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tiff I ? % J VOLUME XXXV. ~ STANLEY LAND STILL UNDECIDED i But Taking of the Testimony Was Closed Last Thursday Here J. J. BOYD IS CALLED AS WITNESS Interesting Pacts Come Out at \ -Hearing About Well-known Horry Family r Clerk of Court. W. L. Bryan, appointed as snecial referee in the ' case of A. ftf. Cox against M. M. Stanley and others, heirs at law of J. C. Stanley, deceased; finished the taking of the testimony in the case here last Thursday, beginning in thfe 1 morning at 10:30 o'clock. The hearing had been continued from several weeks ago when it was started by the examination of several witnesses, including M. M. StanJ ley, as one of the defendants, and as j one who had owned the land in dispute and had conveyed it some time ago to the plaintiff, A. M. Cox. Last Thursday, the referee took j the oath of Mr. J. J. Boyd, a son of 1 the late Robert Boyd of Simpson ,'Creek township. Mr. Boyd had been a witness to the deed which was ? i- -i A i-.. made udoui iweniy > u. .',v j.ivm J. C. Stanley and Dorcas Stanley v> M. M. Stanley, for the tract of land revf which the A. M. Cox parrel now forms a part. Mr Boyd testified before Mr. Bryan that he was present when this deed was made ant' that it was in consideration of love and affection, and that it conveyed this land to M. M. Stanley and his heirs; that his mother, or stepmother had been the other subscribUng witness to this disputed deed. Readers will doubtless remember that the deed in question was never recorded, according to the recent tertirnony of M. M. Stanley, but was kept by him with his other land papers and when his house and [C'o/ntents were burned some time ago, t>efore this action was commenced, this deed was burned alonpr with all of the others that Mr. Stanley had. The testimony of J. J. Boyd was clear on the execution and delivery of this lost deed, and as to its eontents. In addition to the witness above mentioned, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Richardson of Simpson Creek towndjiip were sworn, each in turn. They :yere called to testify that they had >een present after the death of J. C. Stanley, when the personal property lad been disposed of; and that M. VI. Stanley had then called the heirs fojrether in the parlor of the house ind stated to them that the land had fioen conveyed to himself and Robert lioyd in consideration of love and infection and for care and assistnce in their old age; and that if Iiny or the heirs wanted the land !nd were not satisfied to let the he land go that way, that he, M. A. Stanley would let them come in Itc. It was proved by Mrs. J. h. Richardson that none of the heirs [bjected to it at the time and that ney were willing- for the land to go rs J. C. Stanley had arranged. L The testimony was closed by the utroduction of a statement in writ[\g from Jos. Stanley, another heir If J. C. Stanley, who lives now in lexns. I No decision has yet been rendered i the matter and may not be de ded for some time yet. I o IN F. Nixon, of Wampee, S. C., the first of the week in Conway W\ business. WINSTEAD'SSTORES [. - WILL BE READY mmmmmrnmrnrnm xart n o Maaaaaahii IIIamI/ Ill ao uic ncucoodi y vvui * 5an be Done After Furniture Company Moves. instead's. the popular furniture 8, will move into its large new ters just as soon as the buildon the Main street side has been ited, and the necessary changes e in the interior, and the front, or i street store connected up in the with the store on Third avenue, ;h also forms a part of the new blishment. It will make one, pf largest furniture 'istablishmSnts' his entire section of the stated out exception. le Sutherland Furniture Corner is already moving partitions making ready to place its large k in its new purchase in the Bank lorry building. As soon as this been done and the changes made, entrances on two principal streets be stnrted and carried to rapid pletion, and then the removal of stead's will take place without her delay. ?he Business fear, which is sometimes without any real reason, has been the cause of disaster in many cases, as '.veil as other forms of fear that are' groundless, and which shows a lack of good nerve. We have known the owner of a good business, in which he had worked for a long time and established a fine good will, to go to pieces over the fear of competition, or something of the kind, and sell out at a sacrifice, when he was perfectly free to go on and make a great success. Fear is a good thing in a way, as it serves to warn. But there is an unreasonable fear, the fear without any real basis in fact, and the kind which seems to come from the jagged nerves of a man or woman, ? ? a- ai ?a ' mm it puis cnem out 01 business when there is no need of coming to that result. o SPECIAL NOTICE TO CONFEDERATE VETERANS The Board of Honor of Horry county will hold a meeting at the Court House on Monday, January 10th, 1921, for the purpose of enrolling Confederate Veterans and widows of Veterans who have never been enrolled, if any. One of two representatives from each township are requested to be present for consultation. Done by order of the County Board of Honor this 3rd day of January, 1921. J. S. VAUGHT, Clerk. SOMEFIRMS MOVED SINCE JANUARY 1ST Grier Mercantile Co., in Former Piano Store Near S. T. Session & Son MILLINERY STORE CHANGES PLACES Others Will be Moving Into New Stores Soon as They are Finished. This week has been moving day for several business firms in Conway. The Grier Mercantile Company, who has occupied a part of the Herald building for the past six or seven /cars, na.s moveci into the building1 next to the Kingston Hotel, which was occupied until recently by the Jones Piano Company. They have set up their large refrigerator in the new location and arranged new shelving for their large stock of fancy groceries. The business at the new stand is in charge of G. W. Cannon as manager, and the concern will make make a strong bid for their full share of the market and grocery business this year. Woodward's Millinery Store has moved into the building recently occupied by Grier Mercantile Company, 1 after making a number of changes in the interior and fitting, in the place : of shelves, the mahogany cases owned in the business. J The Woodward's Millinery Store has moved from the building next I door to the Conway Hardware Company and which will be occupied by Sutherland Furniture Company as 1 soon as the changes can be made. One ; of the alterations being made at this s time is the taking out of the wall J which extends through the building ' on the lefthand side of the staircase. 1 This part of the building was purchased by A. M. Sutherland, who will take the staircase out and add floor 1 space to tne room. Mr. J. W. Taylor, 1 the owner of the balance of the building, it is said will build a new staircase on the outside of the building in the alley. Several other moves are in contemplation but at the time this article was written operations of moving had not started. a H. W. Cannon was here one day last week. o MISS THOMPSON ENTERTAINS. A delightful social affair of the Xmas season was given by Miss Sudie Mae Thompson at her home on 8th Avenue, Fridays evening, December 31. TJyV}roornfl' were charmingly awaked Xmas/i decorstwxns of holly ana wisxerip. i A#teyT pjayipg a Trjvf 1 U KW1VF7I dffted with fruits and nuts, b?.\ifa' , Those present were: Misses Eliz^ beth Stilley, Inez Stalvey, Blanche, and Edna Taylor, Ruth Jenkins, Evelyn and Jamie Marsh, Lucy Spivey, Rubv Lee Moore, Elneda Bryan, Clytie Lewis, and Messrs. Bob Prince, Mortimer Little, Norman Holliday, Chapman Thompson, Grady McCoy, Derrick Stalvey, Elbert McWhite, Myron Gordon, Arthur Richardson, and Ernest Sasser. . ,1? - * IT \ ?T<rr.r CONWAY. S C . THITRSPAT. PENALTY MATTER BOBS UP AGAIN \ Shortage of Some Eight Thou- i sand Dollars in Treasurer's Accounts PENALTIES WERE ALLOWED IN 1919 Act Passed by Legislature Not ; Signed by Governor Cooper ?We Wonder Why The matter of the shortage in the accounts of treasurer, W. L. Bellamy < comes up again. In th? annual settlement for the year of 1919. the j shortage resulting from thj failure ^ of the treasurer to collect the penalties provided by law when taxe* J were not paid by December 31st. ^ was reported by the officials making ( the settlement. It is recalled that ( the amount then reported was about , three thousand dollars. , At the last session of the Legls |J lature an act was introduced ana I passed allowing the penalties to be ( charged off; but it is now said ^ that this act has never had the sig- | nature of the governor and hence , will doubtless come up again a; * the 1921 session for consideration j again. I This time it appears that a re cent settlement of the officials brings to light a much larger , amount of shortage caused by failure to collect these penalties for the . 1919 tax assessments, according to the following article appearing in the Columbia State in its issue of t last Thursday: A shortage of $8,000 in the office | of W. L. Bellamy, treasurer of > Horry County, has been discovered j by an audit of the books by the comp | troller general's office, it was an- , nounced yesterday. Comptroller | General Sutherland turned over the \ audit and papers in the case to the attorney general's office for action, ( and while no steps were taken by ( that office yesterday, it was said i that some steps will be taken today j or within the next few da>ys. ? j The shortage approximates $8,000, , the attorney general's office an- ( nounced, and steps to cover this t amount will be taken against the A bondsmen of the treasurer, it was [ said. Mr. Bellamy was commissioned v last year and so far as is known his , bond is properly recorded. ] The shortage is said to be partly A due to the failure of the treasurer j to collect penalties on overdue taxes ( during 1919. For the months of Feb.-^ j ruary, March, April and probably oth { ers during 1919 the treasurer al- j lowed slow taxpayers to escape the penalty, it was intimated. During t the session of the 1920 legislature j u:n J * a urn wus presented exempting tax- { payers of this county from the usual ) penalty for being late, and it was v passed, but was never signed by the j governor, according to state officials. | Failure to collect these penalties is [ responsible for a portion of the short L ag-e, it is said. \ Comptroller General Sutherland \ had the books audited and discover- ( &d the shortage. He turned the matter over to the attorney general's of- j fice yesterday. l This is the second shortage in ac- i counts of treasurers disclosed in the ? past two weeks. Last week the c prand jury of Hampton county found f the accounts of the former treasurer y there to be approximately $18,000 T short. The attorney general was } asked to bring suit to recover the ( amount from the bondsmen, but it r developed that the treasurer had not c bee^ bonded in four years. Attorney i General ^Vojfe has not taken action ( in the Hampton case as yet, but the c will probably direct the county at- i torney to conduct the suit if it is < determined to sue the bondsmen of ^ more than four years back. c HAS DENTAL PARLORS IN HERALD BUILDING: Dr. P. M. Blanton, Dental Surgeon, ? recently moved to Conway from Mul- < lins, has leased two suites of rooms { in the Herald building, there being ' six rooms in all, occuying more than i half of the second floor. There are j throe rooms on euch Fide with hall between, furnished with ample ventilation and skylights. Thoxo rnnms are nicely finished with modern wall ' board and are connected with the 1 town water system by suitable fix-'; tures. 3 u Dr. Blanton at first intended* to locate in rooms over thfc Horry Drug Company but his plans for locating 1 thrTe did not work out as he had thought and he has secured these rooms recently finished up, and they will be modern in every respect, having been changed to ?uit his purposes. B %* STEALS MOONSHINE FROM TOWN HALL Gasoline Can Had Been Almost Emptied Into Quarts <of Booze THIEVES BREAK DOOR AND DESK Many Opinions as to Who Got This Liquor, Still Nobody Knows The policemen of the Town of Conway, as well as the County 'oftl:ials, made an effort dining the lolidays to control the illicit liquoi traffic. It was published in this saper last week that a gallon ol noonshine whiskey was confiscated when it was found by one of the >fficers behind one of the stores in Donway. Later on Christmas niirh? is a result of information given to aolicemen they located a gasoline ,*an containing- about five gallons of noonshine hid underneath the step,: )f the Presbyterian Church; the officers hid nearby in order to catch the owner of the liquor when he should return trt get some of it for sale. "While they were waiting for lim to appear one of the men who lad assisted in the search, a civilian of course, tried to slip the liquor away and was caught, and thnarg-e lot was taken to the Clerk's of .'ice in the Town Hall where it wa.cept until such time as it would be lestroyed. The officers have been .vide awake ever since, so it was <aid, with the view of catching the nen who brought the liquor into ;own. At last accounts they had lot only failed to catch the man but ;hey had failed to' get any information as to who he might be. In the neantime, however, the history of ,his lot of moonshine proceeded on ts way as the days went by. It is said that the town officials iecided to empty the moonshine out >f the gasoline can into quart bottles in order to be able to store it li better shape and thus preserve it until tine day of destruction. Anyvay, about five quarts of the lf]uor had been taken from the can ind placed in quart bottles and these ,vere located in a desk or cabinet n the town Clerk's office. The lsual precautions on Tuesday of last veek were taken about the Towr. rlall, especially when the offices vere tocked up in the late evening, it is said that the Clerk's office loor was securelv lockpd. whil^ portionof the liqtior which had >een bottled up wfcs under another ock and key in the desk or cabinet. This moonshine whiskey is said .0 have been left in its usual place n the office when the locks were urned upon it on Tuesday night. AMien Chief of Police Smith, opened ip the office the following mornng the first thing he noticed was hat the desk had been broken open, t is true that he found the door mlocked but he thought that perhaps some other officer had opened t before he got there. The open leak where the liquor had been copt, was suspicious and upon lookngf, the bottled quarts of joy juice \ad been taken, and the only liquor eft there was a small quantity itill in the gasoline can. Nearly (very citizen has his own idea a* o who took this whiskey, and they lave expressed themselves in v?v ious ways. There were severa# hunting parties on Tuesday, and loubtless they came in very late at light and were very cold, and some >f these are responsible for the >reeking of the door at the Town Klerk's office and the breaking >f the box in which the liquor was kept, so it is said by some. Still nobody knows, and perhaps It vill never be known, and the end >f the history of this lot of liquor s not yet. o Mr. T.% F* Cartrette, of Wilmington, spent Wednesday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cartrette, Df Allen. o MISS JENKINS ENTERTAINS. A delightful contribution to the social program of the Christmas holidays was a party given Wednesday svcning, December 29, by Miss Ruth Jenkins, at her home on Fifth avenue. The rooms of the lower floor were thrown ensuite, where progressive panics were played.. Myron Gordan won the score prize and Edna Taylor the consolation prize. Punch was served throughout the evening. Those who enjoyed Miss Ruth's hospitality wore: Misses Sudie Mae Thompson, Evelyn and iJamie Mar>sh, Oneda Bacot, Elizabeth'> Stiiley, Clara Picket, Nina C6Hins, Blanche and Edna Tav lor, Leona Jones, Elise Lewis, Evelyn Collins, Clytie Lewis; Messrs. Derrick Stalvey, Joe and Norman Holliday, Mortimer Little, Lloyd Williams, Lavern Adams, Arthur Richardson, Hubert Jenkins, Maxie Jones, Edgar Woodward, Bob Prince, Paul Sasser, Earnest Elliott. raid. !Ui? . ? ? LJ.LI?| i H -{WATERWAY COMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING | The Inland Waterway Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, composed of Messrs. McQueen Quattlebaum, A. W. Barrett, W. A. Stilley, i H. W. Ambrose, E. J. Sherwood, H. G. Cushman and H. P. Little, met in the office of M. A. Wright Tuesday evening. After much discussion by several mAm ^ i-l-? *A ii.cnu/cm vi ciiu. committee in outlining plans they hope to cary out, and of what these projects mean to the coastal section, they decided to hold another meeting on Friday night, January 14th, at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in the city hall, and to invite representatives from Wilmington, Georgetown, and probably Charleston and other towns along the coast, to be present and take part in the discussions, and help perfect plans, etc., to be sent to the government officials who have charge of the coastal development. This committee is also planning, through the Chamber of Commerce, to have several good speakers for the occasion, perhaps Congressman Stoll, and others, and to make arrangements with the ladies of the Civic League to give a banquet on this date. o GRANDMOTHERS GIVEN CHRISTMAS PARTY Tuesday afternoon, December 28th, 1920, the grandmothers of the city were given a surprise Christmas party by the Beginners and Primary Departments of the Methodist Sunday School. This event completed the White Christmas, which began with the Christmas exorcises given by the children at the Methodist church on o 1 ? ?1- j ounuuy nignu ? The ladies had been previously told that at 3 o'clock Tuesday a car would call for them and they must be ready to go for a ride. Promptly at the hour each car that had been engaged secured its load and went for a short drive around the town. The ladies were then driven to the home of Mrs. Hawes, where they were invited to come in and warm. They were ushered into the parlor, where there was a general hand-shaking and greeting of old friends. Dr. Atkinson of the Methodist Church was invited over to make a short talk for the occasion. He delighted the party with his words of welcome, after which the ladies were entertained by several readings and tributes to mother by Dr. Dusenbury. Mr. A. E. Goldfinch, representing the Sunday Schools of the city, then invited the ladies to join the Home Department of some one of the schools. After this talk many of the famous old songs were sung, among which were "Annie Laurie," "When You and I Were Young, Mollie," and "Mollie Darling." After the songs the ladies were ushered into the dining room, where they took their places >\round the table, which was beautifully decorated in pink and white winter roses, with a bank of fruit for a center niece. Coffee and tea were served with cake and tasty little crackers. After the refreshments a large "Christmas Pie" was passed and each lady drew out a "plum" by a silver cord hanging* over the rim of the dish. The plums proved to be various kinds of Christmas gifts which had been given by the children Christmas night. Following this was a general good bye, and the happy ladies were taken to their homes. FOOT INJURED IN WAGON ACCIDENT L. P. Roberts Able to be Out Again and at His iWork L. P. Roberts, one of our most progressaive and well-to-do farmers near Conway, was able to come to Conway and transact business last Thursday after getting up from his accident, some weeks ago, when ho fell off a load of wood and the wagon wheel passed over his foot inflicting a severe bruise and breaking a rib. Mr. Roberts had just1 loaded up his two horse wagon with firewood and started to drive the mules out. The wagon was jostled and Mr. Roberts fell off. As he fell one foot was caught on the whiffle tree. One of the wheels passed over foot,i and one rib was broken, aivl he 'would no doubt have be^Tt killed'' if the mules had not realized, apparently, that something was wrong with their master, twltf"' stopped . The weight of the wagon was lit't'nl off Mr. Roberts by others who came up. He was confined at his residence for some time as a result of this accident. He was in Conway last Thurs day on the day appointed for the free range meeting. He is among the strongest advocates of the fioo range in this county. J9 NOTSS. TREE RANGERS IN UNANIMOUS RESOLVE Ask Coming Legislature to Repeal Stock Law in Horry I County PROMINENT MEN MAKE SPEECHES Resolution Showing Want of I New Laws for Building and | Repairing Roads j Those who favor the free ranj?e in Horry County held the meetinc whirH they advertised last Friday at the Courthouse. A number of prominent I free-rangers were present as well as others who wished to know what took place at the meeting. Mr. W. J. Hendricks presided as chairman of the meeting and it was opened by prayer by the Rev. W. M. Booth. Among other business transacted the sum of $27.00 was contributed to settle a balance clue on attorney's fees spent in behalf of the case of Mr. Carter, who failed to file his expense account after having received a large vote in the primary and was finally declared ouL. bv* the state executive committee. A petition from various citizens of Bucks Township, living in the Kates Bay neighborhood, was read before the meeting. This petition reads in substance that these citizens pledge themselves thereby that they woulct not tear down their fences, but let them remain standing awaiting developments. Mr. J. D. Montgomery, of Marion, owning several farming tracts in the county, was present and delivered an address and spoke of the unfair measures he said had been taken by the members of the legislature at the last session. There was also an address by Hon. Jeremiah Smith, who stated that a levy of five mills would cover the expense of erecting a fence on the Horry county line to divide the county from North Carolina, and among other things said that the old members of^ the legislature had succeeded in raising the tax levy to the extent of about $400,000 in this county. Col. D A. Spivey addressed the meeting, saying that he was not especially interested in the matter of the free* range, but that he certainly wanted the people to have their wishes in the matter, and he called attention to the former pledges made by candidates for the legislature to leave this matter to a vote of the people. He also said that the legislators elected from Georgetown county are advocates of the free range. Ropresentative-elect W. A. Prince delivered an address on the free range, while D. L. Haseldon made an interesting talk in which he said he had lived seventeen years under the stock law and that he did not want this law in Horry county where he now lives. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions for the meeting as follows: J. D. Montgomery, W. M. Booth, A. McG Small, C. A. Carter and O. M. Watts. By a unanimous vote a resolution was passed asking for a repeal of the general stock law as it applies to Horry county and asking the members of the legislature to vote to that~ end. i Almost unanimously a resolution to repeal the present road laws as applies in Horry county was passed, and requesting the delegation to pass new laws that will result in keeking up the roads. J. D. OLIVER ?ma^m m a m ^ m RETURNS HERE Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Oliver have left Wilmington, N. C., where they have lived for the past several years, and will occupy their home at the farm near Home wood, S. C., where they will be near to Conway. Mr. Oliver is branch manager of the Masonic Mutual Life Association, of the District of Columbia, now on* of the largest insurance organizations of the kind in America. o J. E. Cooper was among the farmers calling here recently. toddIsTaken but is cleared Mr'.Ofl I rO- r*? B. Haskell Todd was arrested by town authorities this week in connected with the transportation of whiskey which was found under th? church steps Xmas, ?nd was taken to the town hall for safe keeping* and later stolen while the officers slept. The trial of the defendant resulted in clearing him of the charge.