The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 03, 1916, Image 1
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VOLUME XXX.
STORE AT LORIS jl
MAKES ASSIGNMENT
J. E. Prince Sr., Long in Mer-,
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cantile Business Closes
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STOCK OF MERCHANDISE
WILL GO TO DEBTS
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Creditors Will Got a Good Per!
centage of Their
vy Claims.
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Jp "I he mercantile businc.,^ of Mr. JJ
^ K. Prince at I .oris dosed its doors on!
last Friday, Mr. Prince making an j
assignment for the benefit of the va-1
.rious creditors in the business. There
was practically no property for the'
creditors of the store outside of the
Q4 rw>l.? nl' nuviv-lm )iilicn wliinli will ill-!
vontory between two and three thous-j
^ and dollars.' The only real estate j
owned by Mr. Prince at the time of
the failure i 4 be lot on which the
store at Loris stands, and another lot
outside of the business part of the
town. There is a mortgage against the'
store lot held by the Bank of Boris, j
Mr. Prince has been known in the i
mercantile business for a long term j
of years. His business was conducted
+ during all this time on honest principles.
Last year the general hard
times made money scarce, and the
proprietor was in bad health, so that
the income of the store was very
much decreased and the assignment
was the inevitable result.
? STATE INSURANCE
MAY BE EXTENDED
A bill has been introduced in the
house of representatives by Mr. Lee
of Spartanburg to provide that the
State insurance system may apply to
0 school houses in the State. This will
he a far reaching move, if the bill becomes
a law, and there is not much
.1 U X _ 1 A. t
uuutn anoui tnai.
The State insurance fund created
by the operations of an act of which
the late Marshall P. Bruhl was the
author. It provided at first for a very
limited amount of insurance upon
^ public buildings, and was not considv
ered as a revenue measure, but merely
as an experiment. Today, after
successful operation, it has more than
$150,000 to its credit, after paying all
losses. The fund has been used gradually
to insure college property, and
the new proposition is to extend its
' operations to the higher class of pub,
^ lie schools in the State.
Mr. David Harper Means, secretary
{ of the sinking fund commission, has
w always been a warm advocate of tills
State insurance principle, and he sees
great possibilities of the future. One
member of tse general assembly
stated that he believes that this system
will in future produce nearly
enough money to pay a large part of
the operating expenses of the State
government.
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ELECTIONS HELD BY
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The joint assembly last week elected
the following without opposition:
Carlton W. Sawyer, comptroller general;
F. H. McMaster, insurance commissioner;
S. W. G. Shipp, judge of '
12th circuit; Jarnes W. DeVore, judge
of 11th circuit, and T. B. Fraser, associate
justice of the supreme court.
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Pass New Circuit Bill.
Columbia.?The House, after a long .
and heated debate, refused to recom- ?
mit the bill providing for a 14th judi- \
cial circuit in the counties of Colleton, !
Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton, cli a >
/ yea and nay vote of 53 to 50. The bill '
^ went through final passage in the
House on a .yea -and nay vote of 58 to ,
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EXAMINATION FOR
P. M. AT LOWS, S. C.
Examination Will Bo Held a
Marion, S. C., on Saturday
February 25i:ii.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on Fob.
?uth, 191b, an examination will be held
at Marion, S. C., as a result of which
it is expected to make certification to
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liil a contemplated vacancy in 1 ho position
of fourth class postmaster at
Sons and other vacancies as they may
occur at that ofliee, unless it shall be
decided in the interests of the service
to fill the vacancy by reinstatement.
The compensation of the postmaster
at this ol'icc was .$813 for the last fiscal
year.
Atfc limit, 21 years and over on the
e;ur m tne examination, wun tne exception
that in a State where women
arc declared by statute to ho of full
age for all purposes at IS years, women
IS years of age on the date of
the examination will be admitted.
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the post office i
for which the examination is announced.
The examination is open to all citizens
of the United States who can
comply with the requirements.
Application forms and full information
concerning the requirements of
the examination can be secured from
the postmaster at Loris or from the
U. S. Civil Service Commission, Wash
ington, 1). C.
Applications should ho properly
executed and filed with the Commission
at Washington at least 7 days
before the date of the examination,
otherwise it may be impracticable to
examine the applicants.
U. s. CIVIL SERVICE COM.
MAN CHARGED WITH
LARGE PECULATION
New York.?The death *f his wife ^
was today learned to have led directly
to the arrest here of George A. Gray
on a warrant signed by the governor
of Massachusetts charging him with
larceny of cash and securities valued (
at $100,000 from Fred Kensel, of Chicago,
and "other persons living in
Massachusetts." A detective arrived
herefrom Roston today to tawe him
back for trial.
Gray was arrested last night after1
having been followed by police from
an undertaking shop to the cemetery,
where Mrs. Gray was buried earlier
in the day, and back to the undertakers.
He is said td have taken his ar- j
rest calmly, and to have told police ,
that the matter was a "family affair
involving no larceny," and would ]
quickly be adjusted. (
Gray was indicted in Boston, ,
charged with larcenv of SI.000 mwl
"ten pieces of paper valued at $1,000,,
each" from Kensel and $40,000 and ?
"forty pieces of paper valued at
000 each"' from another person whose ,
name has never been made public, but
who is said to have been a wealthy ^
woman living at Swampscott, Mass. ,
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China No Longer a Back Number.
A few years ago China was a back
number and enjoyed none of the improvemcnts
of modern civilization. To v
day there is an entirely new situation.
She has a good telegraph system, ex- *
tending to all important points in the
land, operated by the central govern- r
ment; a modern postal system, which *
gives very good service. She has also v
now several thousand miles of rail- v
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way, besides several thousands pro-; '
jected, which have been delayed ow-: r
ing to internal disturbances and the
European war.
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World's Sunday School Convention. c
The Executive Committee of the J v
World's Sunday School Association 1
and the National Sunday School As-1 ^
sociation of Japan agree in declaring j
that the gathering of the World's s
Sunday School Convention in Tokyo F
in October, 191f>, will take place as o
planned in spite of the world war. s
3ount Okuma, the J&paneise prime C
ninister, is much interested' :n the o
ueeting, and believes that it will be ti
)f deep spiritual service to Japan. | v
RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, F
SWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, FEB!
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SAYS KAISER IS [i
AGED AND BROKEN|
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Correspondent Who Saw Him;!
at ISJish Describes German
Ruler's Annearanr.e
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London.?Tlie Daily Mail fcorTG&'j
pondent who arrived at Nisli Jariuary 1
1G describes what he saw of thfc Ger- 1
man Emperor at close range o<n sev- (
eval occasions at Nish and what hap- t
pened at the royal banquet where the I
Emperor was the guest of King Fer- 5
dinand. a
"4I was fact to face with the Em pel' *
or directly I left the train," says the 1 i
correspondent# "King Ferdinand had j t
only a few minutes before receiving t
him on his arrival fVom the west and'C
the royal couple were walking up and t
down the station platform without cere t
mony, arm in arm. I had never Seen t
Ferdinand before and it was eight r
years since I had last seen the Ger- r
man Emperor.
"What a change! The Emperor is g
not a tall man as represented in t:io e
photographs and besides the great is
massive figure of the hawk-nosed ii
Ferdinand, who has a curious duck- a
like waddle, the great war lord seem- b
?d almost diminutive. The Emperor C
wore a long gray coat, a brown fur p
necklet and a spiked helmet covered ti
with khaki cloth. The people did not d
show much interest in the Emperor tl
nut the Bulgarian ministers were obsequios.
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"How did the Emperor look? a
Whether it he due to the fatigues of h
war, the effect of a two clays journey tl
>r ill health, 1 can not say, but his ti
'ace is that of a tired and broken man t(
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nf> 11itir us wnice, though his mus- (.
(acho is still suspiciously dark. There r
vas an absence of the old activity of
?esture. a
The Emperor was obviously out lo g
nake himself agreeable. He examined ic
he medals of the Bulgarian soldiers ci
vith apparent interest and chatted ai
vith royal affability and smiled right
md left. None the less he is greatly L
iged. He held in his hand a handker- .it
hief which he was perpetually using e<
md I notico<l Infov of fU- I- ' *
_ ...vv-i tit nit* ucuHjuot inai ri
10 scorned to require ;t to assuage the
ontinual coughing. The handkerchief hi
cas a huge Turkish affair of red, em tl
moidered with a white Turkish star A
nd crescent in the corner. sc
"At the banquet King Ferdinand , cc
at on the Emperor's right and M.: 8(
tadoslavoff the Bulgarian premier, ?n
his left. Next to King Ferdinand
at General Von Falkenhnven, the .
German chief of Stuff. The Eipper-j
r ate and drank virtually nothing at
he banquet and it is said that he al/ays
eats before proceeding to state in
IRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER."
RUARY 3, 1916.
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?Chapin in St. Louis Republic.
RAILROADS FIGHT
TWO CENT MILEAGE
Busy in Opposition?Banks
War on Tax Commission.
Columbia.? ' ne two-ccnt pussenge.J
ate bill having- been passed by the
ffouse and ordered to the Senate, the
opponents to the measure are gatherJd
in Columbia for their fight on the
>roposition when it comes up for consideration
in the upper branch. There
ieems little chance for the passage of
he bill. There will be extended hear
ngs before Senate committees and
he railways, through their repreaenatives,
who have already arrived in 1
Columbia, will attempt to show thai. '
he measure should not be passied at ,
h ,*j_ rni 1
ins ume. me past year has been
lard on the roads, it is said, and the
epresentatives claim that a two-cent
ate would bo almost ruinous.
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The bankers of the State have beam
their onslaught on the State tax *
ommission, which was created by an
ct of the Legislature. A bill has been
ntroduced in the House to repeal the
ct. This action may bring one of the
iff fights of the legislative session. ^
iovernor Manning will use all of his
owor to have the tax commission relined.
At present there is little
hance for the movement to establish ^
ie commission to succeed.
The joint sessions of the finance .
ommittee of the Senate and the ways t
nd means committee of the House f
avo completed hearings on iwohirds
of the items in the appropria- j
on bill. It is said that the commit- c
?e still hopes to hold down the State f
ax levy to six mills. This would be ajg
reat piece of work. The people of(S
10 State are demanding economy, (1
nd it seems as if their desire will be
ranted by the commit!ps. No salar 3
are being raised. The only in casc
w ill be for Confederate veter- \
ns.
Following the plan of economy, the
egislature will thiss vn??. ?'
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mketing t'-ips. These? trips cost mon- j v
/ a;nl the members realize that cv- ^
y dollar possible must be saved. g
"We hope to have the appropriation c
11 completed by February 1. and c
ten it would be good for the General q
ssembly to adjourn and go home,"j
tid a member of the ways and means 0
mmittee. This seems to reflect the a
jncral sentiment of the members. {.j
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motions. Certainly he spent more
me coughing than eating at Nish. ^
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"The gathering broke up quite inrmatly,
the whole scene leaving an . q,
ipression of simplicity. | bi
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IHARLES K. GERRALD 1
HAS PASSED AWAY
'romincnt Farmer and Busin- S
ess Man of Galivants Ferry
Died Suddenly.
Charles i\. (ierrald, a prominent r
armor and business man. of the (ialyants
Ferry section of this county,
ied suddenly last Monday afternoon,
lear the home of John C. Tart, where
le had pone on business just before r
linner time. He had been indisposed
111-1 < l; l v* Imf'il'n fiilf mi lfi.? imiiMiimi ill'
lis dath appeared in his usual health.'
The coroner was called and went aeon.panied
by Dr. J. S. Dusenbury.
Pile latter upon examination reported
hat the deceased came to his dat'n
ly heart disease. It was well known
hat the deceased had been worried a
jreat deal lately by financial matters ,
ind had suffered an accident bv reason
of a runaway horse about two
rears ago which greatly reduced his ,
citality and caused him to suffer a
long and painful illness. He is surviv-;
?d by his widow and several children
He Wfis between the hgs of fifty and,
sixty years. 1
GENERAL STATEMENT i
EUROPEAN GONFLiCT:
British possessions of territory pro-,
tecting' the Suez canai route at its)
southern end is imperilled by attacks,
made by large bodies of Arabs and
Turks on the British border in southwestern
Arabia., according to disi
pai.enes from German sources.
British have been TTrTvcn'from all the
territory they held in that section ot '
country and have suffered extremely'
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heavy losses in the fighting, thg rg-r
ports declare, ti;e figures being givedj
at 15,000 killer! and 20,000 wounded. I
'J1*** implication from thg Berlin dis-j
patch starrying- these reports U that
the British flrmy of 20,000 men is vir-J
tually cooped up hi Aden, near the er.-|
trance to the Red Sea, which must,
be held if the southerly approach to
the Suez Canal is to be protected.
A situation quite similar to this
was reported through German!
agencies several weeks ago but London
then announced officially that no
apprehensions were entered of the
outcome? of the Operations which had
been niefdlv skirmishes. ,
The Aiist'rians, having gained pos-1
session of nearly all of Montenegro!
whose remaining defenders, according)
to Vienna, are fast laying down their
arms, are pushing southward in AI -
oania. Apparently they are moving,,
leliberatelv, although without encounj,
;ering much resistance. Their road I
lown the Adriatic sea coast leads
them to Durazzo but advices from Al- j
bania indicate that their progress is (
ikely to be slow, owing to the condi- j
:ions of the roads.
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At last accounts the Bulgarians j
'orces cooperating with the Austrtans
lad encountered the Albanian troops ?
inder Essad Pasha and, according to
inofficial advices, had met with a de'eat
at the latter's hands. ! j
The great trade union congress at
Bristol, England, today passed by an
>verwhelming majority a resolution
leclaring against the adoption of concription
in any form, as "against the ?
pirit of British democracy" and as v
ndangering the people's liberties. I
BANDITS BOB BANK js
1old I p Clerks and (Jet Away With $
Big Sinn of Mo no v. ! n
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Chicago.? Four robbers, aimed b
/ith revolvers entered the Washing- a
on Park National Bank, in East G'M
treet, threatened the lives of the n
lerks and twenty depositors and es-; d
aped with between $12,000 and $l~>,-'n
00. j n
None of the depositors, who were el
rdercd to stand facing a wall, was b
earched by the bandits who gave ti
ieir sole attention to the money injb
ho teller's caw
Aftqr^ grating the money the rob-Jei
ers h^fJlyMUtw)v^(t to the door and ,31
scaped in an automobile. I w
The sheriff and blood hounds were ol
uickly summoned and search for the' la
andits was begun. I cj
NO. 42.
SOOSTER CLUB WILL
HAVE BIG OCCASION
iGconci Annual Booster Club
Chautauqua Comes Off Feb.
9th, 10th ar.d 11th
1(1 AMY ATTRACTIONS
READY FOR STAGE
rickets Are on Sale Now and
Going Rapidly for Big
Entertainment.
The second annual booster club
hautauqiia was organized early last;
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w mi itit"* ^mowing otiiccrs:
President, I, .D. Magrath: Vice-president,
J. 11. Cox; Treasurer. P. \V. BeLhea;
Secretary, C. K. Scarborough.
The committees appointed at the first,
meeting of the club got busy at once
and have been turning things round
ever since in order to make this, the
best occasion of its kind that
town has ever had,
Among the attractions are the following:
First day, Columbia Concert
Co,, composed of Ruble Stanford, violinist;
Jeanette Jewell Kellogg, reader
and entertainer; Richie McLean,
contralto; Col. George A. Gearheart,
lecturer of note. Second day: Durno,
the Mysterious, who smoothes away
weariness with wit and mystery, making
the best medicine for mind and
body. Third day: The Tyrolean Alpine
Ycdlers; composed of the following
members: Frank Graus, Miss
Belle Graus, Miss Josie Goodbrink,
Miss Carrie Graus, and Gus Ochsner
(From New York Hippodrome). Also
Dr. C. C. Wilson, Chautauqua Director
?.wi r .1.... .. a " 5
??im i^vviuroi'i V
There will bo a three day whirl- N -4%
wind of things worth while in the
largo auditorium of the Burroughs
School Building;
AmOrt# tiid iiHergstitig eVetits p!art>
nod for the opening (Itiy Ol' the cliautauqua
Is the autonvbile parade. All
of the owners of cars will be invited
to participate in a grand town boosters'
Civic Day Parade. It is intended
to have the parade start at 2:3Q p.
m. and go to the Burroughs School.
The first or opening day is educational
day. On this committee are:
Prof S. H, Brown, P. \V: Bethca, M.
\Yt Wall, and school teacher throughout
the county. Plans are on foot to
secure an able educational speaker for
that day.
On the second, or agricultural day,
it is planned to have Governor Richii'd
I. Manning deliver an address to
the people.
The third day, or Town Goosters
Day, will be among the best occasions
of the season. There will be a
mutest for the "Queen of the Chautauqua"
and the queen will be elected
>y the votes of those w'ho purchase
ickets. The crowing of the queen is
expected to draw large crowds oil
that day.
ASYLUM ASKS FOR
$325,000 THIS YEAR
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v oiumoia.?A joint mooting of the
senate finance committee and the
cays and means committee of the
louse was held to hoar the appeal
ropi tho State Hospital for the Inane
for the $1125,000 appropriation
sked for this year. This is but
I.">,()()() increase over last year and
lany improvements are in progress
um unexpended balance of SI7,000 was
m ight over from last year, but there
re many outstanding obligations.
Completion of some of the improvements
contemplated will be the new
airy, where ! > "? cows are now being
umoi, nve neating plant, and the
ew ward for white male patients;
hairs for some wards which have
eon without seats; linter mattresses,
> supplant the straw mattresses now
eing used and some new bed steads.
>r. C. F. Williams, the superintendat,
pointed out that he had found
)me of the wards for women patients
ithout a chair. The average number
f white patients in the institution
ist year was 1,223. The per capita
cpenditure last year was $170.92.