The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 12, 1917, Image 1
SEL YOUR TOBACCO ON THE K1NGSTREE MARKET AND BOY YOUR MERCHANDISE, GROCERIES, ETC., FROM KINGSTREE
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' 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
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OUR TOOLS ARE BEST: TH1
King' Hardwa
The Popular Ha
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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.
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OLD YOUR JOB A.VD GET
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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
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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
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is to the roof of your mouth,
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ful thing imaginable? You k
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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.
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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
?
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isnt the sensation of soA
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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
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has his mon^y safe
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EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
nts National Bank,
LAKE CITY. S. O.
Administrator. Eiecutor, TristM asd RtgAxtrar.