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IN MILLS-HALL MYSTERY CASE Pig Woman Tells Romantic Story That Stirs Mrs Hall ARRESTS SOON EXPECTED No Case in History Has Attracted More Interest The World Over ************************** 4 Will the mystery of the * . $ killing of Rector Hall, and * < * his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor J % Mills, ever he fully explained ? * * Everybody knows they were * killed by reason of jealousy, $ * but yet do they actually * 5 know ? The place where the ^ sjc two bodies were found murde- * * red in September has been vi- % . cioto^ lw r?f?r?nlp. f mm all sk JJC 01CTVV.V4 MtT X, V J? . w * parts of the United States. * * The crab apple tree lias been ^ * cut down to a mere stump * * by curio seekers. All the grass * ji: on the Phillips farm has been ae * trampled into the dirt. j No vile murder that ever happened has created the interest all over the world that the Hall-Mills case in the factory town of New Brunswick, N. J., has stirred up. The t wo bodies were found on September 14th, stark dead and still, Jaid out as if for burial, under the spreading limbs of a crab apple tree, on the old Phillips farm, near that town. For many weeks the authorities of two counties of New Jersey, wrestled \ with the mystery of the thing. They got nowhere. After a while they took up young Clifford Hayes, an exsoldier and slapped him in jail upon the un-corroberated statement of one Schneider, that he had seen Hays commit the act. Later this young man was released and the people demanded that he remain free. Then came the woman fanner, the "pig woman," the bare-back rider, of jenny mules. The romantic story of a woman farmer?that she had witnessed the Mills-Hall murder and had identified both the slayer and a woman who accompanied him?electrified New Brunswick. About aix weeks ago the bodies of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and j flaonnr P -Mills 51 SintTAI* in I iU I r>? Ul^OIIVA A?t % ? ...n his choir, were found under a crab apple tree on the Phillips farm. Since then conflicting authorities have wrestled with theories and counter-theories, arrested a world war veteran and turned him loose; indicated that further arrests would be made; denied it the next day? and all the time one of the most intricate j murder mysteries that has engaged the attention of the country in years has gone unsolved. Now, with the full story made public of the woman farmer?Mrs. Jane Gibson?the feeling was strong in New Brunswick that the denoument was approaching fast. No hint of when the climax culminating in arrests might he expected were given by special Deputy Attorney General Wilbur A. Mott, placed in charge of the case by the state when the county authorities had thrown up their hands. Sergeant Lang of the State police, State Detective Mason and a county detective visited the Phillips farm again, going carefully over the ground mentioned in Mrs. Gibson's story. Mrs. Gibson?who retired from the thrills of a circus ring to raise pigs? introduced herself unohtrusely into the case when Clifford Hayes, war veteran, was arrested. Keeping silent it is set forth because of finaiv. cial influence of persons wnom her story would implicate, she nevertheless went to the authorities with her story when she found Hayes falsely accused. At that time, it was learned, she was brushed aside in the excitement of the arrest. When the trail proved a blind alley, some one remembered the "pi^ woman," as Mrs. Gibson is known throughout the countryside. . Detectives went to her humble little home, for the preservation of which she has been straining every nerve to meet mortgage engagements. It was then reported that the authorities had located a woman who had been an eye-witness of the double murder, but it was not until Tuesday that her name became known. At that time it was learned that she had identified the woman with the murder and had heard her cry out the furderer's name. She had met the woman some time ago at a rummage sale. Following the story told by the "pig woman," Mrs. Frances Steven? Hall, the widow of the dead rector then comes out with a desire to talksomething she has not wanted to d( before that time. She sent for re ? J | CREDIT^fH^CREDIT | <! Eye glasses fitted and sold on *1 0 a CREDIT. * Office over Horry Drug Co. T 1 Office days every Monday. * ^ Hours, 9 to 4 v \ J! L. A. WOODRUFF, D. Opt. Lw ? Eyesight Specialist , ' o . Conway, S. C. porters. o New Brunswick, N. J.?Officials conducting the inquiry into the murder r on September 14th of the Rev. Ed- p ward Hall and his choir leader, Mrs. j Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, ,declined to (i comment this morning on the inter- ( view given .yesterday by Mrs. Fran- s ces Stevens Hall to twenty newspaper a men. Stenographic transcripts of the v interview were in the hands of both \ Deputy Attorney General Wilbur A. } Mott, and his chief investigator, De- ( tective James F. Mason. ( The detective said, however, that ( two witnesses had stated that Mrs. <j Hall entered her home at 2:10 a. m., i on the morning after the murders, j ins c.'ul of 3:30 a. m., as she told the l newspaper men. He said also that these two witnesses said she was j alone. Mrs. Hall said her brother, j Willie Stevens was with her. t Efforts were continued to identify ] the man described by Mrs. Jane Gib- } ?? i-i i *'11 wumuii, its uie inuiuerer. > It was pointed out that little would ( be accomplished before the grand iury at this time with Mrs. Gibson's Alleged eye-witness account because it specifically stated that the woman she saw on the old Phillips farm did not commit the murders. Mills Takes Issue. Looking up from his work in a coal bin in the basement of the school house where he is janitor, James Mills, whose wife, Eleanor, was murdered with the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall on .September 14th, today took issue wth some of the statements made yesterday by the clergyman's widow in an interview. Mills said that he met Mrs. Hall at the church at 8:30 o'clock on the morning of September 15th. Mrs. Hall said yesterday that she was at the church at 7 o'clock. "I know it could not have been ? earlier than 8:30," said Mills, "be- * cause my children already in/id gone to school." ''The first thing Mrs. Hall asked me, was: 'Was anybody sick at your house last night?' We tnen commented on the f,act that brth my wife and her husband were missing and I said: 'Mavbe they hav? eloped.' " 'No,' was Mrs. Hall's reply, 'I think something must have happened to them.' "At noon, when Mrs. Hall came to my house, I told her I had not heard anything and she said she had not either. Then she went away. She is incorrect in her statements in statinsr that she did not come to my house J again at 5:20 o'clock. I remember ' that I had just returned with some ice and was putting it in the refrigera- \ tor. * Did Not Take It Hard. ] "I saw Mrs. Hall again at 7 o'clock < I in her home. I went there to ask her , I if she had any news. I stayed on the < I norch to talk. She did not seem to \ tkae it as hard as I did. I had an 1 ?dea that Dr. Hall and my wife had i been together but I did not thing there was anything wrong. I didn't think there was anything wrong. I don't j know why I ever suggested an elope-, ment," j; Mills said that when he saw Mrs. | Hall ,at the church at .S:30 in the morning she had assured him that she would notify the police. Mrs. Hall stated yesterday she was not certain whether she called the police before or after she met Mi!!.?. Commenting on Mrs. Hall's statement that she was not vindictive end th.it she did not care to see anyone punished for the murders, Mills sriid: "I am not vindictive either, but I want to see the murderer punished. I believe it was a woman's deed. All these theories about blackmail and robbery and things are rot. It was jealousy and I think her throat w.as cut in spite of her beautiful singing." Never Heard OJossin. "I never heard any gossip about my wife and Dr. Hall. If I had I would not have stood for it a single minute. I am man enough not to have kept that job at the church if I thought there was anything wrong be tween the minister and my wife. I live right and 1 want others to do the same. I would have gone to Mr. Hall and, if he would not listen I would have prone to the bishop and to the vestry." Mills said he had never heyrd of his wife having trouble with anybody and said he knew of no enemies that | Dr. Hall might have had. I "There was plenty of gossip about1 [ members of the choir, though," he added. The authorities are closely studying Mrs. Hall's replies to newspaper > men yesterday, in which the rector's widow voiced her faith in Dr. Hall; , maintained that she had no theories as to the murders; said she did not , seek revenge and denied the accusa, tions made against her by Mrs. Jane Gibson. ; o FAY OR QUIT t Those who would read The Herald must remember that it takes money , to print the paper. Without the ne5 cessary consideration we cannot continue names on the list. Bring in the amount of a year's , subscription the next time you come . to Conway. ? ? To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a coutfh medicine which stops the cough by healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVES O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is em/iosed with every bottle of HAYES* HEALING HONEY. The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. The hrnling effect of Hayes' Healing Honey inpide the throat combined wi'h the healinfteffect of drove's O-Pcu-Trate Salve through tho pores of i the akin soon stops a cough. Both remedies are packed in one carton and the i cost of the combined treatment Is 35c. Just ask your druggist for HAYES' , HEALING HONEY. THE HORRY HERALD, OOMW NOTICE OF SALE |l Under and by virtue of the decree rvide by his Honor W. C. McLain, Presiding Judge, in the case of O. B. lardwick, Plaintiff vs. W. E. Porter, lefendant, and dated the 28th day of )ctober, A. D. 1922, I, the under- t iigned W. L. Bryan, Clerk of Court 1 is Special Master, of Horry County, 1 vill sell at public auction, to the \ ughest bidder before the Court 1 louse door at Conway, in Horry r bounty, and State of South Carolina, j luring legal hours of sale, on sales- i lay in December next, it being the 1 Hb day of said month, all and singu- ; ar that certain real estate situate in i lorry County, and described as fol- i ows, to wit: t All those certain two parcels or ots of land situate, lying and being < n the Town of Loris, State and Coun- I ;y aforesaid, being lots Number 1 Eleven (11) and Twelve (12) of a 1 subdivision of the said O. B. Hard- J .vick's land in the Town of Loris, acjording to a plat of said subdivision > to be recorded in the office of the 1 21erk of Court for Horrv Countv. < 'eference being thereunto had will 1 r?ore fully appear, each of said lots 1 icing fifty (50) feet by two hundred 1 '200) feet in dimension. 1 TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchaser ( o pay for papers and stamps. J October 31st, 1922. ^ 1 I. H. WOODWARD, 1 5laintifT's Attorney. J W. L. BRYAN, Clerk of Court as 1 Special Master, Hor- * ry County. '' ?o ( NOTICE OF SALE 5 I Under and by virtue of the decree 1 md judgment of the court made by ! lis honor W. C. McLain, Presiding 1 Fudge, in the case of J. W. Jovner, ? r. P. Mills, W. H. Stroud and J. R. 1 Turbeville, co-partners under the * ?irm Name and style of J. W. Joyner fe Co., PlaintilTs vs. Dawsey Tuber- 5 rille, Ella Tuberville, et. al., defenlants, and dated the 28th day of ( )ctober, A. D. 1922, I, the under- ] signed W. L. Bryan, Clerk of Court is Special Master of Horry County, vill sell at public auction, to the . 1 x. t_ ? J -1 L.J Ji ^ ugnesi oiuuer oeiore ine *jourt Souse door, at Conway, in Horry ' Dounty, and State of South Carolina, \ luring: legal hours of sale, on sales- 1 lay in December next, it being the ] tth day of said month, all and singuar that certain real estate situate in 1 Sorry County, and described as fol- J ows, to wit: 1 All and singular a certain piece or ;ract of land lying and being in Green I Sea Township, and conveyed by W. 1 P. Baldwin and Ida Seward to D. F. McGougan on the 15th day of October, 1919, and as per plat made by J. B. Gore, C. E., and said plat recorded on the records of Horry County, Book 1, page 34, and known as tract No. 10 of said survey. Bounded as follows: North by lot no. 9, East by Johnson and Harrington, West by Johnson and Harrington, South by run of Crooks Run Swamp, containing 21.2 acres, more or less. TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. October 31st, 1922. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. W. L. BRYAN, Clerk of Court as Special Master, Horry County. o . GO TO THE FAIRS People learn more seeing than in any other way. ;Any man young or old of ordinary intellect can learn from the models he sees however hard U may be for him to learn from the abstractions of theories propounded in print. Almost onethird of our nation's population attends the fairs of Ifchia ?.r?. nually. There is, therefore no ^'eater opportunity offered the farmer and stockman to learn and there is no other opportunity comparable for the breeder to get the public acquainted 'with him and his livestock. It is the great common school for the common man. Since every generation must learn for itself, there is a new class every year and thousands more ready to take a post-graduate course. Men may inherit ^roperity, but they can not inherit knowledge, therefore this great school?the fair?is perpetual in the fundamental elements. o Tell it to The Horry Herald. Renew your health by purifying your system with I lalotabs Wjk TftAOC M*NK ?CO X j The purified and refined calomel tablets that n*-e fre< from nausea and danger. No salts necessary, f. Calotabs act like calonv and salts combined. Demand the genuine in 10c and 35c packages, bearing above trade-mark. AY, S. 0, NOV. 9, 1928 HOME GROWN NURSERY STOCK Clcmson College--tf.-ur/ peisens jelieve fruit trees and grape vines ran be grown more cheaply at lome than they can be purch&sed. [t is very doubtful if this idea will vork out with the average man. if ears ago when <the only thing lecessary to propagate fruits was to slant seeds- of the varieties desired, lursery stock was easily grown at u>me. But those days have passed ind growing nursery stock is now i very highly specialized business, says A. M. Musser, Associate Horticulturist. Varieties have multiplied by hunIreds and thousands. Very few seedings now come true to variety. Nowadays all fruits of tree and trine are propagated by building and grafting or by cuttings. To produce first quality fruit tree:* and vines requires therefore a knowledge of propagation, considerable experience, and great deal of time and attention given to the many details which make up the nursery business. Of course many people can propagate and grow trees and vines of a sort, but few ?row well rooted, vigorous, healthy plants, for the average person is anwilling to devote the necessary :ime. Then, too, nursery stock must ae fertilized and cultivated and often sprayed just as any fruit crops Generally the young vines and tree? are planted >in a corner of the garden or along the fence in a field and forgotten until fall comes and time to transplant. As result of his neglect the grower finds his irees stunted, ill-shaped, and often infested with scale or other insects, and i\ root system not developed properly, and when transplanted hey either grow very slowly or die. Exceptions to this are persons desiring to propagate a few trees or nnes of a special local variety or jne that is not offered by nurserymen. 6 . - SAGE The common sage plant (salvia alficinalis) is a hardy perennial of the mint family, widely cultivated in .gardens, and when once established it persists for several years. The leaves are used extensively for flavoring meats and soups, and a tea made from them is a old riousehold remedy. Sage is easily cultivated and will grow in any well-drained fertile soil, but 'seems to thrive best in a rich clayey loam. For cultivation on a large scale the seeds are sown in early spring Jin rows 2 to 3 fee; apart and when the plants are well up they are thinned to stand about 12 inches apart in the row. Seedling plants have a tendency to produce narrow leaves; hence, the broad-leaved varieties which do not flower ^readily are the most desirable, since they give a larger yield of leaves. As the plants rarely set seed, they are usually grown from cuttings, which may be obtained from seed houses having their propagating gardens. Cuttings set as early in the spring as weather conditions will permit usually give v large crop. In the North the plants should be protected in winter by a mulch of manure. Sage may also h? crrnwn as a xerond r.rnn after vegetables. A fair crop of leaves may be harvested the first season and a much larger one for five or six years following. Only one picking lViay be made *111 a season. If a product of fine quality is desired, the leaves are picked by hand and dried in the shade. Sage leaves are apt to turn black while 'drying unless the removal of moisture proceeds continually until they are fully dry. A cheap grade may be obtained at a smaller harvest cost by cutting the plants with a mower, the cutter bar of which is set at such a height as not to include the woody Thin? Run-down? Sure Way lo Get Right Weight Increase Your Red-Blood-Cell*. 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Moro rod-blood-cells! 8. 8. 8. will build them, Ladles and gentlemen, a peaky, bony face doesn't make you look very Important or pretty, does it? Tako 8. 8. 8. It contains only pure vegetable medicinal Ingredients. 8. 8. 8. Is sold at nil drug stores in two sizes. The larger size bottle Is the more ?eonomlcni. S.S.S. ??sw?si % NOTICE OP SALE Under and by virtu? of the decree and judgment of the court made by his Honor W. C. McLain, Presiding Judge, in the case of J. W. Gerrald and W. E. Tyler, Plaintiffs vs. B. 14. Butfkin, defendant, and dated the HSth day of October, A. D. 1922, I, the undersigned W. L. Bryan, Clerk of Court as Special Master, of Horry County, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder before the Court House door, at Conway, in Horry County, and State of South Carolina, during legal hours of sale, on salesday in December next, it being the 4th day of said month, all and singular that certain real estate situate in Horry County, ,and described as follows, to wit: All and singular, all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land containing ten (10.75) and seventy-five onehundredths acres. Ivinur and beinc in Bayboro Township and in the County and State aforesaid, and having courses, distances, metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a stake O at the junction of Placard road and the road leading from Bayboro to Gurley, running with said Placard road to blackgum XN in the run of Gulley Branch, thence with the run of said branch to a maple 3XN in the run at the junction of Gulley and Rem Branches, thence with the run of Rem Branch to a stake No. 50 at the junction of said branch and the road leading from Bayboro to Gurley, thence with the said road to the beginning corner. The within mentioned premises being conveyed to me by J. VV. Gerrald by his deed bearing date of June 2(>th, 1920. This mortgage is given to secure the balance due on the purchase price. TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. October 31st, 1922. H. H. WOODWARD, . Plaintiff's Attorney. W. L. BRYAN, Clerk of Court as Special Master, Horry County. stems. The dry herb should be marketed promptly. since it loses its strength rapidly with age. Returns from experimental areas indicate that on good soil a yield OAAA 1 - " 1 * \ji puunua or more 01 arica tops per acre may be expected. In case the leaves only are harvested, the yield will be proportionately less. to * Style Servic <*30 ' GENTS FUR1 Conwaj i * i i SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Served.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF HOrtRY. . Court of Common Pleas. Bank of Loris, A Corporation, plaintiff, vs. E. V. Carter, J. H. Carter and W. E. Stroud, defendants. To The Defendants above Named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber or subscribers , at his or their office at Conway, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to an swer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney, Dated Mav lfith, 1922. To W. E. Stroud. ABSENT DEFENDANT: TAKE NOTICE That the Complaint in the foregoing stated action and the summons of which the foregoing is a copy were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Horry County, at Conway, S. C., on the 27th day of September. A. D. 1022. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P. It's a Surprise! I If there are those who have I } thought that they could not | (take cod-liver oil nourish- ! nent, there is a surprise in ] slor e for them when they take I Scott's Emulsion I It is pleasing to the palate | * and is assimilated so i ?j$L readily thai it is the flfMr exceptional person ITT who cannot take it UhV easily. If you are rundown in strength, take Scott's Emulsion! Scott & Bowne, Bloom field. N. J. 12-33 i i > |yffr :e Satisfaction *35 MISHING CO. fy S. C.