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n ^ VOL XX111. DOUBLE M Conwav Wins Oi Atlantic Coast ' TRAINS EFFECT! The Railroad Commissioners Have Sustained the Contention of Conway.-There will Probably be no Appeal. Under date of July 1st the Hailroad Commission of South Carolina signed an order requiring the Atlantic Coast Cine within thirty days from that date to operate at least two unmixed passenger trains daily on the Conway branch located in the State of South Carolina, and adopt Hiinli n splinHnin iiq will hixt. aITmpI. connection with all regular south and north bound passenger trains at Chadbourn, N, C. For some time this matter has been pending. The business men of Conway represented by Hon R. B, Scarborough taking up the matter many months ago with the Atlantic Coast Line ollicials themselves. Various petitions were gotten up, and filed with the railroad people, The railroad refused and the business man then applied to the Railroad Commission with the result above stated, Nothing that has taken place in regard to Conway for sometime will be of more benefit in a business way than this. Not only to Conway but to all points along the line. Let alone the convenience of travelling in and out of Conway, there is no telling how much this service will enhance the value of real estate in A Conway and all along the railroad lino from here to Chadbourn. A bus-! inoss in in, after this service shall be instituted can leave Conway an J visit Wilmington, Charleston or Columbia, and return the same day. If ho is going further than these points the convenience of these trains will oe just as great. There is something said about the railroad lighting the order in the courts, but it is not believed that they will do this because tLey will J. fie apt to lose in the end. The following is the order and preamble issued by the Commission and it gives a complete History of the matter from the beginning up to now: ORDER No. 73. Additional Passenoer Service on the Conwat Br\ncii of the A. C, L. R. R. This matter came before the Com mission February loth, 1909, by communication from the [Ion R. B. Scarborough, of Conway, S. C,, accompanied by copies of two petitions from numerous citizens of Conway and elsewhere along the r Conway branch of the A. C. L. Railroad, the original of these petitions having been addressed to the At lantic Coast Line Railroad Company ashing said Company to establish and maintain a double daily mail and passenger service between Con way, fc>. U., and Chadbourn, JN. C It is claimed in these petitions that the section of country between Chadbourn and Conway has never enjoyed as good and satisfactory passenger and mail servico as was being affordrd other sectious of less importance by the A. C, L. Company The petitioners also state that a double daily service between the points named would increase travel over the Conway Branch and be of untold convenience to the people along this line. Mr Scarborough, representing the petitioners, in presenting this matter, informed the commission that Mr Royal), General Manager of the A. C. L. It. It Company, had previously declined to ' give the relief sought for and the Z"' /\ ?w\ J col /am V*f O C3 II f/\ f n l/n i Un vuuj 11J laaiuu vrao ui uu uunv; uuu ^ matter up fur a hearing. Before ordering such hearing the Commission deemed it proper on February Kith, 1009, to refer the matter again direct to Mr Uoyall, who very promptly replied to the elYeot that after getting all tho information he could on the subject ol passenger business duue between v Ohadbourn and Conway he could not comp y with the wishes of the petitioners. On receipt of this statement from Mr iioyall a hearing was I'"**&. and held at Conway, S. C , M March 24th, 1909, pursuant to notice 1 given petitioners and the proper fW, railroad otlioials. At this hearing various petitions made statements as to the needs of additional mail and passenger service on the Conway Branch, with particular reference to that section iving within the border of South Carolina, and the Railroad Company, represented by VV. II. Newell, (Icneral Superintendent, and L\ A. V^illcox, Attorney, submitted ccr/ t gllf ILY TRAIN. Lit in Fight With Line R. R. Co. YE IN iH) DAYS. tain statements relative to the revenue derived Ironi the rp ration of this Hranch line, claiming that it was not sutlicient to justify the im provements petitioned for. Legal phases of the subject were discussed and the situation investigated generally. At this hearing the A. C. L. Railroad Company liled a statement signed by its Attorneys Messrs I3. A. Willcox and Henry E. Davis, setting forth that the A. C. L. Co . [did "uot waive any rights to insist | that the Railroad Commission of South Carolina is not a court and that any finding made by this Commission has only the forc3 of a legislative or administrative order, and that any question or matter passed upon by it, is not final and conclusive and said Railroad Company will have the right to have said question, or matter judicially examined and determined by a com t of competent jurisdiction." This document is made a part of the original tile in this case. On April 3rd, and June 10th, 1000, Supt. Newell furnished the Commission additional written information on the subject under investigation. The Commission early in h ;se proceedings disclaimed jurisdiction over the entire iine of the Conway Branch, a part of which, from Chadbourn to a poiut near Howard, distance of about 10 miles, being within the State of North Carolina, and that part of this road south of Howard to Conway, a distance of about JO miles, being within the State <f South Carolina. The commission holds that it possesses authority to require of the A. C. L. Li. R, Company sullieient facilities on that, pai t of the Conway Branch lino with'n the State of South Carolina to afford reasonable accommodations for the convenienceaud safety of the public, provided nothing be so requir 1 as to interfere with interstate commerce. From information received and obtained in this case it appears that a part of the Conway Branch, that is to say that part between Elrod and Conway, lying wholly in Nortn Carolina and covering a distance of HI miles, has for sometime enjoyed double daily passenger service by unmixed trains. In the opinion of the Commission, like service can be extended to Conway wilh no more additional expense to the A. C. 1. Company than the convenience ol the public would seem to justify, and the additional cost incurred need not be greater than the revenue] now accruing to the owners of this line would seem to warrant. The Commission is decidedly of the opinion that one passenger tiain each way and the present mixed train now operated on no schedule that can be relied upon, are not sufficient to furnish reasonable accommodations for travel to asd out of Conway, S. C. The excursion train now being operated on Sundays only over the Conway Branch to Myrtle Beach via Conway, is only for a few summer months and cannot be regarded as affording relief to the situation complained of in this case. After a careful inquiry into the whole situation it is ORDERED: 1. That the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company be and is hereby required to operate within thirty (HO) days from this date, at least two (2) unmixed passenger trains daily on that part of the Conway Branch now located within the State of South Carolina, adopting such schedule as will best effect connec tioa with all regular south and north bound passenger trains at Chadbourn, N. C. 2. That the Atlantic Coast Lino Railroad Company bo and is hereby authorized to discontinue passenger service on its local freignt trains, from such date as the additional passenger service provided for in paragraph 1, may be established. (S) John H. Earle, Chairman. J. M. Sullivan, 13. L. Caughman, Commissioners. T. 13. Lumpkin, Secretary. Fair treatment and honest deal ing is promised this year at the Horry Tobacco Warehouse, Tho farmers who are acquainted w'lh Mr Bowles may rest satisfied he w 11 carry out every promise. The Hussars will leave for the annual encampment at Aikon, S. C , on Tuesday morning 12th iust at ft.130 o'clock over A 0 L via chadbourn, Florence, Sumter, Orangeburg and Denmark. H a i * S CONWAY, S. C., Till] ~~ ~ \ TOWN ORDINANCES. IM><? TAX AM) MUZZI.K. Section 40. It shall bo unlawful for any per son or persons to keep a do# within the corporate limits of the Town of Conway without tirst obtaining a license for each do# from the Town Clerk, for which shall be paid the sum of one ($1 00) dollar for each male do#, and tho sum of five ($5 00) dollars for each female do#, or oitch the payment of which shall be evidenced by a bad#e. or receipt from the Clerk or Marshal for said license fee. Any do# for which a license fee has not been paid shall be seized and impounded by the Marshal, whether on any premises, or at large, and the owner or keeper thereof, if the same be known, forthwith notified; and. unless the owner or keeper thereof shall pav the license fee, and procure a bad#c or receipt, as afore saui, togemer wun a line 01 one ($1.00) dollar? which lino shall he turned over to the Marshal as a reward for his services, within two days after such capture or seizure, the Marshal shall, aflor duly advertising such sale as provided in Section 32 of this Chapter, sell or kill such dog. li the dog ho sold, the proceeds j hall be applied (irst, to the Marshal for his services, next to licenso h e, and any balance turned over to the owner or keeper, if known. In case the dog is not re-1 deemed, and the Marshal has to kill the same, his fee in that event shall be liftv (50o.) cents for each dog. The license hereinbefore provided for shall be due on the 1st day of June of each year, and shall be good for 0110 year: PROVIDED, however, that anyone who becomes the pos sessorof adogaftcr the 1st day of June of any year, shall procure a licenso or receipt, for which he shall pay the license fees above provided for, and which said license shall expire on the 1st day of June next following. Section 41. All dogs owned or possessed by residents within the Town of Conway must be provided with safe and suitable metal, leather or canvass muzzles, which must be worn from the 1st day of May to the 31st day of September, both inclusive, of each year. Any dog found without such muzzle during the period above proscribed shall l?o seized and impounded r.s provided in the preceding Section, and upon the same penalties as therein provided for nonpayment of license fee. Section 42 It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep upon his or her premises in the Town of Conway any dog or dogs of a violent, fierce, or dangerous nature, or of an apparently violet, fierce or dangerous nature, unless the same be securly tied or housed; and it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Marshals to immediately kill anv such dog found upon any of the streets of the said town. Section 414. It shall bo unlawful for any person or persons to allow any femalo dog, bitch or slut, while in heat or season, belonging to him, her or them, to run loose upon any of the streets of the Town of Conway, and it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Marshals to immediately kill any such dog, bitch or slut found upon the streets of the said Town, or running loose anywhere therein. SI'ITTINU ON S1DKWALK. Section 54. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to spit or expectorate on any of the sidewalks, or upon the floors of any public building within the town of Conway. II. P. Little, Mayor, II. L. Buck, W. E. McCord, C. J. Epps, J. E. Nicholas, J. M. McKeithai, E. J. Sherwood, Wardens. A ttest T. J. Bell, Clerk. Notice to Creditors. In Ilo C. II. Butler Assigned Estate Notice is hereby given that by deed dated the 1st day of July, 100!), )C, H. Butler made an assignment ! t.n t.'nn 11 ndor?'u/n<v' no iicuiimnn f,%?. wxr W..V/ V, I Ul the benefit of all of his creditor* who sh ill w.ihin s xty days after the date of said <Je d, lile wilh the undersigned, slateim nts of the am ounts due fchein with their acceptanceof the assignment and a letter or other statement agreeing to release their claims; and all creditors of the said C. II. Butler are hereby not:Pied and called to meet together at the law office of II. H. Woodward, at 11 o'clock a. in , on Thursday the 15th day of July, 1110!), for the purpose of appointing an agent to represent their interests with the said assignee in t le administration of the assigned estate, 11. II. Woodward, Assignee. July 1st, lDOSJ, I g* fRSDAY, JULY 8, 1909. 81 II ECHOES I Gathered by a Ilerald Man on His Rounds. CAUGHT ON THE BOUNCE. Stray Hit* of News Gathered ;t>y tlie Wayside for the Information and liiAtriiction of Herald Keadcrs- Happenings of Interest About the City. The Ilorry Tobacco Warchouoe will open on tlv *20th. W II Hell was in Conway last Thursday. The Horry Tobacco Wat chouse will open on the 20th. K Stalvey, of Socastee, spent the first of this week in Conway. I*1 OK UICNT?Cottage on (>th avt nue. App'y to A. K Co dlin ! , If you area tobacco farmer, and nave never heard a good auctioneer [come and listen to J Y l$arber at the Horry Tobacco Warehouse. Bring your tobacco to Mgr. .? R Howies at the Horry Tobacco Warehouse. Win Page of. (lalivants Kerry, spent a day in Con way recently on business, If you are interested in good prices for tobacco bring it to the llorry Tobacco Warehouse. J 11 Bowles. C 11 Butler returned to day from a business trip to Charleston and Marion and other points, The lirst tobacco brought to Conway for sale this season was deiivi red one day last week to Manager J Li Bowles, A fe n of the merchants of Conway observed last Monday as a legal tiobday while oitiers did not. nring in a lot of tobacco and try Manager J R Bowles and J V narber the auctioneer at the Horry Tobacco Warehouse. On last Sunday two negros canio into Conway on the excursion train and wero arrested for disorderly onduet and held in the lock up until Monday. The Hussars hope to carry a full company to the campaign against that thriving and modern u wn of Aiken, which is only a few minutes ride from Augusta, (la. The manager of the Horry Tobaebo Warehouse wishes to assure the farmers that corps of buyers this summer will be equal toanythat the warehouse has over had on its fh or. WANTK1)?A settled white lady to keep house and take care of two children. Reference required. Answer ouick. A. Tj Minev. A J 1 Wilmington, N. C Aiken is only a few minutes ride from Augusta, Cla , has two rail roads and one street ear line m akin# quick trips so the llorry boyswill not look for amusement ?vheii ofT duty. The now auctionr er J Y Barber who will sell the f omers too h o at the Horr" Warehou e ihW year arrived in Conway one day last week. Dr W. J. Langston will oreaeh at Rehoboth Baptist church next 3rd Sunday and Saturday before. It is desirable that every member of 1 ho church be present if possible. The public is cordially invited to attend. The Biggest Bargain Sale of the season will open at our store, Tuesday, July 20 h and. last throughJ 31st. Everybody invited to come, | W. Boyd Jones, Justice, S, C. Remembrr the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Preaching next Sabbath morning and evening 11 a m and 8:30 p m at the Presbyterian church by the pastor. All friends, and strangers especially invited. Dr E O Watson, Presiding Elder of Mat inn District, will preach at the Methodist Church here next Sunday morning and evening at the usual hours, the public is cordially invited Tae quarterly conference will be held on Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Manager J U Bowles has many friends amon^ ihe farmers and manv of them have visited him during the last week or tv oabout selling their tobacco at his warehouse. Fire .it rt ill I in s. Tiie Palmetto'?roccry Co , of Mid lins, S. C., which i* m in; j/cd by Mr John P. Cooper, *a pu* out of bu ; iness by fire ear y Moi.duv nominy. Most of th i *>to i< was destroyed, but they have a^ain opened up fur business in the store room next to Holliday's stables, and their friends will find them there when they visit Mullins. They will have a complete stock in a few days. In fact they are already receiving cars of groceries, This is a live firm and their customers will sufler no inconvenience whatever on accouut of the fire. The Nature and Desc SUITABLE FOR It] An Interesting Paper of Pe-i culiar Interest to Horryites and Valuable Accurate Information to the Home Seeker. Mr H II liennett, in ebar^e of the Atlantic section of tsoil survey has just completed an inspection of the soil survey work in Horry county. lie has m ale a very favorable report upon the work in this county staling that as a result of the investigation made by the Hnreau of Soils inereasod progress in agricultural development of the lands sur veyed may 1 ; expected. The various grados of laud occur ring iu Horry have been carefully studied in the lield and laboratory and each area of the several lypes accurately outlined on a im p drawn on a scale of 1 inch to the mile. The soil map, besides showing the the various classes of land in dillerent colors, will show the houses, school houses, churches, streams, roads, railroads and various points of local interest. Any one at a glance at this map would bo able to determine the quality of soil at any point in the area covered by the survey. The report, which will bo published in pamphlet form with the soil map, will describe the different soils, ai d ,in addition to giving the respective crop adaptations and capabilities of the various types, will oiler suggestions as to the best methods of handling and developing these lands, j lie most success-1 ful farmer of today is the one who' roeogt izes the fact that all soils are J not equally adapted to the same crops, the same methods of management and are not equally benefited by the same fertilizer application. In the past farmers have given far too little attention to this question, preferring to grow the samo crops on soils that are entirely unlike in character and crop adaptation, eul-, tivating them alike and applying the same fertilizers, paying no attention1 to the fact that one soil may nood aj fertilizer high in potash ana another only an application of phosphoric a.*id, There are certain deep sandy soils in South Carolina that are i I n trunk r.rnim and n.n? greatly benefited by heavy applications of potash and the plowing under of green manures but which are not in need of deep fall plowing, while on the other hand there is in the State a vast area of red clay land that is not adapted to truck crops and which dues not need a heavy application of potash but which is especially adapted to the production <?f the general farm crops and is highly benefited by deep fall plowing and by the application of lime. Similarly, diilerences exist in the requisite methods of management, in manurial requirements and in crop adaptations throughout the A/reat number of different trrados of land occurring in South Carolina fhe farmers must be shown what these (lilTerencos are and taught to put into practice those methods suited to their individual soils, to I>eath of /Vlrs Norton. Mrs Ellon Powoll Norton, wife of Dr E. Norton, died at Saluda, S C., on June 24th, at tho home of her daughter, Mrs I J. W. Crouch. She was brought to Conway and the interment took place at Lako Side cemetery on Friday morning June 25th, in the presence of a large gathering of friends. The funerajservices were conducted from the Methodist church, and the Rev G. 10. Edwards, Mrs Norton's paslor, was assisted by K~?v G. VV. Gatlin. The pill b'?arers were; Messrs B. G. Collins, D. T. McNeill, B. J. Sessions, D. A. Sp'vey, H. L Buck and F. A. Burroughs. The funeral was attendei by the follow; .? l - . 1 l u.. ,1 . \A ? i IPJJ reianvcs liu u HUiua-t, iur (Will MrsB. VV. Crouch, Mrs M E Brad ford, and Mr Quitman Powell, <f Pair Bluff, N. C , and Mrs Vol Marti", of Mullins, a sister of Dr Norton. For nearly fortv years, almost an | en'ire life fcirno, she was identified with the host interest of Conway, socially and spiritually. She was a leader in woman's religions work here and by her zeal and enthusiasm inspired others. She was the soul of kindness r id tfood will Such a noble character deserves to out last the brief span of tins earthly pil^riiiu^e and in this case it will. Flowers seemed to be her dulitfht. At her burial the flower decorations sent by her trieuds were elaborate No. 1.5 ii3 Pimurvr Adaptation Arc ribed. KRKY AND TIM IK fortili/.o in accordance with the actual manurial requirements of their lands and to yrew crops prom rly suited to their peculiar soils. Tl.. so problems cunnot be studied wivh >ut exhaustive investigation and (experimental work not merely upon t wo or three soils but upon all Lho important soils of the State. It is evident that this cannot be done until the soils of tlu> Sit ;i 11? ti n.v.x.. .... WI? VV> im ? \ VJK \: I I surveyed and their proportion and possibilities studied in the liekl and laboratory. The survey of the western half of I Horry county, which has been in progress for about six months mill *r tlu* direction of .\i r W .1 Latimer, will be completed about the IOlIi of July. Mr Latimer, who is a South Carolinian and a graduate of Clemson college, has made a very detailed and accurate survey of the area under his diroe tion and his report will be extremedy interesting.', as it will show among other things, that I lorry county embraces large areas of very productive unused lands suited to trucking, berry growing and general faring. Aside iroin swamp land IS distinct types of soil have been i mapped in this area, ranging from >malI stri ps of deep sand through several grades of line sandy loam, *undy loam and loam soils to the still' clays of the "savannas". The map will show throughout the1 area a large total acreage of land, including three types, admirably adapted to tlx; Klondikc straw berry, a variety which on account, of its oxeolleni quality lias proven highly profitable to those who have undertaken its cultivation upon the proper soil. A large acreage of the line general farming soils classed as Norfolk silt I loam and Norfolk line sandy loam have boon found in this county. There arc few soils better suited to cotton, corn, oats and foras.ro I crops as I hoy occur in I lorry county, | while the last named type is aa?;ooa for the production of bright tobacco, sweat and Irish potatoes as any soil encountered i)y the Uurcau in the south Atlantic coast country. The survey will show that there is much land in this county which must be drained by open ditches before it can be brought up to any where near its true agriculture value, while still [other lands are in need of vegetable manure such as can be applied cheaply by turning under "reen cow peas, rye, or other crops. The still clay lands occurin# in the savannas, which is unut li/.ed at present, will produce line crops of cotton, corn and oats, provided it is drained, plowed deeply and limed. Notwithstanding that, agriculture is making rap d progress in Ilorry county, liis tafe to conclude that aside from the, direct benefits which the farmers will receive from the soil survey and the benefits which may be counted upon from further investigations based upon the fundamental work, the report and map will show that there is in the county such a largo area of highly productive laud awaiting development that many outsiders will be attracted to this section to help in more rapid dc'dopment. and very beautiful. Floral tributes were scut by the societies of which she was a member The high esteem | in which she was hold in life was ; shown by the great crowd of people 1 present at the funeral ceremonies. The sympathy of tho entire people goes out to l>r Norton in his sad bereavement. ? Her death is a distinct loss. Silver Tea tinted.tinmoot. There will bo a silver tea enterta'nm uit at Athens school house on jSntuidiv night July 10th. The publie is cordially invited to c ?mo and ' unrig with them silver from tea cents to a doll ir. All that enters the nouse wi.i be given a treat of ice erovm and cake in return for uieir sliver. Daisy Stephens, Kttie HarreUon, j^ehna Stephens, 1 Committee. - - ^ ? - ? Children'* l>.?y at Hickory drove. There will be a Children's Day ec obrationa 11 iekoiy G rove church on S i a day, J .ly 10th. An elaborate and very interesting program '.i been arranged for tho occasion, consisting in p.rtof voeal and instrument d music, speeches, etc., by cue onudren. We are expecting ixew i!op? and Hethlehem schools to moot with us ana take part in the exorcises. The public is cordially inI vlted. Very respectfully, i H F Ha i ucC, Suporin tendent,