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f VOLUME XXXV. LO RIS LOSES . LIGHT PLANT Saw Mill and Ginnery Also Entirely Destroyed by Fire TOWN IS DARK~ SINCE PLANT BURNED Big Loss for Jerry Carter, Own of the Plant?Small, Insurance. On Tuesday nicrht of last week, January 25th, the saw mill, cotton ginnery and lighting plant owned by Jerry Carter, at Loris, caught fire and was totally destroyed, according to reports "brought to Conway the next day. The fire caught from a hot box in the cotton gin which was in the same building with the saw mill and light plant. The structure had caught fire several times before, but as the flames were quickly seen they were extinguished before any damage was done. The plant is the same which was formerly owned by the late Mr. J. C. Bryant, as to the saw mill and cotton gin at least. The lijrht plant had been added to the establishment since the plant was purchased by Mr. Carter.* For the past several months Mr. Carter had been lighting the town of Loris, also the residences of the town, by electric current, generated'at this plant. He had decided to move the lighting machinery out of the building some time ago. Me had disconnected the generator amj equipment, it is said, preparatory for removal when the fire took place and the whole plant went up in flames. It was a bad loss to Mr. Carter, as there was only a small amount of insurance that could be obtained on the equipment. It is a serious matter for the town of Loria, as they will be . without lights till arrangements can be made to light the town otherwise. W. L. BELLAMY IS FAVORED Editor HeVald: I regret very much the procedure in the case of W. L. Bellamy in regard to having to make good the amount of the penalties he failed to collect, as it had been customary for wmp time that they were left off, and cannot understand why. If our chief executive looked on it as such a dangerous precedent, he should let this bill lie for such a length of time before signing or vetoing same, and then, too, it appears, bring the advice of others requisite in order to gain the vote of the present legislator. I admire the fight Representative Ford made in the case for justice and I think he will gain many friends. Mr. Editor, will you let the people know through the columns of your paper if it was Mr. Bellamy's duty to collect this penalty without the auditor having it on the duplicate. The people would like to know, so they can know where to fix the T)lame. It looks to me under the present circumstances it would be dishonest to compel the treasurer to make good money that he has never collected, and I appeal to the taxj payers that the penalties on their taxes due, to come forward as a man, figure out what you were due and pay it over to Mr. Bellamy and let him pay up this shortage. It will not hurt you, it being so small, and will keep Mr. Bellamy from being financially hurt for doing with you as he thought right. Mr.- Bellamy is a cripple, and I am sure God will add blessings to you for so doing. With best wishes for the Herald and its readers. ?A Tax Payer I IMPROVEMENTS AT POSTOFFICE Beginning on February 1, 1921, - . ^nt. the Conway Post > letters uivj?^.v. I office up to five o'clock every morn' ing will be dispatched on the early morning train. Before this time letters dropped in the Pcstoffice after eight o'clock at night would I be heM ov*r until the afternoon of the next dav. fcepniining also on February 1st ' nn additional Clor\* bar- Wym jv.It vvc I !?y the Podtofflcc , at \h^ Conway offi \o an<' by this t.he office is able t/? remain open while all mails arc being distributed. Before this time the windows wero all closed down for an hour oi? longer while the mails were distributed. These improvements have boen' sc?uro<l by efforts on this part of the Postmaster, C. R. Scarborough. and hi? assistant, Burge-> Kin/r. and will amount to something to all the patrons of the office. . - - . .. BARRETT HOME IS DESTROYED Most of Furniture is Saved? Property Carried Insurance. On last Thursday night at the hour of 11:30 an alarm of fire brought a large crowd of people to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Barrett. Before aid could arrive the entire top of the handsome bungalow was a mass of flames. The fire was discovered inside the woodwork between the living room and dining room. Efforts to get at the source of the fire proved in vain and Mr. Barrett then went to work with the help of those present to take the furniture from the burning building. It was a bad night for a fire in one respect, as there was a high wind blowing; but it was a good night for a fire in another respect, as there nan neen a recent rain and the other ^buildings were very wet. Countless sparks were blown from the conflagration toward the homes of those who live near the lakeside. These sparks were harmless owing to the moisture on adjoining roofs and nearby residences. It is stated that the house and also the furniture of Mr. and Mrs. Barrett were insured with reliable companies. The destroyed building was one of the handsomest residence in the city. o SERVICES CLOSE AT WAMPEE. Evangelist Earl B. Moll, of the Methodist church, working for the present in Ilorry county, closed a most successful meeting at Wampce Sunday night, January 30th. The services during the whole meet ing were held in the Primitive Baptist church. The memberships of ail the various denominations cooperated most heartily in the workDuring the services of the closing day Ilev. Mr. Moll organized a Methodist church (the Methodists heretofore having no church at Wampee), to be called the Wampee Methodist church, with thirty-three charter members. For the present this organization will worship in the house that the meeting was held in and will be served by the pastor of the Little River church, Rev. J. E. Carter. Plans are on foot already toward the building of a modern church building in the near future. DEDICATION SERVICE POSTPONED. On account of the inclement weather the Dedication Service of the "Annex" to the Conway Baptist church has been postponed until Tuesday night, February 8th. o MEMBERSHIP CALL. All boys between the ages of twelve and eighteen wishing to become Boy Scouts are requested to call at the Methodist parsonage next Saturday P. M., between the hours of four and five for the purpose of enrolling. ?J. C. Atkinson. o PROGRAM SOUTHERN CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION Clemson College.?The Oth annual meeting of the Southern Cattlemen's Associtation, to be held in Columbia Feb. 1-8, will be one of unusual interest, as may be judged from the program as now completed. Colum bia and the Chamber of Commerce are making every possible preparation to insure the success of the meeting, which will hold morning and evening sessions at the Jefferson Hotel, and auction sales each afternoon at the Fair Grounds. Included in the social featuures will be a big barbecue. W. J. Sheely, Extension Service animal husbandman, who was instrumental in bringing the meeting to South Carolina, is working diligently for a big attendance of South Carolina farmers, cattlemen, and others. WILD TURKEY KILLED. All wild turkeys and other extinct animals are hereby warned to keep .clear of Conway, for Master Henry Burroughs will be sure to get you if you do. Young Burroughs shouldered his trusty rifle a few days since, and after spending a short while in the woods, came trudging back home with a large wild turkey across his shoulder. He is being accused of slipping up on the bird while he was asleep and hitting him over the head with the wrong end of the gun, but llenry says he took steady aim and hit him kerplunk, and ho has pretty good cvidence that lie is telling the truth. ThiS is the first wild turkey that has been seen in this section for some time. ? o ? ' Send any copy of the paper you please to a friend who does not take it, and it will win a subscriber for u.;. o Give us your orders for socon? sheets, as we have them in quantity and a lint of aeveral kinds to :c!er*" 'from. Iiarr CONWAY, S O? THURSDAY, . )... JL? .1.. ... - . JL ... ITEMS OF INTERES STOCK LAW II Efforts of Our Senators and Changing the Law or C Citizens Attend He The bill introduced by Senator Jeremiah Smith to exempt Horry from the stock lav:, came *.it> again i \ the .State Senate on Fiiday of last week. T^e joint assembly at neon interrupted what gave p:om?se to be the liveliest debate in the senate so fat, Senator Smith bavin# just launched forth on the "free range" question for the Independent Republic." By lir\'in!mnnl' " ? i-U .. i- A-'- ' VWIUIIIIDI/UO VAMI^CIIk UJ Hl? Sl'nitlC LllC bill of Mr. Smith providing for tin exemption of Horry from the p/ovisions of the act prohibiting animals from running at huge i i the state war. brought up for censidelation at that hour. Senator Smith, in an-wer to a query from Senator CliiV n, in which the Sumter senator wanted to knovv v/hen the Horry senator expected to. get the bill passed, replied that he was in hope of getting some action on the measure in the natural course of the remainder of his life. Ho said the bill had been on the calendar for 17 days and no action had, icon taken. Another touch of humor was added when senator Clifto:-. asked Mr. Smith if he would pair with him. Mr. Smith replied that he would rot so long as he was able to iesist any such action. Senator Harrelson moved to strike out the enacting words and tlu* Horry senator began his debate o? his motion. He was interrupted bv the session of the joint assembly, but after the senate came brck to it; |own chamber the bill by Mr. Smith, was made a special order for Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. A warm deIbato is cxpected before f;nal disposition of the measure is had. Tt, is likely that Mr. Smith wil" hvir>n' 1m 4*1 \*\ Kill o 4 ^ ? v. t,../ Vllt Ulll cli;cilll ilk me tip pointed time this week, hut at tf"s writing: we cannot tell when it v/ill be finally decided. In the event there is a dec?'?fo* bv the Senate on this bill the Herp.il'* will endeavor to get the new" an?^ publish it in another column of this edition. Several people from this county went to Columbia last week while the bill to exempt Horry county from the general stock law was lying in the hands of the committee on agriculture. Arguments were made before the committee on two different afr ternoons by those who are on the two sides of this interesting question. Senator Jeremiah Smith, who is making a hard fight for the passage of his bill, made a strong speech in the senate last Thursday, and urged that the bill be sent in from the committee and taken up on the floor and cither passed as he wanted it done, or killed. Finally the committee decided to send the bill back to the body without recommendation, so as to give the bill a clear road and fair road when it comes up for decision, and this was the status of the measure up to last Saturday. The Columbia State had the following to snv about this in it* issue of last Friday: "After holding; open hearings for two afternoons and allowing proponents and opponents of the free range law to appear before it, the committee on agriculture late yesterday afternoon decided to return the bill to Senator Smith of Horry to exempt Horry county from the stock law without recommendation. "The committee took this action in executive session and announced after the meeting that its purpose in reporting the bill back to the senate without recommendation was to give the measure a 'free for all light' on the floor of the senate. "Delegations in favor of free range and other delegations in favor of the stock law appeared before the committee and arguments were rather warm at times. The bill of Senator Smith would exempt Horry county from the provisions of the statewide law prohibiting animals to run at large in the state for its passage. "Mr. Smith said yesterday he was elected on the 'free range ticket' and he was here to fight for his people. After a talk in behalf of the measure, Mr. Smith said he wanted the bill M 4-V*. a. ^l/\ am 4-U a "Ann f n I IM UU^IIL uu uiiu IIUUI ui HIT: and either passed or killed. He charged that the bill had laid in a committee room for eitfht days without receiving any report, and now he thought it was time to act, either pro or con." I ' J J U*+ (Col mhiu Record) The'.stock law, as opposed to "free *J*assM has beori the cause of cov idorable contention in the legislature this year, a number 01 count)*.*-*: nuking efforts to throw ofT the yola '.hat fell on their necks January i <?y the stock law of 19120. Hory ooaufort, Jasper and other counties have asked for exemption from the lrnv. So far, however, the position v" FEBRUARY 3, 1021. WABOUT V HORRY COUNTY Representatives in Regard to letting Time Extension. taring in Columbia. of the legislature lias been to : taivl by thv? stock law, taking the position that tree range would be a step backward. Wednesday afternoon the st:\te senate chamber was fillod with a delegation of 100 Ilorry ifoimtv citizens, who came to Columbia to appear before the agricultural committee of the senate, ?n the interest of a bill nut on the sennt.o rnlm.-liiv few the repeal of the stock law, so far as it affects Horry county. The Horry party was divided 50-50 on the question of the stock law, and the committee, of which Senator Johnstone is chairman, heard representatives of both sides. Among the 4Horry citizens who spoke for the stock law as it stands today were: J. O. Norton, P. 13. Richardson, C. P. DuRose, M. M. Stanley, J. P. Derham and Col. Robert j B. Scarborough. Anion g those to speak against the stock law, for the present bill of repeal, were: W. M. Booth, A. C. Thompson and Senator Jeremiah Smith. Among the arguments advanced by the proponents of the stock law was the fact that about 50 miles of fenc- ! ing will have to be built along the! North Carolina border, if the stock J law is repealed. Proponents of the . stock law take the position that the ' repeal of the stock law will he a step backward for thv, entire state. Georgetown's Kfiort. Representative West, of Georgetown, has introduced a bill, as a sec-1 ond effort to stave off the stock law for his county, which would postpone effectiveness of the law in his county until February 1, 1022. Monday night in the house Mr. WinI'? l>in - . . v./v U 1 i VV C.\" empt Georgetown from the stock law was killed by a large vote. FREE RANGE IS DEAD IN SENATE Sill Introduced bv Senator Smith to Exempt Horry County Fails. The Herald received news by telegram from Columbia, S. C., yesterday that the bill to exempt Horry county from the stock law had been killed when it was taken up on special order Tuesday night. This will be interesting news to the two factions of the people of this nounty, one of which wanted the free* range, while the other wanted the stock law to remain as it was passed at the session of 1920. Senator Jeremiah Smith made a notable fight in the senate to carry this measure. All of the experience and acumen acquired by him in his many years of experience in the legislative bodies of the state was employed by him in the fight, and yet he has lost. Horry county will now remain under the provisions of the general stock law. In most sections of upper Horry the fences are already down in places and the stock confined. Already men :?re planning to plant a large acreage of land which could not have been cultivated if the free range had been returned by this bill becoming a law. TO TAXPAYERS OF THE STATE At the convention of .^taxpayers held in the capitol January 11, 1021, a memorial was adopted and presented to the governor and both branches of the General Assembly, protesting against increased appropriations, and urging the strictest economy in the state and county governments. It is apparent from the published reports of the acts of the General Assembly that they are not disposed to hoed the appeal of the convoriti.m as indicated by voting down the rocommendation of the speaker of the house to hold appropriations down to a maximum of $5,000,000. Therefore, we, the committee appointed to represent the ' taxpayers' convention^ do hereby call conventions of the taxpayers to meet at their respective county seats at 11 o'clock, Monday, February 7th, to elect delegates, not less than five from each county, to meet in the capitol at 3:30 o'clock on Wednesday, February 0th, to consider what further action may be wise upon this important issue. We especially invite ^ senators and members of the house to meet with their constituents in their respective courthouses on the first Monday. If you do not respond to this call, blame no one but yourselves when the tax burden grows heavier. ?Committee. 303 ADAMS IS NOT GUILTY Tried Second Time in Munici- ! pal Court Following Mistrial for Transporting. j One of the whiskey cases pending ' in the town court and which was mentioned in our last week's issue, came up for trial the second time last Wednesday. We did not learn the results i of the trial in time to publish the verdict in that article. Wc are referring to the case against Bob Adams, charged with transporting whiskey, the main witness being 1). (J. Hinson, the town policeman. i As stated in last week's issue, the first trial resulted in a d?>agreement of the jury and as a mistrial was wnuivi.1 wn luai ( tuuill, i. 11* \\\'^ called and ivied the second time before the following business men of Conwav as jurvmen: A. i?. Gerrcn, J. W. Sparks, W. B. Chestnut, 1?.. T. Booth, Dotie Graham and F. C. Todd. The jury heard about the same testimony that was taken at the first trial, and it is said that they were permitted to go to the place where the moonshine was found in order to see the place where the policeman stated he had secreted himself and saw the whiskey placed there. After deliberation of a short time the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Both sides were represented by attorneys. FROM HORRY TELEPHONE Ancestor of The Horry Herald. In its Issue of Decembsr 20, 1879. Mr. .!. P. Williams and Miss Cora B. Taylor were married on the lOth inst. We did not learn who united the huppy pair. Removal ?? Mr. J. R. Bruton has moved down town near the jail in the house known as the Pope house, forI ,i l nr f? *-, nit-iij uccujjieu u.v w. f, ivieison, ry.s(). Our Bayboro correspondent informs us that the Rev. Ezekiel Thomas united Mr. John S. Best and Miss Mary A. Alston in holy wedlock on the 11th inst. All of Horry county. We understand that Mr. J. P. Williams, of Port Harrelson, S. C.f and Mr. Geo. E. Watson, of New York, formerly of Marion, S. C., are prepared to do business together in Savannah, Ga., under the firm of Williamson & Watson. May much success be theirs. Tfoo land agitation continues unabated in Ireland. Several places have barely escaped a riot. Let the agitators come over to this country. We will sell them as much land as they want cheap. A famine seems imminent in that unfortunate country. There is a project on foot in New York and Philadelphia to present Gen. Grant with a slight testimonial o? esteem in the shape of a purse contain iny S250.000. INQUIRY MADE OF CONWAY The Men's Store, an incorporated business now located at Hartsville, S. C., and doing- a large business:, recently inquired of the Conway Chamber of Commerce as to the advantages of Conway for starting a second store along the line of the same business in which this company is now engaged. This is a large company with plenty of capital and as they ar contemplatinng the opening- of j branch stores in the best towns of ! this section thev ar<* inquiring as to the advantages of Conway, and the i Secretary ot the Chamber state 'that they he has promptly furnished them all of the information needed. o i wv /\ ? rrx UK!', UiaS'lKUYS WATSON HOME The fine homo of Mr. J. D. Watson, a progressive farmer of the NixonviHe section, was totally de stroyed by fire on last Sunday. The outbuildings on the pla-ce were saved from the flames by help of nei^J bors who arrived in time to render him assistance, as they were just coming from church at the tim^. The dwelling house that was lost contained eight rc oms and was tw< story in size. There was no insur ance on the property. The fire caught from a stove flue in tin I building*. The building is said to have cost about $8,000.00. no 42r R. C. ANDERSON" IN BANKRUPTCY Firs Meeting of Creditors in Florence on February Ninth STORE CLOSED UNDER ATTACHMENT i ima ff Creditors Will Contest Over Mortgage Held by D. D. Anderson. There is a notice bointr published in this week's r-suo of the paper of ,i meeting of liie creditors of R. C. 1 n-^er on to be l.eid in Florence on February i th at the hour of twelve sVlock. Recently the store of Anderson at Horry was closed up without notice to creditors and when they inquired Into this they found that it was alloyed to have been closed under a chattel mortgage which had bren given to D. 1). Anderson by R? C. Anderson in May 1918, anci written so that it actually covered the stock which R. C. Anderson had at that date; but the language of the mortgage diil not extend to any goods that Anderson thereafter placed in stock after that time, in the opinion of creditors. Under these circumstances the creditors issued several Writs of Attachment and the Sheriff put anoth 1 cr iock on the store doors and the sale which Anderson had advertised under the above mentioned mortgage did not take place. Just after that R. C. Anderson filed a Petition in Bankruptcy in the District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina. A meeting of his creditors will take place in Florence on the date above mentioned, at which time a trustee will be elected by the creditors to take charge of his estate. His creditors will contest the D. D. Anderson mortgage. 'NO EXTENSION HAS BEEN MADE Nothing definite has been don? about extending the time for paying taxes without penalty. The penalty must be added to all taxes not pakl before December 31, 1920. Bills passed by the house and senate, having different provisions have been referred to the commitee on free conference of both branches of the assembly. As soon as they have passed on Ate* v..^ uinerence, if any relief Is given the taxpayers, the Herald will publish it. It is also said that even if a bilf is passed extending the time without penalty, that the governor may reto the measure. It remains to be seen what will become of the tax extension this time, though chances are against any extension. OPENS CAFElN ! NEW BUILDING % <h It is said that James Pappas, the Greek restaurant man, has spent about $4,000 in improvements and changes in the building on the corner of Main street and Third avenue, known as the old store house of W. R. Lewis. It was occupied until the new year by L. H. Burroughs as a general merchandise establishment. For the past several weeks Pappas has had a number of workmen busy and is now ready to onen on ground floor of the building; a lore* and up-to-date cafe. He has installed the latest cafe fixtures with oak cabinets and mirrors, covered the floor with linoleum, put new windows in the front of the building, and connected with the city water, running? this to a washroom and bath, which, will be in the building for the benefit of guests. The dining roam is papered on the sides and overhead, this work being done by a decorator from Wilmington, N. C. Pappus came to ~ 41 ? X/XM...H.Y numt'iiino last year and purchased the restaurant outfit of Buckley Brothers. Since that time he has conducted a restaurant in the small building in the rear of the town hall. This place will he vacated by him now and will Le occupied by some othei: Greeks, who will conduct a candy kitchen. HUT The lumber tor the new Baptist ut which was erected here at the 7irst Baptist church la. t week wa? ut by contractor A. B. Garron and his regular force of workmen; the vork of erection began on Tuesday :f last week by a number of tho aembers of the Sunday School wha ad Volunteerd to help get the work one under the guidance of the contractor. Dinner was served.