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1 . It fc U ? ~VOL. XXIX ' PES MILL GOOD I ON CONWAY MARKET THE LARGE SALES OF LAST i WEEK BROUGHT . SATISFACTORY RETURNS WAREHOUSES"HARD RON ,? ?VI? n-J-v- A- TT II At- - W--J ^ * viuci iu nuuuic iae weea Lunung in Daily,?American Buyer Back on Market,?Good Grades Bring Good Prices Despite the War. The immense quantities of tobacco sold by the growers on the Conway ( Market last week has shown more ( than anything else this year the im- , povtance that Conway has attained ( as a market for the golden weed ^ Some weeks ago when the panic of 1 the European war struck the manu- } facturers and their buyers were called iiifcoff all of the markets, it was a J 'gloomy time with both warehousemen and the growers of the country. For j ?a time the warehouses expected to 'have to shut down. Congressmen and ' others got busy without delay and the manufacturers began to cast about for j some way to avoid ?he trouble. The 'buyers came back and the sales went ( >oM After the panic had subsided to , isome extent, the {prices at once start- , ed up and they have apparently been /rising better and better ever since, /until last week the weed so far as could be founcl out sold for prices which satisfied .the growers in almost instance. The big sales began I the latter part of week before last I 1 A '1 I \ 1 - * i I a9 out pvnsps xne largest 01 tne enure seasonVtook "place the first of last week. For several days last week from early iin the morning until jtist before the time for the sales to begir. tM streets where Laurel and 4th avenuA cross *ere crowded with the ve hides of the farmers loaded down with totacco for the days sales. The warehouse floors of the three warehouses of ^the Conway market were filled . jo overflowing nearly every day last week-and the warehousemen and *h*' idlpers had all they could do tfrom morning t<^ night. The ?ales at one of the warehouses <for the month of August was 412,273 pounds all told. This is enough Jto give an idea of the great quantity of tobacco the Conway market handl CfL.this season. The amount would hHVe been more,of course, if it had not tbeenrfor the war. After the prices recovered it was considered best. that tlhe farmers rush the weed on the market, and they evidently believed tthat the market here is as good or ; Ibetter than elsewhere in the State, ffofr they brought in more than the warehouses could handle and sell with <out working overtime. The establishment of J. E. Coles where the large hoggsheads are man-! ufactured for the buyers, was kept i .i *,-.11 ? i * il_ I i i uiiiiiii^ at AUJI tajiauk^ aim II UIII uic number of hands employed it was ap- | mt ho was doing a good bus! iness. A hasty glance oyer the sales books I :at the three warehouses shows the j following sales made by some of the L farmers, and these figures show what can be obtained now for a fairly good I grade of the weed. There were of \ c#Urse many who sold for much low er prices. The ones selected are the 1 | bee,t out of many. While the prices 1 ; on many sales were lower, and indeed * : very much lower, than on the ones ' quoted below, still the prices obtained on all grades were considered good as , ' j^onpared to the kind and class of the ] xobacco sold on the floors. The best , prices at each of the three warehous- < es last week follows i ' ( Horry Tobacco Warehouse ] . Cannon 160 12 % \ C. Cannon j'- 271' 18% < J. A. Beverly 212 14% A f. F. Hendrix 380 16 i B. Hix 754 17% i Dail Rabon 346 21 I Pink Lewis - 414 16 % I. A. Bell 80 22 I. A. Bell 366 ' .11 Jno. Skipper ^ v 70 16 G. E. Sanders 198 . 15 J^L. Sanders < 402 16 fff W. Hughes 810 17 A. J. Dorman 62 18 J. B. Hux' 938 18 % A .A .Tindal 104 18 Hux Gagum 370 19 Hux & Miller 502 20 jk Farmers' Warehouse, lsa Fore 155 9% Isa #Jore 256 14 % A.J. Ifcichardson 588 17 Chsp Martin 265 13% J. Singleton 382 14, fc m. Sterns 1438 11 M Stevens 126 8% * Wat MURDERIS CHARGE AGAINST B. ALFORI STRUCK MAN WITH PLOW BEA] ""FROM WHICH HE DCES SOON? AFTERWARDS. SLAYER FLED THE STATE \rrested by King Seales and CM< Henry Bruton of Tabor, N. C., an Lodged In Jail Here Last Thursdj to Await Trial at the Criminal Ter In a drunken row 011 Sunday Ai ?ust 30th, near the home of Mr. I 5. Grainger in this county, Ilerry A ford struck Spurgeon Small over tl lead with a plow beam. The bio fractured Small's skull and later i the day he was taken to the hospit at Florence, S. C., in the hope th; something could be done for him 1 i>ave his life. He lingered for a sho time and died. In tlfe meantime Alford tied fro South Carolina across the line in' North Carolina and was finally loca ed some miles above Tabor, N. C. is not known that he knew his victi had died from his injury. King Sea was asked to assist H. B. Bruton, ;tl chief of police of Tabor, N. C., and tl two arrested Alford and brought hi to Conway last Thursday and lodg< him in the county jail to await h trial at the next term of the court ' General Sessions on a charge of mu der. An inquest was held over the do* body of Spurgeon Small by Magi trate J. D. Anderson and the jury r turned a verdict to th* effect that tl deceased came to his death from blow with a stick in the hands of Be ry Alford. The warrant and the cor mitment were issued by Magistra Anderson for the arrest of Alford. AFTEK ILLICIT STILL. Officers Find Place Where Blind Tig Was Made, But Lose Still. . Officers went into the section b tween Little River and Wampec la week upon frequent complaint of tl citizens in that section, and tried find an illicit still which had be* running in that neighborhood f several months past. Going by the information whi< had been given them they went to tl place in the deep swamp where tl still was supposed to be. They foui that it had been moved, lock, sto< and barrel. A negro living nearl gave the officers information to tl effect that the party accused had be* going and coming in a different dire tion from across the public road. Th put the officers on another track ai finally after much beating about the rank undergrowth and thicket they found the place where the illic work had been carried on very recen ly. But the party had taken the pr caution to move the still and hide before the officers arrived. The o ficers found and destroyed a lot * mash which had been ready to lea^ to sour up. Xhtiy knew of course that the sti was hidden some where in the san swamp and for several hours they ci cled round in an effort to find its hi< ing place, but finally had to give it i and leave it. The party who is su pected was not disclosed by the of :crs as they are wftout* positive pjrp< >nhim. J. M. L'tevens 136 14: F. D. Register 192 13! J. K. Mocre 445 14! 3. A. Chestnut 106 16 3. A. Chestnut 270 ] Florence Q>oper 182 18: Florence Cooper 282 17 Chestnut & Chestnut 610 3 W. H. Bratcher 27 3 W. H. Bratcher 304 3 W. H. Bratcher 80 14 Peoples Warehouse W. M. Turbeville 380 3 k. C. Skipper 898 3 lere Graham 65 17 Jere Graham 100 13; W. A. Hughes 285 16: B. Thompson . 638 16: Creel & Sellers 126 J 1. C. Graham 363 ' Smith & Speers 294 3 E. A. Lilly 50 i E. A. Lilly 105 14 ML D. Woodward 252 141 J. F. Hendricks 408 3 IV. J. Hendricks 420 3 P. V. Dun -40 1 P. V. Dun 801 Archie Calhoun 552 1 El. L. B. Jordan 35 3 H. L. B. Jordan SO* IV I. Sf. Tompkins 314 1 pirrrj OttKY CQtlWTY AND HER PEO 'l >-i7~ cowwgY, g.: c, THtman&Y ? MM 11 9 The Figures Are Not Official, and 1 I. Manning for Governor, A. J. BetH Shealey, for Railroad Commissioner Count Canot Change the Result of t - Votes Cast at Oln'e Precinct in tiie> cincts Appear in the Table. ?f PRECINCTS i?l . iy m ouniord Knotty Branch Gurley .. Cool Springs Aynor lc Adrian ... w Boris .... in Graham X Roads Greenwood , Grahamville !, Bayboro .. . . t? Hammond. . . . . .. rt Dogwood ,,v .... ... Conway .. Fanner m Gren Sea t? Little River .. .. .. .... t- Wampee ... It Ebenezer.., _ Flo yds.. .... ... .... ... ... .. .. .. Cedar Grove .... .. .. ...... ..... I6 Withers.. ... .. ic Daisy .. .. .. .. ... .. .... ^ Port Harrelson. Jordanville.. .. .. ... .. Galivants Ferry .. 5<* Homewood.. .. .. .. .? .. .... .. is Horry.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 0f Dpg Bluff r_ Shell Vradelle (no votes east) .. .. .. \d TOTAL 8- r e. ___ ^ TOBACCO ON MONDAY "1 : t RONE ALL RECORDS - < SO FAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE CONWAY TOBACCO MAR- h KET. " SOLD FOR 8000 PRICE St he The Largest Sale and for the Highest to Average Price Yet Attained Here,? en Farmers Show Their Confidence in or Their Own Home Market. Nothing has ever been seen in Conch way before anything like the sight he which met the gaze last Monday morn tie ing long before the hour of 8:30 id when the streets near the tobacco ck warehouses were full to overflowing *y with wagons loaded with bright leaf tie tobacco. It broke the record for the cn Conway market. The total numbe c_ of pounds sold on the market that day is was in round numbers one hundred and thirty-six thousand pounds. The jn average price of this great quantity s> was eleven and one-half cents. ;it The next largest sale the Conwayt market ever had was on Wednesday e- of last week when a little upwards of I it reighty-six thousand pounds were sold the average price on that being about ten and one-half cents. I /e So far as could be learned all of those who sold in the large sale last IH 'Monday were pleased with what they ie got fop the weed. d********** 'bp tobacco Growers t{ * We *re *Ud to report th*t all * of'tlie big Tobacco Companies >re * * on the Mulltas Tobacco Market * * and tobacco is selling much better * V* * this week* The Export Tobacco * y* Company came back on our mak. * & * ket Monday for the first time * Vj * since the war troubles started. * 13 * We think now is a good time to * Vfc sell. * H NEAL A DIXON. L5* * . * ? * 11 L4 1/4 manning's majority above twenty-seven thousand. L4 l/t With majorities of 36,000 to 25,000 l/6 Richard I. Manning of Sumter for Governor, Andrew Jackson Bethea of to Columbia for lieutenant governor and l6 Frank W. Shealy of Lexington for 20 railroad commissioner yesterday were 16 nominated in the second State-wide >6 Democratic primary over John G. Rito chards of Liberty Hill, B. Frank Kel94 ley of Lee, and C. D. Fortner of Spar17 tanburg, respectively. The three 17 losers were all strong supporters of 18 Governor Bleaee. 8 For Governor, Manning 68,305; Ri-, L6 chards 40,664. For lieutenant govt5 cmor, Bethea 65,742; KelVey 40,740.; to! For raiiroad commissioner, Shealy 16 70,001; Fortner 34.627. # i f w* MUST. i \ ? NOW ANJ? M REVER.' SEPTEMBER 10, 1914. HORRY COUNTY. Therefore not Complete, But Richard tear for Lieutenant Governor, and , Chrrfed the County, as tthe Official he Figures Shown in the TabTe,?No ] County,?Alt But One or Two Pre'H* I! ! 1 I g g \ X & cd *< '>-? 1 W >-r . S <? W W ? J. $ S 1 w 1 J ' E- c 5 o H i -J I ? W ~ I W ! w : o a ^ Crt J CO I j*}_ ] CiH c/j_ 331 HI S3J 111 ?i v-9 . 201 9 21 { 8 1 28 13 22 19 15 12 28 15 23! i 10 24 32 0. 511 40 i 52 30 15 70 72 311 631 40| 00 42 70 20 81! 15; i 14 79 31 2! 31 2 3 30 1 471 10 48 15 T 50 i 28 0'i 28 Oil ttj 28 25) 19 20 18 5 38 21 13 30 4 11 23 221 6 23 51 12 10 1 289) 33; 280 41 44} 271 ? 28 3| 28 3| [ 3 28 < 83 16 81 17 36 72 ! 35 2\ 86, 1 ? 30 24 ' l! 24 1 4 21 37 2 27 12 7 82 * < 441 27 52 18 20 43 15 8 14 9 ? 15 : 21 * 9 29 1 27 3 58 5 47 16 9 54 1 41 5 38 8| 0 46 1 30 14 11 .83 2 42 , 58 27 62 23 14 71 40 11 80 21 26 23 29 .21 27 23 1 43 1 38 21 42 17 20 39 < 10 1 15 2 not rep ' 000 000 000 000 000 000 1340 408 1308 432 398 1310 PICKS UP CLOTHES ] FLEES FROM STORE COMES TO OLD HOME WHERE HE IS ARRESTED AND TAKEN BACK. a , COLORED While Sharp in Shop Lifting He Was Not Quite Sharp Enought to Get Ofl* with This,?Arrested on Wire From Chadbourne Chief of Police. It was no ordinary theft which was committed by Bob Thomas, a colored man, at Cerro Gordo last week in one of the stores of that place. While very sharp in lifting, still Bob was not smart .enough to take a suit and hat almost from under the eyes of the owner and get off with it. He was trying to get himself fitted in the store and the man was patiently waiting on him. Finally a suit and i a hat was laid on the counter which Bob said he thought would do with some change which the proprietor turned back to the shelves to obtain, having to go up on a step-ladder after : it. While the store keeper's back was I turned Bob is said to have picked up 1 the suit from the counter and made j off with it. He arrived here and re- ' mained in town some days. A wire reached here last Monday requiring i his arrest. He was taken into cus- 1 tody by John H. McCaskill and sent over to North* Carolina to answer for ; his crime. WHAT GERMANY FACES ' ?' ? a The Strangest Fortifications in the World in Taking Pari*. A dispatch from Washington dated* on September 5th says that the fortifications of Paris and their ability to ; I resist a siege la., receiving the close 1 attention of military observers. The 1 French Ministry of War has adopted 1 urgent means of strengthening the 1 city's defenses to the utmost. 1 While the city's detailed defences ' are surrounded with strict secrecy by 1 French military authorities yet their ( general character and formidable ' strength are well known to military experts, who recognize them as * among the strongest fortifications in 1 the world. 1 ; 1 mt ? ine Horry County Fair will be ^ greater than ever this Fall. Prepare : to come and spend a happy season t with the crowds. 1 i < There are 140,303 farms in South ] Carolina that used fertilizer and the 1 annual purchases amount to $15,162,- 1 617.00, according to a recent report ^ of the united States Census Bureau. * All this will have to be cut down next ( fwi <iwing-4o the conditions brought about fry (toe European Uar. Horry t County fartVtasrs will be expected to > curtail theirH&ereage In proportion us s other1 farmers -of the South agree to do. Taltl. 9 iORRY COUNTY FUR NOW NEAR AT IND ^ETTER TO THE GIRL'S CANNING CLUBS, ANI) BOYS' AND GIRLS' POULTRY' CtURSL OABQING MR EXHIBITS Miss Ida Moore, Agent of the Girls' Demonstration W'orR,. Writes Letter About These Matters,?Some Addi*: i I,..: t- - /.v?' ? iimiai i i r/.i-s nrr wiitfcwu Po Members of the Girls' Canning Club and the Btoys'' and Girls' Pouttry Clubs: As the time for our County Fair, October 13, 1914!,. is drawing near, I wish to call your attentionto a few matters relative to exhibits. As you know, our exhibit at the County Fair is to, be taken on the the State Fair. We owe it to ourselves and to our County to make the very fullest and best exhibit that it is possible for us to make. Horry won the first prize offered to a? individual dub girl last year, but our exhibit as a whole did not rtuak as high as it must this year* The only way to improve .it is for each ope of you to exhibit some of every thing you have put up and to put up as much more as possible from now until the Pair. If each of yoy will do this, I am confident that Horry will be easily first at the State Fair. I think this is an honor well worth working for. All reports, illustrated booklets and other exhibits, except chickens and eggs,, must be in my hands by Oct. 7* Express charges will be paid on exhibits to Conjvay, but you will have to pay return charges from Conway to your home: I will provide free tickets each day for every. Club member who exhibits anything, provided the exhibit is in my hands by Oct. 7th. On Wednesday Oct. 14, Mr. C. C. Cleveland, State- Poultryman will conduct a class in Poultry House Construction and chicken judging. The following prizes will be added to those offered Poultry Club members: Best doz eggs, ribbon and $4.00 Next best doz eggs, ribbon and 50c Best model poultry house $5.00 Next best model poultry house $2.00 Next best model poultry house $1.00 Very truly yous, Ida Moore, Agent, George Lum Says Goodbye. As my business interests has called me away from Conway, I wish to take this method of saying good-bye to all my many friends in Conway and throughout the county, a The good people of Conway have stood by me and helped me to build up a good business (which I will still contiue to have runl and have proved their friendship through fortunes as well as bereavements. Therefore I could not leave without thanking one and all for any and all kindnesses shown me While in your midst. You shall always be remembered and your friendship cherished by me.. Sincerely, George Lum. . Do You Want Convention? We are anxious to hold all of the District Sunday School Conventions in the four districts in this county before the picnic season of the year is aver. Ah we believe we can get a more representative gathering of people to hold these meetings during the week and have dinner on the ground *o that the greater portion of the day :an be devoted to the discussion of Sunday school work in general. Now, we want to hold these four :onventions during the next five or ?ix weeks and want the churches ivhich would like to have the convention meet with them to extend an invitation at once. They were held last ^ear in the following churches: District No. 1, Hebron Church, Bucksville, S. C.; District No. 2 Antioch :hureh, Aynor, S. C.; District No. 3, Loris Baptist church, Loris, S. C.; District No. 4. Tilly Swamp church, Mixonville, S. C. These churches were very near the center of the districts *o by this you can tell in what disrict you belong. We hope many of the Sunday ichools will extend an invitation as it ill be a great help to your Sunday ichool to have the convention. W. M. Goldfinch. Supt. Horrv Co. S. S. Asso. 4 ""No. 22. OPPOSING FORGES ALMOSTJVEN TERMS GENERAL ENGAGEMENT BR TWEEN GERMANS, FRENCH AND ENGLISH. ^t|Mm u ^ IXUEMNt) Ttl UtlilUtll First of This Week lip to Tuesday Morning Finds No Definite Move Made to Take Paris on the Part of > the German Army. A news dispatch from Berlin says a battle was being fought on Monday and Tuesday on the French center from Rethel to Verdun with opposing forces on almost even terms. Reports from other sources, while Ruling to reveal the purpose of the German strategy in moving a great j force to the southeast of Paris, indi; cated a determination to deal the allies a crushing blow before the complete investment of the French capital was attempted. German pressure on the left wing of the allies had been withdrawn and apparently the main strength of the invaders thrown against the enemy's cantor and right. It is officially announced in Paris that a general engagement was being fought east of that city and that the Germans began to retire at that point. Official reports from Petrogra*! stated that the Russian troops were generally closing in on the strong fort ress of Przemsyl, 50 miles west of Lemberg and that this last remaining stronghold of the Austriana in Galicia would soon surrender or be taken by assault. Tl ia nORiii'nll.. *?* v ? uraww viii\.ianjr ttt Antwerp that the Belgians have repulsed a Ge* man attack against that city. According to a news dispatch from Rome members of the Italian Social* ist reform party have formally declared for Italian neutrality. Two thousand Americans, many of them almost destitute, were in line when the oiHces of the American relief committee in London opened Monday. The committee is hard put to it to afford prompt relief. It is estimated that it will be another month before all the American refugees are able to leave the contw nent. CURIOUS NEGRO ARRESTED For a Time the Authorities Believed He Might Be Wanted Elsewhere. One morning last week a curioua looking and strange negro man hauled up in one of the stores on Ird Avenue and went through with some strange motions and roquets with another negro man who happened to tc in the store &t the time. He wanted a dollar changed by the other man and next he wanted to see the other man's watch. Finally he invited the other negro to go with him across the lake and he woyld show him something that would be to his interest. The other negro got ayspicious and as a result the man was arrested and Lodged in the town lock-up. He would not give his name. At least when pressed for his name he would make out as if he could not hear the speaker. The officer finally pulled out of him the statement that he lived in Marion County. His answers, when he could be made tp answer at all*, were very. unsatis,Cacotry and in fact caused him to be gravely suspicioned of many evil deeds. He never succeeded in getting anything at all out of his intended victim. The auihorii ties worked for some time in an effort to find out whether he was not eithc an escaped convict or was wanted some other county,.- possibly anotb State, for the commission of so?? swindling crime. As they could not get anything on him they were obliff* ed to relieve him of any immediate charge. f - - I- r - - U * Conway Methodist Church. Services for Sunday, Sept. 13th: Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Preach ing at 11 a. m. Kpworth League at 4 p. m. No services at night owing to the special services at the Presbyterian church. Preaching at Elbethel on Sunday at 4 p. m. A cordial welcome to all. Albert D. Betts, Pastor. CARD OF THANKS I desire to thank the many frienda whp so kindly aided my daughter in the recent pony contest for the fgMNP and cart, and delivered her the vofcea Which helped to win. J. Joata. Conway, S. CU ,