The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 12, 1914, Image 1
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VOL. XXIX
* GEORGIA MINSTRELS:
VISIT CONWAY
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LARGE NEGRI) SHOW UNDER
CANVASS GIVES ONE PERFORMANCE
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The Attendance for a Wonder was
, .Small as Compared to the Crowds
r Usually Going to Shows in This
County.
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As a usual thing shows coining tc
Conway are well patronized, that it
the kind that pretend to he aggregations
of any consequence. Last Sat
urday J. C. O'Brian, a white man am
his family, running a large negrc
minstrel show visited Conway for the
first time and gave one performance
on Saturday night on one of the lots
of W. R. Lewis. He had one of the
largest tents ever brought here for r
show of this kind, and the companj
^ had sixty people in it all told including
the colored band. Contrary to ex
pectations the audience to witness the
performance was small as comparer
to the crowels atteneling shows here ii
the past. Whether this was due te
the hard times caused by the Euro
pean war, or whether the show hat
not been as well advertised as the oth
ers, we do not know. The managei
did not seem to know either but in ?
short speech he gave the war time:
credit for the small audience.
The show had performers who art
certainly above the average of theii
y kind. The negro band consisting 01
many pieces, rendered music that fai
excels those usually performing a
such shows. O'Brian claims to hav<
his home in Georgia and stated thu
he had been in the show business foi
upwards of twelve years.
^ Death of Alpha May Lupo.
Alpha May Lupo was bom Marcl
16th, 190IJ and died on October 26th
1914, at Baker's Sanatorium, Charles
ton, S. C., following an operation foi
Septicemia. She was laid to rest oi
October 28th at Green Sea cemetery
v her funeral being preached by the pai
f tor of the family, Rev. Sam T. Creech
She was considered one of the best o:
girls, loved by all and her litth
friends were numerous. She had th<
best of influence and as she lived st
she died, for hers was a triumphan
death. It seemed almost more thar
v the bereaved family could bear t<
part with the little girl which was th<
sixth of ten children of Mr. and Mrs
W. F. Lupo, she being the first t<
have to part from this world, but w?
know she took her flight with Hiir
who gave it by the testimony she lef
y, just before she passed away. Know
ing she had to die she put her arms
around her father's neck and kisset
him, and said, "Papa, Jesus is coming
after your little girl." Oh what t
great consolation to her family and t<
the completeness and sufficiency oi
the Christian's faith. Let our prayei
be that we shall die the righteous ant
may our last end be like hers.
"One Who Loved Her."
LITTLE EVIDENCE IN BERLIN
Berlin, Oct. 26.?They still ea<
wheat bread in Berlin. Amusement*
proceed with little sign of abatement
k Few posters to call men to arms art
^ 10 evidence and there are many able
bodied men on the street in civiliar
clothes. These conditions in striking
cotrast to the situation in neutra
Holland where all people are compel 1
ed to eat bread that has a 75 per ceni
mixture of rye and where almost al
walls are covered with official an
/ nouncements relating to mobilizatior
and the regulation of prices, wen
sources of wonderment to a eorresponI
dent of the Associated Press.
BLOW ME !
On the battle field I sit,
^ Blooming ready for to quit,
I've been chasm' and been chased foi
forty days;
First some Fritz pursues me 'rounc
'Till both me and 'im is in a bleeding
daze.
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys arc
v marching,
Buck up, comrades, all is well.
But if anxious to find out
\SJc\ thn hlnrmvincr vr?w'? nbrmt
I I'll bo blcedin', blinkin', blowod if 1
I can toll.
I ?E. F. Mclntyrc
wf^ \V. H. Kinpf was in Conway the latter
part of last week.
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LYCEUM ATTRACTION H All
LOVE STORY.
Strange as it may seem to those
who did not know, the lyceu^i attraction
taking place here last week, as
elsewhere reported in this paper, carried
a love story along with it, if we
may express it that way.
The performers in the attraction
consisted of three ladies all young
looking, but of course of uncertain
age. With them to the hotel in Conway
came a man said to be engaged
to the violinist. Before ^reaching Conway
and while traveling toward this
place the young- lady had written to a
> former sweetheart and received a let;
ter from hm which she refused tc
, let the present beau see. They fell ou1
over this and both were mad when
they arrived at Conway, so that the
> course of true love indeed did not rur
; smooth as it ought to have done. The
. man locked up in his room under u
throat that he would commit suicide
This worked up the lady violinist tc
such a pitch that she fainted before
the time for the show to go on and a
physician had to be called. The mar
refused to unlock the door and refused
to answer when called througl
the closed door. Later by looking
through the transom the lady sav
plainly that the man had not carrier
out his threat, and finally was able tc
go to the school house. During the
performance she did not look at the
audience and during- the progress ol
the program stimulants had to be ad
ministered,
j That this trouble injured the per
. formance and caused it to be dry ant
r lifeless goes without saving, as man}
t who attended it will know.
. The love-sick twain refused to eai
their meals for a day or more and ii
? was not until the day after the shov
,, that they became reconciled and weni
p to dinner together. When the troupe
r left here the following afternoon the
two were apparently as loving as twe
? kittens.
t
r Epworth League Elects Officers.
The Epworth League of the Con
way Methodist Church met one nicrh
last week at the parsonage and elect
ed officers pud- transacted other item!
1 of buftit)4*'88. The followng officer!
' were chosen to serve for the follow
ing year: President, Claude Dusen
r
bury; 1st Vice-Pres., Joseph Clark
1 2nd Vice-Pres., Miss Elsie McCoy
' 3rd Vice-Pres., Miss Ella King; 4tl
14 VicePres., Willam M. Goldfinch; Sec
^ retary, Miss Lena Johnson; Treasur
er, Benjamin E. Sessions.
Mis.s Bessie Clarke was chosei
* agent for the League paper, The Ep
* worth Era, and it wan determined t<
try to get up a club of ten at onc<
1 at 50c: each per year. A music com
5 mittee was chosen as follows: Mis:
"M
Ella King, Miss Sadie Goldfinch an<
Miss Elsie McCoy.
The Sunday afternoon devotiona
services will be continued. It was d<
L eided to hold the business meeting!
of the League every 1st Monday
night. The next meting of the Ep
j worth League will be a literary an<
social gathering, and the time is nex
' Motiday night, Nov. 16th, at the resi
1 dence of Mrs. S. E. King.
* At the meeting last week there wai
a good attendance and the member!
j manifested a good deal of enthusiast!
We feel that the League is taking oi
new life. It is hoped that a grea
many of our young people will join it
this organization.
1 Juvenile Missionary Society.
The ladies of the Conway Metho
dist Church have formed a JuveniW
Missionary Society among the chil
dren. About 25 have already joine<
1 Marguerite Collins was chosen presi
j dent. Miss Sallie Hamilton and Mrs
L. H. Burroughs are managing th<
' new organization. The meetings ar<
j very helpful and instructive. All th<
children of the church are invited t<
join.
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ESTATE NOTICE
All persons holding claims agains1
the estate of S. J. Lewis, late of Hor
ry County, dec'd., are hereby notified
to present the same duly attested t(
teh undersigned, or this notice wil
? be set up in bar of their recovery
and all persons indebted to the sai(
I estate are hereby notified to mak<
navment. to the undersigned.
Jane Lewis, Admx., of S. J
11-23-Ot. ' Lewis, DecVI.
,! J. 0. Norton, Attorney.
CONWAY METHODIST CHCIK H
?, for Sunday, Nov. lf>tl
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Preach
[ ii.'* at n a. m. Epworth Lrayne a
J <1 p. m. Preaching at 7:50 p. m.
I h>ny r meeting on Wednesday
I nigl t.
A "0 dial welcome to all.
Albert D. Bctts.
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pirn
[QRRY COUNTY AND HKR PEOPLE.
CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY M
SAD DEATH IT WAS I
Of JASPER TART
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ACCOUNT OF THE FINDING OF
HIS BODY AFTER BEING
DROWNED IN PEE DEEE
t (Mullins Enterprise.)
> Jasper Tail, mention of whose
i awful death by drowning was chron- '
ieled in these columns last week, has !
I been the all-absorbing topic of con
versation amoung those who knew ^
; the young man. {
i Notwithstanding the fact that hun- 1
dreds of friends and neighbors had {
> been engaged in the search for the s
; body for more than a week, no trace
? C it. if .1 i!l n 1 1
i ui ii ?us mund unwi ounaay morning 1
' and the search was almost abandoni
ed by the end of the week.
Early Sunday morning the Enter- '
i prise learned, the faithful father was !
. the first on the scene of the tragedy. 1
> He secured a boat and was out search J
i ing the river's surface in tho early 1
i gray of the morning. About 150
i yards from where his son went down, 1
is the dangerous spot known as Knife 1
i Island Falls. When the father got
j near enough, he saw the form of a 1
r man?his son?standing erect in the i
1 water at the falls with bowed head.
> The water at this point was said to be 1
? about eight feet deep, and the young 1
* man's head and shoulders were above (
f the water line.
With the assistance of some frien<ls
who had gathered by that time, the
- body was placed in the boat and car1
ried back to Galivants Ferry, where
j it was prepared for burial, and later '
it was sent to Mullins and entered in
t Cedardale cemetery beside the brothL
1- 1 _ 1 ,1 * < *
l, ei wuu wile i?une? mere just, six
j weeks ago.
t The aged father and mother are
; completely prostrated by grief. Jas;
per was their last child, and protector
) in old age. They have the sympathy
of all who know them.
To The Teachers.
As you know we carry over a cash
balance each year in order that trustees
may pay for the school work they
5 have done through the summer and
3 first part of the fall. The funds usually
lasts through July, Aug. (and
Sept. This year it lasted to the middle,
\ of October. t
' Now the county Treasurer tells me
1 that the fund is exhausted. The State
Supt. of Education says that owing
to the fact that taxes are not being
paid in as fast this year as usual, he
cannot pay the State aid before about
the first of January. You see then
that for five or six weeks that the
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County Treasurer will not have a
great deal of funds to pay claims,
j I think that if you will do all your
business through the bank of your
j choice that the banks will extend to
vou their usual accommodation.
f
Library Advantages.
The State has money on hand to
help theh schools establish $40.00 li
j Draries or enlarge the library alt
ready established with a $15.00 order.
The State Board has put in a set of
suplementary readers from the first
? through the fifth readers. Schools
3 can put in this reading course under
^ the library law but you can get larger
orders. For supplementary read.
ers, a school can get the following or}
der: $15.00, $80.00, $45.00, $60.00 or
75.00. All are familiar with the library
law.
Mr. J. D. West, a former teacher
and member of the County Board of
s Education, now a trustees of a flourishing
school, has grouped the supplej
mentary reader proposition.
This reading course properly uRod
would be a great saving to any school
j S. H. Brown.
j Death of J. R. Willoughby.
> J. R. Willoughby died at his home
in Floyds township in this county on
November 4th being at the ripe age of
eighty-seven (87) years and some
t months at the time. He was a well.
known ex-soldier and a pensioner for
j many years. He leaves no family
) surviving him except one daughter
] who is an invalid.
j TRESPASS NOTICE.
? All persons are hereby forbidden to
enter or trespass in any manner on
. my lands in Simpson Creek Township,
containing 100 acres, more or less,
and bounded on the North by R. .M.
Boyd, and estate lands of J. -T. Boyd.i
. East by W. S. Hewett, South by lands
i j of J. J. Boyd and M. 1''. Boyd, and]
- West by iS1 non Boyd, Jr. All persons
L violating this notice will he dealt with
according to law, N. J. Sarvis.
12-Brd-n-pfi.
T. V/.Edwards was among those
visiting Conway one day last week.
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i FIRST.
LAST. NOW AND FOREVI
(WEMbEft 12, 1914.
LYCEUM ATTRACTION
FIRST COURSE
WELL ATTENDED AT BURROUGHS
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
LAST THURSDAY
EVENING.
Tile first attraction of the Alkahest
Lyceum Course for Conway this season
caine off at the Burroughs School
Auditorium on last Thursday evening
aerore a house that was indeed packed
considering that this was the first
number in the course. The coming
3f the young ludies composing the
show had been advertised for several
weeks in advance. They were said to
be the Alkahest Favorites.
They proved to be three fine looking
ladies, well dressed and evidently
highly accomplished. The name of
the leader of the troupe is Mary Dentiison
Gailey, the violinist of the party
and by far the one of the three with
the most talent.
Varied selections were given by
them for the entertainment of the
crowd. The instrumental music furnished
by two of them was by far the
most enjoyable feature of the program.
The Conway Lyceum Course has
evidently started out this year for one
sf the most successful seasons it has
ever had judging by the suport the
people have given it this time by the
purchase of season tickets, and by
the manner in which the general public
turned out at the school building
to witness the first number. To the
careful and painstaking management
of the officers who have this course in
charge this year is du? more than to
anything else, the great success with
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wnicn tne course has been started.
The people from the country will
he welcome to attend the entertainments.
Home Entertainment.
The public is cordially invited to
the .residence ojf Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Dusenbury on Friday night, Nov. 13,
1914. to witness the following program,
viz:
Music.
"Zekiel Brown expresses himself."
Music.
"Old plantation songs and stories."
, Music.
Watermillion."
Drill by six witches.
"The Smack in School."
After the exercises are over refresh
ment.s will be served and the proceeds
of which will be used for the benefit
or Union Methodist Church.
"Snow Ball."
Death of Sarah Eliza Thompson.
Mrs. Sarah Eliza Thompson died at
Wampee, in this county, on Sunday
morning, November 8th, 1914, being
in the t>8th year of her age. She is
survived by three living children as
follows:
Mr. A. C. Thompson, of Conway,
Mr. M. B. Thompson of Wampee, and
Mrs. Robert Irvin of Wampee. The
remaining members of her family preceded
her to the grave several years
ago.
Her life was one of Christian endeavor
and love for others, that might
well be taken as an example and followed
by others. The funeral services
were conducted by her pastor, the
Rev. Mr. Hewitt. In the funeral service
he spoke of the great work that
had been accomplished by Mrs. Thomp
son. There was hardly any Sunday
School when she came to the church,
but by her untiring efforts she did
much in building up both the church
and Sunday School until now they are
among the most flourishing in the entire
section of the country. That she
had taught more than 200 in the Sunday
School.
The funeral services were attended
by an immense congregation of peo
pie thus attesting to the great love
and esteem in which this lady was
held.
Blind-Tiger Raid.
The officers raided the blind-tigers
again last Tuesday and placed in the
lock up of the town the following offenders:
Sam Bessent,
Isaac. Hughes.
Robert Chestnut,
Frank Brown.
Ben McBridc,
Noah Jones.
Ail of those taken were colored.
Definition Discussed.
Definition of commercial paper and
the discount rate to be charged by the
reserve banks on such paper were discussed
last Thursday by the federal
reserve board. No decision was reach
. .1
VII.
totl
SR."
W. C\ T. U. STATE CONVENTION.
The annual convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union
of South Carolina which was held at
Florence, October 30 to November 1,
closed on Sunday night with an enthusiastic
mass meeting at the new Methodist
church. The vast audience that
crowded the great building listened
with marked attention to the convention
speaker, Mrs. Thomas E. Beauchamp
of Kentucky, as she talked on the
subject "Is the Young Man Safe?"
The pastor of the church, Rev. R.
E. Turnipseed, conducted the devotional
exercises and Mrs Joseph Spratt
President of the organization, presided,
as she did at all the other meetings
except that at the City Auditorium
at 2:80 p. m., on the same day,
which was conducted by Mr. John F.
Dudley, Secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
The subject of "Good Citizenship,"
was handled in brief talks by Messrs.
James P. McNeil and J. Wilbur Hicks
of Florence, and at greater length by
Mr. Charlton DuRant of Manning.
The crowd of men, women and children.
largely men, listened with closest
interest as Mr. DuRant told plain
facts concerning the complicity of
men of good standing in church and
State with the liquor traffic. The applause
that greeted many of his utterances
showed the hearer's appro,val,
even in a dispensary county.
With the exception of these two, the
convention meetings were held in the
First Baptist church, Dr. J. S. Sowers,
pastor.
Morning and afternoon sessions on
Friday and Saturday were devoted to
1 _ . _ _ *1 I i * < t 1
Dusiness, rriaay nignt, to tne welcomes
which were extended for the
city by Mayo? Wm. R. Barringer, for
tVie churches, Rev. Richard T. Gillespie,
for the educational interests, Mr.
A. H. Gasque, County Superintendent
for the Federated Clubs, Mrs. Wm. R.
Barringcr, for the local W. C. T. U.
Mrs. W. M. Waters. Mrs. George
Pierce Watson of Manning, fittingly
responded, after which Mrs. Frances
E. Beauchamp was introduced and
gave the main address .of the evening.
Although Mrs. Beauchamp's talk
showed evidence of wide understanding
and close study of the liquor traffic
in all its relations to business and
civic affairs, she chose to arraign it
according to the "Thou Shalt Not" of
the Bible. Her handling of the liquor
question in her first address created
an interest that extended throughout
the entire meeting.
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xnc convention received a communication
from Dr. Burts, chairman of
the committeee appointed at the meeting
of prohibition workers, recently
held at Columbia, inviting cooperation
in the effort to secure at the next
legislature the passage of a bill submitting
the question of the Statewide
prohibition to the voters of the
State. A committtee consisting of
Mrs. J. L. Mims, Edgefield; Mrs. C.
A. Waters, Pelzer; Mrs. Chas. P. Robinson,
Chapin; Miss Cleo E. Attaway,
Saluda; Mrs. W. M. Waters, Florence;
Mrs. Joseph Spratt, Manning; and
Mrs. A. E. Wait, Conway, was appoint
ed to confer with Dr. Burts concerning
the matter.
The convention voted to petition
the Legislature to pass the Anti-Polygamy
Resolution, which asks the
United States congress to pass an
anti-polygamy amendment to the Federal
Constitution. This amendment
lacks but six States of having the required
number to secure it, and South
Carolina is one of the six.
The joint resolution which asks congress
to place the whole nation under
prohibition was presented at the Sunday
night meeting and that vast
throng of about a thousand persons
unanimously endorsed it.
All the officers were re-elected.
They arc: President, Mrs. Joseph
Spratt; Vice-president, Mrs. J. L.
Mims; Cor. Sec. Mrs. C. A. Waters;
Rec. Sec. Mrs. T. R. Denny; Treasurer,
Mrs. Chas. P. Robinson. Miss Cleo
E. Attaway was re-elected State Organizer.
Space forbids description of the
beautiful musical programs that, under
direction of Mrs. J. L. Wysong, of
Florence, enlivened the meetings, of
the part taken by the children, and
the cordial hospitality of the citizens.
The convention was- taken in automobiles
to visit the State Industrial
School. It was also invited to drink
tea, by the charming president of the
Florence Union, Mrs. W. M. Waters,
at her hospitable home. The Florence
Wr. C. T. U.. which is little more than
a rear old, is creating prohibition
j sentiment at a rate that bo-lies ill for
the dispensary in the not distant fut
It IT.
The weather turned to much wurir
or last Sun lay and on Sunday night
there were showers of rain.
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No. SI.
GASES IN THE COURT
CAME TOJUICK END
MOST OF THE CASES SET DOWN
FOR TRIAL WERE CONTINUED
OVER.
PRINGLE BROS. VS MISHEQ
Jury Remained Out for Several Hours
in Case of Pringle Bros., vs. H. W.
Mishoe.?Found Verdict for Plaintiff.
The Court of Common Pleas ;n session
here last week, beginning on
Monday morning, did not last very
long and came to an abrupt end at
about noon on Wednesday.
When the court adjourned for the
day on Tuesday evening the case <*?
Pringle Bros., vs. H. W. Mishoe was
beig tried. This case had been on the
docket for two or three years, having
been continued from time to time for
one reason or another.
The case was taken up again to be
finished on Wednesday morning when
the court convened. This controversy
grew out of a note for $579.00, give?
by the defendant to the plaintiffs in
the year 1910. He admitted that he
gave the note and that it was for the
amonut of three bills of goods purshased
from Messrs. Pringle Bros., a
wholesale firm in Charleston, S. C.
In June 1912 this note was placed by
Pringle Bros., in the hands of their
attorney at Conway, and he wrote Mr
Mishoe on June 22nd, 1912, demanding
the payment of the sum of $173.00
the amount then claimed to be due oa
the note, but did not include the 10
per cent attorney's fees for which the
note provided in case the note was not
paid at its maturity. Mr. Mishoe paid
no attention to the letters received
from the attorney but after receiving
the letter from the atorney he made
ono payment direct to Pringle Bros.,
for the sum of $100.00 and still later
Just before, or just after, the attorney
brought action, made another payment
of $50.00. The action was
brought in 1913 and the defendant
made his answer in the case admitting
that he gave the note but that he
had fully paid the note.
The arguments in the case were
concluded about the middle of the day
on Wednesday and the jury went m
to consider the case. They retmained
in the room until a late hour on Wednesday
afternoon and then came into
the court room and rendered a verdict
for the plaintiffs in the sum of $53.47.
After this case there appeared several
cases on the equity docket that
had been fixed for trial at this term..
But the case of Parker vs. Parker was
referred to a referee. In one other
case, that of Allsbrook Bros. vs. G. W.
Sessions, the report of a referee was
not yet filed and this case was continued
on that account. AH the other
cases on the list were either compromised
or put off, and the court came
to an end on Wednesday evening.
PROGRAM
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For the Horry Uniou.
The Horry Union will meet witk
Union Valley Church, commencing on
Friday, Nov. 27th, 1914, at 11 o'clock.
Introductory, preached by G. W.
Harrelson.
At 11 a. m. recess for ten minutes.
Union opened by the Moderator.
List of Churches called. Letter?
called for, read, and delegates enroll*
eci.
Remarks if any.
Election of officers and committee#
appointed by the Moderator.
Adjournment until Saturday 9:30l
Saturday.
Union opened by the Moderator at
9:30.
List of Churches called.
Querry No. 1?Are the Raptist doinp;
their duty? It* not why not? by
.J. H. H. Edge.
Querry No. 2?Who does the five
Foolish Yirgions represent, assigned
to J. I>. Watson.
Querry No. 3?Did Judas eat the
broad and drink the wine at the
Lord's last supper? assigned to G. W?
Harrelson.
Report of Committees.
Location of second session of the
Union.
Union closes in its usual order.
C. U. Thompson,
A. 1\ Thompson,
Com mittee.
Mayo Stvou I was in Conway dur!
court week. ^
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