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\ * t 1 - >' - *! V ' * 0 /? i i ? |i i ^VOL. XXIX J. G. CALHOUN CARVED BY CARRIE SALIERS y ALMOST TKAGEDY ON PUBLIC . SIDEWALK OF THE TOWN LAST SUNDAY. FIFTY STITCHES TAKEN i^Thr Sabbath Quiet Disturbed by Cuttins Affray on 3rd Avenue Sidewalk ^ . .v tv vni niiu nn Husband With a Iiazcr. I.ast Sunday afternoon about 4:33' o'clock, Carrie Suiters, colored, without any just cause or provocation, and .-Apparently without any words to give warning of h.er intentions; jumped into .J. C. Calhoun, said to be her husband, while the two were meeting on the public sidewalk along 3rd Avenue, and be fore Calhoun could run away from her, she litterally hacked audi slashed his body both front and back ^mth a razor. Witnesses say tt it th^ two negroes met somewhere near the store of Mr. ) H. T. Hyman. '1 hat without warning the Suiters woman jerked out a razor and the first whack she made at him laid open the flesh on the upper part of the light arm, near the wrist. He! the said J. C. Calhoun could realize what was happening to him, she came down against him with another rake of the co id steel, this time cutting an ugly gasi nearly all of the WOTf n1n.<? lU.fl~1.fl . v I mv/i,* Liu- \)\cast oeginning i high up beneath; the collar bone and i Irjjfcn ing almost >o the waistband of i the trousers. J. C Calhoun then turned to run. The negro woman gave! chase and between the point where' the trouble started and the corner at the store of J. E. Nicholas, she laid open the back of J. C. Calhoun with yn awful swipe that extended almost froVn the base of the neck down to the waistwand again. It took fifty stitches in all to sew up the wounds. This was done and finished late on Sunday evening o,t the offices of Dr. J. S. Dusenbury. . As the mV n was chased down to the^Nicholas corner, he turned short aro"nd the corner of the building and the woman just missed getting in another serious gash. At that point she left him to his own edvices. The blood j was strung in almost an unbroken string all the way from the corner up by the postofTice and through the al- i ley). that runs through the business j block. He was on his way in search of a doctor. Carrie Salters, alias Carrie Calhoun is the same negro woman that was tried at a recent term of court for the killing of another negro man by the Inaflie of Jim Green. The facts of this' case are well known. She was tried and found guilty of manslaughter,' and s ntenced by the court in such way k , t she had the freedom of the | jail be unds. She had made a model' prison< r and was used as a trusty. The m in she cut up on Sunday afterno?lj is said to be her husband from vmom she has been separated ,for some time . Where she got the [shary razor with which she tried her pest to kill Calhoun, has not been beamed. For some time trouble had been brewing between the two. While the was serving her sentence Calhoun jbfl^toht clothes for her, but she wanted. money and this Calhoun refused to give her. I After she was locked up in the jail Bunday night she claimed that Calhoun had attacked her first and she Ihowed a rent or cut in her wrist and llaimed she had cut Calhoun in self Id&nse. The witnesses who saw the Ifrray on the street dispute her in this Ind say that the man had nothing Whatever in his hand and made no eflort to attack her. After the first pass It him with the razor, his only effort las to get out of her way. I^FIGHT ON PUBLIC ROAD. K'illic Fleming and Three Todd Boys I Engage in Bout Going Home From Town. Last week on the way home from jnway three sons of J. A. Todd, by inift Eddie, Irby and Tolar, got into '?nculty with Wilic Fleming, anher boy and serious results might Lve followed. Fleming was hit in o head with a board, getting a gash the side of the head. There had en some difficulty between these r,^before, but it was thought they P^fnade friends. The Todd boys ?t Conway on the way home before g Fleming boy did. Warrants were ken out last week for the boys. (Thr ! "HOI SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS OF EX-SHERIFF ATTORNEY M. P. DeBRUHL IIAS CHARGE OF THE MATTER. BONDSMEN'S NAMES Mr. DeBruh! States in Letters to Parties Concerned rF5iat Unless the Shortage in Settled Suit on Bonds, Will Result. The matter of the shortage reported by the grand jury in the accounts of former sheriff B. J. Sessions, has been placed in the hands of M. P. Do-j Uruhl to be collected from Mr. Ses- j sions or to bring suit on the official bonds of the cx-sheriff. Lettc rs w< re received hero last week from the attorney by the parties concerned, stating that the matter had been turned over to hin. by the attorney general and unless the shortage was settled I ill) the suit on the official bond would be pushed. An examination of the records shows that Mr. Sessions filed bonds during his stay in the sheriff's office as follows: Pond dated on Fcbrpary 1st, 1909, j with sureties as follows: H. If. Wood ward, J. C. Spivey, and W. F. Mishoc. Pond dated June 9th, 1908, with sureties as follows: H. 11. Woodward, J. ('. Spivey, and J. A. McDcrmott. Pond dated .March 0th, 1803, with sureties as follows: J. J. Turbeville, H. S. Barkerm and U. A. Dusenbury. Bond dated Dec. 18th; 1900 with sureties as follows: W. R. Lewis, C. C. Marlow, Alex Outlaw, J. J. Turbeville, P. If. Staivcy and E. S. Baker. The shortacro claimed to hiivn l.nnn found is the sum of $(>00.00 and seems to have arisen in conection with the collection of some tax executions turn ed over tq,|>inv by the county treasurer. In speaking of the matter Mr. Sessions has frequently said that the apparent shortage arose out of the fact that he did not obtain a receipt for a batch of nulla bona returns from the County Auditor, Mr. N. C. Adams, which nulla bona returns, Mr. Sessions says, he should have a receipt for by law. He stated that Mr Adams was sick at the time. Application at the auditors office about the mater would seem to show a different situation. To the Corn Club Boys. I suspect that you are busy getting i your exhibits ready for the Fair. You have had the dry weather on your corn and, perhaps, cannot for that reason make as good a showing on yield, but you, I think, can get a fine 10-ear exhibit. We will have onlv the 10-ear exhib* it this year and by doing this a great many more boys can win premiums, i If you cannot make out your annual report plain and accurate, get some one to fill it out for vou as the renort. * - - X will have to be looked over carefully before we can determine who has the scholarship to Clemson. The Agricultural Department has sent me some annual report blanks. Any boy who has not received one, write me at once. When you get your annual report made out mail it to me at Conway. Besides the two scholarships to Clemson which will be an honor and a great pleasure, we have several other good cash premiums. I hope each boy who enrolled in the corn club last year will bring in 10ears of corn and other school boys in the county with the corn club boys will bring in a good exhibit of axe handles, plow beams, small tabels. Look over premium list carefuly and try to win as many premiums as you can. I will be in Conway Friday and Saturday and Monday before the Fair to receive the exhibits the boys bring to the Fair. S. II. Brown. Strayed. One yearling, marked crop and split in right ear, underbit in loft ear, color dark brindled, male, aged 11 months. Strayed from my place about August last. Suitable reward for information. W. K. Wright, pd. 11. F. I>. 1, Box 38? Tabor, N.C. T% / ? i ? * itevcnue v niter i-ost. The United States revenue cutter Tahoma, which struck a reef last week 90 miles west of Kishna Island, in the Aleutian group has been abandoned, according to a cable dispatch received from Seward, Alaska. purr RRY COUNTY AND HKK ''Kvi CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY SUMMARY OF NEWS FROM LORIS SECTII ITEMS OF INTEREST BOIL DOWN FOR QUICK RE A DIN' BY OUR SUBSCRIBERS,? PERSONAL NEWS. Loris, S. C., Sept. 28.?The tobr market bids fair to be much lai next year at Loris. There is ni said about building another wr.rehc for next year. Loris already has large warehouses and from all ounts she wiii have another one b in order to have room to handle tobacco crop for next year. There is much talk of a new B at Boris in the near future. The n of the tobacco men are st'il in B looking after the enormous qv.nnti of the golden weed put on ' ur mar Phis is evidence that Boris affords of the leading markets of the stat< Rev. Mr. Harrcll, of Chadl arm, C., has been conducting a series meetings at the Baptist church for past several days. lie is a line spc or, and, judging by the large atti a nee surely there was good accoi lished during his time spent at "Gate City." Mr. Henry Ball of Bayboro spei day m Boris last week on busines Mr. W. H. Baxley was in town Friday looking after his insurance inoss. Mr. Charley Piatt, 01 Mulims, sy several hours at Boris last Thurs iii the interest of tiie Muilins En prise. Mr. Geo. Iiutler was out of tow portion of last week with a seed n Messrs. W. I). Graham, Olen C Ashley Cox and W. N. Grrrald sj: last Thursday night at Cherry Gr Beach, returning to town Friday m mg. They went by way of auto bile. Mr5. D. W. Ross returned to 1/ en the noon train Last Friday a spending '.v. % weeks in Florence, iting her aunt. There was no school al the sol house last Friday on account of heavy rain which fell in the es morning. Mr. Willie Harrelson of Sanf was seen on our streets last Thurs Several from Loris are in Com this week attending court. One of Mr. George Butler's c dren has been very ill for the j GREAT F 2d Annual I Conway Oc DON'T FAIL TO VISIT THIS GR FUL DISPLAY OF THE GREAT HORRY COUNTY. MAGNIFICENT ANI) C( Curtis The Famous Aviator, MR. W. S. L on Wednesday and Thursday of Fa magnificient spectacle seen by mai times the price of admission. Tb tors to the Fair Grounds. Mr. Lu ccute daring feats in mid-air. Dot The Great I Will bring their mighty Carnival i add much to the pleasure of tins < ful and strange attractions with th and the Great Ferris Wheel. With each general admission tick be given. A QUEEN OF THE C chosen by the votes of her admirii County is eligible to this high hone than ninety. Enter your girls, ho> test before Oct. 8th, will he given counted at noon Friday of Fair \V day at nine p. m., amid great sple DON'T FORGET TF THE GREAT AGR1 THE GREAT AER< THE GRE \T ROGET THE GREAT CAU> I p IK. F<KS'\ \ AST NOW AND FOREVK1 vkTUBKR 1, 19914. "JOHNSON AND SPEERS ]N GRUNTED BAIL BOND .ED BEFORE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE AT G SUMTER LAST FRIDAY NIGHT flub Johnson and Pearson Speers who wore lodged in jail the middle of icco last week for the killing of Edward ffcr J JMurry Tart at Aynor, through their uch attorneys obtained an order of bail disc in the sum of tlr*oe thousand dollars two ~ o?V, T-. , v u>. i nii- ui 10 jusuco i' nissr OC- r.t Sumter last Friday night, and a rilt 11111o later they were freed under this the bond. This was the second bond the partank ics had made. When Tart was lirst lost j shot was not thought he would die oris and the defendants were let out on ties a bond of one thousand dollars each, bet. ,ater when Tart was known to be one very near death the defendants were c. taken up and placed in jail the see. N. ond time. The second bond was arof j ranged after the solicitor had eonthe j son ted to bail in the sum of three >ak- j thousand dollars each. 'iiti- i ini> the scv'>rn^ days, but we hope it will soon recover. One of our citv barbers, Mr. Kenu, ?t ncdy, went down to Baybcro last week and purchased a very fine milk cow b I Mr. (Graham's sisters, after spending several weeks here visiting relatives and friends, left Boris on the afteri.,.. noon train last Fridav to return to ticl\ % j 1. ! 1 * ter- tncir nomo in norma. from Mr. Levi Anderson. n a Mr. J. D. Singlotary and Mr. MayiaM nard spent last week in the upper fox, Horry County on business. >ent Th?y unturned to town the last of the ove wc?k reported to the writer that orn luck was good on the round. ,uo_ / Messrs. Ashley Cox and W. N. Gerrald went over to Tabor last Wedneso? is ^a-v on a business trip, ft.er From all reports business is much vis- better at Loris than any other small town in the Eastern part of South tool Carolina along all lines. ^j10 Sheriff J. A. Lewis spent a couple lr^. of days in Loris last week and in the immediate vicinity. or(| Mr. J. Q. Graham was seen on our (jay streets last Friday evening. Two of vay Edward Benton, Sr., of Toddville, hil- was among the farmers visiting Con>ast way on business last week. AIR lorry Co. Fair 113-14-15-16 EAT FAIR. IT WILL RE A WONDERAGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF )ST LY FREE ATTRACTIONS Aeroplane UCKEY, will make two ascensions daily iir week from the Fair Grounds. This ay for the first time will he worth many lis wonderful attraction is free to all visickey will mount to fearful heights and ex i't fail to see him; he is wonderful. Rogers Shows shows to the Horry County Fair and will ireat Fair. They will have many wonder em besides their big Merry-Go-Round, et sold a coupon good for One Vote will ARNIVAL is to he chosen and she will be ig friends. Any young lady of Horry >r, provided she is over eighteen and less s. AH young ladies entered in this <ona bonus of 100 votes. Votes will be eek and the Queen will be crowned Frinclor and pomp. !E BIG HORRY COUNTY FAIR. (CULTURAL EXHIBITS l)PLANE FLIGHTS LS CARNIVAL SHOWS [IVAL QUEEN CONTEST txvM. r? ?? I V. ' COURT PROCEEDINGS AT THEFALL TERM MANY CASES ARE DISPOSED OF, ?MANY LAID OVER. SOME MOBDER CASES ! Business of the Court Dispatched Dur. ing me i* irr.t ways ol the Week,? Judge DeYore Presiding. Tho Court of General Sessions j convened on last Monday moring, j Judge J. V . DeYore, presiding. Hon. D. Gordon Paker of Florence was present and ably assisted Solicitor L. 13. Singleton in the prosecution and handling of the cases before the j Court. The lirst business done on Monday morning was the ealing and swearing of witnesses for the grand jury. The grand jury retired to consider the various eases handed out to them and the docket of eases brought over from last term was called. The first of the laid over cases to i be called was that of the State vs. | W. J. Uruton, charged with the vio; lation of the dispensary law. The case had not been tried for some time though pending on the docket, owing to tHe absence of the defendant from the State. Only one witness, W. O. Wyatt, was sworn for the State. The j defendant testified in his own behalf I .. . . - - - j Hint lie purchased the liquor for himself and W. O. Wyatt and W. G. De[ Witt, from Rosa Johnson and that Rosa Johnson was later convicted by the Town of Conway of making; the sale with the aid of his testimony and the others. The court directed a verdict of not guilty in the case and the defendant was then discharged. The case against O. M. Ward, charg ! ed with assault and battery with intent to kill, was then taken up. J. J. Gotf was the prosecutor who testified that Ward was at his house cursing and disorderly and drew his pistol on the witness had threatened to kill him Others then took hold of Ward and carried him away from the place. This case was not decided at the time of adjournment on Monday. Mack Moore, charged with the killing of John Davis, pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to two years at hard labor. The State vs. P. P. Taylor for disposing of property under lien was continued. On Monday afternoon Pearson F. Speers and Hub Johnson were arraigned in Court on the charge of killing Edward M. Tart. The defendants made a motion to continue the case, which motion was vigorously opposed by the prosecution. After hearing several arguments for and against the motion, the judge continued the case until next February term on the ground, as the Court stated, ! the homicide was a very recent occurrence and the defendant's attorneys had not had necessary time to prepare the defendants for trial. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of an assault of a high and aggravated nature against O. M. Ward and he was sentenced to pay a fine of $75.00 or (> months on the public works. ? The State vs. E. M. Johnson and N I. Shelley was nol prossed on payment I ot D. F. Prince pleaded guilty to violation of the dispensary law, and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary or pay a line of $5(50.00 and sentence suspended on payment of $(>0.00 during good behavior. The case against M. I). Soles then came up on a charge of assault upon Avery Floyd some time ago. The prosecutor in this case is one of Horry's most respected citizens. He tcs! lied that he was 70 years of age. Aleck Taylor pleaded guilty to housebreaking and larceny and was sentenced to la months at hard labor. Wm. W. Watts and Olive Watts pleaded guilty to violation of the dispensary law and the former sentenced to hard labor for one year or pay ! a line of $4<~>0.00, with sentence suspended on payment of $f>0.00, and the latter sentenced in the same way to a like amount. .). O. Milligan pleaded guilty to larceny and was sentenced to two years at hard labor and fine of $1.00. The State vs. T. W. Graham was hoi pressed on payment of the sum of $100.00. In the ease of the State vs. lien Vnderson for assault and battery with intent to kill, was nol prossed on \ ' No. 25. BOB LEWIS HURT IN SUNDAY ROW HE IS STRUCK OVER THE HEAD WITH A CLUB BY .ELBERT TODD. riRQT RCDflDTCn nan i HIUI liLI Ull I LU ULHU i. ?. Later Learned That He Would Recover,?J. W. Todd and Sons Lodged in Jail Last Monday,?General Mixlip at J. W. Todd's Residence. It was reported in Conway last Monday that on the evening before at the residence of J. \Y. Todd, near Admin, S. C., Bob Lewis, n son of W. H. Lewis, had been struck with a club at the hands of Elbert Todd and had died from the effects of the blow. Subsequently this was contradicted, but the fact remained that the parties had a serious row and that blows were struck, but the young man Lewis would recover from his injuries. It appears that Bob Lewis and his brother, Henry Lewis, went to the residence of J. W. Todd on Sunday. Mr. Todd has four sons, Noah, Edward, Pink and Elbert. The whole party got to drinking. A pistol was fired off a time or two and while it was all going on Bob Lewis got hit on the head with a club. On Monday morning J. W. Todd and one son, Edward by name, were lodged in jail, and it was stated that officers would arrest the others later. Everybody in Sundav Srluml . f ? V **v Sunday. Next Sunday, Oct. 4th, is the beginning of the new Sunday School vcar throughout the wovhl. It is cuslomnry also to observe it as Rally Day so as to get started otV well for the winter's work. Superintendent A. E. Goldfinch of the Conway Methodist Sunday School is urging a full attendance at Sunday School next Sunday at 9:45 a. m. Everybody should go. There are over 500 people in Conway who are Methodists or Methodist inclined. Everyone of them is cordially invited to be o? hand next Sunday. The Conway Methodist Sunday school is already the largest in the county, but it wishesto reach and enlist all who are not attendants at Sunday School elsewhere. A hearty welcome awaits yoU there. This invitation is not simply to children but to all the grown people aa well. OBITUARY. On August 15th the death angel visited the home of W. N. Chestnut and taken from him his loving companion, Janie Armatha. She is survived by her husband, four children, three brothers, one half sister, father and mother to mourn her loss. We hoop our loss is linr trnin r ^ ? ? ",V/4 " She was born on Nov. 18, 18S3 and departed this life Aug. 15, 1914, after all that loving* hands and a skillful physician could do. The icy chills of I death could not be stayed. The remains were laid to its final repose on Sunday following* in the Rethlehem cemetery in the presence of a large congregation. The floral decoration manifested the esteem in which her friends held her. In her youth she joined the Baptist church and lived a faithful Christian worker, always greeting her friends with a kind and loving smile, which marked her Christian character. Sleep on dear one, take thy rest, God called for thee, he knew 'twas best. Thou art gone from us, A voice we loved is still, A place is vacant in our home, That never can be filled. Her Loving Friends* Will Return to Paris. Bordeaux is beginning to lose something of the overcrowded aspect it has had since the seat of the French government was brought there from Paris. M *>iimy persons not directly connected with the government are going1 to Piarritz, Pan and other resorts, while others have decided to return to Paris payment of $."0.00. The State vs. /. R. Johnson was nol prossed. The State vs. A. P. Johnson was settled out of court. The case of most importance taken up by the court was the charge of murder against Perry Afford. This v. s started at a late hour on Tuesday and was not finished by Wednesday.