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1 *4 * . . >: $ Jf' -r 1 ** . **. ' * < i'v % * VOLUME XXXvn H. P. LITTLE ~~ IS APPOINTED r , County Road Commissioner Under the New Act of 1922 EFFECTIVE ON JAN. 1 ! Township Supervisors Are Abolished and Wiil Be Hill Qnnn V IA V KJUVU Mr. H. P. Little has been commissioned as County Road Commissioner of Horry County, under the provisions of an act passed at the recent session of 1022, last February. He was appointed recently upon the recommendation of the County Commissioners, the Legislative Delegation, the Clerk of Court of Common Vleas, and the Sheriff of Horry County. The position carries with it a salary of $2,400.00 per annum. The new act does not go into effect until January 1st, 1023. The board of county commissioners as it now exists, shall stand until the terms of each member shall expire, their successors duly appointed and qualified. The new act does not interfere in any way with them .and "has no effect whatever upon any contracts made by them heretofore and since the passage of this new act. The most radical change made in the government of the county is in regard to the township supervisors. They are entirely out, by means of the new act, after January 1st, 1023. This act was pubblished complete in an issue of The Herald just before , the Democratic primary election. The general provisions of the new act had not appeared to be well known and understood by the people of the county before that time. , The grand jury of Horry County ir its report of September 28th, 1022, made the following recommendation regarding this new county government "VI At the instance of various members of the Grand Jury, \ve have on side red with a degree of care, the new County Government Art, which is to <ro into efTe^t January 1st, next. The conclusion of this body has been, tVat the new act is by no means an improvement over the present plan t township Supervisors in effect and operation, but that it will be ineffective as compared to the present plan, in the construction and repair of roads .and bridges. This conclusion of the Grand Jury constrains us to rerommend. that this act be repealed at the next sitting1 of the legislature." For the information of the general public the new county government act referred to by the grand jury is here printed in full: No. 535. AN ACT to Abolish the Office of Township Supervisor in the County of Horry, and to Provide a System of County Government for ?aid County. Section 1. Office of Township Supervisor Abolished in Horry County.? Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: That the office of Township Supervisor, as now exists for the County of Horry be, and the same is hereby, abolished. 2. Board of County Commissioners ?Appointment ? Term?Removal.? There shall be in and for the County of Horry a Board of Commissioners to be known as the Board of County Commissioners of three mem bers who shall be appointed by the t Governor upon the recommendation . m a i t :i _ li j _i _?n ? - * ?ij <n ine i^inmuve uuic^uuun ot saiu j County, who shall serve for two years I and until their respective successors arc appointed and qualify: Provided, That the said Commissioners or any | one or more of them may be removed . from office by the Governor upon the written request of the Legislative delegation or a majority thereof. 3. Chairman?Clerk. ? The said County Board of Commissioners shall, I immediately after qualifying, meet i and organize by electing one of their 1 number .as chairman, and also elect a , clerk who shall be designated as Clerk ; of the County Board of Commission' ers: He shall hold his office at the will and pleasure of said Board and I receive such annual salary as the Board of County Commissioners may fix, payable monthly upon warrants of said Board: Provided, That the salary fixed as herein provided for ! shall not exceed the appropriation ' made for such salary. 4. Townshin Road . Fund.?Tho ! township road fund shall consist of: ' (a) The sum apportioned by the County Board of Commissioners to cvach township: (b) The commutation tax for said township: (c) Any special local tax levied in any township for im movements. 5. County Road Commissioner Appointment?Powers and Duties*.? That for the purpose of working and improving public roads and highways In Horry County, there shall be appointed by the Governor a suitable man to be known as County Road Commissioner, who shall receive a salary hot to exceed Twenty-four Hundred (2,400.00) Dollars per annum. Such appointment to be made upon the recommendation of the (xronty Commissioners herein provided for, together with Legislative delegation, the Cleric of Court and * s . . *' k ' ? ** : - "* ? V '* . *A'\" <EHc ' HARPER'S BARN J WITH CONTENTS: Latimer and Peak, Contractors Lose Motor Truck R\i Firo M / I II V A barn belonging to J. F. Harper, I near Toddville, was destroyed by fire 5 last Wednesday night. together with J a motor truck, the latter being the ^ property of Latimer & Peak. The ? barn was comparatively new and " cost about $500.00. The loss of the truck and some J other articles of less value belonging to Latimer & Peak, would amount to J about $500.00. There was no insur ance on any of the property. Under the shed there was a quant- _ ity of cement used in building the concrete bridge across Halfway ( Creek. Latimer & Peak had the con- ^ twt ror the construction of this bridge. None of the loss falls on the County but only on the contractors. At ?i the time of the fire, the contractors ' had proceeded with the construction of the bridge which is said to be above the high water mark in the. run of the ricek. There is nothing of a definite na- J ture known as to the cause of this fire. One of the boys working in the ^ chaingang, now employed in the highway work, stated that some of the employees of Latimer & Peak had used the truck that nitrht and drove it under the shed at the bard bettween welve and one o'clock. Nothing was known about the fire until the in- ? rtates of the house nearby, which had a been rented by the contracting firm, r were awakened by the explosion of t the gasoline tank of the truck. It I is the opinion of some that the fire ( resulted from the use of cigarettes or cigars by the boys who drove the s truck under the shed. The truck it- t self could not have originated the fire. I The fire could not destroy the ce- j ment hut r.iin followed the fire and y mav have damaged it more or. less. r The barn that was destroyed was c located on the avenue leading from s the river front out to the Toddville c school building. s In addition to the barn, J. F. Harner lost a big crop of hay which had c been baled and stored in this barn, as ; well as a quantitv of loose hay that ho barn contained. j SherifT of said County. The said } County Road Commissioner before en- f tenirg upon the duties of his oflice ? shall enter into a bond in the sum of y Two Thousand (S2\000.00) Dollars, and shall be subjected to removal .at any time in the decretion of the said 1 County Commissioners, Legislative t delegation. Clerk of Court and Slier- c iff, or a maiority thereof. The said a County Rorvl Commissioner shall have \ direct charge of the construction and j repair of all roads and bridges in the c County, and he shall devote"" his en- c tire time to this work; He shall have j charge of the Chaingang. all road machinery. and all hired help who are r engaged in any of the above mention- y ed work, subject to *the general di- n rection and authority of the County c Board of Commissioners. He shall y have authority to employ and dis- ^ charge any employee at work for the [ County at his discretion, provided a that the Board of County Commis- y sioners shall fix the compensation of ^ said employee. The said County c Road Commissioner shall appoint all road over-seers and shall provide suit'?'>'/* roeo'nt bo^l".' dn^'imfo for c (Continued on Editorial Page.) 's o ? PEOPLE ENJOY !; GOOD SERVICE; ii Twenty or thirty years ago it ! almost impossible to get surgical re- J1 lief for one who might he seized with 1 sudden illness, here in Horry Coun- j2 ty, although the case might appear to * be one which would not result in death, if an operation, or at least ex- v pert treatment at the hands of a spe- I1 cialist, could he had. 11 It is true that cases of this kind s were often taken away to some dis- ~ tant city and the work done there e which resulted in saving life; but the t means of knowledge, also the means o of money with which to pay the ex- t penses of tre trip, were not what they are today and the race suffered a in consequence. a There are subscribers of The Her- f aid who can remember in those years t gone by the instances where some e neighbor was about to die from stop- t page of the nasal passages from ca- ii tarrah or adenoids; or perhaps the a throat closed by enlarged tonsils; or advanced cases of appendicitis, then n hardly diagnosed as such disease; or n some of the remaining list of fatdft t diseases which are now understood r to yield readily to the skillful opera- t< tions of the specialist. And they well v remember that owing to lack of tl ImnwlivlfM f)inf Ka Via/) t.1 ftiav ?f V??v#v VilW Illicit V */V IM^i f or the lack of funds to pay the ex- tl penses, the subjects died and were soon forgotten. Things have changed to a great d extent for the people of Horry Coun- 1; ty since that time. They are now tl more of a reading1 people. They us- ii ually know that advantages can be tl had and they knew where to apply c for what they need. There is 4 great- H er ifaafteiaj ability now to meet the^ ,V.- \ iter "cONWAYTS. 0., THURSDAY," '/dWAWyVMW/AWAWM ; THE MISTAKI o When a doctor makes a | When a plumber makes t for it. J When a lawyer makes a wanted, because he has a chi again. I When a carpenter make! I he expected. ; When a judge makes a 4 l*> A 1 r? v\ rl \j i tnu ianu. I When a preacher makes I difference. ; But when an editor niak VV.VW.SV.V.V.V.V.V.'.V.V^ SCHOOL STAYS < IN A MUDDLE rwo Different Men are Ap- I parently Trustees in Loris District IUDGE SHIPT-TO SETTLE I 1 J Wrangle Began Some Time Ago Over Selection of a Trustee for District The affairs of the Loris Public t School District appear to be still in 1 i muddle. There are two different i >ersons claiming to fill the office of rustee, one of these is Dr. Hujjfher s lichardson, while the other is Mr. 0. < cox. This disagreement about trustees > tarted some time ago when the pa- < rons of the school at that place were I inable to agree on a trustee that was icrrptable to the County Board of j Education. A meeting- of patrons was j iei<t at that time, perhaps there was j nore than ono meeting. The result . if the vote of the patrons was not atisfactory at tlv.it time, and the lifTerences have been kept up ever ' ince. ( Dr. Richardson seems to be the j election of Messrs. Arland J. Baker . ind T. B. Lewis, members of the bounty Board of Education, and they j louhtless claim that Dr. Richardson s the choice of the patrons. Mr. Cox vis the appointment as trustee duly ; executed bv Mr. E. C. Allen, County superintendent of Education, and 1 vhich seems to bear the signature of 1 Jr. Baker, a member of the Board. Tt is claimed, however, that Mr. , 3aker changed his ideas regarding' the rustees after he had signed a batch ( >f blank appointments and left them ] it the office in Conway, thus leav- ' ng it to the Superintendent of Edu- J ntondent of Education has refused to ' nation to appoint the trustees and : omplete the appointments by signng his name with Mr. Baker's. From the best that The Herald ) eporter can find out, Dr. Richardson J las a letter from the other members ( f the Board but does not include the Juperintendent of Education, asking* lim to pro ahead and act as trustee. Jnder these circumstances, the Super- ' ntendent of Educaiont has refused to 1 .pprove the school claims and this las brought about litigation, as is < roved by some papers served on the i superintendent a few days ago. s A proceeding has been brought, it i ippears, for a hearing before Judge 1 5. W. G. Shipp on December 10th, to , how cause why the school claims < hould not be approved and doubtess issue a commission to Dr. Rich- < irdson. A close examination of the ] lotice and the annexed affidavits has ^ iot been made for publication, but it < s thought that the proceeding is one n mandamus and. of course, will r iring up before the court the ques- ^ ion of the right between these two ( fentlemen to fill the position of school [ rustee of the Loris District. ] Attorneys were retained by those T i'ho sided with Dr. Richadson in the t natter and it may he that the Super- { ntendent of Education will he repre- t ented at the hearing by attorneys. t xpenses of such things, and where ? here is no money there is some class s f charity or free clinic that steps in c o take care of the situation. The people should he proud of the i dvantages that they enjoy now over ' nd beyond the things that their foreathers had. They should appreciate hese things to the extent of making fTorts to extend such movements as he public health service now becom- j ng such a great force in every nook nd corner of the land. j The people know a whole lot more ow than they did then, but they have ot learned it all yet. They should, herefore, continue their habit of c fading. They should stand for bet- r i i ? . I er educational taemties. in this way ( /e can hope to make it still better for f he generations of men and women r hat will follow us in this section of he State. y o y The County Commissioners and t elevation in the General Assembly r ftst week considered the items of j he budget in advance of the conven- i npr of the Iiepristature. It is said \ hat the delegation agreed with the Y ouBty board as to about all of the a Jems of apjtropfiationa thai was askd at the eanfereaceu t m* \ ' * tW*i WAY, S. C, DEO. 14, 1922 W/AV.V.VAV.V.V.'.'AW.V | IS WE MAKE $ ? J mistake he buries it. a mistake he charges twice I; mistake it is just what he 5 kMAA i,x i. i.1 -11 *iiv,c iu ii y me case an over V 3 a mistake it's just what " mistake it becomes the law ; a mistake nobody knows the J es a mistake?(ioood Night. ; ,w.,.v.,.v.%v.,.v.vw.v.,.v.v COUNTY MASSMEETING HELD More Than Eight Hundred School Children Present Here GRAND STREET PARADE Noted Speakers Entertain Crowd From Court House Steps Last week was American Education Week. It lasted from Decem)er 3rd to December 9th, the dates nclusive. Horry County entered into the spirit of the occasion through her organizations. The Chamber of Commerce of Con-vay held a meeting and arranged to ;o-operate in the exercises and plans 'or the week. They arranged a program for sendng speakers to every .school district n the county to make speeches in the interest of better education to the )eople of each community. This program was carried out to ;he letter. The list of the different school districts smrl vjnoiiVoiv MO signed to each appeared in the last ssue of The Horry Herald. In only i few instances the speakers were providentially hindered from 1 11 ii. the appointments. Last Saturday was the grandest of the seven days of the Education Week. On that day there took place n Conway, the grand rail v. oi county mass-meetinir in the cnu of edwaion. To this final gathering of the >veek, everybody was invited. An ?nritation was extended to each and ;very school to take part iit the grand parade, beginning at 11 'relink on Saturday morning at the Hurrovjghs Kigh School and marching down Main Street to the corner of Main Street ind Third Avenue, then along Third Avenue to the county courthouse. The patrons and trustees >vere invited as .veil as the pupils and their teachers. Many of the patrons and the trustees )f the different schools appeared in :lie large* gathering passing through lie streets of Conway last Saturday. Conway had a busy appearance :hroughout the day. The crowd was icre until late in the afternoon. Arriving at the courthouse, the school children and the older folks vere lined up and heard the first ;peoch by Col. D. A. Spivey, explainng the reason for the rrass-meeting. Fie introduced W. K. Suggs, of the American Legion, who spoke for ten >r fifteen minutes. Then the speaker of the day, J. E. Swearingen, State Superintendent of Education', took the stand and spoke "or one hour in his most eloquent style. State Senator, Jeremiah Smith, nade a short address in which he advocated the making of the State to invn' nut lfo tn rv'in ? W v? v 4 V>> UWII^UWIXfll J/UJT vuu eachers their salaries. Alontf this ine resolutions were introduced and massed, asking the Legislature to see hat these salaries are paid and paid is promptly as possible, or words to hot effect. The crowd was too bi^ to &et into he court room of the courthouse. The :peakinpr took place from the front rteps. Over eieht hundred school children attended the mass-meeting. GOOD CITIZEN LOSES LIFE The death of John T. Johnson, at lis home near Rehoboth last week, vhen a tree fell on him and crushed lis head, was a shock to the entire ommunity where this accident oc:urred. , He is regarded as one of the best :itizens of Gallivants Ferry township, le was known to his friends a* John ^reen Johnson, in order to distin- ( ruish him from several other r?"tlenen by that name in this county. He and some others were moving u ~ A 1?- - 1 !- 11 *' ' iwur-c. n. tree s^ooa in ino way. it " ?ad been chopped part of the w.ay ound but no one expected it to bo : eady to fall. Mr. Johnson turned 1 iway from the tree to ffet a saw to 1 ise in finishing some of the work, vhen the tree fell on him, stiWnpr lis head and killing him almost in- < itantly. Re was about fifty years 4 < (iM of his death. He is survived iy ,1 raltl, LUTHER CLARK WINS A PRIZE Writes the Best Letter in Leti i - xer uontest ot Association An Horry boy has won the first prize of ten dollars in cash for the best letter in the letter writing contest, put on. by the Tri-State Co-operative Tobacco Marketing; Association, some time ago, the subject handled being the advantages of the cooperative plan of marketing. According to the decision of the judges, sent out from Raleigh, N. C., last week, this ten dollar prive has been awarded to Luther Clark, of R. P. D. No. 3, Gallivants Ferry. A news dispatch from Raleigh, N. C , dated some days ago, rays a lot of good things ab? '-i it jnnd v:ves a copy if :' e letter all o*' which fol? w*. "Raleigh, N. C., Oct. G.?The success of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association is certainly assured if one may judge by the spirit and enthusiasm of the younger generation, as evidenced in the hundreds of letters from the farm boys and girls of three states which reached Raleigh headquarters in the prize letter contest. The prize letters will be published this month in the Tri-State Tobacco Grower, which now reaches SO,000 tobacco growing members. The judges gave more importance to the subject matter, the originality and spirit of the contributions than to the form and diction, also taking into consideration the age of the contestants, as may be judged from the fact that a little nine-year-old girl and a ten-year-old boy wore among the prize winners. The boys and girls from three states who won capital prizes are as follows: First prize, $10, Luther Clark. R. F. 1). No. 8, Gallivants Ferrv, S. C.; second prize, $5, Edwin Garrett, Tamworth, Va.; third prize, $3, Rupert Barnes, R. F. I). No. 4, Kenly, N. C. The twenty prizes of $1 each were awarded, the South Carolina winners being: Thelma Raker, R. F. D. No. 1, Effingham; Juanita Duke, R?^ F. D. No. 2j ICingstree: W. H. Sinwuvf Kiniystree; Florrie Tubevilie, R. F. D. No. 1. l>ox 115, Tubevilie. First Prize Letter. "ttetter prices mean that father need not spend countless sleepless niphts wondering where the next payment on our farm is coming from. "They mean that mother need not rdave in the fields while other women no better than she ride in high priced cars and consider it beneath their dig-nitv to toil. "They mean that we can have pood books and magazines. They mean decent clothes for us all. They mean that we can enjoy an occasional trip to break the humdrum monotony of farm work. They mean that we can p;et a specialist to examine our eyes, teeth, etc., without financial embar- ; as?>ment. They mean that father can enjoy the pood will of the account , merchant. They mean a better home and better equipment for farm and , home. They mean that the smaller children need not cry on Christmas 1 because Santa CLaus brought nothing-. They mean that I may pet the education I have prayed and worked for. "Summed up, they mean that wre can live, not merely exist. Praises be ( for the ro-operation which gets us ( better prices! ( Luther Clark, "R. F. D. No. 3, Gallivants Ferry, 1 S. C." CIVIC LEAGUE HAS MEETING ??? < The Civic League held its regular ' monthly meeting at the Town Hall on ' last Wednesday at 4 o'clock, Mrs. W. F. Alexander presiding1. After the regular mooting was ' over Miss Laura Blackburn, one of the State Board of Health nurses, j who has been at work in the county ( for some time, was asked by the president to tell the League something about what she had been doing* ^ at the different clinics that had been v held. j M iss Blackburn told in a very | \ pleasing manner about the numbers \ (>{ children that had been examined f and how eager the people generally ( wanted to co-operate. ^ Mrs. W. A. Freeman then explain- ( ed to the League that invitations Had been sent to the doctors and repre- } sentative men and women of Horrv < Countv to attend a luncheon at the ( TA,?? Trnii ? -J? JIV1TII iltlll HIC LUIIWWIII^ uuy. ( The obiect of the meeting1 was to ( secure a Public Health nurse for this j county. 1 Luncheon to be served by the Civic ^ I,eage. After this the meeting ad- [ joumed. \ his widow and a number of children j some of whom are married And had ? left the family home before the death l of their father. \ -o 1 The Civic league of Conway serv- 1 ed a luncheon to the visiting1 doctors J and leading citizens who apent the * day here last Thursday in attendance upon the heaHh clink. "<l t. ^ ' f , I I NO. 34 ORGANIZE BY LOCAL UNITS W. E. Lee Spends About a in > _i weex in Horry County WILL INCREASE MEMBERS The Plan Stated in Detail and How it Will Doubtless Work The way for the County of Horry to become eighty per cent, or more, in tlie co-operative marketing: of cotton and tobacco, is for the leaders in every farming community to get interested to tho extent of bringing1 in their tenants and neighbors. This is one of the purposes of tho formation of local units of the associations. Nearly all of last week was spent by W. E. Lea, of the Tri-State Co-operative Tobacco Marketing Association in visiting important point*; in this county, getting the leading planters together at each place and organizing the locals. From these locals the county unit will be later formed. There is one thing to be considered now that the associations are welt started, and that one thing is the need of a larger membership in each county of the tobacco and cotton crowinc belts. The locals formed in the counties* will take in not only the tobacco association members but the members of the cotton marketing association, or any other co-operative marketing association that nviy be existing at the time the locals are formed, or that may come into being" later. To make it plainer, and more in detail, we can copy from a circular letter sent out recently. "The parties of this plan of organization are the Tobacco Growers' Coonerative Association, the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operative Association, any other regularly organized co-operative, commodity marketing: association of like basis and scope organized in the future and whose Hoard of Directors accepts .and conforms to this agreement for informal organization. Clemson College and the United States Department of A p* r i c u It 11 re. co-operating. The purposes of this plan of nrgani'/ation are: 1. To promote group marketing Commodity plan. 2. I'o maintain the morale of the grower members of the Co-oper.ative Commodity Associations involved. 3. To raise by group action the level of farm practice and the standards of farm life. 4. To provide face to face organized units for group demonstration work and the carrying1 of the business of the associatand co-operating partties to this plan of organization. The units of organization are to Iw* informal community locals of the membership of the Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association, the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operative Association, or any other regular co-operative commodity marketing .association organized on a like basis 'irwl in fUn ftW J ? ...... ..vv|f iii mi- luuur (jruv uit'll Hlfir Board of Directors accents this agreemont and conforms to this plan of informal organization. These informal community locals are to he based upon the geographic school community or other geographic area permitting the regular face to f.nce meeting: of the membership with the least inconvenience possible. The second unit is to be the overhead or county organization of the chairman and delegates from the community locals. The Community Local consists Gf nil the members of the Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association, or the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Coojerative Association and other similar is^?v iitions r-* p'wido.d in paragraph one. residing in -the same school district. Wh?reW>r- the growers desire a consolidation or divjp.ion of the territory cov.^'ed I v a lo^al* they may do so at the consent of the Co'uitv Advisorv Committee. The Community shall meet at least once a month at regul ir interval? a?; they see fit and at *tll other times subject to the call of the Chairman. Prior to and during delivery time the ocai may meet oftener at the <vtll of :ho Chairman to settle difficulties regarding delivery of the crops, immeiiatly advising with each other an<l with the officials of the county and central co-operative associations. Tho officers shall he: Chairman, /ice-Chairman, and Secretary. The Chairman shall appoint an executive jommittee of three to advise with the officers in carrying out the business )f the local. The purpose of thift paragraph heincr to provide such offers and committees as to carry out with equal expediency the informal business of the Co-operative Associations. The local mry send one of is of? faers as a delegate to set in and advise with but not vote at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors of the Co-operative Association** providing, however, that such officer shall be a member of the respective association to which he is sent aft a delegate. Th? duties of the Chairman shall (Continued oa Bad Page.)