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n m | IJoi. AAJLA |0URT PROCEEDINGS K FEBRUARY TERM idO Court on Monday Owing to ft v Washington's Birthday f'iEVERAL IMPORTANT CASES Kind Numerous Oases of Less ij Importance Disposed Of Dur f ing the Week Here It was expected that the court of lencral Sessions would convene at the Usual' hour here last Monday, with Hiidge George E. Prince presiding. RJut on Saturday the Clerk of Court Received a telephone message from Hjhe Judge stating that as Monday was Washington's birthday, a legal holi^Pny, he would not come over until Rlonday evening. Consequently the Rlerk notified as many of the jurors Rnd witnesses as he possibly could in W.'hc short time that he had, that they freed not be in Conway for court until Buesday morning at the regular hour. |?Thos,. who failed to get the notice Railing the court off until Tuesday wnorning arrived in the city on time W'dondav morninir :nul V>:ul in wm't Aground doing nothing until court was Monvcncd on Tuesday morning, jh It was understood by the people Wjhat the question as to who was the Ahghtful solicitor was still pending in no supreme court, Governor Man1 !iir having commissioned Mr. L. M. Biasque some time ago. Mr. L. I>. Wftingleton was appointed by Governor {lease to lill the unexpired time of *'he late Walter H. Wells, and he was Baling out that unexpired term at the Mnme the governor issued the new com mission to Mr. Gasquo. The two claim $nts to the oflice agreed to bring the '/natter before the supreme court nn< ,'Y was argued before that tribunal Several wer las ago. The court had not RLtpidered its decision between the wjaimants and the people were envious Bo know how the matter would work hut in reference to the nresent term i court. The court convened at 10 o'clock on lesday morning. There was some lay owing to the fact that one of the and jurymen, Mr. VV. A. Freeman, >uld not serve as lie was the cashier a bank and exempt. The court had get the place supplied by calling other man, Mr. J. S. Battle. Mr. I>. M. (iasque presented his corn ission to the court as solicitor of the th Circuit. Judge Prince ruled that e matter was in the supreme court id not in his jurisdiction to decide, lat Mr. L. B. Singleton who he und holding the office he would ive to get to continue to serve. This tiled the solicitor matter. Mr. Casio stated that ho simply presented s claim to the office for preserving s status in the matter provided that c supreme court should iatcr decide his favor. The grand jury retired to consider Cases held over from last term were The State vs. W. W. Dawscy et al. is continued. The State vs. N. Moseley was conlued. The State vs. M. Todd, new trial, is continued. The next case entered into was that the State vs. John T. Atkinson for lling Jackson Cribb last Fall at irdanville. The State put up as witnesses, Har on Tompkins, Duke Tompkins, N. Shelly, T. P. Jones, E. D. Lewis, Dr . H. Buroughs and W. B. Kichard|^<n. Harmon and Duke Thompkins ere the main witnesses for the ;ate. They were eye witnesses to ic killing. The substance of what ey told on the stand was to the efict that on the day of the sad affair the afternoon, during the rain oud, Jackson Cribb who was runng the engine shut down and went ) into the gin building. Asked why 1 stoped he stated that the shed was dng. The defendant, the manager the business, went and ran the ene himself for some time and when juit raining went back and found bb still in the gin house and askhim to go back to the engine, bb stated that he had quit that he not have to do it. Atkinson then 1 him to get out of the building and , hang round the place bothering hands. Cribb said he did not re to get out, threw his right id in his right pants pocket and rked it as if trying to get a knife m. That Atkinson struck him with >air of small cotton balances a side ^?w, not over handed, and Cribb MLmhlcd over a cotton truck and fell |?"th his hand still in his pocket, flic defense proved threats had me "HORRY 0 EGERTON?QUATTLEBAUM Society Event of the Season Takes Place at Hendcrsonville, N. C. On Tuesday of last week, Miss Estcllo Egerton of Hendersonville, N. C. and Mr. Perry Cephas Quattlebaum of Conway, were happily married, at Hendersonville, the residence of the bride's parents. The wedding was attended by Col. C. P. Quattlebaum, the r v. f li n *? rvf 1 ui |,IIC Ul Hlfgl UUIilt The bride is the daughter of Dr and Mrs. James L. Egcrton of Hendersonville. N. C. She is a niece of Messrs. F. A. Burroughs and D. M. Burroughs j and of Mrs. E. J. Sherwood of this 1 city. It was during her visits to rel- j atives here in the past that this romance began which ended in a happy wedding. She is a charming young lady with many accomplishments, and will be welcomed to Conway where she will now make her home. The bride-groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Quattlebaum. At present he is holding a position with the Conway Light & Power Co. He is a young man well qualified to fill life's positions with credit. Another Account. llendersonville, February 20.?On Tuesday morning at the St. James Episcopal church, Miss Estelle Egerton, daughter of Dr. J. L. Egerton, was married to Perry C. Quattlebaum of Conway, S. C. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. R. . N. Wilcox, and was witnessed by the relatives and intimate friends of the couple. At the sound of the Lohengrin wedding march played by Mrs. Schenck, the bride to be who was acompanicd by her father entered the church. She was very lovely in her traveling suit of Belgian blue. She carried a large shower bouquet and was attended by Miss Nell Hendrix of Marshall, N. C., who was attired in white embroidered chiffon over pink and who carried pink carnations. She was met at the altar by j Mr. Quattlebaum and Mr. Francis Holliday of South Carolina, the best man. During the impressive ceremony Traumeri was softly played. The bride and groom left the church as the Mendelssohn wedding march pealed forth. J. D. Waldrop and Thomas Etrerl.on !?Hr-d ?i? ikLpc frn? j church was very beautifully and ari tistically decorated for the occasion. The bride and groom were entertained at the rectory until the arrival of the Carolina Special. They left for an extended tour after which they will be at home at Conway, S. C., where the groorn is a popular young business man. Mrs. Quattlebaum will bo great ly missed by a large circle of friends in Hendcrsonvillc where her sweet and charming personality endeared to all who knew her. Very numerous and beautiful were the wedding gifts in silver, cut glass, china and linen, testifying to the popularity of the young couple were received by them. Among the out ol" town guests at the wedding were: Miss Lilian Fletcher, of Ashcvillc; Miss Nell Iiendrix of Marshall; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. bletcher Mrs. Harry Roberts Gushing of Flctch or; Mrs. Preston Sigmon of Hickory; Mr. Harvey Hutchinson of Lexington, N. C.; ,Col. C. P. Quattlebaum, father ^ r n- * - - ? vi me groom and Mr. Francis llolliday of Conway, S. C. Purchased Furniture Stock. j All of the stock in trade of the Conway Furniture Co., recently closed under a chattel mortgage given by the concern to the Conway Savings Bank, was sold at public auction one day last week at the store on Main Street. The stock was first knocked down to a representative of the Savings Bank, but later the furniture and goods were sold to Messrs. A. M. Sutherland and W. F. Sutherland, who is was stated would shortly open a new furniture business at the same store. It appears that this firm consisting of two brothers, had already rented the store occupied by the bankrupt stock. W. M. Grantham of Floyds township was in Conway for a few hours last Friday. been made by Cribb against the defendant on the same day, and there had been some trouble before when Cribb was threatened with his dis- ; charge and carried his gun to the store for a settlement. The case was finished all but the charge of the judge by time for adjournment Tuesday. The judge charged the jury Wednesday morning and they arc out considering the case. The verdict will bo reported in this paper if they come out before it goes to press, and if not the verdict will be published in next issue with the remainder of the proceedings of the term. i Wm COUNTY and her peo P|7e. Pit ONWAY, S C., THURSDAY, FE LABORERS WERE SHOT AT J, N. DORSEYS FARM Parties Suspected of Crime .Were Bound Over Last Week NONE OF INMATES HURT The Parties Accused Had Been Heard to Make Remarks Before and After Crime. ! Magistrate W. H. Chestnut on last I week held a preliminary hearing in i the case of the State vs. Dempsey Lewis, Gorum Lewis, and Mord Booth Joe Doyle and Pearlie Doyle, and Jessie Lewis, charged with shooting into a house on the farm of J. B. Dorsey near Gurley, S. C. This shooting took place on the night of February 2nd. Previously to that Mr. J. N. Dorsey had arranged with two negroes to come and live on his place and work for him. Me had only one house ready and put both of the men in one house until another house could be made ready. That night many gun shots were heard in that community. The shot passed through the. windows, the door knob was struck with shot, and the shot pascd within a foot of the heads of the two negroes who were frightened out of their wits. Neither of the inmates were hit however. The owner of the place went to work quietly to put two and two together and obtained plenty of circumstantial evidence upon which the trial or hearing was held and the magistrate stated that i1 was suftiriont to lrind the parties over to the higher court. A portion of tho evidence consisted of a conversation overheard in tho barber shop at Gurley wherein one of the defendants was heard to remark that he did not think the negroes in question would he in the house long. There were other facts and circumstances considered by the court in sending the case up. The case is expected to come up in the court of General Sessions this week for trial. HIGH COST LIVING. A Tew Items on Which the Prices Have Not Been Advanced. To show that for many staple articles the housewife pays far less than did the housewife of a hundred years a.m? a rum|iaru on oi present day prices in England with those of 1814-15 is given by the Co-operative News. 1814-15 1914-15 Tea, per pound, $ 1.70 $ .50 Coffee, per pound . ...$ .70 ..'10 Cocoa, per pound ... . 1.00 .25 Cloves, per pound .... 2.75 .25 Mace, per pound 7.00 .25 Nutmegs, per pound. . 4.50 .10 Cinnamon, per pond . . 4.50 .10 Popper, per pound .... 1.20 .27 Sugar, per cwt 42.50 7.00 Currants, per cwt .... 27.50 7.00 Raisins, per cwt 27.50 12.50 Prunes, per cwt 40.00 14.00 Figs, per cwt 27.50 15.00 Tapioca, per cwt 14.00 5.50 Rice, best, per cwt .... 20.00 0.25 Ginger, per cwt 70.00 17.50 Mrs. (lough to Return. Mrs. John O. Gough, Field Worker of South Carolina W. M. U. will be with us during the month of March and a part of April. The following is her itinerary: Wednesday, March 3rd. Snrinc r ? A O Branch. Sunday, a. m. March 7th, Mt. Olive. Sunday, p. m. March 7th, Pleasant View. Tuesday, Honey Camp. Friday, Loris. Saturday, Macedonia, (Carolina Association. Sunday, March 14th, Beulah. Wednesday, Hickory Grove. Saturday, Bethlehem. Sunday, March 21st, Mt. Lebanon. Wednesday, March 28th, United Church. Wednesday, Union Valley. Sunday, April 4th, Tilly Swamp. Tuesday, Greenwood. mi - i- ? liiursnay, rsucKsport. Saturday, Pauley. Sunday, April, 11th, Cedar Grove. Monday, Conway, S. C. Tuesday, Aynor, At Loris, March 12th, and at Tilly Swamp, April 4th, will be held our regular "Spring Rally." All are urged to be present at either or both meetings. We are requested to set aside Feb. 28th as a special day of prayer for Home Missions, and to make an extra etTort to secure a special gift from every member of the Woman's Missionary Union. Mrs. C. II. Snider, Supt. (MIX i #> 4-. EST. LAST, NOW AND FOREVER." IBRUApY, FEB. 25, 1915. HB" SHERIFF OFF AFTER B. ONZIE TODD Charged With Dissertion of His Wife and Children Here WARRANT FROM HIS WIFE tt~ t + - * t\rr~ n ~ uu^aiuu ttv luauun, vra. and it Was Understood He Would Come Without a Requisition. P. 0. Todd, formerly engaged in the grocery business here deserted his wife a n d children some time last year, leaving Conway ostensibly for Florence, S. C., but winding up in some place which was not disclosed at the time. His family were left without support and failed to hear from him inclosing needed funds as they thought he would do. The household goods of the family were later sold out for rent. The wife and children went to live with L. M. Johnson, a brother of the wife. A little later the warrant was sworn out by Mrs. Todd and this warrant was placed in the hands of the sheriff. Todd was located in Georgia, and the sheriff, Mr. J A. Lewis, left here early liief w/inl/- fr?i* Tin TT\irnc ov_ pected to return with the prisoner by the last of the week. Later.?The sheriff returned with B. O. Todd as a prisoner last Saturday afternoon and he was lodged in the county jail. Members of his family visited him at the jail Saturday and Sunday his wife went to sec him several tjmes. The report was current about the town that a compromise arrangement had been effected between the parties and that the case against him would be dropped. Rufus Johnson, a brother of Mrs. B. O. Todd, came over from Florence to see about the matter. A SURPRISE MARRIAGE. A marriage of surprise to the people of Mullins was that of Dr. Dayton S. Altman, son of Mr. Julius Altman, of (ialiyants Ferry, to Miss Rose With erspoon, a daughter of Mrs. N. H, Withcrspoon, of Sumter, which took place on Wednesday afternoon at the homo of the bride's mother in Sumter. new i>. Minor, tlio bride's paster, performed the ceremony. The wedding was a complete surprise to the many friends of the groom, as no one knew that it was to take place. Dr. and Mrs. Alt man arrived in Mullins on the morning train Thursday and drove immediately to the home of Dr. Altaian's parents near Galivants Ferry. Dr. Altaian will be located permanently in Mullins for the practice of dentistry, according to an announcement made by him through these columns last week. He and Mrs. Altaian will be at home in Mullins after the first of March.?Mullins Enterprise. j Bond Case Settled. The case recently brought by the Slate of South Carolina against a bonding company, the surety on the bond of ex-treasurer J. N. Jenrcttc to recover a shortage that was found in his acocunts by the grand jury of this j county, was recently compromised upon payment to the authorities of the sum of $1,500.00 which was approximately the amount claimed in the com plaint. A representative of the bonding company spent some time here the latter part of last year looking into the matter. . , MEHODIST CHURCH. ri.,- 1 - ,, 1 ?w,. r*o oGlVices iur oUiidny reuruury 1915. Sunday School 9:4b a. m., A. E. Goidfinch, Supt. Preaching by the Pastor 11a. m. Uipworth League 3:30 p. m. At 7:30 p. m. there will be a union service under the auspices of the W. C. T. %U., conducted by the several Pastors of Conway. The public is eodially invited to attend. Strangers especially welcome. Test Don't Guess. Too many farmers are given to dovoting too little attention to the seed they plant. It is especially true of purchased seed. They wait until late to buy their seed and then there is little time to clean it properly and test it. Clemson College urges that farmers get their seed ready early and test it for germination. Making a germination test of corn so"'i is a simple, inexpensive operation that pays big profits. E. T. Hardee was in Conway one day recently. tvM. TODDVILLE TIDINGS. Miss Mary Oliver of Greenwood was here Sunday. Mrs. H. H. Woodward and children spent the week-end here .visiting Mr. and Mrs. U. A. Dusenbury. Miss Jessie Dusenbury and other prominent people from Toddville attended the closing exercises of the Virgo school Friday night. The exercises were under the management of Miss Jack Sarvis, one of the most efficient teachers, and was ! interesting and instructive. Let it he said to the credit of Miss Jack that she was very successful with the Virgo school. The Horry delegation has given us the most equitable road law that Horry County has ever had, and we confidently predict that it will give general satisfaction to every fair minded man. Of course it is generally admitted with Hon. Hal L. Buck in the senate and Messrs. Baker and Jackson in the House that we are well represented, and we are indeed fortunate in having such a strong delegation. Our Township Road Supervisor, Mr. S. F. Cannon, has been over the roads in Bucks and will soon begin to do some much needed work. Mr. Cannon is a practical man and will no doubt give us good roads. It is with sincere regret that we "give up" our eflicient home demonstration agent, Miss Ida Moore, and we congratulate the good people of Marlboro County on securing her services. Mi ss Moore has probably done more to advance our people along education and agricultural lines than any one in our county, and the members of the girls' tomato club will certainly miss her. Well, the legislature has repealed tHe Cotton Acreage Reduction Act and therefore the special session amounted to nothing save a debt of about $40,000 for our tax-payers to meet. However, we believe that the farmers will take the "bull by the horns" and materially reduce the cotton acreage on their own initiative without any ret requiring them to do so. The pros I ent indications are that there will be I more corn, peas and potatoes planted ' in this section than was ever known | before. The public school at Pauley under the efficient management of Prof. A. I J. Blanton as principal and Klcta Low ! rimorc as assistant will close Friday. This school has made much progress during the term and the patrons are much pleased with their teachers. The trustees arc to be congratulated on the good work done by Mr. Blanton and Miss Low ri mo re. FORECAST. Wedding Near Gurley. On Thursday night, Feb. 18th, 1915, Mr. Julius Phipps of Bayboro, and Bliss Bessie Martin were happily married at the home of Mr. Concrly Martin of Gurlcy. J. N. Barnhill performed the ceremony. After the marriage was over all were invited to the din j ing room and a fine supper was served. After supper was over Mr. Phipps took Mrs. Phipps to their new home at Bayboro. May God's blessings rest over them and their lives be long* and happy. Closing of Sweet Home School. The Sweet Home School closed Friday night, Feb. 19. 1915, after a very successful term of six months taught by Prof. Walter P. Gore as principal and Miss Beulah Banister assistant. rni. ^11 i no louowing is the program: "Welcome Song" by School. "Opening* Address." "I Did it not I Done It." "Books." "A Little Boy Speech." "Choice of Trades." "Dolls Hospital." "Closing address for Primary Grades. "Tableau." "The Ghost in the Kitchen." "Mrs. Brown's Visitors." "The Unattainable." "Temptation Resisted." "Aunt Nancy's Missionary Society. "Pleasant Words." o "Too Much of a Good Thing"?a play. "School Days." "Good Bye Song by School." A very large crowd was present. All seemed to enjoy the exercises very much. The people of the Sweet Home /"i ? section seemed to be very much interested in the School. A Friend. In the court of Mayor W. E. McCord last week Lucy McQueen, color(1, was convicted of soiling whiskey and was sentenced to pay a line of ?2C0.00, or four months on the public works. "_"~T" No. 45. IMPROVE THE ROADS INCREASE LAND VALUE Nothing Can Increase Our Pros perity More SAYS INTERESTING ARTICLE Timely Suggestions Are Ma<le in This Article From the Pen of Hon. Robt. B. Scarborough. Editor The Herald:? 1 notice that our senator has introduced a bill which will probably become a law making an important change in the road law of this County. Personally, 1 think the law now of force giving each Township the right to regulate its own affairs and expend its own money is the best and most democratic way; but it is not the system that I desire to discuss, but rather the condition of our roads and the necessity for their improvement. There is nothing that would add more to our development, increase our prosperity and the value of our lands than an intelligent development of our highways. Nearly every County in the State is paying particular attention to this matter, and it is time that we were waking up to the fact that we are behind the times in this particular. The most necessary and important thing to he done towards road improvement is to drain the road bed. It is utterly impossible to have even a fairly good road unless there is some lateral drain to carry olf the water. No railroad would be safe for travel unless its road bed was thoroughly drained. The next important thing is to have our roads wider. All main thoroughfares like Dog Bluff Road, Play Card Road, Whiteville Road, Bucksville Road and Pee Dee road should be thirty feet broad, clear of trees and stumps. With roads that wide, witiv suiVic'ent ditches oh either side and culverts where needed, we will have roads passable at all seasons, whether we put clay on them or not. * Of course, it is very desirable that we have roads plowed up, clayed and rolled, but whether this is done or not irivo 1 hem < li<? nnmor wwlfli mh/1 ago, and with little expense we could make all our roads fair for travel. Respectfully, Robt. B. Scarborough, Conway, S. C. Feb. 20th, 1915. COMMENDS BUCK ROAD LAW. Editor The Herald:? Having recently had an occasion to note the condition of the pubil roads in Horry County as compared with the roads in Columbus County, we think Mr. Buck's new road law for Horry County is timely and about the best proposition under which to obtain quick and the very much need improve ments in the condition of the roads. While our system of keeping up the roads in Columbus County is not the best, yet under our system of "G road days" in each year our roads do not get in the condition that the roads now are in Horry County. We think Mr. Buck's road law is just what is needing throughout the South, with perhaps the two following amendments: 1. That the hours of work per day be 9 instead of 10. 2. That each section of road be required by law to have and use a road drag. Sincerely, Joel P. Stephens, Tabor, N. C. Referee's Court. There was a rofcrence hold last Thursday evening at the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, in the ease of S. G. Johnson vs. R. D. Bellamy, in which Mr. W. L. Bryan was appointed the referee by the order of Judge J. W. DeVore last year. The case concerns the foreclosure of a mortgage of real estate given by the defendant to the plaintiff to secure the purchase money of a mare that was sold to him at the date on which the papers were executed. The plain tiff was represented by H. H. Woodward and the defendant by J. O. Norton. Several witnesses in the case were called and sworn last Thursday and the reference adjourned until a later date when other witnesses will be called to tell what they know. The defendant claims that he only took the mare home to try with the privilege of returning the property in case it did not suit him or in case the mare would not plow, and he now claims that she would not plow. Send us the dollar that you owe.