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TAGV. FOUtt U. v .fi ill! CONWAY. ?. 0 g 1 ? " 1 P???t Office at Conwjy n?<*Antl claws mail matter. ! H H. WOODWARD Every TI*urB*!ay Morning by Conway Publishing Co. CHWCE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Copy, One Year $2.00 One Copy. Six Months 1.00 One Copy, Three Months. . .50 Payable in Afhante TELEPHONE 21. Make all Checks or Drafts payable to The Horry Herald, or H. H. WoodConway. 8. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921. HANDICAPPED. One who conducts a local newspaper needs to find out first what j is tho purpose of such a sheet, just as much so as the big company organized to publish a big daily. Without the knowledge of the real pur pose behind the newspaper the publisher is apt to lose sight of! the things he should do in the line of 1 his real duty. ! Aside from the details which we need not mention here, the great purpose of any newspaper is to give its readers the news. Next to this, as regards the local sheet, it should study the local problems and try to stress the best solution of, them; and of course, it should ad-; vocate everything that tends to the! betterment of the people it serves.; Why is there a newspaper, and why| do the people take it and read it?! The answer is, to get the news.! That is what they are after, and without, news the paper would not be read. At fir^t thought it would appear that nothing is news in a small community, for the reason that everybody generally knows it all before the paper can be printed and, mailed out; but this is not so. There 1q incf o o ? 11 aw juuv uo in uvh jivwrs in ct ftIIlei 11 i community, and indeed more, in proportion to the population, than can be gathered in a large city, and it is much more important to the people. In this life men and women are busy with their private affairs and have no time to learn the facts about the things that happen, even at their own doors. They wait for j the newspaper, and if that paper | fails to give them what they have paid for, then they have been i cheated. I 4 it is* therefore, an admitted fact that a newspaper in order to exist and be conducted as any other com-] munnty enterprise, must trive the' news to its renders and in as attractive form as possible. I What can be the result where the newspaper is handicapped by reason; of those who happen to be connected 'with the news happenings of the / nmmnnii v nnnndriiur *il flin nfixc!. . paper office and ordering the paper not to publish the facts? Tn thci bi^ city this sort of practice is abouti unknown. If either a man or woman is mixed up in anything1 of a news' nature in the big city, they never! think of hunting the newspaper ' plant the first thine: and ordering the editor to keop <Jlent on the subject; but in the local community, where the weekly shoot is struggling from week to week to keep its few1 assets out of bav.Vuptcy, it is aj very common occuvvence, and always? amounts to a handicap, if indeed it does not operate as a complete stop. In such places, if the editor is afraid to publish things that he knows the people ought to know and really wants to know by I reason of the far*t that he i? often) consulted by tho?e who order him to keep silent, then the renders of, the local paper, who are paving their! tfood money to him, need not ex- j poet to get value received, a?ul they will remain in ignorance of many facts they ought to see in public print. Time and time a train in our own experience we have lv?d visitors at I the Herald office. T!<?ir business! was to keep out ->f the paper some' news ilem. awd "f i i))*inati-re. too, that thev thought vowkl iniure them j in case it appeared. In other ca? e<<; they were wiling to have iho mat-: ter mentio- ad, but they must see j what the reporter lv: aid about it, T i i?r>4 r 11 /1 i ia ?% i n A on /\i ^ /? 4 /"? ? ^ J I I M J <4 I IU III J ' I I 1 * *. CI * MM ' I . like t]n>>, they want certain changes, made in it. Wc have conio in con-, tact with nany >n our time who j could not l>o satisfied with what was said in 1 ho pa pop. An article j would 1)0 written and submitted to1 them and they would surest changes. When those changes weroj made, they would wont others, and finally we would have to give up in disgust and say nothing about it whatever. fiut in our own case we have paid less and less attention to such rocjuests as time poos on. We have realized that it is the duty of a newspaper.to serve the public which euports it, and this must be its chiof end. Legitimate items of news which the people ought to know must be published petard less of the likes op dislikes of those who have brought them about. This is the only way that we can have a clean conscience and feel that there is any excuse at ail for our continued existence as a gatherer of news. To listen too much to such requests is to fix upon ourselves a handicap that would be a complete stop to the performance oT our duty. TH *100 MICH IM \GIN ATI ON It seems to ho an ordinary and, [very common failing of human na| t?*ro to expect more in the future than usually comes from it. Take a nvn who has embarked in new , | business venture. Ho has made a large initial investment and has : t-r.'ted up work. Ho is looking forward to huge profits that never materalize in many, many instances. Take the farmer who is planting a crop, a money crop espectially. It: Is the rule for him to expect thousands of dollars, or maybe hundreds of dollars, according to the size and 1 vividness of his imagination, where; he is destined to get only dollars or! maybe cents. Take the man whp | has no capital and only a salary tol( begin on. lie thinks the job will last forever, spends what little ; money he can get hold of on the purchase of furniture or an automobile and contracts to pay the balance on the installment plan; has ( the same notions about holding this job as he has about the large returns he will be able to save out of it? , always in the future, which is just ahead?gets to thinking that he can handle his job as he pleases, with the result that he often loses his job by his carelessness and his newbought property goes along with his job. The housewife has also been 1 figuring big results from the weekly pay envelope, and her disappointment is as great as her husband's. Now, what seems to be the reason <* ? ? ? ? i t _ i. i : j, for so many miscalculation* on important living problems such as these? One thing is the ("act that there are expenses r-ncl things to take the money that were not counted in the beginning, when tlie advance expenditures wore made. This is the one great cause in many of the cases whore the returns are from a business venture or a salary. In the case of a farmer, it usually isj because ho has usually overestimated tho amount of the income he can possibly secure from any given crop, if it is a money crop. 11o is also subject to a great extent to expenses aud causes of loss that he did not figure on. Those who by thrift and wise management and careful handling of their income have been able to save something, out of which they can make investments from time to time and thus increase their income, have < done it by saving mostly. They have weighed the chances as being i against them from the beginning and they spent nothing except what was necessary. They invested in luxuries only as they could spare the money from their savings, and only at a time when they could pay down for these things in cash. The only rule for one to follow is to live witliin tho bounds of the income so as to save something from it for a day when the income may stop. Those I who persist in spending all theyj can make before they have earned it, will a1 ways find themselves be-; hind. I hero is no other way in which ?uch a course of life can turn out. 0 Bv reading a man can learn from the experience of others. The print-! ing press has made it possible to store up tlie rich experience of each succeeding1 generation. Those who fail to take advantage of this great thing are fools indeed. There is no longer any excuse for the cry of hard times when from \ the fertile lands of this country the;, farmers produced a great .surplus; J last year, and aim to do the samel thing this year. A court is nothing but an invention of the ages for taking care of the disputes between men. It hasgrown out of the experience andh wisdom of the past. Court? arc entitled to all the respect that is usually accorded them when 1 hoy | strive to carry out the purposes for, which thev were established. % i (; i: P. MANY L K A DIM', FR A N ( K. I Paris.?France will be outstripped , by Germany within a few years ifj she doos. rot buckle down to \vo?k with the line ?pirir the ('ormansi are displaying. Franco?'s Marsal, un til recently minisier 01 nuance, una ; audience at Strashunr. "We have known since the armistice that 1h" am-; we will pet fvwn Germany u ill fro hut a ver^ short ( distance toward relieving the tie-, mendous burdens the war has imI posed upon us, said Mr. Marsal.l "We can corn* upon them neither to' restore our devastated districts, to pay pensions nor to meet other heavy costs of war. "It matters not whether a nation! was defeated or victorious in this | war if : he does not sel to vo'-k. It i ; the peon'e who eel to work more (|uicklv, who work with more prdm\ whether it he in the fie'd or in tho shop, who will establish economic | and finorci*'! supremacy. Rv tho j same means they will establish po- \ 1 i t i 1 supromacv." S The former finance minister urpri ed that private enterprise bo given) a free hand in the restoration of France. "There should be no further talk of the state enpft?.prinff in groat industiral enterprises," ho said. No | matter whr.t the operation, it is a I well known fact that it will cost i infinitely more dear if it is undertaken by the state instead of being loft to private interests and private individuals. If Franco makes no j costly errors in this line and ap-1 I plies herself to the task of reconstruction she will have a speedy recovery." -o? 500 bushe?s Weber's 1'est Pure I,ong .Staple Cotton Seed for sale. Close? prices for cv.sh or will exchange for stock. T,onj: Stap'o always sells for 'voro. ?'?'> o>* ro'^i^un'oito v>"'<h A. 1). Jor.es, Conway, fc>. C., phono r?0. l|13|tf K HOKRY HERALD, OONWAY, CIVIL CASKS BEING TRIED. (Continued from page one.) on her lands to a lumber company. She alleges that the company had exceeded their rights under the timber deeds l>y cutting and removing light wood they had not bought under the deed; used machinery not permitted by the contract; stopped up ditches on the land and damaged her crops; cut over some of the land after the expiration of the time limit mentioned in the deed; also cut the timber on 40 acres that had been reserved in the deed; caused a fire on the land, which burned up the fence; timber smaller than the ten inches bought was torn down and destroyed by the skidders; that the skidders tore holes in the land described in the complaint; that Williamson & Brown, before they sold the timber to defendant, used a ground skidder which drags the logs r>n the ground, while defendant had used an overhead machine which pulls the logs on a cable and is more destructive; that plaintiff tried to remove obstructions from the drains but could not get hands to do the work. E. M. Meares was called as a witness for the plaintiff to testify as to the canal cut by A. Alford in Cypress Branch. He said this canal was blocked up when he saw it in 1918; it was filled up with logs and dirt drug in by pulling logs across it. This caused water to run over and break through the land in time of flood. J. T. Phillips also said he saw this canal in the full of 1920. Logs and three tops were in it and looked like these would block the passage of water; went four or five hundred yards down th;i canal and looked at it. John \V. 11 ill testified to the manner of operating a skidder. He said he sawed small timber for the company but did not know whether it all came from the Alford land. Testified about the use of small timber for standards on the log cars, and said this was necessary to the operation of the timber off the land. \V. C. Hooks testified that he knew the canal in the Alford land and saw it last fall, at one nlace where tram road crossed the canal and saw where it had boon filled up with logs and tram laid across, closing up the canal and blocking it. A. D. Jackson testified as to the condition of the canal after the lumber company had been over the larnd. J. N. Martin, of Marion, said that he had seen the canal and noted the condition of it and found the canal obstructed with debris and trash. He saw water backed up in the canal. B. M. Gasque was sworn by the plaintiff. As civil engineer went over the land in October, 1920. Saw timber, '125,000 feet of rosemary, cut on the area pointed out to him bv A. Alford, and this was worth at market price since that time about $4.00 or $4.50 per thousnad. Mr. Gasriue's tcstimonv closed the work of the court for the day. Wednesday. On Wednesday morning the court went oii with the trial of Ida C. Alford vs. Butters Lumber (V. for lama^es. At the close of Alford's ide the attorney for the defendant moved for a non-suit on various grounds and the motion was refused. Then the defendant put up their wood's superintendent who testified lo the different methods of logging limber. Ho said that about 250 :ords of wood were cut there under his authority,?some of it was cut out of the tops of the trees they cut for timber. The fire mentioned by witnesses was described by witness. A'ford hod asked that no more wood 1)0 cut on a sand ridge and said he wanted it cut off at another place and said he would not care if was all cut off at the latter place. Had boon through the woods and no timber was cut under the size of 10 inches; orders were to that effect as they did not wish to haul the small timl or. The only small one us ed was for lies or wood. Never heard of cutting any timber on the excepted territory. The line of it was ostr I?'i 'ied, had boon blazed out and had Baldwin to survey out the lino and told the men to keep off it. Land is woll forested at this time. R. 1. Walter, a witness for defendant, testified to the photographs taken of the land and as to the appearance4 of the timber woods. This case was being tried when the forms for this issue of the Herald closed for this week. The case of J. A. But'or vs. I). A. Duncan was continue:! by agreement of counsel. The case of A. J. Watts vs. l'enolope Cirainger and others, was. ea.i'ed up out of its order and settled by the parties. * * ********** : MARKETS J ********** ** drain. Apprehension of damage to growing crops by freezing weather caused a temporary price upturn the first of the week, but prices began to drop on the 30th, due to liquidation of coarse grains for country accounts. Live Stock and Meats. The Chicago hog maket declined 15c to 10c per 100 pounds the past week, lii'ht hofs mr?st. i With the exemption of veal fre^h meat prices at eastern wholesale i'Markets showed an np^avl trend for the week. Lamb and mutton up $1 to S'2, pork st?adv at >'0?>v* fva''ikets; $1 to ?'J higher at others-. Hay. ! Mriny eastern markets report excessive receipts. An a1 most cessation of demand caused markets to ,a'1e lower. Cotton. Spot cotton prices down .*?9 points S. C., APRIL 7, 1921. GRACEFUL SPRING WRAPS Apparently the most Important mission of the spring styles In wraps is? to be graceful. Long lines, vague and very mobile, and a casual adjustment of the garment to the figure, have a "chic" that cannot be outclassed. the past week, closing around 10.09c per pound, a new low point for the season. New York May futures down 107 points at 11.45c. Fruits and Vegetables. Potato markets firm at northern shipping; stations, closing 85c to $1 ner 100 pounds sacked. Car lot market in Chicago held at $1 to 81.10. I New York round whites held it *>1.40 to $1.50 bulk. Florida double head barrels No. 1 Sparkling Rose plnsprl Jivnnnil ?19 .rifl i-tm? PKI , . . v J Mtw | / v- i i/iii ni v III" capo. Texas Bliss Triumphs* $9.50 to $10 per 100 pounds Kansas City. ? o MORTGAGE SALE. Under and by virtue of a chattel mortgage duly executed and deivered by Nicholas F. Nixon to J. W. Brooks, dated January 31st, 11)20, and recorded on February 24th, 1920, | in Rook X, page 545, records of Horry county, 1 have seized all of '.lie property described in said mortgage, and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder or bidders foi cash, on the day of sale and before delivery of property, at the hour of eleven (11) o'clock in the forenoon of the 28th day of April, A. I).. 1921, it Cherry Grove, in Horry County, near the residence of the said Nicholas F. Nixon, and at such nearby points as may be found convenient, all and singular the following described personal property, to-wit: Three thousand (3,000) pounds of cotton seed. Five (5) bales line cotton at I.ittie River. One (1) bale lint cotton at Conway. Twenty (20) bushels peanut^. Two (2) black mules, about twelve iyears old. Forty (10) head of cattle, more [ less, marked swallow fork in right ^ar and underbit ami crop and hole n left car. J. A. LEWIS, \ i_ r * t _ .-\U\mil i or Mortgagee. if. H. WOODWARD, Attorney for Mortgagee. Dated April 4th, A. D., 1921. o No Worms in a Healthy Child ^ All children troubled with Worms hove an unhealthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there i3 more or less stomach disturbance. GROVE S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, improve the digestion, and act as a general Strengthening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle. WAREHOrSlvS MOEDKD. Warehouses must provide for storing,* cotton in this county, after the time for the opening of the tobacco cason, and if no such storage places are erected, then the farmers must -tore their cotton elsewhere, moving it at additional expense, or -.eli it for whatevei' the price may be at that time. o TUKK! ASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby forbidden . > hunt, fish, t?ap, or otherwise enter or trespass on the W. T. Graham esatV land-; in Hav'ooro town hip, bound "1 by lands of Alfred Worley, If. J. >ohn on, Nye Ciraha n and Uey Wor<\v. IV sons violat'ng this notice " ill he dealt with according to law. 21 4t pd J. H. GRAHAM. TAKKN UP. There lias been taken up at my farm ono yollow heifer, about two and one-half years old, with crumply horns and marked with crop in each ear. Owner will plea: e obtain same and pay charges. W. I). Kdwards, 1!. F. I). 2, Conway. 3 24 3t Siyner or Singer? Mntrftiioniul ad ? "Wonted! A hn* r>;i11?) ; must he a noml signer." One* ttrst thought If dint tin; lndy wants some one to pny her hills, hut Iti :: 11 probability the linotyper hns in>nle her appear mercenary when *he Is mereiy musirni 1 *.#??. /??i Tmiisci'lpt. . o Wild Horst-i Roam No More. Sotiietlmt-'s It) the isolated mountain r-nnyons of Ho* West tmrscs lire fond ?-f riii illnt; loo*e. hut while these in'tfht ! in* i? etui?<i wild. they u*tmlly belong to " tin* nun her \v ho hits Iff them run loose Wllrl ImrroH mv frequent In vitnou* of Arl/onji ?nd occasion> iilly ?n> found Hi Utiih Hut tlx* old . wlbi horse herd* of the mountain , f?? m i on it regions I id w ?in?, prolmhly forever. I % 1 FIELD DAY AND SCHOOL FAIR The following is the program to he carried out at the Field Day and School Fair exercises Friday and Saturday, April 8th and 9th: Friday April 8th. Oratorical Contest. Saturday, April 9th School Parade. Literary Contests. Inspection of School Exhibits. Athletic Events. The oratorical contests for the pupils of the fifth, sixth and seventh? grades will be held on Friday afternoon in the Auditorium of the Burroughs High School. There will be contests for boys and girls separately. No school will be allowed to enter more than one boy or girl for this contest. The oratorical contests for high school pupils will be held Friday even ing. Boys and girls will compete separately. Only one boy and one girl from a school may enter this contest. A medal will be given to the winner in each of the four contests. A small admission will be charged in each of the oratorical contests to help defray expenses. On Saturday morning the exercises will begin with a school parade. This is one of the big events in which every pupil and every teacher may take part. Every school in the county is expected to march in the paradn and carry a banner, and it is hoped that many ot' the schools will al.-o j have a float. The parade will be formed at the Burroughs School { grounds and march down Main street t;> the exhibit hall. Three prizes, u } blue, a red and a white ribbon, will I be awarded to the three schools which 1a I \ * f\ I K A luiwv/\i * *w* A 11 iv" III |?eiVi'llUlge <>I l!H' school's total enrollment in line. Each > principal must present a written state-' ment showing the tr>t*al enrollment and the number of pupils in the, school parade. Three ribbons will also be awarded to the three floats making the best appearance. Literary Contests. Immediately after the parade the literary contests will bo held in the school building. These will consist of examinations in reading, spelling, composition, arithmetic, geography, history, algebra and map-drawing. Schools will be allowed to enter only one pupil for each contest. Each contestant must present a written statement from the teacher, giving name, age, grade, school and subject on which he is to be examined. No examination will be permitted to extend beyond forty minutes. Each contestant must provide his own examination paper, pencil, pen, ink, or ruler, as he may need. No one will be permitted to enter the room in which an examination is being coniluLied excepting the teachers in charge and the pupils competing. All examinations will begin and close on time. No contestant will bo permitted to enter after tho work has begun. Rending. T:i reading, grades one, two and three shall compete separately.! Grades four, five and six shall com-' pete against each other; grades eight, nine and ten shall also compete against each other. Hill's Readers shall be used for the first three grades. Familiar selections that every one should know will he used for the grammar and the high school grades. Spelling. In spelling, grades one, two, three, four and five shall have separate examinations, grades six and sev' n shall compete collectively, grade eight, nine and ten shall also compete collectively. All spelling above the first grade shall be written. Kach ex animation will he taken from the regular textbook adopted for tha' particular grade. A rithmetic. Iji arithmetic, grades one, two and three shall be examined separately, the intermediate and high school grades shall be examined in groups. In arithmetic, speed, accuracy and neatness will be considered in all work. Problems embodying the four fundamental operations afed the principals of fractions, both common and decimal, will be included in the intermediate examination. The high school examination will consist of problems in common fractions, decimals and percentage. Algebra. Algebra examination shall be taken from the work of the eighth grade o! !y but is open to any high school pupil. I no principals ot iactoring win be stressed. Composition. Throe examinations in composition will be conducted, primary, interniedii ato and high school. The subjects will be assigned. Map Drawing Map drawing will be open to all pupils above the fourth grade. Subject, outline map of South Carolina with boundaries, giving meridians and parallels, locating the principal rivr/s and cities and giving the boundaries of Horry county. History. This examination, open to pupils 4 1\ /\ CI U r#i?M/l a will Ka f??1.' n en juvi: uk; iii hi i .mi;, wiii ul; ttu\^n from Thompson's United States History. The question will be upon the events and causes leading up to the war between the states and the principal events and results of the war. Geography. Geography examination will be taken from the first twenty-three ; pages of Maury's Manual and also a I study of North America as a type of ! the continents. This is open to all i above the fifth grade. I Prizes for the Literary Contests. Three prizes, a blue, a red and a white ribbon will be given to the three pupils who make the highest marks i ' > in each of the literary contests. These ribbons will be suitably engraved. Exhibits. The schools arc classified into four groups. Group One. all one-teacher schools. Group Two, all two and threeteacher schools. Group Three, four and more than four-toucher schools. Group Five, all high schools. Each schools will be provided with a booth which it may decorate as it ^ sees fit. The committee has decided *1 to stress the daily classroom work of I the school. With this in view, the exhibit may consist of writing, spelling, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, English and composition, papers such as are handed in each day; paper folding and cutting, drawing and any kind of construction work done in the school room. No sewing or cooking will be allowed in the exhibit for the reason that, with one exception, no schools in the county are prepared to teach these subjects. No pupil shall have more than one paper on a subject. Each paper must have name, age, and grade of the writer. This must be accompanied by a statement in ^ writing from the teacher, showing that the work was done in the classroom under the supervision of the teacher. Three prizes, a blue, a red, and a white ribbon, suitably inscribed, will be given to each group of schools. Bird l>ooth. One booth of the Fair building will be given up entirely to,the exhibit of bird boxes or houses. We want as many boxes and as great variety as possible. This contest is open to every school boy and girl in the county. This work need not be done under the teacher's supervision, but must be made entirely by the pupil who exhibits it. This exhibit must be accompanied by a statement to this effect. The first prise will bo $10.00. Several other valuable prizes will be given. I 4 1.1 . 4 ! .... l II in KM?. For Boys 14 and over? 100 yard dash. 220 yard dash. 440 yard dash. One-half mile run. Mi In relay race. Standing hiffh jump. Standing broad jump. Wheelbarrow race. If any boys under 14 wish to take> part in any of these events, a separate contest will be arranged for them. For Girls? Three legged race. Potato race. 50 yard dash. Suitable prizes which will be announced later will be offered for the winners in these events. Further announcements will be made through the papers. Please read carefully all future school news. Prepare to come to Conway Field Day. A cordial welcome awaits you. M. J. Bullock, President Teachers" Association. ' M B. D. Alexander, Chairman Field Day Committee. Mrs. M. .J. Bullock, Chairman Executive Committee. STIIMKT TAX NOTIC E. 0?i account of the lack of employment of many citizens of Conway, the Town Council has extended the time for payment of street tax without penalty until May 1st. I)H. J. V. CLIFTON Specialist in Fye, Far, Nose, Throat will he at Conway Drutf Co., Tuesday from 3 p. m. to Thursday noon. Tonsils, Adenoids, Cataracts Romov JSyea Straightened, Gla. sc.; Kitl d. Paii nts requested to come early?adv tf V- *Y? * Y- * * TOCACCO FLUES * '{' Mr. Farmer * when you need 1 obacco *Y" Barn Flues, call and see * mc or send me your order * * for future delivery. * Good Flues at ihe * * Right Price. * Place your order early to * x : ? j^I: * n;bui<j jJiunijn ut;nv<Jiy. * MILTON PITMAN * '{' Conway Iron Works Y* Y- Y- 'Y. * * * Y- Y * OFFICE SUPPLIES Click Ovr-r th<? Following and Send Us Your Orders: I'RINTKD STATIONARY TYI'HWKJTICR RIBBONS CARBON SHEETS BOX PA PICK (le^al size) ADDING MACHINE ROLLS STENOGR \PIIERS' PADS LEGAL CAP PAPER BLANKS OF ALL KINDS RUBBER BANDS SECOND SHEETS ^ Also carry a stoclc of Paper Napkins, Toilet Paper, Paper Towels (in rolls). Write or Telephone THE HERALD ? i