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pppfff ^ ' I 5 VOL XXVI. BTsSi Many Cases Disposed of This Week JUDGE RICE PRFXiniNG The New Solicitor Hon. L. B. Single, ton Takes Hold.?court Ably Con. ducted by Judge Rice,-Many Cases Came Before the Court. The Court of General Sessions con vened here on Monday morning with perhaps a fuller criminal docket than usual owing to the fact that a number of cases nad been continued from the last terai. Judge Rice pre sided with ability and dignity conducting the business of the court with despatch. Ha ably charged the grand jury at the opening of the court before they retired to consider the bills of indictment. Hon. L. B Singleton, the newly appoinied Solicitor of the 12th Judicial Circuit assumed the duties of his office and took up the reins where they were dropped by the untimely death of Solicitor Wells. The cases were disposed of as ^follows: The State vs Ross Blackburn, John Prince and Tilman Blackburn, also the cross indictment against Talmadge Edwards, were not placed before the grand jury owing to the serious illness of the two principals in the affair, The State vs L. W. Brown was laid over until later. The State vs Jas. Woodard was ended, defendant having died" since the last term. The State vs J.^Clarence Wallace was nol prossed. < The State vs George Dickson was nol prossed. The State vs G. Lewis and Win. Lewis was continued. After the noon recess the case of the State vs Sam'l K. Owens was entered into. The defen dan t; was represented by Robt. B. Scarborough and the State by the Solicitor. 1 \ The following jury was called to iry the case: E M Blanton, J M Haruwick, C A Anderson, D O Boyd, Eiias Strickland, N B AHsbrook, S A Hughes, W E Marsh, S M Hucks, V T Rowell, T A VAught, A C Suggs. Willie Owens, the first witness for the State said he was sent for by S. K. Owens and be went and found J. M. Hardee killed in the woods near clearing, saw he died from gun shot wound in head. Heard guns lire. One tired right after the other. There was a gun lying at Har dee's side. Gun later examined was found one barrel loaded, one empty. Body was not moved before the arrival of the Coroner, who examined the gun. Woods were thick where body lay. There was a path through woods leading from Owens' home. Ida Owens was then called. She was the wife of th e defendant S, 1 K. Owens. She was about 8 feet from Hardet when Owens killed him. She was almost between the two mnn iTnuKun/l t nrtl/a t a kai. on/1 UIUU? ilUOVMUU opuag tu un uuu j she looked and Hardee fired first. She saw Hardee before she saw her husband*. Hardee was oeea enough . that she saw whea approaching him. Owens was not looking to- J ward Hardee uniil Hardee fired. Dr. H. H. Burroughs went to . ? Myrtle Beach to hold inquest .and J (found J. M. Hardee dead. Shotgun . , lying to his left almost within the grasp of his hand. Bjdy was in grassy spot in small clear spot sur- J rounded by bushes and sappling. There were two openings from this open grassy place through which a * person in there could see the back door at Owens house. No particu- , lar path there. Found gun with one barrel empty, the other loaded. The State closed. The defendant was called in his * own behalf. Saw Hardee about 160 yards from witness' home I started to go to traps set on the seashore ] distant about 1 mile. I decided to i - watch and see for myself. Had : tracked Hardee and wife to this spot * twice before. On Wednesday before Hardee went there about 8 o'clock J and later left. Saw him when he . ' came the day of the killing. He got oyer in field and then came back in F i vreods when witness did not see ^ him, He saw his wife coming and ? ' - i . J L _ U ' TOOK two swpi tuwuru uer uuu ipunu p and just then Hardee fired at wit- p uessand witness had to turn to face ? | Hardee and witness shot Hardee. ! f Nothing was said. He shot Hardeo and he feli; Witness came and gave " himself up to Sheriff. c A witness Anderson was called and stated be heard two reports of a d V gun i * The above ended the testimony and the arguments were made. I The jury found Sam K. Owens g not guilty. i The State va Frank Williams I charged with killing Abaam Blaine was then called, and the jury found 1 him guilty of manslaughter with re- c be < ' 1 FINISHED AT LAST The Litigation in the Federal Court Over Remains of Defunct Kanawha Lumber Corporation. Tho failure of the Kanawha Lumber Corporation here several years ago, the appointment of receivers by the Federal court, and the various suits and counter" suits which grew out of the malter, i9 still remembered, but only a few knew that the case had been taken to Fed eral court of appeals. It now appears that the appeal so taken has r 1 I l i 4.1 ? 1. J% 4 L . Often aeciuea oy iuo cuun, uuu 11113 matter no doubt ended, the following dispatch appearing in the State newspaper in its issue of one day last week: Special to The State, Richmond, Va,, Feb, 20.?The dis trict court at Charleston, S. C., just ly directed the payment of amounts due on receivers' cartificates in the case of the insolvent Kanawha Hum ber compauy, according to an opin| ion handed down today by the feder al circuit court of appeals, j "To haye directed the payment of debts due the stockholders in preference to said certificates," the opin ion holds, "would haye been incquit able and equivalent 10 borrowing money from Innocent parties and ap plying it for the reimbursement of stockholders, who, to say the least participated in all the transactions from which came the loss and insolvency in the case." The case was applied from the lower court by the Charleston bank and others. It is an echo of receivership proceedings instituted against the lumber company live years ago. The respondents, who win by the opinion just rendered, are the South em National bank of Wilmington, N, C.f Climax Manufacturing oarnpany and otl ers. Presbyterian Church?Conway. Sunday, March 2nd, Preaching by the pastor at 11 a m. and 7.30 p. m, Sunday School 3.30 p. m. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday 7. 30 p m. All are cordialty invited to these services. A. S. Doak, Pastor. Attention Farmers, There will be a meeting cor farmers next Saturday, March 1st, at the old Court Hpuse to discuss the raising of beans and cucumbers and the makiDg of Conway a car lot shipping point. Mr. Geo. A. Dornin will address the meeting oh the cultivation and care of beans and cu cumbers. Independent F. & T, Growing As. Home Makers Club Entertains. The Progressive Home Makers Club of White Oak entertained their friends on Thursday evening, Feb, 20bh, at the Hanson Home, In spite of the hard rain all day, about 40 members and guests were present. The house was prettily decorated. The occasion took the form of a valentine party. Hearts of all sixes were predominent in the decorations. The menu were red hearts, and festoons of red hearts entertwined with green were all about the dining room. Even the trees grew hearts with fortunes on thjm. After the bountiful supper was served, the fol lowing program was given: Anvil Chorus?Four Mile Chorus. ' Solo, Love me, the World is Mine, j Mr. Frank Jacobi. , Reading, The Fate ofyoungChubb J oy Mr. Hadley Lee. Solo, Phyllis Brown, Miss Louise Hanson. Violin Solo, Mr. Lee. I Solo, All is Well, Mr. George Dick { ion. Men's Chorum, My Old Home* I Solo, LoveVOld Sweet Song, Mr. t rhos. Ward, * * Violin Solo, Mr. Lee. i Duet, Chimpanzee, Messrs Dick- , son and Jacobi. [ Chorus, My Happy Home. J After the program a few games , vere enjoyed. One feature of the ( ivening was the auctioneering otT, ^ >f all the men: The ladies though , >ldding briskly, were very discrete c md would not put too high a price s ipon them. The prices ranging J rom & jents to $1.04J, Mr. Cultra | wringing the highest price, which t irobably was due to his siz3, as the c lidding was unsight and unseen* t 4rs. Waddington, certainly distin- c fished herself as auctioneer. About ^ me o'clock the company departed * ixpressing their pleasure and a wish N hat tbe club would again entertain 1 their friends at an early date. t e tommendatlon to mercy of the court. 1 Tha Qtota va R P Wtlliamc Tho U A LI %t f *J A# JL 11 AAHUUig 4. UU lefendant submitted the case and raa fined $125, which wis paid. In the case of The State vs Dick Irown, the defendant pleaded guilty to transporting contraband t vhiskey and was sentenced to pay I (100, or serve 3 months. I The next case was The State vs t Vustin Permenter, the defendant I barged with seduction. I f ?m% * Conway, s, c., thurj n n UK Claren ce K. Wyatt Arrest ed on Warrant Sworn Out MUST MEET FEDERAL COURT % Charge is One of 'Using Mails fo<* Purposes of Fraud,?Worthless Checks Seem to Figure in the Matter,-Arrest Made by Deputy Marshall J. T. Proctor jr,- Bound Over to Federal Court on Bond. Clarence K. Wyatt, a young man said to be under twenty-one years of age, was arrested here on last Wednesday by Deputy Marshall J. T. Proctor jr., upon a warrant sworn out before United States Commissioner C. P. Quattlebaum, by post-onice R. A. Dakin of Florence and Charleston. It is said that the substance of the charge contained in the warrant was that he used the mails for fraudulent pusposes, 'and that matters connected with young Wyatt had been reported to the United States postal authorities several months ago, and that Inspector Dakin had been detailed on the case to gather evide nee, which he had secuied when he applied to Mr, Quattlebaum for the warrant last week. There was no preliminary examination into the merits of the case, the defendaut waiving this and giving bond direct for his appearance at the Federal Court convening at Florence, S. C , on March 4tb. The bond for his appearance at the Federal court was signed by Mr. J. A. Mcuerrnott, ana pernaps some other surety. It appears that for some length of time Mr Wyatt had been sending orders to mail order houses in distant cities, ordering various kinds of goods, always accompanying the order with a neatly written check on oue of the local banks. These checks in most instances proved to be worthless, and would be returned by the bank to the companies to whom Wyatt paid them, on the ground of no funds to meet the checks, while in the meantime, the mail order house, relying on the genuineness of the checks, would have shipped out the goods, and perhaps delivered them through the express companies, oefore the worthlessness of the checks was reported to them. Among those who had worthless checks of this kind was the large house of Montgomery, Ward & Co., and the checks they had against him amounted to about $100.00 in all. There were many others, Mr J M McKeithan, the agent of the express company at Conway, inadvertently delivered to him some time ago, a package sent here to Wyatt's address, after the sender had notified the express company to hold it and not deliver it on the ground that the check was not good that had been sent to them for the goods. As a result Mr, McKeithan had to pay for the good This however we are imformed was settled by Mr. Wyatt. It is also reported that young Wyatt advertised in some of the daily newspapers, md upon receiving replies end monsy by mail failed to make good in accordance with his advertising. He is proficient on the typewriter and has some talent as an artist naving drawn several oartoons that appeared in some of the newspapers. L^or several months, up to a short time ago he wis interested in a small printing office and job press j which was run in the shops of J. W Sparks. A large dealer in type i ind printing materials had a claim igainst him for type and materials 1 jrdered from them and for which he had sent them a iheck which proved to be worthless )y reason of no funds at the bank to neet it, Recently it is said he got lilt, of thfi nrintinir business ^nr several months the cheeks were Irawn by him on the 1st National lank of Conway. Later he drew .hem on the Bank of Rorry. Quite i number of these checks were proested for non payment in the course )f the last six months, at these )anks. Later,?Since the above was vritten and placed in type, Mr. J. V. McDermotfc refused to stay on he bond of Mr. Wyatt and surrendered the defendant to the |authorties, and ho was placed in jail to twait his trial in the Federal court. Lecture To-night. There will be an illustrated lecture o night (Thursday) at Spworth iall at 8 o'clock by Rev. A. D. letts. Sixty fine stereoptioan picures will be displayed on the screen. < t is for the benefit of the Publio library, Admission 15 and 25c. I pi SDAY, FEBRUARY 27, I THE STATE WIDE CONVENTION Will be Held in Sumter April 2 4. Sunday Schools Expected to Send Delegates Every County in the State will be ' represented at the great Sunday School Convention to be held in ^ i A 1 O A T1 A! sumier i\pru ^ <*. ^reparations are being made to entertain six hundred delegates for three days. In addition to that, special trains are being arranged from Columbia and Florence to carry men to Sumter for the mammoth parade for men, which is to take place Friday afternoon at four o'clock. There will be something like two thousand men in line, and it will never be forgotten. The session* of the Convention will be held in the Opora House. This will afford splendid opportun ity for the musical part of the pro gram, Messrs. Tullar and Meredith , of New York City will bo in charge of the music, and there will be a local choir of one hundred voices. Mr Tullar is a conductor of note, and the music will be one of the most interesting features. 1 Some of the gifted speakers in the State will appear on the program. Mr. W. C. Pearce of Chicago, 111., who is Associate General .Secretary of the Iaternatioual Sunday School , Association, will be heard in a num ber of addresses. Judge Joseph Carthel of Nashville, Teon., General 1 Secretary of the Tennessee Associa tion, will also be present and appear at several sessions. The afternoons 1 will be given over to conferences on ( the different departments of Sunday School work. At each conference < some specialist in that line will be \ present to anwser questions and make suggestions. Oa Friday even ing there will be a large meeting for < boys led by Specialists. The LSoy . Scouts are looking forward to this meeting with great interest. ^ t Birthday Party. Little Miss Ernestine Little was J 1"at home" to her many friends on 1 Tuesday afternoon, it being her seventh birthday. ^ After the little folks had all as- c sembled many interesting games were played after which, all marched into the dining room. Whipped t cream and jello with cakes, fruit 1 and candy were served. The children all expressed themselves as having a very nice time f and it was with reluctance that they 1 said "good bye." b f Town Court at Loris. 7 On last Friday at Loris the case of the Town vs. Norman Moseiy. i Defendent, was called for trial be- 1 fore W. J. Hughes, the intendent. t The charge against the defendent n was that he violated an ordinance of the town prohibiting the accumulation of saw dust, trash and bark around saw mills and similar enter- a prises located, within the corporate .v limits. Owing to a technicality in 11 the beginning of the proceedings, the case was continued and it will p come up again and will be tned q sometime in March or April, l iie t defendant it seems refused to dis- p pose of the saw dust, trash and bark from his saw mill which he ran as a Loris Lumber Co., failing to burn ? the trash up, or to haul it out of C( town, or otherwise dispose of it b so it could not injure or endanger w the health of the town. Thedefend- a ant is represented by L. D. Lide of i Marion and the Town of Loris by \t H. H. Woodward of Conway. a n Conway Methodist Church. Services fot Sunday, March 2nd: t, Sunday School at 9 4o a in. Preach &i lng at 11 a m. At this service the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered. Epworth League at 3 30 p. m. Evening service at 7 30 o'clock. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday night. All are invited to attend our services. Albert D. Betts, Pastor. COX?HA KI)EE. On last Sunday morning, Feb. It*, Mr. A. W, Hardee and Miss Anuie Belle Cox, both of Conway, were married at the Methodist Parsonage, Rev. A. D. Betts officiating. The bride and groom are well-known here, and are deservedly popular. Their many friends have been extending their congratulations and gocd wishes. They will reside at the groom's home near Hardee's Perry. Call ani see the new Eastern and Western moving picture show running every night in the Quattle baum block, from 5 30 o'clock to 11 o'clock at night. Three reels each night. Reels changed nightly. Ad misssion & and 10 cents.?Adv. raid. 913. 5W5 Gathered By the Herald Man in a Week CAUGHT IN THE PASSING Stray Bits of Local aad Personal News ?Some of Those Mentioned You Know?Others You May Not Know ?Happenings Around the Town. Bishop Stalvey of Socasloe was in town Mondpy. George J Holliday was in town the lirst of the week. Mrs H W Ambrose spent last Saturday in Wilmington, N. C., J M Dusenbury of Toddville is attending court this week. A M Dusenbury yisited Conway the first of the week. O E Todd of Lor is, was in Con- , way on business last. Thursday. C|M Reaves of Loris was in Conway on business one day last week. Mr H P Little visited Georgetown the latter part of last week. L G Owens was among the many visitors from the country, the first :>f the week. 1 Attorney L D Lide of Marion jpent last Friday at Loris on busnesSt I Jones at Justice is seiliug goods cheaper than ever. Get his prices.? 1 A.dv. Ulric Harper of Toddyille spent ast Friday night in town to attend [he meeting of the Boy Scouts. Miss Ida Moore has printed and sent out a lengthy circular to the nembers of the girls tomato clubs. L. J. Clewis recently left Loris vhero he had been engaged in the jontracting business for some. J L Bell of Wampee was among he business men visiting Conway < ast week on business. i W Percy Hard wick and Power W | 3ethoa went to Charleston on bus- r noss the latter part of last week. ( Little Dorthy McCoy entertained ler friends on Friday afternoon rom 3*30 to 5 p. m. this being her bh birthday. t O E Todd, one of the leading bus- ^ ness men of Loris, S. C., spent j ast Thursday night in Conway, re < uruing home on the fallowing ' uorning. SherifT J A Lewis went to Wilniugbon, N. C., one day last week I Iter several negroes who were /anted under warrants sworn out n this State. a s Modern offices are just being com- r ileted at Loris by the Loris Supply i Jompany, in the second story of heir store building, these offices e sing the first to be ottered for ro^t a i the town. One of tlu largest v moug the lot is occupied by the c /oris Telephone Co., which was re- I entiy purcnasea by U E Todd and b is brothar. Tbo offices are lighted c rith ascetelene and in every way ii re convenient and well appointed, b 'his enterprising firm started bus- s less at Loris seyeral years ago, C ud has been successful from the is rst under the careful and efficient d lana^ementof Mr O E Todd, 1 jCarry your e^gs, peas, and money p > W. Boyd Jones' where a dollar [ways buys the most.?Adv. s ROYAL Baking Po' is the greatei time helps to and biscuit ir home baking profitable. 1 food more < guarantees alum and al No 47 LOOK III:RIO FOR IT Many a Conway Header Will Be Inter esled When people read about the cures; made by a medicine endorsed from far away, is it surprising that they wonder if the statements are true? But when they read of cases right here at home, positive proof is wifhin their reach, for close investigation is an easy matter. Read Con way endorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills. B F. Skipper, prop. Commercial Hotel, Main St., Conway, S. C., says: |4I was annoyed by pain and lamouess in my back and my uid neys did not do their work as they shonld. When Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to mv attention, I got a box from the Norton Drug Co. and they gave me promt relief. [ have had no aches or pains since.,' For sale by all dealers, Price 50c Foster?Mil bur u Co , BulTalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's? and lake no other.?Adv. On last Sunday night at the Methodist. Church, Miss Grace Vandiver of Spartanburg and Rev Mr Jones of Marion gave an interesting talk on Sunday School work. On last Thursday in the court of Magistrate Chestnut, a preliminary investigation was held of the case by H. W. Lewis against L M Johnson, the charge being the drawing of a check on tho Bank of Horry. W W Russ and his brother H M Russ are now the sole owners of the business and good will of the J B Cox Co., of which Mr W W Russ had been manager for some time. Tho store will bo closed on March l-Jrd until the return of Messrs Russ from the northern markets, where they are going 011 that date for the purpose of buying an entirely new stock of goods for the store. Mr H M Russ was formerly with tho Burroughs & Collins Company where he was an elbeient salesman for many years. ^ ^ .w/ Box Supper Thero will be a box supper, cake walk and oyster stew at the Kver ?reeu school house on Saturday aight, March 8th. All the girls are nvited to come with dainty boxes uid young men with heavy purse?, rhe p"ocoeds will go to the benefit )f the school. Trustees. The Civic League will serve oys;ers. Sandwichos, salad, etc, in the vacant store next to Mr Abram's iool drinlc stand on Saturday, Vlarch 1st. Hours from VI noon to ) p. jq, The puplic is cordially incited, leware of Ointments for Catarrh Tha? Contains Mercury. mercury will surely destroy the ense ol smell md. completely doan go the whole system when enterng it through the mucous surfaces, >uch articles should never be used xcopt on prescriptions from reput,ble physicians, as the damage they srill do is ten fold to the good you an possibly derive from them, lall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured >v F, J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., ontains no mercury, and is taken nternally, acting directly upon the >lood and mucous surfaces of tiio ystem. In buying Hall's Catarrh lure be sure you gob the genuine. Tb i taken internally ami made in Toleo, Ohio, by F. j, Cheney & Co. 'estiraouials free, Sold by all druggists. Prico 75c er bottie, Take Hall's Family Pills for contipation. Adv V. ... . _ .v., -- V\ -'*y C *r ^-!s^r v j \ d ' wder ? st of moderni perfect cake .?i?: ? laiviiig* iviaiiC5 pleasant and t renders the ligestible and it safe from 1 adulterants.