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r ? VOLUME XXXIV. COURT PROCEEDINGS ~ SEPTEMBER TERM Court of General Sessions transacts Much Business in Few Days COURT WEEK CROWD 4 LARGE AS USUAL Judge Mauldin Visits Conway for First Time in Judicial I Career. i The court of General Sessions convened here last Monday evening with the court week crowd in Conway about as large as usual on such occasions. The number of cases to be disposed of was ab*ut as usual, the magistrates over the county having been very busy during the vacation time. The court met on Monday evening at about 2 o'clock with Judge Mauldin of Greenville, presiding. This was his first trip to Horry County to hold court. After the swearing of various witnesses for the grand jury the court proceeded to call the docket of cases laid over from the last term of the court. At the request of Clerk of Court IW I. Iti'tran \i?Virv ?u rn^ftunrinir f?? 1/1 JWIij "??V 10 1 WUTVl l?l|^ ^>^>11 a recent illness at a Columbia hosMr* pital; J. 0. Norton, Esqr., was sworn in as deputy clerk, at the present term. v After an able charge delivered by the judge to the grand jury, they retired to their room to consider a num be r of tills of indictment given out. j The court then had the docket of the Criminal court called consisting of criminal cases laid over from the last term of the court. On the docket, continued from the last term of the court is the case ol' j The State vs. A. P. Floyd, for homi- j tide. On motion of the defendant,1 Jthis case was continued until the next term owing to the recent sickness of Hon. R. B. Scarborough who was un- j able to go ahead with his duties in I the case at this term. It was stated that no effort would be made to con- i tinue the case at the next term so far as the parties or their attorney then knew. The court then took up the case of The State vs. Collins Bellamy charged wuth the cutting of I. A. Boll about f a year ago as he was going home from church near Bayboro. Will Elliott, another negro, was tried for this crime at a former term of the court and is now serving a sentence. The State failed to produce sufficient proof, in the opinion of the court, and there was directed a verdict for tlie (defendant. This ended the business of the court for Monday. On Tuesday the court started to try the case of The State vs. W. J. Osborne, charged with killing a dog. After the jurymen had been placed in I the panel, it developed that the defendant was represented by an at-; torney who had only been employed the day before, and the court continuggt the case until another day upoirvmotion of the defendant's at^orney. 1 The State vs. Will Jones on several cases for practicing medicine without a license came up for trial Tuesday morhing. This is the mullatto negro who has been prosecuted by the au- j thorities on request of the local med- j Jcal association, and who had an injunction served on Jones last Spring. He had .been in jail for more than three months when court convened. He was sentenced by the court to 90 days on the public works or pay a fine of $100.00. Manuel Owens was cleared of the chargflrfof maliciously shooting a cow.! The prosecutor was Mete Stroud of Floyds township. The State vs. J. Gray Floyd was ' tried on Tuesday in the absence of Mr. Floyd, and against the protest of the defendant's attorney. No testimony what ever was offered in behalf of the defendant as he was I ni$ HAMMER LUMBER CO. LOSES BY FIRE Fire broke out at the plant of Ham mer Lumber Company at Little River last Friday night about ten o'clock. and (Ipstfovod thn nlnniiwr millu fA. r,""",6 w gether with the wharves and docks at the landing; the total loss being in round numbers about $75,000.00. This amount includes about one-half million feet of manufactured lumber that was on the yards and was totally destroyed by the flames. The tug boat used in the lumber business and a barge loaded with lumber were moved out into the middle of the stream and were savod, although, considerably damaged by the heat. Nothing is known as to the cause of this destructive {fire. The flames started underneath the planing* mill building, and no one knows what caused it. Reports on Monday stated that the flames were under control by means of the fine water system that the Company had, but there was said to be danger yet as the flames would spread by means of a change in the wind to the large sam mill nearby. There is some insurance carried in Philadelphia on the property, but the amount of this could not be learned. One thing making the loss more severe than it would have been is the loss of the new planing mill machinery, which had only recently been installed. o OLD HOUSE DOWN. L>r. H. 1,. Scarborough, the purchaser of the oldd Skipper lot on Laurel Street, has recently torn down the old dwelling' on the property, a house which was erected by Sheriff Abijah Skipper many years years ago. This demolished building was in its day one of the finest houses in the town. It was occupied by Sheriff Skipper until his death many years ago and his widow, the late Mrs. S. C. Skipper occupied the house as a home until her death at an advanced age a few years ago. The house was built out of good materials hut the plastering was crumbling, the weather boarding decaying and the roof was beginning to be full of leaks. So the old house has served its day and is now gone and Dr. Scarborough will erect on the site of the old dwelling a modern bungalow which he will occupy with his family as a residence. o EMPLOYEE DEAD. One of the Norwegian employees in the lumber trade, who came here last spring to work for the Conway Lumber Company, died at his boarding house on lower Main Street last Tuesday night from the effects, it is said, of lemon extracts, or some similar drug, which he had been taking in place of intoxicating liquor. His name could not be learned in time for this news article but his nickname was "Shorty." Arrangements were made to take care of the remains, which will be ' buried here, and so far as we can learn no communication has been had with any of his relatives wherever they may be, and his relatives may not be known here. ; , The fruit crop is reported short this year almost over the entire country. Grapes appear to be the only exception in this part of the country. There is difficulty about getting the grapes gathered as there appears to be a shortage of labor for this work the same as in other things. I o The census which ? is taken every I ten years by the United States government, will be taken again during the month of January, 1920. absent from the court, perhaps from sickness or other unavoidable cause. The jury found a verdict of guilty ' and sentence was postponed until another day. E. V. Jarrott, of Floyds township pleaded guilty to violation of the liquor laws and was fined in the sum of $100.00 or a term on the chain gang, j with the rest of the sentence suspended upon his good behavior on payment of the sum of $50,00. I 1 * I / Wtttt / CONWAY, S. P., THURSDAY, SHERWOOD CLAIMS REJECTED ON VOTE But Lack of Quorum Blocks Final Action on Contest? Stoll Victory Apparent. (News & Courier.) Columbia, Sept. 23?When the state Democratic Executive Committee meet! ing here loday to consider the protests i filed in connection with the second primary election for Congress from the Sixth District, had decided tonight at 8:30 o'clock by a vote of 11 to 9 to throw out protest made by E. J. Sherwood, of Conway, against alleged irregularities and fraudulent votes in the box at Andrews, Georgetown County and to canvass the returns and declare the result, a point of no quorum was sustained by John Gary Evans, chairman, and the proceedings were stopped. If the point had not been made, P. H. Stoll, of Kingstree, would have been declared the nominee by a majority of twenty-five votes. The secretary, Ashley C. Tobias, Jr., was instructed to call the membership of the committee of forty-four members to Columbia for the recessed meeting. I The principal protest filed today was that of E. J. Sherwood, who alleged that fifty-four irregular and fraudulent votes had been cast at Andrews forty-five of them for Mr. Stoll and nine for Mr. Sherwood. He asked that the club be purged, which if done, would give him a majority of eleven votes in the district. The other Sherwood protest, that of Carvers Bay precinct, box No. 1, for writing the names of candidates on illegal ballots was dismissed by the committee, be cause the regular ballots, through an oversight, were not supplied the precint. Because there had been a recount it was found that seventy soldier votes had been counted twice and seventy o: these votes had been deducted from Mr. Sherwood's majority, Mr. Stoll withdrew his protest relative to Horry County as he claimed his contention had been met. Tonight after the motion of the executive committeeman from Edgefield County had been carried to dismiss the Sherwood protest because there was not enough evidence to show sufficient fraud to change the result of the election, and to declare the results, L. I). Jennings, of Sumter, attorney for Mr. Sherwood, raised the ! point of no quorum. When it was pointed out by Mr. Padgett that Mr. Jennings's point could not be considered because he was not a member of the committee, it was renewed by j G. A. Guignard, executive committeeman from Lexington County. Those who have cotton to pick out and are wise, will get the cotton out , while the getting is good. VOTES WERE RECOUNTED. There was a recount of the Horry votes cast in the recent primary for candidates in the congressional race, owing to the protest filed by P. H.' Stoll of Kingstree. According to reports made after the meeting of the county executive committee, seventy votes were found to have been counted twice. The recount changed the results in this county from 2530 for Mr. Sherwood and 72 for Mr. Stoll to 2460 for Mr. Sherwood and 68 for Mr. Stoll. A resolution was passed by the Horry county executive committee authorizing the acting chairman to send in the corrected official returns to con form t.O the figures ascertained by the recount. BAND TO PLAY FRIDAY EVENING The Conway Concert Band will render another program Friday evening, September 26th, on Col. Spivey's lawn. The boys have a nice program for this occasion. It's free. Everybody is invited to come out. o W. H. Lawrimore, one of the progressive farmers of this county, spent lust Saturday in Conway on business. % 8 ?< SEPTEMBER 25, 1919. SAN FRANCISCO GROWS EXCITED Woodrow Wilson Cheered for Many Minutes?Crowds in Streets. ? I San Francisco.?To an uproarous crowd in tho Civic. Auditorium hero, President Wilson declared that in his trip across the continent ho had become convinced that the treaty issue would he decided rightly by the people and "not by any private purpose of their own." He repeated his declaration that the league of nations was not the work of the Versailles conference but grew out of years of thought by men who did not devote any portion of their consideration to politics. Some of the most constructive minds of both parties, he asserted, had been devoted to the project for a generation. There was much disorder in the hall during.the address and the presirent spoke with apparent difficulty against a hum of talk in the distant galleries. Once he stopped to ask for closer attention, hut the crowd did not quiet down. When he left his hotel for, the ayditorium he was cheered by a crowd which had blocked the street for more than an hour. On the way he passed along in a continuous roar of applause and when he and Mrs. Wilson entered the auditorium the crowd stood up and shouted itself hoarse. When the cheering had been in progress for more thaA 13 minutes "The Star Spangled Banner" was played on a pipe organ but it fail ed to quiet the crowd. Mayor Rolph at last introduced Chester Rowell, editor of the Fresno Republican and Republican national committeemen in 1916, 'who presented the president in a single me pcopie need. Hand in your offering at the Methodist church next Sunday, or to A. B. Goldfinch, Treasurer. ?B. G. Murphy, for Committee. "V Itvvuvv. ?* nil*. till, VI it l\V|/V w I' its shouting-. When Mr. Wilson took the platform and held up his hand for silence yells continued for more than five minutes in the gallery, while some in in the audience shouted "put them out" and others hissed. There was still much noise when he began speaking and it continued while the address proceeded. It was one of the largest halls In which the president has spoken, seating 12,000. It was packed, many standing. o W. A. McSwain, State insurance commissioner, has recently returned from Hartford, Conn., where he attended the national convention of insurance commissioners. o NOTICE OF ELECTION. In pursuance of an order made by the County Board of Education for Horry County on the 22nd day of September 1919, the undersigned j Tiustees of District No. 20 will hold j an election at Mt. Olive School House; on the 10th day of October, 1919, upon the question of levying a Spe- | cial School Tax of 8 mills upon the taxable property of said District No. 20. Date September 22nd, 1919. 1). M. Causey, A. L. Philipps, J. L. Brown, BOARD OK TRUSTEES School District No. 20. j ORPHANAGE WORK DAY SEPTEMBER 27TH Saturday 27th, is the day on which every Methodist and every friend of helpless children, will be given an opportunity to contribute the value of one day's work, or more, to the support of the unfortunate little ones at the Epworth Orphanage. On account of the "flu" the Orphanage lost heavily in Work Day offerings last year. We feel sure that no exhortation u necessary for a liberal offering; a reminder and an opportunity is all vM. EXPERIENCED MAN HAS RESIGNED Many will regret to know that Mr, H. P. Little has resigned as Chairman of the County Hoard of Commissioners, to take effect in a few days after the next month comes in. Mr. Little is a competent man for membership on the Hoard, and especially as Chair man of the Hoard, owing to his long experience in the building business and his knowledge of materials and the best way to handle them. While he has been on the Hoard ei Commissioners many and lasting improvements have heen made in mary of the roads under this jurisdiction, his advise and close attention to the affairs of the township Supervisors resulted in better roads in many places. DISTRESSROTTON WILL BE BOUGHT Steps are being taken in many counties of the State looking to the | formation of cotton financial corporations to buy up "distress" cotton. Meetings have already been held in some of the counties, and in other counties they have been called, for the purpose of taking the preliminary steps looking to the. formation of these corporations. o INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NEWS. We had a very pleasant and inspiring beginning for our new year, quite a number of old students are back I with several new ones. rm til " i ne nev. v. u. Murpny, or uonway, preached to the young- folks last Tues day night, and the Rev. E. L. Westi bury, Pastor of Aynor Baptist church, I pl eached Sunday afternoon at the School. Indications now are that we will have the largest school in our history. Miss Marie McAlheny, of Branchvillc, Miss Madeline Williams of Luray, and Miss Lila Compton, of Green .wood, (music) are the new teachers this year. -?S. C. Morris. BRIDGES ARTOISGRACE i TO CIVILIZED STATE 'Editor Herald:? Those who have had occasion to tiavel the public road from Conway to Nichols, S. C., will doubtless agree with me? that the bridges on the road, especially those in Floyds Township between Floyd's School House and Steven's Cross Roads, are not only a disgrace to a civilized community, but actually dangerous to the travelling public. No work has been done on that road, so far as I am able to judge, since last Spring. One or two, particularly the one at the Arnold Strick j land place, has been put in order. I Several bridges between Strickland's Ford and old Bayboro are in bad condition. Last week I found three that .. 1 I.. U- 1 * > * Hnu iu7v winy unxuie, om so oroKen up that I was forced to get out and | make repairs before I could drive across in a car. Somebody is to blame. Whether 'l be the County Commissioners or the local overseers, \ do not know, but 1 do know that the condition of the | road from old Boyboro to Floyd's j School House is a reflection on our I County, .and a menace to the travelling public. Respectfully, Robt. B. Scarborough. Conway, S. C., Sept. 20, 1919 ??????-o TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. The regular Teachers' Examination will be held in the Burroughs School building, Saturday, October the 4th, All teachers whose certificates are not in force and who have no good reason for having their certificates renewed are urged to take this examination. The law does not allow ! the renewal of third grade certificates. All people intrusted in schools should induce every person who might be able to teach to try this examination. I fear that many schools will be unable to secure teachers this year. j ? M. J. BUT,LOCK. [ Co. Supt. of Education. NO. 23." HIGH ACID PRICES ARE NOT JUSTIFIED Dy Any Shortage, and Government Notes Absence of Anticipated Reduction ACTS TO RELIEVE SHORTAGE OF CARS Will Require Manufacturers to I Base Prices on Actual Cost I of Production. I The United States Department of Agriculture has received numerous complaints regarding the price of acid phosphate as compared with the prices of mixed fertilizers. The price quoted by manufacturers during the spring of 1919 to dealers or indi viduals ordering .'10 tons or more was $'24 a ton f. o. b. Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Carteret. The price asked for the fall trade is $22.gO a ton. It will be recalled that the department on June 7 issued a statement to HiA fiw.f c... -i ?? ?..V uiai laimciis MIIOUIU DC aOie to obtain mixed fertilizers in the fall of 1919 at prices approximately 30 per cent lower than those which prevailed in the spring1. This statement was based upon information that had been obtained from manufacturers, but it was expressly stated that the price of acid phosphate was being further investigated. Obviously, the price of this material has not decreased by 30 per \ cent, and the department, in letters to manufacturers, has expressed the view that, the vrices quoted above am too high. It has also advised all acid phosphate manufacturers that in the future it will require them to base the price of straight acid phosphate, as a separate commodity, on the actual cost of the materials of manufacture and sale, plus a reasonable profit, and that the cost of manufacturing mixed goods must not be prorated on. that portion of the acid phosphate which is sold as such. Since the. prices of acid phosphate were indicated to the department by the fertilizer manufacturers, the lwinno t\ f /imi/lo nni/1 1. I'* ?wr? wi vi iuiu atm [/UU>pJiatl' IlilVU advanced to1 such a point that the dry mixers, who buy the crude material, crush, mill, screen, and bag it, complain that they can not handle it with a profit at the price they had agreed to sell it for. Strikes in Florida and car shortages in both the Florida ami Tennessee fields have combined to reduce production and shipments. The department has laid the situation fully before the Railroad Ad ministration and has urged that sufficient* cars be made available for fertilizer deliveries in the interest of crop production. Must Justify Advances. It has also notified the phosphate miners and the acid phosphate manufacturers that the present prices of rock phosphate, or of acid phosphate, must not be advanced without submitting the proposed increases to the department, aucompanied by specific data showing any real and unavoidable increase that may have occurred in the costs of production. Such increase in costs, in the opinion of the department would be the only possible justification for any advance In the prices that prevailed in June. The department holds that a mere shortage of supply in the existing cireum-I . - - _ i {f., 1 f ? ....m.lnnf MllllCt'A Id JlUt IK im.ii ?? o U ? ? ?V. ivilw justification for increased prices, o The world is clamoring for raw cotton says* J. L. McLaurin. o DEATH OF JOSIAH S. WATTS. Josiah S. Watts, a well-known resident of the Tabor section of Horry County died last Thursday, September 11th. He is survived by two daughters and his widow. His death was sudden as he had not been in failing health except for a very few days. He was a son of Luke Watts, one of the oldest residents of that sec tion of the County.