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? . , ^ ' g? ?ljc gLountD llmtb. g? 35. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1919. NO.17 HOLLWEG WOULD I PROTECT KAISER I SAYS HE ASSUMES RESPONSI- i BILTTY FOR ACTS OF GER- . MANY DURING HIS TERM j Berlin, Saturday, June 28.?(By 1 the Associated Press).?Dr. Theo- < laid voo Bethman Hollweg, former < German chancellor, has formally ask- ] ed the Allied and associated powers to place him on trial instead of the ( former Emperor.. The former chan- 1 cellor says that he assumes responsi- 1 bility fer the acts of Germany during ( his period of office and places himself at the disposal of the Allies. 1 The request of the former chan- > na,lAr ujoc ma Hp on June 25 in a < communication to Premier Clemen- , ceau, president of the conference. Dr. von BethmannHollweg^t is said, desired to take this step^Jn May 20, 1 but refrained at that time on the ex- i pressed wish of the German Govern- j ment The communication asked Premier Clemenceau to bring the follow- 1 ing document to the knowledge of i the Allied and associated powers: < "In article 227 of the peace terms J the Allied and associated powers publicly arraign his Majesty, Wil- 5 ham II, of Hohenzollern, former Ger-man Emperor, for a supreme offense < against international morality and i the sanctity of treaties. At the same j time they announce their resolve to addre&r a request to the government 1 of The Netherlands for the surrend- 1 er of the former Emperor for pur- < pose of trial. i "With reference thereto I take the } liberty of addressing a request to the powers to let the projected pro- 1 feedings against his Majesty, the -?a r?? Emperor, be tax en against me. 1U1 this object I hereby place myself at j the disposal of the Allied and associated powers. 1 "As former German imperial chan- < cellor I bear for my period of office < sole responsibility, as regulated in 3 the German Constitution, for the political acts of the Emperor. I be- ] Beve I may deduce therefrom the 1 claim that the reckoning which the i Allied and associated powers desire j to demand for these acts shall be demanded solely of me. 9 "Being convinced that the Allied ' r* and associated powers will not deny 11 international respect to the legal ] position fixed by public constitutional law, I may express the hope that ' they will be inclined to yield to my 1 argent request. 11 (Signed) , "Von Bethmann-Hollweg." . Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg was German chancellor from 1909 to July ( 14, 1917. He succeeded Prince von j But-low. The definition of the treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium ' as " a scrap of paper" was made by vo? Bethmann-Hollweg in an address to the Reichstag shortly after the beginning of the war. The former ' chancellor has blamed the militarists for starting the war, while he, in ( turn, has been blamed. Last February the former chancellor offered to go before a tribunal to 1 give an accounting for his stewardship as chancellor. It was announced ! in Berlin on March 27 that von Beth- J mann-HoIlweg would be among those who would be tried. by the German j court which would investigate responsibility for the loss of the war , by Germany. He has been mentioned several 1 times as among those who might be ( tried by the Allies for political of- ! j fenses in connection with tne origin , of the war. Dr.von Bethmann-Hollweg is sixty ] two years old. Before becoming. ch;incellor he was Prussian minister1, of the interior and imperial treasurer and vice chancellor. He held the : rank of lieutenant general in the 1 n^rman #rmv. Since his retirement 1 from office the former chancellor!; has been living at Hohenfinow, his | ( estate, twenty-seven miles north of Berlin. ' i 0 Why Pay More Tax Mr. Editor: I read your notice in last weeks Record that every body owning a ! wagon, buggy, or cart must get a license for same, now, I would like to know what is the use to collect more ; taxes for the roads when we get but very little good for that which we p*.y year after year. The roads down here could and I, Auo4it to be better if the tax money was spent on them in filling holes that are bad and have been bad every wet spell for a year or more, for there hasn't been any work done on then excep^fy private citizens for altout two jfkrs. I am not complaining abouy paying my taxes, but I dip't fee/] like we get any good from - it on ? roads, (and there are oth-' thw feel like I do). I d#'t know if this will do any good, tut would like to know if there . isn't some money in the hand of officials with which to fillthe holes, if n> more. Taxpayer, lanes, S. C. July 1, 1919. o You cm "iust ;.s food" ammunition to go off, but it can't keep ' op with Remington U. M. C. YORK, THE SOLDIER A Child Of Nature A>id Of Grace York of Tennessee take*- his place is a leader of men along with others who had no higher origin than the most primitive of social conditions. His religious faith superadded is what gives him a unique position toiay. The same region that bred Lincoln nourisher him also, and Yo-k, ike Lincoln, seems never likely to iisavow what his primitive conditions implanted. From the conscientious objector to the merciless slay;r of Germans, declares a home parvo? tV,o "came reliainns STlirit" is ivowed, "that devotion to duty toward God and man which gives the ivorld its highest type of manhood." The Presbyterian Advance (Nashville) speaks of him as "a son of nature," and in his native State the :ype is well known?"the tall, lean nountaineer, soft-spoken, slow-moving on ordinary occasions, but sure )f himself, skilled in woodcraft, unerring with the rifle, and with a subtle kind of instinct which goes for to overcome the lack of the education of the schools." The southern nountains breed many such?"manly :o the core, powerful of will as of nuscle, and absolutely/ faithful to friend or nin or clan, and to every conviction of duty." This particular nountaineer, York, is also claimed is "a child of grace." In the leading editorial of this religious organ in fork's home State we read: "Wild as the country around him For many years, addicted to drink and to gambling, the time when uflier the ministry of a native preacher, a man wh-> would probably be far from acceptable in the pulpit of an ordinary town church, York yielded to a divine influence and became a member of the church?a church, by the way, which seems to know little and care less about the great theological doctrines of Christendom, but which calls upon its members to adhere with strict devotion to certain principles and roles which are everywhere considered as fundamentally Christian. Mr. Fields has secured for us the simple creed of this body of Christians?the Church of Christ in Christian Union?and here are its fundamental principles: "1. The oneness of the Church of Christ "2. Christ the only head. "3. The Bible our only rule of faith and practise. "4. Good fruits the only condition jf fellowship. "5. Christian union without controversy. "6. Each local church governs itself. "7. Partizan preaching, discountenanced. "As Mr. Moody used to say, Alvin ifork was a Christian convert who, when he came out from the world, ame 'clean out.' Without reserve [lis sturdy, simple-minded manhood was devoted to the practise of the principles which he had embraced. To him had come a heavenly vision - * 1 * * 1 1:1.. oi tne rignt course 01 me anu, unt Paul, he was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. He had pledged himself to be true to the articles of faith which he had accepted as his own, and his conversion was so genuine, so thorough, his purpose was so strengthened by the grace of God. that it is the universal testimony that he showed himself to be true to his convictions at all times. His pastor says: 'I can show you the very spot he got religion, and from that clay to this he has followed it to the word. Before he killed those Germans I know he had reasoned in his heart that it was right to kill them. If he hadn't, he would not have fired a shot,' and the testimony all shows that during that remarkable little battle York never once indulged in a 'cuss-word' or gave any evidence that he had been moved from his set purpose to do his whole duty fAifltAtlltr on/1 no 1 m 1 XT Laiuuuujr auvi "When he entered the Army he was in a state of mental and spiritual perplexity. He felt sure that his duty to his country made it wrong for him to attempt to secure exemption, even though he was the main support of his mother and the young children. Therefore, though friends urged him to try to be released, he would not do so, but accepted the draft. Nevertheless, he had been taught that it was wrong for Christians to fight and kill one another, and it was weeks before he became satisfied that fighting is sometimes a duty. It took earnest effort and 4 i much Bible quotation c i the part of' a friendly officer to remove his j doubts on this subject, but once con-1 vinced, York devoted himself to the business of soldiering with that same definite and dominant purpose which characterized his life in the moun- i tains. "More of the story can not be told in a brief article, but here is the 1 point that we who are Christians need to keep in mind. It was not because he was highly educated,not because he had an understanding of world conditions, not because of any of the influences 01 wnai we are pleased to call higher civilization and j culture?for life hadbeen under the most primitive conditions?but because of a deep religious spirit, a1 fine, wholehearted devotion to duty j as he conceived it, that this man , came forth out of the obscurity of j his mountain home and leapt into the limelight as a remarkable leader of men. It is that same religious spirit, that devotion to duty toward God and man, which gives the world its highest type of manhood. York came through his fire bap-: tism without a scratch. When asked to explain it he said: "We know i there were miracles, doa't we? Well, this was one. It's the only way I can figure it o GEORGETOWN GETS BUSY I rr*p*r*8 to improve n? n#?e* j Transportation Facilities. Georgetown, July 1.?At a meeting of the board of directors of the chamber of commerce recently held, Col. H. B. Springs, president, appointed a committee to take up the matter of arranging water transportation for this port. Seve*-al months ago both the Clyde Steamship Company and the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company discontinued their ships sailing into this port on account of conditions brought about by the late war. Since then Georgetown has been al most entirely dependent upon rail-1 road facilities for transportation. The committee appointed by the chamber of commerce will soon visit New York and Baltimore with a view to reestablishing these boat lines to . Georgetown, and in the event this can not be done, it is probable that the business men of Georgetown will organize and finance a boat line between this port and Baltimore or New York. The business men here are determined to have water transportation facilities, and it is hoped that through the efforts of the chamber of commerce, the old lines will i be reestablished, or a new line or1 o-anized and out into operation at an j . early date. o KING SENDS GREETINGS i . i American And Britain Forever Brothers In Arms, Tell , President ' i London, July 1.?King George has | sent the following message to President Wilson: "In this glorious hour when the i long struggle of nations for right 1 * -* 1 ' J nwraTi. justice ana ireeaum i? at ?a^t nvn.. , ed by a triumphant peace, I greet you, Mr. President and the great i American people in the name of the i British nation. "At a time when fortune seemed | I to f rown and the issues of the war trembled in the balance, the American people stretched out the hand of fellowship to those who on this side of the ocean were battling for a righteous cause. Light and hope at once shown brighter in our hearts and a new day dawned. "Together we have fought to a happy end; together we lay down our arms in proud consciousness of valiant deeds nobly done. "Mr. President it is on this day one of our happiest thoughts that the American and the British people, brothers in arms, willcontinue forever to be brothers in peace. United before by language, traditions, kinship and ideals, there has now been set upon our fellowship the sacred seal of common sacrifice." o Confederate Veterans And Widows Please take Notice Pension money payable under act of 1919 is now in my hands. Please call in person and receive your check. Call for same on Monday, Wednesday or Saturday,my office days. P. M. Brockingicn, Probate Judge. BEER NOT YET PUT UNDER BAN WHISIffY AND HARD STUFF GOES UOT WITH BIG CELEBRATION IN WET CITIES Washington, June 30.?As wartime prohibition took effect tonight the Department of Justice announced that its agents throughout the cou^ try would not attempt tomorrow to stop the sale of two and three-quarter per cent beer. This eleventh hour development, a flat reversal of an earlier ruling today by the department, was due to the uncertainty as to how the Federal District Court of New York might rule on a pending claim by brewers that beer containing that much alcohol was not intoxicating. But while this uncertainty existed centage than sold generally heretofore, full warning was given that with respect to whiskey and all beverage as to whose intoxicating powers there was no doubt, every government agency would be set to work in a determined effort to prevent their manufacture and sale. How long the sales of two and three-quarter per cent beer might continue would depend ordinarily on the speed of the courts, but Congress meanwhile will step to the front in an effort to complete the effectiveness of the war-time law. Exactly what they have refused hpretnforp to do. Drohibition mem bers of the house now will attempt passage of a straight, clear-cut bill for enforcement of war-time prohibition. When word spread tonight that the Attorney General by his ruling had permitted beer saloons and breweries to remain in operation, members of the judiciary committee counted noses to find a sufficient number ready to go to the front and demand separation of the enforcementf measure so as to get through at once a bill that would stop the sale of all beer containing more than one-half of one per cent alcohol. Congressional leaders, it was said, refused to abandon plans for a recess beginning probably tomorrow in order toput the bill through as an emergency measure, and the whole question of prohibition will be held up until next Monday at the earliest. There were indications tonight that a hard fight would be made in behalf of an amendment to be offered by Representative. Ugoe, Democrat of Missouri, which would permit the President to setaside in the war-time act in so far as it relates to light wines and beer. While the Attorney General's staff was wrestling with the question of intoxicating and unintoxicating beer the judiciary committee sent to the House its report in which the bold assertion was made that anything over one-half of one per cent alcohol was intoxicalir g within the purview of the general law,and that Congress and not the court, should fix the alcoholic percentage of all beverages, sales of which is restricted by prohibition statutes. But while the milder beer, like some notable, was accorded unusual honor by the joyful throng, a long dry finger moved across the map Monday night at midnight and blotted out of existence a man's legal right to buy or sell liquor. Sale of these intoxicants again will be legal with demobilization of the army, date of which will be determined by the President and until January 16, 1920, at which time it will be prohibited for many a dav by constitutional araenamenu in every city where the saloon lights blazed for perhaps the last time the merry making kept up until the tolling of the midnight hour, when the bells sounded the closing warning'at Boston the folk at San Francisco still had three hours to drink. Attorney General Palmer in his statement to the policy of the department called attention to the fact that the authorities in every city and State had been requested to give the utmost cooperation in the matter of enforcing all undisputed provisions of the war-time law. The temporary refusal not to proceed against those selling two and three-quarter per cent beer, although evedence against them will be obtained with a view to the prosecution in the event the court decided against the brewers?does not mean that persons offering it for sale in territory heretofore dry will be exempt from arrest and prosecution. Saloons selling two and 3 1-4 per cent beer will take a gambler's chance and stay open at their own risk it was emphasized. The bureau of the Internal Revenue, upon the bulky shoulders of which will fall much of the great task of breaking up the liquor selling, Monday issued regulations governing the sale of alcohol for medicinal purposes. Those regulations are so strict that it will be next to impossible, bureau agents said, for a man to obtain whiskey for general drinking because at most he cannot have more than a quart and he cannot get that unless he is ill, and it is provided in an effort to restore him to health. There is no restriction however, on a man's right to "use" the liquor scored in his home, nor are the government agents authorized to obtain warrants and se'ze his stock so long as it is not offere' for sale. From the very inception of the war-time law, there has been the i greatest confusion regarding its pro-1 visions. President Wilson, in a message to the present Congress, rec-1 om mended repeal of the law insofar, as it related to light wines and beers, j ; but this was passed over with little ( 1 consideration. In a statement given out Saturday night the President announced he was without authority to ; suspend operations of the act at this ; time, but that he would do so as soon j as the army was demobilized. Until ! the very end dealers everywhere had held to the forlorn hope that the J President would set aside the law. | ' 'Hie confusion extended even into. /vflTi/tinl niiAwfAnc ITovltr fArlonr Affiniolo I of the Department of Justice said that the law prohibited tije sale of ; 2 3-4 per cent beer and light wines,1 then on the heels of the district attorney at Baltimore announced he had received instructions from ! Washington not to interfere with such sales for the present. After the issuance of the attorney general's1 statement officials dismissed the whole subject with the explanation that the department had "reversed" itself. There were- all sorts of rumors afloat in Washington as to what ! might happen in Congress in view of , the stand taken by Department of Justice. Some members insisted that there would be a demand Tuesday in the House for immediate consideraI tion of the straight war-time enforcement bill and that not even anj agreement for a recess over the holiday could prevent action once the ; fight was launched. ! The argument was advanced in 1 Continued on Galley No 4. quarters not generally regarded as ardent for prohibition that the wartime bill, sent in as part one of a general measure, could be taken out j without affecting the other parts, , and passed after an agreement to ! dispense with debate. After in the evening, however, some of the prohibition leaders said they would be 1 content with plans for the holiday. But there was a' general feeling of, uncertainty and members who are I prepared to block efforts to put j ; through war-time enforcement with-1 | out full consideration of amendments | j to change the alcoholic percentage; and other nrovisions there virtually1 .was no chance before next week. : . o CITY OF FLORENCE BARELY ES-' CAPES SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION I Florence, July 1.?Florence nar- j rowly missed a serious conflagration J ! this morning when the Buchhelt row; of frame tenants, store, pressing ; j clubs, etc., were destroyed by fire. The alarm from box fourteen, at East Evans and Church streets, in the midst of the business section, was sounded at 9 o'clock. The fire v was then bursting through the roof of the Bushheit block of frame build-1 ings in East Evans street. The de- j partment was soon on the spot.b ut j the inflammable material that the fire fed upon caused the flames to j make rapid headway and by the ' time the first stream of water was, turned upon the seething flames, the. building had begun falling. Nearly! everything in the several apartments I ? ? J xl I of the building was ournea ana trie. 1 loss was considerable. The McMillan building, across the j street on the south side, soon caught I as well as the large billboards of ; Brays. The Berry building on the j west side and the Bushheit tenant ; dwellings on the north, were damI aged. The top of a gasoline filling sta| tion tank caught and shot up a long stream of fire. The tank was expected to explode but a stream was shot at the blaze from a distance and it was put out of business. The property destroyed will amount to several thousand dollars i and on account ofthe high rate charged by the insurance companies on the risk, about 10 per cent, there was little insurance on any of the property. The fire originated from a spark from a stove flue in a restaurant, being driven under the shingles by the stiff, northeast wind that was I Hlnwinc. The buildings destroyed will be replaced with brick structures at once by Mrs. S. J. Buchheit, the owner. o ? Bring Your Tobacco In The Gorrell warehouse is now open * -? ^ A J-f mil V* Q \7C* ana in um ciasa snaj^c. u juu u?.v any tobacco already cured bring it to us and get it out of your way. Mr. M. R. Gass, the well known tobacco man who will manage the Gorrell warehouse this season will be there to receive you and will take care of your tobacco until the market opens on the 15th. o The highest te'ephone system in ! the wor'd is installed at Sonta, BoliIvia 15,500 feet above the sea level. 10;986,000 BALES | COTTONFORECAST VJ I CROP ESTIMATED MILLION BALES UNDER LAST YEAR ACREAGE CUT Washington, July 1.?A cotton crop of about 1,000,000 bales smaller than last year's was forecast for this year by the Department of Agriculture today in estimating prospective nroduction at 10.986.000 bales. Acreage this year shows a cut of 8.7 per cent from last year's, the decrease being 3,247,000 and the total 33,960,000. The agitation for a reduction which, the Department says, occurred in every cotton growing State, the scarcity and higlf price of labor and unfavorable planting weather caused the heavy decrease. The propaganda for reduction of acreage affected principally the larg- er growers, according to the department, but most of the small proprietors and tenant farmers maintained, or even increased, their plantings | this year. Many other farmers who had not grown cotton for years planted it this season, hoping to re ceive the high prices prevailing at Dlantin? time. Most sections report the crop late and a scarcity of labor. Boll weevils are reported very active in a large portion of the belt. In a statement on the cotton crop the Department of Agriculture said: "The heavy cut of 86.7 per cent in the acreage devoted to cotton this year has resulted from the scarcity and high price of labor, unfavorable weather for planting and abandonment of fields in many sections because of inability to get the plant worked out of the grass, coupled with an agitation in every cotton State for reduction in the acreage. "The propaganda for the reduction of acreage affected principally the larger planters, but most of the small proprietors and tenant farmers, who had disposed of their 1918 crop at mgn prices, iTuuiiuuiieu, ui ev^u increased their plantings. Many other farmers who had not grown cotton for years planted it this season, hoping to receive the high prices prevailing at planting time. "In portions of Texas, Oklahoma and along the northern border of cotton production wheat was planted last fall because of the government guaranteed price. In the sea island sections of Georgia and Florida there is a heavy reduction in acreage planted in cotton because of ball weevil ravages, as is also the case in)the newly infested sections of Georgia and South Carolina, considerable Qotton already planted having been plowed up and planted to other crops. "There is general complaint in most sections of lateness, too much rain, grassy fields and scarcity of labor. Because of the mild winter of 1918 ar.d the wet season to date -weevils are reported as very active in Southern and Eastern Texas, Arkansas. Louisiana. Mississippi, Alaba ma, Florida, a large portion of Georgia and in Southeastern South Carolina. North Carolina reports infestation by lice. Hail did local damage in Texas and Oklahoma. The weather in the northern part of the belt has been too cool for cotton, f There is but little tap root. Droughty conditions were complained of in portions of South Carolina only." , o To Ask For New Trial Columbia July 1.?Attorney for the Columiba Record against whom Major Andrew J. Bethea, secured a libel, will appear before Judge Townsend and ask for a new trial. o Cotton Corporation Plans for a systematic campaign i* /.nftnn Kolt for nwftniw'ni? AAA VA1V VVVWM W. V "?-0 o counties of the cotton States for handling the annual crop were launched at New Orleans yesterday at the second meeting at the present conference of directors of the American Cotton Association. J. S. Wannamaker, of Columbia, president, ed for foring the proposed corporasaid that $400,000,000 would be needtion to properly dispose of onefourth of the crop. This corporation, according to President Wannamaker, - it- -J Will not COnillCt WlUl m? prupvacvi $100,000,060 Cotton Export Financing Corporation, as the former will limit its w?rk to cotton for demestic use. ?/ 0 ?outh American ants have been knpwn to construct a tunnel three miles in length. I "I i / I i k. i