I;; PLUME XXXVI.
QUICK GETS IN
' FOR LIFE TERM
,3ourt in Florence Packed Full
Last Week at Mur|
der Trial'
?DEFENDANT_ TELLS STORY
Murdered Man Was Prominent
Vi in His Community. Self
Defense Set up
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1 With a packed courtroom last week
fyn Florence, W. A. Quick was tried
i/ or tho murder of D. Hiram Munn.
' Judge T. S. Scase and Solicitor L.
tM. Gasque .managed to get the case
j/lisposed of with dispatch, the court
ruling: on all questions promptly and
-the solicitor being thoroughly prePpared
to present the state's side of
[the affair.
Guilty, with recommendation to
hue re y was the verdict reached by
the jury in the case. The verdict
Scarries with it sentence to life im prisonment
in the penitentiary. Attorney
for Quick said ho would make
'<no effort to get a new trial for his
^client.
t' Spectators thronged the' courtroom
during the trial, much interest having
been taken in the case because
^of the popularity and prominence of
*ihe men.
fl The killing was on January 3, 1922.
A. L. Kino* annosirod for t.ho dofond
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^ jant while Senator Baker assisted the
^ solicitor in the prosecution of the
^Bfcase for the state. At dinner recess
^ '(Quick had completed his testimony
^H'and it was understood that his wife
.and daughter would take the witness
^H'stand. The state concluded its case
^Wabout noon after putting up several
witnesses who had been at-the scene
^B'of the shooting. The defense atKtempled
to establish that Quick shot
H Munn in defense of his own life. It
appeared from the trend of the case
^Br'that a great deal depended on whethHcr
or not Munn had an ,axe in his
^B hand when ho followed Quick into
^^the house just before the fatal shot
^Vwas fired. The attorneys on both
H sides were fighting hard and there
were numerous exceptions taken to
^portions of the testimony as driven.
^B Drawing of a jury in the Quick case
^B consumed some time. The state made
^B objection to five of the jurors pre^Bsented
and the defense turned down
^B seven. Two were excused because of
relationship to the family of the de
ceased and one declared he had formed
an opinion and could not conscien^Btiously
serve.
The first witness called by the state
BJwas Dr. F. H. McLeod, to whose InK
f'vmarv Mr. Munn was carried soon
Bi after the shooting. Dr. McLeod deWLI
scribed the wound in Mr. Munn's
H shoulded. He declared the deceased
"suffered greatly from shock. Mr.
wMunn had made certain statements
^B j to Dr. McLeod in answer to question
H/by'the physician. He could not tell
Hk whether Mr. Munn realized his exH
treme condition or not. The dying
declaration made to Dr. McLeod by
Mr. Munn was not admitted into the
^B; (evidence.
H D. G. Adams, an engineer, prosent .
(m! plans of the scene of the shootB
ing which had been made at the re
quest of^ Mr. Baker. He explained
' the position of the roads, the situation
of the house and the lay of the
B porch, etc. <
C. E. David, the next witness, statV
ed he knew both Mr. Quick and Mr,
B Munn. He told of a conversation he
K had with Quick in which Quick made
/threats against Munn. The defend /
ant had stated, said the witness that
he was either going to have a set
i tlement in money or was going to the
penitentiary.
^Br A. C. Purvis, who was next sworn,
^B;said he was present when Mr. Munn
H j drove up to the house. He saw Quick
there that morning. Quick was in the
K, ]ot when Munn came, then Munn and
Quick went over to pump and stood
talking for about twenty minutes,
Purvis was unloading corn about
j 4-u/nnt.v-fivp vards awav when the con
||' versation was going* on. He then
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* Look at these steers! They j
Ji have the appearance of being jj
' >? well fed. The coming of the j|
Jj boll weevils has made it neces- Jj
5c sary ?to plant food crops and ji
SJ turn these food crops into cash j
!: by fattening cattle. There is >j
>c no better turnover to be made >
T. hv men in any business.* Im- *
II j >s prove the breeds. Get some >
V that look like these as soon as >
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TESTS RUN SIX
X YEARS OF TIME
Summary of Things Learned at
Pee Dee Experiment
Station
RESULTS ARE INTERESTING
How the Earliest Crop of Cot*
ton Wa3 Obtained?Other
Experiments
Clemson College, March 23.?Experiment
Station- Bullet in 20i), "Fertilizer
Experiments,'* lvis been issued
by the South Carolina experiment station
giving results of fertilizer experiments
at the Pee Dee station,
Florence, S. C., from *1014 to 1919 inclusive.
The hullpfin.' ni-oniiiwl hv P
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P. Blackwell, agronomist, and T. S.
Buie," assistant agronomist, is a somewhat
technical publication of results
of work, begun in 1014 under Prof.
T. E. Keitt and continued under Prof.
G. P. Blackwell and consists largely
of tables and graphs recording experimental
results of various kinds
and amounts of fertilizers when used
in rotation and otherwise on cotton,
corn, oats, etc.
The principal features of the bulletin
are thirty-seven tables and fiftyone
graphic figures recording and illustrating
results. These are accompanied
by brief explanatory discussions
and followed by a brief summary
of conclusions. These conclusions
are given below for the benefit
of farmers, many of wnom would not
care to make a close study of the
mass of tabular and graphic matter
in the bulletin.
Sum mary
1. Acid phosphate, ground rock
phosphate and Thomas phosphate
gave equally good yields when applied
at the rates used in this experiment
and on this particular soil and
in tlie absence of the boll weevil.
2. Acid phosphate gave an earlier
crop of cotton than either ground
rock phosphate or Thomas phosphate.
3. Uight per cent of acid phosphate
in a 1,000-pound application of fertilizer
gave the maximum of cotton
and larger applications were not
profitable. Four per cent was not as
good as eight for cotton.
4. Corn and cowpeas when grown
. in a rotation with cotton did not respond
to applications of phosphoric
acid. 0/)ts gave a small increase for
4 per cent of acid, but not for larger
amounts.
5. Blood alone, as a source of ammonia,
gave better results than a mixture
of one-third blood and two-thirds
cottonseed meal.
6. Four per cent of ammonia was
better than either larger or smaller
applications for cotton continuously
and for cotton in a rotation.
7. The yields, of corn and oats
were in direct proportion to the
amount of ammonia applied; but the
yield of cowpea hay was not influenced
by the application of ammonia.
8. The time of application of soda
as ,a side dressing made no difference
in the yields of any crops in this particular
experiment, because the soil
had sufficient ammonia for a maxi1
mum yield of these crops without the
side dressing.
i 1). Two per cent of potash was
sufficient for maximum yield of cotton
in a rotation, and 4 per cent was
. best where cotton was grown contint
uously.
( 10. Corn, oats, and peas, gave no
response to applications of potash in
- this experiment.
11. Muriate and kainit were of
: equal value as sources of potash in
this experiment for all crops used.
, 12. Cai>?tin limp jind around lime
1 stone were of equal value as sources
: of lime M-hen used at the rates of
1 1,000 pounds .and 2,000 pounds re|
spectively.
1 13. Lime was not profitable to use
on this soil for any of the crops
' grown.
14. At the end of six years the
1 rotation series was yielding approximately
twice as much as the continuous
cotton series and was gaining
rapidly even where complete fertilizer
was used at the rate of 1,000
pounds per acre, thus showing the
superiority of a rotation of a continuous
cotton for maintaining the fertility
of the land.
15. Either very heavy or very
light application of ammonia delay.5
the maturity of cotton. Heavy applications
of potash also delay ma
turity.
1C>. The earliest crop of cott.or
was secured by a reasonable application
of acid phosphate and ammonia
and from a well-baianccd complete
fertilizer, which does not run high ii
any one clement.
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COVERS A SPRING
J The new highway from Conwaj
i toward Georgetown runs through {
' section of the Mel son estate, when
{ there is a spring of fine water, th<
? stream bubbling up in the center o
J the road bed.
j The spring has been saved by laying
I terra cotta pipe from it and turning
1 the flow to one side of the road.
? This spring has been known an<
| the Water used from it at times fo
t the paftt 100 years, according to j
< statement" made by the owner of ih?
% land on which this spring is located
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CONWAY. S. C., THURSDAY,
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Look at those hop;s! Recen
* telling of the shipment of a c/)rlo
* Richardson, successful live stock r
*? ceived a check for the net procee
* It is better to have pine roo
* to do is to f^et j?ood breeds that 1
sp us all do the best we can. If w
* breeds at once, make the most on
* wrocecds until finer breeds can be
jjj
* Above all, let the farmers
^ make this section the great live s
# Carolina.
MOTTE LOCATES
A SCHOOL HERE
Will Start Classes in Business
Training on April
Fourth
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Conway Believed to be Ideal
Place for Running- Successful
Institution
Conway still prows as a place for
learning1 and business. We say this
as the full particulars of the location
of a business college here comes to
1 iff lit. The mere fact was stated in
our last issue.
The Motto Business College, which
has been located in this work at Florence,
S. C., and in Wilmington, N. C.,
where they have had a great success,
decided early last week to establish a
branch school at Conway.
They went to work at once to make
the necessary arrangements and by
Wednesday noon eighteen pupils had
been registered to begin the course.
The number of students was said to
1)0 on the increase so that' by this
time there is doubtless a much greater
number of pupils enrolled. At last
accounts the representative had not
gone round to all of the prospects,
but he had signed up a sufficient number
to warrant the opening of the
school here on April 4.
A letter from the Florence Chamber
of Commerce states that the
school in that city has more pupils
than any other school of this kind in
the state. It also says that the school
was established at Florence on the
invitation of the Chamber of Commerce
of that city and that the city
had been pleased with the addition
..r n.- -_i i __j._i.ii_i 1
01 tut: .sciiooi .since it w;i.s e.siauusneu
about eighteen months ago.
The secretary of the Conway chamber
has a letter also from the Wilmington,
(N. C.) chamber, stating
that Mr. Motte, the president of the
college, is a man of the highest type
and that the school in that city is a
valued member of the city's Chamber
of Commerce. The letter, among
other things, says that the Motte
Business College is among the strongest
institutions of its kind in the
South.
Quarters for the school have been
secured at Conway in the Horry Herald
building. In the course of time
larger quarters may have to be secured
in order to take care of the increased
number of students attending.
Further information about the institution
will appear in this paper
, from time to time.
It is believed that the school in
( Conway will be a great success.
There is plenty of territory f) om
which the students may come.
They will establish here an extension
school of the same kind as that
which was advertised in r,his paper
several months ago soliciting pupils
for the school at Florence. A number
of students attended ihe school
from this county.
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The big Spring festival will come
?? i ;? a :i i m u i ?
, oi t in tommuia on a|?rn i iui to
J 22nd. Horry will have a candidate
i there for Queen of Palmafesta. The
contest among the young ladies for
this honor is growing warm. The
contest will be decided at 6 o'clock
on April 8th when the contest closes
, and the successful candidate will he
' published in the following issue.
^ The demand for good farming
^ land will be better later on than it
? Is now. Farming in Horry County
is about to take a boost upward such
r as it never had since the cotton
r crops must.oe cut down and farmer*
ore having . to learn now to make
, money out of other things from their
? lands.
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a
e cjov,,0 niohts last week were
' vcool enough for frost.
? $ie
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MARCH 30, 1922
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tly this paper contained an article *
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t.vi VI IU 1VIC. I.IIOUU OV It. V. ;jc
aiser of Hucksport, and how lie re- *
ds amounting to $1,333.(59. *
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ters than none at all. The thing *
ook like those in the picture. Let *
e are not able to get the good ^
t of the razorbacks .and save the *
purchased. ^
make a beginning of some kind to *
tock producing section of South *
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TEXAS SECTION I
IS QUARANTINED
Found Best Remedy Against
Spread of Hog Cholera
Pest
TWENTY-EIGHT COUNTIES
Open Range Country Caused
This Hardship to Happen
to Farmers
The most extensive quarantine of
territory because of the presence of
J hoir cholera was recently established
by the live stock sanitary commission
of Texas, twenty-eight counties in
the southeastern part of the st-i.te being:
put under the ban. Before the
quarantine was put on, herds in the
region, which is open range country,
were inspected by veterinarians of
the United States Department of Agriculture
in co-operation with the
state" authorities.
Stocker hogs shipped from the region
now closed have caused serious
outbreaks of the disease, and the quarantine
was thought to be the most
practical means to prevent further
spread. The ruling- of the commission,
however, permits shipments under
certain conditions. For instance,
hogs may be shipped to certain approved
establishments for immediate
slaughter, but the cars in which they
are shipped must be labeled "choleraexposed
hogs" and must be thoroughly
disinfected before being; used again.
Hogs intended for feeding", stock,
or breeding purposes cannot be shipped
until they have been properly immunized
by an authorized veterinarian,
and railroads cannot accept such hogs
for shipment until they have received
- -i* -
ci lli iniiyac i i"oiii uip veterinarian
Riving the treatment. All wagons or
trucks used in hauling hogs to and
from the railroad must he disinfected
according to regulations. Such hogs
must he quarantined on the buyer's
premises for thirty days.
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CONWAY ITES IN
FAR OFF STATE
Laundryman Has Become Prosperous
Business Man.
Buckley Bros, There
Rucklev Bros., who were formerly
engaged in the restaurant business
here for a number of years, are now
located in the oil town of Elaine, Ark.,
where they have established a similar
business and at last accounts were
doing well and having a big trade.
In a recent letter from them, addressed
to a friend here, it is stated
that George Lum, the Chinaman, wh<
was once in the laundry business at
Conway, is now an established business
man at Elaine, engaged in the
running of a grocery store, pool
rooms ami other kinds of business
and owns and operates a bus line
from that town to Helena, twenty-si>
miles away. It also stated thai
George went to Elaine just after oi
was first discovered there and that lu
has done remarkably well in business
George I Aim was formerly running
a laundry at Conway, and while liv
ing here he was the owner of a fim
farm, also a cottage, which he occu
pied on Laurel street. He left Con
way for Charlotte, N. C., where he
was engaged in the laundry trade foi
some time before going to Elaine
Ark.
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That race feeling is a thing a pa r
with them is shown by the action o
the several San Francisco, Cal.
American Legion posts in turning
out almost en masse for the funera
of Col. Charles Young, one of th?
few negroes to graduate from Wes
Point.
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IMVE BIG DAY
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Largo Crowd Hears Addresses
of v-Swearingen and
" Gov. Cooper
BIG RETURNS PROMISED
Movement Means Better Educated
Men arid Women in
This Section
i..?at,inc\a"v; *March 25th? was a
w?i.v lonjE to be remembered in the
educatwtsril progress of the people o
this ooun.y.
It waM >n that, day that the teach
crs andt pupils of the adult school
met in (CJonway for commencement
exercisei.) The :i<Iult pupils nuiu
hered ut 500. 11 all meant tha
about tV > hundred adult citizens <> '
Horry C4 untv had attended schoo
'and mack) rapid progress in learnin.u
I adding the culture of those \vh
I have parsed the period of youth
Here thjby were mot by the scho.
trustees*' the governor of the Stal
and th$c State Superintendent of Ed
ucationrtvho had come in their honor
Besides the teachers and the pu
pils and the distinguished visiton
from Columbia, there were number
of people present who did not hav
[to attohd the adult schools but wlv
have realized the great importance
of the Education of these grown-up*
and tl"$>se who have taken an active
pajrt in the carrying out of the
campaign here.
Thisfwork has been done under thr
direction of the State department of
education working in co-operation
with county superintendent E. C
Allen and the Conway chamber of
1 commerce. The people of the coun
ty joitfcd in the movement to edumtn
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vuv .Hums witn enthusiasm and
'.oal. "^"his was shown from the be
ginning.
The ".results obtained in tho past
two months since the night school/
were opened. was proved by the performance
of the pupils here las!
Paturrt&v. The exercises proved beyond
jdoubl that the work has been
successful?that it has greatly exceeded
expectations so far ps edu;
national progress is concerned. No
one could fail to give duo credit 1?>
those who have been at the head of
tho movement, especially tho county
superintendent and Miss. Wil Lou
Gray of the. State department.
Nothing of more importance has!
been done in this county in the past
decade, and the good that will result
will be scattered throughout the
years that are to come. Tho bone
fit is not entirely for the present
moment. It was work done for the
future, and the future will reap the
greatest harvest from it by producing
generations of better educated
men and women.
Tho program was carried out in
accordance with tho article published
in the Herald last week.
c?
ouuei mvennent of Educa>11
,7. E. Swearingen addressed the
thering at the Conway Methodist,
urch about noon time, and later at
o'clock Governor Robert A. CVondelivered
lv*s address at the high
bool building.
The exercises were attended by a
rge Catherine; of people.
AVE IN BUYING FERTILIZERS
Clenison College, March 80.?Faricrs
may make a very great saving
1 the buying of their fertilizers this
ear, suggests Prof. C. P. Blackwell,
grononiist, who points out that by
living in quantity, by paying cash,
nd bv home-mixing, farmers can save
nywhere from 25 to 50 per cent on
ertili/er bills.
To begin with, a very important
liscount may be secured by purchasing
fertilizer in quantity. Special
liscounts are being offered for twenv
tons or more in one shipment. Another
discount of 5 per cent is offered
V>r cash May 1, and a great many
companies are offering an extra 1 per
!ent discount for each month that
*ash is paid prior to May 1. This
nakes it possible for .a farmer vo save
from 15 to IS per cent on his fertilizer
nil by buying in quantity and by paying
cash.
Another large saving can be made
by buying straight goods ami homemixing.
In the first place this practice
eliminates the purchasnv.? of material
not necessary for the particular
farmer, .and it also aves freight on
worthless filler. There is further
saving by doing the mixing at home
luring tlie time when work cannot bo
done in the field. Home-mixing alone
will save from $8 to $14 a ton on
standard brands of fertilizer at presort
prices. Field experiments have
shown that home-mixed fertilizers
give iust as good yields as factory
. mixed Roods. So it is doubtful if a
I farmer could spend his time in any
> other way that would p/?y him larger
. dividends than home-mixing his fer.
tili/.er.
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r MUCH CONGESTED
, The meeting1 of the bar association
recently held disclosed the fact
.that the dockets of the court of
i common pleas are more congested
f than they have been in many years.
, Nearly two hundred cases appeared
? on the civil jury docket and only
' thirty-seven of these could be en1
tered on the roster for trial at the
next term which convenes on April
3rd.
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NO. 50
ROAD REFUSES
A SIDE TRACK
Puts an End to Hopes of
Potato Curing
House
MONEY WAS SUBSCRIBED
Railroad Company Gives no
Reason for Its Action in
the Matter
According" to an article appearing
in the Herald last work the const.rucion
of a sweet potato curing house
'"iere this season ha h' on blocked by
he refusal of tho AtVmtic Coast
I T ine Rnilvonrl 4
- i ' m nuuci a
-iding at the place proposed.
It is extremely hard to fall down
this proposition after proinir to the
rouble of making: up a subscription
:st and getting the necessary amount
f cash subscribed for the building of
he house.
Now what are the reasons for the
refusal of the rail raid company?
'he officials of the company with
hom the negotiations were had
ailed to give any reasons except such
s they were not at liberty to disclose,
'his was the same with the two (liferent
men with whom the committee
ndertook to deal in the matter.
Without a sidetrack to the warehouse
the running of the business
would be practically impossible.
If there are any sufficient reasons
for refusing this convenience, that is
usually granted in such cases, it would
appear that they would be such as
miirht be explained to the community.
WUa > 1
?. i.v. v-v*. i m.iui ui ci l iunoau company
holding back a community on
such a pretext as this? As a rule
they are willing and apparently anxious
to grant all such concessions because
it always results in mutual
benefit to both sides. The company
would bo more than repaid for the
cost of the sidetrack by the increased
amount of freight that would come
from tho shipping of the potatoes.
It may bo that this is a lesson for
either us or the railroad company, or
for both, in some w/iy. As matters
stand now, however, we are at a loss
to know the reason why this should
i be refused.
In the meantime this section of the
state will l>o missing the development
of an industry for the farmers that
would give them one more thing to
raise in place of cotton. It is hardship
that we deplore. Just why they
have chosen to block the community
in this way will remain a question
that leaders in the potato movement
will want answered.
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GOVERNOR GETS
RIG AUDIENCE
Governor R. A. Cooper arrived here
. i O i 1 I * ' 1-1
asi aaiuruay according to scneouie
and delivered an address before the
teachers and pupils of the adult schools
at the Burroughs high school grounds
at 2 o'clock. He had a large audience
to hear him. He spoke of the
increasing service rendered by the
commonwealth in the education of the
people and spoke- of the necessary
means to pay for the work. He had
the attention of his audffence as he
stated many interesting facts.
He left in the afternoon for Columbia.
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LOWER CHARGES
Tobacco growers this year will
have to grade and tie all of the tobacco
they sell on the warehouse
floors. This grading will result in
a greater number of piles, but the
warehouse charges have been reduced,
very materially, by the act of
the Legislature.
The truck, crops along the Atlantic
Coast Line between here and
Tabor, N. C., promise good returns
this year if the farmers have good
seasons.
Now here, I told you to keep $
'.i. thf?S!P r'llii'bnno <\ii* ? * 1? 1 *
_ .XV n.-> win in nu* corn:
* On some farms it t.ikes the time it
* of one or more hands to keep
^ the chickens out of the corn just u
k because there are no chicken JS
? lots and yards fenced in to keep ,[
H? the birds confined. :t
* Look at these chickens! Get ji
* the best breds to be had and
i prepare for taking care of them it
and keep them confined, away "
jk from the young crops by poul- \\
S try wire. ji
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