The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 17, 1917, Image 1
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Hflje Countjj
* VOL. XXXII. ~'"? KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917. NO. 11 1
1*U S DESTROYERS
ON THE JOB.
FLEET REACHES BRITISH WATERS
SAFELY?CLASH WITH GERMAN
U-BOATS ALREADY REPORTED
Queenstown, May 16:?A squadron
of American torpedo boat destroyers
has safely crossed the Atlantic
and is patrolling the seas in
war service.
The American navy's actual entry
into the war zone has already l>een
productive of a brush between a <leatrover
and a German underwater |
boat, according to an announcement
by the British admiralty, but the
result of it has not been made public.
The destroyer squadron arrived in
Queenstown after an uneventful voyage
across the Atlantic, but almost
immediately after a formal exchange
of greetings with the British naval
officials put to sea again for the
hard work that is before it.
A crowd of several hundred persons,
some of them carrying tiny
American flags, lined the water
front and cheered the destroyers
from the moment they first sighted
the flotilla until it reached the docks.
The crowd cheered again when a
, few .moments later the American
senior officer caine ashore to greet
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to order Screens,
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the British senior officer and Wesley
Frost, the American consul, who
had come down to the dock to welcome
the flotilla. Everything was
done in simple, business-like manner.
There was an entire absence
of formality.
The commander of the British
flotilla was waiting on board his
ship and sent wireless greetings to
the American units as soon as they I
hove in sight, steaming in a long!
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Wanner Weather.
Washington, May 16:?The cold
spring is over. The weather bureauj
announced yesterday that the appearance
of the summer type of i
pressure distribution indicated warmer
weather. There is no probability
of a return to unseasonably low temperatures
for some time to come, it
declares.
Big Shortage in Tin Cans.
Washington, Mav 16:?American
consumers will have to deny them- 1
selves v canned beans and canned
soups for sixty days or longer under 1
a decision of the war can committee
cutting off the supply of cans to ;
packers of th >se articles. Cans will '
be supplied only to packers of perishables
and necessities. 1
Only two weeks more of spring.
IE~ RUSH! (
until Summer
Prices are much
workmanship not
ial equipment en:e
high grade
DOOR SCREENS
.stonishingly low
rou select OUR
the assurance of
hip and superior
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FIX MAXIMUM
PRICE FOR WHEAT
GRAIN EXCHANGE MEN TAKE ACTION
TO STOP SPECULATION
IN THE MAK&K1A.
Action, which it is believed will
remove the element of speculation
from the grain market and forestall
any steps by the federal government
was taken at Chicago Tuesday
at a meeting of representatives of
the primary grain exchanges of the
country.
It was accomplished by fixing a
maximum price for wheat futures
at or 'under which sides may be
made, but no buying will lie permitted
except to close out accounts.
No trading in May options of wheat,
corn or oats is permitted except to
close deals.
The same principle was extended
to July and .September oats and
corn, in principle, but action was
rirvt tol-nn .i?i it u'oc liolrl imnpiw.
?arv at this time.
Milling interests were represented
at the meeting, together with the
grain exchanges of Chicago. New
York, Toleda, Winnipeg, Minneapolis,
Kansas City, Omaha and Si
Louis. The following statement
was issued:
'' It is the consensus of opinion of
the representatives of the various
boards of trade and chambers of
commerce assembled that the unusually
high prices are due:
" I. To the subnormal production
of grain and food stuffs generally
the world over during the preceding
year and the very unfavorable outf/\r
tl?n rpvmt'inrv rtrAno nc (avo
i\n uil gum nig oo iwic"
cast by our agricultural department1
"2. To tie1 breakdown in the system
of distribution because of the
inability of railroad companies to
render normal or efficient service,
the relation of supply and demand
being so close that extremely good
facilities should have been available
when in fact the railroads never in
their history rendered a service so
low in efficiency.
"3. With over half the world at
war the demands from all important
countries are abnormally high. This
intensified by our own industrial activity
naturally has increased the
demand for foodstuffs.
"4. To the very commendableef
forts of the officials at Washington
to stimulate production which have
been misinterpreted not only by our
own people, hut by foreign govern- j
ments as meaning that we were in a
condition bordering on famine. Nat-1
ural conditions admitted of high prices,hut
the hysteria is absolutely responsible
for the inflated values now
prevailing.
"While these extraordinary conditions
have temporarily disarranged
our grain markets, it is the unanimous
opinion that the system of
handling grain in the usual course
through boards and chambers of
commerce is the most economical
manner of handling the business,and
while speculation has been more or
less prevalent it has little to do with
present conditions. It must l>e remembered
that these great market
places are the development of thousands
of years of experience and are
the only known means of distributing
farm products of this country,
and till a better substitute has been
devised, their operations should not
be interfered with."
Major Gen Leonard Wood arrived
in Charleston Sunday and next day
officially took over the command of
the Southeastern department. He
is delighted at his assignment to the
"city by the sea,'" to which he is
much attached. This week he inspected
the civilian (training camps
at Forts Oglethorpe, McPherson and
Logan H Root. Today he reviewed
a patriotic and preparedness parade
of 10.000 Charleston men, women
and children and was presented with
a large flag by the city.
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selling of Haraware we i
oughness which we estab
ness, no concealed faults
times in such principles v
years we have been selliji
ideals of integrity and w
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THOMAS DIXON'S DEFENSE
Of the Film "Fell of a Nation," Shown
Here Monday Last.
Thomas Dixon,author of"The Fall
of a Nation," has come to the front
in answer to *he criticism of his caricature
of ex-Secretary William J
Bryan under the name of Hon Plato
Barker in the film.
"It appears to me that the film is
always singled out for condemnation
in respect of matters that do not
start even a ripple when presented
on the legitimate stage or in the funny
columns of the papers. Are the
cavaliers aware that Mr Bryan is bSeing
caricatured in almost every summ?
ahr\w r?r tpviip in thp COUntrv?
I saw him cartooned in the Ziegfeld
Follies the other night and in a Columbia
theatre revue in Chicago recently.
Every newspaper cartoonist
is privileged to make fun of public
characters. Yet flhen a film author
does the same thing hands are held
up in holy horror!
"My answer to the charge is simply
that all the statement of fact implied
in my caricature are true. Resigning
from the office of Secretary
j of State,Mr Bryan, so to speak, hugj
ged the Chatauqua platform and be-1
came the star lecturer at an emolument
of $500 per lecture. He raised
the price,generally collected the money
in advance,and put the other Chatauqua
speakers in the shade so that
summer many of them could not ob-1
tain engagements. The theme of his
oratory was 'Peace,' aAd he wa9 surrounded
by groups of admiring women
and children,just as he is shown
to be in the picture. The part of the
caricature referring to the future is
a likely forecost of what would hapI
pen should such an orator present to
an invading army his Utopian peace j
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; proposals, ne wouiu oe laugucu at, i
j handled with indignity,and the result!
of his efforts would be absolutely nil.
"In conclusion I will say that I attacked
Mr Bryan on his record as a
pacifist and foe of adequate preparedness.
I have nothing whatever
against Mr Bryan personally but claim
the right to make ligitimate sport of
| his mistakes which might have cost
I America dear. Every development
I of the international situation proves
: anew from day to day thafrthe professed
friend of unpreparedness is j
the most dangerous enemy to Amer- j
ioan liberty."
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Germany Alarmed.
j Washington, May 16:?In an ad- i
; dress before the reichstag yesterday
the German secretary of the navy j
I admitted that serious inroads were
: being made on German's submarine
j flotillas, due to "improved means of
! destruction devised by the allies."
I The State Department received
I w/vfi'firtflfi'An r\f fho riopmon
> piumpi uuiiiitanuij ui km. uviiii-u .
1 naval head's speech and gave out a
! paraphrase of certain of its passages
late this afternoon.
"While claiming that the subma!
rine warfare had achieved far greater
results than expected he admitI
ted," says the State Department an!
nouncement, "that a certain num- j
I ber of submarines were being lost as
I a result of improved means of de-!
1 struction devrsed bv the allies."
Plant rice. Get your seed from
the People's Mercantile Co. It
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hind the times or ten years
ire maintaining the standai
lished many years ago. There
in any Hardware sold by us.
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orthiness.
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BIG LAND BANK BUSINESS.
Loans Have Passed Million Dollar Mark
Now.
Washington, May 15:?Loans to
farmers by the federal land banks
have passed the $1,000,000 mark
and are being made at the rate of
$150,000 a day. If the present rate
of increase keeps up the Farm Loan
Board estimates the total loans during
May at $3,000,000.
Loans thus far by States include:
South Carolina, $167,700; Mississippi,$105,325;
North Carolina,$38,600; .
Tpvna SM 40ft- Virginia S23 450.
The first issue of farm loan bonds
will be placed on the market within
a month or six weeks, it was announced
today.
United States War Newspaper.
Washington, May 14:?The first
daily war newspaper to be published
by the United States Government is
"on the street" here today. It is
called The Official Bulletin and is
published under order of the President
by the committee on public information.
It is an eight-page journal, about
12x16 inches, and has regular head
lines and all the other typographical
effects of an 'up-to-date newspaper.
Everything in it relates to the war,
most of the articles being official
"hand outs" by the various executive
departments that are engaged
in putting the country on a fighting
basis.
The bulletin is free to public officials,newspapers
and other agencies.
It contains no advertising.
Eighteen British merchant vessels
of more than 1,600 tona were sunk
during the past week,says theofficial
sum mary of shipping losses issued yesterday.
Five merchant vessels of
less than 1,600 tons were sunk, together
with three fishing vessels.
man with1
money <g ' ^
rich by Banking y.
the money that s<
people -?-waste
EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARRY A
COUNTRY NOW.
PLANT EVERY AVAILABLE FO
TABLES AND GRAIN. EVERY I
HELP. HELPS TO KEEP PRICE!
PLANT YOUR MONEY IN OUR
HOARD MONEY AT HOME-ANI
PUT YOUR MONE
WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTER
Farmers & Mercha
"ABSOLUTELY SAFE"
Authorized by Federal Reserve Board to Act as
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ds of honesty and thor- g
5 are no shams, no cheap- g
If we are behind the g;
sm we merit For many g;
> alwavs with the same a
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Hemingway School Class Entertained.
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Hemingway, May 13:?Miss Sallie
Haselden entertained at her home
on Friday evening, May 11, in honor
of the senior class of the Hemingway
school. . '
The guests gatheren at an early
hour and after enjoying a number
"f Mnmaa nil ininn/1 Kl Q flftnror /Inn.
U1 Railico, Oil jUIUCU ill a iivnvi WUtest,
which was very interesting. .
The judges were unable to decide
definitely which paper was the best
and the prize, a large bunch of pink
roses, was divided between Mr Eugene
Huggins and Miss Verdie Simmons
and Mr Manley Poston and r,
Miss Ruth Haselden. Mr R N Speigner
and Miss Claudia Johnson received
the booby prize, which was a big
red rose.
nolimmi# imi rrpnm and cnltp wpre
served and after the refreshments
Miss Ellen Hemingway rendered
several enjoyable selections on the
piano.
Those present were: Misses Elise
Rollins, Wilma Harmon, Allean Cannon,
Marena Springs. Ellen Hemingway,
Claudia Johnson, Verdie Simmons,
and Messrs Ergene Huggins,
R N Speigner, Ernest Cannon, Albert
Waldron, Berti# Huggins, Manley
Poston, Weldon Dorant, Louis
Venters and Rupert Eaddy.
Senator Tillman has entered a
hospital in Atlanta,Ga, to be treated
for his sore wrist.
Dr Robert Wilson,dean of Charleston
Medical college, gives good advice
to the students there in his ap!
peal to them not to enlist now, but
j to finish their course in college. The
! country will need all the doctors it
can ket, but it wants good doctors,
not ledgelings dropped out of the
nest. ' *
The old reliable Whippprwill Peas
for sale by o-i t-zi
Peoples Mercantile Co.
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OF FOOD YOU RAISE WILL
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BANK. IT IS UNPATRIOTIC TO
) IT IS NOT SAFE.
Y IN OUR BANK.
EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
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LAKK CITY. S. C.
; Administrator. Executor. Trustee end Registrar.