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# \X I f VOLUME xxxin C. H. FLOYD SHOT BY PITMAN FLOYD KilHfttj Occurred in Galivants Ferry Township Last Thursday Night SLAYER AT OfJCE COMES TO SHERIFF * Deceased and Accused Were Brothers?Happened at Defendants's Tenant House * 9 Charley II. Floyd was shot and killed by his brother, A. Pitman Floyd, in Galivants Ferry township, last Thursday night. After the shooting the slayer came at once to Conway and placed himself in the 'custody of James A. Lewis, the 4 sheriff of the county. He was lodgin jail by the sheriff to await efforts being made by his attorneys to make bail for him. The county coroner could not leave here the next day to hold the inquest, hut he arranged for the inquest to be held by Magistrate H. C. Dawscy. The dead man is survived by a wife, but leaves no children. The acl,n? .. . n rw 1 M...nn V iiidii 11 cA o a v> lit aim uiitvj'^roung children. The shooting took place at a tenant house belonging to Pitman Floyd. The tenant house had been occupied by tin- deceased during the cfi.) ;vng season ol* 1918, he having farmed on share crops with Pitman Floyd this year. The deceased moved away from the house about a w?ek before the killing and was occupying the place of Mr. Gofe in the same neighborhood. After the deceased, Charley H. Floyd had moved away from the Pitman Floyd place, and had been gone about a week; Pitman Floyd moved a widow woman and her two daughters and son into the tenant "house having arranged with this family to live on the place and farm for him the coming year. This new family was moved into the house on Thursday the same day as the killing. That night there was a groat disturbance raised at the tenant house, the woman calling loudly, and four or five guns fired off. Hearing this racket, Pitman Floyd took his gun and hastily went to the house not knowing who it was t.hnt. hjid cmi<uo#l <hr> hivnrh r?f fho ijyuyjrr When he got there he found his own brother who said that hewas "serenading" the new arrivals. He was asked to leave and not ha/e any further trouble but did not go and according to news received here, followed Pitman Floyd with a hammcT in his hand, attacked the l^nor of Pitman Floyd's wife and was shot by Pitman Floyd as he advanced on him with the hammer. The deplorable affair caused ex<nlement in Galivants Ferry township for several days. ADVISeS~AGAINSf~ PUBLIC MEETINGS JX Owing to the general increase in (lwi in i yv* Vm i> t\T' nnont! r\ F inf1nnri7'i a/>. , (I IV/ V * V* J. ill MU\.1I/4(V VV curring in various sections of the State, Dr. James A. Hayne, State health officer, recently requested advice from the surgeon general of United Stater, public health crtt'"^Sce as to the advisability of a resumption of quarantine measures. The following reply was recejved: "The bureau advocates discontinti- j ... . ,vj'vt i !o7i '(, .</ -| ing all public gathering .wpere jnfluerr.a is again epidemic.^ (J( j Reports received * at tlie healtb oii'-, fice fefceate that there are a considerable number of cases in Florence, Laurens, Darlington and Spartanburg Counties. Ip a number of instances schools and other places ol public gatherings have been closed, and efforts are being taken to prevent the'l&l&nfce from again becoming epidemic throughout the State. (The % FINE SEAMANSHIP OF AMERICAN NAVY British Authority Pays Glowing Tribute to Work of Our Sailors. London.?Archibald S. Hurd, naval authority, pays a glowing tribute to the admirable seamanship of the American sailors in the couvsc of an article written for The Daily Telegraph, in which he discloses details of the remarkable part the American navy took in operations in European waters, lie says the service of the Americans points to a survival of the sea-instinct in America. Continuing- he says: "Ask any British naval officer what he thinks of the aid given by American seamen and you Y/'ll learn that it came just at a moment when | the British crews, after a winter of strenuous and exhausting work were feeling the strain. Incidentally, the arrival of the Americans permitted the organization of the convoy system as it could not otherwise have boon organized. Everybody knows the influence this system had. on the safety of the Allied sea communications. Any reference to the work of American seamen would be incomplete without mention of the skill and courage they exhibited in laying the great mine fields in the North sea." PRESIDENT GIVEN" GREAT RECEPTION Paris, Dec. 14.?This is a greater night in Paris than armistice night. The city is ablaze with illuminations; the boulevards are thronged with crowds, dancing and singing ami Hi rowing confetti. The Place do la Cocordc has been turned into a great dancing pavilion, where America" soldiers are favorite partners. America is the prcdominatnig word here tonight. President and Mrs. Wilson made their entry into Paris this morning*, greeted by well nigh half the population not only of the city but of the surrounding districts. They were attended by President Poincare, Premier Clemenceau and others among the most eminent figures oi France. Flowers were dropped mound their carraige, airp'ancs winged overhead, guns sounded. But observers were impressed with soinei'.ing more than the magnitude and beauty of the reception by some quality of warmth that made it different from the visits to Paris recently made by the sovereigns of the allied nations. SOUTH AMERICA INVITED TO JOIN Washington.?All South American countries have been asked by the United States to join in its suggestions to Chile and Peru that the interests of Pan-American unity demand an amicable settlement of their controversy over the province of Tacna and Arica. Acting Secretary Polk of the state department announced this, explaining that it had been erroneously reported that Argontnia alone had been approached on the subject. WILSONSUGGESTS uiniuiniiAi nniio mumuuAL Washington, Dec. 13. ? Colonization by returned soldiers and sailors of large tracts of land under the direptiop apd with the aid of the federal government is recommended as a solution of many '?f the labor problems arising from demobilization by Secretary of Labor Wilson in his annual report. The government should, in the opinion of Mr. Wilson, establish and equip individual farina, v hich *6tild be lirtked hlto tiommutiity groups. I Mmx r i CONWAY. 8 0 THURSDAY SMITH INVESTIGATES NITRATE SITUATION Washington.?Senator Smith of South Carolina has been investigating the nitrate situation in order that the farmers might be informed as to the prospect of being supplied by the government for the next season and at what price. 'He understands he said today, that there is a large quantity of soda in the hands of the government that will not be needed for munition I purposes. The amount, he believes, is mote than enough for agriculture purposes for this year. He has discussed this matter with B. M. Ba' vt'.ch, chairman of the war Industries board, who negotiated the purchase from Chile of this soda for the government; After his conversation with Mr. Baruch, Senator Smith call ed up the secretary of agriculture and asked him to explain the situation. The secretary's reply was that it was not a question of getting the soda hut of arranging the price with the war department. Senator Smith then called attention to the fact that the farmers were now making arrangements for their fertilizer sup plies for the coming year and therefore it was important for them to know what they might expect as to government soda. The secretary said he was doing everything in his powei to have this matter finally decided at the earliest possible date so that he might inform the farmers as to what price they would have to pay for soda thus obtained. Senator Smith will continue to keep in touch with this situation and will endeavor to get an ample supply at the cheapest possible price. WANT BOHniSSWf TO BEIILO HIGHWAYS A definite and clear cut plan for the financing and construction of an adequate system of permanent highways of the Slate of South Carolina was adopted at the business meeting of the good roads delegates held in the house of representatives , last Wednesday. The plan provides for the construction of 1.500 miles of hard surfaced roadway connecting ever> county scat in the State; for the issuance of 20 year bonds to the amount of $25,000 000; fo? an increase in the tax on motor driven vehicles to such an extent that the whole expense of the construction will fall upon owners of automo' ilea and trucks; for the State Highway commission to have general charge and supervision of the construction and maintenance of thn hiirhwavs iHid frw* 4-U.. personnel of the highway commission. The various features of the plan as submitted by R. G. Rhett, chairman of the committee on plans, were discussed by the delegates, its details enlarged upon, and finally it was adopted without a dissenting vote. THE PRICE OF C When a dangerous element 1 careless handling and use increa quences of fire, but it is seeming ness in its use causes at least ni Summer fire is used only for co< ing every cottage and shop and ; body uses it for heating. The r; makes it bad even for the most < this dangerous element is being body who reads this to use extr; I - 1 J?ive *-1 cim Uiin *.# ? y*. -1 * i nc piaCC'S, in of;t when leaving the room, house, or inflamable^ liquid that may explo< good repair with plenty of tin ui where there is any possible dani and allow no fire trap of any ki*v< as important,'a)low;?no heaps of < bQkos>i totiafccuiiiulateiin or about 1 mombprcthat K>fe minute of carol in taking,> precautions, may. lose i out of houBoi>ai d hoi*ev<make yoi rest of your -jdi ys. Already we 1 of less Whan a week. THE PRIC1 is ruin and destruction. Now let < fevoid it this Winter. Caution?< jput out f1nof emergenc; > / ? 8$ DECEMBER 19, 1918. STATE FIJRINSHES MANY SOLDIERS According to estimates made by Maj. H. K. Carwile, officer in charge of State headquarters for selective regulations, South Carolina, fur nished between 55,000 and 60,000 men for service during the war. The local boards of the state have reported to Major Carwile that they inducted into service 47,934 men. This does not include 5,000 men who were in the National Guard nor docs it include the men who volunteered. The report of men inducted iido | service by Horry County is 1,066. AIRSiPUANMSE NOW FOR 4,000 MILES London. ? For the immediate future, according to further extracts from the reports just completed by the Civil Aerial Transport : C ommittee of the Air Beard, the com j mercial airship offers a great advantage over the airplane, particuj larly concerning passengers where comfort and case of navigation, safe ty, and a high ratio of disposable lift are vital considerations. Airships now exist the report says, with p range of more than 4,000 miles, and they can travel at a speed ' of seventy-eight miles an hour. By i running their engines slower a maximum range of 8,000 miles can be obtained. On first speed Cape Town, South Africa, i.s to-day aerially only a little more than three days from ! I ? .K!l~ it. l * i i fujuciiuiiiijuuii, wiuii' mis snip coui'i fly across the Atlantic and return without stopping. The committee points out that the future airship will soon develop a speed of 100 miles an hour, that it will he fitted with ample saloons, staterooms, with an elevator to a roof garden, and will be able to remain in the air for over a week. 9READDISEASE NOT CONQUERED Washington.?--Wurnlng to the I country that the influenza epidemic* is by no means ended and that all possible precautions against the disease should be taken was issued by Surgeon General Blue of the public health service. Reports receive by the service . how a recrudescence of the disease practically from one end of the country to another, and in his statement Dr. Blue advised the closing of the public schools on the first sign of the reappearance of the epidemic. He said the disease apparently new tended to occur more frequently among school children. Our main reliance, Dr. Rldd said, "must still be the observance of precautions by the Individual person. He should cover up his coughs and sneezes and insist that others do the | same." ARELESSNESS. is most used, destruction from its ses. Everybody dreads the consely few who realize that carelessinc tenths of the losses from it. In :>king purposes and not for heatplace of business. In Winter every isk from carelessness of others careful. At a time like now when used for heating let us ask every a care in looking after tho heatii. .t ..11 it. i itig ui>u an wit* aiiu i? tfiitiiis'iy uui store, use no kerosene or other jc, keep the heading appliances in rulerncath and# round the sides ger, look out for defective flues, [1 to exist in this town. And just dry trash, paper, rbgs, or old the home or place of business. R?j < < lessness in any of these - respects > the results of years of toil, put you a a pauper for all you know for the have had two fires in the course E OF CARELESSNESS with fire Rvery citizen of Conway help us to Collect water an& have it ready to y Which may ariso^uiy time. i rM. PURE BRED HOGS ~ |l BROUGHT TO HORRY This Industry is Growing in ' South Carolina and is Profitable Investment Pure bred hog: breeding is being , extensively taken up in South Carolina and much interest is being shown in the Duroc Jersey breed. Many farmers over the state are buying foundation herds from Nor- ] thorn breeders. Mr. R. O. Hanson shipped in a herd of registered Durocs. These hogs created much interest when unloaded from the cars and many farmers who examined litem expressed the opinion that they are the finest herd of hogs ever shipped into Horry County. Mr. Hanson sent the hogs out to the Savannah Farm where Mi*. H. C< Cannon will have charge of the aninUils< The firm will consist of Hanson & Cannon and they will sell only registered stock for breeding purposes. Wo hope to sec more of our fanners enter this branch of live stock farming as we believe there is no branch of farming more sure of a reasonable profit. No other kind of live stock we believe will bring so sure a profitable return for the investment and so quickly as good hogs. PRESHfWM ON FINCH SOIL Brest, Dec. 13.?The first time an American President has ever trod European soil, occurred today, when President Wilson landed here at 1 o'clock. President Wilson came ashore with Mrs. Wilsgn, who carried an American flag and a bouquet. There was a thundering cannonade as the President's launch left the George Washington and landed at Pier No. 3. He was escorted to the Tribune amid cheers and the notes of the Star Spangled Banner. The President delivered a brief address after landing at Brest, thanking Mayor Goude for the Breton welcome given him. He then drove through the cheering crowds, the frantic ovation contihuiiig until he reached the railway statidrb The President left Brest for Paris ar 4 o'clock. o WAGES TO KEEP UP. Washington.?No reduction in wages can pe expected for a number cf years, because the demand for la ' Will CXCCiu the country's sUfJfity. the House rules committee was told by Secretary of Labor Wilson. He appeared to urge the completion of legislation to provide useful and necessary public work for discharged soldiers and industrial workers. The Secretary thought it would do only for a brief period, if at all, that the government would hvae to provide employment, but that the precaution should be taken. He suggested extensive work on highways, rivers and harbors and public buildings under new appropriation bills being framed by House committees. BELGils'ilND DUTCH TERRITORY London.?Belgium claims that the peace conference will be directed, not only against Germany, but against Holland, according to The Motropole 1 of Antwerp,, which prints a statement made by the Belgian minister l of foreign affairs. The minister is quoted '*? follows: < >"Obviously our first demand from j GerMany1 will be the restitution of alt of which we were robbed in hun? dreds of ways. As far as territorial ' readjustmepts are concerned, if you carefully read between the lines of the passages of a recent speech from the throne which refers to the '6\<i i treaties they wTTr"te!l you as much , * a* I can.". I r * V NO. 35. MJR DREADNOUGHTS SET SAIL FOR HOME Ten Battleships Leave Brest for a Christmas Welcome Home PRESIDENT'S SHIP WITH 4,000 TROOPS i Mighty Naval Force to Gather Here for Holiday Leaves Ilrest.?The American dreadnought fleet of ten ships which escorted i > 1 * * *" " iresiuent Wilson into port yesterday sailed for New York. The fleet is expected to arrive there before Christmas. The warships set sail at 2 P. M. They are the first to return of the American naval vessels which saw service with the battle fleet in the North Sea. The steamer George Washington, which brought President Wilson here, is taking troops on board and will sail with 4,000 American soldiers. The warships in the fleet were thr. battleships Pennsylvania, Wyoming, New York, Arizona, Nevada, Arkansas, Florida, Utah, Texas and Oklahoma. ? o ; MAY KEEP UNIFORMS. Washington.?Secretary Baker informed Chairman Dent of the house military committee that the war department has decided that all discharged soldiers may permanently retain the uniform and overcoat they wear when mustered out. Mr. Dent prepared a bid embodying the neccs- ? ( p.iur o 114-l*\ 4- w T) J - . |T UUUIUIU.V. I lv:VlllUMy mf uepartment had planned to have the clothing returned to the government three months after a soldiers disrharge. ~ helpIhe red cross * FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS With the cooperation of the county and local organizations, the State llranch National Tuberculosis Arfso* ciation is hard at work to gain, for South Carolina, its largest Christmas ' ivoll Call. The State workers arc v to receive their full share of the annual Christmas Tuberculide fund formerly obtained through the sale of Rod Cross Seals?In order that they may continue their untiring efforts in wiping out the tubercular germ in this State. Arrangements have been made by the National Association and American Red Cross, whereby a cooperative plan will do away with the sale of the popular Red Cross Seal, this year. As a war measure it was deemed advisable by the Red Cross War Council, to make an appropriation to the Tuberculosis Association of $2,500,000 in lieu of the usual Seal Campaign. The various State Associations will receive their respective quotas through the National Association in quarterly allotments. ~ r i-i. _ ox..* ill*.- uujuci, U1 tilt' OlillC WOTKCVS to enlarge the Christmas Roll Call, lies in the fact that, to some extent, the allotment to be paid into the fund of fi,j_ ,1 ? .1.. ??. i. ? -?> uuo UM4vc, ujiou nun v*i*il this State participates in the AntiTuberculosis movement. Its active participation is judged by its membership. The Seals will not entirety vanish, inasmuch as the State Chairman will have a certain number t? issue to the' tiewly acquired members. v0 Enlist In the war against tuberculosis NOW, and let the South Carolina mails carry the Seals, thereby showing its part in the battle and especially to make it possible to continue with renewed energy, the good work \hat has been accomplished in thd past.