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{ VOLUME XXXVI FROM CONWAY TO MARION Bus Line in Contemplation to Take Care of The Travel CARS WILL BE < | VERY COMFORTABLE Two Trips Made Each Day? Cooperation Wanted From Towns Along the Way That there is a possibility of tiie establishment of a modern bus lino between Conway and Marion via Aynor is indicated in a leltor received by the Conway Chamber or Commerce from the Carolina Lumber Corporation of Col \mbia. According to this letter tlu; company is con templating the prompt inauguration of such a service. If this line shouh* be established it will prove a greal convenience to citizens of tlie co:-.:munties connected by tlie line. The letter follows: "The writer is thinking or opening up a Bus Line between Marion, Aynor and Conway, making' two round trips a day. We understand that you have a splendid road now; and that this cuts off, between Marion and Conway, a distance or about 40 miles, and between vianon and Aynor even a longer distant::. "Our idea is to put on nice nussiw, same to bo arranged ju-t Tike street cars?the passengers looking forward, the scats to have nice cushions on same, and the car* to be glassed in, with heat for winter time, and we would carry passengers and packages. "If the chamber of Commerce along the line would back" us, we would he very glad to go into this matter further, and put this line in operation immediately. "Awaiting your advice In tlie matter, I am." I To the above letter the Chamber A of Commerce replied as follows: / "Replying to your letter of Aug ust 16th, with reference to tne proposed bus line from Marion to Couway via Aynor, it is our opinion tTiart no more successful bus line could be operated in South Carolina tlian one between these points. There Is considerable amount of business and social intercourse between the ttiree towns mentioned; yet the difficulty of railroad transportation "by way or Chadbourn makes it extremely inconvenient for the points to do business toirether. "The road recently finished connecting Conway and Marion and passim? through Avnor is a very fine sand-clay road, and would permit tlie operation of a bus line at a minimum of expense. "I am quite sure that citizens or all three points ^vould welcome the institution of this service and would v.illinirlv cooperate in establishing* :7i" line. The Conway Chamber of Commerce would be anxious to cooperate with you in any Reasonable way in the establishment of this enterprise. We would be glad to hear from you further, and think it would be a good idea for you to make a visit here for the purpose of discussing the situation further." LOSES CAR BY THFFT Notices were sent to officers here last week asking them to watch for the large touring car of J. It. Kenley, a leading official of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. It appears that his car was re'cently stolen from him in the city 'of "Wilmington, N. C., and he had been unable to locate any trace of the thief. Chief Smith was on the lookout for the car. NEAR DEATH BY ACCIDENT The small son of Dan H. Winstead passed across the street one day last week immediately ahead of the large touring car of W. A. Stilley, as the latter was driving along Main Street. The child had been playing on the sidewalk in front of the New York Cafe when he saw his father standing on the opposite side of the street in front of the furnijg ture store. He started across the street, and people held their breaths, so close did the car move to him befnuirk nuttinir on of the brakes stopped it just in time. o BITTEN BY SNAKE. The nine year old son of Menjorj Fowler was bitten by a snake or Monday August 14th. The boy wa? in the field at the time and tru snake hit his foot. He is beinf treated by Dr. H. I/. Scarborough and was doinjee well at last accounts His father lives on the K. F. D. "No 2, All. brook, 8. C. (Thf S. D SIMS FILLS JOB As Livestock Adviser for This I and Other Coun; ties STOCK DISEASE HAS ATTENTION r His Territory Includes Horry and Thirteen Other Counties. Florence, S. C.?Another valuable addition to the district forces oi' the \ South Carol ja Extension Service ; was nuide v.! ?n Mr. S. i). Sims ar r rived in Florence to take up tlie work ( of district livestock expeit. In t.i<^ ( capacity he \ ill have gen. nil super vision and direction oi disease con- t trol, breeding' and selection of herd i stock and improvement anc ( ] couragement of the livestock indus- | try in the Pee Dee section. His ser- i vice will be at the call of anyone ' needing advice or aid in the purchase 1 of livestock, disease in stock, or j management, and in any other phas.- i of the industry. I The counties included in Mr. Sim ; territory arc as follows: Lee, Sum- < ter, Marlboro, Florence, Darilnirio;.. j Marion, Willimasburg, Clarendon, 1 Berkeley, Georgetown, Chariesion Dorchester, Colleton, and Horry. i Mr. Sims comes very higiily rec omnif\nded for the work which he i will undertake. He is a graduate of j animal husbandry in Purdue Univer- ! sit*' Besides his academic quail "7 i "ntions, Mr. Sims was reared on 1 big farm in Indiana. Just prior to coming to South Carolina he had ; chanre of a 500 acre livestock rav^ i on which was bred fine horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and other animals. | Also Mr. Sims took third individual ; prize for a stock judging at the 1019 International Livestock Exposi- | tion in Chicago. i Mr. T. Benton Young, District Agent, states the Extension Service believes it has procured one of tTie best men available for the livestock ( work in this territory when It goMr. Sims. He is married and will make his home in Florence. T-7e may l)e reached at present tTirougn ( the office of Mr. Young. Florence Chamber of Commerce, ( Walter J. Johnson, Secretary. CASESFOR NOT DIPPING In magistrate Chestnut's court last week Anthony Bessant, T. K. Stevens and C. G. Stevens were uj; for not disinfecting their cattle after bein<? served with n written noticeto do so, under the supervision of local inspector. Defendants pleaded cruilty ond Judge Chestnut imposed a fine of $20.00 or 30 days on county works, and suspended the fine and penalty on the promise of defendantto disinfect their cattle every 1-* days under the supervision or the * % a m \ ? K f local caiiio inspector, nuwcvci, ? >? fine or penalty to be made good if they failed to comply with me law. Dr. Clarke Hedley. o * Some years ago the owners of business lots in the main business house block of this town threw in the money and purchased the land that is now used as an alley running almost through the entire block from east to w6st. This was done with the understanding that it would be used entirely for public purposes. The public accepted the land and has used it ever since; but have done very little toward placing it in good shape for travelling. As it is public property now it is nothing but right that the public funds bear the expense of keeping it up and the private owners of the business lots on each side of it should not be expected to put up the money for paving this. ? o BREAK AND STEAL. Thieves broke into the Quality Shop, of which Ferris is proprietor, last Sunday night, and carried away n onit nf aVinna. lint., shirt n ovii v u* v<?v/v??v-*?y -?? j . .... _ waist, skirt, and also some money. They made entrance to the store by using an iron bar with which they raised up a sash that had been nailed down. They left an old coat and shoes on the outside of the window. Officials of neighboring towns i were notified of*the theft, and on , Tuesday morning a telegram was received from the Chief of Police at ; Chadbourn to the effect that he had arrested a negro man, connected with the minstrel show which was in Conway Monday, and that the negro was ' wearing some of the stolen articles, i Officials went to Chadbourn Tuesday afternoon, and brought the accused 4 man here, and lodged him In Jail, r There was also another negro con. nocted with the theft, according to . the one arrested, and the officials . are now after him. He is said to be at Tabor, N. C. m% Wimt CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, r\VO TRUSTEES NOT OUSTED Hears Complaint by Number of Citizens in District 43 I. B. GORE P. L. HARDWICK rhings Charged Against Trusrtees Published in Full From Petition. There was ended last Monrfav ; lispute in school district No. 43. Phis is known as Hull's Islam! School District in Simpson CreeK I'ownsbip. , The matter wa? enctet" >n Monday when the County Fioaiv >f Education, after full investigate n nd hearing of both sides, reru'-ncl 0 grant the prayer of a petition nade by W. S. Cox, (J. C. Martin, B. II. Hardwick and N. G. Hughes for themselves and the others sic!in; kvith them, asking for the removal or wo of the trustees, to wit: J. B. Fore and P. L. Hardwick. TT)?? Patrons who filed this petition wc:? represented by attorneys but the atorneys submitted the matter without argument and left it entirely to tr.o bounty Board to use their discretion n the matter. The two Trustees did lot have an attorney but the mattei i ably presented by Mr. J. T3. Clore. The grounds upon which these p>?~ Irons expected to have'the two trustees ousted were started as follows in the petition itself, a cop*r>f which was served on these tw<; trustees: That your petitioners respectfuily :isk that the aforesaid named Tru> 1 v . i _ i i> .....I * IfJ >% it ti. i). viwi r auu l . ?j. Hardwick, l?e removed from their present office for the following good and sufficient reason?: (1) That their conduct in office has made themselves objectionable to the Community and contrary to the best interest of the school in that (a) they refuse to assist the teachers *11 said school in the maintenance of discipline, especially in reference to the children of the said J. B. Gore, a son of the said Gore bom# permitted to curse and abuse the teacners, refusing to take punishment and still kept in school over the teacn era protest, whereas other children, for the same offense, were expellee; (b) in that the said Trustees refuse and neglect to take wishes and desires of the patrons of their District into their consideration, but to the contrary are arbitrary and officious in their conduct toward the said school; (c) in that they advise the teachers not to visit the home or other patrons; that the other people in the District were too common to be visited by or to entertain the said teachers. That tho saul Trustees, in violation of the law and contrary to the interest df the said school, did, in tiie scholastic year 1920-21, employ teachers without proper certificates qualifying them to teach uncer the laws of the.Satte of South CarolTn?-.,then and thereby spending the public's money contrary to law. That the said Trustees did, durlmr the scholastic year 1920-21, in vioi.ation of the law, employ and pay as a teacher a daughter of the said J. B. Gore, Trustee, contrary to and In the face of the school law of tne State of South Carolina. That the said Trustees have in their official conduct, shown partiality in reference to pupils in the said school and endorsed bad behavior and misconduct on the part of large boys at the said school, to its damage and detriment. There was served with the Petition a request to the Board asking for the removal of the two trustees and asking that N. G. Hughes and E. H. Hardwick be appointed in place of these two. This document was signed by the following residents of Simpson Creek: S. P. Hughes, J. M. Hardwick, TJ. M. Housand, A. L. Housand, W. G. Gore, O. L. Housand, J. C. Gerrald, L. A. Edwards, S. Rabon, A. C. Holland. S. P, Rogers, S. W. Roger*, R. M. Williams. W. H. Fowler, Mrs. Nancv E. Norris. W. P. Rheuark, D. M. Rheuark. H. F. Richardson, A. A. Stevens, W. E. Stephenson, W. S. Cox. E. M. Bullard, G. C. Martin, W. H. Housand, H. C. Housand. It seems that the complaints mad-.' against these trustees were summarized in a document signed T>v names as appears below and reading as follows: We, The patrons of ?aid District Herewith present charges to you Honorable Board against J. B. Oorr and I\ L. Hardwick acting as Trustees in nonperformance of Duty. Sectional?No meeting held wltl1 Trustees in or before beginning of school in the year of 1320 am' 1921. Section 2?J. B. Gore, hireing Tit - aaucrnter ana naymg ner our 01 school funds without consent of lTv Patrons of School. Section 3?Hireing Teachers withou certificate. Scct'on 4?Endorsing l>ar- Vehnvi^i # p AUGUST 25, 1921. NO AGREEMENT IN DIRECT WAY Suggestions of Conspiracy to Evade Law Explained by Witnesses DR. W. K, LEWIS VISITED CONWAY Held Meeting" With Farmers Mere Than 2 Venvs Ar.-,, Pee Dee Tick Troubles Ono inters.-tinn; m Mdent of the second trial of I. W. JHinson last week was the effort of the prosecution t< bring out from a number of witnesses that some ti?? : in the pas* th re had been an argument by a number o( farmers out there, that they would not dip or disinfect their cattle; ihi. being an effort to show that these people are not law abiding;, but entered into a conspiracy to evade and break the law. In answer to that charge, however. Ibrought out by suggest'ons and hint* I of a conspiracy, the defense proved that this occurcd more than two yenrs ago at the close of a time after which these men had complied with the law. and for nearly three years had disinfected their cattle like other people Iliad done; that on that occasion circumstances were different from other people and they had refused to comply with regulations which they regarded as extreme and luiroas'-nal-'e. or words to that effect; that Dr. \V. K. Lewis, the State Ve*ernarian, was appealer! to and he wrote a letlcr to W. J. lienriricks to have all* of his men present in Conway on a given date, and that he vpulr1 meet them and investigated the matter throughly. He did me?-t them and investigations were made that day, talks by several farmers ami everything conducted in an open and fair way; and that at the close of the meeting Dr. Lewis, who is at the head of all this work and appoints all of the men who hold position similar to that of Dr. Clarke Hedlev, told the men that he would not go to law with them and the matter was dropped and nothing more evei- brought up concerning it. Everything was pleasant until the pending cases were started recently. When W. J. Hendricks was on the stand he was pressed closely by the counsel for the State to relate wheth or or not at a former time there had been an argument among' a number of the people, including himself and T. W. Johnson, not to comply with the law as to disinfecting their cattle. Mr. Hendricks said his answor* would not incriminate him; that in a direct way there had been no such aeree?v?pnt, but there had in an indirect way. It was after this that ho testified ."bout the visit of Dr.W. K. Lewis to Conway where ho met this group of Poo i)oe farmer^. and said that every thing had been pleasant and no prosecution (ioei'lM upon. COWKILLING GOES TO COURT Isaac Ray Says he Will Fight Against Conviction at Pronor Time. Isaac Kay was before Magistrate Chestnut laVt Saturday on a charge of killing a cow 'that had been harrassing him and would not stay out of his field. He says he could not catch and pen the cow so as to make the owner keep the cow confined, and hence he took the only means he had of protecting his property, that of shooting the cow. The owner of the cow brought an indictment against Ray after the killing of the animal, and it was called for investigation before the magistrate on Saturday morning, when Rav waived the preliminarv hearing and gave bond for his appearance the court of rreneral sessions the latter nart of Sent^rnhnv. Ray intends to fight the case when it comes up in the court of general i sessions. ?o Sheriff Jns. A. Lewis was at Lor is on business last week. in School. Section 5?How school* fund-? was i paid out and a compile itemize ! account of same. Sign Partitioners. S. P. Hughes, J. HardwicK, W. S i Cox, D. M. Rheuark, W. P. Kheuark p H. T. Richardson, O. L. Housnnrt, .T ' ('. Gerrald, A. L. Housand, w. M Housanct W. H. Fowler, W. K Stephens, A. A. Stephens, Ivirs. Nanc> r E. Noruis, R. M. Williamson. % The members of the Board artei hearing these thinors discussed decld ed that they could not dismiss tru 4 rustees upon the above fo unds a1 c -hov n arid thi? ended th.?i r..attev. ra I tl> BAPTIST SCHOOL ] PLANS OPENING Rev. John H. Mitchell, D. D., I Elected PrinciDal?Making Plans for Opening HOME BEING BUILT FOR PRINCIPAL School is Locatcd at Wanna- ' maker, near 'Nichols, S. C. It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Pee lJ'p Kaptis:? Academy, one of the nev academic, projected l>y our Staie C onvention, i plannin.tr to open this fall. At a lecent meeting of the Board of Trustees Rev. John 11. Mitchell, I). L). was elected to become the prin cipal of this school and ne has a cepted the task and is now at wor making arrangem *nls to open the school this fall. Work will be begun in a few days on a home for the principal and later the administration building will he erected. This work is being cared for by the loca ? nvn cm \ * ! ?W nrAL-f or' in this school. I his school is to bo a first elas.-: jhigli school, preparing it.- students ( for college entrance. U is located a Wannaniaker, about 'ive miles from Nichols, 8. (\, in a progressive sec ticn of Horry 'County. The schoo is intended to serve especially that section othe State which is onibraced in Marlboro, Dil'op, Marion and Horry counties and is named for that generaJ .section of the State. 1 is not only for the Pec Dee Association, but also for th > Warcamaw and the Carolina associations, and of course, for any one who wishes to take advantage of its opporunitiea. While it will be owned and operated by the Baptist denomination, it will not bo sectarian, but will be open for students of any denomination or none, if they wish to use its opportunities. It is to be hoped that our people in, the Pee Dee section of the State will rally around this institution and make it what it ought to be and what the denomination wants it to be. This is the first effort of its kind which the denomination has made in this section of the State and we confidently expect the institution to justify the expectations of the Convention. Let the whole Pee Dee section of the State make this their own institution and rally to its support. The school is peculiarly fortunate, we believe in the selection of its principal. Dr. Mitchell is unusually well prepared for this work. He is a graduate of Furnian University and of the Southern Baptist Seminary and has had a number of years experience in important pastorates in the State. He has had some experience in the school room before and Conies to his task with I conviction of the great importance of this work. He has been a careful student and his scholarship was | recognized two years ago bv his al-| ma mater when Furnian University! gave him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Ho is a splendid thoughtful prcacher as well as school man j and we nrcdict that his preaching abilitv will be soon recognized bv the churches in that nart of the State. T'"? denomination plans," as soon as finances will permit, to build a substantial and excellent school plant here. The complete plant calls for an administration building and two dormitories, one for boys and one for girls. These buildings will be equipped with all modern conveniences. We own a tract of land consisting of fifty-seven acres and so will have land for athletic grounds as well as for some gardening, pasi li snx/tvM t miK tuvajye and smaii The school is located on a sand r?df?e with fine drainage and in a fine section of the county. It is onlv a few yards from Wannamaker Baptist church. We predict for this school a irroat future under the leadership of its able and cultured principal. . Chas. A. Jones, Secretary. Education Commission of Baptist State Convention. Columbia, S. C., Auprust 11, 1921. o NOTICE OP SPECIAL TEACHER'S EXAMINATION Notice is hereby sriven that a special teachers' examination will be held at the Courthouse in Conway. ; ?. O.^ on Tuesday, the fith day of ' September. 102', commencing at. 8:00 o'clock A. M. All those who desire to teach in the County this i nov m-wl wVm rln not. now lmve per > tificates, arc urrrod to taVo this ex agination. as it is probable permits will not bo extensively issued tlv vo.mv, and this ?r^r.ial exn>^ination ?< vour opportunity to oualify for tbo work of teacbincr in the free public : schools of t^o count.v. E. C. ALLEN, Pountv Superintendent of Education. S'2,"V21-2t. I -J NO. 19. INSPECT RIVER NEXT MONTH Major G. R. Young, District Engineer Will Look For Snags PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE For His Stay in This Section While Doing This Work on the Waccamaw An inspection of the Waccamaw River from Conwav to Star Bluff in September is planned by Major (I. R. Young, United States District. Kngineer, 01 Charleston. For some time the Conway Chamber of Commerce has been making .an effort t > secure the development of the Waccamaw River between those poincs. It is hoped that Major Young's visit is the lirst step toward thai eiul. Major \ oung will be very pleasantly remembered by many of the business men of Conway, who with Mr. W. O. Whitescarver and Cap-. Day, was guest oi the Chamber or Commerce at an informal dinner some months ago, at which time the desirability of improving* the upper river was fully disscussed. Under date of August 19th, the Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. Young': "Some time in September 1 wish to make an inspection of the Waccamaw River from Conway at least to Star Bluff, in order to ascertain the condition of the river as regards snags. For this purpose 1 wil need ty hire a boat ana operator, and possibly extra men to prepare meals, etc. I will appreciate it very much If you would inform me of where and from whom I could obtain Mich a? boat, which could navigate the river at low stages up to Star Bluff. T request also that you inform me of the probable cost of hire of such n boat, including the crew that will tie necessary to operate, furnish meals, etc., and the periods it will take ti> fro to Star Bhiff and return. How long this would be depends of course; on how fast the boat travels. This information of cost is needed because T must obtain authoritv in advance for the hire of the boat." Replying to the above letter, the Chamber of Commerce wrote as follows : "I am very glad to acknowledge receipt of your letter of August 19th, with reference to vour proposort trip to Star T31uff. Tn reply hey: state that we will be verv glad to have you make this trip without any cost to yourself or tho government. If you will advise us three or four davs befo'*o tho date of your arrival, we will take pleasure in making all nor?cK?ary avrane*ements for iim comfortable a trip for you as is possible. T bone voo \vjii cwo prepared ?o spend veveval davs after you hnv-? completed your work, so that we ' an put in some fishing* and enioving the surf. I a"1 i,nprosinrr that the sportun'* instinct is as keen in you a-* your brother, who had two or throe days of verv pleasant hunting here last winter." o A man undertook to unrip off the movintr tvain oi>^ dav la^t w#*ek as it was passing by the boarding house of Mr. and Mrs. Gore on lownr M:iin Stroot. Ho miss^d his foor ing in some way and came down on the ground flat on his face. He was bruised in the fa'-e and considerably shocked, hut wps alright after taking a good wash. He was a travelling man for one of the wholesale houses. MINSTREL SHOW TURNED BACK A tent show, described as a colored minstrel aggregation, arrived In Conway last Monday in readiness to show on Monday night, on a license which the manager claimed had been granted by the Town of Conway. Some (iiiestion was raised as to his right to show in the county, even in an incorporated town, in view of the provisions of the recent act of the Legislature bringing Horry County under the provisions of the law prohibiting carnivals and lent shows in certain counties. The sheriff took hold of the matter ana as a result the manager of .this show le't Conway with his company in the afternoon. o Financial statements arc in demand and it is well they should be. Time was blue recently, when such statements were either not asked for, or if offered, were not wanted, not worth the trouble; but the truth is that they wore worth as much then, if not more, than they are now. Human nnture is funny.