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jyOLPME XXXV. BUR CANDIDATE 'FESTIVAL QUEEN Must be Elected in Columbia Kj at Palmafesta if This is Possible FRIENDS KNOW HER || . ALL OVER STATE Koker College Should Spread ft Itself to Carry This Dis ' 'tir ition to Her. Announcement has been made in the papers of the state of names of liyoung ladies selected by each county Kls representative of that county at Ie Palmafesta exercises in Columi, and as the candidate for the nor of Queen of Palrrttiftesta. The nouncement that Miss Flora Mae :>lliday, of Gallivants Ferry, had en chosen by this county as Hor's representative has been received th enthusiasm. Miss Holliday is' e daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Holliday, and is well known roughout 'he county and this sec>n of the .^tate. She is a young >man of exceptional charm, vivacj and beauty, and would preside th grace over the festivities of ilmafesta week. It has been suggested that a rong effort should be made to have iss Holliday chosen for this de;htful honor. Her selection would i appropriate, not only because of her splendid qualifications for the office, but also because of the fact that it would give to this county a Certain public recognition throughout the state. It is realized that the ^relative remoteness from the center of the state will make it difficult, perhaps, for Miss Holliday's, candidacy to be fostered in the manner which it deserves. But a concerted effort on the part of citizens of the county will do much to ^f.'-set this geographical disadvantage, and Mi;s Holliday's wide kv uaintance throughout the state Wiil. itself, be quite an asset in < eliciting support from other sections, j a student of Coker College of \ lartsville, it is entirely likely that; itizens of Darlington and the facul Iy and student body of Coker will ake an active part in promoting* the nfcerest of her candidacy. Every person who attends Pal ma- j esta is entitled to a vote for Queen. Xtizens of Horry sKbuld see to it hat they provide themselves with he necessary ballot and cast the ame for Miss Holliday. It lias alo been suggested that it would be fc/y fitting if residents of this socion wmM write to their friends in ther parts of the state and reuort their votes and influence in ; ehalf of Horry's charming repre-1 entative. MUST DO WITH IT. All over the country there is still j tore or less talk about the stock iw, but they all know that it is j :>w upon us and we must get along j ith something that we thought we j ?ver could get along with. In many; aces the pasture fences are al- j tady up and the crittle are within ' ic lines. In others farmers are now. aking the pastures. In fhost places! e people are obeying the law and j leoing the cMtle up. j( I'i The recent improvements at the Methodist parsonage adds much to I the appearance of the church prop-' Itrty, and they are worth much more ( p*han they cost the congregation. Ipower-co7 im~ i proves service u The Quaattlebaum Light & Tee jCon^pany are beginning in this jweek's issue the running of a series! jp{ nice looking advertisements. They! lare also of an educational nature !i and will inform the people within 1 the reach of their power plant of the jmany advantages and modern con /veniences that may he secured by {connecting their residences or placet* jof business with electric curyent. Our renders will remember the [\Yjgh winds not long ago which did I; ' L msic'erable damatre and blew ('own l< Kthe sr. oke st;ick at the plant. This i |wtack wan repaired and replaced and | /since then the engines, boiler and [ machinery have all been overhaul d f and the company is now giving ^/splendid service to all its patrons. I IN STOCKINGS. ! i Times are the hardest to those who jthink they are hard. It is fear of , (hard times more than anything else i 'rhnt is gripping some people at this < time, and not any actual stringency, j 'There are those who have money < stored away and hid somewhere in- < jfttead of depositing it in the banks. ( rWe know this is so because we have aeen large bunches of currency pro- j /duotol in several instances lately < fwhen it was needed, and it did not $ kocae out of any bank. 1 MRS. DIKTIUCK TO L.ECTI;RE AT METHODIS'l CHURCH ^ Mrs. Emma G. Dietrick, of Great Falls, Montana, will give a*lecture in the interest of the W. C. T. U. next Sunday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, in the Methodist Church. The public is cordially invited to attend. "O CHAIN GANG STILL GROWING As a result of the convictions secured at the recent term of court and the activities of the Magistrate Court here, there were five convicts sent to the chain Rang* near Finklea's Cross Road last Saturday morning. These convicts were as follows: Sol Chadbourn, colored, three months; Morgan Todd, three years; Ben Bessent, colored, eight months; Pearly Wilson, colored, two years; Kellon Bellamy, colored, four months. The last named was sentenced by Magistrate \V. H. Chestnut for issuing a number of worthless checks to merchants here recently. All of these will increase the amount of labor that is being performed by the gang in improving the Green Sea public road at the place named. CONWAY TOWNSHIP ROADS I Recently the Conway Township! Road Department finished the im- ! provement of three miles of public road on the way to Pireway Ferry and also about two miles on the Little Uivcr road near Chelsea's Ilun. j Since .the beginning of the new year : ciay has been placed on the Heaves j Ferry road, so as to cover up and i greatly improve the sandy spots on} this road near Hickory Grove; Church. NEW-BUSINESS FVYT* A 17 r viv <uuin vv i\ i The Conway Cleaning & Pressing Co. is the newest business to open up in Conway. They are located in one of the Spivey buildings on Upper Main street, and are prepared to do cleaning and pressing of all kinds, reblock hats, etc. This firm is composed of a number of young men of the town, who intend to get in behind this business and give prompt service, good work and quick delivery. They have an auto delivery ;:*.d v.ill call for and deliver work, ilead their ad in this issue. CLOSING V.XKVA !SV!S POPLAR GKVDiCD SCHOOL) The closing exercises of the Poplar 1 Graded School will Lc held Friday night, March 25th, 7:15 o'clock. The J public cordially invited to he present. ' NO MORE-BOOZE BY WHOLESALE! . j Washington.?The wholesale liquor J establishment, brother of Uie bar, will be put to death May 15, under sentence pronounced by Prohibition Commissioner Kramer. Although an opinion rendered by Attorney General Palmer last December said the wholesaler had no rixiit to continue in uu(siness, ] internal revenue and prohibition of-: ficials decided to grant some time in which ho could unload stocks with-, nut too heavy monetary loss. But' Mr. Kramer's announcement has made it clear that theve would be no further extension of time and the execution of the sentence would be carried out. Mr. Kramer, however, opened the way for the retail druggist to obtain supplies for prescriptions, removing the ban on withdrawals from bonded warehouses. For several months warehouse doors have been closed. This order makes it possible for the retail druggist to transact business directly with the bonded warehouses. Wholesale druggists will , bo taken care of later, Mr. Kramer I 1 i _ .1 i i * incucaieu, oy granting uu-m liniiur privileges. Dealings between retail druggists. and other purchasers and the bond-1 ed warehouses later will be limited by regulations which officials declared would be dra tic enough to satisfy the most ardent ?lry advocates. They must be bis^d, however, it was added, on Mr. Palmer'r. opinion. It is planned to put them in effect about the time the wholesale hbuses ?o ouf of existence. So far as the wholesaler is concerned, Mr. Kramer said, his one task now is to get rid of the stocks >n hand. He will not be allowed to ncrcase his present holdings, but .here are no strings tied to him in selling to druggists, either wholesale >r retail before May 15. Officials announce no figures concerning the \mount of liquor l>eld by the wholesalers, but said they believed the stocks largely would be disposed cf jefore the doors are closed finally. pjatf CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY BETTER BABY CONTEST HELD At Town Hall March 16?Martha Helen Dusenbury Made Highest Score. The Better Baby contest held at the town hall March 16, under the auspices of the Conway Civic League was a grand success for the town babies and mothers, but the committee was very much disappointed that no babies from the country were entered. Eight ladies were called on from respective committees to get a representative baby in the contest. Only four of those consented to help, and because the literature came late they seemed unable to get any results. Twenty-seven Conway youngsters were entered. These wore examined by the committee, with the splendid help of Mrs. Lillie King, Miss Nina Burroughs, Miss Esther Faircloth, Dr. 11. H. Burroughs :md Dr. J. A. Norton. The committee wishes to take this opportunity 10 puuuciy tnanK each of these; without their fine co-operation the contest could not have Keen Held. The score cards were averaged up by the committee and scored up by the table of standards sent with the directions from the Hotter Babies Bureau of the Woman's Home Companion. This plan was sent to the committee by the State Chairman, Mrs. T. E. Thrower, and is being used all over the state and will be used in the final contests in Columbia March '28 to April 2. 100 points count perfect. The following?is a list of the highest averages: Martha Helen Dusenbury 000 Vivian Francis Piatt Jr 075 James Hart Long, Jr 975 Dewitt Norwood Forehand 975 Alonzo Duke 070 Edward Norton ! 070 Arthur Norton 970 Lucy Faircloth Morrell 070 Mrs. J. K. Stalvev, Chin. Mrs. J. B. Elliott,' Mrs. McQueen Quattlebaum, Mrs. W. A. Freeman. FILM ~ FEATURE AT PASTIME The Name of the Producer is a r j. ti j. n i _ r- * iiuaraniee mai u is rine Indeed. The next feature picture to appear at th? Pastime Theater here will be by a p.Tcyt producer, whose name guarantees fine entertainment. The title is "The Prince Chap." Edward Peple's well known play, "The Prince Chap," in which Cyril Scott appeared ;>o successfully for several years, has been transformed by William De Millc into a screen comedy of more than ordinary appeal. Be. ides telling an entertaining story, the picture is crowded with well conceived scenes in the humble artists' colony in the Soho section of London. The plot concerns William Peytrn, a sculptor, who goes to Soho to win fame and fortune, leaving Alice, his fiancee,, behind hi.n. At the death of a poor model, Peyton and his artist-chums become the guardians of Claudia, her little child. Alice, hearing ugly stories of Claudia's origin, comes to tl/i studio in Peyton's absence. Through innocent words of the child, a misunderstanding arises, and Peyton and Alice become estranged. She marries another man. la 1 ate? years, Claudia, grown to womanhood, comes to love Peyton. This will appear at the Pastime on Monday, March 2bth. GET A SEED CATALOGUE. Have you received a new seed catalogue? Get one?from a reliable firm?for it will help you in planting your garden and prevent you from overlooking something you may otherwise foreret. sav sner?i?K^t? #vf the United States Department of Agriculture. From $2 to $5 worth of seed will plant a vacant iot or a small home garden. Several of the seed houses offer special collections of seed that are suitable for various sized gardens. WILL STAtyT ABOUT APRIL 1 The lumber mills which have been closed almost continually since the price of lumber went to earth, will start up again in all probability about April 1. It will be good news to many when the wheels of industry iVi the lumber and building trades begin to turn once more. The little mills in the country, we understand, are doing better already, as farmers are showing a disposition to put up new buildings an some sections of the county. ? * r, MARCH 24, 1921. SCARBOROUGH MAKES ADDRESS Speaks to Large Assemblage of Men at Baptist Annex 'Last Sunday. When the Baptist of Conwa;. built in one day a Sunday School iAnnex with a seating* capacity of about 300, it \va?. regarded as quite a "stunt." It wa.; a feat scarcely to be believed except by those who actually " saw it done." On last Sunday this Annex Cla^s achieved another great victory when it assembled lMG members and guest.' in its new building for Sunday School exercises. The Bible Classes of both the Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday j schools were especially invited guests: The members from the "Hut" ' ciass numbered 1.12, and the Presbyterians several dozen strong whiie the Annex Class had over 100 piesen t. Hon. Robt. I?. Scarborough do livered a lecture upon the subject of the trial and crucifixion of Chri :t from a legal standpoint. His line c.f j argument was to show that the trial of Christ was illega1 from every point of view. The court was without jurisdiction, the judges prejudiced, and the sentence net in accord with the u^ual custom. His Crucifixion was nothing short of judical ! murder," said the speaker. Mr. Scarborough showed carefu of 11/N' n T/mi ?wl U/\?i I * v ^ nivi'-ij uuvi |PI UHKIIHI tllUU^IIt) >\I?IIC >1! address was delivered in his usual at j tractive style. It was pi on unced by I all a most excellent address, ana onH that will be long remembered by | those so fortunate as to he present.; Th3 gathering was presided ove* j by D. A. Spivey, president of the An- j n^x Class: The addrc. ; of we'eome was made by Dr. J. S. Dusenbury il -1 teacher: Responses were made by j Mr. John E. Watson representing the Hut Bible Class, and Mi\ L. 1). Ma* grath from the Presbyterian Cas1'. j The interest shown by this pro- ; gressive class, and the achievement at J tained in numbers aVe but insignifi- i cant when compared with (he splendid spirit shown by this friendly and social intercourse. The dav of bi'tei rivalry among the denominations has nasaed. To-day we can all join hanefs and sing with the Psalmist. 1 REV. LEMMON i IS RE( COVERING The many friends of Rev. ,T. M. Lemmon will be glad to know that he is recovering his health very rapidly at the Florence Infirmary. Mr. Lemmon's case has been baffling to physicians for some time, i T To has been suffering for about five! J months from illness. ;i Finally the X ray revealed the | j cause of all his troubles.?a fractur- i led cartilage in the hip joint, lie had I ? l ^ 1 j * * i ' 1 evidently strainea tnis lorn mcmwr ; and it had been irritated from time to time. He is now undergoing treatment discovered by specialists, that will I soon restore his strength to as good as before his illness. O C. J. Jordan was among those j ! visiting Conway from North Caro- : | lina recently. FRED W." HUCKS FAILS AT HORRY. ' I Owes Number of Creditors as Listed by the Assignee ! K. L. MISHOE IS 1 'MADE ASSIGNEE | This is Second Failure Occurring' at Horry Village This Year. . Fred W. Hacks, a merchant at Horry, South Carolina, made an assignment under date of March 12th. 1 J.O'Jl, for the benefit of creditors, j naming K. L. Mi shoe of that place i as the Assignee.* A meeting of the creditors of Hucks has boon notified I to take place on Friday March 25th I at t on o'clock in tho forenoon here at Conway. j Mr. Hucks' creditors are the following: Cooper-Smith Company, American Wholesale Corporation,. Armour & Company, Fred Germany & Company, J. H. Zeilin & Com pany, Standard Oil Company, Quattlebaum Light & Ice Company, E. j pany, Sta \j. Matthews Candy Company, Coca- ] Cola Bottling Works, the Chatta- j nooga Cedicina Company and A. T. Collins Company. This is the second failure to occur recently at this same place as it? has only been a few months since R. ' C. Anderson was closed up under proceedings started by his creditors.' raid. PR EL I ;M INARY H EA R 1N (> FOR WHEELER GOWANS There was a preliminary hearing a few days ago in the case of the State vs. Wheeler Gowans, charged with breaking into the store of W. U. King and stealing money and other personal property. He is an old offender of the law, having spent nearly all his time in the chain gang I working f.or the county. This is his latest attempt to get an easy living. FOUND NO~BHL I IN CREEL CASE The grand jury at th^ recent term or the court found no bill in the wholesale poisoning case brought } against I). S. Creel bj H. H. Lawrimore. Tn the warrant which had i l^een sworn out before a magistrate, ! the damage by the poisoning had J been alleged at the sum of about $000.00; that a mule and other live . lock had been killed. freel waived the preliminary hear- 1 ing when the warrant was first , sworn out and gave bond to the i court of sessions with the result as j above stated. | euhekXSOTTOL : MAKING 'GOOD; AUsbrook, S. C., March 19.?What ' is known as the Eureka School in this section of the county has been , developed only by hard work during* i the past five years. About that time the patrons rent a petition -to Superinendant Thrown for a new r.chool building in District No. 49. J The petitioners obtained very little information as to what they could do, and when Mr. Bullock was elect- j ed he favored the location of the school, selected the site for the build- i ing ane one month's school was con ducted in a tenant house. This was in order to obtain the average attendanco, and wis in February, 1})20. j Mrs Blanche Hughes was e nployed i as teacher and she conducted a sucj cessful school among child "en who j had had very littie schooling up to i that time. There was an average |?{Attendance of twenty-five. I We now have a building eroded according to one of the plan -, recommovdv?H bv the State Board and a ! school is be?ing conducted by the I same ter.chcr the second term. We are aiming t?> have a seven months term of school this time. .Thanks are returned to Mr. Bullock and ; others for their aid and assistance ! in establishing this school. ! PETIT JURORS ! FAR n VII. TOM l M. V>" Ji. U- U. f XJU -A Jl.iii.VJiT.1 j Drawn hy the Jury Commissioners for Monday April 4ih. It. N. Gove L. V. Todd W. Chap Martin James IT. Vereen Joe C. Barnhill Wm C. Richardson ,T. B. Williamson W Chauncov Todd E. M. Gerrald Geo. M. Joilv A. A1 ford M. B. Hard wick .1. W. Smith R. C. Anderson Levi W. Anderson! Hamp Dusenbury M. G. Powell T. Pink Cooper J. W. Pridgen J. II. Allen Geo. \V. Buffkin G. II. Todd T. M. Lundy Chas. C. Bullock ,T. F. Milligan Alfred Lancaster W. E. Bessent Bert L. Shellv ,T. T. Shelly L. C. Small '* J. W. Lupo .Tno. W. Sasser, Jr. I. P. Patrick F. D. Vaiiftiit G. W. Cartrette W. F. Gerrald JAILOR DENIES RECENT CHARGE To the Editor of the Herald: The renort. of the fiviind .inm* ni the last term of court says "it has been called to their attention" that white and colored prisoners have been locked in the same coll together, and that complaint has been made by prisoners of not having sufficient water supplied them. ! wish to state, emphatically, that! white and colored prisoners have i never boon locked in the same cell,) while I have been Jailor; and also j that any complaint of insufficient! water supplied to any prisoner, i.> entirely untrue. The Grand Jury made no inquiry of me, or of the Sheriff, concerning1 there one-sided charges. If they had, their falsity would easily and < quickly have been established. It is i a favorite amusement of discharged prisoners, to cuss the Jailor; and it is hardly fair to give such cussing* a semi-official currency. j The Horry County jail, in it's "management", according to the < State Board of Public Welfare, ranks C.th in the 4(> Counties of the State. * Only Richland, Newberry, Green- < ville, Charleston and Florence?rich counties, have a higher score for management. j W. J. JOHNSON, Jailor. it ? 1 * ;4 NO. 49. ...a WILL HAVE PARK AND BANDSTAND Improvement Already Under Way and Contributions Asked CROWDS WILL ATTEND SUNDAY CONCERTS Band Has Been Well Trained and at Large Expense? Good Music. At last Conway is to have a park, oven though it is not an "honest-togoodness" one, yet a park, and "the first that the little city beautiful ever had. Tho Conway Concert' Band has secured the vacant property near the A. C. L. depot and already the bushes and weeds are being cut and the grass and other debris removed, getting ready for the completion of a band stand and the placing of seats to accommodate everybody who may wish to hear the concerts. Every merchant of the town will be asked to furnish a seat. No merchant or other business man will refuse to do his part, for on these seats, that we know will be much used, the merchant or business man may place his advertisement. This lot is to be placed in thoroughly good condition, and as soon rm ilin cto?/l 1 ... u?u> urtMi completed, the place cleaned up and the scats ready, concerts will be Riven in the near future by the band every Sunday afternoon. This band has regular meetings for practice, under the supervision of Mr. Shell, the instructor, and now renders some of the best band music to be heard anywhere. Crowds are expected to attend the frefc concerts and enjoy the park. H VI) ENOUGH FENCE VIEWS Afraid to Write Himself For i Fear of Insulting Somebody. 1>. F. Watts was in Conway last week and while here mentioned tho fact that this paper for some time past had been too full of stock law and free range "stuff." We really thought so too and had to anoloirizn i or such conduct, but really we thought the farmers were all interested on one side or the other and would want to know. He doubtless meant that he "did not like the views of some of the writers on this subject. Mr. Watts comes from a section where most of the farmers were active in wishing1 I the law on all the people. They were opposed to the free range as to the greater majority of them. Mr. Watts said that he had wanted to write something on the subject himself, but decided on second thought that he had better not do it, as if he did lie was sure to insult somebody. The fight is notv over between the law faction and the free range faction, and there is nothing to do but to settle down to the fence plan round the stock and not round the the growing crops. But, as Mr. Watts will soe, this i* not yet the end of the controversy. Though the law has been fixed yet there are those who do not agree that it has been settled right and they will want to be writing on the subject until perhaps the very end of time itself. 1 /A R El )UCE COTTON CROP ACREAGE To the farmers of South Carolina: It is generally agreed that a six mitHon crop of cotton this year would net the south just as much as a twelve million bale crop. The cl ances arc it would net us more. Wl.r iU~ P " ' .Mivmw tiit; itirmurs or mo soutli raise six million hales of cotton to ivo away when food and foodstuffs could 1)0 raised on that land ? South Carolina imported $111,000,000 \\-orth of food . and feelstuffs from the west last year. South Carolina's cotton crop last year, if sold on a basis of 10c a pound, would net the state approximately $5,000,000. In other words, our cotton does not net us enough to pay for the food and feedstuffs which we are importing from the west, but which we could really raise at home. There is no use of raising cotton this year when there is already enough on hand to supply the world for a year and ahalf. Let's raise food and feedstuffs and keep the $111,000,000 that we spent last year for them at hime this year.