The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 01, 1920, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIV
OUR CENSUS TAKERS
WORK ON TOMORROW
IT In Every Township in Horry
I County Enumerators Will
* Be Busy
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LISTS OF QUESTIONS
ASKED OF EVERYBODY
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^ xietp uui tne janumeraxor dv
Being .Ready With the Facts
and Figures.
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The / w^rk of taking the United
States XJensus will begin tomorrow,
^January 2nd. There are some people
who do not seem to understand
the great importance of taking the
census, and some of them will, no
doubt, he slow in giving the enumerator
the information he is required
by law to obtain. 't is the duty of
every family in the whole county to
aid the enumerators in every way
possible by giving them prompt answers
to the questions he must ask,
and thus aid in furnishing our Government
the information that they
need for the record.
Enumerators have been appointed
In all of the Districts. W. A. Prince
of Loris, has Simpson Creek Township
to attend to and he has sent to
the Herald a printed leaflet showing
fl list of questions that he will have
f A nolr ??ll ?O r.n o nvwl n onA.Inl 1 I
ww mv? uii pvi m/iin a>i<i a nputitt1 lir>l>
t>f important questions that will be
* baked of all farmers. Thinking that
Jr * * may be of benefit to everybody to
know what these questions are in adVance
so that hey may get the neccs
aary figures up and have them
ready, the Herald here publishes
these questions.
Important ' Questions Asked of all
Persons
1. Age at last birthday.
2. Each person ten years of age and
over will be asked whether he is able
to read or write.
8. Each person will be asked his
birthplace as as well as the birthplace
of father and mother.
4 If foreogn born the date of coming
to the United States will ho asked,
and, if naturlized, the date of becoming
a citizen; also mother tongue
or native language.
5. Each head of a family will be
asked whether his home is owned by
.Jhim or rented. If owned, whether
tJie home is mortgaged or free of
6. Each person will be asked his oc-eupation
and whether he is an emfrioyut
or employee or is working bn
bis own account.
Important Questions Asked of
Farmers.
1. Each occupant of a farm will be 1
asked how many years, if any, he
worked on a farm'* for wages; how
many years, if any, he was a tenant?
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and how many years, if any, he farmed
as an owner.
2. Whether he (a) owns, or (b)
tents, or (c) partly owns and partly
rents his farm, or whether (d) he op- 1
erates the farm for others as a man- t
ager or superintendent. t
3. How many acres in his farm?
Number of improved acres? Num- ci
ber of unimproved acres and number s
of acres of woodland? t
k 4^ Total value of farm ? Total val- 1
jkuc of buildings ? Value of implements r
U and machinery on farm ? s
r 5. Whether farm is mortgaged? If \
fio, the amount of martgage? e
6. Expenses for feed, fertilizer, and y
labor in the year 1919?
7. Several questions concerning ar- r
tificial drainage of his farm. u
6. Number of cows, horses, sheep ti
^chickens, and other domestic animals Ji
en the farm January 1, 1920? t<
0. Quantity and acreage of all p
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i^iuwii uii me iarm in JV1V, in- t\
<dudirg 'Fruits and vegetabcs? a*
10. Quantity of milk and butter c<
sold off the fai*m during the year it
1910^ in
11. Acreage of timber land on farm t\
find va^ue of forest products.
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F. E. I<00 was here last week. ol
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SCHEDULE OF BOLL
WEEVIL CONFERENCES
Meetings to be Held in ThirtyThree
Counties in January
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Clemson College.?According to
announcements made recently the
Extension Service will conduct in Jan
uary a series of County Conferences
on the boll weevil situation and a safe
farming program for South Carolina
jn .the,presence of .the weevil. Thirtyfour
of these conferences will .be Jifild
in Lhirt.V.tHron /?Aimfinu TKn
?r/ V#??W WMUVIVO, & IIU VVIUCI ence
for Horry County will be .hold
at Conway on January 9th.
ERECTlilFliLDINGS
BEGINS WITHOUT DELAY
A meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the Horry Industrial School
was held at Conway on Tuesday, December
30th.
Various matters were before the
Board for consideration. The Board
authorized its Secretary to advise
the people of Aynor that it is ready
to accept the offer of the site which
the people of that Community propose
to convey to the School, and
also the $1^540.00 promised.
A committee was appointed to
procure plans and estimates for the
buildings. It is proposed to begin
the erection of school buildings at
Aynor as early as possible, and it is
hoped to have them ready for occupancy
by the 15th of September,
1920.
In the meantime the School will be
conducted as usual at Horry. A resolution
was adopted by the Board
recommending to the Annual Conference
the reconveyance of the prop
erty at Horry to the Horry Industrial
High School Corporation as
soon as the present school shall have
been removed to Aynor.
PRESIDENTANNOUNCES
RETURN OF RAILWAYSj
Lines Will Be Restored to
Private Ownership
March 1
EXPRESS COMPANIES
CHANGE SAME TIME
Reversal Not Effective at End
of Calendar Year, Account
Failure of Legislation.
.Washington. ? President Wilson
las issued proclamations returning
he railroads and express companies
o private control March 1. 1
Failure of congress to enact remelial
legislation was given as the rea- (
on for extending by two months the
ime oricinallv annnnnp/wi
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inquishing government control of the
ail road properties. In his mooage
to congress last May, President
Vilson said the roads would be turnd
back at the end of the calendar
ear.
"No agreement having yet been
eaehed by congress," Secretary Turn- I
lty said in announcing the proclama- i
on, "it becomes necessary in the pub- j
c interest to allow a reasonable time \
> elapse between the issuing of the j
roclamation and the date of ifs ac- i
lally taking effect. The president is <=
rlvised that the railroads and expres . e
>mpanies are not organized to make
possible for them to ww-oivn <?? 1 *
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mnage their properties if actually p
irned over to them on December 31/ i;
The Ksch-Oummins bill designed to f
cot conditions incirlent td the returni g
* the roads now is in conference. n
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OONWAY, S 0./THURSDAY,
NEGRO GETS SHOT
IN LORIS TROUBLE
Shot by John Rogers, Magis- I
trate's Constable on
Christmas Eve
ALEXANDER CRAWFORD I
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL |
Father of Negro Was Threat- 1
ening Prosecution at Last
Accounts.
Trouble in Loris lust Wednesday
late on Christmas Eve, resulted in the ;
serious wounding of a Negro, Alexander
Crawford, by a pistol shot 1
fired at him by John Rogers, a mag- 1
istrate's constable. Few of the de- 1
tails of the trouble leading to the i
shooting could be obtained, but it was
said that the constable was in Loris
waiting for the late train to arrest
another negro who was supposed to
arrive on it.
The negro who was shot, from
what can be learned, did not interfere
with the officer about arresting r
.the other negro; but the shooting proceeded
from another cause.
Crawford was badly wounded,
bad that his father left on the early
train next day for the hospital. At
last accounts the negro's father was
threatening to bring a prosecution
for the shooting of his son. The
wound was said to be of such a sei
I rious nature that it may lead to the
I death of the negro.
The authorities of the Town of
Lor is took hold of the matter and
took the pistol away from the constable.
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It is stated that had liquor had
something to do with the difficulty.
HOME MADE WlSKEY
ATTRACTS CUSTOMERS;
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New York.?Four men were arrest
ed in a raid by federal agents on <1 (
Brooklyn liquor store which was de- j
elnrcd to be doing a rushing holiday ,1
business in home made whiskey. Five j1
barrels of alcohol were seized and a {
quantity of the whiskey which, ac- ' ^
cording to the agents, was manufac-, *
tured out of raw alcohol, brown su- ,c
gar and water. i;
The place was crowded with cus- c
tomers when the raid was made who 0
were purchasing the liquor in bottles c
and demijohns at pricees ranging from \
$75 to $100 a gallon. Federal ofTic.. *
ials said the cost of the "whiskey" to r
the manufacturers did not exceed $6
a gallon. Information in regard to v
the place was received by the depart- I3
ment in a letter from a little school *
girl who said that her father was 11
constantly intoxicated and sick as a , ?
result of drinking liquor bought at c
the store.
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Your stationery will cost you more a
during: 1920 than it did before. The ?
Herald's prices on any of this will
compare favorably with any prices ^
you can get elsewhere. | ^
TRAINSOFWHISKEY |S
LEAVING LOUISVILLE !
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Louisville. ? Shipment of 30,000 el
barrels, probably the largest consign- w
nent of whiskey in the United States p,
or export belore constitutional pro- 0l
libition becomes effective on January
.6, 1920, began with the movement of
in initial train load, according to a ' ar
statement issued lw 1
miuviiiiiik illll'l " I fir
sts. . I th
One Pittsburgh and three Loui v lU* ;
inns are named as important partici- ^
ants in the shipments. The whiskey to
s valued at $7,000,000 and is dcs' ined
or the port of Philadelphia and wi'l ' sc
?o forward daily in solid train lot? aT
tHii the movement is completed. tk
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JANUARY 1, 1920.
WIFE OF DYSON
OURNED TO DEATH
Rufus Dyson Suffering From
Severe Burn on His
Body
EXPLOSION OF CAN
SUPPOSED KEROSENE
Ufsed in Making a Fire Burn
in the Hoiqe Christmas
Morning.
Mrs. Effje Dyson, wife of Rufus
Dyson, is dead, and Rufus Dyson
himself is suffering from a serious
bum as a result of an explosion of 'X
can which was supposed to have contained
kerosene but which it wa*
afterwards learned contained a mixture
of gasoline with the kerosene.
This occurred at Aynor at the home
of the Dysons on Christmas morning
after Mr. Dyson had made a fire out
of wood that was slow to burn. He
came in with a five gallon can of the
nurture, thinking that it was kerosene,
took his little child away from
the fire place and proceeded to build
up the fire with the can. There was
a terrific explosion and Mrs. Dyson
received the main force of the explosion
and was burned to death.
Dyson himself received a very severe
burn on the leg from which he
is still suffering. The child was uninjured,
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J. A. Bryant was here from Loris
op businses one day last week.
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HERALD RATES.
In accordance with an announcement
that we published several
4;mes early in December the subcription
price of this paper is now
the sum Qf $2.00 per year, We have
exnlnfViio iv -
-m ?aa\y V4 VII in I lid III LUC |)I ICC?
to numbrs in person. We have shown
them the lot of newspaper that we
heave on hand sufficient to print the
Herald for one year or more and
some of this lot of paper cost us less
than the present price. It was this
that enabled us to offer the Herald
to all those who would come in before
January 1st and pay $1.50, the
Did price. We could afford to do that
because we had this lot of paper on
land at old prices. Many hundreds of j
subscribers came in and took ad- '
vantage of the old price that we
>ffered, and we are now compelled to
tnforce the increase that we advertisd
and we cannot send the Herald
o anybody from now on for less than
2.00, unless, of course, the price of i
naterials should go down.
One plan we could have followed
/as to have reduced the paper as
ublished as to either the quality or 1
he size of it, or both, and then we <
right have gone on at the old price ?
f $1.50. We could not take that i
ourse because it is against our prin- 1
iples, which compel us to print the 1
ery best County paper that we can 1
nd keep it up to the standard that It i1
as had for numbers of years past. 1
he advertising rates in the paper t
'ill be higher this year than it was |
st year, and this increase in the ad- <
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ertising rate is due to the same *
luse as the increase in the subscrip- t
on price. We can only say to ad- 1
ertisers that tne Herald has one of 1
le best lists that has ever been used *
y advertisers in this, or any other r
iction of this country. They are all
ana fide paid in. advance subscrib- I
\s, who take the paper because they o
ant to read it nd not because some d
jblisher has sent it to them wheth- t
- they want it or not and regardless f
' their wishes. 0
The Herald thanks evevy customer f
id subscriber or advertiser for ev- u
y transaction of business during e
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iu oici year that is gone. Every
ember of the force that gets ont
lis paper we are sure will endeavor
' the very uttermost to publish a c
>od paper during 1920, give promp' a
irvice in advertising and job wo'b, a
id endeavor to get results whenever 1 c
ie columns of tho paper are used. d
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TRY TO PURCHASE
ARMS IN EUROPE
Reported Number of IVIexican3
Arrive for That Purpose
Paris.?A number of Mexicans have
recently arrived in Europe and arc
reported to have attempted to pue(>htlSO
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to information received here.
Whether they are connected with th"
recent shipment of five carloads., of
machine gains and accessories sent
from Cassel to Amsterdam which
Marshal Foch reported were cousign
ed to Mexico is as yet undetei mined.
The Mexicans, who are reported to
represent the Carranza government,
came to Europe by different routes
having previously agreed upon a
meeting place which is understood to
have been a city in France. It is now
reported they are in the interior of
Germany.
crusMoTwhiskey
containing poison
Movement Is Due to. Wave
of Death and Blindness
TWO STATES SHOWING
DEATH LIST OF OVER 30
It is Thought Many More Unreported
Cases Exist Over
the Country.
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| New York.?Federal agents, health
authorities and police in many cities
in thf East were stirred to action tcday
against traffic in ''whiskey''
niad$ from wood alcohol, following
the wave of death and blindness from
this cause in Massachusetts arid Connecticut.
The death list from Christwas
"cheer" in these States totaled
more than 80. Officials declared it
probable that unreported cases by the
score exist from coast to coast. A
general warning has been issued here j
by agencies co-operating in the fight,
telling the public of the danger lurking
in anything that passes for whiskey
in saloons.
Arrests were expected in New
York in connection with the deaths
in Chicopce Falls and Holyoke,
Mass., and Hartford, Conn., the three
towns hardest hit by the poison drunk
as liquor. Four men are under under
arrest in Hartford charged with \
murder. The police allege that they |
nought 12 barrels of the fluid in the
Bronx for $12,000, which they took J
o Hartford by motor truck, where
tvatcr was added. Then it was sold,
iccording to the police, in other
'ities.
A scientific fight against all pois-'
mous substitutes for liquor has been i,
started in New York. In addition to
he crusade nomine*
..^uikiiv n m;il dlt'UIIUl, 1 J 1'. J
^oyal S. Copeland, commissioner of j
lealth, has announced that the depart1
nent will analyze the many home- j (
nade drinks. j
Some of thn cuVkctifufA.. f
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coy made according to recipes widely ,
idvertised contain fusel oil and other .
langerous ingredients, according \o .
he commissioner. A determined of- (
ort also is being made to find out if
ny methyl alcohol is being' diverted ]
torn paint shops or other industrial ]
so and resold for beverage purpos*.
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Chicaeo Crusade.
Chicago.?County and city ofTi- ! 1
ials here joined hands for a crusade '
gainst selling as a beverage wood 1
lcohol, which, since July 1, has kill-: i
d approximately 3.r? men. Four to-11
ay were in hospitals unconscious [ i
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DEMAND FOR MATERIAL
GREATLY INCREASES
More Than the Supply Cart
Possibly Take Care of
Here
LARGE BRICK KILN
DEPLETED LAST WEEK
All Bricks Gone in Day and
Half After Kiln Opened
For Sale.
| The demand for building; materials
in this County is constantly increasing.
This is proved by the fact that
all of the bricks that can be produced
j by Mr. H. P. Little, who owns a
large brick factory near the corporate
limits, are sold at a rapid rate.
The plant last week finished the burn
ing of a kiln containing 100,000 bricks
and all of these were sold at the kiln
ly Mr. Little and the bricks were
moved by the purchasers* some in
small lots and others in larger quantities;
but all of the bricks in this
kiln were, gone by twelve o'clock the
next day after the kiln was opened.
We have heard of several orders
for 100,000 lots of bricks that could
not be supplied; all of the lumber
plants conducting a local business are
crowded with orders. An examination
of the freight yards at Conway
any day will show great quantities
of other kinds of material beinc haul
ed in here by the Railroad. ! ?
I There is a spirit of progress and
improvement permeating the entire
people and the demand for building
materials is greater than the supply.
Steps should be taken in every possible
way to increase the output ot
the factories and let the people have
tho materials that they need and are
able to pay for, .
rockefeTlSMs
millions of dollars
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Christmas Pre?eili id Mankind
Expressed in Big
Figures.
New York.?.John D. Rockefeller
| gave to mankind a Christmas present
of $100,000,000?half to the general
education board to raise the
salaries of college professors and
half to the Rockefeller Foundation to
aid in its work of combating disease
through improvement of medical education,
public health administration
and scientific research. It is estimated
that Mr. Rockefeller's public
gifts now approximate $450,000,000.
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MAY GO HIGHER.
In the opinion of many the price of
building materials may go higher
than they are now before the New
Year has run scarcely one fourth its
course, possibly before that time.
Those who are waiting to buy materials
and build* later, may get disappointed
according to this idea.
from drinking wood alcohol and four
ilied yesterday.
"We have held inquests on 28 or 80
bodies since July 1, all victims of this
drug," said Peter M. Hoffman, coroner
of Cook county. "I expect a lot
more in a few days from New Year
celebrations."
One ordinary drink of wood alcohol
can make a man permanently
blind and sometimes kill him, Mr.
Hoffman added.
Two men who sold wood alcohol
to men who died after drinking it
have been held to the grand jury on
murder charges. A city ordinance
which would limit sale of wood alcoi.
mi wo commercial men alone, and remove
it from drug .stores and saoons,
is expected to be submitted, in
\ few days.