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PAOR TWO NO PULLMAN CAN BE HAD Owing to Great Cost of Operation and Facilities For Cleaning SAYS THE LETTER OF RAILROAD Some Better Sschedule of Ni-jlit Trains is Promised by Them. TTio people of this section will !> ' disappointed when they learn tha* the Committee of the Chamber o* Commerce of which Mr. F. A. Burroughs is the Chairman, has failed to prevail with the railroad to operate a Pullman car from Chadbour*. to Myrtle Beach. The committee took this up some time ago with the Koiivrkusi nnmn.mv ?nd made such '.l , strong showing that at first the rail-) road wrote some very encouraging letters about it. After investigation it appears that the railroad company has found it impossible under the circumstances to see their way clear to do this, believing that it will not pay operating1 expenses. They state this in a letter to Mr. F. A. Burroughs a few days ago as follows: "Your letter of May 12th to Mr. T. C. White, General Passenger Agent, has been referred to me. T note the petition that you have presented with repard to placing a PuiT j man between Chadbourn and Myrtle Peach during the summer. "The operation of Pullman cars is an expensive one. They are heavy and much fuel is expended in their operation. There are no adequate arrangements either at Conway or at Chadbouvn for the proper cleaning and care of these Pullmans, and to be perfectly frank with you, even at the highest crest of the travel to Conway, there has never been a timewhen a Pullman car would have paid the cost of the operation between these points. "You arc, of course, aware of the very trying conditions that are confronting the carriers of this country in their endeavor to make ends meet and we are taking off numerous Pull man cars, reducing our schedules and train service, curtailing in many re1I10 service to the public in an endeavor to set our expensos withlM| our income, so I regret to advise you that we will not he in position to handle the matter as suggested by yourself and the petition. "It may be of interest, however, for you to know that effective May 23rd, the night train into Conway j will leave Chadbourn at 9.55 p. m. | instead of 10.25 p. m. as now and I will reach Conway at 11:30 p. m. I instead of 11.59 p. m. This is a very marked improvement as we see it." Mr. Burroughs has referred this letter back to the Chamber of Commerce as a body and also the matter of side track facilities at Conway. His letter to the Chamber follows: "I have not been able to get any further information from the Coast Line officials in regard to the enlarged side-track facilities. I fee! that our committee has exhausted its means of making progress and suggest that the matter be taken back to the Chamber of Commerce as a body. "I am impressed with the fact that if there is any progress made in the nr>;*r future on this matter that the? initiative will have to bo taken by the citizens of the town through th*' Chamber of Commerce or Town Council, or possibly both." HORRY STUDENT HIGHLY PRAISED Horry County has a student who Is making good in the schools of another State- ar> we see by a clipping taken from the Morning Star of Wilmington,, N. CM in its issue of May 21st. The Morning Star commenting1 on the plav "The Hoodoo," has to say in effect, that Miss Virginia "Walsh is due the credit of the great success of the play as she drilled the actors and staged the affair; that iss Winni freed Shepard added greatly to the play as to the choosing of the costumes and make-up of the characters. As to the charac ters it would be difficult to pick tho best actor as the cast was unusually uniform in ability .and spun out the fabric of the plot with rare smooth ness and skill, liernara warn successfully portrayed the difficult cha? acter of Prof. Solomon Spiggott, and this was one of the leading characters in the play. The Star also say* that such a large crowd was presen: on Friday evening that if the windows had not proved to be very ac eeptable seats, the "Standing Roon Only" sign would certainly have been necessary. The play is to be staged agair within the near future. Roman Ward is a graduate of the Littl< River school and is now a junior ii the Wilmington High School. He 1 the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. 1 Ward, of Little River, S. C. (j FRKNOH PAY TRIBUTE TO THK AMKUICANS WHO DIKl Paris, May 29.?France in militar and religious services, joined wit America today in the first of a tw< day observance of Memorial day fe the Americans who gave their live in the world war. With Britisl Belgium and othor allied partic pants, the French people symbolize their reverence for those who fell fr a noble cause. FOR SALE?My farm, good buiW ings and good drinking water. F Mayo King, Loris, S. C.?G|2|tf ' .... J... ' "PU. LUI "IF I WERE KING" WITH FARNUM, COMING SOON A picture that is said to include! William Farnum's greatest screen effort will be shown at the Pastime Theatre next Wednesday, May 8th. It is "If I Were King." from the great stage success and novel by Justin Huntly McCarthy and is ,i William Fox produciton. Those who follow the stage will remember that E. H. Sothern created the role of Francois Villon in this play, and scored a great success. As soon as the picture was finished Mr. Fox sent a copy of it to England, where it was shown to Justin Huntly McCarthy. The author was enthusiastic. "It is wonderful," he declared. "I never believed motion pictures could make a play so real. And Ml*. Farn um is splendid in the part of Villon. During the recitation of the poem 'If I Were King' before Louis, I could almost believe I was hearing Farnum speak. 1 extend my congratulations to Mr. Fox, to Mr. Farnum and to Mr. Edwards, who direct ed the picture. The handling of tho crowds is thrilling." The proceeds of this picture will be given to the Conway Chamber of Commerce Hand. Help out the boys by attending. SEASIDE "RESORT OPENS TUESDAY Preparations Already Made for a Successful Beach Season. The Myrtle tJeach Hotel will open for the season of 11)2L on June 7th. The place will he conducted this season, as it was last year, by the Myrtle Beach Farms Company, the owners of the property. In connection with the hotel as originally constructed, the new annex, which was completed last year, adding about twenty-five rooms immediately on the strand, will he operated as a part of I he hotel business, and will doubtless draw a large patronage. Already preparations have been made for the opening, which vill hike place next week, and many improvements added since last season, will increase the business of this already popular resort. Among the changes made at the hotel is the removal of a part of the sand bank at the end of the railroad tracks, so that cars now run down much further this season than before. Many new cottages have been erected on the strand since last summer, and this adds to the population of the summer colony. A news article in this week's issue of the Herald states lhat a change jin the schedule of the night train from Chadbourn, whereby visitors to the beach will arrive there considerably earlier when they come in bw the night train. POWERSGOES AFTER FUGITIVE Two or three months ago, one John Edge, a colored preacher of some notoriety, made a spectacular escape from the clutches of the officers as they were about to land him in the Horry Countv jail chargi :? * i?i ?.* .. t;i.i wiLii Having uiurvun tt ^umc <it Aynor and making off with a quantl ty of goods. Ho ran straight from the jail yard where he broke loose into the Wac camaw swamps, and when the thick bushes closed in round him it wa> the last the officers heard of hin until a message last week from Wilmington, N. C., told of his capture in that city. Special Deputy W. P. Powers, ol Galivants Ferry, was sent after Edg< tho first of this week and Edge wi' again be placed in durance vile. o Raymond Ambrose, of Carlisle School, Bamberg, is home for the sun mer months. o MUSIC RECITAL. The music pupils of the Burroughi High School, with Miss Laura .Ten kins, the teacher, gave a recital las Friday evening in the Auditorium o the school building. Besides the sev eral selections rendered on the pi ano, a number of readings wen given. The music class has mad much progress this year, and they i with Miss Jenkins deserve muci credit. o CONWAY WTNS FROM MARION In one of the prettiest fjames o baseball ever seen on the local dia . mond Conway defeated Marion las I Friday by a score of 2 to 0. Th . feature of tho game was the pitch t ing of both teams, there bejng onl three safe hits on both sides an ' but for two costly errors in th . sixth inning the game would evi , dently gone into extra innings. Ar , other feature of the game was th rnmunu Witll tw i*; a 111 n vi i\ \j i v/vn ?* - ^ men on bases by errors, Phifer gr I a hit which won the game for Cor ^ way. Batteries: Conway, Cox an .j Holliday; Marion, Pearson and S<^ a bourne. WHAT CAN YOU DO? It's not what you are, or what yc know, that determines your pa check. [> When you do more you'll be worl y more. h Draughon's Training, taken eith< at home or in school, teaches you do those things that count most !;, business. Promotion and salary comes j. their own accord to the man or w (1 man that delivers the goods. Tal )i tho first step today. Write us for information. DRAUGHON'S 1- BUSINESS COLLEGE Phons 951. Columbia, S. Win. Lykes, Jr. F. W. Lykes. urn IBB HORRY HKRAU, CONWTj S. C. PORT EN- f TERTAINMNT To be Held at Charleston June 7th and 8th For Mutual Aid of Whole State MANY HORRTITES WILL ATTEND MEETING1 Representatives From Counties' of State to Attend? Guests of People. Widespread interest of a marked idegree is declared to be manifested . 'throughout the state in plans for1 South Carolina's port entertainment! I scheduled for June 7 and 8, under, Iauspices of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. The chamber's undertaking will! bring to that city on these two days | in June, an assemblage of leading j men from nearly every community j in the State. The subject of having i them there fs to emphasize to thorn | primarily, the advantages of the J ! port of Charleston, which is frequent! ! ly termed "thejr port" when refer-j I once is made to South Carolina resi-I dents and tax payers. In a larger sense, the purpose of the gathering Tuesday and Wednesday of next week of leading newspaper men, bankers, manufacturers and other representative business people, has been expressed as follows: "To accord a special opportunity for leading men of the state better learn of the advantages and facilities of South Carolina's port. This, towards the end that in all parts of our Palmetto State there j may be evolved a more sympathetic j understanding of the problems which J besot the tidewater and interior sections, a stronger commercial relationship, one with the other and Ifinally?a more lasting appreciation of the interdependence which must always exist between post and hinterland." Response to invitations sent out by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, about two weeks ago, according to reports, is regarded as especially favorable. It is a part of the general plan that all the visitors be entertained in he homes of Charleston people. Those who have accepted from Horry are as follows: Paul Quattlebaum, manager, Quatjtlebaum Light & Ice Company. J Geo. J. Holliday, real estate and banking. Will A. Freeman, president, Conway National Bank. J. A. McDermott, president, Peoples National Bank. H. W. Ambrose, secretary and treasurer, Conway Lumber Co. D. A. Spivey, cashier, Peoples National Bank. M. A. Wright, secretary, Chamber of Commerce. F. A. Burroughs, president, Burroughs & Collins Co. D. V. Richardson, real estate and banking. W. A. Stilley, secretary and treas, uror, the Veneer Manufacturing Co. M fl Anrlnrspn. nrosidont. J. W. Little Company. o SPECIAL SERVICE. Pastor M. W. Gordon will speak [ next Sunday night at the Baptist . church a 8 o'clock on "The Duties . of the Husband to the Wife." All | married people and those who may ! some day enter into the sacred ma. trimonial bonds are cordially invited , to hear this sermon. ;S. S. TRAINING 1 JUNE 9TH-17TH i . J I 1 Held Again at Myrtle Beach as Permanent Place of Location. P t The Standard Training School foi f Sunday School Workers will com, mence at Myrtle Beach on June 9th - and will run through and including 5 j June 17th, 1921. The first sessior I/ ?/ (r'llnirnr hflfl fli this resort three years ago. Tho visil I,' of large numbers of Sunday Schoo workers there at that time provec to be of great pleasure for thorn a> . well as a benefit from the training I received, and the success of these ses sions that have already taken plac< j- has led the Sunday School Board U 0 make this a permanent place for th< . Sunday School workers of the Soutl v Carolina Conference, and tho scopi J) of the field is such that it appeals t< 0 the workers in all of the department j. of the Sunday School. For lack o i_ space the Herald cannot publish th< program in full nor a statement ii o detail of the courses provided. Thi >t Board, through Rev. J. Emersoi i. Ford, Field Secretary, of Orangeburg ,d S. C., has provided a very interest i- ing folder of six pages, and in thi folder will be found full and complet information of the courses of fere and the names of all the faculty. In speaking of Myrtle Beach as >u summer resort, the folder has the fol iy lowing to say: "Myrtle Beach is situated on th h Atlantic Coast, in Horry Count] about fifteen miles from Conwaj There is hardly a more beautifi t? beach on the Atlantic, being an ur n broken stretch of sand for more tha ten miles. Developments have bee going on there for several years, an ?" the place has become one of the mos popular summer resorts. There is splendid hotel and annex and a nun ber of cottages. Among other <>th< 'evelopments, plans are being mac for the erection of a modern Metl C. odist church at a probable cost of n< less than $10,000." dY, S. a., SUBB 2, 1981. ENCOURAGING RESULTS IN METHODIST DRIVE Marion District In the Lead in South Carolina Conference Up to Tuesday Night. Encouraging results continue to he received by Mr. Lekmd Moore, con fercnce financial director, relative to the Christian education campaign being carried on by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The results achieved so iar and the totals to date in the districts comprising the South Carolina Conference .were announced Tuesday night as follows: Orange- j burg, $905, $89,349; Sumter $8,885, | $<19,065.50; Florence, $13,604.70, $44,-; 455.70; Marion, $(>,279, $66,174; Kings tree, $1,000, $39,000. Tuesday's re-1 suits in the Charleston district has not been reported. A telegram received from the headquartrs at Nashville reports that the progress being made is very encouraging. Figures ! from less than 20 per cent of the! charges total over $5,000,000 for the . first day's work, it is announced. The goal for the whole territoiy covered Jj by the campaign is >33,000,000. ? , I News and Courier. | TOBACCG'STOES | LOSING GROUND I Canvass of 7,847 Editors Shows j 7,393 Communities Against Abolishing Weed. ANTIS LOSE THREE STATES.! j Utah, Under Mormon Influence, Only ! Commonwealth to Adopt Prohibition Measure During Year. "Ts tobacco proliiK to have its srnlp added to the belt of the prohibitionist i ! beside that of the lamented but as yet not altogether late alcohol?" is j tin' question asked by (iarret Smith in an article In tiie current Issue of ! Leslie's Mapiz!ne." The writer reaches the conclusion that while there has been increased limitation and legislative activity on the subject of tobacco following the success of the drive for prohibition of liquor the efforts of reformers seeking to abolish tobacco have no general j support. Thlk opinion is based on the i results of the questionnaires on the subject sent out to newspaper editors j of the country by the Press Service i Company of New York City. The questions asked were: (1) Do you favor the enactment of laws prohibiting the personal use uf tobacco by adults? (2) In your Judgment does the general sentiment of your community favor such legislation? (3) Is the use of tobacco personal- ! ly objectionable to you? No arguments accompanied the questions and from their form It was lm- ; possible for any editor to determine the attitude of the questioners. Out of 12.518 editors questioned, ' 7,847 replied according to the summary given. These editors, it Is estimated, : represent a combined circulation of 21,870,040. OJ' the 7.S47 editors r**i?lying, 7,303, or 05 jut cent, represent puMic sentiment in their communities ns opposed to anti-tobacco legislation. ! Only 200 editors, or 3 per cent of those replying believed there was nny | considerable seitthmMit favorable to i tobacco prohibition. There were 174, I <>r 2 per cent, in doubt, while 20 failed to record their judgment. Editors' Judgment Unbiased "Tt is of special interest to note that 500 editors in answering the first question, personally favored such legislation, although only 200 of them reported that public opinion also favored the prohibition of tobacco?an Indication of the conscientious effort made by tfce editors to distinguish public opinion from their own personal opinions," the article continues. "The highest percentage of replies \ reporting public, opinion favorable to J prohibition of tobacco came from Utah, [. where 42 per cent of the editors I thought the public were fr>r such a 1 movement. ITtnh t? the nnlv utnta 1 which has since adopted nn antl* cigarette law. The result was foref cast by several of the editors who - stated that th?> influence of the Mor2 mon Church was against, tobacco. The J Mormon Church is also strong In Idaho, 3 which is the other state where the use 1 of tohacco was recently prohibited, R hut the governor has signed the hill s Just passed, In which the prohibitory f legislation is repealed. In this state R 80 per cent of the editors estimate n sentiment in their communities as e against tobacco prohibition, which, n nevertheless, is C per cent below the average reported opposition. "The legislature of Tennessee some s weeks ago passed and the governor 0 has signed a bill repealing the antlcigarette law of that state. The questionnaire showed 03 per cent of its 0 * 1 editors believed the public against anti-tobacco legislation. The leglslae ture of Arkansas has also passed a ^ bill repealing its anti-cigarette law. In this state 04 per cent of the editors reported against tobacco prohibition. l" Arizona's Practical Joke "A bill, Introduced in the currenl ,1 session of the legislature of Arlzonn .1 to prohibit smoking In public dinln? a rooms and other public places, waf i- first amended to prohibit the consump >1 tion in public of peanuts, chewln? lc mini, tea and cofTce and then defeatc< by the senate. The questionnaire returns from that state were 02 uei / mm We have a large assortr styles of Bathing Caps and suits that we are offering at See our line before buyii Also a complete line of Lotions, Face Creams, Etc, Let us fix you for the B Piatt's Phai I I Successors to Nc "THE DRUG STOt ("1*111 no. I "In I own where the 'no's' we it Of) per cent n bill to npenl the anticigarette lnw has heen passed and signed by the governor. "A bill to repeal the anti-cigarette 1 law In Kansas, with SO per cent 'no's,' I Is receiving the attention of its le^is- ' lature. Last year i\ petition for a referendum in Oregon to prohibit the use of tobacco failed of sutHclent RiKnatures to bring tlie question to a |, vote, and 05 per cent of the editors declare their public against legislation. Tn Oklahoma an antl-clgarette bill has been reported unfavorably In the house. The editors of that state reported 04 per cent against Its public support. "Outside of Utah, where Mormon Influence predominates," the article concludes, "the anti-tobacco movement appears, as In the case of Tennessee. Arkansas nml Iowa, to be losing ground and is not to any considerable extent supported by tile people." The friends of tobacco feel particularly elated over this showing. Inns ....... WUlA (H ? ? ? 111IM 11 IIN WJIJS 31 IIMIMimiin V'.'(U in legislative circles with I'2 state b?glaturos !n session and the tobacco subI Ject received an unusual amount of consideration. o For all kinds of hauling*, anywhere, short or long distance, get my prices before having your hauling done. A. D. Jones, Phone 120.?Adv.11113;tf o , Care of Eyeglasses. To prevent the annoyance caused by tbe accumulation of moisture upon ! eyeglasses wh? ? going from a cold Into a warm atmosphere, moisten the tips of the finder* and rub them over a cake of soap, t' n rub lens and polish as usual. One application dally Is all that Is necessary. o fiOO has more imitations than any other Fever Tonic on the market, but no one wants imitations.?aefv. Improved Fire Hose Coupllnp. Coupling# for flre hose that are tightly locked by a quarter turn hare been Invented by a Massachusetts man. : SpecialAnn I have purchased the next to the postoffic< UP-TO-DA STAPLE AND Fl It will pay you to s O. M. B ; TABO r '11 1 1?JL. 1 . J.9 Raps" hoes t i nent of various colors and Shoes, also a few bathing ; special prices. ( j Toilet Articles, Sun-Burn each.. I rmacy, inc. I >rton Drug Co. RE OF SERVICE" UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 10n (ranco Kxa in i nations. Entrance examinations to Jthe University of South Carolina will he held by the County Superintendent of Education at the County Court Mouse Friday, July H, 1921, at 9 a. m. The University offers varied courses of study in science, literature, history, law and business. The expenses are moderate and many oppor- A tunities for self support are afforded. Scholarships are available. Military training is compulsory for Freshmen and Sophomores, Reserve Officers' Training- Corps. For full particulars write to, President W. S. Currell, University of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. ?Adv. >j2-21 3ti. o Mistakes Wo Often Make. There is a proverb which reads ? "The mnn who never made a mistake never made anything else." There la o great (leal of truth In that saying. Sometimes we mine across one of tho?e perfect individuals who claims never to make mistakes. but more often we find that these very same persons not only make mistakes but rverjr grave ones. o v Advice for Movie Hero. The movie hero, currying the unconI scions heroine, was bnively struggling I through a terrtble storm. At ttie point of exhaustion he made the cabin, and bursting In law) the girl on a convenient bed. The storm was raging terribly and the cnbln door stood wida open. A little chap, lost In his excitement, yelled : "Shut the door." 0 "Potter's Field." The term, which is applied to place where the penniless and unknown are burled, had Its origir in Matthew 27:7. when the chief prienta "took counsel an<l bought wlt& them, (the thirty pieces of silver for which .Turin? betrayed the Master) tht potter's field to bury strangers In." The name ha? clung to such plots eve*, since. 11 " ??* louncement Tabor Fruit Company, i and am carrying am TE-LINE OF ^ INGY GROCERIES ee me before buying. LANTON 9 R, N. C.