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> vgibt founts moth.3 VOL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1917. NO. 5 l AMERICAN STEAMSHIP 1 SUNK BY SUBMARINE,0 g FIRST ARMED VESSEL OF THE tc UNITED STATES TO MEET ^ SUCH A DISASTER. tc New York, April 2:?The Ameri- p can stearpship, Aztec, the first ^ American armed vessel to sail from a port on this side the Atlantic, was ej sunk last night by a German submarine off an island off Brest France. a The cable message from the Am- e, erican consul at Brest that brought the news of the ship's sinking to her tc owners, the Oriental Navagation Company, gave no inkling as to the lc fate of the crew. An Associated Press dispatch from ^ Paris said, however, that while some ^ of the men aboard the Aztec were rescued, a number were missing and Qy had probably perished. The Aztec, under command of ^ Capt Walter O'Brien, was manned _ by a crew of thirty-nine. Seventeen K of this number, including the cap- q tain, were American citizens. a( Whether the Aztec fought a losing battle with her undersea adversary has not been disclosed. Her! j0 owners believe, however, that she' had no chance to fight because she a was sunk at 9:15 at night when a 01 . heavy sea was running. ! la The vessel was armed with two tl AVOID TH1 ' Do Pot Wait to order Screens. . lower now and w thurried. Our speci; ables us to produce * ITIN WN WIINUUW AINU LI of all kinds at ag ' prices. When" y< Screens you have 1 correct workmansl product. Kingstree Mfg. AREN'T THERE ANV RUST H WHEN YOU NEED NEW ONI THEM AND YOU WILL NOT i AGAIN. WE SELL THE "LAST NO MORE THAN THOSE WHIC FLIES AND MOSQUITOES CAUSE THE MOST DANGER' HEALTH INSURANCE TO SCI DOORS. DON'T DELAY IT. Hour screens are best: t W Z M f-f T%. liui va vv u I inch guns, one forward and one : fl ft. manned by naval gunners under U mimand of a warrant officer. In expressing: the fear that the J unners on the Aztec had no chance . ? show their skill, it was recalled s lat the Cunard liner Laconia, sent, ?the bottom off the Irish coast on j ebruary 25, was sunk at night and iat no submarine was seen. W The Aztec, a slow moving freight- se r of 3,727 gross tons, steamed from a ew York for Havre March 18, with < U full cargo of foodstuffs and gen- di -al supplies, valued at more than ni >00,000. She was due at Havre ' F* imorrow and probably was less he lan 100 miles from that port when al irpedoed. This fact has given hope al t her owners that all the crew may th i saved if they had an opportunity ib ?take to the boats. th The Oriental Navigation Company ne ivns the steamship Orleans, one of er le first vessels to sail unarmed pi om an American port after Ger- ve iany'8 declaration of unrestricted ? ibmarine warfare February 1. The r<: rleans successfully ran the blockle of undersea boats. cl ?? p< Gov Manning has sold four car-1 ie ads of steers to Western packers | th t prices ranging from 9.60 to 9.90 U n the hoof. He bought these steers "i st fall around 6ic and fattened oi lem on his Lee county farm. tt ?????^? n< 1 1 "| m raans tc until Summer * T Prices are much " orkmanship not il equipment en- " } high grade ? OOR SCREENS * itonishingly low t ou select OUR the assurance of " lip and superior * v di & Const Co. * -j;; E EW SCREENS? : l'' ZI 51 OLES IN YOUR SCREENS? :S COME TO US AND GET SOON NEED TO BUY THEM U ING" KIND AND THEY COST H WILL SOON RUST OUT. ^ CARRY "GERMS" WHICH ** DUS DISEASES. IT'S GOOD IEEN YOUR WINDOWS AND u HEY STAND THE TEST. a? rt: ^/Uinpaii^. | ia) i DECLARATION OF WAR URGED BY PRESIDENT, TATES THAT PEACE WITH GER< MANY IS NO LONGER FEASIBLE OR DESIRABLE. Washington, April 2:?President rilson tonight urged Congress, asmbled in joint session, to declare state of war existing between the nited States and Germany. In 8 spassionate but unmeasured de jnciation of the course of the Im ?rial German Government, which ? characterized as a challenge tc 1 mankind and a warfare against 1 nations, the President declared lat neutrality no longer was feasle or desirable where the peace oi le world was involved; that armed mtrality had become ineffectual lough at best and whs likely tc roduce what it was meant to pre?nt, and urged that Congress acipt the gage of battle with all th sources of the nation. "I advise that the Congress deare the recent course of the Im?rial German Government to be it ict nothing less than war against le government and people of the nited States," said the President; that it formally accept the status i belligerent which has thus been trust upon it and that it take steps 5t only to put the country in s lore thorough state of defense, bul so to exert all its power and emoy all its resources to bring the Dvernment of the German Empire i terms and end the war." When the President had finishec making resolutions to declare i ate of war existing were intro jced in both houses of Congress iferred to appropriate committee.' id will be debated tomorrow here is no doubt of their passage The object of the United States ir fUa fKn f OQl'rl Haling mc na?| vut & i\:oiuv u v ohim ere to vindicate the principles o1 eace and justice against "selfisl ad autocratic power." Withoul ?lfis?h ends, for conquest or domin m, seeking no indemnities, or ma rial compensations for the sacri ces it shall make, the United State* iust enter the war, the President lid, to make the world safe for de> locracy, as only one of the cham ions of the rights of mankind, anc ould be satisfied when those right! ere as secure as the faith and free Dm of nations could make them. The President's address was seni i full to Germany by a German offi al news agency for publication ii lat country. The text also went t< ngland, and a summary of its con ?nts was sent around the world t( Lher nations. To carry on an effective warfare zainst the German Government, hich he characterized as a "naturai )e to liberty", the President recom lended: Utmost practical cooperation ir )uncil and action with the governlents already at war with Germany Extension of liberal financial ere its to those governments so thai le resources of America may be ided so far as possible to theirs. Organization and mobilization of al ie material resourcesof the country. Full equipment of the navy, parcularly for means of dealing with lbmarine warfare. An army of at least 500,000 men wed on the principle of universal ability to service, and the authoriition and additional increments of )0,000 each as they are needed 01 in be handled in training. Rfti.ninc necessary monev for the nited States Government, so far a: ossible without borrowing, and or le basis of equitable taxation. All preparations, the President rgpd,should be made in 9uch a wa} i not to check the flow of suppl iei > the nations already in the fielc ?ainst Germany. President Wilson's appearance be J Here 1 $ Are we forty years be! gj selling of Hardware we a Eg oughness which we estab L ness. no concealed faults gj times in such principles w ' x years we ^ave ^een sel^n * Eg ideals of integrity and w< 1 X Coffins and Cask I Kins:stri ! i I j fore Congress was marked by a scene of thegreatestenthusiasmevershown ' since he began the practice of deliv' ering his address in Derson. 1 From the galleries the only members who appeared not to be joining in the demonstrations were some Senators of the group which the i President branded as "wilful men," j who, by preventing a vote on the armed neutrality bill, had made the < 1 "great Government of the United ' States contemptible." Chief Justice ' White was among those who cheer' ed loudly and there was no division 1 of spirit between Republicans and i 1 Democrats. 1 Referring only briefly to the long . 1 diplomatic correspondence with Ger' many in his effort to bring her back to the bounds of the laws of humanity and nations, the President ' launched into his denunciation of the course of the German Govern' ment. 1 "The wrones acrainst which we now arm ourselves." he said, "are no common wrongs; they cut to the 3 very roots of human life." Disclaiming any quarrel with the German people and anything but a 1 feeling of friendship and sympathy ' for them, the President declared 1 their government had not acted up1 on their impulses in entering the ^ war. nor with their previous knowledge or approval. In scathing terms the President j referred to German plots against i 3 the United States. l I 1 It was evident, the President added, that the spies were here even be fore the war began. That the Ger1 man Government means to stir up - enemies at the very doors of the "-- '-J ?1 ?!.. I j Uni'FU OliUL'5 was ciui)uruii.v j^iuvjed, he said, by tha relation of the , plot to embroil Japan and Mexico in t j war with the United States. .. "We are accepting this challenge j J of hostile purpose," said the President, "because we know that in such a government, following such meth*: ods, we can never have a friend." > i The whole force of the nation," if necessary, the President declared, , would be spent against "this natural foe of liberty," and to "check its pretensions and its power." ' | Toward Germany's allies, the Pres ident said, the United States was : taking no action at this time, bej' cause they were not engaged in warfare against Americans on the seas. The President expressed his confi dence in the loyalty of naturalized j i citizens and declared that if disloy- j tjaltydid lift its head it would''be! ?; only from "a lawless and malignant! few" and sternly would be suppressed. ' While the President was speaking word of the torpedoing without warning of the American steamer | Aztec, the first American armed I ship to be attacked in the barred ; zone, was passed from mouth to ?; mouth, but the President did not i' know of it until he had finished. I i ? ' ? Attractive Show Windows. ": If that old lion were in the swamp instead of being in the big show > . window of the Silverman Depart3 ment Store he would probably atj tract less attention and be given a 1 wider bredth by all who chanced his ! way. But where he is he's lone; some. He has a mission there, not r especially to attract attention, but 3 to advertise the Lyon Co of Trov, N , Y, shirt and collar manufacturers, whose wares are known wherever men wear shirts and collars and - cuffs. ?V2aV?A{?^2AV2A%2AVJ*?2AWA^*V2A?ADL? rQ5J5vi/Ari5\r}3^A7'vQ^r57vi^'*>v^ivJ5vi5 !s a Qu hind the times or ten year ire maintaining the standa lished many years ago. Ther in any Hardware sold by us re will stand whatever critic g Hardware from our stoi >rthiness. ets We Lea ee Hardv LAKE CITY NEWS LETTER. Free Mall Delivery-Looks Wei for Crops?Personal. Lake City, April 4:?Mail deliver: was inaugurated here Monday. M W E Spivey is the carrier. He wil make two rounds daily,morning an( afternoon. To cover the route wil require eighteen miles of walkini each day. Often the load of mai with which the start is made wil weigh all that a man can carry. Thi job is a man's work. Corn, beans and cucumbers an now coming right along. The goo< weather of the last few days has made a wohderful change in nature All seeds hidden in the earth an reaching up toward the light am heat. Soon there will be growinj crops again, than which few thing will so gladden the hearts of th< farmers of this section, who were & sorely impoverished by the catastro phe of last July. Tuesday afternoon Lake City wa wellnigh deserted. The populationmen, women and children?went t Florence to see the big ball game From one to two o'clock the proces sion of automobiles going out wa almost unbroken. It was the firs opportunity our people ever had t see a game played by world'renown ed players, and they availed them selves of it. Mr Sam Sturgeon,who has been ii the tobacco business in North Care lina since last fall, returned her Monday. Mr J LStuckey, who was confinei to his bed some time ago and whos condition was thought to be ver; serious, is out again, and it is hope he will fully regain his health. War is the only topic of converse tion and appears to be the only suh ject of thought. (7n& cuaujui at a iiymt mtt tuitda/ cni"$&c&/ /$% >P YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD ABOU ING AND SAWED WOOD." H WHOLE CORD AT ONCE. HE DIDN'T EXPECT TO MAKE lie BC/<BU U/TTU a 1 TTT OU I r)L DLUnn Ifini r\ ui i PILED UP A FORTUNE ALM0S1 LOOK AT THE MEN TODAY W WOOD" A FEW YEARS AGO. ?OHN D. ROCKEFELLER WAJ THE SAME. PUT YOUR MONE WE PAY H PER CENT INTER Farmers & Mercha " v i?KOLJTTICr,Y SAFE" AutDorized by Federal Reserve Board Is Act a: estion s 1 s ahead of them? In the ? irds of honesty and thor- g; e are no shams, no cheap- 3 i. If we are behind the g ism we merit. For many g re, always with the same g d; Others Follow | vare Co. I < , AID GIVEN RURAL ' GRADED SCHOOLS. 'I ? r STATE DISTRIBUTES MONEY TO l' THOSE WHOSE APPLICATIONS 11 HAVE BEEN APPROVED. ^, The State Department of Edueaf tion has completed the examination, ' approval and payment of rural grad' | ed school applications for the cnre i rent scholastic year. The growth of rural graded schools, said Superintendent J E Swearingen, is doing ^ more to bring adequate educational ' facilities to our country boys and * girls than is any other public school * agency. ; AnA* community with an enrol?|ment of fifty pupils with an average s daily attendance of thirty, two teacbe era, a sixth months' term and a fourj * 0 mill tax receives $200. Communi" ; ties with an enrolment of seventyfive pupils, an average daily attend- x s ance of forty, three teachers, a sev en months' ;erm and a three-xnill 0 tax receives $300. Among the 691 ' schools, 402 have two teachers, and '* 288 have three or more teachers. s In every instance State aid is based 1 on the application of the trustees 0 approved by the county superinten* dent. A few applications have not * met the requirements of the law* and are not includt .o this payment. q The errors and omissions in these _! papers,"said Supt Swearingen/'will, ; I trust, be corrected in each instance e in order that the school may yet receive its allotment of State aid." d ; Every such correction should betaken e I up by the local authorities through the office of the County Superintendent of Education. There are seventeen rural schools in Williamsburg that are entitled to i- and will receive State aid, eleven i- receiving $200 and six $300, a total amounting to $3,000. ?En TTHAT MAN WHO "SAID NOTHIE DIDN'T EXPECT TO SAW A A WHOLE FORTUNE AT ONCE. LE DEPOSIT IN THE BANK AND r BEFORE HE KNEW IT. HO SAID NOTHING AND SAWED 5 ONE OF THEM. YOU CAN DO Y IN OU R BANK. EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. nts National Bank, r,A ICR OITY. S. c. i AJroinislrstor. ?xer.uler, Trustes antf Rs^slrw. t J