The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 05, 1921, Image 1
\ ,
VOLUME XXXVI.
WIFE APPEARS I
CLAIMS ESTATE
Father of Third Wife Attempts I
to Take Possession
of Land
GEO. F. Prince i
LIVED OWN LIFE !
??? i
Facts Apparently Unknown Un- \
til Following Killing by i
Morgan Todd.
1 <
Since our recent issue in which '(
was detailed the life of George F. j'
Prince in relation to his rightful J'
heirs at law, who may now claim
the small estate that he left, the <
people of that section of the country
where the Princes lived have expressed
interest in the matter, especially
since the first and only lawful
wife that he ever had arrived in 1
: t.. 1?t 1, 1 ....
tin* rtnmii urn i \ ui^v, mm u.t
serted her right to the estate.
Prince had been married three
times, each time under the laws of
the State of South Carolina, which
does not permit divorce, neither
did he ever claim a residence
in North Carolina or any other state
where divorces are allowed, or a divorce
under their laws, as others in
higher stations of life than he have
done in the past.
His first and only lawful wife is
Klla Prince, now living under her
maiden name of Canady, and living
with her are George F. Prince's two
lawful children and lawful heirs, Kva
Prince, thirteen years old, and Belle
Prince, nine years old.
Prince's alleged second wife is
dead. By that union was one child,
now living with its grandparents.
The third alleged wife is Miss ltuth
Holmes, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. 1. I j. Holmes, of Red Bluff,
South Carolina.
It appears that soon after the
killing of George F. Prince by Morgan
Todd in February, 1921, this
I third wife claimed to be the only
heir to his estate, as there are no
surviving children. I. L. Holmes,
clai: ling to act for his daughter,
not only claimed a big share of the
personal belongings, which he took
possession of, but he has' given notice
that he claims tin; real estate,
and has attempted to oust H. J.
Prince, the father of :George F.
Prince, who says that not iong before
the death of his son, the son
rented him the place for this yea>
on half and half shares of \ hat he
could raise on the land. 1. I.. Holmes
also had the bain locked up on the
place, with six or seven bushels of
i*f\Y I*
(ieorge F. Prince owned m-hteen
acres of land, composed of t\v?> .mall
original tracts, one of \s*! 11 <*h l.o pui
chased from his sister, Mr . Prudio
Lewis, and the other was conveyed
direct to him 'from his I*itlx r, II.
J. Prince. On this holding Pvince
had cleared less than two aces of J
land, and which II. <). Prince rented 1
from him for farming purpo: e.;.
The killing of this man in wli.it
appears to he one of the darkest)
comers of the county, was shocking
enough, in all of the details. Wh'le
his unlawful social history was not
accompanied by any tragedy such as
the taking of a life, yet it is shocking
to the refined senses of a community
just the same, that is if
there is any conscience left to fee!
the shock.
These facts are laid bare not as a
matter of news, so much, but for the
purpose of showing the people what
can be going on, almost at their very
doors, the laws being violated every
day, anil as in this case, several
times over, and nothing done about
it, and apparently not generally
known until after a man is dead and
his estate comes up for settlement in
the courts, or in the hands of his administrator.
It is time, and has been time,
for some time past, that the better
1 ' ?? 1 ~ /. 1> ifrt #1 U i irVi
citiss OJ |!uo[Ku wiu> miTc a iii^n ivizard
for law and order, to say that
such things as these shall exist no
longer without bringing those who
are guilty to timely justice.
According to those who ought to
know, even the father of tho deceased
man, this was never the fau't of
tho first wife, and especially the fault
of the two children which should
have blessed this man's life, but it
was entirely the fault of the other
party to the marriage contract. It
is said that this first marriage can
*? ? ' I>i' 4-Vir? tnylimniur
UH pniviM iiM,y vjti.y ",t mv
of Mr. W. I , Bcllaimy, who is said
to tyavo performed the ceremony.
PICNIC AT PUNCH BOWL.
Tjiere will bo a picnic at Punch
Bowl Saturday, May 7th. Tho public
is cordially invited to attend.
Gov. Ii. A. Cooper and other promi\
tK.nt. men will be present and deliver
addresses. He sure to come, as a
good time awaits you.
(This notice came in unsigned. Wc
oo not vouch for it:- authority.?Ed.)
^ *' * % * ^
CEMETERY HAS
MANY VISITORS
rlundreds Look at Signs Ap- ,
pearing on Tombstones at
Fair Bluff, N. C.
Reports brought here from Fall
Bluff, N. C., are to the effect that ,
hundreds of people, from almost ev- I:
sry section of the country, are visit
ing the cemetery at that place, in or- ,
ler to see for themselves the rep re- |
mentations of human faces a'legod t'
liave appeared on the gravestones.
The excitement first bewail who
a news article appeared in North O (
[>lina daily papers to the effect tlia*
:>n the tombstone of a lady .vno hu<* (
lied there, a well defined face o,' th"
:le coaled had appeared av.l hee!
found on tho white marble; and thai
si face and also a saddle had likewise
appeared on the tombstone of
young man who had died and bom-buried
there. From that time on. i:
is: said, thr romnt.rrv has boon visit
r'd by hundreds, perhaps thou:ands ir.
all, wishing to see the signs themselves,
and thus be able to judtft
from personal knowledge.
It is said that the tracings are not
superficial. There is nothing (>n the
outside of the marble. The stainwhich
form the likeness of a human
face is within the surface of the
stone. Those who have seen the resemblances
say that there is no doubt
about the fact that the appearance*
are the result of some defect o"
stains of some kind within the block
of stone itself, yet they do not don;
that the resemblance to the huma:face
is plain.
OBI IGATIONS~
MUST BE MET
Else Consequences Will Follow
When Creditors
Insist.
DEBT IS BAD
FOR ANYBODY
Especially so Now When Men
Claim They Cannot
Borrow.
Those who made debts during the!
time of inflation, in the evident hop"
of actual belief that times would go
on in that w^v forever :vu. t now take1
the conse?|i'.enshould their creditors
claim the right to have their
due.
So long as creditors will keep on
waiting, all well and good. interesi
will be mounting up, of course, bin
things v\ ill be at comparative ease.
If creditor, in., i t, then the mortgai
on the per o .! real e-tate will \,
closed an I there will be n sale. When
'.he property fails to bring1 the necessary
funds to settle the debt, a judgment
will follow for the remaining
amount that is due.
Debt is a bad thing at any time.
The bible says that we should owe no
man. This is hardly ever been construed
as meaning that it is a sin to
make a debt. If this were so we
would all be worse sinners than wc
are really reputed to be, for nearly
all of us do it at some time or other.
Debt is an especially bad thing at a
time like this when men claim they
cannot make other loans to take up
JllKl nuift um.st; nicy mil',it? i.i.-si, yi:?i.
When things wore high, the higher
the price the more some people seemed
to want the thinirs. One of the
most popular causes of debt was the
automobile. Some people actually
mortgaged the home and the horse
and buggy to obtain a car.
As we stated above the only thing
to do it to take the consequences. In
many cases it would not pay to borrow
money to meet the old debt, for
then there is only the making of one
bad debt to stav off another; unless
of course the old debt has been reduced
and tbe new debt therefore is
smaller. Normalcy is about here
f %*r% ? ? r f /\ 4 U a U/\t\nr< n ?\/l
ai tu lllv. II\l|iUO ?ll\l ?:> IVII IIV ?M,
liefs of many of us. Tt is nol really
here provided the people are to bo
burdened with bad debts for many
more years to come. Roforo the war
we were not in debt. Therefore1 it Is
not strictly normal for us to be too
much in debt now.
Laying all this aside our own county
is better off than many of the
other counties in North and South
Carolina . This is borne out by statements
made by those who are travelling
this territory. They represent
houses dealing in fertilizers and various
kinds of goods. They all say
that Horry county people have paid
out the "best of all. This speaks welt
for this immediate section. Let us use
good judgment and instead of goin^
back we will take many long steps
forward during the next year or two.
o
The Farm Implement Co. has an
attractive advertisement in this issue,
showing a Pivot Axle Cultivator.
They also carry harrows and evory
thing to help the farmer in making
his crops. Visit their store.
CONWAY, S. C.. THURSDAY
WARRANT FOR
AUTO DRIVER
ftllegmg That He Ran Over Val- '
uable Dog and Killed
It.
Automobile accidents multiply as;
;:ar owners increase. Hob Jordan was j
in Conway the latter part of last
week hunting a warrant for a
colored boy who drives the Ford car ,
belonging to L. IJ. Singleton.
The road passes near the home of
Jordan and a valuable dog belonging
to him ran out into the road as this
car passed. The prosecution claims
that the driver turned the car out
of tho ruts in order to strike a gain si
the dog.
Those who watch the cars passing
about each day, seem to wonder
that there are not mort; accidents
than really occur.
PI^ANS SURVEY j
FARMING AREA
Reserve Board Head Will Visit
Middle West and
Southwest.
Washington. ? Governor Harding,
of the Federal Reserve Board, has
announced that lie may begin next
week a personal survey of the farm
credit situation in the Middle West
and Southwest.
The hoard, the governor said, had
thought it advisable that he make a
tour of the farming area so as to
learn at first hand the problems of
the country bankers and trade organizations.
The real crux of the farmers'
problem, in the view of Mr. Harding,
is the foreign situation. The farmers,
he said, must have a market
for their commodities, as they cannot
go on indefinitely on credit without
selling their crops. He thought the
reduction of the rediscount rate by
the Bank of England might aid
American farmers by making possible
a more liberal market for grain
land cotton, not only in Great Britain,
but in other European countries.
Contributing Causes.
Inequalities in price readjustment
as between tho wholesaler and retailer
and the transportation situation
were also described by Mr.
Harding as contributing causes to
the present agricultural situation.
Cessation of building also has been
felt and it was the governor's view
that a resumption of building would
I result in a frenoral easing of ex;
pensos including high rents, which
i would react to the benefit of the
farmers.
I Federal Reserve Board, Governor
Harding said, has no specific
plan for relief of thr farmers. He
: explained that the Reserve Ban^s
jcould not make direct loans to farmers,
but could only rediscount the
ii * l i *
j mans 01 nicmner names
Reports to ll>o board, Mr. Harding
j continued, indicate that next year's
j American cotton crop will be withi"
7". per cent of this year's total, although
at the end of the present
cotton year on July 1, there will
probably be a surplus of X,000,000
bales, or nearly a world's supply under
present conditions. In the fact
of this situation, he added, bankers
naturally are cautions in increasing
their loans on farm papers. He expressed
the belief, however, that
there would be sufficint advances to
care for the immediate needs of the
farmers in planting their crops.
o
WELFARE CONFERENCES HELD.
During the past month Welfare
Conferences have been held in Orange
burg and Spartanburg. Problems in
juvenile delinquency, health and care
of the poor, and jail management
,1 T>/. 4 k nnnrn..A.,/.^
VY I; I i: vil Pl/UoouU 1IUIII vUll I vJl \Jllt-.\0
were >1 iprhly xuccesful, the attendance
in Spartanburg being beyond expectations.
The jnext conference will
probably be held in Sumter or Columbia
and an effort will be made to secure
an address by Thomas Molt Osborne.
pipebMsted
CAUSED TROUBLE
The town was without lights for
a few hours last Friday night, owing
to the bursting of a steam pipe on
one of the boilers at the light plant.
At the Pastime Theatre the manager
turned on the current from the
plant of the Conway Motor Car Co.,
and went on with the picture show
after delay of a short time.
At the power plant it was necessary
to get the other boiler finder
sfeam before the lights could bo put
on again and this took some time
but was less than it would have tak,
en to repair the damage to the boil ,
er that was in use at that time.
It is impossible to avoid accidents
at large plants where machinery h
; carried under high pressure for lonj!
periods of time.
, MAY 5, 1921.
REV. E. B. MOLL
MAKES ADDRESS
Van Norton, Esq., Will Discuss 1
Some Religious Theme at
the Hut Next Sunday.
I > . 1,* I I* % a *
ivr\. i-jiiri i>. mou, evangelist ior
the Conway circuit of the Methodist 1
Church, wa< the speaker before the
Hut Class on last Sunday. Mr. Moll 1
tliscus;ed the subject of Christian
Education, which was the topic of the
lesson for thut day. lie made 1 Ho
point that education results in an increase
of the p >wer of the individual, ;
and that without the force of religion
to guide and direct this power, there
is a likelihood that it. will be abused.
The enrollment of the class was increased
by the addition of several new !
members and quite a number of visit- j
ors were present.
The library fund of the class continues
to grow and the probability is j
that within the next few weeks the j
shelves will be filled with hooks of i
various sorts for the instruction and
entertainment of the members.
Mr. Van Norton, biblical student
extraordinary, will discuss some religious
themes before the members of
the class piext Sunday. \I1 men of
the town and county will be welcome
to these exercises.
PURITANS HAD
STYLE TROUBLES
They Passed Laws Against
Fashions in the Apparel of
\A/nmon nnrl Mnn oo \\l
ITVSMIVsll C4IIU IVI^II ao VVUI1.
I Boston.?Dress reformers of the
i present day, who deplore the abbreviated
skirt and the peek-a-boo waist
may be astounded to learn that even
in the good old Puritan times the |
I lure of Dame Fashion had a bewitching
effect on the young man am!
maidens. Researches into the ancient
laws of the Massachusetts Ha\ colony
have revealed that the fathers had
their own troubles with their offspring
who recognized a snappy style
when they saw it.
In 1G3I just four years after the
arrival of Governor Winthrop's ships,
the apparel question had become so
pressing that the law makers tried
their hands as fashion moulders.
Here is the statute placed on the
books in its original wording:
"The court, takeing into censiderajtion
the greate, suj* M f:i ov;.s and unnecessary
expenccs occasi< n< d nv ica*
son of some nev.e and immodest fc Ij
ions as also the ordinary weareini' of
silver, golde, and '-.iHre. lace , girdles,
hat bands, etc., hath therefore t illered
that no person either man or wo
ijv.an sha'l hei-ea' 1 male e.r huy n;>
parol!, eithev woolon sill:" or lywn
| with any lace on it, silver, gbldo,
siM:s or Ihrood, under the penalty of
the fofecture of such cloathes.
"Provided,? and it is the meaneing
I of this court that men and women
j shall have liberty to weare out such
japparell as tlie\ are now provided
I of, except the immoderate greate
jsleaves, slashed apparel), immoderate
: greate raylos, long wings, etc.
"This order to take place a fortnight
after the publishing thereof."
COTTON EXPORTS
; WILL INCREASE
) 'Only
the Depression in Cotton
: Manufacturers Seems Left
to Delay Movement.
i
Washington, May 2.?Ani-us W.
I McLean returned today from Atlanta
[where he and Eugene Meyer, Jr., as
i members of the war finance corporation,
attended a conference of southjern
exporters and bankers in connection
with the efforts to assist in the
exportation of cotton to foreign covintries.
I The meeting was largely attended,
'there being representatives from all
I of the cotton states. Mr. McLean
1 states that it was the opinion of
1 those present that substantial results
I would come from the meeting. Mr.
. McLean and Mr. Meyer explained the
financial aid which the war finance
icorporation could supply in connec|t;on
with the exportation of cotton,
nnd this, it seems, was considered ado
quate by the bankers and exporters
present. ,
The conference developed the fact
that credit is now available both for
short time and long time financing of
cotton exports. The main trouble
seems to be a lack of demand for foreign
buyers, due almost entirely to
the depressions in the cotton manufacturing
industry of the countries
involved.
A committee of bankers and export
era was appointed to continue the efforts
to increase cotton exports and
to negotiate with the war finance cor
poration towards financing the same.
ADRIAN STORE i
WILL REOPEN
i/V. J. Dorsey is Compromising I j
With Number of His
Creditors.
The friends of W. J. Dorsey, a <
merchant located at Adrian, JS. C.. I >
will be kUi<1 to learn that :i? lias compromised
with a number of creditorv
vvho held accounts against him, and
Lhat he will likely re-oper. the sloro ^
within a few days. j
His store was ciosed wi?en ho made
tin assignment sometime in K."b-ua);
and following" t.iat ! ?< i.>;.al
proceedings look place av.?i an ajt'on:
to represent cr? ditors . . aop^'iivC d
to take charge of his f \ jointly ]
n\ ith the As-iupoe. Np;" fc I
a compromise vent on ''ov s nue tinu ;
and in the r.u anlinie the ? ;?? e an.; ,
Ap'ent o*" Creditors at the f'iroction
of creditors advertised th?x '-.nrohan
disc and offered it for s do (Vim d*.v i
to day. The store was o; ened on I
Saturday, April !2IJrd, and :*oods were !
sold under rue assignment until th'
first of this week and at tha' time so |
many of the creditors had accepted I
the offer o* compromise that it was I
decided to discontinue any further :
sales until settlement could he com- [
pleted. |
GREAT TIME ^ i
FRIDAY NIGHT
I
Election of Trustee of the Bur-:
roughs School to Succeed
Mr. Ambrose
I
I
MUSIC BY BAND
I OTHFR FFATURFS!
Addresses Will Be Made Along"'
1 Educational Lines at
Meeting.
It is not often that a political elcc
tion is made the occasion of a social
gathering by the community. Elections
usually divide the voters rather
than draw them together. On Friday
night of this week, however, at the j
Town Hall there will be a demonstration
of the fact that an election can
be held without creating any atmos- i
phere of antagonism, and that mi
election orca* ion may easily include j
fcatvres of a social and entcitainiii:? ;
nature. j
The term of Mr. H. \V. Ambrose as I
member <?f the Hoard of Trustees for
the Conway School Di Uriel: expire? |
at that time and a success'))' to .Mr. I
Ambrose will bo elected. Ac the sam ]
time there wi'l be a musical program I
J by the Conw ay Chamber of Com- J
I merer* Hand, and talks of *?n rduca- j
ilional natin'e will ais.: !.e made,
j This was the the regular night for
the mmthly meeting of the Ciiambe.
()i (. o nmcrco; nut onieiais 01 mo i
; Chamber decided that it would bo
well (o combine their meeting with a
general mass meeting o<* the citizens,
for the purpose of electing a trustee
and engaging in a discussion of odu
cational matters. Officials of the
Chamber of Commerce and the Trustee
together arranged the program
for the meeting.
Mr. IT. W. Ambrose will present
the financial statement for the Hoard
of Trustees. Mr. Paul Quattlebaum
! will outline the plans which the
Hoard has in mind for the improvement
of the school, Mrs. M. J. Bui- J
lock and Mrs. M. (i. Andersen, Chair-j
man of the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, will make short addresses of ae
educational nature. Sunt. H. D. Alex
ander. of the Burroughs School, will
also discuss some educational topic.
It is expected that a large number
of the newly enfranchised women voters
will be present to cast their ballot
in the election of a trustee.
mi.:_ i: .. : 11
i MIS meet.iUK win uu^ui iii 1JA.11?.
I o'clock.
SOLDIER'S BODY
FROM OVERSEAS
I The remains of Ivy W. Beverly,
[one of our Horry boys who gave his
[life for his country, in the world
I war across the seas, will arrive in
< New York city about May 7th, anil
! from that point will be brought
home. The funeral will take place
at Union Methodist church soon after
the arrival of the remains.
Mr. Beverly was killed while in
notion on July 19th, 11)18. He was
a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Beverly,
of Toddville, S. C., and was a
brother of Messrs. J. S. and Ferney
Beverly of Conway.
o
LARCENY CHARGES
Developments last week show that,
at Aynor, S. C., there has been a
systematic stealing of goods from
stores and warehouses, by members
of the colored race living* in a nearby
community. Papers were sworn out
in the magistrate court.
A
\>*
WO. 3
TOUSS STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING
iplitting Open one of Weatherboards
and Shocking
Inmates.
SINGULAR RECORD
_OF LIGHTNING
\ppearir.g to Have Been Attracted
to Particular Ploce
Before This.
IHiiing the thunder storm an?i
O'.vy rain Tall oecuring on Wednesday
night of last week, April 27,
lightning struck the house of Mr.
nut I Mrs. R. li. Parker, in Dogwood
Neck Township, stunning Mr. and
Mrs. Parker, who had gone to bed,
and dislocating the telephone w:re,
which was evidently to blame to
some extent for the occurrence. The
injuries to Mr. and Mrs. Parker were
not severe, although they were considerably
frightened. The bolt of
lightning struck the top of a stump
across the public road from Mr. Parker's
residence, this stump being
several feet below the telphone wire
that passed immediately over it.
Splinters from the stump were cast
in every direction, and part of the
top of it %\ ,:s broken off. It appear*
that ihe current of electricity followed
tl.e telephone wire from the
stump, through the tops of several
c.ik trees, and on to the house, to
a point where the ends of the main
wire was fastened around a glass
insulator. Another wire had been
attached on the outside of the insulator,
and then connected from that
point through the side of the house
to the telephone;:then there was an
other wire coming out from the side
of the house, which went dowa
through the porch floor into the
ground. The lead wire was broke*
through on each side of the insulated
part and was hanging dow?
when Mr. Parker made an investigation.
The bolt of lightning struck
one of the weatherboards, splitting
it open, driving splinters into the inI
side of tiie room.'
I There are places that would appear
to attract lightning. From
j what Mr. Paiker says, lightning has
struck near this place many times
before. This stump, which is located
immediately below the wire, has bee?
| struck by lightning twice before this,
land the uj knocked off until it lacks
I three tr iour feet now of being as
i high as it was originally. A pine
tree about twenty or thirty step*
I inside tlie field and close by teleI
nhone wire, was killed by lightning
[ a'-o^t a year ago. An oak t:ee near
ilie ><>:*k of Mr. Parker's barn was
struck in lightning last summer,
the b:<!t from the tree to the
end of the ! am, tearing it to pieces.
It also stiuck an on in a stall by
the side <>f the barn and killed the
animal. This tree is a long way
from the telephone wire, however,
and the wire could not have had
anything to do with that. The wire
leading from the point :il the stump
into the porch is uninsulated. It
pisses thiough the tops of several
oaks, but there is no sign of any
damage to the trees.
BOARD UEAIIS
TAX MATTERS
The County Board of Assessors
met at the County Courthouse laflt
Tuesday with the County Auditor tm
hear complaints concerning the a?sessments
made by the Township
Hoards.
There were a number of complainants
before the Board from Conway,
No. 19. There were several property
owners from Flovds, Green Sea a*iH
Simpson Creek claiming that the increases
about which they had beem
notified were unreasonable under the
circumstances. There was one complaint
heard from Little lwiver Township.
Several interesting questions were
brought up during the discussions but
nothing: definite was decided jusr
then as the Board had the County
Auditor to take down the substance
oi inr complaints as tney wore made
and then the Board would consider
what action they would take in regard
to the equalization of tho valuations.
The greater part of the complaints
were made by merchants, who
allege their stocks had been valued
too high. It appeared that in sonn
of these cases the assessment had
been made upon the sworn retunu?
made to the State Tax Commission,
by the merchants, and that tho Ieg?l
basis of 42 per cent of actual value
had been used. In one case Mr. Carter,
from Simpson Crock, stated tha*
the gasoline corn mill operated by
him, which had been raised
was being run by him at a loss, that
the toll corn took in at this mill actually
cost him $1.75 per bushel.