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... 1 Ml N ? \ X volume xxxm COURT OF SESSIONS COMES TO CLOSE With Long List of Cases for Which No Time to , Try I > BUSINESS MEN HAVE A CROWDED WEEK Both Ju&je and Solicitor Expedite Business of The ' sM > Criminal Court r ? Our last is.suc contained a list of the criminal cases disposed of during' Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the court. As was stated last week there were more cases than b -ever before pending on the dockets. On the whole it was about the busIicst time of General Sessions ever had Conway. Both the judge and circuit solicitor expedited the business of the court so as to make as rapid head way us possiDie in the disposition of these cases. Many important crim v inal cases wore tried but a number had to be continued until another time as it was impossible to try them. There was a crowd of people in Conway nearly the whole week. \ Business houses in Conway had a full and busy week. That they trans acted more than the usual amount of business was plain by a visit to any , of the offices or stores, k On Thursday morning the case of k B. Haskill Todd was finished. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. , The following cases were then con * fcinued. The State vs. D. G. Hinsotu The State vs. R. G. Todd and Thos Harder. * The Slate vs. Steve iDawsey. The State vs. M.' Fowlwv The State vs. Garfield Grainger, , ?t al. The State v3. John Grainger and Ernest Grainger. The State vs. Whittie M. Grainger t al. The State vs. Marshall Fowler and Charity Tyler. The State vs. Harrison Rowell and ; Sal lie Cook. The State vs. Enoch Allen and j Jimmie Allen. I In the case of The State vs. Ernest ] Jones, charged with murder, the de? fendant pleaded guilty to mant slaughter and was sentenced to two years at hard labor. George Finklea pleaded guilty to > manslaughter and was sentenced to i throe years at hard labor. The court tried Robert Johnson, a negro boy for the killing of James Rav on Sunday before court, the details of which appeared in this paper in the last issue. It appeared from the testimony that no charge of malice could be proved; and the negro was found guilty of manslighter and sent to the reformatory at Lexington for the term of two years. On Friday morning the Court tried the case of the State vs. Jordan on a charge of seduction and the defendant was found guilty by the jury and sentenced to two years and six 'months at hard labor. In addidtion to the cases already continued and so announced on Thursday, the Solicitor continued 'the following cases on Friday morning The State vs. Calvin Martin. The State vs. Joe Hewitt and Gard iner Hewitt. The State vs. Ben Hewitt. fT'l Cll.i. ?1 * ? L. 1 OUVIL' VS. I'UgO OKipjUM*, l?L ttl. The State vs. Henry Jordan, et al. The State vs. Maston Adams. The Court was finally adjourned about noon on Friday, leaving a num ber of cases still undisposed of for the reason that there was no time in which to try them. r Solicitor li. M. Gasque spent a very busy week and devoted his entike time to the trial of all the case's he could bring up. Quite a quanK tity of business was disposed of. B o HE Guarantee to farmers of a miniBi mum price of $15.50 a hundred I pounds for hogs during the war is B recommended by the national agriB cultural advisory committee. Hi SOLICITOR FINDS OFFICES WELL KEPT The Circuit Solicitor, Mr. L. M. Gasque, al'ter the close of the business of the Court last week, ma?le the following annual Report showing tin t the offices of the Clerk of the Coill'f .'mil Slmi'ifT o ivi ?? ?.! - . - ?..n. Miivitu ui v n l i i"rvv;[J v c411 i are in first class order: To Hon. I. W. Bowman, Presiding Judge, Fall term of Court of General Sessions for Horry County. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 728, Civil Code, I herewith submit to you my report on the Office of Clerk of Court and ShorilF fot Horry County. I have at different times gone into the Office of the Clerk of Court and Shei iff and find it kept in first class order and these Officers have discharged their duties in a most efficient and commendable way. WAR SITUATIONPRnMi'JF? wmmuv i nvmi^k,v vsueuei a Bulgaria is definitely out of the war and Turkey virtually cut off from communication with her allies and her armies in Palestine almost annihilated, likely soon will be forced to sue for a cessation of hostilities against her. Meanwhile the entente allied forces from Belgium to Verdun on six battle fronts are registering victory after victory over the Teutonic arms and the enemy front almost everywhere is crumbling. Seeing eventual defeat staring her in the face through the swift progresses of the Serbian, Italian, British, Greek and French troops in the reclaiming of Serbia and the invasion of Bulgarian territory, the Bulgais begged for an armistice, reserving to themselves no conditions. Austria in Danger. * Thus in addition to the isolation of Turkey the back door to a direct invasion of Austria-Hunomrv 4<a flunrr wide open to the allies and doubtless the time is not far distant when an advantage to the full will be taken to the new avenue through which the enemy can be reached. Viewing the situation in all its aspects the darkest days of the war seemingly are faced by the AustroHungarians. Although it had been officially announced that hostilities against the Hulgarians ceased at noon Monday, tlie French official communication of Monday night said French cavalry had entered Uskub, one of the roost important communication centers in Serbia. It is not improbable, that the French are still hard after the Germans who are known to have been fighting with the Bulgarians acting as rear guards. On all the sectors under attack from Belgian Flanders to the region of Verdun the German front is gradually bending back under the violence of the attacks of the British, American, French and Belgians. From Cambrai to St. Quentin the British and Americans again have delivered successfully hard smashes against the German strong points all along the front. In the region of St. Quentin, where the Americans are fighting with the British, the old Hindenburg line has been cut and penetrated to a depth of three miles over a front of eight miles. In Champagne the French troop; west of the Argonne forest everywhere are pressing ahead. o i 111; uiiivci nny ul oi'uiii v^uroiutit opened last week. o REGISTRATION FOR HORRY. The number of men who registered in Horry County on September 12th, was Three Thousand and Twenty-Seven. In all of these two were Aliens, and Six Hundred and Eighteen were negroes, and the balance of Two Thousand, Four Hundred and Nine were white men. The total number of men who registered in Sbuth Carolina, the grand total, was bne Hundred Fifty-Five Thouand, Six Hundred and Eighty-Eight were negroes, Four Hundred and Ninety-Four were Aliens and Three Hundred and Nineteen declarant Aliens, and the balance of EightyOne Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Four were whites. QjfEis SlJtff """W- THCTa'DAT. OVER $^00^000.00 TO FOtjRTl Horry County's Allotment $5C For October 12th Witfi IV can Soldier Fr Up to time of tfoing to press the citizens of Horry , County whose names appear below have subscribed over three hundred thousand dollars to the Fourth Liberty Loan. This leaves two hundred thousand to be subscribed to secure our allotment of five hundred thousand dollars. We have less than three weeks in which to secure the remainder, and we appeal to the people of the County to get their subscriptions in as fast as possible and get their names on the ( next list which will appear in the papers next week. We expect to have in Conway on Saturday, October 12th, a big band with good speakers, including a wounded American soldier returned from the front, and at that time we want to finish our allotment. But don't wait till then to get in your subscription. Give it to any bank in the County, and let your name be on next week's list. Our men at the front have the Germans on the mn. Lets back them to the limit, and get the boys back home. mi 1*11 I .J i ne lonowing are suuscripuuii.s made to this date: J. B. Skipper $ 50.00 M. G. Anderson 1,000,00 Waterman M. Booth 100.00 J. Morgan Lewis 1,000.00 John Coles 200.00 H. H. Woodward 2,000.00 E. S. C. Baker 50.00 A. J. Baker 50.00 Max Schwartz 50.00 I? H. Burroughs 200.00 S. F. Bourne 100.00 A. J. Richardson 200.00-v. J. L. Chestnut 1,000.00 J. W. Spark.' lOOfiOui, J. T. Mishoe , 500.00 Rev. D. L. Hill 100.00 , fcev. E. L. McCoy 200.00 Mrs. K. S. C. Baker 50.00 Miss Alma Moore 50.00 F. G. Holliday 1,000.00 D. G. Spivey 2,000.00 D. H. Russ 100.00 Rev. Paul T. Wood 100.00 L. R. Ambrose 100.00 F. C. Todd 500.00 A. M. Sutherland 200.00 Conway Lumber Co's Store 500.00 Geo. J. Holliclay 5,000.00 Rev. J. M. Lemmon 3 00.00 R. VV. Lane 100.00 Mrs. Effie T. Edgerton 1,000.00 Burroughs & Collins Co 80,000.00 Ohas. ,1. Epps 750.00 A. C. Thompson 15,000.00 W. A. Freeman 5,000.00 E. J. Sherwood 1,000.00 D. V. Richardson 20.000.00 S. P. Hawes 2,000.00 F. A. Burroughs 1,000.00 V. F. Piatt 1,000.00 L. D. Magrath 500.00 F. Marvin Floyd 500.00 Conway Telephone Co. 250.00 One Price Shoe Store 1,000.00 Hal L. Buck 3,000.00 C. H. Snider 250.00 A. W. Barrett 1,000.00 C. A. Cohen 200.00 Henry B. Baker 500.00 Poonles National Bank 21.000.00 D. A. Spivey 4,000.00 Baptist Baraca Class 100.00 NO OTHER TAKES ITS PLACE Editor Herald: You will find inclosed check for $:;.00, which you will apply on my subscription to the Horry Herald. This will pay up my back dues and also pay in advance for the paper up to January 14th, 1921. Please send receipt for same and also change date on label of my paper from 1-14-18 to 1-14-21. Guess I am one among the oldest of your subscribers. Think I have been a continual subscriber to the Horry Herald for about 2T) years. My subscription dates back to the time when the pa W.? If. TO lir xr pvi was p.ui/usucu uy wr, j\#, n. Piuiley which as you know has been many years ago. Think during- this time the Herald has changed hands a few times and perhaps has been published and sent out under different names. There has been many improvements made in the paper dur L, OCTOBER 3.1918." SUBSCRIBED H LIBERTY LOAN 10.000 no?n:~ D-M- ot_ ? -- J ? -.ww?uig ixany i innnea j larine Band and Ameriom the Front. Baptist Sunday School 100.00 D. A. Spivey (for family) 300.00 Peoples Bldge & Loan 500.00 Conway Iron Works 500.00 Dr. (J. I. Lewis 1,500.00 W. C. Adams 2.000.00 Spivey Mercantile Co. 2,000.00 Dr. C. Medley 200.00 W. C. Pitts 100.00 C. It. Scarborough 150.00 Conway Guards 100.00 A. K. Goldfinch 500.00 Mrs. J. A. McDermoot 2,000.00 W. B. King 1,000.00 G. 1?. Jenkins 12,000.00 O. F. Booth 100.00 W. W. Uuss 4,000.00 .W. F. Henderson 1,000.00 | Geo. L. Marsh 100.00 i Conway Lumber Co. 10.000.00 Conway Savings Bank 20,000.00 Conway National Bank 20.000.00 J. B. McMillan 100.00 W. B. Chestnut 1,000.00 Conway Drug Co. 500.00 Conway Moth, church 100.00 Conway Moth, church 1,500.00 H. VV. Ambrose . 2.000.00 Conway Hdw. Co. 1,000.00 F.i W. Henderson 200.00 Miss Mozelia Hedley 50.00 Mrs. Sara J. Clardy 100.00 J. C. Spivey 500.00 Kingston Furniture Co 500.00 J. A. McDermott 8.000.00 T. W. Booth 100.00 Miss Ella Sessions 50.00 J. O. Cartrette 50.00 A. E. Wait 200.00 j . JVlrs. Sarah K. Wait 300.00 i A. T. Collins 2,500.00 B. G. Collins 2,500.00 J. J. Williams 5,000.00 R. B. Scarborough 2,000.00 w. C. Ma*chiittiey 500.00 o i; IK Mawbinney 50.00 . Margaret Mawhinney 50.00 VIri .Tano \f owrK ?*??%??? rtA - VI V>?uv uinniiiuiicjf W.W C. B. Dusenbury 100.00 Mrs. C. B. Dusenbury 100.00 Miss Sadie Goldfinch 50.00 Mrs. W. T. Goldfinch 50.00 Miss Maye Goldfinch 50.00 N. Allsbrook 500.00 J. B. Cox 500.00 A. H. Long 1,000.00 W. A. Stilley 2,000.00 W. L. Richardson 500.00 G. F. Murrell 1.000.00 J. P. .Derham 1.000.00 Hugh B. Layton 50.00 A. M. McNeill 200.00 G. W. Cannon 50.00 Miss Mary Oliver 50.00 L. E. Alford 50.00 S. S. Sarvis, Jr. 50.00 I W. F. Alexander 1,000.00 Mrs. Sophie M. Alexander 500.00 | Geo. E. Byrd 500.00 i , J no. P. Floyd 100.00 I N. E. Armstrong 100.00 Miss Anna B. McCaskill 50.00 i S. H. Brown 1,000.00 W. E. Graham 1.000.00 I Evan Graham 2,000.00 W. I. Graham 100.00 Miss Winnie Holliday 100.00 Oliver J. Johnson 50.00 Total $307,600.00 Note:?Those who secure subscriptions are urged to send them in promptly each day so they can be reported to headquarters. ing this time and think it is now one of the best County papers that can be had for the money it costs. It :s always a welcome visitor in our home. We take several other papers besides the Herald but none of them seem to fill the place of the Herald. Wishing for you and the Herald much success, I am, Yours very truly, ?G. W. HARDEE. R. F. D. No. 3, Loris, S. C. o REGISTRATION FOR TOWN ELECTION. The book of registration for the general town election on Dec. 16, 1018, for the election of Mayor and six Wardens is' hereby ordered open from Sept. 4 to Dec. 3, 1918, and Mr. L. H. Burroughs appointed as Supervisor of Registration for same. C. H. Snider, J. A. McDermott, Clerk. Mayor. 10 8; 18?St. ' I rM. INFLUENZA APPEARS ll IN THIS COUNTY It was reported in Conway yester- | day that John Cartrette had come home from The Citadel in Charleston and was ill at his home in this county suffering from a case of the dreaded influenza now prevalent, mostly at the army cantonments, but spreading to the civilian population in many sections of the country, especially in the State of Massachusetts. A son of G. J. Watts died from this disease in a distant city a few days ago and his remains were expected o pass through hero on their way homo for burial. Several other cases a.i*e sahl to he in this county, but at last accounts there were no eases in Coftv. ay. jonn tjarirotto was rep Mod to bevery sick. LOfflSPHYaHAM1' VOLUNTEERS SERVICES The Stale Executive Committee arid representatives from the counties all over South Carolina, from the Volunteer Medical Corps of South Carolina, met in Columbia, a few days ago to consider the reponses from volunteers in answer to the urgent call sent out for medical men to help handle the influenza epidemic in any part of the State where an out-break might be or already was reported. Dr. H. H. Burroughs went as the representative from this county. Dr. J. D. Thomas, of Ix>ris, had answered the call as a volunteer and he was accepted for this emergency work and will be sent wherever skilled attention may be needed and is not otherwise supplied. Dr. Thomas stands high in his profession and deserves all honor for offering his services in this emergency. f)r. Huger Richardson also offered as a volunteer. He has a large prac tice, and the committee thought, best that hie should remain at his post of duty at home as if both physicians had been taken, that section would have been short of doctors. MARINEBAND TO BE HERE ON OCT. 12 Don't fail to subscribe to the Fourth Liberty Loan because you haven't got the ready money. Pay 10 per cent, of your subscription, and either bank in Conway will loan you the money at 0 per cent, interest to carry the balance. Read the lis', published in today's paper, look at the amounts these people have subscribed, and get your name on the list. Come to Conway on Saturday, October 12th. The Marine band will play. An American soldier returned from the front wounded, and other speakers will be present. o AIRMAN MEETS DEATH Lieut. Louis K. Godman, aviator from Camp Jackson, lost his life when the machine in which he was bombing Columbia with appeals to purchase Liberty bonds crashed to earth in an alley just off Main Street, last. Saturday. Lieut. Roy Thomas,* aerial observei, was painfully, though not seriously, injured in the fall. o ? FIRST PROSECUTION. C. W. Miller, Chief Clerk of the , Bureau of Vital Statistics of the i State Board of Health, brought suit against Dr. B. K. H. Kreps of Columbia, for failure to report births attended by him within the prescribed ten days as specified by State statute. Dr. Kreps was prosecuted on four counts, to which he pleaded guilty. Magistrate Coker, before whom the i rase was brought, imposed a fine of | $25 in each of the four cases. This was the first prosecution of fhe Bureau. For this reason, Dr. the Bureau. For this reason, Dr. James A. Hayne, State Health Officer, requested that sentence be suspended. Mr. Miller emphasizes that prosecutions will be brought in ail cases coming to his attention, and upon conviction, no further suspension of' rontence will be recommended. I "T"~ "" NO. 247 MURREL-WATTS CASE RESULTS IN MISTRIAL Case of Interest Takes up About Two Days of Court a* DETAILS ARE TOLD BY NUMEROUS WITNESSES Said That Jury Stood Ten for Acquital and Two for Conviction The ease that attracted most at? ntion at the C nirt last week was that of the charge of homicide ."gainst A. C. Murrcll for the killing "i .iv >i n. >?vuis aooui nine months ago. This ease had been continued from the last term. Among the attorneys representing the State was the firm of Sehulken & Toon, of Whiteville, N. C., and Hon. E. J. Sherwood, of the Conway bar. The case was taken up by the Court on Wednesday, not very late In the day, and was not concluded until a late hour on Thursday night, when the jury, who had been locked in their room for several hours, came out and announced that they could not agree. The Court declared a mistrial in the case and it will be tried again at a future term of the Court. The Jury empanelled to try the case was as follows: L. V. Todd, J. D. Shelley, Boyd Ford, A. H. Benson, H. B. Cribb, Herbert L. Bellamy, John Causey, M. Martin, L. B. Suggs, J. F. Milligan, B. K. Doyle, and W. J. Anderson. The State used the following witnesses: J. W. Lewis, A. J. Long, Mra L, J. Watts, Tom Todd, Dr. B. L. Scarborough, Mi's. Ida Thompson, E. H. McNeill, and Levi Watts, Jr., (a nephexv of the Deceased). At the close of the testimony for the State the defendant put up the following witnesses in his behalf, after testifying himself, and relating in detail, the fact and circumstances which surrounded the killing: A. J. Baker, Garland Murrell, Kelly Tompkins, Harry Tharp, B. H. Wright, John Capps, A. M. Martin, Martin Brock and Thomas Wright. - . i'j vii ii" hit was prouuceci WMlcU showed that there had been bad feelings between the deceased and the defendant for a number of years, probably as long- as ten or fifteen years. Several of the defendant's witnesses above named were put on the stand to testify to a number of threats which had been made by the deceased at times previous to his d^ath. On the day of the trouble the defendant was on a lot of land which had been in dispute between the two men and they had had the matter in Court. The defendant had erected a house on this land, and some window frames had been moved from the house and thrown into a pond; it appears that some question about these window frames brought on the difficulty which resulted in a fight between the two men, and the deceased got the worst of it. He lingered for several days, Sometimes in a half dazed condition and was finally taken to a Hospital where he died following an operation. The operation disclosed a blood-clot on the brain, which was thought to have been caused by the injuries he received in the fight. There was a small nxr? which one of the young Murrell boys had, which figured in the case. The deceased was survived by several brothers, all of whom attended the trial ,of the case. It has been stated that the jury stood ten for acquitting- the defendnnd and two stood out for conviction. The attorneys representing the defense wore Hon., K. B.. Scarborough, T. B. Lewis, and Hoyt McMillan. . , P.UII F Tn SFI7E w ?? ? I v UL1LL GERMAN VESSaS Santiago, Chile.?The Chilean government last Thursday ordered the naval authorities to occupy with arm ed forces all the interned German ships in Chilean harbors. ?