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L . | I i ^ I VOLUME XXXV. \ BUILDING OF BRICK , NEW SALES STABLES May be Converted Into Large Addition to the Peoples i I Warehouse ! j ADJOiMS KINGSTON HOTEL PROPERTY i ^ n ^ i \ And Leaves Passage all tbo Way Through From 4th Avenue to Alley. A. C. Thompson lias commenced the j erection of a large brick building I fronting on fourth Avenue, adjoining; ; the Kingston Hotel property. This building measures back from fourth ? Avenue all the way to the back end j of the Peoples Brick Warehouse. Tt , will be one story high and provided j with an alley on the westward side j of the building, t5o be used for hauling in the rear of the stores on l>aurel Street, and will form a part of a continuous passage through a lavge door in the side of the warehouse, all the way through to the rear end of the Peoples Warehouse, to the alley which runs East and "West through the block. It stated that this new building will bo used as sales stables, while the present building which is occupied by Mr. Thompson in that business, will be converted into stores; or later it may be used in connection . wi$h the Peoples Tobacco Warts, house, enlarging the building by almost double. Eastman Vereen is the contractor in charge of thiswork and he states that a number o'forick masons will be at work on the build I ing in a few days. A portio. of the bricks are already on the ground and Mr. Thompson states that he has purchased 100,000 more which, i rA be shipped this week. The ma. sons who are said to be engaged to f do this work will come from Whitot villo, North Carolina. i J. E. NICHOLAS SELIS MAXWELLS Att ntion of our readers is called I to the .space which is now being ' used in this paper by J. E. Nicholas, j the County Agent for Maxwell automobiles. For some time Mr. Nieh' olas has been handling those cars \ and has sold quite a number of ; them, the lot of new Maxwells that .ho received shows many improve ments and these cars continue to l ^ive satisfaction to the purchasers ' them and seem to bo constantly fel^J^wing in favor. 1 Mr. Nicholas' place is located on ; the Southward side of third Avenue , next door to the new building which \ "will soon be completed and occupied it>y ie Farm Implement Company. Mr. icholas not only carries the cars in stock to soli but ho keeps a line of parts for tho convenience of all of his purchasers. ?. *? . a nniir nm i lurrim P ADUUI DULL VVCCflL I POISONING IN UfilEF fti Clomson Cc/llegc.?To meet the deV mand for special informatio on Wi boll weevil poisoning, Prof. A. F. In'Conrarii, Enlomelogi 4 f >r the Stat Wh Crop Pest Commission, has issued, H|through the Extension Service, InB;: formation Card No. 7, entitled "Boll Ws Weevil Poisoning in South Carolina Mr in 1920." Th" earrl consists of perH| tjA at a .ie dims and concise answers Brregarding such matters as the ad } visibility of poisoning, results to be Iexpected, territory recommended for I [poisoning, what poison to uso, how obtained, machines for application, kvhen first applied and repeated, etc. Ivviphasis is laid on the following { 1;. That boll weevil poisoning, % t + ?te TOBACCO COMPANIES t TRYING FOR PLACES It appears that several leariiiig tobacco compan e ; ale endeavoring cc to secure pack in.;- h uses for tobac- ct Co here <Ini*ir** ; vhe approarhivy sea- 1 n: son. Wo have : (en a letter 'Yorn the Imperial Tobacco Company from v its biancli at Richmond, Virginia, I addressed to Mr. A. C. Thompson : R asking as to what accommodation;v Mr. Thomoson couhl offer for a t\>- c< bacco prizorv tin.-; season, and a:Tiug T Mr. Thoinpson to describ tin bi'il I- i inj;- if lie had one and the price that b we'd Id be charged as '*ont. M . tl Thompson has not been able to offer x tl. * Imperial Tobacco C nipany any j si building, (larrett & Company, large C lobacco dealers, arc contemplafing | tile election of a prizery i!" they do f not succeed in renting a place, ac- 1 cording to reports last week. CLOSING EXERCISES HELD AT HORRY; f( 11 The Horry Industrial School closed IV a most successful year with the si graduation of its present class of young ladies and two young men on r last Friday night. n The Commencement. Sermon this V year was preached by the Rev. W. I. n Herbert, pastor of the Methodist b church at Marion, and the Literary f] Address was delivered by the Rfev. v E. K. Garrison, of Aynor. h i The graduates are Miss Cecil Wil- u ! son of Conway, S. C., Miss Isla d Vaught of Hand, S. C., Mr. Donald 1 Stalvey of Socastee, S. C., and Mr. p George Taylor of Florence County, t The two young men served in the World War, the former in the Navy I \and the latter with the A. K. F. in | in France. Miss Emma West, of Myrtle Beach, having finished the 10th grade, was given a H. S. Certificate. Despite interruption, on account of influenza, the students made a very i creditable showing in the final examinations, ami commencement wa quite an enjoyable, affair. A Fantastic drill by a dozen girls was an i interesting feature, and the fact that only one half of those attend-j ing could get in the auditorium a . suggestive one. It is hoped that the next Commencement may be held in the new brick building being erected at Avnor. c o BUYS STORE BUILDING. Dr. W. C. Adams has closed a j deal for the purchase of the Horry ' drug store building. It is the handsome brick building on the eastward side of Main Street, wherein Dr. H Adams has been conducting the s Horry Drug Store for some time c past. The second story is fitted ^ with several nice offices. 0 Dr. Adams bought this property ^ from S. P. Hawos. * I fc though still in the experimental v ' stage, is likely to become an impor- \ tant factor in weevil control. s I 2. That it is merely a safeguard a against ruinous damage and will not a exterminate the weevil. r 3. That it is recommended for 19.0 a only in those coast and near cca-1 Y j counties where the weevil is in its ? third and fourth year, and on'y on c land that would produce at least half a bale in the absence of weev''- p ! damage. c ? 4. That calcium-arsenate from a"? < reliable source, conforming to Gov 1 ernment specifications, in the poison j to be used. t 5. That the wheel tractor duster \ seeks the most satisfactory dustinp t machine, though the hand duster i t i valuable for use on a small scale. i /i mi i i j i lit i ? ?>; mat dusting snoum Dogin wner i infestation reaches 15 or 20 pc ^ cent, should he repeated three time t five days apart, with further appli cations if needed to keep the infes- 1 tation down to 25 percent. < 7. That whoever poisons in Sout' ) Carolina in 1920 must realize that he 1 is experimenting, that mistakes will ( undoubtedly be made, and that un ] satisfactory results may be secured, i |Uvx CONWAY, S. C.,. THURSDAY HONEY SENT OUT TO HIGH SCHOOLS State aid to 1.'52 high schools in 4( >unties has boe? sent to the scvera >unty treasurers. Payment was lade in the sum of $17f>,000. Applicati >ns for high school ai ...? I . .:<! 4 1 1. 1 1 I I IIH'II Willi WJC IllgM SCIIOOI in vvtor, .J. A. Stoddard, S pt( nib r SH9. The lull list of schools wai "(opted l>y tl: - . iat?? h -a'd id' cdu dion at its n.oeting in December he calculations for the di burse icnt (> ' the appropi iatOn hav jus' eon completed, in accordance witl lose replication. and with ?Vie late; vmrb from trust e. , principals, anc ipt i int' ndents. on way gets $1,201 IDT FOR TREASURER IN G0M1N8 ELECTIOF There appears in this issue of tin aper the announcement card of Mi V. \j. Bellamy stating his candidac; t>r re-election to the office of Trea rer of Horry County, which office Ir. Bellamy has filled for the pas everal years with efficiency. Mr. Bellamy, as many of ou eadors know, is a farmer and busi ess man whose home is located nea Vampee in the center of one of th lost rapidly developing sections o lorry County. By reason of an af liction which visited Mr. Bellam; ,'hile he was quite a young man h as never been able to perform man al work so that his life has bee; evoted to clerical duties and stud} 'his experience on Mr. Bellamy' art makes him thoroughly compe ent for this important office. 'ERHAPS ONE CAUSE OF HIGHER PRICE! s Enormous Profits Bein! Made by the Cotton Mills TEMS IN DAILY PAPERS OF STAT! Show That One Hundred Pe Cent Dividends Are BeingPaid to Common Stock. There is a dispatch in a recent i.iue of a daily paper stating that th tockholders and directors of som otton mills at Greenville. S. C icld a meeting recently and declare l cash dividend of 100 per cent t he holders of the common stock i ho company, going on to say th:i >oth special and regular dividend vere declared in addition to the 10 >or cent, to be paid to the commo itockholders. This news item is e> ictly like a dozen others that hav tppeared during the last fe? nonths, and from the best the Hei ild can learn these dividends hav >een earned within the past yea ind it seems to apply to about a >f the cotton mills in the Country. When the consumer has to pa ;uch high prices for every yard c otton that is sold at retail over th winters of our merchants, the lardly know what to lay the hie )rices up to. It may be hard to fin ,he real cause and there arc man vho believe the prices are high( ban they should be; but there is or, -bin# certain, and that is, the cotto nills have no business earning c urge a profit as these immense d ridends would indicate, in all se< ions of the country. The price of cotton is high, ar las been high, nevertheless, the* cotton mills buy the cotton at the.1 ligh prices and manage to tui their business, in one year's tim exactly the same amount that tho? iHiople put in, doubling the amoui nvested. B f* r, MAY 20, 1920. FARMERS SELLING ! ; COTTON RAPIDLY ? Farmers of the state who have I cotton stored in the state warehouse t * system have been selling off !hoit*. ^ crop rapidly the last few months. > l ' Approximately one-half the cot*on in storage 11te first of the year ha- ' ? been disposed of since prices have j 1 > been fluctuating a>'< u:ul 10 and l ' " cents. The stock of GG.GGO hale January 1 has been r. due: i to abou' ; - 30,000. j I L J. C. Rivers, state w; rohoi e om-11 mis si oner, is planning a stroma u ' diivo this summer, a Ing witii the ? ' South Carolina Cotton a ociation I ( and the extension forces of Cl< m on college, for cotton wand ouces Thi cairpaign will open .luly lo. Thr^e big meetings are t-> bo held in dif ferent sections of the state, these {to be followed by several meetings with the farmers in every county. Tt is hoped in this way to educate the farmers to the expediency of storing p their cotton and holding for better \ price", borrowing on warehouse re^ ceipts while the cotton is in storage, s The plan contemplates expert gradc ing and stenciling when being placed i t in the warehouses and to have buyers make purchases in large lots dir rectly from the growers. In the campaign the erection of v first class warehouses will be ene couragetl. Many of those incorporat f ed in the state system have been ! '- largely of an emergency character, | y for which a much higher rate of ine suranee was collected. With the - gradual erection of more substantial n warehouses and a more general utilr< ization, of the warehouse system, the f growers of cotton will thus be in a !- position to more nearly control the price they receive for the staple. A great saving will be effected by storing the cotton and thus eliminating country damage. The stored cottbn will also be graded by an exy pert grader and much loss incidental J to resampling avoided. These added to the general proposition of holding emergency cotton for bettor prices, g while a largo percentage of the value of the cotton may be borrowed on the warehouse receipt, makes the i proposition generally attractive to the thoughful farmer. speciaTleviesI i SCHOOL DISTRICTS] ... Observing' from Superintendent Swearingen's letter that counties have 109 school districts that have not voted school levies, we infer that the remaining twelve counties have no such districts. The honor roll of counties, therefore, would be the twelve omitted e from the enumeration and they seem e to be: Allendale, Bamberg Chesterfield G Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Hamp o ton, Horry, Lee, Kershaw, Marion n Oconee. it In these counties is not one school Is district in which the people are no'. 0 so interested in public education that n they have not voluntarily imposed a special tax to assist and accelerate e it. kv Of them it is noteworthy that *- Horry and Chesterfield, in which the e white population outnumbers the r, negro, were until compartively roll cent years regarded as backward in wealth and perhaps in other rey spects. Oconee is another county in >f which the whites are in a great ma io jority. y In the white the ratio of whit? il- | h literacy has heon high Therefore, it i d is not encouraging that in Clreon - j y ville 14 districts and in Spartanburg; >1' yiv luive nncvlrwt n/1 1 10 levies. In Pickens two districts are n tardy and Pickens has the largos is proportion of white population of al! i- the 4C>?and is near the bottom in z- white literacy. The number, 1(>9 districts, for the id whole State is not large, but it *e seems to indicate that there are lf>9 ?e neighborhoods in South Carolina n that need an awakening in respect e, of the most important of all sub*e jocts relating to their prosperity and it improvement.?The State, May 7, 1920. HAVE NEW MACHINE FOR HOEING COTTON The Lanham Cotton Chopper-Culivalor is a new invention designed , o save fanners much labor and ex-1 jcnse at cotton chopping time. Il i>| aid that there is no doubt about the .wrk that this implement will do. It is pulled by two horses, or mules, I i" (i <i a i:0'! e r jo I) of" iv,o ?|?ing iho ? It* I1 an a boo bant' can <!o. .it a v ? * mold rate of ' a. <* ? n pa ' o bar. . \ ?-b. and a i!io lipn :1 ou! ivat w the cotton. One of the > mn bines w; re ob fd h.-t week by '?he Cam 1 ple.,:o il Co- ' V and v. :1 he used donoi in i .al.ing dt in mirations to show fai l.ic. s wbat it will do. MAY BM STORES OF SOLID CONCRETE Ilusiness men at Conway arc figuring upon the cost of erecting store buildings entirely of concrete. Their plan is to buy crushed stone and cement and provide the sand, which is abundant nearby, and by means of wooden forms of about the thickness of the desired wall will pour in the mixture of concrete and cement and build the wall in sections; and doubt less re-inforce the walls with steel rods. They intend to apply a finish to the outside as well as the inside and after making investigation some of them may decide to put in several buildings out of this material. Such buildings are found in other towns. o IS TORN DOWN. The old building in rear of Kingston Hotel, the property of A. C. Thompson was torn down recently 111 I- - 1 i * ? 4a1111 win lju repiaceu oy a modern building. n .? _ G. W. Stevens was in Conway recently on business and spent some time visiting business houses here. floydsschooT 1920 CLOSES SESSION (Intended for last issue.) This has been one of the best sessions we have ever had. The closing exercises were as follows: At 10 A. M. Friday, May 7, there was a match game of basket ball between the Floyds and Green Sea schools which resulted in a tie, each side making 12 points. Immediately after the game Mr. Wright, of Conway, gave a very good lecture to the graduating class. Then we all took care of the inner man at a feast prepared by the good ladies of the community. Next was a May Pole dance by thn /?v\\ 1/1 ran a ? .. #??? v?*v viiiiMii/ii v/1 tuv- pi IJ Hill y ^ I ilUl'.S. At 8:80 o'clock, Friday night, the school house was full beyond its seat ing capacity with people waiting for the contest between the Floyds and Allen schools. The first contest was a spelling match which was won by the Allen school. The second wax a singing contest which was won by Floyds School. The third was a debate, the subject being: Resolved "That the Ex-Service Men of the United States should he paid an additional cash bonus." The judges were divided, two for Floyds and one for Allen. It was very evident that some one prepared Ihr speech for the Allen speaker, though she acquitted herself veil in the way she delivered it. Tho man who prepared it for her ought to be ashamed of himself for two reasons: First, Tt did her but very little good to memorize a speech prepared by some one else; Second, The idea of criticising the General Assembly for appropriating money for good cow stalls for Winthrop College so that the girls might have milk and butter. The Floyds speakers had the affirmative and Allen the n gative. The Floyds speakers prepared their own speeches. 1'he trustees unanimously elected the same teachers for another term. ?Patron. 1 ? NO. 5 STEALS FORD AUTO ' SELLS FOR $400 Duke Watts is The Victim of Latest Automobile Theft in Horry County L. L. 3AKER IS Wl\N CHARGED WITH THEFT Arrc tccT in Danville, Va., for "".Jung Buicl: in Columbia After Lcaviuj Here. On May 7th Magi irate Chestnut issued a search warrant upon the oath of Mr. C. K. Byrd and sent his constable to search the premises of Mr. Duke Watts in this County for one Ford automobile which Mr. byrd alleged had been stolen from him at Hartsville by one L. L. baker on May 26th. The constable got the automobile and it was returned to Mr. Hyrd. The warrant was left in the hands of the Magistrate for the arrest of Heker, but in the meantime baker had gone. Nothing further was heard of the J matter until news came from R. H_ ltedfeam, the Chief of Police of Hartsville, that L. L. baker had gone to Columbia from Horry County and in Columbia stole a Ruick automobile. That some time after the theft of the Buick the authorities saw a news items in a Danville paper concerning the arrest of Baker for stealing this Buick car and as a result of the news item the warrant * v ^ * ... - i rom mis county will be served or Baker and he will have to answer '.o both crimes. There is no blame that attaches to Mr. Watts in this matter as he purchased the Ford in good faith fully believing that L. L. Baker was the owner of the machine and he paid Baker the sum of $400.00 for it. C. E. Byrd is the Cashier of the Bank of Darlington. WHOLESALE PRiCES HAVE ADVANCED Figures published in a recent mem orandum of the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference show that general wholesale prices have advanced 1010 ... * ' " ' .-.iiivi- i;/i?> approximately as loilows: United States 120 per cent Great Britain 170 per cent France 800 per cent Italy 300 per cent Belgium 3<H) per cent Retail prices undoubtedly have advanced to an equal or greater extent in this country according to the memorandum. In publishing these figures, the Supreme Council pleads for increased production, economjr and saving as remedies for the srtiration, and as a safeguard against still higher price levels. o UNION MEETING PROG RAW. Followintr is the neoernm of fth* I # " ~ * " union meeting to bo hold at Honey Camp Church, Green Sea, S. C., on May 29th at 30th. Saturday. The Church and The Community. Our Great' Denominational ProK'iUii. Benevolences Education M issions The Best Financial System for Our Churches?Collections and Disbursements?Paul's Plan. How to Fellow Up the 75 Million Campaign. Sunday Forenoon, j Session of the Sunday School. The Sunday School and Kingdom ' Building?Short Address. Sermon on Stewardship. Afternoon. Baptist Opportunity in the New Day. "Carry On" Round Table.