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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-09-20
News Notes from Salters.

Salters. September 1--WE have
had some cold. rainy weather the
past week, making one almost think
winter had begun. Cotton picking
has been very much retarded. but so
far as we have heard, no iamage Of
any consequence was done. The
price is not satisfactory in the face
Of the high price Of goods. Many
farmers will store their cotton for
better returns.
MIR and Mrs Il L OrV'" rfil.eor&e-
town and son Edward and vile mo,
tored here SunGav and spe3t To-. day
with relatives and frieCds. II IS
something like fifteen wears since M
Orvin has been in his sec!io:.
Misses Amanda Edwards ard
Emma per.demonStration a@v"tS
for Williamsburg coCnt}. gave 'eS,
sons here Friday in grapt Fre>efV-
ing, etc, at Mr. Jas 4 Ferreli s,Nhlch
was we'll attended BY the ladies OF
the community.
Mr L A liar Of Charleston spent
a short while here Saturday between
trains.
Misses Carrie MoseIey ana Emma
Lifrage left Friday for Winthrop.
MIR Ed Layton of Florence snent
Monday here with friends on a fish
ing trip to Black river. They had
bad luck, as the recent rains had
made the water very muddy.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-09-20

The railroads running into Flor
ence show no decrease in business
because of the war. Both roads
showed large gains for August over
the same month last year, the Sea-
board showing the larger percentage
because of it's being new line. Its
passenger business increased about
$50 per cent and freight business
100 per cent over August, 1916. The
freight business of the Atlantic Coast
Line during the same period in
creased about $4,000. nearly 100
per cent.
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Hemingway School Opens Next Week.

Hemingway High school will be-
gin work Thursday, September 27,
with the following corps Of teachers
IN charge: r n Speigner. principal;
Misses Elise Rollins. Louise Wilson,
Cleora Toole, RUBY Thorn and Eliza
beth Speigner. Friends and patrons
of the school are cordially invited
and expected to be present at the
opening exercis S.
1t is hoped by the faculty that all
patrons will enter their children the
irst day. The schoUi should do bet
ter work than ever before, and the
whole community is locking forward
to most prosperous year.
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NOTICE.!

Pursuant to a letter sent out to
the stockholders of the Williams
burg County Fair association last
week, we call a meeting of said
stockholders at the court house for
Wednesday next, (September 26),
at noon. Those unable to come
will have someone represent them.
Matters of vital Importance to stock
hold will be acted upon.
w E NESMITH, Pres.
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KTNGSTREE SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 90
NEW INDUSTRY AT LAKE CITY.
Plant to Cure" Sweet Potatoes--Wed-
ding Bells Soon to Ring.

Lake City. September Isl .
Green, Esq, and Miss Clyda Cald-
We'll will be married THURSDAY, it is
announced. Nr Green is the oldest
son OF the late Judge John S
Green. ao1 tne b:ide.to be is the
caughter -. MIR l. I Caldwell. the
well anoWn merchant Of this town
for raty years, who died some five
years ago.
Dr. and Mrs c D Rollins and chill
drru retWar.. nome Friday from z
visit OF few weeEs up in the
mountains It Western North Caro-
i.Ga witn Mrs l Kern, the mother
81 the frst nameG.
hIr \ & Brick spent tie first Of
the week in Charleston celebrating
the jewish new year with other
menners Of ne same faith.
Judge" Z p Fillmore came up
from Cades .i.onday and spent the
day in town Oh business.
The high school and graded school
are now running full time with a
full corps Of teachers and a big
house full of pupils.
Mr J NJ Truluck began work on
his hotel Monday morning. From
now on things will be pushed right
along until the building is completed
and running as a hotel.
The number of young men going
away to prepare to meet the Ger
mans is getting really noticeable.
At the present rate there soon will
be but few left in this town who
are liable to the call. To give an
idea how they are going from this
county we mention the fact that
eight lawyers have gone from the
Florence bar.
No use to say anything about the
rain, and cold and so forth of recent
days. The rest of the country had
the same thing.
Mr W H Steele. of Rockingham,
N C, spent several days last week IN
town and the nearby country.
MIR J Nj Truluck is getting ready
to build a sweet potato house IN
which to cure" and keep potatoes.
The house will have the capacity of
a thousand bushels, and will be tit-
ted with the necessary machinery
for drying out the potatoes by heat
ed air. 1t will be built under the
supervision of an officer of the de-
partment of agriculture, who has
made close study of keeping sweet
potatoes by the process which may
be called "evaporating" them, and
which is claimed to be very success
full.
Notwithstanding money seems
plentiful white man was bound
over to the circuit court by Judge
Baldwin last week on the charge of
stealing leaf tobacco.
Mr. w M Severance was in Colum-
bia the latter part of last week.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-09-20

Dillon county will be represented
in the gigantic plan which Thomas
A Edison, the great inventor, has on
foot to end the war. Rod Carmichael
has ,entered the tEdison factory at
Orange. N ito work in secrecy with
no communication with the outside
world until the great engine of de-
struction is completed.
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GOOD WORK
BY RAILROADS.
HAVE BEEN OF INCALCULABLE
SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES
DURING THIS GREAT WAR.

DURING THIS GREAT WAR.
Washington, D C, September 49,
Some conception of the efforts which
the railroads of this country are
making to handle the tremendous
increase in freight traffic which the
war has produced may be CLEANED
from a report just compiled by the
commission on car service.
The report shows that during the
four months period between May l
and August 81 this year. l15,l52
empty freight cars were ordered
into the South and Southwest to
protect the movement of grain and
other food products and assure the
prompt delivery of the millions of
feet of lumber needed by the gov
arnment for the cantonments and
shipyards. Several thousand of
these cars were also used to facili-
tate the movement of phosphate
rock and other materials needed in
the manufacture of munitions. The
cotton carrying railroads also receiv-
ed large consignments of empties"
to enable them to meet the begin
ming of the cotton and cotton seed
movements.
Most of the cars moved into the
South and Southwest are owned by
roads operating in other sections Of
the country. They were moved,
however, regardless of ownership
into districts where they. were most
needed. The prompt compliance OF
the roads that owned them. with
the orders of the commission on car
service averted what might easily
have been one of the worst freight
congestions in the history of the
country, as the lines in the South
and Southwest have been called up
on to transport an unexampled vol
ume of freight since the United
States entered the war. The move
ment of lumber for commercial pur-
poses has been unusually heavy and
added to that has been the govern
ment's demand for the $4,000 car
loads of timber needed in the con-
struction of the training camps for
the new National army and the
thousands of other car loads that
are being rushed from the Southern
forests to the shipyards on the At
lantic coast.
Coincident with the lumber move
ment, grain, melons. vegetables and
other food products have created a
demand for cars that would have
been impossible to meet if the rail-
roads of the country had not volun-
tarily agreed to merge their COM
petitiye activities and operate as one
system during the period of the war.
This agreement made possible the
shifting of empty cars into districts
that would have been virtually
buried under the abnormal amount
of freight accumulated in them if
the local lines had not received help
from their competitors.
At the present time. hundreds OF
empty cars are still being rushed in.
to the South to assure the prompt
movement of all government orders
of lumber. Hundreds of other
"empties" are going into central
States to protect the grain crop, the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-09-20

Have you seen our line of Grafo-
nolas? Phone 167 and let US send
you one and be convinced that it is
the best machine on the market.
Sis 10 $3.50.
KINGsTREE FURNITURE Co,
9-6.tf .l11-1l3 Acade my St.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-09-20
NAMES OF WILLIAMSBURG MEN
TO LEAVE FOR CAMP JACK
SON NEXT SATURDAY.

Lowell Pipkin
John Haskell Brockinton
Roland Bochetta
King Giles Antwine
George Ard
Bennie Antwine
Henry C Nelson
Charles w Baker
Erwin Poston
Thomas Tyner
Ernest Strong
E % Dukes
William Davis Smith
Jesse James Baxley
James Daniel Haselden
James A Nexsen
John Lewis Coker
Ovid Cortz Cox
Arthur Benjamin Martin
Leland Perry
Walter Myer Roberts
Gary Wilburn Hanna
Samuel Wesley McCants
Clifton Benjamin Guess
Fred L Rodgers
Redden Cause
Emerson Powell
Eddie Wilcox Sports
E C Cribb
S E Cooper
David C Epps
Emory C Altman
John Eddie McClary
William c West
Derrill F Easier
Jesse Thomas David
Fleetwood o Baxley
Bennie Powell
William Rich Moree
Asa G Cooper
Friendly Nabor' Moore
Willie Goodwin
Elijah E David
Elliott Mccullough
Nathan Tisdale
Laurie b Lewis
James C Epps
Richard Anderson Hughes
Leo Hanna
Olin David Kirton
John Crib
Gary Tisdale
] c Lyerly, Jr
Grover Cleveland Wall
Luther Marlborough
Sidney z Hughes
w w Barr, Jr
] G Lifrage, Jr
T w Rodgers. Jr
Junious Conyers
] D McElveen
DR. w C Rodgers
B G Timmons, Jr
Thomas Mack Wilson
Jim Long, Jr
Nell Flagler
Walker Davis Morris
Leroy Watson Smith
Elmore Hay Harrington
William Epps Smith
Frank Fry
Edward Blackwell Norris
1t is probable that there will b
theirs who will be notified later t
.ppear at the same time. Thes
'arties have to appear at the cour
louse on Friday afternoon at
'clock. They will at that time b
ssigned to homes for lodging.
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Best Oysters at Farmers Cafe
next to Peoples Mercantile Co.'S.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-09
Three WOMEN
Want KNOT CUT

Three suits for divorce were filed last
week by as many wives Brutality and
downright cussedness are the averments
in each cae. Each are burdened with
children.
Daisy Fetters asks a divorce from her
husband, MNoda Fetters, who she alleged
has made her life burden by abuse and
vile language. She asks for the custody
of their yearold child and reason
able alimony for its care.
Alma Frewald, who asks a divorce from
Henry Frewald, charges him with strik-
ing and kicking her when she was sick
and unable to work They have three
children, ranging from to 15 years. She
claims her health is broken and is will
ing that they be given into his custody
he furnishes them with a suitable home.
Ida Hellwarth (nee Varwig) seeks a
divorce from Geo. Hellwarth after brief
married life. One pair of shoes for her
self and one for ther baby and one sack
of flour has been the limit of his exer-
tions toward furnishing them with the
comforts of life, is the complaint she
makes. and says. Furthermore, since their
marriage she worked in the fields and in
order to help her lord furnish the staff
of life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-09
KEEP HIM FIT TO
FIGHT AND WIN

Keep the American soldier fit to fight
and help to win the war by makinyg clean
environment around all military camps"
is the slogan on which is based the cam
paigu of the War Camp Community Ser
vice. With the campaign plans well un-
der way and with the heart of the Amer
lean people being aroused to the vital i'm
portance of proper surroundings for the
men now preparing to fight the battles
of democracy, confidence Was expressed
today by officials Of the Service here as
to the outcome of the work
Although much service has already been
furnished the men at the various camps
by the people of the nearby cities and
towns, a vast amount still remains to be
done, if was pointed out here at the ma
tionaI headquarters of the Service. Many
of the smaller towns near training camps
are taxing themselves to the utmost to
care properly for the men in camps, who
many times outnumber the populations
of the surrounding communities by three.
or four times.
Encouraging reports are being receiv-
ed from all parts of the county showing
the spirit in which America is welcoming
it's army, and it is to encourage this spir-
it aud to aid the community in the great
ask Of providing all sorts of good, clean
recreation for the men intraining that
the war Camp Community Service has
been established.
Commanding army officers are approx
ing this work and recognize that it will
help to build up the morale, the fighting
spirit and the actual military efficiency Of
the men,
Not onl yare recreational facilities for
the soldiers near as well as in the camps
sought, but the demand for Y. M. C. A.
workers in all the camps in the United
States and in Belgium, Italy, Egypt and
France is imperative.
The International Y. M. G. A. seeks
s35, O0O for immediate army work and
the War Department Commission on
Training Camp Activities requires $4,-
100000 for community welfare. Both are
combined in the campaign for $350,OOO in
this district.
The district with headquarters In the
Y. NJ c. A. at Dayton, comprises Mont
gomery, Allen, Van Vert, Logan, MiamiI
Shelby, Green, Darke, Kenton, Mercer,
Union, Harding and Auglaize counties.
]. c. Haswen of Dayton is general chair
man for the district,
The campaign opens Sunday, November
II and lasts one week in the effort to
raise $S5O,000. Because of the urgency Of
the situation, half the amounts pledged
are payable within 80 days after the
pledges are signed, one-fourth are due
January l and one-fourth are payable
April /.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED

Gilbert Amspaugh, 81, Lima, machinist
son of Chris. Amspaugh, and Myrtle B
Fast. 35, Hopewer tp., housekeeper, dau-
ghter of A. G. Fast. Rev. Snavely.
Rudy Dues, 25, Blair, w. Va, miner
son of John Dues and Pearl Hamilton, 27
Celina, weaver, daughter of Alb. Hainline
c. D. Rice.
Ray Hoenie, 20, Celina, crater, son OF
John Hoenie, and Alvaretta Brock, Is,
Celina, housekeeper, daughter of Ora
Brock
Urban Knapschaefer, %, Coldwater, Ia
borer, son of Herman Knapschaefer, and
Helen Edward 20, Celina, stenographer,
daughter of C. L. Edward. Rev. Ernest
Hefele.
Hershel A. Jeffries, 20, Columbus,
craftsman, son of VIM. H. Jeffries and
Minnie 1. Carpenter, 21,, Hopewell tp.,
housekeeper, daughter of VIM. Carpenter.
Rev. c. S. Johnson.
Louis E. Sternberg, 20, Creston, Iowa,
drainage contractor, son Of Carl H. Stern
berg and Ethel Louise Champion, 27, Ce-
lima, housekeeper,, daughter of Ira E.
Champion DR.. w. w. Lance.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-09
WOMEN VOTE
School Bond Proposal Defeated by
Columbus Voters.

School Bond Proposal Defeated by
Columbus Voters.
Columbus, Nov. This city defeat.
ed by two and one-half to one vote
the $3,5O0,00O school bond proposal,
alSe refused to approve increases in
tnL school and city tax levies. The
city voted against prohibition by a
margin narrower than two years ago
and against suffrage.
The Republicans elected their city
ticket. The school board contest was
wholly nonpartisan. Miss Kate M.
Lacey probably has been elected to
membership in the board with the
largest plurality. She was supported
by the various women's organizations
of the city. H. L. Scarlet was elected
city attorney, William M. Ginder, city
auditor, and John F. Seidel, municipal
judge. All are Republicans.
Women voted for the first time for
candidates for city offices.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-09
MRS. JAS. TAYLOR,
AGED SO, PASSES

Mrs, Lana Taylor. wife OF the late
James Taylor. one Of the best known pio-
neer women of Celina, died after a brief
illness at the old home on West Fayette
street, last Tuesday morning. Her pass
ing leaves but few people Of her time liv-
ing In Celina. Her huband, DR.. James
Taylor. was probably the best known pio-
neer physician Of Mercer county who
practiced his profession when the coun-
ty had but few roads, and they little more
than calf paths. He passed away some
sixteen years ago, being past four score
years at the time of his death.
The family of the deceased was a large
one, but there are now but four child
ren surviving-Mrs. Flora Hole, Of Mont
ezuma; N. w. Taylor. of this city; Attor-
ney L. L. Taylor of Union City, Ind. and
Mrs. b. NJ. McFal, of Charleston, Ill.
The deceased was SO years of age.
Funeral ervices will be held at the NJ. E.
chur,h at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Rev.
Stuart Baumgartner officiating.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-09
COX ORDERS INVESTIGATION

Calls In Head Of State Election Ma
chlnery and Others and Advises
Speedy Probe Of Cincinnati Discrep'
ancy-EVen Granting Change In
Hamilton County Figures, Drys
Claim Small Majority.
Columbus, Nov. Slate returns in
dicate prohibition has won in Ohio.
Despite an alleged miscalculation OF
5000 to $4,000 votes in Hamilton coun-
ty, the drys, giving their opponents
the benefit of the extra votes, are
leading by la; votes. vita 35 pre-
cincts still out
Giving Hamilton county the benefit
Of the correction" 5,721 of the 5,756
precincts of the state showed this re-
suit: For prohibition, 515,43O;
against, 512,984.
A majority of the missing precincts
returned dry majorities two and three
years ago.
With unofficial finals extremely
close, 1t would not be impossible fer
the official count to show the state
wet. On the other hand, the dry ma
jority might be increased.
Even granting the change in Gin
cinnati figures, James A. White, super
intendent Of the Anti-Saloon league,
declared, the drys have won by a
small majority. without the alleged
mistake the drys would have been GER
tain victors. While White would
make no direct charge other than that
the proposition looked suspicious" !"
other drys openly charged Hamilton
county vets had attempted to count
them out
Three different stories in regard to
the miscalculation were current. One
made difference of 5000, another OF
10000, still another 10000, all in favor
OF the vets.
Immediately upon hearing Of the
Cincinnati discrepancy, Governor Cox
called Secretary of State Fulton, head
Of the election machinery Of the state,
and Assistant Secretary of State
Gregory to his Office and advised a
speedy and thorough investigation.
The governor told them the utmost
vigilance and caution must be exer-
cised to assure the state an honest
count on the election.
Secretary Of State Fulton immedl
ately called on the Hamilton county
board of elections for citation of the
facts. with explanation OF how the
mistake occurred and how discovered.
At Mr.. Fulton's Office it was said
the Cincinnati board reported there
was mistake Of exactly 10000. The
report was that, whereas, Hamilton
county previously mad announced TO-
420 wet votes, the correct figure was
S2,420, giving the vets a 10000 gain.
The explanation to the secretary OF
state was that mistake was one Of
accidentally putting the wrong figure
ON the telegram forwarding the first
announcement of results.
Dry leaders flocked to Cincinnati
where the Hamilton county returns
will be officially counted today.
Whichever way the official count
makes Anal results. dry or wet the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-09
WEEKLY WAR REVIEW

A feature Of the week was the an
nouncement by the Berlin war Of
flee of the retirement of Germans from
points along the Chemin-des-Dames.
ON the Aisne front in France. Ber
lin stated that "unnoticed and undis.
turbed by the enemy" the Teutons
withdrew their lines from the Hill
front in this region. 1t is possible
that the withdrawal Of the Germans
will compel also the falling back OF
the German forces in the turn of the
battle line in this region running
.northward to St. Quentin, If, indeed,
it does not affect the German posi-
tions as far north as Arras.
The Italians armies succeeded in
crossing the Tagliamento river and
in throwing up defenses on the west
side of the stream, with the Teutonic
allies in possession Of strong posi-
tions on the eastern bank. On the
middle and lower sectors Of the Tag.
liamento the Austro-G German armies
are in fighting contact with the
Italians.
Vienna announced that the sector
east Of the Tagliamento river has
been cleared of Italians. More than
100000 Italian soldiers were captured
in the big Austro-German drive.
The entente allies are rushing
troops and guns to the Italian war
front. Premier Lloyd-George OF
Great Britain and Premier Painleve
Of France left for Italy on an i'm
portant mission.
On the western front the French
and British carried out minor opera
tions for gains
Three American soldiers were
killed, five wounded and twelve cap
tured, when German troops stormed
their trench on the French front. A
heavy barrage by the Germans cut of
a section of the trench occupied by
the Americans This is the substance
of General Pershing's report to the
war department.
In Palestine the British scored a
distinct success in capturing Beer.
sheba.
Berlin announced on Nov. that the
Teutonic allies drove their way across
the Tagliamento river and captured
5000 prisoners. To the north, on the
Italian left wing, intensive operations
are being carried out by the Teutonic
allies, the two maneuvers probably
having as their objective the cutting
off of the entire right wing Of General
Cadorna's army.
The Anglo-French troops in Flan-
ders continue to carry out raiding
operations successfully against the
Germans and to lombard heavily the
enemy positions at various points.
Two additional defeats of the Otto |
man forces are recorded-by the Brit
tsh in southern Palestine and by the |
Russians In the region of the Black |
sea coast. North of Beersheba the |
British are pressing on with the def
mite object Of the capture of the coast
city of GAIA
The Italian armies are falling back
through the plains of Venezia to a
new and shorter line of defense, Rome
announced Nov 8. They are being
closely pressed by the Teutonic forces.
Cadorna is expected to make stand
along the River Plave, east of Venice.
British forces in Belgium captured |
the town of Passchendnele, five miles
west of Roulera.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-09
LICENSE DENIED ONE,
ANOTHER GIERE ASKS IT

AIexius Giere has applied to the County
Liquor License Board for license to run
a saloon at Coldwater, probably to take
over the one recently run by Francis
Giere,, VIII was denied a license becaues
of sympathies with the German govern
ment and abuse Of the one under which
he is living. Whether te Giere applying
for license holds similar views is not
publicly known, but 1t is not likely he will
openly proclaim them If he does.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-09
Drink CAUSES
SAD MENTAL STATE

Henry Fortman, 81 years Of age, Of St
Anthony, was brought before the Probate
Court yesterday, after keeping the neigh
borhood in an uproar while under the
influence of liquor. Physicians making
an examination of him in the probate
court, stated that he was mentally un-
balanced from drink. Judge Younger is
contemplating sending the man to the
sanitarium at Martinsville, to sober UP,
and where some of the fire water will be
soaked out of his system.
Docs it seem possible that in another
fifteen months, all we will have to do
with such fellows as Henry to keep them
from getting liquor is to keep them inside
the boundary lines of the good old state
ohio"