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% / VOLUME XXXVI. MSHOE-DORMAN TANGLED AFFAIR Revealing In Court Domestic Trouble ot Long Standing. AFFECTING STORY OF BODILY FEAR Tncti WAmr TTTivirlci TT i T-I Micilinn ?uM?liliVllJ II lllUil 111 XUll3ilWU Preliminary "With Wife of Mishoc on Stand. The preliminary hearing in the case of assault and buttery against Robert Mishoe for shooting G. K. Dorman on the night of Sunday. October 2, and which still remains unraveled. (i. K. Dorman ,t.he prosecutor, was the first witness, lie said in substance that he was on his front porch that ni :ht after sundown, or about that time: that his wife and daughter were there with him and that a man approached out in front and this proved to be Robert Mishoe with his gun: that Mishoe went on by a few yards and went to -triking and kicking a wagon that belonged to prosecutor; that ho tin?n turned and shot at prose-1 cutor without saying anything; that) liis wife and daughter went inside the house as also did witness and that witness took down his gun and stepped back on the nornh and fwp<l hnMr mwl i that then both fired several more I times. The second or third time that j Mishoe fired lie struck Dorman with i about twenty-two shot; that Mishoe I then came on to the gate and cursed , the entire family. The cross examination of this witness established that for some years jvast his daughter, Ma zip Dorman, had been living with the witness, the prosecutor, and had separated from Robert Mishoe after she had married him some years ago and became in bad health; that Mishoe had brought k or sent this daughter back to witness fj i and told him to pay the doctor's bill and so forth; th.nt since that time at intervals Robert M'shoe had been going back to G. K. Dor man's home eavesdropping and that on one occasion or perhaps more, witness had met Mi -boo and that had exchanged hard words; that Mishoe had never contributed anvthing to the support of the wife and l\nb.v, the latter having been born at the home of G. K. Dorman about a month after the husband had seut her back there. Kelly Tompkins was sworn, but his testimony did not prove to be material on any particular point. G. C. So? dons testified to the conversation that took place at the store when the telephone was .about to be u.xo 10 can uie snenti. lie said tli;il ho wont to the home of (J. K. Dorman 'after hearing the shooting and the screaming over there and that he found all of' the Donnan family in the back room with the lights all out and the women apparent!" very much frightened. lie found diot holes in o WHISKEY FRAUD BROUGHT OUT Millions Involved in Alleged Conspiracy?Warrants Are Issued. Philadelphia.?An alleged conspiracy by which liquor valued at nearly $15,000,000 was withdrawn from distilleries in many states through the issuance of fraudulent permits was revealed by high prohibition officers, who announced that warrants had lj*en issued for the Arrest of two fbrmer officials in the office of W. C. McConnell, director of Federal prohibition enforcement in Pennslyvania. The warrants were issued for A. F. Slater, former secretary to Mr. McConnell and Hiram W. Benner, formerly agent in charge of permits for liquor withdrawals. Both are charged with conspiring with others to defraud the United States by means of fraudulent permits. A ..... According to prohibition officers the permits were issued promiscuously when it became known in Washington radical changes were to be made in the enforcement personnel of Pennsylvania. ?Stores were said to have been withdrawn from distilleries / in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Penn| sylvania, some of which were captured by New York and Philadelphia enforcement agents before they could be delivered. Others known to be en route arc expected to be s'eized mo-, ' mentarily. One shipment of 100 barrels of alcohol containing 3r>.0(*0 gallons, was seized in New York city, it was anj nounced. The value of this shipment alone would exceed $500,000 based on the prevailing price of alcohol and bootleggers' price, the authorities said, would put its ultimate value ,beyond $1,000,000. Officials declared the government i . tThr tax on this shipment would exceed $150,000. A second shipment from Pekin, 111., was seized vt a railroad station. It contained 1,000 cases of liquor, the side of the house and in the clviirs on the porch the next morning'. M- Tini'Mlilli wne uvur?vn mwl lin 1 said that he bad mot Robert Mishoe along the public road a short 4,1'me before the shooting took place and that lie looked and acted ir he weve under the influence of whiskey. The substance of the remainder of his tos- i timony appeal's elsewhere in this paper. Then Mazie Dorman Mishoe, daughter of G. K. Dorman, and wife of: Robert Mishoe, took the stand in order to clear up several points in connection with the motive behind the actions of Mishoe that night. She appeared in court as about the only bright spot in the v.Vdo mot.ly gathering of stout working" men in working clothe:-, and elderly matrons, all interested, on one side or the other I in this alf.' ir. She is a young woman ? of unusual beauty. She has many of the appearances of innate refinement such as might not be looked for i?> coming from such a situation of tho serious affairs of life. Her health appears now to bo very good indeed, much in contrast to the state in which she was told to be when she was sent back home several years ago. She i told on the st'ind that her husband had mistreated her, that ho had beaten her with his hands, and that he had i threatened ner me more innii once; that she could not be/ir ever to live with him again; that she would die J before she would; that her father and mother had nothing to do with her decision and could not prevent her returning to her husband if she ever could; and that no soul on earth could ever make her go hack to him; that she was certain he meant to kill her if ever he could get a f.air chance; that many times she had been in fear of death at his hands. She told of J seeintr him on several occasions when I he would slip through the bushes and t come up near the house looking and listening as if waiting for a chance to catch her ofT her guard. There was no one in the audience who could fail to sympathize with the : young woman who told her story of | domestic unhappiness, almost tragedy, and they showed the kindness that they felt for her-by their actions. NEW SECURITY THAT IS BETTER The Herald has now on sale a ne*v form of chattel mortgage, with not" attached, that is just a > simp1" the old style Bill of Sale; which is just as easy to fill out, and is fro" from the everal differenc legal oxceptiens that used to be raised to the r>iii ,, .... .. urn \i k iju 11 i;i;ii k.?:m t?5l ?l iWISIl IJ 1 . security 011 personal property. Pusiness men in C'onvvay as well i as those in the country who nee'! ; : /rood form of security from time to wo^ld do well to call and purj chase what they need in th.is lino from this new lot of legal blank*. Thev will Vnow thnt they have the latest and best and one that will pive them every right. This new form is about the same size as the bill of sale. Tt i ~ chattel mortgage, pure and simple, and it is just what the old bill of sale was intended to he. Call and get samples of the new blank and se-p how well thoy will fit into your business. The promissory note printed and sold with the chattel mortgage is printed on the same sheet with the mortgage but is detachable in a moment by means of a perforated line across the sheet, and when the note is torn off, the balance of the sheet forms th chattel mortgage. Those who wish nviv retain the not,o as attached to the chattel mortgage, and in this case, the note folds inside of the other. The Herald prides itself on the now and distinct forms that it is getting out and it wishes Ml of it? customers to get the benefit of a'! the new improvements it is able to make. o INVESTIGATE THREATS. A l oused by threats of vi^'^nt orominent members of the American Legion in Iowa, federal authorities are conducting an investigation. John T*. Wallace, son of the secretary of Agriculture, was informed by a note that he would "come across with $200 or be blown to hell." He didn't and warn't. Harrly H. Polk, Des Moines, received a similar note threatening to blow uo his apartments and him ten, beccu^e be "led the boys to death on the battlefield of France." HAVE PREFERENCE Veterans of the world war aro given preference fo?* postmastorships in I _ _ LI 1 J.K _ <Mi i'xn ui'vc unirr ' ' ' ivii j Service Commisn'^n bv Prosidrtr>* j T-Tnivlinpf. Five noint-s will bo nddrd jto tb.o examination rating or every I nrosnoctivp master in ?*ov^nm^nt I ^orvico durine: the war: ali,v*ita tions may he waived in s'loh ca?es and the period of war service rockoned as a part of the required length of business experience. W\ 0 IT CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, CRIMPS IN LAW SAVE SLAYERS Execution of Fox, K?rby and Gappins is Indefinitely Delayed. Columbia.?C. O. Fox did not dio in the olectric chair at noon on Friday. Neither did S. J. ICirby or Jesse Gappins. The criminal and judicial procedure in South Caroliiv.i is so con-* ;tructed that aH three of the men escaped the death chair. Attorneys ajrreo that there are crimps in the law that; should he ironed out. This Uato'Yient has been made many times lately, promted by the C. O. Fox case, whereby on the eve of his execution a confessed murdered, perpetrator of j one of the. most horrible crimes in the hi Mory of South Carolina criminal law. cscaped the chair. 11. A. I. !?osonherp\ attorney Tor Fox, went before Associate Justice Cot.liran of the supreme couri Thursday afternoon, <m a petition of habeas corpus, and a-deed that Fox lie allowed to file an appeal, in spite of the fact llvt he had allowed the time for serving notice of appeal to pass unnoticed. He claimed that Fox did not have counsel at that time, or m< pi \ l'v which to employ counsc'. Justice Cothran promptly dismissed the appeal. The lawyer then served on the attorney general and on Solipit.ir llllllieAn mil lpn nf ti'aim Juslice Cothr.an's ruling to the entire court, and under the law ten days' time is allowed for filing this appeal with the court. With Fox duo to go the route of the electric chair before noon on Friday, the filing of this appeal notice on Thursday afternoon automatically stayed the execution and Fox will live .at least until the next term of court for Lexington, next February, when, if his appeal does not stand, he will he resentenced. Kirby stands in the same position, though counsel for Gappins insists that he is not playing for time, but that he will file the appeal as soon as he can get copy of the testimony taken in the trial. ' These cases have been the most puzzling in the state in years. Three men killed a taxi driver whose car they \Vurited to steal. Two of them held him while the third, Fox, a hurley man, stabbed him to deoth. twisting the knife nround in the body, and on the stand the three confessed the entire crime. But they live yet longer pending the unraveling of the legal tangle inio which attorneys have thrown their c.uses. VISITS a)NWAY ON BUSINESS M. B. Thompson of the M. B. J Thompson Company visited Conway J on business the l:\tter part of last : weclc, remaining here for several j hours before returning to his new; home which he recently stalled and finished near Warn pee. The M. B. Thompson Company now occupies a now store M that place and they have on hand at all times a ! large stock of seasonable goods for} the trade. | o COMPLETE i tinr/^it^txt n a I IV JtYirSU li> ?>. I Alt. Washington.?Tdeal weather for picking and ginning cotton prevailed during tiro past week and very rapi'l progress was made in all sections where this work has not been completed, according to the national weather and cr^n bv^tin. ing frost occured in the northern sections of the cotton belt, but, witn out material damage, according to the bulletin, and it added: "Picking has been completed in South Carolina, except in the north western portion, and the crop ha* mostly picked in Tennessee. This work is far advanced in Arkansas, is well along in Oklahoma and has been completed in Tevas except in \ the north-west portion. Picking ha.' ltnnn inoll ?? ! a.1. J - ? UVVII |>I (ivtivai itv <ld:?I III Jl; 1 > I 11.M 1 III Georgia and has been finished in I most sections of central and southern Alabama, while rapid progress was made in North Carolina and Mississippi and the crop has been mostly picked in Louisiana.' The seeding of small grains amd^ rapid progress during the week in the southern portion of the winter wheat belt from the Mississinpi Valley eastward, but the soil has become too dry for wheat in the ailantic roast States from Virginia southward and in Oklahoma. Rain is needed also for fruit and fall truck in all parts o4' the South. SAFE IN SAN FRANCISCO W. S. McCaskill received a telegram from bis son. Konnie McCaskill of the Urited States Navy a few days ago j stating that he had Arrived safely in | San Frrncisco. When he again: reaches the eastern shores of this country ho will have circumnavigated the globe in a trip of about twentyfour months. OCTOBER 2 7, 1021 WILL COPE WITH STRIKE Off iota's Say Will be Able to < Maintain Transportation j In This State. Pniiimi.Jo 'ru? ?..:U 1.. - r 11.? ( ' viuiuii - '/id. iii" i lui i u<u1.> ui nil' | State will ho able to cope with the ' strike situation, if the strike takes effect, and will operate a sufficient ' number or trains to take care of transportation demands and they will not go out of South Carolina to get the men for the vacant jobs either. ' This is the substance of statements made by offcials of the railroads operating in South Carolina, and it is also confirmed by Frank Shealy, chairn an, and other members of the railroad commission. Mr. Shealy states that information ho has regarding the :\?ads of the state make it plain to him that a strike will not bo felt materially in South Carolina. There may bo fewer trains, he says, but there will be sufficient number of trains to take care of the necessary t transportation. Mr. Shealy states that the rail-i road commission is not taking1 any' Iv.mkj in the strike situation and will not, I ut, it will do all it can to see that there is nr. suffering ar a result of a strike. The comnv'ssioi feels, he says, that this country is too big for any one set of men to do anything or to allow anything done that will | interfere with its transportation system to such an extent as to cause suffering. VANTORBEVILLE SHOT BY NEGRO Who Soon After Shoots Own Wife and Mother-inLaw WOUNDED MAN SIXTY-TWO SHOT Brought to Burroughs Hospital for Medical At- 1 tention First Account. Van P. Turbeville was shot last Thursday night by Josh Brown, ' negro, using a shot gun and Turbo- i ville was hit in sixty-two different J places. Turbeville was brought by t his brother to thc? Burrough TTos-1 pital here .iust after eight o'eiock anri rot long following the crime. The negro then went t'? his ow ti home where he shot down his wife, and a litt'e later tried to gel to Irs mother-in-law to kill her. This was the substance of th? awful stortold to officers her? early last Friday morning. This negro lived near the Turbo ' vill^ settlement. Tie was in debt to Turbeville. On Thursday evening Turbeville drove a wagon along th*. road and met this negro who did not speak. Going on fo" osme <Iis lance Turbeville stopped his vehicl to open a gate that is across the load. As he was doing this the no gro had slipped up behind him and shot him withou' warning. Turbeville had his rifle in the wagon, fie caught this up and shot the negro twice but missed him owing to the condition in which he was at the time from the wounds he had received. At any other time he would not have missed his mark as he is said to be a good marksman. At this the negro became frightened and this doubtless is the reason why l he did not shoot a train. I The scene of this dastardly crime is in Socastee townshin one of the most progressive farming communities in the eastern part of South Carolina. The above is the first account of this affair reaching Conway after the wounded man was brought to Conway. GIVESSERViCE AS ITS MOTTO Piatt's Pharmacy has an attractive advertisement in this issue calling attention to the quick service and constant service which the store strives to give its patrons .'it all times. Sow ice of this kind calls attention to itself it- more ways than one. The attention of every reader is asked to the reading of this advertisement -about the service this popular store is giving these days. WILL INVESTIGATE. A Congressional investigation of Fox Hills, L. hospital and the manajTement or that institution is do man doc! by the American Legion its Women Auxiliary of New Yo.'k The TiefTion charges that sick and wounded n~.cn are lodged in a fir f,ra.p ;>nd thai false ronorts hnv* been sent by the hospital nuthoritie to Washington in connection with I tho nationt*' annlication for govern , rnent compensation. I IKSI'LTS IN MOCK WOOL AM) Ml'TTON Four distinct lines of invest igationil work arc be in** carried on by the United States Department of Agriculture :)t the sheep experiment station near Dubois, Idaho. The purposes of these breeding: experiments Lire: The breeding: of the heavy-shearing type of Rambouillet sheep with a desirable mutton form. A study of the different types of [ rossbrod sheep for the purpose of nrnduciwr the type best suited to the western ranges. A comparative study of different methods of utilizing ran^e 'and for sheep raisinjr and different methods of supplying water on dry lances. The production of crops on arid lands that m.ny he utilized for the wi"*Ar fr?on''>'? ;h^er). The Ramhouillet f.ock consists of 800 animals. KfVorts are heinK made to intensify the most desired characteristics, such as smooth, desirable mutton form' and body fre^ from wrinkle* except about the neck, a face | ooen and free from svool blindness and t r,vht shrinking, bright and lont? staple fleece. The crossbred type of sheep is ^'.lining* in popularity on the western r uijre becau ;e the ewes shear heavy fleeces and produce lambs that mature curlier than fine wool lambs. Two principal types of crossbreds are bein.t? studied?the Corricdale. using as the foundation stock individuals that were imported from New Zealand in 1014, and 1he Columbia, a new breed made by crossing: the Lincoln and Ramhouillet breeds. The Columbia sheep have been developed at the station from the foundation. The Columbia has returned the most wool and mutton, while the Corriedale has produced wool somewhat superiod in character. LAFOLLETE HITS TAX BILL Washington. ? Provisions of the tax revision bill exempting from tax ation parts of the incomes of foreign traders and foreign trade corporations derived from sources outside the United States were before the senate again with opponents, led by ^CMiator LaFbllettc", "Republican, Wisconsin, prepared to continue their efforts to have them stricken out. Despite the fight on these ser tious and others yet to be consid-ered Chairman Penrose, of the sen ute finarce committee, has not given up hope of obtaining a unanimous consent agreoiwmt for a final vot.p 011 tlie bill tlto last of (ho week. He said he planned to ask for such an j agreement within *i <i-n- ~ - ....... w% ???%(> W I 1. >' Ul In the two weeks that the bil! has boon before tho senate, agreement has been reached on i.nly oik* tax provi ;ion?that relating to transportation. besides the important administrative section .? provisisons yet to be acted upon include the income taxes?normal and | sin* taxes?corporation taxes, estate taxes and the various socallod nuisance excises. The Smoot manufacturers' taK also is yet to be considered. Sentiment for it attain apparently on the increase. It is understood that Senator Smoot is prcapred to offer an amendment under which all farm products would be exempt from the proposed sales tax. STILL TAKEN" \li/TTTiniTrn mr a -*t nil null 1 MAIM Owing to Fields and Ponds on Two Sides Operator Made Escape. The Rural Policemen are continuing tlioir effort to break tip the illicit distilling of whiskey in Horry county. L>. Frank BelLamv has a number 01 stills to his credit, in each case destroying the outfit and pouring out th'3 stuff from which the monkey-rum is made. He has reported to authorities here the capture of still another outfit after watching the place for nearly two days in the woods nearby in an effort to catch the operators. The policeman finally gave up the hope of catching the operators of the still and destroyed it, together with two barrels of sour mash and eight empty barrels. This last still was located on one side of a field near the beach and owing to this field on one side and the beach and open ponds 011 the other it was found to he impossible t> approach near the place without being seen. This still was located near Cherry Grove Reach .and the outfit was destroyed on October 18. Digging Potatoes. Chester. ? The Chester county farmers are taklncr ftdvantnM r.f Aft K'iiutifu' woathor to dij? their potatoes, .,o a- to ^et ahead of a killing frost. PoLito experts say tho-t p( tat >os to e red should be gathered before ;> kilHn? frost comes. The past ten days Could easily bo termel potato digging week for this' sec-' iioti. | I NO. 28 KOI1ERT MISHOE BOUND OVER Must Appear for Trial in Hicjhcr Court on Grave Charqe. OTHER DEFENDANTS Anr nif>M'onrr? Hnc LHOIVnOOCLJ Trial Grows Or-t of Rccent Trouble When G. K. Dorman Way Shot On Wednesday of Inst week tho ' onrt of Magistrate W. H. Chestnut investigated the two warrants pending .ajrainst Robert Mishoe and Seward and Maggie Mishoe, the latter < r :?ri?conspiracy to kill G. K. Dorm:in. All of the warrants were dismissed with the consent of the prosecution except that one which is against Robert Mishoe for shooting (1. K. Dorman with intent to kill him on the nirrht of Sunday, October 2. There was present at the court a number of witnesses for the state, more than is usually summoned in such nvUtors: also the relatives and friends of the parties involved. When the investigation opened up both of the charges were taken up together, chat is, the warrant charging the serious assault and battery with a gun, and the charge against Robert Mishoe, Seward Mishoe and Maggie Mishoe, .nleging a conspiracy to do this shooting on the Sunday night mentioned. As the case progressed it became clear that Maggie Mishoe had nothing to do in working up this trouble. The prosecutor in the conspiracy matter was P. M. Dorman. a brother of G. K. Dorman. He made some investigations on his own account after the occurrence and when the trial was called his attorney asked the magistrate to take Seward Mishoe out of the case, and this was done beforeany testimony was ''ikon, the hearing then proceeded on the conspiracy charge; only, as against Bob Mishoe and Maggie Mishoe. The charge of conspiracy ag/nnst Maggie Mishoe. the sister of defendant, Robert Mishoe came about from something occurred between her and P. M. Dorman on the night of the difficulty, when he went to the store of Kelly Tompkins at Adrian, to telephone for. an officer of the law. P. M. Dorman testified that he heard the shooting at his brother's house and screaming and that immediately after that he heard screams coming from the home of Robert Mishoe, these two residences being on opposite sides of him at the time. Tic went to telephone for an officer in order to stop the trouble which appeared to him to be growing worse. As he rang the telephone 4.<> notifv the sheriff. Miss Maggie "Mishoe palled him away from the in-t!'ii'ient and told him to stop Rob Mishoe might kill him and that it was her business to guard the telephone that night. This w.ns the only testimony involving the lady in the matter at all and when this appeared, she, too, was dropped from the warrant. The case then proceeded against Robert Mishoe alone and he was held for trial at the court of genera^ sessions next INI .arch. The testimony taken at this trial which attracted a number of spectators, as well as other facts pertaining to it, appear in another article in this issue. STATION PUTS IN NEW PUMP The Peoples Filling Station has installed a new and improved pump for dispensing gasoline. It is the latest type of this fixture and it shows exactly the amount of gasoline that you get when it is drawn and put into the tank on your car. It is a costly improvement hut on^ frV?r? filU.WV efoti AH ?0 muivii vuv lining otui'ivil 10 |MUUU t* * be ivblo to have for the convenience and satisfaction of its many customers. PEE DEE RIVER BRIDGE Washington.?The senate ha? recently passed the hill introduced by Senator Smith, giving the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across the Great Pee Dee river at Mars Bluff Ferry, between the counti is of Marion and Florence. The committee on commerce amended the bill by eliminating the toll provision which it carried when first offered and the measure goes to the House with this? change. Congress has for some time been refusing to authorize toll collection. o Invitation for Foch. Bristol, Va-.?An invitation for Marshal Foch to visit Bristol on his return from tVif* annual reunion of the Thirtieth division at Nashville :n Novemlor was evtnndod through Itho ^vench ambas; ador at WashI ington.