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VOL XXIV. H1JPB Well Known Business Men at Its Head. MR I F RfllFX. MANAGER Villi I# I hi WWMMWJ The Work has Commenced ant It -will be Locntad on the Old Beaty Lot, One Sqnaro from tli* Old WarehouseSeveral progressive business men recently orgauized a new tobacco warehouse company, got the stock subscribed, and now some of the materials are on the grounf' for the erection of the building. The work of construction of the warehouse will begin at once. This is a move which our business men have thought necessary for several years in order to provide a bigger market at Conway, a greater number of buyers, and thus make competition in the selling of tho leaf. The new concern has purchased the old Beaty lot on the opposite eouare from the present warehouse, 1 ? from Burroughs & Collins Company. The size of the new wurchouse will be about the same as the Worry Tobaceo Warehouse aod it will be sup]>li d with all the usual modern conveniences. Its lojation will be within easy reach of the farmers as they come into town. At the head of this new concern are some of the best business men of the town. L. H. Burroughs ip president. W. A. Freem ?n, secretary and treasurer, and J. E Cole? is general manager. Uonwav had two tobacco warehouses once before and both of them were successful The storm completely wrecked one of them which was located near the A. C C. depoi and it was uever rebuilt. The t >wn is in the center of a territory suited to the production of fine tobacc/ and the town should be one of the liveat markets in eastern South Carolina. There is no reason whv the market shou d not grow with the two warehouses which Conway will have til'H year. The company has been incorporated as The Farmers' Tobacco Waiehouse A Storage Co. WorUy - KhocJe n. O i last Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock at ihe residence of Magistrate G. M Fowler, in Green Set township, Miss Gussie Worley was happily married to Mr VV L Rhodes. Magistrate G M. Fowler perform ing the ceremony. Tnis wedding ?" - o turnrion I tn innn \ VV Un ^ J U I to u out pi IQU i vy i'uv iti uu 7 friends of the couple both at Lorb and in Fioyds township, whore thr young lady resided. Miss Worley is tho eldest daughter of Mr Key Worley, one of the oldest and one of the leading citizens of the county, She is a charming and talented young woman and Mr Rhodes Is to be congratulated upon winning her band. Mr Rhodes is at present engaged in the mercantile business at Loris, S. C,, having recently opened a large mercantile business, after having managed the business of M. E, Rhodes & Company and wound It up satisfactorily. He has bad a large experience in business affairs for one of bis ago and he has been remarkably successful. He is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. G. Rhodes of the Tigris section* For several years he was engaged in the mercantile and naval stores business in Florida. He has been in business at Loris since the return of his father's family to this State several years ago. Many friends will join in wishing these young people a long and happy married life. After the ceremony Mr and Mrs Rhodes went to their new borne at - ? ? t A Loris, where they are at norne to their friends. Wnitamakcr Dots. Editor Herald:-Please allow me space in your valuable paper for a few words. The health of the' community is verv good at this writing. The farmers are about through planting cotton and setting out tobacco We hope them much success with their crops. Miss Blanchie Stroud visited M13S Emma Hooks last Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs J. L. Stroud visited Mr and Mrs B L Hooks last Sunday, Miss Mattie Stroud is spending some time in North Carolina with relatives. Miss Curlie Hooks is spending some time with Miss Leatha Waddell. Mr and Mrs A W Jernigan visited their parents here last Saturday and Sunday* Hue Dew and daughter, Lillie, of Pleasant View, vi&ited in Wanamaker socLion last Sunday. The Herald is a welcome visitor here every Friday evening. Forget-Me-Not. W H Bell was here recently. A CRISIS IN THE BERRY SITUATION AT CONWAY. A N?w Organization Formed. The Independent Fruit Grower* Association. A crisis has arisen among the strawberry growers about Couway. For a number of years there has been a great deal of dissatisfaetiuu with the way our berries have been shipped. It seems that nearly all the trouble has been over a shipping agent. It is a custom among commission men to hire what they II 1 1 > ^ - ,1 can a locai ageu& to uruu nuuo iui tbem. Different houses pay their agents differently. Most of them have the following custom: They charge the grower eight per cent, for gelling their berries and out of the eight per cent, they pay their local agent three oer cent. Sometimes they give their agent ten cents a crate on the side besides this three per cent. Other houses do business direct with the grower on a straight five per cent, basis. M osi houses will do business direct with the grower on a straight live per cent, deal, In nearly every community you will find a class of men who like to make big money and do little work for it. The way that class of men work ti.ings is as follows: Whenever they see the strawberry grow??? olii r-kiVi n it tn unv n irt ir u 1 -lp house w Ol??p|y.Mh VW *~-.j or houses they write to that house and get to be agent, many times making arrangements with houses io charge the grower eight and ton per cent commission for selling their berries and remitting to themselves three per cent and sometimes more, while these same houses would do the business direct with the grower for five per cent. Su'-h bu-iness as this has been a thorn in the side of the berry grower about Con?ay for the last five or ?<ix years and every year it. has caused more or less hard feelings. At last a crisis has been ro..ch?-<i at which the outgrowth has been the organization of the Independent Fruit Grower's Association. Each member pledges himself to do all he can to save the Association and its members from falling a victim to the>e agents. For this reason each m< mber of the Association is requ* steel to get to be agent for some house just to keep these shark agents as the are call d, from fleecing them All this agent money is turned nv( r to a financial committee who after paying all shipping expenses returns the balance to the grower. Now, it is like this: If a orate of berries sells for uo in j> >ston. three per cent, is thirty cents and ten cents a crate on the side makes forty cents on every crate that goes out of Conway some ag?nt is trying to get. That forty cents on a crate the strawberry growers of the Independent Fruit Grower's Association are trying to save. Some of the growers have gone so so far as to regard a shipping agent as nothing more nor less than a highway robber claiming that he might just as well stand at the car door with a gun and demand hi;? fees This is all wrong. Au honest agent should be a blessing to a community. It seems that the straw'oeriy growers arouud Conway have had a tough time of it to make both ends mret in the past, and they are going to save themselves from financial ruin if they can. They demonstrates last year that one cent per crate would pay all shipping expenses. Now, Mr Grower is not that 39c. on Axrprv r?.rn.t,c inst. as trnod in your pocket as in the pocket of the agent? God only knows you havo a to igh enough time of it to make a living without fighting some agent's pocket Brother Grower join the Independent Fruit Growers Association and save enough good hard dollars to pay for the picking of your crop. E. S. Cultra. [New* from SIjcH. Editor Herald:?As I have seen nothing from this p a e in a good while thought I would write a few lin^a. Health of the community is very good at present. Farmers are about through planting corn and are putting in their cotton and tobacco. Mrs A C. Murrell and children were visiting the former's parents, Mr and Mrs J D. Vereen last week. J. L, Todd, Jr., has Jthe finest piece of corn the writer has seen this season, and he has planted the earliest cotton. Arthur Bryant passed through here last week enroute to the county seat. Best wishes to the Herald and its many readers. Cor, Teacher* Examination, The next regular teachers ex amination for certificates will be at the court house in Conway, Friday May 6th 1910 , S. B. Brown. Superiotendant, CONWAY, S. C., TH! ?III Will' Wants the Bridge at Conway Built at Once, THE BECESSTTFIMPERATIVE TIic Money [With Which to Build tlie Bridge Across Waccamiw Hiver ai Conway ia In Slfht or on II tnd, Col D. A. Spivey was seen a few d lys ago and asked if he had seen the article in the Herald of last w< ek from Mr L. H Burroughs re'ative to the proposed bridge across the Waccamaw. "Yes, my atteutiou has already | been c died to Mr Burroughs' article, and I want to hasten to con gratulate him on being one of our citizens, whom it seems has 'woke up' to the true situation during this de-j cade I hope to get at least one other convert during the next general ion?at, least by the time the j bridge is built. "It is generally understood that this is one of my "pet hobbies." Jt was to make this "hobby" a reality that I added to ray original Court House Bill an item of $10,000 and provided that the remainder (after building the court house and j til) should be applied to the buildingof i bridge across the Waecarnaw tit Conway, one across the Little Pe ! D' o and one across the upP r VY icc.onaw in tbe order nameJ, abouM thee be funds sufficient "It has been a great disappointnent. to me that this matter of ^ridges h ?> not been pushed soocjr. f am not aire to understand why it c >uld not have been commenced at least two years ago. Tue commissioners must have known that, there would hi at least funds sullieioot to build the first one named. Yet the disposition has been to refrain from questioning tbe judgment and good faith of the m "-irtn 1 I m _j ha t h H f thpv UU IJJ Hi lODII/Ilt X. 'J IU T VW VUV? v v?.v r have a good reason for delaying the work. "[ ngree fully with Mr Burroughs that from a commercial or industrial standpoint, these bridges mean more to liorry than the court hous* and jiil Those living on the east, side of the river; I believe, realize and fullv appieciate what has been done To some others, however, it! will be ab olutely ue ;essary to dem onstrate its importance by actual ! construction. Then it will be iu order for all such to "wake up" aDd be enthused over a scheme which they find already worked out and he plans completed." In this connection, Mr Spivey was ashed if he had any thing to say relative to the appropriation recommended for the Waccatnaw. "Well this recommendation of $")(),000 is very gratifying to U9 all I assure you. It is seldom any of us do anything conspicuous for the good of our town aud county, that I would dislike to see one deprived o/ any glory coming from our success. I feel equally so about our new passenger schedule. Much credit is due to all who took part in bringing about the results recently announced. The Hoard of Trade and the Town Council did their part in both enterprises The county press has played a couspicuous part in the light, as did the attorneys employed in the latter case." "It occurs to me that the question is r.ot so much as to who is to receivo the credit for what little has been done, but rather it should be our aim to push forward, work individually and collectively to bring about other needed improvements for the upbuilding of our town and county. There is room for everybody to work, and there is "glory enough for all." 4 Let. us not spend too much time and talk about what has been dope, , and what cannot be done. But let us devote more energy to that which ought to be done and that which nan hn Hnnft?if we will onlv work in " i unison. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Thai Contain Mercury. As mercury will surely destroy tho sense of smell and completely derange ihe whole system when entering it through the mucous surfnce. Such articles should never be used except on perscriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is leu fold to the vrood vou can possibly derive from them Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured I by F J Cheney & Co., Toledo, O , 1 - ' -? ? m/1 la fabon CODLiilim UU illm AJU 1 y , UIJU io vunvu internally, acting directly upon the blool and mucous surface of the T.? U .iyoi.l/Ui' IU unjr 111^ unu 1 VCtbai t U (jure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F J Cheney A Co. Testimonials free Sold by all Druggist. Price 75c per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any oase of Chlls and Fever. Price 25c. i jpt URSDAY, APRIL 21, 1910. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, 5 or 6 doses "606" will euro any case of Chills and Fever. Pric?25c. B H Staiyey was in Conway last Tuesday. The weather was very cool on la fc Tuesday. N T Collins was in the city a few days ago. J T Anderson was in Conway one day last week, Gpo J Hollidav was in Conway last Tuesday, J P Derham visited Conwav the first of the week. J H Cook, of Sanford, S. C,, was in Conway last Friday, J T Sessions, of Cebu, was in Conway last Tuesday on business. W L Bryant spent last Saturday at Little River his former home. Miss Little, of Eddy Lake, was in Conway the first of the week. 100 bushels good field peas for sale W B Jones, Justice, S. C. B M Stevens, of Sanford, S. C., spent last Friday in Conway 011 legal business. The ice factory will be ready to begin making the goods by the end of this week. A n n ^ r] i i 1 n n t hni n rr m nflii t.r tVlP X*ll "V1UH1UU - - > handsome residence of Mr and Mrs H W Ambrose. W D Moore a leading farmer living near Conway spent last Saturday in town. Mrs M W Collins left recently for Marion where she was called o.y thi illness of her mother. Showers are need *d in some sections of the county for the pui pose of transplanting tobicco. Strawberries are now coming in for shipment. Toe weather was getting too dry for the fruit, but the showers last Saturday relieved the situation verv much and the crop will no doubt now rapidly mature and ripen. The berries now o >ming in are of fine quality, both in siz* and H vvor. Mrs. Press J mes, of the Gideon section, die! suddenly at Uer home last Monday. Mrs. J nes was a sufferer from heart trouble for some time On Monday a mule one of t.h? hnuw was drivintr r in awav in I v.ew of Mrs Jones. The boy was thrown from the wagon and Mrs. Jonrs was frightened and died. J R Bowles who has rented the Hurry Tobacco Warehouse for the seas 'ii of lillO will arrive in Conway within the next few weeks to prepare for the season's work. Jle states that he will be bitter prepared than ever to handle the tobaoco brought here by the farmers to good advantage for them. The first new currency of the First National B*ok of Conway made its appearance one day the latter part of last week. The first live to possess one of these bills, are, as fur as we are informed, B G Collins, D A Spivey, W Percy Hardwicke. Thurmond Collins and S T Sessions, These bills are of the denomination of $5, and are very handsome. The double daily passenger service which has just been put on between Chadbourn and Conway has made some itnpravements in the delivery and transmission of mails at this poiut. Some of the mail ootrios in at 11 o'clock at night and out going letters aud news papers from Conway leave on the early passenger train instead of being held over un- , til the afternoon as it was before. j Those who are interested in civic I improvements in the town would i be glad for something definite to be I done concerning the laying of < cement sidewalks in the residence portion of the town. It is under- < stood that this matter has been up i 'before the town council for nearly a i year and they have promised to let the contract, and have the work < done, but for some reason which has not been explained the work has not been commenced. The order of non-suit which was granted during court week by Judge Gary in the case of Goo J Hoiliday vs W V Hest has been sei aside by the Judge on the ground of excusable neglect, The motion to relieve the plaintiff from the order was argued before the Judge while he was hero holding court and he reserved his decision until one day last week when he filed au order relieving the plaiutiff from the nonsuit. A chicken thief was tried here last Tuesday before Magistrate Grainger, tt seems that the ch.ckens were stolen by the wholesale in the neighborhood between Con way and Home wood. Among the losers were J E Nicholas, VVm Lewis, J IJ Jolly and Mr Tisdale. The negro was tried in one case and convicted, and he was bound over U> the higher court in several other cases in which he took the fowels from the house within 200 yards of dwelling house, making him guilty of statutory burgalary II GOOD Jffil Annf lior T ni nrnvompnf fft XlllV/bllV Jl v i Our Passenger Service. THROUGH TO WILMINGTON Wouldn't It Encourage and Increase all Branches of Our industrial and Commercial Inter erests to Have a Throjrh Passanfer Train to Wilmington? The Herald reporter's interview with Col D A Spivev. the father of court house and bridges Act, couc^ruing matters relative to the latter undertaking, together with other matters concerning the improved condition of our passenger and mail service and convenience to to both the private oitizen and the busiuess interests of our town and county which will inevitably result to all parties in intere-t from those improvements, there is one forceful sentence that should attract and rivet the attention of us all, as well as engage the best and most strenuous endeavors of every patriotic, citizen of gU rious old Horry, to accomplish, and that is, "It should "be our aim to push forward, work "individually and collectively to "bring about other needed improve"ments for the upbuilding of our t-rt - ? l- i ^ "town and county.' we wi>n u> empaMzs this by adding that thi? should oe the s'ogan cry of progress, the lever to pry ail obsiac'es out of its path, the incentive which should govern us in all our labors for the upbuilding of our town and county, and let the credit for our successes and our achievements rest upon whoevers brow they will. Tune is to.) precious for us to pause for a moment iu our mi-ob onward and upward for us to haggle over the question as to who and who is not entitled to wear the bay wreath In saying this much we do wish to be understood as retracting anything we have previously written or this subj ict, for wait has been writteu must stand as pub ished Tnere is one thing just now that we should all, individually aud collectively, both in tb'. towu and in the country work uurd for and that is to huvo the morning pass? rger train which now leaves Con-.v^.y something after five o'clock, leave Myrtle Beach, in time to make Couway at its present starting timei Instead of laying over at Chad bourn j * * v tt t i ] go straight ttirougn to wunaiugion, and leave that city bo as to arrive in Con way on i ts present schedule, 11:40 p m, and on through to Myrtle Baaob, This would certainly be a Ion# stride along the road of progress as it would be pr^siole for the trcrchants and others to leave home in the morning, arrive in Wilmington transact eitner business or pleasure and return home in the same day. We are confident that such an arrangement can be made if we will bend our efforts in this direction and work for those accomplishments of this end. The merchants and the business men will be benefited, the farmer and the truckers will find a convenient market for the sale of their products and the private citiz m will be brought in closer social ana business touch with the outside world. Oar higher instructions of learning will be brought to our very doors as it were , and all our iuterest by whatever named called will receive an imputus that will redown to our betterment in every way and we will come out of the wood9 feeling like new creatures, better equipped to fight successfully the great batile of life with broader views to better eujny the fruits of our sue 3CSSCS. It goes without saying that we ?an easily get the people of Wilmiugton deeply interested in this matter if we will lay it before them in as strong a light as we possibly can an:l win a powerful friend in pushing along this important undertaking . Let us push the matter along. Let us take it up with the Chamber of Commerce and other industrial and commercial bodies of that city, as well as with the railroad ofli uals and we will acoomplish a great deal along the development and udb hiding of Horry, town and county The effort is certainly worth the candle so push it along. ** Box Supper. There will be a box supper at the i Pioeville school bouse on the 23rd. The general public is cordially invited to attend and briug well filled nurs s wit.h them. Come young men and bring your sisters, cousins and sweethearts along with you as it will good opportunity to prove your p ofound love and sagacity to them. M agister. M M Hardee of Bisco, one of the Herald's subscribers, and an all round go<?d fellow, was In the oily Monday on business. , No. 2 Watts Buxtou Socastee M. E. Church was the J scene of a very beautiful marriage I April the thirteeuth nineteen bun- 1 dred and ten, when Miss Mattie Watts was married to Mr. Howa d E Buxton in the presence of an unusually large crowd. Misf Watts is the pretty and accomplished young daughter of Mr, and Mrs. G. W. Watts of Socastefe. She is widly known both in Horry and Georgetown County, and is liked by all who know her. Mr. Buxton is the facinating i young son of Mr. and Mrs Wm. A. Buxton of Pleasant Bay, Li ng Branch, New Jersey. He is a prominent business man In New Jersey and has made many friends in South Carolina. He is a general favorite in Georgetown County wh >re he has visited several limes, and is very popular in Hjrry County, with his new made friends. The church was attractively decorated by Socastee's most popular young ladies. The color scheme being white and green with a gray back ground. The ladies wore dressed in pure white silk and carried white rose buds. The groom was attired in the conventional black. The waiters were dressed in white and carried white roses. T.ie attendants were M5<s I la VYatts with Mr, Julius Johns .u, Miss Francis Sarvis with Mr. E. S. G. Baker. Tue crowd was deftly seated by Misses Madie Cooper and Joseph Sarvis and Messrs Paul Sarvis and Lauren Cla-dy, The wedding march was beautifully rendered by Miss Lucv Sarvis, Mr. Grant Cooper being her escort and assisting her at the organ. Through out the ceremony the sweet strains of one little word will end ray future life was heard. After the ceremony the wedding party left for the home of the brides father where supper awaited tht-m. A numb, r of friends hid preceded thtm raciudmg Mr a? d Mrs. J. H Canes, of Georgetown and Mr. J(.1 ones R Powel', of Au 'erson, S C Bifore the cr>wd dispersed the fortuue cake was served bv toe happy bride and groom Mr Powell being the proud possessor ?>f the ring, and Mr B.iker the nickel, Miss Lucy Sarvis received th'? but,ion | and Mr Johnson, drew a long face 1 because he g it the i tumble. The bride received many protty presents from Socastee, G ><>rgetown and New Jersey, and too m my good wishes to mention. May their pith be bright and their life long and happy. O. B. Gallvarit Ferry, The health of the community is good at this writing. Cotton planting is the order of the day Farmors ure having dry wea.her for setting tobioco. The second quarterly meeting will be held at Mt Zion next S.iturdav the 23rd at 11 o'clock and the following Sunday at 3 p m. Tne Mt Zion Sunday school is progressing nicely uuder the management of Supt. J F. G ^re. Mr and Mrs Weeeler Vaught were the guests of the latter's parents last Sunday. No weddings to report at this writing. There have been several picnics around here recently. Tne farm irs are using great deal of fertilizer this season. Miss Carrie Hoggins spent a few days with Miss Ola Gore this week. Miss Ell v G >ro visited her sister, Mrs Mary Hoggins recently. Hist wishes to the Ilirald and its readers. Brown Eyes. Death of Mrs IN olio Howell. Mrs Nolie Howell was born in Georjjitown county about forty-two years a^o. She was the youngest child of Jordan and Elizabeth Williams who were devoted members of the Pee Dee Baptist church and very careful about the training of their children. At an early a^e she joined the Missionary Bap ist church and remaine i until death a devoted Christian, saying in her last hours that she put her trust in a loving and merciful Saviour. When she was about twenty, she was married to Mr G C. Howell and cam > to Horry county, where she spent the balance of her life A few weeks a^o it was found necessary for her to to the hospital to undergo a serious operation fi om the < fli c? c f which she never recovered and died while there. *" ? i L .1.. - i A k , CIJttQ o >uy was rmuruvu i>i> u > sorrowing family and buried in tbe cemetery at Pauley Swamp church in I he prasence of a lar#s crowd of sorrowing; relatives and friends. She leaves a husband, six children and a host, of friends, but wo hope our loss i? her eternal gun. Committee. Trie next term of the Court of General Sessions " ill convene here on Monday, M*v 23rd, and the court of Common Pleas *'D Wednesday of 4 | the same week. ik&i&S I *