The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 22, 1910, First Section, Image 1
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"^Startling Statement From
Commissioners.
WANTS TO BORROW $30,000
In a Loiter Addressed to the Ilorry
Delegation in the General Assembly
the Commissioners Make this Announcement.?Grand
Jury Recommended
It.
Without any intention of being
^ drawn into a controversy with any
one on this subject, but simply as a
matter of information to the readers
of the Herald in particular and the
taxpayers of the county in general,
we. make the statement, based on u
letter from the County Hoard ol
Commissioners, which we publish
below, directed to the Horry delegation
in the General Assembly that
the county is $9 000 in debt and that
the Commissioners ask further,
a loan of &i0.U00 from the State
Sinking Fund Commission. To raise
this amount would require an additional
levy of about ten mills
Will'the delegation grant this startling
request? Will the taxpayers
* ofun Uii a v nonfi i V
f) VU UU IVI HJIO VIIVI UI /V.W >? tyvMw*. V?<. v .
are questions of more than passing !
momefits to those who will have to J
foot the bill and a? e deserving oi |
thoughtful consideration on the part
of the people of Horry county.
The most of this money is intended
to be used in building bridges
and upon the roads which are worthy i
objects, but then the plan b not the
most economical one within reach
of the Commission. We are informed
that the most s.tenuous opposition
to the t'ood roads bond issue came <
from the Supervisor's office, yet
of the two plans we submit as a i
matter of cold (calm fact, the bond I
issue would have proven the more I
economical of the two and at the 1
same time would have given better
results, lr. view of the opposition
of the Supervisor's office, to the1
bond issue, there is some anxiety
and a great deal of interest m ini- 1
fesUd here as to what attitude the
Senator and the Representatives :
wdj^iake in reference to this borrowing
matter, especially so when \
we consider that some of the very i
men that opposed the bond issue :
are seeking the assistance of those ,
who favored it to help pull the county
out of the mire of debt into which !
it has been placed.
H tre is the letter:
T > the Delegation:
The County Commissioners of!
T-T/-??** vr f'nunl v Hevirp. t,n P.all VOlir at
"U1 J tention
to tho report of the Grand
J ury to the September term of Court
for this couaty a copy of which is
herewi h enclosed, more especially
we ask you to note the following
specific recommendations: *
"We recommend that our repre
sentatives in the General Assembly
provide for an increase in the levy
for road purposes sufficient to give
the Board of County Commissioners
at least $10,000 per annum for this
purpose to be expended in the d.fferent
townships in proportion to
the amounts e< iiected therein so far
as practicable,"
And also, "We recommend that,
our delegation arrange to borrow
from State Sinking Fund a sum sufficient
to complete said bridge and
in addition enough money to pay
for a new bridge over Kingston Lake
in Conway at the present site "
And also. "We recommend that
our delegation in General Assembly
provide either by loan or levy for
Horry county's past indebtedness."
The County Commissioners are
strongly in favor of these recomj
mendations of the Grand Jury and
desire to add theirs, that these
propositions be favorably considered
by the members of the General
Assembly from this county and passed
into the law at the next sessiou
If the members of the General Assembly
can come to an agreoment
on these pr< portions, that is, an annual
levy of $10 000 nnd a State
Sinking Fund loin of $20,000,'$2,000
Waoeamaw, $6,000 Kingston Like,
&i.U00 Wac amaw Bridge approach
"V or d,*m, 000 oast, indebtedness.
T" Tue County C immissioners would
' to glad for you to notify ihcm so
t int plans f >r the coming year m tde
jit, annual January meeting may be
made intelligently.
Very respectfully,
I). F. McGougan,
A. C Murrell,
W. J Ueudric k.
When seen and a-ked us to his
position on this matter, Col Spivoy
ropliod thtt.be had made no reoly
to ihe letter of the Commissioners
as yet and o a ing to lack of time to
gi\e the ni;,t'ir duo consideration
he had nothing at this time to
say for publication.
Notice.
All members of iheLoris Truckers
Association arc requested to meet
at Loris on n xt Sa'urdav December
24ih at 2 o'clock p m lousiness ef
importance. P. C Prince.
President
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an wusirucuoii unu aui u uaiv.
Editor Horry Herald: Your article
in list week's Herald headed
"Magistrate's Court" is an error
and m'blocd og when it says that
the court wai for the purpose o/
disposing of several cases between
myself and Mr K. J. C. Ward.
Whereas, there was no case between
Mr R. J, 0. Ward and myself,
I have got Mr Ward irdicted
for slopping up a public neighberhood
rodd that should have been
tried last criminal court but Mr
Ward got it put oil'.
This road that was in question
the other day is not t he same road
Mr Editor, while vou have had ho'd
of Mr K J C. Ward's sido of this
road and gate bus1.uess, you have
never learned nor known the true
situation of it. Please allow mo to
give it a:s it is.
These two neighborhood roads
both lead to the Lake Swamp bridge
at the Strickland Ford. As they
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g-H further apart ami other paths
and roads come into them, but these
fc A'o roads are older vhan the oldest
citizen in this neighborhood. The
one that was in question before
Magistrate Sweet ou the 8th is
known as the Old Chestnut Avenue
and since mv remembrance has been
about as public as any county road.
About four years ago, Mr Ward wt
hold of the land at the ford of the
swamp where these roads come together.
Mr Ward got hold of the
W. JI Elliott farm, the Agariah
(y IT farm and the J J. GolT farm.
Those roads come between those
farms. Mr Ward has built fences
from one to the Tther of these Melds
which make about on? mile of fence.
One of these roads he has shut up,
the other he has two gates across,
one of which, up to a day or two before
this trial was the most miserable
thing that any man ever erected
across a road and called it a gate.
It was to tote out and back when itj
was opened and shut. It has never i
had any way of fastening only to
rest on the ground uutil about three !
weeks ago. fie has a rail there to !
i f iii ! IK cir\ I ciin I r I
J./4 1/J./ IU ** 1 111, OU & U I I J WWIU
Mr Editor, if you were living in |
this neighborhood you would find
law to open both of these read-.
You would not put up with any sueh
treatment. I am judgiug from the
racket that you keep raising about
that little inconveuience thai you
are put to at the depot in Conway ?
something that dont bother me a
a bit, for the reason, that 1 don't
live in Conway, nor near there But
I do live near the Like Swimp
bridge and 1 want to use it, but 1 am
practically cut oil from it by R J.
C. Ward's mess of post and slabs
that ho calls and swears is a lawful
gate. It is an obstruction pure and
simple. O. M Watts.
Bun nion.
1 ditor Herald: Please give me
space in your paper for the following
notice.
There will be a Reunion service
held at Oak Grove Free will Baptist
church on the lirsl Sunday in .January,
IB 11, at ten o'clock a m. conducted
by Rev. .J. P. Ludlam. Prof
S. H Brown will.make the welcome
address, All who arc members and
all that ever have boen members are
invited to be present, also the public
is invited to come to this service.
P. H. Singleton,
Church Clork.
December 15th, 1910.
Approaching Wedding
Cards are out. announcing the
wedding of Miss Ltula Derbam, the
charming and accompli-died young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J P
Derham, to Mr. O Dell Lewis, at
Green Sea Baptist, church, Greer
Saa. S C . on Wednesday evening
December 28th, inst, at hall after
eight o'clock. Many friends are
glad to hear of this announcement.
Conway Methodist Church.
Sunday, December 2.nh ? Christmas
services?11 a iiu, preaching;
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sunj c<, "xue inear mi nun. i p m,
pit uohiCff7; suhj-et, "The Christmas
S or>," Spenal Ivl usie.
Sutui i.y school l() a m
Ep vorth Lertf a? a1 T30.
A c .rilml invitation for every one
;if. all services.
Wants to Help Some.
For thirty years ?I F 'Rover, of
FcH )r. Mo., needed help but ootild
not find it. That's why ho want
o ho p some one now SolYerir^ so
I > himself he fee's for all distress
from Raekaeh^s, Nervousness, Loss
of Appetite, Lassitude And Kidney
Disorders. He shows that Lleetric
B tiers work wonders for such troubles
''Five bottles," he writes,
'wholly cured me and now 1 am well
and hearty " It's also positively
guaranteed for Liver Trouble, l)\spcpsin,
Blood Disorders. Female
Complaints and Malaria, Try them.
50c, at Norton Drug Co.
ftherilf B. ?T. Sessions was away
sever ?1 days last week on business
pertaining to his cflije.
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X)NWAY, S. C., THURS1
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Eiobert Livingstone Died
Last Saturday.
REACHED A RIPE OLD AGE
And Full of Honor He has Been Gathered
to His Fathers.?Was Prominent
in All Progressive Measures.
Robert Livingstone, Sr., a life
long resident of Little River township,
in tbis county, died on last
Saturday, December 17i.b, the in'erment
taking place on Sunday, 18tb.
Mr. Livingstone was at a v^ry advanced
age at the time of his death,
and up to a short time before his
last illness, his grasp of business
c Hairs was remarkable for one c f iris
age. He is survived try three sons,
Messrs 0. A. Livingstone, Robert
| Livingstone, Jr., and Claude LivI
ingstone, the latter of the firm of
; Hammond Mercantile Company, at
j 11 miaiond, S C , and one daughter
Miss LLssie Livingstone. Mr Liv
ingstone's wife preceded him to the
grave by a number of years.
Mr, Livingstone was throughout
a long life a leading cit'zen of that
I portion of Horry County. During
the latter half of his life, he was engaged
in the mercantile business,
and was successful as a merchant
He was always identifid in educa
tional movements, and movements
of every kind looking towards progress
and development. For a
great number of years be was
Trustee of of the Little River school.
Ends Winter's Trouble.
To many, winter is a season of
trouble. The frost bitten toes and
tinkers, chapped hands and lips,
chilblains, cold sores, red and rough
skins, prove this But such troubles
11 v before Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
A trial convinces. Greatest healer
of Horns, Boils, Piles, Cuts, Sores,
E"zema and Sprains. Only 26o. at
Norton Drug Co.
Vaught Items.
| Editor Herald: As I have jnot
seen anything in your worthy
I columns from this place in some
I time, I will endeavor to give you a
I few dots as the paper visits my
home every week.
Health of this community is
generally good, and people seem to
be in very good spirit in the middle
of all this cold weather, and enj >yiug
the sea breeze.
I Just one mouth and fifteen days
ago today the sad news reached our
ears that m/ dear nephew, Morris
Chestnut, was dead, that he had
gone to the land unknown to us. OhJ
how it rent our heart to think that
he died and was not permitted to
soo none of his close relatives of
whom he was devoted to.
H. G. Vereen.
T F. Cooper was in Conway on
business one day last week.
Hunks on Sure Thing Now
I'll never he without Dr King's
New Life Pills again," writes' A
Schingeek, <H7 Elm Street, Buffalo,
N Y. "They cured trie of chronic
constipation when all others failed."
Unequaled for Biliousness, Jaundice,
Indigestion, Headache, Chills, Malaria
and Debility. , at Norton
Drug Co.
The New Probate Judge.
Probate Judge elect J. S. Vaught
is read v to take charge of tho office
on the lirst of tho New Year, and
John Holt will retire at that time
Mr llolt is the new County Treasurer,
but it is not expected that he
will go into his uew offics before
about the middle of February, The
treasurer's office is an appointive
one, and besides this tho orderly
management of tho office and turning
over the funds requires the retiring
treasurer to remain iii office
until about that time.
Mr. and Mrs- Dornin have moved
i t >13u col, where Mr. Dornin recently
j purchased a largo and valuable tract
!'?l land for truck raising. II* will
rat*'* trucU oo r large scale and will
plan t oilier crops.
FOR RENT:?On snare crops, 40
acres exceptionally hne land, dwelling,
out-house, two tobacco barns
near good school and two churches,
in Floy da township, A poly to,
C. F. DuB >se
Nichols, S C,
Sec mo at Avery Floyd's bouse,
GRAND RAFFLF?There will bo
a graud ralil ? n< xt M? nday, December
2(> h. instead of Saturday, Doocmber
24th as first announced bv
circulars, *at lU a. rn , of one 2 1-2
year old colt and one mule and buggy
and rifle shooting for turkeys
and chickens at Goo Dicksons, near
4 Mile school house on Dog BlulY
road. Everybody gets a priz*.
Tickets on colt are $1 50 and on
mule aud buggy $1 00.
DAY, DECEMBER 22, L91(
Toddville Tidings.
Bd sure and attend the entertainment
at the Toddville School Auditorium
on Thursday nmht, Docomoer
29.b.
J. b\ Harper returned Wednesday
from Georgetown where he had
gone on a combined pleasure and
business trip.
Are you go'ng? Of course you're
going to the entertainment at ToddviHe
school auditorium on Thursday
ni^ht, December 29th Admission
(ee 25 and 10 ceuts for ohi'dren
and adults respectively. Exercises
begin at 7:30.
Judgirg from expressions which
are freely made on all sides, the little
tots are expecting big things
from Old Santa Christmas.
Miss Jessie Dusenburv will have
charge of the music, and will bo
manager of the play, "A good time
with Santa Claus" at the entertainment
on December 29th. Jessie, as
she is commonly called, has been a
member of the Toddville Literary
Society ever since its lirst inception
and has never been on the loosing
I side of any debate. Mrs A. M. Dusenbury
will have charge of the various
drills, tableaux ?nd also tho
following plays, viz: "A ghost of
crooked lane" at.d "Doctor Cure
All." Those who attend our entertainment
can rest assured that h
will be Uup to the minute" and will
exceed their most sanguine expectations
Our school house will now
seat over three hundred people and
wo are expecting large crowds from
Conway, Bucksport, Dongola and
other sections. Exercises will begin
at 7:30 p. m. sharp.
Misses Mary and Maggie Oliver,
Maude Long and Nannie llaigler
spent several days in town this
woek the guest of Mrs A M Du
sen bury. These girls will take a
prominent, part in our entertainment
on Thursday night, December
20 th.
The General Assembly will soon
convene and there will probably be
many measures for the consideration
of our law makers. Our present
financial condition should be the
paramount question with tho Horry
delegation. Our people, by their
ballots, have repudiated the bond
issuo. It would occur to this writer
aud we believe to all fair minded
people, that something will have to
be done to relieve our present financial
condition, as the county is sorely
in need of funds xoi the improve"
? ? _i * ? _ ?
mem 01 our nign ways ana to liquidate
our preseut indebtedness. As
wo see the situation which con iron ts
us there is but one solution and tnat
is for our delegation to effect a temporary
loan from the State sin'.ing
fund, and then raise the tax levy
for road purposes sufficient to pay
the loan ',hus advanced. Our members
should not become discouraged
at one little "rebuff", 'out should
meet the issue squarely and give us
the relief demanded by the grand
jurv, Supervisor Murrell aud his
Doard.
We hope that our leading business
men, the Horald and the Field
and Mr J. O. Norton will all pull
together and the now railroad from
Muinns to uonway wou.u do an assured
fact. It would mean so much
for the development of our county,
VVe hope that Mr Norton will become
interested, for Van has the
determination to carry his point
honorably if possible, but otherwise
if necessary. However, it cannot
be denied that Van is a good writer,
and perhaps knows more about the
county government in Horry and
conditions generally than any other
man. Forecast
Catarrh Cannot he Cured
with local applications, as they cannot
reach the soat of the disease.
Catarrh is a f lood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies Hall's
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. H
was prescribed by ono of the best
physicians in this country for years
and is a r^gu'ar prescription Ii
is composed of the host tonics known
tvit.li t.lni Itocfr liliwvl rniri
ViUIU(JUH V? ? f.
liers, acting1 directly on the mucous
surfaces. The perfect c mbitiaiion
of the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing
Catainh. Send for testimonials
free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props.
Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists, price 75j.
Take Halls Family Pills for consI
i pa tic u.
Change of Business.
Among tho important business
changes announced to take place in
Conway a* the. beginning of the
Now Year, wo mention the change
in the bus ness of the L 11. burroughs
C i. This business ha > been
a long established one and successfully
conducted from the beg nniig
to the prosmt tune by the head oi
the linn, Mr. L. H Burrougl s
wh ? will b 'come its sole owm r.
Tnis ft in has many Mends al?
all o;er tbe e>unty, and doubtless
otiu rs will be onduced to make this
store their shopping place when
they come to Conway.
).
1 11EW
Gathered by a Herald Man
on His Rounds.
CAUGHT ON THE BOUNCE.
Strav Bits of News Gathered by
the Wayside for the Information
and Instruction of Herald
Kcadcrs-llappcnlnjrs of Interest
About rite City.
There was some rain last week.
This is the 1 p? 5s?ue before Christmas
.
S tnd us a duiiar by the county
auditor.
A. M. Cox was in the city one day
last week
P. M. Dor man was in Conway last
Tuesday.
W. h. A1 ford was in Conway one
day recently.
H. P< Watts was here on business
oue day recently.
P. O Watson was a pleasant caller
one day last week,
L. D. Long was iu Conway last
Saturday on business.
Christmas comes on Sur.day and
so does New Year's Day.
L. T. Bryan and son, of T^on^s,
were in Cod way last Tuesday.
Watch for the county Auditor on
bis rounds to take lax returns.
J , M. D. Jones visited Floyd*
township the first of this week.
C. J. Holliday spent the first of
the week in Conway on business.
Charley Dusenbury spent las)
last Monday in Conway on business
Magistrate Daniel Grainier is
improving frotn his recent illness.
W, D Collins, of Flo yds township,
spent last Monday in Conway 01
business.
Miss Bessie Mackenzie .vil! leave |
on Friday to spend^lhe bolh .i,vs in!
j Charle.ston.
I
The holly and the misteltoe are
much in evidence during this time
of the Yule Tide.
Miss Winnie Holliday arrived at
home last Sunday from Limestone
College, to spend the holidays.
Special Constable H N. Sessions
went over to Mullins on busiuess
last Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Anderson, of
MeClellanville, expect to move to
Conway by the middle of February,
Mr. and Mrs. U. A. Dusenbury,
of Toddville, wero in Conway the
first of this week visiting relatives.
Washington Moore and family are
still languishing in the county jail.
They were refused bail by Judge
Sease.
Fay your back dues for the paper
to the county auditor while he is in
your neighborhood taking the tax
returns.
Clerk of Court W. L. Bryan, went
to Wilmington t he latter part of last
week on business, returning to Conway
the first of this week.
Pay your subscription to C. E.
Bvrkcr while he is near your place
taking the tax returns. He will
give you a receipt for the money.
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I I Cheaper than ever sold in Horry co
come and
All of our dress goods?
and have them of every discription,
will he sold at and below
COST for the next 2(1 DAYS.
Our shoes will go at the same
cut prices, and in] fact our entire.tstock
Twill be sold at a
great reduction for time men!
tioncd.
Aflu AU mt
1 'fBEw raisins, appl
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No 37
T W. Dorman was in tho city
one day recently on business,
Mrs. Helen Howard was in Conw
\y last Friday.
The weather remained cold
throughout last week.
S. M. Dorman added his name to
Herald list one day recently.
G. M.Joliie was a pleasant caller
one day the lirstof this week.
M 13 Anderson was noted among
those in Conway one day last week.
Mrs. Ella J Pusenbury spent last
Friday in Conway with relations and
friends.
Don't neglect to send us a dollar
by the county auditor when he takes
your tax returns.
Mrs. J. J. Turbeville, of Socastee,
was among those in Conway last
Monday.
J. M. Harnhill was another farmer
visiting the city the first of this
week.
T W. Livincrstone. of Hammond,
Mercantile Co,, visited Conway on
business recently.
B. G Gilmore, of Daisy, was in
(Conway last. Friday accompanied by
j his daughter, Miss E. L. Gilmore.
Mr. Williamson, of the firm of
Williamson & Nance of Corro Gordo
N. C. visited Conway last Monday
on business
Santa Clause will make his annual
visit to Col way on the night of
the 24th. See to it that the little
ones are not disappointed.
Charles Dusenhurv has purchased
the residence of T. J. Bell and the
family are expected to move to Conway
in the not very distant future,
The Christmas trade seems to be
lively as the stores and streets aro
crowded with a happy throng of
shoppers.
The ease of Ludlam vs Todd was
I to have been tried before Magistrate
! N. Sweet on Dec. 13th, but the case
was continued by the attorneys in
the cause.
S. M. Johnson, formerly of Oak
* * i i *~ ^
fark, ua., mis muycu iu uji uicrs,
Fla., on account of Mr. Johnson's
health, which of late has not been
very good. The many friends of
Mr. Johuson, who is a member of a
well known Horry family, will be
glad to hear from him.
DANGER IN DELAYING: Prosect
your property by taking out
your policy now, only the best companies
repretented, noted for their
fiscal strength, and fair dealings,
V7, Basil King, Agent.
Citation Notice.
STATE OF SOUT// CAROLINA,
County of 7/brry.
By John //tilt, Esq., Probate Judge.
W//ERE AS, If. II. LEE has made
suit to me, to grant him letters of Administration
of the Estate of and effects
of J. Lewis Lee, deceased:
These are, therefore, to ei.e and admonish
all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said J. Lewis Loo,
deceased, that they he and appear before
me in the Court of Probite, to be held
at Conway, S.C., on P-? 8/*?t, n<?xf, after
publication here"', m? , i '.;'ock
in the forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
GIVEN under my hand, tln? 17th day
of December Anno Domino 1910.
Published on the 22nd and 29th r'ny
of December in the Horry Herald.
JO//N 110 LT, (L S).
Judue of Probate, Horry Uounty,
LING A HIGH I
erchandise I
unty. If you are from Missouri I
I see us.
Country merchants wanting S
to buy stuff cheaper than they m
can on any market, if they will g
call and see us we will convince S #
them that we are the people jE
to buy from. We will have on S
hand some-thing1 like 2">0 boys \j
suits that will go for a song. $
^rrli jvnfs want in fr to buy 8
les and oranges for their|
rade will save money tog
u are yoursto serve,
ORE Co. I
Manager I