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? f . ?>. . I I I L? -!. ? VOLUME XXXI. COURT SPEEDS UP f IN TRYING CASES * Usual Number of Misdeniean- E ors and Petit Larcenies Come Before Court SOLICITOR IS ACTIVE IN CLEARING DOCKETS 1 t i No Case of Great Interest up : i For Trial in This Term. ~ i The Court of General Sessions for the February term of 1917 came to a close last Thursday morning with < the case of The State vs. Page hereinafter mentioned. The week was remarkable for the reason that no case of unusual interest or atrocity came up during the ' entire time; but at the same time there appeared to be more than the usual number of minor offenses to I come before the bar of justice. Solicitor L. M. Gasque was on the job of disposing of these cases as possible not to neglect their necessary handling, and he put in three days of as hard work as any solicitor in the State is ever called on to do. The cases were handled by Judge T. H. Spain in a way which met with the approval of the court officers and the public generally. Judge Spain made a good impression on the people of this county, at his second visit to Conway. The cases disposed of not reported in our last issue were as follows: f The State vs. C. A. .McCray charg, ed with malicious mischief was then < tried and the defendant was cleared. The State vs. Harrison Rowell * charged with assault and battery was tried, the defendant pleading guilty to simple assault and was fined in tltc sum of .$50.00. 1 The State vs. Charley Graham and "* / ' i __ i - i t- it t viiMiittiu wt?? eii'iud uy xnc (IC? fondants pleading guilty and paying a fine of $50.00 each. The State vs. Richard Floyd, JessFloyd, David Graham and Purn Graham was then called, defendants pleading guilty and paying fines. The State vs. W. A. Stroud was before the court charged with assault and battery pleaded guilty and paid $."0.00. The State vs. Sidney Dyson was settled by the defendant giving a bond under the bastardly statute. Next disposed of was The State vs. Luther Port, Ed. Turner, and Will Hayes for using nets. This was continued. The State vs. Moss Thomas was ' dismissed. The State vs. John Beaty and Ben Ward was then called. They were charged with larceny of live stock. The State vs. John G. Allen for Breach of Trust was continued, as was also another charge of housebreaking and larceny. ( In the State vs. Joe McCormick charged with wife beating it appeared that the defendant had already , ? been tried and sentenced before a magistrate, and defendant was disf charged. . L. The case of The State vs. C. F. , Page charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature j twas the last case disymsed of. The i defendant was cleared by the jury. . ' , ' KAISER IS SUFFERING ' FROM SEVERE CHILL I ; T.otidqp,?The. German Emperor is i suffering ,ffoma severe chill accord- < ing to a Berlip report.received by the < Exchange Telegraph Company by 1 way of Amsterdam. It is stated that i the Emperor is compelled to remain < indoors, but receives the ministers < and communicates daily with heed- 1 quarter*. The dispatch says that the * pa tint's condition does not cause t anxiety, but that his doctors insist on 1 great caution. Wkt J? . , V . * V , "JIC c iSTER 9F GASES ' FOR APRIL TERM Jar Meeting Arranges Cases for Jury Trials Apri[ 2nd, 1917. ' V1 ' ,1 * " At a meeting of the bar here this veek the following roster of cases vere arranged for trial at the next ,erm of the court of Common Pleas beginning here on Monday, April 2nd, with Judge T. H. Spain, presiding: Monday, April 2nd, 1917. Worth Company vs. W. J. Smith. Holmes vs. Williamson. C. C. Gore vs. Whiteville Lumber Company. Mills vs. Stanley. Flora J. Holliday vs. Agiies Jordan, et al. A. J. Todd vs. Vaught. Hank of Tabor vs. G. M. Fowler. Hank of Tabor vs. Loris Tel. Co. H. D. Stock Med. Co. vs. E. A. Jordan. Tuesday, April 3rd, 1917. J. S. Bellamy vs. H. N. Gore. J. M. Johnson vs. C. C. Bullock. Beasley Shoe Co. vs. A. Bell. R. V. Ward vs. Pacific Fire Ins. Co. Barnhill vs. Kirton. L. E. Crawford vs. Mullins Lbs, Co. Cornish Co. vs. J. R. Smith. G. J. Holliday vs. J. J. Cribb. Wednesday, April 4th, In Equity. Thompson vs. Grissctte. Palmetto Grocery Co. vs. H. D. Elliott, et al. Whiteviile Lbr. Co. vs L. T. Bryan. Ballod vs. Nicholas. o FURTHER INFORMATION ON TICK ERADICATION; Editor Horry Herald:? Truthful discussion of public issues is helpful. We need more of it. But when one seeks the public! prints and deliberately, or ignorantly, makes false charges against his fellow citizen, it does harm, and causes one to wish that the Tick Eradication law to which Mr. O. M. Watts of Bayboro referred in your issue of last week, were broad enough in its terms to enforce the dipping of such persons as well as tick infested cattle. Of the two evils, I consider the tick less harmful to the community. Mr. Watts says this dipping law ;s an act of the Legislature of South Carolina in 1912 on page of Acts G71, Act No. 373. This is correct. He adds: "Buck, Sherwood and Stanley gave us this curse," and that it "was put on the people of this county for the purpose of bringing on the Stock Law." This is untrue, and the truth could easily have been ascertained by Mr. Watts. The Journals of the House of Representatives show that this Act, called by Mr. Watts, "dipping law," was introduced in the House on Jany. 23rd, 1911 by Mr. R. A. Dobson of Cherokee county; referred to the Ways and Means Committee, and a favorable report made by this Com mittec on Jany 28th, 1911; was on motion of Mr. Dobson, the author, on Feby. 14th, 1911, continued over to the next session; went to Second Reading, without debate, on Feby. ICth, 1912; passed Third Reading, without debate, and with some slight amendments, on Feby. 12th, 1912, and was sent to the Senate which returned it later with some amendments, and the Bill became a law at that session. Mr. Buck, Mr. Stanley and myself were nominated in the Primary held n the Summer of 1912; were elected >n Nov. 5th, 1912; received certifi;ates from the Secretary of S+ate Dec. 2nd, 1912, and were sworn in md took our seats in the Legislature >n Jany 14th, 1913, approximately me year after the passage of this aw which Mr. Watts says that we 'put on the people of this county fo? ;he purpose of bringing on the Stock Law." 1 ?E. J. Sherwood. Pmx >RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, IvL PRESIDENT GURBELL i TO BE AT LORIS Dr. William Spencer Currell, the able President of South Carolina < University has accepted an .invitation to visit Loris and deliver an ad- ' dress in the Loris Methodist church, ' Friday evening, March 9th, at seventhirty o'clock. Dr. Currell easily ranks amcfag the* foremost drators of the State. He is a speaker of wonderful ability and force, a man of pleasing personality. President Currel is greatly in demand as a speaker, for by his eloquence he invariably charms his audiences. This is a rare opportunity offered to the people of Loris and surrounding country to hear this distinguished educator. Make your plans to at tend. WEST IS SCENE OF IMPORTANT FIGHTS Military operations of importance are taking place in two sectors of the France-Belgian front. The British have extended their activities south in the Somme region, and Berlin reports an attack near Bouchayesnes, north of Peronne. Thi3 is declared to have been repulsed and an effort to repeat it frustrated. North of Verdun severe engagements still arc in progress along the line near Caurieres Wood where inymtkdfi a#pon the F1 ench positions were recently made by the Germans. Paris reported the recapture of some advanced positions which the Germans had occupied in their attack the day previous. An effort was made by the Crown Prince's troops to retake these lost trenches, but Paris declares the attempt was futile. Russians Repulsed. On the Russian front in Galicia, BerlH^/fcnnminces a repulse of a Ru* aiflw highfc^attack near Brzezanj%- -andi th'e breakdown of an assault ma4? by Russian contingents in the Keflemen mountains near the northern end of the Rumanian front. POSTOFFICE BILL WILL BE PASSED ' "Washington, March 1.?The conference report on the postoffice appropriation bill, including the Reed "bone dry" prohibition amendment, was adopted tonight by the house. The senrte is expected to take similar action tomorrow or Saturday and the measure will go to the president for his signature. The bill had hung fire in conference because the house conferees refused to accept the pneumatic tube provisions and once all hope of an agreement had been abandoned. Under this provisions, pneumatic tube contracts, at New York, Chicago, Phil adelphia and St. Louis are to be continued for another year. Under the Reed amendment which prohibits importation of liquor into any prohibition State about onethird of the United States will be added to bone dry area. The bill also bars from the mails liquor advertisements going into i States which prevent the publishing in newspapers and other periodicals and the circulating of such advertisements. SUNDAY SERVICES FOR LORIS CIRCUIT Loris Circuit?M. E. Church.! South, W. B. Duncan, Jr., Pastor Services for Sunday, March 11th: 10 a. m. Sunday School at Camp Swamp, Ebneezer and Loris churches. Classes for all, taught by competent and efficient teachers. 11:30 a. m. Preaching Services at Loris church. 3 p. m. Sunday School at Iona Church. . 4 p. m. Preaching at lona church. 7:30 p. m. Preaching Services at Loris church. Wednesday evening, March 14th. at 7:30 p. m., the Epvvorth League meets at Loris church and will be lead by Mr. Spurgeon Stanley. Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, address by Dr. W. S. Currell. Everybody is most cordially invited to these services. y W? FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FO KEVE ARCH 8, 1917. ELEVENTH CONVENTION MEETS AT TOODVILLE The eleventh annual County Sunday School Convention will be held Wednesday and Thursday of next week at Union Methodist Church, Toddville. This Convention will likely be the strongest convention ever held in the county. Two Sunday School experts from the State Sunday School headquarters will be with us . Those who were at the convention last year know how helpful and practical are the messages delivered by Mr. Webb, General Secretary of the Slate Association. Miss Ravenel made a tour of the county a few months ago and many of us know of the merits of her work. She is a specialist in the work of the elementary department of the school, and every teacher in this department should not fail to reieive her help and inspiration. The different messages delivered by Mr. Webb will be of special help to teachers of the more advanced classes, to Sunday School Superintendents, and to pastors. Some of our best Sunday School workers in the County are also 01 the program. The following are some of hte sub jeets that will be discussed: "Thi Convention Keyword ? Increase," "The Sunday School Organized fo. Service," "Teaching Missions in the Sunday School," "Practical Ways of Making the Sunday School Attrac tive," "The Teachers Preparation of the Lesson." "Sundav School Ma nacre W V -- t? ment," "The Teen Age?Its Prob >ems?How to Meet Them," "The Teachers Duty," "Class Organization for Men and Women," "Work in the i Elementary Division," and "Building up the School through the Forward Step Plan." . The good people of TcddvilU promise us a warm welcome. Everv one in the County interested in Sunday School work is invited t& attend. Tlie Convention will open at<, <eit o'clock Wednesday raorftiiVg*r of flex* week, 'turd close Thursday afternoon, two sessions each day with dinner on the grounds. If you want to do the best work possible in your own Sunday School, come to the Convention, gain new ideas, and cntch the inspiration of a larger service. PAUL QUATTLEBAUM, County President. ?o DEATH OF MRS. A. M. LEE. On Saturday night, Feb. 24th, at 11:30 our friend and neighbor died. She was in her usual health and after spending a pleasant and cheerful evening with family and friends was suddenly called home to God. She was, before marriage, Miss Laurens Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Asbury Graham, born at Green Sea Nov 10th, 1868. At fifteen years of age she was converted and connected herself with the Baptist church at Green Sea, of which she was a consistent and faithful member at the time of her death She is survived by her husband, five l i i * : uaugnters, uessie, ftuptia, Annie, Eva, Cecil, three sons, Swinton, Walker, and Ambrose. Four sisters, Mrs. P. M. Lee, Mrs P. D Harrelson, Loris, S. C; Miss Jackie Graham, Wilmington, N. C.; and Mrs. C. D. Harrelson of Tabor, N. C. Her children were all at home except Miss Dessie, who is a trained nurse at Florence, S. C. Her oldest daughter, Bertha and an infant son preceded her. She was a woman of energetic character, of thoughtful and tender sympathy, a cheerful and happy disposition and the memory of her life should be a daily inspiration to her children. She was laid to rest in Green Sea cemetery. The funeral services con- j ducted by Kev. J. W. Wilder were I very impressive. A great gathering of sorrowing relatives and friends from Horry and Marion attended the funeral. o BOX SUPPER. There will be a Box Supper at the High Point school on Thursday i\ight March 15th. Everybody is invited to attend and be prepared to participate in the supper. M. D. Cox, M iss Grace Hendriok, I TEACHERS. mM. :r." HORRY GRAND JURY MAKE PRESENTMENTS This Body Finished its Work I Last Week by Wednesday Noon. 4 The grand jury of Horry County j finished up all of its work for the term of the court, and their final presentments were read out by the Clerk, Mr. W. L. Bryan, last Wednesday, as follows: i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Spring Term, 1917. FINAL REPORT OF GRAND JURY To His Honor T. H. Spain, Judge Presiding: The Grand Jury bogs, herewith, to make to the Court its final report for this term: 1.?We have examined all bilh handed us by the Court and Solicitor and have returned them with out findings. ] 2.?We have appointed a commit I tee to investigate and report on tin Public affairs generally of the Cou" :y, consisting of Mr. CI. M. Fowler Foreman, and Messrs. (1. C. Butlc and J. B. Cox. Those grntlemci have been instructed to make sue! investigation of offices, finances am other Public matters as they ma.\ deem necessary, and report to thi Grand Jury at an ensuing term o Court. 3.?We have n0 recommendations we desire to make at this term of Court, further than to say that we would commend the thoroughness with which the new board of County Commissioners, as we are informed, are Invsetigating the previous con duct of their office, and the system, fctizifig of 'ootintjF ' financial tfff&iK? with which, as we understand, they . < ! are how engaged. |. a .'ii-- /-* ? ? a nt; cimumiiue on oouncy Rlfairs and finances of the 1916 Grand Jury, by order of the Grand Jury, had an audit of the County financemade by Mr, L. A. Searson, an ex pert Public and tax accountant. This, report, dated December 27, 1916, ha:> been handed to the Foreman of the present Grand Jury, and is filed with this report. ^- We recommend that Court con vone at the beginning: of each term thereof for this County, at 2:30 o'clock P. M., for the reason that the present hour of convening nccessi tates much traveling by the officers of the Coui*t and by witnesses on Sun day. 6.?We present Samuel J. Rogers of Aynor in this County, for practicing medicine in this County without license or registration as a practicing physician. 7.?Wo present R. T. Battle for violation of the Prohibition Law. Witnesses, H. H. Shelley and Ed. Floyd, whose affidavits are herewith filed. 8.?Othnr ronni'fo fn - - ? -- -w? ? vo VV/^ tlllD VJII tlJUl I Jury of violation of law are reported! specially to the Solicitor, Magistrates, and members of the Grand Jury for investigation; and report of such investigations will be made to the Foreman of this Grand Jury at the next ensuing term of this Court. 9.?We desire specially to thank His Honor, Judge Spain for the clearness and precision of his instructions to this Grand Jury, and with the other officers and members of the Court for the uniform kindness and courtesy to the Grand Jury, its Foreman, and its several members. Respectfully submitted, n M irnwT v.. . m. v ir uuit, r uicinaiii O Wholesale Grocery for Loris. The latest addition to the business i life in Loris, "The Gate City of South i Carolina," is an up-to-date wholesale 1 grocery firm. Ed. L. Smith, until recently, one of 1 Mullins' most enterprising business \ men has now located in the "Good , Town of Loris" and will conduct a ] wholesale grocery business under the \ name of "Loris Grocery Co." Mr. Smith will arrive in Loris this 1 week and will soon be ready for business. Welcome to Loris. Here is wishing you success. 1 I _ _____ N0 46 CONSECRATES HIMSELF TO SERVICE OF U. S. Marshall Sworn in as Vice President Second Time in History t. AMERICA MUST LEAD IN PEACE Inaugural Address is Heard by Great Crowd in National Capitol. Washington. ? President Wilson took the oath of office in public at 12:45 o'clock Monday afternoon and delivered his inaugural address be? . ..... .... lore a great crown wnicn pacaeu tuo plaza at the east front of the Capitol. Vice-President Marshall had beon inaugurated in the Senate chamber ? ?' ? v? j i VI V. With a new consecration to the nation's service, the President, touching on the international crisis, declared there could be no turning baciv from the tragical events of the last thirty months which have brought upon Americans a new responsibility as citizens of the world. The President declared anew that America must stand for peace, stability of authenticity, congress today abanmatters of right, that the seas must be free to all, and that the family of nations shall not support any governments not derived from the consent of the governed. Warns Against Factionalism. Sounding a solemn warning to the nation against any faction or intrigue to break the harmony or embarrass the spirit of the American people, tl)c President called for an America united in feeling, in purpose and in its vision of duty, of opportunity and of service. At the conclusion of his address at 1:30 o'clock the President led the inaugural procession back to the Whito House where it passed in review before him. First Democratic President to succeed himself since Jackson and tenth to be re-elected, President Wilson entered his second term of office with a new consecration to the service of his country. Simple Inauguration. It was President Wilson's wish that his inauguration should bt a simple one, and all through the fixed program which covered more than five hours, while there was the pomp, ceremony and spectacular display which inevitably attaches to the inauguration of a President, the studied effort was to keep the ceremonies in accord with the best traditions of America?ceremonies which in the main were planned by George Washing-ton more than a century ago. The event was simplified because there was no dual ceremony to attend fU. .1 i. -* - ? vnu ucpunure 01 an outgoing President and further simplified because it did not fall in with the rush and -o confusion of the dying hours of Congress. The ceremony began with the President's departture from the White House for the capitol. BUSH ORGANIZATION OF MOSQUITO FLEET New York.?Recent news from Washington has given new impetus to the work of organizing a large mosquito fleet to defend the New Vork waterfront from submarines. Among prominent owners of power boats who have offered their )eraft; to the government are1 Withaif Strauss. Jk, Sydney P. Clark, of Philadelphia; Pranklin Farrell, Jr., of New Haven; Chester R. Hope, of Lakewood, Ohio; Dean K. James, of Boston, and William H. Ward, of Newark, Herman S. Rosenbauw, of New York, has offered to contribute" $5,00# for the purchase of a motor Jbc!at/Wxr' be added to the auxiliary fleet. ,u*>. ? * ? -v **