The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 19, 1914, Image 1
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MULLINS MAN DIES
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B. I). STRICKLAND SUCCUMBS
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If SHOT BY FRANK HILL
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* Merchant and Farmer Is Killed hy a
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The State.
Mulling, Nov. 15.??1>. D. Strickland,
a. prominent merchant of Mullins,
succumbed to day to wounds inflicted
by Frank Price in a shooting affray
which occurred near the city about 7
o'clock last night. The instrument
used was a .41 calibre pistol, from
which live shots were fired, three of
them taking effect, one of them piercing
his thigh, another the liver and
the other perforating his intestines.
The shooting is said to have grown
out of an altercation occurring on the
principal street . The two men were
neighbors. Mr. Strickland was a
prominent merchant and has considerable
farming interests in Marion
and adjoining counties.
Frank Price is thought to have
caught the northbound train at K
o'clock this morning at Lutta, where
be drove last night.
Mr. Strickland drove to his home
and was met in the. front yard by
Price, who approached within several
paces. It is said that before Mr.
Strickland had descended from the
buggy five pistol shots were fired and
he fell from his sent in the buggy
to the ground, bruised and bleeding.
! Other persons were standing by the
buggy when the shots were fired. The
shots came in such rapid succession
that no one tried to stop Price. The
shooting was followed by much confusion.
Some tried to conceal the
news from Mrs. Strickland, but she
had heard the shots and upon reaching
the front yard became panic
atricken.
Physicians were summoned and
upon examination of the wounds decided
to rush him off to a hospital.
A successful effort was made to hold
the passenger train, which waited 25
minutes. Mr. Strickland was placed
on a cot and earned to the station,
and was accompanied by relatives and
friends to a hospital in Wilmington.
The physicians there agreed that life/
was too far gone and at 1 o'clock this
afternoon he died without being operated
upon. His body will be brought
here tomorrow morning.
Mr. Strickland was well known
throughout this section of the State
by reason of his large volume of business
and farming interests. He was
the head of the firm of D. E. Strickland
& Co., a merchandise and clothing
business of Mullins, which has
been operating successfully for many
years. He was prominently connected
with fraternal organizations, being
a member of the Knights of Pythias,
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of the World.
Mr. Strickland is survived by his
wife and young child.
Funeral services will he held tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock and interment
will be made in Miller's cemetery.
/>' RELIEF FOR BELGIANS
Local Committee to Solicit Contributions
Here.
The Chamber of Commerce, Columbia,
S. C., has started a movement to
raise, cash, foodstuffs and clothing
for the suffering Belgian women, children
and other non-combatants, who
are now facing starvation.
It is expected to have a committtee
in each County to cooperate in this
o*rp?t movemont. and tVw? undi?v?iiirned
has boon appointed chairman of the
Committee for Horry Comity. All
cash contributions will be forwarded
to the Treasurer of the relief committee
of the State and all contributions
of foodstuffs, clothing and other
supplies will be collected and forwarded
to Charleston. It is expected to
procure a boat and make direct shipment
from Charleston to Belgium of
South Carolina's contribution.
This is a worthy cause, and should
appeal to all who love their fellowmen
Robt. B. Scarborough,
November Id, 1914.
FOR M \YOR
The many friends of Dr. W. K. McCord
do hereby announce him a candidate
for Mayor of the town of Corway,
at the town election to be hold
December Sth, 1914.
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BUCK CR?EK UNION.
Program tor Meeting With Macedonia
Church Friday, Nov, 2Cth, at 11
O'clock A. M.
Introductory services conducted by
the appointee. 1
Thirty jninutes for recess. i
Union called to oWer.
Reading and Prayer by moderator
I, M. Jolly. >
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liist ui iimruiics cuneu, letters roan
Quory No. X. Is it right for,churches
of North Carolna to hold their
membership svth Unions and Associations
in South Carolina 7
Benediction.
Saturday, Nov. 28th. .
9 o'clock a. ni.?Services opened.
Query No.. 2. Were the men who
were crucified with Christ justly condemned
by the law?
Query No. 3. What is sin ?
Query No. 4. How will Christ appear
at his second coming and what
will be the sign ?
Union closed until Sunday at 9. a.
m.
J. W. Todd,
S. J. Gaines,
J. B. Skipper.
Committee.
Death of \1 lt*.VArlw I
Mrs. Mavt'na Ann Beverly, the wife
of George Beverly, died at her home
near Pauly Swamp on last Saturday
afternoon about 4 o'clock, after an
illness which took her on Thursday.
Her death was sudden considering the
circumstances of the case and was unexpected
by her many friends. She is
survived by her husband and six
children, five girls and one boy. The
interment took place at Pauly Swamp
church, and was attended by a large
crowd of people.
JOHN B. GRAINGER OIKS SUDDENLY.
The Coroner Called hut Inquest Held
to be Unnecessary.
News reached the coroner here last
Saturday morning of the sudden death
of John B. Grainger of the Loris-Tabor
section of this county. The parties
wanted to know if they might procaswI
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vy ifMi jr tut" viirt YS llllOUL D
Inquest. As soon as the facts were
understood it wan 5<tafe?l that no inquest
was necessary. It appears that
Mr. Grainger had been spending some
time at his brother's residence and
for some time past he had been suffering
from health disease a great deal.
He was apparently as well as ever on
the day before, but was found dead in
his bed on Saturday morning.
Program for Pee Dee Union.
Introductory sermon on Friday 27th
at 10:00 a. m. by J. E. Edwards.
"Is there any ground for a church
member not to take an active part in
church services?' at 11:30 a. m. by H.
R. Hurnbes.
The church obligation or duty to
newly received members. At 1 p. m.
by M. A. McCrackcn.
A written report on Orphanage at
3 p. m. by Marion Harrelson.
Saturday Morning.
Will a Christian refuse to give his
financial annnrti-f f/\ ?>
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a. m. by Marlow.
The fatal effect of self centered
life at 11:30 by I). S. Roton.
Missionary Sermon at 1 p. m.
Written report on State Missions at
2:30 p. m. by W. C. Hooks.
Sunday Morning.
Sunday School mass meeting at 10
a. m. by M. G. Bullock.
P. Norton Anderson,
Marion Harrclson,
Committee.
Oyster Supper at Floyd's.
There will be an oyster supper at
Floyds High School building on Wednesday
night, November 25, 1914, for
the benefit of Floyds Methodist
church. The public is cordiallv invit
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ed to attend and both a pleasant and
profitable time is expected.
St. Pauls Episcopal Church.
Services, 2nd Thursday night in
each month, and on 5th Sunday in any
month of the year, morning and evening.
Sunday School 10 a. m. beginning!
Nov. 22nd. 1
ESTATE NOTICE
All persons holding claims against
the e ;t:;to of S. J. Lewis, late of Horry
County, decM., are hereby notified
to present the same duly attested to
tch un lersiy led, or this notice will
W* set up in bar of their recovery;
and j .1 ye \ >ns indebted to the said
Ci tato are i* reby notified to make
payment lo the undersigned.
Ja v> Lewis, Admx., of S. .1.
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CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY J<
THREE WHISKEY STILLS
TAKEN LAST WEEK
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BY SHERIFF JAMES A LEWIS
AIDED BY I'MTKD STATES
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Two of the Three Wore Destroyed,
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ly Interest on Corner.
Sheriff James A. Lewis has never!
ceased Lis activity in the taking of illicit
whiskey stills. Several weeks
ago he brought in several and broke
up others so they were put out of
business. Last week on Thursday
and the night before he succeeded in
locating and taking thre nipre stills
as follows:
Arm Strickland, one copper still of
about 00 gallons capacity.
Jessie Strickland, home-made outlit
of about forty gallons capacity.
Memory Foley, copper still of about
00 gallons capacity.
All of the above were found and
taken in Floyds township where they
have been in operation for several
years, it is believed, almost in open
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When the officers approached the
Jessie Strickland still on Wednesday
night, it appeared to be in position
ready for work but it was not then in
operation. When they returned the
next morning to take it in, they found
it at work, with a small stream of
liquor trickling down into the receptacle
through a funnel. They took what
whiskey was on hand with the still,
and on the way to.Conway with this
in an automobile while the party
stopped at a plaee, this whiskey was
stolen out of the machine and when
arriving in Conway it could not be
found among the rest of the things
taken. Of course there was not a soul
present as the ofhcers were talking
as they approached and this gave the
man time to hide.
At the still of Arm Strickland,
which was not running when fou^d,
but appeared to he ready to take on a
charge, the officers found 28 barrels
of sour mash on skids ready .v to be
used in this still. Tins was a good
Qutlit and one of the largest ever taken
by revenue officers in ths section of
the State.
Memory Foley's still was taken out
of a smoke house on Foley's place.
Only one of the stills was brought
through to Conway. When it arrived
it had been punctured in holes as
required by law rendering it useless
any more except for old copper.
Sheriff Lewis left it for a while on the
corner of Main Street and it was the
center of a crowd of people for a time
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a yy m ct k ui luun
to any person who has never seen one.
FINE CORN MEAL.
Produced at the Water Mill Owned by
Mrs. Ella D. Smith.
Corn meal as tine as ever was produced
in this country comes from the
mill, driven by water power, owned
by Mrs. Ella D. Smith, near Homewood,
S. C. It has been said that
Pellagra, the dread disease now prevalent
in parts of the South, is caused
by the damaged com brought to
this part of the country from the
western grain fields. Only sound
home-raised com is ground at Mrs.
Smith's Mill and she has the meal for
sale to all who desire to purchase it.
Samples of the meal have been tried
in town and pronounced to be the very
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A Box Supper.
The public is cordially invited to
attend a box supper at the Waceamaw
School house Thursday evening Nov.
I 26th, The funds raised will be used
to benefit the school.
Lula Wise,
Hattie A .vers,
Teachers.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby forbidden to
enter or tvMnn 1 n OlMf monnnu ^"
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I 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. J. Boyd,
Mast by W. S. Hewctt, South by lands
of J. J. Boyd and M. F. Boyd, and
West by S'mcn Boyd, Jr. All persons
violating this notice will bo dealt with
according to law, N. J. Sarvis.
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FIRST. LAST. NOW AND FOREVK
?OV FMBFK, 19. 1914.
MAYOR'S COURT HAS
BLIMD-T1GER HARVEST
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SOMK MONFY FLACFD IN TUFAS
cry, some: hands on chain
gang.
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The Results of the Wholesale Raid
by the Conway Authorities, and
Planned for Months Obtaining Evidence.
The court of Mayor H. P. Little
was kept busy on several days last
week disposing of the numerous cases
of whiskey selling and storing against
a dozen or more colored denizens of
the colored section of the city. They
were taken up on different days of the
'week in batches of three or four.
The first day Sam Bessent was
tried and pleaded guilty and got a sen
tence of $800.00 or eight months on
he public works. Sam is a very old
negro and showed that be peddled the
whiskey for somebody else. His sentence
was suspended during good behaviov.
Guss Hemingway, who has
been up before the court before, was
lined in the sum of $25.00 which he
paid. Then the case of Isaac Hughes
was taken up. He has been before
the town and county authorities several
times before and was always hard
to catch up with. His sentence was
$200.00 or a term in prison. > He paid
the rocks.
Following1 the above stated batch
another was taken up with results as
follows:
Robert Chestnut was tried on several
charges of selling and storing
and his sentence was $600.00, or six
months on the public works. He broke
down and cried when he discovered
that at last he has to serve a sentence
at hard labor on the chain gang,
for he could not raise the $600.00 and
of course had to take the labor. He
looked as if he had rather be dead.
He had been brought up on suspicion
several times before but always managed
to get out in one. way or another.
Isaac Mo Bride was tried and got $50
or thirty days. Then . came Noah
Jobes either that day or the next and
he was paid off with a tine of $000.00
or a sentence of ninety days on the
public works. Frank Brown came in
next at the bat and gracefullly listened
to his little sentence of $100.00 or
a term of thirty days in the gang.
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.fMiiung uint'ra cneu on uie same
kind of charges were William Moore,
the colored carpenter and one or two
others whose names the reported did
not learn.
It appears that for some time past
this violation of the law in the colored
residence section of Conway has
been going on and large quantities of
whiskey has been changing hands
there, all of it of very poor quality,
and at prices that would surprise any
one. For several months the authorities
have been quietly working to obtain
the necessary evidence on these
patties. Everything was ready the
first of last week and the numerous
arrests were made at once so that
the town guard house for a day or
two was quite full of prisoners, some
of them failing to make any bond.
These eases were worked up under
the supervision of Chief L. R. Ambrose.
OBITUARY.
On Friday, October 2Jlrd, the Death
Angel visited the home of John E.
(lore and took from him his loving
wife, Victoria. She leaves her husband,
two children, live brothers and
one sister to mourn her loss.
She was about the age of fiftythree
and had been suffering for fourteen
months. Rut after all that lov
ing hands and medical attention could
do, the icy chills of death could not be
stayed. H?r remains were laid to
rest in the Cane Branch cemetery. She
was a member of the Baptist church
at Bethlehem and lived a faithful
Christian worker, always greeting her
friends with a kind and loving smile,
which marked her Christian character
Thou art gone from us,
{ A voice we loved is still,
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be tilled,
J. L. G.
The weather changed to warmer
again by last Friday right and thorwere
heavy showers of rain. The lr\
places soon became wet.
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SOCASTEE ITEMS.
The Calhoun Literary Society held
its regular meeting Friday afternoon.
-Mr. Phillip McCormick suffered a
severe attack of congestion of the
lungs last Wednesday night, while on
his way to the farmers' meeting.
Mr. Zanders Cox, the successful
well driller, has just finished a well
for the Burcol school. He is now to
drill one for Mr. Robbie Stalvey of
Stalvov.
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me.-ssrs. Kcuucn ourvis of itnems i
and Mayor Dusenbury of Conway visited
in Socastee last Sunday.
Mr. Marvin Sarvis of Waverly
Mills was here last week on business.
M iss Madie Nobles and Mr. Jodie
Singleton of Enterprise were married
in Conway last Saturday and have
gone on a honey moon trip to Florida.
Methodists to Meet in Sumter.
The Methodists of South Carolina
meet in their Annual Conference next
Wednesday morning, Nov. 25th, at
Sumter. Bishop Collins Denny of
Richmond, Va., is to preside. Bishop
Wilson of Baltimore will also be in attendance.
The South Carolina Conference is
composed of all the regular Methodist
preachers of the Southern Methodist
Church in South Carolina and a numI
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in."r in laymen who navp oeen elected
as delegates. Those who will attend
from Horry County are: Rev. E. O.
Watson. D. P., Rev. S. T. Creech, Rev.
F. S. Hook, Rev. W. R. Barnes, Rev. j
J. E. Cook, Rev. E. E. Scoggins, Rev.
W. A. Youngblood, Rev. A. D. Betts,
and Mrs. A. E. Goldfinch. Rev r). A.
Calhoun is a member, but will not be
able to attend.
In South Carolina there are about
100,000 Methodists under the care of
this Conference, and the number of
delegates expected at this Conference
will be about 500.
Here in Horry special interest centers
in the Conway and Loris Churches
as Rev. A. D. Betts and Rev. S. T.
Creech have both served out their
full time of four years as pastors of
these churches. There is quite a lot
of speculation as to where they will
be appointed for another year and as
to who will be appointed as their successors
here. The appointments will
be read by the bishop on Monday
night Nov. MOth, in all probability.
Bishop Penny is very pleasantly remembered
in Conway, he having dedicated
the Methodist church here last
April. His visit mode a great impression
in our community.
The South Carolina Conference has
grown so large, that it is thought that
it will be divided at the approaching
session. It is understood, however,
that the sentiment of the Conference
is very much divided over the question
It is probable that a very interesting
discussion will ensue.
RESOLUTIONS.
Copy of the resolutions passed at
the Fourth Quarterly Conference of
the Conway Methodist Church in Epworth
Hall at 8 p. m., on Nov. (i, 1914.
WHEREAS, Rev. Albert I), Betts
will, at the close of this Conference
year, have served us as Pastor for a
period of four years,?the maximum
time permitted under the rules of the
church.
AND WHEREAS, it is the sense of
this Quarterly Conference that the
work of Bro. Betts deserves special
recognition.
THEREFORE, Be it resolved:
Thaat this body as a representative
of the church wishes to place upon
record this slight token of the high esteem
in which Brother Betts is held;
J not only as a faithful and earnest
j Christian Pastor, but also as a factor
i in every wholesome and Christian ini
fluence in the community?irrespective
of church lines.
Resolved, further, That these resolutions
be placed upon the official records
of the church, that a copy ho
mailed to Brother Betts and that a
copy be furnished the local papers
and Southern Christian Advocate for
publication.
Convict Escaped.
Aleck Taylor, a convict serving a
sentence on the county chain gang
VUldn tvond bis nspnno frnm I lw? ??;inrr
o ----- r- last
Friday night. Ii seems that the
last time ho a-'s sen was at a late
hour on Friday night when some person
saw him near the plant of the
Conway Lumber Co., carry.ng an axe
on his shoulder and leisuvly walking
towards the woods nearoy. When
asked where lie was going he stated
that he was only going; in the thicket
to cut some wood to oe used at the
convive camp. He .lio not show uj
any more aad on Saturday morr.inj.
he authorities .veiy i ?okiny; for him
Hring; your fur to Everybody
Pore. Highest cash prices paid.?-a v
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INJUNCTION GRANTED^
ON INSU8ANCE CASE
FIRi:JI EN \S INSI UANCE COMPANY
ENJOINED FROM PAYING
$2,000.00.
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Order of Judge J. W. DeVorc Served
Last Week on All the Parties and
Payment of Insurance Money Held
I'p for the Time.
! Suit was recently filed by George J.
Holliday in the Court of Common
Pleas here against W. E. Causey, Hor
ry County Trust Co., L. D. Macgrath,
i Manager, and Firemen's Insurance
| Co., of Newark, N. J., and a temporary
injunction order in the case was
granted by Judge J. W. DeVore hold'
ing up the payment of an insurance
policy for the sum of $2,000.00 to Mr.
Causey.
It was recently published in thisj
paper that- the dwelling and other
buildings of Mr. W. E. Causey were
burned by fire. There was an insur!
ance policy on these buildings for the
sum of $2,000.00 in favor of Mr. Causey.
It also turned out that the land
and hnildivure
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Plaint iff, Mr. George J. Holliday, for
a large amount, and in the mortgage
is a clause under which Mr. Causey
i agreed to take out the insurance policy
on the buildings and transfer the
policy to Mr. Holliday as a further
security for the debt. It is alleged in
the complaint which is brought alse
for the foreclosure of the mortgage,
that Mr. Causey promised to take out
the insurance and turn the policy over
to the mortgagee, and that later
he stated to the plaintiff that he had
actually taken out the policy and that
he would get it and turn it over to Mr.
Holliday, the holder of the mortgage.
This went from one thing to another
and the plaintiff never did get the policy,
and finally as above stated the
houses were burned.
An adjuster had been here for the.
purpose of looking over the loss and
adjusting the amount of it with the
defendant. The papers it seems were
forwarded to the home office of the
insurance company by the adjuster,
and before the money could be paid over,
the injunction and foreclosure
suit was filed and the injunction order
served on all of the parties.
Entertainment a Success.
The little entertainment given at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dusenbury
on last Friday night was quitea
success. Those who took part did
well, and the whole program seemed
to be a success. "The Old Plantation
Days" and the "Witches Drill" should
have especial mention as they were
especially good. After the exercises
were over ice cream and cakes were
served. A collection was taken and a
neat sum realized, which was turned
over to Mr. W. A. Youngblood to be
; used toward purchasing him a horse.
; Those attending the little play at
Toddville from Conway were Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Sparks, Misses Viviaa
| Sparks, Sarah Glennie McCracken,
Agnes Nichols, Minnie Armstrong,
Lena Johnson and Sura McMil
lan; Messrs. Joe Clark, Grady Tisdale
W. M. Wall, Jenks Thompson, Julian
Dusenbury and Harry Cushman.
Another Oyster Supper.
The members of the Ladies Aid Society
of the Methodist church wish tn
thank all who called an them and partook
of their edibles on Saturday Oct.
31st.
On next Saturday, Nov. 21, they
will again serve dinner and supper,
with Oysters to order, in the Epworth
Halt, and hereby extend to
every one an invitation to purchase
from them. They invite you, also, to
examine the articles of clothing and
fancy work which will be on display
in the windows and which will be sold
reasonably.
Mrs. L. H. Burroughs, Sec.
Conway Methodist Chrrch.
Services for Sunday, Nov. 22; Sunday
School at 0:4.") a. m. Preachincr
at 11 a. m. by Uov. ft. O. Watson, D1).
Kpworth League at 3:30 p. m.
Preaching at 7:30 p. m. With this
service the present church year closes#
Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
Preaching at Klhethel on Sunday
aft ernoon.
A cordial welcome to all.
Albert I>. Belts,
Pastor.
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