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( VOL. XXIX BOYS PLAYED PRANKS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE s As They Have Been Doing for Many Years. ALL WAS DONE FOR FUN Some People Did Not Like it 1 -n l mi iiiiu jcjxpresuu incmseivcs in no Uncertain Language. The boys of Conway played the usual pranks in the business portion of the town while waiting' up last Thursday night to welcome in the New Year. All of the old broken down buggies and wagons in the neigh borhood, all of the old sign boards, all of the loose goods boxes, and odds and ends of every kind were found lying in various positions in front of the business places, some on the sidewalks others inside of the entrances to the stores and offices. Signs were taken down and moved to the other side of the street. Posts were pulled up and things were dislodged to such an extent that it took nearly the whole of New Year's day to get things to looking naturel again. But it was all- in good nature and fun, no damage was done to anybody except to make some of them a little angry for a little, while. Many were the laughs that were heard on Friday morning* when the business men went clown to enter their stores. This fun making on New Year's eve has been a practice of the boys here for many years past. At the stroke of mid-night the church bells and the steam whistles all turned loose as usual on such occasions nad the din continued for some time. The New Year opened bright and clear. SCHOLARSHIPS WON. Scholarships to the Winthrop College Short Course won by M'ss Kthel I White and Miss Essie Cox, both of the Maple School, Conway, Route 1. Last Spring Winthrop College offer ed two free scholarships to the members of the Girls' Canning Clubs in each county where the work is carried on . iii order that the girls of the state might reap the benefits of this often in 1014 it was decided to award two scholarships to the two members having the best gardens and report books on June 20, 1014. Upon this dxam} ination in Horry County the scholarships were awarded to Miss Vira Tlinson of TiOris and IV?!ss Hannah Long of Toddvillc, However, the idea is to award the scholarships to the two girls making the highest records for the entire year based upon the following scale of points: 1. Quality of products exhibited at the County fair, 20 per cent. 2. Quantity (raised on 1-10 acre) 20 per cent. 3. Variety (of canned products exhibited at County fair) 20 percent. 4. Profit 20 per cent. 5. Report (form P.-11-1) 20 per ct. Total 100 per cent. Upon this score for the entire yen'' Miss Ethel White made the best record and Miss Essie Cox next highest These girls have dene good work and are to be congratulated upon the advantages they will enjoy. The short course will he given during the Si mmc r School at Winthrop College this your. CONWAY LUMBER CO. Last Monday the people of Conway heard for the first timio in several months the great whistle of the Conway Lumber Company. For a long time prior to the fire which devastated this plant last summer,1 the saw mill! has been shut down in order to install new and more modern equipment. About the time that this work was finished, the fire destroyed the entire saw mill plant and only the planing mills and sheds were left. In a short time the materials and machinery were at the site for the erection of an entirely now mill and it was this new plant that was ready for operation last Thursday at twelve o'clock when the great whistle gave out a long blafjt for the first time in many months. Miss Estelle Best of Galivants Ferry spent a part of last week in Conway the guest of Miss Ida Moore. ETlvc "HOUR FURNITURE COMPANY FAILED. Last Saturday the Cnway Furniture f'nmn'.m v flnerwl lie fl^rtvo + n ?*? * 1 m tr (1m I V ,\/w\ \l ill? * J Wl w j V.UI UlU^ v? ?V. keys thereto over to Hon. Hal. L. Buck in trust to turn over to certain attorneys in Conway holding claims against this company for collection. The many friends of this concern expressed regret when leaning this news. It is a corporation which has been engaged in the house furnishing business here for several years past, and was thought to ho doing a g<v)d business. It sold largely on the instalment plan, and the hard times coming along, their customers found it impossible to pay. Some legal disposition will ho made of the stock in trade and the accounts due the business for the benefit of the creditors of the company. It was started years ago by J. Lewis and A. H. Long. At the time of the failure the stock in the company was all owned by I>. Wall and J. L. Goodman. The business was conducted in one of the stores of Hon. Hal L. Buck. LULL ON ALL FRONTS OF EUROPEAN WAR. Probably Caused by Very Bad Weath er Conditions Prevailing. London, Jan. 4.?Latest news from the battle fronts indicate little activity, the lull evidently being enforced by bad weather. Steinbach, a village in Upper Alsace, is in 1 he hands of the French, after hand to hand fighting. This loss Berlin admits. The day was marked by artillery duels, with occasional infantry dashes for slight gains, but the line from the Oise to the sea was almost calm. German headquarters declares the situation on the eastern front remains unchanged and nothing has reached London to contradict this statement. Politically, the American note still occupies a prominent position, dividing attention with speculations as to what Roumania and Italy will do. The British answer, it is expected, will be sent to Washington later this week. It is understood that Great Britain lias reached such a satisfactory understanding with Italy with regard to the trans-shipment of contraband that no cargoes destined for that conn try have been stopped since December 4. British officials declare that the relief of American shipping from the present regulations depends largely on the assurances of neutral states) bordering on belligerent countries that they will not assist in supplying J Germany, Austria and Turkey with food and war munitions. OBITUARY. Whereas, it has pleased our father above to remove from among us our beloved sister, Mrs. S. E. Thompson; and whereas she filled a large place in our church and-society for a long time, and discharged her Christian .l.-i - - J i / i * - duty wun nanny and singleness of purpose. Therefore be it resoled, that in her life, and life work she was loyal to her church, her Redeemer, and her convictions of right and duty, and adorned the doctrines of the Holy Scriptures. That while we feel the loss of her presence in our gatherings here, and cherish her memory, we feel assured that she has gone to the reward of a life spent in the service of Him .who hath redeemed her, and of whom it is written, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." That a copy of these resolutions he spread upon the minutes of our society, a copy also he sent to the family of the deceased sister, and a copy, he sent to the Baptist Courier for publication. Committee, Mrs. .T C. Livingston, Miss Ollie Livingston. Celebration Abandoned. The usual White House New Year reception, abandoned this year because of Mrs. Wilson's death, was replaced last Friday by a steady stream of! p ? i i . - loroign diplomats and government of-1 fteials who called and left their cards with greetings for President Wilson. With the exception of Secretaries Daniels and Bryan, who are in North Carolina, most of the cabinet officers came to the White House and left cards, NOTICE. While in town call on Mr. George L. Marsh at the Peoples Brick Tobacco Warehouse and make your tax returns for 1915. N. C. Adams, 2t r County Auditor. < Wmxx Y COUNTY AND HER PEO PLE, I I CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY CONWAY TOBACCO MAR KET; NEW WAREHOUSE New Company Now Forming to Erect Large Tobacco Ware house. J. R.BOWLES IS MANAGER Steps Now Being* Taken to Incorporate Company Which Will Operate This Ware house This Season. The Planters Tobacco & Storage Warehouse Company is in prqgress of incorporation this week. When organod the company expects to begin soon the erection of a large tobacco ware- , house on the vacant lot on the corner i of Elm Street and 4th Avenue, just opposite the site of the Farmers Ware house Company. The building will be of brick and in plan and execution will be modern in every respect. The exact size has not been given out but it will bo as large or larger than any warehouse now composing the market. It will have all of the usual accessories. The capital stock of the company is $10,000.00 divided into 100 shares of $100.00 each. The corporators are .J. R. Howies. W. P. Hardwicke and II. H. Woodward. It is understood that others are interested in the intcrprise but their names or places of business h'lVO liol ?! CS \rnf Knnn /) i ^ , .^ ,.vv ..U UV.VII uun IWOU1 I . 1 IH intention cf the company is to bo empowered by its charter not only to sell and deal in loaf tobacco, bat to do a general storage business in cotton. | TURN OUT MORE. i , i ! Please Gives Liberty to Thirty-our More of tlie Worst Kind of Convicts. Seventy more convicts in the Penitentiary an scattered on chain gangs throughout the State were the receipt ients of clemency from the hands of Governor Please Saturday. The pavH ('on and parole papers were sent to i tho office of the Secretary of State! this afternoon and the convicts were turned loose Saturday night. This' brings the total number of cases in j ! which the Governor has exercised clem: oney up to 1,014. Of the number Sat-1 urday afternoon 10 were full pardons,' I S paroles and 6 commutations of sen| tenccs. | Among those turned loose is includ,ed Howard and Noland, celebrated I '"Cggmrm who woro snvwimv . w v. i ma v;i ] ton years each in the Penitentiary on the charive of housebreaking and larceny, having' been sent up from Spartanburg county in 1907. Before being tried in the State Courts they served a term in the Atlanta Federal Prison for blowing a postofTicc safe at I Enoree, in Spartanburg county. They I were paroled on the condition that they be turned over to the United States authorities who are said to want then for charges of blowing postoflice safes. Another noted ease in the list is i that of George W. Tidwell who was convicted of manslaughter last spring in Greenville, having slain It. Emmet j Walker and sentenced to twelve years in the State Penitentiary. hie got his sentence reduced to seven years. The appeal in this case was argued before the State Supreme Com i a few days ago. The May boys from Union, sent up for life on a conviction of murder, U?A/1 ^"1'i * mi iviu i aiutuon in sentence. Clyde May {retting his sentence cut down to two years and John May to ten years. SENT IN FOR FIGHTING. Isaac Brown Tried for Hitting a Son of Van Owens. Isaac Brown was tried last week for hitting a hoy, the son of Van Owens, near Myrtle Beach, and was sentenced to 20 days. He was brought over to Conway some days ago to answer for the above stated charge. lie was brought over by constable Ben Owens. The difficulty took place near Myrtle Beach during the holidays. > Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby girn that the undersigned administratrix of Iho personal estate of Peter J. McCrackon, Dec'd., will apply to the Judge of Pro bate, at his office at Conway, S. C., at 11 o'clock A. M., on the 8th day of February A. D. 1915, for a final discharge as such administratrix. Qualified Admx., of ffPefter td G. McCracken, Dec'd. D. Ti. Ford visited Conway the first of this^vcek. (MIX 8 p 1RST, LAST, NOW AND FO RKVE si AKY 7, 1915. ROBBERS BREAK LOOSE LAST SATURDAY NIGHT Store of L. H. Burroughs Co.,I i Also Horry Hardware Co. : SEVERAL ARTICLES TAKEN ; Legal Steps Will Not Be Spared ' to Bring' the* Robbers to Justice if it Can be Done For a long* time Conway has boon' ( free from store breaking and night robberies, until last Saturday night. The store of L. H. Burroughs was entered and a considerable amount of j merchandise was taken. A lot of cloth- j ing was missing as well as other artides, but no accurate list of what j was taken could be made up. The\ thief entered the store by breaking; one of the show windows on Srd ave-! nuc, next door to the livery stables of J. A. McDermott. The thief left a pair of shoes and a cap which may finally lead to his conviction. During the same night a thief broke ! one of the windows of the Horry Hardware Company. A gun and some knives were missing from the place where they were loft the day before. Also about $4.00 in cash was taken. On Sunday night following the back ; door of the store of the Conway Mercantile company, run by A. l\ .Johnson was broken and the store entered., IMMIGRATION BILL IN IIOFSK. Washington, Jan. *.?The im mi grail on bill containing the alien literacy test went back to the house today. ; The measure was passed in the senate! by an overwhelming majority. The bill passed the house 11 months ago today. A conference with the senate en , the bill was to he asked for today by the house. The senate amended the house measure in several particulars! and these will be the subject of adjustment. While administration leaders were 1 confident today that the senate amendments would be accepted and be ready for President Wilson's signature by Wednesday or Thursday, at least two of the amendments are expected to cause considerable discussion. One would exempt Belgian farmers from the literacy test and prohibit Americans from inducing or aid-1 ing immigration. The other would exclude persons of the African race or of negro blood. The ultimate late of the bill still was problematical today. While President Wilson has indicated lie would veto the bill I if it should come to him with the literacy test included,! i Democratic supporters of the measure j were of tlie opinion today that he would sign'it because of the other reforms which it contains. , Leaders on both sides of the capi-1 ; tol expressed the belief that the billi could be passed over a veto. The vote ' in the senate, 50 to 7 against the | bill, was taken to indicate that it ! could be passed should i' be rejected ) by the president. The measure pass- < ed the house by a vote of 2*11 to 120, 1 being only five votes short of a two- . thirds majority. I OUITI'ARY. On Wednesday afternoon . Decern- ; her 0th, the death angel visited the ; home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fowler, 1 and claimed as its own their son Wil- j < liam Homer, age 20 years. i I The funeral service was conducted ; Friday sLt ; noon Rev. K. L. Owens j ' His remains was laid to rest at ' i Zoan eemetcrv at one-thirt v o'clock ' \ by e score of sorrowing friends. Is The pall hearers were, Messrs. Shop Crawford, Dave Graham, Wilson Deas 1 Edward Have, Tence Crawford and 1 George Johnson. He leaves a father and mother, one brother, Mr. John Fowler, and one sister, Mrs. Cleveland Mishoe, and a|< host of relatives and friends, who will; < remember him through eternal ages t with tender thoughts. Ho was a devoted son, a loving brother and an earnest worker of God's. Our loved one has gone to that world bright and far, 1 Where there is neither sorrow nor 1 care. t Though here he was subject to sorrow ' and tears 1 T'will be happiness there, in the 1 limitless years. I iJe will dwell with the Lord in man- ? sions ;;bove i T. L. Lee was in Conway last Thurs- 1 day. mM. nr MISCREANT WAS CAl'GHT I'he Negro Man Who is Said to Have Broken in the Store of L. H. Burroughs. Elsewhere in this issue of the paper s a news item about the breaking of he store of Mr. E. H. Burroughs last Saturday night, the thief making good lis escape with quite a lot of mcrchindise. On Tuesday news reached j ! ()ll\v:i\' < nnivi'rt n i, I...I I ..t, it 11\ V UI(?U IKIVI Ul'V 11 Arrested in Columbia on suspicion, as lie was found in possession of a lot of ^oods some of them bearing the name of L. 11. Burroughs. It was stated that arrangements would be made to bring him to justice. PRICES OP WHEAT SOARING nnvAKi) NOW. As Result of Great Need for Bread all Over the World. Chicago, Jan. 4.?Europe's need of bread resulted today in spectacular buying of wheat and caused new war prices here. It was pointed out, however, that the highest quotation today $1,114 3-4, for May delivery was still roundly 50 cents a bushel under the price forced here in 1808 by Joseph Leiter, during a period of worldwide peace?$1 .85. The upturn apparently had little, if any, effect on farmers. Country offerings were decidedly meagre, as they have been for some time. Although the prime inpetus for high prices today came from seemingly unlimited export demands, there was no doubt that the public bought wheat heavily, especially in the last hour of the session. Millers, too, were said to be anxious buyers, fearing that the tremendous export call would leave them short of supplies. Roughly the total sales to Europe today inthe united States were estimated at 3,000,000 bushels. Of this, 750,000 bushels was known to be for tl\o relief of the Belgians. Experienced observers failed to notice any unusual excitement on the exchange. The one striking fact was the steady absorption of every bushel of wheat offered". Talk among broilers centered almost wholly on the idea that tor the present the United States was -virtually the only big exporting nation. Nobody seemed to look for an immediate opening of the Dardanelles, and it seemed to be taken as a certainty with prohibitive vessel rates Argentina would be unable to take care even of contracts already made especially with Italy, where embarrassment will he serious it' large amounts expected prior to March 1 from Argentina are not received as bargained for Highest Since War Began. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 4.?May wheat reached $.1.31 7-8 on the Merchants exchange here today, the highest price recorded for wheat since the war began. The increase was attributed to heavy export demands and to the elimination of Argentina competition as a result of high ocean freight rates TWO N EG HOES LYNCIIEI). Ed and Will Smith, negroes said to have been implicated in the murder recently of R. A. Et ill well, an Elmore county farmer, were lynched early I .. ?l. M 1 ' ' i.mi .'.miKiay oy a moi) at .Montgomery Ala. The negroes were taken from the jail at Wetumpka, where they had been confined since Friday morning About 1 : >() o'clock Monday morning* n mob of 15 or 20 men, ,m,as,,k.e,d i mob of 15 or 20 men, masked and boavilly armed, entered the Elmore ounty jail, overpowered the sheriff, bound him to a chab* and compelled \ negro trusty to unlock the cells ivhere the negroes were. After binding the negroes the mob left with j .hem in charge, going toward Elmore^ station. Nothing is ye! known regarding he movements of the mob after lea-, Mng the jail and no official report has men made as to the finding of the todies o^ hto two negroes. State troops v.hich were huvridly lispatched to Wetumpka from this by are said to be searching 'or the nen who took the noo-ron* fVmvi i-?;i No arrests have been reported. NOTICE. All persons within Simpson Creek .ownship, District No. id. are hereby 'cspectfully requested to build up heir fences so as to comply with the aw which requires them to bo at least 'our feet high measuring from the evel of the ground; and the law will )o enforced if not complied with by March 1st, 1915. I request that this >e done in accordance with the duties mposcd upon this office by the statuses. H. C. Gore, ilti. Magistrate. 9 No. 39. JOE COCHRAN IN TOILS ASSAULT AND BATTERY Struck Mr. Henry B". Baker During Carnival Week Here. CAPTURED IN GEORGETOWN Preliminary Investigation Held in Case Last Week by Magtrate Chestnut and He Was Bound Over. Joo Cochran, the mulatto negro, who struck Henry 1?. Baker during the week that the Rogers Canival played in Conway, was arrested in (leorgetown County last week and was brought hero and lodged in the county jail on Tuesday of last week. He demanded a preliminary investigation before Magistrate Chestnut and this was given him on last Thursday. The witnesses against him were few in number, and their evidence was sufficient and amply sulticient to send him up to the court of General Scissions, where he will be tried next February for his dastardly deed. It was during the stay of the carnival that his crime was committed. He used some talk to Mr. Haker as the latter was playing at one of the booths. Haker asked him to go on and when he persisted in annoying him gently pushed him to one side. After a few minutes Haker started otf up the street. When he had arrived near the corner of the store of W. R. Lewis, Joe Cochran ran out behind him with a club and struck him a heavy blow on the head. He fell to tlie ground from the effects of the lick and was bleeding* profusely when picked up b\ friends and carried to a physician on Main Street. Joe Cochran ran and for some time succeeded in eluding the officials. He \va^ located at last in Georgetown County and was arrested upon a telegram from the authorities here. Monroe Johnson, a policeman of the Town of Conway, was sent to bring him over and he arrived here with the prison or on Tuesday of last week. The feeling against Cochrart for this deed was very strong at the time of the occurrence. Cochran had been in trouble before. Me was tried for burglary and larceny and found guilty and had just come oft' the chain gang from completing sentence for that crime when he committed this last criminal act. J. T. PROCTOR CLOSED. Tlln O'l'rtPnl'V 1111/1 movlfnt- 111! ' ? MV ? N.v V ? ,? IUIM 1IIUI l\V t MUOIUI V/L Mr. J. T. Proctor closed down its operations the middle of last week. The papers under which fhe store was closed are said to be held by Mr. A. C. Thompson of the Conway Bargain House and Conway Live Stock Co. Mr Proctor rented his building from Mr. Thompson. PENSION NOTICE. The pension commissioner willl be in Conway, at the office of the county auditor, each Saturday in the month of January. Persons desiring to make application for pensions are asked to take notice and apply accordingly. Jeremiah Mishoc. SI NOW SCHOOL MEETING. The Fourth Sunday School quarterly meeting will be held at Gctsem in;' Raptish Church on the third Sunda} in January at 10 o'clock. We hope that all of iho schools will be present in the contest, and will bo on hand promptly at the time. W. A. Spivey, Supt., j. A. Alford, Sec., > Wilson Selects Men. President Wilson was understood last Friday night to have decided tentative1 y on three members of the Fedoral Trade Commission. They are Joseph Davies, commissioner of corporations; Iklward N. Hurley, president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and George Foster Peabody, a New York Ranker. Two others are to be selected. Snow Fighters Kehearse. Theoretically there was a snow storm in New York one night last week and 4,000 men attacked mythical drifts and loaded invisible spow banks into wagons or shoveled them into ?ewers. The snow fighters were called out by the police on orders jfrom the street cleaning department for rehearsal of the parts they are to play when a real snow storm begins.