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wj : a > i 'VOLUME XXXVII DANCE BRINGS UP A PROTEST Boys Arranged to Have One at The City Hall Night of August 25 MOTHERS A~RE~AGAINST IT Talk of Conditions Said to Have Existed Last Winter W V* VAVAAM W A# V V?AVW V The matter of a ball that was arranged to take place at the town hall <Vn the night of August 25th created somewhat of a stir among the older people when news of it got about. The dance was planned by a number of the young men of Conway and they had caused invitations to he printed and mailed out early last week. According to a no'.ice posted up at the drug stores of the town the entertainment wys to be on from 9 o'clock to 2 o'clock. They had seen L. D. Magrath, the mayor of CJonwav and obtained con sent to use the hall. It is oxpbuned here that the mayor of the town appears t?> have the right to let ou: the use. of the town hall without first getting the consent of the town council. This same hall is u?ed by the Conway chamber of commerce and this is by consent of the municipal government. In asking for .and obtaining the consent of the mayor to u-e the I.all for the purpose of the ball, the vovmg men were not doing anything different from what they repeatedly did last Fall and Winter. On Thursday of last week just after the occassion had been pretty well ad vertised, members of the churches and ' deacons decided to have the entertainment called off. They went to the mayor and protested against the use of the public hall for the purposes of i mt inc aance. i iu*y hiitiuu us u i>m i wl the reason for their protest, that when the dance took place last season, the occasions were followed by much gos-* sip concerning1 the conduct of some of those who took part in the dances; that drunkenness had been reported ( and perhaps some other disgraceful J conduct; that the town hall was without any people living- in-it who could I ^ control the establishemnt and see that no unseemly conduct was carried on; that the city hall was public property and should not be used in this manner etc. The mayor answered by saying that he understood that the party would be in the hands of reliable chaperones and a sufficient number, and that these should see to it that the dance would be carried on in as i decent a manner as a dance would be in any of the homes; that the hall had been let out before for this same purpose;" that the young men were the sons of the most respectable families and he could not well refuse their request to be allowed the use of this public hall etc. There was argument pro and con on the subject and finally ended in an understanding that more signers would be obtained to the petition which was then in circulation to stoji the dance, and that this would be presented to the town council, as a whole, at a meeting of that body to ^ be called on Friday morning of last week, the morning of the day on which the dance was to take place. In the meantime there was much /liMcuW ioTo/ii JAM rtv 1 tlir* Iiiinr>ai/imai?tiuM ?/J V/. ^ younger sot regarding the position taken on the question by some of the people. They stood about the streets in groups oq Thursday evening until after the movies were over on Thursday night discussing the situation. A number of them called on a leading citizen who h,ud been active in trying to suppress the dance that day. Arguments took place here but did not lead to any satisfactory solution of the matter. It appears that some took sides with the boys while others took sides with the opponents of the entertainment. Some people would not sign J WERE I A NEGKO J It would be my highest am- % J bition to live in Africa where 5 m.V forebears once lived and *m J died. ? I would stay in this coun- S J try long enough to learn all ? - that I could from the white If man and his ways, not to I" J take too much of my time out ? of life, and then get back to J J the land of the blacks where I L would make the biggest sue- % lwP cesa that lay within my power. I" 3j My ambition would not lie ? I "C in this country. I would noc S /t/ hr.ve a chance except to learn. WJ J My hope of succets in life Jfi 5 would be realized when I wa-i , J SJ able to cast my lot in Africa. ? ! % I hope that I would have J I 3" sense enough to be industri- JJ ! % us and polite. I would be HI j % afraid to act otherwise. The ! I > .more humble I could be for % I i the brief time that I would Jfi I ^ ?tay here the more I would be JJ F % able to learn and all the more J | Jfi wisdom and knowledge I I > cwould be able to take away { I 4 with me. " Jfi (The MYRTLE SEASON CLOSES MONDAY Will End the Most Successful Season in History of Beach The Myrtle Beach Hotel will close the season of 1922 on Labor Day. September 4th. One of the most successful sea-sons the beach has n trn *? ^ ^ J hum win v;i^u on tiiui. nay. The cottages on the seaside will no doubt be vacated about the same time, and the windows and doors of the summer dwellings will doubtless be boarded up to remain closed until another hot season comes aJong in due course of time. The end of the present season has seen many improvements at the beach. Among these are the enlarged space at the dance pavilion, giving more room for those who wanted to rest and look on at the dunces; numbers of comfortable rocking chairs were purchased and placed in the space tor the use ol the people. Another great thing, was the completion of the board walk. The work on this wiy> started early m season and by the he'ght of the busy time the walk had been completed in front of all of the cottages on the northward side in fron' 4>f the new club house, also in the opposite direction to take in the cottages on the southward side of the hotel. The building of the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club added more to the attractions of the beach tha;. any other one thing has done. This building, three stories high, is own rd by the members of the club. Tlu* members are made up of the leading business men and professional men from Darlington, Hartxville, Florence and our own Conway. The club is modern in all of its appointments. It is a- beautiful building and has all of the conveniences that a visitor would wish in a seaside resort. Another great improvement was the addition of more clay and hard top soil on the driveways. Machines went all over the place this time and this was enjoyed by great numbers of visitors. There was a good band playing "for the dances at the Myrtle Beach Hotel and also at the Yacht Club. There has been no complaint about the service at the two places this year; good meals have been served at both places and a service has been rendered that has pleased the travelling public. The place had many more visitors than ever before. It was said that by about the middle of the season of 1922, there had been as many registered at the Myrtle Beach Hotel as had been registered during the whole season of 1921. The period of deflation did not seem to have nny effect on the success o four pop u'ar summer resort. The place got some valuable advertising during the season of 4022. In June 1922, the South Carolina Press Association held its annual meeting at the Myrtle Beach Hotel. All of the newspaper men were highly pleased with their outing, and especially were they grati lied by the treatment accorded them by the Chamber of Commerce of Conway and by the business men during their stay at the beach. They went back home and filled their newspapers with accounts of their stay at the place, and they fully covered Conway and Horry County. This advertising will have its effect on the future success of Myrtle Beach and on the future success of Conway and the county at large . * 1 Other meetings were brought to the beach this year and caused the place to grow in popularity as a meeting place for organizations. Next season is bound to see the com ivwr r?f miinv now nrir;in i 7,at i on S for the purpose of having pleasure and business combined. the petition to have the dance suppressed. Among, the arguments used against this form of amusement was a statement to the effect that the dances at Myrt'e Beach and the Yacht Club, his Summer, had nrt bean wholly within the bounds of decency and pood ?iviAitA f Unn W\fl itloc DI'lllM'j l/Ilcll IIIIM f tr I Kill Wllvv. had to be asked to come off the floor; that, as a whole, the season had been rather demoralizing, or words to that effect; that the same thing had happened here last Winter when the dances had been of frequent occurence at the same city hall and at other public places in the town; that the older people should take steps, while they might prevent a repetition of these conditions and preserve the town as a place of high standard of morality and make it better for the young boys and girls now growing up. On the other hand were arguments to the effect that there is no harm in the dance; that young people must have some form of entertainment and : 1 1 11...i i amUSdniUIlL ill ill UlclL It to suppress every form of these tilings without incurring the danger of being: considered too strict. Thus matters stood when the council met on last Friday morning to consider whether they would call off the thing or else decide to let it proceed according to the program. In the meantime the boys who had planned for the danre began to moke preparations to hold it somewhere else in case the council shou'd go against them rn the matter on ^^ount of the protest and petition. They seemed to * y v$?' A * \ \ / * ? A ' ** '* ***' Wimv OONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, '.V.V.V.V.V.W.V.W.V.V.W. * HOMES OF 1 S Dwelling houses in this secti c supply of timber is being dep % plentiful than it is today, and v cost much less than it does now, 4 perhaps not as good as they are 5 not valued as they are now gettii J In years gone by the nature a farm were not considered as th< Ij l?ke these will be in the time to B build with bricks or stone or cen J because lumber was cheap and it J The time is coming when mi _ Kiiilt r*f hi'iVlr? nnd (<nnpvn1o T1 S that can be used to build so rru i roof, will some time be the chief " heads. In that time Portland cem ? be much more in demand than.it C While the wooden homes of ? ftO much, they have not b^eu verj or yellow pine in years gone by % better than those erecte*??' of c ? ouicker to decay. When homes % ciete the structures will cost mo iV.'.V.V.V.'/.V.V.'.V.'.V.W.V. WILL lil#LEY IS UNDER A BOND Will Come up For Trial For Assault at September Term OTHER DEFENDANTS PLEAD Result of an Affair in Floyds Township?Took Place on Public Road The court of Magistrate W. H. Chestnut was busy the week before the election with the hearinir of a number of criminal?cases pending in his court, among them the case of the State against Will Bailey, for carrying concealed weapons and assault with a deadly weapon; als~> the State against Austin Horn and Will Bailey, charging drunken and disorderly conduct on a public highr way. In the case of Will Bailey alone for carrying the concealed deadly weapon, the defendant was held for pointing a pistol at another and his bond was taken for 'his appearance at the court of general sessions the later part of September. In the other cjise the defendants pleaded guilty to the charge of being drunk and disorderly and they were sentenced to serve thirty days each on the public works, or each pay a fine :)f thirty dollars. The fines were paid. In the drunk and disorderly case it was alleged in the warrant, to which I he defendants pleaded guilty thai >n Saturday, July 8th, 1922, in Floyds township, the defendants were Irunk on one of the public highway? of the county; that they cursed and used obscene language; that they otherwise conducted themselves in a disorderly manner. The warrant was sworn out by C. B. Causey, on inf i A?-? on/] IWIIIICIIIWII ClIIU NtlK i. In the other case against Will Bailey, alone, it was alleged that on July 8th, 1922, Bailey carried a pistol or revolver; that he did assault, Abuse and threaten to kill one F. M. Causey, pointing the pistol at Causey as he made this threat with intent to shoot at and kill the said F. M. Causey. This warrant was taken out on the oath of C. B. Causey. Will Bailey stood his preliminary in the last mentioned case. The main witness was C. B. Causey, who said that on that day ne was at home with his wife and child; that Horn and Bailey were in front of his house and there was cursing out there; that 'later they came to his house drunk; Will Bailey called him out and wanted him to have his brother come out. there; that Will Bailey drew his pistol on witness' brother and said that, if my brother hit Austin Horn, he would kill him. This was about the substance of the proof matte. Albert Floyd and F. M. Causey were also sworn and there was sufficient testimony heard, in the opinion of the magistrate to hold Will Bailey for the court of Genera Sessions as above stated. be in earnest over the matter to the extent that they did not mean to be defeated, and if they were not permitted to have a dance in the public they would hold it at some private place, or some other public hall. The Town Council mot on bipl Friday morning at the offico of the Town Clerk. There was present the Mayor, L. D. Magrath, and members of the Council, D. M. Burroughs, S P. Hawes, J. T. Mi.shoe and W. H Winbourn. The purpose of the meeting1 was to consider the number of petition* against the use of tho Hall, one signed by the Mothers of Con way, and another signed by the Sunday School Superintendents of the three Sunday 'Schools, and endorsee by a number of citizens, as will more fully appear later on in this article where these petitions are published ir full, together with the names of the signers. t , The matter was presented to the Council first by Mr. A. Goldfinch Superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School. He did this by means ol a short but well founded address ir # s S* , AUGUST 31, 1922 V.W.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.-^ rOMORROW J i on are growing in value as the % leted. When timber was more J then the labor used in cutting it \ there were no better houses and N today, but the best of them were % ng to be. V and condition of the dwelling on JJ >y are even now, and certainly not % come. It has always cost more to ^ lent blocks than it did with wood, % dicta not cost much to produce it. S iny^Bomes in the country will be iere>Twill not be any timber here % any fcouses. Tile, the^ everlasting depwulonce for the roofs over our "J ent, Which is now very useful will is today. tod^v and yesterday did not cost % r durable. Homes built of cypress nave'Stood me test oi tune much % ?tlier woods that are softer ami " are constructed of bricks and con- " re, but will last longer. v.w.'.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v/.v LORIS COUNCIL STOPS LICENSE Church People Circulated Petition Against Pool Room There PROPRIETOR WILL FIGHT Building' Under Lease UntiNext January?First License Was Paid By the effects usually put forth by the preachers and church members of our * owns and cities, much sin and wrongdoing is prevented. Often it is that some innocent pasttime is turned into great harm; then the better class of the men and women of the community will turn in with a will and take steps to suppress it. Rumors have gone about regarding the opening of a pool room in the town of Loris. A building was rented there and a pool room equipment established. This was done by licenze of the Town of Loris undev uie provisions or tJie ordinance that is passed each year to help in the raising of revenue. It is stated that the license of Mr. Spivey runs until next January 1st. It was reported last week that the preachers and others in that town had turned against the running of such a business in their town and that a petition to the town council was being circulated and being numerously signed, asking that the license of the place be revoked. In the meantime the council met and voted on the question of revoking the license and a resolution was passed revoking the license. It was then reported that Spivey said he had rented this building until January 1st, 192M, and that as lie had lawful possession of the place he proposed to stand a suif before he would be turned out of the premises. It was not learned up to a late hour what had been the result of the efforts to get the playing of pool and billiards in Loris stopped, It appears that in order to make the keeping of a pool and billiard room a nuisance under the laws of this State, there must be something more conducted with it than the mere playing of pool and billiards There is no harm in playing pool we should say, unless there is something of a different kind done under the iruiso of running a poo and billiarej parlor. As stated at the beginning ol ' this article it. is sometimes the ease , that some innocent game is turner into one that is sinful and demoralizing to the young people of the community. The Herald does not undertake to say that this has been done . in the Loris matter, for it know? , nothing of the facts except as given in the foregoing statements, ll does maintain that there is no hanr - in innocent pastimes. Perhaps th: question of harm always depends ' upon the intention and aim of those 1 having such a thing in charge . w ? which he explained the position of tin members of tlie C'uireh and of the ^ Sunday School m l of t'ie Mo* tiers ol ? Conway, who had gladly signeel these ? petitions. bf,w ex,)1 e^.e I himself av ; much interested in th^ well-heing o! the youth of our town. He was followed by lie v. M. W Gordon, pastor of the Conway Baptist ) Church. In aelelition to an effective 5 address he read elections from a boofc * -entitled: "Present ?)ay Life and fteli gion" written by A. Vj? J)i?on. The 5 quotationsB from this book would indi | cate the decieled stand taken by all re > ligious bodies of people in relation te ' the modern dances. i The Rev. J. C. Atkinson, pastor ol 1 the Conway Methodist Church, ther > commented on the petitions signed bj the Sunday School Superintendents s and others, and stated that this nriat, ter had been brought up in the fchurcV conference a few days before and h< ? stated that while the members of thf church did not undertake to prohibil . o \ \ ft raid. BAD STATEMENT < IS CIRCULATED False Impression Attempted to ( be Given Out by an Affidavit Last week there was a circular | Cft of f k UAI I rwk V > rmni-* n pcuu uivavittvot tuiuu^u tills of the State aimed at bringing re } proach and damage to the Tri-State Cooperative Marketing: Association. The circular, as it appeared, was printed in misfitting type, with partly wrong fonts, and purported to bo a letter written by one Mike Rhodes to the association under the date of c August 11, and was alleged as being c written at Mullins, S. C. At the hot- t torn of this supposed letter was a t few lines purporting to he an oath of Mike Rhodes to the effect that the ( facts stated in the letter were true i There was nothing about the cir c ular to indicate by whom it was sent i out, hut there was a big quantity of ; the circulars sent out by somebody judging by the number found abou I ',he streets and some of them posted I ,ip on trees and fences. i A thing like this sem <<ut b ! somebody who was evidently afraid o be known in it, and making < ' "-rs- jn h"dv of th* I printed matter, cannot be believed nv Hutu i)i oiiic>11 a.' being the truth or even hinting at the truth. The things mentioned in this circular simply could not have happened. The slander was interesting from the mere fact of its audacity and there is not a question whatever hut what the circulator of the hand bill i i i l /* i can oc severely pumsneci 11 ne is ever found. The circular reads as follows: "Affidavit of Mike Rhodes A Copy Mullins, S, C., August 11th, 1922 The Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Marketing Association. Dear Co-Operators: 1 joined your Association in good faith, believing it would be a help to the farmers. I carried you the , first 222 pounds of my tobacco, thinking you would be true to your word. 1 found out it was a fake, therefore, I cannot work my wife and little childivjn to death for a ;et of smart slick tor.#ued dressed -.ports who came from Kentucky telling me slick tales. So therefore, gentlemen, 1 being a poor man and having a wife and several little children striving to make an honest living, trying to feed and clothe them, also trying to pay up the house* rent which had gotten behind, it was all I could do, and then giving to a bunch of unknown men my wife and little childtxm's daily support, I cannot begin to do it. I sold more tobacco of the same kind with you which I only got $9.33. I sold with the Independents 20 pounds less and got $83.76, so gentlemen you 'see where 1 stand. I am an honest man and will do what is right, but you wont get any more of my tobacco. Yours Truly, Signed MIKE RHODES 1\ S. The promise you made me to get my tobacco was (10 per cont and ' you only gave me less than 12 per cent. State of South Carolina County of Marion [ Personally appeared before me . Mike Rhodes, and made oath that i (he above facts are true. i .-v t nU ^1 ,. I 0?UI II It J UCI IMC lliu tlll^ L J 1.11 ' of August, 1922. 1 Signed A. CARMICHAEL Notary Public Signed MIKE RHODES ! dancing, this being a matter left to > the individual's conscience, yet they I did protest, and protest strongly against the use of a public building, f such as the city Hall for such pur, poses. As to the practice of having I dances in the homes or elsewhere . there wa* nothing in these petitions . about that and nothing to be said, . but when it was proposed to use a > public hall, in which every citizen had an interest, it was the right of the . people to protest and they were making the protest by means of these i petitions. Mr. Goldfinch then called on Rev. VV. L. Parker to make a statement, as > he had signed one of these petitions, and Mr. Parker made a very effective address before the Council. He is the " pastor in charge of til? Conway Cir, cuit and resides in Conway at the , Parsonage provided by the Circuit. - His talk was very interesting and the ; Council paid strict attention to what he said. Rev. J. C. Atkinson, of the Methodist Church, again took the floor before the meeting was over, and sug' OAolnil tK.it tit/-. T/mif.i l1i\iir>/>il .?>?? .... |jvoti.u mat inu i??ii vuuili.il J* ?U i Ordinance whereby it vvould be pro' vided that the Town Hall cannot be leased for the purpose of dancing unless a petition is presented to the Council signed by a majority of the citizens of the Town. After hearing these addresses and consideration of the petition, the Mayor, who presided at the Yneeting, put the question before the Council as to whether they would allow the dance to take place, after having agreed to let the Hall for that purpose for the evening. At this point the matter was open for discussion by members of the t (Continued on Church Page.) V 1 - .. NO 20. j30NWAY HAS BIG MEETING . _ A.. ? ... ? ,oumyf uanaiaates Addresi Crowd on Saturday, Last 3RINGS HEAVY RAINFALL IV. R. Barringer, Candidate for Congress, Delivers Address End of Meeting The county campaign came to a '.lose heixi last Saturday when the candidates addressed the people at he Horry County Court house, at .he last appointment in the schedule. One of the largest crowds that iver gathered in Conway for such in occasion was present at the court room when the candidates were ntroduced by J. O. Norton, representing the county chairman. The morning was hot and sultry. It promised rain from the early [tours. This rain came and came in torrents, accompanied by one of the severest thunder storms of many weeks. TheTain began about 11 o'clock and lasted until about 15 o'clock. The candidates spoke while the fain poured. T. 13. Lewis, candidate for the House, was the first on the program. He made a good speech during which he criticised the record of the delegation now in office. He s a member of tho poiint.v Iwwnl nf tion and has studied the needs of the common schools while occupying that position, and lie gave the people a good account of the situation in regard to these schools. He spike of the delay in paying the teachcK for their work. He covered about the same ground as that of hi5? speeches made over the count during the campaign. He got the attention of the large audience and his remarks made a good impression. Cordie Page was next introduced He felt as competent for the position he sought as any man in the race. He wanted Horry to rise from the condition of illiteracy now charged against the county. He wanted to see the school houses properly equipped and teachers better paid so that there would be bet ter teachers. He favored better roads which all wanted. Some sections had been favored while others had not. Good roads could not all be built at one time. He favored the extension of the time for payment of taxes this year so they could be paid when the tobacco wa>being sold. In 1921 we had paid over fifteen thousand dollars into the State treasury, and for every dollar of that we had drawn three dollars back in the interest of the schools. He did not ask the office on the demerits of others. Spoke of the questions sent out by the civic league and said that he could not answer all those questions in the affirmative. lie could not promise to vote for any bill that did not meet with his ideas of tlie best thing for Horry County. He did not promise any definite thing if elected, but woull do the best that he could . but would use his best judgment. Advised the people to vote for the man who will ^ give the best service. .jl W. A. Prince was introduced nexr, ^ He thanked the people for the sup- ' ^H8B port he received two years ago. He had not been there 10 legislate for i any class, but for the masses of the people. He had been variously charged on the campaign like the boy who ran for office and found that he was charged wiiii many Jjjj things. He would be tried by the Ji people on Tuesday. It had been charged that lie would go back and 'pass a law to make the farmer.! join the co-operative plan, or would force the open warehouses out of business. He promised not to do any thing of the kind. His opponent had charged that the delegation voted to put a lawyer on the bench (Continued on Editorial Page) /,VV.V.V.,.V.V.%V.V?W.V.W DO BEASTS THINK? i I What is the real difference % J in man and the beasts if it S I* be not the difference in their reasoning powers of mind? \ % There can be no other. A man Ij[ is an animal. A beast 'is the S " same. Their difference lies in % the power of mind. J The ways of the beast which UJj b* would indicate the workintrs of 3" a crude brain are credited to % stinct, and instinct can be IV U nothing unless it is the prod % ^ uct of some kind of memory S ^ actiiig upon the physical powJ5 ers of the living being. \ Jj Of these things we know but 5? % little. While we may often act y J like mules or monkeys, yet % we have never had the power ^ \ to change into the other form % of animal life at will, or at 5 % least We have not been per- 2 mitted to bring back any Jb knowledge of such an exper- J % ience whether it happened re- % cently or far back in some 3? 5j other generation. J JjV-VYWWW