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| ' N *? 4 , " ' ' | . . . ?-?i %(,. \x<x , . ~ I DUB TOBACCO MARKET \ LARGER NEXT YEAR y * :by the addition of building to cost about ten thousand. CONWAY'S FINE PCOSECTS Reliable Authority it is Stated That the Market Will Have the Addition of Larger Warehouse Than Ever Next Year. The Recess of the Conway Tobacco Market this year has demonstrated , just What it is possible to do here in the extensive selling of the weed at the best prices conditions will permit the leaf to bring. Although some of the largest ware1 houses in the State are located here, . still the rush of the season this year o^jirig to the growing popularity of trie market, pushed these warehouses to the limit and there was not enough room. It is stated on good authority that next year there will be another warehouse larger than any so far erected here. The large lot on which it will be Jfk'atod has already boon selected and it is in the neighborhood of the other warehouses of Hie market. The building will be of brick and will cost I in round numbers the sum of $10,000. In ways like this it is predicted that Conway will keep on growing as a tobacco market, from year to year, as thrfroirmors plant more and more of the weed, until there is no tolling the extent that may be reached within j the next live years. Time was when the farmers thought they had to send their tobacco to Mullins, or even farther off, in order to gc^jhc competition among the buyers which would insure good prices for their products. Such a thing now is a dream of" the past. The farmer, have learned that they can get justi as good, if ./( better, prices for what they have'to sell at home. This is the treason that for the past several | yea?"they have been partronizing the Cob way market and sold their to-, baeco at home. During all this time i the market has been growing. The, indications are that it will have to; keep on growing for the business men ! and tire farmers working together as r:# ire doing will not let it stop. I sllmmeries and prize houses are the next to be added and these will lio doubt l)e included as a portion of the improvements that will come with the new ten thousand dollar wareI house next year. I VlAile Conway is growing as a to-J macro market, other nlacrs in Horrv' I*. . I ounty are coming- to tho front as a ood market. This was trie first year 1 Aynor. And for a first year the iOil*: is constantly growing and soling more and more every year. STORE COTTON FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. leporf That the burroughs & Collins , Company Would Co Into Business For Public Untrue. [ The Bnrrough & Collins Company I; wv" stated a few days ago, would Lwfee to go into the cotton wareloxise business, providing the wnreouse to that end and issuing receipts pcording to the usual plan; but upon nquiry it was learned that they had hly made arrangements to store and jeep cotton for the customers of the [^g^tess. The farmers who have run kcir accounts with the company this jar will not novo to sell their cotton /!; the present prices in order to pay icir accounts with the company, unss they want to do so, but the comLny has agreed to take the cotton of |6 farmers as security and store it, all charges except the actual 'Tof insurance, until Janutry 1st, 5. If the customers of the comiy desire to store the cotton elsejre and bring the receipts to the lpany this plan will be satisfactory the farmers will have to pay if y store elsewhere, whereas by storjflUh the Burroughs & Collins Co., Tost will be very small, as the in/.A vof A tin' 11 KA n 1 I iU A., titill l* Iraui'i- ""'C ????i uu an un:y win imvu pay. The company will not under<e to store the cotton of anybody cept their own customers. The ?? sheds at the old plant of the A. ^flurroughs Lumber Co., will be reired and used for storing the cotl, and everything will be done that necessary to comply with the inpance regulations. s, mt 1 **HOR FINDS CURIOUS STILL. j ______ * I Officers of the Law Take Unused Still In Simpson Creek. ^ Officers of the law the first of the week brought into town a whiskey st'B pn'tori o?vl shows the enginuity of mankind when ; cui.ic-u into wrong channels. 'flic* sheriff received word that the still had, been found in the edge of a bay in and one-half miles from the Whiteville road and not far from Red Bluff. The sheriff went to the place with VV. J. Johnson and J. T. Proctor. The still proved to he made of a gasoline drum, by cutting a hole in one end in- , to which was fitted a cap constructed of a tin bucket and block of gum wood. Through the block was the noie Tor ihe copper pipe, but neither the pipe nor the still worm could be found. The thing remained for some time at the store of J. T. Proctor and was an object of curiosity to many. The 1 owner of the property is unknown. , TODDVILLE TIDINGS Miss Maggie Oliver was here this week. I M iss Wilier McMichael of Orange- L burg, who is visiting the Misses Oliver, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dusenbury. The talk of our little town is the 1 "Divine Reading" next Friday night, t Mr. J. F. Harper and son, Lee, . spent a few days at "The Ark" catch- | ing mullet. if you would like a little fun and amusement attend the "Divine Reading" next Friday night, Sept. 25th, at , the residence of Mr. and Mrs. U. A. Dusenbury. 1 Mr. S. F. Cannon has been appointed Township Commissioner vice Mr. ' W. E. Marsh, resigned. We eongvot- r ulate the delegation for making this appointment, as Mr. Cannon is well lit ted for the job and will evidently ' make good. ' (if* Klll'n fn tlir, "niirinn Pno/I ing" at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. U. A. Dusenbu^y Friday night, Sept. ' 25 th. The proceeds will be used for Missions. "Forecast." t Death of Little Woodrow NYison Koyals. On the evening of Sept. 15th, 1914,1 between the hours of seven and eight I 1 o'clock the Death Angel visited the! home of Mv. and Mrs. J. I). Royals ' and took away their darling baby,]1 Little Woodrow Wilson Royals. Her was one year, eight months and 2d;' days old. A vry bright, intelligent and lov- 1 1 able child, the light of the homo. The ! 1 very apple of the eye to all the fam- 1 ily. He was only sick 27 hours and 1 suffered untold agony. All was done j ' for him that loving hearts, willing hands and Doctor J. A. Norton could i ( do. But Clod knew best and took the ' little darling home to Him, where all 1 suffering would he over. But, Oh! * low hard to part fro.ni him. How sad 1 and lonely is our home bereft of its brightest jewel. Stiii we feel in our}1 hearts the truth of Job, "The Lord!* Uivetn and the Lord Math Taken j ' away." "Blessed be the name of the ' Lord." Though young the lamb it knew, It's Shepherd's voice, And left it's earthly home 1 Forever to rejoice. 1 We know that the darling little feet ' which have ceased to walk here has 1 shore, and some sweet daw, we hope 1 to meet the little darling there, where 1 parting will be no more. ] The little one from us is gone, A voice we love is stilled, A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. In the nearby family graveyard, < There is now a new made mound, And the form that we so cherished, i Has been laid beneath the ground. i But up yonder in the portals, Among the Angels bright and fair, i Little Woodrow Wilson now is shelt- i ered, By the Savior's tender care. ?One Who Loved Him Dearly. < CARD OF THANKS, We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our friends for their kind assistance, and true sympathy during the sudden illness and death of our dear baby. May the Lord bless them Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Royals. Notice of Sale. I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder all of the personal property of the late A. W. Jackson, deceased., consisting of buggies, farm ing tools, cows and hogs, at the home of Mrs. A. W. Jackson near Green Sea, S. C., beginning at 10 o'clock September 20, 1914. Terms of sale CASH. D. R. FORD, Administrator, fxr**3 RY COUNTY AND KSK !'KO'M K. CONWAY, 8. C.. TaURSPAr yi? CONWAY 10 HAVE FIRE PROTECTION PLANS NOW LAID FOR SUPPLYING PLENTY OF WATER TO THAT END. I FM INQIIBANPF BATFQ Lkuu iivuuumiuL. uniuu The Council of the Town of Conway Will Enter Into Contract With Conway Lumber Company,?All Except Minor Details of Scheme. A contract has been prepared between the Town Council of the Town rf Conway and the Conway Lumber Company, which in effect will furnish to the business section of the town at >nee, and to the residence section later, all of the water that is needed to protect the town against loss by lire. The matter has been up for consideration between the parties for some time. At last the main features of :he contract have been agreed upon and the draft of the instrument has jcen prepared to he submitted to the parties. The tank is to have a capacity of >nc hundred thousand gallons and will )e erected on the vacant lot near the icpot of the Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. The height from 1 Ho foundation of the tank to the railing around he top of the tower will be 120 feet. The cost of this tank will be about he sum of four thousand dollars, one kousand of which will be paid by the Lumber Company and the remainder )V the Town of Conway. The conract with the lumber comnany will jrovidc that the lumber company .ball keep the tank full at all times it its own expense. Loading from the ank into the center of tho town mains a-ill bo laid and hydrants placed at onvoniont intervals. So far as tho erection of the tank is concerned and ;Wr contract between the town and the umber company arc concerned, the letails with a few exceptions had been 'idly settled last week, and the work )f getting the materials together had ilrcady been commenced. The plans for supplying1 the mains ;o tiie business section of tho city had i lot been fully completed. Rather han place the town in debt for the Tiain3, it may be that the expense of .hose will be borne by the owners of! property in the business section of | Jon way, and the town funds saved Ye- other objects. It is understood, lowovor, that the business portion o!Y Sonway will be supplied with this wa- j ;cr ::i tho very near future in one way! r another, and after that has been j lone plans will be made and carried j nit for running the mains into the; residence sections of the town, so that I inally the entire town will be supplied j ivifh Jilninrlant vvm( pv fnv n?c? in jf fire. For the time being the object of the; promoters of this improvement is to furnish water which will always be on hand for the use of the fire company with the fire engine. Later it may be utilized by those who will want to connect to it for sewerage purposes. Whenever this is done there will be a necessary charge for the amount of water used by each per son who joins the system. The rate will be reasonable under all of the circumstances of the case. It is understood that the saving in insurance premiums in the course of a few years will repay all that the town will spend to put in this improvement. It is well known that insurance rates in Conway are now, and have been, for a long time, very high. All that is needed to bring the rates clown is adequate protection against fire which might under present conditions, at any time destroy the town. The water that is to be furnished under the contract is the water from the Waccamaw River. It is not intended to be supplied for drinking purposes. Mayor TI. P. Little and members of the council have been engaged in making this deal for some time past, t A meeting was once called at the town hall to consider the proposition made by the Conway Lumber Company, to pay a part of the first cost of the tank and keep the tank filled with water. At last the efforts of the mayor and council have succeeded and the matter will be carried out to the end now and the plant in operation before very long. i' w* fIrsc. laVt. now and forever e-rfeiS^ttRir 2MK; ion. 7-nr[ TF : SBIIflUS SHGOTING 'REPORTED ATM j ED. TART GETS SHOT IN THE HEAD BY PEARSON SPEERS. PARTIES ARE ARRESTED Bullet Taken Out of Tart's Head by Physician Last Sunday,?A Quantity of Brain Matter Came Out. a serious snooting a li ra y took place at Aynor last Saturday evening late in the day. It is stated that Ed. Tart was reported to Ilub Johnson, the j town marshal, as being drunk and disorderly, An attempt to take him was resisted. A little later it appears that Pearson Speers was pressed in by the authorities to assist the marshal in making the arrest. The difilculty in vhieh 1M Tart got the shot from a lire arm in the bands of Pearson Spoors, took pin o while Huh Johnson and Speers were trying to put him under arrest and it is said this occurred somewhat out of the main business section of the town. In the scuffle Pearson Speers got . cut in the arm by a knife in the hands of Tart. His suspender was cut in two as a result of another swipe made at his person, but which fortunately did not penetrate deeper than the elastic in the suspender, {finally Speers shot Tart who had hold of Hub Johnson, the marshall. The ball entered the forehead of , 1 Tart and ranged act A ward and up- j waid, and it was _akm ou by a pin-! ?ieian who was summpi.o I to go to j fart from Conway. It was uncertain whether Tart will live or not. A quantity ol brain carte out at too ugly I hole made by the bullet:. The bullet did v.ot penetrate eeeply in1 > the! brain, hut made a rather gancing blow upward Uiv ugh the front of the I he ad. The marshal! am! Pearson Sneers i "** ?- M- ,? * ! wore arrested by i lie deputy sheriff,) D. C. Johnson j-.ihi were lodged in jail here on Sunday morning. On last Monday it was reported that, while at r.rs* it was not thought j that Ed Tar4 could possibly live, he j later appeared to be getting along much hotter and he was likely to rocovei. , EOKMEft IIORKY 1H)Y DIES BY DROWNING. Clarence Barker Made Misstep Balling Oft the Wharf in City of Gcorgetivo n. (Goovpttown Times) The dead body cf Robert Clarence Parker, aged about twentv-five, was taken 10 Conway on the steamer Burroughs yesterday morning for interment in the soil of his native county. The young man walked overboard from the dock at the foot of Orange i street early Sunday night, and was j drowned. It appears that there was i a young man friend with him, and that this friend mnrln Iinnwnilinn- <-*f_ ? V I forts to render him assistance. Owing to the swiftness of the tide it was impossible to locate the man struggling in the water or to get a line or' a pole to him. Some hours later, with life extinct, his body was found! by Second Assistant Engineer Fielding of the steamship Richmond, who brought it ashore and notified the authorities. The body was removed to the undertaking rooms, of A. M. Farrelly & Co., on Front street, where an inquest was held on Monday morning by Coroner G. R. Mercer and a jury. There was not much evidence to be taken. The facts were few, simple and direct, leading to the conclusing that was reached?that the drowning was accidental, owing to the fact that the young man made a misstep and fell | over boa ixI. There was a slight abrasion on the forehead, but it was doubtless caused by the head striking the string piece of the wharf as the young man went overboard. He was fully clothed at the time and the weight of the clothing must have been a ban- i dicap in his efforts to swim. Mr. Parker was not married and' was the youngest son of the late Mr. | S. A. Parker. He came to George-1 town from Horry County, and for! come time had been employed as a lumber grader on the wharves oof the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation. The interment took place at Conway yesterday afternoon, nixUl fp I* ? t V BUY-A-BALE MOVEMENT Plan Inaugurated in Interest of Horry Farmers. Mr. D. A. Spivey has started the "Buy-a-bale" scheme for Horry by depositing. $50.00 for the purchase of a bale of cotton at 10 cents per pound. Mr. Spivey also states that in order to help the cause he is purchasing all the cotton raised by his tenants at the rate of 10 cents per pound. It will also be noted that Mr. Spivey has placed the Horry Warehouse at the disposal of any and all farmers desiring to store and hold their cot ton for bettor prices. Ho says ho will be found at tho Peoples National Bank where he will take pleasure in giving information and rendering any assistance to such farmers. He believes that the planter should receive at least 10 cents per pound for every bale raised in Horry. And if the planters, the merchants, bankers and business people generally will stand together we will win in the end. Man Found in River. The body of Herchc! Bcacham, a voung man about town, was found in Iconee river at Blaekshear's ferry, a few miles north of Dublin, (la., last Saturday in a badly decomposed condition by a colored woman. All indications point to murder after robbery. Late in the afternoon Ben Rowland was jailed charged with complicity in I?eacham\s death. MEETING POSTPONED Some time ago a call was issued by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and Cbi. E. J. Watson. Commissioner of Agriculture, for a general good roads meeting to be held in Columbia on October 1st, at which time ways and means would be discussed for a campaign to construct bridges and highways throughout the State. I'uforeseen complications have arisen, necessitating the postponement of this movement from the first of October until tho iirat of December. A great deal of interest is being manifested i i this movement, not only b\ the c'tizens of South Carolina but by the American Highway Assoc La ion, who ore in sympathy with the movement, and have volunteered their good offices toward making it a success. Revival Services at Four-Mile School House. Beginning next Sunday night Sept. MStli.a week of revival services will he held. Rev. D. IT. Everett of FloydTale, S. C.r will do the preaching Services will be held every night at 8 p. m. It has not yet been definitely de"ided whether to have day services. That will depend upon local conditions next week. Everybody is cordially in vited to attend these meetings. Death of W. II. Privett. William If. Privett, probably tlio oldest man in the county, died at his residence at Privctt's the first of this week. He was a remarkable man, a philosopher, in his way, and was prominent as a man in his community, lie was able to travel and had the full possession of all of his faculties until a short time before bis death. A full sketch of his life will be published later. EDGE CASE POSTPONED. East Thursday was the time fixed for a hearing before refree W. L. Bryan, in the case of Sarah S. Edge, plaintiff, vs. Jos. B. Edge,and others at law of D. M. Edge, dee'd. As the weather was bad the parties could not get into Conway with their witnesses in time for the hour fixed to begin the hearing and the attorneys engaged in the case agree to postpone the hearing until October 8th, when it will be called again. The case concerns the partition and division of the estate lands of the late I>. M. Edge. Before his death he made deeds to certain children by his first marriage for about equal portions of a tract of land on which he then lived. He reserved life estates in all these parcels.and kept the deeds in his possession after delivering to his children. Later the deed he made to a son, Jos. B. Edge, was transferred to Mary Milligan in consideration of the sum of $123.00. Mary Milligan also had possession of her parcel nu\jf> f?VCV tr? hftv in n enntii<ntrt V . ^ . v*/ *?V I All i? ov pill iltu \ IV Vlii Now it is claimed by the plaintiff, who is the second wife of I). M. Edge, that Mary Milligan was to have traded her parcel back to her father for the Jos. B. Edge parcel, and, the contention is solely over this question. The lands concerned lie a few miles beyond Heaves Ferry on the road to Little River. N - __ _ ____ _ ~ nonr LIVE ITEMS FROM THE GATE CITY ICE CREAM SI PPER GIVEN BY THE Sl'NDAY SCHOOL CLASS ES WAS ENJOYABLE OCCASION. Loi is, S. C., Sept. 21.?One of the most enjoyable occasions the past week at Loris was the ice cream supi per given at the Baptish church by . the Sunday School classes on Friday night. There were several very short j talks made. First there was a prayer by Hon. 1). D. Harrelson. Then Mr. I Kennedy read the 22nd chapter of Matthews. Professor Roberts followi ed by coming to the front and spoke very highly of the various Sunday I School Institutes which are in progress in this State, lie seemed to lay much stress on how most of the students recited in classes for the past few years. He stated that on account of so many classes, who do not devote any time in preparing the lessons, that to recite by answering . questions laid down in the books as ; they had been doing heretofore, was almost entirely a thing of the past, especially in towns and large cities. Hon. D. D. Harrelson, who is one of our best citizens, made a very interesting talk. We are always glad to j hear Mr. Harrelson speak as he is a tine speaker and because he does not seem at loss in expressing himself. Mr. P. S. Cooper of Wilmington spent a dry on business in our town ' last week. i _. .Mr. Clyde Martin of Mullins spent a few days in Lor is last week. Dr. Ik L. Robertson left on the early train last Tuesday morning for his former home in the upper part of the State to spend eight or t( n days with his parents. SherilV .). ('. Butler of Pireway, N. j C., spent a couple of days in Loris j the lirst of last week. He came down : to at lend the burial of Dr. and Mrs. 1 linger Richardson's baby, which took place at the Patterson cemetery last i Tuesday evening near Loris. Mr. Charlie Piatt of* Mullins was in Loris between trains last Thursday. He came over in the interest of die Mullins enterprise. He looked as clever as usual. M'e are always glad to welcome him in our town. The town clerk, Mr. O. E. Todd, Mr. Luther Rhodes and W. N. Gerrald, , Esq., of Loris, went to Conway last j Friday on a legal and business trip, j The town of Loris is planning for an electric light plant in the near fu lure. Loris will make a "Large City" some day. The Loris tobacco market will close I next Thursday. i J. L. Butler of this section was in Conway on business one day recently. DPR MARKET CLOSED ON LAST SATURDAY. I The Tobacco Market Remained Open Several Days Later Than Advertised. It was advertised in our last issue that the Conway Tobacco Market i would close for the season on Friday of last week. Owing to the bad rainy weather the latter part of last week which prevented the tobacco growers from coming to town with their crop, the time for closing was extended until Tuesday of this week. All of the 1 warehouses had large sales up to the closing day. While the prices were ! not so high as at the opening of the market, they were understood to be as high as thev could well be considering the conditions brought about by the European war. Hooth at County Fair. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Conway Methodist Church at their meeting last week decided to ask for a booth at the cominc emmtv ..0 m They will serve lots of good things to cat to the hungry visitors on the Fair grounds. The proceeds will go toward the carpet fund. The Society will hold a call meeting next Monday to arrange for the matter definitely and make all arrangcmnts. Th committee appointed to take charge is as follows: Mosdanics B. T. Hyman, H. li. Wodward, H. W. Ambrose, P. W. Bethca, H. L. Buck, and J. S. Battle. Will I so Silver Plate. It was stated yesterday that the chances for the recovery of Ed. Tart, who was shot at Ay nor a few days ago, are believed to be extremely good. The operation will be completed in a few days by the placing of a siiv'er plate in place of the broken portion of his skull.