The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 09, 1917, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXII
\S0ME AYNOR EN
CHARGES WITH ARSON
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Prosecution Comes to Nothing
When Time Comes For
Proof
x ALL OF THE FACTS
SURROUNDING MATTER
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General Mix-up in the Magistrate
Courts Over Land
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Trade.
The burning of a house near Aynor
on a recent Sunday night result4^
ed in an interesting preliminary
hcarinir boforo ratn W it
Chestnut on Wednesday of last week
here. Both sides were represented
by attorneys.
The frame dwelling, which had
not been completed by partitions run
within, was burned on Sunday night
July 29th, some time during the
night, situate on a place known as
the Johnson and Barnhill tract of 52
acres in Galivants Ferry Township,
about two miles from Aynor, S. C.
On Monday after this burning J.
H. Dawsey, of Aynor, took out warrants
from Magistrate W. H. ChestH>
nut against A. T. Graham, Curtis
Graham, T. J. Martin, and Reuben
Gerrald, charging the defendants
with the crime of arson. According
to the Grahams two or three years
ago A.. T. Graham, one of the indicted
men, bought this Johnson-Bai nhill
place f'*om Jess Dawsey for the
agreed price of $1,000.00, not paying
any cash down, but receiving a deed
from Jess Dawsey and giving him
back a mortgage for the .$1,000.00
and binding himself verbally to build
a house-on the place and clear up
some land, thus making it more valuable.
That it was claimed that the
place was clear of former mortgages.
The purchase money of $1,000.00
^ was divided into three notes, tinfirst
one falling due about January
1st, 1916, but before this first note
fell due A. T. Graham, who, in th
meantime, thinking the place was
clear, built this house on it that wa.hurned,
cleared up about three and
one-half acres ami fenced up about
ten acres of it; discovered, or rather
was told by a fiiend that there was
an old mortgage against it and he
found that this was so. Graham
saw Dawsey and told him he could
not pay his note until he arranged
for this old mortgage, Dawsey never
satisfied the older mortgage and
Graham never paid anything on the
,000.00. In the meantime, Graham
Says he discovered that his deed
from Jess Dawsey hud a big error in
it, as it did not correctly describe
the land he had bought, and taking
it to Dawsey he agreed to make a
new deed, and left the old deed with
^ Dawsey who never returned it to
him, nor never made any new deed.
Finally Graham proposed to Dawsey
that if he would pay him something
for his improvements he would givr
up the place. Dawsey agreed, Graham
says, to pay him $75.00 and
Graham agreed he would give up
the place whenever the $75.00 was
r Apaid and not before. Dawsey nevei
paid the $75.00 and finally suggested
Graham says that he might as well
move off the place, as much of tin
improvements as he could, as he saw
no way that he could make anj
| otlior arrangements.
Graham claims he did not agree t<
give up the place, but in the mean
time he did move off some wire tha
he had put on it, possibly a few oth
| ei* things, and although some month:
ago Graham moved to his brother';
place about a mile off, he still re
t uned possession of the house, an<
the place, and planted some land 01
it this year. In the meantime it i
J claimed that Jess Dawsey made i
Jtitle for this same land to J. W
^Dawsey.
About June 20th, this year J. W
Dawsey and his mother, it is said
moved some articles of furniture ii
the house after breaking open th
lock on the door, that Graham place
on it. Graham prosecuted J. TA
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ALLIES REPULSE j
! COUNTER ATTACKS
A Downpour of Rain Hamper '
oH Piirthnr Onflrolinn^ rtf
VU 14 I k I I w I V^/V>l Ul IVI I J \I I
Last Week
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With a wide stretch of territory
end more than 15,500 prisoners in
their hands as the result of the first
j day's fighting in their new offensive,
j the British and French troops ir
j Flanders spent the night consol'dat
ing their gains and repulsing (.lern\an
counter attacks. The new line
which along the greater part of itstretch
is two miles to two ar.d one
half miles in advance of the old an
includes ten captured towns within
its limits, has been firmly held along
j the entire front. Toircntial rainj
! hampered further operations.
Definite objectives were assigned
the various Allied units for attain-'
! ment in the first day's stroke, and
J these appear to have been gainul
almost in their entirety.
To Drive Wedge
The logical supposition, with the i
j history of the Somme ami Arras op-j
' perations in mind, is that the drive
will be renewed as soon as the heavy
guns are moved up, in pursuit of th?
j plan of driving a wedge into the Ger
i man lines by successive strokes until
a point is reached when the falling
back of the enetny on a wide front
will be forced.
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Pawse.v for house breaking before
the Magistrate and he is bound over
to Court to answer the charge in So;)
tc-mber. Graham also had Dawse;
notified by a Magistrate to show
cause why he should not vacate the
premises and this is still pending in
the Magistrate's Court. It is said
that the Dawsey's stayed in the
house from time to time from June
20th and it is told that Mrs. Margaret
Dawsey said that she left the
house about 8 o'clock on Sunday
night and spent the night away from
i there and she returned next morning
, to find it burned. The Graham boys
had worked in the field near this
house the week before it was burned.
(I Some time ago, it is told, that J.
. W. Dawsey stopped one of the Gral
ham boys on the streets of Aynor
> and hit him, and about that time
> friends came running up, and probab
1> a stiff fight between the two was
1 prevented only by the sight of num1
hers who were nearby and were ex
; [tected to take part.
The fact staring the Dawseys in
r the face just now is the legal title
to this 52 acre tract of land. It ap>
pears that a title of some kind wa
made by Jess Dawsey to A. T. Grn
t ham, and having thus made an older
- title to Graham, his subsequent deeo
; to his brother, J. W. Dawsey, might
> r.ot hold.
The circumstances seem to indi1
cate that Jess Dawsey conceded lone
i ago that the improvements on the
s land belonged to Graham, so it ap1
neares that A. T. Graham ninrht tr
have the right to burn his own prop
? erty, assuming that he burned it all
\ unless it turns out under anothei
I. statute that there was insurance or
n the building, which there was not.
e! After hearing all of the te-timonj
d Magistrate Chestnut dismissed all o
r. 4 the defendants and they went home.
HOKRY COUNTY ANI> HER PEOI*
CONWAY. S. 0.. THURSDA
ARMIES HOLD ON
TO BOGGY TERRAIN
Hard Rain Prevents Infantry
Action, But Artillery
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Keeps Busy
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CATCH GERMANS LIKE
RATS IN BIG DUGOUTS
Australians Prove Winners in
Several Fierce Encounters.
British Front in France and Beiliilllll
( I)ol:iVPil l Tlin
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French ami the Germans alike along
the front of the '*attle in Inlander?
still held their positions late today
in an iron grip of bog land, produced
by the torrential rainstorm which
has been deluging the battle lines
from Tuesday evening until today
when it showed signs of moderating.
Beyond artillery operations
which are continuing with great intensity,
there is little activity with
the exception of at one or two points,
and French, and British were active
in consolidating the strongly organized
positions commanding the territory
which they captured from the
Germans in the first few hours of
the onslaught. St. Julien today continued
to be a storm center, the artillery
of both sides pounding steadily
at their opponents' positions
about this place. The British wer?
again in possession of the 300-yard
front north of Frazenberg, which
the Germans wrested from them in
counter attack late yesterday. In a
sharp drive last night after heav\
artillery preparation the British
forced the Germans from tliis strong
position and have held it since. Thb
was the only counter attack of any
consequence delivered by the Germans
since late Wednesday.
Some of Heaviest lighting.
| Detailed reports of Tuesday's bat.
tie show that the front between Hoilebocko
and La Basseeville was the
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m'uiiu ui mjiul' (>: me neaviesi ngiuinjr
of thday, the Australians ant
English charging along this lino
swept over large numbers of Ger
mans lying in shell holes, who wen
overlooked in the semi-darkness
Immediately after the British troop:
had gone beyond these holes the Gei
mans began sniping to the rear o
the advancing forces. These sniper
were eventually dealt with and tin
shell holes cleared. The morale o
the German troops in this section i:
said to have been good, and then
made a stiff fight for the position:
1 which they finally had to relinquish
In the ruined village of Hollebeki
i the British were faced with larg
numbers of concrete dugouts, whirl
had no surface entrances, but whic:
were approached by tunnels. The at
tacking troops forced their way int
these strongholds which containelarge
numbers of men and blew then
to pieces with bombs. This under
ground tunnel is still filled with Ger
man bodies. Just north of Hollo
beke two strongly held German posi
tions were occupied without a stoj
On the ground overlooking Wysts
chaets the British encountered shei
holes, camouflaged with wire nettin:
and hedges which had been interlae
ed with barbed wire. This del aye
their progress somewhat, but it di
not save the Germans. Fierce fight
ing occurred here, and the Aus
f t?n1 in nci ^ ,1.. - A t? ? * - 1
vi auaim w iiv/ WCI t" UUIlUUL'l?injJ IflT OI
fcnsive carried the positions wit
bayonets, killing large numbers o
i the enemy.
One notable incident of the day1
fighting occurred on the Warnetoi
Gaphard farm road at a windmill o
r a slight elevation. This place pn
viously had been bitterly conteste
because it overlooks the surroundin
) country, which is very flat. Th
Australians took the place in tl
, early morning, but the Germans r.
rj gained it the same night. At mi<
11 night, the Australians Charged tl
I position with bayonets and ejecte
7 the Germans after sanguinary figh
f ing. La Basseeville was also t!
scf.ne of severe fighting and he!
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I.E. FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FORE
y, AUGUST 9, 1917.
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TEUTONIC ADVANCES
I MFFTINR RFSICTiWnF
mtak i inv iikvivinnuu
1 Russians Show Some Signs of
Strength in Battles on
Eastern Lines
ENTENTE PRESSING
; SUCCESSES IN WEST
French and British Both Rnnvo
Gains, Though Great
Battle Awaits.
I The Teutonic armies, still advancing
although aganist increased resistance
on the Eastern front, are slowly
being forced back by the pressure
I of the entente masses in the West,
i Gains made by the British on the
Flanders front on Friday, when the
, village of Saint Julien was reenter
ed, were followed by an advance bv
i the French on their front Friday
night. Notwithstanding the continuing
inclement weather French forcedrove
beyond the Korteeker Cabaret,
.{moving their lines forward, while
'their patrols pushed back German
outposts and exploded considerable
.! areas in advance of the French posi'
tions.
J Berlin announced an increase in
> the artillery fire to great violence
! at times on the Flanders front. Api
parently the renewal of the great
' battle in all its fury is only await1
irig the reutm of fairlv irorwl wenth
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1 er.
The London war office makes it
i clear that no shifting of British
troops was found necessary to eopo
, with the situation created by the
r German diversion of Thursday night
; near Monchy le Preux on the Arras
battle front, through which inroads
. were made upon the British position
, on Infanrty Hill. Attacks carried
out the following day and night by
the troops on the spot forced the
Germans out and completely rcstor,
ed the position.
The situation on the Russian front,
. from Northern Galicia to the Carpathians,
continues favorable to the
armies of the central powers but
the Russians, although symptoms of
continuing low morals are still noted,
appear on the whole to be offering
a stiffen defense, particularly along
the Eastern Galician border. At one
p |
point an energetic operation cleared
the Austro-German forces from a
! sector of the east bank of the Zbrocz,
r: . .
, the river forming the boundary line.
At another point on this line, near
' i Skala, the Teutonic troops were driv
i en out of two villages.
The Russians continue to yield
urvnund in Rnbrm-inn !in<l in thn C'l.v
! pathians. They are engaged in a
M stiff battle with the enemy northeast
' I of Kimpolung, however. Below
"'Kimpolung the Russian forces are
l] falling hack on the Moldavia and
1 have yielded the town of Watra, on
1 that river, to the Austin-German advance.
Berlin sums up the campaign of
" the last 14 days in the East as hav"
ing cleared Galicia of the Russians
' t with the exception of a small strip
of territory extending east from
' Brody.
On the Austro-Italian front there is
somewhat more activity. The Italian
airmen arc notably busy. They rap'
idly followed up their recent raid on
* Pola by carrying out a second air atf
i tack in which great damage is reported
to have been done this Aus^
trian naval base.
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JAMAICA GINGER SOLD.
s Florence.?City council has passes
i- an ordinance forbidding the sale o:
Jamaica ginger except on the pre
A scription of a physician and forbid
>1 ding the refilling of the prescription
g It develops that Jamaica ginger has
p been sold mixed with cider, whirl
ie produces intoxication.
o
I- J. P. Cooper was in Conway 01
ie business last week.
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were found concrete dugouts, whicl
\iy are now filial with their dead <ic
'< fenders who were bombed.
raid.
VF.R."
FIRST HORRY MAN '
DRAFTED FOR ARMY
lis a Successful Young Farmer
nf the Rnvhnrn
<? Wl V %l IV J UVI v
Section.
James Laurence Bell, whose number
is 258, and therefore the first
number drawn for the United States
army under the selective draft laws;
happens to be one of the most successful
young1 farmers of Horry
County. He brought to Conway and
sold on the market last Saturday a j
load of sweet potatoes raised this
year, and he has plenty more on
i hand.
Mr. Bell is not a married man and
| cannot claim exemption on that J
i ground. Whether he will bo exempt'
od by the district exemption board
because he is engaged in agriculture
or not, remains to be seen. Ho has
| not announced whether he will claim
j it on that ground or not.
NEGRO HAND IS |
DROWNED DATHING
A negro man employed on the j
work train of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company was drown-'
ed while bathnig in the Waccamaw
River here one night last week, while
the work train was here on a rtip. |
The public authorities took charge
oi the remains and stood the expense
of the burial. It was stated that an
effort might be made to get the rail- |
road company to stand for this expense.
WILL MARRIAGE DO
SINCE JUNE 5TH
. At first it was thought that the1
military authorities would refuse to'
! exempt those who married on the
eve of the registration for military i
I duty; but it was seen that the law
l must be construed to relievo those1
j who had a member or members of
j 11.e family dependent upon them for
! support. It was published upon I
I good authority last week that those
who have married since the regis-!
t rat ion on June 5th, will be exempt'
provided they prove that the wife is '
dependent upon them. Under this
; ruling if it should appear that the i
young wife has brothers, father, or
! mother, who is capable of looking
after her; or if it appears that the
wife is amply able to support herj
self, marriage since June 5th would
not be a good ground of exemption it
j j-cems,
1 THIS TOBACCOCROP
BRINGS GOOD PRICE
Among the many good sales made
here on the tobacco market last week
was one made on July 3lst by Mr. H.
. B. Jordan. He sold on that day hero
as follows:
754 pounds for $280.52
(>00 pounds for $284.00
22 pounds for 4.18
Gross Sale $524.70
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; Not $.",09.00
1 This was not all of Mr. Jordan's
" crop. Ho has realized in proportion
1 w< suppose on the rest of this year's
crop.
i JUDICIAL ATTITUDE
,! REQUIRED OF BOARD
' j Washington.?Draft boards mmt
judge claims before them dispassion
atoly; there must be no exercise of
sympatny, arrection or favoritism.
\ Thus Provost Marshall General
1 Crowder counselled tonight in a letter
sent to all local boards on the
eve of drawing the national army,
i At the same time President Wilson
issued an executive order, cautioning
- J government departments against cm
ljtifying employees <\>r exemption as
- indispensable unless they are actually
invaluable.
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GERMANS LAUNCHING
HARD G9UNTERBL0WS
Strike Strongly but Vainly at
Positions Won by the
Allies
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TEUTONS CONTINUE
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MUVMIMUIIMU IIM tASI
Russians Still Falling Back
Before Pressure of Austro
Germans.
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War news of Saturday says the
rain and the morass have served to
hold the entente allied forces to
leash, preventing a resumption of
the great offensive of Tuesday, they
have not been effective in keeping
the Germans from throwing counterattacks
with large forces of men
against several newly won sectors
of the front held by the British and
French troops nor in bringing about
a cessation of the violent artillery
duel along the entire line.
Crown Prince Rupprecht evidently
considers the British gain northeast
o! * pres the most important made in
Tuesday's battle, for upon this territory
he has concentrated the strongest
of his counteroffensive operations
in an attempt to regain the
last ground. His efforts, however
have gone for naught, the British
artillery and infantry fire raking the
advancing forces mercilessly, putting
an end to the attacks and adding m^K.
teriully to the already heavy casualtie?
the Germans have suffered.
There is no indication in either the
British or French official communications
just when their .combined
push again will be started but it is
possible that at least a day of warm
sunshine will be necessary to dissipate
the quagmire so that the big
allied guns may be realigned and to
permit the airmen to relocate the
positions the enemy is holding.
Although the Teutonic allies are
still advancing against the Russians
in East Galicia and Bukowinu and
along the Moldavia frontier, the allied
offensive on the Western front
apparently is on the nerves of the
German emperor, whose troops before
have had to face, and with great
| losses of men and terrain, gigantic
; attacks by the British and French.
I
covered by countless pieces of mo<lren
artillery of all calibres and
ranges.
| It is assumed that a war council of
the high military and naval leaders
: in Germany, called by Emperor William
to meet in Brussels, bad as it"
objective an analytical survey of the
offensive, which, if it is carried out
as planned by the allies, would prove
a menace to the German holdings in
Belgium, and especially along the
coast.
j Wednesday was the date set for
the conference, however, and nothing
has yet come through to indicate the
trend of the discussion or concerning
any decision to counter the allied
plans arrived at.
Daily the situation of the Rusj
sians on the Eastern front grows increasingly
acute. Across the Zbrecz
| River in Russia, to the south between
the Dniester and the Pruth
Rivers, in Bukowina and in the Carpathian
region bordering Roumania
the Russians everywhere are steadily
falling back. So far have the operations
of the Teutonic allies been a Ivanced
in Bukowina that seemingly
tno Austrian crownlami soon again
will he returned to the Austrian^,
Numerous additional towns and vantage
points along the front have been
captured by the Teutons. Berlin asserts
that from the Pruth to the
eastern foothills of the Kelemen
Mountains, a distance of approximately
a hundred miles, the Russians
are steadily giving ground.
Advices reaching Peftrograd from
the front are to the effect that a retrograde
movement by the Russians
has been carried out l~> miles soutiw
east of Riga, the important Russian
port and naval base on the Baltic.
1 Hero the Germans have ccupled the
Ukskull bridgehead, which the P.us-.
| sians previously had evacuated.