The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-06-03


to erect a $4,000,000 shipyard at
Mobile, Ala.
Bishop Guerry preached the com.
mencement sermon at the Universe
ty of the South, Sewanee, Tenn, Sun
day.
What is believed to be the largest
loaf of bread ever baked was on ex-
hibition at Charleston yesterday. 1t
weighed 410 pounds.
Hon w F Clayton of Florence was
elected secretary of the Confederate
Veterans Naval association at the
reunion at Richmond, Va, last night.
Stephen Thomas, head of the cele-
brated jewelry house of Stephen
Thomas & Co, Charleston, died at
his home in that city Friday of last
week.
Capt w H Andrews, for fifteen
years closely identified with the
Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation,
Georgetown, rendered his resignation
as it's manager, effective June 1.
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Winthrop summer school will open
June Is. From the number of ap-
plications for admission it is thought
that this will be the most successful
session in the history of the school.
Editorial comment by the leading
newspapers of the United States al
most unanimously condemns Ger
many's reply to President Wilson's
note in re the blowing up of the Lu-
sitania and the consequent loss OF
many American citizens as evasive
and unsatisfactory.
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dwelling and dedication of the
memorial monument erected by the
Government to the dead of the bat
tleship Maine, destroyed II years
ago in Havana harbor, was one OF
the principal features of Memorial
day ceremonies in Arlington Nation
al cemetery Monday.
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= St Philips church, Charleston, no
longer has the distinction of being
the only lighthouse" church in the
United States. The lantern that for
so many years served as a guide to
mariners was removed from its tall
spire last week, the Government hav-
ing erected stronger signal light
below Fort Sumter.
The Democratic county executive
committee of Clarendon met Friday
and arranged for special primary
election to choose a candidate for
the State Senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the recent death of SEN
ator Louis Applet. The first cleo
ton was fixed for July l9, and the
second, if necessary, two weeks
later.
The Confederate Memorial Insti-
tute,o ,one of the most beautiful struc-
lures Of its kind, was formally open
ed at the 25th annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans at
Richmond, Va, this week. The i'm
posing building represents years OF
effort by the Confederate Memorial
association and the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy. 1t has
been erected by the people of the
whole South at once as an enduring
monument to the brave men who
persisted in the Civil war and as a
depository of the records of that
war.
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President Wilson, in the name OF
the United States Government, has
publicly called on all factions . IN
Mexico to accommodate their diff
ferences and set up a Government
that can be accorded recognition.
Failure to unite in movement to
bring peace to Mexico, within a
very short time" it was announced
in statement telegraphed to Gems
Carranza, Villa, Zapata and others,
would cons1rain the United States
''t to decide what means should be
employed" to save the people OF the
Southern Republic from further de-
vastations by internal warfare.
After today, June 3, all persons
who check trunks on railroad tick