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VOL XX111. JK ' II HllSll ? - - - -W V m mm < v W V W III Little Kivor in This County Has Laudable Ambition. SEA PORT OF HORRY COUNTY - /xituoitjtit, wittiout Hai'road Facilities'. It llaa Water Connections With flic Otifsiae World - Tlic llamni r Lumber Company, an Important Factor in its Developmen t. Tho Herald is glad to be informed that the village of Little River, ii this county, is in a thriving and pro-perous condition. While the people there are not making me eh noise over the matter, yet they are keeping pace with the progress of tho balance of the county and are ttking a oomoudable interest in tho future of the place and an active pirt in th? development of its va rie.d resources. For tho want of adequate transportation facilities to promptly movo its raw and manufactured commodities, the people of Little River aro greatly handicapped in the work of bettering their condition and improving their commercial and in ilusiriai interests. However, this village bears the distinction of making the (irst oIT >rt toward railroad building in iheounty. Our recollection is that a Mr Dunn, who, we believe, was Senator from this county during the days of good stealing, anyhow, he was Comptroller General of the State under tin1 Republican regime, headed a movement to build a railroad from Little River ill rough the county to some poiut of connection with a trunk line. Work is said to have actually Kaon nnm manned art i h i o r ao/1 n n/1 a uv^v. II lyVMll llll/IIUVA? WU vil I O I UUU l?UV? (I considerable potion of the grading completed. Rut for soma cause, or a combination of causes, probably internal dissensions and opposition, after many vissltudes and much , disappointments, this important work was abandoned and no effort, as far as wo know, has been made to revive it, or if there ha1i oen it amiunted t> nothing, ano ihe oonsequonoe is Let tie River is without railroul faoilUies, but notwithstanding this faot her sky is roseate with "bright promises of a successful and a more prosperous future. Our information is that its people are fully alive to the importance of having railroad oonnectlon with f hn Aittc'ulo o nrl QUO ff % Ult uuc v/uwoimw ?? V/1 a v t uuu ai u uruuing every energy ami straining every ner/o to accomplish this end and whenever a people is wrought up to A th5s pitch g >od results will invaria' bly follow. But nature never Intended for Little River to be bottled up, It is the seaport town of Ilorry. It has a nice little hai bor iu which small vessels can enter, and a considerablo tralli; is bung carried on between there and Wilmington ami other ports. A n appropriation from the National Government to improve its harbor by deepening the bar so that vessels of larger draught could outer would be money well spent The government has spent thou sands, if not millions, in an attempt to improve the bar at Georgetown to the ma'ori il injury of the tributaries of Winyah Bay, and the cry gies uo to c. ingress from therefor m ire money Why not appropriate some of this money for the improvement of the bar at Little River? As we have t.lreidy said, Little R:vor is the seaparb of Horry, and ins people have the ambition t > make it the chief and mrmt imnnrMnt, cimmeroial centre of the county. J It has a large. rich and fertile hack ! country and the ambition and energy to make it such. Just at present the most important industry of the village is its h mbor industry, and the biggest factor in making it s> is the Ham mer Lumber Company of which Mr Thomas Philip Hammer, of W-luiington is the head. Concerning this company we take the following from a late issue of the Wilmington Star: "The schooner "Ed It. Haird, Jr." Capt. Geo. Bennett, cleared Thurx # day from the Hammer Lumber Company's plant at Little River, S C., with cargo of 287,000 feet kiln dried lumber for New York custom ers There is now sufficient water on the Little River bar for small coasting schooners and all the lumber cut by this mill is being shipped direct. The schooner "Wm. Thomas Moore" is expected this week. She will also take cargo from I T fiil.. TH 1- XT X/ 1 IjIbliH) IVIVIir IU i>CW T OI*K "Word has been received that Mr. Thomas Philip Hammer, of the Hammer Lumber Company of this ' city, has purchased in South CaroUna the screw steamer "Atlantic , City" of 71 gross tons. This vessel is 100 feet long. 22 feet beam, and is > ti feet 4 inches depth of hold. She has fore and aft compound engines, , . surface condenser. The boat has f capacity for 125 tons of cargo and is allow* d 100 passengers. She is double decked and has many conk 5 he vei ioncies for the uses 10 which she | w 11 be put, which will likely be that of to win*' 21II (1 fmiolit i n<r tan?.urn<?r? this port ami Little Hiver, S. C She will be under the command of Capt. J. T Jacobs now of the steamer Kuwii." ? ?? THE RAILROAD INJUNCTION. Mr Lyon Will Defend tlie Railroad Com miftsioners. Columbia Slate. Attorney General Lyon, as attorney for the South Carolina board of railroad commissioners, is work in*/ on the order to show cause before Jud^e Prltehard at Asheville, August 17, why the commission sh >uld not be permanently restrained from enforcing an order recently issued by the commission requiring the complainant, the A t'an tic Coast Line Kail way company, to ^ive Conway proper service. The tern porary injunction papers were tiled in Charleston and were served upon the commission a few days aj^o. The complaint of the railway company sets out, in part, that if the order of the railroad commission were carried out requiring a train to be put on between Conway to tbe boundary line between North and South Carolina "said order is arbitrary and unreasonable in that, among other things, said train would be operated from Conway without any connection whatever, would have for its terminus a point on the line of road from Conway to Chad bourn, where there is no station or other facilities for the discharge of passengers and would offord no means for passengers to be transp irted beyond the limits of Horry county, South Carolina," 'and that said order as requiring a train to be operated to the North Carolina line only is unfair, unjust and arbitrary and unreasonable and the enforcement will deprive your orator of its property without due process of law; as a result of all which an enforcement of said order will result in great and irreparable' damage and injury to your orator." Tbe additional train was ordered by the railroad commission after hearing complaints from citizens of Conway. This will be Mr Lyon's first appearance before Judge Prltohard in some time. .. . M tjtis . ou *i. A AdOA foil nf Kumrvii 1 ? t am/va* o. iuii vii uuiiiau nmiro.'u ii.mii! up at the court houso last Monday before Magistrates Daniel Grainger and N Swuot. The case, however, was not heard as it was finally continued until some future date upon the application of the plaintiff. Toe proseodings were brought under a Writ of Habeas Corpus by John Rabon to try to get possession of his throe children, Forney Rabon Fmorson Uabon and jane Rabon, the first named being thirteen years of age and the last named li vo. Ho soeks by his proceedings to take theso children from his wife, their mother, who for the past year has been Hiving apart from him and supporting thein, by her labor. ft. seems that the man makes all sorts of charges, as to the woman's char acter. The woman alleges that he refused to support -herself and children, but on the other hand that ..1 I 1 1 , L ! fill . I sin"j uuii to ?upporb mm. l i?ai no took her and the children to IJoardman, N. C., something more than sv year ago, and that she was so badly treated and the children so destitute of clothes that by the advice of some of her people she returned into this County and begun t > work for wages for old Mrs Graham, an old lady on who's place she obtained a h niso She also states that h?r husband would not send \h j children to school when ho lived with her, bu' that she insisted upon it an I went into debt to got books for thoin and sent thein for a few weeks only, She sent the little boy to school last week and they were all going this week if it had not been for these proceedings instituted by the father When the case wascilled for trial both sides represented by attorneys, the Magistrates, according to their usual ruiedotn indod that the plaintill John Ribon, first pay the cost of the case, and this lie was not able to do, and more than an hour was spent in t ying to make some satisfactory arrangement between the pirtiesand the court so as to arrange a trial at some future date without putting the woman to the further expense af again bringing her witnesses and he.r children t< Conway. It was finally agreed mat whenever the plaintiff paid the Magistrate the cost money, the Magistrate would then fix a time for the trial and that the plaintiIT, cr seme of his friends, would bring the woman and the children down to Conway at their own expense. It was pitiful to see the children, when the fact that their futher was trying get them back again was mentioned to them. The girl would break into sobs and the little boy was not much better. Those who knew Mrs Uabon state that, she is a very hard working woman, and trying to obtain food and clothes for her little ones. The pirties live in the neighborhood of Cool Spring in this county. CONWAY, S. C., THURS rnmrn Large and Enthusiastic Gathering. DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS. Ilcitcr School House*, Employ iiicnl of Ocifvr I>ach?-ra-Lonircr Terms it ml a ttroailor and More IJaofnl Curriculum Were Anionic (lie Mo?( Important Subject* l)i*cu?sett. There was a very enthusiastic educational meeting held at the new court hou&e last Saturday beginning ill 1 I o'clock in the forenoon, Among those in attendance were Sept. S. II. Grown, Ur K Norton, Col 1). A. Spivry, Hon J. J. MeSivam, of Greenville, S. (J , and lJr. Snider. Great interest was manifested in this movement, and quite a number of people attended toll.-leu to the speakers. During the last lew years tile people c?f Horry eiuniy nave shown more interest inan lorinerly in the building of new school houses, employincut of better teachers and a ut o vder and more useful curriculum. That interest is still grow 1 in tins important subject is manifested by the crowds who nave, attended all meetings of this nature in the recent past. The meeting was caiieu to order by Supi. Grown and an address of Welcome was deli v.wed be li' .1 She> wood, u in ember of i lit* board of oil ucatipn. LVof. Weils made an address on education and educational campaigns.? how they ure to be conducted. He specially stressed the interest that should be. taken in education ard promised to make a fuller explanation ut a later meeting here. ik Dr hi Norton, the second speaker, made an ehqueut address, giving a lull detail of his first work as an educator. He particularly stressed the ioca of hotter school bui dmgs and longer terms, Ho closed with the remark 44 When eagles aro around sparrows should make thornselves soarco." Ho closed amid upplauso. 'I he third spr-tilcer was Col D. A. .Spivey, who outlined his exnorionce as an eduoatcr. He helped to or* gamze a teachers' association after he oompleted his oollege course He discussed at length the formation of school districts. Told of the interest he took in instituting summer schools. He joked Mr Moo wain about his present standing and that he must confess that Horry is where ho got his start und hit Mr Wells about the same way. fie expressed uis willingness to lend any help he iiitlll/l in 1 li.i ni'l if I... uuu.x > but, iiiu i>i uv: l> III" I M'IJtH'1^ tud longer i,m ins and u? g d consolidation of i ho di tie rent schools of tho connty. The next speaker introduced was lion J. J. McSwuiu, sp>ke on "The Bridge between Svh >ol and Life." lie especially noted the improvements in Conway since his last visit, nere and spoke principally on education and the vast possibilities th itlie before the people of tochvu He stressed the need of better equipped teachers and told of the great responsibility that is upon them and the poor pay they received. He advocated folly equipped teachers and adequate salaries Spoke impressively to p cents about not sending their children to school regularly. Made an earnest appeal to the pirents and trustees to hold up the hands of the teachers. He closed amid loud applause. Dr Snider was next introduced and after mentioning the inspiring news of the progress of the town and county, he said he appreciated his first visit to Con</ay. He discussed at length, educate nal progress. He spoke of better churches and school buildings in the community and said they represented the collection ideapf the community. That, tho p ople of South Carolina are realizing better returns for the amount they invest in education than any other enterprise that exists today. That the boys should bo educated and trained to refrain from r,ad company and trouble generally. He closed amid loud applause I Prof Wells took the H ?or the se-| J , _ 1 . ! .1 r ? ? ? ('Oil 11 I I III!! 1(1 t*X|)l(llll lUtMi'Ml'IS /\Ct. | He gave a full detail, making p'ain ' the dilTerent meanings of the same. | Henry Roberts, a veteran of l he civil war, and probably the oldest man in H ?rry county, visited Conway one day this week. Tjftst Friday morning lightning struck the roof of the new residence of j K Bryan knocking otT a lot of shingles and running a soil pipe into the ground, bit d >ing no further damage. Messrs W L Bryan and T J Bell were at breakfast at the time and were considerably shocked by the bolt Tho lightning struck within two feel of a new lightning rod ereaied a shfrt tlm j bofore. Subscribe for the Herald. DAY, AUGUST 12, 1909. AN UNFORTUNATE CONDITION. Average Term of Sclinol* In llorry In Three MonttiH, If we are ever to educate our people to any eonsideramo extent, we must lengthen our bol.ool term lie the houses ever so eomfort.:\t)le, the teachers ever so competent and the attendance ever so laroe, a three months term can never cducitc the children beyond the rudiments The last annual ronnrt of tin* it . partment of education shows that iloTy has H>7 schools in the country ami two in the town. The country schools are credited with an average term of tw< Ive weeks? three months. Including the town schools the average term for the countv is thirteen weeks. Of course this does not mean that none of your schools run more thin thirteen weeks Many oT them have a much longer term, hut at the same time a hiroe per cent of them run less than twelve weeks This is an unfortunate condition j [ and many p >ople in the richer counties cannot understand it. i>ut when we consider how few railroads, I how few towns, how few manuf.icturinvJ plants \ou have, and the low | assessed valuation of property ithroughout the State, the marvel is that, you have done well You have done a great deal hut. you have barely crossed the borders. You must now plunge in and possess the whole d >nt lin . At the last session of the General Assi mbly the sum of $:2;),00 t was appropriated to be diMmr.nd in leiigthenino the terms, of schools whose npp >rtion men t from t he g-n civ.l jchool fund will not run them urn' ItM11(iI*..11 il iiv ?..i -i ......... X . . MU..', | ri . . V MI -I | uic.M: I sell K?ls vn i 11 help i lii in <cl ves The menornl assembly did not, ailj urn ill I'Ybru.iry 'J7.li, anil the act was DOthl'Ilt uilt In (Mil Illy superintendents till March. M uiyshort termed schools had ulroad v el >&ed and many more eloped before the patrons knew aoiut the appropriation made | to aid them. A mreat many Irus lees and patrons who heard of the appropriation did not understand the terms on which it could be sieured and consequently did not take advantage of it Boss than was dUbur&od before the clo>e of scholastic year, But now the terms I of tho act are becoming known and j ; applioatio ,s are pmrinu in. I feel sure that the $Ji),000 will not be MdVidnnt to meet the demands. Nob every school that applies receives aid. A number of applications have boon turned down, because they did not come within the terms of the law and the i emulations of the State board. But wherever a school has shown that it is entitled to the aid, undoi the law, and that tho money would be used to lengthen the term, aid b'?s been granted The act provides t hat any school who.-o proportion of the regain* school fund is not sullioiont to ?*nn the one hundred days or more may receive aid. li.y regular school fund is meant the !? mill constitutional tax, poll tax, dog tax and dispensury fund. iieforo a school can rocoivc aid the patrons must raise by "levy or otherwise ' a sum e<pi il to half the amount to be rcceiv. d from the Slate. No school can receive more than $100 That is, if *10 be raise i, $20 may be received from the Stu* ; i.'$20 be raised, $10 inav be iscoived; if $.")() be raised, $100 u?av bo ?eeeived, but not even if m ire than $50 be raist (1 not more than $100 may be received from tlie Slu'e. Tne money may be raised by voluntary contributions or by spe-ial I vy. If a district, has vo?cd a special tax, and the patrons will help thems Ives by raising a sum and depositing It wiih the county treasurer, the trustees may apply for aid. Kvery application must, state thvt the sum raised has been deposited with the trenswier, and it, must also state that both the sum raised and the sum asked from the State will be used to pay teachers' salaries, If a school lias only enough money to run i . three months, and the patrons will raise enough to | pvy the teachers' s.d iry one m )uth | the Stai/C will give enough to pay j for two months more, and thus in* utouil /if o I kiif.n !? ? .1 ?? i ouuiiii IN to uui iv (iiiai may have a six monthV term. If von desire your shire of the 112,000 now in I lie treasury, von should ael (ju'ekly. The money is paid out in order as the applications I are received. First com i first served. Of our.-o applications that are received after the fund is exhausted cannot he honored, unless the general assembly renews the I appropriation at its next session. The lawmakers usually tfive the people, what they demand. If the people will u>e the present fund wisely, and will lot their ropre sentativos know that they desire tho appropriai.ion renewed and increased, I believe it will he done. I*. J. WKLLS, Asst Siate Supt. JO J Davis & Son, proprietors o( Powell'? Now Warehouse at Fair tiluIT, sold several loads of tobacco during the last week at prices ranging from 8\ to 12} cents.. I US (iatherod by a Herald Man on His Rounds. CAUGHT ON THE BOUNCE. Strnv lUt* of News Gathered l?y the Wayaltlc for the luforiiKt lion and I uMructloit of llvraUl Readers --lln ppeilItiM ? of Interest About the Cliv. All fanners are specially invited to mako tho IJANK Ob1 I.OlilS their h inking honu?it- cashier will take pleasure in serving thetn, W C Jones spent last Saturday in Con way. Mrs .1 .) Tuilnrville, of Socastco, spent a da/ in Conway last week. Sale of Iiutler stock at Kaniwla mills next Tuesday at 11 o'clock. If you are pleased by your treatment at the n >rry Tobicco Warehouse tell your neighbors about it, and t>ot him to sell his crop there. T II Pern niter, of IVttlo K've?-, [spent last Saturday in Gunw iv < n business K.J Davis & Son sold during the I-1 1. tree days of la^t week IMOIO p muds of tobacco for \\Z, at sinvverago of Old for everytiling sold, mostly sand lugs. ' $ Miss Hruee Rog^re, of Fair 111uIT, is visiting her sister, Mrs U IJ ten U i us Don't miss thesale of Hutler stock lixtares next Tuesday at 11 nVI >ck. Manager .J R Howies was kept very bu^y last week owing to the large sales which he had at the (lorry Tobacco WaVehouse. John K llarrelsin was among llu so who visited Conway last Sat urday on business. If you are not satisfied with your sales on this crop, try Howell's Now Warehouse at Fair 111uIT, wiih your [next load and we will ploaso yon Your friends, K f Davis & Son. W 1J Jones passed through Conj way one day last wool: on his way I to spend several days at Myrtle Heacb, Ohas H Now ton, of Socastee, spent last Tuesday in Conway on business. Quito a number of pup'e wil take advantage of the low rrPe o' faro from Conway t'> Ut.ndorson ville and other points on August IS h Your money will earn you inter est seven (leys out, of every week and every night in the. week if you deposit it in the HANK OK DORIS, of Doris, S. C. The imperials wore on the ground last, week in readiness for the one tion of the large addition which is be'ng made to Conway Bargain 11 Oil so. Don't forgot that the Fair HlulT t'.l) loco m.u krt wan s tv\ ice as much tpba *co t ids \ onr than over before aid that I' > well's Ne.v Warehouse is leader for high prices. K J Clan/., the genial manager | lor VVinyali Lumber Company at Soeastce, spent several <1 \ys in Con way the lir.it of this week. Wo are iJ ad to announce to th ? lobaeco far n *rs of florry C >unty that w ' h id some of the la?*g *st sales last, week that. we have had this season, and we I) dieve I hit the orie.es reali/. ?d were as g iod as e.ou'd ha ve been obtained at any warrhome :n the State. C >mo and brine us your crop as we will be glad to handle it for you. The f? ink of Horry is temporarily occupying quarters at the s'ore or li iss - A da ma Company on the opposite side of the street. The move was made necessary by the extensive changes and repairs now being made in \ heir building Ti e first I (.11 of t prn cotton r< ceived in Conway was sent to the Herald oil i 00 one day last week from the large li Id of It. J. C Ward, near Xoan, S C Tais notion was open .in I ready f >r picking on July 2C>'.h. If there are any f irmers who have any earlier than this they have failed to rep >rt it to th ? | Herald. A series of meetings in the into* t of Sunday school work wei o heui this week at Cm^vay Mo h?list church during Monday and Tu s la> by the li'V E O VV at son Presiding Elder of Marion District Prof I T Williams and Misses Grace Vandiver and Mat tie Covington too tn eting* r<; very interesting and the attendance at all of them was very good. Messrs Geo. J. Tlolltday, JP. C. Prince, I. C. Ilryant, Thos E ' Ooopc**, Dan W. Hard wick, Ju'e N Jenre'to and E L Sind?Ts <n, compo?e t.h" board of directors of the PANIC OP LORIS which bank pays 5 per cent ou SAVINGS. No. 18 'great opportunity. Here is a chance for every country merchant in Ilorry County to purch"?e a stocl\ of goods, perhapt Ivery much below cost. The ! entire stock of floods of C. II. Butler *ill be disposed of to the hiflhest bidder ! -.1 T A 11 I l_ 111 xi i uusua^ ill 11 I'liicK over at Butler's store near ' the mill of the Kanawha Lumber Company. Besides the stoH^ of goods there is a large McCray refrigerator one large iron safe, computing scales, patented oil tanks, computing cheese cutter, one pea nut roster which cost $70.00 when new several show cases, and office desly, and very many other articles, all of which are useful in every country store. Come to Conway next Tuesday and buy this property, ^ 11 1 ? f aritivr.H to OrK.Mi(?cD, ))ut O x miz n*s M A M.tlntT v lUil S I'1 I' H'l'ilM., r?f tho S illtu 0?r>1 n;i Slain Fiirtnors IJ ?i i. >*i, will I'Mress 'ho riu'iinrs ut, Conway :i *.M5M o'j! cl\, \V<m1 u ?.vfl iy , A u.ru u IS h. Ail funricrH art* invitt*H t'> at fiiil. 'I'iic work of ortfunlzlhij t his county will bo pushi-d riij-ro'i^ly until Horry is in lino with tlio othor o Hintios of tho S nto Mr was lit one lime a resident of this county, being Kditor of the Indopcnduut Uepub.io at, one tlmo. Contribute^1. ?? ? *Twa? a Glorious Viciory. There's rejoicing in FerHra, Tent), A. man's lif* has hnjn saved, and now Dr King's No v Dhoovery is tho talk of the town for curing C V Popper of do idly - lung hemorrhages, "I could not work r?t* get about,n he vrito*, "and the doo'ur* did mo no good, tit*t. after using Dr Kmcf'a Xbw Divnovoi'v three works, T feel liko u new man, and can do good work again." For weak, soro or* diseased lungs, Coughs and Colds, Hemorrhages, Uav Fever. LiOrlppo Asthma or an v Bronchial nft otion it stands unrivaled. Price 50c and 1.00, Trial BoUle free, S l?t and guaranteed by Norton Drug Co. loc Cream SoonerThorn will ha :m inn nrrmm :n >( box supper lit A'hens school h noe Aunu st 2ls*. Unit Every body is 'cordially invitnd. Wo hnjn all tl o younj/ 1 idics will come and brin with (hern, well till boxes. Chira Mar poison, Daisy K'ephens, Comm t oo. I:pwortli 1.?>h?iio. The Fiords Kp v( rlh Dciipio will h Id its annual business meeting on Wed no (lay evonini', An^ist 18th. Kceopfcion will bo jjivon n? 7 o'clock on onurc h ground . S? rvices will betfin at 8 o'clock in ine church. Phe public is most cordially invited to attend. J. Emerson KVrl, f'res. Another Children*!* f>nv. K.dilrtP Hor*:il ! I * l? niihlisli in your piper that there will be a Children's I) iv at. Nrv.v llinn i I' iptis!, church on the I It Sal ur<lay in AuL'-ist Helhlehem, Cain Branch and Hickory Gro\e schools are invited wit h full proir nnt and the p ddio at, large is cordially invited with well (i led 6a diets Mr Klitor, wo would l> pleaded to have you. Yours verv* truly, G W Sessions, Supt. Thorn was a very pie manfc ' X Mirsimi over the waters of th ? W iccam iw one evening 1 vst week on the vivlit- Lil'au fi t hose in attend men were Mr .1 \ N u'fcon, Misses Suite at el Mar] trie Q ia' f?leh turn, Miss fi ?uise 14 ?b r'.-o t, M.Sn Km Coles Miss Cue Simmons and the Misses McOoiil of Hodges, S. C. Messrs, Paul Quail* biu n, Geo. P. Nissen, K P VV tl h, Mr. U mdnrson and Messrs, Walter and Howard Monroe. NOPUfB op KLKCTION. IW virtue of authority vested in jus t>y the County B >ard of Hi Inoaj lion i.hp undersigned will h*dd an 'election on August -lit, 1900, to vote a sjve'al levy of three (:i) mills on the t?ix d?l* p i opertv of It ?.d Hill District. No. 8.1 to snp:>1 ?in >nt the | sc.ho 1 fen Is ot Miid District. Polls oprn 8 i. m clos^ I p in, J P Hraham, i T W Drab am, \ W. El. Uratcher, Aug 7, 1009. Trustees, %