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\ v\ . V * 4 eg . . VOLUME XXXV. JEREMIAH SMITH ON COMMITTEES Including Local Legislation in State Senate, Giving Hi;n a a Advantage TIME APPROACHES TO 'INTRODUCE ACT He - exempting Horry 0ounty From Operation of General Stock Law. % The ?Stnte Semle orjrmi^ed last i week on time and the standing committees were all e!c.:i? ! hv 11: -unions vote shortly t'tov the y-wtr ('.inverted. The Her; M notices tl nt T'"n. Jeremiah Smilh ! ?r?n pineal on the following i m : "tunt i-'av.dinf? committees: Aj.rnci'Uvr tl; fish, j-vunie and forestry; lo * a 1 legislation, nenitentiary, police regulations and i etrenchments. Doubtless Mr. Smith will find it to I his advantage to ho a member -of the j standing committee on local legisla- j tion when he introduces his hi!) to re-I exempt Horry county from the operaJEREMIAH* SMITH State Senator From Horry County. tion of the stock law. This paper last week had a number of articles on the subject, and the general stock law which was passed at the last session subjecting Horry county to the opera\ tion of the law, was published in full the text being copied from the statutes in the law offices of H. H. Woodward. Interest has not lessened in the matter as times go on, and the present session swiftly approaches the time when action must he taken by the members from Horry county in order to have the fight start early and be able to thrash it out iti good time before the session might end. As M'\ Smith, the State Senator, ir? on the standing committee which deals with local legislation, he will no jloubt be able to obtain a favorable recommendation on the bill in his committee and this will 1Y0 doubt be of aid when the bill comes up in the Senate to be passed upon. The State Senator and the members of the House from Horry county are hereby requested to keep the I Herald informed fully of everything that is done concerning the stock law and the free range, whether the bills introduced will concern Horry county only or the entire state. MNViftY HAS NFW IVVI1 v > * MEAT MARKET In this issue of the paper a new advertisement announces the opening; of a new meat market in Conway. It in located in a nice room of thPeoplcs Tobacco Warehouse, on Laurel Street, Experienced men are connected with this- new market and they will carry the usual market delicacies, and will have fresh fish and oysters for sale every Friday and Saturday. ON COMMITTEES. ? ? r u / : IL.I ii j_i I'l'no neram liuuo uiai uie ueipjfHtion from Horry County in the House of Representaties lias been placed on Committees as follows: Hon. W .A. Prince lias been placed on the following- committees: Apr!culture. Slate Hospital, Office and Hon. G. Lloyd Ford on the follow* ; m committees: Education, Enroled Acts and legislative Library. MOV IB "GLAD DANCI5." Those who view Mary Pickford's first United Artists Corporation picture. "Pollyanna." when it. is shown at the Pastime Theatre on January 26, will wonder where she learned the quaint little dance which features her J "glad" visit to Mrs. Snow, the invalid. PRICES OF GOTTON GAIN GUBiNS WEB Now Orleans, Jan. 1(5.?It was a week of advancing prices in the rotton market, mainly because of the iren.uth of th J -nuary p' :.ition and '. .ie marked improv M.iont in the nuirket for finished price ;ame at the > irU 'o >f t!o weeV, whoi the trading months wero 1 }'? to 164 points over t\ e last prices of t>e preceding week with nu; vy np '5.75 and March up to 16. Last price1' for the week i howed net trains on tracts of '/ '> to l')V points, with ?Tr ary at 1.5.32 and March at 15.51. in he spot dep n*tment prices pained 100 points on middling in the net re..alts, the last quotation hein?? 15. The spectacular feature of the wco': was the movement of cotton from the : South to New York to be entered on ! Jniu'ary contracts there. The improvement in the dry floods j situation was generally regarded as i the most constructive development of, the week. Som- Southern milis were! reported to have started upon Monday j oil lull time schedules. New Knp-! land cloth markets reported the lar^-j est sa'es in wholesale markets of the' j i .WMllll ?M' v-wvjii ti y ' 1"hiweek the January deal will 1 >o ( watched with increasing interest, for: a.; the expiration of the present spot position draws near more or less excitement is anticipated. DOES NOT FAVOR TOBACCO GRADING There is much talk just now abou:. the advisability of grading leaf tohaoco before it is s id on the warehouse floor. Jn view of the report 'j bill may be inttroducad in our legislature to require farmers to grat'c Lheir tobacco, the following lette: received by the Herald from an experienced tobacco buyer, is of interest: Danville, Va., Jan. 15/ 1921. Mr. Woodward. Conway, S. C. Dear Sir: The writer has been located ai Nichols, S. C., for the past t*>n reasons, conducting an independent leaf tobacco order business. r* ??: ^ fi,? o ntr J n rii? ii(.ii45:s ?m jii"' icu in me i/itji t iim I (Va.) Register relative to a Board of Trade meeting at Wilson, N. C., pas^ ing resolutions requesting the South Carolina Legislature to pass a Law requiring the farmers of South Carolina to grade their tobacco before offering same for sale. In this meeting, as I understand, there were also Representatives from Greenville, Kinston, Rocky Mt., and other Eastern Markets. Thorn is no law in North Carolina forcing the farmers to grade their tobacco, and I failed to note in this article any efforts to force the North Carolina farmers to grade their tobaccos. Tbr> following markets in North Carolina sell their tobaccos ungarded: Rowland Fairmont, Lumborton, Clarkton. K-iir Bluff, Cbadbourn, Whiteville, Tabor, and St. Paul. In tile event such a law was pass ed a large percent, of the South Car olina crop would bo sold ungraded these markets, and no doubt the Big Pour in Eastern Carolina (Wilson, Rocky Mount, Kinston and Greenville^ would be much benefit ed also by such a law. In the writers humble opinion such a law would be unconstitutional as a farmer should have the right to sell his product as he desires. Furthermore, you may refer to the sales of ungraded toba-eco in South Carolina for the season of 1919, and you will seo that ungraded tobacco brought a great deal more money. You may also liefer to the Seasons of 1918 and 1920, and you will see that the farmer would have lost mors ey by grading his tobacco. The writer trusts that you will use your best efforts to defeat this attempt to force South Carolina fa-rmers to grade tneir tobacco". Respectfully vours, . J. W. LEA. freemngeMT NOT YET PRIMTEI1 I1U I I L> I I IIEEv I LU The Herald cannot tfive any definite information'about the bill to repeal the stock IkW in Horry county, exceptr?p1Jiav that thq bill has been intrpdur^fl ?if$!, jjiteftktor f,$rt)?th and is now ift the liands of itlie to mm it tee ,and will be reported from the committee today, Wednesday. It would have been reported sooner, but was delayed on account of the adjournment of the Senate on the 17th. Ah soon as the bill comes from the committee it will he printed and placed on the calendar of the Senate and then a copy of the bill will be sent to the Herald for publication. We may not receive a copy of the bill before the last of this week or' the 4 first of next. * CONWAY. S. 0., THURSDAY, T82A8G0 GROWERS ASK LEGISLATION Wart Reruilations as to Tieinn Vsand Grading?Florencs Meeting. Florence, Jan. '(5.? Coiv'i, lint? (bo 'outh Car ;ira Tobacco As. ociatior. invention yesterday afternoon in I^Ioronce, a ro -'Mution was*, adopted \rj!.ecti the Gcr.cra! A1 semldy to nu. 1 a lav/ wl 'ch will put into force *.n (1 Is :-t .1 ^ Hie ruJe of tieing am grading. The notion was pa^ ni pra t c^lly unaj f^ously, but jjyob&bJy not more than 100 persons were present of the large attendance wi:ich had gathered. However, grading was cno of the bi^ points provided in the co-opera;i.i ?.\\rl:?t .g plan submitted by Aaron Sapiro, of San Francisco, who was the chief speaker of the day. The attendance probably was at least i 1,000 persons from all parts of the i state. Many persons were not able ! to get into the court house. The plan proposed by Mr. Sapiro was the principle of the cotton co- j operative pool proposition which was . undertaken in the state for the long; taple growers last summer. The main points of Mr. Sapiro's plan were organization of the community, signing up under ironclad contract at i ioast 50 per cent of the aggregate t:>bacco production of the three states of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, pooling according to type and grade, retention of expert selling service, putting the association on a five year basis and utilizing as far as po ible the present facilities and i means of operating the association. Mr. Sapiro talked from shortly aftosf 11 o'clock in the morning until nearly 3 o'clock in the afternoon, more than three hours, and held his large audience, scores of which were standing, in close attention and interest. He illustrated the possibilif i <M-? /-v 4 K/^ 4-/\ U r? ? vie."- *.II Kit" j;ii/|nj;n:w iwuattu i u wers' association by frequciit re- n*ence to the achievements of the prune growers of California and other crop growers of the Pacific coast. When Mr. Sapiro had concluded, the unanimous sentiment of the audience was that the tobacco growers of the South would be organized in 30 days if they could all hear him present his plan. A. H. Gasque next introduced . W. Long, of Clemson College, director of extension in South Carolina, who said that the United States has well solved the question of production, but that her marketing system was antiquated 50 years ago. Other speakers during the da** Dr. J. Y. Joyner, of LaGrange, N. C., chairman of the anti-state organization committee; J. A. Brown. r?f Chadbur ne, N. C.; and Bright Williamson, of Darlington. R. E. Currcn, Bright Williamson and Henry S. Johnson were named a committee on resolutions. They reported a resolution favoring the adoption of the Sapiro plan in all its provisions, reduction of acreage and authorizing the executive committee to fix the percentage, and also thank* in i r TVTv Snnirn ;nul other sneakers for their excellent addresses. PROPOSED NEW COUNTY QUESTION Concerned About Stock Law and Free Range in Territory FARMERS USING THEIR FENCES FOR PASTURES Shutting up Stock in Territory of the Proposed New County. s According to E. Norton Tompkins, a farmer living near Tabor, N. C., on the K. P. D. No. 2 route in Horry county, the stock law and free ran^e fllipcf Ttri 11 UnoA *1- 1-~ -J- Al - ' vp.^xviuii mil nave 111 ucii to no in inc i election for the new county. He states that a big majority of the people in the territory of the proposed new county are opposed to the free range. Many are opposed to fencing off Horry county from Columbus county, North Carolina, where the rtock law has been voted in by a popular vote. He says that if it was certain that the stock law will remain in force, the new county will lose at the election, while on the other hand; j if the free range should actually be brought back a new Act Itv the leg-i islature, that the new county proposition will carry without doubt. It is reported from the section of the county where Mr. Tompkins lives that the greater part of the people have complied with the stock law which went into effect January 1st, 1921. Many of them are tearing down their fences and using the wire and i^uls , JA TU VRY 20, 1291. BAPTIST s'sicOL , FOR WANNAMAKF.il Permanent Secretary and Chairman Appointed at Columbia Meeting. (T'-c Plat-.) k ? AVannamalcerj Horry covr.ty, \va :hos:-.- as the 81*0 for the location of ,lie X'a Dc V.uj.List high ; cl\ool -vt i ny. -t.'.i Moiu'ay ci' ihc educational . io' c i' the general Bapt;s; c:i"c;. Ti* gC\ i cl X\ i\-% xirVe rfc.r:'.') ;>. v.i. in*' cement the su:-i c.. $17,000 and a- site. Vannamalier was chosen f onanion; i ur o- ns ; king fur the 1 cation of this school. The so wove G nv;:.y, Lc is, ^y<r a;. Wavm make:. V. a. naivake c> e \i t .< , inducement ' / ail of t - tow kjit the commission felt tha-; the che0.1 locate! he t> could bo u ,c i i the best advantage. Dr. E. S* Reeves, of Union, was appointed permanent chaijman of ti'< conunisi-ion and Dr. E. V. Bailey of Hartsville, permanent secre'ary. TllC hoard of mini -fovif.l ivliiflnfm . ... W * t V.vUiV. /?> I" was absorbed into the educational eommiss:on and committees were appointed to work out details. Thr question of locating the state Baptist high school will bo taken u;> toda-v by the education commission. (It is a matter of considerable local pride that the cash offered bv the town of Conway practically doubled that of Conway's neares' competitor and more than doubled the Wannamaker offer. All of t^e competing; -communities offered si'o < in additions to the cash subscriptions. Conway offered the commission the choice of five sites. The decision of the commission, it is believed, is due primarily to tilfact that Conway at present ha^ a hip;h ichor;!, and that the commission felt that there would be a la.ger local patroncge at Wannamaker thar-. at any other point in Horry county mentioned in connection with the rehool. The commission had "hcrC^re it no: merely the idea of establishment of a school in Horrv ommKr hut if nlcr j considered offers from other section'I of the state for a boys' high school, j In this connection it may bo stated I that Conway's offer for th*? Academy was larger than the of for made hv any community in S^uth Carolina for any of the schools which the comimission is supposed to create.?Ed.) SMALLPOjTCASESIN MANY SECTIONS Smallpox is scattered widelv over Sou*h Carolina, according to Dr. Jas. A. Hayne, state health officer, who has been anticipating a rapid increase in the number of cares of this disease with the arrival of real cold weather. When asked to give an estimate of the number of cp.ses in the state at the present time Dr. Hayne said it was difficult to give any sort of a definite estimate, hut that he supposed there were 2.000 cases of smallpox now in the state. There have been no deaths. Dr. A. 11. Hayden, state epidemiologist, who has visited many sections to make investigations of smallpox, says that many cases arc not being treated by physicians, and that few precautions are being taken in many sections to prevent the spread of the disease. The disease has been reported in Charleston, Darlington, Lexington, Aiken, Orangeburg, Dorchester, Spar tanburg, Chester, Florence, Fairfield, and Cherokee counties. In one town, Dr. Hayden says that the depot agent had smallpox, yet continued to sell tickets for some time. In the same I town, a minister had the disease, yet I c< ntinued to visit among his people. When people have the disease and recover, they sometimes put on the same clothing worn before and scattor the germs of the disease widely, Dr. Hayden says. The disease, as a rule is of mild type and deaths from it is practically negligible. Reports are not very complete and for that reason state health officials can not arrive at accurate figures as to the number of cases in the state. Columbia has fortunately practically escaped the disesase. The city heaith officer reports only three mild I nurl thov nrn woll nn flm ?"i? to recovery. ~~ GOES TO OHIO. Dr. Fred Spear, who has been here for. some .t/imo working in the interest of the fanner in control of the ho# cholera .situation; has been elect od'as professor of Bacteriology at the University of Ohio. He wili leave here on February first to take up the duties of his new position. in building pastures, and the greater part have confined their stock and pot allowing them to roam at large over their neighbors' premises. \ % INLAND WATERWAY.. MEETING TO! OF i 'av owning, January 21st, at eight o'clock, tho Conway C ham /or ox Commerc- will be host i ? com j a ittees frvan \V lmiu'vton anil Geo.p. town. winch will bo prcscn at i\\ invitation of tho Cha: iIkv to (lis-u I ways and means' for sre injc Con i;rc5'Sional . tion in the develop men* of the intru-coustal waterway. It n?| I ;l:at ;'?is action will bo ta rrcn immediately. but the itlea is to 'rpin the affltatfon at o' e in the! i iIultimate niliza'-ion. j T'*i. dinner V ill b* . r .* I bv th * i ICcmway "Civic League in the Town ! a1!, and v ill c -1 the me-nbe o' ] Gnambc $,t?o0 per pjate. I' t |' ci?' ycd lha' there will be a very I il utteiv a t tur ,r in er . merely for the social value of the kccas-'cn, T?i ' alfco* iov the realir.atio a of the importance of this project. I ?-;.e?x"?hevs n'ie Cbjv', bo wl o wi'-h to attend a?e aske ) to phone t Secretary at 1C2, so that a- plate may o ivserved. DAMirDIIQTnv enar .uKnuRuriui 3UHC WITH BIS ACREAGE Says !\iews Item From North Caro'ina Paper on Tobacco Situation I - *PLEA !S WADE FOR CO-OPERATION i " Farmers Must Reduce the Acreage and Thus Hold up the Price. The following article taken from I the Wilson (N. C.) Dailv Times, ; throws somo lijrht on the tobacco sitI nat ion in that tobacco prowing state: At a meeting of the Tobacco Association of the United States, of which Mr. T. M. Carrington. of Uich mond, is president, the warehousemen , and tobacco interests of Eastern North Carolina met in Wilson today Man. 11^. Mr. Carrinjyton spoke of | < ]^n ii'i'A"! f ? ** 1 1 im(nui;ince or jit least a .r?() per cent reduction of the tobacco , acreage for 1021, and stated that his association is ready and willing, both ^orally and financially, to hack the Tri-state Tobacco Growers Association. Mr. Wooten, President of (ho First National Bank, Kinston, advises that Lenoir county is behind the movement; and that every pressure i possible will be brought on the tobaci co growers; first in a frendly wav, then drastic, if necessary. Mr. Brink'ov, of Greenville, N. C., says that Pitt county is also behind the movement. Mr. F. L. Carr, of Wilson, a director in the North Carolina Tobacco Growers Association, explained what that association had a^o'^nM^hed up to the present. Ho pleaded for co-oper.'ition from everybody. He also i stated that the warehousemen of | Eastern North Carolina will be asked 1 <o close their warehouses for three J days between now and February first I to assist in making a house to house | campaign and secure the signed I nledres of every tobacco grower in I the bright belt. I Talks were also made by Mr. Faisi on, of Warsaw; F. A. Burroughs, of Conwav, S. C.; W. E. Lee, Timmonsville, S. C.; and Mr. Bower, of Lake Citv, S. C. Resolutions have alreadv been nnse. - ed by tho directors of the Tobacco Association of the United States, pledging their support. They appreciate the fact that the tobacco grow; ing section of the South faces absoi 'nte ruin unless a 50 per cent reduction is made. , A resolution was also adopted, and a copy of same will be sent to the South Carolina State Legislature, urging the passage of the bill that will be presented to them requiring that tobacco be put up in bundles, as it is being done in Wilson at present. A resolution was also adopted, requesting Mr. F. L.. Carr to go to i Florence, S. C., on February 14th, land address the South Carolina Tn. hacco Growers Association. The Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade served lunch to the visitors at the Brings Hotel, and it was the con census of opinion that much good wil' i come out of this meeting1. HOUSE IS GETTING ' READY FOR BUSINESS . . < i () ( h ; With a speaker and a speaker pro tem elected, committees appointed and chairmen selected, preliminary work satisfactorily disposed of and numerous other matters incident to the organization of the Legislature attended to, the House of Representatives is ready this week to get down active jy to work, and, judging from the dis; position shown last week, the arrival of Saturday night will see some real work accomplished. y K % iimmt i - mamtmm i. ???* afo, 40. iiiiili; ~~ ill THIS SECTION jConcicisring Gloomy Viovvs Expressed on Iho Situation by Some } MONEY IS TIGHT YET NO SCARCITY Qi T.vo' uv % 3 ems to Follow S' 0:: IVcm Those Who Want Borrow. i 1 If t'10 pv^di^lioit. of *i few hnd be- y f 10 th< 1 >r.lci have bcon more ! t v hund -d ' of mer' - r.; I '-u !:v men in this coun|i ?inco the price of cotton went | down. In view of the gloomy ideas ercnrcssed hy pomp people the numt ber of failures in this county up to | thi'. i. i is remmkr.i lo for the small 1 number. There Is one concern of I ?v> ? sl'^e. t.h? Rarrelson-Be11 Oom| mv, recently mnkmr* nr. s not a bad failure, however, its hey have sufficient assets on hand \ppprently to pay what they owe, if not a surplus to return ti> /.tockholders. Now running in this paper is an advertisement of the sale of the stock of U. C. Anderson, a retail merchant loing business ii Horry, South Carolina. A mortagage is mentioned as having been made from I?. C. Anderson to A. D. Anderson, dated in May, 1918. The creditors so far known are about six or seven in number and in the opinion of these creditors there !*.ou!d be more than enough goods on hand to pav the total amount of their claims. This is not regarded as a failure in the true sense of the term by the creditors, who are now very much interested in trying to find out what is at the bottom of the advertisement. It is true that there is 'going on at this time more thj n the usual amount of activity in collecting debts. There but : small amount of money being loaned and only a few titles have been investigated in loan negotiations since iSovemoer 1st. Those who owe debts seem to .be just as tight with their money as those who do not owe debts and have plenty of funds on hand to loan, if they would. This spirit of holding on to the cash seems to be at the bottom of all the trouble that the country is having just now. There is really no scarcity of money, for you can find just as much of the familiar dollar bills circulating about as ever, or else held in possession in banks. CRY IS HEARD OF HIGH TAXES The outstanding feature of last week in the House of Representatives at Columbia was the call for a lower tax levy and a cry against increasing any appropriations this year. From the opening day of the session, through the taxp iycrs' convention, in the speakers' address, in the governor's first message to the legislature, and <n a number of measures introduced in the llou. e, the ears of the members of the House have been filled with the cry, "Our tax burdens are greater than we can bear." Not for a moment have the members been permitted to forget that the people are wanting relief and that they are expecting the present House to assist in bringing them relief. Just how much of the cry is distress is due to hysteria and how much is based on actual facts is a question for the House members to decide. BOY SCdUTSlNOT GAMP FIRE GIRLS Possibly no organization save the church means quite so much to boys in the 'teen age as the Boy Scouts of America. The lessons taught make for the physical, mental and moral betterment of the Scout, all of which registers itself in a good citizenship in the fullest meaning of the word. Of course, the similar organization for girls is equally beneficial to the girls. The Camp Fire liirls have always been the pride of their community. Neither organisation is worth while unless the regulations are carried out. They are not doe.ia! clubs, but organisations for r~r hurt. nity. Should the parents and boys and _aj.i_i ii ? ? inns Wjntt well of the organiEHtfatMl, I would l>e willing in response to their wish to undertake such organizations. This question has been brought to my attention, and as I have had some fine troups in ?the past, I know from first hanu their value. Hut iet me say a^ain, these organizations are not social clubs, but efficiency organi- >, zations in the service of humanity. I J. C. Atkinson.