The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 07, 1912, Image 1
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Interest Cases fjTried by the
Court Last Week
VEREEN VS. HORRY COUHTY
Voreen Case Takes up Most of the
Time?Resulted in Mlsstrial?Many
Witocsses Called by the Plaintiff
Th(j Court, of Common Pin as on
last Wednesday, sometime about the
noon hour, went into the trial of
M r<A lcliv. trvotVi Vnrftpn. Plaintiff VS.
Horiy County, this being an action
orougbt o.y the plaintiff as tho widow
of Edgar A. Vereon deceased,
against the county for damages for
Iho death of her husband *in January
1911, by reason of his wagon wheel
falling suddenly into a bad hole on
the Socastee road, Mr Verecn being
thrown from the wagon and sus
laming injuries from which he died
ou the da.> after tho accident. Tne
circumstances are perhaps already
iainiliar to the readers of this paper,
as tiie sad death of Mr Vereon was
mentioned in tho news columus a?
the time. Tho law provides that if
any person shall oo injured by reason
of a defect in, or in the negligent
repair of a public highway, and
mis defect wus brought about by
the neglect and mismanagement of
";.he county, the person injured shall
be oiilitleo to an action for such
.dual damages as no has sustained,
and shall recover unless it should
appeal at the trial that the injury
vas brought about by his own act,
or that he negligently contributed
thereto. Formerly wnore eho person
was killed, ihu matter was ended
as tne causo of action died with
him, but in 1908 the .Legislature
passed and providing that the cause
of action should survive to the widow
and children of tho person Killed.
It was under these provisions of the
ylaw that the action was brought.
It was an interesting case from
the , beginning to the end of the
trial. iJjth sides were (represented
by ublo attorneys. The Cuuniy was
represented oy Hon it 13 Scarborough
and B W Wait, and the
Plaintiff by Waiter Hazard of
Georgetown, S. C., and by H. H.
Woodward of this county. Tne
case toon: up tae rest of Wednesday,
ail of Thursday, and it might b#
saiu all of Friday, because when the
jury retired to consider the case,
they remained in the room practically
all of Friday, and late in the
afternoon of that day a mistrial waa
ordered oy the court, and the jury
released. The complaint asked lor
3iO,UUO.OO damages, and alleged
that that mo deceased came to nis
de?th by reason of the mismanagement
and neglect of the county in
repairing a certain mile of the Socastee
iioad, and allowing deep boles
to come in the road oed, which were
not repaired as they should have
been. There were 18 witnesses
sworn for the plaintiff and three for
the defense.
Mr Ariand J. Baker made a l&rge :
map of the road showing the spot
where the accident occured, and the
various houses along the road, bends
and other things ooaneciod with the
caso. Ho was the first witness put (
up by the plaintiff: .
Chen J. L. 13. Burgess and his son
Arthur Burgess were put on the i
. .and, and they explained how they
were going along the road ahead of
of Mr. Vereen in the wagon, and ;
finally saw the wagon coming be- <
.mid thorn, without Air. Vereen in
it. They wont back along the road
and found him lying noar this hole
and in a helpless condition, unable 1
to move ham:' or foot. They took i
liimto tne home of Mr. I. P. Pat
rick, his father in law. Later he
became unconscious and died on
Sundav afternoon, tho day after he '
v/as injured.
J. Monroe Johnson of Marion, <
told how he got into this hole and
broke a strut rod on his automo- i
bile.
Mrs. II, S, Turbevillo related how
hor buggy went into the hole, one i
day not Ion# before the accident, j
and she received a severo jolt but 1
' was not thrown out, i
C. C. Smith the overseer on the <
Aoction of road below the place, i
testified that he was told by Super- <
visor Holt to draw in one mile, and i
be, the suporvisor, would make the
overseer on the other end of the <
road take the mile in. It was in 1
this mile that the accident occurred. <
? Alex Murdock and other overseers
B. F, Watts Henry Murdock, all
said they had never been told by
the officials to take this mile in and
work it.
J. A, Jones told how ho went into }
tho hole with a road-cart, and was $
,brown against tho wheel which j
kept him from falling out. He <
told how W. J. Singleton was (
thrown down on his dash board by ]
the same cause. Several witnesses t
testified that the place did not look ;
dangerous, and the danger could j
not be discovered until the vehicle (
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THE CIRCUS.
How to Get the Full Enjoyment Afforded
By One of Thee# Monster Traveling
Amuhie lent Enterprises.
How many of r>ur older readers
can reinomDer back to too days
when all '.he circus shows traveled
overland, or in other words, by wagons.
?Can you remember ut getting
up in tho early morning hours ana
walking ou t?,from towu ore, two or
three miles to moot the .show coming
in? Aud if perchance, you hud
ovorulept yourself how eagerly you
looked along the road for the elephaut's
tracks
Circuses have ? hanged greatly
in the last tween y five years.
They have bouoi^u much larger
and more elaborate, travel altogether
nowadays by rail and do not
stop at the small towns they used to
make, but the old saw dust smell
remains the same The siuno stir
of excitement still attends the arrival
of the circus, as in Lbf* olden
days. You may not notice it for
you have changed and not the olr
cus. The younger generation feels
low&rd tee clrrjuH of today jus I as
you did tweeuiy live years ago.
Ttio John 11. Sparks Worlds Famous
Shows are billed to exhibit hero
on Friday, Nov 8., and they are
coming heralded by the most favorable
iftfv/spaper criticisms from
many ci-iea aud towns where Shuy
hare already exhibited. From the
moment of early arrival of the train
bearing these great shoe's until
heir departure in the night it is
said that jve*y eoadideratioa|will be
shown tho public. Those who are
interested in the unloading will re
coive an ?arly morning welcome at
the crosswav whore the work is being
done, and may view the interesting
operation without fear of unpleasant
experience.
Fvery employe of tho S narks
Shows, from the highest superintendent
to the humblest stake
pounders have strict instructions
to be polite and courteous at all
times, and in no possible manner
to offend the most sensitive cither
by word or action. Ladies without
escorts and children unattended
are assured respecifu' consideration
around every department of' the
show, as overv emnlove has been
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constituted a guardian for their
protection. lu fact nothing has
been left undoro that would enhance
the comfort, pleasure and
peace of mind of the most aesthetic
patron of this great circus aggregation.
went into it.
David Kidd and A. M. Gary, two
respectable colored residents of that
section of the county, gave their
testimony in line with the others.
Dr. E. A. Staivoy te ilied as to
the condition of the r d and the
condition of too decta ' when ho
was called to him. s
L. 1). Tbarp was a witness for
the plain till., as was ..Iso Mosos Mlc. j
Dowell, and I. P. Patrick,
Henry Buck testified to having
beon warned about the dangerous i
placo before be passed along, a nd
no stated tnat its dangerous char- (
accer was not abvious.
^JThe defendant put Mr. A. C. Murrei
on the stand, and ho produced <
the record book of ?ho roads showing
the sections beginning and end- {
ing at the 4fch mile-post. The ;
county clork, Mr. J. O, Norton was
also sworn to a** out the same elTect. \
The defendant called Dr. E. A.
Stalvey and closed with his teati- ]
tnony.
Tho case will corao again for trial <
perhaps at the next terra of the v
civil court in May 1913. '
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Aside from the V'oreon oaso, which a
took about throe days, the court
tried the following minor cases,
with the result us stated. j
In tho case of John II. Doylo vs.
Wm. Sarvis, tho jury returned a
yerdict for the defendant There
wore many witnesses sworn in this
caseao to both sides.
Tho cases of Brown vs Lumber
Co, and Konnestee vs Brunson,
were continued until another term.
The case of Hugglns vs Price was
submitted to Judge Kagsdale upon
an agreed statement of facts signed
by the attorneys for ooth sides, the
main question in this ca^e being tho
construction of a trust deed executed
by A.bsolum Powell to J C Pow
ell as trustee for Susan E Huggins
now deceased.
The cour. was adjourned sino-die
jn Friday evening late. Judge 1
Ragadale will hold court at Flor- i
jnco this week, , 1
A Great Building Falls
when its foundation is undermined,
tnd if the foundation of health? 1
?ood digestion- is attacked, quick '
sol apse follows. On vbe fust signs 1
)f indigestion, Dr King's New Life '*
Pills should bo taken ts tone the 1
jtomach and regulate liver, kidneys
ind bowels. Pleasant, easy, safe i
ind Only 25 cents at Norton Drug i
Do.-Adv. 1
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CONWAY, S. C., rHUR5
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WOODROW WILSON S
Arrangements were mad" here to secu
Presidential election last Tuesday nig
early hour, and they showed from the
By mid-night the news .ntated that
Statcn, New Mexico, Texan, Califorr
Missouri, all the New England, except
Shortly before mid-nigh t Col. Theot
following telegram: 4'The American
ferrcd upon you the highest honor in th
LEGAL SALES.
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Many Valuable Pieces of Roal Estata
Changed Hands tit the Court
House.
Last Monday vca? legal salesday,
and several tracts of land were ?1 isposed
of by the Clerk of thr Court
and sheriff, as follows:
The estate of Nancy A. Collins in
Ployds township, consisting of four
parcels, were all sold to H, K. Wood
ward, attorney, who transferred his
bid, it is stated, to P. H. ColHus.
The case in which the sale wn cj (?v. I
aered was W. D. Collins vs .Pa'naetto
Grocery Co.
A tract of forty acres, the proper-1
ty of L. M. Bullock, was sold In L.
C. Anderson for the sum of $500 00.
The Conway Crote & Box Factory,
situate near Kingston Lalre in the,
Town of Couvvay, was soid undor^
foreclosure proceedings against j
Gnorgetow- Lumber C lpany, row i
iu bankruptcy, togeth. with theJ
lots of land on vrhioh th<- factory is ?
situate, and it all wer to V/ A. j
Freeman at the price of $5,000.00. j
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Corn, Cotton and Axe Handle Clubs.;
To the Corn, Cotton and Axe Han- j
ile Clubs, To the Corn Club:
I suspect by this time you havej
Erathered and measured your corn,
follow the instructions sent you by
Prof. Madden, Don't be discouraged
oo account of the dry weather,
[f you get only twenty five bushels,!
till out your annual report and send
it to me and select the best eleven i
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2?*rs yuu Liuvu Uvi ui iii^ uiiu wu u i
riho tf, Thursdav and Friday, Deo.
jtb and 6th. Wo have the largest
meraoership this year we have ever
bad and we hope taat we may have
a good exh.bit of earn.
We have more to give you oo., 6 !
this year tbau ever before. Folio *-!
ing is wnat wo have secured up to j
the present.
To the two boys making the great
est yield will bo given the two schol
arships to the tea days Agricultural
School in Columbia to be held during
the Cora Show. The scholarship
will cover all but living expenses,
possibly that.
The following corporations gives
as follows:
Burroughs & Collins Co. $50 cash,
First Nat/1 Bank of Conway $25
sash, Spivey Mercantile Co. one
nice hat. Guano Companies giaes
the following:
Wilcox & Gibbs, 1 ton for cotton,
1 ton for cotton; Ashcpo Guano Co.,
1 ton for corn, 1 ton for cotton; Com
baheo Guano Co , J t.on for corn, ?
ton for cotton; Acme Guano Co., ]
ton for corn, ? ton for cotton; N. C. i
Oil Mill ? ton for corn, ? ton for cot-!
ton; Conestee Guano Co, i ton for j
3orn, ? ton for cotton.
State on your annual report what
sompany's guano you used.
The above are individual prize?,
the following are for schools which ;
make the best exhibit. Tne exhibit
will include what the corn, cotton, i
ixo handle, tomato and girls' rural
aorae making clitbs may bring. 1
The prizes are, a twelve inch full
nounted globe, a teacher's revoivng
chair with golden cak finish, a; 1
arge twentieth century dictionary, j'
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3I)AY, NOVEMBER 7, 191!
LECTED PRESIDENT.
vc the associated pre?K bulletins on the
hf. The news began to come at. an
beginning that Wilson was leading;.
Wilson had carried ail of the Southern
iia. North and South Dakota, Iowa,
perhaps Vermont, and other places,
lure Roosevelt sent Gov. Wilson the
people by a great plurality, hare coneir
gift. I congratulate you thereon.'*
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LAZY LIVER SPOILS DAY'S WORK
Don't Let a Torpid Liver Knock You
Cut of a Day's Work?There is a
Better Way?Read About It.
1 A 111 fan fools vary little -lilro work
in;^ and a cbilci don't want to (go to
school when hiiious or constipated.
if you try calomel to cure you tho
chances are that Vou will he so weak
ened by its after-eilects that you
fviil bo laid up for two cr three days
move. So we say "Don't take Calomel."
Vre have a perfect suostitute
that we can fully guarantee to cure (
constipation and liven up the liver
just as quickly as calomel, but with
out any of the bad aff.er-elfects of
calomel. The name of this tonic is
ocison's Liver-Tone. 11 is a pleasant
tasting vegetable uonio that j
mildly stimulates the liver and caus I
es it to work just right to cleanse j
the body without any d. i.ger of salivation.
When you try 1 v. it you do
not say that it is a perfect substitute
for calomei, come : .oit in and. <
get your money back. The Norton 1
drugstore.?Adv j
Only A Fire ilero.
but the crowd cheered, as, with
burned hands, he held up a small
round box, "Fellows!" he shouted, 1
"This Buoklen's Arnica Salve I hold *
l>Qdt f(M? l\n nfiu '' l?i?rhl I i
uaa cvcij uuw u ts 1% *. ?-A i i
also for boils, ulcers, sores, pimples, s
eczema, cuts, sprains, bruises. Sur (
est pile cure. It subdues inhumation, $
kills pain- Only H5 cents a i Norton f
Drug Co. t
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two pieces of hyloplate back-board, ?
and three large wall map-'.
The school making the best exhibit
has first choice of the above, the 4
s:;hool making the second best exhib
it has second choice and so on until
ail the prizes are taken.
Miss Ida Moore is getting up prizes
for the tomato club, ana Miss Let
tie Harrelson is getting prizes for
the girls' rural homo making club.
bo you see boys and girls that
theae is a chance for you to win au
individual pirzeand fchea put your
exhibit together and win a prize for
your school.
To the Cotton Club:
Report the number of pounds of
seed to the acre, the kind of cotton
planted and the kind of fertilizer
used, amount, etc. If convenient
bring a large stalk for exhibition.
To the Axe handle Club:
I want some of you boys thin year,
to mske axe hanaies, some plow
beams and some centre tables. Last
year two gave a fountain pen for
the best axe handles but this year
will give the fouutaia pen# for the
best plowbeum.
Prizes for axp hnncilos: $1.00, Too,
50and for the next seven best 25
cents each.
For piowbeams: A good fountain
pen, $1.00, 75c, 50c, 25c.
For center tables: $1.00, 75c, 50c,
and 2c cents.
Every school boy and girls should
make a special elTort to couio.
A full program will be given later.
S R Brown.
FOR SALE,?One good plug
horse, wagon and haraess, cheap,
r B Smith.?Adv.
2.
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Gathered by the Ilcrald
Man in a Week
CAUGHT IH THE PASSING
Stray Bits of Local aad Personal News
?Some of Those Mentioned You
Know?-Others You May Not Nnow |
?Happenings Aroand the Town.
W R Shelly, a loading farmer and i
mill man, was in Conway from Bucks
township, the latter part of last
week.
J. J. Pitman, formerly connected
with this company, spent some time
here recently with friends and
relatives.
J. J. Vereen of Georgetown was
amongthose visiting Conway during
the iirst part of the court week.
If you follow the crowds you will I
go to the H W Lewis store, where j
the goods are now being sold regard
less of prices.?Adv.
A lengthy petition has been filed
with the city fathers asking for the
reappointment of Mr L. R. Ambrose
as town marshail.
The record breaking ?*ale r>f 1012
is now on at ihe store*of [{ W LewIs.
Ira A Watson <fc Co., arc in
charge of the goods in the store,
and they know how to slaughter
prices.?Adv.
W. Percy Hardwicke, cashier- of
the Con way Ravings Bank, was elect
ed as town clerk at the meeting of
the board last Monday night. No
better man could be found for the
place.
Going out oft business. Everything
at. cost a rid below, must go in !
the next twenty days. Everybody!
come and get their part while it is!
going. Bucksville Supply Co. I
W B Woodward, Mgr, Adv.
JLs W Wait of Darhngton was
amgng the attorneys attteud'ng
tha court last week. He was interested
in several cases before the
court.
F L Wilcox of the "Florence bar
was among the attendants at the
court last week, being engaged in
the defeuso of the railroad company
in tre Horn case.
Going out of business. Everything
at cost ami below. Must go
in the next twenty days. Everybody
corm* and got their part wh'ie
it is gon??r. BueksvdM Supply Co.
W 13 Woodward, Mgr. Ady:
Rev A D Bet Is was piesented
with a beautiful gold watch last
week byRehoboth Methodist, church.
Mr Betts assisted Rev D H Everett
in a meeting at that place last September
and the watch is a gift in
appreciation of service rendered.
Warniug:?All persons are herejy
forbidden to enter upon or in
my manner trespass upotl my lands
tear the corporate limits, and all
iportrman and others are hereby
?speciall3T notified that hunting or
ihoofcing on said lands is strictly
orbidden, and all violators after
his notice will be prosecuted to
,he fullest extent of the law. H. 1
>. Collins.?Adv. (It)
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WOMAN LOST.
Wife of George Shipper, A Negro,
Causes Much Excitement, but is
Found.
George Skipper, a colored man
living near Conway, quarreled with
his wife, it is said, on Sunday before
last. On Monday she had disappeared,
and many of George's
neighbors seemed to suspect foul
play. Searching parties wero^ formed
and she was hunted through all
/\f o (vi n rvi r\t? o /it v\l t\ mi t 1 f
UI jllU n n 41111 UUU U HJUl o* rilter
several days she was discovered
at the house of a neighbor, and the
trouble was all o ver.
Going1 out of business: Everything
at cost and below. Must go
in the next twenty days. Everybody
come and get their part while
it is going. Bucksville Supply Co.
W. B. Woodward, Mgr. Adv
Porto Rico's New Wonder,
From far away Porto Rico come
reports of a wonderful new discovery
that is oelieved will vastly beneI
tit the people. Ramon T March an,
! of Barceloneta, writes "Dr King's
! New Discovery is doing splendid
work here. It cured me about live
limes of terrible coughs and colds,
also my brother of a severe cold in
j his chest and more ihan RO others,
i who used it on my advice. We hope
| this great medicine will yet be sold
' in every drug store in Porto Rico."
1 For throat and lung troubles it has
j no equal. A trial vrili convince you
of its merit. 50o and 61 DO Trial
bottle frte. Guaranteed by Norton
Drug Co .
Walter Hazard, a leading lawyer
| of Georgetown County, spent severI
al clays in Conway last week, engaged
in the trial of the case of V ere en.
vs. Horry County.
Joseph Eabil, v/ho was formerly
"in the ./V reottile business hero, has
moved baric from Viaaljind, N. C.,
and fwiced one of the ub'.v ? stores
from G. B Jenkins. He is opening <
up a nice liuo of goods.?Adv.
John P. Cooper, the efficient mauagcr
of the Palmetto Grocery Co.,
and one cf the leading business men
[of Muliins, S. C , came in to Conway
last Sunday afternoon and remained
over cn business until ?>ionday after
noon,
While T. B. Smith was on his
way to Georgetown on last Friday
with n\s Metz runabout, something
became wrong with the steering
g, ar, and the machine became unmanageable
ana struck a tree near
the sido of .bt road, breaking some
of the parts of the oar.
Flagged Train .viih Shirt.
Tearing his shi"t from his back an
Ohio man (1 lagged a tram and saved
from a wreck, buc il T Alston,
llaleigh, N. C , once prevented a
wreck with E e.'Lric Hitters. "I was
in a terrible pogh., when 1 began oo
to use them," ho writes, "my stomach,
head, buck unci kidney s were
all badly affected and my liver was
in bad condition, but four bottles of
Electric Bitters made me fool like a .
new man." A trial will convince
you of thoir matchless merit for any
bioLiiueh, liver or kidney trouble.
Price 50 cents at Norton Drug Co.
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For the lowest prices you can obtain
anywhere for the very best
ulass of goods, go to H W Lewis*
where von will find that man Wat
sou iu charge. ? Adv.
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