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* VOLUME XXX. . MARVIN CONNOR IS SHOT BY BOB DEW Or So the Story Was Tola About the Streets i ... % Last Week BOY AND GIRL LEFT WOUNDED TO HOSPITAL } Sheriff Failed to Find the Man * x Charged With The Act/ Last Wednesday evening at a late hour the news was being told about the street that M. Connor, a farmer * -on the plantation of Hon. R. B. ScarJ borough had been shot and probably kided by Robert Dew, a young man, a few minutes before. The coroner was notified and went to the scene of flip 11 i flu'ii 11 v *?1 m 1111 ' i milo IVnivi f lin town on the public road loading from Conway to Georgetown. Tho sherifr was also called and went to the \ place, but he made no arrest as he found nobody to arrest. The young man accused of the shooting had left, It was found that the injured mar might not be injured fatally. He haci been shot twice and both bullets ha< taken effect. One of the balls went in from the front going all the waj through the thigh, the other was saic ^ to enter from tho rear and at last accounts the surgeon had not locate( this bullet and from the nature of it* apparent location there was danger ir hunting for it in the tissues. The story as related on the street* was to the effect that Conner discov 4 U m n tin V-% ? a. ?1 ??V. 4 ?? * ? i irw Lilt (ILLUaai Wltll Ulft UttU(^lllUI' II "the woods near the farm and was JL dose on them before the couple fount out that he was near. It was state< that previous to the difficulty, th( yeung man had called on the younp lady and this was against the wisher of Mr. Conner and he had forbiddcr the'young 4ady to see the man an> more, or words to that effect. There was no disinterested person present a1 ^ the shooting and hence no accurate account can be given of the affair. At last accounts the wounded mar was doing as well as could bo expected at the hospital, but suffering considerably. The sheriff and his deputies had failed to find Robert Dev. who it was stated was in hiding. * The young man in question is a son a of Mr. Allen Dew of Bucks township * The injured man is a well-known far# mer who has been operating in this section of the county on different farms for a number of years. Later,?It was reported from the hospital where Marvin Conner is still ||. , confined, that his wounds are not as V- ? serious as was thought at first and ^ ? that he has every chance in the world to recover. To his son who visited him there one day the latter part of the week he stated that he was feeling fine under the circumstances. After the first stories of the affair had circulated over the country another report gained currency to the > effect that Miss Conner stated to several people after the shooting that it was herself who held the pistol and fired the shots and that this was dnno in self defense and that Robert I)evv had nothing to do with shooting her father. This was repeatedly told last Saturday and was said to come from those who had seen her after the shooting . After the shooting took place it was * said that the young lady in the case was not allowed to return to the house; and that threats of violence were made by other members of her family. She left with Robert Dew. Rater,?The authorities took the young lady and placed her in jail. .This arrest was made when she re4)'turned after being absent a day or two. The place where the shooting took place, going by the descriptions given of it by those who visited the place, is in the woods across the public road fiom the home on the plantation of Mr. Scarborough, and it is stated that, y the spot is walled up on the back sidej Wklt "H( ( NEW SAW MILL 8E1S LOCATED Will Cut Timber on the Bells Bay Place of C. B. Dusenbury. The steam engine and other equipment of the new saw mill which will be used in manufacturing the timber on the large tract at Bell's Bay recently purchased by S. M. Ward, arrived on a flat car here last week and was unloaded in readiness to be hauled to the location. This is a large tract of timber and as it is some distance from water transportation or logging roads, it was determined to cut it by means of a new mill. This mill is portable and when the work there is finished it can be moved to another site. The timber will be manufactured by J. W. Little & Co., a firm composed of Messrs. J. W. Little and M. G. Anderson. HEAVY~ ROHIING I Ml RUSSIAN I IMF I V# S M IIWWHOa^ H-IMIk. Berlin.?Hard fighting is in progI ress in the northern sector of the . Russian 1 ine. The Russian drum fire became in1 tense on the evening of March 19, More than 50,000 shells, chiefly of 1 heavy calliber, fell over a small section of the front near Pastavy. Gerl man wire entanglements and the ? front line trenches were damaged. 1 At night the Russians attacked in thick waves. The first two waves 5 were mowed down before they reach ed the entanglements. The third at1 tack pierced the German position on a > front of less than 100 yards and the t assailants were rejected by a counter I attack led by a regimental command er. At dawn the Russians made a ? fourth attack, but it was smoothered > by German artillery. Four Rusians ? divisions are said to have participat ' ed. Activity of the Russians along t Field Marshal von Hindonburg's front s is less marked. Comparative quiet prevailed on March 19 along the sec\ i Kni M'OAn WJooMiniif ' 1 XT?? ?y\?i i, n vim 11 1.1/iiilov <111(1 l>i UI'VOZ lakes except for a strong night at tack on the Rusians which was re pulsed. r The losses sustained by the Russians in these encounters are said to i have been very heavy. Notwithstand. ing the severity of the actions, no con cern is evident here. The state of i public feeling was expressed by a cor; respnodent who said: "The people have no anxiety be> because they know Hindenburg is there." CAR TOADHNlT HOGS MARKETED W. Percy Hardwicke shipped from this point last week a full car load of fine hogs. They went to Richmond, i Va., to the large packers at that place 1 They were purchased from farmers of Horry County who raised these as j a surplus very likely over and above ! whilT fVir?\r r?rtn/1n.l C" -- ? 1 , viiuvjiium iur ni'Mi' own nomc ' use. The prices paid for the hops was 1 six cents per pound and it would apj pear that this would net the farmers i i a reasonable profit on their investment. This shows the opportunity for money making in this county by raising stock for markets. There Is a need and a demand for live stock of this kind that can hardly bo overfilled. o How do you like our farmers department? With the assistance of I Prof. M. W. Wall we hope to make it a column of extreme interest to the progressive farmers of this section. ' I with briars and brambles and perhaps thick brush while there arc logs and other obstructions on cither side of the place, so that it was difficult to pass as well in any direction as in front toward the opening. $ovv; )RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, I 30NWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, M CARBANZA TROOPS ! ARE NOT MASSING Consuls in Northern Mexico i Find No Evidence of Concentration Now OTHER REPORTS SAY THE MOVEMENT IS ON Conflicting- Information at Washington?Border is Nervous. Washington, March 24.?Conflicting reports of the massing of Carranza troops on the border continues to reach here. American consuls in Northern Mexico under orders of the State Department to investigate the troop movements, reported that they found no, mussing of troops in the northern sec-1 tions. Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, received from 1). A. Richardson, of Douglas, a telegram saying a Mexi can general with 3,000 cavalry and, forty pieces of artillery had arrived! at a point over the border not morei than 10 blocks from the center of the city and that 7,000 additional Carranza cavalry were six miles south of the border. Richardson telegraphed that the American troops stationed two miles from Douglas were inadequate to meet the situation and that there were fears of attack. Richardson's telegram, as follows: "Mexican general has forty pieces of artillery and i3,000 cavalry stationed ten blocks from center of Douglas. Seven thousand cavalry six miles south of Douglas. We have only 1,800 infantry, 300 cavalry and four pieces of artillery. Our troops stationed two miles east of Douglas. Am reliably informed that it would take one hour for our troops to reach Douglas in case of night attack. Our army for-n bidden by administration from m.ak ing any active defense preparations for fear Mexicans might misconstrue such preparation. Mexicans have entrenched against United States side and have barbed wire entanglements. We have no entrenchment. Mexican troops could easily repeat Columbus massacre in Douglas on much larger scale. All of those statements can be verified by our army officers here. Help us if you can before it is too late." Senator Ashurst said he knew Richardson and regarded his information as authoritative. "I am giving this telegram for publication," said Senator Ashurst, "and will not even submit it to the Senate, because it would be useless, I am tired of trying to get anything done." o? The March winds certainly raised a high dust in Conway and vicinity on last Wednesday evening. The winds j blew and continued to blow until the | skies wore laden and looked as if the heavens were about to drop show err. of rain. The high winds whiped round the coprners on Main Street and raised such a dust as Conway hardly ever sees. This dust filed the air for several hours, it penetrated into every nook and cranny of the buildings, and it filled the ears, and eyes of all those who ventured out. DO YOU Kf Four per cent of the inhabit? South have malaria? The United States Public H G 15,744 rodents in New Orleav The careless sneezer is the g Open air is the best spring tc Typhoid fever is a disease p< Measles kills over 11,000 A There has not been a single c United States since 1905? jr pfi ?TRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER.' ARCH 30, 1916. STRONG FORCE AT BASE ON BORDER Concentration at Columbus. i IM. M., Thought to Be Complete AVIATOR TELLS OF DESERT . HARDSHIP I Lieut. Gorrell Recounts Sufferings He Experienced When He Was Lost. | Columbus, N. M., March 28.?Conc< utration of troops at Columbus was completed today, army men here believe, with the arrival of a squadron of cavalry under the command of Col. W. E. Wilder, from Fort Myer, Va. No intimation was made at military headquarters as to the final disposition of the troops. It is known, however. that the regiment, of which the squadron is a part, together with an infantry regiment, was sent to Colum bus by General Funston, subject to the orders of General Pershing. Favorable reports of the progress of the pursuit of Villa, made, despite numerous handicaps, recently received from General Pershing,indicate to i u~ 1,5c, army men nere unit m: uvuwva force is rapidly reaching sufficient strength to follow the punitive expedition to successful conclusion. Army men here say also that the troops now concentrated on the border more than GOO miles of which is but an imaginary line, are sufficiently strong to protect it properly. A score of water wagon tanks arrived today. It was announced that chemists will test the water before it is placed in the tanks for transportation, friendly Mexicans having warned the Americans that the poisoning of the water supply has been employed by Villa and his bandits in their recent campaigns. One of the aero corps who arrived here today with dispatches from the front, told the story of his sufferings in the desert in which he was lost for several <l:ivs after hoi no* -fovoorl tn land in an uninhabited district in the La Ascension country. He said he suffered no ill effects from his experiences. The pursuit of Francisco Villa may be hampered, if not actually halted, unless Mexican railroads are made available as the main line of communication to the American army in Mexico. Military men expressed that view today after studying dispatches from th< front that Villa still was in full flight southward and meeting with little if any opposition. New Raid Stirs Border. There was a very noticeable increase in the tension along the border today following the reported raid last night on the ranch of C. E. Kelly, former Mayor of El Paso, by Mexican bandits. The ranch is 32 miles east of here and a mile and a half from the border. o The better your job vvorx shows the more business you will likely pull with it. Bring your orders for stationery here and get the best to be had in this section. \I0W THAT mts of certain sections of the calth Service has trapped ns in the past 18 months? ;reat grip spreader? >nic? eculiar to man? 1 merican children annually? ase of yellow fever in the j i vM. MISSING AVIATOR : FOUND IN MEXICO Lieut. Gorrell. Out of Gasoline, Was Stranded on Sandy Plateau. Columbus, N. M.?Lieut Edgar S. Gorrell, of the United States aero corps, who had been missing since last Sunday, was found yesterday viii nun's smun.ui ascension uy a | motor truck train under command of I Lieut. J. I.. Parkinson, 20th infantry, according to reports made to military headquarters here. Gorrell was uninjured, but was out of gasoline and had lost his way. Lieut. Gorrell had been alone for 48 hours in the middle of a sand swept,1 uninhabited plateau on the borders ofj Lake Frederico, but suffered onlyj slightly from exposure to the sun. His< plane was intact. All of the eight army aviators who left here last Sunday to fly to Casus Grandcs have now been accounted for. NASHVILLE TAKES STEPS TD SUCCOR Nashville, Tenn., March 28.?Citizens, civic and church organizations, of Nashville today were caring for 5,000 persons made homeless by the fire that swept East Nashville late yesterday, destroying 000 residences, causing one death and a property loss of $1,500,000. National guardsmen, called out by Gov, Rye, patrolled the burned area to protect property and prevent loot ing. .? SUNDAY SCHOOL CON FERENCE MARION OIST. Tlio annual Sunday school confer' once of Marion District Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will be held in Marion April 3rd, 4th, and 5th. The opening session will convene Monday evening, April 3rd, at S o'clock in the Methodist Church at Marion, and the Conference will close with the morning session on Wednesday, April 5th. Program and Delegates. j A very strong program has been I prepared, and some of the best Sun-| | day school workers of the District will! I take part in the discussions. Those Conferences are most profitable and interesting gatherings, and it is imped and expected that every Methodist pastor, every Sunday School Superintendent, and one teacher from each school will be present. In addition to these, it is hoped that many others will attend. All who are vitally interested in the great Sunday School i work should take advantage of this opportunity. Entertainment. The good people of Marion have opened their homes and will royally! entertain all accredited delegates. It is needless to say this, for Marion's! will known hospitality has gone! abroad throughout the land. All who come will be gladly welcomed and a | rare treat is in store for them. Remember the date and place, Marion, April 11-5. MASS METING TO ORGANIZE INSURANCE GO. Hon. J. W. McCIowan and Mr. \V. I) Frierson of Florence have issued a call to the farmers of that County for a Mass Meeting to he held at Florence Court House, at 10:110 A. M., next Monday, April ttrd, and they have extended an invitation to farmers and others in this County, who may he ini 111*?/! ?i. ? .v-ow*., iu im-i'i >vitu uiem aim join in an effort to organize a Mutual Fire Insurance Company, to take care of risks in the Pee Dee section. Doubtless great good will be accomplished i by this meeting, and it is hoped that i our County will be represented there. 1 ?Uobt. I?. Scarborough. 1 T?rr ? NO. 50. vilLft AT NEW BASE RECRUITS AN ARMY Reorganizing and Augmenting His Forces West of Namiquipa HERRERA SEEKING JUNCTION WITH HIM Fiuiston Wants Immediate Control of Railway to Keep Lines Open. El Paso, Texas, March 20.?Francisco Villa has established a base to the westward of Namiquipa to reorganize his command and recruit new men for his army. At this new base it was saiil. Villa would lay plans to operate with the force of General l.uis Herrera, who is understood to have renounced the tie facto government. General Herrera is said to he moving northwestward to effect a juncture with Villa, and this, in connection with the report that the Carranza garrison at Torrcon had revolted, has occasioned grave concern among American army olhcers in El Paso. Villa men, augmented by the Chi ! luiahua command of General Herrera, I said t-o number 2,000, might bo in a position to harass General Pershing's army and seriously interrupt the line I of communication between the adI vanced base of American forces at Casas Grande* and the huso ut Columbus. , An early agreement wJth the Carranza government for the permission to use Mexican railway lines is greats ly desired hy army officers, The mala base would then be transferred from j Columbus to El Pasg and the Mexico ( Northwestern railway could be usei* by ship men and supplies to Casas I r* i \uraiuics. The railroad could ho maintained j easily against interruption while the j present line southward out of Columj bus over a desert might he cut readily should Villa recruit a formidable body of men. Villa is said to have sent agents among the populace in the mountain districts urging them to sup port him against the Americans, ami is equipping his men with arms and ammunition which he had stored. There is no confirmation of a report that Colonel Cano, of Carranza's army has joined forces with Villa. DROERS ARE GIVEN FOR RAPID ACTION San Antonio, Texas.?Orders going from Fort Sam Houston provide for rauid action at nointw r VI IV MUI ? der should new rcbllions in Mexico make it necessary. Gen. Kunston was not altogether convinced of the truth of the report that Gen. Luis Herrora, the deposed military loader at Uhihuariua, :iau entored the field with Villa against the Unite* 1 States, but the repetition of tlie report, and the absence of acceptable evidence to the contrary caused the general and his staff to regard it as probably true. Staff officers of Gen. Uunston studied a more extended ;/oa of northern Mexico. The probable moves of Hori'ci'ii Mini liw 9 OOO inn" ? r..ii -,vuv 1111 11 i ai 1'iuiiy considered and at every point along: the border, note was taken of the positions of American troops and the time it would take to move them to meet any situation. o Strawberry Growers Union to Meet. There will be a meeting of the Conway Strawberry Growers Union at / the Court House Saturday, April 1st/ at 2 o'clock. J All mmebcrs requested to be pr^snet. /' ?G. B. JENKINS, P/es. o / Do not miss a single installment of the Diamond From the Sky now running in this paper. The moving picLure films of this story are among the best ever produced.