The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 01, 1914, Image 1
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J. G. CALHOUN CARVED
BY CARRIE SALIERS
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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
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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>
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IK. F<KS'\ \ AST NOW AND FOREVK1
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"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.
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the scv'>rn^ days, but we hope it will soon
recover.
One of our citv barbers, Mr. Kenu,
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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
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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
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' 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
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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
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BOB LEWIS HURT
IN SUNDAY ROW
HE IS STRUCK OVER THE HEAD
WITH A CLUB BY .ELBERT
TODD.
riRQT RCDflDTCn nan
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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
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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
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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.
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*>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.