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t A VOLUME XXXV ~ I ? * ??W COOPER'S VETO' f IS SUSTAINED As to Joint Resolution Relieving Treasurer Bellamy and Bondsmen EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS INVOLVED % Hepresentative Ford Makes Strong Plea for Overriding the Veto. > ' , By a vote of 09 to 30 Governor Cooper's veto was sustained last week in the House on the joint resolution to relieve W. L. Bellamy, treasurer of Horry county, and his bondsmen from 11 l (' l ll'i1 - m _ J* ? 51 11 J. ail uaDiuues 01 a laiiure 10 collect penalties or taxes, as provided by law. Governor Cooper in his veto message on the resolution said that he regarded the measure as an exceedingly dangerous precedent, holding that if vthe principle set forth in the bill should become general, the tax machinery of the state would go to pieces. "This resolution," said the governor, "in effect grants immunity to an official who h?s failed to comply with the law." The governor said that former Comptroller General Rut L. Osborne and the acting comptroller general, W. V. Sutherland^ hud both requested that the measure be vetoed. Representative G. L. Ford of Horry county made a strong plea for the overriding of the governor's veto. He said that the treasurer had gone to A the auditor, asking him about penalV , ties on tax collections, and that the J auditor had not placed the penalties '< on the tax duplicates. The tnxes and penalties which the Horry treasurer had failed to collect were reported as being approximately $8,700. After a considerable debate on the matter, the veto of the governor was sustained. The amount mentioned above con^ sists almost entirely of the penalties which are added by law to taxes when they are not paid by certain dates. For instance, the one per cent penalty after January 1st each year on all taxes not paid by December 31st. The penalties wera not collected, it seems, because they had not been added to the amounts on the duplicates. The penalties thus remained in the pockets of the taxpayers, and will now have to be paid by the treasf urer or his bondsmen. The many friends of W. L. Bellamy regret that the resolution which was passed by the house last year was vetoed by the governor, and that now the effort to pass the act over the governor's veto hase entirely failed. WILLORGANIZE BOY SCOUTS In response to a general request, T gladly undertake the organization of a Troop of Boy Scouts. My daughter will, as she has done in previous organizations, conduct the; required examinations looking to full membership in tho organization. No one can wear a Scout badge or Scout uniform who has not properly qualified morally, mentally and physically. Scouts are expected to be the'highest expression of manhood. Hence it is a signal honor to wear the badge and uniform. 4 The expense of the uniform is trivial and in the long run would prove a saving in cost of clothe^. The other equipment is not expensive. In the next issue of the paper will I appear a call for a membership rally. By that date tho necessary literature, hand books, etc., can be procured, so that every detail can be carried out from the start. J. C. Atkinson. PASTIME WILL RUN BIG FILM What is likely to prove one of the most interesting pictures ever shown at tho Pastime Theatre will appear on Monday, January 31st, when the Paramount Artcraft success, "Why Change Your Wife?" will be the atB traction. The manager of the theatre has taken pains to select from the very best and costliest pictures made, y as many special features as he can arrange to bo put on from time to time. Thia time he has selected one i which d^als with an interesting and absorbing subject in social life. It will be sure to draw a larg? ( crowd. BARBER ?SENT TO HOSPITAL The negro barber who was taken m as beinrr deranged last week wa^' ?er.t off to Columbia the latter part of the week and committed to the State Hospital for the Insane. mm Wiw BILL TO EXEMPT HOrtttY COUNTY From Operation of the Generai Stock Law Passed Last Year. The bill introduced by Senator Jeremiah Smith to have Horry county exempted from the effect of the general stock law passed at the session of the 1920 state legislature, created t f\rn r? Qvirimionf Jn o .... 1 i. ww...v in u |iiuuiiiiiiai,y uuui in the Senate last Thursday. Senator Harrelson, of Marion county, moved to have the bill committed to the committee on agriculture. This was contested by Senator Smith, and according to the report of the proceedings as published in the Columbia State last week, Mr. Smith made a stirring1 speech on the subject of his bill and in behalf of the object that the bill has in view. The bill has been placed on the calendar of the Senate without having been sent to the proper committee, according to the reports as published in the state newspapers. The motion to have the bill committed to the committee on agriculture carried, but Mr. Smith succeeded in keeping the place that the bill occupies on the Senate calendar, undisturbed. This is important, as Mr. Smith knows, as very often bills are placed low down on the calendar of the House or Senate and the assembly adjourns before the bills are reached. Senator Smith has succeeded in getting his bill nlaced on the calendar verv close to! the top of the lint of local acts, and by this means he is sure to fret the hill up for consideration in the Senate in good time. GEORGETOWN HAS STOCK LAW House Refuses to Pass Bill Establishing Free Range There MAJORITY LEADERS FAVOR STOCK LAW Horry County Exemption Bill Expected to Come in Senate This Week. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 25.?Hopes of free range for cattle and hogs in Georgetown county went glimmering last night in the house of representatives, when the members voted 51 to 28 to strike out the enacting words of the measure, which was intended to exempt Georgetown county from the operations of the state law. The vote means that the house is opposed to free range, at least when the delegation from the county is badly divided on the question. Hardly had the house laid the Georgetown measure in its grave than li viporl if e f/\nfofowt? i v i v '! -*v v-vi ii>.i i\/\/vovu|;o IIKUII; *^<4i NV-I in the evening session and killed the bill which would have exempted the townships of Yemassee and Bluffton, Beaufort county, from the operation of the stock law. This measure was at first ordered to a third reading, hut when the Georgetown vote had been recorded, the Yemassee and Bluffton measure was again taken up and it was killed by a vote of 45 to 32. Debate Prolonged. Debate on the Georgetown measure ranged all the way from the creation down to the piny woods cows, razor bacls hogs and fiddler crabs and served to bring out the fact that the Georgetown delegation to the house in divided. Representative Hilliard was strongly opposed to the measure, while Representative West defended the bill vigorously. Before debate had closed many members of the house had discussed the bill. Representative Milliard told of the opposition to the bill in many quarters, quoted letters from N. W. Pyatt, O. G. Miller, Indiana farmer who is thinking of buying Georgetown land, I and the Waddell ranch. He told of the contested elections and of various other local affairs, and urged that the bill be killed. T? wt 1 ? J i ivc(jruneutailve vvesi sum nis colleague knew little or nothing of the sentiment of the people of Georgetown, that he could not find his way home if carried ten miles in the country., and held that except for the towns of Georgetown and Andrews, the county was 80 per cent for free grass. Representatives Sherard of Greenwood, Hanahan of Fairfield; McCutch eon of Williamsburg, Winter of Berke ley, DeTrevillc of Colleton and others discussed the measure. When put to a vote the bill was killed by a good majority. No Free Grass. When this bill had been killed the house, on motion of Representative Owens, reconsidered the bill which would have exempted Yemasse and Bluffton townships, Beaufort county, < # 4 if&wt CONWAY, 3. 0 / TgSt2S^ BILL TO AMEND THE STOCK LAW Object is to Make Horry County Have Free Raiige as Before BILL IS PRINTED ; AND ON CALENDAR Will be Time Yet Before Bill Can be Passed and Become Law. I The Herald promised last week that it would publish in this week's issue if possible an exact copy of the bill recently introduced in the Senate by Senator Jeremiah Smith to amend the Act which was passed at the last session of the Legislature to prohibit i animals running at large within the! state of South Carolina. It was impossible to procure a copy of the bill last week, as the same had not been i reported from the committee of the Senate. Ij We. received a copy of the bill as introduced by Senator Smith the latter part of last week, and it is as fol IUWS A Bill to Amend an Act Entitled an Act to Prohibit Animals Running at Large Within This State, So as to Exempt Horry County From the Provisions Thereof. Ho It Enacted hy the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. ^Vmend Section 1 of an Act entitled an Act to prohibit animals from running1 at large within this State, approved March 11, 1920, by adding1 to the end of the said section the following proviso: Provided, that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to Horry county, but that said county shall remain a free range county as heretofore, so that said section, when so amended, shall lead as follows: Section 1. That on and after January 1st, 1921, it shall be unlawful for the owner or manager of any horse, I mule, ass, jennet,- swine, sheep, goat or neat cattle of any description to wilfully permit the said animals, or anv of them, or any other domestic animal, 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 quaimeci voters therein shall so declare in an election to be held at the same time the primary election for 1920 is held, and that at such election all qualified voters shall be entitled to vote; provided, further, that there shall be provided a box at each of the voting precincts in said counties, on which shall bo printed "For Stock Law" and "Against Stock Law," and if a majority so voting vote for stock law, the provisions of this Act shall bo applicable in the county so voting, and if a majority voting shall he "Against Stock Law," this Act shall not apply and the provisions of this Act shall not be applicable therein; 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; provided, that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to Horry county, but that said county shall remain a free range county as heretofore. Sec. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately upon approval by the Governor. It will bo noticed that, the Act as it was passed before, by the passage of this new bill, would be amended by adding at the end of the section marked one, in the former Act, the following proviso: "Provided, that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to Horry county, but said county shall remain a free range county, as before," so that said section when amended will read as it is printed above. From this it will be seen that the i object of this new bill introduced by Senator Smith is to exempt Horry county from the provisions of the general stock law Act passed at the session of 1020, and the new bill, if it becomes a law will not provide for anv election in Horry county on the subject of changing the county from a free range district into a stock law county. from the operation of the fence law and killed it also. ! i' cil f Up countrymen and a1 considerable number of visitors listened closely to the free ranu;c debate, which was one of the most extended hold on the, floor at this session. The larpre area owned by northern hunting clubs and the vast swampy areas were mentioned in the course of the debate. 1 It is expected that the proposed bill to exempt Horry county will come up this week In the senate. i m - - ? a ? z&*wrti.iiii. WHISKEY CASES COME TO NAUGHT One Cleared by Jury?Other a I Mistrial in the Town Court t EVIDENCE FAILS TO BE CONVINCING | Whiskey in One Case Found on Bricks, Near the Idle Flour Mill. The town of Conway has had two ' whiskey trials lalolv, one of whi"h 1 resulted in an acquittal, while the other has resulted in a mistrial, thought by many to be equal to an , acquittal. The first case referred to was that i of the town of Conway against R. Haskill Todd. This arrest occurred some weeks ago. It arose in connection with some moonshine whiskey found under the stops of the Presby- } terial church and placed in the town hall and later stolen from the hall. Tt seems that the defendant was #1 - 1 wiaiK*;u >vitu uuving transported this whiskey and was tried accordingly, i The jury found him not guilty. The second case was tried on Wednesday of last week before a jury ? of business men of Conway, sum- ; moned in the town court. The defendant was Boh Adams, who had : been arrested by the town marsha' on Saturday night before and was | lodged in the county jail. It was alleged that Adams had driven into Conway with a Ford car and thai the policeman saw him turn out at the Presbyterian church across the open space in front of the CooperSmith Company store; that he knew it to be the Adams car and he watched from a staircase under which he hid at the1side of the Ilorry Drug Company. That he saw the car with Adams in it stop, and after that he found a fruit jar full of moonshine that had been placed on top of a pile of bricks back there. Adams was tried in the court on the following Wednesday, after having gave bond for' his appearance, and a jury failed to agree whether he was guilty or not. OT TR-niCTDirT UUU"J^IU X JLVAVv JL CONFERENCE On Christian Education Held at 1 the Conway Methodist i Church Last Friday. The Sub-District Conference on Christian Education and Evangelism, i held in the Comvav Methodist church I last Friday, was an inspiration to the ; large number in attendance. There was a strong delegation from everv pastoral charge in Horry county. This 1 augmented by a splendid atttendanc? j i locally, spelled succeeds from the 1 very beginning. i The entertainment under the auspices of the Social Service Commit- ^ tec war perfect in every particular. 1 The Presiding E^'e-" Tie". I). A 1 Phillips; Rev. G. E. Edwards, Con- ' ferenco Educational Secretary, and Pev. G. P. Watson, pastor at Mucins ' were all at their best in the messages ^ they brought. 1 Rev. E. M. Moll, County E ango- : list was present and added much to Un /In if i*? V? A I- 1 11 1 4 i uiv *if?.y lit am wailll, UlOUglllJUl gOHpel messages. 1 o ! MERCHANTS CO-OPERATE. That tho merchants of Conway are co-operating: in giving- the people the benefit of the low prices on their goods, is proven by the full page advertisement appearing in this issue, showing how they are taking their medicine for the cure of the recent slump sickness. Come to Conway to do your trading when you wish to buy, no matter what kind of article i you are wanting, for the merchants of Conway are modern in their methods and ready at all times to serve the buying public to the best of thoir ; ability. o BASKET BALL GAME. The Mullins High School met thej Burroughs High School in a Baskei ball game hero Monday afternoon. Both sides made some good plays, and excellent team work was exhibited. Mullins won by a close score. The Conway team deserves mucii credit, considering the fact that they have had but little practice and have not been organized very lor.g. -o Conway offered the best of inducements for the location of the Baptist Academy at this place, yet the board 1 decided in favor of Wannamaker, who j made no special effort to ^et the < school. We would like to road a J statement of the reasons why the ! board ^ave Wannamaker preference I over Conway. 1 wxU. LORIS COltfPANY MAY CONTINtFE Under Plan to Dispose of The I Stock and Pay the Creditors. The store of the Harrelson-Bell Company at Loris has remained closed ever since the company made ^n assignment early this month. , Motices were recently sent to all the ^ editors of the company and also to the stockholders thereof, and a I meeting, attended by all the stockholders and a majority of the creditors, was held at. the office of H. H. Woodward Iu,st Friday. At the meeting no agent of creditors was elected, that part-of the hv ness beinu* postponed until a lat'" date in order that investigation might be made to find a suitable person to 'ill the place. At the meeting* Mr. D. D. Harrelson, a former stockholder in the company, and whose son now holds some stock therein, made n proposition for handling and winding J ip the business, in substance ns follows. as copied from tho rpenlntioTi i which whs unanimously adopted by the stockholders: Resolved, That the stockholders of Harrelson-Bell Company hereby consent and favor the proposition mnde by Mr. D. D. Harrelson, for the winding up and disposition of the said company now in the hand" of an as?if*nee for creditors: Said proposition being as follows: D. D. Harrelson will take the management and control of the business, provided he is given the right by the stockholders and creditors to replenish the stock of the company, accordins: to his best judgment, and to remit 1 to creditors in pro rata proportion as j goods are sold, every thirty days, al- i ways paying first in full for the' goods purchased by him to replenish said stock, and provided he is given one year's time, and an option of such further time as may bo needed to wind up the said business or bring the same out of difficulty so that it could be run on by its- stockholders and directors; and provided he is paid a sal ary of one hundred dollars per month and shall have the right to place i~> said business any clerks, bookkeepers, or other workers as he may see fit, at j such salaries as he thinks right and I just to be paid out of the said salary of I). D. Harrelson: Together with the right of the said D. D. Harrelson to turn over the proceeds and balance of stock on hand to the assignee and agent of creditors, at any time at the option of the said D. D. Harrelson. D. D. Harrelson shall have the right to employ extra clerks for special sales and busy days . Attorneys present at the hearing represented a large majority of the Creditors of tho company. They agreed to submit to their clients the proposition made ^v Mr. Harrelson. 1 **-- ?--- j wiiitu wci."~> cij.;reeu to UV UIO STOCKholders, and if the creditors agree to that plan then the business will soon !>e opened up under D. D. Harrelson's management, and with his business management and skill it is hoped that !,he company will be able to pay all its creditors in the course of time owl perhaps continue in business indefinitely. Should the creditors refuse this proposition then the winding; up :>f the concern will proceed in the hands of the assignee and the agent for creditors. They will get together !\nd decide on what they think is the best plan for disposing of the goods, collecting in the debts of the company and distributing the proceeds after settlement of the expense of the assignment. PROPOSESNEW PENSION PLAN An entirely new idea in the mat ter of pensioning Confederate veterans, providing for two classes of pensions, instead of four, as at m*esent. is being presented to the legislators by Senator Hart, of York, in a bill revising the pension system. The bil' would provide Ithat the nen.non fund be distributed to the counties in proportion to the number of nen.doners? in the various counties, the county pension board to divide their allotments to the veterans in two classes. Class A would be those veterans who have reached the. apce of SO, an 1 who lost an arm, a lej>- or their eve sip;ht, who are paralyzed, or who are totally incapacitated, or whose income is not Dvev $300 a year. Class R would be [ill other pensions not in class A, these to receive $75 each. IT the pension fund in a county allows for class B pensioners to receive more than $75 each, then the money would be iivided so as to give three-fourths of the total to class A and one-fourth to Class B. Under the present plan all classifying has to be done by the county boards, before the pension fund is disbursed to the counties, re*ultincf in some counties tfettinK more than others, in proportion to the number of pensioners. \ JUi^llAMiili|l|| HMIIIMIPim v^. " NO. 41. PLANS ARE LAID TOR WATERWAY Enthusiastic Mcetjnijf of Chambers of Commerce With Conway Chamber IMPORTANT~FACTS STATED BY SPEAKERS Will Make Big Effort to Get Appropriations From Congress. Lar.t Friday night the Con wayCivic League served an elegant supper at the Chamber of Commerce lV'Oms in the town hall in honor of representatives from the Chambers of Commerce of Wilmington, N. C., and Georgetown, S. C., who met here with members of the# Conway Chamber of Commerce, to discuss the very important matter of obtaining from Congress the needed appropriations to continue the building of the intracoastal waterway. The results of this meeting may mean the obtaining of the necessary action on the part of congress. We are not without hope that it will bear fruit in several different ways. Mr. Ilovt McMillnn |<i tomuiu or the local body, delivered a short address of welcome, and stated to fellow members the fact that we had with us for the occasion representatives from Wilmington and Georgetown. He introduced Mr. I'-v.il Quattlcbaum. Mr. Quattlebaum stated the object of the meeting*. He explained the necessity of finding out the best way of tackling the proposition. He read , information from a letter received by him December 3.1st, 11)20, from which it appeared that there is a territory, as shown on the map, containing about 1,500 square miles, bounded on three sides by railroads and on the other by the Atlantic Ocean. This^ territory will average about fifty miles in length and about thirty miles in width; and in a remarkable manner it is perceived that the Waccamaw river runs through the middle of this territory, and is in an ?*i mirable position to serve that portion of this territory, which is situated too far away from the railroads for their use for transportation. There is in this territory about 850 square miles lying: nearer the river than to any railroad. The larger portion of this area is almost solely dependent on the river as the only means of transportation. He spoke of what congressmen should do; that Wilmington is making an effort to improve the intracoastal water route north of that city, and that we should co-operate with them, and congressmen from North Carolina and South Carolina should co-operate in obtaining needed financial assistance. He then called attention to the report which was made in 1918 by Mr. James P. Allen and associates, upon the improvement of rivers and harbors in the Charleston, S. C., district, and referred to page 053, where it iv stated as follows: "Recommended Modification of Project. ? On August 11th, 1913} the chief of engineers recommended, as part of the intracoastal waterway, a channel from Conway to Bear Blu/f (respectively 44 and G7 miles above the mouth) seven feet deep, to be se^cured by the construction of a dam at Conway, and by limited dredging; and straightening of bends, at an estimated cost of $950,000." Their report also stated that the proposed intracoastal waterway would be justified even if there were no local traffic to be accommodated. It is of national importance. Mr. H. E. Honey, representing the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce as its president, made an address i? which he cave valuable Iiitvi 1UUWVII and pledged one hundred per cent support from the city of Wilmington in its efforts now being made and all which are aimed at in the future. Mr. A. G. Trenholm, of Georgetown, reported plans which he intends to car ry out with the steamers and boats, stating that if suitable resolutions or letters are printed he will post them on each out-going and in-coming boat in his territory. He will secure their co-operation in seeking aid from congress. lie spoke of a cut that had been made, straightening up the distance between Georgetown and ldcClellansvillo. n a *N i;npi. is. l. jjaggeu spoke to help get the twelve-foot channel from Georgetown to Ccnway, expressed his appreciation of the efforts being1 made by the bv.;i less men of Conwc.y, and said that the people of Cieorgetown would co-operate in this move-' mcnt. Mr. E. J. Sherwood said, nnrtoi j 4 other things, that this project needs publicity nioro than anything e!se. By this he did not mean publicity of a local nature altogether, but that the facts should be published far :>nd wide and fixed in the minds of tU.se (Continued on page four