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<r VOL XXVII ill HUB. The Court of General Sessions Grinding SEVERAL IMPORTANT GASES! Grand Jury Empaneled and Ready at j the Opening of Court,?Many Case* ] Had Been Laid Over From Last i Term of Court,?Judge Wilson Pre- . sided. 1 I The Court of General Stations convened on last Monday morning, < Judge John S. Wilson presiding, 1 The court was called promptly at 10 o'clook and the grand jury empanelled. The solicitor proceded to swear the witnesses in the various oases for the grand jury, while they waited in their seats to receive the indictments from the Judge. Tnere was a large crowd of people in Conway for the court and when the court opened the court room was packed to its utmost capacity. Bey eral of the most important cases had been laid over from the previous term and there was quite an amount of business to be done. The first case called was The State vs. N B Smart, et. al., on the home* stead law. The prosecutor was Geo. W. Smith and he claimed that while he was absent at work in Florida, he was sued by W B Woodward i before Magistrate Smart, who attached ^is furniture and did not lay off any homestead. The jury returned a yerdiet of not guilty in this homestead case. The case of The State vs. Archie M. Hardee was called and continued on motion of the defendant, v The next case called waa The State va Jesse Dawsey and W W Dawsey for obstructing a road. The defendants were found not guilty. The State vsL W Brown and Pen nie Brown for assault and battery and The State vs Earl Davis on a like charge, were both nol grossed. They were oross indictments. The State vs E L Moore for violation of the dispensary la w was atrick en from the docket. The State V9 O E Todd for bas tardy was discontinued. The State vs Cordie Barnhill and Fannie Page for violation of the dispensary law was noli prossed on payment of $100. The case against W A Squires was returned to the Magistrate Court. The first case on Tuesday morning was the State ys. Walter Farewell for using animal without owners consent, defendant was found not guilty. The next case was the State vs. J Li Hodges for larceny of live stock R B Bruton was the procacutor, defendant was cleared by the jury. The State vs. Archie Cook f or assault and battery was next on the list. He was found guilty of assualt and battery of a high and agrivated nature with mercv. and was fined the sum of $100.00, or at hard labor for 3 months. Stanley Fauik pleaded guilty to "nd battery with intent to k-M ..a-- IlUa i UU, or 4 UlOuULS. Chad Tyler pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was found guilty and finod $125.00 or4 months. The State vs. M. P. Tyler was continued pending a survey in another case. The State vs. J. Wood Herring obtaining goods by false pretenses was continued. The State vs. Cordie Barnhill and Forney Page was nolprossed. John (J. Rhuark pleaded guilty to house breaking with intent to steal. Sentenced to reformatory for 6 mouths. Lilly Page pleaded guilty to violation of the dispensary law. The court is proceeding with the oases of The State ys. Ross Blaokburn and others, and The State vs. M. V. Oerrald ail of which will be reprinted in full next week. Row Brings on Trial. Last Friday night at the store of J. J. Seales, near the corporate limits, John Doe, a negro got involved in a row with the proprietor over a dispute concerning some change, and Mr. Seales was considerably used up in the fisticufl that followed. John Doe is a strange negro arriving here recently and pretending to make a living by mending old broken umbrellas. For some time past he has been noticed going about from place to placo with a bundle of old umbrel las under his arm, and at times sitting down on a platform near the Thompson restaurant working on them. A warrant was issued for his arrest last Saturday morning air";* was tried for assault and bat tf r,4efore Magistrate W. H. Chest n\ \ The prosecutor, Mr J. J. Seares, showed many signs of the conflict. r . . -j.3L he 1 BURROUGHS SCHOOL CLOSED Commencement Concluded Monday Night, Hon. Reed Smith of Uni ersiiy of S. C., Delivered Address-Diplomas and Prizes Awarded. The Graduating exercises of lbs [Burroughs High School was conclud ;d last Monday night. Tho stage was decorated in pink ind green, much skill having been ised in the selection of flowers and * plants. Seated on tho right were the grad dates, Mi?s Flossie Sarvis, Bucks* rille, S. C.; Mr Hickman Long, Todd rlllo. S. C.; Mr Dock Singleton, rodaville, S. C, and Mr Alexander Doak, Conway. On the left wore [ the teachers, in front, tho trustees, invited guests and tho speaker of the evening. Miss Mabel Norton then rendered a piano selection. Prayer was led by Rev. A. D. Betls. The Class Poem, was read by Miss * Flossie Sarvls. Class Will, was read by Mr Hickman Long. Prizes were then a war led as follows, 1st grade, Henrietta Burbage, Evelyn Howell, Eugenia Audersoc, Edgar Woodward. Uad grade, Collins Spivey. Each were presented a book for good work at scbool. In the beginning of the year Dr, J. S. Dusenbury bad offered three prizes of $5 00 each. These were won by Miss Mary Hoiliday, 8th grade; Miss JLllen Allen, /in grade; Master Monroe Benson, 4h grade. Hon. R. B. Scarborough in a few well chosen words, presented each of these prizes. Miss Jessamine Burroughs, accom panied by Mrs Hal. L. Buck, sung a solo. A few of the high school girls in appreciation of Miss Ferrell's kindness shown them during the term of school, had purchased her a little rememberance This was presented by Dr. K. Norton. Mr H. L. Buck then introduced the speaker of the evening, Mr. Reed Smith of the University of S. C. He held the audience spell-bound for quite a few minutes. The diplomas were then presented by Dr E. Norton. The Valedictory was ably given by L. D. Singleton. Benediction by Rev. A. D. Betts. Conway Methodist Chorch. Services for Sunday, June 1st: Sunday School at 9.45 a m. Preach ing at 11 am. The Lord's Supper will be administered at this service Epworth League at 4 p m. Preaching at 8 15 p m. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday nigh*. A cordial welcome to all services, AlhtifS D. Pastor. To The Tomato Club Girls Dear Club Members: Some time ago I wrote each of you about planting tomatoes. I hope you have set ail of your one-tenth acra (66ftx6t>fl or 132ftx33ft.) Prune them by pinching off, as soou as they occur, all the suckers below the first tlower cluster. Train to single stakes or trellis and cultivate shallow and often. I wish to urge you to put uo some strawberries for the fair. You can adyertise the resources of Horry by putting up a large variety of products from the fruits and vegetables growing around your home. If possible use the glass top E Z seal jars in connection with tin cans. You should make arrangements to secure canning outfits and suj) plies at once. The Farm Canning Machine Co., Meridian, Miss, offers complete hot water canning outfit for $5.75. The Homo Canner Co., Hickory, N. C offers complete hot water outfit for $5.50. Order other supplies, cans, etc, from the National Can Co, Balti more, Md, Very Truly Yours, Ida Moore, Collaborator, G. D. W. For the Weak and Nervous. Tired out, weak, nervous men and women would feel ambitious, energetic, full of life and always have a good appetite, if they would do the sensible thing for health?take Electric Bitters. Nothing better for the stomach, liver or kidneys. Thousands say they owe their lives to this wonderful home remeddy. Mrs. O Rbinevault, of Vestal Center N. Y., says: "I regard Electric Bitters as one of the greatest of gifts. I can neyer forget what it has done for me. " Get. a bottle yourself and see what a difference it will make in your health. Ooly 50c. and $1.00 Recommended by Norton Drug Co. J M Johnson, surveyor and civil engineer of Marion, S. C., has a i card now running in this paper. He U thoroughly competent. s U own CONWAY, S. C., THURS ^ " t Ml B H. fathered By the Herald Man in a Week f C iCHT III THE PISSING I fl Stray Hits of Local aad PersonalNews v ---Some of Those Mentioned You c Know?Others You May Not Know v ---Happenings Around the Town ^ II. W. Lewis recently purchased 1 \ Ford automobile. 1< O E Todd of Loris was in Conway a last Wednesday on business, t W L Rhodes yisited Conway from V Loris on last Saturday. u c J T Shelley spent last Thursday evening in Conway on business. M W Collins last Friday received another car load of Ford touring cars, ?' Sheriff J A Lewis was at Tabor, N. C., on legal business the middle of last week. The showers of rain continued here through last Friday and Satur- n l J uay. George M. Kirton of Galivanti 1 Ferry was in Conway on business * recently. * Mrs J F Harper of Toddville spent i several days in Conway last week I visiting relatives. f Sheriff J A Lewis returned home last Saturday after several days | away on legal business. Read the half page advertisement * of H. W. Lewis appearing in this issue. Thomas W. Dorman of Simpson ( Creek was among the successful farmers visiting Conway recently. Mr and Mrs M. G. Anderson in- I tended to visit Myrtle Beach la9t Saturday, but were left by the train. The showers that came on last I Friday were needed by the crops about Conway. The crops looked 1 better on Saturday. There was a light shower of rain | here last Wednesday. It served to lay the thick clouds of dust that had lingered about Main Street for more than a week. Mrs Bettie McM. Long, of Green- ' wood, came to the Burroughs Infirm 1 ary here last week in order to spend some time and take a much needed rest. George Grainger of Bayboro was a pleasant caller at the Herald office the latter part of last week. The sale at Rabil's store advertised in the papers is still going on, but it was being run, at last ac- i counts, without the aid of the young Joseph. S I King was here last Saturday representing the Gardner & Lacey Lumber Co. Mr. Kintf now reMidef. in Columbus County in North Caro- i lina. i The steamer Mitchelle C., of the Wacoamaw Line, will go on Brightman's marine railway this morning, , for repairs to her underbody and such othor overhauling as may be found needed below the water line.? Georgeto wn Times. The measles are soattered in various sections of Horry County and have been going the rounds from neighborhood to neighborhood, for some time. Several cases have been reported in Conway. O J Bell, who spent several days here recently at the Burroughs In lirmary, where he took treatment for his eyes, returned to his home at Wampee, S. C., early last week very much improved. Head the half page advertisement appearing in this issue for H. W. Lewis. He has a large stock of gen eral merchandise, which he is selling out at remarkable low prices. Head his advertisement and give this popular store a call. It is stated that the first excursion of the season will be run to Myrtle Beach on Suuday, June 1st. The Myrtle Beach Hotel will be open and in readiness to haadle the crowd G. Marshall Nance, the proprietor was in Conway a few | davs ai?o. <4 WANTED: L ^ Good respectable young lady fc, j with honor, who ke^ps her eyes t | open, to sell tickets at the Mov- f ^ ing Picture Show. y tE HAGGEI, Conway, S. C. & IDAY, May 29nd 191 DEMONSTRATION FARM. t* Being Hun by a Former Horryite In Georgetown County. Georgetown, S. C , Mav 17th. 3. M. Elliott came to this county rom Chadbourn, N. C., fifteen nonths ago, having been engaged >y W. D. Morgan of this place to ake charge of a demonstration arm. When he came Mr. Elliott raa put in charge of 107 acre3 of ut over woods land. Ho now has icre9 of this cleared and in cultiation, On April 3rd, 1912, he set (000 strawberry plauts in new land le set four acres in October and jst thoso from drought and set gain in December. Ho has gatherid to date 93 crates of strawberries vhich sold for $288 30. The farm ow has the following acreage in the rops named: Strawberries 5 acres, Oats the same, Cotton the same, Beans 6 acres, Corn 12 acres, Watermelons 4 acres, Cantaloupes 2 acres, Cucumbers 1 acre, Peanuts 1 acre, Harden 2 acres. There are other lands to plant. ?here is twenty acres of Irland rice ield on the tract that he proposes o set in celery, lie is now trying viliows and they are do* g finely. Celery and willows should take tho dace of rice in these inland rico ields, where drainage can bo had vlr Elliott has made almost a perect success of P.Vurv O.rrm flint - V- ? W . J VI ? U U l U ias tried on this place ilo will be sjlad to show any of his friends the vonderful improvements made on his land, space not being sufi'cient ,o even name them all hore. Cake and Cream will be served on Col D A Spivey's lawn Friday afterjoou May 30th, from 5:30 to 8 30 o' ilock. Benefit Conway Public Library The work on the ladies' rest rooms it the town hall has been going on rom time to time during the past week. Owing to lack of somo materials, the finishing has been a little delayed. But it is expected that the rooms will soon bo finished and open for use R H Ammons of the Gallvants Fo.*ry section wss in Conway last Friday. He stated that the crops in his community had been looking bad from the dry weather for somo time, until a short time before when they had a light rain. On that day ho stated the crops wore looking very much improved. W M Booth, one of our well known and successful farmers of the Adrian section of this county, was in Conway last Saturday on business. Mr, Booth stated that the crops in his community had received a shower of rain on Saturday before last uud were looking very well indeed. Although the dry weather injured th9 Irish potato crop to some extent, still we have seen somo of as large as ever grew in this eouutry or any other coming from the farms of people living near Conway. One day last week thare wa9 a whole barrel at the depot ready for shipment, each potato beiDg as largo as those usually comiug from the western markets. Truly thia is a great country for the iri9h potato, and we si t . i . rt ? preuicL mat uonway will oecome one of the greatest shipping points in the country. Suffers Broken Arm Co), D. A. Spivey, while cranking his Maxwell automobile last Friday evening, the machine kicked backwards and the crank struck his arm near the wrist, breaking tho bone. He was taken to the office of Dr. Norton where the injured member was reset. His injury was painful and will cause him inconvenience for some time. Syrians in the Town Court Recently a young Syrian going bj the name of Joseph came to Conwaj and was engaged by the well knowt trader, Joseph Kabil, to assist hin in a special sale then being put 01 by him. Some dispute arose in re Sard to the contract under wbict oseph claimed to be working, am on Friday evening last, the younj man got rnad and used rough lanu uage to Rabil's wife, on account c mKlnll RaKII /UnnKni?/?r./l US... l~ ~ K uiuu ji?Uvii Uiauuui jb;cvi UllUj IIU him arrested on a charge of disorde iy conduct, and kept in the jail ur til the time for his trial on baturda morning. The trial was had on Sa urday morning and Joseph, the di fendant was lined in the sum of 11 teen dollars. i Send us your Job work. ? - - am ; -= ?T-' 1 ' T7r~f,.l; valiL 3. HEW LUMBER COMPfltiT Enters the Lumber Field in Horry on State Line. WHITEVILLE LUMBER CO. Building Timber Koad From its North Carolina Holdings Down Into Horry, --lias Purchased Valuable Timber Tracts In the Northern or North Eastern Section of Horry,?Bought Holdings of Gardner & Lacy Lumber Co. The Whitevllle Lumber Co., of Whiteville, N. C., is a now company in Horry County, but is one of the eldest ai d most reliable lumbircompanies of our sister State, (lard-j nor & Lacy Lumber Co., owned extensive tracts of timber just acrois the line of Ilorry County in Columbus County, North Carolina, in tho| river swamps cf tho Waccamaw River on the western sido. Some months ago these tracts were purchased by the Whitevllle Lumber Company who had a timber road leading from Whiteville down in that direction. A large portion of tho holdings of Card nor & Lacy Lumber Co wore on the North Carolina sido, but they also owned large tracts just this side of the line, and these were included in the deal. Since closing the deal with Qrrdner & Lacey Lumber Co., tho Whiteville Lumbor Co., has purchased vory extensive tracts of timber adjacent and lying in this county, including the largo tracts of L. T. Dryan, J. D, and O. E. Todd, Mrs. C. V Butler and others. The work on the extension of the timber railroad is being rapidly pushed and it will be continued into these new holdings. For the next ton years or longer the Whiteville Lumber uo., win D3 numoeretl among the largo enterprises operating in Horry County, and this will amount to a good deal in the industrial activity of Horry. Mr. W. T, Aycock is the general manager of the Whiteville Lumber Co. He is well known as a gentlemen of good business qualifications and quiet courtesy that has won him many friends among his associates. Ele recently spent a few days in Conway attending to legal business connected with this company. Many of our subscribers have paitj attention to our recent notice ask ing them as a favor to us to send in their back dues by mail, and save us the expense of mailing statements to them. The attention of all of the others is called to the same fact, anc we hope to have steady results every week until the last man or the list ha9 renewed. We are try ing to give the readers of this pa npr t.hft nnn/a itnrl in rw. ?www. Vft.v, ^ VV7U 1 ^UUCklSit form. Our success will bo measur cd to a great extent by the way ir which our subscribers pay us up Come on with the dollar you owe u and be done with it until anothe year comes around! Heed our recent notice and sonc In the money you owe us. Wo ar< trying to give you the news. Uel| us out without our asking you twice Let the dollars roll in. Whenever the Herald fails t< stand for the common good of th< whole people of Horry County, as the editor honestly sees it, withdrav your support from it and do not pa; us another cent; but as long as sh stands for the rights of the peopl and tries to give the news, as w ' are now certainly doing, pay u promptly We need it. In fact w must have it. I I HOT BISCl 1 5 hot cake ROYAL B ir y are doth ttut and c 1if I A ROMANTIC LIFK. 9 The Matrimonial lips and Downs of a Mj Lady Living in Ducks Township SB In thf*. last. ISMIIO rif Oiiu nu nnr? <\r\ .WWMV v?? ? ; p V 4 Wppeared a news item relating tho M tifill marriage of Mrs. Alice Single- jB Ion. * A correspondent kindly sent ||| to this paper a short history of this IB lifo, which wo publish as being out ||p of the ordinary. Just after the war between tbo k States, the lady in question, thcu known as Miss Alice Hearlo, married a man named Berry from the State of Maine. lie was devoted to I j his wife until 1875 whon he died. Two years later the widow was married to a M?\ Younw who was h v faithful companion for some fl years. lie died and was buried in | Georgetown C)uoty,and some years B later the widow married Mr. Win. Lawrimore, commonly known and || called by those who knew him by tho name of "Bill Socks". Just why ho possessed this curious came ^ [do not know, and cannot e\en guess, Anyway, they enjoyed about two J months of wedded bliss, when like a B [bolt from the blue, the lirstand only j lawful Mrs, Socks appeared upon ^B J the scene and ended this littie roj I inatice. Mr. Socks had committed | bigamy it seems. Soon after this f ' the sad but undaunted widow came near to marrying one Mr. hux. Curious to relate, but nevertheless true, Mr. Hux was taken suddenly ill and died at the very hour appointed for the wedding. Not long afterwards Miss Alice was happily married to Mr. Benjamin Singleton of Toddville. They lived happily together until Mr. Singleton's death r. U~.. 4 4 1 ... >-? ?" .i.iuhm lurou yeara later. iboou alter the death of thojirst Mr. Singleton, H she was courted by a Mr. Singleton I No. 2. lie had an impediment in I his speech, could not talk plain, and I failed to hear well. They were en- I gaged but at the appointed hour Mr Singleton failed to appear, and he is H still missing, though the disappoint ed bride waited some years. I The last leaflet in this short his- |gi tory was turned recently when she jl| was married to Mr. Ed. Benton, as 11 I related in the aforesaid news item. Mr. Benton, is sixty years of age, ||| and his bride is fifty-live. R ? - H Methodist Sunday School Picnic, ||| The Methodist Sunday School will Bp go to Myrtle Beach on Thursday, the 29th inst., for their annual pic- B| nic. Train will leave Couway at i|| i 11:00 o'clock for the Beach and re- |S| i turning will leave the beach at about H 6:00 o'clock p, jq, &Q Two special coaches will be pro- SB i vided by the railroad to accomodate Egg 1 the party and the management has i very graciously agreed to run a |g| special engine to the beach to bring H| the picuie porty back at the time H above named. This will give plenty H| of time lo fully eujjy the Seashore. |B In order to get inia extra service, |S| the committee has promised a mini- Eg mum of one hundred and. lifty per- H I sons. We ought by all means to pi I carry two hundred and lifty and 111 II tiiua make this a gala day for the? ( I ScqooI. We owe it to our children H . land others under our caro to break k| , i away from our business this one Is j day and give them a good time. jfl . Free ticxeta will be supplied at R \ train to all members of tne School I and their parents or guardians. || 11. W, Ambrose. jjfl ? Chairman Com. H , i ^ 1 Box Supper. j&j s There will be u box supper at the H v Watts School House, Saturday Juno Eg 7th, beginning at 7 o'clock p. in. H ] Proceeds for Church purposes. ||| 3 Committee. jg| Notice. 5 Notice 19 hereby given that the H - cjpartnership heretofore existing El between A. 13 Edioll and Victor <<:.S| v Johnson, under the tirm name and H V style of Elliott & JohDson, at Ui" I l\ r .< r stable at Cor way, S. < , H p has been dissolved; and tnat the Eg 0 livery business 19 now being con- Hi * ducted bv the said A. B. Elliott on n| p his individual account. @0 A, B. Elliott. Adv, 4b. B 1IT, I jr. mat/a I aking Powder I dous, health- I easily made. I