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% 4 VOLUME XXX. ? SPEECH OF RAGSDALE RECENTLY DELIVERED I . Favoring the Passage of Measures in Behalf of Rural Improvements IS FOR PREPAREDNESS TO REASONABLE DEGREE f Also Thinks That Farmers of, the South Should Have Consideration. > , ! Gongrbssman J. VV. Ragsdale of . \ 1'lorenco recently delivered a short vSP^ech in the national House of Repy rcsentativcs on the question of pre-' paredness and other matters. It is of interest to the people of this section. This speech follows: "Mr. Chairman, when I find the proponents of preparedness here opposing everything that goes to the protection of the people in the rural communities I am very much indeed V interested. I am interested in everything that they say and print in the! Record. 1 am also interested in some of the things that they do not say. j w jicti the custinquished gentleman torn Ohio (Mr. Longworth) made his, remarks as to his interest in the pro-, tection of that which the farmer raises, I am sure it was merely a slip of ^ his mind that he forgot to state that' h.e was also in favor of the same degree of protection for that which Che farmer buys; and that as a matter of fact, he knows that very little of the protection that he would put upon the country would be real protection to the farmer, and that the system of protection which he purposes would Sx;ld enormously to the burden of the. farmer's cost of living. "Since I have been a member of, this House I do r.ot think I have ever, 1 cast a ballot against a reasonable de;groe of expenditures or any expenditure for the Army and Navy, and, in (( or.YBLon with others here, I feel that , 'the time hrs now come in the history', w- of this country when a reasonable! # s preparedness ought to be brought' ?tv:ut in order that this country may', maintain the position wh;ch it is en- ( 'tiikvri *o occupy in international af- , fair:,. I do not care how it is neces- , :sary to raise the money, if we get the; results for the people to which thcyi, aro entitled. My own belief is that, if I , it is necessary, we ought to sell the bends that arc now in the Treasury . a'iCcl issue a new set of bonus in order , ' to protect the people at home and in order to protect this country against , other nations. { "Hut, Mr. Chairman, whenever we , take up a discussion in favor of good roads, some gentlemen say there Is . A '-'pork'* in it. If we discuss anything that increases transportation facilities, either by way of good roads or by river and harbor bills, some gentlemen say there is "pork" in it. If an' , ?*?ort is made here 0!* the part of this' hjoreimment to giv< governmental a*?i to rural credit, some gentlemen call it , paternalism, but if it is for an appro * priation that goes anywhere except ] in rural communities, then the man who proposes it i? a wise and patriotic statesman, and it is a good form ] of government which carries it out. u "I want to say to the gentleman from Massachusetts and others along < 'the eastern coast who have been opposing this legislation, that the people of the South realize that practical Iy every one of the munition factories is located between Norfolk and Maine. We realize that the population and wealth of this country are to be found there. We realize that below Norfolk there will be no attack; on this country in all probability by v.iy foreign power. We learn also 4 from the experts of the Army and Navy that we do not need anything to protect the portion of the country south of Virginia. Rut coming here from tho South, with our loyalty to this Government unquestioned, the people of the South want stand behind this government and occupy a place in it, and we ask but a small share of appropriations. We are coming here asking in this bill that we be <?hc ** COMPENSATION ACT NOW INTRODUCED % Senator Buck of Horry Introduces the Bill in State Senate. The workmen's compensati m bill, an administration measure in-reduced in the senate by Senator Buck and in the house by Messrs. Mills and .Johnstone, provides among other things that the measure of damages in case cf personal injury is based upon the weekly earning capacity of the employe. No arbitrary amount is fixed, the damage being a percentage of the weekly wages with a minimum of .$8 and a maximum of ? 10 a week. The length of time over which these payments run depends on the nature cf the injury. The bill, which.is a .SO page document, also carries a provision for a settlemnet in a lump sum and for the payment of compensation to widows and orphans. Inasmuch as damages will be given on the basis of earning capactity it is thought that the common objection, that damages should not be fixed arbitrarily for aii peopie, wiii be overcome. Provision is also made for employers carrying employers' liability insurance, tlie insurance companies being requitted to be licensed by the insurance department under the supervision of the insurance commissioner. Employes of interstate common carriers are exempted from the provisions of the bill as they are protected under the federal statute. ATLANTA GIRLS NOW WEAR SILK Atlanta, Feb. 3.?Atlanta girls ol all classes are wearing nearly seventy live pel* cent more silk hosiery as compared to cotton than they did a few weeks ago. Not only do the daughters of the rich and well to do wear silk at all times but nearly every shop girl and working girl, caen on small salary, has a few pairs of silk stockings to rlress up in, while some of them wear nilk stockings all the time even if they :ant scrape up money enough to half sole their shoes and build up their i anclown heels. The change has been partly brought about, it is said, by changing standards of living, and partly too by the fact that silk hosiery is not, comparatively speaking, as costly as it once was. Then also comes the explanation that nrevailinjy stvlos ?? rmr*,l 1 - O %7 [leal more of the damsel's ankles and sometimes more than the ankles than they used to show, and it is but natural to want to make them look as attractive as possible. 10 years ago, except wh<?n the wind was blowing, it was impossible to tell whether a girl bad on silk or cotton or none at all, but now the most modDst dame scarcely ever walks along the street without showing a narrow strip of something between the bottom of her skirt and the top of her boot. o An inventory has been taken of the bankrupt stock of J. E. Prince at Loris, the proprietor having recently made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. rr!\rr?i"? cm'ill nl^OQlit'n nT tt\ot tr? ' w v. 1 i UVIIIV mill* i i V. VI nutl vv which we are entitled; and every gentleman here knows that for the past half a century the South has been taxed far beyond what she has received from this Government. Under these conditions, Mr. Chairman, I hope that this House will enact some kind of a good roads bill at this session. I am ready to vote for it. I do r.ot say this is the best bill that could be passed, but I say almost any bill that gives us better roads, almost any bill that gives us a better rural credit system, almost any bill that lightens the burdens carried because of bad roads and high rates of interest paid by the farmers will better the conditions under which the farmers of this country are now forced ' t6 live/ (Applause). iW HORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY THE FIRST How Or /L^ rmJm i \ v \ i^if \ m!f.a?z0\ y->-=^Sz \ I ' . U \ ?M?0M %v?-^5^1 fkj r liimSgffL. ? in f>~ , La _,^TT ^TATSff ?C nan nAin uia&i aiit nniLKUAU nun urn IN WADDELL KILLING Among the Cases Disposed of in the Federal Court in Columbia Recently. Among the cases disposed of in the Federal court in Columbia recently, Was that of A. A. Waddell, administrator of Madge Neva Waddell, de-' ceased, against the Atlantic Coast' Line, in which damages in the sum of j $iuu,000 was asked, for the death of a child, aged 18 months, on the Coast Line tracks, near Causey, a station 13 miles east of Mullins. The mother of the child, it will be remembered,' boarded the train at Causey to go to Mullins, and it is thought the child followed her to the station and in some mysterious manner got on the track and was killed instantly by the train. In the meantime the mother went to Mullins to do shopping and it is said she knew nothing of the accident by the train on which she was a passenger until her return home that night. The verdict of the jury was rendered in favor of the rail road. o Strawberry Growers* Union Meet. At a meeting of the Conway Strawberry Growers' Union, Saturday Feb.; 5, Mr. It. O. Hanson was elected Grader and Clerk for the Union without any opposition. At this meeting the Union decided to stop the car at Adrian and pick up berries at that point. There were 27 (berry growers joined this Union from Adrian. There were about 111 acres reported for this Union and nearly all grow era were present. There was considerable interest shown at the meeting and enthusiasm ran high at times. W. J. WALLER, Sec. 1 o SUN WAS EGLIPSED FOR HOURS THURSDAY A total iM'liosn of thn Kim *M<-il.1o here as a partial eclipse only, occurred last Thursday. The eclipse begun at 1:25 p. m. and continued until past six o'clock. The maximum obscuration of the sun amounted to somewhat less than four tenths, and smoked glasses were necessary to observe even the slightest interference of the | suns function by the passing of the , moon across its shining face. Another I eclipse of the sun visible hero will ^ take place July 20th. 4) \ Horry has succeeded in making ' some improvement in her roads during the last several years. FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER ST, FEBRUARY 10, 1916. CONCERT. | WAm\ + . \ ( /\ * 1 ** \ % f f /*. - ' )onnell in St. Louis Globe Democrat. I /**. MB M. M. ? ?" - ? ? - SHOES SIQLEN OFF THE i FEET OF NEGRO PARSON Also Held Up and Robbed of All His Pocket Change. ' I i n , Fayettville, N. C., Fob. 2.?A colored parson; waiting for a train at the Atlantic Coast Line station here, was robbed of the shoes from his feet and later held up at the point of a gun and relieved of a considerable sum of money. It came about in this manner: The narson wont, tn ilrniinihind vv*l-?ilo w? clining on one of the seals. Ho slept soundly. So soundly, indeed that he never woke when a negro unlaced his shoes, pulled them from his feet and walked out of the station. In a few minutes the whistle of the approaching train sounded and the parson awoke?barefooted. Instead of catching the train to serve his congregation, he set oil' in a mad dash across a vacant lot in search of the fellow who had robbed him. Luck was with the parson for once and he caught the robber with the shoes dangling on his arm. But wait. When that negro whirled around and shoved a big gun into the parson's face, he is said to have dropped like a rock. "Out wid ycr kale, nigger," yelled the hold-up man, and the parson shell ed out every single, solitary cent he had. Then he said: "Please, mista, gimme back my shoes," and the negro gave them DUCK. o NEGRO SWEEPER TAKES A FORD George Manigault, a negro helper round town, and employed at the timet as a sweeper and other handy workabout the Bank of Horry Building1, slipped off the Ford runabout of Hon. | Mai \j. Buck one day last week, after a ruse which he put into operation to get the car out of the garage. He also, managed to purloin for the occasion a ( nice new hat that the Senator had recent! v hoiirrht nivl it ics ' v V * IU iM?iu i t ril, Lilt* , bank. He was arrested and tried on both charges and was fined in the sum of $-10.00. \ The difficulties in which the Plant-, ers Bank of Aynor was recently in- j volvcd wore never straightened cut ; and it was recently placed in the hands of receivers, the assets not amounting to much more than two' 1 thousand dollars, and all of this wis ' on paper. | mill. \ > * ? I BRITAIN DEMANDS | RETURN OF APPAM Diplomatic Controversy With United States Expected to Ensue. Washington, Fob. 4.?Sir Cecil Spring-Rico, the British ambassador, today presented a formal demand on behalf of his government for the i*cturn to British owners the liner Appam taken by a German prize crew. A new diplomatic controversy with Groat Britain is foreshadowed as the United States practically has, decided to hold the prize as Germany's EVIDENCE IS GIVEN Dr. Van Dvke Tells of British Interruption of American Commerce. Washington, Feb. f>.?Dr. Henry Van Dyke, United States minister to tho Netherlands today gave Secretary, Lansing and Counsellor Folk of the state department valuable information with reference to British interference with American commerce. rpi.J- P...,.. -i! - ? mi I .. i I i I i iiiintOi niaiton win ue uiuizeu o\ , x \ * mo department in its forthcoming| note to England and .other belligerents on contraband. Minister Van Dyke came to Wash-! ington armed with first hand facts as! to trade conditions in neutral countries. The information he gave tiie state department is expected to be; useful in rebuttting the British argument that increased imports into Holland are evidence that the real destination of much of the goods held up was Germany's. His return renewed speculation as to peace proposals. In connection to the peace talk a1 new significance was seen in the return of Ambassador Morgenthau who is now enroute from Turkey, and the visit of Col. House who is expected back in Washington in two weeks after a tour of European capitals. Pres-! ident Wilson is expected to learn from these envoys the real situation | in Europe and thus armed, it was pointed out today, he will t*>e able to! make peace overtures when he feels the proper time has come. NEGROES MIXED IIP IN GENERAL FIGHT Colored people became mixed up in ( a general fight at one of their halls on the hill last week and a number of them were arrested and held for trial in the town court. About the sum of; one hundred dollars was realized inj fines imposed by the town court. The, row took place on the occasion of a reception which had been given by George Manigault. Relief to Flood Sufferers. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 4.?Relief, work in the flooded southeastern Ar j kansas lowlands was fast being sys-J tematized today under the direction of committees which established head quarters in this city and Pine Bluff. Kxpeditior.s with supplies of food and clothing left Pine Bluff early today, for points where refugees have congregated and plans were being perfected for the establishment of central refuge camps outside the overflowed area. A number of small boats to be used in rescuing persons marooned in isolated sections also are being hurried to the flooded district from Pine Bluff. A dispatch from hake Village, in Chicot county, in the extreme southeastern corner of Arkansas, stated that two-thirds of that county was inundated and the water was spreading| toward Past and West Carroll parishes, Louisiana. More than 1.000 flood refugees are reported concentrated at Douglas ami appeals for boats, food and feed for live stork have been received. Train sani*vir,r? r?r? tPo \lAn?fni? railroad between Little Rock and St. Louis was restored last night, although trains are being widely de[ toured. Telegraph and telephone coin i munlcatipn with the greater part of the flooded area remains in good' | shape. NO. 43 MANY SALES MADE ON LAST MONDAY Quantity of Heal Estate Changes Hands at Court House Door TOWN CROWDED WITH SALES DAY VISITORS Prices Realized Did Not Run Very High on the Property. A considerable amount of real estate changed hands at the Court House last Monday, it being salesday. All the sales wore made by the Sheriff under foreclosure proceedings. There was an unusual large crowd of people present, but the lands did not uiiMK very nigh prices. The sales were as follows: Tract No. 1, 2, 2, 4, and 5, of the ,1. R. Harrison estate lands were sold to \Y. A. Freeman representing the Banks at a total of $282.00; while tract No. <> of that estate having the dwelling house on it and containing 199 acres went to ,). T. Proctor, Jr., for $850.00. Twenty-five acres known as the Picket place in Floyds Township, was sold to J. M. Harrelson for $100.00. Another tract of 40 acres in the same township went to A. B. Butfkin for $100.00. One tract of 40 acres at Stevens Cross Roads was bid in by the holder ftf n imim'I TCI.. T n ... ...wi int. u. i . v-uuper. One tract in Little Kivor Township ordered sold in the case of S. G. John son vs. R. D. Bellamy, went to H. H. Woodward, Attorney, for $45.00. In the case of P. C. Prince vs. C. M. Reaves, six town lots lying near the Prince Hotel were purchased by H. H. Woodward, Attorney, for a total of $700.00. o Swallowed Safety Pin. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Altman, of Galivants Ferry, have the sympathy of many friends in the misfortune that befell their only child, an eightmonth old infant. The little one got hold of a safety pin Tuesday morning and swallowed it. Mrs. Altman and sister carried the baby to McLeod's Infirmary on the evening train, where it will be operated on.?Mull ins Entcrprise. HAYISORO ITEMS. News scarce. The farmers are busy preparing for another crop. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Durant have recently moved to Boardman, N. C., where they will make their home. Mr. W. H. Bell was in Conway last week on business. Mr. J. C. Roberts has accepted a position with Mr. A. Bell. Mr. A. Bell spent a short while in Conway Monday. Messrs. U. D. Phipps, A. Bell and J. W. Gcrrald attended tho Pee Dee Union at Aynor last Friday. Also quite a tew trom here attended on Saturday. On January 9th, 1910, at the residence of Mr. A. Hell, iNfr. W. C. Suggs of Nichols, S. C., and Miss Sallie Hooks, of Bavboro, were happily married, Mr. A. Bell performing the ceremony. Miss Hattie Smith, who attended the Hanson-Sturtevant wedding near Conway last week returned last Sunday. Mr. I) .T. Alford of Allsbrook, S. C. has recently moved here. Mr. J. A. Hamilton has accented a position with Mr. A. Hell again this year to run his Grist mill. Our School is still progressing nicely under the efficient management <*f Miss ITattie E. Smith. Mr. Farmer don't forget to plant plenty of wheat and oats this year, it's getting late for wheat but you can grow oats yet. With best wishes I will close. H. S.