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IV VOLUMEXXXVil LARGE STORES ARE BANKRUPT Three Department stores Close, Two Being in This County OVER ZEAL_OF~ CREDITORS Adjustment May bo Made and Stores Open up Again Be I fore Any Sales The Conway Department Store, of which II. Werblun, formerly of Mullins, but now of Florence, S. C., is the proprietor, closed its doors last week. Another store, the Loris Department Store, located at Loris, of which Mr. Werblun was also the proprietor, was reported as being closed at the same time. The parent store, the largest of all, operated by Mr. Werblun, in Florence, his home town, was also closod. The stores Are still closed. The onuse of the trouble was unknown here, except to a few, until last Thursday when notices were received by creditors in Conway, reading ft*; follows: "District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina. In Bankruptcy " In the matter of Harry Werblum, of Florence, in the County of Florence, ,and District aforesaid, a bankrupt. I "To the Creditor?: of said Bankrupt: "Notice is hereby given that on the Tth day of November, 1922, the above tamed was duly adjudged bankrupt; and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at the office of undersigned, Florence, S. C., on the 17th day of November, 1922, at 12 o'clock, at which time the said creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt and transact such other business a? may properly come before said meeting. At this meeting will also be considered the sale of the stock of merchandise and other personal property of the bankrupt, without further notice to creditors. Claims must b<? filed in the manner prescrib- \ by the rules of the supreme court for filing of claims in bankruptcy. "Florence, S. C.f November 7th, 1922. "ROBERT J. KIRK, j" Referee in Bankruptcy." It was reported here later that aeveral creditors of the department had become obstinate and would not agree to extend the time which the stores needed to meet its obligations. The cause of the failure is said to be the strike whien went in Florence, S. C.. among the railroad shopmen iwvwnwiil rv\nntVM! i crr\ Tliat fVirt stnrflQ ivcvri ai uiviiwm w^v/. * vt. had expected the usual amount of business and bought goods accordingly; that the strike in Florence put ^reat numbers of men out of work and business and trade in the drvfroods line in that town went to nothing; that although the strike had been adjusted that the business there had not yet recovered from the serious blow struck by the striking shopmen. The stores asked for time in which to meet the bills for goods purchased but certain of the creditors would not extend time any further and there was nothing to do but to file a petition in bankruptcy and give nil creditors an equal showing in the settlement of the bankrupt estate. It is not believed that the creditors will benefit to any great extent by their zeal in pushing their accounts. They will doubtless lose heavily by reason of the placing of such a large amount of drygoods on sale at sacrifice prices, while if they had waited, as they were asked to do, their money would have been good as to probably every dollar of it. It is possible that some adjustment of the differences may yet be made before any sale of the stocks will take place. It is hoped that an amicable adjustment can be made. o i?cr a m a xt JLAJVni JUJLf ITinil . BACK IN GANG W. A. Causey was caught last week and again placed on the Horry County chain prang to serve out the rest of his sentence. He had. been gone for some time, having taken what is known in jail parlance as "leg bail." He had succeeded in keeping hidden from the authorities until last week, when a trap was set for him by V. D. Johnson, assisted by two citizens of the community. The , result was his capture and he was placed back in the gang last Friday. Causey was convicted at a term of the court for the crime of adultery and sentenced to twelve months on the public works. He served three months and ran away. He is now lvick to serve the remaining nine months. He committed the crime for which he has been tried in the Floyds section of the county. o South Crolina delegates to the Convention of World League Against Alcoholism in Toronto, November 2429, have been appointed by Governor ^-George Harvey. Wat LJEWELL GUILTY FEDERALCOURT B. H. Justice Cleared by jun as In State Court The Justice and Jewell case in tht United States District Court, sitting at Columbia last week, resulted in a verdict of not pruilty for B. H. Justicc alone out of the three defendants. Two remaining defendants, Clyde and Chris Jewell, were each found guilty and each sentenced to pay v fine of one thousand dollars, or each serve a sentence of six months in the jail. The Herald could not learn which of the alternative the two defendants accepted. To avoid the ,senteuce of six months, for both of them, the sum of two thousand dollars would have to be raised. In the opinion of many this sum could be raised by the defendants. The same case was tried in the courts of Horry County under Sti'te laws. In the State court, the result w.as the same as in the Federal court as to those found guilty and those convicted. In the State court here at Conway the first week in March this year, B. H. Justice was cleared of the charge of whiskey making. The facts of the case as testified showed that Jewell was operating a whiskey still on the lands of Mr. Juslice. This was the conclusion of thr officers who .approached the still or.e morning and tore up the outfit and found some whiskey on the premise? as well as a part of the. still plant that was being carried to the place by one of the defendants. A number of witnesses were summoned to appear in Charleston at the 1 '>ct f?fm nf Pprldj'ii! rnnvt. Hmrn but Justice was not tried at that term on account of absence. The same witnesses were all summoned to appear in Columbia last week and they were there for several days awaiting for the case to be re.ached on the docket of the court. Justice lives near the line between North and South Carolina. He ha? been farming for a long number of years on a fine place formerly owned and developed by Calvin Thomas and who sold out to Justice and moved away. Justice has a number of friend? who regret that he became involved in the matter. The juries passing or the case In both the State court and in the Federal court were convinced that B. H. Justice had no connectior with the stilling operations, but that Chris Jewell, an old operator from the wilds of North Carolina, Assisted by Clyde Justice, a young man who was under his influence, was solely responsible for the violations of the whiskey laws which had been goiug on in the Little River section of this county for time. large 'simmons get attention Small Tree on the Outlaw, Farm in Socastee is Lauded USED IN BEER MAKING Trees Full of Old Varieties tc be Found in Uncultivated Fields Vititors from outside Horry Coun ty are always astonished at the wonderful results produced by the soils of coastal planes, in which the coun ty is located. Things are raised here that prove to be wonders even as close to hom< as Marion and Mullins. This is prov ed by an editorial of last week. Horry County has been producing persimmons of both the native varie ties and the imported kinds ever sinc< our forefathers found out that per simmons were good for making de licious persimmon beer. Persimmon trees of the old variety found here when the country was set tied, have been improved greatly bj cultivation of the fields. Dozens o large trees loaded down with th< fruit can be found today in old field! that were abandoned for one reasoi or another. In the absence of the ole men and women who know how t< make this beer, about the only con sumer of this fine looking fruit an the birds and the opossums. Now, the editor of The Enterprise and also his friend were highly pleas ed at the tree which they saw on th< place of Mr. Outlaw. That tree car cied .a promise of beer at some late time, provided its owner knows ho\ to make it, which we doubt. The article in The Enterprise is in teresting to all outsiders, but not t< us, who are used to such wonders. Says the Enterprise: "The editor with Walter McKo; and Frank Acree, on a recent trii down to Murrells Inlet, saw a smal persimmon tree on the Outlaw farnr just below Socastee, loaded with th largest fruit ever seen prrowinff ii this section. It was of the Japanes Imperial family, and was beautifu indeed. Some of the fruit was a larjare around a? a quart measure an' nearly five inches longr. Mr. Outlaw stated that he planted the tree abou I IMS CONWAY, Sf 0., THUR3DA' I BIG DEMOCRA f II IN STAT < Striking Democratic on November 7th embrace ; < : < Seven new members 1 :: cutting the Republican m; ' Seventy-five members < lives, cutting the Republic I ^ r i o Election of a Senator J J party has had in seventy ; : < Election of a Represei ! o District, the first the pa 1 J [ years. O i , o Election of a delegate . Jt party has had in the histo ; Election of Governors , o nine States choosing them i Fifteen new members < ate, giving party control b o Twenty new members sembly, throwing the bah 1 < of the New York City de i < i AUTO CUT-OUTS PROHIBITEE f , ' The use of a cut-out on trucks an< automobiles is a hateful practice. A1 " agree that is when the cut-out is be ' in# used by another. . Many owner of machines detest the practice i 1 others while doing the very sam thing themselves. It is hateful an 1 the Legislature has done the righ | thing in prohibiting this by law. The wording of the Act and th | penalty which is provided, follow: [ STATUTES AT LARGE No. 437. i AN ACT to Prohibit the Use of Cut I Outs on Motor Driven Vehicles i [ this State, and to Provide a Per [ alty Therefor. ' Section 1. Use of Cut-Outs Ur 1 lawful on Motor Driven Vehicles o ' Highway.?Be it enacted by the Ger 1 eral Assembly of the State of Sout I Carolina: That from and after th * passage of this Act, it shall be unlaw r ful for any cut-outs to be used on mc > tor driven vehicles over the publi ' highways of this State. J 2. Violation a Misdemeanor?Per alty.?Any person, firm or corporz tion violating the provisions of thi Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and fined not less tha Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, nc more than One Hundred ($100.00 Dollars, for each ofTense. I .3. All Acts or parts of Acts incor sistent herewith are hereby repealec Approved the 17th day of Febru ary, A. D. 1922. o ; PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCCATIOl The regular meeting of the Schoc * Improvement Association was heM i the school building Tuesday aftei noon, November 7th, at four o'clocl with the president, Mrs. M. G. Andei son, presiding. Rev. J. C. Atkinson led in an oner ing prayer. Miss Richardson, accov ? panied by Miss Huntley, rendered vocal solo, and little Winnie Franc.f Eubanks pave a juvenile reac 5 ing, "I Don't Wanter go t 5 School". Dr. Atkinson made a mos - interesting and instructive talk, i which he explained in detail the bem r fits derived from the association < I pupils, parents, and teachers. ? beautiful piano solo was rendered b . two high school girls, Misses Ger . Wood Norton and Irma Lewis. Mrs. W. A. Freeman, Horry Coui ty organized, enumerated the duti< ' and aims of the organization, descril 1 ing briefly some of the work whic f is being accomplished by the small* ? schools of this county. 3 Each class in the grammar scho< T as well as in the high school has elec j ed a sponsor to represent it at U 3 meetings of the Association. Tb . sponsor is one of the mothers of th 3 children of fhat grade. Some incei tive for inducing the mothers to a i tend the meetings and to visit t\ I school will be proposed at the ne: 5 - three years ago and that it is a sui r crop, as the cold seldom affects i v There must have been five or si nf frnif if tV? - year?probably more. A sample < o the fruit can be seen at The Ente prise office now. Mr. Outlaw h? another and older tree that died son y time ago. It was recalled that thi p teen years ago Mr. McCoy and tl II late Charley Gordon stopped at tl i, Outlaw home. Mr. McKoy told tV e younger Mr. Outlaw Monday that h n father gave them one of the six pe e simmons prrown on the tree that yei lt and that for years afterward M s Gordon would talk about the bipr pe d simmon Riven him by his old frien ^ The senior Mr. Outlaw died of "flut t this summer at an advanced age." n g, NOVEMBER 16, 1922 TIC GAINS ES AND NATION ?o ? gains throughout the Nation d the following: I of the United States Senate, ajority from 24 to 10. i of the House of Representa^an majority from 170 to 20. from Michigan, the first the years. ntative from the 9th Virginia i irty has had in twenty-two 3 e from Hawaii, the first the Z ry of the territory. J 4 , in seventeen of the twenty- 3 this year, a gain of eleven. * of the New York State Sen- ? y a majority of one. 4 ; of the New York State As- ? ince of power into the hands + legation. 4 RAISES FREAK > SWEET POTATO rl The D. G. Spivey farm, near Horry, II S. C., in charge of Joe Barnhill this - year as a tenant, has produced a veges table freak that is worthy of menn tion. e The freak is a Porto Rico sweet d potato taken from the crop planted t and raised by Mr. Barnhill this year, In the first place the potato is a large e one just like many more in the patch of about two acres, so far as regards size. This potato resembles ,a bird. At first sight one would call it a duck > but Mr. Spivey states that there have n been no ducks raised on this farrr i- this year. The farm has had a flocli of geese, 'however, and as the potatc also resembles a goose, we would b? n prejudiced in favor of calling the potato a goose. h This freak potato was brought tc e the shoe store, of which Mr. Spivey it r_ one of the proprietors, and was as interesting sight as it lay 011 one ol c the counters. Barnhill's crop is a good one this year and he is looking for two 01 three hundred bushels of sweet potajs toes to the acre. n meeting. >r It was decided that simple refresh1) ments will be served at every third meeting, thus adding a social feature 1- to the otherwise business-like gather1. ing and giving the mothers and fa[_ thers an opportunity to meet and talk with the teachers. The president appointed the following committees: Inter-Society Dohate. Mr. Daniel, Mr. Hunter, Mrs. E .1. Sherwood, Mrs. C. II. Snidei^ Mrs n M. (J. Anderson; Membership Comr_ mittee: Miss Mary Harlee, Mrs. G L. Ford, Mrs. O. D. Anderson, Mrs r'_ C. H. Snider; Program Committee: Mr. Huntley, Mrs. Alexander, M?s> Alma Watson; Refreshment Commit lm tee: Mrs. V. F. Piatt, Mrs. F. C a Todd, Mrs. L. H. Burroughs. E WORK ON ROAD \ : MAKES HEADWAY J. )f A The work on the road leading frorr ?y Rear Swamp to Greenwood churcl ie has been going ahead for the pasl month and much has been accomplish i- ed. ?s This work has been done partly bj )- private subscription and partly by us< h of the county forces and road build sr iner machinery. The stumps have been taken oui si* about all the way to the church, plow t- ing done and some of the work o ie grading has been done all the waj is from where the road turns out of th< ie national highway, just below Beai fi- Swamp, to the neighborhood of th< t- church. ie o SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION pe M iss Jaunita Neeley, Poultry Spe it. cialist from Winthrop College, wil ix trivo a demonstration on caponizinj is in T-oris on Tuesday. November 28th of and at Seven Miles School on the 20th r- They hope to have a demonstra id tion in Conway by Miss Neely on th< ie morning of the 28th. Anyone inter r- rsted in the work please attew ie whether club members or not. ie o ie IN SUPREME COURT is r- A number of the lawyers of th< *r Conway bar will be absent the late r. part; ot mis wceK attending the ses r- sion of the Supreme Court in Colum d. bia. Several cases under appeal fron this county will come up in that cour for argument. Vd \ tl f LONG STANDING LAND DISPUTE^ : Amended Complaint Filed in One Since The Year 1913 | An amended complaint has been filed in the case of J. Bert Hughes and J. B. Hughes, plaintiffs against | Lucian V. Todd, under an order of the court made last April, requiring \ certain land in Simpson Creek town ship that had been in dispute between " the Hughes and Todd families for a number of years . The suit was brought in the year of 1913, and was continued from court to court during all this time on account of the slowness of surveyors appointed by order of the court in making a survey of the premises in dispute. After a long time this survey was made by W. C. Pitts and H. C. Cannon, the surveroys named in the rule of survey. The land, it was alleged had been trespassed upon by Lucian V. Todd. Lucian V. Todd answered and attempted to justify the acts complained of under title in his wife, Mrs. Ellen F. Todd. After the surveyors had completed the survey and the case was set down for trial at the April term in the spring term of 11)22, the defendant came into court claiming that the wife of Mr. Todd had died and left her surviving, as her only heir at law, " certain children, to wit: Minnie Todd Cook, Ruth Todd Powers, Cora Todd Cause, Leon Todd, Mazie Todd, Mallie Todd, Flossie Todd, and Alma Todd, the last named four named be| ing unde* the age of twenty-one years. Judge Sease heard this motion and > granted it in favor of the contention 1 of the defendant, Lucian V. Todd, hence the filing of the amended com' plaint as above stated to bring in the new parties as heirs at law of Mrs. Ellen F. Todd. i In a few days an ammended sum. mons and complaint will be served on 1 all of the new parties. i Since this case was docketed, an' other land suit between the same parties, or practically the same parties, has been brought up and tried, but ? this suit concerned an entirely dif ferent tract of land on another side i of the boundaries between the Hughes ; and Todd estates. > Before this civil suit was brought i for damages for trespass on the tract of land, the parties had a number of suits in the magistrate courts con> cerning it. Parties on both sides 5 were tried and convicted for commitl ting trespass on the land. In this suit that is now pending, an injunction was granted by the court i against the defendant prohibiting any further trespass on the 1/ind until the case is tried and disposed of. TEXAS ADVISES j ON OLD STALK ! Valuable Notes From Greatest Cotton Producing State i UNDER TWENTY HEADS Organize Whole Communities For Boll Weevil right i Clemson College.?The Extension Service of Clemson College has been preaching the fall and winter cleanup of cotton fields and hibernating places of the boll weevil as one of the most effective measures of weevil conr trol. To show that this is advocated and practiced in Texas, the greatest cotton producing state, the following article is quoted from the Texas Ex1 tension Service Farm News. * Present conditions in South Carols lina favor such a clean-up, for in all parts of the state cotton picking is already practically completed, 3nd 7 farmers can turn attention to stalk 5 destruction. The earlier the clean-up - measures are token the more effective will be the weevil control, t Read These Twenty Statements From Texas, f 1. Weevil infestation, in spring, t starts from the few weevils that pass * the winter. p 2. The weevils, developing late in 5 the fall, are the ones most likely to survive the winter. 3. Many weevils will survive the winter in fields where cotton stalks, together with grass, weeds and other . refuse material offering shelter are j allowed to remain. r 4. Great numbers successfully pass the winter in Spanish moss and in dead grass along fences, ditches rifttsl y-v U AM urnn^A 1 mivi uuin uiovqpi ? 5. The weevil eats only cotton. 1 f>. The weevil breeds only in the j squares and bolls. 7. The weevil can live for several months without food while hibernating and inactive. 8. Tt does not become inactive un? til the killing frosts. r 0. Previous to the first killing . frosts, it can live for only about six _ days without food. t 10. Killing cotton growth early t prevents new weevils breeding and permits only the older ones to enter NO. 38 NEGRO STRIKES T. A. RHEUARK Inflicting Painful and Dangerous Wound on the Head USES STALK OF CANE Warrant Issued for Green Jones. Recovery From Effects Expected Gieen Jones, a negro loborer, struck T. Arthur Rheuark on the head with a stalk of sugar cane last Fridajp night, inflicting' a severe scalp wound and which might have caused worse consequences. The blow knocked Mr. Rheuark down and rendered him unconscious for a short time. A physician was called to attend him. At last accounts he was recovering, and was required hy his physician to remain in bed at homo in order to guard against a possible fracture of the skull. An examination upheld the belief that the injury was limited to the scalj^ and that there would be nothing in the waj of a rapid and complete recovery. The circumstances under which thii assault and battery took place were especially aggravating. Mr. Rheuark is the manager of the Conway Coca Cola Bottling Company. He was driving at the time one of the large trucks that is used in hauling the soft drinkn to customers. As he was passing along the street several negroes jumped upon the truck to ride. He ordered them off and they did not pet otr. After a short time, as they did not leave the truck as he ordered, he stopped the machine and walked' around toward the rear of the machine and asked them why they would not get off the truck. While this talk was going on, Green Jones, one of the party who wanted to steal the ride, slipped up with a stalk of sugar cane and hit him with it. Warrants were sworn out and the negro lodged in the county jail. At last accounts he is still without bail. hibernation. 11. Very few of these older weevils have sufficient vitality to pass the winter successfully. 12. Killing cotton growth early removes the food of the weevil. . If the growth of cotton is entirely killed as early as two weeks before frosts, practically all weevils will starve before going into winter quarters. 13. Destroy cotton growth early; if possible, by October 1st. 14. Merely chopping or clipping: the stalks will not answer, the stumps will throw out new growth ideal for weevil food. 15. Kill the plant entirely and prevent new growth by setting x plow shallow and turning out the plants, or by some equally effective means. 10. Do not burn crop refuse on the fields. Texas farms need thia returned to the soil humus. Merely killing the plants as suggested in No. 15, will, in most cases secure the benefit aimed at. 17. Burn the trash along1 fences, ditches and other such waste places, in mid-winter, and thus destroy the individuals hibernating there (see Nos. 4 and in.) 18. A farmer cannot prevent weevils coming to his cotton in th* spring that another person has wirvtered. 19. Big things are accomplished only by co-operation. 20. Organize a whole community for the fight, CONWAYHAS" A DELEGATE Mr. C. H. Snider has been appointed by Governor Harvey as one of th* delegates from this State to the next convention of the World league Against Alcoholism, which will convene at Toronto, Canada, on November 24-10. Mr. Snider is Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of Conway. COMES OUT FOR MAYOR'S PLACE Charles U. Scarborough announce*; l'n fhia iucno Ua??.. tT? ?1J ?? ... ...... v?v- wi i iic mni Y nmiiu lor the office of mayor of the Town of Conway. He has consented to make this raet at the solicitation of a number of friends. Mr. Scarborough is the son of Kotv R. fi. Scarborough, is the manage* and proprietor of the Conway Tele~ phone Company, and is the head of the Conway Building: Company recently organized for the construction of the fine new office building recently completed next door to the city property on lower Main Street. He is connected with other enterprise^ and interested in the general scheme of progress and improvement in Conway. He is yery popular among the fraternal orders of the town and possesses the ability to make one of th? best chief officers for the ihuM* pality.