The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 03, 1920, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXV.
STRICT ENFORCEMENT
OF NEW STOCK LAW
Recommended by Horry Coun-,
ty Grand Jury in Final .
Presentment
SPECIAL ATTENTION
TO ROADS?BRIDGES
Recommend Opening of The
Court on Monday Afternoons.
The grand jury last week made its
final presentment as follows:
To His Honor S. W. G. Shipp, Presiding
Judge.
The Grand Jury herewith makes
to you its final report for this May
term.
(1) We have passed on all hills
handed to us by the solicitor and
have returned them to the Court
With our findings.
) (2) The Grand Jury for 1919 in
their report for September stated
that the annual settlement for taxes
of the fiscal year 1918 had not been
completed and that owing to unsatMAO
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jfvt.cM.buxy nguiw 1.111; v/iitiii iiiu.ii ui
the County Hoard of Commissioners
declined to accept the settlement and
the foreman had not witnessed the
settlement. To remedy this condition
the Comptroller General had the
county finances checked up by certified
public accountants, Searson and
Burke of Columbia, S. C.. and their
report accepted as giving the proper
f?K uies r\>r this settlement has Ijeen
filed in the office of the Clerk of
this Court.
(11) We are pleased to know that
, the lecommendation of the former
4 Grand Jury to increase the compensation
of the Sheriff and Probate
Judge has been carried out. by our
members of the General Assembly,
ho that these officers now receive
proper salaries for their work.
(4) In order to take up properly
the woik for the current year the
Grand Jury has appointed four committees.
(1) A Committee on Public
Buildings and Property, who will report
on the condition and the care of
all public property. (2) A Committee
on the conduct of Public Officers,
which will later report specially on
the financial condition of the county
as well as the methods of conducting
the official business of the coun
xy. (e). A committee on tne duikiing
of roads and bridges, who will
report on this officially. (4) A Com
mittee on Public Schools and School
Trustees, and will report on the
* f local conduct of school business including
the pay and efficiency of
school teachers. These committees
are instructed to report at the fall
term of the Court of General Sessions.
(5) We desire to call special attention
to the conditions of roads
and bridges in tho following townships
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Floyds Township: On Sandy Bluff
Road.
Green Sea Township: Huggins
Creek and Pleasant Meadow road.
Simpson Creek Township: From
ILoris to Buck Creek.
Bayboro Township. Bayboro to
Galivants Ferry road.
It has been brought to our attention
that thesse roads and, the bridge?
on them are in very bad condition
We would suggest that as far as
possible the county Commissioners
adopt a plan whereby they can keey
maintenance crews to repair th<
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I uaufl auu iti iu^vd mai/ aiu in i/ai
) condition, and charge the work tc
the different, townships. We com
mend the authorities for buying1 am
using Cast Iron culvert pipe, foi
small bridges instead of word, ant
wo hope to see more put in use ir
the very near future. The Count}
is making rapid progress, there an
more trucks on the reads than ordi
nary vehicles, and an ordinal'}
r bridge with planking such as ha
been used is not sufficient to Ccir
ry the present loads. We arc infurn
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CITIZENS ASKED I
TO HELP CHAMBER
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Provide Accommodations for.
Tobacco Buyers and Visitors
This Season j
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The Chamber <>f Com me ice hero i
extremely anxious to provide acconi i
modations lor tobacco buyers as wed I
as visitors and business men who af '
brought to Conway annually by the
tobacco industry. In years past tl-c
bote! accommodations have not been
adequate to take care of this extta
amount of business and the pr >babiiity
Is that it will be worse than
ever duiing; the approaching season
ol 11)20 unless additional accomrn:dations
are provided.
Any business man will realize the
importance of providing these accommodations
when it is known that
without these tobacco buyers and
other visitors Conway would be with
out any market.
In order to meet the situation the
Chamber of Commerce is requesting
citizens of the town who can furnish
rooms and meals, or rooms with
out meals, or meals without rooms, to
list their names with the Chamber
of Commerct showing what accommo
dations they can offer and at what
prices. The appeal is made in this
way so as to give local residents the
Opportunity of profitincr bv reason of
the presence of the buyers, as well
as to make the visitors comfortable
and thus create a favorable impression
of the hospitality of the town.
Those who have rooms to spare, and
those who are in position to furnish
meals sh< uld notify the Secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce at once.
ed that the bridges in the county are
being torn up by this heavier traffic,
and we suggest wherever possible
the officials use Cast Iron culverts,
and for wooden bridges the
supervisors Ik? instructed to use 3inch
planking which will be economy.
((>) We have adopted the following
resolution unanimously:
WHEREAS the legislature has
passed the "No Fence Law" for Henry
County, and WHERAS, some
unities are trying to create a stnt fent
against the law and advising
that the farmers do not make provision
for complying with the newlaw.
We recommend that, all citizens
be asked to obey the law and
officers to enforce the law so long
as the said law remains, on the
Statute books. v
(7) We respectfully recommend
that the opening of the Court on
Monday's in Horry County be at
2:30 P. M. instead of at 10 A. M. as
at present. This change will enable
all parties to be on time when Court
convenes, and will be more conven;
ient and satisfactory all round.
(8) We have had several presentments
handed in to us for obstructing
roads. We would recommend
that parties who have complaint to
1 make in regard to the obstruction of
public highways, that they first take
the matter up with their supervisor
and then to the nearest magistrate.
(9) We present Helen Anderson
5 and John D. Sarvis for keeping a
disorderly house and a nuisance on
1 or about May 7, 1920.
(10) We present R. C. Boyd and
> Truse Barker for adultery and 'ornieation,
and Lizzie Barker for k'cp'
ing a bowdy house on or about
j May 24, 1920.
| (11) We present Oscar Graing i
5' and Manie Grainger for adultery ir
? the year 1920, the latter part of
} May.
5' (12) We present Walttr McCoy
1! W. A. McDaniels and J. A. Gibsor
} for transporting whiskey, Assault
' . with deadly weapon and resisting
' . arrest on or about June 8th, 1020.
'* j (18) We present W. M. Rhodes
* and Ellen Norris for adultery on oi
1 i about May 1st, 1020.
'j (14) Wo present Clifford Millei
and Mattie Shelley for marrying1 un
dor age in the fall of 1010.
' (15) We present Lucille Jenrett-:
(11 yrs and 8 mo. and Joe Bnkei
for marrying undor age, and O. N
' Jenerette for aiding and abetting
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CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY,
GEORGE SELLERS IS
TRIED FOR ASSAULT
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Hear Trial of Country
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ON CAPITAL CHARGE
ARISING RECENTLY
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Charges Brought by Prominent
People of This County
Against Defendant.
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The trial of George Sellers in the
court last Thursday brought to the
Horry C< >unty court house, one of J
the biggest crowds that ever as- ]
sent bled there to hear an Horry |
criminal trial. j
The defendant was charged with
having committed the offense of asi
sault and batterv with intent to rav1
ish on the night of March 27th,
1920, and that it occured before day
on the following morning, that is to
say, befoie daylight on Sunday mom
ing, March 28th. 1920. The crime
was charged as having been committed
in the home of a prominent and
well-to-do farmer of Horry County.
The defendant is a cripple, the son
of George Sellers, the elder, and is
just an ordinary country boy living
by means of his manual labor at the
mills and upon his father's farm.
His being a cripple only refers to
the fact that one of his feet is some
what out of shape, so that the prosecution
swore to tracks that were
made that night by the man who
they charged had entered the home,
and stated that the tracks they
found next morning were the tracks
made by the defendant George Sellers.
The hour of the crime was fixed
by the prosecution as fifteen minutes
after three o'clock on Sunday
morning; '"hat the mother of t' e
prosecutrix was awake at the time
and was the first to hear the call
from the room in which the prosecuj
trix slept. The evidence by the
State was to the effect that the ]>erson
had entered the room by lifting
a plank which had been placed and
nailed down at both ends to close
up a hole left in the floor where
they intended some time to erect a
j double chimney; that the nail was
pulled at one end and the board,
which was eight inches wide had
been partly turned round to allow
defendant to crawl through. That
he awoke the prosecutrix by shaking
the bed spring, and that he stated in
a whisper or very low voice who he
was, that he laid his hand on the
side of her face, and upon her calling
out and jumping up he went
I away again through the same hole
through which he had entered.
The defendant produced several
witnesses who swore they were not
related to George Sellers; that there
was a p.arty at Sol. Jordan's that
, night and that George Sellers wa^
there when the last of the party left
at 3:30 o'clock Sunday Morning;
that Sellers remained at Sol Jordan's
and slept there, that night. H
j proved by other witnesses that it ha I
| rained heavily about an hour before
day thus obliterating the tracks men
tioned.
Those who heard the case believed
from the testimony as it was
, given by the opposing sides that
^ some one had actually entered the
. house that night; but that such person
could not have been the defendant
George Sellers. Usually it is
| easy to make proof of such a charge
L against, a man when the testimon
I of the proserutrix is positive as t j
the identification.
The defense set up by George S?l[
lers wa< ar alibi, which moan.^ that
at the moment when the offense
charged against him is allege 1 tc
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On or ah lit Feb. 20, 1020.
- (10) We present Marshall Fowlei
i' | for committing rape on Mami<
; Grainger at or ncav Trbor, N. C., or
or about 15th September 1010.
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JUNE 3, 1920.
SUNDAY EXCURSION j!
RATES TO BEACH
Summer is Here and Excur-lF
sion Rates on Sunday to !
Myrtle Beach
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CHEAP SUNDAY RATES
TO WILMINGTON. N. C. 1
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Apply to Agent J. T. Mi shoe N
for Any Further Par'1
ticulars.
The above announcement will be i ^
gratifying to many who annually I ,
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lake advantage many times d ring
the summer of the convenient schedules
and low excursion fares offered
by the Atlantic Coast Line to visit
the seashore on Sundays. j
This Season these excursions be- ^
gin on Sunday, June 6, and continue
every Sunday until September 5, |
inclusive. The round trip fare from
Conway will be $2.65 to Wilmington
and 70 cents to Myrtle Beach, and
corresponding excursion fares will
be made from a large number of oth- '
er points. '
The trains will leave for Myrtle
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tteacn at 1Z:IK> Saturday midnight I "
ami 1:20 p. m. on Sunday. Return*
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ing, leave Myrtle Beach 2:35 p. m.
Sundays and 4:35 a. m. Mondays.
The Wilmington train will leave '
Conway 5:15 a. m. arriving Wilming
ton 9:45 a. m and leave there on
the return trip at 6:45 arriving here
at 11:59 midnight.
Comprehensive schedules will appear
in the advertising columns cf
the Herald in due course. In the
meantime Mr. Mishoe, the ticket
agent will give any further information
desired regarding these Sunday
schedules and fares; also full particulars
regarding long- limit summer
excursion fares to the Seashore, 1
Lake and Mountain resorts throughout
the country.
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SUBDISTR1CT CONFERENCE
AT SOCASTEE CHURCH
The Subdistrict Conference for the (
Sunday Schools of the Waccamaw 1
charge, and the four churches of the i
Bucksville charge was held at Soc- 1
astee church in an all day session j
Sunday, May 30th. i
Mr. W. G. Turbeville, the Chairman
for the district, presided. The
morning session included addresses <
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uy hiit piiMur, rwev. ?J. i\i. l^OOK an 1 i
A. E. Goldfinch on "Training for <
Our Task." This session was closed
with the receiving into the church
of a large class of new members re;
ceived during the meeting that closed
the Sunday before. This revival
service was conducted by Presiding
Elder Phillips. The pastor, Rev. J.
E. Cook is closing his fourth year of
faithful work on the charge.
The afternoon session was given
over to practical discussions of the
farious departments of Sunday
work. Dinner was served in luncheon
style on the grounds.
have been committed, that he was at
another place and could not have
committed the crime. While an ali.
hi is a good defense, yet it is one of
the hardest defenses to establish to
the satisfaction of a jury.
Xn this case the defendant had re j
liable witnesses, several in number,
I who established his whereabouts at
j the hour of 3.15, and whether or n t
i the alibi was proved to the satisfaction
of the jury, yet it is certain
that the defendant, by his shov ing.
( raised such a strong and substan4
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ntu uuuui ui nis guin, irat ',nr jmy
returned in a few minutes with a
verdict of not gulty.
The defendant had many friend >
> in the court room and it was plain
that he made them while the case
was in progress. Tie was congratulated
by spectators who had never'
known George Sellers before.
? After the verdict of not gablty the
\ court issued an rder discharging him
| from his recognizance.
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SOLICITOR GASQIIE 1
MAKES iSIS REPORT
:incis Offices of Clerk and i
Sheriff Well Kept and Reflects
Credit.
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S 'i ' 1 <>> L. M. (ia-que is required
>v law to make an examination of
he oCi.os of Clerk of Cunt an 1
lhe.il f, at each turn of the con t
le made the examination last week'
vhde here engaged in the triul of
riminrd cases, and the following ilis
report.
ro Honorable S. VV. G. Shipp, Pre-1
siding Judge Twelfth Judic a CPcun,
May 'I'orni, 1920:
Pursuant to and in conformity
iV'th requirements of Section 72e,
Volume 1, Civil Code 1912, I respect
ully submit the following:
1 have examined into the condition
>f the offices of the Clerk of Court
>f Common Pleas anil General Sessions
and the Sheriff for Horry
bounty and find said offices well i
<ept and in good condition, and that i
he said officers have disrharged I
fheir duties in such a manner as to
reflect credit upon their county.
On account of sickness and shortage
of record hooks the Clerk is
somewhat behind with the work of
recording, but he has procured extra
help and hopes to catch up with
same in a few weeks.
Tht work of both officers during
the sessions of Court has been of
the highest standard and means
ii lot in expeditiing the business of
the Coui*t and thertby a great saving
to the county.
Respectfully submitted,
L. M. Gasque,
Solicitor, Twelfth Judicial Circuit.
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ENROLLMENT BOOKS
PRIMARY ELECTION
A number of inquiries have been
made as to why Club Eniollment J
Books for voting" in the Primary
Election this Summer have not been
opened. The rules of the party provide
that the Books shall be open on
the first Tuesday in June and close
on the last Tuesday in July.
County Chairman. E. J. Sherwood,
when asked about the matter, stated
that he had not sent out the Books
because they had not yet been received
by him. On Monday he wired
the State Secretary to know the reason
for the delay in the shipment of
the Books, and received the following
telegraphic reply, which is selfexplanatory:
"E. J. Sherwood, Conway, S. C.
Books are being sent as fast as they
come from the Press. Yours will
probably be shipped today. Delav
due to inability to procure material.
H. N. Edmunds, Sect'y."
Mr. Sherwood stated that as soon
as the bocks were received by him,
he will immediately forward them to
the several Precinct Clubs.
1920 CHAUTAUQUA
HAS BIG SUCCESS,
Tim T2 rt /l??li f ft* P^oiitnimiin V.^10
. mxiilllll, mm
here recently resulted in a great
success for the promoters who signed
the contract to bring it here and
guarantee the results. The large
tent erected on the vacant prcp?rty j
of Col. D. A. Spivey wa< filled to1
overflowing at each performance.
Those who attended this Chautauqua
said that they were m >re than
satisfied with the entertainment and
inf. rmation they received and went
away feeling that they had been
benefitted by hearing new ideas expressed
by the eloquent speakers on
tin platform.
The agent had very little tr uble
in procuring the signaturt to another
contract to bring the chautauqua
back here again next year; and the
Herald man noticed a number of
now names on the guarantee this
time.
These chautauquas are a good
thing for any community. Conway
has had them now for several years
past and the. business men of the
town feel that they are doing the
right thing for their town to keep
them coming every year.
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NO. 7.
CRIMINAL COURT
RUNS ALL WEEK
Hrljourning on Saturday Morn
ing After Hard Week's
Work
SPECIAL TERM
MAY BE CALLED
Which Will Make Two Weeks
of Court in September for
Criminal Business.
The court of Cenoral Ses. ions adjourned
last Saturday morning after
a hard week's work. Many cases
wore left on the dockets fir trial at
the next time. Most of the old
eases pending several years were
taken up and disposed of, as well jus
a number of cases recently developed
which were of so much importance
that they had the right of way.
Solicitor L. M. Casque managed
well and disposed of a large amount
of business, but he tkot
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ask for a special term of onr
week of court to bo held next fall
in September immediately preceding
the regular term and by that means
he would dispose of all and clean
up the dockets.
Following is a list of the cases
disposed of in addition to those reported
in our issue of last week:
The State vs. J. Maston Adams,
assault with intent to kill, not guilty
The State vs. Stanley Kabon was
noil pressed.
The State vs. Joe Hewett, defendant
pleaded guilty to assault and
battery of a high and aggravated
nature and was sentenced to $150.00
fine or six months imprisonment.
Part of fine suspended.
The State vs. Hen Hewett and
Gardner Hewett was dropped by the
Solicitor for reasons he stated.
The State vs. E. J. Bullard for
obstructing road resulted in a ver
met m guilty and he was ordered to
open the road by removing the obstruction.
The State vs. Frank Mitchelt
charged with larceny resulted in a
verdict of not guilty.
The State vs. John Porter and
Richard Leonard, were convicted of
housebreaking and larceny.
The Slate vs. T. J. Cox, resulted
in a verdict of guilty of assault and
battery of a high and aggravated
nature.
CLYDE BULLOCK
TAKEN TO DOCTOR
Farmers of the County are interested
in the matter of cattle
ticks ever since they had to begin
dipping their cattle under the laws
of the State. C. V. Bullock, of Bayboro,
has recently been damaged in
another way besides injury to his
cattle. He states that a tick bit one
of his sons, Clyde Bullock, recently
and the bite proved to be infected in
Some wav: so t.hnt. bo Inst. !? half
(lay with a mule and buggy to take
his boy to Dr. A. D. Lewis, and the
Doctor's bill was the sum of $2.00.
At last accounts the boy was getting
I well.
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i DISTRICT MEETING Of
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
A meeting of the S. C. Development
Board for this District, which includes
Horry, Marion, Florence, (Jeorgetown,
and Williamsburg counties, was
held at Florence last Monday night.
Horry County was lep resented by
Messrs. F. A. Burroughs, D. A. Spivey,
and D. M. Burroughs, and Conway
by M. A. Wright, Secretary of
the Conway Chamber of Commerce,
i Addresses were made by Fx- Gov. R.
T. Manning, and Mr. Foster, District
Organizer, outlining the policy ?nd
purpose of the board. A temporary
organization was formed, and Mr. F.
A. Burroughs was elected as Chairman
of this County. Cel. Spivcy
was elected on the District Board.