The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 27, 1920, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXV.
CONWAY WILL HAVE |
STEMMERY THIS YEAR
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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
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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.
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FARM LOAN BANKS
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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.
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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
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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/
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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.
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CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY
| CHAUTAUQUA CLOSES
WITH MUCH SUCCESS
' Prizes Given to Leading Youni
Lady of Each Team Thurs
!| day Night
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; MANY IMPROVEMENTS
COMING NEXT YEAr
Cooperation on the Part ?o
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Our Whole People is
Growing.
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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
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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.
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* nmiNTY r.HAIM RANI
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<i Made March 26, 1920 by As
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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
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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
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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
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\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
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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
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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,
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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
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"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.
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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
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I Under Charge of Disposing of
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Property Under Lien on
c Bale Cotton
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- Efforts of Authorities to Take
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Hamp Cox Will Bo Conn
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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.
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Lot us have your orders for job
1- work and advertising.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.