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at * VOLUME XXX. BANKRUPT ESTATE OF C. M. REAVES Sold by B M. Badger, Jr., Trustee in Bankruptcy ( Case , SALE WAS ATTENDED BY CROWD OF BIDDERS ' Pjart of the Property Went Off . ^ Rllhiorf Trt T inwo II t J WVIMJVVV W U iVy HO U),\ Against It. 1 ? - The real and personal estate of Mr. v. M. Reaves under proceedings in the court of bankruptcy, was sold to the MJuVhest bidders at Lorir. last Monday I %iorning, by Mr. 13. M. Rrtdger, .Jr., of ' .Marion County, as trustee in bankruptcy. A portion of the estate was sold subject to liens, to wit, two farm tjacts, various lots in the town of l.oris, and one horse and seven head lot' mules, all of this encumbered property boine" knoekrwi flown In "viva i N^ary A. Reaves at the total bids of ' *14.00, but subjejet of course to all of the mortgages against the property. Four town lots in the town of Loris, free from mortgages, went to W. L. Rhodes at $32.50. The corn mill and . gasoline engine and other mil! equip.ment in the mill building in the town, vent to E. K. Skipper for the sum of 3U75.00. Mr. Skipper was bidding for 3fr. I)oc. I). Harrelson who is now the owner of this part of the property. This machinery was a real bargain. The remnant of stock of goods in the store at Loris was also sold to the highest bidder. Messrs. J. A. McDermott, W. W. Rass, H. P. Little, M. W. Collins, H. Tii. Woodward, Fred Todd, and CJ. B. wnkins were in I/oris from Conway for this sale. GASINOENLARGES, DAILY PROGRAMME U 3 The program at the Casino theatre has been changed to the Universal productions and so far the patrons of this popular place of amusement are pleased with the pictures. The new program was started off last Monday evening with a six reel dramatic feature which held the audience spell? bound for more than an hour. The universal company producing these lilms is a large corporation which has built a city of its own near Los Angeles, Cal. The beautiful scenery in that section of the United States is a great 4$ aid in the making of fine pictures. L SUMMARY OK THE WAR. r h ollowing up sharply their capture of the village of Haucourt, in the Av rxnurt-Bethincourt salient northwest of Verdun, the Germans have shifted the line of their attack slightly to the east, driving against the lines between Bethincourt and Chattancourt and penetrating a first line ?trench tinere. j JC The locality is in the vicintiy of | Dead Man's Hill, where Germans and, French have been battling at intervals for weeks for control of dominating positions. Paris declares that the Germans were driven by a counter attack from the greater part of the captured positions and that they now occupy only some advanced sections along a front of about ^>00 yards, v East of the Meuse the French are continuing their nibbling tactics and report continued progress in German communicating trenches southwest of Fort Douamont. WILSON MAY VISIT f SOUTH CAROLINA1 v - ?. Columbia?P r c s i d e n t William . 'Banks, of >tho? &*uth Carolina Press Association, is in receipt of a letter from Congressman Lever? which says he thinksfythere is some chance of M^^.^'pfeaidcht Wilson to visit Co-j I ffihr "I CIVIC LEAGUE MET I LAST THURSDAY Mayor L. D. Magratli Was Present and Addressed the League. I The monthly meeting of the OivL League was hehl at tlio IJurroughs Auditorium last Thursday afternoon. The meeting was very interesting and many plans were voted on whereby we might make our littie town more healthy and beautiful. The Mayor, Mr. L. D. Mag-rath, attended the meeting and ghve some short talks on different subjects which were helpful. The League is always glad to have the Mayor and all other pub1 ic spirited men attend its meetings. CLEAN-UP TIME IS NOW AT HAtiO The Spring Season is now at hand and nature is doing her best to clad the land in new garments as manifested by the new leaves and budding shrubs. ! hero ss no better time than now to assist nature in this good work. The health and beauty of the town depends entirely on us to eradicate the disease germ, obliterate the breeding places of the mosquito by removing the rank weeds and draining the low places and keeping the stables and back yards clean. In order that this may be done generally and systematically two days have been set apart to be devoted entirely to this work. On Tuesday A nrll 1 fifli ? ?* ? ?- '1 ?11? ..p. <1 tuvii) kiic H/n II VM1 IM WJII '"OlIPCl all of the trash on the Streets running North and South. Wednesday April 19th, the Streets running East and West. Collect your trash in piles and place as much as possible in boxes and barrels in front of your places so that it can be collected with as little trouble as possible. This applies to every section of the town and every citizen will be expected to do their part in this work. ?L. I). MAGRATK, Mayor.' o ZEPPELIN DRIVEN BY ENGLISH GUNS London.? The increasing effectives of England's anti-aircraft defenses was demonstrated when the single Zeppelin which undertook the fifth raid in six days was prevented from penetrating the northeast coast and was forced to floe, after a brief visit. The^ night was clear with moonlight and without wind. Searchlights discovered the raider coming over the sea and never once lost him during his stay. As she reached the coast he was flying comparatively low and the smallest guns found him such an easy target that he was forced to rise to agreat height. The larger guns then' I found the range and, aided by the searchlights, surrounded the Zeppelin with a terrific hail of sharpnel and explosive shell. After maneuvering near the northeast coast town for about ten minutes, during which only a few bombs were dropped, the raider was seen to turn and to sail homeward. FLORENCE INSURANCE I COMPANY CHARTERED (Florence Times.) The charter for the Florence Coun-I 4 . . I/"- - I * ? . 1 " - i,\ runners muiuai riro insurance Company, for which application for charter was filed on Monday last, has arrived and the corporators are au1 thorized to proceed at once with the [ perfection of the organization. Mr. W. D. Frierson, who was elected temporary secretary and treasurer at the Monday meeting, said this 1 morning that a call would at once be utsoexl for another meeting for the purpose of adopting a constitution andi by laws, and the election of officers. As, soon as this is done,- said Mr. Frfetno;, the company will be r<*ady ipt y *- ineaa* A Vv \ % IORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, CONWAY, S. C., THURSDA" COLEMAN SQUIRES HAS SURRENDERED Arrived in Conway Recently And Gave up to the ! Sheriff LODGED IN JAIL LAST MONDAY EVENING He is Accused of Shooting and Killing* G. Cleveland | Gause. j Coleman Squires who is charged with the killing of G. Cleveland Gause on Saturday night recently at the) Trexler Lumber camps in Simpson Creek township came into Conway the1 fi<st of this week and surrendered to the sheriff, it is said of his own accord. Just after the killing at the camps the sheriff chased Squires to the State line and it seems that be knew that the accused man was in the neighborhood of Tabor, N. C., and was going ahead to obtain a requisition from the Governor of NVirth Carolina. In the mean time the defendant decided to give up and came down and surrendered, and was place*! in ttlie county jail. o A POPULAR MAN TO Dim cnD pompdcco nun run uununtdu In this issue of tire Herald! appears the card of Julius SL Mclnnea> Escp\, ol' Darlington, S. CM. who announces hi.-> candidacy for election to congress from the 6th district. Mr. McFnnes attended the College of Charleston, and later graduated from the law I partment of the University of South Carolina. He was elected a member of the State Legislature from Darling ton, S. C., leading the ticket over seven other candidates. He has represented Darlington couiaty in the Lcgis lature for the past. t\v<? years. He is regarded as a young man of unusual ability and laudable ambitions. o SMALLER WHEAT CROP Government Forecast Shows Reduction of Winter Yield. Washington, April 7.?-A total production of 495,000',0*00 bushels of winter wheat was forecast today by the Departmnet of Agriculture, basing its estimate on the condition of the crop April 1, and on assumption of the abandonment of acreage and average influence on the crop to harvest. That compares with 005,045,000 bushels,, the estimated production in 1915, and ! 084,990,000 bushels in 1914. I Conditions of winter wheat on April 1 was 78.3 per cent of normal, against 88.8 last year, 95.0 in 1914, and 87.8, 1 the average for the last ten years. There was a decrease of 9.4 points in condition from December 1 to April 1, j compared with an average decline of 3.5 points between those dates in the last ten years. The average condition of rye on April 1 was 87.8 per cent of normal, against 89.5 on April 1 last year, 91 3 in 1914, and 89.9 the average for the j last ten years. o I TWO HCRT BY NKGRO J. 14, Lott and M, B. Carroll Are Cut. Augusta, April 8.?Policeman D. I.ett of North Augusta and M. I>. Car roll were painfully cut tonight by a negro whom they bad under arrest just as thev were nlacimr him in town lockup. The negro fled. Mr. Lou fired three shots at the fugitive.! Bloodhounds are being secured. Both men were immediately taken to a hospital. Seventy-six out of eighty-s which occurred in a recent by the United States Public milk. Had the first cases 1 health officer the outbreak out promptly. Wheri will t vention is sure and cheap? B #f , FIRST. LAST, NOW AND FOREVER ST, APRIL 13, 1916. WANTS U. S. TROOPS TO QUIT MEXICO Carranza Officer Says They Have Accomplished All Necessary PROBLEM OF SUPPLY CONCERNS THE ARMY Inability to Obtain Use of Railways Makes New Plan Imperative. El Paso, Toxas, April 8.?The Am onean troops have accomplished their object in destroying Villa's military power and should therefore withdraw from Mexico without delay, was the view expressed today by a well known member of the Carranza government speaking unofficially. New Plan of Campaign. San Antonio, Texas, April 8.?Faced by the apparent hopelessness of getting permission to ship stores over Mexican railroads from El Paso to the ^ troops in Mexico, and recognizing the J inadequacy of the present system of i supply, army oUlcers at headquarters ! here were practically convinced that [ seme alternative would have to he be found. If two or three times the number of i troops operating in Mexico are pro; V'ded the maintenance of the present long line that winds its circuitous length from Columbus to Satevo, jl 800 miles, could he maintained. Un\ less the punitive forces is increased to that extent many of the officers here i regarded it as imperative thwt a new ! short line be established. Villa's ; movement to the south and east has ; made possible such a line from OjinaI ga or some point near there. From Ojinaga, almost opposite Presidio, Texas, there extends a trail to Chihuahua and another from Chihuahua , tr. Satevo. The total distance is only >70 miles. It Was suggested unofficialv hv offi cers at Fort Sam Houston that the four auto truck companies ordered but not yet in service, might be placed In use along that route, and once the new line was established the old one could be abandoned, its equipment and supporting force being transferred to the shorter route. It was pointed out .that the use of r.I?e short line would decrease the necessity for sending more troops into Mexico immediately. Another difliculty that was pointed out at headquarters was the uncertainty as to the manner in which the Carranza government would view the establishment of a new base and a new line of communication. The proposed route from Ojinaga to Satevo goes through the city of Chihuahua, but it was explained that it would be possible to skirt the limits of that city and continue through to the field of operations. GLEAN-UP DAY AT METHODIST CHURCH Thursday of this week has been sei lcetcd as the day for cleaning the I grounds, and thoroughly renovating I the interior of the Methodist Church , or Conway. Let the men come al j nine a. m. The ladies, hoys and girls I at two j). rn. The large water pipe for running j the mains from the big tank has been hauled up from the freight depot and | is strung along the streets in readi prss tor being put down. It will furnish plenty of water for use in case of fire. jcven cases of typhoid fever outbreak have been traced Health Service to infected >een reported to a trained could have been stamped vc learn that disease pre11 1 ??? vutd. ? ft ? mm FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY Interesting and Instructive Meeting at Residence of Mrs. A. B. McCoy. The last meeting of the Womans Foreign Missionary Society met tit the resilience of Mrs. A. B. McCoy. After the business part was over a debate was had. Query: Resolved. That the Country Church Should be Made a Community Center. Aff: Mrs. A. K. Wait and Mrs. J. (i. Woodward. Nog: Mrs. F.. I.. McCoy and Miss I Hamilton. ] Miss Hamilton did not attend the I meeting so there were no judges appointed. B'rith sides read good papers and the afternoon was verv nlnnsjini ? - ? ^ r v ly spent. DISTRICT NO. 1 HOLDS I S. S. CONVENTION District No. 1 will hold u Sundayi School Convention Sunday afternoon at the Waecamaw Presbyterian! Church. This district covers the territory south of the Potato Hod Kerry Road and the Waecamaw River. Each Sunday School in the district is invited to be represented. The Convention will begin at 11:80. An interesting program is being prepared. The following- will be among the speakers: Rev. J. M. Lemmon, Hon. E. S. C- Baker, Mr. J. C. Spivey, and Mr. PUul Quattlebaum. SOLDERS TO CAMP ON FIRST OF KAY During the period of target practice at Fort Moultrie, May 1 to 10, coast artillerymen will desert their barracs for the sandy wastes of Sullivan's Island. They will go into* camp for that period. All along the South Atlantic coast, some time during spring, the forts have their reguftir target practice immediately after the mine-laying drills. The troops live iin tented cities during that time making a welcome change from the monotony of barrack life. IJoirnl'.i.r- finl.l /ivnivn'cn <!>-> I.'.-.-* ^ livki vav.1 iini. *.? i 11 it* run, Moultrie garrison will not be held until in November. At this time infantry drill and maneuvers are indulged in extensively, training the roust artillerymen in the other phase of tie service that they must master. The coast artillerymen have received no orders on the Mexican situation. Many of the soldiers no doubt would enjoy participation in that fracas but it seems that Uncle Sam has enough for that duty, not desiring further depletion of the coast defenses, o MOVED TO NICHOLS Uov. W. J. Wilder, Pastor of Baptist Church at Dalzell, Takes Up New Work. (Sumter Herald.) 1x1 11 % ? I ?wx * i?ai7.tMi, iviaron au.?.>lr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilder left this week to take I charge of a work near Nichols, in i Horry County, S. C. The leaving of this family is a distinct loss, not only to the Baptist cause, hut to the community at large. Anything that was for the upbuilding of the com- j : munity always found in l?ev. W. J. I Wilder a willing helper. He was al, ways found in the front ranks, ready ! to do more than his part. If he has I i j an enemy in this whole charge, where : he has labored faithfully for about seven years, I do not know it. I was | not a member of his floek, but had the J i pleasure of attending his services very often. He does not make a groat noise in ; the pulpit but his sermons are always well prepared and fraught with a spirit of love and good thought. They wore our nearest neighbors and we i i fool the loss very keenly, from that standpoint. In all my life I do not ( think I have ever knpwn a man who. was more universally popular than is Rev. W. J. Wilder. They earry with them the love and best wishes of the entire community. ?S. F. MOORF. NO. 52. CIVIL COURT TERM BUSY FOUR DAYS Damage Case of W. H. Anderson Against tlie Coast Line Railroad JURY FOUND VERDICT FOR FIVE HUNDRED Motion For New Trial by Railroad Company Was Refused by Court. The Jury in the case of Palmetto Grocery Co., vs. A. Alford returned a verdict in favor of the defendant for the crops involved in the case or th > value thereof. Later in the day the various matters involved between the partieswere all compromised and settled and the cases between them fully settled. The most interesting case tried by | the court was that of W. 11. Anderson-. | plaintiff vs. Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Co., in a Jait for damages for personal injury reoeivod by the plaintiff while he was a passenger on defendant's train on August 14th, 1914. The plaintiff alleged in his complaint that when the train stopped at Adrian* for him to get off he got to the door of the coach and before he could get off the train started with a jerk and .caused him to lose his balance anil to* fall against the d<x>r and striking his elbow and bruising- it so that his right arm became infected with blood poison and was permanetnly injured and suffered greatly irr both body and mind. The defendant denied all this and endeavored to show that the plaintiff at the time was suffering from cancer and that his troubi'e in the arm* proceded from that ami not from any injury received at the hands of the railroad company. Hi is was a nice question ami throe physicians we recalled to testify in the case. The conductor and engineer of the train testified that they remembered nothing of the occurrence-. The plaintiff was represented by H. If. Woodward and the defendant byCol. C. P. Quattlebaum and Henry Puck of Marion. The jury found a verdict of $500.00* for the plaintiff. The case of Stackhouse vs. Connerly was referred to a referee. In the case of Todd vs. Allsbrook the jury returned a verdict against the defendant. The court tried the case of C?. H. Jenknis vs. Wni. Page in claim and delivery for one mule, the plaintiff represented by Norton A* Baker and the defendant by Casque & Page. The case of Enterprise Grocery Co. vs. A. G. Jolly was compromised. The suit on account brought by Th<* J. C. Bryant Co. vs. J. T. Graham was compromised and ended without trial. An order of survey was taken out in the case of Hardee vs. Strickland. In the case of Harrington vs. Wil' .. i> \r.. ? i italic in tv in<uicc raiseu only [cg^il questions and was submited to the court. In the injunction case brought br lv. (I. Melson and others against Conwny Lumber Co., concerning the timber on portions of the estate lands of thi? late W. I\ Melson, certain lepal (questions involved were argued oa Thursday before the judge and these cases will probably remain still to be settled by the supreme court of this stale . Tho h)i?:inncu s\ f ?.au?i ? H - \>l KH- V * VI I t illl wound up just before 4 o'clock on Thursday evening and the judge departed by automobile for Marion where he took the evening train for Ids home in Spartanburg. o The Diamond From the Sky is now only about half out; and you can get back numbers at this office. Start the story now if you have not already started it and catch up with the numbers of people who are finding pleasure in reading this highly entertaining romance. o F. A. burroughs was away on business a short time recently. uy * t