The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 28, 1916, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXI. ;
PRESSED BY TEUTONS 1
RUSSIANS FALL BACK
Slavs Battle Hard but Retire (
Steadily Under Pressure
in Roumania
BIG GUNS BARKING
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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withdrawn northward until it is only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
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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.
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troopsTgnorant
of peace offer,
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?.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
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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
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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. (
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"HORRY
EACHERS ENTERTAIN jl
AT BEAUTIFUL DINNER
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)n Last Thursday Evening at <
Hotel Grace?Reading ;
and Ta'k Enjoyed. 1
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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. |?]
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S. A. Gore spent last Saturday in i
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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
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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.
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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.
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M. IJ. UOX,
Mies Grace Hendricks
TEACHERS.
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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:
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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. ,<
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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
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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. ?
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NOTICE. t
The Rev. Davis Harrelson will .
WBW8 Chapel on Wedn^J1
oefore the 1st Sunday ir
(anuary.
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Arnold Bell of Bayboro was in the c
;ity yesterday. | ?
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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'
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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.
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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.
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?Forecast.
M. C. BUTLER IS I
TRUSTEE OF SCHERR:
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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.
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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^. *
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A. N. Cox, the well-known well f
ligger, spent Xmas with relatives c
it his home at Thompson, S. C. |t
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NO. 36
IE INFORMATION
ABOUT "JUST PEACE"
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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.
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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
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The Teutonic allies declare theirtfiplv0<:
VO'l/lv in llldnllnn A 1
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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.
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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.