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REVENUERS ARE AFTER STILLS Last week a number of piohibi ion! officials and deputies arrived in Con way to irake raids on the evidently great number of stills bein<< operated in this section. Th?? officers * r first went into the Red Muff community, but found no still there, but a place where a still h:.d be en in operation. It was evident that the operators had be mi informed of the approach of the revnuc of icor.? and the still was removed and secreted. In a negro's house, \l was said, they found a jug partly filled w?lh moon fciiine. Two or three days after that tjiey located a still on land, it is stated, of Joe Sessions. They search ed two or three houses in that com ?jmmity but found no illicit whiskcv. They found two or three home-mad? stills at differeut places and to >!< them in. Finally the roads were so bad that they found it imposs'bV to make time in searching for more still* and they left for Columbia. o ACTIVITIES FOR PAST YEAR REPORT (Continued from pape one.) office at Charleston, who were interested in river development; the sailors on the submarine chasers w^ose ( visit to Conway was one of the pleasing features of the fair; and delegates form the Chambers of Commerce of Wilmington and Georgetown, who came in response to our invitation for a discussion of the intra-coustal waterway. We hope that these visitors carried away with them a pleasing: recollection of their visit, and believe the tendency of all such entertainments will be to draw the town more fully into favorable 1 1 - ? j mi ?i 1 puDiic matters. me visitors irom Georgetown and Wilmington who attended our last dinner furnished the newspapers of those cities with very satisfactory accounts of the occasion. Accomplished Projects.. During the year which ends tonight the Chamber of Commerce has definitely accomplished certain projects which it undertook. Others are in a state of pendency, and still others have gone glimmering into the limbo of things forgot. We have already referred to the renovation of this hall as an achievement of no small sort :>f the ending year. The Horry County Fair, which was held during the month of November, l!JzU, is another product ot chamber of Commerce effort. The fair doubtless proved a stimulus toward social, agricultural and educational improvement. The attendance, when the unfavorable weather is taken into consideration, was gratifying. A small ; iraarw Braitc TOURING the past -Ly charges have beei this Company has adopt in order to compel the Such a policy has never Ordinarily we ignoi company, no matter ho^ criticism. The facts arc repair service and has i we can truthfully say t] goods are sold is equal i Wfe call attention something new an< were really an outgi associations in com servation measure, "National Repair 1 The farmer need machines can be r would be foolish t< his old machines c making his decisio assurance that a f Company. Today, our repa cent greater than e rr?il1ir?r? rvMiti^Q a! MAMilV/U VI day in the year. T insurance for the f In every Interna parts first and evei of new machines 1 At every one of orders are filled ai where with an as* render every assist , , ' This service which I have purchased its m I and is the foundation < I We feel it is due t I that we give the wid< I maintained and imprc I 1 I Intern I CHIC/ hi . - - ... ' 1 1 finuacta! deficit tcmIUI ffen tfee' fair. Hut, we are inform*!, this was the almost universal experteuce t?i fairs during 1920. We are informed, too, that merchants in towns like Marion, Dillon and Florence put up in advance something like $1,500 or $2,000, and inspito of this bonus. Losses were experienced there. The loss here was so trivial, in view of the >e-ult. accomplished, that the belief is that it will be cheerfully borne and ; the public will respond to every offer I looking toward the holding of another fail next fall. It is impossible to state accurately sometimes which is cause and which is effect. Hut the fact remains that the Chamber of Commerce filed a reuest with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company for an extension nd enlargement of its platform facilj ities at Conway, and that this enlarge vent a>ul extension has taken place. The additional space added to the loc-tl shed will, it is believed, be ample to meet needs of freight traffic for the immediate future, and will be of great convenience during the tobacco season. In the same catagory as ' he railroad shed is the new cate which has recently been opened. During the tobacco season of 1920, and prior thereto, the Chamber of Commerce made strenuous efforts to secure a restaurant for the Hotel Grace dining room, but without success. We had voluminous correspondence and quite a number of interviews with citizens notivif v fnllowinc oi n?viwvji -? ?o which the new and well-appointed Greek Cafe was opened. It would be impossible to say that the Chamber of Commerce assured the opening of this cafe. But at least its opening here on the heels of our efforts to secure a caterer is a coincidence worth recording. Incidently it may be remarked that the Chamber of Commerce was of some service during the tobacco season of last summer in providing ' rooms and meals for the buyers on the local market. Some weeks before the season opened, we secured a list of names of ladies of Conway who could furnish rooms or meals or both, and in this way put those who wished accommodations \n touch with those who were able to , furnish it. We were, also, of some service to teachers of the summer school and visitors to the fair, in securing accommodations for them during their stay in Conway. In the summer of 1920, at the request of the Chamber of Commerce the State Board of Heahh sent to Conway two sanitary engineers, Mr. E. L. Filby and Capt. L. M. Fisher, who spent the summer here making , a survey of the drainage situation as the same related to malaria. The ( opinion of these gentlemen was that the Town was so situated in regard to the Waccamaw River and Kings-j ster Con month, reports have come to us th i made, sometimes directly and son ed a policy of refusing to supply repai purchase new ones. This stater been considered by this Company it 1 *e such reports, because we nave w fair and high principled, is subje ? this Company has always reccgn ased every eSort to make IHC servi hat the repair service furnished wl if not superior to that furnished on i to the fact that machinery "Fix-up Wee] i originated by the farmers in 1921, as s rowth of the movement started by manuf nection with the Council of National D Perhaps no other agency has done sc Weeks" a9 this Company. Is machines which will be efficient and ec epaired so as to render efficient and ecc 3 purchase new ones. Whether the farme: >r buys new ones is a question for him t n, we give to every farmer who owns any uH stock of repair parts will always b ir stocks on the territory available for th sver before at this time of the year. An : repairs are shipped from IHC factorie hirty million dollars1 worth of repair pai armer when he needs this service. itional Harvester Works manufacturing < a when furnishing them has meant cutti [or which we had orders, repairs have ah nnr Qt KranrVi Vion?u>? frain?v^ mon art* r?i rid shipped promptly. Thousands of de; rortment of repairs in stock are always i Lance. this Company has rendered throug achines has been a matter of greai af the cordial good-will existing bet\ :he Company and those who have sst publicity to the fact that this s >ved, and that any charges to the co ational Harvester < OF AMERICA KQO ^NGon^onATaM V\.r WO , 'A&LG G"/bt V 11 ,0 fjV r % ; ? V# . LU..-UI .11 '-LJ ton Lain Chat it wooM bt prktfctU/ a waste of money to attempt the extermination of mosquito*. They suggested, however, that much might be accomplished by a proper care of the premises and screening. It was their idea that the public would have to be educated to a certain extent to the importance of combating the nios-, quito. With that view in mind, we, securcd from the public health service at Washington some 2,000 copies of a bulletin on mosquito control and mailed a dozen or more copies, of this bulletin to each teacher in the county for distribution among her pupi's. li\ this connection we conducted aYnonjGr the school children of the County an essay contest on the subject of "Malaria, Its Cause and Pre- | vention." This served to arouse considerable interest among boys and ' girls throughont the County and, we : hope, resulted in the disemination, of quite a good deal of information on this subject. The Chamber of Commerce secured from the University of South Car-; olina without cost a supply of its bulletins on athletics for high schools and debating for high schools. VV<* fnmivliPfl sAvoral rnnipc r?f ?n M-i of those free to all the schools of the County. We perfected an arrangement with Clemson College and the United Department of Agriculture by ! which we can secure in bulk only any i number of publications of the college and the department. We advertised through the newspapers of the county that we would secure for any farmer a copy of any bulletin in which he might be interested and that offer still stands open. We regret to say that there has been no general response to this offer, probably through a lack of information as to the value of agricultural publications. Prior to the opening of the tobacco market in 1020. the transportation committee called attention to the fact that the bridge across Brown Swamp had been removed by the engineers in charge of construction of the road { in that direction, and, hence, that j farmers who were served by that load would likely be prevented from selling their tobacco on the local market unless the situation was relieved. The transportation committee introduced a vigorous resolution, which was passed, calling the attention of the Board of Commisisoners to this situation and as a result of this protest the bridge was placed in condition for public use. n : ii.. i\r * oi.:ii uui uiK nit: yeui iui. v> . ouuey | called attention of the Chamber of Commerce to the fact that the Veneer 1 Manufacturing Company had been denied express service on a very important shipment of boxes to a north- ! ern point. This matter was promptly , taken up by the Grievance committee J and as a result of their efforts, the South Carolina Railroad Commission ???a?? i i i | apany False at at farmers' meetings g netimes indirectly, that | r parts for old machines g nent is absolutely false. 1 nor suggested to it. S IrKM'nn/-! 1 n rrro 9 xcdi lieu nidi, an j laigc i ct at all times to unjust I ized the importance of G ice the best. We believe H lerever this Company's I any manufactured line. I K.Sinstead of being ft orae seem to think, ,> I acturers and dealers* I efense as a war con- 1 > much to promote I :onomical. If his old I >nomical service, he I r utilizes and repairs I o determine. But in I IH C machines the I e provided by this I e farmers are 21 per I average of a quarter I s for every working I rts are now ready, as B orders call for repair 1 ne down production I jvays had preference. n duty to see that all alers scattered everyready and willing to h the years to those who t pride to the Company, */een it and its customers. purchased its machines c. vice of repairs will be ntrary are untrue. 1 I '.T" i / i , I i , i | 'i Company U S A * j*i 1 I.J --JUl-L^-LOLLl '!lil J JL?..<JJ. j.-l'l"' . ^ts*. A S55?5feijUl * HORRY ? PRESCR] DRUGS, CHEMIO .. \ i-v ' j* MOTTO:?"We Strive t o r. / oee us now, after rive y 1?We are always at y erly and accurately compoui 2?We are always at ] specialties of the highest qu 3?We are always at } fountain department, with 4?Our cigar departme ettes. 5?Flowers, silverware, ents. If we haven't what your wants from some of th 6?Thanking our custoi soliciting your patronage, y< THE ? issued a sharp reprimand to the express company, warning them againstany future repetition of its conduct. During the year the Public Utilities committee took un the matter of better freight awl telegraph service, and are informed that the freight service has considerably improved. At this time the telegraph office was in the same room with the freight office. It has since been removed to a separate room on Laurel street and | the impression now is that patrons of the telegraph office have largely increased in nupiber and that the quality of the service rendered is such as to make the dispatch of telegrams a genuine pleasure. Pending Projects. Among the more important undertakings of the Chamber of Commerce which are still pending is the matter of securing relief from the present unsatisfactory railway service. The wish of the town seems to bo that the railroad shall be removed from Main street, where its pres^n^ is a nuisance and a menace, and shall enter the town by a more circuitous route, which will permit the construction of ample side track facilities. This matter is being handled by the Transportation committee, which com mittee has secured a visit from officials of the coast line for a full conference on the subject, the same hav ing been held in December. As a result of this conference the authorities of the Railroad have sent to Conway several of their engineers, who are now in the city looking over the situation and mapping out possible rights of way for a new approach to the town. We believe that we can sav that the prospect of an ultimate satisfactory solution of the railroad problem is very good. Incidentally, it may be stated that the Chamber of Commerce took up with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad the matter of extending its lines tc this territory and placed the service of the Chamber of Commerce at th< disposal of the Company. Officers ol the Seaboard stated that at this tim< tV"* patter of extendmtr its line ir this direction could not be considered The transportation committee ha: before it the matter of securing i pullm^n for use of the summer traf fic to Myrtle Beach. Some days ago the executive Com mittees of the Chamber of Com mere met witn tne executive coiiiiinuccn v the Civic League and Paront-Teache Association for an informal confer ence as to needed improvements i the equipment in the P?;rrough High School and methods for seem ing same.* This conferencc resulte ir the bringing fpr.vavd of severe vpry practical icJeiB, Two membei N^ho were present were requested t sfecure certain data, which will be pr dented at a later joint meeting c these committees. With this dat before it, ?\ is believed that plans f< making the local high school one < the very best in the State will t succeafully worked out. The gene j I ! I Ml ' DRUG CC INCORPORATED [PTION WORK A SF \LS, STATIONERY, PI TOILET ARTICLES o Serve You Well in Purity 'ears of successful arid constan our service for pure drugs of t uded. y'our service for loilet articles alities. rour service for prompt and el all of the latest and up-to-dal :nt is complete with the best I manicure sets, military brush' : you want in stock, we wil e most reputable concerns, mers for their support in the p 3urs truly, BROWING S^ Horry Drug Company, Inc. osky of Conway\s people and their public spirit has recently been dem onstrated in a very practical way in an effort to secure tho Baptist Academy. With the exhibition of something of that same spirit, it is believed that tho Town can secure for its children school equipment which makes possible the most thorough high school training. The Grievance committee, which has been especially active, has taken up with the Post Office department and with Congressman Stoll the matter of securing larger quarters for tho Conway post office. The present i location results in congestion and con | fusion and there is a general feeling that the Town is entitled to more ample quarters for its post office. The Post OfTico department at Washington has promised the Chamber of Commerce a thorough investigation into the advisablity of securing larger quarters and it is hopnd that the vear 1921 will see an improvement in this partcular. The year ending has seen considerable activity on the part of the Chamber of Commerce i\i the efToit to ^rou^e the public to an appropriation of the importance of the intra-costal waterway. This matter has been taken up in an informal way with Congressmen Stoll and the Senators from this State, who promised their co-operation in securing the development of the intra-costal waterway. We feel that a wi ?e step was taken wlien the Chamber of Commerce here brought to Conway delegates from Wilmington and Georgetown for a full discussion of proper means of securing congressional action. We have, also, interested Mr. T. C. Williams of Columbia, an authority on river navigation, and Mr. Williams has suggested several very practical ] means of bringing favorable results. It is not expected that anything im! mediate will be done for the intra> costal waterway. But certainly the J part of wisdom is to start the agitap tion now with the hope that eventual? ly this waterway may be secured. 1 The restoration of long distance . telephone connection with the out s side world is now receiving the ati tention of the Grievance committee - This committee has taken the mattei up with the Conway Telephone Com ii 1 _ pany ana tne company nas promisei o relief as soon as it can be given, f The Chamber of Commerce is in re r ceipt of letters from the Carnegi* Foundation to the effect that as sooi n as it resumes its building program s it will consider Conway's request fo - a public library. This is, we an d frank to say, indefinite, and there i il no immediate prospect of securinj 's this library. .o The committee on prize bous e has delayed its action with a view t >f finding out the plans of ^,he railroai ;a company as to changing its en >r trance to the Town. If the compan; )f is to change its lines, the prize hous >e should be built at such a place a r- will be accomodated by the new ap ,u ..,a - ' - m . i. JU 1 1 -I -J 1- -1 L l in lii ??? * ?? I << -A:- - ' '>?' ' SSZSSHMBBBBii<r : )MPANY 'ECIALTY LRFUMERY AND i f4* ', Accuracy and Service" t-growing business success, he highest standards, prop;, candies, stationery and rr* i rricient service in our soda :e sodas. brands of cigars and cigares and everything for pres1 take pleasure in ordering \ ast and future, and always proach to the Town. It is hoped that 1 some indication of the Company's attitude may be had in the near future, so that work on the prize house will not e longer delayed. In pite of a very liberal cash offer and the donation of sites the Town of Conway was unable to secure the Baptist Academy for which a very strong offer was made. The only consolation to be derived from our failure is the fact that Conway made a larger offer for this school than any town in South Carolina did for any school, which the denomination plans to construct, and that this offer made a very favorable impression on that portion of the public which is famitfar with it. We do not feel however, that the effort has been j wasted, since, it has given us all a I clear demonstration of what our citizens are willing to do for the improvement of their status in an educational, economic and social way. The above report furnishes only the outlines of the work which the Chamber has carried on. To supply in detaill a statement of what has I been done would result in producing a very cumbersome document which I would be as tiresome as it would be convincing. Let it be said in conclusion that the biggest thing which ha* ^een accomplished is the thing whicn no man may point fvi,s fginger at it is immaterial, intangible. We refer to 1 the development of a fine spirit of , i loyalty to the town and of willingness S to co-operate in any enterprise which j looks to public betterment. I The evidences of this new spirit I ?rf> ?r* r?l?ir? fV?of ?'V"> | vn c*v iiv mrilU lUlia Illity read. It is every where in the air; ; it is on the tip of men's tongues and in their hearts. Nothing can be accomplished without it, nothing is im,! possible with it. No man who has i witnessed this birth of civic spirit within the past twelve months can . doubt the future of the Town. With that spirit and that purpose in our ; hearts, let us move forward with I steady eyes and with feet that shall not falter nor lose the way and with a great purpose which adversity and r trival disappointment siydl not de. throne. 1 e LAUGH WITH I n A %T r-A r>4 ; tt AIM liS * j * Palmafe sta. A y PALMETTO STATE FESTIVAL * Columbia, March 28 to April ' >- mmmammmmwmmmmmmmmm