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A - Ml t VOLUME XXX. I EXCITEMENT CAUSED ' BY NEGRO KILLINGS k After Negroes Are Killed Quiet Again Reigns at Blakely, Georgia FIVE GEORGIA BLACKS SHOT TO DEATH * Two Others Burned as Result i of Assasination of ' Overseer. L . Berkely, Ga., Dec. 'M.?Excitement y caused throughout this section by clashes between two nosses and no groes near here in which seven negroes were killed and two white men seriously hurt, had not entirely <iic??l j down today. Influential white citizens who were busy until late last night in efforts to prevent further ^ possible outbreaks expressed the belief, however, that there would be no more trouble. Five of the negroes were shot and killed and two others were burned to death, according to reports here, as a result of three pitched battles be tween the negroes and various bands | of whites seeking to capture Gradison Goolsby, a r.egro farmer, and his two * sons, Mike and Ulysses, accused of| assassinating Henry J. Villipiguo, an! overseer, who had thrashed one of the j younger Goolshvs. Villinionm ~ * -- i"es"*- *TWO shot in the hack Wednesday night. His wife narrowly escaped death from several shots fired after he fell. The negroes reported dead as a result of an all-day hunt which started Thursday morning when news of Villipigue's death spread through the county, and culminated in pitched battles in which were killed Gradison 1 Goolsby, his two sons, both of whom were burned in a cabin in which they sought refuge, "Hosh" Jewell, Charles Holmes, James Burton and Early High tower. 4 Jewell and Holmes were killed in aiding the Goolsbys stand off a posse led by Sheriff Howell of Early county Burton and High tower met death resisting another posse which sought to search their cabin. It was estimated that there were several hundred whites in the various posses and it was said tlint nvnhnhlvl ^ half a dozen were wounded. Samuel Pittman and O. B. Hudspeth, members of the Sheriff's posse, were the only two whites who were "known here to have been wounded. Pittman's arm was broken by a shot and Hudspeth was shot in the head. He is expected to recover, f The killings took place in the westlem part of this (Early) county aboutj 10 miles west of here and near the! L Alabama border. o SEVEN STATES ENTER PROHIBITION COLUMN Washington, Pec. 31.?State-wide prohibition of the sale and manufac'^\ ture of intoxicating liquors will become effective in seven states at midnight tonight putting out of business more than 3,000 saloons, a large number of breweries, wholesale liquor linncno !in(1 rl 5 i 11 ?? JIV/14 UV/O CAkl\l MlOU I IV I 1 UDt The states which are to enter thci dry column are South Carolina, Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Arkansas. r NOTICE. Commencement exercises will begin at Mt. Herman School House on the night of the 15th, inst. There will also be a Box Supper and Cake walk in connection with it. A contest will be had for the most popular girl on the ^ grounds. The public is invited. ANDREW J. COX, Teacher. o Sunset last Friday marked the close the legal sale of alcoholic beverages in Charleston, where liquor has been sold in one manner or another t for neaVly 250 years, and the only lawful means left of keeping the community moistened will be recourse to gallon-ft-month law. MH( c NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEET Horrv Industrial School Will Continue Under Same Management Until May. A meeting of the new Board of Trustees of Horry Industrial High School was held at Conway on Tuesday of this week. There were present W. M. Monroe, of Marion, S. C.; Col. Hal L. Buck, Rev. E. L. McCoy, of Conway, S. C.; Rev. M. W. Hook, of Marion, S. C.; Rev. J. B. Wilson, Sumter, S. C.; Rev. A. D. Betts, Clio, S, C? and Robt. B. Scarborough of Conway, S. C. An organization was affected by the election of Mr. Scarborough as Chairman of the Board, E. L. McCoy, as Secretary, and Hal, L. Buck, Treasurer. The Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, and Revs. M. W. Hook, and A. I) Betts were selected as an Executive Committee. They will he especially charged with the management of the ? i * * institution, me election ol teachers, etc., subject to the approval of the full Board. Mr. E. C. Smith of Horry, S. C., was selected as Trustee, vice D. V. Richardson, resigned. Arrangements were made to continue the School under the manage- ? ment of Prof. Glaze until May of the present year. The Principal or Head Master of the School will be selected later and will be in charge of the school grounds during the Summer; r and will look after the improvements 0 contemplated and canvass for patron- ;1 ago. t AGREATOPPORTUNITY I FOR A LIVE DEALER: V a The Herald wants a live, up-to-date t firm at Conway to handle the madeirs no.. - -l-ll-! - '1 * ? iw-mcrtouii; ciuiiung ol tne tailoring j house of Edward E. Strauss & Co., of Chicago, Ills. The reason is that a ^ good per centage of the business done through the dealer here will be spent in advertising that dealer locally in this paper. It is a good house and ^ the Herald has the application blank u on hand ready to be signed by any reliable dealer who will call at this office. Upon mailing in this application ^ the display desk and sample book will j be sent by express prepaid. ti OUR NEW SERIAL ; UNIVERSALLY LIKED. r The first instalment of the Dia- c mond From the Sky published in our last issue did not fail to please as we Llfl VA linnn rnnni 4- a si 1 . r V*.. 1' MTV W' I ? I vpvcvvv;\i 1 %y twill uy lllUSt! Q who have read it. It is a story or unusual interest, with love, hate, romance and chicanery mixed all through it. This story won a prize of! ten thousand dollars and a like amount has been offered for the idea for a sequel. The second instalment appears in this issue of the paper and you will see that it grows in interest. Don't fail to keep up with this great I serial which we have procured for our readers at great expense, and you can see it acted in moving picturs at the Casino Theatre every Thursday night. y o a Damage by Storm. t Chattanooga, Tonn.?Chattanooga t was swept by a sixty-mile wind last y week, causing damage estimated at c several thousand dollars. Local tele- s phone and telegraph communication p was broken until late in the morning, c Birmingham and Hurriman were the I only points that could be reached by f long distance telephone. The roof of the Southern Saddlery Company's t nlant wjis blown off ??/l - 4 .. ? ? i ii wil ? unti v11\; o11IUI n v Chattanooga and Joe Wheeler torn c away from the river wharf. c o- c Fire originating in a grocery store < on Main Street shortly after midnight in I^ako City last week destroyed this 1 and three other stores and damaged a 1 number of other buildings, t>.e toss t boing estimated at $55,00?, with only ^ abovt ineummce. I s 4 pirw 3RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, 30NWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, Jj THE BOOI 0 * . * 4 \ s # s / ...w ct # / I ~*~ ' S ? \ ? rs _ i \ ?Darling LOSE TWO DESROYEHS saval Squadron Driven Rack From | j Attack on Durazzo. Paris.?Two Austrian torpedo boat| lestroyers have been sunk as a result < ?f an encounter with sea forces of the , illies at a point outside of Cattaro in he Adriatic. The purpose of the Austrian ships ( vas to bombard Durazzo. An allied 1 quadron went to meet them with the 'OBlllt 1 -1 '1 ' 11 V/U ?I v uuvft. ovi I IM nil XII UUimiUII llll" ] emainder of the Austrian squadron < vas pursued by the warships of the < Hies and compelled to flee towards ] he Austrian base. )ULL NEW YEAR AT CAPITAL J i leagrc Official Observance?Greet- 1 ings From Other Lands. i Washington, Jan. 1.?New Year's )ay in the national capital was unus- : lally quiet with President Wilson 5 way and Congress in holiday recess. ' There was no reception at the ' Vhite House in the absence of the 1 'rsident and his bride and the usual diplomatic breakfast" by the Secre- 1 ary of State to the diplomatic corps ( yas omitted. Secretary Lansing also _ vas out of the city. 1 There were, however, the usual re- 1 options at the homes of most of the 5 eembers of the cabinet. In diplomatic 1 ircles also the day was observed with 1 he usual exchange of greetings, ' hough many of them were unable to ^ neet old friends, because of being 1 memies, at least officially, because >f the war. New Year's greetings from all over he world reached the White House oday and were being forwarded to 1 he President at Hot Springs. < \ PRETTY ROUGH DEAL n Diagnosing as Feeble-Minded ('it- ' zens Healthy Americans. I Chicago.?Innumerable Americans, ' oung and old, are being diagnosed ' ls feeble minded on the basis of arbirary standards which do not prove 1 enable, Dr. J. E. Wallin, a St. Louis 1 psychological expert, told the Ameri- ' an Psychological Association in ses-' '> lion here. He said that when tenable itandards are adopted the huge per-' outage of feeble mindedness found 1 >y Binet-Simmon surveys in the last ew years will collapse. "Measured by the Binet-Simmon! eats," declared Dr. Willo, "I found; iveryone in a group of poorly school-1 ;d adults, consisting of four farmers,! me business man and one house wife, 'mminently successful in their several allings. 1 "All were living moral, respectable 1 ives and were the parents of mentaly normal and hoalthy children, but :hey would grade as feeble minded whether rated by the 100? or 1911 < nwt*M ? S* FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVE1 ANUARY 6, 1915. I/1ERANG. 1 9 * * / ir" in Dcs Moines Leader and Register. PETROLEUM SUPPLY Prospect ot' Exhaustion Not Sufficient to Justify Excessive Prices. Washi ngton?Preliminary estimates of the geological survey on the production of crude petroleum in 1915, which are to be used in connection with the federal inquiry into the lause of advancing gasoline prices, were made public today by Secretary Lane and indicate an increase q1* about Iwo millon barrels over last year's output which with a total production of about 90,000,000 barrels, wa s a record breaker. "The present war began with a surplus of petroleum in field storage," *aid the report, "so that production of crude oil was not pushed. Under these conditions the small increase in marketed production was significant. Of the total yield of the wells the past year about 8 per cent remains in field storage, and added to this acre the stocks hold in storage by the pipe ine companies, a reserve estimated 3y the survey as 50,000,000 barrels greater than a year ago. "The surplus in the United States is not unlimited, hut the decline in the country's output of crude oil has not vet set in. The increase in stocks is n itself a fairly conclusive rebuttal if any price boosting plea of pivsent shortage. Furthermore, the better market for crude oil which characterized the closing months of the year las already somewhat stimulated dril ing activity, which may contribute to next years production." ?<> UNION PROGRAM. Following is a program of the Ruck Creek Union which will convene it Mt. Leon church on Friday before the 5th Sunday in January. Program for Friday, Jan. 28th. Query No. 1.?What is meant in the look of numbers the 7?s and 12th. All the best of the oil and all the best of die wine and of the wheat the first fruits of them which they shall ofTer into the Lord. Them have 1 given thee. Query No. 2.?What is meant in Galations 3rd and 23rd. But before faith came we wc?e kept under the law shut up unto the faith which ahould afterwarads be revealed. Query No.3.?What is meant in Revelations the 9th and 12th, one woe is past and behold there came two woes more hereafter. Program for Saturday the 29th. Query No. 4.?Can a man be saved without Haptism V Query No. 5.?Why did God harden Pharoh's heart and then punish him? Query No. (?.?What is meant in Revelations the 20th and 14th. And rleath and hell was cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. COMMITTEE. a H. C. Gore, one of the magistrates of the eounty spent lust Ttte#i$ay im Cnwaf. % rati PRACTICAL WORK OF DEMONSTRATION 1915' Statement Showing What Was J I Done in This County During Year. The following is a partial report of j the Demonstration Work done in Ilorj ry County in 191 ' >: Number of letters written in interjest of the farmers of llorry County 914 No. Meeting held in County .. ..11 Total attendance 1259. No. miles travelled by team and automobile 9.940 No. miles travelled by railroad ..1810 No. Hulletins mailed out to farmers 1547) j No. Circular letters written.. . .28(52 j ; 11 > w. nfws|Ki|)Pv articles written .... 14 i No. demonstration Orchards I put in on farms 0 No. Permanent pastures started ] (Burr Clover and Bermuda Grass 7 i No. hops inoculated against nr. I v uvnvi , \)v? Actual value of hogs inocculated $(>80.00 No. fruit trees sprayed and pruned 17 4B Total acreage of Vetch and Clover sown with grain 172 Total acreage of cover crops.. ..122 Acreage in burr clover 7 Acreage in vetch (winter) 12 Acreage in Crimson Clover j alone 15 j Amount of prize money given i away $078.00 ; No. pure bred hogs purchased ....10 I No. tons fertilizers home mix} ed in demonstration work 174 No. dipping vats constructed 7 This does not include the acreage and yield of corn, cotton, cowpeas, soy beans, velvet beans, Irish and sweet potatoes, oats, wheat, rye, hay grasses, peanuts, farms drained, field seed ^ selections made, truck crops planted. number acres ol' fall plowing, and many other things that this work has been instrumental in doing or getting done. ; Under this work a Live Stock Assiciation has been organized which will prove a most beneficial factor. PAUL KING WAS SERIOUSLY BURNED ? i Paul King, a young man, the son of Mr. and Mvs. W. H. King of the Hear J Swamp neighborhood, was painfully burned by escaping steam one day \ last week when a steam pipe burst on ' a dredge in Winyah Bay. The young' man was an employee of the govern- j i ment and was engaged as a machinist on the government works when this accident took place. A telegram received by his relatives here was to the effect that his injuries were serious and that he was net expected to live. His sister, Miss King, a nurse at the Burroughs infirmary, was taken to Georgetown and she returned last, ween and it was reported that ho was out of danger and his injuries not as serious as they were thought to be at first. VILLA'S TROOPS LEAVE. I j i Surrender With Eleven Generals to | Car ran/a Forces in Mexico. I I Ml Paso, Texas.?Eight hundred Carranza troops, the first to reaeh , Juarez, arrived here early from Chihuahua City. More are expected tonight and .'5,000 soldiers are due from Sonora points, (ieneral Jose Elizon-' ! do, commanding the troops, arriving j said General Trevino had sent a de-i tachment westward to clear out the Guero district of small forces led by Generals Villa, Medinviettia, and presumably General Jose Rodriguez, j Eleven generals and 10,000 Villa soldiers surrendered in Chihuahua i . City to General Trevino, according to : ; Elizondo. South of Chihuahua City. The country is pacified, he said, and] | the campaign iigainst the Zapata organization in Moreloa will he uadertakon by General Fable Gonzales from Mcxio? City aboat Jaaaary 1. j A NO. 38 BROOKS STRICKLAND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Pistol in the Hand of Zade Buff kin Aided by Jesse Hodge WARRANT SWORN OUT j GIVEN TO SHERIFF After Runaway Couple Had Been Foiled in Obtaining* License to Marry. On January 1st. near Boris, and between that point and Tabor, N. C\, Brooks Strickland was shot in the thigh by Zade Buffkin being; aided in bn onoo nl ?? 1 * nn.. iiacimm itnu lumt'ry oy Josso Hodge. The wound in the thigh proved to be serious but at last accounts the wounded man was doing as we If as could be expected in the hands of a physician at Tabor, N. 0., though has danger was not over. The affair it seems was the aftermath of an attempted runaway match, the principals being Miss billy Hodge, the daughter of Jeswe Hodge and the man who was shot, Brooks Strickland. On the morning of th? day of the shooting, Brooks Strickland and Miss Lilly Hodge m company with John Grainger came to Conway for the purpose of obtaining a license to marry Miss Hodge to Strickland. In the mean time th? father, Jesse Hodge forbade the issuing of the license over the telephone, and when the young couple arrived here about the middle of the day, the license was refused it ml being claimed that the young lady is over MT years of age, or at least not far boyond that age. The paritcs were quietly returning to their homes and were in a huggp between Ix>ris and Tabor when the party was met by Jesse Strickland and Zude Buffkin. The latter had a pistol and he drew it on the parties, and compelled them to stop. Tho young lady jumped out of the vehicle and ran oft*. Jesse Hodge ran after her. Zade Buffkin struck John Grainger over the head with the pistol, and when Brooks Strickland got out of the buggy and was running oft, Buffkin fired at him the bullet striking him in the upper part of the thigh and ranging downward and he fetb It is stated that the two men offered no resistance whatever and were going no further with the preparations for marriage since the license had been refused. They tried to drive on along the road and thus avoid the difficulty, but were not allowed to do this by Buffkin. A warrant was sworn out for Buffkin and Hodge last Monday and placed in the hands of the sheriff for service. GEORGE J. HOLLIDAY LOCATES AT AYNOR Hon. Go or err .J. HoUbln M ? Unnf a month ago purchased the brick store* at Ay nor, S. C., from Burroughs A Collins Company and during the winter opened a branch of his already extensive business at that place. 1% was rumored at first that the store at Galivants Ferry would be discontinued but since that it is stated on good authority that the business at Galivaute Ferry will be continued. There is already a well established store at Jordanville which Mr. Holliday has conducted to the satisfaction of his maay customers for several years past property at Ay nor recqptly acquired is among the best there and a good trade had already been established at this y f -1 n 11 V frhu fAttmai - - - - ? ?? V -.'J VIIV I V( IIIVl Messrs. Burroughs & Collins Company. This now business enterprise is a good move for Aynor as Mr. HoWAqy will no doubt uso his tireless energy in building the town which has already had a marvelous growth ctthlNf the few years nbm it* beghualog.