The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 22, 1920, Image 1
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MANY BUS FOR ;
THE LEGISLATURE
Committees Are Preparing
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measures iu oui i y uui
Jfcj. Governor's Views
ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS
COMING INTO ACTION
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Opposition to Ratification to
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Columbia.?Legislation widely diverging
from tne ordinary run of
Jbills will be introduced in the General
Assembly during the coming week,
it is expected, bills now being prepar
ed which will carry out the suggestions
made by Governor Cooper in his
annual message. The governor's message
has been divided among various
committees in the two houses of the
assembly, and these committees are
considering the introduction of new
bills embox <ng the governor's ideas.
His recommendations as to educational
matters arc being considered
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dy me commiuoea on education, his
suggestion for one board of control
for the penal institutions is before
the committees on penal affairs, the
State constabulary plan is being considered
by the committee on police
regulations, and so on.
a The Governor's suggestion for abolition
of the county chain gang system
is embodied in a bill now on the
fjy Senate calendar introduced by Sena'
tor MeCutcheon of Williamsburg.
fThir bill will likely pass, it is said, at
the present session of the General
Assembly.
It is understood that various committees
and members of the assembly
are drawing bills now, carrying out
many of the suggestions made by
Governor Cooper in his message.
A new development in the suffrage
ratification fight is expected to come
during the present week. It is a step
to be taken by the anti-suffragists.
Prominent anti-suffrage women of
the State are behind a movement to
have Miss Charlotte Howe, a noted
anti-suffrage leader, invited to address
the General Assembly. A member
of the House of Representatives,
it is said, has consented to introduce
this invitation as an amendment to
the resolution inviting to Columbia
Attorney General Palmer and Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt. This resolution
ttftl be voted on Tuesday night,
and tKe "antis" plan to try to make
the invitation include the prominent
anti-suffragette as well as the prominent
suffragette.
Members of the General Assembly
will return to Columbia Tuesday afternoon
ready to begin a busy week
cl legislation. Important matters
that will likely be voted on during
the week will be the constitutional
fconvention resolution now on the
House calendar, a bill to allow
/Greek letter fraternities in the State
educational institutions, and a resolution
to reject the Susan B. Anthony
amendment. During the week a conference
of delegation leaders will also
meet/ with Governor Cooper to dis|
cuasj the proposed highway legisla\
lion.
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real estate at the Herald office.
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MUST HAVE ELECTION.
The Herald neglected to state in
Inst week's issue regarding the prot,
jaosed County Court for Horrv Coun
Ty that the members of the Legislature
could only pass a bill submitting
the question of this new Court to the
qualified electors of the County; because
the Constitution of this State
under Section 1, of Article Vf provides,
that a question of the County
Court^nust be submitted to a vote of
the pcbple of the Coutny and must be
supported by a majority of the votes
cast. It is quite likely that the members
of the Legislature will go ahead
to pas; the act and provide for it
sometime before long.
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JOINT MEETING OF
TEACHERS - TRUSTEES
A joint meeting of the teachers an.i
the trustees of Horry County was
held in the Court. TTnimn nn SSnfiirdnv*
at eleven o'clock. The meeting \va<
called to order by Supt. M. J. Bullock,
who presided over the joint assembly.
There were very interesting talks
made, one by Mr. L. T. Truett, who is
teaching agriculture in a group >f
four school in the upper part of the
county. Mr. Truett told of the establishment
of his work and the manner
of conducting it. He told of the
liberal aid which is given these
schools and of how little money is
required from the individual school.
It is hoped to establish several more
such groups in the county in the near
future, if any board of trustees is interested,
they should get in touch
with the Superintendent of Education
at an early date. Mr. O. H. McMillan
who has recently moved to Conway
made a very inspiring talk. He has
been a successful teacher, an equally
successful trustee, and though he has
deserted the schools for the practice
of law he is still vitally interested in
schools.
Many matters of business were disposed
of at this meeting, among the
number was the school fair or field
day, it was decided not to hold it
owing to the need for more necessary
work in the classroom, since the regular
school work was so interrupted
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iumi ,ve?r uy uic 1111 iuunz.it me vcucners
arid trustees felt that advantage
must be taken of every minute this
: term.
Mr. Bullock explained that the law
requires that every school building
must be insured in the Sinking Fun 1
Commission and that it is the dutv
of the trustees to do this. Hp will bn
glad to help in this work whenever he
is needed and hopes that there wi'l
j be no delay on the part of school
1 oards in taking out this insurance.
All schools were urged to form
School Improvement Associations,
and work for some of th e prizes
which are offered by the State Association,
especially those schools
where a building is being erected for
they stand a specially good chance
for one or more of the prizes. Mrs.
P.ullock is county organizer and will
be glad to assist any teacher or trustee
where an association may be
formed. All of that money which
i has been raised by box parties, etc.,
would put a school in the list as a
competitor for a prize if the association
were only formed. It is hoped
that many schools will be interested
in this work.
One of the most important features
of the meeting was the election
of officers for the two associations,
this was done through committees
appointed by the chair, after deliberation
these committees made nomin.
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ations wnicn were presented to tne
associations and voted upon by them.
The following officers were elected
for the trustees: President, Mr. O. H.
McMillan-; Vice President, Mr. T. B.
Lewis; Secretary, Mr. Paul Quattlebaum;
Chairman of the Executive
Committee, Supt. M. J. Bullock. The
officers of the teachers association
were, President, Mr. J. B. O'Neal,
Principal of the Loris School; Vice
Presidents, Miss Essie Derham, principal
of Green Sea, and Mr. J. K.
Dorman, Principal of Maple; Secretary,
Mr. L. D. Singleton, Principa1
of Wampee School; Treasurer, Miss
Nina Lewis, Principal of Socastee;
Chairman of Executive Committee,
Mrs. M. J. Bullock.
Supt. Bullock explained the need
for our county's taking an active
part in the work for illiterates, he
told of the work as done in other
states and of that done in parts of
our own state and that Horry stands
next to the lowest of the counties in
the number of illiterates. The work
of organizing is done in this state
by Miss Wil Lou Gray and is in connection
with the educational work of
the Department of Education. The
teaching is to be done by any teacher
of good standing who will volunteer
for the work and who is accepted by
the Sate Superintendent of Education.
Part of the salaries are paid
by the state. The pupils are any men
or women whose opportunities for an
education have been limited or who
have never attended school. Pupils
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OONWAY, S. P., THURSDAY,
CALL PREPARED I
FOR EX-KAISER
The Supreme Council Drafts I
Note to the Dutch Government.
Paris.?The supreme council has
drafted a note to the Dutch govern- 1
ment asking for the extradition of
the former German emperor. It will
probably be sent Saturday. The note
refers to article 227 of the treaty of (
Versailles and invites Holland to join
the allied powers "in the accomplishment
of this act.
Article 227 of the treaty of peace
with Germany declares:
"The allied and associated powers
publicly arraign William II of Hohenzollern,,
former German emperor, for
a supreme offense against the international
morality and sanctity of
treaties,
"A special tribunal will be constituted
to try the accused, thereby assuring
him the guarantees essential
to the right of defense. It will be
composed of five judges, one appointed
by each of the following powers,
namely, the United States of America,
Great Britain, France Italy and
Japan."
The article also declares that it
.ill be the duty of the tribunal to
fix the punishment which it considers
.should be imposed.
EMOTirCAUSEDBY
EXTRADITION DEMAND
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Belief Expressed Ex-Kaiser
Will Place Himself at Disposal
of Allies.
Brussels.?Deep emotion has been
caused in Holland by the Allied demand
for the extradition of former
Emperor William of Germany, accord
ing to a dispatch. Belief is expressed
at The Hague that measures will
be taken with a view to inducing him
to voluntarily place himself at the
disposal of the Allies.
under fourteen years are not admitted
as these are within the compulsory
age. No work over the fifth
grade is taught and the classes meet
two or three afternoons or nights a
week if the pupils find it wiser than
to have five meetings to the week.
Sessions last four weeks or longer if
there is a demand for it. There was
an interested discussion of the subject
and many volunteered to help by
influence as well as work.
Resolutions asking the Horry
County Delegation to provide funds
for this work were passed by the i
teachers and trustees. They also
asked the County Board of Education
to secure a competent teacher a lcadni*
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tees, and patrons to help by securing'
names of illiterates and giving their
influence in every way possible, and
tne ministers to help through the pul
pit and in other ways.
The following resolutions which
are specially interesting to the teachers
were passed by the trustees:
To the Members of the Horry County
Delegation:
Gentlemen: We, the Trustees Association
of Horry County hereby petition
our Delegation in the General
! Assembly to use all legitimate efforts
in their power to amend the
Equalizing Law so that principals of
one and two-teacher schools may be
allowed a salary of $90.00 per month
with a corresponding increase for
principals of three, four, and five
teacher schools, that first grade assistants
may receive a salary of $70,
second grade assistants $60, and
third grade assistants $50. This
gives all assistants ten dollars more
per month than they now receive under
the Equalizing Law.
Supt. Bullock gave a copy of each
of these resolutions to Messrs. H. L.
Buck, W. L. Mishoe, and W. W. Russ
and discussed the matter fully with
them.
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JANUARY 22, 1920.
GOODBYE, OLD JOHN,
SAYS UNCLE SAM
Nationwide Prohibition of
Making, Selling or Transporting
Liquors Effective
Washington.?Constitutional prohibition
became effective at midnight
Friday.
From 12:01 a. m., the "manufacture,
sale or transportation of intoxicating
liquors within, the importation
into, or the Exportation thereof from
the United States and all territory
subject to the jurisdiction thereof for
beverage purposes" is prohibited by
the 18th amendment to the Constitution,
and the United States becomes
the first nation of the world to make
such a provision part of its basic law.
Congress has defined an intoxicating
liquor as any beverage containingone-half
of one per cent., or more, of
alcohol.
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tional prohibition will make litlto difference
in the daily life of the people
of this country, as they have been living
under the nationwide wartime ban
on alcoholic drinks since last July.
There have been eager hopes entertained
by the thirsty, by distillers
aiid by speculators holding large quan
titics of whiskey for higher prices,
that wartime prohibition would be
lifted before Friday in accordance
with the recommendation of President
Wilson to Congress, but Congress
refused to do so and the arid
spell now about to begin under authority
of the nation's constitution,
which prohibitionists declare will continue
in effect for all time inasmuch
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as it could be revoked only in the
same manner in which it came into
existence, will permit no opportunity
for the replenishment of private cellars
or the unloading of investment
stocks. There are two cases pending
in the Supreme Court, however, attacking
constitutional prohibition, one
by the state of Rhode Island, the other
on behalf of the Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Association of New Jersey.
Thousands of gallons of whiskey
remain in bonded warehouses with no
chance to be sold at prevailing high
prices. The liquor can be take i ou'
only for medicinal and scientific use.with
the Bureau of Internal Revenue
exerting extreme precautions to see
that none of it is used in violation ? f
the law. During the last two months,
many owners of alcoholic liquors,
foreseeing no onnortunitv for snlo in
this country* have endeavored to rash
the surplus to other countries. Lack
of shipping space prevented more
than a fraction being exported. Cuba
and the Bahamas have received most
of what was sent abraod. There were
70,000,000 gallons on hand when wartime
prohibition went into effect. The
amount exported is not known but is
probably less than 20,000,000 gallons, j
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W. M. Carroll was among the
young farmers visiting Conway the
middle of last week. I
MUST PAY JANUARY
OR ADD PENALTY
Taxpayers should bear in mind that
on February first the penalty provided
by law will be added to unpaid
taxes; and that this year there will
be no escaping the payment of the
penalty. In past years the County
Treasurer, believing that he had some
discretion in the matter under the
law, did not collect the penalty in :\
large number of cases and gave the
public the benefit of this action on
his part.
Recently the State authorities,
upon examination of the Treasurer's
office, threatened to charge the
Treasurer with about $3,000.00 of
these penalties that he had not collected.
He has been informed that
hereafter he must deliver the books
to the County Auditor who will go
over them and add the penalties and
return the books to the Treasurer so
he can collect the taxes and also the
penalties. Those who fail to pay before
February first will have to pay
a heavy penalty.
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RIOTS IN BERLIN
FATAL FOR SOME
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into the court of the reichstag building
when the national assembly adjourned
at 5 o'clock this afternoon,
according an an announcement made
by President Feihrenbach.
Big processions passed along the
streets converging into the Koenig- !
platz from all quarters. Numerous
factories were obliged to close.
The demonstrators bore flags inscribed
"We demand an unrestricted
works council bill." Numerous
speeches were delivered from the
steps of the reichstag sharply protest
ing against the bill in its present
form. The street car service was
partly suspended, the men being on
strike.
The public security police restricted
themselves to guarding the reichstag
with strong forces.
The police finally restored order before
the reichstag building. The
chamber adjourned until Wednesday.
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A. F. Joyner recently spent some
time on business here and will return
from time to time on business
for his company, one of the largest
timber concerns in Virginia.
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WOMEN WILL VOTE
Gov. Robert A. Cooper, in his address
of welcome at the opening session
of the annual meeting of the
South Carolina Suffrage Convention
at the Jefferson Hotel, in Columbia,
la-'t Thursday morning paid a
very high tribute to the women
of South Carolina and to
the work that has been done by them.
Gov. Cooper stated that he knew the
women of this state were going to
vote and thought the state would be
benefited if they did. He said South
Carolina needed the women's influence
in especially such matters as
health campaigns and welfare organizations.
He stated that if the women
did get the vote he would help
them in every way he could. Gov.
Cooper's address was responded to by
Mrs. J. L. Allen of Lancaster.
Rev. Kirkland Finlay opened the
meeting with a prayer and during the
morning session the annual report
was read by the president, Mrs. Julian
Salley of Aiken. Reports were
made by Mrs. F. S. Munsell, state organizer
chairman; Mrs. W. C. Cathcart,
state legislative chairman an 1
the legislative chairmen from each
county.
The meeting adjourned at 1 o'clock,
at which time a luncheon was served
at the Jefferson Hotel. At 2 o'clock
j the afternoon session was called. At
I which time Miss Marjorie Shulermade
an address.
| A large number of women from
over the State were in the city to attend
the convention and were very enthusiastic
over the prospects of the
women of South Carolina voting.
M iss Shuler, the speaker at the
suffrage convention Thursday afternoon,
is a prominent newspaper woman
and suffrage worker. Her address
Thursday afternoon was received
with much enthusiasm by the suffrage
leaders of South Carolina. Miss
Shuler told of the work of the suffrage
organization of the nation.
"The ratification of the federated
women's suffrage amendment within
the next few months is inevitable,"
said Miss Shuler; "thirty-six states
are needed to complete ratification,
and already thirty-seven legislatures
are pledged to ratify."
"The National Suffrage League,*'
she said, "is organized solely for good
citizenship and legislative reform. It
is not a political undertaking. Neither
is it a woman's party. For half a
century the struggle has gone on to
secure the privilege of working with
men, and the new women voters value
that right too dearly to cast it aside.
The league is not allied with any one
party nor is it opposed to all parties.
It urges its members to join the parties
of their individual choice and to
work in the league for those reforms
of general, non-controversial interest
which have not enlisted the active
support of political parties."
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CONWAY GUARDS NOW
BEING REORGANIZED
Petition in Circulation Being
Rapidly Signed Up by
Young Men
DIFFERENCE NOW AND
BEFORE WORLD WAR
Young Men Should Have Necessary
Amount of Military
Training.
The Herald learns that there is an
effort on foot to re-organize the Conway
Guards, as there was a petition
being circulated the first of the week;
and that about sixty eligible young
men had signified their intention of
becoming members. Among the
number of those whose names appear
on the Petition is a lot of men who
have seen service overseas, and
others who were in the United States
Army and did not go overseas.
Sentiment seems to be to re-organize
from the bottom upwards, and
this means that there must be a nevr
enlistment, discharged men for one
year, and others for a period of three
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yctti-s. wne uriu lasting two hours
each week will be required for which
the Government will pay each man
about $90.00 per year payable quarterly,?that
is whenever the Company
shall be mustered in as a portion
of the National Guard of the
State. The leaders in this new move
ment want not less than twenty-five
more members in order to have the
required membership to get into the
National Guard. The petition will be
found on hand at the Conway Drug
Company where anyone wishing to
become a member, may sign it and
where further information may be
had. : t
There is a necessary difference in
organizing and maintaining a military
company now and before the
World War. Although, the warring
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i auuiis ui mu worm are at peace,
this peace may not last forever, in
fact, there are indications that it ca?i
not last. The United States may be
compelled to take up arms again at
any time. It is certainly more important
at this time than it was be.
fore the World War came on and was
fought out. This shows the great,
importance of military training for
our young men and the movement In
re-organize the Conway Guards is
one that deserves the support of every
citizen.
nothIngalaEing
authorities sat
In Present Influenza Situation
?Slight Increase at
' Chicago.
Washington.?Although there was
slight increase in the number of in.
nuenza cases especially in the Chicago
district reported to the Public
Health Service, public authorities
said there was nothing alarming in
the present situation.
The disease is of a mild nature and
with a mild death rate, while the
number of pneumonia cases resulting
i?- small. The outbreak of influenza
at Camp Grant and the Great Lakes
training station is subsiding.
Officials of the service pointed out
that as only about 1,000 cases
throughout the country, were reported
last week as compared with more
than 4,000,000 cases a year "ago, the
I spread of the disease has hardly
I reached a stage to cause anxiety.
Public Health Service officials saw*
they had received no report from
their representatives at Havanna of
an epidemic of influenza in that city.
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