The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 13, 1918, Image 1
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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
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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. ..
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,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.
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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
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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 '
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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.