Notes. Salters, August 7:?We are having some cool weather after the hot spell of last week, which we are glad to see. Crop prospects are about the same I We Rejoice i over Uie Dig prices you are and when you need Hardwi have your business and whi stock is complete. Remeoo OLD, ORIGINAL, of King&ree. Make no mi; | COFFINS <K0 CASKETS | Kin* Next to ,. as last week, with the exception of cotton which, on light lands, has been considerably injured by the ' hot, dry weather of last week. Miss Margurite Layton of Florence is visiting Miss Carrie Moseley. Mr Jesse T David left here Sunday for Norfolk, Va, where he expects to join the U S Navy. We 1 l:_ ? were sorry 10 see mm gu, uul uc ; felt that duty called him. Mr DuRant of Sumter was here a ; short while Saturday. Mrs Ettie Payne of Andrews is | visiting relatives here. Miss Winnie Davis is visiting relatives in Florence We are sorry to note that Misa Jane Salters is quite sick. We hope , she will soon be well again. ! Mrs Hattie Chandler, who has ; been in failing health for some time, is not doing so well this week. We hope she will soon be improving. Protracted services will be held here fhis week by the pastor, Rev J ; C Davis, assisted by Rev Dan H Everett of Floridale. We hope to have j^good meeting. The Christian Endeavor society continues to have interesting meet ings at the town hall every Sunday night at 8:30 o'clock.. All are in vited to attend these services. ??? Letter from Williamsburg Soldier Boy ! Editor County Record: j Please allow me space in your paper to say a few words about the : army. I was born and raised in Williamsburg county,my home being on ! a farm near Trio. At the age of 17 11 enlisted in the coast artillery at Charleston and went to the recruitJ ing station at Fort Screven, Ga. Af- j ter nine days I was assigned to Co 4 j and drilled with a 12-inch rifle and had to pick up four cases of powder : weighing 67$ pounds from the floor and lift them to the breech of the rifle. The first day or two it seemed pretty heavy 'but soon appeared as j light as a feather. We had to drill1 three hours a day and each man had to do his part. After I got used to the powder detail I A-as, assigned to phone duty, which was easy. This month we shot for record, only nine of us being successful. I made 169 points. 150 being the number required to make a marksman. Our rifles kicked like mules. We got orders to leave Fort Screven,from which we departed July 26 and arrived here Saturday, We went through twelve States and changed engines five times,at Florence,Rocky j Mount, Richmond, Washington and 1 Philadelphia. We passed tnrougn ; several tunnels, the first being just ' below Washington. It was a new ex! perience to me,and evidently to oth1 ers, as they kept asking what was the matter. The other tunnels were under .the Hudson river and New ; York city. The last-named was the ! longest tunnel through which we j passed, and there our train was ; drawu by an electric engine, affording a delightful relief from smoke. We passed through some beauliful country en route. I was most pleased with Maryland, which will be my home when I leave the army, if I don't get killed. We had a pleasant trip, with good fare and comfortable sleeping quarters,and crowds of people greeted us i on the way. Upon our arrival we I found about 8,000 soldiers. We are to leave for France in about two weeks, after our inoculations for the typhoid fever germ. 1 have now been in the army five months and am greatly pleased with it. I am now in the divisional batteries. We brought up sixteen carloads of soldiers, taking on five men at Charleston and six at Rocky Mount Halbert G Lockliear, Eighth Reg. Battery M. Ft Adams, R I, July 31. ( t With You, ! getting for your Tobacco ire, call on us and we will sho it good values we can give y iber, we are the PIONEER HARD I (take, but come to us. stree Hardware tHe Kellahan War( RUSSIA NOT SO TURBULENT. I Scarcely More Disorder Than in America, Says Root Chicago, Aug 7?Elihu Root, with other members of the American mis- i sion to Russia, while in Chicago said that as a matter of fact there is i scarcely more disorder in Russia < than there is in the United' States. i Certain disturbances are inevitable ' in a change of government so radical i as that of Russia, said Mr Root, "and ! cable dispatches deal largely with < these disturbances. Hence the public j has gained an impression that there I is little going on in Russia except demonstrations. If reports on Ameri- : can affairs disseminated in Russia < concentrated on our own little dis- i turbance such as race riots, the I W < W and the like. Russia would have about the same picture of us that i we now have of them. "I have faith in the Russian ministry and in the Russian future as an important element in the aims of the Allies. Russian women are doing a wonderful work in shaming the men into fighting, and when it is necessary I hope American women will follow their example." Items from Spring Gulley. Spring Gully, August 6:?The hot weather of last week seems to have passed. Messrs J J Marshall and W F Evans were in Greelyville last Tuesday and when they returned Mr Evans brought a new Ford he had purchased and is now learning to drive it. Farmers around here are busy curing tobacco, and getting high prices for it at Andrews tobacco market. Miss Annie Files of Trio was noted in this community visiting Miss Lucile Boyd a few da\s passed. The crops around here are look-! ing somewhat better since the rains j held up. The Young People's Union of | the Spring Gully Baptist church is; -*M/? AmA Itf Aflr UU1IJK IIIIC vv wi rw. A series of revival meetings will i begin at the Spring Gully church on the 19th of August. We are expecting large crowds in attendance. | The man wdh ny.^j WE NEVER KNOW WHEN WE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN T< NESS CAN OVERTAKE US ANY b BUT THE MAN WHO HAS A SI SAFELY AWAY IN BANK KNOWS OUT GOING INTO DEBTOR BEC ILY OR HIS FRIENDS, n MAKE PENDENT. PUT YOUR MONE WE PAY H PER CENT INTERE Farmers & Merchai "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Authorized by Federal Reserve Board la Act at ?????I ( Mr. Farmer . t on the Kingstree Market, w you how glad we are to ftn fnf vmif mnnpv Onf WARE PEOPLE ? > 0,O* I W? Lead Others Follow ihouse. ====== STABLE SERGEANT SHOT. ' i Seven Suspects Now in Jail at Greenville u Remit. Greenville, August 6:?Mystery surrounds the shooting of Ralph G Neves, stable sergeant of the head j .L. t* >. a .l quarters company 01 me nrsi aouui Carolina Infantry, who was shot through the head last night on the Travelers' Rest road while returning from the funeral of his uncle. Seven white men are now in jail in connection with the crime. Sergeant Neves was rushed to the city hospital and it was reported from there to night that he has a chance for recovery. Each man's story of the shooting differs in some manner from the story told by the others. The best information* obtainable seems to be that the seven men who are now under arrest were in an automobile coming to Greenville when the car passed Neves. It is understood that the hat of one of the men in the car blew off at this time* and fell in the road. Neves dismounted from his horse and picked up the hat starting towards the car with it. What happened during the interval while the men were with Neves in the road could not be learned. A shot was heard and the men returned to the car and came on te C.nnnin'll/i Mauoa tuna fnnnH II fpv Uiccuyiut. iiv*vw ? ?? minutes later lying in the road with , a bullet wound through his head and his own pistol lying a few feet from him. The men under arrest are Clarence Lee, Furman Bright, Will Bright, Jace Carter, Lotan Hooper, Bud Waters and Will Waters. Lee and the Bright boys are fr m Merrittsville and the other four are Greenville men. They are not connected with any military organization. Sergeant Neves is the son of B F Neves, a wealthy citizen of Greenville county, who, it is recalled, recently wrote Governor Manning offering himself and the services of his four sons to their country. From all indications, the corn crop in this State will break all records this year. Jgy coesri? fear START OUT IN THE MORNING ) US. AN ACCIDENT OR SICKIOMENT. SUG SUM OF MONEY TUCKED ; HE CAN TIDE IT OVER WITH:OMING A BURDEN TO HIS FAMS A MAN HAPPY TO BE INDEY IN OUR BANK. 1ST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. its National Bank, LAKE CITY. S. 0AflraiDiJtrilor, Executor, TrnKa Mi Registrar.