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* \ ? 4< "M/'.-' % # . 4 ' ,<V VOLUME XXXIV, MASS MEETING IN I SCHOOL MATTER \ Awakens Interest in Getting 1 a i dapiibi huauumy ouieui ^ Conway as Location n*. : bgsiness men are offering sites _______ 1 . \ """ jjfi Committee Will Decide Finally On Location Next Week o,nd Make Announcmcnt. m " Jiv'^few-t grew last week in obtaining for Conway tho location" of the Baptist Academy. C cm way was little late in waking up to the opportunity, but took steps rapidly j when the work did begin. A mass meeting was held at the Town Had ' on last Monday night and subscription^ were asked for the school on condition, of course, that the school be located here. Atout $11,COO 09 was promised by leading busings nitf/i present. A committee was ap-' fpointed fce call those who. did not J attend the meeting. Subscriptions amounting to $6,000.00 were obtai.ifltHfcday, making a total of $17,g\ ' f\ r\r\ 1 vL. in - . i ? *,uv.w, mm me commnice nopes dc- 1 fore the final decision to raise $25,0(0.00. The baptist committee- on the question of the location of the echool came to Conway last Tuesday to look over the sites offered to the j fcchool. Among those who offered k ftitej for the school were the heirs i?I the estate of Mrs. Addie Burl ughs on the Northward edge of the tewn; Col. D. A. Spivey and J. C. Spivey, at High Point; Hal L. Puck, G. B. Jenkins, D. G. Spivey and A. E. Goldfinch, D. A. Spivey and J. A. McDermoott. The commit tor, after looking over these places, , v ore taken on a boat ride up tho Warcamaw by Warren Johnson, and after returning were entertained by the Chamber of Commerce at an in, formal supper given by the Chamber at Hotel Grace. Attending the supper were the members of the committee, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and others who are interested in locating this project at Conway. me committee coming here last] 'Tuesday is composed of Rev. Rufus Fold, Marion; Rev. W. C. Foster, Latta, and Rev. W. J. Wilder, Wanr.u maker. Rev. Foster was unable to attend the meeting here on account 'pf iljjtess. Rev. Ford conducted servV.es'iat the Baptist church Tuesday evening, and afterwards an informal hearing was held, at which time Conway's entire proposition was out-. lined, 1 The Herald is informed that the committee will make report and the | matter of location will be decided and made known next week. Loris and Wannamaker are also Hiking bids for the school, Aynor having withdrawn. TODD TO VISIT STATE Prof. John A. Todd, the famousBritish expert on cotton, will visit J. <Skottowe Wannamake**, president of the American Cotton association, at his home in St. I Matthews about April 1. Mr. Wannaf 'maker received a cablegram to this effect. j Professor Todd is one of the foremost economic expeits of Great | Britain and its an authority on cot ton. He attended the World (btton V conference in New Orleans last fall and was one of the leading figures in that meeting. He is very greatlv interested in the production of cotton and is especially anxious to see that the European mills get a supply of the staple. Ilis conference with Mr. Wannamaker is expected to very important one. ' It. is thought quite probable that Professor Todd will remain in the South for the anfuial meeting of the ; American Cotton association at Montg ricry, Ala., April Hi-Id. \ ithr <T>\ I ' ^ NUMBERS OF CALLS ACCOUNT OF FLU Towards the end ofc ' last week there were soiho days and nights of cooler weather and this cooler weath er apparently had some effect on the "flu" in the country by increasing the sickness of the people. The ca'l ? | sent in lor pnysicians towards the end of tho week, judging by thei number, did not appear very, encouraging. After conversation with several physicians the Herald can say that by* a fair estimate there was an average number of forty calls each day from the people in the country to the physicians here. S > far as Conway is concerned, there appeared to be an improvement las week, as the Board of Health had net changed its decision to take off the quarantine and remove the restrictions in full on March 21st. lieports were to the effect that in many sections of the county new cases were still developing and soma of them perhaps running into pneumonia. The Herald may be able to get later information and publish it in another column regarding the sit uation later this week. WENT ELSEWHERE, Tabor, N. C.? gets the drying plant and stemmtry that would liav* been located at Conway this year, if the business men at Conway had stirred themselves and obtained a suitable site for* the plant, ami purchased the machinery which was offered by a North Carolina company at a greatly reduced price. Conway was sdow about the matter for reasons already stated, and in the mean time as the proper inducements were offered at Tabor, N. C., it was decided to put the plant in at that place. o BREAKING OF SHAFT. The large (hive .shaft at the plant, of the Conway Lumber Company , broke in half "h few days ago, so i that a new shaft had to be ordered, i and the pulleys were taken to Ma- j rion, S. C.f for reboring so that a larger shaft could bo put in. A por- ' tion of the plant is idle for several , days while these repairs are b^ing made. mariWhrmeT has disappeared Diligent Search Being Made for Edwin White in Marion County. m r. Marion.?Edwin White, a w'^U known and well to do farmer, living About a mile from Centenary, has disappeared and dilligent efforts have failed to find him. Mr. Whito wtift mnrlo Vila Vi /\?vi ? ? ? t* ??v aat??^V Alio lIl/IU'v with a brother and two maiden sisters, has not been seen since Friday afternoon, when he left the house to meet his brother at a school house about three-quarters of a mile away. His sister saw him going down the load, but since he went around the bend, about half the distance to the school, nothing has been heard of him. Mr. While's brother went to Centenary to get a monument, which h-> was to erect at a grave at the school house. Mr. White was to meet t1 e brother there to assist in the work. It was raining when Mr. White left 1 ome to join his brother, and taking an umbrella with him, his sister saw * mm start toward the school. But he failed to meet his brother at the appointed place. - Mr. White is described as 50 j < ars of age, five feet, seven inches in height, clean shaven, hair originally black, but now well sprinkled with gray, no teeth except a few in the front. The missing man is saicf to have received several anonymous letters within the past year. The search is continuing atyl a careful combing of the surrounding territory is being made. 1 jpJH* CONWAY, S. P., THTFR8DAY, WAR ON MALARIA SAYS OUR CHAMBER ? 1 Sending Out Valuable Information in the Student Contest Now On MALARIA IS'NOW PREVENTABLE DISEASE Many People Lack Efficiency on Account of Sickness From This Cause. The Conway Chamber of Commerce sent cut, a lew days ago, a"> intore ding circular concerning the prizes offered for?the best essay on the subject of malaria; stating among other things the following; Remember these facts: Malaria is a preventable disease, It is caused by the bite of a mosquito. Mosquitoes brood only in water. Mosquito breeding is preventable by drainage and oiling. Mosquitoes may be kept out of thv) homo by fine screen*. Taking quinine regularly th rough' cnit the mosquito .season will prevent I your taking malaria from any* mosjquito which might bite you. If evlery person who has malaria would take GO grains of quinine every week for three months thorp would Up no more malaria for mosquitoes to carry. If you can teach your father and mother about the danger of malaiia and the way to prevent it, you will be doing a great work for Smth Carolina. The Conway Chamber of Commerce will give prizes for the best essays written by Students in Horry County. First prize, $50; second prize, $5; third prize, $3; fourth prize, $2. Rules of Contest. Any white school child of Horry County is eligible for this contest. I Ry "school child" is meant one now attending school or who attended during the past term. No essay of more than 500 words will be considered. All essays must be in the hands of M. A. Wright, Secretary Conway I Chamber of Commerce, by noon of April 17, 1920. I All essays must be written in ink | or on typewriter and must show on the back name and address of contestant and name of school now be ing attended or which was attended during past session. For further information address! M. A. Wright, Secretary, Conway, S. C. GERMANY FACES | TROUBLED TIMES London.?Conditions in Germany are expected to get much worse be fore they improve, in the opin'on of Rritish foreign office officials based on the latest dispatches from Ger many. The officials express confidence, however that some sort of central government will ultimately prevail. Food is expected to be the dec'ding factor and the Ebert government had already requested the allies to maintain their present sys tern of supplying foodstuffs, wlvc'i have become inadequate. With transportation virtually suspended, many towns which heretofore have been better supplied than Berlin are beginning to feel the pinch. For the present the allies hav * not changed their attitude that sn far as it has* gone the chaos is entirely an internal affair of Germany, but it is stated authoritatively thai it would likely cease to be an internal affair should the monarchist Ol" reds (rain t.hr> unnor Vinrwl ta. | ? CT-- ^ lief is expressed by officials that neither would be disposed to xcarry out tho Versailles agreement which would necessiate the exertion of power by the allies to force compliance. tt Si* , MARCH 25, 1920 AUTOMOBILES TAKEN ' IN COUNTER SUIT Brought in Claim and Delivery by W. D. Bethea Against i Sheriff and Bank J < PASTIES SHOW CHECK AMD BILL LADING i Case Will Stand on Docket fovi Trial of Issue as to Ownership Later On. The five Ford touring1 cars recently seized by the sheriff under j an execution issued on the judgmcn' j <>' Hank of Loris vs. Power W. Bo- j thea and others, were released la t Saturday by the sheriff, after W. 1). Hothea, of Lutta, had brought su t in claim and delivery and made bond in the sum of $8 000.00 for return of the machines to the defendants if such delivery shall be adjudge I by the court when the case is tvicd? Th'i j automobiles had been stored by the sheriff in the garage of the Conway Motor Car Company, and insured the same day that they were fseized or the day afterwards. At first efforts were made to ?Ctj the machines released by private negotiations, the plaintiff showing a check for $4,00000 drawn by P. M. Mellette, on the Farmers & Merchants Bank, of Latta, payable to the Watkins State Bank, in New York State; and also a bill of lad ing issued at Elmira, N. Y., on the machines consigned to Power W. Bethea, at Conway, S. C. P. S. Cooper, president of the Bank of Loris, offered to release the mach'nes and also other property that had been seized at the same time, upon certain conditions which were refused, and the suit in claim and delivery resulted. It is said < that the matter wil1 stand thus until the issue of ownership comes up in the court of common Pleas for this county. COLLIDES WITH CAR. There was a collision last Monday evening near the Burroughs Hospital, when a lever car in charge of section-master, Bill Grainger, and his crew, collided with a Ford touring car that was passing at the crossing just as the lever car reach" I ed the same spot. The lever car was [damaged and upset, and the automobile was badly damaged in some. I respects. None of the parties con- j j corned were injured beyond a good | shaking up and a few slight bruises. HAS POORSERVlCE SAYS MULUNS PAPER! Compares Telegraph Service rt 4- O Am urn i u/:iu TI.-1 ai vsuiiwdy Willi iildl dl Mullins. Conway is as good tcAvn as wo know of, Mullins excepted, but she has unsuestionably the poorest t lagraph service' in this section. A I message filed in Mullins at twoi thirty Saturday received there an | hour later was delivered at eign -: thirty o'clock. The nature of the I mo. sago demanded urgent attention, y<t the telegram was allowed to bo ' thrown about the office five houri while the one to whom it was addressed to could have been found two blocks from the office. We , />/ ~ ? " I v i n-r a comparison in mc service at Conway and Mullins. The reply pertaining to the subject was filed in Conway at 9:b0, received in Mullins at 9:45 and was in the hands of the party to whom it was addressi d at 9:50?ten minutes later. Conway deserves better service than she ha^. ? Mullins Enterprise. ra I (I. WANTS TO HEAR FROM ABSENT SON The Herald is in receipt of a p >sal card from A. M. Geary, of 3-?l Grange Street, Georgetown, South Carolina, stating in substance that ie wishes to communicate with his i seventeen year old boy, Bentley \V. V<> 1UI nitiity v? i uui^inA, O. V and states that the parent is sivk and blin I and greatly in need of thi> boy's assistance. The Herald publis': os ibis notivC for what ii may to worth and in the hope that it ma kelp this man by obtaining news of his boy for him. " ' ? C? NO GOVERN .M ENT Sl'PPUES Last wee!: Huss Brothers wore designated as Distributing Agon for Government supplies, a id Mr W. W. Uu>s went to Charleston in the expectation of obtaining a earload of those supplies. When he arrived there, however, he found that it was too late as all ef th allotments hail been sent out to oth or points and there was no more just now that the Government c <u) \ \ use in that way. Mr. Kusy had intended to dispose of quite a large quantity of these supplies if he had not been too late in obtaining the appointment. ? ? NEWS FROM WAMPEE. "Flu" Situation Improving?Interest Being Manifested in Railroad. Wampce, March 2i.?^hc "Flu" situation is improving and it is believed that when the present families who have it recover that there will be no more of it this vpnr. Wampee has been hit hard with this very unwelcome guest this time ail.I those who have not had the 'flu' are hoping for its final disappearance. Services at the Baptist church were conducted last Sunday for the first time in several weeks. The Grade! School also opened again for work Monday morning. Citizens of Wampee and vicinity are manifesting considerable interest in 'the rumor that is going th" rounds concerning the Seaboard people building a railroad through the county. Such a railroad as is proposed would have to run through Wampee. A farmer and leading citi* en of this place said to your coricspondent the other day: "Wampee needs a railroad more than any I thing in the world, except religion/' and a leading merchant of this place said when the matter was being discussed "I want to see a railrca 1 through Wampee for it will open up to the outside world the "best spot on earth." The people of this place are willing to do all they can to encourage the building of such a road. EX-KAISERWORRIED BY EVENTSIN GERMANY Amerongen.?The week of strain foMowing the events in Germany has apparently made a great impression upon the mental and physical condition of the former German em peror. His nervousness and sleepless ness are increasing and in trying to conceal his emotions the en-kaiser l ehaves in a manner which Reems utterly strange to the servants who have cared for his wants since he became an exile here. Where formerly he drank only 1 ght wines at meal time, the former monarch now calls for wine dur'ng the intervals of his wood sawing. His nervous habit of stradding chairs \ i rm 1 t 5-4i as increased. ine exile? anxiety is heightened by the illness of his wife, who for a long time has been | a sufferer with mild attacks of i heart diseases. Those attacks recurred frequently this week. BAD TIMES IN AUSTRIA. Bill Kuboski, the Austrian shoemaker who has a shop on lower Main Street, stated that he had bad u:~ 1 ^ - ? ? i.'. ?o iu'iii in;> uuiili* in ire ml country; that, his relatives had d'e 1 from privation and starvation; that wheat according to a letter he ha ! received was two hundred dollars per fcurhel in that country. : * v ! | " NOT 49. MAKING PLANS FOR NEW SANITORIUM One Acre of Land Secured According to Report From B. G. Collins ? STILL FURTHER PLANS MAY INCREASE SITE Others May Become Interested With Dr. Jas. A. Norton in The Enterprise. Information is out to the effect t1 at Dr. J. A. Norton has purchased a lot of land from Mr. B. (i. Collins, i 11 the pine prove near the town, along the National "Highway; rear where it joins the streets of the town, and that ho expects to us* this property as a sife for a new sanatorium. An interview with Dr. Norton brings out the fact that the^. erection of the building cannot now be considered. (Win# to the scarcity of labor and the high prices an I scarcity of building nifttprjglsj but ~ sooner or later it is expected thai. \hc work on the buildings will begin. "While there is only one acre of the land now covered by the purchase, he expectH to pin'rHasc ftfiotb* er acre adjoining this lot, if it I* possible, to pei'feot the plans that he has in view. Dr. Norton stated that he is making efforts to get others interested with him in this- enterprise. When established, the hospital v/f!l operate under the name of Pinehurst Sanatorium. There is no better location than among the pines. GOVERNMENTWARNS AGAINST BOLL WEEVIL Washington.)?Discovery of the pink boll worm in Louisiana and it* reappearance in Louisiana caused the Department of Agriculture to issue a notice of public hearing to be held here April 6, to consider the advisability of quarantining these States. The department statement said: The discovery early in February of this year of the establishment of the pink worm in Southwestern Louisiana in the parishes of Cimcron, Calcasieu and Jeff Davis, under circumstances which indicate that this insect hfta bcou present there for at least two years, and the distribution of cotton seed and cotton -from this district during these to various points in Louisiana and also in Texas together with the reappearance of this Insect in tho ohL Trity B-lv district itt TcxtiS have added very much to the seridusnew* of the pink boll worm sittmtioit> In Restricted Ar as. "Hitherto this insect has knows to occur only in certain restricted areas in Texas and with the aid c? the federal funds and State cooi>era tion both in quarantine measure* and clean up and general control work, the insect has seemed to baon a fair way to be exterminated, and there has been no real need of federal quarantine. "While the notice of hearing: w drawn to cover the States of Texas and Louisiana as a whole, it is hoped that it will not b> possible, through the cooperation of the States concerned and particularly the establishment by there Stat s rf quarantines prohibiting the growth of cotton in the areas actually known to he infested, t> limit Hie restriction imposed under the federal quarantine to the areas actual lv demonstrated as infested." THEY HAVE RECOVERED. E. D. CauRoy was in Conway from the Martin Hill section of Bucks township, last Tuesday, and he stated that \vhilc the influenza had struck the people a hard blow, that all of them had recovered and therehad not been a single death in that community.