The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 27, 1915, Image 1
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VOLUME XXX.
PROCEEDINGS GF COURT
ON CRIMINAL DOCKETS
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i ^Number of Cases are Disposed
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MOST OF THE CASES
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Usual Court Visitors
,. 9 Were Short on Account of
Li feeason.
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1 ho Court of General Sessions convened
on last Monday morning, Judge
K. W. Meminger presiding and L. M.
Gasque, Esqr., the new* solicitor, in
whose favor the Supreme Court re's
cently decided in a contest between
him and L. I?. Singh ton, Esqr.
IJkThere were many cases on the criminal
docket to be tried, some continued
from the last term, many of them
coming in since the last term. These
cases as a rule were for minor offense:
against the laws and therefore
did not create very much public i iteri'he
visitors to the city during court
week v.vre v.. - ht-i* w ronmared to ; I it?
[attendance Kobuu.y, this no doubt
owing to tiu- fyoi li nt tlu farmers arc
busj in Vjoir crops and had no time to
spend U n,
The commission of i\l'. Giisque as
solicitor .of the 12th circuit was read,
in court after the jury list had been
calif 1 an dhe at once took charge ofl
his duties and proceeded to swear
witnesses for liie grand jury.
'ldie State vs. N. Merely for disposing
of property under lien, was con+
i nnsd
I In the case of The State vs. Fate
Grainger the parties came to an agree
ment and the case was noll-pro.ssed.
^lie indictment against Hartford
Ahon which was not handed out to the
grand jury at last term for want of
prosecution, was discontinued and
thrown out of court.
The indictment against Moss Page
charging violation of the dispensary
law was discontinued for lack oi wilne.ses.
^he State vs. Dempsy Lewis, et. al.,
charged with riot was dismissed.
The defendants in the murder ease
IV gainst Hen Tompkins and Putty
Thompkins were arraigned on the
^Hfenrge and trial set for Thursday
^ ft^Vng at 9:30 A. M.
? \^rand jury returned no bill in
A ? ' charge against Otto way
4 pa,U Inman King.
case tried was the State
H Vereen and A. H. Vereen
H (V^vvith house-breaking and lar
/The defendants had no lawyer.
J were charged with stealing hay
from the barn of a neighbor named
Gerrald. The jury returned a verdict
of guilty of larceny as to Aleck VeL^H
reefi, the other defendant was cleared.
The State vs. J. G. Allen and Mary
Hardee was noil prossed.
wmkk The court then tried VV heeler Gow^Han,
colored, on two charges of forgery.
pleaded guilty and was sentenced
^^ to si^ years in the penitentiary.
The State vs.-J. VV. Todd for viola^^ tion
o(' the dispensary law was then
tried. He was charged with selling
^^ andjplso keeping a nuisance. The so^^ licitor
did not ask for conviction on
HBthe count for selling. The jury re^^ tunuMl
a verdict of guilty of nuisance
^^ witii mercy, but sentence was susI^Hpended
during good behavior.
I The next case called was The State J
rs. Kate Grainger charged with malU
lious trespass on real estate. He was
:ountTnot guilty.
The State vs. Ann McCracken for
ceeping disorderly house was continicd.
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An Evening News dispatch to Lonlon
from Copenhagen says the report
s c^rent in German naval circles
;hat 17 German submarines have been
ost since February 18, the date of
;he commencement of submarine
blockade of England.
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COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
ALLEN SCHOOL
Will Have Big Day June 5th
With Races and Other
Events.
On June 5th, the first Saturday in
June, there will be a regular old time
picnic at the Allen School TIousi near
Joy, S. C. At 9 o'clock on Saturday
morning a short program will be carn
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school.
The program is made up of vocal,
Music Declamations, recitations, Uncle
.Joe's Comedy, Instrumental music,
The Infant's drill and march followed
by a short play, mingled with music,
rendered by the male and female
quartette of the Aden school Literary
Society. At eleven o'clock will be the
address of the day. Speaker and suoject
will be announced nex{ week. At
12:15 announcements will be made for
tlie afternoon. At 12:30 adjournment
for dinner. At two o'clock the outside
amusements begin. A very active
committee has been appointed to take
charge of this part of the day's program.
They have already promised a
four-legged race run by three boys,
and the old woman's race for the married
ladies. Many other races and
"amOS wili be had. Onen tn everv
body. At'3 o'clock will come the ball
Tho boys arc very busy trying*
in every way to improve thmeselvesl
and 'heir diamond. At 4:30 in the i
evening you are invited in the bouse
for the crowning- feature of the clay's
ex/erciso; After* adjournment.
COMMITTEE.
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Colored Mechanic Shot.
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News of a dastardly attempt to
commit murder at the plant of the
Hammer Lumber Co., in Little River
Neck, near the North Carolina line,
reached Conway the latter part of|
last week. Apiong the force of employees
was a colored mechanic who
came there to work from New Bern,
N. C. One night last week some one
called at the edge of the yard. The
mechanic opened the door and saw
five white men standing together and
was suspicious that their intentions
were not good, as he turned to leave
the door one of the men fired on him
with a shot gun and he was severely
wounded in the leg. Blood hounds
could not be secured at the time or the
attempted as-assins would have been
trailed out and caught, but as it is this
ciime will go unpunished. It is to be
deplored that Horry County has any
such people in its bounds and it is to
be hoped that they will take warning
as the majority of the people are of a
better class an J will not stand for
such conduct, but there are a number
of citizens thmselves who wil: no.
wait for authorities to tak . charge,
but will help track down such criminals
themselves
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Irish Potato Crop.
It became apparent last week that
tha irish potato crop in soma sections
of the countyfwould be cut orf first by
the drouth and next by the sudden
Clflfwlc \1 iri'1 l/> Unool. I('|| vwc t /.
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seem to be the hardest hit, #s they
planted for 15,000 barrels and will get
but about 1,000 barrels. This unprecedented
bad luck will have its effect
on the business conditions at this season
of the year.
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Scare About Over.
Some months ago several cases of
smallpox were discovered, mostly in
the colored residents section of Conway,
though some cases were reported
in the white residence section. For
several weeks but little attention was
paid to these, but later the health authorities
got busy and general vaccination
was enforced. At this time we
find that the scare is almost entirely
over, those who had the disease hai
recovered and vaccination has apparently
done the rest, combined with the
warm weather which always helps to
stamp it out. . ,
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RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, I
DNWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, Mi
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE GREAT EV
Peoples Brick Warehouse Bein
Everybody Invited?H
Last Sunday Gives
Census
Rev. A. H. Griffith of
The final arrangemnts are all being
made for the Union Evangelistic Services
which are to begin in the Peoples
Brick Warehouse, Sunday evening
May 30th.
Rev. A. H. Griffith, the Evangelist,
that is to have charge of the services
will arrive in Conway the latter part
of this week.
The local committee have been
busy this week with the general arrangemnts.
Seats have been provided
and are being put up in the warehouse.
A large platform that will accommodate
two hundred people is being
provided for the large chorus
choir. The choir has received the newsong
books and has been making preparations
for good music during the
meeting.
The cottage prayer-meetings held
in the homes last week were well attended
and a deep interest in the meet
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Total Church Membership.
Methodist 302
Baptist 175
Presbyterian 53
Other Denominations 21
TOTAL NUMBER ATTENDING SU
NOT ATTENDING SUNDAY SCHC
An Announcement.
It is announced that the Pee Doe
quarterly of the Pee Dee annual conference
of the Free Will Baptist
Church, will, if the Father wills it so,
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nwiu iin? stH-uiiu quarterly mooting' at
Mt. Ariel church, beginning Friday
night, May 28th, 1915, at 7:80 o'clock,
with Rev. H. P. M. Todd to preach
the introductory sermon. Meeting is
expected to close on Sunday following
at 4 o'clock. Sunday P. M. prayer
meeting is announced, followed by the
organization of up adult Bible Class
This class is to btf a working class in
the Sunday School and Church and
many will be expected to join hands
with us and help to extend God's
work. Everybody is cordially invited
WEATHER
For the Week Beginning We
Issued by the U. S. Weath
FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC AND E,
Fair weather will prevail, except
are probable in the Florida pen insi
or slightly above.
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IHST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER"
VY 27, 1915.
SEIN6 COMPLETED
ANGEI.ISTIC CAMPAIGN
g made Ready for the Services
ouse to House Visitation
Complete Religious
of City.
Reidville South Carolina.
ing is manifest. More cottage prayer
meetings will be held during this
week and a union prayer-meeting will
be held at the Baptist Church on
Thursday night.
Everybody is invited to these services.
It is hoped that not only all
the people of Conway but many from
all parts of Horry County will take
advantage of the opportunity this
great evangelistic campaign will offer
them.
The house to house visitation Sunday
afternoon, May 23rd, was most
thorough. The committee in charge
making a canvass of the entire white
population of Conway in about onehalf
hour. The information received
will be of great value to the personal
workers in the meeting and will aid
the pastors in the.work that will follow
the meeting.
The following are the complete returns
as tabulated by the committee
after the canvass was made.
Non Church Memebers With Religious
Preference.
Mehodist 228
Baptist 178
Presbyterian 88
Other Denominations 28
No preference 2G
NDAY SCHOOL f>91
>01 403
to attend the services.
Yours in love,
M. S. TODD, Pastor.
Per. James R. Singletary, Delegate.
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Hearing Before Referee.
There was a hearing before Mr. W.
L. Bryan as Special Referee one day
last week at the court house in the
case of J. L. Bell, Plaintiff against
Joe P. Vereen, Defendant, which was
brought by the plaintiff for the foreclosure
of a mortgage of real estate.
The defendant filed an answer in the
case denying that he owed anything
on mo mortgage. The reteree took
the case under advisement.
FORECAST
dnesday, May 26th, 1915.
er Bureau, Washington. D. C.
\ST GULP STATES:
that occasional day thunderstorms
ill a. Temperatures will be normal
pvulri,
INFLICT DEFEATS
ON THE GERMANS
French Announce Further Sue-'
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cess in Western Theatre
of War
The following: official communicai
tion was issued supplementing the
I previous reports of the importance of
the defeat suffered by the Germans
in their attack north of Ypres during
the night of May 20-21:
"We captured 150 prisoners and
took several mine throwers. The
ground was strewn with more than
500 German dead.
"The weather having improved, our
troops on the slope of Notre Dame do
Lorette made and attack which succeeded
brilliantly. We have taken
the German fortified works called
"The White Wav' on the only one of
the five southern ridges of the Lor-]
ettee hill still partially in the hands
of the enemy.
"From this point the Germans, with
their mitralleuses, were hampering
our advance, as also was the case on
1110 plateau south ot" Souchez.
"The entire Lorette hill and the
lesser ridges which the enemy had
defended fiercely for more than six
months are therefore in our power. Tni
addition we have captured that section
of Ablnin St. Nazaire which linked!
"The White Way' works to the north-!
orn end of the village still occupied by I
the enemy.
"In this fighting we captured more
than 250 prisoners, several of them1
officers. We also took a can nee of
the enemy."
"Then enemy replied to our success
her with a very violent bombardment
They have not, however, counterattacked.
'The day was uneventful on the rest
of the front."
Closing of Private School.
The selet private school for youngboys
and girls conducted by Mrs.
Maude M. Snider. at the beautiful
Snider residence on Kingston Lake,
came to the successful close of the
second term last Friday, with an entertainment
and a juvenile picnic. The
little pupils all enjoyed the exercises
and quit their studies more in love
with their teacher than ever.
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CONWA Y-M ULLINS GAM E
ONE OF THE BEST OF SEASON
The game of baseball between Mullins
and Conway, played on the local
diamond Thursday of last week, was
considered one full of interest and
enthusiasm from the very start. The
local team played at her best throughout
the game as did the visiting team.
The Conway boys showed good practice,
and there was only a few bad
plays made, but their greatest difficulty
was shown by their feeble batting.
Love, for Mullins allowed but
few hits, and in the relief pitching or
Rogers in the seventh inning, Conway
men were powerless to hit the ball
due to his speed. The game was
more interesting along about the close
for the visitors made hard efforts to
increase their score, but to no avail.
The final score gave Mull ins 0 and
Conway 7, which shows that the locals
were given a hard fight and a
close "rub" for the game.
Among the "loyal" who came over
from Conway last Friday to attend
the ball game, the Enterprise noted
the following persons: Mr. and Mrs.
M. CJ. Anderson, and their guest, Miss
Marrie Morrow, of Toronto, Canada;
Miss Mary Epps, of Spartanburg,
Miss Mary Dusenbery, Mr. L. I). Ma(Jrath,
Senator Hal Fuck, W. P. Hardwick,
Dr. J. A. Norton, A. W. Barrett,
S. P. Hawes, T. J. Bell, A. H. Long,
Hon. J. A. McDermott, J. S. Battle.
Hon. E. J. Sherwood, Olin Watson and
nth ors.
It was a fine bunch of folk and
they seemed to have enjoyed the visit
very much, and while they regretted
the defeat of their home team, they
enjoyed the game and went home happy.
Quite a number of the visitors
were entertained in the homes of our
citizens during the evening, and altogether
Conway's visit to her cousinsacross-the-Poe
Dee was a mutual
pleasure.?Mullins Enterprise.
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No. 6.
SINGLETON STORE WAS
BROKEN BY UNKNOWN
Quantity of Candy Was the
Only Article Missed by
the Prorietor.
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SHERIFF CALLED TO
LOOK FOR CRIMINALS
Unsuccessful Attempt to Track
the Robbers Whoever
They Were.
Sheriff J. A. Lewis was called early
one morning1 last week to go to the
residence of Mr. James Singleton on
the Dog Bluff' road, near the County
Seat, and try to capture a man or men
who had oroken into the store of Mr.
Singleton a few hours before and
stole some goods. When the things
in the store were checked up. however.
it was found that a quantity of
candy was all that was missing.
Other things might have been taken,
but were not remembered as to their
kind or their location on the shelves.
The owner of the store said that
ooioro day-light lie hoard a racket of
breaking- glass at t ie st ire which is
near the residence. When he went to
tho store he found that the persons
had broke the wind >\v and entered
the store and had taken what they
wanted therefrom and <h parted.
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RKSOLITIONS.
On the Death of Mrs. S. O. Green by
the Conway M. E. S. S. Phila- 4
thea Class.
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WHEREAS, God in His infinite
wisdom has taken from us our sister
and Class-mate. Mrs S n
whose sweet Christian infuence was
felt in our Church and community,
And,
WHEREAS, we as a class feel a
personal loss, and know that she has
left a home blighted and saddened by
the absence of a dear wife and mother
Resolved 1st.?That the Philathea
Class feels that in the death of Sister
Green it has lost one of its most faithful
members.
Resolved 2nd.?That we humbly sub
mil to the will of our Heavenly Father
who <loeth all things well; and rejoice
in the assurance that all is well
with our departed sister.
Resolved 3rd.?That we extend our
deepest sympathy to members of the
bereaved family.
Resolved 4th.?That a copy of these
resolutions be recorded in our miutes,
one sent to the bereaved family, one
to the Southern Chrhjian Advocate
for publication,an done to each of the
County papers.
Respectfully Submitted,
JVl iss Mattie Covington,
Mrs. J. S. Hat tie,
Mrs. D. A. Spivey.
Conway, S. C., May 22, 1915.
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Rural Carrier Examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an examination
for the County of Horry, South
Car., to he held at Conway on June 26,
1915, to fill the position of rural carrier
at San ford and vacancies that
may later occur on rural routes from
other post offices in theabove mentioned
county. The examination will be
open only to male citizens who are actually
domiciled in the territory of a
post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
in Form No. 1977. This form and application
blanks may be obtained
from the office mentioned above op
from the United States Civil Service
Commission at Washington, D. C. Applications
should be forwarded to the t
Commission at Washington at the earliest
practical date.?United State*
Civil Service Commission. .