The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 11, 1922, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXVII
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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BRIDGE NEVER
TO BE MOVED
When Board Constituted as It
is At This
Time
WHERE FOREFATHERS SAIO
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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.
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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."