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p. . ' ' , ' '' '' ' 1 PiRST SEC HON jj w VOL XXIV. 53 j_ _ Mr Winslow Made Instruc^ tive and Interesting Talk tie peopleTre enthused The Most Important Meeting Held in Conway in Recent Years was that one Held Monday in the Interest of Good Roads, and Much Good was the Result*?Some Expressed Themselves in Favor of Voting the Bonds foi Good Roads. rXbe meeting here last Monday in the interest of good roads, was enthusiastic, and the speech of Mr D H Winslow was enjoyed by a large crowd of Horry citizens. Twe good roads party consisting of Mr C W Moorman, of the Columbia Daily Keeord and the Government expert D H Wisnlow arrived in Conway at an early hour Monday morning by automobi'e from Georgetown, and spent the morning until the hour appointed, talking with loading citize'ns of the* town and county. The m meting has awakened interest in the bond issue which will cocne before the voters of the county next November. Heading men say that they will do everything they can to carry a vote in favor of the bonds ? ? ?i # 11 t j. _ The ttecora has tne ronowing w say in reference to the meeting. Horry county turned out in force to attend the rally conducted under the auspices of the local newspapers and The Record's Good Roads campaign. This County is in a state of great uncertainty pending a vote on the question of whether the county shall issue bonds to th8 amount of $100,000 for the improvement of the loads. Mr Window made one of the strongest and most efTeq^ve addresses he has delivered during the rampvign. He devoted most of his time to a discussion of a bond issue After he had conclude! a permanent. I orginiz ition was formed with Col C P Quat'lebaum as president; Supervisor A C Murrell, vice president; W L Bryan, secretary aud Joseph 0 F Harper, as treasurer. Executive I 'committeemen from each township ti/iii ho nnniint.^ affc.-?r deliberation. I K -la acepting the position of president, Col Qaattlebaum made an earnest appeal to the voters of the county to inform themselves on the meaning and importance of the bond issue. ?3He also urged the local newspapers to disseminate information oa the subject. He is an ardent advocate for the bond issue. The meeiiag was presided over by Supervisor Murrell. The handsome new court house was tilled with an audience that showed its interest in the good roads question by the attention given to every word uttered. This court house is a credit to any county. Death of Isaac J. Williams. Isaac J. Williams departed this life on July 2Gih, 1910, at the hos it _ pital in Aanevtlle, in. u , wnere ne had been taken somj time before, in the hope that he might be benefitrted. The remains arrived here on Thursday and the interment took place at Lakeside cemetery, the religious services 'bcung conducted by Rev. G, E Edwards of the Methodist church. The funeral was attended by many friends who learned to know him during more than twenty-five years that he spent at Conway. The deceased had been in poor nealth for a number of years, though his illness was not real zed by his friends, owing to his always good humor and cheerfulness Some months ago he was advised to / return to Hendersonville, N. C , where he was greatly benefitted last year. Re was taken to Ashe vil'e, N. C., several weeks ago, where he died following an opera* tion. Mr. William3 came to Horry County from South port, N. C., about the year 1884 and accepted a position under his uncle H. T. Williams, as engineer on the Steamer Maggie. Prior to that time he was a travelling salesman for a machinoi-v hnnsfl. After moving to Con v? j ? ? w 'cp> way, he became interested in the Waccamaw Line of Steamers, and some other enterprises, and he held a position of one kind or another with this steamboat company until the time of his death, He was a skilled machinist, and everything he undertook to do was done well ^He was a member of the Lodge of Knights of Pythias at the time of death, and a committee of the lodge met his remains at Chadbourn* His cousin Prof I T Williams, of Spartanburg attended the funeral. A. T. Thornton, our auctioneer is one of the best in South Carolina. Farmers' Warehouse, Conway, S. C, G J Witts was in Conway last Saturdapr L. ; f s 4 -B ' .HH**- wl'v. > r In Loving Memory. . On May 28ih, 1910, the death anI gel visited the home of Mr S. K ' Stevens and taken him to that beautiful home above where there is no , sad parting and no farewell tears are shed. He was sick but a short while and all that loving hand and skilled physicians could do was done , to arrest the fatal illness and turn I the ebbing tide of life, but in obedience to the divine will, death claimt ed the victim and the grave received its occupant. The remains were ? 1-1 J A _ A - A I * _ 1 1 _ ! .1 1 ' laiu iiU rest on tuu luiiuwin^ uuy m t the presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends. He was a good man and was lo/ed 1 by all who knew him. We feel sure that he is at rest and know that he is through with the trials and troubles of this sinful world. He has suffered his last pair and is now . resting in the arms of Jesus. He i was ready and willing to go at any i time. He leaves a loving wife, six children, two grand children, two brothers, one sister and a host of friends and relatives to mourn their loss, but we mourn not as those who have no hope, for we fee) sure that we will see him again if we live such a life as he did. Ho was a good and loving husband, a kind father and a good neighbor. We shall meet him no more in this world but hope to meet him again in that world where parting will be no more. Through all the charges Jof time we shall miss thee, but from our oearts tbe sweet memory snail never depart. Glorious sunbeams always kiss the soil that covers the last resting place and through the encircling gloom at night may bright stars shine keeping their vigils above ihy grave. His bright smiles and kindly greetings will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved him. Good bye dear father thon art gone, We cannot see you here, But may we all meet again. In that happy home so bright and fair, A good oli friend from us is gone, A voice we love is still, A place is vacant in our home, That no one else can fill. My trials on earth are great, My love for him was more, And I hope to meet him in heaven, And rest with on the other shore. Our father the heaven hath gained, Out living the tempest and wind, Hts rest he hath sooner obtained, And left his companion oehind. Still tossed on a sea of distress, Hard toiling to make the blest shore. Where all is assurauce and peace, , And sorrow and sin are no more. We ask God's blessings to rest upon the bereaved family and we 1 bow in humble submission to His divine will. His loving daughter-in-law, Grace Stephens, Clarendon, N. C. Powells new warehouse at Fair Bluff opened up July2Gih, with good sales and during the week ending July 20vh, had sold more tobacco than during the same period last year with 24 per cent increase in av- < erage price. . 1 With 16 regular buyers represent- 1 ing the largest concerns in the 1 world with the best lighted house to ^ show your tobacco, and the best all i round force to handle your tobacco. < why hesitate tojbring your tobacco I to E. J. Davis & Sons, who will al- 1 ways get you me top market priee i every time. i Yours to serve, I E. J, Davis & Sons, j W. It. Mincy of the Wanamaker 1 I section sold two curings tobacco 1 Saturday July 30th with E, J Davis 1 & Sons, Pair Bluff, N. C , as follows ( 702 pounds ($ $9.50 and 737 pounds ($$11.25, Mr, Mincy was well 1 pleased with his prices and said ' Pair Bluff was the market and K J. 1 Davis A Sons the place. i W. C. Miller of Horry County * sold two curings tobacco with E J. Davis & Sons Juty 29th, 870 pounds ^ aii nn 1 Q1R ^^^ ^ st 1 O Fx(\ I fll VV UUU oiu puuuus V"> IIV. farmers bring your tobacco to Fair Bluff and sqfl with E. J. Davis ( & Sons, if you want to get the worth of your tobacco. I The pa?r that wins. Neal & Dixon, . are starting off selling tobacco with a long lead by selling nearly two to one Jim and Dick may adopt the Bryan platform before the tobacoo 1 season is over by selling sixteen to 1 one. This is one pair that does ? business on their merit and not the 1 demerit of others. They have but few if any equals in the warehouse < 'business.?Mullins Enterprise. j Many friends sympathize with Mr ^ and Mrs J S Vaught, because of the j death of their son, Mr Willie Vaught last Sunday. He was a young man ( of promise and kindly bearing. He was ill for several weeks and everything possible was done to restore , him to health. The interment took ( place at Lakeside Cemetery on Monday, attended by a concourse of relatives and friends. , Wm. Stalvey, of Marion county, < spent a day of two in Conway last i week, I ,~T\; f ' vvr?- ' ' l%r ' ?#n CONWAY, S. C., THUF TAX LEVY N But the Burden Taken Fro. Other Ckissei EQUALIZATION SY 'Hon Jeremiah Smith, Horry's Represen Tells of the Injustice Being Done Share Holders in Cotton Mills. Tli rich the Bloated Bond Holder. A ( Taxation is Imperative. Hon. Jercr Mr Editor: As the State campaign meeting for Horry will be held in Con way today (Thursday), will you kindly give me space for the following as it may suggest the discussion of some other matter in our State government as well as the ever present and never dying liquor question? Your readers will pardon me for saying I am an unbompromisiog State wide Prohibitionist, but the liquor question has been threshed out, over and over again from one end of the State to the other for more than a decade. Every intelligent citizen has his mind made upon this question, and, therefore, the continued discussion of it is a waste of time at the expense of other State interests. Every candidate professes to stand for good roads, im proved schools, equality in taxes and lower taxes, respect for and obedience to law. What some of us would like to hear discussed is the plan by which these desired results are to be accomplished, In my judgment the best, guarantee for the accomplishment of these results is the respect for and the enforcement of law in pur tax department, which, is, as now operated, the most delusive, farcical and unjust method that could possibly be devised. It is not only unequal as applied to the individual in each class. To illustrate, take two cotton mill companies. hach one built a mill costing the same amount and each having the same number of spindles, cards and looms, and not a dollar's difference in the capital invested bv the two companies, Now, it seems to us common citizens that the tax imposed would be the same on each company. But, not so. They are not taxed on the I mill but on the market value of their capital stock. One may prosper and pay dividends until its stock is at a premium, the other may as a result of bad business methods, water its stock, get into the hands of receivers and run the market yalue of its stock down until it is not worth 25 cents on the dollar on the market. Now, notwithstanding the visible property is the same, the prosperous company would be paving four times the taxes of the other. The agricultural and commercial classes are taxed on their visible property and not on the proceeds. Why should we assess one class by >ne rule aud other classes by an nher rule/ Again, the corporations, especialy the cotton mills, contend that, r Items From Galivants Ferry. Mr Editor:?Will you please alow me space in your valuable pajer for a few lines as I haven't seen inything from this place in some iime? Mr Albert Rabon's wife has been )uite ill for some time. We hope or her early recovery. Mr and Mrs Kirk Martin's little daughter is fery ill at this writing but we hope or her a speedy recovery, Mr Goo J, Holliday has just pur.Unnn/] nf fha lafaof ;u?acu UUC V/l VUU ?WVVJV imytvixu I cotton gins, No weddings to report at this writing, but listen for them in the aear future. 8-10-3. Misses Inez Wilkes and Floy Lewis two of Chadboums fairest and lovely laughters returned home Tuesday after a pleasant visit to Miss Elisabeth Ogllvie, In Goaway. ? r *"?<st* >, K V? ' ? ' :tt Hi LSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1910. OT REDUCED m the Mills and Placed o> i s of Property. STEM A DELUSIOh tative on State Board of Equalizatio > the Holders of Property Other Tha le Farmer Foots the Bills in Order to En Change in the Listing of Properly fo " x. niali Smith . they pay a higher rate of taxes thai: other classes of our citizens Tho> get the record of sales of land from the Clerks of Court in several counties. Tney apply that same value to all the land in the county and State and by that misleading rule they claim to prove their con tention, when, in fact, the rulo is misleading aud fallacious. Their rule works all right when applied to their capital stock. If $100 00 of their stock sells at par then every hundred dollars is worth the same. But not so with land Land values are determined by quality and location. If a man buys a piece of land upon which to make a home for himself and family, he buys good land. The price doesn't represent the intrlnuin \jn 1 i1 r?f nil ill ix hinrl i n +.li? county and State /That rule for ascertaining values will prove that because a line Jersey cow sells for seventy or a hundred dollars all the cattle in the State should be listed for taxation at the same price of the Jersey, and, because a line horse will sell for $500, then every horse and mule should bo assessed at $500 each. The contention that the sales of the best land should be accepted as the average value is so absurd that it would seem that even an idiot would refuse to accept the proposition as logical and just. And yet that kind of an argument sometimes controls County Boards of Assessors and State Boards of Equalization. [f we had proper respect for the Cons tit j tio n and the law, and return our property in obod'idience thereto, we would increase tax values, the assets upon which the public does business, and ihus force capital to contribute its share to the maintenance of public utilities for the benefit of the public. We would add 100 per cent, to the school fund, which should be a State fund and distributed according to cirqumstances and conditions all over the State and thus help the public schools in the rural districts If the law is all right' why not respect and obey it? If it is wrong J.heu what is necessary to make it right? We would like the candidates for the Legislature and Governor to give us ideas of their plan for correcting the evils in our governmental policy, some of which are referred to in this article. Now, Mr Editor, if you will pardon me for taking so much space in your valuable paper, I will close with best wishes for you, the Herald and its readers. Jeremiah Smith, Struck a Rich Mine. S W Bends, of Coal City, Ala., says he struck a perfect mine of health in Dr Kings New Life Bills for they cured him of Liver and Kidney Troubles after 12 years of suffering. They are the best pills on earth for Oonstipatiorf, Malaria, Headache, Dyspepsia, Debility, 25e \t x\orton Drug Co. The Herald always stood for material improvements in the town, the streets, sidewalks, and public buildings. We will advocate the voting of the $100, 000. 00 in bonds to be used in building good roads throughout the county. This is the most importaut thing to come before the people iu the coming elections, it is more importaut than the election of candidates. f 'Will I i oinr in hi 1/ rminrc I olift nflLll luIIUlo Gathered by a Herald Mai i on His Rounds. CAUGHT 0ifTHE BOUNCE 1 Stray Bits of News Gathered t> tlie Wayside for the Informa tlou and Instruction of Herai< n Kcaders*-llappeniiif s of Interea n About the City. 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure an case of Chills and Fever. Price 25c f W. D. Martin was in town las Tuesday W. J. Singleton was in Conwa, one day recently. Dr. R G. Sloan spent some tirm ' at Myrtle Beach last week. M. W. Collins was at Murrell' Inlet several days last week. V C Todd, of Simoson Creole was in the city one day last week. C 1 C. P. Quattlebaum spout sev eral days at Myrtle Beach last week W. J. Hendricks was among th prominent farmers in Conway th first of the week. R. L, H Brenton and daughter of Port Harrelson, were in Conwa one day last week. Magistrate R. H Rhodes, of Mat tie, S. C.. was in Conway las Thursday on business. D. V. Richardson spent severa days in Conway recently makin; the trip here in the new Reo. , The large ad. of Nissen-Todd Co. r appears in this issue and it will pa} [ the buying public to give them j . call before laying in supplies. W. A. Prince, of Loris, was ii Conway the latter part of last week He was strongly solicited to make the race for the house of representa tives. We spare no expense in our ef , forts to accommodate aud please our customers. Always glad to see the planters at the Conway ?arm ers Warehouse. . The county campaign opened al Jordanville last Saturday according to schedule. The candidates were not warmed up as they will perhapi be by the time they get around the county. The wife of Dr W. J. Langstjr was taken very ill recently and her relatives were sent for by telegram The friends of the family hope for her early^recovery. A negro boy named Buddie Johnson and a negro woir.su named S; CI O j. 1 - i -1 ' ? o, o win ion were lougeci in tne county jail the first of this week from Burcol, upon a serious crimiual charge, Mrs E M. Gasque, and her charming young daughter, of Jacksonville, Fla , loft the first of the week for their home, after spending some time here, visiting friends and relatives. They spent some of the time at Myrtle Beach, The friends of Mr J. S. Vaught will be sorry to learn that on account of illness in his family, he was compelled to forego his race for the office of Judge of Probate. His pledge was not among those filed last Friday. The people cannot be too csreful at thisjseason of the year about decaying vegetation about the home, and garbage of all kinds. Be sure and keep the house tlies and musquitoes out of the house, especially exclude them from the sleeping rooms. A piano tuner, who was in town last week, nlvintr his trade, was ar rested by the town marshal, upon the strength of a message received by him from Ridge Spring, After he had been in the lock-up for a few minutes another message was received to turn him out and this was done. Henry Buck, a prominent attorney of the Marion bar. was very ill for several days at Murrell's Inlet the latter part of last week. Dr McEntire of Marion was in the party at the beach, and Dr Badger, of Diiiou was hastily summoned. Dr Badger made the trip from Dillon to Murrell's Ialet in five hours. Mr Buck's friends will be glad to know that ho is out of danger. Dr R G. Sloan, of Little River, was solicited by many friends to make the race for the house of representatives from Horry county. Dr Sloan is a brother of the late Lieut Gov. Sloan, and Columbia is his old home. At the last he decided not to enter the race. His friends would have made a strong light for him, and some of them were no doubt disappointed when he decided not to run, We have built for the Ilorry farmers a tobacco warohouse second to none in the State and our sales are guaranteed to be up to the best at all times in prices. Farmers' Warehouse Co. / No 16 news n One Negro Ambushes Another and Kills Him. . r. w. davis,The murderer y Two Well-to-do Colored Farmers Living: Near Conway Have a Falling-out d i t and Davis Kills Kirton.?The Murderer Was Captured and is Now in Jail. r Thadeus W. Davis, a well-to-do oolored farmer, living about four " miles from the County seat, shot and< instantly killed, Harrison Kiry ton, one of his colored neighbors, last Friday night. Friends ef the dead negro came and notified the 0 sherilT and he went to the scene of the killing, together with Chief L. s R. Ambrose. They found Kirton I VI n cr in t rnnvl niar thn raci/lonvA .j . .. n - -- - ? w ? \/mv? t? ?v?k v*-IV> i v.OIUVliV*' of Davis, dead, and Davis himself ? sitting quietly in his house, wiih his gun across his knees, wuitng for - the sheriff to take him. Tne sla3'ei* was lodged in jail by the sheriff. Dav's and Kirton were neighbors, ** living in sight of each othei. It is said that there had beed bad blood between the two few* a long time, ' that a mule belonging to Davis was y found near Kirton s place in a swamp drowned, and Davis charged Kirton with causing the mischief, t There were words between them and hard feelings over this and other little difficulties. Kirton was '' bad natured and worried Davis it is ? said no little. Last year the wife of Davis fell , dead without warning. She was * white, and very little, if anything i at all, is known of her origin here. After that time Davis seemed to go wiong in his mind, and he gradual1 ly grew worse. lie was well known * among the business houses in Con} way, and was good pay, having a good bank account, both in tho savings department and on check account. Those with whom he had i . .... . ^ oeeti Lransactiug business, baa noticed a decided change in Davis, and some of them have remaked that he had partially lost his mind, t When the officers returned from \ making the arrest they stated that ; Davis talked freely of the act. That s he ^aid that Kirton had passed his s place some time in the earl/ night and something passed between Kiri ton and a son of Davis, which made . Davis mad. He loaded his gun with shells, and waited until nearely ff . o'clock for Ivii'ton to come along on his way back. Becoming impatient he took his gun and went in search of him. That he met him in the road and called to him to halt three times, as Kirton did not answer. 1 That ho then shot and Kirton fell dead. After the shooting Davis went and notified the dead negro's . people. The gun was loaded with buck shot, and thirteen of tho shot ent.OTAfl tlio rm<ri*n'e hr?r1\r Pumnor' H. H Burroughs stated that any one of the thirteen shot was sufiicient to cause death, most of them entering through the large arteries, the lungs or the heart. On Saturday morning Coroner II. II H. Burroughs empanelled a jury of inquest, and a verdict was found in accordance with the facts as above outlined. ? To the Farmers of Ilorry. Mullius, S: C., Aug. 3rd 1910. Our sales opened on the 21th inst. with prices about the same as last year, nothing being offered except the low grades. We look for prices on the better grades to be fair when offered. We have not been able to get to see you in person, but suppose that you have been bothered with drummers enough anyway. Our idea is to do our drumming on our warehouse floor by getting you the top of the market at all times. We have nice, clean rooms, beds, elc., for you, and good stalls for your stock. Market your crop gradually, with exceptions of your first primings, or anything you may have that is high in order, market these now. We opened the season with more tobacco in our house than any two in town. We thank our friends for this evidence of their faith in us and hope to see you keep it up. We will do our best for you all the time. Soliciting at least a share of your business, and assuriug you in advauce of our appreciation of same, we are, Your friouds, Geo H Yarboro & Son. We look for the Imperial's buyer to be on our sales August 3rd, Farmers' Warehouse, Conway, S. C. Capt Chas J Epps, returned to Conway last Saturday, after several weeks absence engaged in military affairs. Good service at the Horry Tobaci co Warehouse at the old stand on i the corner opposite Main Street business blook, Give us a trial* J R Bowles. I