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'*"^ux miss oiju^kRIkndh iMLtait Writ## o I Pa*dn* Away prlcvtltt and Loved Our*. r raindau Chronicle : 1 have so pl t'.-.r friends In old Kershaw County Itrtam l would Hk? U. wtlt. until I I . i i? uw your hatfpy medium 'Eh ha* followed me wherever I've gone II 1,4 thl. gua tidiugs from the dear * iii ilu< ritd Hom?v community and 'T* it has brought the wad news mm P?\uf the grim roApcr bus been very T 1 for Clod had need for Home of his *gsyK.((i Di#n?lon? to be occupied and ' of H'M cboiceat apirits lived on itirthaw soil and they are no more, for ST took tbena. ftfomdnta on the memory of my sainted th. r aud Pavis whose r. h were close together and *ho each Sn a* ??'?r ,>rrTL*?' !>? kuo*?> hu .ni to be. and *4* after Hineou aud JJ" h Davis and Kwillie ilinsou and WM Minnie Hendrlx all in my old neigh Srhood that I ?hall *6* their facea no a, re here, end then In Camden Robt Latti ko brave, baa faUeu by tho mur hand, aa If Jehovah waa not call K Mioufb in hta own way and time, f ?nd ('apt. K- J- McLeod who always r !Lted you with that broad optimistic {-He |g no more and Qey. W. Croaby aud other* here and there over the county -hom it was always a pleasure to meet IDd greet are gathered to the father. v> fan't-We all get nearer to God because #f these aflictlonaT- I think so. Our last letter through the Chronicle vu from New York 20 montha ago and these 20 montha have been spent almost wholly in the country's aervice mostly it Camp Jackson and the Port Termi ills at Charleston tu aid in the destruc tion of the world menace in the form of the world mehsbrdlu shrdlu shrdlun #f Germau autocracy and am glad of its complete overthrow and we attind ever - wady, yea anxious to flght to the death every companion evil iu this or other lands and have always found plenty to do in this line nnywhore and everywhere I've been. Any friend who might wish to write us or visit us will find a very j warm welcome and comforts usually I found on a nice farm, will find us at Ml Holly. S. CL domiciled on one of the best 'arranged and most fertile farms jn the s'tflto- whefo we wont Have a thin* to do except earn our bfre-id by the ?w"nt til our brow and go hunting aud fishing k:\veen 'dcor?, J. O. Mo.telqy. ... . i.V'v , ? barrels marked "vinegar" reaching Savannah on an 'Ocean Steam sbli) Com pnny's vessel, aroused the suspicion of government agents guarding the port '-afflict -whiskey - k)> i pmen ts-. - When <the heads of the barrels were removed two , large rubber bogs v containing whiskey were floating in the vinegar. ORRNANV TO BK MAIM HARMIJCSM Hutu* KefuwU to Comply With New , Terms Will Mean War Again. I iins. I' ?>li i;; Th,- tUpriHUd \ih? <l Wtl ????iHicil has tl.t i, |r, |, MtVS H 1 1? \ ,M ?vp'?M. that th? armiatlee with Gctutftltj v '4 be nmowwl on February 17 tor a xr,s hritf p' riod. with th.- Allies 1 *?-* serving the right t?> Mttsprnd It at any tiuif in t In' eveut of Germany** ffclluw t<> Of fry out new clauses or tho^t* which have hitherto not been executed. It la #to the teruis will provide that the Germans must cease hostilities agaiust the Poles and maintain their force# within fixed limits. During the brief period of the renew* <m* armistice, a special commission will definitely draft the conditions on the armistice. which will last till the sig nature of the peace preliminaries. These conditions, which the supreme war council is reported to hare approv? ed in a rough form yesterday fcar? Jn view, it is said, the demobilisation of the Germauy army and the dlsarmt ment of the enemy under the supervis ion of the Allies. These terms, It Ik understood, will be communicated to Ger many so that the national assembly at Weimar will have time to deliberate upon them until the .provisional armls tlce expiree. It Is reported that M, Clcmenceau 5 made an impresslvo speech showing the ! uecosslty of taking all desirable precau tious against Germany. At the after noon silting, President Wilson Is de clared to hnvo adopted the same vlew noint. affirming that all tho Allies were agreed on that point and that dlvergcn- . wies . which cropped up during previous discussions bore solely /n the most suit able methods of obtaining the necessary guarantees. ; President Wilson, according to" the Ve nn rt. is understood to have declared in, conversation, that a resumption ef hos wn* a grave eventuality to which hf> would Ugrce only on tin* moat aibso Ntely essential considerations and not for any secondary motive. The report states that, in Mr. Wilson's opinion, the ^^vu-exe^u41t>iv- of- terms of the awnlstioe by Germany would be an incident of such a nature as to justify tlie restimp tiou of war and It U stated that he It Pays t<* Buy the Beat Watch You Can Afford At Our Price Anyone Can Afford a Pretty One ?. ? j.:. , ^ * j ? ? : ? '* We have no watches at any price that we dan't ? * warrant to keep good time V~v r - **?** Well, the satisfaction of being protected ? , bylone of our : ?' r LATEST POLICIES the nerves and assures longer life. i Ms L . ?? Look out for yourself, as w< as the wife and babies. * i ? SOUTH CAR O LTNH GREENVILLE L. A, Mcdowell, Ag?nt would no( hewitate^g.. that case to ordar the Amvrlcan artny to take up anna again. "The Reason Why." It. A. Thoiuu* St?*'k Itemed!*-* are tbo l>o*t, they Mr* aoloutiflently watLr aud till medicine, They keep the health up. and the feed hill down. There If ? * eauao for every effect, remove thp ^auae and the effect remote# Iteelf. The Poultry Kerned lee tire especially made to relieve all the dlaeeaes la the trow I family such as Cholera and Rouee aud makes the Itone lay. >The Hog Kenedy . will positively keefi off the Cholera, and If tires til the first stage*. will cure 80 per eeet Dou't forget to keep on hand a bet tie ef Karris' Oollc Remedy for Hutaee It la so simple with dropper, tlmt a ohlld can give it. Alao a battle ef Pet rU* Heallug Resuedy for Onta and UruUea ou man or baaet They nevae tell. These remedies are all guaranteed to you hy your dealer, to gira eat Ufa* tlou, or your money back. Made by Old Kentucky Mannteetue lug IV:, Paducah, Kentucky. ! For sale by Springs A shannon. Gam den, 8. 0. ? adv. Jena 8. , . . 5 ' f'' "j TAX HOT1CX. , ?? I ? V Office of Treeaarer Kerahaw Ooa?ty? Camds* 8- O., Oct S. 1W? Notice la hereby given that tha hooka will be open for the collection of State, Couaty and School Taxes, from October 15th, 1018, to March 15th, 19J0- A peunlty of 1 per cent will he added to all taxes uupaid January lat, 1918; * per cent February lat, 1019, aad 5 per vent March 15th, 1010. v The rate per centum for Kershaw County la a* followa: ..?. v Mills State Taxea. ? Vf County Taxea . ? ] Special Taxes -T~ f 13 1-4 Hontl laxea ? ? ,) ^ .y School Taxes --- >*?? ? * s Total ~~ - 24 V# ^he following School Districts have sppclal levies : ? ' ~ . School District No. 1 ? --- ? School District No. 2 ? 4 School District No, 8 - ? 4 School District No. 4 0 School District fto. 0 - ? --- ^ School District No. 0 . ? .. ? - --- W School District No. 7 ? - ? ^ School District No. 8 - ? ? m ^ School Distric* No. 9 "1 School District No. 10 ft School District No. "IV ? - ? - V~~ 0 School district No. 12 ^^-.*.4 School District No. 13 ? ? - --- 8 School Diatricg No. 14 -vii ? i 8 School Dlatrlct No. ISM.,-- ? 3 School District No. M.J-. 4 School District Ne. 17 ? 8 School District No. 18 ? - ? - - ? 4 School District No. 10 ? - 1 School District Ne. 20l -r- ~ ? 4 School District Ne. 21 ' & 4 School District Ne. 22 ? . 11 Scboo1 Dlatrlct Ne. 23 *8 School District Ne. 24 ? ?? 4 School Dlatrict No. 25 I ? ? - u-. 4 School District Ne. 2t ? - 4 School District Ne. 27 ? ? ... ? ? ? School District No. 28 ? ?... 8 School District No. 28 ? ? 4 School District No. 88 4 School district Ne. 81 School District Ne. 82 ? J School District No. 88 ? . 4 School District Ne. 85 ? ? 8 School District Ne. 86 -C- 4 School DSSStfca. $T ... ... ? School District No. 88 ? ? ? - ? ft School District No, 88 - j 8 School District No. 48 11 School District No. 41 % ? 4 School District No. 42 ? ... 4 School District No. 48 ? ? - 8 School District. No. <0 8 School District No. 47 ? 1 4 The poll tax Is $1.00. : All able-bodied male persons from tfef age of twenty-one (21) to sixty (80) years, both inclusive, except residents of incorporated towns of the county, shall pay 12.00 aa a road tax,, except ministers of the gospel actually In charge of a congregation, teachers em ployed In public schools, school trasteee and persons permaneutly disabled la the military aervice of thla State, and per-, sons who served in the War Between the. States, and ail. persons .actually ^iployed In the Quarantined service of this State and all residents who may be attending school or college at the time when said road .tax shall become due. Persons claiming disabilities muat pre sent certificates from two reputable phy sician* of this county. Ail information with reference to taxes will be furnished upon applica tion. D. 11. MeOASKILL, . . ' County Treaansar. . NKW OK^KANN MKKT1NO Kx-ilovmior Mawti?f , Heads IMukUoo] :T; ? \ tVow Ho^tb Carolina. ,\\-w Feb. 18.~~A prof ram; :'ur the r?vlmt u.n 61 Ut?> IPIO uoreagw planted to cottou aud the holding of I the present crop for higher price* was embodied In ; resolution* pa***d at the cloliug hoksIou today of the conference! .?f banker*, merchants and farmers | from all of the cotton pryduciug State*. The salleot feature* of the resolution aw: 1. Reduction ojjihe *$19 cotton acre-j age by one third aa compared with 1018. 9. A pledge not ? sell any part of the present crop foi other than "re munerative prtcta" an 1 to hold this crop uutil the demand call* for it at suchj prices. \ k U. Formation of State cotton acreage1 reduction associations whose business itj will be to obtain 'written pledges to carry out the first two provisions from every cotton grower and cotton producer in tho United States. 4. To brand any man who refustf to cooperate as "so lacking in public spirit a* to forfeit the confidence of the com munity In which be lives." ft. A future convention of cotton pro duc^rrf before which a detailed report j>f the progress of the plans outlined <ibovc Is to be made by every cotton : rowing State, The resolution which were drawn upj \v a committee composed of a banker,, 'nrrner and metahant from each of tho ?ot ton growing States, headed by former; |*<ahwornoT-Rieb?rd I. VIonnlng of South ?$ft?llna aa chairman, further declared Miat "thex'acoumulatlon of largo stocks of ??otfon In tho batids of farmers and m-r "hants of the South and the drastic .de cline In the palco to figures below the ?a st of production, due to paH war trad<?J llnorgani nation, to tlio scarcity of ocenn [jxmnagi^ La the. rc^ric^tfen11" on trade i; nosed by foreign nations . have pre 'dpltated 'upon the cotton producing, mer ?nntile aod banking Interest!^ of the South i crisis fraught: with * grave 'menace ''to fhs present welfare of the section as well as to^he future prosperity thereof.* The convention was ad Journed sub- | iect to the call of Governor Pleqsant of Louisiana. The. resolution follows: "Resolved, first, That this convention hereby declares that ,^t this juncture I a reduction of at least one-third of the 11)18 cotton acreage and the planting of largely increased food crops la impera tively necessary for the present welfare ?tnd future prosperity of the South, and rhls convention and the several farmer, merchant and banker members tber^f hereby pledge themselves In their several capacities through their own actions and through their determined influence, to produce the desired end* / "Second. That this convention declares that if the foregoing acreage reduction platform fs carried out there will be no necessity to sell any jtart of the present crop for other than remunera tive prices, and the convention hereby ?riedgef itself and ita members and af filiations not to sacrifice the present -rop but to hold the sanie until demand calls for it at such prices. "Third That the farmers, merchants Hid bankers of the South should or ganise their: force, and influence to the end that the[ acreage reduction and bold* ing campaign shall be carried vigorous ly into every . couuty - and every sub division thereof In every cotton growing State, that in furtherance of this in tensive campaign those States which are already organised should earnestly pros ecute the work so well begun, and those States which as yet are not organized should proceed at once to marshall their forces and in so doing should utilize the machitaery of the State Councils of De fense where available and the State and County agents of the agricultural and educational (departments of such States, that all counties in which public organi zation meeting have not been already ?brilk. JHuJi m^UufjFsliould be held on Saturday February 22, for the purpose of ratifying the acreage reduction and cotton holding movement and securing i he written pledgee of- all concerned, and it is recommended that said day or such days as may be appointed shall be declared a holiday and ail stores in such meeting place be closed. "Fourth. That any man who because Ms neighbors and the cotton producers generally are reducing cotton acreage shall for selfish ends undertake to profit through such general action by increas ing his own acreage or by refusing 16 reduce the *ame, such man shall be deemed so lacking in pubHc spirit M nd good citizenship as to forfeit the confi dence and support of the community in which be Uvea. ( "Fifth. That the several State or^ sanitations in charge o4 the movement should in the near future, at a time and place to be designated by the chair man of tfiU convention, nrnd delegate* to a meeting called by the said chair man for the purpbee of reporting upon the work accomplished Tnd considering the formation of a permanent organisa tion of the farmers, merchants and "^ankers of the South dedicated to the purpose of securing for the cotton pro ducer a just return upon hie investment ~f money or toll." >y <4'*-' rrr*Tr.*ry*7T?, Always the best boy for the price Sealed TUhtKcPt RUht Tbe greatest five-cents worth of beneficial refreshment possible to get. The Bolshevik! Badly Beaton. Odessa, Thursday, Feb. 13. ? The antl Bolshevik army of Gen. Denlken? haB reached the Caspian sea, having advanc (1 850 versts aud captured .'{1,000 pri? oners, ninety-five guns and eight armors nd trains.' t'r/ff- ? ' -,;;y ? In the victorious advance (Jen. Den ikene's army scattered 1 Bolshevik force f more than 100,000. Bolahevlk war material in railway cans .which stretch ed for u distance of thirty miles also w a* captured.' V:, ? ? , ? By bis victory in the Caspian ret ton Gen. Dentkene will be able to tarn his attention to the Don region, ? whet? irhc position of the fores* opposed to the Bolshevik! has been precarious for several weeks. ' : - ^ Come to the Feed Store for? !?*? ' . _ v r . ? ... ,i. r-Trjr.a ; : - *n: // ?* '*7 The Best Flour v. ?\?rr^t The Best Mea) ^ i ' r , The Best Bram ..?.... Get your* feeds at the Feed Storey and you'll get . ' ? ' . the best. c ? ? Ol ^ : springs & Shannon ? The Star* Tfc?* Carrie* TW Stock.