Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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0 three big days of / I i! VOLUME XXXVl! R. P. PETERSON i UNDER ARREST Charged With Offense Under Federal Laws Regarding Stolen Cars JUNIOR AND SENIOR BOTH INDICTED Elder Peterson Charged With Giving WorthlessfCheck For Pnof riot.t.ln A# w a wur v v?v In the last few days this paper has been able to secure further information concerning R. P. Peterson, who was said to be wanted under requisition from North Carolina for crimes alleged to have been committed iu this state. It was stated in a rece?rf news item in the daily papers that this man Petorson had issued worthless checks in. purchasing beef cattle .and had left the state but a requisition hP.d been applied for yi the Governor's office in North Carolina and that he would be returned to this state for trial. It has developed, according to information brought by officers from Wilmington, North Carolina, that there are two II. P. Petersons, known respectively an R. P. Peterson, Sr., and R. P. Peterson, Jr., the latter being a son of the former. It is said that the elder Peterson is the one who gave a worthless check in payment for some beef cattle at Wamnpo. South Carolina. and trni away before the check was found to be of no value. Proceedings were started and a requisition was applied for and will doubtless be carried through and Peterson brought back to answer on the charge. R. P. Peterson, Jr., is now under arrest and is detained in a prison in Wil mington, N. C., under a warrant sworn out before a United States Commissioner in connection with the recent thefts of automobiles. I is alleged that the younger 0 Peterson secured these cars by either stealing them or having them stolen in the city of Wilmington; that he brought these cars over to South Carolina and sold them to Matthew Ward; that some of these cars which cost as much as $1,000.00 were sold to different parties for as low as $1G0.00. Cheaper kinds of the Fords were sold at correspondingly low prices. Evidence was secured against the yonger Peterson and he eluded the officers for some time but was finally arrested at Hamlet, North Carolina, after he wa * seen to board a train 'at Navaspa, this side of Wilmington. There was fight between the state rvtTir>i:?1 ?nul TVt.nrxon when he was :ir rested ^It Hamlet and it is said that lie camo very near besting the officer and Kottin.cc away again. Under the warrant issued under the laws of North Carolina Peterson was brought before a Magistrate, or perhaps the Recorder's Court, and at the hearing the State warrant was dropped and a uew warrant under federal laws for transporting'stolen cars from one State to the other was served on him and at last accounts he was still in jail in default of Bond. He will be transferred to the Eastern District of South Carolina and it is thought that he will be tried in Florence South Carolina at the next term of the federal court. In the meantime it is thought that the charge against the elder Peterson will be pushed in this State and tried in the State Courts. WHY WETACK LONG DISTANCE The Conway Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of the following letter from the South Carolina Kailroad commission: "The following up correspondence relative to connection between the* Conway Telephone Co. and tae Scuth evn Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., the commission has received the following letter, of dace April 4th, from Mr. M. B. Speir, Gen-Mgr., Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co: "With regards to tho long distance telephone connection with the town of Conway, S. C., 1 have been advised that the Southern Bell Telephone Company has been in readiness for connecting with the Conway circuit since Feburary 7th. About throe miles of the line he. tween Conway and Marion is entire^ ly dowrt and, within the last few weeks, there has been apparently no effort to rebuild it. "'Mr, Srnrboro of the Conway Com p.'i?>^ rrdvises that ho can not make any definite promise as to when he will be able to make the connection at Marion." "It appears from the above statement that the delay is due to Conway Telephone Co. We are therefore writing them this day, and ai. soon as we receive their reply will communicate with you further." # \ ENTERTAINMENT?, BUSINESS GROWS AS MILLS START Several business men have stated this week that business has picked up to a great extent since the lumber mills have started operations again. The Conwaf Lumber Company, the largest establishment of its kind in this section, was closed down for several months and ihe great number of workmen employed by the company were nearly- all out of employment for some time. We understand that this mill resumed operations soon after the first day of April and has been gradually getting its entire works into full operation once more. The Veneer Manufacturing Company for several weeks operated but i five days out of the week. This week it started operations for the full week and the employment furnished by it will add to the amount of business done by every merchant in Conway. The M. G. Andersen Lumber Mill, as well as the other small mills in nearby sections of the county, have started operations again. EQUIPMENT IS IN OPERATION XXI VfX & A 1 At Burroughs School?Presentation by Civic Leaue Wednesday, April 27th. The play ground equipment foi which tlie Civic League has worked long and faithfully is fairly comlooted and in daily operation. There will be a formal presentation of the equipment to the Burroughs Higli School Wednesday afternoon, April 27, at 4:00 o'clock, on the school grounds. The public is cordially invited to attend. The Civic League wishes to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of the town wljo helped se splendidly to get the play ground material together. The equipment is all home-made; it cost the League approximately $100, but we have practically a $300 -apparatus, the giant strides costing, when bougln ready-made, $05 each, without the freight. Mrs. M. J. Mullock, chair man of the play ground committee receiveel fine co-operation from everj one, especially Mr. J. W. Little, wh< supervised the construction. To hin and to the following the Civie League and the play ground commit 1 f-o Iwish to o\te?nel? their thanks ane appreciation: To Mi'. H. I\ Little, for donation; ol' brick and cement; to Mr. H. \V Ambrose, for lumber; to Mr. A. W Barrett, who Rave reductions on ma tori a I and loaned his truck am driver; to Mr. M. CJ. Andersen, foi the use of teams; and to Mr. 1STi 1 tor Pittman, for suggestions and helj with the foundry work. ?N. D. Freeman, Pres. Civic League CONWAY SALES LAST MONTH According to official report recent ly completed by the Conway postmaster, the sales of government sav ings ,securities amounted to $55.34 here last month. The report, which has been sent to Washington, a tran script being furnished the Government Savings Organization of thi.; district, seems to indicate, as doe. that for the state at large, increasing interest in savings and safe investment. # The accounting post offices in al sections of the state of South Carolinr show that last month the total report ed sales, in round numbers, were $5,(>00 this volume being due in large measure, it is safd, to the new investment possibilities?the $1 Treasury Savings Stamps and the $2 interesthearing Treasury Savings Certifi cate ? offered by the United State. Treasure Department this year foi the first time. One of the most valuable assets o! the "savings movement" is said to b( the co-operation of the postmaster throughout the country, their worl having proved especially helpful, Iht records show, in encouraging anc stimulating the "thrift idea" in th< AAl C f UlL? f A/lnt?n 1 KAmami n?/>4 nvuwuifi ?i bum iviumi i cm;i vi; uimi h in which more than 11,000 pupil savings societies have been organized. graingertcase compromisee i.s " < The case of A. J. Watts agains Carson Grainger and others, concent ing the division of the estate iandi of the late Levi Grainger, was com promised at the recent term of th< court. Carson Grainger settled with sev eral of the heirs before that tim< and settled with A. J. 'Watts, th< wife of A. P. Watt?, before th^ caw went to trial. / RADCLIFFE CHAUTAL itorr / CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY BIBLE CLASS FISH SUPPER ' Many Take Part in Enjoyable Occasion at Bucksville. Bucksville wa? the scene of a most enjoyable fish suppci last Wednesfday evening, fciven under the j auspices of the Men's Annex Class jof the Baptist Church. People to the number of about j two hundred left Conway in the af1 ternoon and gathered under 'the oaks Ion the hanks of the Wacamaw river, j and supper was served at about the i hour of ei#ht, after prayer by Rev. j M. W. Gordon. ! Old Sol had made his disappear; ance behind .the western hills and tl in 1 \nn I if i <*111 (Vl'nnnrlo \ltni<n 11 I ? M. l>v the mild rays of the moon peepjing over the trees from the swamp I hevond the river?assisted by the soarch-lights from the five dozen motor cars on the scene. The fish were caught that day from the river at th<? fish ins grounds bv II. D. Uuss, J. W. Taylor, W. S. McCaskill, Jr., W. A.. Freeman and i others, all old adepts at the art. ' j There were plenty of fish and to spare. The Conway Concert Hand was present and added to the pleasure of the occasion with their splendid music. While the war is still on between the "Reds" and the "Blues," a flag of truce was temporarily raised and the members fraternized together during the evening to the delight of I i all. j The class has accepted an invita jtion to meet with the "Hut" class !: next Sunday morning, at which II meeting Mr. J. M. Lynch of FiorI : ence, is to deliver an address suitable II to the occasion. j, STEIN AM ANGER ! HISTORIC SPOT ij :;lt is the Stopping Place of Em!j perors and History Runs < Back to Roman Days. "Perhaps it was not without deep | sentimental reasons that former Em' ! peror Charles, of Austria-Hungary, j1 chose the1 town of Steinamanger?to ,! the Hungarians. Szombathely?as a j place from which he hoped to receive j , the acclaim of his former subjects as j their returned ruler," says a bulletin ; from the Washington, ?D. C., head> i quarters of tho National Geographic society. "It lias been the cherished policy j of the Hapsbuvg rulers of Austria_ Hungary to rejuvenate old 'Holy 1 j Roman empire,' the Frankish and (later the Germanic union which 'j claimed to bo the heir to the pow! or and ovcrlordship of Rome. The 'i affiliations of what was Austria Hungarian territory before the world war with the old Roman empire were perhaps closer through Stcinamanger than through any | other town. The present town is in the site of the Roman Sabria, which was the capital of one of the - chief < divisions of Pannonia?the name given by the Romans to the - province which covered the heart of 1 modern Austria-Hungary. i "Sabria's history was that of many a citv in imnnrtnnf hnvHov nrnvin. - ccs\ of the Roman empire during the * height of its power. It was strong? ly garrisoned with legionaries, niili[ tary roads connected it with Home, there was an influx of civilian Romans, great works of architecture I and engineering were constructed, 1 and the community was thoroughly 'Romanized.' Near there Septimus * Severus was proclaimed emperor by ; his legions in 193 A. D. The place became popular for residence among 7 the later emperors. "The Roman influence in the * Steinamanger of today is a matter * only of traditions and archeological relics. The characteristic Roman aqueduct, and ?a triumphal arch have 1 been unearthed, and numerous small relics of the Roman days have been * placed in a local municipal museum ' and in a museum in Budapest. J "The1 town of today is pleasantly * situated but is of no great import* ance. Its population is about 80,000. * It is now only the capital of Hun ganan county. It has railroad shops and ^several factories for the manufacture of agricultural machinery. The principal architectural feature of the town is a handsome Roman | Catholic cathedral. Near by is the " epicopal palace in which the exemperor found refuge recently. . Steihamanger is about 75 miles almost due south of' Vienna, just to * the epj<t of the present boundary s line between Austria and Hungary. It is separated from Switzerland by 5 the full length of Austria, approxi'* matelv 300 miles." 5 Col. D. A. Spivey spont severa - days in Columbia last week attend 5 5ng a meeting of the Insurance Com panics which wa.; helld in that city. I /QUA?SATURDAY, M , AVKli. 21," 1021. LYNCH'S SPEECH AT THE PASTIME Will Address Bible Classes Next^ Sunday?Chautauqua Also 'i Held at Pastime. j! . 11 A monster men's meeting will be held at 10 o'clock next Sunday morn-;1 ing iii the Pastime Theatre under tlie auspices ot the Hut Class of. the Conway Methodist Church. To I' this meeting the Men's Bible Classes! ot* t, the Baptist and Presbyterian j Chinches will come in a body. All | niAii m' t l\r> in n iintituH The address of the occasion will i bo made by Mr. J. M. Lynch, an I attorney of Florence, teacher of the J - ye Mei's Bible Class of the Cen- i ;"i! Methodist church of that city. . Ir. Lynch is well known ^throughout j this section as a speaker of unusual} power, and it is believed that at | least five hundred men will attend this lecture. It had been originally planned to have Mr. L> neb's lecture delivered under the tent of the Kadclit'fo Chautauqua; however, the committee in charge of the Chautauqua found it impracticable to present the Chautauqua piogram under canvass, on account of the lack of availability of a suitable lot and the difficulty of providing a seating arrangement. The Chautauqua exercises will be given at the Pastime Theatre, and this sime place, through the courtesy of Manager A. B. McCoy, will be the auditorium for Mr. Lynch'? , lecture. o FROSTS STOPPED. The frosts of last week ceased after the night of Tuesday, April 1.3. Perhaps the worst of the two that visited this section took place on the night of the 13th, being worse in effcct than the one on Monday, the night before. MUST PAY DEBT U. S. VIEW Can Not Escape Responsibility For Big War?Rumors II I r% l nearn in bernn Washington.?Rumors via London of conversations between Germany and the United States as to reparation payments brought an authoritative statement from adminisstration officials that the attitude of the United States toward Germany is that she must accept her responsibility for the war and pay her , obligations to the fullest extent she is able. The London advices from Berlin said it was understood Germany had submitted certain proposals to the United States regarding- reparation payments, including a suggestion that she assume liability for pa> t of the debts of Allied powers to the United States. There was no confirmation of the receipt of any such proposal, although Commissioner Dressel at Berlin has reported in conversations with German officials in which the reparations question came up. The nature of these conversations was not disclosed. In connection with the subject, however, occasion was taken to make perfectly clear the general attitude of the new administration toward all matters involved in the controversy between the Allied powers and Germany which led to occupation of additional German territory. The policy of this government was summed up in the terse assertion that Germany must accept full responsibility for tne war anil pay her liabilities to the full extent of her ability. Popular with Germans The suggestion that the United States become the creditor of Germany by accepting- German bonds in lieu of the debts the Entente powers owe the United States is popular with the Germans, who have pro posed it several times before the recent overtures. It is regarded as unlikely, however, in Berlin official circles, that the United States will seriously con- ' sider such a proposition until the I Entente announces positively the to- i tal reparations claims it will at- j tempt to collect from Germany. ( This should be done May 1, accord-1 ing to the Versailles treaty. After \ this sum is announced the financial experts will be able to judge Germany's ability to pay. o CASIC DISMISSED. Last Thursday in the Magistrate Court here the case of disorderly conduct against H. J. Turnor, of Dog Rluff township, was dismissed by the court for failure, of . proof. The defendant was accused of using profane and obscene language on the public road, whereas it appeared that he was in his house near the road when this occurred. o? W. I. Todd was among those visiting Conway last week on business. ON DAY, TUESDAY, A s * WILL SELECT NEW TRUSTEES On Friday evening: May 6th, at 8 ) ^'clock in the Town Hall, a uuw*;? meeting: ot' citizens of the town will L)c helil for the purpose of elect jik a trustee for the Conway School Oistrict, to succeed Mr. }i. VV. Ambrose, whese term e\p r-;s this i month. Tnis is the regular night ' for ttie monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, out otticials yf .the Chan ber decided that it would le u good plan to cancel this meeting :;hd go into the >!ociion ol j. tiu.^ce. It i.s a 1st likely ihat theie w> be a general discussion ( f the sere c situation and, ^er.uips, some la.Us en' an educational nature will be given. PUIXMAN SI m MER SERVICE Will Aid Conway Greatly if the Railroad Companies Will Put it On. Recently the matter of running a Pullman c;'.i service during the summer, in aid of Conway and 11,*. ,..1 A i~ a,> i 11ik.h ii ?i.~> >uiiiim*r rt'sui't.s, wiis taken up by the transportation committee of the Conway Chan ber of Commerce. There is no asjurance as yet that the service will he put on, but there are hones that it will be. and the matter has been taken up with the head officials of the companies involved. Mr. F. A. Burroughs, chairman of the committee on transportation, has written the Chamber of Commerce as follows regarding; the matter, which shows the then status ol* the application: "I have a letter from Mr. Caldwell of the A. C. L. Hnilron.l ( ompany at Wilmington, m reply to mine to him regarding' Pullman car service for the summer. He v/iites that he has taken the matter up with Mr. White, General Passenger Agent, and has asked him to give the jnatter consideration and leply. "it probably will be well for the Chamber of Commerce at it* next meeting1 to formulate their petition and get it sig-ned by the member* of the Chamber of Commerce and as many others as will." COMMITTEE "ON ! PRIZE HOUSE Report Indicates That. It is Im portant to Develop Conway j as Tobaoco Marker. The committee appointed l>y the Chamber of Commerce on the subIot't of the early construction of a tohacco packing* house at Conway, recently made its report to the body, through its chairman, Mr. VV. A. Freeman, as follows: "Complying with your reouest of recent date that we make a report to the Chamber of Commerce covering our work on the project of building a p'ize house for tobacco, we j have to report that no definite action has been taken and no definite [decision reached as to whether we will build or abandon the project. We reported to the Chamber some j months at?o that we thought it | wise to wait until we could get some idea as to the amount of tobacco1 that would be planted, and until labor and building material could be had at a more reasonable cost. We have recently negotiated with contractors, who offer to construct the building for $4,000, 1(>0 by 64 feet. This building a year ago would have cost us about $12,000. We have also interviewed the owners of [the property on which we have considered erecting the building, and a I i? AA r A A 1 price 01 $z,uuu was nainea. "Our investigation as to the probable amount of tobacco to be planted this year leads us to believe that there will be about 75 per cent of the aceiajre planted last year, and l that, with the improved labor situation and the reduced price of fer: tilizer, it is entirely possible that ; this market will handle as much toi bacco as last year. We believe this I would be the probable outcome if we : make the right effort to Ret the business. ; "At a time when the whole coivn! try is in the midst of a most acute I :? A . a\ I 11 Mime in i depression, mis county is in fairly easy condition, due largely to our sales of tobacco during the past two seasons; and now that it seems we are to he more largely dependent on tobacco than ever before, we believe that the matter ot' first importance to the town is its development as a tobacco market. And the first necessity of its development is the construction of a suitable ; packing house." ? o .?.?.? 8. M. Allen, of Gurley, was in Con way recently on business. > * "t PRIL 23rd, 25th, 26th NO 52. ?? ? ' iii i?mmmrnmm? ? mi ! mm? ALL IS READY FOR BIG TIME A/hen Radclilffe Chautauqua Comes Here April 23rd, 25th and 26th PROGRAM' OPENS SATURDAY AFTERNOON mmmmm Tickets For the Entire Three Days Are Now on Sale at Drug Stores. All is in readiness for the threelay program of the Kadcliffe Chautauqua, which will be held in Conwav April 128, 2f> and 2(>. Those three days will he filled with entertainment of a very high order, programs being presented at 3:30 each atternoon and S:00 o'clock each even mg. Uwing to the lack of a suitable lot and the difficulty of securing seats, the committee in charge of the Chautauqua lias arranged to have ail of the numbers presented in the Pastime Theatre. This building is centrally located and desirable from every standpoint. Possible unfavorable weather also influenced the committee to decide to have thw programs given at the Theatre, tents being unusually unsatisfactory protection against rain. The program of the Chautauqua will be opened Saturday afternoon with a stirring concaot by the Kraft Concert Company, followed by a lecture by Prof. Frederick I). Losey on "The Value of the Individual." That evening Prof. Losey will lecture again on "America's Political Ideal," and the Kraft Concert Co. will give another one of its splendid musical programs. This combination of the entertaining and the instructive will he preserved throughout th? three days of the Chautauqua. Season tickets for the three attractions are now on sale at .the Horry Drug Co. and the Conway Co. The price of these tickets is $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for children of school age. Cost of tickets for a single admission will be 56c for adults and 25c for children of school age. GERMANS STAY OUT OF MEXICO Have Little Chance There and South America Offers Better Opportunities Mexico City.? German immigration to Mexico has so decreased that not more than six hundred have entered this country since the end of the war. German officials have urged their countrymen not to mifvnto born i?< present but rathed to avail themselves of the facilities offered for settlement in the South American republics of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Information to this effect was given at the German embassy following inquiries as to newspaper reports here in behalf of Germans for a concession of about 70,000 acres of land in Coahuila. Denial was made tha tthe Coahuila concession in question pertains to Germans citizens. Counsellor Fuhr asserting that the request was made by naturalized Germans in the United States, principally from Texas, who wished to form a colony near Las Vacas, Coahuila and desert their American homes. "The only pretentions emigration from Germany to Mexico ended iw failure," Counsellor Fuhr asserted. "Shortly after the end of the ^ar a colonization company was formed of several hundred members who pooled their resources and purchased German goods estimated to bring $800,000 (pesos) when sold in Mexico. "Two men were appointed to accompany the goods but unfortunately after they disposed of them they pocketed the money and have disappeared. Meanwhile the would-be colonists embarked for Mexico in large numbers but since their arrival here they have been virtual wards rtf ?-.? .v.... - ' w! uiu i" i uuiiiviii, ufrman coiony in Mexico City inasmuch as they had invested all their funds in the defunct company. One of the colonists, for instance, was a former German vice-admira\ Ho is now workinpr as a laborer with a surveying ^an^and is glad of the chance." Declaration was made further that the Mexico government as yet has ofVered no iiviucoments for Germa* imigration beyond mere transportation from, the port of entry to the place of settlement. Contrasted to this is the policy inaugurated by the "Plata republics," Argentina, Uruguay an Paraguay, whereby colonists of established worth are provided with free passage from Germany and liberal grants of land. Untfl other facilities are offered by Mexico and "homesteadi ng" is made practicable, Counsellor Fuhr said his countrymen would be advised to stajf away. 4