The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 27, 1921, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXV ~ I
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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?
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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,
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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.
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WHISKEY CASES
COME TO NAUGHT
One Cleared by Jury?Other a I
Mistrial in the Town
Court
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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" 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
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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
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