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PEE DEE GROSSING I
I. AT GALIVANTS FERRY
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U Will Be Greatiy Improved by
1 Projects l\low Under
L Way
(| BIDS SUBMITTED AND
L , OPENED ON 18TH ;
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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? 1 While the $250 flivver that Henry
- Ford is preparing to manufacture in
r numbers that make the head swim
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- 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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.