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t ' VOLUME XXXVI _ docket facing local lawyers Cannot Be Disposed Of As Planned During One Short Week. REMEDY NEEDED, CLEARING COURTS County Court Having' Jurisdic tion to Amount of Five Hundred Suggested. Our issue of last week carried a long roster of civil suits listed by the attoi neys <5Y this bar for trial, beginning on October 24. The 10 is no one who will seriously! contend that more than about onetenth of these ca-e< will be tried r!uving the one week of court. It will be impossible. Citiv.ons who read the long list in In^t week's issue will realize that there is a need <>f longer terms of court, or some relief in some way so that parties who have meriorious cases pending can get them tried and disposed of at sometime. It is true that during the time of the World War attorneys were busy in filling out questionnaires and in other forms of war work parties to causes were also otherwise interested. This caused a number of old cases to remain on the docket longer tlvin they otherwise would, but this is not all. Population has increased. The relations of men to each ohter have multiplied. Business interests have expanded. Large tracts of land have been cut up into small lots and own crs nave mum piit'ti, ami uhjs iiiuuiik that litigation lias greatly increased and lawyers increased. There is no use in having cases filed in the court unless they can be tried. One idea for relief is a County Court with a competent attorney presiding as judge and let him have jurisdiction to the amount of $500. In that way his court would take care of a number of cases hat cannot be tried in the Magistrate's court. The way to get this extra court is to get after the memV. hers of he Legislature and let them know that Horry county needs it. M'G BUCK WAS PROMINENT MAN Funeral Was Held at Bucksvil'e on Tuesday of l.ast Week. (Marion Star.) Mr. "Wm. McG. Buck, of Mull ins, prominent citizen and president of the Bank of Mull ins, died at a hospital at Florence Sunday. Mr. Buck 1-wwl" /?nn f!nn/l In f lin liAcnif fil J llM ?M \\ || V\'lll ill' VI llll. I I ? ?ii j ? in | for about a week and had undergone a<n operation for appendicitis, which was followed by a complication. l?or several days his life hung by a thread; he then rallied and Sunday morning he seemed to be almost convalencent, when suddenly he suffered a relapse and died during1 the <lay. The body wa-s taken to his home at Mull ins. Tuesday the intermerr was made in the Buck burying plot at Bucksville, the Buck home. Wm, McG. Buck was the son of the late Mrs. Desire McG. Buck of Mai 'ion. He was a brother of Mr. Henry Buck, Mrs. P. B. Hamer and Mrs." S. W. Norwood of Marion. For many years ho has been a citizen of Mullins, where he was a leader in business circles and was one of the most highly respected citizens of the cocunty Early in life Mr. Buck married Miss Lojla Johnson, daughter of Chancellor Wm. D. Johnson, of Marion, who, with the following children, survive him: William Buck ot Kowland. N. C., and Henry Buck of Boston, Mass. TOO?MDDOGS KILLED LATELY This is the wrong season of tlvj year for dogs to go mad, but they seem to infest Conway, more or less, just the same. Last Sunday Rural Policeman V. D. Johnson killed on^ that was found VkiiiM/w iU/N IM ?r.U /\n r on/] /\f lin ?? ft/iuiiig tuc UUM1U0) ii;ui,v;n aim wi/itv-i objects with which lie came in contact, and tho policeman killed him before he could do worse damage. . / 'Tiia was inside the town. Several days ago the chief of police of Conway killed a mad dog upon upper Main street, after being sent for by some people who had seen tl.e dog. MAKES* BOND. A. 15. Elliott who was lodged in t- o county jail one day last week, charged with a serious offense, suec.<r;i(d in making hail by the middle of the week, .and was out again Luther Pink, who was indicted with him in tho same warrant at last accounts was still in the jail. ?kt PROGRAM BUCK ! CREEK UNION Following is the program of the I Buck Creek Union which is to convene with Pleasant Meadow MissionI ary Baptist church October 28 ,and 29: Friday at 11 A. M.?Introductory sermon by appointee. I 12 M.?Recess for 20 minutes. 12:20 P.' M.?Union called to order l by moderator. Letters from different (churches read and miscellaneous busiI nnoj 'i Query No. 1?"Mow Can the Church Help the Pastor With His Problems?" by Dr. Ford. Query No. 2?"How Are We to Harmonize?" 1 John 1:8 with 1 John by II .C. Fowler. Saturday at J): HO A. M.?Devotional exercise. Query No. 3?"How to Develop Our Young Church Members," by J. Walter Todd. Query No. < ?"What Arc the Host Methods to Finance the Kingdom?" by W. A. C. Carajdson. Query No. ">?"What Are the Best Me hods to Promote the Spiritual Interest of the Church?" by J. U. Carter. wokkinITby" daily it asks Convicts on Co. Chain Gam; I Finish Before Sunset Each Day. FINE PROGRESS MADE ON THE NEW ROAD Will Complete Good Road From Homewood to Bayboro by Jan. 1. The convicts on the chain gang now going forward with the good road from Homewood toward Bayboro, do their work each day bv the task of each man is laid out for him and he Knows that when he gets this task done he will bo done fo^ the day. According to Mr. H. P. Little, who is in active charge of this work, the convicts come trooping in long before the sun goe^ down, having spent their time t) good effect on the task. Under this and some other good systems which are now in effect on this road building work, the road is rapidly stretching out nnd cowr ing the distance between Homewood and Bayboro at a faster gait than would be expected. Bv the first of January next the work is almost sure to be done on | lhat eand of the road, and thus will j be completed a chain of pood roadall the way through the county from Conway to the county line .it Nichols, S. C. In some places it takos longer to finish the road than in others. This is owing, of course, to the nature of the soil over which the road bed passes. The soil where the hands are working now, and on to Bayboro, is about the average kind so far as we can find out, and the force will fin:sh all this in the time above allotted for it. As soon as this work has been done then the plans will have been finished for the work on the South ern end of thae national highway beginning at Conway and ending with the big bridge that will b.? built across the Pee Dee and connect Horry and Georgetown together in a way such as was never done before. They expect to be at work on this end of it immediately after January 1st, 1922. When the work on this southerai end has been finished, there will no longer be the dangerous Bull Creek Islands to pass over. This terror for motorists will no longer exist and going to Ceorgetown will be as easy ns it is now to get to Marion or Nichols. It is an improvement of which every citizen will be proud, and it will bring business to Conway that has been going elsewhere. As stated in other articles in this paper, the location of this lower end has not yet been fixed as to the exact place where it will leave tlv town. The exact location will bo d" cidcd very soon in readiness for the ^ocinninp' of the work. j " " ? 0 IS READY TO I RUN RAILROADS Washington. ? The government is prepared to man and run the railroads if the nationwide strike set for October 30 ties up the country's transportation system. This information was contained in an exclusive statement to Universal Service from a source close to the administration. "The economic disaster that would bo precipitated by such a crises must he prevented by every power of the government," was the statement of this authority. Congress, keenly alive to the dangers of the situation, is prepared to net immediately if the impending strike becomes a fact. 9 J* Mmx CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, RAILROAD MEN ^ WILL WALK OUT Beginning in Chicago on October 30 Say Union Leaders. UNLESS AVERTED IN SOME WAY1 Country Will Have Biggest Walkout in History in Big- Industry. More than two million railway workers marked time awaiting the greatest strike call in history. Indications were that the "ftig Four" brotherhoods, whose chiefs are gathered in Cleveland 1<> map ont the details will issuo tlie order fo* the walkout Tuesday. In a Httle more than a week from that date nearly every important carried in the country will cease turning its wheels, crippling transportation and thrusting the nation to the brink of what may prove a countrywide calamity. Sunday, October 30 from every indication is the day to be set for the beginning of the great walkout. At a special meeting to be held in Cleveland, the first to be held by the brotherhood chiefs since the breaking off of negotiations with the executives in Chicago, the plan of campaign will be carefully mapped. On the following day, it is believed, the strike call will go out. Although the shop crafts and affiliated organizations do not expect to A 1 * 1 1 1*1 /A receive tneir suikc. orders until uctober 22, it is virtually conceded that the action of the "Big Four" will also strike the hour for for them. Leaders of these organization, it is understood, practically assured big four men that they will join the walkout. Their men voted overwhelmingly to give them authority to call a strike when they see fit. The heads of the twelve unions will meet October 22 to take final action. To Follow "Big Four.** Rv that time developments will have gone far enough to decide the course. From what can he gathered Ur?ro Hieir plan is to follow the "Big Four." With practically all the leaders out of town, the situation here is one cf "tense calmness," like that calm that follows the first indications of a storm and precedes the storm itself. i Both sides are set for the struggle, hut neither side knows what circumstances may arise to foil it. Some I kind of government action?a conference called by President Harding, for instance?may delay and oven prevent the battle, it was pointed out here. In the meantime both the railroad executives and the union leaders are perfecting their plans for the tfght. Transportation executives do not believe the walkout will tie *ip all tri.ffiv. They expect to keep some trains moving during the, crisis. The union men, on the other hand, believe they are powerful enough to stop every wheel if necessary. Look for Short Strike. The workers, according to some of the subordinate officials of the unions, are looking for a short strike. They believe they will demonstrate both their determination and strength in a very few days. * While all the unions have strike1 plans prepared, these are subject to! revision as circumstances arise. It is practically settled, according to some, that the battle will be directed against the pocketgroups, it is said, and the men will be called out one group at a time, with intervals of 48 hours between. These groups are not geographical, but according to ownership.! Thus some of the roads in one partj of the country will be involved in the first series strikes, while other lines in the same territory will operate until other groups are hit. Whether the roads that are weakest or strongest financially will be hit first has books of the roads. Tn Moot Drtnhpr 99 B. M. Jewel, president of the Railway Employes' Department of the merican Federation of Labor said he . > in possession of the strike plans of .he "Big Four" which includes the four operating crafts which are trainmen, engineers, conductors and fire-1 men. He would not reveal them, however. It was Mr. Jewel who said leaders of the federated unions will meet on October 22 to decide their final course. He said he believed they would be called out. Strike plans, so far as they have been worked out. it is said, are included in the sealed orders which division chairmen took with them to their respective headquarters wher they left. These, however, arc ;il! subject to change on a flash from the board of strategy which will sit in Cleveland. The handling of the mail trains may be permitted as a concession to the government though this provision, it is said, is not included in the tentative plans. * # 1* OCTOBER 20, 1921. PATRONS ASK SCHOOL FACTS How Many Attend From Cutside and What Do They Pay. WHAT IS THF. CAUSE OF LACK OF ROOM What is Difference in Rates Paid by Inside and Outside Pupils. Recently some questions have been asked about the method of taking in j>li|;ii.s ai mo i:uvrougns mijt. School, the shortage which existed in the funds av: il h'; for ('"so cho? 1 ill: nccc.ssity of more room tor the cla. es, the build'mv of a new school house, also the amount of term, or entrance fee? paid by all pupil* alike, no matter from what plac^ they are entered. It is v ell kr.own that taxes in the t, nvn of Conway arc abr.ornvilly hiph. There is a lot of t'ix money paid in every year, and there ar^ citi/ons who are always wanting to know how this is spent. One roit son for the high taxes is the levy for the schools, and when this has been added to the ordinary town expenses and other levies, and there is still added on the State and county levy, anyone can sen that the I burden of taxation within the town of Conway is heavy. If additional improvements are made to any of the public institutions it is going to make the taxes still higher. Taking up the school matter again, however, where we left it 11. ;j-? - * * * auuvc, tins writer wants ior publication, full and complete information as to the number of students now at tending the Conway schools, from other school districts, so that we can judge how much the class numbers have been swelled by the addition of pupils from other school districts-, of the county. If Conway is carrying the burden of trying to educuts as many as will come from other parts of the county, we want to publish in this paper, just what the nuhiber is that are now getting educational advantages at our graded school; further we want a full and complete statement of the amount of entrance and other school fees paid by the pupils from outside, with the rate charged per pupil and how often i paid; also the amount paid by the pupils who live within district number 19 and attend this school which i? theirs and the rate per pupil. We want to arrive at the amount of revenue that is coming in for school purposes in school district numbe-' 10, from the pupils attending from other school districts of this county. We should state bofore going any further, that Conway wants these 1 r ' ' * ... j pupns i rom tuo outside, provided I they can be taken care of at the school without neglecting either them or tho district's own pupils, and provided those pupils from th^ outside are willing to pay' what it is worth for such advantages. The condition may be such that it would be unfair and unreasonable to tax the residents of district number 19 any further for the purpose of building a new schcol house or making a costly addition to the eld one, if this necessity results from t.akin?r i:i more pupils from the outside tlian the trustees should allow to come in. Then the other question is just as ' important. How much are tho outsiders paying to maintain this school. We wish to open the columns of the Herald to any 'patron, also to the trustees, also anybodv else who is interested in this subject. The public wants light as is evident bv the questions asked. Is it right to increase tho classes by taking in more and more pupiN until it is impossible for a teacher to do justice by those placed in her charge? The training of the whole crowd is thus neglected from dal (o day and the students pass through and are said to be finished, when they are really as bad off for real training and education as they were when they started in. Th mi when the classes are over crowded, and more room is seen to l)o needed, is it right to go ahead and tax the people of the home district to make the added improvements without an adequate charge from those who have caused the necessity to arise? We hope to have more in this paper on this subject. HOARDOF PUBLIC WORKS Mr. A. C. Thompson was re-elected as a member of the Board of Public Works in the special town election on October 11. Mr. L. H. Burroughs was elected a member of this board to succeed Mr. .J. W. Little. The members of the board now stands: D. A. Spivey, chairman; L. 11. Hurrouirhs and A. O. Thompson. At the recent election Mr. Burroughs received 19 votes and Mr. Thompson IK. ft ra Id. HORRYITE WEDS IN MARLBORO| The many friends here of Mr. I thus. C. Allen will l>o interested J to learn of his niarriuj?-? to Mis Minnie McCune. now of McColl, bu* formerly of Porterdale, Ga. The occasion was one <>" much in terest, and took place October (>l at the residence of J. I.. A1 ford a McColl, and being; an occasion <<' almost a surprise, there was littl< time for preparation, but a fev | friends of the party arranged ; I tasteful decoration of the room, and | the immediate att md mt v ere ~<'v K'lly M. Kay with Miss Liviv.ie Can non: Mr. Bernie Rabon with Mi Pauline Murphy; Mr. (Jeovge M:nt with Miss Ililla Ray; Mr. Fred CI Martin with vliss Rolai.d U.iv r>cnu'c Corral d with M'issr 01;o A' foul. Last in line wa lie i>v:v and pro: m. wl o marched to t'1 ' front and were happily * nited i I narriagc by Mr \. M. J>ellfiniv. Youn<y 7ur. Allen is t c .*on o' j the late Georjye Vlen, of Hovr | county, or.d is to h' eonyra.v.lattv upon winning the hoert and hand of Ii^ M. Cune, who is a 'sd" of .v,i' rof'nement and one who is hi ;' ! os<eemed hy a wvle ci'v'e of loy;:1 i* y 11 r 1011 vis, sne is the daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. Andrev McCun< novv of this place, but formerly of Tor terdale, CJa. The young people have the best wishes of all their friends in MoColl, and especially those of Mr. Allen in Horry county. ?One Present. defInitoorders being sent out Leaders Contend Only Miracle Can Ston Impending Strike. Cleveland, Ohio. .. With the announcement that the big five transportation chiefs will meet here Tuesday to discus plans for carrying on the nationwide progresrive railroad strike that has ben set to begin at G a. m. Sunday, October 30, W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, declared that nothing but a miracle can proven* the strike from going into effect. Mr. I rOP lias in vet vdfnvnrt/1 Chicago, where the five transportation organizations ordered the strik1 and at once began sending out official notices of the strike order to approximately '300 general chairmen of his organization who did not attend the Chicago conference. General chairmen of the four other organizations attended the conference and were given their orders there. "Nothing but a miracle can stop this strike," said Mr. Ivoe. "Still there may be a savior in some place, but I am afraid not.' Mr. Lee explained that the strike order was final and definite, no provisions being made for a postponement of action. Grand officers of the Brotherhood of Engineers are arriving here for a conference with Grand Chief Wari ...... re:i ?s. Mono, at wnien tney will receivo final instructions before departing for the districts over which they have supervision. Mr. Stono. W. S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of* Foremen and Enginemen; L. E. Sheppard, presi dent of the Order of Railway Conductors; and T. C. Cassen, president of the Switchmen's Union of North America, are expected to arrive to take part in Tuesday's conference. Orders for calling off this strike in case a "satisfactory agreemnt" has been reached are contained in sealed code messages mailed to all general chairmen with the official strike orders which are nor to be opened until receipt of a code telegram. If this code telegram and the sealed message are identical, the general chairmen will know tlv strike has been settled. Ml the code telegrams sent to the general chairmen are worded differntly and th^ general chairmen in passing along similar instructions to local chairmen will use different codes also. The purpose of using this cod^ yystem, rather than the one genera code word, it. was said, was to prevent the brotherhoods from being imposed upon should the code word fall into improper hands, or otherwise. o HOMEMADE FLOOR OILS One part boiled linseed oil thinned with three parts turpentine makes an excellent floor oil, the United States Department of Agriculture finds, while one part light motor or engine oil combined with four parts kerosene gives results similar to com mercial kinds. The motor oil recommended must not he confused with the heavy, less highly refined kinds that contain dark sediment. o 1 l I li. ? a 1 i/ejmr'iMU'iii oi AKt'icuuure gives liu* loss of sweet potatoes from plant ,?;.p.iyes in 1910 as r>8,000,000 bu! This i>- a tremendous loss when we think the country for this year produced only 105,10^,000 bushels. Ft is not known what part of this loss i was due to storage-rots, hut it is jsa-fe to say, a largo part. / / J NO 27 MEMBERS MEET DURING WEEK Will Divide Cost of Great Bridtie Across the Pee Dee. STRUCTURE ALMOST TWO MILES LONG Location of Highway Still Undecided--WiH Be Working1 Here bv January 1. O v Tli" completion of the national hiirhw.av through Horry county, across tho Pee Dee River, connecting this county wit'n Georgetown, calls for the " mstruction of a costly hruvi'e across that. river nist above Y iwlmna Ferry, v 'n ' "o been so much trouble '.o ln ,,o''er- :n years gone l>y, and voii .-,l the present time until this vow M:>h\vay and bridge shall have been co p'etcd. Tb^ plans for this bri?V.?;?> and the speciftcai ions Are already complete and four estimates have been obtained by the county commissioners of the cost of tho bridge com ^ct'1 1 readv t'or travel. The e timales run from a cost of $20(5,000 to .^3 '3.000, io usq round numbers. As soon as the i relimiliary matters have been attended to the work will be let, of course, to the contractor or company who can quote the lowest figure tor the work and yet is responsible so as to be able to back up the contract. On Tuesday of this week the Horry county delegation in the Legislature, consisting of Messrs. W. A. Prince and G. Lloyd Ford, of the House b? Representatives, and Jerercith Smith, State Senator, from Horry county, went to Georgetown with Mr. H. P". Little of the Horry County Board fop the purpose of conferring with th? House members and State Senator from Georgetown on the subject of getting through an act at the appraoching term of the General Assembly of this state, to divide up the cost of the construction of this wonderful bridge between the two counties. The exact plans made by ih? two delegations may not appear i*. this issue of the paper, but if not, will appear later. This orictge construction will measure in length almost one and threefourths miles, to be exact, it will he 1.(55 miles in length over all. There will be two steel spans to go over the river stream. Two of the steel spans will be 200 feet in length and the third ISO feet in length. The balance of the bridge length will consist of trestle work in the swamps, which arc about equally divided on the two sides of the Pee Dee River. The exact location of the national highway as it leads away from Conway toward Georgetown has not yet been definitely fixed; but it will be located now in a short time by the county commissioners. They expect to be at work on it by January ], 1?)22. eastwill be hit in 2nd group Atlantic Coast Line in List of Roads Named for Nov. I 1 Walkout. Chicago, Oct. 17. ? The second group of railroads in the walkout of the big five brotherhoods will affect the east, it became known today. These roads include the New York, New Haven & Hartford and the Delaware & Hudson. Like the first group, the walkout on tho second division of roads will affect every section of the country, but hits the east hardest?a section of the country left practically untouched on the first day. The second group walkout will come at 0 a. m. local standard time, November 1. * The official list of roads in group two follows: New York, New Haven & Hartford. Delaware & Hudson. Chicago & Eastern Illinois. St. Louis & San Francisco (entire system). Louisville & Nashville. Nirknl At Pl-.lo Erie Railway system. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (entire system.) Atlantic Coast Line. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. Lehigh Valley. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis. Three of the remaining largest roads in the country arc included in the third group, on which the strike is set for (> a. m., local standard time, November tt. The entire Burlington system, the New York Central (lines east and we: O and the entire systme of the Ba timoro & Ohio are among those wVdi wiU lVel the strike blow Xevv be'r The balance of th? t'^ird . ul the fourth groups include the rtv.Kuning rond<s in th? country. /