The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 28, 1920, Image 1
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DERHAM COUNTY
GROWS INTERESTING
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Floyds Township Would Leave
Mother County and
Take Marion
OPPOSITION GROWS
AS FACTS TOLD
Governor Cooper Promises to
Act on Two Petitions Soon
as Possible.
People of the eastern part of!
Horry have at last become interested
in the efforts to form a new
county, with Loris as the county1
scat, and on the other hand the pe
11lion or people of Floyds township
asking for an election on the question
of annexing, Floyds township
to Marion county.
Steps to get the new county were
rather secret for a time, the promoters
no doubt thinking that they
"would find much opposition from
trclier sections of Horry. Up to this
time, most of the objection to the
new county has developed in Fl >yds
township and in communities near
to that township. People in the
lower part of Horry county, around
Conway, and neaj* to Georgetown,
are only now waking up.
Last week a petition was presented
to Governor Cooper by citizens
of Floyds township asking for an
election for the annexation of
F/ciyds township as a pait of
!^/arion county. It is found that the
people of Mullins, business men
mostly, arc behind this movement
to increase the size of Mariqn county
by taking Horry county land.
Prominent citizens of Floyds township
arc apparently much interested
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in leaving men* oki nome couiuj
for Maiion. It is said that the governor
assured the men who carried
the petition that he would give it
"Jus close attention at once, and
it is likely that he will order the
election, if he finds that the petition
is in proper shape and carries
the light number of signatures.
Thciie two movements are opposed
to each other, as the Herald understands
it. If Floyds township is
taken away and turned into Marion
county, then the new county that
is proposed might not have sufficient
wealth to go through. Owing)
to this't*. is hard to understand just
what are the true motives behind
the two movements that are being
made, and as time goes on opposition
is developed. It may be that
both propositions will be voted down
by the people, as they know that
taxes are already high, and if they
form a new county, with Loris as
the co-inty seat, these peeople in the
new county will lose the taxes tlie.v
have paid in aid of their new courthouse
and other public improvements,
and will be taxed to furuinsh
these new improvements in the new
county, for, of course, the new county
will have to have them and the
people will have to pay for them.
The Mull ins Enterprise had the
following to say about these matters
in its issue of last week:
"For some time it has been known
that certain portions of Horry county
has been desirous of annexing
the territory to Marion county, par?i..
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11CUIUI ly r luyu s luwiinmp, ah tuti,
it has beon generally talked that
both Floyd's and Gailivant's Feerry
township wanted to join us, and
jthere was a move started, but was
never put through to take the necessary
steps for the change. The
inatter. was kept alive,*however, and
last week some of the most ardent
advocates of annextion got busy and
circulated a petition among the
voters of Floyd's and secured the
necessary signatures to warrant the
calling of an election. The Enterprise
was informed that the solicitors
found the people of Floyd's
with a very few exceptions, eager
to join us and .the petition was finished
and in the hands of Governor
Cooper Saturday night. The committee
that waited on Governor
Cooper Saturday night consisted of
\V. C. Hooks, Kirkland Floyd and A.
T. Martin of Floyd's and H. L.
Ayers, C. O. Dixon, Jno. P. Cooper
I and S. R. Cooper, with their attorney
of Marion. Governor Cooper
assured the committee that he would
give the matter prompt attention
and there is hardly any doubt but
that the boundaries of Marion will
be so extended to take in that portion
of Horry containing Floyd's
township, provided, of course, the
people vote favorably in the election
called for the purposee.
"Mill I ins r.nd Mavion county generally
will welcome our cousins from
across the river. They do most of
their trading in Mullins and they
feel like thev would be one of us
in reality and will be given a hearty
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ON STOCK UW
IN COLUMBUS COUNTY
There will be an election in Columbus
county, on November 2nd on
the question of the stock law and
frco range for the townships lying
next t< this county in South Carolina.
We understand that other portions
of Columbus already have the
stock law.
The issues art closeely drawn
anoss the border on this qnestion
and a big fight is being waged on
M'?es.
The people over there are interested
ivi whether or not the stock
Jaw will remain in force in Harris
Irounty, for if it does they will
have to erfcet and maintain a fence
on the state line to keep their cattle
from ranging over in South Carolina.
0. M. WATTS
AGAIN ANSWERING
Editor Horry Herald: With your
permission I want to reply to A. 1).1
Jackson's article that appeared in I
i the Herald of September 30th.
Mr. Jackson says that the party
l who told that he gave Mishoe one
thousand dollars to put the stock !
law on in Horry county told a lie. '
Mr.^ Jackson don't say that he did,
not'give Mishoe anything?just says I
; that he did not give a thousand dol-1
lars. i
1 want to ask a question right
here: Did W. L. Aiishoe sacriiice
|his two thousand friends in Horry
; for } lor a little wind from
Jackson <V: Co. Mr. Jackson says
I there were two injustices perpetrated
on Robert Carter; he
says the free range brothers
did him one injustice by in- |
ducing him to get into politics and '
then not advising him.. This is a
black and dirty sin that is charged
up to us free rangers ? Carter's
lijends. Mr. Jackson did not say j
what the other injustice was, nor!
who did it. 1 guess if Mr. Jackson ;
could speak above a whisper about
it he would have told us that the i
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UtllCI injustice UOI1C nil. Vvill LtM
perpetrated by the stock law broth- :
ers; chat they 7net him and took j
his rights away from him?hej
lights Miat a majority of the Democratic
voters of Horry county had J
K'iven him at the ballot box. iThis j
sin is too black and dirty for Mr.
Jackson to speak of only in a whisneer.
There is some hope for Mr.
Jackson yet.
I He says that the stock law has i
[come to stay. Now, Mr. Smith and I
Mr. Prince is going to try to have {
the act repealed, and Mr. Ford said
on every stump that he would serve ;
the majority of the Democrats of
Horry county; he said that in
speaking of the stock law. |
I Now, when the legislature meets,
j if you lobbying crowd will all stay
I block the wheels any way and let
juway from Columbia and don't
the curse of p i:?v* be repealed, you
will feel better about it two years
from now and especially four years
from now when all the officers of
the county will be up for election
again. We free rangers are largely
in a majority, and now enforce the
stock law on us two years,
take our blue milk and our
tickey razor-back meat, as you j
puffed-up stock law people call it?i
take those things away from us anct
within that time we will have sixj
or eight hundred converts to join '
our ra.iks and then we will elect j
every officer in the county from?
the sheriff to the magistrate. Now
remember that we free rangers can
line up quick.
O. M. WATTS.
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FOR CO-OPERATION.
Decision to co-operate actively in
the promotion of the South Carolina
Tobacco Association, the South Carolina
Sweet Potato Association and (
the various truckers associations of |
the state was the most important j
action of the markets commission'
of the South Carolina Development
Hoard at its meeting last week in
Columbia.
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BOX SUPPER.
There will be a IJox Supper and
Cake Walk at the Watts School
House next Saturday night. Oct 30.
There will also be a short propram
consisting of music and recitations.
The public is cordially invited to
attend, the girls with boxes and
boys with money to buy them.
?Committee.
reception. There is no better people
in the state, nor more fertile land
anywhere than to be found in
Flovd's township.
"There is many reasons to be advanced
for the desired change and
much mutual benefit will follow
should they annex to Marion." i
OONWAY, S. P., THURSDAY,
INLAND WATERWAY
WOULD AID CONWAY
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And All Other Sea-Coast
Towns Along Our Eastern
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ENGINEER'S STATEMENT
UlVtS IhlrUnMAIiUlNJ
Great Advantage Would Follow
the Opening of Such
a Way.
Sjiuo weeks ago tho Conway
Cluimoer of Commerce requested:
Mr. McQueen Quatlebaum, formerly j
with the Government Engineering i
service, to prepare a statement |
with reference to the Intra-coasUil 1
waterway from Boston to Key j
West, Florida. It is well known i
that the route which the Govern-,
ment has selected would make use j
of the Waccamaw lviver, and would >
puss throng the To\vn of Conway. !
The importance of this route to the!
Town and to Horry County cannot
ho exaggerated.
Mr. Quattlebaum has prepared a
very clear statement, copies of;
wl ich h;ive been filed with Congress!
man Philio H. Stoll, and Senators
E. D. Smith and N. B. Dial.
The statement follows:
INTItA COASTAL WATERWAY j
Boston to Key West, Florida.
as me name implies, tins prujeut
is to establish an inland water
route from Boston to Key West.
When loking for such a route "we1
find that nature has furnished her
share of parallel to the Atlantic
const. The whole co* st-line of the
United States with few exceptions
is bordered hy low lying* marsh
lands with islands directly on the
coast. This low marsh is cut by
numerous creeks and bays which
are easily connected, forming links
in this route.
The idea of such a route has
been in the minds of our people for
many years and we find the records
show that they have been working
to this end for many years. Work
has been done on this route along"
most of th<" way and is being now
expedited in some localities. The
main trouble is that it is being undertaken
on 'too small a scale . For
instance, the route from Georgetown
to Charleston is being improv
ed for a four foot channel. As it is
now being dredged, it will be of
no use to the competcr project ac>
it is too crooked. A general project
should be adopted and all work
should conform to it.
As to the importance of this
route it is two fold:
First, as a commercial route..
2nd. as a naval defense.
Either of these uses of such a
waterway would make it worth
the expenditure and both combined
make xit of double importance.
As a commercial route* it \Vould
serve to save the dangers of t^e
sea with all coastwise trade besides
giving connection with the seaports
and towns and cities alonjr
the coast. The hoard of engineers
in its report of July 1, 1011. says:
"Comparing the prospective c>st
with tho prospective utilization, the
Board has no hesitation in expressing
the opinion that this project
is worthy of execution by the Unit
ed States. It is believed in the
first pi are to worthy on the basis
of development of local zone business
alone, and might properly be
undertaken were it to be expected
that no other remunerative form of
business could be developed. When
the increase in concentration and
distribution is added to thp prospect
of economical through traffic, and
when it is recalled that the cost of
carrying the work from zone to
through traffic lorshrd etao shr eta
through development will be but a
small part of the total, it is clear
that tbe through canal should be
undertaken as a whole."
The use of the canal or waterway
as a war measure was clonrly
broutrht out in the recent war. Whal
would our great naval base at
Charleston be if we were in war
and the enemy could blockade the
entrance of the harbor? If we had
this waterway the submarine and
torpedo boats could run up and
down the coa^t inland from their
bases at Charleston, and cro out at
the other ports. It would also bo
of great value to the navy and army
in transporting supplies to the
| ports.
As stated before the route has
been worked on in most localities,
but the South Carolina coast has
boon the most backward in this
great project. As Col. Kingman,
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OCTOBER 28, 1920.
INTEREST REVIVES
IN BABY DROWNING
Authorities Made Investigation
Early in This Month, and
Took Affidavits
PROMINENT PEOPLE j
MAY BE INVOLVED
Request For Affidavits Sent
to Coroner Has Not Been
Answered.
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The finding of the body of the
dead child near Wampee, at a landing
on Waccamaw river some time
ago created some excitement in that
and nearby sections of the country.
Interest was lessened after a few .
days, until about the Gth of October,
and again on the 12th, when
an investigation was conducted under
the direction of the sheriff and j
L. W. Cooper, the coroner.
These officials found no positive
proof as to who caused this drowning
but they did bring out some '
facts ahd circcuinstances which may .
involve' prominent people of Little
River township.
Amotfg witnesses who were examined
by thosse officers was a colored
man by the name of Steven
Bellamy, a Miss Jones, William Ben
ton and Patience Stevens, who at
first refused to testify but later had
something to say. It seems that
some of these affiants were taken
before the coroner, while other oaths
i were taken by Magistrate J. i. Ward
wider the direction of the officers
*^m Conway.
The officials are not giving out |
'very full information and hence
the Herald must content itself with ;
a general statement of tho situation
regarding the matter.
Parties in the Little River community
and at Wampee are inter- i
ested in making a full and com-1
plete investigation and trying to
make 't clear where the fault lies.
Some of the people arc still exeicted
over the matter and it is impossible
to say just where this may lead.
At last accounts, no warrants had <
been sworn out, and so far as it
could be learned there was no way;
to find out who is thought to be,
implicated, in such a way as to
depend upon the information. Just
what the authorities are doing the
last few days and what they intent
to do has not been disclosed,
although the Herald addressed a letter
to Coroner Cooper last week, j
asking for the loan of the affidavits. I
so as to decide whether they could ;
be published in this paper or not. i
No word has been received from ;
him since writing the letter.
federauidIn i
paving streets
Town Authorities Havo Had
I his up With, the Department.
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Thcb usiness men of Conway will
be glad to know that the officials
of the town have been busy for
some time in the matter of obtaining
Federal aid in paving" two of
'our streets. This aid may bo obtained
for paving streets where a
National Highway passes through a
town. It will be noted that the
National Highway passes along
Main street and then tuurns along
Third avenue going southward, thus
going by two sides of the principal |
business square of the town. Town |
I authorities have had this up since j
.May, is*zu, Avitn tne department at i
Washington. A representative of!
the State Highway Department and
7/. D. Magrath, mayor of Conway,
appeared in person before the
eountv commissioners at their last
regular meeting. They say thev
have gvent honos of obtaining Federal
aid for this work.
CH F.RO-COTjA PLANT SOLD.
Mr. .T. Ren F.llott sold the Conway
Chero-Cola Plant last Monday to
Mr. Pickett, who for the past ?evI
eral months has managed the CoraCola
Bottling Co.
Mr. Pickett is experienced in the!
Bottling business, and will make every
effort to give his customers the
I best of service. Mr. Elliott is now
with an Insurance Company, and
.will be lccated here.
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PROGRAM LOWER
PEE DEE UNION
Time, October 29, 30, 31, 1920.
Place, White Oak Bay.
Introductory, Rev. R, O. Hendrix.
Query No. 1. The fundamental
importance of the country church,
by J. 11. Causey.
Query No. 2. The Sunday School
as a Church and Community Builder.
Saturday 10 a. m., son^ and
prayer service.
Query No. 3. What stens shall
preachers to the Union? By L. F.
Westbury.
Saturday, 12, Sermon by Rev. L.
F. Westbury.
Query No. 4. Which is most detrimental
to the cause of Christ, the
sin ot omission or that of commis
sion'! By. W. .J. Hcndrix.
Sunday 10 ii. ni. Mass meeting to
be conducted l>y some one appointed
by the Moderator.
11:30, Sermon by Rev. Mr. Gordon.
L. I). HOLT.
W. J. HENDRIX.
J. A. HAMTT/TON.
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CIRCUS PARADE A
MIGHTY PAGEANTRY !
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When the circus' gflac!-voiced aclliope
pipes forth <>n the streets iiext
Monday morning at 10.'{0 o'clock,
starting- the parade over the usual
''onto, there will bo many specta- I
tors on the curbstones to cry'
"welcome to our city" to big Zulu,
the skyscraper elephant and the
lesser members of the two elephant
herd ft. it will be t lie finest circus
parade that has been gotten off the
t'ront steps and sidewalks for an
age.
The first thing to dazzle the eyes '
is the band wagon in the lead with
its ten dapple greys. Dotted here
and the>*e down the rest of the lino 1
are other bands, chimes and calli- ;
opes. There are elephants, camels,
ponies and high-stepping thorough- 1
breds. In all there are 200, all J
! prize winners from the world's prize j
stock shows.
The menagerie cages are open, i
displaying all sorts of creatures j
from the jungle and plain; beautiful
tableaux wagons and floats?all resplendent
in gold and glitter?are
interspersed in the lineup. Taken
as a whole the Sparks Circus parade
is a thing of beauty and well worth
seeing.
The performance Monday after-!
noon begins at 2 o'clock and in the j
evening at 8 o'clock, the doors open- !
ing at 1 and 7 to permit an inspec- 1
tion of the menagerie and horse j
fair, for which this circus is famous.
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CHURCH PRIDE.
It is said that a town is judged
by its churches and schools. If this i
is true, do not the surroundings of
these buildings come in for judg- .
ment also? Our church yards are!
doubly sacred, being the setting for;
the house of God and the resting,
place of our loved ones. Where is
our respect and pride that these
public places should remain in the
neglect and ugliness that they do .
in thi^ town? It is not so much
a lack of financial means as it is
of personal pride. Whose duty is
it to keen them in order? Surely
that of the congregation, to whom
they belong. Why have not the
congregations of these handsome
churches pride enough to keep up
the ve^oective church vavds? !
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LARGER SUPPLY.
Tt is reported about the streets
that the People's Filling Station has
made arrangements for purchasing
a wholesale gasoline outfit, and will j
nut in :? large tank, to ho supplied <
from tank cars. It is said that they ,
will connect their new place, near
the city hall, by pipe line to the,
large supply station, and will he
ablo to handle gasoline on a whole
sale basis.
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NOT SO MANY.
The crowd drawn here for civil
court this week is not as large as
that which comes to every term of
the criminal courts. Only witnesses,
jurors and parties want to visit
the court of common pleas; while
af every term of the criminal court,
there are many spectators who only
wish to hear the evidence of the
presiding judge.
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DAIRY HONORS.
Clemson College.?Highest bono'1
among dairy cows on official test
in South Carolina during September
were won by PIuma.(re Inez, a Jer- ,
s?y owned bv the Dairy Division of
Clemson College, wbo produced 01
pounds of butter-fat and 1292
pounds of milk.
PEE DElT"UNION".
The next session of the Upper
Pee Doe Union will be held with the 1
-U.. Olive church on Saturday and
Sunday, October 30, and 31. No
program will be published but we
hope to make the session very inter- j
esting and helpful.
W. J. WILDER.
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NO. 287
EARTH NOT DOS
BETWEEN TIMES
Under Old Dwelling in Socastee
Township Near the
Ark Road
ERROR IN ARTICLE
IS CORRECTED
Dead Hog* Seems to Have
Caused Story From Socastee
Recently.
Last week this paper published x
an article concerning the disappearance
of Mrs. Mary Newton, and
gave the details of a story that
was being told concerning the finding
of some signs in an old house.
It now appears that this s-tory was
false in some respects, an i members
of the party who made the search
were in Conway last Saturday and
gave the Herald the facts as follows:
About five weeks ago A. F. Cox,
a son-in-law of Mrs. Newton, with
K. S. Stalvcy, J. A. Mew. R. E. I*ee
and Walker Lee, went to this ol<l
dwelling, which stands about three
hundred vaids from the Ark road,
and about a mile from the residence
of C. B. Newton. They went there
looking for grapes and it was on
Sunday morning between eight
o'clock and noon. While they were
getting the grapes and hunting
some watermelons in a field nearby,
they detected a peculiar odor, and
decided to investigate at the house
to see what it was that caused this.
At the old house they found the
head of a dead hog lying out from
under the house and the carcass of
the hog underneath the house. Inside
of the building in one of the
old shed rooms boards had bean
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n/ui up. umiorneatn mc hoards
the ground had been disturbed, as
if a dop had been scratching there,
or the soil dusturbed in some similar
manner. They had no tools to
work with but obtained a shingle
and dug down into the loose earth
about one foot deep. They all agreed
that the earth where they ug had
been upset not long before but they
found nothing in the ground, and
as they could not make any headway
by using the shingle, they gave
up the search about 12 o'cJock and
went home.
There was no understanding
among them that they would return
-.it any time. However, on the
following Wednesday, J. A. Mew,
Preston Stalvey and K. S. Stalvey
went back with a shovel and dug
the hole deeper, going down as deep
as it apeared to have bpen dug at
first, a distance of about three feet,
and made a close examination, but
found nothing. If the ground had
been disturbed again between Sunday
and Wednesday, these parties
say they could not detect it All parties
were apparently satisfied on this
Wednesday that there was nothing
to be found and thev all left. Again,
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uunrvci, uii ini loiiuwmir r nutty
Willie Tuberville, Frank Watts anil
Joe Smith went back to the old
house and dug under it again but
nothing* was found this third time.
K. S. Stalvey, who has given the.
Herald this information, says that
this same old house was thoroughly
searched both inside and underneath
soon alter Mrs. Newton's disappearance,
and that there was then no
signs of anvthing unusual. There is
no information about what caused
this hole to bo dug underneath the
shed room floor, and so far the Herald
does not know whose hog was
lost, nor what killed the animal, and
there is no certain information
whether the killinr of the hog had
anything to do with the digging of
the hole underneath the house, or
anything to do with the desappearanco
of Mrs. Newton.
The article published last week intimated
that between the time that
the place was found under the house
and the time when the parties went
back to dig deeper tb^ e?Hh had
/1 i 11 v I I sirwl snmnfhin ft
moved, and this proves to be a mistake.
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HOURY SOU. SURVEY.
Senator E. IX S?nth has on hand
fr?' distribution 500 -conies of the
soi! survey of Horrv County. Tt is
a very valuable publication and will
bo of particular benefit to the farmers
of this County who want to
understand t^e nature of <ho soiF.
Mr. Smith will send this book to
those that write to him for it until
his supply is exhausted. Writer
him for a copy before his supply
jL;ives out.