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^ VOL. XXXII. KIXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4,1917. NO. 31 !
ANOTHER AIR
I RAID ON LONDON.!
' STRONGEST SO FAR ATTEMPTED-THE
METROPOLIS AND COAST
TOWNS BOMBARDED.
London, October 1:?The strongest
air attack yet attempted on London
and the coast towns by the Germans
was carried out tonight by
- four groups of hostile airplanes.
Some of the machines got through
to London and bombed the southwestern
district.
A terrific barrage was sent up!
from the defense guns and the roar
of battle lasted intermittently for
two and a half hours.
The Germans bombed coast towns j
as they passed over and proceeded i
toward London. Two of the groups j
succeeded in getting a number* of i
machines through the sky barrage.
Numerous bombs were dropped on
the Southwestern district, which is j
thickly populated with the homes of i
Al? - "! Ka MASRP!!. !
Uie upyei auu uk
The fire from the defending guns'
was longer and louder than ever be- j
fore. A rain of shrapnel fell in all i
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section! of the town and the streets
were virtually deserted save for a
few police.
The weather was perfect for air
k operations. >as there was a bright
* full moon, with no clouds or wind,
i The people of London expected a
raid and were waiting for signals.
, Soon after 7 o'clock motors of the
f volunteer corps sped through the
streets blowing their sirens and dis{playing
an illuminated notice, "take
cover," The telephone ex^anges
notified their subscribers and other
'fneasures were put into execution to
W~ inform the populace of the impending:
air raid.
Many theaters are continuing their
performances notwithstanding the
raids. At the conclusion of the perIformance
in one of the leading London
theaters tonight, the manager
came to the stage and invited the
audience and stage hands to vote
upon continuing the night performances
All voted in favor of carrv
: ins: them on as usual.
{ Field Marshal Lord French, coml
P mander-in-chief of the home forces
> issued the following report dealinj
[ with tonight's raid:
j "A group of hostile airplane;
crossed the Essex coast at 7 o'clocl
? this evening and proceeded acros:
f Essex toward London.
"This group of machines was fol
lowed at about a quarter of ai
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hour's interval by a second group,
which pursued the same course.
"The first attack on London was
delivered from the northeast about
7:45 p. m. Most of the raiders were
turned back, but one or more of the
machines penetrated the defenses
and dropped bombs in the southwestern
district.
"About 8:15 p. m. the second
group of raiders attempted to cross
the defenses at various points in
Northeast and North London, but
without success, until shortly after
9 o'clock, when a few of the ma
chines passed across London and
bombs were again dropped in the1
southwestern district.
"Meanwhile a third group of enemy
machines crossed the Essex coast
about 8:50 o'clock and proceeded to-!
ward London, which was approach- j
ed shortly before 10 o'clock. They,
did not penetrate further than the
northeast outskirts of London, wheresome
bombs are reported to have
b^en dropped.
McLEOD SUCCEEDS STOLL.
Suater Man Named for Solicitor of the 1
Third Circuit
Columbia, October 3:?Governor
j .Vlaning announced today that he j
; hacappointed Frank A McLeod of
.
I Surter as solicitor for the third cir- j
| cuitto succeed P H Stoll, who re-1
' signd to accept appointment in the
judg advocate general's department
' withthe rank of major.
Animals in Fire.
Met animals are afraid of fire,
1 and vll fly from it in terror. To
! otherthere is a fascination about a
j fiameand they will walk into it, j
, even >ough tortured by the heat,
obsers a writer in ?the United
Presbterian.
A Irse in a burning stable goes
I mad vth fear, but a dog is as cool
in a ft as at any time. He keeps
his no down to the floor, where
j the aiis poorest, and sets himself
j calmljo finding his way out. Cats;
in fire cry piteously. They hide
! their fces from the light and crouch
. | in conrs. When their rescuer lifts!
! them ey are as a rule quite docile
' and ibdued, never biting or,
| scratchg.
Bircseem to be hypnotized by
i fire, ai keep perfectly still; even
the locpeious parrot in a fire has
r nothinto say. Cows, like dogs,' do j
not she alarm. They are easy to j
j iead foh and often find their way
! out theselves. 1
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Get >ur Bagging and Ties from !
i PeopleMercantile Co. 10-4-tf j
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NOBODY ESCAPES i
TAX COLLECTOR.;
WAR TAX MEASURE ,4CATCHES"
EVERYBODY FROM CRADLE
TO THE GRAVE.
Washineton. October 2: ? The
$2,700,000,000 war tax bill, which is
nn fnr final antinn in thp House.
"catches" almost everybody from
the cradle to the grave. and, for
good measure, levies a few new
taxes on the heirs.
Baby's first dash of talcum powder f
will, under the two per cent manufacturer's
tax on cosmetics, help
Uncle Sam to carry on the war, and
after death, the federal collectors
will be on hand to get the inheritance
tax, at advances on the pres- j
ent rate of from one per cent on
$50,000 to ten per cent on $100,000.:
Between birth and death most of
man's activities wcfuld be taxed, j
voting a proxy at a meeting of a;
cemetery association being one of'
the few specifically exempted.
Those who have profited most by
the war, tne recipients or enormous i
excess war profits, will pay the most
to help carry it on. Almost half
the total amount of the bill, or
about $1,110,000. 000, is to be col-!
lected from them.
The person who writes a postal;
card will be caught, for cards will I
sell for two cents each by the provisions
of the bill. Letters will be
three. One will be taxed when he!
I
goes to a moving picture show, if
the admission is over five cents, onetenth
of the cost of the ticket. That
rate wjll affect all who attend
amusements, from the man in the
gallery to the one in the box. A
host ot stamp taxes, designed to
raise $30,000,000, also will get tha,
man with little money in many ways.!
His greatest consolation is that the
consumption taxes, which would
have made him pay on coffee, tea
and sugar, were stricken from the
bill.
The man of moderate means, as
well as the wealthy, is affected by j
the income tax section. Normal
rates have been doubled and exemptions
lowered to $1,000 for single
persons and $2,000 for married ones.
Surtaxes, for incomes above $5,000,
ranged from one to fifty per cent,
the maximum applying to incomes
-? AI A/IA AAA rrt!- a.; '
over $i,uvu,vw. inis secuuu is capected
to raise $600,000,000.
Included in the taxes imposed on
manufacturers are levies of onequarter
of a cent a foot on motion
picture films, two per cent on the j
sale price of chewing gum and three !
per cent on automobiles, musical in-1
strumentsand jewelry. Even drown-,
ing one's tax troubles in drink or
sending them up in smoke will cost
more, for the levies on all kinds of i
drinks and tobacco soar The new |
rate on whiskey is $2.10 per gallon, j
and beer $2.50 a barrel. Wine taxes j
will be about doubled, and even j
grape juice will be taxed a cent a'
gallon.
A person cannot escape taxes by
travel. Eight per cent is assessed
on passenger tickets, and steamer
tickets also pay a tax.
Some confusion and misinterpret-!
ation has arisen o\it of the wording
of the section imposing stamp taxes
on negotiable instruments which has
uteu miscuusirueu iu iiicbu uibl a
tax has been placed on bank checks.
The item says: "Drafts or checks
payable otherwise than at sight or!
on demand." etc, two cents fsr eachj
$100. The official interpretation of
this action is that as a check is pay- j
able at sight, and on demand, it'
therefore, is excluded from tax.
Notice to Teachers.
The County Teachers' examination!
will be held in the court house at
Kingstree on Saturday, October 6.1
The examination will begin at 9 a.'
m. and close at 4 p. m.
9-27-2t J V McElveen
Co Supt of Education.
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I COFFINS m CASKETSj Kingi
Next to
Discharged from Military Service.
The following named men who
were drawn in the first increment J
of 480 men and examined by the '
local board have been discharged
for one reason or another from military
service.
I
Anthony Chandler, Kingstree, Rt
Andrew Thomas, Gordon i
George W Flowers, Hemingway
Elliott Williams Greelyville
Jesse Scott, Kingstree, Rt 1 1
Matthew Cooper, Bloomingvale .
Wade Murry, Greelyville
Willie B Lawrence, Greelyville
Reddick Williams, Morrisville <
James Mack, Salters
Simons Roberson. Greelyville I
Bishop Burgess, New Zion, Rt 1
Robert H Guess, Salters
Lewis D Rodgers, Hemingway j
Walter R BrockinUnv Nesmith I
Algie L King, Kingstree
Flay Caesar, Hemingway <
Henry Scott, Bryan i
Walter H Harper, Kingstree
Robert Richardson, Greelyville '
Henry McKnight, " '
Allerson Lee Alston. Gordon
R D Terry, Greelyville I
James L Allen, "
Julian Coker, Cades
M B Thomas. Columbia <
Robert Lee Flowers, Trio
Gordon M Taylor, Kingstree, Rt 1
Soloman McGill, Suttons <
William P Boyd, Trio :
Edley Foy, Cades
Jas Black well Gordon, Andrews, Rt 2 1
Cephus McCown. Bloomingvale
John McCutchen, Fowler
Alvin L. Chandler, Gourdin I
Benjamin Frierson, Andrews
Peter Mitchum, Lanes
Harris Muldrow, Cades, Rt 1 1
Thomas PressleyL Nesmith ,
Boyd McKnight Smith, (Jades
Kichard Evans, New Zion, Rt 1 <
Willie Watson, Bloomingvale
Levy Covert, Lanes
Albert R Moseley, Jr, Salters ]
Henry Patrick Feagin, Lake City ! (
Lewis DeWitt Anderson, " "
Sam P Stackley, Kingstree i
Daniel Burgess, Lake City
Lawrence Gamble, Trio
Loyise Brandt, Kingstfee, Rt 2
Clarence A Floyd, Vox
William A Powell, Andrews
Nelson Burrows, Cades
Willie Powell, Vox
Samuel Marion Kennedy, Cades, Rt
E VV Yates, Jr, Winnsboro j
A K Cockfield, Excelton |
Henry Daniels, Cades
William Nesmith, Trio
Wesley Holliday, Greelyville
Joe Newton, Suttons
Augusta Hiram, Vox
Sam Dukes, Bloomingvale^
Willinm W Rrnwn, Hominirwav
Thomas McCrea. kingstree, Rt 1
Prince Tisdale, Trio
David Covert, Bryan
Early DeWitt, Lake City, Rt 2
Lawrence Player, Andrews
Jack Cooper, Kingstree
George J ames, Cades
Edgar Gamble, Greelyville
John Brockinton, Bryan
Arthur Franklin Johnson. Trio
James F Morris, Greelyville
Edward Keels, "
Joseph Gregory Eaddy, Vox
Pratt Ghloson, Lake City
Joseph A Mason, Kingstree
William Calvin Johnson, Trio
S L Gilliland. Kingstree
Abraham Smith, Bryan
Peter Carter, Greelyville
Calvin McDonald, "
Daniel Wesley .Walters, Suttons
Arthur Staggers, Henry
Wesley Mabry, Salters
James P Mallard, Greelyville
Menard Godwin, Cades
Joe Player, Andrews
Theodore Papedokas, Kingstree
Motte Coards. Salters
James Eaddy Frierson. Greelygille
John G Foxwortb, Cades
James W Burgess, "
William Thomas Altman, Vox
David Seals Cribb, Morrisville
Arthur Moseley, Salters
Sam Chandler, Gourdin
Bailey R Powell, Johnsonville
Wm Jonas Casselman, Andrews, Rt 1
Sanders Coards, Salters
Sam Wilson, Kingstree
Albert K Kegister, Trio
Adam Paul McElveen, Morrisville
Jasper C Davis, Hemingway, Rt 1
Dudley G McCrea, Kingstree, Rt 1
Robert N Lawrence, Brvan
Albert John Waldron, Hemingway
Samuel S Cooper, Suttons
J Z McClary, Kingstree
William Martin Parker, New Zion, Rt
S S Kinder, Kingstree, Rt 2
Wesley Wright, Suttons
If you are in the market fpr a
Sewing Machine, get the best?the
New Home?from People's Mercantile
Co. 10-4-tf
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HARDWARE
profits with us.
oupons on all <
/hile to investigat*
stree Hardware
tHe KellaHan War
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Appeal for Food Conservation.^
Columbia, Oct 2?There are 8928
families in Williamsburg county,
rhe United States government is calling
upon each and every one of these
families to aid in winning the war
by saving food. Every family?meaning
men, women and children, white
md black?is urged to conserve the
food supply, because the last ounce
nay win the war. *
During the week of October 21 to
?8 a crpRt nationwide camnaicm is to
oe launched by Herbert Hoover, national
food administrator, when all
Americans will be asked to join in
the food saving movement. Hundreds
and thousands of workers will
oe in the field to sign up those who
want to support the government,
rhere is nothing compulsory about
the movement; it is simply a patrij
Dtic appeal to every man that loves
democracy.
The minimum number of pledges
?xpected from Williamsburg county
is 4,000. The campaign manager for
the county will have many assistants
in the field, and an effort will be
made to reach every home.
Beautiful window cards, showing
that the family is a member of the
food administration, will be present
ed to those signing the pledge cards.
Get behind the government and
help win the war. One slice of bread
saved a day means just that much
more food for the boys who are being
sent to battle for democracy in
Europe.
S A Myers of Scranton was instantly
killed by a tree falling upon
him while cutting timber near Cowards
Monday afternoon. He was a
highly esteemed citizen of Florence
county. A widow and one daughter
snrvivp him
A part of Colleton county is seeking
annexation to Bamberg.
The man. wit
began by puttin
his first >
earnm?s\$kVi
in the v%
Bank. Jf*
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n ALL STARTED WITH THE I
COUNT GREW UNTIL HE WAS C
VENIENCE OF PAYING HIS BILl
TO KEEP HIS ACCOUNTS STRA1
WORRY. HAPPINESS WASTHE
AND GROW. ALL OF A SUDDEI
WITH WEALTH.
YOU CAN GROW RICH, TOO. I
NEY YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKf
AND KEEP ON ADDING TO IT.
PUT YOUR MONl
WE PAY 1 PER CENTTNTERI
Loams Made on Cotton Ware
Farmers & Mercha
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Authorized by Federal Reserre Board to Act as
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PEE DEE FAIR Will f
BE GREAT SUCCESS
PREPARATION'S FOR EVENT ARE
GOING FORWARD SATISFACTORILY.
Preparations for holding the Pee $
Dee fair in Florence are going
forward satisfactorily, aud there is
every indication that the fair will
be an unqualified success.
People all over this great section
are feeling so much better than thqy
have for the past three years, on \
account of better crops and better
prices; that they are taking more
interest in outside affairs, and even
though the Pee Dee fair is more
than a month off, there is already a
lot of talk about it. As the fair (
covers the entire Pee Dee, this interest
is general. The attendance will
be a record breaker, and the exhibits
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will surpass any heretofore shown.
Great advancement has been made
in agriculture and in the live stock
industry, and progress in these lines
will be demonstrated by the exhibits. ^
Then the women have accomplished
wonders, and the women's department
is certainly going to shine.
Tho nrrnnnrla will lua nut in thp
very best of shape. There will be
plenty of water, the lack of which
has been something of a handicap
before, the city mains having been
extended to the grounds. The
amusement feature will be art that
fun loving folk can desire. The premium
list is now in the hands of the
printers and will be mailed out as J
soon as printed. It carries over
three thousand dollars in awards.
Rnmember our motto, "Better
goods for less money." We guarantee
our prices. 8-6-tf
Kingstree Furniture Co.
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K money
gOg 5onvc of
FIRST DEPOSIT. HIS BANK ACrtUCADTOQI
C TUCkl TUtf /"All
vpii vmnuuL.* i iibil i rib Wiv
.3 WITH CHECKS ENABLED HIM
GHTAND SAVED HIM TIME AND
: RESULT OF SEEING IT PILE UP
H HE REALIZED HE WAS A MAN
F YOU WILL ONLY PUT THE MO:T
RIGHT NOW INTO THE BANK
DOIT.
:Y IN OUR BANK.
EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
hotme Receipts at 6 par cent*
nts National Bank,
LAKE CITY. S. C
Administrator, Executor, Trustee and Registrar.
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