Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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H H k of living ^Khe railroads . to WiU Ba Crlpp'ed links1 Ralial Comas Soon. RISES UP, RATES DOWN Iteful and Conflicting Regulations tamper Railroad Credit, While Ad nee In Labor and Materials OutRips Revenues, Chairman Krutt mitt Tells Congress Committee, ififld Fmriarel r.nnSpnl VA/ S i I Imnrnua editions. Btsblngton. April 2.-?The condition milch the railroads find themselves M result of constant Increases In Vs, prices of material, taxes and Br expenses, while their revenues Irestrlcted by legislation, was strik- , Mr described by Julius Kruttschnitt, Irman of tbe Executive Committee Hbe Southern Pacific Company, in testimony during the past few days |>re tbe Joint Congressional ?o rupee on Interstate Commerce, wfeich snaking a study of the question of Broad regulation. Mr. Kruttachnitt kd the committee to recommend a ? of regulation which will center I>onslbility for regulation and Its Bits in the federal government, so ^conditions affecting both expenses revenues may he uiude subject to Hform policy Instead of the waste* Hl..... I ..... _ ....II..I I.. huii" iMii-ii * iMiiiniiug |iwurie? 111r^icl In the system of combined state I federal resolution. Why Roads Need More Money. Ir Krnttschuitt's testimony also had paring on the reasons for the uppnloii of the roads to the Interstate limerco Commission for a general lance in freight rates. lie showed It while the price of transportation I declined in recent years, the cost Rji-odiicinf. transportation, like the ^of almost everything else, has rapW advanced. This lie Illustrated by Iwlng that if freight and passenger |s had Increased during the past Ktfcty years In the same proportion as Wage commodity prices the railroads llhe United States would have reIfed $1,054,000,000 more for transHitioa in 1015 than they did receive. mxin saving to the public wus effect Mil spite of an increase of 9i< per in the cost of operation of trains. |i reduction In the average passen Tate per mile from 2.04 cents In to 1.98 cents In 1915. a decrease ?>er cent, and by n reduction in the H^ge freight rate per ton inile from mills in 1895 to 7.2 mills in 1915. or cr cent. l)urine Mw> shiiio iiPi-inrl !>st of operation per train mile 'rom 112 cents to $1.78, almost UK. At the same time the aver iee of H4H eomimallties ouuui'M I a hiitletln of the Department or ilture increased 115 pet eenl portntion is pracfh-alh the onl\ odlt.v in general use ' m t has not sed tremendously in p.?? ednr!nu st twenty years, freight and pas charges being lower than the* twenty years ago. Big Saving to Public, ites tiad risen proportionately to crease in the cost of other arti f ordinary use. Mr. Kruttsehnitt he committee, the average pas rate in 11)15 wotild have been puts a mile, or 50 per cent higher It was. and the average freight /oilId have been 1.21 cents, or (id lit higher than It was. The sav> the public In passenger fares *h this difference was $.'{14,000,id in freight rates $1,.140,000,000. /ersal railroad bankruptcy under eduction in rates and Increased f operation, he suid, was avoided t>y heavy expenditures to obtain sed efficiency in train movement, ig it possible to haul more tons of it per locomotive. This had rethe average cost of hauling a t freight, hut the decline in the ge freight rate had reduced the venue of the roads from each ton 1. If the operating costs of the mis. including the prices of eon', and material, continue to ad I me present rate a lot of rnilII ho In the hands of receivers unless, some relief Is afforded, tschnitt told the committee, j to the rise of commodity le said, "the purchasing power liar has fallen r?7? per cent and uids are in the position of bejel led b.v law to accept paytbclr service to the public In worth 41% cents on the dollar. >ubliohi Chief Interest, oihlic's greatest Interest Is In i transportation facilities and inch in low rates As to most tics freight rates form a very roportloti of . thelT cast. Kklow grade commodities, thf. ge of ilie freight rate to the ? slight as to offer no justltkamiy substantial Increase in > the consumer. It may be Ith little fear of contradiction i consumer seldom, If ever, ou? a lowering of freight rates, tlonate charges are a thing of , and uuder the attempt tp cut their lowest possible figure est of the whole public In the r and standard of transport*}subordinated to the Interest of I 10 Mfl m T vifiii ru ? 'T " T " NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of the decree and- judgment of the court made by his Honor T. H. Spain, Presiding Judge, in the case of Conway National Bank, a Corporation, Plaintiffs vs. J. W. Dawsey, H. C. Dawsey, J. H. Dawsey, S. J. Lewis, G. J. Holliday and Burroughs & Collins Co. , Defendants, and dated the 12th day of March, at Chambers, Florence, S. C.. A. I). 1917, I, the undersigned W. L. Bryan, Special Master of Horry County, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder before the Court House door at Conway, in Horry County, and State of South Carolina, during legal hours of sale, on salesday in May next, it being the 7th. day of safti month, all and singular those certain^ lands situate in Horry County, and described as follows, to wit: Tract One: All and singular the three certain lots of land in the Town of Aynor, County and State aforesaid, designated on map of said town made by D. M. Burroughs, Surveyor, dated Novomher 22nd, 1909, as lots Nos. 4, 5, and G, Block 43, the 'same being conveyed to me by BurP. r*/\l 1 Kir 4-K ni ? *\ s-i LUU^ll?n U VyUlllllO vu., u%> men uccu dated November 4th, 1912. , Tract No. 2: All and singular the certain lot in the Town of Aynor, County and State aforesaid, designated on map above referred to as lot No. 12, block 43, being the same this day conveyed to me by S. J. Lewis. % | Tract Three: Situate in the Coun* , tv and State aforesaid in the Town' ship of Dogbluff, containing 100 | acres, more or less, being part of I the G. W. Graham land, bounded | North by lands of Burroughs & Collins Co., East by lands of Ransom Brown; South by Burroughs & Collins Co., and West by lands of W. H. Graham and J. L. Graham and being ; the identical land conveyed to me by Jas. A. Lewis by his deed dated May jlTth, 1912, reference to which is made as a part hereof. ALSO That certain piece, parcel or tract! I # jof land situated, lying or being in i the County and State aroresaid, Ga' | ivants Ferry Township, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a stake in the run of Dawsey Swamp, and running thence South 53 3-4 de- j grees West 20 ch. to a stake on thr j Conway and Galivants Ferry Road,. : thence with said road South 53 deI grees East 14 ch. to a stake, thence i North 53 3-4 East 25 ch. and 74 Iks to a black gum in the run of Dawsey Swamp, thence with the run of said Swamp to the beginning, containing 28 1-2 acres, more or less. ALSO That certain tract of land in Galiivants Ferry Township, County aiv [State aforesaid, containing Sixty;eight (68) acres, known as the Smith | place bought from Flora J. Holliday; | .commencing at mouth of Canal j Branch, running said branch to line of Burroughs & Coluns Co., thence line of said Burroughs & Cillins Co.. > to line of Waterman Grainger, thence! line of Waterman Grainger to Tread! ;\vell Swamp, thence run of Treadwel! i Swamp to the mouth of Canal Branch, the place of beginning'. TERMS of Sale Cadi. Purchaser, i to pay for papers. Conway, S. C., March 23rd, 1917. W. L. BRYAN, Special Master. R. B. SCARBOROUGH, Plaintiff's Attorney. H. H. Woodward, Attorney for Burroughs & Collins Co, and Geo. J. Hclliday E. J. Sherwood, Attorney for S. J. Lewis. o TICK ERADICATION. Mr. Editor: There ts a lot of talk of Eradicating the tick but is it going to be dene. Wo would all be gald if the tick was eradicated. Also the red snakes, and grasshoppers, for they are all very bad and destructive. The; writer thinks there has never been a! more foolish idea thought of since the building of the Tower to Heaven, ill an ; eradicating tho tick. God made the tick as well as the cows, snakes, red bugs and all other living things. I wonder if there is anybody that | thinks they can eradicate and rut out1 i of existence any ..living thing that | God has ever made. I don't and if there is I want them when they got | the tick eradicated to roll up their sleeves and make the yellow flies an'' redbugs "ball the Jack." We all know that the vats the people arc building will be of a groat help. The people can go and get their c >w.dipped and when the Germans comr to take us we will have a good place to hide. ?Warren J. McCracken. H \ ^ mac part of the public only that profits Dy tower rates?that is to cay. the shippers and their agents and not the iron era! public, the ultimate consumer." THE HORRY HERJ NAVAL The ('. X. S. destroy or Smith (No. the present crisis. jlM l?JntT;i;ice to oiio of the French tret evening Fahty in iilHOHOKDF yiSITOR O i Saturd y crcning March 31st, Mr/. H i! L. buck entertained a few o. tli j yn i ^ folks of th.e town. The j social wa. give., in honor of Miss I Miry Kennedy of Hair Blui't', N. C.,j who ,/aS spendi g the week-end with Mi. ; D th.ka Bagg. r'.y. After the arrival of the gue its, tliey were asked, to como cut on the porch where numhe's ?;.f stlings were found, these all le. ?li ig i\ different directions. Each Yo s \\ui asV.c 1 to take a string and fellow it to the c:\d, where an Easter ">urpris> was awaiting thorn. This game caused much merriment and laughter. Tables were then set, and score cards passed to each gentleman and lady. . In this way partners were found for the guessing game that followed. After a few minutes of hard thinking, the cards were taken up and it was four.d that there was a tit*, so straws were tnen in order and passed around. The young' lady arid the young gentleman drawing' the shortest straws would then get the prize. It was found that Miss Ella Sessions had won the ladies prize: A cut glass vare. Mr. Edward Burroughs had wen the gentleman's prize: A pxket flash light. A beautiful bouquet cf sweet peas was presented t> Miss Kcn.-.cly, the guest of honor. Senator Hal I?. Buck in well chosen words presented the prims. fink and white b.ick cream with /Vllfrt \ir{* ^ Itnvi'/w! The first an 1 second parlors were decorated with pink and white carnations arfd green ferns. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmrnmmmmma Give Your Lit Take a time tried and proven rei iveness, Biliousness. Jaundice, Blood, Pimples. Indigestion. It Dr. Thachefs Livei tow Lhror aaSKUbeys are year Seal trior wfcaa they tiif e yoer aort dai Mp^od yom ohoeM imadialeljr toko tkio MaaaaBBHoaaRsaMaoaaii >? a IU>. CONWAY. 8 or SHIP GUARDS NEW YOR! MBB^bbmbs^^^s ^^^l*y,gaF2YTT^^4t 1 ~* V I,. -1-. .1. .?.*_ ? k* - a tj is. UIH'KI'VI ill pitT A, iNl'W VorU llill PE NC HS HI EiDEDBYnBR J/ ... ? tches ill the Jvre woods, shielded from During the evening selections on the Victrola were played. Everyone was charmed with Miss I Kennedy and hope she will soon pay j us another visit. -o unm mi Atari mi/rft UUfli UALUMtL IHAnto YOU DEATHLY SICK _____ | Stop using dangerous drug before it salivates you! It's horrible! You're bilious, sluggish, constipated and believe you need vile, dangerous calomel to start your liver and clean your bowels. Here's my guarantee! Ask your druggist for a 50 cent bottle of Dod! son's Live Tone and take a spoonful tonight. If it doesn't start your liver and straighten you right up I Dotter man calomel and without grip ing or making you pick I want you to go back to the store and get your j money. Take calomel today and tomorrow I you feel weak and sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's work. Take a spoonful of harmless, vegetable 1)orison's Liver Tone tonight and j wake up feeling great. It's perfect- | ly harmless, so give it to your chill j rircn any time. It can't salivate, so lot them eat anything afterwards.? adv. ?? * ? ? To Cure a Cold In One Day Take I.AX \TIT.. j?k01\?0 Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. ; Druvgi?ts refund money if it fails^ to cure. ; n . ur?jvi< a biKUHwiirc on enen oov. '.">c j /era Chance |fg| nedy (or Liver Complaints, CostKidney Troubles, Impure or Bad suffering from these takej^ >, r and Blood\Syrup xb if jroa keep them 2a fond condition, hat herons enemies, fill yon ere hiBoas or eV* treat preparation?50c md $1?all dealtC * K PIERS ^"j bur, where she is doing guard duty in c j^ j view by heaps of brushwood. i FOOD CRISIS NEAR mi viiornio i am m SVAIGCH 0 LAND Much Uneasiness Because of Reduction in Bread Ra- 1 tion April 15. London?The food situation is dom- 1 mating all other considerations in Germany, according to the Berlin Vorwaerts as quoted in an Amsterdam dispatch to the Central News. ' The Vorwaerts says: "Notwithstanding all the big; events, the new food regulations which are* to be introduced on April 15 form the exclusive subject of conversation in the most considerable circles of the people. The nearer the fateful day approaches the greater becomes the tension. A dimunition in the bread ration forms a serious ' difficulty for the entire population 1 and causes great pre-occupation." Some weeks ago the German newspapers announced that the bread ra tion would be reduced by one-fourth beginning April 15 owing to the scarcity of wheat. It was stated that the potato ration would be continued at ^ five pounds weekly and that 250 ^ grammes weekly would be added to the meat ration. Supri,se and consternation were expressed by the press over the prospect, and the Berlin V' Iks Zeitung declared that it would rv.ean that for many the limits of the bearable would be exceeded. The >r?ad reduction was ordered, it was ;tatc i, ar> a necessary stop to insure 'bo lasting- of the present stocks until , i ? neyt harvest. o Sprains and Strai?is Relieved, oan's Liniment quickly takes the i" out of strains, sprains, bruises d nil muscle soreness. A clean, o^r liquid easily applied, it quickly enetrates without rubbing. Sloan's . 'nim. nt docs not stain the skin or 'oq; ti e pores like mussy plasters or iatments. For chronic rheumatic vVs and pains, neuralgia, gout and u.nba'-o have tins well-known rem dy handy. For the pains of grippe md following strenuous work. : *vms? quick reli f. At all druggist: _",e.?adv- -No. 2.? N * 8Evnr DUICK ACTION ONLY WILL AVERT FAMINE Economic Authority, Editor Edmonds Analyzes the Food Situation. Worldwide menace of food famine ind threatened disaster incident to ixhorbitant prices is the gloomy but 10 less authentic observation of tichard H. Edmonds, editor and genual manager of The Manufacturers Record, Baltimore. Mr. Edmonds vas for many years a grain statistiian and he bases his conclusions not nly on paralyzed agricultural prcluctivity in war ridden Europe but >n the greatly decreased crop yields n neutral territory last year. An abrupt termination of the war vould not materially affect the status >f the food question he thinks. The varring counrties are practically on a 'hunger strike" and upon cessation >f hostilities shipments of first food vill be greatly increased. "Their act ?vill be to fill up," ke says. He enter ;ains little prospects of the war's end ng within the next 12 months. By diat time, his opinion is, present, prices for foodstuffs will seem exceed ingly low, in comparison. He confilently expects wheat to advance to $2.50 a bushel and flour to $15 a bar..?! HM.rt ...i l --- lv i. i iiv iivv/v. rv. v_> L \\ Ut'ill Oil U16 IllI'lil is now 700,000,000 of bushels below that of one year ago, the wheat crop in the United States last year being reduced approximately 45 per cent. A. similar condition prevails, he point cd out, in osery country which produc ps normally a surplus food supply. The calculated reduction last year in grain and other food crops approximates lo bushels per capita for every man, woman and child in the United States. Cultivate Hack Yards. Meat shortage ho says will be equally distressing. The available supply of live stock now is not in excess of that of 10 years ago. in the meantime the population of the country has been increased by 20,000,000 Eind the consumption intensified by the higher wages paid workingmen and the enlarged volume of skilled workers. Cultivating back vards t.? ^ . \? increase the food supply is a patriotic duty. MAY TRY TO CLOSE CHARLESTON PORT Washington ? No impetus was given plans for naval cooperation between the United States and the Entente nations today by conferences between Secretary Daniels and American naval officers, and Vice Admiral M. E. Browning, of the British navy," and Rear Admiral R. A. Grassot, of the French navy. American warships first will undertake to patrol the entire Atlantic coast from Panama northward, possibly even including Canada, permitting the withdrawal of British and French navai patrol vessels and using naval bases of those nations in the South Atlantic, if necesenary. Naval officers have expected that Germany would extend submarine activities, sporadically, to this side of the Atlantic and announce a formal blockade of Boston, New York, the mouth of the Delaware the mouth of Chesaneake. Charleston and Snvn?. tiah. The flotilla of motor patrol boats being assembled and a number of submarine trap nets will be relied upon chiefly for protection of the .?ca coasts and harbors. o Pays 25c a Month for Perfect Health For 15 years, E. A. Little, Bessemer. Ala. has paid 25c a month to keep in perfeet health. Read what ho says: "I desire to add tr.y endorsement of Ortoitrr hirer K<>?iil.?tor. 1 have nuse.I any other medicine for fifteen years, 1 km>w It is the hest for all liver complaint*, and will euro any case of indigestion known. When 1 firit commenced to tako your (Irancor Mver Kegula* ?r iho IVcram-Patton Drug Co, was buying It l?y Ihod<ite:i. Now 1 am toM they bay j it by the gross. I uw onn b?x each uiouth ui I would not bo without it for anything." , Granger Liver Regulator is strictly vegetable, non-alcoholic preoa* ration, and is higrhU recommended for alclt indigestion. biliousueas and all mach and liver complaints. Your dtuv ffist can supply you? 25c a box. Craaisr Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tsaa. Congressional machinery to grind out legislation to finance the war will i begin to turn in the open when the hi use commences debate on the $?,000,000,000 war revenue measure. 4 i * i