The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 08, 1909, Image 1
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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
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^ 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/
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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.
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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,
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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
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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;
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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
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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..
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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.
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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,