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CHURCH WOMAN ij KILLS SPOUSE1 Tries to Lay it on Burglars 1 But She is Not Successful < POLICE UNRAVEL SCHEME ' Posed Under Guise of Religion, J, Blackest Criminal of < Recent Times Her nervous potterinjys about fur- | niture in the house where her hus- j band lay. slain by a bullet, and her < J J 4..: t i.1 :i J.' I- 1 ' iici|uc:iii l(t it 11 UUli'UIKllIlg It'll ^ to the aiTest last week of Mrs. Wil- j Jiam Richmond Ciiberson : 11 her home ' at Lakehurst, N. J. She was for- \ mally charged with the murder of j William Giberson, fortyfive, to whon < she was married twenty-one year? j ago. t He had a monopoly of the taxi service at Lakehurst and enjoyed large trade in traffic between Lake- , hurst and tHe naval air station a few j miles away, and to and from Pine j Tree Inn at Lakehurst. t Mrs. Giberson often drove one of . her husband's taxicabs. She was \ a leading member of the local Meth- t odist Episcopal Church, a vigorous > champion of all its reform work \ and leader in its social activities. Golds Cause Grip and Influenza i LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TabieU remove < the oause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." ( E. W. GROVE'S signature on box J o s I I CREDIll^^CBEDIT |; i> Eye glasses fitted and sold on i <> a CREDIT. . ^ Office over Horry Drug Co. ^ 1 o Office days every Monday. * < ^ Hours, 9 to 4 ] L. WOODRUFF, D. Opt. $ ] ^ MJJ vrtlKUl opvciuusi J ? Conway, S. C. + 1 ?o NOTICE OF DISCHARGE 1 Notice is hereby given that the un- \ dersigned administrator of the peison- ' al estate of G. C. Butler, Sr., deceased, i will apply to the Judge of Probate of l Horry county at his office at Conway, S. C., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, 1 on the 28th day of August, A. D. 1022, ' for a final discharge af -.uch adminis- : trator. 7 27-tfpd 1 D. J. BUTLER, Administrator of ( G. C. Butler, Sr., deceased. j i < t Renew your health by purifying your i system with t (alotaos ; TM*C( MAUI ?IC (j The purified and refined ^ calomel tablets that are free J from nausea and danger. , No sa Its necessary, as i(* Calotabs act like calomel ( n nrl aalte ^ UU.VO V.U111 U111CU . L/C' mand the genuine in 10c and 35c packages, bearing above trade-mark. J I WATCH R | ; f;| Send us your jc ELRY for repairs. 5"; ment is second to noi Ij ; to be done in a factor i\ We will make quested. We pay jobs. S;| Give us a trial. 1 RUSSELL'S JEV >!; Watchmakers, Jewe | I ^ MARIOr 2 I J 8j24-4t 1 ruuwi- u~n~ii~iOr~iJ*' ""i^ * -I-, She often led the opposition to I granting saloon licenses before prolibition. Takes Arrest Calmly. She is thirty-eight years old, of attractive appearance and sprightly though she is tall and weighs about 170 pounds. She took her arrest :almly and summoned counsel, William H. Joffery, formerly of the New Jersey bench. Police Lieut. McDonald went to { Mrs. Giberson's rooms and pulled a table clear from the wall, opened a Irawer and found in it more than fifty letters which the prosecutor described as love letters. They were addressed in endea:in.. terms to Mrs. Giberson by a man not identified except that he is one seei. )ften with the accused woman recently. One of the letters said the writer had an engagement in the Hotel McAlpin at 8 o'clock one night. The New York police were requested :o watch for this man at the hote. md arrest him. Prosecutor Jayne stated his belief that Mrs. Giberson lad two accomplices in the killing i 1 1 JL IIC1 IIUMIilllU. Blamed Burglars. Mrs. Giberson telephoned at 5:10 5'clock on the day of the killing, to Sheriff Joseph L. Holman, at loin s River, the county seat of Ocean County, that her husband had been shot ind killed in his bed by one or two burglars who had entered their home ,wo hours previously, bound her vrists and ankles and placed a gag in ler mouth. Her story later to Lieut. McDonild, Prosecutor's detective and fornerly a New York policeman, rented that she had been ill and vp )ften Sunday night. She said tha' ;oon after she had heard the clock strike 3 she had risen from bed ind gone toward a room near where ler husband lay asleep. The burgars grabbed her as she entered the )ther room, sticking a gag into her nouth. Then they tied her, she said, and, though they had tried to be (|uiet, hey had aroused her husband and i is one oi the robbers went to his! bedside Giberson raised his head and | houlder*. The thief shot and killed ! lin . hi" wife told the detective, and then took from beneath the slain nan's pillow $700. Immediately the two men fled with their loot, according to the report of' Mrs. Giberson, but she overheard one ask the other why he had killed the nan. "Because the fool woke up," was the answer Mrs. Giberson reported. She said she managed to twist and roll herself to the stair and dowi to the first f'loon where she got th*i [jag out and screamed for help. Giberson was possessor of a comfortable fortune. He owned the threestory brick house in which he lived across Union Street from the Lakehurst station of the Central Railroad df New Jersey. The screams of his wife were heard by three detectives of the railroad who were in tHe station and they ran to the house. The Sheriff and other officials instituted a search and investigation which continued all day. The railroad detectives, William Vyers and E^rank Peterson, found klrs. Giberson with arms and wrists tound behind her back and her an:les tied. She told the men that about 1 'clock her husband, sitting; at the :itchen table with her, had counted 1 ?ut his takings of Saturday and Sunday, about $700. She later exnessed the opinion that some one aw him doing this and had enter- < d the house to rob him. < All day long Prosecutor Jayne, j Jeut. McDonald, Sheriff Holman and 1 leputy sheriffs were in and about the liberson house, where Giberson re I nained. They could not find the wea- ' ion with which Giberson had been ; :illed nor any clue left by the burgars his wife described. The trail roved so blank her actions attracted 1 iotice, and very soon aroused sus- i licions of the Prosecutor and his < etective. j: v\.?cjcver the detective went Mrs liberson went and when he settle I m | 'nres Malaria, Chills and Fever, dengue or liilious Fever. It kills the < it jll HIBi? LI - j ( aiuiniiilllliiilllltlillij1 1 REPAIRING | /ATCHES and JEWOur Repair Depart- >;! ie, every job guaranteed i|?| y like manner. estimates on jobs if re. 1"! return Charges on all J|i 1 ' ' t ^ELRY STORE 1 lers and Engravers ? s. c. | VW//JVW/AVA WAW.' _THZ HORRY HRRALD^ COK down to any one examination she1 went out in the yard. Presently the investigators became watchers ot Mrs. Giberson and they counted her trips to this spot. When she had made fourteen, two men were sent to search the place. They found u .38 calibrje. The shot had been fired so closo to tne buctc ot Giberson's head that the flash had burned his hair. The bullet pierced his skull and tore i? wiue \\ouik1, where it passed out bei\ n his nose and his left eye. There was no cartridge, loaded or discharged in the revolver tound. Its holster was discovered later hidden with another revolver in one of Mrs. Giberson's closets. All of the yard of the place was then gone over carefully. At one spot there was evidence of receni digging and the earth was spaded to a depth of three feet. They found the pocket wallet of Giberson at the bottom of this hole. There was no ? * A- 1 A A 1 muiic.N in 11 uui me automobile ucen.se ot Giberson unci other papers were there. Mrs. Giberson had told Prosecutor J ay lie that the robber had shot and killed her husband had taken the pocketbook as well as its contents Meanwhile in the house one of the investigators had been keeping Mrs Giberson busy watching him while he made pretended searches, but really watched her. He noticed her return to a dressing table in her room. Whenever sluentered she hovered about this table and often pushed it as it' to get it out of the way. Finally on some such excuse she moved tne table against the wall. Suspected as she was he)1 action aroused keen interest in the detec tive who noted at once that the table had been so moved that the side tfrom which its drawers opened now faced the wall and the drawei might easily be overlooked. He reported to Prosecutor Jayne and Mrs. Giberson was tolled off to another part of the house to hell) in some' pretended search. Then the table was pulled and the drawer opened. Mr. Jawie read a hall dozen of the lettei>:. They j told their tale of lovemaking by the writer and Mrs Giberson. The arrest followed and did not seem to shock the woman in any degree. CO-OP FARMERS CLAIM SUCCESS Enthusiasm of the organized to bacco farmers increased last week with every delivery day at the Association's delivery points in South) Carolina. In spite of heavy rains throughout I the week, membeO> of the Associa- I tion delivered between three and four million pounds of the Bright Leaf to the Cooperative Warehouses in the South Carolina belt during the first week of marketing. So eager are the Association mem-' bers to carry their tobacco to the Cooperative warehouses, that another day has been added to tne weekly schedule of deliveries which will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, hereafter. The success of cooperative marketing at its first trial in South Carolina, and last week's powerful drive through Eastern North Carolina, have brought in another regiment of new members to the cooperative ranks. Twelve hundred new contracts reached Raleigh headquarters last week ind pushed the Association across it?oal of an 80,000 membership in the three States. ( In spite of this fact, America's l)iggest Cooperative will continue to welcome tobacco growers in Virginia , and Western North Carolina until the markets of the old belt open. A great mass meeting 01 tjo^co farmers in Durham, with Oliver J. Sands, general manager of the Association ;is nriiw?ii?lr? <no?ilrov ?fill lw. _ , ~ , ?? I I I l'f **i 11 the final campaign in Western North Carolina August 19. j R. J. Works and J. R. Blanks, members of the Hurley pool from . Kentucky, Dr. J. Y. Joyner and Senator J. A. Brown( directors of the , Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association from North Carolina, and J H. Quisenberr.s, District Agent >f Virginia and leader of the succe> j Ful sun cuied pool will hold 25 ' meeting.--, in the West, beginning* Monday at Aberdeen, Vass and Hills- i boro. As the advance guard of the alalanche of contracts which is coming1 in from Kastern Carolina where the . farmers siezed their last opportunity to sign, 208 contracts were sent in from Mr. Claude McGhee, of Franklinton in a single day. AUTOMOTIVB AC TIVITIKS There are 10o automobile factories in operation in this roint. Thei'e are 20.000 motor buses now in operation in the United States. A Milwaukee power concern has IS motor buses feeding its "fir ''' ?<? "Be a good felloe," says the wheel. "Keep cool," says the fan. Never turn off tbo isrr'*;on ? hilj^ or the car will drag the engine. Don't blame the tires if you skid after jamming the throttle too soon. A TONIC {trove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores j Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its i strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how i it improves the appetite, you will then 1 appreciate its true tonic value. * Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply * Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So ( pleasant even children like it. The blood , needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to ( Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and { Grip germs by its Strengthening, In vigor- \ feing Effec? i (WAT, SO, AUGUST 24, 1*22 MARION COUNTY |l GANG AFFAIRS Investigation by Governor Harvey Through the ? Grand Jury j COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT 1 } Turners Who Were Tried for 1 Killing Edwin White I Figured in Matter j The Marion County way of hand- ^ ling convicts has caused no little in- . 1 , terest in other parts of the State. Articles in the Marion Star first! ' called the attention of the public to i what was termed as slack methods of 1 guarding; and keeping the convicts v?n ( the Marion County Chain gang. 1 Reports reached the office of j s Governor Harvey and he orded a.i ^ investigation by means of a letter , that he addressed to the foreman of the grand jury of Marion County , The grand jury appointed a committee of that body to investigate the , conditions and make a report. Their ^ report was sent to Governor Harvey J last week. It reads as follows: j "In pursuance of a letter fio.n Governor Harvey to the foreman of the grand jury for Marion county, call- j ing attention to the manner of handl- i ing convicts, a special committee ol s the grand jury, composed of J. N. 1 Martin, W. E. Stanley, F. M. Boat- ^ wright and W. L. Reeves, made an investigation of the matter, and sub- ( mitted the following report: | "We had a personal talk with Mr. ' . Harmon Wiggins, the one in charge v of the chain gang, and he told us ( that only three prisoners had es- 1 caped during his management, but t otner citizens including the Deputy I v Sheriff for Marion County, have! c given us the following names who i they claim have escaped from the , chain gang to wit: iviayo Carmich- ^ ael, Ernest Howard, Lhartes Daws, s H. B. Parker, Sam Leonard, John c Wakefall, Frank Owens, Joe McAte, George Blackwell and George Mc ^ Dufl'ie. The above Sam Leonard j having returned himself to the gang , and above named John Wa.eiui. r having been killed by another r.egro ? who was trying to prevent his es. ape j "As io tne rumors aoout certain ' ? prisoners being given liberties, we b have nad before us Mr. K. A. White, Mr. J. M. McLendon, J. F. Capp>, and Mr. Evander Hewitt, and find from their statements which they state they are willing to give in c open court or by affidavit, thai j Alack Turner and Tom Turner were ^ seen working in a tobacco crop on ( Mr. Sloan's place where Mack Tur- s ner's wife resided, and at other times < ] seen on the road at perfect liberty, p and Mr. Evander Hewitt stateu tha i one, Joe Smalls, a convict who was a f trusty, was caught by him stealing \ watermelons and onions, and that a t c'ozen or more convicts are allowed r to roam as they pleased Saturdu., ft nights and {Sundays. Mr. Hewitt I s aso stated that he personally re- s ported this to Mr. Page, supervisor f( and the county commissioners. i t.' "A member of the grand jury in- t; formed us that he himself saw a convict going fishing 12 miles irom n the camp, and Mr. Edwards, Depu.y Sheritttf, stated that lie had recovered NN from the chain gang a bicyc e. r< which had been stolen from Mr ' ^ Phillips, a resident of Marion, asu. G said bicycle was carried t.uere b\ i one of the convicts. tl "Mr. Roy Baker, a citizen living 11 within a few miles of the chain gc-ng " has made complaint that the con- ** victs on the gang had poisoned S1 streams of water which passed through his pasture, and at one time 11 killed a lot of hogs, which matter he a had also reported to the county commissioner. "We also find that Mr. Wiggins in charge of the chain gang, pur- " chased from a merchant in Marion, a hat, a pair of shoes, and other clothes . fi n/\>\ i f? Ai ?i.U A - ' - - * iui a I.WIIV Itl, w hum; tllllt; WclS UOOUl to expire, at exhorbitant prices, the P whole amounting to $15.00. whereas $4.00 or $5.00 would have been sufricient. " "We find that some of the con- ' victs are dressed in overalls and not stripes, which is a means of allowing the convicts to escape, wherea-* t their identification would be known by having on stripes, and we have also been informed that the facili ties at the chain j^ang are not ade quate to handle white prisoners separate from the colored, which should be remedied or all wlvt.? prisoners be sent to the penitentiary. "In addition to the statements given us by the above parties, we constantly hear rumors about tho slack manner in which convicts are governed at the chain gang, and this condition is brought about no doubt on account of incfTLient management of the gang. We therefore recommend and offer as a suggestion the following: "That all convicts be required to wear stripes as the badge of identification, and that all white convicts be transmitted to the state pcniten tiary. "That the county com "issioners immediately take such steps as will relieve the situation as herein ex ~,) ?i ? - anu cause me chain Kan# Lo be run in a business-.ike mantier, so that all criticisms may be m evented. "That a copy of this report be filed with the Governor, as an answer to his communication to the Foremar the Grand Jury, a copy to be served upon the Chairman of thrt board >f Commissioners that he, with said ommission, may thoroughly inves?;rate and make their ret'.im to th^ [Trnnd pf t Sourt, 1922, and a copy to the Solicitor that he might investigate ami I report to the Grand Jury." I . WEEVIL MOVING NOW GOING ON Fall migration of the weevil had befun on August. 15th in some sections tv?? cotton croo is not v<w*y ?ood and where fruit formation has practically discontinued. Otherv'00 situation during the past week showed no important change, squ?re nfestation continuing .to vary in different localities from very low to 95 percent or more, according to reports received by Prof. A. F. Conradi. Entomologist, who therefore advises continuation of cultivation where possible tnd of thorough square collecting troni the plants and the ground. Whether poison application should je made after migration depends on conditions. Migration is not yet ^le.ivy enough at any point to warrant iiscontinuation of poisoning. When migration becomes severe and gener il. no profit may bo expected from poisoning. During the past week there have jeen breezy and dewless nights especially in the Piedmont section. Poisoning on such nights is not rec^mmo??Hf?d tho application should ?e made during the first favorable lights though it be a week or so late according to the schedule. )ld Methods and Customs No Longer Dependable. Farmers are urged to use good judgment and not to become panicky. AMien the weevils become numerous* ;o that all squares are punctured and ,'oung bolls are attacked, one or even wo applications of poison may be recommended in order to protect as many )f the young bolls as possible. The attitude of the farmers is not ilw.ays encouraging. Some have k'*p* jp cultivation and square co'V'-Hi-" tiligently while others "laid by" about August 1. It must be emphasized hat these old methods and cuslonv vill not l>e satisfactory under woevil :onditions, and those who have not yet jecome reconciled to more diligent v?ethnds of farm management hroughout the entire growing sea111 t)ccome so convinced if they ontinue their efforts to grow cotton. Again this season there *ire many striking illustrations of the great imjortance of soil building as the fundanental operation in weevil control. Phe success and profit that may remit from poisoning, square collectng or other direct weevil control is based on efficient soil uilding. o W EKK LY C()TT()N LETTER Following the August 1st reports ?f the United States Department of V.irricultlll'P thorp wjk n lot t\t nmivi. fanda circulated discrediting the government's figures, and a wave ?> hort selling followed, for 'in" p?,;' "s lown some 3 cents per pound. This dayed into the spinners' hands and uey dropped out ol' the market. excessive rains continued to risit the Eastern section of the coton belt and there was little or no elief of the drought west of the lississippi. "Bears" ?*ot scared and tarted coverimr. Exporters who had old cotton for August shipment Dund it almost impossible to cover 'Tii* r^Mi'ren^'-ts. This combinaion forced prices up rapidly and lutuies touched 22.90 this lorning. Continuous rains have interfered 'ith pickinir and ginning, causing eceipts to he lighten than last vear. leports from reliable sources in leorgia and portions of t'ic aronas are to the effort t^"* n'e^< he weather improves immediately we iav expect a yield no larger than lat of last season. It wil' bo ha d ) produce enough cotton to fill the pinners' requirements this season, nerefore wo repeat that it would ot seem advisable to sell much if ny cotton for less than 25 cents. Tho avprayp lifp tin untAmnl Jl? n the United States is estimated at ve years. Extra tires not in use on the car hould be stored in a coo), dark dry lace. A motor bus with a glass inclosed [>p proved a curiosity in New York ecently. o To Cure a Cold in One Day ake LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets). It tops the Coutfh and Headache and works off the i old. E. W. (JROVE'S signatory on each box. 30c. J ^^WHERE CAN I M FIND AHOtIS M WHERE CAN1 M FIND A DUVE WHO HAS IT FOI Wmmmm?m?mmrnmammmmmBMHD Z ADRIAN NEWS | The people of this community is not near done selling their tobacco. It has been so rainy that ,a large quantity of it is damaged. There was, a ball game between the Adrian and Maple teams on the Maple diamond Saturday P. M. Adrian won by a number of five score. The Epworth Le.ugue of Poplar Church met Saturday evening August 12, the weather was very rainy, but a very large crowd was present and a very nice program was carried out. Don't miss the program, which is to be carried out at the regular meeting of Saturday night August 19. Messrs. W. T. Dorse\ and M. B. Anderson two of Adrians most prosperous merchants, are the best marhie players that the Adrian section affords. This is due to the fact of this practice. Mr. Connie Jolly of the Maple section visited Miss Georgie Powell Sunday afternoon. SUBSCRIBER. o .The production of automobiles in 1921 required 1.4(54,000 tons of steel, Six million gallons of varnish and paint were required. o MARION A. WRIGHT Attorney-at-Law Offices Spivey Building CONWAY, S. C. S. ~C. DUSENBURY Attorney-at-Law Spivey Building CONWAY, S C. F. J. SULLIVAN U CO. Certified Public Accountants (lit.) Telephone So. 796. Murchison Bank Bldg. WILMINGTON. N. C. T. B. LEWIS Attorney and Counsellor at Law CONWAY, S. C. J. I. ALLEN, JR. Attorney-at-Law Office in Bank of Loris Bldg. LORIS, S. C. D. A. SPIVEY & CCX W. B. King, Seety. BONDS AND INSURANCE. Office iD Peoples National Bank Building. FORD & SUGGS Attorneys at Law Offices at Conway, S. C. Loris,S.C. C-l-13m R. B. SCARBOROUGH Attorney at Law CONWAY, S. C. WILLIAM EUGENE KING Physician and Surgeon AYNOR, S. C. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Counsellor at Law. CONWAY. S. C. ENOCH S. C. BAKER Attorney and Counselor at Law Offices in Taylor Building 2-9-3m Conway, S. C. HARRELSON & HARRELSON Attorneys-at-Law Practice both in the State and Federal Courts. MULLINS, - S. C. DR. G. I. LEWIS Dental Surgeon Office Over Norton Drug Company. CONWAY, S. C. Dr. J. D. THOMAS Physician and Surgeon LORIS. S. C. EBB N. JOHNSON, Auctioneer of Heal Estate and all other property. R. F. D. No. 2, Box 41, Gallivant'** Ferry, S. C.?l-19-3m ?? A l H SALE? \ ,t HERE 1 iN I / NO. / ? ?u??/ 1 > V ] ?ad?and| tYANTADSl I ' J