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SEL YOUR TOBACCO ON THE K1NGSTREE MARKET AND BOY YOUR MERCHANDISE, GROCERIES, ETC., FROM KINGSTREE ififbe ?mnt$ 'gtioik !H? ' VOL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH C.4ROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 12. 1917. TO BE DRAFTED ON AUGUST S.j; STAtE TROOPS WILLIE MUSTERED y INTO THE NATIONAL SERVICE p UPON THAT DATE. r Washington, July 11:?The last t step necessary to make the entire National Guard available for duty in * o France was taken today by President p Wilson with the issue of a proclama- t tion drafting the State troops into r - - a 1 t the army 01 ine unuea outtes uu > August 5. To make certain that the e purpose of the National Defense Act jj is carried out, the proclamation also specifically declares the men drafted to be discharged from the ojd militia status on that date. In that way the 0 constitutional restraint upon use of C militia outside of the country is avoid- P ed and the way paved for sending the regiments to the European front. t Prior to the application of the v draft regiments in the northern and s eastern section of the countr 1 (J called into the federal service as Na- ^ tional Guardsmen in two increments, a to be mobilized with the other troops from their States. The guard from * other States will be mobilized on the ^ day of the draft. The arrangement " was necessary to provide for move- 0 ment of the regiments South to their S AVOID TH Do Not Wait to order Screens, lower now and w hurried. Our speci; ables us to product WINDOW AND E of all kinds at a > prices. When y Screens you have correct workmansl product. . Kingstree Mfg. t . _ i " ~7 rrm TOOLS for ALL I ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH 1 IF YOU ARE NOT ENTIRELY i ^2 YOUR TOOLS "WORK" NEX1 W *. THEM. OUR "BETTER" TOOLS WI TER WORK. WILL HELP YOI L AND WILL HELP YOU TO H I rn YOUR PAY RAISED. AND TH f "POOR" TOOLS. OUR TOOLS ARE BEST: TH1 King' Hardwa The Popular Ha - oncentration camps without congesion and to the same end the divi. ion of States into these increments vas revised among original schedule. The operative date of the draft yas delayed until August so that all egiments can be taken into the arny simultaneously to avoid inequaliies in the relative rank of officers. Fourteen camp sites for the sixeen tactical divisions into which the ;uard will be organized for war purinano ViQva already been selected and VOVO UM* V - . - ? ? ? he militia bureau is preparing the ailway routing of the troops into he camps. Seven of the sites select-1 d are in the Southwestern Departient, five in the Southern and two i the Western. Boy Shoots Himself. Master James Epps, the 10-yearId son of Mr and Mrs R F Epps of lades, was accidentally shot while laying with a pistol Monday morntig about 10 o'clock. It is supposed hat he took an older brother's pisoi from its accustomed place and /as looking down the barrel and napping the weapon at the same ime. There was one load in the i UJo ontorincr the bov's Iiamuci, lano vuvv?>-B iead. He died two hours after the ccident. Directors of the Chicago Board of >ade yesterday afternoon fixed a naximum price of $1.28 for the Deeraber and May (1918) deliveries f corn. No action was taken as to September corn. nf until Summer Prices are much orkmanship not al equipment en3 high grade KXDR SCREENS stonishingly low ou select OUR the assurance of lip and superior & Const Co. rOUR TOOLS? PLEASED WITH THE WAY r TIME COME TO US FOR LL HELP YOU TO DO BETJ TO DO IT MORE EASILY OLD YOUR JOB A.VD GET EY COST NO MORE THAN SY STAND THE TEST. re Company. krdware Store. A ' -*k GERMAN AIR RAID OVER LONDON. 1 LARGE NUMBER KILLED AND INJURED. BUT NO MILITARY DAMAGE EFFECTED. The second descent upon London by a squadron of German airplanes was made Saturday morninjr between : 9 and 10 o'clock, when the business I npftinr. of thp pitv was most crowded. Although the German contingent ' was larger, more daring, more delib' erate in its methods and descended much lower than on the visit of June 13, the number of killed and wounded was, according to the first official roll, roughly., one-third the previous casualty list. The destruction of property may have been greater. The flight of the Germans over London lasted about twenty minutes. English airmen engaged them forseveral minutes over the metropolis, and anti-aircraft guns were firing briskly, dotting the 3ky with shrapnel puffs, but without success so far as concerned the destruction of any of the twenty or more machines which constituted the invading force. The admiralty was able to report later, however, that naval airmen who followed them to sea brought down three machines. A British squadron sent up from Dunkirk to intercept the returning raiders did not intercept them because they had taken a more northerly route, but the British airmen met and destroyed seven other German machines. The morning was one of haze, weather most favorable for crossing the channel without Deing oDservea. On their former visit, made in similar weather,the Germans kept high up in the mist, but Saturday when they neared their objectives, m?' itof them descended. Their formation was like a flock of wild geese as th>?y ap1 proached and neither the British pursuers nor the guns were able to scatter them until they spread out before letting loose the bombs. Among the places attacked was one of the most metropolitan hospitals, on which the Red Cross flag was flying conspicuously, and the location of which must have been known. The hospital escaped entirely, although several bombs fell close to it. In one building a number of prominent business men had gathered for a conference. Above their heads was only plate trlass. A bomb exploded in the lavatory, but did not even break the glass. Not one of the men was hurt. The day's experience showed that persons in solidly constructed buildings are comparatively safe, but the windows of these buildings were . crowded with young clerks, deterI mined not to miss the spectacle at I whatever cost, and many sky-gazers j in this section were badly cut by fly! ing glass. A thorough investigation of the results of the battle by the staff correspondent of the Associaked Press f mi Kf n munifiAna nr siiuw mat iiunijuiusi j , uiuuiwivuo v* 'supply establishments were touched, i Apparently none were sought, since i the Germans undoubtedly knew their locations. Five minutes after the ex| plosions ceased the streets of the dis! triet attacked were iammed with masses of humanity. Fire engines, ambulances, patrol wagons, motors with nurses and doctors seemed to spring from the earth. The police were everywhere. Hundreds ofaspecial civilian constables were running to their stations, tying on their arm bands as they ran. Anger and determination seem to be the dominating sentiment of the I populace. One certain result of the raid will be the increased demand for reprisals on German cities. Several members of Parliament have alreadyjannounced their intention to raise the question. The sentiment recently voiced most strongly by the Archbishop of Can! terbury, and.seconded by perhaps the Time When this quivering and blistered tongue cleave cool, refreshing, delicious 1 just about the most delight you invest a little money ir REFRIGERATOF the sooner you will be enjo summer weather, For tl Florence Automatic, the ki [CQFFIHS AMD CASKETS) King majority of the substantial leadegs of public opinion, that the British should not descend to the level of the German, is not popular with the masses, and the suggestion that the slaughter of English civilians would ce**e if each visitation was quickly followed by a similar stroke against some German city, received strong support among those who have looked on the bodies of their slain and mangled countrymen. WILL SOON BE SOLDIERS. Selection Day, under Draft Act, May Be during the Present Week. Washfittton, July 10:? Selection day for tfte new national army is approaching rapidly as the local exemption boards in the various States complete their organization, give serial numbers to the registration cards and forward certified copies to Provost Marshal Gen Crowder. Indications are that the drawing will be held next week; but no officials tatement has been made as to the War Department's plans. Administration officials at Washington are maintaining strict silence as to the method to be followed. With the recent statement by Secretary Baker that the drawing would be in Washington, however, coupled ?4.1? ~4._^?? nnnn oarinl num. Willi II1C Oil COO laiu U pvyi. uv i bering of registration cards, the general outline of the plan is clearly indicated. It is understood that ft is proposed to place in a single jury wheel in Washington one conplete set of numbers. When a number is taken from the wheel,the man in each exemption district whose card bears that serial number will be drafted. Thus as each number is drawn.approxlmately 30,000 men will be drafted, or one in each exemption district. If 1,200,-1 ? ? x. l . ?it-J : uuu men are 10 oe caiieu uciuic mc | exemption boards in the first selec-1 tion, which seems highly probable, j only forty numbers need to be drawn, j each representing forty men from each of 30,000 exemption districts. I There are numerous complications which must arise, however, and the j method of solving them can be known j only when the administration makes ! I known its plans in detail. The num! ber of registered individuals in each district who are liable for military service will not be the same. Aliens are registered, but not liable for duty. In some districts the proportion of ] physically disqualified will run high-, er than in others. All this must be considered in framing the registrations. Provision must be made also to balance, as far as j possible, the chances of military duty I between the men in each district, so that disqualification of a large number in any particular district for any reason will not put upon those disqualified additional likelihood of being sent to the front. Various ways of accomplishing this correction of chances so as to make the resulting draft as fair as possible have been suggested. An arrangement of dummy numbers may be resorted to, to equalize matters between districts. The matter has had President Wilson's personal consideration in line with his pledge that the method employed would be fair and I just. 1 . ' < - V^L To Coc ; summer is ablaze with sizzli is to the roof of your mouth, iquid trickling slowly down ful thing imaginable? You k i one of our fine LS, FREEZERS, W. ying a good many cooling an he kitchen we have that goo< - - # i _ A? _#_ ad tnat gives peneci sansraci stree Hardware While the first contingent of the new army under the bill is limited to 500,000 men, an additional 125,000 or 150,000 will be needed for the reserve battalions. Reserve battalions are being recruited for all reeular regiments and will be recruited for the National Guard when it is draft, ed into the federal service. The organization of the national army will be on the safne basis. It may be necessary also to draft enough men to fill up the regulars and National Guard to war strength, though no decision to this end has been reached. The regulars are close to war strength and the guard unit9 are recruiting rapidly. If possible they will be completed by the present war volunteer system. It is not known whether the government plans to call double the number of men actually needed on the first selection in order to provide against the exemptions. Possibly only the smaller number will be tak en to be filled out by later selections1 unt^ the ranks are full. If the exemption factor is allowed for in the first drawing, however, it seems likely that a million and a half names wo lid be provided for at that time, thf^men to appear for examination in the order in which they were drawn and the cards of those not reached in any district where the quota was filled before they came up before the board, to be returned to the registration lists. Another factor being worked out in the selection regulations is the provision of the law requiring that each State be given credit at the drawings of the number of men it has supplied as volunteers in -the regular army or the National Guard. ?? The sinking of fourteen British j merchantmen of more rhan 1.6U0: tons is rennrtpd in fhp WH.jklv sum- I mary of shipping losses issued yes-1 terday. > Sickness is bad is worse; but j worst calamit' "IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POl THING HAPPENS TO A MAN Wh NEVER COME SINGLY." GUARD AGAINST POVERTY SPARE MONEY IN THE BANK CARES THE WORST IS POVER VENT THEM BY THE MONEY Y< INTO THE BANK NOW. PUT YOUR MONE WE PAY H PER CENT INTERI Farmers <& Merelia "ABSOLUTELY SAFK" AdtMorizsd by Federal Reserve Board to Act as ? >1 off Wm ng heat, and your parchjgfffiofl^Bj isnt the sensation of soA your dusty, thirsty throj^fe now it is, and the soone?l&3fl| \TER C00LER^B| d refreshing hours of this# 1 kind of Oil Stove, Th&Jj^jjJ ! Co. |w? Lead Otters FolloVjpKH TOBACCO GROWERS,"^$8 DO YOU NEED MONfe$|lH THE TIME IS NEAR WHEN WILL MARKET YOUR TOBACCO.r^9 ALL THE MARKETS AND WAR?<^**9 HOUSEMEN ARE TELLING WON*^rfifl DERFUL TALES OF WHAT TBEW MARKET AND WAREHOUS^l. WILL DO. , Now do you know who to Our advice to you, is to think thff m?ttPr nnf fnr vrmrsplf first nia*L^y out the market you think best equijS^ ped 'to handle tobacco. The that has the greatest number^ buyers and steam plants is geudfelly^^V-^j considered the best market io^he old tobacco belt. The next questjflB *jjjt-^3| to be considered is the wareho^fev that you will patronize, y6a wtaW4^ *fjj men who know the business and wre , your interest at heart. If Hodges^"* Edmondson, and the New Star, o&--. me LiBKe L-uy marKei, cannot guiuu. *^E9HE this test, we do not want your trade. We have traveled this country and. ( realize your condition, we know that you need every dollar that is in your y? tobacco, and we want you to get it. ~ We believe that if you will give . us a showing we will convince you ' ? that we have your interest at heart, ^ and know how to get you the high ? I. dollar for your tobacco. We have the room and the light * to show your tobacco, we haye the - . ? force that know the business and * realize the hard work and expense % a crop of tobacco requires. All ot our people nave maae tobacco all of their lives and we know what you have to undergo. Give us . * a trial and we will prove to you that both our heart and pocketbook are with you. Very tiuly, Hodges & Edmondson, New Star Warehouse, adv. Lake City, S C. ;to lose your job joverty is the rt n/ all * y x/ CU1* 9 i ) The Han wflh Money has his mon^y safe n the Bank,so when nersitv comps he. is spared ysr if js"? jt seems tjjatjevery. lcn nc id onui\c. i nuuDLta * BY PUTTING SOME OF YOUR . OF ALL THE WORRIES AND TY AND DEBT. YOU CAN PRE3U CAN WELL AFFORD TO PUT Y IN OUR BANK. EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. nts National Bank, LAKE CITY. S. O. Administrator. Eiecutor, TristM asd RtgAxtrar.