The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 22, 1920, Image 1
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CONWAY COUNCIL ^
PROPOSES LAW |
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Which Might Make Public 1
Sentiment Rise in Holy
Wrath
PRICES OF P1PIPJG
AMD ALSO FIXTURES
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Soaring Higher Th?an There is
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It is comrrfon report that an ordinance
is jiow being passed by the
Council of the Town of Conway to ,
require all persons owning'buildingr
within certain distances of the Town
water system, to make connection
with that system, and put water
Works in their buildings. It is stated
that the Ordinance has alreadj
received two reading in the council,
and that it will receive a third at
J^Jthe next meeting early next month;
that all of the Alderman are in
favor of passing this Ordinance and
it is likely to become a law of the
Town.
Without having read the Ordinance
as proposed, but relying upon
reliable statements which have been
made concerning its provisions; this
paper would like to state before it is
k _ passed the reasons why it should
not be done at this time. These ,
reasons show that the passage of
the law now will work a hardship
Mpon th ;? citizens of the town and
may result in more harm than good.
Tho reasons arc to he found in
these facts: So far. although tho
Town provided a piinlic water supply
and a limited sewer disposal; up
'Jd to this time there was no enforced
use of these improvements, yet the (
people have been connecting as
irapidly as they could afford it, and
In accordance with the* general
ficpfiomic situation prevailing, not
only here but all over the country.
There is one plumber in Conway
urhn Vio i? nffnrpd $10.00 net'
day to go to another Town and work
for another plumber; he has alh
unit more, than he can accompli h
under the law? as they stand, and
he cannot obtain the necessary
unski'led labor that he needs to accomplish
the unskilled part of hi,
work. The price of soil pipe, galvanized
water pipe, and enameled
iron water fixtures, have kept going
up until their cost is out of reason
;aftd simply beyond the reach of a
man of ordinary means. Going ahea 1
' j to force the people to invest their
' K money in these improvements at
such prices shows a lack of appreciation
of the condition and. ab'lity
of those whose votes place. ' their
affairs in the hands of the council.
It is stated on good authority that
it will cost about the sum of $400 00
ito make the water connections and
furnish an ordinary bathroom. Some
iof those who own houses find it hard
to pay the interest on the mortgage j
that may stand against them, and
they ouyht not to lie required t > bor
row more money at such a time as
this to put in an investment of that'
afhount. By waiting until later the 1
cost might not be half as much. The
v?nc!cinrr /-rf f-1-.'Ordinance and its en- 1
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maf' result in violation -of
the law on thn pnvt. nf phonic who !
wish to comply with all the laws.
They may find it impossible to comply
and have to pay the penalty.
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BRINGS A CROWD.
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Sin" shown at the Pastime
Theater last Tuesday night brought
large crowds that testad tdic utmost
capacity of the theater. Tnere were
two shews and the crowd was large !
at each time. Standing room was
all taken up and the show gave general
satisfaction.
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y Ralph R. Benson of McCormick,1
S. C.. spent several days here with,
friends and relatives last week. j
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APPLIES TO COURT 1
FOR WILL BENSON
foung Son of Hattie Behson A
Said to Be Growing Up
in Ignorance.
Proceeding*! have bocn started in Q
[be Probate Court of Horry County
[o have the Judge of Probate assume
the care and cu/tody of one
Willie Benson, also known us William
Benson, a young son of Hattie q
Benson, a widow who lives on a farm
near Conway. According to affi
lavitfc and the Petition filed in ti e
Court, it appears that this boy ca 1not
be made to attend to any regu
lar work built seems to be waywtrd
and is growing up in ignorance, not
even knowing his alphabet.
Recently his mother entered into S1
a contract with C. E. Lovell on the t*
Adams farm near Conway, but the u
boy left the said farm to reside with w
Zack Johnson in the Pee Dee sec- ti
tion. d
Frequently the Court of Probate p
has been called upon to take charge fj
of boys of about his age. The law b
provides that the Judge of Probabte
may appoint a truant officer to look
after such boys if he thinks neces- v.
sary, and he is also authorized un- t:
der one section of the act to commit p
the boy to the Industrial School at y
Florence. He is also given wide t
discretion in this Act which was c
passed several years ago, in order to p
enlarge the duties and powers of the
Probate Court in regard to children, p
DEMOCRATS^MEET
MONDAY, MAY 3RD'
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Will Elect Delegates to State i
Convention to fee Held i
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PRECINCT CHAIRMEN
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The Horry County Democratic Cor!
vestion will convene in Conway on
Monday-week, May 3rd, to elect Dele j
gates to the State Convention in Co- '
lumbia. The Convention will a'so (
elect a Chairman and a State Execu- (
tivc Committeeman. 1
Notice of the several Precinct Club. ]
meetings, to be held at their teepee ]
tivc places on Saturday, April.,24th. j
appeared in these columns la>t week i
In addition to this, it is understood ,
that County Chairman, E. J. Sherwood
has already mailed an Official
Notice to each of the Precinct Chairmen,
and it is understood that a live
ly interest is already being nianifcs'ed
in most sections of the Cuvnty,
The; County Convention \v'.!i h
composed of eighty-two (82) 0 1
gates, each Precinct Ifvng.entitle to ?
one Delegate for each twenty > vo '
(25) vote.; or majority fraction the:, m
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regular Election of the year 101
Owing to the war at that time am'
the lack of any heated local contest
there was a very sma 1 v. te pol ed in
the County, which will mean that
the Convention will be composed o
less Delegates than in any recent <
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The following information, as to <
the votes cast and the Delegates of
the respective Prccinc{s, has been ^
furnished us by the County Chair- ^
man.
Precinct Vote Cast 1018 Del.
Adrian 89 4
Aynor 119 5 \
Bayboro 48 2 ,
Blanche 68 2 j
Cedar Grove 61 2 ^
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CONWAYS P., THURSDAY
IEXT CHAUTAUQUA
8N MAY 18TH-20TH
ccording to Letter Written tc
Committee Here by Chau- v
tauqua Management
OWIES THIS YEAR
WITH BEST PROGRAM
ommunity Problems Will Bo
Taken Up Each Evening
During the Three Days.
It '.3 recalled that our business men
igned up with the Radcliffe Chaumqua
for the holding- of a Chauluqua
again this spring. The date
ras, of course, unknown at the
ime of making the contract. Under
ate of April 14th the chautauqua
eople write that the date has been
ixed and that the chautauqua wi 1
e here on May 18-19-20.
Ample advertising material, confining
posters and. season tickets,
rill come to the community in ample
ime to be used at least two weeks
revious to the opening; and at
rhich time a travelling representaive
of the chautauqua will visit
/onway, and assist in making the
preliminary arrangements.
The value of the chautauqua de>ends
upon the co-operation given by
he community and the enthusiasm
lisplayed by the signers of the contract
will determine to a great exent
the interest manifested by the
>eople.
The program this year is dediated
to Americanism and the promulgation
of American ideas anH
deals. Various community probems
will be taken up in the aftertoons,
while the lectures at night
vill deal with citizenship from a
lational view point. There will b?
i different speaker for each day
iccompanied by a splendid concert
>r entertainment. Two numbers of
jreat interest to children have been
ncluded in this program and it iq
>olievcd that the program will meet
vith the highest expectations thb
-ear.
It has been stilted that owing t
'ailroad schedules it may become
leccosavy later to make a slight
'hange in the above stated date foi
tolding the chautauqua. The cha^e
lowever, will be only a few day.
sooner or later, and the change it
nade will be done in time to give
?ood notice. ,
The program will be publbished
ater.
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3onway 336 ' 13
3ool Spring 50 2
Daisy 59 2
Dog Bluff # 86 3
Dogwood 32 1
Sbenezer . 56 2
farmer 27 1
'"loyds ' 88 4
rial. Ferry 71 8
iraliamvillc 3C> 1
iraham X Roads 21 1
4roen Sea 99 4
Ire en wood 88 1
iurley 37 1
Tammond 24 1
lomewood ?>f> 1
lorry " 53 2
[ernigan.? X Roads 50 2
fordanville 7i> 3
vnoity Rranch 28 1
at tie River l(i 1
joris 77 3
darlow 15 1
5ort Harrelson 37 / 1
Sanford 29 1
Shell 27 1
Spring Branch 37 1
raylorsville 30 1
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sucasiee 4U z
/ardelle 37 1
Wampee 31 1
Withers 25 1
Total Delegates 82
After the stock law goes into effect
next year there will be a denand
for good pastures. It does not
ake very much Jand to make a gooil
pasture for hogs.
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RAILROAD MAN
, VISITS CONWAY
Talks of Sweet Potato Stor%
age Houses for Farmers'
Use
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lit HAS NUUHfcS
SHOWING PRODUCTION
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Immense Production of This
Section Can be Greatly In\
creased in Volume.
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Mr. G. A. Cavdwell, travelling representative
of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company, in its Southern
Development Department,
came to Conway last week and spent
a day here, and during that tim?
met a number of business men and
talked over the prospect of more anil
larger business developments at Conway.
Mr. Cardwell is interested in
the development of the agricultural
interests of this section, and perhaps
more, if anything, than he is in
the business interests of the place.
Just, now he is talkisg to the peo,
pie of the idea of storage houses tj
take care of sweet potatoes. It is his
business to keep up with the percentages
of production in the southem
states and the openisg of new
markets for the immense production
i.1 n jli i i -v
, now coming- in tne ?outn, ami wnic 1
can be greatly increased. He has int
teresting- things to tell about swest
potato storage houses now being un
. deitaken at several places in South
Carolina, and what he has to sa;;
| will no doubt lead to results along
. that line here.
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Legal blanks at the Herald Office,
SOUTifCAROOHAMEMORIAL
COMMISSION
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The South Carolina Memorial Com
; mission was created by an Act d
the General Assembly at its 1919
j session.
The Act provides for one hundred
; thousand dollars from the Treasury
of the State, when there has been
raised by popular subscription from
, the people of the State an adequate
J sum to be added to this one hundred
! thousand dollars.
| The Act further provides thai
1 the memorial building shall preserve
in marble, bronze or other im
perishable form the names of all
South Carolinians, whether Soldiers;
| Sailors, Nurses or other civihan
; workers in the cause of victory, who
|have offered their lives as the su
i preme sacrifice in the winning of
(the war; and said building shall be
j the repository of books, manuscript -,
flags and other rccoids of the hi
tc ry of the war and its pu.pose- and
achievements, and of the pa'd borne
in the war by the Stale of South
Carolina, and by her sons and daugh
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to \s, wht--her in organi''-alien ov a
individuals, arid whether in battle or
in other work and servi <>; an ! es
pccially s1 all there bo preserve 1 in
raid building writings eommmoiative
of the military and naval <x
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pums unu nvavc pauyouc dco s or
South Carolinians who have .siuiiei
the dangers and gh-ries^of the piea
war on land and sea and in the air.
The commission has set the sum
of $400,000.00 ho rais.'-d by poyuJar
subscription from the p cplc of
| the State, making" a tetal of $500 000.00
to be used for the erection of
the memorial building.
The dates selected for the Campaign
throughout the State is Apri:
19th to the 30th.
Horry's share of the $400,000.00
is $2,350.00.
This amount should he raised with
- out any difficulty as every one vec
ognizes it as beong a patriotic and a
' just cause. D. A. Spivey,
I M. A. Wright, Horry Chm.
Treasurer.
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CONWAY BOYS ARE
FORMING OVERALL GLOB
Keep ?tep With Other Towns
ftf RtatD in Cinhtinn Lli^U
vi wiuw 111 i ivjiiliily niyn
Cost of Clothes.
The boys and young men of C nway
weie not to be outdon > by the
other towns of this State who t oh
up the movement promptly to form
ovetall clubs; and thus by wearing
the <! minis, make known a pretest
>ga'ivt the present high cost of
clothes.
The club was formed by quite a
numL-er who donned the cheaper
clothes and began wearing them
last Monday. The club gained in
members from the start and the
club is still growing in numbers as
the days of the week pass hv,
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COCA-COLA HIGH.
Since April 19th, the drinkers of
Coca-Cola have had to pay a price
such as they never knew before.
Owing to an increase of about $30.00
per barrel on the part of the makers
of the syrup; every local dispenser
in Conway went up from six cents
per glass to ten cents per glass
after April 19th.
Those who are keeping up with
the situation say that this is not
out of proportion when the price of
all sugar and syrups made from su
gar, is considered.
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J. T. Shelley was here from Aynor,
S. C., the first of this week.
AYNORlifMUNiTY
GETS_NEW SCHOOL
Horry, April 17.?The Aynor community
lias been successful in securing
the location of the Horry Indus.
trial School, and operations have
begun looking to the building of p
modem brick plant for the institution.
i The people are working also to
! have the new Baptist Academy,
which is to be placed in Horry County,
located there. They are disprovi
iug the old notion held in soipe sections
that Horry people are indiffer1
cnt to education.
Horry is waking Up. The no!
fence law of the recellt Legislature,
' the national highway, connecting
1 Conway, Aynor and Marion; the pro
posed spur of the Seaboard Kail!
road into* the county and the Horry
1 Industrial School are all indications
of a better day ahead,
Location of Institution.
The GaliVants Ferry section, contiguous
to Marion County, has a
progressive people. AyrtVi' will be
' jxn ideal site for a boarding school,
it i- maintained. It is a new, small
1 town and has recently built attractive
Baptist and Methodist churches.
It has a m~st healthful and pleasant (
climate. The establishment of the
preparatory co-educational institution
there, which will probably develop
before many year.1 into a junior collego,
will bring1 in a very desirable
class of people, it is believed.
The Methodist Conference will give
the institution its continued support,
The Intei'church Wo. hi Movement
has included it in program for aid.
but the pressing need Will be for
funds sufficient to complete the
buildings necessary for this fall.
Contributions Needed.
I i . ? i i;vi iu|?im-ni/ oi tills SCriOOl Will
depend laigely on the contributions,
ilargo and small, of the 'people of low
or South Carolina. It has been filled
to its present capacity of. fifty board
evs and 150 day students for the
past several years and must build in
order to meet the growing demands
of this section.
Two visitors in Aynor yesterday,
on learning of the prospects and
plans of the school,* voluntarily gave
$100 each toward it. A 56-acre site
and $28,000 have been donated already.
The Rev. S. C. Morris, president.
of the school, estimates that it
will take $150,000 to complete the
proposed plant. The management
hopes to secure $50,000 of this each
year for throe years.
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OPPOSING FARMERS
FAVOR DIPPING LAW
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K. Lewis Stating Their
Position
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THEIR FIRM STAND
Say That Records Prove
Cattle Were Dipped as in
Other Sections.
Some of the farmers in Bucks
township who refuse to dip their
cattle this season, have addressed
the following letter to Dr. W. K.
Lewis, in Columbia, S. C., who ha>*
this territory in charge, in a general
way; setting forth the fact that
they do not fight the law, and that
they favored the disinfecting of
their cattle; but giving the reason
why they now balk on the proposition.
The letter follows:
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"April 12th, 1920.
"Dr. W. K. Lewis,
"Liberty Bank Building,
"Columbia, S. C.
"Dear Sir:
"We desire to write to you in your
official capacity in order to explain
to you that our opposition to the
dipping of our cattle in this small
section of Horry County this searson,
does not arise from any desire
or intention to violate the law; nor
from any general disposition to
ovade the provisions of the Statute
under which the cattle in this
County have been disinfected for the
past two and one-half years. We
want to say to you that our intention
is to contest in the Courts the
question of whether our cattle should
be dipped under the circumstances
which we can prove exist at thi<r
time. We arc the only farmers who
will be required to dip our cattle in
the whole County. An examination
of the books of record kept by those
who had the dipping in charge out
here, will show that the cattle of
Dock Singleton, and J. W. Johnson
and others, were all regularly di^
ped, and this is not denied by the
men who had the work in charge.
Under these circumstances, as all of
the County is declared free, except
this small neighborhood, we fee!
that it is an injustice and we should
be relieved of this trouble hv the
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u.'?e of a>]ittie discretion ori thfc part
of those whose duty .it is to act tinder
the la\v; for as we look at it, it
cannot be proved that our cattle are
Infected, nor that they ft re exposed,
We hope and trust that yoU will
refer this matter to Dr. C. Hedley,
and give him the benefit of your
good judgment on tfie question, and
we sincerely hope that we will n?t
be forced to go into Court at all in
this matter."
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A CORRRCTiON
An error occurred in the q^ticle < I'
the Hon. Jeremiah Smith, published
in last week's Herald. The
line reading "the story that says one
turn deserves" got in the article
through mistake. It should rea 1
"ing of the people for fie disrespect,"
making the sent nr * read
thus: Now if they use 1 all th?* inj
fluence they had to maintain thrt
conceded and legal right of their
j constituents to exemption from the
j Stock law, and the Legislature dis*
I regarded them as representatives of
i Horry, then they should welcome and
appreciate a general, indignant up
rising of the people for the disrespect
shown our Representatives, as
such an expression of the people
would vindicate them. On the other ,
hand if they acquiesced in the passago
of the law then they deserve
rebuke and ought not complain if
they are ostracised.
Some new paint has been applied
at the boarding house which Is now
being conducted by Mr. and Mrs.
! Gore on lower Main Street.