The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 10, 1921, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXV. .
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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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; 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.
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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.
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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.
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. 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.
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Henry Buck was in Coulmbia last
i week.