The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 07, 1921, Image 1
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volume XXXV
k CIVIL CASES
^ BEING TRIED
Following Roster of Cases Recently
Fixed by the Horry
Bar '
COURT DELAYED
TILL AFTERNOON
Oases Fixed For Monday Not.
Disposed of Until
^ Tuesday.
'
'< Monday.
The court of common pleas convened
here lant Monday morning,
Judge R. M. Memmenger presiding!
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v??? i me same.
The court did not meet until the
hour of 3 in the afternoon, as the
session of the court at Georgetown
the week before had run longer
than was expected, and Judge Memminger
could not reach Conway in
time to open the court Monday
morning.
Two weeks before the opening of
court the attorneys of Conway met
and drafted a roster of cases to be
tried at this session.
When the court opened one of
these lists, as published in the Herald
recently, was given to the court
and the cases set for Monday were
called.
Several cases set for Monday in
which Hon. H. B. Scarborough had j
been engaged' were set ove r for |
Tuesday morning, on account of
Mr. Scarborough's i''ness, caused by
a recent attack of fover.
The case of Cairo Milling Co. vs.
A. T. Collins Co. was called and the
case dismissed by order of the court.
After this the court called the
case of J. F. Hardwick vs. W. G.
Page. The plaintiff was suing the
defendant for the sum of $125, the
value of a half interest in a corn
crop raised by him on defendant's
place, alleging that plaintiff had left
because defendant would not pay
7.r)C per hundred for picking cotton
and would pay only 40c, and the defendant
told him to go to the other
fellow; that his contract time was
out, and when he returned found defendant
gathering this corn; that
defendent took all of the crop he
had raised. n*
The case was not disposed of the
first day, but was being tried when
adjournment came for'-the day-No
other cases on the roster for
Monday svere tried on that day.
Tuesday.
On Tuesday morning the trial proceeded
in the case of J. P. Hardwick
vs. W. Ci. Page, concerning the crops.
The arguments were li ade and the
jury charged. They returned in a
few minutes with a verdict for the
plaintiff for $125, the full amount
/claimed.
Next, the case of Alex McKenzie
vs. Luther M. Stanley was taken up. I
This was to recover damages from j
a fire which plaintiff claimed wasl
carelessly put out by the defendant!
and that it spread and destroyed]
his tobacco barn, timber and other
articles, to the value in all of $1,500.
Plaintiff introduced proof, showing
the fire and the things it burned,
but failed to nroduce deod? Umw
ing his ownership of the land burned
uvor. It appeared that the greater
part of land burned over and where
the tobacco barn burned belonged
to plaintiff's wife, Mrs. Euphie McKenzie.
At the close of plaintiff's
testimony tho court granted a mo-'
tion for a non-suit and refused to
:amend the complaint bringing1 in
Mrs. McKenzie as a party plaintiff.
The case of Huggins vs. Price was
continued by consent until the next
term.
In the case of Boyd Ford vs. R. F.
Williams, involving a dispute about
the division of a tract of 58 acres
of land devised by Lucy A. Williams
jn her last will and testament in
the following manner: On one end
of the tract she gave 29 acres, more
or less, to Grady Williams, her sen,
and on the other end she gave the
same amount to her other son, R.
-F. Williams, the dividing line between
them being an agreed lir.e beginning
at an agreed corner near J.
D. Anderson's corner. This agreed
.-line was never established during
lifn r?f Tiimv Williams. MrwH
Ford bought the share of Grady Williams
and was not satisfied with a
line that had been run by Mr. J. B.
Gore, dividing the two parts, and
brought this action, Both aides were
in court ready for trial, and while
waiting decided to settle the case
bv leaving it to arbitration.
The case of E. M. Bullard vs.
j Mills was continued by consent
of the parties.
\\ a late hour on Tuesday afternoon
the case of Ho C. Alfftrd vs.
Butters Lumber Co. was commenced.
The active party was Mr. Artemus
A!ford, husband of the .plaintiff. This
was a damage Case. It appeared
that plaintiff had sold the timber
(Continued on page four.)
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LEAGUE WRITES
TO TRUSTEES
In Regards to Improvement of
Burroughs School and New
Building.
At a recent meeting of the Conway
Civic League there was a very
full discussion of the plans of the
Board of Trustees for the improvement
of the Burroughs High School.
As a result of thi? discussion, by order
of . the League, the following letter
was written by the Trusttes:
"The Conway Civic League has
heard with great interest ot the plan
of the Trustees for the improvement
of the Burroughs High Scnool. We
are deeply interested in any improvement
of our school facilities.
"At our meeting on March oOth
this matter was fully discussed and
the unanimous opinion of those present
was that the local situation warrants
the erection of a separate
high school building. We realize
that the construction oi' such a building
will resolve itseh very largely
into a question of finance. At the
same time we wish to record our belief
that a wise policy looking toward
the future necessarily means a
separate high school building.
'We are venturing to record our
views as an indication of our interest
and at the same time to pledge
you our wholehearted co-operation
in any plan that you undertake for
the improvement of our school.
"This letter is written at the
direction of the Civic League."
SHERIFF" CHASES
AN AUTOMOBILE
Car Breaks Down, Another
Car Secured to Continue
Chase.
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On last Thursday the owner of a
Ford car, alleged to be in the possession
of Matthew Ward, arrived
from Wilmincton and wont with
Sheriff to Wampee on Friday to get
the car. Matthew Ward had .sold
the car to N. F. Nixon, Jr. Sheriff
Lewis attended to various business
matters along the road from Conway
to Wampee and it seems that Mr.
Mr. Ward hud learned, I hat the.Sheriff
was on the way to get the
car from Nixon at Wampee. Ward
pot to Nixon somewhat ahead of the
sheriff, took the car from Nixon and
was getting away, almost out of
sight, when the sheriff drove up.
Ward led the chase, through the
! .-trips of woods, an I over b:u! road>
into the swamps and had places near
I the Atlantic Sc.i Coast, the SherifV
| in hot pursuit all the time until finally
tin* Ghent's car got over healed
and stopped. As it happened another
man was passing by and the
sheriff pressed this car into the
chase. Finally as the new car was
in better condition and could make
better time the Sherill overtook Mr.
Ward and took the car away from
him and brought Mr. Ward with the
car to Conway where it is said that
Ward later made bond and was set
at liberty, if indeed, he had been arrested
any of the time in the usual
sense of the term.
It is stated that the defendant
does not yet say where he obtained
this car. When asked concerning it
he states that he docs not know the
name of the person from whom he
bought the car. This chase that the
Sheriff made after him and the alleged
car that had been stolen from
an owner in Wilmington, caused no
little interest and almost a sensation
in the community through which the
chase passed.
FRED CTtoDD
BUYS BUILDING
Thompson to Build Brick
Building Next to Post
Office.
F. C. Todd purchased the Bargain
House and postoffice building, "on
Third avenue, last week from A. C.
Thompson. Mr. Thompson conducted
the Conway Bargain House at
this stand for several years, but recently
moved his stock to the new
building on Laurel street.
Mr. Todd intends to thoroughly
renovate this building, and make
some changes in the interior. This
is a valuable piece of property and
is well located for a mercantile business.
The postoffice building having
been included in this deal, will necessitate
new quarters for the office,
and the postoffice department hav,
ing a five year contract with Mr,
Thompson for quarters brings out
the fact, according to announcement,
that Mr. Thompson will erect a hand
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Nitro-Gl^ceiii Wth Sit Tools
Locked Under dandy - s
Counter
PATROLMAN MARLOW
SHOT BY YEGGMEN
According to Story in Savannah
Ga., Press?Nephew of J.
M. Marlow of Conway.
The following article appeared in
The Savannah (Ga) Press of March |
28th, and give an account of the!
death of Patrolman Walter H. Marlow,
who was killed by Yeggtnen
while they were attempting a robbery
in that city. Mr. Marlow is a
nephew of J. M. Marlow of Conway:
Enough nitro-glycerin to blow up
the entire Adler building, together
with a complete kit of safe blowers'
tools, were found this morning beneath
the candy counter in Adler'*.
department store, and turned immediately
over to the police to aid them
in running down the would-be burglars
of the department store and
the murderers of Policeman Walter
j H. Marlow, who was killed yesterday
moining on Abercorn and President
streets.
How It Happened.
While attempting t.o arrest two
burglars early yesterday morninp* nt
o *"
I me corner of Abercorn and President
I streets, Patrolman Walter H. Marlow
was shot by one of the men and instantly
killed, the bullet entering- his
brain. Both of the men made their
pet away.
These men had entered Adler's department
store for the purpose of
robbery. From present indications
it is believed the men went into the
store just before closing' time Saturday
night and hid, awaiting a favorable
opportunity to arrive when
they could break into the safe. They
had every thing ready but before they
bud a cahncc to start operations Sam
G. Adler and Melvin L. Adler returned
to the store for some things
they wanted. They tried to open the
door on the Broughton street entrance,
but were unable to do so. As
there is a bolt on the inside of the
doors the Adlers thought the bolt
must have snapped into place.
Noise Disturbs Burglars.
The Adlers went to the lane at the
rear of the store and hearing a noise
; in the store the Adlers tried the steel
window coverings in wn ?" "
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i(lows were unlocked. The noise of
' the ihaking of the window coverings
jdisturbed the two burglars who suddenly
appeared at one of the window.;
on the first floor above. One of
the burglars started to slide down a
drain pipe, dropping his revolver.
The Adlers made a rush for the revolver,
but stopped when threatened
I hack by the man still remaining in
i the store.
| The Adlers then ran from the lane
to Bull street to warn the police.
Sergeant Berner and Patrolman Joseph
C. Ludlam were at the corner ot
Drayton and Broughton streets.
Hearing the Adlers call for "polidb"
Patrolman Ludlam answered their
call.
In the meanwhile both of the burglars
were making their escape.
I Patrolman Marlow, who happened to
J be near the corner of President and
Abercorn streets, seeing the two men
running towards him, and hearing the
sound of their pursuers, ordered the
men to stop. One of the burglars
whipped out his revolver and blazed
away at Patrolman Marlow, who
raised his left arm. The bullet struck
his wrist first and then entered his
brain.
J. E. Coble, 127 Abercorn street.
who had been aroused by the noise of
the chase after the burglars, said he
was looking out of his window when
the shooting took place, and that
Patrolman Marlow fell to the pavement
the moment the bullet struck
him, and the man who did the shooting
quickly disappeared. Whether he
went in the same direction his companion
did is not known.
Death Instantaneous.
The body of Patrolman Marlow
was immediately removed to the
Marine Hospital where it was decided
his death had been instanta
neous.
Policeman Marlow will be buried
tomorrow afternoon. Interment will
be in Laurel Grove cemetery. Ar1
rangements are pending the arrival
of the dead man's father and fatherin-law
tonight.
: some brick building at the site of
the old corrugated iron warehouse
> on Laurel street, and give the officc
quarters in the new building. This.
improvement will add much to Laurel
; street, and will, no doubt, give the
, office more room, which has been
[ needed for some time.
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, APRIL 7, 1921.
LEGAL SALES
FEW IN NUMBER
Tracts Bring Only Nominal
Amounts at Auction
Block
LEWIS ESTATE~
LOTS NOT SOLD
Attorneys for Mrs. Mary A.
Lewis Obtain Temporary
Restraining' Order.
Monday was salesday. Several
small tracts were disposed of by the
clerk and sheriff for small sums,
no tract bringing more than a nominal
price.
Among the places sold was that!
of J. li. Smith, near Gurley, under
a mortgage.
One tract of the estate of M. C.
Causee was sold to M. W. Causee
foj; the sum of $100.00.
A ?mall amount of corn and seed
cotton was sold for $30 in the case
of Tabor Supply Co. vs. Mary A.
and J. R. Graham.
'All of the lands of the estate of
W. R. Lewis, which were bought at
the sales about two years ago by
IWi.oi m A T - ' * *
intp. wimy /\. ijonvis, was advertised
for sale last Monday in default of
compliance with her bids. It appears
that she had not settled the
one-third cash required to obtain
deeds to the lands bid in, and this
sale advertised for Monday was at
her risk. Just before time for the
sale attorneys employed by Mrs.
Lewis filed an order enjoining1 the
sale. On the strength of this the
clerk of the court deferred the sale
ai]d it was called off by him to
await the further orders of the
court. M. C. Woods, attorney for
thje children of VV. R. Lewis by his
JfiVst marriage, was here for the
I sale and for the purpose of urging
a motion to dissolve the injunction
order.
'On Monday afternoon the court
heard a motion to dissolve the injunction
and it was dissolved on the
ground that no previous notice had
b^en given under the statutss.
GET MORPHINE |
I FROM AMERICA
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Japanese Official Adds That it"
Is Re-exported to
to China.
Tokio.?Morphine brought from the
Uiiitevl States every year to Japan
for re-export to China, amounts
roughly to 05,000 pounds. Havon Fujimura,
raising* the question of the opi \
um traffic in China assert:d at a session
of the Budget committee of the
House of Peers.
It is impossible under existing
conditions, Baron Fujimura said, for
China to prevent the importation of
Opium and morphine and the Chinese
are compelled to endure terrible sacrifices
in consequence.
A large quantity of morphine is
brought every year to Fobe from
England, said the Baron, as well as
from India and other places. It is re-1
exported here to Asingtao and to j
Kwangtung.
The Japanese Government-Gcneral
of Kwangtung derives a revenue
of Y. 3,000,000 (about $1,000,000)
every year through opium, Baron
Fujimura said. Under these circumstances,
he declared, it is not surprising
that the Chinese charge the
Japanese government with conniving
! r% f U i Hl/vllii 4" /"J rt
at linn iiuiai iuud ti aviv;*
Such a state of affairs in inexcusable,
whether viewed from the
standpoint of humanity or from that
of international relations, declared
the Baron, and he asked what the
government had to say on the matter.
,
In reply, Mr. Tokonami, the home
minister, said that the Japanese gov
ernment has been controlling the opi
um traffic in accordance with pro
: visions of the Opium Law of 1919.
.This law requires that all those who
(exported opium should first obtain
the permission of the home minister.
'The home office allowed no permits
for the exportation of narcotics exi
jcept under the condition that they
jwere to be used solely for pharmaceutical
purposes. On account ol
|persistent talk regarding1 the smug[
gling of opium, the government
[ framed 'a new law in December which
came into operation at the beginning
|of January. It was hoped, he said,
that this would prevent the smuggling
alleged to be going on in the
;past years.
j Count Uchida, the foreign minister
supplementing the home minister's
> emanation, said that Japan signed
! the international opium treaty of
> 1912, but has not ratified it. As the
' treaty will begin to operate this
J year, howeyer, the government, he
* sa?d, is determined to exercise strict
|control over the trade in opium.
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YOUNG LADY
DIES SUDDENLY
Of Appoplexy at the Ardmorc
Hotel Tuesday Night?Sick
Only Few Hours.
Miss Elizabeth Owings, of Owings,
S. C., Laurens county, stenographer
in the law offices of Hon. R. B.
Scarborough and Cordie Page, Esq.,
died suddenly of appoplexy at the
Ardmore Hotel Tuesday night.
Miss Owings was apparently well
when she left her work and went to
the hotel Tuesday evening, and no
one suspected her being ill. When
she did not appear at the evening
meal at 7 o'clock, Mrs. Jones, the
proprietress of the hotel, went to
her room, and found her on the
floor unconscious. A physician and
nurse was immediately called, who
remained with her until the end at
12:10. Miss Owings never regained!
consciousness.
The body was prepared for ship-1
ment by the undertaking department j
of the ;Ci<u:>to:i Furniture Co.,1
and left on the Wednesday morning!
train for Owings, accompanied byi
Mr. J. L. Cooper, of the Farm Implements
Co., her relatives having!
been telegraphed of the sad news
of her sudden death.
Miss Owings came here about ai
month ago. She was an efficient
stenographer, and was well-liked by
all who knew her.
DISCUSSION
U. S. WARES
^nntisnrk Phil/* rv.:*: I
wiiiic, rr'.jjUi Ol III- i
cizes ? Answer by the j
Chilean.
Santiago.?The South American
counties will be commercial clients of
the United States so long as ihey are
not able to avail themselves of moiv
advantageous markets, says the newspaper
ultimas Noticias in an editorial
in which it asserts American goods
"ordinarily are of inferior quality."
The paper says the war permitted
the United States to enter into commercial
relations with the South
Americans who "by force of necessity
were obliged to accept America's
serangc systems, diametrically opposed
to those that had been used
ivy' the ?-reai' pfrbdnniftfJr nations of
the old world." It is well known, the
paper declares, that the methods employed
by the North American export
cr differ notably from these followed
by the exporters of Great Brii',?wi
..i ?ii '?
?.<11v4 iiiuiM- .in uy vicrmany.
I "The American goods apart from
being ordinarily of inferior quality
are costly," the paper adds, "and in
addition the goods are badly packed.
This results in iieavy losses. More
over, the Americans do not concede |
credit and if they do concede credit it
is on terms iittic acceptable.'
. Replying to the newspaper's
[charges of inferiority in American
j merchandise, a writer in the newspa
I per El Mercurio, signing himself
"Chilean merchant," says: "If American
goods are consumed by 150,000,000
Americans and Canadians?in
fact nearly half the population of the
universe?are you not able to be assured
that American merchandise
should be good enough for South
Americans ?"
Answering the newspaper's asser-j
tion that American export methods
are entirely different from those employed
by the Europeans, the "Chilean
merchant" says there are two reasons
for this: First, because the Europeans
have demonstrated that their
system of selling has not proven bene
ficial since "it only has faciliated ficticious
business without foundations,
resulting largely in heavy losses
through bad arrangements or bankruptcies,"
and secondly because the
Europeans are not able today to extend
long term credits through lack
of means. The Chilean merchant
thinks the period of long term credits
has passed never to return, and continues:
"What occured here in Chile before
the world war? A foreigner would
arrive and set up a business with, say,
20.000 pesos. He then received visits
from the salesmen of European firms
umuU JAII y-: - ?
i niiw )yuuiu uciivci mill mercnanaise.
| At the end of two years he would
| have a credit with these houses for
more than 200,000 pesos. At the end
of another year he had declared bankruptcy?accidental
or fraudulent?
thus occasioning heavy losses to the
European creditors."
The merchant adds that American^
always have extended credit to serious
firms that respect theii obligations
and do business on a solid
basis
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FUNERAL SERVICES.
The funeral services of the late
Mrs. U. M. Dyson will bo conducted
by the Uev. L. F. Westbury at Cool
Spring Church Sunday mrrning,
April 10, at 11:30 o'clock.
NO 51.
DAY WORTHY
OF SUPPORT
Will Increase Interest in Education
as Nothing
Else Will
SHOW INTEREST
BY COMING OUT
Make it One of Greatest
Events in History of Our
County
On April 8th, and 9th, the sc _ooI
children from all over Horry County
will gather here with their teachers
and friends to enjoy the spirts of
the annual ?Field Day. Sue events
are coming back into play since the
ending of the world war, and it is
time that they should for many
other reasons.
On those days the pupils will vie
with each other in the tests provided
by the management, and the ex~
ercises will awaken in all of them
keener interest in the improvement
of the mind.
As it is well known that this s?x;tion
of the country needs to be
brought up on the scale of knowledge
as compared to other sections of a
great country, it becomes the duty
of every citizen to try to make
events like these great successes.
The merchants and business men
of Conway have tried to do their
part by contributing both money and
property to furnish the prize offered.
Others who do not contribute of
their means are able to work in the
interest of the occassion and can be
here and show their interest in theit
children, if they can do nothing else.
May this annnual event become
one of the greatest occasions in the
history of Horry County.
HORRYSTOCK
QUARANTINED
Persons Desiring to Move
Cattle Should See Dr. C.
Hedley.
For fear the cattle quarantine
status of Horry County is not clearly
understood by some, I wish to state
that all cattle in Horry County are
under state quarantine. This quarantine
restricts the movement of cattle,
for any purpose, from one farm,
to another, from one section of the
county to another, or from any section
of the county to any other county
in the State of South Carolina, or
other States.
Before cattle can he moved f.QK>
any purpose, they must he inspected
bv au auth rized cattle inspector of
the State of South Carolina; if the
cattle are found free of cattle, ticks
they must be disinfected with the
Standard Arsenical Solution, under
the supervision of the state cattle inspector
who will issue a permit, in
writing, for the speei'.c movement,
provided, the owner has fully complied
with the rules and revaluations
with reference to freeing their cattle
and premises of ticks.
The movement of tick infested cattle,
horses or mules, in any manner,
for any purpose, over public highways,
is a violation of the state laws.
All persons desiring to move cattle
within or from Horry County should
arrange with Dr. Clark Hedley, Conway,
S. C., several days in. advance
for the inspection, disinfection and
obtaining of permit before moving
the cattle.
W. K. LEWIS,
State Veterinarian.
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John R. Tolar, a former Horfyite,
and who now resides at Fayettville,
N. C., spent several clays with frienda
here last week.
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AYNOR VS. CONWAY.
In a game of baseball, played on
the lo*al diamond, last Wednesday
between Aynor and Conway, the Con
way team won by a score of 9 to 0.
Quite a bit of interest is beinp taken
in baseball this season as evidneced
by the crowd present at this game.
James H. Hart, a Horryite, and who
is pleasantly remembered here by
some of our citizens, left Sunday for
his home at New York, after spending
several days here with friends.
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PRAYER MEETING THURSDAY
NIGHT AT M. E. CHURCH
Owing to the meeting of the Presbytery
the prayer meeting at the
Methodist church will be Thursday
night, instead of Wednesday night.
On this occasion Rev. G. E. Edwards
will address the congregatio*
on the theme of Christian Education.
Rev. D. A. Phillips, the presiding
elder, will also be present. The entire
membership of the church, the
members of the other churches and
the public generally are urged to hear
Rev. Mr. Edwards' address Thursday
night at 7:30 o'clock.
?J. C. Atkinson,