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4? ARN RR'8 FERRY CROWING. *%*te Highway ComrrrUsh.n Furnishes Estimate* of l*ropoexxl Cau*ewa> aiul Forry. { The BUU Highway Commission ha? furnished the Sumter Chamber of Commerce with the following Infor? mation regarding the recent surveys mjij estimates ot cost for rebuilding ttw old Garner's Ferry crossing through Watereo swamp, between Sumter and Rlehland counties, build lag a ferry fiat, and building highway approaches to the ferry on the Sum tor snd Rlehland county sides of earns. Survey and estimates, Garner's For? ty crossing of the VYateree river be tween Rlehland and Sumter coun Width of river. 210 feet Width of swamp on Rich land side. 5,200 feet Width of swamp on flumter s?de. 16,000 feet Total width of swamp and river. 21.419 feet EMIrnate No. t. Tased on meeting Federal aid re qoi -entente and securing a portion of est mated cost from Federal aid funds. Includes gravel surface for three allies of swsmp on flumter side and 1 mile swamp road on Rlehland side. On an average fill of 3.5 feet. Also nan 1-elsy construction for 17.5 miles Of ?oad beginning at tdge of swamp on Sumter side and extending towards 99r* n of Sumter, and the same type Of construction for I.I miles of road beginning at edge of swamp on Rlehland side and extending towards Columbia for 1.8 miles along the Qaroer's Ferry Road, and construct? ing ferry fiat. Total estimated cost, II9.750.8S. Estimate No. 1. Federal aid funds not available on lis estimate. Including 4.0 miles of gravel road through swamp on an average All of 2.5 feet, constructing the necessary timber bridge over Streams, building 1.75 miles of sand clay road from edge of swamp on Sumter side to Intersection with main eonnty road at top of hill beyond Stateburg, slso constructing 2.0 mile* of sand-clay road from edge of swamp on Rlehland side to intersection with Oa>rner's Ferry road, and construct? ing ferry flat. Total estimated cost. lll.919.SI. Fat I mate No. S. Federal aid funds not available on this estimate. Including 4.0 miles ol earth fill through swamp on an aver? age fill Sf 2.5 feet, constructing the necessar ytlmber bridges over streams tjoltfflrat 2 miles of sand-clay road In Richlani county from swamp to Gar? ner's Ferry road, and constructing ferrv fiat. Total estimated cost, $23. 294 M. Estimate No. 2. Approximate cost to Rich land county.$11.910.70 Approximate cost to Sumter county. 22,251.6* Total. $34.06:: v I ntimate No. g. Approximate cost to Rich? lind counts. I9.529.2i Ap >roxlmate cost to Sumter county. 13,726. fl Total. 923.2M.Se The engineers appear to have re? vised their estimates of cost of Kstl mete Ne. 2 because the summary o' ccet for each cotmty shows a total of $14.062 s*. whereas the trat state m< nt shows a total cost of 92S.919A*. or a slight difference of 95,992.It. Just whut. If unvthlng will be done shout the Garner's Fern' crossing, or the Plnckney landing causeway and bri Ige over Santee River by th? Sumte, County legislative IsJojSlttSjII no one knows as yet. Many people are interested, but It Is up to the Humter legislative delegation and thI Sumter fjfovnt) Board of Commission era. FOP MAY RF\ll \DMIU\I Daniel* VUs President to Nominate C. J. Proves. Washington. Jan. 3.?Secretary Daniels today asked the president to nominate Commander Christian J Peop'et. of the naw pay corps, to pa\ director, wtth the rank of rear ad? miral The officer, now assistant to Paymaster <;<n McGowan. Is forty one years old. and one of the young ea- men to hold flag rank. To reach his new position he would pass over captains and commander* of long ser? vice Secretary Daniela said that fcatOSjSJSl of the youth of Commander PtSptSf 1 hesitated to send in his name until he had reviewed the rpiallflcationa of every ether officer Mr Daniela de elded to *M aside seniority and rec? ommend the nomination on merit. Washington. Jan 4 - Cmp QfSjOS Charlotte, now used gs an gggggAbl) enmp for regular army Toops. will he enlarged to accommodate another Ii ,,r SSVOII tb'.Ms.inrt men. at I rost of two hundred thousand dollars BIG MUNITIONS EXPLOSION. Russian Depot Kimm t p Recently Killing- Two Thousand. Stockholm, Jan. 4.?A Haparaml i dispatch to Tidnangen says a muni? tions depot on the Russian south? western frontf was blown up recently, and that all buildings within a radius of two kilometers were destroyed. Two trains loaded with Cossacks, on route to the Don district, were wrecb. ed. causing the death of two thousand men. COMMENDED FOR GALLANTRY. Sailor from K?lmla, S. C, Praised by Sec retary Daniels. Washington, Jan. 4.?Secretary Daniels has commended Ensign Oeo. O. Ktheridge, among others, for gal? lantry in effecting the rescue of the crew of the steamship Paddleford, October 30th, when the vessel went ashore In tho heavy surf at an un? named point. Etheridge is from Sa luda, S. C. To The Farmers. The members of the Charity league, on behalf of the poor of the city, wish to thank our good friends of the county for their very generous contributions of food and fuel the week before Christmas. Fifty-five families received a peck each of meal, grist and sweet potatoes for their Christmas gift, In addition to other groceries supplemented by the regular Christmas fund, thereby giving cheer and comfort for one week at last. The weather is so bitterly cold, something unusual for our climate, that but for these timely gifts, many would have suffered. We would like to thank each one personally, but as many things were left by those who do not believe In letting the left hand know what the right hand doeth, our list will neces? sarily be incomplete. We greatly appreciate the kind? ness of Mr. Markey, of the Choro Cola Company, for making the long cold trip to Rose Hill in his motor truck for Col. Wilson's gift of 25 bushels of corn, also to Sumter Roller Mills and Mr. J. P. Commander for grinding our corn free of charge, and It the Carolina Grocery Company for their kindness in receiving and tak? ing care of the contributions. Following is a partlcal list of sup? plies received: / Mr. J. S. Moore .. . . .. .. 110.00 Mr. J. B. Rysn. 10.00 'ol. Thomas Wilson. 10.00 Mrs. Wilson. 10.00 Miss Mary Wilson . 6.00 Mr. K. E. Wells. 5.00 Mrs. Nelll O'Donnoll. 10.00 Mrs. I. C. Strauss. 10.00 Mr. Ben Harvln. 5.00 Mr. Conyers Brown. 5.00 Mrs. Bob Williams. 5.00 ^osh. 10.00 Cash. 2.00 Dr. F. M. Dwight. 1.00 Mr. J. H. Wilson. 2.00 Vlrs. Leila Llgon. 3.00 Miss Ruth McLaurln. 2.00 Mrs. Ferd Lev!. 5.00 Mrs. T. R. Joye. 5.00 Mrs. G. A. liOmmon. 5.00 Mrs. Abe Ryttcnberg. 6.00 Cash. 6.00 ?ash. 1.25 Mr. J. H. Myers?1 dressed hog, 10 bushels corn, 5 bushels- potatoes. Mr. Willie Shaw?2 bushels meal, .: bushels potatoes, 1 load wood. Mr. Henry Weinberg?1 wagon load of corn and potatoes, 1 cflr load of wood If a car can be paired at his Spann s place at Rock Neal Crossing. Mr. Purvis White?1 load wood. Mr. Jennings?1 load wood. Mr. R. O. Purdy?1 bushel pota? toes. Mr. John Illackwell?2 bushels corn, 1 bushel potatoes. Mr. Thames?1 bag fresh meat, I ? ?ushel torn. 1 bushel potatoes. Mr. J. M. Kolb?5 bushels corn. 8 bushels potatoes. Mr. J. C. Rogers?I bushels corn. I bushels potatoes. Mr. PetSf Pitta - bushels meal, hushelM potatoes. Dr. H. Mi Stuckey?1 bushel corn. I bushel potatoes. Dr. E. S. Booth?1 bushel corn, 1 bushel potatoes. Mr Wash Mahoney?1 bushel corn. 1 bushel potatoes. Mr. W. J. Stafford?1 bushel corn. I bushel potatoes. Mr. Hugh McLaurln?2 bushels corn. 2 bushelw potatoes. Mr <; A I .cm m on?1 bushel Mm. 1 bushel potatoes. Col T Hi HflWiw II bushels corr.. Mr Wactor- 1 bushel corn. 1 bushel potatoes. Mr L F. Reams-- 1 bushel pota *"? ??. I bag of fresh meat Mr H A. Harvln- 1 bushel meal. 2 bushels notatoes. M? Du bees rVaasr? i bushel rorn l bteshel piitutne? We da gat i ei ?et Mi K. W. Dahl* Iliad otter at wood and the sfggOl |b>?-i <?f flue eottarda some one let1 without their name. ITALIANS RETAKE PIA VE. West Side Infinitely Cleared of In? vaders. Headquarters of the Italian Army In Northern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. U by the Associated Press).?The ene? my today* attempted to gain the west bank of the Piave river to offset the loss of Zenson, but met with a quick repulse and the entire west bank now is definitely clear and held by the Italians. A landing party on flat boats attempted to cross near Intes tadura, but an Intense artillery and machine gun fire concentrated on the boats led to the abandonment of the attempt. The general commanding the army corps in the Zenson sector is receiv? ing high praise for the tactics which brought about the rout of the enenv from the only nest they were able tc maintain on the west bank with heavy enemy losses and virtually no Italian loss. This general Informed the cor? respondent, as mentioned in a dls patch forwarded on Christmas, that hi would not sacrifice his men by use? less frontal attack against machine guns, but would slowly wear out thr enemy by continuous concentrations of artillery on their positions in tht bend of the river. Many doubted the general's ability to carry this out, but his success on December 30 in clearing out the enemy and saving hi own men is meeting with the highest praise. The mountain front is completely inactive, the enemy giving chief at tentlon to air raids, which continu against tiassano. Treviso and Mes tre, near Venice, without notabb damage or casualties. The Italian and allied air fleet is making vigorous re prlsals. An impressive public funeral of th victims of the Padua raids was at tended by the municipal and govern ment officials and a huge concours of people. The line of funeral car with 19 dead stretched for blocks There were many weeping womei among those who crowded the streets slays wire And himself. Details are Meager Concerning Dou bio Tragedy. McCormlck, S. C, Jan. 3.?Tob Bo wen, a white man living in th country near here, killed his wife ant self early this afternoon. Details o. the double killing are meager, th< only news reaching McCormick be ing that Bowen entered the house read a letter, the contents of which i ' unknown, turned to a bureau and go a pistol, with which he shot his wif through the head^ His son is salt to have ran into the house, where upon he begged the boy to kil him. His son refusing to do so Dowen is said to have given him 97< with which to bury the father ant mother, and then took his own lift by firing a shot through his heart Hoth Dowen and his wife died in stantly. DEMY BUY' OF CHILEAN NI? TRATES. Plan Announced by Which Sou then Farmers Are to Secure Fertiliser. Washington, Jan. 3.?Plans hav? been announced by Senator Smltl and Congressman Stevenson whereb the plan of supplying Southern farm STi with nitrates from Chile will b< put into operation. At the four Southern ports whert Chilean rhlps will unload their car goes?Savannah, Charleston, Wil mington and Jacksonville?a govern ment agent will bo named. Thl agent will then get in touch with th farm demonstration agents In Nortr Carolina, South Carolina, Florida an Georgia. The agents will meet th farmers at their respective cour houses and after securing definite in formation regarding the amount o nitrates required by them will accept their certified checks to pay the cos and shipments will then be made prt rata from the respective port of en try. This is the plan to be worked out ofllcial announcement of which is ex pected to be made within ths next day or two. It is the desire to keep the nitrate shipments entirely in the hnnds of th government agents and the farm demonstration agents so that then will be no place for the middle mm to Ket n commission from the fWrmor Senator Smith, the author of th< congressional resolution which per mits of these nitrates being brough to the Cnited States from South America Mid today that he believe* within the next two or three WOOkl ths product would be laid down 01 I the farms in the South. For fear that the matter may have escaped the attention of some of out readers we must Het H down that up :o the hour of going to press Post mastSr Osnsral Burlssc* has noi complied with The Atlanta. Const! 1 tution's demand thnt he reman M? ?urtoson has always* i>< aoosni minded about complying With quests of that nature.-- Houston Posi STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL. 1 Will Arie Funds to Carry on Cam? paigns. j Columbia, Jan. 4.?A meeting of the State Council of Defense was held yesterday at which time the I tentative outline of a bill creating the State Council of Defense and defin j ing its powers were approved and [other related matters considered. The (bill calls for an appropriation of $50, 000 to carry on the work of the coun? cil during the present year. Dr. James A. Hayne, secretary of the State board of health, attended the meeting and reported the appear? ance of meningitis at five different points of the State, some of this di? rectly traceable to workmen from cantonments. Upon the statement, by Dr. Hayne as to financial status of the department to meet the emergency, the council passed a resolution to memorialize the legislature to provide at once adequate funds to cope with the contagion. Speeches were made by Christie Benet, Bright Williamson and Richard Carroll on topics relat? ed to the work of the council. By the provisions of the bill approv? ed yesterday, the council is to consist of 33 members, all of them except the governor, the State treasurer and the comptroller'general, who shall be ox orncio members, to be appointed by the governor. The governor is to be m ex-offlcio member of all commit? tees and shall have the power to re? move any members or to fill any /acancy that may appear In the coun? cil. The only remuneration is rali oad fare. Provision is made for the ?mployment of such expert and clerl ?al help as may be deemed necessary uid compensation fixed. The council s to coordinate its efforts with those >f the National Council of Defense. "Wide powers are to be conferred >n the matter of investigations* The ouncil "shall have power to sub? verts witnesses and to require their .estimony and to compel the produc ion of account books and files and ill papers and documents deemed relevant to any investigation or mat? er which may be under consideration by such council. In caee of the re? fusal of any person to comply with ny subpoena issued hereunder or to estify to any matter regarding which ie may be interrogated, the circuit sourt Of any County or the Jddgo thereof, upon application of a ma? jority of the executive committee J nd approval of the governor, shall la? ue an order requiring such person to j I comply with subpoena and to tes I ify. and any failure to obey such or- j 1er of the court may be punished by he court as a contempt thereof." Concerning the publication or di I mlging of information from the coun? cil another section reads: j "Unless It shall be otherwise de? termined and ordered by the govern >r no information gathered under authority of Section 10 in the pos ession of the council, or in the pos? session of any one for it, shall be made public, but, unless so ordered ill such information shall be regrade.l is confidential; any member, officer. :lerk, or employe or other person di? vulging or making known any infor? mation contrary to the provisions hereof, or In any manner aiding in livulging or muklng known such in? formation, shall be punished by a fine ?f not less than $100, nor more than $500, ot by Imprisonment in the ounty jail for not less than one month nor more than six months, or '?>y imprisonment in the State prison for not more than two years." BENSON ON SUBMARINE. Washington, Jan. 3.?Admiral Ben .on, chiei* of tho operations, told the louse naval committee today it wa folly to believe there was any loss >f moral-? amonp German submarine crews, and that from information gathered from German prisoners ho )elieved their morale wits the best in .he German navy. During the session, which wa* in private, in the course of the oom nlttee's investigation of the navy's art of the war, Admiral Benson Is* iIko said to have told the congress nen a court of inquiry found that some mistake as to convoy might have ontributcd to the loss of the trans ?ort Antilles, torpedoed by a German ubmarlncs with the first important nilkury loss of the war. Admiral Benson also said frankly that submarine chasers did not como ip to the expectations, and that he rhs personally responsible for not building any considerable number. The number of American ships tor oedoed, be said, were leas than 1 per ?out of those soituv Into and out of the submarine zone under escort. if the weather man doesn't do bet er the coming year than he has done n the closing days of the one just hissing out, it may be necessary te 1 nstUute one of those senate Investi I rations of his administration which ire tiie fashion in Washington thb eaaon. Charleston Post, SEPARATE PEACE DANGER. Correspoiirlcnt Wonders If England Realizes Situation. London, Jan. 1.?The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily News wonders whether the danger of a sep? arate peace is realized in England. He says it would be a defeat for Ger? man democracy in addition to in? suring the virtual enslavement of Russia, as it would be a victory for the military caste in Germany. "It may mean," he added, "much more than Russia's neutrality. If we make no move, It seems possible that the Germans will ask the Russians to help them in enforcing Russian peace terms on the Entente Allies. Trotzky is well aware of the danger, though he is doing his utmost to stimulate a revolution in Germany. Fraterniza? tion at the front already has passed beyond control of enemy officers and enormous quantities of revolutionary newspapers printed in German are being distributed. "I am convinced our only chance in defeating Ger? man designs is to publish as near the Russian terms as possible and "by taking a power hand in the proposed conference help the democratic move? ment in Germany while helping the Russians to force the German govern? ment in the direction it has had to take. * * * "Whatever party might be In pow? er in Russia it would be compelled to i conclude peace and Trotzky's meth? od is more likely to damage Ger? many than the method of any more polite person in his place. The na? tionalization of the banks puts a wea? pon more powerful than the guillotine in the hands of the government and probably will end much of the pres? ent sabotage." The writer foreshadows a further leavening of the ministry' hy men from other parties joining the gov? ernment. The Petrograd correspondent of The Times, who is visiting in London r-onttnues his anti-Bolshevik! state? ments today. He says it is not un? likely that the Germans, who are now reckoning upon the great advantages they expect from the Russian revolu? tion will suffer a grievous disappoint? ment provided the frieVids of the Russian nation offer it a helping hand. He implies that the Russian people will not continue to submit to Ger? man exploitation through Bolshevik! "adventurers" if a closer union is es? tablished between Russia and the En? tente Allies. Washington, Jan. 4.?Profits- of more than a million dollars wore made by the Clinchfield Navigation Company in a deal Involving govern? ment shipbuilding contracts, accord? ing to testimony before the senate finance committee that is investigat? ing the shipbuilding program. Paxville luma, Paxville, Jan. 3.? rwing to ex? tremely inclement wee ( her and a lack of Christmas enthusi-.sm, social life during the holidays has been unus? ! ally quiet in Paxville. Many sons a?d ! brothers were absent nd the absende cast a gloom over their families and friends. ' The graded school will open again on next Monday morning after a two [weeks vacation. Mis* ls Leatha Ed ! wards and Earle Pctritt spent the holidays with their r rents in Mul lins. Miss Geraldlne Bowen has re? turned to Carey, N. C, where she is j attending school, alte a visit to h,er , parents, Rev. and Mr f. J. D. Boweii. I Miss Emma Wombk, of Apex. N. C. ... * ; was her guest during the holidays. IJeut. H. C. Curtis, of Camp Jack? son, spent a portion of the Christ? mas holidays here wi :h his mother. Mrs. Hattie Durant of Elliott, ie visiting at the home of her daugh? ter. Mrs. W. R. Keels. Messrs. P. C. Bradham, of MulUns. and Riley Bradham, of S?mter, visit? ed at the home of their sister, Mrs. L Weinberg last week. Mrs. Elina Tisdale and son Wil? liam, of Rock Hill, are spending awhile at the home of her father, Mr. F. S. Geddings. Mra. Madge Curtis, from Cheetetv field, came last week > visit the Cur? tis families here. Di mg her stay the and Miss Vivian Curtis will go for a visit to Mr. Ah l B. Curtis at Anniston, Ala. ^ The following stu lents are'home from tho colleges: Usses Tablthk Geddings from Coker. Denney Roy/ nolds, Carlisle Schoo ; Pearl Broad? way and Iva Geddings, Winthrop College. The teachers spend tog the holidays at their homes are Misses Hattie Herlong, Lugoff, Maggie Corbet t, Foreston, Ethel Corbett, Fair Forest; Mayme Touchberry and Emily Broadway from Willi?* nsburg. Miss Loraine Lathen, teacher at Cades, is home with her sister, Mr*. J. W. Minis, Jr., for the Christmas holidays. , Mrs. Maggie Garv'ii from Sharon* icame several days ago to spend the winter with her niece, Mrs. J. W. Mima, Jr. Sergt. Robbie Bros vrny. of Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C, spent a few days of last week with his father, Mr. R. C. Broadway. Hurbert Kyser, accompanied by hts friend Shuler have i turned to tfretr home at Cordova. sffSg a jviatt to friends here. ? Miss Viola McLec l died at the home of her mother. Mrs. Mary Mc Leod on December 21st, after sev? eral months' illness. The funeral ser? vices and interment were held at Home Branch churc", conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. I Bowen. Everything in the Building Lirie All Kinds of Feed " | BOOTH & McLEOD, Iae. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE PHONES : 10 and 631 ????I ? <??!'? !? ? i< ? <*!? F 4 d ? The First Is$ leof LIBERTY BONDS Have been received at The D 5 1i The National Bank of Sot; Carolina OF SUMTER Resources over $U H),flr}0 This Hank owes its grotfth to fne loyal support and heaty exK;peirati6h Of its 2800 patrons. A bank is a COMMUNITY INTER EST. Its mission is SERVICE. Its lifo is the Loyalty of \%% Patrons. Wo appreciate your business ami are better prepared than ever before to servo vow. CG ROWLAND. Prttldent. f.t. fllliNtKt.