The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 08, 1915, Image 1
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| COURT WAS SHORT
' ONLY FEW CASES
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I Those Tried Were Interesting
But Not Much Involved
j .. Therin.
U bAKIMMILL VS. tUWAKUS
k / One Case was Compromised by
U Advice of the Attorneys
P Before the Jury Went
I Out to Pass on it.
I" The court of Comomn Pleas which
was in session here last week, was
V wound up in short order on Wednes?
B day late. Only a small number of casV
es were set for trial, some of these
W were compromised beforr boincr call
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\ ed. and this resulted in making the
work of the court very short.
IK The case of J. R. Gerrald vs. A. D.
I Jackson, which was not reported fully
in our last issue, resulted in a verdict
Iff of oply one dollar for the plaintiff.
The plaintiff was a colored man.
| The case of J. M. Sarvis, Plaintiff,
'% vs. D. C. Duncan was being tried
M when the parties interested decided to
Sj compromise the case by each paying
* one half of the costs, and dividing
remainder of the crop equally hejr.
tween the plaintiff and the defendant.
If The case concerned the division of a
|- crop raised by the defendant during
It 1014 on the lands of the plaintiff. The
i paintiff seized the crop under a claim
|H and delivery proceedings for the reason
l-bat the defendant was moving
the crops away from the farm before
jjy they could all be gathered and divided
j Another case tried was that of W.
I - fC. Rarnhill against G. Edwards, the
Hr 1 ^ T . r . r,i i r?
I / mayor 01 me lown 01 Aynor. rsarnJ
hill claimed that he had been wronged
x by reason of process being absent in
I a certain case handled against him in
^ the town. The case resulted in" a
/ verdict for the defendant, and the
plaintiff got no damages.
All of the other cases, not reported
as being tried in this issue or the
^last, were either laid over until some
^future term or were compromised as
above stated.
j Stenographer F. F. Covington did
not get over to any of the court, but
[ remained ill at his home in Marion.
| The court appointed Mr. J. E. Watson
L-'as special stenographer for the term
I and his services were efficient in every
I \ The judge left Conway on ThursI
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I I
I * Will Locate in Conway.
I i The people of Mull ins will regret
I J 4 r\ 1 a e\F aiii> lincf all i'/Anc Til*
; IV l wiiv. V/1 uui w o t v iii/ivnu# i-' *
IG. T. Lewis, who has practiced dentistry
here for the past seven years, lias
made it known that he expects to give
up his residence here and will move
his dental office to Conway. This
news will be read with general regret
by his large number of patrons and
friends throughout this section.
Dr. McCord, of Conway, who has
practiced dentistry there very successfully,
has also decided to make a
'change. He will move to Abbeville on
the 8th inst., and following his announcement
to that effect the people
of Conway have been endeavoring for
' some time to get Dr. Lewis to consider
moving to Conway. It became
"known last week that he had made up
t his mind to leave Mull ins, and when
^approached on the subject by the EnLf/tvm<ian
vnnni'f nv li a aufVim<i>7n<l tlin
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atement as given above.
Dr. Lewis will not move his family
Conway at the present but will
vait until he has secured a suitable
sidence in that town, which he is
>ping to do without delay.
Dr. D. S. .Altman, a graduate of the
tlanta College of Dentistry, of the
ass of 1912, and a nephew of Dr.
?wis, has completed plans to take up
s practice in Mulling. Dr. Altman
mes here highly recommended, havg
had two years of steady practice
nee finishing his course, and is not
stranger to Mullins. He will ocoupy
e suit of office rooms made vacant
' Dr. Lewis going away.?Mullins
uterprise.
Traffic Through Canal.
Ninety-two vessels carrying 424,f>0C>
ns of freight passed through the
mama canal during February, mainined
a daily average of more than
>,000 tons, which had been handled
iring the three preceding months,
ills collected for the month amount
$403,219; bringing the total of call
dues collected up to $2,30.r>,258.k
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"HORRY
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GRATITUDE OF BELGIUM
They Write letters That are
Touching About It
Profound gratitude of the people of
Belgium for the help that has nn
ivuviuicu uy n.iuci n u io inuauiuti in u
series of remarkable letters which
have just been delivered to the commission
for relief in Blgium, at 71
Broadway, New York. These letters,
which reflect the terrible trial of their
writers since last August are in the
form of open letters to the commission
or else in the form of reso'utions
drawn up by the population ol
entire towns, cities and communes.
Some of the letters are signed by as
many as 150 people, some only by
burgomasters of cities and some by
both hunrnmastor and his nounr.il.
These letters, bearing various dates
from the first of January to the middle
of February, are, in many instances,
written on heavy paper and handillumined
in various colored inks, with
the borders of the letters decorated
with the arms of the national colors
of Belgium.
No less than many hundreds of
these letters have been received, representing
practically half of the population
of Belgium. One of the interesting
facts concerning the letters is
that they were written under the
greatest stress of poverty and mental
suffering. Notwithstanding, each of
them show that the greatest pains
were taken with them. and. that the
writers realized these letters would
become historic documents from an
American point of view.
Some of the letters are written in
French and some in Flemish. Among
them are letters from the Conte de
Levergnen, burgomaster of Houx;
from the food administrator of Namur;
from President Lamborelle of
the relief committee of Malines; from
the burgomaster, G. Gchryvers of
Peer, province of Limbourg; citizens
of Halen; the burgomaster of Lummen,
province of Limbourg; the authorities
of the commune of Heers;
the members of the council of Kerkhoven;
from J. Vandenbosch, chairman
of the council of Zepperen;
Chairman Croymans of the communal
council ot Achel; from President
Hendricks Jacobs of the communal
committee of relief of Zeelhem, and
many , others. The general sentiment
expressed is voiced by President Hendricks
Jacobs of Zeelhem, who writes:
"Belgium will also remember that if
it has been spared the curse of famine,
it owes this to you?the A nerican
nation, toward whom turn all the
nations of the world, because the
world feels itself dominated by the
power of peace and pustice which is
yours."
Names Pardon Board
David G. Ellison, of Columbia,
Henry C. Tillman of Greenwood and
W. E. Jenkins of Kingstree have been
appointed by Governor Manning
as members of the state board of pardons.
All petitions for parole, pardon
or commutation will be submitted
to this board by the governor.
Gov. Manning has been in oilice for
more than two months and not one
pardon or parole has been granted. He
has received many petitions and these
will be sent to the new pardon board.
It was said at the governor's office
that the old board was automatically
removed by the appointment of a new
board.
VAUGHT?LIVINGSTONE.
There was a happy wedding on Wed
nesday last week here in Conway at
the Baptist parsonage, when Miss
Blanche Vaught became the wife of
Mr. Claude B. Livingstone, the pastor
of the Baptist church performing the
ceremony. The 'contracting parties
were accompanied here by a party of
their friends from the Little River
section of this county, where both of
the parties resided.
Miss Vaught is a daughter of Mr.
T. J. Vaught, one of the well-known
and prosperous and progressive farmers
of Dogwood Neck township. She
is beautiful, well educated and highly
accomplished. Mr. Livingstone is the
youngest son of the late Robert Livingstone
of Little River. He is a
rising young business man having
friends both here and in the county.
The bride and groom have the best
wishes of a large circle of friends.
Much Wheat Sowed.
From a canvass of six counties of
central South Carolina?Union, Sumter,
Lancaster, Lee, Richland and
Fairfield?by the Slate department of
agriculture, Col. K. J. Watson, commissioner,
says that there are 22,000
acres of wheat under cultivation in
this territory. The prospects are that
there will be a good yield, he says.
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COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, FIR!
ONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, AT
KEEP BORDER SAFE
FOR AMERICANS
President Says All Possible
Being Done.
SCOTT MAY BE SENT
Meantime Military Authorities
Think Situation is in Hand.
President Wilson told cullers last
week he believed the administration
was doing evrything possible to pro
tect Americans along the Mexican
border. A suggestion that General
Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the
army, might be sent to Brownsville
to stop the fighting near the border
at Matamoros was met with a statement
by the President that there was
no plan for that. With the arrival of
U. S. troops at Brownsville today to
prevent the firing into American territory
by the Mexican forces contending
for possession of Matamoros, War
Department officials are confident they I
have the situation well in hand.
Three batteries of the third field artillery
were on their way to Brownsville
from San Antonio and a regiment
of infantry was being held in readiness
at Texas City to move there on a
moment's notice. Orders to the troops
had gone from the War Department
in response to the suggestion of MaI
lor Cpiioml F'linelnn f'nmm .?r>rlirr fhn
U~- , V..VAmerican
forces on the border, who
has gone to Brownsville to assume
command of the situation.
These precautions were deemed nec
essary to impress upon the commanders
of the Mexican forces fighting at
Matamoros that firing across the border
thus endangering American lives,
will not be permitted. Assurances
? had been given however, by the Carranza
and Villa agencies here that firing
into the Texas city would not be
allowed.
CONFLICTING OPINIONS
In Relation To Supplies Of
Germany ?Surprises
Of The War
An interesting article published today
by a writer, whose opinions have
often proved well justified gives the
result of an inquiry made on the spot
into the present conditions in Germany.
A friend in the diplomatic
corps in Berlin who had unusual facilities
for collecting the information he
obtained the following figures: There
were 0,000,000 able bodied men between
19 and 45 who had "not served
in the army up to January 1. There
were close upon 1,000,000 volunteers,
half of whom were included in the
Ersatzreserve or substitute reserves.
To these are to be added the approximately
4,000,000 now with the colors.
Casualties reported up to January
15 were said by the same authority to
be: Killed, 153,000; wounded, 570,000
missing and prisoners, 102,000, making
a total of 889,000. An estimate of
the losses up to February 1 makes thp
killed, wounded and missing or prisoners
approximately 1,289,000. Allow
ing for the return to the firing line of
only one-third of the wounded, the arretrievable
loss in fighting material
is estimated at 1,089,000 officers and
men up to February 1. Making allowance
for another six weeks of light
ing, this estimate difFers little from
the million and a quarter of the English
authority referred to above.
Germany's Supplies.
But the writer just quoted does not
agree with him as to Germany's supplies.
After visiting Prussia, Bavaria
the Rhineland and the free cities of
Hamburg and Frankfort and talking
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classes, he concludes that Germany
can be starved into submission. But
even on this point the two views can
be almost reconciled. The English
official put the killing already accomp
lished at about one-half what it would
have to be and maintained that Germany's
supplies of provisions would
well last out the time it would take to
complete the ghastly bill. The writer
who has just returned from Germany
found that when he asked how long
her own resources would maintain her
the answer varied from two to five
years, the average being about two
and a half.
Discounting 50 per cent of that figure
for patriotism, he concludes that
starvation will confront the Kaiser's
people in about 15 months in the composite
opinion of many classes of Germans.
llut from inquires of his own
and from chance conversations he has
overheard he himself has come to the
conclusion that provided she obtains
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ST, LAST, NOW AND FO KEVEB."
'RIL 8, 1915
HOOT-KNOT I)ESTRIICTIVE (
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Write Clemson College For Full
Information on this
Root-knot is one of the most de- i
structive and is especially dangerous
to South Carolina farmers, whose
lands are subject to wilt, or which
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ivwi-Mmi i? ii't*i|ucniiy a companion.
Farmers' Bulletin 648, "The Control
of Uooot Knot," which may bo obtained
by writing to the Department '
of Agriculture at Washington contains
information that will be valuable
to any farmer who has root-knot, or
is in a region where the disease prevails.
Those who have wilt and rootknot
should write to C. A. McLendon,
Clemson College, for information
as to where wilt-resistant cotton
seed may be purchased.
no outside aid and is still hemmed in
by her enemies Germany will be
brought to her knees through shortage
of food by the first month of 1916.
This he regards as a very conservative
prophecy.
To bring the two opinions under
consideration into line on the assumption
that both men are well informed,
it is only necessary to argue that the
English official expects the necessary
killing to be accomplished in less than
the ten months for which the writer
thinks the German supplies will hold
out.
It would, of course, be easy to take
a dozen different estimates of the prob
able and possible duration of the war,
each of which could be supported by
at any rate reasonable arguments. On
the whole it seems likely that not even
those who have the best information
at their service will be able to
make any very accurate forecast until
the weather allows the various armies
to get more closely to grips. Both
France and Great Britain have vast
numbers of troops ready to put in the
fighting line when it is decided that
the time has come for an attempt at
a general advance. The Germans, too,
as may be gathered from every well
informed source, have plenty of men.
Neither side has yet put forth its fulll
est power.
Two Surprises of War.
Comparatively early in the war one
of 1 ho nm?t fnmniio "f ~ ?
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als said to the writer that the great
surprise of the war up to that date
had been the enormous number of
troops that had to be put into the light
ing line as soon as they could be got
there. The Germans, who were obvi'
ously the best prepared of the belligerents
were as surprised by this as
much as were Frence, England and
Russia.
Later on a still greater surprise
faced all the warring powers, and for
this statement there is equally high
authority. As the war progressed each
belligerent Germany equally with the
others, was staggered by the enormous
consumption of ammunition of
all sorts. It far exceeded anything
I imagined by the experts of any of the
j armies. There can be little doubt that
j the comparatively passivity of both
the German and the Anglo-French
armies in the western theatre of the
war for long periods has been due
very greatly to the necessity for accumulating
great stocks of war materials.
The British and French have enormous
numbers of men in the north of
France still leading the training life
of the men encamped all over the Brit
ish Isles. They are ready to go to the
firing line, but it is useless to send
| them there until practically unlimited
I supplies of ammunition are in reserve.
The same is no doubt true of the German
forces. Kitchener's aim today is
to turn Engand as far as possible into
a vast ammunition factory. In seven
months, according to his own statement,
mentioned at the beginning of
this letter, the rate of the output of
munitions of war has been increased
in this country three hundred fold, i
The writer was told ten days ago by a
very high authority that the intention
was that within a very few weeks the
pre.sent output of a week was to become
the daily output. I
J. S. Crirn Shoots Himself.
J. Shelton Crim, a young business
man of Columbia, proprietor of the
Crim shoe store on Main Street, attempted
to commit suicide at his apart <
ments on Laurel Street, Wed: |k lay
morning about 11 o'clock by sluMing
himself in the head. He fired three
times, only the part of one bullet
taking effect. Despondency over business
conditions is given as the probable
cause. ,
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STATE HAS IGNORED
THE CONSTITUTION
Disregard of Important Docu- ,
ment Has Brought Trouble
Says smith.
NEEDS ATTENTION
Laws of Our Own Making Not
( ,'.incirlnT,r?rt o c? o
V/\i IVO wv/u at
This Time as They Were
Then,?Tax and Oth
er Departments.
To the Editor of the Herald:
If you will allow me a little space
in your valuable paper, I will review
some incidents in the past history of
our State which may be worthy of
consideration in the future. I take
the position that all the farcial and
evasive methods complained of in the
tax department, the school system
and the other departments of our
State government are the result of our
disrespect for the constitution and
laws of our own making when the
constitutional convention of 1895 assembled.
It had the free advice of
political doctors and newspaper correspondents,
all of which was duly
considered. When it had completed
its work, which was duly ratified by
the legislature, the people regarded
it as a good constitution. It provided
for the maintenance of the entire
government with all its institutions
without friction or conflict with each
other; as to the tax department it
specified that property shall be listed
at its actual value at the time
of listing and that bonds could
not be floated by municipalities for
more than 8 per cent of said valuations.
But when dispute arose between
citizens representing different
industries as to actual values, the
board of equalization passed a resolution
declaring 50 per cent. the
basis of taxation for certain incorporations.
The people adopted the
same for all classes of property, although
it was a violation of a plain
mandate of the constitution. What
has been the result? Just as soon
as tax values were reduced 50 per
cent, Columbia, Greenville, Florence,
Bennettsville and other cities and
towns of the State realized that they
could not maintain their municipal
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5 per cent-valuation so they petitioncdod
the legislature to amend the constitution
so they could float bonds to
the amount of 1G per cent, of their
tax values, which they now have a
right to do. Now I submit that the
100 per cent, assessed value with the
8 "per cent, bond limit affords the
same basis of public credit that 50
per cent, valuation and 16 per cent,
bond limit will. So those towns have
gained nothing by the popular disregard
for the constitution. Every
intelligent citizen knows that, assessed
values are the asset upon
which the public does business, and
the same principle applies to the individual;
so when we reduce assessed
values, we reduce our resources for
progress and development. Another
outlaw record we have made is found
in our public school system. The constitution
provided $3 per capita, the
first three years after its adoption
for all the public schools and by the
end of the three years the legislature
shall enact a law declaring how long
the school term shall be, and that a
tax of 3 mills shall be levied for their
support and the proceeds of the 3
mills shall be applied in the respective
counties in which it is collected, and
if in any county the proceeds of the
3 mills is not sufficient to support the
schools for the term fixed by the legislature,
the comptroller general shall
levy a tax upon the State to make up
the deficiency and apply the proceeds
to the deficient schools, thus practical
ly making the school system a State
institution and supported by the state.
The legislature did pass an act legalizing
the 3-mill tax and its expenditure
in the counties in which it is collected,
but did not pass an act declaring
the length of the school term nor
providing for the levy by the comptroller
general to help the weak rural
schools. So the constitutional plan
for building up a school system in
the State, which put a common school
education in reach of all, was defeated
by our disrespect for the constitution,
and the result is according to the report
of the State superintendent of
education for the year 1013 that 00
per cent, of the school districts voted
[\ local option tax and that the local
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DEVELOPING SUCCESS
Say Despatches About War In
Carpathians
Petrograd, April 3.?The following
official communication was issued
today.
"Our offensive in the Carpathians
is developing successfully. On April
1, our progress was particularly mark
ed in the section of Volia-Michoia, in
the direction of the Uzsok pass. Despite
the obstinate resistance by the
Austrians, their use of explosive bul
icis to a large extent and their fierce
counterattacks, our troops pressed
them hard, capturing prisoners and
machine guns, amunition and
wagons which they had abandoned.
Gain in Night Fighting.
Berlin, April 2.?The war office has
made the following announcement:
"Western theatre of war:
"Between the Meuse and the Moselle
heavy artillry lighting has taken
place. Infantry lighting near and
in the forest of Le Pretre continued
the whole night. West of the forest
of he Prete French infantry attacks
broke down under our tire. In our
counter attacks we inflicted a heavy
loss upon the enemy and drove him
back into his old position. The French
are now in possession of only two
block house in the forest near our
most advanced positions.
"In the eastern theatre of war the
situation is unchanged."
In The District Court of the United
States for the Eastern District
of South Carolina.
In the matter of J. C. Graham,
bankrupt, (In Bankruptcy)
To the creditors of J. C. Graham of
Loris, in the County of Horry, and
District aforesaid, a bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
22nd day of March A. I)., 1915, the
said J. C. Graham was duly adjudged
bankrupt; and that the first meeting
of creditors will be held at the office
of H. H. Woodward in Conway, S. C.,
on the 13th day of April A. D. 1915
at 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon at
which time the said creditors may attend,
prove their claims, appoint a
trustee, examine the bankrupt, and
transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
A. F. WOODS,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Marion, S. C., April 2nd, 1915.
On Wednesday of last week snow
began to fall in large flakes and many
people thought that by night the
ground would be covered several inches
thick. But in this they were disappointed.
What little fell soon melted
away, almost as soon as it struck tho
ground.
option tax aggregated as much as tho
3-mill tax, less about $5,000, (if my
memory serves me right; I have not
the report before me), so the people
are paying very near the same
amount for common schools that the
3 mills would raise on 10 per cent,
valuation, and yet 40 per cent, of the
schools in the poorest rural districts
with the 50 per cent, assessed value
oidy realize one-half the amount the
constitution provides for. The question
for the people to decide is, has
the school system been benefitted or
injured by the present system ?
I submit that the suggestions for
disregarding the constitution as above
came from organized capital and not
from the masses of the people who
unfortunately accepted them. I notice
one correspondent suggests an
amendment to the constitution fixing
a maximum for State taxes. 1 ask
what guarantee have we that it would
be respected unless popular sentiment
is educated to respect law. Another,
in suggesting thought for tax commission,
says equalization does not
mean increased values. I fail to understand
how property can be equalized
without either increasing some
or decreasing some. As tn tho tnv
commission, I am free to say I have
the highest regard for their ability,
qualifications and integrity, and I expect
they will do their duty as they
see it. They have a hard task, and
when they have done their duty faithfully
it will probably amount to no
good, without a more sacred respect
for law. Disrespect for law doesn't
only endanger institutions of government,
it jeopardizes the lives and prop
erty of the individual citizen. It results
in murder, arson, larceny, perjury,
blind tigcrism, moral prostitution,
Ihe obstruction of legal processes
corruption in the jury box, and recoils
like a boomerang upon ali who contribute
to its popularity.
Jeremiah Smith,
Conway, March 10, 1015.