Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ADDITIONAL LOCALS Mrs. Florrie Johnson was hostess to the Louise Best circle Monday afternoon. ? Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bray are visiting: Mrs. Bray's parents, Dr. and Mrs. <5. I. Lewis. * * * * v Miss Verdie Simmons, of Timmons"ville, was the truest last week-end of Miss Johnnie Atkinson. * # * * * Misses Elizabeth and Marie WeiIons spent last week-end with their aunt in Four Oaks, N. C. * * * ? The Belle Bennette circle of the Missionary society met Mondnv afternoon with Mrs. R. B. Scarborough. * ? * * Mrs. H. G. Collins was hostess to the Annie Curry circle Monday afternoon. Plans were perfected at this meeting for the publishing of a cook Ibook of home tested recipes. The money realized by the sale of this book is to be applied to the p'edge made by the circle to the ne.v Sunday school building. * * * * * Circle 6 of the Woman's Missionary society of the Methodist church met vith Mrs. John E. Watson Mondfv atternoon. The Scripture lesson was read by Mrs. Claud Dusenbury and an exposition of the Scripture by Mrs. H. L. Scarborough. Miss Johnnie Atkinson read a story, "Her Pearls." One new member was add**d to the roll. At the conclusion of the program. committees were appointed to look after the "Torn Thumb Wedding" that is being given under the auspices of the circle next Tuesday niirht. Mrs. Watson served hot tea and sandwiches. ARTS CLUB HAS i GOOD MEETING I A very interesting meeting of the Fine Arts club was held on the afternoon of January 11th, with Miss Cecil McKeithan at her home on Main street. The president, Mrs. W. A. Freeman, presided. The members of this club are very enthusiastic over the work for 11)23. This interest is manifested by the number of plans before the club at present, and the splendid co-operation of each club men.be'' in carrying them out.At the close of the business meeting Mrs. Freeman made a short t.alk on ^'The Legislative Council of South Carolina, and its Work." This talk was interesting: as the subject for the ne^t meeting will be "The Government of <our State." _ At present the club is making a study of South Carolina. The pro grrm .for the afternoon consisted of a sketch of the forest industry, by ? ? L1 iirVt wtU tifOC An litf 1TI I >. I' I Civ i K* 11, >t iiiv.il ?y i?r* rnjo \ cvi >? v ?11. Next was a paper "Transportatton in South Carolina," by Miss Mary Harllee. She spoke of three means of transportation: The highway, the railroad and the waterway. The music committee had secured for the afternoon two records "II Trovatore," and "Sextette from Lucia.". At the close ot' the pro nam tho hostess served a delicious three-course ref resh ment. Those present were: Mrs. W. A. Freeman, Misses Ella Sessions, Mary Harllee, Maud Dusenbury, Sadie Goldfinch, Lexie Huntley, George Johnson, Sara McMillon, Mary Gentry, Virginia Betts, Amy Wolfe, Lula Sweet, Roberta Spratt, Nell Jones, Inez Stalvey, Alma Watson; Mesdames J. D. Dusenbury, G. L. Ford, Joe Scurry, Harry Bray, Ren Sessions, D. G. Spi*vey, and T. B. Ludham. MAY MISREAD I BANK SHOWING Attention is called to the way that the statement of the Bank of Aynor was arranged by the printer in a recent issu? The total deposits, etc., stated as beIntr $49,003.38 happens to be opposite the words: "Notes and Bills Rediscounted," and the man who does not read carefully might take the idea that the sum above mentioned .as showing the total deposits stood for notes and bills rediscounted. A careful reading of the statement as published, however, will show that "Notes and Bills Rediscounted" was only intended as an item in the statement as a whole and as there was nothing to go under that head, the wording got slipped up to a point opposite the total of the deposits. This is mentioned to avoid any possible misunderstanding about the figures. Many cases of the "flu" have been reported during the past two weeks in various sections of Horry County. 50 GOOD CIGARETTES ioc ? GENUINE "BULL" DURHAM iiflttflRk TOBACCO 3EE COLUMBIA BACK SAME DAY A party, consisting of H. P. Little D. A. Spivey, and W. C. Pitts, recently Accomplished a thing which has not been done before. They went to Columbia in an automobile and returned home the same day. v,. They left here in a ,Foi;d touring' car at six o'clock in the morning', arrived at Columbia and remained there foi six hours, then beghn the return trip, and arrived in Conway at their homes by three o'clock in the morning. Although it was a late hour to arrive back home, the trip shows what can be done with the improved roads over what could be accomplished in the past before the good roads were constructed. They left Columbia at seven o'clock in the evening. The purpose of the gentlemen was to attend the meeting called by the Governor some time ago for the purpose of considering the good - roads program to be recommended to the Legislature now in session. CO-OPLOCALS ITAT n Hfl?l?rTT\Tn riULU 1U?j?j 1 ll\ VJt W. E. Lea, of the Tri-State Co-operative Tobacco Marketing Association, came over from Florence on last Wednesday for the purpose of attending the meeting of the local organizations recently established in Horry, and for the purpose of forming the township locals into a county organization. The meeting was a very successful one. They elected a full set of county officers, headed by Mr. E. M. Meares, of Floyds township, as president. At this meeting on last Wednesday there were sixteen local, or township units, represented. Mr. Lea says that it was one of the most enthusiastic audiences he ever saw assembled in Horry County on this subject. This county organization, it is understood, takes in all members of the marketing associations in Horry County. This local organization is one of the features which has been found necessary in order to get the best that there is out of co-operation in marketing the things the farmers have to sell. o POST OFFICE SERVICE IS CURTAILED TODAY Mr; M. C. Holmes, postmaster at Conway, on authority of the following letter from John H. Bartlette, Assistant Postmaster General, has an~ >iw.t : ...:i i u_ 4-1. in?uuv:v;u inrti rci vitc ?iu uc pell Liy curtailed today (Thursday) in ordei that he and some of the other officials mav attend the Postal Conference which convenes in Columbia today. "In the interest of the conferenc< convention, the department believes il to be justifiable and proper that there should be some shortening or curtail ment of postal service on that date so tlv.it as many employees as possible mav be permitted to attend. It ii believed that not much difficulty wil be encountered in arranging partia service if necessary at third anc fourth class post offices so that the majority of such postmasters may pe to Columbia on January 18th. Thej are invited to take advantage of thii opportunity. Larger and more diffi cult problems of putting on a limitec or partial service for the day are found in the first and second clas; postoffices, especially those with c'it\ delivery service. "Manifestly it is impracticable fo: the department to suggest a uniforn nlan anplicable to all offices becaus< of differences in local conditions train schedules and distances fron Columbia, etc However, as a whole it may be stated the department be ileves a reduction of not exceedinj fifty per cent of service on Januar; 18th will be warranted, unless ob jection is made by the patrons afte proper explanation. The window ser vice and work within, the offices ma; readily and satisfactorily be adjuste! on this basis for one day." o T /"> T?? nn niri nit 1 nnrt wr Lri^itiAnurj Notice is hereby given that the un dersitrned executors of the last will an testament of David R. Anderson, lat of Horry County, will apply to th Judge of Probate, in and for Horr County, at his office, at Conway, ? C., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, o the 10th day of February, A. I 1923, for a final discharge as sue executors. J D. ANDERSON, W. J. ANDERSON, Executors of the Will r David R. Anderson, Decease* January lfith, 1923. . td-pd. <? GABE HIJCKS DIES Gabe Hucks was said to have hep born about January 15th, 183.3. II was the son of Nancy Thompson. R< fore he was owned by the late C. V Hucks, grandfather to the writer, if. i t - l if - l i ? i rie was auie-Docuea, inausirious ar trustworthy. ITTSTfng the Civil Wt he remained at home, behaved himse and helped suppojMBhe family, rr mother'? sister^, . Rep-mother ar younger chilcjr'en until my grandfatln came home at the close of the w* and then stayed with him a year < two after "freedom." He was said i be the first negro to vote in Hon County, and voted for General Wac Hampton in '76, and hence has vot< in our white primaries these years. Within a few years after the wa he vyas married to Hannah Elliott, < the Lake section, in Bayboro towl ship, and bought a farm nearby ai lived on it, making good for near half a century. He was esteemed, honored and n spected by both white and blac Soon after J;c cctl!cd on his i?/.iTMH' UPPERWACCAMA NEED ? The hearing held at the hall of the Chamber of Commerce on Wednes* day. January 10th, brought out: many facts concerning the need ^f the jpeo' pie of Little River section for better transportation. Mr. George Officer was appointed as secretary of the meeting. He took down the testimony in short hand, and ' h^s made up his report which follows: Waccamaw River Improvement Hearing A public hearing was held at the I town hall in Conway, S. C., January 10th, 1923, on the question of improving Waccamaw river. The following persons were present: Col. Edgar Jadwin, U. S. District Engineer, Charleston, Captain J. C. Tamplett, W. O. Whitescarver, Paul Quattlebaum, president Quattlebaum L. & I Co.; H. W. Ambrose, manager Conway Lumber Co.; Charles Pate, lumber manufacturer; W. H. Stone, merchant and banker; H. E.^ Thompson, cashier of Little River Bank; C. H. Snider, clerk of Town of Conway; E. E. Dusenbury, chief of police, Conway, S. C.; M. A. Wright, attorney, Conway, S. C.; Roscoe Gore, mail contractor; J. H. Lay, farmer; Clyde M. Gore, farmer; J. E. Vereen, merchant; Col. D. A. Spivey, banker; A. H. Gasque, Congressman; Mr. Dozier. Colonel Jadwin called the meeting to order, and read the notice of the hearing, which was mailed out quite extensively. Mr. Stone was the first witness called and testified as follows: "I am a native of Little River, have lived there all my life. I am a farmer, a merchant and a banker. We have tried time after time to furnish farmers with fertilizer but have had to abandon it as hopeless, as we cannot guarantee delivery, the boats on the Waccamaw river have disanpointed us so often, and it is out of the question to haul it. A man with a team will haul three or four sacks, and it is a long day's work to make one trip. A man who is fortunate enough to own a truck will haul about 8 sacks, anything heavier than a Ford cannot get over the roads. We have had fertilizer stay in town for months and ' the farmers needing it, with the river as it is it is useless for the farmers to depend on the river to get their fertilizer. We have had fertilizer in town and the farmers needing it, but we could not deliver and they had to do ; without it. I raised some tobacco, about as much as anybody in that section, and I have to haul it 28 miles to market. With a deeper river I could ship it by boat. I ship all of my tobacco to the Conway market. 5 The people of my section are trying ? to branch out in livestock, but we are handicapped for lack of transporfca* tion. We also have the finest chances ^ for trucking in that section, but we - cannot get it to market. I think ?the land between the Waccamaw river * and the coast is especially adapted - for trucking, and if we had transpor* tat ion our people would be perhaps ; the most prosperous in Horrv County." Q. You are aleo in the mercantile * business? i j "Yes we get our supplies by boat from Wilmington. The boat runs . once a week. We had to quit hanj dling fertilizer because we could not i guanantee delivery. We cannot get s fertilizer unless we haul it from I/oris 1 or Conway. Tobacco has to be handled rather quick1 y or it will spoil, but it will stand water transportar tion." 1 "Is there a Federal Aid Project 2 Road planned to Little River?'.' '?< Answer by George Officer: "The 1 District Engineer of the State High!> way Department, and the chairman of " the County Board of Commissioners * went over the Little River road, and y it was informally agreed that road " would be the next in line to be recr ommended for Federal aid." G. "TT?v#? von fronp into this mat J[ ter as to the best method of getting " sufficient depth of water?" A. "I think you will have to have dams and locks. I have seen the river go almost dry. You would want to use the river the whole year. You will use ~ it more in the spring. Then we would d carry, fertilized up: a little later we e would be able to deliver Irish potatoes e v ? % n' place he sought a place to worship > God. As a result of, his efforts, Mt, h Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal church was founded, of which he was a charter member, and was ever after a main stay and leader in that church until his health failed. The colored j school was near Gabe's home and the teachers boarded there. Early in the night of Decembei 15th, 1922. The "black camel" knell at his gate. The Angel came into hi? home, and called his servant hence ITl and he quietly and peacefully fell tt [e sleep. He was buried at the colorec e_ people's burying ground at their so ciety hall. His funeral was preache( at the church on Sunday, Jaauarj lcj 7th? by the Rev. E. V. McBryde. ir His secret order had their say ai If the funeral. Alva GofT representee ,v him as a Christian member of th< church; Frank Moody spoke his prais< 5r as a citizen .and neighbor; Fox, Sr. ir stood for his loyalty and worth a*'* >r member of the society;. Fox, Jfe to spoke to his credit as a frierio to edti' .y cation; Uncle B. Elliott and the write) je endorsed much of what had been sai( and expressed themselves as havinj great faith in his piety. It was ai interesting service. He leaves a fee n? ble and lonely widow to mourn he K. lOSS. ld M* B00TH, ToC^^M Day ?" T*k? LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE (Tablets). 1 k. atops the Cough and Headache and works off th *44 | * %0? WWAt "VS. v ;/ r . . y' ? # ? ? y? v ^ y ? ?????dmmmtmmmm*mmmm? ?a??? if -fOA-i i W RIVER S TO BE IMPROVED o o cars in Conway for shipment north, .nfter that time would come the tobacco, and later, from October on, we would use it for freighting" cotton.** "Do you think snagging and dredging would answer the purpose?" "It would do considerable pood." "Have you been up the river?" "No, sir." "You do not know from your personal observation of the snags and shoals ?" A. "No, only what I hear." "You say the teams haul five or six Ixags of fertilizer per dnv?" A. "Yes." "What is the amount paid per day for a man and team?" A. "$3.50 per day." "What does it cost you to deliver fertilizer, under your present arrangement?" A. "Ten dollars per ton. There is? another industry at Little River which would be worth more than all the to- ' ^bacco we could grow .and that is the 'fish industry, if we only had nroner transportation. Even now, under the difficulties with which we work, if it was not for the clam industry the people would suffer. They have shipped more than 2,000 bags of clams this season. A bag contains 1XA bushels. They are shipped on the little boat that runs to Wilmington, but when the weather is bad they lose several hundred dollars per load. If we had means of getting them to Conwav, we would not only ship clams, but fish ' as well." "Are you specially interested in the timber end of this proposition?" "I cannot say that I am, but there is lots of timber in that section. The lumber mill at Little River has closed down, and I understand the cause of its shutting down is ' transportation difficulties." "How do they ship?" "By barges." (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.) r? Boll weevils will not eat up the tobacco crop, but tobacco worms will, if they are not controlled. MOCK WEDDING DRAWS CROWD A Tom Thumb wedding, staged by the young tots of Conway, in behalf of the church fund, was carried out at the Pastime Theatre, before a crowded house last Tuesday night. Miss Peggy Baker was the bride and Mr. Andrew Jones the bri^ emom. The bride was ^iven away by ! Mr. John Watson, Jr. i Miss Beth Jordan was a beautiful I | WALK A BL BAP NOW G< CONW. BUY NOV I store Friday,. i 8 fr I Over $200 ! I will be placed 1 EVERY Y I WITH A PR1 I 1 I Here is your opportun |! I Bargains Galbre. 1 I Remember the Day i ! | CONWAY i I ' ( I New Spivey Block maid of honor, while not.the Itast of the attractions were Miss Mildred Gordon Dusenbury, as train bearer, and Miss Paula Woodward as ringbearer. The maids of the bride made a great display of wedding: attire for girls so young in the art of being attractive. They were Misses Frances Scarborough, Elizabeth AVnbrose, Gene McNeill', and Elizabeth Anderson. The nrtrinifeter who performed the ceremony was Mr. Carl Park.er, son of the Rev. W. L. Parker. He did not fail in making an impression. The ushers at' this big mock wedding of the tiny Conwayites were Eugene Stnlvey, and Francis Anderson. young son of Oscar Anderson. Thev had been well trained for their position in the show. The m\isic for the occasion was beautifully rendered by Mrs. A. D. Jones. The proceeds amounted to about one hundred dollars, and will augment the fund that is being raised for the building of a new Sunday school building for the Cdnway Methodist church. Ice cream was served to the wedding party by Miss Wood. c 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 pevsons 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 theft* control. Failure to make returns within the time specified subjects the delinquent to a penalty of 80 cents on the dollar. Monday, January 15th, Gallivants Ferry 9:00 to 12:00 Aynor 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 3:00 to 4:0G Wednesday, January 17. Daisy 9:00 to 10:00 Nathan Bellamy's Store 12.00 to l:0t Ebenezer 2:00 to 3:00 Red Bluff 4:00 to 5:00 Thursday, January 18th. | GO GRIER'S For the best Beef, Prompt d< mmmrngmmmmmmmmammmmmmm OCK AND SAVE JKRl ) A 1-4 J DING ON AY DEPT. V?AND BUY rr Mr*Tir>c I I IV/ u. ie-hour silk sale will January 19th. 0M3TO6P 0 worth of silk of a 1 on sale Friday, Jan ARD WILL BE ( ICE TICKET. iity to buy Silk of all descript 1. md Hour, Friday, January I' r DEPARTMEP BANKRUPT Upper Main Street y1 '. . i " i * " 11 i Stalvey 10:00 to 11:0#' Burgess 12:00 to 2:0# Cooper's St6re% 3:00 to 4:00 FrhMy, January 19th. iBayboro 9:00 to 10:00* Altebrook 11:00 to 12:0# Loris 2:00 to 4:0# Tueed&y, January 23rd. Rehoboth 9:00 to 11:00 Mt. Pfsjfah 12t00 to 1:00 Hinson's. Store> 2i00> to> 4':05t WednesdayJanuary 24 th. Stevens X Rds 9:00 to 11:00' Jollies X Rds 12:00 to- 1:00 Ftoyds Schoolhouse .... 2:00 to 4:00 Thnrschiy, January 25th. Spring: Branch 9:00 to 11:00Glassy Bay 1:00 to 2:00 Friday, January 26th. Green S3a (Buffldn's Store) 9:00 to 12:00 Jem. X Rds 1:00 to 3:00, 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. 12j21|22v4ti. I WANTFH I V T ^1A 1 A dMLS Bedroom furnished close in with (ire'place by settled couple with year-oldJ baby, including table: board. Answer to G. C.. S., in care Grace Hotels giving particulars. l|18-ltpd. B; B; VAUGHT J. T. BOOTH Free Shampoo! We are Riving a free shampoo with each haircut, except Friday and Saturday, beginning next Monday; January 15th. Look up the shop next to Candy Kitchen. Come one?Come all?To VMTS BOOTH BARBER SHOF This offer lasts till February 15th "to : MARKET Pork and Sausage. ! plivery. ; A DOLLAR | I JPT E AT THE STORE I FOR LESS I II be held at this _ I ' M' I I til descriptions I I u 19th. II DN DISPLAY I 11 ion for now and later at 11 9th, from 3 to 6 P. M. -j n STORE j \ I * ' Conway, S. C.