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: g f be ^onnt? %lemk gg 1 ynrjpE KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY7 MAY 8, 1919. _ NO. 9 K1NGSTREE SCHOOL WINS Awarded Man"ing Trophy Cup Qr*r AH Competitors. At Columbia last Friday the twoday scholastic and athltic meet of the high schools of the State was Conducted at the University of South Carolina with the awards to the winners in the debates. James Sullivan and William Cooper representing the Kingstree High School, won the debate, they contending against Charles Exum - and Lewis Fletcher, of the Benrtettsville High School. The Kingstree .school was awarded the Manning cup, which was awarded tc the Union High School last year. Thirty-eight schools entered the contest, and all but two schools * mava aliminativl (IlirinC semi final debates held Thursday?News dispatch from Columbia. o WILL BUILD IH EATER Charleston to Have Another Play use Charleston is to have a large, new theater building, with a seating capacity of 3,554 persons, according to an announcement made by Albert Sottile, president of the Pastime Amusement Company, and it is estimated that approximately 1250,000 will be spent in the construction of the theater, which, in point of beauty, size and up-todateness will be unsurpassed in the South. The Pastime Amuse*r n olxM/fc nnpratp.n four theaters?the Academy of Music, the Prinoess, the Garden, and the Mejestic, the latter having been put out of commission by a Are recently, but it will be put in shape is due time. o EX SOLDIER SHOT William J. Staub, a pressmen, ol ^ Columbia emptied his 38 caliber tern?vohrer at hie brother-in-law at the northeastern corner of Main and Gervais Street Saturday afternoon; C. H. Marfcey was ihe man under fire and he was perhaps mortally wounded when flying bulltts lodged in his body. A stray bullet hit Mis.? Sarah Owens as she .walked along the city hall on the Gervais Street side of the building. Maraey w?i taken to the Columbia Hospital and Miss Owens was given attention at Baptist Hospital? Markey was a discharged soldier and had kept the Stuab home in fear and trembling for some time. o WILSON INDORSES METHODIST PLANS Nashville, May 4.?Dr. W. B. Beauchamp, director general of the Centenary campaign of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, tonight received a cablegram from President Wilson expressing his best a ' wishes for the succesg of the move 9 ment, the Presidents cablegram io<lows: "I am deeply interested to learn of'the effort you are about to make to secure the needed money for the expansion of the work of the Methodist, and good wishes for the success of the effort" o SOLDIERS DISCHARGED We have received the following list of soldiers recently discharged at Camp Jackson for publication. The names are sent us by the War Camp Community Sendee of Col?k.-.. U1UIMA Lewis Calder, William Irby FlowCades; Henry Frierson, Kingstree; John Izzard, Salters; Calvir McCullough, Thos. Gillard, Kingstree; Franklin Giles, Salters Depot: John Burgess, Kingstree; Moses Cunningham, Benjamin Davis, Hemingway; William Dunmore, Kings* tree; Edgar Graves, Hemingawy. ft Colored men?Calvin Barr, Lane: ^ - Prince Gilliard, Greelyville; Golden P Ro^L-on, Willie Cooper. Gadsd^r Najs Kingstree. i o South Carolina Division, U. D. C will have two vacant scholarships n?*t 'a1!. One at Winthrop College worth $100 and free tuition, anc one at Confederate College, whicl i is a tuition scholarship, worth $100 *or full information apply to Mist Y Armida Noses, Snmter. i MISSIONARY MEETING AT LAKE CITY i ______ v (For The County Record) The Woman's Missionary Confer, ence of the Kingstree District met at Lake City on Wednesday afternoon April oO, at the Methotiist , church, Miss Ossie Epps, secretary of the district opened the meeting with a hymn, followed by prayer and the reading of the 91st Psalm. There was another hymn and sentence prayers. A report by Miss Epps with suggestions on missionary finances was followed by a talk from Mrs. ( Everett of Salters, on things she had heard at the council meeting ??'UJaL 4-Vw-> *>-* ?>r?t in cr , UI U'l WHICH mc v.v. v^. . with the benediction by Rev. \V. A, Beckham. Thursday Morning1 the meeting was presided over by Miss Epp.assisted by Mrs. W. L. Waite, the honorary president of the Missionary Conference. The meeting opened with a hymn and Bible reading followed by sentence prayers. There was a short time given for ' a -memorial service to Mrs. Major, (nee Miss Mamie Green) who had been active in missionary work it , Lake City since her childhood and ,: whose beautiful life was an inspiration to all who knew her. There! were beautiful tributes paid to her memory in this service. Mrs. Kirkwood, the state secretary gave notes from the council meeting. Mrs. Waite talked on the growth ,. of the Kingstree district, on the Centenary movement and on the 1 ? r, ? .1 1 i Von , real Lniver.-a: i.njuR-inwu vi .uu>, I as it is developing today. I The district roll call with reports from each society, including the ,1 adults, young people and juniors j and some interesting talks and helpful suggestions by several ladies. The Kingstree district collected $1427.59 last year. A special important request by ' Mrs. Perry to hold quarterly exe cutive meetings. ! J Open discussion on social service I with talks by Mrs. Perry, and Mr. I'Eaddy, of Johnsonville; Mrs. Wait* I and Mrs. Kirkwood. Mrs. Waite spoke on her work at the Epworth I. Orphanage in Columbia. "*"he Monday ?evotiona] serv6ce ;jwas conducted by Mrs. J. W.Perry ;' after which the meeting adjourned i for the dinner hour. Dinner was i served at the church by the ladies. ' The afternoon services opened at 3 o'clock with devotional services I by Mrs. Kirkwood, after whicn i Miss Ossie Epps took charge oi the meeting. The first duty was to decide or the next place of meeting. There ' < were two invitations, one from Salters and one from Olanta. After discussion it was decided to accept the Olanta invitation. Pledges were taken from each society for the coming year. The pledge for the Lower Conference I of the State having been raised by iMrs. Kirkwood to $12,000 the >oI cieties all increased, their pledges. T^ar-c wn? ?n urgent request from j some of the ladies for the societies to use pledge cards. Mrs. Eaddy made a plea for the J pledge which had been made la^t 1 year for a scholarship for the HorI ry Industrial School and which had ' not been paid in full. The ladies I present pledged $46.50, $27.00 be> mg paid in cash, the rest to be sent to Miss Ossie Epps, K|ngstree. Mrs. . Perry talked on "Our ' Young People." Mrs. Ross talked on "We cannot Inspire the Uninformed." Thursday evening at 9 o'clock th? exercises began with a Pageant by the children. There was a song by Lessie Joyner, and a violin and mandolin duet by William Kelly 1 " ana Bruce YYlUwriicau. An address by Mrs. J. VV. Perry. ' The meeting closed with the bene' j diction. Mrs. D. M. Epps, Acting Secretary. M iss Osie Epps. District Secretary. ' i o ' ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. Jo'ra D. Smyser wishes to announce to his friends ami patrons that he has returned from the medical corps U. S. aimy and is resumj ing his practice in the diseases oi 4 eye, ear, nose, and throat, with temporary offices in the McCall * building 32 West Evans St, Flor5 ence, S. C., office hours 9 to 5 daily Sunday by appointment?adv. I PEACE TREA HANDS i i " Alsace and Loraine and Germany M ation to Inji ! New York, May 7.?The treaty j rie'esates at Versailes today by the t ed rowers, reduces CJrmany to mili color,icy, ;e.-tores Alsace and Lorrai paration to the nations injured by This was made known in an oi from the American peace commissi formation in New York. At the sa mace that President Wilson had pie j ate an agreement that the United i Britain, would go to the assistance i attack by Germany. The announce ' was made in a statement suppleme peace treaty, which reads: j '"In addition to the securities af1 President of the United States has ( Sena?' of the Inited States, and tl 1 has ^edged himself to propose tc ; engagement, subject to the appro\ nations to come immediately to the | provoked attack by Germany." The treaty also calls for the Emperor. THE COUNTY IS BEHIND Victory bond sales are not as . low*# a? thev should be at this time. , Williamsburg county is behind with t her quota. Send in your application for bonds before the 10th, and ad, cress it to the bank through which , you wish to subscribe. [ According to the government's j plans payments on bonds must be made, as follows: First payment of 10%, May 10; second payment o? 10%, July 15; and 20% monthly until November 11, at which time the full amount to be paid. Other arrangements may be made with l banks, at a rate of 4% per cent in, terest between now and January 1, j 1920. o HELP THE SALVATION 'i To the Citizenship of Williams(' burg county, Wh white and color d: I have been appointed County i Chairman of the movement to sub' scribe $2000.00 in Williamsburg I' to the Salvation Army Campaign iFund, the amount to be raiseed by I the entire country being $13,000,000.00. The raising of this $2000.00 has to be done, and 1 know that it I is only necessary to bring the matter to the attention of the citizenship of the county, and the amount needed will be promptly subscribed. The campaign is to be put on from May 19th tp May 26th, and a man in every school district in the county will be appointed to see that his district raises its allotment, i The pledge cards will be placed in his hands, and he is to appoint two , committees, one from the white peo> I pie and one from the colored people. These committes are to canvass the people of their community, i This, I think, will make the work , comparatively easy, and it will not be necessary to have a series of ' speeches all over the county to ini cntr-n ihr> n^>nnle to meet this de w..~ , , mand. Mr. John D. Erittor .vi:i act atreasurer, and ai! pledge card.-, checks, cash, etc., are to be turned ' over to him as soon as the campaign is over. It is earnestly hoped that every person who may be called upon to render service in this connection will do so willingly and . with the same spirit of cheerfulness ' ] that has - characterized the actions [ ! I of our people in other benevolent campaigns. We are depending on . the colored people to do their part, and I would appreciate it very TY NOW OF GERMANS : th sc Restored to France ust Make Repar- Z ired Nations. di si< vi ac r of peace, submitted to the German tr ! representatives of the associattary impotence, deprives her of her is la ine to France, and provides for reth? war. m C( 'ficial summary of the treaty, cabled ion to the committee on public in- P* Bi ime time official announcement was re C >dged himself to propose to the SenStates, in conjunction with Great cl > of France in case of unprovoked g( ment of this proposed agreement* ;nting the official summary of the i0 b< C. rorded in the treaty of peace, the C G pledged himself to propose to the ^ le prime minister of Great Britain F >the Parliament of Great Britain, an 3( al of the council of the league of " H i assistance of r ranee in case 01 un- a< tli surrender for trial of the former much if some representative citizen ^ of their race in each community in ^ the county will call on me in per- ^ son next week. The newspapers have agreed to pi j help us out, and we hope to have ^ I the names of the chairmen in the (papers next week. Please do not ^ ' fail to help us out. Yours for service, M. A. SHULER, Chairman. o 11 Salters News lt*ms Salters, May 6th,.?The commencernent exercises of Salter s ^ High and Graded School will be ,l held at the Town Hall on Friday \foi? l?tV? A /*awHq1 invito ; Ui^UW iUOJ IVWh * * WIVJIW. < ?< ! tion is extended to all.. We have been having some warm days this we A. We had several ^ good showers of rain last week, which is making the cotton come up. Some farmers have their cot- ^ ton chopped, while others have just j ^ 0 planted. Tobacco setting is going along rapidly and will soon be com- j pleted, com is looking nicely and is ! being plowed. ; Mr. W. S. Shaw is on the sick 0 i list tttis weeic, Ave nope 10 see nun j out again in a few days. j Mrs. S. M. Salters is on the sick} j list this week, we hope for her j ; early recovery. \ Miss Emmie Ferrell is visiting j ^ friends in Charleston, this week. Mr. E. C. McDaniel who injured his side last week is, we are glad| to say improving. Miss Nell Chandler is visiting . relatives here, her school having closed last week. o ha THIRTIETH DIVISION / (a Will Probably Be Made Permanent ^ Establishment at Camp Jackson i 4 War Department plans for the, permanent establishment of the suth j Division at Camp Jackson are well > under way. - This division, the con-j tinuation of the Old Hickory Divi-ion, is to belong to the Carolinas j and Tennessee and is to be recruit-! ed up to full peace strength from; among the young men of these j -tales. It is hoped by the authorities i 5 that this division will husband the r glorious traditions of the old Thir-, tieth and that the support of the ' people of its home states will be as spontaneous as in the past. 0 led The total subscription of the Vic- su tory Libertl Loan reached approxi- H< mately two billion, one hundred, fif- &ti ty million today. du FURMAN GLEE CLUB This club, in making its fifteenth jnual tour of the State, dropped to Kfcngstree yesterday and held e stage in the auditorium of the hool building last night. The entertainment given by the i Lib was the best of its kind ever esened before a Kingstree audi-1 ice. The program consisted of ten imbers and not a dull one among em. Prof. Geo. H Schaefer, the club's rector, as well as director of muc of the Woman's College, Greenlle, is a musician of unusuali complishment, and the splendid aining of the club is evidence of s executive ability. The violinist, Miss Lena Lusby, | an artist in her line, and the best. dy violinist ever heard here. Miss jsby is aslo connected with the usic department of the Woman's illege. Rev. Mark Osborne, assistant j istor of one of the Greenville' aptist churches is a very clever,' ader and impersonator and reived the hearty applause of the idience. He is a Furman graduate! ass of 1917. As a whole, the program was I >od throughout and met the unlalified approval of the audieilce.-. The club is composed of the fdTwing: G. H. Schaefer, Mark Os>rne, Miss Lusby, C J. League, I. , Davis, W. W. Anderson, F. K. C. reech, A. G Allen, A W. Askins, eorge Blackburn, W. M. Black11-n, J. Richardson, E. A. McDowell \, L. R< Richardson, Guy Hill, and red L. Jones. Receipts amounted to $151.40, )% of which, $45.42, went to the ospital charity fund, and a special mation of $4.58 by the club made lis amount even $50.00. o Sunday School Convention Following is the program fordisict number six, Sunday School invention at Indiantown Church, ay 11, 1919. D. E. McCutchen, esident: MORNING SESSION :00?Period of Worship, Conducted by W. R. Pritchard. 1:15?Practical Suggestions for Variety in the Sunday School Program. By Prof. M. F. Montgomery. :35?Song. :45?How Better Eqiup the Sunday School? Miss Lizzie Heape. 1:00?Business Period, i)?Record of Schools present, i)?Giving out statistical report^ to schools to be filled and returned in the afternoon. )?Appointment of committees to secure Promoter subscriptions. 1:15?The Greatest Need in our i School. One minute response [ by delegates present. !:40?Song. 1:45?Thy Kigncloni Come. By K. D. Webb. :45?Adjournment for dinner. Basket Dinner on The Ground 1 AFTERNOON SESSION !:45?Period of Worship. By J. G. i Hemdon. :00?Soul Winning in the Sunday School. By R. D. Webb. Call roll of schools and mark each le on the District Chart. 1:15?What Forward Step Wjill My School Take Before the Next Convention? W. R. Pritchard. Let a representative from each hool tell wjhich Banner School int he will add to his school here the next convention. Give him ,lf point :00?Period of Business. )?Gather statistical reports. )?Does a school or individual want to make or pay a pledge? )?Report of Promoter committee :15?-The Religious Needs of Our Children. By J. G. Hemdon :3b?Children's Week in S. C. By j Mrs. L. W. Gilland, County or Children's Division Supintendent. County or Children's Division Superintendent. :00?Have you a question ? :1b?Adjournment. 0 j Mr. L. T. Thompson and Family! ?t Kingstree last week for their miner home at Hillgirt, N. C. near jndersonville. We are pleased to : ate that Mr. Thompson's health ring the winter here, was good. ] , BEAUTIFUL ROSES / Yes, a rose by any other name would be just as sweet, and we use to think this queen of the flower garden attained to greater size, beauty and fragrance in California than anywhere else, but during the past week we have seen some roses ?Kingstree roses whose enorm'ous size, beauty and fragrance has almost changed that belief. Mrs. Bertha Wolfe brought a rose to our office this week, a Paul Neron, that was five inches in diameter and one of the most perfect we have ever seen. There were also on display at the Kingstree Drug store this week some white roses, very - ? - ? - much like the Paul Neron in formation, the most beautiful pure white roses we have seen in this section. We didn't learn the name of the variety, but they were grown by Mrs. Belle Blakeley, and attracted much favorable comment by their size and beauty. o Children's W**k a Grqat Success Children's Week, which was observed from April 27 to May 4 was a great success, and much credit is due to Mr. L. W. Gilland and Mrs. D. P. Frierson, for planning and carrying through so worthy a movement. As a result many new names have been added to the rolls of the various Sunday Schools of the town, about 15 to the Methodist, 17 to the Presbyterian and 20 to the Baptist As the Episcopalians and the Catholics do not conduct Sunday Schools of theilr own the children of these churches were invited to attend any one of the other Sunday Schools. Several of the parents of these faiths agreed to this arrangement rather man nave meir mnurut gtvw up Mt^out . any religious instruction* This speaks well for the broadening ideas which are coming to prevail in the minds of the American people with regard to religion, j The party which was given Friday afternoon on the court house square was enjoyed by about two hundred children and almost wholely as many grown peoples. Fifteen gallons of ice cream and twenty five cakes added much to the pleasure of thq occasion. Mrs. W. E. Brockinton, \assisted by a large committee of ladies served the refreshments, and the games were led by Misses Heape, McMurray, Green and Epps. The children had a wonderful time. Their interest and enthusiasm has been greatly quickened, and most of them have promised to go to Sunday School * 1 ?l? ?j J;I: i. mucn more reguiany ana uiugcm.ly in the future. The Pageant presented at tl|i auditorium on Sunday night was also a splendid success. As all the churches were closed a very large crowd was present. So well were the various parts acted, and so well was the theme of the play brought out, the religious training of children, that we are sure no one of that vast audience could hav^-gon^ away without having received a lasting impression as to this important phase in the development and education of children. The leading parts were taken, by Miss Brownlee Rice and Mr. and Mrs. Truluck; the remaining parts were played by about forty boys and girls. Mrs. W. S. Gilland was in charge of the music. Mrs. W. L. Taylor and Misses Heope and Anderson assisted in training the performers. Mrs. P. G. Gourdin, Advertising Committee 0 The "Civic Centenary Meeting" held at the Methodist church here yesterday was perhaps >?ne of the greatest, and most enjoyable occasions in local Methodisiasm since / , the dedication of the Kingstree church. A highly interesting and instructive program, which began at 11 o'clock a. rn. and concluded with : delightful fi-h dinner at4:30 'n the afternoon, y.vas participated in and enjoyed by C legations of the denomination ficm a!! sections of the county. D.-. Neil, of Nashville, Tenn., was present and addressed the great gathering. A number of others made addresses, and so entertaining was the meeting that hours slipped by like minutes. We regret that time and space forbids a more detailed account of the program as carried out yesterday.