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* \" * ? vtf i V r Volume xxxvn FORD CAR LEAD EXCITING RUN Men From North Carolina Charged With Larceny of Cattle y HELD FOR REQUISITION Car Searched For Whiskey but Without Result in That Respect, Men Held Chief of Police E. E. Dusenbury, * with Constable George Brown and Farm Demonstration Agent, W. O. Davis led two North Carolinians an :i; -i n >- n - ?1 vAciung' cnase tnrougn tne principal streets of Conway last Saturday just after noon. The chase led all the way from a point opposite the Ward-Bate Company's plant across the river, along the highway, over the steel bridge that spans the river, then across the old bridge that spans , Kingston Lake, around the corners i at the ice plant, through third ave- \ nue by the business section and on?, down the road in the direction of Bucksville. At the foot of this avenue some shots from the pistols of the policemen put a stop to the mad race that a rickerty old Ford touring car was putting up, urged on by twc examples from the tar heel state. It all started in North Carolina, near Shallote, where it is alleged that Rufus Stanley and Jim Edwards stole two head of cattle. A warrant was sworn out by the outraged owner of the livestock, and a constable from Brunswick County, in North Carolina, went to arrest the two men on the charge of larceny of livestock. These men fled in a Ford car and came off toward the South Carolina line, the constable in hot pursuit. A At Wampee, on Saturday morning, . the constable stopped and telephoned iKni C?4?1~ i T: ? f uti c wuu ivuLun oiaiiic^) ciiiu uiin Edwards had outdistanced him and were on their way in the direction of Conway, and asked that the men be arrested. He described I hem as being one a tall, slim man and the other had i?ed hair and black eyes and that the latter was wearing a black hat; that the two were fleeing in a ramshackle old Ford that would just hold together but which was .still going, and that the car carried an old trunk on the back. Chief E. E. Dusenbilry obtained the * ~ help of Constable George Brown, and waited for the men over on the road near the Veneering plant. Deciding to go on to the fork of the roads where there is a turn leading toward ' "Warnpee, the two officers met W. O. Davis. All got in the car with Mr. Davis and were going toward the place where the public road turns I out toward Wampee, when the car i of the enemy approached, coming at; a rapid rate. Not knowing who they were at first, the Davis car got to \ one side for the others to pass. See- , ing who they were, the policemen ordered the car to halt. The order 1 was not obeyed and as soon as the . Davis car could be turned around in . the narrow road the chase began. The men gave up down the new 'Toad at the end of third avenue, and ' were lodged in the Horry County iail by the constable. The men refused to return to North Carolina , to stand trial on the charge of ^ larceny, unless requisition were procured. Under the circumstances, the ! officers could only detain them as | escaped criminals until the requisi- j tion can be obtained by application 1 at the office of the governor. ( The occurrence caused some excite- | ment just ater the noon hour last Saturday. The Ford the men drove had a dragging fender and various other signs of hard and long usage, but it was able to make a fast run. When the policeman ordered this car to stop, the driver of it stepped on the gas, and the old Ford respond- ] cd to the tune of about forty miles an hour even though dangerous turns bad to be made and some bad holes 1 taken on the jump. At last accounts the old Ford was still on the job, but simply waiting for the owner to 1 sav "let's go." Its license number is 1816. 1 There was a suspicion pf moon- ] shine about the car. A search war- ' ljant was obtained by the officers and ( *************************** ( S DOUBLE BUYING % j * * , * There? is one tobacco market * where there are two sales tak- * < J ing place at the same time. $ ] $ Each of the leading tobacco $ < It cuuipaiiicn nuvc two uuycrs on v the market instead of one. The* t >c tobacco cannot accumulate and* , j} remain unsold, because they sell $ ^ >: at two different warehouses at* | the same time. J j This is a good example for all ^ j jc places where there is not* : J | enough warehouse room and t j |,{ other facilities to keep the to-* < bacco cleaned up. There is a * j \\\ way to grow and do more and X sc there is a way to fall behind* \ I j J and do less. The less we do and* I si the less we spend, the less busi- % |?t ness we are sure to have. We* US want to drive Conway ahead oft \ Efc all the rest. * i Wat * FARMERS WATCH TOBACCO SALES Sales Continue From the Opening Day of the ' Auction Plan One of the most interpstim* thinirs y- ? "O O"' that is being thought about in this section of the State, at this time, is the cooperative marketing pi an for tobacco. There is a cooperative cotton marketing association in this State, but jt has but few members in Horry County. The cotton growers of ,Horry did not need an association to bind them to hold their cotton when the price went down to nothing. They read the papers and saw that the thing to do was to hold their coton, and they proceeded to do that very thing. They held it until the price went up. Many of them have not sold yet. The Tri-State Tobacco Marketing Association is a different thine because it has not been brought home. Tobacco is really the main money crop of the county, while cotton is not and perhaps never will be. . Whether or not the cooperative plan will succeed this year is a burning question just now in the minds of hundreds of tobacco growers ir this county. They are all watching things. The independant or auction warehouses opened first this vear. Their date was August 1st. The date of the opening of the cooperative plan houses was fixed away hack yonder for iust one week later. Although tlie cooperative warehouses are all open now -?nd running the business along the F'^es of their plan, there is no one who can tel1 with certainty what the price will he that the plan will finally bring to the growers of the weed. The reason is to be found in the fact that the tobacco is placed in a< pool and when a part of the crop is sold the whole nool. or all of some particular grade is disposed of. and all of the weed of that grade brings the same price. When tho tobacco is brought in the grades air? fixed by experienced graders and each grade is placed where it belongs. Instead of disposing of the crop there and then on the floors, as they do under the auction plan, the tobacco is placed in the pool and all tobaccos of the same trrades will fare alike as to price. There is no way to toil just when a deal will hf made to dispose of the oooled tobacco and unt'l that is done the crop is noi disposed of. If the fair price thai I he farmer should have for the crop is not forthcoming at anv particular time, there is a chance of holding tho weed off tho market until the right price can be had for it. Here is the great a-dvantage which the farmers will gain by the successful management of the cooperative marketing plan. By means of the association he can keen from glutting the market. Tt enables tho farmers, thus associated together to :>arrrain with tho companies who want i:o use this raw material. IT'S product is not placed on tho auction block f ?'! knocked down to the buyer who bids the most for it. Ho is not obliged to sell until the market warrants a sale, and ho can iret advances on his crop if he is obliged to ho have funds wh'le he is waiting. A.s before stated all sides are watching and waiting. If the mem>ers stick to the fight and manage it in the right way we cai* reason on r?r? wnv r?n nnvtli \v/V?v thf?v ^bnnlrl lint 'ome out as a great success with .he plan. LORIS COUNCIL WILL GET THEM The Town of I,oris is petting ready to go afler the delinquent town taxes with a vim. Formerly the town was not so large and could run along on almost anything. The fines collected as a result of the use of white lightning, and for other violations of the code, was a sufficient fund to pay the expenses of the city government when placed with the license taxes that have been collected each year. But Loris has grown to a hamlet of considerable size. There is a large amount of business done there. The :>ld wooden stores are replaced by modern brick buildings, and of course it is taking more and more money to run the machine. Citizens who formerly got along without paying a regular levy now have to pay a tax or their property will be taken and sold on the block. It was found necessary to levy a ;ax of one dollar and fifty cents on Bach one hundred dollars worth of property in the town. A big kick has been registered judging by the fact that a lot of taxes still remain unpaid and the council in June last passed a resolution in regard to the l/UW II tMCttlUll C4I1U piUVIUill^ 1U! IHC lf>suing of executions for all unpaid taxes. The resolution reads as follows, and under it the executions are being i thorough search made, but no iquor was found in it. There is also *ome doubt as to the ownership of ;he car that the men drove. jtof CONWAY, S C., THURSDAY X"************************| YE OLD 7 | The TOWN CRIER who w H? crying the news, was the protes ^ inertia, communal 'stagnation an( ? The age-old yearning: for * fellow mortals are doing in all ] ? pression in the TOWN CRIER, i * would no longer do, he had td'n % CAME IN HIS PLACE. * The art of newspaper mak j following the Civil War?with v * newspaper reading spread, it w T store, and big new ways of doing % and grass should follow sun and * We read the news colun X must keeD in touch with events. * because we are seeking to knov * and saving. % Is your ad in this issue of 'M COMPLETE LIST OF CANDIDATES Those and Those Onlv Wh< Filed Their Pledges by Last Friday Noon Time for filing pledges in the cam paign for Horry County office closed last Friday at noon. No one could tell who would b candidates until after the hour ha< passed away so that a list coul< be made up from the records kep in the office of Hon. E. J. Sherwood the county chairman. The following is, therefore, th official list of candidates, as all thesi filed their pledges by noon las Friday, and there are no more wh can come in. These are the one for whom the men and women voter vote in the Democratic primary 01 Tuesday, August 29. Look at them House of Representatives: J. Robert Carter G. Llovd Ford T. B. Lewis Cordie Page W. A. Prince Probate Judge: C. Hinson Spivev J. S. Vaught ' A M/I if/kV J. A. Calhoun J. W. Cook Treasurer: C. E. Barker B. S. Butler Sanford D. Cox MAGISTRATE No. 1 Conway Township; W. H. Chestnut W. S. Mc Cask ill No. 2 Iiayboro Township: F. B. Black J. R. Strickland No. 3 Bucks Township S. M. Paul No. 4 Dog Bluff Township II. B. Nichols No. 5 Dogwood Neck: F. F. Vauffht No. f? Socaslee Township: No Candidate No. 7 Little River. Township: A. P. Thompson J. I. Ward No. 8 Gallivants Ferry No Candidate No. 9 Floyds Township No Candidate No. 10 Green Sea Township: B. P. Harrelson C. A. Lupo No. 11 Simpsons Creek Township: G. L. Bellamy B. L. Carter M. L. Gil more j Win. Smith No. 12 Town of Loris: J. A. Bryant o rpu :ii > - iiie in111 worKers striKe at Manchester, N. H., has reached such proportions that the American Legion has thrown open its club house tc them and has established soup kitchens. written up: Minutes of meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Loris, Loris, S C., held in the office of Rhodes & Hard wick at Loris, S. C., June 29th, 1U22 with the following listed officers present: G. L. Nye, Mayor Pro Tempore: J. D. Thomas, G. D. McQueen, and N. M. Rogers, Alderman. G. L. Nye was elected Chairman and J. P. Hickman clerk. Upon motion of J. D. Thomas, properly seconded, it was ordered by majority of votes of Alderman lawfully assembled that the Election to be held June 30th, 1922 for the purpose of electing a Mayor and Four Alderman he postponed until Friday October 6th, 1922. It was further ordered that the books for registration for the electors of the Town of Loris will be opened on June 30th, 1922 and closed September 28th, 1922. It is further ordered that an election be held Friday October 0th, 1922 for the purpose r\f a1n/>4-iixv n - - ' ' ' ' 1 ?i vivvviiig m uiayui tllKl xour Al(16r" man. It is further ordered that all delinquent taxes be paid by August 1st, 1022. If not paid by August 1st, 1022, executions will be written with a penalty of two per cent and a charge of one dollar for the execution. Executions will not be served until September 1st, 1922. Moved and carried to adjourn. Attest: G. L. JtfYE, Chairman. J. P. Hickman, Clerk. ]) fge if, ' J GUST 10, 1922 ***************************** "OWN CRIER | * H< rent about town ringing his bell, and ^ it of our forefathers against mental * ' i ignorance. J ' the NEWS?to know about what * aarts of the earth, found a first ex- ^ ind when this modest public servant sje lake way, and?THE NEWSPAPER * T r ing grew, slowly at first, but later? * t vonderful strides. As the habit of ^ as as natural that advertising, the * : things should come, as that flowers J rain. * ? ins ot THE HERALD because we * i We read the advertising columns, ^ I v more about the science of buying * * ' the Herald? * ( * **************************** MUDDLE GROWS i i ABOUT SCHOOL\ I ) Loris Patrons Insist on Their j Selection of Two ; Trustees i 1 The school muddle at Loris is as- i , ' . a suming proportions. Disagreements J D over tho matter of new trustees who } j are to manage the school when it bej gins in the Fall in the new school , ' building, seem to grow worse rather , I than to settle. \ There was a patrons meeting held ] 0 on Friday, July 28th, at which the > patrons voted on the selection of > ^ trutees. There seems to ho a differ- \ 0 ence as to the purpose for which the ( meeting was called. 1 Superintendent Allen was present ; \ at this meeting. ; When the patrons, at the meeting, t decided to go into the selection of 1 trustees, he informed them that the ; meeting had not been called for that 1 purpose of trying to settle the disa- i 1 . ?^ i -? ^ i uu-iiiL-ut.'s arising. il is said ; 11 MI \ thereupon members of the meeting1 stated that if the purpose was not to t elect or sclect trustees, they did not 1 want or need any meeting. Then the < meeting was called off. Nevertheless, * after that, during the same day, a < meeting was held and a vote taken for two candidates for trustees: t Dan W. Hardwick received fifty- A nine votes, with two opposed. * Dr. Muger Richardson received : fifty-rfeven votes, with two opposed. Still it would appear that neither * of the ones voted for lvis the sanction ( of the county board, at least of Mr. K. C. Allen, the county Superintendent of s Education. ( During the day after the holding of ^ the election which it is claimed I here s was no legal authority for, there was much dissatisfaction among the poo- .N ble, the patrons of the Loris school. This dissatisfaction appears to con4 e tmuo. In the me,an time the new school building which is being erected by contractor H. P. Little, is getting ^ along rapidly toward completion. It a is being built of brick and will be an j honor to the town and school district. The people cannot agree on the c matter in controversy. One trustee s is to be reelected, while another mem- v her of the board, Mr. I). D. Harrel- n son has resigned, hence the necessity j for appointing two new trustees. t CONWAY AS A I LEAF MARKET 5 V There is no reason why there can- J, not be built at Conway one of the * largest tobacco markets of the ? i country. a i But it needs and must have much f ' larger quarters and better accomoda- k j_i _ 1 ? 1.1.1 / I J.! I* 1 Li oils i or taKing care 01 large quanti- ; ties of the weed. 11 Located as the town is, in the . midst of a larfte territory of fine 15 tobacco growing lands, there is noth- " ing else to do except to invest our money in larger warehouses and in P the erection and equipment of plants J1, for handling the immense quantity of tobacco that can be produced, will . be produced, and which is actually . , being produced now in that territory. } By giving the growers better r chance^ and move conveniences at Conway, this tobacco can be held in the community and kept from going elsewhere for holding nnd sale. Employment for many people can be had at Conway and their wages and , salaries paid out here instead of Is spent in other towns. v We aIX) thinking now of both the ii cooperative association and the auc- 2 tion plan. It will be a long time before all the growers join the asso- e ciation. There may be always an out- v side crop that will have to be dis- a posed of on the action plan. Whether v the market remains, part of one way h and part of the other, or goes under one plan exclusively, the attitude we v should take in regard to improvement n of the market should be the same, ji We want to build the tobacco mar- n ket and help build Conway. One plan of the whiskey stillers i< just started this year is to move th^ h outfit from one place to another, n Running ofP a charge in one com- h munity, as soon as it is finished the o still is moved to some far distant p neighborhood and there erected again si and another charge ran off. u ra I tl. FARMING LOSSES FROM THE RAIN Conditions Are Very Bad in Bayboro and Gurley Sections The rains this year are not general is they usually are in all sections of he county. The rains have followed certain i. : i i i-J i ui icriuoij' unu created un> nuch moistutfe for the crops, while n other sections of the county there las not been enough rain to injure any of the crops to any appreciable ;xtent. From the best information that ,he Herald has been able to gather, ,he sections of the county affected by the too frequent rains this year are about as follows: Firfct. The worst damage of all ias taken in the township of Socastee where the rains have been falling ever since the crops were young and tender. The corn, tobacco, sugar cane were all about killed or scalded to death in the early part of the season, and as the rains continued, the plants could not recover j and make anything. The Herald I recently carried a complete list of those who had been damaged the most in that section. Second. The section of the county near Rayboro and Gurtey?the section which lies between Gurlev, :he railroad station and what is known as Old Bayboro, the place vhcre A. Hell runs a modern store, supplying general merchandise to he people of that section. Here the lamage has been great. Farmers uive lost their nionev crops with but i few exceptions. Their grain crops ire cut off as was stated in the let:ers from several correspondents in ast week's Herald. Revond Bayboro ind toward the cross roads known as jouisville, the crops are said to be n fine condition and doing very veil. Third. The lower section of Bucks ownship, where the damage from the lains has been rather heavy, tobacco irops being greatly reduced and the :orn and other food crops being cut. )(T from one-half to very mucV no re, also the upper part of Bucks ;ownship where the rains have fallen, ,vith too great frequency after the ;obaceo started to mature and ripen, ind where the grain crops have also )een injured, and in some instances lie tobacco leaves have rotted away )n the stalks. The lower part of Trucks and the section ahout ' Hayboro are about! >(|ual, as it appears, in the lossage i hey have sustained from the over: unnly of moisture in the soil. j This brim's about a condition ' vliich is bad for those who live in. hose sections of the county, and o* "| ourse it effects the merchants and [ ithers who have invested in the crops j r advanced supplies on the security: f these crops. | These people will be in bad condiion until another crop season conies round and they have better success n their operations. It. lias been suggested that in each ounty of the State there should be otne kind of organization which pould insure the famers against loss n account of hail, winds and floods, t would be on the mutual plan so hat those farmers who are sucessful could contribute more or less u1 of their ineome to help along the nfortunate. Wo cannot remember ny time in our past experience when ' lie neople of the whole county were isited with misfortune of this kind. I is confined to certain sections of he county at all times. Such an rganization could be planned out nd worked up within the memberhip some of the cooperative mareting associations and it would elieve the situation in many an 1 stance. Tt is to be hoped that some organsed effort will be made to aid the nfortnnntp tbis v?*n?? Tl-iia tmu een suggested by the Herald and reeated from week to week as the ews facts have become known to ne people. If there is any aid of any kind lat can be had for them it should e found out and applied. rAKEN UPFOR TRANSPORTING W. T. Ricks, a farmer of Dogwood Jock township, was Arrested in Confay last week charged with transportur liquor on the Saturday before July Oth. At first he appeared for trial and ntered a plea of not guilty. He yent off and returned after a time nd submitted a plea of guilty and /as fined in the sum of $75.00 which e paid. A policeman saw Ricks with the ,'hiskey. It was not bottled in bond, or was it any kin to Scotch. It was ust simply the monkey rum variety lade out in the hays. A tent colony, composed entirely of ibless exservice men has sprung up i the South Dakota wheat regions, ear Aberdeen. The colony which as been going some months is part f the American Legion's plan to rovide farms with labor and at the ame time do away with veteran nemployment. 4 D W 5 MSAKCKIA MM #r? ' ? t} ' NO. 17 LORIS LISTENS AT CANDIDATES Candidates for House State Their Platforms on Taxation UNDER SHADY TREES Speakers Rested on Sundav and Monday and Began Again Tuesday Hie campaign for countv offices opened up, according to schedule, at Lor is last Saturday. The court house at. Conway looked as if it had been deserted. Treasurer S. E. Barker is a candidate for reelection and was absent at Loris. The same applies to Judge J. S. Vnught, also running for reelection. The others were more or less interested in the campaign and most of them were at Loris to hear what the others had to say. In another column of this issue of the Hem Id will be found the cotnplote list of the candidates for county office*. This is thp official list as furnished the Herald for publication from the office of the chairman of the county. These are the candidates who attended at Loris last Saturday, and made statements, of more or less length, setting forth their platforms and claims for the suffrage of the people. After this onening meeting at Loris, the candidates will rest for two days. They begin the canvass again on Tuesdav, onening at Socastee. Some of the hardest work of the campaign will doubtless be put iti this week. The schedule of meetings appears in another column of this issue. The last big meeting will bo at Conway, as shown in the schedule. The neople have not shown more than the ordinary interest in the campaign. This interest may grow more intense as the meetings continue to run their course. Farmers are extremely hard to awaken in a local contest of this kind. They show more zeal in the race for Stato offices. The greatest interest will ho feit in the race for the House of Representatives. The tax burden is a burning subject of discussion anionj? the people. There are some who want to cut appropriations to the hone. They favor the cutting down of salaries?anything; to reduce the amount of expenses of running* the government of the State. Some do not appear to care for the institutions of learning. If by crippling those burdens of taxation could be reduced, there are some who would be satisfied with that condition. The speaking took place under the shade trees where there was plentv of room to expand the crowd. All of the candidates were there and made to feel welcome. They were introduced bv percinct chairman, W. H. Small. The candidates for the House of Representatives were the only ones who stated any definite policy or discussed issues, and even these did not warm up very much to their subjects but confined their talks to the things they would advocate and the matter of taxation and its relation to our economic welfyare and the institutions of the State. W. A. Prince dwelt on his record. He submitted this to his hearers for their consideration. His position on the matter of taxation is already well known to the people. He is opposed to having too many lawyers in the Legislature of the kind that he found there during his past experience. T. B. Lewis stated that he was a member of the county board of edu cation. He could understand the reed of the common schools. He believed in making things so that the teachers of these schools can get their pay for their work and get it promptly. Con lie Page touched on nearly ail the matters now claiming the interest of the people as relating to the passage of new laws and the control of taxation and related matters. He gave his position on these different subjects, and he made good use of the time allotted to him in. (Continued on Editorial Page.) ft*******-******************-* * TWO WAYS BEST * * * $ The Herald said back yonder * jjl that it would be better for Con- ^ * way to have the two ways of * * selling tobacco this year. It is * ^ now plain to everybody that ^ * we were right. No matter how * ^ great a -success the ooopera ?? * tive plan may be when it has * ^ been tried out and has gained ^ $ the confidence of all growers, $ * the people of Conway want to * * make the town a great tobac * * co center, no matter which way * * the market may sell'. While any J sjc change is being made we cer- * * tainly need to hold all that we * {have At one time i?ecently we * were about to lose what we $ * had gained, at least it would j * have been that way this year, * * if not more. ? * # **************************