The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 03, 1921, Image 1
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Send any copy of the paper you
please to a friend who does not take
it, and it will win a subscriber for u.;.
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Give us your orders for socon?
sheets, as we have them in quantity
and a lint of aeveral kinds to :c!er*"
'from.
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CONWAY, S O? THURSDAY,
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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
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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
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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."
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(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
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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
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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.
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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.
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R. C. ANDERSON"
IN BANKRUPTCY
Firs Meeting of Creditors in
Florence on February
Ninth
STORE CLOSED
UNDER ATTACHMENT
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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.