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# T ======== VOL XXIV. IVB 7AH T viina n nDiflno Annl/ia I wv M. A \ VCj 1JVOIUVO ^ Pecan, Pears, Walnut. IN CORN CONTEST TO WIN. ProjrresMivo Enterprise Said to bo tfic Boat Section for Farmlnjc or Other Buslnessas well as for tlio Homcseckcr. Invitation Extended to .Member* of Boys Corn Contest Club. Singleton, S. C., May 23, '10 Editor llorry Herald, >, Ccnway, S. C. Doar Sir: 1 am sending you herewith a dozen peaches picked from our orchard of 700 trees. We have been eating ripe peaches about a week and have a good variety ?peaches maturing from May 20th to October 20th. The trees are young, this being the second year they have alTorded us fruit, Besides the 700 peach trees covering six acres of laud, we have six acres more in our orchard, the different trees being apple, pear, plum, pecan, English walnut, and grape vine, making in our orchard twelve acres, and 1 might add that the climate here is so favorable that irosi? uusu i lujureu puucuus uurtj in sixteen years. The trees are very well loaded notwithstanding the dry weather and its other inclemencies. Nov, Mr Editor, you are cordially iuvitei to pay me a visit soon and see what progress is being made at this place. I also send a cordial invitation to * ;1 the corn club boys of Horry county, to come and see my corn as I am in the contest to win and I am not yet the least bit afraid, although J have seen ve:y little of the contest corn in Horry county. 1 am first for winning county prize, next for Mr Burroughs' sack goid rice and lastly for Mr Epps' six dollar gold fountain pen. Mr Woodward, T am the son of W. J. Singleton, saw mill man, merchant and farmer of Singleton. S C. We have just heavily loaded the two Linthicum schooners, the "William" and "It'chard," of Church Creek for Doseher & Gardner Lumber Company, of 11 Breadway, New York, and have remaining quite a large stock of lumber on hand and cut it half as fast as it can be taken on the vessel while it is uctually being loaded. Now, Mr Editor, T believe I have given you some idea of the business transacted at Enterprise, but T feel that I have not been impressive enough on the point that this is the best part of the State for farming or doing business ot her wise and offers many opportunties to the home seeker. Hoping you will be delighted with the peaches and wishing you and the Herald much success, 1 beg to remain, Yours sincerely, VV. JB. Singleton. Dnscti bury-Dtikcn. The quiet home of Mrs. Sarah Dusenbury on Wednesday evening f last was the seeno of a social event. N The occasion was the marriage of Uam /1<i nifli f.r.r I l/iiwi tn M r liUl VIU 11 VV>1 WMV%IV Ai V|/v K v_/ i'JL 1 ? Robert A. Duke. The house was beautifully decorated with palms, ferns and hot house plants. In one corner of the room was especially prepared for the bridal parly, Overhead was a bower of green and below lay a white satin pillow on which they knelt The approach of the bridal party wero signalled by the wedding inarch played by Miss Ella King. From the hall came the groom eicorttd by his best man Mr. Ben V"' nie Sessions, and from the adjoining room came the bride leaning on the arm of her maid of honor Miss Annie Edmunson. They mot in front of the Rev. Mr. Edwards who in a very solemn and impressive manner made them man and wife The marriage was made prettier by the use of a ring the gift of the I UV/IU Tho Bride was gowned in spotless / white pongee and carried brides r' roses and maiden hair fern. Tho Maid of Honor Miss Annie Edmunson wore a dress of blue silk with white trimmings and carried bridesmaid roses. Immediately after the cero raony the party returned to the dining room where refreshments were served by Mrs, E E Dusenbury assisted by Misses Ola Bucks and A Id a West. The presents received were man} aud very useful. In a difficulty at Roseland, N C., Saturday. May 21st, Charley Joynei was fatally shot, living about three hours after receiving the wound. Sam Hughes, Maid Duncan and Neal Ililbourn were arrested charged with the crime. _ . ? Sunning- the Domestic Blind Tiger * I Y By J. O. NORTON i riU* 1 Wk AM Uwy-Vti / #U f nn f i ki f rv 4 J. Ut5 tl^CI Ul UU^uu uuv 111V.V bui; sun too often either forgets a great part of his liking for darkness and loses the moonshine streaks on his hide and grows tabby; or he becomos a curiosity in a cage, giving thrills to whooping small boys, delightful horror to giggling girls, and a sorrowful sadness to whatever good sense may stop a moment to contemplate his folly. The tiger, striking the yearling in the field, daring the watchful herdsman, and scaring beautiful women into graceful swoons, is a moonlight scene for the romantic painter's brush; the sunlight shows an ugly, evil boast and a timid calf, a lazy sleeping, herdsman and an indifferent bunch of old women chattering gossip. If selling whiskey were a good thing, we might put in an application for a hero medal for some of our fellow citizens with every proa pect of their decoration. The beginning of many a blind tiger's business is largely a misuse of some tole ably excellent traits. But the desire to help out the boys, to do the o n i m /\n locc > ! c 1/ ICIiV T>D U la VV/1 (ku liiui \/i 4V,on t ion J soon gives place in the whiskey seller's mind to cupidity and sneak inoss, or to reckless defiance of the law and desperate defense of the wrong. Even topsev turvoy heroism would hardly describe the hardened blind tiger. It has been largely the recognition by their fellow citizens of good qualities, though gone wrong, and their neighbor's lack of apprecia tion of the wrong itself, that has kept the individual blind tigers from prosecution and has all nved them the organize'lion of a political defense of their business in more th vn one section of this State and county. There is very little doubt that a b'g majority of our people regard the illicit sale of whiskey as an evil. But the habit of executing the law among fr'ends has not yet been formed. The fact is that very few people live up to th or own standard of righteousness. So, we may study the court statistics of whiskey selling as one phase of a social or community condition and disregard altogether the individual crime. The law punishes the man who makes the active effort to nullify the laws of the land: but who punishes the man who buys liquor, the man who makes liquor selling impossible? In all honesty and justice, public opinion should sit in harsh judgment upon the buyers, upon those who recklessly, wantonly and willfully act against peace and dignity of the State, but _ i.: 11 t. I ! ? L 1 I. .. < U ? I sv 4 Still CiillllUU UU pUlllhlOJU U_) till* 1UHter of the law. During the year 1900, there were a total of 88 cases brought to the at teniiou of the Court of General Sessions of llorry county. Of this number, only 18 were for illicit dealing in liquor. Thirteen of the eighteen cases were tried, live were nol pros, and one thrown out by the grand jury. Of the thirteen tried ten were found guilty and three not guilty. The following cases are taken from the report of the Clerk of Court: For Violation op tub Dispensary LAW. Tried Nol No Total 1'ron Hill Number of Caeca HI I 1 is White Persons 11 I - lf? Negroes 'i - 1 Male 1? a I 17 Fcmalo 1 I nil ty 10 -- ? Hi No Utility a -- - a Five of these cases were sent up from the town, of Conway: Gus Hemingway, sent by Squire Grainger; and Ella Johnson and W. M. Parker, previously convicted in the Mayor's court, were all convicted in the Sessions court. Two were sent up by Squire Sweet, one he had dismissed himself, the other was dismissed by the grand jury Four eases came im from near Howard: J. J. Sarvis, HjjjIi Sarvis, D. P. Fowler and W. C. Fowler. These were sent up by Squire J. E. Prince and were all convicted One case came from Allen?Ben McQueen, sent by Squiro Grainger, was convictedi One case from Dogwood Neck??J' H. Branton, sent up by Squire Sawyer, was convicted. One case from Adrian resulted in an acquittal. Two cases from Shell, sent up by Squire Sweet, plead guilty. Several cases were presented by the grand jury: One was found not guilty on trial, and the others had to be dismissed by the solicitor for lack of evidence. During the first terra of the General Sessions Court this year, three cases were brought up and disposed of. An appeal of W. J. Bruton, convicted before the Mayor's Court of Conway, was dismissed; Wilson Williams, seut up by H, C. Gore, from above Red Wlutf, was nol pros on payment of #50,00 costs; Cephas CONWAY*, S. C., THUI Wocdbor'y, in a case from Conway, was convicted. S >mo excellent work has been done by the police of the town of Conway during the last year or two in suppressing the sale of liquor illicitly. This work appears to have beeu brought to something of a climax during the first three ironths efficient service of our present Chief of Police, Mr Ambrose, lately of (Jeorgo'own. The eases brought to the public's attention through the police, have been as follows: 1. On January 111, complaint was lodged against Rosa Johnson, a white woman, for illicit dealing in whiskey. She was convicted and paid a iine of $50 00. She has moved away from town. o / \? I? ?.. o i ^^^f ??>n -j. v/ij ijauuaij oa, v;a'in |iiiaiu t mu made against W. J. Bruton for selling li(juor. iie was found guilty by the Mayor's court and appealed to the court of Sessions. This appeal was dismissed as to a part of the charges and the defendant remanded to the lower court for resentence. In the meantime, the defendant disappeared 1c is worthy of note m this connection that the defendant in this case has often, on occasion, acted as deputy sheriff and as constable. 3. About February If), Fred Lewis, living just outside of town, was complained of for selling liquor. He plead guilty and paid a fine. 4. On March 0, Norman Sessions was arrested on charges of selling whiskey, complaint being make by Chief of Police Ambrose. He was convicted by the Mayor's court and is now out on bond pending the appeal. This defendant has also been accustomed to act as deputy sheriff and constable. f). On March 29, Charlie Bruton, a brother of VV. J. Bruton, was ar l.~.l l... i f a .rw, [ 'ty v^iuci n uii/i uac *.^u uutvi ^L:n of selling liquor. Ho was convicted and is now serving sentence. G. About March 28, J. W\ Wilson, known as "C;>ot," had an arrest warrant issued against him by the Chief of Police, charging him with selling whiskey. He has not been arrested. Coot, it will be remembered, served as marshal of the town of Conway several }rears ago. Be has served as policeman in other towns also. 7 and 8, Two negro women of the town were lately convicted of selling whiskey and are now serving their sentence, This is a part of the record of the County and of the town of Conway in enforcing the Dispensary Law as a State statute and as a town ordinance. It is believed that the town has gone as far as it may alone in suppressing illicit whiskey selling. "It is hardly possible," say Chief Ambrose, "to stop the sale of liquor in the town of Conway, unless we have the active support of all of the county otlicors whose duty it is to suppress the trallic. There are too many ends to the traffic reaching outside of the town for me to reach it alone." And the Chief's position seems to be very reasonable. There is very little doubt that the sale of whiskey in the county is more prevalent than the cases before the court of Sessions would indicate In fact, it would be a very good rule for the different communities of the county to be complimented in proportion to the number of whiskey cases sent up to court, and suspected in their absence from the docket. There were 88 cases of assault and battery, rtinging irom simple assaun to murder, to ied in this county during 1!)()!). This is nearly half of the total number of cases and probably much more than half of the total work bofore the court during that time. A very large proportion of these cases grew out of the illicit sale of whiskey. So many people are necessarily involved in a liquor trade that it should apparently be easy to make proof of the fact. Hut the experience of the courts over the State has not shown such to be the case. In fact, the attempt to protect themselves diMinst the law, has, in some places, led the blind tigers to make a political organization of their patrons and others over whom they get any influence A compact body of votes, that can be absolutely delivered to any candidate who will wink at them, is a powerful protective agency. Whether such a state of things has reached this county is a question which any close observer of local conditions in the county can very easily decide for himself. If the liquor dealers in the county have not yet reached this method of protecting themselves by political organization, it is for the best interests of the county that they do 1 T i* i ?- _<V? _ # a _ 1 _ not cio so. ii too omcers 01 tne law tint! themselves unable to break up the unlawful conspiracies to foster the liquor trade, cortainly the powerful weapon of adverse public opinion, formed and expressed by the honest and law abiding citizens of every community, can be used as an effect ive weapon of righteousness. ? ^ P M Donnan, an industrious farmer of the Adrian neighborhood, was a pleasant visitor at the Herala office last week. I a W* tSDAY, MAY 26, 1910. MB J OB: Mr E. Ambrose Sustains | Painful Injuries. RIGHT LEG" AMPUTATED. While Attcrviptliijr to Couple Lojc Cars in Order to Get Out of the Way of tli* Passenger Train on C. C. & W. Koad JWr Ambrore Is IP | II I VVJ ( Mr E Ambrose, head of the logging gang of the Conway Lumber Co., met with a serious accident Saturday at one of the lumbor camps between Conway and Myrtle Beach by which he lost the iower part of his right leg. At near the time for the arrival of the passenger train, the log train was on the main line and made effort to make a siding and Mr Ambrose in making an elfort to couple up the train and while betweeu two cars lost his balance and fell or was dragged under the trucks the wheels passing over his leg terribly crushing and mangling it. lie was brought to Conway as fast as steam could bring him and carried totbeofllceof Dr Burroughs. It was found necessary to amputate the leg betweeu the knee and ankle. Dr J S Dusoubery assisted in the operation, Mr Ambrose was then taken to the residence of Mr W II Ambrose, the local manager of the Company where every attention is beinggiven him. At this writing ho is doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances, and is recovering as rapidly as possible from the terrible ordeal through which he has and is passi ng. Court of ( oneral Sessions. The court of General Sessions convened on last Monday afternoon at li o'clock, Judge G. YV. Gage presiding. The witnesses in several indictments were called and sworn and sent before the grand jury. Judge Gage had not been to Conway since the erection of the new court house and he was impressed very favorably with the edilice. The contingent docket was called but none of the cases thereon were disposed of. The first case tried was the State vs J. J. Carter, charged with obstructing a public road. The prosecutor in the case was I. B, Hardee. The State was represented by the Solicitor assisted by B. W. VVait, Esq-, and the defendant by 11. H. Woodward, Esq. This case was noi ended on Monday evening and was resumed on Tuesday morning. The State vs Galloway was nol prossed. In the case of the State vs Anderson, a negro, the defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months or fine of $100.00. The case of the State vs R)bbio McCray, charged with breaking in to the store of the Conway Bargain House was next tried, the defendant not represented by any attorney. The State introduced evidence tending to show that the defendant broke into the store and afterward the stolon property was found in defendant's possession. He was found guilty and sentenced to the reformatory for five years. Next oil the docket was the State vs Ed Heaves charged with stealing chickens from M, D. Mishoe out of a chicken coop appurtenant to a dwelling house, and in the night time, then making the charge burglary. The court directed a verdict of not guilty, on tho ground there was no evidence of entry of house. In the case of the State vs Fred Lewis, thedefer.dant pleaded guilty. The State vs 13. F. Vereen, Jr., was nol pressed upon payment of cost. The State vs James Hay was tried and the defendant found guilty by the jury. IJe was sentenced to 4100.00 or three months at hard labor. The. State vs Frank Davis, char grid with arson was continued until the next term on motion of the defendant. In the State vs W J Sawyer, charged with illegal practice of medicine pleaded guilty and was lined $50.00 As we go to press the case of The State vs VVatt is being tried. The jury failed to agree in the case against J J Carter, and a mistrial was ordered. Card of Thanks I wish to express my appreciation and thanks to niy friends and neighbors for the efTecient assistance rendered by them in saving my house from a disastrous fire Monday afternoon May 10th, A L Thornpkins. J M Thompkins was in Conway one day recently. fit I i a ?i in1 Gathered by a Herald Man on Ilis Rounds. CAUGHT Olf THE BOUNCE. Stray Bit* of News Gathered by the Wayside for the Information and Instruction of Herald Uoa/li.rc.lt ann<>llinir<l of IlltcrCSt About the City. VV II Gerrald passed through the , city last Saturday. Chas Dusenbury was in Conway one day last week, Henry Thorn pk ins was a pleasant caller last Saturday, Mrs U A Dusenbury spent several days iti Conway last week. W S Ilowott was a pleasant visitor at the oflice last week. B B Vereon was in Conway on business one day recently, C K Gerrald, of Galivants Ferry, was in Conway one day last week on legal business. W K Brown, of Galivants Ferry, was among the farmers visiting Conway last week. R L Bell, of the lirm of Boll Bros at Warn pee, was in Conway ono day last week on business. J A Duke and G F Alexander, of Fair BlutT, North Carolina, spent several days at Conway last week. For low pi ices on summer goods, ~~11 -- ? .... 1 I rt. 4- ... . .. 1, , . can ai? my sturc an i 101 me auuw you over my immense stock. VV L Rhodes, Loris, S. C. Mr and Mrs Dr Dusenbury of Conway passed through the city this morning going to Charleston to attend the Surgeons convention.? Florence Times, One of the hardest rains that we have seen in sometime fell here before day light yesterday morning. It was a genuine stump lifter, gully washer and trash mover. The advertisement of W L Rhodes at Lor is, giving special prices on seasonable goods, is still running in the paper. Lie will be glad to wait on you at the store. Rev R E Stack house, Presiding Elder of Marion District, will preach the Baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of fcho Burroughs High School in the Baptist church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. J VV Alford, a progressive farmer of Bucks township, had the misfortune of loosing his barn one dav last week, together with a large qjantity of corn and other produce, borne r\ f i Ra #1V* \ 1 rl m i n f lio Knt?n f Ul U IIV. Uli ?? 1 \J I II UUU UiVl II u u the time and had some matches and they set lire to the building while playing with the matches. Mr W B Singleton, Singleton, will please accept our thanks for a box of delicious coaches of the famous Horry county variety. He has a line orchard of TOO trees which are in fruit from May till October. And yet there are people who say peaches cannot be successfully grown in Horry. Many friends of W N Gerrald will be glad to notice his card in this issue announcing bis candidacy for election to tho olliee of Judge of Probate of Horry County. He is among the best and most successful teachers in the county, a young man of high character and standing, and lilted to fill the olllce. Head his / ?nrrl in -innthftr column. The Sunday school convention of Marion District convenod here yosterday, but no business, except of a routine nature, was transacted owing no doubt to the late hour at which many of the delegates arrived, Today the convention will be thoroughly organized and will settle down to the work already mapped out. Considerable interest has been awakened aniong the business men of I Lorry since the publication of a recent article concerning the railroads that are likely to come through sections of the county. The one that is now being constructed to Mullins is the road which will be most likely to come through the county by Cm.vay, but that the others will not come to Conway is not at all certain. ?. ? INLW PAPER FOR MULLINS fax-Congressman,James Norton of Mullins passed through the city this morning going to Columbia as a ? .1 A _ . i o. ? i A UeiOgaLU tu t IIC Olillie l/CllKlUlilUC convention. Mr Norton says that nis town is to have another piper to be owned by a stock Co, They expect to bring out the first issue now in a few clays. It will bo known as the Mullins Messenger, This will two papers for Muliins, The Enterprise owned and controlled by Editor Piatt is a well established mouthpiece for that section, The Messenger will be a four page publication and it is the owners intention to make it a live number. No. 6 NEW DEPARTURES Conway Savin urs Bank Inaugurates Two New Features. The Conway Savings Pank lias increased its rate of interest from k to 5 cents per ar num, payable annually. This is but onitber evidence on the part of the bank officials to favor depositors as far as sound banking principles will allow Another new feature introduced in Conway by this bank is found it the new rule to keep the bank open every Saturday from f> to J) p m, to allow the wage earners to deposit what they can of their week'swages after purchasing their week's supply of the necessaries of life. This wo take it, is one of tho most important steps made in the bauking circles of Conway as it will be a big inducement for many working wage earners to save a portion of their wages eacli week by giving thein an opportunity to deposit what they can spare on Saturday, and not carry it. over Sunday, which in most cases is spent before banking hours on Monday arrives. And again it will encourage a disposition to become saving! and frugal. (let a person in tho habit of saving a little every week and he will be astonished at the result in a short while so much so that he vvUl keep it up and thus pave the way of laying up something for the rainy day. This accommodation will doubtless benefit that class of citizenship that stand most in need of help and will be ap, prociatod by them. Toddville Tidings. Miss Maud Long, after spending a week in town with friends anil relatives, has returned home, Tho picnic hero last Saturday was a grand success. A large crowd attended and all seemed to enjoy themselves. Of course everybody likes to visit Toddville anyway. Quito a largo delegation from tho local camp here, VV. O, \V. went to Loris Sunday 10 witness the unvailing of the monument of A. 1<\ Prince We could not find out just how many people were present at tho grave, but conservative estimates place it at about two thousand which shows the esteem in which ? 1 .. -- Ill s~\ _ _ line late sovereign was ueiu. uu tho death of sovereign Prince, Loris camp has lost a valuable member and Horry one of its best citizens. In the opinion of this writer tho town of Loris is making more progress than any section of 1 Lorry county. They have two large tobacco warehouses and a bank and all doing a good florishing business, and are now (igurmg on gittiug another railroad. Lo?is is composed of so many progressive citizens full of life and energy and is the home of D I) liarrelson, P C Prince, VV K Holt, N .K Ha'dwick, I C Bryant, I) J Butler, VV A Prince, VV J Hughes, Y P McQueen, J Q Graham, W L Sanderson, K R Skipper and others all working for tho development of their town. Hon liarrelson has piobably tho finest dwelling in this little progressive town. I) .J Butler has one in course t\f ni'.-f t inn r?nnall\.' imml Wl J J f-1 Uarrolson and Quince Graham have t.wo beautiful farms in tho incorporate limits of the town that could not be bought for any reasonable price. Forecast. Reply to Mr. Mc. C. Holmes Mr Editor: ?If you will please allow me space it) your valuable columns for a few more lines, T will try to avoid the use of any language which might bo detrimental to the progress of your esteemed Herald, or a nuisance to its readers. In replying to Mr Holmes, I will say that my appreciation of tho right to vote in the election referred to, did, as usual, result in the exercising of my own judgment and in the voting in accordance to my own convictions, and perhaps it was my linn belief in freedom of will that prompted me under such unfavorable circumstances to attempt a reply to those who would make an etTort to instill in*o the minds of the people an idea which wo are very far from appreciating tho least bit. In reference to his judgment, if he would be an important judge it mieht bo well for him not to draw | his conclusion from what he hears rumored abroad, but give his criminals a chance to speak and testify for themselves, otherwise some of those smart Alex he spoke of might watch for an opportunity to trip him in his proceedings. If Mr Holmes does not mean to enter into a controversy with anyone, it will be necessary for him to be careful enough in the forming of his communications, that from their reading no one would have the slightest reason to believe that that person to whom lie refers in his article either startod or rirculat* ed an untruth, or that he has in any way merited that new name "Smart Alex." M C Dor man. J H Prince was here last Saturday.