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L^VOl XXXII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27,1917. NO. 43
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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
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\ 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
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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
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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- *
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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
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)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.
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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
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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
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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"
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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.
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dninislrator, Executor. Trustee and Registrar.