The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 22, 1917, Image 1
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^rOUJtXXII. KIMSTREK, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 19lT ~~ NO.T*
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PMERTCAN VESSELS
SUNK BY GERMANS.
THREE STEAMSHIPS TORPEDOED
AND SOME LIVES LOST-NO
WARNING IN ONE CASE.
London, March 18?The sinking
of the American steamships City of
Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia was
* announced today. Fourteen men]
from the Vigilancia are missing, as ]
are some of the men from the City
of Memphis. The crew of the Illinois
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was lauucu oaicij.
The City of Memphis, in ballast
from Cardiff for New York, was sunk
by gunfire. A second officer and fifteen
men of the crew have been landed.
A patrol boat has gone in search
of the other members of the crew.
The Illinois, from London for Port
1 Arthur, Texas, in ballast, was sunk
at 8 o'clock this morning.
TheVigilanciawas torpedoed without
warning. The submarine did
not appear. The captain, first and
second mates, first, second and third
engineers and twenty-tree men of
the crew have been landed at the
Scillv Islands. The fourth engineer
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and thirteen men are missing,
j The American steamship City of
! Memphis, which left Cardiff Friday
j in ballast for New York, was sunk
| Saturday when she left port. The
! City of Memphis had the Stars and
Stripes painted on both sides. She
encountered a submarine about 5
! o'clock Saturday evening. The Ger
1 man commander ordered the captain
of the steamer to leave his ship
within fifteen minutes.
During the night the boats became
separated and at 4 o'clock Sunday
morning three boat crews were pick-1
ed up by a patrol vessel and landed, i
These boats contained thirty-three
men, most Americans.
All of the officers were Americans.
The officers believe that the other
i boats will be rescued.
The following American officers
of the City Memphis are known to
have been landed: Chief Officer C G
Laird, Chief Engineer W I Percy,
Assistant Engineer F Bevill, Third
Officer M Dierland, Wireless Ooperators
J Welch and P J Donahue and
Electrician Phillips.
Thp alumni of the University of
South Carolina held their annual
banquet Friday night. Among thoee j
present was F J Watson of Little
Rock,who married Miss Mary James
Britton of Kingstree in December.
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tJ Work
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VIRTUALLY STATE OF
WAR NOW EXIST!
PRESIDENT URGING AN IMMED
ATE SESSION OF CONGRESS
TO CONSIDER MEASURES.
Washington, March 18: ? Wi
4L" ???A.ni?nmonf nf flio rnfhlp
lilt" ClIUlUUIKCIIIVUV VI MIV - V...V
destruction of three unarmed Ame
iean merchant ships bv submarine
it was unofficially admitted hero t
night that virtually a state of w;
exists between the United Stat
and Germany.
Technically the United States r
mains in a position of armed neutri
ity. Whether this shall be chang<
before April 16, the date fixed for
special session of Congress, the wi
making branch of the governmen
President Wilson has not decided.
One step the President is conter
plating is a call for an immedia
session of Congress to hear an a
dress asking for authority to ado;
aggressive measures against the su
marine menace.
Already American ships are beir
Armed to defend themselves; tl
next move must be to send warshi
/v?/1a??o fa caa!/ Ant onKmorln
Willi UlUCIO 11/ \J uv ouuiuutiii
and clear the transatlantic lanes.
Some of the highest officials of tl
government hold that the execute
has power to declare that a state i
war exists and to proceed with a
gressive protective steps pendir
the assembling of Congreas. The
is no indication, however, that Pes
dent Wilson will follow that cours
Of the three ships destroyed, tv
were unloaded and were homewai
bound. All were American buil
American owned and officered ar
manned largely by American citizen
Meagre dispatches indicate th
all were sunk with complete disr
gard for the safety of those on boai
and that some of the members <
the crew may have been lost.
Today's developments brought tl
government face to face with tl
problem of formulating a defini
policy for the nation in case tl
United Slates actually enters tl
war. This possibility was mentio
ed by the President in his inaugur
Hflrir^ss March 5.
Locals from Salters.
Salters, March 20:?A number i
our farmers took advantage of tl
fine weather last week and plante
corn.
From all we can learn, there wi
be an abundance of tobacco plan
for putting out. Those whose plan
were killed by the cold weather
February have replanted ancf mat
of them are now up.
Mr T B Gourdin, who recently u
denvent an operation at the Sumt
infirmary, is improving, we are gh
to say.
Mr and Mrs D Bone of Chariest*
spent a short while here Sund:
! night with Mr and Mrs FI T McCla
Mr Giaham, a timber min
I North Carolina, was here'sever
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a ays lasr ween on ousmess. tic w
accompanied hy his brother.
MrSAronson of Lanes was he
jfljjfeirsday or. business.
Miss Lou Ferguson, principal
Indiantown school, spent Saturdi
and Sunday with her sister, Mrs T
Salters, of this place.
Miss Florrie Bell, of the Johnso
ville school faculty, spent Saturd;
and Sunday here with Mrs T E Si
ters.
Mr Spann of Lake City was he
on business Saturday.
Mr Eppsof Kings tree was here
short while Saturday.
Children's day for home missioi
will be observed next Sunday by ti
Sunday-school of Union church wi
appropriate exercises, at the close
which an offering will he taken f
k/->rv-ia miccii.na A f?nrdi?l invitntw
is extended to all.
Mr Faison McDaniel, a student :
the University of South Carolin
spent Sunday with his parents her
Look Out.
The 45th annual meeting of tl
South Carolina Teachers' associate
was brought to a conclusion with tl
business session Saturday mornini
when officers for the year we
elected and many other matters <
routine assignment disposed of. J:
P Kinard, Ph D. superintendent i
the Newberry city schools,was mac
president; D P Kinard of Dillon ar
Mrs E S Watkins of Columbia, vi<
presidents. R C Burts of Rock H
and W S Black of Lexington wei
' re elected secretary and treasure
respectively.
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selling of Hardware we an
gj. oughness which we establii
th! g! ness, no concealed faults ir
lSS | Sj times in such principles we
,r., M years we have been selling
>g, j gi ideals of integrity and wor
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it! ABDICATES THRONE
Pt
b-, TOLD BY DUMA THAT THE HOUR ^
HAS STRUCK--WILL BE- *
IK COME A REPUBLIC.
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ds Ppfrntrrnfl. March 15?Czar Nieh
es olas II has abdicated. His brother,
ie Grand Duke Michael, is Regent. All be
ve ' the leading members of the reactionof
| ary bureaucracy, deposed from pow- D:
K* j er, have either been imprisoned or H
are in flight. The Duma, represent- de
T6 r
. ing the people, and backed by the ^
e army, is in complete control of the m
/o Russian Government. The Emperor
rd : is reported to have been placed un- de
| der guard. 00
j This end was achieved in Petrograd es
at I only after three days fighting in the Ja
e-! streets, but today, with a brilliant 01
"d ' spring sun emerging from the clouds jj*
as though to hail the new regime,
shops and banks are once more open- th
ie ; inpr, the street cars are running, and ( an
te | the capita! apparently is already ac- j ^T|
ie j customing itself to the tremendous
le! change so suddenly brought about. jco
n- {
I! In Moscow, Kharkov and Nijni t?e
j Novgorod, as well as the naval base,
of Cron9tadt, the same end was gain-' nj
ed, according to all reports, by ac-; j;1]
clamation, amid universal rejoicing [ an
0f and without the slightest bloodshed. |ar
ie The British and French Ambasea- j re
>(j dors have already established official
relations with the controlling com-j F0
ill mittee of the Dnma. Everywhere th
t8 the army, so far as it has been heard 0f
ts from, ha3 rallied tp the support of
jn [the Duma.
The Militaay Committee of the J
Duma has asked all the officers not1 ch
n. yet employed by the committee to} St
er undertake the organization "f the j
lcj soldiers who joined the people and < Fl
! helped guard the capital. 1 nv
jn The committ v issued a tat ment, j ni
n pointing out that at the present mo- ni
rj,i men?, when facing an enemy who s i
nr- i wishes to take advantage of the tern-! ?
al 1 porary weakness of the country, it _
a;j j was absolutely necessary to make i
j every effort to maintain the power
re of the army. It added that the blood
i of the Russians who ha.l died during
0f the two and a half years of war
1V j pledged the people to do this,
g i , The President of the Duma has
j sent telegrams to the commanders'
n_ of the Baltic and Black Sea fleets,,
to the chiefs of the armies on the
,|. northern, southwestern, western,
Roumanian and Caucasus fronts and
re to the chief of the general staff,
requesting that the army and navy
a preserve absolute calm and be sure
that the struggle against the foreign
ns enemy was not suspended or weak-'
aeiened even for a single moment.
.. I The nrderlv revolution, keening
tn
0f pace with street revolt. n\t>r in
or a few hours on Mo. i?, ,\.4. o i.ie
>n Duma, refusing to ac.. pi V-v 'V;rV 1
decree proroguing it, contir. I :*at
sittings and sent the t'zar a telea
gram saying:
e' "The hour has struck. The will
of the people must prevail."
They announced that the government
had failed to maintain order,
10 and submitted a list of names from
)D which the Czar might choose a new
10 Ministry. Simultaneously they sent!
telegrams asking the generals to
r0 urge upon the Czar the need of
3 bowing to the storm,
as m
je Eas ey Baptist church was burned
Sunday, entailing a loss of $10,000.
ill China has severed diplomatic relare
tions with Germany,and the German
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r, miiiisi^r rer.iii uas ueeii uanueu i
' his passports.
s a Qu<
nd the times or ten years
e maintaining the standarc
shed many years ago. There
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Hardware from our store,
thiness.
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SCAPED CONVICT
KILLED BY fCCSE,
1ST CHAPTER OF ALABAMA'S 1
SENSATIONAL MURDER CASE
WRITTEN IN BLOOD.
Birmingham, Ala, March 20:?
lal chapter in what is believed to 1
> Aiahama'9 most sensational mur- 1
ir case was written tonight when
avid D Overton, former official of
untersville, under a sentence of.
-ath for the murder of Judge W T
iwler, his political rival, last sumer,
was shot and killed by a posse
deputy sheriffs. Overton met
ath in a fight in which he and six
mpanions engaged after they had
capod from the Jefferson county
il early today. Tony Mciliao, anher
fugitive, a*so was killed and J
Lathem. a member the escaped
md, was m ?rtal?y wounded. Four
Overton's companions fed when
e fight with the deputies began,,
id are being pursued by the posse.
*Jl lilt Ul ?Q3 IlijUl CU.
alino was under a death sentence (
r the murder of a peddier here *
vera! month- age, and Lathom had .'
en indicted on a charge of forgery.
The seven prisoners fled from Biringham
about 8 o'clock this morn
er after overpowering two wardens
id a turnkey. They were heavily
med. Thoroughfares in every diction
out of Birmingham were
arched and late this evening the
dice were informed by a negro
at the prisoners were hiding back
Ovventon college.
Theodore Kuker. a veteran merant
of Florence, died in that city
indav. He was a native of Germa
hut had long been -a resident of
orence county. Mr Kuker was forerly
engaged in business at Tim- '
onsville hut about 23 years ago 1
oved to Florence, where he had <
ice made his home. f
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figured. He ft
on Banking so
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of his earning
Nov/ he hag- ,4
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ALL OF THE RICH MEN YOU J
FIGURED WHEN THEY WERE
HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK T<
BUSINESS. SO THEY STARTED
YOU KNOW THE REST. THAT
FORTUNE.
IT CAN BE JUST THE SAME V\
ABOUT IT.
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WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTERE
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ALLIED ARMIES
PUSHING AHEAD
CONTINUE TO DRIVE TEUTONS
BACK ON ALL LINES OF BATTLE
DESPITE OBSTACLES.
Notwithstanding bad weather and
a 1 m ncf iron noroKlfl nAn^ifii^no r\ f +**?
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rain and obstacles by Germans to
protect their retreat, both the British
and French armies in France
have made further notable trains.
On their part of the line the
French have thrown their cavalry to
within four and a half miies of St
Quentin and also have reoccupied
considerable territory between the
Somme and the Aisne.
Paris reports that the losses of
the French troops in their pursuit
)f the Germans have been insignfi
:ant.
It is reported that there has been
in increase in the outpost skirmishes
a Russia.
In Macedonia and north of Monas:ir
the French war office reports the
capture of Teutonic allied positions,
line machine guns and 1.200 prisiners.
The Berlin war office, however,
tays that all the French at:acks
here have been without result.
On the Austro-Italian front the
jsual artillery duels are still in
progress.
Nothing new has come throuRh
concerning operations against the
rurks by Russia, and by the British
n Mesopotamia.
Berlin reports the sinking in the
Mediterranean Monday by a German
submarine of a French battleship of
;he Dantor. class. This class of vessel
displaced 18,028 tons and carried
>81 officers and m^n.
Scarcity and hijffi price of pota.oes
have stimulated planting early
jotatoes in the South. In the six
irincipal early potato States?South
'arolina. North Carolina. Virginia,
Florida, Alabama and Texas -188,000
teres have b-en planted this year,
igain&t 1(5 1,000 in 191 <5.
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;>neyyou earn?
SEE SO COMFORTABLE TODAY
YOUNGER THAT THEY MUST
0 START INTO ANY KIND OF
A BANK ACCOUNT.
BANK ACCOUNT GREW INTO A
riTH YOU. THERE'S NO LUCK
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IN OUR BANK.
ST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. ?
ktimitiislrilor, Executor. Trustee and Registrar. 3
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