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* % / VOLUME XXXV. . rnm-mmmmmmmm?mmmmm?mmmmm GEO. F. PRINCE SLAIN BY'*tt)DD . Result of Difficulty at Home of H. J, Prince Near Red Bluff CORONER'S INQUEST HELD ON TUESDAY Evidences of Free Use of Mon key Rum Before Tragedy Occurred. On Monday night, near Red Bulff, * S. C., George F. Prince was shot and killed by Morgan Todd, known in that community as Bun Todd. The sheriff was notified soon after the homicide, and on Tuesday morning, the sheriff and Con.nor L. W. Coopver went to Red Bluff and held an . inquest into the cause of the killing. The following were sworn in as I jurors: A. H. Long, Foreman, M. B. Fowler, N. B. Gause, I. L. Holmes, G. A. West and W. S. Hewitt. After hearing the testimony which is published in full in this issue, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased came to his death by gunshot wounds at the hands of i li.... /A* m_ 11 i>uii viMui i^aiij i odd. It appears that 'Bun Todd and several others were at the home of H. J. Prince. There was whiskey beingused in the party. Offense was taken at something said by H. J. Prince and Hun Todd knocked II. J. Prince down in the floor. It was then that /I George F. Prince, a son of H. .J. |l Prince came into the difficulty, tak I ing the part of his father, and he [i was shot by Hun Todd. The testi 1 mony in full follows: E' The inquisition held February 8, D 1921, over the dead body of George I F. Prince. ' H. J. Prince, sworn, says: Last night, betwen 8 and i) o'clock, there II were Bun Todd, Martin Faircloth, II Calhoun and Like Rheuark. They DM were all sitting around the fire. Fair ploth's brother sat down in Bun W' Todd's lap. Bun Todd seemed to be f drinking, but -all were peaceable. I j| started for some water. When ft I started out I said where there is so much whispering there must be Hj some lying. I was not mad. He K jumped up with a chair and says, you h G? D? S? of a B?, I don't lie, ft and knocked me down. When I got i|j i kui tue jire suck, lapping him ) keep him off me. Some one said, elp the old man and take Bun off f him. He was then cursing. Some ne had to keep him off all the time .-hile talking. He refused to leave he house, saying he would die and ;o to hell first. He was cursing and 11 y son George heard him and came n and aske^l why his father had been lone that way for. George ' threw Sun down on the; floor and Bun hit lis, George's, lip. They went out md took his gun with him to the <ate. Bun had my gun out of my room. My girl tried to hold him but 10 got loose and ran to the gate and ihot George. George says, boys, you've shot me. Bun grabbed George's mother and threw her on the ground. I came to the house and someone said George was dead. 1 ran for the sheriff. Bun and George were friends. Bun left George's house for not working, George asked him where Bun was and Bun says here I am and shot him. George did not try to shoot ' I do not know who brought the -whiskey here. He was ordered to stay away, but lie came back, drinking continually. There were no chairs out there til after the killing. Minnie Prince sworn: We wer< sitting here whispering whfi pap? says, where there is so much whis pering there must be some lying Bun gabbed the chair and cursec him for a gray haired s? of a b? and knocked him down. Bun wai I mad and did not talk much. My sis ter and I pulled him, Bun, off 01 papa. Ho van around in the hous< cursing and George came in and papi was bleeding and George asked whj had he hurt his father. As Georg< left the house with his gun Bun go papa's gun and went to the road, heard the gun shoot but I did no know who was shot. I did not se< any whiskey. I smelt some on Bun'; breath. Martin Faircloth sworn: I wa: standing at the do6r. J hearrj Mi Prince say, where there* is whiter ling there* is lying." I did not se< then knocking. They were both 01 [the floor. If either'were dttnkitlj lif\ did .not know it. I Saw the jug o f whi?key, about a half of a pint R ronrcc says, where is my gun, whei Ihecamfe in, and Bun got Mr. Prince* I ffun The whiskey snl lled fresh, lik In w-w hist made. Like and Calhoui (RheuarK. Martin J. Faircloth. I like Hheuark sworn: I was i I fUc roon. I came with my brothei Iklhoun. We got in with Martin Fair [cloth and Bun Todd and we came o Thr QUERRY ABOUT! OUR PROGRESS The Conway Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of a letter from 4 Mr. W. E. White, of Columbia, requesting information as to facts of interest regarding the town's progress and development. The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce replied very fully to Mr. White's request for information. The following is a copy of the letter from Mr. White: "Being desirous of settling in a quiet but progressive town, somewhere on tide water, where the peo- | pie are congenial, and the soil pro- ( ductive, I write to ask that you kind- ' ly state conditions generally, and if ! you have literature describing your ( section,i kindly forward such as you have. Have you a planing mill in ! your vicinity, and is good pine, oak and cypress available? Kindly send j a copy of your town paper, give general information and oblige." o K. P. BANQUET WAS A SUCCESS Owing to Efforts of Those Who Rendered Their Assistance. A great deal of the success and ! pleasure of the banquet given by the j Knights of Pythias on Friday even- ( ing, February 4th, at the Grace Ho-1 tel was due in a large measure to i the efforts of a number of ladies of Conway, who gave their time without stint in the labor of preparation. The committee from the Knights of: Pythias wishes to record its thanks J | for the splendid service rendered by j J Mrs. M. G. Andersen and the other! ladies of the town who prepared the I fnnil 'iccnmlilofl -il (Kn mwl . ww,. <i\j tin; im/vui cuiu DUjJtTl vised the serving. The Knights of Pythias are also deeply indebted to Mrs. Florence Hedrick for her many courtesies in making preliminary ar- , rangements at the hotel. Mrs. Hed rick entered into the #spirit of the oc-i casion with the utmost enthusiasm and her foresight and good taste contributed largely to making the evening one of rare pleasure for the Pyth-; ians and their guests. The committee also wishes to record its sincere thanks to Dr. C.: Hedley for his active interest and cooperation in attending to the details involved in a proper service of the food. Dr. Hed ley's experience qualified him eminently for the delicate task of a neat carving of meats which was served, and also for a careful supervision of many of the usual details of serving a banouet to so large a crowd. It would be impossible for the committee to mention by name all of those whose services were so unreservedly extended. No one was approached for any service who did not gladly and willingly respond. NEW FIRM ! FOR CONWAY. [ ; The Conway Plumbing and Heating Company is one of the new busij nesses recently started in Conway. They have their shop at the- Conway Iron Works, and are prepared to do plumbing and heating work of all 1 kinds on short notice. Mr. Milton Pittman is one of the ; members of this firm, and has as' sociatcd with him Mr. E. C. Pittman, ' an experienced plumbef of Washing-1 ton, D. C. Read their advertisement i in this issue. o? t NOTICE. There has strayed to my place one I cow and two heifer yearlings; cow black, marked swallowfork and under bit in right ear, upper square and un' derbit in left ear; one heifer yearling 1 white and black, marked same, and one heifer yearling color white and j yellow, marked swallowfork and underbit in right ear, underbit and up" perbit in left ear. Owner can get * same by paying for this rdvertise1 ment and other expenses. This stock has been here about a year. H. C. I Gore, Loris, S. C.?Adv.lt I 5 in. T was sitting by the window, t The rest were sitting around the fire. [ Bun hit Mr. Prince with the clutr t while Mr. Prince grabbed ?or, the 5 poker. Both were cursing. I did not s hear him ordered out. I do not know who was drinking or anything about s whiskey. My brother and I went out . as they were quiet and we met * George with his lantern in his left e hand. We stayed outside and heard i a rumble and tumble and Bun ran t* out and went back for his gun. f George ran for his gun and went out and asked, where is Bun Todd, and n Bun said, here I am, and shot George, s Like Rheuark: George saw his e father bloody and then got the gun. n Both had guns and^ were close up. I brought a gun. I came to the bluff n and got up with my brother. I brought r, my gun for protection. If T didn't - have my gun I would not have come n out here. m %mx co?VAY. s. o., xanmapAX SEARCH SOUTH C* FOR QUEEN Horry County's Most Attn Woman Sent to Columb Gayety March 2s Who will represent Horry county in the contest for Queen of Palmafesta ' (Palmetto States Festival) to be held i in the capital city March 27 to April i 2? By means of a popular voting < contest through the local newspapers i during1 the next four weeks, candi- i dates will be chosen from every coun- ] ty in South Carolina who will go to Columbia as the quests of the Palm- \ afesta Association, which organiza- i Lion will defray all expenses, including: railroad transportation, hotel bills and entertainment. The young J women will be chaperoned by promi- 1 nent Columbia society folks and will 1 feature in a week of entertainment and social gaiety which promises to rival the famous New Orleans Mardi ni - ^ * uras. uuring the week an election will be held in Columbia to determine the most attractive and popular young woman from among the delegates assembled from the various counties. The winner of this contest will be proclaimed Queen of Palmafesta, and will be awarded a grand prize consisting of a complete spring trousseau of the finest apperel obtainable. One of the leading moving picture companies will film the queen and her entire court, and this especially selected galaxy of South Carolina beauties will be sent far and wide via the movie screen to advertise the Palmetto State. Palmafesta is to be an anuual Spring event, held in the capital city fov the entertainment of all the peoVoting QUEEN OE P "PALMAFESTA" The Horry Herald Gentlemen: My choice for Queen of Palnu Name Address This coupon pood for one vote. Subscription to This Newspap TWO BOYS TAKE DANGEROUS RISK One night last week, at the residence of a prominent family, they were disturbed by a curious noise in a tree near a bed room occupied by one of the daughters. Thinking that it might be some prowling animal that had wandered there from the woods, she called her father to investigate the matter. The father found two young men of the town near the top of a pecan tree. Perhaps they had planned to shake the tree and bring down the nuts where they might gather them in the moonlight. If this was their object they were disappointed, as they had to come down out of the tree and leave through the back gate. This was a dangerous experiment on their part and they should realize it to the full. GREAT PICTURE AT PASTIME The Pastime theatre has one of the greatest pictures ever shown in this conty, coming on Monday, February 14th, 1921. The name of it is ,"Male and Female," and our readers will, agree that no more interesting subject cold be picked out for a moving picture story. The story as displayed in the films is based on ?J. M. BarrieV famous play "The Admirable Crichton." The picture is a Jesse L. Las ky production and was adapted for the screen by Jeanie Macpherson. Imagine! A group of men* and women, suddenly flung on a desert isle. Master and man, mistress and maid?now only males and females. Birth, wealth, trapings, vanished. A new life, calling- to a test of worth, where those who are strong, lead, and those who are weak, follow. Such is this great story.' Rangitvfc from the ftplendfd norhe of an English earl to savage 'sfcfcntfs'in a tropical jungle, from nice conventions of the cultured elite to uncontrolled passions of the ancient Babylon. An epic of love and struggle, vital in theme, stupendous in conceptions, 1 amazingly dramatic, beautiful be'yond words. g Ijtf . FEBRUARY LP. 1021. 1KOI.INA OF PALMAFESTA active and Popular Young!t ia For Week of Social 7th to April 2nd ' i pie of South Carolina. It will be a * week of many and various attractions, * including the State-wide automobile show exhibiting the late models of " cars, trucks and tractors; the spring style show, featuring the latest ere- J ations from the realm of fashion by ; professional models, to be imported . from New York for the occasion; daily band concerts by one of Anier- ( ica's premier musical organizations; c floral, trades, automobile and babyu parades; fetes, dances, social events t j and special attractions at all then-1 tres, with nightly exhibits of fire'j works in which will be featured spec- ^ ially designed set pieces depicting itn- i portant events in South Carolina history. The auto show, style show and fire works display will be staged at the State Fair Grounds. 4 In order to secure the most popu- 1 lar younj* woman in Horry county as candidate for Queen of Palmafesta, there is printed below a popularity voting coupon which is to be filled out and mailed as per instructions contained therein. Voting coupons will be printed in each issue of this newspaper up to and including the issue of March 12th, at which time the votes will he counted and an- ( nouncement of the winner made. There will he no restriction upon the number of votes each person may cast. Every coupon clipped from this newspaper is jrood for one vote, and a yearly, paid in advance subscription will count 100 votes. Coupon ALMAFESTA \ ! ifesta is: l A Yearly, Paid-in-Advance er counts 100 Votes. LORIS COMPANY SELLING OUT Further progress nasi been made in the bankrupt estate of the Harrelson-Bell Company at Loris. The business has been closed ever since J the latter part of December, 1020, the company making an assignment on January 3rd. Creditors were notified of several creditors' meetings having been held under the provisions of the state assignment law. The matter of an election of an I agent for the creditors, whose duty' it is to act for the assignee with equal authority in the disposition of the bankrupt estate, was deferred from time to time until the first of this week, when J. M. Dusenbury was elected as agent by a majority of votes of the creditors. It is understood the inventory is being taken and they expect to be ready to open the store for sales below actual cost next Saturday morning. The sales will continue until the goods have been disposed of, including the store fixtures and other property, if any. Those who are indebted to the Harrelson-Bell Company must now make payment to S. M. Allen and J. M. Dusenbury as representing this estate. NOTICE TO TEACHKUS ANI) TRUSTEES. The next regular meeting of the Teachers' Association will be held in i the court house on Saturday, Febru-! ary 12th, at 11 o'clock. This is an! important meeting, as the plans for the School Fair and Field Day will be announced and the date decided on at that time. The members of the i,ti ftiio n/\i>^nuflr>nc Mrill liotrft f a Kn V(ll iwun v? > ? n i i i i i i' vv. v- it in iicii v. \/\m ?/v> prepared to make reports in writing, as the announcements will have to be printed and distributed to the teachers as soon after this meeting as practicable. I am sorry to be away from the office just at present, but the illness of my mother prevents me leaving her for any length of tinip. 1, sha,U be here on Saturday and hope no oije will be seriously inconvenienced by my absence this week. 1 hope to see each teacher and trustee at our meeting. Yours truly, M. J. BULLOCK, County Superintendent of Education. raid. HORRY CO. BOY IS PROMOTED The following article, clipped from \ he American Lumberman of January 22, and dated at Portland, Oregon, will be/of interest to those who ;now Mr. Officor: "It is announced by G. W. Gates Co., wholesale lumber dealers of , his city, that H. E. Officer, who for some time has had charge of the umber department of A. O. Anderson & Co.'s offices here, will on Feb. become manager of the sales ami; < purchases departments, both domes- j ;ic and export, of Gates & Co. Mr. Officer has a wide knowledge of the ) umber game and has a wide acquaintance both in this and foreign \ countries." Mr. Officer is a son of Mr. and | tfrs. George Officer, of Conwav. lie i eft this county several years ago. STOCK LAW FOR HOUItY COUNTY * Expense of Splitting Rails Where There is Timber For It | IDLE FIELDS NOW WILL BE USED Jeremiah Smith Made the i Fight of His Long arid Useful Career.* I One of the hardest fights ever put i up by any legislator was made by Jereniiab Smith in the State Senate, of South Carolina in his efforts to j have Horry county exempted from j the pfeneral stock law. Our readers, will remember our publication of the , general stock Imw :wi ioon - 1 w? I ?'*? V III which Horry county was included with other counties of the state whore stock had to be confined. A large number of Horry farmers wanted the free range, which means that the owner of live stock is allowed to I let his hogs and cattle, sheep and [ goats wander at large over his own | lands and over the lands of his neighbors. They attempted to have a vote I taken in the primary of li>20. Such a vote was not provided by law. This vote was only arranged for by the Democratic primary at its suggestion here in Conway while it had no legal and binding force, it \vas intended to show how the majority of the people stood on this long-mooted. question. At the poles there were two candidates for the Senate, W. L. Mishoe o?i the side of the stock law and Jeremiah Smith for the free range. The latter was elected by a small majority over the former, thus show-1 ing that the people stood to some ex- | tent in favor of the free range J against the stock law. Lots of those who favored the stock law, it was said, refused to vote in the contest in the primary, because they did not think it would amount to anything) and they intended to use their influence to keep L'ne law as it was passed at the session of 1920. In the race for Representative in the House the for Representative the people elected G. Lloyd Ford, who was said to favor the stock law, and W. A. Prince, who is a free ranger. The main fight in the Assembly was placed on Jeremiah Smith by those who stood by him in the primary, and he did not fail to do everything in his power to give the people their wishes. He introduced the bill, which had been carefully framed, to exempt Horry county from the law. It was referred to the agricultural committee, by one of its enemies, and it remained in the committee until Mr. Smith forced it out, and then the committee sent it back to the Senate without recommendation, saying that they intended letting the bill have a fair showing on the floor, without their deciding either way. I Mr. Smith stood behind the measure from the time he introduced it until the time it was killed. As a result of the arguments made a week I before the bill was set as a special 'order in the Senate for Tuesday night of last week. Mr. Smith made what was doubtless the best argument he ever put up in his life. He used all of the skill acquired in years long gone during his experience as a legislator; and he put forth the 1 strongest efforts which might have j been put forth by any man; and the ' senatft votnd it down. sr? t.lml to'o. graphic news reaching Conway the middle of last week informing the people here that the bill had been killed. Last week's issue of the Herald carried this news. Now that the fight is over and the free range is lost, we are expecting that the stock law will gain in favor, as it certainly gained in 11)20, and kept on gaining among the people after it went into effect on January I, 1921. If there could be found no other reason except* the control of hog cholera, it alone would be a sufficient recompense for all the free grass that farmers could feed to their stock during the next hundred NO 4sf WHAT IS DOING IN LEGISLATURE Ifl/iil Put on Three Rural Policemen for Horry County OUR TAX LEVY WILL BE REDUCED General Assembly Will Likely do Away With Truant A ! - uincers. Editor Herald: At your request 1 am sending a short sketch of some of the Acts passed so far for Horry county, and also a few hills which have been introduced for the State. You will remember the approprfations for the State for the year 1920 was raised from near three million dollars to more than six millions and the levy was moved up from i) to 12 mills. It was suggested before the meeting of the General Assembly that an appropriation of nine million dollars instead of six million be put on for the State. One of the first things we did was to pass a resolution not to appropriate more than five million dollars and the levy not to exceed nine mills for state purposes. It seems now that the State will do away with the truant officers for schools. This moans :i\sjivin?v tn State around $69,000. The bill to extend the time for paying taxes is still under fire. Some very important bills relative to planting, warehousing and marketing cotton arc being: introduced. Two bills of much importance to those who live within the tobacco belt are being1 discusscd, (1st) not to allow any tobacco warehouses to sell loaf tobacco except it be graded and tied; (2nd) that any warehouse selling leaf tobacco without it being graded and tied shall pay a license of five thousand dollars to the schools of the county in which said warehouse is located. As to Horry county, we had hoped ! to make several changes as to the a road law and provide for a bridge across upper Waccamaw, but for the already high taxes and market conditions we may leave off some of ! those things until later. It may be of interest to the taxI payers to learn that whereas a nine , mill levy was necessary last year for ! the county supply bill, we are getting the supply bill through this year with a levy of eight mills, notwithstanding we are putting on three rural po^j lice officers. I Senator Smith will likely change | the computation road tax from $12 [ to $1) and will make up that deficit by adding a fraction of a mill on property. The Herald last week gave the !at! est news on the stock law. ?W. A. Prince, j Columbia, S. C., Feb. 5, lt)2l. | REDUCTION IN ACEAGE NEEDED Declaring that the time has come w^en the truth regardinu the cotton i situation must be driven home to I every farmer in the state, the South : Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association has issued a state ment appealing to every organization in South Carolina to assist it in its efforts to secure an acreage reduction in the state this year. Statistics are given to tend to show that on the first of next August, fore a hale of the 1921 crop is pick ed, there will he on hand a surplus of over 9,000,000 bales, or almost onethird crop. It is declared that the i planting' of anything liKo a normal acreage in cotton this year will be a simple suicidal business policy, not alone for farmers, but for every business interest in the South. years. In stocklaw counties cholera is practically unknown. By confining the hogs and using modern methods cholera does not exist. There are more reasons than this, however, and they are well known. It does not take as much wire to fence up a pasture for cattlt^ and hogs as it does to surround the broad acres of crops the farmers should plant. Some people have never ?:o?:sicierod the number of old t'iejds lying out in this county today, because the formers are not able lo buy the wire to fence them up i;u as ,to keep th< ir neighbors' ho#* and cattle from eating up their crops. The timlxjr is about , gone and rails cannot be had, and how can the farmers buy wire for fencing up fields when cotton is so low he cannot get the expense of production out of it? Hereafter the expense of fencing the crop will likely be saved in Horry county. o Henry Buck was in Coulmbia last i week.