The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 17, 1914, Image 1
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CARNIVAL COMPANY WAS
SHORT THEY CLAIMED
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NUMBERS OF HANDS WORKING
FOR THE SHOWS HAD TO GO
WITHOUT PAY.
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SEEKING WINTER QUARTERS
Were They Really Short of Cash as
They Claimed Owing to the War
Tlmoe i\v Worn Tlinv InwA Plavimr
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A game of Bluff to Keep From Paying.
The first of 1M ^ week when it came
time to pay off rho hands working
with the various ? ows connected with
the Rogers Carnival, the bosses claim^
ed to the employees that they were
short of funds. Many of the employees
working for small weekly salaries
applied to legal authorities toward the
latter part of the week as time went
on and they were still unpaid, but
they were told that it was necessary
to file a bond in attachment proceedings
and thus hold up the property
of the shows in order to force them
to pay off. This was dseouraging to
start with for it is always difficult for
a stranger in a place to make a bond
in any legal proceeding. The hands
who had played in the Wild West aggregation
and those who worked them
selves nearly to death in some of the
other attractions, had to go without
their pay, or only such small portions
of their wages as the bosses of the
shows would pay. This friction concerning
pay caused the shows trouble
in various ways for many of the hands
| quit and others let it be understood
that they would file suits for their
pay whenever the carnival should return
to winter quarters in New Jersey
* There were three real live young
Jndian men and maidens with the wild
' ~ west show. To these the wages of
several weeks were due and they
) threatened several times to give trou'
ble. However, whenever it was time
to put on the- show these Indians
were generally in place ready to dash
ofT on the ponies and give the war
whoop they understand so well. Some
of the people refusing to pay these
wages are said to be quite wealthy,
owning considerable property in the
State of Pennsylvania. When the
parties return to their homes there is
no doubt but what they will be met
with several suits that will be filed
there by their employees.
Manv thought thnt fhn
V by the managers that they were short
of money, having had hard luck at
Conway, as a reason for not paying
off,, was all false. This was the last
performance before going into winter
quarters of the carnnival, and the gen
erallly discharge employees at such
time and start out with a new set the
^ next Spring.
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OBITUARY.
Death Angels visited our home on
December 1st, and took from us our
loving father, Daniel Tyler. He was
65 years, 10 months and 16 days old.
lb He was twice married. First to Miss
^ Eva Jane Grainger, who only lived a
short time after their' marriage, and
the second time to Miss C. M. Bullock,
who now lives to mourn the loss. Ele
ven children were born to them. Ten
of whom now mourn the loss. One
preceded him to the grave three years
* ago and fourteen grand-children
mourn the loss.
His sufferings though great for
eight weeks before he departed this
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tuc nric uunic wiui great patience
till the end. He was a Mason for
more than forty years and was laid to
rest by the members of his lodge in
* the presence of a large crowd.
Dear Father thou hast gone from
our home
The charmed circle broken,
A dear face missed day'by day
From it's accustomed place.
I. One voice of welcome husband
* And evermore, one farewell word unspoken,
*
On the shore where parting comes
not,
One soul landed more.
l. A sense of loss that meets us at the
gate ,
Within a place unfilled and desolate,
And far away our coming to wait
One loss at home.
His Loving Children.
J. M. Cox was a pleasant visitor
| one day last week.
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ERECTING LARGE TOWER.
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Which Will Carry the Large Water
Tank Intended to Supply Water.
The large tower, with its foundations,
has been in course of construction
for several weeks past. Last
week a number of men came here
from a distant city to erect the tower
and place the tank in position. The
tower is composed of heavy steel
beams and girders, and the tower has
been erected without the use of scaf
folding of any kind. Laborers in Conr
way were unused to the manner in
which men trained to this work will
do. The men worked last week on the
tower high above the ground, apparently
without any fear whatever of
falling, and running across the side
pieces and up and down the columns
as nimly as squirrels.
The work is being put in for the'
purpose of supplying the lower sec-1
tion of Conway with plenty of river
water for fire protection. A proportion
of the cost is paid by the Conway
kumber Company. The company is
also under contract to keep the tank
mi?#i fl-. ..* ..11 <: Ta
iiuvtl vvii/it Hrtvfl til/ till llllll'f). 1\, JJ>
the largest .tank ever erected in this
immediate section of the country.
SOCASTEE ITEMS
The Calhoun Literary Society is
Still doing good work.
The Epworth League held its regular
meeting Sunday night.
Mrs. S. S. Sarvis, Jr., of Conway is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.
B. Cooper.
Mrs. Willie Dusenbury and her son,
Herbert, of Toddville, S. C., visited
Mrs. It. B. Singleton last week.
We are glad to have our same
preacher, Mr. E. F. Scoggins with us
again.
Messrs. Joe Singleton, Ben and Jess
Williams of Bucksville visited near
Socastee Sunday.
Miss Elnita Sarvis has accepted a
position as clerk in Georgetown <|uring
the Christmas holidays.
Mr. Mack Elks and family left Sunday
for Florida.
Mrs. G. W. Watts is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. H. E. Buxton of
Georgetown.
We are anticipating a jolly good
time Christmas.
Thanksgiving passed away very
quietly in Socastee.
MULLINS BOY AN INVENTOR.
B. W. Jordan, a former Mullins boy
having attended school here in the
'90s, and a son of the late William
Jordan, is the inventor of an electric
alarm tllprmninptor rwVnhifrwl I
to many old friends he met in this
town last week. Mr. Jordan is here
for a few days' visit, after an absence
of ten or twelve years in Georgia.
Mr. Jordan has perfected an invention
and has been granted patent
rights on a model thermometer for tobacco
bams that will be regulated by
the heat in the barn while the curing
is in process. Its purpose is to obviate
the necessity of overlooking the rise
and fall of heat. If the invention
works as claimed by the patentee, it
will fill a long felt want for tobacco
farmers and is destined to save them
money and many sleepless nights. It
is equipped with electric bells which
ring continually in event there is a
rise or fall of heat. Each bell has a
different sound and a difference in the
rise or fall of the temperature, from
a given degree, is thus indicated. The
use of the instrument should be a
great hejp to the farmers, as it practically
eliminates the many dangers
to leaf tobacco during the curing season.
Mr. Jordan will organize a stock
company at once and expects to manufacture
these instruments by the first
of the year.?Mullins Enterprise.,
ITEMS FROM FINKLEA SCHOOL.
Mrs. G. W. Grainger visited the
school Wednesday.
The play-ground committee %has almAol
/i1ao%mi/I iU. * - 0 1 1
...vni numcu wie jri?yKruunu OI OUSnes
and stumps so one can play foot
ball and basket ball.
The Superintendent of Education
visited our school Thursday. We are
always glad to have him with us.
Minnie Grainger, who has been, ill
with diptheria returned to school recently.
The following names compose the
honor roll for the past month:
?Eighth Grade 1
Leila Hardee.
?Seventh Grade, <
Docia Hardee, Furman Fowler, Har
vey Fowler,.
?Fifth Grade <
Nell Watson and Ernestine Watson 1
?Fourth Grade
Rheubcn Brunson, and Coy Hardee
Pupils.
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RRY COUNTY ANDHER PEOPLK
CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY Dl
MOSELY-BRUNSON CASE
CHECKERS IN COURT
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OVER STOCK OF GOODS MORTGAGED
BY MOSELY TO BRUN,SON.
omen imnrn winDTPAnc
uLlLLU UHULfl INUfllUHUL
Sheriff J. A. Lewis, While Taking Inventory
Was Served With Claim
and Delivery Papers and Goods Hetaken.
Some time since, the sheriff of Horry,
County, acting under a mortgage
held by Mrs. Sarah B run son against
the mercantile stock of A. R. Mosely
& Co.. at Loris, seized the stock of
goods and closed the store. The store
remained closed for some time and
finally the stock was advertised to
sell on the 10th day of December under
this mortgage . The mortgage
was given to Mrs. Brunson, or A. J.
Brunson, at the time of purchase of
the business by Mosely from Brunson
several months ago. The mortgage
provided for small payments at frequent
intervals. Default was made
in the making of these payments,
hence the action taken in closing the
business.
The sheriff was at Loris last Friday
taking an inventory of the goods pre
paratory to his sale of the goods on
December 19th, when he was served
with a claim and delivery writ which
in the mean time had been taken out
by Mr. Mosely. After the purchase
of the goods from Brunson Mr. Mosely
started up the business in the
name of A. R. Mosely & Co., A. R.
Mosely is his wife. A little later the
business flourished out under a flaring
letter head bearing the name
"Loris Bargain House," and the name
of N. Mosely appeared on the heading
as manager.
In the claim and delivery proceeding
started last week, at last accounts
there seemed to be some trouble
about the bond that the plaintiff
had offered in the case and the matter
was standing as it was in order to
give him a chance of filing a new and
better bond.
NEGRO GIVES LIVELY RACE.
Stole a Pair of Shoes and Ran Away
With Them.
Last week while persons were packing
up the bankrupt stock of the Lewis
Mercantile Co., preparatory to shipping
it to Charleston, a negro slipped
a pair of shoes into his pockets and
was going out of the back way when
he was discovered by D. G. Hinson,
employed in the store next door. Hinson
gave the alarm and the man was
chased through town up on the hill
and was finally caught and brought
before the town authorities to answer
for his crime.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
By the will of the Father and in remembrance
of our Savior, it is announced
that there will be at Mt.
Aeriel Free Will Baptist Church on
Christmas Day at 2 o'clock p. m., a
religious worship, with one or more
ministers to expond the Gospel. It is
for the benefit of all. Everybody is
cordially invited to attend.
Rev. M. S. Todd, Pastor.
Per James R. Singletary,
NORA DEWETT ARRESTED.
Nora Dewett, a colored woman, was
arrested last week under a warrant
sworn out by Nick Davis, charging
her with assault and battery upon Da
vis with intent to kill, with deadly
weapons and the other necessary
legations. It appears that Nick is a
cripple and has lived about the place
of Nora Dewett for several years.
Last week she became angry with him
and struck him with a hoe inflicting
a dangerous and painful wound just
above the left eye.
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Notice A>f Discharge.
Notice is he^epy given Nthat the undersigned
guardihn of Ellen L. Hardee,
Minor, will apply before the
JudfTO of Prnhnf** fvf Hftrru rV\nr?f?r of
his office at Conway, S. C.f at 11 o'clock
in the forenoon on the 18th day
of January A. D., 1915, for a final dis
charge as such guardian.
W. A. Prince, Guardian
of Ellen L. Hardee, Minor.
Conway, S. C. , Dec. 17th, 1914.
H. H. Woodward, Att'y. td.
T. B. Cooper of Socastee spent last
Thursday in Conway on business.
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FIRST. LAST. NOW AM) FOKKVKti
5CEMBER 17th, 1914.
REVENUE OFFICIALS
SHOT BY UNKNOWN :
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AFTER MAKING A RAID ON IL- 1
LICIT WHISKEY STILL AND r
ARRESTING SEVERAL. ^
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LODGED UNDER SKIN :
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Occurrence in Same Section Where ;
Prisoners Were Rescued Once Re- <
fore.?Bad Section Near North Car- ;
olina Line.
R. F. Jenkins and R. Q. Merrick, c
two revenue officials, accompanied by \
\V. J. Johnson and his son, went into
A bad section lying on the North and .
South Carolina State line the latter <
part of last week to break up an illicit
v/hiskey still. The defendants were (
caught in the act of measuring out and ,
dividing the "moon-shine," the prod- j
uct of the still they were running not
far off. \
They took George Beck, Spencer
Bozeman, Will Huett, David Faulk
and Asa Coles as prisoners. They
were engaged in the illicit liquor traffic
when surprised by the officials.
A crowd of ruffians gathered and
demanded the release of the prisoners
which was refused and shortly <
after this some of the would-be res- ]
cuii.g party fired on the officials, and <
the fire was returned. In the confus- 1
ion two of the prisoners escaped but
tyere recaptured and next day one
man recaptured again made his escape <
One of the prisoners was wounded by ;
the shots from the rescuing party. <
Another of the prisoners got severely
clubbed in order to resist his ef- <
forts to break away. W. J. Johnson
was struck on the body by several of
the shot but these did not penetrate .
the flesh. One ball struck his hat.
A preliminary hearing was held before
United States Commissioner C.
P. Quattlebaum. Faulk and Coles
were released on bond which they succeeded
in putting up before the commissioner.
"MUSNT TOUCH."
Remember when you were a little
tad, or taddess, and your mother or
father pointed out something to your
little eyes and said, "Musn't touch?"
Of course you remember it. You'll
never forget as long as you live how i
those $ very words threw a cloak of i
mystery around the object that you 1
"musn't touch,' 'and how that phrase 1
started the determination in your i
mind that you would Touch. ;
The other day a mother took her 2- ;
year old baby to call on a neighbor, i
The first thing the child noticed in
the room was the glare of the fire in 1
a stove. She pointed at it and said, in i
her childish lisp: i
"Pitty!"
"Mustn't touch, baby," warned the
mother, drawing her away from the 1
stove. 1
Then the mother turned to talk with i
her friend. The very first thing the i
baby did was to touch the hot stove. *
The "mustn't touch" command only 1
whetted her curiosity and MADE her t
touch the stove. But she burned her *
hand and learned through experience I
not to touch. c
The other day the mother of a boy
in a town made some pumpkin pies. *
As she placed them near a window to *
cool she saw her young son looking t
longingly at the steaming pies. a
"Mustn't touch" she warned, shak- c
ing a finger at him. Then she left s
the room. The first thing her son did
was to grab one of the pies and eat
it all. He became very ill,'
He learned, through. experience, t
that he shouldn't eat too much pie. ^
The "mustn't touch" warning had only j
made him all the more curious. v
Men and women are only big boys t
and girls. They have almost the same t
thoughts and identically the same av- ^
ersion to the phrase "Mustn't touch." 0
Only in the realm of big boy and girl- *
hood it isn't a father or mother who
says "Mustn't touch," but some law,
framed by a zealo who would try to
make legislation do what nothing but ti
education or experience will accom- s;
plish. Such laws are always broken e
and thus is generated a disrespect for v
good and necessary laws. v
If a law was passed today prohibit- t<
ing a man having ham and eggs for it
breakfast it would be a safe wager i\
that he would have ham and eggs for ii
breakfast for 364 days out of the year li
and on the 365th day he would have? c<
ham and eggs. p
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PORT HARRELSON NEWS. I
Iidway and Inland schools cordially
nvite the public to attend their exrcises
and Christmas tree to be held
t Inland school house, Port Harrelson
5. C., on Tuesday night, Dec. 22nd,
yi4. Exercises will begin at b:i?u p. ^
n.
Mrs. Walker A. Moore and Miss
3elle Moore of Bucksville left here
lome time ago for Fruitville, Fla,
vhere they will spend the winter with j
elatives.
Miss Lorena Mercer, teacher of Mid
vay school, spent a delightful week!
;nd with her friend. Miss Maude}
VIoore. Misses Moore and Mercer '
mjovcd a very pleasant day in Con-1
vay Saturday, doing their Christmas;
shopping.
Mrs. G. C. Anderson returned home}
m Friday last from her school at Col- t
ins Creek, for the Chrismas holidays. 1
Mr. W. W. Shelley and family spent 1
\ few days of last week with Mrs. <
Shelley's father, Mr. Henry Howell. \
Mr. Willard Parker has just return- 1
mI home from Georgetown, St. Steph- <.
"'lis and other places. He reports aj(
pleasant time. ; t
With host wishes to the Herald and J
its many readers. i
"Black Eyes."
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FERRY MATTER CLOSED
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Lands Donated For Public lTse at i
Peach Tree by Adjoining Owners
Last week deeds were passed to the ,
county by Messrs. Burroughs & Col- |
I ins Co., and J. M. and Robbie Stalvey
af Soeastee, whereby public rights of ,
way were donated to the public use ,
for a public landing at Peach Tree ,
Ferry. The deeds grew out of a pro- (
reeding strated in the court of Gener- ,
Ell Sessions last Spring when upon the ,
rail of the case, the matter was set- j
tied by a contract between T. B. Coop
er and J. M. and Robbie Stalvey that <
the latter should convey, in considera- ]
tion of $5.00 and other considerations
a small strip on their land at this
ferry, and that the prosecutor, T. B.
Cooper, should, procure the conveyance
of a similar right from Burroughs
& Collins Co., over a small portion of
their adjoining lands.
The new landing for the use of the
public is not at the place where the
landing was formerly but is to the
eastward of the old landing place.
ITALY READY FOR WAR
Premier's Statement in Parliament
Excites the Keenest Interest. .
Rome, Dec. 4.?Many members of <
Parliament consider that the state- 1
ment of Premier Salandra, in Parlia- J
ment yesterday in which he advised
that Italy maintain her attitude of 1
watchful and armed neutrality and <
made reference to what he termed the
just aspirations of Italy together with
i demonstration by the members,
means that Italy is now ready. i
Deputy Labriola, a prominent mem- *
3er, summarized his opinion of the sit 1
aation by saying that "one word
more from Salandra would have mean 1
i declaration of war." (
Others think that the phrase of the *
premier regarding the aspirations of
[taly was misunderstood and that he
night instead have alluded to the exstence
of an Italian-Austrian agreement
delimiting the Italian frontier (
)y the peaceful annexation of a por- ^
J
;ion of the province of Trent. A few
express fear that Austria may inter>ret
the events in Parliament as a
ihallenge. ?
A committee of deputies has been
ormed and its members are endeavoring
to induce their colleagues to re- ^
rain from speaking on the premier's
itatement in order to give the vote of
onfidence in the government greater ^
olemnity.
DEATH OF W. A. DUSENBURY.
Mr. W. A. Dusenbury died at Socas- ^
ee, at his residence there, on Thurslay
of last week, as the result of inuries
received from a falling tree. He
yas cutting the tree down and the ^
ree in falling struck against another
ree and bounded back. He was a
rother of the late J. E. Dusenbury
f near Conway and has a number of
elatives in Conway. ^
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Larceny is Charge. gl
The Kings county grand jury inves- 'c
igation which resulted in the dismis- a
al of Thomas F. McCormick as ward- v
n of Sing* Sing prison because of fa- tl
ors shown by him to David A. Sulli- n
an, who is serving a two years' sen- ii
?nce for the part he played in wreck- f
lg the Union Dank of Brooklyn, vir- tl
Lially ended last Friday with the find- o
lg of three indictments against Su\- tj
van charging him with grand lar- w
any while a prisoner at Sing Sing n
rison. si
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No. 34 I
IENRY B. BAKER IS
STRUCK BY GOGHRMI
TAKING A BLOODY WOUND*
WHICH DOES NOT PROVE SERIOUS
THOUGH PAINFUL
ASSAILANT BAN AWAY
frouble Started Over Words Passed
at One of the Booths of the RGgers
Carnival Company a Few Minutes
Before.
Some excitement was created last
Saturday night about 8 o'clock in the
ower part of the town, when Henry
k Baker, a prominent merchant and
saw mill man of near Cool Springs,
,vas struck in the back of the head
jy Joe Cochran, a negro. The force
>f the blow knocked Mr. Baker down
>n the ground. Ho was quickly assist
Hi by friends and taken to Main
Street where his wound was examined
md found to be only a scalp wound,
which though bloody and painful, was
:iot of a serious nature.
The trouble whie)^ culminated in
[his blow began in front^^ one of the
looths in the Rogers Carnival Showa*_ v
In the booth a game was conducted by
means of balls and a bell to be rung
by hitting it with the balls if possible.
Mr. Baker in a playful manner took
up three of the balls paying the price
i>f live cents. He struck the bell with
some of them and played again. Joe
Cochran went up close to Mr. Baker
and began talking to him about the
way in which the games could take a
man's money and his talk became offensive.
He was shoved away from
Ihe place and told to hush. A little
later Mr. Henry B. Baker in company
with several other white men left the
grounds and walked off toward the
store and plant of W. R. Lewis and
the incident of the negro was forgotten,
but as the corner of the store waa
nearly reached, Cochran ran out and
wont up behind Mr. Baker and hit him
in the head. The negro then ran and
was not caught that night.
A warrant was sworn out for the
assailant and the officers were looking
for him at last accounts,
DEATH OF DANIEL TYLER.
Daniel Tyler, a prominent resident
and farmer of Floyds township passed
away last week leaving a large
family surviving him. He was at an
advanced age at the time of his death.
Ho had many friends over the county
who will be pained to learn of hi*
leath.
ARRESTED FOR LARCENY.
The Magistrate's court last week
ssucd a warrant for the arrest of Jinr
Jordan, a colored man, a tenant, or
aborer on the farm of A. P. Jofmaaau
rhe warrant charged the defewianfc
,vith stealing an ox. The prostewftMT ?
omes from Little River, and he thr
\lso colored. fj:\ j
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MISS ELIZABETH DURAN*!
Miss Elizabeth Durant, a memhorr
)f Conway Methodist Church fSer 8?;
rears, died on November 29th, ltth
it the ripe age of 95 years andLeMte
juried the following day at Sta^pr
5lains Cemetery, Methodist. Frmoaeh
f \ mrin A A D"1* h . ?
icitivc v.wimuv,vcvi ?y ivcv. OT. Ab
>acken.
Oh, let us trust with holy ' lMMfeoflb
old,
lot all the story here begun UataAfe.
So the tired spirit waiting tmbWi
freed,
)n life'8 last leaf, with tranqp&em
shall read,
By the pale glimmer of thn tMUt
reversed,
lot finis but the end ef volume*-Gbafca.
Life's race well run, life'a- wadfe.
well done,
.ife's crown well wen, now tmmam*
rest.
v A Frinwdii,
The RogdNi Shown l?A
rouble last MondiPjIa getting ampr
rom Conway. As flMted efsewfcsnmr
ome of the employees of tin atom*
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Mtmvu vuAb uicy ntui iiUT/ otcu pw
ny wages for several weeks.
tere made to collect this money ftm
hem, but failed. Early on Msaalapr
lorning several members of
in band sued out writs of attachMfcr
rom Magistrate W. H. Chestnutbe
writs were levied on the propositi
f the show so that the train could
[ike it away, and the men had to stay
nth it. By afternoon some adjuafc*
\ent of the matter was made and the.