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SIX I The master material I I for roofing and I I Carolina Portland Cement Co. I I Charleston, S. C. I I Atlanta Jack*onvlll? I I Uirmiaghaa New Orl??u I I All Mldial Material* I WESLEY CLAIM LOCAL INTEREST It may bo of interest to some of th? readers of the Herald to know about the claim of the late Mr. K. B. Wesley against the State of South Carolina. Paul H. Wesley, a sign painter and farmer, of Murvell's Inlet, is well known in Conway, spending a great deal of his time here doing sign painting for our merchants ,1 _i _ rm w hiki ciur.cns. rno loiiowmg was j taken from the Columbia State of i fome time a pro: Good lawyers hold that a recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in the "Agricultural Hall" case will result cither in the state having to pay a debt of $1,100,000, which has been hanging over it for twenty-five years, or openly repudiating what the court declared to be a just obligation, and ; public sentiment here is opposed to j lihe latter course. Six year# ago Agricultural Hall j in the city of Columbia was sold, the t Department of Agriculture having been abolished with the opening of Clemson College. The property was bid in by E. B. Wesley, of New York, who, according to the terms -*of the salo, paid $C>,000 cash, gave bond and mortgage for the remainder, and had the privilege of paying all ca<?h at any time before the expiration of Ii?c mortgage. Thereafter Mr. Wesley, through Mr. ^Vyles, his attorney in Columbia, tendered to the State Treasurer, in revenue bond scrip issued by the J State for the remainder of the $20, 00 purchase money. The tender was refused. Governor Tillman had the property instantly takin in charge by 4.wo armed men. Possession of it was refused to Mr. Wesley and the j Mate Dispensary was established in | the building. Mr. Wesley sued for' possession. He won his rase in the I Circuit Court and this decision has i been affirmed. purpose of Mr. j 'Wesley is to force the state to fore-1 flose when the va'idity of the rev-1 ?nue scrip has been passed upon, j ' "The State has constantly endeavored , to keep the question of the validity of the scrip out of the court, as it - >js practically certain what the result T'ill bet The history of the scrip and t*. i Wesley's claim is as follows! Somo time nrior to 1ST? i1* ' State of South Carolina, under the act of the Legislature, placed . its guarantee upon $1,000,000 of the bonds of the T'luo Ridge Railroad Companv, ;?mcI these bonds were placed tn the hands of the officers of that companv and were pledged in tho city of Now York for considerable sums of money. On March 2. 1X7'?, the leg?s1 ature nassod an a<*t to provide for -<he redemption and cancelation of the bonds pledged, and for that purpose 'Hithorr'ed tho issue of i>l,^00.000 of revenue bond scrip, commonly known as Rlue Ridrro serin, and the offieerp of the state undertook to procure the surrender of the Blue Rid ore Railroad bond-: !>v substituting this scrip. Two of the prominent business '"nn of Columbia, both nvpsidents of banks, went to New Yovk and coue'ht out Wo-lov. who did lot then own one dollar of securities of tb^ State of t-*)i ??<?!i**r?. r?nd ^ras in no v:av interested in the Hlue Ridge Railroad Company. The Smith Carolinians ropvore tefl to Mr Wesley the great importance to the finances of tbat slate of b''vin" the nnn r i*i<i#, a KA^/Ic t?o rtjvvv.'/v" 1/ ? aiMi,r iMMmr r* time', and uri^d him to advance tlv money necessarv to do so. with a" assurance that ihere should bo placed in his hand; !*1 ?0.r>.000 of the revenue scrip as collateral security. Mr odvnro'l thr> ?um of $331.92" in cash, and with this sum redeemer $2,<>02.000 of the Blue Ridpe Rail road honds. with all their coupons attached. He took n. rhisel anr punctured the bends and the coupon* p">d shipped them to the State Treasurer, where they are now ii a mutilated condition. Mr. Wesley received his $1.00f>,00( in revenue bond scrip, and has al ways-, maintained that he held i wierely as collateral. The scrip i ?ow in the vault of the Carolini National Bank in Columbia, where i lias been since the transaction ii 1872. Mr. Wesley has been constan in his assertion of a claim agains tho state by reason of his expendi tore of this sum of $314,925 for he account, but has failed to R-et satis faction or to have his claim com mitted to a commissioner. The validity of this scrip is dti How Departments Congress to Apj: By J. N. ttNCHER of 1 ' " Vou ask how can the departmei and 1 want to explain that. l>et us i agriculture. First, say we give the mc-half million dollars to figbt. tube million tor administration and one n stroyed. That looks as if congress h well. Now, under the law any ir. tor creating a deficiency. So they \ thry will do: They will hire enougl dollars in eight uiontiis. Then, at th notice that all work in that departnn oioiilh unless congress gives thein-a It is important to human life tl gress is practically forced to give till more money. We can not even renio has his ollice by apf>ointjnent of the We will have to acquiesce in the waste uJ! that former congresses liavi mmjst be met; all we do is to pare \p abevxi. nied by the state upon the technical ground thr.t in its form it is open to the objection that it constituted 'bills of credit and that its issue was prohibited by the con stitution of the j United States upon that ground. In 1S73. the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the court consisting of Justices Moses, Miller and Wriirht, ruled that the scrip was invalid. The Sinivpmp ('mirt hiil nn <lo cision lias been given. A prominent laxvver says: "After] a very thoughtful study of the whole subject my mind becomes strongly convinced that if the validity of the scrip is ever squarely passed upon by the United States Supreme court j it will be maintained, and that the | State of South Carolina will be! obliged to provide for the payment! of the entire issue, as it is all made receivable for taxes. And if its validity is once squarely affirmed by the United States Supreme Court there will be no means of preventing its being used for the payment of all taxes due to the state, and the state' could only prevent the wheels r.fl government from stopping by mak-' ing some satisfactory provision for1 the retirement of the entire issue."! Mr. Wesley could have obtained1 recognition of the validity of his, scrip hv the use of money. A gen-1 tleman now living in Columbia was present at an interview between Mr. Wesley and Judge F. J. Moses. Jr., but a short while before the State Supreme Court in the case above re , ferred to. Moses, after mentioning j the fact that Mr. Wesley's claim wa: supposed to be at issue in tlicit, case proposed that if he would deposit the sum of $25,000 in such a way a. | to make it available to Moses upon the filing of the decision in favor of the validity of the scrip, su^h a !decision wouiu be forthcoming within iliroo davs. Mr. Wesley, taking from his pockets a silver time, held it on the end of his finger and replied to Moses that if he could purchase a decision in favor of the validity of his claim for that coin he would spurn to do so. A decisior against the validity of scrip wa filed a few days thereafter. Haill's Catarrh Medicine 1 Those whtt are In a "iun dowvn" ofladtI tion will notice that Catarrh t)bthev~ them much iHore than when thv^y are lr? rooiI health. This fact prttVes that while Catarrh is i\ VcJrat trnr^ASe, it is prreatlv influenced bv e'drtJ*tltutlonnl conditions HAI.L'S CATAUUH MKDfClNE is Tonic and Hiood Purifier, and acts through the bMn(i#nti"n the mneons surfaces ol the body, thus rodueina: th^ itid inimaiie, an 1 reetorihn normal conditions. All drntJKists. Circular* froo F. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio. E. I). BIG H AM | TO COLUMBIA I Columbia.?Kdmund I). Bigham, of Pamplico, Florence county, who was ; recently tried and convicted of nun j der in the first degree in the court of general session.-, of Florence court ty, has been lodged in the stat 'penitentiary pending the hearing I>\ the supreme court of his case. I>iirI ham was charged with the murdoi I of five members of his family, including his mother, brother, si-t'M land two of the hitter's adopted children. Bigham was tried directly ot the count alleging murder of hi. brother, Striley Bigham. Ho w;t; j convicted and sentenced to die it ! the electric chair on April Xt!i but his sentence is stayed pending the hearing by the higher court. It was stated that so many vWi tors wished to see Bigham in the ! Florence county jail that it becann j an annovance and he was therefor* j brought here after the Florence sher ; itT had conferred with Governor > Cooper. ii ? TRESPASS NOTICE. ) All persons are hereby forhiddei t to hunt, fish, trap, or otherwise ento: or trespass on the W. T. Graham es ' tato lands in Havboro township, boun< ^ ed by lands of Alfred Worlev, II. I n Johnson, Nye Graham and Hey VVoi t lev. Persons violating this not in . wjll ho dealt with aTordimr to law. 1 324 4t pd J. R. GRAHAM. "I o r Cacophonous. The laugh of one** own expense coi ! hardly he called a musical laugh,?Boston Transcript. TTTK HORRY HERALD. CON\ Are Able to Force jropriate Money. Kansas, Speech in House. its make congress appropriate money, tike an example in the department of bureau of animal industry one and reulosis in cattle; providing one-hall* ullion to be used to pay for cattle de- I iad guarded that appropriation fairly I anv department can be punished vill not create any, but here ie what t) men to spend this one-half million e end of seven montlis they will serve ?nt will stop at the end of the eighth dditionaJ money. mt this work be continued; and conis executive ofliccr of the department ve him for abuse or indiscretion. He president. deficiency appropriation. We cannot e spent in the work, so hi6 demands them down as low as we can and YOUTH MEETS SPRING I ^^ ' * I When youth and springtime meet In the mind of the designer of millinery we are presented with such concop- j tions as those in the group of hats | shown above. One of the new shiny . fabrics makes tlie draped turban with its audacious drooping bow at the right side. Knife-plaited ribbon is responsible for tlie cheerful hat in rose color That looks as if it might be made of sea shells at the right. The odd and dashing shape at t'ho left has a satin brim and fancy braid crown with a cluster that comprises fruits, flowers and foliage posed against it. The wide-brimmed braid hat boasts of lovely lines not interfered with by a /osotte nnrl ends of satin ribbon posed at the side. These are only four among the myriads of hats made to grace the heads of young women, but from them may be gathered something of the vivacity and the general brightness of new shapes and materials for ] spring. TAKEN UP. There has boon taken un at my farm one yellow heifer, about two i and one-half years old, with crump- i !y horns and marked with crop in-j n'.ch ear. Owner will please obtain irie and pav charges. W. J). l\d-: wards, tt. F. D. 2, Conway. 3 24 3t WE WONDER. When earth's last paper is finihed itn'i the type is scrambled anci pied, i When the roai of the press becomes i\.:nter. and the sheet- are folded :tnd dried, \Ve sluili rest, and faith, we shall neea it, for the way has been weary and long, \nd <?i't have we hcavd^thr.t old ehesl i nut: "Young man, you have quot- i ed me wrong." vhen the last of socictv's nialron.have gone to a world far away. "IVVlvro roses forever arc smiling and fountains are over at play, ihall we got a note .jctnled and pretty out in it that dreary old .-on,";: 'Young man, you must make a cor1 rection for you have quoted me wrong." i Vv'hen Gabriel L>1< wv on his trumpet , and calls us to come to a land r That is fairer and greener than thi.; one, with never a reprimand. - i Who?) wo stand at the gates where ? | St. Peter awaits the feverish JI throng, 'I Will he say, as we come to the portals: "Young man, you have r (pioted me wrong?" ?Beaumont Enterprise. No Worma in a Healthy Child ^ i All children trouble! with Worms have an un!* healthy color, which iodicates poor blood, und as a ? rule, there is more or I ess stomach disturbance. | GROVE S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC ftivcn rt*?I larly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood. i improve the digestion, and act as a genera 1 St rettfC!*ening Tonic to the wholo system. Nature Hill then r throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be in perfect health. Pleasant to take. GOc per boctte. Might As Well Tell Him. Nino time out of ten wlien n man I s?k* for ndvlce, whnt he renlly wants ? is to hove yon tell hhu he ts dolus exactly the right thing. VAY. S. O . APRIL 14, 1921. STATE TO GRADE COTTON Warehouse Board Districting State?Grader in Eacii of 12 Districts The state of South Carolina is to be districted by the state warehouse commission and a cotton grader put into each district, for tho purpose of guaranteeing standard grades to the farmers of the state, carrying out the provisions of the recent legislature, which appropriated 821,000 for financing the plan. The plans for this districting are being worked out now at the state warehouse offices in Columbia, according to J. C. Rivers, state warehouse commissioner, who stated that he would have the plan in operation by "next fallMr. Rivers stated* that the state will be divided into 12 districts, with from two to four counties in a district, depending on its cotton production. Mr. Rivers has .secured most of the cotton graders already. There will be a grader for each district and the grader will have headquarters at the center of the district. He will have charge <>f the state warehouses in his district, in addition to his work as grader of the cotton stored in these warehouses. There will be no charge for the grading. The district grader will be responsible for the warehouses and the cotton in his district, and thus- will bo guaranteed to the farmer a better degree of protection for his ccttnn. Each grader will also be wrehruse inspector for his district. I In addition to the plans for this, districting of the state and the em- i ployment of graders, the wan house j commisdon is working out pians forj storage of other perishable farm i products beside cotton. The recent' legislature authorized the state ware-j houses to store products other than cotton, and the commission is obey-j ing these instructions and will have' them in operation within a few I months, according to Mr. Rivers. The commission is arranging with insurance companies for the insurance on the stored products. This is the most important detail of the plans and Mr. Rivers states that he is meeting with success along this line. Some of the most prominent insurance men of the state are working out the schedule of rates. i i I WHOM THE GODS SEND j , , mmmmmmmm^mmmmm ' I' ' By SUSAN E. CLAGETT. jj;| i * | "Will you teii isle why you insisted | upon my coining just now, HettyV I : really couldn't leave with Christmas work pilinu up. but your letter made ' inc think there was dire necessity. I expected to lind you ill. Instead, you j 11 \i\\: If Vntl linil irllnil.^in.r I ? "MVI IMTtll ^IlllllJnill^ J??1?II- | (list'." There was a touch of wistfulrvvv iu the voice und some exaspi.ru- J lion. "That is just what has happened, i'aulino. I am pelimpsiit every min- 1 ut**, every hour of the May. My heart ' is sinking, tor I am going to have a ; homo." "A itohie? Vim have one. What on f-arth 11?? y??u mean?" "That is true, hut I have always wanted one of m.\ very owh. when* ni> wishes would come lirst after those of l he only man. "My dear. Hetty, you cannot make me believe you have found a man in i his (iod-forsakou spot?" "I did not tind him. He came. To ho perfectly frank I tiiink he subconsciously retained a memory of a girl, a moonlit sea and nortliern lights. Hut for my luippiuess, consc'u ijisly, or otherwise. lie came. Komaiice comes nearest to being the real thing on hoard a slow-going steamer than anywhere else in the world. I was not looking for romance, however. As you know, I was sick, unhappy. I had no heart to talk. Imt somehow the tall Scotchman managed to interest me. lie rested me. j 1 enjoyed every tmimcnt of that rest and accepted him as one whom the gods had sent for my diversion." "1 have never heard you speak of him." Hetty laughed. "I forgot :iil about | him. Yet for a time after my return I was keenly alive to his personality, i \Ve had taken many little trips to i got her after we landed and came to | know each oilier fairly well, hut hone | duties soon absorbed me ami memories grow faint until at last they disappeared entirely. Then all at once they came buck to me." "The morning it all came back 1 had boon so overburdened with work thai my soul had risen to revolt tit tin j thought 1 would never bo able to gel away from the household drudgery Suddenly my inner consciousness tool a series of somersaults and found my self standing upon the deck of that oh steamer as she plowed through tin moonlit si?a toward the northern light* "Whop I took my mental gymnastic 1 was coming through the orchard am then and there stopped short ut th sight of a once familiar figure. Walk i lug up the driveway toward the hous was the very man who had come Int my thoughts the minute before. Wha would you call that? Telepathy?" | "It would seem so. 1 suppose yo ' were glad to see him?" "I was not," The reply was emphath MI was provoked. He should have U me know ho was coming. A girl ma be fairly free ivt>?? Vanity, but eve 1.HE Flo 1 gives s; faithful that gratify social securil when he km is right. S. T. SESS Conv _ I then she dislikes to he caught in a huge kitchen apron with her face red and wet from the heat, lief ore I quite realized it both my hands were held close in his and he was looking down at me in a way. that I found slight* ly embarrassing, and this was his greeting: " '1 thought 1 was never going to have the time to come to you.' "It was an absurd tiling for him to say. I had not invited him to come here and consequently was a little at, sea as to his meaning, but before I 1 could ask him what he meant, to my utter bewilderment he told me he had come South to marry me. He seemed : to have taken it for granted that I would be r^ady to say 'yes' whenever he had the time to ask the question. | "Isn't it odd, Pauline, how everything worth while hinges upon ? little word of four letters. With it the poorest man and woman are rich, without it the richest is the poorest of God's cr iations. That it should come to me so.ne I ?iay I iruuKiy ucKiiowU'dKo I have* hoped, hut thai it should come in the form of no awkward, homely, determined man was not to my liking, for he Is-' homely. 1 uBut he was m.\ first lover. That fact threw a glamour over tiio. Yet i there was no lovemaking. at Irast. not | the kind of ioveinnking I had read i ahout. And with the glamour I fell indignation that h<- should think I would he ready at his lirsi word. I?ut I indignation faded into amazement at the thing that was happening to tne. I felt my world turning upside down at this sudden coming of love. ; "However, later on, when I was sitting quiet Iv in my room I was torturod hv douht. Could love eome all in ;i moment? I had never before had a lover. Was I moved hy his earnestness or was it something that had t<? he. I 1 asked myself these questions until I became desperate with the fear that I had been mistaken. I was afraid to go down to him. I opened and ^hut my door, opened it again and heard his voice asking one of the children where j 1 was. 1 "llis voice set my fears forever at rest. His very impatience made every! thing real to me and I went once more to the looking-glass and gave my nose i.n .. /1/111 t / >11 I tmu'h nf iwiwilitp " III! ' |rw, ; "\Vell?M Betty enme out of n reverie. "Oh! I though! I hud told you. We are to h<> married tomorrow. Christmas day. i That Is why I wouldn't take your 'no1 . when yon wrote me you couldn't i come." . 1917. bv ?h? McClure Newnpal?er Syndicate.) 6 (j (> will break a Cold, l ever and Gripp< 1 quicker than uuythin * we know, pr? venting pneumonia.?12-1.3. | Let a Child Choose. ; ' NiSdren should never he forced Into .. I 1.4. , t?> ..lAnll ...ft. ? ..k ? ft. VV-. ... ...V " in- 'M >vi;i h IUI Will I'll lllf.V Mllliw in# ' u|?iini<le, according to Dr. Kdwnrrl .1. t' Kompf. h Now York psycho-patholo' ???? and author, tn an article In the H New York Sun. "Many parents unwlt 1 tlngly warp their children's wtiole e lives because they tell to realise the vital Importance of letting the child e pick Its own natural bent," says Doc 0 tor Kempf, "snd they hedge him If 1 by don'ta and taboos to the sac rifles o4 hi? personality." u o Ai QMi That Dots Nat Affect tin Km P. BtcaoM of Ha toale and IrntWe effect, LAX/ TI,TK BROMO QUININR la better than orriiaar Qu'n.ne and doe* not cause Dervowocn nc y nnrns io head. Remember the (all name as. , look tm the # aatare ol B. w. OtOVB. ?< rsheim Shoe piSjl atisfaction? EjnS service?and Mffifjnf 4| ing sense of ' :y a man feels ows his attire KO | IONS & SON Ml qA Style of the Times *L9j * * ^ - , i notice i I TOBACCO I I G RO WERS I I:;; For tobacco barn t'lues com- j| municate immediately with Sas- :? ; ser Company. Inc., Gurley, S. C. \]\ :: We manufacture the best tobac>: co barn flues in the county. [; | ;; File your orders with us im mediately for future delivery. jjji I: Sasser Company, Inc. Gurley, Horry County, S. C. Adv|7|l|21 ||| * r j* Y' * * Y- Y- *Y? * * I* 1UCACCO FLUES * . * Mr. Farmer * * when you need Tobacco * * Barn Hues, call and see * me or send me your order i * for future delivery. *' ! * Good Flues at the * i * Right Price. * Y' Place your order early to * * insure prompt delivery. * * MILTON PITMAN * * Conway Iron Works f 'Y* Y Y Y Y Y Y * Y DR. J. A. CI.IF I ON Specialist in Kvc, fair, No.se, Throat will be at Conway DruK Co., Tuesday from )? p. m. to Thursday noon. Tonsils, Adenoids, Cataracts Renioved, Cross Eyes Straightened. Glasses Kitted. Patients requested to come early?adv tf LAUNDRY ACT. I am the authorized representative of the City Steam Laundry of Wilmington, and respectfully solicit your patronage. Also Straw Hats Cleaned Like New. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bring me your package. f* ' GEO. McNABB 3|31|4t LOIUS, S. C. . _ i ' ': : Dod son's Liver Tone i Instead of Calomel ' * ? Calomel is quicksilver. It attack* the bones ami paralyses the liver. Your dealer sells ouch bottle of pleasant, harmless "Dodson's Liver Tone" under 4 an ironclad, money-back guarantee that ^ it will regulate the liver, stomach asd y bowels better than calomel, without ] sickening or salivating you?16 mlUio* i buttlt-o vM. # \ I