The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 28, 1922, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXVII
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COURT MAKING
RAPID STRIDES
Albert F. Woods, Special Judge
Disposes of
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MOSTLY MISDEMEANORS
Dockets Called of Laid Over
i Cases First Thing Last
, Monday
The Court of General Sessions convened
here last Monday. Albert F.
Woods, of the Marion bar, special
judge to take the place of Judge
Moore, presiding.
So far the members of the bar and
the people generally are well pleased
with the progress the court has
made. The business of the court has
pone ahead without a hitch ever since
the sessions were opened on Monday,
and a quantity of cases have been
disposed of.
Mr. Woods has presided over the
court with all of the dignity of a justice
who miirht h/ive had years of oxTlovinr?f?f?
l-T ~ U ?
, iic im* Miown reinarKanie ]
ability in the quick disposition of
cases, and in arriving at correct decisions
on knotty questions presented
in the progress of trials before him.
The court could not have been better
conducted than by him and in case of
roed hereafter the entire bar of Conway
will likely wish to see Albert
"Woods again appointed to bold the
court.
There were no cases of great public
interest coming before the court,
this time. Most of the cases were j
misdemeanors, carrying fines and not
life imprisonment or death as a penalty
in case of conviction. The cases
pending for trial were as many in
number as usual at the Horry Court.
The results as to helping up the
forces of the chain gang, before the
week is over, will doubtless be as
great as they have been at any former
term of the criminal court in the fall.
After the swearinir of witnesses
for the grand jury, the criminal docket
was called.
On Monday the following cases
were disposed of with the results as
fh^wn:
The S*ate vs Albert Singleton, seduction
wis laid over until the next
t^rm. It was alleged thnt the prosecutor
was ill and not able to attend
court.
Tho State vs James Singleton inflicted
for seduction was carried over
on account of tho illness on the part
of tho prosecutrix and no bill given
out at this term.
The State vs Hon Hickman was
continued.
The State vs W. C. Floyd. Noll
prossed.
The State vs Hell Lewis w.as ended,
the defendant having been arrested
and serving sentence.
The State vs W. Fred Jones was
noil prossed.
The State vs Jesse Strickland and
the State vs John Causev and Creddie
IIuggins, charged one sido with adultery
and on the other side with assault
and battery were both noil
prossed on terms.
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DRINKINGEVIL
ON HIGHWAYS
Battered Car and Mixed
Party of Black
and White
7t. appears that some people expect
to take the national highway as a
place to get drunk and exhibit themselves
in a drunken condition to the
disgust and aversion of the better
class of people who pass along that
way. With a ramshackle car a crowd
of toughs, and a speed maniac tanked
up to the limit, there is everything to
lose and nothing to Rain by coming
in contact with such people on the
public highway, or anywhere else.
Last Sunday, on the holy Sabbath
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J ONLY ONE BIDDER *
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* The contract for the construc*
tion of several concrete bridges *
* on the new road now being j
J built from Conway to Port Har- &
9fe relson was recently let by the Jj
* Highway Department to a lone ^
a|c bidder after advertising for bids *
* in the Columbia State. The ^
J bridges include one at Bear *
* Swamp, one at the Big Branch, J
2 near Pot BlufT, and another ,ac- *
* ross the Halfway Creek* just *
t below Toddville. It was not *
a|c understood, at first, that the *
* bridcres would oe built by con- J
* tract. ? |
* Some rock had been ordered, Jj
S and other preliminary steps X
ajc taken to secure the ripht mater- *
jjj inl. Orders were counter- t
* manded when it was learned 2
* that the contract h/id been let to t
S the only bidder who seemed to *
$ want to do this work. The J
* bridges will be similar to those *
* at Crab Tree and Brown Swamp *
* above Conway. j
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AID PROVIDED
FOR PLANTERS
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Road in Socastee Will be
Placed in Good
Condition
H. P. Little, member of the county \
board of commissioners, went to Col- :
umbia on Tuesday of last week to :
meet the State Highway Commission ?
on the matter of putting up money j
for the improvement of the public \
road from Socastee to Murrell's In- >
let. and his trip was very successful. \
The sum of tw? thousand dollars j
was set apart .and will be used with ;
the sum of two thousand dollars ap- >
propriated by the County of Horry in >
labor and work on this public road. J
The main thinp in view in carrying >,
out this project at this time is to ^
furnish work and funds for the people jj
of Socastee township to help the peopie
out in the misfortune they suffered
this year in the loss of their or >ps, es- Ji
pecially in view of the ^reat loss to ^
the food crops in that section. They j|
lost their money crops entirely. The *j
boll weevils took the cotton, if indeed jj
anv whatever was planted, while the $
\ rains and floods of the summer about rj
took the rest of the crops, including j|
the tobacco upon which the people ^
denend for their money. ?j
This condition of affairs was fully Jj
| explained in the Horry Herald, show- ^
liv.r the per centa;ce ot losses and <hr J H
names of the farmers who stood tho.
losses. Interest was shown in the jj
condition of the people from the first H
and has finally led to this raising of !j
four thousand dollars which will he >i
spent for labor on the road.
The work on the road has already s{
been tfoing- on with a small force for ^
several weoks past. The work was ^
started at Collins Creok three or four
weeks ajro, and the work is progressing
toward Socastee. Only ditching
on the road so far has been undertaken.
Now since the funds .are as- ^
sured the working force will be in- *1
creased so as to take in all of the ^
men who wish to work on the road. H
Mr. Little stated last Thursday, in an
interview with him here in Conwav, $
that the chance to work would be >|
given to just as many as iwant to ^
work. It does not matter how large ^
the force is. So far he h/is been paying
at one third of a cent per foot. ~
The work will po forward with as r
large force as applies, and will be
carried out to completion. Mr. Little
says that he thinks this money will
nut this road in prettv good condition
all the way from Socastee Creek
down to the sand hills near the creek. L
The t"*o thousand dollars appropriated
by tho county is not actually
raised, but it will be provided for by
the delegation at the next session of
the Lecrislature. In the meantime the
amount lias been borrowed on the ,(
strength of the agreement of the delegation
on the proposition and the c
money therefore is available at once. ^
The people are glad that this much I<
has been done for the aid of the la- q
boring men of Socast^e township. ^
This money being" paid out in that t
section will be of great benefit to Q
those who do not perform any labor,
for it w'll enable those who do the rj
work to draw pay and pay their (
debts with the money. ^
The work on the road will bo care- ^
fully done and will be a great im- v
provement. +
TRIESl^GGEST {
WHISKEY CASE ;
n
Defendants, Seven In Number, t
All Plead Not h
Guilty f
witnesses"ar?unwilling ?
1
Several State Witnesses How- v
ever Furnish the Facts 1
About The Matter t
t
The State vs Daniel Skipper, Bill v
Elvis, Harrison Rowell, Laura Skip- i
per, Sam Sellers, Gary Skipper. Rufu?s
Skipper, was brought to trial early 1
in the week. It was a charge of vio- r
lation of the prohibition laws.
Many witnesses were called but it n
was only a few who seemed to know
anything that was important.
H. G. Turner testified that Rufus v
Skipper turned to leave the car and d
bad something in a fruit jar that i
looked end smelled like liquor, and
Hi at he went to Sellers' house next \
door. r
He said he went to Sellers' house r
in March with V. D. Johnson, and s
went into the diningroom and saw v
about 40 gallons of sour mash, also t
saw some in a tobacco barn. At the l
lv.irn he saw a thing that looked like r
a pipe boxed in, of which he gave a
description. t
Victor Nobles said he saw "monkey i
? >> a. ~ ? r 1
rum ill tut; punnenMuu i>i i/aiuri
Skipper and Sam Sellers, and that he f
passed by Daniel Skipper's house and >
went to the door and his wife opened }
the door, and Daniel, Sam and an- }
other man not indicated were divid- r
inp: out liquor. Dudley Hucks was in t
the house with them and got his part t
of the whiskey. (
He stated that he saw whiskey on 1
Daniel Skipper, Harrison Rowell, El- }
vis and others at various times. Once
Gary Skipper showed the witness a
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*CONWAY,
S7 0 7 THURSDAY,
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I BEWARE (
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+ How can you afford tc
? man you do not know? On
I of paper bearing the name <
? signature of a man you ha
J can you give money or othei
? ing but what the drawer h
? meet the check, or even thai
? any such person as the man
? be signed to it?
No man ever does and
himself, in his own heart,
? careless of his substance. I
? it may happen, yet here a]
? time and time again.
|j It is welli known that
business men every year f:
j? into millions of dollars wh<
I country are taken into accoi
H ceed in passing spurious che<
one town, all wihin a few h
get-a-way before the checks
\ and are never caught,
jj Every merchant and bi
and day worker should ha\
banks have to follow, and th
I such checks, but will take th
I and they will not pay the <
has a perfectly safe account
to them without the forma
! mention this matter in ordei
* of the people and let them
? banks follow. In this mannei
t cattle, cotton, tobacco, hogs a
! let go every year on the strei
\ paper that are soon proven to
4 the time they can pass the
the rascal who knew he did
I driven off the stock, or shi
I even if he can be found the
with the slow processes of t
scamp who has beaten him c
5 n ' ?
Dew are 01 a cnecK. Ke?
before parting with the pi
tion. Hold on to the properl
to part with it.
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riNDALL FOUND
CLEAR BY JURY
Jefendant Manages His Own
Case in Gpurt This
Week
The Suite vs J. M. Tindaii was tried
s the first case on Monday, being* a
barge1 of larceny brought by W. G.
'age, a large farmer of Galivant's
^erry township. It was alleged that
'indall had raised tobacco on land of
V. G. -Page in the year of 1020, and
he defendant took off the tobacco and
old it.
W. G. Page said on the stand that
"indall was a share cropper for hi in
hat year, and that Tindall was to do
he work and furnish :i team and
ools, and Page the fertilizer and deide
by halves. That Tindall sold the
obacco which should have brouerht
hrnit 20 ronla ii nmiiirl* T > ?wl 11
trought him about $12.00 and carried
he crop ofT at night. There was
bout 800 pounds of tho tobacco and
/itness had told Tindall not to carry
fT any more; that they could devide
he crop at the place.
The defendant was not represented
>v any lawyer and questioned the
>tate witnesses himself.
Billie Page said that Tindall carried
fT the tobacco. He said he saw the
hare crop tobacco and offered Tin[all
20 cents for it, and he agreed he
vou\d take 25 cents. This was before
?indall carried ofT the tobacco.
MrKeiver P.age heard W. G. Page
ell Tindall not to carry off any more
obacco; that Tindall then said ho
vould carry it ofT any time and sell
t anywhere he pleased.
This endod tho Stn^o's c?<=o and tho
lefendant did not testify. There were
io arguments made on either side.
The jury returned a verdict of not
i*uilty.
vhiskey still consisting of a gasoline
Irum, etc. It was ,a mile from Danel
Skipper's house.
On cross examination he -tated he
vas a son of Isadore Nobies, and was
lineteen years of ape, and had been
jrosecuted by Harrison Rowell for
itealing a hoo. He stated that there
lad boon no proof against him. He
old about a time when Rowoll invited
lim to his room and gave him a drink
>f liquor out of a fruit jar. He said
hat these men had been to his mother's
home on one occasion but his
not.her did not want thom thoro.
George Turner said he never saw
mv liquor at Daniel Skipper's home.
While going along the r.-vid cne dn"
le decided to go to Harrison Rowell's
muse and Ilowell poured out a drink,
rhe liquor was in a chicken pen in
he yard. The witness stated that he
ind others drank several times that
lay, and that he went to Sam Sellers'
lome, and that Sellers had a quart
mottle and it was very strong. He
stated that this was in th.3 kitchen.
Charlie Turner stated that he saw
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SEPTEMBER 28, 1922
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)F CHECKS I
*
i *
) take the bank check of a *
the mere faith of a slip *
of a bank and the supposed %
ve never seen before, how jjj
r thing of value, not know- *
AS nn1}lin(y Jr? ! ?** Knnl/ <" '
?v vitAtAll Vll^ PJC4IIA
t there is any such bank, or |
whose name is supposed to *
*
JK
loses by it without calling *
a fool, for having been so
STo matter how many times *
re men who will be fools, $
the loss to merchants and ?
rom worthless checks runs *
an the losses all over this
int. Sometimes fakirs sue- *
cks to a dozen merchants in J
ours and they make their
are presented at the banks, *
*
*
isiness man, every farmer |
re the same rule that the
at is that they pay cash 011
e ifrecks only for collection,
ch^k of a man they know |
to a man who is a stranger
lit^ of identification. We
r to call it to the attention
enforce the same ruie ciiat *
c farmers may save the beef '*
md other products that they %
ngth of some little pieces of |
be worth not one cent. By
i checks through the banks,
not have the money, has
inned awnv flip
rt m
i farmer has to go through *
he law to try to punish the +
?ut of his valuable property. *
quire some other safeguard %
roperty. Require idenifica- ^
by until you know it is safe j
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LOSES BREATH
THOUGHT DEAD
Mr. McCray of Clio, S. C.,
Fainted Following
Accident
Excitement was caused at the Coilway
Drug Company last Thursday
morning* when :x man apparently lost
his breath and died. Ilis companion
had stepped out a short time before
the occurrence, and upon returning
thought that the man's last moments
in this world had been spent. The
two men were said to have come from
Clio, S. C.
Rev. W. L. Parker was nearby at
the time and he too thought th.ut the
niMTI flo'lfl Ili'nii' 1 ^ "" !
\?vnu, i/i 11^ vici ao tiuii
others got busy, however, and under
their ministrations he came to himself
and later left the store, still feeling
weak, but apparently safeiy away
from the brink.
The name of the gentleman has not
been learned. It was said that his
family name is McCrav, and further
than that his name is still unknown to
those who were with him when he
fainted away, lost his breath and was
thought by them to be dead and gone.
This man with one other had passed
through Conway on the day before
bound for the seaside. They are supposed
to have gone to the neighborhood
of Murrell's Inlet, or Myrtle
Beach and spent the night before in
that community. They were returning
from the trip through Conway
and stopped at the drug store to purchase
something and obtain treatment
for the hand of the man who had the
experience above described. This
man's hand was in a swollen condition
and he said that his Ford car had
bnrkfirod when he was cranking the
machine that morning, and iniured
his hand. It was after his hand had
been bandaged and treated with ointments
that he suddenly turned ghastly
and was apparently dead for some
little time.
Daniel Skipper have a cup full of
liquor under the hay in his barn.
When asked how a spoonful effected
him, he said he supposed he would
nave gotten drunk if he had had
enough of the liquor.
flattie Elvis said these men had
been to her house at times, and she
had never seen any whiskey. She
stated that she was related to these
people.
Dusenbury Elvis said he had never
been around these people. He also
w.'i* related *to the defendants.
Susan Elvis testified that she knew
nothing of the whiskey business .
EtTie Elvis knew nothing of any liquor,
and stated that Daniel Skipper
was her brother-in-law.
Will Spivey said he knew the parties,
and that he went to Sam Sellers'
home one night and was offered
a drink. When he left there was a
Coca Cola bottle full in his car^ He
said the liquor was not put there by
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HAUL OF WINE
MADE IN RAID
Sam Coooer and Henrv Alfnrri
Both Pay Their
Fines
Another raid on the negro wine
sellers of Conway, took place on Monday,
September 18th, when E. K.
Dusenbury, chief of Dolice, and J. A.
Holt, of the night force, went to the
homes of Sam Cooper, and Henry Alford,
and captured a total of ninetyfive
gallons of grape wine, and poured
out to lend its fragrance to the
air.
It had been reported to the officers
that sales of wine were being made at
these places. Investigation was made
and the things learned led to the
raid.
Sam Cooper was .an employee of
he town of Conway, being engaged
iii street work at the timq- of the raid.
Henry AI ford did not have any job
that he cared to tell about.
At the home of Cooper, sixty gallons
were taken, contained in a Coca
Cola barrel. This was too unhandy
to bring to headquarters so it was
turned out on the ground after breaking
in the head of the barrel. Thirtyr,ve
iraMons were poured out at the
home of Alford.
Sam Cooper lives in the house
which is the property of his wife. Alford
rents a house from Jim Lynch.)
Both of these negroes are able-bodied i
and should have been earning a
living at something else without
i i ? i ?
oreaKing tne law.
They were both tried in the town
court on Tuesday of last week and
each of thorn sentenced to pay a fine
of twenty dollars or serve thirty days
on the public works. Their illicit
business had evidently been good.
Each was able to pay the fine imposed.
The wine was in a high state of
fermentation and strong with alcohol.
HIGH SCHOOL"
HAS OPENING
The Burroughs High School began
its fall session Friday morning, September
15m, at nine o'clock. There
was an enrollment of four hundred
and one. An increase in the enrollment
is expected in the near future,
because some of the regular pupils
failed to register Friday. All of the
teachers with the exception of two
were at their posts. The two absent
ones were unavoidably detained at
their homes.
Due to the fact that the old auditorium
had been cut into class rooms,
and the new auditorium had not been
completed, there were no formal I
opening exercises of the school. There t
however, was a large number of patrons
and friends of the school present.
Although there were no opening exorcises,
the attendance indicates an
excellent school spirit in the town.
Conway has had good schools in
the past, and there is no reason why
we should not have as up-to-date
sclkools as any other town in ?outh
Carolina. The prospects are -very
bright this year. A splendid corps
of teachers has been selected. The
assignments of teachers are:
High School.
Mr. S. M. Huntley, Principal, History
and French, Conway, S. C.
Miss Virginia Betts, Greensboro, N.
C., Latin and History.
Miss Roberta Spratt, Columbia, S.
C., Science and Mathematics.
Miss Amy Wolf, Laurens, S. C.,
English and Mathematics.
Grammar School.
Seventh Grade?Mrs. G. L. Ford,
Conway, S. C.
Sixth Grade?Miss Nell J o n e s,
Nichols, S. C.
Fifth Grade?Miss Maude Dusen
bury, Conway, S. C.
Sam Sellers as far as he knew. He
was after the whiskey for a sick wife.
Bud Reynolds testified that he had
seen parties when he thought they
were drinking. He had never been
to their homes.
Gurley Jones failed to know anything
when he was put on the stand.
Curlee Nobles testified that she
knew some of the defendants, as they
had been to her house, and would
bring whiskey and would drink it
there.
Here the State rested its case.
Defense.
Pick Hughes said he lived near the
defendants and knew nothing of their
making or using whiskey. He said
that the reputation of the Noble children
is very bad.
Daniel Skipper testified that Isa
Nobles and her children worked ;\ lit
tie patch of tobacco on his place, and
that they had gotton into a fight, all
coming clear except Isa, and she was
convicted and got angry, saying she
would get the witness later. He admitted
that he had bought a little
wine, but he did not make it he declared,
but had bought it. He denied
that he kept whiskey at his home. He
admitted, however that he had been
indicted by the Grand Jury, but said
Isa Nobles had reported him.
Gary Skipper said that Victor Nobles
had shown him an oil drum that
had bee if stolen from Mclver Cook's
yard and that this was the only still
he had ever heard of around there.
NO. 23
WITNESS NOT
ABLE TO TELL
Furney Ward and Mary Baker
Cleared of Adultery
Charge
PART STRICKEN OUT
Parties Recently in Limelight
By Reason of a Whiskey
Raid at Her :House
The State vs Furney Ward and
Mary Baker was tried last Monday
in the Sessions Court before Judge
Woods and a jury. They were charged
with the crime of adultery.
These are the parties who were recently
in the paper as the result of a
whiskey raid made by rural policemen
following the disturbance of a
congregation at Poplar Church one
Sunday, the defendant Ward getting
away but later was caught in the
house of the Baker woman.
Tom Todd saw Ward at Mary Bakker's
home first time on Sunday. Tim
second time was on a Sunday. About
a month afterwards he saw Ward
leave the house. ' Mary Baker was a
widow and had several children. He
saw Ward in the house several times,
but saw nothing improper. She was
attending to her household duties. It
was a one-room house, and there were
two bedsteads in the house. Ward
had a brother who lived nearby.
Jere Cook said he knew these parties.
He saw Ward at Mary Baker's
home. The witness had seen the two
together many times along the road.
Byron Pearce saw the parties together
at her house once.
Alia Todd was sworn and said he
saw them together in the house on a
Sunday.
V. D. Johnson, rural policeman,
testified that Mary Baker had no
husband. He found F. G. Ward in
bed about two o'clock in the morning.
He has a wife ard children about a
mile from the place. Mary Baker
and her children were at Roy Sessions'
and thought thev were in bed.
It had been raining that night and
rained later again; that \vard told
witness he had been passing there
that night when it went to raining
and he went into Mary Baker's house
and went to bed.
John Chestnut was with V. D. Johnson
and found Ward in bed there at
Mary Baker's.
R. B. Nichols saw the parties together
traveling along the road just
those two i?i a buggy.
V. P. Johnson was recalled* and
said he was looking for whiskey stilli
?? m? #?? ?. 1 1* ?wl r?An nf f
1 I I <4 Cl III I IKIU r.i oLci I VII ??iil 1 (till tu
search the Mary Baker home. That
was about two or three weeks ago,
and since the finding of the indictment.
This testimony of Johnson
and Chestnut was stricken out. The
evidence was not sufficient and a verdict
was directed for the defendant.
o
The development and completion of
the Stonewall Highway will mean a
great deal for this section of South
Carolina. D. V. Richardson and D.
M. Burroughs are both Horryites who
have places on the list of officers recently
elected at Jefferson. These local
men will work hard for the success
of the association, and they will have
the help of all the business men of
Marion. Galivants Ferry, Aynor, Conway
and Myrtle Beach.
Fifth Grotto?Miss Margaret LewisP
Conway, S. C.
Fourth Grade?Miss Mary Harlee,
Conway, S. C.
Third Grade?Miss Alexia Huntley,
Conway, S. C.
Second Grade?Miss Mary Gentry,
Summerton, S. C.
Second Grade?Miss Lula Sweet,
Conway, S. C.
First Grade?Miss Alma Watson,
Latta, S. C.
First Grade?Miss Inez Stalvey,
Conway, S. C.
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* KEKPING AT IT *
% No matter what it is that we jr
* undertake in this world, close I
Hj attention and hard work will be %
* required if we are to he success- ??
Jfi ^ V
sk ful, and there will ho tmuMou Jfe
* and obstacles to ho mot and *
* ovorcome. We want and nee<l *
* good roads in this county and *
* good bridges wherever needed, $
^ We have undertaken a big job J
* in that respect and we will sue- |
* ceed only by the use of hard ?
* thinking ami hard work, and J
^ plenty of money. There is no j
^ other way to do it *
* The people recently failed to \\
^ vote the bonds for the erection
* of bridges at three points in the \ [
* county. This is a setback, but sc
J we must not be discouraged, re- jj
* membering that what cannot be , t
$ done in one way can and must * t
* l>e done in some other. ;;
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