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VOL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1917. NO. 8
k "GALLON-A-MONTH'
ONLY MEMORY NOW
LITTLE "QUART-A-MONTH" MAKES
ITS DEBUT, BUT ONLY FOR
SICK, IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia, April 24:?At midnighi
tonight the striking of the elocl
sounded the death knell of the gal
? i? ?j i 1J?j
lOD-a-monin law anu iicibiucu
time for enforcement of the quart
a-month statute substituted at the
last session of the South Caroline
General Assembly. The act was
signed by Governor Menning Saturday
night, February 24, and the At
torney General ruled that the sixtyday
limit expired at 12 o'clock to
night.
The quart-a-moth act differs from
the gallon law in more respects thac
in amount specified. Under the
terms of the old statute procuring s
gallon of liquor wai a matter of
little red tape ana formality. The
act that takes its place specifies thai
the quart ordered shell be only by e
male adult or a woman who is the
head of a family. One gallon of
wine to churches or other religious
bodies is permited in one calendai
month.
An affidavit must be presented tc
the Probate Judge, stating the pur
pose for which the liquor is to tx
used, after which that offieer will
present a certifiate which is to be
filed with the common carrier before
the liquor is delivered. The consignee
must get his intoxicant in
{[ avoid n
" Do Not Wail
to order Screens.
lower now and
hurried. Our spe(
^
auies us bu pruuu
WINDOW AND
* of all kinds at j
prices. When
Screens you have
correct workman;
product.
Kingstree Mfg.
r :
LET US FURNISH THE /
NEED AND YOU WILL HAV
THE KIND OF SUPPLIES TH
OF SATISFACTION. AND W1
1 PRICE.
YOU WON'T HAVE "ROAD
YOUR SUPPLIES FROM US.
King Hardw<
The Popular H
k
> person at the station or office of the
carrier nearest his residence. All
packages are to be plainly labelled,
showing their exact contents.
Storage is prohibited except in
homes. The bead of a Jewish famii
ily is allowed one gallon of wine for
' religious purposes during Passover
season. The making of over five
11 gallons of wine for the home in a
i year is prohibited under the act.
c! The act, which went into effect to
I night is a compromise adopted be?[
tween the House and Senate after a j
. I strenuous fight for a strict "bone:
. j dry'* law.
I
51 News from Andrews Vicinity.
' I Andrews, R F D 1, April 24:- Mr I
. j and Mrs John Poston of Blooming- j
. vale spent Sunday with their daugh-1
ter, Mrs Eunice Benton,
i J Mrs Carrie Barnes and children of
i Rhems were the guests of Mr and
' Mrs George Elliott Sunday,
i Mr R D McConnell was the guest
i of Mr and Mrs S R Long Sunday.
?: Miss Omega James and brother,
t Mr Telvin Jame9, of the Morrisville
i neighborhood, were the guests of
i Misses Maybelle and Estelle Long
! Sunday.
> Mr John Morris.of the Morrisville
section,was noted in this community
! Sunday afternoon.
> j Mrs H L Long, who has been in>
i disposed for the past week, is im!'
proving, we are glad to report.
I j
; | Elihu Root of New York has been
f chosen to head the American com !
mission to Russia. He has not yet
i signified his acceptance.
IE RUSH! I,
I until Summer
Prices are much
workmanship not
:ial equipment en?^
V?i/vU
ue liigii ^iauc
DOOR SCREENS
astonishingly low
you select OUR
the assurance of
ship and superior
i
. & Const Co. :
/^VE SELL
THE BEST
AUTOMOBILES
j$^ SUPPLIES.
AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES YOU
E THINGS RIGHT. WE KEEP
AT WILL GIVE YOU THE BEST
? SELL THEM AT THE RIGHT
TROUBLES" WHEN YOU BUY
are Company.
[ardware Store,
FAMOUS VISITORS I
IN WASHINGTON.
BRITISH (OFFICIALS CONFER WITH \
PRESIDENT WILSON CONCERNING
CONDUCT OF WAR.
Received with miiitarv honors and!
I
made the central fipure of a {treat
df-mnnRtratinn that hroucrht a dint of
pleasure into his eyes, Arthur J;
Balfour, Principal Secretary of State \
for Foreign Affairs of the British
Government, reached Washington at
3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
With him came more than a score
of men distinguished in the impor- J
tant branches of the British war '
service who were designated as members
of the commission to confer
with the United States Government.
The most important undertaking
of a series of conferences arranged
between the representatives of the
British Empire and those of this 1
Nation will concern President Wilson
and the former British Prime
Minister. Upon the result of these
mnnaanfAua infnrtrioarfl KintTPG th?* I i
lUVUtVUVVfUO lUkVl tiv KIU^VW V..^
part that the United States is to i
play in the war to exterminate the
Prussian military system as a men- 1
ace to the peace of the world. <
Clothed with power to represent
not only his own country, but those
allied with it in this supreme effort. 1
Mr Balfour will place before Presi- f
dent Wilson an exact statement of i
the terms upon which permanent I
peace may be assured not only in t
Europe but in every other part of <
the world.
The President is expected to sue- r
cintly disclose to spokesmen for the t
allied nations at war with Germany 1
the purposes of this government in i;
joining them in bringing about a 1
Bpeedy termination of the war un- c
der conditions favorable to the t
world ot large. ?
There is the fullest confidence c
among the officials of Latin-Ameri- i
can Governments that the President
will require satisfactory assurance !
that any peace terms agreed upon f
not only will recognize the letter p
but the spirit of the Monroe Doc- r
trine. c
Before the termination of the con- i:
ferences between the President and
Mr Balfour it will be fully determin- a
ed to what extent the United States r
will participate in the war on Ger- t
many when the chief object for o
which it is throwing the balance of t
its power on the side of the allies p
shall have been attained. p
Anlw tkn Kimonlf lrnAU7U n
VU!J Hit X ICOIUCUW uaiUtA.ll nuvao V
what these terms are, though he I
clearly has indicated in his addresses f
to Congress and in negotiations with t
the German Government and its ece- o
mies that his chief purpose is to employ
the full resources of the United r
States ultimately to compel a last- s
ing peace. t
That Great Britain and its allies t
desire an agreement on the part of t
this country that it will not enter- h
tain proposals for a separate peace c
when its purely national objects
have been realized?the freedom of c
the sea and protection to interests \
both at home and abroad?is pretty s
orpnerillv eoneeded. IC
A movement to organize the school |
children of the United States into r
nationwide Betsy Ross societies, I
named in honor of the flagmaker, r
has been started in Meridian, Miss. < r
It is hoped that the plan will spread | v
through the country and that the j
national headquarters will be estab-j
lioKarl at MoriHinn I I
Saturday night Rev Robert F
Berry, pastor of a Congregational c
church at East Yonkers.N Y.got into a
an argument about the war with his r
wife and mother-in-law, both pro- <j
German. The discussion continued
until daybreak, when Berry killed |11
both women and committed suicide. | 8
He left a note containing but two v
words, "Insane Prussians. ' 's
1 1 ~
Visit Odom & Dennis' Cash Store,
at PeoDle's Metcantiie Co's old stand
on Academy street. t
| Here
Are we forty years 1
?3 selling of Hardware we
g| oughness which we est*
j? ness, no concealed faull
times in such principles
years we have been sell
gf ideals of integrity and "
$ Coffins and Cas
i Kincsti
fffl8?^S8s8SeSS^
WARLOSTIFFOOE
SUPPLY FAILS
FOOD COMMISSIONER HOOVER DE
CLARES AMERICA MUST BEGIN
AT ONCE TO SAVE FOR ALLIES.
The first and most important dut:
3f the American people to thei:
allies is to economize on foodstuffs
rhis is the appeal of Herbert (
Hoover, recently appointed head o:
the American Food board.
"If we do not do it," he declared
'we stand a grave chance of losing
:he war, because our allies cannoi
lght without, food. Our enemies
are calculating that America wil
'ail in this and our allies will neec
.0 give in. America can upset these
:aicuiauons.
Mr Hoover's observations were
nade after three weeks of consultaion
with members of the British,
French and Italian cabinets. He
tlso investigated the food and shipring
situation and plans for Ameri:an
cooperation. The net resultf
le arrived at was that between now
ind the next harvest it would reluire
a supreme effort by the Amercan
people.
"I feel it my duty to emphasize,"
Hr Hoover continued, "that the
cod situation is one cf the utmost
vhii>h nnlpm it is snlvpH
nay possibly result in the collapse
if everything we hold dear in civilisation.
"The total stock of food today
ivailable in the allied world is simply
lot sufficient to last to September if
America continues its present rate
f consumption. We are now face
o face with the result of last year's
oor harvest; the diversion of manpower
from agriculture all over the
rorld; the unavailing efforts of the
European women to plant available
ields fully; the isolation of Russia;
he sinking of food ships and many
ither causes.
"England, France and Italy are
educing consumption by drastic
teps, but even with all this reducion
they must have from us during
he next three months more than
wice as much food as we should
lave exported normally or than we
am send if we consume as usual.
"The only hope of providing the
leficiency is by the elimination of
waste and actual and rigorous selflacrifice
on the part of the Ameri:an
people.
"The barest essentials the allies
nust have are, primarily, wheat and
)ork products, and, secondarily,
neat, corn and beans. They need a
ninimum of 90,000,000 bushels ol
wheat from North America, more
han twice the present apparent sur>lu8
on a normal export basis,
["here is no time to reorganize the
lietary of Europe. To carry the
illies over until the next harvest we
nust reduce our wheat consumption
.0 per cent. This means that every
nan, woman and child must forego
t least one loaf of wheat bread per
veek and eat something else or less
:enerally.
"More than 70 per cent of Amercan
homes already are places of
hrift, economy and a clean plate.
Is a Qui
Dehind the times or ten years
?are maintaining the standar
iblished many years ago. There
ts in any Hardware sold by us.
we will stand whatever criticis
ing Hardware from our store
worthiness.
Kets We Lea<
pp Hnrd\x
W A A M M 1
^-a?7 vft^vftvCvJJvCvOv^vlJvfivOSlBi
I In the remaining 30 per cent no one
* can deny that there is profligate extravagance
and waste. Temperance
in entertainment, food and drink is
likely to become no longer an ethical
-- question among this class, but a
grim imposition of war.
"We must also plant everything
Y and everywhere it will grow or next
r year this time the food problem will
hp nhanlntplv nnanlvnhlp nnH thp
I world will face absolute starvation,
f "I do not believe there will be any
j necessity to rigidly ration the Amer,
ican people, for, if democracy is of
r any value as a spiritual and political
t faith, the personal initiative and
; willingness to volunteer self-sacrifice
1 of every member of the greatest
| democracy in the world will be
> ample to solve the problem.
"During the past fortnight we
> have, with the collaboration of the
. American ambassadors in Europe,
laid the groundwork for inter>
allied cooDeration in hAndlina nnH
. transporting the vast food supplies
. required from America, one result
; of which will tend to ameliorate the
r rise in prices. I have proposed a
, plan by which the allies can consoli,
date under one hand the whole purchasing
of staple foodstuffs from
our market, and not only will com,
petitive bidding be abolished, but
by co-operation on our side we can
arrange a proper balance between
, the rights of producers and consumers."
Gen Joffre and other distinguished
military and civil officials of France
j u i.__ d i_ \r_ t 1
anivcu at, iiaiupuuu iwaus, yb, iuea'
day and proceeded to Washington.
, They were received with every honor.
American shipping flew the French
flag, and bands played the "Marseil1
laise," the national anthem.
Mr H C Tallevast of Nesraith
spent tcday in town.
Recipi
You Help the
And the Governi
r
The Farmers & Mer
i
i through its com
Federal Re;
r
offers, as an aid to the im
adequate food supply in t
der all reasonable financis
ers, secured by the grow
cotton and tobacco.
Farmers & Mercha
LAKE cr
Capital, Surplus and
estion: 1
ahead of them? In the g|
ds of honesty and thor- g;
s are no shams, no cheap- gj
If we are behind the gj
>m we merit. For many g|
i, always with the same g'
It Others Follow S?
fare Co. jj
Events at Earles.
Earles, April 23:? Rev Mr Tucker
of Georgetown delivered a very interesting
address on "Christian Education"
at Harmony church Sunday
morning. A good audience enjoyed
this address, and we feel sure each
one derived some benefit.
The Sunday-school of Harmony
church is making good progress since
spring has come. Every one seems
to be taking more interest, and the
attendance is very good.
Miss Lucille Boyd was the guest '
of Miss inessie tamlio bunday and
Monday.
Miss Lucille Boyd had as her guests
last Friday night and Saturday
Misses Floride MeCelvey, Lorraine
Lathan and Katie Wingate.
Miss Janie Johnson was the guest
of Mrs J J Marshall the past weekend.
A good crowd was gathered at
Trio landing on Black river last Friday
night expecting to enjoy a fish
fry, but many were disappointed as
the fishermen failed to catch the fish.
Mias Connie Thomson SDent the
past week-end at Trio, the guest of
Miss Nita Tartt.
Mr R C Marshall and family have
just moved into their new home at
Andrews, which has been recently
completed. We regret very much
to have them leave us.
Misses MeCelvey, Lathan and
Wingate were shopping at Andrews
Monday afternoon.
The Earles baseball team has been
reorganized and will begin playing
soon.
The little son of Mr and Mrs J A
Barrineau, who has been ill for some
time, is convalescing.
Dr Hood, veterinai ian of Williamsburg
county, was in this community
last week.
Mr G W Camlin has begun work
on his dipping vat, which he hopes
to finish in a few da>s.
Miss Phroso Harrelton visited her
parents near Gourdin's Chappel last
week-end.
Miss Delia Harrelson was the
1 M ra Dflnipl
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Parsons. Red Crow.
rocity.
i Government
nent Helps You.
chants National Bank
lection with the
serve Bank
mediate production of an
his national crisis, to renil
assistance to our farming
crops of foodstuffs,
rots National Bank
rv. s. c. i
Profits, $136,000 J