The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 08, 1920, Image 1
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HOW MOVING TIME 1
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Habit With Some of Them Re- s
si&3 in Loss to The Farm- *
ing Class 1
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FARMERS WHO STAY I
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"Wotk Hard and'Pleaae the s
Landlord?-Make.Plans and
^Work Them Out. VJ
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For one reason or another the ear- <
ly part of January in every year is I
moving time for numbers of farmers i
who' make a living by woking the i
lands of others, either by renting the 1
lands or working the lands on shares. 1
It is one of the most unfortunate J
things that the Herald has ever no- I
tice<l in the lives of the people who i
do this moving. The moving pro- ]
ceeds in some cases from the idea i
that there are better things off yon- i
der on some other place and greater <
success to be had than where they i
are at present. In some other cases,
some disagreement comes up between 1
the tenant and the landlord. However,
that may be, it is a certain
fact that no farmer can succeed who
moves about from one farm to anoth
^ er, for the simple reason that it i*
0 absolutely necessary to lay plans and
plant crops Mat can be easily arrang^
ed where h remains on the same
* place year after year, and which he
cannot possibly do if he goes to a
rew place. The way to succeed is to
Ftay on the same farm, year in and
year out, work hard and satisfy the
own oil. of the land, and be able to
work the plans which farmers usually
work to make their crops a success.
o OLD
SUBSCRIBER SAYS
HERALD IS WORTH IT
One of the ol lest subscribers that
the Herald has is Mr. J. C. Parker,
who gets the paper on one of tho
star routes leading out of Fair Bluff,
North Caro'ina into Floyds township
into a thrifty section of Horry Coun
ty. .So far as our records show Mr.
Parker has been taking the Herald
ever ir.ee it was started under its
present management, about twenty
years ago.
On October 1st, 1918, the price of ]
the Jlcrald was raised from $1.00 to ]
JT'l.hoAer year, that change having
Keen found necessary about the close
of the war in order to help meet the 1
increased and growing expenses. It 1
became apparent in the latter part 1
of 1919, that if the paper was to be '
kept up to its present high standing,
owing to the still further increase in
the cost of white paper and other *
materials, it would be necessary to *
increase the price to $2.00. '*
The Herald advertised that any c
subscriber might renew for at least i
one year at the old price of $1.50, *
provided the money was paid before
January 1st, 1920.
Mr. Parker came to Conway on i
r.i. 1 ...
vaiiuuiy urn una renewed His sub- r
l scriation to the paper by paying s
f $2.(w^for the year 1920, stating that c
Whe had intended to make the remit- s
'tjf tanoc before the old year went out c
' but had neglected it; but he went on a
to say that as compared to every o
thing else the paper was well worth c
the sum of $2.00, and that he did not P
hesitate to pay it. b
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^ SUPERVISOR HERE. n
J. Hiram Long, of Longs, South it
Carolina, spent last Friday in Con- a
way on businesr Mr. Long is a s
member of the County Board of Su- n
pervisors of Registration.
jJWCK TO OLD HOME. it
Prince, who has been living f<
at Port Norfolk, Virginia, for some v
time past, has moved back to his old ai
home at Gurley, South Carolina, and p
will bo associated with his brother, "1
E. W. Prince, in the mercantile busi- it
ness at that place and will also be c<
interested in the fanning business tl
there. M
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1EALTH EXHIBIT I
IN SCHOOL HERE
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The Keeping Fit exhibit of the
tate board of health which was orginally
prepared by the U. S. Public
fealth Service was presented to the
>oys of the hierh school here hv Mr. I
fames H. Grauel, State Boys Wrrk
secretary of the Y. M. C. A. This
ixhibit which was prepared for me
n the high schools by the governnent
has attracted favorable ccmnent
wherever sh'own and it is the
dan of the state board to present
his to all the high schools in the
state, before the close of schools in
1920.
The exhibit shown the boys here
lonsisted of 48 charts bearing the
nessage of physical fitness and
dmplc rules of hygiene. There aro
ibout 130 schools in the state which
;his campaign will reach, and after
ihey have been covered the effort
vill be taken to the mill villages. It
is the endeavor of the U. S. Public
Health service to reach three million
hoys in the country before 1921. In
addition to the showing of the charts
the service is giving to all boys visiting
the exhibit a copy of the
pamphlet entitled Keeping Fit. The
State Board of Education has unanimously
approved the showing of the
exhibit and urges the fullest'cooperation
of all school men. It is the
present intention of the states board
that this exhibit shall reach the
schools annually. Dr. C. V. Akin of
the State Board of Health has charge
of this work and Mr. Grauel of the
State Y. M. C. A. lis the Field Director
of the Campaign.
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There was a scarcity of fire crackers
this time so that the small boys
of the county missed the usual fun in
that line; and the older folks missed
a lot of racket and annoyance; and
they also saved a little money.
SUPREMElUTHORiTr
TO FIX RAIL RATES
Given to Interstate Commerce!
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Commission by Joint
Conference.
Washington.?An Agreement to
give the interstate commerce commission
supreme authority in fixing
railroad rates with power to suspend
and annul rate orders of state commissions
was reached by the Se ate
and House conferees in considering
the Esch-Cummins railroad reorganisation
bills.
Over State Commissions.
The interstate commerce commission,
under the agreement, would be
authorized to substitute its findings
ind rate orders for those of state
:ommissions when the latter give an
infair advantage to or discriminate
igainst interstate commerce.
Interstate Commerce Only.
The conferees' agreement provides *
or little change in the existing law,
ut more definitely establishes the
upreme rate making power
>f the federal commission and is deigned
to remove doubt, raised in srv
ral cases before the supreme court,
is to the authority of the commis ion
>ver local or intrastate rates which
onflict with interstate tariffs. The .
ower of sate railway commissions,
owever, would not be hampered nor ,
ncroachcd upon by the federal com-|i
tiission in making ot intrastate rates ]
i such do not prejudice or discrimin- ,
te against interests outside of the j
fate or interfere with interstate com ,
icrce. (
Senate's Provisions. j
The conference agreement, Chair- j
tan Cummins announced, provides \
>r adoption of the Senate bill's pro- <
isions. The House plan of authori- <
ing the federal commission to sus- t
end state vates, if such placed an \
undue burden" upon interstate com- i
terce, was believed by some of the [
mferees to involve conferring upon (
ie commission power to supervise a'l \
;ate rates. \
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CONWAY, S. 0 , THURSDAY,
RADICALS ARE TAKEN I
THROUGHOUT THE U. S.
Department of Justice Officials* I
Corral All Alleged Members j
A 4 Dnrlinnl
vm nauividl UiydllllcUIUnS
Washington?In a sweeping drive
against radicalism, agents of the dc- 1
partment of justice were completing
today nationwide raids against communist
organizations in which upwards
of several thousand radicals
were taken in custody with the view
to deportation.
Raids were ordered in 32 cities
f ver the United States and promptly
at the hour of 9 last night the operative
moved with cloak-like precision,
in the round-up of communist woikers
and sympathizers. . Early this
morning the number of arrests -has
risen to the highest figure of any 1
similar raid in the history of the
country.
The government hopes to fill another
"soviet ark" and send it floating
across the Atlantic to Bolshevik
Russia where the radicals will be per
mitted to rejoin their birth and kin.
The department of justice estimated
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viicav uuvt- iMuu^mui - unciesiraDies"
would be caught in the dragnet and
with their deportation it was believed
the backbone of radicalism in
America will have been broken,
i The raids were conducted particularly
against communist and communist
labor groups of radicals, the department
of justice announced, with
the object of obtaining evidence to
submit to the department of labor for
deportation of "a very large number
of our most dangerous anarchists and
radical agitators." The general charge
cf attempting to overthrow the gov
eminent by force and violence was
placed against tho: c arrested.
Plans to Form Soviets
The agents particularly searched
for incriminating documents, some of
which they claimed revealed plans t;
^stablivh Soviets throughout the ecu
I ry to be later merged under a so.
' vict council similar to the Russian ]
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ouncil.
I Attempts t? organize the ncgroe
ir. a movement to overthrow the
present political and economic system
of the United States were disclosed,
officials of the department said, an I
'.hoy admiUc'l that the propaganda
\va> such far-reaching effort thai
trouble may yet be expected in some
negro communities.
Fruitful fields for the radical propa
guuuists was found specially among;
the ignorant and foreign workmen,
officials stated. A manifesto issued
by the communist party stated tliaf
the party was the "conscious expression
of the class struggle of the
workers against capitalism" and it
proposed to "end capitalism and organize
a workers' industrial
republic."
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Agriculture in this county is just
beginning to open its eyes. It will
do great things within the next ten
years.
mNOTEMW
CONVICT LABOR
The management and control of ,
convict labor in the construction of
state highways is not desired by the ,
state highway department juv?nwHr?<?
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to its expressed opinion at its recent
meeting held in Columbia. For some i,
time, the employment of convicts on j
raad building work has been under
discussion, and while the convicts
may do good work, the commissioners
thought it best for the highway
department to keep hands off so far \
as the management and control of
such labor goes. If the convicts are i
turned over to the state penitentiary <
>r to county officials and they elect to <
jonstruct roads with them according i
;e specifications supplied by the i
lighway department, the commls- \
doners of course have no objections, 1
>ut so far as actual management and i
jon'trol goes, the commissioners be- ?
jevc it wise to delegate such authority
to others. i
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JANUARY 8, 1920
MINIMUM SALARF '
FOR TEACHERS $90
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Board of Educatiorr Committee i
Outlines Big Program for ii
School Development. *
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A minimunii salary for public I
schcool teachers; of $90 a month and ^
other measures to bettor the school T
system of the state are recommend- *
od by a special committee representing
the state board of education, as
made public by Gov. Cooper, J
Among the recommendations are
that there shall he a minimum wage '.
of $90 a month for all assistant 1
teachers for nine months, $100 a 1
month for principals of a two or
three-teacher school, $fl0 for prinei- \
pals of four-teacher schools and $120
for} principals of five-teacher, schools.
The creating of a State board of ,j
examining and certificating teachers
is also recommended, along with re- '
ligious teaching in the public schools
and a more liberal use of the public ,
health benefits as may be applied to
the schools.
Adequate and properly constructed
buildings is also emphasized and it
is recommended that all construction
be under the immediate supervision
of 'a State school architect.
Finances is the great drawback to
the system, and the committee points
cu^ that instead of $5,000,000 being
[expended in the public schools as
I last year, there is immediate necessity
for $12,000,000.
The committee in suggesting minimum
salaries for county sunerintend
outs, suggest that the salary for 1
these officials should be at leant
$1,800 a year. The report concludes
with pointing out the necessity of rewriting
the State Constitution b~ ause
of the limitations of the organic
law as to public schools. The
report was prepared at the request of
jovemor Cooper by President Snyder,
of W of ford; State Superintendent
Swearingen, Dr. S. H. Edmunds,
of Sumter; E. H. Montgomery, of
^laeksburg, and W. L. Brocker, of
Florence. It will be adopted by tV.o
3tate board and presented to the G n
f-ral Assembly.
msoNsiislL
TO CONTROL SUGAR
Washington?President Wibon had
signed the McNary bill continuing
the United States sugar cqualiz itio.n
board through 1920. It was announc
ed atvthe White House that his sig
nature had been attached.
Secretary Tumulty, in making th >
announcement, issued this statement: 1
"The president has signed the sug- 1
ar control bill. The bill confers (lis-I'
cretion on the president in the matter <'
of purchasing sugar from Cuba, il ;
is doubtful whether it will be practic- ,1
able or wise for the president to ex | *
ercise the power conferred so far as |1
the purchase of sugar is concerned." |A
Some of the Cuban sugar has al- *
ready been purchased and there is m? *
central control over sugar in Cuba as (
there was last year, and it might, (
therefore, be impossible for the government
now to step in and purchase f
the sugar without increasing tuo Y
price to the consumer. The bill, how- I
ever, continues the licensing power v
also and this power may be used to ^
assist in controlling the profiteering
among distributors. Much Cuban ^
sugar is coining in now and the indi- ]
cations are that prices have reached
their peak and that there will be *i c
tendency for prices to fall in the next 11
few weeks.
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EMANCIPATION DAY. c
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Several thousand colored people, t
men, women and children gathered in t
Conway last Monday to celebrate 1
emancipation day. There was a pa- v
rade which was routed from the o
western portion of town down v
through the principal residence sec- p
tion, and ended at the Town Hall p
where suitablbe speeches were deliver n
sd to the crowd. e
The occasion passed off quietly p
and with good order. c
rat tl.
IDBPT NEW PLAN" I
TO FIGHT WEEVIL I
Following the recommendation of |
W". W. Long of Clemson college, Dr.
IF. M. Riggs and D. W. Watkifis, of
TUw> O I ^ 1 -L
u imiiuti Wltf Qnect- I
d at the meeting of the Anti-Boil;
Veevil association and interested
>arties. Under the new plfcrv adopted'
>y the entire conference* counties 11
,;hore the pest is present ill large
lumbers will be grouped into units
>f three and men experienced in
uuidling the boll weevil employed! to j
\ork these districts? and fight the ,
jest. The funds \yi1l be supplied by
he various, counties by the county
supply bill in the general assembly>
1 the plan recommended yesterday is 1
perf ccted.
Clemson college an<l the department
of agriculture of the United
States would have control of the men
und direct the .work in the various
groups. Under the plan of Mr.
Long about 30 counties would be
grouped into ten groups for fighting
the weevil. While this is an abandonment
of the first idea adopted
here some time ago it does not mean
the abolition of the Anti-Boll Weevil
association, but rather a strengthening
of this body which will cooperate
and aid in directing the work in the
groups for eliminating the weevil in
the state. Those attending the meeting,
including members of the executive
committee of the Anti Boli
Weevil association, and interested
businecss men from over the state
approved the new idea and it will be
recommended to the various county
delegations for action.
ANXIETY COMES
WITH HIGH PRICES
Readjustment of Business j
Seems Imminent?Board
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Gives Review. i
Washington.?General anxiety prevails
throughout American business
concerning the continued advance In
prices and a readjustment appears im
minent, the federal reserve board reported
in its review of December blh>*
iresss conditions. Through the
board's statement the inference was
strongly given that a reduction in!
prices is due because of a recognized
entailment of buying power coupled
with a lack of unanminity of opinion
as to what the future holds.
While retail trade shows great activity
and wholesalers and manufacturers
were represented as being unable
to supply the demand, the great
growth in business was shown to
i- ? m %
i.oyc ueeu terms or dollars and not
in units of production. High wages
for labor further complicated the sitiation
according to the board's review.
Practically every federal
eserve district reported that "skilled
abor was working only sufficient ]
lays to keep going" resulting in a :
consequent falling off in production. (
Labor unrest the review said,
showed some abatement during the ,
nonth but the the greatly re 'uccd \
production of the preceding month \
vas not by any means fully restored. (
The termination of the coal strike
ind the cessation of activity in the t
teel strike as well as the greatly \
ncreased number of men employed \
n these lines in many districts ac-|t
ounts for a lower figure represent- ^
ng unemployment, the board said. j
"From many sections," the board .
sserted, "it is reported that the (
hicf difficulty doees not lie in sys- \
ematic strikes but in the indisposi- .
ion of workers to increase pro luc- $
ion and to keep steadily at work, j
'he reduced output as a result of r
ery short hours or the suspension i
f work a given number of days a t
/eek has proved to be a national c
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avmiviui i nu luojjuBiuun ox moor to
ursue such a policy is ascribed by f
lany to high wages and the desire to \
mploy the increased purchasing j
ower thus obtained in the pure has p
f leisure rather than goods." t
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SUMTER BUSINESS MEN
JUY SOME PLANTATIONS.
_ying in Lower Waccamaw
Meek and Including Factory
anrl Rim I onHc
MI iw i IIUV L.UIIUO
OPERATE CAN FACTORY
AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
Will Mean a Great Dj$al to Section
of Neck Near
Murrells \XxIct.
l)r. J. A. Mood. of Sumter, togethet
with several associates, recently
purchased the old Brook (keen plantation
and the Oaks and Laurel Hill
places, together with the rice lands
connected with these places in lower
Waccamaw Neck. The purchase includes
also the canning factory, which
was operated by Braslauer, Dachicotte
& Company. The new owners
arc now operating this factory.
It is stated on good outhority that
the new owners of the property ar?
prepared to spend large sums of
money in making new improvements,
developing the lands, and will bring
back into cultivation the old rico
fields of that section which have been
idle for a long number of years.
This change in ownership, It is
said, will mean a great deal for that
section of Woccamaw Neck whic.K
| lies near Murrclh* Inlet.
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TAKES RIGHT COURSR
! W. C. Pitts, the township supervisor
for Conway township has a tractor
and road scraper also a split-log
(bag, and he will Keep thpsp employled
all the Um? on the mods of this
I rowoship. In this way he expects to
I keep the roads of Conway township
in fairly good condition and we think
this is the proper course. ?^
peopleofstatT
wantgood roads
Columbia, Jari. f>:?Ravin 1. MePavid,
morilbth Of tii? liousd of representatives
from Greenville County,
was a visitor in Columbia recently
and while here called at the headquarters
of the South Carolina Automotive
Trades Association to assure
that organization that he was desirous
of seeing legislation enacted
the next session of the General Assembly
that will insure the construction
of permanent highways in South.
Carolina.
"I have been traveling over South
Carolina for the past nine months/'
said Mr. McDavid, 44 and I tell yo'i
the people of South Carolina want
permanent roads. They are sick and
tired of being in the mud. They art4
beginning to realize that muddy
roads are costing them money every
clay they have them.
"It has been figured that good
roads save the cost of gasoline more
than f>0 per cent. This means a savng
to the average automobile owner
>f from $50 to $100 per year.
"I was very much interested in an
M'ticle in the State of last Tuesday,
celling of a recent test in which a
oaded two ton truck was used. This
truck running 100 miles on an earth
*oad consumed 17..'} gallons of gasoine,
making an average of 5.7b miles
i gallon. The cost figured at 25
;ents a gallon was $4.03. The same
,ruck was used on a concrete road
\nd traveled the ame distance on
l /I ft r?r? 11 " ?' 1 - ? ~ 1 " ?
.'.- i/ ?^C?ltV#4t0 l/l gu?i>iui?; rnaKing 11.71*
rules per gallon. The, basis was $2.12.
rhc net savings in the cost of gasoine
on the improved highway was
herefore $2.21 or more than 200 per
ent.
"At this rate the automobile ownrs
of the state could well afford to
>e taxed for the building of these
lermanent highways. They would
ave enough off of gasolino to pay
heir taxes for several years.*'