The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 24, 1905, Image 1
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VOL, XIX.
THE ELECTION ORDERED.
PETITION SIGNED EAST ERIDAY
BY COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
J. S Ruck. W. I.. Richardson and
M. A. Royals. Notified as
Election Commissioners to
Hold Election Oct. t '
The County Supervisor upon
his return lust week from u trip
through the county in the interest
of county ultuirs, signed up an order
requiring tin' commissioners
of election of State and Count v Ofli
CGl's to hold the election on the
question of "Dispensary"or "No
Dispensary" in Horry County asked
for by the numerous petitions filed
with him on last salosday. The
committee appointed to present the
petitions to the supervisor had asked
for the election in September,
but as court convenes in that month
and as it takes considerable time to
appoint managers, gating out the
the boxes, and have the managers
qualified, the supervisor decided to
give plenty of time to advertise the
election and prepare for it, and fixed
the time in his order on thV first
Tuesday in October.
A copy of the order was at once
handed to Mr. J. S. Buck who is
chairman of the election commissioners.
fie declared that on account
of other business pushing him just
now he would have to resign the
place and let some one else be ap.
pointed in his place. But he promised
to notifv the other e.miimwKinn
era uud try to get them together, and
in the mean time notify the authorities
of his resignation.
Some Lames were found on the
petitions who are not registered voters.
There will be but one more
opportunity for 'hem to register,
as the board of registration will
meet for the last time before election
on the first Monday in Seotember.
Those that art not rtjj&ysti red
and wish to vote will do well to
heed this fact. Notices of election
will be prepared and published in
order to meet the legal requirinent
in this regaitl.
There are several questions connected
with the matter from a legal
standpoint as to the proper
way to take certain steps in tin4
elections under the lirice law, and
the election officials cannot be two
careful to see that everything is
carried out right. It is generally
conceded that the rules applicable
to general elections should be followed
iu the conduct of the election.
The expenses of the election will
tie paid by the State, and if there
should happen to be no funds in the
State treasury at this time, the
claims will have to be allowed and
passed at the next session of the
legislature in the usual way in matters
of this kind.
THAT RUSTING MACHINERY.
Supervisor denies that Machinery
is Laid up and Rusting:.
Mr. Editor?Will you bo so kind
as to allow me space in your valuable
columns to say a few words in regard
to an article signed by Jeremiah
Smith in your last week's issue. I
want no newspaper controversy and
intend this article for nothing along
that line. 1 note that Mr. Smith
refers to a lot of road machinery
having been bought and paid for and
allowed to lie out and rust. For his
information or the information of
any one who may wish to know, 1
wish to say that the machinery
referred to has never been purchased
by the county. It was shipped
down here by the- Company and re
jeeted by the County board. I will
give as reference to this fact Mess.
W. L. Hardee and J. If. Baker each
of them a member of the county
hoard at that time. As to the startling
report of the grand jury referred
to in the supervisors office, every
dollar of the so called shortage has
been paid and Horry County has not.
lost a single cent. I'will refer Mr.
Smith to the Treasurer's books for
his satisfaction . As to the lot lying
between the court house and jail
the county did purchase that, and
doubtless it was a good investment.
There has been no money recklessly
spent or squandered. I did not
write the article out lined ''Facts
and Figures." M am only writing
this for the information of Mr. Kmit h
in regard to matters as to which lie
has been wiongly irnformed.
MOIIK FACTS AND FIOUHES.
Mr. Editor, will you be so kind
as to let me have space for a few
more facts and figures.
At the annual settlement in May
1904, there was $(>,719.87 on hand.
Suppose $5,000.00, the dispensary
profits, had been taken from that
amount last year? Tt would have
left a balance of $1,719.87 and it is a
fact that the last settlement was
for fourteen months instead of twelve
months. The cheeks issued for the
months of May and June amounted
to $1,300 23 which very clearly
shows that if the county could have
realized the dispensary profits this
year she would have been in as good
a financial condition now as she was
twelve months*tvgo.
> John Ti. Boyd.
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LOCAL ITEMS.
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? Prices an- high at tin4 Horry
Warehouse.
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The price of lumber has gone up
lately ou all grades.
-Old newspapers for sale cheap
at the Herald oHiee.
?There was very much cooler
weather last week.
Onlv twenty cents per hundred
for old newspapers at this nfV'ce.
The clerk of court is preparing
for the September term of the i
General Sessions. ;
The magistrate's court here was
busy yesterday in the hearing of
several criminal cases.
? The people here were sorry to \
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near 01 me ucuin OI Uapt Williams ,
at Spartanburg. I
?Several loads of fine watennel- 1
ons, about the last of the late crop, |
were sokl in town last week. j
Pianos and organs put in order, \
thirty years service. R. B. Shaw
Tuner. Commercial Motel.
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?Tkc town has had some hands 1
engaged lately in getting rid of the 1
weeds in some sections of the town, i
? Sales were good here all last
week?will be larger this week, .
with stronger prices, now prevail- '
j
?L. DeLory, an aged citizen who I
has lived in Conway for the past few i
years, passed awav last Saturday c
morning. ' t
?The Herald has heard some '
little talk of a cotton factory at
Conway but not as much as it 1
would like. ?
?Court convenes on the 11th of ?
September and the usual large |
crowd of people is expected to bo in J
Conw'av. t
'ill. . : - ' -
j. in: jury fiiiiiiiiissKiiu'rsiiici vos- '
te.rday for the purpose of drawing c
tlu? juries for the approaching term h
of the criminal court. 1
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Sell a load of tobacco at the tl
Horry Warehouse this week and get |,
a chance at a pot of money Capt. t
Coles will give away on the 2(>th.
The last excursion of the season 11
will leave Conway Scpsember 2nd *
with cars cnouirh to accommodate 1
every one that will go. We are go- *
inrain or shine. Go with us. t
?The staging that stood for sev- [
eral weeks in front of the new bank s
building was torn down last week, ^
the front having boon completed. (
?There is but one more time to t
register if 3on wish to cast your >.
vote in the dispensary election i
Take warning in time if you wish to i
count. * i
?The dispensary investigating 1
committee has beon invited to Col J
umbia, where it is said there is
much corruption in the dispensary j
business.
?The county board of control consisting
of Messrs. K. Van Graham, I
John II. McCaskell and J. I). Vereen, i
held a meeting last Saturday morn- |
ing at the court house. (
?The excursion to Wilmington
Saturday September 2nd will tie
managed by W. K. Holt, W. W. (
Russ, Hudson Muss, S. M. Alien,
W. 1,. Mishoc and J. W. IVince. 1
We will have good order.
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?The Herald returns thanks to
Allen J. Dew of the McClellan's Hay *
section lor ji nice watermelon left t
with the editor last Saturday. He '
lias made many improvements at his '
place since ho moved there last year, i
?The funeral sermon in honor of I
the late Mrs Dollie Lewis will bode- 1
livered at Brown Swamp on the 1
third Sunday in September by the *
Rev. Tomas Bell. All friends and '
relatives of the deceased are invited 1
to attend.
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?The Atlantic Coast. Line had a |
largo force of hands at work las<
week putting in steel rails on it.
track along Main Street. It is an im ,
proveinont that has long been needed,
the old rails being much worn
and out of place causing the cars to .
run oil' the track more than once.
There is less vibration caused by the |
trains since the change. (
?The Herald is imformed that
I ho fiminl.lf Iir\'ili.it! t/>
build the bridge across the Waeca?
maw near Con way as was rcccom- J
mended by the grand jury at the :
last term of the court. The maps '
and estimates have been made, but '
as there are no funds at present (
in the county tresury, no active ,
steps have so far been taken to
| build it.
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Mrs. Idela Gore died at her home
near Kldorat'o last Friday morning
after several days of illness. She
leaves a father, mother, a husband
and seven children to mourn
the loss of a wife and mother. Her
body was laid to rest the same day
that she died between sunset and
dark. May god help the little ones
left without a motherand show them
the right way to go. A Friend.
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ONWAY, S. C-. THXJI
PROFITS NO ARGUMENT.
A I I W i lli W KUMY TO "I ACTS
AND FICiL'KES-"
Tliw Hcv. W. I.. Wall of Mclliodlst
Cliurcli F:\presscs l?tron?
Views on tliu Question
of DispensaryI'Mitor
Herald:?1 Mouse allow me
space to say a few things in reply to
vour article in last week's issue en
titled "Some Pacts and Figures,"
ind also the eonimunieution from
" 11 entitled "Dispensary money."
It seems that the advocates of the
Dispensary in these two articles desire
to make the light in favor of retaining
the great moral institution
>11 the ground of the profits derived
"rora it. We are willing to take up
lie gage of battle from that standloint.
In fact, that is the only argument
that ever has been olTered
n favor of this nefarious business.
[t certainly is not flattering to the
ntelligcnce, the patrotism, or the
norals of the people of this county
Mr anyone to make such an arguncntas
that contained in these two
irticles. It is equivalent to asking
ho people of the county to barter
die souls of our young-men for lilthy
ucrcto the amount of $11,000 or
^12,000. Judas Iscariot betrayed
lis master for thirty pieces of silver,
ml that was not half as moan as it
would be?io debauch even one of our
:itizens (not to say hundreds of
hem) foY $11,000. And yet, that is
ust exactly what wc arc doing. We
ire corrupting the morals and disroying
the souls of the very Mower
mil hope of our country for $11,000.
But let us see if the county is
eally making a gain of $11001.00
t is true that this amount is actualy
paid over to our school fund from
he State and county dispensaries,
mt is it all clear gain? These arti:les
would have us believe it to be
io. 1 have not been able to lind out
ust how much the aggregate sales
>f the dispensaries in this county
unount to. They very discreetly
cecp that in the background. The
gross earnings of the dispensaries
n this county for the past year
imount to $0100.07. Of this amount
>3014.Oil goes to pav the expenses of
he institution and the net proceeds
,o the school fund is $.">.*>.">1.71. If
lie county board of control iinioscs
thesame prolit as the State
)oard, i. o., ten per cent, then the
lales of thedispeusaries must amount
,o ${11000.70, very nearly one huuIred
thousand dollars' In other
vords, our people have spent nearly
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mvfw,wdw ior someining winch is
ibsolutely of no benefit to them and
cceiving in return $11,000. Is that
1 good bargain for sensible people to
nake? If we did not have the dispensaries
wo would be richer by
i>SO,000 or $00,000 every year. We
could put ton times the sum derived
roin the dispensaries into our public
schools and be none the |)Oorer by it.
Again, this tremendous out lay
or dispensary whiskey i? made as a
*ulc by those who aro least able to
>ay it. The men who patronize the
lispensary need the money they
pend for whiskey to feed and clothe
dioir families Many a mother and
hi 1<1 have gone without food because
die husband and father have spent
heir little money for that which
leprived them of reason and degraded
them below the beasts.
But if the profits of the dispensary
were ten times as much as they are
they would never do us any good.
The curse of God rests upon it.
When Judas Iscariot, smitten with
'emorsc, brought back the thirty
pieces of silver and cast them down
it the Pharisee' feet, they gazed
ipon the money with horror stricken
countenances and said, "It is not
awful for to pay them into the
treasury, because it is the price of
olood." With more hardened consciences,
we take the dispensary
profits, representing, degradation of
u"t*ils, destruction of souls worse
'i in piood-money and smilingly cast
il into tlie treasury and apply it to
that most sacred cause, the education
of our children. Verily, we
ire worse than the Pharisees
The daily papers of the past wee k
have startled us with the exposure
of fraud and corruption with which
the dispensary is recking in Spar-!
tanburtf. The county board of con Irol
is corrupt. Dispensers pay as
in urn jor men* positions as thru*
salaries amount to. They must
make it back in soine sort of crooked
find unlawful way. ft is more than
intimated that the State Ihmrd of
Control is venal The whole tiling
is reeking with corruption, is debasing
our people and is a blot on the
fair State. Let us drive it from our
County and from our State.
W. L Wait.
Aug 14th., 1005.
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-You get a ticket any <la.y that
you come wi tli a load of tobacco this
week, which gives you a chance to
draw the pot of money. J. K. Coles
Manager.
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Prices range from to 28 cents
this week on the Conway market,
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iSDAVAlKU'ST 24 I
DEATH OF CAPT. WILLIAMS.!
(?ri\l:KAI. MANA(il K WACCA
MAW I INI: STI-AMF.KS.
Capt. II. 1> W illiams was Identified
Willi Tliis Steamboat l ine
for .Many Years and was
its Lea din k Spirit.
1 lie many friends of Capt. If. I).
Williams were pained to hear of his
death on August 18th at Spartanburg,
S C . whither ho had gone
several weeks ago, when the state
of his health demanded his leaving
his post of duty hen*. He is survived
hv two (-Iii!111*<>n l.'i'nf I rP
Williams and Mrs. J . II. Mullineaux,
both of Spartanburg.
Capt. Williams was visited about
a year ago with a severe attack of
illness and from this it appears that (
lie never fully recovered, although
ho returned after a time to his duti- ,
es here where he remained until a
few weeks ago. He was quiet and
unassuming in his manner and ,
paid strict attention to his duties ]
as general manager of the Wacca ,
maw Lino of Steamers which posi
tion he had held for many years,
coining here when the old "Juniper"
was the only boat of the line and (
seeing the system grow to its present
proportions. Socially he was ,
very genial and entertaining in ,
conversation Ho had many friends ,
and none failed to love him. i
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PURELY PERSONAL. ,
C. K. Gorrakl visited Conwav on (
Tuesday. * J
? II. W. iMishoo was in town \
last Tuesday. !
? Ij. \Yi . Cooper was in the city '
last Tucsdav. v
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Miss Alice Harrison visited Mrs. \
J. M. Oliver last week. N
? Miss Annie Altaian visited 1
friends in Conway recently,
?J. M. Howler visited relatives in c
the country recently. {
?J. T. AI ford of Hurley was among <
our callers last week. 1
J. M. Hell paid the otlice a pleas- ,
ant call onoday last week. v
?Mr. and Mrs. K. L, Oliver were I
in rieorgetown last weok . t
?O. W. McMillan returned home |
last week from Caluhan, Fla.
? Rev, II. L. Singleton visited ^
Conwav last Thursday. f
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Unison Spivev has been quite
sick but is said to bo improving.
-Miss Ada Gore of Wilmington I
is visiting Mrs. A. T. Collins. i
?J. Fred Grant of Laurel was in
Conwav a short time ln-^t l?VPln.v
?Jeremiah Mi shoe was among the '
the crowd in town last Saturday. 1
Mrs. Honors of Fair Muff is visit- !
in# her daughter Mrs G. II. Jenkins.
? Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McDormott I
have returned from (lien Springs. <
?N. F. Nixon and Tlios, I', flam- .
mor were in town on business last
Monday.
--C. I). Harrclson of Tabor, N. C.,
was in town 011 business one day |
last week.
F. N.Tompkins paid the Herald
office a call while ir. town one day
last week. ,
J. T. Todd of Forney was uinong 1
those who visited the county seat <
last Friday.
Mrs B. W. Crouch and child- (
ren of Saluda arc visiting Dr. and,
Mrs. E. Norton. ,
Mrs. Bcttie M. Lon^ was in the
city last Friday accompanied by !
Lieut. S, C. Lontf.
J. M. Connerly of Wanamaker
spent several days in Conway on
business the latter part of last week. '
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A. O. Thompson left "last week
for the northern markets to buy
now stock for Conway Bar</ian I
House. <
A. I\ Johnson left hj,st week
for Baltimore and other cities to
buy a new stock of t^oods for fall <
trade.
Mrs F. A. Burroughs and Mrs.
fl.nl. \j. Ruck went to Reorgctown !
tfio first, of this week returning <
home on Tuesday; i
The Hon. Robt. If. Scarborough
and family arc spending several
weeks in the mountians and will
not return home before about the
last r>f this month. i
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Mrs. R. T. Iiyinanand son Elmo,
Mrs. .J. M. McKoithan and little i
daughter, Cecil, all left last week to
visit northern cities and they will
be away about three weeks.
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- The excursion from Conway to
Wilmington September frth has
been called off, and wo will run the
largest excursion ever run from '
Conway Saturday September 2nd.
Will give you a happy good time. 1
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I III IN I.OI1AKS.
\V. II. Berry, Brother of G. Wnytttoiitl.
Itaiscd SSOOO Here
But run to I .it tit By Other
C r i i 11 c s.
W. H. Horry, 'it* 111it%r of the
famous C Kayiuoi i I Jerry of Marion
County, passed t nigh Horry
County, some week- ,,, and while
here managed to y fly dollars
from Mr. 'J'. M. I an, by means
of a forged i hock <>i ,v bank at
i'ayottevillo, N. C. Ti , licck was
payable to one J I). Hrown, who on
the back had made it ; tyablo to
Horry. Herrv applied to Mr. Inmdy
to endorse t ie ? icck foi purpose
of indentilication The Hank of
Con way found o it the eheeh was a
forgery and it was returned by the
bank at Faycttcvillo.
A few days ago the nving
appeared in tho Columbia ba e and
from this it appears that other and
higher crimes are 'aid at I Jerry's
door.
"Wade Hampton Horry of M.trior
county, in jail here on the charge of
larceny, may be taken to Charle ton
to be tried on the more serious Charge
of bigamy lirst. Herrv is a
brother of the former supcrinti nd?nt
of education, G-. Kaymond Hwrvy,
whose whereabouts are unknown.
Horry was arrested here a few
weeks ago on the charge of lareei.v
:>f a bicycle from S. B. McMasU r
ind on a preliminary hearing was
sent up to the higher com t. A
short time afterwards ShorilV Colenan
heard that he had been married
twice, lie found a peculiar
state of attains on investigation.
Berry about live years ago married
i Miss Mary Perrit, a highly res
)cetable lady of Marion. He liveMi
with her several years and then
suddenly left her, taking up with
Carrie Norris- In Charleston the
,wo stopped at a King street hotel
tnd a <|uarrel arose between the
avo, the woman swearing out a
warrant for Berry, charging him
vith assualt and battery, before
he case came up, howevor, the two
verc married, Berry giving his
)lace of residence as Sumter.
Berry came to Columbia anil his
irrest and the discovery followed.
sherilV Coleman communicated with
he Marion people first and obtained
evidence of his marriage with Miss
'orrit. He then wrote to Charlcs,on
and obtained evidence as to his
narriago with Carrie Norris. The
warrants have been issued by iho
Charleston authorities where Berry
vill have to be tried and it is not
/vt known whetlier the bigamy ea e
vill be taken up first or not.
The atlidavit accompanying th<?
warrant for Berry's arrest is aollows:
'State of South Carolina, County
)f Marion.
" Personally appeared W. II.
Hamilton, who on oath says that lie
s vwoll fii'iinnintr>rl ivif.li W II Uai.
y, who is a native of marion county
ind State aforesaid, and knows the
'act that ho is a married man.
'That he married Mary Pcrret ol
the /ion neighborhood, in this coun.
ty, about five years a?jo.
4further information can be supplied
by S. A. Hamilton, Dillon. S.
C., H. W. Proctor, Dillon, S. C,;
Mostly Perritfc, /ion,S. and Asa
Perritt Mullins, S. C., brothers ant
brothers in-law of llerry's wife.
(Signed) llXV II. 11 ami 1
ton. "August 10, 1005."
This affidavit U sworn to iu usual
form before a notary public.
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.YlecHiijc of Camp Ituck.
There was a meeting here las
Saturday at 12 o'clock at the eour
bouse of damp II. D. Buck, Con fed
irate Veterans.
The following veterans attended
W. H. Carter, Win. (farter, Join
Causey, W. 0. Cause, II. D. Marlow
It M. Tompkins, J D. Vercon, S. S
Sarvis; W. II. Smith, T. S. Deo, H
H. Cox, It. B. Sin^lctcn, Jeremial
Smi fell.
One of the purpose-Is of the meet
ine was to raise funds for the pur
nose of on?^ravintf the namt'S of de
eased veterans on a tablet to lie pk
.*0(1 in the court house.
Messrs. W. B. Carter, Win, Car
Lcr, John Causey, and W. C. Gaus
had their membership transferred ti
Carnp Tolar at Doris.
lienminber the date, Saturda;
September 2nd will be the day o
pleasure seekers. We have fount
the til ace. Go on the L'r:ind excur
sion to Wilmington, take the trolb
/ars and oo to Wriohtsville. Wi
lire always ready to help out on
f riends.
Peculiar Disappearance.
.1. I). Kunyan, of Hutlerville. ().
laid the peculiar disappearance 01
his painful symptons, of indi^estioi
and biliousness, to Dr. Kin^s Nov
Life Hills. He says: "They are ;
perfect remedy, for dizziness, soui
stomach, headache, constipation
etc," (Juaranteed at Norton I)ru<
Co, price 25c.
- Don't forget to take in the excursion
to Wilmington Saturday
September 2nd, the most orderb
exeuision aver run.
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CLAMS AND OYSTERS,
THIS V l:\lll Oil SI ION is IMS
CI SSI l> \ I I I.Mi I II.
! I lie Condition ol' Vffairft at Mur- *
rcll s Inlet. Were Stated
and Other Matters
.Mentioned.
ICditor Herald: ? I wish to put
some mutters before the puhlie
through the columns of your paper.
I roe ret to speak as I shall, but I
see no other way out of the situation
except to bring facts face to face.
Our country seems to be running
into a base condition. What is to
be thought of a man who refuses to
eat out of the same spoon that lie is
trying to feed others out of. I feel
(piite sure that the general sentiment
is that such men are void of
honest piinciplcs. Can a man make
his tracks large enough to hide thorn?
The readers of the Field will remember
that last spring Mr. J. Fred
Grant of Murrell s Inlet wrote a
lengthy article, strongly advocating
a licence law on the Fish and Shell
(ish industry along the coast. lie
went so far, as to say that without
a license it was unfair to the upcountry-man.
He claimed that a
lieenso would add a revenue to the
funds of the State and thereby lessen
the taxes, and the legislature did
through a mistake, in my opinion,
make a law that Canning Factories
aad men who ship clams and oysters
out of the State, shall pay a license
of four hundred dollars a year.
Now let me show the upcountryinftn
how far Mr. Grant's good feel ing
reaches with them,unless it is
where through them he can knock
t lie feet of his fellow man from under
him, that he might turn the financial
current into his own channel. Now
the law is passed and Grant is the
lirst man to screen the law and to
enter into the elatn business without
paying his license. He now claims
that he owns the creeks and beds of
natural Growth clams and oysters,
where he is now gathering. Now if
Grant can hold these crooks and
beds under a private ownership
right, then other men can do the
same, this being so, would take up
all the creeks and beds of the State
along the coast. Then on what
grounds does Grant think it fair to
the up country man, to have a license
law, and how can the Legislator
make a law imposing a license for
canning and shipping the products
of the public waters, marshes and
beds of the State, when it can be
held as private property and the
State has no jurisdiction over it, as
is predicated. Now by Grant, ac
cording to his own actions in tho
1 matter, if Grant together, with a
few others can maintain the right
to claim and hold the creeks and
! shell fish beds along the coast, under
a private ownership right, then when
r the upeountryman comes down along
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oysters to cat, if Wo can't get consent
from the so called owners to
get them, then he will have to look
, on with his mouth watering for them
i and can't get them.
1 This is how far, Grant's good feeling
goes for tho upcountry-man,
according to the steps he is now
taking. 1 am no lawyer, but I have
I had occasion to got information at
various times within the past several
years in reference to the shell fish
law und you will find that the Law
says that the State can 't sell or grant
a franchise on any marsh lands, that
contain Natural Growth Beds of
shell Hsh. The law says they are
to the free right and use of the
cit /.ens of the State. The law does
1 grant the right to let out barren tide
' water lands for cult ivating purposes,
; and this '.s in my judgement common
sense, and about the only practical
1 law, that will give each citizen of
the Slate their true rights, and to
prove further that the State has assumed
no control over the Natural
Growth beds of shell fish. About
1 six years ago, when Breslaur Lachieotte
wCo of Wavorly Mills, S. C.
obtained the lease, which they are
'* claiming to hold in the vicinitv of
l} MurrolL Inlet, there had to be affidavits
sigrcd to the sinking fund com
missioni I'm, stating that there was
y no Natural Growth Shell Fish fit for
f marketable purposes, in tlio.secreeks
I and bods in that portion of Murrella
. Inlet win re they are pretending to
y hold undi r a lease from the State,
[? and those affidavits, no doubt were
i? signed by the lease holders and a
few other men around the VVaverly
business mostly darkies, a black leg
business, matters made plain.
It is kno vn that an affidavit is a
t sworn Statement, and all those men
> who signed those sworn statements
i t-> the Sinking Fund Commissioners
tr stating tlier? were no .dams or oysi
tcrs lit for marketable purposes in
r those creeks, bein^ hold by Breslaur
Lachicotte & Co , swore to falshoods
t for it can be proved, that those same
creeks have over abounded in tine
Natural Growth elams and oysters,
that can be, and have been gathered
and sold annually every year, both
f on the nothern markets, and local
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