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THE FEDERAL WORK ON THE WACGAMAW reasons viiy THE WORK has not started on TIME. 4 j . j * AS GIVEN BY ENGINEER I ? Oiif Item o!' Hid l.uck, and Then Another Has Resulted in Trouble.? Qther Arrangements Will Be ^lade if Contractor Fails Muchj tourer. *)'hc facts about the public work on th$ Waccamaw River, which was giw; enjout a long time ago, ami which has' not yet been started, are given in the following letter received by Hon. J. \V < Ragsdgle from the engineer; (copy) ri- WAR DEPARTMENT Office of the Chief of Engineers. Washington, Oct. 110th, 1914. Hon. J. W. Ragsdale, U. S. House <?f Representatives, Washington, D. C. . My dear Sir 1. I have your letter in regard to[ the work on the Waccamaw River, and the probability of its being started by this month. 2. This Waccamaw River work is an unsatisfactory piece of business j and has given nic a good deal more trouble than its intrinsic importance would justify. The cause of the trouble is the great lack of dredges and * 1 ~ -i ? - 1 i 1 ? i urecige coiuracLors aioug me ouuui Atlantic Coast. Plant of this character and contractors of this character are almost non-existent south of Norfolk. As a result the Government has been forced to build a number of dred ges in order to carry on the work economically in certain of the rivers j and harbors. 3. The.Government has not enough dredges to take care of all the work. and it is very undesirable that it: should have enough. The best interests of navigation requires that there should be dredges and/ dredge con-! tractors available, both for public andj private wprfc. If the Government I <>Vhs a large fleet of dredges then j there will be little or no work to of- j jfer to contractors; hence contractors! will dispose of their plant and go out of business, and then there will be no dredges left to do private work, and a man who owns a wharf or a slip that needs dredging, or a city or a i railroad that is trying to provide terminal facilities, will find it almost impossible to get dredging done at any reasonable price. Of course, for bigj work you can get northeren contract-; ors to bid and to bring their plant I south temporarily, but this is notj good for the country. It is for the interest of navigation that the Government should have a few efficient dred ges for specially difficult work, and to serve as a regulator of prices and that the rest of the work should be done by contract. 4. I was Division Engineer of the South Atlantic Districts from Norfolk tn Tampa for a number :xf years and am well acquainted with the dredge situation down there. We knew every dredge owner and every possible bidder every time we called for proposals, and it very often happened that bids were very high for this kind | of work or that there was no bid. The! dredge owners could demand almost any terms they wanted, and could fix their on time for beginning the work, and they could naturally force a high price for its accomplishment. 5. I believe that there is today hut one pumping dredge owned and available for contract in the State of South [ Carolina, and that is a small and inefficient machine belonging to a firm of Charleston contractors. 6. When proposals were invited last spring for the Waccamaw River work, the district officer, in order to secure a reasonable price, was obliged to allow an unusual length of time for the commencement of the work. The lowest bidder was a Florida man and his home port was Tampa. His firm was not a large or wealthy one, but they had been doing good work in Florida. The dredge which they intended to use was under a Government contract, but they had every reason to think that it would be available by the 23rd of October at the latest, and contract was made with them on that basis. When it was found that, owing to the slow progress that the dredge was making on the Government contract in Florida, it could not complete the work, the contractors were written to and urged to arrange for other plant, so that the work might begin at the proper time. The district officer was at the same time directed to look around and see, without entering into any actual agreement, what plant he could put on the work at the contractors' expense in case they failed to provide plant themselves. The contractors assured me that they would have plant there on time, but only about a week be fore the time for them to comment I one of them appeared at my office anc ! stated, that he was unable to provide a plant; that he could not be relieved from his Florida work, and that he hail been delayed there in consequence of many unTorseen difficulties; that he ! had made an agreement with the dredging concern in Charleston, hcrei?i alluded to. to start the work for him on tho Waccamaw River; but that this lirm seeing tlie straits to which ho was reduced took advantage pf it and made the price so high that it would cost him fiO cents a cubic yard for work .he would receive only 14 cents for; that to. carry on the work on this basis would carl fn no other result than to force his company into bankruptcy and put it out of business. 7. 1 think perhaps thnt this was the result that the Charleston con urn-cur uesiveu co aecompusn. i do not liko to lend myself to this kind of work. I do not think thilt it is good public policy for the Government to assist a man in ruining: his' rival. The district officer reports that any plant that he could put on would largely increase the cost of the work to the first contractor, and he also reports that the condition of the river is such that commerce will not suffer in consequence of a short delay. I, accordingly, instructed the district officer to waive the time of commencement for a reasonable period, and 1 have instructed the officer in charge of the work where the dredge is now employed to report to me at frequent intervals the progress that it is making. If the indications are such as to give assurance that the contractor will finish his present work at a time that will enable him to complete the Waceamaw River work within the time stipulated in his contract, I shall let him go on; but if he falls into additional delays and greater difficulties involving further delays, I shall probably be forced, most reluctantly, to take such action as 1 can to accomplish the work, even though it involves a heavy loss to the contractor and his bond. Very truly yours, (Signed) Dan C. Kingman. Chief of Engineers U. S. A. Winter Gardens for the South. Field agents of the department are now urging upon the farmers in the Southern States the need of winter gardens to supply their families with fresh vegetables through the fall and winter. Farm fare during these months is often dry and monotonous, and the crops that can he easily raised in a small home garden will not only provide a welcome variety* but, it is said, will, do much to remove the demand for spring tonics and other medicines. To members of girls* canning clubs who have been growing summer vegetable? in tenth-of-an-acrc gardens the agents are recommending that a plot of well-prepared land, 50 feet long by 20 feet wide, be set aside and that the rest of the garden be planted with a winter-cover crop. In the reserved area about four vegetables should he raised?spinach, lettuce, radishes, and cauliflower or. cabbage being among the most desirable. In all the lower sections of the south lettuce, radishes and spinach can be grown throughout the entire fall, winter and spring. In the more northern regions and in the high latitudes hothouses or cold fram* * 1 *1 1 I _ A es must bo used during- me toiucsi months. . ^ j ? Jack Johnson's Car. Jack Johnson's racing car, whiel two years ago was the talk of the country, has boon purchased by B. C Rosencrans, of the Old Sanitariurr at Paririe du Chien, Wis. This mons ter racing car was built by the Thorn as Co. The solid aluminum body wai cast in one piece in England, no man ufacturer in this country being abh to make it at the time. Its mechan ism has a six cylinder engine, eacl of the cylinders being 5Vl?x7 inche which have a capacity of 105 hors< power and will send the machine ove the ground at a speed of 90 miles ai hour. All the parts of this wonderfu speed demon were especially made fo Jack Johnson and cost $14,000. How ever, the reckless career run by hir in connection with his famous restap rant in Chicago brought about tho los of his rights in this country as we as his wonderful machine, which wa attached for a debt by the Heilma Brewing Company of La Crosse. James Wilson, a Grcensburg, Pa farmer, wondered why his favorit cow was not giving milk. He followe her one morning and found the co1 was mothering a fawn that had escap ed from the state game preserves. Charleston, W. Va., went dry o July 1st and at the first sesssion ( the grand jury, just completed lfi indictments were returned, of whic 70 are for bootlegging or keepin "blind pigs." This was a surprise t the residents of the county for it wr announced before the election that the prohibition amendment would cai ry it would put a complete stop to tf sale of liquor in the Slate. FIRST WHISPER Of : PEACE IN EUROPE k . | CAME THE MIDDLE OF LAST WEEK IN DISPATCH FROM LONDON. i j,i OVERTURES FROM BERLIN Gerutano Being Sw$|H Fropi Russian Territory Causes First Overture Looking to Peace.it Wis.Sujtg. > As a result of the terrible onslaught made during the past ten to fifteen days a by the ' Russian : legions on the Germans, the first whisper of peace in the great European conflict reached this country* the middle J ot last week in a dispatch from London, dated at thai place on November Uth. The dispatch follows: "Coincident with the news that ev- cry German soldier has been swept from Russian . soil comes a whisper of peace negotiations in the report from Petrograd that Berlin has approached Russia with overtures looking to ward a cessation of hostilities. Contrary to the German report that the Russians had been checked on the frontier of East Prussia, Petrograd . declares that a brilliant success in that region has been sececdod by an actual invasion of German territory. An equal triumph fs reported from the other end of the long Russian battle line. With Corssacks raidj ing within 20 miles of Cracow, the | commandant of that fortress has or| dered the civilian population of the 1 j city to leave. Przemysl is said to be : fully invested again and the redue- ' 1 tion of the fortress is Uikely to precede i any further advances by the Russian ; left wing.' Petrograd is not wholly satisfied with the scope of the victories report- i | ed against the Germans?for the be' lief prevails in military circles that | if the Russian strategy of the Napo j iconic era Had been follower! farther, i even to the extent of the surrender : of Warsaw the invaders never would have remained in the country with intact fighting' organizations. Others feel that political motives quite justified the Government in its. determination to defend Warsaw. Contrary to practice infantry and j not artillery has been the donninant force used by the Russians ajong their ' j western front in pushing the invaders back across the border. Showing dis-r 1 regard of the German batteries, s,yj perior forces of the Russian in{lMltry 1 time after time have advanced and ! won positions by the use of steel. | From Moscow comes a leport. that t during the fighting near Aerodz, on ; the river Warthe, the Russians captured Gen. Von Makenge, comnpander of the 17th German army corps to | gother with, members of his stftiT. It J is reported also that Gen. VonLiebert has been captured by lh? Russians. | There is a report that the Austrian army is abandoning entirely its po1 sitions in Galicia and will winter at the foot of the Carpathians, renewing Ithe war from that base in the springs ! KU ~J> r*? 1 I uui niuNuui'ii uuifust' or rrzcniym land tiie evident determination to defend Cracow hardly confirm this rc;' port*. j The food situation in Belgium is daily becoming more critical. Even Antwerp, which is best supplied of the Belgian cities, is cvlamoring for the * provisions brought into the country by the relief committee. ? ? 1 Farmers Take Initiative. The farmers of Ingram county Mich igan are considering the question of erecting a canning factory of their own at Lansing. They have become , convinced that such a plant would ' take care of the market surplus and e also would make it possible to increase the acreage in that a section of I* ? sweet corn, peas, beans and fruits of I all kinds. The men back of the proiect have observed that wherever canr t i r ning factories have ' been located Urge home market has been developed and the necessity of shipping avoid ed or greatly reduced. Such factories II have proven to be boons to the rural communities where they, have been ' placed. Without exception they have given small farmers a chance an intensified farming and have afforded a market for what the small growers had to sell. There are about 200 ,e I growers who supply the Lansing market and thev have found out that orar j dening is a good business. Many of these want to work on a larger scale and for that reason are in favor of a ^ factory to convert the surplus into a marketable product. The experiment ^ will be watched with interest, for the idea is applicable to almost any part of the country. is if Two slaughter house proprietors of r- Louisville, Ky., have been lined $100 le each and sentenced to fifty days in jail for selling horse meat for food. The! . .; ; : v Will be over on / 1 |r qv aiq-iiboTO II November 20th Xc If; tfhbap that evdryl I i:'.o the BIG SA-L1 II Now is the accept I | for men, Women II . cost. Buy you 01 J thing- snappy. F 11 has something in fl 1 ?nd the quality s< 11 Extra Pants, Odd KB Suits Waists and M J Our Dress Goods |1 and patterns at p |1 We don't keep an BE meet our prices i n | soon find it out.. B| an wilt season is It are unloading- the |l miss the price. I A swell line of Fl BK vertised which is II $H.24 bag-, olb can 11 Competitors in th 8 | 10c pound. Best II Iv SI.60 for 25 p< 11 ets only 9c each,, 11 plain figures that Sale will close N< 27th, don't delay eil is money made C0NWA\ CONV iim ShP^g, Hair Cutting f Sliampoing, TMT - T*a jiiasKy gmg, me, Rasors Sharpened. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Your Patronage Solicited II MI# 9 I. V. COOK, Prop. In roar Norton Drug Co. 'summons. Court of Probate. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. Ex Parte: I Drake-Jnness-Green Shoe Co., a Coi I Poratinn. in "R? Fatato nf Taoa/ B. Parker, Deceased. To O. B. Parker, Docia Parker Burroughs, M. B. Cox, Joseph Cabott Parker, Edna M. Parker, Minnie E Royals, John Parker Reaves, heirt at law of Isaac B. Parker, deceased I You are hereby required to appeal at the Court of Probate to be holder at my office in the Court House, foi Horry County on the 2nd day of November A. D., 1914, to show cause, il any you can? why the proceeds of sal< f the real estate of Isaac B. Parker deceased, sold by me should not b< paid over to Conway Savings Bank the duly qualified administrator of th< said Isaac B. Parker, to be applied bj it to the payment of the debts of tb< said Isaac B. Parker. Given under my hand and seal thii I <Hh day of October, A. D., 1914. J. 8. VAUGHT, Probate Judge of Horry Co. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. To Minie E. Royals and O. B. Parker ..Absent Defendants: Take notice that the petition o Drake-Inness-Green Shoe Co., pray ing that the proceeds of the sale o real estate of Isaac B. Parker, sob by me, be paid over to the Conwa; Savings Bank, administrator of thi said Isaac B. Parker, for the paymen of debts, was filed in the office of J S. Vaught, Judge of Probate for Hor ry County, in said State on the 6tl day of October, A. D. 1914. (L. S.) J. S. VAUGHT, Judge of Probate. H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney for Petitioner. Six Burned to Death. Six men were burned to death in ; fire which swept through a four-stor; lodging house at 252 Eight avenue ii New York last Thursday morning Fifty men were sleeping in the struo turc when the fire was discovered , Firemen made many thrilling rescues Big Sale a i BARGAIN i m t> z :f ft r\ /Wk November. 23,}, C B1 i I r.i IMI closed on , Thursdaj f: ' :. . . ,' : ... | Thanksgiving, Wo anqe. going to sell ou )6dy vwnll have a lot nu>ye to "be tfu\nkfn 3 '" * * t i ? ed time to get your Shoes,! Hats; Clojthii and Children, and, art kinds of Underv ne of tho new Balmiic^n Overcoats, the its well and looks well and makes a m his COCOanUt whether v*? ? - at\; 11UO \J L lU/lj it I 1 w 3 high, you can't afford to miss one. Coats and Vest for Men and Boys. All Skirts, and more goods arriving daily. Department is runn ing over with all tl trices never before Ifeeard of. . < ything, but sell everything, and the mar inless he steals the goods is a fool and All kinds Silks and Velvets being slaug ? now at its height,, we are stocked mi daily, get you:r share while you can lrniture and Matresses going daily at th too low to repeat. The best Rice you 1 is Standard Tomatoes only 8 l-2c a can, e Soun. Rr?ef fKww* 1 T - * _ ... ct; HUWIIUU I>OU(U)ll l.il stick candy only 7and l-2c pound,Gra >unds, Rail Road Mills Snuff $5.69 Gros every item in the House marked down a child can buy with safety. Rememb ovember 25th and Santa Claus will taki but come at once and get your Winter s > and the l$*ir?tiin House is the plac^ to ' BARGAIN vay9 Carol , !.<? a h &%i1 J "" aw, i + ^W- *low;:,% 1 ;f J6 uorcn f*.nou*? dur#nc* ?o J F . 1. -tr-ii'' * * M* W yo to Y% * R. ? SOUTHERN SAW A Write for C,lil,ga? E. Toll as skit yi LA GPflpfeiii \ND <>?4 "iOo. i rift' M i i/v*Vs I'l " 1 ALL BUI DUE' SEA HA ArniHil #* saas m litKMAN SHIPS SHORT ACCOUNT OF OPERATIONS RECENTLY MADE ON THE SEAS IN EUROPEAN CONFLICT The British navy got into the war picture last week with two successes?the destruction of the German ; cruiser Emden in the eastern waters . of the Indian ocean and the bottling up of the Koenigsberg, considered her \ 9ister ship, in the western extremity . of the same sea. P Thest two raiders, especially the 5 Emden, have many successeaa to their I credit, and their skill in evading the | net thrown out for them has been a ? matter of chagrin to British naval f raea. * The Emden's end came in battle as s befitted her record througout recent history for, according to all accounts even those of her victims, she layed a clean game strictly in accordance with the recognized rule of naval warfare. After a sharp action off Cocos Island, with the Australian cruiser Sydf ney, the German ship with heavy easel ualties, was beached, ablaze. The / German cruiser Koenigsberg met a ? less glorious fate as she was bottled up in such a position that she must - either be captured or surrendered, ^ though in either case she probably will be nothing hut a useless hulk. rjii .! /~il 11 i j. ne cruiser vniiipam, wnicn ran down the Koenigsberg in the river opposite the island of Hafia, German East Africa, is a sister ship of the Sydney which closed the career of the 1 Emden. y ^ }>oth the Emden and the Koenigsp berg have the destruction of warships to their credit as well as the sinking I of many merchant ships. The Emden t* sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug ' and a French torpedo boat destroyer I HOUSE I ] >ur Store will be lj U 7 'II . if- h (' ?. 'jr| t | II* no^i MA c?4 A/^10 mm. 3U' 4 'I 1 foi' that 'jratron- ' I. ig, Union Suits 'ft. fear at wholesale '} 'ft very latest, some- I an look like he' 9. **1 (I the price so low , ft, , 1 kindfe of Ladies. 1 le latest weaves. .'ftj i that <lares try to Br 1 everybody wilt ft filtered. Blanket ft to a finish and a buy them and" not ft e sale price as ad- ft ever saw for only - ' 1 this price puts, our ft yer Raisins only 1 nutated Sugar on- I s, 10 qt. tin biuvk- ft | to rock bottom in er that tho- Big B charge on> the . ? upply. morpty auvmake monay. . ,1 - 'J " |1 j HOUSE, it b * ' I sEA. r '1 Oi.ia uwt om be AbMkiMy Depended Upae a^Cod ? the only attention w?W w ofliag?acting -ct in prove to you why the RAWLEJGH he* be* lot Big Surplus Power, Simplicity, Reliability. En'effect Balance. The moedbeat mewing enginebuilt? tr.no Vibration. The Rwl?AMWw?lin,ny ini't, Mrvo? oct? hrrci. rejKiV. MOaMTI fat t>??r word for tt. (Jo h*ih* plant where thl? po4t m i> c I ** * in p operating tbi*. entire moat ?wl*'t4 mill aud o tarter engine. * i MACHINERY WORKS, Atlanta Ca. aw awl an taihn far. I hB::Eh JOHNSONS A ITONIC I of Penang, while the Koenigsberg': gvir?s made a hulk of the British ligh cruiser Pegasus,of Zanzibar in Sept 1 torn be r. / * I With the exception of Admirat^voJ I Spec's squadron in the Pacific, all I oceans now are believed to be free/ I German cruisers and the British ai I miralty already has informed tl country that adequate measures ha' I been token to deal with the victors I the recent battle off the Chilean coa:. I There were exciting scenec at L^yd Mt and at the Baltic shipping agen<r when news of the end of the dari I commercial raiders wrro made knov H Shipping to far eastern waters 1 I been seriously disorganized owing their presence. u Luke McLuke Say a. ! 1C Hush money does more talk H than any other kind. M When you see an overdressed H man escorting a. man who looks I a door mat, you know who is bos I that house. A eirl can nut in ten venrs* a" ing culture. But that won't keep ^T1 from snoring when she is asleep 14 The man who beats his wife is HB hit worse than the man who rob' family by spending money o fi'iends. The old-fashioned man who us" paddle his own canoe now who owns a motor boat named 1 ^Bj kabibble." It is funny what a difference _ years make. The girl used to b chew her "wax" in school whiltook a whirl at her "all day s>now has a daughter who carrii- ^^B individual drinking cup so get any germs in her mouth. Justice of the Peace Oec^ ^^B Pheifer of Alton. Mo., recentl , II bra ted his fiftieth birthday by" ing the cost of marriage ec* il I ed BH