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4 VOLUME XXXVII gL - - ?? ? PLANS MAKING ' ABOUT EDITORS Rin flnriArtiini*w Cap /i rjuam^io y Wf/f/vi 1UIIIIJ I VI HUVCI lid" ing Conway and County at Large v COMMITTEES~ARE WORKING ^Chamber Adjourns to Meet on Friday Night, May 19. Gen eral Public Interested At an informal meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, held at the regular time, last Friday evening, the committee on arrangements for the meeting of the State Press Association to be held at Myrtle Beach on June 21 to 24 inclusive, and of which Col. D. A. Spiveiy is the chairman, made its report as follows: "To The Chamber of Commerce, City. "Gentlemen: "Your committee on general arr:ino*pmAt?fja -for- ~* - ? ? o W AW* VUV l/fillllllUIlt \t I the State Press Association beg to report that the committee has had a preliminary meeting at which the matter was fully discussed and chairmen of the various sub-committees appointed. "The plan as tentatively outlined is as follows: "That we meet the delegates at Marion and transport them to Conway by automobiles. "An informal reception to be held at the local hotels immediately after arrival, about 12 o'clock noon. "Dinner to be served at the City Hall about 1:30. "Steamer excursion down the Waceamaw River to Enterprise, leaving here about 3 P. M. "Cars meet party ,at landing and ^ convey to Myrtle Beach, arriving latJ ter point about 7 o'clock. i \ "The matter of furnishing further entertainment in the way of a smoker or fish stew at Myrtle Beach will be determined later. "The committee is of the opinion tliat the undertaking will require an outlay of at least $500, probably more. "Suitable badges or souvenirs /'ill be furnished to each member attending the association "Your committee requests and especially urges every member of the chamber to give his hearty support and to constitute himself a committee f to assist in the entertainment of this distinguished gathering. We court suggestions from the individual members of this organization, feeling that we are to receive the undivided assistance of all our citizens. "We have the opportunity to advertise Conway and Horry favorably or to our disadvantage. We can make it favorable, and we must. "Respectfully submitted, "L. A. SPIVEY, Chairman." Committee's Entertainment Committee on general arrangements, D. A. Spivey, Chairman; L. I). Magrath, H. H. Woodward, J. E. Bryan and D. M. Burroughs. M. A. "Wright, secretary. Sub-Committees Transportation?D. M. Burroughs, chairman. Reception?L. D. Magrath. chairman. ' Dinner service?Hoyt McMillan, chairman. Publicity?H. H. Woodward, chairman. Souvenir?Charles R. Scarborough, chairman. Finance?D. A. Spivey, chairman. Refrehsments?E. J. Sherwood, chairman. Roads?H. P. Little ,chairman. Other members of the committees to be supplied later, and other committees to be created should the ne| cessity arise. Ladies of the Civic League will assist in the matter of entertainment and dinner service. Following the reading of the foregoing report there was general discussion of the subjects embraced in it. It appeared that Mr. D. M. Burroughs had been appointed to communicate with the owners of the boat line and with others who control the transportation on the river, concernI ing the accommodations that can be had, the number to be carried and other questions connected with this important part of the matter. It was shown that for one reason or another the matter of the trip on the I PYTHIANS MEET IS HERE TODAY Today, May 11, the district convention of the Knights of Pythias will < ' convene with the Conway lodge. After the addresses of welcome, which will be delivered by Mayor L. P. Magrath and E. J. Sherwood, an address will be made by Grand Chan cellor, Henry C. Tillman of Greenwood. Among the men who will deliver talks appears Joe Cabell Davis of Dillon, S. C., W. Banks Dove of Columbia, S. C., and C. D. Brown of Abbeville. The entertainment committee has been active in providing a program that will interest and delight the visitors and the home folks as well, t Local members of the Conway lodge *have put forth every effort to make this a pleasant occasion. (Thf river might have to be abandoned; but it was agreed that this would be a very desirable feature of the .entertainment of the visitors while passing tnrough our town, .and it was decided to have this done if at all possible. It was stated that a report would be forthcoming from Mr. Burroughs in a few days. The chairman of the committee on arrangements stated in making the report that the plans were so far all tentative .and chat the committee was open to suggestions from all the members of the chamber. The meeting was adjourned to conic together again in two weeks, May i5), at which time it was suggested that all of the plans may bo perfected. A report was asked from Mr. Paul Quattlebaum concerning the progress made in securing a radio stutfpn in Conway. He said he had been unable to secure from his-company all of the things required to erect the receiving station. The wire had been put up near.his residence, but had not yet been tuned in; that he h;ul received everything that he# had expected to complete the first set except the Amplivox, which like the horn of a phonograph. would amplify the voices 01 the instrumental music so that it could be heard by all those in the room at the time; that if be had i- i - - i mi mi it possioie to get ai! of the things on time he would have installed it at the chamber so that a demonstration would have been possible at this meeting. He had put in orders with two different companies, thinking he might get a complete set from one of theiri before he could from the other; but he had received all but the amplifying apparatus from the Westinghouse Electric Company and he might get the rest of the outfit ordered in several weeks, or i, might be several months, ft appeared that the factories were far behind in their filling of orders and there was no way to tell when a demonstration could be given. This set that he had would deliver from Pittsburgh and other places about the sani-} distance, but would not transmit from as far away as Chicago without additional equipment. It was expected that the subject would come up again at the meeting on May 10. Interest is beginning to be shown in the approaching visit of the editors of South Carolina as they go to meet in annual convention at our popular seaside resort. Not only the members of the chamber, but the general public see in this visit a powerful force to advertise Con .vav and the county at large and they are beginning to see that each individual should make it his business to aid in making this opportunity effective. o The whole Mast coast heard the bride promise to "love, honor and obey" when Miss Sarah Cockefaiare, nurse, and A. P. Schlafke, both of Brooklyn, were married in an air plane flying over Now York. The plane was equipped with a radio broadcaster. The couple then flew to the American Legion's mountain resort at Lake Tupper for their honeymoon. WHY HESITATE WHEN YOU KNOW This Question Was Asked of City Authorities and it Was Time FLORENCE HAS METHODS Worst Form of Nuisance Has Been Running Wide Open For Several Weeks Following up the news of the crusade against degenerates of the female sex as now being conducted in the city of Florence, and for the purpose of setting forth this matter in another city as an example of how such matters can be cleaned out; the following item is taken from the Florence Times, the issue of last Saturday: "Many of the women in the district already are leaving town, evidently impressed by the instructions of city council as a whole to the police department that Florence will no longer tolerate this evil. Others will ho compelled by vigorous means to <|iiit their nefarious business in Florence, undei1 the instructions of council. "Chief of Police Mclver and P. H. Arrowsmith, city attorney, are conferring on methods to be instituted against the women who disregard the orders to close up their bawdy houses. Most likely, resort will bo had first* to wholesale arrests every week. This is the plan the Chief has nrooosod and Mr. Arrow-smith is understood to favor it. "Between arrests, special officers will be detailed to this district, charged specifically with the job of procuring evidence against the houses and against the inmates of them. City council has impressed the police department that it means to have the district absolutely broken up." Conway has no district, never had any, in the usual sense of that term; 'xut it has not been free of trouble. Recently the worst nuisance of the \ind the #town ever had settled on * % $OVf CONWAY, S C., THURSDAY MORRIS QUITS AYNOR SCHOOL Following Periods of Energetic . Work in Behalf of Institution MOVED FROM"THE WOODS Commencement on May 14 anil 15. A. H, Gasque Will Deliver the Address , The Rev. S. C. Morris, at a recent meeting of the trustees of the Horry , Industrial School, handed in hi srcs, ignation as principal of Jie Horry in. dustrial School, the same to take ef( feet /it the end of the oresen*: session. Many friends of Mr. Morris ar? sorry to hear of his action and would , he glad to see him continued as the head of this school. It was under his management lhat the school arranged to mov? its loca; tion from Horry to Ay nor. Thoie 1 was great objection to the school, on the ground of its location so far t .away from any town or direct communication with oiher places in the county. This was remedied hy moving the school to Aynor, one of the rapidly growing towns or this county. It was under his management that the new buildings at Aynor weie started and are now standing a-^ a monument to the persistent efforts put forth by him and those associated with him to urovu'.e the best quarters it was possible for the school to have. The school was established a number of years ago under the leadership of Dr. E. O. It was not provided with adequate funds and while the management of the school was the best that could be under trying circumstances, yet it did not make the success that had been expected, esneciallv in .a financial wav. Due to a great extent to the efforts of S. C. Morris, funds were raised from many sources, tlie school moved to Ay nor and the new buildings let out by contract. The commencement exercises will be held on May 14 and 15. The sermon on that occasion will be delivered by the Rev. C. B. Ramsey and on the day following1 this an address will be delivered by A. 11. Gasque. The graduating* class this year numbers thirteen. Under the management of Mi*. Morris the school has done a great work. His friends in Conway hate to see him quit this work in which he has shown so much energry and zeal. o Winneteka, exclusive suburb of Chicago, has turned the village jail into a g'arage for bicvcles, and one of the cells is for rent. The elimination of crime is credited to the local American Legion post fhich formed a volunteer police force of seventy men. Main street and went on through the month of April and part of May. The owner of the rooms, entirely unsuspecting", had accepted a month's rent. Soon afterward, upon being* informed, he went to the authorities for advice. The authorities advised that he had better fulfill the contract under the circumstances. They came in cheap clothing; and without ornaments. Before long: they were going1 in fine raiment and with all of the creations usually employed?and other thing's. The nature of their business seemed to be known to everv man. woman and child in a remarkably short time. It proved to be an example of a real nuisance. i There is no excuse for a disgrace! to a decent community after it becomes known. Why be slow? This is a question that has been asked a hundred times or more. Things are gettting right at last, however, and all this will be cleaned up in short order. MUQfINCREASE OF DEATH TOLL When an unexpected disaster, such as the recent Knickerbocker Theatre calamity occurs, it is the topic of conversation over the entire country for a ii 11 * <? 11u 1111h;i wi uciy.N. 11 is, iliert?i ore, hard to realize that people have become so accustomed to automobile accidents that the death toll makes only a slight impression on the average man. Last year there were more than four times as many men killed in NewYork city alone as were killed in the Knickerbocker disaster. Charleston is no exception, and an annual toll is required of the citizens through accidental deaths or in automobile accidents. The national safety movement has been able materially, to reduce the accidental deaths in industries, but the percentage of automobile accidents continues to increase oui of proportion to the increase in new vehicles. o Two disastrous fires which almost wiped out the town of St. Regis, N. Y? have caused the American Legion of that place to form a volunteer tirefighting unit. The legion also has organized the older men into a bucket brigade. t ?* , MAY 11, 1922 CONWAY EVER A CLEANLY PLACE Street Walkers of Foreign Stamp Are Never Wanted Here OTHER T0WNS~ARE ACTING What the Chief of Police Says in Florence Regarding' all such Cattle Grazing* There Other towns in this section of South Carolina have organizations and municipal officers who ore all .awake to the advantages o<" a clean town, where there are no red light districts and street-walkers to create a nuisance in the eyes of all self-respecting men and women. We hope to show before long that Conway is not behind any in the efforts put forth by its executive officers to keep the town clean of all such contamination. Before this article goes further to give a hint at conditions at our own doors, let us revert to the other towns long enough to show what they are doing there. Let us take Florence, for instance, and let us surmise for 4he purposes of this article the fact hat the agitation there just at this ime concerns the segregated district, o-called, on the northern confines of '.he city. Here is an article appearing in a ecent issue of the Florence Daily Times, headlines and all: "Convicted this morning of operating a houso <?(' ill 4l-~ ? - ? ihiiiv- 111 nit* cny x woman was given a fine of $50 with the alternative of 30 clays in jai. and admonished that tho court was more disposed to give her a straight jail term for the limit of the law. She was tried before *i jury, which recommended mercy in returning its verdict of guilty. The city attorney joined in the jury's recommendation inasmuch as the defendant had not heen arrested before on this charge. Attorney for the defense immediately filed notice of intention to appeal from Verdict of the jury and the senteifce of the court. "Members of the jury were A. L. Erwin, foreman; YV. E. Osteon, S. 1. Sulzbacher. Laurence E. McLaughlin represented the city. P. H. McEachin conducted tho defense. The trial was before Recorder J. P. McNeill. "In ptassing sentence upon tho woman, tho recorder told her she had been convicted of a very low and dastardly offense. He said the court was disposed to impose the extreme limit of the laws upon her, and rather uive her a straight jail sentence than a fine. He said lie could consider the recommendation of the jury and fine her only $50 this time, admonishing her that henceforth the way of these HIGH GRADE IS THE BEST PLAN What Are High Grade Fertilizers for Use on I ~ i _ i_ariu5 USE FERTILIZER WISELY Abuse and Not The use of Fertilizers is What Results in Harm Cleinson College.?Mixed fertilizers in which the total percentages of .ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash are less than twelve per cent are usually considered low grade, and are mixed chiefly with low grade materials. If the total is above twelve per cent the fertilizer may he classed .as high grade and is usually made from separate carriers which are comparatively high in plant food materials. High grade fertilizers are commonly cheapest per unit of plant food, as the charges for handling and transportation are about the same per ton and therefore less per unit of piant food. The semirale envrirv-j taincri in nature aro imonre products, and the cost of purification is prohibitive; hence it is not practicable to produce fertilizers and fevtili;;.?/ materials 100 per cent pure. I so Fertilizers Intelligent!y With the coming of the ix>ll weevil and under present economic conditions, it is very important thai we use fertilizers in a way to derive rs much profit as poss'hlo IVom evei y dollar invested in them, say the soil fertility specialists of the agronomy division. Their .ouroo^e is usually to give immediate proilt over a neriod not exceeding one crop rotation. However, when used to produce more* growth in order that more green manuts, farm manuts, or crop residues may he turned under for organic matter, they do aid in soil b'iild?ng. It is often said that the uso of fertilizers is harmful; but it is the abuse of fertilizers which results in harm. The continued use of 1 ir ?e amounts of nitrate of soda without orgaric natter and lime may result in a very bad physical condition of the soil. rati wop'en will lie made hai 1 in !tU court. "Opening his argument be*'<>ro the uiry this morning'. Mr. M^Kaohin referred to the newspaper reports of the trial last week wh.?n he wa> imported to have imputed eonsen? and connivance of the city autluo*,to let the restricted district c>ntinne. He denied this emphatically. He said he made no imputations, that ho merely presented to the jury wh it the city olVicials themselves luul admitted upon the witness stand. "If they are jroinji to permit this district to run wide open, come into court and admit it in prosecuting a case 01 mine, they are very foolish," said Mr. McKachin. "Their admission that the district was wide open, they intended as their chief evidence to convict my client. 1 have not made any imputations or inferences. 1 merely stated that they gave as evidence." \ ou see what they are doing over there, and the\ mean business. Now, in the same issue of that same newspaper there is an article or news item in which it is said: Chief Mclver has announced already that every woman suspected of immorality within this district, white or colored, will he arrested every Monday morning hereafter, beginning next week. If they cannot'he induced by one means to quit they will be forced by others to stop, he intends. Where the officers of the law are thus interested in the cleaning out of the pest holes of sin and corruption it can be done and it will be done. Now coming back to Conway, let us make a few remarks and you can draw your own conclusions. In our own town there is never any trouble along this line by our own people. If there ever is, it is few and far between. Strollers from ., , * i . i Dlnor loxvns irequenuy run m mm do a land-ottice business for a day or two until they get cold feet and depart. Recently the town has been afllicted with some of a dilVerent element. They have not toiled, neither have they earned their bread by the sweat of the brow; but yet they gain gaudy raiment and fine linen. They have made such a show that they have become the object of mi.ny an onlooker and the subject of many a conversation. They have been permitted to pursue their sinful ways for a time, but only because the people did not expect it. Is such a condition as this to go on unnoticed by all save those who realize ;x nuisance when they see it and either run from it or embrace it as their inclinations may dictate? The authorities of Conway, it is proved, have not been idle. Strict at tention bus been paid by men detailed to watch proceedings. It was the first of last week that notices were served and further steps will be taken unless the notices are obeyed. This is the result of investigation made to see what steps were beingtaken to curb the beginning of such things in Conway. The continued use of some fertilizers such as ammonium sulpluite, may cause soils to become toxic or poisonous to certain crops, hut an application of lime will remedy this condition. If we supply most of the nitrogen by growing legumes, keep up the supply of soil organic matter by means of green manure, farm manure, and crop residues, and apply from two to three tons of lime per acre every four to six years to benefit the legumes, hasten the decay of the organic matter and help to prevent loss of humus no harm will result from the use of fertilizers. Fertilizers should be used to supplement legume nitrogen when needed and to supply the minerals elements that are deficient in the soil or that cannot be made amply available for crops by means of good soil management. o BURR I?. REAVES GONE INSANE Hurr I?. Reaves was committed to the insane asylum last Friday, this l>einjc the third time he has been sent to the institution in Columbia. Some time ajso he was much improved and allowed to come to his home in Simpson ('reek township. Recenttlv he went violently insane and became dangerous in the family and in the community. On one oceaasion be went out with a razor and drew it on some people he met. At another time be took up a clviir and demolished an or^an. Frequently he would try to obtain uun shells. He is an unmarried man. a son of .John II. Reaves, and is now about 30 vo.'irs <?!<! At tho last meeting of the county hoard it was brought out that the town council of this town had neve r yet tfone before the hoard to ask for t l"lO Innof i/\r* ^4 ' ' 1 ' 1 ' ?IIV/ v#v(i11v>11 v?i 11ik.' MciiioiKii nij^hwuy along* Third avenue or any other avenue in the town. This is strange and is hard to explain; and the remarkable thinff is that good business nu n, such ,'is they are, would sit idly by and allow a road of this kind l>o located where it should not be. i / 0 0 $ " no.T BRIDGE NEVER TO BE MOVED When Board Constituted as It is At This Time WHERE FOREFATHERS SAIO I Wooden Bridge at Foot of 4th [Would Hamper Traffic And use of Lake It was indicated at i i. . ? inir of the county hoard i?y tin- thii.u-> said and done that thf rnuniy will never spend anythinir ??n 11w of tlu? steel bridge from v 'iciv i* -.ow is across Kingston 1 ake ; . the ot* Fourth avenue or any >; 11? i nue. Agitation for the renao-. I to is bridge is nothing new. It came up before f??r .>*-r n-jnh' then the only propei place is the boards. It was threshed ?hi . < ? ! } * {, The opening paragraph ?t* i'.i article makes the statement that the county will not spend anything tin the moving of this bridge. Thi.? only means for so long as the )? ?:*r?I is constituted as it is at present. It would bo possible to have a board there in the course of time that would favor the taking of the bridge away and moving it to some other place. The right kind of a board \> ill never >e in favor of moving it. bin at some ime in the future, if things are not 'arefully looked after, the wronv kind >f a board may be in and limn the nuMic will sull'er by thi.? needles.*, trouble and expense. If Kingston Lake is bridged at all, then thee only proper place is the place where it is now, the same place where our forefathers located it as being the most convenient and the most out-of-the-way of traHic on the Lake. Recently there has been ething said as well as written about placing a wooden bridge across tin lake at the foot of Fourth avenue. This was advocated, as we understood it. to be done at private expense; but the .^ainc .article went on to show that this should be done, if done at all. at pri vate expense. There is no place f?n the Iii??11 of such a bridge at that pi:?* ?' and it would forever hamper tin* u.e ??f il\.? lake for boats and other ?:<\>- ?I* usin.U' the lake. AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSES VKAR Dan H. Winstcad and Tola B. Lewis on North Carolina Trip Dan II. \V instead h'lt ("nn^ay mi Tuesday morning of last week !.. a trip to several cities in North ? lina on husim \ss, j?'oinjL?' by j Me was accompanied '.v i'. I'. !.'>\ i the attorney. Toward the end of r.-? u ?* ?l< Mrs. YYinste.id received a It ;i *? ; t?> '.be effect that Mr. YVinst'r ! : <! -.n mitomohile accident; th;:1 In* \ ;is then in the hospital, but expert?Ml i<? b.? .nit a^ain that day. Mrs. Winstead n*ot ;!' 1 iT.**? !?y long distance lelephfM'f :i: 1 informed that he had be:\t dNeha 1-4 *<? from the hospital, and whin* no ? i jiI of the accident could !?? obtained, it was intimated that injuries were not serious. Mrs. T. B. Lewis wa.- spending 'he time with Mrs. Win.-.te.M: mrim.r 'be absence ?>!' the tw<? en tl 'ii ?. . ?*?> ment ion was nvi'lo of V??-. in any of the telegrams ,*in?? hi- friends could only hope that ii?? injury came to him if lie was ?ote?vu? .1 in tlv* accident. I* : . ' - it l> ?*\[)('( !C(i liuil I i'W wilt 'car up the mutter ar ! i?*i anxiety here. o ? local commrrrk? ;.< A local committer has Ih^mi appointed in each count\ ami has !?*?? n made fumiliur with it.- duti?*> by the State Hoard of Public WVI Tare through wuious publications ami by conferences held by the county a.u'-nt. A bulletin entitled, "The Work of Local Committees," has been di-tributed; and blanks for reporting' tl>?? (|uarterly inspections of t h?? almshouses, chain^anjis and jails. ;ilonjf with urgent requests for their use. have been mailed t<. the local committees. The work re< u'ie?| of :i local committee is little, yet its dutios are most important as :\ symbol ??i* duC5lt ion :i i?< 1 /.mim."..-.:' - ??'111 I I III 11 I I V ~ i?I I II IoC the betterment of self and st.ite. Of thoo forty-six counties ?f' tin* state, tho oflice of the Stall' Hoard or Of tho forty-six counties ?. i" tho Public Welfare has rec?-i\? .I < ua.rterlv inspection reports from only eleven local committees, namely, Allendale, Cherokee, Porche< , i :t i field, Greenville, Hampton, lioriv Kershaw, Marion, Nowberrx and Orangeburg: counties. These quarterly inspections of the almshouses, chainganKs and jails should l?e made in accordance with the spirit of th?? law which says that the shall "encourage and aid the local :iuthorities in maintaining such institutions in an efficient manner."