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ti * VOL XXV. BHEH Dave Johnson Shot Negro * in SeJf Defense. UCCDn TIVCQ TUC RlAMP I1LUI1U I MIV-U l iiu uuniviu Fill a Had Negro With Mean Blind TigerWhiake}' and Give him a "Pop ^ Gun" and he is Going to Hurt Nome Body or be Hurt. In This Case M?(Jueen Received a Bullet in his Head and ono in his Arm. 1 he Negro was Alive at Last Account?. Arthur McQueru, a negro employee at the lumber mills at Allen, J5. C , while at a fishery near Myrtle Beach last Sunday, was shot five times by J) C Johnson, four of the shots taking1 effect, ami causing injuries from which the negro may die. Mr Johnson was walking up the strand nearly a mile from Myrtle * Beach, near the fishery of M Ii Nance who was in company with Johnson. Before arriving at the place where the shooting occurred, they heard the report of a pistol several times, and as they came nearer saw four negroes standing together in a group. As they passed, f) C Johnson a.- ked one of the neyocs who it was that had been do : g ?he shooting, and the negro replied that it was none of his business. Askid for his name, the negi o gave it, and J ihnson was proceeding to wri te this down in a day book tn*t he earn tf in his pocket k Sud(enly the negro pulled a pisto! fn.m under his c *at and fired thiee times at JohntOn none of tne sho s tauiog i If-'Ct. I) C J ihnsoo rau ouck, ioukiu^ u.wl io< iji u "u'i ^continued m (ire, and fired ihe fiv*? shots at MiQ ioenf ihe hub shot tuking tlF ict iu uis bead and he fell to the ground. Toe wounded muu was brought to Conway and obtained medical aid. It was staled thai, the snot in the hi ad had peretrated the i rain and he would very likely die Tut> three oiher wounds seem, d to be superficial ar.d not terious in thdr ud ure. D C Johnson ha me into Con?/ay %nd surrendered to ihe sber'fl. s Death of J. C. Bruton. The Herald regrets to record the death ot J C Bruton whioh occurred | at his residence heieou last Mot day night. jVr many years he has filn d the position ot Uniltd Stales Deputy Mai ohi 1 at this point, and whs the I #nuDt\ j iler under Sheriff B J Sessions. lie never tired in hunting down < ff-ndf rs agaiast the United States 1 quor laws, ar.d violators of these laws hreaoed him *her^var I?. **> I ? I ni. ? i cj a urn ir.l t'riivl IlfLlCil uuian ,U| ?> '.. i l o nv.iv vut ivu ife had been i 1 for some time and 'the end was i ut unexpected He voi? fair in i he conduct of his offi :iaJ drf*irs urio haci ?be np'i'alion of an honebt, good (inz p, Hi was martried twice, both unions being blessed with children. II * last wife and quite a nuo.bt r of cm dr-n are left to mourn the Lbs cf a husband and father. Dothan Dot3. N. J. Cox attended the meeHngof county coram in issioners in Whi e\ille Monday. He was accompanied f bv bis son, It L Cox Mr h Ctf'S i) B and, a young man from near Shullotie, earae up fc>uoduy and en'ered as a student in Dothan High School. His fuller, Mr C C B'ui.d, who came With him returned the same d iv. (4K Mar low *.nn?r, last week in Whrferille as a j-t vo . Rev Sam T Creech filled his regu* lar appointment i.t Camp S vamp I church Sunday. Hro'ra ?t? d scr vices will continue through the wetk tallowing second Sunday. The debate at the school building Thursday night by Columbus Do L bating Society was the most interesting one this session The deci- 1 1 sion of the judges was unanimous in 1 I favor of the negative, so our farmI era may leave their fences just ' I where they arc for the present, t Miss Pearl Mnrlow called at the f 1 school building Wednesday. 1 [ Master James Mariow, Miss Mag| gie Suggs and sister, little Miss I Mary, are addition^ to the music I class. Cor. j Teachers' Examination. I The State Superintendent of F.duI eft*ion requests the following anI d^uncoment to be made: The nex* I regular teaohers' examination will I be neld in the court house in ConI way, Friday, October 6th. The cx Iaminat'on will embrace the same eufj els ?? before, but will be.based , on me 1611 text books recently ad pt?.d by the Slate board. The new boi ks can be had at the depo?dt"ric-.s in the county or at the JJL L Brjan Co., Columbia, S. C. 5fh? MM????????? Toddvillc Tiding* Miss Maude Long is spendiug this week in town with relitivo*. Mrs II ittie Dusonbury and dauirh- j ter, Mib? Je.-sie, who hive been vus- , itioi/ relatives and friends at Kair! Biv.tr and other pVmts, returned j home Tuesday mucu to the delight of their in inv friends Misses Mary and Mofrg'e Oliver, i two ot G"eepwood's most attractive I youn^r ladies, were hero this week. I J M Dusetibury, of Conway, b >s occ. p'ed a p isit.io i as salesman for j Duftenbury ?fc Cj , here, v cm S b j Sarvis, resigned. Mr Sirvis b \s j uco< p'ed a p >si ion as biokiteeper for a jar^d mercantile firm in south ' Fioric a, IHrry Rheuark and Frank G een wiu itavo on th ) 18 \ iiht> for e j le^e. The fotuier will enter YVof- | ford and the latter the G< iver&iiy at Columbia. Tne^puhlio school will commence here on October 11 h undci the management of Miss Hamilton, of Dillon. Prof S O Duseubury leaves Friday for McColi, S C. Mr Dusenbury was principal of the hi^h school there last term and gave such #meral satisfaction that he wns elected for another term. The people of Bucks and Conway townships voted practically solid for Supervisor Murrell in the last campaign believing that he would, if elected, he the ri^ht man lor the place. But there is certainly no improvement, to the road leading from Scarborough's farm to Conway. Just what turn will he taken about this matter or how the super visor will explain his failure to fix this road is not known, but if what the people are say in# can lie taken as a promise the conclusion will unquestionably follow that the place will #o almost solid for some one next election, but just who it will be can't oe said at this time. Ev oryDody seems to feel that tney don't care to have only #ood thii #. kept over for the second term. \Ve do not question ?he motives or #ooc intent ot Mr Murrell \s out waac the. people are deuuuiilin# a^e le sultj. Forecast. Presbyterian Church?Conway. Saboath raornin#, S >pt. 17: X j: r will bo preaching at 11 o'ciucK No evtnii # dervloo. S ibba'h school at 5 p m. Prayer meetii ^ Wednesday at 8 .) in. Ail are to oi dl / in vueu. Conway Methodist Church. Services for Sunday. September 17 h: Sunday Sbool at 9.45 a in. Preaching at 11 a m Epworrn league at 1 p lu. Prtaol i .g ao 8 p in Prayer meeting on Wednesday night. Preaching at Homswoocl on Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock. All art eoiuidily iuviied ij a-teud our lcivic3s. In Loving Memory. Mrs Mary Elzibeih IlardwieV departed t ills Lie at her home ul. August .6 n, 1911. She was uoru Septtinbir 18.laid and + as 7<> years it - ^ t. , ?i?i ? ? r ii muijma uiiu ?i& itiyaoivJ. in curj) Hie she was in irrled to Purify Llard wick and to this Union was born ton children, live boys and tivr giil*. fc>ne j jiued tne Rehoboth Methodist chuicn aud lived a faith ful member and Christian until herdeath, She was a good wife,and affectionate mo'beraud was loved by all who knew her. She bore her illness with patience and never compLined, 8>no was laid to rest in the Li hob ith cemetery in the presence j of a large cro vd of sorrowing relative* and friends to m >uin her loss out we do not mourn as those who have no hope for w? feel assured that grandma is at rest in the armof Jesus, and sonn day wo wi 1 got Aid men her where porting will b110 oioie She haves 8 chiidien -1 \ oovs 4 girls, ill grind cnildren and i several great grand cbi dren, one , orother and one si?'or. Her Loving Grand Child. Mrs Phil II Sassor, the wife of the well known conductor on the CJotiway Coast & Western Railroad From Avnor to Myrtle Leach, died m last Sunday night at about the tour of ii o'clock, after an illness asting over several years. She was t patient sufforer and never com olaiued about her allli ctions No Need to Stop Work. When your doctor orders you to stop work, it staggers you. "I can't," you tny. You know you are weak, run-down and failing in health; day by day you must work as Ion gas you can stand. What vou need is Electric Bitters to give tone, strength and vigor to your system, to prevent break down and build you up. Don't be weak, sickly or ailing when Electric Bitters will benefit you from the tirst dose. Thousands bless them for their health and strength. Try them. Every bottle Is guaranteed to satisfy. Oul}' 50c at the Norton Drug Co. |i mx CONWAY, S. C., THUR PUB U ii r> i A. iiuw uuauiiiui it is run Neighbors to be at Peace. REVENGE NO SATISFACTION Erstwhile* Neighbors and.friends Have a Ialling Out Over a Poor Little liiddie and the Majesty of the Law is Envckod to settle the MatterOne of the l artica at Interest is Hound Over to the Higher Court and the Otncr is Discharged. Uii 1< st TnurscJay, the court of Magistrate VV Li Cbe&taut was kept busy for it:?i greater part of u.c du,y investigating two criminal ca-es, tranMernd to him from Magistrate Daniel Gra ngor of Home wood. One of 'die warrants was sworn oat by Mrs E leo L dd, of Eldorado m;ction, ugair st Join Shaarir n, Girt Sauunor, M rt. J >uuna Saanuon ui.d Miss Steda Shannon, chiifiug the four de.VuduO ts with assau t and battery of a hi^h and aggrava ed nature and in'eut to ui:i on the li> h Jay of A ({{'isti las', an t Mrs Two J and a poly of fro uos was parsing the Sba' noil residence on their way iio Iook at a Steam SKidder used in ho timber woods of Trexler Lumber (Jo, The other was a cross inlictment by Mrs Joanna Sriaui on charging Mrs Ellen Todd with at' assault upon her with an ax- somj timein last April. Tne ALig's'rawbeard many witnesses, carefully ?x amining into both cases '1 be ft ur defendants in the first case were bound over to court, while the defendant in the last mentioned case, Mrs Ellen Todd was discharged Both sides were represented by utter ueys, and the interest in (he ases, was such that quite a number < 1 people from that section of the conn y attended the hearing here a' iheeouit house. It appears thai there bh been b id feeling between he two fjtniJies for some lime, >wn g to some d Here nee which tout nac- regarding a chicken, which vlr> Shannon lost, and som 5 hard thirds hud oeeu said about this mat I. r. Forced to Leave Home. Every y ar a largennmoerof poor sufferers, waose lungs are sere and racked wnh coughs, are urged to go to another climate. But. this is costly and not always sure. There is a better way. Let Dr King'sNew Discovery cure you at home. "It cured me of lung trouble," writes W R Nelson, of Calamine, Ark., when all else failed and I gained 47 pounds in weight. Its surely the kin# of all cough and lung cures". Thousands owe their lives and health to it. It's positively guaranteed for Coughs, ColdLaGripoe, Asthma. Croup? all Tnroat and Lung Troubles, 50s. md 5=1 00. Trial bottle free, at Norton L). ug Co. Money in Watermelons. L P It iberts, who has one of the best cultivated farms in Horry ountv, has proved that there is money in watermelons, a fruit which i^ easy to raise, and will grow on almost any kind of land that has bepn drained He kept an account of hi* returns this year from his watermelon cop, and he cleared more than $100 00 on a small crop They were ra sod on land which was in tue wo >ds this time last year, and every melon was sold on the Conway mantel, uutono of them being shippel t ? .my foreign market. Those I irmera who are patting their whole attention to iheir work, are succeed-i ing, and llot ry soil is as good a pUce or better than anywhere else n the world. O m of the largest melons that th" Herald man has cnj .ved this year was brought to the otli oe last Monday from the farm of Mr U hurts. It was of extremely <i..e 11 .v jr. Notice Strawberry Growers. A matter of vital interest to the strawberry growers of llorry county is being agl'aud and a meeting will be called at Con way soon for the purpose of organ z ng an Exchange to take in al the Kl.mtl.vkc b^rry growers of the c mntv The object of this ? x 'hange will be to arrange for loiuin? s lid cars and take care of all toe growers at all t.hH stat, ons unci sell li e berries on the track If the matter of loading and marketing you** fruit us t il the large exchanges in the north, and getting the most m >ney pjsdole from your crop with the least po>sible/ixpeose t >you?in other words for the grower to get a l his crop sells for, then talk this matter over with your neighbor grower, attend the meeting and boost the exchange. A Line From Gtirley, Dear Friend: If you want 1o huv the same goods that you buy in New York for less monev please see me. H B Moore, Gurley, S C. *11 Mill* SDAY. SEPTEMBER 14 l? I To Trustees and Patrons. The new text book contract be cune operative September 1st. The K L Bryan Co , Columbia. S C.. has chaw of the .State depository. This company orders books from some twenty or thirty different companies and then ship out to the difforent depositories in the forty-three - i- 41 o i - 4. ^ \r counties in me o'ai-u. um etui readily see that it will r qaire several days for all to cet supplies of schorl books. There are now three depositories for school books in this county, L H l.iui'rou/jU> , Conway; J C IJryunt Company, Coris; and ) P Durham vV> Company, Green :Si a Them company s Lave handled school boons i i tliis c U'lty for several vear-> and as soon as tLey can <;;;t orders lillvd they will bo ready to supply the people. Te a *4 h e r s c a n be of valuable sf. r vice to the sc hool they teach in jchancu tr ho ?ks. 1 would surest that you chance a class at a time I! children ouy new boo\s or exchange a* thoy have an opportunity is* I'niu I i / ? \i ? I i/ i .1/ i. mo i?* u w I i . i* t UU OV7IJ M VI IIV/ \J*J ' l> O 1V/ ' ' y III U - ' ' ' ' W while the teachers will have about us many cla->s?\s as they have pupils? some studying the now and some the old. I would suggest that where a child has j ist taken up u b >ol< or a .If l.hrougn to c enpl 5te the b<>>k it-fore they make the ch img \ Vou ,jm readily see how niue.h vou would ltu?e by cijangm i a boox just. taken up or half completed for one of tin? same ^rutlo ami wlion that is finished then buv a new book The time for exchanging school beaks expires Ut ceuuber lath, 1SI2. 1 have a new register containing the full course of study with price >f eueh book for each sehjol in Lbe county. When trustees or teachers are ia Conway please call and gel one lur your school, S 11 Brown, Protracted Meeting. There wd! o~gin on Sunday next T?eptem0^r 17 ,u a protracted incut tog at W ijlovv Spring, near Conway. Service at 11 a 111 and at 8 i> in. The public is .cordially inyitetl to attend. faster. The Hotel at Mvrtlo'Beach will go?v oe 11 ?sed until the opening ol the teasan ol 1912. Messrs St John, oy their courteous treatment to gu>sts and uniformed good management this year, maue (juite a Uuine for the place. The many friends they have made will be glau to learn that they will return and manage the hotel another year. I Many iots were sold during the past I summer to persons who have erected Lien cottages to bo occupied by I tbeir families during the summer. I.t is a growing place because it is one of the finest beaches on the Atlantic coast, and a stay there during the summer is very pleasant. Statement of the Condition of THE CONWAY SAYINGS BANK located at Conway, S. C., at the clocc of business Sept 1, 1911 Resources. Loans and Discounts $ 91,781 23 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank 150,00 furniture and fixtures 1.00 Other Real fstate owned (M0.00 Due from Banks an Bankers 9 559.33 Currency 2,-100 00 Silver and other Minor Coiu 100.90 Total 107,032.52 Liabilities. Capital Stock paid in $ 10,000 00 Surplus fund 1 500 00 Undivided Profits, less t. Ti> .. I. lyurrcub iiiX pen sets iv Taxes Paid 1,408 18 Savings Deposits 01,1)02,44 Time Certificates of Deposit 81.00 Total 107,002 52 State of South Carolina, County of Horry ss Before me came W. Percy Hardwicke, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank W Percy Hardwicke, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before mo this 5tn day of Sept, 11*11. A. 10. Goldfinch, Notary Public, S. C Correct-Attest: VV Percv Hard vvicke. I) A Spivey, A T Collins Jiroetors. Notice to Parents and Pupils. The $1 50 contingent fee charged ca^h pupil who outers the Hurrougns sctiool is an entrance fee and must he paid by the 25ih inst. Anv pupil failing to pay before the 25th lusi will be sent bacU for it. Xi. C. Hunter, Supt. HI. 1 K-. ~ TT U Mnn uuiutTCU vy a iit'iaiu man on His Rounds. CAUGHT 0 if THE BOUNCE. Stray lilts of News Gathered l>y the Wayside for the Information aii<1 Instruction of Herald Headers--Happening:* of Interest About the Gil v. 5 or (> 'I >sos "litKJ" will euro anv case of ( hills and F( ver. Prine?* VV 1C ix was in Conay one day last wee if. Don't forgot court {convenes on Monday after next #J C Todd and T W Booth were in Con way Ins (Tuesday. P V Dunn was in Conway last Tuesday on business. Doctor Phipps visited Conway last Monday on business. u ,\j i tiompi< ins, or Adrian, o , in town a !e.v days ago, VV [I B'll w!)*> omony those noted in Conway, last .Monday on business. G > to Dawsey Bros for all kinds j of Musical Instruments, they keep ihe best, T W Booth was among the farmers who Imppened to be iuConwuy last Thursday on business. Miss Lydia B~u<Jlov, an expert milliner, has accepted a position with Mrs J VV Sparks. E A Lilly wms a pleasant caller at the Herald cilice while he was in Conway one day last week. When you start to town take along that old broke waich. Dawsey Bros can make it tell when to eat. Miss Evelyn Watson aad Miss Nancy Bridges and Mr J C Watson were all in Conway last Thursday. U H BulVUii', was one of the industrious farmers who came to the county teat from the country last Friday. J O Norton, , returned the lii'St of last week from Myrtle Beach where he spent two weeks taking a much needed rest. W H (1 ah im, a prospepous far mer living near the county scat, spent last Saturday afternoon in Con way. J B Strickland run up his figures on the Herald's books one day recently. Too office is always &lad lo \ 1 r> ? _ i. i l seo i\J r oMlCK I Mil CI . Miss Julia Brittingham has arrived in Cmway uud can bo found a4, tho millinery establishment of Mrs Julia Causey. Dawsey Bros keep a full lino of good matches and chains, it wi.l b.' well for you to 'Ov k over their stick before purchasing elsewhere. II E Stewart, and several other | geii'lemen fri m Littlo River, passed' through Conway last Monday nurning on their way to Chadbourn, N . C. The continued rains have injured the cotton crops of the farmers in some sections of the county, as some of it is said Lo be lotting in the bolls. Go to tho Now York Racket Store for bargins, every tiling in our line at rock bottom prices. Don't fail lo sco us before buying. C E Barker, Manager. Magistrate S M Allen, of G.urley, S. 0., spent part of last b1 rid ay in Conway on business. lie was accompanied by J G Allen, of liaybnro. The funeral of the late J C Bruton was attended bv a large crowd of friends out at Bunker Hill, a burying ground near the former home of Air Jiruton. S L Gore and J L Gore, of Eldorado, wore both in Conway on business last Friday, paying a pleasant visit to the Ilorald cilice while in the town, A Fj Hardee, one of our most progressive farmers, living near the county seat, was noted among the people on our streets one day last week. The town force has been at work on the low spot in the rear of Conway's Main business buildings, and and this is much needed in view of the recent wet weather, A large force of workmen are busy now in the erection of the new brick buildings for A C Thompson in the rear of Conway's main business olock. \ Henry Granthaui and 11 E Grantham, cf Galivants Kerry, spent some time in Conway last week on legal business. They are hustlers in their section of this eouuty. C S Leo, who has been a reader of this paper for many years, called on the editor wmie ne wus m last Saturday. Mr Lee always has a pleasant word for you when ho meets you. % No 23 ????? WP?????W ?i?> Ill WPIIIHIIWI1^ List Smclay closed th--1 snmracr season at Myr ? 1> vk'U, The Messrs O V f . V* ?\ mill i r\ ? I x a I * 4- v vm t k Attn ? 7 u v v' , u v> uj 111 v j , i\ ty ) ) /ii 1 .j* ;i u I Pint's, N C. where ihey conduct ft popular winter resort. Send us in what is ? ? especially if your time has be noing for several years, as it i no we had our money. Too laborer is worthy of his hire, in newspapers as in every tiling el e. The New York Ricket Store is still soiling fchoir entire stock of Soring and Summer d:v?? g >ods and notions at and below cost c one and get your choice before they are gone Mr David Ribou, and family, of Socasti-c, have moved to Con-vy ami cee,u <vi?>g i lie f<v ai;e reeou'iy purchased i?n RuiToud Avon t<j. i he people of Conway will welcome them in their midst, Mr David liiben is a lending citizen and a valuable addition to ar y community. We h vp hern v cin 'stod to an nounce that the unveiling of the monument of Sov. Iv?>t M Floyd will not be the third Sunday in St*pterober as was expected, It has boon postponed bv the request of family. The date of unvei.tug will bo pub h-hed later. 1 W Coqv^r, formei'lv of ihis eountv, but now of Wilmington, whore ho has boon engaged in the large wholesale business of \V fc? Cor per for munv yea?*s, passed through Conway lasc woo1', after spending several weeks with relatives in this county, lie h is many friends here who are al ways glad to see hini. Don't, forgot that the houso-flv i-. one of th ? greatest men i -es to good health that, over infested this troublesome world, and ina?*o way with -htm in every way you can if you would stay clear of the dreaded typhoid fOver, He sure that you cat nothing that has been exposed to these pests, for they are the greatest gertn carrier? even, and they deposit germs < n ? v r thing they come, in e ubact it >. If broad or other food si nff b is been exposed to them, h at ?t. in an over until you are sure all germs oi diseuse have been Uil'ed, or cut oil' the outside crusts, removing the traces left by the flics. Magistrate VV H Chestnut some days ago bound Juli \n M irsh ill over to the Court of Sessions on a charge of assault and ha! cry with inbei t kill. Ellen Murlow was charged with carrying concealed deadly weapons,and making threats against Miles Drown, the same man who was cut by Julian. Tne woman's hearing took place on last Friday, and after a careful investigation, the magistrate dismissed her case. i-^-o'r?w.'?. mmMi?nu.M?iiv - % - in m ?? , 7 Statement of (he Condition of The Bank or ilorry Located at Conway, S. ('., at the close of business Sept. 1st, l'Jll. Resources Loans and Discounts $ ITS (100 311 Overdrafts Li,073 80 Eurniturn and fixtures 2 500.02 Bankimr House (>,000.00 Other Real Estate owned 8,000.00 Duo from BauIts and Bankers 18,752.08 Currency 5,000.00 Hold 1,150 00 Silver and other Minor Coin 2 003 55 Due from Horry County 2,771.87 Total $220,085 05 Liabilities. Capital Slock paid in $ 50.000 00 Surplus Inline! 12.5U0.00 * Undivided 1 *r? fits, le^s Curront Expenses and Tuxes Paid, 2,043.07 Due to Banks and Binkers 208.40 Individual Deposits subject to Chock 71,048,50 Time Certificates of Deposits 50.227.40 Cashier's Checks 808J3 Notes and Bills Uediscouuted \ 28,000.00 Total $220,085 05 State of South Carolina, County of Horry ss B fore me came ilobt B Searboroi #h, President of the above named baiuc, who, beinj* duly s^orn, says that the above and t >reg ting state* ment is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. K >bt B Scarborough. Sworn to and subscribed b fore me this 9ih day of Snibxlnr 1911. I) CI Spis'ev, Notary Public. S. C, Correct - Attest: Will A bYeeman, n V liifdiAriL-on. lial P. Duo if. Directors. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby forbidden to enter upon our lands in (lr<eu Sea township, Alva Prince, UM Piineo.