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VOLUME XXXI.
BRITISH PUT BY
. DISPUTE WITH U.S.
Questions of Sea Rights Will
Be Left Until After
War.
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NO CONCESSIONS
FROM EITHER SIDE
Latest Note Front London Be*
lieved to Declare British
Fixed Policy.
London.- The contents of the f'r'tish
note rtply'og- to t'h.c protest :>f iho
Antericun government a&airst interf(
Vence with the neutral trade, v\hioi.
ass rts the rifht of Treat I'ritnin to
regulate the admission to a neutral
country of" goods evidently destined
for the enemy caused little surprise in
diplomatic and legal circles here as its
cumlusiuiift had heen discounted by reCent
decisions of the prize tribunals.
A summary of the views of the members
of those circles may be expressed
as follows:
They do not believe the controversy
will he carried much further during
the progress of the war as no .vital
concessions have been made by either
side since the first note was written.
Therefore the shippers of detained car
goes who can afford delay will await
the conclusion of the war to have their
cases settled by an international tribunal
in the belief that such a court
will grant them full damages.
It is expected that the United States
government soon will send two
notes to Great Britain, one on the detention
of the mails and the other on
the removal of Austrians and Ger
mans from the steamship China.
The British government has consent
ed to the purchase of the Wagner
steamships by an American company
011 condition that the buyers lease the
vessels on a time charter to an English
company.
A final effort will be made to settle
the Wilhelmina case without submitting
the question to Baron Mersey.
The foreign office is expected to submit
to Ambassador Pago its terms in
this case.
The British reply to the American
note protesting against the British
blockade and shipments of goods to
neutral countries contending that it is
w'thin the spirit of international law
to limit imports into a neutral country
of goods that might be of use to Germany
and Austria, to the amount normally
consumed by the neutral. It argued
tha< the right to search vessels
approaching the neutral country is an
incident to this regulation.
The Wagner steamships are evident
ly those of the American Transatlantic
Company, of which Richard O.
Wagner is president. These vessels
were admitted to American registry
in July, 1915, but were placed on the
British black list on suspicion that
they were controlled by German capital.
Several of the vessels were seized
by the British government and this
action was the cause of a strong protest
by Ambassador Page on behalf of
the United States.
The cargo of the American steamship
Wilhelmina, which sailed from
New York for Hamburg with food in
January, 1915, was seized by the British
authorities. Baron Mersey was
appointed arbitrator to fix the amount
to be paid to the owners.
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S. D. BRYANT IS
OUT FOR TREASURER
S. D, Bryant makes his announcement
this week for treasurer of Horry
County, subject to the action of
the Democratic Primary. He is probably
one of the best known business
men of the upper section of Horry,
where he has conducted a successful
mercantile and farming enterprises
for a long number of years. He is a
business man of experience and knows
how to handle financial affairs. He is
a son-of J; C* Bryant of the J. C. Bryant
Co., of Loris.
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LIST OF DELEGATES
AND COMMITTEEMEN
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Attending the County Convention
Here Last Monday
Morning May 1st.
The following1 comprises the list cf
! delegates from the several precinct
clubs as enrolled before the County
convention last 'Monday:
Adrian?W..M. Boolh, A. J. Bpkcr.
Kelly Thompson, J. J. King, O. K.
Booth.
Ay nor ? C. R. Page, W. N. Gerral
.J K. Lewis, W. P. Hardee, S. J. Lewis
J. M. Boyd, J. T. Shelley.
Bayboro??J- A. Hamilton, A. Bell,
J. W. Oorrnld, P. Q. Hooka.
Blanche?D. B. Sarvis, Bethel Allen,
W. 1<\ Mi si toe, LI. .J. Tyler. B. T. Graham.
Cedar Grove- H. L. 13. dor ian, \Y.
F. Jordan, K. J. Marsh, F. F. Jordan.
Gomvay-^W. L. Mishoe, J. A. Mcj
Derniott, V. !). Johnson. D. A. Spivev.
| W. C. Singleton, L. B. Singleton, II. L.
I Buck, C'. J. Epps, A. C. Murrell, J. A.
Lewis. W. S. MoCaskill. ('. 1*. Q.uattlohauin,
W. L. Bryan, PL S. C. Baker, Id.
J. Sherwood, L. H. Burroughs.
Cool Spring?S. C. Rabon, John
Doyle, G. I). Rabon, H. H. Gasoue, K.
B. Mishoe*Dog
Bluff?J. M. Lewis, W. A. Spivev,
Id. P. Hughes, J. E. Cooper, Perry
11 ughes.
i Dog Wood Neck?B. Id. Todd, W.
S. Livingston, W. A. Adams.
Farmer--J. 1>. Todd, P>. S. Butler.
Floyds?A. D. Jackson, C. F. I)uPose,
A. T. Martin, W. C. Hooks.
Galivants Ferry?F. G. Holliday, J.
F. Gore, J. M. Floyd, G J. Holliday,
Geo. S. Price, Geo. M. Huggins, Hen
Floyd.
Grahamvile?J. D. Watson, J. L.
Thomas.
Graham Cross Roads?F. M. Johnson.
Green Sea?S. D. Bryant, A. M.
Lee, H. P. Harrelson, E. L. Buff kin,
W. B. Shelly, J. P. Derham, G. M.
Fowler, W. T. Watson, S. H. Harrelson,
A. D. Tie wis, J. T. Mills.
I Green wood?J. D. Oliver, R. J. Beverly,
N. B. Smart, J. T. Paul, S. F.
Cannon, J. W. Alford, C. Cannon.
Gurley?E. W. Prince, S. M. Allen.
Homewood?T. M. Sessions, W. E.
Sessions, N. T. Collins.
Horry?J. E. Hughes, W. A. Cook,
W. A. Hughes.
> Jordanville?J. H. Atkinson, Geo.
\V. Singleton, W. B. Capps, Geo. T. |
Capps.
Knotty Branch?D. H. Lewis, J. L.
Graham, G. W. .Graham.
Lor 18'?J. V. Collins, S. B. Cox, Char
lie Hardee, W. A. Prince, J. G. Hardee,
D. J. Butler, M. M. Stanley, K
W. Shealy.
Spring Branch?C. Z. Enzor.
Socastee?J. D. West, J. N. Mr*
Cormiclc, G. W. Watts, Jr., H. G.
Royall.
Tnylorsvillo?A. McG. Small.
Wampee?L. P. Hardwick, J. L.
Bell, W. L. Bellamy. i
Withers?S. S. Owens, J. H. Cooper.
Executive Committeemen.
The Exexcutivc Cimmitteemen from
the several clubs, who will meet at a
later date on the call of the Chairman |
to fix the assessments; arrange the
itinerary, etc., are as follows;
| Adrian, J. J. King; Aynor, S. J.
( Lewis; Bayboro, J. A. Hamilton;
. Blanche, D. B. Sarvis; Cedar Grove,
1 F. F. Jordan; Conway, L. H. Burroughs;
Cool Spring, K. L. Mishoe;
Daisy, (to be supplied); Dog Bluff,
(to be supplied); Dog Wood, W. H.
Vaught; Ebenezzer, (to be supplied;
' Marlow, (to be supplied); Floyds, A.
j T. Martin; Galivants Ferry, Geo. S.
' Price; Graliamville, *B. Parker; Grahams
Cross Roads, (to oe supplied);
Green Sea, E. L. Buffkin; Greenwood,
S. F. Cannon; Gurley, S. M. Allen;
Hammond, T. W. Livingston; Homewood,
T. M. Sessions; Horry, W. A.
Hughes; Jordanville, G. W. Singleton;
Knotty Branch, D. H. Lewis; Little
, River, (to be supplied; Loris, W. A.
Prince; Marlow, (to be supplied); Pt.
Harrelson, (to be supplied); Shell,
(to be supplied); Spring Branch, C.
Z. Enzor; Socastee, C. G. Newton;
I Taylorsville, McG. Small; Vardefle,
(to be supplied); Wampee, L. P. Hard
| wick; Withers, P. D. Owens.
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JRY COUNTY AND HEH PEOPLE, F
CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY,
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1 /Ehat the Engt
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ft wJjj niakiny; a card in
dustry so that it n
|ti ?? part in defending
jp.: The past eighteen month
? ;1 America what lack of indusi
U-l to some of the countries 11
jhad the ships and they had
1^1 struck, their factories were i
with arms and shells and p(
jfe not prepared. And our fac
Bui 'I is not enough 10 draw
great Engineering Societies ? Cn
and Chemical ? have pledged their
If United States, and arc already wor
|;5 rnent to prepare industry ft?r the
Ijl ^ pay and will accept no pay. All th
:?S country, that slic may have her ii
All elements of the nation's lil
men, and the workingmcn? shou
Sep cratic work ol the engineers, and
(hoe i,iti he no be ltd ntiliOH/if tnsiiri
pz-i: I'he Associated Advertising
all advertising interests have offeree
President of the United States, in
Engineering Societies, to the end tl
Engineers arc dying The Presid
Engineers have welcomed the co-oj
This advert sement, published
I == the first in a nation'-wide series to
operating promptly and fully with tl
jj NAVAL CONSULTING HOARI
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Tin Amirkas Si?ci?rv of Civii I nmhiikn
*.~n: Tin AuriiK^ l*trirt'T? 01 \1inin?. I huismus
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ACGiOENTAL FIRE
The barn of VV. Percy Hardwicke
was destroyed by fire last Monday
night a'; d o'clock. It was insured for
the sum of $9,00.00 and was worth
about $500U)0. There was about $50.00
worth of other property in the building
which was lost. It is supposed
that the five caught from a trash pile
which was being 'burned nearby during
the day before.
hoh.samT Niciioils
CURES THE COLIC
Washington, April 27.?Members of
congress get all sorts of absurd rerequests
from their constituents, but
Representative Nicholls got one the
other day that was very much out of
the ordinary, lie received a letter
from a man in his district, who stated
that he was suffering from an ailment
which is said to be quite prevalent
in Spartanburg at times, and asking
for something that would cure him.
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lvir. iNicnons snowed the letter to
surgeon General Vietor Blue, of the
public health service?who is a Soul'i
Carolinian, too, by the way?and Dr.
Blue wrote a prescription which Mr.
Nicholls said to his constituent:
"It seems that you look upon me as
your doctor as well as your congressman,"
Mr. Nicholls wrote the fellow,
"and if you should feel the need of
any spiritual advice let me know and
I will try to attend to that, too."
Mr. Nicholls says he doesn't know
whether the man supported him in
his race for congress or not, "but,"
he added with a grin, "judging by
what he said was the matter with him,
I'm persuaded, that he did."
GEORGETOWN PURCHASES
ANEW FIRE ENGINE
Georgetown.?The new auto fire
engine recently purchased by the city
from the American La France Fire
Encrine Comnnnv F!l?v>n?o wA... v~~i.
. ar , , .<111111 u, 41 w I U1A,
has arrived. An agent representing
the company will arrive within the
next few days when the engine will be
unloaded and tested out. The fire hall
has been ready for some days, and if,
after a thorough test the engine comes
up to the guarantee of its builders,
it will be accepted and placed in service
at once.
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CIVIC LEAGUE MEETING.
The Civic League will hold its meeting
for the month of May at the Burroughs
School, on Thursday the 4th,
at 4 o'clock.
?MRS. J. W. LITTLE,
Corr. Sect'y.
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IRST. LAST, NOW AND FOREVER MAY
4, 1916,
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neers are Doing (
I American engineers are |?ii
dex survey of American in- !ij!
lay be prepared for its vital i^i!
the Country, if need comes. it5||
s Have taught us liere in pp
trial preparedness has meant H||
io\v at war. These nations tgT
the men; but when the hour yg|;
lot able to furnisli the colors jS|i
lwder. Their factories were |i-1
tones arc not prepared,
a moral. In the United States five jp?;
'il, Mining, Me* luinical. Mcctrical =|ij|
services to the Government of the |||i
king hatul in h *ncl with the Govern- ?=j
national defense. They receive no
icy seek is opportunity to serve their '
tdustties mobilised lor defense.
c ? tlu manufacturers, the business VfM
Id support this patriotic and demoassist
them cheerfully when asked. f7#"!!
'iuce tiff'Wisi w nr. =EE
Clups of the World, representing
f their tree and hearty service to the el|
close cooperation with these five EE
lat tlu Countrj may know what the
IcQt has accepted the oticr. 1 he
deration. ==
without cost to the United States, is
call the countrj to the duly of coic
Engineers.
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3 OK THE UNITED STATES
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Senator hTlTbugk
ANNOUNCES RACE
In issue appears the card of
Hon. H. Li. Liu.k announcing that he
will enlnv the race in the coming primaries
fir rveelection to,4,he oflice p.l'
Suite .Senator from Horry County;
! Some time ago he stated in an inter'
view that although ho had been solicited
by f i iends from many parts of
I the GLh district to make the race for
; congress, that he had declined to
j st vnl for election to the office and in|
tended to make the race for reelection
| to the State Senate.
I The many voters who stood for
! him in the last election have kept up
with the good record he has made in
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..... v,.... x., iinu ?IH > are HO UOUDt lUily
acquainted with the high stand he has
! taken during his term of office on all
o'" the important questions coining before
the body of which he has been a
member. He is an orator of ability,
experienced in all business affairs and
fully competent for this position.
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Most of the counties of this State
are ahead of Horry in the building of
good roads. In some of the counties
j a bad hole or a muddy swamp along
any of the public roads arc strictly a
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thing of the long-a-ago past. There
is no reason why the same improvement
should not be made in Horry
County, and while we have been somewhat
slow in times past in getting
this work done, we are glad to note
that the work is going on steadily
from year to year, and success will be
reached after a while.
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' A large truck from Mai Ion county
got, stuck in the sand near Bayboro
last week and the solid rubber tires
around the HorVit until tn^
? ??n.?v mmiim uimi i iiv ?? .\i?;n
wpw Hown on the ground. A team of
oxen were finally secured to pull the
big truck out to solid ground, bu tto
do even this, the men were obliged to
unload the truck.
ONE CAND1DATE0UT
FOR CORONER'S OFFICE
Mr. L. Whiteford Cooner has a card
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in this issue announcing his candidacy
for the office of coroner for Horry
County. Mr. Cooper is a son of
the late W. E. P. Cooper of Dog Bluff,
one of the best citizens of his time.
L. W. Cooper is well known in business
circles having been engaged in the
mercantile business for a number of
years, paying strict attention to his
, own affairs and true to)iis friends,
j He is now located at Cpnway where
j he has been doing business for several
years.
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GERMANY'S POLICY
FOR SURMARINES
S. S. McClurc Obtains Authorstative
Statement of Present
Aspect.
Samuel S. McC! uro, who luis arrivef
after a three months' tour of the continent
made a special study of Gor
many's submarine p >licy, oj. which in
obtained an exact and authcritativ.
statement which defines Gcrmn iy'
standpoint since the resignation o
Admiral von firpitz as minister c
mari je. Ties statement, whiehis date
April 15, follows:
"Ehst. In using' her submarine
weapon Germany distinguishes hojtv.ecn
hostile and neutral ships
Eenomy men of war are torpedoed
without warning. Aimed, enemy
merchantmen are considered war
ships. Thw is done for the reason
,h'at their commanders received orders,
published in the German memorandum
of February 8 open five en
| every German submarine at sight
oven before any hostile act ban been
committed. This akes imnossible a
warning from a submarine. E emy
nterchantmen also are sunk without
warning in the war zones?that is tin*
i waters around the British Isles men-1
tioned in the proclamation of ! ebru-j
ary 4, 1015. Exception is made, how!
ever, for enemy passenger steamships (
' liners), which, for fho reasons of humanity,
ai 4 not sunk even in the war
zone without warning and only after,
the saving of the lives of passengers'
and crow.
"Second. Regarding neutral ships:
, Germany respects both the rights of
! ngutrals and the principals of human-,
i it-v*?that is neutral merchantmen are;
! sunk only if they carry conrtaband
and can not be brought into port by a
prize crew. No neutral ship is sunk
without previously establish I :g her
identity ami cargo, and only after the
| saving of tlie lives of passengers and J
| crew. This also applies to neutral
| ships in the war zone,
j "Third. Germany takes into consid
j oration the principles of humanity inasmuch
as she never sinks enemy pas- i
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I senger steamers (liners) without
i warning, and only after the saving of i
| the lives of passengers and crew. As j
! a portion of the enemy passenger j
, steamers, however, are armed and as |
j the English admiralty orders which j
j were found on British ships are pub|
lished in the German memoranudm
of Feb. 8 give every reason to expect
that they will use their arma-j
ment for offensive purposes, it is pos
sible a naval fight may occur between |
| such armed passenger boats and the
! German naval forces. For this reason
! it is advisable for neutral passengers
I to avoid traveling on armed enemy
I passenger boats.
"Fourth. In order to maintain international
passenger traffic of neui
trals the German government several
months ago suggested entering into
negotiations with neutral crnvovn
merits and the designation as absolutely
safe certain, specially marked
neutral steamers which would follow
certain routes previously agreed upon.
! See the note handed to the American
| ambassador July 8, 1915."
; FIRE INSURANCE ACT
CONTINUES IN FORCE
| The supreme court last week re!
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j iused u> sign an order enjoining the
insurance commissioner and the attorney
general from enforcing the
terms of the anti-compact fire insurance
act of the last legislature. The
decision dismissing the petition of
David B. Henderson of Charleston for
an injunction was signed by all of the
justices of the supreme court.
The constitutionality of the LaneyOdum
act was attacked at a recent
hearing by attorneys representing Mr.
Henderson, who has been engaged in
the fire insurance business in Charleston
for many years. The State officials
v/ere represented at the hearing by
i Thomas H. Peeples, attorney general.
"The petition is dismissed and the
injunction refused," said the decision
of the court. The opinion was written
by Associate Justice Fraser.
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NO. 3
COUNTY CONVENTION
ELECTS DELEGATES
I To Represent This County in
State Convention Latter
Part of May
PRESIDENT WILSON IS
UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED
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Delegates Instructed to vote in
His Interest in The
Convention.
The county convention of the Democratic
party for Horry County met at
Conway last Monday morning* at 11
oVlork. iind vvjiK K"
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James A. Lewis, the chairman of the
convention. The convention proceeded
to organize by the election of (ion.
.1 P. Derluun as president of the meeting:
ami M. \V. Wall as secretary.
All of the Democratic clubs in the
various townships of the county were
represented except three or four who
failed to send any delegates,
j The first business of importance to
be taken up was the election of a
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chairman for the ensuing two years.
Messrs. F. CI. Holliday and K. J. Sherwood
were nominated and the latter
was elected to the position.
| Col. 1). A. Spivey prepared and introduced
a resolution endorsing the
administration of President Woodrow
| Wilson, and in favor of instructing
the delegates to the State Convention
the latter part of this month to vote
for men to the national convenion who
i will vote for the nomination of Mr.
Wilson for reelection to the Presidency.
The resolution as finally
adopted and unanimously passed,
j read as follows:
"Resolved that wo tho voters r>f
I Horry County in Convention assembled
do hereby heartily indorse the
Administration of President Woodrow
Wilson, and
That we pledge the Delegates to be
elected by this Convention to vote for
j Delegates to the National Convention
who stand pledged to support his renomination
as President first, last and
all the time."
Before putting the vote on the resolution
Gen. J. P. Derham spoke in eloquent
terms of the administration of
President Wilson and brought in several
interesting matters which kept
the close attention of the audience until
he closed his speech with prolonged
cheering. Hon. A. D. Jackson,
made a short talk in which he stated
reasons why the people now know
that they have a man in the President's
chair who is not a "num-skul?."
He was cheered. The resolution was
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I carried without a dissenting voice.
| The following delegates were elected
to the State Convention:
J. P. Derham,
W. L. Mishoe,
W. L. Bryan,
H. L. Buck,
E. S. C. Baker,
D. A. Spivey.
Messrs. Derham and Spivey recieved
the highest vote in the election for
delegates, and the remaining four
above named were the next highest
and were thus selected without further
voting.
IMPORTANTBiiuT
MAY GET THR0U6H
Washington.?It became known
here that an effort will be made
just before the house committee
on agriculture finishes its bill now
under consideration to put three important
bills?those on grain grading
cotton futures and for a government
warehouse system?on the bill
. "riders."
I It was understood that as there may
be some objection to the passage of
these bills as separate measures it
, may be possible to get them on as
"riders." It is possible that the Republican
members of the house may
inauguarte a filibuster against this
procedure as their passage would be
a strong administrative feature.