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* VOL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 9,1917. NO. 23
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GREENWOOD HAN j
KILLS HIS WIFE.
FRANK BOYD ALSO SERIOUSLY
i WOUNDS MRS. CRANE, HIS
L MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Greenwood, Aug 6:?Enraged, it
; oDpctpH hacause his wife had left
him to visit her parents after he had
told her she should not do so, Frank
Boyd, aired twenty-three, shot and
killed his wife yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clock and wounded his motherin-law
with four shots srom his automatic
pistol. The mother-in-law,Mrs
Crane, is now in the Greenwood hospital
and it is believed she will recover.
She has two bullet wounds in
the face and one in each arm. The
dead wife, Mrs Minnie Crane Boyd,
was shot twice in the left breast and
once in the head. The shooting occurred
at the Crane home in Grendel
Mill Village No 2, South Greenwood.
Boyd and his wife lived in the
Greenwood Mill Village. She wanted
to visit her narents and. it is said.he
told her not to go. She went away
and Boyd followed later in the day.
and as soon as he walked up on the
front piazza it seems he began shooting
at his wife and then when she
fell.turned on his mother-in-law. After
the shooting he submitted quietly
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hurried. Our spec
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of all kinds at 2
prices. When 1
Screens you have
correct workmans
product.
Kingstree Mfg.
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WE HAVE THE FINEST LIl
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WHEN YOU WANT TOOI
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"SQUARE."
IT IS THE "RULE" OF Ol
GOODS AT A LOW PRICE.
A GetherW
|OUR HARDWARE'S BEST: 1
King' Hardws
to arrest at the hands of Deputy
Sprouse of the village and made no
resistance whatever when Sheriff McI
Millan and Chief of Police Chandler
put him in an automobile and carried
him to the county jail. He is
still in jail and refuses to make any
statement or even answer questions,
maintaining a stolid silence. Boyd
is a native of Laurens county, but
has lived in Greenwood county almost
all his life. j1
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Eighty Per Cent Claim Exemption. |,
The local exemption board states
I
that about 80 per cent of the men
summoned for examination claim ex- j
emption. And about 25 per cent pass 1
the physical examination. The
claims for exemption are based for i
the most part on dependents. The 1
exemptions for physical unfitness are
of every description.
A telegram received by the board ]
states that persons recently married
will not be subject to exemption.
-'The pay of a private soldier has
been raised to $30 a month and this
is equal to a salary of about $60 to
$70 a month. 1
The examinations ary progressing
rapidly and Florence will soon have
its quota, but will have to ask tor
another call to make up the number
to choose from. ? Florence Times.
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until Summer
Prices are much j
vorkmanship not
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high grade j
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LAKE CITY'S NEWS CHRONICLES.
Tobacco Market Still Boomlng-Judge
Baldwin^ Plight-Personal.
Lake Cits, August 7-?Of course
the tobacco business continues the
main attraction for everybody. The
Bales go on every day and there is no
diminution in sizes of the sales nor
in the prices secured. More than a
million pounds are sold here each
week. The Tuesday's sale was about
half a million. The prices continue
good, ana average above anything
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seen iu receui jenio, pui.ro ui w, -iu
45 and 50 cents are not uncommon.
The sale of today, Tuesday,averaged
30 cents or more. This means that a
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
was paid out here today for tobacco.
Mrs 0 S Baldwin and daughter
are at Clover. York county, on a vis*
it to Mrs Baldwin's parents.
Misses Doris and Hulda Knight
and Winnie Cash are visiting at their
aunt's in Lumberton, N C.
So many people come to town these
days that it would be out of the question
to name even the more prominent
ones who come.
Judge Baldwin went down to the
Isle of Palms Sunday before last,and
now he wishes he hadn't. About 11
o'clock he went into the surf and disported
himself with the mermaids
and the mere men till 2 o'clock. Next
day the doctors plastered him with
mentholatum to keep the hide from
coming off too fast. He may be able
to wear some clothes before winter.
Tho attention of the young men is
engrossed in the matter of raising
our army. Each day a number of
them are called to Florence for examination.
The majority, so we are
informed, are claiming exemption.
How many will secure it is the pro
position.
The crops are really improving;
the recent good weather?hot sunshine
with just enough rain to keep
things moist?is bringing the cotton
rapidly to maturity.
However,tobacc* is not commanding
prices out of proportion to the
prices of those things which tobacco
farmers must buy, such as bacon,
corn, meal, flour and so on. With
bacon at 28 cents and corn more
than $2 a bushel,good tobacco ought
to bring every cent that it does. You
may by sure that those who manipulate
things will see to it that the
farmers get no more than is necessary
for them to exist on
The scarcity of labor is becoming
acute in this section,and when a number
of young negro men are taken
away by the draft, the condition will
certainly be worse than it now is.
Numbers of farmers cannot now secure
the help urgently needed to carry
on ^he farms; mill men are running
so short of hands that they have
to shut down at times; and cooks
and washerwomen are just not to be
had any longer.
Dicky Swamp Chronicles.
Salters. Ht 1, August 8:?Grip is
prevalent here.
Mrs John Richburg, Mr Ben Richburg
and little Miss Mae Richburg
are visiting the former's brother,Mr
Bradham Williams, at Timmonsville.
The Mulberry Interdenominational
C E society has organized a chapter
at Bovd's schoolhouse. Those in
attendance from here were Misses
Eva and Sadie Lewis,Beulah Spivey,
Mrs R D Bradham, Messrs R I)
Bradham. H H Carter,4,E B William
son, Archie Spivey and Willie Williamson.
We expect to visit the new
chapter again soon.
The Sunday-school of St Paul's
church is engaged in an active contest
to see who can secure the most
members within the next six weeks.
Miss Lucilla Montgomery is still
sick at the home of her sister, Miss
Millie Montgomery.
Mr Willie Lawrence returned
Wednesday from the Sumter infirmary,
where he underwent an operation.
He is much benefited.
Mr S J Tisdale's family are still
convalescing.
The regular meeting of Mulberry
C E society will be held at 8 p. m.
Sunday. The junior branch will
meet Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock
There will be interesting programs,
and all members and friends are requested
tn be present.
Mrs.K U bradham and Miss beulah
Spivey were in Kingstree Thursday.
Farmers are about through curing
tobacco.
Stlter* News Notes.
Salters, August 7:?We are having
some cool weather after the hot
spell of last week, which we are
glad to see.
Crop prospects are about the same
I We Rejoice
i
over Uie Dig prices you are
and when you need Hardwi
have your business and whi
stock is complete. Remeoo
OLD, ORIGINAL,
of King&ree. Make no mi;
| COFFINS <K0 CASKETS | Kin*
Next to
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as last week, with the exception of
cotton which, on light lands, has
been considerably injured by the '
hot, dry weather of last week.
Miss Margurite Layton of Florence
is visiting Miss Carrie Moseley.
Mr Jesse T David left here Sunday
for Norfolk, Va, where he expects
to join the U S Navy. We 1
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were sorry 10 see mm gu, uul uc
; felt that duty called him.
Mr DuRant of Sumter was here a
; short while Saturday.
Mrs Ettie Payne of Andrews is
| visiting relatives here.
Miss Winnie Davis is visiting relatives
in Florence
We are sorry to note that Misa
Jane Salters is quite sick. We hope
, she will soon be well again.
! Mrs Hattie Chandler, who has
; been in failing health for some time,
is not doing so well this week. We
hope she will soon be improving.
Protracted services will be held
here fhis week by the pastor, Rev J
; C Davis, assisted by Rev Dan H Everett
of Floridale. We hope to
have j^good meeting.
The Christian Endeavor society
continues to have interesting meet
ings at the town hall every Sunday
night at 8:30 o'clock.. All are in
vited to attend these services.
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Letter from Williamsburg Soldier Boy
! Editor County Record:
j Please allow me space in your paper
to say a few words about the
: army. I was born and raised in Williamsburg
county,my home being on
! a farm near Trio. At the age of 17
11 enlisted in the coast artillery at
Charleston and went to the recruitJ
ing station at Fort Screven, Ga. Af- j
ter nine days I was assigned to Co 4 j
and drilled with a 12-inch rifle and
had to pick up four cases of powder :
weighing 67$ pounds from the floor
and lift them to the breech of the
rifle. The first day or two it seemed
pretty heavy 'but soon appeared as j
light as a feather. We had to drill1
three hours a day and each man had
to do his part. After I got used to
the powder detail I A-as, assigned to
phone duty, which was easy.
This month we shot for record,
only nine of us being successful. I
made 169 points. 150 being the number
required to make a marksman.
Our rifles kicked like mules.
We got orders to leave Fort Screven,from
which we departed July 26
and arrived here Saturday, We went
through twelve States and changed
engines five times,at Florence,Rocky
j Mount, Richmond, Washington and
1 Philadelphia. We passed tnrougn
; several tunnels, the first being just
' below Washington. It was a new ex!
perience to me,and evidently to oth1
ers, as they kept asking what was
the matter. The other tunnels were
under .the Hudson river and New
; York city. The last-named was the
! longest tunnel through which we
j passed, and there our train was
; drawu by an electric engine, affording
a delightful relief from smoke.
We passed through some beauliful
country en route. I was most pleased
with Maryland, which will be my
home when I leave the army, if I
don't get killed.
We had a pleasant trip, with good
fare and comfortable sleeping quarters,and
crowds of people greeted us
i on the way. Upon our arrival we
I found about 8,000 soldiers. We are
to leave for France in about two
weeks, after our inoculations for the
typhoid fever germ.
1 have now been in the army five
months and am greatly pleased with
it. I am now in the divisional batteries.
We brought up sixteen carloads
of soldiers, taking on five men
at Charleston and six at Rocky Mount
Halbert G Lockliear,
Eighth Reg. Battery M.
Ft Adams, R I, July 31.
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With You,
! getting for your Tobacco
ire, call on us and we will sho
it good values we can give y
iber, we are the
PIONEER HARD
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(take, but come to us.
stree Hardware
tHe Kellahan War(
RUSSIA NOT SO TURBULENT. I
Scarcely More Disorder Than in America,
Says Root
Chicago, Aug 7?Elihu Root, with
other members of the American mis- i
sion to Russia, while in Chicago said
that as a matter of fact there is i
scarcely more disorder in Russia <
than there is in the United' States. i
Certain disturbances are inevitable '
in a change of government so radical i
as that of Russia, said Mr Root, "and !
cable dispatches deal largely with <
these disturbances. Hence the public j
has gained an impression that there I
is little going on in Russia except
demonstrations. If reports on Ameri- :
can affairs disseminated in Russia <
concentrated on our own little dis- i
turbance such as race riots, the I W <
W and the like. Russia would have
about the same picture of us that i
we now have of them.
"I have faith in the Russian ministry
and in the Russian future as an
important element in the aims of the
Allies. Russian women are doing a
wonderful work in shaming the men
into fighting, and when it is necessary
I hope American women will
follow their example."
Items from Spring Gulley.
Spring Gully, August 6:?The hot
weather of last week seems to have
passed.
Messrs J J Marshall and W F Evans
were in Greelyville last Tuesday
and when they returned Mr Evans
brought a new Ford he had purchased
and is now learning to drive it.
Farmers around here are busy
curing tobacco, and getting high
prices for it at Andrews tobacco
market.
Miss Annie Files of Trio was noted
in this community visiting Miss Lucile
Boyd a few da\s passed.
The crops around here are look-!
ing somewhat better since the rains j
held up.
The Young People's Union of |
the Spring Gully Baptist church is;
-*M/? AmA Itf Aflr
UU1IJK IIIIC vv wi rw.
A series of revival meetings will i
begin at the Spring Gully church on
the 19th of August. We are expecting
large crowds in attendance. |
The man wdh ny.^j
WE NEVER KNOW WHEN WE
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN T<
NESS CAN OVERTAKE US ANY b
BUT THE MAN WHO HAS A SI
SAFELY AWAY IN BANK KNOWS
OUT GOING INTO DEBTOR BEC
ILY OR HIS FRIENDS, n MAKE
PENDENT.
PUT YOUR MONE
WE PAY H PER CENT INTERE
Farmers & Merchai
"ABSOLUTELY SAFE"
Authorized by Federal Reserve Board la Act at
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Mr. Farmer
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on the Kingstree Market,
w you how glad we are to
ftn fnf vmif mnnpv Onf
WARE PEOPLE
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0,O* I W? Lead Others Follow
ihouse.
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STABLE SERGEANT SHOT.
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Seven Suspects Now in Jail at Greenville
u Remit.
Greenville, August 6:?Mystery
surrounds the shooting of Ralph G
Neves, stable sergeant of the head
j .L. t* >. a .l
quarters company 01 me nrsi aouui
Carolina Infantry, who was shot
through the head last night on the
Travelers' Rest road while returning
from the funeral of his uncle.
Seven white men are now in jail in
connection with the crime. Sergeant
Neves was rushed to the city
hospital and it was reported from
there to night that he has a chance
for recovery. Each man's story
of the shooting differs in some manner
from the story told by the
others.
The best information* obtainable
seems to be that the seven men who
are now under arrest were in an automobile
coming to Greenville when
the car passed Neves. It is understood
that the hat of one of the men
in the car blew off at this time* and
fell in the road. Neves dismounted
from his horse and picked up the hat
starting towards the car with it.
What happened during the interval
while the men were with Neves in
the road could not be learned. A
shot was heard and the men returned
to the car and came on te
C.nnnin'll/i Mauoa tuna fnnnH II fpv
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minutes later lying in the road with ,
a bullet wound through his head and
his own pistol lying a few feet from
him.
The men under arrest are Clarence
Lee, Furman Bright, Will Bright,
Jace Carter, Lotan Hooper, Bud
Waters and Will Waters. Lee and
the Bright boys are fr m Merrittsville
and the other four are Greenville
men. They are not connected
with any military organization.
Sergeant Neves is the son of B F
Neves, a wealthy citizen of Greenville
county, who, it is recalled, recently
wrote Governor Manning
offering himself and the services of
his four sons to their country.
From all indications, the corn crop
in this State will break all records
this year.
Jgy coesri? fear
START OUT IN THE MORNING
) US. AN ACCIDENT OR SICKIOMENT.
SUG SUM OF MONEY TUCKED
; HE CAN TIDE IT OVER WITH:OMING
A BURDEN TO HIS FAMS
A MAN HAPPY TO BE INDEY
IN OUR BANK.
1ST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
its National Bank,
LAKE CITY. S. 0AflraiDiJtrilor,
Executor, TrnKa Mi Registrar.