The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 02, 1919, Image 8
GRAND JURORS MADE
FINAL PRESENTMENT
Names of Parties Speciall:
Presented Not Published for
Obvious Reasons.
GRAND JURY REPORT.
September Term, 1919.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Horry.
To His Honor J. S. Mauldin, Presici
iing- Judge:
The Grand Jury herewith makes t
you a final report for the Septembe
term.
(1) We have passed on all bill
handed to us by the solicitor, an
have returned them to the Court wit!
our findings.
(2) We desire to thank your lion
or for calling attention to the duty o
magistrates in your charge to th
Grand Jury. We have called specia
attention to certain phases of ncglec
of duty by magistrates in our scvera
reports to the Court. We believe tha
in consequence of our report improv
nient in magisti*ates conduct of of
fice in the county is perceptible, an
his honor's charge will greatly aid ii
continuing this improvement.
(3) Our committee on the conduc
of County offices, consisting of J. H
Watson, J. R. Thompson and J. E
Rabon, have made investigation o
the appearances and general conduc
of the several offices of the County
They find and report to us that tb
offices of the county are being wel
conducted, so far as they have beoi
able to ascertain; that the duties o
the several officers are increasinj
with the extraordinary growth of th<
county, during the past four years
that there should be a careful read
justmont of the compensation of som<
of the officers to the increase in th<
work. We make the following recom
mendation.
(a) That the salary of the Sherifl
of the County be increased frorr
$1,000.00 to $1,200.00; that he be al
lowed for an office deputy to keej
his office open at all times not less
than the sum of $600.00 per annum
and that the appropriation for specia!
travelling1 expenses and offico expense
be continued at the present ap.
propriation of $500.00. This recom
mendation is made for the reasor
that the Sheriff's duties are gre&tl)
increasing, and the present Sheriff u
performing- his duties well and thor
oughly, disregarding largely the personal
expense that falls upon him b>
reason of the increase in his work.
(b) We recommend further that
the salary of the Probate Judge ol
Horry County be increased frorr
$400.00 to $600.00.
(4) The Foreman of the Grant
Jury was notified to meet the Comptroller
General at the office of th<
County Auditor on Sept. 10th, for th<
purpose of witnessing a settlemen'
for county taxes and public collec
tions during the fiscal year 1918. Ou
foreman was present, but, as tin
Comptroller General decided to sigi
as a witness no settlement was com
pleted. The reason for the Comp
troller General's not signing as
. witness, appears to be connecte
largely with alleged deficiencies o
bookkeeping in the county* tax depart
meat The form an and the commit
ftfl nn rtf Anlltlfv fror
their investigation in the tax deparl
nient agree that a full account of a
the taxes aiut public funds and a coi
roct statement of expenditures (
such funds is kept by the count
treasurer; that if there be any i:
regularity in either the offices of tl
Auditor or Treasurer they rela
merely to methods of bookkeepinj
that methods of bookkeeping as we
devised, are strictly and complete
under the control of the Comptroll
General's office, and that no fault c*
be found with the tax department
Horry County for default methods
bookkeeping unless a complete sy
tern is proscribed by the Comptroll
General as required by law.
(5) We are informed by the Cou
ty Superintendent of Education, th
he has succeeded in very material
reducing the debt upon the Schc
District funds of the county, whi
debt was reported upon in full to t
legislature under a Joint Reso!uti<
to that body last year. The accum
lation of this debt was cau.-ed 'oy i\
ficient methods of settoment for cou
ty taxes for several years previous
the beginning of the present term
the present Superintendent of Educ
tion. A correction of those meth
or settlement as resulted in vii*tual
clearing up the. old debt, during t
past two years.
' U ^ /\i ioKr i n a
YY c. utivu pi uyiuunjf, w
reports/ called the attention of t
Court arul proper county authoiiti
to the general neglect of many tow
flhip supervisors of properly rcpai
I ing county roads and especially of |
'small bridges throughout the county.
Wc desire to call special attention to
I the very bad repair of many of the
small bridges on the very much t?availed
roads between Conway and Nich
ols, ?specially in Floyds township.
This road passes through Bayboro '
' and Floyds township. We arc inform
ed by the clerk of the County Board
ot Commissioners that funds are now
available for load work,., in Bayboro
township amounting to $1,225.33 ami
in Floyds township amounting to
$5,112.79. These funds are strictly in \
charge of the supervisors of the re:
pectivc towhships, Bayboro, A. Bell,
and Floyds township, W. C. Hooks.
(7) In our May report we called
attention of the Court to the investigation
of the office of County Super- ^
0 intendent of Education and its rccr
omme.ndation that books of the Superintendent
of Education and of the
s County Treasurer be brought into con
d formity and kept so for the future;
h and in that report stated, "It is nec- i
essary that future Grand Juries inves
. tigate to learn whether these rccomf
mendations or other methods, are be0
ing carried out to bring the necessary
1 conformity and agreement." We in^
corporate this statement for the pur{\
pose of further calling the next
t Grand Jury's attention to this matter.
e (8) We arc informed by the County
Superintendent of Education that
tj tlie Compulsory School law is being
n put into effect in this County, so far
in a satisfactory way. Two attondt
ance officers were appointed to begin
; their census work on July 1st. The
I officer for the eastern district of the
f county has about completed his cent
sus and is expecting at an early date
r to hand in his report. The officer for
p the Western section of the County
j was seriously delayed in his work by
^ sickness in his family, and was comf
polled a few weeks ago to resign on
y this account. The new officer in the
p western district has been given an as.
sistant and his work is progressing
satisfactory to the school authorities. j.
^ There are ninety-two school dis3
tricts in the county and the work involved
in the duties of attendance of- ^
ficer is great. The attendance fig- ^
f ures for the school year 1918 is ap- g
proximately eight thousand, and the ^
area of the county is between ten and j,
eleven hundred square miles. Under j
these circumstances we find the Com- ^
pulsory Attendance Act is being
placed in operation in this county in a j
very satisfactory manner. Your hon- ^
or's public reference to this Compul- ?
sory Act in your charge to the Grand Q
Jury will undoubtedly aid greatly in s
the public interest in the proper exc- j
cution of the law. ^
Jtespectfully sumbitted, c
?A. W. Barrett, Foreman. g
(We are requested to leave out the j,
'Special Presentments' in this report. c
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, Citation Notice. r
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1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, |c
County of Horry. j r
2 By J. S. VAUGHT, ESQUIRE, PRO c
2 BATE JUDGE. i
t WHEREAS, Bessie McCaskill made c
- suit to me, to grant her Letters of
r Administration of the Estate of and f
effects of John H. McCaskill. i
n THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite <
- and admonish all and singular the j
- kindred and creditors of the said John <
a H. McCaskill, deceased, that they be i
d and appear, before me, in the Court i
f of Probate, to be held at Conway, S.
> C., on 17th day of October 1919 next,
after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock 1
r\ in the forenoon. to shew cause, if any
t- they have, why the said Administra11
tion .should not be granted,
r- GIVEN under my Hand, this 24th ,
>f day of September Anno Domini, 1919.
,y Published on the 2nd and 9th days
r- of October, 1919, in the Horry Herald.
ie J. S. VAUGHT,
tc ' Probate Judge.
e;
re How It Was.
ly Visitor?Do the revenue officers
er bother you much ?
in Moonshiner?Yes; especially since
of the country went dry; but I've-just
of had to put my foot down and tell them
s- that 1 couldn't spare them a drop; I'm
er just about able to take care of my
regular customers.?Judge.
n
at NOTICE STOCKHOLDERS?HANK
ly OF AYNOR.
.ol
ch Notice is hereby given that a meethe
ing of the Stockholders of the Hank
on of Aynor will be held at its office at
u- Aynor, S. C., on Friday four o'clock
lc P. M., October 1010
n- The purpose of said meeting is to
to d scuss the advisability of increasing
of the Capital Stock of said Bank from
a- an authorized Capital of Ten Thousds
and to Twenty-Five Thousand
ly ($25,000) Dollars. And for such oth
h'1 or business as may be legally
brought before said meeting,
ur (Signed) 1). A. SPIVEY,
he Official, Attest: President,
es R. N. JOHNSON,
n- Cashier,
ir- Aynor, S. C., Sept. 2d, 1919.?adv 4t
THE HOMY MOULD, 001
DIRECT SELLING AS
REMEDY FOR COTTON
This is Urged as Another Good
Remedy to Get Better
Prices
WHY NOT GET RID
OF THE MIDDLEMAN
Let the Farmers Put All the
Money They Can in Their
Own Pockets.
How much difference should there
n Al. ??*- ? 1 1 *
i/c wuwcvn me price mat a farmer
t^ets for his cotton and the price that
the mill pays for the same cotton?
The North Carolina cotton mills
paid about $15,000,000 more for cottion
they used last year than the farmers
received for it. i
Getting- down to a unit basis, the
fanner who grew a bale of cotton
acked $11.50 of getting what it was
vorth to the cotton mill.
,A little of the $11.50 went to the
railroad for hauling the cotton to the
mill. As most of the cotton consumed
by the North Carolina . mills is
frown in North Carolina and near-by
sections of South Carolina and Georgia,
the freight item did not amount
;o a great deal?probably 30 cents a,
vundred, or 30 points on the cotton
nvolved. The average cost of ex hange
on the draft bill was probably
>ne-eighth of 1 pei cent. Including
)ther necessary costs of selling and
lelivery with these items, the total
expense would be about $2.50 to $3 a
>ale in practically all cases.
Profit Disproportionate.
The natural conclusion is that the
armer is getting less for his cotton
han he should have, or that the con;umer
of cotton cloth is paying more
or it than he should pay?maybe
?cth?while the middlemen are mak
A. - & * ' - ' *
ng uut ox proportion to tne so ibices
hey render.
These facts were ascertained by the
Jnited States Department of Agriculure,
and are embodied in a circular.
Suggested improvements in methods
?f selling cotton by farmers." The
olution suggested is direct sales, or
n any event, less indirect than at
>resent. That would probably involve
ooperative selling organizations
imong cotton growers and direct deal
ng by such organizations with the
otton mills. Certain difficulties in
he way of direct selling are pointed
ut and suggestions made as to
neans of overcoming them. Suggestions
apply, to some extent, to the
r.tirc cotton-growing territory, but
nore particularly to sections, like
>astem North Carolina, where cotton
nills are in close proximity to the
otton fields.
The first suggestion is that farmers
grow the kind of cotton the mills
teed. It is pointed out that most lo!al
cotton mills use only one or two
grades and usually only one staple of
cotton, and that it is necessary for
the farmer or some other agency to
furnish what the mill demands.
A compress and ample storage
and shed space at central points in
the main producing areas, it is suggested,
would improve conditions.
Classing Would Show Real Value.
A verv imnortant sinrcpKt.ion is the
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establishment of a disinterested class
ing service that would serve the interests
of both the producer and the
consumer. This would enable the
farmfer to know the value of his product,
and cooperative selling would
better enable him to realize that
value in dollars and cents. >
As to North Carolina, better ginning
facilities are needed. The old
ginneries are not capable of pressing
large or ave rage-<si zed bales to the
density usually obtained in other
States. As a result,- the average
weight of bales in North Carolina is
lew and the mills complain about it.
Less damaged cotton should be
shipped to the mills. Mill owners say
that they have neither the inclination
nor the facilities for conditioning cotton,
and wish to buy only from shippers
whose cotton has already been
put in the best possible condition.
This objection could be met by farmers'
ovornniwnHftn-j
The final suggestion is that fanners
grow better varieties of cotton
There, again, the benefits of organi
zation arc apparent. Many buyers,
knowingly or unknowingly, buy the
better staples without paying a prope
premium for them. The result is
that the farmer is, inclined to step
growing the better variety out ol
which the buyer makes an abrorona1
profit, but for which the grower receives
practically no moijj than foi
ar inferior variety.
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Citation Not'ce.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Horry.
By J. S. VAUGHT, ESQUIRE, PRO
BATE JUDGE.
WHEREAS, M. C. Butler made suit
to me, to grant him Letters of Administration
of the Estate of and Effects
of D. D. Norris.
THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite
and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors of the said D. D.
Norris, deceased, that they be and
appear, before me, in the Court cf
Probate, to be held at Conway, S. C.,
on October 10, 1919, next, after pub
lication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the
forenoon, to shew cause, if any they
have, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
GIVEN under my Hand, this 24th
day of September Annd Domini, 1919.
Published on the 26th of September
and 2nd day of October 1919 in the
Horry Herald.
J. S. VAUGHT,
Probate Judge,
' 1 WILL BE UT MY OTPIOB BV- '
ERY FIRST MONDAY, OCTO- '
EER 6, 1919.
A. WOODRUFF, 6. OPT.;
Eyesight Specialist, i
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1? ) nr. ?.
FENCING OUT THE j
SOU WEEVIL PEST!
1 Clemson College.?The dozen coun- <
> ties within the boll weevil territory
are going to fence out the weevil with <
livestock pasture fencing. To lay plans *1
for a campaign for the building of 1
' more and better fences and thus has-?j
,ton the development of livestock asjl
ARS
OAN
) LEND FOR TERM OF YEAI
tttbl UN hAKMINU LANDS
OUNTS OF $1,000 AND UPV
GE. WILL LEND ON LAND Y(
ro FINANCE PURCHASE OF
ER FOR LAND.TO BE 40 PEI
ULTIVATION.
lond & Mort
WRITE OR CALL TO SEE
/I. A. WRIGHT, ATTORNEY,
IN SPIVEY BUILDING, CONWA
L FOR CAROLINA BOND ANC
COMPANY
4
We wish to announce thai
CLOSE OUT OUR
to make room for new
WE OFFER THE FOLI
1 Dodge?thoroughly over h
1 Maxwell?nearly new?1!
1 Maxwell?1918 model...
1 Ford Touring
1 Ford Touring
1 Dodge
Don't forget us when in nee<
Batteries, Bumpers, Tire co\
etc. We carry the most com
ories in the county.
YOURS FOI
MARION MOTO
Phone 182
DEALERS IN OVERLAND >ne
means of fighting the boll weevil j
\ preliminary meeting was held at i
Fairfax, Friday, September 12. i
The meeting was attended by D. :
W Wtkins, Acting Director of Ex- 1
;<-nsion; F. L. Harkey, Marketing i
fc.gent; V. W. Lewis, Extension Animal
Husbandman; A. B. Bryan, Ag- .
ricultural Editor; H. S. Johnson, A. <
McKeown, and C. A. McFadden,
District Agents; and county agents
Risher, Colleton; Briggs, Bamberg;
Boylston, Barnwell; Robertson, Alendale;
Kyzer, Aiken, Bruce, Jasper; <
Baxter, Beaufort; Schillctter, Dor
jhester; Lightsey, Hampton.
,A thorough discussion was had con
coming the importance of livestock in
Helping farmers turn from all-cotton
farming, the necessity of good
fencing in permanent livestock industry.
and the means of helping farmers
aaangss I
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no at i niAf I
no Ml L.UVV H
IN HORRY . fl
VAROS. NO f I
)U NOW OWN . I
ADDITIONAL I
* CENT. AND '' I
gage Co*. I
Y, S. C. I
I MORTGAGE
?J I
[ we have determined to ' I
USED CARS I
ones now on the way.
LOWING BARGAINS: I
auled?new top.$750.00 I
919 model $800.00 I
$600.00 I
$425.00 I
$375.00 I
$550.00 I
J of Tires, Tubes, Springs, I
/ers, Horns, Bulbs, Tools, I
iplete line of Auto access- I
t SERVICE, I
IR COMPANY I
MARION, S. C. I
- MAXWELL ? DAVIS
get good fencing at once aiAl at roasonable
cost. Arrangements araibc- flfl
ing made to aid farmers in buyVng H
fencing material cooperatively in car
lota at reduced prices. Local banks
and merchants are gladly joining in
this work, which will be a public !>en- H
( faction because it will help the farm
ers win independence of the boll wee- H
vil and thereby bring greater Hj
perity to all. H
W. R. Matton, of the U. S. Forestry
Service, was present and discussed
fence nosts. methoda of
soting, etc., and gave valuable infor- H
mation for use in the fencing campaign.
^
To furnish information a^K>ut fence
posts, fences, pastures, grazing crops,
etc., bulletins will be issued at once
for the campaign by the Experiment H
Station and the Extension Service. H