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4fc VOLUME XXX. ? _ BJ * 6. C. CAUSE DEAD FROM PISTOL BALL I * In the Hands of Coleman Sauircs at Trexler Lnm V < ber Camps MAGISTRATE CHESTNUT HELD INQUEST SUNDAY T } Squires Escaped to Tabor, t North Carolina and is . Pyi;v, at Large. ) ? 'fy G. Cleveland Gause was found dead near the houses of the lumber camps of the Trexler Lumber Co., in Simp^ son Creek township, last Sunday morning, with the sign of a bullet entering his body in the hack and going through to the front, penetrating the lungs. An inquest was held over his remains on Sunday by Magistrate W. H. Chestnut in the absence of the votoner, V. I). JoiuioOu. Or J. . \ SLalvey performed the autopsy finding the bullet which caused his death. Testimony was taken showing that Gause and Squires became involved in n quarrel on Saturday night about 11 o'clock; and after some words had been passed a pistol was drawn and fired. That Gause ran off and it was thought at the time that he was uninjured. On Sunday morning he was * faund lying dead about seventy-five yards from the place where the shot was fired. It was stated that the parties were drinking at the time. "Hie sheriff went f look for Squires on Sunday as soon as the news reached this place.,, He found that Squires had remained at the camps until Sun? day morning some time he was in^ formed that the friends of Gause might form r mob and do him violence." He remained in the camp for some time and then left. The sheriff traced him to Sanford where he claimed to Mr. N. B. Allsbrook that his mother was dead in North Carolina and he wanted to go to her burial. He succeeded in getting Mr. AllsJ brook to take him off not knowing t'.iat homicide had been committed. The sheriff went to Tabor, N. C., but <lid not succeed in getting the man. WILL TAKE LAWS \ INTO THE COURT * (Columbia Record.) The committee appointed at the ret cent conference on the insurance situation met in Columbia Thursday to formulate a plan of action hoping to I relieve the property owners. What * / course will be pursued had not been definitely agreed on at late accounts, but it is probable that the LaneyOdum law which precipitated the muddle will be caried into court for a test. The full membership for the committee was present at the meeting Thursday, as folows: B. P. McLeod, AL chairman, Charleston; G. H. Edwards, * Darlington; E. E. Child, Whitmire; William Otis, Columbia, and R. W. Holcombc, Columbia. Three weeks ago there was held at the offices of the chamber of commerce a meeting at which the insurance "muddle" was discussed by more than a dozen speakers. Refore adjournment the committee named above appointed to devise some plan $ of action by which it was hoped the situation would be clarified. As will be recalled, that practically all the leading fire insurance companies announced that they would discontinue writing new business in South Carolina after the law abolishing the j tariff association became effective. * J The insurance matter is very com* plicated and has evoked much argument and controversy. So far as the insurance companies in the Southeastern tariff association have "stood pat' and their agents in South Carolina have not been able to write new business. .##> ?., ...l j ^ - "F i AYNOR HAS NEW * FINANCIAL INSTITUTION To Open For Business About April 12th, With Capital (Mn nnn nn V/l VP I u.uuu.uu The Bank of Aynor is a now institution just organized at the enterprising town of Aynor, this county. The Captital Stock is to be $10,000.00. A charter has been secured from the Secretary of State, and it is proposed to open for business on or about the 12th of April. The officers of the Bank are: D. A. Spivey, President; Geo. J. Holliday, Vice President; and W. P. Lewis, Cashier. Among the Directors is the name of Don M. Burroughs and several business men of Aynor. In addition to the business men mentioned as interested directly, it is understood that outside connections have been established with Banks and Bankers which places this newest of Horry Banks on a solid foundation. Prospects for the success of the institutiion are good. The personnel of the parties interested almost insures this. In connection with the organization of the new Bank it is also announced that the Farmers State Bank will voluntarily liquidate its assets and sur 1--- a i viiiiui us unuriur. AlTailgcmciUS have already been made to take care ot' all the depositors and the accounts transferred to the new bank. The Stockholders of the old bank have pledged their active support and good will to the new concern, and as soon as their assets are liquidated, will become stockholders in the new Bank of Aynor. RUNAWAY MULES BREAK BOY'S NECK? It was reported in Conway the first of this week that a young son of C. L. Williamson at Hammond, S. C., was instantly killed when mules he was driving- ran away and wrecked the wagon throwing the young man out and breaking his neck. Friends of the family were sorry to learn of this sad news. C. M. REAVES PROPERTY SELLS NEXT MONDAY j i I The estate lands and personal prop-! erty of C. M. Raeves, which estate has been wound up in the court of bankruptcy, will be sold at Loris on next Monday by B. M. Badger, Jr., Esqr., the trustee in bankruptcy. 'Most of the property will be sold subject to mortgages that are now held against it; but some of it is clear of encumbrances as stated in the notice of sale. o TELEGRAM ANNOUNCED THTT" v DEATH OF MR. STURTEVANT News reached here the latter part of last week of the sudden death of Mr. Sturtevant, the wealthy gentleman who recentlv married Hnn. I son of near Homewood. The telegram did not state the cause of death. o Funston Expects Word. San Antonio, Texas, March 31.? j General Funston today awaited news j that fighting between American I troops and a Villa force had begun j along the Northwestern railway beI tween Madera and Chihuahua. Information that he styled "unofficial" has reach headquarters since yesterday that a considerable force of Villa's ) men had concentrated in that region and that the American cavalry was moving forward in strength. i o I THE NINTH SESSION OF i S. S. QUARTERLY MEETING The ninth session of the Sunday School quarterly meeting will be held . at Berea Baptist church on the third I Sunday in Apfil at 10 o'clock' K M. It is hoped that all of the schools will be represented. I nir . - .7 W. A. Spivey, Supt. | V i * i 1 Willie Hux, Sec. IORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE. CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY COMMON PLEAS COURT ; WAS SHORT BUT BUSY1 Number of Cases Placed on the Ust for Trial Compromised r.oiiRT \a/ffk proiwn WW w i? k.u.l\ VI IV/ V I U FAILED TO APPEAR Several Cases of Interest Tried and Passed on by the Court. The court of Common Pleas convened here last Monday morning with Judge T. S. Sease of Spartanburg on the bench. As it turned out none of the several cases set for trial on Monday were actually given to the jury except the case of George L. Adams against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. The other cases set for Monday were either compromised or continue'! until the next term of ^ho court. In the Adams case the plaintiff brought suit for damages against the railroad for ejecting him from its train in 1912. He had purchased from the railroad a thousand mile ticket or mileage book as it is commonly called, and printed on it is a clause which states that the mileage coupons in it should not be good for passage only in South Carolina, and not good for passage on any part of an interstate journey. He was at .Mullins and wanted to come to Conwry. He purchased a cash ticket from the agent at Mullins from that point to Loris, S; C. After the train left Loris for Conway he offered the mileage book for his fare which the conductor refused to honor and put him off the train. The judge decided the case in favor of the defendant railroad company directing them to find a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff will appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The case of Worth Compan vs. Graham was discontinued. Johnson vs. Valley was continued until the next term. J The case of Stanley vs. Permenter and Holmes vs. Williamson were both laid over until the next term. On Tuesday the court started the trial of the case of the Palmetto Grocery Company vs. Artemas Alford. There were three of these cases all bearing the same title but involving different issues to be settled. The first case tried was one in claim and delivery over a crop raised by Artemas Alford during the year 1915. The facts were briefly that Mr. Alford owed the company about $1500.00 on March 1st, 1915, this being the balance due on crop mortgage of tin year before and gave another mor: gage on hte crop of 1915 to secure this and the further sum of aboui .$600.00 in fertilizers with the understanding that Mrs. Alford would endorse the note. The note was neve) endorsed and the Palmetto Grocery Co., did not furnish the fertilizers. Later the crop was seized under the chattel mortgage. SUBMARINE. SHELLED SHIP Washington.?The British horseship. Englishman was first shelled and then torpedoed by a German submarine, according to affidavits made to represenattives of the State Department at Liverpool by three American survivors. On the receipt of this infor ..... *: ? - 11 men/tun, uuiciais said it seemed clear that the Englishman had tried to escape. The submarine was operating within the law in shelling and torpedoing the Englishman, if the vessel was fleeing to escape capture, as officials here inferred from the dispatch. The German government had been asked whether its submarines were concerned in the sinking of the Englishman or the damaging of the British channel steamer Sussex while that ship was carying 25 American, passengers. o CAUTION?Cut your Cotton ?s* FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVES , APRIL 6, 1916. YOUNG ARCHIE THARP ACCIDENTALLY SHOT With Gun in the Hands of Young Companion and Playmate INJURED BOY BROUGHT TO CONWAY INFIRMARY Hopes Entertained of SavingInjured Limb at Hospital by Operation. As a result of an accidnet a few days ago near Loris, Archie Tharp, a boy nine or ten years old was hit in the thigh with a load of shot from a gun in the hands of Mack Reaves, another small boy about the^ame age. The injured boy was brough forthwith to the hospital here and at last accounts he was resting bettor than at first and hopes were entertained that the injured member could bo saved. The accident was purely the result of youthful play and the two little beys were the best of friends at the time and are yet. The little Reaves boy who was shocked by the accident, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Reaves of T.nris FOLLOWING ADVANCE ACTIVITIES CEASE After haying pushed buck the French lines along the westerly bend of the Salient in the Malancourt region northwest of Verdun, the Germans have desisted from futher efforts to advance there. Farther to the west, however, the crown prince's infantry again has been counter attacking in the Avocourt wood, several assaults having been launched in efforts to retake the position recently lost to the French. Paris, declares, however, that the attempts were fruitless. German aeroplanes having attempt~ .1 i ^ ' uu anocner raid on saloniki, acocrding to a Paris dispatch, but French airmen repelled them. Workers in the British munitions ships in the Clyde district who have struck have been called upon by their trade organization to return to work, their strike being declared unconstitutional and in contravention of the munitions act. The recent war council of the entent power was characterized by complete unity of purpose and all the conferees without exception were satisfied with the decisions reached, says Premier Saluandra of Italy in an interview given a Paris newspaper representative. Destruction of merchantmen by German submarines in the now undcrseas campaign is continuing. Today the sinking of the British ate-nor Di-' idem of 3,852 tons, is reported. RUFUSGJIELSOlf VISITS CONWAY After an absence of a number of years, Mr. ltufus (1. Mclson, of Hornell, N. V., visited Conway last week, arriving here on Thursday. He is the eldest son of the late Wm. P. Melson Sr., who lived for the greater part of his life at the Melson place in sight of the town and died some years ago at the ripe ago of eightyfive. Mr. Mclson stated that he would not know the town except from the location. He stated that the improvements during the years of his absence have been wonderful and it does not look to him like the same place. Mr. Melson is interested in the trial of a case in the court of Common Pleas this week concerning the timber on a portion of the Mclson estate lands near the town. o There was some rain the first of the week. mXi, t* . VILLA KILLS GARRISON ' AND STRIKES NORTH Pursuers Are Believed to Be Closing in on Desperate Gang. Scui Antonio, March Wi-?After kill ins every one of the 177 men in the garrison at Guerrero, Villa moved northward last Friday and is some where near the head waters of the Santa Maria river, according to unofficial information obtained here. Villa was said to have been either on the San Geronimo ranch or the Quemada ranch at the head of a considerable force and troops of both the United States and Mexico were believed to be closing- in on him. This information was regarded by Gen. I'unston and his staff as probably cor rect. if correct, it appeared probable that very soon Villa either wlli have to face his pursuers in a fight or make another break through the tight I cning line of troops. I Whether his assault on th egarrison at Guerrero was the same engagement reported by Gen. Pershing was not known, but it was considered likej ly, since the action reported by Gen. I Pershing occurred March 27 , somewhere in that region. Details of the engagement were not reported. Gen. Pershing has been advised of the report as to Villa's location and it is known that the disposition of his troops and those of the Mexican government are such that Villa can not easily escape without a fight. American troops are converging in columns from the north and it was indicated that a part of them had gone so far south thut they would be able to join with tho Carranza forces in preventing his escape in that direction. Attempt on Villa's Life. It has been learned here that Francisco Villa nearly lost his life a few days ago on the Corralitos ranch where short distance from the place, where he tortured and put to death five Mexicans. One of his victims leaped upon him and was strangling ; Villa when officers beat his assailant senseless with the butts of their guns. Mucio Polancho was the Mexican who almost ended Villa's career. The murder of five members of the Polancho family was said to have, been intended as a warning to other Mexicans against having dealings with Americans. ! saysTonsumeT I RFIMfi RflRRCIl uv-irnu IIUBJUL.U I Washington, March ?S0.?Agitation ' over the soaring price of gasoline came up in the Senate today and ended in the adoption of a resolution by Senator Martine directing the attorney General to investigate whether rising prices are the result of an unlawful conspiracy. Senator Martinc's resolution was prefaced by a preamble asserting that the "Standard Oil Trust" controlled the gasoline output, and prices. "Every Senator here knows," said Senatcr Stone, "that customers of gas oline arc being robbed by some thieves." o GREER'S BODY KOlJNi). The body of Luther Greer, drowned! when his boat capsized on the Con- j garee river two weeks ago, was found by the crew of the Nan Elizabeth, a|. boat of the Columbia-Georgetown line. The body was about a mile and a halt j down the river from Columbia. Coronui Scott was notified and brought the body to Columbia. Greer was employed in one of the Columbia cotton mills. He was formerly of Wilmington, N. C. The accident occurred near the government locks, the boat being capsized by the turbulent waters of the narrow sluice. He and a companion wore on a fishiinr tinn tha ?>"i.? ? -" * - r. >?V. vvuvi IIIVIIIUCI U1 lllU party, being unwilling to take the risk af riding through the locks, got out to walk around the dam when the boat was tithed over. o The weather changed to much cooler by the middle of last week and the cool wave lasted for several days. NO. 51. G0NN0R-0EW CASE HAS BEEN ADJUSTEB Parental Objections Withdrawn to the Marriage Last Friday Afternoon INJURED MAN BACK AT HIS RESIDENCE His Injuries Proved to be Trivial Compared to First Reports. Parental objections perhaps led to the unfortunate difficulty which was chronicled in this paper last week, in which it. was Connor, a well-known farmer had been shot by Robert Dow, a young man whom he found paying attention to his daughter, after those attentions had been forbidden. At first the wounds of Mr. Connor were believed to be very serious. He u 'le nl'nn f a iitn UupisMinrhc I n Tintvi* %.% 1% V. ? VV V4IV, ar\ for treatment and surgical attention. To the delight of his friends he showed a disposition to rapid recovery although one of the bullets from. Dew's pistol was never found and dislodged. He was sent back to his home by his physician by the middle of last wcolc and ho was able to be out and attend to business though he showed the effects of the trouble he had been through. On Friday of last week young Dew came into Conway and gave himseif up to the sheriff contrary to the reports which had been circulated to the effect that he had run away and would not submit to the authorities. He remained in the custody of the sheriff until a late hour on last Friday afternoon when he was quietly married to the young lady in the case, Deputy Clerk A. E. Wait performing the ceremony at the Clerk of Court's office. In the mean time all of the charges against Mr. Dew had been withdrawn by the father of the younir lady with the consent of all the parties concerned, at least this was the understanding at the time the ceremony took place. It appeared that the young man was perfectly willing to the solemn vows that he took and is likely that this near-tragedy would never have occurred if his attentions to the young lady in the first place had been agreeable with her father. At this time there is every indication of friendliness and good feeling between the two families. o fiMIV TUI DITCH uiili i nin i lu\ COMPANIES STAY Thirteen of the 93 stock fire insurance companies that were authorized last year to do business in South Carolina have renewed or pi von notice of their intention of renewing1 their liccnsus for the ensuing year, according ing to information given out from the ofliee of the insurance commissioner. All the old mutual companies and two or three more recently chartered will also continue to transact business. The new licenses date for the succeeding months. o I - I Puncture The Tin Cans. Who would have thought that the tin can is a menace to the public health? The expert malaria investigators of the U. S. Public Health Service have found however that discarded tin cans containing rain water are breeding places for the mosquito which is the sole agent in spreading malaria. A hole in the bottom of the empty can might have resulted in the saving of human life. Certainly it would have assisted in preventing a debilitating illness. Empty tin cans have no business about tW( I premises anyway, but if wfc must so decorate our back yards, let's see to it that the can has a hole in the bottom. f