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VOL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1917. NO. 5
l AMERICAN STEAMSHIP
1 SUNK BY SUBMARINE,0
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FIRST ARMED VESSEL OF THE tc
UNITED STATES TO MEET ^
SUCH A DISASTER.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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, AID GIVEN RURAL
' GRADED SCHOOLS.
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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.
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