The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 17, 1914, Image 1
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XXIX
HEMAN HI68INS CUT
. JOHNSONVILLE AFFRAY
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SON OF H. S. HIGGINS, A FORM'
ER HORRYITE, AGENT AT
JOHNSONVILLE.
| HIS ASAILANT TAKEN
I A Dispute Over the Payment of Some
| Freight Charges Led to This Unfortunate
Difficulty,?the Yourg Man
Was Seriously Hurt.
(Georgetown Times)
Johnsonville, Sc,pt. 7.?As a result
of a cutting affray in the depot here
Saturday afternoon Herman Higgins,
the railroad agent at this place was
taken to Georgetown Sunday with a
deep gash from his right ear diagonally
down the throat to the windpipe.
The cutting was done by Oscar Haselden.
Hasclden, it seems, went to the degotjjand
demanded de livery of certain
freight, witout payment of the charges.
An altercation arose over this,
and Haselden left. In a short time
he returned with two brothers and a
second altercation occurred, during
which the agent was slashed with a
knife.
17he wounded man was taken to the
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v^wTvniMu urujj siure, wnere no was at.
tended by Dr. Coekfield. The physician
says the juglar vein was missed
by about a sixteenth of an inch.
Mr. Higgins was taken to the home
of his father, H. S. Higgins, in George
J town. His assailant was arrested.
A#^he preliminary hearing he was
committed to jail in Kingstree to
await the outcome of Mr. Higgin's injury.
It was learned in Georgetown yesterday
that Mr. Higgins is quite seriously
hurt, and is not yet out of dan\Mr.
H. S. Higgins is a pative born
Horryitc. He was reared at Bucksville
in this county and later in life
moved to Georgetown. His many
friends will be sorry to learn of this
' unfortunate occurrence to his son.?
Ed.
IcIrt or GENeral
sessions
MttLL CONVENE ON MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 28,?LIST OF
PETIT JURORS DRAWN
LAST WEEK.
The Court of General Sessions will
<'onvonn noro on Mondav. Sentemhor
128th, Judge Mauldin, of Pickens, presiding.
N The jury commissioners met
lafQt week and drew the petit jurors
who are to serve at the approaching
term as follows:
S. E. Wiliamson,
H. J. Sarvis,
J. F. Causey,
M. A. Horn,
M.W .Cook,
jHHvo. M. Fowler,
Ben Hucks, . j
Boyd Ford,
L. C. Edge, ' : ;i
J. M. McKeithen, j
Ed. C. Harris,
N. B. Hughes, V, J
R. M. Bullock, ]
p. Thompson,
D. D. Edge, i = , ]
Arnold Bell,
B. F. Moore, \
J. R. Tucker, i j J7
Jason R. Ward, ... . .
John W. Alford,
k E. Grainger, ?.
rtt L- Lambert, j
Vs. F. Watts. . S
J. D. Singletary, j /
W. E. Dusenbury,
^B Thos. W. Dornmn,
IB Levi W. Anderson,
JB A. R. Holmes,
SB T)anicl E. Hewett,
*Y J. Dix,
^B Tally Lewis,
J. F. Hendricks,
^B Malachi Hughes
H C. M. Hammond,
H J. A. Johnson.
H Notice of Sale.
| Twill sell at public auction to the
^Bdighcst bidder all of the personal
^ property of the late A. W. Jackson,
BBloceascd., consisting of buggies, farm
EBng tools, cows and hogs, at the home
Mrs. A.^,W. Jackson near Green
S. C., beginning at 10 o'clock
^ September 2G, 1914. Terms %of sale
IKASH. D. R. FORD,
BB Administrator.
to ;
"HO
BEN ANDERSON SHOT
BY I. W. GRAHAM
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NEAR REAVES FERRY LAST
THURSDAY EVENING ON
GRAHAM PLACE.
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WOUNDS NO! SERIOUS
Sheriff Called by Telephone t'> Ar
rest T. W. Graham,?Wounds Inflicted
on Anderson Reported at
Firrt as Serious and Probably Fatal
A teh . hone message received here
last Thursday evening from the farm
of Mi\ T. W. Graham, near Heaves
Ferry, was to the effect that T. W,
Graham had Shot Ben Anderson in
the face twice, that Anderson's
wounds were serious and probably fatal,
and that a physician was wantec
to attend Anderson, and the sherifl
to arrest Graham. Dr. J. A. Nortor
went to attend to Anderson. SheriM
J. A. Lewis, accompanied by Chief ol
Police, L. R. Ambrose, were on theii
way to the place, about eight miles
distant, a few minutes after receiving
the message.
The sheriff met T. W. Graham coming
into Conway with his brother, J
P. Graham. The sheriff took Graham
into custody and brought him intc
Conway before Magistrate W. H
Chestnut for the purpose of making
a bond, though at that time it is sai<
that no warrant had been issued foi
Graham's arrest, just why was noi
ctn tn/1 T O d* * L ? w* ?i /\/l
ovuttvi. u. a . vji uuuiii niKiii-u tut; pi w
posed bond for T. W. Graham, bul
T. W. Graham, owing to his nervoin
condition, never signed the bond a*
principal. Before going into the mag
istrate's office, T. W. Graham wandered
into the store of the Conway Han
ware Company, where he tried to buj
cartridges from Mr. J. S. Battle, the
manager. Mv. Battle refused to sel
him tne bullets, and while Grahan
was in the store he put his hand intt
a box containing buck shot and placet
a handful in his poek^ts.
After remaining about the Magis
tratc's ofiice for some time trying t(
get the bond arranged, T. W. Gra
ham left the office and started dowr
the stairs to go to the street. H(
staggered as he walked and it seems
was unattended when he started dowr
the stairs. There is a platform 01
landing half-way up these stairs
Just as he reached the half-way rest
he lost his balance and fell over the
railings, a distance of about six or ter
feet, and fell on the hard floor of the
hall. He was badly bruised about one
eye, and his nose injured by the fai
so that it bleel copiously on the floor
He was carried back into the magis
trate's office where water was procured
and the blood washeel off his face
He remained there in a stupor foi
some little time anel was finally taker
home. At the nlace where he fell ov
er the railings of the stairs a pisto
was taken out of his pocket. Later
while in the magistrate's office, sever
al gun shells and a pocket knife were
taken from his clothes. All this time
he acted like a man elemented and his
talk was rambling.
Ben Anderson's injuries proved te
be slight as compared to the first impression.
Anderson lived on Graham's
place. T. W. Graham was ir
the field with a shot gun and Anderson
perched on top of the fence. T
W. Graham shot Anderson the first
time while he was some distance oil
and the load of bird shot struck Anderson
in two or three places inflicting
only flesh wounds. After the firsl
shot Anderson went and sat down or
his door steps. Graham then shot
him the second time and missed him
clear. Anderson's wounds were attended
to and he went to church tin
same night. Just what it was all
about was then and is still shrouded
in mystery.
The Graham farm, the property ol
T. W. Graham, is one of the finest
farms in Horry County. Consisting
of broad acres of fertile lands, this
farm produces abundant crops every
year.
British Cruiser Pathfinder Destroyed
By Hostile Missle, Not By Mine.
London, Sept. 10.?It was stated
that the British cruiser Pathfinder
which was destroyed in the North Sea
September f>, supposedly by contact
with a mine, was in reality sunk by a
torpedo. This information is released
by the official information bureau.
A. C. Harper of Bucksport was in
Conway recently.
?iom
RRY COUNTY A'N'D HEII I'KO'l.r 1
coywyy. g. c., Thursday m
Official Cou
PRENCINCTS
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Bayboro
P.lniiphn
Cedar Grove j
Conway i
Cool Springs '
Daisy j
1 Dog Bluff
Ebbnezer 1
Dogwood j
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I* armer
i Floyds I
. Galivants Ferry i
, Grahamville
Graham X Roads
Green Sea
" Greenwood
I Gurley
Hammond
Home wood
\ Horry
Jordanville
Knotty Branch
. Little River
Loris
Mar low
" Port Harrelson
Sanford
. Shell
Spring Branch
Socastee
1 Taylorsville
> Vardells !
Warn pee !
r Withers.. .. !
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vote in bee
- Full Returns Place Exact Figures at 1
1 Majority 28,6.*>8; Betheu's 20,410;
i Except a Few in the Follow i
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COUNTY
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Abbeville
Aiken
? Anderson
5 Bamberg
i Barnwell
r Beaufort
Berkeley
Calhoun
? Charleston
? Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Colleton
Darlington
Dillon. . . . '
Dorchester
Edgefield. .
Fairfield :
Florence.. 1
Georgetown.*.
Greenville I
1 Greenwood '
' Hampton i
I Horry
Jasper
\ Kershaw ;
Lancaster i
* Laurens
i Lee j
5 Lexington i
Marion ]
Marlboro |
> Newberry
Oconee
. Orangeburg
Pickens
Richland
" Saluda ,
. Spartanburg
t Sumter
. Union
Williamsburg
' York *
t TOTALS ;
: CLEMSON TO OPEN WITH FINE
! OUTLOOK
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I Nearly Ninety Per Cent of Old Cadets
. Will Return ?Applications Exceed
Capacity.
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, vicmauii vjuut'ge, oepi. it).?Under
i auspicious circumstances, Clemson
r fcollege is about to reopen for her
twenty-second annual session. It will
be the twenty-fifth year since the ast
I of acceptance of the college by the
State of South Carolina. President'
I Riggs stated that the applications for|
' admission long since passed the capac-!
. ity of the college and that the only
applications which are now being ac.
cepted are for the waiting 'list. Despite
the depressed financial outlook
due to the European war, President
Riggs expects this to be one of the
most successful years in the history
of tfie college.
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Returns
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15 8! 14 9 8! 15
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581 5; 47 1(> 9 54
38J 21 | 42 17 20 39
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44 27 52| 18 2(5 43
58 27! | 62 231 141 71
28 0 28 0 0 28
81 2 31 2 | 3 30
83! 16 811 17! 26 72
47 16 48 15| 71 56
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21 13 30 4| I 11 23
40 11 30 21! I .26 23
29 21 27 23j 7 43
801 14U 11 83 2 42
201 911 21 8 1 28
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not !voting
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21 9!| 291 II 27 3
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1444! 462jl 1416| 478|| 466 1413
ond Primary
118,910 for Governor, Manning's
Shealey's 40,100,?All Figures
Table are Ollicial
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3644 3471 | 3462 3688 2490 3650
979! 275 873| 379 233 1027
1452 559 1378 630 j 395, 1605
5551 88 508, 811 97 506
804| 283 742 348 265 819
582| 183 | 589 175 116 644
3119 2127 3230 1998 2226 2927
1411 1557 1343 1597 1400 1543
12891 695j 1274 705; 597 1371
1676 1073 1522 1216 763 1969
944; 802 974 775 546 1202
1547' 671 1464 748 612 1592
1660 1049 1855 845: 808 1871
1118! 684 15631 229 271 1522
935' 400 898 445 493 837
1300 347 1298 240 240 1395
768 509 758 500 236 1020
2061 1220!j 2174 1100 958 2234
795 671 763 676'! 728 714
4637 2480:! 4520 2650 987 4326
1675 966 ! ir,88 1053 1006 1621
1241 37411 1239 370 315 1286
1441 462! 1416 478 466 1413
365 145! i 396 111 178 327
1414 9831! 1504 897 711 1684
1735 855 1652 9341 74 21 1836
2024 1355! 1977 1404, 1270 2104
853 680: 733 792 452! 107S
23031 1327jl 20(52 1507 1044', 2525
11411 489|| 1215 408! 351 1272
1234 549 j 1272 507 407 1308
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2970! 892 2930; 915' 090' 3105
16851 1322 1514! 1505||l762| 1246
3283! 2263 3250: 2244 1523; 3923
1048! 785 953' 808 340! 1480
49111 4253 52001 3968 3714: 5451
1624' 588 1520, 089 460: 1740
1553! 1374 1402 1461 921: 1977
1408, 485 1421 473 5251 1355
1726! 1769 1712 1777 1713i 1782
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BtJY-A-BALE MOVEMENT
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
The Merchants of Columbia Are Active
Among Their Associates to
Make the Movement State
Wide.
The Columbia Ten Cent Cotton Association,
organized to make the' 'buya-bale"
movement Statewide has
launched a campaign asking the business
men of the North and West
dealing with South Carolina merchants
to authorize the purchase in this
State of one or more bales. Promises
to purchase, on a 10 cent basis, about
1 -,n 1 1- 1
"w >'??n o nil v r urt'u MiiUlC uy V. Ollllllhia
merchants. Cotton is arriving
^iowly, clue to the delay in picking, it
was stated.
The streets of Conway are still
without a sprinkler, and the niorchuits
are losing Ifundreds of dol'ars
wery year by reason of spoiled and
lam aged goods.
raid.
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SHERIFF J. A. LEWIS
TAKES BLIND TIGERS
TOTAL OF NINE BARRELS OF
CONTRABRANI) BEER SEIZED
BY HIM.
LAST WEEK'S HARVEST
NY ill Give the Court of General Sessions
Something to l)o in Whiskey
Ci ses,?Contrabrand Beer Will Be
I) >3troved.
Sheriff J. A. Lewis is still very ac
tivc in the prosecution of illicit whiskey
and beer sellers at dill'erent points
j in the county. Recently this paper
contained an account of how he came
near to finding and taking a still, also
that he had taken Mosc Ballah into
custody for seling eider that would intoxicate.
Last week he had a richer
harvest than ever. As a result the
court of General Sessions the latter
part of this month will have two more
whiskey cases to dispose of.
Last week the sheritf discovered
five barrels of beer were at the depot
at Tabor, N. C., ready to be taken
away by the consignee, Wm. Watts
and his wife. Secreting himself in a
building the sherilf watched the depot
until he saw this beer loaded on
a wagon from the depot and started
on its way to South Carolina across
the line, lie followed and took the
beer away from Wm. Watts and his
wife after they reached a point in this
State. The sheritf also confiscated
the mule which Watts was driving.
Later the mule was released as the
defendant was not transporting in the
night time as provided in the acts in
relation to taking-the property as well
as the liquors.
Watts and his wife were lodged in
the county jail to await trial at the
next term under the usual charges
of retailing, storing, keeping a nuisaqce,
etc.
The remaining four barrels of beei
that the sheriff got last week came
rrom J. K. Kowell at Loris. Kowell
is a man apparently about 75 years
of age. He is rather old to be such
an offender; but when the sheriff got
to him at the fork of the roads near
Loris, he was busy parceling out the
contents of one of the barrels and he
was dealing it out to so many customers
that he hardly had time to make
change. The report is that when the
sheriff got there to take the beer
there were as many as fifteen or twen
ty customers ready to be waited on
or being waited on. Just how it was
labeled or under what name the dealer
was selling it das not been told, but
it was beer.
When Kowell was arrested under a
warrant similar to that under which
Watts and his wife were taken, he
made bond for his appearance at the
next term of the court of General
Sessions.
And this is not the end of the war
that the sheriff intends to wage
against the sellers of illicit liquors in
this county. He is wide awake for the
blind tigers.
KIBethel Sunday School Picnic.
| A very enjoyable event took place
1 Friday last when the El Bethel Sunday
School held their annual picnic at
Four Mile School House.
The day was ideal for the occasion
and the members of the Sunday school
responded heartily and enthusiastically.
The baskets were very much in
evidence and were bountifully supplied
with the good things so necescary
to a successful picnic. A delightful
dinner was served under the trees
and while it was being prepared the
children enjoyed themselves with
games.
The older ones in the meantime contributing
to the general good time by
singing.
After dinner a short program was
rendered consisting of songs by the
children, reading by Mrs. Cox and Mrs
Fisher, and an interesting and instructive
talk on the "Star Spangled
Banner," by the llev. A. I). Betts.
After the program ,games were
again in order until late in the day
when the company dispersed, voting
the occasion an entire success.
H. M. Houson.
The progressive farmer is always
ready to study and try out new methods
that has been tried and recommended
to him as being a better plan.
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" ~NQgT"
NEWS! GENERAL ITEMS
FRGM LORIS CITY
i
I PICNIC TO BE GIVEN ONT T)\Y
NEXT WEEK \T THE 1>.\PTIST
CHURCH BY THE GOOD
. LADIES.
Boris, S. C., Sept. 14.?The Boris
tobacco market is still in the lead for
high prices. Business along all linej
is very good at Boris, in spite of the
European war ami low prices of cotton.
We most heartily endorse Gov.
j Colo L. Bleaso for agreeing to call an
j extra session of the legislature to consider
some way by which the farmers
of our State may he given rc'ief in
marketing their coton
1' there is any one <'ass of people
who deserve our sympathy, I say it is
the farmers and the laboring class of
people who earn a living by the sweat
of the brow.
The writer has several measures m
mind which, as he thinks, %vouid greatly
help in improving various conditions
not only to the farmers, but ihoy
would be helpful to the merchants
and other professional men in all lines
of business. l>ut fearing that it
might not be proper just now to suggest
them to our law makers, will defer
doing so until later.
We should all exert our efforts to
better present conditions along all industrial
lines and feel more in sympathy
as to each other's welfare. But
will it ever be so among the people as
a whole. I fear not, for there are so
many in the towns, cities and even in
, every rural district, always opposed ta
. any thing which others may advocate
, until often we feel like it would be
useless to make any proposition.
Our Mayor, Mr. L. K. Rogers, spent
, a few days last week at Mullins, Dil,
Ion and Latta on business and return{
ed to Loris the last of the week.
While in conversation since returning
to our town, he stated that most all
of the crops he saw on his trip after
ii ? *
iciiviiik nurry wure inmost a complete
, failure.
Mr. aiul Mrs. R. A. Vickers went up
to Wilmington on the early train last
, Sunday and spent the day.
, Mrs. D. W. Ross left Loris last Saturday
on the evening train for Flor,
ence, where she will spend a week
with her aunt.
Mr. S. L. Sherr of Conway spent
, last Sundyain Loris.
Mr. J. W. Bell of Bayboro has opened
up a "Caffec" in Loris and is doing
a good business.
The great auction land sale which
, came off last Saturday just six miles
, East of Loris, of what is known as the
A. B. Vecder farm, proved to be a
failure, on account of those wishing
to purchase the farm not being in position
to buy. Money matters were
short.
Our Telephone Manager, Mr. O. E.
Todd, traded his car to Lewis Hardwicke
last Saturday for a very nice
parcel of real estate.
Rev. Sam T. Creech tilled his regular
appointment at the Methodist
church last Sunday. He is a fine
speaker and the sermon was enjoyed
by a large congregation.
Mr. Kemp McDuftie, cashier of the
Hons Hank, spent last Sunday with
his family at Mullins. *** *,'
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GERMAN ARMY FLEEING,
LATEST NEWS OF WAR
All The Latest News Shows That
French and English are Winning*
The latest news concerning the Eu-<
ropean war this week shows that the
German army which a week ago was
pushing ahead so confidently at the
very doors of the city of Paris, was
forced to begin a retreat and had to
fall back from the positions it had
gained along an immense frontier*
with the exception of the German left
wing; and thins left wing at last accounts
was stoutly resisting the advance
of the allied armies of France
and England. About tenu days ago
thn nntli\r?lr <, 11 w-.. 1 ~? ?
V*v vvtviwn i VI me UlllUll ?l UllfS wao
gloomy and everything appeared to
favor the Germans. At the present
time, if despatches are to be given
credit, the tables are decidedly turned
against the Germans.
It is confidently expected that the
next week will show crushing defeat
to the German army, and if this occurs
it may result in peace sooner
than the world was expecting it. ?'
School opens Monday 21st inst. Get
one of our large tablets and a lead
pencil for f> cents. Conway Drug Co.
? adv.
H. D. Marlow of Ducks township
w is in Conway on business the first
of this week.
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