The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 21, 1923, Image 1
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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
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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.
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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'
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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\ 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.
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WHERE DID HE
HIDE THE BILL?
For a Time A Negro Thief
Has Marshall Guessing
ROBS A MONEY ^DRAWER
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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.
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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
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3 TO THE RACK S.
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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
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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 ]
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. !
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