Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The law prohibits the publication of the names of the females in such, cases. The constable . <ent the night with the defendant ai home near Enterprise and took him the following day, which was Thursday, December 17th, before Magistrate J. Jl. West, where a preliminary investigation was held, j, At.the conclusion of the testimony the magistrate gave his reasons for the decision which he would have to ron* dor in binding the defendant over to court. He stated in substance that he knew the sentiment of the people pros cut was all about one way and that they desired that the case should be dismissed, and that none of them believed that the defendant could possibly he guilty of the act charged. He also 'stated that it was a very hard place in which he ''ound himself in having to pass on the question of whether the State had made out a probable case against the defendant, and that he had no doubt that the defendant could easily produce in the higher court witnesses who would put quite a different complexion on certain phases of the question before him. That he could hardly see how it was probable that a man surrounded by the circumstances as Allen was, committed such an act as that charged, and considering the condition and appearance of the accuser. l>ut after all, the magistrate stated, the girl had come into court and related this story, that the defendant was not allowed by the law to dispute it in a preliminary investigation, that the ac cuser had no father or mother, etc. and for these and various other reasons he would have to send the case to the higher court for investigation before a "tit jury. The defendant is twenty-eight years of age with a frank and honest countenance. Tfo has a beautiful wife and several healthy and intelligent children. His wife was with him in court, and while nf 1 V v ? .?VM M MV-V |/Ity (UL I t t" od !>y tho thought of her husband having to go to jail on such a charge, she frequently protested his entire innocence of any act in his life inconsistent with good morals and strict honesty. Besides his wife the defendant's mother was in the court, also his brother and his brother's family or members of his family. But above these, when considered from the out-side, there appeared in the court the leading men of the community, those who heretofore stood on terms of intimate friendship with the defendant( as well as those who i 11 % %t A V x J / \ it./ ; ; \ \r- A < lv <*-kK 0 ' Cf 4/ ' i'v> ?r#A ) ' i; vapl'lTUBH'; 7'V ^^wvnsp* J; i'jwi<.^' ^vv ?' .: ' - i *V"V>V- ''v$ i k'r - / ' - - t -v f-.r r : ) Vl *y * '". ! '*? * '*y Vtj.. - N 7 A ^ 'il / Vy , i 7 - ' 'X i\ ^'.>.%V-P\ i-$CB fo&M *V - >'V:J ; <-. ?>? .i? -- < t i^: I;.-! &>M \ JBH m s--o- v' j J> ERROR IN REPORT CORRECTED j Mr. W. A. Duscnbury ;ik Not Killed by a Falling Tree as Stated Last Week. In our last issue it was stated in a news item from Socastee that Mr. V. A. Dusenbury was killed by a tree falling upon his body, the deceased having been engage:) in cutting the tree at the time. This proves to have been erroneous as to the cause of his death. It is stated that the unfortunI ate man was riding on the back end of a log that was being hauled along the r<y-d when the log cart passed into a deep hole, and the chain which held the log in position having come loose, the tongue of the cart was thrown violently backward, and that this tongue struck M?\ Dusenbury o the head killing him almost instantly. Items From Sanford, Route E I Rev. T. IT. Patterson, who has been j celled as pastor of the Pleasant Hill I church, idled his i gular appointment I last Saturday and Sunday. N. I>. Gause is still improving. Jack Stalvoy is making his home at Red Bluff. "B. E." Kaiser Will Soon Return to Front According to the Telegraaf, Emper-! j or William, who has been detained j in Berlin for some time because of an ; | hlnoss, will return to the front this i week. r. -rp aoK - ii mmummmm ? ? ?g tuammmmmmmmmmmmm ???mm ? ? , had not thus stood before this time, I ? 1 L ' 1 . I I Ill's ll lVll luml 1 , niviiv/iii ci anisic exception so I'll* | as could bo learned, they stood for the defendant and many expressions of sympathy and earnest belief in his innocence were heard in the crowd who gathered to hear the hearing of the case. Only four witnesses were sworn by ; the court, and these were, besides the injured person, W. L. Graham. Mrs. W. L. Graham ,and Dr. E. A. Stalvcy. A School trustee, Mr. W. D. Smith, was' called and sworn to prove the date on which the school at that place was started. The witnesses were carefully examined and closely crossexamined. Many things were brought out on cross-examination which considerably weakened the showing made by the State on direct examination. Magistrate West conducted the court iii a dignified and orderly manner, quite different from the way in which soma courts are carried on. Several times both before and after the decision had been rendered the prosecutor in the case desired to withdraw the charge or words to that effect, but was told by the Magistrate that this would not be allowed at that time. At the time of the occurrence W. L. 1 Graham, otherwise known as Low I Graham, lived with his wife, who was I formerly Mrs. Arme Causey, on the place of Mr. W. J. Singleton. After this serious charge was brought against the defendant, in which Graham was named as prosecutor, it was stated that he had been ordered to move away from the place at once. During a part of November, the defondant was employed in gathering his crop on a distant farm, and as soon as this was over he resumed his position with Mr. W. J. Singleton in the lumber plants at Enterprise. He was working at this when the warrant was sworn out and served on him, striking him, from all reports, like a bolt from the blue. He retained counsel to represent him at the preliminary and his interest will be looked after in the higher court. An application for bail will be made or has already been made. ? ? \ : > * \ *? ????,.~COYWA~Y~ T5 U R S DAY " to ^?- a?n. Jr S '' ?? ' V;j* :; : ' V ! V; ;/ fL & :Y - ? - : ; : - V -; '. - ... . < % :-S> i, : 'fyk V.-' v / w, i :-w; 'wN yfC >; . . A. : ;ui, V&' ;-v / ' !x? '.-ft i )'.* ' ^'v'vV\ . ' ". .; ; '? /'^y.[ ' *K\ -v.! i wwi ,mn ; | % ff ; %li ? ' tP ;: v%% fU-^, : ^ ?>. V. 4 V- > ' ' -V (' , ; $ . 'A -: ^ /> :: 4" " P - m#Pl 1 : 4 l * - ? s-vik < b.- :&$$%' m$%? wt>&yw<&' ?& | ] %. \ ; v: ' I W : i MAYOR LITTLE'S TERM " SEES BIS TANK PP. W-H Hold Sufficient Water tn Afford Protection Against Fire. ALL MADE OF STEEL This Last is Only One of the Many Improvements Placin Tov/n During the Term of Mayor Little. The term of Mayor TT. P. Little, as cN'ef officer of tho Town of Conway will soon expire ,and tho place will be filled by his successor, Dr. W. E. McCord, recently elected. Mr. Little's term will see the erection and completion of one of tho largest steel tanks ever erected in this section of the country, intended to be kept filled with water at all times for purposes of protection against fire. All last week the men were at work putting vn the tower, piece by piece, and last Friday several sections of tho bottom of this large tank had boon placed in position and riveted. The work is about finished and the pipes wore being laid last week from tho plant of the Conway Lumber Co., from whose engines tho power will bo furnished to fill the tank with water and keep it full at all times. Tho tank with iho tower upon which it rests, is set upon a foundation of concrete seven and on-half feet in the ground. The foundation is eleven feet square over all. The distance from the ground to the balcony around the tank body, measures 120 feet. The tower and the tank with all of the attachments are of No. 1 steel made by the Pittsburg-DcsMoins Iron Works,of Pittsburgh, Pa., and this company sent a crew of four skill ed men from Pittsburgh here to erect the tank. The tank holds, one hundred and three thousand gallons of water. With such a supply of water on hand at all times as this tank will afford, the business men and the house holders of Conway will be able to rest easier than they have in the past when water to supply the fire engine was scarce and at some points no water at all. From the tank mains will be laid to the business section of the city and finally through the residence section, and it will be easy to get a supply of water at every important point where fire may break out. The tank stands seventy feet higher than anything else in tho town. It is easily seen from all over the place. The erection of the tank is not by far the only improvement that has been made during the time that IT. P. Little was in office. Among the many improvements planned bv him that arc now being enjoyed are the cement sidewalks in the business and residence sections of the town, the extension and widening of streets in many places, the opening of new streets and placing the new and the old in good condition, the placing of clay, over the sand beds and making hard J streets at places where formerly a heavy load could not pass. There are many more that might be mentioned. CARD OF THANKS. We take this method of thanking our many friends who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our dear, loving mother. May the Lord bless them all. (Miss) Dell Causey. u ? ?. \ > * s.vs\ v n i-'! i-v* DECEMBER 21th, 19!i. "" .fv>: . % yf M ' ?' : .' ; ..v ' y-v> * & %> && A ' ^ \: k"- \ 'i- '^*'&\ %, f k OK V- [..; >-, -s"' />\f \ 1%#'^ [;i'i'A: Xr^t'i- A ?r# S >' j } : j$' V. -i -v> J < " . ' 1 t> ? '' * '4 l < ? < i A . ; .I w : K t ^ 3 ; i i?*?* > 1 - j /? * > * *N / * * i * ' ?? v i ' ; 1 $ * vi h * / . - J f * > . L ', 3 ... I - "1 '. x fvvV . { vV; r / SJ ; ? ' fe&j ^saf .: N i ' . 11" \ T ' ' A ?i?WM i?i ? Tfcnra?mw?i?namwm%wm* -mtiwwm-nrwmMAGISTRATE CHESTNUT I HAS LARCENY HEARING One of the Magistrates is the i Prosecutor in the Case Against J. R. Singleton. The court of Magistrate W H Chest rut was engaged one day last week in I he holding of a preliminary investigation of a case brought by Magistrate Jos. W. Johnson against J. R. | Singleton of the Pee Doc section in 1 which the former charges the latter with the larceny of a hog. It appeared in the testimony that : this hog was cavdit and tied and haul 1 od to Singletords place in the broad open day time, that ho placed the hog in a pen in his open held, and though the pen was covered, or parftly coveri ed over the top of it, still one could see by looking between the vails. This w:\s the only evidence about conccal{ mefit that could be brought in. Soon j after the warrant was issued for Sinj gleton, Magistrate Johnson was serv, ed with a claim and delivery writ to j try the question of the ownership of : the hog. Mr. J. R. Singleton also j swore out a warrant charging Jos. W. ; Johnson with entering upon his promises after notice. This last warrant grew out of the fact that after the hog had been shut up in the pen by AT,. -\7.. TaI . ? .ill, kjinniviun, i?i: . jimnson weni to the placo and got the hog back. The claim and delivery and the trespass case were both continued until the larceny case shall be disposed of in the higher court, for after hearing thch evidence in the case the defendant was bound over. The question seems to be more of a civil nature than criminal. Both of the arties claim that the hog is his own. SOLICITOR SINGLETON REPORTVERY ILL j Later He Was Said to be Rapidly Recovering and Read> to Return to ITis Office Here. Last Thursday it was currently re-1 i ported that Solicitor L. B. Singleton i j was serious iil at the home of his j father and mother near Cedar Grove. ! On the following* day a report reached town that ho was still very ill and that his attending physician said that he i was so seriously ill he was not expected to live through the night. His brother, W. C. Singleton, Esq.,j and his cousin, Mr. W. O. Singleton, went to see him at once and later a j message was received here that the reports had been exaggerated to some j extent and that while ho was very sick for a time, he was then better1 and expected to return to his office1 here on Saturday or Sunday if 1 ho weather was good. Great Increase of Wheat Sown in S. C. Tremendous increases in the acreage devoted to the planting of win tor wheat in the South today in the department of agriculture's estimate' of the total area sown in the United States. South Carolina acreage was increas ed 200 per cent compared with the 10Iff planting: Alabama I ?5 per cent; Mississippi 125 percent; Georgia I IS' 1. XT i * ^ ' jmt cent; i\orin unroiimi 7.) per cent; Virginia 00 per cent; Arkansas 44 per cent; Tennessee, Tw.as and Oklahoma 20 per cent. There was a play given at the Burroughs School house last Friday night The proceeds were to go to the Conton ian. Hi fit T-> \ * i., ^ /> N- m ;'v M I -n v : < # *)S %v > ^ > , - -y N .: % I /:-v:; - % * ? . };'v" > r ;V, &Z < t r.% ? >' V . 7/ --'7-v 55^ x ^rv-r-;T '7 - f ] V;- . t ' ; J V :Ui . I' j T ^:?v y kv . :Av -: , s \ ... ?! " r:; \ $ ? > ^ ": jl1:.. ^vvV: r ^ kv ': \ K \.1 *\ * A ; J I |: ?'>h. .. | ; I it " : .im v; ,v -4\ u . r t*' v*' .cN \ j * / p*7;-*: ""1 *x NO HORSY LiiieiMAi1 CAN NOW fill ORDER Such as Ones Filled by Saw Mil of Horry County. WHO WAS IT FILLED IT Interesting' Article in Southern Lnmber Jour 11 a 1 Mentions Incident in By-gone ^ J 0 Days. Mr. John T. Prince. a former wellknown Horryito, now living at Grcenvillc, PI a., where he has a large and ; successful lumber business, sent to the Herald last week a clipping from an interesting article appearing in a recent issue of the Southern Lumber , Journal, concerning an incident in the by-gone davs when almost anv order that you might mention could be lill> ed by Horry County Lumbermen. Con | corning ibis large order which was filled by a local r>o\v mill, the clipping has the followr :o say: An Enormous Order. ! "It is said of a lumberman, operating a saw mill in Horry county a few years before the War between the See tion, that on one occasion he received from England an order for 200 logs 1)0 feet long to souare Lr> inches ;it the small end. The logs were waled for beams in a cathedral that was building. This was of course before the days when steel I-beams were used in constructing edifices where-spans of great length are required to bear enor mous weight. The Horry lumberman, who received the order from England had the dmber cut and loaded aboard his schooners in less than two woohs j after the order was placed. Every-' lumberman of the present day in South Carolina realizes the itupossi-! bility of tilling such an order for' beams now in the short spare of two weeks if indeed it could be done at all.; In the same article in this leading lumber journal of the South, the following interesting information is giv. en about the forests in South Carolina "Few people realize the value of the forests of South Carolina. Several months ago the forest service, United States department of agriculture, in co-operation with the State department of agriculture, commerce and industrv, undertook an industrial in , vcstigatiQn into the timber resources of South Carolina. Stanley L. Wolf J forest assistant, made a comprchen- j sive report of the result of field work and information obtained from manufacturers of timber products. Representatives of both the forest service! . i i i.. en _ i i ^ aim ino ouue department were ongagcd in the field work. The statis-i tics in the report, cover the year 1912. The amount of money invested in, South Carolina in 1912 in the production of lumber and timber products was second only to that invested in! textile manufactories. The total capital of concerns enc?aufed in the timber industry in this State in 1912 was 818,447,079. Tne value of the lumber and timber products they manufactur-1 od reached the enormous sum of $ '40719,572 in that year. Nearly 12,0001 people earned their livelihood in the lumber business. The report prepared by Mr. Wolf of the forest service was the lirst comprehensive attempt ever made in South Carolina to ascertain the character and scope of the industries which employ wood as raw material and reduce it to finished products. In 1912 manufacturers of wood pro i No. 37; v mk t % ^ ^vaf^?rw % mt.:Y* % M.' '1H| \, "''"SFK-vfif y ) U':^'rm '. 1 4 />* ,Jlr ' - ^::!T >* . v v-- 3 ./ % * -u \! #< w^r k /, '-liL >. .* Vi V *<$,*? \ H > .. . 4 H .{/ * P :J&?jL i ;ML^ '7 i &>.-.* : 1^7 5 I | ^ J || ,, \ I \ % v * ' - ' f % ^,.. %H?n ,,. /3SH . ,y voC:wlath. >??t> ? j, _^P *k. . . <Mfi i,: . r? t.'iJ ?MJ?B>l?-IIWWW> 1 WW twwi'fllnwinn H *1 ?I IMTWWMIWMWB? F1UF AT GHOUGFTOWN CAUSES BIG DAMAGE. Four Homes, Including that of Mayor of Georgetown, Totally Destroyed hy the Flames. Georgetown, D <v*mbcr 17.?A disastrous tiro occurred in this city about A o'clock this morning, when the homos of Mayor \V. TT. Andrews, Dr. Ai. F. floorer, A. 1\ Webber and a res 1 hlonee belonging to Herman Schink i'llvnni! r\ K IVHAll l-wl 'vii iivxi i ' im t,i ?ii' vi, lllidllk^ .1 i nort of about ?50,000, which is partly covered by insurance. The main cause of the spread of the I lire, which could have been easily oxtinguishod in the beginning , was the inefliciency of the present waterworks and failure to supply tho necessary pressure. Water Mains Hurst. At the first alarm tho engineer in charge of tho pumping station, it seems, instead of grading the pressure on the water mains, turned it on too suddenly, shattering sections of tho mains. After this had occurred, I instead of shutting olf the mains in that section of town, so that the Geor! getown water works pumping station could have supplied the pressure, such a supply of water continued escaping from the broken mains that at no time could a p''csv.re of over fifteen pounds he exerted. Origin in Mayor's Home. This is the third serious lire which WMO lino lo ( 111, ^'1 II |\<V...W. v tv. vu uii ocum.- oiaiv: v? i .ill.Hid. The lire started in the homo of Mayor Andrews, and through lack of water pressure spread rapidly to the other houses. It was due to the excellent work of the firemen that only the four houses were lost. One incident stands out particularly in their work, that where in George 1). Anderson. Jr., practically single handed saved the house of Mr. James Condon. Jumps From Hoof. Mr. D. West Rosa, while endeavoring to save some property from one of the houses, was trapped by the fire and forced to leap from the roof, however, escaping injury. Dr. Moorcr had several patients, who were undergoing treatment at his home, but those were safely removed, to a neighboring house. The failure of water pressure at these various fires will probably result in a tripled insurance rate, municipal ownership of the water-works and a thorough overhauling of the city's fire system. Mrs. Astor. Met \nuis Ship. Mrs. Waldorf Astor, wife of the member of the house of commons from Plymouth and formerly Miss A'anc\ Panghorne of Virginia, was among the women who greeted the American Christmas ship Jason upon its arrival at Plymouth. ducts in this State used a total 523,(Ki-gdOY feet board measure of timber. Of this amount only 21,194,007 feet board measure was grown outside of South Carolina. Problem of Waste. "The usual waste problems are pros ent in the forests and factories of South Carolina/' writes Mr. Wolf in his report. "Conditions are no worse there than elsewhere, and not much better. In lumber operation and cutting of high stumps is still common, and the practice of abandoning felled tops, good for one or more logs, continues more generally than it should. The blighting influence of forest fires continues to be felt, and, considering the injury to soil and to reproduction, this source of waste is the greatest of all."