The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 20, 1921, Image 1
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' VOLUME XXXVI
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docket facing
local lawyers
Cannot Be Disposed Of As
Planned During One
Short Week.
REMEDY NEEDED,
CLEARING COURTS
County Court Having' Jurisdic
tion to Amount of Five
Hundred Suggested.
Our issue of last week carried a
long roster of civil suits listed by the
attoi neys <5Y this bar for trial, beginning
on October 24.
The 10 is no one who will seriously!
contend that more than about onetenth
of these ca-e< will be tried r!uving
the one week of court. It will
be impossible. Citiv.ons who read the
long list in In^t week's issue will realize
that there is a need <>f longer
terms of court, or some relief in some
way so that parties who have meriorious
cases pending can get them
tried and disposed of at sometime.
It is true that during the time of the
World War attorneys were busy in
filling out questionnaires and in other
forms of war work parties to causes
were also otherwise interested. This
caused a number of old cases to remain
on the docket longer tlvin they
otherwise would, but this is not all.
Population has increased. The relations
of men to each ohter have multiplied.
Business interests have expanded.
Large tracts of land have
been cut up into small lots and own
crs nave mum piit'ti, ami uhjs iiiuuiik
that litigation lias greatly increased
and lawyers increased. There is no
use in having cases filed in the court
unless they can be tried. One idea
for relief is a County Court with a
competent attorney presiding as
judge and let him have jurisdiction to
the amount of $500. In that way his
court would take care of a number of
cases hat cannot be tried in the Magistrate's
court. The way to get this
extra court is to get after the memV.
hers of he Legislature and let them
know that Horry county needs it.
M'G BUCK WAS
PROMINENT MAN
Funeral Was Held at Bucksvil'e
on Tuesday of
l.ast Week.
(Marion Star.)
Mr. "Wm. McG. Buck, of Mull ins,
prominent citizen and president of
the Bank of Mull ins, died at a hospital
at Florence Sunday. Mr. Buck
1-wwl" /?nn f!nn/l In f lin liAcnif fil
J llM ?M \\ || V\'lll ill' VI llll. I I ? ?ii j ? in |
for about a week and had undergone
a<n operation for appendicitis, which
was followed by a complication. l?or
several days his life hung by a
thread; he then rallied and Sunday
morning he seemed to be almost
convalencent, when suddenly he suffered
a relapse and died during1 the
<lay.
The body wa-s taken to his home
at Mull ins. Tuesday the intermerr
was made in the Buck burying plot
at Bucksville, the Buck home.
Wm, McG. Buck was the son of
the late Mrs. Desire McG. Buck of
Mai 'ion. He was a brother of Mr.
Henry Buck, Mrs. P. B. Hamer and
Mrs." S. W. Norwood of Marion. For
many years ho has been a citizen
of Mullins, where he was a leader
in business circles and was one of
the most highly respected citizens of
the cocunty
Early in life Mr. Buck married
Miss Lojla Johnson, daughter of
Chancellor Wm. D. Johnson, of
Marion, who, with the following children,
survive him: William Buck ot
Kowland. N. C., and Henry Buck of
Boston, Mass.
TOO?MDDOGS
KILLED LATELY
This is the wrong season of tlvj
year for dogs to go mad, but they
seem to infest Conway, more or less,
just the same.
Last Sunday Rural Policeman V.
D. Johnson killed on^ that was found
VkiiiM/w iU/N IM ?r.U /\n r on/] /\f lin ??
ft/iuiiig tuc UUM1U0) ii;ui,v;n aim wi/itv-i
objects with which lie came in contact,
and tho policeman killed him
before he could do worse damage.
. / 'Tiia was inside the town.
Several days ago the chief of police
of Conway killed a mad dog upon
upper Main street, after being
sent for by some people who had
seen tl.e dog.
MAKES* BOND.
A. 15. Elliott who was lodged in
t- o county jail one day last week,
charged with a serious offense, suec.<r;i(d
in making hail by the middle
of the week, .and was out again
Luther Pink, who was indicted with
him in tho same warrant at last accounts
was still in the jail.
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PROGRAM BUCK !
CREEK UNION
Following is the program of the I
Buck Creek Union which is to convene
with Pleasant Meadow MissionI
ary Baptist church October 28 ,and 29:
Friday at 11 A. M.?Introductory
sermon by appointee.
I 12 M.?Recess for 20 minutes.
12:20 P.' M.?Union called to order
l by moderator. Letters from different
(churches read and miscellaneous busiI
nnoj 'i
Query No. 1?"Mow Can the Church
Help the Pastor With His Problems?"
by Dr. Ford.
Query No. 2?"How Are We to
Harmonize?" 1 John 1:8 with 1 John
by II .C. Fowler.
Saturday at J): HO A. M.?Devotional
exercise.
Query No. 3?"How to Develop
Our Young Church Members," by J.
Walter Todd.
Query No. < ?"What Arc the Host
Methods to Finance the Kingdom?"
by W. A. C. Carajdson.
Query No. ">?"What Are the Best
Me hods to Promote the Spiritual Interest
of the Church?" by J. U. Carter.
wokkinITby"
daily it asks
Convicts on Co. Chain Gam; I
Finish Before Sunset
Each Day.
FINE PROGRESS MADE
ON THE NEW ROAD
Will Complete Good Road
From Homewood to Bayboro
by Jan. 1.
The convicts on the chain gang
now going forward with the good
road from Homewood toward Bayboro,
do their work each day bv
the task of each man is laid out
for him and he Knows that when
he gets this task done he will bo
done fo^ the day. According to Mr.
H. P. Little, who is in active charge
of this work, the convicts come
trooping in long before the sun goe^
down, having spent their time t)
good effect on the task.
Under this and some other good
systems which are now in effect
on this road building work, the road
is rapidly stretching out nnd cowr
ing the distance between Homewood
and Bayboro at a faster gait than
would be expected.
Bv the first of January next the
work is almost sure to be done on |
lhat eand of the road, and thus will j
be completed a chain of pood roadall
the way through the county from
Conway to the county line .it Nichols,
S. C. In some places it takos
longer to finish the road than in
others. This is owing, of course,
to the nature of the soil over which
the road bed passes. The soil where
the hands are working now, and on
to Bayboro, is about the average
kind so far as we can find out, and
the force will fin:sh all this in the
time above allotted for it.
As soon as this work has been
done then the plans will have been
finished for the work on the South
ern end of thae national highway
beginning at Conway and ending
with the big bridge that will b.?
built across the Pee Dee and connect
Horry and Georgetown together
in a way such as was never done
before. They expect to be at work
on this end of it immediately after
January 1st, 1922.
When the work on this southerai
end has been finished, there will no
longer be the dangerous Bull Creek
Islands to pass over. This terror
for motorists will no longer exist
and going to Ceorgetown will be as
easy ns it is now to get to Marion
or Nichols. It is an improvement
of which every citizen will be proud,
and it will bring business to Conway
that has been going elsewhere.
As stated in other articles in this
paper, the location of this lower end
has not yet been fixed as to the
exact place where it will leave tlv
town. The exact location will bo d"
cidcd very soon in readiness for the
^ocinninp' of the work.
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IS READY TO I
RUN RAILROADS
Washington. ? The government is
prepared to man and run the railroads
if the nationwide strike set for
October 30 ties up the country's
transportation system.
This information was contained in
an exclusive statement to Universal
Service from a source close to the
administration.
"The economic disaster that would
bo precipitated by such a crises must
he prevented by every power of the
government," was the statement of
this authority.
Congress, keenly alive to the dangers
of the situation, is prepared to
net immediately if the impending
strike becomes a fact.
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CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY,
RAILROAD MEN ^
WILL WALK OUT
Beginning in Chicago on October
30 Say Union
Leaders.
UNLESS AVERTED
IN SOME WAY1
Country Will Have Biggest
Walkout in History in
Big- Industry.
More than two million railway
workers marked time awaiting the
greatest strike call in history. Indications
were that the "ftig Four"
brotherhoods, whose chiefs are gathered
in Cleveland 1<> map ont the details
will issuo tlie order fo* the
walkout Tuesday.
In a Httle more than a week from
that date nearly every important carried
in the country will cease turning
its wheels, crippling transportation
and thrusting the nation to the brink
of what may prove a countrywide calamity.
Sunday, October 30 from
every indication is the day to be set
for the beginning of the great walkout.
At a special meeting to be held in
Cleveland, the first to be held by the
brotherhood chiefs since the breaking
off of negotiations with the executives
in Chicago, the plan of campaign will
be carefully mapped. On the following
day, it is believed, the strike call
will go out.
Although the shop crafts and affiliated
organizations do not expect to
A 1 * 1 1 1*1 /A
receive tneir suikc. orders until uctober
22, it is virtually conceded that
the action of the "Big Four" will also
strike the hour for for them.
Leaders of these organization, it is
understood, practically assured big
four men that they will join the walkout.
Their men voted overwhelmingly
to give them authority to call a
strike when they see fit. The heads
of the twelve unions will meet October
22 to take final action.
To Follow "Big Four.**
Rv that time developments will
have gone far enough to decide the
course. From what can he gathered
Ur?ro Hieir plan is to follow the "Big
Four."
With practically all the leaders out
of town, the situation here is one cf
"tense calmness," like that calm that
follows the first indications of a
storm and precedes the storm itself.
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Both sides are set for the struggle,
hut neither side knows what circumstances
may arise to foil it. Some
I kind of government action?a conference
called by President Harding, for
instance?may delay and oven prevent
the battle, it was pointed out
here.
In the meantime both the railroad
executives and the union leaders are
perfecting their plans for the tfght.
Transportation executives do not believe
the walkout will tie *ip all tri.ffiv.
They expect to keep some trains
moving during the, crisis.
The union men, on the other hand,
believe they are powerful enough to
stop every wheel if necessary.
Look for Short Strike.
The workers, according to some of
the subordinate officials of the unions,
are looking for a short strike. They
believe they will demonstrate both
their determination and strength in a
very few days.
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While all the unions have strike1
plans prepared, these are subject to!
revision as circumstances arise. It is
practically settled, according to some,
that the battle will be directed against
the pocketgroups, it is said, and the
men will be called out one group at a
time, with intervals of 48 hours between.
These groups are not geographical,
but according to ownership.!
Thus some of the roads in one partj
of the country will be involved in the
first series strikes, while other lines
in the same territory will operate until
other groups are hit. Whether the
roads that are weakest or strongest
financially will be hit first has books
of the roads.
Tn Moot Drtnhpr 99
B. M. Jewel, president of the Railway
Employes' Department of the
merican Federation of Labor said he
. > in possession of the strike plans of
.he "Big Four" which includes the
four operating crafts which are trainmen,
engineers, conductors and fire-1
men. He would not reveal them,
however. It was Mr. Jewel who said
leaders of the federated unions will
meet on October 22 to decide their
final course. He said he believed they
would be called out.
Strike plans, so far as they have
been worked out. it is said, are included
in the sealed orders which division
chairmen took with them to
their respective headquarters wher
they left. These, however, arc ;il!
subject to change on a flash from the
board of strategy which will sit in
Cleveland.
The handling of the mail trains may
be permitted as a concession to the
government though this provision, it
is said, is not included in the tentative
plans. *
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OCTOBER 20, 1921.
PATRONS ASK
SCHOOL FACTS
How Many Attend From Cutside
and What Do
They Pay.
WHAT IS THF. CAUSE
OF LACK OF ROOM
What is Difference in Rates
Paid by Inside and Outside
Pupils.
Recently some questions have been
asked about the method of taking in
j>li|;ii.s ai mo i:uvrougns mijt.
School, the shortage which existed
in the funds av: il h'; for ('"so cho? 1
ill: nccc.ssity of more room tor the
cla. es, the build'mv of a new school
house, also the amount of term, or
entrance fee? paid by all pupil*
alike, no matter from what plac^
they are entered.
It is v ell kr.own that taxes in the
t, nvn of Conway arc abr.ornvilly
hiph. There is a lot of t'ix money
paid in every year, and there ar^
citi/ons who are always wanting to
know how this is spent. One roit
son for the high taxes is the levy
for the schools, and when this has
been added to the ordinary town expenses
and other levies, and there is
still added on the State and county
levy, anyone can sen that the
I burden of taxation within the town
of Conway is heavy. If additional
improvements are made to any of
the public institutions it is going to
make the taxes still higher.
Taking up the school matter
again, however, where we left it
11. ;j-? - * * *
auuvc, tins writer wants ior publication,
full and complete information
as to the number of students now at
tending the Conway schools, from
other school districts, so that we can
judge how much the class numbers
have been swelled by the addition
of pupils from other school districts-,
of the county. If Conway is carrying
the burden of trying to educuts
as many as will come from other
parts of the county, we want to publish
in this paper, just what the
nuhiber is that are now getting educational
advantages at our graded
school; further we want a full and
complete statement of the amount of
entrance and other school fees paid
by the pupils from outside, with the
rate charged per pupil and how often
i paid; also the amount paid by the
pupils who live within district number
19 and attend this school which i?
theirs and the rate per pupil. We
want to arrive at the amount of
revenue that is coming in for school
purposes in school district numbe-'
10, from the pupils attending from
other school districts of this county.
We should state bofore going any
further, that Conway wants these
1 r ' ' * ...
j pupns i rom tuo outside, provided
I they can be taken care of at the
school without neglecting either
them or tho district's own pupils,
and provided those pupils from th^
outside are willing to pay' what it
is worth for such advantages. The
condition may be such that it would
be unfair and unreasonable to tax
the residents of district number 19
any further for the purpose of building
a new schcol house or making
a costly addition to the eld one, if
this necessity results from t.akin?r i:i
more pupils from the outside tlian
the trustees should allow to come in.
Then the other question is just as
' important. How much are tho outsiders
paying to maintain this school.
We wish to open the columns of
the Herald to any 'patron, also to
the trustees, also anybodv else who
is interested in this subject. The
public wants light as is evident bv
the questions asked.
Is it right to increase tho classes
by taking in more and more pupiN
until it is impossible for a teacher
to do justice by those placed in her
charge? The training of the whole
crowd is thus neglected from dal (o
day and the students pass through
and are said to be finished, when
they are really as bad off for real
training and education as they were
when they started in. Th mi when
the classes are over crowded, and
more room is seen to l)o needed, is
it right to go ahead and tax the people
of the home district to make the
added improvements without an adequate
charge from those who have
caused the necessity to arise?
We hope to have more in this paper
on this subject.
HOARDOF
PUBLIC WORKS
Mr. A. C. Thompson was re-elected
as a member of the Board of Public
Works in the special town election on
October 11. Mr. L. H. Burroughs
was elected a member of this board
to succeed Mr. .J. W. Little. The
members of the board now stands:
D. A. Spivey, chairman; L. 11. Hurrouirhs
and A. O. Thompson. At the
recent election Mr. Burroughs received
19 votes and Mr. Thompson IK.
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ra Id.
HORRYITE WEDS
IN MARLBORO|
The many friends here of Mr. I
thus. C. Allen will l>o interested J
to learn of his niarriuj?-? to Mis
Minnie McCune. now of McColl, bu*
formerly of Porterdale, Ga.
The occasion was one <>" much in
terest, and took place October (>l
at the residence of J. I.. A1 ford a
McColl, and being; an occasion <<'
almost a surprise, there was littl<
time for preparation, but a fev
| friends of the party arranged ;
I tasteful decoration of the room, and
| the immediate att md mt v ere ~<'v
K'lly M. Kay with Miss Liviv.ie Can
non: Mr. Bernie Rabon with Mi
Pauline Murphy; Mr. (Jeovge M:nt
with Miss Ililla Ray; Mr. Fred CI
Martin with vliss Rolai.d U.iv
r>cnu'c Corral d with M'issr 01;o A'
foul. Last in line wa lie i>v:v
and pro: m. wl o marched to t'1 '
front and were happily * nited i I
narriagc by Mr \. M. J>ellfiniv.
Youn<y 7ur. Allen is t c .*on o' j
the late Georjye Vlen, of Hovr |
county, or.d is to h' eonyra.v.lattv
upon winning the hoert and hand of
Ii^ M. Cune, who is a 'sd" of .v,i'
rof'nement and one who is hi ;' !
os<eemed hy a wvle ci'v'e of loy;:1
i* y
11 r 1011 vis, sne is the daughter of
| Mr. and Mrs. Andrev McCun< novv
of this place, but formerly of Tor
terdale, CJa.
The young people have the best
wishes of all their friends in MoColl,
and especially those of Mr. Allen
in Horry county.
?One Present.
defInitoorders
being sent out
Leaders Contend Only Miracle
Can Ston Impending
Strike.
Cleveland, Ohio. .. With the announcement
that the big five transportation
chiefs will meet here Tuesday
to discus plans for carrying on
the nationwide progresrive railroad
strike that has ben set to begin at
G a. m. Sunday, October 30, W. G.
Lee, president of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, declared that
nothing but a miracle can proven*
the strike from going into effect.
Mr. I rOP lias in vet vdfnvnrt/1
Chicago, where the five transportation
organizations ordered the strik1
and at once began sending out official
notices of the strike order to approximately
'300 general chairmen of
his organization who did not attend
the Chicago conference. General
chairmen of the four other organizations
attended the conference
and were given their orders there.
"Nothing but a miracle can stop
this strike," said Mr. Ivoe. "Still
there may be a savior in some place,
but I am afraid not.'
Mr. Lee explained that the strike
order was final and definite, no provisions
being made for a postponement
of action.
Grand officers of the Brotherhood
of Engineers are arriving here for a
conference with Grand Chief Wari
......
re:i ?s. Mono, at wnien tney will receivo
final instructions before departing
for the districts over which
they have supervision.
Mr. Stono. W. S. Carter, president
of the Brotherhood of* Foremen and
Enginemen; L. E. Sheppard, presi
dent of the Order of Railway Conductors;
and T. C. Cassen, president
of the Switchmen's Union of North
America, are expected to arrive to
take part in Tuesday's conference.
Orders for calling off this strike
in case a "satisfactory agreemnt"
has been reached are contained in
sealed code messages mailed to all
general chairmen with the official
strike orders which are nor to be
opened until receipt of a code telegram.
If this code telegram and the
sealed message are identical, the
general chairmen will know tlv
strike has been settled. Ml the code
telegrams sent to the general chairmen
are worded differntly and th^
general chairmen in passing along
similar instructions to local chairmen
will use different codes also.
The purpose of using this cod^
yystem, rather than the one genera
code word, it. was said, was to prevent
the brotherhoods from being imposed
upon should the code word fall
into improper hands, or otherwise.
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HOMEMADE FLOOR OILS
One part boiled linseed oil thinned
with three parts turpentine makes
an excellent floor oil, the United
States Department of Agriculture
finds, while one part light motor or
engine oil combined with four parts
kerosene gives results similar to com
mercial kinds. The motor oil recommended
must not he confused with
the heavy, less highly refined kinds
that contain dark sediment.
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i/ejmr'iMU'iii oi AKt'icuuure gives liu*
loss of sweet potatoes from plant
,?;.p.iyes in 1910 as r>8,000,000 bu!
This i>- a tremendous loss when we
think the country for this year produced
only 105,10^,000 bushels. Ft
is not known what part of this loss
i was due to storage-rots, hut it is
jsa-fe to say, a largo part.
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MEMBERS MEET
DURING WEEK
Will Divide Cost of Great
Bridtie Across the
Pee Dee.
STRUCTURE ALMOST
TWO MILES LONG
Location of Highway Still Undecided--WiH
Be Working1
Here bv January 1.
O v
Tli" completion of the national
hiirhw.av through Horry county, across
tho Pee Dee River, connecting this
county wit'n Georgetown, calls for the
" mstruction of a costly hruvi'e across
that. river nist above Y iwlmna Ferry,
v 'n ' "o been so much trouble
'.o ln ,,o''er- :n years gone l>y, and
voii .-,l the present time until this
vow M:>h\vay and bridge shall have
been co p'etcd.
Tb^ plans for this bri?V.?;?> and the
speciftcai ions Are already complete and
four estimates have been obtained by
the county commissioners of the cost
of tho bridge com ^ct'1 1 readv t'or
travel. The e timales run from a
cost of $20(5,000 to .^3 '3.000, io usq
round numbers. As soon as the i relimiliary
matters have been attended
to the work will be let, of course, to
the contractor or company who can
quote the lowest figure tor the work
and yet is responsible so as to be able
to back up the contract.
On Tuesday of this week the Horry
county delegation in the Legislature,
consisting of Messrs. W. A. Prince
and G. Lloyd Ford, of the House b?
Representatives, and Jerercith Smith,
State Senator, from Horry county,
went to Georgetown with Mr. H. P".
Little of the Horry County Board fop
the purpose of conferring with th?
House members and State Senator
from Georgetown on the subject of
getting through an act at the appraoching
term of the General Assembly
of this state, to divide up the
cost of the construction of this wonderful
bridge between the two counties.
The exact plans made by ih?
two delegations may not appear i*.
this issue of the paper, but if not,
will appear later.
This orictge construction will measure
in length almost one and threefourths
miles, to be exact, it will he
1.(55 miles in length over all. There
will be two steel spans to go over
the river stream. Two of the steel
spans will be 200 feet in length and
the third ISO feet in length. The
balance of the bridge length will consist
of trestle work in the swamps,
which arc about equally divided on
the two sides of the Pee Dee River.
The exact location of the national
highway as it leads away from Conway
toward Georgetown has not yet
been definitely fixed; but it will be
located now in a short time by the
county commissioners. They expect
to be at work on it by January ], 1?)22.
eastwill be hit
in 2nd group
Atlantic Coast Line in List
of Roads Named for Nov.
I 1 Walkout.
Chicago, Oct. 17. ? The second
group of railroads in the walkout of
the big five brotherhoods will affect
the east, it became known today.
These roads include the New York,
New Haven & Hartford and the Delaware
& Hudson.
Like the first group, the walkout
on tho second division of roads will
affect every section of the country,
but hits the east hardest?a section
of the country left practically untouched
on the first day. The second
group walkout will come at 0 a. m.
local standard time, November 1. *
The official list of roads in group
two follows:
New York, New Haven & Hartford.
Delaware & Hudson.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
St. Louis & San Francisco (entire
system).
Louisville & Nashville.
Nirknl At Pl-.lo
Erie Railway system.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (entire
system.)
Atlantic Coast Line.
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western.
Lehigh Valley.
Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis.
Three of the remaining largest
roads in the country arc included
in the third group, on which the
strike is set for (> a. m., local standard
time, November tt. The entire
Burlington system, the New York
Central (lines east and we: O and
the entire systme of the Ba timoro
& Ohio are among those wVdi wiU
lVel the strike blow Xevv be'r
The balance of th? t'^ird . ul the
fourth groups include the rtv.Kuning
rond<s in th? country.
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