The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 02, 1922, Image 1
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| ROAD LOCATION
AFFECTS BRIDGE
Old Contention About Changing
to Foot of 4th
Avenue
FAULT IS FOUNU
IN THE LOCATION
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Compromise Doubtless Made
in Effort to Suit Certain Interests
Contending Here
The location of the new highway
fio as to leave the town from the end
of Fourth avenue instead of Third
avenue is thought by many to be a
move to bring up again the changing
of the bridge that spans Kingston
T.ake, near the mouth of that tributary
from the ice plant up to the end
of Fourth avenue on the lakeside near
the property of the Conway Iron
Works, Col. D. A. Spivey and others.
* This matter of the changing of the
location of the bridce is an old con
tention. It is fresh in the memory
of many when the agitation was startand
by whom it was started. The
Horald need not give the names of
those who favored the change, nor
those who opposed it, for they are
well known on both sides. Mighty
clforts were made then and continued
for some time to obtain this change
in the location of a bridge, but it
failed.
Those who have kept up with the
causes leading to the location of the
new highway from Conway to Georgetowr\
now assert that Fourth avenue
was selected because, in the opinion
of those who want to change this
bridge the placing of the traffic along
the national highway at that spot
will lead to the moving of the bridge
to the foot of Fourth avenue on the
lake. Tt is stated that in order to
suit certain interests the new road
was located along the river and not
in the center of the territory through
Bucks township, and in order to suit
those who are bent on moving the
bridge the board went a mile out of
the way in the location of the new
road in order to place it along Fourth
avenue of Conway; that instead of
taking the old section of the new mad
by Bear Swamp, where costly work
had already been done and could be
used, they went out of Fourth avenue,
turning northward there to the farm
of C. P. Quattlebaum and there making
a direct corner down the old
Georgetown road. Tt would appear
from this that the location was a
compromise and the compromise was
made by the members of the boards
controlling the matter in order to suit
those two contending1 interests.
T11 doing this they acted at their
peril. The result of their decision
will bring its evils not only to those
who think they ^vill be benefited but
to those who brought about the decision
itself by such means. Things of
this kind should be decided in all respects
according to the best interests
of the whole people concerned. When
they are done to suit the special needs
of only a few the results never turn
: out to be what was expected.
ONE" COLD WAVE .
FOLLOWS OTHER
Very Light Fall of Snow Visits
Conft/ay Friday
Night
SUN SHINES OUT
? SATURDAY EVENING
Scction Visited With Worst
Weather in A hong
I' Time
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section^ had a hard experience
last week so tar as the weather was
coi cerned.
Hy the time that the first big snow
had been melted away, from the roads
and streets, the air was full of
frozen mist again. This turned into a
light snow on Friday night, and by
daylight on Saturday morning there
' wa* a light fall of snow on the
ground.
The mud and slush of Friday interferred
with traffic. Business and
work were tied up for the most part.
Very few people visited the ?town
W from the country on either Thursday
|l or Friday of last week.
By noon on Friday bursted pipes
jV at different places in Conway had
[I been reported- to plumbers and for
the time being they were crowded with
TOStnore cans tnan tney couia answer.
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r; <li i not amount to very much as it
1 turned out. The weather moderated
i by Saturday noon and the last
J'rcninants of the snow quickly disap7;
po ned. By 4 o'clock on Saturday
|u afternoon the sun was shining: again
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forn.
Iv Last week was truly the Worst
I^c: iher this section has had in a long
It cannot pay to iiitentionally projoce
a small crop on good land. There
0 never so much to the talk about
? crops making low prices.
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SNOW BRINGS
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Snow Delights .Many and Stops
t. Work in Some
Places
COLD IS ENEMY
OF BOLL WEEVIL
First Real Snow in This Section
of Present Winter. '
Was Predicted
Conway had the first snow of the
winter of 1921-22 on Wednesday of
last week. There had been indication^
of snow before and perhaps
there was enough a time or two before
that to cause suspicion of a snow
fall; but the real thing came on Wednesday
of last week and it lasted until
the county was covered in a mantle
of white.
At first the flakes seemed timid
about remaining intact on the bosom
of the earth which, of course, was
much warmer at first than they were,
At first they melted away almost rts
fast as they fell. Finally they, the
little flakes, began to pile up in the
jambs, round corners and in places
where the wind chose to drift them.
In the course of the day the land was
j about all covered, roofs were as white
! \s snow could make them, and the
lir was crisp and chilly indeed.
The snow delighted many. The
children were especially pleased to
;ee this visitor. The boys and girls
took turns at snowballing.
Among those who were glad to see
the snow are the farmers. They
know that a crood freeze is an enemv
of. the boll weevil. Ice and snow will '
not kill all of the weevils because
they hide as deep in the grass, straw (
or other debris as they can get; and
some of them go down deep enough
to be protected against the coldest
weather. There is a marked difference
in the ravages of the weevils following
a cold and freezing winter.
Following a mild winter there are
more of them* than ever, because they
all escape the cold. Farmer^ were
glad to see the snow of last week because
they believed by the time .it began
to fall that it could kill out a
great many of the pests that kept
them from making any cotton in 1921.
Hard weather had been predicted
many times and for a long time ahead
of the present winter. It put it off
so long that it looked like some one
had predicted the thing wrong; and
by some it was" thought that we would
miss any very cold weather this time
altogether. But the days of last
week, while the snow and rain continued,
were hard days so far as the
cold was concerned. It was as cold
as anybody wanted it to be and colder
than many wanted il or needed it.
Work was' suspended by the snow
and cold' in many places. Some of
the schools either shut down entirely
or bad a very small attendance.
There was very little travel in nrid
out of Conway during I lie cold t' '.if.
TAXRESOUJTION
IS APPROVED
Extends Time for Payment Until
June 1. Gasoline
Bill Up
Passage of Senator Wells' resolution
to postpone the time for the payment
of state and county taxes as
amended by the senate was the outstanding
event of the upper house of
the legislature. Under the resolution
passed the time is extended until
.June 1, 1922, with graduated penalties
and executions to go in the hands
of sheriffs on September 1.
Senator Wells could hardly recognize
his original resolution as passed,
but the amendments carried out his
desire to a large extent. The resolution
provides for the following penal1%
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per cent for February, 3 per cent for
March, 4 per cent /or April, 5 per
cent for May and 7 per cent, beginning
June 1 and running until September
1. They are not cumulative.
Senator Beasley offered the amendment
to delay the placing of the executions
in the hands of sheriffs until
September 1. Under the action of the
senate, the various county treasurers
will issue the executions on and after
June 1, but they will be held until
September 1 so any taxpayer
may pay his taxes prior to September
1 without dealing with the sheriff
nnd paving the cost of collections.
Will Be Ablc^to Vote.
Another important amendment offered
by Senator Moise of Sumter
was adopted to provide th&t any person
paying taxes prior to June 1
would be construed to have paid his
taxes "within the time allowed by
law" and thereby be entitled to vote
in any general or special election for
1022. This amendment was to protect
the rights of voters who did not
pay their taxes prior to Decemhei 31.
a? the supreme court has held that a
person is not eligible to vote unless
he has paid his taxes within the time
al'owed by law.
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Why work yourself to death on the
farm to raise a biff crop and leave
the marketing of it to mere chance?
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ONLY REMEDY
Writer From Laurens County
Talks Plainly About
Bootleggers
Thousands are aroused as to whether
or not the Legislature will take
from the judges the power to impose
an alternative sentence of fine or imprisonment
in leases of violation of
the prohibition laws. In the light of
what is going on in a carnival of
crime .and disorder, it would be a
mistake far-reaching in mischievous
consequences to fail to so amend the
law.
We doubt not that most of our
judges'have long since seen that without
such an amendment things will
never get better. So long as the
bootleggers can pay out there will be
no relief.
One that will make or sell liquor,
thereby bringing sorrow, woe and
ruin into the home, disorder, demoralization
and crime on his country, de,r?wes
and should receive such peivil!
ies ns will put him out of business.
War, bad example of older ones,
with the fight made on prohibition by
riany newspapers and soi^e of the
well-to-do people, have had a lot. to
do with the demoralization of a. great
throng of young men and boys. A
good many of them are not at work.
It is in this class the bootlegger finds
his victims. Filled with drink ,?and
equipped with pistols, then "the ready
automobile?so well adapted to hurry
over the precipice?the young go
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forth on nnscniet or misiorumi? ueiu.
The buyer is as bad, morally, as
the seller, but to arraign both wouid
end in failure to convict either. As
a rule you must depend Upon the purchaser
for proof-to convict the seller.
Thoughtful' people, anxious to check
or stop (this alarming condition, are
agreed that nothing short of certainty
of the gang or the jail will seriously
arrest or prevent such an increase as
will bring far worse conditions.
Failure to put more severe penalties,
say thirty or sixty days for
first offense, then increase for repeated
offenses for liquor selling and an
earnest support of an efficient police
force would be most fortunate. It is'
hoped that there will be liberal support
of all orphan,ages. The Rescue
Home, the industrial schools for the
truant and the board of public welfare.
O. G. THOMPSON.
Laurens, S. C.
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LITERATURE MADE AVAILABLE
To assist county agents, extension
workers and others interested in live
stock improvement, the Bureau of
Animal Industry has prepared a mimeographed
list of available government
literature and other material on
the subject. The list, includes eight
publications, fifteen posters and live
stock pictures, a set of lantern slides,
a motion picture and supplementary
miscellaneous material chiefly in mimeographed
form. By ordering literature
and data with the heln of this
list, persons are able to obtain at once
the exact information desired. Requests
should be addressed to the Bureau
of Animal Industry.
HIT BY SNOW
A ball of snow flunp: by the colored
porter of the Gr.ice Hotel last Thursday
went wild and hit a .passing man
on the lip. The flesh was broken by
the lick and the man reported the accident
to the city authorities.
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SNOW ANDRAIN
RESULT IN MUD
Remains of Snow Quickly Dissolved
by Warm Rain on
Thursday Night
When the snow fell last Werines-1
day the temperature went lower than
it had been in this section during the
winter. The snow continued to fall
through that day and almost all night
Some of it melted away, but most oI
it remained until next day.
During Wednesday night there wasa
slight change in the temperature
.and the snow changed to rain. Thi
rain froze as it fell and formed r
crust over the snow. On Thursday
morning the earth was still white
with the fallen snow and over it
there was a thin crust of frozen rain
The weather remained cold until
late in the afternoon of last Thursday,
when it began to moderate
The ice and snow which lvid been
melting for some time were all turned
into water by rain which began to fall
about 5:30.
The melting of the snow and the J
rain which was added to it resulted
in muddy streets and roads for several
days.
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NEGRO IS CAUGHT!
STEALING WOOD
Helps Himself During Colli .
Night While Policeman
Watches for Him
J. A. Holt, special police officer
employed by the town to look after
the affairs of that section of Conway
lying along the Ilace Path, caught
Robert Parker, a negro man, on Wednesday
night of snow stealing wood
from! William Johnson, another negro.
The officer saw tracks in the snow
leading from the wood pile behind a
building. He waited and the negro
had another arm load and ready to
make off when he discovered the
presence of the officer and ivan.
Later he was notified to appear before
town court for trial, but he failed
to appear. This went on till last
Saturday morning, the defendant was
arrested and placed in the city jail to
await a hearing before the mayor at
a later hour. (
He is said to be an employee of the
Veneer Manufacturing Company.
FOOD IS NEED
OF THE COUNTRY
"Washington.?The United States is i
approaching' a condi tipn of adverse
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iwimi ouitiiK'c ;?iki muse accKio wnerner
to retain a pvoper ratio between agriculture
and industry or permit the
latter to take a dominant lead at the
expense of the former, Dr. E. P. Ball, 1
director of scientific work of the department
of agriculture, declared in i
an address before the national agri- <
cultural conference.
"The critical period in which a determination
must he made is close at
hand," he declared, adding th.at the
situation requires a complete reorganization
of the national life, since
the problem of increasing the food
supply for an increasing population
must concern every indusiry."
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PT?n?PTT.rTS FOR
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FARMING BETTER
Secretary Wallace of The Department
Sees Many
Hopeful Signs
BUYING RESUMED
INCREASED VOLUME
Better Understanding of Part
Farmer Plays in The General
Scheme
When asked last week for a statement
on the prospects of the farmer
in 1922, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
said that no man whose opinion
is worth considering would care to
make any hard and fast prophecies.
He added, however, that there are
signs which indicate that the coming
year should be a better one for the
fanner and for those who deal with
him than was 1921. Among these
hopeful signs he mentioned the following:
Credit conditions are better both
through regular channels and through
the special agencies created to meet
the farmer's needs. Interest rates
also are softening.
Reductions already made in freight
rates on farm products lighten by
that'much the transportation burden
which the farmer has been carrying.
Cost of producing farm crops will
be lower relatively in 1922 than in
1921.
Very likely there will he a reduction
in the acreage of some of the
grains of which we now have such a
large surplus, and this should tend
toward' better prices.
The paralyzing effect of the sudden
drop in prices last year is wearing off,
and farmers will enter the new year
more hopefully, believing that the
worst is over.
Congress has indicated a willingness
to enact such legislation as
promeses to be helpful.
Fanners are coming to see more
clearly that the task of putting farming
on a sound business basis is really
up to them and that through organization
they c.nn reduce marketing
costs. In this they will have increasing
help from the Department of Agriculture
and the various state agricultural
colleges which now see better
than before that they must give
the farmer the same sort of help in
he marketing of his crops that they
have been giving him in the production.
Tn the industrial and financial centers
there is coming to be a better
understanding of the important part
the farmer plays in our general economic
scheme, and consequently a de"idedlv
mom intelligent *md svmno
thetic attitude toward him and his
problems. v
Buying Sli9?ild Re Resumed.
With prices of farm products falling
and the future very uncertain,
even those farmers who had money
h'id bv?and th^re are a largo number
of Elicit?havo been rostrirtinp' fhoir
buying to vvb.it they had to have.
Mow. with the growing belief that
prices have bit bottom, buying' will
bo resumed and should increase in
volume, find manufacturers and ret;yiers
who make or soil things that
farmers need or want should have
better business this coming year.
Everything considered, therefore,
we crsn outer the new year in a spirit
of hopefulness and good cheer. I
soo nothing which indicates boom
times for the farmer in the no.ur future,
but there does seem to be promise
of hotter times both for the farmer
and for those whose business is
largely dependent upon him.
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IN PRAISE OF
COUNTY AGENTS
"Tf you don't believe in the dem
onstration agent it is because you sit
at home and kick instead of learning
what he or she is doing," declared
one woman at a recent meeting of
Greenwood county citizens, when
strong resolutions were adopted in
support of both homo and farm demonstration
agents following a suggestion
that appropriations for these
agents be cut out as a means of reducing
taxes.
Another citizen writing in the
Greenwood Index-Journal, put the
matter aptly in the following words:
"There is no denying that there is
now apparently n spirit of greater willingness
to be helped by co-operating
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wiin wic pians 01 mcso agents lhan
ha? boon heretofore. Our self-suflinency
has departed and wo .are now
willing to get help if it is to ho had.
They are not the solution of the
whole problem, but if they bring us
lo the place where we will co-operate
for the common good, that is something.
"The idea of cutting out this work
as a means of economy suggests the
old story of killing the goose to get
the golden egg, for in this case it
would have been killing the goose that
laid the golden egg merely to keep
from feeding it. 'There is that scattereth
yet increasetli, there is that
withholdeth more than is meet, yet
tendeth to poverty.'
"A new year's resolve for us all?
to work with instead of against."
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NO. 42
GRADING BILL
T>
isia uMi;s A LAW
Farmers Find that It pays To
Grade Their Tobacco
ALL TOBACCO
OF ASSOCIATION
Would Have Been Graded and
Tied Anyway. Easy to
Make Pack House
The Tobacco Grading ' Hill has
last passed the South Carolina Legislature
and became a Law. There has
been a hard fight over this hill for
the past ten years, but at this meeting
of the Legislature all opposition
practically disappeared.
Most of the best farmers for some
time have been "culling" or "picking"
their tobacco before marketing it.
This, for all practical purposes, is the
<7?nie as grading. To meet the requirements
of this bill, the only additional
work will be the tieing. Since
the boll weevil has made its destructive
appearance and the cotton acreage
has been so greatly reduced, all
of the tobacco growers will have ample
time in. which to put their tobacco
in a more marketable condition. They
will also be able to use their seed
cotton houses for pack houses. However,
it will be well for every tobacco
planter to begin to figure now on a
storage place for his 1922 crop. A
splendid pack house can be easily constructed.
A pole house, daubed like
his curing house and with a double
floor and ceiled over head makes an
ideal arrangement. The floor should
be eighteen inches or two feet from
the ground. Rough boards c.an be
used for both flooring and ceiling.
Almost any outhouse can be easilyconverted
into a desirable pack house, *
with but little cost. It is to be hoped
that the day of handling tobacco in
South Carolina like shucks is past.
The farmer realized that he was
losing money by taking his tobacco
direct from the curing Ivirn to the
warehouse for sale, but could not help
himself.
All of the tobacco handled by the
Co-operative Marketing Association
would have been graded and tied any
way. A good many farmers who remained
out of the Association on account
of this feature, will now doubtless
sign up at their first opportunity.
One of the most prominent features
of Co-operative Marketing is to put
the commodity in the most presentable
form before offering for sale.
destroyed"as
house burns
Susan Graham Thought to
Have Fallen in Fire Sunday
Morning
MORNING BLAZE
GETS NO HELP
Woman Was Old and Subjec*
to Spells of Dizzy Illness
at Times
On last Sunday morning:, at an
early hour, Susan Graham, an aped
negro worn,an, lost her life in the
flames when her housp was burned to
the ground.
The house was an old structure and
somewhat humble in its appointments.
It was located on what is known as
the Uace Path.
The fire bell was rung* but at that
early hour there was nobody stinring
out and the house had burned up before
aid could re.ach the place. It
was not known until after the fire
that the tenant had been burned up
with it, when searches at the ruins
found fragments of her body that
had not been consumed.
The woman was about seventy
years of age and was subject to
spells of dizziness. Tt is believed
that she kindled a fire on the hearth
and fell over in the fire. She occupied
the house alone. Her daughter
is the wife of John Johnson, the?
colored barber, who runs a shop in
the Spivey block on Main Street. It
is stated that the old woman refused
to live in the home with her daughter
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winvn i> u'tiui'u iiui* wi y liir ] I'tJUl
where this house was burned.
No effort was made to search in the
burning building for the woman.
This might have been impossible owing
to the rapid advance the flames
nvule on the dry timbers of the old
building.
The dead woman was a useful
worker in her time. In years gone by
she was engaged as washer-woman,
cook or housekeeper, by some of tho
best families of Conway.
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CALLED TO OKLAHOMA.
W. M. Johnson, the foreman of the
Conway Publishing Company was call
cd to Durant, Okla., last Saturday
evening by a telegram from his niece,
i telling the sad news that ?his sister
was rapidly sinking.
Mr. Johnson left at once in the
hope of seeing his sister once more
alive.