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VOLUME XXXIV.
" ANOTHER RAILROAD
4 - IS CRYING NEED
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Only Railroad Comes Down
'<4i: Main Street?Sidetracks
' Matter of Difficulty
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DRYING HOUSES AND
TOBACCO STEMMERY
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^Cannot Obtain Suitable Sites
Upon Which to Erect
Buildings Here.
No oVic ever leaves Conway by
railroad who does not realize the
absolute necessity of another railroad
into Conway from another direction
if the- town and the County
ere ever to be connected up with the
outside world as they should be.
There is no visitor to Conway, by
automibile who does not see the
great neen 01 a new railroad coming
in from the West and opening up
one of the most fertile sections of
the entire State.
i The movement for removing the
Coast Line track from Main Street
has never brought any resolts so far,
although, it has been agitated from
time to time for many long vears.
The fait that the only railroad in
the place comes down the principal
# street has made it very hard, so far, |
to obtain a suitable site whereon j
there might be erected a drying!
. plant, or tobacco stommery, will not j
W the railroad passes through Main
Street, and the residence section of
the town, there is no way to get In
a side track without cutting through
very valuable property, whereas, if
there -were a track coming in from
the woods near the lower section of
Conway these new buildings could
be erected without very much;
trouble. The movement for a drying
.plant ,01 tobacco stemniery, will n^t
. amount to anything this Summer,
owing to this matter and other obstacles
in the way. Those who are
interested in the movement, however,
are not yet discouraged, and bv
another year something may be
done.
fertiuzerIitWion
and its causes
Clcgu-on College.?Tt appeal's now
from The best information available
that there is to be a shortage in the
fertilizer supply that will make it
very difficult if not impossible to
get out all of the fertilizers needed
by seeding time.
It seems that strikes in the Florida
phosphate fields delayed factories
in starting up the production of acid
phosphate. Then too the railroads
seem to have been unable to maintain
a sufficient supply of phosphate
frock to the manufacturers; and also
that inadequate docking facilities
for ships and labor shortage at ports
have retarded the supply of potash
ar,d nitrate of soda to the manufacturers.
However, ^the manufacturers
arqtfftftting forth every effort to
/meet the demands, and the fertilizer
"interests generally will do their best
to take care of late orders.
Farmers who fail to get. their full
supplies in time to apply them bel
fore planting are advised that they <
* can be applied as is customary for j
second applications, in this case the 1
fertilizer should be put as near the 1
' t>ow as possible without disturbing ]
the growing plants too much. 1
The crop prospects indicate that 1
this is a year when liberal use of 11
feitilivors will'Tje more than usually 1
wise and profitable? and it is sug- ?
iestedjthat those farmers who have '
not ^ placed their orders should do 1
fo without delay and thu.v help out 1
the situation by giving the manu- I
facUirers a clear conception of the 1
needs of the consumers and the size <
of the manufacturers' job in meet- i
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AFFAIR AT AYNOR
BRINGS OUT WARRANTS
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vii imi> uuuuay uicre was an affair
on the streets at Aynor which
created some cxcitcmnt and resulted
in several warrants being sworn out
here before Magistrate Chestnut last
Monday morning. It appears that
some words took place between Pear
son F. Spears and Wilbur Huggins,
&nd perhaps C. C. Huggins, the father
of Wilbur Huggins, who was pre.->
ent at the time. In the melee which
resulted a pistol was fired ^>ff but
did not hurt anybody, and Spears
was struck in the head with a bottle
of some kind, and he received two
wounds, one of which was a mere
scratch on the upper part of his
head while the other was of a more
serious nature rather in front on the
upper part of his forehead and
which, according to reports, slightly
fractured the skull bone.
There was a cross indictment resulting,
as several warrants were
sworn out by Huggins for Spears,
and the latter took out a warrant
for assault and battery with intent
to kill against Huggins. Both sides
are under bond for their appearan -e
here at a later date.
GETS COUNTY DEPOSITS.
Marion, March 16.?At a meeting
in the office of County Treasurer D.
J Martin, at which most of the
banks of the county were represented
the county account was given to
Merchants and Planters Bank, of
Mullins. This bank was represented
at the meeting by its President,
J no. P. Cooper, and by its Cashier,
E. Tate McMillan. A loan of eighty
thousand dollars was made to the
county and the agreement is that all
I of the funds of tho paiim+w
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handled by the Merchants and Plant
eis Bank for the entire year. It is
understood that a low rate of interest
was given but this will be more
than offset by the nice balances
that will be carried to the credit of
the county.
VILLAlFFEiKSAFE
CONDUCT TO 'GUESTS'
Washington?P.elatives and friends
cf Americans kidnapped by Pancho
Villa need have no concern as to
their safety and may dismiss all
fear that they may be held for ransom
if they repose full confidence in
a communication recently received
form the Mexican bandit leader.
According to his note of reassurnv\/i/v
V? /v A 1 M * *
?wivo iic iii*:s uuopiea tne only practical
moans he can think of to get
a friendly conversation with various
representative Americans who cross
his trail, and, while they are his
"guests" they will be treated with
every consideration and returned unharmed
and unrobbed to their
friends. ,
The substance of Villa's communication
was transmitted unofficially
to officers of the intelligence branch
of the War Department coincident;
with a consular report received at
the -State Department announceing
the release of Josep)| Williams, who
had been carried off into the mountains
by Villa last week after an attack
on a train in which Wil'iam
was a passenger. Williams was the
fifth American captured by the outlaw
in two months, all of whom
have been released without the pay
ment of ransom.
Wants American Viewpoint.
It was explained in the message
Villa succeeded in getting hore, that
only a vague idea of what was going
on in the outside world could be
had where he was, and the desire to
learn more, to gain the American^
point of view and a determination
to give them opportunities to carry
Nack with them some of his own
theories of what a government in
Mexico should be had caused him to
[letermine to gather in his guests
where he might find them regardless
of their willingness to accept
ins invitation. He added that from
t?mc to time others would be
brought in but urged those interested
not to become alarmed for it wa^
10 part of his plan either to injure
them or collect ransom.
Stow
CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY
ESSAYS MUST COME
BY APRIL 17TH
Contest Open to ?VII White
School Children Who Have
Not Graduated.
The essay contest, on the subject
of "Malaria, Its Cause and Prevention,"
conducted by the Chamber of
Commerce, will close at noon on
April 17th . All essays competing In
the contest must be in by that time
The contest is open to all white
school children who have not graduated,
and who attend school.
The length of the essays must be
500 words, and they are to be forwarded
to Marion A. Wright, Secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce,
Conway, S. C. The essays must be
written in ink, or typewritten, and
should show the name and address
and the school to which the contestant
belongs, on the back of the essay.
The Chamber of Commerce has
1,000 copies of the Public Health
Seivice bulletins on the subject of
malaria, and copies of these may be
had upon application to the secretary.
fiveFo?cars~
under execution
Issued on Judgment Entered
in 1914 Against Several
Parties
OARS ARE CLAIMED
BY PARTY AT LATTA
President of the Bank of Loris
Visited Conway Last
Thursday.
Last "week the Sheriff of the
county seized a number of Ford automobiles
from Ambrose & Bethca
under an execution issued upon a
judgment which has been on record
since 1014, against Power W. Bethel
and Mrs Hilda Bethea, jointly with
Mr Percy Hardwicke and Mrs Maggie
Ilardwicke. These machines
were seized by the sheriff were taken
at the direction of the Bank of
Loris, who holds the above stated
judgment. The judgment is for a
deficiency on the foreclosure of a
mortgage covering: the E, S. Baker
tract of land near Cool Spring, which
was purchased by Messrs Hardwicko
& Bethea from Mr. J. W. Dawsey.
Mrs. Bethea and Mrs. Hardwicko
were endorsers on the note secured
b? the mortgage. The land did not
bring enough to pay the debt so
there is now due on the judgment
the sum of about five thousand dollars
with interest from 1914.
After these automobiles were seized
by the Sheriff last week, Mr.
Fewer W. Bethea stated 4hat the
cars did not belong to him b it
showed a written certificate on th?
letterhead of the Farmers & Merchants
Bank of Latta, South Carolina,
indicating that the cars belonged
to the Bank of Latta, this certificate
being signed by one M,% |
Bethea, as Assistant Cashier.
Later, Attorney J. B. Gibson and |
Mr. Dal Bethea of Latta, South Car |
olina, came over to Conway and Mr.
Dal Bethea stated that he owns th cars
and that he had them shippe 5
to Ambrose & Bethea to sell for
him. At last accounts attorneys
were employed and it was expect e l
that claim and delivery proceedings
would bo brought to re-take the eais
from the Sheriff and the Bank of
Loris. Mr. P. S. Cooper, the President
of the Bank of Loris, was hero
one 'day last week and gave the
Sheriff a Bond of Indemnity against
any damage or cost that might be
incurred in the taking of the cars.
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f, MARCH 18, 1920.
NO DECISION YET
ON BAPTIST SCHOOl
Towns Are Bidding for Loca'
tion of Baptist Academy in
This County.
There was a meeting held a
Wannamaker School last Tuesday ot
' the question of the location of th<
Baptist Academy which is to bt
erected and run in this county; anhigh
bids for the location of thi
school were submitted by Conwa;
and Loris. Wannamaker and Ayno
also are bidding for the school.
, There was no decision on the ques
tion last Tuesday, but it was decide<
to hold another meeting here at Co1
i way next Tuesday, at which the do
cision as to location of the schoo
may be made. Conway was repre
sented at the meeting last Tuesda;
by O. Hoyt McMillan, and Mar
, ion A. Wright, of the Chamber o
Commerce, and a number of othe
business men. ?
Loris offered $11,000.00 in sub
, scriptions and a site, and stated thi
, was only a starter.
Ay nor had nothing to' offer at th
meeting but said they would ge
busy.
Conway offered a site and promis
cd subscriptions.
Conway would do well to secur
this school and should get busy a
once on the subject to make a goo<
showing for next Tuesday.
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J. Clifton Rivers was recent!
elected State Warehouse Commic
sioner to succeed the late Captaia
W. G. Smith. Mr. Rivers is a prom
inent fanner and business man o
Chesterfield County.
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MADE TO ALLIES
Washington. ? Announcement
Secretary Houston that no furthe
leans would be made to the allie
was believed to indicate the adoptioi
by the treasury of the policy favor
ed by the debtor nations of defer
ring interest payments for the nex
three years or more.
Under authority granted by con
gross to extent $10,000,000,000 crcd
it? to the allied nations, the tieas
ury has made loans amounting t<
$9,659,834,649. Secretary Houstor
said that the remainder of the cred
its authorized would not be grantc<
as it was thought sufficient advances
had been made.
Discussing the question treasur\
i officials said that in view of the
| exchange situation and the unsettled
j economic conditions of the European
nations during the reconstruct r
period. It would seem advisable to
permit them to postpone interest fo.
at least three years. Then, it is believed,
they would be in a position to
meet their obligations.
With thn ?nfni<aof 1 ~
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j computed at 5 per cent the total duo
the United States yearly is about
$470,000,000, an enormous sum for
: the war-weakened countries to pay
,af present. If interest is funded in
to long-term obligations, the interest
on the payments thus deferred will
| amount to only $23,000,000 yearly,
which can be paid and the credit of
i the debtor nations maintained,
j Treasury officials are winking on
recommendations to submit to congress
as to the course to be followed
if deferred payments are permitted.
It has been suggested that
the interest on the interest b?
charged off, but the proposal has
not met with strong opposition in
congress.
America's chief debtors are Great
Britain with $4,277,000.00; Prance,
5? 3,0474)74,000, and Italy, $1,621,388,986
Belgium's debt is $343,445,000
and Russia is charged with $187,729,
750. Rumania, Servia, Greece, Cuba,
Cxecho-Slovokia and Liberia are the
other countries listed on the books
oi the treasury.
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ROAD WORK DOING
. IN CONWAY TOWNSHIP
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The Maintenance Crew of Conway
Township have been working this
week on the Bucksport road', the detour
Brown Swamp Bridge, the Conway
and Pireway road, Play Card
Road, and repairing bridge at Gricr
Swamp, and repairing bridge at
t Dirty Branch. /
^ We understand the chain gang
% will have completed their section of
the Con way-Gal ivants Ferry road
? about June 1st and will then be at
* liberty to engage in other road
s w ork.
^ It is said that the next road t?]
1 deceive Federal Aid will be the Play
Card road from Homewood, via
" Adrian and Old Bavboro.
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is the time the supervisor*
1 should be using their road machine1
" and drags before the dry weathei
' makes the ground too dry and hard
for best results.
^ There appears a misunderstanding
in regard to the disposal of the si.N
** dollars commutation road tax. Man\
1 believe this goes into the Count)
General fund, but this is a mistake
as the tax is placed by the treasur
s or to the credit of the township
where it belongs, and the money car
e only be paid out by order of the
^ township supervisor.
voice opposition'
; to m'adoo plan
Washington. ? Opposing Formei
s Secretary McAdoo's plan of reducing
^ taxes by additional bond issues, See
Votary Houston and Assistant Sec
retary Leffingwell told the house
y ways and means which is consider
! ing soldier relief legislation, tWi
ti any increase in the present govern
i- ment indebtedness would create ;
f grave financial siluati< n.
C? I ? T A .....
I wcgiciHiy riouston predicted thn
a bond issue of $2,600,000,000 neccs
sary under certain plans of adjuster
compensation now before the com
I mittee "might result in a disaster,'
^ while Mr. Leffingwlel sai<l "t'r <
worst thing possible would be t<
give bonds to former soldiers, as r
V great* majority of them would cast
r their holdings immediately."
s Both suggested increased taxes as
i "the least harmful way to extern
- relief, the assistant secretary assert
- ing that even a tax on normal int
comes would add to the cost of living
and be. directly felt by those
least able to bear it. Any future
- bond issue would have to bear G per
- cent, interest and wou'd be a "much
> more serious proposition than it was
i during the war."
Governor Harding of the federal
I reserve board told the committee:
"First, there would be a la k of
patriotism which helped in selling
''bonds during the war," he said, 'and
: secondly, we would come into com.
t petition with all soils of commercial
? investments."
i Even under increased taxes, Se >
retary Houston said, the proposed
' j expenditure of $2,000,000 000 "would
jbe a serious one for the people to
>I confront at this time."
"The present financial situation is
jnot critical," Mr. Houston comment
ed. ."Economy by the people, avoidance
of waste in expenditures, economical
appropriations by congress
land prudence in handling these appropriations
will naturally lelicv*
the situation."
Discussing the bond plan, Mr.
I Lcffingham said bonds given to fortnicr
service men while increasing
] the nations indebtedness would also
! bring about -a recurrence of a -t'vilies
of "sharks" similar to thos^
; used against Liberty bondholders after
the armistice.
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NONE ARE SUMMONED.
The sheriff is regarded as a part
of the health system of the State,
and at least he is the officer upon
whom much depends in the carrying
out of the orders of the board of
health as to gatherings and the tak
ing of precautions about crowding
He has not summoned the jurymen
for the term of court on the 29tn,
inst., owing to the action taken by
the bar association not to hold the
court.
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COURT AGAIN OFF "
OWING TO FUI
Decided at Bar Meeting Held
Last Week to Consider
Situation
. JURYMEN ARE DRAWN
; BUT NOT NOTIFIED
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Conditions Worse in Country
Than in The Town?Was
1 Set for 29th.
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According to the statutes the
I court of Common Pleas for this
county would convene on Monday*,
r March 29th. Recently when the
: criminal term of the court was
' about to take place, the board of
* health took a hand and the criminal
' court was called off. Since that
time the influenza situation has not
> improved any but on the other hand
i has grown worse, especially in the
5 country districts and perhaps in the
most of the villages over the county.
Lost week many cases of the disease,
some with pneuomnia, and
II others dying, were reported from
different sections of the county, andr
at about the same time that the
members of the bar would have met
and arranged a roster of cases for
L the approaching term of the court
? of Common Pleas, they held a meet
" I ing and decided that it was the
sense of the bar that the term, of
" court should not be held, and that**
no causes would bo prepared for
^ trial by any of the attorneys eQUcerned
in them.
This action on the part.of the bar
( association was communicated to the
| local board of health, who may not
j | take any action In regard to
holding of the court, owing - to this
, action on the part of bar association.
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In the main time the clerk of the
court and the other officials composing
the board of jury commissioners
had posted the required notice
of the drawing of the jurymen
j for the approaching court. The jurymen
were drawn as follows:
B. Frank Graham, Boyd Ford, ?"W.
P. Williams, J. W. Singleton, J. R.
Strickland, N. T. Collins, W. M. Edwards,
Dillon Hlliott, T. W. Graham,
S. E. Williamson, J. E. Hughes, C.
C. Smith, I. P. Mincy, G. L. Cox, H.
Ij. Lupo, W. W. Carmichael, J. Wade
H. Hardee, Moses McDowell, C. A.
Anderson, J. T. Floyd, E. T. Hoggins,
A L. Alford, H. J. Sarvis, "W.
L. Richardson, J. C. Ayers, Thomas
W. Dorman, G. LeRoy Strickland.
W. Thos. Floyd, W. M. West, Sam
C. Long, W. P. Hardee, W. H. Oliver,
G. E. Graham, Braddy Williamson,
R. W. Bryan, J .D. Watson.
The sheriff was given the venire
but he has taken no steps to summon
the jurymen as of course they
will not be needed when there are
no cases to try. The action of the
bar association will bo taken upwith
the judge of the court and he
will not come over to hold the court
or- the 29th.
BURRMSSCHOOL
OPENS THIS WEEK
After Being Closed for Some
/ Time on Account of
Influenza.
The Burroughs School opened
again for work last Monday morningafter
being closed for several week*
on account of the influenza. The
school was the only institution, however,
that was relieved from the recent
regulations of the local health
board. The moving picture show,
the churches, and other gathering?
are still under orders to remain clos
ed up until March 21st.