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VOLUME XXXIV.
/ NEW RAILROAD HERE I
IS TALK OF TOWN
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WOULD DEVELOP SECTIONS
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Nothing Caji do More Just Now
For Progress and Development
tn Horry County.
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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
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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.
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*- 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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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CONWAY, 8 C , THURSDAY,
STATE WIDE LAW '
MAY PASS SENATE
Amendment to General Stock \
Law Passed by House of
Representatives.
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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
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FEBRUARY 26, 1920.
WILL PASS LAW
RELIEVING TREASURER
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A/ill Not Require County
Treasurer to Make Penalties
Good.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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yXt M. RUSS HAS
MANAGER'S MONEY
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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./.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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