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JOIN TH1 A LIVE PAPER ^"lFl Jl A LIVE TOWN i 68TH YEAR. NO. 16. SEMI SUBMIT PLANS TO T , GENERAL ASSEMBLY Good Roads Convention Endorses Flan Gotten Up By Committee; SCHEME WELL UNDER WAY Legislature Will Be Asked to Enlarge the Powers and Per sOnnel of the State Highway Commission. Columbia, S. C.. Dec. 12.?Ad op tion of a plan to be submitted to th< incoming legislature. proposing a rpfornnd it m nn n #?? * w.va wu U UUIIU inOUC IU1 1," 600 miles of Improved highways in the state, proposal of measures tc educate the people on the value o gaod roads and the legislators on the beneficent results accruing from a bond issue, pledges by county representatlves to circulate petitions among the automobile owners of the various political sub-divisions, calling on the legislature to pass the .*"1 providing for the bond issue and j 4,,e selection of committees to carry j ?>n the work of the organization.! ' ere sonic of the thines done yes-: t"rday nt the convention of the' Sonth Carolina Automobile assori< -lion, before it adjourned to meet again at the ca'l of the president, 11. Carter, of fJreenvMle. The plan for pavement highw; v improvement, submitted hv a com ! Tnittep haailiil *. * 11 n 1 "Rhett, of Charleston, and adopted | by the convention, proposes amend-1~ ments to the state highway law, to'I be adopted by the next general assembly, enlarging the powers of the state highway department and increasing the personnel of the state | highway commission from five members, as it is at present constituted, ?o eeven members, one from each congressional district, and in addition. the three senior members of the engineering department of the. Citadel, the University of South, r Carolina and C'emson college, to. act in an advisory capacity. The plan further recommends the,' construction of l.SOft miles of well- v surfaced highways connecting s } f riois county seats This system or road", said the report, "would re " quire a very iare sum. probably i 1 S20,000,0(10, o? Oven f2f> 000,000 j' and without the credit of the slat*'!'1 behind It, this w uld ho impra M!oe ' ' bio." For that ronton the leplslatliro M will bo requested to submit such at' 1 issue, t;? rover the life the rond. s or .a period of approximately 2d ' years, to the qualified electors of s he state in a referendum to he he'd at the ceneral election in 102h. Th's r bond Issue to carry will require a 1 two-thirds majority of the ballots r cast. i The plan proposes that the into- I ?st on the bonds. n? per cent annually, and their retirement at ne?- ( turfty according to their forms should he met hv increased license tax on the motor-propelled vehicles of the state. The remm'ttee est! | mates that the nvfirc license would j bo increased rr< m *" ?5 per car. as at present, to an aver'ape of J2f> pcrj car. This is based on ar aeprep.ete of 100.too a utom"h;'es, two years from now, the present total beinp r r aaa ? t -' n" aoa * ?>u,<?>>>?, ,i'i imf'M' in .lo.iimi rfi'S,' pinrp 1 f> 1 <?. | t Tlio eonvont'en authorized the ' secretary *?f the assoemtion, C. T*r. j t' rofleld, of Oi onnvlUe* to appoint a i f legislative eommitfee of one memtier for en oh erui'M " a net ? ren t*-n! .i leglslnt'ee pomm'ftee of one mem ^ Tier from eneh of the seven enngros-l slonal districts to confer with tho't various r1etp"nt!ons in the general | assomblv o" the proposed progress've j c highway 'nws an-' the eont^mnlateil > bond Issue f irrehit ve to this de'-l J e gates from the 1 rnunt'es renre-ji sented, pledged themselves to see t eaeh automobile owner In h^ eonnfv r and persuade him to sign a memo-! l rial to the legislature asking the f adoption of the association's good I roads plans. Tt ("J. Ilhott, of f'har- v leston, w*. delegated to prepare the r form of petition. j s Sprretary Coflp|d was instructed to I appoint a publicity committee of one s in each county for local disseinina n lion of eood roads propaganda. A stearin* committee. consisting of R. A. Wilson, of York: R. E. Grable, f (Continued on Pa*e Four.) d ??? E RED CROSSHE Li -WEEKLY. President Wilson's Re* Roll Call The White Ho To the American People: One year ago twenty-two million A bers of the Red Cross at Christmas tl tightbig our battles overseas a stira good will. They made it clear that free choice united with their govern only to wage war with the instrume every means in their power to repair sustain and renew the spirit of the they represented. The friends of th? Belgium and France have told, and v the Red Cross workers restored moral and at the cantonments, and we ought been permitted to be of service to th< glory are the heritage of humanity. Now, by God'8 grace, the Red Cros to be a message of peace a8 well as peace does not mean that we can foh sacrifice. Our membership must holt the great tasks to come. We must tive world that America is permanen new era. our old indifference gone fo The exact nature of the future sei pend upon the programme of the ass is Immediate need today for every 1 helpful service. We must not forget ors are still under orders and still highest consequence, and that the Rt means a great deal to them. The pe moreover, returning home today wh have the assurance that the hearts c the dark and doubtful days ahead, them back to faith in mercy and In f As President of the Red Cross, con value of such a message from the Am :f every American would join the Med fo 'h to the v. hole human fam '- ?ht it waits and for which it stands in gr & C. TO RUN TRAINS BY ST MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK lrldge l?ver t ntnwhn Mutiny NmniHt Completion and New Schedule i Is Announced. . The Lancaster & Chester Railway1 onipanv announces a schedule m i... rains between l^anoaster and flies- flu or effective December 22. While in his date is given as that uju>i< th k'hicfl trains will make a regular ()< chedule. The News was informed a' he general manager's office this |n, norning that trains would make the j ,. rip by the middle of next week, if ov 10 unforeseen delays occur. Tlie ()f innouncement of a regular schedule o{tetweon Lancaster and Chester wi'l fj, in received with great Interest by lie imsiness men and others of the ajj ection traversed by the line, part vv | >f which has been without a regular' ervice since the floods of 1916 , erf Por ?he present there will he only me train each wav a day. It will ' co cave Lancaster at 9 a. m.. and ar sc ive Chester 11 a. m.; returning ar rave Chester at 1 p m.. and arrive ot ,aYicaster at a p. m. .. ? I"' ,l\ KN I !FE TFRMS FOR KILLING CHILI) i h liishiintl ami Wife Cnnvidrd !il . (| Court fi>r Dnrrhpstpr County. re Othpi's Also SpiiIpiuiiI, ca ' Kll St. George. Pop. 12.?Tlx* special or ertn of court for Dorchester countv hat convened here has dispatched ^ msiness rapidly and a large minior of cases were tried. result'np in 1 c< number of convictions. Judge 'dwaid Mclver was the presiding udge, this being his first term at It. George. (,r P. It. Kohlson and his wife. Militia. were sentenced to life terms n the penJter.t'arv for ldlling the i.I i - "f j iiiifx r nun wps Riven i "" oars for attempted assan't. Tom ones cot 15 years for minder. Pink' tanks was ctven cli'M years for ntoniptod assault. William Polder eoeivod ton months' sontonce for areeny; Weldon (Jreon IS months or or larceny. Henry Pinckrey ati<! on landy Pineknev. two years and one >'f" ear. respectively, for reststtnc ar-|^e est. Kills brothers three years for tealing a hoc Sammle Carter, H P sa {sinister a rl Dewey IXellose were an entenced for petit larceny. Twol"n aurder cases were postponed. a*? .. * i Pr Miss Catherine Wylte haR returned n" rum Salem for the Christmas holl m aya. | lo -ALL YOU r< iNCA LANCASTER, S. C., FRIL d Cross Christmas lessage use. Washington, D. C.. November 26, 11)18. mericans. by enrolling as mem* inie, sent to the men who were ulatitig message of cheer and our people were of their own ment in the determination not nts of destruction, but also by the ravages of the invader and army and of the homes which 5 American Red Cross in Italy, '111 tell again, the story of how le in the hospitals, in the camps t to be very proud that we have }se whose sufferings and whose O /^k.l.t - - - - - n vuiiaimuH message or is 18 is | a message of good will. But d our hands. It means further 1 together and be increased for prove conclusively to an attenily aroused to the needs of the rever. rvlce of the Red Cross will d?ociated governments, but there leartening word and for every that our soldiers and our satlhave duties to perform of the d Cross Christmas membership ople of the saddened lands, lere there are no homes must >f our people are with them it; Let us, so far as we can. help uture happiness, scious in this great hour of tint lerican people, I should be glad I Cross for 1910, and thus send > Christmas greeting for which eatest need. WOODROW WILSON. PRICT QUARANTINE ON IN SPARTANBURG with itoaru A^tiu CluMin Ait Public Places in View of Influenza Situation. Spartanburg. Dec. 12.?Spartan rg has been placed under an inenza quarantine fully as rigid, and some respects far more rigid than e one which became operative on tober 4. A meeting held to consider the al health situation. which has en growing from bad to worse C since November 11 the boar 1 health by and with the approval the city council imposed a quaranie which closes ad churchox. hools, colleges, shows and forbids I public gatherings of any kin 1 latsoever. The following regulation becomes eetive at once: All public and private schools and lieges and all churches, Sunday hools, all moving picture sho\\s id theate.rs, pool rooms and all her such places are closed. Func ins at churches and home are not lowed. In stores two customers 111 be allowed to each clerk, in tiding the proprietor and man :er. In restaurants 50 per cent of e sea tine capacity, including table id counters, will bo allowed. All staurants and drug stores may on indavs sell only drugs and modi 1 supplies and prepared foods, eh as !s usually served. No drinks other articles may be sold. The students of Converse college. ofTord Fitting school and Hastoc hool are leaving for their home.;. lit gf llilonta r\f \lf/.ffn?/l "^11 ?>i ui'uuiu runcKtr will ivo us soon as the S. A. T C. unit mustered -out of service. The city lion's were closeci until January d later. The quarantine :s effertiv '-? ** definite time and it is o!< H * at the ban wjll not he Iff: 1 ui ter the first of the year. Fiirman MogHI Item' The denth of Pnrman MaRill. i oinlnent citizen of Heath Spiin curbed at his home in that town r!y Saturday morning. He was 3t? ins nm ann ior several years had en connected with the Springs aikiiig and Mercantile company as lesman. Surviving are his wife d two children, a young daughter d a young son. 11 and 13 years of e -espectivciy Mr. MagiM was oininently connected in the countv d his death is greatly deplored by mbers of friends and relatives s death was due to influenza folwed by pneumonia. ? \ , , IEED IS A HEA >AY, DECEMBER 13, 1918. WOMEN COMMITTEE IL! MAKES FINE REPORT I Lancaster County Organization Af lias Aided in Many Good Causes. WORK STILL GOING ON Women Are United and a *"r Higher Sense of Patriotism ' Has Been Aroused in the ! County. 1 The chairman of the Lancaster county woman's committee of the mc Council of National Defense heps t< *' submit the following report: The Lancaster county woman's 'lS tat committee is now well organized an I f a c <iplcndid running condition. I the teginning of the year 1M8 at ' ' [executive board was appointed. The t your ehalrtn..n visited the school < 0 districts in the county, appointing a chairman in 32 special districts ?o ,)'1 serve in any capacity. The sante district chairman worked in the m' third l.iherty loan drivt War Sav iocs stamps drive, health campaign, child's welfare work, fourth Liberty "" loan drive. I'nited War Work ('am- ,l i n paign and War Camp f'ommtrntv Service. f rr The Red Cross chairman. Mrs. I .HfftV Slnrincra era trn \ro 1 no Kl? en.iini I ^'' anre in Retting an efficient educa- n'r tinnal rhairman. and has aided in every way possible for the further- cai anre of the work in the rounty. A mass meeting was held in the rourt house in August and the health rampaign was launched. Dr. C. V. Mr Aiken, U. S. public health service, in w' well chosen words, outlined the du purpose of the campaign. After the rr.c~tirr me* with the executive set board and kindly offered to assist in nei getting a health nurse. Mr. R. TC Mr Wylie, chairman of the men's com- La mittee and your county chnirma 1 visited all sections of the county to- fjr gether and tried to put forcibly be- jn} fore the community the Importer -e -pj, of safeguarding their own health j?M and the health of others. August tei 17th was settled upon for "dean iiniHr Id v" throichout the city and entirej county. Mrs R C. Drown w?s an- r;r po'nted chairman for th < work. | ?>, | Sixteen volunteer nurses did) j.-, i snlendid work during th" epblem c i of influenza through the r d f'c-n | (banter. ! 4jn | .-" nil-Ill IH-? nil** l|i-\IM'-U III **11111 welfare wn?k. Mrs. S I.. Mien, a ^ trained nurse. was appointed chairman. Kightoon child's welfare sta- . i lions were established and 11 bitno dren from three mnnths to \ v??a?'S wnro examined. weighed and mm ?nrod Six bund rod cards v ere till -1 i b ! out and sent to the child's Imrcau i 'and more to follow. Boca use of SI | whooping cough the work is net ' ' complete, as thorn aro four hun-jj'1 drod m*iro cards to file l-Veling a 'n | special interest *n this health an I ! we'fare work ta'ks were made at it ! ' of the meetings bv Mrs. Allen and , '''' j a sneeial nurse from '"h irlotte. \" (' , " employed by the committee. \\'e 1 " i found the sad need of a health < r I Peer and town nurse, whirh we s'ta'l hope for and shall never he satisfied ,ba t'"fll we get both, ns we have in go* | ! the money flrsf. A great many i* - n bios were found underweight, under- fo 1 nourished and mnrh work to ho done ' I in the way of education of mother^ Iff Literature was (listrlhut<<1 at eve-'* tb 1 meotlmr throughout the eountv i II* In October all chairmen assist 1 !? in the fourth Lihortv loan drive. IV eh cause of past experience all show I ' " a licartv wiHi 'gn''ss to serve r> v 1 "ft'1 vtlt'ahle assistance. v Mr ' :n,7 rood w ork in Lane; 'e coir 'v in the n ny < * food cnnsei >-j t1 or> throut h the snlendid co-ore- Hon of our demons*-ntlon aeert i f)^. Mis >? Vee'v ?rd MoMurraj. I ( nhlo to att' v' many of tl<e meet in a nnd friondi. ' ilks from the denr ? | j mental chairman who offer stnrir- ^ i tions and make the meetlncs inter-; ! ,11, i estlnp as well jis profltahle. Onr iwinr- nvvunt' 'iitiniiiMnni cnairmnn > Mrs 1{. R. Riddle. is busy, havin ; completed (Ivp stations for niuhr. ^r school in each, for the next two months. It is with mil h regtet fhatj^ I havn to report no publicity chair-j man, as both are filling positions vacntofl by our men In services but I am to secure one yet Throueh the To Red Cross four fatherless children ? ? ? Mi (Continued on Page 6.) let ? RT AND A ID New SUBS EUTENANT PLVLER || IAS BEEN RELEASED I (er Four Months in Herman Prison Camp Lancaster Man Comes Hack. ] IS NOW IN FRANCE I over C. Welsh Takes Charge H ?f Office of Sheriff of Ker shaw County?Other Kershaw News. Kershaw, S. C., D*h\ 12.?A ru ?r was current In Kershaw las u ek that Lieutenant Hazel F,lyle n s mentioned in the casualty list u killed in action. It was a nils 1' le. however, and grew out of the t< t that his mother, Mrs. Hula h yler, received a letter from the t( lerican Honor Roll, of Hartford, nn., so reporting him. Mrs g kler made inquiry of the war do A rtment at Washington regarding c matter and they replied that the n 'urination was incorrect, that y utenant l'lyler passed through) < it/.erland November 2!?th and was w in France. Lieutenant l'lyler j, s confined for about four months j, a Herman prison camp. A cable- n 1111 sent hv him to his mother. _ >m Germany on Thanksgiving y, reached her on last Sunday irning. Mrs. R. 0. Hlanding. of Sumter, ... * ?i tin'i! aftor tho holidays H s f mm oomine so soon is ?iM" In t' 1 flu or?;- situation in Spartanburg ' tliis timo Tho opidomio sooms fo vo broken out afrosh in that oitv. r Orovor f. Wolsh, who was nnn'? ' in tho primary inst \uc t * sheriff of Korshaw county, to r"'t ' o ltnoxpirod form of tho Into Sho-- < W \Y Ituokaboo, took obar* o <n ? o offioo la?t wook, suorood ;r?p 1 f 1 inch, who was nnp< intod dm" ? p ' ori M W'ojsh has pi" sod i %homo in fa union but \> '' * ; cot pos>io>jsion until January 1 f on Mrs. W'ofsb v ill ioin h'n i to. \ r ?!? . ( ( t\ Or'?'ini/t?fion Womon'v Pivisioi Cotton intr is ?b?' oitv organization ' tbo Womop's division fo" th |{< i f oss Tto'l fall: 1 nt N'o. 1 ? Captains Mr?. E. M. Crnxton.j s. J. n. Mackoroll. Mrs. K. K. It id - j M:ss Guv Sk'ppor. am No 2? CaptainR Mrs !.,a,fn TTnod. Mrs j \ ank Hunter, Mr<? W. P Robinson, j <' s P W (i.aeber. if am No. 3? ! a Captains?Mrs. John Madra, Mr?, t T. Wvlle. Mrs. Leroy Springs 1 ss Nann'e Hill Monro. \ am No. 4? f Captains Mrs J. A Sfowman. J s f! J. Derrick. Mr? O. 11. Hart- 1 t, Mrs. W. F Harper. (i ne to Kershaw last week to join o r daughter. Miss Francis Bland p r, a teacher in the Kershaw gra- Q I school They are boarding with n s. Kdna Jones and Mrs. Blanding Q II make her home in Kershaw p ring the tern, of school. g J. T. Stevens has been spending feral days In the north on bus' _ rs. During his absence from town a s. Stevens has been visiting in v ncaster. ^ Mrs. John C. Jenkins and ohil en. Esther and Mary Ada Jenk- t ?. went to Dumbarton. N. (' , la? p iiirsdav to visit Mrs. Jenkins- sis- r . Mr?. William Drift, and to at"d th" marriage of M:ss Itut'i itt. r>f l.nniherton. . i Mrs. \ 11 Tlalr and little s n. 'inre Hamel Hair, anil little Mb-* , ttle lla'r. who spent two w-eks in v 'tshaw with Mrs. llair's parents c . and Mrs J. W. Ha nel. -eturm i their home in lllackvil'e yostcr i . ("Vrk of Pour* Paul Monro, of < nnl his son. Cap' Cant I? n Monro, of Camp Jackson, were j j dtors in Kershaw Mon<lay after-1 ion Clerk Moore was here to hoi i ^ reference. j , Miss Grace Tompkins, teacher in f e public schools of Charlotte, is > endinp a while with her narents. ? ipt and Mrs. it K. Tompkins in i \hney community. The schools'] Charlotte are closed on account of t tluenza in that city. 1 Haze! It ITorton. of WuTord cul- 1 L'c : rrivort humn ' * ? - ' - ? - .- .. ... J OLLAR ~ ? COTTON TODAY 27 CENTS CRIPT10N $2.00 A YEAH I'ADOO URCES THE~ ROADS' RETENTION >'ould Keep Them t'nder (Government Control for at Least Five Years. , , O STABILIZE CONDITIONS 'ecommendation Not Made in Spport of Any Theories for Ultimate Policy, Mr. McDoo Says. Washington, Dec. 12.?Continence of government control of illroads for five years, or until Janary 1, 1924, was recommended by 11ppetor Oonorul A ? %-a.A. .. ui mv/\uuu in u ieuer i the chairmen of the senate and ouse interstate commerce coramif?es. This would permit a fair trial of overnnient operation, said Mr. M>idoo and eliminate the unsettled ondition under which the railroads tost be operated during the next ear or two if their status is not hanged materially hv legislation. This recommendation is not made 1 support of any theories concernig tite host ultimate policy of runing the railroads. Mr. MeAdoo exlained, btit only to give the nation [me to form its ideas carefully. The director general explained hat it is impossible to retain the rtads under government control for 1 months after the declaration of eace without further legislation, wing to the strain on the morale of fflcers and employes, and pointed, ut the difficulty of obtaining comrehensive legislation on the subject oon. President Wilson in his recent ddress to congress said he was unble to decide what should be done 7ith the railroads, and asked conies* to take up the question for disussion immediately. He declared hat unless action was forthcoming, e would he forced to turn back the oads to private management. Acting under this plan the railon d administration has been preinring to relinquish control of..the* ailroads. and it was the gmie'nl uv\!eistandin*r that the administration rouM wait two or three months benr" actually starting the eMnqu'sht <mii pro. .'(lings, to g've congress i chance to <"? Recent deveTopnents have s1 own t difficulty of lete mining a final policy at this into however, aerovd:nr- to railroad idnrnist-ation officii Is. Most railroad nv iv>r^ r?'d ninn;irprs nre said to have urce-1 'hat the <>iui> !>p relinquished. but under tome sort ol remedial legislation riving them power to pool their resources and eliminate wasteful competition. There hare heon no important advocates of restoration of he old conditions, according to oficials On the other hand, tl o 'riends of government ownership tave just begun to renew agitation or retention by the government of permanent control and later yar h ise of the roads' property. When the railroad control hill was ?nncted Mr. \1 \!on urged that tho period (> eon I ml not he limited to '1 month* aftet the formal close of h" war s > n: this would net g'vo lpportunity for a real test of govr-nment manngomeat \t that time ie' expressed himself as opposed to . . . iiiiii-IH II " III': Sll! J). Recently bo acain p\pressed <7'sippoirtnii i th t u"vornincnt men* irenion? h ! sivh liniitot us. snyntr that thoie was dan 01 of the ailrond question becoming a politt nl issue in the etortion of 102u. This wont-1 ho unfortunate, bp sain, ternuse tho railroad question \vi?s hit otv economic. and should not. roporlv he entangled with politlal issues. \V. O. \\. Moot inn. There will ho a public meeting tvf Vdar Camp. W. O. \V.. at !h"ir hall, .'an Wyek. Tir-sday afternoon. Deomhor IT. from 2:?.0 to 5 p. m. A'I n em hers of tho camp, their families ind friends are earnestly requested o he present. Itring baskets of unch and combine the social feature vith the business of the ramp Offiers will he elected at this meeting tnd other business considered, ninch will he served after the busiless session.