The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 06, 1914, Image 1
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SCHOOL YEAR 1913-14
WAS BANNER YEAR
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FOR THE ERECTION OF NICE
?{fBW SCHOOL BUILDINGS
FOR COMMON SCHOOLS
ISUPT. BROWN WRITES
' ABOUT PAST SUCCESS
And He Gives Good Advice in this
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jVfticle for the Coming Year,?
Wants Every Barrier Removed
From the Schools. /
To the Trustees, Patrons and Teachers:?
The school year 1913?14 closed on
June 30th. The year with all its great
importunities and all the good work
you did for your school has passed
into history. Let us hope that the
year 1914?15 will bring to us greater
opportunities for improving our
schools.
Each school knows about the improvements
which was made in it dur
ing the year just passed. You know
whether or not your school voted a
special tax, increased the tax, built a
new school house, remodeled or repaired
the one you alredy had, put in
a new or enlarged your library, put
in patent desk, blackboards and maps
ani/improved vour school crniinHs
you know about the improvements
which have been made in your
school, perhaps it would be interesting
for you to know something of the
total of what the people in the other
schools have been doing.
The year 1911?12 was our banner
yeS^ for building nice school houses.
The year 1913?14 has been our banner
year for establishing and enlarging
libraries and getting in money
from different sources for the schools
Not all the improvements which
have been made can be shown in figures
but from the different funds or
sources, viz: high school, graded ru*rul
school, library, extension for weak
schools, contingent, building, box supper,
entertainment and private subscription,
1 have gotten and placed to
the credit of the schools $12,423.64.
Five new school buildings were
bu* painted and all furnished with
patent desk except one.
Eight schools came under the rural
graded school act.
Eight districts voted a special tax
six increased the tax levy already
voted. Floyds district No. 50 increasedfthe
levy t> 16 mills, making that
the banner ^.strict in the State for
special taxation. We all appreciate
our honors so lpts try to keep them.
There are 97 school districts in the
county and I have had cooperation in
each one. For this I feel grateful to
tlife people.
nT want every patron to ask themH
selves this question: Is the term of
my school long enough for my chil
dren to get a good common school
school education at home ? If you
find that it is not, permit me to sugIH
gest that you lengthen it and take
Bg groter advantage of state aid.
'^believe that the boys and girls in
Horry are as much deserving as the
boys and girls in any other county in
the State, so I am asking each teachIn
er and each patron to join in trying
to remove from each school every bar
rier which wil prevent harmony and
H ^gj^gress and let us put the bottom of
H| the ladder down in reach of every
H child in Horry County, so that by
HI their, own will and efforts they may
HI climb to the top.
H I wish to thank the people many
H| times for their strong cooperation
Hp during the year just closed. I hope
we may make this year a more
fMJl rosperous year for our schools.
I have already gotten in some cred
its for this year. I have gotten in
I state aid enough to build six nice upto-date
school houses, one to cost $1,200,
two to cost $800 each, one $700,
one $000, one $400. We are getting
more applications for building
ready, one for $!,200 and one for $500
I have applications for four more
new rural graded schools and I have
gotten in $1,802 and placed the same
to the credit of the schools.
I hope we can make 1914?15 one of
our banner years.
tf'X" S. H. Brown.
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Mrs. George F. Nissen and Mrs. E.
J. Sherwood and little daughter left
fnr Hendersonville. N. C.. Inst-. Tum
IJtk* morning. They will spend the
|^t of the summer there.
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ANTI-BLEASE GATHERING
COLUMBIA LAST FRIDAY
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DECIDB8 THAT ELIMINATION OF
CANDIDATES IS NOT NECESSARY.
MAJORITY ALREADY IRE .
OPPOSED TO DLEtSISM
The Main Thing Done Was the Passage
of a Resolution Introduced Before
the Meeting |>y George W.
Croft.
On last Friday in response sent out
over the State and published in all
of the leading papers. , about fifty
leading men over Sjfluth Carolina
representing , the different sections
pretty well, met at the Jefferson hotel
in Columbia. They were all members
of the State Democratic convention
which met last May. The call
was originally issued by the Aiken
delegation. The meeting was composed
entirely of Anti-Blease men,
and it had been their purpose to try
to consider plans for the elimination
of certain anti-Blease candidates in
the State campaign, so that the antiadministration
forces might center on
one man if possible.
After reports were received from
different sections of the State it was
decided that no steps toward the elimination
of anti-Blease candidates for
governor were necessary, the consensus
of opinion being that "Bleaseism
is already defeated," and that
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me uverwiieinung majority or tne
people of South Carolina is opposed
to Bleaseism." It was emphasized by
the Aiken county delegation that it
was never the intention to interfere
with the free choice of the people of
the State in the primary election. It
was stated by the leaders in the conference
that it was not the intention
of the movement to force any man
out of the race for governor, but that
the matter of ejjfnination should be
left to th<* volition of the candidates.
There was not a candidate for governor
present at the conference. W. P.
Pollock, candidate for United States
senator, addressed the conference.
The following resolution, offered by
George W. Croft, member of the
Aiken delegation, was adopted without
a dissenting voice.
"Whereas, we, the delegates to the
recent State convention from Aiken
county, issued a call for a conference
of delegates from the various counties
of the State, requesting the antiBlease
forces to confer as to what action,
if any, should be taken prior to
the holding of the primary electoin,
Whereas, it was the judgment of
those assembled that the overwhelming
majority of the people of South
Carolina is opposed to Bleaseism, and
Bleaseism is already defeated; and
Whereas, it was never the intention
of the conference and of the callers
thereof to interfere with the free
choice of the people of the State in
the primary election to be held Auor
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?uoi, ui}y wc uaviug t'very commence
in the good sense and patriotism of
the Democracy of South Carolina to
select as the party's candidate for gov
ernor a man who stands for decency,
law and order in South Carolina, and
against the reign of lawlessness
which has disgraced South Carolina
for the past three and one-half years;
therefore, be it
"Resolved, by the delegates to the
recent State convention from Aiken
county, that we do not deem it necessary
or expedient to take any further
steps toward the selection of a
proper and suitable candidate for gov
ernor; but we call upon the manhood
of South Carolina to join with us in
going to the polls and laying aside,
if necessary, their personal preferences
and in casting their votes for the
honor and good of our State and for
the candidates who appear to be the
most available to overwhelmingly defeat
Bleaseism August 25."
WALTER HEMINGWAY DEAD
FROM INJURIES OF FALL
Colored Employee at Lumber Plant
Was Paralyzed And Never Spoke
Walter Hemingway, the colored em
ployce at Conway Lumber Co., upon
whom a heavy timber fell causing
him serious iniurios. rlipfl not
having never recovered the use of his
faculties. The blow which was severe
across the spinal column, caused
a paralysis from which the man never
recovered. He was formerly engaged
in the piano and organ business
among his race before engaging
in the work at the lumber plant.
>RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE.
CONWAY, S. C, THURSDAY
CROWD OF ANTI 6LEASE
GATHER ATJDGEFIELD
THE NAME OF JOSH ASHLEY
BROUGHT INTO THE TALK
MEETIN6 WAS ORDERLY
Jennings Attacked the Governor on
The Richey Case, and Said That the
Signature of Mcintosh to Certificate
waa a Forgery.
A large crowd of apti-Bleatta men
greeted the candidates for the Sena-,
torial toga at Edgefield last week.
Although the gathering was strongly
against Blease still he received a respectful
hearing. Governor Blease
liked a whole lot of being as bitter
as usual in his speech. Pollock and
Jennings as usual excoriated the record
of the Governor, while Senator
Smith, who received a Ueniendous
ovation, made his usual cotton speech
Governor Blease said this was not
a campaign of education but had degeratcd
into one of Villification,
abuse and falsehood.
He claimed that those who framed
the new rules governing th primary
had inserted a clause which prohibited
any man in the race from being a
candidate of a cique or faction, yet
he said, a little "rump convention"
which "reeks with the most bitter
partisanship" will meet in Columbia
Friday to concentrate on one antiBlease
man.
The governor said that it had been
reported that Josh Ashley was '
against him. He read a letter from
Mr. Ashley which assured Governor
Blease Mr. Ashley's support and told
the chief executive that he would carry
Anderson county by a larger ma
jority than berore.
L. D. Jennings, the next speaker,
referring to Governor Blease's departure
in an automobile as a corpse being
borne away, brought forth applause.
In referring to the Richey
case, Mr. Jennings quoted Dr. Jas. H.
Mcintosh as saying that the physician's
signature to the certificate was
forgery.
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White Slave Case.
Osgood Howe and Albert Stender,
both residents of Charleston, were
last week bound over to the December
term of the United States Court for
alleged violation of the Mann White 1
Slave Act. 'the complaint is that the
defendants enticed and furnished the
money for the journey of Ruby Ward
and Mildred Webb from Knoxville to
Charleston, the latter of the women
having returned to Knoxville about a
month ago. Commissioner J. W. War
ring held that the testimony as given
by Ruby Ward to be sufficient for the
detention of the defendants. They
were released under bond of $500.
FROM COLLINS, GA.
Interesting Letter from a Former
Horryite?He Reads of Many Improvements
Here.
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anything in the paper from this section
of Georgia, I thought I would
write a few lines
Crops are doing very well considering
the dry weather. Cotton is shed
ding badly now. It has nearly all fall
en off. It is fine weather to gather
fodder, hot days and cool nights.
Misses Jennie Murphy, Trissie and
Myrtle Hardee and Miss Linnie Lynn
went to Rogers Chapel to preaching
the other night and reported a good
time.
Mr. G. L .Jordan has some of the
finest cotton the writer has seen this
season.
I was sad to learn of the death of
Dr. E. Norton ond Mr. W. E. Hucks's
child.
I am glad to read of so many improvements
in and around Conway.
Conway is getting to be one of the
best tobacco markets in Eastern
South Carolina.
Seems like politics are beginning
to warm up some. I hope you will retain
Mr. Smith in the Senate, for I
think he is the man for the job.
Mr. Editor, you will find enclosed
check for $1.00 to renew my subscription
to The Herald, for it is a we'comc
I vioifnv nxrniMr Vrirloir
,.w.uu> VTVIJI A I iVtCAJT .
Wishing the Herald and all its
many readers much success.
H. H. Hardee.
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MARKET I
WAS SPEEDING UMIT
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THE PRICES REALIZED LAST 1
WEEK WERE SATISFACTORY
CONSIDERING GRADES.
SOME VEST SELLERS 1
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Here are the^Namea^^f
ofi the L
Farmers Wno Sold on the1 Conway
Market Last Week at Good Prices,
?the Close'of the First Week of
Season.
The Conway tobacco market did itg
self proud last week from Monday un ^
til Friday when the first solid week of
the season came to a close. At all
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three of the warehouses the scenes ^
were of busy life, with the farmers
coming; in at almost all times of the
day with the golden leaf, and the
warehousemen and helpers from morn
ing until night taking care of the piles
on the floor, or getting it off the floor ^
after the days sales and in readiness .
for shipment. 1
The prices realized last week were
on the whole very satisfactory con- *
sidering the grades that were offered.
We have yet to hear of any real complaint
on the part of any of the farmers
who have so far patronized the \
market. The market bids fair to out- 1
sell last year by a lage amount. As 1
we have before said the Conway mar- *
ket is in the tobacco game and is in it *
to stay. Following are the names of ^
some of the best sellers at the three
warehouses during last week:
Peebles Brick Warehouse.
Name' Pounds Price ^
W. Mi Turbeville 380 17
L. M. King 160 13 j
T. W. Graham 2 lots 11 1-2 t
A. R. Price 920 16 i
J ere Graham 65 17 1-2 r
Jere Graham 100 13 1-2 t
G. W. Graham 150 15 t
B. Thompson 638 16 1-2 i
Creel and Sellers 126 16 t
Creel and Sellers 108 15 1
A. ?)? Fields 250 9 1-2 i
J. G. Graham 363 20 j
W. V. TUbon 115 10 f
W. F. Rabon 142 10 t
W. M. McCallum ' 170 12
Horry Tobacco Warehouse 1
Name > Pounds Price
J. B. Chestnut 92 17 <
W. J. Bruton 108 18 t
J. B. Hucks 242 14
Duff Hardee 144 14 ^
A. P. Smith 140 i 17 a
James and Rabon 274 14 :
T. M. Parker 724 20 ^
S. L. Moore 76 17 c
Wm. Rabon 136 14 g
J. H. Johnson 106 .18 *
A. Cartell 134 24 1-2 ,
A. M. McDowell 397 22 1-2 _
A. M. McDowell 235 25
W. L. Singleton 196 19
L. B. Hyman 42 20 ?
Farmers Tobacco Warehouse
Name Pounds Price a
Benton and Collins 90 18 1
H. M. Rabon 65 18 1-2
J. O. Anderson 65 12 % t
I T. Cooke 365 17 s
E. L. Brown 72 16 V2 1
C. M. Drew 165 15 F
J. J. Galloway 188 17 V2 v
J. M. Stevens 135 13 % F
J. M. Stevens 135 17 a
J. M. Stevens 22 24 (I
j. ivi. sneily 505 1G V2 0
Jere Shelly 322 22
Isa Ford ,??71 20 h
T. a Ford 225 18 V2 a
VV. A. Blackmon 365 17 Ms (1
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GEORGE W. HARDEE LOSES,
BARN AND CONTENTS *
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At the Cross Roads Near Adriaft Section,?Friends
Sawed Lumber for ^
New Barn,?Ready Again in Short p
Time,?Other Items. (|
Crops are doing well considering c
the drouth. The little showers of last e
Sunday evening were enjoyed by all p
the farmers.
On last Friday morning Mr. Geo. f
W. Hardee's tobacco barn caught fire d
and in less time than one hour it was t;
burned down. In a short time help f
came and kept the fire away. That ti
evening help went to the mill and tl
lumber was sawed to build a new barn b
and starter! to work nr? Sintiiwla\r
morning. With kind friends to help r
they were ready to string again on h
Wednesday. The loss of tobacco was s
about eight hundred or a thousand t'
pounds. "Farmer." p
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FREE OPEN PRIMARY
PHIS WELL-KNOWN POLITICIAN ,
IS OPPOSED TO THE CONVENTION
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LEN6THY INTERVIEW
Ve Should Trust the People, But Let i
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Men From Every Section Write
The* Views 'Freely, and Decide
Rightly Who Should be Supported.
In reference to the anti-Blease con'ention
which was called in Columbia
ast week to consider which of the ^
everal anti-Blease candidates for
Governor should be eliminated from .
he race, so that the entire opposition
ould center on one candidate; John
f, McMahon, who is generally found
ighting for the right, gave out the
ollowing interview which is sensible
ind to the point:
"It is contrary to both the spirit
ind the letter of our party rules to
lave a convention or even a caucus .
nterfere with the freedom of the inlividual
choice of the voter in the
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>rimary.
"Much of the partisan bitterness
leveloped in the early days of the 1
Tillman movement was charged as
lirectly due to the 'March convention *
n 1890 which made a factional nomilation
for governor and lieutenant *
rovernor. and to th*? 'Collotnn Plnn' I
>rimary and convention of 1894 *
vhich weeded out a number of 4Re- *
orm' candidates for governor and by *
jiving the factional nomination to t
fohn Gary Evans elected him then (
ind almost luined his political fu- 1
ure thereafter. *
"In 1890 many Democrats who op- 1
>osed Capt. Tillman's election felt *
hat they dad not had a fair chance ^
n an open party contest because a *
najority of the 'farmers' conven- *
ion' overruled the other members of
hat convention and 'suggested' (nom- I
nated) him for the support of all t
heir faction in the Democratic party. 1
t was urged in condemnation of this t
nethod that a minority of the entire *
jarty could thus dictate its choice by
irst caucusing with a majority fac- ]
ion in which it was a majority. 1
"The exigencies of the situation led t
he opposition to adopt the same
actics- in 1892 and put forward an t
mtire State ticket, headed by Former *
jov. John C. Sheppard. But in 1894 >
here was a general disposition to
>reak away from factionalism and to
rote as individuals each for his perlonal
choice. A number of Tillmante
leaders of different views and dif- 5
erent degrees of acceptability to the
pposition contested for the governor s
;hip, and if left to a free primary it
ieemed probable that Tindal or El- 1
erbe would be nominated. The lead- *
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>osition to have a voice, and there- c
ore arranged a preliminary primary
md convention to fix it all before the 3
general primary. They suceeded; *
ind in consequence met their Wateroo
two years later.
"When our people were finally remited
they wrote into the party con- s
titution a provision intended to out- r
aw forever thereafter this sort of
erpetuation of partnership. They t
equired all candidates to take the J
ledge that they are not candidates of
t faction and will not become the can- ?
lidates of a faction, either privately
r publicly suggested. c
"No candidate, therefore, can now d
ie a party to 'concentration' on him
s a factional selection without dislualifying
himself to remain a can- i
lidate in the primary. 1
"Nor is it desirable that we should i
hus emphasize and prolong the fac- <1
ional differences which should die
his year?and are dying. c
"Individuals should try to get to- I
;ether and should exchange views t
ublicly and privately in the effort to C
etermine whom to vote for; but no h
onvention should dare to dictate or t
ven suggest how the members of the I
arty shall vote. t
"While it is desirable that the anti- o
Uease men of the State should eneavor
as individuals to concentrate a
heir vote and therefore should re- e
rain from casting merely complimen- d
nrv votrs for norsonol fnvovitoc \rnf n
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here is undue alarm as to the possi- t
ilities of the present situation. f
"The Bleaseites would not take the a
isk of dividing their vote between p
tichards and Irby as evenly as posible
with the hope of making the
wo lead the field. The result would r
robably be that neither would get r
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EUROPEAN WAR CRISIS '
WILL AFFECT PRICES
1UT THIS WILL NOT LAST LONG
IT IS BELIEVED HERE.
IMPERIAL BUYERS HERE
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Varehouse men Said That War Would
Effect Pripes to.Some. Intent by
Reason of' Imperial Buyers Called
Off, But That Buyers Will Return
in Few Days or Week.
That the European war in which,
'our of the great powers are nowin'olvecl
would atfect the tobacco sales
n the South, became apparent this
.veek when the buyers for export
rade for the Imperial Tobacco Com>any
of England, were called otr the
narket by that company. It does not
nean that all of the buyers of tobac?o
were called off. Only those who
lad orders to buy grades for export
o foreign countries were stopped as
t is understood here. The price of
;obaeco on some grades was affected
?o that it fell from what it had been
standing at for the past week. News
rom other markets in Eastern North
ind South Carolina was to tbo
effect at all of the markets.
It was stated yesterday that while
he Imperial Company could not export
as it usually does on account of
he war, and thus had to stop buying
emporarily, that arrangements will
>e made for buying the tobacco just
he same and storing it on this side
>f the big pond until such time as it
,vill be possible to export it. As the
?rop is being handled and sold very
-apidly, it is said that it hardly will
)e more than a few days, possibly a
veek or ten days, before the export
>uyers will be back again on the market.
So far as the buyers of other to)acco8
^re concerned, the sales are
joing on ti8 psual so far as we could
earn. It was apparent though that
he prices on all grades would be off
several points owing to the war.
Later: Not only the buyers for exaort,
but practically the buyers of all
grades of leaf have been held up by
Jieir companies until further orders.
This, howerer, is thought to be Only
emporary, and matters will be going
ihead the same as usual in perhaps a
-veek or ten days.
ITEMS FROM PRINCE'S MILL
Everybody was glad to see the rain
Sunday.
Mrs. Loe Sarvis and son, Tolar,
>pent Sunday with Mrs..Quit Hooks.
Mr. Isaac Cannon, Fred Martin*
Vliss Sanantha and Mary Prince attended
preaching at Pleasant View.
Mr. Albert Dawsey of Cool Springs
:alled on Miss Docia Cook recently.
Misses Bula and Julia Gerrald, Miss
Nettie and Ida Ray called at A. H.
^rince's Sunday.
Mr. B. Dawsey and Lee Collins of
^ynor spent Sunday in this section.
Mr. Tommie Turner and family
pent Sunday at Mr. J. M. D. Canion's
.
Miss Alice Johnson of Tabor, N.
is visiting her brother Mr. Ebb
ohnson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Prince spent
Sunday at Mr. Neal Johnson's.
Mr. Fletcher Blanton of Floyds,
ailed at Mr. A. H. Prince's on Sunlay
afternoon.
"Bowser."
nto the second race. Many former
lleaseites?and many present Bleasetes?will
vote for anti-Blease candilates
for governor.
"It is likewise error to take acount
of all the six or seven antillease
candidates. At least three of
he seven will get hardly any votes)f
the four others, any one of three
las as good chance of getting into
he second primary as even John Gtichards,
and two of them may be in
he second race without a Bleaseite ,
pponent.
"Let the leaven work. Let faction
lism pass with its leader. It is not
asy to transmit a 'succession* in a
lemocratic country. Let us trust the
icople?but let men from every secion
write their views freely and
earlessly and try to give information
s to whom we should centre on for
:overnor."
Come on boys there is plenty of
noney for you if you sell at Lawence*8.?adv.
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