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I * 1 * ^uj^xxxvt 1 JONESALOSH IN SMITH (fSE ^^Jury Finds Verdict for 0.00 " in Favor of Smith LAND LEA~sT~ IMViVED Defendant Showed That'lain|] " tiff Had Not Complied/ith I his Agreements in the lase S The case of W. C. Smith gainst, i W. Boyd Jones, in the court comJ inon pleas, was commenced 1 i Thursday, being placed on thcoster r) for trial on that day. It wasinished on Friday morning of las week, being- ended when the jury cae out with a verdict for the plaiiyf f?r the sum of $50.00. This was a damage suit teging the forceful entry and dotaer of the Boyd Jones farm at Juste. I'< was alleged in substance th: this farm which had been leased b.'Jones to Redd in W. Smith for th term of five years, had been subletto W. C. Smitrw; that at the end >f the third year of the lease it wa taken away from Smith by Jones ad forcibly held and detained fror Smith together with a lot of perso^l property such as corn, hay, ho.gt cattle, horse, household furniture, aid some wearing apparel. Plaintiff asked damages fo this in ; the sum of $(>,000.00. It was developed at the trial of flip r!KO fV) o f tlinvo ll o 'I ? lonf* .... .V VKUV VI1V1 V !?.??? LICCII 'I ICU^t contract between W. Royd Jmes air I Redd in W. Smith for the tern of five years; that Keddin W. Smith farmed the place the first two yean of th 1 term and then turned the phce over to W. C. Smith. In the leasi it wa.< provided that the lessee, Smith, should keep the flitches on tne farm cleaned out, the fence rovs and hedges cleaned off, the fetres repaired, and that he would reduce to cultivation about five to sewn acre<* , of the land within the femes that I had not yet been cleared: and thaf, * he would give notes each year for the amount of the rent. After the plaintiff had introduced testimony tending to show that he had been put out of the place by .Tones, and had said thnt loaco had been assigned to him by Reddin * W. Smith, the defendant introduced a number of witnesses to show that Smith had not fulfilled his agreements in regard to the ditches, the fence rows, the fences, and the rent. The contract between the parties falso provided that"' In case of the failure of the Smiths to perform their part of the agreement that then it would be lawful for Jones to serve thirty davs notice that the 1ea<?e was forfeited and ended. Evidence was submitted to the effect that on November 26th, 1919 Jone< had served written notice to that effect, and that he found the doors of the house open on January 3rd, 1920, and took jaosse&sion of the pi pee. The jury remained out for several hour- and it was expected that they I wouM make a mistrial but found a verdict for $60.00 for the plaintiff. The other Smith and Jones case that was listed on the roster was continued by consent until another term of the court. o SESSIONS NOW i. is 4 rwpiiTv r- U 1 1 y H. N. Sessions was appointed as deputy sheriff by Sheriff James A. Lewis, by appointment dated April 14, 1922. This place in the sheriff's office had been vacant for some time and Mr. Sessions presented an apph\ cation bearing the recommendation of many of the business men and especially the lawyers of Conway. p. N. Sessions has had a Ion* ex^.terience as a constable and deputy m and is a fearless officer in the disW charge of such duties. f ************************** i CIVIC LEAGUE iI s WITH COUNCIL | *> c X j i X Jt T Jj The Conway .Civic League, % as with about twenty members 2 5 C T * present, last week refused to go ? \\ on record as being opposed to % |[ the location of the national S ,{ highway through the Presbyte- jj !e mn churchyard and the placing u of the Kington Lake bridge at \\ that point, thus making a \\ >5 straight course for the public Jc !c road through Third avenue of \\ \\ the town. \\ It is reported tbat there were J[ *e three members only of the j; league who stood up for letting )( ]\ the churchyard alone. J[ I This means that the Civic jj \ at League as to almost its entire u ' \\ membership will stand with the \\ town council for making the j[ " road straight at that point and j? !! the location of lake bridge at !! !! that point. !! y, m mm ii ii l ' } I / | m i \ I (The NEGRO WINNER OF ONE ACRE Agnes Avant Defendant in Case Brought by J. Albert Hardee WEDNESDAY COURT CASES Court Took up Damage Case r*f PftrklVi A 1 * 11 v* ** w hi n^ciiiibt A11UI1 Late in Day The case of W. D. Bethea against J. A. Lewis, sheriff, and the Bank of Loris was continued. In the case of lola Bellamy Barefoot et al., against W. P. Butler et al., resulted in a consent verdict for the plaintiffs for a total of 381.2 acres, the land sued for in the complaint. VV. T. O'Neill against Conwav Lumber Company was set for Thursday by order of the court. Cannon-Hickman Company against G. VV. Graham was continued hy consent until the next term. George .J. Holliday against J. C. King was settled out of court and an order taken to that etTect. In the case of Dwight Martin against Conway Live Stock Company and in the three cases brought by the Conway Live Stock Company against T1 llf 1 . ? * in. vv. new is ana Liwight Martin; H. | W. Lewis and Quiiice Graham; H. W. Lewis and W. 1). Woodward, the Conway Live Stock Company was not represented by any attorney in the court, although F. A. Thompson appears on the record as attorney for the company and the adverse parties pressed their cases and obtained verdicts. None of the cases involved property of much value. HARD.EE AGAINST AVANT The case of J. Albert Hardee against .Agnes Avant for the recovery of one acre of land near Toddville was called and tried on Wednesday evening. Following is the jury drawn to trv this: N. J. Cox, Sr. J. W. AI ford J. W. Cook W. B. Shelley ><Syv A. H. Benson t*f. | J. I,. Mucins I, ft ' W. J. Hanna ' ! T 4 O. C. Cox !;. J. E. Richardson J. E. Allen W. B. Clardy G. B. Cartrett rri.A ^i., aiic fiictiiitiii |jut in cviuence, ins chain of title showing1 that he purchased a tract of land from J. F. Harper, the deed containing* no exception, and later found that the defendant was living in a strut 11 house on one acre of this land, holding it by an unrecorded deed from J. F. Harper to Hen Avant long before the date of the sale to the plaintiff. The defense called a number of witnesses to prove their possession of the acre of land; that they had bought the acre and had lived on it. The jury found the case of land for the defendant, Agnes Avant. On Wednesday the court took up the trial of the case of Marvin Booth against Stanley Allen for damages in an automobile accident and this case had not been disposed of when the court was adjourned for that day. WINDUP OF WEEK'S COURT The case of J. M. Norton against E. S. Tyler was continued last week and will come up at another term of I the court. Ford & Suggs represent the plaintiff. The case of J. W. Little & Co. against the Veneer Manufacturing was continued on motion of the defendant until the next term of the court. The case of E. L. Matthews Candy Co. against W. E. Barnhill & Co. resulted in a transfer to Docket No. 3 and a judgment by default in favor of the plaintiff. Ward-Bate Company against Wade H. Bigelow resulted in a verdict for nlaintiflf for the possession of the machinery the subject of the action and the value thereof in the sum of $250. . George J. Holliday against S. J. Rogers was continued until another term of the court. H. Barnes against C. M. Reaves was laid over by common consent and will come up for trial at another term of the court. L. L. Johnson against Waterman Cook was continued by consent of the parties on both sides. The above cases were disposed of as stated, being the windup of a busy week of the court of common pleas. o WEEVIL BULLETIN Hon. Phillip H. Stoll states that the Department of Agriculture has just published a bulletin entitled, "The Boll Weevil Problem." He will be glad to send this bulletin free to every subscriber of the Herald who wiil write to him at Washington, D. C., care of House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., and ask for a copy. The Herald is anxious to spread all of the information that it possibly can on the subject of the boll weevil and the better way of downing the pest. The Herald hopes that hundreds of subscribers will write to Mr. Stoll for this bulletin. 4 \ % . ^ . Vj \. , t , ~ ^ , % <s < ' putt CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY ************************** | HOW ONE ADVER I A FAMILY 0 i ? ijc * This story is told by a rein >.< * edge of the facts. * There was a family living ii ^ and wife and several children. Tli jjj discovered and managed to patei * medicine. *They had just enough 4: worth of the product at a time, a <! would take this lot to the city for.t> * taking back with them the sum of % (ot. * In the city one day, after he * cine and was about to start back h jjj office of a daily paper and asked >N advertisement in an exclusive sect 9p shabby appearance of the boy the ^ he did not have enough money to ^ boy replied that he would conside * on any other page and that he w< * the world for this ad, which was $ sk ?|c hoy and said that if he would pay ^ and accordingly it was fixed up. t The young man walked all * page of the paper showing the ad * The rest of the family jumped on ^ away the money, as they expresse ^ This advertisement was the * family, however, for in the course * from a man of means who had se< * theyl would charge to make up this * later received his answer that he 1 * . . * letter was shown to a capitalist & strength of it and the result is tin jJJ sfc to-day a millionaire. You would * name and the high place occupied 1 * TOBACCO ASS'N MAKES SUCCESS Best Men to Be Had Selected to Manage the Association SEVENTY THOUSAND JOIN \ Experts Will Manage the Sale of Tobacco. Men High . in Business With ttfcmbership which is now close to 70jlGid!D growers and with leaders of outsraiding ability whose records in the ^tobacco world have been unsurpassed, tjlere need no longer be any doubt as to the success of the Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association in the minds of tobacco farmers in the Carolinas and Virginia. Richard R. Patterson, manager of the leaf department of the American Tobacco Company, ya charge of buy-| ing ana redrying all bright tobaccos in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia for that company, has accepted the managership of the leaf department of the Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association. Simultaneously with the acceptance of the managership of the leaf department of this association by Mi*. Patterson^ of the American, C. B. , Cheatham of Henderson, N. C., district manager of the Universal Tobacco Company, accepted the position of assistant manager and head of the bright leaf department of the Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association. The recent announcement of the appointment of F. I). Williams, the skillful leader of the Virginia SunCured Pobl, as manager of the dark leaf department of the Co-operative Association, will assure Manager Patterson able assistance in the dark as well as in the bright belt covered by the association. Oliver J. Sands of Richmond, manager of the association, in commenting on the acceptance by these recognized leaders in the tobacco world of theiy new posts of command with the organized tobacco growers, said. "The Tobacco .Co-operative Association is an organization composed of men of the greatest experience and high standing in the leaf tobacco business, and the growers wilh know tnat tney nave representing: tnem men who have heretofore held the highest positions with dealers and with manufacturers and with capacity sufficient to bring the greatest efficiency and best results to the growers." STEVENS TAKEN TO WHITEVILLE Jason Stevens' was arrested in Floyds township a few days ago under warrants from Columbus county, N. C., charging him with a violation of the liquor laws. He had been in this state for about a year, staying at various places, and was located in Floyds township since about February 1, 1922. At first he refused to go back to Whiteville without a requisition, but later his idea changed and he agreed to go with the officers. Officers left here for Whiteville the first of this week with Stevens and he has been delivered to the proper authorities there. He was staying on a farm when apprehended. ' < Jr : .w" NHPHK 1! , APRIL 13, 1922. TISEMENT MADE | F MILLIONAIRES ! -? ' i * ?{( iblc man who had personal knowl- * % n the North, consisting of husband ^ iev were verv poor. The man had * sk it some ri^lits to manufacture a * ? capital to make up a lot of $30 ? ,nd the son, who was growing up, J r miles away and sell it out, always * $30 with which to produce another * * w l,.wl A ' C - ?-' " " ^ uuvi uifUl it 'Ut OI 1110 1116(11 ome with the $30, he went into 1 he ^ what it would cost him to run an ion of the paper. Looking at the sjc editor told him that he was sure buy .any space on that page. The ^ r an advertisement worth nothing * >uld give all the money he had in * 30. The editor was amused at the % the $30 he should have the space ^ the way home, taking with him a * vertisement, hut having no money. * him and be,at him up for throwing * id it. ^ turning point in the lives of that * s of a week they received a letter * en the advertisement, asking what * *!* product in 100 gross lots and they jj. would pay their price for it. This ^ who loaned them monev on the * sk it everv member of that family is * he surprised to know this family * by them in another state. * ^ -x- * -x- -x- -X-* -x- * -x- * * * -x- * -x- -x- -xSHERIFF GOES AFTER HIS MAN Cook Agrees to Come Back to State Without Rennicitirm vjUlvJI IIV/I I HE IS ALLOWED BAIL Case Will Result in Court Trial Defendant Claiming Just Causes Under Statute Sheriff J. A. Lewis left Conway for St. Augustine, Fla., last week to bring back to this state R. C. Cook, who is charged with non-support by his wife, Annie Cook. Cook was arrested an advices from authorities here in the Florida city on March 22. Steps were taken to obtain a requisition and in the meantime Cook was held <by the officers there awaiting the action of the officers about the requisition. Last week the sheriff received a telegram from E. N. Calhoun, who is in that section of Florida, stating ; that Cook would come with the sheriff without the formality of requisition. There is always some delay about obtaining a requisition and it is never (lone where the persons will agree to come from the other state without it. The facts in regard to this charge against Cook were published in a recent issue of the Herald. The law was also mentioned which makes it a misdemeanor for a man to fail to support his wife or children without a just cause or excuse, and even when convicted the statute allo.vs him to file a bond conditioned for the maintenance of the family. The friends of Cook claim that at the trial of his case it will be shown I that he had a just cause for his action in leaving the state and failing to provide the support for his wife. The sheriff returned with the defendant the latter nart of the week and bond for Cook was arranged by friends at Jordanville, the former , home of the defendant. From reports the married life of the parties had setbacks from the first as Cook w,as called away to the army soon after he had married Miss Capps. It was after his return from the army that the troubles arose which finally resulted in the separation of the couple. Roth sides in the case have friends in the Jordanville section of the cuunty, CONWAYITE IS REAPPOINTED Robert B. Scarborough of Conway was yesterday reappointed a member of the board of regents for the state hospital. Mr. Scarborough's term expired in March of this year. He has been a member of the board for a number of years and has serve*) faithfully. The reappointment watf made by the governor.?The State. Hon. R. B. Scarborough has been one of the most useful men ever appointed on this important board. It is very fitting that the governor of the state should reappoint him on the board as shown by the foregoing clipping from a recent issue of the Columbia State. t TV r vail CREDITORS ABE ASKING RELIEF Suit Brought to Set Aside Deed Made in January 1921 SEVERAL SUITS PENDING Account Due the Harrelson Bell Company is Brought Into This New Case A suit has been filer! in the court of common pleas by Bank of Loris, Baugh & Sons Company and S. M. Allen, as assignee of the HarrelsonBell Company, for the purpose of attacking a deed which was made in January, 1921, from the defendant,) Mrs. Olympas Lee to her six or seven children, giving them a fee simple estate. subject to life estate reserved to herself, in consideration of the sum of $1.00, as expressed in the deed, and love and affection. As it appears from the record that this deed covered practically all of the real estate owned by Mrs. Lee, and according to the complaint, she was at that time indebted to the Harrelson-Bell Company for something over $500 on book account, also a note that was held by Baugh & Sons Company by transfer from G. W. Graham and R. E. L. Graham for fertilizers sold to Mrs. Lee, and that she was indebted on various other debts and mortgages as the complaint alleges; and goes on to allege that this deed above mentioned was intended to hinder and delay those creditors in collecting their claims. According to the papers in the suit another action was brought by Mrs. Lee and her daughter, Mrs. Mamie E. Strickland, against the other children for the purpose of having this same land sold for division among these children to whom it had been conveyed in January, 1021. The complaint asks for an injunction against further procedings in the partition case and enjoins various defendants from pushing their claims except under the suit brought by the three plaintiffs to set aside the deed. A temporary restraining order was granted by Judge T. S. Sease early last week enjoining the several defendants from pushing their claims against Mrs. Lee in the meantime and enjoining further proceedings in the partition suit. The summons and complaint and order of injunction were served on the defendants sometime last week, according to returns made by H. N. Sessions, deputy sheriff., f From all of this it appears that matters have grown somewhat complicated by reason of the filing of this action and several others that are now pending, .and it may take up a lot of time in the court to dispose of the litigation. The Harrelson-Bell Company is the same concern that conducted a general mercantile establishment in Loris up to about the beginning of 1:)21, when creditors pushed them and they were compelled to make an assign-1 ment for the benefit of creditors. S. M. Allen was appointed as assignee and J. M. Dusenbury as agent of creditors. They brought suit on the accounts they found on the books against Mrs. Lee, a part of it being an account for goods advanced to N. R. Britt upon the credit of Mrs. i.ee " hile Britt was a tenant on one of her farms. o STATU VS. LEWIS The press is not the' proper place to test the guilt of a person under our law and I have refrained from making any effort to write for publication any of the facts leading to the death of my boy. Yet, after a jury of twelve men have spoken, and a verdict announced and the sentence of the law pronounced and put into execution, it would appear that this matter must not sleep. Memory Booth is in an untimely grave. Nathan Lewis, by his own admissions, killed him. By his own testimony, not in self-defense, but "because he (Booth) would not let me (Lewis) alone." or "loose me." The jury tried him under the law and his reason was, under the law, no reason. They found him guilty because they did not wish to stulify themselves with a verdict of "not guilty." It is passing strange to me that The Herald will one week condemn jurors for their failure to enforce the law and the next week question them when they write a verdict of guilty. Could it be that The Herald is prompted in its publicity in this matter by reason 'of a personal interest rather than the welfare of the public? T. W. BOOTH o RKFUSES ORDER An order requiring the county board of education to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue requiring tne ordering 01 an eiecuon to vote on the school tax in district No. 48, at Horry, S. C., was heard here last Friday And refused, on the ground of want of jurisdiction. o NEW TRIAL REFUSED A motion for a new trial in the case ; of D. C. Johnson against W. A. Stilley was made before Judge Sease late last week and the motion refused. The jury had found a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of $450 as the result of an automobile accident. v* NO. 52 STOLL FAVORS FARMER BILLS States His Position ori Number of Things to Be Done in Congress WRITES TO ENTERPRISE Has Given Attention to Ways and Means of Assisting Farming as Business April 5. 1022. Mr. Roy Swindelle, Editor, The Timmonsville Enterprise, Timnionsville, S. C. T"\ - wear ?\n;. JSwindelle: In reply to your letter of the 3rd instant, I beg to advise that 1 shall be a candidate in the primary this summer to succeed myself. During the short time I have been in Congress 1 have given a ^reat deal of thought and attention to possible . ways and means of assisting the farmers in making their business profit. able, and 1 want to return to Congress in order to push this work. On the 7th of March I made a speech in the House on "Some Problems of the Farmer," in which I discussed certain remedial legislation that should he enacted. 1 believe that Congress can by legislation help the farmers very materially in the following particulars: First. Assist them in regulating production so as to keep within the well-defined rules of supply and demand, by furnishing them through Federal agencies accurate information as to the supply of every known farm product at the time of planting and 1 lio nvAUoKln J ?A ...v k.v?..uiu vic11iniii.i iii me time of harvest, with /in estimate of tlie acreage necessary to produce a reasonable supply. Second. Assist the farmers in reducing the cost of production by Federal aid in irrigating arid areas and draining moist lands, thereby making possible to a reasonable certainty the yield formers may expect on acreage planted and reduce to a minimum the loss now incident to too much or too little moisture. Third. Continued assistance to the states in building good roads, thereby aiding the farmer in getting to the local market and shipping point his produce with the least possible delay and at the smallest expense. Fourth. Necessary legislation to provide a system of inland waterways that will make available all navigable inland waters for purposes of transportation by means of light draft boats and thereby reduce freight rates. Fifth. Regulation of railroad freight rates so as to guarantee fair rates to the shipper. Sixth. Necessary legislation to provide loans for financing farmers' co-operative marketing associations, thereby making it possible for the individual farmer to operate in harmony with his fellow farmers in marketing his produce on a business basis that will give him a fair profit on what his farm produces. To this 1 may add that I am earnestly supporting the scheme of making tlie government nitrate plants at Muscle Sroals, Ala., great fertilizer plants, so as to give the former cheap fertilizers. This matter is now be fore the Military Affairs Committee, of which I am a member. I shall make the race for re-election on my record and platform as outlined, and will submit same to the people with confidence. Sincerely vours, P. H. STOLL MARION MAN IS DECLARED LEPER Richmond, Va.?William M. Skipper, 27, who was brought here from Marion, S. C., for examination, has been found infected with leprosy, according to the city bureau of health. He has a wife and one child living: in East Marion, S. C. Aid of the Federal Government will be sought to have him removed from this city. \ ? '"v N ************************** | THE TOWN I 1 DEMANDS 3RD ii * >t * . >? * >1 ^ The Herald understands that H? the town of Conway will go in st ^ with the Government in divld- n ;? ing up the cost of paving Third \\ J avenue, also Main street, when j[ * hoth these main arteries of traf% fie are parts of the national and : t $ state highway system. ] \ * If Fourth avenue is used the ] j * town will not and should not >' * consider paving Third avenue j? J as this improvement certainly ] \ j belongs to Third avenue. j he Here is one great reason why j ? S Third should be used instead of \ \ JjJ Fourth. Progress and improve- \ \ J* ment here would demand the u * use of the main arteries of bu?i- I | ness for Wad of work. X ? 9 X 0 * -'.V " a'? v>' : ' '