The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 24, 1921, Image 1
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.
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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
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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.