The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 22, 1923, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXvn
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CONWAY SCHOOL
BROKEN D0WN
Some Cannot Realize the
Great Need of Learning
ONLY ONE PUPTL PRESENT
Citizens Might Take a Hand in
Awakening Interest
in The Work
It is" a pity that some of those who
are in need of more learning cannot
be brought to realize their lack, in
such a way as to cause in them a desire
for more knowledge.
In most sections of the county
where an effort has been made to organize
the night schools, the people
Xl'Kn p'innnf t>na/l onfl urrifa UavA TO?
" ,,v vwimv/w I VU*? UIIU TV 4 I w IIM T v A V
sponded to the efforts of those in
charge of the work and the schools in
those pl".ces are doing a great work
and the pupils making rapid progress.
Not so at Conway.
According to reports made by the
lone pupil who attended for three
nights last week, this lone seeker after
learning met the two teachers, Misses
Maude Dusenbury and Mary Harllee,
at the Burroughs high school building
and waited and waited, but not
another single pupil showed up on
any of those nights, so the teachers
anrt the lonely pupil who did go, decided
that it would be as well to give
I up the project so far as Conway is
A concerned and look for better results
elsewhere.
The lone pupil is N. T. Johnson who
attended the adult school last year
and made such ropid progress that he
wished to attend the school again, and
in fact, has been a steady pupil now
for some time and is learning to read
and write very rapidly.
It is impossible to tell what the reason
is that stands behind the failure
to start the night school in the town.
There was no lack of efforts on the
pnrt of the teachers to awaken interin
this work. They went abound
rr.d solicited the pupils from among
those who are known to be unable to
write their names. It appears that
many of those promised that they
would bo there. None of them, at
' last accounts, had shown up at the
school house.
It is to be honed that it is not false
pride that is keeping them back.
Ignorance is a thing which grows
more dense the more neglected. Like
a nrarden already full of weeds, if the
soil is let alone it grows more and
more weeds, until the weeds will act;
ually stiflle one another.
i Those who are throwing away this
, opportunity to be taught may De
throwing away the last opportunity
! that will ever he offered to them.
\ It is to be hoped that this condition
J of affairs will he changed this week
i as the weather is better. The nights
of last week were so cold that many
* people would not venture out. sThis
I may have been the reason why the attendance
was limited to one.
Those who are trying so hard by
their means and their time and energy
to improve the minds of those who
missed training in their younger days
! have done their duty when they have
gone around and invited the pupils to
come in and be taught. The school
has already lost one of the five weeks
during which the term of the night
school will run.
If you know any of those who
should be attending this night school
; get after them and induce them to
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E. L. OWENS
AGAIN WANTED
! Warrant Charging Disposing
j of Property Under
Lien
E. L. Owens, formerly a resident of
Horry County, is again wanted for
trial here during the March term of
court. This timi* t.hi* warrnnt. is stwnm
out by G. B. Jenkins and the warrant
alleges that Owens did with one Lee
Jones, sell or dispose of one Virginia
top buggy, one single harness, and
one bay mare mule, about nine years
old, named Kate, of the value of about
one hundred and seventy-five dollars,
over which a chattel mortgage existed
r1n favor of G. B. Jenkins, of Conway,
without consent of the mortgagee,
; and failed to pay the debt secured by
the same within ten days after such
disposal and also failed to deposit
with the Clerk of Court of the said
county the amount of the debt.
Tt is understood that Owens left
this County and went to several places
bu* thnt he has been followed and
flivJW located and that extradition
papers will be issued at an early date
to return him to this State for trial
under this warrant.
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I Game Law Bill.
The bill by Senator Jeremiah Smith
Mprovidimr for changes in laws relaHtive
to trapping and other game laws,
has 1 4,,rned to the house, but
the rut1 or i<< opposed to the amendHmants
and the measure will go to
Hfree conference for settlement?The
Record.
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N. J. FERRIS
CLOSES DOOR
Owes Eighty-Eight Creditors
Total of Seven
Thousand
Conway has had a failure within
the past week. N. J. Ferris, trading
by the name and style of Quality
Shop, dealer in women's goods and
ready-to-wear dresses, made an assignment
on last Monday, naming G.
L. Ford as assignee for the benefit of
creditors.
His creditors had been unable to
collect their demands and had brought
various suits in the magistrate court.
These suits against Ferris had been
pending before W. H. Chestnut ever
since September, 1922. .. The casea
came to hearing some weeks ago and
it appears that the creditors secured
judgments in the magistrate court
amounting to about six hundred dollars
in round numbers.
Under executions issued from the
magistrate court on these judgments,
the constable, J. O. Chestnut, placed
a lock on the Ferris store last Saturday
afternoon. It was about this
time that Ferris made the assignment
expressing a desire that all of lfis
creditors might have an equal show at
what he had.
He owns no real estate. His assets
consist of the stock of goods, amounting
to about $2,000.00 at inventory
prices; his fixtures amounting to
about $1,600.00 at inventory prices;
and his bad accounts, the amount of
which at last accounts could not be
learned as the figures had not been
run up.
He is said to owe seven thousand
dollars in round numbers, and his failure
is said to be due to crediting out
amounts to people who failed to make
payments to him.
Starting the store in Conway about
two years ago, possibly longer, he
made many friends bv his courteous
conduct and evident fair dealing in
his store. He had considerable trade
in his class of goods at one time. He
would credit almost anybody and in
this way brought about his inability
to meet the demands of numerous
creditors. His creditors number about
eighty-eight and the amounts due
them ran?re from a few dollars up to
nearly a thousand dollars.
At times in the jprst Ferris has conducted
sales and was apparent!v do
ing a large and paving business, 'or
a small stock of poods, at least at
times when he held these sales. Recently.
in an effort to obtain ready
cash to help him pay his creditors, at
least those who were pushing: him
the hardest, he marked the prices of
several lines of goods and they were
on display in his windows when he
made his assignment.
JURY DRAWN
FOR COURTS
The jury commissioners of Horry
County, consisting of the Clerk of the
.Court, the Auditor and the County
Treasurer, m^t at the office of the
Clerk on Wednesdav of last week and
drew the juries. The grand jury for
the entire year and the petit jury for
the approaching term of the court, to
convene on Monday, March 5th, with
Judge W. H. Townsend, presiding:
GRAND JURORS
J. D. Watson, J. W. Humphrey,
Com R. Pa ere, Per ley Doyle. S. C.
Davis, W. F. Hucks, L. D. Clardy, J.
W. Marlow, J. J. Enzor, L. D. Suggs,
F. C. Todd, W. J. Dorsey, F. H. Clardy,
W. L. Rhodes, J. W. Hughes, B.
F. Singleton, H. C. Gore, Geo. M.
Fowler.
PETIT JURY
W. C. Tuten
Jesse B. James
S. M. Graham \
M. D. Wright
C. F. Hooks
Sam J. Strickland
Reuben Thompson
0. S. Blanton
E. S. Gasque
Ernest Bessent
W. D. Anderson
E. E. Johnson
Brooks Graham
Thos. F. Jones
fl P Mq?>1aw
E. G. Stanley
D. W. Oliver, Jr.
Wm J. Jordan
D. S. Creel
0. J. Willoughby
B. R. Gaskin
Saml. A. Brown
Fred P. McNeill
R. A. Alford
E. W. Martin
W. P. Williams
Morris E. Rheuark
W. Stokes Hardee
J. J. Elliott
T. B. Cooper, Jr.
Y. C. Tompkins
B. R. Parker
R. A. Dawsey
H. B. Jordan
Charles G. Bullock
A. R. Williamson
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The tenth grade of the Burroughs
school gave a reception at the school
building Friday evening to their fathers
and mothers. The program and
entertainment was in charge of Miss
Virginia Betts.
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OONWAYT S. P., THURSDAY
I
I KICK OUT THE S
o '
o The man who comes aro
it ficates in some wild-cat coi
ing about, and offering you
< deserves nothing from you
! rear after you have faced !]
Jt the other way.
Past experience of the
4 k f A Kf> nnAn /vli f a fao/ili 4V> Ar>
tv wu uituu^ii vv. tuav/ii viivu
i ever. Still there are suckei
o those who should be warne<
o An article printed in the
Jt that in North Carolina muc
small investors has gone ir
< and that already this mon
o the sales were solicited bj
Jt ether stock was sold by oi
J No matter how it is offered
< turned down by the people
3 There are some men in tl
Jt in disgust when you men1
J Some of them invested thei
panies nearer home than o
< have lived to repent the th
o Such a plan of investm*
Jt . the money away in the roa<
] or street the money may b
< and used for buying food o
It placed in the hands of thes
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DODGE CAR MAY
COME IN SUIT
W. Fred Stanley Denies Liability
on His Mortgage
Note
CAR ALMOST WORTHLESS
Owner Claims Defect in Making
Car Caused The
Accident
The Dodge touring car which figured
in one of the worst wrecks ever
occuring in this part of the State, and
the particulars of which were printed
in an article in a recent issue of The
Herald, is not yet done in the matter
of interesting details.
The owner of the car, W. Fred
Stanley, thought at first that he had
insurance on the car that would protect
him in a wreck. He had his policy
examined, however, and found that
it related only to theft and fire, and
'hat it did not purport to cover any
damage that he might have by means
of a wreck.
It appears upon the public records
of the County of Horry that there was
still a mortgage against the car, held
by the National Bond & Investment
/t *1.1. 1 ^ A! I An
UO., wiin general unices 111
111., and a branch office in Atlanta
Ga. This mortgage was given originally
to W. L. Harrelson, a dealer in
Dodge cars, in Marion County, and
the sum for which the mortgage was
originally given was $733.33. It if
understood, or so reported, that the
car was a new machine at the time
of the purchase, or if it was not entirely
new, it was practically so. The
mortgage was transferred by W. L
Harrelson to the National Bond & Investment
Co., by whom it was held at
the time of the wreck.
Stanley got the car on June 28th
1022. The car was placed into service
at once. It is said that the cai
was used in carrying the mail on the
route from Conway to Little Rivei
return, and it was used to some
AvfAnf ?ai>vinnff niCQAnerora anf
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small freight from this section^
Horry into the Little River section o1
the county. It is said that a greal
amount of mileage was made with the
ear from July 1st, 1922 until .ha time
of the wreck on February -Jth, 1?23
The Herald man could not find out the
exact amount of the mileage made ir
that time.
After the wreck the car was taker
up and carried back to Little River
hauling it on a truck, as it had beei
damaged so much in the wreck thai
It could not be carried on its owr
power.
Now it is reported that Stanley hai
dropped the remains of the car on th<
National Bond & Investment Co.
writing them through attorneys, un
der date of February 5th, the day af
M!i biic wiaK, in umi YVIIIH
driving from Little River to Conwa:
the steering pear of the car cami
loose and caused the car to wreck an<
making it a complete wreck, and tha
the car, because of the wreck had be
come almost worthless; that it ap
peared that a defect in workmanshi]
in the making of the car is the caust
of the damage, and that the owne
was turning it over to the holder o
the mortgage and denying any furthe:
liability on the note secured by th<
mortgage.
It is stated that there is a balanc<
still due on the mortgage covering th<
car of the sum of $366.65.
rm ? i 1 a
ine Dona ana investment company
holding the mortgage has refused fc
take the car except under the term:
of its mortgage, which gives them th<
right to seize and sell the machine ii
case of default in paying the amoun
due, or any part of t.hRt amount; an<
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7, FEBRUARY 22, 1923
TOCK SALESMAN H
0 ir
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und offering you stock certi- o
mpany that you know noth- <1
a subscription -blank to sign,
i -tfexcept a good kick in the <>
him round and he is looking <
<
people in this county ought,
i a lesson that will last forrs
yet to be caught and it is <
i. o
daily press last week shows <
h of the ready money of the
ito these wild-cat companies,
ey has been lost. Some of J J
r stock salesmen in person, <
Bering it through the mail. <t
,, it is a thing that should be \ \
and never encouraged; \\
tiis country now vtfio turn off <
;ion a certificate of stock, o
r hard earned money in com- o
ff in another State and they
rowing away of their money. <
*nt is worse than throwing o
d or street. Left in the road o
ie found by some needy child <[
r clothing; not so when it is <
ie companies. <
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lUDAtLU 1AA
IS NOT JUST
Director Young States the
Grounds of Opposition
ALREADY TAX RIDDEN
Eighty Five Thousand Growers
Agree With Director
Young
Editor Horry Herald:
"We have seen a number of articles
recently in the press of the State,
most all of which argued for a luxury
tax on tobacco products. I have re1
frained for some weeks to venture
sending an article to the press as I
dislike very much to appear in print
1 unless absolutely necessary. However,
as I am the South Carolina
member of the Committee on Legislation
of the Tobacco Growers' Co-op'
erative Association, I feel that it is
only my duty to present our views on
the subject.
The membership of our association
, is eighty-five thousand growers in the
j three States, and approximately
twelve thousand in what is called the
South Carolina Belt. In speaking
against the luxury tax on tobacco, I
feel that I speak for every tobacco
\ grower of this State whether he be a
member of our association or not.
[ I will not take space in your columns
sufficient to express in full the
strong arguments which we have
against this bill but only give below a
few reasons:
At the beginning of the World War
there was an internal revenue tax on
cigarettes amounting to $1.25 per
thousand cigarettes, and on other
manufactured tobaccos, including
1 I ? a ? a _ _ _ A.
dmoKing- ana plug, tne tax was eignt
' cents per pound. Since the beginning
| of the World War this tax was in'
creased on cigarettes to $3.00 per
; thousand and on manufactured tobacco
to eighteen cents per pound. This
: tax is now in effect. The last session
' of Congress also proposed to add fif[
ty cents per thousand on cigarettes as
a sales tax to raise the soldier bonus.
[ However, this was not made law. At
j the last session of the South Carolina
5 Legislature a bill was introduced add;
Ing another tax of $1.00 per thousand
5 cigarettes and corresponding additions
1 on other manufactured tobaccos. This
bill was defeated in the Senate. Our
\ understanding is that now there is a
, proposal to add $1.00 per thousand on
i cigarettes and approximately six
t cents per pound on other manufactur*
ed tobaccos. This would mean $4.00
per thousand taxes on cigarettes, and
3 we wish to add th#t our principal
5 production in this State is for cigar,
ette tobacco. Now, since it requires
- two and a half pounds of tobacco to
- every thousand cigarettcs and the
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5 present tax Deing $a.uu per mousunu
/ would make $1.20 per pound tax on
a our leaf tobacco, the additional tax
1 which South Carolina proposes to add
t would amount to forty cents more per
- pound on leaf tobacco and would make
5 -nev refuse to agree that Stanley is
5 not liable on his note for whatever
r di(Terence there may be after the
f proceeds of the car has been placed
r on it. Their procedure will be to
e hold the maker of the mortgage liable
on his notes and if he still neglects
8 to pay the balance, they will seize
a the car and sell it, apply the proceeds
on the amount due, so far as these
'? will pro, and then take judgment foi
o the balance. It appears that Mr
s Stanley will contest in the case, ace
cording to his letter, but that will be
f* a matter for the couYt to decide bet
tween him and the investment com*
ptrny.
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IIORSE CAUSES
A COURT CASE
Kirk Floyd, Constable, Charged
With Assault and!
Battery;
The magistrate court in Conway
was concerned last week in the holding:
of n preliminary hearing- in the
case of the State against Kirk Floyd
and A. W. Jenkins, charged by A. B.
Snipes with assault and battery with
intent to kill, or perhaps of a high
aggravated nature.
Before recording the disposition
1? il .'1 ...ill 1. _ * L i.
iiiuut; ui uie wse, it win ue liu^resiing
to recount some of the incidents
leading- up to the warrant so that the
public may understand how the charge
came about.
Some time before last fall, the firm
of Jenkins Bros., or A. W. Jenkins,
who is engaged in the livestock business
at Marion, sold a horse to a
negro roan and took as security for
the unpaid purchase money, a chattfeT
mortgage covering the animal.
The paper fell due and was unpaid'
and Mr. Jenkins went to see about
getting his money. He found that the
negro had traded off the horse, .with'-4
out his consent, written or verbal. After
that he found that the horse had
been traded or exchanged several
times and that the animal had finally
come into the hands of A. B." Shipes,
in Floyds township, Horry County.
When Mr. Snipes was seen about
the horse, it is said, he asked for time
in which to pay for the horse and
take proceedings against the man who
had traded him under the lien. Time
went on and Snipes never paid for
the horse although at his request, so
the story is told, his time for doing
so was extended by the holder of the
mortgage that the negro had given.
In the course of time things came
to a show-down about the horse and
the animal must be given up or the
debt against him paid. This Snipes
then refused to do and the owner of
the chattel mortgage resorted to claim
and delivery papers which he caused
to be issued from the office of magistrate
W. R. Gainus.
Even with the claim and delivery
papers in the hands of the constable,
Kirk Floyd failed to bring up the
horse and for about three weeks after
the papers had been issued the
horse was missing. The officer kept
his counsel, however, and waited for
the horse to come back to the Snipes
place. In the course of time the horse
was brought back and the constable
went with the papers to take the
horse. A. W. Jenkins w/is present on
this occasion when the constable de
manded that the horse be surrendered.
It appeared then that the horse had
just been locked up in the stall by
Snipes, and he refused to open the
stall door when ordered to do so by
the constable. The constable then
went to the stall and again pleaded
with Snipes to unlock the door as it
would be useless to break a good lock.
The constable picked up an axe that
he found in the yard.
Snipes, according1 to the report, got
his gun and stood in a threatening attitude
while the constable forced ofT
the block which bound the stable
door, opened up the stall and took
the horse out.
It is said that the present warrant
was taken out by the prosecutor as a
result of the incidents taking: placc
on the occasion when the horse was
taken from the stall where the prosecutor
had locked him up.
When this case was caITed to go into
the investigation last week, in the
court of Magistrate W. H. Chestnut
it was found that the warrant wa?
missing. This warrant had been sent
to Marion County for the purpose of
being served on the other defendant
A. W. Jenkins, who lives in the towr
of Marion. The warrant had not beer
returned by the Marion officials, but
Mr. Jenkins was here bright and earlj
wanting the investigation to proceed
$1.60 per pound tax on leaf tobacco
1 This would mean a tax of eight times
nrnVo aH fop to
Hir BTCia^t; p> iw i> v - ? ~ .
hacco in South Carolina in 1922. and
approximately fifteen times our aver
a pre price for 1921.
We feel that every South Carolinian
should fully appreciate the fac1
that we are one of the three bright
tobacco producing States. In fact, wc
are one of two principal cigarette producing
States and yet we are propos
ing to tax our second largest money
crop in order to raise State revenue
' It is certainly a very dangenous pre
cedent for South Carolina to sfet. Why
should not the forty:five States that
produce practically no cigarette tobacco
not raise their State revenue by s
tobacco tax? If every State in th<
Union should follow suit with South
Carolina, it would mean a fax, ever
i on our smallest crop, which was lasi
- * ? 1 /! OAA Art nv fu/i?a lit <
yRar, u 1 ?p iu,uv/v?|vuv.uu wi ? ??
i sale value of o?r crop.
We whould take this opportunity tc
1 call the attention of the people o1
' this State to the fact that a few years
ago a gasoline producing State tool
> occasion to pass a tax on gasoline
i and today, if our information is cor
i rect, seventeen States tax gasoline
' We have no criticism of the States
. taxing gasoline because we have n<
interest in producing gasoline, and an
> other justification is that the part:
taxed for gasoline receives direc
benefit by improved roads over whic)
(Continued On Back Pago.)
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NO. 4?
DUNCAN DENIED
SCHOOL RIGHTS
???
Some Inaccuracies in Story of
Duncan Affair Straightened
Out
EVIDENCE BEING SECURED
Peters Shells Purchased Two
Weeks Agcr IVom Garrel
in Tabor, N\ C.
Interest continued to prrow last
week in the state of affairs developed
:I.I. ^ nL? ? r-*'
in me urassy nay community, involving
the shooting of D. A. Duncan several
weeks ago, and from which he
fortunately escaped without serious
injury.
As Duncan was passing by Grassy
Bay church he- saw men standing* in
the shadow of the building", and as he
drove opposite* the chirrch, these men
fired on him.
From the? looks of the tracks of the
men who had been standing in the
shadow cast by the building, there
were between six and a dozen men in
,the party who undertook to do this
dastardly deed and they evidently
aim at taking his ITfe without any
previous warning except a letter
which they had written to him and
which they had no right to send him.
Further particulars of this affair
j appeared in the issue of last week,
and upon gathering further information
from various sources, it appears
that there were some inaccuracies in
the account of some of the incidents
connected with it, as published in the
article last week. This article will attempt
to straighten out the whole
irpatter as to the facts so far developed
and so far as they have been told
or brought to Tight.
Duncan was driving a ton buggy,
and the top was down. This fact in
his opinion saved his life. The shot
fired at him ranged in size from buck
shot down to number sevens. Many
of the shot are found buried in fhe
wooden work of the body of the vehicle.
At the first crack of the guns, the
young horse that Duncan was driving
wnc cf rii/'L- n flnwn
the road in the direction of the home
, of Duncan, about seven hundred yards
v from the church. TIm's quick dash of
the horse undoubtedly had something
to do with Y.iusinir the men with the
guns to miss their aim.
The empty shells on the ground
where the shooting was done were
found to bo marked with the word
"Peters." Investigation was made to
find out who had bounrht shells and
where. It was found that some shells
like these had been purchased in Tabor,
N. C.. about two weeks before the
shootinir from the store of Garrett
Bros. These shells w<jre found to suit
the guns which"* were later taken by
officers from Hill, mentioned in the
article of last week.
Tt. is snid that Duncan, in the course
' of the past, has been turning in some
liquor information to the rural police
and that this is the cause of the animosity
against him, as he has donfr
nobody any injury and had no falling
out with anybody in particular. It is
charged that there is in a section of
either Green Sea or Floyds township,
nossihly parts of both, a well organi;
zed liquor stilling ring making the
' "monkey rum" with the usual gaso1
line drum and galvanized piping, and
thnt at times this liquor flows freely.
The letter in question was mailed at
' Morion. Since the shooting another
f letter has been obtained which it i?
' believed is written by the same party
1 who wrote the threatening letter to
; Duncan. It is the same handwriting,
same pen. same ink. The name of the
person who is suspected of writing^
1 this letter, has not been divulged.
[ The men who did the shooting, af'
ter they had failed in their purpose,
' biuov /rnm Vvo nlflPA t^Vinr
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the public road all the way to Nichols,
S. C. This is the story told by th%
. trail taken by the blood hounds p)ae?
ed on the scent as soon as they could
be brought from North Carolina. This
1 was done, it is believed, for the pur
pose of causing Duncan to think the
crim? had been committed by the Ko
- Klux Klan, believed to be organized
t somewhere in Marion County. Ret
turning from Nichols, the party was
J met at Finklea's Cross Roads and ar
rived at home in automobiles. Some?
- of the trails taken by the dogs in the*
r chase led off toward Conway from the.
cross roads. Tn making the trip fiom
- Grassy Bay to Nichols the partita
r went by Spring Branch church.
r ___T^r?Hncr
nf. th#> hjindwritincr of the
1 letter first received by Duncan, hi?
J suspicions were aroused to the effect
1 that it had been written by a certain
1 party in that section of the county,
t Plans were made for obtaining an*
other letter which was known to be
written by that man. This fetter is
) yet in the possession of the man who
f received it, but it can be used in evi*
dence, it is said.
c
? D. A. Dur.can is Absolutely sure
that the prun party at the church fully
* intended to shoot him dead. The first
* volley missed him entirely, but the
3 horse was hit Then, as the horse
- shot forward, Duncan heard the whi?
ir of the shot as they went past the back
t of his head, some of the missiles bury1
ing themselves in the body of the
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