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I VOLUME XXXVII COOK IS TRIED < ON NON-SUPPORT Trial of Case With Annie Cook I Brings Crowd Last Wednesday HUSBAND AWAY IN ARMY ( Prosecution Swore Very Limit- ' ed Number of Witnesses-- i Cook Left Last August ' One of the most interesting cases t tried in the court last week was that t of the State against Richard C. Cook, ( on a charge of neglecting to support ^ his wife and minor child. < Such cases involve a matter of hu- ( man interest and hardly ever fail to ( attract u crow$ of spectators espec- s iallv when the parties are of any j prominence in the community. , The trial of this case brought a crowded courtroom and this crowd re- , mained throughout nearly a whole \ day that the trial was in progress. ( The parties lived in Dog BlufT town- ^ ship, near Jordanville, and occupied ( the little home that Cook had built , after his return from service in ^ France, until August 0, 1921, when this warrant was sworn out by the , wife and on that night Cook caught J a train on the main line somewhere in Marion county and went to St. Augustine, Fla., where he accepted a I position with the Florida East Coast Railroad Company and where he t i i 1.1 ' i...:.. Kwui'Keu mil 11 mu prosecutrix i uuiui lout where he was and obtained a requisition for his return here, j, It was some weeks ago that the |jlieri-ff of this county went to the t SFIorida city and brought Cook back to Horry county. On his arrival in Conway with the sheriff he was not J lommitted to the jail, but was released on bond, his bail having arInged this in advance of his arrival. Tn the trial of the case the state ut up as a witness, besides the proseutrix, Wilber Hardwick and Henry t lichardson. brothers-in-law of the i ife. The brothers-in-law said they ( Lul been called in on August 0, the t liy the warrant was taken out, to . e what supplies of food were left in ( ^,e house. They saw a small quan- | jy of me.il and of flour and a few ^ I Bier articles, but very little of any- \ finu- whatever, according to thorn. I f had testified that he had refused Is furnish anything to eat and she ] Ifd )told him that slip would take out t llw^rrant for non-support. Accord- \ I pr to her testimony he had failed to j l-nish those things since about the x 111 of July, 1021, until August 0, . I|en she came to Conway and took j II a warrant. t Hjlere the state rested its case. ( > cross-examination of the prose- j Htrix the defense exhibited a small , |to on which appeared, the picture ^Bftbe prosecutrix beside that of Mc- | ^Blvire, a picture agent, who at that ^ lo was unmarried .and was with j H I in Conway that day, and at a } Bit when R. C. Cook, the husband, j HI off in France. She admitted that j | was her picture and that the man ^ Ivn on it with her was McNamire. j - HfnXT.imil'O VV!1? rilnced I in, wiiKii iuvii. in... v ...... I | I le stand by "the state to deny cer-l , things that had been proved, he, admitted that this was his pic-If and also that of Mrs. Cook. I itnesses sworn bv the defense 1 , * it nie Richardson, M. W. Martin, C. * ardee, W. T. Martin, Avie Mar- 1 Vlack Hyman, C. N. Richardson,I . Singleton, J. H. Atkinson E. J. c rts, H. B. Jordan, W. Hamp J irdson. | these witnesses there wa3 es-l . hed a showing of a number of . [s that went on while Cook was ] p United States army. A num- f r other names were brought intol | transactions, also men whose M" U were not told by the witnesses! 8 |e stand. Automobile rides fig- ' In the story as well as pleasure I along country roads after sun-I One incident was laid in Flor- ( p. C., but all the rest took place Irl old Dog BlufT township. Some I Ise witnesses told of how Cook { II crops in 1021, including sev-I 1 Icres of tobacco and how the I ) jssisted elsewhere in harvesting * I) and not at the home of the , Id. All in all the whole his-1 1' the time while Cook was in liny, and after his evident rereturn after being discharged, ' ought out by this array of . es. The long trial tried the I ^ I [? of the court to some extent I |> rule limited the number of Ij I es to any one point to three, I , I statute provides. Avie Martin i I how she carried notes and aid-1( I aking appointments. She was v Iwmdled on cross-examination J I prosecuting officer, but she I' Lt of the ordeal with flying . Ili./i hor testimonv was entire-1 4 I peached by anything that j brought against it. j (fense wound up its side by ;hat pay had been ofTered to e witnesses; that one of them ave $1.25 per day and the i 00 per day; and by C. G. \ was proved that John Capps i Eitened him before the trial < hi in that if witness told any-. | linst his sister he would beat j he would never be satisfied \ :ould take it out of his hide. r \v took the case early in the < Wm: $ CLOSING TIME BURROUGHS H. S. Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered at Methodist Church Next Sunday Morning The Burroughs high school will :ome to a close with the conclusion >f this week's work. The annual oratorical contest for joth girls and boys will be held in ;he Baptist Church on Thursday evenng, June 1, at 8:30 o'clock. On Friiay evening1 at the same time the in;er-society debate will take place in ,he Baptist Church. The public is ;ordially invited to be present. The baccalaureate sermon will be jreached in the Methodist Church on Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock. Dr. 3. E. Burts of Columbia has been secured for this occasion. It is undertood that the regular morning preachng service in the other churches will lot be held. The graduating exercises for this /ear will be held in the Methodist Jhurch on Monday evening at 8:30 j'clock. Dr. Josiah Morse of the Uni/ersity of South Carolina will deliver ;he address. Dr. Morse is a splendid speaker and no doubt will have a vorthwhile message. DAVIS CASE IS ? IN HIGH COURT Argued Recently Before Supreme Court on Various Exceptions CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED Blow Might have Killed Graham Who Appears to Have Had No Part in Difficulty Frank Davis, a negro, was sentenced by Judge Memminger here in L921 for knocking Bryant Graham on -he head at a gin. He appealed to he supreme court of the state.- This ippeal was argued before the judges >f the supreme court recently in Coumbia, but it was understood that ;he decision would not be rendered 'or some time. The statement for the appeal says: "The defendant was tried at the March; 1021, term of the court of general session for Horry county beore Judge R .W. Memminger, under ndictment for assault and battery, vith intent to kill. The jury rendered t verdict of guilty of an assault and >attery of a high and aggravated na/Ure. The defendant was sentenced o serve a term of six months at hard abor on the public works of Horry :ounty. W. B. Graham testified on the trial lore: "I live two miles from Conway in lorry county, S. C., and was living lear Conway on October 2, 1019. I enow Frank Davis when I see him. -Ie is sitting in the criminal's box. "On October 2. 1010, I was at Mr. Dozier's and John Spivey's gin at Conway having some cotton ginned. ?rank Davis was there to have cotton ?inned also. My bale of cotton was ihead of his, but he went in ahead of ne. The boys who were working at he gin, Jessie Williamson and Willie Uraham tried to keep him out. The ule was: First come, first served. Jesse Williamson, Willie Graham tnd Frank Davis were having a little :ombat. I was not having anything o do with it, and hadn't had anything ,o say to him. As he drove in he lit at Williamson with his lash and umped off his wagon and hit at him igain and stooped down to pick up a joard that was lying there; as he stooped down to pick it up, Williamson had a stick and hit at him and I eckon he hit him?I don't know that ie did. William Graham came up in his time and he took a pitchfork out >f William Graham's hands. I was standing in the alleyway and started o walk to where my wagon was, and is I walked, in going away he knocked ne clown with a pitchfork ana mm vas the last tiling 1 knew anything ibout until T was in the drug store. There was nothing said between ?rank Davis and myself. Tie hit me >n the head with a five-pronged pitchork. T didn't know anything else for ibout three days. "I guess that was between 10 and LI o'clock. Jesse Williamson and William Graham were working at the rin:?they were all that were out here. I am not related to William jJraham. I was something like two >r three steps from them when they vere having their difficulty. The fuss vas about his going in there, when io had orders not to go in?Jesse Williamson and Willie Graham gave nm mo orders not i.u ku m. old him to wait until his time came. Frank said lie was not tfointf to do it, le was tfoinj* in then and have his (Continued on Editorial Page.) ifternoon of Wednesday. They renamed out for several hours and .vere called out by the court. They <aid they could not a^ree. Witii 'urther charges from the court they itfain retired and finally the court vas adjourned with the jury still out. Hie result of this trial will appear ilsewhere in this issue of the Herald. to CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, | COMING EVENTS | OF GREAT TH < Future progress and develop ^ ows before as the Herald records < at Myrtle Beach 011 June 8, next 1 * * Association, which was formed in o Chicago,' 111., by way of Cincinnati < thus connecting- us up with the o as to the various links in the gre* < predict great things for this sectioi the plans of the association when < < It is being arranged for th ^ tion, of which W. R. Bar ringer of o state, to hold a meeting with the time. The purpose of the coastal i o connecting up the Atlantic seaboai < connect with the road practically f the state line between North and ! < the state line to Georgetown now O Cl 11 1 !l i. J ? .J ur oioiicwini rouu, as li is lnienueu way and Myrtle Beach, and we are i ect, and every encouragement wi Chamber of Commerce. The bankers of Group G of t their convention at Myrtle Beach 01 association. The delegates to the Marion by a committee of Conwc to Myrtle Beach in automobiles. E vided for the visitors. All that this section has eve of other sections of the state is ti" Good, hard dirt roads are f and mud holes. Each mile comp toward our goal. The additional about so much will soon be on the JACK HUNT IS IN TWO YEARS . On Thursday morning the case bf criminal assault against Jack Hunt, a negro, was tried and disposed of. The jury was empanelled to try the case: Hill King J. A. Phipps Bert H. Holmes J. E. Voreen J. C. King R. J. McCracken Sam W. Graham F. A. Singleton W. E. Pitman N. F. Edge S. H. Hard wick John W. Fowler The State put up Ada Perrett, Margaret Anderson and Ruth Stanley. The jury returned a verdict of guilty n oo.xilf '.1 w i ?nnauii> r.inu ij<iil,ci ' > i cl 111^ 11 clihl aggravated nature. He was sentenced to two years on the public works. MAKE MISTRIAL IN COOK CASE Solicitor Announces That Case Will he Tried Again at Fall Term of Court In the case for neglecting to support wife and child as brought against Richard C. Cook, the jury retired last Wednesday afternoon to consider their verdict. For a long time they failed to make any decision. Judge Shipp remained at the courthouse until n late hour that evening, bringing them out once to give them a further charge as to the law, and finally sent them back with instructions to bring in n sealed verdict the following day. The section of the criminal code under which Cook was prosecuted reads as follows: f>97. Misdemeanor for Husband to Fail to Support Wife and Children.? Any able-bodied man who shall, without just cause or excuse, abandon or fail to supply the actual necessaries of life to his wife or to his minor, unmarried child or children, and, upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, or be liable to a fine not exceedincr $200; Provided, that if he, enther hefore or after conviction, shall give bond, with one or more sureties, approved by the clerk of the court, in the sum of not less than $300, conditioned upon his supporting and maintaining his ^a'd wife or ?n;d minor unmarried child or children, he shall not be imprisoned or the fino imposed until the condition of said bond is broken. When the court reconvened on Thursday morning: tin? jurv in the Cook case was still out. When they were brought in for further instructions o?i Wednesdav evening the nuestions asked of the court by the foreman of the jury indicated that they may have'been split 1?n tho iiuostion of holding Cook responsible for the babv while finding him not guilty as to the wife. The foreman asked the court if th?y could find that he was frniltv for llio non-support as to the child hut not guilty as to 'ho wife. The court had charged them that it would he lawful for them to so find if they decided that way. On Thursday morning the court had tho jury brought in and the foreman stated that they could not agree and the court ordered a mistrial in the case. The circuit solicitor announced That he would try the case over again at the fall term of the court. o Saxophone players go in bands. It's dangerous to play one alone.?Altoona Mirror. ?w* JUNE 1, 1922. ? . HOLD PROMISE | IINGS IN HORRY f inient here are casting their shad- ^ the news of a meeting to be held + "hursday, by the Calhoun Highway i the interest of a highway from T and other points to Myrtle Beach, /est. The Herald is not informed ^ it system, but it knows enough to + 11 of South Carolina resulting from carried out to fulfillment. e South Atlantic Coastal Associa Florence is the chairman for this i Calhoun association at the same + issociation is to establish highways ' d. This land road is expected to 4 inished through \01th Carolina to South Carolina. .-md the link from Y being- pushed. The Calhoun road 1 to name it, is important to Con- T nteyested greatly in the other proj- * ; 11 be given both by the Conway he bankers' association will hold w June 8, thd same day as the road ^ highway meetings will be met in + lyites and taken through Conway Entertainment features will be pro- + r needed to bring it out far ahead X asportation facilities. ast taking the place of sand hills Y ileted is' just that much further railroads that have been talked way. 2 * ? NOW PREPARING AN HORRY MENU Hoyt McMillan is chairman of the sub-committee appointed by the general committee of the Conway Chamber of Commerce on the matter of # refreshments on the day that the members of the press association will pass through Conway, on June 21. He is preparing a menu which will embrace articles of food produced in Horry county. The menu cards, which we will have prepared for the occasion, will show this and will doubtless give other information that will be of great interest to the newspaper men passing through Conway's doors that day. ( This menu which is having the undivided attention of Mr. McMillan, I flw\4- ? m * ? 1 1 /\?\/\?\ miii jji un/j>?v ; '/iiivnuiii; 1.11 <ii, \>III VJJVTII the eyes of everybody to tlie great possibilities of Horry county as a good place to live and where an easy and fine living may be made. It also | promises to please the taste of every scribe who will participate at the dinner that will be given with this menu i as the basis. . At this time the chairman of the j committee is getting the plans all worked out and he will continue to do j this and make the refreshment part \ of the program everything that is to be desired. It is understood of course, as was published in this paper recently, that the ladies of the Civic League will take charge of the preparation and ( serving of the dinner. It is needless to say anything here of the ability of these ladies to carry out their part 1 of the program. People of Conway : already know, from past experience, ( that this part of the work could not < be placed in any better hands. ( BEACH GETS A ROAD MEETING I Calhoun Association on Same j Day as Bankers Dis- ( trict Meeting 1 The Calhoun Highway Association T will meet at Myrtle Beach on June <S for the purpose of perfecting its organization and plans. Its p trpose is the establishment of a road leading from Chicago .on the (lre.it I.akes, c by wav of Indianapolis, Cincinnati, { Monroe, N. C., Hartsville and Par- f lington, Florence and Marion, in this r state, by way of Conway, to Myrtle ^ Reach. I This association was only with j temporary officers for this state, as . ' I 1/ 1~ C mi nn> "<. ii. i'. uacouft) ill V 11II toil, j president: R. K. Hanna, of Cheraw, | vice president; and Wilson VV. Harris, of Clinton, secretary and treasurer. ?. County Chairman have been appointed for a number of the counties of 'c the state. At the meeting; at Myrtle j Heach permanent officers will be pro- . vided for. , The Association has claimed the in- , terest of the people in all sections N through which the road will pass. It f it expected that representatives will < be present at the meeting from many j sections of the country, possibly from ( as far away as Chicago. . The Chamber of Commerce of Conway has aranged to have the dele- j gates meet at Marion on June S, and j take them by automobile from that ( place to the place of meeting. En- ( tertainment will be provided for the , visitors. } The bankers of group six of the , state association of bankers will meet ( at the beach the same day. The South Atlantic Coastal Association t has arranged to meet the members of the Calhoun Association on June 8th. raid. ROCKY BOTTOM NEAR THE TOWN Makes Work Count Only an Eight Foot Channel Instead of Twelve A request for the removal of a rock-like formation in tho bed of the Waccamaxv River a short distance helow Conway has been made by the Conway Lumber Company in a letter to Major G. R. Younj?, district on gmeer or Charleston. In this letter the lumber company points out that ii twelve-foot channel has been completed from Conway to Georgetown, with the exception of this formation near Conway, which has the effect of giving only an eight-foot channel for the entire distance. The company states that with a twelve-foot channel it could make :.i much more extensive use of the river than it is able Lo do. The letter from the company to Major Young follows: "We hope that it will be possible to complete the Georgetown to Conway 12-foot project on the Waccamaw River at an early date. We are now practically deprived of water transportation for our lumber to the Northern markets at a time too, when water :ransportation would mean so much ;o* us, owing to the high freight rate Dy rail. "We are producing about 300,000 ions of lumber per day, one-half cf which is almost debarred from 4he Northern markets because of high freight rates by rail. Could we bring ;ea-going barges and schooners to our locks at Conway, a great saving would be effected, besides we would thus be enabled to market millions of feet of lumber that is now lying in nir yards deteriorating every day. "Some years ago this twelve-foot a. ~ n - - tii .iwuiiiui in V/unway was completed excepting a short distance just below Somvay. At this particular point in .lie river it was found that owing to i rock-like formation in the bed of ho river the dredge which was used it that time could not provide the twelve-feet at that particular point. "Since we are so near the goal of et twelve-foot channel from Conway Lo the sea and since all the money expended on the twelve-foot channel is practically doing no one ;\ny good until the twelve-foot channel is completed, would it not be possible to induce the Federal Government to complete the twelve-foot channel so that the money that has been spent may become active? Will you not, therefore, take the matter up in any way that may suggest itself to you, with the proper authorities and see if something may not be done, provided in the meantime there ;ire no definite plans already on foot for the accom~.,.l ..1 - 1 \M * . .^11 I IIV 11 v v/I lllf I! 11 (lUUVf ICIt'IIt'U to?" o CEMENT WALKS TO BE LAID The town of Conway will furnish ;he materials and the county of Horry A'ill do the work of laying* a concrete walk from tlio coi*nor of the public wjuare at the store of E. II. Lewis, lown along Third avenue to the hard walk leading up to the courthouse loor through the center of the public ?iivire. This work will he done as soon as he work on the grounds, now going >n, has been finished. With the completion of this new >iece of walk it will not cost much o finish a complete walk all the way Tom the corner at the town hall to he courthouse square. This should >e finished as soon as possible. TOBACCO BARN FOR STORAGE That sweet potatoes may be suclessfullv stored and cured in a flueleated tobacco barn is proved by exjcriments already made. The process, which is very simple and easy, is explained in a bulletin. Hon. E. P. Smith has secured a quantity of these >ooks aiul wants to send thorn to all 'armers who are interested in this >lan of taking care of sweet potatoes. The Herald luis received a letter 'rom Mr. Smith about this and the etter follows: "Washington, 1). C., May 23, 1!>22. 'Gentlemen: "1 have secured a limited number >f Farmers' Bulletin, No. I2(>7, which. think will prove of much interest md might prove the saving of some noney to those of your readers en?age<l in raising sweet potatoes ;m<I vho have tobacco barns on their 'arms. This bulletin is entitled 'Utilization of Flue-heated Tobacco {;inis for Sweet Potato otorage," and lescribes how to use them for curing ind storage. "1 would appreciate it very much f you could carry a notice in your >aper that this bulletin can be se ured by writing me. To send them >ut broadcast would soon exlviuse my juota and many would come into the lands of those who do iot desire them, lepriving others of the bulletins who lo. "Thanking you for your kindness in his matter, I am t "Yours verv trulv, # "E. I)! SMITH." NO. 7 GRAND JURY IS AGAINST PLANS For Balloting by Patrons for Their Choice of Trustees A CTrn rnnM. .1 Hncn rumviAIM SHtLLEY Calls Attention to Condition of Small Bridges over County-Various Persons Presented State of South Carolina, county of Horry, May term, 1922. To his honor, S. W. Ci. Schipp, presiding judge: The g-rand jury herewith makes its final report for the May term of this court, 1 ?Recom mend at ions. 1. We have passed upon all billsand indictments handed to us by the solicitor and have returned them to the court with our findings. 2. Our standing committees report progress in their several subjects and are continued upon their work until the next term. 3. The committee on schools and education have made a report in the form of a resolution which has been placed before the grand jury and .accepted and approved by them. The resolution is as follows: "Whereas, realizing the responsibility resting upon us as the educational committee of the. grand jury of Horry county, we feel it incumbent upon us to take notice of the recent ruling of the superintendent of education, wherein he directs the chairman of each district board of trustees in * - uviijf wuuty to can a mooting of all patrons of his district on Monday night next, (May 25), 1022,) to nominate "by ballot, someone to fill the vacancy or vacancies which may exist" on the several district boards of trustees. Whereas, Section 1752 of the school law of South Carolina, Code of 1012, and amendments thereto, plainly states that "The county board of education of the various counties of the state * * * during the month of April shall appoint one trustee in the various districts who shall hold office for three years, etc." And such law applies to the public school districts of Horry county; and Whereas this important duty is placed by law upon the county board of education and the county superintendent of education has no authority for shifting this important duty, and this is a critical time in the development of our schools, we feel that in many districts the election of trustees by the patrons will create confusion and endanger the harmonious develop ment of the school, and, Therefore, we, the educational comI mittee, recommend that the grand jury direct the county board of education to ''make the appointment of trustees as the law requires and not I shift this responsibility upon others. 1. It comes to the attention of members of the grand jury that a magistrate or magistrates in the county are refusing or neglecting to investigate and try cases presented to them under the compulsory education law. A committee of the grand jury, including the foreman, has been appointed to investigate both the administration and execution of the compulsory school law in the county, and to report their findings to the grand jury at the September term of court. Members of this committee or any member of the grand jury will receive evidence upon this important matter, and will present such evidence to the committee and 10 the grand jury for their information. The grand jury desires to make specific recommendations upon this subject at the next term of court. 5. We recommend that Furman Shelley, who has absconded after conviction, be Vapprehended and brought back to serve his suspended sentence; and that the clerk of court bring this recommendation to the attention of our efficient solicitor. (>. Wo again call attention to tno condition of tho small bridges of the (Continued on Editorial Page.) NEGRO MAN GOT IN FIVE YEARS Altman Gagum, a negro, charged with the crime of rape, was trie<l on last Thursday for his crime. He admitted that he had committed the act after first ple.'iding not guilty. A jury was empanelled under direction of the court and recommended mercy. I he negro was sentenced to five years on the public works of Horry county. RUM BUSINESS POUND BAD According to the report made to t llO Ka - a * - * v..v- ..vmvivvi mt- i-oiiri iasi wook t>y .J. K. King of tho rural police force, conditions are now generally good, with exception of the making of monkey rum. His report follows: "Conditions in my district are generally good except the unlawful manufacture and sale of whiskey or monkey run, as you will find from the number of cases I have brought to the term of the court. Hop that I may he able to destroy those not caught."