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I ' , VOLUME XXXI. Si TOOK STEPS TO PREVENT MARRIAGE Young Man He!d to Answer Charges in the Criminal Court LACK OF KNOWLEDGE nCTCll DDIMP.Q TRnilRI F UI I L.IV Ulllll VU I liuvuuu Such Cases Excite the Pity of Everybody Knowing The Circumstances. 1/ ; There was a case in this section last week wnich was enough to excite the pity of everybody, and it did far as those lew who knew about it. went. Henry Lawrimore, a young man of Bucks township, a soil of Mi. It. A. Lawrimore, a prosperous and well-known farmer of that town ?'nin \vn<i sirvpstod under ? warrant sworn out before Magistrate W. H. Chestnut. With him at the time ol his arrest near Bayboro, S. C., was Miss Narcissus Wallace, a young girl said to be scarcely fourteen years of age. The young people had intended to be married, but the warrant of arrest above mentioned stopped the proceedings so far as they were concerned, although it was not believed that the would-be bridegroom could have si>:ceeded in obtaining any license under the circumstances of this case. The trouble originated the early part of last week, when the young man eloped with the girl from the house of a neighbor in Bucks township, The girl was an orphan, and was taken with her sister, by Mr. Sidney A. Tindal, a- farmer of this county, ' out of his tenderness of heart to rear on his farm the same as. a member of his own family. The children were small when Mr. Tindal took them. "Sissy", as she was callt?it by her play-mates has developed into a nice looking child and plainly shows the good care that the foster h!?\/o tulron of her. She eloped with Mr. Lawrimore from th<> home of a neighbor while her guardian was away on a fishing trip. When he arrived back home he went and took out the warrant and then traced the children to Conway. Learning they were at Bayboro with the sister of Mr. Lawrimore the officers went there and brought the young man to jail, and delivered the girl to her guardian. The boy was lodged in jh.il on Thursday or Friday of last tfrefck, but' his friends promptly bailed him out. The girl left her home in haste, and it is said went by the house on her way off to get her things. But she must have left her clothes and other small belongings,, for in the suit case which was returned to Conway after the arrest, only the little doll baby that she owned as a toy was found in the ca3e. : More important than the clothes which the girl possessed, high above each and every one of the various trinkets that a girl of her age may have in her possession, more esteemed than the love letters which may have accumulated for months past, yes, far and above in her estimation even the drawings or tinr?f her father and mother: was the little alabaster doll about eighteen inches long. In her haste to obtain the things and be gone, she evidently took only such as she evidently believed she had time to get, and that was the little doll. Ignorance of the law excuses no man. Nevertheless people who are ignorant ,do things many a time that they woifld never do, if they understood ^ust, y'^t,,, the law is. Young i men should ^tudy some of the laws, and they should remember that the marriage relation is one which the law highly esteems and as well as other matters leading up to it. Under section 379 of the criminal code of this State it is a crime to ki&fttytdf unlawfully take away a girl who is under sixteen years of age, provided the offender is over fourteen years Shr "HORR KILLS HIS SON AND NOT ROBBER Oscar Lanford Also Fired 6hots at His Father in ; Mixup. Greenville.?Oscar Lanford was shot and killed by his lather, J. W. Lanford, near Lanford Station when the two men were attempting to apprehend the three men who, it is alleged, robbed several stores in that vicinity last night. The two Lanfords had gone to the railroad station in response to telegraph messages from Ora saying the robbers were headed for Lanford Station. When three men appeared the Lanfords challenged them. In the general shooting which followed the okL er Lanford took his son for one 01 the strangers and killed him. The young man also fired at his father, slightly injuring him. o rinsarn i/ii i rn rAniviLH MLLCU A ? AM BIAaaMllMA NtflK UKANiitiSUKli Orangeburg.?C. C. Douglass, a white farmer living a few miles above Orangeburg on the Columbia road, was murdered between midnight and early morning. His body was found at the foot of the front oteps by his children when they got up. Information is that Mr. Douglass came home about midnight. The children heard him when he came in. Later in the night they heard a gun fired. They did not get up and knew nothing of the murder until they found the body of their father. A negro suspect h#s been arrested i and lodged in jail. ? 4 o ' _ - 1 L _ WILL ENFORCE IT WITH PEOPLE'S AID Editor Herald:?Some of the citizens of this district desire that the law in regard to fences around cu'. tivated lands be 3trictly enforced; and I desire to say that I, as Magistrate, will if the people want it, endeavor to enforce this law the same I as all others with the help of the people i Respectfully, J. J. KING, Magistrate. Adrian, S. C., January 3rd, 1917. OFFICERS' DEATH PURELY ACCIDENTAL Trenton, N. J., Jan. 6.?Gov Manning of South Carolina has been informed by Gov. Fielder that Sheriff Davis and Supervisor Foster of Oco nee county, S. C., who came North for an alleged negro murderer and were found dead in their hotel in Elizabeth, diet not meet with foui play. This information, conveyed to the Southern executive, was based on a report from Prosecutor Stein of Union county, in which the men's death is ascribed to a defective gas jet. The letter also informs Gov. Manning that the personal effects of the dead officials were returned to South ,.~i:? Vyc*l Ulllia, ot age. The penalty is imprisonment for two years or such fine as the court shall impose. Section 380 covers a worse offense after the girl has been taken away. It is open for all to road in any magistrate's office. So also the marriage license law is open to the reading of all of our young men. Information is a great thing, and our advice to every young man in the world is to learn and get all the information possible not only on this but 6n other subjects; and especially carfeful if he is abtfilt td dorltfiWt fhatrimony with a very young lady against the wishes of fler father, mother or guardians. parr Y COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, FI1 CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, OUR LEGISLATURE IS NOW IN CONVENTION The State Legislature met in Columbia on Tuesday morning of this week. Senator Hal L. Buck left last Monday morning on the early train for Columbia. Our members of the House, Hon. W. L. Mishoe, i I Waterman M. Booth also left in time foi the opening at mid-day on Tuesday. They will no doubt take good core of the interests of Horry County during the session. Slightly more than half of the members in the general assembly are new to the legislature. Twentytwo senators hold over, 11 return by virtue of reelection and 12 begin their first terms this week. The I house comprises 124 persons. Seventy-seven of these lack legislative experience, 27 were members of the last house and 20 had seen earlier service. J. nv ; v IKIO ui;cil lU'LUIIlU, IICW III connection with the whiskey situution. It is practically certain that the governor will veto the two-quart measure. If the general assembly passes this act over his veto, then there will be a chance to reduce the amount to one quart a month. Ciov Manning has made no statement as his views on the proposed liquor legislation. J K. Breeden, State superintendent of the anti-saloon league, will no doubt be in Columbia to give assistance to the fight for prohibition maesures. FRIPESlsSAME iiT ! SPITE OF CHANGES Do you realize that the price of the Horry Herald is still the same that it was several years ago when news-print paper waja almost, cheap as dirt. We published a notice last Fall to>thc effect that we might be forced to go up in the price of1 the paper, on account of the high prices of the white paper on which we haVe to print it.- We have kept close watch of the situation and have not yet raised the price. Until we give you good notice you may know that the price remains the same, and ,vhile it remain? the same you have I the privilege of paying ahead for Cl> long as you please at the remarkably low price of one dollar per year. For instance, if we receive 'yS.OO from you to-morrow we will give you credit for three years subscription no vaalter whether your recount is ahead or behind, and if *.vc wore forced to go up with the price next WGek, after you had paid the $3.00, it would make no difference so far as you arc concerned, as you would already have your account paid ahead. In short whenever We raise the price, should we have to do it, it will only apply to those who pay after the notice is given, arc! will not apply to those who already had the paper. We have not yet gone up in the price, and may not ever, so far as that is concerned; but as prices of paper are still going up and the market is a very unsettled thing, we cannot be sure that we will not be forced to raise the ouuouxipnuu pi ico some time tlii~> year; but remember that each ami every man will have good long notice of it before it is done; and the Herald will in this, as it always has done, refrain from falling out with anybody. O : Wl AIIDIM CAVO ETI LHUnill OH I 0 HE WILL RESIGN John L. McLaurin will resign as the presentation of his annua! report to the State legislature Tuesday morning. In a conversation over the long distance telephone from Ilennettsville, Mr. McLaur'n said: "My resignation is embodied in my annual report. It will become effective when the report is in the hands of goneral assemblymen and I expect to have it on their desks next Tuesday morning." His reasons Wbfre amplified, he explained, in the report of the warehouse system for the year. Copies of the report have already been widely disrtibuted 4 4 II gffj KST, LAST. NOW ANI) FOREVER." , JANUARY 11, 1917. MERRY TRAVELERS MADE A GREAT HIT The play by local talent last Thursday and Friday evenings at ! the school auditorium turned out to i I be a success. There was a large | audience to witness the p*ay on Thursday night and the receipts v/ere quite satisfactory. Nearly a hundred local people were given parts in the play and much of their acting was equal to that of professionals in the estimation of many who attended the show. The entertainment was given under the auspices of the Conway Civic League and the greater part of the proceeds went for the benefit of the league. The untiring efforts of the ladies of the league and thoir assistant, made the entertainment a great success. The proceeds will be I i >\ f? *-rt* 1 ? ?' HCVd i.i i U IwiiVfi i iig UIU pUI'pOSCS Ol the league in Conway. WOULD SE ALL TRAINED IN WAR r.i...:.. wt T>.i i 41. _ o .1.. XJUW1II *V . IVUUt'l lue VAMUIll bia banker an<l o])evator in tractm and waterpower business, has addressed a letter to Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon, in which he suggests that consideration be given the matter of universal military training in this .country somewhat along the lines of the Swiss and Argentine systems. Mr. Robertson's letter was as follows: "I note from the press, as well as from information received from certain organizations with which I am connected -looking towards the proper defense of our country, that you ?}&ye now before your committee the ffcfeatioiv of enacting a law looking! toward* 'Universal military training; for out country. "I have been much interested and read and studied considerably along these lines, particularly the Swiss and Argentine laws, which in my juug-ineni are more simaoie lor conditions such as exist in our country, andi1 sincerely urge upon your com| mittee that you give serious consideration looking towards a universal Service law. "Observation and history tell mO that in time of stress under the voluntary system only the cream of our youth have the manhood to come forward in defense of our country while large numbers of backslider-. who afd Vfcty fond of asserting- then4 rights, but at'o always unwilling to assume any obligations, endeavor to escape service. I think it is only proper that the country should Oxpoet and demand of all classes of its citizens equal duties, and as well, give them equal rights under the constitution." Mr, Robertson has received a rej ply from Senator Chamberlain, as follows: "I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 30th ult., and am glad to learn of your interest in the enactment of a measure providing a system of universal military training in this country. A subcommittee is now conducting hearings on the subject and has before it S. 1695 and a suggested substtitute, copies of which I am sending you under separate cover. When the hearings are completed the subcommittee will attempt to formulate a bill for presenilation to the full committee, and it may be that either of the proposed bills I am sending you will be modi' {"ifwl T cll'll I 11 ft il'oil Un.tn <"v , . . VVM M. IMIUI1 KV IU IlllVC at'llk Ul I you a copy of the hearings when they are ready for distribution." o FOR NEW PARSONAGE. The building committee appointed by the church to look after the building of a new parsonage for the Conway Methodist church, has held, a meeting recently and considered] plans for the erection of a nice dwelling on the lot recently purchased from Clarence Norton. The lot is situate on Laurel street, next door to the new cottage of McQueen Quattlebaum. o A. M. Small was among those who were seen here on business last week. ART MODEL MYSTERY HAS BEEN SOLVED Philadelphia Police Say They Are Convinced B. W. Lewis Killed Girl. Philadelphia, Pa ? Circumstantial evidence which the police say convinces them that Bernard Wesley Lewis, son Oi a wealthy retired Pitts hui tf coal operator, who ended his I life in an Atlantic City hotel, \va.; the slayer of Maii-ae Colbert, the artist's model, was revealed by an examination of the young man's body. Lewis was positively identified b\ ill wood Powell, the chauffeur who drovo him and the Misses Ethel ami Yluhel kyle to their home in German own lufac Thuisday night, as the nan lie later took to Miss ColbertV | .purtment; Philadelphia detectives vho went to Atlantic City last nigh4. | ?py t'nat Lewis' hair matches that found clutched in the dead girl'sland and that Lewis was found to b< searing a woman's undershirt which rresponds exactly to garments | worn by Miss Colbert. A bloodstained handkerchief was found in his pocketbook. Lewis left no written j statement, however, as far as could he learned. In view of these developments the j authorities say they feel the mystery virtually has been solved. At the same time it was declared several men who were friends of Miss Colbert and were suspected of having knowledge of the crime will be kept under surveillance until there is absolutely no doubt regarding their connection with the case. In their efforts to solve the mystery the pa lice have questioned many young men prominent in the social and business life of Philadelphia. Several of them admitted that they had known the girl and some said they had been among her admirers. The explanations of all except two or three were satisfactory to tho tectives and their name? WW WM made public. Girls Thipk Lewis Innocent. The Miaaes Kyle, through whom "ho police learned of Lewis' identity, maintain that he is innocent of the murder and that he committed suicide because he believed his rcputq tion had been ruined. "Mr. Lewis was the victim of a ghastly blunder," said one of the school teachers. "I still believe lie tfA* IniiOcenL I knAw that he wnv ,it honAViVblo iti&Hi He road that W had been drawn ' ito the mystery and ended his life because ho had 'ost hope of extricating himself rt'tld because he thought his reputation ? *\t ad been ruined. He had telephoned -U every day since the murder ocun-ed, but it was not until late yeserday that he showed any signs o? icing worried about the affair. "He called us three times yesterlay and at 4 o'clock, the hour of hit ast call, he seemed excited, but pro- i ested his innocence. 'Isn't this horible?' he said. I don't know wha' > do to stop this notoriety.' H' <a'd that he had placed the matter in the hands of a lawyer and that very thing would be all right." Had Made Preparations. Less than five hours after this conversation Lweis shot himself as he was about to be arrested. That he had anticipated arrest and had | made preparations to end his life was indicated by the fact that the 22-caliber rifle that he used for the deed was new. Ho had pinned a towel over the transom of his bedroom door and on the bureau was a box of cartridges and an extra cartridge lay on the window ledge withI in his reach in the bathroom. Several newspapers containing accounts of the Colbert murder were found in his room. He had little luggage and I only about $6 in cash was found in his pockets. According to the owners of the hotel he arrived there at 10 o'clock Wednesday night and had appeared rather morose and uncommunicative. He visited Atlantic City frequently and was well known the cafes and beach front hotels. The police declared today that they had built up a remarkable circumstantial cage against Lewis. NO. 38. FURTHER SUCCESSES GAINED BY TEUTONS Austro.-Germans Press Russians Back Nearly to Bessarabian Boundary NO HEAVY FIGHTING IN OTHER THEATRES c? * * * - oumtj jjiveiy Artillery Exchanges on Western Front and Bonihardments. The period of comparative calm which has existed on all the battle fronts for some time except in Koumania continues. In no theater aside ifrom Roumania has an important engagement taken place, the activity everywhere being carried out by means of the artillery and by small i patrol parties. In Roumania the foutonic allies have gained another ! considerable success in the capture in northern Dobrudja of the towns of .vlatchin and Jijila on the eastern oank of the Danube opposite the important town of Braila, forcing the Russians to a point just, south of the Danube where the river bends ami separates Dobrudja from Bessarabia. V Moldavia and northern Wallachia the invaders are keeping up their gains both northward and eastward from the Ttansylvania Alpss wgign. ai several. points in the center of the lines in northern Wallachia, however* the Russians and Roumanians are tenaciously fighting to hold them back, and, according to Petrograd* in the region southwest of Focsani and near the River Rimnik, the Teutonic allies were defeated! the defenders taking several rlh 'ages and capturing sixoffi^ya? 205 hi en, five cannon and eight machine guns. On the Western front lively artillery duels are in progress in Belgium and on several sectors in the region of Verdun. On the Au3trQ>mij$n front bombardments gfone h?Y? V*ken place, There still ifl pa pews pon cei'ning the operations in MacedoniaA wireless report from Berlin crediting to Swiss advices to the, feF--feet.that a German submarine ha5r torpedoed and badly damaged neai^ Malta the French battleship Veri'.e is declared by the French ministry of marine to be absolutely false. Another lleHirl report says that since the beginning of the war entente Warships of a total tonnage of 75^,430 tens, not including auxiliaries and special type? ships, have been stink. 0 > There was bad weather several days last week. n FIRST WOMAN GRANTED* SENATE FLOOR RIGHTS Washington.?For the first time a woman, Miss Jessie L. Simpson, of St. Louis, has been granted the privileges of the floor of the senate. She was appointed secretary to the senate foreign relations committee last night by Senator Stone and is the first woman to serve as secretary of a senate committee, a position carrying with it the privilege of the floor. Miss Simpson has been the senator's secretary for a number of years. They had issued a warrant against him charging him with MVi MUVIU.ft Powell, the taxicab chauffeur, who waited eight hours outside of the Colbert apartments, out of $19 fare, and had planned when they located him to accuse him' of Being the owner of the wilted and bloodstained I collar found in the girl's room. They believed they had identified this collar as one worn by Lewis the hight before the murder. With the dramatic announcement that Lewis had committed suicide the tjention that existed at the detective nureau seemed to relapse and Captain Tate said today he /elt his work on the case virtually was at hn r end.