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TOWN HAS NEW MEN TO RULE The new officers of the Town of ^onv*3y wore sworn into office at the meeting: of council held last Monday might. It was the last meeting of the ?old council and the first meeting of the new. L. D. Magrath retired from the office which he has held with honor and credit for several terms, and gracefully laid the mantel of office upon W. "K. Suggs, as his successor. The old council consisted of: M. G. Anderson, D. M. Burroughs, W. A. Kreeinan, W. H. Winbome, J. T. Mi Phoe. and S. P. Hawes. These gentlemen seemed perfectly willing; to cvm^it tl.eir duties to vhe new board of wardens which is made up as follows: *1\ E. Klliott, C. J. Epps, A. E. Goldtlnch, W. B. King-, M. R. Smith, and 3 E Watson The oaths were taken by the new officers promptly at eight o'clock. . H. Sniner was reelected as Clerk mid Treasurer of the Town of Conivay, but the appointment of policemen was postponed until a meeting ifeat will be called at an early date f^r the purpose of appointing these -officet*. At the time of this meeting last Monday night, the council had fourteen applications filed with it. o UNDER CHARGES 'Columbia. .Tan 9.?TW A H-jimnH -a prominent, voung planter of Blyth wood, in Richland county, will he priva tK^fiminary hearing: in this city. #>n a clyarge of obtaining money under fabpretenses brought by the manager of a unit of the state warehouse fiy&tem, John T. Fhmcan, of ^Columbia. Mr. Duncan, in an affidavit accompanying the warrant under which Hapood was ari*ested charges fchnt Hagood obtained $3,760 on fifty bales of cotton, when there was no vflotton. Hie cotton was said to have %een stored in a warehouse at BlvthMOod and the warehouse burned last Thursday night. The cotton was kep.vfly insured, it is said, and the monev involved in the charge was obtained on the warehouse receipts, it m altered. The charge by Mr. Duncan is that the cotton was not in the -warehouse at the time it burned. Mr. Ha good is under $5,000 bond, following- his arrest at his Blythwood lutme by a rural policeman. o Store? in Florence were more than ^satisfied with the Christmas trade, ac ordinff to the Florence Times. Trade <*? Conway was as pood as could be expected in view of the cold and rainy weather of the days just before the iKrtidajr. n I t / I , ) I I Bi: A I At Cor I cc v New Spivey TOBACCO CO-OP ! I GIVES FIGURES The Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association has increased its membership more than 20,00 within less tbfyi a year, according to official announcement from the Kaleigh headquarters of the association and will begin the New Year with a membership of over 85,000 organized tobacco farmers. Within five months of its first marVoting operation the association has received 117,937,109 pounds of tobacco from deliveries by its members. More than $12,000,000 in cash has already been distributed to the co-operative growers and the second payment to be m/*de this month to association members in the Old Belt of Virginia and Western North Carolina will bring the total disbursements of the big tobacco co-operative to $19,248,895.64, with further payment assured in the not far distant future. From South Carolina 15,356,949 pounds have been delivered by co-operative growers. In North Carolina 56,771,454 pounds have reached the i. t *r uu-uperuvive noors. in Virginia Bright District the members have delivered 39,025,676 pounds to date. The Dark Growers of Virginia have marketed 6.113,095 pounds through their association and the farmers of the suncured area have added 669,935 pounds. With a large majority sign-up of Virginia growers in the association and amounts of tobacco still to be hroufrht in by growers of the bright, the dark and the sun-cured leaf in the Old Belt, the association is certain to make a splendid record "for deliveries in its first year of operaAccovding to a recent announcement of the directors, the association was never in so strong a position as it holds today. Large and successful sales to leading tohacco companies continue at highly satisfactory prices. A third payment to members will begin in South Carolina as soon as piacticable after the Old Belt co-operatives have doubled their money, by the second advance of $7,000,000 to be paid them this month. Owing to unusually heavy receipts just before the holidays all warehouses of the Tobacco Growers' Association in North Carolina and Virginia will delay opening from January 3rd to January 9th, according to the announcement of T. C. Watkins, manaprer of warehouses for the association. o The best w,ay to make the co-op erative marketing associations effective is to pet the whole people interested in them. The local units which have been formed in different sections of the county will meet at Conway on January 10th. WALK / ? oai iway De] Jan. 51 )NWAY > Jrt'.ai.-i ,,, j| ^ Block i* THE HOBEY HERALD, 001 Notice Caivfecferate Veterans There will be a meeting: of the Confederate Veterans of Horry County, at Conway, on Monday, January 15th, for the purpose of electing a County Board of Honor for the next two years, and also to enroll any Veteran or widow of Veteran, if any, who has never been on the Roll who are justly entitled under the law, and to attend to any other business that may be necessary. A good attendance is requested. Done by order of County Board of Honor, this January 3rd, 1923. J. S. VAUGHT, Clerk of County Board of Honor. o? LEWIS-BRAT Miss Margaret i/ouise Lewis, and Mr. Harry Richard Bray were married at the home of Dr. G. I. Lewis on last Sunday, December 31st, at 6:30 P. M. Rev. J. C. Atkinson performed the ceremonv. The ring was brought in by Lunelle, a young sister of the bride. Only the family and a few frimids were present. Miss Lewis has resigned her position as teacher in the Burroughs High School, and her place will be filled by another. She is the eldest daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Lewis and by her charming personality has earned many friends among her c^ass 1 and the younger set of Conway. Mr. Bray is the only son of the Inte Mr. Bray of Homewood. He is a young man of good character and standing and Afho has promise of success. o SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION MEETS i < The first regular meeting of the School Improvement Association for the year 1923, was held last Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Burroughs School, Mrs. M. G. Anderson, ^ the president, presiding. After the meeting was called to order, Misses Eugenia Anderson and 1 Ernestine Little remdered a duet, ! which was very much enjoyed. A ballot was then taken to deterin ne which of the grades made the highest average of parents at the meeting" and it was found thnf in i grammar school the prize of two del- < lars was won by the fourth tirade, < Miss Mary Harllee teacher, and in the 1 high school by the eleventh grade, Miss Spratt teacher. 5 Miss Alexia Huntley sang a Folo, s her brother, Steve Huntley, playing < the accompaniment. Dues were then paid ani the meet- 1 ing adjourned. This being the social \ meeting, refreshments were served. 1 o Hub Watford lost his home last week by fire. He was living in a nice f home near Timmonsville. t \ BLOCK AN ikrup partmen th, at 9 depa1 :onwa I j h< i ?vtort ' ,o tfWAY, S. 0, JAN. 4, 1923 .\VJW.WbWft"/ASWW^ S South Carolina hW Produc- ' J era' Association Has Sue- ! % cessful Year's Work J % One of the most notable phas- ?, S es of home demonstration work [? ^ has been the results accomplish- ?J % ed by the South Carolina Home J> ^ Producers' Association. This as- tB V sociation has 211 members in "I fgood standing in 35 counties. J Contracts for 200,000 containers ?J V of products were signed for J 1922. This is a large increase ? % over 1921 when 19 members put 5 up 5,000 containers. J? ? Numbers of these products ?J S have been placed on the shelves % ?5 of the grocery stores in the .? V state. ! J* The total value of all products 5 manufactured by this associajC tion is $43,935.10. Products J. amounting to $22,000 have al% ready been sold, the remaining J product being sufficient to take J C care of the demand created by ? the initial Bales which have been J made by the association. , MoxSt of the members of the ! South Carolina Home Produc- J? J ers' Association are renewing: ?J their membership; others are in- J? J tereated in acquiring member- I" ship. ! % < ?VWiVW/JWA/WIWV\WWA(V o?? Is that job of printing difficult! Is is one that requires careful and painstaking work ? Is it one that requires the very best quality of stock? Is it one that requires the use of the most up-to-date printing machinery? Is it one that requires promptness m getting it out? Is it one that requires the work of skillful workmen, who know their business ? If so bring that job to The Horry Herald. Those are the kinds of jobs we specialize on. Send it in and be satisfied ever after. MAPLE NEWS T. O. Hall, general president of all the B. Y. P. Us of Calvary Baptist ;hurch, of Wilmington, N. C., addressed the Maple B. Y. P. U. members at their meeting Sunday evening. Mr. Amos Long returned to Clem;on College to resume his studies after spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Long. Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Hall, of Wilmington, N. C., spent the week-end vith Mrs. Hall's parents, Mr. and VIrs. J. T. Anderson. o Send in the sum of one dollar and i ifty cents and get The Herald for he New Year. ? D SAVE A C / t Sal t Store I o'clock RTMEN Y. S. C w 4 ' * 4 > * ' "'?FTT. "v , ? .,? .. ?. , FORFEITS BOND FOR FIGHTING Florence, S. C., Jan. 2.?A. B. Barton and wife forfeited cash bonds of $25 each for their appearance in police court yesterday morning. Thoy were arrested the night before in a local hotel by officers Bryant, Weaver and Campbell, who were called to their room by a disturbance during vnv iv svovcu uitti Vllt? l*wu were fighting and that Mrs. Barton had crawled under the bed to escape. When brought to the police station, Mrs. Barton showed a number of small burises about her face and neck. They were charged with disorder-) ly conduct and let out on a fine of $25 each. It is supposed that they immediately left town, as they paid their bill at the hotel, also for a window! glass that had been broken in the| fracas, and failed to show up when their cases were called in police court. According to the police, Barton has come to Florence a number of times before and on every occasion it was necessary for them to arrest him because of some infraction of the law. o BAKERS CHAPEL NEWS The people of this place are busily engaged in sawing and cutting wood. The school of this section is progressing fine this year. The school will start up again January 3rd. Mrs. Lula Todd is visiting her bro-, ther and sister, Mr. E. M. Booth and Mrs. Fletcher Cartrette, of Conway. , The people of this place were surprised to hear of the marriage of Miss Rosey Tompkins to Mr. Duff Cooper Sunday afternoon. BLUE EYES. James Hall, young son of W. J. Hall, who lives near C^nimbia, found a dynamite cap lying in a path near the Palmetto Quarries southeast of the city, according to alle<nii;on* iii a suit filed there, held it on the track of a traveling derrick with his right foot and as a result will go through life with only one foot. The petition in the suit, which asks $25,000 from the owners of the quarry, alleges that some employe of the company dropped the cap on the ground. The boy's foot it is alleged, was so badly injured by the explosion of the cap under the derrick that amputation was necessary to save his life. o NO ESCAPE Hotel Clerk?"The guest in No. 200 says he had a nightmare last night." Proprietor?"Well, charffe it on his bill?ten dollars for livery." I COLLAR e Sta / i riday M A. M. T STOl / I buJy. t: 51,1 * (/. Up, TAX RETURNS FOR 1923 The County Auditor of Horry County will attend the following places at times specified for the purpose of taking returns for the fiscal- year 1923, of all personal property, also all transfers of Real Estate which have been made since last return. All able bodied male persons between the ages of 21 and 60 years are required to return poll tax. Executors and Administrators are required to make returns of all property under their control. Failure tft make returns within the time specified subjects the delinquent to a penalty of 50 cents on the dollar. Monday, January 15th. Gallivants Ferry 9:00 to 12:00 Ay nor 1:00 to 3:00 Cool Spring 4:00 to 5:00 Tuesday, January 16th. Wampee 9:00 to 11:00 Little River 1:00 to 2:00 Brooksville 8:00 to 4:0 l Wednesday, January 17. Daisy 9:00 to 10:6# Nathan Bellamy's Store 12.00 to 1:09 Ebenezer 2:00 to 3:0# Red Bluff 4:00 to 5:00 Thursday, January 18th. | Stalvey ? 10:00 to 11:09 Burgess 12:00 to 2:0# Cooper's Store 3:00 to 4:09 Friday, January 19th. Bayboro 9:00 to 10:09 Altebrook 11:00 to 12:09 Loris 2:00 to 4:99 Tuesday, January 23rd. Rehoboth 9:00 to 11:09 Mt. PisKah 12:00 to 1:?9 Hhxson^s Store 2:00 to 4:09 Wednesday, January 24th. Stevens X Rds 9:60 to 11:0# Jollies X Rds 12:00 to 1:0# Floyds Schoolhouse .... 2:00 to 4^0 Thursday, January 25th. Spring Branch 9:00 to 11:00 Grassy Bay 1:00 to 2:0# Friday, Jannary 26th. Green Sea (BufYkin's Store) 9:00 to 12:0# Jem. X Rds 1:00 to 3:0# The balance of the time at the Auditor's office in Conway. Remember the time is out on February 20th. N. C. ADAMS, County Auditor. 12!21|22-4t. WILLING TO PAT A Bishop of the Episcopal Church lived all his life unwed. A friend mentioned that one of the states was imposing a tax on bachelors, to be increased a certain percentage for each ten years of bachelorhood, and added: "Why, Bishop, at your ape you would have to pay a hundred dollars a year." "Well," said the Bishop, "it's wortk it," o Tell it to The Horry Herald. ii rts [ominor I RE per Main St