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BOB LEWIS IS DEAD OF FRACTURED SKULL FINAL RESULT OF THE SUNDAY ROW ON THE EVE OF COURT J. W. TOOTOfUROEO Together With His Three Sons, Elbert, Edward and Noah,?Coroner Concludes Inquest Last Friday,? Several More Witnesses Examined. The Coroner concluded the inquest over Robert Boyd Lewis last Friday. I>ewis was hit on the head in the progress of a row at the home of J. W. Todd on Sunday, September 27th, the details appearing in our last issue. Several new witnesses were sworn at the conclusion of the inquest last Friday, and the jury found their verdict to the effect that Robert Boyd Lewis came to his death by being struck by Elbert Todd with a stick or mallett, and that J. W. Todd, Edward Todd and Noah Todd were accessories before the fact. The more inportant of the testimony taken at the conclusion of the inquest last Friday appears below: Testimony taken at the inquest over Robert Boyd Lewis at the conclusion of the proceedings on October 9th, 1914: Martha Sudani sworn says: I heard Elbert Todd say some time lie would catch Bob Lewis where he wanted him and he would show him what he would do for him. This was about two months or so ago at his own house, only his wife was present. her i /Signed) Martha Sudani X mark 'Ruth Todd sworn says: I was at home the day of the kill- ] ing of Bob Lewis, in Bayboro Town- ] ship, near Boyboro, Horry County, S < C. Elbert struc k Bob Lewis. I saw 1 him draw back, but turned my head. < Elbert Todd and Henry Lewis each < had a stick. Bob lay in the yard two i minutes and Henry and Alva carried 1 him off. I was at home all evening. < There was no wine brought out from 1 time boys came until they left. No 1 one drank any wine there that even- i Ing and there was none drawn that ] evening, none in dish pan or jug. j Bob Lewis was hit in the lane near 1 the house. Don't know whether the < horse was cut or not when they left. ] Bob Lewis was hit one or one half , hours sun. Only one gun fired. The ^ boys started a row in the house. Ed- < ward and Tone Todd came in the 1 house right behind Bob Lewis after i he had been hit. Bob Lewis asked to ( Vemain all night. I did not hear my j father call for gun or razor. Only had < ?nw? row and it lasted only two minu- i tes. Henry pointed gun in my face ] and I knocked it off and it fired. I am sister to Todd boys and Jim Todd j its my father. I don't know how many , times Elbert and Noah left the house , after the hitting was done and don't | know when they left with the horse j and buggy. Elbert does not live with j !us, 'but came there to our house Sun- < day of the fight. Elbert and Bob was not mad at each other. Noah, j my father and mother and me, Lueian , Stevens was all that was present , when Bob Lewis was having bad talk ( to me. Says none of the boys went ( into the house. (After this staters r-it riftvu c?\rc monnf nnnp "1VUI out '? KJCAjkJ v of the boys went into the wine house, and that she did not mean to say none of the boys went into the dwelling house.) Henry run and jumped the fence when they knocked Bob down inside the lane. Henry and Bob each had a pistol. Bob said he come for a row and would not leave when ordered to. Noah, Elbert, Edward, Alva Anderson, Bob Lewis, Henry Lewis was all that was in the row. ~My father was in bed when the rowbegan and he got up and went out to it. When Henry first got there he drug my father out of bed. None of, the boys went into the wine house. her (Signed) Ruth Todd X mark Nellie Todd sworn says: Bob Lewis, Henry Lewis, Alva Anderson came to my house Sunday evening, day of the fight, hollowing and cursing. Anderson had Bob by his arm, Henry ame in house first one, went into my room and asked where my husband was, and I said he was in another room asleep. He went in this room and tried to pull him up and said 1 brought you something to drink. My husband got up and went to door and told him to get out and be quiet he wanted to sleep and went baek to bed- I ordered Henry to leave, told him he was drinking and he said he rlid not come to be run oil' and walked on through the house to where pump was. I did not see anything to drink they. had. Mob and VIr. Anderson then came iu. Bob went in room arid asked Jinn ti> gel- ui>. asking what we Hp were lying there for. Jim said he bad and wanted to lay and sleep. I ordered Hob out. He went on into the house and said he would leave when he got ready. I went in also. I saw Henry throw pistol in front of Ruth and she asked him if there was any balls in it. He broke open pistol which had five balls in it and he took out four of them and snapped it together and throwed it in her face again. She slapped it out and it fired but did not hit her. I told Bob to take Henry away and leave himself. Bob and Henry had a few hard words and Henry Said go on and let him alone and Bob cursed him for son of bitch. I told Mr. Anderson to take them off as he had brought them there. He said he would take his gun away from him. They walked out next to garden, me, Ruth and Ida was of n ? >/]{* > fv i f U? D.xU i- I . miuinit, til IUU jj*?i v.'ll. 1)UU I'UU^lll Ruth and told her lets go in kitchen and ho asked her a question and she said "you can kill me, but you can't me do what you want me to." He tried to carry her in the door and she called me and he told mc if 1 didn't leave and let me and my business alone he would shoot me. I wet my face and went in room to lay down, I saw I was going to faint. When I came to my mind Ida and Ruth was in room with me. I got up and looked out at window and saw Henry Lewis throwing his gun up and said he was going to shoot in window. I went back to door and ordered them olf and told Noah, Elbert and Edward to put them away from there. Mr. Anderson took hold of me and I told him to keep his hands off of me. He had some very ugly talk and I told him I would see if I could not make him pay for it. The boys commenced begging the two Lewis boys and Anderson to leave saying they did not want to hurt them. Henry hollowed and cursed and woke Jim up. I went in house to tell Jim to go out there, but he went and I went with him, Ruth went with us. Bob throwed pistol on Ruth and Elbert knocked him with a stick. Says she cannot say stick present is one used, did not say she did not want this stick to Court House. After Bob was knocked :iown Alva Anderson started to draw [jun, Edward told him not to draw the gun, he had a stick but did not iraw it and Anderson did not draw his gun. No one had hold of Bob when Elbert struck him and Jim did not call for gun or razor, as I heard. 1 had Jim by the arm, after the lick they left. Jim Todd did not take Bob by hand and lead him out. Jim iid not have hold of Bob when he was hit. Jim had made me some wine. Jim had Tone Todd to draw out some wine two hours before Lewis boys :ame. 4 There was no wine drawn or jrought in after the boys pame. The A'ine was in old throw away house. I irew out balance of wine, one galon jug and fruit jar. I only saw the one stick Elbert hit Bob with drawn, one more picked up but it was not drawn. Row lasted only minute or two. There had been no drunken row at ionic before this. Jim gets drunk some times. If Tone Todd swears he Irew the wine in dish pan for Lewis 1ft\ro llfi 1C micf nl'nn f T Ko/^1 1'^"" yx/j ? livy 4U ltutnuiw II 1 17 1 A. Iiavi J\CtV o in my pocket. It would be a mistake if Anderson or any one else says they lrank wine at my house from a dish pan or jug on that Sunday of the fight after the Lewis boys and Anderson came. There was no wine got out of the house after dinner. I had dinner at two o'clock or later on Sunday. I saw Elbert knock Lob, he hit him on the head. Bob spent the night with us and we put him in room.. Tone stayed to get him to go home with him, but he would not go. He left next morning. I saw only little blood on his nose. He said he was not hurt bad; but his head hurt. No one washed Bob's face before ho left. There was no blood on bed, but saw where he trowed up, looked like whiskey or water. Elbert Todd looked like he might be drinking some. I did not see any wine in buggy. Bob came back by himself, Edward and Tone came back behind him. Sol Todd says no one sent him after Tone Todd. I did not say I did not see why the balls did not make a sign in the house. Bob was struck in the lane. Bob was net struck while going down steps, did not see anybody strike Henry. Alva and Henry carried Bob oT. I did not hear any one call Bob m?,1 .l.m u. t:? i- - - - ??in.i vii'? ni'ui ?iiiii siiy no nio net give a damn if Hob was dead. Henry was Urn one that shot pistol. (Signed) Nellie Todd. Joe Doyal sworn says: I was there when Tone and Edward brought Bob back to the house. 1 was with Tone when boy came up and told Tone they had killed one at his house and it was Bob Lewis. I went on up there to house and they showed me club present and a stave which they said Elbert knocked Bob with club and Jim beat Henry with stave. I don't know which one told me this. Edward said he had something like a plow beam but did not say whether he hit any o m or not. I saw the stick and bh.od which. Edward showed me. They. Elbert and Noah, had their Cv . i | horse geared up at gate when I cai up and horse was not cut. I s; them leave and the horse was not < when they left. Noah had a pist said first he took it from Henry, tfc said they took it from Andcr son, said sheriff authorized him to ta the pistol. I did not hear any sho ing. I live one half mile or so, I after I came I heard a shot from 1 bert, Noah and Edward as they drc off. I saw no smoke rise from bugi Edward and Tone Todd helped E from woods to gate and he wall< alone from gate to house. Edwc wanted me and Tone to take E away, said he was afraid Bob woi die. It is customary for Jim Todd get drunk, some people go there get something to drink. He kec whiskey and wine at his house m< all the time. See people coming aw hollowing and drunk. Bob's face w bloody when he came in that nig Tone carried Bob in room and p Bob on lodgin. Ruth said Henry h a pistol and that he broke it and to out live balls. I heard somebody c Bob and this I took to be Jim Toe somebody answered him, but I didi understand. Some one said lie didi give a damn if he was dead. I to this to be Jim Todd. Elbert said knocked Bob. I could have liea calling half mile or so. 1 could u derstand what Todd said, but cot not understand other one. I was no a fourth mile away when this talkii was going on. Edward was gearii up Jim Todd's horse and buggy carry Bob off, but Bob refused to $ Sometimes Bob seemed in right mi< then he was not at times. The Tod seemed to want to get shut of Br his (Signed) Joe Doyal X mark Elbert Todd stated: Bob Lewis was cursing and rarii around and we fellows tried to ko< him down. We asked him to be re sonable and he said we couldn't re son a damn thing with him. I me: by we, myself, father, Edward ai Noah. I struck Bob and think cb present is one I struck him "with. E ward picked ;*p a board but did ? hit any one. Henry was not f there. Horse got hurt in bridfi Didn't know horse was hurt till Mo< Ward told us. Didn't take anybcx off down road. I struck Bob insit gate in the yard. My brother ai some one else took off back stron - ? MT keep it from working in gash hor fell through bridge. My father w right there and Bob was snaping pi tol at him. Noah took pistol fro Bob, it was 32. Bob Lewis and JTen Lewis done shooting three tim< Once in house and two in porch. The was no gun fired out of buggy th night as we went ofT. T was at B< side when I struck him, I am le handed. Bob was only hit one lie Bob got up and talked after being h Henry went ofT ahead of Bob and A derson. I was at home when Toi Todd came. his (Signer) Elbert Todd X mark Noah Todd stated: I tried to get Bob Lewis out, seemed like he wanted to fight o man. Going out to gate he struck me with pair of knucks. He we near gate and would not go any fu ther and pulled a gun and my brot er hit him. Tone Todd was the when I left. I didn't cut horse, si got cut when fell through bridg h>on't know about any one helping f harness. I saw horse was cut ai took off part of gear to keep fro working in gash. If anybody whi ped horse, it must have been me f I was driving. I got pistol from th man, Alva Anderson, I did not si sheriff gave me authority to take gu I did not have club when I took pist from Anderson. There was two gu in crowd. T don't remember sayii old man Todd had raised hell and had had a wreck. There was sor wine drawn in dish pan. Tone To drew it and I drank some. To drawcd mc and my brother a gall in jug and drew some in dish pr Before the row Alva, Henry and B and myself went down next to Bran and took a drink. his (Signed) Noah Todd X mark Edward Tod stated: 1 was there during the row. Lev two boys and Alva Anderson came Henry went in and asked my fatli for some wine. There was thi shots. Bob knocked my brother wi knucks and me and Noah broug Bob out of the house. He went on yard and said he would not reas anything. I picked up a slat wh Bob started on me with knife, t .when ho stonped I threw it down drank one glass wine in smokehou I did not go down to branch a drink. Hob called me as I was pa: ir.g and said ho wanted me to ta him to house and put him to b< Tone and me carried Hob to gate a he wen4-, in back room, my father w on bed in another room. My fatt did not wait on Kob but I did. 1 one washed his face that night or 1 next morning. He would not let a one jvash it. I did do* si* Hgjht o\ ?BIG GERMAN GUNS i BATTERING ANTORF he _______ . ike ot- THE LONG SEIGE HAS TOLD ANE >ut CITY IS DOOMED TO FALL. El ' GERMANS CLOSING IN lob :ed ir^ News Last Week Concerning Europ' ean War in Belgium Cast a Gloom aid to Over Friends of This Belgian Citj to of Antwerp. -Ps . . All eyes are turned on the devoted ay city of Antwerp, whose fate is reas &arfied as important out of all proportion to the number of men engag )Uj. ea in its attack and defense. Germany tuj must not only keep an open door into 0j. France, it is argued, but she must be ;iH prepared to close the back door to j(j Essen, a most important German milH itary center, in case the long and stub .. born fight of Gen. von Kluck, comoj, mander of the German right wing, is }1C ended in disaster. r(l The war lias presented no picture n_ of greater desolation than that of the hosts of refugees fleeing ?-om the last ar llclgian stronghold. Throngs of citi,. v zens of Antwerp, dumb with terror [V,. as the huge G? rman shells hurtle ovt0 or their heads with the roar of an exr0> press train, are fleeing toward Eng,}n land in Holland in such numbers (IS that the hospitality of those countries >}. is likely to be taxed to the utmost. The flight of these refugees has been accelerated by the appearance over the city of Zeppelin airships, dropping destruction and death. The only ray of hope from the allies' standpoint is found in the news (?P tUof O ^ m AC?i- a J ?" ?? - ? ^ uiui/ k.iiv- (iiiniMi t'Aiuiuaicu ^arnsun ui a~ Antwerp lias been reinforced by fresh a" Antwerp has been reinforced by fresh 411 troops and more guns. Up to the present time only one great German siege gun has been d- brought into play and that piece of ^ artillery is fired only at infrequent llt intervals. Guns half the size ofthe fr- destroyers of Liege and Namur are )v^ being used in the work of battering >>' the rings of forts which surround ^ Antwerp. ^ Both sides confirm the report that *? the Germans have succeeded in crossse ing the river Nethe, but the trenches a3 along the river Scheldt are still holding out against tiieir determined atm tacks. rV The Geramn offensive movement is -s- now approaching the inner ring of ro forts and Berlin reports in the open field four heavy batteries, 52 field 'b guns and as many machine guns, ft As the net is drawn tighter about k* the city efforts of the defenders are *t. redoubled; many of their sorties have n~ been marked by sanguinary fighting, ne According to formal notifications sent into Antwerp by the German commander the active bombardment of the city is now under way. This is confirmed by refugees to Ostend, who can hear heavy artillery fire. 1 V \ j(j In northeastern France, on the ala|. i lies' left wing, the main positions of nj. | the contending forces now reach with1 A 1E - 1 il- T~? ' - ' in .IV ur xt> u'.iiujs ui me neigian Dorder, while beyond these points mass^ es of cavalrv continue the struggle rc over the frontier line and into Belro gium. Along the greater part of the rjx front, however, the antagonists seem j content to watch each other without attempting any definite movement. In the east the Russians are battering away at Przemysl, which is said to be suffering severelv under their IIS artillery fire. All the efforts of the Austrians to relieve this fortress are j reported as having been repulsed by s the besiegers. The Russian general staff reports ^ that the German army, defeated on the Niemen river, has retreated with nc ^ much stubborness to the East Prussian frontier, where it has entrenched nc itself, and Berlin supplements that the Russians have been repulsed with ^ a loss of 2,700 prisoners and nine ma^ chine guns. The Germans claim also that in a minor engagement fioar Ivana-ovod. sniifhmicf r?f W O voo\if in ? o ? ; va.v.^M V . \yx If Ml OU Yir I J I I Russian Poland, they were successful, having taken 4,800 prisoners. Petrograd declares that the main conflict along the Vistula river has in" not as yet developed, although there K1 have been preliminary engagements 00 between advanced forces of the opposing armies.. ;ht Man Found Dead. on on R. M. Haywood, a well to do farmer >ut of Union county, was found dead face I downward in a mud puddle with twe se. broad scars on his head evidently nd made with a blunt instrument last ss- week in a tract of woods a mile east ke of Charlotte, N. C. The body had ev. .1 u i -a? i i mj. mniuv men m-if iur several (lays, a.? nd decomposition was at an advanced \is stage. or No l$oi> all Hie time. lwt c.Hir.e to him evhe ery or so. his ny (Signed) Gdawrd Todd X ter mark jyj VIEWS OF OTHER PAPERS p | ?5! M SJ ?Jt W M St sa S3 Did Wilson Hop? Isn't it undignified as well as dangerous for the President to be hop* ping on a moving train? JLf it was T R. we might take the risk, but Wilson's different. ?Daily Record. Do Tell Us. How. You may not want to believe it, but it is a fact that a newspaper mar . has become a bank president ir i Georgia. His name is J. A. Davis and his bank is the Peoples, at Sardis. Mr. Davis has one arm. Mavbi it is because of that handicap, which I overtook him in a railroad wreck while he was doing newspaper work, that he is now a bank president. Mean while not many are expected to go out and have an arm mashed off by a train, in expectation that they will become bank presidents because thereof.?Georgetown Times. ) Like Seeks Like. People do a great deal for the uplift of their dogs but unless a setter has proper restraints thrown around him he will get him a colored individual coon dog for a pal.?Morning Star. Well Why Not? Kingstreo and Williamsburg should get in line on the "buy-a-bal^1 movement.?County Record. Not So if Present. No doubt the "Kilkenny" nations are killing men men and maneuvering faster than history can show, but the world is very impatient and thinks the tragedy drags.?Evening Post. Even the Big Stick. Roosevelt has bought a bale of cotton, says a report. There's one good contributing editor.?The State. Just Help Yourself. Don't w:iit for onnwrixe or tV?? T ocr islature. The problem of the cotton crop must be solved here at home? now. If help comes from Congress or the Legislature later on so much the better.?Florence Times. Belgians Did It. When the truth is finally written it will be said that it was the Belgians who made the thing possible.?Charlotte Observer. Lets Go Barefooted. The price of shoes is going up 50 cents a pair because?well, just because whatever happens shoes go up. ?The Hecord. i . But He Cut Out Booze. The enlisted men of the United States Navy will feel more than ever that they are men and not mere machines, as the result of Secretary Daniel's new rules which give them better treatment and more consideration.?Times Democrat. And Austria Canned. Turkey will be thoroughly roasted by Thanksgiving, sure enough.?Evening Post. Urges Food Crop. Once again we urge every farmer to go the limit in planting small grain clover, vetch, rape, etc. If the war lasts there will be more profit in these crops t 'inn there ever was in cotton, even at fifteen cents. Inoculate fcr legumes- and plant heavily.? Progressive Farmer. Grounds for Hope. Cotton is bringing nine cents on the open market, and if our farmers will remember, the bulk of the 1911 crop was sold at nine cents, and consequently the country is not in such bad shape after all.?York News. The Girl He Left. When your old girl marries you have a funny feeling.?Times Democrat. Anything He Does Alright. The propriety of Secretary Bryan 1 making a stump speech in behalf ol ' Congressman Gudger, may be questioned, but it is no breach of Demoi cratic faith to say that such help as may have come from Mr. Bryan's speech is needed.?Charlotte Obscrvei Barrels Not Bales. i The editor of a Southwestern papci UTI'A^ <*? i f n h i. 4- .. I - ~ it uu.v -truuii; uui til" ] 11HJtJJUist set it 'buy-a-barrel." The prooi reader probably was in alliance with the typesetter.?Wilmington Star. Truth About Itself. , By this time all intelligent newspa per readers have become reasonably expert in discriminating among wai stories that the news editor lets by correspondent of the Glasgow Herald i who finds in the British papers "Of[ fiein! reports; credible reports; doubtful reports; rumors; lies; ? lies; obvious ? lies, which we print with all reserve."?Daily Record. Found the Key. Evidently the key to the deadlock \ | on the Aisnc is Verdun. Within a few I days something is bound to happen in IH ' the neighborhood of Verdun.?Morn- IS 1 ing Star. 11 Cotton is King. . tl Our friends this is why: We are IB so obcessed with the false belief tta* IS cotton is the beginning and end ana 'IS the whole aim of existance that we aH have never stopped seriously to con- SB sider the other things that belong to HI . and should be a part of our farm life. IhB | ?Florence Times. $B Good Advice. Ijl Boost your town; a man is a mighty poor citizen who doesn't see some- |B 1 thing good in the town in which he I^R | lives.?Lumberton Tribune. Every Little Helps. ^B L However the purchasers may I nvantlinllir /t/Mvtn m.4 ii ????^i U _ ,1.. vi vuvuuitjr twine uui| u t'UIlIIUl ue lit' nied that buying a bale has helped BH ; the country considerably.?The Obser J^B The Reason. ^^B Women are still reaping the crops -^^B - in Europe. Perhaps if they hadn't been kept reaping them for the last hundred years they'd have had time\ to civilize their countries and make i^Bl this war impossible?New York Amer^^^B ican. H 'fl A Thought for the Week. ^B| For the benefit of boys who are ^^B rather ashamed to publicly acknow- BBI lodge belief in and love for Christ, it BB| might be stated that every truly great^^M man this country has known believeTT^^^B in the divinity of the Carpenter of Nazareth. Another thing: Neither J^B inteligrnce nor backbone is necsesary BR to be immortal. A lunatic half-breed SjMHK Negro can be mean. Put it takes BBB some real "sand" and manhood to be SBB a Christian.?Exchange. ) . ' BM Were Not Religious. Of all, aviators those with the high- RvJ est altitudes are those ministers, BU priests, parsons and others who at- ^BB tempted to couple up the European disturbance with the Christian relig-r ?B| ion in any shape or form.?The Stat#v JH The Trying Season. fi^B "The season" has opened. The |^^B hunting season ? No, this is a season ^^B that tries men's souls?the millinery BH season.?News-Reporter. NOTICE. Books of registration for the regur j.^H lar election of Town officers for theV)^H Town of Conway will be opened at the office of L. H. Burroughs, |H Town Supervisor of Registration, on HTI October 6th, 1914, or 60 days before Ul the holding of said election, and r(Vmain open up to and including the \ HI 30th day of November. It is necessary for electors of the Town of Con- |^H way to obtain registration certificate for this election. A. H. BONG, Town Clerk. ^ The Emergency Bill. The emergency war tax bill was ^ made the unfinished business of the Senate last week be pressed continuously until passed. Senate leaders last Thursday expressed the belie^i^^B that it would be passed by the end of this week. Sends Bettors to Europe. Secretary Bryan has sent to ambas j^H sudors in the capitals of all the warring countries of Europe a message HH telling of President Wilson's day of prayer for peace and the sincerityv>.^H| with which the people of the United States responded to it. SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE HEED This is the time of the- year when the tobacco crop is being harvested /C| and placed on the market. It is the time of the year when this paper expects the farmers who read it and have the funds from the year's crop to come in and pay us up for the past dues. It is not even necessary that they call, if they do not feel so dis- 1 I . posed. It is easy to write a check or get a postoflice money order and mail us the money. For each and every remittance received through the mail . a receipt made out in proper form , will be mailed back. We have spent a good deal and spared no effort this year to give the news to the people . just as it is without fear or favor. . The fact has been called to the. at ton tion of our readers time and time L again that we needed what is coming to us for past due subscriptions. While many have heeded the rail and sent, in the money or called and paid it at the oflico, there are many others who have so far neglected it. A3 above indicated, we have patiently waited until now the marketing of ' the crops of 1914 has begun, and we ? must now ask again those who owe the paper send in what is due. There iv^H ' is no use in waiting. 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