The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 10, 1916, Image 1
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VOLUME XXX.
? SPEECH OF RAGSDALE
RECENTLY DELIVERED
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Favoring the Passage of Measures
in Behalf of Rural
Improvements
IS FOR PREPAREDNESS
TO REASONABLE DEGREE
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Also Thinks That Farmers of,
the South Should Have
Consideration.
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Gongrbssman J. VV. Ragsdale of
. \ 1'lorenco recently delivered a short
vSP^ech in the national House of Repy
rcsentativcs on the question of pre-'
paredness and other matters. It is of
interest to the people of this section.
This speech follows:
"Mr. Chairman, when I find the
proponents of preparedness here opposing
everything that goes to the
protection of the people in the rural
communities I am very much indeed
V interested. I am interested in everything
that they say and print in the!
Record. 1 am also interested in some
of the things that they do not say. j
w jicti the custinquished gentleman
torn Ohio (Mr. Longworth) made his,
remarks as to his interest in the pro-,
tection of that which the farmer raises,
I am sure it was merely a slip of
^ his mind that he forgot to state that'
h.e was also in favor of the same degree
of protection for that which Che
farmer buys; and that as a matter of
fact, he knows that very little of the
protection that he would put upon the
country would be real protection to
the farmer, and that the system of
protection which he purposes would
Sx;ld enormously to the burden of the.
farmer's cost of living.
"Since I have been a member of,
this House I do r.ot think I have ever,
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cast a ballot against a reasonable de;groe
of expenditures or any expenditure
for the Army and Navy, and, in
(( or.YBLon with others here, I feel that ,
'the time hrs now come in the history',
w- of this country when a reasonable!
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s preparedness ought to be brought'
?tv:ut in order that this country may',
maintain the position wh;ch it is en- (
'tiikvri *o occupy in international af- ,
fair:,. I do not care how it is neces- ,
:sary to raise the money, if we get the;
results for the people to which thcyi,
aro entitled. My own belief is that, if I ,
it is necessary, we ought to sell the
bends that arc now in the Treasury .
a'iCcl issue a new set of bonus in order ,
' to protect the people at home and in
order to protect this country against ,
other nations. {
"Hut, Mr. Chairman, whenever we ,
take up a discussion in favor of good
roads, some gentlemen say there Is .
A '-'pork'* in it. If we discuss anything
that increases transportation facilities,
either by way of good roads or
by river and harbor bills, some gentlemen
say there is "pork" in it. If an' ,
?*?ort is made here 0!* the part of this'
hjoreimment to giv< governmental a*?i
to rural credit, some gentlemen call it ,
paternalism, but if it is for an appro
* priation that goes anywhere except ]
in rural communities, then the man
who proposes it i? a wise and patriotic
statesman, and it is a good form ]
of government which carries it out.
u "I want to say to the gentleman
from Massachusetts and others along <
'the eastern coast who have been opposing
this legislation, that the people
of the South realize that practical
Iy every one of the munition factories
is located between Norfolk and
Maine. We realize that the population
and wealth of this country are to
be found there. We realize that below
Norfolk there will be no attack;
on this country in all probability by
v.iy foreign power. We learn also
4 from the experts of the Army and
Navy that we do not need anything
to protect the portion of the country
south of Virginia. Rut coming here
from tho South, with our loyalty to
this Government unquestioned, the
people of the South want stand behind
this government and occupy a
place in it, and we ask but a small
share of appropriations. We are coming
here asking in this bill that we be
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COMPENSATION ACT
NOW INTRODUCED
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Senator Buck of Horry Introduces
the Bill in State
Senate.
The workmen's compensati m bill,
an administration measure in-reduced
in the senate by Senator Buck and in
the house by Messrs. Mills and .Johnstone,
provides among other things
that the measure of damages in case
cf personal injury is based upon the
weekly earning capacity of the employe.
No arbitrary amount is fixed,
the damage being a percentage of
the weekly wages with a minimum of
.$8 and a maximum of ? 10 a week.
The length of time over which these
payments run depends on the nature
cf the injury.
The bill, which.is a .SO page document,
also carries a provision for a
settlemnet in a lump sum and for the
payment of compensation to widows
and orphans.
Inasmuch as damages will be given
on the basis of earning capactity
it is thought that the common objection,
that damages should not be fixed
arbitrarily for aii peopie, wiii be
overcome.
Provision is also made for employers
carrying employers' liability insurance,
tlie insurance companies being
requitted to be licensed by the insurance
department under the supervision
of the insurance commissioner.
Employes of interstate common
carriers are exempted from the provisions
of the bill as they are protected
under the federal statute.
ATLANTA GIRLS
NOW WEAR SILK
Atlanta, Feb. 3.?Atlanta girls ol
all classes are wearing nearly seventy
live pel* cent more silk hosiery as
compared to cotton than they did a
few weeks ago.
Not only do the daughters of the
rich and well to do wear silk at all
times but nearly every shop girl and
working girl, caen on small salary,
has a few pairs of silk stockings to
rlress up in, while some of them wear
nilk stockings all the time even if they
:ant scrape up money enough to half
sole their shoes and build up their
i anclown heels.
The change has been partly brought
about, it is said, by changing standards
of living, and partly too by the
fact that silk hosiery is not, comparatively
speaking, as costly as it once
was.
Then also comes the explanation
that nrevailinjy stvlos ?? rmr*,l
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[leal more of the damsel's ankles and
sometimes more than the ankles than
they used to show, and it is but natural
to want to make them look as attractive
as possible.
10 years ago, except wh<?n the wind
was blowing, it was impossible to tell
whether a girl bad on silk or cotton
or none at all, but now the most modDst
dame scarcely ever walks along
the street without showing a narrow
strip of something between the bottom
of her skirt and the top of her
boot.
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An inventory has been taken of the
bankrupt stock of J. E. Prince at Loris,
the proprietor having recently
made an assignment for the benefit
of his creditors.
rr!\rr?i"? cm'ill nl^OQlit'n nT tt\ot tr?
' w v. 1 i UVIIIV mill* i i V. VI nutl vv
which we are entitled; and every gentleman
here knows that for the past
half a century the South has been
taxed far beyond what she has received
from this Government. Under
these conditions, Mr. Chairman, I
hope that this House will enact some
kind of a good roads bill at this session.
I am ready to vote for it. I do
r.ot say this is the best bill that could
be passed, but I say almost any bill
that gives us better roads, almost any
bill that gives us a better rural credit
system, almost any bill that lightens
the burdens carried because of bad
roads and high rates of interest paid
by the farmers will better the conditions
under which the farmers of this
country are now forced ' t6 live/
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HORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE
CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY
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Among the Cases Disposed of
in the Federal Court in
Columbia Recently.
Among the cases disposed of in the
Federal court in Columbia recently,
Was that of A. A. Waddell, administrator
of Madge Neva Waddell, de-'
ceased, against the Atlantic Coast'
Line, in which damages in the sum of j
$iuu,000 was asked, for the death of
a child, aged 18 months, on the Coast
Line tracks, near Causey, a station
13 miles east of Mullins. The mother
of the child, it will be remembered,'
boarded the train at Causey to go
to Mullins, and it is thought the child
followed her to the station and in
some mysterious manner got on the
track and was killed instantly by the
train. In the meantime the mother
went to Mullins to do shopping
and it is said she knew nothing of the
accident by the train on which she
was a passenger until her return
home that night. The verdict of the
jury was rendered in favor of the rail
road.
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Strawberry Growers* Union Meet.
At a meeting of the Conway Strawberry
Growers' Union, Saturday Feb.;
5, Mr. It. O. Hanson was elected
Grader and Clerk for the Union without
any opposition.
At this meeting the Union decided
to stop the car at Adrian and pick up
berries at that point. There were 27
(berry growers joined this Union from
Adrian.
There were about 111 acres reported
for this Union and nearly all grow
era were present.
There was considerable interest
shown at the meeting and enthusiasm
ran high at times.
W. J. WALLER, Sec.
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SUN WAS EGLIPSED
FOR HOURS THURSDAY
A total iM'liosn of thn Kim *M<-il.1o
here as a partial eclipse only, occurred
last Thursday. The eclipse begun
at 1:25 p. m. and continued until past
six o'clock. The maximum obscuration
of the sun amounted to somewhat
less than four tenths, and smoked
glasses were necessary to observe
even the slightest interference of the |
suns function by the passing of the
, moon across its shining face. Another
I eclipse of the sun visible hero will
^ take place July 20th.
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Horry has succeeded in making
' some improvement in her roads during
the last several years.
FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER
ST, FEBRUARY 10, 1916.
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SHOES SIQLEN OFF THE i
FEET OF NEGRO PARSON
Also Held Up and Robbed of
All His Pocket
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Fayettville, N. C., Fob. 2.?A colored
parson; waiting for a train at the
Atlantic Coast Line station here, was
robbed of the shoes from his feet and
later held up at the point of a gun
and relieved of a considerable sum of
money.
It came about in this manner: The
narson wont, tn ilrniinihind vv*l-?ilo w?
clining on one of the seals. Ho slept
soundly. So soundly, indeed that he
never woke when a negro unlaced his
shoes, pulled them from his feet and
walked out of the station. In a few
minutes the whistle of the approaching
train sounded and the parson
awoke?barefooted.
Instead of catching the train to
serve his congregation, he set oil' in a
mad dash across a vacant lot in
search of the fellow who had robbed
him. Luck was with the parson for
once and he caught the robber with
the shoes dangling on his arm. But
wait.
When that negro whirled around
and shoved a big gun into the parson's
face, he is said to have dropped
like a rock.
"Out wid ycr kale, nigger," yelled
the hold-up man, and the parson shell
ed out every single, solitary cent he
had. Then he said:
"Please, mista, gimme back my
shoes," and the negro gave them
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NEGRO SWEEPER
TAKES A FORD
George Manigault, a negro helper
round town, and employed at the timet
as a sweeper and other handy workabout
the Bank of Horry Building1,
slipped off the Ford runabout of Hon. |
Mai \j. Buck one day last week, after
a ruse which he put into operation to
get the car out of the garage. He also,
managed to purloin for the occasion a (
nice new hat that the Senator had recent!
v hoiirrht nivl it ics '
v V * IU iM?iu i t ril, Lilt* ,
bank. He was arrested and tried on
both charges and was fined in the
sum of $-10.00. \
The difficulties in which the Plant-,
ers Bank of Aynor was recently in- j
volvcd wore never straightened cut
; and it was recently placed in the
hands of receivers, the assets not
amounting to much more than two'
1 thousand dollars, and all of this wis
' on paper. |
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I BRITAIN DEMANDS
| RETURN OF APPAM
Diplomatic Controversy With
United States Expected
to Ensue.
Washington, Fob. 4.?Sir Cecil
Spring-Rico, the British ambassador,
today presented a formal demand on
behalf of his government for the i*cturn
to British owners the liner Appam
taken by a German prize crew.
A new diplomatic controversy with
Groat Britain is foreshadowed as the
United States practically has, decided
to hold the prize as Germany's
EVIDENCE IS GIVEN
Dr. Van Dvke Tells of British Interruption
of American Commerce.
Washington, Feb. f>.?Dr. Henry
Van Dyke, United States minister to
tho Netherlands today gave Secretary,
Lansing and Counsellor Folk of the
state department valuable information
with reference to British interference
with American commerce.
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mo department in its forthcoming|
note to England and .other belligerents
on contraband.
Minister Van Dyke came to Wash-!
ington armed with first hand facts as!
to trade conditions in neutral countries.
The information he gave tiie
state department is expected to be;
useful in rebuttting the British argument
that increased imports into Holland
are evidence that the real destination
of much of the goods held up
was Germany's. His return renewed
speculation as to peace proposals.
In connection to the peace talk a1
new significance was seen in the return
of Ambassador Morgenthau who
is now enroute from Turkey, and the
visit of Col. House who is expected
back in Washington in two weeks after
a tour of European capitals. Pres-!
ident Wilson is expected to learn
from these envoys the real situation |
in Europe and thus armed, it was
pointed out today, he will t*>e able to!
make peace overtures when he feels
the proper time has come.
NEGROES MIXED IIP
IN GENERAL FIGHT
Colored people became mixed up in (
a general fight at one of their halls
on the hill last week and a number of
them were arrested and held for trial
in the town court. About the sum of;
one hundred dollars was realized inj
fines imposed by the town court. The,
row took place on the occasion of a
reception which had been given by
George Manigault.
Relief to Flood Sufferers.
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 4.?Relief,
work in the flooded southeastern Ar j
kansas lowlands was fast being sys-J
tematized today under the direction
of committees which established head
quarters in this city and Pine Bluff.
Kxpeditior.s with supplies of food and
clothing left Pine Bluff early today,
for points where refugees have congregated
and plans were being perfected
for the establishment of central
refuge camps outside the overflowed
area. A number of small boats
to be used in rescuing persons marooned
in isolated sections also are
being hurried to the flooded district
from Pine Bluff.
A dispatch from hake Village, in
Chicot county, in the extreme southeastern
corner of Arkansas, stated
that two-thirds of that county was inundated
and the water was spreading|
toward Past and West Carroll parishes,
Louisiana.
More than 1.000 flood refugees are
reported concentrated at Douglas ami
appeals for boats, food and feed for
live stork have been received.
Train sani*vir,r? r?r? tPo \lAn?fni?
railroad between Little Rock and St.
Louis was restored last night, although
trains are being widely de[
toured. Telegraph and telephone coin
i munlcatipn with the greater part of
the flooded area remains in good'
| shape.
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MANY SALES MADE
ON LAST MONDAY
Quantity of Heal Estate Changes
Hands at Court House
Door
TOWN CROWDED WITH
SALES DAY VISITORS
Prices Realized Did Not Run
Very High on the
Property.
A considerable amount of real estate
changed hands at the Court
House last Monday, it being salesday.
All the sales wore made by the Sheriff
under foreclosure proceedings.
There was an unusual large crowd of
people present, but the lands did not
uiiMK very nigh prices. The sales
were as follows:
Tract No. 1, 2, 2, 4, and 5, of the
,1. R. Harrison estate lands were sold
to \Y. A. Freeman representing the
Banks at a total of $282.00; while
tract No. <> of that estate having the
dwelling house on it and containing
199 acres went to ,). T. Proctor, Jr.,
for $850.00.
Twenty-five acres known as the
Picket place in Floyds Township, was
sold to J. M. Harrelson for $100.00.
Another tract of 40 acres in the same
township went to A. B. Butfkin for
$100.00.
One tract of 40 acres at Stevens
Cross Roads was bid in by the holder
ftf n imim'I TCI.. T n
... ...wi int. u. i . v-uuper.
One tract in Little Kivor Township
ordered sold in the case of S. G. John
son vs. R. D. Bellamy, went to H. H.
Woodward, Attorney, for $45.00.
In the case of P. C. Prince vs. C. M.
Reaves, six town lots lying near the
Prince Hotel were purchased by H. H.
Woodward, Attorney, for a total of
$700.00.
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Safety Pin.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Altman, of
Galivants Ferry, have the sympathy
of many friends in the misfortune
that befell their only child, an eightmonth
old infant. The little one got
hold of a safety pin Tuesday morning
and swallowed it. Mrs. Altman and
sister carried the baby to McLeod's
Infirmary on the evening train, where
it will be operated on.?Mull ins Entcrprise.
HAYISORO ITEMS.
News scarce.
The farmers are busy preparing
for another crop.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Durant have recently
moved to Boardman, N. C.,
where they will make their home.
Mr. W. H. Bell was in Conway last
week on business.
Mr. J. C. Roberts has accepted a
position with Mr. A. Bell.
Mr. A. Bell spent a short while in
Conway Monday.
Messrs. U. D. Phipps, A. Bell and
J. W. Gcrrald attended tho Pee Dee
Union at Aynor last Friday. Also
quite a tew trom here attended on
Saturday.
On January 9th, 1910, at the residence
of Mr. A. Hell, iNfr. W. C. Suggs
of Nichols, S. C., and Miss Sallie
Hooks, of Bavboro, were happily married,
Mr. A. Bell performing the ceremony.
Miss Hattie Smith, who attended
the Hanson-Sturtevant wedding near
Conway last week returned last Sunday.
Mr. I) .T. Alford of Allsbrook, S. C.
has recently moved here.
Mr. J. A. Hamilton has accented a
position with Mr. A. Hell again this
year to run his Grist mill.
Our School is still progressing nicely
under the efficient management <*f
Miss ITattie E. Smith.
Mr. Farmer don't forget to plant
plenty of wheat and oats this year,
it's getting late for wheat but you
can grow oats yet.
With best wishes I will close.
H. S.