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i' f t I J i VOLUME XXXVII [one bad man I GETS REWARD I Charleston Lawyer Interested in Matter of Killing SHERIFF "LEWIS ACTS tBurden of Looking up This Killing Belongs Elsewhere Sheriff James A. Lewis recently received a letter from an attorney in Charleston, S. C., to the effect that he had been employed by some negroes 4n th?.t county to prosecute the killing of a negro at Causey, on March 9th. The sheriff was surprised. The officer could not understand how jit was that a murder had been committed in this county and he had not even been notified of the event. So he wrote uUomey that he would IAttend to this matter and he dropped ill other business that he had last Veek, when this letter was received pit his office, and went to Causey tc { e* what had been the matter. His investigation showed that a ?egro had been killed. There was no Iioubt about that, but the killing; ^ool< >lace over in Dillon County, outside of Sheriff Lewis' juridiction, this fact no J-'oubt accounting for the fact that this .illing had not been reported to hia ffice by the people of Horry County. I His investigation further showed [hat this negro who paid with hia ife, had been killed by a man by the [iarne of Jernigan, this slayer being a Worth Carolinian, and not one of our Harry people. The negro was employMi in the logging woods under the lian Jerrigan as foreman. The negro was very insolent. Several times the IpsTi Jernigan had to refrain from ntriking him for insulting words or hjopduct while the two were employed h v/ork of getting logs out of the vmber wopds belonging to the Mont1 orrery Lumber Co.,. in Dillon Coun* ' ^ ' According to the evidence gathered p *hc sheriff, while off on this trip, je white man by the name of Jernikn stood the insults of the negro as [ng as he could. He waited for the foment of revenge. After the train P log cars had been taken in to the ig pond, and while everything was iiiet, the white man struck down thte j?ero with a heavy club. It was the isult of weeks, perhaps months, of ent up emotions wherein a white man fid been imposed upon and insulted \; a burly negro, who h^d the advan( ..e ii ?i-'i- --- |,^c ui uie yuung wnue man as reads brute strength and nerve. The aite man, it is alleged, was running fe log engine. The negro was empyed at a more menial part of the Srk, but yet he had been the boss of is work which was being done for the /mmon employer. I The negro was taken to the camps j Causey and his relatives in fiarleston County notified. He was pted by one of these relatives and [ken to the hospital in Charleston for eatment, in the hope of saving his ie. Hopes were in vain, for after a [v days he died. po far as could be learned the white Bin who struck the negro the blow, rich resulted in his death, made good r. escape, although it is supposed at Dillon County officers are looking frhis report was at once made to the Larleston lawyer and the matter is l.sed, so far as the Horry County leers are concerned. [RE CAUGHT I wnrrrTT nrTTiciT7i7V nun nmoivcii Hlce Put Up by Negro Women With Half Gallon Jug B|E WOMANIS CLEARED ^uiximtLm Fine One Hundred Hr Dollars or Serve Sixty H> Days own 'officers are making it hard jf whiskey lovers in the hill section, ^Rre a jug of whiskey can be shift^ fchout at ease from one negro house ^Kincther. ^H^own policemen, J. T. Proctor and ^ jie Holt, made a raid in that secon last Friday, having to chase ^Hegro woman who had grabbed a H of "monkey rum" and ran off with ^K> hide. ^Hpey were after Nick Davis, a HjYo man. He was suspected of ^Hli>--rc in the wet goods. He had (Continued On Page Two.) mm Example is the best means of " ^Beading others along the \\ rtt r a i g h t and narrow ways, i c HRrl'ose who ro about preaching 5[ KBfheir ideas of morality from the j( ^Hicusetops are marked down as " ^Hcranks and bores and as un- , [ ^Bvorthy of a moment's attention, u ^ Teaching by example and with- \\ ^^Lut words is the best. (The I HAS BIG SHOW I i HERE MAY 2ND I Radctiffe Chautauqua Will Make Bigger Hit Than f HAM LVCI 0 j The Radcllffe Chautauqua will take < place in Conway on May 2nd, 3rd, and : i 4th. It is denominated as a canvas- ; covered temple of joy and inspiration. This is about the fourth or fifth time ! that the Chautauqua has been held in : Conway, each time with success, draw ing big crowds to hear the lectures and take in the unusual attractions i i that are offered. 1 Arrangements are being made to insure that this season will be the I i most successful that the Radcliffe ! Chautauqua has ever had in this sec- j ' tion of the State. The advance agent < is expected to arrive every day to ! - consult with the leading business men <1 as to the details of planning the show, I and the sale of season tickets which ' is now expected to be on in a short / ' time. The management promises ' t some of the most interesting shows ' they have ever presented. The attractions are new each year, of course. 1 While putting on these shows during , * the long experience of the organiza- I tion, they have learned by experience ; what kinds to select for the different sections of the country. They have 1 profited by the experience and the re1 suit is improved shows that bring big | crowds to see them. Last year the Chautauqua was held < 1 in the Planters Tobacco Warehouse * f and Storage building, on the corner of Elm street and Fourth avenue.Con' \TAni At\4- 4-J 1 A 1 Tviucui, nc?tn hcic jjruviueu. a large stage was erected in the back end and 1 suitably draped. A temporary parti1 tion was built in so that the quarters < 1 were very roomy and was able to take t care of the audiences that assembled < there. t Suitable arrangements will be made t again this year and preparations will t be ample to take care of the many t visitors who are expected to attend t from other towns in the county. 1 The Program c 3 FTKST DAY \ Afternoon c TVio PnlUno f\iiA ?' ?. i>v uuiinio i/wu i laiiiiiieill * The Mysterious Irv/in ..Magic and fun C. M. Eichelberger Lecture 1 "He Can Who Thinks He Can" a Nipht t C. M. Eichelberger Lecture c "The Red Horizon" t The Mysterious Irwin ..Magic and fun t The Collins Duo Entertainment c SECOND DAY c Afternoon \ Perry's Ye Olde New England i Choir Concert t Stanley Upton Mock lecture The High Mission of Woman" c - iNigni a a Stanley Upton Mock Lecture r "Main Street vs. Broadway" 1: Perry's Ye Olde New England v Choir Concert o ? THIRD DAY t Afternoon t Eccles and Pearsall?"The t Jesters" Entertainment r Guv Morse Bingham lecture n "The Fundamentals of Business b Prosperity" Night a Guy Morse Bingham Lecture p "Your America?What Will You 0 Do With It?" <3 Eccles and Pearsall?'"The a Jesters" Entertainment c I The Attractions o The people who will invest their h money In this great show will want s to know something: in advance about t the men and women who will appear a on the stage. Jc C. M. EICHELBERGER c A young orator who has become t! well known in Chautauqua circles b because of his brilliance, earnestness p and clarity of thought. n Afternoon?"He Can Who Thinks a He Can." t Night?"The Red Horizon." P PERRY'S YE OLDE NEW ENG- a LAND CHOIR c Costumed sketches from the music h of the Pilgrims to the present day, e with the- old songs we love, are found b on this program. Foujr beautifully ti blended voices make this organiza- a tion one which you will remember c long after the Chautauqua is over. 1 THE COLLINS DUO t Mr. and Mrs. Collins delight every- b body with their music and impersona- ? tions. Cornet, violin, saxophone and c vocal solos and duets, along with their humorous sketches, fill up their programs and make this Duo a most 0 popular Chautauqua organization. STANLEY UPTON MOCK Lecturer, word painter and orator. a Very few speakers can equal him in his e discussions of vital topics, for he is a ii master of the art of dealing with big problems with unusual simplicity. I Afternoon?"The High Mission of Woman." ^ Night?"Main Street vs. Broad- \ way." THE MYSTERIOUS IRWIN Mr .Irwin is an optomistic expon- li ent of the Law of Laughter. He em- i ploys magic and mystery as his ve- a hide for mirth and merriment, and ii all the time keeps up a running Are a J Mm ?-?- ^i? 1 ' - ? - * ' ! * OOWWAY, B. 0., THUBBPA MMUUUMUI.UHMUMMUMMMMUUUMMU 1 ONLY ACTIC S ?4- :~ 1- 1 --i.;-- i -r it ia wuia anu action i ! \ tion. ! \ Everything that has ha; || kind, either individually t< |[ to the entire human race !c mankind, has been broug * tion of some kind. || Those who get the ere || things about are the ones * by means of work. " In the lives of some, in IS do a lot of talking, which || : ing, and this does not cour || find that he is wrong, am he Can begin over again a I! man who never went ahe || never even learned a thin | Then why not do some if*##********************* CONWAY SHIPS MANY BERRIES Height of The Strawberry Sea son Come on This Week HAS LIVE ASSOCIATIOI Some Growers Shipped a Fe\ Crates During Last Week The Horry County Strawberr Growers' Association is an organizr ;ion of the strawberry growers c Conway township and nearby se< ions, including members in the direc ;ion of Hammond, S. C., growers i ;he neighborhood of Homewood an \drian, and in fact, the growers c ;his lucious fruit alons; ail of the puu in rnnHfi l?uH!r?or 'nivfiril P/miuot The strawberry industry in thi tommunity is coming back. We ma ;afely say that it is already l\ack an ?oing strong to a rul!er and n>or lomplete success than ever attaine it Conway. The officers of the assocition are W 7j. Sessions, president; F. G. Hollida> 'ice-president; N. T. Collins, secre ;ary, and J. W. Lee, treasurer. Th officers are to be congratulated upo heir care and zeal in making prepara ions for a successful handling of th rop, which is now about to be gather id and placed on the markets of th ountry. It appears that nothing ha >een left 'undone to make it conven ent for the growers and ins(Ure th ringing of fair prices for the crop It is fully expected that by the mid lie or latter part of this week th trawberry season will be in ful wing at Conway and also at th nany other points in Horry Count; etween this point and Tabor, N. C ^here berries are grown and shippei IT to the markets. It was stated las Junday by one who has kept in clos< ouch with the crop that the bulk o he berries raised this year would g< o the markets by the carload, beerin ling this week and lasting tlvougl lext week, until the entire crop ha een shipped away.' The best line that can be had on th< mount of the crop and the acreag< itonted is to consider the number o rates purchased by the Horry Count} Itrawberry Growers' Association. Th< ssociation ordered five thousant rates. Before the cold snap a laster they had decided that this lo f crates might not be sufficient t< iold the crop. Since the cold cut of ome of the berries, they now thinl hat the five thousand crates will tx mply sufficient to take care of th< rop. Judging by the number o rates which will be shipped away b; he association it is apparent that th< erry industry is now assuming large iroportions than it ever had in thii eighborhood before since the firs ere was planted about fifteen 01 wenty years ago. When the higl rices of tobacco and cotton cami long in the wartime, the industry re eived the greatest setback it evei ad in a number of years, for grow rs quit their berry fields to plant to acco and cotton. Even before tha ime many growers had moved awa; nd those who remained became dis ouraged by one or two bad years "here were some, however, who con inued in the work and made mone; y it. *or tne past several years tht rowing of more berries has been en ouraged here in various ways, an< (Continued On Page Eight.) f clean wit and humor. GUY MORSE BINGHAM A very popular educator, lecture ,nd world traveler, whose lectures ar ntertaining, instructive, thrilling an< nspirational. Afternoon?"The Fundamentals o business Prosperity." Night?"Your America?What Wil 'ou Do With Tt?" VALTER ECCLES AND AL PEAR SALL, "THE JESTERS" As this name indicates, fun an< aughter are the predominant factor n this unusual entertainment of musi ind story. Just a touch of the seriou s added, however, to properly balanc , perfect program. IP Y, APRIL 19, 1923 ?***?*#*?***?*#**?**?#*****# 1 )N CAN COUNT I ?o !| ;hat counts. Work means ac- l\ { r j ( ppened for the benefit of man- ; [ > man and man, or collectively jj or some designated classes of \\ ht forth as the result of ac- \\ c * r >dit for having brought those ? t who have attained their glory >< y action is the rule. They may X t l is not accompanied by think- * it. By going ahead, a man may * e i still he has not lost, because * J nd go right the next time. The * g sad never got anywhere. He | 5 lg or two. * t thing? Go ahead, achieve. * f * 8 **************************** 1 IMAM iT'CJr1 ADro t iTAjrmii JLJO ] 5 ACROSS LINE 1 a i- May be Held Under Fugitive , Warrant in Other t i State l \l AFFRAY TABOR SECTION I b v A. K. Fowler Gets Wounded 11 in the Wrist and Takes * Warrant v V y As the result of a cutting affray T i- near Tabor, N. C., on April 5th, A. y>f K. Fowler has a gash on the wrist and he swore out a warrant for the " !- arrest of Corbit Fowler, whom he ac- p n cuses of having cut him. ^ d Fowler, at last accounts, had not v f been apprehended. s The fuss took place at the planta- g Q tion of R. D. Fowler, in the Tabor sec- u " tion of Horry, as that part of Horry 0 \ County lying near Tabor, N. C., is t usually called. This farm of R. D. s j Fowler's is occupied by Ellis Johnson, p as a tenant of R. D. Fowler's. Cor-, r bit* Fowler, the man who is accused C / in the .warrant taken out by A. K. t ' Fowler, so it is said, was boarding at a iV.-, - g uiv Hume ui iwn ^issuer, ivju'is. IXOIIG t Norris. h On the day of the racket Corbit e Fowler was with Ellis Johnson, and b - it is claimed by the prosecution that 11 e the two were drinking1. Words brought P s on a row in which the men cursed ^ - at each other. In the course of the e altercation, Burtie Fowler, a son of ^ A. K. Fowler, and a cousin of Corbit ^ - Fnwler, became involved in the racket 0 e with the others. This is said to be 11 the cause of A. K. Fowler, his father, tl e coming- into the matter and taking n y sides in the war of words that had started. R 3 Some of the parties went together, " t and it seems that several knives were n e drawn in the fight and a number of " f threats made on the two opposing 0 sides in the matter. A. K. Fowler I - took the side of his son, Bertie Fowlfi er. and A. K. Fowler came out of the s difficulty with a wounded wrist. He claims that Corbit Fowler inflicted B this wound upon him. but it is said B that Corbit Fowler denies that he c t touched him with the knife, and that tl 7 the prosecutor sustained the jab at B e the hands of someone else in the af- u, 1 fray. t The warrant which A. K. Fowler M t swore out for Fowler could not be served. Corbit Fowler ownes a home S f in North Carolina, about one-half mile fi c from the house where Ellis Johnson t< e lives and near where this affray took K 5 place. The line between the two L f States runs between these two homes, di y The home of Corbit Fowler, in Noi'th U ? Carolina, is occupied by his brother, fi r under lease, and Corbit Fowler went s< s there in the other State and was there C t when this warrant was attempted to M r be served by the constable from the d; ! magistrate's court. ni g Later accounts about the affair are o1 - A. K. Fowler hns Mtlfipd n wnrrnnt r be issued against Corbit Fowler t? - charging him as being a fugitive from o . justice in South Carolina, and at last cl t accounts it was expected that this new \v y warrant under North Carolina laws p - would be served on him if he could be g i, found. In the meantime Corbit Fowl er will doubtless refuse to come to ir y South Carolina to answer to the d e charge against him unless a requisi- f< - tion is obtained from the Governor fi i requiring his arrest and delivery to tl the South Carolina oflkers. ir The warrant in North Carolina is h from the court of E, C. Watts, justice of the peace in one of ;he North Caro- ? Una districts. a r Corbit Fowler is unmarried and p e said to be about twenty-three years tl ft of age. si f ALL REAPPOINTED f! All of the rural policemen have been tl 1 reappointed to their positions. They ei are: P. Frank Bellamy, V. D. John .son and J. K. King. Their oaths were taken at the court house recent- a ft ly and they will continue the good 01 s work they have been doing for the ti c past year in keeping down whiskey c^ s stilling and selling in the different p e parts of the county, and in keeping n the peace. m k?L' iKHIA; raid. V1EL0N DISPUTE I A TTCinn mnr a T tAUaEiO llllAL Stanley Fined in the Sum of P Thirty Five Dollars A load of watermelons was the fa ause of a racket In the store of D. J. Stanley recently, when the proprie- B or had an altercation with J. H. Gratam, who sold him the melons for the um of $3.75 some time during the ob,acco season. According to Graham, who has been r( telling more or less produce in Con- f vay during the past ten years, or onger, the melons were good and J* ound, so far as appearances went. Stanley looked at them before he got hem", it appears, and they passed his xitical judgment. It seems that the oad of melons totaled about twenty L( md this product was not selling very *r eadily on the Conway market that lay. Stanley agreed to pay Graham P| hree dollars for the entire load. The *7 noney was paid and the melons de ivnvfvl flin of 11 ? w? ? v VIIV OlrV7l C U1 fcJ? tcl I 1 I C y tllt^n ocated on the corner of Laurel street ^ tnd Fourth avenue. Some time after the melon sale Iraham returned to Conway and was nformed by Stanley that some of the nelons had proved to be below stanlard in some way and demanded his noney back. Graham would not agree o pay back the entire consideration, ut offered to pcay for as many of the "J nelons as Stanley would say were not rood. There seems to have been no leftnite agreement ever made as to s> /hat proportion of the load of melons /ere marketable and what proportion ot marketable, and no adjustment ad been made of the matter when Jraham entered the store, now at a ew place on Laurel street, to ask the lurohase of some bean seed. The article he wanted was not at Ji; he store and Stanley brought up the 1 watermelon question again. The same tumbling block of how many were ood and how many were bad came p to put a stop to any agreement. Jraham went out of the shop and * hen decided he would go back and JJJ ettle the matter, even if he had to av back the entire consideration. J* A- 11 a- ' ? .... ' rtcv:uiunijr 10 reports, Dy tne time Jraham entered the store the second ^ ime. the proprietor closed with him ^ nd forced him to leave the store, in- jy licting- personal injuries upon Gra am in so doing1. n< The matter amounted to a sufficient reach of the peace to cause the town narshall to take note of it and the Arties were notified to appear before he mayor for trial. 16 This trial took place on Monday, a ipril 9th, and resulted in a fine to H p r.o*r' by D. N. Stanley in the sum H f S9?nn - ? yuv.W. Ill The evidence would indicate that cc he defendant never claimed that the th lelons were unsound but that some of is lem were not ripe enough to pass in- th pection, although they appeared to hi e ripe .and in ffood order when ex- th mamined hv the purchaser before yc ley were placed in his store. :ONWAYHAS BIG REVIVAL * 1( Revival services at the Methodist dc 1 O -J 1--- -- nuiui wc^cin ouiiuuy inoriimvf unuer " ie leadership of Evangelist Raymond (\( Irowning, of Hendersonville, N. C., ^ii 'ho is one of the general evangelists w f his church and a member of the Western North Carolina Conference, th Mr. Browning" is not a stranger to outh Carolina, having held successjl meetings in Bennettsville-, Darling- w >n, Florence, Hartsville, Laurens, Jc ingstree, Columbia and other places, th ast summer he and his party con- H ucted a very fruitful revival at Sum- dc ;r, under a tent, which seats twentyve hundred people. His leader of Pi ;>ng during the last season was Rev. arolyn A. Hosford, of Springfield, ah [ass., who will arrive here Wednes- th !1V and will t.rikf rVtnrcrA nf mucin I bo r?d singinf during1 the remaining part th P the revival. ft M iss Hosford is an ordained Bap- I h? st minister, a splendid soloist, a fine to rganizer, and one of the finest th horisters in evangelistic work any- as here. She plays well on the saxo- in hone and is unusually skilful in or- on anizing choruses of children. aiJ Already considerable interest is be- hi ig shown in the revival and on Monay a committee of ladies arranged of or the stores of the town to close rom ten to eleven in the morning1 so to hat everybody can enjoy the morn- w; services which will last just one br our. th The pastor of the Methodist church, re >r. J. C. Atkinson, is in the hospital th b Florence for an operation for ap- re endicitis, but the other pastors of ie town are attending and there is a plendid spirit of co-operation on all des. People are praying and hoping >r a genuine revival that will shake J le town from center to circumfer- X nee. * ? o | T^ive posts of the American Legion 5 nd representatives of their vetrans' J rr,?nizations will join in the produc- * on of the Million Dollar Marine Cir- * us in New York during the latter X art of May. Alvin Owsley, Legion 5 ational commander ban been invited j 9 one of the guests of honor. ? I I 1M| I / WO. M iRNEST HAYES TTTW w />< ?~ ? JULLS BROTHER laced Under Arrest by Coroner of Horry County PPLIES FOR BAIL BONO oy Admits Shooting After Being Questioned by Officers Last Monday L. B. Todd brought a ?port to the officers of the law to the Feet that Ernest Hayes about eight ears old, had shot and "killed his lite brother, Luther H,ayes, about four sars old, at the tenant farm of Fred hestnut, near Shell, S. C. Shell is a postofflce on the public >ad leading from Conway to Red lufT, and is about six or seven miles, om Conway. The coroner, L. W. Cooper, accomanied by Deputy Sheriff H. N. Sesons, left Conway for the scene of \e killing and immediately upon their rrival there summoned a jury of in jest as follows: G. Pink Todd, J. B. Hughes, Johnnie Chestnut, J. H. Anderson, Alva Chestnut, Y. M. Todd. This jury found a verdict to the efsct that the dead child came to its ?ath by gunshot wounds at the hands P Ernest Hayes. The following witnesses were vorn: L. B. Todd, Joe Harrelson, Ernest Hayes, Manda Harding, Sam Gore. Following is what these witnesses lid as copied from the records of le coroner by a representative of he Herald yesterday: L. B. Todd sworn says: "We were at the end of the field, lyself, Joe Harding, Vangie Gore. I sard a gun shot about one o'clock, made a remark about it worked. I ?ard my wife holler at me, then Mrs. 'anda Harding, she hollered out and lid: 'Luther Hayes is dead.' Me and VA /W A- - <c tiuiuiii^ ?cut LU uie uuuse, we ot to the house a little ahead of the >st. I did not look for the f?un. I d not hear Ernest H.iyes say anyling about it. I went after the eoro>r. Ernest Hayes went and told his andma that Luther was dead." L. B. TODD. Manda Harding sworn says: "I was at the tobacco today, April Ith, 1923, about two o'clock I heard noise on the bridge. It was Ernest ayes. He said: 'Grandma, Luther ayes is dead.' He said he had shot mself and is dead. Mrs. Ida Todd mmenced hollering. I ran on in ie field and told them, Buddy that Luther, is dead. We then run to iA l-\ All n/V J 1 ' ' ?- 1 * ic iivwoc. ui nest saiu no rum snot , mself. The boy that is dead is ree years old. Ernest Hayes is six ars old." her MANDA X HARDING, mark Joe Harding sworn says: "I was in the field. I heard a gun toot i?,hout two o'clock today, April >th, 1923. When I heard lAither was vad we came to the house. We came 1 to the house and found the boy ?ad, lying in the floor, the gun sitng at the end of the house. The gun as breeched. I did not look at the in. There was not anyone here at e house when I got here." J. J. HARDING. The boy has no father. He lives ith his mother and his grandfather, e Harding. The grandfather has te same family name as President arding, but he is no kin to the Presi snt, although the old man jokingly id that he is a relative of this same resident. The boy at first denied that he had lot his brother. He kept on denying lis until Norman Sessions asked the y if he could tell what become of e empty shell that had been taken om the gun. The boy finally said i could find the empty shell. He was Id to do so. He then went under e house and the sheriff watched him i he went and scratched in the dirt several places, then he reached up i top of one of the sills of the house id brought out the empty shell in s hand. After this he made a clean breast the whole affair. After the shooting the boy went inthe fields where his grandmother eis at work and told her that his other, Luther, had shot himself with e gun. His grandfather notified the st of the family and they went to e house and found the little boy alady dead where he had been shot (Continued on Page Three.) i i ???i??????? ************************* * The prohibition law is too j| much disregarded in the higher 51 places in life to expect the low- > i er classes to abide by it. In u New York a number of millionaires have been jailed for viola- j | tion of the liquor law. High so- 11 ciety dames are caught drink- j j infg and playing cards. ; .Mfe ,,uMdI