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I r VOLUME XXXIvT IMPORTANT MEETING s uci n at i noi? rl IILLU HI LVIIig SVTfegarding the Building of v County Highway From Sea* board Westward COMMITTEES APPOINTED I V FOR FOUR TOWNSHIPS I People of That Section Will 1 Insist Upon Sharing of I ' 4 Funds. (.? , ?.l l 1 Oil. 4 A ? A ? A. I* HA v'n ocpienioer loin, r.uy, at o:ov >} o'c.'ock 1*. \1. at the Farmers Brick W arehouse, Boris, S. C., an important meeting- was called to order by tempoary Chairman W. A. Prince, who stated that the object of the meeting- was in pursuance of a Notice i/> published in the two County papers, and motions were now in order for a resolutions and business. Mr. Prince of Boris. S. C., was made permanent j Chairman and Nicholas F. Nixon of Cherry Grove Beach, S. C., was invited to act as Secretary and made ^permanent Secretary. The Chairman stated that the object of the meeting was to consider certain Petitions which were being circulated and would be later presented to the Horry County Highway Commission for their adoptiop and I endorsement for the construction of a i^jCownty Highway for the Eastern mail' of Horry County Leading out ) irom the Atlantic Sea Board to Little River and across the Waccamaw Jiver at some suitable point on to Loris and Nichols, S. C. The motion was in order to have !an expression of opinion from the members of the meeting. The Rev. j Mr. Mullinix stated that in his opinion this was a step in the right di* roction and one that all good citizens might hail with pride. There was no doubt as to the needs of the people as to a Highway on this side of the County and a Bridge across the Waccamaw River to the Sea Board. It was then proposed by one member f the meeting that we ask the County for $100,000 for this purpose out of the Bond and Federal Aid Road Funds, while another asked the Chairman if any estimate had been made as to what amount of funds would be due to Little River, Simp' son Creek, Green Sea and Floyds Township upon a pro-rata basis? It [ was then suggested that this matter be looke^ into by a committee of two citizens from each of the above named Townships. The Chairman then made motion to nominate two citizens from Township above mentioned and this was done by acclamation j .with no dissenting voices. The arrival of Col. D. A. Spivey and perhaps Congressman Elect E. J. ? I I - A / jsnerwood on tne anemoon train ir?m Conway, to take part in the meeting, and the consequent holding wait for them prevented the attendance of several very important advocates of The Atlantic-Little River-Loris and Nichols Highway who were compelled to leave Loris on the afternoon train, with many regrets, just before the , " meetings The Ajuty of the Committee app&pted from the four Townships through which the Atlantic-Little River-Loris and Nichols High- ( way is proposed to be laid out and built, is to cooperate with the supervisors of these Townships. To ascertain the amount due to these four Townships for Road Constluction fvij^i all ources, Township, County and Federal; To give the minutes and resolutions of this meeting the widest - - - - * At t A .i? publicity; To lay me resolutions ui this meeting before the County! Board of Commissioners and before j| the Horry County Highway Com mission, *hd to intercede with them j for a fair and' just distribution of the Publ Funds for Road and Bridge j. Construction in Horry County, as J ( early as possible; and to report their findings back to the Chairman of this meeting, who will call a second meeting of the Public, together with Wkt PEARLIE CASQUE TAKEN TO JAIL Serious Charge Brought Against Fanner by Zander Cannon of Horry. Pcarlie Gasque, a farmer of the Cool Spring1 section of this county, was lodged in jail the first of this week on a sei ious charge of housebreaking and attempted criminal assault. The warrant was sworn out by Zander Cannon another farmer of that same neighborhood. It is alleged that the offense was committed on Sunday night after most of the neighbors had gatherc I for services at the church which is nearby. While the charge brought i by the prosecutor is serious in its terms, yet there are statements coming from strong friends of the defendant which indicate that there may be extenuating circumstances in the case. this committee at some future time and place, to be later announced; Then and there, to consider further any steps that may be necessary to the furtherance of the end to which this meeting is in session, i One member of the mootinc ?u? - _ o ~ ?e> gested that the equity of the Bridge over the upper Waccamaw was beyond question, as Col. D. A. Spivey had long ago placed among our statutes a law for the erection of this Bridge, which, but for the running short of funds would have been built in years ago. Now the County is in financial position to fulfill this promise and can not justly deny it. The following resolutions were placed in order and adopted: That, whereas the moneys from the County Road Bonds and Federal Aid Road Acts, are now available t'and being spent in the construction of Roads j and Bridges in Horry County and whereas the routes mapped out by the County authorities empowered to U.cate and pass upon such road routes are not just and equitable lo a large proportion of the citizens of the County who bear their portion of the burden of such Road and Bridge Construction, and, whereas, in our opinion, we are being taxed without one representation or consideration: Be it resolved; That we enter our pro test against such unjust treatment and dcscrimination against that portion of our County bordering the North Carolina line and comprising at least one-third of said County, and demand, that there be a Highway /> Ifiwl nff in fVln Pnufnnn w 1miv? vii iii vih; uudii:i II [JWI tiv/ll of Horry County leading* from th.> Atlantic Coast to Little River, and across the Waccamaw River at some suitable point, and on to Loris and Nichols, S. C. Thereby forming a link in what may be some day merged into "The Atlantic-Horry-Char lotte and Western National Highway." The Committee appointed at this meeting consists of Moore Thomp- < son, J. Sid Bellamy and Nicholas F. Nixon for Little River Township, W. P. Butler, D. K. McDuffie and J. C. Sarvis for Simpson Creek Township, Joseph O. Blanton, Pearl Watson and i G. M. Fowler for Green Sea, W. Chess Hooks, Albert Gerrald and Marshal Ford for Floyds Township. A motion was then adopted thai the Secretary send the minutes of this meeting to the papers for publication and serve due notice of the same upon any absent members of the above Committee. The meeting was then adjourned to await action of the above Committee. o DECIDED NEXT TUESDAY. < The contest over the election between E. J. Sherwood and P. H. Stoll was not decided Tuesday in Columbia, and this was on account of the i fact that the Dillon vote had not been sent in. The matter has been postponed until next Tuesday, when the State Executive Committee wi'l decide the contest. 1 m ( Soaring prices for food and clothing* as well as house rent show n > diminution in Japan. Swwr CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY^ VOTE FOR CONGRESS " I RRINGS OP PROTESTS One Side Says Soldier Vote 5 Counted Twice at Horry Precincts BOTH SIDES CONTESTING I ON GRAVE IRREGULARITIES State Executive Committeemen t in Columbia Tuesday and Will Decide Matters. The official count of the votes cast r in the second primary for E. J. Sher- ^ wood and P. H. Stoll, rival candidates c foi the congressional seat from the Oth district, showed E. J. Sherwood ^ as being twenty-three votes ahead of ^ the Williamsburg candidate. This part of the matter came out as news last week after the committees had met in all of the eight counties and ^ declared the results. After that it became known that ^ each side in the controversy had proof, or at least information which y might lead to proof, of grave irregu- ^ larities carried on the conduct of the election, not only in the counties of Horry and Williamsburg, the home counties of the rival candidates, but ^ in the counties of Georgetown and Dillon. g In Horry, it was charged by Stoll that at several precincts, the soldiers votes were opened and counted by thq i managers of the polls and added in to the result as reported to the county 1 executive committee. These soldier * votes of course were not intended to ! be opened and counted until they got 1 into the hands of the committee, but ? some managers did not understand this it was charged. Now when the ^ soldier votes reached the committee it was but natural to open the soldier 1 votes and count them, adding these to the result already reported by the ^ managers. This, however, is not charged as any fraud in the election but only a mistake brought about by a lack of knowledge on the part of the 1 managers as to the proper way to handle the soldier vote. \ Another claim made by the Stoll forces was that in Dillon County the vote at one poll casting 212 votes was not sent* in to the committee within the time provided by the loiles of the Democratic Party; that the votes from this poll did not get in until Thursday J night after the committee had met, and that the committee had no rfght s to meet again cn Friday and count in i these votes. Again it appeared that no v fraud was charged in the matter, but 0 only the irrregularity of taking these 1 votes in after the time allowed by the ]] rules. In the mean time it appeared that > grave irregularities had taken place k regarding the vote in Georgetown s county, especially at Andrews where b the people were in. favor of Mr. Stoll In Georgetown county people voted on the suggestion of fence law at the J same time that they voted on the selection of a congressman. They had f no tickets such as. those provided by law on which to vote, and they used {it the Andrews poll, and perhaps other places, scraps of paper on which 0 they wrote names of the candidates q for congressman with lead pencils. a This was not charged as fraud hut it b was a grave irregularity contrary to s *he strict rules of the party. it Both sides in the contest took im- fi mediate steps to protect the election a on all grounds menioned. In the mean time it is uncertain as to what c disposition the State Democratic Com- a mittee will make of these questions fj when it meets in Columbia Tuesday of s this week to go over the election re- tl tu' ns . They may decide these mat- o tors at once, or may delay for days. i ? o Declaring that pro-Germanism h had again lifted its head in this coun- c; try, President Wilson said in an ad- u tl less, "that every element of chaos" s was hoping there would be "no steady- ^ ing hand' placed on the world's af-|v fairs. |a 8 f* SEPTEMBER 18, 1019. .AWLESSNESS NOW EXISTS IN BOSTON Since Police Struck Citizens Must Protect Own Lives and Property .OOTING SHOE STORES FAVORITE DIVERSION )f Crowds Who Seem More on Mischief Bent?Much Stuff Removed. Boston, Sept. 10.- -Lawlessness was ampant in Boston today. Without dequate police protection, private itizens were left to their own resoures to protect their lives and propery. Since the polire strudk here has been no organized police tower able to cope with the situation hat last night approached anarchy ind today appeared to grow more erious. Crowds began to gather in the lowntown district about midnight. [*hey were generally good natured, >ut bent on mislhief. Shoe stores were he chief attraction and it was a comnon sight to see a man or boy seated ?n the curb trying on new acquisiions. Misfits were used as missies to >reak more windows. A sailor in ? treet crowd carried a full dressed tore dummy. Without leaving the (treat he took off his uniform ar.d lonned the "civies" even to the collar md tie. Some one sold him an ex>ensiye velour hat for 35 cents and he lepajitd with his uniform under his irm. Reports that sailors were promnent in the disturbances brought irmed guards from the navy yard. It was estimated that at least 300 tore windows were looted and more ban $200,000 worth of merchandise cmoved. The large ctores were projected by forces of armed employees md similar precautions had been aken by the banks. Firemen. answered fifty false ilarms during the night, but no arests were made. fOUNG LIFE ENDED BY SAD ACCIDENT There was a sad accident at Mr. J. . Nealy's saw mill on Sept. 10th. The butt saw broke loose from the haft with mighty force and found ts way into the body of the little son if Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Floyd, cutting ff his right hand, right shoulder and ight side of his head, causing almost us tan t death. Varley Floyd was about eleven cars old and was smart, loving and :ind, and his death brought grief and orrow to his father and mathor. irothcr, sister, friend, and neighbors. ack of gasoline ;auses inconvenience Tuesday of last week was the end f another gasoline famine in Conway, 'he gasoline had been out for nearly week so that the owners of automoiles were but to great inconvenience ome of them going to extra expense ^ order to get small quanties of the uel, and others having to do without ny at all. By the day above stated a tank car ame in for Standard Oil Company nd their tanks near the Town were died from it. All of the supply tations in the Town were filled and lie gasoine was very rapidly disposed 1. It appears that this inconvenience > not caused entirely by congestion ? freights on the railroads. It is a ard matter to tell just what does ause this touble. The general public ndcrstands that they should be applied at all times with plenty of asolene, and they would like to know ;hy it is that constantly it runs out ,nd there is no supply. \ % I mi. PRICE KILLS MAN IN SELF DEFENSE Henry Flowers Shot in the Breast by Prominent Farmer Last Saurday News came to Conway last Satu day evening that Henry Flowers had been shot and mortally wounded b\ George S. Price, u prominent farmer Oi Galivants Ferry township. There had been some disagreement on the part of Flowers concerning the raising of a crop on shares on the place of Mr. Price. On one ocsasiou Flowers tried to creep up behind Fr ee and strike him with a club. On Saturday morning George S. Price was hunting squirrels, when without warning Flowers opened fire on him with a pistol firing twice but missing each time. Prise ran through the woods and Flowers ran after him, and as he was closely pressing Price, the latter turned and shot him in the breast. Later?Tt was at first reported through the country that Henry Flowers had been killed by the shot; but later accounts from reliable sources are to the effect that Flowers is living and it is not expected now that he will die. , e STOCK LAW TICKETS. It is understood: that friends of Mr. Sherwood in Georgetown have protested Carvers Bay No. 1 precinct and the vote in the town of Andrews, it being alleged that all votes for vi'iigreMK at me carvers Kay precinct were votes on stock law tickets, no other tickets being available, and that a number of non-residents were voted in the town of Andrews, in both the stock law and the congressional race. wilsIrevJewT PACIFIC FLEET Seattle, Wash.?President Wilson's launch was in a collision with anothboat in the harbor this afternoon. He was uninjured. In the launch, in addition to the president were Mrs Wilson, Secretary and Mis. Daniels, secret sei*vico men, secretaries, and newspaper men. As the launch shoved off from the dock, it heeled over till the port rail was nearly under water. Starting ahead then, the craft ran bow on into another launch giving the party a severe jar. The president sat serene in the craft and smiled. After the accident President Wilson boarded the famous battleship Oregon in Elliott Bay and standing with Secretary of the Navy Daniels ^\nd Admiral Rodman, commander of <K,. *1--1. - I in*.: liiciiie ilei't, reveiwing the great j lines r.f sea warriors assembled here. I Today marked the first time that the president of the United States had flown his flag in Seattle harbor. contested votes in second primary The executive committees in the counties of the 6th District met at all the county seats on Tuesday of last week to tabulate the votes cast in the second primary for Edwin J. Sherwood of Horry? and Philip H. Stoll of Kings tree. Questions were raised in Horry by Mr. Stoll as to the count of the votes cast and he hfw'. representatives at the meeting of the committee here to demand an actual count. On the other hand Mr. Sherwood was advised to 1 watch the result as declared in "Williamsburg, and a prominent attorney of Florence, S. C., went over to Kingstree on Tuesday of last week to contest the election at that place. He represented Mr. Sherwood. At last accounts no definite results had been declared as coming from these contests. o Sunlight in the poultry house is a good disinfectant; but don't rely on sunlight alone. WO. 22. WILL FLU RETURN IMPORTANT QUESTION HI I I United States Public Health Service Issues Reliable Statement I 'PROBABLY MAY COME MO MEANS CERTAIN ; Boards of Health arid City Officials Generally Should Be Prepared if it Does. i \ Probably, but by no means certainjly, there will be a recurrence of the I influenza epidemic this year. Indications are, that, should it oscur, it will not be as severe as the epidemic of the previous winter. City officials, state and city boards of health, should be prepared in the event of a recurrence. The fact that a previous attack tunas immunity in a certain percentI age of cases should allay fear on the part of those afflicted in the previous epidemic. Influenza is spread by direct and indirect contact. It is not yet certain that the germ has been isolated, or discovered, and as a confidence there is yet no positive preventive, except the enforcement of rigid rules of sanitation and the avoidance of personal * contact. A close relation between the influenza pandemic and the constant1 Iv increasing pneumonia mortality ' rate prior to the Fall of 1918 is recognized. It is now believed that the diseasePas pretty widely disseminated throughout the country before it was recognized in its epidemic state. This failure to recognize the early cases appear to have largely been due to the fact that every interest was then centered on the war. STATE AND COUNTY POWERS CONFUSING Judge Ernest Moore, in Columbia has issued an order requiring Col. A. K. Sanders, superintendent of the State penitentiary, to show cause why county supervisors should not get convices for county road work from the State penitentiary. The case is brought | iv? the name of Sumpter County by I L. D. Jennings, county attorney. It has been the custom of county supervisors to make requistion on the penitentiary for convicts sentenced in county chain gang work, which is optional with the county whether they take them. Some supervisors work the convicts for a while and then reconihit them to the State penitentiary. | Superintendent Sanders says that .'this mode of procedure is working | havoc with the work of the penitentiary. At no time does he know how 1 many convicts he will have, on hand to labor on the farms owned by the State, penitentiary. A fluctuating prison pop i illation, he says, will prevent him I mio?ir?<v annul."*-"'-- 1 ?vcui?vfiy now many a civs to plant; and how many tons of fertilizer ho can purchase, because he can not tell if he will have hands enough to vork the acreage planted, without hiring extra labor from the outside. He has put. ? to this method of handling convicts. The case from Sumpter is in the nature of a test of the superintendent's powers. ?o ? BOY BADLY HURT. A hoy by the name of Barley Floyd, while working at a sawmill in Simpson Creek Township, on Tuesday of last week was caught in the machinery and terribly mangled, so hat at last accounts there was but 'ittle hopes of his recovery from his :nju rics. lie is about 14 years of age.