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vM SELL YOUR TOBACCO ON THE KINGSTREE MARKET AND BUY YOUR MERCHANDISE, GROCERIES, ETC., FROM KINGSTREE MERCHANTS. ,?|fbe ionntn VOL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JULY 26,1917. NO. , ANOTHER GERMAN SCHEME NIPPED. QUANTITY OF SEDITIOUS LITERATURE SEIZED AND CONDEMNED BY BRITISH OFFICIALS. London, July 25:?Tons of seditious literature, printed in many languages and intended for circulation in neutral countries, have been seized here and condemned by a prize court a9 part of a gigantic scheme on the part of the Germans to spread their propganda to the four corners of the earth. The seizures were found in the mails of the steamships Oranie, Rembrandt and Goentoer. More than 1.500 bags containing thousands of pamphlets, were removed from the vessels by the British authorities. Sir Frederick Smith, the AttorneyGeneral in asking the "C^urt to condemn the seizures, asserted that the scheme was on the largest possible scale and had been carried out with ingenuity and thoroughness. In a neat red and yellow cover, he said, was a pamphlet entitled "The Neutrality of India and England," and information available to the British authorities showed that in virtually every neutral country, almost in C>Cly licunaj iuwii ui iuj^vi lau^r, the Germans had appointed agents whose special mission it is to distribute the literature. There were Dutch and French editions of this pamphlet, the French AVOID n 0 Do Not Wait to order Screens, lower now and 1 hurried. Our spec ables us to produ< WINDOW AND of all kinds at ; prices. When Screens you have correct workman: .1 J_ proauci. Kingstree Mfg. We have the v .BUILDERS -\\\HARDWARE you. waae OF COURSE YOU WANT * WARE WHEN YOU BUILD. BUILD COME IN AND SEE T1 % RY. THE "ST YLE"OF IT W1 T ANTEE WILL GO BEHIND IT M THE PRICE WILL BE ROC* W WANT YOUR BUSINESS. AN) INESS IS TO MARK THE PRH GINNING. OUR HARDWAR^ BEST: 1 King' Hartdw; I i P t <4 j ; edition being edited, it is said, by. : the Indian National Party. An Ara-!. : bic pamphlet had a flaming: red star i and cresent on the cover. Another. dealt with alleged British atrocities. A pamphlet in French and Spanish J entitled "England's Rule in India," i < was intended for circulation as far j ! afield as Bolivia, it was said. I Women Will Push New Liberty Loan. I | Washington, July 23:?In prepara* M | tion for a second liberty loan in the ( ! fall, the Woman's Liberty Loan com-!1 J mittee today announced a partial re- 1 organization and plans "to bring 1 home to every woman the financial.1 advantages and patriotic duty of in- 1 vestment in governmet bonds." !' Mrs Louis Slade of New York has been appointed chairman for the' ^ i second federal reserve district, re- 1 placing Miss Virginia Furman and ' Mrs Fred A Scott of Richmond, Va, 1 will replace Mrs John Skelton Wil- j' liams, resigned, as chairman for the 1 Fifth Reserve district. State chairmen have been appoint- 1 ed in 33 States. Among them are: 1 Alabama. Mrs Solon Jacobs, Birm-1 ingham; Florida, Mrs Robert Gam- ' ble, Jacksonville; Georgia, Mrs Wil- ' liam R Leaken, Savannah; Mississip-; J pi. Mrs W P Holland, Clarksdale; ' South Carolina. Mrs Ben Hagood, |( Charleston; Tennessee, Mrs George j j Baxter, Knoxville. i < I Bankruptcy cases in the Eastern ( district of South Carolina for the quarter ended July 1,1917, number- 1 ed 74, just half as many as during 1 the same period last year. 1 i IE KIM! j : until Summer : I Prices are much ! workmanship not ; :ial equipment en- ; ce high grade * ' DOOR SCREENS I i astonishingly low ! you select OUR j' the assurance of : ship and superior ' i . & Const Co. j the best builders'hard. then "before" you go to he sort of stuff we carill please you; our guar[-bottom because we will d the way we bid for bus:e right down in the beit stands the test. are Company. FOODCONTROLACTI PASSES SENATE.: CONFERENCE COMMITTEES NOW I AT WORK-PRESIDENT TO HAVE BROAD POWER THEREUNDER, The administration food control bill, virtually rewritten after five I weeks' of bitter contest, was passed Saturday by the United States Sen- j ate, 81 to 6. Conferees from House and Senate began work early this week and leaders are hopeful the measure may be in the President's lands in ten days. As revamped the bill gives the | President broad authority over foods,! feeds and fuels, the latter including kerosene and gasoline; provides for idministration by a food board of :hree members instead of an individual; authorizes federal fixing of :oal prices, requisitoning and opera:ion of mines, and authorizes a minimum guaranteed price of not less :han $2 per bushel for wheat at irimary markets. The Senate prolibition sections, prohibiting manu- ( facture of distilled beverages dur-| ng the war and directing the Presiient to buy all distilled spirits in lond, was substituted for the House 'bone dry" provision and will be i Jilt 5UUJCV.I Ui UI111V.U1WJ IU WIllCI- l ince. f Scores of amendments were dis-j posed of Saturday but the principal features were the incorporation of Jie amendment authorizing the j minimum wheat price and another j [>y Senator Pomerene greatly broad- j ?ning the government's power to fiandle the coal situation. The gov?rnment guarantees for wheat will pe payable at all principal interior j primary markets until July 1, 1919. rhe Senate rejected, 40 to 33, an amendment by Senator Norris to have the food board instead of Congress fix the minimum price. The Pomerene coal amendment, incorporated by a vote of 72 to 12,! directs the President through the1 federal trade commission or other i agency to nx coal prices, wnoiesaie and retail, regulate the entire in- j dustry and, if necessary, take over and operate coal mines and fix prices ; of labor. On a final vote the Senate refused, 60 to 23, to place the bill's administration in the hands of an individual, Senator Underwood said the administration would endeavor to substitute the original house provision for a single administrator. This will be another source of conference trouble. Appropriation in the bill of $10,D00.000 was left unchanged by the Senate, which added an appropriation of $10,000,000, however, for ! i i 1 i 1 _ _ r i _ teaerai purcnase ana saie 01 soua i nitrates of fertilizer. Another important Senate addition to the bill provides for a joint congressional committee to supervise war expenditures. The senate also added provisions against hoarding of foodstuffs and for regulation of grain exchanges, authorizing the president to close them if. necessary to stop speculation in futures. Although leaders succeeded in securing adoption of all their compromise amendments, the small ?roup of Senators who have persist-1 ? A.i.. r Li ?l? u:n o?* i ! snuy iuukhi me uui oaiuiuajr ui^m claimed a share of success. Chairman Gore of the agriculture committee withdrew his proposed substitute bill, saying five of its seven I principal provisions had been finally! adopted in the measure before the j Senate. The bill lim;ts government con-[ trol virtually to original subjects of j :he house measure?foods, feeds and fuels. In lieu of the House bill's broad | provisions.for licensing food dealers; :he Senate bill limits federal licens- J ng to the following agencies and j these only which have products in nterstate or foreign commerce: Wheat elevators, cold storage and packing houses, farm implements, factories, coal producers and dealers ind wholosalers of designated nec?ssaries. The House bill's provision for fed-1 jral requisitioning of necessaries is imited by the Senate redraft to food, feeds and fuels, and other supplies for military purposes only. Government purchase and sale of foodstuffs to maintain reasonable prices also' are limited by the Senate tiill to fuel, wheat, flour, meals, Deans and potatoes. The house provision for authority to requisition factories generally was cuftailed by the Senate to fac% i Time When this quivering and blistered tongue cleave cool, refreshing, delicious li just about the most delightl you invest a little money in REFRIGERATOR the sooner you will be en jo; summer weather. <J For tl Florence Automatic, the kit ImFFINS ANf) HASKFTsI K\n<y< Iw" I tories, packing houses, mines and other plants needed for common de- , fense. A Senate amendment regarding government war supplies purchased i through the defense council,s advisory commissions would prevent i members from soliciting federal contracts in which they are pecuniarily interested. Among important provisions of j the House bill stricken out was that establishing a general government ( control of all "necessaries." 1 President Wants Free Hand, i Washington, July 25:?President J Wilson has asked Congress to elimi- t nate from the food control bill a Sen- s ate amendment creating a joint committee of Senators and Representa- ? tives to confer and advise with ex- 1 ecutive officials on war expenditures. ] In a letter to Chairman Lever, of < the House agricultural committee, ] the President pointed in frank terms 1 that such a committee would be like- i ly to constantly harass those indirect- 1 ly responsible for the conduct of the ] war. Retention of the section,he notified Congress, he would be compell- 1 ed to interpret as signifying "a lack 1 of confidence in myself." I Mr Lever and other House leaders ] are understood to be ready to make I a determined fight against the provi- j sion, which was voted into the bill near the close of the long Senate de- I bate. House leaders also are plan- i ning to oppose the Senate's provision 1 for a food control board of three < members instead of one administra- i tor and there were many indications i that in this likewise they would have < the President's unqualified backing:. 1 Tillman to Remain in Washington. j Washington, July 25:?Senator Tillman had made plans to go to his j i home at Trenton for a short stay af- ! I ter the passage of the food control * bill by the Senate, but today reconsi- i dered, because he thought it best to I stay here until final action on the ' measure by both houses of Congress. ' Senator Tillman is actuated espe- i 1 cially by his desire to protect the j i $10,000,000 nitrate amendment,]' which he induced the Senate to adopt! Saturday in the same language in i which it had been passed as a sepa- i rate resolution when originally intro- ! duced byJSenator E D Smith. Senator Smith is one of the conferees, but if the House should refuse to accept the nitrate amendment it will be thrown back into the full j Senate and a big fight may result, ' in which every vote will be needed, and advance effort will count. Awful Accident at Florence. Misses Rita and Jessie Haynesworth of Sumter, who were visiting: relatives at Florence, were drowned in Muldrow'smillpond about 11 a. m. yesterday. With Miss Evelyn Barnes and Mr Matt McCown.they had gone to spend the day with Mr Morton McCown.a cousin. The young ladies ?? ? * I n f UA mi I] vqaq nrKiI Wt?IlL IU uatlic 111 UIC IIUIUOVC, nrtnvu i shelves suddenly. Messrs Muldrow : and McCown were sitting on the opposite bank and as soon as they saw the bathers' perfl Mr McCown went to their rescue, Mr Muldrow having thrown him a fishing cane, with which he saved Miss Barnes. He then attempted to rescue the Misses Haynesworth, but they sank before he could reach them. Both bodies were recovered. The Misses Haynesworth were very young. Miss Rita being 15 and Miss Jessie 13 years of age. They were exceedingly popular, and their sad fate is universally deplored. The funeral was held at Sumter today. Walterboro and St Matthews are to have free mail delivery. To Coc summer is ablaze with sizzlij s to the roof of your mouth, i Iquid trickling slowly down ful thing imaginable? You k one of our fine S, FREEZERS, WI ..i A , on. ymg a guuu man j twiuig aw ie kitchen we have that g<xxi id that gives perfect satisfact stree Hardware NATIONAL GUARD" NOW MOBILIZING. GOVERNMENT RUSHING CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT TO GET MEN / TO TRAINING CAMPS. Mobilization of the National Guard for war service has begun. While no jrders for embarkation of State ;roops for France will be given till af:er August 5, when the entire force jvill be formally drafted in the UniQfotoa nrmv thpre are indica-! Lions that some divisions will be re- j yarded as ready to board transports j joon after that date. The first clause of President Wilson's proclamation providing for the federalization of the National Guard for the war became effective last week. Under it, all guard units from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia. Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota and Nebraska, went on the Federal payroll from that date. Actual concentration of troops in their home armories or State camps has begun. Approximately one-J naif of the total strength of the i National Guard, or more than 125,300 men, is included in the force assembling. The first steps in their preparation has been to send tft the armories additional clothing for their trip to the divisional training camps. Full campaign equipment will be issued at the big camps, reducing the amount of materials to be transported with the troops. Supplies for the divisions are being concentrated in the depots established in the South to feed the guard units. Rapid progress is being made in relieving guard regiments which tiave been in the federal service since the declaration of war guarding property. This work will be taken over largely by civilian watchmen, and many States already have built up the guarding machinery. | Department commanders have been luthorized to abandon the sruardinp: n TAKES CENTS TO MAKE I KEEP DOLLARS. THIS MAN KNEW ENOUGH TO AND IT GREW INTO A CROP. PUT DOLLARS IN THE BANK KNOWS IF HE PLANTS GRAIN I* LARS THEY GROW. BUT DOL CONDITIONS. PUT YOUR MONE WE PAY H PER CENT INTERE Farmers & Merchai "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Antlerized by Federal Reserve Board te Act as 1 Off ng heat, and your parched isnt the sensation of some your dusty, thirsty throat now it is, and the sooner VTER COOLERS i refreshing hours of this 1 kind of Oil Stove, The ion. v ? Co. |Wj Lead Others Follow 11 =========== of any point where they believe it imBflooooofi; tn omnlnu anlHiprs , U.J VW V?.r..,, ? They will hold such troops, however, as they deem necessary for protection of certain big munition works and other property, vital to the conduct of the war. The next step in the general mobilization will be the ordering of di* visions to the camp sites already selected for them. A full supply of tentage is available, department, reports show, and the divisions will en. train as rapidly as the commanders of the departments from which they come and of those in which their camps are located agree as to dates. The most serious shortage of war equipment for the guard is in/the artillery. For training purposes, the big gun regiments undoubtedly will continue to use their present equipment, supplemented by such additional ordnance as the regular * service can spare. It is regarded as practically certain, however, that if the guard divisions are sent to France at an early date, they will I? -* J ?T7>?_?L ue equippcu wiiu ncuui aumcij on their arrival there. Presumably their first war work will be with the famous French "75's." . Departure of the guardsmen for France, it is indicated, will be governed entirely by the shipping problem. War Department officials re- . gard many divisions of the State troops as virtually ready for the' intensive training behind the fighting line in France. There is no reason why some elements could not go forward at once, except lack Of transportation and the submarine menace. Muaicale at Hemingway. \ Hemingway,July 24:?A musicale will be given at the school auditorium here Friday night, August 3, for the benefit of the Methodist church. It is anticipated that this event will be conducted on quite a high plane. as there are in the community at this season of the year quite a number of younpr people gifted alonsr musical lines who will take part. Everybody come and you will be made to enj<?y yourself. in witk money is money for his u\d then ke puts here it is safe? a tke Bank. DOLLARS. IT TAKES SENSElTO i PUT SEED INTO THE GROUND HOW HE KNOWS ENOUGH TO AND GROW A FORTUNE. HE r GROWS; IF HE PLANTS DOLLARS DON'T FEAR WEATHER Y IN OUR BANK. :ST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. its National Bank, LAKE CITY. S. CAdniaislrator, Executor, Trustee end Registrar.