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*onn ma!' S-?-1' O .-7 . THAT W. D. Jenerette, who msri such * manly fight and able dsfens * " in behalf of his client, H. B. KUiot * - who was triad for rauhder last weal is a native son of Horry? * J -CTHAT Senator Ellison DuRan ' Smith of Booth Carolina Is one of th f few Simon-Rure farmers in theUuii ed Statds Senate/and ranks smonj _ the first in seniority ? V i v : fs' . T ' ?' 1__ \j THAT it; would , not -be an alto father 'wild guess to predict that th Republicans may nominate Charle <5, Dawes for his old job of Vies ?-f?PrssideaL. OidJ-Hell and Maria* would be an jtfamense asssT to th party in its present predicament? ; --0 * . THAT only about three, sfcore e* Confederate Soldiers were present a the State Reunion at Rock Hill las week. But * few more years whe - jS * the last of those who-wore tfie^gre; ~ ' will hsve Answered the final rolKcall >rV-.:C * *" r ' V ; ' J , THAT Congress, in its desperate V fort to find sources of revenue t , run thd Government made s fata mistake in requiring a two ssq - *"; ? stamp on all checks, drafts or order ' .. ^ lor payment of "money? .. '5 *'' ' /*> : ~o~ - '.' ** ' THAT Solicitor Fprd was at hi . bast in: prosecuting the esse agains Elliott for the thqrder of his youm / t wife__the jtiry finding him guilty o degree hotaicfile >-o~ ' ' THAT To# Hootlr, ' a result crop proopets are indeed fine V u. jfcw&brirht faction ii '&*, Mb CarcfritfcvRepublican ok $?fttftf*t?on loat ont?*n its first akirm :.V ii' * !_) ii.^ iw ? MM v>ntc?fo vivmrenuon; am tjfr faction headed by ^Tblsfcf Joe Tolbert was recognized as the. of *dal delegates? jM'; ?." --Qr- ?tH^T the^American Legion ar planning to erect a stadium at Mjr tie 'Bench to: eccommodete ' .severs hundred people, with a view to pat * ting on hosing matches every Sat orday night ddring the section ? ?O? * * THAT Qte Ex-Soldiers of th Southern Confederacy and their wi ^ dows In thia .State, arer to -raceiy tjili iaSpir th*/remainder -of th amount due under appropriation fros ' the State, they having already re ceived 50 ghr allotment. THAT no state officers Are to b elected thir'year, thtiy all being t V ' four-year term, and -were elected twi yearn, ago: The campaign Is eon : fined to one U. S. Senator and ah Congressman?yes, and a few solicit ore? - ' " v3^'-o-' ' ' : VI THAT the 8tate Preee Aawfciatio: U hnlitM W Snnnat Uo.il-, - Mjn-tle B^.ch tfcin we,lt? , - , tHAT- WlS. 8Uol.y quote Noah Webstar as saying "much graii makks bread cheap Well.' based op .on the same theory, a 60 par cent to ; .?.W?5p cron ougfrt to command higl prices t6t the * 4e?? on warehous &S& 'niiiMtt r Wn' 9M %' : ? 1 SUUt^rii^r1 'LsattwoJi^Xomp troller Beaty and Spperintenden fiope* as wall as quite a number o r*"*. f* T* Zu Z$.?? , THAT cTerybody is tendering f are are act' to ?av* any Candidate fa Sheriff of Horry County this sbm -JmiLrJi i.1 "< *. ' "i ation Meets Toda ; NEWSPAPER MEN GATHER A MTETLE BEACH' FOR AN_-V NUA^L MEETING lt ~ The State Press Association ' , holding its annual meeting at Myi r t4 Beach today. Secretary Book* iron the frotnA .making arrangi ments for the meeting, A banqu* i wity be held dt- th# Sea Side Ifcn i , 8:00 P. M. Business meeting wi ;t follow. r 'UVitru n^c?Aci a ?i o uwncu u the program. Final session .-will b held on Friday, at which time oflfeei t will be elected and installed. g The gathering of the hewspap< ? *m*i of the State at Horry's fainovj j Strang, is a compliment to our cour ty, and ought.to prove much fh th way of advertising our communit 7 twgeneral and the seashore resort i e particular. 'Confederates Vets B To^ Receive Check ? iim ' JUDGE ,VAUGHT GETS 58.280.S t TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO t _< VETS, AND WIDOWS y Judge J< ST^a,ught, Probate Judj j ;of Horry jCounty, has received froi - $h4-:8tat%Treasurer, a check for $8 J tSO.OO to be distributed to the vete: ^ ana and veteran widows in Hoi*i ^"County. According to Judge Vaugl f there are now 15 survivors of Civ B War; that is there are only 15 me left in Horry County, of that gret <!! V. \' .? n. . - - V number \that actually bore arms ar g- served in\the Confederate army. 1 I these old veterans checks for $12 f each will be distributed. In Hon f County there are 78 widows of ve erans. To thaaeXwidows checks ft ? $80.00 prill be handejL In addition t f Widows and veterans there .si e three -widows who were the seeps f ^^of^etawnu To tha^willj ^ "These payments to the Wterac - fi*Hl *ha widows will constitute a ie< B ond and final instaTTm?irtr-for^heir_a * oltroent for 1932. The scale of pa] menta yearly as adopted by the Stat Legislature is as follows: Veteran - $240jOQ; widows, $160.00;. second w * dows, $125.00. 7 This dUhumsment- of funds 4wa # made, possible by the State Financ Committee's* negotiations' throug I and with the South Carolina?: Stat ^ Bank which maide a loan for the Stat of South Carolina from the Recoi struct ion Finance Corporation ' V - "?- T F. P. Farmers HoU| r - Speaking Contes ? - ' . Representatives of tbeAyrior, Coi wsy.and Wampw Chapters of th F. P. F. met at the Conway Gramma a school on Tuesday P. M. at 8:30 an e> hold their Qounty Contact. Til - speeches were very good and shows k a good deal of preparation , an U thought. >' * Harry Anderson, representing th Conway Chapter, won and will tOn B pete in the District Contest at Mai 1 ion. ? ' . : . u judges were Kelhey Dermai s Jeff Long, Dr. C. L. Busbee, as a K?V. C. D. B rear ley. - . ? J Ninth Avenue to Be P,vedSo?i " Ji" ' Mi '''>f y o V For ths.past several mohtfis plat hate bee# under , consideration t the paving of Ninth AveAugfVoi f Elm Street to the new hospital, s For paying, this street the toe f bm agreed^ wrpay one half of the cm on the condition that the landownei of the abutting property sobscrtt fTKe other half. .The total coat of.ti r. project will be about $1.06 per Hnec - tootf. The town's part "would he per foot, and tfte Msewment ror ear land ?*n*r 26 1-2 , : * g The street is to be finished Jjr'ttU a face treatment and will be construe s ed sccbrdtaff to standard specific* p. >: t ' &i 'A HKg^'?gl , vV .V.rv l : ins-- -: ; - ' v " ; '* 'V . * ' . ..-i . : , ?* - V - ' r " ^ ^^3 CONWAY, 9. U TBI H. B. ELLIOT i. ^ TOC .. . ?v - . .yy ^ MOTION FOR NE? is ? r- "' " . ; .-, >r Young Hon J Farmer tb Pay 9 J His 17-year-old Wtf? lt 12th Dal* for U . ...' ' v,*'.- . ' V-?.. >1 ' Last Saturday morning at 10:291 n nenry ?. jmuou stood in tne PQfon^ er'#- docket at the county court house to receive the court's sentence - against himself for the murder of his |r rfryear-old wife last April. The lft court house at this early hour was H filled with people frotn'all. parts of e the county, who had come to hear the ' conclusion of this unusual trial. The n crowded court room was tense and such a jilence - prevailed over the crowd that a pin dropping ^could^ have been heard distinctly/ as Trial1 Judge S. W. G. Shipp read the sentence that placed the finger of death 9 uPon young Elliott. Elliott, s tall, nice looking 'yohlKg man ?with- Maek0 .hair and dark brown eyes, betrayed no emotion as the death penalty was read to him. Throughout the whole trial feUiott perserved an Uausual calm and the only sign of emotion he m displayed was the biting of his fingernails shortly - before being lead ' from the court room. Elliott's fathfe / y er who was by his side constantly ^ during the trial gave way to his .j ertiotion as the sentence was read, n but was able to speak a few words %yith his son Nbefore he was taken j frbm the court room, a few minutes ,0 later.. Before the sentence was read Mr. [ W. D. Jenerette, the defendants att_ torney, made a motion before Judge Shipp for a new trial. He based his Thoticn mainly' on the fact that one of ,e the jurors, Paul G. Sarvis, was dis^ qualified, in that he was constable for the Magistrate at Socastee. ?His that the iudge -Tffwa m-ywwtfigg ; wAitfr&kYzr is sion purporting to be Elliott's to be !- carried into tha jury room, and that K the jury's verdict was not proper, r- N<n*e argument oi Mi. Jenarstle coni ? sutiied the ere star part .of an hour, s, AfteV hearing the motion Judge i- Shipp o^er ruled the motion, explain* I ,T Hk\TNE The first thing necessary to ea^s ( .that our Legislature got .< itself air J bailed up in vicious taxntjen, demort alizing deficits and bankrupt credit by accident. The trouble originated . in over-optimism and short-sighted* enthusiasm -for progress and prosper-, [v ity, It was these motives, |ust and d true, that made the margin over and M above the incitatioh of selfish officials d and placemen, sad voted as tftto over. burdening tax Mllg, and ruinous financial deals. W. - ?. , ' . .. M ' Back in (he days immediately after the war, we had" much prosperity. r_ ;We believed that the Federal Banking System which had carried us thru the greatwar would solve'for na aU b, the problema hf readjustment ef our lives gad labors to the peace of a new day. We believed tfa^ mipaey bad been freed to work on the farm as well as in the factory, in the" mine as , well as in the bank; and we acted aca cordingly. Would not our perfect 19 banking system prevent panics? Yes# said everybody* So, even when thp is farm deflation of liSO took feia mon?r ey away from the farmer and sent Bp him to doilavlass back to work on ;: credit, the rosy glow or hope was not n entirely extinguished, rt i South Carolina, as well as tts legisN? la|ure. t^en thought that jt could reorganrae itself so as to pull up from in the bottom of the iist id wealth and it education. Could not .the State suplc port' a Ten Million Dollar State ad-i h ministrative organisation, increasing cducationaT facilities and official sal t 1J a n as_ A?^(1-^ r*. linesr isouia noi sonm . wiroura t- build its people Rood roads evfcryH where? Takes we;e asMMed and .. bonds were issued. Most of dU P?o" ' ? ' ' '* ' ' ,-Z ' - " >*? > * > A;*v* ' "fk! ' * ; . ' ' / *. ">< . * '\v' . V? ' * ~ ~\ \ * c 8 . v ' > vi;, ' 5E3Eo!^b3W^50S^^^ T, JR. m IN CHAIR rfRIAL REFSUED j ,x& 'mm&mm ^ooolty for Murdar oi r Lsut April.?Aufust Electrocution " K l - *v?-*??, ijjM that the defense had a right t< que lion the juror on any subject am I tha the defense had a right to objec to 1 le juror tf they desired. He alai sai| that the names of all the magis trate constables in the county wen entered on a public record th< Clerk of Court's office and were avail able to the defense had they cared t? look up the, record of Mr. Sarvil Ju<j|te Shipp complimented Nf. Jen erOtle on the able way that he Con -ducted tne aeiense, saying also tnai he was sorry thntT^ITIiad -fallen hii duty to pron.QiUiTO? sentence upon th< dnodanU Spicitor 'Lloyd Ford arraignec ^lliitf fo?L sentence, and having ask e<l>'fclliott if he had anything to stt> why death should not be imposed anc receiving answer nothing more^thar whet had already been said, he ther delivered the indictment to Judg< Shlj^p, and Elliott heard the sentenc* pronounced opon him aa follows: - fin having1 been solemnly demanded <of you, H. B. Elliott, Jr., if yov ha) anything toisay why the sentence of'death should not . now be. pro nounced upon you, and you "having answered nothing save?what you hac af^fetime said, it is therefore con siJtred by the Court, and it is pronounced against you as the s,entene? of^Iaw__that you forthwith be carried to the place from which that y?l cagie (that is the jail of Horry County! there to be kept in close and safe cwodjr until you shall- ip due course ofliaw be carried to the City of Co IsAbia and there be*delivered over tc Jt&aupertntehdent of the State penrlflSUry;' Hi s&u^.holl. by-TtiaTHI kept in close so4 safe custody tintl the 12th day of August- next, beinf on which day jrou shell, under th< Aunervision of the seid superintendent of the penitentlary sUffer deatl by electrocution, end~lnay God hav? _:; ([Continued on back. page) RE'S DILEMNA X . :f; ; ORMANT ' \ 'v ^ ' C# pie of the State were highly pleased But taxes very soon become, bppres siye; and there was some real pait behind the loud wails even before the laHt grand crash end crumble. Tgitfhra^d bolide was the issue he fore the people two years ago; bui the persons wlm symbolized the is sues, and ,the personalities that at tracted the people made ttny correct even anyreasonably plausible, decis ion of the issue together impossible. It was widely- understood ant talked not at all-?that the net resul of the election was this:'"The peo pie are fools and will stand for any thing. v Come on it; the pickings an fine.** .1 __ . "* > ?! That In the situation before th< voters to-day. With Keith, or Her bert, or tiiver, or Williams for Gov ernor, we would have gone into th< Legislative Session of 1931 with thi problem of inflated government be fore us, just as we did. But we augfc in ell probability have-.corns out el it with the problem solved, or do thi . wsy to seWoa. Thetejientlenmi would doubtless at least, I beilen they would have held the' exempli of Governor. JByrd of Virginia ii mind. He solved just as big a prob lem as we had; and Virginia is financial condition with money 01 hand and rood credit. V*? t Our last two sessions of the Lejfis lature have predicated their big ap propriatlons on the necessity of sop porting the schools. They neglecte* the State's fire million dollar deflcf to appropriate money for the schools In IMS they rag OP and batt again# a leas of credit on account* of thi (Continued on poge~~two) . " r!'*' ' ' / . : t|' ? . _ _ . _ " > - y t > -vA" * -?k:v ' '}/ % ( V'k . ? * r~7r' , , - Memorial {Service* ^DfvENorto L WA8 SUPT OF THE METHODS SUNDAY SCHOOL FOK MYIAM On last Sunday moiling the H " ' Bible Claae of the Methodist Sua<h I School held memorial wrvicta for C '.E. Norton. A few weeks, ago tl class put on a drive that caused large increase in the Membership, commenting oh the. excellent sho> 0 ing at that .time, and on the phenon 1 'inal -growth of the class during tl * past few years, Mr H. W. Amhroi 5 expressed -the sentiment that it wou cause great joy to the heart of Dr. 1 1 Norton if he should see what a At B body of men the ciaas had grown 1 be, It was from this sentiment thi r Ahe idea of a memorial service f( Dr. Norton was brought up and d( :?.?(Continued on pace two) ; Town Council In Monthly Mee i " HEAR REPORT IN REGARDS T f PAVlNOP?J*AV^-LICEN8E 1 ORDINANCE PASSED t 1 Tuesday evening at 8:00 P. M. tY f City Council of the Town of Conwa ? held its monthly meeting in the eoui cil room at the Town Hall. The meei ing was attended by each member t the council and was presided over b ' Mayor Magrath. The license ordinance-o#^ 1931-193 ' was passed. This ordinance was th ' same as passed last year, with te} minor exceptions. Taxes due from I will be due on July 1st. . 5 Thgjcouncil heard a report from M W. oT Godwin in regards to the pa*! 1 ing of ninth avenue. Mr Gbdwii ,for the past few weeks, has be$ ' making a campaign among the lan<! $ 'owners along 9th avenue in an effqi ' to collect the individual assessment I 1 .. ... .AS - .A ? . 1 ' on the abutting property wnicn i ? tt>? x&lsmi&js * dertaken. He reported that three c 1 four of the landowners had hot y< f paid up but hoped to collect ^roi thenr within a few days. ~ In view c I this the council was unable to tak ' further si Mini toward ntarting wor on the avenue. - ' > ^ *An ordinance was introduced b a title for the purpose of giving name b to certain streets and avenue wtthi . the town that are not now name t The proposed-*ew names of thea I streets and avenues will, when adopl ed, be included in an up-to-date ma of Cpnway which ia' now &eing pit * pared by A, J. Baker. Individui copies of this map. may be had en it ' completion. ^ - o ' . ' -J: 0_ ; Tomato Shipping Begins Next Weel ?r?? t Shipping tomatoes from Horr - County should be uhde^way f ne* r "Week.*' T. C.. No*Hn?v- the packin house foreman fpr Conway, arrive - Tuesday afternoon- to. make Punt1?" tions to handle the tomatoeSieir 1 brother, who is to be in charge ?. G<) t packing house at Aynor, also reiwo - ed Tuesday afternoon. tt *s\ The tomato growers have . h*. b much experience .. and many hart ships to .overcome to produce tomi toes this season, but they now ha\ 1 tomatoes?_some about ready to pic while^others wil) be ready in'a ?hoi " " * * ' *. * < . # ?? m o - B . ' I John O. Chestnut \ : for Re-electioi * / v4 ' r . . ... B ' y :?i * J " -H* ' 1 11 > " 9 Through our columns this week af 9 pears the announcement of Sheril ? John O. Chestnut "for re-electioi - While thM paper is not sponsing HI b cause,(which applies to any oth? 9 candidate ),-jat, it is a fact that whil Sheriff Chestnut is one TiT Hie yniiui - est Sheriff in the State and wit - one of the ., .largest counties , i p^tE K State, hifrecord' for JsW Vnforc? I ment is enviable ahd to be comment t ed. And-we don't hesitate/ to con; t. memTfcts service. ?.?. Hi? can^ul and painitalcing atter ?< tion to the jlhsfl** of hii "office ai ' well known tothe public. " ' " ^ /-V W> A - - " . JL*M^ '' 0?EY ON VOIR I w*?j\' &.*$&.* \? ^SS-SSSX '' . ' >t . I T *B Marriage License f D Law In Question f iT NOT CLEAR A8.T0 WHO HAS AUTHORITY TO ISSUE [V'.**/. ?' , PERMITS .. ut Who has the authority to issuo \?||jg| ?jr marriage licensee in Horry County? r.7 This question has caused much frens- , be iod Marching "among the forgotten ?:V| a statutes, incorporated in the code of ? 7*?j It nf Smith namliM kv mnmVtAM *- of ths legal profession snd the counn ty authorities during the past few le days. There are many opinions and le the Anal answer yet in doubt. Some Id purported difficulty was experienced Ei a few days ago by certain parties ap* le plying for marriage license which to difficulty resulted in an investiga- ? at tion of the statutes which brought to >r light certain angles of the marriage - Jgafi b? law that had been^-hSretofore tin_ known to the general public. x"'* & gSfa In February 1911 a general mar riage law was passed by the South Carolina General Assembly giving to ''-frtggl i ihe Probate Judges within the atata ^ the authority to issue marriage Hcea- ---JBB ses with the exception of Horry, O Darlington and several other counties, in which excepted counties the * ' "authority was rested in the Clerk ^ ,J ,j -^| of Court. . ' ^ te In Horry County this privilege ,y was enjoyed by the Clerk of the i- Court from 1911 until 1916, at which f jW t- time a bill Was passed .by the Gst< ,.,,< *>? 'WjM >f eral Assembly which struck out-Her- ' ' ? y ry County from the .exceptions on the original hill and gave to the Probate . . $8 ;2 Judge the authority to issue marie riage licenses instead of the Clerk _JB a. Cnnrt It Various laws since 1916 atnendfhg jp^ the marriage law in reference to ' r many of the other different counties, ' re-enacted the original law, mafriiy ?Horry an exception, thereby deleflpffei*^ n |n? the authority back to th$ V*** !<? ftf Court. The Code of 1932 de^w?4; * by the Legislature to be - th? onlf > ? general statutory law of the^t*1? on >* January 12th 1982, includb* Horry -Cawty m -.w. >r as the code stands at present the tt clerk of court is vested with author* . . v n ity to issue marriage licenses. >f t- However, It appears that the Hore ry County supply bills since 1916, k whenever the mdtter lfcmentioned"at. ? v jill, indicates that the Probate Judge y haa"authority to issue licenses. F?T ' J !S instances the Horry County supply 4 n bill of 1931 provides that the Pro1* bate Jodf* of conntyhe attbfMl ' to rftain fiO per cent of the feed eol- r r, lected from each license ? issued by ' * -/ r* P "him.!'' * .*?.' . "V With this material as (rounds for . V * ^ good argument the settlement of the 9 matter will cause much debate, and much interest to be manifest pending ; //( the final decision. \ ' ' ' ' '1 ?** L"--: i 13 Conway Boys 7/ , Leave for Ft. Bragg g Last Monday morningboys from in and aroOnd CorvWay left for i- Fort Bragg, .North Carolina to at- / ia tend the Citizens Military Training * ^ Camps held each year at that place. .* ' > I These camps sre - sponsored by the ;r^ United States Government and are / erf he,d ln alt parts of the country each l,e year about this timd. All expenses " * >-lc' |. ror the trainees are paid by the govre Urnroent They are furnishd trdna-^. , Vj| k portation to and from camp, are furnrt ished with complete uniforms to ba * - J used throughout their stayTand are ~ given their' food and lodging. / All t . of the necessary equipment is prsvid-. ed and all the mondy.that is spent by * the trainee is just for his pleasure i and the purchase of incidentals., yhe trainees on arriving.at camp are givnn a strict physical esaain** ^ y. j K tion and afl that are foijind to ba ft physically unlit are' sent bach home, n After, being issued uniforms they are ; IB 'M assigned to tents which are psia r eyrtemotically .Ions' the different f e company nreeu. inese wnw am : t the tamo as used by the .regular array: ; ^ , Jg h ho Idler s while.jff*the ^ field, and are, Ga. ^fifgST^nouirh'to accommodate Ave J,.*- / ,f >- boys. The training consists of ex- ' h I- tensive drills throughout the BkOrntag pert of the day. With parades and inspections in the afternoon. After ? thT drill 4s over in {he adfcrnoo* the a boys enrage in different forms of " ltinuod on