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VOL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1918. NO. 50
CHARLESTON TO i
GET LARGE SUM
MILITARY COMMITTEE OF U S SEN-1
ATE MAKES STATEMENT CONCERNING
TERMINALS THERE.
According to a statement from j
? the war department to the military i
committee of the United States Sen-,
ate, in Washington yesterday, $10,-1
000,000 will be expended in con-|
struction of port terminals at Char
leston.
For military reasons, it is not proper
to suggest a site a this time. Itj
is no secret, however, that boards >
of army officers have made exhaus-;
tive surveys in and near Charleston
and it has been known for 9ome
time that these officers favored
Charleston.
The plan for $10,000,000 port
'' terminals here was decided on by
the war department some time ago,
but not until yesterday was the information
given out for publication.
The construction of the Luminals
will, of course, greatly benefit
Charleston, but their cardinal purpose
is for efficient prosecution of
the wrr against Germany.
A COMMODIOUS GARAGE
Being Erected for the King&ree Motor
Sales Company.
The Kingstree Motor Sales Co, an
organization composed of some of
the county's best young business
men, held a meeting at their offices
In the Nexsen block on East Main
l street last Friday night and elected
i C W Bo8well, general manager; J W
p Gamble, sales manager and G J
1^ tiearsey, secretary auu unouiu
' and manager of the repair and supply
departments. Though this organization
i9 new in existence, it is
meeting with marked succcess.
The lines of cars handled are popular
and among, if not, the best on
the market for the money.
A large garage is being constructed
for the firm by Mr W I Nexsen.
The new building is 72y75 feet and
the floor is of concrete, which will
accommodate many cars. This will
be in charge of a first class automobile
machinist who will be equipped
to take care of all the "ills" that an
auto is heir to.
The office, supply and showrooms
are now {undergoing a thorough I
overhauling and when completed
will measure up to any like establishment
in this section of the State,
The company is planning to put in i
a gasoline tank of enormous size at
a very early date. The tank is already
en route and will be placed as
soon as it arrives.
The men interested in the Kings-1
tree Motor Sales Co are all young
business men, welj known through- j
out the county and deservedly popular.
The Record wishes, and bespeaks:
for the firm, great-success.
Crisis of War This Year
President Wilson has issued an ap*
peal to the farmers of the country
for greater crops in this year 1918.
He commended highly what was
done last year and emphasized the
effort the government was making
to aid farmers. This aid covers many.
Ua n/vfiitn1fni?ol monf
J1UCD OUU UIC IVUIVU1H1 uvpui
cheerfully furnishes information to
any farmer. The president gave as
his opinion that the crisis of the war
was this year. He said:
"You will realize,as I think statesmen
on both sides of the water real^
ize, that the culminating crisis of
the struggle ha9 come and that the
achievements of this year on one
side or the other mustdeterminethis
issue."
For the first time in its history.!
- Virginia observed Lincoln's birthday
Tuesla>. The legislatorsparMcipated!
in a patriotic demonstration at Camp
Lee.
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Gentlemen of the Jury.
On iMonday, Jury Commissioners
H 0 Britton.J J B Montgomery and j
R B Smith drew the following grand .
and petit Jurors:
| GRAND JURORS.
Frank J Rodgers. Kingstree;
S C Anderson, Kingstree;
W Gordon Cantley, Kingstree,Rt 2; I
R F Epps, Kingstree, Rt 2;
B G Land, Greelyville;
J M G Eaddy. Hemingway;
W Chalmers Eaddy,Hem'way.R 2; i
W W Cribb, Hemingway;
G J Graham, Jr. Cooper;
J F McFaddin, Kingstree; j
W H Parnell, Kingstree, Rt A; j
J W Lockliear, Trio;
W R Miies, Hemingway, Rt;
J L Brockinton. Kingstree;
Hugh McCutchen, Kingstree;
J F McCants, Trio;
n C. Winnant Snttnns:
H E Tisdale, Kingstree, Rt A;
PETIT JURORS.
L Thames, Kingstree;
W McD Nesmith, Nesmith;
P R Keels, Greelyville;
B L Gordon, Andrews;
J P Adams, Kingstree;
W E Baxley, Hemingway;
J M Cribb, Hemingway;
J B Player, Kingstree;
S D Hanna, Jr, Hemingway, Rt; i
J T DuRant, Hemingway;
E T Hanna, Salters;
W R Scott. Kingstree;
E F Epps. Kingstree, Rt 2;
W E Blackwell, Salters;
B E Clarkson, Kingstree; <
W K Wilson, Cades, Rt; ,
C B Cribb, Hemingway;
J N Browder, Greelyville;
J A McCullough, Lanes;
D M Young, Kingstree, Rt 2;
R Fluitt Cox, Hemingwy; i
M H Parsons, Andrews; ,
Virgil Kinder, Kingstree;
W W Boyd, Trio;
L M Grayson, Kingstree, Rt A; 1
R L Bass, Lanes; :
B A Hughes, Salters, Rt;
J T Wilson, Trio; I
H E Montgomery, Kingstree;
J H Tune, Johnsonville;
R M Haselden, Andrews, Rt; 1
W L Harrington, New Zion;
J T Nelson, Kingstree; 1
G C Parsons, Jr, Lanes;
A B Spivey, Greelyville;
J W Oliver, Greelyville.
Hymeneal.
Married?At the Baptist parsonage
Thursday afternoon, February ,
7, by Rev E A MacDowell, pastor of
Kingstree Baptist church,Miss Addie
Mae Williamson, of Williamsburg
county, to Mr Roy H Thornton of (
McComb City, Miss,but at present a
member of Co 3. C A C, Fort Moultrie.
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Distinguished Authoress in Kingstree.
Mrs Jean M Thompson of Yonkers,
N Y, a member of the League of
American authors and whose books
have been widely read in this coun- i
try and Europe, is the distinguished j
guest of Mrs R J McCabe. Mrs
Thompson is a lady of culture and
wide experience. Her "works are
used in many States as text books in
the public schools and tell a true
story of the nature of wild baasts,
birds and fishes, in a style that is intensely
interesting, instructive and
unique. The Fayetteville (N C) Observer
says of her book entitled:
"Wild Kindred of Fur, Feather'and
Fin:"
"The Jack Frost Lady" is the
name by which Mrs Thompson is
known among the children along
the Aoueduct bv the Hudson and is j
evidence of the unremitting love of
Nature that has enabled her to ac- j
cumulate the vast store of knowl- j1
edge necessary to the preparation of
such a book as this, in its extraor-!'
dinary scope and minute knowledge
of animals and their haunts andj
habits, "Wild Kindred of Fur. Feather
and Fin" is an unusual book. <
T^e 24 stories range in interest and i
and location from the vanishing Buf- 1
falo ofthe West and the Otter of the ]
great North, whose coat is made of i
two different kinds of fur,to the story i
of the taming of "Bob White," who 1
had two mothers, and the peril of! i
the Snowy Egrets, in the South. Itj.
is more extensive in range of inter- i
est than '*The Jungle Book" or i
"Wild Animals I have Known" and i
for thorough treatment and knowl
edge of the subject might perhaps
be ranked with Charles G D Roberts'
"Haunters of the Silences."
' Savannah firms have been given
orders for the construction of 100 i
i n ines-vt-epers.
SOUTH CARd
SOLONS
STATE DEFENSE C0UNC1
IAN BALLOT SYSTE
TONWS A>
The South Carolina General Assembly
closes Tuesday after a 35
days' session. The principal war
measure passed by the body was an
act creating a State Council of Defense
and providing an appropriation
of $40,000 for its support* A 1
law was passed providing for the 1
Australian ballot system for the '
%/>< ? A# i bo Qfofo THp I
IUWU3 ailU UllCS Ui buv k;buwv. A t.v
assembly ratified the national pro- 1
hibition amendment, but declined to '
pass a "bone dry" law, leaving the '
quart-a-month law in force, but
strengthened it so that the quart '
may be secured only for sickness. '
An injunction law against lewd <
houses was passed at the urgent re* 5
quest of the war department. 1
The fight on the tax commission ^
was ended.Monday by the survival '
of the commission. The matter had
been dragging along for days and <
days until it was finally agreed to <
take a vote without any considerable
discussion; and the Senate, by a vote *
of 14 to 8, refused to pass the bill 1
which substituted a State board of (
assessors for the present tax com
mission. I
Some members of the Senate were t
influenced in their final vote by the 1
acquiescence of the tax commission ^
to abrogate what was understood to 1
be a 50 per cent basis of assessment. I
Senator Epps, of Williamsburg, *
said he was now ready to sustain
the tax commission simply because t
the 50 per cent order had been re- 1
voked and the commission was do- 1
ing its best. The agreement was <
to vote without discussion and the ^
vote was to kill the pending bill, 14 r
to 8, and thus the tax commission j
was spared and the present lap? and
status remain as it present.
A concurrent resolution was 1
adopted asking Congress to pass the
proposed act to spare as many farm- i
ers as possible from the draft for ?
necessary farm work.
The Australian ballot law,as amended
by the Senate, has been ordered (
ratified. As passed the act applies '
to incorporated town and cities, and i
rural districts are exempt. The (
friends of the plan had to do this to .
get the start.
UC1U1 ui mi. VIUU1D3 JL.. vim. i
Mr Chas L Creel,vice president of ^
the mercantile firm of Eaddy & ?
Creel Bros, Hemingway, died unex- i
pectedly at theCharleston naval hos- (
pital on Sunday and was buried.in
Trinity church cemetery Sunday afternoon.
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Mr Creel was about 26 years of (
age and an exceptionallyjine young
man, beloved by a wide circle of i
friends. About a month ago he en- \
listed in the U S naval service and j
was stationed at the Charleston navy s
yard. Last Friday he was taken ill i
and died Sunday. The body was (
brought to Johnsonville, where it
was met by sorrowing friends and
conveyed to Trinity church, in the
vicinity of which the voungmanwas
born and raised. There the funeral ^
took place, conducted by Rev Mr
Campbell, of the Methodist church.
H. C. Williamson Dead. -?
Information reached here Tuesday
of the death of Henry C Williamson,
of the Hebron section, and a halfbrother
of John and Furman Williamson.
The young man was a soldier
in the U S army and stationed
at Camp McArthur in Texas. He
had about pulled through a case of
measles when pneumonia developed.
Death occurred Sunday. The body
is being brought home for burial
and is expected to arrive today. '
Belser School Notes. j
The following pupils have passed J
the examinations during January:
Ethel Hodge, 96; Mabel Hodge, 96; j
Mae Baker, 96; Louise Baker, 92; |
David Baker, 91.
The first four pupils named above (
also made head marks in spelling. \
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ENDS LABOR
[L CREATED?AUSTRALM
IS ADOPED FOR
ID CITIES.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
How Farmers May Obtain Flour without
Purchasing Substitutes.
The national food administration
has given authority for a modification
of the pound-for-pound law in
order to give relief to the farmer in
South Carolina who has his own
:orn ground locally. Much dissatis
faction has been caused among farm?rs,
who felt that it was unreasonable
to ask them to buy Northern or
Western meal when they had their
awn home ground meal which they
:ould use. There was no protest
loncerning reduction of the conjumption
of flour, but simply that
ihe farmer did not wish to buy meal
from the store when he had better
neal or grits at home.
Under the new rule the farmer
?n have his corn ground by a mill?r,
who will give him a certificate,
rhis certificate must be filed with
:he grocer by the farmer, wherelpon
he can buy an equal amount
>f flour?not in excess of ona barrel.
This plan was recommended by
jractically the unanimous vote of
;he county food administrators at
;heir meeting in Columbia on the
Ith instant, and has been advocated
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jy a large numoer ui prumuicuk.
jeople having knowledge of condi;ions
in South Carolina.
The national administration was
>y wire immediately consulted about
t, and on Saturday gave its consent
:o the plan, For the information
>f country food administrators and
Jood representatives over the State,
nillers and farmers, the following
s a description of the procedure
lecessary for farmers to obtain
lour upon a miller's certificate.
The farmer takes his corn to the
nill and has it ground. He signs a
jertificate which the miller will
rave, stating number in his family
>r tenants for which he buys, the
imount of flour he has on hand; and
igreeing to use in his household
?qual weights of flour and subst*
' ?*n
;utes. rnereupon me miner signs a
sertificate as to the number of
pounds of meal ground. This cer:ificate
is then filed with the grocer,
ind whereupon the farmer can buy
in equal weight of flour, but in no
:ase in excess of one barrel.
This relieves the only difficulty
:hat has been encountered in South
Carolina.
These certificates have not come
n yet, but I am in hope that they
will arrive by the last of the week.
\ll millers in trie county desiring
iame will please notify me about the
lumber required and I will forward
;hem as soon a? received.
J D 0'Bryan,
Food Admr Williamsburg Co.
"Heatless Mondays" No More.
Editor County Record:?
As you have seen from the newsispers,
Dr Garfield's order for heatess
Mondays has been suspended in
jertain Southern States, including
South Carolina.
I take it for granted that all those J
n anv wav affpptpd hv this Order 1
lave already learned of its susDenlion
through the daily papers. However,
this is the official notice that
)usiness can be carried on as usual
>n Mondays.
The wholesouled, patriotic complitnce
with the order on the part of
fie people of Williamsburg is a
lource of pride and gratification. As (
'ar as I know, there was not a sinrle
instance of intentional violation
>f the order.
Hugh McCutchen,
Fuel Admr Williamsburg Co. i
The polo season ha? opened at j
Camden, whose winter colony is un-!
asually larges
Memorial Service to Carlysle Myrick. 1
The memorial service held at the *
Baptist church here Sunday night
in honor of Carlysle Myrick, who recently
died in France.were beautiful
and inspiring to an unusual degree.
The church auditorium and pulpit
were very tastily and appropriately
decorated with national flags, and
special music was rendered by a selected
choir under the direction of y
Dr EE Montgomery, which,with impressive
talks by a number of Kingstree
gentlemen who well knew and 8
onnromoto^ tho vnnnor man vvprp t
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the outstanding features of the oc- v
casion. The meeting was presided q
over by the pastor. Rev E A MacDowell,
who read a letter from Gov P
Manning expressing regret that he 11
could not be present. Messrs S J 1
Deery, W E Jenkinson, M A Shuler, o
A C Hinds and L H McCullough n
spoke very earnestly and feelingly in
eulogy of the young boy who had
volunteered his services to his coun- "
try in a time of need and had died tl
in a foreign land, far from those ^
who knew and loved him best.
The last speaker was Rev G T ,
Harmon, who referred pathetically 1
to the patriotism of young Myrick. P
Carlysle Myrick was a communi- r
cant of the Baptist church, and res- p
olutions of respect were adopted and j|
spread upon the records of the church
by his fellow-members. "One 1
Sweetly Solemn Thought" was beau- 0
tifully sung as a solo by Dr EE n
Montgomery.
An offering was taken for the ben- ft|
efit of the Red Cross society. ^
NOTES FROM CEDAR SWAMP. b
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Inspiring County Convention of C. E. p
Society-Working for Red Cross. I|
Cedar Swamp, February. 11:?
Some time ago the Christian En- b
deavor society of this place invited r<
the county convention to meet here. f<
Last Friday afternoon was the ap- ai
pointed time, and the auditorium of y<
the Cedar Swamp school building, a fi
community center, where the walls U
were recently painted a straw color, H
with overhead a beautiful pale green, aj
was the place selected for the meet- 21
ing. From the class rooms came hi
whiffs of fresh air telling that they, in
too, had been recently dressed in a
clean coat of fresh paint, all of D
which made the surroundings a scene w
of neatness to welcome the delegates hi
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Irom tne ainereni suuicuca ui uic county.
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At 4 o'clock the county president, 01
Miss Emma Cooper, sounded the t(
gavel and the convention came to w
order. Wyatt Taylor, field secretary aj
for the Southern States, a veritable
live wire in Christian Endeavor work,
was present.
The meeting from start to finish ' ii
was full of "pep." After the after- b
noon session the visitors were enter- d
tained in the homes of the people of a
the community. r<
The convention reassembled at L
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8 p. m. Addresses were maae uy
Rev.G T Harmon of Kingstree, Wyatt
Taylor, Rev W R Pfitchett of e;
Indiantown and Miss Emma Cooper, st
which were inspiring, entertaining ii
and edifying to the full house,which ti
gave them undivided attention. ! t<
By a unanimous vote MrG 0 Epps E
was elected county leader. "Blest si
be the tie that binds" was sung,and o
After the Mizpah benediction the f<
convention adjourned.
Sunday afternoon Mesdames W G j
Gamble and P 0 Arrowsmith, Mr W! e<
l P:
E Neamith and others from Kings-! ei
tree visited the Baptist church with! H
the intention of organizing a Red |
Cross auxiliary. It was late before
they could begin, so it was an- d<
nounced that in order to give a
more thorough insight into the
workings of this benevolent order a]
an address will be delivered at the
school building Friday evening, the j
15th inst, at 8 o'clock. The entire la
community and visitors are urgent- m
ly requested to attend.
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FRESH FISH! FRESH FISH!! 1(
Eat fish ?save beef and pork and
help to put the Kaiser out of busi- R?
ness. Get a supply at Epps' mar- ?j
ket every Tuesday and Thursday.
Phone No 175. 2-14-tf nc
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OR. ILDERTON
FATALLY SHOT
IY HIS SON AND LAWYER HICKS IN
FLORENCE COURT HOUSEATTORNEY
WOUNDED.
William Ilderton, physician, was
;illed and J Wilbur Hicks, an attoriey,
seriously wounded in a shooting
ffray occurring Friday in the couny
courthouse at Florence. Both are
irell known citizens of that city,
leddings Ilderton. a son of the dead
ihysician, participated in the shootig,
firing three shots at his father,
'his happened just after the Judge
f Probate had pushed the half-crazed
lan away from the prostrate form
f the attorney, whom he had shot
own. Ilderton and Hicks emptied ,
heir revolvers at each other. Hicks
ras struck down and Ilderton was
i the act of attempting to club him
1 the head with the buft end of his
istol when Judge Brunson.who had
ashed into the hall from his office,
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ushed him away. Just then young
Iderton entered the hall from the
ront, firing as he came. The escape
f Mr Brunson from harm is deemed
jiraculous.
llderton was shot five times, and
ny one of two or three shots would
ave proved fatal. One entered the
eart. Hicks was shot in the he&d
bd abdomen.but the cavity was not
ierced and he will recover. Young
derton was unharmed.
The shooting grew out of bad
lood between the attorney,who was
presenting Mrs llderton in a suit
)r alimony, and the dead man. Dr
id Mrs llderton separated three
ears ago. Friday was set for the
ret hearing in the case before Mas?r
H A Brunson, acting as referee.
> postponed the case, as llderton
ppeared to be drinking. Hicks and
derton came together later in the
all of the court house and the shootig
began.
Ilderton came to Florence from
'orchester county. At one time he
as prominent in county politics,
aving served several terms as Sentor
for Florence county. He was
bout 55 years of age. The verdict
f the coroner's jury was that Ilder>n
came to his death from gunshot
ounds at the hands of J W Hicks
nd Geddings Ilderton.
Russia Makes Peace with Germany.
Amsterdam, February 11:?Rusa
has declared the state of war to
e at an end and has ordered the
emobilization of Russian forces on
II fronts, according to a dispatch
?ceived here today from Brestdtovsk,
dated Sunday.
The dispatch follows:
"The president of the Russian delation
at today's (Sunday's) sitting
tated that while Russia was desistur
from signing a formal peace
reaty, it declared the state of war
3 be ended with Germany, Austria[ungary,
Turkey and Bulgaria,
imultaneously giving orders for
Dmplete demobilization of Russian
orces on all fronts,"
Some 420 German civilians internd
at Manila when the war began
assed through this State last week
i route to the detention camp at
[ot Springs, N C.
Florence ladies purpose to have a
?monstration showing how many
aty articles of food can be made
om cornmeal. J F Stackley has
Tered.to donate the meal and bear
1 expenses
Atlanta now has a Hundred Dolr
War Savings Stamps club, each
ember pledging himself to buy
100 worth of these stamps within
trelve months. A membership of
)0,000 is hoped for.
ceipt Books, Blank Noies, Mortgages and
1 Legal Blanks in demand, for sale at
le Record office. If we have not the
rm you wish we can print it cn short
itice.
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