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VOL XXIX. -liiiis V ?-' UNDER THE BEAUTIFUL OAKS ON THE WACCAMAW BANKS AT BUCKSVILLE "mi ' UMUSIC BY LUCIIL BAND P The Baptist Sunday School is Prob' ... ably one of the Largest in the t Whole Country Round About, and it is Still Growing,?The People had a Good Time. The Annual Spring Picnic of the Baptist Sunday School was held at Bucksville on Thursday last. This Sunday School is now probably one of ^ the largest in the county. The actual attendance has reached the 200 mark in' membership, and is still growing. Almost the total membership were present at this picnic and outing, and their invited guests swelled the crowd to over 300. The high bluffs and splendid groves make Bucksville an ideal spot for such an occasion. The children were transported over4 land in automobiles and other vehicles, while the larger folks, young ladies and lassies, went by private boats and barges down the beautiful Waccamaw. The local band furnished music for the occasion, and refreshments were dispensed by the committee. Dinner was spread under the large moss-covered oaks by the ladies, and every^body feasted to the limit. Afer dinner more than "seven baskets full" were gathered from the leavings. The boys played base-ball, while the children played sundry games. Miss Stevens recited quite a number of select pieces to the amusement of the crowd. Quite a number of the people of .the surrounding country were present "*"and added to the gayety of the occasion. It was pronounced by all to be the best picnic ever given by the Baptist Sunday School. THE HOKKY MEETINGS 0 The Appointments for State and Senatorial Campaign to be Held at Conway This Summer. The campaign meetings for the Stave oinces and the United States t Senator have recently been announ^ red by Willie Jones, chairman of the i subcommittee of the State Democratexecutive committee. According the itinerary the candidates for ^^^he State offices will speak to the vo- ( ters at Conway on Friday June 20th, and the candidates for the United , States Senate on Friday August 14th. j The warmest meeting of the two will [ be that for the Senatorial candidates. ( 1 Missionary to Brazil. i 4 Rev. C. B. Dawgey, formerly of 1 'this county, has been appointed as a : missionary to Brazil under the Metho ; (list Board. He is a brother of Mr. J. K. Dawsey of our city. His mother ( and several brothers live at Aynor, S. C. He went through Wofford College where he graduated a few years ago, and then joined the South JCarolina Canfercnce. He met with ' signal success in the home mission field of our state. At the last Con- ] fcrence Mr. Dawsey was transferred 1 to the Brazil Conference. < Mr. Dawsey was married about 1 three years since to a Miss Sanders of ' - Spartanburg, S. C., a highly educated and accomplished young woman of ! that city. They have one child. 1 A. Mr. and Mrs. Dawsey and child 1 ^oail on Saturday, June 13th, from inow York city for their new home in far- off Brazil. So his last Sunday in the United States will be spent in Conway. Mr. Dawsey holds fcne UifJ- , I tincthm of being the first young man from Horry to go out as a foreign j missionary under the Methodist i hoard, He will be supported by the ; Sunday Schools of Spartanburg , / District. ? f Mr. Dawsey will preach in the Con : / way Methodist Church next Sunday ! morning. A large congregation will . doubtless greet them. He has a host , of friends here who will want to bid 1 him goodby before he leaves for foreign parts. From !*a*com, Fla. \f Bascom is a growing little town ! located in Jackson county, in West , U Florida, and also in the midst of a | very fertile country. Farming and r stock raising is the leading industry I in this country, while there is several I naval store manufacturers located in n . this county. I V' I mighty good people about [j iJascom. Boys why don't you write |: more. I get the Herald every Satur Irtay and I do like to read the news from home, especially from Red Bluff. I was sorry indeed to note the loss of W. I). Cox' house by fire. I guess that politics is warming up some in sweet old Horry. If so I u'ill suggest three cheers for Senator jf. D. Smith. B. E. Patrick. Allen Plant Narrowly Escapes. Last Saturday a negro house in the quarters at Allen caught on fire and y??ade a sectacular blaze for a while, J^vhich threatened the entire plant. ^Thc efforts of those around the place saved any further damage by confining the flames to the house that caught. For some time this large lumber plant has been ahut down. x C. L. Williamson of Tabor section Avas in Conway one day last week on business. jjfr MOVING PICTURES Conway is Believed to be a Good Location for a Business of This Kind,?Two Shows are Talked of. It is stated that the work will soon he pin nn t.hp eveetinn nf fV?? now building: for the moving picture business next door to the Quattlebaum block of buildings on Main Street. This building will be modern in every respect and the equipment and interior arrangements will be up to any that is to be seen in the larger cities. It will be owned by Mr. Harry Cushman of Greenville. He is considering the erection of a power plant on the lake in rear of the building, this plant to furnish the electric power. It will be utilized to run the electric fans, and the different lights that will be needed. No pains will be spared to make this all that it should be to attract the patronage and attention of the public. It will be extensively advertised. A low estimate of the cost is ten thousand dollars. In the mean time there is another moving picture business being talked about, and this is L. L. Brown of Whiteville, N. C. He was down here recently in an effort to get a suitable building in which to begin operations. For two years he has been located at Vineland, N. C., and he has about six years experience in the business. One of his friends here stated last week that if a building could be procured, that Mr. Brown would move his business here in the course of a short time. Mr. Brown's business is equipped with an electric piano, and the most up-to-date machinery for projecting the films. MYRTLE BEACH OPENS The Trains Pass Through on Saturday and Sunday Nights as They did Last * Season. The hotel at Myrtle Beach was opened last Sunday by the new proprietor, Mr. A. W. Bachman of Orangeburg, The trains ran through to Myrtle Beach last Saturday night and on Sunday night and this schedule it is said will be maintained through the season just as was done ' last year. The trains on the Aynor branch leave Myrtle Beach in the morning and return to that point in the evening leaving here at 6 o'clock just as they did last year. Coughs and Colds Weaken the System. Continued Coughs, Colds and Bronchial troubles are depressing and weaken the system. Loss of weight ( and appetite generally follow. Get a 50c. bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery to-day. It will stop your 1 cough. The first dose helps. The best medicine for Stubborn Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung Troub les. Mr. O. H. Brown, Muscatine, 1 Ala., writes: "My wife was sick dur- | ing the hot summer months and I honestly believe Dr. King's New Discovery saved her life." Good for 1 children* 50c. and $1.00, at your ( Druggist.?adv. Childrens Day at Hickory Grove. Childrens Day exercises will take place at Hickory Grove church on the second Sunday in June, conducted by J. C. Dubois, the superintendent, assisted by the officers and members of the school. An interesting program has been provided for the occasion and everybody is cordially invited to attend. Good behavior will be insist eu upon, ine exercises will begin at 10 o'clock. Electric Storm in Marion. It was reported here last Saturday that a terrific rain and thunder storm had visited Marion the night before the lightning striking a negro's house and burning it up> and several negro houses being blown down by the wind. Telegraph and telephone poles were struck and the systems put out of business. For a short while the rain poured down in torrents and bridges in some places were washed away. On Track of Stolen Buggy. Some time last February Mr. W. J. Hardee of near Loris lost a mule and buggy after tying it up at a neighbor's gate and going in the house for a few minutes. He recovered the mule soon afterwards, but the buggy remained lost until one day last week information was obtained of its whereabouts. One of Mr. Hardee's sons passed through Conway on his way to the Haskell section of the county where he had been informed the buggy was to be found in the hands of t.hn mnthriv ? ? w?aw waavi V/ X Vlll.' man fiUIS'" I pected of taking the mule. A search warrant wan sworn out before Magistrate W. H. Chestnut and an oflTcer sent to look for the buggy. Conway Methodist Church, Services for Sunday, June 7th: Sunday School at 0:45 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. by Rev. Cyrus B. Daw scy of the Brazil Conference. The Lord's Supper will be administered at this service. Epworth League at 4 p. m. Preaching at 8:30 p. m. by the pastor. Prayer meeting on Wednesday night. A cordial welcome for all. Albert D. Betts, Pastor. Sheriff J. A. Lewis went to Rock Hill last Saturday to attend the commencement exercises of Winthrop College. His daughter, Miss Nina Lewis graduated with honors. Jjww CONWAY. S. C.. THURSI I III MI' CONTAINED IN ONE VARIETY OF TIMBER DEED IS CON.STRUED BY THE .COURT. . IN FAVOR OF COMPANY ; Under the Language of .This .Deed, | and There are Many Like .it, .The ^ Grantee of the Timber has the Op- < tion of as Much Time .as .Desired 1 After First Period. ] The Supreme Court of this State J recently rendered its decision in the 1 matter of the construction of the I time clause in a certain class of tim- 1 ber deeds in which the language re- ] lating to the period for moving the i timber is expressed in substance as < follows: 1 "That the said second party, its ; successors or assigns, shall have, and i the same is hereby granted to it and ] them, the period of ten years in i which to cut and remove the said 1 timber from the said land, and in case the timber is not cut and remov- < ed before the expiration of the said i period, then that the said second i party, its successors or assigns, shall i have such additional time therefor as < it or they may desire, but in the last < mentioned event, the said second 1 party, its successors or assigns, shall, during the extended period, pay in- I terest on the original purchase price, 1 year by year, in advance, at the rate t of six per cent per annum." c The title of the case in which the c above stated language was passed I upon is Midland Timber Company, t plaintiff, vs. J. F. Pretty man & Sons c and Z. T. Pearson, defendants. An i examination of the records in this County, and the records of many other counties in Eastern South Caro lina will show numbers of timber deeds reading like the above in rela- 1 tion to time for cutting and removing the timber, the language if not exactly the same still meaning the same. T w * f " ? aii i/uio a i cny in mi ciise Dciore tnc expiration of the first period of ten y years provided for, the Midland Tim- J bcr Company gave the land owner J notice that it would want ten years \ longer time, making 20 years in all r for cutting and removing the timber, \ and with the notice the Midland Tim- * ber Company offered to pay the land r owner interest at 6 per cent for one ; year. The Circuit Court held that the above language gave the Midland Timber Company the option of having as much time as it wanted, according to the plain every day mean- f ing of the words used, and that the y Company had the right to give notice j and to require the 10 years additional g time provided it paid year by year J in advance the (i per cent interest j provided for. The land owner claim- ^ ?d that the Midland Timber Company should be entirely excluded from the land and not allowed to cut and remove the timber after the expiration of the 10 years from the date of the j deed; but under the decision of the r Court it is plain that the Lumber ( Companies who hold under timber > deeds having language like that } above copied, by giving notice of the i time wanted before the first period has expired and then paying the in- c terest provided for each year in ad- r vance may extend time for cutting \ and romovino* for no 1nm? o tiwA r. * 0 v. .J iwng i* nine no 1 they may decide they will need. Con- f tinuing the opinion of the Court t reads as follows: Where the instrument is express in its terms there is no room for implication. The language above quoted from the deed under consideration, it ? seems to me, is unambiguons and ex- \ press in its terms. The contention t of the defendants amounts to saying t that while the deed gives to the gran- ? tee, its successors and assigns, the t right to such extension of time as it i or they may desire, they are not en- i titled to such tin^o, bpt only to a reu- 1 sonable time to be fixed by the Court. ? It is not tho function of the Court to c make contracts, but to construe and enforce them. The option or priviledge of extension can only be exercised by strict compliance with its ( terms, and by the payment annually * in advance of the amount specified in ( deed. It is -.it given gratuitously. * Th is c.">nst: u tion of the deed seems Is clear from t'-.e language usod by the c parties, which should prevail, unless * the contract is invalid as a matter of i law. At the time the deed was exe- t cuto.l the owner of the fee had the t right to convey the timber without 1 any specifications as to time what- * ever. I sec no reason why she could * not sell the timber with the right" to 1 r <move it within a definite time, and at the same time convey the privi- c ledge or option of an extension to be < determined by the grantee, upon the f condition that lie should pay a spoci- i fie sum annually in advance. Having < sold and conveyed to the grantee the i option or privjledge of fixing the cx- J tension, how can it now be said that ] the Court should fix it? If the deed ] had merely provided that the grantee t Should ho fntitlorl ~ ?A * V..v.viuu v" oumt' extension, then the doctrine of reasonable time 1 might apply, upon the principle set I forth in the Flagler case, supra, to < effect an unexpressed intention of the ] parties. When the parties speak for < themselves the Court cannot imply. < It is contended, however, that para- < graph "third" of the deed tends to ] show that the extension of time i should he limited. This clause was i very applicable to a deed giving a cer < tain term of years from the com- 1 menccment of the cutting. The ori- < ginal deed in the case at bar was ex hibited to me, and I find that it was < drawn upon a printed blank used for 1 deeds of that character, but the lan- ' guage relating to the commencement i ;n DAY, JUNE 4th 1914. NOW LOOKS DIFFERENT Circumstances Gave Appearance Which was Misleading in A. L. Marvel and Kilby Matter. When a number of checks were re- < fused payment *it the Hank of Loris recently, all drawn against the account at that bank of Mr. C. Edward Kilby, rumors became current which . were not at all justified as shown by | subsequent events. At about the same time that the checks were refused payment, Mr. A. L. Marvel was ( unavoidably called away to Deleware ' an urgent business. Those who chose to take that view of it no doubt seizsd upon this circumstance to add further coloring. It appears that Mr. Marvel went to Deleware whre he remained only a Tew days. He was in communication < with his partner, Mr. C. Edward Kil3y, every day as to when he would return, and that he was willing to J pay off all claims that were standing igainst the business with the bank Irafts guaranteed. He returned to 1 Loris in due time and with Mr. Kilby idjusted each and every claim, having the firms in debt to him make i payment direct to the Hank of Loris. \11 claims were promptly and satisfactorily settled. i All of this shows up well and prov;s the honesty of these men, and it is lot believed that either Mr. A. L. i Vlarvel or C. Edward Kilby intended iny wrong whatever throughout the intire matter, and it is regretted that s ircumstanccs caused some people to /iew it in a different light for a time. Hoth of these men deserve credit 1 for conducting a vigorous strawberry lusiness through the season at Loris ind in neighboring sections of the i ;ounty, and by tiieir efforts they no 1 loubt caused the planters to obtain a letter price. No one blames either of .hem now and the matter is entirely I dosed or so we have been reliably 1 nformed. THE DANIELS GROCERY CO. rhis New Enterprise Will be Open and Running Next Week. \ Daniels Grocery Company, is the lame of a new business firm which vill open about June 10th in one of ? ,he handsome new brick stores just ^ >eing finished by Burroughs & Colins Co. The firm is composed of Mr. lohn Daniels, as Secretary, Treasurer j ind Manager, and Mr. E. Ambrose, v is President. They will carry a full ine of heavy and fancy groceries. They will have a nice store and it will t >e kept clean and attractive. c Fine Tobacco Leaf, J. M. Hucks has two acres of very * ine tobacco. One of the leaves from A lis crop measuring about 10 by 9 nches was displayed last week in the ihow window of the Spivey Mercan- J1 ile Co. Last week his crop was lookng fine, though it showed that it was he worse for lack of rain. \ C. l\ Kilby Dead. t C. P. Kilby, who was recently at ..oris engaged in the strawberry busi less with his son, C. Edward Kilby, * lied very suddenly at his home in ? Wilmington, N. C., last .week. He lad just returned to his home from ..oris, S. C.,where he had been severil days straightening up the affairs J if his son in the business. It will be * ecalled that a number of checks * vere refused payment at the Bank of ..oris, for lack of funds. C P urnished the money it is said for [ aking up all of the checks. 1 Sun Flower Seed. The Civic League of Conway are ? giving away sun flower seeds free to c vhite and colored. It is well known c hat these plants while growing near he dwelling exercise some influence, lot quite understood, on the health of t he family, especially in relation to fc nalaria and other fevers. The seeds c ire free at the store of the Conway )rug Co., and everybody is invited to ?ct what they want without a cent of J :ost. I J Free Medical Inspection. Dr. Foster of the Public Health s Service arrived in Conway several I lays ago, and since that time has I >een engaged in the inspection of such school children as were presentid to him for that purpose. On day a >efore yesterday he went to Loris. f le will remain in this county until 'I he end of the week. The examina- t ions cost nothing. He is an expert ind will advise with the parents of hose children found to be suffering v rom the diseases mentioned in the ? notice recently published. v >f the cutting and removal was strick m out. If this clause was, as it r ?eoms, inadvertently left in the deed, 1 ind has no meaning in the deed as ' executed, it should be rejected as c >urplusage. See Devlin on Deeds, * Section 1016, for the general princi- ) ale. But, aside from this, it does not 1 aerport to limit in any way the option or priviledge of extension. It appears from tl.e agreed case ( that Midland Timber Company, as 1 the successor in title of Atlantic ' Coast Lumber Company, at and be- A fore the expiration of the first period ? af ten years, gave due notice to the 1 awner of the land that it desired an 1 extension of ten years, and made the * proper tender for the first year of this period, and thereafter, when due, the proper tender for the second year 1 af this period. The plaintiff had thus * by its notice fixed the duration of the J extension Even if the doctrine of ' reasonable time should apply in this 1 case, there is no evidence whatever j that the time desired by plaintiff is ' unreasonable. On the contrary, it 5 appears to be reasonable. ] ? jjtol inJK nt GATHERED BY THE HERALD MAN IN A WEEK. T in S< flillRHT IN TUC DATING d< unuuu i ill I IIL. I MOO IIIU til si th Stray Bits of Local and Personal ^ News,?Some of Those Mentioned You Know,?Others You May Not m Know,?Happenings Around the he Town. !u in Head THE CASH STORE'S locals ti: m last page. tli II W. G. Chestnut was in Conway last tli Saturday on business. e> ac W. L. Singleton of Toddville was hi Here a few days last week. or Wi A. M. Small of Floyds was in Con>vay the first of this week. There was a light shower of rain n Conway last Sunday. hi W. J. Singleton of Enterprise was n Conway 011 business last week. hi i ti R. II. Amnions of Galivants Ferry 4t section spent last Friday in Conway. . B. F. Hueks, of Socastee, spent f? :he first part of last week in the city. ^ J1 B. W. Jordan spent several days 11 Conway last week 011 legal busiless. M bi Attorney Hughes of the Marion >ar was in Conway last Saturday norning. la S. M. Allen of A'len & Co., at Gur- he ey, visited Conway on business one hi lay last week. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Oliver will he liove back to their former home in M Socastee township. *a Mrs. W. H. Winburn and children ?1 1 j-j- ? Un ii i; vinimij^ iC'litUVUS UIUI H'lt'lHlS III he State of Virginia. \VJ Attorney O. Hoyt McMillan, of dullins, S. C., was in attendance lpon the court here last week. *? fo Miss Annie Dor ham left Conway Hi ,o return to her home at Green Sea hi >n Tuesday of last week. George J. Holliday of Galivants f1 Terry spent the first part of last hi veek in Conway on business. h) ad Attention is called to the change ippearing this week in the advnrisement of Lewis Mercantile Co. a]1 va A. P. Johnson who was very, ill last ca reek recovered by the end of the th< veek so that he was able to be about he house. it The work on the People's Tobacco to Warehouse is making line progress tic ind will be finished by the end of su une. Rev. John J. Carter will preach the wt uneral of J. M. Skipper at Rehoboth J'? Church the third Sunday in June, 914. Hi W. H. Bell, one of the business nen and real estate owners of Bay- wc >oro township, spent last Saturday a n Conway on business. X1? Mi The big Sale at the Bargain House hi [rows bigger daily. If the other mer hants want to go fishing they have >ur permission.?adv. ' or . ca Mrs. P. W. Bethea last week enter- ^a: ained the members of her infant Sunday School class. Ice cream and ake was served. us L. D. Lido. One of the lnn/lier* lmir_ Oil 'era of Whiteville, N. 0., spent a day lore last week on business before co. ludgc S. W. G. Shipp. a(i This is the finest Piano and the iweetest tone we have ever had. fere it and get it at your own price. , bargain House Slaughter Sale.?adv |a* The low water in the Waccarnaw ind Pee Dee makes the catching of ai ish with the hook and line very easy. Phe consequence is that fishing par- J/1 ies are of almost daily occurence. , ha t Irish potato growers last week ^ v'ere advised not to advance the dig- tai ring and shipping so rapidly as it vould cut down the market price. The members of the Baptist church 1 ind others interested gave a picnic at I 3ucksville last Thursday which was I argely attended and which was much I mjoyed by the people. Many people I 'rom Conway took it in, and there / vas a large crowd from the country n attendance. 1. -i? mic wuris. oj. clearing otl the debris ausod by the recent lire was comnenced at the works of the Conway number Co., last Monday morning. \11 of the plans have been laid it is stated for rebuilding the saw mill jlant. The work will go ahead as apidly as possible under the circum- i stances. t The other Merchant said beware of ;he Slaughter Sale you might get slaughtered. He thinks you have not ;ot sense enough to spend your own honey. Did he call you a fool? Get ?he Lion's share and the Piano at ^our own price and show him that if ic had not been a fool he would have Advertised his own "bis" and not the Uarg^n House Slaughter Sale.--adv tin No. 8 ACID DROPS OUT OF A TREE. omething New Happens to Mr. J. W. Todd While on His Way to Court. On Monday of court as Mr. J. W. sdu ot the Gurley section was comg along the road through Bug wamp on his way to Conway, sudmly something of a semi liquid naire dropped from a tree by the road de and fell on his felt hat, across ie brim. He took olT his hat to see hat it was and found a liquid subance resembling blue ink thereon, e next noticed that it began to ake a hole in his ha4. By the time ) reached Conway the hole in the it. luul inrrpusnd tr? twr? n v Uiv?n .. w * ? * V > v v% vv V " V V 1 v? n V ches in diameter and the stuff connuecl to cat up the fabric as far as ie substance had extended over it. e took it to Dr. Norton who stated iat he was unable to account for it, ceept that it was some kind of an id. He wiped off a part of it from s hat with his handkerchief. But tly the sign of a very small holt as eaten in the handkerchief. LOCAL AND PERSONAL J. M. Tompkins was among those Conway last Tuesday. The Medical College of South Caro\a issued handsome invitations to > commencement exercises on June h. The Herald received an invitation the cammencemcnt exercises of cmson College which takes place on me 7th to 9th. FOR RENT?Furnished cottage at yrtle Beach. Apply to C. B. Duseniry at the Clerk of Court's office, mway, S. C.?adv Miss Laura Jenkins returned home st week to spend the vacation with r parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Jenns. The Rev. Mr. Jones, Presiding Elr of the Marion district, of the ethodist church, arrived in Conway st Tuesday. G. C. Mishoe was among the young isiness men in Conway recently. J. M. Kirton of Galivants Ferry is in Conway last week on business. The drainage district in Socastee wnship will no doubt soon be ready r a final hearing, and it is hoped at at least one district will be esblished in this county. To the Farmers of Horry County? ill on mo at my office in the Spivey lilding for information as to how kill tobacco worms. J. R. Holbert. ;v.?G-18-Jt. T. G. I.undy, one of the industrious d prosnerous farmers of tho Gnli iits Ferry section of this county, me to Conway recently and spent e day here on business. While the weather is very dry and has been hard to get a young plant live, still it is reported in some seems of the county, that crops so far fVercd very little. Mrs. U. A. Dusenbury of Toddville is able to spend last Tuesday with latives here. She was accompanied Mrs. J. F. Harper and Miss Grace iselden. W. C. Pitts, civil engineer, recently mt to Peach Tree Ferry and made map of the right of way which is be dedicated to the public use by cssrs. J. M. Stalvey & Co., and irroughs Si Collins Co. A merry-go-round with horses and gan was located on one of the vant lots near the town hall all of $t week and was the delight of the ung folks as long as it stayed. One enterprising farmer last week cd strawberry checks for paying in digging irish potatoes ami und that they were of just as much nvenience as in the other. Take vantage of this and let us print u a lot on good card board that will it almost indefinitely. Sherilf J. A. Lewis who returned it week from an extended trip rough the county, reported that tore crops were planted early they e looking line and so far are not riously injured by the dry weather, it where plant6" were scarce and the rmers depended on late plants, it s been almost impossible to tfet em to live, and the prospect in ose cases are bad. " 1 1 " 1 1 " "" i RoYflL RAft^NA POWDER A Pure, Grape Cream Tartar Baking Powder Royal Baking Powder Improves the flavor and adds to the healthfulness of the food.