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A " % * ?? ?> * /*, . *. r V I > ' ?^V M a 1 [- 1 _i VOLUME XXXV. MARSH-RUSS TRIAL BRINGS BIG CROWD Trial Was the One of Chief Interest Before the Court JgEORGE L. MARSH FOUND NOT GUILTY Short Statement of the Opposing Sides and Number of Witnesses Called. The ease of chief interest last week was The State vs George I-Marsh charged with the kiting of AV. W. Russ on July 8th ia t. On July 8th as W. W. Ituss was on ! is way home from his store about tic; dinner hour he was shot and killed : by the defendant, and the particulars 1 appeared in this, paper at the time, i This case wa- inteiesting for ma-! riy reasons, which a?e wo'I ur? lerstood by tiie crowds who filled the courtroom, from the time that the fcrial commenced on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock, until the case was submitted to the jury ai a late hour on Thursday evening. The jury remained out from a1out six ; o'clock in the evenin.'.v until ah. ui 11 o'clock last Thursday night when they came out and returned a verdict of not guilty. The jurymen were selected in about one hour's time. In cases < I this kind the State has five perrmtory challenges whilo the defendant has ten. double that number. rhe Staio use<) onlv four of tnese '.five challenges in selecting this jury and the defense used nine out of the ton they were allowed. The f jury to try the case was as fol- i lows: j J. W. Clardy, S. C. Davis, Willie! A. Jones, L. F. Bellamy, A. C. Mc- [ Cracken, C. MeSmith., Lerov Prince, j C. M. Hisrr.mond, M. A. Hamilton,] D. C. Harrelson, Luther Gibson, A P. E. Balks. The State of South Carolina then proceeded to swear eight different witnesses to establish its case i against the defendant. Dr. .1. 5. : Dusenbury, who made a post mort-; em examination about the sanvmh i e?n e lamination. gave about the i same testimony as he related at : the Coroner's in<|uest last Jul v. i Warren Johnson, r. photographer of Conw&y, was then placed on the i stand to testify that he had made two pp.olograT>hs of the Ma. i. re i donee and the resilience of J. If.! Jolly, and showing the alley whi'h 1 runs between the two homes and. the Dog I?'ufT Road whi. h runs in f'*ont ? i both homes. Johiv on v.*nr. I followed r-n the xta^d 1)- W. C. ! Pit*, a Civil Engineer. Mr. Pitts had ta^en Mr. Mo\ ;h hom< b hi : automobile on the elf y of the killing, about ono hour before it happened. Mo to tified thi' tb? one, ashown by the photographer was | true in all general respects; that: there may have horn a f'<^w little changes in tho landscape since the ^ day* of the killing hut :>!1 er thorn ii^impoi tant a - proved by tho photographs. Nollie Andersoni a barber at the City Barber Shop, then ir- -tiTied th.'t I o \vr ' o i)\i; Ivivio on ' that day, passed Mr. Rusas and in-' vited him toj ride; that Mr. Ru jumped on the running board of hi ; automobile at a point near the Burroughs Hospital: that witness roturned to th" \v. rber Shop within twenty r invites vom tho time be had left it to g< to dinner and was informed v hen he entered that Mr. Kuss been shot. W. R. Brilt, a neer nn-rhhor oi the pa:ties, to ?ifiod that he had seen tho dofo >clant on the porch of his hom? between twelve and one o'clock and j on tb'* day of the homicide. He! was followed by J. J. Sanders, who! was called to the place by the defendant after he had killed the deceased. J. O. Cartrette heard thd shot as he was at his home in that neighborhood and immcdiatelN went to the "plnce. On cross-examlnation he testified to having noticed fresh tracks around the Ford automobile, which Mr. Pitts had driven to the place and which had broken clown and been pushed out of the main road into the alley in onto?, to get out of tli i way of.,traffic This did not amount, to great deal, as it dr.vel:>r>ed in t!\o testimony -that the deceased went arourd the automobile before he Was shot. The next witness for the State was Coroner L. W. Cooper, who identified the clothes the deceased wee, the shots extracted from the bodv and the umbrella found underneath him. TV.e last witness on the part of The State was Miss Nona Jolly, an eye A'it.ness to the affair. The defense then proceeded with thoir side of the case and put up on - CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BUILDING % There is agreat upheavel in the building material industry in the North, having been started recently by the joint meeting of a numbsr of unions and associations. It is a question as to how long it will be before the piomised reduction in prices of building material will reach this section of the country. It is well known that housing con- , dition can be improved it is pretty of South Carolina. Before this condition cn b eiirMiroved it is pretty | well understood that there will have to come a reduction in the prices of building materials. ~~ - TOWN WAS CROWDED nearly all week Last week Conway was crowded fo. almost the entire week. The ui ,ht trians brought in people alliio. i every night who couid not find, a place to sleep. Some of them ' sp nt the time in bare hal'ways J v.'i' u i i any 01 the com.oits 01 life j while others had to take it on the ; streets.' j On Thu-r.day night a lady arrive 1 i on the late train and two men who i had a ro in?, after looking al! over! town for a placo for this lady t> ! F.to'?, jiave up their room to her j and spent the night on the sidewalk. one is'ciius g9min0 to town Traveling on two trains of cars, cartying lour hundied pe ople, two j herds of elephants and a large 1 double menagerie of wild beasts Is' the statement made by Frank Hal- 1 longer, Agent for Sparks Three King Circus, who is in the city to- j f I t AT Ii r? f !?\/*? lx/-? .1 IM. \.wiiu a^uin^ IWI tiiu iij;M:ai diu r cf the biy circus here on Monday,; Nov. 1st. The strange colony of people, handsome horses, rare wild animals and the rest of the paraphenalia that go to make up a modern circus, are scheduled to arrive here ' during the early hours of the morn ! ing oi the above date on thc'iV own j t< ains ol special cars from Marion ; where they will exhibit the day be- j fore. Mr. Ballenger stat s that; many new f aturcs are inclu le<i in . this sea. on's progiam, among them i being- earth's mightiest monster, liig Zulu **tiie skyscraper ele-' phant," Caesar, Champion high i jumping horse of the world, t!ie v'Vi'OiHOid 1'osing Hones and dogs,' unci t'-.e Spark wonderful stable of dancing horses, ten in number. The grounds known as Lewis Esta.? , : f;a>- ti-e 1 o.:rt Hous-e, have been arranged for by the Agent' and a numb r of our me:chants wiil reccive contracts to furnish, i.' ion e quantities of l'eed fW, bot h man :ind beast. ?n !! : ?A vers that the S.ak; Circus has catered to the American i't oii , "ci^a lincss" has been its watchword and t ie absence o the potty grafts and gambling devices, usually to be j'ou-'.i! with other tone ?d "n1orpri.es is a comrr.endable t feature. the stand a total of seventeen different persons. J. II. Jol'y, the. fnth ivin-law of the defendant, was thr* "i : i witness on the stand. IT s testimony agreed with that of Miss Jolly, the only other eye witness, with execution that Mr. JoMy stated that he understood the defendant to tell the deceased t> go on instead of using the word? "hold on," and upon cross examination Mr. Jolly stated that ho was i .1 . r 1 .1 4.1 A. i-K ^ i . 11<vi (i (>i iiuiirmy umu truii uir \v *ri.is may have boon "hold on." The Wf-t witnesses on the stand were H T. Williams and M. Creel, who b >h ' testified to matters that did not turn out to be very important, ro also Charley Roberts, W. A. Stilley, Glonie Hinson, and perhaps a few 1 others. Messrs. R. B. Scarborough I and Jeremiah Smith were placed on j the stand as character witnesses and they both testified that the defendant's reputation for peac*.. and quietness had been good. Quive a' nftmber of- witnesses lor the defense wrirei not allowed to testify along the lines that they' evidently were intending to do and some of them related what they knew only after the Judge had sent the Jury from the room so that he could pass upon the question of the admissability of their testimony. The defendant went on the stand in his own behalf and in addition to relating the incidents of the tragedy teld that he had had a difficulty with the <1> cojwgU in 191ft and had warned him to stay away from his premise;. ? Ita? + ???<* ?? ?#?.)?> >. i??#t>4^v%\|^' *' ' '%. - - ,...Jf?* UONWAY, S. a, THURSDAY, GRAND JURYMEN HAVE BUSY WEEK ** r Make Their Final Presentment After Passina on Many Bills. The grand jury had a busy week of it and made their final presentment after passing on a lar;?e num ber of indictments handed over to them by the solicitor. Following is a copy of their final presentment: September Term, 1920. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County 01 Horry. To His Honor, Geo. E. Prince, Presiding? Judge: Tie CI rand Jury herewith ma::es to you its final report for this September term. 1. We have passed on all Hllr. h2Lr?fl<"?li ill to us; Vi\r <lir> 1 i i and have returned them to the Court with our findings. 2. In accordance with the provisions of the Highway Act for Horry County, the clerk of the Horry Highway Commission has made his report to the Grand Jury showing the complete receipts an 1 disbursements or that Commission from its organization to September 7th. 1920. This report is filed here with as part of our returns. !>. Cur Committee on Public Buildings has made a written report uprtn the condition of the Jail ''ildin,": and the grounds, and the Court Mouse Building and grounds. Tii; Grand Jury fully approves the recommendations as to these buildiufcs 'ma-cle by this committee. The > is filed herewith as part of Ihis return. 4. Our Committee on Public Buildings included in their report a special recommendation that the fees paid for the food of prisoner* in jail to be increased, the Grand Jury lays special stress on this recommendation, and desires it call ed to the attention of both the County Board of Commissioners rnd the Legislative Delegation from Horry County. r>. In paragraph 2 of our last re port we called attention to the audit of county finances by public accountants, Searson and Burke of Columbia, S. C., and the acceptance of this report as giving prop or figures for the settlement of ' nit.** taxes and collections. The Grand Jury's committee on finances hc-s marie no special report upon this feature of their duties, having accepted the audit referred to. The foreman of the Committee on finance. reports thr.it the committee 1 - - - 1 i 1 Li I 1 ms examined mo metnoa an'i iorm of keeping records in the county, and that the committee find the boohs and records^ neatly and nroper! y kept. ;)"(! t^o general condition if the offices good. -so so.ii.-.op X.in[' puiUQ oqj, -f) pcciall v to cal' att rition t'> whnt appears tc h^ and incoase in illicit dealing* in inlox'catinj? liquors in the county. U apnears from on information that there is need < f a special policing of the County.* under the pros nt circum tances We earnestly rec mmend to ovr-* Legislative Del nation a careful i oc.' nsidevation o-* tVs nvobl ni. an ' parricukmly a cons id val'^n of 1 e ' nnorntmc^l of si; 1 - t three ur 1 \ policemen for the County, whose i duties.- v Ml i-^hido ''oo enforre'Te nv 1 I' ho prohibition law. 7. We icc mmci'd that th fa"-j ary of (he Probate Jud^e bo in j creased again and made at leas* $1 000.00 per annum and tha* a-u ) ad tilional compensation he h ve the foes of his office. 8. Wo present Mamie flrainp; r: for perjury. She havin.fr swov^ to! certain facts before the Gv.*m \ Jury May 27, 1920 aid swea*ift& to cort.varv facts in open court. 0. Wo present T-T. J. Prince ro*keening a disorderly house noa Hammond in Simpson C ook Township. 10. We present Fur man Hue:h?vi| a whit* man for marry'n^ a dsueh j tor of Andrew D.imery's who is | not white, in or about Sop. 20th, j 1020 11. Wo present Ernest Gvainger for violation of Prohibition Law in the year 1920. 12. Wo present Bailey Chestnut for Bastardy. 13. Wo present SaJlio Strickland and Bailey Chestnut for keeping abawdy house during 1020. 14. We present T). O. Bovd, R-^ath Barker and R. C. Boyd for abduction of a maiden under th? fygo, of-jlfi in the soring of 1920. . ftespectfullv submitted, Jrio. E.'7 Watson, Foreman. Conway/ S.1 C., Sep. 00. 1020. REVIVAL SERVICES, Tlvre will be r series of Revival Services held at Poplar church, beginning Sunday at 11 a. m. Services morning at 11 and nicrht. at 7:30. for ten days. Rev. J. F. Hall, Evangelist, will do the preaching The public is cordially invited to svttend. E. W. Hurst, Jr., Pastor. ,>> ~aA.5i4s*ta?oa sra ? jk I H I Bi . '; ji b) * > v'-ivi*,, . , . - ^ :* ** ? / *v OCTOBER OCT. 7, 1920.~ U. S. ARMY MAKER 1 OF BUSINESS MEN 4 ^ '+ Training of Fighting Men , Only Part of Its Peace- j time Program. < 1 | i Camp Grant, 111.,?The United! States anr.y has become the maker,1 of business men as well as ths 1 trainer of fighting men. Under Uncle Sam's huge peace- : time plan enlisted soldiers may graduate from the "University in i Khaki"?the largest university i:ii the world?into real proie-'sions anil positions. There are now 10 .0 J | students taking 10/ courses. An illiterate rookie, born anywhere in the universe may stop into the American aimy, with ittle, or no education at all, and step out if ? XV II 1*1 1 a iiui-iieuged and educat- J ed machinist, baker, electrician, carpenter, musician, textile worker, I tailor, farmer, ccok stenographer, j saddler, teamster, furrier, painter of i anv one of many others tradesmen. This has become a possibility since the Research and Development S rvico has been added to the regular' military training in the American army camp. i Nine Corps Areas In connection with I he governmenu's plan 01 building men, the i country lias been divided into nine, corps areas which are spread all i over the land. Each corps area will ! be the permanent home of an army ; corps and the educational center for the vocational training of American youth. Camp Grant, in the Sixth corps area, has been the center in the de-; yelopment and research woik, with I Prof. G. W. Moke, formerly connect-1 ed with the University of ^Chicago j and with the vocational training dur i ing the war, in general charge ol ed ' ucation. The new schools at Camp Grant were started in November 1919, and ; ran "for a term of six months. So : successful was the tryout that a J special school was carried on dur- j ing July and August with 700 pupils; at class lor the benefit of teachers! from every post and camp in the TT-I4...I CH.~l.-~ UilllCU OlUieS. Learning by Doing In the vocational training 32! trades are taught. Practical train- J iis the keynote ot Hie new sys- i tcni?men learning by doing. "When America got into the' world War," as Prof. Hoke ex- i plains, it v as soon discovered that. there was a shortage of developed manpower. The army decided on a j system of educational iiainimr as I well as military training. Three ideas were made the background of the new work. "Make the time spent ir the army attractive and interesting. "Open up lanes to ouhuvS^ life. "Semi a man out of the army so i chat. he'd ho abll to go baci; to ci-j \i! Mfe at a higher level. In a nutshell, the idea was ti civ-j iliz the army?bring it in a dosser touch with the general life, e. ch.ing (i ov/nu'as <-V]><>'] Qap.an mcant t1."' ^iwi1 i > -t ?vp.<: be t'.x "-\1, 1 bo" <r.ie ! i' ! ed in their choice of in h>s.: . :al w -A: I thai they mu i ?> .> te"?v'\t to meet the?' socio! r<x ' i ^ awell as their individual responsibili ties, in the br.sine.; : woM. "Hence, in plee > of the o1-1 n11military training, the research and development wo ' ei\ o. i? six hours of education a""! i'^e Vn ? :.ncevof t'to working day u: .he mi1' trv training. "The soldiers selo-M ow i branches of eudcation?ar.ne ar? compulsory. \VA( ( AV A W A SSOCI ATIO\T '\U\ \JX.Mi"r AT \VVf\T? 1 V J All. I-.4 J i - * ? i . 1 \ / J 4 The fifty-fivst annual session of the Wacamaw Association will he hold al the Aynor Baptist church om Thursday b fore ilio third LoH's' Day in Octobor, 1020. That will bn Thursday, Octobor 14. next. Al full attendance is expected. Report blanks for the chui\hes were hand, ed out at the last meeting, T am informed. Hut, if for any reason, j the Church Clerk have lost or misplaced the blanks yiven them, 1 understand new ones can he procured, from the Mo lorator, IIov. VV. J. Wilder, Nichols, S. C. E. vS. C. Baker. Acting Secretary. HAS NEW NAME Readers of this panor rre wd* acquainted With The Bolivia Auto Company of Tabor, North Ctiro-j lina. since the Company has a T-' vertised extensively for several | months past. On Octobor 1st.! 1920, the name Bolivia Auto Com- j pany was changed to Tabor Motor. Company. The owners and operators remained the same. Th^y carry a full line of repair parts and j auto' accessories and they no a jren-1 repairing busings empl vine' the best mechanics they can obtain. * i mti. 1 -1 .. WILL FURNISH MAPS I TILL EXHAUSTED - jw > ' ______ ' ^ This paper has been informed by' f Hlon. P. H. Stoll that the soil surv >y >f Horry County begun in 1918 has jcen completed and is now shown >n maps. He says that his supply jf these maps will not provide ev- j sryone in Horry County with a copy but that he is distributing- a number of these to those who want them. | The farmers aro advised to< write him at No. 44 House Offi e | Building", Washington, 1). C. and he j wlil supply them with coyies o" thi >' soil survey until his supply is ex-, hausted. FiiiSTTimctiss! i FOB OCTOBER 23TH; _ . i The Lyceum attractions in Conwy ' this season will be handled by the j Ldueational Ccmmittee of the Con1 way Chamber of Commerce. This j Committee consists of Messrs. L. ! D. Magrath and M. G. Andersen. It i was thought that the first attrac-J tion would be a Chinese lecturer, ( but this has been changed so that j 1. T.-v 1~ %r i>ii Vll ilVt'S, (I! SI I gll IS llO( I Orr.tor of the South, with his now 1 lecturc "Armageddon" will appear a.-- the first attraction of the sea-' son on October 20th. I iaMSERT ; WEE !M USE Sonle time ago The Herald had a news item prepared concerning- the sprinkling of the streets of Conway and which was intended to be pub-1 lished about the next week after the , dry spell came on. At that time, and for several weeks after that, the streets were very dusty. The item referred to was delayed in publication and happened to got in the paper several weeks afterwards, the very week that the Town h;:d roc ived the new hose sprinklers that had been ordered and the s roots wore sprinkled with the same the very -week that the aiticlei t-amc out. 'lho Town authorities have a joke on the paper theiofore, and the paper is glad to correct the wrong impression that may have, _ 1 1 ' 1 ' cn.iin.-ti oy ino insertion ol the article ;n that way. ATTENTION METHODIST. Saturday, Oct. 9lh is Work Day for T.u? Epviorth Orphanage. This means what ii says, "Work."| We WcVnl every man, woman, boy1 anil gi.'l to work on Oct 9th and I H'ive the amount, or more, that he i makes to the Epworth Orphani'ue. I .'v sr,c. ial < clkwou will he taken | at Sunday School on Oct. 10th fori iii.-' c a-ii < . Our Enworth Oi i;; c \v ' il t ca a i y; n ore buil lirg 1; n . s ry ii w are t) t;.5; care c: ?,he nonx !e .' c Idrert ;:?vl the c'cc.un of v.- new 1 n' wil: be com :enc'il at an < ly 'at"'. A i lit o I" the pr posed 1> P iir.i; i: o.i e Shition ai N>iton Drup; Co. We feel that a-riHinirai i i: i sue.* :-a t show t*. y v. th w?. r!.h ii'.O;-. v>; the <au:e and t ie ; not ! <0f funds; and just want to cali yeui attention t? the fact thai we arc !uVv ing a Wo lie Day !'o the Oi.piv :i::j';e. Let us al! pull together and maho this tin* vei / !:rj.ye-t of oj i: ?*_?* ii"1 dollars a m! i-c t. thai our Sun hiy Scho Is lvvve e.ei' sent 1 'h- M il'^cr ss al I\ahivio ohidi to the Orphanage. Publicity Commitl e. | sior.vnext year. Under a U*w parsed several years apfo, out of the Grand Jury of each year rix memh rs are drawn out, and there serve as a part of the Grand Jury of t!ie 1V1* w;m? voir. This time tho following (iiamt , Juvors were diawn to serve a*? members of the Body next year, to( wit: G. VV. Gore, L. H. Burroughs, Joe I*. Floyd, J. J. CJoff, Ci. C_. 0rivham and VV. L. Edge. CORRECTION MADE. Tho Herald regrets that owing to a mistake in la^t week's iss"> in leportinp- lh> ease against Vurrve Duncan it was stated that the do-, I'l'mlilllf li;wl 1T.? . v-nov.nv . VI U \ VII ll'llllll y, It I I I \ . I 1 V was tried by the jury and a- verdict of not guilty rendered by then . Mo had been accused of taking* monev j from one Mr. Tyler and it was e i- ( dent that The Slate did no; i inki lie had made out a case against this j young man. The Herald takes the! opportunity of correcting the error made in the article last week. - - - w ? Magistrate Hen Carter, of Daisy, S. C., was in Conway Inst week a* a witness in one of the fftses tried FJ. K. in ConWay one day during cexut week. ****** * >% . . 1 NO. 25.. CRIMINAL COURT " TAKES UP WEEK ? H ' ^ %f? v * .. > > ? , ?? ,. Vlany Are Tried, Many Laid Over Until the Next Time I CRIMINAL BUSINESS CROWDS DOCKET Arrangements Should be Mado to Take Care of This Situation. The Court of General Sessions co vc no<I on Monday of last week and lasted throughout the week as it was not adjourned by Judder Prince until beiwcen one an i two o'clock on Saturday. Many criminal cases were tried in the Court and just about as many were laid over to be tried at some? other time. The fact is evident that the criminal business is greatly behind, as one witness in a* case that was tried stated that this was the third week he had attended in Conway awaiting to be called. It is well known that this is costly to the tax payers of the County because witnesses are paid when they do not testify just the same as if the* ca-.?e had been disposed of. Some thiniv will have to be done to remedy this. Last week's issue contained a number of cases and the results which followed the tiials. Following is a statement of the rest of the cases disposed ci", all regarded as being of a minor nature. The State vs. Mack Johnson Hatcher and others was noli prossed. The State vs. Marshall Fowler, charged with rape went off in a verdict of not guilty, directed by the judge. The case of assault and battery against W. P Wnff- rw... - - - . .. wntill TV III y Surah Boll Watts, was trieil on Wednesday and resulted in a verdict of guilty. The Slate vs. Mel v in Causey, charged with larceny from the field, resulted in a verdict of not guilty as directed by the judge. The court viewed the circumstances as failing to constitute this offcrse. The State vs. A. J. Stroud for di- posing of or pert.v under leln \va- noil prossed. The State vs. Marshall Fowler f r violating prohibition law was no'!, prossed. The Strtc vs. Fve.ett was contivued. The State vs. F. M. Hryant was continued. Tho S'ate vs. John Johnson was continued. T!f.. Slate vs M. Co nr. or was cont ir.ued. ate vs. Jim Jordan was continued. c-ii.ate vs. Fred Jones; was 0< *%% MI' U ' M, ' S'ate vs. F'aak Pavis was cer; lie '. SvV.te vs. J. J. Nobles laid over. The Slate v . IT. W. Lewis laid over. The State vs. P,u n Shelly laid over. The State vs. Otho T. Harrelson laid over. The State vs. J. M. Tinda-1 laid over. The State vs. Parker Tindal laid over. ? The State v<. Doctor Phipps laid lover. Friday morning' The State v*. Solomon Drown, charged with rape was tried. Defendant was charged with having assaulted a little girl of A. P. Johnson's, attacking and chasing the child along the public road. lie was found guilty with recommendation to mercy. The Stat" vs. Henry Flowers for assault and battery was tried and resulted in a verdict of guilty. This was the case for striking G. S. ppce with a billet of wood. The Sfate vs. F. C. StmnH iVir as -Hilt. ; nd battery resulted in a vcvdict of guilty and ho was fined $100.00, which was paid by thip Town of "Loris, who had him cmploved as policeman. The State vs. Martin Faircloth for violation of th^ liquor laws, resulted in a- plea of guilty, and was sentenced to U>bor for one year, this sentence sn ;v>i>ndod on pavment of $100.00 till ajrain found guilty. The State vs. Dagprett Fowler for violation of the prohibition law?*. Defendant was found guilty of th? (5th count in the indictment. Tin* n nnon 1 ^ . v/i vi iu< from Town of Loris was ''ontinutwl. Also the appeal of Mack Elliott. Hcnrv Flowers was ace,uitte<l of s^oottnic at Geo. S. Price. Thero were two cases against this def? * toft