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! i ? PAY AT.LORIS I Leave the one dollar and fifty cents L at the Farmers Bank to the credit of J The Horry Herald and the cashier will 4 do the rest. Don't wait to come to II Conway. Take advantage of the opL} portunity which we have provided for you to repew at the town where you live and do business. I NO MORE RATS or mice, after you use RAT-SNAP. 9 It's a sure rodent killer. Try a k; Pkg. and prove it. Rats killed with "j RAT-SNAP leave no smell. Cats or i "dogs won't touch it. Guaranteed, j 35c size (1 cake) enough for Pantry, y Kitchen or Cellar. | 65c size (2 calces) for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. f$1.25 size (5 cakes) enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and Guaranteed by Piatt's Pharmacy, Conway, S. C. ! WHICH OI j Are the Earliest^* I \ Snap Beans / ?the Best Tfteldinjy Garden Feas / | ?the Sweetest I Cantaloupe ' The Select-Bit. Charts in the 1923 Catalog of I SEEDS ? Show at a glance the varieties of v each vegetable to plant for earliness, yield, length of bearing season, or ^ for whatever purpose is most desired. I The most helpful catalog we havo ever issued is ready to be mailed to rj( you free on request. ^ FREE FLOWER SEEDS } Our 1923 Catalog t?Ua how you can have thnn without coat Soiul a post card lor your oopy. I T. W. WOOD & SONS Seedsmen , 40 S. 14th St. Richmond, Va. ! II CROSi ' WANTED CROSS TIES?I am ii mixed Oak, White and Post Oak, i* ?st cash prices paid. Inspection For further information address ] ton, N. C. HILL S IV BUY IT FROM Geo. J. Holliday, < I Farm Implement C Adc?tf. Loris Grocery Co., 1 ? Vritv <???? * ? r?A i mrf WAN 111 Ihh towcrrl QUICK1?S ..-INESKT I -jsiiBioads I jjnnao< I 3JB noX jijBtsaXa jnoX it i 5J-IOM jeoqdo Xub jubm no I 39g jsjiij am jsn8ny jqui IAepuoj^j 3jo}s 8njQ Xiioj. asjnoo 9}Bnpei8 jsod e 3mb i OWENS-CAUSEY CASE RETOLD One is Cleared Another Found Guilty By The Jury The trial of the case of the State against Melvin Owens and Clarence Causey, coming up in the court last Wednesday morning w^# interesting, bccause of the fighting that was covered up in it. The defendant had tought William i m _ 1 % _ _ i - i t - roua ana menacea mm in a number of ways, so that he grot away from them with great difficulty without a serious injury. Indeed, it appeared that it was fortunate that an injury of a serious nature was not inflicted on Todd, considering that he was overmatched in numbers. William Todd was sworn and said that on the day of the fight he was walking the road, near Myrtle Beach and saw a car and two people in it and saw the same two sitting on the edge of a ditch as he passed. Looking back, when called, ho saw Owens coming toward him. Causey was coming on also. Owens accused him of having said he had taken the whiskey that Joe Sarkis had, and Causey all at once struck witness in the back of the head. During the talk *hich followed, Owens caught Todd and held hian ; i _ /"i l 4- ??? 1 i! w-niie v^uu?ey ueut mm soverui uinen with something. He had to turn the gun loose and then managed to jerk aloose and started on the way home; that they tripped him up and threw him down on the ground. He had the pistol on his person, but could not get in position to draw the gun and use it. This was on Sunday af*rrnoon. Several were sitting in front of the store. DuBose and Collins was among them. He was coming toward his home and the beach. He had not been at outs with Clarence Causey. He saw some boys behind a bunch of bushes. He recognized DuBose. B. Causey was in the bunch behind the bushes. He denied that he spoke to Causey and cursed him and drew a pistol on him. On Saturday he had put two balls in it that a friend gave him, saying they 3 TIES i the market for large amounts of Ash and Hickory crqss ties. Highat time of loading. R. T. Windley, Box 742, Wilming3jl-2t.-pd. IIXTURE [ THESE FIRMS gallivants Ferry, S. C. Jordanville, S. C. Aynor, S. C. :o., Conway, S. C. r a r UUI 19, O# V. ?n Sbjwiff ItV-.rT II I AD^fllB &for^0M<?J [pi CIR1A5M &| llf ?nciwr - >1? sr Ancwi ^55? - I I' iV ^ I \ Xr ^ -V? 111 j n *yvw ?<T^ss^A \ V ?H?IS ?*3 H5 DM V 1 161 M0JBIM 3iea 's^ldpM ioipiM 'jsquiduia^j -auop & IO 3}Bp 3AOQB 31J] UO 3UI 1 31ui1 }sbj aiji "'h16h hmbw -j 'xbmucq ib aq jjim pus v 01 oSbdiiq oj Suio&juie % 1* i > ' i " THE HORSY HERALD, OOV I Hill I ? were all he had and one of these was snapped on. Melvin Owens took the i pistol away from him. He denied that he had kicked Causey in the '< stomach. He indicted all of the party because 1 they were all together and the magis- 1 trate had advised him to do it. He 1 did not know what it was Causey bad 1 in his hand. He saw something in his 1 hand but could not see or tell what it was. These defendants tried to beat him up. Tobe Cooper had taken the pistol from Causey. Nothing had been said until he had passed by and Owens called him to stop. Owens had accused him of telling about the whiskey which he denied, ( then the fight took place. J. H. Cooper testified he was constable at the time. . He went to Melvin Owens on Sunday evening or met Owens in the road. Owens had the 1 gun and refused at first to give it up. He did not say how it happened. He asked if Will was going to indict him. r<_ _4._4._j i i._i i i ii. ? ? si?ieu tie toia mm mat ne said he was going to do so. He said he had said he did not fight Todd but intimated that Causey had. Witness produced the bullet which was introduced in evidence after being identified. Melvin Owens claimed he had done nothing to Todd. Owens had the bullet in his hand. S. S. Owens testified he saw the ground. He saw a scuffled place near the Johnson and Todd shop. This was on the road. Near there were two ( pieces of stove wood but he did not know what the wood was there for. J. H. Cooper, recalled by the de- . fense, produced the pistol that he got from Owens. He saw seruffled places in the road. He saw some of Todd's shirt there, but none of Owens'. He is a constable. William Todd was recalled by the solicitor and said he had been a deputy, by appointment of Sheriff Lewis. He had wanted to get some cartridges as the rural policeman was coming to look for stills. He had been appointed by the sheriff in 1913. Melvin Owens testified he was then waiting for L. M. Johnson. According to his story Todd and Causey were slow about speaking. They Had words and Clarence ran into Todd. Todd called for him to pull him off. He pulled him off. Then Todd kicked Causey in the side. Then Causey ran into Todd again. After this Todd went on home. He said Todd drew a pistol on Causey. In the scuffle the pistol tell on the ground and he picked it up. When he met the constable he pave up the pistol to him. When he took the pistol he saw a ball in it with signs of two snaps. Causey did not do anything to Todd until the pistol had been pointed at him by Todd. Causey and Todd had had some previous difficulty. There was an old snap in the cartridge and had plenty of time to put another snap in it. He was posotive that Todd had pulled the pistol and snapped it at Causey. Todd was going on down the road. He claimed the fuss started before witness got there. Tf Causey had stayed at the store there might have been no fight. They walked on with him and witness stayed at the store until they got to fighting; then he went on down there to separate them and there he nicked up the pistol. Grier Collins was sworn. He was at the Johnson store. He saw some of the fight. Melvin Owens did not put his hands on Todd only to pull Causey off. He saw the pistol in Todd's hands. It got lost on the ground. Causey had done nothing as he saw until the pistol was pulled out by Todd. He heard Todd say_he did not care to speak to <jausey. They walked along the road and Todd had the gun pointed at him. Owens got up and started down there. He said Causey had heen on Todd before he got there, .and that Owens was trying to part them. Melvin Owens picked up the pistol where they had the first scuffle on the ground. Witness identified the pistol. On cross examination he said he had not heard any pistol shot fired off down there. Todd spoke to the crowd. Causey was slow and Todd said he did not care whether he did or not. Causey got up and they walked on down the road. The pistol was not pulled until they got into the fight- He talked with Todd afterwards and he said that if the pistol had fired that he would have heen the last man Causey would have run on. W. T. DuBose testified he was at the store, coming up as Todd arrived. He was in the shade of a tree. Todd passed. He never heard or saw anything until a little later he heard someone say: "He has a pun drawn on him." Melvin Owens parted them. Later they pot together again when witness and Grier Collins paVted them the secofid time. Clarence Causey was sworn in. He said he was waiting on the storekeeper when Todd came along. He spoke. Todd said he did not care whether he spoke or not. Witnes got iit* nnrl efnr+nrl fnwnvH Trtrlrl Tr?fl/1 pulled his pistol and witness went into him and took the pistol away from him. He said Todd ran around and kicked him twice in the stomach. On cross examination he was slow about explaining why he got up to walk down the road after Todd after he did not want to speak to him. He A tonio 'trove's Tasteless chill Tonic restates Energy arid Vitality by Purifying find Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove's Ta8teles?. chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine* aMSfgngecl in syrup. So pleasant even childr$ttllifaHitv Tha lilood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. * Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, In vigor* %Ung Effac* I WAY, 8, O, HAK^S, 1923 I'' y admitted that he got mad when Todd J said he did not care whether he spoke. < He did not hit Todd with anything < except his fist. < Henry Chestnut said he saw the < fight and was by the road at the John- \ son store. When Todd said he did ^ not care if Causey spoke or not, Caus*y got u|> *lnd walked along the road Umd they Were fighting after witness saw Todd pull a gun. Melviit went down there, saying he might kill him. 1 He saw Todd kick Causey and Collins s and DuBose parted them the second 1 time. v 1 On cross examination he was asked 1 why he did not tell all this that after- s noon when asked by Todd, and S. S. Owens, as they said they wanted him t as a witness. i The Reply i S. S. Owens was recalled and said that he was present and did not hear 1 Todd make the remark about snap- ] ping the pistol. Then the arguments were made. 1 1 ! 1 A viuiciitc v/?uscy wua lincu j<umy ui simple assault and battery. He was sentenced to $100.00 fine. OLD COLORED ' MAN FAVORED; Whites Sign Long Petition 1 to The Court For Clemency IN FOR THIRTY DAYS Court Recommends Catching of Martin, Owner of Still Mentioned Jack Vereen, an a^ed negro man. pleaded guilty to stilling whiskey lost week and sentence was deferred at the request of his attorney until later in the week when a petition in behalf of the old darkey was presented to the court signed by a number of white 1. 1 1 1 ? T men wno nave Known oia jacK lor many years and realized that he did not own the still whereat he was caught by the rural police last year and turned in on a charge of stilling. Vereen made his statement to the court, telling how he got into the trouble. He said that W. A. Martin had come to see him on Sunday before he was caught, asking him to come over and help him fill the tank and run the still for him while he went off to some other place to attend to other work. The negro at first refused, saying that he had never operated a still and did not know how. After Martin had insisted he could come over and get the wood ready and the tank filled', that he, Martin, would go back later and run off the charge. That he finally agreed to do this work for lVJartin and . that he went as he promised to do and after he got there, the rural policeman came and caught him at work around the still. He told the%court that he had never owned a still and knew nothing* about stilling. The petition, which was signed by a number of farmers of the Dogwood Nec)c section, stated that they had known Vereen for a number of years and that he had never been in any trouble in the courts; that he was used, in their opinion, as a cloak to hide the sins of another, and that they asked the court to be as lenient with the old man as the law would allow, or words to that effect. The court called up Mr. D. D. Edge, a leading farmer of that community and asked him about the reputation of old Jack. He said Jack had lived on his farm for nine or ten years and had always been a good negro; that he was ignorant of the ways of whiskey stilling and had ac^ed only as told by the white man; that he had investigated at the time the negro was accused and found that Jack had not been dealing in liquor and furthermore that the old negro had no money to invest in materials for making whiskey and did not have the intelligence to put a still together and operate it. The co\irt decided that Martin should be caught and brought back by requisition from North Carolina, lie said that he would sentence the old negro to five months on the public works and suspend all of this except thirty days on his good behavior; and that when Martin is brought back that the negro can be used as at witness against him. Old Jack was sent to the gang to serve out the thirty days. In the meantime it is said that Martin is over the line in North Carolina and that he can be located and brought back. It is said that he came to this county some years ago from that State and that he has returned there as soon as he could get oil* after the whiskey trouble came up. ? o FOR GOOD ROADS T\- ooncfmrntlAn I /iriUUrtHllMlo uu ucoi^u, tvnovi wvuvu, maintenance, traffic and finance in road building will feature the 11th annual meeting of the United States Good Roads Association, in Greenville, April 16-21, 1923, according to information given by Director General J. A. Rountree, of this association, who is actively working in connection with the executive officers and directors in arranging the program for this great event. The annual exhibition of the United /rCot a cold 9 ^ ; |NIGHT^SCHOOLi [ COLUMN | NOTICE To all Herald readers: There is a ine night school < at Cherry Hill tchool house and.we.aire learning fine. t is learning some folks how to .vrite their names who could not before, and also learning some how to spell and figure, and some to read. Mr. C. M. Hardee is taking care of ;he spelling; W. D. Futrill the arithnetic and Prof. Willie Mishoe is teaching a large class each njght. A SCHOLAR. Loris, S. C., Rt. 4, March 7th, 1923. ' o Dear Editor: The Rehoboth night school is progressing nicely. We are glad to see the most of the people of this section taking such great interest in the night school. We have for our teacher Mr. S. T. Smith. He seems to be very much interested in the night school work. We are sorry that each one of this section don't take a greater interest in the night school work. M iss May Hardwick lias resigned as I teacher of the day school. W. B. JOHNSON. Gallivants Ferrv, S. C., March 6th, 1923. GOOD ROADS MEET PLANNED Every effort possible is being put forth to make the coming meeting of the United States Good Roads Association, the Bankhead National Highway Association find the United States Good Road Shows in Greenville April 16-21, a wonderful success. x Hon. Thomas G. McLeod, Governor of South Carolina has accepted invitation to deliver the address of welcome in behalf of the State of South Carolina at the opening of these conventions. He has pledged to Director General Rountree and the Greenville chamber of commerce road bureau that he will do everything in his nower to assist in making- the annual meetings of these two associations and the United States Good Roads Show a success. He will write a personal invitation to the* various Governors throughout the United States, extending them a cordial invitation personally and officially, to visit South Carolina and attend these conventions. He will also forward letters to the 47 Governors in fllA TTn?A?i intrif vnt wiiiwii, iii vinni; Urtl.Il UIIC UI 111*2111 to appoint 100 delegates to represent their State at the United States Good "Roads Association and to head the delegation, if they possibly can, in Greenville. He is quite enthusiastic about the convention and is also preparing an invitation to send to more than 100,000 road boosters throughout the nation to come to Greenville Good Roads Week. The executive officers of the United States Good Roads Association are delighted with the enthusiasm that Governor McLeod has evinced in these organizations. Director General Rountree, who has charge of the details and is here in Greenville, is quite enthusiastic over the prospects for the success of the convention, and especially since he has the assurance of the hearty cooperation of Governor McLeod, who is one of the great road boosters of the nation. t States Good Road Show will be held in connection with the meeting of the association as well as that of the Hankhead National Highway Association. All types of road building machinery and miniature models of types of highway construction will be shown. Many inquiries in regard to space for exhibiting road machinery, road material, trucks, tractors and automobiles have been received at headquarters during the past 10 days. Delegates from every State in the Union are expected to attond the meeting and show. An invitation and request have been sent every Governor in the United States to appoint 100 delegates from their respective States to attend this convention and participate in same. It is not expected that every delegate appointed win auenu, out in the past every State in the Union has had from half a dozen to 100 delegates in attend.ince, according to the location of States nearest the convention. The United States Good Roads Association is of such importance and has done so much active work for the cause of pood roads throughout the nation, and recognizing this fact, 40 of the 48 Governors of the various States are vice-presidents of the United States Good Roads Association, and take active interest in the organization. There is no organization in the country that has so many Governors on the board of directors who guide and help make the 6rganization a success. Six GoVfctltors have positively accepted iiWiftltiofts to attend the convention in Greenville, and a number of others have tentatively cgreed to be present. Governor O. A. Larrazolo, of New Mexico, is president of the United States Good Roads Association and is taking an active interest in promoting attendance from the West. o There is evidence of new energy in the timber and lumber business in this county. o Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching PI'-*, and you > an get restful aft**- first amplication. 46c * % F. J. SULLIVAN ft CO. Certified Public Accountants (H) Telephone So. 796. Murchison Bank Bldg. WILMINGTON. N. C T. B. LEWIS Attorney and Counsellor at Lav CONWAY, S. C. J. I. ALLEN, JR. Attorney-at-Law Office in Bank of Loris Bide. LOR1S, S. C. D. A. SPIVEY & CO. W. B. King, Secty. BONDS AND INSURANCK. Office in Peoples National Bank Building. FORD & SUGGS Attorneys at Law Offices at Conway, S. C. Loris.S.CL 6-l-13m R. a SCARBOROUGH Attorney at Law CONWAY, s. a WILLIAM EUGUNE KINO Physician and Surgeoi 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. Law Offices of M. C. HARRELSON and R. B. HARRELSON Mullins, S. C. DR. G. I. LEWIS Dental Surgeon Office Over Norton Drug Compuj? CONWAY, S. C. Dr. J. D. THOMAS Physician and Surgeon LORIS. S. C. MARION A. WRIGHT Attorney-at-Law Offices Spivey building CONWAY, S. C. S. C. DUSENBURY Attorney-at-Law QnitvAvt D ? upiTC) liUllUUl(( CONWAY, S. C NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an order by Hon. R. J. Kirk, Referee, in the matter of A. Bell, bankrupt, bearing date on March Oth, 1923; I, the undersigned trustee of the said A. Bell, bankrupt, will ofTer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the store of A. Bell, at Bayboro, in. Horry County, South Carolina, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1923, the following personal property belong"ing to said bankrupt estate. All and singular all of the stock of general merchandise of the said Arnold Bell as the same now is in the said store together with all and singular the store furniture and fixtures of every kind and together with all and singular all other property of the said bankrupt estate not set apart and exempted under the homestead law in accordance with the Acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy and excepting the book accounts and bills receivable belonging to said estate. The sale of the said stock of mer...:n i-~ u..ii- 1 i-i? vruuiuiMu* win ue 11unit; in uuik aim mtr fixtures and store furniture will be sold by the piece. A. T. COLLINS, Trustee. March 10th, 11)23. 8|15|23-td. o 1)1 STRICT COURT or THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN BANKRUPTCY Tn tho matter of N. J Ferris, trading as The Quality Shop, of Conway, in the County of Horry, and District aforesaid, a bankrupt. To the Creditors of said Bankrupt: Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day of March, 1923, the above named was duly adjudged bankrupt; and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at the office of un dersigned, Florence, S. C., on the 29th day of March. 1923, at 12 o'clock noon at which time the said creditors may attend, prove their claims, apDoint a trustee, ex^iminp the hfinlr | rupt and transact such other business as may properly come before said i 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 be filed in the manner prescribed by the rules of the supreme court for filing of claims in bankruptcy. Florence, S. C., March 8th, 1923. ROBERT J. KIRK, Referee in Bankruptcy. Colds Cause Orfp and Influeazfc LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TafcUts mmmm the mom. There U only ooe "Bromo QoWk" E. W. GROVE'S elgoature oa box. Me.