The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 20, 1921, Image 1
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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.
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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
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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.
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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'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.