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9 VOLPME-XXXI. GERMANS STRIKE I BASK AT FRENCH Counter Claims Made as to Successful Verdun Region MACKENSEN KEEPS UP , THRUST IN RUMANIA . Russians Being Driven Beiore Him Leaving Many Prisoners. Striking back at the French in the Verdun region, but on the bank of the Mouse opposite the scene of the recent French successes, the Germans made a strong effort to penetrate the French line between Hill 304 and Dead Man's Hill, the two dominating eminences northwest of the fortress. According to Paris, the attack was broken up, the Germans succeeding in gaining a looting in only one trench, south of Dead Man's Hill. Berlin claims French positions were entered on Hill 304. and on the southern slope of Dead Man's Hill. Activities around Verdun have been virtually the only breaks in the monotony of winter trench warfare along the Franco-Belgian front. The battle of the Somme admittedly is in a state of suspense, because of the bad state of the ground and unfavorable atmospheric conditions existing, according to British authority. - j Mackensen Moves On. I From Rumania, where the real activity of the war now centers, Field Marshal von Mackensen is keeping up his thrust for the line of the Sereth in Moldavia, driving the Russians before him in none too good order, the German reports intimate. Latest accounts placed the left of Mackensen's line beyond Rimnik Sarat, near the Buzeu-Fokshani railway line, while his right apparently is drawing close to Braila at the Danube and of the trunk line from Buzeu. Braila, important as a granary and petroleum depot, is itself meanwhile reported under fire from across the Danube from where the Bulgarians with Germans and Turkish assistance are vigorously assault ing the Matchin bridgehead. The apparent hope is to clear Dobrudja completely of Russians and effect a permanent junction with the Teuton ic forces in Wtallachia at a point where the lower / Danube will be closed completely to Russian uses, and the way opened north of the river for a possible advance into Bessarabia, just beyond which lies Odessa. Take 1,400 Rumanians. I Berlin.?In Rumania Teutonic troops captured several positions, | taking 1,400 prisoners, 18 machine / guns and three cannon. The advance in Wallachia has / been pushed to a distance of 20 kilo' meters northwest of Rimnik-Sarat. | . In the late sector 1,400 Russians, / three cannon and several machine guns were taken. The town of , Ratchelu in Dobrudja, has been captured. f Enter French Posiitons. Berlin.?On the Verdun front Gerk man troops transferred from the Somme front entered French positions on Hill 304 and on the southern t slope or uea<t Man mil, tne war ot^ fice announces. The Germans advanced to the second and third French positions, capturing seven { machine guns. Several French coun tcr attacks were repulsed, the statei ment says. The Germans brought ! back 220 prisoners. French Trench Entered. Paris?German troops delivered } an attack in strong force on a three kilometer front near Hill 304, northT west of Verdun, the war office ani nounced today. The French infantry and machine gun fire broke Abe at1 tack.' One of the French wIZu1 5 .south of t)edd Man Hill was penek trated by a few hostile troops. The I attack was delivered after long and "HORR1 PLANTER IS KILLED BY OWN AUTOMOBILE i W. B. Yarborough of Darlington County Meets Tragic Fate on Christmas Day. Hartsville, Dec. 26.?W. D. Yar borough, a planter of 33 years of age, of the Philadelphia section of Darlington county was killed in a peculiar manner last night on a public road near Bethel school in the Flynns Cross Roads section six miles from Hartsville. Mr. and Mrs. Yarborough and children had been to spend Christmas day with Mrs. Yarborough's mother, Mrs. Gibson; and were returning home when tl*e accident occurred. The car came to a stop. Mr. Yarborough, forgetting to apply the brake, got out and cranked the machine, which lurched forward suddenly running over him. His neck was broken. The automobile then continued a short distance into a field. Mrs. Yarborough and children were uninjured. He was an industrious farmer. SHIELDING SHADOW IS MAKING GOOD The Shielding Shadow, the new serial story by Randall Parish, is making good both as a story for the amusement of all our readers; but the films sent out by the Pathe Exchange, and shown here every Thurs day evening at the Pastime, are proving of great interest, and not only is it by the newness of the films, but there if a snap and go to the playing of this story on the screen that has the ability of pulling one's interest to the characters and the plot and holding their interest from the beginning to the end of li T Ol Jf IllOlrdllllClll. Do not fail to begin the story today, if you have not already clone so. It is new. It is the product of a gifted imagination. Do not fail to see the interesting pictures fol- they will please you. CASE OVER COTTON HAS BEEN CONTINUED A case in attachment entitled A. J Brunson, Plaintiff vs. S. D. Bryant, was to have been tried at Lor's before Magistrate M. C. Butler last Thursday morning. Tho parties were there in readiness for trial but the magistrate was taken very ill on the night before wifch a severe cold or LaGrippe, and on account of his illness, the case was indefinitely postponed. The cotton in question was raised by a tenant of Mrs. Sarah Brunson on her farm in that section. The trade for the renting of the farm was made with the tenant, Mr. W. C. Elliott, by Mr. A. J. Brunson. The tobacco crop was sold and divided according to the contract, one half to the landlord, one half to the tenant, and several bales of cotton was sold by the tenant and the one half belonging to the land lord dcsposited at the bank for him, no objection being raised in any case. The bale of cotton now in question was sold by Elliott to the defendant Mr. S. D. Bryant, who paid for it by issuing two checks in equal amounts, one payable to Elliott for one half, the other to Brunson for one half. Elliott left the Brunson check at the Bank of Loris, and Mr. Bryant now has this check endorsed by Brunson and showing that it was paid at the bank. These are about all the facts, except that it appears that in the Spring of the year Elliott bought a mule from Brunson, and that Brunson now claims a debt against Elliott for this mule. The mule, however, has already been seized under the Bill of Sale given at the time of purchase. YWkfti 4?Wlery prep^tiftu North of Verdun, on the right bank of the 'Meuse, a strong German reconnais* sance was dispersed ea^t of Murdoumont. piwr r COUNTY AND HER FEOI'LE, FIH UON WAY. 8. 0., THURSDAY, KENTUCKIANS FIRE ACROSS BORDER Spirited Reply Result of Fire From Other Side, Officers Say. i * NO CASUALTIES SO FAR AS IS KNOWN Say the Headlight Revealed Mexicans in Bed of River. El Paso, Tex.?Several hundred shots were fired across the Rio Grande into Mexico west of here last week by members of the Kentucky National Guard, whose officers declared that the fusillade was a reply to shots fired from the Mexican side. So spirited was the American fire that residents of the district thought a machine gun fire was being* used, but this was denied by the Kentucky officers. There were no known casualties. Capt. E. W. Clarke, in command of L Compnay, Third Kentucky Infantry, which did the firing, affirmed that he not only heard shots and saw flashes on the Mexican side, but also saw some Mexicans when the headlight of a street car crossing a bridge lighted the bed of the river below. "About four shots were fired at our detached post when one of the men struck a match to light a cigarette, said Capt. Clarke. "The detachment had fired fifteen shots when we joined in." "I made out several men afoot and on horseback running up the river gorge. Firing seemed to come from several other points. We ke?pt on firing until we were sure the Mexicans were driven out. Several hundred shots wree fired by us." GREAT BRITAIN MAY BUY DRINK TRADE London.?The purchase of the1 drink trade in Great Britain by the State is believed to be imminent, says The Daily Express today. ' "The matter has been closely con- i sidered by the liquor control board during the last fortnight," continues the newspaper. "Several members of the board have long advocated the purchase and the change in the government, and has brought a renewal of their argument." The Express quotes Sir Thomas Whittaker, member of Parliament, i as saying that David Lloyd George,! the prime minister, is known to fa-! for the step, while several of the! Unionist members are understood to agree with him. Sir Thomas says he believes a bill calling for the pui'chase will pass the House of Commons without difficulty. Sir Thomas Whittaker was chair man of the committee which aclvo- j cated purchase in 1915 when the | cost of the plan was estimated at be-, tween 20,000,000 pounds and 300,- j 000,000 pounds. Since then, how-. ever, the government has interfered drastically with the manufacture or" spirits. The Daily Express asserts that further great restrictions in the1 manufacture and sale of alcoholics j are certain in the immediate future,; whether or not the purchase plan is. put into effect. L, W. COOPER IS ! OWNER OF NEW HOME L. W. Cooper, the new coroner of Horry County recently closed a deal whereby he acquired the nice little place that was owned by G. Elvis on i|he Dog Bluff public road. Mr. Cooper moved -there with his family some days ago. It is one of the nicest little farms on that road, or I anywhere as to that matter. ... CWIX i 1ST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER." JANUARY 4, 1017. PRESIDENT AGREES TO A BOND ISSUE To Meet Treasury Deficit Estimated at About $180,000,000 PLANNED ONLY FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS Working With McAdoo on Plans for Additional Revenue. Washington. ? President Wilson has tentatively agreed with administration leaders in Congress on a bond issue to meet part of the treas ury aeiicit wnicn comronts tne government for tne fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, estimated at about $180,000,000. With Secretary McAdoo the President is working on other plans for raising additional revenues. The President has pointed out that he believes a bond issue should be made only to meet emergency expenditures. Many of these have been caused by the Mexican situation. The treasury already :ias been authorized by Congress to issue Panama bonds, and about $240,000,000 worth are available. They would bear 3 per cent. Plans for raising the other revenue are understood to concern the income tax in heritance and special taxes on international revenue and imports. "It is also the view of the imperial government thjat the great work for the prevention of future wars can first be taken up only after the ending of the present conflict of exhaustion. The Imperial government IS peady when this point has been reached to cooperate with the United States at this sublime task." Page Explains Note. Rome.?U. S. Ambassador Page had a long interview with Baron Sonnino, the Italian foreign minis ter, today in regard to President Wilson's note. Ambassador Page elucidated passages of the note which have been the subject of controversy in the Italian press and emphasized the friendly spirit which moved the President to address the belligerent powers. o SUBSCRIBERS COMPLAIN. Complaint has reached this ofiicr lately about subscribers at Fair Trade and other points 011 the route from Conway to Longs, S. C., not receiving their papers regularly. \V?? wish to call attention to this and ask the postmasters and carriers to try to remedy these complaints by delivering each copy to the rightful parties along the route where that is inquired by the regulations. This ought to be sufficient notice. EQUIPMENT DAMAGED BY VIOLENT STORM Washington.?Heavy damage to the equipment of Major General Per shing's command in Mexico was reported today in a dispatch to the War Department telling of the storm which swept his lines Christmas day. Most of life wireless stations at Colonia, Dublin and El Valle were blown down, and Field hospital No. 1 was demolished. The commissary store house and many other structures were badly damaged, the walls being blown in and roofs carried away by violent winds. At least 74 per cent of the tentage at Colonia Dublin was destroyed, and telegraph ic communications was interrupted along the line. 1 1 1 o The members of the Columbia fife department contributed $21 as their Christmas gift to the tuberculosis camp. vM. WAS USHERED IN WITH CEREMONIES Conway Boys Play Their Usual Pranks in Honor of New Year. Conway boys played their usual pranks on last Sunday night as f h(H' IKIUIVIWI in < MAll- VAOK T1!' '1 v..v.%, V\t 111 vu\' IIV? tn i I uv; i church belli* were tolled and steam whistles added to the din. I Things were moved about on Main Street so that Monday morning business men coming to their stores and ofi ices were at once informed that a new yeur had been born on the night before, for it has been a practice here for several years out of mind, to do these things in honor of th? now year, and the merchants knov. the signs. Chicken eeobs wore moved fron grocery stoic fronts to the vestibules of the banks. Hardware and ma chinery were taken out of places ol storage and moved to the dry goods and grocery store fronts. Space does not permit us to name and describe the great number of moves of this kind that New Year's morn disclosed. WOUL^SUMMON CONFERENCE NOW The Teutonic allies are favorable to immediate meeting of delegate from the belligerent states at sonuneutral nnint. in nivlor Hmf **? .. , ... V. " ? V VAV?W?SV of views with regard to peace ma) be carried out. This has been declared by the German government in replying to the recent note of President Wjlson suggesting that the belligerent nations make known their basis for peace. It is announced in the note that Germany is of the opinion that the work of preventing future wars can be begun only after the end of the present struggle, but that then Germany will be ready to collaborate with the United States "in this exalted task.' Nothing has yet come through t< indicate what will be tenor of the replies of the entente allies to Pre.s ident Wilson's suggestion, and so fa as is known, none of them has yet given an answer to the announcement made to them in the note ol the Teutonic allies that Germany is prepared to discuss peace. Meantime the premiers of Great Britain's colonies have been urged to attend at an early date?not later than the end of February?a series of special meetings of the war cabinet. At these meetings, says the British colonial secretary, "urgent question affecting the prosecution of war, possible conditions in which, n agreement with our allies, we coul assent to its elimination and prob 1 ...1. ? _ 1- ill' ...? ! icms which wouin men immcitiatei. arise," are to be discussed. Roumania continues the theatre o* i greatest activities. In northern Wallachia, along the southern Moldavian bonier, and in Dobrudja the Teutonic allies continue to make gains over the Russians and Roumanians. Thirty miles southeast of Bralia the invaders have captured the town of Filipeehti, and west of Himnik Sarat are on the offensive. Iu this latter region during the past few days, 5,500 Russians have been made prision ! ers. In Mesopotamia the British forces still are in quest of Kut-el-Amara, | in which sector they have made new advances on the right bank of the Tigris and consolidated and extended their positions south and east of the town. Gassabs fort, 20 miles southeast of Kut, a base from which hostile Arabs had been operating i l 1 ? ? aguiust uie rsritisn, nas neon destroy ed. \ The British victory' over the Turks at Makluiba, 90 miles east of the Suez canal, was of consoiderable proportions. In addition to making prisioners of 1,350 men of the Turkish forces of* 2,000 seven guns, a large number of rifles much am muni tlon and large quantities of war stores were captured. On the other fronts there hav; been only artillery engagements. \ NO. 37 1 ANSWER TO WILSON'S PEACE APPEAL REC'D. "'-ITT! Reply So Far as Is Known Is Unaccompanied by Communication "i *- l _____ .1 frr? ? i -' PROPOSES ASSEMBLAGE OF PEACE DELEGATES Prevention of Future Wars Taken Up After End of Conflict. Washington.?The official text of Germany's reply to President Wilson's peace note was received here 1 " * %.??* 1,1 n?m,> . DU I ill ilS KIlOWIl It IS unaccompanied by any other communication and was substantially the same as the unofficial text received Tuesday from Berlin. The official text, which differ-* some in phraseology from the unofficial, follows: "The Imperial government has accepted and considered in the friendly spirit which is apparent in the communication of the President (the) noble initiative of the President look ing toward the creation of basis for the foundation of a lasting peace. "The President discloses the aim which lies next to his heart and leaves the choice of the way open. "A direct view ot exchange is proposed by the imperial government as the most suitable way of arriving at the desired result. The Imperial government has the honor, therefore, in the sense of its declaration on the 12th instant, to proposed speedy assembly of neutral governments and delegates of the warring states. nfw nniiNTY union mvwmww WWII I I Wnilll here last tuesday Under an act recently passed relating to the county commissioner's office in Horry County, the Judge of the circuit appoints the county commissioners. An order was received by the Clerk of the Court the first of the week from Judge S. W. G. Shipp, appointing Messrs. Dan W. Hardwick, J. E. Bryan and H. P. Little as County Commissioners; Mr. J. E. Bryan to serve one year, D. W. Hardwick for two years, and H. P. Litt'e for three years. The new officials spent last Tuesday in Conway attending to preliminary matters pertaining to their office. linerIeutschland IS TO GARRY MAIL Berlin.?The merchant submarine Deutschland and her sister ships will carry mail on future voyages in the next few days. It will cost two marks for a postcard or letter not exceeding two gram in weight, which will be levied in addition to the regular postage. A similar charge will be made for each further 20 grams up to a maximum weight of sixty grams. As letters sent by the ordinary route take many months in transit?six months being nothing unusual, it is expected that ?-U~ ~..l nit? Huuniurinc post will be in heavy demand. ACCEPTS ATOSifiON IN CONWAY NATIONAL Beginning on last Monday, Mr. Albert H. Long, who has filled the position of Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of Conway, for the past several vears. accented th* nnoil inn _-r- ? w- v< o:' Assistant Cashier of the Conway National Bank. Mr. T. J. Bell who has filled the place in the bank for several years resigned. The new assistant cashier is a son of the late L. I). Long, and has had a long experience in clerical positions, among them one | or two in hanks. He is highly effi|ciei>t in his new position.