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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
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THOSE OLD TABLE KNIVE
^ ENOUGH? OUR NEW ONES
^ NER TABLE AND OUR KNIV
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WHENEVER YOU BUY FRI
GET GOOD "VALUE."
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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.
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Appeal for More Red Cross Members.
America has awakened to what I
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| 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 !
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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,
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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
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Notice-To Methodist Congregation. !'
A supply of coal has been received '
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i h eated on next Sunday.
i The Pastor.
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WILL "ORNAMENT" THE DINES
WILL "CUT."
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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
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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.
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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
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[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.
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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
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YOU HAD BANKED THE MONE^
YOU REALLY DIDN'T NEED.
BEGIN NOW. OPEN AN ACC
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"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
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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.
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Sets, Etc. |
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s Administrator, Executor, Trnslee ud Registrar.