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I I - . - \ i ' i /? I i VOLUME XXXVI. HICKMAN CASE I SHOWS KILLING I _____ May Have Resulted by Reason . of Unusual Accident With Pistol DYING STATEMll\IT HEARD BY DOCTOR 1 I Snmp Dn.mn.frirt.2' Testimony I' is Produced by The I State. . i On Thursday of last week Will j Hickman was tried for the killing of Jesse Hickman, near Myrtle Beach, j May 10, 1921, the details of which ap peared in this paper recently. Jesse , Hickman was the father of the accused. A jury was empanneled as follows: S. Walkor Martin. Sam J. Strickland. W. J. Dorsey. E. I). Singleton. J. M. Boyd. Sam S. Stevens. W. K. Roberts. W. T. Hardee. J. P. Hickman. W 1. Watson. J. M. Vaught. W. M. Long. Dr. J. B. Hell was the first witness. He said that about an hour before his death the injured man said he would i die, or words to that effect, and about an hour after that he had died; he made a statement to the effect that the shooting was an accident, that i Ji.i 1 .] ? u a : A nis SOU (1H1 lt(ll/ 1UUUI1 HI WW II, Itliw will not wajit his son bothered about it. The physician explained the wounds and then retired. D. P. Bellamy, rural policeman, testified that he went there on Thursday morning after Jesse Hickman had died, fie arrested the defendant and brought him to Conway and 0 placed him in jail; that he asked defendant about the shooting and defendant said he and his father were going out to the lot to catch a mule and were talking about how they loved each other. The father led: the mule out of the stable door; that he kept the pistol over the stable door; that he reached up and took down the pistol and punched the mule in the side, and his father grabbed the pistol and it fired. There was { some talk of the mule having kicked Hickman. J. M. D. Causey said he heard the pistql shots in the late evening. First' time was one shot and later heard j two shots close together and an out- ' cry sounded, like a woman; that about about twenty minutes passed between the first shot and the two later that he heard. Ellis Owens said he went with Will Hickman after the doctor and that Will Hickman said that it did not look liko his father, being an old man j as he was, would have tried to slip' up on him to scare him. This was the most damaging testimony given . against Hickman. 10. K. Todd was called as a witness | but knew nothing of the killing, and was called down from the stand. It appeared that the solicitor had been misinformed as to the knowledge this witness had of the unfortunate affair. The State rested its case here. The defense called witnesses as follows: Van Owens, magistrate, was put on the stand to tell about the dying statement, and testified about the same as was related by Dr. Bell. Tempie Vereen was then called by the \ defense to establish the dying declaration, and was not different to any extent from the other witnesses on the same subject. Lucy Hickman said she was a sister of accused. She was at home. She was half way from the house to the lot. Heard the one shot, no others. She met Will and her father coming to the house. Will was helping her father to the house. Her father said, "don't bother Will; it was an accident." Her father said that Buddie went to punch the mule in the side with the pistol and that he graoned the pistol and that was the reason it fired and killed him. Before he died he said he wanted us to work everything like he had started it and wanted Buddie to stay with us and did not want Buddie hurt for it. On cross examination witness testified that on Saturday before her father had told Buddie not to shoot, but J this was because Buddie had his hand \ over the door, etc. It appeared also that father and son had been talking seriously about something, and that the old man had plowed while Will stayed at the house, but she was an unwilling witness along this line, it was clearly evident. The State in reply called J. M. D. Causey back to the stand. As to what he saw on Saturday evening, Will had been drunk, cursing and shooting, and the old man and one of the girls went to him and remonstrated with him, and said, "Will, now don't you shoot," that Will had the pistol in his hand. This closed the case and the argu h 3LDEST MAN PASSES AWAY John N. Pierce Dies at Age of Ninety-Six and One-Half The oldest citizen of Horry county, John N. Pierce, died at his home three miles from Conway, on Wednesday night of last week, being exactly 9(5Vv years old on the day of his death. He ' was undoubtedly the oldest man in I Horry county, probably the oldest ; whose age has been recorded here for ill time past. He was born in Petersburg* Virginia, and moved to Conway shortly after the close of the war between the states. For many years the family resided in Conway and in ; the course of that time Mr. Pierce filled the position of Judge of Probate for several terms. The records ! in the office show some of the neat work that was done by him in keeping the accounts of the estates that were passed upon by him. In later years he moved out of town to his, farm near Conway, where he lived1 until the time of his death. He is i survived by four chilren, one of these being a son, Bryan V. Pierce, and three being daughters, as follows:< Mrs. Laura Cartrette, of Horry county; Mrs. Grettie Compton, of Knoxville, Tenn.; and Miss I.ena Pierce, of llomewood. The funeral exercises were conducted by Rev. J. C. Atkinson. BAPTIST STATE S. S. CONVENTION Sccond Annual Session at Greenville, S. C. June 29-July 1, 1321. The second annual Baptist State Sunday School Convention will bring together upward of 1,500 Baptist Sunday school workers at Greenville, June 29-July 1. The sessions will he presided over by Prof. Lueco Gunter of Furman University and by Vice Presidents, D. L. Hill, of Paxville, and J. A. Kinghorn of Beaufort. Some of the greatest talent in America has been secured for the pro gram. The music will be in charge of Prof. E. O. Sellers of New Orleans and Mr. A. W. Roper of Winona Lake, Indiana. Addresses will be deli vercd by Dr. I. J. Van Ness of Nashville, Tenn., Mr. J. M. Broughton of Raleigh, N. C., Dr. John R. Sampey, Louisville, Ky., Dr. Robert F. Y. Pierce, New York City, Dr. Jos. T. Watts, Richmond, Va., Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, Greenville, S. C., Major T. T. Hyde, Charleston, S. C., Dr. T. Clagett Skinner, Columbia, S. C., Dr. R. E. Gaines, Richmond. Va., Mr. C. S. Leavell, Anderson, S. C., Mr. J Harry L. Strickland, Nashville, Tenn., [Miss Jessie Burral, Columbia, Nonn., IDr C. B. Williams, East Lake, Ala., j Dr. E. Y. Mull ins, Louisville, Ky., J)r. William Louis Poteat, Wake Forest, N. C., and others. This convention" hold its first annua! session last summer with 500 delegates present from all parts of the state, including thirty of the district associations. The sentiment for this convention is very strong and its usefulness to the demnomination and its workers has been so thoroughly attested that expectations are running high for a truly great convention this year. It is expected that the railroads will sell round-trip tickets at one and one-half the regular one way fare to all who hold identification certificates signed by Thos. J. Watts, secretary of the convention. Lfiw boarding rates will be provided in Greenville Woman's College and Furman University, and all accomodations will be excellent. Immediately following the convention, the annual Convention of the Federation of Baptist Organized Classes will take place, July *2-3, and the railroad rates applying to the ! convention will also apply to this latter meeting. Every organized class J in the Baptist churches of South Carolina is expected to send delegate? to the Federation. EFFORTS REST MnNF.V SHORT A I A A 1 A 1 V/1%1 JL The campaign for enforcement 01 the prohibition laws in New Yorl 'had to stop recently on account 01 appropriations by the recent congress not being available until July 1st All of the money had Riven out. This jcaused about fifty agents to be calle( 'off. ' ments were made and the jury charg Jed about the midle of the day 01 Thursday. I Hickman was found guilty of man slaugter, with recommendation t mercy, and was sentenced to tw< years at hard labor. \J v. COHWAY, S. O., THURSDAY, SUMMER TERM j COMES TO END Many Cases Tried And Dis- I posed of Before Adjournment. Thursday. The court last week disposed of i the i'ermenter slander case and the i Hickman murder as reported else- i where in this' issue in detail. These s cases created much interest and 1 brought big crowds to the court : room. i 1 On Thursday morning the case < against lied 111 Floyd, colored, for selling whiskey was tried. Motion 1 i'or continuance was opposed by the 1 solicior and denied by the court. I Kloyd was found guilty as charged | in the iiuiitnicni. He was sentenced i< to nine months at hard labor; bu'.. j. alter 3 monlis defendant may pa* ,] into tlie court $150 and suspend , tne balance of the nine months upon < good behavior. j: The next case was that against j 13. J. Johnson charged with disposing j </i property under lien. This result-! eel 111 a verdict of not guilty. The State vs. H. W. Lewis wash tried after having1 been laid over], i iroin several terms in the past. It! was charged thai he had disposed I of certain live stock covered by u , Bill of Sale (Chattel Mortgage) from the defendant to Conway Live Stock Co., dated several years back without having paid the debt secured by this paper. George Martin was sworn as a witness to the mortgage and as bookkeeper and said that about $&00.00 was still due in | the debt covered by this mortgage. I A. C. Thompson was sworn and testified to the effect that lie had j sold the mule in question to Lewis as he would have -sold to any other person; and that although he had I known Lewis was a horse trader J ! that he did not sell this animal to defendant for any specific purpose. 1 The cross examination in this case (was rather extended and the court ! hastened the trial several times by shortening the arguments of the attorneys to some extent. B. L'\ Moore testified that he had traded a horse and $100.00 to H. VY. Lewis for this mule. Jesse Jones testified to the fact| that H. W. Lewis was engaged in i horse trading across the street in I j February 1917, while witness was | working for Conway Live Stock Co. He said that Mr. Thompson had made this particular sale so that witness knew nothing about it. Fred Lewis testified that H. W. Lewis was in the horse business in 1917 across the street from the Con-', way Live Stock Co. H. W. Lewis, the defendant, testiI fied to transactions between hirniself and A. C. Thompson. Said that a times Mr. Thompson would ask defendant to take some stock ovei and sell it for him; that he sold the mule in question to one Tompkins, taking a paper on him and that he turned this, Tompkins paper over to A. C. Thompson. Just before that B. F. Moore had testified for the ( prosecution that he had asked defendant about papers on this mule and had been told by defendant there was none, or words to that effect. George Martin was recalled to testify to the method of keeping accounts in the office of Conway Live Stock Co. A. C, Thompson was recalled to testify that their is a balance still due on the bill of sale and that defendant had not turned over any Tompkins bill of sale to him. i * iiv tvi ^umv^lll'n <11111 Cliai ()J in* court followed, but were not concluded until Friday when the jury returned. Sam Chestnut was sentenced to two years for larceny. Hyman Hill was sentenced to two years for a similar offense and Sam Chestnut who was jointly indicted with Hill got an additional one vear . making three years in all for Hill. * Friday. I The court finished up the case of I the State vs. H. W. Lewis, charged 5 with disposing of property under lien without the written consent of ' Conway Live Stock Co., the owner i of a mortgage. Solicitor L. M. ? Casque addressed the jury last. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty at the direction of the court on the point that the paper offered in evidence was a plain bill of sale and 1 not a chattel mortgage. The State vs. R. C. Boyd"was called for trial on Friday morning but was not tried because the defendant ' decided to plead guilty to the crime ? of manslaughter, ,which plea tho nvm*w itf,! vvvi vu nwcp.ki uuyu w?l ' * arraigned as usual in such cases and after this his plea of not guilty was * withdrawn and he signed the plea 1 of guilty of manslaughter. Ho was chargd with killing Robot _ Gause late in 1020 in the course of what was reported at the time as a " drinking and fighting spree in Simpi son Creek township. He was sentenced to serve two - years at hard labor on public works, o The State vs. U. C. Boyd and o Trizzie Barker was noil pressed. The State vs. U. C. Boyd, et al., T*' $*$*, * ~ '^Yv-S' JUNE 2, 1921. ROME DRUGGIST L BACK IN CONWAY; Vlarsdcn Anderson Purchases f the Horry Drug Co., From W. C. Adams Marsden C. Anderson is hack again n the Horry Drug Co. as owner of :he store, this being the same busi- [ icss that he established^ himself here 1 i number of years ago. Associated ( with him at the time Dr. Riley [ md porhv.p. some other business men ) who have sincc moved away from the 1 county. I During the world war Dr. Anderson was drafted into the army, at which i \\n I-.;.. :..4? ? " I*i i v* in i^hiu mi* 111 uii' riuiry Druj? Company to Dr. W. C. Adams. v After the close of tho war and his'; rlischarjr<j from the service Dr. Ander- < >on wont to Florence, where he, j lias been successful in a similar busi-i ness conducted ,there. Recently no- ( gotiations wore opened between himself and Dr. W. C. Adams and has 1 resulted in a sale of the interest of , Dr. Adams to Dr. Anderson. The many friends or Dr. Anderson jj will be glad to see this announcement., Their attention is called to the fine i display advertisement appearing in ] this issue of the Herald for his store, \ As in times past. Dr. Anderson ; promises every attention to the wants j of his customers, and those who visit his store, which is now under his ex- 1 elusive management, will receive ev-1 < er.v courtesy and his best personal attention. boy7s_success and influence! Clemson College.?A good example of the evolution of a club boy into! a leader of his community and of the j influence of such a young man upon j parents and others is found in the case of G. T. Ligon, a Chester county club boy, who is graduating from club membership into purebred hog breeder and general leader in his community. Qounty Agent H. K. Sanders re-j ports that young Ligon, though only nineteen years old, is now starting outj with three brood sows to raise pure-: bred pigs to help develop the pure-' bred swine industry in his county and section. Last year Ligon was in the Chester county pig and corn clubs, and was successful in both. His corn was first in the county club work in j 1020, and won second place in the1 single-ear class at the big Pee Dee j Corn Show at Florence. He was. beaten in- this show only by the man ! from whom he secured his seed corn, j He used all his 1920 prize money in both phases of the club work from! prizes won at the county fair and at the state fair, as well as the Pee Dee] Corn Show to buy enough wire to i fence in about ten acres, which he I is now in process of making into a, good hog pasture. Sanders reports' that this enthusiastic young graduate | I of club work says that he regrets that j :he is no longer young enough to stay! in club work, but declares his inten-j tion to be heard from in the adult classes in the local and state fairs. I Another interesting phase of the value of the work of successful j club members is seen in the iti'itiikv auriil > IffJUM il>* HI I !1 <' influence of this young man upon his | father in the matter of purebred I hogs. Mr. Ligon, Sr., had about 18 hogs and pigs "the size of a large 'possum when the first club big came on the farm through the county agent's influence. These had practically the same treatment as the club pig received, but the club pig gained more than a pound a day, while the father's scrubs gained hardly any. To make a long story short, says the county agent, there are now no scrub pigs on the farm, but instead, three high bred Virginia sows, and father, mother and son lost no opportunity to tell what club work did for them. o BLIGHTED POTATOES. There is no ousiness economy in paying freight for shipping potatoes when rejection is a foregone conclusion, says the United States Department of Agriculture. In its study of shipments of potatoes on the principal markets, the markets inspection service finds that late bright tuber I rot, which is frequently followed by ;siimy solt rot, causes heavy losses. I This dieease is apparent at the time l of loading, and tlie had tubers can be sorted out and not shipped. f^r disorderly conduct was also dis| missed. | The State vs Burn Shelly, adultery, was continued.* In the State vs. Furman Hughes, I charged with having married outside his own race it developed that the defendant had run away, leaving his bondsmen to answer for the amount of his bond. Tbc case was continued and a notice to show cause issued against these bondsmen. The court was adjourned on Friday for this term. APPLICANTS FOR CERTIFICATES i I 1/lust Wait With Patience Ur:-i til State Examiners j Pass on Papers. ! Superintendent M. J. Bu'lock has! eceived tho following letter from the I >tate Board of Examiners for Teach-1 rs, explaining tho large number of >apers the board will have to handle, lence the necessary delay that may ake place before those who stood the lamination from this county will j enow their grader Columbia, May K?, 19121. )oar Mr. Bullo-?':: This is to acknowledge recipt of ,'our examination papers from the eximination held on the 7 h inst. and lie Board wishes to assure .,ou that t highly appreciates your kindness nul co-operation in conducting this examination. These papers will he graded as apidly as possible and the results ?f the examination made known to you when your county has been completed. The Board believes that the total number of applicants is without a parallel. It appears that at least 1 A * 1-1.1 . nree tnousunn took the examination ind it will require some time to finish grading the papers. Please assure your applicants that the Hoard is striving earnesth to *erve each one individually. Very truly, ?State Hoard of Examiners for Teachers WHISKEY STILL AT KLONDIKE Fire Burning But no Operator Was in Sight to Claim Responsibility MOLASSES BARRELS TELL THE TALE Still is Out up by Officers and Barrels Broken Up?Nobody Arrested. V. I). Johnson, one of the Ilurai Policemen, located a whiskey still last week near Klondike, in the neighborhood of Port Harrelson; on land belonging' to Ivlr. Will Lewis, and not far from a road which leads through the premises of Mr. Lewis. 'l he policeman went to the still and hid nearby, alter dark, last Saturday night, and remained there until two o'clock; but no one appeared to operate the outfit, although there was a sign oi' a five which was slow ly burning when he pi liceinan arrived. After waiting until two o'clock and mo one appearing Mr. Johnson returned to Conway and went back on Sunday morning with C. P?. Ed wards, A. P. Lewis and Sheriff J. A. Lewis. I The still consisted of a kerosene barrel fitted with a copper still worm land copper cap and is described by ! the officers as being a first-class j equipment for making whiskey, j There were five molasses barrels at the place, three. entirely empty I while the remaining two were filled I with sour molasses almost ready tc ,1)0 placed in the still. This still was I of fifty-five gallon capacity. A j small quantity of the whiskey produced at the still was found nearby, ; The officers destroyed the still I 1 1_ iL- I -I,. JUKI Drone up lilt: imnn>, UUl Iiuiui: i no arrest of anybody as they do not know who was operating the outfit ! CI vn7 SERVICE OFFERS JOBS The* United States Civil Service Commission announces the need oi I male stenographers and typist eligible* for the department service at Washington, D. C. The usual entrance salaries are $000 to $1,100 a year foi typists and $1,200 a year for stenographer-typist positions. Appointees I whose service prove satisfactory arc jalso allowed the increase of $20 i ; month granted by Congress. They also announce an open com petitive examination for teacher va cancies in the Indian Service at $7(>( a year plus increase granted by Coi press of $20 ;i month. Fnvnisjlm/ {quarters, heat and light are allowe< appointees free of cost. At eacl hoarding school there is a commai mess; meals are furnished at cost. A ! present there are about 200 vaeancie in this position in the Indian Servicc Anyone interested in either of th above examinations will apply to th United States Civil Service Commis sion, Washington, I). C., or Buries R. King, Secretary Losal Civil Set vice Board, Conway, S. C., for dc tailed information and applicatio blanks. ..4. ?ju?m ?nm ^ r J> : " ' ' % NO.7 LEADING MEN TO CHARLESTON Entertained by the Chamber of Commerce on June 7th and 8th WISH TO LEARN OF OUR PORT Splendid Entertainment Promised to Ail Those Who Attend on That Date S'M.ie-wide interest of a degree s';< rcely equaled in any other event !'<>r Many months seem apperent in plans v iiich contemplate the entertainment of some 200 leading men frevn all over South Carolina in Charleston June 7 and 8, as guests of tho Charleston Chamber of Commerce. The Charleston organization expects, during the two-day entertain Micut program, to stress for its visitors the advantages and facilities of "South Carolina's port," as those in jVlio city would have the port regarded. According to recent 'declarations, the responses to invitations which was sent out about the middle of May ! to leading men of nearly every community in the state requesting that they visit the tidewater metropolis next week have been most favorable. Indications are, therefore, that the list of guests to be entertained by tCharleston business men will include a most representative number of busjiness men ? bankers, manufacturers, newspaper editors and Chamber of Commerce presidents and secretaries. Fifty-two commeicial bodies in various parts of the state were some time ago requested to nominate a certain j number of leaders in their respective communities, and on the basis of these 'suggestions, the invitations were sent i out. I The purpose of the occasion, as ex'plained to those being invited to attend the two-day inspection of the I port, is as follows: "To accord a special opportunity for the leading men of the state to ! learn of the advantages and facilities I of South Carolina's port. This, to wards the end that, in all parts of 'our Palmetto State, there may be !evolved a more sympathetic understanding of the problems which be| set the tidewater and interior sections; a stronger commercial relationship, one with the other, and finally, a more lasting appreciation of the interdependence which must always exist between port and hinterland." The Chamber officials have announced the following as a tentative ! program which will largely govern ! tlie time of those who come here June 17 and JS: Tuesday, June 7. | X:00 a. m.?Arrival of visitors at union station. (To be conducted to hotel for breakfast.) ij 10:00 a. m.?General reception at ! hall. | 11:00 to 1 :00 p. m.?Hosts will conduct guests about city, visiting business establishments, keeping op.mi , i house. 1:00 p. m.?Meet at Chamber of r j Commerce, taking autos for Folly t Reach. ,j 2:00 p. m.?Lunch at Folly Beach. 5:00 p. m.?Bathing, beach sports , land games. [j 5:00 p. m.?Returning to city and i supper at homes of hosts, t 8:30 p. m.?Informal smoker and entertainment (guests will be enter tained at homes of Charleston busi, ness men for night and breakfast.) ' Wednesday, June 8. D:00 to 12:00 noon?Guests will be taken over city in automobiles by in dividual hosts, visiting Clyde Line, power plant, Charleston Dry Dock &. l-i ^ ' muciuiiu company, cigar factories, fertilizer plants, Standard Oil Refinl ery, Country Club and such other ) plants and concerts as may be desired, j which have agreed to co-operate or Iwell be helpful in attaining the obi'ject of the visit. 12:00 noon?Embark on vessels for harbor ride, luncheon aboard. :,] 12:00 to 1:30 p. m.?Route: Up ij Cooper to Army Terminals. I 3:00 to 0.00 p. m.?Leave for Navy | Yard and harbor ride to jetties and < return. ? 7:30 p. m.?Banquet. i 11:00 p. m.?Autos to train. SOME COMPLAINT ; NOW BEING MADE 1 1 Some complaint has been heard refi cently from the rural policemen that n in the performance of their duty they 1 had brought defendants before the s court when found violating the laws \ of the land, and seemingly it had been c indicated in the court that they e should have winked at what they saw ' and let the parties alone. is This, however, cannot relieve the - policemen of their duty, for each man j- must perform his own duties regardn less of what the other man may do when it comes to him.