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r \ . ' 1 4 Sibc Cminty VOL. XXXIL KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21,1918. NO. 51" | ALLIES EXPECTING |l " BLOW ANY MINUTE , JI THE MUCH TALKED OP GERMAN j I OFFENSIVE LIKELY JO BE I, LAUNCHED SOON. 1, i Behind the entente allies' line in , t France and Belgium the military,] leaders, with their armies ready,; < Ca^mona tn launch 1 srp expecuijg tuc muuv w _? . ( their much talked of offensive, but , there still is no outward sign of its 11 near approach. Artillery duels and ] ^raiding operations and intensive j aerial activities continues to feature 11 , the fighting all along the front. ( Three successful raids against the ] Germans have been carried out by i the British in Flanders and near i Lens and Arras in Northern France, i ] w- In Flanders the jraids, which were; < i carried out south of the Houtholst j, wood, resulted in the British pene- < trating German positions on a wide < front, the infliction of numerous ' casualties and the taking of prisoners. Sixteen German airplanes were -1 accounted for Sunday in aerial fight- ' 'ing by British army airmen and in addition German towns and military Dositions behihd the battle front ? m . were heavily bombarded. Naval 1 airmen also paid a visit to the Ger- 1 man naval and air bases at Zeebrugge ' which were effectively bombarded 1 and drove down three German ma- i1 chines that attempted to give battle, j1 The tense political situation in'1 Great Britain prising from the sec- 1 i ^ recy surrounding the recent supreme! Ik war council at Versailles and the re-1 r tirement of Gen Robertson as chief j * of the British imperial staff, has : f ' heen bridged. Premier Llovd George 1 announced to the House of Commons that it had been decided to set up a , central authority to coordinate the strategy of the allies, and that the plan submitted by the Americans 1 "which put the case for the present proposal" was one of the ablest : documents ever submitted to a mil-1 pnnforpnee. The r.lfln was |1 ' adopted with minor changes. k * ' State Teachers' Association Called Off On account of the meningitis situation it has been deemed unwise to hold the State teachers' association in March as had been planned. J P j ' Kinard, president, and R C Burts, secretary of the association, acting upon the advice of the executive committee and other members of the association, reached this conclusion Wednesday. The meeting has been postponed j 1 I ^ indefinitely. Whether it will be held later in the spring will be determined a little later. Should it be found possible and should it be thought ad- , visable to hold it later, the members , of the association will be notified. , All of the programs had been pre- , rrnred and the final arrangements had ; been completed for the Columbia meeting, but it was thought that the action of the executive committee will 1 meet with the approval of a large < L number of the teachers of the State, i TWO WHITE MEN ARRESTED f At Georgetown on Information from Chief Eppa and Turned Over to Him. Two young white men arrived in , the city Saturday afternoon driving < . a horse and buggy, which, it is 1 ^ claimed, were stolen. It is said the 1 B two men stole the horse and buggy j together with a mule from H S j fll Matthews, of St Charles. They i fTy passed through Kingstree last Fri* twou f a floArnrnf Amn c nrJ ^ Uay <JU lliCU I* J WW UU W 1 pent the night with Mr John J j I " Johnson and while there they sold ] the mule to Mr Johnson for sixty- 1 fiye dollars. After disposing of the ] mule they came into the city and at 1 once disposed of horse, buggy and ! L " harness to Messrs Weed & Haddock ] ^ for fifty dollars. ( Shortly after 'hey had sojd The r horse and buggy, Chief of Police Wilson received a telegram from Kingstree advising him of the theft and requesting the officer here to be un the look out for the men and to arrest them. As soon as Chief Wilson received the telegram he got busy and in a short while located the two men, but not before they bad disposed of the stolen goods. Of course, they were promptly arrested and the sixty-five dollars in ?ash which Mr Johnson had paid for the mule, together with the check for fifty dollars given by Mr Weed n payment for the horse and bug?y were both recovered by the chief )f police. The two njen were promptly locked up and the authorities in King3tree notified of the ar rest. Sunday morning Uhiei or ro!ice Epps, of Kingstree, came to the eity and the two men were turned over ty bim to be taken back to St Charles to answer for their misieeds ?Georgetown Times. Henry Gill and on the Firing Line. A recent issue of the "Princeton Alumni Weekly" contained the following extracts from a letter from Henry Gibbs Gilland, son of Mrs Lester M Conrow, who is with the Princeton Unit. American Expeditionary Forces in France: "All the comforts of home, such as typewriters,are ever among us and thoughts of home are among us, too, so constantly that one of the boys dreamed the other night that he was asleep between the tigers in front of Nassau Hall at peace with the world. Every train, wagon, automobile has become for us merely an instrument or cog in the everlasting business of war. It hardly seems possible that there are other businesses, and I wonder what we'll be good for when the time comes to board the ship bound for the USA. Up here the only citizens (there are perhaps a hundred) are old men, women and children. On the hori zon is the constant roar which keeps us reminded when we are back from duty, that things are still going on up there. The singing of a machine gun bullet is more disconcerting than a Yale victory. We hear great things of whit you all are doing back home anh it is most encouraging. Everybody, man, woman and child has got to give a helping hand, and it is good to hear how everybody in America is responding. The raising of the second liberty loan was a tremendoys thing and the news has spread broadcast over here and I am sure Ua4-? iTifolo nf Hnr. UOO [True11 a tcu mt vuoia ux vjitx many. The French say Ynu (editorial You) when you do things, you do them in a biff way. And so it is. How glad they are to see us here and everywhere we go we get a royal reception. I tell you it is a great thing and privilege to wear the uniform of the U S army." Mr Gilland is a nephew of>Mrs Hugh McCutchen and is related to the Gilland and McCutchen families af this town and county. He has made many friends when visiting here. Juvenile Missionary Society Meets. The Juvenile Missionary Society Df the Methodist church held its regular meeting on the evening of Monday, February 11. The subject was the coal mines. Some very interesting letters from deaconesses were read, telling of the great work that is being done for the people out there. Each member answered the rell call with the name of a deaconess. The following officers have been ?lected f&r 1918: managers, Miss Osiie Epps and Miss Mae Stoll; president, Dollie McFadden; first vicepresident, Madge Blakely; second rice-president, Annie Frierson; corresponding secretary, Mary Catherne Epps; recording secretary. Virginia Harmon; treasurer, Hubert Speigner; superintendent study and publicity, .lack Meadors; superintendent of social service, Vsrdell Nesnith. r Ifl I J' *..*!! :J : OPPORTUNITY 2 OF MECH. | BLACKSMITHS, CARPEN AND VARIOUS 0T1 WANTED TO BUILE We are requested by the S\ m tn sav that thev badlv need j i yards, the material, the money, jj? ers. They contemplate buildinj || annually, but cannot do it for la P They want blafcksmiths, cai jP ers, pipe fitters draughtsmen, s ijjj er kinds of mechanics, jfi It is no use for these men to employment on arrival. The G thing about them first. They n age, occupation, experience and | considersd and if accepted, thej ? where to report, and at good pa The proper blanks may be c i | Elveen. chairman of she Willis gj Defense, who will be glad to gi I personally apply, or they can w a US Shipping Board, Washingtc 11.1 i xl I gj We may aaa tnat rnese are g but profitable ones. Those war g it at once. The safety of our fi g the construction of these ships. a The fact is that the recent < j? istrator Garfield, closing the fa< ? and more recent embargo issue* g up all the freight with the exce g not because of a falling down ) g but because of the lack of shi j g plain. The speeding up of the II the Eastern seaports, and pack< I g outside of the seaboard cities, t I ? materials for the war zone. Tt : | coal required for the ships in ha i | and even the few ships which v II harbor by empty bunkers and c ! I Until ws have ships to clea: I factured goods, for which our a 1 are in need, enforced holidays; 1 with the result that no factories Sm running on full time and no wo: ous employment * ( BED CROSS NOTES. , a> Q < This column of Red Cross notes will hereafter be a weekly feature t of The County Record. All commit- T tees of the local chapter, as weW as s the auxiliaries and branches through- i out the county, are invited to send < news items to Mrs L W Gilland.pub- ? licity chairman, not later than Tues- 1 day of each week, and it is hoped ' that all those who have news to con- < tribute will respond to this request. 1 Time was, though it was never 1 j true, when folks might say that the I i Red Cross represented only a certain 1 I class of the American public. That * is,that it was representative of bankj ers and the moneyed interest of the j so-called society types of our towns I and cities. But what can be the atti- ( | tude today, when twenty million of I j our American people have volunta- * , rily enrolled under the banner of I ! the American Red Cross? This great t j multitude of people represents more i than 20 per cent of our population. It represents the lawyer, the doctor ? I and all the other professions. It rep- c ! resents those in the business walks a of life. Big business? Yes, and little e business, too. It represents the mill t worker, the elerk behind the counter.the fashionably dressed purchaser b in sealskin furs. And now, with this e great army of patriotic American F j citizens, back of this greatest of all r single movements in the world to-1 o day, with a program rich in the va-1 ft ; riety of opportunities for service! e which it offers, the American Red I c Cross?your Red Cross, our Red p ' Cross?will make advances absolute- is l ly inconceivable a short time ago. c Let us bear in mind, there rests a tremendous responsibility. It is a re- f 1 sponsibility of measuring up to the si j opportunity of playing a real part in o this world war. While the Red s< lilliiliaiKXBWIi-BliiiliilBIia.'' Bv.B- tX : FOR MEN 1 ANICAL TURN. j ? f ITERS, ELECTRICIANS | HER TRADESMEN . I SHIPS FOR WAR. lipping Board at Washington, 1 mechanics. They have the but they lack skilled labor- fl ? six million tons of shipping i Lck of men. | penters, electricians, plumb- |j tore keepers and various oth go to the yards and expect overnment must know some- B lust enroll themselves, give | references. These will be B r will be instructed when and 1! y. |! >btained from Mr Geo A Mc- ? j imsburg County Council of i ve information to any who g rite Hon Edward N Hurley, g >n, DC. B not only patriotic positions, g iting blanks should attend to ^ uture depends largely upon order issued by Fuel Admin- | itories of the whole country, ^ i by Secretary McAdoo, tying |: ption of food and fuel, came | i of the carriers themselves, g ps. The reason for this is g American factories piled in g id into every railway siding g| ? 1 # I 11 _*si nousanas 01 loaaea cars ox g le result was that even the |! trbor could not get through, g sre now possess were held in g ould not sail. g r the Atlantic ports of manu- g; ,mry in France and our allies | and embargoes must recur, gi in America can be assured of g rkman can count on continu- g | Dress, through its vast number of volunteer workers in France and the I nnntrips of our allips. is trulv fieht-, nft the American fight, till our boys j ;ake their places in the trenches; vhile it is actually representing the ; ipirit of America until that time! vhen our boys in khaki shall more :learly demonstrate the American ipirit, the great army of Red Cross nembers and workers at home must ceep ever faithfully at it,in order to ilearly demonstrate our ever wilingness to support this great work. Membership is all right in its place, )ut service is more important still. Do something! This is a part for ;ach to play! "Shun not the struggle! Face it. Tis God's gift." Tomorrow,22nd inst.will mark the :lose of the national junior campaign !or membership. Under the able direction of Mrs W L Taylor,|the cam)aign has been vigorously pushed in his county. Greelyville school is organized and actively at work under Hiss Foster. Miss RoyalJPeak is organizing the school in the Boyd leighborhood. Cades, Mt Vernon md Spring Bank,besides several othr schools, have written for applicaion blanks to organize. Kingstree school presented a; >eautiful patriotic pageant Friday vening for the benefit of its Junior led Cross league, at which $50 was ealized. Much credit for the success f thisentertainmentshould bejgiven lisses Heape and Logan, who traind the scholars in their ?parts. The hildren are hard at work making inafores for the refugees, and wool i on hand, so that they will soon1 ommence knitting. In response to an announcement 10m Washington, the Kingstree; chool children submitted messages f welcome along with the other chool children throughout the Un ion to the school children of the new possession of the United States, the Virgin Islands. The best of these messages will be selected at Washington and sent to the Virgin Islands as a greeting. The Extension committee attended a meeting at Cedar Swamp school Friday night and organized an auxiliary there with twenty charter members. The names of the officers will be published later. Mrs Bennett Brown of Bryan has turned in a list of twenty-one names! who[wish to become members of the! Kingstree chapter. The IKingstree colored auxiliary has held several interesting meetings. Their committees are being organized and will soon be actively at work. The work room of the Red Caoss is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m.to 6 p. m., and not Wednesday .Thursday and Friday, as erroneously reported last week. It is earnestly hoped that every woman who can do so will pledge at least one-half day's work each week to help complete the work on hand. The latest instructions from the knitting department emphasize that socks and sweaters are the most needed articles. Sweaters are to be made 23 inches long. The head size of the sweater should be large enough to enable a man wearing a No 8 hat to slip it on easily. This is important. Make sweaters 38 inches in chest measure. Socks should be knitted of gray, white or unwashed wool; feet between 11 and 12 inches long; legs 14 inches long; legs and feet not ovor 4 inches wide. There must be no knots in socks. In knitting,disregard the number of stitchpa and knit to dimensions. Many discarded wool knitted gar-1 ments may be utilized for Red Cross! purposes if the directions given be-1 low are followed: Used white yarn may be used for: socks if it is stout enough. Test for j strength before knitting into socks. I The many colored -yarns may be knitted into most useful blankets, as follows: Knit small squares and join them together, making a blanket the size of a regulation single blanket? any combination of cglors. Numbers I of these blankets are needed. The Southern division of the American Red Cross has been asked to furnish 350 phonograph records in | good condition out of a lot of 500 that has been requested by Major ~ - ? * ferKins lor me amusement ui tuc American soldiers in France. The request came to Col William Lawson Peel, division manager, from the national headquarters,with the further request that they be sent to the Red Cross clearing house in New York as soon as possible. Any persons having phonograph records that they would like to give for the use of the American soldiers will please send them at their earliest conveniencce to the Southern Division warehouse, at 32 James street, Atlanta, Ga. A Card from W B Funk. It has come to my attention that there has been circulated in Kingstree and Williamsburg county, rumors to the effect that I am now, or have been, a German sympathizer. Such a rumor is a serious matter with me and my friends, and I take this, my first opportunity to do so publicly since it came to my attention, to denounce it as untrue and without foundation of fact. I have been a resident of this community for thirty years and consider myself as true to the principles of South Carolina as any man who claims it as his native home. Very sincerely, W R Funk. Kingstree, February 16, 1918. Hymeneal. Married?Wednesday, February 13,Miss Myrtle Dennis, daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Dennis, of the Cades section, to Mr Wm J Joyce of New Jersey, at present engaged in the construction of Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala. GERMANY FORCES PEACE ON RUSSIA. 1 DICTATES VERY HUMILIATING CONDITIONS, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED GRUDGINGLY. London, February 19:?Russia is now forced to sign peace upon the conditions proposed by Germany, says an official Russian statement received here today. The official statement was signed by Premier Lenin#1 and Leon Trotzky, the foreign minister. It protests against the German resumption of the war and says the councils of people's commissioners is now forced to declare its readiness to sign a peace as dictated by the delegations of the Quadruple Alliance at BrestLitovsk. It promises to give a detailed reply without delay to the German peace conditions. The statement was * transmitted through the wireless telegraph stations of the Russian government to the government of the German Empire at Berlin. The text reads. "The council of people's commissaries protests against the fact that the German government has directed its troops against the Russian council's republic, which has declared the war as at an end and which is demobilizing its army on all fronts. "The workmen's and peasants' nftimmimont a# Piioaia aauM nnt An. UI1JV.UV VA AVUOOII* vvuivi mvv mm ticipate such a step because neither directly nor indirectly has any one of the parties which concluded the armistice given the seven days notice required in accordance with the treaty of December 15 for terminating it. "The council of people's commissaries, in the present circumstances, regards itself as forced formally to declare its willingness to sign a peace upon the conditions which had been dictated by the delegations of the Quadruple Alliance at Brest-Litovsk. "The council of people's commissaries further declares that a detailed reply will be given without delay to the conditions of peace as proposed by the German government. "(Signed) [ "For the council of people's comI missaries. "Lehine, "Trotzky." The Russian Government, according to another official statement received here, has addressed the following message to headquarters and all the fronts: "The council of people's commissaries has offered to the Germans to sign peace immediately. I order that in all cases where Germans are massed that pourparlers with the German soldiers should be organized and the proposal to refrain from fighting made to them. If the 1-afncQ tkon vnn milsf flf VJC1 lliaiiO 1V1UJV., WJVU JVM ? fer to them every possible resistance. (Signed) "Krylenko." washington not surprised. Washington, February 19:?Announcement of the Bolsheviki government's intention to sign a peace treaty based on the humiliating conditions imposed by Germans caused no surprise in official circles here in view of the failure of the Russians' attempt to influence the German Socialists to prevent an attack on unresisting people. An irresistible demand by the great masses of the Russian people for peace had brought about the downfall in turn of three consecutive governments; that of Czar Nicholas, Prince Lvosk and Kerensky. Lenine and Trotzky, according to the official understanding here, were fully aware that their regime would share the same fate if they failed to respond to the overwhelming demand of the public.