The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 18, 1915, Image 1
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VOLUME XXX.
BONSAI RAILROADS
* CHANGE THEIR NAME
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Seaboard Air Line Decided to
To Take Over All New
Lines
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NEW LINE FROM
MULLINS IN IT
- Seaboard Gets New And ShortBp5
er Route From New York
V to Florida.
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Advices from Collin?1 ' \ state that
the Secretary of Stato has allowed
the Carolina, Atlantic and Western
Railway to amend its charter changing
the name to the Seaboard Air Line
Railway. Locally it was learned that
this was a preliminary to the actual
transfer of the property of the Bonsai
system of railroads in this State and
North Carolina, the Seaboard having
decided to take over the property at
a meeting of the directors in Baltimore
several months ago. W. R.
^ Bonsai, president of t.he Carolina, Atlantic
and Western, said that he could
not say when the meeting of the directors
of the two roads at which the
formal transfer will be made would
be held.
Mr. Bonsai is now engaged in pushing
the construction of the Charleston
Southern Railway from Florence to
Savannah, which when it has "oeen
It contemplated some time next fall, will
also be absorbed by the Seaboard, system
and this link will give the Seaboard
a new and shorter route from
New York to Florida.
Among the Bonsai roads comprehended
within this change Is the new
line of railroad leading through Mullins,
thence through Britton's Neck
? across the Poo Dee River to Allison's
Ferry and onward. It was once said
that this particular line would build a
branch across the Little Pee Dee into
Horry County with terminus at Conway,
but so far no move has been
made in this direction.
< F. C. CONFERENCE OF ffl.
E. CHORM CHARLESTON
(Charleston Evening Post).
The South Carolina conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South,
will be opened in the Trinity Methodist
Cchurch of this city on Wednes4
day, December 1, and will probably
* Continue until the following Monday.
The South Carolina conference includes
all that part of South Carolina,
south of a line running approximately
j from the northern limit of Chesterfield
C to the southern limit of Aiken. The
I line of partitition between the upper
iSoiit.h Carolina ronfcrnnnn and t.ho
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South Carolina conference approximates
the line of the sandhills and
passes slightly below Columbia.
Large Gathering.
At least 225 delegates and ministers,
representing the different congregations
in the conference will be
present. The meetings will be presid^
od over by Bishop Collins Denny, of
* Richmond. The first meeting of the
conference will hear an address to the
Historical Society of the conference
by the Rev. A. D. Betts, of
Clio, on Tuesday night, November 50.
Dr. Daniel to Leave.
Dr. J. W. Daniel, who is the presiding
elder of the Charleston district,
will have served his four years, and
will be sent to another district at this
y conference. lie is the only one of the
Charleston Methodist ministers, who
is affected by the four year rule, for
none of the others have occupied his
pastorate for that length of time.
Divided Last Year.
The division in the State conference
came about at Sumter a year ago.
*rhe proposition had been brought up
at the Rock Hill conference fn 1913,
but was not officially decided upon un- i
til last year. Lively discussions at- <
tended the division of the conference 1
into an upper and lower section. The :
two dititiana nbe' separate con- 1
ferencaahq booy j.- S& ti
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DIPPING VAT FOR
TICK ERADICATION
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Are Being Established at Var
ious Places This Week by
Department.
Dipping vats in the campaign for
the eradication of ticks are being put
in now at the following places:
Hardee's Ferry, on the farm of W.
A. Freeman; Keysfield, on the farm
of Hal L. Buck; Bucksport, on the
farm of D. V. Richardson; Near Conway
on the farm of J. A. McDermott;
Haskell Postoffice, on the farm of S.
H. Brown.
Aii of the above will be finished up
and ready for operation in a few days.
Still others are in contemp'ation and
will be put in very soon.
CAUSE AND CURE OF
PELLAGRA FOUND
Washington.?Discovery of the
cause and cure for pellagra is announed
formally by the public health
service. The announcement follows
the recent publication of a report by
Sugeon Ger.eral Joseph Goldbergcr on
year of experiments in coenomtion
with Southern States health officers
demonstrating the correctness of the
theory that a one-sided diet lacking in
proteids would cause the disease and
that a well balanced diet would cure
it.
"The spread of the disease malady,
which has been increasing in the United
States at a terrible rate during the
past few years, may now be checked,
apd eventually eradicated," says the
service statement. "It is estimated
that 75,000 cases of the disease will
have occurred in the United States in
1915 and of this number at least 7,500,
will have died before the end of the
year. In many sections only tubereulocis
and pneumonia exceed it as a
cause of death."
The final dietary tests were made
by Surgeon Goldbergcr and Assistant
Sugeon G. A. Wheeler at the farm of
me Mississippi penitentiary where
half a dozen of eleven convicts were
given pellagra by feeding them for
five months on bountiful meals consist
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ing chiefly of cereals and sweets and
lacking in meats, milk, eggs, beans
and peas. The victims recently par-'
doned by the Governor and are being
restored to health through a corrected
diet.
"Although the occurrence of nervous
symptoms and gastro-intestinal
disturbances was noted early," say
the service statement. "It was not
until September 12 or about five
months after the beginning of the restricted
diet, that the skin symptoms
so characteristic of pellagra began to
develop. The convicts upon whom the
experiment was made were kept under
continuous medical surveilance. No
cases of pellagra developed in camp
excepting those men who were on the
restricted diet. The experimenters
hav therefore drawn the conclusion
that pellagra has been caused in at
least six of eleven volunteers as a re-1
suit of the one-sided diet on^ which
they subsisted.
"On the basis of this discovery the
States of Mississippi, Louisiana and
Florida have laid their propaganda
through their respective board of
health for the eradication of the disease.'
In earlier experiments about 200 patients
has been cured by balanced rations
and at the end of a year there
had been a slight recurrence of the
disease in nnlv nnn inefnnon
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MAN WANTED HERE IS
HELD IN NORT^H CAROLINA
J. R. Williamson, according to a i
wire received here by Sheriff Lewis
last Saturday, was under arrest at and ]
being held in the Columbus County i
jail awaiting the authorities, here. A
warrant had been sworn out some i
time before this charging Mr. Wil- I
liamson with having uttered a worth- i
less check drawn on a bank where he ]
had no funds to meet the same. The 1
sheriff made arrangements to send a ,i
deputy after Williamson the first of 1
the week. Williamson formerly lived i
near Loris, S. C., and owned a tract of
land near there which was sold out j
under a mortgage several months ago: <
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[Governor Studies Piedmont
Textile Strikes Which Has
Given Trouble
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(The State.)
Gov. Manning may ask the next
general assembly to pass "a compulsory
arbitration law in the form of a
.board of conciliation." He is not definitely
committed to the plan, but is
giving it careful consideration. That
such boards is favored by the governer
was made known in a statement issued
last night, dealing with the textile
strikes in the Piedmont section of
the State. The governor in his statement
declared the people "have thee
right to organize if they wish to do
so." t
The statement in full follows:
"From the beginning of the strike
at Brogon mills I have been making
an effort to get the two sides to an
amicable settlement. I have been especially
active along these lines durfnor
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situation is no nearer a settlement
than before. Nevertheless I am not
discouraged, but am still trying to lind
a common ground on which they can
meet.
"At the Judson mills in Greenville
prospects for a settlement are more
favorable.
"In both mills the managing officers
have conceded the right of the em
ployes to organize.
"Thus one of the fundamental sour- ,
ces of disagreement has been removed. ,
"There is one thing which both sides
should understand clearly. No violence
will be tolerated. [
"The sheriffs of Anderson and j '
Greenville counties will be held stern-j
ly to their duty to maintain order. I
do not anticipate that they will force
me to take the preservation of older
out of their hands, but if I am con- j
vinced that either of the sheriffs is not!,
fulfilling his duty, I am prepared to <
act.
"There is right and wrong on both j
sides, and the bitterness is increasing.. (
As good citizens of South Carolina, 1 (
feel that both sides should agree uponJ j
some plan that will termniatc the
trouble. 1
"Arbitration in such disagreements j.
has been universally recoznized as a y
safe basis. The public is everywhere
much inclined to believe that the peo- y
pie who avoid arbitration put themselves
in the wrong.
"The communities in which these ?
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mills are situated and the State of
South Carolina are deeply interested r
in a just settlement being reached, a
Private differences of this sort will not F
long be tolerated by the people of the
State. Some means must be devised p
bring all parties to an amicable t
frame of mind.' g
"At present I am gravely, consider? p
ing recommending to the.legislature a t
;o*nrpulsory- arbitration law in the
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TRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER."
NOVEMBER 18, 1915.
: TO ME!"
idsay in Albany Knickerbocker Press.
ANOTHER LINER
Ijfc REPORTED SUNK
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Unconfirmed Rumor Says Adriatic
Has Been Sent to
the Bottom.
New York, Nov.15,?There was a
report this morning in maritime circles
that the steamship Ariatic had
been sunk, but the report did not state
whether the steamship * was the big
passenger ship of the White Star line
or was the British steamship Adriatic,
which left Kymassi, Greece, on Oct.
ia, ior Philadelphia and passed Tarifa,
Spain, Oct. 19. The latter vessel
should be about in mid4Atlantic today.
The White Star liner Adriatic arrived
in Liverpool on Nov. 11 and was
not scheduled to sail for New York
until Nov. 24.
Officials of the White Star line said
they had no information regarding the
Adriatic other than that she had arrived
safely last Thursday in Liverpool.
They did not credit the report.
David Lindsey, assistant to the passenger
manager of the White Star
line, said that he was positive that the
Adriatic was still at Liverpool.
"The Adriatic was heavily laden
when she left New York," said Mr.
Lindsey, "and it would take at least
three days to unload her and as many
more to load the steamship for her
return voyage to this port. She was
not scheduled to sail for New York
until Nov. 24."
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ine Adriatic was built in 1906 and
L-ost nearly $4,000,000. She has a
gross tonnage of 24,541.
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MANNING COMMENT
ON DEFENSE PLAN
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In response to the following nios-!1
;age to Governor Manning from thcj'
Vew York American:
'Do the people of your state approve ,
)resident Wilson's plans for strength- 1
ming army and navy. Please reply 1
>ur expense," the governor replied asj(
"ollows:
"Your wire. People of South Caro-'
ina have implicit confidence in the!
lonesty, judgment, patriotism and, *
>roaa-min<ied statesmanship of PresI-1
lent Wilson, and so far as I am able;'
o learn, heartily endorse his stand for t
uitional defense." ^
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orm of a board of concilliation. I am ^
lot committed to this proposition, but g
m studying its workings in other
daces.
"All citizens will recognize that our t
eople have the right to organize if s
hey wish to do so. It will also be i
;enerally recognized that the lives and b
property of our people must be pro- a
ected. p
"I will stan4 to both propositions." e
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TO ORGANIZE LIVE
STOCK ASSOCIATION
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Meeting of Farmers Called For
Friday November
19th, 1915.
There will be a meeting at the
Courthouse in Conway, Friday Nov.
19th at 10:110 A. M. for the purpose of
organizing a permanent Live Stock
Association for Horry County.
If you are interested in Live Stock
of any nature you are urged to be; pres
ent at this meeting*.
Dr. Lewis and several other Livt
Stock men will be present and give
talks on different Live Stock and thei.
problems.
We realize that the cattle tick eradication
work will soon begin in this
county and every citizen should offer
ready hands and make this task as
fiilSU 11 c nnccililn X?.. ?l.. 1 '
|/vuoiui^i LI^V diuruii^ l'ljj^nv
we will soon have the ticks eradicated,
and pure bred Live Stock established
all over the county.
He present at this most important
meeting and let's start he year of 191G
in the right direction.
MARION W. WALL,
Farm Dem. Agent, Horry County.
Conway, S. C., Nov. 18th, 1915.
GERMANY WILL NOW GONTROLL
SUPPLIES
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Berlin.?Virtually the entire food
supply of the nation is expected soon
to pass under government control to
insure an equitable distribution of sup
plies at fair prices among the entire
added today to the list of products
whose sale will be regulated by the
State. The Federal council authorized
the chancellor to issue regulations cov
ering trade in them.
The chancellor also was authorized
to establish maximum prices for buckwheat,
millet, marmalades and honey,
vegetables, fruits, and sauerkraut.
These prices apply to producers. Local
authorities in municipalities of more
than ten thousand population are required
to fix maximum prices for retailers.
The authorities in similar
places may take similar action if they
see fit.
Bread, potatoes, pork, milk and butter
already have been sujected to a
maximum price schedule. The consumption
of other meats is regulated
and limited by so-called "meat-less
days."
Sweden Embargoes Butter.
London.?Beginning November 15,
butter was added to the list of articles
whose exportation is forbidden by the
Swedish government, acocrding to a
Reuter dispatch from Stockholm. This
will make the embargo on the export
of food products virtually complete.
GERMANS HAVE
HUGE FORGES ON
London.?The Times correspondent
with the Russian headquarters in a
lispatch points out that despite the
departure of about a score of German
livisions from the Russian front, the
(Hermans still disposes of huge forces
iggregating 800,000 bayonets and 80,)00
sabres.
"With the aid of numerous guns,
numerable maxims and miles upon
niles of barbed wire," the correspondent
adds, "the enemy can hold out in
ho various sectors from which men
\ave been transferred long enough to
>ring them back to face an emerrenev."
The correspondent expresses the
>elicf that the Germans have failed in'
heir determined efforts to gain the i
^vina river line but that they hope
o start next spring on a final con- i
|uest of Russia "showing thereby that ,
hey have lost faith in the mirage of a
eparate peace." 4 i
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J. M. Smart, formerly of this Couny,
but now of Bolton, N. C., spent
ome time recently at his former home
n Bucks btmwtmp. Mr. Smart had
een away for about four or five years 1
tnd was surprised at the great im?rovements
made in this section in
ven that short period of time.
NO. 31.
CIRCUS DAY BROUGHT^
CROWDS TO CONWAY
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?Attendance
at Shows Not in
Proportion to the Crowds
Outside
SPARKS SHOWS ARE
LARGER THAN EVER
Many Visited the Side Shows
And Wild Animal
Exhibit.
Sparks shows visited Conway for
two performances last Thursday. The
occasion brought large crowds to the
city, who kept arriving from an early
hour until late in the day. The streets
were lined with people. When tho
performance in the large tents opened
up it was seen that the number insult*
of the show was out of proportion
with the great number of people visiting
Conway. By far the greater part
of the great crowd of people seemed
to be satisfied with the parade, and
spent no money at the big show. Numbers
took in the side shows going with
the outfit ond quit and that.
k Thr* eircus is now much larger and
better equipped than it was about - 4
twenty years ago when it first began
its annual visits to Conway. Its out-*
side attraction at that time was a baN
loon ascension. Now it is a man who
rides a single wheel blindfolded down
an inclined plane in front of the raai\
tent. Sparks had only a few thousand
invested in the beginning, and now his
outfit is worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars. It has grown very year
until it stands at the head of all the
smaller circus aggregations travelling
the country. The show was clean
throughout and was pronounced better
than ever before.
The most interesting sights were
the feats performed by the trained
animals. The elephants in the bas?
ball game went through with the play
juot ua uuveruseu. rne family of
trained seals went through with
things on the platform which would
seem impossible to teach to beasts.
The performance of the seals was very
wonderful. The acrobats, wire walkers,
tumblers and above all the clowns,
all had something new for the amusement
of the audience. Formerly this
circus had but one ring. This time
there were three rings and something
was going on in each of them during
the entire performance. Among the
most interesting things were the train
ed horses and ponies, and the skilled
riders. Among the ponies is the small
one that performed on the revolving
table when the show was here the last
time before this. This time the pony
showed still better training and made
the table turn much more rapidly han
he did before. This was considered
one of the best acts in the show.
The crowd at the night performance
was about as large as that at the af
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ivi nui/ii ssiiow. i nere were no cards
sharps or pickpockets along with the
crowd, and good order was maintained
throughout the day.
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DENIED BY GERMANY
IN NOTE TO GERARD
Germany, in a note which reached
the State department Monday, denies
flatly testimony alleged to have been
given in English courts that German
officers "prepared false American pass
ports and handed them to agents" and
opesses doubt that such testimony
ever actually was given.
The note is in reply to a letter presented
by Ambassador Gerard on
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?~v ""i mii vvviii^ tuc ukicuuuii ifi me
imperial government to statements
said to have been made by Robert
Rosenthal and George T. Brecknow,
when they were on trial in England'
as spies. It is suggested by Germany
that a false passport found* On Brecknow
probably was issued by one 6f
"certain individuals in occupied territory
and also in neutral countries,"
who have endeavored to make a* trade
of selling such papers at a .good prtta