The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 30, 1916, Image 1
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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
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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
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"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
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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\
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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.
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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.
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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.
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)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."
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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
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Lieut. Gorrell Recounts Sufferings
He Experienced When
He Was Lost.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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?G. B. JENKINS, P/es.
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