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9 VOL XXVIII. . if 11DB Of the General Sessions Which Convened Monday SPECIAL JUDGE C. J. Ramage of Saluda Appointed by Governor Uleaue in Place of Judge Gnrv. Prt'hiriinir. The court o! Geueral Sessions convened here la-1 Monday morning, special Judge C. J liamage of Saluda, S. C,, presiding. Solicitor L. B. Single km was unable, owing to his recent illness, U. perform his full duties in the court, but Mr. D.Gordon Baker if Florence was appointed 10 assist him as prosecutng i fti :er. Mr. B iker arrives in Conway on the late train on Sunday night and was in the oourt it tie opeuing. His duties were performed witb skill and dispatch and the crim nal court deposed of a lai go amount of vork. The grand jury was empanelled and various indictments were sub uittud to them and they retired to consider them. The court room and j lry rooms were all recently cleaned and thoroughly fumugated oy the Clerk of the CouG, and a new carpet was laid in the aisles. The rooms were clean and airy. The first case called was that of The State vs I L. Holmes for trespass on laud. He was found guilty but the jury asked the judge to be as light witb him as possible, so tae judge lined him $100 00, and rem.t ted all of this except $10.00 on his good behavior. The State vf. Jack Reaves charged with assault and bat cry with intent to kill was next called. Defendant had no lawyer. He was found not guilty, by reason of the testimony of one of the witnesses D D Norria. The State vs. W. P. Gainus waa continued. Also the case against Mary Gainus. J. W. Brurson pleaded guilty to assault and battery and waa lined in tho sum of $50.00. The State ys. A. L Todd was then called, both sides represented by attorneys. He was found not guilty by the jury. On Tuesday morning the case of The State vs. B irroughs Stroud and John Hooks charged with the killing of L?. C. Stroud last December. The State was represented by J. Monroe Spears, E. J. Sherwood and D. Gordon Baker of Florence. Dr. Humphrey was sworn. He performed the autopsy on the dead body and stated that the bullet entered ra.her in the back and ranged downward and forward. Heexhibidtd the bullet he took from thebedy. Miss Eftie West testified L, C Stroud came t) her home and while he was there the two defendants diove up and begun to light in front of the home and L C Stroud went cut lo fee about it. They cursed at L C Stroud. Drove buggy off 8 piece and wentjto fighting again. L? C Stroud went toward them and waLttd to talk with John Hooks Burroughs Stroud shoyed L C S.roud who took out his knife ar.c told him not to shove him any more Tbeu Burroughs took out a pisto and shot L 0 Stroud. L C Strouc turntd and ran and Burroughs shd him again and as he was still run ning John Hooks took toe piste from Burroughs and shot him anc he fell. Mrs. Sallie West, mother of Efli. West, testified. Happened abou 150 yards of her house. She sav L C Stroud lying dead Heard thi shcta five times. Saw the boys rui eff alter they killed him. They wen cui sing. R. JT Uuggins testified he sai Stroud dead lying iu the road. Efli West was there. Found a closei knife and some keys in his pocke when coroner'8 jury was called. M G Powell testified Burroui/h Stroud worked for him last Summer Heard him speak of trouble ther had been between him and L < Stroud. He said be had drawn gun on him at.d no man could d that and get off with it. He said h would ^et him for it. About O^to berthe 1st. this was said. Defendant John Hooks testifle he was not well acquainted with ! C Stroud. Met Burroughs on tb road to Sunday School. Went wit Burroughs Stroud to see his mothei then to see a girl. As he and Bu roughs Stroud passed the Wei house L C Stroud came out drun and wentjto lighting him and Bu roughs Stroud. When L. C. Stroi ttaitdd to open his knife 1 shot hii He deeded most of the testimony < the Stite's witDe.kses. Burroughs Stroud testified aboi the same as John Hooks. The case took up mott of the da The jury late on Tuesday nigl found a verdict of manslaughfc against Burroughs Stroud and Jol Hooks for the killing of L. C. Strou The defendants were represented I [he 1 ( DECISION WAS ADVERSE. The Decision of Hon. W. L. Bryan, was Against the Petitioners in Buck Creek Drainage. Our readers will remember the hearing recently had before tho 1 Clerk of the Court in the matter of Buck Creek Drainage District No 1. At the time several witnesses were sworn, and the matter up for decision was the confirmat on or rejection of the report of the Board of Viewers. Both sides of the ques lion were represented at the botring by attorneys, and the Clerk reserved his decision uutil a later date, tits order was filed on February llrd dismissing the petition, the principal ground being that tho estimated cost of the drainage would be snooty-three thousand dollars, and it was conceded that this was too much ott of proportion w.ti the benefit ?o be derived. O le of t io board testified on the stand tiat he did not think the t iwnship district could stand a bond issus of seventythree thousand dollars io tho matter and this particular member of the board was ulways in favor of the drainage and is in favor of it still. It is to be feared that the cumber, some act which was placed on the statute books some years ago wi'h the best of intentions, will remain thereon as a useless instrument for the purposes for which it was intended. It seems that one thing or another comes in every time and there is not a single drainage district formed yet under jibe law, although several attempts have been made to formulate them. There is not a question in the minds of those who have favored drainage, but that it would be of lasting beneiit to much of the low land now lyiug idle in this county. Some how or other, it seems hard to carry a district through under this law. Horrible Blotches of Eczema. Quickly cured by Dr. Hobson's Ec/.jma'.Ointment. C. P. Caldwell, of New Orleans, La., st.Uos: "My doctor advised rne to try 'Dr. Hobson's Eczjma Salve.' I med three boxes of Ointment aud three cakes of Dr. Hobson's Derma Zema Soap. Tc-day J have not a spot anywhere on my bod3r and can say I am cured.' It will do tbc same for you. Its soothing, healing, antiseptic action will rid you of all sk?n humors, black heads, pimples, Eczema blotches, red unsight'y sores, and leaves your skin clean and healthy. Gat a box today. Guaranteed. All Druggists, i 50c , or by mail Pfeitl'er Chemical , Co., Philadelphia & St. Louis. Ady Conway Methodist Church. k Services for Sundav, March 1st: Sunday School at 9.45 a m. Preaching at 11 a m. The Lord's Supper will be administered at this nervier. Epworth League at 3:30 p m. I Preaching at 7.30 p m. Prayer meeting on Wednesday 1 night. 1 A cordial welcome for all at our t services. Albert D. Botts, 1 Pastor. 1 ? Moore?Acker v On last Sunday, Miss Beu'ah b Moore, one of the charming young 3 daugl tirs of Mr. and Mrs W. D e Moore, was married to Mr. G W Acker. The wedding was a quiei v but very charming affair. After e the ceremony the happy couplo left [J on the a'tjrnoon train for a wedding t tour. The bride groom is posta clerk on the line bjtween Conwaj 8 and Elrcd, and has proved bimsel . a young man of sterling good habits a and steadv character. Miss Bsulai D has many friend here'who will j it a the Herald in wishing her a Ion; o and very happy married life, e Miss Virginia Burbage, the efli d cient 6tencgrapher in the law office D of Hon. R. B. Scarborough, at las ie accounts was rapidly recovering h from a recent illness, at the infirm r, ary of Dr. McLeod. at Florence, r3t For sale and delivery March 2t r" and Oth, 500 bushels good hom IC* raised com $1.00 per^ bushel. D* Boyd Jones, Justice, S. C. Adv. ofR. B. Scarborough ana B W. Wai They gave notice of a motion for jy* new trial. The judde can impos " sentence of imprlsooment from t* Br years upward in the State penitei tlary. The remainder of the business ?y court will appear in full in our ne: issue. tt/jr >itotTi Ji 30NWAY, S. C., THURSE RBI ?? % For the Sale of Leaf Tobacco on the Conway Market WILL BE ERECTED And the Work Will Start Soon and Will be Rushed Through to Completion in Time for the Large Crop That Will be Raised in This County. Last week A. C. Thompson closed a deal with Mollio Jchnson, ana purchased from her ihe lot lying between the Conway Live Stock Co,, -.tables and the People's TobaiCo Warehouse. Toe purpose was to obtain tho.property as a site foi a new tobacco warehouse. All ol the plans for the erection of thine w building were decided upon the latter part of last week after the ,1 I. / .1 . L . 1 I ueeus lor me pn. \> >rfcy nau oeen passed. The new houso i 11 be kcow a us the People's Tobacco Warehouse, the same name undet which tie Warehouse was run P. N. PullortOD last season. Toe now warehouse wiil bo coi.slrui txl of brick and will measure eighty fe?. t back by one hundred and sixtvuwo fet t in breadth, auu will cont/in on the insido the necessary cilices and other conveniences of such buildings. The old warehouse nearby will bo used in connection with the new as a prize and storage houso to be used by the buyers in packing up their purchases, and for the fanners for stir age purposes. It will be provided w^h airple likht by moans of skylights, aud it is stated that tbo new warehouse wiil be put up to any in this section of South Carolina. T. N. Fullerton, who has beejn here for the past week in the inter est of the new enterprise, will as manager, of the tobacco warehouat businoss again tbi's year. t?e is * tobacco man of mauy years ex per ienee, and he states that lie will strive to make the new houso a ven successful one for the farmers. Already plans have been made for securing the materials to be us ed in the erection of the ouilding The work will begin very soon, anc win oe pushed in order to oortpleti the warehouse in time for the cro] of this year. Circus Last Saturday. Fowlers Combined Shows, travel ling in six or eight large wagons arrived in Conway early last Situr day morning, having advertised t give t vo performances on that da; in the town. It was a small atTai and of course did not receive th palronago a larger show would hav had. The aggregation appeared t be about the same as came throug in wagons several years ago unde the name of James Shelby's Shows m ^ gm i - Miss Gore Entertains. On last Saturday evening, Mij Ruth Gore entertained in honor r her guests. Misses Belle Powell c Conway and Ruth McNeill of Nixoi ville. The gu,sts were ushered int the parlor which was very attrai tively decorated, and after playin several interesting games, refresl ments was seryed. The remainder of the evening wa spcLt in conversation and singinj These present were, Misses Bell i Powell, Ruth McNeill, Ella Be ; Iamy, Ruth Gore, Essie and Lut . Gore, Mra W. L Long, and Messr Walter and Eddie Gore, Lynch Wa k son, Fred Leigh, Sephasand Roscc - uore, Harden and Hiram i5ellam: t> and Shelton Stanley, f Despite the inclement weathe i several of Miss Gore's friends enj r t ed her hosp tility and vcted her f charming hostess. > m m m 1 Card of Thanks. 1 jr Myself and family wish to exter our heartfelt thanks to all of 01 #?t i- * * 1 menus ana neighbors who have he ed us, both wilh sympathy and m terial aid, in the recent loss of 01 s ] home by fire. tJ Benjamin F. Moore, . Homewood, S. C. s Error Corrected. The letter wh:ch ycu publish d for mo in the last week 's issue e your paper in regard to the Couij rt Farmers Union should have read i 7 th instead of the 17th. The me; ing is Saturday before the seco Sunday in March at 8 o'clock p. r at White Oak, which is the 7lh di a J. H. Brlnson, 3e Cor. Sec n- To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable Of PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL, a f glcal dressing that relieve* pain and heal * the time time. Not a liniment, he. 50c. % p ^ AY, FEBRUARY 26th 19 llOAK IN COLUMBIA Y baseball Stur Stopped Over Here En Route to Visit Relatives. Ned Doak, former baseball star in the Carolina association ami North Carolina League, stopped over in Columbia .yesterday en route from his home in Tennessee to Greensboro, N. C., where he will visit relatives. Doak who while at Guilford college was a baseball player of much ability, and who afterwards was successful in league bail is well known in South Carolina. For several seasons he coached the baseball teams of tho Presbyterian College of South Crrolina.?The State. COAS i 1JNECLAIMS RECORD IN HANDLING FREIGHT The Atlantic Coast Jdne holds a r?>r?'iriS ffir n I 5 r?'/ lt>/\pLf L- f?? no n n < I ?w. VJ ?? v./ ? r\j o" / i ci i a ."5 uiJt onn knows. If there bo a better let them rise and claim the honor. /V few days ago an online and 1(H) cars went down to Charleston, lea\intf Florence about S o'clock, and the cars wf'ero empties. i?oin# down for feilUzM'-. At 1) o'ch-ck the train with 75 of tbo?e ? unities full, .va* back in Florence. O le d iy a little ovor twelve h urs, but. millions of dollars worth of stall'. ?Fiorer.ce rimes, Methodist Quarterly Conference. The F'rsl Q uirterlv C uifcivnce of the Conway Metludbt Cburrh for the present year was lu Id at Epwoi th Hall last Friday nijfht. Usv. U. tier bet t Jones, presiding elder of Marion district, presided. Thereports were unusually line and all were much ereouraned with the progress of the Church this year! Delegates to the District Conference to meet at Datta, S. C., April 28 -May 1, were elected The ballot reniltjd as follows: 11. W. Am1 brose, Dr E Norton, A. F. Goldfinch. P W. lifthea. Alternates: J A. Lewis and B, T. IIvman. : Mr. J >nes announced that he i would be here with Bishop Denny at the dedication of the Church on ' April l!)th, and would probably hold ' the second quarterly conference at that time, ) j LOCAL AND PERSONAL. 3 W. C. Martin spent Saturday in 3 Conway on business. Mr. and ?Mrs U. A. Dusonbury spent last Sunday in Conway. S. W. Martin passed through Con w?y on Saturday to visit his sister. l? Mrs. Naree of Tennessee is visil0 ing her brother, Mr. W. EI. Howell. y r H. E Stanley and H. E. Stanloy e were in Conway last Saturday on e business? J. W. Siavens was among "the ,r farmers visiting Conway on business j last week. Gaortro Rhuark of Georgetown was in Conway on business one day last week. Miss Vick Hamilton of Bucksyilk spent last Sunday in Conway witl j. relatives. 'O Dr, W, E McCord will be ojjt oi C- town Tuesday, Wednesday, and g Thursday of next week. * -A Magistrates. M. Allen of Gurloj kS was in Conway on business one daj ir, last week. 1 0 , Wanted quickly every aaalabh egg, chicken, and turkey, Tflfc ^ CASH SIOBE. Adv. ?. Tl \K7, <T U7oit Af TV. 1 Tf uiu ui tuu uai lii'i7 >e ton bar arrived in Conway laG BVi yt day night t) be present at. the cour tnis week. p ... The usual court week crowd cami a into town early on Monday morning to witness the proceedings oi tin court, The attention of every reader i: 1(j called to the new advertisement o ir the Farmers & Merchants Bank ap lf) pearing in this issue. a" E. L. Sandersou, one of the lead Jr ing business men of Boris, visiter Con way on business last week, re maining here between trains. Miss Gasque of Bucksport, who i touching tiro public school at tha place, was in Conway visiiin efj frionds v,he latter par t of last weol ^ Moore Thompson, the obliging an efficient cashier of the Bunk of Li vie Kiver, passed through Cunwa 2 I last {Saturday for that piace, on h nt return from El'y.dbttntown where i ^ ' had spent several clays on business Mrs J. C, Spivoy gavo two quil ing parties lust week in behalf the family of Mr. and Mrs. B. ] Moore, who recently had the mi dr. fortune to lose all that they had t ?ur. Are. Toe ladies of the town we f.ool invited to finish the quilts. Vitltl, 14. IB KlSlil Gathered By the Herald Man in a Week , j CAUGHT IN THE PASSING ! t Stray Hits of Local and Personal' News ---Some of Those Mentioned You , Know?Others You May Not Know < ?Happening Around the Town Wutch HIE CASH STOUH ^row. T. B Cooper was in Conway last week on business. * The March weather has already irpivml in i I V. i t o liii.l. ...: .1 ~ Ml I T V/\l TT | til 1 VO 11 I ^ 11 W II1UJ . A, J Branson of Loris was in Conway one clay last week. More goods and still lower prices at THK CASH STORK. Adv. Magistrate N. B. Smart visited Conway on basiness last week. M. W. Collins received another oar load of new Ford touring cars on last Thursday. O. K Todd of the L iris Telephone exchange visited Conway last week by way of autmobile. F . C. Allen of .Myrtle l>*ach passed through Conway last Thursday on his return to that place, C. C. Gore, a well known surveyor of the county, visited Conway last week on business. Miss Irene McCall of Mullinsf is visiting at the home of Hon. and Mrs K B. Scarborough on Laurel Street. Mrs J. W. Sparks has just returned from Baltimore, where she went 11 purchase ber Spring and Summer goods. Read tho changes which appear each week in the advertising of the Hirst National Bank and Conway .Savings Bank. J. G. Allen, one of tho industrious farmers of the Sanford section of the county, spent some time in Conway last week on business, Walter II. Powell, a member of the legal .firm of Lewis & Powell, of Whiteville, N. C., spent last Thurs/*! 1 O #1 I llK f 1 M mr. i? 1 ~ m^ui iu vuunay i;n U U is * iness. P. C. Prince or Loris camo to Conway on Wednesday of last week and returned,to Loris in the afternoon. He is tho owner of the Prince Hotel at Loris. The rains that fell recently in 1 nearly all parts of the county have > rendered trie public road9 in bad condition nearly everywhere. People had to come to court over bad roads. The changes beiutf mado in the wires of the Conway Telephouo Co., ; made it necessary to put some of the , telephones out of commission for a few days. * f Nearly every farmer states that I he believes the atrea^e in tobacco this year will be greatly increased. Many say that they fear the market will be over supplied with the weed 1 this year, but we hope not. j The (irst of la9t wook was bitterly ? cold for several days. By Thursday of last week, however, tho weather had changed to very warm a^ain, " and on Friday this section of the * county had a tfood rain fall. Magistrate Fioyn of Floyds township spent some time in Conway * last week, on account of the illness ? of his son who was at the Bur roughs * Infirmary for an operation. A1 last accounts the son was doing well ^ and rapidly recovering. f Many friends hero of Judge Er ' nest Gary were sorry to learn of his suffering a) second stroko of pa ralysis on ~the eve of his coming I here t > hold the court this week Judge Gary was stricken last year but after a time recovered so tha' he was able to return to his duties 9 A special judge was appointed bj ,t the governor to hold all the courts jr in the 12th circuit. '* It is stated that only one civi d case has been fixed for trial in th t- court of Common Pleas which wa ,y opaned yesterday. It is t'oe case c ia Minnie Jernigan and others agains 10 J. B Valley, II.J. Floyd and th j. ! other heirs at law of the late Joh G. Floyd, Dcc'd, and the contr( o- versy Is over a lot of poplar timbe of which was cut by Mr. Valley on it P. Floyd etiUc. Messrs. Mullins is- Hughes of Marion represent tl >y ! plaintiffs, and Messrs. Bobt, B. Sea re borough and H. H. Woodward < . Conway represent ihe defendants. 5 ? % No. 46 GREAT OPPORTUNITY Is Offered to the Hoys of the Corn^^| Dear Mr. Editor: I wish to say ono word to the |^H| boys of the Cora Clubs of this coutity. In tho meeting of the Detnon-v^^N stratlon Agents of the State last j&H week at Clemson College, it was an* I aounced that there would net beany noro largo priz?s or premiums offer>d to the boys in this organ'z.tion, WM but there would be more chances for i boy to win pr'/. Clemson College has offered ninety I thirty day scholurshios for the Ooy3 jf this state this year. Two to be Jfl Ljiven in each c.ouiiiy and to th.-i two boys who make the largest score on tfnf their acre of corn, so you see the JH9 ooy need not make the greatest yield B to win the scholarship He (tap make ,S|| a small yield and yet make tie be?o j&| -eport and win the free scholarship. NOW is the time t.r? hnnn HI""-!' Those scholarships will be good I for one month, and all t ie expense will bo the railroad faro to and from OS t ie college. Tuition and board will 9:1 begiveufree. During this time at S| the college t ho boys will board in the Wja bar racks wi ih t h c . > 1 w > 11 ^8 be under the direct control of several I S oounty demonstration agents. Thoy H will receive a general agricultural |9 course, both theoretical and prac- '^9 I hope that every boy th this club Kj will keep t lis in mind and strive \H| hard to win the scholarship, For I further inf< rtnati .n, apply to M. W. H W. Wall, County Demons t ratio a H Agent, tloree, S. C, 9 The King of All Laxatives. 9 For constipation, use Dr. Kind's 9 New Life Dills. Paul Mathulka, of 9 BufTalo, N. V., says they are the fl "king of all Inxatiyer. They are a 9 blessing to all my family and I al- 9 ways keep a box at home." Get a 9 box and get well again. Price -5c. I At all Druggists or by mail. II. E, 9 Buoklen & Co., Philadelphia or St 9 Louis. Adv f *J A Very Cold Rain. This section of tie country wis visited last Friday by a cold rain which lasted practically throughout the day, and which started some time during the night before. Friday had been warm for the season. On Friday morning the rain was falling but it was still wa?rm. By afternoon it was almost cold enough to change the rain into 9leet. Oa Saturday morning however, the weather had cleared olT and the 9un came struggling through the clouds. I'rograra 01 union. Introductory Sermon by G. F, Stanley at 11 o'clock. Union called to order by moderator. 12 00 Churches called and delegales onrolled. 1 00 Querry No. 1, Importance of Home Missions, assigned to VV. A., Williams and ethers. Querry No. 2, Will the Heathens be Saved Without the Gospel, assigned to P. B. Coats and others. Adjournment. Saturday Morning. 9 30 Devotional Service by W G Chestnut, Querry No. 3, What Did 1st PetQff-w Mean by Preaching to the Spirits in , Prison? What did tie Prison Mean? Assigned to K B Chestnut and others at 10 o'clock. 10 30 Querry No. 4, For What Cause was the Gospel Preached to 1 the Dead? W ho was the Dead and 1 What was the Prison? 1st Petjr, assigned to S J Cains and others. i Locate the next Union. New business. Adjournment. Sunday Morning. , i) 30 Mass Meeting by TH Patter, son. A 11 00 E'reaching by J W Todd. 1 [ P B Coats, ' D F Lewi?, J 1) Royals, D H Todd, i Committee. : ? j , An Imposition. 1 Some one has dene Mr. W. Boyd Jones a grave injustice hv intim1 eting to others that the Cash Gro1 eery Store, which was roceutlv sold out, belonged to W. B >yd Jones. \ i The name of Mr, Jones' businoss is a j The Cash St >re, or d not the Cash s I Grocery Co The Cusn Store is j still running full biast, t ^ _ e ' *' "" n It was stated recently that the petitioners in the Buck Creek Drtln* ir age District No. I., would appeal to 16 the supremo ourt from t io recent & order refusing to entertain the py10 tition and establish the district hss r" prayed for. of Subscribe to the Worry Herald. i ? - I