The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 26, 1910, Image 1
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VOL XXIV.
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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. _
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Sunning- the Domestic
Blind Tiger
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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
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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.
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P M Donnan, an industrious farmer
of the Adrian neighborhood,
was a pleasant visitor at the Herala
office last week. I
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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,
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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.
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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.