The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 03, 1919, Image 1
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F, VOLUME xxxin ~
|sTILL IS MYSTERY I
I AFTER MANY DAYS
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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,
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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
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CAROLINA TROOPS
ARRIVE AT CAMP
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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.
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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.