The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 25, 1920, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIV,
MASS MEETING IN I
SCHOOL MATTER
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Awakens Interest in Getting
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dapiibi huauumy ouieui
^ Conway as Location
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bgsiness men are
offering sites
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jjfi Committee Will Decide Finally
On Location Next Week o,nd
Make Announcmcnt.
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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\ '
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*,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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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CONWAY, S. P., THTFR8DAY,
WAR ON MALARIA
SAYS OUR CHAMBER
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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.
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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.
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, MARCH 25, 1920
AUTOMOBILES TAKEN '
IN COUNTER SUIT
Brought in Claim and Delivery
by W. D. Bethea Against i
Sheriff and Bank J
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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
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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^.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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MAKING PLANS FOR
NEW SANITORIUM
One Acre of Land Secured According
to Report From
B. G. Collins
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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.