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\ ?*"' ? x / # y \ Volume xxxv. .__ . i CONWAY'S OFFER IS MADE IN WRITING Covering Cur Bid For Location ol Proposed Baptist Academy -V ADVANTAGES OF TOWN ) ALSO SET FORTH I - ? Offers of Much Free Service1 And Reduced Prices on Materi: is Tho Conway Chamber of Commcrco has soon to it that the bid made by Conway for the location of tho new baptist Academy has been filed with the Baptist Commissir n. The sites are set forth in the offer and shown by blue prints filed with the rest of the data. The advantages of Conway are set forth in dotail and offers of free service and reduced cost of materials to bo used n)V> d\on1 inniwl ? u iirill Ln ennn Kir Hia "? ^ IIIVIIVI VIIV *1 } MO TT 111 il\/V I t *J J tn^ following copy of the offer: * OFFERING OF SITES FOR PROPOSED BAPTIST ACADEMY BY THE TOWN OF CONWAY, s. c. Gentlemen of the Committee to Receive Offers: The Town of Conway, through its Chamber of Commerce offers to your committee its choice of the sites indicated on the blue prints today filed with your body. These sites follow: v No. 1 (On the Large map) This 1 site, offered by Messrs. D. A. and John C. Spivey, comprises about ten acres, two city bio ks, due West of the Baptist church. This is known locally os the High Po'nt Park site. This site is well with is the incorporate limits. No. 2 (On the small map) Five acie aP cleared, located on the National Highway, three fourths miles from the incorporate limits, offered - . by Messrs. A. E. Goldfinch and D. J Ct. Spivey. No. 3 (On the small map) Fifty acres, and more if wanted, on the National Highway, one and three fourths miles from the incorporate limits, interesctod by the Savannah road, offered by M s: rs D. A. Spivey and J. A. McDermott. This tract is within one fourth iv.ilo oO the Atlantic Coast Bine Railroad. Air ut ten acres in cultivation. No. 4 (On the small map) C mprises twenty five acres of up'and and four acres of low land, one half mile from the incorporate Fnvts, bounded on the East by Kingston Lake. Offered by the heirs cf the esta'o of Addie Burroughs. Th'S tract is within 2,000 feet of the Atlantic Crast Line Railroad and within cr.e mile of a well equipped brick pleat. Under the terms of the crift the donors will onen a six tv foot street from the property to the National Highw.ay whicn is an extension of Main Street, and also ojicn other streets surrounding the property offered. This entire trjct L > is cleared with the exception of four acres skirting the lake. No. 5 Tract of slightly more than fifty acres offered jointly by Messrs H. L. Buck, G. B. Jenkins, B B McWhite and B. G. Collins, situated on the Dog Bluff road about "one quarter of a mile from the incorporate limits pf the town. This tract is shown on separate plat The land is about one-half cleared and is well elevated. As will be seen from the plat it joins the Atlantic Coast Line P.nilroad Company on which a side tr ack mav be connected. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ut * mi 'u ? i a r\ir a vthp a n r?o nn n/i i i it /* ij fti/Yrtii i nuno nr CONWAY AS A LOCATION FOR THE PROPOSED BAPTIST ACADEMY Gentleman f1,e Commttee to Receive Offers. We take it that your Committee will be influenced very probably by' a consideration of any natural at- j tractions and by general factors which may have a bearing on thej comfort and welfare of student body j and faculty of the Academy. We ? are, therefore, making a partial ^ list of certain advantages which we believe the town of Conway possesses over other sectins of the county. ^1. Railroad facilities. Conway is situated on the Atlantic Coast I ine Railroad com pony about forty miles from the main line between N'w Yoik and Atlanta. In addition theie is a serious possibility, that the SeaScard Air Line Railway will shortly 1 extend a line jnto this territory , havi-<* Co-way as one of its p'rinci- j pol stations. 2. The. location at Conway is ' centrally to the territory to be served he*"rr easi'y ortee!sible from the ( surrounding counties. i ~Jc light. 4. Water and sewerage. The im- i * V LIGHTNING STRIKES ' BUT NOT FATALLY Foreman and His Family Just Escape Sud:l).i Death Near Alien J. T. Mitchell, foreman At I ho mills of too Texlcr Lumber Comi-?-i ^ A /I?. i - > .a lfiij iirj wne ,'inil three children, and Grovcr Blizzard, a j brothei in law of Mr. Mitchell, alii narrowly evcap? <1 death lr. k day evening when lightning at! u k the ground near whcio they w re walking through ;x cotton patch. They were all thrown to the ground and consid* rably stunned. There was a serious burn on one member el* the party. At last ac- i i I Ivy lmd all recovered from the shock. i This occurence took place during | the thunder cloud on Sunday after-; noon. state tax levy ~ to bebebuceo; The state tax levy for 1920 will i be reduced from 12 1-2 mills to 12 mills according to an announcement made yesterday by Hut. L. Osborne, Comptroller general. Mr. Osborne recently tendered his resignation to Governor Cooper, and the resignation goes into effect. He is succeeded by W. V. Sutherland, who has been an employee of the state durinc the mist, ten v*?ava ho*.;*-.** . , "W'lllfi scivcd as Mr. KXsbornes chief clerk. % portarice of an adequate water supply making possible a proper disposal of sewerage cannot- be overestimated. From the standpoint of sani tation And health these arc impe.ative. In this connection it may be stated that Conway is the only town in the county to be rated as third class in the matter of fire protection, its equipment for fighting fires Riven at that distinction. This not only means that the property of the school is better protected from the menace of fire, hut that the insurance rate on the proprty is cjnsiderably reduced. 5. Wholesale groceries and brokers. The presence of two large wholesale grocery establishments and brokers who handle Ihe groceries will make it possible for the school to secure its food supplies without trouble and at as low a co t as will be found anywhere else in the State. (>. beef markets. Y. liakery. 8. Ice Plant. Conway has a fully equipped ice plant which will ho of considerable service in properly preserving the food and other supplies of the instituti r\. 9. National Highway. This highway gives Conway a fine outlet for automobile transport at'on to any ether part of the State or of Mie country and makes it possible for visitors to come to this section ; j automobile with a {Treat deal of com fort and at small expense. 10. State Highway. Conway being the county seat, is (also connected by,, the system of highway now under construction with every other c mnty scat in the state. 11. Churches. Conway offers to the Baptist Academy the facilities of four churches, Bantist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal. It Is probably true that a minority of tho student body will represent other denominations than the Baptist and the presence in this community of other churches means that their spiritual welfare will be ministered to by representatives of their own faith. The Baptist church at Conway is particularly strong, being well equipped with a handsome brick building and having .iust secured the services of an able pastor. 12. Proximity to Myrtle Beach M.urrols Inlet, Kingston Lake and the Waccamaw River. The presence of these attractive recreation grounds within a faw miles of tho town will make possible picnics and 4-1. ~ II- ? * ' * uviiik i"i uiu fjupiiM wiiciiuvcr vticii ors deem this advisable, as a relief from the tedium of study and oth r school duties. 13. Hank facilities. There are in Conway three strong banks, the facility s < f which will of course, be at the disposal of pupils and faculty alike making possble transfers of funds without inconvenience or expense. 14. Steamboat line to Georgetown, affording a cheaper freight rate and better service on imported goods. in. Cultural and social life. The students and faculty of the Baptist i Academy will have access to the Attractions and entertainments brought to the town. The Alkahest Lyceum Course and the Radcliffe Chautauqua! aro annual attractions of the town and the best talent afforded will be at the s^-yice of the siudent body. I opportunity for students to earn part of their expenses. The presence in Conway of large manufacturing and -industrial establi laments, stores and offices will m-.kc i J- y Wl ?Sorr CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY PREJUDICE DIES PROGRESS COMES Old Methods of Fighting One Another Through Envy Are Fa;sing CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS GREAT FACTOR Good Fellowship Will Do More For Conway Than any Other One Thing Now Someone remarked the other day to the effect that the business men of Conway are beginning to forge* some of the prejudices and feelings of envy that used to affect them regarding the affairs of one another. The lrmaik was entirely tiue and al though the statement did not go so far as to say that such feelings were indulged in bv Conwav's hnvin<?s?* men in times past, the very fact I hat this remark was made, proves that the one who made it, realizes that business men here used to act in that way. It has often been the case at Con way in years gone by that some bus iness man would begin a new busi ness and would succed in such a measure that his neighbors could not help but see it. Thqre we e those who could not bear to seo others succeed in any intei prise, and often, they have gone so far as to start opposition business which never netted them one cent, an i which only had in view the damage of the other fellow. Seeing the successes of others has in time past brought all of these feelings of prejudice and envy into play, any work of progress was ever hold back. During the last year or two, there has been a lessening of such efforts on the part of some. In the last year the Chamber of Commerce has boon organized and has been acting and this lvis gone a long way towards removing this kind of work from our history. Some of us havbegun to realize that what the otlv r fellow docs will help us !if we are in position to take .advantage of the increased business that is bound to come to the Town by means of the , increased energy of others. The Herald liovos to see this feel - | ing of good fe!lowsh|p among the | uusiness men oi Uic Town increas .? as time poos by and it will have .its eireet upon the growth of Conway, more than any other one thing ccul i do. ,i Most of the hauling at C-. nwav new is done by trucks. This plan of transportat on is rapidly growing on the farms of the county. As the farms enlarge and the number increases, the farmers find . the nee 1 of a quick method of moving things. it possible for boys and girls who at tend the Academy to earn a large part of the funds required to maintain them as students. 17. There wiil b-3,kwe believe, an incentive for teachers to locate in a town of the >size of Conway grcaUr than the incentive to locate in any other town in the county. 18. There are available for th^ school's nees the services of fiv?> physcians and two dentists wh'ch means that the physical welfare of the student body wiil be > tected. 19. A well equipped hospital within a mile or less of the Academy will make possible any emergencv operations which may be necessary through accident or other cause. 20. Long distance and local tol phone service and telegraph service. 21. Building suDttlies at low prices on account of the presence of large milling interests and biick plant. 22. We c,annot at this time assure tho Academy of a Carnegie library. The Carnegie foundation has su pended its building program w'. il building conditions arc as unsettled as they are. We have their a insurance that a.* soon as conditions b come stabilized they will'renew the v building activities and Conway's pet) tion for a library will At that tin o be consideread. The Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of offers in writing whi h guarantee fov the school: Five years telephone service without cost. Electric lights installed and current furnished free for one year. Lumber at ten per cent under the market price and with no freight charges. Brick from a local plant at ten per cent under the market price and with no freight Added. 1 (The above offers are on file in the office of the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.) y t if* \ JULY 8, 1920. M?i ?? ???J?? STORY OF CRIME FROM DARK CORNER Marshall Fowler Under 'Indictment. for Serious Offense Against Morals JOHN GRAINGER CLAIMS STILLS WERE FOWLERS And That Fowler Has Sad 11cd Hks Crimes on IIim Through Spite and 111 Will A recent news item in this paper; stated that John Grainger is now in the County Jri1 serving a sent ne1 of three months for violation of the prohibition laws. nn ? yvnen reaerai agents raided his place in Green Soa township, at 1 ovist parts of two different whiskey stills were found. It was said that the information was given to the authorities by Marshall Fowler, and John Grainger claims that these stills were the property of Marshall Fowler, and that he fastened his own crime upon the defendant, out of ill will, which doubtless grew out of: the other circumstances related in! this article. John Granger was not caught in the act of stilling whiskey but he had these instruments in his possession. John Grainger has Marshall Fowler prosecuted in the Court of General Sessions for Horry County under several heads, and Fowler has been Prosecuted by the grand jury i on a serious charge growing out of the same transaction. The records show that Fowler has been in trouble before the Court a number of times. If the story told by John Grainger about the wrongs he has suffered at j the hands of Marshall Fowler aiv | true, then the forces of the law should be exercised to the extreme limit in meting out justice. The r?l V/*ll IV* O n/<BP nri'l O 4- .? 4- 'A ? - v*< vviiaiuVMllV^O CII1VI OlllLt' W IlIl^JSSU > seem to bear out his story. Tic states in substance that on j Thanksgiving day 1019, Marshall j Fowler came to his home with five gallons of mo nshir.e whiskey which he proceeded to deal out on the premises, he, Grainger, objecting and compelling Fowler to take the whi l ey into a bay who'-e it was distri-; buted and carried of in several auto-; mobiles that had gathered there to get it. After the whiskey lvid been disposed of, Fowler w< r.t hack to the! house and raised a bad row with * John Grainger and his wife, took j down John Grainger's gun from , j the rack over the door and tried J to shoot Grainger. The latter cs-. caper! death by shoving Fowler back wards so that he fell out of a win-! (low and the gun fired as he went! out and took ofT parts of Fowler's fingers. Members qI. John's family scattered about \vldle this racket was going on, John's daughter, Man'e | Grainger, sixteen years of age, he-1 ing among those who went c ft from ! fright. It appear^ that after V e row Fowler did not leave the p'ac.i' but met Manie Grainger at the back i end of the field as she was return-1 ing to the house, forced her ti go j away with him and tried to stop /it his cousin's home in Floyds Town -I ship. The cousin refused to take' them in. Fowler then took the girl to the home of Walter Gamus, a distance of about a mile f?om John Grainger's, and kept the girl there j about a week unknown lo her fath-i er, who was trying to locate her. 1 After this Fowler took the girl j across the line into North Carolina! and she stayed there until Fowler j was arrested and placed in jail Conway two 01* three months ago. While he was in jail he sent Wa ter XG/linus to brine the Grnino-ov prirl to him at Conway, or give her; money to leave the country. Gain- j ns went by John Grainger's a^d agreed to bring the girl to herj home, which he did. In the meantime, it appears that; Fowler made bond and after g l-| ting out, slipped the girl off again by force, went to MavFn wits her1 and Chad Grainger, and com cllrd the girl to marry Chad Grainger. These three for sometime after that spent the time together in the woods stilling whiskey, and the girl returned to her home several times, only to be forced off again. : Recently she returned home with her arm broken, stating to her fath i er that Marshall Fowler had struck i her and committed this injury and ] she was almost naked, the brambles, i having torn the clothes from her body. Fowler is charged with hav- ! ing taken the Grainger girl into North Carolina twice. John Grainger has him indicted under Federal i laws for each of the times that he < took her into another State. The grand jury passed on these 1 facts at the recent term of the Court 1 % ? . . " ?-? - . . I... ? / "W 0 X <X CLERK AND SHERIFF MAKE MANY SALES Monday, July 5th Was Legal | Salesday Under Orders of The Rocent Court Last Monday, July nth. was legal saiosuay at the Coiirthoie e, a number sales being made by the i Site !iV of County and a iu in' r by th? Clerk of the Court under 0 - I dcr of the Judge. i). V. Richard on bought oir | , ) ; ! > 1 ? 4-1. _ '.?/, i .1/.; i ' I ill1 * S . 11 P OI Robe t T;' Vv near Pucksprt at the pric i .$750.(0. Anoher smell !o vn pu. rha o ! by S. C. Dun nbury, attcrvey. and r t? 11 another tram n the same heat on eon aining s v ntevn are s v.-a purchased by iC. 15. Searburough attorney. A tract of seventy-four arr s or.! Cooper Swamp, part of the estate} of benjamin Holmes, was bought bv C. J. Epps for $1,6S5.00. A tract of thirty five acre* was sold for $50.00 in a foreclosure ease of A. C. Thompson vs. P. C. Phipp* One-Kalf acre lot in Conway be longing to Lillian Cooper was sold under mortgage and brought $200.00. A small tract across the Lake from Conway, part of the estate of Willis Cox, deceased, went to H. H. Woodward, attorney, at the sum of $50 00. Part of the estate land of James Anderson in Conway Township was sold to S. A. Gore at the price of $800.00. A tract of about two hundred and fifty acres in Little River Township formerly belonging to Nelson Thom.... ..-.-I D -11 XIT X?- * 1 ?11111 ivuuu w. iuoore, was purcnas cd by Burrough &, Collins Co., for $1,250.00. One tract of forty-five acres in Simpson Creek, formerly belonging to S. V. Cook, was bpught in by The Southern Land Sales Corporation at the highest bid of $1,000.00. illiteracytn horry county! % There are in South Carolina 270,000 persons over 10 years of age j .ho cannot read and write. The 910 census figures report 4,504 illiterates in Horry County. Of the j "V?ite populnticn 18.7 per cent were 'liberate while the negro population) showed 41.1 per cent. The total ; percent of illiteracy was 21.1 per cent. When compared with thej other counties of the State, Horry I ranks 0th in the scale of illiteracy. The table complied by the State' Superintendent of Education from j the Democratic club rolls of 1916 gives some startling facts. In! that year 10,878 men voted in the State who signed their names to the club rolls with a cross mark. Tn Hovry County 4,260 men registered, 20.8 per cent made their marks. When compared with the other counties of the State Horry ranks 28th in literacy among the voters. Let South Carolina secede from illitor-t ary bv each literate citizen teaching one illiterate. sellers bri^gssuit for tenthousand George Sellers has filed suit against W. H. Lowrimore, Mrs. C. A. Lowrimore and Madge Lowrimoie, claiming damages for malicious prosecution in'the sum of $10,000.00. This c'vil suit has grown out of the prosecution for criminal' assault which was tried at the last | term of General Sessions in which ! the defendant George Sellers proved a complete .alibi, showing by reliable witnesses that ho was not at the place where it was alleged the ci line vyi.n commuted, and trat tmj could not have been at the place, t at the hour at which it was charg-! ed to have occurred. The jury four.d : a verdict of not guilty in his be-1 1 all after hearing testimony from a'l thvee of these defendants, and the jury evidently could not b lievc what they said in view of the equally , convincing testimony furnished by uie dot end ant. NEW FUEL. Hail to lowly and sticky mola ses! From it is bring produced "motor alcohol"?a substitute for gasoli e. Discovered 'by J. P. Foster, chemist of one of the big sugar plantations on the island oP Maui, Hawaii, | production within the next three months will be sufficient to fum sh i fuel for ,all cars on the islands [ should a gasoline shortage occur. and presented Fowler for a serious < offense and it is fully expected thai the cuse against Fowler will be tried lie re in September .at the next term of the Court. I ' '?!? 'J? '? H'lUl I' , - ' i " > y <5 s NO 12. jlOBACCO USERS ASKED TO HELP I I Preserve the Forest Areas' Through Which They Fass While Using Weed "" 1 "? ? 3AU"|.,{\! s ,0.:?;^ . V . I \ I ,\J !\ # ;r; ~ ~ r> ^r;} ^oopiroc ;". .: .! j . itL^woiv1 too "r; : .d appeals Should be I'1 v?;. in r,v; -y Package ci Smokivip; Tobacco Because of the ve?v soiious fire hazard created by tobacco smoking in the forests, K. T. Meredith, Secretary of Agriculture has just written to seven of the leading tobacco companies in this country asking their cooperation in enlisting . makers in a campaign against careless use of fire in all forests, both aational and private. Smokers, statistics show, are annually responsible for a large number of conflagrations in timbered areas, causing immense losses. The Secret arv's ^ .WW* ou^gests that the tobacco companies can render an invaluable service in this movement by including in tobacco packages brief printed legends urging smokers to take every precaution to prevent the sprea 1 of fire from matches or burning tobacco. Action of this character, reported to have been taken by a Canadian tobacco company, is cited by Secretary Meredith. Forest Service Leads Movement. The letter is one feature in a movement now being carried on by the Forest Service to lessen the number of fires caused by smokers and others while working or enjoying outings in the forests, whose preservation is so essential to national prosperity. The letter of the Secretary is as follows: in fiiuivcuiiir tnfi national torcsts of ovor 150,000,000 acres, the Department of Agriculture has to fight thousands of forest fires every summer due to carlossness. Throughout the United States we needlessly bum up every year a great deal of our forest wealth and turn productive timber into wastes, largely because the public does not sufficiently realize the importance of a sense of individual responsibility in the pievention of fire. "Smokers cause many forest fires. Some lumber companies forbid smoking In the wood -, and the extension of this rule is being strongly urged. Such measures would never have been considered necessary if smokers suffic'ontly recognized the danger that attends the dropping of a lighted match, a pipe coal, or an unextinguished cigarette or cigar stump. C-garette Spark May Cost Thousands. "Hunters, fishermen, and woods workers of all kinds smoke in the forests, while automobilists toss a hit of fire from their cigars and speed thoughtlessly on, unaware even though they have left as inciniorif pnnfl 1 ll- * - - I v v^ui <U^(IVIV|1 UflllllU Ult'm. A single glowing cigarette end may cost the Government thousands of dollars for fire fighting, to say nothing of the value of the timber destroyed, the desolation of scenic beauty, and the harm done to water flows. "Your company can. I believe, do much to lessen these losses. Would it not be possible for you to print a fire caution on the outisde of each tobacco, cigar, or cigarette container? Hundreds of thousands of people would read such warnings, and their effect would he very great. 1 understand that in Canada at least ore important tobacco company has already t.okon this step. Confident of Cooperation. "It is not enough to bring the importance of fire prevention to the attentii n of an individual once or twice. The warning to use caution needs to be so drilled into his consciousness that e.uro becomes habitual and instinctive. Perhaps you could see vein way clear to p ipt on the reverse side of the packing slips inclosed in tohuco cans fire warning, and to place the slip in the can with the fire warning up so that it would catch 4 he eye. Coupons and packing slip'* in cigarette and tobacco packages and cigar boxes would afford a further opportunity for fire warnings. "Would it not be possible, also, for you to consider putting a logan, like one of those on the inclosed sheet, cn the lithcg aphs which you us^ in billboard advostising? From its novelty, as well as from the evidence that it would affoid of a do ire to further publ;c welfare such adveratising will perhaps appeal to yen. ? J