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;*? * * . fc r i | VOLUME xxxvn ( SEASON OPENS * AUGUST FIRST Three Warehouses Will Run at Conway on Auction Plan C$-0PS - LAST TUESDAY Tobacco Men Arriving in Conway For The Past Week The tobacco warehouses throughout the tobacco belt of South Carolina, selling on the auction plan, will be open and doing business on August 1st. That date will be the time of the opening sales. The warehouses belonging to the association were all opened on Tuesday of last week and they have been taking in the tobacco of the members of the association ever since. The association is operating but two warehouses C^nwav this time whereas last year there were three here on the ! > cooperative plan. The Peoples Brick Warehouse which was leased in 1922 to the association for a term of five years, was foimd to be unnecessary to help handle the tobacco here and it was leased some time ago by the association to the firm of Bowles & Bass. Conway is in position to succeed 1 this* year as a market, on the independent or auction plan, for the reason HtTiat three larire warehouses will be operated here this time on that I plan. The Peoples Brick Warehouse above mentioned is* already cleaned out and readv to begin operations on August 1st. when the opening sales will begin. The Planters Brick Warehouse, owned by W. A. Freeman and his as'Vsoriates will be open from now on and L<^*;eady to beerin sales again with the I* c^penipor of the season. Th'1 New Brick Warehouse has been leased bv T. N. Fullerton. For the past' several weeks carpenters and work*""en have been busy laving a new < floor in the brick building fronting on avenue and which was used as a RC^*esstab1es by the Conway Livestock i.'ompany until quite recently when the new place was finished and the horse Y and wagon business moved to the opJ posito side of the street. The warehouses vhich are now run\\ ning at Conway on the association plan are the Farmers Warehouse and the Horry Warehouse. These two will \ be sufficient to take care of the co-1 operative business of the members of the association until later when the membership has been increased, they will doubtless need more room andj will arrange to get the added floor | 1 space. Tote<* o men were arriving in the j; towi^fn week. T. N. Fullerton has been heifa for several weeks preparing for his opening sales at the ware1 house. 1 J. R. Bowles and also Mr. Bass of his firm were here several weeks ago and remained for some time working in the interest of their warehouse, i Thev were returning to Conway last >; week after an absence of about two ! weeks and they will be here now un\ til the season opens on August 1st. Preparations are being made at the < Planters Warehouse and they will be ready to begin the opening sales on ; An trust 1st. The situation appears to be in fine 1 shape to make the present season ^ne ' of the most successful Conway has J evor had in the tobacco business. The condition of the crop remained * good throughout last week. Farmers were picking and curing all o\er the I county. ! HORRYBOYIS PRT7I? WTMNPR IX l^lUU TT I According to a telegram received ; from X*r. E. C. Wade. Miss Lizzie i Rusfrif representing Florence in the 1 stofa^ic:h school spelling contest at J Winthrop college stood un for four J hours before she was finally spelled Luther Clark of Horry County carij ried off the second prize. B The telegram reads: "Hi^rh school contest was a real one. i No word was misspelled during' the I first two hours. Spelling hook abanI doned nnd dictionary used. First prize I went to David Carroll of Marlboro. I; Second to Luther Clark of Horry. I Third to Miss Annie Probst of Oconee. Miss Lizzie Rush of Florence remained in contest for four hours. Luther I Clark is a typical country boy from Horry and made a fine impression. He walked part of the way from home to "VV'nfi --in. A purse of $50 was raised for hi*v> by the audience." Better roads will never pro- jjc % fit any farmer who is able to t J- purchase an automobile and * jj| then cannot resist the temp- * X t- tion to stay on the road % jp with it instead of f?ivin? his * attention to the produotion of ^ usual big crops on his * (Ehc GEORGE ARLINE . ON CHAIN GANG Tried in Town Court on Three Different Charges George Arline was tried before A. E. Goldfinch, mayor protem, on last Thursday, charged with three offenses against the ordinances. He was charged: First.?Failure to pay the street tax in the town of Conway. Second.?Tresnnss unnn Hip nrnnpr ty of others within the town. Third.?Vagrancy. He was not known to have had any job, or had ever had. He could not show that he had any work to do at any time. This is the negro who was arrested by Policeman Holt, some days before the trial, under suspicion of being the same negro who had entered several homes in the white and colored residence sections of Conway, who had frightened many people at night by secreting himself near their homes while he carried big sticks and who was interrupted several times as he was going through the windows of dwellings. George was put, to his plea. He pleaded quilty to t!he first charge of having failed to pay the street taxes imposed by the law. His sentence on this charge was twelve days on the public works. As to the remaining two charges of trespass and vagrancy he pleaded not try him. For the Town several witnesses were sworn. Mrs. George Bacot identified this negro as being the same one she had seen slipping round in the back lot and finally making a ^y at entering her house. She had no doubt of his being the same man. C. M. Graham testified that he had seen Arline on one occasion recently trying to enter the home of Mr. Holt. This was the occasion when Arline obtained a goods box on which he stood in his efforts to raise the window .iash. J. S. Cullifer testified that while the witness was standing in his yard, he heard this man jump off the back part of his porch; that Cullifer's automobile was standing in the yard nearby ana, as tne intruder ran, twiner turned on the lights of the automobile so that he saw the negro plainly. He identified Arline as being the same man. Other evidence was put in as to the tracks made by the defendant. Tt was then the turn of the defendant to nut up his witnesses. He had two upon whom he placed great reliance, but they did not answer when called to the meat disappointment of Arline. He put up a negro man by the nickname of "Punkum". He put up one other negro. These did not do him any good, as they were both caught in telling falsehoods in the defendant's behalf. The jury retired and found a verdict of guilty as to both counts. The court then sentenced Arline to a period of thirty days for each of the two offenses. Later on the same day he was sent over to the county jail and placed in the custody of the county officers. He was then taken to the county chain gang where he will work out seventytwo days at hard labor this being the aggregate time given him on account of the three violations of the law charged against him. It appears that this man had been annoying negroes as well as whites. Some of the negroes had promised to testify against Arline, but when the time arrived for the trial none of the HC^IU wuucaacn uuuiu ic luuuvu * BOYS FALL OUT USES A KNIFE Young Anderson, son of Pig Anderson, white, living some miles from Conway, was brought here for medical attention last week. He had just received a dangerous knife stab in the back. It was stated that the injury had been inflicted by another young man named Faulk, when the two fell out and had some words about some tobacco sticks that Faulk went to get from the Anderson place, the two families being farmers living not very far apart. No particulars of the affair could be obtained from Pig Anderson. The latter came to Conway with his boy and seemed rather upset by the occurrence. WORK FINISHED ON BEACH ROAD By last Sunday the road to Myrtle Beach was in the pink of condition all the way from Gallivants Ferry to the strand at Myrtle Beach. The good work that has been done on this road under the guidance of W. C. Pitts, civil enginner for the State Highway Department is expected to hold up for the remainder of the season; and any giving away that may occur under the stress of heavy trpffic will he taken care of by the forces working under him. TM* work on the road has been done and paid for out of the proceeds Ipti CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY" *************************** | WORRYING ABOl * a * rm ^ *s use^ess w?n'y * are not, instead of 1 % tractions of the plac* * Watching those who flit * one place to another, alwaj * impresses one with the thoi | the worst. * In seeking pleasure tin ;; just beyond where joys woi ? the matter of work, there it * if we only had, our fortune * It is human nature to * conditions better, but there J far when all of the time of i stead of concentrating on w * *************************** MARTIN WANTED DV T?T AT)TTM A \TC jj i r lAmiuinixo Allegations Made of Several Charges in The Auto Business TRACED TOTANES. S. C. Officers Failed to Find Him at Home Near Conway Excitement was caused in this section of the county last week when an officer arrived from Lakeland, Fla., claiming' to have warrants for the arrest of Claude R. Martin. The officer from Florida conferred with Sheriff Jas. A. Lewis and the Town Marshall of the town of Conway. The man from Florida making the charges against Martin was S. K. Aclcley. He said Miat he conducted an automobile business in Lakeland, Fla., and that he had employed Martin to help about the place; that a car had been sold and the money collected and perhaps some accounts had been paid over to Martin aivl these had not been accounted for, hence the charges of Amho'/7lowont nnrf Kvoiiflioe nf tvncf for which Ackley had prosecuted him and was now seeking to take him back to Florida, upon a requisition if necessary. to answer to the indictment. Tt was understood that steps were being taken to perfect the application for the requisition last Thursday. On Wednesday morning of last week Ackley was obtaining process from the court of Magistrate Chestnut. Ackley said that he had not entrusted the business of selling the cars to Martin but had employed him to help about the business place in demonstrating and showing cars to prospective purchasers; that he had also had him I employed in collecting bills, or words to that effect. He said that after Martin had collected some money he had fled; that he had traced Martin as far as Lanes, S. C., and decided that as he had come that far he would likely find him here at the home of his father, Dennis Martin, in the Pee Dee section of Horry. Martin is about twenty-five years old, probably older and is married and has children according to one of the officers concerned in the handling of the case. Later. Tt developed that Martin was not about the home of his father. The officers went out there and failed to find him or to hear anything about him. Tt is about eight miles from Conway in a farming section near the Pee Dee Public Road. The amount of money involved in the charges against Martin is about $800.00. ' NOTED EDITOR VISITS HERE The Horry Herald was glad to have a call from Ed. H. DeCamp last week. He was in Conway for a short stay while resting for a few days at Myrtle Beach. He was accompanied by Mrs. DeCamp. Mr. DeCamp is editor and publisher of the Gaffney Ledger, one of the brightest weeklies published in South Carolina. He is also the publisher of Grit and Steel, a monthly journal which circulates in nearly all parts of the world. If nothing happens Mr. DeCamp will be back in Horry next year when the South Carolina State Press Association will again assemble in annual meeting at Myrtle Beach. He has been a member of the association for many years, and he has attended the meetings of the association regularly during that time. of the gasoline tax. Some complaint has been made about the time when the work was done. One Marion County paper charged that the county has alwavs i waited until July 4th to plo wup the road. It 19 now learned that the funds for having this work done were not i available until recently and that is the r 11 Hi Jt^LY 2C7T923 ! ************************** JT OTHER PLACES | about other places where we | 3eing satisfied with the at- % ; where we are. * about all through life from * rs uncertain, never satisfied, * ight that this habit is one of * * *re is always another place % jld be more profound and in % . 5 always another job, which % would be made. * want to improve iand make * is a tendency which goes too * life is spent in changing in- * ork. % * * X MYRTLE RESORT VISITOR TALKS Predicts ThaJ Certain Improvements Will Continue There LARGER PAVILION COMING I _____ New Changes Will Take Their Place Near The Strand (By a Visitor") Improvements will continue to be made at Myrtle Beach in order to take ! care of the increasing patronage | there. Big improvements have been made within the last three years. There is no complaint being1 heard as to the improvements taking place there up to the present time. As the crowds going there are increasing rapidly with every season, larger quarters will be expected, a bigger pavilion under which the people may gather and rest, and a better and larger place for parking of cars, additions to the already extensive board walks, better and more adequate water system, better and more adequate lighting system, more clay roads to cover the sands, and drive ways for automobiles. These and many more things will be expected to come. The first thing to look after will be the grading and levelling of the sand dunes to provide better places for parking of cars, and the erection of a big shed and construction of a good floor under this. In this respect, anI _a.1 ij.'i.: i.. i.i? -i -'- ? ! otner (tuuiuun to me uance pavilion near the Myrtle Beach Hotel will not be the right thing to do. The new pavilion must be on the strand, or just this side of the board walk and thus very near the strand. This pavilion should be big enough to cover as much space as the land which is now graded out and being made ready, it is said, for a tennis court. It would be possible to make the plans for a pavilion large enough to take care of the needs of next season, and so arranged that additions may be made from time to time as the years go on and take care of the visitors who will increase in ever growing numbers at this popular seaside resort. The completion, in time for next season, of such a pavilion as we have hinted at here, will be regarded as one of the best things the management of the resort ever did. There is not enough room under the annex, where the cool drink and ice cream stand is located to take care of all the people who want to rest in the shade after taking a bath or finishing a constitutional on the strand. One of the best drawing cards at several of the beaches is this Targe pavilion. Under these bands may play, the crowds gather, and when showers come up quickly, as they often do, there is a place where the women and children, and also the men. may shelter from the rain and yet be very near to old ocean. The building of new cottages took on a new start this year. The building boom will continue without a doubt. No suggestions are needed in tnis respect for the building is being done by those who have purchased lots at the beach. Other lots will be sold and new cottages built on them, and, year by year, the town of Myrtle Beach will grow. reason why the repairs to the road were not made early in the Spring. It would appear that as soon as tin tfund could be had for paying the expense the work went ahead and has j>een finished. The road from Conway to the beach was finished up all the way in good time for week end visitors to the beach. The road was very dusty for the greater part of it* distance until this work was finished last week. This was caused by the making of fills and drawing up the earth from the sides .into the center to make a good road bed. raid. ROLLIE EVANS UNDER ARREST Grows Out of Would-Be Accidental Killing Near Wampee The inquest over the body of Arch Evans, fifteen year old negro boy, in Little River township, was held last week by Magistrate John I. Ward, following the killing which took place on the day before. These parties are all negroes. There was no person with them at the house, ;>t the time, except two smaller boys, members of that same family. After the shooting the younger boys set up a noise and this attracted Willie Green, another negro to the place. He found Arch Evans with a bullet in the back of the neck. In a few minutes after the arrival of Green the boy died. A report was current to the effect that the negro hoys fell out about a girl which each had claimed as a sweetheart. Later it was not developed at the inquest if any reliance had been placed in such a story. The accused boy, Rollie Evans, seventeen years of age but decidely overgrown for that age, stated flint Vi o Kurl fr>n?rl flio nidrtl VVltll which the shooting' had been done, in his father's trunk. He took the pistol out of the trunk and was breaching it to take out the shells, in the mean time advancing toward the front door of the house and intending to walk out with the pistol on the porch. The brother he killed was outside the house on the porch, sitting with his back to the door. As he was breaking the firearm, it went off by accident. The bullet from it hit the other negro boy squarely in the back of the neck, severing, it is believed the spinal chord, and life was extinct in a few minutes. These negroes were living on their own place which is not far from the ' late residence of Mrs. Emma D. Mose- ' ley. Deputy sheriff, H. N. Sessions, went back to the place the day after the inquest and placed Rollie Evans under arrest and at last accounts the negro was in the county jail in default of bail. The testimony taken at the inquest could not be obtained for publication owing to the fact that Coroner L. W. Cooper, to whom all of the papers, relating to it, were sent by Magistrate W/^-d, win to Wilmington, N. C., with a sick chiTd. bonThssue is only recourse Rehoboth New School Just Now iBuilding Has Been Stopped BOND tSSUE~ TALKED Structure Framed and Weatherboarded up to The Plates The work on the new school building* at Rehobeth was ordered stopped last Friday evening- on account of the .lack of funds with which to pay the contractors for the work. Recently the Floyd Brothers were given the contract to complete for the school district, a new building at Rehobeth, the structure measuring, over all, one hundred and eight feet by sixty feet; and to contain four class rooms, one auditorium measuring sixty feet by thirty-one feet, two cloak rooms and a teacher's den or office. . The contractors went ahead with their work and by Friday when they had to stop the building had been framed up to the plates and weatherboarded, and the lumber had been cut for the rafters and ready on the ground to be finished according to the ' contract. It appears that the only way whereby the funds may be obtained to complete the building is to vote a bond issue. This is now being considered and the people must decide that they will provide the best school facilities for their children and go ahead and vote on the bonds whenever the election is ordered. The contract calls for the sum of five thousand dollars. It will take that amount in all to complete the school house. All available funds are spent and the work only well started. The bond issue should be in the sum required for a completed job. At last accounts it had been arranged for Messrs. Lewis of Columbia and Allen, the county superintendent, to visit the community on Wednesday evening of this week and talk to the people on the subject of a bond issue and aid in devising plans for carrying on the work. There is no question of the great need of this improvement at the place. This need has been forcing itself on the attention of parents for a long time. At last the contract was let and the work begun with the expectation of getting the funds to pay for the building, in one way or another. Now available monev has been spent, and the work has to .%top where it is NO. 14 STILL CARRIED BY SMALL GIUL The Guiltless Helper of Her Father During A Raid BROWN AND McCORMICK Brown Operated His Still on An Ordinary Cook Stove Th? raid made by the rural policemen and the sheriff of the county, in Socastee township last week, and which was stated in a brief news item in our last issue, on account of lack of space for the full details; is of more than the ordinary human interest for the reason that one of the defendants used a little ten or twelve year old girl as an accomplice in trying* to hide the still. Owing to repeated reports of violation of the prohibition laws at the residence of Grover McCormick, with whom there is living another man by the name of Gould Brown, the officers obtained a search warrant from Magistrate J. VV. McCormick and armed with this they went to the Grover McCormick place. They had a hint that the whiskey was being made with in the home and not out in the woods as is tne common way. concerned m the raid were Policemen Bellamy and Johnson, and Jas. A. Lewis, the sheriff of the county. They found McCormick working1 in ii tobacco patch just this side of a tobacco barn, whereat they saw that Gould Brown was tending a barn full of: curing- tobacco leaves. They placed McCormick under arrest and took him along" with them to the tobacco barn. As they got within easy sight of the premises round the tobacco barn they saw a little girl go running toward the house and away from the tobacco barn. When they went on to the barn and questioned Brown, he admitted that he had sent this little girl on to the house to take up the still and hide it before the officers could possibly get there. Going on to the house the officers were in time to see the child running off in the woods with something in a crocus bag. It appeared to be quite a load for her small size but she was making such rapid time in going across the field and into the woods, that Bellamy and Johnson had to put up a lively race before they overtook her and got the sack away from her. Inside the sack was the ten gallon still which Brown later told the officers he had been operating for the past three years, never in the woods but always on the cook stove. The child was carrying out the instructions of an older person than herself in thus trying to help in envading the law. She may be ignorant for one of her size and development. She may not know that she was violating' the Taw. In the law she is not liable of course as she is under age when the law would likely undertake to hold her responsible for a violation of the prohibition laws. Yet this child is old enough to learn the habit of violating the laws from the habits of her elders, perhaps, including the habits of her father. It is a pity indeed that they had to let the child know anything about their ugly transgressions of the law. This still was located beyond Socastee Creek from this point, and was close to Enterprise landing. In the house the officers found and confiscated a ten gallon keg full of blackberry wine. The home where this raid took place is said to be the home of Grover McCormick. Vie is married and has a wife and children. Gould Brown was said to be unmarried, but, for some time he had been living with McCormick. He admitted his violation of the prohibition laws. at until other funds are provided. The people of that community could ill afford to let the matter drapr. utner communities have made the needed improvements. The Rehobeth community must do the same or else it will he counted behind in education of the children. The trustees of the district are: Sam R. McQueen, Bruce Altman and -Stout Winborne. The trustees are fuliy aware of the need of community action in favor of a bond issue or else it will bo next to impossible to complete this work they have undertaken. When the matter is placed before .the people in the riffht liprht it is believed that they will cooperate with the school authorities in voting the bonds. As soon as the bonds are voted i the issue can be sold and as soon a ft the funds from them are available this work can be completed. ************************** Jk ;f: X Should conditions remain * J favorable for a little time J 2 longer this section will pro- i * duce and market one of the t % largest tobacco crops in the 2 * history of the county. A fair J * price for this will mean in- X S creased business and prosper- * ************************** . vm-k J? : Jm L X /'Hi. ^?