The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 24, 1917, Image 4
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Thursday, May 24? 1917.
June 5 Registration Day!
June 5 is registration day when
the young men of the nation will
register themselves for service to (
their country. Every man who has
passed his twenty-first but has not:
reached his thirty-first birthday is
expected to go to the precinct desig- j
nated for his neighborhood and enter
his name on the list of those who
may be called into the war service
of the government. None is originally
exempt, though exemption may
be claimed, with supporting reasons,
to be ruled upon later by the government.
The registration is to be universal
and absolutely equitable. It should
be facilitated in every way possible
and any obstruction to it or evasion
on the part of any eligible will be
an unpatriotic act There will be
little of that, we may be sure, for
the necessity of the case and the
fairness of the plan are understood
and must commend itself to every
right thinking man. The nation is
committed to the greatest business in
its history. This war is much more
than a military adventure in which
dash'and daring can win. It is an
employment of the whole nation,
and the resources of men an material
must be co-ordinated and organized
along scientific principles of
efficiency. It is the privilege as
well a3 the duty of the younger men
to be available for the high service
of the fighting line, and there will
be little disposition to dodge or
shirk. The older men and all the
women have their part to play, too,
and it is by no means the easiest
/ part. The young men alone may
go against the enemy in the front
line and the adventure and the
glory?in such measure as modern
' war affords?will be theirs. Great
sacrifice must they make, but great
service will the** render their country.
The registration is but preliminary
to the draft. It is obligatory
upon every man within the prescribed
age limits. Those who do not
come forward will be searched out
in due course and arrested and tried
before a federal conrt, where a
punishment?one year in a United
States penitentiary, without the alternative
of paying a fine, may be
administered.
ti? ?
X lie ) uuu^ men ui me uuuiu 01^
called to record themselves ready
for service. The call to serve may
or may not come to them, but none
must fail to put himself at the disposal
of the government.
Some Need One Badly.
Except with a Pharaoh to make
them do it, the Egyptians of old
would have paid no attention to Joseph's
warning of the coming seven
years of famine. In these days, howeyer.when
people are able to see the
conditions ahead as plainly as they
can see those that have gone before,
there is no need for a Pharaoh.
Those who have not already done so
. should get down on their knees and
thank God that He has allowed them
another seedtime and harvest before
the scarcity is due to reach its worst
fcnd then all should go to work to
prepare as they have never prepared
ibefore.? York Enquirer. ,
The annual meeting of the Charleston
alumni of the University of
the South was held last week. Rev
John Kershaw was elected president,
Rev Dr Walter Mitchell secretary
and treasurer, and Archdeacon Alexander
R Mitchell chairman of the
.committee on prospective students.
A storekeeper in Newberry has
had bad luck. One day he found
one of his finest Plymouth Rock hens
hanging on the garden fence with
her neck between the pailings, dead.
Several mornings after that he
rfound his large tomato plant box
stripped of nearly every plant by
the rats. Even the hens and the
rats are adding to the high cost of
.Jiving.
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MR. LOGAN ENTERTAINS
A Jolly Party oo Black River in Honor
of Sheriff Martin of Charleston.
We were fortunate in beinpr the;
recipient of an invitation Tuesday to
join a little party on Black river to
partake of the hospitality of our
esteemed friend and fellow citizen,
Mr Walter B Lo^an, representative!
of the Heed Phosphate Co. and
whose father. Col R C LoRan, was;
the founder of this paper 32 years,
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ago. ' Walter," as he is more familiarly
known among his host of |
friends, is a genial, big-hearted fellow
and never does things^by halves.;
Hence it is unnecessary to say here,
that the feast provided on the oc-1
casion was par excellence. All j
around the board we could hear;
from the guests in a sort of subdued '
tone of voice: "Now, isn't that stew
great?" "Charlie, this coffee isj
simply excellent." Then on the
other hand we could hear: "Gee,
but this old country ham is fine!"
"Conrad, this 'red breast' is delicious,"
or perhaps it was a nice
fat trout or bream, fresh from the
water that morning which called
forth laudations from the mouths of
the fifty or more present.
The dinner, as well as the company,
was certainly one of the most
enjoyable it has ever been our pleasure
to attend although we have enjoyed
a few, and cite from a good
old New England clam bake to eating
poi in Hiawaiian islands, birdnests
in China, shark fins in Japan
and flying fish in Barbadoes to the
more civilized functions by our
English ^cousins in Nova Scotia,
Australia and British Borneo. It
was great?not so merely because
we were hungry and full ready to
eat. The food, however, was excellent.
well prepared and admirably
served, but the company?the men?
the good fellowship among them
was the paramount feature.
The party and accompaning feast
was gotten up by Mr Logan in honbr
of his old friend. Captain J Elmore
Martin, for twenty odd years the
well known, popular and efficient
Sheriff of Charleston county.
To come in personal contact and
form even a slight acquaintance with
Sheriff Martin is at once to become
enamoured with his high-toned, gentlemanly
character and charming
manner. He is one of the few really
charming men we have met in all
our peregrinations over this old
world. He is a self-made man, too,
and doubtless his success in life, and
especially the great secret of his success
as a public officer, lies in the
fact of his pleasant demeanor toward
his fellow-man, for he is always
the same kind-hearted, sympathetic
Elmore Martin toward the thousands
who know him, including rich and
poor,young and old, representing, as
they must, races and creeds of many
kinds. It is really easy to recognize
genuine merit in this conservator of
the peace and dignity of Charleston.
It was also a pleasure to the
younger men present, worthy of
special mention, to see Sheriff Mar
i tin and our own beloved Sheriff j
Graham, the man who has done so
much for them, and the only living
member of the Kuklux Klan in Williamsburg
county, "hobnobbing" together
and to hear them exchange
experiences which either come up in
their everyday lives as officers of;
the law, or perhaps some amusing j
incident in a deer drive or a fishing i
escapade. They are, perhaps, the |
two best known Sheriffs in the State, I
and we have yet to hear aught but
the nighest praises concerning the
public or private life of either.
Sheriff Martin was captivated by
the wonderful progress he noted as;
having taken place in Kingstree j
since a former visit here when he
attended the institution of a lodge
of Knights of Pythias. This was
some ten or twelve years ago. He
was also pleased with the cheerful, i
patriotic spirit that pervades our.
citizens at this time. To add that'
he fell in love with Kingstree and
her citizens would be superfious, for
every one does who has a true sense
of appreciation.
We all wish Sheriff Martin and
the friends who accompanied him,
here Tuesday. Lieutenant Stender,'
of the Charleston police force, and (
Mr Chas Webb, of the Shepherd
CONFLAGRATION IN ATLANTA. |
Seventy-Five Acres Burned-Damage
Estimated at $3,000,000. ^
The most disastrous fire that At- 1
lanta has known in many years visited
that city Monday afternoon. I
Approximately 75 blocks were destroyed,
and the loss was estimated *
at $3,000,000.
The fire started from an unknown 1
source in a warehouse and spread
rapidly. The burned district comprises
approximately 75 blocks, va- J
rying in width from one to several
blocks. The buildings destroyed j
ranged from flimsy negro shanties c
to $6,000 and $8,000 mansions on
Ponce de Leon avenue, one of the fc
most beautiful residence sections ot i
the citv.
Mrs Bessie Hodges died of shock, I
and 60 persons were treated for <
minor injuries
There were many rumors that the t
fire was the work of German spies, '
but Mayor Candler said that after a
thorough investigation he was con- *
vinced that the disaster was not of J
incendiary origin.
The city was patrolled by troops, ,
and very few attempts at looting '
were discovered. 1
With characteristic enterprise, the
city authorities and business men I
undertook the care of the homeless 1
and declined all offers of outside aid. '
Atlanta is one of the most pro<
gressive cities in the South, and it }
is hoped that in due time the bufot ,
district will be rebuilt with structures
far more valuable than those j
destroyed. 1
MURDERER CAUGHT AND BURNED 1
Tortures Her Child Suffered Visited '
Upon the Negro.
Memphis, Tenn, May 22:?Ell Persons,
the negro who confessed the 1
murder of Antoinette Rappal, a i
school girl, near here several weeks ^
agu, was burned to death at the
scene of his crime this morning. A j
mob of two thousand witnessed the (
lynching.
The negro's body was soaked in
oil and swung from the limb of a {
tree and the torch applied. The ne- S
gro is said to have repeated the con- t
fession that he killed the girl and
implicated two other negroes. Mrs |
Minnie Woods, the mother of the 1
murdered girl, addressed the mob j
saying she wished Persons to suffer
the tortures he dealt :o her girl. (
Persons was taken from the Sheriff \
at Potts Camp, Mississippi. The 1
Sheriff was bringing the negro from 5
Nashville. It is reported that a
second negro has been captured by i
the mob. J
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BishopCollinsDenny of Richmond, *
Va, one of the ablest bishops in the
Southern Methodist Episcopal church, 8
was in SpartanburgSunday night and '
preached the dedication sermon of '
El Bethel Methodist church. This (
church was built in one day, every
piece of the structure being placed i
in that time. Bishop Denny preached j
the dedication sermon at Jonesville $
Methodist church in the morning, i
He is well known in Kingtree. having
preached the dedication sermon
of the new Methodist church here. <
Snulh Ruttpr C.attlp Vlnrkpfc.
Better marketing facilities in the
South are essential to the increase in
live stock production which is desirable
from every point of view, especially
at this time with meat sky high.
Various methods of inproving the
present situation to meet \yar conditions
have been tried and the most
promising ones were discussed today
by the United States department of
agriculture. Among the most important
are the organization of cooperative
shipping and marketing clubs
and of local livestock buying companies,
the establishment of local
packing houses, the custom of holding
livestock sales on advertised
dates, and the use of local ice plants
in curing farm meats.
Use your own judgment and buy |
a Singer Sewing Machine. It will s
last a lifetime. Terms reasonable.
5-17-2t Kingstree Furniture Co. (
Supply Co, to understand that our *
gales are always wide open and a 1
hearty welcome awaits their return. 1
There were about fifty represent- 1
ative citizens present to enjoy the
feast and the company of the honored
guests, among whom was Poor c
Conrad Constine who came down t
the river in the Mary Lee Swann. I
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NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
ihort Items of Interest Culled
from Exchanges.
The summer season on Sullivan's
sland will open next week.
Magnolia Heights (Florence) Bap
ist church was opened for service
Sunday.
Columbia Woodmen of the World
vill observe next Sunday as Memoial
day.
Seven nurses will be graduated at
ioper Hospital training school Monlay
night.
The Seaboard Air Line has install d
double daily service between Flormce
and Poston.
Atlanta and Augusta, Ga. have
)een selected 8s sites for divisional
:antonment camps. !
Bishop Collins Denny will deliver
:he baccalaureate sermon at Carlisle I
Pitting School, Bamberg. Sunday.
Rev Frank H Wardlaw, formerly!
)f Indiantown, has been installed as
pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian
:hurch, York.
The children of Ridgeland public
school are cultivating 125 gardens,
rhese are in addition to the regular
family gardens.
MayorL DJenningsofSumter.who
>qq Kcon ill fur seven weeks
with typhoid fever, is now convalescing
rapidly.
The 11th annual convention of
Commercial Travelers of the Carolilas
will be held in Columbia tomor ow
and Saturday.
The thirty-second annual conven;ion
of the Woman's Auxiliary to
:he Board of Missions (Episcopal) is
n session at Georgetown.
Capt True, Pullman conductor on
;rain 82, who was recently stricken
vith paralysis at Lanes, is convales:ing
in a Florence infirmary.
Jesse Ives,Sr,one of the oldest and
)est known citzens of Florence, died
n that city Sunday, aged 80 years.
Te was a i onfederate veteran.
Rev John Jeter Hurt, a brother
)f Rev W E Hurt and wellknown in
iCingstree.will preach the commencenent
sermon at Coker College Sunday.
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congressman ruiK&umt? una ap^uiui,- i
id John C Bethea of Dillon to be his |
jrivate secretary^, succeeding G W
Sligh, who has gone to the officers'
;raining camp at Ft Myer, Virginia.
The Cannon Manufacturing Co,
;he largest mill in York, has given
ts employes a bonus of 10 per cent
>f their salaries, to continue for
"our months.
The Southern Wholesale Lumber
iompany of Columbia has been chartered,
with a capital of $50,000.
Lieutenant Governor A J Bethea is
tecretary and treasurer.
Branchville High school gave its
innual banquet Saturday night.
\mong those responding to toasts
vas Rev P B Ingram, late pastor of
lohnsonville M E church.
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commencement exercises ui untieitone
college, Gaffney, will begin tonorrow
and continue until the folowing
Thursday. ^This is one of the
>ldeat colleges in the State.
The Southern Baptist convention,
n session at New Orleans, has appealed
to President Wilson and Congress
for absolute prohibition durng
the period of the war.
Commencement exercises of Chi:ora
College for women will be held
Saturday. An address will be deliver-,
?d by Alan Johnstone, Jr, a brother
>f Mrs George McCutchen. |
Columbia high school baseball i
earn suffered its first defeat of the j
season Thursday, Florence being the j
rictor. Next day the tables were j
;urned, Columbia winning over Flor?nce.
One of the largest cotton sales i
hi? vf>nr was made in Sumter a few 1
lays ago, when P G Bowman bought;
715 bales from the Levi Mercantile I
:o of Manning, paying 19S cents
yer pound.
About 1,000 Shriners attended the
neeting of the order at Spartanburg
ast week. A distinguished visitor
was present in the person of Impe- j
ial Potentate Henry F Niedring-1
laus, Jr, of St Louis.
Fear of being drafted into the ar-1
ny and separated from his wife and
:hree children, caused Wm K James, ,i
28 years of age, a street railway employee,
of New Orleans, to commit
tuicide by swallowing poison.
M W Shive.a prosperous mill man
)f Scranton, and Miss Mary Holstouser
of Crescent, N C, were mar ioH
TnoaHau nf last wppk. Thev ar
ived at Scranton Sunday morning
ind are making their home there.
We have several new style sec>nd
hand Singer Sewing Machines
hat we will sell cheap.
>17-2t Kingstree Furniture Co.
?ur ZTlotto: Better (Sot
Overstc
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This Collapsible
Equipped with Heywood-V
elliptic springs; reed body,fi
color and upholstered with 1
leather-clotn hood, easily
position.
It is the greatest Genei
market It can be used etth
A Tiny Cherub or a CI
A Go-Cart and Cai
As Long As They Lasi
Hoosier Kitch<
Save Miles
Kingstree Furni
Phone 167, - -
PEOPLE TH
MUST PROTECT
Without Good Feet Thi
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weari
Shoes Made fo
fort and D
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other shoes, hi
better, more
and la& longer
wp qpii oil thp ]f
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both men and worn
quality, price and %
call at the
Silver
Departmei
, East Mair
KINGSTREE,
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m lEATnii CUT! HOOT
Sleeper Sulky
Vakefield self adjusting
nished in light or brown
leather cloth; fitted with
adjusted to any desired
*1 Utility Sulky on the
ler for
lild Three Years Old
riage Combined
t id the Old Price!
:n Cabinets
of Steps
ture Company
KINGSTREE, S. C,
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lading makes for ^
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