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M F. J. SULLIVAN fc CO. < Certified Public Accountants (lit.) Telephone So. 796. Murchison Bank BIdg. WILMINGTON. N. C. t .. I e T. B. LEWIS i Attorney and Counsellor at Law t CONWAY. S. C. a p D. A. SPIVEY & CO. L W. B. King, Secty. * BONDS AND INSURANCE t Office in Peoples National Bank Building. ' f FORD & SUGGS k Attorneys at Law 1 A* Offices at t Conway, S. C. ^ Loris,S.C. J 6-1-13m j i R. B. SCARBOROUGH Attorney at Law CONWAY, S. C. t 11 ( WILLIAM EUGENE KINO Phvsician and Surgeon ) AYNOR, S. C. f v ' I H. H. WOODWARD c Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 1 CONWAY. S. C. c rv/ ini t? I> 4 I/T^n II o. n/incjn ^ Attorney and Counselor at Law < Offices in Taylor Building 1 2-9-3m Conway, S. C. t J Law Offices of : M. C. HARRELSON and i R. B. HARRELSON IMullins, S. C. i DR. G. I. LEWIS | Dental Surgeon Office Over Norton Dreg Compan CONWAY, S, C. Dr. J. D. THOMAS Physician and Surgeon LOR IS. S. C. V MARION A. WRIGHT Att?rney-at-Law Offices Spivey building CONWAY, S. C. i S. C. DUSENBURY Jm Attorney-at-Law Spivey Building CONWAY, S. C. | DR. E. P. ALFORD Dentist Located in Mull ins, S. C. OfTic* <\ei Champion Shoe Store. tf. FARM NOTES According to report of B. B. Hare representing the United States Depart.nent of Agriculture as Agricultural Statistician in South Carolina, failing conditions on May 1 comnare chJlily with the average of that date, although planting of both cotton and corn have been delayed several days by reason of unfavorable weather conditions. Condition of winter wheat in the United States, as shown by the report of May 1, was HO per cent of normal, 'iri-Minuf ?3 nr% n f\ n YT ? \r 1 nf ltivf (I I. Ill linv ' |/v I L\.IK Wll t'l (( > A < ' I KitlL year, the ten year acreage being 87 per cent. The forecast of production is placed at 578,287.000 bushels, or ;?pproximately 8,000,000 bushels less than the estimatd production for last year. This, of course, does not take into consideration spring seedings, estimates of which will appear later. Acreage of wheat remaining to be harvested'in South Carolina is estiharvsted in South Carolina is estimated at 175,000 acres, against 105,000 acres ha nested in If)22. The condition is reported at 83 per cent of rv'imal. compared v/ith 66 per cent on May 1 last year and the ten year average of 82 per cent. Conditions at present t'orca.-as a production of 1,874,000 bushels, or 550,000 more than last year, yet the production will be 3,625,000 short of our yearly requirments. a- uming that each person within the S^ate consumes on an average of 132 flmir nnnimllv J^ile per cent of spring plowing1 in the United States completed by May 1, is reported at 68.J) per cent, compared with 63.5 per cent on May 1, 1922, the ten year average being 71.1 per cent. Spring planting completed by May 1 was 55.4 per cent, or 1.8 per cent more than on May 1, last year and 2.9 per cnt less than the ten year average. hi South Carolina only 73 per cent of the plowing necessary for spring planting was done by May lfi against 70 per cent on May 1 last year and the ten year average of 84 per cent. The per cent of spring planting completed by May 1 was (18 per cent of normal as gainst 63 per cent May 1 - aho > wm The loss of livestock from disease and closure during1 the pnst winter wjjs sl'r ht'y less than the winter previous r s well as the ten year average, * although condition of mules and cattle w+r is somewhat below the average ;*nd many appear to he underfed. However, it should be noted in the case of mules that quite a large number have beer, worked to lumber wagons the entiro winter, whereas in previous years they Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days ' ' Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails Kcure Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding i?a. Instantly relieves Itching P'1^, and vou y| jan get restful 8.,A?? dfU" first anDlication. 60r % T1 :iTY CHAMBER 1 MAKES REPORT (Continued From Page One.) ( hem had made to Conway and Myrtle 1 Jeach. The visit was in many respects i ducational; it served to allay many i ,..r,......1^,1 :,1 : IIIIUUIIUCU IUC?.> LUIICCI111 IIK CUVII- J y, and it introduced this community t is nothing else could to the reading >ub!ic of South Carolina. It will be recalled that Mr. Rion Mc- ( tissick, editor of the Greenville Tied- ] nont, stated at the luncheon given in , his hall, "We will tell the workfc about ^ rou." Mr. McKissick and his cohorts ] ?f the quill literally and unqualifiedly i ul filled that promise. , Night School Work i The months of February and March, ? 922 saw the establishment and main- 1 enance of the first adult schools ever 1 operated in Horry County. It should 1 >e a matter of justifiable pride to < nembers of the Chamber of Com- i nerce ihat their orgy iization, acting ' hrough it.- committee on education, ] )layed a large role in the institution ' >f this work and in carrying it hrough to successful oompietion. It is >f course customary for Chambers of Commerce to claim credit for many achievements which may perhaps have < lad other causes; but testimony comes \x/:i f r!...... I v/11 I n II UUU VII a4V , cUIUIl/ M.11UUI supervisor of the State Department of < Education, that without the assistance >f this organization, the night school urogram could not have been carried ?ut. In her annual report to the generx\ assembly, Miss Gray states that no.vhere in South Carolina has she met A'ith the wholehearted* co-operation extended her in this community, and that the Chamber of Commerce was he factor which crystallized public sentiment behind the movement, and Lhe factor which supplied much of the ictual labor of the campaign. Members of the Chamber of Commerce know in a general way that the campaign was successful. Perhaps the statistics have not been available to [ill members of the Chamber, and it may not be out of place to include them here. There were 724 adult illiterates reported in 48 school districts. Of these, 393 learned to write thir names. One hundred and sixty-seven learned to read, 224 learned to write. There was an enrollment of 710 in 32 white schools. There was an average attendance of 439 in the white schools. One 1 1 ? 1 A A _ !1_ J J I nuwtreu ami twenty-seven pupns um not miss a single session. The enrollment in the negro schools was 51, and the Average attendance was 45. These statistics, which represent perhaps a fractional part of the actual value accomplished, indicate clearly that the campaign was entirely successful. A feature of this work was the publication by the Chamber of Commerce of a small newspaper called the Torch Bearer, which was distributed broadcast throughout the county. River Improvement The year covered by this report has witnessed the inauguration of two projects on the Waccamaw River win doubtIe?w have considerable value to the town. The expenditure involved was not great. I refer first to the removal of the rock shoal in the bed of tho river a short distance below the plant of the Conway Lumber Company. It will be recalled that for many years this matter has been agitated by the Chamber of Commerce, and agitated by individuals prior to the formation of a Chamber of Commerce. Some months ago Col. Ed par Tadwin, district engineer, came to) Conway for a conference with officials) of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. H. W. Ambrose, secretary and treasurer of the Conway Lumber Company, was called in and the importance of removal of this shoal was stressed. Col. Jadwin asked that certain statistics be submitted to him in writing, which was done, and he made a favorable report recommending that the work be undertaken. The government dredge "Wateree" has been on this work for some weeks and is understood to have practically completed the job. Those familiar with this improvement state that it will now be possible to bring seagoing vessels to the docks at Conway for lumber and other products, to be exported. The second improvement of the river was the snagging of the Waccamaw from Conway to Star Bluff. This is understood to have put the channel in much letter condition. Through the efforts of Congressman Philip H. Stoll, and Senators N. 13. Dial and E. D. Smith, a provision was inserted in the last rivers and harbors bill providing* for an investigation into the advisability of opening up a four-foot channel from Conway to Pireway, N. C. This action on the part of our representatives in Congress was taken entirely as a result of representations made by the Chamber of Commerce. Pursuant to the authorization given by Congress, Col. .Tadwin held a hearing in Conway on January 10, at which time he heard statements of all interested parties on the proposed improvement. The Chamber of Commerce sent letters to manv citi"ons of Wampee. Little River, Red Bluff, Longs and Pireway urging their attendance on this hearing, and to tho.se letters ther evvas a very large response. The statements were taken down stenographically and the record constitutes a very good argument for have been required to do hut little or no work during the winter months. No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with Worms have an unhealthy color, which indicates poor h'ood, and as a rule, there is more or 1 ess stomuch disturbance GROVE S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given re*ularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, Improve the digestion, and act as a general Strengthening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be In perfect health. Pleasant to take. 80c per bottle 3? HORRY HERALD, CONWAY .he proposed improvement. This improvement has far more than a merely local value. It has adied significance by reason of the fact :hat if carried through it will bring us i step nearer to the completion of the nland waterway , which has long *ince ceased to be the iridescent dream ;hat many have supposed it to be. Stonewall Highway Another project, the value of which 1 >nly the future may determine, which ' iiiivt iiic acuvc v auvi irutuuia^cment of the Chamber of Commerce, ( was the formation of the Stonewall * Highway Association. This association * was organized at Myrtle Beach on June 8, 1922. Since that time other meetings have been held at Florence, c Jefferson and Asheville. The avowed 5 purpose of this association is the pro- ^ motion of a highway extending from 1 Chicago to Myrtle Beach. While this order is a large one and may not he immediately realized, ttye association ( will doubtless do some good in im- ] provement of the route from Knox- 1 ville, Tennessee, through to Myrtle I Beach. By arrangements with the U. i S. Automobile Association, the route ( has been marked through a part of its I length and maps have been issued cov- < ering the section from Myrtle Beach i to Knoxville. An ample number of 1 these maps have been placed in hands I of chambers of commerce, hotels, garages and filling stations along the < route. The distribution of the maps < will doubtless give this highway some < publicity and will make it easier to se- i cure improvements by legislative ap- < Kwt.l , pi u|jriui>iuur> aim ujici atiun ui i?vui road building forces. 1 When the recent $00,000,000. bond : issue was l>efore the assembly, copies ' of the map were placed in hands of ; members of the committees having this bill in charge and other leaders : in the general assembly. It is hoped that by giving proper publicity to the highway as an established route, the legislature may be induced to provide for its development in future appropriation measures. Retail Merchants Association At the request of several merchants of Conway, the Chamber of Commerce took the initiative in promoting the organization of the Retail Merchants Association. Petitions were prepared by the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce cal 1 itig a meeting of all interested merchants in the Chamber of Commerce rooms some months ago. The attendance was sufficient to warrani the formation of the association, which has been firmly established. It was felt that while practically all oi the members ot the Ketait merchants Association are members of the Chamber of Commerce, there are certain matters of peculiar concern to merchants, and that these could best he handled through a separate organization. New High School The closing year has witnessed the completion of an enterprise with the origination of which the Chamber of Commerce is proud to have at least a casual connection. I refer to the addition to the Burroughs High School, which was made available for use some months <nco. This much needed improvement is the outgrowth of a strenuous but unsuccessful effort to secure the Pee Dee academy which the Baptist denomination planned to erect in Horry County. Citizens of Conway offered four splendid building sites, .$37,000 in cash, and other inducements to secure this academy. The decision was unfavorable to Conway. The idea was then advanced that if Conway people were willing to contribute that liberally toward securing a new school, they would doubtless be willing to vote bonds for the im provement oi the public school which they already had. In March, 11)21, officials of the Chamber of Commerce called a meeting in this room of the chamber's committee on education, a committee oi me 1'aien*-1 uucher s .Association, and a committee from the ...J m ? Inactive f 4 T f i Liver m ? "I have had trouble with Jp m an inactive liver," wrote Mrs. S. Nichols, of 4412 Spencer ^ ?| St., Houston, Texas. "When H 1 would get constipated, I would ? ?0j| feel a light, dizzy feeling in my # head. To get up in the morning B fl with a lightness in the head and f$ ? a trembly feeling is often a sign JL ? that the stomach is out of order, Jp /mm For this I took Thprifnrd'c ILn ^ Black-Draught, and without a doubt can say I have never ' <n found its equal in any liver g> medicine. It not only cleans <S the liver, but leaves you in such & 4H a good condition. I have used R$ it a long time, when food does ? not seem to set well, or the jp , stomach is a little sour." ^ f| | If it isn't 1 *? I I l 1 I I I nri if 19 I L *3 I i neatord s | r j | it isn't 1 t ; ?[BLACK-DRAUGHT 1? : | Liver Medicine. 1~ , S. 0, MAY 17, 1923 Civic League, at which time the needs >f the Burroughs High School were thoroughly canvassed. A later meetng, to which the trustees and Superntendent D. B. Alexander were invitid, was held. The result of these conferences was that bonds in amount of ?G0,00() were voted and the work bewail. It is undoubtedly true that this im movement ot the local school plant vould have come in the course of time -vithout action on the part of the Chamber of Commerce; but there can ie no serious controversy over the 'act that the chamber's action h/isten;d the day. School officials are now very much :oncerned with providing an adequate ;chool library. In this effort the ser/ices of the Chamber of Commerce bV'il 1 t>e cheerfully extended. Agricultural Work Early in February, the Chamber of Commerce took up with Congressman Philip H. Stoll the question of distribution of seed in this county. Mi*. Stol! forwarded to the Cluunber of Commerce five mail sacks of various kinds if seed for free distribution. These nigs were turned over to the banks of Conway, which have been very helpful in distributing these seed among farmers and gardeners of Horry County Since the withdrawal of a farm demonstration agent from Horry County, much of the literature previ"Hl.tllv upnl fr? liini fiw #l{c4 : . v V V/ linn I v/A m i r* i i l i' u 'v H M I I > now being sent to the Chamber of Commerce. The chamber is not in position to give these pamphlets and tracts the distribution which they should have but is, within reasonable limits, attempting- to circulate them among the farmers. At the opening of the tobacco season of 1922, the chamber's committee on agriculture prepared advertisements which were run in the local papers urging tobacco growers who were members of the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association, to deliver their tobacco at the county seat; and at the Bame time urging the independent growers to sell their tobacco on the auction market at Conway. Substantial reasons were advanced why the farmers should pursue that course. The committee also issued a letter to all members of the association advancing the same suggestion as to delivery of tobacco here. It is, of course, impossible to estimate accurately the result of this effort, but there would seem to be no doubt that the effort was entirely worth while. At the request of the Horry County Strawberry Association, the Chamber ot Commerce has taken up with the South Carolina Railroad Commission, and with officials of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, the nuitter of giving a more favorable rate on strawberries than had been previously deJifWir'i* ^N|^|^H ' *'f*y/;>//*;*X*^^^^^W * *X vt GUlXftGaining I 194% Sales Shows' The public has emphatically lar oreference In all territories Firestone Gum-Dipped Cord. A standard of service haa 1 mous tires without parallel brought a sales increase of l1 months over the same period greatest gain in all Firestone b The Firestone Gum-Dippe<! achievement which has enable the tremendous record of past Tho tire buying public hag Tl. 1 111 Get a set of these ( MOTOR SI {' i cided upon. These negotiations have not been successful up to this time but the Chamber is still hopeful of securing some modification of the tariff on berries. The present miles do not permit the partial loading of a car here and the filling of that car at other points on the route north. The quantity of berries shipped from Conway does not permit the complete filling of a car. so that the growers are forced to pay for space which is not utilized. Health Work In the field of promotion of public health and treatment of diseases, the Chamber of Commerce has felt that the Civic league was in better positio to promote these activities than the Chamber of Commerce would l>e. Workers from the State Board of ii 11.1. i : ? .'-Li., v riuuuu nuve iiivunuuiy own women. Officials of the Civic League have been naturally better fitted to render them the service which 'they needed and in that work the Civic L/eague has been extremely efficient. However, the Chamber of Commerce stood by and performed some of the manual part of the work. It sent to all postmasers in the county posters to be placed in their offices advertising the tubercular clinic and the child welfare clinic, which were held; it wrote to men and women throughout the county inviting them to attend a luncheon given in this hall, at which time a county nursinjr unit was organized; it furnished the field worker in the tuberculosis work with a list of families throughout tl e county in which cases of tuberculosis had been reported; in many instances it provided' transportation for this worker to homes of the afflicted; it gave all proper publicity in the local papers to the. health work, and it did whatever else was suggested or requested by way of making this work effective. Grievances During the year, through its grievancps committee, the r?f Commerce has taken up with the post office department the matter of supplying1 a sufficient force of clerks in the local post office to attend to delivery of mail and parcels, the issuing1 of money orders and the like, v iihout the congestion which has frequently occurred at the office window. Several letters have been exchanged between the grievance committee and the post office department, and an unqualified promise to relieve conditions has been secured. The Chamber also liled a protest with the South Carolina Railroad I Commission concerning a tariff on ice which would seriously cripple ice shipments from Conway. Conclusion This report touches only the high spots ol me record. To go into detail would require a report which would be as cumbersome and tiresome as 1 New Fame So Increase In Last rrend Toward F r spoken. The popu- results in econom i is unmistakably the process of double g\ toward Firestone si , . . . . public's standard of been set by these faIn the past. It has Ask owners about 94% for the past six cars. Note the big t I of a year ago?the Watch the new ca listory. tories; Firestone Qu where in fast Increa 1 Cord is the mighty _ . . , d Firestone to break ?,Qet the Firestone success. Firestone name asst this name can you i been aroused to the gum-dipped constru Most Miles oer Dollar restc GUM-DIPPED CORDS lam-Dipped Cords from one of t LTPLY & REPAIR C ( ONWAY. S. ( . Page No. 7 LAY & BROTHER ENDORSES PLAN Following is a copy of a letter re'eivo/J by M. D. Stevens, manager of the Loris Co-operative Warehouse: "Dear Sir: "I write to give you my first year's experience in selling tobacco co-operatively: "In 1919 we sold our crop of tobacco at an average of 25 cents per pound; our 1920 average was 19 cents per pound; our 1921 average was 20 cents per pound. "In 1922 we sold to the Tobacco Association and have received three payments which makes an average of 39 cents per pound, and another payment yet due. "When we receive our la<t payment we will be nearly, or quite a hundred per cent above the three-year average under the auction system. The two systems of marketing are as divergent as the cardinal ooints of the com pass; one tends to poverty anil despondence, and the other to prosperity and independence. Our first year's experience with the association is highly gratifying. Yours verv truly. "J. H." LAV* & BttO." o CAKK WALK The Virgo School Improvement Association will tfive a cake walk at Virgo school house Saturday night, May 19th. The public is invited to attend and receive a cordial welcome. Come! COMMITTEE. it would he convincing. File* I of the Chamber of Commerce show that the work is continually increasing. Requests for information as to the resources and attractions of this section are maltiplying daily. There is every indication that work of the Chamber has been fruitful i 11 directing the attention ard interest of the public toward this com munity. The largest work of the chamber has been in the fields of publicity, with which is allied the entertainment of conventions, highway and waterway improvement, education, agriculture and health. These should be recognized as fundamental activities. There is and will always be much to be accomplished in those phases of the community's life. In addition, a multiplicity of other activities will present themselves as occasions ari?e. ! Until perfection is reached, there will be work of importance for the Chamber of Commerce to perform. In striving toward the realization of any proper civic goal, the Chamber of Commerce should, and it is hoped, always will be in the forefront. k ifisiiL: V ll^ShCords r Service Six Months irestone leal mileage of the Firestone jm-dipping. The buying-swing nows now it nas advanced the tire value. : Firestone performance on thel* ozicab fleets Fire stone-equipped, rs yoa see?just from the faero-Dipped Cords are seen everyslng numbers. m extra mileage that only the ires you. Only by insisting oa be sure of getting the genuine ction. I tie S he following dealers: OMPANY . \