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SHI YOUR TOBACCO ON THE K1NGSTREE MARKET AND BUY YOUR MERCHANDISE, GROCERIES, ETC, FROM K1NGSTREE MERCHANTS. .Hliije Cmmty t VOL XXXII. K1XGSTKEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST WW T mW* I METHODS OF I FENSE CHANGED EFFICIENCY OF BRITISH ARTILLERY 11 W CAUSES TEUTONS TO USE DEEP 1 I HOLES INSTEAD OF TRENCHES The beginning of the fourth year ( of the war finds the Germans rapid- j ly making a radical change in their ? method of defense along the British i battle front in Northern France and i rn* lmoo nf < Belgium, ine conwuuuua VA J < wonderfully constructed forward j < trenches with their deep dugouts, in i which lived and fought great num-!, bers of men, are fast passing into | < discard. ! ] The enemy is adopting the system : < of scattering his advance forces over j a great depth. Cunningly construct-11 ed strongholds among the myriad of t shell holes along the front now con- h ceal innumerable small and more or J < less isolated garrisons of men who j < formerly fought shoulder to shoul- j der along great stretches of pictur- < esque ditches through which com- i municatioc was not broken for miles. ? This alteration has been brought I about by the ever-prepondering effi- < ciency of the British artillery which < k buried theGerman front line trerches j o. under an avalanche of shells and has j < left defenses nothing but heap-11 ed furrows o^earth and has made 11 K . U|e taraw? gpgouis vemauic iiiau | i V ttime in which countless thousands i K have lost their lives without a chance ] of fighting back. H The continuous deluge of break- ; T ing steel made repair work on the P trenches impossible and as the Ger- i J mans were gradually pushed back ] they, of necessity, were forced to i invent another mode stemming the ] ever-advancing tide. So it has come < to the depth of defenses upon which | ] the German depends in many places |i rather than his first line trenches, i ^ The recent allied offensive east and i r north of Ypres disclosed many ex- I amples of this new scheme of fight- ' ing. which bids fair to take the i place of the tactics or tne last tnree |? years. Wherever the German front line 1 trenches have been made untenable. < ? or where a British attack is expect4 ed, one finds the new order of things r The new first German lines often 1 ' consist of strong outposts concealed 1 in shell'craters and a considerable I ..distance apart. i &? \ ^IfrBack of these outposts are chains i shell hole nests, each nest con- I sisting of two or three craters con- ' nected by underground passages i that often lead to dugouts. As the 1 entire territory is pitted with holes, this is easy of accomplishment and i it may be presumed that the Ger- j i mans figure it would be hard for I the allied observers to Dick out the i ^ defended shell holes from the thousands of others scattered over the i field. i Where time has allowed, the Ger- i mans have made the shell hole de- j Know , STOVE |BHj tools l]*rtnt polish; f mm nu<> S Bucks' AWLS you need a ^ KEEP YOUR FENCES UP! T TY UP. USE OUR GOOD WIRE WILL, LA9I. WE ALSO HAVE CHICKEN V < COME TO US FOR WHAT Y WE MAKE LOW PRICES. OUR GOODS ARE BEST; TH ?r King' Hardwa The Popular H fensive with elaborate care. Each r nest is heavily protected by barbed b ivi?-e, and the chambers beneath are r reinforced with timbers and con- d :rete. in these chambers the infantry ! lurk with machine guns and rifles, | v ready to rush out and begin firing if c attacked. d The defenses within Lens and sub- c jrb3 are striking examples of the a aerman tendency to depend more ii jrd more unon large numbers of b >emi-iso)ated garrisons rather than e to mass their men in trenches,!* a he re they would be at the mercy v Df the British artillery. Lens is a v fity of concrete and the ground be- o ieath honey-combed with tunnels, t \lmost every building has been de- t stroved by the Germans and the I ruins have been fortified with ma- t ;hine gun emplacements y The fighting among these new Ger- h man defenses has given rise to many v thrilling incidents. In the battle v about Langemarck on the opening u 3f the latest offensive a young ofti- C :er and twenty Somerset men had gotten through Langemarck and * were forging along the road to the north when they encountered two,^ strong concrete redoubts, one benind the other where soldiers were 'till firing into the town. The Som- * ?rsets surrounded the first redoubt and. although under a cruel fire, as- l umltpd if with bombs and machine ?uns and forced the garrison of 1 thirty germans to surrender. They i then started for the second redoubt, j One by one they fell and when final- 1 ly the stronghold was reached there j remained only six men and the i j youthful leader. 11 The officer hurled two bombs! through a narrow opening into the j redoubt and threw two more against! i the steel door, but without effect.11 Rushing up to the door he hammered ; with his fist and called out fiercely I For the Germans to surrender. There- J upon followed a remarkable scene, j4 the door being thrown open and j forty-two Germans filing out with ! 4 hands raised. With them came a! Yorkshire man who was wounded j4 and taken prisoner two or three j 4 3ays Deiore. The remnant of the little British ! band collected !ts seventy-two pris- 4 oners and returred to its own lines. Many of the shell hole nests have 5 rear exits underground which lead i back to what is called the first fire t line. A few yards behind the shell: 4 hole nests are situated half way be-, tween them machine gun emplace- i ments which command the opening, between these nests, thus if the at-,'7 tacking force their way through the 7 nests they are met by a deluge of,8 machine bullets. Still farther to I g the rear is the first fire line which mav be some sort of a trench or I merely a chain of connected shell:8 holes. Even reserve troops are' ^ often sheltered in the shell holes. [9 The villages which present an easy ! mark to tfr- Biitish artillery are be- 1 ing avoided by the Germans. An illustration of this was to be seen at j Langemarck. The defenses there were | ^ ill I i; F fou can always ; lilllil JLtMil# iux uuic uiuiy 5 t OUR STORE, i. HAT KEEPS YOUR PROPER- b : FENCING AND YOUR FENCE J k iRE IN THE SIZE YOU WANT. ! OU WANT IN HARDWARE- ? ' f EY STAND THE TEST. ~ is ire Company. S areware Store. V nost complete, but when the British lad battered their way into Langenarck they found very few troops lefending it. The Germans have also taken adantage of every farm house in the instruction of strong concrete reloubts for machine guns. In many ases ttyiy have constructed steel ,nd concrete forts, srnaP, but almost mpervious to artillery fire. Num>ers of these strongholds are built ntirely underground, the only exit "? 11 l_ eing a steel trap aoor mrougn vhich the Germans come out to set ip machine guns. A large number if these redoubts have been found o be east and north of Ypres and o the left where the French fought, n innumerable cases it happened hat the advancing allies swept beond the Germans concealed in shell ides or in concrete dugouts. In-j" ariably the British have to put up < 1 vith snipping from the rear, but JI iltimately th?y account for every Herman who has remained behind. ROGRAMME FOR WILLIAMSBURG > bounty Christian Endeavor Rally at Kingstree Friday, August 24: MORNING SESSION. 1:00 Song Service i Devotional led by Rev A E Reim- \ I er, Kingstree Baptist Church 1:15 "We are Glad to Have You" { Miss Hanna Plowden f 1:20 "We are Glad to be Here" ? Miss Connie Thompson, Trio ' 1:25 "Greenville?November 8-11" r Miss Claudia Fraser, State Secretary ( 1:35?Christian Endeavor Around the World Wyatt A Taylor, Field } Secretary. 1 2:00 Prayer Period r 2:05 ...Christian Endeavor Serving Our c Boy at War C R Rice, Secretary, War Work Council, International Young Men's Christian Assocation * 2:35 Reports from Societies v 2:55 ..Song; Announcements; Adjourn r for Picnic Dinner . (Assemble at 4 o'clock promptly) * AFTERNOON SESSION. ^ :00 Song and Devotional Service Rev P S Mcl'hesney, Presbyterian Church ? :15 Monthly Program of Service \ Miss Emma Loop*r, Indiantown i :25 Efficiency Chart j Miss Lilliah Salters, Salters. :35... New National Standards of Ex- 1 cellence Wyatt A Taylor, Field t Secretary ! t :50 Spelling Success with C. E. ? j t (General Conference Bring your j" Problems.) Wyatt A Taylor 8 :20 After Conversion?What? Rev Melton Clark, D D, Pastor Second Presbyterian church, Charleston >:45 Adjourn for Supper; meet at 7:39 NIGHT SESSION. :30 ...... Song Service :40?Devotional Rev D A Phillips, Presiding Elder :50 Song :55 Sentence Prayers :00?Why we Believe in Christian Endeavor.... Symposium i:15? Christian Endeavor's War Program Wyatt A Taylor, Field Secretary :35?Enlisting for Christian Warfare. .. Rev Melton Clark, D D Consecration Service :15 Mizpah Benediction fleeting of Kingstree Democratic Club.! A meeting of the Kingstree Dem-!k cratic club was held in the court ' louse, with a small attendance. In 1 he absence of Chairman P H Stoll, ilr W H Welch was called to the hair, Mr J D Britton acting as sec- * etarv. The club elected Mr Stoll lermanent chairman and Mr Britton ecretary. The by-laws of the State )emocratic primary were adopted. < The regular date for the town c trimarv is the fourth Tuesday in i August.but owing to inability to get j i , meeting of the club in time to give! r he necessary notice by August 28,' j he primary will be held Tuesday j s ieptember 1. when candidates fori i * i J a nayor, munmcn aim ^uiiiiiik-i^iuu<.-i i, f Public Works will be nominated. , f ^ second primary, if necessary, will J r ie held September 11. < 1 Messrs M H Jacobs, H Eugene t lontgomerv and John D Britton; t ;ere appointed as members of the s nroliment committee. The folDwing executive committee was ap- t >ointed, to have chrtrge of the pri- v riaries: Messrs F W Fairy, W R c Icott, F E Bradham.T C Jacobs and I )r W L Taylor." c ? ~ ; r Big Real Estate Sale. Capt J H Philpot,representing the f itar Realty & Auction Co of Greens- r >oro. N C, was in Kingstree this S veek and closed an agreement with dr P,B Thorn for the sale of a biff c ot of the latter's real estate, includ- a ng his 675 acre farm near town, a tbout 50 acres in the Thorn addition, j f orty or fifty lots and a number of t mall tenant houses within the cor- i >orate limits. The Star. Realty & Auction Co are experts in their line, ind this promises to be one of the a argest.if not the largest, sale of the c iind ever held in Kingstree. f We Rejoice over the big prices you an and when you need Hardw have your business and wh stock is complete. Remet OLD, ORIGINAL of King&ree. Make no'mi |C0fflHS AHP CASKETS | King Next tc m MUCH CHANCE TO DO ANYTHING VAR DEPARTMENT'S DECISION TO SEND NEGRO TROOPS TO THE SOUTH WILL STAND. Washington, August 20: ? Ap>arently there is nothing that Go^irnor Manning and the members of he South Carolina delegation in Congress who will meet with him lere tomorrow can do to prevent legrp soldiers from, going to Southirn military camps. The war de>artment is said to be firmly fixed n its conviction that this step is lecessary and the only thing to be lone. The question also of preventing roops from Puerto Rico to go South vill be discussed, but like the first natter it is doubtful if the war demrtment will change its plans. On this subject the Washington Times today says: "Notwithstanding protests from lome of the Southern States, the var department has decided that all inits of negro troops attached to National Guard organizations shall iccompany those organizations to he divisional cantonments where hey are to be trained for service in Europe. Most of these cantonments ire in the South, That decision vas reached after long and careful lonsideration, it is said, on the gen'ral theory that an army, being aised to spread the principles of lemoeracy throughout the world, annot sanction racial or class distincions. "In accordance with this policy, he newly organized negro regiment ^ V<\wlf VlnfiAnol Hno II LUC new iuiiv naiiuiiai uuaiu, low in camp at Fishkill, N Y, has >een ordered to accompany the other mits of that organization to the :antonment at Spartanburg, and ;he First Separate Battalion of the District National Guard will en:amp with the other units of the District guards at Anniston, Ala. similar action has been taken with espect to the negro units in the National Guard of the States of Jhio, Illinois, Indiana ana Maryland." It is said that Anniston is also irotesting vigorously. Pvice of Bituminous Coal Fixed. Washington,Aug 21:?Bituminous :oal prices were fixed by Presilent Wilson tonight for every mine n the United States. The next step n coal control, a White House anlouncement. said, will be to fix the irices to be charged by middlemen ind retailers. Prices were set upon cost of proluction estimates furnished by the ederal trade commission after nonths of exhaustive investigation, "he country is divided into 29 disricts and every producer in a disrict will market his output at the arne price. The President is expected to ap-1 mint soon a coal administrator who vill be given entire control of the oal industry. Rumor tonight named 'resident H A Garfield of Williams | ollege as the man. Mr Garfield j iow heads a committee appointed ?y the President to fix a government irice for wheat. The wheat comnittee probably will be dissolved September 1. The price asked for run of mine oal in the large producing districts iverages slightly more than $2. In i few districts they are below that igure and in the western territory hey are higher. Washington State s highest with $3.26. Visit Odom & Dennis' Cash Store, it People's Mercantile Co's old stand >u Academy street. Ice cold water ree to all, With Yois,~ e getting for your Tobaccc are. call on us and we will sh< tat good values we can give ; nber, we are the , PIONEER HARI i&ake, but come to us. ;stree Hardware t the Kellahan War Bagget's Jewelry Store Robbed One of the show windows of the jewelry store of Mr T E Basket was broken some time Saturday night or early Sunday morning and about '$150.00 worth of watches and other jewelry stolen therefrom. On Tuesday Special Agent Walker, of the Atlantic Coast Line, was in Kingstree and was acquainted with the meagre facts of the robbery; a little later he left for Charleston and soon after his arrival there he telegraphed to Chief of Police J'H Epps that he had arrested a negro by the name of Henry Jenkins, had found on him several watches, pawn tickets, etc, which answered the description of Mr Baggett's goods, Tuesday evening Deputy Sheriff Cockfield went to Charleston to bring Jenkins here, but the wily negro, handcuffed as he was, slipped through a window of the moving train and is again enjoying the freedom of the vast territory that lie to the south of us. Mr Baggett, however, recovered the greater portion of his goods. Gen Frank G Mauldin. South Carolina has a new brigadier general in FrankG Mauldin,formerly of Pickens county, a brother of Judee T J Mauldin of this circuit. and of Dr L 0 Mauldin of this city. He was made a lieutenant colonel in 1914 and not long ago was promoted to a colonelcy. He has lately been in command at Fort Slocum,New York. Another brigadier, Gen Henry Jervey. is a member of the well-known Charleston family. His father went from Charleston to Virginia,but Gen Jeryey received a part of his education in Charleston. Both he and Gen Mauldin are West Pointers. Still another South Carolinian who has been a brigadier general for some years is E A Garlington, of Newberry, who was at one time inspector general. r?? />/>?>ti)]p ATamo The first hale of this year's cotton sold on the Manning market was disposed of Saturday,the same date the fir3t bale was sold last year, but the price was very different. Last year it sold for 15c; this year, for 25?c. I 0UK"ff \ Statement Showing FARMERS & MERCHANTS h> A* the Clos* of Baiieeir Resource!. Loans and Discount8 $ 516,955 36 Bonds 118,300 00 Banking House and Fixtures ... 23,788 05 Stock Federal Reserve Bank 3,900 00 5 p. c. Redemption Fund 5,000 00 Cash and Due from Banks ._ 715,488 16 Total $1,383,431 57 Farmers & Mercha "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Authorized by Federal Resarte Board to Act as Mr. Farmer > on the Kingstree Market, ow you how glad we are to you for your money. Our )WARE PEOPLE 5 Co. | We Lead Others Follow | ehouse. Home Demonstration Convention Here. The annual convention of the Williamsburg County Home Demonstration clubs, which is being held at the high school building here, opened yesterday at 11 a. m., with a good number of tomato club girls present . Rev P S McDhesney, of the Presbyterian church, conducted the devotional exercises. Miss Maude Logan. in a few well chosen words spoken in behalf iof .the town [of Kingstree, welcomed the girls into ? j_i. i : i il our miasi ana impresseu upon mem the importance of the work they are doing. She quoted some beautiful selections in her effort to show the members the wonderful opportunity that lies at the door of the country girl. In the absence of Miss Edith Parrott, State agent for Home Demonstration work, Mi3s Smith of Columbia in a very enthusiastic manner discussed "The Purpose of Home Demonstration." Her remarks were very practicable and conveyed much encouragement to the club girls who stick to their work in spite of the hot summer and other disagreeable conditions they have to face. Mr C C Cleveland, State Poultry i Agent, spoke on the subject of poul| try, urging the importance of careI ful selection, good feeding, etc. This subject will be discussed further by him this afternoon (Thursday). Mr W H Welch, in a few extemI poraneous remarks, spoke of the j good work done by the tomato clubs ! in conserving food that would otherwise go to waste. In stressing the necessity of girls learning to become efficient home mqp&gers, he of o fori fUof nof monu trAiinrr man i oiaicu mat uut tucuy yvuu^ uivu know what sort of a wife they want when they become interested in the subject of matrimony. During the morning session Miss Amanda Edwards,Horre Demonstra tion Agent for Williamsburg county.introduced Miss Emma Cooper to the girls, stating that Miss Cooper would assist her the coming year in her work, and the girls would find her to be a ready and willing helper. The afternoon session was given j to demonstration work. The convenI tion will close this afternoon. STATEMENT it ^ > the Conditio** of the TIONAL BANK, Lake City, S. C. Mcndty, Au^uit SO, 1917. Liabilities. I j CnpitrJ Stock $ 100,000 00 I c,. on rwi nn Undivided Profits 2,814 02 Rediscounts 74,396 61 Circulation 100,000 00 DEPOSITS 1.076.220 94 , Total.. S1.38S.431 57 nts National Bank, LAKE CITY. S. C? Administrator. Eiecalor, Trustee tod Rigistr*.