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t 00""'' $ ? ? VOLUME XXXvn BEACH RESORTS t BREAK RECORDS Two Organizations Hold Annual Meetings There Last Week 0 HAS GREAT PROMISE Good Roads Bring Rest of County Within Easy Touch The summer vacation season opened at Myrtle Beach last week with every prospect of (lie most successful season in the history of the resort. Coincident with the opening two organizations of importance opened their annual meetings. One was the 1 i wnvfvii^v i i aiimi^ ouuuui v\ iiicu nas been using Myrtle Beach as its meeting place for a number of years. There was the usu;il attendance of delegates and the v -unl number of visitors were attracted. The other organization was Groupe Six of the Bankers' Association. Both of these organizations commenced their meetings on Tuesday, the same day that the Myrtle Beach hotel and the Myrtle Beach Yacht club opened its doors for the season of 1923. The meeting of the bankers began on Tuesday and lasted through Wednesday, while the training school went on through the week, i Tn recent months Mr. Jas. E. Bryan. She manager of the Myrtle Beach Farms Co., owners of the Myrtle Beach .hotel and other valuable seaside property, began the construction of tennis courts at the beach. These play grounds will be an added attraction this year and will Contribute to the popularity of the place as a resort for pleasure seekers and those who hunt for a place where recreation may be found in unusual quantity. A number of cottages at the beach were occupied the week before the hotel and club were opened.' On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, before the opening of these places, many cars were noticed passing through Conway heuded for Myrtle Beach or Murrells Inlet. Some of these contained the necessary supplies for a stay of several days. Others were going down to open the cottages where the entire summer, or at least several weeks will be spent. Still others went to spend the day and return to the inland in the late evening. Mvrtle Beach has been brought within easy touch with the rest of the world by the building of good roads throughout this section of the State. and leading ofT to make connections with s;ood roads leading in from all sections of this wide country. It does not. take long to reach the beach m any point in the South, whether Ipjfttravel is by automobile or by the On June the 14th, the Pee Dee bridge, which spans the Great Pee Deo River between Marion and Florenro was opened to the public with suitable ceremonies attended by one of the largest crowds that section of tho country has ever had to participate in any event. It marked another milestone in the progress and development of this section of the State. Its effect on this county will bo more in the lontr run than it will bo in regard to Marion and Florence. Already those two counties are talking big about the advantages they will gain by reason of the easy access that the bridere brings to them, but moi*f? than all Horry County and Myrtle Roach can afford to stake big possibilities on the completion and general use of this bridge. It connects Mvrtle Peach with the rest of a great State, is about the best way to express our appreciation of it. Myrtle Beach will undoubtedly have the biggest seeason in its history. ATI 01 f At*C? < f 1 if 1 n/iVAfi riA<] v i "i Lui ^luauv iii^ica^cu ia^i ^canu11. They will beat that record this time l>v almost as many more. The confonie'-tce and pleasure of the resort have been there all the while, but thaiy were either unknown to the t>eoother sections, or were disregarded because of the difficulty of getting there. Murrells Inlet will also because of the many pleasures to be found there in hunting and bathing, i:nd the increased facilities for taking care of visitors. LIGHTNINGls" TRICK PLAYER Lightning struck the new tenant j house of S. J. Gasque, out at his farm, known as the Hardee Place, in time or r> thunder storm last week. It was with difficulty that the building was snved from total destruction as a re s,,h rr <-he fve which broke ont after tho str >ko and resulted in the burning' A .V.V.V.V.V.-.W.V.V.WAV.V The man who was divorced " J- did not care for his second wife Ji it any more than he did for his ? ?', first, when the truth was known. "J He was the kind of man to % whom duty never had any ap v % peal. It were better for all women that they never had any JJ dealings with such men. S f (The ORGANIZE FOR LIFE SAVING j Red Cross Life Saving Meth- ; ods Taught By An Ex- : pert In a series of three demonstrations, \ in which nearly a score of Horry's ? best swimmers took intensive instruc- J tion, in Red Cross life-saving methods i from Cliff e Mosier, expert sent here ' from Atlanta at the request of L. D. , Magrath, chairman of the local Red 1 Cross chapter; Warren Johnson and \ Don Richardson were given appoint- ? ments as examiners and with Rufus J Dawsey, life-guard at the Myrtle i Beach hotel, were last week authoriz- 1 cd to wear the Red Cross emblem de- ! noting ability in their modern life- , saving methods. Messrs. Johnson and Richardson will proceed with the organization of a volunteer life-saving corps to patrol Myrtle Beach on Sundays and holidays, when the visitors at the beach are too numerous to be restricted to that portion of the beach over which the paid guards stand watch. They will form a class of about two dozen of the best swimmers to carry on the instruction course outlined and start en by Mr. Mosier. July 4th has been set as the tentative date for the initial patrol when it is expected three crews, composed of six or more men each, j "ill appear in striking new uniforms fully prepared, not only to take care of the water assignment, but to administer first?aid in cases of such minor accidents as may occur from time to time. c A logal physician, whose name will < appear later will give instructions in i this subject while Johnson and Rich- > ardson are schooling the men in the t water craft and Schafer method of resuscitation used by the Red Cross. Upon the completion of a fifteen-hour course in first aid, a diploma will he issued to each of the graduates by the American National Red Cross. Mr. Magrath outlined the chapter's plans for building a Red Cross lifesaving station at Myrtle Beach, strategically placed so as to be acj cessible from all points on the beach. I T?i??o4- ni/1 ? tl.^ -* " i-i i ii .it, aiu crvju 11?' i icn t lur VI1C KlilllUII J will include stretchers, cots, blankets, medicines, bandages, hot water baps * and such supp'ies as will be needed . to meet emergencies. The placing of . surf life buoys of the double end cyl- *. indrical type along the three-fourths mile stretch us^d by bathers at inter- . vnls of abou1^ '200 yards is contemplat- i od. These buoVs are of sturdy all%,etijl construction and are not only ] lighter than the conventional ring i buoy type with which everyone is miliar, bu4: offer greater support, i. three persons being held up by this . type. It is pointed out that even poor (: swinmters, using these buoys, can go out and rescue one or two, where without their aid. lack of confidence t would prevent even making the at- . tempt. Mr. Burroughs has already j ordered one of these buoys for immediate shipment to the Myrtle Beach v hotel as a part of the life-guard's t equipment there. Red Cross life-saving corps have v made enviable records at other wellknown points along the coast where t millions of bathers annually come un- s der their care. In the South, the t corps at Pablo Beach, near Jackson- (] ville. Fla.. has hopn in pvisti*npA nvpv 4 eleven years and has developed many v of the methods used in the national t work of the Red Cross today. Such j corps also form a fine contingent body p of men for such emergencies of dis- ii aster as fires, floods, tornadoes, their knowledge of first-aid making, them j invaluable helpers to the physicians. Ii The style of uniform to be worn by s the Horry County chapter's corps v when it patrols Myrtle Beach has not yet been settled upon, but it will be h some distinctively colored bathing I1 suit that will set them off from the t others in bathing attire while on the i breast of each suit will be worn the fi insignia of the Red Cross life-saver, v know nail over the world. A white h navy hat and white belt will add to v the uniform effect. Ii If three crews are organized from s those who succeed in passing the ? examinations, volunteer dutv will be * assigned each crew every third Sunday, all three crews to be present n July 4th, to give a public demonstra- c tion on the beach at whicch time the * chapter officials will review the corps. s Mr. Mosier is also expected to return ^ at this time to see what progress has 11 i ? -i- * uet?n rnaae. L Mr. Magrath, who also took the first part of the tests from Mr. Mosier, ** was expected to finish his examination ? under an examiner at Greensboro, N. ** C., where he went on a convention c last week. He will he appointed as n examiner also and will devote as a much of his time as can he spared to , the organization of the corps, being \ intensely interested in the work as 1 not only a .wholesome athletic activity but a much needed public service as s well. He, with Johnson and Rich- ^ ardson are now receiving applications 11 for membership in this corps and will ^ announce dates on which c"asses are * to be held in first-aid and life-saving v this week. ? o of two great holes, one in the gable e end and the other in the roof of the t building. Y I The house was occupied by Jim i Johnson,tenant farmer, with his wife Wimv CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, .'.WW.V.V.V.W.W.V/.'.VA \ GRIT TO STAN! ? It takes grit to be able t< { The careers of those who C time and then subside, ar have not the ability to stick i Some do not amount to ; thought they would. Their \m ply petered out. ;I On the other hand the m ! at his job finally arrived so ! a powerful long- time to do : Ij a show while he was doing ! doinsr it and he st.iir.lc. * ~ . .W.V.ViV.V.V.V.V.VAW.V. WHERE DID HE HIDE THE BILL? For a Time A Negro Thief Has Marshall Guessing ROBS A MONEY ^DRAWER J Sentenced to Thirty Days on The County Chain Gang Wednesday, June 13th, proved to be i very unlucky day for Ernest Johnson, a colored youth of seventeen v'ears of age, who decided that he tvould select this day, with the odd lumber, to pilfer the cash drawer of he Conway Trading Co. Some time in the afternoon B. T. 7rierson, manager of the store missed 'rom the drawer a ten dollar bill. He lad strong grounds for casting sus)icion on Ernest Johnson, who was jvidently spending his time about the ;treets engaged in no useful occupa:ion. The manager went and irot J. [\ Proctor, tlie chief of police. The )oliceman went on the hill and looked or Johnson. At the store or market of D. G. Vinson, the policeman had learned hat Johnson had heen in there with i ten dollar hill and that when he had -vanted to purchase some article, the noney could not he changed at the narket and the proprietor had sent Tohiison out to ' hunt change. The joliceman next went to the store of j. J. Graham & Co., and as he went n Johnson was coming out. Johnson vas arrested. It was learned that he lad just before that asked tr have a en dollar bill changed into smaller lenominations. The boy was searched but the noney was not found. Taking him o the town guard house he was made o strip his clothes and yet the ten lollar bill was not disclosed. He beame insolent and refused to tell vhere the money was when required o do so. He told the policeman that vhether he had the money or not it /as up to the officer to find it. Tlmn " jnv.it i/iic iic^i u sum iie naa tnrown lie bill in the pile of trash by the tore door as he had emerged from he store just before being placed unler arrest. A careful search in the rash did not disclose the money. He /as subjected to further experience in he third degree, and finally said that nstead of putting the money in the tile of trash that he had thrown it nside the garbage can nearby. The negro was then taken with the loliceman to the Graham store. As e approached he thrust his hand inide the can and brought it out again nth the ten dollar bill in his palm. Those in the store just before that tad ransacked the can to the very ottom, turning out every piece of rash and waste paper in it and lookng carefully through this without inding the piece of paper money. It /as plain to the officer that the negro ad the money about his person soine/here all the time that he had been tunting for it and he fell upon the cheme of claiming that he had placid it in the garbage can in order to :eep from being caught with it. Later on that same afternoon Ernst Johnson was tried in the mayor's ourt and found guilty of stealing the en dollars, and was sentenced to erve thirty days on the county chain ;ang. Before night he had been comnitted to the gang to serve his senence. nd child. It was fortunate that the amily were all away at the time, ohnson was in Conway with a load >f Irish potatoes to be shinned to r | narket, while his wife and chiId were it the home of Mr. Casque. A hen and rooster in the house at he time the building was struck were nstantly killed. The corner posts of the house were plit. The bolt struck the building in he roof. A part of the roof was torn ip. Great chunks of wood were torn ut of the house blocks, on which the oundation rested. The brick chimney wis split, but can be repaired. The bolt of lightning set the house n fire. As soon as it was discovered flforts were directed at putting out he fire. This was done after the louse had been burned in big holes n two places. The house, a four-l ( Continued On Page Eight.) ' \ jj i ~ , JUNE 21, 1923 9 9 _______ WAsvrtw.wmwv.vA' 3 TO THE RACK S. -o 5 3 stand up to the rack. ; make a big show for a little I; e but short affairs. They ; : on at it. ^ as much as their friends < energy did not last but sim- Jl an who had the grit to stick mewhere, though it took him % it. He did not make much of ! it, but just the same he was Ij I TIT/Am * >(T? A -r-fc ItlUT WAS PUT OFF D. A. Duncan Affair Occuring Near Floyd's Township Line. ABSENCE OF WITNESSES Detective Who Worked np Case Was in Charleston, S. C. The case against Monroe Hill and about half a dozen others, charged with riot, was not called for trial at the recent term of the court, for the reason that important State witnesses were in attendance upon the District Court in Charleston, and the judge of that court would not let them oil' to come here to testify. This is the case which concerns the shooting of Duncan at Grassy Ray church some months ago. Bloodhounds were secured to trail the persons who had done the shooting, but the dogs lost the trail at a garage in Nichols, S. C., and never did pick it up again. The matter rested in that way until the authorities at Columbia had time to put a detective on the case. It. appears that Rogers, the detec- I tive sent by the Governor's office <> obtain evidence in the case, as well as another witness needed on a material point, were summoned also as witnesses in the District Court in liquor cases which were tried in Charleston, hut at last a telegram was received here from the judge of the District Court to the effect that the presence ot' these witnesses were needed in the Charleston court and they would not he released to come here. This being the case, there was nothing to do except to continue the riot cases until the next term of the Sessions court, which convenes lie re in the fall. The unfortunate part of it was that a number of witnesses summoned from distant portions of this county to attend the trial were compelled to remain here almost the entire sveek. They were called to testify before the grand jury the early part of the week, and after that they had nothing to do except to wait for the case to be call- ] ed and tried before the petit jury. Asthe material witnesses from Charleston could not be had the case was continued the latter part of the lourt week. The case is one of the most interesting of this nature that has arisen in a number of years. Il was expected that a big crowd would gather in the court house to hear it tried. < The numerous defendants in the case are out on bond. HARD WICK G( )ES A THIRD TRIAL 1 In His Fight Against The Cattle Dipping Regulations RESULTS IN CONVICTION Was Let off Without Any Fine the First Go I Round The dipping of cows is almost a thing of the past in Horry County. According to the men who are engaged in doing this work, it would have been entirely over if all of the farmers had co-operated with the department in dipping their cattle promptly at first as asked to do. One thing that has contributed :.. 4 4.^ A\ lUMuumy hi huh riuiiver was ine paspage of the Statewide stock law where- 1 by each man had to confine his cat-' 1 tie, hops, sheep and goats to his own 1 pastures. Whore the cows do not run at large they cannot come in contact 1 with other stock that is covered with i ticks. Free grass was one of the j things which helped to increase the < damage to cattle by the hordes of 1 ticks that raise and live in the woods, ] and where cattle are running together from all the different farms, it was impossible to keep tick-free cattle < away from the cattle that are not ] (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I raid, OUTLOOK GOOD I FOR BAYBORO Section Stricken Last Year May Come Out of Kinks Bayboro section now looks like it will soon come out of the kinks. Last year was a sad time for alt the farmers of that section with very few exceptions indeed. The misfortune began with a cloudburst which washed away a railway trestle and destroyed a lot of the crops; then the heavy rains began to fall about the same as they did in Socastee. The tobacco crop was almost a total failure and there was about half a yield, probably less, of corn and other food crops. Things are looking extremely well this year. If seasons continue to he good this section will come back again. There are fine crops throughout the township. They are said to have never looked better than they do now. The Irish potato crop has just been harvested and marketed. Some of the farmers have not yet received their returns. J. I.. Bell had two acres of white potatoes. He gathered and shipped thirty-five barrels from each acre. At last accounts he had got yet received his returns for these potatoes. W. C. Blackwell had a fine crop. He received the sum of $4.00 per bar rel, not. Roy Tyler had five acres in strawberries this year. No statement could he obtained as to the number of crates he produced, but he received a fine price for his crop and made a good profit. There is not much cotton planted in Bavboro this year; but what there is looks fine and there is yet no sign of the deadly work of the weevils. J. L. Bell has two acres of fine cotton, which is free from boll weevils so far as can be told. He is trying1 a new scheme of keepintr them off. Tobacco throughout the township is looking fine. J. W. Gerrald is said to have about the finest and best matured tobacco crop in that section. It is safe to say that within a week or ten (lavs from the date of this issue of The Herald that Mr. Gerrald will ho curing his crop. He will he able to get on the market early if he wishes to do so. CAPERSSEES HORRY GANG Found to he In About Same Condition as Was Last Year Report of Visit to the Horry County Chain Gang. Inspection Made May 17th, 1923, by Ellison Capers, Asst. Secretary The Horry County cnain gang is in practically the same condition this vear as it was last year, which is one of the better chain gangs of the State. The score for 1922 was 754. The score for 1923 is 700. The outstanding and highly commendable feature of the eouipment being screened quarters, kitchen and dining rooms, there being separate ones for the negro and white prisoners. Mr. J. F. Chestnut foreman, and two guards now have in their custody on the chain gang five white men and twelve negro men, making a total of seventeen prisoners. Two of tho white men and five of the negro men are trusties. All of the prisoners were found to he apparently in good health. For the further improvement of this chain gang it is recommended that new straw ticks be provided or these now in use he repaired immediately; that the foreman be careful about the general policing and cleanliness of the camp and equipment; that the white and negro prisoners be worked separately; that the physician in charge be requested to test the spring nearby the camp and if same is found to be 1. - 1 -1 fJU IC I 11 c 11 It lit! ll^Ctl US It IJS IlUU'll nearer to the camp than the well now used; that the physician in charge be requested to pass his judgment upon the present arrangement nt the camp for the disposal of sewerage; and that new stoves he provided for the guards in the fall. ELLISON CAPERS, Asst. Secretary. HORRY STILLER HEAVILY FINED Joe Sessions Tried in Federal Court and Found Guilty The term of the Federal District Court, sitting in Charleston last week, resulted in the conviction of one Horryite for violation of the Volstead Act. T t\ A Qnoci ana p/\?*n?r*tr st mvooivmivI, Wl llCi.ll V IMIW<1V) v> cli^ :ried on a charge of making and selling whiskey and upon being found guilty the court fined him in the sum )f one thousand dollars, and costs, or to serve a term of six months in the Florence county jail. The details of the violation of the law, of which the defendant was accused here about a year ago, were published in The Horry Herald at the time. * "SJj NO. 9 COURT TO LAST FOR FORTNIGHT Begins on July 2nd For That Week and The Next TWO SETS OF JURORS New Act of Recent Session Again Appears in Full The Court of Common Pleas for Horry County will convene at Conway on Monday, July 2nd, and will continue in session for two weeks. The two weeks term is under the new act approved on March 15th, 1023. and which went into effect by its terms on May 1st, 1923. This act, therefore did not furnish a two weeks term in the early spring, as by its terms it did not go into etTect that early; but it is in time for the midsummer term of the court of Common Pleas, which is a new thing for this county, as the county never had a term of the civil court in the middle summer before, unless it happened to be a special term ordered by the request of members of the bar to take care of accumulated business. Under the new act of 1923, the Court of Common Pleas is scheduled to con\ene three times every: (1) For two weeks on the <>th Monday after the 1st Monday in March; (2J For two weeks, if so much is necessar, on the 4th Monday after the 1st Monday in Juno; (3) For two weeks on the r?th Monday after the 4th Monday in September. Last week the jury commissioners drew tho iurors for* the approaching term which convenes on Monday, July 2nd. The law provides for a different set of thirty-six jurors for each of the weeks of the term. The jurymen for the first week, which starts on July 2nd, were drawn as follows: Monday, July 2nd, 1923. A. L. Ambrose .Sidnev D. Collins M. G." Powell M. W. Cook C. C. Jernigan A. C. McCracken J. Hamp Prince J. H. Stanley D. M. Causev W. H. James S. A. Gore T. M. Daniels O. T. Chestnut B. H. Vaupfht W. T. Sprinirs H. B. Cribb VV I T f . I . ? UV^UIl A. P. Cox B. K. Doyle H. H. Gasque Eddie Mishoe W. F. Gerrald G. H. Todd J. A. Altman Noah Shelley J. B. Edge J. K. Moore J. H. Dusenbury C. F. Best Walter P. Gore A. J. Richardson G. F. Mu rre II N. T. Collins B. W. Tvler Law Floyd S. T. Johnson The jurymen for the second week, commencing on Monday, July 9th, were drawn as follows: Mondav, July 9thf 1923. L. B. Todd Sam S. Stevens Ed W. Page Elias Strickland T. R. Stephens D. A. Lawrimore J. O. Small F. I). Vaught Kemper C. Gerrald W. E. Bessant I.ucian Vereen J. VV. Alford E. M. Gerrald J. B. Williamson J. L. Stanley J. C. Avers ,1. E. Lewis Rupert McNeill Van B. Tnhervi'le Q. G. Strickland J. A. Booth A. M. Flovd H. VV. Gore S. Wilson Martin I,eo E. Du sen bury Harry Smith L. D. Graham W, P. Cartrette D. M. Alford P. M. Porman C. S. Soles G. LeRoy Strickland T XT" (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) .'.V.V.VV.V.VV.VAV.V.V.WV' There are some tobacco errowers who will never willingly join jj the association, and the reason I* I* is not far to seek. They belong- "J *1 to the class who insist on cashinir in at once, or even before J the crop has been produced. JJ? There are people of that kind in *m other kinds of work. ! %