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? \ VOLUME XXXV. NEW YEAR HAS GREAT PROMISE t For Progress and Improvement in Conway and Horry County GENERAL AWAKENING SHOULD TAKE PLACE The Horry Herald Will Stand for all Movements for Prog ress as in the Past ji r The New Year has gieat thing-; in store for Conway provided the Chamber of commerce and other agencies, now at work, will continue efforts. There i:; no sign of the slackening of effort to carry out plans which have boon formulated for the construction of prize houses for the now tobacco crop, the removal of the railroad tracks from Main Street, the providing of better facilities for the shipping of produce to and from this point and other jxnnts in the county, the continuation of the work for bettei draiitftge and the building of boUcr ftreets and sidewalks, and improvements also aic>ng other linss numbering a dozen or more. The organizations or the individuals working for these thing.1; ne?d the help of the entire people. They have been getting support in a way, I i but hardly the zeal that would 1)31 expected if the people realize the j importance of those things to'them j and their posterity. It is not too i late to wake up in this respect and lay plans for bringing* in the aid j and of cveiv man and] woman In the town. Hie civ!c | league of the City promises to . active in th:* coming year, there is no reason why they should not be. The war has been over so long that itnany people seem to have frogotton it? During tho war there Was no 'tirrrc- for anything but war work, especially on the part of the regular ^orgKTiizationg. Now it is high time that rvry atom of zeal and enthusiasm was put forth in building ou?* town. On the whole the year of 1921 should bring many changes for the better iboth in the town and in the county of which the town is the county seat. So far as this paper -- > - * ? 4U: is concerned it promises evcryiunin that is within its power to aid any movement which means propress and improvement here and in the county. Those who wish to use the paper for such purposes aive free to do it at any time. They know this too and have learned it froyi past experience with the attitude <of the Herald. GOOD LIVE STOCK " GOOD CITIZENSHIP I . In ;a message to the'directors afid members of the Wisconsin Livestock Breeders' Association, Andrew W. Hopkin*, until recently its secretary, makes 'jfiie following statements: "It truly is-a noteworthy fact that where live-stodk farming has attained a high standard of perfection there also has citizftigihip attained an equally 'high standard. t An intelligent contact with farm animals always has and always will insure quality in the man; .and aiear kinship with the better types surely bring forth fruits not yet compared. General education, honesty of purpose, righteous 'living, culture, And religion have < made the most progress in those communities in *diich intelligent < r : i ?i - hiuck larminx nas nisen most general- 1 ly pursued." y The United . States Department of < Agriculture . has received a copy of < Mr. Hopkins' recommendations for < the future development of the live ] stock industry in Wisconsin. These < recommendations pOijit out that i stockmen may well seek to increase I their returns from live stack (1) by 1 discarding inferior animals, (2) by i strengthening their organizations, > (3) by co-operating when ncessary in c buying and selling, (4) by combating t disease, (5) by supporting'boys' and c girls' club work, (G) by studying s live stock and milk marketing, (7) : by insisting upon more stabilized i markets, and (S) working for the ( proper relation between the price paid the produce)* and that paid by' the consumer. ?o <>Of| ILL IN HOSPIJAJL. 1 Mrs. Ellen N. Nye, of Wampee, S. 1 C., recently left here to visit Mr. Nye, v who was taken ill while off on busi- ji ness in a distant city, and at last ac- c c<. iw was reported as being criti- t canv ill. At last accounts Mrs. Nye t * was compelled to remain with him at i the hospital. u i fflhr t wins wwm IN SEAL CONTEST 9 Starting with a rush in the early stages of the contest between the schools of Horry County in the kale of "T. B." Seals, the Savanah BlutT school promptly took the lead from all competitors and maintained that position throughout the entire campaign. This l!-,tle institution, located about four miles from Conway, made a most enviable record in the I sale of these seals, nine thousand j and four hundred having been sold j by teachers and pupils. It is to be j doubted if a school in South Carolina as small as the Savannah Bluff School equalled this record. The principal of the school, Mr. Hal King, and his assistant, Miss Maud Anderson, did splendid work personally, and in organizing their pupils for the sale of stamps. They were inspiied by the double motive of assisting in combating the white plague and at the same time winning; for the school the handsome Pathe Phon:graph ofYe.cd by the Kingston Furniture ompany. This instrument will be an attractive a:l#1*4-f n f l^n nniii r\ r f u : II1WWII VV VCV llVi'V VI VMS/ school and its mu. ic will doubtless repay teachers and pupils for the energy displayed. Many other schools in Hoiry County participated in the contest with distinction to themselves and with the zeal which produced tangible results in financing the work thn South Carolina Anti-Tubercuiosis Association. o ?? FURTHER DECREASE IN PRICE OF FOOD ' Washington.?Fuither deciease oi 2 1-2 per cent in lctai! food price i In November as compared with October wa>> reported by tho department of labor's bureau of statistics. Decreases were noted in ail of the 51 citios for which monthly price.; were tabulated with the greatest decrease, 5 per cent, shown in Memphis. In Birmingham and Seattle the crease was 4 pev cent, in Atlanta, Butte, Charleston, Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, * ; +!?. T ?:n~ ** 1 a-' I ajiiuiv; ijUUK^Vlllt?, IY1 HflCIl JStGr, Minneapolis, Mobile, New Haven, Richmond, St. Louis and Savannah, the decrease was 3 ner cent, in Haiti more, Buffalo. Chicago. Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, Fall River, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Milwaukee. New Orleans, Norfolk, Omaha, Philadelphia, Portland, Maine; Portland, Oregon; Providence, St. Paul, and Salt Lake City the decrease was 2 per cent, in Boston, Bridgeport. Columbus, Newark, New York, Peoria, Pittsburg, Rochester, San Francisco, Sf-ranton and Washington, the decease was 1 per cent. The decrease In Springfield, Illinois, was less than of 1 pry cent. 1 "" ... CREDIT FOR FAtitttitit* IS IJttGKNT NjfcfiD NOW ' ? Washington, D. C. ? One of th6 national problems1 demanding special attention at this time is that or shortSrme personal credit for farmers, in the opinion of the secretary of agriculture, expressed in his annual report to the president. "It is generally recognized," he said, "tTiat one of the problems de manding special attention at this time is that of short-time personal credit for farmers. In ttye cas? of a man who has paid for his farm, the? supplying of personal credit raise#, as a rule, no seHotfs question. In the case of the rente*, however, and of ( the young farmer wfto1 is just starting out as an owner, the* question of short \ time credit is a difficult One. In such i cases credit can and should be based, to a considerable extent, upon charac- ^ ter and productive ability. To deny credit to the honest, ambitious and sneregtic farmer because' lie has little tangible secuyity to offer, is to lessen the productivity of available capital and to discourage a man who. n the future should be a land-owning ( farmer. While the bankers are, in ( nany cases, showing a commendable ] tifflVACjf 4-1-%^ " ' ! - '* i/iiu ntjtiu is ior <1 syslcm j vhich will enable the man without i collateral to secure funds for pvoduc- i ,ive agricultural enterprises. With- 1 >ut doubt this important problem , ibould receive careful consideration, , ind every feasible effort shoul I be ( r.ade'to .nid ithG/fai'Jf^ei; in tvbtai'iing he necessary personal credit." < DEPOT BEING ENLARGED. ] * ' '' 1 The freight platform at theiA. C. j j. depot is being enlarged to about j wo ov 'three times the former space, j ["here has been great need for this vork for some time, as there has been i i steady increase in outgoing and in- N oming freight at this point, and at f imes there was a congestion owing y o the lack of space for their storage t intil they were ready to be moved f iway. ? 1 pert# / v CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY --.i jm" HOLLANDERS SEEK FARMS IN SOUTH Sturdy Dutch . Immigrants Would Settle in This State. Washington.?Effoits t? colonize the South with good people from Holland just at a time when the immigration bill to, excludc many undesirables from other sections i:> before Congress, is of special interest, and the following letter received in Washington by some of the Southern Senators will be decidedly so. The letter is fiom The Hague: "We are glad to see that you tak"! a great interest in the immigration of Hollanders and that you are ready to put ux in communication with parties in your State who wish to locate Hollanders in South Carolina. "We should be very glad indeed to have the addresses of reliable people to whom we may turn for information regarding the conditions and i ? ? u/nn* Sf of/i fn wiinni \v O c i V? 'J^V\ VU ; U (T v/ V* ? VV. VV ?? ..W... *' ^ I .nay refer immigrants from this* country who have decided to settle in South Carolina. "We arc already in correspondence; with the Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries, Coin mhia, S. C., and recently received a- number of publications from the agricultural and immigration depart ment of the Atlantic Coast Line. "To avoid the possibility of a! misunderstanding we must respect-! fully point out to you, however, that cur immigrants are rather an independent sort of people, and once they have made Up their rninds^ to i go to a certain State it is impossible! to induce them to go to another, j however premising the prospects | may be. | "Most of our farm emigrants who' intend to start farming on their own account we always advise fir. tj to work as a farm hand during, say | one or two years, to get aequainte 1 with the conditions of the new land." There is said t> be a splendid opportunity in all of the Southern States for the location of such colonies of Hollanders. They make I ideal citizens in eery way and are much to be disired. exploMOlans~ ANDTHFR TRIP ^ nilv i iift-iii i iiii -} V Despite Terrors He Passed Throuah During Last Expedition Philadelphia.?Despite the terrors ' through which he passed while journeying- through the wilds of South America, Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, explorer, plans soon to leave for *$gypt i" ?n ^".deavor to locate a certain apovile# of goat which is invaluable in medic.nl research work, i, He expressed this intention in an ( addr??s oi? South America before the Geographical feocicty here. Dr. Rice siiicl his . trip through, South America took hini up the Rio' Nesro, the largest tributary hi the Amazon, through a natural <Sanal, mtfi-e, than 200 miles long connecting it with' the Orinoca, into hitherto unexplored poi-t'pns of Brazil. It was here that lie. came in actual contact with GuafidfibQ^s, a virtually unknown tribe of cafniiba! Indians, who fo*' seventeen days pursued his party an effort to* cut tlveir return, \ The attack occuVred il). a Wifef spot along the hanks 6i the Orinoca, where Dr. Rice hacf ittade .camp the night before. Two oT his Indian guides had gone up tfie" ( river in a tfanoe to test the depth <Sf the wdier, when they saw something movif.g aloYig the banks. Looking closer, they perceived the forms df Indians closing in on the camp, and hastily turning about, hurried back t'o warn the remainder of the party. "A few moments after the guides' j return,? Dr. Rice said, "the entire | bank wan literally lined with them who brandished bows about sevCti j feet high, with arrows six feet long. | j Just opposite me I saw one hugh , creature, evidently the chief orji leaaer, who was Shouting and foam- i ing at the mouth and making mo- j tions that apparently meant to express anticipation of a hearty meal < that night. He was neither negro ; nor Indian, and he had black hairs ? his upper lip?a thing I have nev-j, ?r seen on an Indian. > "We tried talking to them in ev- <, ?rv language and dialect at our command. We laid hatchets, knives and 4 fishes on the rocks in an attempt to <. lacify them, but they . .apparently, lad no idea what they were i<xtv; and,- , here was no doubting the fact they c nf nnrl A/1 4'i o.U4 IIHIIHVM IU ll{(Ilki "Finally when one of their arrows anded just at my fcot, I decided it o vas time to do something, and we \'ired the Winchester rifle and Pur- o cor shotgun, our only weapons, over f heir heads. That frightened them t 'or tno moment, and gave us time to ii ret our things packed together ami r jj f DECEMBER 30. 1920. POLICEMEN GET LIQUOR IN LOTS Several Drunks are Reported on Christmas Eve Night in Conway Thoie were several chunks on Christmas night. About three, possibly four men, we.o conducted oui iacross the lake on their way horn.1 be Tore tl ?cy \vc re pas t going. These I were visitors from the country.! Three 01 lour who reside in Conway got down and were taken in io theli noines. It is a bad report to make but the officers of the law manajred the matter according to their best judgement, and why should anybody worry. In the absence of Chi of Police Smith, Mr. Till Johnson was appointed to act with I). G. Hinson. the other member of the force. Early in the night some one reported to the officers that moonshine was being retailed or delivered to consumers in rear of the stores rear the Presbyterian Church. A number of boys aided in the search for the tH key which followed. It was on<> r.f the young salesmen in main street store who reported the presence of the liouor in the town. Aftor l"irwlir??v ?i rrnllnn 4 lir> wliiv. * - " " * I key in rear of one of the stores, and j spending some further time in on-1 ticnt search, th-c bulk of the supply, j apout five gallons, was found under J [Death the steps at the Presbyteria church. i .The Moonshine was left at the j place where the owner had placed' |it, and the officers waited foi him to j I appear to get it. But the right man never ca^e to the surprise of the policemen oirs of the men who had | assisted in finding the whiskey triuj to slip it away. He was taken up; | after beincr caught in t^e act or i making off with it arid after an exjaminati.n released. No an est < of i I the parties who brought the liquor | | into Conway could be made as they j were doubtless warned t.h'>; tho nla?-:*' was being watched and they did not return to get it. This five gallon can of moonshine has a history behind it according to ?. story told by one of the officers, This moonshine, according to the j story, was made in the vicinity of Little River. There it was stolen by a man and while on his way to Conway to deal it out, it was taken from ihim b\f still another would bp ownnr. I This third nljan succeeded in getting to town witftjt>and had placed under the church steps waiting- for a chance to eliver it to the unduly thirsty customers, wheri the officers 16fcated it and took it in. l'nfi officers of the law are doing all that it is, possible for tHffm to do and yet thes3 violators. of the law manage to get by with their game. While this particular lot was f? unci and taken< it is known [that other quantities \Vcvre successfully brought in and handled f>y hlindtijrers during the Christmas holl' days. The officers kne-v in sohlc cases that it had come in because they saw the effects of it in various places, but this was all the knowledge they got and it was not sufficient for them to ?ct. QYAPELA COMPANY DELIGHTS AUDIENCE On*) of the most enjoyable Lyceum numbers of the present season wart that of Monday night when Oyajtelft ;md Company appfial'dd Ut thp Pttst*oie Theatre under the auspices Cf the Conway Chamber of Commerce. Tin? W>?"ranr consisted of vocal and instrUiTieJiteJ music, native Indian dances and fr$adi'":gH from selections leaving radian <toaracters. Princess Oyapefa, the head cf tin' tro\fj*?, is a ^descendant of a chief of tbe ?Veek Iifdims. N Yoiiiio:, talented, p:ri cef^P. iitheiVme, dasfiirifc- -the con trilnttie" Jher part of the prepaid with zest ancf Servor. The snake dance of the Hop! Indians was done With a fine realising The interpretation 'X'i's >: ?ivert' with- & tigerish grac^ and haVfifki'ir nlinn'HhIK whinh ovivr* fl-w* ;nifli- li' ante a fi;limpM% of the spirit with | ^vincit this pfiiwXive ceremony is car- i ried out each ar on the Amor.:' >lains. ; Especially ploafcihysr were the vocal ^ selections rendered hv Miss Combs. Miss Combs has a fiilV>. rich soprano c md sane: with pleasing power nn ox- | )ression. Miss Wienstot'fc, with tho :iolin, rendered a number of plcasimr selections. i jtart''down' the river. Shortly after- ! vaVdy 'duukness descended, and al! t li^ht low# we could hear their blood- a :urdling screjims as they kept at our I ?*><?!? 1 11 "When morning broke," he went >n, "a thick mist covered the entire e iver, and it was this that pave us v ?ur chance to escape. When we n inally reached deep water we knew i; hat we were safe, for the Guahari- \> >08 do not use boats or canoes, and c L was too deep for thefn to wade." p mM. BANK OF NICHOLS PAYS GOOD DIVIDEND Nichols, Doc. 23.?The annual meeting of the stockholders of tho Hank of Nichols was hold Wednesday. The cashier's report was read which showed the bank to he in fine shape, and the stockholders md tl e bi.i.k's attorneys expressed tUeir i j proval and satisfaction of same. The following directors were elected to serve for the coming year: E. T. Hughes, W. McG. Buck, E. W. Mears, M. D. Baker, \V. G. Nichols. J. R. Battle. H. T. Renfrew, G. M. Ford and I>. B. Elvington. Immediately after the stockholders' meeting the directors held their meeting and elected the following otricers: B. B. Elvington, president; G. M. Ford, vice president; F. 11. Harris, cashier, and R. I.. Goodyear, assistant cashier. After passing a neat sum to surM! lie nf 4 K-x 1 4 ? 1 uvwinii, un- ui; in.)! .; oruereu a dividend of 10 percent paid immediately and gave the employees a bonus of 5 per cent for their faithful service. This bank now has a capital ef $25,000. surn'iK $25,000 and undivided profits $2,500. FLOOD MARKETS WITH IMITATIONS The German Manufacturers Copy American. English and French Wares. Berlin. ? German manufacturers have I looded the markets here with imitations ol Ameiican, English and iVronch wares, some so cleverly made it is diliicult to detect them, but others of an almost ludricous clumsiness. a purchaser who goes into a to^ bacco shop and asks for a standard English or American eigfcrette probably will be handed a package with la label closely lesembling tiu trade mailt of the original. The price will be much less and frequently, pleased with the bargain, the customer puts the box in his pocket without closely k ca. - v- i <. Annulling II. AlU'r lie CllKCOVOVf that he has a German cigarott*. The lew imported tobaccos on sale tire very expensive and those which have not been smuggled in bear the im port tax stamp. Street venders of tobaccos, car dies and other articles dlrtpluy imported tobaccos and German imitations side /bv side, so that eventually purchasers learn differences and become wary, although the German tobaccos are not inferior to some imported brands. In Some of the higHjClass restaurants only imitation cigarettes are sold. The drug stores are perhaps the chief dispensers of the German imitations. Imported toilet articles, and particularly soap, shaving-cream, tooth paste and face lotions are very scaice. But all the well-known brands have been imitated. Trade mark imitators have displayed their best work in the saloons, where whiskey bottles bea. '.he labels of well-known English -lanufactuierf;. But either the ?i-.,a ture or the brand or A wo id in the name, is inverted, or the trade mark "lightly distorted. The bottles have been filled with German made whisikeys, often white but sometimes [edited anil the flUbstttnco recks ot rria!n aJccM1. The effect pi thr Mink is about the same a.; tnttt of the Kentucky, Georgia and West Virginia "moonshine." Frefteh liquors and imported gTll* are virtually never sold. jl no uorman inventive talent has beerl earned ftivthct to include all sorts of wearing- apparel. A suit or clothes, displayed irf a window and bearing a remarkably reasonable price tag catches tho &y&.- of the passers-by. Upon caieful examination. it will l>e found the cloth If made? of paper. Many hats, cap' v*st^. trousers and even shirts tirfiri&'de cSf paper. P:ip< r strings n genera! use.' Shod#, which c(in be purchased To: ' smaLI s,um crack pnd di solve in vateiv liWy are made of paner. Ajiieri^an , and Knglish-niadc lothes heve )6een so carefully imiated that only' export can detect i.? .i!ff i;?- hi i u-irncc. ?. O- N , HAVIN(1 HA 1\W' TIMK. p > m; .yu..-.." ' The authorities are having the lardost tirwry iif their/liv^fc in trying o enforce absolute prohibition.'There tre numbers of those who do no** beieve that the making of intoxicating rinks is inherently mean in itself', iid fail to see that the meanness omes in furnishing the dope to those /ho will abuse it and let their meaness loose on others of the commun- , >y. A much greater force of officers rill have to be employed to make the j ountrv dry, as it should be under the , resent law. # t * NO 377 i TEACHER'S IDENTITY STILL UNSETTLED Certificate Said to Have.Been Filed Showing Marlboro Man Different J. S. VALIGHT WAS CALLED AS WITNESS Other Proof May oc Made Before Trustees Can Make a Positive Decision Further interest was created in the ':ist few 'lays in the efforts ot the trustees of Britfhtsville school in Marlboro County to oust as principal George C. Cannon, who was employed by them to teach the school. The trustees afterwards were informed that Cannon had been convicted in 1915 at a trial in this County of 'vrand larceny and they forthwith took stops to have him re^i^n. lie resisted this which resulted in a public hearing: recently. One who was present at the hearing the first of week before last and | heard J. S. Vaught testify said'that Mr, Vaug'ht was positive in his identification, that it appeared that Mr. Vaught actually knew Mr. Cannon f ui"/l that Mr. Crnnon knew Mr; Vaught*. Nevertheless, Cannon stilL insisted that he was not the same man and so fMi' as cou'd be learneJ'N Uv^t week the hearing wa.s still pending and no definite decision had been i rendered. In the meantime, late l ne\Vft from Hcnnettsville is to tHo effect th.'.i Cannon has secured a cer-' tificate signed by many citizens of Horry County, including the Clerk and Sheriff of the County, and which is to the effect that he has never been convicted of any offense and is a man of exemplary character. The Hera III failed to see a copy of such a certificate but has arranged to see the \ Clerk of the Court to find out if any [ such Certificate has been filed by [ tho man in Marlboro. As stated in . our last week's issue, the records at - the Courthouse show that George , Cannon (the initial "C" being left i out) together with two brothers, i Jn11 Cannon and Walker Cannon, . were ctiiiVictod of grand larceny,* tlui i charge being that they had taken goods from the store of W. Boyd , Jones and had been caught after accreting quantities of the goods not only at places near the Fair Grounds here, but at their home in the country. - - ' \ The question the trustees aro ?till asking is, is this man they employed the' same who was tried and convicted. 'rhe man himself says he is not. His attorney says he is not. Judge Vaught says he is. Still the matter appears to be in doubt, -* OFFERS SCHEME TO HELP LIBERT Y BONDS Washington.'?"Flotation of a bond 'Msue into which would be refunded practically the entire bonded indebtedness of the American government was proposed to the ways and means committee by Jules W. Bache, a New York banker, as a means of equalizing the bureau of taxation suiting from the World War. Bonds of the new issue proposed by Mr. Bache would run for fifty years, ThsV >v<?uM bur a scale of I interest rHlCtf KtyHlntf at fl tidr c?!nt Jor the first five y?HM| bW cent the second five years/ f> per cent the third period of five years and permanent rate of 4 Vj per cent per annum thereafter until maturity. Mr. Bache declared that Huch ait issue would se"i*vc to bring liberty bond^back to par while at the saw# time* peimitting; letirement of ? per ceftWof the outstanding liberty bonds. ea<U /ear. The Now York banker also submitted a revenue program which htf tared would easily produce ^30,000,000 annually. Included i|^ it was a scale tax of 1 per which ho estimated would yield $1? '*00,000,000 annually/ Continua* u'on of the excise taxes yielding about $300,000,000 a veal* and the enactment of iv <arifj; which Would produce $700,000 000 annual incortlC" (were also embrace! in the program. As regards an income tax, Mr. Uache rccommcnded the enactment of il flllf nftVMiol r - - ui o per cert on all incomes with an exception of $5,000. Taxes on incomes below $5,000, he declared, were small and did not come from persons from whom the government should seek revenue. He declared that the super income or sur taxes had resulted in driving wealthy men to invest all of their money in tax exempt securities and in "causing every cross roads town in the country to issue a lot of securities that some day will cause a lot of grief."