The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 25, 1913, Image 1
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VOL XXVII.
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Through the Northern
Edge of Conway
AREA WAS SMALL
Residences of T. J. Rell aud Rev. 1).
A. Calhoun Roth Unroofed -.Many
Sheds and Outbuildings Demolished,
-Chimneys Blown Down and Trees
and Wiring Destroyed,?Narrow in
Scope
On Thursday afternoon just bofore
4'clock, September 18th, pec.
pie in the business section of Coi
way beard a loud and deep roar lupin
the direction of Dog Bluff. Tut
day had been dark and rainy oeurh
all of the lime and there hud b.ci
frequent showers. The roar in p.
proved to bo the passing of a smaii
cyclone, which originated, no om
knows exactly where, and whicl
struck down in the residence sec ti >i
of the town known as the Gulley
section, and did considerable damage
as it tDre it i wav through. The
roaring above mentioned was amply
sufficient to warn these who heard
it of what thoy had to'con tend with.
Next to rattlesnakes and earthquakes,
the 03 clone is to be feared
as most terrible in the loss cf life
and property. But the cyclone of
last Thursday evening skipped along
t ic outskirts of the town, and tlu
miin residence section, nor the business
section of ti e town, was ovci
given a tremor.
The wind was whirling along a
terr.fiie speed as it swooped down
in the negro suburbs, first touring
down many cabins and trees, as well
as the outhouses and the U Upborn
and elc-ctiio wires leading froir
town into the country. O.1 lf.1.
Avenue, near the Bui roughs lLos
pital, it took the roof i11 the hom<
of T.J. Bell. Mrs Bell heard ihi
wind ccmii gaud got the family oi l
of the house, or some of them woulc
buye been injured. U then skippto
over two dwellings on tie sunn
side of the street, and came down
the home of D. A, Calhoun. Tin
roof of his home was taken oil' anc
the building wrecked It then tori
down the large barns of the Bui roughs
& Collins Co , near the icsidetce
of D. X. McNeil, proceeded U
take down the ( id waithousc next
door to to the Burroughs inlirmary,
not to mention the largo pines and
oaks the pride ol t' at section of the
town, many ol which were wrin g
and twisted do mi. Next in its path
it tore down one of the chimneys el
the Burroughs School and iujurou
the roof. The windows ol thi
school were up ar.d if the wind 1 at
not been rising upward i.t the time
it struck ibis building, the schoo.
would no doubt have been a complete
wreck. Further on its path at
Main Street, near the residence oi
J. W, Taylor, it struck the nev
Episcopal church in process of erection
and made of this a compictt
wrick Several blocks from thi:
point it took down a chimney foi
Mr. A. VV. Barrett, In the above
account, the houses are mentioned
as being the most important. Of
.course the trees and smaller out
houses in between were in the path
of wind most the way and received
the full force of the blow.
The wires were all down in that
section of the town, and all of tm
telephone wires leading into thi !
counr.ry went through that neigh
borhood. For a long time nothing
could be learned as to what dump; .<7
had been wrought, if any, in inou'.lyirg
country, Later as no re\vr
destruction came it was assumed
that tho cyclone must have struck
down at Conway to make its Gut
blow. Tho force of wind was terrible
and this was proved by quantities
of sheeting and other debris,
as well as large portions of trees,
lodged up in others and hanging
about, long distances from the
places where they t >rn loose.
Accompanying the cyclone was a
heavy down-pour of rain For several
minutes while tho wind rag d,
the torrei l> of rain fell aod dashed
agaim t the buildings and the ground.
Tnore was no serious injury to a
one, and so far nothing of consequence
li as been reported from the
country. Tho people in the neighborhood
of the pi.tn of the cyclone
. were considerably frightened,
W. Iv, Wright of the Tabor sec*
' tion is taking in tho excursion
to Jacksonville, EMa,, and other
points. His father Simpson
Wright is expected to go with him.
They expect to spend a week or ten
days there with relatives and looking
over the country,
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RAGSDALE EXPLAINS POSITION
South Carolina Representative Makes
Strong Currency Speech.
Washington, September l'k?Special:
During tho debate on the currency
bill tr-Jay Representative J.
W. Ragsdal?, who is cue of the Demi
ocratic members of the banking and
currency committee who were not
safcislied with tiic b-il as it was reported
to the llcuse, but who bowed
t; the decision of the party caucus
in its favor after it had been amended
in certain particulars, made a
strong speech in explai tion id his
position and views. He expressed
the opinion that the bill could not
bo enacted in its present form.
Mr. Ragsdale took issue with the
statement of Chairman (Mass, made
in the latter's speech opening the da
bate, that practically no changes
had been made in the bill in the cau- j
cus except by those who favored it
as it came from the committee. 1
is generally recognized that the
tight made by Mr. Uugsdale and
others was an influential factor in
ibo uUopiion oi an aim1 ndmi;tit rprcifyiug
farm products as acccptabl
security for currency issues. Ri presentativo
C aude Kitchen, rankintr
member of the ways and means
committee, made that statement to
The News and Courier correspondent
a few days ago. The South Car
olinu Congressman contended in his
speech that warehouse certificates
for farm products ought to have
been specified in the bill as security
for currency as he had proposed in
his own amendment.
A Republican member hero asked
Mr. Rugtduie: "JLJayeyou heard any
good reason way your preposition
should not bo accepted now?"
" Yes," replied liagscale, "1 -understand,
that the majority of my
pai ty in this holism is against it,
and lhats tLough for mo "
K. F. M.
Adrian News.
Hea th of the community is very
gord in general.
Far mers are busy harvesting:
Mr. r>. S. Ai d '.ton returned from
Wilmington, N. C,, last week.
Miss Julia Ludi; m returned heme
Saturday after sprucing a week
witn Mis. Be; tie Brown on Pei Dee.
Miss Maude Moore of Bucksvilie,
was the guest of Miss Gertrude
Anderson last week.
Mrs. W. H. Anderson returned
from Kershuw win re ihe visited her
daughter Mrs. J. (\ Davis, while
away she visited Columbia, aAo,
Fair BlulT, N. C.
Mr. Kelley Dornatn left Monday
for Columbia to taue a couno in
Draugbons Colli mo wo hope him
mucu tuccc: , Ki.lioy is a very energet
io young man,
Oii account of t'jo weather the
lutior part of 1 rst week the prorract
d meeting at Poplar was discontinued
we hope to haye another
soon. ? ??
Messrs. M. B. and A. V. Anderson
after spend!nh an outing at the
beach reiuincd St t^rday reporting
a most delightful trip and outing
wita t heir (.1 1 friends.
Mrs "Willie Anderson of Cooks
Siding spent last week with her parents
Mr. < nci M is. W. 1 i. And e rso n.
Mr. Walter Barri. ton formerly
of Florence but now < f Loris visited
hero tonic time ago, we were very
glad to see Mr. Birrin^fcon as he
once resided in this part of the
county.
Autumn.
I)o You Fear Consumption?
No rre.t er how chronis voir
cough or how severe your throat or
lung ailment is Dr King,* New Discovery
will surely help you: it may
save your life. S'.iilmon Green, ol
Mrrbchito, (, ). wr ites; * Two doctors
said I had c;: ' ;nr/ iou and could not
live t 70 yeaiv. I used Dr. KingV
New Discovery and am olive and
wM!." Your m-'liey r? funded if it
fails to benefit you. The bett home
remedy for coughs, colds, throat
and lung troublm. Price 50 . and
fcl.OO. Guaranteed by Norton Dm*.
Go.
Should Go On
The people cf Aynorhavc jnet hat
a ::reat celebration and ore con*
gratulatlng them selves onthe ^rowt!
th of their town. We renew thi
i puy^cstion to 1 hem in that the]
! r-oom to be ffcttir^ lively, that the]
^-t behind iho Ooa t. Lino and make
them run that road 're m Coiuvay n
to another (i'ii r Marion r Mulliri
f o th.tt to. y v.*ill h ive some chance
with th rest of the world in doinj
buisncss. The Coast Lino ought T<
cornph t ' thabro.vd into ore? of t; i
jobber (if the towns, and both o
thorn c .t to be bidding lor It. ? b'lo
ronco Daily Timer.
The Ilorry Industrial Sohool oper
ed yesterday. It was stated that a
'least one hundred i-t.. dents woul
j enter at the be^innin^.
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CONWAY, S. C., THUI
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Horry's Fall Term of Crmirial
Court is Busy
! MANY MINOR GASES
The Usual Crowd Visits Conway for '
Court Week,?No Very Important
Cases Come up, but Many Cases of
Minor Importance arc Heard,?List
of Cases Tried.
The Court of General Sessions
convened here last Monday morning,
Judge Spain of Darliugton presiding.
The usual crowd of spectators were
I arriving in the town, begiuing on
Sunday evening and continuing
early on Monday morning. The
court house was packed to its utmost
capacity.
The first thing attended to was
the calling of witnesses for the grand
jury. This took up some time.
V\ hen the grand, jury had retired. |
the court took up the appeal of Norman
Moselv from his conviction last
Winter in the Town of Loris, and
grained a new trial on the ground
that the intendont pro frtn had not
charged the jury before they retired
that they should give II10 dofendatn
the benefit of any reasonable doubt.
The grand jury returned a true
bill in the case of The State vs. Gloaton
Sessions arid KVank and Jim
Anderson. They finally returned a
umber of true bills, and the court
not to work.
. When the court adjourned on Mod
day evening the case of the State v?.
Gleatjn Sessions and James Anderson
had been finished all ex coot the
charge of the Judge to the jury.
The c uirt proceeded with the* case
of The State v?. Sessions and Anderson
and the jury rotired to consider
their verdict after receiving
the charge of tho Judge.
The r.oxt case called was Tho
State vs. G. Lewis and W. G Lewis,
charging with burning a fonco. J?
l nrnnri r?nl. I lint. Ui? ????'? ?~ - 1? J
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dismissed Win, Lewis, and G. Lowis
was the only one tried. The defendant
was cleared by tho jury,
The jury returned a verdict against
Gloaton Sessions and Jim Anderson,
the former guilty in the first count
and tho latter in the 2nd count for
carrying concealed weapons.
The next case called was The
Stato vs. E. L. Sanderson, charged
with assault and battery on tho prosecutor
JM. I). Stevens, at Boris several
months ago, The defendant is
a prominent business man of Lor is,
and the case attracted some attention,
both at the time of the occurrence
and at the trial. It appeared
that there vvcre words between the
two men and a light resulted. The
defense was in ellect that tho defend
ant was attacked and used his knife
to deefnd himself.
Joe Cook pleaded guilty to viola
tion of tho dispensary law and was
sentenced.
The jury returned a verdict of
guilty of assault and battery of a
high and aggravated naturo against
E. L. Sanderson. The fine was
$125 00, which was paid.
The State vs. Poarf MeDaniel was
noil prosstd on terms.
The vStat-5 vs. J, "W ard Herring
was continued on motion of tho defense.
Tho Stat) vs. J. A. Gause, was
noli prossed. iLe was indicted for
forgery.
The court then tried L. M. Bullock
colored, for selling whiskey, lie
was found guilty
The Stato vs Purscy Higgins was
. tried on a charge of assault with in
torn to kill,
O. M Ward and Addie Ward
pleaded guilty to violation of vho
dispensary law and were sentenced.
Pursey Higgins was cleared of the
' charge against him,
I). 13. Marlow pleaded guilty to
violation of the dispensary law and
r was sentenced to $100.00, or three
' rnoi t'.is. Mrs. D. 13. Marlow pleaded
guilty t) the same and sentenced.
but the sentence ^as suspended
in her case,
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Scarlet Fever in Mulliun.
The Hoard of Health has -ordered
c that all the school children residing
/ on Wine street, east of Park, be
/ strictly guarded to remain on their
i promises. The act of (luarcanfciuing
i is used as a precautionary measure
3 against spread of scarlet fever
> which is reported to be in two ol
f the. families on East Wino Street,
J | Several of the children were sent tc
b their homes from the public schoolf
f Tue.-day when it was learnad thai
- two cases of scarlet fever had beer
reported in that section of the
town.?Mullins Enterprise.
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^ Miss Jessamime Burroughs lef
this week for Columbia whpre sh
enters the female college.
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tSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25tl
THE SINGLETON CASE
The Governor, the Attorney General
and Others, Visit Conway Monday.
On last Monday morning tie
court week crowd were surprised ti
learn that Oovoruor Colo Ti. B.easo,
his former law partner, Fred 11
Dominick, tho Governor's lieutenant
on tho Hour of the House of Representatives,
George R. Rembert,
had arrived in Conway the night before
accompanying Thos. II. Peoples,
the Attorney General of the Slate.
Thos. H. Peoples had come for the
purpose of prosecuting the case of
The State vs. L. B Singletou on a
serious charge for which the defendant
lud not long since been bound
over to court. As the defendant
was solicitor the law required that
tho ease should be prosecuted by th?
A t.tni'nou n .if intr ! .. 4 u:.. t ~
uvj V/VUUIUI 111 I/UIO Ilistance
instead ot tho solicitor It
was understood thai the others men
tinned came as friends of tlio accused
solicitor. There was 11j other
ground upon which their presence
could be accounted.
H. II. Woodward of the Conway
bar had been retained by t.he prosecutrix
to prosecute this case in vh
court. He expected t ) act with I le
attorney general giving him the
benellt of what had oeen clone to
ward getting the case in readiness
for trial. Ho was of courso act.ng,
and expected to act throughout the
ease from a professional stand point
only just as he has done in many
cases. But just after too court had
been callod to order, the Attorney
General called H. II. Woodward
aside and stated that lie (the Attornev
General) would manage the
caso alone, and that the (tho Attorney
General) would rather Mr.
Woodward had nothing to say in
the case. When asked if he wanted
him to withdraw from tho case, the
Attorney General answered that he
could just sit there and listen. Further
conservation developed tho fact
that the Attorney General intended
to take entire charge of the case and
that ho did not intend that the local
attorney should do moro than keep
his seat, haying nothing to say in
relation to the conduct cf the case,
a d being in it in name only.
A few minutes after that the local
attorney sent a noto t) his client,
the prosecutrix, stating that owing
to tho above Gated circumstances
he was compelled to withdraw from
the case.
On Monday morning, tho husband
of the prosecutrix, a material witness
in the P.S1SP. WiiR RnriruiQl v tit
When time cumo to send the case to
the grand jury, the prosecutrix sent
a note or word by the sheriff that if
she could net have her own attorney
in the ease she did not caro to go on
with it, as it appeared the prosecution
would be in bhe hands ol the
friends of the defendant and she
wanted a fair show, or words to that
effect.
D, Gordon Baker, one of the at
torneys for the defendant, moved to
discharge the defendant when the
State's witnesses were called and
failed to answer. Finally the Judge
issued a bench warrant and required
the sherilT to bring *hc witnesses
except tho husband who was unable
to come.
The prosecutrix in the case was
forced to go beforo tho grand jury.
What was said or done there was of
course not public, bat she stated before
she went before them that she
should toil them she desired to withdraw
the warrant than to go into
the trial without the services of her
attorney.
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Card of Thanks.
I desire to take this method of
thanking my many friends for their
many kindnesses during tho illness
and death of my wife. You did all
you could for which 1 will ever remember
each of you.
Albert H, Long.
DON'T LET BABY SUFFER WITH
ECZEMA AND SKIN ERUPTIONS
Babies need a perfect skin-covering.
Skin eruptions cause them not
i rtn 1 \/ intmiKft Rliffftrinir tint, htnrlor
their growth. DR. HOBSON'S
ECZEMA OINTM ENT can be relied
on for relief and permanent cure ol
suffering babies whose skin eruption*
have made their life moserabie
"Our baby ;vas ailiieted with break
ing out of the skin all over the fact
and scalp. Doctors and skin speeiu
ists failed to help. Wo tried Dr
1 Hobson's Eczema Ointment anc
were overjoyed t > see baby complete
ly cured,before ono box was used'
! writes Mrs Stubler, Eubnque, Iowa
Alll druggist. or by mail. 50c.
r PFE1FFER CHEMICAL COMP'\
St. Louis, Me. Philadelphia, Pa
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i Miss Nina Lewis left this week L<
? take a course at Winthrop.
Judge T. II. Spain irnpreseed ui
t with the speed and system by tvhicl
0 he quickly disposed of business be
I fore the court.
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B IIS IMS
Gathered By the Ilerald
Man in a Week
CAUGHT IN THE PASSING'
Stray Hits of Local and PcrForalNe*
---Some of Those Mentioned You j
Know?Others You May Not Know
- Happening Around the Town
(i jor oo J. Holliday spont several
clays in Conway this wool'.
Miss Maudo Clarody of Soon* t ?o
has been visiting friends in (Jonwny
n maid McQieen of Loris, S C.,
was in Conway the lirst of this
week.
IT. J. Floyd of Floyd s township
"an uuiuiif I IIUSL" VISlllUg UOl) WftV
during court week.
D Gordon Baker, of Florence, S.
0., was here for several days this
week in attendance upon the court.
The warm went her of last week
changed to very much cooler by
Monday morning.
K I) Carroll of the Adrian section
of this county visited Conway on
business one day last week.
The heavy rains of the latter part
of la 1 week put all of the swamrs
and branches in the vicinity in full
running order.
FOB SAKE?50 acres woods
land, near Industrial School. W.
B King, Conway, S. C. Adv.
E. W. Prince, ono of the business
men of Gurley, S C., was among
those visiting Conway on business
one day last week.
The new bank at Ay nor opened
under promise of groat success. It
has been increasing in its deposits
from the iirlt.
The B. 13. Motor Co., has engaged
the services of J. D AT man, an ex
pert mechanic who recently moved
hero from Georgetown.
O. lloyt McMillan of Mullios, of
the firm of Norton & McMillan, attended
the court for several days
this week,
The attention of every reader is
called to the rod hot bargains of VV.
E, Hardee. Read his ad, and give
him a call,?Adv
Jones Sc Broward are doii g bnsiness
in a business way as you will
see by visiting their store; and they
believe in a proper amount of printers'
ink toe.
Call at the Herald r (lice for legal
blanks of all kinds. When you want
a deed or ))ill of sale or other legal
paper, call and buy it at this oft ice.
Now is the ti ne when the farmer
is able to pay up his back dues to
the llorry Herald In this way a
contestant by hard work can get
ahead in the piano contest.
Magistrate W H. Chestnut and
his constable, John ii. McCaskell
were be th busy la; t week serving
witnesses who will be needed at the
various criminal trials this week.
Frank T. Mills, who is connected
with a largo horse and mule company,
of Wiliningt >n, N. C., visit ;Ct
(Jonway recently on legal business.
Mr. Mills is well known to many of
uur ousiucss rnen.
The hot weather which returned
to this section the middle of last
week, was a little unpleasant after
the good ouol days of the week be
fore.
George S Price, one of the lead
I ing young farmers of Galivants For
ry, was in Conway last Thursday,
shaking hands with his numerous
' frionds.
> J. W. Sing, an industrious and
I progressive farmer of Port Ilarrelson
section, spent a portion of last
6 Thursday in Conway on business,
Ho is at present farming for C. B
Dusenbury at Hells Bay.
1 V. F. Piatt, passed through Con
way last week on his way to Charles
; ton, S C-, where he will resume his
. studies at the Medical College. He
' had just closed his second season as
. amusement manager at MyrtU
Beach. His. second season at this
7 popular resort was a very success
ful one.
One day last week a largo wagor
with a big body loaded with fretl
0 pea-vino hay turned turtle at thi
corner of Main Street and Uh Ave
just as it was passing over tho sidt
walk. For several hours the side
1 walk was blocked with the swee
1 smelling hay, and it put one in mint
* of the country meadow when th
mowing has just been done*
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CHARLES K. GERALD
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One of the Leading Citizens of Gali- s<
vants Ferry has had had Luck. V<
News reached Conway lately of r<
another accident to Mr. C. K. (ier- ,01
aid, one of the leading citizens of
(lalivants Kerry township, and well ^
known here ai d in other sections of ^
this county, llo had about regain- j?
ed health from a f >rmer accident, r:
when, one day week before la<-t, f?r
while driving cut with a mule, the (?
animal became frightened and Mr. p
Gerald was thrown out of the buggy, ~
and the wheels p issed over his body. ! 1
11o was painfully injured unci it was '
ht_t d that there was reason to boiieve
ihut ha had been injured in- ]e
tern ally. If
During the first part of July, f
while returning to his home irom p
Conway, his horse ran away. The i
tjuyu'v was o\orUirne:! pinni. g his | (
body underneath. He was dragged j,
in t its way for some distance. He r*
sulVered from this for a rnoi.t'i or ?
more. About the same time h s son U
fell and broke, his collar bono. At 1
tiii.t saiuo timo his wife and daughtor
were ill, his wife in the Florence v
hospital for an operation. p'
No lute word lias keen received yf
from him at this writing, but his W
friends hope that he is recovering 8i
from this ia^t inj iry. i1
J. A Clause recently swore out a Jp
warrant against II. U. Todd, charg- L
ing therein that some years ago the
latter sold him a tract of land without
informing him of a mortgage ^
that was held against t .e land by L
Isaac L Lee. Tne case will no
doubt come up for hearing before c
Magistrate W. 11 ^Chestnut who is- p
j sued the warrant. ^
At last accounts no news had *
been received in Conway showing
t uit the terrible cyclone of last ?
week had done any damaga outside r
of the town. It is believed by many
that it had originated somewhere in
the country where it had possibly '*<
done much damage, and it was alsoH}
thought probable that it struck
down atrain after Inavir.ir t.lm 2
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carrying dc<.t motion in its wake; v
but all of this, if it happened, has
not been ropoit;d, and it certainly
would have been reported if it hau
occurred. y
lion. LI. L, Uuck wei t t * Aynor f
one day last week where tie deliver- !
eu an address before the people who
gathered at the picnic there. The i
occasion was the opening of the
J.^armers Bank in its new brick build
ingjuit finished by Messrs Bur- \
roughs & Collins Co. Aynor is now j
on the map, with its up-to-date bank \\
ing institution and its many and
growing business interests, and n
there are still more to locate. It is
situated in the midst of a tine farming
section, where tobacco, cotton -5
and other money crops are raised in *!
great abundance. *
Conway Methodist Church.
Services for Sunday, Sept. 28.hi ?
Sunday School at 9.45 a m. Preach j
ing by the pastor at II am. Epworth
League at 4 p m. i'redching1 "
at 8 [i m, ?
Prayer-meeting un Wednesday T
night.
IJroachi?jg at th Four-Mile School j
House on Sunday afternoon. j
Every one is cordially invited to ;
attend our services.
Albert D. Belts, (
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The Dead Line Again.
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Any fair minded man is willing to ,
do another justice, no matter what i
may be the condition or station in .
lite of that, other. Governor lllease
has been crit cised for many things .
he has done, in some ways unjustly,
in many we are compelled to say \
justly. In his speech at the court
house last Monday, he advised the <
crowd about his atiitude in relat'on a
to the "dead line" often noticed and
spoken of in a ceitian s ction of
i this county. Now is it right for I
those in high ollice 11 favor lawless- 1
ness in any form? lit* even said i?^fa
1 that speech that he wished he had a\
"dead line" in his own county. *
This was said by the "commander 9
' in chief". For things of th's -Xind
' it is just to criticse him, not only
him but anybody else who stands }
. for that sort of thing. It ts to a
. thoso oceunvinL' hitrh lilr?
- , n ?^ ' *"*wv * *"v' '
ho does t) whom the masses of the :
. I people turn for goo 1 advice and
i I guidance May the Lord pity this'
? kind that the crowd got in respect I
* t) the "dead line". No law abiding t
. man can stand for that kind of sentiment
for one instint. j
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1 STRA.YED, - One red or light j
i brindled heifer, 4 years old, well;
, grown to her age and ha* broad L
- horns. Bought from D. E. Stand
land of Brunswick County, any per
t son finding same will please notify ?
3 me by mail and 1 will pay charges/
e J. P Stanley, Loris, S. C , R F. D.
12. Box 47. ' pi.