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f PLAN TO RESUME RAILWAY INQUIRY AFTER MARCH 4TH Postponement Forced by Press of Congressional Business. COUNTRY DEMANDS ACTION Shippers, Investors and Representatives of All Branches of Business Demand Unification of System of Railway Regulation?Roads Aak Fewer Masters. Washington, Deo. IS.?The Congressional Joint Conunltt.ee on interstate Commerce, which has been conducting the inquiry into government regulation and control of transportation, Inst week decided to suspend Its hearings on the subject and adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman, because of the pressure of other work before Con press. According to the resolution creating the committee, it is required to submit a report by .January Kth next. It is understood that hero re that time the committee will ask for an exten sion of time and that the hearings will he resumed at a later date, when some of those who already have appeared before the committee will he questioned further and a great many others will he heard. It is probable, however, that the hearings will not be resumed until after adjournment of Congress on March 4th. In addition to regular routine business tbo commerce committees of the two houses are charged with the important duty of preparing and presenting the legislation asked for bv President Wilson to make tin possible a railroad strike without previous investigation. This will leave little or no time for the consideration of the general questions of railway rnrrulo , V(nI?H ? Country Wants Something Done. Members of Congress and others who are interested In the Inquiry undertaken by the Newlands Committee insist that there is no intention of abandoning it. It seeins doubtful, indeed, if the country would permit the matter to be dropped if there were evidence of a desire on the ptirf of Congress to do so. The net!nn-?:, evidences of interest evoked by the initiation of the Newlands Inquiry show that the people of the country?shippers, consumers and investors, as well as railway men themselves?are alive to the fact that, the railway situation is highly unsatisfactory and that steps must be taken without unnecessary delay to make it possible for the railroads to meet the growing needs of the nation. From reports received here it seems ad though almost every commercial organization and business interest in the country were engaged in studying the railroad question. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States has been conducting an elaborate inquiry into various phases of the subject for many months past. Many local and state commercial bodies in every part of the country have committees engaged in study of the problem and have indicated a desrre to come here and present their views. National organizations of manufacturers, lumbermen, coal operators, wholesale and retail dealers, have expressed through resolutions their desire for the unities- I tion of the system of railway regula-1! tion. TiiO National Industrial Truffle 11 league. speaking from (he viewpoint j! of shi[i|ierft using the railways, has' indorsed exclusive federal regulation providing it is accomplished in such a way ah to give full protect'on and prompt adjustment In matters relating to transportation within the states. Many Interests Studying Problem. All these organizations represent primarily the shippers of the country, but they are not the only ones who are' taking a hand in the discussion. The j investors of the nation, through their own associations and through commit-, tees representing the savings banks and other financial organizations, are pre ! paring to show the necessity of improv-1 ing railroad credit and protecting the rights of those whose inone^ is invested in railway securities. Finally the railroads themselves, being vitally con cerned in the improvement of existing ' conditions, are planning to submit their views through their executives, operating officials and traffic experts and to assert their willingness to accept, t'arreachtng federal regulation along linos that will enable them to attract capital and to provide the facilities needed for the prompt and efficient handling of the country's transportation business. Main Trouble Is Too Many Masters. ' Not all of those interests are in aectitd as to the remedies that should be adopted. There seems to he a general (Continued am Phom ThrAA ^ > " v,# * w.7 Inactivity Causes Constipation. Lack of exercise in the winter is n frequent cause of constipation. You ' feel heavy, dull and listless, your ? complexion is sallow and pimpy, and , energy at low ebb. Clean up this condition at once with Dr. King's New Mfe PiWa, a mild laxative that relieves 'be congested intestines without "Wnlncr. A dose before retiring will assure you a full and easy movement in the morning. 26c at your Druggist.?adv. iwlm^Ti?fifB ii'.lh,* .. STATE ITEMS| OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH j CAROLINA PEOPLE | A mass meeting will be h'. hi in Orangeburg on the evening of Jan uary 1 by the Graduate Nurses' association and the Orangeburg Chamber of Commerce in behalf of organizing and preparing for the erection of a hospital for Orangeburg. A considerable falling off in the production of food crops in Sou:. Carolina is revealed by the sumniar. of the estimates of production by the United States bureau of crop weather bureau. Will a boycott?one national in its scope?be the only thing that win relieve the people of this country from the present distressing nig! cost of living? W. D. Thomas, one of the wooc riders for the Okcetcc club, at Iticlg? land, S. C., was found dead late Fri day afternoon in Savannah rivoi swamps with three buckshot in hi head. Wednesday afternoon ho left his homo to make his usual round:in the woods to try and keep of poachers and as he had at times bee. i n f Kn Ko K?4- ^ P .IN* 4-K ? ?-?hi _a >>> viiv-' nuun \.ri. apuuviiiiy me mgni in the club house nothing was thought of his failure to return. When hefailed to return Thursday his famih became alarmed at his absence am' searching parties were formed t? look for him in the swamps. Gov. Manning while in Washington called on the secretary of war and urged that the seven Citadel cadets now serving in the Second regiment be relieved from duty, so that they may immediately return tr their studies. Routine matters were considered at a recent meeting of the sinking fund commission held at the State house. Gov. Manning attended the session. In the promotion of the livestock industry in Newberry county, Dr Hunter is organizing a creamery route in that territoiy, to be operated Under thf* imm*?rPn+n q 11 c- i - l? V? ?/Vv I. V 1 O I V/ 1 I of Clemson colJgee extensions workers. NO HIGH Will mean a saving of mone if you trade at Toddville. It River six miles from Conway, Steamers making this point Clyde Line at Georgetown. WATER Ri Water freight rates are low own property stands for not us and we will give you the be A hint to the wise is suffici DUSENBUi Toddville, 40^Np f>l r I have in This We Mules. A Lot of Bi Hai G. B. J THE HORRY H | WHAT OTHER PAT Learning It. j "What makes you keep boosting j the pr'ce of commodities under your control?" "Philanthropy, my boy,", replied Mr. Dustin Stacks. "Economy makes people happier and better; and we're teaching economy to people v. ho never had any previous idea of what the word meant."?Washing ton Star. j A Real Razor Rack. Mr.' Allen Mauldin, of the city, who is noted for raising hogs, killed ills prize hog last Friday. It weighed 477 pounds net, at two years old, and measured 0 feet 3 .1-2 inches from tip to tip. It was of the Tab'e Rock razor back breed and was hale and hearty until butchered.?Easley Progress. A Reason For It. The attention which is bieng paid Mr. Bryan during these days when >e seems so popular in Washington s proving of much interest through lut the nation. There's a reuses.? Evening Post And Teddie. I love you, California, I love your rocks and rills, I love your splendid valleys and Your heaven-kissed hills; I love your sons and daughters, And I love your splendid views, tun i must say l love you most For what you did to Hughes. ?Houston Post. He Paid It All. It is old but we guess we can read again about the editor who went to church one fine Sunday morning and heard a choir of delinquent subscribers sing: "Jesus Paid It All."?Exchange. And Pay Up. I "Print paper hearing." So you'd bettor be careful how you speak of its cost.?The State. It Is So. The government is investigating the high cost of living, and in the cost of living should be included the I cost of loving.?Times & Democrat. 1 RENTS y to you in the prices you pay is located on the Waccamaw on the line of the Waccamaw in close touch with the big QkTES LOW , and our store situated on our iigh rent charges. Trade with nefit of the difference, ent. RY & CO. S. c. WSEB& sek Forty Horses & uggies, Wagons and ness. ENKINS I KRALD, CONWAY, S. O. >ERS ARE SAYING ; v.tx/u uuurumce oi fouie. Tne ilove returned to tne ar*. " ti o Jiiuii i.uvc pence, it ci'iwd. "There is no land to right ana bou> to ugnt.'?Exchange. How Awlul. One more cupicai nas fallen into the swum cut ny me irresisfio.c i Teuton war mucninc. ? Vvii iu?ro p News. Earneu iii^ salary. The report of the attorney general snows that he nas given jL,;a>0 opinions in the past year, and as tney may Lie considereu as worth $'<?. a piece, wo might say tuat this ox| iicer lias oarneu ins suiarj.?Elor| once Tunes. Brings Unhappiness. The ca&e oi tne Anderson eashiei who returned alter oeing 111 parts unknown more than seven yca^s, shows tliat using other people's money brings notning out uimarpiness.?Evening Post. As He Snould. The farm muie favors the eight ncur day.?The Stale. Saves Labor. The bill barring liquor advertisements from the mails doubtless ha* .lie hearty approval of the postman ?The State. Nothing. What would life oe without a fev iir castles V?Exchange. Only i our. We see where a man tested th< honesty of five editors by sending them each a dollar bill, plainly not intended for them, and watched to ,-ee how many would return it. Foui did. We'd like to state that wc were not of the five.?Times & Den. ocrat. It's Own Advertiser. A clean town never needs to advertise the fact. It spreads.?York News. Fireman Grow Bananas. | Probably the first ripe bananas ui vnc uume gruwu vuiiuty ever set:i. in South Carolina are now on display at the Spartanburg fire station The firemen have 32 ripe, lusciou bananas, grown on a tree in the rea> of the fire house, and now ready foi consumption. These bananas are full size and look as though the\ would compare favorably with the crops grown in the far Southern States. The tree on which the fruit is growing was planted in April and has been carefully tended by mem bcrs of the fire department. Since there has been no killing frost up tc this time, it has been possible fo? .he members of the fire depnrtmcn' :.) preserve the fruit and to keep it from being killed.?Spur tar bur. Herald. o Cotton went up during 1916, one so did everything else under the sun including the gas bags. IP Colds I should be "nipped in thejQTU bud", for if allowed to run vyfl unchecked, serious results \ fl may follow. Numerous mJ cases of consumption, pneu- II monia, and other fatal dis- II eases, can be traced back to II a cold. At the first sign of a |] cold, protect yourself by || thoroughly cleansing your II system with a few doses of II THEDFORD'S BLACKOSfiSSfiHT III < as uiinvuu i I the old reliable, vegetable I liver powder. I Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, o< I I Madison Heights. Va., says: I I "I have been using ThedM Iford's Black-Draught for 1 liIIstomach troubles, indiges-f/I KMtion. and colds, and find ittoMJK rJFuI be the very best medicine InN\ fMj ever used. It makes an oldM^I KTj man feel like a young one." ftM MUN Insist on Thedford's, thevQl kfjl original and genuine. K-67aQn FOREIGN ITEMS GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING Switzerland in a note to all of the warring powers has announced its support of President Wilson's appeal for a discussion of peace terms. The president and Mrs. Wilson attended a community Christmas eve celebration. The third "war Christmas" of the twentieth century for the nations of Europe finds more talk of peace. Official reports to the state department last week from the border and Mexican interior points said Vil la bandits occupied Torreon. Concerning unofficial reports that one of the Teutonic proposals is a return to the status quo before the war, except as to creation of Polish and Lithuanian kingdoms, it is said that this apparently is impossible from the British viewpoint, as it would not provide any compensation to Belgium. Russian troops have captured a line of Teuton trenches on heights te the south of A ;usualia in the region of the Trotus valley of Roumania. Great Britain, in conjunction with er allies., has issued a "declaration regarding the present state of Belgium" in which protest is made to .he civilized world against the "slave aids" conducted by the German auhoritios in Belgium and a warning riving to the world that "the work of relief which neutrals have buiit up ? in (larger of falling." o Dr. Lycurgus A. Woodruff, D. 0. P. T. Eyesight Specialist Office Days: Every Saturday! at Horry Drug Store. o turi ouMMUiNS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Not Served.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. Court of Common Pleat*. Rey Worley, Plaintiff, vs. W. P. Causee, L. C. Causee, J. H. | Causee, W. H. Causee, and J. W. I Holliday, Jr., surviving copartner* | of the firm of J. W. Holliday & Son, and J. W. Holliday, Jr., an;! George J. Holliday, surviving executors of the last Wiil and Testament of J. W. Holliday, Sr., Deceased; and Noah H. Jenrette, Defendants. > Life Insurance, Fire Insurance, Health & Accident Insurance, Guardian Bonds. Writes Deeds, Mortgage W. Percy K FERTILIZER, COTTON J CONWAY, TO THOSE WHO HAVE DONE "YEAR: I TAKE THIS METHOl YOUR PATRONAGE AND TRU5 | FUTURE, ALSO LET ME EXTE GREETING AND WISHING 1 YEAR IN 1917. I AM, Yours very W. PERCY I T Y P E W1 * I have the following Second f 1 L. 0. Smith (used very little) 1 No. 5 Oliver 1 NO. 10 Remington Visible 1 No. 5 Royal 1 Blind Fox 1 Blind Smith Premier All of these machines have t and are guaranteed to be in firs Will sell on monthly payments, c for cash. Write me your needs. R. G. SUMTER. S0U1 Deal* L C. Smith & Bros, s # TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, which has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Conway, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated November 8th, 1916. . H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. To Noah H. Jenrette,?Absent Defendant: Take notice that the complaint in the foregoing stated action, and the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Conway, S. C., on the 11th day of November A. D. 1916. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Horry County. o TRESPASS NOTICE. All DPrsnns nrn t ' .1J? 4 v >iv,i tuj iui uiuueu to enter or trespass upon our lands in Simpson Creek twonship, known | as the Round Swamp lands, under penalty of the law. N. E. HARDWICKE. H. H. WOODWARD. ( ?? Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTKhKSS chill TONIC, drives out vlHlaria,enriches the blood,and builds up the ays- \ teni. A true touic. Eor adults and children. 50c. I CHEAP FLOUR I I 450 Bbls. Flour I I (bought before advance) I I 1000 Bu. Red Seed Oats I I 700 Bu. Fulgum Oats I I 200 Bu. Abruzzi Rye I I 338 Bags Rice I I Can save you big money! v I on flour, cotton seed meal, I I acid, hulls, etc. Get our I I prices. ? ? ? ? I I Palmetto I I Grocery Co. COOPER ... MULLINSI I Capital and Surplus $80,0001 Live Stock Oar LotB, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Goats. * is, and Other Documents. 1 lardwicke VND COTTON SEED S. C., DECEMBER 26, 1916 V BUSINESS WITH ME THIS ) OF THANKING YOU FOR (' >T I CAN SERVE YOU IN THE :ND TO YOU THE SEASON'S rOU A MOST PROSPEROUS \ \ \ truly, j\ iARDWICKE 1ITERS. 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