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^ Thursday, Marchl5, 1917.
Events at Earles.
Earles, March 12:? Rev Mr Gardner
preached his regular sermon at
Harmony church Sunday morning.
Mr and Mrs Edward Dutton were
quests at the home of Mr J S Tartt
last Sunday.
Misses Lorraine Lathan, Floride
McCelvey, Katie Win gate and Mr
Cnarlon Camiin were visitors at An
drews Saturday.
Mr W S C imlin and son, Tom. of
West Andrews attended services at
Harmony church Sunday.
Misses iiilna reagm ana ineima
Marshall were visitors at Andrews
Saturday.
Messrs Clifford and Claude Parsons
were guests at the home of Mr
W B Haselden Sunday.
Mr George McElveen, the distinguished
Sundav-school worker of
Williamsburg county, gave a most
interesting lecture at Harmony
church Sunday morning. A good
crowd was present and every one
eajoyed the lecture very much.
Misses Lorraine Lathan, Floride
McCelvey, Katie Wingate, and Mr
Charlton Camlin attended services
at Gourdins Chapel Sunday afternoon.
A series of services will begin at
Harmony church Wednesday night,
March 14. The services will be conducted
by Rev Mr Gardner, pastor
nnninfktr Dan WI*
?J L VUC CI1UIV.II, II99IOVCVJ \JJ VVC ? 1UI
Smith, formerly of Texts, but now
a member of the lower South Carolina
conference. We hope everyone
will take great interest in the services.
Mr Tillman Ham of Sampit was
in this community last Sunday.
The Girls' Sewing Circle met at
Earles school house Friday afternoon.
The members are taking
great interest in the work, and we
hope to have a better club in the
future.
Mr C K Feagin was over in the
Trio section Sunday.
Miss Phroso Ha-r??lson spent the
past week end at her home nearGourdins
Chapel. Red Crow.
Items from PIney Forest.
Andrews, R F D 1. March 11:?
Miss Cra'g Hyatt, teacher of the
Piney Forest school, spent the weekend
with Miss Janie Johnson, teach-1
er in the Trio section.
Miss Hatti<? Kirton of Earles is
visiting relatives here this week. I
Mr Ben Amnions ol tfioomingvale
with a party of young ladies was
fioted in this section Sunday after-!
noon.
Mr S R Long, who is one of the
largest hog owners in this section,
has tost practically all hisdrovefrom
cholera.
Miss Estelle Long is at the bedside
of her sister, Mrs Amanda Smith, of
the Morrisville section, who is very
ill at this writing.
The Sunday-school here is progressing
nicely under the superintendency
of Mr W J Godwin.
Mr Richard Brockinton of Morrisville
R F D Jwas in this section Sunday
afternoon, as usual.
Poor Boy.
Election at Andrews.
Andrews, March 13:?There will
be an election in Andrews for mayor
on March 19. The candidates are:
Messrs J L Grant and C J Levy. Mr
Grant has been mayor for the last
six years and during his encumbency
the little village of Andrews has become
a little city known all over
South Carolina; and at no time has
its growth been faster or more
steady than it is today. Mr Levy is
a genial gentleman and veiy popular
personally.
Six councilmen are to be elected
at the same time. There are twelve
candidates.
William L Jeffries, a son of Dr M !
D Jeffries, pastor of Southside Bap- j
tist church, Spartanburg, was acci- j
dentally killed at Mountain Mills,Vt, j
Saturday by inhaling chlorine ga3.
He was a chemist in the employ of
the DuPont Powder company and
had been sent to Mountain Mills to j
supervise the installatian of a bleaching
Dlant.
James A Carlisle, one of the as- i
sistant cashiers of the Union National
Bank, of Columbia, a leading banking
institution of that city, was arrested
last Saturday upon a warrant
sworn out before United States Com- (
missioner R Beverly Sloan, the spe* |
cific charge against him being a
shortage in his accounts of about
ten thousand, five hundred dollars.!
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UNITED STATES WILL
1 ABM MERCHANTMEN
PRESIDENT STILL CLINGS TO
HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE NO
ACTUAL CLASH WITH GERMAN
SUBMARINES.
Washington,March 12?The Unit-,
ed States Government today took the
: only formal step that will precede
J the sailing for the war zone of Amer-,
: ican merchant ships armed to resist
attacks by German submarines.
Notice to the world of the inteni
tion to place an armed guard on mer-1
chantmen was given in a communiI
cation sent by the State Department
' to all embassies and legations in
! Washington.
The statement, which, it is assumeJ,
will be transmitted to Germany
by the Swiss minister, follows:
"In view of the announcement of
the Imperial German Government on
January 3111917,that all ships,those ,
of neutrals included, met within cer-1
tain zones of the high seas would be j
sunk without any precaution being
taken for the safety of the persons!
on board, and without the exercise
of visit and search, the Government
of the United States has determined j
to place upon all American merchant
vessels sailing through the barred
zone an armed guard for the protection
of the vessels and the lives of
the persons on board.
Officials continued to be reticent;
today about the arming of ships and [
the probable date the first would bej
ready to sail. All such details are
regarded as military secrets.
In fact there is. a general dispo-!
sition to avoid discussing any phase 1
of the situation pending the outcome
of the defiance of the submarine
menace by American vessels with
naval guns and gunners on board.
Speculation continues as to the!
part the United States may play if
forced into hostilities by Germany.
In official quarters the opinion is j
very clear that President Wilson for
the present at least is contemplating;
no more direct connection with the
European war than is necessary to
protect American rights on the high j
seas."
Preparations for eventualities are
going forward, but the President is,
known still to cling to the hope that
there will be no actual clash between
America's armed merchantmen and '
VJc'l (iiau duuiuaiiurd.
The President, who has been confined
to his bed for several days by j
a cold was able tuday to discuss in- i
ternational questions with Secretary
Lansing. He probably will be in his
room for a day or two longer, however,
and the usual Cabinet meeting
tomorrow is expected to be cancelled.
Card of Thanks.
Mr and Mrs J Z McConnell wish
to thank the neighbors and friends
whose tireless help and touching
sympathy helped to soften the blow
that the death angel dealt in our
home.
We were made to feel that service
and sympathy were not lightly given
and we wish to say that it will not
be lightly forgotten.
Both Prodigals.
A youug wife remonstrated with
her lnisband, a dissipated spendthrift,
on his conduct. "Love," said
he, "I am like the prodigal son; I
shall reform by and by."
"I will be like the prodigal son,
too," she replied, "for I shall arise
and go to my father,"?Exchange.
Appropriate Error.
"I have come," said the old subscriber,
"to complain about your report
of mv daughter's wedding."
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"What was the matter wnn lir i
demanded the editor.
'Well, her name is Gratia, but you
printed it 'Gratis.'"
"That's not so bad. She was givjn
away, wasn't she?"?Pittsburgh
c'nroniele-Telegraph.
MRS, SLACK'S LETTER
To Mothers of Delicate Children
Palmyra, Pa?"My little girl had a
chronic cough and was so thin you could
count her ribs and she had no appetite.
Nothing we gave her scorned to help her,
until one day Mrs. Neibert asked me to
try Vinol, and now she is hungry all the
time, her cough is gone, she is stouter
and has a more healthy color. I wish
every mother who has a delicate child
would try Vinol. "?Mrs. Alfred Slack.
We guarantee Vinol, our delicious cod
liver and iron tonic, to make delicate
children healthy and strong.
Scott Drug Co, Kingstree, S C.
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MILLINERY OPENINGS
IN K1N8STREE TODAY.
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SUPERIOR DISPLAYS AND REASONABLE
PRICES, DESPITE
THE WAR TIMES.
"A thing of beauty is a joy for
ever."
We beheld the one and felt the
other as we peered into the stores of
the Kingstree Dry Goods Co, S Marcus.
and Silverman's Department
Store this morning. The occasion,
was the annual spring opening of i
millinery, dress goods, ready made
dresses and spring suits for ladies.'
These openings are always anticipated
apparently, by ladies of the
community, with considerable interest,
though, this season it seems to
have assumed an unusual depth
owing, perhaps, to the many hard
luck stories concerning the scarcity
of dye stuffs and other materials
that are essential to women's fashions
in America. Doubtless many
of them had formed an impression
that the spring of 1917 would bring
out nothing new on this account, |
but if our judgment is correct the!
shades are even more beautiful than
last year or the year before, and as
The prices are probably a little,
more skyward than a year ago, but I
certainly there is nothing lacking in j
attractiveness of the display nor in j
the quality of the goods displayed.
The display of millinery, dress goods
and trimmings at the Kingstree Dry
Goods company's store is superb.
The dress goods trimmings were as
dainty and as pretty, it would seem,
as the textile art could make them.
The store was tastily decorated so
that everything showed us to excellent
advantage.
Apple green and mustard seem to
be the leading colors in tailored suits
while all the delicate shades of the
rsiibow are embolied in the flimsy !
little evening dresses and dainty
crepe de chines and silk materials
inted for the artificial embelishment
or habiliment of the gentler sex.
At the big Silverman store the
beautiful display of pattern hats,
ladies' spring suits and dainty crepe
de chine, georgette and other silk
dresses was dazzling, and we wonnered
why our lady folk talk about
go ng to Florence or Charleston or
some other outlandish place to buy
their spring and summer toggery.
Why, it seems to us that if we only
had the money we could buy everything
we need in this line on Main
street today and save railroad fare j
as well as a part of the other fel
low's profits. Mr Silverman's dis- >
play of ladies' ready-to-wear gowns
is made up in all the leading colorsas
well as materials.
At Mr Marcus' store we found the
usual display of beautiful Gage hats,!
spring dress rr-n-ds, a variety of col-1
ors in crep de chines and an unusually
handsome line of ladies'ready-:
to-wear suits and dresses made up
according to fashion's very latest
dictations.
We regret that the "openings" !
occur on our "closing" day, for on
Thursday The Record must come outand
time prevents us from giving a j
more extended write-up of the prec- '
ty things Messrs Marcus. Swails ami
Silverman have placed at the disposal
of our women folk.
We doubt if a more attractive line
will be found in this section of the
State, and, considering the general
trade conditions,these merchants are
certainly entitled to the praise and |
patronage of the surrounding com-'
munity.
With Our Advertisers.
R W Lewis wants you to get your
good things to eat from him and reduce
the high cost of living.
The Kingstree Furniture Co has a
large assortment of all kinds of
chairs and invites your inspection.
T E Baggett, jeweler and optician,
has a beautiful line of suitable gifts
for the sweet girl graduate. He is
also prepared to fit the eyes with
glasses, either single or double lens.
Charlie Worg, the popular Chinese
proprietor of the Wong Laundry,
has moved his place ox business
from the telephone company's building
to the old store room of Mr B F
Patrick on North Academy street.
See announcement in advertising [
columns.
The Carter Distributor Co of;
Elliott are advertising the famous'
Bemis Tobacco Transplanter in this!
paper. Mr J V Carter, of the firm, j
has temporary headquarters at Hemingway
where he has this machine!!
on sale, and will be glad to demon-j
strate its merits to any interested:)
parties. See ad for further infor-:
mation.
We have 200 pounds of Lord Bal-1
timore Linen Writing Paper and
Envelopes, 00c value, for 45c. I
2-15-tf Scott Drug Co. !
The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c.
U, S, STEAMER SUNK
WITHOUT WARNING,
GERMANS REFUSE TO AID CREW
AND MEN SUFFER FROM EXPOSURE
IN OPEN BOATS.
London, March 11: ?The American
steamship Algonquin lias been
sunk by a (ierman suhmarina. The J
crew was saved.
According to a later report fromj
J G Stephens, American consul at,
Plymouth, tue captain of the Al-l
gonquin stated that his ship was'
sunk by shell fire without warning, j
According to l iter advices from
Plymouth the German submarine
opened tire upon the Algonquin
from a distance of 4/MK) yards,
firing about twenty shells. These
were not sufficient to sink the steamer
so she was boarded by men
from the submarine who placed four
bombs and the Algonquin was
blown up. The crew was given
plenty of time to leave the vessel.
"It was just after daylight Monday
when we were attacked,1' said
the captain of the Algonquin, as reported
by the press association.
"There was no warning. The submarine
started fire at a range of
three miles. When about twentyfive
shells had been fired at the Algonquin,
of which four hit her forward,
the crew decided to take to the
boats and pulled away from the
sinking vessel.
. "Then the submarine approached
and, with only her periscope showing,
sailed around the steamer several
times. Finding that the crew
had abandoned the ship,the submarine
came to the surface. Some of
the Germans boarded the Algonquin
and placed bombs aft. These were
exploded,and within a quarter of an
hour the steamer disappeared.
'' I appealed to the submarine com mander
for a tow towards land, in
view of the roughness of the weather,
but the German gruflly replied,
'No,I am too busy.' The crew pull
ed away in their boats, none being j
injured by shell tire, but all suffered !
from exposure.
"All personal effects and the ship's i
papers were lost."
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WILL ORDER YOU All
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KINGSTREE, S. C.
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