The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 13, 1921, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXV.
BUSINESS OPENS
CP;,-, wmi PROMISE
No Fears are Expressed by
Those Who have Managed
Well
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ON GRADUAL SCALE
One of Best Years in History of
This Country May Be
the Result.
Business has opened up, to use an
-ordinary and perhaps slangy expression,
much better than many expected,
since the advent of the new year.
The plentiful supply of currency
which blessed us during the years of
the war and immediately following
the conflict, is still with us to a great
extent; for although the price of cotton
is low, yet the farmers are holding
it, and the money that was saved
by the wise ones while the saving
was good, is still held by them for
present and future needs.
V7 r: i At ?-i?
i uu i;<tu iiiiu iiiust: ?no are imancially
bad off, to use another homely
combination of words, at any time
in their lives. It makes no difference
to them whether money is plentiful
or not. They are always "hard up"
or they are "hard hit," or they are
"down and out" at all seasons of the
year, and whether there is a war, or
has been a war, it is all the same to
them; for they may even toil and spin
. ' and yet they want to borrow money,
and according to them, they need it.
Such people we have had with us
throughout the past, and we will have
them with us throughout all time to
come. It would be wrong to take
what this class of people say as being
a true index as to the state of the
country. Itather we must look to
those who have been careful and managed
their business affairs with good
judgment. According to them tho condition
of the country is good enough.
As to prices, it is believed, with
'reason, that there will not be any
sudden falling out of the bottom. As
the trend of prices went upward
gradually, in the same way or about
the same way, the prices will gradually
come down to what they were in
normal times before the war. There
was a reduction not long since and
now it is often remarked that prices
are going down. Yet they are not
down to pre-war levels and we think
it will be a long time yet before they
reach that limit.
Since the new year came in there
is quite a difference in the feeling
of everybody concerning business, and
concerning the success that all classes
should expect to find in 1921. Men
of affairs think that this present year
may prove to be one of the best for
the people. We believe it will.
peopleIdoubT
aboutlaw CHANGE
Delegation is Instructed to
Change the Law as to
Horry
MANY ARE SAID
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Stock Being Shut Up in Gali ants
Ferry Section According
to Reports.
There is much speculation among
tthe people of the county at this time
as to what will be the fate of the
I stock law and free range proposition.
This is doubtless a matter of great
! interest to every farmer and landowner
in Horry county just now.
There is a good reason for the
awakened interest, for the legislature
has met this week with an Horry
I delegation instructed by a large body
' of free range people to get the stock
j law changed as it applies to Horry
county.
The great question now concerns
what change may be obtained in the
' legislature. The law was passed as
applying to Horry county on January
, 1st, 1021, and the stock law is now
in force all over Horry county according
to law. It is well known that
the only way that this can bo changed
. is to repeal the act that was passed
at the last session, or pass a new act
exempting Ilorry county from it.> ef,
feet, thus placing the aounty back a^
| it was before; although, of course, if
t this change is now made the legislature
will have to think up still another
new law to provide for fencing Horry
county off from Columbus county
and provide the necessary cash for
building and maintaining the fence. It
is uncertain whether Horry would
have to fence off from Georgetown
county, because wo do not know
whether a change will be made re,
garding Georgetown or not. Regard
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TRANSPORTATION COM.
MAKES REPORT
To the Chamber of Commerce
on the Question of Moving
Railroad From Main St.
Efforts of the Transportation Cohtmittee
to secure more adeuuate sidetrack
facilities for the town of Conway
and the removal of the railroad
tracks from Main street are described
in the monthly report of that committee
for the Chamber of Commerce.
This report is as follows:
"I herewith submit report of the
ucuviues 01 tne Transportation Committee
since our last meeting:
"Your Committee appointed Messers
M. A. Wright and l-\ A. Burr<?\;gh to
meet the officials of the Atlantic
Coast Line who came to Conway on
the 14th of December to look into the
matter of additional side-track facilities.
We took ip this quesion with
them directly on the basis of friendly
co-operation and presented the matter
from the standpoint of muual interest
of the town of Conway and the
Atlantic Coast Line in providing the
now necessary additional" side-track
facilities and co-operating in laying
out the approach of the road to the
town in such a way as to lay the
foundation for a larger growth of
business in our community.
"We emphasized to them that in
taking up the subject from this
standpoint we were not agitating at
this time the question of the removal j
of the road from Main street further
than savin it that t.hn road nn Minn !
street was a nuisance. We believe
that if we would both approach the'
matter from the standpoint o.f mutual I
interest to our future good and our'
immediate necessities, we would be
able to arrive at a solution which
should, itself, eliminate the old question
about the road on Main street.
Mr. Newell, Mr. Willcox and Mr.
Moore took up the question with us
on this basis in a friendly and cordial
way. We took them over the
territory which would be covered by
any one of several possible routes.
They stated that on account of the
financial condition of the road at present,
it would be impossible to commit
themselves to any extended development
here at this time, but that
they would be glad to send down their
engineer and put him at the disposal
of the committee to make such surveys
as we thought best over the
several routes to be considered, so
that we could all have some idea as
to the cost of the change, if any, and
also to put us in a posiion to present
to them for consideration, somewhat
more definitely, our ideas on the subject.
"They promised to write us, even
before this, advising at what time we
could expect their engineer, but up
to this writing we have had no letter
from them. I am writing to Mr.
Newell today.
"Yours respectfully,
"F. A. BURROUGHS,
"Chm. Transportation Committee."
less of the.uncertainty as to what will
be done, reports from Galivants Ferry
the latter part of the week show that
the farmers up there are tearing
down their fences and shutting up
their stock. The last man who was
in the office and told the Herald representative
about this was Mr. S. C.
Rabon. Ho is a stock law man, of
course. He said last Friday that
everybody around him had either torn
down their fences or were petting
ready to tear them down, and the
stock was being confined or arrangements
being made to keep them up.
Recently in a free range meeting
here a number of farmers in Bucks
Township had signed an agreement to
keep their fences up until they knew
the result of the effort to be made in
Columbia.
In the opinion of some, the legislators
from other counties will vote
against the passing o fan act to place
Horry county again under the free
range. The South Carolina Development
Board is opposed to che free
range idea and there will be many
members of the legislature who are
members of the board. In the opinion
of some a local act of this nature will
not be passed, owing to the opposition
in a general way among the representatives
of other counties.
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The Chinners Swamp bridge is now
completed. Messrs. Chittwood and
Palmer, the contractors, are filling1 in
the approaches and the bridge will be
opened for traffic as soon as the cement
is seasoned. This will take
about two weeks. The road will then
be opened to Ay nor and perhaps to
Galivants Ferry.
The road hands are making satisfactory
progress on the Placard road
above Bayboro.
The Highway Department is assisting
in the building of the Daisy and
Loris road. They have promised an
amount up to $-1,000 for this road.
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CONWAY. S. 0 . THURSDAY
INLAND WATERWAY
MEETING POSTPONED
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Until Friday, January 21st, by
' Request of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce
LETTER FROM ' ~ 1
CONGRESSMAN STOLL
Chamber Has Invited Represen "
tatives From Wilmington
and Georgetown.
At the reoue^t of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce the meeting
which had been scheduled for Januany
14, for a discussion of the intranasal
waterway has been postponed
until January 21. On that evening, at
the Town ha1!, under the auspices of
the Conway Chamber of Commerce
there will be a conference attended
by representatives from Wilmington
i and Georgetown, with a view to promulgating
plans to secure congress-]
ional action in behalf of the intrapniivf
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[this waterway has been practically
completed for the entire length of the
Atlantic Seaboard with the exception
of the link from the Cape Fear River
to Winyah Bay via Conway.
Several days ago the committee of
th? Conwav Chamber of Commerce,
which has this matter in charge issued
a call for a conference here on
January 14 to be attended by delegates
from tho Wilmington and
Oeor^etown Chambers of Commerce.
The Wilmington Chamber of Commerce,
in an enthusiastic letter to Mr.
McQueen Ouattlebauni, Chairman of
the Committer on arrangements, has
stated that owing to a conflict of engagements
it would desire a postpone
ment of the meeting to January 21
To this reouest Mr. Quattlebaum read
ily acceded.
In the letter to Mr. Quattlebaum
from Mr. James H. Cowan, Secretary
of the Wilmington Chamber, Mr. Cow
an states:
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I'tM'IIllL IIIU IU clCMIUWlCUKC ywilin
of Januarv 5th and to assure you
that the Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce is in full sympathy with the
completion of the intra-coastal waterway
and desires to do everything it
onn in conjunction with you to bring'
about such. It will give this organiza
tion pleasure to have a representative
in Conway for ,a conference upon the
subiect, but, unfortunately5, we have
a bipr cotton meeting here on January
Hth and will be addressed' bv former
Governor Manning, of youf state, and
I am afraid that the representatives
we would d*?*ire to be present at your
meeting will be required to remain
for the meeting here. However, we
would appreciate it if you can make
vour meeting the following Friday
night or upon some other day so as
to permit us to be with you.
"We, too. feel the importance of
this proposition, and three weeks ago
had a committee in Washington to
press the matter, realizing that Iho
transportation problem is one of the
greatest barrier ^ to the expansion of
business and that the completion ( f
the inland waterway will largely
solve the problem, and, at some day.
by development of the sections traversed
and by the creation of greater
manufacturing interests and o'ta1*lishment
of more industries, will aid
the entire countrv. We have had a
committee studying this proposition
'J Vkj-tsx** nt>Acoinrr i f
1UI ycrtin mm nave )jicci.-iiii^ iv
at every opportunity.
"The canal should be carried from
Beaufort to the Cape Fear River,
thence to Winvah Bay and down to
its proposed destination. That was
the idea of Congress, it was the oninion
of former Chief Engineer Bixbv
and the judgment of the special board
named by him for the original survey.
It will not be long before the project
of a 12-foot depth to Beaufort will
be obtained, and. of course, the canal
all through should be of such depth,
because uniformity of depth is absolutely
necessary for the most successful
utilization of this waterway."
In behalf of the Committee Mr.
Ouattlebajim extended an invitation to
Congressman Philip H. Stoll to attend
this meeting. Under date of
January 7th Mr. Ouattlebaum received
from Mr. Stoll the following
letter, in which he states that he is
forced to decline tho invitation:
"1 hnvA vnui' loHor of tho 5th in
stant, relative to the meeting to be
held on January 14th. with representatives
from the Wilmington and
Georgetown Chambers of Commerce,
to discuss means of securing the commotion
of the intra-coastal waterway
along he Atlantic seaboard.
"I appreciate very much the in vita-,
t.ion extended me to be present, pn
that occasion, and would be very glad
indeed to attend were it possible for
me to do so. In view of he present
crisis in which our state finds itself,
however, I feel that it is nw duty to
remain in Washington, so as to be in
a position to lend my assistance at all
times to such legislation as may be
offered for relief to the farming interests.
"I have noted with particular inter
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TOBACCO GROWERS
GIVEATTENTION
There is an Important Meeting
for You at Florence
on 14th
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MARKETING PLAN
WILL BE SUBMITTED
For States of Virginia, North
Carolina and South
Carolina.
Clemson College.?Representatives
of the tobacco growers of Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina
met in Richmond December 17-IS, to
work out a plan for the marketing
of the tobacco crop of these states.
This plan was submitted to the tobacco
growers in Virginia on Jatr.,
11 at Lynchburg; in North Carolina
r>r\ Jan., 12 at Raleigh; and in South
Carolina a meeting will be held at
Florence on Januarv 14.
"These are all-important meetings,"
says W. W. Long, director of t,he
Extension Service of Clemson Co;lege
and the United States Department
of Agriculture, and our South
Carouina tobacco farmers can not afford
to miss the meeting at Florence
on Friday, Jan. 14. Growers must
get together and stand together in a
rea co-operative organization that
will control the sale of this important
crop if it is to remain an important
crop. The co-operative plan will
be thoroughly explained and discuss-,
ed, and the advisability of adopting
it fur the Carolinas and Virginia will
be passed upon."
Mr. Aaron Sapiro, the famous California
marketing expert, who has
organized 14 successful co-operative
marketing associations among California
farmers will be present and
will make addresses. This greatest
authority in the United States on
such questions will make clear what
co-operative marketing is and why it
is the best hope for escape from such
conditions as exist in the selling of
tqbacco, cotton, etc.
HfAt last the fight for commercial
freedom for Carolina-Virginia farmers
definitely begun," says Dr. Clarence
Poe in speaking of the proposed
co-operative marketing plans; "let's
show the world that we mean busi
ness.
GASES POSTPONED
IN JUSTICE COURT
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The case which is being prosecuted
in the Magistrate Court here by W.
Herbert Lowrimore against George
Sellers, Sol Jordan and H. J. Cooper
f'or disorderly conduct and other misdemeanors,
was called for trial before
Mr. Chestunt last Friday and continued
until February 1st on the motion
of the prosecutor, as only two
or three out of about a dozen witnesses
for the state appeared for trial,
;>.nd the prosecutor did not fool that
ve could safely go to trial without
the other witnesses. The Magistrate
took down the names of tho witnesses
who had been served by subpoena and
said he would issue an order for them
show cause before him why they
were not present at the trial.
Another case prosecuted by the
same party is brought against D. S.
a farmer of Upper Bucks
Township, alleging that on or about
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uctouer lutn, ujzu, tne cieicnaani unlawfully
put out poison on the prosecutor's
premises and thereby killed
one mule and ten head of hoj>s, beincr
property valued at $600.00. The I
witnesses given in by the prosecutor
are as follows: W. H. Lowrimore,
Mrs. A. C. Lowrimore, Van Jones, B.
F. Todd, Whiteford Tomkins, Wheeler
Johnson, Fred Lewis, Geo. H. Skipper,
"Bill" Cook, Win. Lewis and Dr.
Norton.
These cases have followed a caso
of some note that was disposed of in
Court of General Sessions at the
fall term in 1920. George Sellers was
f,ried for a serious crime and there
appeared at tho trial as witnesses On
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indicted by the prosecutor in the other
"o?e. 0. S. Creel, who is accused of
the poisoning, was a witness f'ov
George Sellers in that case, so a'so
was Sol Jordan and his wife, t?nd
Cooper and his wife.
est that you will discuss plans for ;o
curing the construction of the link
from Cape Fear River to Winvah
Bav.
"Some time ago I talked to the
G^ovgetown Chamber of Commerce on
thfc nirttteivof intra-coastal waterways
alontf the Atlantic Seaboard, and 1
have given the matter a great deal of
consideration. It is, therefore, a real
regret to me that I cannot he present
and discuss the question with you on
the fourteenth.
"I sincerely trust that you will have
an enthusiastic and well attended
meeting, that much jrood may be accomplished.'
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CHAMBER DESIRES ' !
FARMERS MEMBERSHIP
With a View of Broadening Its '
Influence and Extending Its
Service.
With w view to broadening its in- ^
fluence and extending its service, the
Conway Chamber of Commerce at a
lecent meeting took steps looking to
the extension of its membership to j
the farmers of Horry county. It is
realized that the Chamber of Commerce
exists primarily for the promotion
of the commercial interests of
the town of Conway. At the fume
time the fact is gcneially recognised
that the prosperity of the town is <
closely wrapped up with the prosperity 1
of the county and to a large extent i
the interests of the town and county l
are mutual. i
The county i^ enirely agricultural.
Hence, there can be no large development
of the town without a corres- '
ponding improvement in the status
and condition of the farmers. With
this idea in mind, the Chamber of
Commerce went on record by resolution
as being anxious to include in ,
its membership as many farmers in
fhe county as could he induced to
join. Very frequently at monthly
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oi tne nociy, ionics or imprest
to tlie farmers are discussed, and
there is keenly felt the need of direct
expression from representatives of
the farming interest.
A special membership fee of $1.00
per year has been made to the farmers
of Horry county. If any farmer
desires to join the Chamber of Commerce,
he should write to the secretary
and attach his cheque for $1.00,!
which will insure his becoming: en- i
rolled as a member of that body.
WILL SOON NAME
TWO COMMISSIONERS
It is now time for the officials to
recommend two new commissioners
for the Horry County Board. One of
these is to be named to fill the place
formerly occupied by Mr. H. P. Little,
who resigned from the Board, and
the other is to fill the vacancy created
by * the expiration of the term of
Mr. J. E. Bryan.
It is provided by the law that the
Sheriff, foreman of the Grand Jury,
and the members of the House and
Senate shall recommend to the Circuit
Judge the members of the County
Board of Commissioners, and that
the judge shall appoint the commissioners
upon such recommendation.
It is time that this important matter
was fixed and doubtless the new
members will come in before long.
PRINCE WILL WIN .
ONE BIG FIGHT:
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And so Will His Colleagues.
He Says, to Change the
Stock Law
OPPOSITION MAY
ALSO DEVELOP
Opposition is Expected From
Members of House From
Other Counties.
Hon. W. A. Prince, one of the members
of the House from Horry county,
was in Conway the latter part of last
week and spent some time at the Herald
office. In the course of the conversation
Mr. Prince remarked that
one of the hardest fights ever made
in the Legislature would he carried
out by his delegation and the State
Senator to change the stock l:nv ??
applied to Horry county. Another
county official was present when this
interview took place and this other j
official stated that ho felt sure that I
other members of the legislature!
would make just as hard a fight to I
keep the law as it now is. Mr. Prince
stated that he realized that strong opposition
would develop, as he had |
been informed that lobbyists would
go to Columbia to work in the inter-;
est of keeping the law as it is. He!
said that no expense would be spared
in the efforts of the lobbyists to prevent
the appeal.
It was remarked tTiat in Some sections
of the County the farmers are
tearing down their fences and penning
up their stock. Mr.. Prince replied
that this was done no doubt as
a kind of a dare and that they were
acting in this way to make it appear
hard to change the law so soon, and
ho called attention to the fact that
a resolution had been passed at the
Convention last spring to let the
fences remain as they were until it I
was seen what would be done. 1
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STOCK LAW IS
NOW IN EFFECT
\ct Published in Full Once
More-For Information of
Readers
PENALTIES PROVIDED
FOR WONDERING STOCK
Answers Many Inquiries Made
For Publication of Act
in Full.
The Herald has received a number
n letters from subscnbers recently
kvislung' to kr.ow about the stock
law, especially the penalty which is
[jiovu.ea ior violation oa the law. It
is no "wonder they wish lo have this
information as the stock law went
into effect in Horry County on January
1st and it is a new law to the
people of this county.
In order that all of our subscribers
may understand fully we are
.i&tiir. publishing tne Act passed a*
Hie IP'20 session of the Legislature.
Phis Acc appealed in ihe paper last
year after it had been approved by
rhe Governor but our readers were
not so much interested at that time
and many of them failed to read it.
The Act is as follows:
AN ACT to Prohibit Animals from
Running at Large Within This
State.
Section 1. I'nlawful to Allow Domestic
Animals to Hun at Large?
Subject (o Llect:on in Berkeley, Colleton.
Jasper and Dorchester Counties?Time
and Conduct of Election
?When Effective in Certain Counties.?He
it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of South Car
olina: That on and after January
1st, 1921, it shall be unlawful for the
owner or manager of any horse,
mule, ass jennet, swine, sheep, goat,
or neat cattle of any description to
wilfully permit the said animals, or
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animaJ to run at large beyond the
limits of his own land, or the land
leased, occupied or controlled by
him: Provided, however, That the
provisions of this Act shall not apply
to Berkeley, Colleton, Jasper and.
Dorchester counties, unless a majority
of the qualified voters therein
shn'l so declare an election to be
held at the same time the primary
election of 1920 is held, and that at
such election all qualified electors
shall be entitled to vote: Pro
vided, further, That there shall be
provided a box at each of the voting
precincts in said counties, and ticketa
prepared in conformity with the preceding
section, on which shall . be
printed "For stock law" and
"Against stock law"; and if a majority
so voting vote for stock lawr
the provisions of this Act shall be
applicable in the county so voting,
and if a majority voting shall be
"Against the stock law," this Act
shall not apply and the provisions of
this Act shall not be applicable there
in: Provided, That in the counties of
Georgetown and Beaufort, this Act
shall go into effect on the 1st day of
November, 1920, and in the Counties
of Colleton and Berkeley this Act
shall go into effect on the 1st day of
January, 1922.
Section 2. Penalty for Violation.?
Any owner, manager or person violating
the provisions of Section 1 of
this Act shall be subject to a fine
for each offense of not more than
twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, or be
imprisoned for not more than twentv-fivr*
Hnv?
Section 3. Repealing Clause. Tha-t
all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent
-with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 11th day of March,
A- D. 1920.
HERALD ADS,
BRING QUICK RESULTS
The Herald hardly ever fails to
find lost articles and it always brinies
business to those who advertise in its
columns, provided, of course, they advertise
in the rii?i\t wry and are piepared
to back up their claims with
the Roods or services. Nearly every
week the Herald receives letters from
those who patronize its columns, but
ii is not all those who benefit that
write and tell about it. The following
letter from Mr. Sam J. Bland tells
of the success he had in an advertisement
in this paper recently:
Conway, S. C., It. No. 2.
Jan. 10, 1921.
Horry Herald, Conway, S. C.
Dear Editor.?You will please discontinue
my lost or strayed notice
which occurred in last week's issue
of the Horrv HpralH Thr? V?na
been located through the valuable
columns of your paper, which always
brings good results.
Please mail me bill for last week'*
insertion of the ad. ' will mail a
check in return.
Respectfully,
SAM J. BLANDL*
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