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EElglje (founts ltreord. |S| L^VOl XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27,1917. NO. 43 B i """"** < I TO BRIDGE THE k SANTEE RIVER. k IMPORTANT ACTION TAKEN BY CONFERENCE HELD AT FLORENCE LAST FRIDAY. The meeting of the repreeentaItives from the several counties abutting on or adjacent to the Santee river, called at the instance of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce to meet in Florence last Friday, resulted in steps being formulated making practical the carrying out of the recent recommendation of the State Highway Commission mat two i bridges be built spanning the SanI it?e river. A meeting was held about a month ago in Columbia at |H which the claims of several sites along the Santee river were put forth. Advocates of each section recited the advantages to accrue from that site, the State Highway W Commission giving due weight to u the arguments presented. I Mazyck Ferry, near MeClellanI ville, Lenud's Ferry, near the Sea-1 board Air Line crossing, Murray's! Landing, near the crossing of the > Atlantic Coast Line, and Pinckney's Landing, near Parlers, or St Paul's, in Orangeburg county, were ail? forcibly presented. The commission i .lolIKorntinn flnnnnnppH its! recommendation that steps be taken to build two bridges, one at Lenud's and the other at Pinckney's Land- j ing. There was no doubt as the de-1 sirablitv of Murray's Landing site both as to convenience and centra); location, but the swampy approaches and span of the river bed, etc, en-: ^ tailed an expense which was almost1 ^ prohibitive, tfefe cost of the bridge i at Murray's Landing being almost as much as the combined expense of j the bridge at Lenud's and Pinckney's Landing. The work of the State Highway \ Commission for the time at least ceased when it made its recommendation and gave oat the facts and figure* regarding the distances and h expenses 6f the several sites. It was therefore up to some agency to get the several counties to cooperSate in some way to realize the finances necessary to build the two bridges and it was for this purpose that the Charleston Chamber of Commerce called together representatives of the several counties. Time is quite a factor just now as legislation will be required by the State( Legislature when it meets next month, aDd before this legislation is proposed local sentiment COOKING WILL BE EASY 1 OUR MODERN RANGES. CON _* rtiiD d a wfirs rn vnn. rnr? \ THANK~US FOR REMINDING"Y 7 COME IN. MRS. HOVSEWIF BRING A LIST OF ALL THE K WE SELL OUR RANGES AND PRICE ANDOUR RANGES ARE BEST: T1 King' liardwa The Popular H I must be crystallized and the several p legislative delegations informed of the wishes of their constituents. , s Unless a meeting such as was s held last Friday had been called it is a probable that the whole project jc would have reached no crisis by the! p the date of meeting of the Legisla- j r ture and would have failed of ac-j r complishment, for the coming year; c at least. ! r The meeting in Florence last Fri- j h day was presided over by Mr A V jf Snell. of Charleston, and the whole Jr matter was thoroughly ventilated, t On motion of Mr Wilson G Harvey, j 1 a committee of one member from j c each county represented was ap-j pointed to take the whole situation iq under consideration and to report I a back to the meeting plans and poli- j t cies for their adoption. A recess |e was taken while this committee held ! a a spirited session, threshing out lo- j t cai differences and difficulties, un-1 e tangling knots and overcoming real j ^ or fancied obstacles. C When the meeting reconvened Chairman Harvey submitted the following recommendation made by the committee, which was adopted ' unanimously: j "Resolved that Senator Hugerl^ Sinkler, of Charleston, be requested i to prepare the necessary legislation looking to the formation of a commission, to be known as the Santee j ^ river bridge commission, which com- j ( mission shall he intrusted with such i duties and responsibilities and pow-1 ers essential to cooperating: with the j State Highway commission and to j aid in the construction of the bridpres I spanning: the Santee river. I "Resolved that a committee ofj three representatives from' each! county be appointed, which committee shall be charged with stimulating public sentiment in favor of the i cunsirucuuil UA llic oauicc UTCi bridges and to devise means for the raising of the quota to be furnish- ^ ed by the county to the bridge fund. 1 This committee to take the matter * up with the county legislative dele- * gation so that they will be apprais- * ed of the wishes cf their constitu- * ents in the matter of the building * of the bridges. 1 "Resolved that this gathering of t representatives of the counties in k the eastern section of South Caro- * I g lina give their approval to the proposed spanning of the Pee Dee river r by the construction of a bridge un- t der the direction of the State High- r way Commission, with the aid of the ^ counties directly and indirectly in- ^ terested. and pledge their support ^ to such a project when a feasible e v JEW Ranqe. j ! t WORK IF YOU USE ONE OF \ IE IN AND LET US "EXPLAIN" 4 YOU WILL BUY ONE AND OU OF YOUR NEED. J E. THIS VERY WEEK AND V ITCHEN THINGS YOU NEED, a KITCHEN THINGS AT A LOW a 1( HEY STAND THE TEST. ire Company. hardware Store. s 1? / )lan has been formulated. "Resolved that a committee conistine of A V Snell, W H Andrews ind J L Barringer be appointed to tdjust any matters arising in the arrying out of any of the plans and >urposes outlined in the foregoing esolutions or which may become lecessary to aid in the construction ?f the bridges across the Santee iver and that the committee also lave charge of suggesting tentative igures which would seem to be the easonable and proper proportion of he several counties in the four of 80 necessary for the construction >f the said bridges." Before adoption of this report enluiries were made as to how the .mounts which this special commitee had in mind should be raised by ach county and Chairman Harvey nnounced the following as being he quotas which had been considred: lost of the bridge at Pinckney Landing ..$154,000 lost of the bridge at Lenud Landing 173,000 Total $327,000 )ne half being furnished by the State Highway Commission would leave to be raised by the several counties about $163,000 idded for contingencies at suggestion of State Highway Commission 17,000 Total to be raised, about $180,000 Apportionment as follows to counies: Chester ... $35,000 lorchester _... 5,000 leorgetown 15,000 Villiamsburg 15,000 Charleston 25,000 "lorence 15,000 sumter 5,000 lariington 5,000 jee 5,000 )rangeburg 25,000 ierkeley .. 10,000 ticbland 10,000 Calhoun 5,000 lorry 1,000 Idarion. 2,000 lillnn 2,000 darlboro ' 2,000 Chesterfield 1,000 This provides for an excess of 113,000, but this will be absorbed >08sibly by deflections of some of he counties. It will be seen that he figures are not excessive. All jresent at the meeting marveled low readily the two bridges could * acquired if each county would iall in and do its part in proportion o the advantages to accrue. Mr Inell's executive committee will ake these figures under revision ind then submit them to the chairnan of each of the county commitees and endeavor to get the whole natter upon a working basis. The Charleston delegation, consisting of ^ V Snell. James W Martin, William Jaillard and Wilson G Harvey, workd hard to bring about the results vhich were obtained. The advoates of the Murray's landing had o be reconciled and some of the epreSentatives were insistent that he Pee Dee bridge matter be inorporated in any consideration of he Santee bridges. A patriotic pirit prevailed, however, and conessions were made on all sides, reulting in action being taken which rill probably insure the construcion of the two bridges within the tl. ? ?e exi year, ine prtraeuvc ui uiaic lighway Engineer Murray was apreciated as he furnished valuable iformation. The absence of repreentatives from Orangeburg and Ilarendon counties, which strongly upported the Pinckney landing ridge, was regretted, but their inerests were cared for by the represntatives from Charleston and elsewhere. who worked unselfishly for esults, taking broad and compreensive views on the whole matter. Vews- and Courier. We have on hand a nice lot of lules and horses fresh from the Vestern markets. Prices are right nd every mule or horse guaranteed s represented. Come and look this it nver. Williamsburg Live Stock Co. We Rive Profit-sharing Coupons, 'our certificates with every dollar pent in our Dry Goods department nly. People's Mercantile Co. / MOTHER AND SIX ' CHILDREN PERISH FLAMES CAUSE HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS EVE TRAGEDY FEW MILES FROM GREENWOOD. Greenwood, December 26:?Mrs J Lambert Whitman and her six children, aged from three to thirteen years, were burned to death last night at midnight in their country home four miles west of Greenwood. This horrible tragedy on Christmas brought to Greenwood a sadness that was everywhere noted. Mrs Whitman and her six children had presumably made their prepara tions for Christmas, and the father was in town. A neighbor, Mr J H Davis, one of the cotton weighers here, was late getting home, and had just arrived in his yard when he saw the fire. Hastily putting his horse back in harness, he rushed down the road to the house. Although the building was blazing from every side, he could still heaf the cries of the unfortunates inside. Wrapping his laprobe about him, he attempted to enter time and again, but was driven back by the flames. The cries increased, and this morning all that was left of seven beings of the day before was a charred heap of bones. The frame of the mother was clearly, apparent, lying across a bed, where she had possibly tried to rescue some of the children and had fallen, overcome by smoke. The charred remains have been brought here and are in the R W Blythe undertaking establishment. Tomorrow they will be started to Due West in a single coffin and buried that way at the former home of the mother. The oldest child, a young boy, was away from home on a visit. He and the father survive out of a family of nine. The house was known as the Ryckard place, just beyond Salak, and was one of the landmarks of that section of the country, where Mr Whitman had lived only one year, working a crop on ?he place this year. WAY OF TRANSGRESSOR IS HARD. Swindlers of Sooth Carolinians Come to Grief. Boston, Mass, December 21:? Robert H Duncan and his wife, who it is alleged, cleaned up $10,000 in swindles at Columbia and Spartanburg, S C. received jail sentences here today for using the mails to defraud. Duncan, who was arrested in Burlington. Vt. on Thanksgiving day, charged with using the mails in a scheme to defraud chambers of commerce and others, was sentenced to three years in the Atlanta penitentiary by Judge Morton in the federal district court and his wife, Marion, charged with the same offense, was sentenced to a year and a day in East Cambridge jail. Both pleaded guilty. ^ Mrs Duncan is an attractive woman about 30 years of age, and was dressed in the height of fashion. She wept bitterly as she heard her sentence pronounced. Later, in the marshal's office, where she waited her transfer to jail, she broke down completely, despite the efforts of her husband to console her. Duncan shouldered the blame entirely. He told Judge Morton that the scheme was his, that his wife's part in it was purely mechanical and that she acted under his direction ana against ner win. ne asKea me court to show all the mercy possible. The scheme consisted of sending letters to chambers of commerce, stating that a representative of the United Fruit Company would soon visit them to look over cold storage facilities. Mrs Duncan, under the name of Mary Walker, would appear shortly thereafter and while carrying on negotiations would receive what purported to be a check from the United Fruit Company. In 1 every instance she was able to cash the check on the recommendation of < the chamber of commerce re pre i sentative. Duncan said he wrote ' and mailed the letters. 1 The Duncans were arrested in < Burlington, Vt, November 29, eight i days after they left Columbia, f While here Mrs Duncan operated \ under the name of Mrs Mary Walk- 1 er. To H S Kealhofer, secretary of s the chamber of commerce,she repre- r sented herself as the agent of the i United Fruit Company. Her al- I leged work was the establishment of t cold storage plants near army camps, f A check for $350 was cashed. The c arrest was made on information t provided by Mr Kealhofer, the charge being attempt to defroud by c use of the mails.? The State. C ? - s Big Fire at Honea Path. ] Anderson, December 21:?Fire of e unknown origin damaged 1,085 C bales of cotton and one compart- t ment of the warehouse of the Chi- c quola Manufacturing Companv, at s . <fe.? ^ '^ '^ c MT % ?/ * m Wishing * Our Friends U and Patrons i*/ | a %m # Wrrtitttrti | New ft it/ $ j I I Kingstree Hard ft We Lead; Otl ?: M ^ .1 1 1 he Man with f Valuables Safeii HELP1 HELP1 THAT'S THE C WHO KEEPS HIS VALUABLES IN THE WAY TO AVOID THIS IS T< PERS. JEWELRY AND HEIRLOOl VAULTS. THEN YOU ARE FREE THEY ARE SAFE. WE WILL RENT YOU A SAFETY PUT YOUR MONEY WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTERES Loam Made on Cotton Wireh Farmers & Merchan "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Authorized by Federal Reserve Board to Act as A I t Honea Path early this morning to the extent of approximately $90,000, fully covered by insurance. 'Possum hunters near the mill discovered the flames soon after the light watchmanhad made his rounds, rhe alarm was sounded and the mill ire department responded and did effective work, The warehouse was equipped with automatic sprinklers, ind the sprinkling system held the lames in check until the roof of the warehouse fell in. The falling roof )roke the line of pipes and the fire ;oon got from under control. The nill pumps poured more than one nillion gallons of water into the jurning compartment and this, with he aid of fire walls, prevented the lames from spreading into adjoining :ompartments where more than 3000 >ales of cotton were stored. President Hammett stated that the :otton damaged was valued at $150,100, but estimated salvage will * imount to one-half the value. The oss of the warehouse and cost of extinguishing the flames was $15,100. The fire caused a part of the hills to be closed for the day. The :otton burned was of the best grade ind will be hard to replace. f > * \M Ui iH in in in in in n| anil | *mtfi ? ar I in . S S? ? fin \n in ware Company | hers Follow. ^ Jlr fouwonl be calling for help if your ^Valuables are in our Safety Deposit ^y^uits. vloneyhas his ^ our Vaults. ( RY YOU HEAR FROM THE MAN HIS HOME AND LOSES THEM. D PLACE YOUR VALUABLE PAAS IN OUR SAFETY DEPOSIT ! FROM WORRY. YOU KNOW DEPOSIT BOX FOR $2 AND UP. IN OUR BANK. ?T ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. ous?? Receipts at G percent ts National Bank, LAKE CITY. S. C. dninislrator, Executor. Trustee and Registrar.