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SHERIFF GETS LITTLE MORE Following (he report by Sam Holder). to the sheriff's office last week, showing the letter mailed in Conway to him. requiring him to move away fro~i the Socastee community, away from the place which he had leased from Henry Puck, the sheriff went in to Socastee township and spent the greater portion of last Thursday. He interviewed several men in that community concerning the matter of the Holden letter, but obtained very little information that would throw licht on the subiect at that time. The sheriff talked with G. W. Watts about the letter on account of the fact that it appeared that there had been some trouble between Holden and a son of Watts about the hunting on the Buck land. The sheriff asked Watts if he was a member of the Ku Klux '.Klan and Watts denied that he was a member, or that he knew anything about the Klan He also denied knowing anything about the letter that HoTden received. If his son had anything to do with the writing or mailing of that letter, Watts said that he "knew nothing of it and could not give the oHicer any information concerning 'it. The sheriff did not see Georpre Brown, with whom the trouble about thp lruntinp: privileges had taken place. Brown was not in place that doy, or probably not in his usual place and the sheriff did not see him. The sheriff also talked with W. J. Singleton, whose son had been indicted with Holden in the deer killing case some time ago. Singleton had no information about the letter .is to who the sender could be, or by whom j it was mailed. He deplored the occurrence in a community where law and order has prevailed since time out of memory. He was mortified to learn that intimidation of this kind had been used in the community. Jere Holden, a brother of Sam Holden, was also interviewed. He had not learned anything further about the incident. The officer talked with several other men of that section of th^ county in an effort to learn more about the matter while on the ground, hut he received very little further knowledge about the affair while down there. Back in Conway, it appears that the sheriff obtained some further information which may lead to the discovery s\ 1 i f ?.-l .. 1-1- ? 11 * 1 .-><iuciii iin i.> rc^tmiiii^' cue matter. Circumstances point to the writer of the letter and the person by whosi it "was mailed here in Conway; but not an inkling of the nature of this evidence could he obtained at the sheriffs office last Monday when the reporter called. The sheriff said that it was necessary to keep this as quiet as possible, and that perhaps later there would he more news to give out. JONES GETS K K K NOTE [ \ " ' ? : ? < Here is he letter which Wilbur Jones received concerning the debate at Maple eactly like the one written to Rufus Jenrette: "The attention of the Invisible E'ymire is "entered on YOU. Be carefull on Feb. 22 of what you say. A word to the wise is sufficient. The way of the transgressor is death. "KLU KLUX KLAN." Notice the spelling of the signature. Jones says that about a week before receiving this he had an argument with Redmond King about whether it was spelled "Ku" or ;'K1u. o (CIVIL SERVfCE EXAMINATION TO ftE GIVEN AGAIN The Civil Service Commission invites special attention to the fact th/it in an examination held recently in "Washington, D. C., and other cities throughout the United States for matron, Indian Service, applicants were not secured in the number desired, and that this examination will Y>e held again on March 7, 1923. Persons interested in this or other examinations should apply to the Secretary of the U. S. Civil Service Board at the local post office for detailed information and application blanks. CHMtMlNGLADY BECOMES BRIDE Miss Minnie Vaught was married to Mr. Marvin Floyd on Wednesday of last week, the affair being very quiet and only a few intimate friends present. The bride is one of the most chr.rming young women of Conway. Mr. Flovd 1st pr?nnr?/?irwl ??.;* !* 4-U~ - - t. - w.ii.vuv^u r> i ill llli; One Price Shoe Store, one of the leading1 business institutions of Conway. ?o The Rev. J. C. Atkinson entertained at luncheon at the Kingston hotel Monday in honor of Miss Howell and Dr. Perry, who were here in the interest of the Centenary. The guests at this occasion were the Rev. D. A. Phillips, presiding elder of the Marion district; the pastors of the churches in the county with their centenary treasurers and charge lay leaders and the hoard of officers of the Conway Methodist church. The honor euest? re well known throughout Methodism. Dr. Perry being general secretary c>f the home missions and Miss Howell Wing secretary of missions in the Orient. ? o ? GET YOUR CHKCK The tobacco checks will be passed out at the Horry Warehouse next Saturday. Call at the warehouse. SEND CHECKS TO GROWERS Florence, Feb. 10.?Word reached this office of the Tolvaccc Growers* Association today from the Burley Tobacco Growers' Association to the effect that final settlement checks for the 1922 crop nre practically written and will be in the hands of the members of the Burley Association about 'he 15th of this month. The delay in delivery of thef checks was due to sickness in the clerical force and the fact that the last chcck for the final three million pounds of the weed sold it Christmas time had just reached there. Every member has been notified the net amount he will have received for each grade with the final distribution and that his association costs were HO cents a hundred for 1921 and that his warehouse stock deductions amount to 04 cents a hundred. which warehouse stock brings him interest as an investment. The 1921 Burley crop was pooled into 52 grades which netted the growers. according to the grade, from 5 to 58 cents. Onlv 12 of the trades netted the grower less than ten dollars a hundred and the other 40 ran between ten and fifty-three dollars. The Burley Association also announces that 21,500 new members joined the pool since the delivery of the 1922 crop giving the association control of more than eighty per cent of the entire burley crop grown in five states. Receipts of tobacco of the 1922 crops are very heavy, so that the association estimates it will receive this year one hundred and eighty million pounds of the burley weed. On the strength of the heavy receipts, the sales committee have sold, to date, one hundred and twenty-three million pounds of the 1922 crop in green order at a price which will net the burley members $31 a hundred, or 50 per cent more than last year's crop brought in spite of the fact that the total burley crop this year is fifty million pounds larger than last. I The two largest sales of the 1923 tof hacco are forty million pounds to R. J. | Reynolds and approximately sevenj teen millions to Liggett and Myers. The American Tobacco Company was among the liberal buyers in 1922. Some of the large companies not buying last year are among the purchasers this season. Advances to growers on the 1922 crop amount to approximately eleven I cents this year compared to eight last year which is a raise in advance price of around forty per cent. Incidentally this eleven cents advance is more than the average total sale price of hurley the last 50 years under the auction system. A legal item of special interest to co-opeiative members is the recent ruling* of the Kentucky courts that a landlord member has no right to lease out his farm to non-members unless he makes arrangements with the tenants to pool the crop. Garrett Watts, famous because he was first to be sued by the association in the hurley belt last year for breaking his contract. has been enjoined by the courts for breaking the contract in 1923 Watts claimed he had rented his farm to his two sons and had nothing to do with it any more. The court held that since he was a member of the association before he made the lease to his tenants that the tenants must carry out the contract to pool the tobacco. In other words, landlord members of associations must from now on deliver all the crop produced on their place to the association. o NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the decree and iudgment of the court made by his Honor S. W. G. Shipp. at chambers, Florence, S. C., Presiding Judge, in the case of H. H. Woodward, Plaintiff, vs. J. M. Johnson and Belle S. Johnson, Defendants, and dated the 9th day of February, A. D. 1923, 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 March next, it being the 5th dav of said month, all and singular that certain real estate situate in Horry County and described as follows, to wit: All and singular that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate in Dog Bluff Township, Horry County, State of South Carolina, and containing thirty (30) acres and bounded East by lands of Bur-1 roughs & Collins Company; South by lands of Olla Spivey Altman; North by lands of Isiah Rabon; West by lands of W. A. Spivey; this being the identical tract of land conveyed to mo by W. A. Spivey by his deed dated in Blank, but probated under date of March 29th, 1010, and recorded on the same day in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Horvv County in Book F4, page 202. TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay for papei^ and stamps. February ISth, JLD23. W. Xj. *BJtYAN. Clerk of Court of Common Pleas as Special NIfcwter for Horry County. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. o LORIS NKWS Mrs. M. D. Stevens delightfully entertained a number of little folks last ' Saturday afternoon from three until five o'clock in honor of the seventh 1 birthday of her son, Thomas. Many interesting games were played, the most enjoyed was the Donkey Party with little Elane Hughes as winner of a box of candy. I The hostess then invited the guests ; into the dining room, where in the center of the table wa? a birtl.ua> THE HORSY HERALD, COST' BIGGEST STILL I NOT IN HORRY Horry County has had a number of whiskey stills destroyed in the past several years, but they werfc none of the large capacity size. Most of the stills discovered and torn up in Horry County have been made out of gasoline drums with bent galvanized piping to conduct off the steam and used as a worm in a tub or barrel of water. While some of the counties have had numbers of small stills none have been found of great capacity until recently the largest still ever found in the whole State came to light in Lexington county, just across the river from where the State Legislature is in session: One of the largest stills evef dest.VftVOfl 1T1 tho ITniforl Qtofoe ??*/-! ? -- ? %w V v? va>V V lit VVU UVUVgO) M IIU( ill " cording to raiding1 officers, by far the largest ever destroyed in South Carolina, was found in Lexington county, according to reports. The plant was of 1,500 gallon capacity and was located about a mile and a half or two miles from Pelion. No one was found near the big plant, but it bore evidence of recent operation, the boiler being warm, according to the officers, who freely declared that the still was the most complete outfit they had seen in years of service with the federal government. Located on the top of a sand hill and surrounded only by scrub oak, the plant was reached by a road that was declared to be similar to almost any country dirt road. Travel over the road had apparently, been extremely frequent, the officers said. The road led up to the still place, which, with all the material and allied utensils, covered nearly an acre of ground, and there stopped. No outlet was apparent. All around the place was "spent" beer, the officers said. In describing the plant the officers said the operators used a 1,500 gallon iron boiler for the main still work, this furnishing the steam for the fermenters or condensers. The boiler was encased in brick .and lined masonry. Near it was a deep well with a three-inch pipe pump that furnished fresh water all the time. Steam from the boiler went to a wooden still of 1.200 gallon capacity. From the wooden still, which was filled with beer and mash, the ste.am I went to wooden "cloublers" with copper pipes and then into a copper condenser five and one-half feet long and 15 inches wide, the officers said, and then into a hogshead of cold water. This process manufactured "double distilled" corn whiskey, the best obtainable anvwhere. one officer declared. Everything about the place was clean and sanitary. The list of property destroyed was given as follows: Fourteen wooden fermerters of 1,000 gallon capacity each, 65 wooden fernienters of P.O gallon capacity each, 10,000 gallons of corn and rye beer, one 1,500 gallon iron boiler, one 800 gallon extra iron steamer, one Fleke run, one brick masonry furnace, four wooden "doublet's," one copper cap. one copper condenser, five and a half feet long and 15 inches wide, one set of copper pipe connections, three sets of threeir.ch galvanized pipe, two sets of rubber hose connections, six kegs, four buckets, five hose, three shovels and one deep well pump. Enough beer was on hand to have made 800 gallons of whiskey, it was announced. The plant could easily manufacture 250 gallons of first grade corn whiskey daily, it was said. o CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT Next Sabbath, the 18th, will be observed in Conway as "Young Men's Sunday." The program will be in charge of the State Y. M. C. A., which organization will furnish the speakers. Regular services will be held in each church Sunday morning, at which time a Y. M. C. A. worker will address the congregation. Sunday afternoon at 3:30 there will be a special meting for men at the Annex of the Baptist church. A i. i 1 1 * 1 ai ine same nour, a:;5u, a special meeting for boys will he held at the Hut of the Methodist church. Boys between twelve and eighteen are invited to this meeting. Sunday night a union service will be held at the Methodist church, to vfhich all are invited. cake with seven candles. Jello with whipped cream, candies And fruits were served the guests. r Public Sales We have purchased 122,000 pair U. S. Army Munson last shoes, sizes 5V2 to 12 which was the entire surplus stock of one of 'the largest U. S. Government shoe contractors. . . mis shoe is guaranteed one hundred per cent solid leather, color dark tan, bellows tongue, dirt and waterproof. The actual value of this shoe is $(>.00. Owing to this tremendous buy we can offer sfcme to the public at $2.95. 1 Send correct size. Pay postjnan on delivery or send money order. If shoes are not as represented we will cheerfully refund your money promptly upon request. National Bay State Shoe Co. 1 296 Broadway, j New York, N.Y. J PTAY, S. 15, 1923 COUNTRY PRESS IS BiG POWER If it were possible for some man of unimagined wealth suddently to purchase, own, control, and dictate trie policy of every newspaper in the United States, he would be dictator of the United States. He could elect whom he pleased. He could control legislation by controlling the legisTators. He could tax as he pleased by controlling the taxing bodies. He could make war, declare peace, amend the Constitution?his power wc^ild be absolute; For this country is governed by^ public opinion, and public opinion is j almost entirely in the hands of the newspapers. With this in mind the words uttered by Oswald Garrison ViUard, editor and owner of The Nation, should be published far and wide, and given serious thought by all who read newspapers?which means practically all adults in this country. Mr. Villard charges that the newspaper has* become a money making institution rather than the carrier of an editorial message; that its main function is to pay dividends rather than to present the truth; that the great papers frequently take sides and deny the other side the chance to tell their story, and that they are, for all their cleverness, used far too much by various interests to publish paid-for-propaganda for this, that, and the other special interest. We can all see some examples of newspaper unfairness. There are papers which will print no Masonic news prominently. There are journals whis minimize every activity of , the Catholic church. There are papers in which a Jew can not get his i name, and those in which a Gentile is i never handled gently. There are Republican papers who cannot tell the truth about Democrats and Demo cratic papers which never tell the facts about Republicans. 1 But, so far. the biased papers balance each other; and no man is compelled to read only one paper. But the real bulwark against newspaper dictatorship is the small paper, the country sheet, the small town daily; and it should be a matter of pride to all such, as well as to their readers, that while of the larger city papers the truly fair-minded and honest sheets are in the minority, the exact reverse is true among most of the eighteen thousand smaller journals of the nation.. o To Cure a Cold In One Day laie u/\Art 11 v r, onuinu vuiniNE. iiaoiets). li stops the Cough and Headache and works off tn' old. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. "JOc | WALK A BL BAf ? NOWG( CONWi BUY NOV Three Big Sp Fe LOT No. 50 Ladies' suits, all wo Sizes up to 46. Forme $25.00. Final close-out Only $9.95 Folks, this store is * packed with hundreds of other goods which ? j * you are needing, tl Snace does not oer~ a 1 A mit mentioning same, ?' We re here to sell n regardless of cost or profit. CONWAY . B New Spivey Block ~ If If If II If If II H Mi M Mi M M. E Jt U ii M v* u * w WWw n WW n WW n WWWW n WwWWWwWW |j HALLELUJAH? T< it it " si Jt 'Thousands of members of th \\ Association in the South Carolin je their third payment on Saturday announces. \\ Checks will be distributfcii'!.at >s ciation in the South Carolina bel \\ tiori certificates at warehouses^ 1 ? p mnlrAo f Kr* f/\f a I ??? /*% p niciacn kiic tukui icvcucu uy (^(un X five per cent of the original hank* j{e James H. Craig, treasurer of J are some stocks of tobacco from tl $ this tobacco is sold and final cah * will be a fourth payment to meml i R. W * Raleigh, N. C., Feby. 12th. 1923? * $ *************************<** LORIS LITERARY SOCIETY The regular meeting of the Loris Literary society was held in the new high school building on Friday afternoon, February 9th. The members of the society responded with quotations from Robert Louis Stevenson, the author studied at this meeting. The following program was rendered: 1. Song?American the Beautiful ?Society. ? 2. Sketch from Robert Louis Stevenson's Life and Works?Joe Graham. 3. Sketch from Treasure Island? Leonard Stevens. 4. Marching Song (Stevenson)? Eighth grade. 5. The Little Land?Minnie Prince. 6. Armies in the Fire.?Genevieve Can non. 7. Travel?Clara Bell Graham. 8. Northwest Passage?Grace McNabb. 9. The Wind?Reba Todd. 11\ r t t..i 1 iw. u^un iiuin i reui>ure isianu? Elva McQueen. ft. Quartette, Annie Laurie?Joe Graham, Cecil Stanley, Eva McQneen, For 70 barrels or less Irish Co grown, from seed careful 1 treated as per Governr $4.80 per barrel. L. 2j8-2t. OCK AND SAVE TiCRl > A LI J11NU U1N \Y DEPT. V--AND BUY IT 1 fecials for Friday ai bruary 16th and 11 1 \ ~L ol materials. ^ Ladies c of the lates :rly sold for sizes assorted -which sold e ing-out price each $9.S LOT No. 3 >9 Ladies' dresses. Yo ^ill find in this lot dresses of a le latest styles and colors; son re of French serge, Tricotin anion' crepe and all other mi trials. Values up to $37.50. F al close out price $9.95 each r DEPARTMErs ANKRUP Upper Main Street * OBAOCO CHECKS I it . i e u 1 C ie Tobacco Growers' Co-operative $ a belt are to receive checks for >e r, February* I7th, headquarters \\ u ; all delivery points of the Asso- jj t upon presentation of participa- le rhis third payment, officials state, ,s rers in this belt one hundred and \\ ers valuation of the tobacco . u the Association, states that there his belt still unsold and that after :ulations can be made that there * bers in the South Carolina belt. J .GREEN." * Edith Gore. EVA McQUEEN, vu o Fine box paper at The Herald office. 50 GOOD CIGARETTES ioc ^ GENUINE "BULL" IT^/VK DURHAM JLJlfc TOBACCO n 1 dale | bbler Seed Potatoes, fall I y selected from field and nent instructions. Price i D. Suggs, Loris, S. J : A DOLLAR | I JPT 7 AT THE I STORE FOR LESS nd Saturday, 7th OT No. 2 oats. Style and material t. All wool goods and I. This lot consists of coats is high as $35.00. Clos>5 garment Shoes, clothing, boys' suits, men's and boys' pants, underwear, dry te goods. Everything in A this store was ordered to be sold and sell we must, cost forgotten. ! Come, Be Convinced! i IT STORE ?T Conway, S. C. J