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I, \ M.PME XXXVI. MORTAGE NOW CAUSES TROUBLE * ^payment of Teachers' Salai ries Seems to be Misunderstood TATE AID WILL. COME IN LATER Extension of Timn Poiri?n-l __ V * "J?"6 (Taxes Further Complicates Situation [The delay in the payment of teachN has caused some misunderstanding |i'l frequent inquiries on the part of |ose who do not understand the sit|The schools of this county are run, | a great extent, upon what is known ? state aid. This state aid is of pree kinds, namely, first, term ex'.nsion; second, rural graded, and Jfird, equalizing aid. All of these liferent ways in which funds are Kipplied from the state resources to Id the common scho* 1 of this counf avo fully understood by the tet'.ehBs and no doubt by nv.ny of the iipils and at least 1 he trustees are Bipposp'l to 'understand the dillerent Rnvs by which this aid may be had 1' tho Herald will not go into tiny lipliina' inn <>f thi The teachers' p: y cannot be met at ftp pre so lit tin e 'or the reason that | lo county fund.; have l>oon oxhau'-'tJMu. tho . tnte .* . < 1 undo* .my of tho J H|ree difveront w ays lias not !>pr-n ro-1 ^Kived and the payment of taxes for! BBo fiscal year has been put <>!V HI'act of tho Legislature, passed ovor Hlo veto of the Governor last week. Hj may I?o .July or August before Hose claims for teachers' salaries ran B met. Another circumstance that Htonis to he c.'uisinjr inquiry to he' Hjadc is the fact that in some districts Hfio teachers are boinpf paid while in Hjhers they are not heinyf paid. Why i H this? It is because there is more j Hoperty and higher levies upon it some of the districts and in some! c people have paid their, taxes to a' K ?ater proportion than they have in 1 ^ hcr di-tviots. In a district where! Ho property is hitrhly valued and i ^ crc ivv happen to ho morn prop- j Bty ; r/! tho people have hoon able I B p -y i p their taxes to a preat ex-j Bnt. :i? that . district, especially if i hipher levy. there may be Bbalance of fonds on hand. v me of the sclv>o!s should bo cloved t?-. e on this account provided H?' rifii'0 tii's for obtaining state lid cmi) lie fully met. These requireBw-sis ;\re a> follows: . j MA - mil! levy in the district; an. Hi- ll:r.c". t of r.ot less than twenty B'< (1 not over fift; pupils t:> oa ',( ; ;ii! averajre at<endan"o of r.ot ^ .'5; tj : t fifteen in any i '.onth; a full B- of 'ven months. of anj school means B ')'( 11. v" ''ply v.'ith t'i law r< 1 sit B. U) the slate aid, : nd it may mev.n B it t olhmj?' will he received fro^i He pouaiizin^ aid fund at the end He term. Some of the schools ol>B inr-d :il fiom the "(.uVi iiicr fir.'ds m { yea'', although they ran for hut , . t'.i Tlw> 1 ?v * - 'wiu'ovpi1 ro ? inuu i : i x 11\ | - Oil !> *?! 11 ll- 1 ilOl'C i V.(, J Jii :?T I nt what the l.r.v will be fietly enforced this time. The seven r>nth term, if it can possihlv We ridr, is the safe)- and better course. ,i,io touchers are asking i!' the stato 1 i< an assured thing. It is jusf assuror! as any other result prodo! for by the laws of this state, .ovided the conditions and requirepnt of the law are complied with. io l'i\v in this respect is just as 1 fo anrl ure as any other law to be und in the statute books. ' If tho average required cannot be irlo for the seven months then it pulrl 1)0 bettor to close the school at '' p end of the six months' term, but t before. bVERNOR SIGNS if| Ll(JEJ\ShJ 151LL | jGovernor Cooper last night signed |ijr? corporation license tax bill, this f inir the third new revenue measure ! n;oi the approval of the chief execu[ o this year. Under tho provisions of the bill thr ! en so fees arc increased froni onej If of ,1 mil! to one mill on every .filar of the capital stock of corporains. This will increase the revenue [,m $120,000 to $210,000, it is esti[tted. The act took eH'oct with the proval of the Governor. The Governor also sipped (he new ntal bill, prescribing and regulal-j ' the practice of dentistry in South A large number of acts were ratid and turned ov>r <o (he Governor, t he did not sig-n i.vny of them iTie.'lia'ely. In tho list ratified were ^ ii liversit.v trustee bill, the Miller ilroad commission measure, the Fos bill to require textile-corporations pay their employes during work urs and a number of other state(|c measures. SText national election will be tho ie when the Democrats can come ngi'in if .they want to. This is ? opinion of leading Democrats in >ry State. t V (Di ( CAR COLLIDES WITH A BUGGY L. Buggy is Demolished, Driver Claims an Injury to his Person BERTRAND GARREN IS DRIVER OF CAR Parties Whose Names are Not Disclosed Place Claim in Lawyer's Hands There was an accident on the public road in Marion county in which the j car of A. I?. G.irren collided with a | mule and buggy. It was at night; and the car was being driven with the dimmer lights. The buggy was damaged and one of the men in the buggy claimed that he had been in.ji'rd in one knee; but none of the occupants of the car were injured. The car was lrivcn by ttertrand Garron. A. 1?. Ciarren was not in tlie car at the time. In the car v. o e Mr. Mrs. Gat!in, who were being taken to Marion by the Garron. car in i j\jrSi Gatlin to take (he evening train. Thos ? in the car say that the car wa? being driven at the time on Ihe I right of the center of the road. The | bufrg\ was no' seen until the car was close upon it that although the car was stonpod in two ov three feet it was impossible to avoid striking the buggy. It appeared that the driver! of the buggy had seen the car when J < j 'fiii 1 ? \ nA?>oi'fliAlnec ft'inn 4 . * tir*n tho mule out to 11 >o ri;?;ht. Thorn was not time thru to do it. and tlio fond?r <>f the car oaujrht one of 111 o roar wheels of tho bup:.u:y. They also say that some of the iron in tho buivu'y were under the influence of whiskey .at tho time. There was a third man in tho luif-vpry who appeared perfectly sober, hut ho was not the driver of the vehicle. There was some delay occasioned hy the accident. Since 1hc accident it appears that tho parties who were driving tlie :)i'8*jry have placed claim in tho hands of an attorney and have claimed d.amares. The driver of tho (iarron oar declaims any carelessness in the p-iattor. Ho admits that ho did not see the butfft'y, but he was on the ' i-'ht hand <i<|o of the road at The time the bugj?y was struck and that ho wis burning liprhts that should have boon visible to the drive)' of the buwry for some distance ahead, plenty far enough for tho lnur^y to h.ave turned out of the way if tho driver had boon sober and paying attention to the road. chasVpr'escott has good name Nearly One Hundred Good People Sign a Document Giving a Good Reputation C'ruiio Proseott, v ho was hero this week !?ffore tho court, cha'vred with tho !< :'ii " of Fulton Havis, h\s boon able to piesent < n: of the best recommendations over made by a man in his station in life. He has a document signed by practically every m.an ho has known during the more tb;?n twenty years that he has lived and worked in this county, to the effect that lie has always been peaceful, <|uiot and sober; never I 1.:... i ? l._ i I i_ k.iiuwii imui iu iui\i' iiiiy uoiinio in the courts and never had any dispute or trouble with his neighbors. There is a total of sixty-six names signed to tlie document, and ;imon{? the names are some of the best people out of the best families in this section of Horry county. Prescott came to this county about twenty years ago and has lived the peaceful, <|uiet life of a good citizen. He has been an invalid for much of that time and has done the best that he could in trying to support the family of wife and children. The humble home of this family is located on the road some distance beyond the farms of John A. McDermott. There on a few acres of land Prescott and his wife and children cle;ire? . iittle farm. It was at this place that the transactions took place leading to the death of Fulton JVivis when he, with some other boys, stopped in front of Prescott's little home one night last winter and started to go in to "assault the house," as some of the witnesses expressed ii. In the attempt to do this one of the boys, Davis, was struck with a load of shot and died at the Florence hospital a few days later. . Co-operative marketing will be successful in this section of the country and will do as much for the farmers as it has done for the fruit and nu\ growers of the West. Farmers will do well to join the movement at the first opportunity both as to the mar keting of tobacco and the ma:ket ' _ I* 4 4 T 4 ( Iia /xnl.. limn i it 111^ ()l tUllUII. it I> LUC W11IJ V\ cl%> III which the growers of these tiling may control the amount placed on the markets and the time when these products shall be placed on the market. o One sign of spring is when a neighbor brings back our coal scuttle and borrows our lawn mower. # Jfe CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, | FOURTEEN ALR] 1 RACE FO * * % Interest has been growing sii % festa which will he held in Columb ^ 22. The Queen of Palmafesta will * candidates sent by each of the c< * presented with a prize worthy of c ?je 2 Elsewhere in this issue the y: <? i l-.i.. i? ii ^ liu yuuiiK iauy in nurry county I * Horry in the contest is fullv expla * ' ! Nominations are in order. * * have been nominated, each of who p | CANDI1 * Miss Marguerite Collins, Conway, % Mi ss Aileen Spivey, Conway, S. C * Miss Ruth Jenkins, Conway, S. C | Miss Elizabeth Stilley, Conway, S. # Miss Inez Stalvey, Conway, S. ( ... S Miss Elise Lewis, Conway, S. C. ... j* Miss Alice Hardee, Toddville, S. C Miss Willie Ann Glasgow, Conway, Miss Roena Hut'er, Loris, S. C. ... Iji Miss Margaret Morris. Ay nor, S. C jjf Miss Winifred Alexander, Allen, S. :ji Miss Evelyn Marsh, Conway, S. C ? Miss Elnita Uryan, Conway, S. C Miss Ida Peri id, Aynor, S. C. .v. .v. 45. .v. i/f -v- :-v- -x ->: -x- -x- %: ? >: -x- -a- -x- -x AYNOR FARMERS SELL POTATOES Through Florence County Potato Association at Direction 0' W. 0., Davis HORRY FARMERS ' fV I r~ r~ l-k r\ n ? a r i ?* m -r r\ ft I IMLLU U ft U A !\11 ? A I IU1\1 Carload of Horry County Sv/ccts Left Aynor Last Thursday for Markets W. O. Davis, Horry county denionj si ration agent, went to Aynor, S. C., : on Wednesday of last week to assist the farmers of that section in shipping a carload of sweet potatoes to I ho mat kets. There is no sweet potato marketing association in this county. This shipment l'i"t week was made under the Florence county association. The po1 ?atoes were ?i?>t cured in a storage warehouse according to the practice where such warehouses are accessible, but they were all in good condition \ itii that c;\c^p;ion, and the carload left Aynor on its way to the | vxrketa last Thursday. At least t he I . lii.? nt was delivered on that day to the railroad company to be forwarded as soon as p >ssible. T 10 farmers weie paid 7.") cents per bushel for t:i" pot ?tocs and this roar, c.c.m- ol tho cm; 1U charges. 11 appears th: ( the ^'orence association lacks onoi-gh potatoes to suppjy the demand thai has arisen for pi product, at least the\ can dispo e of a grert many nioro than can he had in that county and at prices that net a good profit to the growers. It was l>v this means that the demonstration a.nent could co-operate with the Florence growers in supplying the demand. In the meantime business men of the Conway Chamber of Commerce are going ahead with their plans for furnishing here a means of storing and curing sweet potatoes; and as soon as these plans have been worked out the sweet potato will become one of the money crops of Horry county; and the county will have its own sweet potato association to attend to the marketing of this product. The taking of a carload of the crop of 1921 from the farmers near Ay nor is an encouraging sign. This fact should be made known far and wide through the farming sections of the county so that the farmers may realize what an important thing it is to co-operate with each other by means of marketing associations. o MYRTLE BEACH WILL IMPROVE Many Changes Will Take Place by The Time Next Season Opens Up Many improvements are promised it Mvrlle Uoarh the coming season. There is need for the n as the travel to this resort has kopt increasing every summer until the increased patronage would seem to justify the outlay of still more money to aid making; the place more attractive than it already is. Among the things to he done in time for the coming season is the completion of the club building and accessories which will take care of twenty-five or thirty people who will belong to the club. It will he located on the strand and will he fitted with "all the modern conveniences. K S* MARCH 9, 1922. <-***************-********** * SADY IN I R PALMAFESTA ! * * * * nco the first of the week in Palnia- * ia during the week of April 17 to * Kn o 1 onf ft/I oiwl ^ "V VIVVVV-Vl UIIVI VI\M> null I I I'lll tilt; *|^ aunties of the state, and will be ontending; for. * * lan of selection of the most popu- * to go to Columbia and represent ^ ined. * * Ylready the following young ladies ^ m at this writing has one vote. * * I DATES % 4j Votes * S. C 1 * P ) 1 ; l * r 1 * L/ 1 }? 1 * jjc 1 * ) 1 jj< , S. C., n. F. I). No. 2 1 % i i * : ' i * c i * : l % : i | l * * I SALARY FUND IS J ALL PAID OUT / ? i Teachers' Pay Certificates Held tip On Account of Lack of Funds MAY BE DELAYED SEVERAL CAUSES Thirty Thousand Dollars Was Borrowed Against Collection of 1921 Taxes Payment of teachers' pay certificates ha.- boon suspended for the past several weeks. It* \Vjjyf reported that several of I he free schools had closed their door-*. !?ut Oris report could not he confirmed by ino:riry a1 the courthouse, and it is not believed that tin's could possibly be contemplated by any teacher, j The cause of this difficulty in payin fr for this important work i- the lack of funds in the treasury out of which the warrants are prid. | The sum of .>'>9,000 was borrowed for the purpose of meeting the sal?4?,.. i i -i^i ''i . i ' - i m* u'ii ilur.-i. i .itv i ;; a III boon paid out ami tho fund wis ?,,one j about a month aifo, pos.vii?l\ lonuor. This sum was borrowed :>!i'ains1 111 < > collect ion of .taxes for the fiscal year 1.021. Now* it is not uncertain at this writing as to tho cxion io-i of the time Cor the payment of ta\^s. TliO Seintc an'l House i*oc*o111ly } . -od a joinl resolution cx ending !!u* time until 'lie middle of the yo/ir. When this went to 'he Governor he i? fuse:! o i;ive it his signature. Then, n?:?!"? the law, the act went hack to he passed upon to see wri?thor the (lowi nor's veto would he refused by the Legislature. Last week it was imported in the daily papers that tlie Senate had passed the act over the veto of the chief executive first, and this'was followed by the same action in the House. Even if the Legislature has passed the act over the veto of the Governor, still it cannot be certainly known what changes may be tacked on it before it is done with. It also appears that lack of appropriations and the trimming down of expenses by means of acts now ft'ointf through the mill, may bring on still more difficulty about the payment of the school claims. There appears no immediate relief for the situation. Of course the claims are perfectly good hi time. o MUST CONSIDER AN EARLY HATCH The Community Poultry Associations of the state are making the early hatch their first consideration. There are ten reasons why: 1. Karl V lmtrhod r?lii/?lr C OM'AUf V.'l l\ I VI' idly and have more vigor. 2. Early hatched chicks arc strong and less apt to die from lice and disease. 3. Early hatched chicks have a longer growing season. 1. Hot weather retards the growth of chicks. r>. Early hatched chicks mature by fall. (>. Mature pullets produce fall And winter eggs. 7. Kail and winter eggs bring the highest price. 8. Early hatched pullets lay while the hens are molting. J). Early batched pullets are the ones that Secome broody early the following spring. 10. Early hatched pullets make you 14 best breeders. f raid, BUY EARLY POISON STUFF Do Not Wait in Vain Hope That Weevils May Not Come PURCHASE EARLY OR ELSE NOT USE Prepare for The Campaig'n Now. Make Preparations for Weevils Tn POllllPPf inn u itli lw.ll .wwvii ? ivu I V VCUl I KM I fCvi 1 letters issued by this office 1 wish to bring to your attention a letter issued by Dr. B. U. Coad, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, in charge Delta Laboratory. Tallulah, La., (Government boll weevil investigational laboratory^ under date of February 1, reading a* follows: A rather peculiar situation has developed which promises disappoint ment to many cotton farmers who wish to poison the weevil this year if some steps are not taken to remedy it. For th e past several years various machine manufacturers have been taking up the production of cotton dusting machinery and have turned vn;t limited numbers for ihe trade which developed. However, they have . always been confronted with the fact hat many farmers would deter purchasing dusting* materials in some vain hope that the weevils were not to be abundant until . late that it ' .'Vis impossible to secure deliveries in time for l?e.*t results. During the past several months we have been canvasing the results the farmers so cured last year and find too frequent repetition of a statement to the effect that the machines were delayed in shipment and did not reach them until a few day.-- or a few weeks later than the time they were re.nlly needed and consequently poisoning became more expensive a"d less successful, i It is now quite obvious that the spring of 19'2'.2 is going to see an abnormally heavy einegrence of weevils, and while this may lie somewhat offset by summer weather conditions there is no excuse for delay in securing equipment if you are going to poison the weevils this year. Furthermore, the| manufacturers have 110 means of anticipating just what tho demand is M'oinfi1 to he and naturally do not tee! justified in bu>ldin.i>; a lai.ue number of machines on ;i 'rumble. The consequence is that machine production will probably more or le.ss keep pac with visible husinV and there is little pro p ^ct of a surplus of machines bein prepared and thus placed at the d'-posal of thoso suddenly deriding to poison at the 1 ? o" ent. Our ac' vice is decide now whether or not yo?are 1 /oiniY to prepare to pe: :ov> and if von decide to do so, immediately ! make arrnniremcnts for your apply j of dus in?r materia' . Tb > p 'ce of j ihe various machines has a!read,\ bee: announced for the year. The varies one-nuile . machine - are a.'1 hot ween 10') and ?12."), while the two-inule o.achines pract'"ally all ranuo be twen $250 and $300. These prices an fairly reasona! le in pron r' .tn to tlv present value of cot on arid the>v i 'i tie likelihood of reduction. Certainly not snt'.'t icnt probability to wai'n.nt delaying the purchase ef oquipment. Considering all features of the sitt'll in'l vvr> ' It'll WO f ' 1 ): 111?I t / > < > I <tronirly urge oil her tho purchase of Material now or tho decision to not .ittcmpt poisoning this voar. (;. ,\. carpwell. Agricultural and Industrial Agent Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. o < DEMONSTRATION AT POPLAR M I At the meeting on "Evangelism," to- he hold at Poplar Methodist Church on ne\t Thursday a demonstration of ; the use of* curtains in partitioning off a rectangular building so as to meet the needs of a standard Sunday ' School will he made. By the kind- ' ness of the pastor and the superintendent the curtains have heen in- 1 stalled, dividing tho building into ten classrooms, thus providing for depart inents as follows: Beginners, pri- 1 mary, junior, intermediate, young people and adult. These departmon'a! sections /ire divided into class- J rooms to meet the demands. The whole outfit, which works from the walls, can he thrown into positior in about two minutes, thus convert iiiir a reclanftular auditorium into :> nodern Sunday School l>uiltlinir with all the facilities for religious educa tion according; to the Standard Sur day School plan. The cost of instal' ing' the* outfit is trivial. After ilv Sund/iy School work is over the aiulitoriuni can he cleared of all fixture.as c|iiickly as they were installed, pre paring the building for chuvc'i .cer\ ices. ? O FLU COMICS BACK According- to the doctors there has i been a recurrence of the Spanish influenza in various sections of South Carolina this season. Cases of the disease have been reported in this i cornty. \ NO. 47 COOPER'S VETO IS TURNED DOWN House and Seriate Overrule Objection of Governor to Tax Extens.on HEAVY MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES Roll Call Showed Only N;ne Members in* Favor of Sustaining Governors Veto The House of Representatives, following the lead of the Senate, last week passed the tax extension resolution over the veto of Governor Cooper by the overwhelming vote of to J). Debate on the resolution was unusually brief and was confined entirely to the arguments of proponents of 1 he tax extension that the House should override the chief executive's objections to the measure. The resolution thereby became a part of the law of* the state and the time for the payment of stale and county taxes, under the provisions of the art, has so been extended until June 1. v.^th no executions to be served un.il September 1. Penalties' are imposed on delinquent tax payors as follows: For taxes paid during March, S per cent; for taxes paid during \pril, r> per cent; for taxes paid during, the month of May. <> per cent; and for taxes paid during and after Tune, S per cent. Executions for unpaid taxes will be drawn up June 1, but undo!* the provisions of the reso m ion wni noi i*o pinceu in ino nanus of tho sheri'Vs until September 1. Representative ,1. ,f. Evans of Bonnottsvil-o opened tho fight to secure the passage of 1 ho resolution over the Governor's veto, taking up tho arguments advanced by the Governor and bringing evidence to refute them. The objection raised by Governor Cooper to the proviso carried in the bill to allow persons paying their taxes by June 1 to cast their Ivillot as usual, that this provision of the resolution was unconstitutional, Mr. Evans contended, should alarm no one since this did not affect tho other provisions of the measure. The Governor had also been misled, he thought, in arguing that the postponement of the time for the payment of taxes would injure the state's credit. "Governor Coo per," !\lr. Evans said, "has argued that the passage of tho resolution will materially injure the credit of the state.' forgetting the fact that the sheriff's <;avo! will fall on many homos in tho s'ato if it is not passed." T. K. Vass\ of Cherokee. E. R. Buckingham of Aiken, (J. Wolling of Fairfield and .1. R. Uryson of Greenville also hp >ko in favor of the passage or ?ho oa>uro over the Governor's veto, arv.aneing practically identical . invents with those raised by Mr. Evans. Julius S. Mclnnes of i'ar'ingion 'hen r ov ><! tho previous <.iio>t'on and 'lie vote was taken on tho passage ? i* * l A i. l .i /? ii, ui*' rcsmuuiMi, lite oi^ci'ucns OI ho Governor t.? the contrary notwithstanding. ILLITERACY )S NOW HARD HIT Co-operation of All Forces in Great Work is Commented Upon Five hundred pupils were enrolled in twenty-five adult schools in Horry ounty, according to report made to the state hoard of education hy Miss Wil Lou Gray, in charge of the illiteracy work of the state education department. "Many pupils are enrolled who are [>ver 50 years of age," says Miss Gray's report. "Two of the pupils Eire over 80 years of age. One of this number has not missed a session. The other day he came to see me in the office, told of his appreciation of the work and said that lie was the father of twenty-four children. One ?f his sons wrote his name on the >lackho/ird at the teachers' meeting <ome time ago, thus demonstrating he worth of the adult school and the nide of knowing how to write name. In a number of cases husband, wife md children over It are enrolled. 3ne lady told me that she and her lusband were regular attendants, carrying with them a baby nine nonths old /md an old grandmother. \ number of the pupils walk three nilos to school. The co-operation given the movenent is the best 1 have ever seen, vlanv communities have asked for ;chools ihis past week, but on ac ount of funds it seemed wisest not o encourage any more organizations. Miss Gray refers to the co-operaion in the illiteracy campaign in lorry furnished by the ministers, the .'ivic League, the three banks of Convvay, the newspapers of Conw/iy, the luimiici ui v ommerce, oi which M. \. Wright is secretary, and the couny superintendent of education, 10. C. Allen.?Daily Record. o One fellow calls the weatherman i whetherman?he doesn't know vhether it will or won't.