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I . ' k ?* % VOLUME XXXIV ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL DRY LAW ^Attorney General Preparing Jpinion on Legality of the Ar.t S W ash i n y ton.?Antic i pati ng attacks | on the constitutionality of the war ^time and constittutional prohibition enforcement legislation, Attorney General Palmer will prepare an opinion which will be transmitted to the White House before the bill becomes a- law. Enactynent of the legislation was completed yesterday by congress and the measure probably will be sent to the White House Monday. Unless signed by President Wilson within ten days it automatically would become. law. There appeared to be some doubt j at the White House today whether the measure would come before the President because of the disinclination o f his physician to let him transact any business. Should Mr. Palmer hold the measure unconstitutional it was expected that it would be referred to the President for his veto. Otherwise it might be permitted to become a law without the executive's signature. CLEMENCEAU IS TO i LEAVETHECABINET A Paris.?Premier Georges Ciemen* ceau has declared to a number of deputies that he has made up his fnind to leave the cabinet after the , coming elections. The premier, speaking on the controversy which has arisen ovc?r the government's plan to hold elections for the chamber of deputies in adtance of those for the senate, is quoted as saying he knew fresh onslaughts were being planned against him with the object of bringing on a debate as to the cabinet's general policy. M. Clemenceau said such a debate would be useless and that he would refuse to be. a party to it, adding he would enter into no explanations as to the future policy of the cabinet, which would necessarily go out of office with him. FLYING PATROL mi MCVIOAIJ I ILIC f un mcAiuHii Line Practically Whole Air Force of Army Concentrated There. "Washington?Concentration of prac tically all available army flying personnel in this country at the air stations along the Southern border was announced by the War Department, under "recommendation of the director of the air service." Four surveillance squadrons, five purscgit, two observation and five . bo groups are temporarily asitfrtgned to the Mexican line with sta'tons at Kelly Scott and Ellington fields and intermediate points along the international lino. The trained j personal comprising these groups and the headquarters now being organized at Kelly Field is 860 officers and 3,124 enlisted men. V 0 HAS BIG PICNIC. Friday of this week, October 17th, will be a big day for Aynor. Chief among the attractions is a big picnic. T?r>v V W. Hook, nrcsiding Elder <,f Marion Pisrtiet and other speakers will across the people of that section on live, subjects of great interest to Aynor people just now. The business men of Aynor, as weii as t.hc general public of that section of the county, aro behind this great occc den and will make it productive of remits in the upbuilding of Aynor. 4 i ^.-I ?te t NEEDS A DEPUTY AND MORE PAY The business in the office of Sheriff of Horry County has greatly increased durincr the last several vp?r?: and this increase has been to such an extent that one man cannot keep up with it and stay in the office. Sheriff Lewis is one of the hardest worked men in Horry County, and the reason that there is more for him to do than one man ought to be required to do. The interest of the people requires I that the sheriff should be in his office a great deal of the time in order to attend to business that the people might have there from day to day. But how is the sheriff to stay in his office when the business of seiving process keeps him "on the go" all of his time? It would be best for the public if the Legislature would provide for the pay of a good deputy ' sheriff, a man upon whom the sheriff could depend to go anywhere in his place and make arrests or serve papers. The present pay of the Horry Coun ty sheriff is entirely inadequate for the work there is to do, let alone the extra pay of a deputy sheriff. NEW MOVE C0MES~ IN PROHIBITION "Washington.?Another move to end war time prohibition was made today in the house of representatives. At the same timo word went out from the White House that Attorney General Palmer would render an opinion on the constitutionality of recently I enacted prohibition enforcement leg isiauon before it was placed before President Wilson for action. The move in the house was made by Representative John W. Rainey, Dom ocrat, Illinois, and took the form of a resolution which would declare it the sense of congress that the conditions necessary to the termination of the war time prohibition act now existing. Passage of this resolution, it j was said, would give the president authority to annul the law by declaring demobilization of the army completed. The resolution wc?nt over under the rules and there was no indication when it might be brought up. I /Decision of White House officials t.) have the attorney general pass on the bill covering both war time and con- j stitutional enforcement, enactment of which was completed yesterday by congress, was in anticipation of attacks on its cnnstitutionalit.t, based principally upon the right of congress to define intoxicating beverages. Since the war time prohibition act went into effect, brewers have been manufacturing 2.75 per cent, beer a-nd actions begun by the government to have the sale of such beer declared illegal have resulted in appeals which now are pending in the supreme court. If the war time enforcement legislation goes into effect?and it will automatically become a aw within ten days after it is sent to tre Whito House linlesQ vnfrwvl Iw I i -?the sale of 2.75 per cent, beer would I be illegal. As a consequence government agencies which could be charged with the enforcement of the law are prepariny to wage an active campaign against violators. o Get legal blanks at the Herald office. STATE FOOTS LIST IN NUMBER DEATHS South Carolina foots the list with regard to the number of deaths from diptheria per 100,000 population for the first six months of 1919, according to statistics received by Dr. James A. Hayne, state health officer. In this state reports sent in show that during the first six months of iyiy eignt deatns occurred rrom this disease, which is at the rate of .97 per J 00,000 of population. In Mississippi for the same length of time the number of deaths have been 114 from diptheria, which is a rate of 3.4 per 100,000 population. $ mx CONWAY, S. C, THURSDAY OUR COUNTY JAIL IS WELL MANAGED State Board of Charities and Corrections Makes Report of Visit to Jail. The State Board of Charities and Corrections recently sent a representative to examine the Horry County Jail, and the following report is the result, showing up well for the present good management of the county jail: Mr. W. J. Johnson, jailor. Visited Sept. i3, 1919, by Assistant Secretary, Broyles. Prisoners, 4 negro males, 2 negro females serving sentences, and 1 white boy, a Federal prisoner serving a sentence. The score earned by Hie Horry jail has increased this year, due to repairs to the plastering in the building and to the roof. Last summer the plastering was in very bad condition, chiefly caused by the leak. We commend the Commissioners for looking after their plant in these items. The Horry jail is a well managed institution, the jailor being careful to keep the place clean and sanitary. The building offers rather poor facilities for classification of prisoners, but the jailor uses such facilities as he has intelligently. The chief need is for iron wall bunks or cots in the cells. Canvas hammocks have been used formerly but most of them have been torn tc pieces or have been worn out. We dc not recommend the purchase of additional hammocks, because the> curve in such a manner as to compel me prisoner using them to lie flat on his back which is not the best way ol sleeping. Probably the best type o1 bed for this plant would be heav> i iron cots, double decked to increase the capacity of the cells. They would cost less than the iron wall bunk When such cots are gotten, pud* should be provided for mattresses and the pads covered with heavy canvas j slips which can be removed and wash | ed when soiled. In addition to be ing easily cleaned these canvas covers will more than pay for themselves in the saving on wear on the pads themselves. We repeat our recommendation of last year that a good sink bo installed in the kitchen. STATE HOARD OK CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS, G. Croft Williams, Secretary. MARION WILL NOT PAY HER PART The County Commissioners of Malion County held a meeting on October 7th, and decided that they would nnt ? 1?" ??vv VUUV1 iuuic viu;ij Bliai'C VI UIU!-Ililll towards the erection of a concrete and steel bridge, across the Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry between the two counties; but decided that owing- to a lack of appropriations by the Legislature, Marion County would have to be content with the wooden bridge which was decided upon last Spring, and the work will go ahead towards the erection of a wooden draw bridge at Galivants Ferry. It is explained that Horry County since the wooden bridge was decided upon last spring, changed opinions about materials, and offered to bear one-half of the expense of a bridge to be erected of steel and concrete; and the Board here communicated with the Marion Board of Commissioners to try to get them to change their plans also; but according to last reports from Marion County some days ago, there is no chance to change the plans from wood to steel. - ?o? Henry Buck was in Conway on legal business last Tuesday. o FOR TAKING NETTING. Joss Holden was arrested recently by constable H. N. Sessions, under a warrant sworn out by D. C. Johnson charging the theft of a lot of netting worth about the sum of $165.00. The defendant alleges that he claimed a partnership interest in this material. 8 ?f r, OCTOBER 16, 1919. CASES FIXED FOR TRIAL NEXT WEEK Court of Common Pleas to Convene Here Next Monday, October 20th The Conway bar called a meeting I luf ? ? ' i .?..v mm mug av mo onioc ot Hon. R. B. Scarborough and arranged the following roster of cases for trial in the order as stated: Motnday. Melson vs. Conway Lumber Company. Moid ton vs. Conw ay Lumber Company. Rollinson vs. Conway Lumber Company. Holliday vs. Jordan. Olia Porter vs. G. J. Holliday. Harrelson vs. Dawsey. Tuesday. J. T. Mishoe vs. Trexlcr Lumber , Company. Barnhill vs. Bamhill. Ward vs. Palmetto Grocery Company. I Stanley vs. Thompson. I Connor vs. Singleton. McKcnzie vs. Stanley. Wednesday. , Ca-iro Milling Company vs. A. T. i Collins Co. Core v . Kailihan. I Lewis G. I., vs. Lewis, W. R. > Fowler vs. Woodward. , Alexander vs. Montgomery Lumber ? Company. ? Allsbrook Bros. vs. Edge. Allen vs. McNair. Thursday. 1 W. L. Mi shoe vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co * Stackhouse vs. Floyd. Ford vs. Williams. ^ Bullard vs. Mills. ' Benton vs. Fowler. ' Rosco Thompson vs. W. P. Smith. ' Powell Supply Co. vs. McKenzic*. Buckley Bros., vs W. R. Lewis. 5 Buckley Bros. vs. Conway Coca' Cola Bottling- Co. 13. M. Mishoe vs. Y. M. Martin. 1 J. Albert Hardee vs. Avant. Allen vs. Gasque. Smith vs. Rabon. > R. E. L. Graham vs. A. E. S. Grain1 ger, et al. Rena Bailey vs. D. C. Duncan, et al, ' John Powell vs. Laura Powell, et a! Friday. Equity matters. o T. L. Hooks, of Nichols, was in Con way one day this week on business. 'AMERICAN SUGAR IN FOREIGN HANDS Senators Sav That Bici Stocks Have Been Sent Abroad. Washington.?The sugar shortage i was disvussed again today in the Senate. Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, said he had been informed that the entire Hawaiian sugar crop of about 600,000 tons, has been purchased by Japanese interests and thus taken away from American markets. Senator Sherman, Republican,, Illinois, declared that 27,000,000 pounds of sugar originally purchased by the government for the use of the* army was to be sold abroad, while Senator Pomerene, Democrat, Ohio, read a let ter from tho sugar equalization board explaining that under an agreement with foreign governments Cuban sugar was being brought to the United States to be. reiineii uefui't: slup ped abroad. I "? Navy Has Big Stock. Norfolk. Va.?Because of the sugar famine here local authorities today urgently requested Secretary of the Navy Daniels to authorize the immediate release for nublic use of unit of tho million pounds of su^ar report od stored at the Hampton Roads naval base. Officials here are hopeful of securing at least 100,000 pounds of the navy's vast stock. raid. 9 ? REPORT ON HORRY i COUNTY CHAINSANG Mr. J. IT. Chestnut, foreman. Vis I ited September 5th, 1919, by Assistant Secretary, Broyles. Camp locatI eel about three miles from Conway. I Fifteen negro convicts present, of J whom 5 were trusties. ! The score of the Horry chaingong I has increased this year IDG points, I due to many improvements in manage ment. The absence ot white men from the gang, raises the score, because last year the whites and in -j groes were not properly separate.! | while at work as is definitely requir-j led by the State law. Most of the in-1 I crease arises, however, from caie oil the camp by the new foreman, ana 1 1 we commend him heaitily for his elforts along this line. It is very in Icouraging to find such spleiulid cooperation for our efforts as we reIceive in Horry. We desire to commend especially the careful disposal of sewerage. I This camp is the first one in South I Carolina to earn a perfect score under this subhead of our score sheet. Mr. Chestnut has had a deep pit dug, and into this pit the night buckets are emptied daily. The waste is immediately covered with earth, and once I each week, the pit is filled with brush or trash, oil is added, and the hole is burned out completely thus destroyI ino* iinu ?? ? 0 j -viuj 5^11110 mat niiiy IIU'K there. Consequently there are no flies around the camp. The mules are kept at a considerable distance from camp, thus again lessening the fly trouble. A pump is, put down for drinking water at each camp site. We recommend that the Commissioners have the bunks repaired as needed in the cage, and that some ad-, ditional cotton pads be bought the betiding having run low. The camp also needs a new stove, and we suggest the purchase of a new one of the same type now used. We recommend that the foreman give each new prisoner clean blankets for his bunk when he is committed which can usuaiiy oo done by requiring each released prisoner to wash his bedding thoroughly before allowing him to leave camp. This will fur nish a few clean ones on hand most of the time, to be given to newly committed men. Although the cook keeps the kitchen slop bucket inside the SPi'ornofl pn o'<> if oVinnl/l l... f f V. v , IV ttllMUUl UU IYVTJ.ll. YI^IIVly covered over, to prevent it attracting flies to the kitchen car. 1 STATE HOARD OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS, G. Croft Williams. Secretary. BANKS CAN LEND MOREON COTTON The pasage by congress this week of a bill permitting national banks to lend 25 per cent of their capital and surplus to one customer on warehouse receipts for cotton stored in warehouses under either state or federal control is regarded as a great victory of the American Cotton association by officers of the latter. Incidentally, it is claimed by officials of the association that the first suggestion of this change in the banking laws came in the adoption of a resolution by the South Carolina Cotton association early last spring. Later the fight was taken up by the American Cotton association. o HAS NO ELECTION. The general election ordered by the 1 r.MMlOTlSYY* CnnU, *..1? VJVf vi IIVI \71 uv/n til \jai U1 UUl IU I place in each of the counties of the 6th District for member of congress, did not come ^ff nrcordinir to schedule. Several Conway citizens who wanted to do their duty and vote for the nominee of the Democratic Forty, Philip H. Stoll, of Kingstree, failed . to find any place in Conway last Tuesday at which the means had been provided to take their ballot-;. Whose fault it is that the election precincts were not provided with the necessary managers and boxes and , tickets, the Herald is unable to say; , but it is certain that it was somebody's neglect. i NO." 26^ FARMERS ORGANIZING FOR COTTON HOLDING American Cotton Association Removing the Wool Fmm _ _ WI Will Farmers' Eyes OUR S. C. ASSOCIATION OFFERS OPPORTUNITY Appeal is Made to All the Farmers to Come Within the Fold. Columbia, Oct. L4.?"The movement to organize* the cotton growers of the South is on in full blast," said B. F. McLcotl, state manager of he South Carolina Cotton Association today in an appeal to those people in South Carolina who have not yet joined the association to do so. "The American Cotton Association is removing the glue from they eyes of every farmer in the bolt and today they are organizing, organizing for something that they have been denied for more than half a centurv?for ? 1 ? y * vt M xuii auu just price for cotton, the most difficult and most expensive product grown from American soil. They are organizing for their very freedom. They are organizing for prosperity and happiness, something practically unknown to many of them. They arc? going about it in a- broad and co^opeiative manner, willingly, gladly and enthusiastically. They are being ; given the fullest help by bankers, newspapers, merchants and professional men. "Messages daily arc pouring into the offices of the American cotton as sociation telling of the organization of county after county. The movement is swooping the belt like a- burn ing sage field. We hope soon to be able to report every county in South Carolina thoroughly organized. "No doubt the realization on the part of the gamblers in the cotton future markets, spinners, spot merchants and foreigners that the farmer is waking up, coming into his own, has been responsible for the more aggressive demand for the spot article and the subsequent rise in the* price of cotton of nearly three cents a pound in about that many days. Cotton merchants from all sections of the belt report the heaviest demand for cotton in years for this season of the year. Why ? Because they realize that the world faces an unprecedented shortage in cotton and goods and that unless they hurry it will all be gone. "Let me urge the farmers to command their price or refuse to soil. The one such way to dictate the price for your cotton is to organize. The South Carolina Cotton Association, division of the American Cotton As sociation, offers you your opportune ity." o AEROPLANES TO COME. Effort is being made to have some aeroplanes in Columbia during the week of the state fair, and it is likely that some planes will be brought 10 Columbia from Charleston. Should the machines come to the fair they will take part in the night attack which will be staged by opposing "armies'1 from Camp Jackson, Thursday night at the fair grounds. Four tanks, four field pieces and all other weapons used in the recent great war in Europe will be brought into play. This is to be one of the big, spectacular events of the week. *c 1 _ - Pi- ll ?? * ivionutiy aiu'rnoon, uie opening aay of the fair, the soldiers will have an athletic meet at the fair grounds., In this there will be 24 events, some of which will be Roman riding, one rider mounted on four horses abreast. An Indian race of onefourth mile schedule as well as a one mile race for officers from the :amp. The camp authorities are working industriously to make the soldier events varied and attractive.