The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 17, 1920, Image 1
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CHAMBER COMMERCE~
WILL TAKE HAND
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Will Provide Means for Taking
Care of People in Tobacco
Season
^ COMPETENT CATERER
WILL BE SECURED
Who Will Rent the Grace Hotel
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Dining Room ? Citizens
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Furnish Rooms
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1 If plans now in view by the Con
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way Chamber of Commerce work out
satisfactorily, Conway will be provided
with ample accommodations ,
during the coming tobacco season.
This will make things quite different
from what they were in 1919
when the town was over crowded
and men had to spend nights on the
streets.
> At a meeting of the chamber last
week a proposition was made to
turn over the dining room of Grace
[ Hotel, together with a new kitchen,
I ftoon to be erected, with the dining
tables, chairs, use of lobby, toilet
rooms, and artesian water with
which the hotel is supplied from its
own well. The proposition was
accepted and the chamber is now
,advertising for a caterer to take
charge of the restaurant business
which the chamber proposes shall/'be
conducted there for the period of .
the tobacco season. There will be
little difficulty in securing the set- '
yiccs of a competent man.
Dn the other hand the chamber
lias taken up the matter of rooms to
be furnished by citizens of Conway.
}'No definite lepoit can now be made
on this feature of the work except
j to say that it is expected to resu't
i in securing all of the rooms that be
/ needed for both the tobacco buyers
! and visitors. Some of the rooms are
already being placed in readiness as
the Herald understands.
Since February 1920 the dining
' i*oo)ri at Hotel Gra<;e has been closed
to the public. Among the reasons
Iwhy it had to be closed was the low
price of meals as served to the public
as comapred to the high cost of
food and which was going still high
, er to a constantly increasing level;
I the difficulty of controlling labor at
the hotel and other reasons not nec?
essary to be mentioned here. Since
that time the hotel has been operated
on the European plan for rooms
only and has been full almost every
day since January 1920.
- * The owner of the property has
plans for the erection of a new kitch
en and pantry to be located behind
the dining room on property that
did hot belong to the hotel at the
time it was built; and there a cool
I tairv nla/v r>nn Ha nrnvidfd and
P priiich will enable the hotel to be op- j
B grated as two sepperate concerns,
B pne of which will be the present pur
|| poses of rooms and lodging, and the
W lother a separate restaurant busiB
viess.
B As soon as conditions are better a
L large addition will be erected adding
I ait least as many more rooms as the
h hotel now has. It has a sufficient
dining room and lobby for all time.
P( O. E. James was in Conway from
lit the Dog Bluff neighborhood one day
fZ last week.
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5 UHAMUtn UUMMtnot
j) TO REMODEL HALL
f|J For sowo tiiv.o members of the
M cluimbei of commerce have seen the
' need or better rooms for their meetw
ings. Voluntary subscriptions have
' been made to a fund for remodeling
*i the 'of the second floor of the
) hall and total is now a considerV
^ able amount. The rooms will be
K Overhauled and fitted up in splendid
style. Work will begin on this at
B' an early date.
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MASS MEETING OF j
SCHOOL PATRONS
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A mass meeting of patrcns of Bur- (
roughs School and tax payers of
School District Number Nineteen is
called for eight o'clock K.i'av
night, June 23th, at the Town Hal!
for the purpose of selecting a sc. o i
trustee. It has been decided by a
majority vote of the present B* ar 1 j
<>f Trustees: !l
HIRST: That those'who pay th 1' (
taxes to maintain the school and1 (
those whose children are to be tr in i j
cd in the school should select th 4 J ,
members of the Board of Tru t e . (
SECOND: That members selected <
as above indicated, shall hold office L
for a period of five years. f
THIRD: That sometime in Jun>4; (
of every year, the date and place t > j .
be advertised by the School Board, ](
there shall be a mass meeting called
for the purpose of selecting a mem j
ber who shall when formally up- j
pointed by the County Board of Ed- j
ucation succeed the oldest mem- ^
ber in point of service, on the board c
who shall be automatically retired.
Now it is desired that just as .
many of the taxpayers and patrons, |
ladies and gentlemen, as can, come ^
out to this first meeting. There i\
will be one or more addresses on ^
appropriate subjects and a finan- ,
cial report of receipts and disburse- ,
ments for the scholastic year 191920.
Show your interest in the future
progress of your school and
the spending of your money by com
ing out and casting your vote f
the one you would like to have
represent you in these matters.
The Board of Trustees,
School District No. 19, I
6|172t H. W. Ambrose, Secretary.
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W. J. Benson recently went to
Myrtle Beach to put in several sewerage
systems, one of which is in the
new addition at the strand.
pastorImoT
of a. m, e. church
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Shot by Paris Green While '
Giving Out a
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GREEN IS ARRESTED |
INSANITY CLAIMED
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Rev. J. S. Coe, pastor of the A. \
M. E. Church of Conway, was shot ,
in the church last Sunday morning
at the morning services, by Paris <
Green, colored. The preacher was j y
giving but the hymn for the ser- i ^
vices when Paris Green entered the |
church with a pistol, which he flour
ished in his hand, and comanded the
preacher to come down out of the
pulpit The preacher stepped down ',
and was shot twice, inflicting dan- y
gerous and painful wounds, but
not fatal. So far no cause has j
been assigned for this rash act on
the part of the defendant Pari*
Green. He was arrested and lodged ,
in jail. He was asked at the jail ,
why he shot the preacher and his .
reply was in substance that the
preacher had been asking for money
so many times that he had decided
to settle with him once and for all.
Before, the shooting, he had had a
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left the house bcfove he did. Aft^i*
his wife left, he went put some distance
from the house talking to him
self, according to reports, then returned
and got the pistol with
which he tried to kill Coe.
It is believed that he is insane
and was insane at the time of the
occurrence, but investigation may
develop some motive which might
not indicate insanity.
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CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY
IEALTH CONFERENCE
BY COUNTY NURSE
Conference and Exhibit Also at
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Aynor, wampee, ana
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Loris
Children's Health Conference will
>o held in the City Hall June 29th,
Tom 8:30 A. M. to 7 P. M.? by
bounty Nurse and Demonstrator.
Exhibits of Baby's winter and sum
ner Costume, Baby's Bed, 13 points
)h Physical Care of Babi s. Demon -tration
of Bay's Bath, Baby's food,
md p eparation of milk, l iterature
>n Infant Welfare will be distribut?d.
Babies up to three years of
ige will be weighed, measured and
'xr.ih'ncd by nurse and doctors.
Mothers and Babies are especially
nvited. The primary purpose of
his Conference is Educational. It
mints out to the individual parents
vays in which they may improve the
are of their children.
It is a practical demonstration to
l community of the value of keeping
die well child well by periodic physical
examination of babies and
foung children. It corresponds to
dve medical inspection of school chilIren.
This is a conferencek of physicians
and mothers to determine the
levelopment and present conditions
>f children brought by their mothers
for examination. It includes a careful
physical examination of each
.*hild, in which the child is weighed,
neasured and compared point by
point with the normal child, in crder
that the mother may see where s?lv3
is succeeding, where she is failing
and how she may secure better results.
The examination is not compctive
and no score card is used. It
is not a contest or a clinic. It is intended
neither for the child of exceptional
development, nor for the
dck child, but rather for the great
nass of children who, though apparently
well, are yet rarely found fiee
from defect. The d'scovery of such
lefects at an early stage, when they
nay be easily remedied by proper
lygiene or medical care is the cMef
lim of the Conference. No meiicu!
tdvice is given except by family phy
ician.
This conference and exhibit will
ilso be held at Aynor, June 30th, at
I P. M.; Warr^pee, July 2nd, 2 P. M.;
f.oris, July 6th, 2 P. M.
FARMERSTOW
SOUTH CAROLINA
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For the purpose of studying cotion
production, methods of fighting
the boll weevil, how to breed better
cotton varieties and how to fertilize
for larger yields per acre, a
jarty of the leading farmers, bankjrs
and other business men from the
fl cotton growing counties of Arkan
*as are planning- to make a tour of
:ertain sections in Georgia. South
Carolina and North Carolina during
toe first week in August. The party
will be organized and directed by the
Arkansas profitable farming bureau
n cooperation with the soil improveuent
committee of Atlanta. Director
F. N. Harper of the committee's staff
ivill be in charge of the trip through
this section. .
As planned now, six 16 section
Pullman's will leave Little Rock
Arkansas, on July 31, and will visit
Americus, Ga., on Monday, August
2; Athens, Ga., Tuesday, August 3;
Greenville and Spartanburg, Wedneslay,
August 4; Darlington and
Florence, Thursday, August 5; Ben
nettsville, Friday, August 6; anJ
Wilson, N. C., Saturday, August 7,
Returning, the trip will be mad;
through the famous "Land of the
Sky" around Ashovi^e to Knoxville
Tcnn., and then to Little Rock.
The party will be hfeaded by Go *
Charles H. Brou&h of Arkansas, anc
will be composed of about 192 load
inp: farmers, merchants, bankers am
'other business men who are memkort
of the leading associations in tha
state. According to H. M. Cottrell
agriculturist of the bureau. the31
men will all come to learn conditions
They will each have a note iv?oV ?.n<
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, 'JUNE 17, 1920
JEREMIAH SMITH
' GIVES HIS VIEW
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Regarding the Free Range and'
Will of The Majority of
Our People
Kditor Horry Herald:
At the earnest request of hund
reds of my friends I have aim un^ed
myself a candidate for th-j State ;
Senate. If you can allow me a !
little space in the Herald 1 wish to
say to the people o1 the county that
1 regard the people of the county as
a political family; and when elected
will use my utmost influence to
serve them as such, regardless of
class or faction. The agricultural,
commercial, and mechanical interests
must sink or swim together
and therefore to get the best results
must pull together as a community.
The arbitrary enforcement of the
stock law upon Horry naturally injects
and issue into the campaign.
I, as one private citizen, endorse
the free range, because I am sure
the. stock law will injure a large
majority of our citizens. I insist
therefore that the law should be
changed at the next session of the
Legislature. I stand for local selfgovernment,
which is the fundamen
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whenj tl>e people vote on any question,;
the decision of the majority
should be accepted as a mandate
of the people, and their representatives
must obey and respect it.
So when the verdict is rendered, I
will exert all the influence I may
have, to make the law conform to
the expressed will of the people. In
, the campaign I will not hesitate to
express myself on any issue in'
volved.
| ?Jeremiah Smith.
Conway, S. C.g June 14, 1920.
I will make memoranda of any impor
(tant facts discovered. No attempt
I will be made to advertise the state
( of Arkansas, nor will any speeches
l be made by any of the party with
the exception of the governor. It is
expected, however, that those men
who entertain the party at its various
stops will have some one present
to tell about agricultural conditions
of that particular section.
D. C. Welty, agricultural commi-sioner
of the Missouri Pacific railroad,
has recently visited the soil
improvement committee with the
j view to making arrangements for
the trip. Later he will return, when
( with a member of the committee's
staff, visits will be made to the
points on the itinerary for the purpose
of making definite arrangements
as to studying the farms and
entertaining the visitors. Chamh#*vs
of commerce and local citizens of
each point will cooperate to make
the trip a success.
I This is the fourth tour of its kind
made by farmers and business men
of Arkansas. The others were made
j to the North and West primarily to
study live stock and grain production.
The Southeast was chosen this
time because of similar conditions in
fanning prevailing here as in the
Southwest. Yields of crops, however,
are much larger per acre in
this section, and are gradually in
creasing each year, due to intelli
gent methods of breeding better
producing plants and of fertilizing
these plants for maxiihum production.
On the other hand, the yields
in the Southwest have been gradually
decreasing each year in spite
of virgin land being brought into
I cultivation. The visitors will mak*
the trip for the purpose of learning
1 why this difference prevails.
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5 Tho Farmers' Fishery Company,
? of Litt'c River, purchased aba
last week tj be used in fish in? fo,
* the Company during this season,
4 which ha* already begun. It is raid
" that the sum paid for the boat was
1 $10,000.
This company manufacture* fish
* scrap for fertilizer and it is rccalle 1
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?| that their boat, loaded with fish,
? was lost last year; excepting tho
* machinery, which was later take.'
^ from the wreckage.
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CONWAY'S PROSPECTS
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One of the best things that ha^
happened to Conway in the las'
several years is the organization of
a live Hoard of Trade. Conway ha <
had such an organization under the
name of The Conway Chamber of
Commerce and the good work that
has been done can hardly be expressed
in words.
C mvay has always had the possibility
of becoming a large town, 1 ut
of course it could not do it will out
putting into eft'eet the necessary
plans and working these cut a long
! time ahead. Wo do not mean to say
j that it has be ome a large town by
; reason of having the Cham be of
Commerce, but we do mean to say,
! that a wonderful growth in the size
[ of the town is in prospect, and we
i say this by reason of what this body
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V< wunuicnn men Uil.S <H>I1C UlVCSCiy,
and the things that we believe they
will do in the future.
CECIL SALMON IS
DEAD BY DROWNING
Accident Shocks Conway Last
Saturday Morning at Early
Hour
GOT BEYOND DEPTH
?T MYRTLE BEACH
Efforts Made to Revive Were
Without Result After More
Than Hour
Cecil Salmon, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Salmon, was drowned while
bathing in the surf at Myrtle Beach
last Saturday morning at an early
I hour. He was about seventeen
years of age and is survived by his
father and mother and one little
brother, "W. R. Salmon, Jr.
News of the distressing accident
came to Conway by means of a tel|
ephone message early last Saturday
morning. Later the full particu
i lars were obtained by people who
j went over to the beach and confilined
by people coming from the beach
to Conway. The young man had recently
graduated at the New York
Electrical school located in New
I York City, and for a short time
| after his graduation he filled a po1
sition in that city until his parents
! decided they would have him come
; home. He was a member of the
j Conway Concert Band, and was re!
garded as having more than the average
talent in drawing. This made
his untimely death a source of sadness
to the entiie community.
With a number of other young
men he had been spending a vacaj
tion at the beach, occupying a tent
; at night and generally coming ever
j to Conway in the day time. The
| vacation party was about to break
up and the tent and other things
had been placet! on the train for
shipment from the beach on Saturday
morning. Young Salmon, in
company with several other young
men, and perhaps other people, went
into the surf for an early plung'
before leaving the beach on the
train. There is said to have beer
an undertow, or perhaps the tide
was going out at the time. It is
stated that he could not swim, aw
got beyond his depth, and two con
panions, Hubert Jenkins and Arthu
Richardson managed to get him t'
, shallow water where they though
he would he safe, and they turne<
him loose as they were both abou
exhausted. In a few minutes hi
disappeared again and was gone
His body was found on the stran<
about one and one-half hours afte
he was last seen, and all efforts t
bring him back to life failed. Tlv
1 interment took place at Clio on las
[ Sunday, a large party going ove
from Conway to attend the funem
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NO. 9B1D
OF CONWAY
FOR NEW SCHOOL
Must be Submitted in Writing
by July 1st to Educational
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OTHER PLACES ARE
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LIKEWISE NOTIFIED
Soon After July 1st, Con*mission
Will Mn'ie its Final
Decision 011 Location.
The Conway Chamber of Commerce
1ms beer notified by the educational
commission of the Baptist
church in South Carolina, that
the hid for the Baptist academy
must he submitted in writing on or
before July 1st. Similar notice
has been given to those interested
, at Aynor, Loris, and Wannamaker,
| all competing for this school.
Soon after July 1st the educational
commission will call a meeting
in Columbia and make its final
decision regarding the location of
the school. Their choice will be
based upon the site offered, as to
the general factors making it a desirable
place for an institution of
this kind, also on the subscriptions
offered by the different towns
perhaps other considerations.
It is required that all pledges
shall be in the form of notes. The
form of the note has been prepared.
There is still outstanding1 about five
thousand dollars promised by Con!
way people which has not been reduced
to the form of notes. The
secretary of the chamber is today
mailing qut blank n )tes to subscribers
who have not yet sent in
their notes. It is hoped that by the
end of this week every subscriber
will have delivered his note for the
amount subscribed to the secretary.
These notes state on their face that
they are void unless the school is
brought to Conway. ?
HARRISONLAW
NOT HIS BUSINESS
There has been throughout the
State for some time very considerable
misapprehension as to the enforcement
of the Harrison Narcotic
Law on the part of physicians, druggists,
and addicts, who wish prescriptions
for narcotics in various
forms. In many quarters the impression
has prevailed that the office
of the Collector of Internal Revenue
was, to a certain degree., charged
with the enforcement of the law.
D. C. Heyward, Collector of Internal
Revenue, yesterday said that he
wished it distinctly understood at
in no vdegree was the Collector's
office charged with the enforcement
of the Harrison Narrofir l.nw n#*r
i was the office in a position to give
official opinions in writing* or otherwise
in regard to the enforcement of
this law. He stated that anycne desiring
such information should address
his; communications to Supervising
Federal Prohibition Agent S.
R. Brame, Richmond, Va., or to Mr.
L. P. Fouche, Chief Narcotic Agent
' for this State, whose headquarters
[ are at Columbia.
It is required, however, that all
persons who handle narcotics or
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tor with the Collector's office and
I pay the special tax .imposed thereon
to the Collector cwoh year, seem**
registry number and the official order
forms for the purchase of the
t drug. Beyond this, however, the
( Collector's office is entirely divorced
j from any connection with the enforce
i ment of the Harrison Narcotic Law.
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exercises.
'; Mr. and Mrs. Salmon and family
v moved to Conway from Clio a few
0 .years ago since which time Mr. Salp
mon has conducted the five and ten
* cent store. They have many friends
v who sincerely sympathize with them
II in the loss of their son.