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I A F, VOLUME xxxin ~ |sTILL IS MYSTERY I I AFTER MANY DAYS | ^ - 1 1 1 Kj^/e Spent by Numbers Search- I I# ing for Missing Mrs. I ? Mary Newton B "WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD P. _ SEARCHING IN WOODS ! H Details of the Disappearance I; Which Grows Into Mystery 1 CI In Socastee Township. ^8 Reports brought in last Saturday : Bt told that no solution had as yet been MJ found concerning the disappearance ( Bj of Mrs. Mary Newton, wife of Chas. fi H. Newton of Socastee township. Mrs. Newton disappeared on Suttee ^ay morning, March 23rd, 1919, when B$9hr left her home, about nine or ten W o'clock in the forenoon. She is an aged woman, said to be infirm, H'. though up and about, and was past v "her *>9th birthday. It is said that ?;:he has been married to Mr. Newton, who is now aged, more than forty bfi years. The children of the family tl have all married and live elsewhere. TOiaiving with the aged couple is a j ^rand-son, Dick Cox, about sixteen f l-or eighteen years of age, the son of / SI ex Cox who married a daughter of SvY Mr. and Mrs. Newton and who lives K'j .-about one fourth mile from the home A the New tons, and have, several ft, ^children. Tlie family concerned in ft? this mystery consists therefore of M rflr. and Mrs. Newton and the grandDick C'ox. JeJ Those who heard Mr. Chas. B. Newton explain the circumstances, ?ay that, according to statements Si made by him; that the grandson went off early on that Sunday morning to Mr. Rufus Graham's, who lives at ^ the Turbevillo place on the road to ( 'Jf' Murrel's Inlet (something was said 7m i about looking for a cow or some 5 cattle). A little later, this matter, Bflhcamc up in conversation between Mr. ; and Mrs. Newton, and the latter do-j mi cleared that she would go and call j im j the grandson back home. To this Mr. Newton did not consent but let .her go and she went off wearing a wi\ cloak on account of the cool weather. *T? After this he went to sleep, being alone at the house and waked up I J about 12 o'clock to find that his wife | not returned. He looked about P lithe place for her and did not find ; . JRher. Pretty soon Dick Cox returned \|f and stated that he had seen nothing 1 of his grandmother and that he had M( gone to the beach with Rufus GraR. 3ham. Newton then sent the boy to W' Ir.forniu-Charlie Newton, a son who gJIpiives on the road between Stalvey's I ?*TlM?d Pine Island. He left on a horse M k ^nd instead of informing the son of H/wliat had happened spent some time \ apparently hunting and looking for! *" |his grandmother. Finally Kinnis1 Yjj #Jtalvey took the word to Charlie | Al' JWcwton who arrived about 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and by about HHhat time the whole community had If lu-ard about tne woman being lost I ant! turned out in numbers to assist ^*5n lo^kuig for her. Crowns spent the balance of Sunday and Sunday night in making woarch, using hand lights and torches j after it become dark. The search i was continued by numbers of people through Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last week; and l-U did not stop even then; after every I! well, ditch, mud hole, thicket am! bramble in that whole section where ' xhe may have passed, had been turned topsy-turvy, and every pile of debris, stump hole, fodder stack and nl>out every other conceivably jplaco whfcte a body might be hid, had been thoroughly searched through and under. Some miles to the eastward of the place where J. J. Turbeville formerly lived, the road turns out to go to the Newton place. She had left ostensil^Jy to go to Itufus Graihrnn's who lives at the Van Turbeville place. In between and near these points are woods and bays. They followed her tracks down a path to (Eh? RASES OF INTEREST HERE ON THURSDAY Uases Developing From Red Bluff Section Are to be Heard. Magistrate W. H. Chestnut has set Thursday, April 10th, for the hearing and trial of several eases of interest arising at Red Bluff in this County. There are cases of disorderly conduct pending against two defendants from that neighborhood which will be disposed of by trial in the Magistrate's Court; on tho other hand a Warrant has been issued for five or six defendants in that community involving several families of people charging the defendants with riot and assault and battery with intent to kill. In the riot case it is alleged that Thos. W. Livingston was shot in the back, about eighteen buckshot taking effect but causing no serious wounds; as he is said to have been running at full speed when the shots were fired and thus sonstantly ['.nd rapidly getting further away; as was perhaps natural for him to do. C. L. Williamson, the other injured party, was not shot but was struck in the back of the head with the gun itself which resultedAin laying him up for a day or two which at first was thought to be serious. About a dozen witnesses have been summoned to testify in these cases. u point near the thick swamp and although the swamp was a big place, ? I it was thoroughly searched without result. Organizing, they took the woods by rows a few feet apart, and w< nt over the land not once but more than that in looking for Mrs. New-, ton. The community where this ha* taken place is near the Atlantic Coast. Persons who say they tracked young Cox and Graham declare that Cox did not go to tho seashore , as he said he had done while away, hut did go to som^ ponds near the beach hills. Whether this had any bearing on the mystery was not disclosed, in fact it can hardly have anything to do with it. The search was still going on as diligently as ever at the end of last | week. During- the search the' woods j were fired nearby and this fire was , reported to have burned over a considerable territory. It is stated by some that this was tiie idea of some of the searchers after failure to find the woman; others say that the woods were fired by Chas. B. Newton for the same reason. Many tales of varying degrees have been brought to Conway every day since her disappearance, some of the stories being true and many of them found to be false when traced out. Last Friday there was a story here to the effect that the remains of Mrs. Newton had been discovered in the swamp slashed and mutilated beyond de scription. There was no foundation for that report. Flying re-j ipoits to the effect that members | of the family, both the grandj son and the husband were under suspicion as knowing something about it that they would not tell, and that there was a secret in it only known by them, or by the one or the other of them. Others who have known Chas. B. Newton for all these years gave the lie to these statements and said they knew that these stones tending toward the idea of foul play were false. ; On last Satuiday after nearly a whole week had passed by without anything being learned oi the miss i'ij4 party; 11, was given up as Di'injf jomflof the greatest mysteries that je\er Occurred in this section of the State. ' This was the situation last Saturday morning; but since then news of some solution has been expected. Rui'us Graham is a man of about sixty-five years of age, who lives by himself on the Turbeville p?ace not far from the Newton home. His wife is living but stays with their son on the farm of Hon. H. L. Buck across the river from Socastee near Bucksville. Ho and Dick Cox did not go on foot on Sunday morning to % Pgif conWay, s c., thtjrsda CAROLINA TROOPS ARRIVE AT CAMP \ ?? With the echoes of the homo coming welcome they had received in Newport News and Raleigh still ringing in their ears, the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment ct Field Artillery, Thirtieth Division, Col. Albert L. Cox, commanding, arrived at Camp Jackson last week 1 ,:*25 strong. Next day these men who have demonstrated to the world that they are second to none when it comes to fighting ability, these men who broke through the Hindenburg line and ruined irretrievably the plans of the war lords of Germany, these men uno speak diffidently of their achievements on the field of Franco were the guests of the city of Columbia. And Columbia was given over to them, lock stock and barrel, though the barrel was pathetically empty. RIGHT BANK OTWNE MUST NOT BE GERMAN Paris.?"The right bank of the Rhine must not belong to Prussia," said Henry Franklin-Bouillon, formei minister of missions abroad, in a bitter speech against what he charged was the dilatorincss of the Allies and the silence of the government, delivered in the chamber of deputies. "The right bank of the Rhine," continued the deputy, "must serve ro more as a base for Prussian aggression against France. We ask this indispensable minimum and ;t is our rights to exact it. "The silence of the government and its other methods have culminated in the maximum of unrest in the country and the maximum of anarchy outyidc of it. Germany begins raise her head. It was with anguish that we learned that France had not exacted the disarmament of Germany and that it was England who was obliged to seek to disarm Ger n.any for the benefit of France." The deputy declared that the Russ>an policy of the French government was weak and uncertain, adding: "It is necessary to be either for 01 against the Uolsheviki." He complained also that the voice of France was not heard sufficiently in the "eoncei*t of nations." LOCAL BOARD RECORDS. The Local Exemption Board closed up the business of their office entirely last week and on Friday all of the registration cards, questionnaires; and other records were boxed up by them, under instructions from the War Department and shipped away to Washington, D. C. The only thing left in their oifice is a private record consisting of a card index of class one men, that was kept by the Chairman of the Board. Last Thursday there was a sale of some filing- cabinets that had been used by the Board and a typewriter belonging to the | Government was offered for sale bul not sold. This winds up the work of the Lo ca' Board entirely here and they ar. out of office. hunt the cow but drove an ox aiv cart so Dick says. He drove this carl over to the beach hills, on across ? stream of salt water and then across the sand to another point on th< stieam where there was a boat. Th< cart tracks appeared plainly showing where they went and came back. H< says that Rufus Graham was witl him ana that they gathered shell and brought them away. He alsi says that he intended to paddle abou on the Dick Pond, but the boat wr. I u. if r..ii ~r 1 t ijuu iuii ui \vuw:i <um wu? tow nun , t?> turn over to pet the water out. H said that Graham helped him loo! for the cow down there. People have closely questione both Dick Cox and Rufus Grahar which shows that their questioner believe that either one or both kno> something about the case that h does not tell. These rumors ar mentioned for what they are and n opinion is exprevsscd by this papc as to these circumstances. i ( I w? y, APRIL 3, 1919. MANY ARE VISITING SCENE OF MYSTERY Many people visited the scene of what has been one of the greatest mysteries of this section of the State?the disappearance of Mary Newtpn. Perhaps as many as five hundred persons aided in the search for the missing, in one way ?r another. Many others have visited the Newton home which is located four or five miles from Socastee Bridge off toward the seashore, and about two and a half miles from the Iiiek Pond; not to assist in hunting for the woman in the woods, but from curiosity pure and simple and a desire to know moie about such :? case. The space in front of the home was lined with people and vehicles nearly all day last Sunday. Some of them came from distant corners of the county. It is nothing unusual to read of the mysterious disappearance of a person or even persons in the midst of some crowded city where people live side by side for years and never know each other; but it is an unusual j thing for such a mystery to happen in a rural community such as Socastee. This is one reason why the peopl^ are interested in the matter and go to the place to see and leum what they can. FIVE THOUSAND MEN REACH CAMP JACKSON Thousands of troops making up units of the Thirtieth Division, "Old Hickory," poured into Camp Jackson last week by special trains from Charleston, the debarkation port. Coincident with the arrival of the t'oops official announcement was made of a parade to be held last Mon day in Columbia. Brig. Gen. Lawrence D. Tyson, com I manding the Fifty-ninth Brigade, an nounced that the following troops v.ould participate in the parade: One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry, One Hundred and Seventeenth Infatry, One Hundred and Fifth Ammunition Train and One Hundred 'and Thirtieth Field Artillery. It is j estimated that from (>,000 to 8,000 j | tioops will be in the line of march i , through Main Street. History will record that the lion's I share in the gigantic task of smashj ing the great defensive system erected by the Germans in the west, and claimed by him to be impregnable, must go to the Thirtieth or "Old Hick cry Division." It was a feat which' caused the famous division to be known throughout the world. This feat makes the Thirtieth stand out as the premier American division. | The Thirtieth Division has rcceiv, ed the praise of practically all of the leading allied generals and statesmen. Italk of cotton" BY MENWHO KNOW Now Orleans.?Characterizing as , "rash, venomous and full .of prejudice" the statement made recently ' bv Governor Allen of Kansas that |. * 1 the cotton reduction plan in the 1 South means the Southern cotton * producer is attempting to "trade upon the miseries of the world," Gov5 ernor Pleasants of Louisiana doclared that the Kansas executive 1 "exhibited a gross ignorance of the 1 j true situation." M Governor Pleasant?' statement was 3 made upon his arrival from Mem^ phis, where he was in conference s with farmers, bankers and merchants on the cotton reduction plan, p "The wheat farmers of Kansas," * (Jovernor Peasants said, "arc not growing their grain for less than r' it's worth, nor will they bo compelled n to eaiTy a billion dollars worth of ll q for many months or years. The v government is going to pay them 0 $2.20 for $1 wheat and all of us are c willing to pay the difference. \V? 0 therefore arc showing a great deal r of altruism towards the suffer ne Kansas wheat farmer." 4 mill. HORRY GETS SHARE OF FEDERAL FUNDS Only When the County Covers Her Apportionment Dollar for Dollar. Columbia, March 31.?Horry County's apportionment of Federal money f<w building' roads amounts to $06,594.85. Under recent conditions, this money will become available when Horry County covers it dollar for dollar. When this is done, the county will have for road building the sum of $133,189.70, which it can use on projects approved by the Secretary of the United States Depart n;ent ot Agriculture. With its apportionment of Federal funds plus the funds which it must provide before the Federal money is available, Horry County can build about (>.1 miles of concrete road or about 38.0 miles of top-soil or sandcla> road. These figures on mileage are based on the assumption that grading, culverts, etc., will cost ?2,000 per mile; top-soil or sand-clay surfacing will cost $1,300 per mile; and concrete surfacing will cost $20,000 per mile. These estimates are based on averages and will not hold good for all cases. Therefore, the figures on mileage stated above are approximations only and are given l'or purposes of comparison. The above named types of roads are used because they are typical. It is not meant that Federal Aid will be given to building only those types or that only these types are recommend ed. Horry County's apportionment of Federal funds for road building does not include the funds from this source which can be had for bridge building. The State Highway Commission now has at its disposal for building bridges enough money to build practically all the important bridges needed in the State. This money will be available when the county or counties served by the bridges cover it dollar for dollar and t Qn/irnf fOM? r\ i mvv i v v/i vuv viiivuv i Agriculture approves the project. HUSBAND OF WOMAN GIVES AN ACCOUNT Mr. Charles B. Newton the husband of Mrs. Mary Newton, who disappeared from home on Sunday, March 24th, told those who visited the place last Sunday in substance as follows regarding the circumstances under which Mrs. Newton left the house: The grandson, Dick Cox, had gone to look for a cow in the early forenoon. Me was not supposed to have gene far away, probably not further than the adjoining neighborhood and near the home of Rufus Graham, who lives alone at the old Turbeville place. She stated, about 10 o'clock that she would go and call the boy. 1T? * .v ?I, ? U?.. jjii; Maim iu xivi uiai nir uv/^y uau nut | had time to be back as yet, and that il was useless and not to do it; but .she insisted that she would go and call him. That she had been in the habit frequently in the past of going: to the bend in the road and calling: this boy bacl^ home when he was away. That he was reading: the paper by the fire and his back was to her when she left; that he is afflicted with rheumatism and could not ! turn his head to look at her when she J said she was ready now, etc; that she had worn her long: cloak which was heavy and which was a present from a relative; that he heard her go out of the house but did not see which way she went. That he became sleeply and went to sleep; that he slept for probably two hours and 11 i i** 1 V .All. waxed up to unci sne was not duck , that he went down the road and looked for her and soon met Dick Co\ v;ho said he had seen nothing of he!-; that tracks were found near a brand or swamp leading nowhere and go in;', nowhere so far as could be found teat he had not seen her since tha ' morning at the house, and this wa: ' all that he could say or tell anybody about the matter. He expressed hin | self as having passed through a hnr< j ordeal under the circumstances. NO. 50. GERMANY STICKS TO WILSON PROGRAM Will Insist, Says Bcrnstorff, on Peace in Accordance I FAILURE WOULD BE i DIRE IN RESULTS | j Even Higher Classes, He Says [ Would Be Driven to | Despair. Paris.?Germany is determined to stick closely to the Wilson program in making peace with the Allies, Count von BornstorJT, former German ambassador to the United States, declared in an interview given the Berlin correspondent of the Temps, which that newspaper printed. "The armistice of November II," said Count von Bernstorff, "was sign od when all the powers interested had accepted the program of peace proposed by President Wilson. Germany is determined to keep to this agreement which history will regard* in a way, as the conclusion of a preliminary peace. She herself is ready to submit to the conditions arising fiom it, and she expects all the interested powers to do the same. If these essential conditions of the Wilson program should be violated or neglected, and especially if conditions are imposed which go beyond the program, the German delegates would unfortunately find themselves ir. a position of, say, non-possumus." Count von Bernstorff advocated a picbescite for Alsace-Lorraine and German-Austria. "'Germany's attitude on indemnfties," continued the former amhas- ' sudor, "is fixed by her acceptance of the note of November 5, 1918, where r>y reparation is accorded for all damage done to the civil populations of France and Belgium by German , aggression. This note admits of the payment of no other indemnities." lAsked what the consequences would be of the failure to sign a peace, Count von BemstorfT replied: "I am no prophet, but Bolshevism j would gain immensely. The liberal world which has seen salvation for ( humanity in President Wilson's principles, would be terribly disappointed if peace were not made. Even the higher classes would be driven to despair. Remember that since thc? middle ages no idea has aroused the : world's enthusiasm like a league of I nations based on peace and justice, and who will dare to cause the idea, to miscarry at the first test? I hope . that a league of all the nations of , the world will make common cause against the spectre of Bolshevism and triumph over it." Won't Give up Rhineland. Paris.?The Prussian national assembly has voted unanimously against the relinquishment by . many of any of the Rhine territory, especially the Sarre basin, according: to Gorman dispatches reaching here. The advices also tell of meetings of p.otest multiplying in all parts of Germany against what is called an enslaving peace. According to the Zurich correspondent of the Journal these manifestations are being organized by the government through Count von BrockdortT-Rantzau. the foreign secretary. iGERMWBOAfs" WILL GOME HERE ! "Washington. ? Five surrendered > German submarines will leave Eng" lend for the United States manned 5 by American crews and convoyed by t the American submarine tender Hneb s noil. They are expected to arrive in f American waters late in April and i will be displayed at ports to be sterol lccted in connection with the next Liberty Ixvan campaign.