The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 18, 1919, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIvT
IMPORTANT MEETING
s uci n at i noi?
rl IILLU HI LVIIig
SVTfegarding the Building of
v County Highway From Sea*
board Westward
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
I V FOR FOUR TOWNSHIPS
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People of That Section Will
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Insist Upon Sharing of
I ' 4 Funds.
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v'n ocpienioer loin, r.uy, at o:ov
>} o'c.'ock 1*. \1. at the Farmers Brick
W arehouse, Boris, S. C., an important
meeting- was called to order by
tempoary Chairman W. A. Prince,
who stated that the object of the
meeting- was in pursuance of a Notice
i/> published in the two County papers,
and motions were now in order for a
resolutions and business. Mr. Prince
of Boris. S. C., was made permanent
j Chairman and Nicholas F. Nixon of
Cherry Grove Beach, S. C., was invited
to act as Secretary and made
^permanent Secretary.
The Chairman stated that the object
of the meeting was to consider
certain Petitions which were being
circulated and would be later presented
to the Horry County Highway
Commission for their adoptiop and
I endorsement for the construction of a
i^jCownty Highway for the Eastern
mail' of Horry County Leading out
) irom the Atlantic Sea Board to Little
River and across the Waccamaw
Jiver at some suitable point on to
Loris and Nichols, S. C.
The motion was in order to have
!an expression of opinion from the
members of the meeting. The Rev.
j Mr. Mullinix stated that in his opinion
this was a step in the right di*
roction and one that all good citizens
might hail with pride. There was no
doubt as to the needs of the people
as to a Highway on this side of the
County and a Bridge across the Waccamaw
River to the Sea Board.
It was then proposed by one member
f the meeting that we ask the
County for $100,000 for this purpose
out of the Bond and Federal Aid
Road Funds, while another asked the
Chairman if any estimate had been
made as to what amount of funds
would be due to Little River, Simp'
son Creek, Green Sea and Floyds
Township upon a pro-rata basis? It
[ was then suggested that this matter
be looke^ into by a committee of two
citizens from each of the above named
Townships. The Chairman then
made motion to nominate two citizens
from Township above mentioned
and this was done by acclamation
j .with no dissenting voices.
The arrival of Col. D. A. Spivey
and perhaps Congressman Elect E. J.
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jsnerwood on tne anemoon train ir?m
Conway, to take part in the meeting,
and the consequent holding wait for
them prevented the attendance of
several very important advocates of
The Atlantic-Little River-Loris and
Nichols Highway who were compelled
to leave Loris on the afternoon train,
with many regrets, just before the ,
" meetings
The Ajuty of the Committee app&pted
from the four Townships
through which the Atlantic-Little
River-Loris and Nichols High- (
way is proposed to be laid out and
built, is to cooperate with the supervisors
of these Townships. To ascertain
the amount due to these four
Townships for Road Constluction
fvij^i all ources, Township, County
and Federal; To give the minutes and
resolutions of this meeting the widest
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publicity; To lay me resolutions ui
this meeting before the County!
Board of Commissioners and before j|
the Horry County Highway Com
mission, *hd to intercede with them j
for a fair and' just distribution of the
Publ Funds for Road and Bridge j.
Construction in Horry County, as J (
early as possible; and to report their
findings back to the Chairman of
this meeting, who will call a second
meeting of the Public, together with
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PEARLIE CASQUE
TAKEN TO JAIL
Serious Charge Brought
Against Fanner by Zander
Cannon of Horry.
Pcarlie Gasque, a farmer of the
Cool Spring1 section of this county,
was lodged in jail the first of this
week on a sei ious charge of housebreaking
and attempted criminal assault.
The warrant was sworn out
by Zander Cannon another farmer of
that same neighborhood.
It is alleged that the offense was
committed on Sunday night after
most of the neighbors had gatherc I
for services at the church which is
nearby. While the charge brought i
by the prosecutor is serious in its
terms, yet there are statements coming
from strong friends of the defendant
which indicate that there
may be extenuating circumstances in
the case.
this committee at some future time
and place, to be later announced;
Then and there, to consider further
any steps that may be necessary
to the furtherance of the end to
which this meeting is in session, i
One member of the mootinc ?u? -
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gested that the equity of the Bridge
over the upper Waccamaw was beyond
question, as Col. D. A. Spivey
had long ago placed among our statutes
a law for the erection of this
Bridge, which, but for the running
short of funds would have been built
in years ago. Now the County is
in financial position to fulfill this
promise and can not justly deny it.
The following resolutions were
placed in order and adopted: That,
whereas the moneys from the County
Road Bonds and Federal Aid Road
Acts, are now available t'and being
spent in the construction of Roads j
and Bridges in Horry County and
whereas the routes mapped out by
the County authorities empowered to
U.cate and pass upon such road
routes are not just and equitable lo
a large proportion of the citizens of
the County who bear their portion of
the burden of such Road and Bridge
Construction, and, whereas, in our
opinion, we are being taxed without
one representation or consideration:
Be it resolved; That we enter our pro
test against such unjust treatment
and dcscrimination against that portion
of our County bordering the
North Carolina line and comprising at
least one-third of said County, and
demand, that there be a Highway
/> Ifiwl nff in fVln Pnufnnn
w 1miv? vii iii vih; uudii:i II [JWI tiv/ll
of Horry County leading* from th.>
Atlantic Coast to Little River, and
across the Waccamaw River at some
suitable point, and on to Loris and
Nichols, S. C. Thereby forming a
link in what may be some day merged
into "The Atlantic-Horry-Char
lotte and Western National Highway."
The Committee appointed at this
meeting consists of Moore Thomp- <
son, J. Sid Bellamy and Nicholas F.
Nixon for Little River Township, W.
P. Butler, D. K. McDuffie and J. C.
Sarvis for Simpson Creek Township,
Joseph O. Blanton, Pearl Watson and i
G. M. Fowler for Green Sea, W.
Chess Hooks, Albert Gerrald and
Marshal Ford for Floyds Township.
A motion was then adopted thai
the Secretary send the minutes of
this meeting to the papers for publication
and serve due notice of the
same upon any absent members of
the above Committee. The meeting
was then adjourned to await action
of the above Committee.
o DECIDED
NEXT TUESDAY.
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The contest over the election between
E. J. Sherwood and P. H. Stoll
was not decided Tuesday in Columbia,
and this was on account of the i
fact that the Dillon vote had not
been sent in. The matter has been
postponed until next Tuesday, when
the State Executive Committee wi'l
decide the contest. 1
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Soaring prices for food and clothing*
as well as house rent show n >
diminution in Japan.
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CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY^
VOTE FOR CONGRESS " I
RRINGS OP PROTESTS
One Side Says Soldier Vote 5
Counted Twice at Horry
Precincts
BOTH SIDES CONTESTING I
ON GRAVE IRREGULARITIES
State Executive Committeemen t
in Columbia Tuesday and
Will Decide Matters.
The official count of the votes cast
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in the second primary for E. J. Sher- ^
wood and P. H. Stoll, rival candidates
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foi the congressional seat from the
Oth district, showed E. J. Sherwood ^
as being twenty-three votes ahead of ^
the Williamsburg candidate. This
part of the matter came out as news
last week after the committees had
met in all of the eight counties and ^
declared the results.
After that it became known that ^
each side in the controversy had
proof, or at least information which y
might lead to proof, of grave irregu- ^
larities carried on the conduct of the
election, not only in the counties of
Horry and Williamsburg, the home
counties of the rival candidates, but ^
in the counties of Georgetown and
Dillon.
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In Horry, it was charged by Stoll
that at several precincts, the soldiers
votes were opened and counted by thq i
managers of the polls and added in to
the result as reported to the county 1
executive committee. These soldier *
votes of course were not intended to !
be opened and counted until they got 1
into the hands of the committee, but ?
some managers did not understand
this it was charged. Now when the ^
soldier votes reached the committee it
was but natural to open the soldier 1
votes and count them, adding these to
the result already reported by the ^
managers. This, however, is not
charged as any fraud in the election
but only a mistake brought about by a
lack of knowledge on the part of the 1
managers as to the proper way to
handle the soldier vote. \
Another claim made by the Stoll
forces was that in Dillon County the
vote at one poll casting 212 votes was
not sent* in to the committee within
the time provided by the loiles of the
Democratic Party; that the votes from
this poll did not get in until Thursday J
night after the committee had met,
and that the committee had no rfght s
to meet again cn Friday and count in i
these votes. Again it appeared that no v
fraud was charged in the matter, but 0
only the irrregularity of taking these 1
votes in after the time allowed by the ]]
rules.
In the mean time it appeared that >
grave irregularities had taken place k
regarding the vote in Georgetown s
county, especially at Andrews where b
the people were in. favor of Mr. Stoll
In Georgetown county people voted
on the suggestion of fence law at the J
same time that they voted on the
selection of a congressman. They had f
no tickets such as. those provided by
law on which to vote, and they used
{it the Andrews poll, and perhaps other
places, scraps of paper on which 0
they wrote names of the candidates q
for congressman with lead pencils. a
This was not charged as fraud hut it b
was a grave irregularity contrary to s
*he strict rules of the party. it
Both sides in the contest took im- fi
mediate steps to protect the election a
on all grounds menioned. In the
mean time it is uncertain as to what c
disposition the State Democratic Com- a
mittee will make of these questions fj
when it meets in Columbia Tuesday of s
this week to go over the election re- tl
tu' ns . They may decide these mat- o
tors at once, or may delay for days. i
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Declaring that pro-Germanism h
had again lifted its head in this coun- c;
try, President Wilson said in an ad- u
tl less, "that every element of chaos" s
was hoping there would be "no steady- ^
ing hand' placed on the world's af-|v
fairs. |a
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SEPTEMBER 18, 1019.
.AWLESSNESS NOW
EXISTS IN BOSTON
Since Police Struck Citizens
Must Protect Own Lives
and Property
.OOTING SHOE STORES
FAVORITE DIVERSION
)f Crowds Who Seem More on
Mischief Bent?Much Stuff
Removed.
Boston, Sept. 10.- -Lawlessness was
ampant in Boston today. Without
dequate police protection, private
itizens were left to their own resoures
to protect their lives and propery.
Since the polire strudk
here has been no organized police
tower able to cope with the situation
hat last night approached anarchy
ind today appeared to grow more
erious.
Crowds began to gather in the
lowntown district about midnight.
[*hey were generally good natured,
>ut bent on mislhief. Shoe stores were
he chief attraction and it was a comnon
sight to see a man or boy seated
?n the curb trying on new acquisiions.
Misfits were used as missies to
>reak more windows. A sailor in ?
treet crowd carried a full dressed
tore dummy. Without leaving the
(treat he took off his uniform ar.d
lonned the "civies" even to the collar
md tie. Some one sold him an ex>ensiye
velour hat for 35 cents and he
lepajitd with his uniform under his
irm. Reports that sailors were promnent
in the disturbances brought
irmed guards from the navy yard.
It was estimated that at least 300
tore windows were looted and more
ban $200,000 worth of merchandise
cmoved. The large ctores were projected
by forces of armed employees
md similar precautions had been
aken by the banks.
Firemen. answered fifty false
ilarms during the night, but no arests
were made.
fOUNG LIFE ENDED
BY SAD ACCIDENT
There was a sad accident at Mr. J.
. Nealy's saw mill on Sept. 10th.
The butt saw broke loose from the
haft with mighty force and found
ts way into the body of the little son
if Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Floyd, cutting
ff his right hand, right shoulder and
ight side of his head, causing almost
us tan t death.
Varley Floyd was about eleven
cars old and was smart, loving and
:ind, and his death brought grief and
orrow to his father and mathor.
irothcr, sister, friend, and neighbors.
ack of gasoline
;auses inconvenience
Tuesday of last week was the end
f another gasoline famine in Conway,
'he gasoline had been out for nearly
week so that the owners of automoiles
were but to great inconvenience
ome of them going to extra expense
^ order to get small quanties of the
uel, and others having to do without
ny at all.
By the day above stated a tank car
ame in for Standard Oil Company
nd their tanks near the Town were
died from it. All of the supply
tations in the Town were filled and
lie gasoine was very rapidly disposed
1. It appears that this inconvenience
> not caused entirely by congestion
? freights on the railroads. It is a
ard matter to tell just what does
ause this touble. The general public
ndcrstands that they should be
applied at all times with plenty of
asolene, and they would like to know
;hy it is that constantly it runs out
,nd there is no supply.
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PRICE KILLS MAN
IN SELF DEFENSE
Henry Flowers Shot in the
Breast by Prominent Farmer
Last Saurday
News came to Conway last Satu
day evening that Henry Flowers had
been shot and mortally wounded b\
George S. Price, u prominent farmer
Oi Galivants Ferry township. There
had been some disagreement on the
part of Flowers concerning the raising
of a crop on shares on the place
of Mr. Price. On one ocsasiou Flowers
tried to creep up behind Fr ee and
strike him with a club. On Saturday
morning George S. Price was hunting
squirrels, when without warning
Flowers opened fire on him with a
pistol firing twice but missing each
time. Prise ran through the woods
and Flowers ran after him, and as he
was closely pressing Price, the latter
turned and shot him in the breast.
Later?Tt was at first reported
through the country that Henry
Flowers had been killed by the shot;
but later accounts from reliable
sources are to the effect that Flowers
is living and it is not expected now
that he will die. ,
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STOCK LAW TICKETS.
It is understood: that friends of Mr.
Sherwood in Georgetown have protested
Carvers Bay No. 1 precinct
and the vote in the town of Andrews,
it being alleged that all votes for
vi'iigreMK at me carvers Kay precinct
were votes on stock law tickets, no
other tickets being available, and
that a number of non-residents were
voted in the town of Andrews, in
both the stock law and the congressional
race.
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PACIFIC FLEET
Seattle, Wash.?President Wilson's
launch was in a collision with anothboat
in the harbor this afternoon.
He was uninjured.
In the launch, in addition to the
president were Mrs Wilson, Secretary
and Mis. Daniels, secret sei*vico men,
secretaries, and newspaper men.
As the launch shoved off from the
dock, it heeled over till the port rail
was nearly under water. Starting
ahead then, the craft ran bow on into
another launch giving the party a severe
jar. The president sat serene
in the craft and smiled.
After the accident President Wilson
boarded the famous battleship
Oregon in Elliott Bay and standing
with Secretary of the Navy Daniels
^\nd Admiral Rodman, commander of
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I in*.: liiciiie ilei't, reveiwing the great
j lines r.f sea warriors assembled here.
I Today marked the first time that the
president of the United States had
flown his flag in Seattle harbor.
contested votes
in second primary
The executive committees in the
counties of the 6th District met at all
the county seats on Tuesday of last
week to tabulate the votes cast in
the second primary for Edwin J. Sherwood
of Horry? and Philip H. Stoll of
Kings tree.
Questions were raised in Horry by
Mr. Stoll as to the count of the votes
cast and he hfw'. representatives at the
meeting of the committee here to demand
an actual count. On the other
hand Mr. Sherwood was advised to
1 watch the result as declared in
"Williamsburg, and a prominent attorney
of Florence, S. C., went over
to Kingstree on Tuesday of last week
to contest the election at that place.
He represented Mr. Sherwood.
At last accounts no definite results
had been declared as coming
from these contests.
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Sunlight in the poultry house is
a good disinfectant; but don't rely on
sunlight alone.
WO. 22.
WILL FLU RETURN
IMPORTANT QUESTION
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I United States Public Health
Service Issues Reliable
Statement
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'PROBABLY MAY COME
MO MEANS CERTAIN
; Boards of Health arid City Officials
Generally Should Be
Prepared if it Does.
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\ Probably, but by no means certainjly,
there will be a recurrence of the
I influenza epidemic this year.
Indications are, that, should it oscur,
it will not be as severe as the
epidemic of the previous winter.
City officials, state and city boards
of health, should be prepared in the
event of a recurrence.
The fact that a previous attack
tunas immunity in a certain percentI
age of cases should allay fear on the
part of those afflicted in the previous
epidemic.
Influenza is spread by direct and
indirect contact.
It is not yet certain that the germ
has been isolated, or discovered, and
as a confidence there is yet no positive
preventive, except the enforcement
of rigid rules of sanitation
and the avoidance of personal
* contact.
A close relation between the influenza
pandemic and the constant1
Iv increasing pneumonia mortality
' rate prior to the Fall of 1918 is recognized.
It is now believed that the diseasePas
pretty widely disseminated
throughout the country before it was
recognized in its epidemic state. This
failure to recognize the early cases
appear to have largely been due to
the fact that every interest was then
centered on the war.
STATE AND COUNTY
POWERS CONFUSING
Judge Ernest Moore, in Columbia
has issued an order requiring Col. A.
K. Sanders, superintendent of the
State penitentiary, to show cause why
county supervisors should not get convices
for county road work from the
State penitentiary. The case is brought
| iv? the name of Sumpter County by
I L. D. Jennings, county attorney.
It has been the custom of county
supervisors to make requistion on the
penitentiary for convicts sentenced in
county chain gang work, which is optional
with the county whether they
take them. Some supervisors work the
convicts for a while and then reconihit
them to the State penitentiary.
| Superintendent Sanders says that
.'this mode of procedure is working
| havoc with the work of the penitentiary.
At no time does he know how
1 many convicts he will have, on hand to
labor on the farms owned by the State,
penitentiary. A fluctuating prison pop
i illation, he says, will prevent him
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?vcui?vfiy now many a civs to
plant; and how many tons of fertilizer
ho can purchase, because he can not
tell if he will have hands enough to
vork the acreage planted, without hiring
extra labor from the outside. He
has put. ? to this method of handling
convicts.
The case from Sumpter is in the nature
of a test of the superintendent's
powers.
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BOY BADLY HURT.
A hoy by the name of Barley
Floyd, while working at a sawmill in
Simpson Creek Township, on Tuesday
of last week was caught in the
machinery and terribly mangled, so
hat at last accounts there was but
'ittle hopes of his recovery from his
:nju rics.
lie is about 14 years of age.