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c \ ' ' ? % v # 4 VOLUME XXXV RACE TROUBLE 1 THREATENED AT Lumber Plants of Trexler 1 J Lumber Company at Allen . btation v < CAUSED BY ALTERCATION i BETWEEN EMPLOYEES I V Last Accounts State Plant Was Running Again?Apparently Over With. News came to Conway last Saturday of threatened tv< uble at Aden brought on by an occurrence at the plant of the Trexler Lumber Company last Thursday. Mr. Geo go Rhuark, the foreman of the saw mill, went into the boiler room and made some remarks to one of the colored employees, who was standing up talking to another, while the steam on the plant has been allowed to go down. It is stated that the fireman resented the orders of the foreman and as a result of what he ;said the foreman administered a beating and kicked him out of tin boiler room. The company employs from 57 to 100 negroes and some of the others jresenteki and threatened to quit work if the negro omployeo was > discharged and on the other hand the white employees, of the company determined to quit in case the foreman of the mill was discharged. For a time there were indications of serious trouble between the races but it was finally adjusted in su^h a way as to let the plant continue in operation until the return of the Superintendent, Mr. Alexander, who was away at the time. At last accounts the differences had been adjusted, or at least no v tfurther reports of any trouble came tfrom that point. howIvaiublF - peace-time work 'Trinitrotoluene is its p'ope" * scientific name, but the human tongue has its limitations, and sj this, much-talked-of explosive is gen erallv known by its abbreviat'on. "T. N. T." It is a pale yel'ow crysta'line substance much use I in the late war to furnish the explosive clement for shells bombs, and the depth bombs, which did so much to check the submarine activities. Useful for Industrial Purposes. The sudden collapse of the German resistance found the United States Government with a largo sun ply of T. N. T. on hand which it was not addvisable to st ?re. The Bureau of Minos demonstrated by experiment that this T. N. T. couUl * %?? M?\Ari An o n '1 DC llSOd I or lmiUSbriill puijiu.-*' o, an ? allotments from the War Department's stock were assigned to the "Department of the Interior for use m the Reclamation Service, National Parks Service, Indian Service, Alaskian Engineering Commissi-n, and to the Department of Agricul- \ fture for use in road construction, work supVrvised by the Bureau of 'Public Ro^ts ? The valuv of T. W. T. in road'building op\ rations has been fully demonstrates and the Bureau of iSiblic Roads has published a circular to descri e its characteristics, and to furnish Erections for the use of the explosive in place of dyna-! mite for blasting, ditch digging, and j rock breaking. As a general rule, I 'T. N. T. may be used for any pur- j fiose to which dynamite may be put. i t is safe to handle; does not cause j '4<dynamite headachoc" as readily as I the commercial explosive, and is a 'trifle m~re* powerful than low-per 'centage dynamite. The weather was very warm last week. SINGLETON ANNOUNCES FOR STATE SENATE L. B. Singleton appears in this issue with a card annou'-cmg his i candidacy for election to the Senate I from Horry County. 1 Elsewhere he publishes Another cavd giving h's position on the question of the stock law. Having sowed the peop1? b*for\ he has the advantg-'o Gf ho<'ng known to the voters of a1! section* of ;ho 'rnoty. Once h* made tlv rave for this same office and receive,] o. vow flattering vote in the race with Hon. Hal L. Ruck. His record as soRoi'or of the 12th Judical1 eircuit is well renumbered by the r^onlc of the four counties. F* ha? rot h^en a candidate for pnVi" oftic^ duvinr.- the *past several voa'v* hns b^en devoting himself t' the practice o* his nrofession fliv' f.o'-'mV; office** in fh-? S T. So-'iien* building on Main Street. % * W o? ^ ?' f K -V ONE NEGRO ROBS ANOTHER'S ACCOUNT -J. A negro man from Plymouth, N. C., robbed Sam Austin, another negro man, here hast Saturday, taking Sam's entire bade account at one stroke. This new i an had not been here very long and had si ay e at Sam Austin's hcure one night, long enough to obtain po. scssh.n of Sam's pass book. Taking this Pas *. Hook la t Saturday be applie 1 * t the Peoples National Bank, stated t that he wa Sam Austin, p esented j the pass hook and collected the en- ! tire account of $-11.00 and made 1 i escape. ! On Monday morning Sam A e st n ins'ituted nroceedimrs in the :i ds-i irate Court ar.cl will enclcav r to | have liim apprehended. Au-ti?. lives near the stove of Eason & !' Martin. live tio years" with proper care Now York.?A. raoe of patriaclv;, each 1,000 years old, was picture I as a possibility by Dr. A. I. Logan, in an address before the APicd Med ical Association of America. Dr. Logan also declared that determination of sex can be controlled and that parents can make the:r children geniuses by mental sugges- ( tion begun seveial months before birth. ! These theories caused lively dis cussion, when their originator declared there is r.o reason for many dying at 90 or 100 years old, and that he could live to bo 1,000 years old with proper care' and dieting. Dr. Logan advocated methods of life similar to those he said were followed by children of the New Testament, whom he said the Bible proved to have lived for several hundred years.^ The doctor claimed he had been successful in predetermining the sex of children in seventy-nine ca es.' By mental suggestion begun long before birth of the child, he samf, sex, stature, disposition, could b? controlled. RUSSIAN BRIDES TO BE SENT TO U, S. 300 or More are in Manila Having Married U. S. " Soldiers. Manila.?Three hundred or. more Russian "war brides," who have1 come here from Siberia with the ir! American soldier husbands, arc 4.) be sent to the United States by the government as soon as transportation is available. These brides come from every sta tion in life from the peasant g'rl to the college graduate and a number had been accustomed to the lux-' urios of lif~ before war apd revolution drove them from their homes. Their experiences in Manila, probably have been a disappointment to most of them, as their soldier husbands on their meager *pay of $36 a -mdnth have been unable to suoport a family, house rent and food prices having almost doubled here within the last year. To prevent the Russian girls from actual suffering, the Red Cross and other charitable organi-. zations, have provided them with' shelter and food. I They are willing to work, but having no knowledge of English or j Spanish, they are unable to find employment in any of the stores of 1 Manila and native men and boys I are preferred for house servants. I Alter several weeks of investigaI tion as to the best disposition to make of the war brides and their soldier husbands the army author.'ties decided that they, with few exceptions, should be sent to thn United States and there distributed among the army camps and posts, where quarters are available for mar ried enlisted men. These the department of the Philippines is rot CI Klo f A nVAt?i/lA A*%1 ?? 1 MK/tV VC/ jJl 1/T1UC? V/Iliy UI1 1 I ' I men ^vvith wives, who have an in-, come in addition to their army fa * will bo permitted to remain in Ihe Philippines. Some of the Russian girls who were disappointed in not obtaining soldier husbands at Vladivostok, disguised as American sldiers stowed away on transports and came to Manila, so eager we^e they to rrcane from the turmoil and suffrin'/ which l ave n-evai'o l in Siber'n a1mo;>t sirco. lv beginning of the war. These stowaways were turned ov r to the authorities here to be d poited to the country when they came. Feve^al of them were marvied at the r>ior while awaiting t~ be put on board a transport for the vayage back to Vladivostok, whic,% made them American citizens an 1 ga*re them the right to remain her? One of these stVvavavs, cko-1 male attire, when about to he placed on board a transport for d p rtv - "* ; v w ' -y? V. ; 4 P*m* r CONWAY, S. a, THURSDAY, TORNADO STRIKES SECTION OF HORRY Does Great Damage to Farm 9T-r Buildings and Growing Crops. Nichols, Juno 21.?The worst tornado in the history of this section passed through a little cross roads town by the name of Duford in Itorry County, Sunday afternoon, at about five o'clock. Every house on M.r. Daniel Hayes* farm was completely demolished, except the one he lives in, and it was twisted round. It took the top off Mr. C P. Du Rose's new barn, blew down nearly every shelter ho had, or t. ck the top off, and damaged his Dodge ear a great deal. It completely demolished the store of Mr N. D. H Jordan, damaged the dwelling house of Mr. Hamilton Jordan, and ca o very near taking Mr. G. M. For I's store. It blew Mr J. K. Floyd's pack house off the Vdocks. two tonant houses for Mr. C. F. Hooks and did some damage for Mr. W. M Grantham. Tt picked up two fifty ga'lon barrels off the ground, carried them nearly one-fourth of a mile and dropped them. Tt blew a large wash tub across a swamp, a distance of about a mile. Those who saw it say they could see lots of things whirling around in the air, even pieces of plank eight or ten feet in lenfth. The cloud seemed to be in the shape of a funnel. The main storm was not over 150 to 200 in width, but it did considerable damage to growing crops in its path. The damage done in and around DuFord will run well into thousands of dollars. There were no lives lo.'t no one seriously hurt, and no stock damaged that the writer has heard of. except a few chickens. In the Mt. Olive section, about three miles from this place, a severe hail sto^-m passed through last Friday, and considerable damage was done to the crops, espcciaHy tobac o. MEXICAN TREASURY SHORT DUE TO CARRANZA'S LOANS Mexico City.?There is a shortage of 1.800 000 pesos in the Treasury as a result of unsecured leans made during the Carranza Administrat;oi j "by the superior command" to G'n Francisco Murguia, former Minister of War Louis Cabrere. former Sec rotary of the Treasury Manu-d Aguirre Berlonira and others, accord inir to an official statement issued. Brig. Gen. Calles, Minister of Wa has ordered the military command-: to return all rolling stock to the Railroad Administration within sev- J enty-two hours. The army has secured more than 5 000 cars, according to El Universal. The military leaden; are in favor of a reduction of the army to 50 000 men, according to a symposium in El Democrata. Some of the army chiefs say the soldiers should lay * 1 A U- ~ down men* linuss anu uikc tu mv ploughs. w PRICE DECLINE IN PARIS. Paris.?Prices of various commoditites in every day use conI tinue to decline in this city, and newspapers state that coffee costs less in Paris than in Havre and less in Havre than in Brazil. Cotton, which for several days was firm, has again undergone an important decline in Havre. BIG LAND"DEAL NEARTABOR, N. C. 0. R. Spivey and Associates Buy Two Tracts From Garfield Grainger. O. R. Spivey, D. F. Spivcv and J. F. Ward recently made a deal with Garfield Grainger whereby the three will become owners of two tracts of land in the section of this county lying near Tabor, N. C. One of the tracts is the old home place of Garfield Grainger, whi'e tlvother is a tract of land purchased some time ago by Garfield from his brother, Bruce Grainger. A good price will be paid for th-> property. tion, with several thouspn-i Fu sian rubles in her hand, appealed t the crowd at the pier for some ma to marry her and save her life fro" what she ?aid would be cntd death if she were returned t> Si bcria. The Russian rn-nnv w- ic is now of little or no value, appeared to have no influence t^waV brincjincr forth a husband for the w^ man, and she was sent back to Siberia. t I a % \ JUNE 24, 1920. MARION DISTRICT Tl EFFICIENCY WEEK Methodist Episcopal Church, South, June 27, 28, 29, ? 1920. r 11 Subjects and Teams. |V Evangelism. ]< Our World Challenges hv Rev. O.j t E. Gocldard, 1). 1)., Na hvill->, Tenn. i The Answer Wo Sh? uhl Give, by j g Rev. Luther Bridget's, Gainsvillo, I Ga. 1 Missions. Our Foreign Fields, by Rev. E. H. Rawlings, 1). 1).. Nashville, Tenn The Homo Land, by R"v. S. B. Harnnv Pit m vlnof^ ^ 1 ^ 1/\.^ . /\*m? m i SlvA) ViJCU V. Vl.'Il CUU1 V Results, by Rev. A. J. Cauthe;:. Orangeburg, S. C. Stewardship. V Of Property and Life, by Rev. R. H. Bennett, D. 1)., Lynchburg, Va. Christian Lit era lire. As a Light to the Soul, by R<w. T. N. Ivey, 1). 1)., Nashville, Tenn. Sunday Schools. The Call of Childhood, by Miss Pauline Suddath, Orangeburg, S. C. Efficient Teaching, by Prof. J. C. Guilds, Bamberg, S. C. Efficient * Administration, py J. Emerson Ford, r Orangeburg. S. C. v 1 Christian Education. 1 As a Means of Human Development, by Rev. J. A. Rice, D. D. \ Sumter, S. C. t Our Church Institutions, by Dr. i H. N, Snyder, Pres. Wofford Col- i lege. The first service will be next Sun- day morning at 10:30, and the Sub- < J'ect, Education, will be discussed by tev. Rice, and pr. Snyder. I It will be seen from the above i that .there will be a grouping of I some of the most talented and gift- s ed speakers to be found. It is de- l sired that not only the congrcga- < tions and friends of the six churches . where these meetings will be hel 1 are to enjoy these lectures but that the congregations of the outlying ; churches shall also attend. Members and friends of all other denominations are cordially invited to b' with us. Remember the days and hours, 10:30 a. m. and 8:30 p. m., Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, 27, 28. 29, of this month D. A. Phillips, Presiding Elder. WILL BUILD RESIDENCE. Mr. A. E. Goldfinch has made a contract with Mr. A. B. Garren for the building of a new residence on tViA Int. wliovp Afi". Goldfinch has been residing' for several yea"s past. The work on the new building will not begin for some time yet but the present residence occupied is to be moved back in order to make room for the new build'nv. J This work of moving the present j building will be done before \e y i long. The new residence will have j about ten rooms in it and will b modem in every respect. o IS CURING TOBACCO. There may be other tobacco growers in Horry County who have gath j ered tobacco this week but the only one reported at the office- is from the farm of Pink Grainger near Aynor, S. C. On last Monday hi < tenant, Singleton, was putting in a bam of new crop tobacco for curing. It is generally thought that the tobacco season will be late in opening this year by reason of the cool I weather that persisted so long and kept the crops back. againsTradIcaOsm favors sane laws, ? I Editor Herald: ! In entering the approaching campaign for the office of State Sena-1 itor from this County, I do so n ,i to gratify any political ambition of my own, but only in defense of the people of my County, i It is manifest that the bulk o~ legislation in recent years, both lo cal and State, tends to uproot and destroy the fundamental rights and privileges of the masses of the people who now are and have ever been the backbone of our country. While the repeal or stay of the Act| of the last General Assembly plac- ( ing Horry County under the one a i tion of the general stock law, is of great import; and, if I am elected, shall be given immediate and first nf 4 Ak\f S/\m r* /\4 l-\/\?? 4 f atiuui/iuii, i/iivi i; a11: uiuui iiuut' i of great importance to come before j the General Assembly of this State,! affecting the interests of the people of this County and State, wheh should be carefully guarded. Th?j placing of the Stock law upon t^e people of this County, apparently against their will and over their veto, is only one instance of many to be considered. My position on this and all other questions affecting the people will be frankly and unequivocally stated, and I ask the support of all that are opposed to radicalism and are in favor of safer and a more sane and econotnic legislation. Lawrence Benjamin Singleton. raid. PROGRESS MADE I IN COTTON CROP Washington.?Cotton has made [ atisfaotory progress in practic Oly II portions of the bolt and subtanticl improvement has been reortecl from many sections, accord rig to the weekly weather and crop uUctin. Th.o week was moderately; rarm and generally dry throughout J he cotton growing states, the bid [ din stated, and pioved beneficial o the ci op. :nm is ne eo OF MONEY \am While Decision on Fee-era! c Farm Loans is Being 1 Awaited. ( Next fall the supreme court will [ shake the dust of a four-month va- ' aiion from its ermine, take mustv awbooks from dusty shelves an 1 jor.der and debate for weeks. Then, in October or November, )erhaps, a decision on the right of he government to loan its money it a fair rate of interest to hundreds in need, will be handed down. The high court of the land will have lecided upon the constitutionality >1 the federal farm loan act., Tn the interval, 12 farm loan janks will have compiled a record? inadmissible in the nation's first tribunal, telling a story of ha>ddiip, suffering and loss?an indict Jment of the Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association in the heart of the American public. For in every file cabinet of the 1 12 farm loan districts today such a stoiy is piling up. It is an apreal the government, willing though it be, cannot answer. One day in the office ot the secretary of the federal farm loan bank tells the story. Twenty letters are opened, all asking for loans. Loses His All. Scott Maddox, of Foot, Tex., in Ccllin county, has farmed for fifteen years building- up little by little. Today his farm is worth i $4,000. He has two sons, nearing manhood, Maddox wanted to do something for the boys. So he sold his little farm, put his $4,000 into a place worth $10,000, and asks the farm loan bank to take his mortgage for $5,000. Until the supreme Court decides the constitutionality of the act the loan cannot be made. Maddox writes again. His second payment is due in four days. Unless he meets it his $4,444 investment is lost. Again the bank is forced t> refuse. Today Maddox is without home or prospects. Mrs. L. D. Lanuis. a widow, asks for an interview. The woman explains her case. Last year her farm failed. Prospects were bright this year. It wouhl take $2,000?one-tenth of the actual value of the farm-?to plant it. The farm loan bank bad previously nasred on her 1 an. It was ready ?to be paid when the case against the bank went to the supreme court. The widow had ordered her seed. Now with her pre viously approved loan refused, she could not pay for it. Secretary Lindsey agreed to help the woman privately. J. M.' Goyow?K'i Fqivbanks, Tex, LZl mer, bad secured ftpprova' 01 a $2,000 loan to construct a barn for his stock. Then the court act'on stopped payment. The bom had i been partly built. A mechanic's [ lien was placed against it. Corows-1 kt, who suffered a crop failure this year, was forced to pay 10 per cent interest in order to save his property. "And these are only three," soys Lindsey, " of the hundreds of ca es of hopes blasted, production sf*pp^d and loss sustained wh:ch are r > I ported to fhe hank, powerless to act until the supreme court passes upon the law." o SMALLPOX AT MULT INS. Three new cases of smallpox have developed at Mullins, according to lcpovts reaching the state he dth efficcr. Several days ago 50 case* vvoro vonovtod J cr ?, + , v v. . " ?i?v . \ ^ i * ci i/i/ viu 1 of 53 ^ascs at the town. Dr. F. L. Martin has charge of the situation at Mid'ins and t is understood that he intends putting on a wholesale vaccinaMon campaign Dr. James A. Havne, the s'ate health officer, said that lv^ thought vaccination of prosp ctivo school pupils near the close of the session would cause much less inconvenience to the pupils than at the beginning of the term. When j children are vaccinated during the summer they may enter the school the fall following and will not suffer from sore arms and are thu". able to kfcep up with their work bcti ter. h v ' I 1 ? NO. 10. m storm viiTfs= FARIfjiNC SECTION f Managing Crops of Cotton and Tobacco Where it Went 31G RAIN rA'J. WASHES LAMDS tVorV. of "Dont"action Looks Pa " .for Zc - %)A Planters Hear Pert Hc.rrelson. A heavy .an. am ur.ting to a l' .1.' l- s-? aceor.-.vani'tl by hail v!vc* Parted tlv -y-fivo mi-inter5, ame to the Port Hai ebon s ction art Friday aitoi noon. To i' op;; of Mr. I. P. Wi liams .vcre greatly damaged, his e )tton ".op looking a if* it were wor hless nftor the clouci passed over. Amcng those who wove greatly lamaged are Messrs. Will Lewis und Arthur Lawvimore. It is stated that the latter has offered his crop sir.ee the hail to anybody who will pay the fertilizer bill. Other farmers in that section of the county, and wh >se names could not be learned, are reported a< having been damaged by the hail, and also by the flood of rain which quick ly filled the branches and in some cases washed olT parts of the soil and damaged the crops in that way. DELEGATES FROM HORRY. ~ The free range voters at Horry Precinct held a meeting on Saturday June 19th, and elected the following named delegates to meet at the Free Range Convention to be held in Conway on Saturday, June 26th,. at 11 o'clock: J. D. Allen, Wilson Edge, D. H. Baker, Andrew Lee, R. K. Benson. POLLOCK ENTERS RACE FOR SENATE W. P. Pollock, of Che raw, Saturday filed his pledge and paid his assessment fee as a eandidntA f?v the United States senate. He is the fourth entrant, E. 1). Smith, present incumbent; George Warren of Hamp ton and W. C. Irby of Laurens having previously filed pledges. Mr. Pollock served three months in the United States senate in 1918-19, finishing out the unexpired term of the late Senator Tillman. ENGLAND TO CONTEST NAVAL SUPERIORITY London.?England is determined to contest American naval superioiitv, Waller Hume Long announced in the House of Commons. In reply to a question directing attention to Seo retary of the Navy Daniels' naval program, the British admiralty chief said: "The admiralty is following those important developments with the greatest closeness and will not fail to ask Parliament for the necessary powers if it is thought we are falling behind in the proper naval standard." E. C. AUEN OUT FOR SUPERINTENDENT In this issue of The Herald there appears the announcement of E. CAllen as a candidate for the offfofev.*of Superintendent of Educutloa Horry ..County. Mr Allen is already known to the voters of the County because four ears ago he made the race for County Auditor, at a time when he hud intended to stand for election as Superintendent of Education;. decided to run for County Auditor ~ when Mr. M. J. Bullock came out for the other place. He has taught In the Common schools of Horry County for sixteen or seventeen years and has had Jin opportunity thereby of gaining an intimate knowledge of the workings and constant needs of the c mmon school system. For about six months in the year 1910 he waemployed in the United States PostofTice at Conway. His tlends have solicited him to make the race. o Mva. C. E. Ha^ olden, of Sellers, S. C., passed through Conway las* week on her way to visit her paren to. at Toddville. Paul Smith left last Sunday for San Francisco, California. Mr, Smith will take a course in Electricity in that city. Miss Jeanette McQueen left Sunday to spend several days 'with I friends and relatives in North Carolina. Mrv and Mrs. M. R. Smith, and children, who have been visiting1 friends and relatives in North Carolina, haVe returned home. I