The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 18, 1912, Image 1
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VOL XXVI
HE CIET
N ?t a B >om r)|.i Jlut I*,s
(irowth is Ever Onward
THE PR!0F OTTOE COUNTY
I V I fcf * Mi*r w ^ w " - lie
fere the At! vent of the Railroad,
the Site of Tuia Place Was a Howling
Waste of Wilderness, Now it
' Numbers 150 Souls. Two Churches
and Five Stores an Enjojs an Unexcelled
Mail Facility. The High Price
of Land in the Vicinity is a Drawhack
to the Progr ss and Development
of the Town.
Tne little town of Guney in Horvt
0 County, has five stores and they
* ' 'all ar^OsHdnK a very good business.
The w'*jter h?js had occasion to
find out as near as possible how
much business each store did last
year, and he learned that thoy were
$20,000 worth of goods sold hero last
year oy three of the stores, the other
stores wore not in existence the
whole of the year.
This little town has two churches
?Bayboro Presbyterian and New
Light Baptist, and both have a
good Sunday School with a good
average attendance The Baptise
folks have a good size church membership.
although they have no pastor
at present, however, we are expecting
that Rev. Mr. Rodem, of
Jacksonville, FJa*, will bo pastor of
this church the balance of the vear.
Rev. A S. Doak preached at tho
Presbyterian church berc every 4th
Sunday in each month. This church
has a very small membership but
seems to be a little on the increase
in membership.
The names of the merchants at
this place^are Dawsey & Son, Allen
& Co., J. W, Sasser, A. T. Stephens
and E. W. Prince. All are enjoying
a reasonable amount of business in
their lines
\ The land 'owners tof this place
\ are R. M. Prince, H. W.
iWishoe* H. II. Anderson and J. W.
Sasser.
It is to bo very much regretted
that the strawberry industry at
this place is somewhat a failure.
There is but very little attention
paid to this industry. Mores the
pity. Tobacco, cotton and corn
ieems to bo the chief products of
this little town, although Mr. J. W
Sasser has about six acres in gardeu
peas which he expects to be shipping
soon. W. R. Tyler has two
acres in strawberries which are being
lino. It is said that they are as
line as the country can produce
Burroughs & Collins Co., own a lot
of laud a short distance .from this
place which they oiler to sell, but
tne price is so high that the average
home-seeker is not able to buy it,
however they are selling just a little
now and then.
They aro at least 150 people in
the little town of Gurley, and good
behavior generally prevails, although
wo have a few disorderly
persons here when they get a little
bug b)oz>, wtncb is very mucn deplored
by the law abiding citizens;
but nevertheless, if the people will
go before Judge Allen he will issue
a wirranb for them Judge Allen
says he dees not go around aud
g hunt up trouble but when the people
want protection thoy can apply
to him and g it warrants for any disorderly
person no matter whom.
We get mail here from the early
morning train, also from the daily
passengor train in the afternoon and
t tree S ar Rou e? ?two dailyjrouie
and one three times a weeK Star
Rou^e. Also we have an express
office, telegraph office, and railroad
office, all under the care of H W.
Mtshoe, agent and postmaster, who
is very accommodating to us. We
have one boarding house under the
efficient management of R. M.
Prince, who takes good car6 of the
traveling public, alar takes regular
boarders at a reas'o. ole charge.
We are not expecting any big
boom for the little town of Gurley,
but a steady growth al/ the time.
The Southern Woods Product Co.
is having a lot of erossties cut and
^ has pay day every two weeks which
turns a neat little sum of moaey
loose at this place.
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Presbyrerian Service.
Sunday, April 21st; Services Sunday
11am. preaching by the pastor.
No eveuing service.
Sunday at 4 p. ra?
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at 7:45.
A S Doatc, Pastor.
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Pension Notice.
Tho pension monev for the old soldiers
is now ready for distribution.
Pensioners can get same by applyjog
fc -?er?on, or by order.
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Teacher# Association.
Horry Teachers' Association to
m'ie-t in the Court roooi in Con way,
Saturday at 11 a in . April 20th
1912, to appoint delcga'os to th *
State Teachers' Association which
is to meet i# Charleston 25oh to 27 li
of April
Followiutr is asm/seated nrovrram:
1. Too best wnv to obtain O <operation
between T usfcees unci Patron*?
M A Lane, Walter Gorrald,
A L Proctor, C P Rice, IS J Prince.
2. X'i 13 best w iy to equip uur
School, building-: ? M'sso ? Lottie
Harre sou, Anna Jordan, Essie Durham.
Sarah E Dusenbury, Minnie
Harris.
3. Should we have a Normal
Training C-.urse in connection wiu.
the High School. ? R C Hunter. Arland
Baker, W D Watson, Miss Helen
Dietz3, Miss Ida Moore.
4 Tae advantages of a Teachers'
Library:? W D Lowriu.oro, L M
Hardee, G L Stevens, W M Harrelson.
Andrew/J Cox, Misses Addle
Vaught, Leila Rabon, Ella Veatcb
Dills.
Several teachers have asked me
suggest for them a course of
study including some good reading.
There are about one hundred
teachers in the county, and if each
teanher would arrantre to nut one
dollars worth of books in the County
Superintendent ottice ard require
him to serve as Librarian, then each
teacher in the county would be in
possession of, and could have access
to a hundred dollar library for the
cost of one dollar.
I should like to hear this discussed
We hope the meottng may be well
attended and that Horry may have
a large delegation to go to the State
Teachers Associations. i
Committee*
A DeplorableVact.
The Herald is informed that a
counter petition against the one recently
filed asking for a drainage in
Simpson Creek township, is being
signed by land owners in that section,
and that thev will present it I
to the Clerk of the Court at the proper
time. It is to be regretted that
the farmers and land owners will oppose
movements of this kind which
will enhance the value of their holdings
so much, and make crops grow
where none would grow before.
There are alwa3's some in every
community who will oppose progressive
steps like this owing to the little
expense that it will bring to them
It is hoped that they will decide
not to file the counter petition and
let the district go through.
Borne Attractive Repairs.
Extensive alterations are in progress
on the 1st Nati >nal Bank build
ing and Kingston Hotel. It is
stated that the small barber shop
and othe^ space on the ground floor
of the Kiugsfcon hotel part, will be
turned into one large store room,
and fitted up for tenants in the
mercantile business, while a new
dining room and large airy lobby
will be arranged on the second floor
Thi& building is situated in the
mitrefc of the business section of the
town and the new stores will no
doubt be eagerly sought for as
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places ol business, ine oaroer snop
will be arranged in one of the back
offices around the corner on 4th
Avenue.
Industrial School,
There is yet $2,600, to be raised
iu order to secure the School. The
progress of the cauvats has not
been quite so good the past week,
although the committee has been
hard at work, They are busy with
their own affairs and it is a great
sacrifice of time and effort and expense
that they are making this
canvass. So don't treat them like
they were salesmen trying to sell
you something, They are not getting
a cent out of this canvass.
They are d nng it f >r the public
good, Come forward before they
see j'ou and tell them what you will
do.
It is time for every man in Horry
County to do bis duty. It may
mean a little sacrifice on our part,
but such an institution will be worth
far more than all we put into it.
We con have the School if we want
UMay
1st is the limit, and if the
full $16,000 is not subscribed by
that time we lose the School. When
vou see a member of the committee
tell him at once what you will give.
When you come to town next Saturday
go to the store of Mr. L. H.
Burroughs and ask to see tho Industrial
Scnool book. Then put your
name io it and the amount you will
give in the next two years. Thus
you will greatly help the committee.
Wherever the members of the committee
have gone they have beer
very courteously received. But tue.y
are too busy to cover tho wholt
county, The committee consists ol
Mr. Paul Quattlebaum, M~. L. H
Burroughs and Rev. A. D. Betts
Everybodydo your best right away
Send your order for Strawbrrrj
checks $o the Herald offi je.
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THE OTIHIDE ID
Mr. Ambrose Tell* His Side
of the Story
INSULT Or OAfltLESSKESS
The Herald Cheerfully (lives Space to j
the Conway Lumber Co., to Tell Its
Side of the Deplorable Accident
Which Led Up to the Death of Mr.
! Anderson, Qne of Its Employees.
Editor Herald:?In your issue of
March 21st, in giving the cause of
the death of Mr li H Anderson at
our mill on March 16th, aod again
in your issue of April 11th in an
obituary account of same there
seemed to have been a lack of correct
information on the part of the
writers of these articles and therefore
a mistatement of facts connected
with and leading up to this sad
accident (which, let me say, is deeply
felt and deplored by the management
of Conway Lumber Co.) As
said facts were brought out be eye
witnesses arid others at the coroner's
inquest, I, therefore, ask that
you kindly give space in your next
issue to the following lines to the
end that the truth may be known.
You are asked to verify the statement
I make by testimony given at
the coroner's inquest.
About nine o'clock Saturday
morning,March 16th Mr W 13 Snow,
foreman of the yard, asked me to
have the lumber at number six piling
bin on Green Deck, piled on
trucks with a little more overhang
on end of truck fartherest from the
mill. His object in asking this as
ho told me was to facilitate gettign
these cars in the lumber shed, there
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little beyond the usual line which
caused the trucks, as they were
taken from the kilns to hang up.
Mr Snow and myself both went to
the Green Deck, where the lumber
is piled preparatory to putting it in
the kiln and discussed the quickest
way of accomplishing what he desired.
There were two ways of accomplishing
this, namely, moving
posts which supported the shed so
that the proper overhang could be
obtained or moving the track and
leaving the post as it was. The
lat tor seemed to be the easiest and
qu'ekest method, hence I called Mr
A nderson I o the place and inst ructed
him him *o mote the tracks (which
consisted of t wo pieces of railroad
iron about eight feet long) three
inches toward the mill, sticking a
nail at the place I wanted each
track placed. At tnat time there
was a La;* about half loaded standing
in the pocket or bin. I told Mr Anderson
when that car was taken
out to do this work.
We have this work of piling lumhur
and transfering it across on the
platform next to the kiln done by
contract by Walter Cox, and I specifically
told Mr Anderson to do this
when Walter had finished the car
and transferred it, leaving the bin
empty. As a matter of fact he could
not do it prior to that time. After
oW-intr these instructions I went to
the mill,
When the accident occurred I
asked Walter how it happened and
he told me that Mr Anderson came
to him and told him (Walter Cox)
that 1 had instructed him to movo
these pieces of rail when he had
finished piling the car then standing
in the bin and taken it out,
bjt before he took the car out
to lot him know as he hod some
work to do on the top, and that he,
(Walter Cox) accordingly finished
the car and told Mr Anderson that
the car was finished, Later, parties
saw Mr Anderson go to the car and
takeout the standards that holds
theso cars in place and which answered
also as a guide for piling
sticks, and the car b^icg on an incline
plane rolled forward a distance
of twelve or fourteen inches and off
of the track. When the car dropped
off the entire load of lumber
slid forward in the transfer tracK,
which is some two feet lower than
the tracks ou which the cars wore
piled and in which Mr Anderson
was standing at the time he took
the chocks oat.
As to what the work was that Mr
Anderson expected to do at the top
no ouo knows. He was not iustruct
ed to do any work at the top. but
simply to move pieces of rail three
inches toward the mill. This track
was not out of order and was not
[ being repaired.
j It was easy for one familiar with
the situation to draw on his imagi.
nation and conclude what Mr Ar{
derson was attempting to do. These
standards that answered as chocks
? to the trucks, and as guides to pil'ng
f sticks in car are held in place at the
top by cleats and it is possible that
' Mr Anderson expected to move the
cleat at the top the same distance
that he did the track at the bottom,
however, he was not asked to do this
r' and in fact, it was not necessary, at
those cleats had nothing to do will
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3LRSDAY, APRIL 18, 191S
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The Waccamaw Association Leads the I
State.
A check was sent to Tho Hopio
Mission Board last week by the
Treasurer of the Waceumaw Association,
who ou the following day
revived a telegram as follows;
"Hearty Congratulations Tho Waccamaw
leads the State." This
means that we have paid out in "full
the amount we were asked to raise
for Home Missions for the year, and
that we wore the ti^st Association
in the State to pay out. Should we
not rejoice?
Why not be the first to pay out
for Foreign Missions? We understand
that no Association has paid
cut. and that tho Waccamaw is one
among the number in the lead.
Tho ti *?t of the month, we were tie
tunc ^JOrf.UW, DUD now vv? ihch iw:r
than $1U0.00. .Let the cflieriogs
come Don't hold rhein. What we
do, we must do quickly. Dont wait
uDtil the end cf the month as usuah
The check must be mailed to the
Board before the 30th. If we lift
he ds bt this year, we will have to
tlifLand lift heavy We must lift if
we have to lift until we "see stars."
Wou id it bp asking too much to ask
all the Sunday Schools to set aside
the Fourth Sunday us Foreign Mission
Day in our Sunday Schools?
We think not. Please mention this
matter next Sunday and let it be
Known that a special offering will
be taken, and insist on every person
giving something. This is important
and we hope it will not be
overlooked
Yours very truly,
J C Spi vey. Treas.
Waccamaw Association.
Conway, S. C., April 16th, 11)12.
The Boy Scouts.
Pursuant to a call issued through
the columas of the Herald last week
about twenty young men and boys
met last Friday evening to organ
ize a local order of the Boy Scouts
of America. A great deal of inter
est was manifttsed in the aims and
purposes of this organization as well
as in its standards and principals
and the out?ook is exceedingly
bright for a large and useful organ
zatiou here.
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The pastors 01 an hju luuaiuuuiuies
are taking much interest in t.jis
matter, and a e giving their influent e
antl lending a holping hand in fur-'
therence of this movement and are
in charge of it They will in a few
days name the officers so as to perfect
the organization.
The Danger After Grip
lies often in a run-down system.
Weakness, nervousness, lac* of appetite,
energy and ambition, with
disordered liver and kidneys often
follow an attack of this wretched disease.
The g/eatest need then is
Electric Bitters, the glorious tonic,
blood purifier and regulator of
stomach, liver and kidneys. Thousands
have proved that thoy wonderfully
strengthen the nerves, bui'd
up the system and restore to health
and good spirits after an attack of
Grip. If suffering, try them. Only
50 cents. Sold and perfect satinfaction
guaranteed by Norton Drug
Co.
W H Causey and W G Sarvis
were both in Conway last Monday
on business.
Place your order for strawberry
checks with the Herald. Prompt
delivery guaranteed.
The outlook for a line strawberry
crop is liner than ever since the recent
light rains, which seems to
have been just what the growers
! wanted to help in maturing the
' crop. Conway is fast becoming one
of ihe great strawberry growing
points in the "eastern part of the
Carolinas.
Notice of Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned Guardian of Jeremiah
Rabon, will apply to the Judge of
Probate of Horry Count/, at his
office, at Conway, S. C . on the 19th
day of May A D 1912, or a final
discharge as such guardian.
K Tj Ml shoe,
Guardian of Jeremiah Rub >n, Minor,
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accomplishing the purpose for which
I was endeavoring to have the track
moved.
The entire dry kiln system is built
on an Incline plan to facilitate handling
of tbo lumber. Those whose
duty it is to handlo those cars understand
that it is necessary, before
taking these standards out, whict
as I have said answer as chocks tc
1 the cars while they are being pilec
to put other chocks under the wheels
: Had Mr Anderson done this there
could never have hapeued such a sac
> accident as bappeued that morning
i and which I have already statec
' was deeply deplored by me as rnana
, ger of the Conway Lumber Co.
i H W Ambrose,
i Mgr Conway Lumbor Co.
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Mr. J. W. Dawscy Sells A
Large Tract of Land.
LIES INBAYBSRO" TOWNSHIP
A Deal Was ClosedjjYesterday Whereby
Messrs. I*. W. Betliea and VV. Percy
Hardwicke Beeame the Owners of a
Tract 1453 Acres Near the Site of tlie
Proposed Industrial School,
Large Deal in Ileal Estate.
Power W Bethoa and W Percy
Hardwieko closed a deal this week
whereby they purchased from J W
Dawsey the larye tract of land
owneb by him in B xyboro township,
known as the Baker land, and having
1453 acres, more or less. These
lands are among some of the best up
lands in Horry County, and produce
good crops when cleared and cultivated.
Portions of the lauds are
now cleared and in cultivation, but
a large portion of it is still woodsland.
Messrs Bethea and Hardwick
will some time in the near
future open the land t.o sell, having
made a deal with a syndicate to
handle it, and the entire tract will
be surveyed into convenient farms
and sold to those who are look ins
tor good lands upon which to live
and make farms. This movement
is one which will tend to the progress
and development of that section
of Bayboro township. The
tract is located very near.to the place
where the industrial school will he
established according to the present
plans of the promoters of this enterprise.
In the same section of the
county where these lands are situated,
there are some of our most successful
and progressive farmers,
thus showing that tho quality of
the lands is the best for tho purpose
of agriculture. A suryeyor is
now at work making the surveys
preliminary to cutting up tho tract,
into farms of suitable size. More
about this enterprise will appea"
n our columns later,
I BAKING*
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Notice of Sale.
TTnder and by virtue of the decree
nod judgment of the court made by his
7/onor, J. W. DeVoro, Presidium Judge
in^the case of Amy Wright, Plaintiff vs.
Simnna Bennett. Alice Owens, .Mary
Green, Annie Picket, Qabrial Button,
dripper Button, Joe Button, and Israel
Button, Defendant, and dat-d the 3rd
day of April, A. 1). 191*7, I, the undersigned
W L B ryan, Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas ot ilorry County, will
sol 1 at public auction to the highest, bidbefore
the court, house door at Conway,
in UorryiCounty ami State o( South Car
olina, during legal hours of sale on salesday
in May next, it being the 6th day of
said month all and singular those certain
lands slUiate in llprry County, and described
as follows; to wit:
Tract No. 1, Containing ten acres, be1
ing a part of a tract known as the Ferry
' Trac,tjand laid off by C B Sarvls for said
Bennett, situate in said county near /'nil
Creek Ferry, and conveyed to Na/.srene
Bennett by T L Harrtdson Juno 28th,
> 1872.
7'ract No. 2. Containing twenty (20)
, acres, more or le?s, situate in the county
. of Horry near Bull Creek, and having
such forms and marks as the annexed
* plat doth represent, and bounded at
' present on the north and east by lands
. of Chas. Dusenbury and on the south by
) lands of Kddy Lake Cypress Company,
1 and on the west and northwest by lands
now owned by J Press Williams.
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pay for papers,
Conway, S. C., April 10th, 1012.
W. U Bryan,
Clork of the Court of Common Pleas.
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Oooway ..bo luiiur p^? ui i,?i w< ? ?.
Wm. of Galivnnfcs Fe; r f
ofio of * b?? ipaiimu t-fiti iii?issi.
t're&s-.ivo tari.i.(;r& 01 tout seoJco <f
00** county. ^pont. Monday in
Couwiiv, and vi&Kcci ielc?liv?,o W 1j) 10
in to a ii,
_J^Lort ILj#h?s. of S;qcpsbn Ofc;ok,
was ii. C .LA iiy la ?t Mund v 1 id a ranged
with W II Chestnut
to i.-iMio a. warrant ag^insi a
defcnban i. i?>p trestjasincr on land in
tlj.vt tow vjsu;p. Ttit pupil's v ?re
issued and win br served by thecsmstable
under Magistrate II j Cox.
T 13 Smith and Chief L R Ambrose
have renied tie large store < n the
coruor from W R Lowi^ n^ud will
out in a rcstkiiraut und soda watetf
business. Everything connected
will be up-Lo date, and 11.ey will arrauge
to 1 urnb h ping rooms oti
the second lloor of the building,
County Supervisor A C Murroll
last week announced that the new ,
ro;id through the overflows between
this place and Bear Swamp had boon
placed in better condition, so that
it can now be used, In the course
of time; this stretch of public road
will become one of the very best in
the county, as the foundation of it
has been thoroughly laid by tho oxtensive
work accomplished there
last winter by the county chain
gang.
TAKEN Ul':?At ray place since
last Summer one dark red cow 4
years old, mark crop and split in
right oar and crop in left ear, owner
can got same by paving charges,
Ii Li Dunn,
Conway, S. C.
WARNING. ?' ^ ,
I hereby warn all persons from
buying or trading for a bill of sale
given by D B Cannon to G A Rabon
on 1113' land as it is worthless.
D B Cannon.
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To the Democratic Clubs of Horry
Cou n ty:
The President of each Democratic
Club in Horry County is hereby
directed to assemble the members
of his Club on Saturday, April 27th
next for reorganization of the clubs
and for the election of delegates to
a County Convention to be held at j
tho court house in Conway on Monday.
May '6th following. j J.
Clubs are entitled to one delegate "
, for each twenty-five (25) mcrabors /J
or maj >rity fraction thereof. /
A full attendance is urged. \L
J A Lewis, A
County Chairman, , jiM
-I O Nort in, J?JM
Secret try,
Conway Methodist Church, 1
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services ror ounuay, /vi?u
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Preaching at 11 a. in. Subjact:
"The Pall of Siioam's Tower." Ep- M|J1
worth Leayue at 3:30 p. m. Preach- |
in# at 7:45 p m, Subject: "John JI^JI
Calvlu: Th -ologian and Christian
Sat'stnan."
Preaching at Homewood on Sunday
afternoon, at which time the
Lord's Supper will bo observed. &9||Hr*
Prayer-meeting on Wednesday
ni?ht* ae M J
A cordial welc irao for all* ^Lm
Albert D10 p?ci0Cfc