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r PEN CONVICTS I TELL A STORY Which Shows How Things Went at Our State Prison I PRAISE SUPERINTENDENT Seader Will Wonder What all The Puss is About 1 The investigation into the affairs of the State penitentiary has no doubt ] been caused by jealously, prejudice, and by reason of men trying to butt ( into something which is far ibeyond ( their real purpose under the laws of South Carolina?probing into the affairs of others who are doing better 1 than the investigators would, were ? they put in the same positions. The Legislative committee, last week, going on with the investigation which has been brought about for nothing, as we fully believe, a number 1 of prisoners, life termers whose word, was said to be as good as their bond (?) were placed on the stand to tell their own views of the management and dicioline at the State Den. and. according: to William Banks, an old and reliable newspaper correspondent, writing of the testimony given by them for the News & Courier in an early issue last week, thus reports what was said. There was a lot of local color in the session of the penitentiary probe committee today. When the hour arrived the "Amen Corner," or "mourners' bench." of the State Supreme Court was occupied by a dozen men whose dress, facial expression and other characteristics pointed them out as convicts of the State prison. The oil paintings of the Supreme Court justices looked down from the walls upon such a scene as had never been enacted there before. Some of these prison inhabitants were sitting on the threshold of the Court of Last Resort, the very court which had passed in final judgment upon their respective cases. They were here as witnesses, and they were sworn on the witness stand just as others had been. They were brought before the committee not to testify against the managers t>f the prison, but to tell of the tragedy of prison life as it appears from their point of view. ; Much of the testimony that came out was trivial. Much of it was pitiful in its exhibiting of human frailness. Some of it was useful to the committee in its inquiry, "but the outcome was haixfly to be considered of great value. Riot Unavoidable. The consensus of the testimony of I these prisoners was that the riot of last May was unavoidable. They ] stated that there was no premedita-! tion; that the labor strikes were not brought about by a concerted movement, but were the protest against the removal of pictures, Testaments and other cherished personal belongings of the prisoners. But the convicts employed as helpers in the commissary testified that there were several boxes of trinkets and other belongings. The witnesses stated further that the strikers had returned to work and would have resumed but for the stampede crested wben the captain of the guard sent Jew Prank to the "leather house" to be strapped for his part in the strike "WTien Frank broke and ran towards he cbair factory the other prisoners became excitcd, according to their story. A picturesoup witness w>s J. vV. Messervy, of Charleston. His testimony was colorful. He is a life ormov Vlllpd two disnensarv constahles. He was pardoned by Governor Blease while serving *? lontr sentence for one murder. He went back to Charleston and after being1 free for two months was arrested on the charge of killing /motive inf.n. "Altogether," as he puts it, he has killed three persons, one being a negro prisoner for which he was never tried. He was very graphic in "his description. He hml been trusty and had to knife a prisoner who was trying to get out of the "cell house." He had also been forced, he said, to lay out Jew Frank with a black jack. "He was a scoundrel,55 said Messservy. He claims he was put out of the chair factory by Gu/ird Gillis and that in the riot bullets had passed through his coat pocket. Gillis had locked the 'door behind the convicts and they had ^to break it down to get away from rthe shooting, he said. Messervy had seen a prisoner nam-*id Faulkner flashing $175 which he said he had gotten from Dan Mur phy. This was subsequent to the ?tore robbery. Faulkner was Davis' *tore clerk. Had Been Trusty. 'He had been a trusty under Caut. Day and was apparently peeved beMIMaH flnnt liarl ttilron fVtstuA **vvva v"^n V,'VM V privileges away from him and had made one. Clark, a trusty, a man who Tiad made two breaks for liberty, one after taking a guard's from him. Claric now runs Copt. Roberts' store. Messervy had had a little store !>efore Capt. Roberts had consolidated these activities. Clark lends money at ten and fifteen cents a month on the dollar, he said. This witness, along with others, professed real affection for Colonel Sanders. Several of them spoke of Vtim as a lrfrwl man D. S. Oliver, serving life sentence from Chesterfield, on a rape charge, had been the barber at guard quarters and the waiter who carried the Piles Cored la 6 to 14 Days DraggkU r?fapd moaer if PAZO OINTMENT fails to core ItPiilnl, Blind. Bteoding or Protruding rile*, latently relievw hcbioft eod you mm m imM aftr am uoiicMioB. mr 4 bread ancTwater to prisoners in the "cooler." He was working on the top floor of the chair factory on the day of the riot. The prisoners were unarmed and made no hostile demonstration. It was not necessary to shoot them to make them go back to work, he said. He is now working at the dairy. J. W. Stokes, of Hampton County, serving nine years for manslaughter, the man whom Director Caspar Smith said he would believe, testified when Capt. Day was leaving the convict Clark had circulated a petition for Capt. Roberts not to" be appointed, as I 1 II. .1 1 . 1 At ne nan oeen cruei wnen ne was mere before. Stokes' main grievence was that he was not permitted home as often as possible. Colonel Sanders had been Very kind about it, but Capt. Roberts said to Col. Sanders that he could not run a penitentiary with such men in it as Stokes and Marion O'Neal enjoying1 special favors. J. S. Lemacks, of Colleton, serving ten years for murder, is cook at guard quarters. He stated that from the time the men went out of the chair factory it was from twenty minutes to half an hour before the argument came. The prisoners made no effort to rush out or escape. Reinforcements came and the guards began shooting. On crossexamination he said he had killed s\ man named Kelly Blocker and had admitted that he had been implicated with Blocker in a heinous offense. He had been sentenced to be electrocuted ( but got a new trip1 Quality of Food. W. A Kelly, sent up from Aiken for two years for manslaughter, had been a trusty under Capt. Day. He had gotten into trouble in New Brooklyn over a "crap game" when he was under the influence of liquor and had been reduced to the ranks. His main grievance was in regard to the quality KJ1 I I1U I VWU. All of the prisoners who were examined were white with one exception, Tolly Rardin, a negro woman from Chester, serving a murder sentence. She has been a trusty four and a half years. She was asked many questions about the whipping of women prisoners. She did not o IjCt The Horrv Herald do it, ? a a a a OAdfl Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There is only one "Brorao Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box 10c. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the decree and judgment of the court made by his Honor S. W. G. Shipp, Judge of the 12th Circuit at Chambers, Florence, S. C., in the case of S. F. Casque, Plaintiff vs. H. P. Gasque defendant, and dated the 10th day of February, A. D. 1923, I, the undersigned "W. li. 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 day of said month. All and singular that certain Tract of land situate in Buck's Township, County of Horry and State of South Carolina, known as a part .of the J. R. Harrison land, containing One Hundred and Ninety-Nine (199) Acres, and designated as Tract "D" on plat made by H. C. Cannon, Surveyor, dated September 16th, 1915, of (he J. R. Harrison land and leaving such courses and distances, metes and U-: 1- I i uuunus a.^ are snown on sain piar. Bounded North by other portions of the Harrison land and by Jenkins Swamp; On the East by land of S. J. Gasoue and Burroughs & Collins Co.; On the South by a 32-acre tract of land as shown on said plat, the line marked N S0.30 E, being the dividing line between this and the 32-acre tract, and West by lands of Burroughs & Collins Co., and other parts of the said Harrison land, as shown on said plat, the part herein conveyed being referred to as Tract No. G, in the Advertisement of Sale in the Decree made by the Court of Common Pleas under which this land was sold, in the case of Conway National Bank, Plaintiffs vs. D. W. Harrison, and others, Defendants and being the same tract of land conveyed to me by ' N, J. Thomas. ALSO: All and Singular that certain piece. parcel or tract of land, situate in the County and State aforesaid, lying and being in Conway Township, and on the South side of Kates Bay Road, said tract containing Twenty-five Acres, more or less, and being a part of a tract of land conveyed to J. D. Blanton by S. F. Bourne, and by J. D. Blanton to J. T. Proctor, and by J. T. Proctor to R. C. Proctor, and by R. C. Proctor to E. A. Casque, and by E. Au Gasque to myself, H. P. Gasque; It being a part of a tract of 1n^,l ' ? iauu un&inuuy ownea Dy one M. H. Beaty. the part herein conveyed being all of that part of said tract lyin? on the South side of Kates Bay Road; East by lands of J. P. Johnson; South by lands of Joe Tucker and Ned Beaty; West by lands of It. C. Proctor. This is the identical tract of land conveyed to me by Mrs. E. A. Gasque by her deed dated Auj?. 21st, 1915, and recorded in the County Clerk's Book of Deeds G 4, Page 41. TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. February 10th, 1923. W. L. BRYAN, Clerk of ^ourt as Special Master Horry Count v. Sherwood & McMillan, Plaintiff's Attorneys. o Habitual Constipation Cured In 14 - o 21 Days # "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual Constipation. It relieves promptly should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action. It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take, e Mo bottle. THE HORRY HBRALD, CON NOTICE OF SALE . /, f T' > , 1 Uifdter and by virtue of the decree and judgment of the court .made by his Honor S. W. G. Shipp, Judge of the 12th Cihcuit at Chambers, Flor- 1 ence, S. C., in the case of Rank of Whiteville, a Corporation, Plaintiff vs. O. A. Arnette, et al., defendants, and dated the 10th day of February, A. D. 1923, I, the undersigned, \y. L; Bryan, Clerk of Court ,as.! Special Master of Horry County, wi^l 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 Mt\rch next, it being the 5th day of said month: All and Singular that certain piece, parcel or tract of land in the State and County aforesaid, and in the Green Sea Township, containing five acres, more or less, and known as the Van Coleman place, bounded by the ln^/1.. Air 1* T * " ? laiiuo ui t? . m. IjOnp, J. J5. Watts, Charlie Whittington, et al. TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. February 10th, 1923.* W. L. BRYAN, Clerk of Court as Special Master Horry Countv. * sherwood & McMillan, Plaintiff's Attorneys. o . NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the decree and judgment of the court made by his Honor S. W. G. Shipp, Judge of the 12th Circuit, .at Chambers, Florence, S. C., Presiding Judge in the case of Burroughs & Collins Company, a Corporation, Plaintiffs, vs. A. D. Jones, et al., defendants, and dated the 10th day of February, A. D., 1923, I, the undersigned W. L. Bryan, Clerk of Court as Special Mastor 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 day of said month. All. and singular that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Socastee township. County and State aforesaid, containing Eighty (80) Acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, to wit; Southeast by lands of J. M. Stalvey; West by the A. B. Flagg land, now or formerly owned by W. J. Turbeville, and on the North and Northeast by lands of Dillon Hardee. This being the same tract of land conveyed to rp n r< I n t mi 1 ' i. r>. cooper uy j . inarp oy nis deed dated the 19th day of February. A. D. 1907, and by the said T. B. Cooper conveyed to me by his deed of even date with these presents. TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. February 10th, 19*23. T RRYM*. Clerk of Court as Special Master Horry County. sherwood & McMillan, Plaintiff's Attorneys. o NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION To all and singular, all of the stockholders of Harrelson & Bell Co., Inc., a corporation duly organized and chartered under and by the laws of the State of South Carolina, and formerly having offices in the County of Horry, in said State. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that we, the undersigned directors and officers of the said Harrelson & Bell Co., Inc., have called a meeting of the stockholders of said company to meet at the office of A. B. Bell, Bayboro, South Carolina, at nine o'clock in the forenoon on the 16th day of March, 1923, for the purpose of winding uj? the affairs of said Company, liquidating the same, and for the purpose of passing a resolution dissolving the said Company ,md cancelling the charter thereof. Witness the Hand and Seals of the said Directors and Officers this 15th day of February, 1923. H. J. JOHNSON, A. B. BELL (L. S.) W. M. HARRELSON (L. S.) Board of Directors of said Company. A. B. BELL (L. S.) President. W. M. HARRELSON (L. S.) Secretary. H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney for Harrelson & Bell Co., Inc. 2'1 fi 23-lino. seem to know much about the extent of the punishment, but gave the names of twelve negro women who had been put in the stocks and whipped last yejar. She was more reluctant than other witnesses. Mr. Hanahan questioned her closely as to the roughness of the prison physician, Dr. Jennings, towards women playing off sick. She said he would give them a hypodermic to j make them really sick for a few hours. She was asked if a haby had been born in the white ward and had been taken out by a pruard and buried. She did not know of this incident, but did know that several babies had , been born soon after the mothers had been put in the penitentiary. The last witness was Barfield, the penitentiary butcher and Kardner. He was questioned closely about supplies Koinfc out of the prison. He said that Colonel Sanders was very particular that such things would not banner*. Occasionally he wrapped up a nice cabbage for Colonel Sanders or a nice cut of meat for Captain Roberts, just No Worms In a Healthy Child % All children troubled with Worms have an unhealthy color, which indicates poor h'ood, and at rule, there it more or 1 ess stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given regalarly for two or three weeks will enrk-h the blood, hnprovetha digestion, and act as a genera ^Strengthening Tonic to the whole systeia. Nature will then throw off or dtepel the worms, and the Child will be 4a perfect health." Pleasant to take.* 10c per bottle. WAY, 43. 0, FEB. ,22, 1923 - \ . ! eriouglPTrrr one meal for one person, tie said. bad been complaints from prisoners over the vegetables. He said that quite a lot of gambling had been going on especially on holidays. Before the witnesses were examined the committee on record correspondence from Colonel Sanders and Governor McLeod .as to putting these prisoners on the stand. Cooper and Graves, two noted criminals are expected to testify Thursday. o Transfer signs, trespass signs, all ready printed on stiff card board and ut cheap prices at The Herald office. Call and buy what you need for displaying what you want. If the stock cards are not worded exactly as you would have them, leave your order for as many as you may need with any wording1 you may choose, and these will be ready for you in a few days. - - o ..... SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Served.) STATE) OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF HORRY. Court of Common Pleas. Rosa Caroline West and Eliza Dorinda Elizabeth G. Holmes, plaintiffs, vs. Bud Todd, Tom pie Todd. John W. Watts, EUen Faircloth, Willie J. Watts and P. F. Watts, defendants. To the Devendants 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 oftice at Conway, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated January 18th, A. D. 1923. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Atfnrnov To Bud Todd i.na Tom^ie Todd. ABSENT DEFENDANTS: 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 19th day of January, A. D 109*1 W. L.'BRYAN, (L. S.) C C. C. P. H. U. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. o SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Served.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF HORRY. Ceurt of Common PleaH Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, A Corporation, plaintiff, vs. E. W. Prince, E. W. Prince and F. G. Prince, co-partners, trading under the Firm Name of Prince Brothers; and Arnold Bell, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the said E. W. Prince, F. G. Prince and Prince Brothers, 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, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the t me aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to th6 Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Docember 26th, A. D. 1022. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. To F. G. Prince, ABSENT DEFENDANT; TAKCj 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 28th day of December, A. D. 1922. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney, SUMMONS FOR RELIEF i i (Complaint Served.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF HORRY. (Court of Common Pleas.) G. T. Oliver as Administrator oi the Estate of W. H. Oliver, deceased plaintiffs, vs. Julia Watts Moore, Johr Edward Watts and Carl Watts, defendants. To the defendants, Julia Watts Moore John Edward Watts, and Carl Watts: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this IN FRONT RANK Cod-liver oil is different I from other fats because of its | great richness of vitamines 1 and is so readily absorbed by | the WAAlcAtUul avct?m I Scott's Emulsion is an efTective agent in imJL& proving nutrition and . building up the resistive-powers of the hj h body. Scot's EmulJiMf* *ion is Norwegian > cod-liver oil at its best * / action of which a copy is herewith 1 served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at their office, Conway, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Conway, S. C., January 11th, 1923. sherwooc & McMillan, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Attest: W: l. BRYAN, (l. S.) XJ. C. C. P., H6lrtry County, S. C. TO THE ABSENT DEFENDANTS, Julia Watts Moore, John . Edward Watts and Carl Watts: TAKE NOTICE that t'ift original summons of which the above is a copy and the complaint herein was filed in the office of the Cleric of Court of Common Pleas for Horry County, S. C., on the 11th day of January, 1928, and that copies of said papers have been mailed to yu at your last known address and place of residence. Conway, S. C., January 11th. 1923. SHERWOOD & MCMILLAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Attest: W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P., , Horry County, S. C. On reading and filing the affidavit of Hoyt McMillan, one of the attorneys for the plaintiff herein, it appearing that the defendants, John Edward Watts and Carl Watts are infants under the age of fourteen, necessary parties to this action, reside without this State and With their mother, Julia Watts Moore, at Baden, N. C., and should appear by guardian ad Litem, Now: On motion of Sherwood & McMillan, plaintiff's attorneys, ORDERED, That J. S. Vaught, Esq., Judge of Probate Court, said State and County, be, and is hereby appointed guardian ad Litem NISI for the infant defendants, John Edward Watts and Carl Watts, under provision of Sec. 165 of the Code of Ciyil Procedure, unless they or their mother with whom they reside shall within twenty days'after service hereof apply and have some proper person appointed guardian ad litem in said infant's behalf. Let this order and notice be served personally or by publication in The Herald, a newspaper published in Horry County, Con- j way, S. C. Conway, S. C., January 11th, 1023. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P., Horrv County. S. C. sherwood & McMillan, Plaintiff's Attorneys. ************************* IIhorry count i ii trust co. ii jjj? D- Magrath, Manager;; I'tReal Estate, Bonds and\\ j | Insurance. 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The report further states that from 1917 to 1922 the pink boll worm was found in eleven districts. During 1922 infestation was not found in eleven districts, leaving only three in which the pest was found. In Louisiana no infestations have been found for two years, though nineteen hundred and eighty-two days were devoted to scouting. The three districts in which infestation was found in 1922 were all in extreme western Texas. This information is interesting, says Prof. A. F. Conradi, Entomologist, as J it would indicate that the tremendous ' efforts of the federal government in stopping and in eventually eradicat- jJ ing the pest are beginning to show \ results. The great importance of J state co-operation with the Federal * Horticultural Board in its tremendous undertaking can not be over-emphahized. and our citizens are urged to comply with the state and federal regulations in making shipments from the West from territory where thi3 post has been known to occur. o PAY UP THIS DAY Never wait until the law forces us to stop sending you your copy of The Horry Herald. Pay up in prood time to keep your name on the list and never miss a copy. ? MW A snuffy cold Imentholatum 1 V clears the nose J i , . Blackbeaded Pimples Quit WithS.S.S. Why? Pimple-Poison Goes When Red* Blood-Cells Increase! S. S. S. Build* These Red-Blood-Colls. Ton can be sure of this, nnturo bns no tnbsiltnte for red-blood-cello. Plnplepolson can't live In (he rod rIvors of your blood as Ion? AS there are enough rich red-blood-cells la it* Mere red-blood-cells I i JO1 ^ -A ft*. shamey ofaoletnishedjkceI ? 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