University of South Carolina Libraries
Br E N ,1 T + # W nn VOLUME XXXIV. / NEW RAILROAD HERE I IS TALK OF TOWN S % ^Talk About the Streets Would Mr InHirato Thdi QaahftorH r IIIMIVUIV I IIUI WVUMVHI U M Will Come ) WOULD DEVELOP SECTIONS v HAVING POOR FACILITIES i Nothing Caji do More Just Now For Progress and Development tn Horry County. ?h- ? There is a general belief on the part of business men In Conway that the Seaboard Air Line Railroad intends to build a road into Conway yrom Raines, Marion County. Raines? is a station on the new line of road running through Marion County, and by a perfectly straight line 1 the distance to Conway is not great, and the branch line from Conway to to that point can be constructed in a comparatively short time, although, the Little Pee Dec river will finVH 11\ La ona.nnntl V\?r mnonc nf a v VVT >/v 0|#MV*IIVM llivmui Vi. M steel bridge. It is said that the Railroad Company started the making of a survey from Raines in this direction before the war. During the war the work was not prosecuted any further, ex- j cept that it is well known that a number of surveyors and engineers ' in the last year or two, have spent periods of time here at Conway, * making observation trips and prelim ! irury suiveys of the territory be- j tween Conway and Little Pee Dee River. It hps also been stated that a number of lots sold by the W. R. Lewis estate, on recent salesdays, especially in the vicinity of the new j t Courthouse; were purchased by a' local business man for the benefit of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Com pany, and that the funds of the Rail , read Company paid for these lots. The talk about the streets is to the effect that the new railroad wiil j not stop at Conway by any means but will extend from that point by way of Wampee and Little Rivov. and thence to Southport, Noi-th Carolina. Efforts are being made by the Herald to obtain more definite mfoimation about these matters and j the fa^ts will be published ?us soon . A- they can be obtained. l niH proposed new road would 6ton qpp several of the most fertile Jtectioitfr of Hofry County and would : furnish transportation facilities to, outlying country districts where they ! now have to depend upon horses or ! mules, or in rare instances, a few trucks that some of the fanners nave recently bought. The movin:? oj' fertilizers to many large farms in some of the sections of the County is becoming a problem as well as 1 the bringing of the products of those fanns to the markets. There lb nothing that could do more in the rapid development of Horry County and the growth of Conway than the bringing in of this new railroad. In many instances people have expressed their willingness to donate the of way whenever requested. > ? . *- NO COURT NEXT .WEEK. Acting by request of the Conway Hoard of Health there will be no court in the town next week; and it k is likely that a special term will be ' called at a later date to try the cases on tne criminal aocKets. kJfN0 OVERTIMEPAY FOR LEGISLATORS Tim house by a vote of 51 to 3C Villdf^the concurrent resolution by T(r. Evans of Newberry to provide extra nay for members of the two l ouse? of the general assembly and cleiks and attaches. The resolution provided $1C a day for the members for each extra day beyond the 40 days. N I # (The PARAGRAPH IN NOTE WORRIES GERMANS Berlin, Wednesday?Examination >f the council text of the last Allied lote sent to the German government dative to the trial of men accused >f war crimes shows that a signifi:ant passage was* omitted from th; Paris version published here on Tues lay afternoon. This passage refers o stipulation by the % Entent thai >revious verdicts at trials of Gernan war offenders must be annulled ind that they be remanded for new rials. This provision the Frelheit jays means- the reopening of the Fryatt case in which a German com Tussion, decided th? execution of FVy *tt, captain of a British merchant nan, was not a violation of inter national law. The conservative PanGermanic press unites in rejecting ihe Allied note as wholly unacceptable and the Tageblatt expresses the ?elief "it is a halting place on the read leading to revision of the Versailles treaty." o T.'R. Stevens was here from Warn pee one day last week. NO "GLAD HAND" FORTRANSIENTS New York.?Aliens who come to America "not intending to make permanent homes but expecting to return, should not be rqpeived," Vice President Thomas R. jMarshall declared here in an address at a dinner given by the Sulgrave institution in celebration of the tercentenary of the Pilgrim fathers. This country, he added, should no longer "be loved for its opportunities alone," but should "be loved for its institutions as well." gonwaykugaY suffering from flu Mine Cases Reported For Monday and Tuesday This Week FORTY TO FIFTY NEAR-BY THE TOWN No Deaths Reported and No Oases ot Pneumonia Are Known?No Court. Last Monday and Tuesday nine new cases of influenza in Conway, were reported to the health authorities of Conway, and forty to fifty cases of the disease were reported In the country nearby. This recent increase in the number of the cases 1 A . S vus Huiuewnat 01 a surprise to many. ' y The Board of Health held a meeting on Tuesday evening and at onco took steps to meet the situation. The schools, churches, and moving picture shows were ordered close 1 until further notice. Public gatherings were strictly prohibited and stores required to close at 6 o'clok in the evening and all crowding on the streets or in the stores was als 1 prohibited until further notice from the board. The board also requested the local bar association to postpone the term of the court which, according to the new act, would convene here next Monday morning. The request was wired to the solicitor at Marion and at last accounts it was understood that there would be no court here until further notice. It cannot be stated now when the next term will convene. cso iar mere are no deaths reported from the disease and no cases oi pneumonia. On the other hand th< reports show a mild form of th< disease, or at least much milder thai it was in i&ia. s * Putt; CONWAY, 8 C , THURSDAY, STATE WIDE LAW ' MAY PASS SENATE Amendment to General Stock \ Law Passed by House of Representatives. - / The news has been circulated among the farmers of the county f that a change in the general stock < law of the State, was made last '* week by a bill which will make it J apply to the whole State, so that in j Horry County, and some other sm?H j [portion* ol South Carolina, stocky * will no longer bo allowed to run at 1 targe* This is the bill introduced by .1 Representative Oliver, of Qeorgc- 1 town. I Such a bill has been passed by the ] House of Representatives and sent 1 to the $enato where it has not yet i been finally passed upon as this ar- 1 ticle is written. Tt is said that it will pass the Senate and become a law at the present session. The provisions of the bill it is said will go into effect March 15th, 1921. The bill destroys the "free range" policy in vogue in several counties in the lower section of the state. These 1 counties will new come under the general law and farmers and stockmen will be required to fence their cattle instead of their crops after that date. When the act shall have been finally passed and ratified, the Herald will publish it in full detail. PLAINWORDS SPOKEN ; iN PRESIDENT'S NOTE Washington.?The allied supreme council has been informed by Presi dent Wilson, it was disclosed today, that if the propose:! Adriatic settlement to which the American gov| einment is not a party is put into force the United States might* have to consider withdrawing the treaty of Versailles from senate consideration. The president's communication was not in the nature of a threat in the common sense of the term, it vas said, but was merely a statement of a situation in which the United States might find itself if asked to subscribe to agreements in which it had no part and to which it was opposed. The explanation was made in offl> cial quarters that the league of nations was to be the instrument for enforcing various agreements as tj 1 boundaries and the like and that if the United States became a party to the treaty of Versailles it thus would be subscribing to the enforcement of agreements to which it had not given either its approval or consent. It was explained further, that the | Anglo-French-American treaty and. the treaty of Versailles were considered inseparable so far as this question was concerned and that if & situation arose where the president would have to consider withdrawing the latter he also would have to con-1 ! aider withdrawing the former. An early announcement at the t White House characterized as "absolute falsehood" the statemen', ' by "Pertinax" in the Echo de PartS that President Wilson's communieaition containe<l a postscript bearing a, threat to withdraw the treaty from j (the senate. This was recognized asi' ' erroneous as soon as it came to the j attention oi others officials. Obviously it /did not come from President Wilson himself as it was later ex 1 plained that those who made the ! statement had spoken without com- j ' plete information. 1 At first, too, the president's com' munication was referred to as a I "memorandum" and was described ! as containing only eight or ten lines. 5 It subsequently was disclosed, how' ever, that the communication finally sent was in the form of a note and " that it covered two or three pages. ? This note, it was explained, was pre* pared from a memorandum to Sccrc* tliry lapsing, which the president t (dictated and sent to the state Honnrt * ? ? 8 *r FEBRUARY 26, 1920. WILL PASS LAW RELIEVING TREASURER ^ A/ill Not Require County Treasurer to Make Penalties Good. i It is stated that the Horry Delegation in the Legislature has introluced and there will be passed, an ict for the purpose of? relieving bounty Treasurer, W. L. Bellamy, of <he sum of several thousand dollar^ the aggregate amount of penalties provided by laws of the State te waessed against taxpayers who d*<| not pay their taxes by the end ot the year, in several fiscal years gone by. For several years it has been the practice in this County, not to add ihifc penalty, and no ehango was made on the tax books after the time for paying without penalty had passed; but last fall when the annual settlement was made, the Comptroller General called the law on Mr. Bellamy and required settlement to be made for the penalties whl^h had not been collected from the tardy tax-payers, and this amounted to several thousand dollars. The members of the Legislature fiom this County, feeling, no doubt, that the Treasurer acted from motives of accommodation qnd b<?Pef't to those who did not have the react.v" money to pay their taxes promptly, have introduced this bill to relieve the Treasurer's office of responsibility in that respect as to the years gone by. At the present time the books are re-written by the County Auditor and the penalties added as they appear, and they are being collected now as provided by the Statutes. iNVESNGATiilf TANNER CHARGES I Finished Before Magistrate W. H. Chestnut After Change in Warrant ALL CHARGES ENDED EXCEPT ONE CHECK Trial Set for March 19th, in Magistrate Court at ^ Conway. It was stated in a recent issue of j this paper that charges had bee.i j made against N. F. Tanner, an au ; tomobile mechanic, and that he had j been brought back front Columbia under telegrams sent out by parties he re. The prosecution which was com-1 menced by S. C. Richardson was withdrawn, it is stated, up. n some ' adjustment of the matter. The <>t > I er warraifi was a charge of larce y! made by J. E. Nicholas, and this [ warrant was amended so as to charge a breach of trust with fraudulent intent, instead of larceny. The preliminary investigation was set for Febiuary 20th before Magistrate "W. K. Chestnut and a number j of witnesses were examined that day, and the matter continued until last Monday, when the other witnesses were pre.?ent and the investigation finished. The proof showed several items involved in the charges, one being the sum of $45.00 collected by the defendant from G. B. Jenkins for labor and parts used in mending Mr. Jenkins' car. The witr e il. _ ni _ i a _ i ? I ii ne^.suH ior tne otatc icsurieu urn tbia bill was to be turned over when collected to J. E. Nicholas to apply on parts furnished and on the rent. Auother item was a bill against C. M, Stalvey toy parts and labor performal on a truck, and this as to the parts money, it was testified. % va Id. AMERICANS SAFE IN TURKISH CITY Constantinople?Mustapna Keinal Pa-sna, leader of the Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor, has given orders that all Americans in that region must be respected and given protection, according to a dispatch received from Angora, the present capital of Anatolia. In addition a dispatch, Mustapha Kemai has received from the commander of nationalist forces at Ma%*fi urn o i ? A.V- * . ~~1 "** "" I ??o ivuvauicu iv mis cuy. n was datod February 15 and said: "Eleven Americans are in Marash and fiv* have loft with French The commander says Americans in Marash were respected during th^ recent fighting there and adds: "They are all well, even their poultry being safe, Thoy are drinking chocolate and enjoying themselves. ^ Americans Safe Constantinople ? Americans who were in the city of Ma-rash, north west of Aleppo when disorders broke out there, arc safe, according to p telegram received from Assistant High Commissioner Engert who is en route to Aintab to invest''gate the recent murder of James Perry and Frank S. Johnson of the American Y. M. C. A. by bandits. o . yXt M. RUSS HAS MANAGER'S MONEY V.J Mr. H. M Russ, at the store of Russ Brothers, has in his hands as Clerk of the Commissioners of Federal and State and County Election, the money with which to pay the following managers of Election? L. P. Hardwick, M. M. Stevens, N. H. Hardee, I. K. Fowler, J. W. Ellis, S. B. Small, J. M. Kirton, C. ! :. Huggins, E. M. Graham, J. P. Small, N. M. Stevens, J. E. Boones, J. A. Cox. This money has been in Mr. Russ' hands for sometime but he does not know the addresses of these mana gers, but they can call on him at WllCJ RrnfJini-e SIAI-O on.l O./. i \y vi.Vl i< (JVV/I V Ullll HIV: chocks which are already filled out, or if they will send him a self-addressed, stamped envelope he will inclose the checks to them by mail. Mr. Russ is tired of holding this money and wants to wind up the matter. o ? AY NOR NOT HURT. Late accounts from the Ay nor section of the county are to the effect that the influenza, while biting the place hard in 1918, did not become bad this time and the people escaped the disease so far with only a few isolated exceptions. * The weather last week for several days was about as cold as this section has had this entire Winter season. Snow was looked for but did not arrive. was to be turned over to Nicholas Still another was the sum of $11.00 collected by the defendant from L(land Bellamy and which the prosecr.tor testified was a balance due on parts, and that parts money was to bo paid over to him. Still another item was a check for $7.00. This check was signed in blank by C. M. Stalvcy and left with J. E. Nicholas to be filled out for the amount of "hi? bill at the garage. Mr. Nicholas furnished some parts and Messrs. Kimball and Tanner performed the labor and both together amounted to $7.00. Mr. Nicholas then filled out the chick for $7.00 and paid to Messrs. Kimball and Tanner the amount going to them for the labor,' and retained the check which was payable to himself. This check happened to be drawn on the wrong bank and was returned unpaid, it was developed in the testimony that during the absence of Mr. Nicholas in Charlotte that Mr. Tanner obtained this check from Mrs. Kimball, the bookkeeper of the store, and collected the $7.00 and never accounted for tVlO phprlf MnvisfrntA rUaclniit dismissed the whole case except that part relating to the $7.00 check and held the defendant for trial as to feveaeh of trust for this and set the t *ial for March 19th. 1920. MBnnnm % ?p?? CONWAY NOW HAS CHAMBER COMMERCE That Promises to be a Live Member For the Common Good OLD TRADE BOARD WAITED ON WAR This is the Time of All Timet to Bo op Doing. Conwa-y now has a live Chamber of Commerce, the citizens of the town having met one night last week and elected officers as follows: Hoyt McMillan, President; M. A. Wright, Secretary; and J. A. McDermott, Treasurer. The Herald does not mean to say that Conway was without a similar body before the meeting last week, for the fact is that the Town did have an inactive Board of Trade, but so far a** the Herald PP\dd find out it lay til Ply dormant for a year pr mor?V or at least several yearn, while . nior timo ?' % A i ^ Irnui nun uii. Al lilt' Illt'Clin^ IHSl week a number of committees were appoints, consisting of the following: Executive committee: Hoyt McMillan, M. A. Wright, J. A. McDermott, D. A. Spivey, W. A. Freeman. D. M. Burroughs, H. W. Ambrose, and M. G. Andersen. Publicity committee: M. A. Wright, II H. Woodward, E. S. C. Raker, John E. Watson, and C. R. Scarborough. Membership committee: V. F. Piatt, W. C. Adams, W. R. Salmon, and L. H. Burroughs. Public utilities committee: Albert E. Goldfinch, A. C. Thompson, Cordie Page and Dr. H. H. Burroughs. Grievances committee: A: W. Barrett, J. W. Little, J. B. Cox, D. G; Spivey and J. M. McKeithnn. Roads and bridges committee: "W. W. Russ, W. A. Stilley, W. C. Pitts, Charles J. Epps, A. M. Sutherland, 1 and H. P. Little. Public Health committee: Dr. ML H. Burroughs, Dr. J. K. Stalvey, I>r. J. S. Du sen bury, J. M. Marlow and Miss Nina Sasser. Transportation committee: Edward L. Smith, A. T. Collins, F. A. Burroughs, J. T. Mi shoo, H. W. Ambrose and M. G. Andersen. Civic improvements committee: Paul Quattlebaum, V. F. I Matt, ?efn Elliott, W. C. Adams, ar.d A. !WBarrett. Agriculture and marketing committee: J. E. Bryan, D. V. Richardson, W. O. Davis, W. A. Freeman, I r.' / ? o jit. *.i /-i * ?? i ? j' v^. omim, r. u. nouiciay, W. K. Chestnut, H. H. Lee and C. Hedley. It has been pointed out repeatedly and there are things occurring every day which show beyond a doubt thalT this Town needs such an organisation just now more than it ever has, end it is the time of all times wheu. 1 such a body, if it will take the right ! action, can do a great deal towards the rapid growth and development of the Town. One thing which should have our attention at once ?* the providing of better facilities for handling the immense tobacco crop of the County. It should be ?or duty to encourage the farmers in the country to equip their plantaj t. ion si with proper curing barns an! packing houses in which to take ^ care of the tooheco. The farmers in. the County should be told that they must get in position to hold their tobacco crop off the market untilI they get ready to sell, for if thev i have to throw it on the warehouse floors, they may not get half its value. Then two, the matter of mail icipal improvement, so much need ed, ought to have the attention or this body of business men at once. o There will be a regular meeting | of the Civic League Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 5 o'clock at the Hut. All who are interested aro urged to be present. * 9