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- ~ ; r PATRONIZE ADVERTISERS IN THIS PAPER?BUY YOUR TOYS AND OTHER CHRISTMAS WANTS OF KINGSTREE MERCHANTS. ThePeopte'sj Advertising mr' {hut iLntim.ii iiCCOrii* All Home Print C3T Pays. w V OL. XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THUKSDAYDECEMBER I'O, 1917. NO. 42 FOR NATIONAL PROHIBITION. HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION MORE THAN TWO TO ONE?SOUTH CAROLINA ALMOST UNANIMOUS. Washington,Dec 17:?Nation-wide prohibition won in the House today, and only the adjustment of a slight difference in the resolution between . the House and Senate now stands in the way of submitting to State Legislatures an amentment to the federal Constitution forbidding the man. ufacture, sale or inportation of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes in the United States or its territories. The vote in the House,taken after a day of debate before crowded galleries, was 282 to 128, with the parties dividing almost evenly. The margin for prohibition was just eight votes more than the necessary twothirds of the membership of the k 9mm required for adoption, and twenty-six more than two-thirds of T those voting. Both wets and drys had been predicting victory all day, and it was not until the last few names had been called that the anti-prohibition forces conceded their defeat. After Speaker Clark announced the result the victors were joined in the galleries in such a demonstration as is rarely permitted in the House. Former Secretary Bryan, an interested spectator nearly every day. appeared on the floor and joined in receiving congratulations with Representative Webb.of North Carolina, r who had led the fight. The resolution passed by the House is identical with that passed by the Senate last August, except that it gives the States seven years instead of six in which to ratify the amendment. Senator Sheppard, author of the resolution,predicted tonight that the Senate would accept the amendment tomorrow. He said he had assurances that the seven year period would be approved, and he did not believe a roll call necessary. The President's approval is not required, and the State Legislatures may act as soon as they please after the signatures of the Vice President and Speaker Clark have been attach ru iu limtz iroviuuuii* "It will be submitted tomorrow as a Christmas present to the American people," said Senator Sheppard,"and 1 believe it will be ratified within three years." Every attempt today to put on 1 HAVEN'T YOU USED TH THOSE OLD TABLE KNIVE ^ ENOUGH? OUR NEW ONES ^ NER TABLE AND OUR KNIV DON'T YOU WANT A NEW. k WILL HOLD ITS EDGE? Tfi WHENEVER YOU BUY FRI GET GOOD "VALUE." OUR HARDWARE'S THE E King' Hardw The Popular I j amendments to except light wines and beer was beaten, and 141 Demncrats stood aligned with 137 Re> publicans and 4 Independents to win the final victory for the Prohibition' ist forces. i Appeal for More Red Cross Members. America has awakened to what I I 1 | this war means in personal service ' and sacrifice. What their country ' needs Americans will give. Through their American Red Cross they have already given much that will make f the hard, dangerous life "overthere" ! more endurable. But now the hour j for half-measures is over. Nothing j that can be done for the comfort and ! ? 4< M safety of Our Boys" must be left j. undone. We call America en masse to j ' joinusandcreateaGreaterRedCross. , Continental America has over one , hundred million inhabitants. Some five million have joined the Red Cross. ( That is well, but it is only a good ( start. There should be twenty mil- ( lion members, and it is the present purpose of the Christmas Drive of , the Red Cross to enroll at least ten , million members. Now that our sons, brothers and < i husbands are laying down their lives , I - - i for us, we are behind them with "all , that we have and are." The Redi, Cross exists to turn our desires toj, comfort and aid them into swift, , practical measures of service. America is ready! Your Red Cross is ready; , fall in! I "Let a Greater Red Cross be your j, Christmas gift to 'Our Boys' and to i, suffering mankind." I, (Signed) Henry P. Davidson, !, Chairman War Council, | American Red Cross. I, ? I i Earles' Interesting Inklings. ! i Earles, Dec 17:? Mr Jeanie McCants of Kingstree, R F D, visited ' relatives in this section last week. Mr J A Scarborough of Lanes was a business visitor here Saturday. ' Our efficient mail carrier, Mr J W ' Register, has been sick, but we are glad to report that he is able to be ' on duty again. ' m^oooq ifotio Winorflto and Jennie ( Allison were in Andrews Saturday. ! Miss Floride McCelvey of Mt Car- j1 mel has been elected to fill the place i; 1 as principal of Earles school. This is Miss McCelvey's fourth term as j' principal of this school. Messrs L A Parsons and Harold !1 Thomson were business visitors toj Kinj?stree last Friday. i mm . 'I Notice-To Methodist Congregation. !' A supply of coal has been received ' - 11 ' i at last, and the church will De wen i i h eated on next Sunday. i The Pastor. J l We've got thaf* HARDWARE. AT OLD CARVING SET AND S. FORKS AND SPOONS LONG WILL "ORNAMENT" THE DINES WILL "CUT." SHARP POCKET KNIFE WHICH lAT'S THE KIND WE SELL. DM US YOU WILL BE SURE TO 1EST; IT STANDS THE TEST. are Company. Hardware Store. Important Suggestions to Registrants. A Questionnaire will be mailed to each registrant within twenty days from December 15, and on the date of such mailing a notice thereof, Form 1002, will be posted in the office of the Local Board. Such posted notice and the entry thereof in the classification list constitutes notice to the registrant, who should keep himself informed regarding the action of the local board with respect to himself. Failure to receive notice or Quectionnaire will not excuse the registrant from per-1 forming any duty within the time limit, nor shall it be within itself ground for the extension of time, j The questionnaire mailed to each j registrant must be, with all ques-1 tions answered and sworn to in strict J accordance with the rules and regulations, filed with the local board on or before the seventh day after the date of mailing the Questionnaire to such registrant. Failure to receive the Questionnaire will not excuse the registrant from responding within the time limit. Questionnaires will be mailed to approximately 2400 registrants in Williamsburg county. Beginning December 15 and commencing with Order No 1, approximately 125 Questionnaires will be mailed daily until the entire i- /n<AA\ I 1 QUmner izauu; nave ueeu uiaueu. j Each registrant should know his; !)rder number and should be able, therefore, to calculate the approximate date on which his QuestionI naire is to be mailed. He should I then make it his special business to iilligently seek his mail and obtain bis Questionnaire at the earliest possible date. He should, after receiving his Questionnaire, immediately observe the following suggestions: 1. Read the entire Questionnaire, including the "Important Notice to Registrants and Other Interested Persons" and should then reread the 3ame until he is thoroughly familiar with the notice and instructions. 2. Having done this, he should then provide himself with all information required by the numerous questions. 3. If he is unable to read or does not understand any of the duties required of him, be should immediately seek some competent person to assist him. 4. He should remember that all claims for deferred classification on the ground of dependents must be supported by the affidavits of each dependent over the age of sixteen years. 5. Claims for deferred classification on account of industrial or agricultural occupations must be supported by the necessary affidavits prescnoeu in me regulations anu set forth in the Questionnaire. This is especially important and requires close study by the registrant. 6. If the registrant is not fully satisfied that he can properly prepare the Questionnaire, he should immediately consult the legal advisory board at the county court house. Erasures and mutilation of the Questionnaire will not be permitted. The Legal Advisory Board has been constituted and holds itself in readiness to assist registrants and will be found at the court house daily until the seventh day after the last Questionnaire has been mailed. For necessary information and instruction in the preparation of the Questionnaire, the registrant should first apply to the Legal Advisory Board and not to the local Exemption Board. The local Exemption Board, however, is always accessible to the registrant for such information regarding his 3tatus and duties as he is unable to obtain from the | Legal Advisory Board or from other I sources. Local Board for County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, Kingstree. S C. Kingstree, S C, December 19, 1917. 12-20-2t Have you seen the Piedmont Automobile? Made in the South; made for the South, and good, like the South. 9-27 j Kingstree Hardware Co, Agts It will pay you to see the gift goods now on display at Jenkinson's FATAL SHOOTING FRIDAY EVENING AT MOORE'S X ROADS?N. R. MILES BADLY CUT, EUGENE COOK DEADTWO ARRESTS FOR THE CRIME. I^ast Friday N R Miles, a farmer about 55 years old, went to Lake City and secured a couple of quarts of whiskey, for which he paid, in money, a handsome sum. and which later came near costing his own life, and did actually cause that of another. But such is the gruesome history connected with old !>ooze ever since the brain of man conceived a method and began converting whole some fruits and grains into poisonous, alcoholic beverages. The story of this case as it conies to us is a sad one?particularly so because a right young boy, Dewey Spring, just past his fifteenth birthday, is seriously involved, and now lies in the county jail, awaiting indictment and trial on a charge of murder. This young boy was not drunk; nor had he anything to do 1 with the procuring or disposition of the liquor, yet he is made, through : its use by others, to pass through an ordeal of bitter experience. The case is briefly this,as we have learned it: Miles went to I^ake City, got two quarts of whiskey, and, returning home, met Eugene Cook and Beasley Gray, who accompanied him home, and partook freely of the whiskey. When nearly all the whisky had been consumed by tbe three men, Miles, Cook and Gray, Mrs Miles took the bottle and what remained in it, and put it away. For thisgenerous act on her part,Cook attempted to strike her; Miles interceded, and a small row resulted. Cook and Gray then left the Miles home, and Miles went to bed. Shortly afterward he was awaked by Cook and Gray at his door, who said they had | a secret to tell him. Miles got up and went to the door, when he was assaulted and his throat cut by one of the men, asserted to be Beasley Gray. Cook and Gray left the house. Mrs Miles, realizing the condition lMioknn/1 ciarfii<l )l#?r SOH. U1 11C1 IIU.TH.UIU, DbUl WM <<v. ... , Dewey Spring, and a younger brother after a doctor, Dewey carrying a shotgun. When a short distance from the Miles home, it is alleged, he was set upon by Cook and Gray who were in the highway near the crossroads and who, the boy claims, attempted to prevent him from getting the doctor. The boy Dewey Spring claims that he warned Cook and Gray not to interfere with him, j that if they did he would shoot them. Cook was shot in the chest and face and was unconscious when several nearby residents reached him a few moments after the shooting. He was taken home and died Saturday morning. Hflivov .^ririnor and Reaslev Grav are in jail here, the former charged with shooting Cook and the latter with cutting Miles. A C Hinds,Esq, has been retained by Miles to represent his stepson in the case and attended the Coroner's hearing yesterday. Important to Cottonseed Bayers. TU? larrol r)iiMainn nf thp TTnitpH I 1IIC lC|^OI UITIOIUU VA ?**v. W [States Food administration has issued the following ruling: "Planters who buyyearly between August 31 and September 1 150 tons or more of cotton seed,whether from their tenants or others, are subject to license and must conform | to the laws and regulations of the Food administration." Congressman Ragsdale has perfected arrangements for a motor route mail service between Florence and Columbia,via Darlington, Lydia, Bishopville,Camden and Camp Jackson. It will be put in operation early in January. \ , IMPORTANTMEETING IN FLORENCE For Purpose of Considering Bridge Over Santee River. Charleston, Dec 19?To thresh out j the details of the proposed bridge or j bridges over the Santee river, the Charleston Chamber of Commerce has called a conference to be held at Florence, at 10 o'clock Friday morning, December 21. Invitations to this conference have been extended to the mayors of the various towns in all the counties in Eastern South Carolina, to chamber of commerce officials in such towns, to county officials, and to the delegates who attended the recent hearing on the project before the State Highway Commission at Columbia. No less than fifteen counties are interested in the conference. The spirit prevailing in Charleston at this time is one of determination not to allow the Santee River to remain any longer a barrier between the upper and lower sections of Eastern South Carolina. Charleston has stated repeatedly that it is willing to do even more than its share to have a bridge or bridges built, as the feelHi * | See Our 1 put Glass, Co 1 Manicure vlr M/ ? | A Nice Line ^ Holiday i</ ? jjj Mechanical Toy: 0/ Tricycl if it No Trash, but Good, S Mind Builders fc iJ/ ? | Kingstree Hari We Lead; Ol Bank with ^ rrrr IF A GOOD BUSINESS CHANC ARE YOU IN A POSITION TO C YOU HAD BANKED THE MONE^ YOU REALLY DIDN'T NEED. BEGIN NOW. OPEN AN ACC YOUR DOLLARS AAD IT WON' POPTUNITY WILL COME AGAII PUT YOUR MONE WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTERI Loani Mad* on Cotton War* Farmers & Mercha "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Aolliorized by Federal Reserve Board to Act a ing here is that the crossing of the Santee River will be a great forward step for both the Pee Dee and the j coast. Local Red Cross Officers. At a meeting of the officers of the local chapter of the Red Cross,'the following were elected to conduct *1 the membership drive: Manager?Mrs T E Arrowsmith. Captains?Mrs LW Gilland,Kingstree; T W Boyle, Greelyville; R L Bass, Lanes; Mrs T E Salters, Sal* ters; Hon W D Bryan, Bryan; R C McElveen, Hebron; T L Jove, Mouzon; Miss Lillian Salters, Cedar Swamp; Dr J H Chapman, Johnsonville. Each captain will have a corps of lieutenants and members assist IU K. committee chairmen. Extension, Mrs W G Gamble; membership, Miss Mamie Jacobs; publicity, Mrs L W Gilland; finance, M A Shuler; woman's work, Mrs Hugh McCutchen; junior membership, Miss Belle Harper; civilian relief or home service, Mrs W E Brockington. The executive committee will meet December 23 at the residence of Mrs D C Scott. The biggest assortment of Christmas Presents at Brockington's Drug Store. i Display of | mmunify Silver, | Sets, Etc. | ? li/ ; of Splendid it Goods. J ? to s, Hobby Horses, es, Etc. to to Sensible, Educational $ ir the Little Ones $ it/ Iware Company | thers Follow. BANKS Jk E WERE OFFERED YOU TODAY, JRASP IT? YOU WOULD BE IF ( YOU HAVE SPENT ON THINGS OUNT IN OUR BANK. PILE UP T BE LONG BEFORE YOUR OPi. :Y IN OUR BANK. EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. home Racaipts at 6 par cant nts National Bank, LAKE CITY, S. C. s Administrator, Executor, Trnslee ud Registrar.