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J . J VOLUME XXXV. CONWAY WILL HAVE | STEMMERY THIS YEAR I Operated by Large Tobacoo Company With Big Pay Roll ' THOMPSON WAREHOUSE NEXT TO PEOPLES Will Add Much to Growth of Tobacco Industry in Horry Co v.';.':/The Imperial Tobacco Company will operate a stemmery in Conway during the coming tobacco season. After several weeks of negotations between the Conway Chamber of Commerce and officials of the Imperial Company, the Company was induced to make the. experiment of operating a stemmery here (luting i.1. uie coming season. The plant will be located in the old warehouse building of A. C. . Thompson, fronting on Laurel Street. About half of the space afforded by this building will be required by the Imperial people "and the remaining half will be used for storage purposes by other buyers of t >ba c > on the local market. Several weeks ago at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the great need for storage .space was fully discussed and it was decided to organize a Company and erect a suitable building for use as a Tobacco St rago houre. After investigation it was foe*vl that there were sonrI" ac'hal objections to the plan and that it would he extremely doubtful that the building could he made ready for u^e by the opening of the iseasoji, so the formation of the Com puny was temporarily di continued * and efforts wore made to accommodate individual buyers in various buildings of the town. Later the Imperial Tobacco Company got in tou.'h with the Chamber of C mmtrce and secured the heip of the Chamber in arranging for the opoiation of its stemmory. Negotiations with Mr. Thompson for his building were successful and '.he will lir? nnnno/1 in tlirif building. Mr. Thompson has also provided suitable space for other buyers on the market for their storage and it is believed that there will be no congestion on the floors of the warehouses during the coming season. Idle Imperial Stemmery will, it is stated, give employment to quite a number of laborers. It is estimated that its pay roll for this season will ^be around $25,000.00. There is every * p nihility that this may develop into a very large plant in future years. The spirit of the chautauqua season in any community has an uplifting tendency caused by the eloquent speeches and lectures that are fcnado by men on subjects of great Community interests. Conway enjoyed a chautauqua last week. ? FARM LOAN BANKS " W ash ington.?Com m i ssi on e r Lob dell of the farm loan board today called the presidents of all farm loan banks to Washington for a conference to discuss the situation grow ir.g cut of the action of the supreme court in ordering a re-hearing of the suit to test. tho constitutionaity of the farm loan act. Present indications are that a decision will not be forthcoming before fall. The board suspended makv ing loans two months ago and now / as a result of the postponment by tho court, faces an entire summer ol in activity. Mr. Lobdell said that application5 aggregating $50,000,000 are on file with 12 banks. This sum represent5 applications from more than 20,00( farmers most of whom were said tc have been depending on the farnr loan bank5} far financial aid in producing this year's crops. % SHORT COURSE AT WINTHR9P COLLEGE The State Short Course will be held as usual at Winthrop College from June 3rd Ij June 12th. Five women and five girls are sent from each County to the Short Course These are the ones who do die host work in the clubs; often oth? rs hav? to he substituted as the winners can not go. The following1 have been selected for this year: Mrs. B..y< Ci'ibb, Tabor, N. C.; Mrs. Den Wat son, Tabor, N. C.; Mrs. Ihico .McQueen, Loris, S. C.; Mrs. Jim Butler Doris, S. C\; Mrs. 10the) We t [ Myrtle Beach, S. C.; Laura Black nion, Nichols, S. C.; Kcha Floyd Tabor, N. C.; Gladys Ford, Nichols S. C.; Louise La son, Conway, S. C. U ?xio Flemmirg, Conway, S. C The e women an I girls will he giv i a course in serving, cooking, ga?dcr ing, dairying and poultry, Tho.-r will be lectures, picture shows, ant many other forms of entertainment The college has a fine swimming pool, this will be open to all. Win throp College furnishes board an lodging for all these visitors. Th< women pay their own transportation that of the girls is paid by eaol county, Horry County has appropriated $25. The following havt very kindy contributed to this fund Mr. F. A. Burroughs $10, Mr. Ha Buck $5, and Mr. Ed. L. Smith $2 There is about $50 yet to be collect ed for this. Any contribution wil be appreciated. REVENUE OFFIRFRS ARE LOOKING OU1 Let Loose Fifty Gallons o Cheap Molasses Near Tabor, i\l. C. MOLASSES FOUND NEAR L. E. WATT! Officers Apparently Ignoran of The Ownership of Molasses. The officers of the law appear t j be wide awake in their efforts to er force the liquor laws, what they d being limited, of course, by the limi ed number of men who can be spare for such work. The last work of th officers that we have heard abou occured recently when Sheriff Lewi and two revenue officers though ' they had located a blind tiger sti in a neighborhood in this (jount near Tabor, N. C. Their plans di not work out as successfully as ha been expected as they did not fin ' any moonshine whiskey but located , fifty gallon barrel of molasses in th woods near the place of L. E. Watt: The officers no doubt believed ths the molasses would be used in makin mm and the molasses was tume ; out by knocking out the head of th barrel. A number of kegs which ha j evidently been used around a whif key still were found and broken uj No one knows who owned the molat see and perhaps the owner is afiai to make any claim as he might I; charged with stilling whiskey. nrryNow is the atimef roallgoocLHT o DEATH OF P. O. SNOWDEN. P. O. Snowden, an aged residei n r rV\n\irn\r /lio/1 CI f Y\ \ c? rnci/lon/ VI. WWII W Ctj I U.V IIIO I V'*>l\tv III bore last week leaving his wido\ two sons, Messers. Percy and C. I Snowden, three daughters, Mrs. Be r tha Hinson of Wilmington, N. C r Mrs. Jas. H. Marsh and Mrs. Ge A. Bacot of Conway. The intermei took place at Lakeside cemetery < 5 the following day after his death a - tended by a large number of frien< * and relatives. 1 In his active days, Mr. Snowd< ) was known as one of the leadir ? teachers in the common schools - Horry County. He was a man of tl highest integrity. Sun CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY | CHAUTAUQUA CLOSES WITH MUCH SUCCESS ' Prizes Given to Leading Youni Lady of Each Team Thurs !| day Night ! 1 ; MANY IMPROVEMENTS COMING NEXT YEAr Cooperation on the Part ?o t Our Whole People is Growing. * i j At a mooting- cf the guarantor ? of tlio 1920 Ralcliffe Chautauqu 1 hold on Wednesday of last week, th . me; ting was called to order by A * j E. Goldfinch, the chairman, and h delivered an introductory statemen 1 1 concerning the sale of tickets. Thi 2 statement shows that the sale o ? season tickets netted the sum c 1 j $483.00 while the receipt at the gat " I brought the total up to $050.00 an p j this amount did not include the re j ceipts taken in at the two perform 1 j anoes on the lrst day of the Char '? j tauqua. Mr. Goldfinch spoke of th * j co-operation that should be had b ^ the business men and people of th town to make the Chautauqua still greater success. M. A. Wrigli was elected as temporary Secretar of the meeting. At the suggestion of the cha.ii rman, and on motion of M. / Wright, the chairman was authorij cd to purcha.se a present for th leading young lady on each of tl , ticket selling teams and these pre ent.< t> he presented Thursday nigh The floor was then given to Mr. < M. Eickclberge", the director of tl chautauqua, and lie outlined the in prcvcmcr.ts in service t'nat the chai tauqua would give next year. V W. Runs, F. C. Tood and J. B. Co wore appointed as a committee c > norninatiens for the enduing yea * and ti is committee then made th following nominations: Chairmai ^ i\l. A. Wright; Vice-Chairman, L. I lMag>ath; Secretary and Treasure j I). A. Spivev; chairman of tick( committee, A. K. Goldfinch; Con mittcc on publicity, H. H. Woo< ward, an I J. O. Norton; committo on grounds and seating, M. G. Ai o : dersen and two ladies to be aj l_ , pointed by the Civic League. \ sixthTnspecW * nmiNTY r.HAIM RANI uvvii i i uiinin vnni it II <i Made March 26, 1920 by As (i id sistant Secretary " Brearley. s. it g The Horry Coifhty chain Rang <1 not in as good condition this yei e as it was last. The two white mc d on the gang are being worked alon *- with the negroes although they ai 3. separated while in camp; the heddin needs washing, some of the blanket d not having been washed since la: >3 summer; and the refuse pit is in very unsanitary condition. In ju tice to Foreman Wise it must 1 said that he has given strict orde that the pit have three inches < it dirt thrown in it each day and 1 burned out with straw and oil on< v, a week. His orders have not bet J* carried out, however, and the pit r- a mere dump hole on the edge of tl v., camp. > New hay sacks of the best varie r?4- 1 * i. I _ 1 1 .1 in* iicivo just uccn piaceu in ino cam >n two of the tents are in excellent c< t- ditien with a fly and flojr for eac Is a ninety-seven foot pump has be< put down and stables built for t >n mules. Like the refuse pit t stables are too near the camp for c of ficient fly prevention. ie State Board of Public Welfare, G. Croft Williams, Sccretai (MX t #* r, MAY 27, 1920. PAVE OUR STREETS i STOP FiLTHY OUST 1 One Important Tiling for the Chamber of Commerce to Take Up Now TONS OF DIRT i INVADE OUR StORFS f Often Mixed with Clouds of Railroad Cinders and Blackest, Dirtiest Smoke. One thing which the Ileiald re a gards as being of great importance c may not seem to he, in the ir.imls ol some parties. It is the paving o e Main Street from the Melhodis t Church to the A. C. L. Depot and o s Third Avenue from Main Street t f the County Courthouse. In the year. ,j- that have gone by enough money ha c been spent in hauling clay and san< (j driving a road scraper, or split loj drag, and in providing drains, to hav< paved these portions of the street: and !the paving would have resultec e in a jpermanent improvement where y as the money and labor that ha e 1 been spent are entirely lost. Not onb a sand but the clay itself is washe< X ' away and more often blown away y Several times clay and sand hav been hauled anil for a few days ther ?- was a comparatively hard surface 01 these streets. As the traffic has grea ly increased; in the last two or thre o i veais. the vorv best suvfn.ro < f ehi ? I - " "" \e and sand is cut to pieces in two o 3- iUh ree days. The sand and the cla t. are taken up by the winds ever 2. dry day and deposited all over th ie , offices and into the goods on th i- merchants' shelves so that it is at x- solutely impossible to keep a clea /. ! office or store in 'J.c business poi x tion of Conwav. Nothing* more im in portant could be taken up by t r, Chamber of Commerce just now tha ie j to arrange means for obtaining rc n,1 lief from the above described con li 3. lions. It will take money to do t i r, work, but the business men of C'o i rt way are well rated in Ilradstreci i- ! and this shows that they have th I- money. Some time last yiar it wa e proposed that the property owner 3- along these stieets would pay a cei 3*i tain proportion of the cost, while th Town would pay the balance. Th matter was dropped, all at once, an the Herald has never heard it men tioncd since. In the meantime th Town has not provided a daily sprin Sling system to lay the dirt. Once o , twice in about two years the Tow I authorities rigged up a home mad j sprinkler and began to sprinkle th j streets once or twice a week at leasl Even this has not been done in long time and conditions grow wors from day to day. Any dry day yo can look out on these streets and se tons and tons of dry dirt stirred u : 1-..T 4-U~ 4.^.^1. 1 4. I U,v II1C 1,1 ULNM, Wii^UlliS iVIlU UlllUIUl i biles and perfect clouds of this ofte >s mixed with railroad cinders an i l1'! smoke, going- into all of the build :n ings and offices in the business par E | of Conway. The only way to sto rc | this is to pave the streets or kee K them sprinkled as any Town ough to do. a Park Rabon is building a c ttag s" for Clarence Johnson near YVillo\ Branch church, rs of WAWPEE NEWS. 30 Mr. Clyde Clardy is attending th m M. E. District Conference in Latt >s this week. oe Mr. R. L. Bell has recently instal ed Delco Lights in his residence an t\r ^ "J MUIf. P5 Mr. Bill Lay was a visitor in or ?>n town last Monday. The citizens of our little tow have recently organized a "Law ar he Order League." The purpose of tl he League is to give the county off -f- cials cooperation in the enforcemei of the prohibition law in this sectic Iof the county. The league is e: pccted to accomplish much good. mill. J WINNERS ANNOUNCED j IN MALARIA CONTEST The winners of tin4 prizes ( ffernd ; , by the Conway Chamber of Commerce in (lie Malaria Contest f >r tin4 best e says on "Malaria, It's Cause I and Prevention," are a> ft Hews: Luther Clark, (lalivanls Perry, 1st prize, $50; Pineda Hryan, Conway, | 2nd piize, $5; Lurile Sasser. Conway. 1 lird p: ize, and Vera Moore, Con way. '. o *ize $2. This contest \vn ooon t : 11 sch. v:? chiln.oti in Hoiry C\ unty. ad e. sa were to consist of not more than f?0 ' i wo)''! . Fifty < say. from a"! s< Hons <T tji* e 'iir.ly wove simmCe 1, and scT to 1) -. V C. .Monro, Prof. Patto-Wa. (;!a\v. and Dr. Wilson Gee, all of the University of Snath Carolina, Columbia, who acted as judges. Mr. si. A. Wright, So ere - tary of the Chamber of Commerce, , received a letter from the judges a j f few days ago announcing the winf ners in this contest, and the prizes will be sent out in a few days. Mr. S. B. Chapin, of Pinehurst, N. ? C., offered through the Chamber of * Commerce, this m nev for the best =; essays on Malaria. Mr. Chapin is I interested in the Myrtle Beach r Farms Company, of Myrtle Beach. i TAR-HEEL DARKIE" ; WANTED AT WHITEVILLE 1 j I Under Charge of Disposing of [1 ** Property Under Lien on c Bale Cotton y r yj WORKING OIM FARM (> i or o r rnnn e ur U. C. I uuu > n - Efforts of Authorities to Take ic Hamp Cox Will Bo Conn tested, i - ?? S The authorities in Noith Carolina 1.1 have attempted to arrest a negro c named Hamp Cox, who is farming s on the place of .Mr. Oscar E. Todd > ' i of Lor is, R. F. I). No. 2, but the dej fendant has refused to go to North ej Carolina without a requisition from e , the Governor. Hamp Cox is a negro d who was hired by Mr. Todd and came i-J into t.his County to Mr. Todd's farm c j from the plantation of E. P. Widmer, k j of near W'hiteville. Mr. Todd paid r j off a debt of about $250.00 that the n negro owed to Widmer in order to ob e tain this negro and his family to! e work his land. t. A Magistrate's Constable from J a Whiteville has tried to take the negro c i recently under a warrant taken out u | by the firm of Smith & McKenzie, i o I charging the negro with disposing of p j property under mortgage. The facts ?- appear to be that Cox obtained supnj plies from his landlord, Widmer, and j d bought a mule from Smith & Mc-1 1- Kcnzie giving them a bill of sale on ' t a bale of cotton on his account for p'sUDDlies. and Smith & McKenzie I p claim that the negro is guilty of dist posing- of the bale of cotton under their mortgage. At this time the negro has twentye seven acres of land in cultivation, v sixteen acres of this being in cotton and four acres in tobacco. The efforts of the North Carolina authorities to take the negro away before his crop is made will ho contested by e Mr. Todd. a Lot us have your orders for job 1- work and advertising. (I SOLI) AT AUCTION, ir It. O. Hanson of Wilmington, N. C., arrived in Conwav last week t. > T) conduct the sale at auction of a id tract of land in the colored residence 10 section of Conway. This sale was i- worked up by Marion M. Hedrick "it under an option secured from the >n owner of the land by purchase from <- the heirs. It is among: the 1 est property in Hhat section of the town. P 1 1 1 . 3 I ? ^______ NO. 6. FLOYD CASE IS TRIED THIS WEEK Defendant Found Guilty by Jury of Manslaughter Tuesday Evening CASE BROUGHT CROWD TO HEAR EVIDENCE Facts of the Case Stated in Brief Form For Herald Readers. The ease of most importance hefore the Court this week was the homicide inditement against A. Pittman Floyd charged with the killing of Charley Floyd in Galivants Ferry Township on the night of December 12th, 1918. The deceased man and the accused were brothers. During the crop season of 1918 Charley Floyd farmed as a tenant on lands of Pittman Floyd and lived with his wife in the very house where this homicide occurred. It appears that Charley Floyd had decided to quit farming for his brother and had gone to Florida but did not decide to remain there and came back and moved away from this tenant house of j Pittman Floyd's two or three days before the homicide, j On December 12th, Pittman Floyd had arranged with Mrs. Lizzie Johnson and her three children to move into this house, which had been vacated a day or two before that, and farm the land the following year. j Before the night of the 12th Charley I ... r loyd and also James Powers had stated that they would serenade the newcomers if they moved in. On the night of the 12th of December, Char ley Floyd with Bernice Vaught and James Powers, and one or two others, went to this house with guns, tin pans and peices of iron and after firing off guns and shooting the house, according to witnesses, proceeded to raise quite a racket in gen oral. The tenant in the house, Mi's. Johnson and her daughter, Willie Johnson, called Pittman Floyd, whose dwelling house was not far away. Pittman Floyd went to the place after getting his gun and while at the house there were words between Pittman and Charley, and Pittman started to leave, Charley jumped over the fence and, according to witnesses for the defendant, was advancing close upon Pittman I Floyd with a plow sweep in one | hand and a hammer in the other when Pittman Floyd shot Charley Floyd and killed him. The arguments were concluded in this case on Tuesday afternoon and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. Sentence was deferred until another day of the week. I This case created much interest and .the .court house was crowded. I T rix..... T^l 1 - s> r-\ I I v. vjitiy r iyyu, 01 Lfillivants ferry; I spent some time here on business j last Wednesday. CAROLINA PROJECT MEETS THUMBS DOWN I Washington.?Impr vemonts of t'c j i WfWPMmnw t ii'ov ir? Mm-lli ?rwl Qa??W i .-.-a ?**. * ' *' * *. * ^ Carolina to a larger extent than provided by the existing project war disapproved by the government engii noers in a report to congress. Dc , lay in completing: a deeper and wider | channel in the lower -14 miles of the river is duo to meager appropriation, the engineers say. The 12 foot channel with an 80 foot bottom between the month and j Conway is provided by the existingj project, the engineers said, ad ing that the depth had in en obtained except at one point near Conway. Prep cning of the river above Conway for six to nine feet, as favore I by local interests, would be < f pr hibitivc cost, tl e engineers saio.