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* .* , 1 / ^ '? ' ' ?I? VOLUME XXXI. ; PRESSED BY TEUTONS 1 RUSSIANS FALL BACK Slavs Battle Hard but Retire ( Steadily Under Pressure in Roumania BIG GUNS BARKING C IN OTHER THEATRES ! t Only Artillery Activity on Most t a of Fronts?Peace Notes > Delivered. ? Fighting a series* of defensive battics, but slowly yielding to the Teutonic pressure, the Russian rear guards in Wallachia and' Dobrudja are being pressed backward to the North. Heavy fighting is in progress in the vicinity of Uimnik-Sarat, midway between the Buzeu anu Sereth rivers in Wallacha. Russian advanced posts at Rakovitcheni, in the foothills of the mountains west of Rimnik-Sarat, were compelled to retire after battles at that point and at Vandulsoresoi. An engagement at Balatehenul, south of RimnikSarat, also is recorded, indicating that the Russian lines still protect 1 that town. These engagements are regarded by some Teutonic military critics as an effort on the part of the Russians and the Roumanians to coyer the retreat of their armies and of the Roumanian refugees across the line of the Sereth river and to cover the flank of the Russo-Roumanian armies fighting in the Carpathian mountains of Moldavia. In Dobrudja the Russo-Roumanian defensive line i? reported to hatre withdrawn northward until it is only 13 miles south of the northern extremity of that province. One artillery activity is recorded on the Russian front in the vicinity of Baranovichi. The big guns are active also in the region of Hardaumont and Cham bretta, near Verdun. Operations on the Mecedonian front are being prevented by bad weather. The American ambassador at Petrograd delivered the German peace note to the Russian, government Saturday, and President Wilson's note to the belligerent governments was handed to the Italian- foreign ministor bv the American ambassador at r ~ ~" """ Rome. I It is unlikely that the reply of the 1 entente powers to the German note j will be dispatched before Monday and it may be delayed for ten days according to the British foreign of- 1 fice. This is attributed to the de- j lays in communication. It ia report- ( ed in Paris, however, that the reply is almost finished. Rumors are cir- ! dilating in London that the entente's answer is being drawn up at Rome to be forwarded thence to Germany. It is estimated that the losses of < British shipping resulting from the ] war total 435 steam vessels, each of i more than 1,(500 tons, or 12 per cent, of all steamships owned in Great Britain at the beginning of the conflict. 1 troopsTgnorant of peace offer, < ?.Out of a group of German prison- j firs taken on one section of the Brit- ( '/ ish front on Sunday, only a non-com- ( missioned officer had heard of the j German Emperor's peace proposals. This circumstance, coupled with the j fact that there have been absolutely J no demonstrations from any part of ] the German tponrhps p?hop/1 w. -V-. w wy vv?U?^V\a IIIUVI1 1 speculation among the British offi- , cers as to whether, despite the Em- \ peror's address to his troops, the new j peace overtures have been permitted to reach the men actually engaged ] f on the fighting line. j VAUDEVILLE TRIED j j AT PASTIME THEATER1 ( ? 1 Last week the company of vaude- ( v:ile players had two nights at the Pastime theater and the building I was crowded on the first night to La about its full capacity. There was a t good audience on the following c }f night, but not so large owing to c i' other attractions in the town. s y o c I Go to Atlanta. , j f George F. Wmm and Ik ' * |> sep. who have been visiting their f ( slater, Hi's. I. M. Keels in Eau 'f CUdre. will leave today for Florida, [j Jtp visit other relatives.?The state. ( i ' > Wat . : "HORRY EACHERS ENTERTAIN jl AT BEAUTIFUL DINNER \ )n Last Thursday Evening at < Hotel Grace?Reading ; and Ta'k Enjoyed. 1 i 1 Superintendent Power W. Bethca ind Miss Margarett Connor, of the s burroughs High School, on Thurs- < lay evening of last week entertain- < ;d the teachers and trustees, with \ heir wives, at a bountiful dinner at < dotel Grace. There were twent.ywo guests in all. Power W. Bethea icted as toastmaster, and the toasts vere responded to by Misses Emmie Joles, Sal lye Hamilton, Margarett Donnor, Emma Moss < and Agnes Richardson, all belonging to the facilty of the school and who spoke in lptmlf nf tho ton/'liPt'c nf c/>linr?l ^ v/xv?k A. VJ? VIIV VVt%VIIVlR \/l tlii; OVIIVV/l* Vlr. H. W. Ambrose, secretary of th? Board of Trustees responded in belalf of the trustees of the school. Miss Bessie Clark read: "Christ* mas in the Quarters." and p-nved t 3e a delightful reading. The Rev. E. L. McCoy delivered a very interesting talk for the benefit of both tin. teachers and the trustees. The hotel lobby, and the hallways and waiting rooms were decorated for the occasion. The long table set in the middle of the tile floor of the lining room made a pleasing picture with the guests seated for the oanquet. TRUCK GROWERS PLAN TO COMBINE A committee consisting of William C. Codman, of the Savannah Truck Growers' Association, J. M. Harrison, president of the South Carolina Produce Association, and Henry Carlton, hove been appointed to confer with the Beaufort Association in an effort to work out a feasible plan to bring LL At ' me inree organizations together and to reestablish one main head office at Meggetts, where all the business of the three associations combined can be transacted. This step was taken yesterday, at a meeting of rep resentative truck growers, and it is highly probable that one large organization of truck growers will be perfected. If this is done, marketing facilities will be greatly improved and the profit of the middleman will he eliminated, thus enabling the grower to receive a better price for his produce and at the same time put the market on a firmer basis. The committee will go to Beaufort aoon in the interest of the plan, and an effort will be made to perfect the organization before the next season. Much interest was taken in the meeting yesterday at the Argyle Hotel. Miss Sadie Dusenbury of Florence, S. C., is spending the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ben Dusenbury. MISS INEZ BUCKNER AND ARCHIE P. LEWIS | Announcements were received in Conway the latter part of last week of the wedding of Miss Inez Grace , Buckner to Mr. Archie Pendleton Lewis, at Ridgeland, S. C., on Thursday December 21st, 1916. The wedding was a social event of note in ;nat section or the State. Mr. Lewis is the youngest son of Sheriff James A. Lewis of Horry bounty. He is a young man of ster- , ing good character and he has many friends all over Horry County, who j <vill join in congratulating him in .he winning of an accomplished iride. The bride is a charming young ady whose winning ways never fail < x> gain friends for her. The young \ ;ouple have arrived here to spend j Jie holidays with Sheriff Lewis and lis family, and while in the county mill *??<- ?* ^ll? '-1-' " * ' vyaii vijsii, uuit'i reiauves oi tne >ridegroom. Mr. Lewis lived he$e with his par;iits until some time ago he went to Ridgeland, S. \C., and has been suc:essful in his new home. , LOOKING FORWARD. ] Washington, D. C., Dec. 27?With '^ he prospect of viewing the greatest j sngineering feat of the century, hun- j j Ireds of United States Marines, now ,s arving with the Atlantic Fleet, are j >agerly looking forward to March ^ .7, wfeem battleships, cruisers and < ive day trip to the Panama Canal. |?] o U S. A. Gore spent last Saturday in i Conway. 11 itoi] COUNTY ANI? HER PEOPLE, FIRS CONWAY, S. O., THURSDAY, ] [HE CIVIC LEAGUE ! THANKS CITIZENS On behalf of the Civic League, I wish to thank the citizens and mer- { chants of our town for their gener- i >us contributions and enthusiastic 1 support of the Community Christ- i nas tree. Your spirit was fine and < without your help, the tree would 1 have been an impossibility. 1 We feel grateful to you and we i hope you were all present to see the < pleasure you gave the children. 1 Lvery child present received a bag and all that were left over are being . distributed among the colored children. We think we can truthfully say that you brought Christmas cheer to every child in our town. Thanking you, I am, ' Respectfully, MRS. F. A. BURROUGHS, Pres. Conway Civic League. AUDITOR N. C. ADAMS HAS BAD ACCIDENT | Mr. N. C. Adams, auditor of Horry County, had a serious accident a few days ago which has made him verv ill and his physician was called. He was feeding the cow and handed her a small ear of corn when unexpectedly she refused the corn and gored Mr. Adams before he could get out of the way, making several very severe contusions in the hip and thigh. o ? HONOR ROLL Of the High Point Graded School? Second Month. First Grade. Lunette Davis, Robert Lovell, Swinton Martin, Furman Martin, Eva Martin, Thorbon Richardson, Bertha Capps, Nola Capps, , ,> , Viola Hardee. Second Grade. Homer Singleton, Cord Singleton, Lawrence Jordan, Bertha Richardson, j Ida Richardson. 1 Third Grade. Lena Martin, Clarkie Martin, \ Henrietta Martin, \ Mamia Richardson, Adel Brasier, Reba Davis, Willie Singleton. Fourth Grade. John Richardson, Maybell Singleton, Lenabell Lovell, Hattie Jordan. Fifth Grade. Edna Martin, Charlotte Jordan, Ellen Singleton, Georgia Martin. Seventh Grada. Emaline Hvman, Berry Jordan, Eighth Grade. Grier Jordan, Mayfield Singleton, Simpson Johnson. m m ^ M. IJ. UOX, Mies Grace Hendricks TEACHERS. 0 Has Played Famous Roles. From law student to actor and from matinee idol and head of his own stock company to motion pictures, are the steps made by Ralph Kollard, whose work in "The Shielding Shadow" is so fine. He made his first stage appearance in "The Eternal City." His varied career is interesting to j theatregoers. It includes: two seasons with David Wnrfield in "The ( Music Master" in New York and on tour under the management of David < Relasco, and two seasons with the . rWnwor.. rv# VI J-.*- ? ? v?D v* f u^niiu, uimu under ( Belasco. , He has played numerous famous i parts in which many readers will re- , member. < MISS EDITH RABON | AND J. i. SAUNDERS: I i On last Saturday, Miss Edith Ra- ' son, a daughter of the late David Rabon, was quietly married to Mr. i lames J. Saundprs. The ceremony 1 :ook place in the country where . Miss Rabon had been teaching for. w>me time. After the wedding the j lappy couple came to Conway where -hey at once occupied the handsome Mouging to Mr. Saunders J Main Street and Railroad Avehue. \ The bride is a charming lady and is ? righly accomplished. The bride froom is a well-known manager and nachinist of ability. ,< \) |pp T, LAST. NOW AND FOREVER." DECEMBER 28, 1916. SECOND LARGEST I WHEAT CROP SOWN Washington.?American farmers, oreseeing a continued heavy d > nand on them from the warring En- i opean nations for wheat planted an ' Acreage of that grain this fall sec >nd in point of size in the nation's listory. But poor weather condi dons sent this crop into winter dormancy 2 per cent below the condition :>f last December and 4.5 per cent below the 10-year average. A statement by the department of Agriculture summarizing its first < report on the winter wheat crop said \ that the increase in the plantings in , the South Atlantic States was from 5 to 10 per cent. \ Rye sown this fall is estimated at 4,214,000 acres an increase of 740,- ; 000 acres over the revised estimate i of the area sown in the fall of 1915. Condition of rye on December 1 was ( 88.8 per cent of a normal crop com- < pared with 91.5 last year, 92.G in 1914 and 92.9 the ten-year average. GOOD ROADS INCREASE VALUE OF FARNSj Clemson College, S. C.?After! making an economic survey of eight1 counties, specialists of the Office of i * \ 11* T\ ?. ... rnone uoads determined tlie dollars and cents effect 01 good roads on land values. Improvement of the main market roads increased the sell ing price of tillable farm lands from 25 to 194 percent. With the development and improvement of the roads comes a development of the rural activities. The markets can bo reached move quickly, work can be carried on in unfavorable weather, the schools and churches can be more readily attended, and the community is improved socially. AH such influences have a I powerful effect in making the farms' more valuable. While some farms,' relatively poor so far as fertility is concerned, yet because of their loca-1 tion on a good highway, command ai much higher price than poorly located farms of greater fertility. In Spotsylvania county, Vriginia, the average value of the farms per acre after the roads were improved was $28.26, as compared with $17.31 prveious to the improvement. In Dinwiddie county, Virginia, the actual price of 43 farms sold or offered < for sale from 1909 to 1914 ranged in' price from $3.38 to $43.74 per acre before the roads were improved, and from $24.70 to $73.60 per acre after the roads had been properly built. In Lee county, Virginia, a study of eight tracts along tho roads before and after their improvement, indicated that these properties had increased in value about $23 per acre, or 70 percent. Similar results could be obtained in South Carolina, where there is not only a pressing need for better roads to the main market* of the State, but a greater spirit of cooperation in keeping the roads in a state of perfect condition after they are properly built, graded I and surfaced. It is useless to spend | money building a perfect road if it | does not receive the necessary care to maintain its condition indefinitely. HERALD HALF SIZE OWING TO HOLIDAYS The Herald goes out this week one half its usual size, and for this there ] are several reasons, among them be-,' ing cue fact tnat the force working ' on the paper, needs a holiday the j same as other people who slacken j off in their labors during this sea- < son, aim another that there is al- ] ways much straightening work to be t ilone for the beginning of a NewiJ Year. For those reasons only four j pages are printed and mailed this ? week, carrying the second instal-M mont of the serial story and the Io- * ^al news. The Herald wishes a Happy New year to all of its readers, and hopes y that the year of 1917 will bring joy ? ind gladness, peace, good will, and c bounteous crops to the farmers, and y prosperity to everybody. ? o NOTICE. t The Rev. Davis Harrelson will . WBW8 Chapel on Wedn^J1 oefore the 1st Sunday ir (anuary. o Arnold Bell of Bayboro was in the c ;ity yesterday. | ? i\Ul IAS COMMUNITY TREE I ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT | Hundreds of Children Pass in \ Line and Are Handed Christmas Packages. Conway enjoyed one thing this % Christmas that the town never had I jefore. It was a community Christnas tree. The business men and others, at [he request of the ladies of the Civic League, contributed sums which Amounted up in the aggregate. With ] this money the ladies purchased a large stock of fruits, nuts, and candies. The ladies themselves worked on last Friday and Saturday placing the gifts in bags of netting. Each package contained oranges, apples, candies, and a quantity of nuts and raisins. They were as heavy as a small child would like to carry in its arms. The packages numbered ', >ut one thousand when finished. | The tree was a large holly from the forrest. ft was planted in front of the town hall and lighted all the' way to the top by the Quattlebaum Light & lee Co. The tree was decorated and made a fine show. The ex- j ercises began at G o'clock with song and prayer bv the Rev. E. L. McCoy. Immediately afterwards hundreds of children marched down the siuc waiK ana wet*? namieu their j gifts by Santa Claus. The streets j wero lined with automobiles and the square was filled with people. CONTRACfOR GARREN ; WILL BUILD COTTAGE' ? I Mr. A. B. Garren will soon begiii ^ the erection of a cottage with all modern improvements on the vacant! lot on Main Street, next door to the1 home of Chief L. R. Ambrose. More than the usual amount of fireproof material will be used in its construction and it will be occupied by him as a dwelling when finished. Some of the materials have already been ordered for this new house which will add to the appearance of Main Street at that point. o? TODDVILLE TIDINGS. Miss Marguerite Oliver is spending the holidays with her parents at Greenwood. Belton Dusenbury of Georgetown and Donnie Dusenbury of Columbia, spent Xmas with their mother, Mrs. Hattie Dusenbury. Miss Jessie Dusenbury, who has been clerking for-her uncle, Mr. Mack Elvington at Fair Bluff for the past two months has retmued home much to the delight of her many friends. B. F. Green and L. D Singleton, who are making good at the S. C. University, are spending the Yuletide at home. We regret to an- 1 nounce that Mr. Green is confined to his room with fever at this writing. ! , Miss Irene Walker, a prominent1 young lady of Fair Bluff, is the j unarming guest of Miss Jessie Dusenbury. Miss Walker seems to be favorably impressed with our little town, and we trust that aho will I make frequent visits here in the future. 1 ?Forecast. M. C. BUTLER IS I TRUSTEE OF SCHERR: * ] Xo the bankruptcy proceedings of David Scherr, the Russian jew who ] lias been engaged in the mercantile s business at Loris, for the past sever- ] al years and recently failed as the j result of a petition in bankruptcy j< filed aganist him in the United Stat- \ 5S district court; Magistrate M. C. . Sutler last week made his bond as i ,rustee in the sum of $1,000.00 and ] ;ook charge of the stock of merchan-. iise in the store at Loris. The stock s supposed to amount to about I ?2,500.00 but an accurate inventory I vill be made by the trustee showing ;he exact figures. o TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby forbidden ;o enter or trespass in any manner ^ ipon my lands in Bucks Township, | v :ontaining 470 acres, more or . less,! t >ounded by lands of M. F. Sarvis, I 1 ind others. * All violators will be prosecuted to j he full extent of the penalty fixed I >y law. I% H. J. THOWTSO^. * n V A. N. Cox, the well-known well f ligger, spent Xmas with relatives c it his home at Thompson, S. C. |t i NO. 36 IE INFORMATION ABOUT "JUST PEACE" | tWilson's Call to Warring Nations to State Terms Explained Further /AGUENESS MARKS THEIR STATEMENTS Especially of Late Statesmen of Belligerents Have Failed to Particularize. \ir.. .1.: i.? - i* i ? - * - wusiungton.?iniornmiion as u> their exact meaning in seeking a "just and permanent peace" is the whole purpose of the note addressed to all the belligerents by President Wilson. The United States desires a full, practical and detailed statement from each of the governments addressed. This outline and what follows Were suited officially today for the administration. This government does not know and feels that it has had no real means of knowing what terms would be required by each of the belligerents to make peace It regards the recent speeches of the leading states men of all countries as vague undefined and sees nothing in them that would enable a conference to draw up a treaty. All speak of the rights of small nations, the repugnance of conquest and the guarantee of a permanent peace, but no one nation has yet gone into what it means by those phrases in a way that the government of the United States can understand. . f EMBATTLED ARMIES "4 CONTINUE TO FIGHT ?- ' t The Teutonic allies declare theirtfiplv0<: VO'l/lv in llldnllnn A 1 -v. ? vu 1 VV? \IIOVUOO JJVUtCt /\iau they are ready to continue the war if the Entente allies do hot find the time propitious for such a discussion. While the Teutonic proposals of peace absorbed the world's interest the respective armies went on with their combats. Roumania and the Cerna river region in Servia continue the sectors where most of the fighting is taking place. In Wallachia snow has intervened to check, but only slightly, the advance of the central powers against the Roumanians and Russians. The town of Mizil, on the railway between Ploechti and Buzeu, has been captured, as also has the village of Unciceni, 20 miles to the southeast. Berlin announces that more than 10,000 additional Roumanians have Ween captured. o Beautiful Heroine in Thrilling Situations. Beautiful Grace Darmond made her first appearance on the stage as little Eva in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" when she was so small that she can hardly remember anything about the great occasion except the translation scone. She has been acting ever since. She is a living proof that there are girls whom the spotlights cannot spoil and that there is something new under the sun?a Broadway favorite who never sees Broadway. In "The Shielding Shadow" Miss Darmond flees death through episode after episode, and she grew so accustomed to danger that she no onger knows the feeling of fear. She was determined to do her part to nuke "The Shielding Shadow" even greater than "The Irrn Claw, "The ^rils of Pauhno," "The Exploit* of Klaine" and the other Pathe serials. 5HEESE FACTORIES ARE ESTABLISHED Raleigh, N. C.?Nine cheese faoories have been established in the vestem part of North Carolina since he work was begun in 1914. This s one of the most surprising devel>pments of the whole work of the ^ nimal Industry Division of the 4orth Carolina Experiment Station, before the work was undertaken the vhole State of North Carolina was troducing only about SfeQQft Km# f cheese and this was made in Che tomes at different parts of the State. The factories which have been established are now making more ban that and at good profit.