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HP t t * " . "*4 1 ^VOLUME XXX. TAKES ACTION AT ^ MURRELLS INLET Sheriffs of Georgetown and * Horry Counties Met With The Magistrates r 'MATTER WILL BE UP TO LEGISLATURE ' * * Meeting Found Nothing Upon Which to Take Signal Action. An article in the last issue of this paper explained the difficulty which has arisen by reason of some individuals at Murrells Inlet, in Georgetown County, shutting up stock of Horry farmers wondering across the line; on the ground that the law known as the' "general stock law" applies to that portion of Georgetown Gnnnftr n#HAln_l 0 "VIJWI.. j inHorry in Waccamuw Neck. The ^article stated in substance the facts concerning the old barbed wire fence ' that was once stretched across the neck to keep stock from passing from Horry into Georgetown County. It appears that this matter was brought to the attention of Governor Manning and as a result he wrote the sheriff of Horry County, and the sheriff of Georgetown County, under date of August 11th, as follows: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Executive Chamber Columbia, August 11, 1915. Mr. H. H. Ward, Sheriff, Georgetown,' s. c. Mr. J. A. Lewis, Sheriff, Conway, S C. Dear Sirs:? From advices received from Muriel's Inlet it appears that there is considerable disturbance in that section over the efforts of some citizens to live up to the "no fence" law, and that | there has been some violence. I am very anxious that there be no further! violence and that anything tending to bloodshed be avoided, but the law must be obeyed and citizens must be protected. I am writing you asking that you have a joint conference and have at, that conference the Magistrates of thej disturbed section so that you can dis-i cuss the situation and steps be taken I to preserve the peace and protect all citizens. If this law is against the best in4?erest of the section and the majority of the people there do not wish it, it can easily be remedied by legislative action next January, and in the meanwhile I am asking you to use your best efforts to preserve the law as it stands on the books and to protect all parties. T am, * . Very truly yours, T? T CI I T "VT A MXT1XT/1 11V1VII. 1. lyiAiMMINVj, ( Governor. This suggested meeting of the authorities of the two sections was arranged for August 17th, and the two sheriffs met the two magistrates; < Jf/ Messrs. Dal Johnson and J. D. West at ; K Murrells Inlet on that day. The re- i Jk.*kult of the meeting is set forth in the \ ^ report of the meeting under date of j August 18th, and this report was as follows: J August 18th, 191% ' To His Excellency Richard I. Manning, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir:? Conforming to your suggestion as 'Contained in yours of 11th, inst., relative to disturbance over question of \ Stock Law at Murrel's Inlet, in T Georgetown County, wry'beg to report i that we met Aug. 17th, inst., at Murrel's Inlet but did not find anything k upon which we could take signal ac- c tion but succeeded in getting parties c a<; variance to compromise their dif ro*"n.',os until meeting of the next 1 la .. if!lnUn'A. This, we think, dispen- 1 ses with the need of further attention from police rgulation. t< Signed: H. H. Ward, Sheriff, Georgetown n County. J. A. Lewis, Sheriff, Horry County, hi 4 Dal Johnson, Magistrate, Murrel's f< Inlet. ai J. D. West, Magistrate, Socastee. Ji The meeting evidently found the ai # "HC ??? ..... ' c SOLD MORPHINE; WAS ARRESTED Later Released as it Appeared J. ih There Was no1 Law Covering HELD FOR CONDUCT DISORDERLY ON STREE1 United States Commissions Stated Offense Not Under Federal T.aw Chief of Police L. R. Ambrose ha< his attention called last Friday to dis orderly conduct on the public stree by a negro woman named Mary Am Small and a colored brick-layer nam ed Cooper. The woman was tryinj to take something away from the man, and the man was making effort: to prevent her. When the policemai arrestee! the parties and asked wha the row was about he learned tha Cooper had a bottle of morphine which he stated he had purchasee fr(?m uromon on/1 ^" 1 1 viiv tt w111u111 auvi tlicit nut; null ut' come frightened at something Coope had said about reporting the sale t< the authorities and then she wante< to got this piece of evidence back int< her own hands. Question put to the parties reveal ed the fact that the woman had beei dealing in the naracotic and selling i to others as well as to Cooper and hi wife. It appeared that Cooper and hi wife had becin boarding at Small' house and when the Coopers wen to leave the Small woman had thei trunk attached for $7.00 board tha she claimed. It was then that Coope stated he would report her for sol 1 i 113 the morphine, or words to that effect After the parties were arrested th? town authorities stated they could no punish this act of selling under an; town ordinance and when Commis sioner C. P. Quattlebaum was cop suited he said that there was no Fed oral law covering it. There was n< State law covering the offense. Th< town had no charge on which to hole the parties except that of disorderly conduct. o AGREED TO MAKE COTTON UNDER RAN Washington.?The allies' intentior to declare cotton contraband has beer communicated unofficially but authoritatively to the state department. The department's advices are that the decision had been reached and the delay in making an announcement is due to the necessity' of arranging uniform treatment by all of the allies. The step has been agreed upon by Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Belgium, but Japan's attitude has not been defined and she may decide :hat no action is called for from her it this time. counwwaW OVER WIDE AREA Scores of persons perished in the Vest Indian hurricane that swept 7exas coast points dast week, accordng to reports. Eighteen soldiers, it is said, were :illed at Texas City, the regqlar army amp near Galveston, and 30 or 40 ivilians also are reported dead. Six deaths are reported from La 'orte, Texas, eight from Morgans j 'oint and three from Sylvan Beach, j Between 50 and 00 soldiers are said o have been injured at Texas City, j Three are reported lost at Scabrook ear Houston. o est solution of the difficulty, which is >r all parties to rest easy in the boat nd put it up to the Legislature in anuary to make such corrections as re necessary in the lav/s. iiovr )RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, PI JONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, AU( I A REAL W it i rK ffl^^.;' j-j ij j. v| ^.-. ^ "" ? "Genrul, don't you want a couple am "Naw! You can git a job wid da a r no casualty list!" 0 \ " LIKE A GO< 1 ?????? * Definite arrangements have been m s Black Box" with the first instalment c s September 16th. In the same issue w s "Million Dollar Mystery," the moving running in the Herald and which will now until September the 16th, when V rviiKl i' cV?/\/-l O ?-* ih /> " ' ?h 1 ^ 1 1 - ^uuiioucii* vyn iiiii U1 OCpiCmDc t here, the first instalment of "The Bla in moving1 pictures, also the same nig lar Mystery" will appear on the scree The point we desire to emphasize he ' best stories that cost the most moneys s keep up with all the local and general t this paper now, as we have repeatedly wards this enterprise and we will do c round county newspaper you have eve ; SOCASTEE FARMERS ; HAVING TROUBLE / P n IT I A T ~ A ? ? Vs ? ocuue 11 eapassmy HUlUSS border in Georgetown County Are Shut Up. Editor Herald:? 1 Will you allow me space to make 1 i some inquiries in relation to the 1 . stock law ? 1 It appears that the citizens of this i section of Horry County are to be forced into it by a few individuals living 1 across the border in the edge of < Georgetown County. These individ- 1 uals have declared themselves for it, ] _? and are taking up our stock and have, j in one case coming under my know- 1 ledge, made sale of the stock where \ ] there was no damage done, except! ] VI111 T1 I r? cr lnnofi -1 ~ "VT , - iv/ucit in cue; WUUUSi 1NOW) what are we to do about it ? Are we to quietly submit to this and allow ] our stock to be sacrificed, or will the . County authorities take the matter t in hand and help us to solve the dif- ( ficulty? t Ever since the stock law was pass- c 1 1 e<i, Dy common consent of the people I of Georgetown County, all that por- p tion of that county South of the Wac- ( camaw River was exempt from the operation of the law. This was about f twenty-fivo years ago. At this late 1; day, a few individuals who have mov-' r ed in declared in favor of the stock \\ 1 ^ law, and without any notice to Horry | people, have commenced taking up our t stock and giving a lot of trouble. ! Having had no previous notice, we 1 T have made no preparations for taking | / 1WEATHER F For the Week Beginning Wcdn Issued by the U. S. Weathei FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC AND EA Generally fair weather, with seas or for the week, although occasional loce the southern portion of the district. +4 !! *' RST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER" ?X7$T 26, 1915. AR GAME. w ^ ^v \y nurses?" nenrty, though. We ain't goin' to havs ?Rehse in New York World. JD STORY? iade to begin the publication of "The >f this great story in our issue of e will publish the solution of the ; moving picture serial that is now run one instalment each week from the solution above mentioned will be tr id, at the moving picture theatre ick Box" will appear on the screen rht ihe solution of the "Million I)ol'n. tre is that if you want to read the to procure, and at the same time i news, renew your subscription to ' asked you to do. Do your part tours. We promise you the best all ir had. FURTHER NEWS IN FRANK LYNCHING Governor of Georgia Will Con fer With County Officials as to Course. * ________ ' 1-r Atlanta.?Having offered a reward of $1,500 "for the first three persons convicted" in connection with the lynching of Leo. M. Frank, it was announced today that Governor Nat E. Harris would call a conference in Atlanta of officials in Baldwin and Cobb counties to consider wli-u fnv_ .T .?HV AMI :hcr steps shall he taken. The State prison farm, from which Frank was abducted, is located in Baldwin county, while his body was found swaying' from the limb of an oak tree near Marietta in Cobb County. o There is still plenty of work for the Board of Health to do. WIHHMMMMMMMMMMHMMBaMHnHnnMBM are of our cattle, and it is doing us a onsiderable damage if we are forced o submit to it at this time; and later >thers in the County may be forced o do the same, and it will become a crowing evil and soon cover the entire Jounty. I will bo pleased if our County Oficials, or ofrher friends, who may be ;ctteh posted than T, will take up this natter and let us know what is the >roper course to be taken. Hoping to hear from others through he columns of the Herald, 1 am, S. T. THARP. "hompson, S. C. tugust Kith, 1015. ?i3ftMBMunr.r?wvrar ? i tt?i?r?iw? GRECAST esday, August 25th, 1915. Bureau, Washington. D. C. ST GULF STATES: lab'e temperatures, is indicated il thundershowers may occur over mtH PUN OF ALLIES j TO BACK COTTON This Will Prevent Undue De- \ pression in Market Prices Later On BY CONCERTED ACTION | WILL SAVE SITUATION Governments Will Stand Be- , hind Markets to Prevent Loss to Growers. Washington.?The Allies' decision to declare cotton contraband was admittnrl Inof ^ I-? h -?* 1 **1 uiivw/u laoi ?ct: iv in LUC lllglK'St OII1cial quarters here, though a formal statement on the subject was withheld until official notification was received. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, conferred with M. Jusserand, the French ambassador, and they are understood to have discussed the cotton situation as well as other subjects connected with the war. It was learned that in a day or two some sort of an official statement will be forthcoming detailing the reasons of the Allies for declaring cotton contraband. This, it is understood, will set forth that, animated by a desire to avoid inflicting any injury upon the cotton planters of the South, whose welfare must be a matter of concern for the European nations that depend upon the great American staple for the bulk of the clothing of the popuI lof 1 AM *- 1 1 * luvivsii, iiicaouica aiu to uc concerted between the allied governments that will prevent cotton* prices from going below the point of profitable production. Just how this is to be done is not been clearly indicated, but it is known there is in contemplation a project to stand behind the market when necessary to prevent undue depression. The allied governments, under that plan, would not appear openly in the tran- ( saction, but would designate private i interests to undertake the task, which would involve perhaps the accumulation of stocks of cotton in warehouses in the United States to be drawn upon from Europe when prices ranged high : here. , . o PPfilin TDAMTMM I IIUUU IIIHUIIlim 4 RUDELY SHATTERED; < London.?The sinking in the , Aegean sea by a German submarine . of the British transport Royal Edward with heavy loss of life, has shattered { the proud tradition of the British navy , of having transported hundreds of ( | thousands of men across the sea with- j I out the destruction of one troop-lader j i ship. , j The loss of the Royal Edward is a r serious one. The men it carried were r not part of a new expedition, but were reinforcements for the 29th division r on the Gallipoli peninsula. The news s ctiuiu as a smock lo tne Ifritish public (> who believed the submarine menace n in the Aegean had been dealt with j successfully. .... ^ THOUSANDS VIEW 1 BODY IN ATLANTA c Atlanta.?I-eo. M. Frank's body was brought to Atlanta and secreted in a ^ barn until a crowd searching for it 1 threatened serious trouble. It then ^ was taken to an undertaking ostab- t< lishment where a steady stream of 0 persons passed to view it. h The temper of the people seemed ^ not to wreak vengeance upon the lifeless form, but they seemed determined to personally assure themselves that P it really was the body of Frank. H lo ii Drought Ten Cents. t< Isa Fore, an industrious colored to- [\ bacco planter of Soeastee sold her n' crop on the Conway market this week, some of the lots bringing a fraction over ten cents per pound. w hj a4* - .... > < LtL. i -i - . NO. 20. IAGSDALE PLANS FOR U. S. DEFENSE Will Present Novel Plans For Up-building of The Navy PAY PENSIONS BY DIRECT TAXATION Cost of War Fought More Than Fifty Years Ago. To convert the $160,000,000 that is paid out in pensions each year to a fund for the upbuilding of national defense including a fleet of battleships and at least fifty submarines for the Pacific coast, is the plan that will be presented to Congress at the next session by Congressman J. W. Ragsdale of South Carolina, a strong supporter of Senator Hen R. Tillman, chairman of the committee on naval affairs. Congressman Ragsdale will try to divert a portion of this sum to the upbuilding of the National Guard, which Re thinks should become one of the most important parts of the national defense. Together with Mrs. Ragsdale and two daughters, the Southern Congressman is registered at the Hotel New Washington, after having made a trip to Alaska. He will visit Mount Rainier tomorrow and later will go to California. "National defense," he said, "is just like lire or any other kind of insurance?a necessity. My plan includes raising the money that is needed for pensions by direct taxation. It's about time the people learned in a forceful way just what it costs us annually for a war that was fought fifty years ago. "I'm not in favor of discontinuing pensions, but I am in favor of letting the peonlc know what it costs. Pensions in 1913 cost this nation $170,000000 and last year they cost $100,000,000.. Liberal Support for Guard. "My plan embraces liberal support to the Natioanal Guard, a big navy and a general inpmnao ;? ? ill LUC IcllKt forces. There are several big problems ahead of us, but national defense is the biggest. Fifty years ago this country did not need such a big defense, but transportation has been do,-, celoped in the meantime, and we should profit by the lessons that haverecently been learned by England, France and Belgium at such terrific 3ost. They know now what a condi:ion of unprcparedness costs in life md money. "Our western coast is going to bo he theatre of the world's givat com? ?i ? neive aim wo must have a fleet strong mough to make it absolutely impervious to attack. I would be in 'avor of spending every dollar of net evenue for defense, if necessary, and nake pensions and other things a diect tax upon the people." Congressman Ragsdale, besides othr important positions is chairman of ubcommittee on banking and curreny, and he will make another effort to btain the passace of tv?r> kui Cl ~..v k/m |/l WVIU"" ng government aid to rural credit anks. Tie was one of the few Southrners who voted against President Vilson in repealing the Panama tolls, le is in favor of amending the shiping hill in such a manner that Amer\nn freight can he carried in Amerian bottoms and developing the merhant marine. "I'm very glad we took that trip to daska," he said. It was wonderful, 'he one great thing that the Kuropean *ar has done for this nation is to ?ach hundreds of thousands of Amricans that they have a great empire ring to the westward of the Rocky fountains." The Quattlebaum Light Tco Cornany are now getting about all of neir customers on the meter system istead of the flat rate; preparatory > running their plant the entire twen,*-four hours and giving its custolers a day current. o Moore Thompson of Little River as in Conway on business last week.