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/ * yg?UME XXXVII Trial justice < act published Makes Only One in Conway Township With Increased r Salary ' OLD LAW ~is~ COMPARED ' c There is One Magistrate for ? Loris Town and One For ' Township at Large r i There have been some changes made in the laws relating to iTiasjis- * trates over the county of Korry, as j shown by the act of the Legislature t of this state, passed at the recent session for the year 1922. , i The new act does not go into effect t until the first day of November, 1922. t By this new law all of the magis- r trates as well as their constables ap- i pointed by them, shall receive ar an- t nual salary of $50, except the n agis- ; trate and his constable at OonWay, t whose salary each shall be $f>00; and t except the magistrates and constables for Floyds, Gallivants, Simpson Creek, 1 Green Sea and Loris, each of whom < shall receive an annual salary of $00. < By reason of the provision in the 1 act which provides for an extra magis- t trate at Loris, Simpson Creek town- < ship will have two magistrates with- i in the bounds of the townshio. Up to November 1, 1922, when the new law goes into effect, Conway will ! hr.vc frwo magistrates, one at Conway j * and one at Adrian. After next No- j vember there will L?e but on* magistrate in Conway towasbin. and that j one will be at the town of Conway. It will be noticed that th"; new act j gives each magistrate jurisdiction ( throughout the county .just as they enioyed under former laws. There is another provision of the 1 act which should be carefully noted " -wJ Vw mncristVf\t.PS and anu i/i/oui ?/tT vnv that is the requirement that no crim-! inal case shall be compromised until the cost accruing therein shall have, been paid. | The law relating to magistrates in I Horry county had not been changed except as hereafter mentioned regarding the salary of the one at Conway, since the act of 1013, by which it was provided that the magistrates should be locnt^d and paid as follows: Conway. $200; Adrian, $100; Loris, Flodys and Myrtle Beach. $00; Bucks, Green Sea and Little River, $r>0; Bayboro, Cool Sprinrr, Dog RlufT, Dog Wood, "Ebenezer, Gallivants, Simpson, Spring "Branch. Socastee and Wampee, $40 each. By an amendment passed since then, the salary at Conway was raised to $300. By the new act the salary is $000 and there is only one in the whole township. The County Democratic Executive Committee has fixed the magistrates into districts for the purpose of vote to bo east in the coming primary for county and state offices. These districts will be published in another article. The new law relating to the magistrates and which is in effect next November, followAN ACT To Amend the Law Relating to Magistrates, Their Constables, Powers, Duties, Jurisdiction, Salaries, etc. Section 1. Be it enacted by the ^ * ^ l-vlw? /v-T 4 Urv nfnf o i Vienerui nsMMiiDiy *> mc mwvc South Carolina: That the law governing magistrates and constables, fixing and prescribing their powers, duties, jurisdiction, salaries, etc., be as now provided by law in the several counties of the state, except as hereinafter provided: Horry County. There shall be appointed in Horry county one magistrate in the township of Bayboro who shall receive an annual salary of $50, who shall appoint a constable to receive the same salary as the said magistrate; one magistrate in the township of Buck, who shall receive an annual salary of $50, and he may appoint a constable who shall receive the same salary as the said magistrate; one magistrate for the town* ship of Conway who shall receive an annual salary of $600, and shall appoint one constable who shall receive the same salary as the magistrate; one magistrate for Dog Bluff township who shall receive an annual salary of $50, and shall appoint a constable at the same salary of said magistrate; one magistrate in Dogwood Neck township who shall receive an annual salary of $50, who shall appoint a constable to receive the same salary as said magistrate; one magistrate in Floyd's township who shall receive an annual salary of $60, ft**###**#*###**#********#* * WHAT THEY BELIEVE $ 11 St 1 5< " Chamberlain Medicine Com- si \\ pany was established in 1872. jj n It has been a successful com- ,, * pany. Recently it celebrated >t je its 50th anniversary. During \\ 3* the fifty years they were great n \\ users of newspaper space in all jj ii parts of the world. In a letter \t j[ which they mailed to all of the jt newspapers in which their ad- \\ vertisements had ever appeared n \\ they say: "We believe more j[ 11 than ever in the efficacy of the u j [ clean-cut newspaper of this day J it as the best medium to attract x 11 the public to mn article of merit. 2 mi ????? mrtwy Wm (Thr 3NE OLD TIMER SENDS A CHECK The last issue of the Herald caried a long article giving the facts regarding the loss of the crops in Socistee township, including the names of he farmers who have lost out, the icreage planted in com, the percentiles of loss to the crops by the ungual rains and floods, and showing* hat the tobacco cron of that comnunitv has been a total loss to near y nil of the growers. The condition of these honest and iard-workin.sf planters has awakened nuch sympathy on the part of the people who have learned of their troubles. The occassion is one when financial lid from outside sources would tide ;hese planters over one of the hardest ;imes in the history of this county. No nore deserving people are to he found n the whole country. They hestitate ;o ask for help and whatever assistance is given them will have to come prom the efforts of those who know ;hnt they need it and should have it. The article in the Herald has wrought to the office one contribution >f $25.00 from a former citizen of Conway?one who lived here in the :own from the latter part of 1867 to July 1809. Many of the names *hnwn in the list of losers appear familiar to- him. His letter is published in full and Hie Herald has placed his donation of *25.00 in the bank to the credit of p Fund for these unfortunate people and a way will be found for distributing* whatever can be raised to help them in this trouble. Th? lpttev which to the Her- I aid office signed, "Old Timer": The Horry Herald, Conway, S. C. Gentlemen:? I am real sorry to hear about the Socastee trouble. The writer stayed in Conway from the latter part of 1867 to July 1868 and many of the Socastee names you mention sound familiar to him. I enclose a check for $25.00 to help thorn out. I think, in case we have better weather from now on, they could plant more or less crops now. T think field peas would help make hay, hough perhaps they have plenty of hay, with the grass they will have. They could plant a second crop of Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes, if they will make their lands good and we have a late fall. No doubt there are other crops, such as turnips, that could be made yet. From An Old Timer. July 31, 11)22. ' There will no doubt be some kind of organized effort undertaken to provide a large fund to aid the people. This twenty-five dollars makes a good start. Those who donate more jr less to the cause, can send the checks to the Herald and the total amount raised will be turned over to the organization that will undretake to handle it and distribute the money or other things that may be given, to the people who have lost their crops . o Owing to the importance of the feed-farming industry, the United States Department of Agriculture has established a project which deals with it exclusively. It furnishes informait/Nv* 4-/X iifO hvAOrl O ?*CJ ^3 vrnl 1 tlUU tu j;i v Vy ui v/vviv>i nj c-% i ff VII as to those already engaged in the industry, which helps them to overcome obstacles and avoid pitfalls. who shall appoint a constable who shall receive the same salary as said magistrate; one magistrate in Gallivant'stownship who shall receive an annual salary of $60, and who shall appoint a constable whose salary shall be the same as said magistrate; one j magistrate in Green Sea township who shall receive an annual salary of $60, and shall appoint a constable whose salary shall be the same as said magistrate; one magistrate in Little River township who shall receive an annual salary of $50, and who shall appoint a constable who I shall receive the same salary as said magistrate; one magistrate in SocasI tee township who shall rcccive an annual salary of $50, who shall appoint a constable whose salary shall be the same as said magistrate; one magistrate in Simpson Creek township who shall receive a salary of $60, and who shall appoint a constable who shall receive the same salary as said magistrate. Said magistrate shall have concurrent jurisdiction throughout the county in all criminal and civil matters arising therein; that no criminal case shall be compromised until the cost accruing therein shall have beer i A | paid; tnat an costs, nnes ana penalties shall be paid over to the county treasurer of Horry county for ordinary county purposes. This act shall become effective until ttie first day ol November, 1922; provided, that the democratic executive! committee of th<= county of Horry shall provide for the nomination of said magistrates in eacli township in the primary election foi 1922. There shall be one magistrate at the town of Loris who shall receive an annual salary of $60, who shal appoint his constable, with an annua salary of $60. Approved the 24th day of March 1&2. R. A. COOPER, Governor. , piovv CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, x************************** | HOW KNOTTY BI | GOT F * It appears that the voting i ^ named in the act providing for the * precincts of this county. In the sr "Knnthv Rv'innli " Tliio ncnnva in He "Horel" precinct was changed to 4 * It makes no difference, how X branch appears in the act which ci * cincts of the county. The fact r? J and it has been famous ever since * place refused to cast a single vote f t We all know all about the b X tion time to record with chalk the > J in the primary. This time when * X some years back 'when Johnson ws * Conway along with a number of $ how the vote was going as written He the board, elbowing his way thro 2 read off what the board showed. Ik It was then that Knotty Brj j all by means of the great Laugh tha 2 silence was broken by the reading * "Little River, for Johnson on X one; Tillie Swamp, goose egg; Sanf< He Johnson has never forgott< * ones all interspersed in the colum ^ opposite Knotty Branch, where h * than a single one, there was neithe J he said, "Not a one." This vhyrr He just at that minute and of course 1 * ward this precinct would be reme % immediately thereafter bestowed u] * *************************** WILL VOTE ON , MAGISTRATES According to Districts Which Follow The Township Lines By reason of a change in the law as relates to magistrates in Horry county, made at the last session of the General Assembly, there will be quite a difference in the voting at the several precincts in the county at the approaching primary. Heretofore the county was divided into eighteen districts, which are familiar to the voters of the county, but as will be seen by the new act, there will be only twelve magistrates to be nominated in the approaching primary. At the last meeting of thr county executive committee this matter was called to the attention of the committee and a special committee composed of the chairman, E. J. Sherwood, and John T. Shelley of Aynor and P. L. Hardwick of Loris, were selected to re-district the county and report at the next meeting of the whole committee. Since the act provides for a magistrate for each township in the county, with the exception of Simpson Creek township, wherein a magistrate is provided within the town of Loris, the committee saw fit to follow township lines, so far as the several precincts were concerned, regardless of the residence of the voters at that precinct, recommending that the town of Loris nominate its own magistrate, as the act provides specifically that this magistrate shall reside at Loris. The recommendation of the special committee, which will doubtless be approved by the committee as a whole, is as follows: District No. 1?Conway township: Adrian, Conway, Homewood, Rose Lake, Shell, White Oak. District No. 2?Bayboro township: Ru \rlinrr* Rl-nmlio Onvlov. Snnfni'd. District No. 3?Bucks township: Cedar Grove, Greenwood, Port Harrelson. District No. 4?Do# BlufT township: Cool Spring, Doff Bluff, Horry, Jordan ville, Knotty Branch. District No. 5?Dogwood Neck township: Dogwood, Grahamville. District No. 6?Socastee township: Marlow, Socastee, Withers. District No. 8?Gallivants Ferry township:?Aynor, Gallivants Ferry. District No. 9?Floyds township: Floyds, Spring Branch, Taylorsville, Vardelle. District No. 10?Green Sea township: Green Sea, Jernigan's crossroads. District No. 11?Simpson Creek township: Daisy, Ebenezer, Farmer, Graham's crossroads,.Hammond. District No. 12?Loris township: Loria. o GROWING BANANAS William McGee, about seven miles helow Timmonsville. has a hunch of growing bananas which is a curiosity in this section of the country. He has a tree which, escaped the cold of last winter and this summer put out a bloom which is now fruiting. He hopes to be able to display the South Carolina grown bananas in the Pee Dee fair this fall. The sight of a banana bloom and bunch, which always appears upside down, is a matter of curiosity to anyone who has never seen it.?Florence TimevS. o When putting a new automobile into service remember that it must not be driven too hard or too fast at first or else it will suffer damage that I will greatly shorten the life of the I machine. Drive it slowly and carefully without too much load until yot , have run it at least 1,000 miles, ane then it will be alright to speed up t little. I !) IP# ?? AUGUST 3, 1922 ******-#* ****************** tANCH ? 'LACED ON MAP 1 * * jrecinct of Knotty Branch is mis- ^ names and location of the voting $ law "Knotty Branch" is written * the same act wherein the name of * 'Horry." * ever, as to how the name of the * edited it as one of the voting- pre- * ?mains that it is a famous place, $ the time when the voters of that & or A. P. Johnson. ig blackboard that is used in elec- X M>tes cast at the different precincts * Lnotty Branch became famous was J is a candidate and he was here in sje >ther uncertain candidates to see * >n the board. Johnson went up to jjj ugh the crowd, and proceeded to anch leaped into fame, and it was * t went up from the crowd when the ^ of Johnson as follows: * e; Socastee, goose egg; Green Sea, * jrd, one; Knotty Branch, ndt a one.'* ^ sn it either. The picture of the * in, with old goose eggs, and then ? e certainly expected to get more * r <a one nor even a goose egg. So, ^ x?d in with the way that he felt * \e did not know that forever after- J smbered by the blessing which he ^ ion it. * * ************************** TIMBER TRACTS CHANGE OWNERS Charles I. Pate and Company Are Operating Ward-Bate Mills There is just now being concluded the final details of the sale of the properties of the Ward-Bate Company to Charles T. Pate & Company, a new firm that is now engaged in the lumber business in this county, operating the plant at the old Kanawha site \\T~? ti : 1 ctyiirop i/iic m uccuiiiuw ivivui, uuu known locally as the Acme Sawmill, property, has taken place since April The transfer of a number of timber deeds, assignments of lease, and deeds for various rights of way and ills of sale covering valuable personal 6, 1922, when the terms of the sale were agreed upon by the parties and possession was delivered three days after that to the new partnership. The new firm is composed of Frank J. Tyson, ClifF E. Ilankins, and Charles 1. Pate. The lumber business, sawmill and logging equipment of the Ward-Bate Company have all been operated by the firm of Charles 1. Pate & Company ever since the delivery of possession on or about April 9 or 10, last. In connection with the sawmills at the site near Conway there is a loorging railroad leading out from Red BlufT about ten miles from Conway, and going out into the various tracts of land owned by the company, and this railroad and logging equipment that goes with it have been also in operation. In all there are thirty-two different imber tracts concerned in this transfer. AM to most of the tracts there is yet a number of years in which to cut and remove the timber growing on the lands. In Some instances the time has be*m extended so as to pro -1 ? ? 1 - ^ rvf ?>-* n in \l'll 1 Vine cl I |K'| lull \i i 1,11 nv- ill o.i.x... to cut and remove the timber. The business, which was the forerunner of the business now being run, was established by Colonel S. M. Ward, who had in his employ M. G. Andersen, an experienced .and efific;ent lumberman and sawmill expert. This was back about 1912 or 1913 that the foundations of the present business were laid. Col. Ward is a gentleman of the old school and he made many friends among Conway business houses and he was successful. About the year 1915, in, Georgetown, the Ward-Bate Company, Inc., was organized and chartered under the laws of South Carolina as a corporation and took over the business which had been conducted up to that time by Col. Ward. M. G. Andersen was connected with the business after it w.as merged into the extensive holdings of the corporation as the manager of the plants at Conway, or rather in Horry county, and he was successful with these until about 1919, he was succeeded by J. W. Little in the management here. At the same time that I the Ward-Bate Company operated I i? tUia /?niir?+v thpv onerated JIllllO All Vino VVV?I. VJ ^ mills also at Wilmington, N. C., and at Georgetown. Their properties were thus located in several counties and in two different states. At one time the Ward-Bate Company owned and 1 operated the sawmills that were established by W. J. Singleton ,j^t Enterprise Landing on the Enterprise Creek; they also purchased from W. 1 J. Singleton the big tract of timber in the Pee Dee swamps known as the Altman Island and they cut and re! moved most of the timber from this ' large tract. ' In the course of time J. Herbert ' Bate, who had become president of ! the Ward-Bate Company, caused the Ward stock to be purchased by ini terestsx in New York and Col. Ware I retired from the active participator i in the affairs of the company. It has been said that the interests of Col raid. STRONG FLOOD STOPS TRAINS Last Thursday morning1 on the way over from Myrtle Beach, the Atlantic Coast Line train lvid to stop at the foot of tlie red hills for the reason that the flood of rain of the night before had washed away the embankment which supported the track as it spanned a culvert. The rails were suspended in the air. Other arrangements had to be made for getting on across the river into Conway. The train was held up until an hour or two after noon on that day before the repairs could be finished on the tracks so that the train could run as before. Damage was also done to the highway leading across the valley just beyond the hill. A big fill w.as necessary there in building this road. On last Thursday morning the flood was about even with the top of the embankment. Portions of the embankment had been washed away and only about twelve feet of solid earth was left in the middle. This came to the attention of W. C. Pitts, the road engineer. He went to the place with .a force of hands and reinforced the edges of the fill that was left with banks of sand. In this way he managed to keep the travel going through without delay, and by night the work had gone so far that the embankment was regarded as safe from further damage from the flood. This flood all came from the very heavy rainfall of Thursday evening. FARMEULOSING ON THE MELONS Washington.?From S. W. Copeland of Ehrhardt, S. C., Senator E. D. Smith has received a letter in which vouchers were enclosed showing that Copeland "had paid $63 for the privilege of giving New York three carloads of watermelons." The writer said the condition of which he complained is general this season in both Carolina and Georgia, and he appealed to the Senator to do something to remedy *it if possible. The vouchers showed that the three carloads of melons were sold in New York for a total of $395, while the fvnin-Uf noirl f a f voilvaqrlc f av /"?rv\r. I I V^l^ll V 1/I1V* I UIII \/W\IO ft w * V IA? i J ing them was $4IK and the commission to the seller was $40. "The railroad pot theirs," said the shipper in his letter, "the commission merchant got his; and me and my hands sweated over these melons for months, and was then called on to pay $C>3 in addition to losing* the fertilizer, seed, and all the work done." Senator Smith read the letter to the Senate and expressed indignation at the state of affairs which allows such a condition to exist. He remarked that he and others in Washington are having to pay as much as 20 cents at restaurants for an eighth of a watermelon. The key of the difficulty as to railroad rates the South Carolina Senator found in that phase of the EschCummins Act, which bases rates on the theory of (? per cent profit to the roads of the country. Senator Watson, of Georgia, interrupted to call attention to the fact that the Southeastern states have nc representation on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senator Smitl deplored this, but held that whatevei the make-up of the commission might be, its functions of rate vegulatior would be controlled by the Esch-Cummins law. o FILE THAT PLEDGE File the pledge to abide by tlu rules of the Democratic party before noon on Friday, tomorrow, August 4 or else be satisfied with staying; out of the race for county office. Call on the chairman, E. J. Sher wood, where you will be furnisher with the pledges to be signed. If yoi are a candidate ayd mean to make this race then get busy and file th< pledge before it is too late. o CONGRESS CANDIDATES They will speak at Conway on Auk ust 10. Give them a good crowd or that day. Ward was really very small, but thai he was interested in the company ir behalf of friends, or perhaps relative* who had invested sums of money ir the stock of the company. During all this time the J. Herberl | Bate Company of New York city act I <?d as the spllinir a cents of these mills It was the work of the mills to pro i duce the large quantities of lumbei from the rough logs hauled up fron the woods, or purchased outrigh from the men who brought timbe down the rivers in rafts; and it wa the business of the J. Herbert Rat i Company to dispose of this produc and both ends of the game were sue cessful. It is understood that the J Herbert Bate Company still handle the output of most of these mills, i The new owners who have beei operating the plants at Conway, hav also purchased the holdings of th Ward-Bate Company at Georgetowr i They are men of long experience i the lumber business and they Ivav 1 with them some of the most exp i riencd men to be had in the business * They have every promise of m?kiu . a success of the works in this count! NO, 16 SLANDERS COME FROM A YANKEE Rich Man in Reading, Pennsylvania Stirred by Volstead HAS DISORDERED BRAIN T.q n f n iwnrf o T o ?ro n + n n/3 ? vvvii V/ A T VA V/\^ XJCV WO (il Cvli U Ridiculed in an Unusual Way A copy of the Evening- Bulletin, issue of July 24, 1922, published in Philadelphia, Pa., has been sent to the Herald by J. A. Smart of No. 6545 Regent street, in that city. The purpose for which this copy of a dailv oaper published in a large' city was sent to the Herald was that the editor might see what Fred M. Merkle. a wealthy man, says about South Carolina. Mr. Merkle writes: Wants Divorce When Marriage Fails Sir: Mr. Volstead, father of the "dry amendment, now announces his intention of attacking the divorce problem. Among other things he says that South Carolina has no divorce at all and is satisfied with it. Apparently that state is his idea! example. What is South Carolina anyway? No one ever boasts of South. Carolina except a bigoted native. The people are the most ignorant and poorest perhaps in America. No great man or thing has ever come from there. It has no great industries, cities, universities or anything else worth mentioning. It is merely a space on the map. The women have less rights than most any other sfrnt.p and thp state, swarms with ne groes. The class of people there is very low and the rank as a state corresponds. But South Carolina is not the only place in the worldwhere there is no divorce. Marriage makes for happiness or misery. Mistakes are made by everybody, yet a chance is given to correct them in most cases. Why should marriage be excluded, especially since it is the most important decision a man or woman can make? Many courtships are based on deception and faults are not known until marriage brings them out. We don't put life punishnftuu on any but the hardest criminals. Why should innocent, trusting persons be forced to submit to so barbarous a course for mistakes honestly made? Women are deserted, abused, miserly men can deny every comfort and decency to their wives, women can be "she-devils," degenerates, can hide their deficiences until marriage, but once the door is closed, Mr. Volstead believes tb.it you should stay there. He says "Hell is the pioper place for those who mak? mistakes in marriage. It is their duty to shiv there and suffer the rest of their ; lives." Hell is no place to correct mistakes. It makes no dilference that one was an innocent party in , the affair. There is no redress. It is too bad tb.nt Mr. Volstead d'd not live in the Dark Ages. Any person who would forever bar the door ( to an escape from Hell and give a victim of an ill-fated marriage an! other chance for happiness would nat. urally delight in doing the things that made the flesh creep and the heart ' almost stand still. It was that type of person who considered it a duty to make heresy carry with it a punishment that would serve as a warning and example to deter others from falling into such error , and Mr. Volstead is one of that type , and intends to apply his policy to divorce if he can. In Philadelphia and ' Now York are special courts to treat with marital troubles. Those that have failed received justice?a dij voice. When marriage is a failure it j is a crime to inflict suffering on an > unfortunate victim instead of permit, ting an escape from it. King Asoka, considered by H. G. Wells, historian, as one of the six greatest men that ever lived, taught noble examples of morality and kindness that would bar Mr. Volstead from being classed as , a "good citizen." Reading, Pa. FRED M. MERKLE. We were never more disgusted. L The idea of a man like Merkle going 4 out of his way to slander the fair 5 name of any state of the United * States! Of course all that he says is a bunch of lies and while we cannot t say that he knows his statements to (Continued on Local Page.) r ************************** 1 2 ' t # THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN u > C *p r >: >t s Si Loris, Saturday, August 5. J J J Socastee, Tuesday, August 8. . 's Tilly Swamp, Wednesday, it [t August 9. j[ g * Little River, Thursday, Aug- J ,l ust 10. ' " n \\ Ebenezer, Friday, August 11. \\ e ^ Bayboro, Saturday, August 12. u e \\ Green Sea, Monday, Aug. 21. jj 1 I Ployds, Tuesday, August 22. ,K n ? Aynor, Wednesday, Aug. 23. ?? e * Dog Bluff, Thursday, Aug. 24. \ [ >c Pauley Swamp, Frictay, Aug- n j " ust* 25. ]J ' j c Conway, Saturday, August 26. i r fir it i'c ^ ?w... > /ifV ftsfiL '^fl