The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 05, 1915, Image 1
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VOLUME XXX.
PARTIES CLEARED
FROM GAME LAWS
Were Charged With Fishing in
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Inclosed Lake on Graham
4 Place
HOT FIST FIGHT
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^'Aluch Feeling Aroused Over
: Matter in The Magistrate
Court Here.
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the Magistrate court here last
| Friday, D. H. Russ, J. W. Sparks, J.
P. Graham, Sr., J. P. Graham, Jr., Ben
f Cox and Lispen Lupo, were all cleared
by the court of a charge of violation'
of the game laws of this State. The
warrant charged that the defendants
violated the game laws on May 6th,
by fishing in the inland waters of the
State, etc. The case had been pending
for some time having been put off
a time or two it is said.
The testimony showed that the fishing
was done in a small inland lake
entirely surrounded by the lands of
Mr. J. P. Graham, Sr., one of the
parties charged with his son in the
warrant. It appears that this lake
has no outlet to the river and that it
takes a freshet of about three feet in
height in order that the river waters
m o i r fi nr inf a Kit* lnlrn
4I1WJ 4 IV/ *T ill 1>V7 til KO 1UI\Ci
I Mr. Olen Stanley, it is stated was
the informer in the case having
telephoned the game warden, Mr. 0.
Aft H rrelson at the time the fishing
was done. After the trial last Friday
and a verdict of not guilty had been
rendered, there were some words between
Mr. Stanley and Mr. Russ, one
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y/L LUC IIC1.CIUIU.I1LO, U1IU LI IC LWU L 11I1LI1ed
in a hand-to-hand fight on 3rd
! Avenue. The fight was fierce while
it lasted and some signs were left on
: each of the parties engaged.
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TRUSTEES URGED TO
GALL FOR AID BLANKS
To the Trustees:
Trustees of special districts that get
State aid or term extension are urged
to employ a teacher as early as possible
if you have not already done so
arX* when you are in Conway on my
| office days call at the office and sign
your blanks for your State aid.
If it is not convenient for you to
come to Conway, write me giving the
name of your teacher's grade of certificate
and the salary which you have
agreed to pay.
I have the blanks and I am anxious
for us to fill them out as early as possible
and file them with the State
SuAt. of Education in order that Horry
fc applications may be among the
first to be paid.
Trustees nf Rural Craned Sehnnls
will please notify me of the date of
the opening of their school so that I
can furnish you the special blank
which your teachers will fill out from
their registers at the close of the first
month.
Prompt attention to the above will
fadlitate the work of this office very
much.
Thanking you in advance for your
cooperation.
?. H. BROWN.
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Rural Carrier Examination.
i^The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an examination
for the County of Horry, S. C.,
to be held at Loris on August 28, 1915,
Jjp^jfill the position of rural carrier at
Loris and vacancies that may later occur
on rural routes from other postoffices
in the above-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 he obtained from the offices
mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commlssidt
at Washington, D. C. Applications
should be forwarded to the Commission
at Washington at the earliest
practicable dale.
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FALL OF WARSAW
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London, July 30?Warsaw, the third
city of Russia and the goal of which
the German armies have been striving
since October, is at .least in the
throes of abandonment. Germans, In
overwhelming numbers, are almost at
the gates of the Polish capital and dis
patches both from the city itself and
injfr Petrograd say that further resistance
would be unwise.
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RUSSIANS AWAIT
CRITICAL POINT
Like Spider in Web Watching
Attack Says War Cor'
respondent
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HARDEST FIGHTING
ON SOUTHERN LINE
, Germans Said to be Gaining
Slowly and at Tremendous
Cost.
London.?Telegraphing from Petrograd
The Morning Post's correspondent
says:
"There is a marked difference in the
manner in which the Russians arc
dealing with the attacks on the northern
and southern fronts. The lattei
is the scene of hard fighting, inch b>
inch, and the Germans have made nc
general progress here but are making
prolonged pauses over the greater poi
tion of their front in order to detach
reinforcemtns for the purpose ol
bringing into line the backward sections.
'"fliere is also fighting in tropica
heat which makes even existence burdensome.
The Russians have not vel
been put to any severe strain and deal
with the German attacks faithfully
wherever they are delivered. More
than two-thirds of this front, namely
from the Vistula to the Viepriz, is
quiescent.
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THE COUNTY FAIR
TO OPEN OCT, 12TH
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The first moeeting- of the Horrj
County!" Faf^'Association for 1915 was
hehl last Monday at the Farm Demon
stration Office. It was decided tc
make the fair association a corporation
and each of those who had al
ready paid a subscription, a stockholder.
The shares will he $5.00 eacl
land the corporation is to ha\e a capii
tal stock of $500.00.
The following* officers and directors
I were elected for tl/s year: D, A
I Spivey, President; Paul Quattlebaum
! V.-Pies.; J. W. Little, Secretary; C. J
i Epps, Treas; Miss Annie Derham, Su
j perintendent Womens' Division; M
: W. Wall, Superintendent Farmers' Di
vision; S. H. Brown, Superintendeni
Boys Clubs Division; C. R. Scarbor
ough, P. W. Bethea, L. H. Burroughs
F. G. Holliday, are also on the board
The Fair will be held in the Plant
! ers Tobacco Warehouse and will oper
its door on the morning of Oct. 12th
and will last through the 15th.
SERIOUS CHARGES
AGAINST NEGRO
A negro employee at the Andersor
mill near Conway was given a pre
liminary hearing last Monday before
Magistrate Chestnut on the charge
of a nameless crime. The witnesses
against him were two small boys, son:
of Calvin Montgomery. The investi
gation was adjourned by the court foi
the purpose of seeing the location ane
will be concluded next Saturday. The
negro's friends deny that he is guilty
of any such charges.
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Handled Rattlesnake.
While curing tobacco, one nigh
last week, Mr. T. Daggett Chestnu
rittO ^ Av\nrnt? litAMi ?i/\n v* /I Urt V. .1 1*1,
ii^ui wii wo^v, went luuiiu ueiimu in*
barn to open an air vent. As he plac
eel his hand in the vent he took hole
of the tail of a rattlesnake but manag
! ed to turn loose before he was bitten
The snake measured about three fee
, in length. Mr. Chestnut was consider
1 ably frightened by the occurrence.
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LUGIAN JORDAN
SEVERELY CU1
Early last Monday morning it is re
ported that Henry Anderson and Jo<
Powell went into the field in th<
Maple section where Lucian Jordai
was at work, and Henry Anderson cu
i a gash ten inches long in the arm o
, Jordan. The parties had some diffi
culty on Sunday, the day before. An
derson and Powell were arrested late:
[ in the day "barged with assault an<
battery with intent to kid
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Ice Cream Supper,
i There will be an Ice Cream Suppe
, at Tilly Swamp School House on Fri
i day evening, Aug. 6th, 1915, als<
I special music will be furnisher
thorughout the evening by the Nix
onville string band.
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t treasurer of the Dixie Chemical Co.,
Mr. H. H. Woodward, Editor,
Conway, S. C.
i Dear Sir:?
T am enclosing you herewith cas
> extend my subscription to The Hon
Your paper continues to improve
tive home, yet I love to read the He
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, We want to mention another letl
the confederate war, and who is now
i in Horry County. His letter states
' owes for the paper before the Fall, t
taken it for many years and has alw
without it.
If we have not yet heard from >
| ter without delay and send us in whi
. SAYS EATING OF BEANS
i CURED HIM OF PELLAGRA
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That the eating of beans cured him
r of pellagra is the statement of Mr. A.
1 F. Blizzard, No. 1103 South Eighth
3 street, who called at The Star Office
/ yesterday. He is a member of the
street force of the city of Wilmington
and appears to be hale and hearty. He
.QflVC fV\nf Ha wtcio vc?f offn/?1ra/1 f^^
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disease about six years ago and that
[ he was treated by a number of Wilmington
physicians without deriving
s any relief. At that time little was
" known of the nature of the disease.
About one year ago Mr. Blizzard
says he noticed in a government pub
lication that eating beans would cure
1 the disease aijd that he determined to
try this. Since that time he has taken
no medicine nor has he been troubled
with the disease.
He is a native of Bladen county and
is greatly interested in the campaign
which it is planned to wage in that
p county against the disease which is
said to be rapidly spreading in that
section. Mr. Blizzard wishes to recommend
the bean cure as he believes
it will be of great help.
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5 A Ncwberrian found a twin tomato
i in his garden a few days ago, fastened
t together by a small tomato the exact
f shape of a heart.
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For the Week Beginning We
Issued by the U. S. Weat
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Generally fair weather will prevJ
1 are probable in the Florida peninsu
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IRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER"
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rritten by one of Horry's sons who has i
i distant state. He is secretary and t
, of Nashville, Tenn. The letter follows:
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y Herald one year.
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irald and learn what is going on in Horle
success of your paper, I remain j
Yours very truly, I
L. G. McNabb. t
ber that we received from a veteran of
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r about 80 years of age. He resides
} that he will gladly pay all that he J
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hat he loves to read the paper and has ^
'ays liked it, and would not feel right a
'ou, kind reader, then look up the mat
it you owe as soon as you can. ?
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' SIX BLAMED FOR :
RIVER HORRORSi
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Chicago.?A coroner's jury returned
a verdict placing the blame for the v
loss of hundreds of lives by the cap- s
sizing of the steamer Eastland in the v
Chicago river Saturday on six men as a
follows: j
William H. Hull, general manager ^
i of the Chicago-St. Joseph Steamship v
company, owner of the Eastland; Capt r
T-Tnrrv P#>fl^vaon r?f flin TPo of lovwl T M
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Erickson, engineer; Robert Reid, federal
inspector of steamships, who o
gave the Eastland license to carry
2,500 passengers July 2, J. C. Eckliff, n
federal inspector of steamships; W. r
K. Greenebaum, general manager of y
the Indiana Transportation company, J
lessee of the Eastland.
The jury recommended that these ^
men be held to a grand jury for in- t
dictment on charges of manslaughter. (J
The jury foiind that the passengers
; were not in any way to blame for the {|
capsizing of the ship. It recommends h
1 further investigation by the coroner s
and other officers to determine wheth
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the men named and others may be i
guilty of negligence or of contribut- I
, ing in any way to the cause of the r
disaster. f
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dnesday, August 4th, 1915. J
her Bureau, Washington. D. C.
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IECKER ENDS IN j
ELECTRIC CHAIR
)eclaring to The Last His Innocense
of The Murder
unarges
.ED THE WAY
TO THE DEATH HOUSE
)ied With Photograph of His
Wife Pinned Over His
Heart.
All efforts to put off any longer
he execution of Charles ft. Becker in
>Iew York, convicted about three
ears ago of complicity in the murder
if Herman Rosenthal, a gambler, ild
last week, and Becker gave up hope
hat had sustained him in a long fight
n the courts. He was put to death in
he electric chair at Sing Sing Prison,
)ssining, N. Y., las^t Friday morning.
The former New York police lieu
enant retained his composure andirotested
his innocense to the last,
le went to his death with a photograph
of his wife pinned on his shirt
ver his heart. Three shocks were
;iven before the prison physician prolounced
Becker (lead at 5:55 o'clock.
Becker led the way to his own exeution.
He sat up all night on the
dgs of his cot, calmly talking to De?uty
Warden Charles H. Johnson.
"I have got to face it," said Becker,
and I'm going to meet it quietly and
without trouble to any one."
The deputy warden left Becker
ibout an hour before the time set for
xecution and when the priests, Fathr
W. E. Cushin, the prison priest, and
leather Curry, of New York, came to
dminister the last rites they found
he condemned man with his face restng
on his hand gazing at the prison
loor. The priests remained with him
o the end.
Leads Death March.
Shortly after 5 o'clock the first of
he witnesses began to assemble outside
the prison walls. Quietly their
lames were checked off by Deputy
Varden Johnson. Then the witnesses
cere led to the place of execution in
he death house adjoining the old exeution
chamber, where the four gunnen
were put to death over a year
go for killing Rosenthal. When the
vinesses were seated Deputy Warden
ohnson nodded to Principal Keeper
rred Dorner and they left the room
hrough a small wooden door that led
o the death cells beyond where Beckt
was praying with his spiritual addsers.
Becker rose to his fee twhen he saw
'ohnson and took a crucifix from the
land of the prison priest. To Father
2urry Becker gave his last message
is he took his place at the head of the
ittle file of men that marched to the
oom of death.
His message was:
"I am not guiity by deed, or conipiracy,
or in any other way of the
leath of Rosenthal. I am sacrificed to
ny friends. Bear this message to the
vorld and my friends. Amen."
The one time police officer hesitated
is he entered the execution room. It
corned to the witnesses as if he was
tartled that the death chair was so
lear at hand, lie looked quickly at
he double row of witnesses, glanced
it the floor, swept with his eyes the
chitened walls of the room and then
uddenly, as if coming to himself
calked briskly over the rubber mat
ml eniiirwl himenlf
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lehind Becker followed the prison
iriests chanting the prayer of death,
vhich was repeated by the condemned
nan.
Two Shocks Given.
"Jesus, Mary, Joseph, have mercy
n my soul," nervously spoke Becker
,s deputy wardens stepped forward
nd adjusted the electrodes. Hardly a
ninutc elapsed before the electrode
/as applied to the right log, a slit havng
been previously cut' in the trouser
pg from the knee down. After the
lectrode had been firmly adjusted
gaintst a shaven spot on the back of
ho condemned man's head the State
xecutioner looked at Deputy Warden
ohnson who surveyed the figure that
/as still mumbling the death prayer
n the chair. Johnson half turned his
lead and the executioner jammed the
witch.
The first shock lasted a full minute
nd the executioner said that it was
,850 volts and 10 amperes in strength
t came while Becker was still comnending
his soul to his Maker.
The two prison physicians stepped
orward to examine the collapsed figire
supported in the death chair by
he thick black leather straps. The
tnd Dr. Charles Farr, the prison phyician,
pressed his finger against an
irtery in the neck. There was still a
eeble fluttering of the heart.
The physician stepped back from
he rubber mat and again the electric
urrent pulsed throught the body. The
hock lasted seven seconds. After a
lasty examination, Dr. Farr asked
hat a third shock be given. This last
id five seconds. An examination that
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NO. 17.
CASE IN COURT
9VER SHARE CROP
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Joe E. Smith Claims He Was
Ousted From Tobacco
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EMPLOYED LAWYERS
RECEIVER ORDERED
Mean Time, Landlord W. P.
Floyd, is Caring for
Crop.
Last week Judge Bowman at Darlington,
S. C., signed an order, on motion
of Messrs. Gasque & Page, attorneys
for Joe E. Smith, providing
for the appointment of a receiver to
take charge of a tobacco crop. The
crop in question is three acres of tobacco
planted on shares by Smith for
W. P. Floyd in Galivants Ferry township.
The complaint in the ease was served
on W. P. Floyd some days before
the order providing for the receiver.
In the complaint it is alleged in substance
that Mr. Floyd refused to allow
Mr. Smith to cure this crop in a
certain barn on the premises and re
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quireci mm 10 carry it to another tobacco
barn some distance away on the
Currie place, and that he had been
prevented from gathering and curing
his crop according to the agreement of
the parties. W. P. Floyd has filed his
answer in the case in which he alleges
that the plaintiff Smith fell out with
him lately concerning the fertilizer
for a potato patch, because Floyd
could not furnish it, that hard language
was used, and that Smith got
very mad and quit the tobacco crop
of his own accord. The answer also
alleges that it was understood from
the first that the barn on the Currie
place was to he used after the croppings
got so large that the barn on
the place would not take care of them
along with the other crops of the def
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In the meantime Mr. George J.
Holliciay was appointed in the order
as receiver to take charge of the crop
and gather and market it and hold
the proceeds subject to the order of
the court. Copies of the order appointing
him were served on Mr. Holliday.
We are not informed whether
Mr. Holliday agreed, to accept the position
of receiver or not. In the
meantime the defendant, Mr. W. P.
Floyd is taking care of the situation*
it is said by gathering and curing the
tobacco in the usual way.
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FORMER HORRYITE
CANDIDATE IN MISS.
Mr. E. E. Todd, who emigrated
from Horry to tlie State of Missouri
years ago, has enjoyed success in his
adopted State. Having successfully
engaged in callings of private life he
was elected to the position of Justice
of the Peace, which is an important
office in that State as we are informed,
and carries with more dignity than
the office of Magistrate does in South
Carolina. Mr. Todd is now a candidate
for the office of representative
from Greene County, Miss., and the
indications are that he will be elected
by a largo majority. He married in
Mississippi and thereby that State did
him one good deed in granting him
one of her fairest damsels for a life
companion. Mr Todd now thinks it
will do him another and elect him to
the office he seeks/
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CHEERING NEWS
FOR WASHINGTON
Encouraging reports reached Washington,
last week, as to peace prospects
in Mexico, although no indication
had come that Gen. Carranza
would1 yield to another request from
the United States to join in peace negotiations
with other Mexican leaders.
Intimations have been conveyed to administration
officials, however, that
joint peace deliberations of all factions
can be arranged under conditions
acceptable to Carranza.
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New Fire Well.
The town authorities have just com'
pleted a new fire well in the Gully
section of the city. This well cost
about $80.00 less than any of the othi
er fire wells ever put in by the town.
stethoscope was applied to the heart
took several minutes followed. Three
physicians among the witnesses then
made an examination and Dr. Farr, at
j 5:55 o'clock, quietly announced:
"I pronounce this man dead."