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1 vM'35. ~ ~~ KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1919. NO. 5
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COUNTY CHAIRMAN EPPS
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Addresses Letter to Members of His
Liberty Bond Organization
Mr. E. C. Epps, county chairman
for the victory loan campaign which
is to start in the next few days has
written and mailed this letter to
members of the working committees
in the county. Mr. Fops hopes that
every member of his organization
in putting over the liberty bond
drives will serve in this campaign
and do his best. His letter follows:
Kingstree. S. C. April 7, 1919.
Dear Sir:Our
Liberty Loan Organization is
again called upon to serve our Government
in the approaching Victory
Loan Drive scheduled for the latter
part of the month and the first few
days in May.
This drive for Liberty Bonds will
close our patriotic work as an integral
part of the great war machinery
of our country.
Every former chairman, wffn his
co-workej-s. is earnestly requested
to fall in line as on other occasions
on/t mppt. this duty cheerfully, for
i this in fact is the "acid test" oi tne
highest type of loyalty.
The task before us, under the
present local financial conditions, is
not encouraging, but we must forget
this fact and go forward determined
to do our part. The results will be
surprising. The terms of the new
bonds are easy, and will prove to be
popular. Williamsburg County can.not
fail in this task without being
suspected of doubtful patriotism. Tc
fail in this duty would show a forgetfuliyss
of the precious memory
of our soldier boys who went ovei
the top never to return. Their sacrifice
wrs 'or our sake.
There will be a meeting next Sat iwrfi-v
Anril 12th. at the Courl
Houre in Kingstree. You are earnestly
requested to be present Brinj
some of vour workers with you. Let
us finish the iob just as the Bovj
finished theirs over in Europe.
Very truly,
E. C. Epps
County Chairman
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T**e Long Watch
'America was at war exactly 14,
016 hours, which time reduced t<
mmutes equals 840,960. What does ii
mean to have been at war 840,96(
minutes? Well, for one thing ii
means that for every one of thos<
minutes a watch was kept by men or
^ the sea.
When the United States declaret
war the strength of the navy wai
87,000 in men and officers. At th<
signing ' of the armistice it wa;
500,000.
The navy did not have many spectacular
engagements, the slinking
German war ships kept too well un
de'r cover for that, but the kaiser';
mysterious, gray weasels of the sei
were at their deadly work night an(
day?every ^one of those 840,96(
" >.?? .-onrlc am
minutes. uur mew, uivumu.w v....
hundreds of thousands of them, hac
to be taken across the ocean, througl
mine fields and deadlier submarines
Well, we know that the* navy"pui
'em across"?without the loss of <
single transport. More than two mil
lion men landed safely in Europe; ii
was a stupendous success.
On bitter winter nights?and tha
season of 1917-1918 was one of th?
coldest in our history?those faith
ful guardians of the sea kept theii
vigils. Standing watch through thi
black hours, eyes strained to catcl
sight of hostile periscopes, each sec
ond was measured by a heart beat50,457,600
of them in all.
It was a long watch, but it wa;
faithfully kept to the end. Will you
too, keep the faith? The navy'sworl
| is not finished though the long vigi
is over. Transports are still busj
bringing the men home, but trans
ports cost money to run. Help furn
ish that money so that those faith
ful boys may finish their job. Sub
scribe to the Victory Liberty Loar
this month.
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Come out lo the citizens Mass
Jdeeting tonight and help formulate
plans for entertaining our soldie:
Boy's from the front! Come.
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Offering of Treasury Certificates
Richmond, Va., April 6.?An
noancement has been made by th<
United States Treasury that th<
ninth offering of Treasury Certifi
cates of Indebtedness bearing 4*495
interest issued m anticipation of th<
Victory Liberty Loan, 5?J, woulc
be made, starting Monday April 7
The entire offering is $500,000,000.(X
and is dated April 10, maturing Sep
tember 9. The quota for the Fiftl
Federal Reserve District is $17,500
000.00. Subscription^ will be received
by the Federal Reserve Banks uj
to and including April 17.
Treasury Certificates of Indebted
ness, series 5?A, maturing May 6
1919. will be accepted at par. with ar
^ adjustment of accrued interest, ir
payment of any certificates of this
sejjA A'hjch shall be" subscribed fo]
lot
"".lars and application blanks
are Deing mailed to all hanks in this
District by the Federal Reserve BanI
of Richmond.
BONDS WANTED
I will buy your war savings
stamps and liberty bonds for spo1
cash. Want sixty thousand dollars
worth Saturday.
J AS. L. LEE, Kingstree, S. C
DEDICATE CHURCH EASTER
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Eminent Presbyterian Workers To
Take Part
Central Presbyterian church will
be formally dedicated on Easter Sunday,
April 20. This announcement
j was made today by the Rev. P. S. i
' McChesrfey, pastor, and at the same;
j time he announced that the pastor
and congregation expected to make
the dedication service a memorable;
one "in the history of the church in,
Anderson. "The congregation feels
that Easter will be the most appro'
priate day on which to formally set .
i apart their house of worship to the
'glory of God," said the pastor.
The congregation numbers more
than 2r>0 resident members and quite
a number of non-resident communicants
at present. In addition to this
there are scores of attendants on the
services at Central church nearly
every Sunday who cannot attend
their own local church services and
; I take pleasure in worshiping at CenI'
tral. The congregation is a growing
!. one and Dr. McChesney's eyes spari
i-i-j ?. u. yjsts.iothat Central
IK. f (.*! I Z1C ucv iat vu v<*%>?
church planned jfreat things as it
took up the new peace problems, suc.
ceeding its war work.
; I The complete program, including
; the musical numbers and the partici|
pants will be announced in due time,
;; Dr. McChesney says. To date, he
-1 said, the program had pnly partially
.' been completed.
. i Rev. Thornton Whaling. D. D., L.
L.. D. president of Columbia Theolo,
gical Seminary, and professor of di.
j dactic and polemic theology in that
institution, has been secured to
! preach the dedicatory sermon. Speak .
ing of him today Mr. McChesney
pastor of the Central church said:
. j "Dr. Whaling is not only a thorough
: i scholar and profound thinker, but he
. i is one of the first pulpit orators of
r the Southern Presbyterian church."
t The Rev. Thos. H< Law, D. D., of
; I Spartanburg, the venerable stated
clerk of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian church, will offer the
dedicatory prayer.
The paying of all indebtedness on
the church recently amounting to
nearly $3,000 has made this service
possible.
The public generally will be invit
ed to share with the Central congre>
gation the feast of good things their
c dedication day holds in store for
) them.?Anderson Mail.
? The citizens of Kingstree as a
? whole will be delighted to learn of
the splendid work being done by Mr.
1 McChesney at Anderson. He was
* nastor of the Presbyterian church
J here for several years and his good
5 work among us still stands and will
continue to stand.
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r, AUTOMOBILE LICENSE MONEY
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x This County Receives S3.499.60 From
State Highway Commission
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1 Columbia. April 8.?The State
1 Highway Commission through the
i State Treasurer will distribute $240,.;
525.40 among the forty-six counties
t of the State from automobile license
i fees paid for 1919 up to April 1st.
-i In 1918 the automobile license fees
t' to April 1st amounted to $195,512.40.
! The collections in 1919 were approxl
i imately $45,000.00 in excess of those
? in 1918 up to the same date.
. i Williamsburg county will receive
r $3,499.60 as its share of the automo?
bile license fees. Advocates of good
i roads are strongly of the opinion
- that even* county in the State
- should devote the whole of its receipts
from automobile license fees
5 to making permanent road improve,'
ments or on road maintenance this
c year, as provided by law.
jl Section 11 of the Act approved
1 j February 20th, 1917, creating the
- j State ^ighway Commission and im.!
posing a license tax on motor vehi.!
cles, provides that the money from
- the license tax shall be used by the
II ?1__ /? it.
j | counties oniy xur uic h?h uiuv?
and maintenance of roads and bridges."
From reports received last year
it appears that some of the counties
' turned the money from automobile
i license fees into the general county
r fund and did not use it as required
by law.
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Notice of Teachers Examination
The next" regular teacher's exa;
mination will be held in the Court
? House at Kingstree, between the
* hours of 10 a. m., and 4 p. m. on
Saturday, May 3. 1919.
I N. D. LESESNE,
i Co. Supt. of Education.
4-10-3t
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.School Entertainment
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The Cades High School will give
. an entertainment at Cades on Fri>
day April 18, at 8:30 p, m., consisting
of two plays, "Daddy", a comady
. in three acts, and "Jumbo Jum" an
t original farce m one act, it will be
[ something rich, don't miss it, come
i and bring your friends, admission
5 i !?5 and 50 cents.
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Home without a woman's care and
s a woman's love is like no home at all
; ?only the empty nest in a winter's
; gale from which the birds have
flown.
BONDS WANTED
> I will buy your war savings
t stamps and liberty bonds for spot
3 cash. Want sixty thousand dollars
worth Saturday.
JAS. L. LEE. Kingstree. S. C.
RKJ> CROSS NOTES
Successful Clothing Campaign And '
Other Activities of the Society
The drive for second hand cloth- w
ing, with which to alleviate the suf- i fj
fering of destitute people across the ja
seas, has for the third time been i n
successfully carried out in Williams- (;
burg county. Mrs. T. E. Arrowsmith, c
chairman of the drive committee. a
considers that a very liberal response v
has been made to this appeal, and n
she wishes to thank all who contri- n
buted willingly. Thirteen large sacks! (j
containing many warm and useful c
articles, have been packed and will, p
be shipped at once. Greelyville and n
Hebron sent specially fine donations, i
Many Orphans Adopted r
Mrs. D. P. Frierson. chairman of ^
the junior Red Cross of Williamsburg
county has sent to the Head- ?
quarters- of The Fatherless children I ^
of France a check for $511 to payj for
the adoption of 14 French or-j *
phans. The money is part of the fund i !j
of nearly $2000 made by the sale of |
tobacco last summer. I ?
This splendjd gift has been made j *
in the name of the Junior Red Cross!,1.
of Williamsburg county. As the to- J *
bacco was donated by the different \r
farmers of the county who patron- j J
ized the Kingstree warehouses, we j *are
sure that these farmers, each of j*
whom was asked to contribute only j11
a few handfuls from his wagon, are;'1
now glad to know that from those : v
single gifts has come the support of j c
14 helpless little children of France,!v
whose fathers laid down their lives'1
' in the allied cause. *
By a carnival held on the school IJ
grounds Monday night, the eighth 1
grade of the Kingstree High School jj
j made a neat little sum of money, f
j sufficient to insure the support of i _
' another orphan. The pupils of all I *
grades are quite enthusiastic over '
this splendid charitable work and are j
planning various ways in which they .
may increase the number of their J \
adoption. ! *
American school boys are about to j1
execute probably one of the biggest i J
furniture orders ever placed?30,000 ;1
shairs and 10,000 tables. Manufac-;
turing thif- furniture in school and |
community manual training shops jf
throughout the United States the i f
members of the Junior Red Cross J \
will present it, through Vfti Ameri- i?
can Red Cross, to the refugees of j f
northern France. These people are j'
pouring back to their devastated I
homes at a rate that makes the hous-1 1
- " ' 1?i- i t
ing problem one 01 tnc namwi uitFreneh
government and the relief *
agencies have to solve. ij
According to the program laid
down about 100,000 school boy car-!*
penters will participate in the big
ob and it is expected that 15,000 j ?
families in France will receive one
or more pieces of furniture as the '
result. With each chair and table,N
will go a message of greeting from!
the Junior Red Cross containing an I
addressed card that will enable the1
recipients to acknowledge the gift. !
The necessity for supplying the
refugees with furniture arises fromjj
the fact that many are without: t
money with which to buy furnish-;J
ings, while such as have funds can-1
not be supplied in France because of! i
the 'ack of materials and the des-; f
truction of the means of manufac- j
ture. j
Mrs. P. G. Gourdin, j i
Publicity Chairman. ,
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Great Merchant Dies Suddenly |
!j
Frank Woolworth, who started a ^
five and ten cent store at Utica. N. j
Y., forty years ago on a capital of ,
$50. and eventually became the mil- ^
lionaire proprietor of a great chain j t
of these stores in the United States, [
Canada and England, died suddenly ,
Tuesday at his home at Glen Cove!'
Long Island.
In addition to establishing a business
with profits said to be nearly ,
$8,000,000 yearly, Mr, Woolworth
built the celebrated fifty-one-story >
Woolworth building in lower New j
York, said to be the tallest building ^
in the world. He was born on a farm
in Jefferson countv. Nfcw York, on
, April 13, 1852. Until he was twenty- ^
' worlrprt on his fath- '
uuc ^cai^ uiu iiv -
er's farm, obtaining a meager edu- j
I cation in the district school and la- ^
ter at a business college.
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LOST FORTUNE BY MARRIAGE J
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Woman Who Wedded Without Con- 1
sent Has Sacrificed .<250,000
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In becoming the wife of John M:
j Ennis, without obtaining the con- *
' sent of her foster father. Mrs. Flor- 5
' ence B. Ennis, of New York city,
' has sacrificed a fortune of $250,000. f
1 While in her teens the girl was 1
! adopted by William H. Brown, capitalist,
and Mrs. Brown, who agreed
to make her their neir. Alter secret
wedding1 Mrs. Ennis was told that
she would have to give up her hus- y
band or sacrifice a fortune. The ^
wife cho?" to remain with her hus- *
j band. . j 3
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I The Pee Dee Collecting Agency v
will handle your delinquent accounts o
for you. No collections no pay. See s
P. A. ALSBROOK. Kellahan Hotel, t
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! . FRONDS WANTFD
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j I will buy your war savings
stamps and liberty bonds for spot s
cash. Want sixty thousand dollars c
j worth Saturday. \
7AS. L. LEE, Kfnestree. S. C.
COl'PLK AKKEMEU
Mscharged Soldier and Girl Said to ! i
Be His Wife in Trouble
Bennettsville, April 1.?It has been
,?ell said that truth is stranger than <
ction. The case of George Taylor ^
nd a girl, said to be his wife, would
lake a fine plot for a movie picture, i
ieorge Taylor was honorably dis- j
harged from the army a few days ,
go. He is typical of the dough-boys j
rho broke the Hindenburg line and j
tade the Argonne forest forever j
temorable. Twenty-two years old;
feet. J inch tall; broad shoulders; j
lean shaven and weighing 190
ounds he is a fine specimen of young >
lanhood. The stripes of a sergeant ,
ecorating his sleeve shows that he
ose as high as his limited education '
iermitted.
Saturday night Sheriff Patterson,
f Marlboro County, arrested Taylor
nd the eighteen-year-old girl at .
lurphy's boarding house. A telegram
10m Sheriff McCain stated that he J
ad ran off with another man's wife, j
"he couple had been in Bennettsville ,
nly three days. They were from
'airfield County. The girl was workng
in the Sterling Hosiery Mill and
"avlor was building a house for the
niil. This is the story they tell. They
cere raised on a farm in Fairfield 1
'ounty, were sweethearts, promising 1
o marry when Taylor was called <
inder the draft. For a few months 1
etters came to the soldier boy reg- 1
ilarly and then suddenly ceased. He <
ame back to Camp Jackson a few !
reeks ago, and went on a furlough '
o his home in Fairfield County. The i
firl said she lived with the man she i
narried for about a month and heard '
hat he had another wife; that her
illeged husband was very cruel to i
ler, and one night gave her a severe
eating. She left and went to her i
lister's. Several weeks after leaving
ler husband she saw Taylor and
>oured out her story to him, and
egged him to take her away. Tayor
had just gotten his discharge
md the couple hastily boarded a
rain. They left with no particular j
lestination in view. On the train i
hey met a gentleman from Bennetts- j
ille who told them about the new j
losierv mill. They got off and ap>lied
for work. The girl's people are
ieeking pi-oof. of the former marriige
and they say that just as soon
is they get it they are going to get
narried. These people are very primtive
and the case is one that makes
i strong appeal to humane instincts, i
raylor's chief thought seems to be;
o protect the woman. He told some j
rentlemen who went down to the,
ail that this was "a good girl" and
hat it did not matter what happened
to him if no harm came to her.
rhev were in soperate cells and the j
firl said about the same thing 01
ray lor. "If anybody is to blame it is,
no. f begged George to let me come 1
vith him and I don't want anybody
o hurt him."
Items From Salter*
Sal tors Depot, April 8.?The un.easonably
cold weather of last week j
lid considerable damage to truck,!
tilling most of the beans.
We had a fine rain on last Friday I
tight, which was of much benefit to
gardens and the grain crops.
Cotton seed are being sold here i
tow, much to the gratification and
elief of the farmers.
Quite a number of our folks at
ended the Sunday School Conven-1
ion in Kingstree on Sunday and en-,
ioyed the exercises very much.
Salters Christian Endeavor Socio- j
,y has taken on new life and is hav- j
ng some interesting meetings on j
Sunday nights at the town nail, all1
visitors are cordially invited to at
:enu.
We are very glad to welcome home.
igain our soldier boys J. T. David;
ind Julius C. Lifrage, Jr., who nave
eturned from across the seas. I
Mr. A. J. Bynum of Sumter, spent;
Wednesday here on business.
Lieut. Robert Douglass of Oteen,:
S". C., spent several flays here with j
lis brother, Mr. F A. Douglass last!
veek.
Mrs. Emma Mason of Charleston, i
spent Saturday and Sunday with rel- j
itives here.
Miss Nell Chandler who is teach-!
ng school near Lake City, spent last j
veek end with relatives *ere.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wright of
Norfolk, Va., have returned to their
lome after a pleasant visit to Mrs.
UviffVif e no rente \T r onr? \fre ?T CI.
Lifrage.
Dr. W. S. Boyd spent several days
n Charleston last week.
E. T. Hamer and John C. Everett
vent over to Columbia last week to
tee the parade of the Thirtieth.
Mrs. John C. Everett is attending
i missionary conference in Memphis.
Penn. '
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PENSION MONEY HERE
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The Confederate Pension money <
ias come to the Clerk of the Court, <
,nd he is now ready to pay same ;
>ut. The Clerk of Court asks that 1
ill pensioners eithe-- cal! ir person, 1
>r send written order for their '
hecks. Any pensioner wishing his <
?r her check sent by mail will get <
ame by return by writing Mr. ?
?ritton. Clerk of Court, and asking <
hat he send check by mail. I
.. BONDS WANTED
I will buy your war savings
tamps ar.d liberty bonds for spot
ash. Want sixty thousand dollars <
kcrth Saturday. ^
J AC T T Pp PfT.o.cfTwi C C.
IKIU fAKntn uiMrrn.An.1
Kriends Fear That He Has Met With ; ]
Foul Play
The Andrews correspondent of the
Tolumbia State, sends that paper the t
'ollowing under date of April 5: <
J. M. Britt, a young farmer of i
Trio, R. F. D. 1, disappeared from 1
lis home Monday morning March 31, !
ind has not yet been found. He was <
narried last December and his wife I
"ears that he has met with foul play. !
(t is said that there had been no un- j
ileasantness in the hom? and that 3
le had never before left home with- 1
>ut telling his wife when to expect i
lis return. Mrs. Britt fears that he
4-ent to Cedar Swamp to look after j
;omc cattle and that he was murder- ]
?d and robbed. It is thought that he i
-- - ? AI Jin
lid not nave more man 91U vu mo
jorson when he left home. Mr. Britt ?
s about 20 years of age, six feet 1
:all. weighs 150 pounds, light com- '
alexion, light hair, and wore a brown :
suit whep he left home. Every effort
is being*made to find some trace of
lim.
King Moyd
Florence, April 6.?A beautiful
wedding was solemnized Friday at
high noon when Miss Capitola King
af Kingsburg became the bride ofD.
Livingston Moyd of Andrews. The
wedding took place in the Baptist
Church, which was decorated with
Southern smilax and small pines.
The Rev. J: Emerson Ford of Andrews,
the bridegroom's pastor, assisted
by the Rev. Mr. Wallace, pastor
of the bride, performed the impressive
ceremony. As the wedding
guests assembled, Mrs. Edith Coker
sang "At Dawning", Mr. Sam Davis .
of High Point, N. C., playing the
violin accompaniment, the same musicians
rendering the beautiful "Lullaby"
from Jocelyn on piano and
vioiin. Then to the note of the wedding
march from Lohengrin, the bridal
partey entered in the following
order: The ushers, S. L. Davis of
High Point, N. C., J. Reese Ford of
Andrews; F A. Crawford of Georgetown;
Dr. G. Z. Rowell of Georgetown.
The bridesmaids and groomsmen
came next, Misses Rebecca Elliott
of Dillon, Lenora Baker of War
Iir: iralUav nf flallivant's
ing, vviiiiiic iiuimu<
Ferry, Mrs. Iva Moyd of Andrews, A.
M. Flowers of Andrews, B. A. Weinberg
of Manning, Joe King and W.
H. McDonald of Georgetown; Miss
Mary King, the bride's sister, maid
nf honor.and Mesdames C. Wesley
King of Pamplico and W. K. King
of Aynor, dames of honor, Winnifred
King, ring bearer.
The bride entered with her father
.J. W. King, and was met at the altar
by the bridegroom and his best I
nan, A. H. Brooks of West Virginia. !
Immediately after the ceremony a
luncheon was served at the home of
the bride's parents. The bride wore
a beautiful creation of duchess satin
and real lace. Her flowers were bride
roses and valley lillies.
The bride is the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King of
Kingsburg and has many friends
throughout the State who will be interested
in her marriage. She was
oueen of the "Harvest Jubilee" in
Columbia several years ago. Being
elected by popular vote to represent
Florence County. The groom is a
prominent business man of Andrews,
being president of the Bank of Andrews.
The young couple received many
handsome presents, among them being
a ^omplete chest of silver from
the bride's parents.
" 1 ** or?An?linor
Mr. ana .Mrs. .tiuju <iic opv???>>.6
their honeymoon in Florida and Cuba.
The bride is a sister of Mr. Joe
King, of this place, and has a host
of friends here.
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Sparks-Douglass.
Salters Depot, April 6.?Wednes- !
day evening, at the home of the j
bride's mother, Mrs. Mary N. Sparks
Miss Carrie Dudley Sparks and
Frank A. Douglass of Jonesville
were united in marriage, the Rev
W. I. Sinnot of the Presbyterian
church, officiating.
Mrs. Douglass is well known in
in the State having been a student af
Chicora College for two years. Mr
Douglass is the son of Dr. Douglass
of Jonesville and is engaged in the
lumber business here.
Immediately after the ceremony,
the bridal party motored to Lane?
and boarded the southbound train
for Charleston and other points of
interest. On their return they will
mhlce their home here.
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Bumper Wheat Crops
The largest crop of winter wheat
ever grown was forecast for this
year by the Department of Agriculture
Tuesday basing its estimate on '
conditions existing April 1. The
enormous yield of 837.000,000 bush- j
?ls was announced, which at the gov- ]
smment's guaranteed price of $2.26 i
a bushel, places the crop's valne a4 j
$1,891,620,000. This years wintc j,
tvheat croo. if no unfavorable condi- j
Jons develop between now and time i,
)f harvest, will be 152,000.000 bush- j
gls larger than the previous recore j
:rop produced in 1914, and 248.000.- i
)00 bushels more than was grown ]
ast year. 1
BONDS WANTED
I will buy your war savings
stamps and liberty bonds for spot i
:ash. Want sixty thousand dollars <
vorth Saturday. i
JAS. L. LEE. Kir.srtree, S. C.
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ninuuL Asouvmiiun
Delightful Program Held Attention
of People Here Sunday
No regular services were held in
:he local churches last Sunday, the
lay being given over to the carrying
out of a three-session program
>y the Williamsburg County Sunday
School association which is a part
)f an interdenominational organiza- ^
tion known as the South Carolina
^iinJav Ss/>V?nnl A ccnoiafinn nm
gram Sunday was carried out in the
Presbyterian church and was heartily
participated in by the pastors of
the other churches.
There were sixty or seventy delegates
and officers of the association
present and not a dull moment
marked the exercises of the day.
Mr. S. J. Deery, president of the
county association presided at each
session, and received the reports of
the various district officers. Special
music was an enjoyable feature of
the morning session, as was also
the splendid address by Mr. R. D.
Webb State general secretary and
Miss Cora Holland, children's divi-sion
superintendenty
At the afternoon session an excellent
address was made by Mr. M.F.
Montgomery of the Kingstree high
school.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
Williamsburg County Officers?
President, S. J. Deery, Kingstree;
Vice-President, D. E. McCutchen,
Nesmith; Secretary and Treasurer,
Thos. McCutchen, Kingstree.
Division ' Superintendents?Children
Miss Hattie McMurray,
Kingstree; Young People, Mrs. M.
A. Shuler, Kingstree; Adult, Mr. M.
A Shuler, Kingstree; Administrative,
Rev. J. G. Hemdon, Kingstree.
District Presidents?No. 1, J. C.
Everett, Salters; No. 2, J. C. Graham,
Lanes; No. 3, T. W. Boyle,
Greelyville; No 4, R. C. McElveen,
Kingstree; No.5, H. E. Montgomery,
Kingstree; No. 6, D. E. McCutchen,
Nesmith; No. 7, J. M. G Eaddy,
Hemingway; No. 8, R. T. Grimsley,
Cades; Vice-President, H. J. Brown,
Cades.
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CHILDREN'S WEEK
To Be Observed Here April 27 To
May 4. ,
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The following officers of the Williamsburg
County Sunday School
Association have decided to observe
Children's Week, April 27th to May
4th, with proper exercises. This
movement is a continent-wide campaign
to emphasize the religious education
of children. That there is
great need of arousing the continent
to the spiritual needs of children is
evidenced by the fact that at least
thirteen millions of the twenty-five,
millions of children under twelve
years of age are receiving no religiuos
education whatever. It is to help
change this alarming condition and
make it possible for all children to
receive their religious rights that
the International Sunday School Association
has suggested this continent-wide
observance of a children's
week in the spring of 1919.
The following local committee
have been appointed to serve in carrying
out this plan of observing
children's week in Kingstree: i ?
Survey Committee?Mrs. M. A.
Shuler. rhairman: Mrs. Belle Blake
ley, Mrs. Sue Ervin, Mrs. W. G.
Gamble.
Advertising Committee?Mrs. P.
G. Gourdin.
Sunday Mass Meeting Committee
?Mrs. L. W. Gilland, chairman; Mr. .
S. J. Deery and M. A. Shuler.
Visitation Committee?Mrs. A. C.
Swails. chairman; Mrs. C. M. Hinds,
Miss Louise Barr.
Pageant Committee?Miss Lizzie
Heapo, chairman; Miss Maude Logan.
Mrs. E. A. McDowell, Mrs. W.
S. Gilland, Mrs. W. L. Taylor.
Party Committee?Mrs. W. E.
Krockinton, chairman; Mrs. W. V.
Brockington, Mrs. J. F. McFadden,
Mrs. Carroll Burgess, Mrs. S. J.
Decry.
All members of these committees
are requested to attend a meeting at
the Methodist church at 5 o'clock
Monday afternoon to arrange programs
and other rqatters pertaining
to the observance of children's week.
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Cattle Sales This Month
Clemson College, April 5.?The
animal husbandrymen of the Extension
Service are calling the attentio11
of farmers and live stock men to five
sales of registered Hereford cattle
during April and to the advantages
of buying now. The sales are as follows:
Atlanta, Ga., April 14; Selma. Ala.,
April 15; Demoplis, Ala., April 15;
Jackson. Miss., April 17; Memphis,
rertn.. April 18, 1919.
Breeding cattle at auction sales
in the Southeast so far this year
have sold for only a little more than
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block for beef. Attendance at such
sales has been small. These facts
(and the present state of the cotton,
market making money a little tight)
indicate that breeders and prospective
breeders can now secure foundation
stock for breeding herds at
orices much lower than will be obtained
in the future.
BONDS WANTED
I will buy your war savings
stamps and liberty bonds for spot
:ash. Want sixty thousand dollars
worth Saturdav.
JAS. L. LEE. Kingstree, S. C.