The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 12, 1922, Image 1
VOLUME XXXVII
CASE ROSTER
I IS LONG ONE
Court Held by Columbia At- !
torney In Place of
Judge - Moore
I BEGINS OCTOBER 3
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Lawyers of Oonway Meet and '
I Arrange Long List of
rioi1?An
IwwuOCD
The Conway bar held a meeting
last week and went over the dockets
of the Court of Common Pleas, arranging
a roster of the cases to be
tried by the approaching term of the
court convening on Monday, October
23rd, 1922.
As The Herald is informed this
term of the court would have been
held by Judge Moore had he lived. He
was among the most, distinguished of
the circuit judges of this State, and
he died several months ago, to the regret
of all the members of the profession
who knew him.
The death of Judge Moore made it
necessary to appoint a special judge
to take his place in the holding of the
fall terms of the Courts of General
Sessions and Common Pleas. The
'criminal term came ofT recently and
I A. P. Woods, of the Marion bar, was
assigned to hold that term. This
term of the Court of Common Pleas
j "will be held by W. C. McLain, of Columbia.
Mr. McLain is well known as
a lawyer of ability and general pracI
tice. He will no doubt make an imI
pression on the attorneys of the ConI
way har, and also upon attorneys of
I Marion, who will be here engaged in
I the trial of a number of important
I cases.
I This list for trial contains nearly
I fifty of the cases now pending on the
docket. There are three times that
many on the docket. The Herald mentions
this fact in order to inform the
public of the condition of affairs in
regard to the prompt trial of cases at
Conway. The dockets are badly congested.
There will not be any change
until more courts are provided for
the disposition of trials.
The county court which will be
voted on in the general election would
afford the needed relief. If the people
do not vote the county court in,
then it will be necessary to provide
lomrer terms- of the Court of Comcom
Pleas, else provide for extra
terms of Hvit court so that the cases
may be tried and disposed of.
The list of causes for trial beginning
on October 23rd, follows:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1022
No. 1. C. Stanley Barnhill vs.
Kinma C. Barnhill; E. S: C- l?;ikcvH
for plaintiff; H. H. Woodward for
defendant.
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No. f>. Boyd Ford vs. II. F.
H "Williams; Scarborouh and Page for
l^laintiff; Harrelson & Harrelson
and H. H. Woodward for defendant.
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No. f>. Roscoe Thompson vs. W.
P. Smith; L. AT. Gasque for plainH
tiff; Hoyt McMillan for defendant.
. ?4?
H "Mm 7 J M Hmvlu/iVL' ue Trovlpr
Lumber Co.; M. C. Woods and H. H
Woodward for plaintiff; R. B. Scarborough,
Cordie Page and W. F
Stackhouse for defendant.
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No. 9. Jno. M. Butler vs. W. S.
Cox, et al.; H. H. Woodward for
plaintiff; Cordie Page for defendant.
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No. 10. Campbell and Reid vs.
A. P. Johnson; H. H. Woodward for
plaintiff; Cordie Page for defendant.
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No. 15. W. D. Bethea vs. J. A.
I^ewis, sheriff; M. A. Wright, Gibson
& Muller, Sherwood & McMillan
for Plaintiff; H. H. Woodward for
Defendant.
No. 16. Cannon-Hickman Co. vs.
G. W. Graham; H. H. Woodward for
> plaintiff; L. B. Singleton for defendant.
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No. 17. Rufus M. Dyson vs. E.
M. Graham; H. H. Woodward and
Henry Buck for plaintiff; Sherwood
& McMillan for defendant.
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5 RRV Aifiu nnv cppi i " i
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% The long dry period was jl
j? broken some days ago when f
J showers began to fall. The ij
J showers continued from day to J
5 day and were heaviest last Mon*.
day night. The dryness of Hor- Ji
% ry County was thoroughly brok- ^
5 en so far as could be learned as J
to the extent of the rain fall. f
From every part of Horry
I County came reports of great !
success in gathering hay and J"
; grain during the dry period. %
][ Some planters finished gather- %
ing, with the exception of sweet
I potatoes, before the rains comJ"
wenced. I"
I The dryness lasted until road ?
Ji beds in every direction had a
^ thick covering of the finest ' ?
i JI dust.
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BLACKS CURSE
AT WHITE MAN
Brings on Cutting Affray at
Oak Grove Negro
Church
A cutting affray between whites
and blacks, over in the section of
Conway township, lying between
Hickory Grove church and the Price
estate, took place on Friday evening
of court week.
Drew Graham, a son of Boss Graham,
near Reaves Ferry, with two or
three companions drove up to Oak
Grove church, a negro house of worship
where negroes congregate in
large numbers while their religious
services are going on, as they were
at this time.
The object of the visit to the church
was only to look on at the services
and see the shouting negroes which
it is said was taking place in connection
with the protracted meetiir;^.
While the car was stund'.nrc near
the church, a negro by the name of
"Big-Eye Woodard," cursed Drew
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vji caiitiiu, ur cursea at someoociy, arc!
when the white man asked him who
he had intended the remarks for, he
replied that he had intended it for
him or for anybody who heard it, etc.
This, it appears started the racket. In
the course of the conflict the negro
was badly cut about the mouth, a
knife blade having caught in the corner
of the mouth and slit that member
almost to the ear.
The car was being1 driven bv Proctor,
a cousin of Drew Graham. A*
soon as this cutting had taken place
in the encounter between Woodard
and Drew Graham, other negroes
gathered up and intended to mob the
party of white men. Drew Graham
got back into the car and Proctor
Graham tried to run it o.it of Ihe
yard. A crowd of negroes took
hold of the car and stuck the ends
of poles or sticks between the spokes,
and laid logs ahead of the car. As
the car was about to be started the
negroes holding it held it back.
Then the driver threw the car into
reverse and went hack - over several
blacks, bumped over the logs that
had been placed in the way and thus
got away.
During the time while the car was
being extricated from the obstacles
placed in the way of it, one of the
negroes slipped up to the car and
struck Drew Graham a terrible blow
on the side ,of the face. It did not
break any bones, but Graham had a
bad looking eye for several days.
On Saturday a crowd of these negroes
rttended at the office of Magistrate
Chestnut and took out warrants
for the white men. Bond was 'arranger!
for their appearance at the
court .
If the white boys went to this
church for any reason except a peaceful
one, the fact has not yet appear
ed. In some sections of the county
it is usual for the whites to attend
the negro protracted meetings of the
blacks. They go, of course in small
numbers, to hear the singing which
is usually very interesting and sometimes
to look on at the antics of those
who shout while they sing.
It would appear that some of the
negroes objected to the presence of
the whites at the meeting and the
profane language in reference to
them and this brought on the difficulty.
No. 22 R. W. Smith vs. W. Boyd
Jones; Sherwood & McMillan for
plaintiff; H. H. Woodward for defendant.
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No. 24. L. L. Johnson vs. Waterman
Cook; M. A. Wright and R. i>.
Scarborough for plaintiff; Sherwoo
& McMillan for defendant.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1922
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No. 26. H. Barnes vs. C. M.
TJYinvrkC* It! S r Rfilrnv anrl W IT
Stackhouse for plaintiff; R. B. Scarborough
and Sherwood & McMillan
for defendant.
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No. 27. E. H. Hardwick vs. H. C.
Trexler, et al.; M. C. Woods and H
H. Woodward for plaintiff; R. B.
Scarborough, Cordie Page and W. F.
Stackhouse for defendant.
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No. 28. T. M. Hardwick vs. Trexler
Lumber Co.; M. C. Woods and H.
H. Woodward for plaintiff; R. B.
Scarborugh, Cordie Page and W. F.
Stackhouse for defendent.
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No. 29. J. B. Hardwick vs. Trexler
Lumber Co.; M. C. ;Woods and H
H. Woodward for plaintiff; R. 13.
Scarborough, Cordie Page and W. F.
Stackhouse for defendant.
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No. 30 O. B. Hardwick vs. Trexler
Lumber Co.; M. C. Woods and H.
m. woodward for piaintm; K. 15
Scarborough, Cordie Page and W. F.
Stackhouse for defendant.
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No. 31 Farmers and Merchants
Bank vs. J. T. Mills; W. F. Stackhouse
for plaintiff; Sherwood & McMillan
for defendant.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1922
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No. 33. E. L. Mace vs. Cordie
Barnhill, administrator; W. F.
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... .Advertising is an in>
in the same proportion to its
harvest. And it is just as [
% sider publicity as an expense
to hesitate over purchasing* i
J that he could profitably inc
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FARMER LOSES I
WORK ANIMAL
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When Marion Dusenbury, a young
farmer of Bucks township, went to his
j stalls last Thursday morning, he
| found his mule and buggy gone. The
animal together with the buggy and
j harness had been t.aken out of the
' stall some time in the night and
driven away.
He could find no clue to the criminal.
Under the laws of \this State
there is a severe pepalty for stealing
livestock, also a severe penalty is provided
for the taking of a horse or
mule out of the stall and driving it
off without the owner's consent.
Dusenbury applied to the authorities.
He enlisted the aid of the county
sheriff.
Later in the day there was a tele,
phone message from Homewood to
the effect that a mule hitched to a
buggy had been found wandering
about in a field near that place.
This proved to be the lost property.
J Before leaving the mule the thief had
removed a part of the gear.
It is believed that the criminal took
the mule and buggy and drove it off
in order to reach the train at Homewood,
instead of taking the train at
the depot at Conway. That it was
done by some man who was running
away from some other crime seems
without any doubt.
Investigation will be made to find
out if some crime was not committed
in Bucks township during the night
of last Wednesday, or possibly in the
daytime of that day.
rondinH TARR
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IS CONTINUED
The matter of the bond of Mrs.
Mar.v A. Lewis Webb, guardian of the
six minor children of W. R. Lewis,
was continued last court, on the motion
of L. M. Gasque, one of the attorneys
for Mrs. Webb.
The pending- matter is a petition
filed by the National Surety Company
asking to be relieved from the bond.
A summons was served on Mrs.
Webb from the Probate Court requiring
her to furnish another surety
for the bond.
The solicitor was busy in holding
the Courts of General Sessions in the
various counties of the district and
the healing has been postponed until
after he gets through with the circuit
criminal business.
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Stackhouse for plaintiff; Sherwood
& McMillan for defendants.
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No. 35. G. J. Holliday vs. S. J.
Rogers; H. H. Woodward for plaintiff;
S. C. Dusenbury for defendant.
?20?
No. 36. J. S. Clough vs. John R.
Stephenson; H. H. Woodward for
plaintiff; E. S. C. Baker for defendant.
?21?
No. 38. J. W. Little & Co. vs.
Veneer Mfer. Co.: Sherwood & Mc- I
Millan for plaintiff; H. H. Woodward
for defendant.
?22?
No. 39. Enterprise Brick Co. vs.
S. J. Rogers; H. H. Woodward for
plaintiff; S. C. Dusenbury for defendant.
?23?
No. 40. Johnson Paint Co. vs. J.
J. Goff; H. H. Woodward for plaintiff;
E. S. C. Baker for defendant.
?24?
No. 42. Kelly Tompkins vs. C.
Stanly llabon; E. S. C. Baker for
olaintiff; S. C. Dusenbury for defendant.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1922.
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No. 43. O. J. Bell vs. Isaac
Causey; Sherwood & McMillan for
plaintiff; H. H. Woodward for defendant.
?26?
No. 44 J. L. Bell vs. S. G. Gore;
Sherwood & McMillan for plaintiff;
H. H. Woodward for defendant.
?27?
No. 45. Metropolitan Discount Co
vs. W. M. Mishoe; H. H. Woodward
for plaintiff. *
?28?
No. 46. Baugh & Sons Co. vs.
G. W. Graham, et al.; H. H. Wood
ward for plaintiff; E. S. C. Baker
for defendant.
?29?
No. 49. Wm. Page vs. J. B. McCutcheon;
Cordie Page for plaintiff;
T. B. Lewis for defendant
?30?
No. 50. H. L. Marlow vs. Conway
Iron Works; R, B. Scarborough and
(Continued on Back Page.)
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vestment the cost of which is
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as it would be for a farmer ^
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NEAR CHURCH
J. K. King, rural policeman, made
a whiskey raid on the night of Sunday,
October 1st, 1922, in the neighborhood
of New-homo church. The
result was the capture of two illicit
stills that had evidently been running
for some time.
The officers found one of the stills
about one o'clock. This still was not
then in operation and the plan was to
leave it until later, while looking further
in the same territory for other
stills.
On Monday morning, about daybreak,
the officer discovered the other
still. As the officer approached two
men who were unknown to the policeman
were seen going from the plant.
This second still was not in operation.
The indications were, however,
that the men seen going away from
the direction of it had intended to
get it ready for working.
There was found near this second
still ten barrels and kegs full of sour
mash, already fermented and ready to
put in the still.
As the officer could not identify the
men seen going away from the location,
no arrests were made. Before
leaving there both stills were cut
up and destroyed by the officer.
TOWN MAY GET
GREATER POWER
The Conway Chamber of Commerce
has taken up with Mr. T. G. Williams,
manager of the Columbia Railway
and Navigation Company, the matter
of running a power line in to this
county from the large electric pU.nt
which that company evidently intends
to erect on the Santee River. Tts
plant, when established, will be capable
of furnishing electric current to
the load of any industry that might bo
established either here or at any of the
various other points in tho county,
such as Loris, Galivant's Ferry. Avnor.
Little River, or Myrtle Beach
The letter from the chamber of
commerce explains fully tho possibilities
that are to bo found here in tho
matter of the establishment of manufacturing
companies, and the use of
electric current to foster the growth
and establishment of other plants besides
those we have at this time.
The chamber assures Mr. Williams
of enthusiastic support from the business
interests of Conway. H states
that for the present there might not
l>e a large local demand for current,
but goes on and explains how this
may be developed. It states further
that the Quattlebaum Light and Ice
Company has a capacity of about 300
horsepower, and that it is already
carrying a heavy load. This shows
the idea of a bigger and larger development
here than has so far been
attained.
Tt is understood from reports recently
made that Mr. Williams is
seriously considering connecting Horry
County by the running of a line
from his large plant.
The public will await further news
about this important matter.
NEW MAIL MAN
NOW ON ROUTE
From Marion to Conway Six
Times Every Week Since
October 1st.
The taking of the United States
mails over a new route from Marion
to Conway, six trips a week, has made
it possible to get quicker communication
by mail between people here and
other parts of the country.
The contract for carrying the mail
on this new route was let by the government
some time ago to Herman K
Wilson, of Burgess, S. C., he beinp
t l-i Inwojf Kirlrlor fr\v tlio U'Avlf llf flir
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sum of $2,400.00 per annum.
Mr. Wilson began the service or
October 1st, and has been making six
round trips a week ever since. The
route takes in Rains, G.ulivants Ferry
Aynor, Cool Spring and Conway. The
contract covers service to begin or
October 1st, 1922, and end on June
30th, 1924.
Patrons along the route are entitlec
to box delivery and collection service
along the entire route.
The total mileage made on the
route one way is thirty-five miles.
The carrier leaves Marion daily ex
cept Sundays, on receipt of mail fron
train elue at 9:42 a. m., but no' lat<y
than 11 o'clock a. m. The mail arrives
at Conway in three hours. Ii
leaves Conway daily, except Sundays
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WHISKEY CASE
TAKES TURN
Warrant Against W. A. Martin
Is Being Pushed by the
i Police
In the Court of General Sessions
here week before last an old negro,
Jack Vereen, was up before the court
under a charge of stilling whiskey in
Dogwood Neck township. The offense
was held over ever since about the
spring of 1022, ,and was called for
trial Saturday morning, the last day
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Upon the call of the case the attorney
for the negro made a motion
for continuance, not upon any legal
ground as was held by the nidge, hut
upon grounds of public policy to the
elTect that others higher up than Jack
had been involved in the stilling in
question, and that they had used the
negro as a cut's paw to take the blame
from their own shoulders.
The solicitor contended for a trial.
The judge decided in his favor for the
reason that the old negro could not
produce any legal reason why he
should not be brought to trial there
and then.
The case was ordered to proceed,
and a few of tlie jurymen who would
try the case had been drawn from the
I box and had taken their seats in the
panel. It was then that the solicitor
conferred with the court and it was
finally announced that as a continuance
of this case might result in the
arrest and conviction of others for the
same offense, that it was best to continue.
the case, and this was accordingly
done.
Since the court was adjourned there
have been other steps taken in the
matter. Interesting developmnts took
place last week.
The still which figures in this case
was found to be in illegal operation
on two different occasions. The first
time it was located on land of W. A.
Martin, and this last time when the
old negro became involved, on land
supposed to belong to the Myrtle
Beach Farms Company, or Burroughs
and Collins Company, not far from
the place which is at this time occupied
by W. A. Martin, a white man.
When D. Frank Bellamy, the rural
policeman wno arrested vereen, went
borne from the court, he at once took
steps to have the warrant which had
been taken out for Martin several
months ago, executed, but Martin
claimed to be ill and was not moved
from his house to meet the trial
which was set to take place on Tuesday
of last week at the home of
George Ressant, in the Dogwood Neck
township. At the trial it was stated
that Martin was ill. Martin had sent
word that copies of the affidavits of
witnesses might be made and shown
to him later. The witnesses against
M/irtin, however., announced that they
would prefer to have Martin present
i o hear what they had to say against
him, and the court put the case off until
October 20th, when it is expected
the investigation before the magistrate
court will be held.
There was another development last
week in regard to the matter ;ind
this concerns a steel barrel of some
oil company which was once, and still
is claimed to be, the property of W.
C. Reaves and Son, of Reaves' Ferrv.
This barrel was the one used in making
the still, first and last times that
the still was found in operation, according*
to reports. There was some
doubt about what barrel had been used
in the still until last week W. C.
Reaves got the barrel back and upon
comparing the number of this barrel
found that it corresponded with the
number on the books of the firm. At
last accounts it was reported that the
barrel had been reclaimed by Reaves
and Son. and it was also said that a
warrant might be sworn out against
W. A. Martin for larceny of the barrel.
The matter of proof of the ownership
and taking of the barrel concerns
the tales that will be told by
witnesses who will testify to conversations
with W. A. Martin in the
course of which Martin said that he
had taken this barrel from the shed
of Reaves and Son. W. C. Reaves remembers
the time that he missed this
barrel from his place, and the time
corresponds with the time stated by
witnesses as having been related by
Martin as the time of his getting the
barrel.
at 3:00 p. m., and arrives at Marion
at fi:00 p. m.
A motor vehicle must be used
whenever road and weather conditions
" will permit.
The service to be rendered on this
route is not yet furnished by reason of
1 the fact that the departmnt at last
: accounts had not furnished the post4
master with full and complete details
. ?? to mnkincr un the Douches for the
J carrier.
* There is a better service that can
J he rendered for some of the subscribers
of The Horry Herald as soon as
I the postoffice here has been fully in3
structed by the department.
; There are many people involved in
law suits in this county and are com
polled to remain involved for the rea>
<on tlvit the cases cannot be tried for
hu k of time in the Court of Common
- P'eas. The county court appears to be
{ the best remedy for this condition of
, affairs.
NO. 25
COOK WEATHERNOT
YET FAIR
First Attempt at Interview
Results in Refusal by
Wife
HUSBAND RE-MAKING HOME
Generally Understood to be
Duty of Wife to Live in
Husband's Home
Here at the court last week. whe?
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vyyu was convicted oy tft?
iury of non-support of his wife, on
.ho testimony such as was reported
in the last, issue of The Horry Hera
ho Rev M. W. Gordon who was afe
the court house at the time, made a?
attempt to bring about a reconcilialion
between the parties, if this couM
be done without injury to the conscience.
Others thought th/it perhaps
there might be a reconciliation
when the sentence of six months at
hard labor was imposed bv the court
several days after the verdict of guilty
had been found.
The law, under which the defendant
was tried provides that in case
ho defendant gives a bond, with one
or more sureties approved by the
clerk of the court to maintain and
support his wife, that the sentence
imposed shall not be served until the
condition of the bond shall be broken.
The defendant could have gone on
and served the sentence. Many
of his friends frankly said that were
they in his place they would do that
and refuse to comply with any such
bond, or to give such a bond in the
first place. Rut the defendant considered
this a while and said that he
would give the bond to support the
woman. The bond was prepared and
on this the clerk of the court accepted*
Isaac T. Cook, the father of the defendant,
and H. L. R. Jordan, as sureties,
or bail.
Then the defendant went to the
home of his father. After he had
been home a while he decided to try
to obt.ain an interview with the prosecutrix.
He did not feel like going to
the home of John Capps, where Mrs.
Cook has been living ever since about
the time that she swore out this war
rant for her husband in August of
1921.
To the end that we might see her
and make arrangement* to supply her
with Ihe necessities of life in accordance
with the bond and the legal
meaning of those terms, he sent a
friend to interview his wife at the
home of John Gapps. At first the
wife said that she would see her husband
out by the road if he would meet
her there. The messenger started to
tro back and deliver the substance of
this proposition, but she called the
messenger back and refused to hava
any interview with her husbnnd whatever.
The messenger said that after
ho turned to go back and tell the huslvnd
that his wife would meet him
and they could talk over their affairs,
hat he had good reason to believe
that the wife conferred with one of
her brothers and decided, or may have
boon advired to refuse this interview.
In the meantime the husband was
refit4 ing the little home near that of
his father's, making it ready to set
I up the keeping of home once again.
He went ahead procuring and moving
furniture and getting the supplies on
which they might live.
At last accounts it was understood
that he would make another effort to
get her to come back to the home that
has remained deserted so long and
bring with her the little baby that
cut such a figure in the court room
recently.
What the result of these negotiations
will be remains to be told.
It is the general opinion among
men that a wife must reside where
her husband says, rather than with
her relatives, other things being equal
or at least in keeping w ith the
tion and station in life ot the wire. ir
the wife refuses to reside in the home
of the husband he cannot he expected
to furnish her with the maintenance
and support that the law contemplates.
This living together, under some
circumstances might be the very essence
of punishment, worse than
death, and this is one fact that pei^
haps is overlooked in some of these
cases for non-support.
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WILL TRY CASES J
Elsewhere in this issue ap- jt
% pears a list of forty-nine cases 5
J to be tried in the Court of Com- WJ
mon Pleas at the fall term, %
.* convening here on Monday, 3*
October 23rd, and lasting one i
% week. S
J The presiding judge will bo
Mr. W. C. McLain, a prominent JW
I* attornev of the Columbia bar.
? He was appointed to take the ?
V place of Judge Moore, who
^ would have held the court had ?
% he lived. 4
There is but one week to dis J
pose of all of the forty-nine \
cases. This number is about }
| one-third of the cases actually ?
i % on the dockets at this time. >
, mm Some of the cases listed will S
? ! evidently take up much time. ^
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