The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 25, 1921, Image 1
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.