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I If I v'"- '?<** ,i ? y If J I ? ? VOL XXVI. ms ism: ?? ? It Appears That Horry is For Jones f. I B. R. TILLMAN ENDORSED Jj The Independent Republic Has Spoken and the Issue Has Been Narrowed, So the Fight is On. Farmer Ben is Still in the Saddle and is Riding to Hounds and Undoubtly Will Catch Oi? Conafikrial Foy Near the White IiliV uvaiuvvKiM* *? - - House Next November. The Horry county convention of tl o Democratic party was called to order, last Monday at, 11 o'clock in the forenoon by Chairman J. A. Lewis, A committee consisting of the chairman of the various precincts was appointed by the chair for the purpose of passing or. credentials. The only matter which came before this committee, was in relation to the two sets of delegates that had been elected at Blancho pre cinct. Notice had been given of a meeting at Blanche in the afternoon. A party of the members met in the forenoon and elected a set of delegates. Later on at 4 o'cJock, ac cording to the notice that had been given, other members met and elected another set of delegates. The decision was in favor of the set of delegates elected in the afternoon After this the convention proceeded to business. J. A. Lewis was elected permanent chairman, and J. A. McDermoit as member of the State Executive Committee. Before the delegates were elected to the State convention, Mr. J. O. Norton introduced a resolution, which in effect wa3: that the delegates from the county convention be instructed to favor Wilson for president, and leave it to their discretion as to whether the national delegates should be so instructed or not, and that the county delegates be specifically instructed not to ? vote one way or another on any questioned concerned in State politics that would eventually bo decided by the primary election. Mr. 11. K. Cook, moved to amend this by instructing the delegates to the State convention not only to en dorse Wilson iu the Ssate convention, bub to vote to instruct the delegates to the national convention to support Wilson there, if it were possible to do so, and if not him, them some other ' progressive". This resolution with the amendment was carried by a good majority. Mr. J. P. Derham introduced a resolution favoring the candidacy of Senator B. B. TiiJmau for re-election to the United States Senate. introduced by Mr. Derham the re- 'ution pledged the delegates to support Senator Tillman, regardless of other candidates who mignt be in the Held. After able addresses by Hon. M. M Stanley, Robt. B Scarborough, H. K. Cook, J. O. Norton and others, the resolution was changed so as to favor his candidacy, and expressing in the body of the resolution the hope that the senator would not have any opposition. In this shape the resolution favoring Senator Tillman was carried by almost an unanimous vote. The election of delegates to the State convention was then entered into, and the following gentlemen, who were nominated from whom to select six, received votes as follows: W L Bryan. 124 L 11 Burroughs, 119 T r ? i ? ma J A JUCW1S, xvil A D Jackson, 69 H K Cook, 96 J li Aiisbrook, 71 Ij B Singleton, 67 A C Murrell, 81 W L Singleton, 45 W 13 Clardy, 29 W P Lewis, 39 J O Norton, 97 Messrs W L Bryan, L H Burroughs, J A Lewis, 11 K Cook, J O Norton and ? K -rrell, were declared as elecitu, After this tho convention was adjourned. What Tcxans Admire is hearty, vigorous life, according to Hugh Tallman, of San Antonio. "We find," he writes, "that Dr King's New Life Pills surely put new life and energy into a person Wife and I believe they are the best made " Excellent for stomach, liver or kidney troubles. 25 cts at Norton Drug Co Notice. The next meeting of the Execu tive Board of the Carolina Baptist Association will be at Hickory Grove Church on Saturday before tho 3 d Sunday in May, it being the $8th of said month, at 2:30 p. m Each member is urged to be present at this mooting. Done by order of the chairman. 1 B. Chestnut, Clerk Ex. Board. v . , . " k, , . ^ St-?' , .v v '? ' .* 'J- t ghf |FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. To Trustees and Patrons Who arc Interested in Larger Schools. At the last session of the legislature, an appropriation of $60,000 wae made to lengthen the line of weak schools and any school voting a tax of two mills or more is entitled to dollar for dollar up to one huudred dollars on the special tax, The oounty received last year about $4000.00 which was about one fifteenth of its entire appropriation and have about $800 00 more than any other county in the State. The appropriation has been made from the old dispensary fund or frc m State taxes and 1 favor bringing as much as possible to Horry. The Auditor says tba* the law requires hiuu to close his books and begin to write them up by the first or fifteenth of June after then it will be too late to vote on a tax and get tne benefit of it this year, but if you vote on a tax before he closes his boons you can get the benefit of both your tax and State aid after July. I hope you may succeed along this line as you did with the build ing fund. Three years ago, two new school houses were built, two 3ears ago, five were buUt, last year six wore built, making thirteen in three years. This year, I asked you to work fast and now I have Slate aid for fifteen districts and two districts not being able to take advantage of State aid are building independently. In all there will be seventeen new school buildings put up this year, more than you have done in three years past. I wish to congratulate you on your efforts and thank you for your co-operation. S, H. Brown. u:? n?1, 1V1I99 uuatv D IflURRttl utinai. Tho Westminister Ciub gave an entertainment at the Burroughs Graded School building last Friday evening, the attraction being Migs Saba Doak. than whom there is no more charming and sweet-toned soprano in this entire Southland of ours. She is well known in Conway, having visited her parents here many times in the course of the ' past several years. The large auditorium was packed to overflowing, and listened with rapt attention to the rendition of tho 3 following programme: PROGRAMME Waltz Song "Romeo and Juliet" ........ Gounod, I'm Wearin Awa Joan Foote From the Land of tho Sky Blue Water Cadman The Crimson Petal Quilter. Down in tho Forest Ronald. Loye I Have Won You Ronald Barcarolle Offenbach, The Dawn Leoni. A Lovely Garden h'llardelot. The Last Roso of Summer Annie Laurie ' Comin Thro' the Rye Good Bye Tosti. Miss Doak was accompanied on the piano by Miss Mabel Norton. Commencement Exercises The Burroughs Uracietl School wii jcomo to a close for the preesnt terir 'by appropriate exercises beginning on May 17th. On Friday night at 8;30 there will be a musical recital. The Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered or Sunday morning May 19th, at the Baptist church, by the Rev S H Hay, the Presbyterian ministei from Marion, and graduating ex ercises will take place on Monday night, May 20th at 8:30 o'clock, and the address"*ill be delivered by Pro) L T Baker of the University ol South Carolina. The graduating class is composec" of the followiug, Douna Dempsey Coleman, Grace Haso don, Anuie Laurie Johnson, Lena Myrtle Johnson, James Ross Johnson, John Mayo Jernigan, Mary McMillan, Sarah Leona Nicholas, Emmiline Ellen Sweet, W Kenneth Suggs, Gussie Elneta Vaughfc, Frank Austin Thompson (Elective' Haudsorne invitations will b( mailed by members of the graduat ing class to their friends here anc elsewhere. Help a Judge in a Had Fix. Justice 'u\\ Cherr\, of Gillis Mills Tenn , was plainly worried. A oac sore 011 his leg had buttled sevora doctors and long resisted all reaie dies." I thought it was a cancer,' he wrote "At last. I used Buoklcn' Arnica Salve, and was coinpienl, cured." Cures burn<i, boils, ulcers cuts, bruises and piles. 25 cents a Norton Drug Co The Waocaraaw Cafe will ope Friday, May 10th for dinner whlc will be served 12 in to 2:30 p it I Corner Main Street and 3rd Avenue ' 9ovx) ^O ft conway, s. c., t; H1J[ H When Greek Meets Greek Comes the Tug of War. THE VICTOR 6ff THE SPOILS John II McCaskill, One of the County Commissioners, Drops a Dumb [Into Van Norton's Camp-Allegation Made That in the Matter of Paying Walter M{shoe's Salary as Whiskey Con stable the Commissioners Acted Uuder Instructions of the Solicitor. Mr Editor: Before going into this reply, I want to apologize to the readers of your paper for boring them with such s'mff as old time newspaper controvercies, especially with J O Norton. This is not my way of doing business. 1 consider it an unmanly and cowardly practice to undertake to besmirch the character of a man without first investigating. But, as circumstances alter cases, and the rare exceptions to all rules, I'll be dragged into this method, which I so utterly disrepect. Van says "I cannot be fooled." Well, I know Van has been fooled a good many times and is continually fooling himself. Now, the fact is, when a man gets to the place that he thinks he cannot be fooled, he is too wise in his own conceit, and can be fooled by anybody. As to myself, I can bo fooled, and if Van Norton sets up a fight against Cole L Blease, and Van's efi'orts to defeat him don't givo hi ma good majority in Horry county,that's otieof the limes that I'll be fooled. I think that u better way to have settled those differences between Van aud myself would have been on the stump before the people. There I wouid show him, and the respectable people of Horry county that, I am capable of defending myself in my official conduct. I notice that Van's fit came on him this time before the full of the moon. This indicates that he is gradually getting lower. Van says in his dircy article, I believe he called it "muddy" tho, that Mr Stephen J Lewis and myself were recently appointed county commissioners. He would have you to understand that we wore appointed to help to make a political machipe and that we were instructed to approve Mr W L Mishoe's claims. Well, for the benefit of some who may be new corners intj Horry county who do not know that Van is given to flavoring things to suit his iwn nausiated appetite, I'll say that tho only instructions we had when we endorsed these claims wastheCothran-Cary Act, which was all the law that could be produced on the subject, which law plainly directed us to approve the claims, and the Solicitor, our State's attorney,- also directed us to pay the claims. When I sought the Solicitor's advice, his only reply was: "Mr McCaskill, Mr Mishoe will collect those claims." 1 Ob, but Van says: "They did it without letting us know whether or not Mishoe had earned the money," in reply to that statement I will say that we have boon approving claims t for all the county officers and have 1 not been called on before to let Van know whether or not they had earned their pay. We are not respon' sible for that. And I do not have to ask Van what I must do, or what 1 I may do. It may be childish in me to pay any attention to poor Van. t as 1 understand it, his blows are directed at D. A. Spivey, W. L. ' Mish( e and our legislators generally. Some seems to think that Van's 1 insanity is a resuft of Spivey's sue[ cess in the world. I think that a : few comparisons right here would cover the situation. On one occa' sion an ox and a frog.'had a meeting. The frog was anxious to bo as large as the ox. The frog began swelling up and when he was about the size of the ox's foot, poor frog! he bnrsted. Now, Van, when you burst, you will be a dead frog, On an other occasion a little dog was annoyed by the glare of the full moon. Tho little fellow sat down on his tall and barked and barked; but the moon shown right on. Van's efforts to build himself up have always b03n ' lo pull some one down. Now Van, - you need not try that any longer. 1 have never know an Anarchist or i an enemy to general progress to gc very high. If Van wants to discuss our official conduct squarely, 1 would be glad to go into it with with him; but, he mixes up our offi ' - 4.? ? ) I . 1 .1 .. ? ciai conduct, recent , wi n me o<a * bond-issue of Ion# time ago llr 1 t.ay? t.hat we were recently appoint * cd. If he wi 1 &o b.)ck to t he record of his own kot pin#, you w 11 set s t a. he wants to lam some one eist V over my shoulders. I am not fcoat l> in>; Spivey's sKiilot, and I dislike u 1 refer to his name so ofu n, I ut, i you will refer to Van's article, ,\oi ?vi I find the necessity for it. 1 here was a Van Norloo in even . ounty of the S'.afce to fi^ht him h Splvey woo d soon be Governor i. would be less that a man were j. to leave this subject before sayinj * ( . l.. .. *'v t mmmZLL? * ' g P HURSDAY, MAY 9, 1912 Gurley Sayings. The writer seldom gets a day oil bnt on la9t Sunday morning the writer in company with Mr. W. R Tyler made a irip up in Green Sea section and at the residence of Mr. Joe Pridgen, his daughter Miss Minnie, was happily married to Mr. H. Q llarrelson of Pleasant Mead ow, Magistrate S. M. Allen oflicia- ! ting in the presence of a large number of friends. After the marriage we weut to PleasantjMeadow church and there we had the pleasure of hearing Rev, H Roberts, the pastor, preach a noble sermon. After preaching wo weut to the residonceof Mr. J. R. Harrelson the father of the groom, and soon after our arrival we were invited in the 1 dining room where there was plenty of anything to eat to satisfy the inner man. The writer feels very grateful to the people for tho kind treatment that was given on this j trip. < Mr. Editor, to be around Gurley and see the situation of the roads it ] certainly looks like wo neod a good road movement in Horry Couuty ; but when you get up in this section of if"1 county, it don't look that way for the roads are good clay i roads and farming lands teems to me must be \he best in Horry coun- ' ty . S. M. A. The sum of $15,000.00 was re- * ceiled a few days ago, by the county ' authorities, this money having been borrowed bv the county board from ( the Sinking Fund Commission of South Carolina for the purpose of building and repairing roads and bridges. This amount was decided upon at the meeting of the board in February, /here was a discussion among the members of the board we are told in regard to the amount of money that would bo borrowed, but a majority of the board favored the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and this amount was secured. George Grainger was among our pleasant visitors ouc day last week. a word about Stephen J. L?owis' official career since he has been one of the Commissioners, fie has been bold, deliberate and conscientious. Now Van, my old friend, you cannot bo fooled, but you have made some serious blunders. Just think back. If you had succeeded in disgracing ever man that you have tried to disgrace with your insolent pen. 1 do not see how you could enjoy living in this country, Judging trom what you say in that article of yours, there are some good men in Horry County, but they aro intolerably ignorant. It is strango to me that those who want to run the politics of the County don't take a fright at Van. I do not know of many that have been very closely allied with him in politics, from 1 Washington down to Horry County, who are not dead. They fell odl here and another there, but Van was a pallbearer at every funeral And it is a striking fact that when one dies with the Van consumption, he is, as the poet puts it; "Not only dead, but damned". I believe 1 recall one who is not quite dead, but one that is slightly subject to the Van consumption, bat I can see him leaning on his long stuff in the ghastly form of the deadly disease, with that resign shuffle on, tottering away to the political bono-yard with a coffin under bis arm. Goon many efforts have been made to cure Vau, but it is constitutional with him as visiousness is with a Mexican hydrophobia cat, After so many of us have had to defend ourselves against the attacks of the monsier with fangs, it is strange to 1 me how ha has ever risen to the distinction of scout of the mammon oi unrighteousness. The idea of our being supposed to assure Van as to 1 whether or not the county oflicers have earned their pay, is so ridicu' lously absurd that a decent dog would turn away from it to vomit. Van, this one time that you have bitten oil more than you can chew. It seems to me that you are undertaking to make two hills without leaving a valley between thorn You 1 seem to try to uiako tho Bleaso men i think that Spivey is an anti-Bleaso man, and in the same article, try to make the Anti-Blease men think that he is a Blease man. Vau, why did you not say which he is. You 1 do not mind saying. As to W. Li. 1 Mishoe, he is capable of taking care of himself. But Van, would'nt 1 it have bought a sigh of relit f to , you to have learnod that that pocr e low was being shipped home feet fo-ernos', and nailed up in a box j Van, y.>u had better excm'ie your oadnioti closely, and change your o?urse while \e a friend may be * ov.nl some*here, R>r the very f? ilows wh ? would u-e you now. ! Wuiiu they fi d that when cmo d o with ha Van con u.option he /t oes J w tho it the hopes of a ro.-.urrcct ion of a ghost of a ch icce of hereaf.er, ^ i hey v ill let you do vn aod y< u wi.l j go he. ce unhonored, unwept and j unsung. I John H McCaskill, f J jffpi # # A -* - v >r '" "7.'~ *-??? HHMMMMMHBNMMMHaWMMMMMtfMaMtfMiU I wm Gathered by a Herald Man on His Round s, CAUGHT ONTBE BOUNCE. ZUray Bits of News Gathered t>y the Wayside for tbo Infornmtion and Instruction; of Herald Readers*-Happeninifs of Interest About the City. fl N Sessions went to Tabor, A. C., last Thursday on business. Fresh morning milk delivewi anywhere before 7 a. m. P. O Box 72 Levi A1 ford, of Galivants Ferry, section, was in Conway last Friday cn business. J II Marsh, of Bucksport, arrived in Conway last Sunday after (' noon, and remained over hero until Monday afternoon. Thomas Watta, one of our progressive farmers living just across ihe Waccamaw, spent some time here on business ono day last week II N Sessions on Monday night arrested Oflie Graham, the negro who is charged with the wholesale cutting and shooting on last Sunday night. Rev A S Doak of the Presbyterian church will preach in the Conway i Methodist church on next Sunday night May 12oli at S o'clock. There will b<3 no morning servic. A F Woods, Esqr., of Marion, S. | C . and one of the leading lawyers of that county, spoilt several hours in Conway one day last week on legal business. The road between this point and Bear Swam}) is still in need of at tention we are told, owing to lack of sand needed lo render the clay less sticky in wet weather. Rev A D Betts, writes from Prince ton, N. J., that everybody there is eating Horry Strawberries, and that they cost there on the local market 23 to 25 cents. The pastoi is taking a much needed rest. Information is to the effect that four new Ford touring cars have been ordored, and are porhaps on the road for Conway by this time. The purchasers are LJ A Dusenbury George J Holliday, J A MoDcrmott, and perhaps, B G Collins. The county convention last Monday was attended by a largor crowd than usual 011 such occasions. Much interest was manifested bv those who ordinaril j do not Attend theso conventions. This shows that, the campaign this year will be more than usually closely drawn as to faction lines and the fight in this county will undoubedly be Bleascism and Anti-Bleaseism, In this is3uo appears the card of Mr N C Adams announcing his can didacy for re-election to the ollico of Auditor of Ilorry County, subj otto tho rules of the Democratic Primary. Mr Adams has tilled this important otVice during tho last t>vo years with efTicleuoy and ability, fulfilling the prophecy of his friends two years ago, that he would make one of the best Auditors tho county ever had'. Messrs. Bethea and Hardwicko have had a blue print made of their recent purchase of the Baker lauds in Bayboro township, and tho land has been divided into tracts of approximately 20 acres, fill fronting on a public road that will bo laid out in tho middle of the tract. These lands are am on# the best up lands that there is in Ilorry County to-day aud we predict that it will find a ready sale. Dr E O Watson, was in Conway this week, interested in the proposed Industrial school. There was a meeting of the committee appointed to solicit tho subscriptions, on Monday night, and their report showed that there was lacking the sum of about $1700.00, and without this added amount, the business could not proceed. A plan was devised to call on the business men aud others interested, and thus make still another effort to raise the necsubsoriptions. We have not learned what success was had in this final effort to secure the loeatison of the school. If _ BAMnII Ah&oluti The only Bakin from Royal Crap< NO ALUM, NO I i .No 5 ?U/*Wvy(?^?MH>IManaSMMaMVNI?NBMMHaMBWMi I Tbe negroes bad a mix-up in the - 1 4 I colony of laborers Jocateu jast j across the Kingston Bake Bridge, | on last Saturday night. One of the men d;ui Lewis* was shot in the chest. As ij him ball seemed "to be a glancing one. 'and perhaps spent when it >ftruck Mm "or the results would have been been cert ens. Asit was it glanced his breast bono, land catne out through the ileaby | part of his upper arm, and lie will only bo laid up for some weeks. The other negro, Harry Johnson, was ! cut in various places, some of the cuts boing serious. Ho was down unable to tako further action in defense when tho ollicials got to the piuco. Dr Burroughs took many 8 ti t c n 03 i i r h i s body, and at last accounts it was thought he would recover. Whiskey seemed to be at tho bottom of the affair. The Staei iff wlnle ovor there took occasioS\^>to turn out a barrel of hard cider, which had been partly consumed by the negroes. Several arrests will likely bo made, but at last accounts the negro who did the cutting had lied and coulci not be found at his usual liaunta. Tho Herald recently received a copy of tho Southern Banter, and wo notice with pride therein an article concerning tho six Cooper boys, all of them being presidents of some of the most II uirishing financial institutions in this and sister States. The article was lengthy and had photographs of the six brothers. They worn all natives of Horry County, their father having settled in this county when a young man years ago. They are all successful business men and reflect credit on their native county and Stato. The strawberry movement is iVv A live now in uuuwtky, sx u/nu loaves Conway every day for tho Northern markets. Centenary Notes. Mr, Editor Herald:?Please allow me space in your paper for a few items from this place. Health of the community is generally good. Farmers are about through planting now. {Strawberries are ripening very fast now. Mr. and Mrs. M. Conner have been visiting their sister Mrs G. W. Martin. Mrs. LYolip. Martin has been visiting frien/ jfruund our section. Mr. Monroe Watts visited Mr. George Martin Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. I lamp Moore took a (Hying trip through this senium Sunday. Miss Edna Martin has been visiting Miss Uuth Martin, Mr. and Mrs. L. Li. Duncan visited their daughter Sunday. Miss Carrie Oliver has returned home from a visit to her brother Mr. Frank Oliver. Mr. Joe Dunn and Miss ^liuth Causey were seen on our streets Sunday. Miss Mattie Clardy and Miss Cecil Wilson were visiting Miss Mamie Wilson, Saturday and Sunday. Little Kid. List Petit Jury May Term 1912 E B Singleton, Bucks, B O Dunu, Conway, J D llaigler. Toddville, J Emory Holmes Conway R J*11) 1 Samuel Jaruigan Green c3ea, VV L Edge, W am pee, W P JenretU Gal Kerry No 2, J as H Stanley, Boris, U B Nichols, Conway. B F Shannon, Conway No 1, S vVcUAsor Martin, Dongola, W Fi\ lk Floyd, Gal Ferry, No 1. W A imwsoy, Gal Ferry No 1, B C DowUian Adrian, O L Wii\ unson, Nicholas No 2, C L Grainger, Ay nor, T M Harrelson, Green Sea? Geo VV McCraoken. Conway No 2, lj Danl Cox, Boris No 2. Bucian Bellamy, Bongs, VV A Spivoy, Gal Ferry No 2, J II Dusenbury, Stalvey, Gen M V aught, Boris No 2, Robbie Stalvey, Stalvey, Uao M- Bigg; us. Ga Ferry, Ttios VV Graham, Vina, Andrew J Cox, Eldorado, B B ILouseud, Conway, Joe M Vcreen, Vina, l? iviariou jl'owou, uonway, W J Cbesfctiut, Skull, J J5 hiuck3, Sialvoy, M \V Cook, Conway, ^ W G Sarvis, Eldorado, JohnL James, Gal Ferry No 2. Join. T Anderson, Com ay. Rioter e/y Pure g Powder made " 3 Cream of Tartar j LIME PHOSPHATE ' ' ' r ==S^ . a ) l-]