The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 28, 1921, Image 1
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VOLOME XXXVI.
THREE WIVES
NOW REPORTED
I
Claiming, or May Claim Estate
of George F.
Prince
FIRST WIFE AND
CHILDREN WILL APPEAR
Located at Factory "Town in '
State of N. 0.?Will Claim
The Estate.
George A. West has boon appointed
as administrator of the estate ofl
(loor^o l'\ Prince, the man who wa I
killofl l.?' > >
. uiwi^dii i of hi , some months |'
ago. Morgan Todd was trio<l for this i *
killing at the March term of the court' 1
of general session, r.ntl convicted of
manslaughter, and is now serving lii-<
sentence of several years on the pub- '
lie works.
That this case came indeed from a '
dark corner of Horry county is evi- (
denced by the history of the deceased. i
as brought out by rccent investigation
to determine the heirs at law who *
are entitled to his estate. (
According to the facts as related j
by the administrator, the deceased
had been married, or rather reputed (
to have boon married three times. 1
Soon after the appointment of the '
administrator, some articles of house )
hold furniture were divided up among
those living in this' county claiming 1
to be his heirs at law, to wit, his last (
wife and children. At that time it J
was not known that his first wife; was
still living. Since the division took
place the first wife and her two chiI - c
dren have been located in tlm State of '
North Carolina, and the administrator
now has in his possession a letter '
addressed to him by this first wife, *
and in which she states that she will s
be here with the children in a short ^
time to claim her lights an the only
lawful wife of Prince. In the mean T
time the administrator will see about ^
receovering th<> personal Dvonerf.v
j*- '%
irow those who have it now claiming
as heirs of Prince.
t No information lias been gained as
to the whereabouts of the second \
family referred to, but it seems that it
was the third family of Prince who
were at first thought to be entitled to
the estate.
Besides tlio personal propertv referred
to the deceased left a tract
land of eighteen acres which will also i:
doubtless fall to the rightful wife and !N
children now living in the State of 5
North Carolina.
DIMERY"CASE '
TO HIGH COURT >;
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Row Among Branches of Dark 'v
Skinned People in <i
Dog Bluff.
T~ tl
1 he Causey Dimery case was con- j|
eluded before Magistrate W. H. Client s
nut last 1 hursday. This was a pre- e
I i mi nary investigation c? f a charge of tl
assault with intent to kill against
Dimery, some weeks ago, in the hear' <1
of the Dimery and Turner neighbor- fi
hood in Dog Bluff township []
In that neighborhood the Dimeries ti
and their derivities live most exclu- },
sive lives . They are mixed as to race, \[
claiming that they have Indian blood Si
in their veins. Some of them are n'
quite dark skinned and for that reason
a few white men have been prosecuted
in times past for having married
into the Dimery family, on the groiind "
of alleged Etheopian blood in the poo- (J.
fie. Whether they are mixed with ^
ndian or something else does not c!
seem to be exactly provable at this
time, and it is doubtless without mem- ls
ory of the oldest inhabitants, as to ^
where the people came from origin- "
ally, or what they claimed to be, as to A
race characteristics, at that time
when they were new in this county.
This cause which was investigated ^
by the magistrate court was a row be- h<
tween the Dimery family of these 1()
people and the Turner family. It el
started with a row along thn public at
road according to the witnesses and si
ended on the public road . After hear- Si
ing the evidence, the magistrate M
hound Causey Dimery over to the B
court of general sessions, which will Pi
convene here with J.udge S W. G. tl1
Shipp, presiding, on the 4th Monday D
in May, 1921. tli
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MAY PAVE ALLEY.
Thp flllov vniHiino' 11 o t unnn 1'^
- V. wv ? ?? v\ M I l(?U ^ 1
Pharmacy arid Conway Hardware Co. '*
i has not yet been ' paved throughout '
its entire length, as property owners ,K
were.uilking of doing. Uecdhtly it sl
was reiimorod that A. C. Thompson P1
would erect a brick building on the
site of the warehouse now standing le
along one side of the alley, but if vi
ho does this it will interfere with the M
good condition of the alley while M
the work is going on. For this
rr-' so'n, perh'^ps,/the citizens have decided
to wait until his new building se
shaH be completed before concluding hi
their paving operations. al
CLOSE STORE UNDER
EXECUTION
Aynor Pharmacy Files Petition
in Bankruptcy Following
Action
STORE'AT AYNOR
NEW BUILDING
Some of the Stock Holders ao
Mullins, South Carolina.
The Aynor Pharmacy was closed
last wool: by the sheriff of the county
under several executions. Three
of the different creditors of the concern
are located in Wilmington, N.
C. Among them, the E. L. Mathews'
Candy Company brought action some!
Lime ago against the drug store on!
.1.
j i < 11 in s uj^roniitinK something over;
?500. Judgments were entered up
:>f these at the recent term of the)
:ourt and executions delivered to the
sheriff immediately afterwards.
Following the closing of the store
it Aynor, the company, which is in-j
jorporated, is said to have employed
ittorneys and filed a petition in
nmkruptcy, sending this to the clerk |
>f tin? Unite<l States District Court
it Charleston. In about fifteen days
hey will doubtless be adjudged aj
mnlcrupt under the Federal law::.'
rheir case will be referred to ai
(ofiM'co and all creditors of the .con-*
'em will file their claims with him.!
\ majority of the creditors will elect;
i trustee, who will give bond and
,ake over the real property of the
oncern and handle it for the beneit
of the creditors. ;
This concern did business in a new
uilding completed recently by Dr. I
.J. Rogers. Some of the leading
tockholders in the business, we unlerstand,
are located at Mullins.
VIOTH ERSMNIEETixt/^
?xt /vwtiit a
n>u im WAY
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Vill Be Held at the Conway ,
Methodist Church on
May 5th
1
Kvery baby's mother in Conway I;
s urged to attend the CommunityP
lothers' Meeting on Thursday, May;
, at 4 o'clock.
"Mow to Keep the Baby Well Dur-j!
iiic the Summer" is the vital sub-jj
eet of an address ?.\l this meeting. {
This Community Mothers' Meeting;,
*ill be one of 100 similar meetings;
i various conUrs of the stato to b?- ?
old in the interest of the. "Save the)
laby" can paign of the Children's':
Veek Committee of tlie State Sun-j
ay School Association, which is!
eaded by Dr. I). Lesesne Smith. The;1
mrpose of the campaign is to savoilie
babies lives by giving scientific L
lformation on their cares, and tobj
ave them for the Sunday School bvjt
moiling them for membership in '
lie Cradle lioll. c
200,000 babies in the United States j
ie each year before reaching their }
irst birthday. South Carolina leadsjs
lie country in its rate of infant mor- c
ality, losing 113 out of every <1,000 v
abies during their first year of e
fe. Most of these babies could be b
Lived by more knowledge added to d
lother's love. t
?' II ? ~
yvui oiiwy received its Cradle r,
:oll credential ?"'sis the question the o
lothers of Conway are to be asked ?
uring International Children's Week, h
lay i-7, according to Mrs. Bullock, (l
immunity chairman of the "Save v
le Baby" campaign. Our community
i to take part in the "Ten Thousand ?
radio Koll Membership campaign of "
le South Carolina Sunday School
ssociation and an effort will be made V
enroll every baby under four for ^
lembership upon some Cradle Roll. 4
his campaign for Cradle lioil mem- ^
srship will be made by Mrs. Bui- j1
>ck and an efficient corps of work- "
's. Each baby will be given an
Ltractive "Cradle Roll Credential,"
gned by Mrs. Rufus Fant, of thep
Late Federation of Women's Clubs; a
frs. Ruth A. Dodd, of the State 8
ureau of Child Hygiene; Leon C.
Eilmer, general superintendent of
le State Sunday School Association; g
r. D. Lesesne Smith, chairman of (
ic "Save the Baby" campaign, and
overnor Robert A. Cooper.
The stub of the credential is to
3 carefully filled out with the
iby's name, date of birth, name/of
unday School preferred, mother's ?
une, address, and given to the e
iperintendent of the Sunday School ^
"eferred.
The mother is to be given a leaf- if
t on the care of the baby, and in- t
ted to the Community Mothers' tl
eeting which will be "held at *hc
ethodist Church May 5. b
o tl
Fishermen had good luck tl 10 past a
veral weeks. Fish appeared to be %v
ingry and ^therefore woull bite at a
most any kind of bait. ei
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CONWAY, S. 0 . THURSDAY
HOlillY ROADS
FAST BUILDING
According to Plans Which Willi
Be Matured by the
Board
MYRTLE BEACH j
ALSO TO TABOR
And Port Harrelson Arc Coming'
for Their Share of Better
Travelling.
.The public road from Red Hill to
Wocastee has about been finished as I
forces of road hands and machinery!
will arrive at Socastee within the next I
one or two days. Between Socastee
and Myrtle Beach the Myrtle Beach
Farms Company undertook sometime
ago to place that end of the road in
mood condition. They have been at
work for sometime, and have wid- j
ened the road, i.llcd in ditches, ar.d cut
drains at proper places along the way,
so that end of the highway is now
about as good as it can be, and will be
entirely finished up in good time fo<
summer travelling.
H. 1'. Little, Chairman of the County
Board of Commissioners, is now
working, in addition to a large force
of hands, a ten ton truck recently i
bought, and which is the property of
tlir? co-.mty. With this force, and also
other machinery, he is now at work
near Green Sea, having worked to
that place from Finklea's Cross
Roads. In a short time his forces will
be at work on the road from Green
Sea to Nichols and they will put that
part of the public highway in first
class condition all the way to the
Inidge across the river; and after that
they will return and work the road
from Bayboro down to Homewood a*
the section of the road from Bayboro
to Finklea w;is out. in ??v>r>ri i
r ... fs,wwv? wiavuviuil
<oine time ago; and after all the above
has been done the road to Green Sea
iti the direction of Tabor, North Carolina,
will he finished . The scheme or
improvement, as now being worked
:>ut, takes in a good road to Hammond,
S. C., a good %road down to
Little River, and still another in the
lirection of Port Harrelson. The
funds available will be extended so
far as they will go in this schedule of
levelopment and a good look at the
map in connection with what we have
stated in this article will show that J
A'hen this work has been completed!
here will be through the center ?f;
Horry county, from one end to the
ther, one of the best highways in any h
?ct'on of the State, and there will be i
i number of branches equally a^ good.1
ranching off to Myrtle Beach, and i 1
various other points. <
il NDAV SCHOOL CON- I
TFST FOR MIOMBUKSIHPm
Last Sunday established another,
lew record for Sunday Schooi attend-|l
mce in Conway. The contest now be-jc
ng waged by the various schools ofj
town is beginning t> wax warm. :
i'he question now being discussed on p
ill sides is "who is going to saw j <
vood" when the final contest is closed, |
mi May 22nd. It is reported that Mr.!
L K. Goldfinch, Superintendent of the >
Methodist school, is taking daily les- ,
ons in physical culture, Mr. Baker, l
>f the Baptist school is practicing <
vith dumb bells before breakfast ev- j
ry morning, while Mr. Paul Quattle- >
iMlim 1 Pvoclnifni'i'm ...
? . ?J vv. I IUII V-V/ I I 1 I I Kl I II It' I I I |
leveloping a strong muscle prepara- \ t
ory to the task that may come to,,
lim. It seems to be the determination j j
f the members of the respective U
chools not to permit their leader to j ^
lave this task to perform, but it is | ,
uite sure that at least two of them ) [
/ill participate in the past-time of |
sawing wood" at the joint picnic, for ^
ne is determined to win, and thus sit
y and boss the job.
Up to the beginning of the present (
ear. the average attendance for all
iunday schools of the town was about
00. On last Sunday over 800 answerd
to the roll call. The slogan we t
ear is "200 per cent attendance," ?
ased upon church membership. If the j
onI is reached, it is estimated that at j
5ast 1,400 members will be attained |
n or before the last of May. Plans |
re being laid for a great celebration j
uitable to the occasion when . victory j,
rowns the efforts of those pushing t
lie campaign. I
?,ONWAY? WINS 1
OVER MARION ij
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One of the most interesting games ''
f baseball this season was one play- 1'
(1 on the local diamond between Cona.v
and Marion last Thursday, the t
onway team winning by a score of c
iveii to three . This was 4 a hard a
ought game, the score being two to i f
hree in favor of Conwav tin until! t
\c last two innttogs/'but duo to Rood t
at ting: by the CoMvay boys and a few (
fid plays by the Marion team near *>
ie close, slipped the scores heavily ?
prainst the visitors. Much interest c
as displayed, the ball ground beincr A
live with spectators, and well-wishrs
for both sides.
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r, APRiI, 23, 1021.
CHAUTAUQUA
MAKES SUCCESS
Pastime Filled to Overflowing
With Well-Pleased
People
RUSSIAN QUARTETT
. GREAT LECTURES
Mark the 1921 Chautauqua Pro
gram jis One of the 1
Best Yet.
The Radcliffe Chautauqua for the
spring season of !!>21 came to Conway
last Saturday, Monday and Tues
day, jjriviti.tr the "usual three days of
information and hijvh class entertainment.
Contary to the plan of last year
and the year hel'ore, the entertain
lining umik piace in the Pastime
Theatre, Manager McCoy leaving off
his regular program of moving pictures
for the convenience of the
Chautauqua association.
The opening performance took
place Saturday afternoon and had
a good attendance. The performance
Saturday night was to the utmost
capacity. On Saturday afternoon
there was a lecture by Kredick 1).
Losey, and a concert by the Kraft
Concert Company; and that night
there was another lecture and concert
by the same companies. Those
who saw and heard these were well
pleased with the entertainment they
received.
There was a change of program
for each day and night of the Chautauqua.
All of the concerts and
lectures were good and well worth
all that was charged for admission.
Good crowds were nrn?n?-?t
- m vnv ** V V/UV/ll I
performance and everybody seemed J
to be perfectly satisfied with the re-1
suits.
On tho second afternoon and night,
there appeared what was said to be
by many the most pleasant entertainment
of the whole season, the
I-oseff Russian Quartette, composed
of Jos. Loseff, cello, as manager, and
Mrs. Jos. Loseff, organ, solos, readings;
and Jack Orlikiff, violin; Lanette
Curie, pianist. This company of
Russian people made some of the
best music ever heard by music
lovers here. By some it was pronounced
the best musical treat that
Conway ever had.
There was on the second night of
the course one of the best lectures
r>f the whole time, this being the one
delivered by tho Chautauqua director,
Mr. Clyde V. Armitage. All of
his lectures :ire fine indeed, but the
one on Monday night on the subject
of "America's Social Ideal," was
considered bv manv as the best of
nil.
On the thir;l day came the third
part of the program, and best of all,
the Americans All Detachment, in
:harge of ('apt. Clark and Corporal
Bobbitt, both of whom were overseas
during the war. With them
a ere Krnest Dudos, pianist, and the
entertainment given by these soldiers
proved to be snappy and interesting.
The lectures by Guy M. Bingham
a*as delivered in a style somewhat
lifferent from those usually heard.
He is a noted educator, and was the
>fficial A. E. F. lecturer with troops
n France during the period of the
,var.
There were splendid entertainers
:onnected with the enterprise all the
vay through, from Edward Partidge,
advance representative, down 1
<> Sidney Carter the tent manager,
vhose services did not happen to he
iceded to take care of the tents this
ime.
W. I). M'CORMAC K
TO AID FARMERS
I wish to make an announcement
hrough the columns of your paper ,
is to the work I will carry on in
lorry county. Through some error
t was published in a late issue that
was assistant farm demonstrator.
That is riot the case. While Mr.
>avis and myself will co-operate at
ill times when our work comes along ,
he same lines, there is no connec- j
ion otherwise in our work. I repesent
the State Live Stock Sanitary
)ffice of State Veterinarian of
!outh Carolina. My work will he
ive stock sanitary control exclusivey,
such as treatment and prevention
f hog cholera and other infectious <
iseases and eradication of tubercu- I
osfs of cattle.
I will he glad at any and all t
imps; f/-? li'.u'fi tlw* 1
vv/ ibm * v wuv ii vv o i/iiL rv i?n iici ? J
all on me, and any suggestions and .
dvice will be cheerfully given. So )
ar I have not located in any one i
ermanent place, .but hope to within '
lie near future open an offive in<
onway, where I can be reached at ]
11 times, but in the meantime any
ne having any work to be done
an make an appointment with either t
Ir. Davis or myself. <
W. I). McCormack, D. U. S.?
Asst. State Veterinarian.
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RESEMBLANCE
ON TOMBSTONES
Must Have Resulted From the 1
Effects of Time and
Weather
LIKENESSES ARE 1
MOSTLY FANCIFUL.
Report of Pictures on Tomb- j
stones Causes Great
Interest.
Investigations made at Fair Bluff ,
i'oncoi nil.}? the likenesses reported
?ia\in? a|)nc..ni! on the ton'.') tones,
and which is reported elsewhere in ^
this issue of the Herald, resulted in (
somewhat contradictory statements ;
lot" those wiio wont to see them. Up-tj
j on the whole the appearance of thol|
si^ns on the stones does not deserve!'
i the decree of excitement which it|c
is said to have caused. I]
One of the pictures was sjiid to 1
have been of a saddle. As 10 this J i
one observer says that he could not r
make out any res< mblance to a sad- . 1
die, though there is an appearance I >
of stains of some kind in the stone M
luninj? no particular or well defined t
ikeness of a saddle. On the other i
tone the ^'v<di'u>- to some extent re- t
sembles the face of a woman, but i
the features are not distinct, as forj\
in lance the nose and mouth, or the i
parts of it figured out to be those, (t
are not in })lace as they should be. v
According to close observers the ap-;
pearanees are the result of some dis-jv
coloration in the stone itself, thisiC
having been set up by the aciton of jc
the elements, or some inherent de- t
I'ect in the stone, which, in the 11
course of years, has come out to- >
ward the surface. k
It appears that the reports i^j0
in iiit1 Many press of North j1
Carolina created a lot of interest on |
the part of many people, and oncjv
day there were many visitors to c
the cemetery. Nothing: definite can I
be drawn from the obseivation of'v
their appearances as viewed by r
many, and there is no doubt in the 1
minds of those directly concerned i
that the resemblances arc the re-1 n
suit of perfectly natural causes; that i
the discoloi'ations in the stones are j
'ike the faces that imagination can r
always pick out in the cloud banks s
on a gloomy evening. ,t
I investigations made to determine a
whether or not somebody had under- i
taken t;> interefere with tho graves, la
has resulted in the opinion t'nat no v
human agcncy has had anything to h
'lo with it; l?yt that the markings on ; k
the monuments have resulted from j
l ho of foots of the weather and time 1
on the surfaces. ji
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Tin: "ANMiX" HllJLi: CLASS. |
The contest between the Rods and
the Blues at the Annex Class of the j r
Baptist church is still "on." i
In answer to the question, Mr.
Spivey, the president of the class,
said,- "Sure! The war is still waging.
No peace terms have been
drawn. Not even the armistice lias
been signed. When tlie first skir-l ^
mish was had and the smoke cleared ^
away it was discovered that the bat- i
tie was a 'draw.' A flag of truce j J
was temporarily raised and our 1
members fraternized by having a
joint picnic and fish stew at Buckville.
No fatalities occurred in the "
first round Knf 1
- - , .'?> ?/!l* OIVI\ <111(1
'wounded' wore well taken care of at s
this splendid feast held upon the r'
banks of the Waccamaw. '
"Yes, since that time the lines S
have again been drawn for another o
and decisive battle. A barrage has h
been laid, the cavalry ordered to d
charge, while the infantry is hold- t<
ing the real intact. a
"Captain McMillan of the Reds n
and Capt. Burroughs of the Blues h
have on war paint and their fight- cl
ing clothes. Each have a noble sot tl
of patriots ready to obey orders h
when the bugle sounds for action. a
"No, its too scon to talk about
peace terms yet. After May 22nd
we expect to join the 'League of
Sunday Schools,' but our class
wishes to give ample notice that we 01
expect to have a say in dictating [v
the terms."
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ANALYSIS CITY WATER o
T
Charleston, S. C., April 18, 192L a
Sanitary water analysis No. 2528
^f water received April 13, 1921,
i roiri town ot uonway, !S. C.
Results in Parts per Million:
Chlorine 58.00 j>
Free Ammonia 0.03
\lbuminoid Ammonia 0.09 0,
Nitrogen in Nitrates 0.00 C(
STitrongen in Nitrates 0.003
Potal Solids 741.000 c
Bacterial Analysis: vv
Bacterial Indications of Contamina- Ci
tion, Negative. i8
Remarks:?Analysis indicate water j(
o be of good quality and free form c\
contamination. ti
Respectfully submitted, rc
?F. L. Parker, M. D. a<
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N O. 2.
WILL IMPROVE
FOURTH AVENUE
Adding Hard Sidewalk to Only
Remaining Unpaved Side
of Main Block
OTHER WALKS
CONTEMPLATED
Work Was Stopped by Shortage
of Materials During*
The War.
Conway has many now things in
pow .m> far as the improvement of the
<ti *ets and sidewalks are concerned.
The next thing to be done will he
hi'1 laying of a hard cement and conMete
>ide\\a!k along the southward
side of A* - '1
v.. nivimc, iiius completing
he only remaining unpavod side of
be main businses block of the town.
Phi- new walk will extend from the
orner on Main Street, at th?^ Peoples
National Bank to the corner of Lau el
Street and 'th Avenue at the store
now occupied by P. K. Stanley & Co.
Phis will be put in according to the
ule that has been applied for several
/ears past; the owners of the properly
abutting the street, will pay twobirds
of the cost while the town treas
iry will stand for the remaining onebird.
Other walks and extensions of
valks are in prospect. About the
iey.t to ' o iloir after that above menioncd
will be the filling in of a wide
valk between the corner on Main
street, at the city hall, down to the
vide walk in front of the Hotel
irace. There is a good walk in front
if the hotel, but between that propery
and the city hall there is only a
larrow old walk placed there many
rears ago and which has become bro:en
in spots and the water drains
ver it in more than one place in
imes of rainy weather.
There are other points in the town
vhere great improvements are in.tendid
to be made.
One thing which has held up the
vork until now was the shortage of
Materials coming on during the process
of the war and the period of inMation
following the ending of the
var. It is also said that cement was
lot up to standard grade during the
>ast two years or more; that it could
lot he depended upon as being as
trong as before when setting up. For
his reason the town has been slow
ibout investing its money in it. Now
ho price of materials and also labor
re very much reduced and the work
nil go on iti the opinion of those who
ave the affairs of the town in their
:eeping.
petWson~said
to be crazy
?equisition Not Honored Till
Later When he
Recovers.
Sheriff .1. A. Lewis had a re<|uisiion
pending for R. P. Peterson, Sr.,
,ho was under arrest in Wilmington,
J. C., on various charges concerning
he transportation of stolen automoiles.
He was wanted in this county
or giving a worthless check to J. L.
(ell some time last year for the sum
f $390.00 in settlement for a (juanity
of beef cattle. The check was
ent to the bank several times and
efused payment.
One dav t.lio Inttin- 1
>r v> v/1 KIM Wtt'K
Sheriff Lewis was informed by the
fficials in Wilmington that this man
ad been adjudged insane and inicated
that he was either committed
"> the insane asylum or would be in
short time. On account of this the
Bquisition will not be honored until
iter, perhaps after he has been delared
as recovered. Anyway, the aulorities
here will not expect to get
im if there is anything irregular
bout the lunacy proceedings.
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NKWLY PAINTED.
The store of tho Piatt Pharmacy
n Main street was recently much
nproved in appearance bv tho ad
ition of several coats of paint, so
lat the colors have been changed
n the inside of the front space,
ho store was already very fine in
ppearance, with the modem fixires
installed some time ago.
OFFICES MOVED.
Hon. R. l>. Scarborough and Cordie
age luive moved their offices from
le Hank of Horry Buiining to
le of the uew buildings recently
>mpleted on the east side of
aii\ street, on the property of
ol. D. A. Spivcy. The building in
hieh their offices were formerly looted
wa's sold by the Bank of Horry
ist year to J. W. Taylor, and he
i turn sold a portion of his purlase
to A. M. Sutherland. Recently
le second story of the building wa*
>ar ranged and a new coat /of paint
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