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( \ y4 \ i 'VOLUME 3teXV. " COMMON PLEAS COURT TRIALS Jury Returns Verdict in Favor of Butters Lumber 1 Company MISHOE AGAINST COAST LINE -Asking Fifteen Hundred Dollars Damages for Alleged Wrong in 1917 Wednesday. On Wednesday of last week, when the Herald went to press, the case of Alford vs. the Butters Lumber Oi>. was being tried. The plaintiff had closed its side of the suit, and the defendant was introducing their witnesses. The defendant then swore several more witnesses, among them W. C. Beatv. koonor of tho ( nmniissnrv for the company; A. L. Griffin, mayor of the town of Cerro Gordo; M. A. Baldwin, surveyor for the company at the time the Alford timber was cut. Here the testimony was closed and -arguments of the atorneys were made. The jury retired and presently returned a verdict for the defendant, Butters Lumber Co. The case of Jenkins Bros. vs. A. P. Johnson, a case arising from transactions between the parties at Tabor, N. C? was continued until next term of court on account of the illness of , 'on. U. B. Scarborough, .attorney for the defendant. ' Thursday. i The case (if W. L. Mi shoe vs. the A. C. L. Ry. Co. was started on Wednesday afternoon, April 6th, and the court adjourned for the day. The case was taken up again the first thing Thursday morning, April 7th, T ;and the plaintiff introduced testi* amony as hereinafter stated. The story of the case is told in substance as follows, as copied from the complaint: That on or about the 24th day of February, A. D. 1017, the plaintiff, W. L. Mishoe, was in the city of 'Co!ttmbiay in the state aforesaid, attending to his duties as a member of the General Assembly of said State, when early in the morning of that day he received a telegram informing him of the serious Illness of his daughter at the home the /_ 1_. ! n i l ' -? ji*m11y ui i/Oiiway, mat in ino early rtoriting of said day, desiring1 to reach' his home as riuickly as possible, *iwing to said illness, the plaintiff f/archased a ticket .of defendant at its station and office in the city <)! Columbia through to Conway, paying the defendant the full amount i\nd price which the defendant charged him for such carriage, and thereupon became a passenger upon the train of the defendant, fully expecting to arrive thereby at C011-1 >vc\y in accordance with the published and advertised schedules of the the defendant, not later th<<n on^ o'clock on that day. That upon the arrival of defendant's train upon which plaintiff was 'riding, at the station of Florence, on said line of railroad, the defendant, as plaintiff is informed and beJjeves, through its negligence and 'carelessness, or the negligence and <cat>efessness of its agents, servants and employees, was very late in making its schedule; that the plaintiff being anxious to reach his destination for the reason aforesaid, informed defenedant, its servants, agents and employees of his anxiety and the reason therefor, and inquired of them if the defendant's trains would make connection at Chadburn, a regular station on said line of travel, where tears were changed for Conway, and the plaintiff alleges that said defendant, its agents, servants and employees -at that time wilfully and wantonly carelessly neglected and refused to give the plaintiff any information concerning the connection of said trains. That as said train upon "which (Continued on page two.) FROST DAMAGES EARLY CROPS , Two frosts the first of this week ^ T ' resulted in damage to the early crops- in this section. Irish potatoes were hurt and thd . crop will be thrown back perhaps a week or more by reason of the cold. In some instances cotton had been coding up where it had been planted r..,.ivi iv nil ' uch cases it will have to be planted again. WAS KEPT BUSY. Sheriff Jas. A. Lewis was a busy officer the past two weeks. While ho was not engaged in serving writs for court service, he wjis engaged in trying to locate cars alleged to have I): en stolen frorri business men and others in the city of Wilmington. I ftltr ASSOCIATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION To Be Held at Pleasant Union Church, May 14 and 15, 1921. First Day. 10:30 a. m.?Prayer and Testimony Service, R. O. Hendricks. 11:00 a. m.?Organization, by W. J. Wilder. 11:30 a. m.?The Value of the Associational Convention, J. T. Goings. 12:00 noon ? Our Rural Institute Campaign, by J. L. Corzine. 12:30 p. m.?What We Can Do for the Boys and Girls in Rural Sunday Schools, by L. F. Westbury. 1:00 p. m.?Dinner. 2:30 p. m.?Devotional Service, W. A. Spivey. 2:45 p. m.?The Sunday School Socking the Lost, by W. J. Wilder. 3:15 p. m.?Two Important Needs in the Sunday School, by J. L. Corzine. 3:46 p. m.?The Baptist Courier Un ner convention Ownership, by A. 1). Jackson Second Day. 10:30 a. m.?Praise, and Testimony, j by W. J. Ingram. 11:0() a. m.?How to Reach the People for the Country Sunday School, by J. L. Corzine. 11:30 a. m.?How the Sunday School May Help to Conserve the Results of the Seventy-five Million Campaign, by J. C. Spivey. 12:00 noon?Some of the Best Books for Sunday School Work, Mrs. C. H. Snider. 12:30 p. m.?The Need of Special Training on the Part of our Young People, J. L. Corzine. ALPORD 'LOSES TIMBER CASK Damages Claimed by Ida C.J Alford Refused by The Jury INTERESTING CASE TRIED LAST WEEK Complaint Alleged That Company had Exceeded Rights Given in Timber Deed One of tho most interesting casGs tried before the court last week was) that of Ida C. Alford against Butters! Lumber Company.. The 0ase was briefly reported in this paper last week and our readers are doubtless familiar with it from wliat was print' ed in the article; but tin* paper came] ( ill too soon to give the* results of the l trial. The jury retired with the case it> j the late afternoon of Wednesday of court week, and after remaining out I for a short time returned a verdict for the defendant, which means that II liny decided against the contentions [Of the plaintiff and upheld the conjteiilion of the defendant that they had only used such reasonable and convenient means of getting off the limber they had bought from the plaintifT as was provided in their tim her deed from her. The Judge in his charge to the jury explained the nature of a timber contract in some respects. The substance of the contention on the part of the defendant was that they could not buy timber and pay good money for it and then let the owners of the soil refuse to allow them reasonable and convenient means of taking the timber off the land. It stands to reason that if every lumber company buying timber had to take the timber off the land by such careful methods as would preserve all the small timber on the land,' they would haVe to let it remain there and go back to the owner, who would, in the course of time, have the land and also all of the timber back again. Take a large tree standing in the midst of a thicket of small brush and trees. This big tree must be felled in the first so that it may be moved away. How can the tree be felled and hauled out of the thicket without running against and over the smaller trees standing about? It would be Impossible. It , , J A . _ I Jl a I ? wouui cosi more 10 gei me umoer otr than the timber would be worth if the lumber company had to handle it so carefully. There was also the idea that fjdrhaps the plaintiff had not taken Mops to minimize her damage in tho premises. There was much testimony nbout the stopping up of a canal. This stoppage remained there in the canal for several years, while it appeared, according to the contention of defendant that :i few minutes work would have opened it up and let the water out which it was alleged had ruined tho crops for three years afterwards. It must have been considerations such as these which determined the jury's verdict in favor | of tho defendant. j *- * ? f - # V ' ? $orr CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY FIELD DAY IS WELL ATTENDED Large Crowd Attends Exercises on Saturday?Long Line of Parade The annual Filed Day Exercises came off last Friday and Saturday, the program recently published in the Herald .being carried out. The weather was fine and the crowd attending was the equal of any such occasions has had here in many years. On Saturday there was a large 1 crowd of people hero and they re-1 mained throughout the day until the final act on the program had been completed. Those connected with the event this time are highly pleased at the success they have had. It was the first to be held since the world war. It will be remembered by the people of the county as an occasion of much pleasure. The parade of teachers and pupils formed in line at the Burroughs School at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Saturday. The . formation was by twos and must have been at least three quarters of a mile in length. The march started at the school building and ended at the Spivey building, where a fine display of school exhibits were shown. The Conway Symphony Band met the processioij at the Methodist church corner and played appropriate musi'* during the remainder of the march, rtjnong the most interesting things of the day were the flouts made by the different schools. jAUTO AND MAN I RUN TOGETHER J. V. McDowell, a farmer who lives near Reaves Ferry, in this county, while attempting to cross the crowded part of Third avenue on last Saturday, was struck by an ftutomobile driven by K. W. Jones, Jr., and his injuries were painful and for a time thought to be serious. He was taken to the Burroughs Hospital, where his injuries were attended to, and at last accounts he was doi"g very well and expected t^ ! #i|iiu i v recover. Among the injuries he receiV?^ was a dislocated wrist, a severe bruise on the right shoulder and a } lacerated left hand. The car was a I seven-passengfif Hudson. Mr. McI Do well is (ho father-in-law of Mr. | K. L. Westbur.v, of Conway, and is [sixty-three years of ape. THi: ANNKX CLASS OF BAPTIST CIURCH Conductinu Contest, Reds vs. Blues. Fish Stew a I llucksviilo. Word comes to us that the Baptist Annex Bible Class of til? Baptist churc^ is still growing by leaps and hounds. The enrollment is now over 100 and the contest is not .vet over. At. this writing the Reds and the Blues have tied, hut neither has given up in defeat yet. Each sido evidently has something up their sleeve, and ade waiting to catch tho other napping. For the time being they are fraternizing bv having a picnic and "pine hark fish stew" at Bucksville. It has likewise come to our ears that there is some talk of having a joint meeting of all the Sunday School Bible Classes in Town on "Chatauqua Day," April 24th. Should this he done, the meeting will bo held in the Chatauqua tent, which will hold at least fiOO people. Chautauqua talent or some other noted speaker will deliver a lecture to the combined classes of the town. As an evidence of the interest being shown by the Annex Class, we exhibit a copy of a circular which is being sent out to its members this week,' one of which has fallen in | our harids: "Annex Bible Class. "Conway, S. 0., April 12, 1021. "To Our Members: "Say, Brother, have you pot a job? Working, eh? Bully for you! Then keep at it. Labor is honorable. "It took work to make the world. I i r~ i .? vjww jjciiurmcu mis miracle in six days. It took work to save the world. Christ did this by the great sacrifice He made. It takes work to keep this old world moving. This task is placed upon you and mo. Are wo doing our part? "Our next Sunday lesson is "Bihle Teachings About Work." ft is a livo subject. He on hand and join in the, discussion. If you can't talk, you can 1 listen. "Help us make the attendance 100.! "The meeting hour is ten o'clock j sharp. . D. A. Spivey, "President. "Official, "A. II. I.ong, Secretary." n P* i , APRIL 14, X921. FURTHER STEPS IN CAR MATTER Jason Ward Gives Bond to Retain Possession of Mule . I When M. C. McDowell and L. M McDowell bought a Ford car from Jason Ward some time ago, they traded him a mule in part payment Last week Sheriff Jas. A. Lewis took the car from the McDowells on the claim of W. P. Powell, a grocery merchant of Wilmington, N. C. Later the McDowells brought , suit to take the mule back, as they had lost the car. At last accounts Jason Ward had given bond to re tain the mule until the trial of the case. ARM BROKEN. Myron Gordon, son of Rev. M. \V. Gordon, broke his arm Inst Frida'* afternoon while playing in a gamo of baseball between Conway am' Aynor. Young Gordon was making a rue when tripped up by one of the other players. Falling on the ground, his arm was broken between the elbow and wrist joint. SLOW A ROUT IT. It would appear that in some sections of Horry county the farmers and stock raisers have taken kindly to the new requirements brought about by the general stock law and have confined their stock without exception; while in one or two widely separated districts there are a few who are still leaving their stock in the open, TWO WEEKS OF I CIVIL COURT l __ I At the sessions of U>20, the Legislature passt'd an amendment to the law regulating fct\e courts in Horry county, so that after that time this county can have two weeks of civil court twice a year. The court did | nolt last but one week this fcessK-nl for the reason tjbat the provisions of the new statute were overlooked I and jurors were summoned for one week only. The juryman cannot be i m.ftdcj to serve for more than one! I - week, and an entirely different set i of thirty-six has to he summoned | fov each week of th? cvvrt. j Next tnnd tlio fWk will hummon i the two sets and we will have time 1 to dispense of al! of the cases or.. the docket. The next term will convene in the i fall. o PICK DICK PRKSJiYTICRIAL IN SESSION AT (ONWAV I Interesting and ICnjoyable Meeting Held Lost Week. The*seventh annual meeting of the* Woman's Presbyteria) Auxiliary of the Pee Dee Piesbytery c'os.cd ?'i i two-days session at the Presbyteriai! i church last Wednesday. The subjects chosen for the meeting were "Evangelism" and "Our Resposibility to Our Young1 People," and these were emphasized whenever an opportunity availed itself. On account of the illness of the pastor, Rev. J. M. I^emmon, the Methodist and Baptist ministers conducted the devotional exercises. There were greetings to the presbyterial from the Conway Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist societies, following which was a response by i tho Presbyterial. The president. Mrs. It. P. llamer,! of Hamer, S. C., presided. The scc^ i retaries of the various causes gavo full reports of the work being (lone < by the Presbyterial, and in like manner, the delegates from each auxil- i iary gave good reports, showing that 1 there seemed to be much interest manifested along all lines in each auxiliary. Those attending had the pleasure j of hearing the Rev. L. C. Crane, of , Africa, who has labored faithfully for years among the negroes, give 1 an address on "The Open Door." i Dr. J. M. Holladay's address on "Evangelism" was also very much en ioved. I Miss Julia Ervin, of Darlington r S. O., told of "Glimpses of Our Work I in the Orient." Miss Ervin recently I returned from a trip to the world's i Sunday School convention .in Japan 1 The local auxiliary and the ladies of the lown did everything possible for the comfort and pleasure of the i visitors, The entertainment com- < mittee provided a delightful luncheon at the city hall on the second das also the visitors and others were i taken on a boat ride by Mr. W. A. Stilley on the Veneer M fg. Co.'s yacht, "The Jeanette," Wednesday afternoon. The visitors went away expressing themselves as feeling that they had gained much by attending the meeting', visiting the city by the Waccamaw, and meeting with such a splendid body of women. i /A " / f mM. PROF. M. J. BULLOCK LOCATES AT LOR IS Mrs. Bullock Will Also Teach in the Loris (traded School. At a recent meeting: of the Board of Trustees of the Graded Schools at Loris, M. J. Bullock, now wind ing; up his term in the office ol County Superintendent of Education, was* elected as Superintendent of the Loris school, to beg;in with next session. Mrs. M. J. Bullock .has also been elected by the trustees as an assistant to him in the school. It i* stated that Mrs, Bullock will teach JCng'lish in the higrh school and supervise the work in the lowerj grades and that Mr. Bullock will, of course, look after the work of th< hijeh school in a g;eneral way. In writing- about this appointment of Mr. and Mrs. Bullock, the Muliins Enternrise in a recent isue aad the following: to say: "Mr. M. J. Bullock is no trae.,v?e? to the peopie of Horry i>iunt\ and ha:> a state-wide reputation as an educator. 11 A taught school in llorry county for fifteen years, w.\< on tlu Beard of Education for thirteen years, and for the past four years I Iri^ hcon County Superintendent of Education. Mr. Bullock's knowledge of the financial system of Horry county would be of incalculable l J** . * nenont m any school in the county. "Mrs. Bullock taught tor sonic years in (he schools of Sumter, S. C. She studied at Teachers' College, which is a branch of Columbia University in New York city. Before coming to Horry county she taught in the various Summer Teacher Training Schools of the State. For the past five years Mrs. Bulock has, been teaching in the Horry Cov-ntj. Teachers' Training School.** MANY CASES. PASSED OVER Only One Fifth of Cases on Roster Last Week Were Ended LAWYERS CAW REMEDY THIS | iLaw Now Provides for Two Weeks of Court Instead of One as Heretofore i The intentions (* the lawyers icnci turther than their powers of p?r formance as to tlie matter of cases they can possibly trv at any term of the court of Common Pleas. This is proved by the experience of Inst week as tlio actual facts wi" show. Court week started at three o'clock i on Monday of last week and lasted into the forenoon of Saturday. The last jury case to he disposed of was on Friday. The rest of the time was taken up with equity matters and I routine business that did not require| the service of a jury. . But how did the work done com-l pare with what the lawyers intended to do? What thov intended to do is shown by the roster that they mndei up bv agreement two weeks before i the court and *chich was published in a recent issue of the paner before the1 court convened. Looking at this roster we find listed on the same some forty cases. Those cases have; been on the dockets for varying! length of time running all of the way back to 1014. What do you think of it when only five of these cases were tried ? Some few others, not exceeding three more were settled by compromise and agreement of parties without a jury, thus making all the great sum of eipht cases .1 1 _ F A # * J - * ' uiisposgi! ot our or lony sot for trial, j Forty cases wore fixed for trial and only one-fifth of them got through the mill. This was not finite so had as it was last fall when a roster list was then also prepared and Judge Sease *was| in the chair, early on Monday to go | ahead, and not a single lawyer an-' peared to he ready to come to the bat: The court was adjourned without doing anything. Yes, the work of last week wa * much better than it was last fall, but it was not as successful in clearing the dockets as it might have been, and it shows that Horry must have two weeks of civil iurv trials in-1 stead of onlv one as it has had up to} this time. Under the new law passed at the 11)20 session of the Legislature, thi. county can have two weeks instead of one. This was not noticed this lime and only one set of veniremei was summoned to attend. The court could have gone on through this week if the jurymen had been summoned! for this week. The two week* that | nre now possible will no doubt be utilised hereafter ivtil the dockets in the common pleas arc cleaned. There is no doubt, but what many litigants were dissappointed last week when their cases failed to got tried. A man hates to have to go on forever with uncertainty about his property / # f . , . . I NO. 52, COUNTY AGENTS AIDING FARMERS Showing The Growth of Cooperation in Southern States WAYS AND MEANS . TO INCREASE FOOD Promotion of Family Happiness of Tlve Farms is Prime Consideration A York County, S. C., pig club boy raised a pip last year that weighed, at nine months, seven days, MM pounds. The cost of raising was (>.7 cents a pound. Cotton growers in Pontotoc county, M'-js., obtained more than one cent above t lie local market price for their cotton by having it properly classified, and by selling it cooperatively. A community woodsaw and ir %^oline engine which cost $500 was installed in Limestone county, Ala., recently, through the efforts of the negro county agent. The boy who is operating it learned how to do so while attending the short course at Tuskogee. One Alabama district agent, with |headquarters in Lee county, reports $118,837 worth of produce and supplies handled co-operatively in his district during H>20. This was a saving to the farmers of $23,187, or | an average saving of $1,783 a county in the district. Sugar cane in Allendale county, S. C., was a worth while crop for one demonstrator in the county. He planted 3Vj acres, . which produced 1,800 gallons pure syrup when harvested. This gave a total profit of $.r>14 an acre, as the syrup sold at $1 a gallon, He is now planting five acres,- * a Jefferson county, Ala., will save about $5,0Q0 a year in milk and butter bills by the recent purchase of. a (?0-cnw dairy for the county farm, Thesy cows were purchased at the suggestion of the eoUnty agent. BeI sides providing dairy products at I Cost tlw?v will ? ?- ~e 1- J ?.. v. Hill j/l \IV H1C a (IH'clIltS ^ 1 building: up the county farm very rjnntprially for the growing: of truck j crops. :kk | Hamptoti county, C., has ?i $100,000 :stoek company which function; as a marketing association by handling- the farm crops of the community. The members have put in , machines for handling: corn and. other farm crops. They also have a hit-* potato storage house. The orinanimation of 1 ho company and its uccess may he attributed to the advice and encouragement of the county agent. A greater part of the citrus fruit crop of Putnam county, Fla., has been disposed of this winter through special packs which were cold to the tourists. These boxes of citrus, 11.. ? * 1 pacKoci according to the directions of the county agent, proved popular with the northern tourists, who sent them home as Christmas presents. The farmers of the community found the plan an excellent one by which to dispose of their produce at a good price. In Dooly county, Ga., straw was an unsalable commodity until, with the aid of the county agent, the farmers of the county found a purchaser in a firfn in Alamaba. The price received was $15, f. o. b. Atlanta. This netted the farmers (Continued on page three.) "MOTHER GOOSE" AT THE PASTIME I . "Mother Goose," a story for the children, as well as for grown-ups, will be shown at the Pastime Theatre next Monday night for the benefit of the Burroughs School Library. This story will bring back the childhood days to the grown-ups? new mey were entertained at the fireside by the reading of this story, and how the rhymes delighted them. It still serves the same purpose today among the children, and the picture will furnish an hour of entertainment for the old as well as the young. Kvo'\ child should see it. hanging over him. No man can he blamed for complaining when there is no way for him to get rid of troublesome litigation. The lawyers can remedy this trouble in this county hereafter and maybe thev will proceed to do so from now on.