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% * VOLUME XXXVII NEW GOVT ACT MAKES CHANGE Will go Into Effect Next January, Superceding Old Law NO TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS Commissioners. How Aupointed I ?Provides for a County Engineer \ There was a new law passed at lature, making radical changes in * the last session of the State Logisthe government of Horry County. The public seems to have been somewhat ignorant of the provisions of this law. So far as the Herald can tell the terms of the act have never been published until now. Recently the new book of acts of the session of 1922 came from the printer in Columbia. The act does away with the office of township* supervisoV and provides for the appointment of a road engineer at a salary of twenty-four hundred dollars who will employ all the labor to be done on the public works, subject to the restrictions mentioned in the actInstead of having the members of the county board appointed on the recommendation of the Legislative Delegation, Foreman of the Grand Jury, Sheriff and Circuit Judge, as heretofore, the members are to be appointed on the recommendation of the Legislative Delegation aione, as will be seen by reference to the act itself, which appears as follows in iuii : An Act to Abolish the Oll'ice of Township Supervisor in the County of Horry, and to Provide a Systen1 of County Government for Said County. Section 1. Office of Township Supervisor Abolished in llorry County?Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Statu of South Carolina: That the oll'ice of Township Supervisor, as now exists for the County of Horry lie, and the same is nereby, abolished. Section 2. Board of County Commissioners, Appointment, Term, removal. There shall be in and for the County of Horry a Board of Commissioners to be known as the Board ^ of County Commissioners, composed of three members who shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Legislative delegation of said County, who shall serve for two years and until their respective successors are appointed and qualify: Provided, That the said Commissioners or any one or more of them may be removed from oll'ice by the Governor upon the written request of the Legislative Delegation or a majority thereof. Section 3. Chairman, Clerk. The said County Board of Commissioners shall, immediately after qualifying, meet and organize by electing one of their number as chairman, and also elect a clerk* who shall be designated as Clerk of the County Board of Commissioners: He shall hold his office at the will and pleasure of said Board and receive such annual salary as the Board of County Commissioners may fix, payable monthly upon the warrants of said ^ Board: Provided, That the salary fixed as herein provided for shall not exceed the appropriation made for such salary. Section 4. Township Road Fund? The township road fund shall consist of: (a) The sum apportioned bj the County Board of Commissioner} to each township: (b) The commu tation tax for said township; (c) Any speial local tax levied in anj township for improvements. i Section 5. County Road Commis sioner, Appointment, Powers anc I>utie??That for the purpose ol ************************** 1 G. W. Collins has been one ofjj * the most> industrious and sue-* * cessful farmers of Horry Coun-J * ty. For the past three year;?, \ * owing to circumstances of the: % seasons which he could not! * control, he has had bad luck; * .vith his money crop?not mak * ing complete failures but los- i J ing out in the production of i * a fine grade of tobacco that J would bring high prices. * This year he lost by reason * of a heavy cloud-burst that * struck his tobacco just at the * right time to scald and burn * it. This heavy flood did not * reach so far as the crop of his * neighbor, J. R. Tucker*, who had $ iust. a good rain from the cloud, jk Tucker raised a fine crop of toJ ) icro this year. This proves thrt it was the unexpected * flood that knocked off many J dol'ars from the crop of Mr. $ Collins, just as he says it )k n'aa I J Collins is not discouraged, * however. He intends to make * a thousand dollars on his tool hacco crop the very first year * that he has favorable season*. Unfavorable seasons will not; * him every year. He is J the kind of farmer that sticks ^ to the prame and he will sucj ceed. ************************* 1 I ^ m* SEARCH ROOM FOR WHISKEY E. E. Higgs Is Tried In Conway Court For His Conduct Some monkey rum in the bottom of a fruit jar of ordinary size may look like several gallons. It is all owing to the condition of the one who owns the fruit jar. ' This seemed to be the trouble of E. E. Higgs who came here to represent the Progressive Farmer, in getting subscriptions on the streets, last Thursday and Friday. He operated among1 the farmers who came to Conway on those days to sell tobacco. From some source he procured a fruit jaij full of country made whiskey and he begun to use it and offer it to others. He became disorderly and it was brought to the attention of the chief of police In different wavs. One of the farmers went to the policeman and complained that Higgs had taken away his money to the extent of two dollars without first obtaining his consent, to subscribe to the paper. That ho had listened to the agent's line of ta'k and had the money in his hand and tho agent got hold of it, then when the farmer refused to take the paper, the agent would >>o' tt'ive him his money bark. The policeman got it back and gave it to the farmer. The farmer did not want the Progressive Farmer, but j Higgs insisted that ho needed it. Ilo l gave up the money to the chief of , police. Later he purchased two newspapers from W. .1. Smith and then refused to pay for them the five cents ap:oco "that Smith needed to square up his account on profit and loss. Again the trouble had to bo fixr?d. Still later Hirers extended invita;tiops to every friend to come to his I room ai the hotel and take drinks with him. To those friends ho claimed to have in his room at the i hotel all kinds of best corn whiskey :and that it was as free as water to | any who would 'ike to partake, or t words to that effect. ' Armed with a search warrant, Chief of Police E. E. Dusenbury and John Chestnut, constable under Magistrate W. H. Chestnut, went to the hotel to confiscate the contraband Walking up to the front ljoar whore Higgs was, as soon as Higgs found 'out what the officers were after, he ran up the stairs and got to tho room fir t. although he fell once on the (stops on the way. The officers running after him got into the room just in time to catch him pouring : out some of tho whiskey from tho fruit jar. There was a small quantiIty in tho bottom of the jar. I Higtrs was arrested and brought !before the town court and was fined in the sum of fifty dollars. Tie claimed ho had no money and con- I I not, pay this fine and would have to J work it out. Finally the court agreed to suspend one-half of this fine provided the man would agree ' to leave Conway on the early train last Saturday morning. Still he claimed he did not have the money to pay even the twenty-five dollars. A <*t^r a lot of talk and ploas for | further clemency, the policeman went I to the county jail with the man and ' was in the act of starting up the | stairs to place Higgs behind tho bars when Higgs pulled out the re' quired amount and paid it to the policeman. It seems that the dark stairs leading up to the capes on the second floor was a sight which determined Higgs that 't was better 1 to pay the fine which had b*?en imnosed for the violation of the city i laws. 1 working and improving public high f ways in Horry County, there shal be appointed by the Governor f - suitable man to be known as Countj f. Road Commissioner, who shall re !< ceive a salary not to exceed Twenty H four Hundred ($2,400.00) per annurw ? Such appointment to be made upoi |c the recommendation of the Count; L. . 1 .1 r Commissioners herein proviaea toi k together with Legislative Delegatior f the Clerk of Court and Sheriff o ? said County. The said County tyoa * Commissioner before entering upo f the duties of his office shall ente ? into a bond in the sum of $2,000.0 * and shall be subject to removal a any time in the discretion of the sai * County Commissioners, Legislativ t delegation, Clerk of Court and Shei ^ iff, or a majority thereof. The sai * County Road Commissioner sha i have direct charge of the construe $ tion and repair of all roads an * bridges in the County, and he sha * devote his entire time to this worl * he shall have charge of the chaii * gang, all road machinery, and a * hired help who are engaged in an * of the above mentioned nvork, sul % ject to the general direction ar * authority of the County Board < t 1 Commissioners. He shall have ai thority to employ and discharge ar * employee at work for the County i * his discretion, provided that tl $ Board of Commissioners shall fix tl $ compensation of said employee. Tl J said County Road Commissioner shj; * appoint all road over-seers and shi * provide suitable receipt books n Hunlirnt.0 for the collection of tl J commutation tax hereinafter pr ivided. He shall make a monthly r port to the County Board of Coi h* missioners showing all moneys c< Mmx] S s CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, **************************** I THIS IS MYR * * i * Tucked in the arm of the ocej ^ Just like a child asleep, * Safely and securely sheltered, t From the storms that sweep th Z * Long: Ray is the name that's j ^ On maps and mariner's chart, $ For this broad expanse of ^>lu * So dear to Horry's heart. i * Myrtle Beach i.V the namo as The name that tfives us a thr ^ Because we meet the folks frc * And for each and all is prood * * . jjc 'Tis just a village of a score < * With a hotel, a yacht club, J And the Blue Moon tea roor * That keeps an open door. ^ The stand where the Sasser ] * Dispense iced drinks, chewinp S To say nothing or the pavilio sj- And its revelry of jazzy'feet. Jjl So, friend if you are tired ai sH Or just want a change from 1 Pack your kit bag and come * jj: You can find us by the wail o * * ->: -x- -x- x- x- -x- -x- x- * -x- -x- -x- -x- -x x- x- -x- -x- * x- -x- -x- -x- -XCOOPERATIVES I TO PROSEC UTE Information has boon received in Columbia at the headquarters of the < South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co- i operative Association to the effect i that the Tri-State Tobacco Growers' Cooperative 'Association is exnected to institute legal action against a few members of the association who i have breached their contract w'th ; their fellow farmer members of the association. Attorneys of the tobac- i co association are said to be work- ( ing on the matter now. 1 The cotton association is naturally interested in the action because the , tobacco association is protected bv ( the same co-operative marketing law as the cotton association. This law | was enacted at the 1921 session of I the general assembly. Four different an tries appear in r 1 _ I I i Uie institution oi me ic^ai jnucesses against the members who have violated the tobacco contract, it I was stated here today. I First, action can be brought directly against the member who violates his contract with his fe'low members. Second. action can be brought against parties who aid or abet the member in violating the contract. Third the process can ho brought in the state courts under special acts enacted to covei such cases. Fourth, since the tobacco association is an interstate association action can be brought in the Federal court. The tobacco contract, it was said here today, is just as legally binding as the cotton contract. Both contracts have been tested in the United States supreme court and found to be legal. It was said here today that reports from the tobacco association indicate that a very few members had attempted to break the contract but the association members propose to proceed against every one of them in the courts. lected and expended by him, and at 1 the same time, make a full report [ of the amount of work done during the previous month and the condition of the roads and bridges of said County, and at any time requested by the County Commissioners . shall make a special report. Section 6. Commutation Road Tax ?All able bodied persons from the I age of twenty-one and fifty years, i both inclusive, in the County of Hor1 ry shall be required, annually to pay - Six ($6.00) Dollars commutation, oj Voad, tax (except ministers of the gospel actually* in charge of a con n greeration, teachers employed iti tno V public schools, and persons perma\ nently disabled in the military serv?. ice of this State, and all students who f may be attending any school or cold lege at the time that the commutan tion tax herein provided for shall bet come due: Provided, That any per0 son claiming exemption from the proit visions of this Act on the grounds of d phvsical disability, when such dise ability is not apparent, shall be re' auired to produce a certificate of d disability from two regular physiil cians within three months. The comc mutation tax of Six ($f>.00)Dollars id i herein provided for shall be due and li payable on or before May 1st of each c; year. The said tax shall be collected i- by the County Treasurer on or before .11 the date herein designated and by r\lo*>r*rl in tho r>nnr>tv rnjul fund hi-1 to each township as provided for ir id this Act. )f Section 7. Road Work in Lieu of li- Tax Evasion a Misdemeanor?Thai ly ell norsons 1'able to dutv in said at Countv( as fixed by Soction Six ol le this Act, in lieu of paying said comie mutation or road tax may perforn ie six davs labor of ten hours each or ill tbo Vn<rhwavs or road* or said Coun ill j ty, five days of which shall ho per in .formed bv or before October 15th ir ^e|ea^h and every vear, and any nersor o- who mav elect to perform said wor! *e- in lien of no.<rn?? Qpid oommutatior n- or vr?nd t"v b<* furnished by th< )l-^overseer of his road district a certi 0 it fpj AUGSUT 24, 1922 TLE BEACH. 1 * * * in, * r J ^ * * ie deep. * 'r >rinte<l, * * 1 ie waters, J ( * i * 1 |b > we know it, $ m, * i >m "back yonder" J t will. ' * t * ^ I of houses or more, * 1 * 1 % i ,, .... Si Brothers, % 1 C j?'um and sweets. * I * t '? * * 1 * v id listless, iji * ionic, # i over, H* i f the saxophone. ^ < S. * l # , <- -x- >: -x- :* -x -x * * * -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x * -x -x- -x- -x- -x- * > A TICKET FOR COUNTY OFFIC E | Hero is the complete county ticket, ^xceptin? tho magistrates at differ- ; cmt points in tho county; this ticket is published only vivinjr the names of Ihe candidates for the magistrate's office in Conway township. The first primary comes off on next Tuesday. August 2J*th. These ;ire the candidates for whom the votos v\-i 11 be cast. This ticket also carries Ihe names of the four candidates for congress from the sixth district, also Lhe names of the two candidates for solicitor of the. twelfth judicial cir- . cuit. In voting; the names of the can :n i 1 1 * ?- 1 LiiUcrn:.> \% 11 i ur niiiil\f(i ciq t'\cc|)i uric lor each office with exception of the office of memhor of House of Representative:;, in which case two must Im? scratched and two names left, or else ( the vote will not he eountcd. Congress Sixth District: VV. R. Barringcr Allard U. Gascjue J. F. Pate Phi'ip H. Sv.oll. % Solicitor Twelfth Circuit: L. M. Gas<|ue C. W. M u Id row. House of Representatives: J. Roht. Carter G. Lloyd Ford T. B. Lewis Cordie Page W. A. Prince. County Auditor: J. A. Calhoun J. W. Cook. Prohate Judge: C. Hinson Spivey J. S. VaugV. ('ounty Treasurer: C. K. Barker B. S. Butler San ford I). Cox. Magistrate Conway Township: W. H. Chestnut W. S. McCaskill. m- ?? ficate setting forth the fact that ho has worked full time, and the filing of said certificate with the County Road Commissioner and the receipt of said County Road Commissioner shall he in satisfaction of said tax or labor; and any failure to pay sair1 road tax or perform such labor shall he a misdemeanor and the offender upon conviction shall he punished by fine of not less than $10.00 and not more than $25.00 or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. Section 8. Duties of Road Overseers, he road overseers shall, at alltimes, be under the direction of the County Road Commissioner and shall cause the roads or highways to be worked at such time, place and manner as they may be directed by said County Road Commissioner. Section 9. Prosecution of Road Delinquents. It shall be the duty of the overseer of each Road District in each township to swear out warrants before a Magistrate against persons who shall fail or refuse to perform road duty after being summoned ' thereto. Section 10. Term of Present Hoard. That each of the said County Commissioners now in office in the said County shall remain in their present position until the expiration of their term, or their successors have been 1 appointed and qualified, and they shall receive the same compensation 1 for their services as is now fixed by 1 the law for such work; and nothing iti this Act shall be construed to interfere in any manner with their i tenue in office or with any contract or engagement heretofore entered ' i into. Section 11. All Acts or parts of [ Acts inconsistent with this Act aiv hereby repealed. Section 12. This Act shall tak< i effect the 1st day of March A. 1) ? 1922. o South Carolina is facing a fue ) famine, with hardly enough coal or i hand to meet the demands of indus c try for more than ten days or tw< i weeks, so stated Frank W. Shealey 5 chairman of the South Carolina rail . road commission today. rail POTER ANSWERS 1 HERALD STORY Jays Members of House Have $ Nothinci to do With Expenses Editor, The Herald, 'onway, S. C. )ear Sir: J In the issue of The Herald of the 7th instant, there appeared an aricle under the heading ''A Quesion On Derham County." It is my )urpose to reply to this article and will appreciate your giving my re- , )ly as prominent a place in your , mper as the article above mentioned tad in last week's issue of The rieiWU. { The representatives of Horry Coun y to the Legislature could have 1 ibsolutely nothing to do with the vinr.ing or tne losing of the New ^ Jounty. If a legal election is held uul two-thirds of the votes cast ai\ n favor of the New County, and the Constitutional requirements it. regard to the creation of the New ! i ounty have boon complied with it , vould make no dilVerence w lye the < | he representatives lived in the torri- ' ;ory' included in the proposed ne\\ county or in the territory remaining ' n 1 torry County. The result would . >o tiu' same. All 1 he leg!. ialore does ' s to pass th'e Act creating the new ounty. My friend, the Editor of the I lei - ] ild, makes vague and uncertain ' statements as to the iepre.-eiuative | laving something to do with the proriding the expenses of forming- the tew county and as to the division )i the county debt. The expenses >f forming our new county have al- 1 eady been cared for by lite people >f liie new county section up to the joint of an election; and not by the neinbers of the Legislature. Pile ex jenses subsequent to the elect ?>n are ( jsually provided for in the1 Act ere itir.u tiu* new county and are noi 1 ;iaid by the taxpayers of the tern :ory remaining in Horry County. Phe memiiers of ihe legislature , 1 ire in no wise eoiiiiCv led w it.ii t it , { division of the county debt. Tnoy ; 1 have nothing to with the divis- j ion. This division is made by a j' commission appointed especially to. that purpose. The Herald's article of last week! seems to be a warning to the voters of llorry County residing out side the territory of the proposes new county not to vote for \\'. A. Prince, or J. U. Carter. I will assume the doubtful at'.itude of oir friend, the Kditor of the Herald, and say that he must have an axe to grind. It is a known fact that certain parties in Horry County, more especially in our County seat, wanted and urged the representatives of j Horry County at the last session o> the Legislature to get an act passed j to issue bonds to build a bridge a'. Vaw Hannah Feiry; and to bait tin4 voters of other sections of the coun ty the act was also to include tin construction of a bridge across the Waceamaw (at no definite place) and was also to provide funds to aid in constructing a bridge across the Lumber River near Nichols. The proposed act called for a bond issue of $107,500.00. How could the taxpayers of Horry County pay their taxes with the additional levy to pay these bonds? Would the taxpaying farmers, and especially those who have had their crops drowned out, like to face the problem of borrowing additional money to pay for a I bridge at Yaw Hannah Ferry, a bridge that not more than one Horry taxpayer out of a hundred would ever use ?. W A. Prince added the nrovision to this bill, providing for the ciuesI tion of this bond issue to be submitted -to a vote of the qualified electors of our county at the primary election to be held this month. The only way for every taxpayer in Horry to have :\ voice in setting the amount of his taxes is to elect at least one man to the Legislature who will see to it that the taxpayers are allowed to vote on question* involving additional and especially large bond issues. Yours truly, VOTER. JUDGE SHIPP IS VERY ILL Judge S. W. G. Shipp, of the twelfth Judicial Circuit, whose home is in Florence, S. C., is reported t > be seriously ill in the hospital, in his home city, and at last account-? was awaiting an operation of a serious nature. It was said that Judge Shipp had been seriously ill for about two I weeks. A short letter from Mrs. Shipp ' addressed to Hon. E. J. Sherwood, of the Conway bar, askod that he notify the lawyers of Conway as she said ' that mail addressed to the judge was iwpim-mliit.imr imd tluif rlir not know when ho would be able t( attend to this mail. i The news of the illness of Judp: 1 Shipp caused regret here, where h< - has relatives and many friends. , About. ner cent of the diamont - cutting establishments in the Unitee States are located in New York. x / * NO. 19 FACTORY MAKES NO FISH SCRAP j >till in The Hands of a Receiver, J. 0. Norton FARMERS' NOTES SUED lecords Show a Complication of Debts Against the Company The Farmers Fisheries Company lvxt was organized several years aero 'or Hie nnrpose of manufacturing 'ertilizor from fish and which is 'sua'Iy known under the term fUhserip, appears to ho in financial difficulty according: to the records here n Conway. The concern first went under the lame of Little River Fish Scrap and ")il Company. There appears a mortal ue on the records from that company to the Conway National Hank for the sum of $5,000.00 and which :?overs a half interest in a tract of land said to contain nearly ">00 acres. It appears that thr l.ittle River Fish Scivip and Oil Company has gone diead to locate a factory by eivctinu: <heds and buildings and the fixirjr of rats and other equipment for handling: the product. It was later that [lie company was incorporated und *r the name of Farmers Fisheries Com- N pany .and the stock in the company was sold to numert us fanners throughout this section many of* whom wore doubt'ess induced lo invest their savings in the concern in the hope ol obtaining" a cheap fertilizer*. The Herald has not boon ahle to obtain any information that will show that the compauv has ever manufactured any fish scran !*<>> saie to the I armors of this section or any fish 'crnn to tlm farmer members of th ? company. It does appear, however, that numbers of farmers instead of paying* tho money for their share of Mock bought the shades on time riving their notes for the amounts. These notes have been variously sued not :>nly by tho Farmers Fisheries Company in an effort to collect assets, but suits have been brought bv banks who purchased notes of different farmers. Things were going in this manner and a number of debts made by the corporation had not boon paid when a suit was brought on June 2Nth, 11)121 by tho bank of Little River against the Farmers Fisheries Company. Tie Hank of 1 it tie River appears to be a large creditor of the company and there appears on the records dated December !Hh, 11)21, a chattel mortgage from the Farmers Fisheries Com pan v to that Hank for the sum of $(>,000.00 and covering a boat used in the business known as the Menhaden, the lxv.it taking its name from the fish that are caught and turned into fish scrap. It is reported that the Rank of Little River holds a quantity of the. notes given by farmers who purchased stock in the company and the suit of the bank seems to have boon intended for the purpose of having a Receiver appointed to take charge of the affairs of the concern and try to preserve the property belonging to it and collect the notes owing to the company in an orderly manner. The summons in this suit was served on June 28th, 1021, and on July 5th, 1921, an order was made by Judge Shipp at * * ' .. 171 Florence in which .J. u. wonon, was appointed as Receiver of all the 1 property real and personal of the company, including its factory and fixtures, boats and books and all other things of value. The order appointing1 the Receiver was in terms as follows: ORDER APPOINTING REC EIVER STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF HORRY. (Continued on Editorial Page.) ************************** * * STATE CANDIDATES J sf: * This is the complete list of * J candidates for State office, and i * for which the people will vote * jjc on next Tuesday, August 29th. * * Adjutant General ? X Thomas H. Marshal * 5 R. E. Craig * Governor J * Thomas G. McLeod * j Cole L. Blease * 2 John T. Duncan * * George K. Laney * * Lieutenant Governor 2 5fe J. K. Owens * ^ V n T A / In m a # T* u? v Ui rviuimo j* E. B. Jackson * $ Superintendent of Education * * Mrs.^E. B. Wallace % % Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake * *J. H. Hope * *0. D. Seay % * Cecil H. Seijarler * * John E. Swearingen * - J Secretary of State * * James C. Dozier ? I * W. Banks Dove $ !? Attorney General * I * D. M. M inter % *S. M. Wolfe * | Harold Eubanks * , * Comptroller General I 5 ST. Hatfood Gooding * jk Walter E. Duncan S 2 Commissioner of Agriculture * i * B. Harris J I ajc Georpro Wightman ? ************************** . .? .. fiL - . J j jLdoufiftOl