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v I r j* volumexxxin PEE DEE GROSSING I I. AT GALIVANTS FERRY i f i U Will Be Greatiy Improved by 1 Projects l\low Under L Way (| BIDS SUBMITTED AND L , OPENED ON 18TH ; L . ? : K This is n. T.ink in CJnnnt.v t.o t ; County Roads Between J Conway and Marion. i Columbia.?In accordance with the ft wishes of Secretary David Houston, ' R of the Department of Agriculture, \ h the State Highway Commission will j n use its efforts to start work as soon 1 as possible on projects for improved } Byroads for which Federal Aid has been 1 secured. The State Highway Com- 1 |H' mission received notice today from : J, the Su reau of Public Roads of the n ' \ *U. S. Department of Agriculture that i its Chief Engineer had recommended j J the approval of Project No. 0, which < fj consists of eleven timber trestle / bridges find earth embankment and ?l 5-ne timber truss bridge across the P !LUtle Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry on the line between Marion I' and Horry Counties. The State High ! way Commission has asked contracij{ tors to submit bids on this job. Bids P were opened on March 18th. We are I' / roi informed as to who has the con! J tiact. 4- The approval of the Secretary of ' .Acrrlcuituro of tho Msirion-Horrv Pro j(ct carries with it a total ol* $27,i] 389.2G in Federal Aid. The project 1 will give Horry County a greatly im'5 proved connection by road with the remainder of the State. In both V M arion and I lorry Counties the terj ritory near Galivants Ferry has in v. recent years developed into an important tobacco growing section. In ! Horry County a trucking industry ' has added greatly in the last few rj years to the wealth of the county. [I The Little Pee Dee River bridge f 3>nci approaches at Galivants Ferry j arc links in the proposed State Highi way limning from Marion Court House to Myrtle Beach. At Marion this highway joins the Florence, Ma. ' lion and Mullins highway and meets i the Marion, Dillon, Bennettsville, ICheraw highway. ABLE TO BE ABOUT Chess L. Williamson, the farmer at Red Bluff, who was struck in the head with a shot gun at that place on Wednesday, March 12th, 1919, was able ?*> he out again; and was in j Conway a day or two ago wearing a bandage around his head. r MEMBERS VOTE TO 1 j HAVEGOOO ROADS mf> J. Wilson Gibbes, clerk of tho R hou.se of representatives, has reR ^ coivocl 87 replies to tho questionalro E he to members of the house reft garding an extra session and the ft enactment of good roads legislation, I', arid the majority of the replies are E in favor of tho passage of a good R roads law. Other members are yet ft to be heard from. R Of the replies received 44 members Unvote "no" for the extra session, but !many of these give as their reason their desire not to leave their business now, and others give as their reason the fear that the entire memw hership will not favor good roads, flu lev!' 'ai ion. Of the total votes roB 35 are in favor of the extra R session outright, and eight are nonR committal. X LIGHT SHOWERS i ALL. R There were light showers of rain R Inst Monday lasting' into Monday H night. The showers came from flyM ing clouds on March winds. ?hc MORE CALLS FOR EXTRA SESSION Necessity for Road Improvement Impelling Demand. Columbia.?With the roads in nany sections in the worst condition .rat they have been in for years, the 'emands for an extra session of the General Assembly for the passage of 'ood roads legislation are beginning ,o grow more frequent and more insistent. The people of the state ;ocm irreconcilable to the idea of vaiting for anothei whole year to iass without a start having been iiade on the construction of a statevide sytsem. At a meeting of the Columbia Real Estate Hoard Monday afternoon itiong resolutions were adopted calling on the Governor to order an extra session for the purpose of giving tin- people of the state relief from the present impassable roads. The board' also called upon other real os^ late organizations throughout the state, Rotary clubs, Chamber of Com inercc, teachers' associations, farmers' organizations and all other organizations directly interested :n community improvements to join in the movement for a special session. No particular time for the extraordinary session is to be urged. The idea is to have the Governor call the legislators hack sometime this sum mer to pass the good roads legislation and also to ratify the acts that were overlooked in the closing hour? of the last session of the General Assembly. NEW MALADY MAY BE FLU OFFSPRING Medical Opinion Wot Unanimous on Sleeping Sickness. Differences in medical opinioi have resulted from the appearance o' encephalitis lethargicia, or "sleep ing sickness," and a controversy ovo the nature of the disease is immi nent, says The New York Evening Post. Some doctors express the he lief that the malady is a form o influenza, while others say that i is a new disease of unknown origin. Among those who hold to the for I'icr theory is Dr. T. L. Stedman editor of The Medical Record, win snid that there had been many case; of the disease in New York, but tha the death of E. W. Martin, reporter in Brooklyn, is the first to read public attention. "Influenza does not always talc the same form or attack the sam '.organs of the body," Dr. Stcdmai said. "It may attack the lungs,* th digestive organs, or the brain. Who; I i'c attacks the brain it produces ai inflammation which usually result fatally. It is 4 incorrectly calle 'sleeping sickness,' and therefor may be confused with the disoaa caused by the bite of the tsct fl> It does produce a comatose coneitior and resembles sleeping sickness, bu it lias an entirely different cause." Asked if he believed there wu danger of the disease becoming cp drmic, Dr. Steidman said that he di not, but qualified his opinion by sa.\ ing there is no way of redacting th course of influenza. "There have been cases of the di.ease all winter," ho added "and has not become epidemic so far." So far as the records of the healt department show, there has nev. been a case of encephalitis lethai gica or "sleeping sickness" in t.l J " * \ city of New York, according to D William H. Guilfoy, registrar ( r< < ords. "There probably will bo a goc deal of confusion resulting; from tl use of the term 'sleeping sickness' connection with this disease," 11 | Guilfoy said, "and while the oxa * ' %mx CONWAY, S. C , THURSDAY QUIT FORD WHEN THEY BUILD NEW CAR Kansas City, Mo.?Edsel Ford told today of the plans of his father and lvmself to withdraw from the Ford Motor Company an . establish a new company with factories all over the United States to make a motor car to sell at $250 to $.*550. The father and son were in Kansas City last ii jrht on the way to Detroit from Los Angeles. j " ine plans lor our new company j arc undeveloped as yet, but we do i know in a general way what we will ; do," said young Ford. "The recent Supreme Court decision whereby we must distribute $19,000,000 accumuI luted profits is the thing that defi! nitely convinced us a new company v as essential. "This new company will be owned entirely within our family, and thus cun be directed without outside int< rference. We expect to start work or, our plants in the early part of next year. We are hunting water I power, and so far have only two definite locations?Hamilton, ()., and Troy, N. Y. It will probably be a year before we launch the new com| puny. "Our present car is used largely for commercial purposes, with pleasuie use as a side issue. The new car will reach another field, going to the people who have no urgent need for a motor car except to go to and from 1 work or for infrequent pleasure s trips. We expect to make it a com netitor of the street car rather than of the Ford. ; "Lightr.es.-., yet increased strength, ' > is one of the features, and we have i I some new inventions which will reduce the cost," said Mr. Ford, but he pairied all further questions as to the inventions. o Governor Cooper made requisition j upon the governor of Pennsylvania | foi the return to South Carolina of i Jet se Murphy, negro, under arrest in Pittsburgh and charged wtih the kill iug of Genevieve Williams in Colum bia July 31, 1910. PLANS TO MAKE LOW PRICED CAR 1 ? 1 While the $250 flivver that Henry - Ford is preparing to manufacture in r numbers that make the head swim j ? I - ha:, not yet become an actuality, aur 1 tomobile dealers over the State arc - looking forward to its advent with f mingled feelings of joy and disgust, t They realize that some folks simply won't be caught in a $250 tin lizzie, - and so will buy higher price cars, and i, they also know that there are thousd ands who don't care a lemon rind s what sort of vehicle they go in just t so they get there. [1 While Henry Ford has turned out li some queer looking products in his h i ? va /\ K A tin HaI f V 4 1 t tnt n Ant n t 1% w> i.mit at' iciivi%v lunih uut aayiuia^ e that is not worth while, so the come ing of the chepp car wilt be looked n forward to with interest by every o one who finds present car prices a n little too high for comfort. n s nature of the disease, has never been d clearly defined, it is not the same as e the true sleeping sickness caused by e the bite of the tsetse, and which \> ahnost entirely confined to tropical i, Africa. it "Last summer 180 casees of what v.c call 'sleeping sickness' appeared si in England, not confined to one : j locality, but scattered over the cound iry. There was a wide difference of opinion among the doctors there as e to the tine nature of the disease, and many beiieved that it was a form of >- influenza. it "Another group held the opposite theory, and contended that it was not -h akin to influenza, but was caused by m; an unknown aj?ent which created an t'- inflammation of tho brain and inic duecd the drowsiness which is one of i'. the early symptoms of the disease. )f It has been generally conceded that the latter contention is correct, for >d there was no particular connection ie ; between the 'sleeping sickness' and in influenza. On this account it is dif'r. fault to treat, because its nature is ot ! not well known." / ( I w*> MARCH 20, 1919. SLEEPING SICKNESS REPORTED IN STATE Dr. James A. Hayne, State health! officer, said that two cases of Lethargic Encephalitis, commonly called "sleeping sickness," had been reported to him. One case was from Latta and the other from Johnsonville. Dr. Hayne said that the State beard of health would make an investigation at once as cases of this nature have been reported from various parts of the country. Now York and Washington both have ha 1 deaths from this disease. 'While in Washington Dr. Hayn? consulted George W. McCoy, head of thr hygienic laboratory, about this matter. I)r. McCoy was of the opinion that it is a new disease and r.j>t tin "sleeping sickness" caused by the Tse-Tsc fly. KcnnmTP oniamiT ncunuiid duuum IN REGULAR ARMY Enlistments in all branches of the regular army are authorized for the first time in many months. American citizens between the ages of eighteen and fifty-four inclusive, white, unmarried, able-bodied and without dependents, will do well to make detailed inquiries at the nearest recruiting station or army post, particularly if they are uncertain of employment during the period of rccontsruction. Enlistments will be for three years, but a certain proportion of men who have had service in the federal forces will be permitted to enlist for one year. Men who enlist for three years will be given foreign sei*viee, if possible The army offers an excellent opportunity for unskilled men, for men who wish to learn to be chaffeurs, I electricians, wireless oncrators. tele graphers, surveyors and engineers. One who desires to see something oi' the world and who prefers a life of | change will have his desires gratii fied by service in the regular army, I which operates from the Artie rej gions to the tropics ond in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Development is often marked in young iron who leave their native towns arm serve as soldiers in various parts of the world, where they come in eon tact with people of different view points and also benefit by associating with comrades from all sections of the United States. Such men almost invariably are quicker oi' apprehension, more enterprising and I better citizens than they would he il they had remained at home. Many who enter the army for other reasons find the life so attractive that they remain in the service permanently. The advantages of army life to such men are greater than most people realize. The minimum pay of the $110 per month may seem small at first, but p. close study of all the benefits and allowances will show that the man who remains in the army is better off financially than the man in civil life, fie receives his board, clothes and medical attendance free?the equivalent ol $50 pei- month in these days of high prices. If he is a good soldier he i.sure of promotion, with the consequent increase in compensation Alter thirty years of service, he may retire on three quarters pay. Records' show that the average soldier retires a:, a high-grade non-commissioner officer and draws $07.50 per month oc lYloi'o fill' tlm l'Ofsl of hi? 1 i f. This is equivalent to the inconv y'elded by $20,000 in a savings bank which is more than ton times $1,905 int average pt*i ?vcnlth oj 11 ? United States in 1912. Tn othe words, the man who enters the arm1 early in life, and chooses to reman will find himself in his fifties ahea of the average citizens financially a well as physically. Railroad executives and govern n.ont representatives laid the foun ' d; tion for the machinery throne. which funds of banks and the wa ! finance corporation will ho mad available to railroads dming tl I next few months in lieu of the fund which congress failed to provide. rati ED. SMITH IS SHOT WHILE AFTER THIEF His Wounds Not Serious and Chicken Thieves Are Caught. One night last week in Socasteo, Ei!. Smith and Jule Cooper waited near a chicken coop in order to catch a thief who had been stealing them. They wore hid in a stable and had iguod. it was thought not to leave the stable when the thief should appeal-. After a time the thieves came and Ed. Smith ran out of the stable I [unknown to Cooper. The latter seeing a person in the dark thought it [was one of the thieves and shot Ed. j Smith by mistake. Smith's wounds did not prove to ho serious as the buckshot went thiough a thick plank before strikii g him. Ho was able to go on and help catch the thieves who proved to ho some colored boys, sons of Hob Oliver, an old colored man of that community. I The guilty parties were bound |o\cr and will be tried. Mr. T. H. Cooper had lost a number of chickens recently and other people in the same community had been losing the m until this occurred. o MOVES HIS GARAGE. R. A. Duke has rented two stores from A. C. Thompson. They are on the corner of 4th Avenue and Laurel Street, and as soon as alterations are completed he will move all of l is garage business there. Until the present time he was located on hrd Avenue in one of the Jenkins Buildi ino? 'HORRY COUNTY HAS HIGHWAY COMMISSION i Appointed Under the Very Recent Act Providing for . Bond Issue. Section 7 of tit*1 recent act of the ; Legislature authorizing* the County i of Horry to issue bonds for the purpose of improving* the highways of said county, provides that the Horry County Highway Commission shall bo composed of four members, one cf whom shall be the chairman of the county Hoard of Commissioners, and the other three shall be selected by the members of the Horry County delegation in the General Assemly. On last Tuesday, the members of tiic Horry County Delegation, appointed the following named gentlei men as members of the commission: Messrs. F. A. Burroughs, of Conway; E. M. Meares, of Floyds Township, H. F. D. No. 2; and \V. A. Freeman, Conway. These, with the chairman of the Countv Hoard of Commissioni j ers, now constitute the Horry County (.Highway Commission and will servo 1 i for three years, or until the purposes : ! of the act have been completely car' | l ied out. o D. A. Houston, president of the ' j Federal land bank, sold $580,000 >f ' I form loan bonds in one day. I LOAN CAMPAIGN ! BEGINS IN APRIL : i r Washington.?The Victory Liberty v Loan campaign will open Monday ? April 21 and close three weeks later d Saturday, May 10. i * a Secretary Glass announced th< dates together with the fact tha KIllllL MM Ml IH'W'h MUlkUlMlg 111 IU? -lover five years would ho issued in i-'stead of longer term bonds. Tin h ! amount of notes to be offered wa '* rut disclosed but it has been general i. understood that the loan would b foi a minimum of $5,000,000,000 wit1 '; * the treasury resolving the right t accept all oversubscriptions. 1 < 1 \ % NO.48^ BED BLUFF SCENE OF SERIOUS AFFRAY One Man Knocked in Head, Another Full of Shot in His Back HAPPENS NEAR LANDING I AFTER NIGHT FALL Injuries of C. L. Williamson Were Thought to Be Serious. There was a disturbance of the peace at Rod BlufT on the night of March 12th, which resulted in the serious injury of one man and a dangeious and painful injury to another unci which difficulty it is supposed will finally go into the Courts. C. L. Williamson, a farmer of that community, was struck in the back cf the head with a shotgun and his wound was considered as a serious one by those who saw the pool of blood at the place where he was sliuck. Thomas W. Livingston, just before C. L. Williamson was injured, was shot twice, the first load of shot missing him but the second load taking effect in his back. About eighteen shots were taken out of him by the Doctor, but none of these went deep enough to be serious. Among those named, as being concerned in the difficulty are Jess J. Todd, who has not been in that community very long, Amnions Bourne and T. J. Cox. At last accounts C. L. Williamson was unable to leave his""bed and some uncertainty was expressed as to whether his wound J might prove fatal. It has been impossible to loam just what caused this difficulty in the Red Bluff community. T. W. Livingston and C. L. Williamson had gone down to the boat landing after dark that night to see about, some nitrate of soda that was to come on the boat from Conway. On the way down there is when the difficulty took place. ?. ? ?o PLANS NEXT CENSUS. Washington.?The act providing for the 14th and subsequent clecen[ nial censuses was signed by the president on March 3. The enumeration, which will be made in January, 1920, is now less than ton months distant; and the census bureau already has } under consideration the selection and appointment of not to exceed 40Ct supervisors who will have charge of the 90,000 enumerators. ! yfEWS ON PENDING I I GIIUU KUflUS ISSUt I Whether or not an extra session of the general assembly will be called this spring or summer will depend on the attitude of Governor Cooper. I The chief executive has said there must not only be a demand for au * . extra session, but also assurance that good roads legislation will be cnact, ed. To get the view of members the i lower house, on whose shoulders the respinsibility for failure to ecnact good roads legislation rests, J. Wilson Gibbes, clerk of the house has assembled a "straw vote." While the II ajoritv sentiment is not ?r? fnvor 7 of an extra session, the members by . a wide margin express themselves of > the opinion that good roads legisla lion would Do enacted, wore the gon' oral assembly called back in session. I Most of the members express them t selves definitely. There is little - hedging or (lodging of the main is? sue. Usually the members are frank s in the opinions as to the expediency - of an extra session and some of them 0 toko no pains to conceal the fact that h their constituents have mercilessly o applied the lash of condemnation fov failure to act last month.