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% y -k ry TgfW - T * i ' % * j VOLUME XXXV. ROBERT GAUSE KILLED BY BOYD Neal Boyd as Principal and Edmond Fowler Accessory tn Ant '* COROMER'S INQUEST BRINGS OUT FACTS Testimony Taken at Inquest Published in Full From Coroner's Report. Robert Gause, a resident of Simpson Creek township, in this county, was killed last Wednesday ni/;ht by ' Neal Boyd, another resident of the j same township. News of the killing reached Conway at an early hour last Thursd. y morning, a call coming in for the : Sheriff and Coroner, (he latter to hold an inquest over the rem ins < f Guuse, and ih.; Sheriff to tnke care i of the defendant charged with t e r killing. ' The news as it came in o Conwav was to the effcct that the | killing was doubtless the ro ult of I) <1 liquor or wine and that tie kill; g I occurred at a disreputable hou.-e n that community. I Neal Boyd was concerned as <i< - j fendant in a case at the lecent te mj of the criminal court and hi ; c,:e was continued. ; Coroner L. W. Cooper, accompanied by Sheriff J. A. Lewis and a number of others, left Conway last Thursday / morning at an early hour and we t to the scene of the killing in automobiles. Arriving at the place, the Coroner summoned a jury consist ntr of the following citizens: Rev: 6. D: Cox, foreman; W. H. Caines, J. P. IVlishoe, A. II. Williamson, J. J. McDowell and J. E. Stroud. The news as fiAt told in Conway did not implicate anybody except NeaJ Boyd; but under the testimony 4 the Coroner's jury found their verdict as follows: "Robert Cause came to his death from a pistol shot wound from the hands of Neal Boyd and that Edmond Fowler was aiding and abetting in the same." Under the warrant and c mmitment issued by the Coroner the twe defendants, who are charged with the homicide, were lodged in the Horry County jail about the middle of the day last Thursday. They will have to emain in the jail unitl they are allowed bail by an order of a Judge of the Court. j Robert Cause is said to have I e n , a man of rather advanced age while i the two men charged with bringing ' 1 o V-i ?>??? nmrh vr.li nITO.V. ttl'UUl HID VIV UVll V.w.. J 0 Following is the testimony as tak- \ en down by the Coroner's Clerk: Lizzie Barker Sworn. Says Robert Rause went there. He told me to get up and open the door. Trizzie opened the door and he came in and went and sit down on the bed aside of me. He commenced talkJ in# to mo about something being told on him. He had an ax handle in his hand. Neal Boyd came next to me when I railed. 1 called Neal to help mo out in getting this mess straightened. Gause cursed Boyd and struck with the axe handle and they run to gether and the pistol fired. Nv al .Boyd had the pistol. Edman Fowler was standing near by when I saw him with his knife opened in his hand. Did Robert fall? No; he didn't fall, but he withered down. I told Edmon | to get out. She said because he had !his knife in his hand. LIZZIE BARKER. Trizzie Barker. Sworn, said: 1 was at home. Robert Gause and Neal Boyd, Edmon bowler and John Boyd came there about 10 o'clock. Robert Gause can e to the door and hailed. I opened the) Idoor. Me came in ana sat <iwn un the other bed. He came in by himself,1 but the rest were following on. Liz ie asked me and Noal?she asked us if we stopped last Sunday eve with Olan Boyd. Neal pot up and started to i sit down on the foot of the bed with | "Robert Gause, and Gause said stop, j don't come any further. Was Neal dixink? They were both drinking. They all four came there together. I parted them twice, as good as 1 can remember, before Noal shot. When he asked Neal which one it was blooding V.e sai l it wax Robert. He reckoned it wasn't him. They got cut as soon as Robert was shot. Gause called Neal after he was shot and said he was cold. John Boyd asked him if he wanted the doctor. Ho said ho didn't want any doctor. ridn't call Neal. Edmon Fow lor had his ?<nife and I told him not * to bother Gause. There was about one and a half quart of wine outside of the house. Wac there much blood where ho was lying? Ri'rht smart. Did you see Neal ?T ^ *nr ' ?fo CEMENT WORKER SHOOTS HiS WIFE Woman Sent to Florence Infirmary For an Operation. A colored brick layer and ccmeni worker by the name of James Dawson, shot his wife, Mary Dawson, ':ist Wednesday night, just aft^r dark, the ball going through the a m of the woman and passing near her heart and lodging somewhere in tlie body. The physicians here wi.uld not undertake to extract the bullet and sent her to the McLeod Infirmary in Florence. It was not thought that the wound would prove fat il. The woman had been engaged at the Grace Hotel as washer-woman. Dawson is an expert workman in cement and concrete and was recently employed on the concrete floors at the new building for the Farm Implement Company; also in the construe tion of the concrete floor of the new Herald Office. The exact cause of the shooting Is not known, as several different! stories havo been told about, it. i Dawson loft after the shooting. J COOPER HAS ASKED FOB OBSERVANCE! ^ Sets Apart November 11th as ! Armistice Day in This I State. i Governor Cooper has issued a ! proclamation asking the people of Uie state to observe fittingly* armistice day, November 11th, in memory of the fallen heroes of the war. The American Legion in Columbia is | planning exercises lor the day and the governor asks a statewide observance of this memorable occa-s i ion. when he fired the pistol ? I saw the I fire and he had the pistol in his hand. | Who came and ^ot Gause when he was I at your house? Randy Gause, Duffie Todd and Farley Todd. TRIZZIE BARKER. Edmon Fowler Being sworn says: I went fiom Neal Boyd's to Mosse's Fowler. Neal | Boyd and myself got in the buggy and went to Lizzie Barker's. Robert Gause, Neal Boyd and myself went in the house. Lizzie Barker called Neal Boyd. Neal went. He got up close J and Robert Gause got up and told < Neal not to come any further. G.iuse told him if he came any further ho would hit him. Don't know whether! he hit him or not. They hugged In tegether. Neal had his pistol in his hand. Robert Gause wasn't a married man. Are you a married man? Yes Never heard any threats. We all four went there together . After Mr. Gause was moved how long was it before you and Neal Boyd went back to Lizzie Barkers? About 5 o'clock next morning. What were you doing with your knife in your hand? I hrfl it in my hand open. Neal and I bath | run. Who gave you the wine? It was in Neal Boyds buggy. Who per) suaded Robert aGuse to go by Lizzie j ttaricers. no wanted to go tne otner | way by home. Neal Boyd was the i one who ask him to go to Lizzie Bar ker's. What did you and Neai run1 for? I run because 1 wanted to run. Neal and I both run. EDM ON FOWLER Farley Todd tteing sworn .says, I went to Lizzie Barkers and found Robert Gause there. He was bleeding bad, and tVen Raudy Gause come, and I hope him j bring Robert Gause home. As quick as we got him in the house a id laid him down, he was dead, as so far as I know. John Boyd Being sworn says, went to L" zie Barker's. Gause ask if there was anv dogs there. 1 told him I didn't think so. But he fcaid he was afraid they | was. Give him that axe hand'e, and ho went on in. Gausc and N ai prot j in a tangle, and Boyd had the pistol | and shot, and I saw the blood nretty ; fvee. Did you sec Oause hi< B^vd ? i No. After I loft, I so^n Ne?l Bovd a^d Edmon Fowlev coins: hark tVrt way about 10 o'clock last nipht. Whnt, did Gausr> do or sav t~> cnuse Boyd to shoot. T don't know they " ere tan fried in together. I s aw Bovd's pistol behind him in his ^and. Gauso wanted to com" tho road * y homo. But Neal Bovd kopt nersua : ?r?o- him to to Lizzie Bnrkor's J whon T mot Fowler and Ne^l ^o^vl bark. Edmon had a sh^t fr n nn'l h?d so^ot.hvr?rr to say . B"4 T don't Vnow what it wn?, ANo Noal ^ad his pistol for ho ?d^\vnd if ^-o. JOHN BOYD r ) *\ VI* *:V* * Mmx OONWAY, S C., THURSDAY, GREATEST OF FAIRS I NOW IN PROGRESS Exposition Shows Arrives in I Time And Are Unloaded on Mid-Way WONDERFUL EXHIBITS I MARK OUR SUCCESS| I Names of the Business men. ] and Farmers Who Have this Fair iri fJVm.ro,?> The j lorry county annual fair opened here last Tuesday morning;J under favorable conditions. It ap-11 peared from the first that'more than]; the ordinary amount of interest < would be manifested by the people 1 in the fair?their fair, as it should 1 always and invariably be. i Last year there was no fair, 1 neither wjis there any the year be-i fore. This was on account of the war. The people of Horry, in com- r inon with tne rest of the people of!] this great United States, had a mat-j< tor on their hands of much more im-r portance just then than tho annual' fair. I'hey di<l not hold any then; i but they 4r<j holding one now. and it'; is to be the biggest and best that ! the county ha: ever hail. judging by J what we see i?i the beginning and j i in the middle of it. The men who planned this fair' went about it in time and in a business away. They intended to secure the very best things that it was possible for them to get for this fair; and they certainly have done, w?ll. You cannot have a successful fair these days without plenty of entertainment on the midway. Farmers see hogs, cattle, sheep and goats, and fields of corn and cotton and other crops almost every day of. their lives. They do not mind seeing what their neighbors have raised, but they want to see a good' show, too. So that one of the first things the management of this fair! started out to do was to secure a good carnival company to bring its aggregation to the annual fair. They secured the Zeidman & Pollie Exposition Shows for that purpose, and true to contract, these shows pulled into Conway last Sunday night. It was no mere worn-out, or shop . I worn, rotten carnival, such as you have seen in time; but it was the true-to-type and up-to-the-minute ag j gi^egation that came in, taking twenty railroad cars to hold it, and when j the vans were taken from the flat I cars and pulled into the streets by!, fin early hour Monday morning, ' there was scarcely any room for anthing else. i ' The labor of moving the shows to , the grounds began at an early hour last Monday morning. Many trucks ana teams of mules were employed to do this. As fast as one of the vans could be hauled to the fair grounds, the showmen with their help began the erection of tents. This work went on all day Monday and by night was not all done. The work went on until this was done. The management of the fair also had to be busy getting things in shape lor the opening day, Tuesday, Novmeber 9th. The management of the fair is in the hands of the following officers: President, D. A. Spivey; vice president, D. M. Burroughs; secretary, M. A. Wright; and treasurer, A. H. Long. All of ;hese are good business and professional men, and they are doing their duty in regard to this fair from the first. Mr. C. Hedley is preneral manager of the fair grounds and is making fine progress. We will not forget the members of the board of directors: C. G. Hoover, Mt. Tabor; Dunk Meats, Nichols; D. V. Richardson, Bucksport; A. Bell, Bayboro; J. M. Lewis, Galivants Ferry; W. J. Jordan, Nix onville; L. D. Magrath, Conway; Kemp Uook, Uallivant's Ferry; W. B.I Claray, Myrtle Beach; C. T. Stevens, Allsbrook; Ben W. Hardwick, Loris; S. P. Hawes, Conway; and Moore Thompson, Little River. They come < from the different townships of i Horry county. They have helped to | scatter interest in the fair, and they } have done much to make the fair the ] great success that it is. The home demonstration agon Is have done their full share of work in securing the exhibits of live stock, poultry, household products and pro- j ducts of skill on the farm and in the ' shop. They have done a great service in helping to prepare these ex- 1 hibib; for the fair. Anyone who sees > these exhibits we know is greatly * impressed with the results. i One of the finest displays ever c ynor\ has been mnde by the mer-i? chants and business men of Conway.; 1 They have been anxious to secure jt .. ? * Ik BMHHMHBflraMMMMHMMHMV NOVEMBER 11, 1920. FRIEND OF HORRY GIVES HIS VIEWS 3n Dividing County into Two, And Divorcing Floyds DBJECTS TO DERHAM AS SUGGESTED NAME Favors the Name of Alston in Honor of Confederate Colonel Editor Herald:?1 have reatl in the Marion Star, also the Mullins Enterprise, concerning two moves which ire 0*1 toot to divide Horry county. One of the movements proposed is to divide the old county so as to make a new county, while the other is for the annexation of Floyds Lownfchip to Marion county. AS 1 view this matter, to cut Floyds township out ol Horry county would never do Floyds township an\ good. In my opinion, it would be tutting off their own noses to spite their own faces, and would forever destroy the prospects which are in view at some time, if not now, for a real new county. Regarding a new county I think this is very n.ucn neecicu. lioiv\ county is too large for Uie convenience )f those "living in lxmiote corners thereof, it is inconvtnient ior them to attend to their business, both that which is of a private nature and that which they should do tor the public. - io create a new county out 01 int upper part oi" Hurry county - wouki, nevtjv damage the old county, and wouid bo of great benefit to the people living in the new county. There is objection to the name of Derluim, j and 1 would suggest the name of Alston, in honor oi' Capt. Alston, who was afterwards a colonel. It was he who raised a company in Horry county known as the "Horry Rebels," Company F., Gregg's First South Carolina regiment, under Colonel Alston. He was as kind "hearted as a woman and as brave as a lion. His company and the whole brigade loved him, because he met all of them with a kind word and a smile. Hs was mortally wounded while leading his men against an overwhelming number at Jerico Ford, in Virginia. The writer of this article had the honor of fighting off some of the enemies while Col. James Armstrong assisted Col. Alston on the battle field. The writer has many friends and kinsmen in Horry county. His hotter half is an Horry county girl, and the writer feels greatly interested in the county and, therefore, has written this article. CONFEDERATE. % > i U. A. Dusenbury, business man of Donway and Toddville, who died on October 29th, at the age of sever, ty-six. A sketch of Mr. Duson jury's life appeared in the Horry Herald last week. space for their exhibits., and ever; >ne of Ihem deserve credit for th>ijC showing- made. No visitor at the fair can fail to >e impressed by the showing the schools of the county are making ircat strides are being mr.de in llor y 'County in the great cause of cdu ation, and this fail" proves it by the ii<i of the teachers and pupils who? lave contributed no small part in I he success of the fair. I HORRY SOLDIER WRITES HOME Bonnie McCaskill in Far Ofij Palestine Writes of Foreign Peoples Joppa, Palestine, U. S. S. Panther, Oct. 7, 1920. My Dear Father:?It has been ? real long lime since i hail a icttc from home?about two months. Iul j here is hoping you are all in tin j best of he; Pap;wf*mave justsi me day.in J^Rsalem, and belieYe me, I diu havdrsome nice trip. MyVroom mate (B?t) and myself took aft auto 'd&m Joppiy^nT^it on tltt lwean. iirto Jerusalem. road me majft traffic was AfHoians : idjhg capiels and^rmkeys.JWe stopped ti.ll aK^p' and^riylo phojRs of different scomV**suchi as olif peasant wotpen picking wild jUfrs, others in rtiuck puddles wasTTfng ragt^L lTOul in one hand and L^nMtrW clolkes with the othej^jYt Jerusa'pm^h^stnnnpd hotel, the ."i i ii-tK>y. HHP 'I'TIYM PS I11 g you a l'C* oiptod couy of my hotel bill. Wi found son#? Americans th^'o., one of Ihom the South. Ho wouMn'l lei Me Jet away from him. With hi: car ho look us to every p!fta???qf interest I'snvn to the rKor Joldan. whore rhrh t was baptized. towthe l^'iul lea. N^UHKH^I'haio's iM'inv/\va: d< ;trojB*d, Jrv to^Uie steps Jp Mt. Ca 1vei'l tof t he see? oY th?v erudfic: ion. His tomb wlvro '1 o an;ve^^rouAj||F the stone away, then on tonn^n'i^hplaco. Bethlehem. I pas ed throuan the Jopna (I tie. I whore Christ passed through before I ho was evuei icdJrand it was novo" opened Mnce. till tho Kaiser had it [opened lor his at my to pass through. It was said than it w;\s uot to l>o onened until tlve secr^pd Joining of the Savior and now these Jpitives are looking* for him\af^ any Jlfrmo. You can isee them at churches, on the roofs and all nlmtttrfookiner for Him. Gee. but I never saw such strange* people. There were only two pretty girls over there. Of course, I met them and was invited to a dance and to tea but I had to come back to the ship. They sure did look good, but I reckon it was because I hadn't seen any real girls in so long. Oh, yes Papa, on our way over here our ship was rolling in high seas and a man was washed overboard. I was on my shift at the engines. The skipper gave me bells from full speed ahead to full speed T 1 ' i.oiA-in. x (iiinwcreu out expected | trouble; didn't know what was up. In seventeen minutes we had him back aboard drying him off. Tell Watty I have two monkeys for him and another present for Flora. Remember me with regards to all my friend.*; over there. My love to all reserving a big share for yoursei f. Your loving son, Bonnie B. McCaskill. P. S.?Wo go from here to Alexandria, Egypt; then a sixteen days' sail to fhe Philippines. Tell Mr. Woodward to change my paper to come via San Francisco, and Honolulu. marvinTonnorTs to have big sale 1 will sell to the highest bidders, on the Kate's Bay road, in the edge of Conway, on November 24th, 1920, l>eginning at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the following personal property: Three mules, one cow, two heifers, one mowing machine, one rake, one disc plow, one two-horse plow, one middle burster, one twohorse wagon, and other farm implements. All of the above to be sold for cash on the day of sale, or part cash and balance secured by good papers. Hill 2t MARVIN CONNOR. o I PViii Til A XT LU'l?fT"i'nrv ."1 I'J.VI IA i IMI, While the fair was ready as could oe for thousands of people on the pening day Tuesday, the first dav of the fair, was not as larpe as il wa expected it would be, hut on Wednesday. "School Day," the town was nackod, the people arriving earV in the morning, and it is said "hat Wednesday's crowd was the arrest that ever attended any former fair. The carnival company was slow ibout ere<Jtinir its tents and this la '>or had not been quite completed by Tuesday evening, but on "Wednesday morning every show was up and eady to entertain the people. W. L. Singleton, of Toddville. S. (\. spent some time here on business recently. aL na/Vv^*? i ' r . / t . LP^ y ~ ? .NO. 30. NIGHT RIDERS IN DILLON COUNTY Their Visit is Resented Vei Much by the Good Citizens .AUTHORITIES WILL PRCS?CUTE THEM 'f I ft | Dis I 11 j J ill Q' ? ime Community < itij-C i bec^Ve that the ! egro ^nidation of Dillon and ^ i luncdiatfl^icinity hat! boon vi jited Satinilay^^^nieht and J&uu/0$ nighi by a b(?tl\them olvcs as night riders from Nort Carolina. iSovcul cards were sho\\? today to the white the *\vn and the cards were cap1I iondi, "We ^Vre Hero." They admoiilhcd tho ltegroes to be in the U't:tiA lields Il?<nday morning with | thein families* and that they should { i charge $1 puf himdiyiL?^ nirlrin?> shoiB ooUor^mt! 1 ?'I .- > and $jViO f\u* A pickftg loiy staple; also thj rtTey j shoiftl only pk*k for peomc who woul paw the.-v prices^roi< 1 that iSatimlay Jh as wasVuHfr and that they? sholld pick cotton Tor white peowe. flio cards were smeared witlw red Mv.k. They were Tiea-tly prin^d in good rype and were signed 'Jsi^'ht Riders From the Old Norwi St tie." Quite a lot of businessalun been left by the negroes throughout the day and they are f eaiThg trouble tonight, One family iff negroes left town today until the fxcUement is eVer. A mass mooting oV white. cit<V.ens Was held . her<$ this iifterno' >J. condemning in f the strongest tev.^Alhe work of the v nigll riders, and the IjftfeCjeers of the \ county are on the al'irc to apprehend the guilty parties. The community is not in sympathy with such tactics and will not stand for it. There has always existed throughout Dillon county an unusually cordial and kindly feeling between the whites and blacks, and thp c, ? V/V.-1 Ii a whole of the county are law >iding and industrious. They claim lat they have not demanded execs? ely high wages for picking cotton, it that different farmers have bid >r their services and they have ackpted the highest prices offered. iubmmMIhaser arrives on time One of the submarine chaser* romised for Uie Horry County Fair rrived on time last Monday and as been at anchor ever since, near he light plant of the Quattlebaum jijfht & Ice Co. This boat, which s a very effective instrument in ime of war, is provided with a wire ess equipment, three sets of enfines, and numberless improvements >ver the old style of craft of this and. No definite information could be earned today concerning the arriva' >f the other chaser. Numbers of people are going dowsr to see the war craft. pastime theater" has great feature The feature picture for the month of November secured by the Paslime will be run at the Theater on November 17th, 1920. It is described as beinc tho stihlimo all times and is "Evangeline" written by Longfellow. The story is aptly fitted into living pictures and there is a- real satisfaction in store for the patrons of tho theater when this magnificent film is shown there on the i,7th. ? o MARRIED AT HOTEL. Miss Fay Hopper was married to C. F. Best at the Grace Hotel at the hour of 5:30 last Friday evening, the Reverend R G. Murphy of the Methodist church performing the ^eremony, which was performed in he hotel parlors, and about thirty ests to the hotel were witnesses. Miss Hopper has been teaching in !he crraded school at AVampoe. and Mr. P.est is orv^ of the rising voung men f Ca!!vant*s Ferry township.