The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 05, 1922, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
* The Watchman and Soiihron
Entered at the Postoffice at Sum
ter, S. C, as Second Class Matter.
PERSOXAIi.
Mr. Henry G. MeKagen, Jr., of
Augusta returned Friday morning,
having attended the dance Thurs
day evening.
Miss Grace Gibbs of Columbia
passed through the city Thursday
afternoon en route to PawleyV
-"-Island, where she will be a guest
> M a house party.
Messrs. Roy Colclough, G. L
Stuckey and Claude Scarborough
> of Bishopville attended the dance
Thursday.
Misses Hannah Fraser and Eu
genia Miller left Friday for Rem
herts to "spend the week end with
v Misses Fanny and Annie Murray
\McLeod.
Misses Martha and Thelma Carr
have returned from Columbia
-. where they visited their sister/
Mrs. W. D. .Shupe.
-4. *>1t. T- E- Hinson, Jr., went to
v Columbia Friday morning to attend
the trial of Mr. John W. Crocker f or
the alleged murder of Rev. John V.
Davis, a well known Columbia
minister.
The following lady visitors at
tended, the dance Thursday even
hag: Misses Louise Brown, of
Florence; Tat and Baker Haskell,
of Charleston; Lucile Dibble and
Vjj-ginia Moseley, of Orangeburg; "
*" and Annie Louise Davis, of Colum
bia, who has been a guest of Mrs.
Archie China for sometime.
Messrs. Pinkney Bradley and*
Bert DeLorme left Friday morn-'
?=ing for Sulhvan's Island.
Mrs. I. M. Richardson," of Salis
bury; X. C, is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
?R. C Richardson.
Messrs. Frances Hoi man and
"William Sanders leave Friday night
for Camp French Broad, Brevard,
AN. C.
Mr. T. P. Ward, who was on the
police force here for several years
and is now on the police force of
Florence, spent Friday in the city
on business.
Mrs. Jack Crosland of Bennetts
ville passed through the city Fri
day morning en route for Newber
> ty, where she will visit relatives.
Mr. J. J. Brennan spent Friday
.... in Columbia on business.
Mrs. Tho^aaas Wilson and Miss
^ Mary Wilson left Thursday after
noon for "Hillbourne", Ratouah,
X. T., Where they will spend the
balance of the summer.
Two members of St. Joseph's;
Academy left Friday morning for
Washington, where they will at
tend the summer course at the
* Catholic University.
Dr. Henry M. Snyder, president
of Wofford College, who is well
known In Sumter, passed through
Fthe city Friday morning on his j
way*to Bencettsville, where he will
?ttentf. the Wofford alumni meeting
and banquet of Marlboro coun
ty.
Mr: George Wilson leaves Friday :
hfternoon for Florence on business. \
v Mr. W. W. Jolley of Columbia,
was in the city Thursday on busi- J
ness. -
Mr. Henrj' Thomas, of ? the law
. ? school of Harvard University, re
* * turned Thursday aftern oon after \
spending a successful, yean
Miss Constance and Erma Bult-j
man leave Friday night for Camp
Merrie Wocde, Sapphire, N. CL,
where they will spend one month.'
Misses Mary Belle Burgess and
? May Flemming have returned from. \
Richmond, where they have en-:
joyed a visit of several days!
Miss Lou Hunaker, who has:
. been a nurse at Camp Alice for
? some time, left Thursday afternoon
for the Presbyterian Hospital,' N.s
T., where she will take post grad
uate work for three or four months.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Nance and
Miss Juanita Lawrence leave to
night for Eufaula, Ala., where they
will visit Mr. Nance's mother.
y, Miss Lucile Dibble and Mrs^
? Hubert Josey have returned to
their home in Orangeburg after a
ten days' visit to Mrs. Hugh Brown
on Hampton Ave.
Misses Jeannette White, Dorita
Mbise, Elizabeth China and Mr;.;
Harmon Morse, will motor Sunday,
in the latter's Packard, to Lau
rens and Greenville, where they
will spend two or three days.
Mr. Robert Anderson of Charles
ton, is the guest of Norton Mar
shall.
, Miss Carrie Marshall has return
ed to' the city from Jacksonville,
Fla., where she was the guest of
Miss Mildred Moore. Miss Moore
accompanied her home on a visit.
Misses Mary Caudle, Ruth Bland
ing. Amy Burgess, Susie and Ca
milla Du Rant, Susan Kirk, Cather
ine and Alice Holt Carroll and
Helen Clack left for Sullivan's Is
land Saturday morning to spend
two or three weeks.
Mr. Guy Warren will also be
"amongst those present", at Sulli
van's, having left Saturday morn
ing.
Mr. M. E. Gruber of West Palm
Beach, Fla., and Miss " Julia E.
Gruber. of Charlotte, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. W. M. Folsom.
Mrs. B. F. Fraser ieft Saturday
morning for Sullivan's. Island,
where she will spend several weeks.
Mrs. L. A. Prince and son, Louis,
left Thursday evening for Atlanta,
where they will visit Mr. Prince
for two months.
Mr. Samuel Pierson returned
Friday night from Cliarleston where
he has been visiting friends for the
past several days.
Mr. Leslie Scaffe, who has been
visiting Mr. Charlie Scaffe in Char
leston, returned Saturday morning
and was accompanied by Mr. Char
lie Scaffe. who will be his guest
for several days.
Mrs. T. H. Clarke and daughter,
May, left Friday morning for Fort
Mill, where they will visit relatives
for several days.
Mr. H. G. Ostee.n returned Friday
night, having attended the Press
Association meeting at Myrtle
Beach and having paid a visit to
his family ot Murrell's TnJet.
Miss Mary Hoi man left Friday
morning for Bamberg, where she
will be the gue?t of her cousin.
Miss HoLman.
Mr. D. M. Richardson of Atlanta
arrived Saturday morning to pay a
visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Richardson.
. Miss Xillie Folsom returned Fri
day afternoon from Columbia,
where she has been visiting friends
for several days.
Mrs. Alex Wiles of Columia ar
rived in the city Friday afternoon
with Miss Xalhe Folsom and will
spend several days with her.
Mrs. Gordon Bradley left Satur
day morning for Sullivan's Island,
where she will remain for the bal
ance of the summer.
Mrs. M. Hayes Lucius and Misses
Mary and .Virginia Walker went
to Sullivan's Island Saturday morn
ing for several days.
Mr. Frank Porter left Saturday
morning for. Laurel Park, Hender
sonyille,.N. C, to spend the balance
of the summer., *
Mr. Thomas Boyle has returned
from Pawjey's Island, where he has
been for several days.
Mrs. Alice E. Lowry of Xbtasun
ga, Ala., arrived in the city Friday
afternoon to visit friends arid rela
tives for. several xlays.
Miss Eunice Antley of Cameron,
who graduated from Winthrop Col
lege this year is visiting Mrs. W.
L. Stoudemire on N. Main street.
Mr. C. W. McGrew and son, Eu
| gehe, * left Saturday morning for
Columbia, where they will spend
? few days with Mr. McGrew's sis
ter, Mrs. J. R. Dickson.
Mr. A". J. Br?ner left Saturday
morning for-Columbia on business.
Mr. R. S. Fowler;went to Colum
bia Saturday morning on a busi
ness "trip.
Mr. Carl W..McMurray, who is1
pastor of the Presbyterian church
in SUminerton for; the summer,
passed through the city Saturday
morning en route for St. Charles,
where he will preach Sunday.
s?r The Rev. J. G. Ferguson has re
turned from Chester, where he has
been visiting relatives for some
time.
Mr. -G. . W. Dudley, Jr.," of the
|tamter Leaf Tobacco Co., has ar
-xived in the city from Danville,
,|?a-, Friday, to get the S?mter
^enomery in shape for the opening
of the tobacco season.
Hearing in Matter of A. C. L.
Trains.
Columbia, June 30.?The South
Carolina Railroad Commission to
day announced that a hearing, will
be held, in Columbia on July 5, in
regard to the proposal of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad to dis
continue trains No. 68 and 69, ope
rating between Columbia and Sum
ter. The train leaves Columbia at
S o'clock in the morning and re
turns at 9 o'clock at night.
There is strong opposition to
this proposal of the raibroad, both:
from Columbia and' Sumter inter
ests, and. also from intermediate
joints. Traveling men axe also
strongly opposed, in many cases,
to the proposed discontinuance. To
hear all protests and also the rail
road's reasons for wanting to dis
continue the trains, the commis
sion has ordered this hearing.
The commission has announced
that trains 28 and 29, on the Coast
Line, between Latta and Clio, will
be discontinued July 2, to be kept
off until September 1, when they
will either be restored or a motor
bus line substituted. The railroad
believes that travel will increase
by that time,, sufficiently to war
rant the bus line, over the rails.
trains Will run
despite str??3
Statement Made by Railway
Executives \
Chicago, June 30 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?"The trains will
continue ot run, strike or no
strike," railway executives united
in declaring tonight after the efforts
of .the United States railroad labor
board to h?lt a strike of 400,000
shopmen set for tomorrow had met
with apparent failure.
Neither the maintenance of way
employees, who also have been
taking a strike vote, but who have
decided not to walk out. tomorrow,
nor the shop crafts mechanics "who
are scheduled to throw down their
tools at 10 o'clock tomorrow, hav
ing anything to do with the actual
operation of the trains, the railway
managers explained.
That work, it was explained, is
carried out by the "big four"
brotherhoods, whose international
presidents issued orders yesterday
that their members should continue
to carry out their ufcual duties, ir
respective of any strike action on
the part of the other unions. The
maintenance of way men comprise
the track repair gangs and other
semi-skilled labor. The shop crafts
workers, who are more vital to the
efficient, operation of a road, make
repairs on rolling stock.
Railway managers said, however,
that their present equipment would
j be adequate for several months
and that emergency repairs might
; be made in outside shops. They es
| timated that it would be at least
j three months before a walkout of
I shop crafts employees would se
| riously impair the efficiency of
I either passenger or freight trans
i portation.
"The traveling public and the
j shippers will not know there is a
I strike except by reading about it
in the newspapers," dechired one
executive.
Another railway head pointed to
[the ease of the Western Maryland,
j where he said th^ shop men had
I struck three months ago but that
j road was still in operation,
j "Fou can overhaul your fishing
tackle and make sure that your fa
i vprite muskie' line has no fray
! ed spots just as if there were no
j rail crisis" was the assurance given
I by one railway executive to vaca
? tionists.
i Meanwhile, railroad ticket offices
J reported no drop in the demand
; for Pullman and rail accommoda
| tions for the Fourth of July holi
; day. Officials of the boat lines
[ told a similar story.
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I Official says 85 per cent of us
jean drive autos. But he doesn't
? say "With one hand."
Fargo, X. D., June 30.?The de
j feat of Senator McCumber ; by
j Former Governor Frazier for the
'Republican Senatorial Xomination
iwas indicated by returns available
j at. noon.
Charleston, W. Va., June 30.?
Two companies of National Guard
were sent to. Cabin Creek in the
Paint Creek district early today, to
break up ' the incipient march
against the mines on Cabin Creek
which have been operated on an
open shop basis.
London, June 30.?A Dublin dis
patch .to the Central Xews says
Four Courts building is held by in
surgents under Rory O'Connor and
has been completely occupied by
free state troops.
Chicago. June 30.?A silk cape
and a vanity case said to belong to
to Miss Phoebe Allen, of Roanoke,
Va., who according to letters, ex
pected to marry a Xew York phy
sician, was found on the Lincoln
Park bridge. The lagoon was
dragged without avail.
. r-?? ..
Dublin, June 30.?The surrender
Of Irish insurgents, numbering a
hundred and thirty men, who had
been holding the Four Courts'
building, has been officially an
nounced. The London Press As
sociation correspondent, says Rory
O'Connor, their commander was
taken prisoner.
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Chicago, June 30.?The eyes bf
the nation are centered today on
the railroad labor bo?xd ?s the only
visible agency to avert a nation
wide strike shopmen were author
ized to begin tomorrow morning.
Even as reports arrive that shop
men have quit their jobs, an inti
mation to settle the ruling in or
ders countermanding the strike
call were heard.
Xome. Alaska, June 30.?Capt.
Raold Amundsen, Xorwegian ex
plorer, sailed from here yesterday
on the first lap of his trip on which
he hopes to cross the north pole in
an airplane. He sailed for Point
Barrow where he hopes to take off
jon his aerial flight.
Xorristowh, Pa., June 30.?Rob
|ert W. "Tiny" Maxwell, former ail
Ajmerican guard, weight thrower,
Isforts writer and one of the best
' known football officials in the east,
died at a iiospital today as a result
of injuries received in an automo
bile crash Sunday. He was sports
editor on the Philadelphia Evening
Public Ledger.
_ j
Philadelphia. June 30. ? One j
person believed killed, and two i
runners of the Textile Xational !
Bank and a policeman were slight- I
ly wounded in a pistol jfight today j
?in which eight men tried to holdj
up the runners in the northwes
tern part of the city.
1 Washington, June 30. -? Dis
patches to the State Deparmtent
'today from Consul Shaw at Tam
| pico, indicated that the employees
of the British owned Lacorona Oil
company including a half dozen,
Americans were held yesterday for
ransom by outlaws, had been re
leased. The message didn't give
any details.
?
j Dayton, July 1.?An eight mil
I lion dollar consolidation of manu
j facturers of automobiles and truck
j parts, with factories in seven states
! has been completed here under the
I name of Associated Motor Indus
I tries. Will L Ohmer, of Dayton i3
chairman 6f the board.
Atlanta. July 1.?Every one of
approximately two thousand mem
bers of the shop craft unions in
Atlanta, answered the strike call,
union leaders said.
Augusta, July 1.?Approximately
a thousand men walked out at the
four railroad shops here.
Jesup, Ga., July 1.?Two negroes,
James Harvey and Joe Jordan, con
victed of criminal assault, and re
spited yesterday by the governor,
were taken from a deputy near
Lane's Bridge, Liberty county, and
lynched, according to advices to
Sheriff Rogers, of Wayne county,,
today. The men were en route to
Savannah for safe keeping.
Anderson, June 30.?Gen. M. L.
jBonham has been appointed spe
jcial judge for the term of court at
j Walhalla next week by Governor
Harvey. General Bonham will take
j the place of Judge George E.
j Prince, who is not able to assume^
i his duties.
. Washington. July 1.?President
Harding in convening the confer
ence of bituminous and anthracite
i coal operators and miners officials
at the White House today to de
vise means for hte negotiating of
a settlement of the strike, advised
both parties to arrive, with meas
urable promptness, at an under
standing "for your mutual good
' and the country's common good."
Lower Freight Rate
' Washington, June 30.?Freight
'rates throughout the United States
ion practically all commodities will
(be reduced tomorrow by 10 per
! cent, when the carriers of the
! country put into effect the decision
I rendered last month by the inter
state commerce commission in the
general rate case.
New schedules incorporating re
ductions have been completed in
the week since the decision was
handed down in every territory, ac
cording t<? the commission's
records, though a series of orders
abrogaiinp; rules and regulations
concerning publication of new
rates and like details were neces
sary to prevent delays in some in
stances.
IS IN BRIEF I
AFTER CREDITS
ON SHORT TERMS
Smith Wants Amendment to
Federal Reserve Act
. Washington, June 30.?Amend
ment -of the Federal Reserve Act
so as to authorize the Federal Re
serve banks to make. advances to
agricultural and livestock associa
tions in the same way in which
such advances are now made by
the War Finance Corporation will
be recommended by the joint com
mittee of congress, which was ap
pointed some time ago to take testi
mony throughout the country as:to
the necessity of short-term rural
credits.
Senator Smith, of South Caro
lina, who is a member of the com
mittee, will write that portion of
the forthcoming report which will
deal with the proposed transfer to
the Federal Reserve System of the
agricultural functions of the War
Finance Corporation. The corpor
ation is being kept in existence
temporarily by congress pending
the adoption of permanent legisla
tion to meet the needs which the
.corporation serves.
The full report of the joint Com
mittee on rural short-termed
credits, will be . made by its chairr
man, Representative Haugen, of
Iowa, but at a meeting -of the
committee in Senator Smith's of
fice, Mr. Haugen asked the sena
tor to draft the. section relating to
the Federal Reserve act. It is con
sidered very likely that congress
will in due time take action along:
the line which the committee \rill
recbmmehd. Managing Director
Meyer, of the War Finance Cor
poration, is in accord with the idea,
*?nd h?s so expressed himself in his
official reports.
MEETING OP
BLIND ENDS AT
ANDERSON
More and Better Equipment
Needed in Columbia, Mrs/
Mack Says?Concert Given
Anderson, June 30??The Asso
ciation Of the Blind of South Caro
lina, which has been in session
here for three days, had a double
session this morning and completed
all business before the organiza
tion. The Rev. H. A. McCullough,
D. p., of Columbia advocated mak
ing ? permanent home, arid voca
tional school in Columbia and this
brought about much . discussion
about just what the fiber work
meant to this institution and what
it should mean in the future. It
was finally decided that it should
be a workshop that would give a
job to all blind applicants that pos
sibly could be taken, both for
training and for support..
A plea for larger and better quar
ters was made by the secretary.
Mrs. Ellen Beach Mack, who stated
that nothing much could be done
I beyond what they were now doing
unless some help was given in the
way of better and more sanitary
buildings and equipment. It was
stated that the mattress depart
ment could supply work for about
a hundred and remunerative work,
if the equipment "was sufficient, but
Utt present the cramped quarters
could not allow more than three to
work at one time.
"The Sensitiveness of the Blind"
was spoken of by 'Dr. P. P. Bla
lock. He took the position that
with proper work and effort to be
self-supporting that the blind need
not, and would hot be surpersensi
tive?and there was certainly no
occasion for them to be.
The convention reached its end
tonight with the concert in the
college auditorium, every person
participating on the program being
blind, with the exception of Pro
fessor Walker, who demonstrated
the methods of Cedar .Spring in
stitute.
The chamber of commerce gave
the delegates an automobile ride
over the city this afternoon. They
will leave for their homes Satur
day morning.
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Ford may want to take over our
government because it is losing
money.
They are looking for the 12
greatest women. Don't leave out
the one who makes her own hats.
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Taft is visiting England without
lecturing. Britishers headed for
America, please note.
All the world is a stage, and
everybody wants to be a star.
?-? mm -
Wish we could train the moths to
eat the same holes every year.
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
Or^WHAT PEAOTIPOL
OH,i JOST/
lOVE gQSE6?
m
PLANTED THEM- H
SO HARD 1*4 "THE C
SPRING -SOMETIME
BEFORE HE'D Q?IT
THATTKEYDIDSOV
HIS ACCO?KT -
HOME DEMONSTRATION
DEPARTMENT
MISS CARO TRULUck,
County Agent.
Miss Caro Truluck, Home Dem
onstration Agent has completed the
program of instruction and pleasure
for the annual short course u?: the
Sumter County Gjris' Horn? Dem
onstration clubs which vvill.be in
the shape of a two-day encamp
ment feature at. Bethel school in
Privateer township on July 14th
and 15th. ' Between fifty and sev
enty-five young women between 12
and sixteen years of age will put
in two days and nights of .pleasure
" as well as intensive work .in domes
tic science instruction under Miss
Truluck's direction in which she
will be assisted by three lady ex
perts of the State Home Demon
stration department of Winthrop
College, and several local ladies as
follows: From Winthrop College:
? Mrs. Francis T. Kline, State Mar
keting Specialist; Miss Juanlta\
; Xeely, poultry specialist; Mrs. Har- j
riet Johnson, state agent in charge j
of girls' work.
The following local ladies will as
sist: Mrs. L. E. Leaveil, Mrs. Jas.
Pagan, Mrs. E. J. Kar rick, Mrs.
William Haynsworth, Miss Annie
Laura Booth, Miss Antonio Pitts.
Dr. Sophia Branson will make a
health talk. Governor Harvey has
? been invited to address the clubs,
? and there will be ? wholesome pro
the pleasure and comfort of our
in camp style to mix in with the
work of the short course.
?s is customary during every an
\ hual short course of the Sumter
county club girls the business es
tablishments of Sumter reserve the
right and the pleasure of doing
something which will show how
much they think of the daughters
of their friends and customers of
the rural districts of our county.
Miss Truluck being requested to
state what the business men of
Sumter could do to contribute to
gr?m ?f recreation and amusement
young lady friends has appointed
Secretary E. i. Reardon as superin
tendent of transportation to secure
several large a?to trucks to trans
port the girls from the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce where they
will assemble the afternoon of July
13th at 6 O'clock, to Bethel school,
and to bring the girls ^back to
Sumter the .evening of July 15 th.
Mr. Reardon has also agreed to
secure sufficient ice cream, cakes,"
ice, lemons and sugar, and to get
some one to lend a phonograph and
a number of records. DeLorme's
Pharmacy has already contributed
two#gallons of delicious ice cream,
arid others will be in line with the
necessary refreshment and trans
portation ingredients and facilities
to make the girls know that Sumter
is with them during their 1922
short course and encampment.
Those who. will provide trucks
are requested to notify Secretary
Reardon at once. The annual short
course is looked foravard to with
great pleasure every summer, and
an unusual number are expected
to attend the 1922 course. Bethel
school is ideally located in a
splendid section and among the
most hospitable families of our
county, and who will do their part
to make the visiting young women
have a good time. H
COTTON MARKET
MEW YORK COTTON. . .,
Yestdys
h , ? Open Hfeb Low Close filo**
iuu_20.91 21.06 20.84 21.02 21.05
March_20.83 2.92 20.80 20.91 20.95
May .. - - 20.72 20.75
July_21.42 21.55 2.1.38 21.52 21.55
Oct._21.40 21.53 21.32 21.48 21.52
D?c._21.18 2.1.32 21.13 21.28 21.30
Spots 5 off, 22.03.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
Yestdyi
Open fifth Low Close Clow*
lan-. - ...20.48 20.50 20.42 20.50 20.58
March - . 20.19 29.35 20.16 20.30 20.33
inly _ _ ?21.34 21.34 21.29 21.29 21.42
Oet_20.98 21J95 2QJB7 20.99 21.05
Dec... _ ,20.65 J2flJA .20..56 ?0.66 20.74 <
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Buffalo Man Named
Cook Heads Disabled Vet
erans' Association
. San Francisco, June ?. 3.?C. H.
Hamilton Cook of Buffalo, X. Y.,
was unanimously elected national
commander of the Disabled Ameri
can Veterans of the World War at
the annual convention of the or
ganization here today. Previously
Cook had nominated Judge Robert
S. Marx of Cincinnati, the out
going comamnder for the post, but
Judge Marx refused to run again.
Minneapolis was unanimously
chosen as the next convention city,
Providence. R. I., the only other re
maining contestant, withdrew be
fore the question was submitted to
a vote.
? ? ?
It must be great to be so rich
your relatives write to you. '
? ? ? . "
In the summer a young man's
fancy nightly turns to loss of sleep, j
ES/TOM
IE Worked
SAttDErlTWS.J
/EIL ON
MfcS. BLACfc i WANT
TAKCT14ES& mi
YOU LOVE ROSES
In The Land of Garnet Waters.
! Who gave the county the soubri
quet of "The Independent Republic
j of Horry" we do not, know but the
explanation of it is obvious, because
Horry has had a unique relation to
the other counties of South Caro
lina. In the memory of middle
aged men two days were required
for a member of the legislature to
come from Conway (then "C?nway
boro") to Columbia. No railroad
penetrated the county. Conway
boro was a hamlet, having a court
house, two or three store* and a
blacksmith shop.
It was never a plantation county
and, lying on the Atlantic coast,
with rice planting counties to the
south and north having great ne
gro populations and a minority of
whites, Horry was always a county
of. overwhelming- white population
?the negroes being proportionate
ly about as numerous as they are
in the two northwestern mountain
counties, Oconee and Pickens. A
long time the turpentine and tim
ber industries were its principal
source of wealth and that stage had
-to be .: passed through (though
there is still m?ch fine, timber in
H?rry) before agriculture began to
be of first importance. One thought
of Horry arid boxed pine trees and
saw mills, taking- for granted that
the land was poor, because one
knew nothing about it. It was
never a great cotton county, so,
when the boll weevil, reached the
w?teis of Little Pee Dee, they
found a land that they could not
devastate. They found tobacco,
corn, more sheep and goats and
! cattle than most counties have,
much forage, truck and fruits ]and
thousands of small farmers liv
ing at home, men who in. the last
two decades had . made immense
progress in Converting what had
been thought of as a wilderness
into a region that^ had... in very
truth inuch of, that independence
j which long before some wag of a
j politician had ascribed to it in jest.
j At the beautiful luncheon given
to the press association by the
chamber of. commerce of C^onway
last Wednesday the mayor, Mr.
Magrath, said, "In the last two
years not one business failure has
[occurred in Conway!" Where is
! another southern town, with banks,
supply . merchants, many retail
stores and shops, two hotels, saw
mills -and wood working factories,
having a farming country as the
principal support of its business,
with such a record? Newspaper
men "took notice" when that sur
prising statement was heard and
they heard little in Conway. or in
Horry of "hard times" and no com
plaining of any kind. The masses
of the people are not rolling in
wealth but, in Horry, there is little
insolvency, little foreclosure of
mortgages, and tone is hopeful and
there is no brooding over "defla
tion." Between Gallivant's Fer
ry, by way of Conway, and Myrtle
Beach, one observed scarcely half
a dozen fields of cotton and they
i were small, the distance being 25 or
! 30 miles.
Galiyants "Ferry" no. longer ex
ists. The approach from the Marion
comity side to the Lottie Pee Dee is
over a new road built high on an
embankment through the swamp
and over a series of bridges to the
new bridge, beyond which, at a lit
tle distance, is the country house
of George Holliday. If in South
Carolina is another country estate
that rivals it in beauty of setting
we have not seen it. As one looks
from the "bridge on the noble river
with its clear, garnet waters, for
ested to the marge, and the man
sion in the pines comes into view,
one's imagination is not strained to
picture %he scene as the "home of
a princess.
The puzzle in writing of the
meeting of the press association in
Horry. at Myrtle Beach, is to find a
stopping place. The association has
often, always indeed, received
graceful and generous hospitalities
but not before, so far as we re
member, has it had a "county wel
come." The Conway folk were the
entertainers but all of Horry was,
apparently, expectant of the guests
and joining in the heartiness of the
reception of them.
One suspecting that not many
Souht Carolinians outside of the
Pee Dee district, know much of
Myrtle Beach. The Pee Dee knows
it?Florence. Marion, Darlington,
Hartsville, Bennettsville and Dil
lon as well as Conway frequent
it and are enjoying it. It is no
raw, rough campifig spot, with' a
few shanties, by the ocean's side.
There are 45 cottages, new, well
built and attractive, facing the
strand, a commodious club house
with all the modern appointments,
and a hotel with a pavilion and an
annex with dressing rooms and the
usual conveniences for bathers.
Other cottages are being erected.
Abundant water from many flowing
artesian wells 400 feet deep sup
plies the domestic wants of the
summer residents. From the
Myrtle Beach Farms (the Myrtle
Beach Farms Company owns the
hotel and is the developer of the
property) vegetables, poultry and
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other foodstuffs are brought each
day and offered for sale and the
railroad, of course, affords com
munication with Conway (whence
it runs to Chadbourn and connects
with the Atlantic Coast- Line), so
that ice and all comforts may be
had. Besides, one may. motor to
Conway in 50 minutes.
i As for the beach and the surf,
they have no special distinction?
beaches and surf bear a family re
semblance?and at Folly Island, the
Isle of Palms and Tybee one may
bathe, if one choose, with equal
thrills, but Myrtle Beach has this
advantage, which , we think is. im
portant: It is not a beach sur
rounded by marsh. . The cultivated
farms and the woodlands extend to
a point within half a mile of the
waves. The advantage possibly is
not material but it gives one a
pleasant sensation?the far fetch
ing marshes are not refreshing to
the eye of the inlander.
From Columbia to Myrtle Beach
is about 158 miles by motor and
the road is everywhere passable
and, generally, good. In a year or
two it will be fine. At present,
while .the bridge is .under, construc
tion near Mars Bluff, the Gr^eat
Pee Dee is crossed by ferry. The
trip should be made easily in eight
hours.
I An improved highway paralleling
the. coast would be of great benefit
to Horry and all that section of the
state. From Conway to Charleston
' is 100 miles but, until bridges shall
be constructed and the roads im
proved, the trip is, in hours, longer
than- to Columbia. Much as that
condition may be favorable to Co
lumbia the justice of the-.contention
one hears in Horry that communi
cation with Charleston should be
facilitated' is not to be disputed.
One could say much more-^ .of
the goodness of; the people of Ma
rio** as well as of Conway.. Some
June -day. some one who can write
will wander into Marion and, seat
ing himself on a bench under the
scuppernong vine, in the Marion
square and. near the. Confederate
monument describe as it deserves
the vine-covered library and its
surroundings. It will make him
famous. One wishes that the au
thor of "Main Street" might see
the public square of Marion.. He
would forget "Gopher Prairie" and
know at a glance that, in the Unit
ed States, in a little town, there
dwells the sense .of loveliness. We
believe that H. L. Meckep, if the
could see Marion, would apolo
gize to the south. <
3Iarriage License.
Colored: Simon Johnson and
Jack Mack of Mavesville.
After a miners' strike and a rail
road strike there won't be many
fish in the streams next fall.
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There is no longer any romance
in smuggling. In the old days there
was .risk enough to make it a
Sporting' proposition.
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FORM
Charged With Killing First
Wffe apd Husband of Pres
ent Wife
:j Washington,- Ga,, July ;l.-r^X>r. J.
JG-. Saggus, of Harlem, .(&s_wsg 'gn
'?< the docket f?r ,a preliminary hear
ing today on the \charge growing
[out of the death of his first,s^K,
! Mary Walker Saggus and Charles
j Will Banks, the' first husband, of
his present wife. ...
? Saggus was freed of the charg^
by Magistrate Smith, who also over
ruled-- a motion by the State for ^
new hearing. ^ ^
m?smM) ''
men active
Bomey Horsewhipped and is
Valdosta, Ga., June 2?.?^N;
Romey,' horsewhipped yeetei
a party of men g;lrbed in
of white robes and hoods, srt?j
able' to 'appear at* his place of
business today. He says he was
cautioned that he "most stop
drinking whiskey, stop selling II4?
uror and never again to* address a
white lady." .
Officers say" that he reoei??y
completed a year's sentence on this
chain-sang for violating the. ^rof
hibition law. An alleged . insult to
a ;woman who entered ? hS? &&te;^&
said to have prompted" th?
pihg.' ? ' v"
Card From tfc.2 M?sic
. The members of the Af^rnoon
Music dub are jgratified over^^T.
success of their . first common*^"
"Sing" and: orchestra: oonctert.
hope to have even be^e>.att?uda^?^
next Friday, and we invite tte jj>e
cupants of cars, to get out and J?0
in .the singing- ' ' ? .*
We will endeavor to ma^iajfr
program more and more iateixs^-.
ing and varied. On amount of/SOJg?
expense connected '
ly concerts,. moving, of the 3
j and purchasing song book?
sic .for the orchestra, the
Club reserves the. privflege -j?*
ing ice cream and- soft
the public during the concert i
Friday evening.
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Tale gave 14 honorary.. djfegrtfcs.
this year. Our thernrometer is
ing much better than that- ; ?
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Every man's l?f* could be k lot
worse. Suppose you were & train
caller in China or Russia?
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If y?? don't givee^he dbg wn&ai
these hot days,ffijlfeay; get mad.
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