The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 20, 1910, Image 1

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I VOL XXIV. ie sin us Resented for the Consideration of the Horry Voter. THE TWO PLANS COMPARED Opportunity Is Now Knocking at Our Door Which, if Seized, Will Lead to Progress and Development, but Will We Seize It Is the All Important Question. Editor: Tf you will al'ow me a little space in your paper, I will submit a few more thoughts on the i good roads bond issue. < I presume every citizen of the i county would like to get the best i results from the two mills tax we are < now paying. Now, to arrive at an intelligent conclusion we must com j pare the present system and the results with the proposed new i soheme. I Tudor the nresent svstem the County Supervisor has control 1 of that fund and spends it anywhere in the county that his judgment die- 1 J> tates. He may spend it all in one or 'two townships if ho so chooses and the townships that doesn't get any of it is naturally dissatisfied, Under the new system each township gets the same per cent of the hun- 1 dred thousand dollars that it repre- 1 sents of the property value of the county. This division of the funds 1 is equitable and just. For illustra- 1 tion: We have a bridge commission 1 with legal instructions to build a * bridge across the Waccamaw at or 1 near Conway. Some of our people have become impatient because it * has not been done. I am informed that the Commission has about 1 116,000 in hand and such a bridge as 1 the general government insists upon ( will cost $8,000, so we are confront- 1 ed with the problem of raising $2,000 * more, or let the $6,000 in hand lie 1 idle and we have no bridge. Now, i suppose the Legislature provides the * $2,000, which, 1 think, it ought to * do if the bond issue is voted down, 1 the bridge would be built at the ex- ; pense of every tax payer in the J county and would not be worth one 5 cent without a road and a road 1 through Conway township in a 1 southern direction would cost prob- 1 ably $3,000 more. Under the present system the County Supervisor 1 would have to build the road and ^ every tax payer in the county would 1 have to contribute his share of the expense. But under the bond issue proposition, Conway township would have to furnish the additional r. $2,000 to build the bridge, and also the necessary funds to build the t road, as well as to keep in repair the c bridge across Kingston lake. These ? three items would absorb the larger ^ portion of Conway's share of the i hundred thousand dollars. But we i are not kicking at that because its r absolutely fair and we are willing to j carry our share of the burdens nec- t essary to the progress and develop- i ment of the county. ^ Some of our people may be op- t posed to borrowing money under i any circumstances or conditions, but i it seems to me there is no escape for 1 us in this case. T understand the 1 Supervisor spent the $15,000 realized i from the two mill tax levied for i roads. That he then borrowed $0,000 1 more, which has also been spent, to gether with all the county's funds ( for ordinary purposes. So we must i run the balauco of the year on cred- c it. Now, suppose at the next ses- 1 sion of the Legislature only a two f mill tax was levied for roads, it i would take every cent realized to i pay the $0,000 already borrowed to s say nothing of the interest which < has accumulated. If four mills be 1 the levy, half the money realized < would go to pay the debt of this i year. So, if we pay the debt, and i furnish as much money for roads as 1 has oeen spent mis year, we win i have a six mill levy. If any one prefers a six mill levy for roads to the proposed scheme which will only require two mills to pay the interest and also retire the bonds when due of course he will vote against the bond issue. 1 In conclusion I wish to say that nothing in this article is intended, and I hope it will not be construed, as a criticism of the County Super- . ? t "? ^/m* ?\ f ^ Am ?v\ ? 1 1 VlSUl'Ul" \JUUUWJ v^k'iiiiiiiooiuijci n. i don't blame them for borrowing : money to build good roads. I don't ' think we can invest to better advantage than in good roads, and if ] they could have borrowed $200,000 1 on as good terms as we can the $100,000, they would have deserved the adoration of the people of the county. Some people object to the plan because it creates a Commis- i sion which they fear will absorb a large amount of the funds. I submit that under the Act they can all i together receive but $500 a year, and if thej are practical men the work will go on in each township at the i same time and should be completed in three years or less, so they would not get more than $1,500 out of the whole business. I think placing the Supervisor on the Commission is ajgood idea. He is supposed to be <The < Adrian Items. Editor Herald: Please allow me space in your valuable paper for a few lines. Health of the community is very good at this writing. Farmers are very busy having their cotlon gathered. The cha'n gang fo**co is doing good work near here on the roads. This means good for Adrian. This is a good business place and we are having a lively business. Rev and Mrs J C. Davi.s left on the early train Saturday morning for their home after spending a couple of weeks here with the latter's parents, Mr and Mrs W. H. Anderson. The protracted meeting, which has been in progress at Poplar, closed last Fridav nitrht. Rev J. C. Davis and Rev G, E. Edwards assisted Rev Scoggins in the meeting, It was well attended through3Ut. .: Boyd Ludlara is attending school at Orangeburg. I think ic would be well if all the boys and girls would 1 attend school some where. We have been having some rainy weather of lace in our section . No weddings to rrport at this writing. Brown Eyes. Rogers-Jones. Quite a party of our people attended the wedding of Miss Bruce Rogers to Mr. H. R. Jones, at Fair BlulT, last Sunday, at the home of j the bride. Those present from here were as follows: Mayor H. P. Lit- i tie, Clerk, W. L. Bryan, L. B. i Singleton, John H, Hardwick, Geo, i F1. Nissen, Di. M, C. Anderson, Dr ( h. Roy Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. D r Oliver. i The ceremony was porformed by i r> r\ in j l. .,.a , Lvov, vjr, l\j. jiiuwurus, pastur Ol '/UUway Methodist church in the pros- i ;nce of intmate friends of the popjlar young couple. Mr. Jones lolds an important position with ^he Conway Lumber Company. lie s a youn** man of high character ind social standing, and has many riends whom he has made during ibe time that he has been identilied with the lumber company. Miss Bruce Rogers, now Mrs. Jones, is a jister of Mrs. G. B. Jenkins. She s well known by our people as a /evy charming and highly accomslished young lady. After the ceremony the couple eft on a wedding tour and they will dsit the North Carolina State Pair before returning home, I)r. Judd Replies. ro the Editor Horry Herald: Dear Sir: lam very sorry indeed .hat you were so gravely and jrronously informed regarding the iffair I was unfortunately connected with and appreciate your willingness ;o correct the same. For as you will lind from the court record alnost every item given you and printed in you last issue was entirely malicious and false information . As the record of the trial will show, there was not nor ever it any time had been any true case igainst me. I am perfectly willing )0 leave it to your integrity and airness of opinion to justly correct also and malicious information furnshed you by some one, who, to say ihe least, was not over careful in landling the truth. And as to my antecedants T am mly proud to furnish anyone any nformation they may desire. Will >nly state here {hat my father was William Jefferson Judd, M. D., 'nrm?rlv nf Wnko nnnnt.v N C._ and ny mother was Miss Augusta Solo- 5 non, of Franklin county, N C , . jister of the late Rev J. B Solomou, i if Chicago, 111 , and of the late Wil- < iam P.* Solomon, attorney at law, )f Halifax, N. C., and at any time < my further infoimation I can furu- ! sh will be cheerfully submitted, i With many regrets for the recent mfortunate incident, I beg to be, : Res pec tf ally, Dr W. J, Judd. WEST POINT SCHOLARSHIP. | Competitive Examination of Candi- , dates at Florence November 19th Notice is hereby given that there will be a competitive examination in Florence, S. C. November 19th of applicants for appointment to a cadetship in West Point Military Academy. For further information apply to Hon A H Gasque, Florence j S. C., who will conduct the examination, or to me at Marion S. C. J E Killer be, Marlon, S. C. October 7th 1910, a practical road builder with experience and would be a good and useful member, and also equally responsible with the other members for the action of the Commission. But, Mr Editor, if you will tpardon me for occupying so much space I will promise not to repeat the imposition as I have said about all I carejto on this, the most important measure ever decided by the voters of Horry. Jeremiah Smith. Conway, S. C,, Oot. 17, 1910. Kion CONWAY, S. C., THURS] ill lift M Discusses the Bond Issue Uia Vinur Pnirif XAV1II 1.1 lO T IV TT M. V1H Vi DEFINES W0BD7i8USINESS" ' This Commission." Says Mr Norton, "Has Been Securely Guarded by the Provisions of the Act Against Having Any Policy of Its Own at All." Is business really business? When a man comes to you and tells you that some great community under taking is a business proposition, your mind feels a sudden access of li&ht, like your eyes do when a friend strikes a match to show you the scenery from the bridge. The flare lights for you acirc e of shadows that mav be beautiful and may not: the match tlash dies away and the darkness falls heavier. You have felt that "business proposition" is stately, dignified, safe and sane, a grown man's way of looking at things, then 3'our flash of deep insight dies---your match goes out. For what are these qualities of "business" but shadows of the realities they hide, The word business has been manhandled by the great industrial vaudals and commercial ^rafters of the United States until it means much or nothing to you iccording as your faith may lie. The usual meaning of business is the conduct of a series of industrial, mercantile, or monetary transactions or the profit of the individuals uniertaking them. Most often it designates methods of obtaining profit by manipulating money or woalth 'atber than by creating wealth. When a public enterprise is. called i business proposition, the definition has two opposite meanings to ;wo people, and all the meanings in netween to the rest of us. That the "question of issuing nouds is purely a business proposition," means to Mr Jeremiah Smith, vho uses the phrase, something juite different from what it may moon to another, He takes it., as I inderstand, to present the point of /iew of community profit or com__ a. i ~ _ rn~ 1.1 nunity iuss. io anuiuor, 01 a more nercantile outlook, it would present :,be point of view of individual proft and that one would go looking for jjraft immediately. To me, I must confess, calling this bond issue a 3usiness proposition means absolutely nothing at all, except as an eximple of how much diverse work Lhe word business can be called on bo do and how a meaningless label nay confuse people concerning the contents of a a bottle or a bill. Mr Smith, who comes to the rescue of the author of the Spivey bill in the Herald of the 18th, can usually give good reasons for the faith that is in him and has earned the right to speak with a degree of authority for progress and prosperity in Horry county. While in this instance he oilers little that is new for consideration, he presents what he says with strength and precision. The statements made by Mr Smith bend rather to clear the way to au irgument for the community profit }f a bond issue than to make it, in bhat he addresses himself more parbicularly to the proposition that there is no probability of individual profit to be made out of it. He eliminates any personal interest of the Senator in fathering the bond bill by dividing lis responsibility [or its passage with Mr Singleton rnd Mr Stanley, the members of the House. This is logical and we will not attempt to go behind it. I am content to leave the stalwart inde-. pendence and unbiassed intelligence 1 of our respected members standing stern guard against our invasion by a personal interest from the Senate. 1 am more interested in another statement: "But iu the good roads proposition, if we vote the bouds it will place $100,000 in some safe bank * * wherever the commissioners can get the best terms. It will draw 5 per cent interest as long as it remains in the bank, * *" We all sincerely hope that this statement of Mr Smith's is true. There is nothing in the Spivey Act on which 10 base it, lie gives no reason for saving it, except his statement in another paragraph: "The banks usually pay 5 per cent for deposits, therefore * * the Horry deposits will draw 5 per cent. That 5 per cent, interest will be paid is a direct statement of Mr Smith's; but. with all my confidence in him, l must believe ho is merely prophesying and not guaranteeing. The banks were usually paying 5 per cent, for deposits when the Court House Bond Fund was deposited; the county nevor got any interest at all on that fund. If we had the $2,000 interest, which is a minimum estimate of the earnings of the Court House Fund during the past four years, wo would have just what we lack now to build the bridge across the Waccamaw River. And Mr Smith's prophesy forecasts a certain policy for the Highway Commission. Surely be has U S* DAY, OCTOBER 20 t 1910, PROGRAM OF HORRY ROYS CORN CONTEST. To be Held in Court House at Conway Thursday, Oct. 27th, 1910. (1) Thursday morning 10 to 12 o'clock Judges win examine exmoits of corn. (2) 11 to 12 o'clock, annual meeting of the members of the Corn Club in oftice of County Superintendent of Education. (3) Address: Prof Ira W. Williams, Columbia, Subject: Announced later. (4) Address: Hon R. B Scarborough, Conway, S. C. Subject: Par in Life. (5) Address: Prof D N. Bar ron, Clemson, S C. Subject: Preparation of the soil and the cultivation of corn. (G) Address: Mr L. B. Singleton, Conway, S, C. Subject: Announced later. (7) Decision of'Judges, (8) Delivery of Prizes. Co), D. A. Spivey. (9) Delivery of Diplomas. Prof. ira vy. Williams. Boys, if you did not succeed as well as you hoped for, do not become discouraged. Bring on your corn and annual report, make as good a showing for your county as you can. , The farmers will want to see who has the best variety, so they will know where to buy seed corn next year. S. H. Brown. forgotten that this Commission has been securely guarded by the provisions of the Act against having any policy of its own at all. It is a kaleidoscopic Commission ?a Commission appointed every year?and could have no policy except that given it by the appointing power. I have been hoping that maybe some of the candid remarks I have made helped some to eliminate personal interest on the bond fund and get 5 per cent in its stead. I wish, now, that I knew whether Mr Smith bases his promise, if it may be permitted to call it so, upon any statement made him by the President of the Conway Savings Bauk, or the Cashies of the First National Bank of Conway, or the Senator from Horry. "The Marion Act requires the Commission to deposit the money in some bank in Marion county at not less than 3 per cent, interest for the average time it remains in the bank. The Horry Act provides that the Commission shall deposit it in any safe bank where they can get the best terms." Except that any question of extra-county competition is eliminated by the necessities ot the case. Mr Smith is substantially correct. The minimum interest on the Marion fund is 3 per cent. The minimum interest on the uorry fund is nothing. Mr Smith draws the conclusion that Marion will get 3 per cent and Horry will get 5 per cent! I hope I may be permitted to suggest, Tut, tut; I will not go so far as to say, Pooh, pooh The profit the community will derive from the bond issue is likened unto a man who builds a house with | borrowed money. It is a good business proposition, whatever that may mean, to swap the payment of rent on another man's house for the payment of interest on money that has built you a house of your own. You will have to oxercise a great deal of ingenuity and care in applying Mr Smith's illustration of how the building of roads is better than the renting of roads. But supposing you have doue so. Horry is only bor rowing money to build a part of her roads?less than half a house. That's better than nothing, but she'll have to pay rent 011 the ott^r half the house or use her credit again soon. No, sir; the profit in this community enterprise is not in issuing bonds, but in putting the community in position to issue bonds profitably. Our legislators have neglected the duty of putting the county in such position and they, past and present, can blame themselves if our people refuse to borrow big money without any guarantee that they 11 get even half a house for it. If Mr 1 ? ?-..v. n i nn.-l ! n < lin (I n 11 oro ] O 111 I b 11 llUW l ciuuuicu iu iiiu vv.uu.ki Assembly, we would never have had such a situation as confronts us. A bill drawn by him to bond tho county for good roads would have litted the undertaking. He could not, to save his life, have helped learning the si/o of the job ho was undertaking and the methods by which its approximate accomplishment could be guaranteed, as well as how the money to do it could be raised. 1 have no doubt that a Smith bill could have passed tho people of the county; but this mess we are trying to discuss, let me tell you, Uncle Jerry, never will. Why, you can't lind good argument for it yourself. But, this too long. I hope, Mr Editor, you will allow meat another time to discuss (1) a comparison with the Marion Act, (2) whother two mills will retire the bonds, and (8) the distribution of the bond fund by townships. J. O. Norton. Mr and Mrs J D Todd spent some time in Conway recently. j vM? IVffiV Arranged for October 31st and November 7th. 2 DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS The Advocates of Good Roads Have Arranged for Two Public Addresses on The Dates Mentioned Above. Let Everybody Attend These Meetings. *$The advocates of Good Roads in Horry county among whom is Col D A Spivey, having succeeded in securing two of the most distinguished men along that lino of endeavor, perhaps in South Carolina. A letter was received this week from Commissioner E J Watson, stating that unless unvoidable detained, he will be hero at Conway on Monday October Hist, and will attend the Good Roads Meeting at the New Court House on that day, and address the poople on the subject of Good Roads. The meeting has been arranged to take place at the Court House at 11 o'clock, a m, and proceeding of the court will be delayed until 3 o'clock in the after no tn int.prfp.rrt w 1 t, h the Good Roads Meeting. The address of Commissioner Watson will be delivered by him at that hour and it will be worth hearing. Colonel James Cosgrove, of Charleston, is President of the Good Roads and Drainage League of South Carolina, and he is in this work with all his hoart and soul. He was invited to attend, and address the people here on the subject of Good Roads on the same day that Commississioner Watson would be present, but Mr Cosgrove writes under date of Oct. 14th that it will be impossible for him to be hero on the 31st, but that he will be glad to come here and speak on Nov. 7th, and Col. Cosgrove will address the meeting at that hour, lie will leave Charleston at 5:25 on Monday morning, and will arrive hero at 1:30 p m. in time for the 2 o'clock meeting. It is to bo hoped that the people of the county will turn out in large crowds to hear the very interesting addresses, that will be delivered by these distinguished men in the interest of Good Roads in Horry County. I regret that our fathers did not bond the County for good roads forty or even twenty years ago, so that we today might have had the benefit: and if we, the voters of to-day, fail to grasp the opportunity which is offered to us I in the approaching election to give our children the benefit of good roads, our children when they become men and women will blame us. II. II. Woodward. Col. Spivey's Appointments. T will bs at the followiug points on the dates mentioned for the purpose of delivering addresses upon the subject of good roads. I will bo pleased to meet all citizens in any way interested in this important question of securing better highways for liorry county: Satuuday, Oct 22. Myrtle Beach. 11:30 a. m, Tuesday, Oct. 25. Shell, 10 o'clock, a. m. Hammond, 12 o'clock noon. Ebenezer, 4 o'clock, p. m. Wednesday, Oct 20. Little River, 11 o'clock a. ir?. Wain pee, 4 o'clock p. m. Tilly Swamp, 7 o'clock p. m. Fill day, Oct 2vS. Floyds, 12 o'clock noon. (Place to be designated later.) Gilivants Ferrv, 4 o'clock p. m. Saturday, Oct 29. Aynor 9 o'clock a. m. Monday, Oct 31, Conway, 12 noon. D. A. Spivey, Forced to Leave Home. Every year a large number of poor sulYerers whose lungs are sore and racked with coughs are urged to go to another climate. But this is costly and not a!ways sure. There's a better way. Let Dr Kiug's New Discovery cure vou at home. "It cured me of lung trouble," writes W R Nelson, of Calamine, Ark , "when all else failed and I gained 47 pounds in weight. Its surely King of all cough and lung cures." Thousands owe their lives and health to it. Its positively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Asthma, Croup?ail Throat and Lung Troubles. 50c and $1.00, Trial bottles free at Norton Drug Co. L J Clew is, accompanied by Mrs Clewis, arrived in Conway on a visit last week from Fair BlutT, N. C., where Mr Llewis is in the contracting business. M G Anderson was in Conway last week on busiuess. No 28 Sale for Foreclosure. T*t rsnant to an order of his Honor, T. S. Sease, Presiding Judge, dated September 28, 11) 10, in the case of First National Hank of Conway, Plaintitl, against W L. Mishoe, W. 6\ Mishoe, It. VV. Mishoe and George J. Holliday, Defendants, the undersigned will sell before the Cotirt House in Conwav. S. C.. on Monday, the 7th (lav of November, 1910, during legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for the same, the following described tracts of land situate in the County of Horry, State of South Carolina, to wit: | Tract No. 1. Situate in Galivants Ferry Township, containing thirty (30) acres, more or less, bounded on North by lands of Eli/.a Johnson, East by lands of W. F. Johnson, South by lands of Henry L. Johnson and West by lands of I) S. Johuson; conveyed to W. L Mishoe by M, T. Johnson, by deed dated January 7, 1907, and recorded in the othee of R. M. C. for Horry County, in Hook CCC, at pago 8 Tract No. 2. Situate in Galivants rP/vn.?nl. ir\ (lonloimnif f I 1 i t V iuwusuij;, uuiituiuiu^ acres, more or less, bounded North by lands of Elizabeth .Johnson, East by lands now or formerly of M. T, Johnson, South and West by lands Henry L. Johnson; conveyed to W. L. Mishoe by 1). S. Johnson by deed dated January 7, 1SMJ7, and recorded in oflice of Li. M. C for Horry County in Book CCC, page 7. Tract No. J. Situate in Simpson Creek Township, containing thirtylive (35) acres, more or less, bounded North and West by lands of J. H. Stevens, South and East by lands of Hardee; conveyed to W. L^. Mishoe by B. S, Stevens by deed dated December 22, 1301. Tiie foregoing three tracts of land being more fully described in the mortgage of W. Lj. Mishoe to The Bank of Conway, dated March 2, 1308, and recorded in the otlice of U. M. C. for Horry County in Book of Mortgages No. 23, page 220. ALSO, three other tracts of land situate in the State and County aforesaid, to wit* Tract No 1. Situate in Conway Township, containing eighty-eight (88) acres, more or less, lying on the South side of Potato Bed Ferry Road, about three miles from the town of Conway, commencing at a stake corner on the old C. S. Beaty line near an old tarkiln, thence running S 82 degrees to a stake corner, thence N 8 Etoastakecorner,ther.ee N 82 W to a stake corner, thence S 8 W to the beginning poiui-; conveyed to W. L. Mishoe by J. F. Miller, by deed dated September 25, 11)08, recorded in Book EKE, page 1(H). Tract No. 2. Situate in Bucks Township, containing eighty-five (8f>) acres, more or less, lying on the West side of Waecamaw River, bounded on the North by lands of R. J Beverly, on the East by lands formorly owued by John Paul, on South by lands formerly owned by A. M Dusenbury, and on the West by lands now or formerly owned by ' * * ? UT _1 -I _ the estate 01 j. ivi. woouwani; conveyed to W. L. M ishoe by V. D. Johnson. Tract No. 3. All of W. L. Mishoe's right, title, interest, estate, share and claim, the same being an equal and undivided one-half interest in, to, and out of thai certain tract of land in Simpson Creek Township, know as the Bourne place, containing two hundred and twenty (220) acres, more or less, bounded as follows: On the North by lands of Asa Cause, East by lands of Sam Vereen, South by lands of R. D. Todd, and West by lands of Frlde Richardson; being the same tract conveyed to W. L. Mishoe and W. A. Johnson by V I). Johnson bv * deed dated April l>, 11M)7, recorded in Book BBB, page IS)4. The last aforesaid three tracts boi 11 more fully described in the mortgage of VV, L?, Mishoo to the Bank of Conway, dated the Id day of January, 1909, and recorded in the oflico aforesaid in Volume 2(>, page 84. Terms of Sale: CASII, Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. Conway, S, C., October 17, 1910. W. L Bryan, vrf Clerk of Court. C, P. Quattlebaum, Plaintiffs Attorney. John P Cooper, of Mullins, a leading business man of Marion Co., was in Conway on business last Friday, M B Hard wick was in Conway last Saturday. $24^7456 Paid out duting the last 10 days by J. C. Spivey For Lint Cotton He is still in the market offering the highest prices and asks that you give him a chance to did before selling. Seed Cotton also Bought , by Him.