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K BfrLUMEXXXVL ILL VOTE ON COUNTY C OURT action is Provided by an Act. K Recently Passed by K Assembly | Burt to convene often Bfvcroor Will Appoint Judge K to Hold for Two Years--I' Act in Full Iw' . H /?\>1lowing is the full text of the H^int.\ court hill recently passed by L Legislature: -| B A hiil to establish a county court i nLtlie county of Horry and to define Kt jurisdiction and powers of said ft.irt and to provide for the conduct the business thereof. ^ .Bc it enacted by the General As^vnbly of the state of South Caro^Kpection 1.?That at the next jrenil election for state and county ofli / in Ilorry county 111 o question of e tablishment of a county court Horry county shall be submitted I, 'aid electors in the fo'lowinp; form: ' 1-.'ill a county cour be e tablished HjY the county of Horry?" and upon Hs (|uestion the electors shall vote ^Kes"' or "No," provided that the ^Ej?arcl of Klection Commissioners for ^ id county shall provide at said elecH.'<a a box for the deposit of the balH.s in said election. ^BiSeet.ion 9. Thnl in fhn nvntii ll-iul I [majority of the qualified electors ting at said election shall vote j'es" upon such question, then such iunty court shall he, and is hereby, jhahlished in and for said county of [Section 3.?That the county court r Horry county shall have concurint jurisdiction with the court of mm6n pleas in all civil cases and ecial proceedings, both at law and equity, where the amount demand, in the camplaint does not exceed iree Thousand ($3,000) Dollars, or len the value of the property in !K?lved does not exceed Three Thous|*d ($8,000) Dollars, except such Bunty court shall not have jurisdic|)u in cases involving the determinaB>n of title to land. That said court all have jurisdiction to hear and I'terinino all appea's in civil cases |om judgments rendered by magislatecourts; and the proceedings li such appeals shall he the same as I now provided for appeals from said Iagi3trates' courts to the courts of Immon pleas, provided that the jurisIction herein grahted may hereafter j I; extended or diminished, as the legislature may provide. i r Sect ion 4.?That the said county #urt shall he a court of record .and ive a seal inscribed with the words, County Court Horry County, South Lrolinn," and the same presumption J ? vor of its jurisdiction an^ the [tlidity of its judgments and decrees! n.'1 hold as in case of judgments j ndcrcd hy the circuit court. [Section 5.?Tlv.it all general laws hd statutory provisions applicahie Snerally to the circuit courts of this sate and trial of cases therein shall f)j)l\ to said county court and to the induct and trial of cases therein (Continued on Page Five) i'RAUD SCHEMES ov I7MDT fWMI^.lNJT JLiiYJLl 1JW A ilJL.R.iJ.1 X imber of People Out of Work Lose Registration Fees, So Called Vashington, I). C.~?Large numbers persons have been made victims fraudulent advertising for labor in nection with the Muscle Shoals ject near Florence, Ala, it is i in a statement issued by the ited States Civil Service Commist is stated by the Commission that re has been brought to its atteni recent advertising throughout country in which persons out of k have been promised positions at Muscle Shoals project, conditionupon their paying a registration of one dollar each. It is said t large numbers of unemployed ? novlnnr t.he re- I ten I1UVC |>u>1 Hilred registration fee and receiving nothing in return. It is understood ?,iat the matter is to be presented to jlie Department of Justice for inves jgation and possible prosecution. ml The Civil Service Commission Bftates that further operations a* tfuscle Shoals depend upon action of Bongre8S, and that 110 one can say ?t this time whether the Govern pent will resume the work, or whether it will be conducted under W)rivate ownership or contract. In liny event, the Commission said, Ejnere is no justification for advertising for Ichor to be employed at the ftroiect. If the Government under t - V ; to complete the work, such abor as may be necessary will be secured in the usual way through Government agencies. It is said, further more, that it is .certain that no priKrate person or company is taking Ifrtops to secure labor for Muscle KShoals in llie present uncertainty. I' The Civil Service Commission warns the public against the paying of money in the hope of securing employment at Muscle Shoals. (The CIIAS. PRESCOTT WAS TROUBLED Faced With Ancient Charge jn Cross Examination During Recent Trial SOME FACTS OF OLD CASE Shows What May Happen to a Man When Absent From Home and Friends Charles Prescott, the old man who was tried for the killing of Fulton Davis, at the recent term of the criminal court in Conway, was faced with an unusual situation during1 his trial. He had lived in this county for the past twenty-two years. He was not known outside of his own immediate community. For the purpose of showing his good behavior and the estimation placed upon him by those who knew him in that time he secured a long list of signatures showing that he had never been in any trouble and was rated high for peace and <|uietness. One or two of the old men who signed Prescott's paper were summoned here as witnesses in his behalf and were placed on the stand and gave him as good a name as ever ntan had in a trial of this kind. This put his character in issue and I 'llO illfni'liiiv f'rvv ( lin /inmrnnnvi-n-ilhi . hud the right to question Prescott as to his previous life before he became a resident of this county. This is the place in his cross-examination where Prescott fdiled to answer the questions put to him by the solicitor as to whether or not he had ever been in trouble in Georgetown county. He was asked if he had ever been tried for housebreaking and larceny in Georgetown and sentenced to a term of five years in the state penitentiary. The old man was dumbfounded. He did not answer. However, he told the story of his Georgetown trouble to his friends afterward. The solicitor had in court the following certified copy of the record of the Georgetown court: Extracts From Minutes of Court Indictment for Housebreaking and Larceny. State of South Carolina, county of Georgetown. nil. ? c* i a _ ... i _ _ n 11 ?hi* mate vs. vaianes rr^scoii. State's witnesses John F. Bourne. Frank Tilton and G. B. Mercer were each severally sworn and testified. Charles Prescott, the defendant, was asked if he wished to make a statement. Replying he said he di<l. lie was sworn and stated thaf lie was not guilty of the charge. After a brief argument by Mr. Rhone So hi the caso was given to the jury which returned after a. few moments and into court with verdict: "Ghas. Prescott guilty." " , Foreman" ' "The sentence of tlio court is thaf the defendant, Charles Prescott, he. imprisoned in the state penitentiary with or without hard labor, as thr uthorities of the penitentiary, see proper for the period of five (!">) vears. R. C. WATTS, ' Presiding Judge November 4, 1R95. "I certify tha' the foregoing is a true copy from thp minutes of court as recorded in sessions journal, pages 21 and 22. "H. I.. SMITH, C. C. C. P. & G. S. Georgetown County, S. C. Georgetown, S. C., Feb. 23, 1022. The 'substance of Prescott's story is as follows: He was in Georgetown temporarily for a few days or weeks and one day was approached by his friend, Burbage, a man who had known Prescott before. This man had some articles of personal property and wanted to leave them in Prescott's care until he could return and get them. Prescott took charge of the things, supposing that they were obtained honestly. The truth was that Burbage was being hunted at the time for breaking a house. Officers found the things in the possession of Prescott and charged him with the crime. He could not get lawyer. He had no friends there, knew nobody. He was hastily arraigned for the crime and tried and found guilty by the jury and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. On his way to the jailhouse ho met a man whom he had known and who had become an attorney and who appeared surprised to find that Prescott had gotten into this trouble. He offered to undertake to get him a pardon, and lie did. After Prescott had served a short time on his sentence his pardon was obtained and he was set free. This was about thirty years ago. as will appear from the dates of the certified copy of the record above mentioned. o The first thin# to do when buying: an automobile is to study the laws of the road so that when the driver goes out with it there is no danger of violating the law. An ignorant driver is bound to bring danger and perhaps severe injuries and damage to himself and others. livery driver needs to know the laws of the road. He also needs a supply of good common sense. iXmx CONWAY, S. O., THURSDAY CAMPAIGN WAS GREAT SUCCESS Many Names Sent in by Those Taught to Write Their Names VETERAN PUPIL LEARNS ?? Several Districts Report Every Person in it Able to Write Their Names The article which ''allows in this column concerning the campaign in the education of men and women to write their names came to the Herald office too late for publication in the last issue, March 1(5. Those in charge of the campaign designed a very pood plan for getting the interest of citizens in the matter. They had circular letters printed and cards prepared and mailed to a number of citizens asking them to sign up to teach some one person how to write. This art 't ie j which was intended for publication last week, gave the interesting details I of the success of toe campaign. When | this article was written there had been filed ip the depaitment of education at the courthouse mo e than one hundred and fifty signature * of persons who had learned how to write during the three nights, and it was stated that this number wou'd finally reach 250 it was believed. The article follows: Although the final date for filing results of the "Write-your-nanie" campaign has not arrived, there has .already been filed with the County Department of Education over one hundred and fifty signatures of persons wjio learned how to write during the three nights. It is expected that this number will finally reach two hundred and fifty. Looking over the specimens of these pupils is most interesting, for one is amazed at the rapidity with which a person can learn to write legibly. Many of the names are better written than those of persons who have been signing their names all their lives. It is inspiring to see how heartily the older people entered into the campaign. Many of the signatures are of persons over sixty. The veteran pupil of the county was Uncle Jacob Cannon. Notwithstanding the fact that he was eighty-six years of age he was at his desk each night on time! and worked with such a spirit that the younger members of the school were encouraged to put forth their very best efforts. His school. Eldorado, reported thirty persons in the community unable to write at the beginning of the campaign, but twentyihree of this number learned in three nights. At such a rate Horry will soon have no person unable to write I heir name. Evergreen, Collins Crook and Enterprise have each reported every person as able to sign their names. This list floes not include those districts (Continued on Page Five) o WITNESS BILL DID NOT PASS lion. 0. Lloyd Ford and Representative Bryson, jointly introduced a bill to make any witness competent to testify, although convicted of some infamous crime, hut provided in the act that said witness might bo asked questions or the records produced to show that such witness had been convicted; but leaving the testimony and this evidence all to be weighed by the jury. They did not succeed, however, in getting this bill passed. A bill to allow testimony given by witnesses in any court of this state notwithstanding their disqualification by reason of having been convicted of an infamous crime. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of South Carolina: Section 1.?Any person shall have the right in any court in this state to become a witness and testify in said court, notwithstanding the said witness may have been convicted of an infamous crime; provided such witness may be asked as to his coniri/tfim, r\f ?>n\r inf;inini]<! rrimn. nv trie records produced to show that said witness had been convicted, but the weight and sufficiency of the evidence shall he left to the jury, as all other testimony in the case. Section 2.?All acts or parts of'acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Section 3.?This act shall take effect immediately uppn its approval by the Governor. o CURING HOUSE IS ASSURED Rusiness men and others have subscribed enough stock to assure the erection of a sweet potato storage and curing house. It will not be large enough to take care of all of the sweet potatoes that can be raised in this county, but it can be enlarged as time goes on and made of sufficient capacity. The business interests of Conway could not invest in a better thing for both the farmers and themselves. , MARCH 23, 1921 ARCHIE TURNER FOUND GUILTY Marion Court House Crowded With People During Trial Last Week TWO OTHERS ARE CHARGED Second Trial of Turner for Killing Edwin White Results in Manslaughter Verdict Court of general sessions .was held in Marion last week. The center of interest was the second trial of Archie Turner for the murder of Edwin White. The second trial has resulted in a verdict of manslaughter. The circumstances surrounding the death of White, vho was a substantial citizen of the Centenary community, well liked by ah of his neighbors and having wide family connections. p were most revolting and deplorable. His body was found .almost decayed in the waters of the Little Pee Dee River after his remains had been disposed of by tying weights and dropping into the water. In the meantime his friends and relatives did not know what had become of him. After the finding of tlie remains. Archie Turner, his hrnlhov MmcL : Turner, and his father. Thomas Turner, were all arrested .and charged with the crime as circumstances pointed to them as having been responsible for the man's death. At' the first trial Thomas Turner and Mack Turner got out of the indictment, hut Archie was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal to the supreme court he obtained a new trial and it was this second tri.nl that took place in the Marion court last week. The Marion Star has the following to say of the case in its issue of last week: "The case was taken up in the court of general sessions on Tuesday morning. Only a few witnesses had boon sworn at noon and none of them could he classed .as very material witnesses. Most of them swore only as to locations, wounds, etc. The evidence given is important, of course, hut was not of the kind to cause excitement? that, to the layman makes material evidence. News reporters are laymen. "Archie Turner has been tried once before on this charge, at which time I a jury found him guilty of murder, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court, lie w.as sentenced to life imprisonment, but his case was appealed to the supreme court, which the verdict aside and sent the case hack to the lower court for another trial. "A.. F. Woods, W. F. Stackhouseand W. 1?. Norton represent the defendant.. while Solicitor t.. M. ( Intone ms sistof! by L. D. Tide and 11. S. HIcCandlish, represent the state. "The courtroom was p/K'lred to such (Continued on Page Five) PRINCE GIVES BRIEF SKETCH Editor Herald: Please allow mo space in the colof your paper lo pave he taxpayers a mere sketch of what we did in Hie Top-is1.0! ure during tlie session whieh has iust closed. First. I desire to mention as to tlie state. You will remember that Hie lew for all state taxes for last vear was 12 mills. This year (he House I passed the state appropriation hi1! over to the Senate with only a 5 mill levy, less than one-half what it was last year. In order to shift the burden of taxes from the visilde property and thereby relieve the farmer, the House passed five revenue measures to "wit." The inheritance tax bill, the income tax bill, the gasoline tax bill (2 cents per gallon), the luxury tax bill and the hydro-electric bill. The Senate, after nine weeks of heated discussion, passed the first three of our revenue bills, but killed the two last named. If these measures could have passed we could easily have gotten through with the 5 mill levy; but as we lost in part we were forced to pass the levy up to 7 mills. T am not charging the actions of the Senate to Senator Smith, because T know that he voted against some of those corporation lawyers and that he did support the House revenue meas ures. I desire later to further explain the hydro-electric hill and tell you about how much it would have brought into the state treasury. T wish to state as to the county that Senator Smith has the honor of introducing most of the bills for Horry county, hut that they were all amended in the House. The big bridge bond issue was amended in the House by myself to he voted on this summer. The road law remains as it now is for this year. This subject will probably he discussed in the campaign this summer. There will he only one magistrate in each township after the primary election. The people will he asked to vote on a county court, which will he held in Conway. As I see it this is very much needed. This covers the items of most importance. Respectfully, W. A. TRINCE. Loris, S. C., March 20, 1022 raid. BUILT OF SAND, WILL NOT HOLD Dams Across Pee Dee Swamps at Gallivants Ferry Prove Unsafe SAND BASIS IS BLAMED Marion Star Lays Blame to State Highway Department Management The people of Marion, according to the Marion Star, have blamed state highway department engineers for the faulty construction of '.he dam across the Pee Dee swamps at Gallivants Ferry. The basis of the cVim is sand and they claim to have known that lot tie Pee Doe hijdi water will wash such material away. According to people in Marion the trouble at the dam last week was fully expected ,iu?t ?s soon as mere should come a freshet in the river and fill the swamps with a roaring flood. .Aside from the use of sand as a basis for the dams there anpoars to have been another mistake made when wood was used for holding; the earth in at the approaches to the trestles, for it was at one of these that the main trouble happened. It is true that the earth washed out in Treat holes at many places along- the lams. Some of these places looked dangerous, but it was safe at last ac ounis when heavy traflic kept to the middle of the dam. If a heavy truck or automobile had driven too close to he edge of the embankments there might have been a different tale to tell. The Marion Star contained the following article about the work in its last issue: "The recent heavy rains in this section have caused flood stages of water in all local streams. Sunday it was found that Gallivants Ferry dam was washing away and had it not been for Dr. A. M. Willcox of Centenary who, after seing the start of the trouble, rushed to Marion and warned F. T.J Willcox, chairman of the County Hoard of Commissioners, of the impending disaster, there would not; have been enough of that $100,000; darn left by Monday morning to show where the county's money went. The entire basis of the dam is pure, white sand; the high water ate its way back , of the abuttments of a small bridiro and had begun to gnaw at the foun-l dations of the dam when Mr. Willcox! took the matter in hand. County Fnineer Page and others quickly took! steps to stop the damage, and unless I the river continues to rise, the dam has been saved. While on this subject it may he well to state that one of Marion county's objections to Fedora' and sta'e aid and control of the Mars Bluff bridge and road projects was based upon this Gallivants Ferry work, which was controlled by the State Highway Department. Local eople have maintained that a sand lam could not and would not withtaiul high water pressure and have reely predicted that the first Hood in Little Pee Dee River would smash hrough this flimsy construct ion. On fun.lay these predictions came true nd our people now realize most fully 'hat they have wasted a fortune hrough the folly of the engineers ho allowed Ihis dam to he "built upon the sands." Our people may he oolish, but they know Pee Dee waters, and that cannot he said of ho State Highway Department. "Late last week Catfish, which borlers the city of Marion on the west, went on a rampage, as did Smith's Swamp, east of here. Fach of these small streams carries a great volume of water when in flood, and many people went down to see the sights on Friday and Saturday. Catfish went over the dams, both on the Big Mill road and the Pee Dee road. Little damage was done, however, and people continued to cross at all times. "All work at Mars Bluff ferry, both on the road building and bridge building projects, have been suspended on account of flood water in Big Pee Dee. This is the second flood within a few weeks and while most of the roadway is above water, there are spots which make the progress of the work impossible." o "SAFE"FARMING IN ARKANSAS During the week of February 13-18 t.VlP A f!nlloO'A t\f A >r?M#tn 1 4 mm . wi | conducted a safe farming campaign throughout the state, strongly urging the planting of diversified crops and the growing of live stock. The department was represented in connection with this campaign by J. A. Evans, Office of Extension Work, States Relation Service. o PALM A TESTA Ql'EKN Who will go as the candidate from this county for the honor of being crowned as the prettiest and most popular young lady of South Carolina? Some young lady will obtain this honor of representing her county in the pageant. Make your favorite the winner by getting out and working for her while there is yet time to get her the votes. Every yearly subscription to the paper will count T?00 votes for the girl of your choice for this place. S % NO 49 CARLOAD HOGS BRINGS MONEY Shipped by D. V. Richardson to Richmond Netting Nice Sum GOOD IDEA FOR OTHERS Many Farmers Raise Hogs in Small Way With Profit? Larger Scale Needed It has been said, and often repeated, that the raising of hogs in Horry county is an industry that can become a great money maker fov the farmers. It, would appear that the farmers want proof of this hofmc they stait into the thing on a large scale. It is a fact, though, that the farmers of this county have boon musing money in a limited way from the raising of hogs for many years past. Numbers of the small farmers of tins county make the money in this way that thev use in paying their taxes, church dues and debts at the store. In a small way the farmer produces only one. perhaps two or threo nice . pigs which he dresses and brings to Conway, either selling ibcm from house to house in small lots or by single hogs or the whole lot to some meat market. The farmers cannot help hut know already that in this small way the raising of hogs has paid them and is likely to continue to pay them. The raising of hogs on a large scale wants to be nnivmvjwnri tv that end the Herald never loses an opportunity of tolling to its readers the success that some stock raiser lias had with hogs. The purpose of this article i* to direct attention to the operations of IX V. Richardson of Bucksport, S. C. The Herald has on its hie an invoice from Kingan & Co.. large pnckers of Richmond, Va., showing that on March 13 they made out this statement in favor of Mr. Richardson and sent him a check for the sum of $1,333.61), the net proceeds of a carload of hogs shipped to them by him :> few days before from Conway. This amount is net after deducting the freight and stockyard charges of handling the carload from Conway to Richmond. Of this carload the prices paid for the hogs may he interesting. For twenty-six the price paid was 11 cents per pound; for sixteen of them the price was 11cents per pound; for the remaining twenty-three the price paid. was 10'!> cents per pound. The feed for the fattening of the hogs was raised on the Richardson farms. In "his way he turned corn and potatoes or other feed crops into solid money profit. That is the idea that the farmers should begin to catch. If they must raise food crops ,,..4 -.n.'- '? .?ii i inn nmi'ii lucre is a way tor them to turn this food crop into good money. What one man has done anil is doing, others mfiy just as well do. Something* that lias heen tried .and found successful is the thing* for the others to try out. especially now, when the hoi! weevils have run cotton out as a ,safe money crop for the planters. This article is prepared and printed in the hope that each farmer subscriber will read it every word and get the idea that is intended. * COUNCIL ELECTS NEW POLICEMAN D. G. Hinson Failed for Reelection. Though Having Long Petition At a meeting of the council of the town held last Wednesday night, G. W. Cannon was elected as night policeman and appointed to that position in the vacancy created by the suspension of D. G. Hinson some time ago. In the interim the place had hen filled by Addie Holt who, it appears, was not appointed except as temporary help. D. G. Hinson had applied for the position and in support of his application he exhibited a petition signed by about eighty-five of the business men and residents of the town. This petition had little effect 011 members of the council, as Hinson got but one vote out of the six tluit could he cast by the council. The position of chief of police is still being filled by E. E. Dusenbury, who was appointed to that position several weeks ago. The night job is important. Cannon, the new man, will no doubt give satisfaction. For the past year he has been employed by G. E. Grier in me meat market and fancy grocery business, and was located on Main street next door to the Kingston Hotel for a time and later the business was moved to one of the stores on lower Main street. The principles underlying cropping systems were discussed at a conference of extension representatives of the States Relations Service and other bureaus by R. R. Spafford, of the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics, February 7.