The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 15, 1917, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXI.
WOULD TALK AGAIN 1
ABOUT U-BOAT PLAN
Germany Anxious for Further
Negotiations on Undersea
Blockade
WASHINGTON SEES
BUT LITTLE HOPE !
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Almost No Chance That United '
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Discuss Matter. ,
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Washington, Feb. 10.?Germany 1
has taken steps to open a discussion
with the United States of means ol 1
preventing war. '
In seeking an exchange of views on
the subject, however, it is not under
stood that the Merlin government has 1
proposed any modification of its
ruthless submarine campaign and ofi
wiiils here i ooi they can not onto?"
upon such a discussion while vessels 1
continue to he destroyed in violation
of international law.
The new move is understood to be
predicated upon a willingness on
Germany's part to discuss especially 1
the safeguarding of American ships
and American lives on the seas and
backed by a renewed expression of j
the desire of the German government
to prevent the diplomatic breach
f?om leading into actual hosttilities.
Just how American interests are to
be safeguarded if the German war
zone proclamation is to stand and
whether any specific oceans of preserving
peace between ,the two nations
is included in the commuaication
have not been revealed.
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Because of the delicacy of the situation
all officials refuse to discuss
it in detail or even to indicate
through what channels the comm\ini-|
cation was addressed to the American
government.
Won't lie Accepted.
The manner in which the new Ger?
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cial quarters left the impression that
there was little possibility of a favorable
response here. The attitude
of officcials has been that only two ,
courses are open to Germany?that
.she must either pursue her ruthless- j
ncss at the hazard of war with this
country or restore her repudiated
pledges given in the Sussex case. It
has been felt here that Germany has
been warned more fully than she had
any right to expect regarding the attitude
of the United States juid that
she decided on her course with full
knowledge of its results. It is not ,
felt that Germany will be in a position
to negotiate in the matter until
she has withdrawn from a campaign i
which the United States has condemned
with the most serious step in
could take short of war.
Officials, however, apparently are
not surprised at the German action. In
one diplomatic quarter it was char
sieterized tonight as calculated to
shift to the state department responsibility
that Germany's own actions
may lead to. It is realized also that
it will have an effect on the pacifist
and the pro-German elements in the
country which will be embarrassing
to officials here.
Question of Motive.
What may the ulterior move back]
of the step also is a matter of spec
ulation. In some quarters there is
evident a feeling that it merely is a
play ror a time designed to postpone
any further action by the United
States until the starvation blockade
against England either has succeeded 1
o)' failed. Elsewhere there are suggestions
that there may be behind it
a sincere desire to make sacrifices to
preserve peace between the United i
States and Germany and may come ,
as a response to the appeals under- I
stood to have been sent abroad by
pacifists in this countrty. In any I
event there is no evidence that Pros- r
ident Wilson is contemplating any \
other course than vigorous prepara- f
tion of the nation for the eventuality 1
which he warned against in his ad- 1
dress to congress if American rights ^
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rEACHERS MEET HAS
A FINE ATTENDANCE
feachors From all Sections
Attend the Two Days
Institute.
The teachers of the county were
ill granted a holiday with full pay in
>rder that they might utteiul the
eachers institute of two days arranged
here at the Burroughs High 1
School building on last Friday and
Saturday February the 9th and 10th. i
One object of the meeting was to
diow the teachers of the county the
L^reat work that the teacher training
school is doing and intends to do in
the advancement of educational work
in Horry County. .
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i nc r rmay morning session was
devoted to observing the work iii the
lirrere.it grades of the Burroughs
School, with interesting discussion of
school work on Friday afternoon, i
thus making a fine day's program.
On Saturday there was a meeting
of the Horry County Teacher's Association.
All of the teachers of the
county were invited to attend this
short but highly instructive institute.
The weather was very cold beginning
on Friday morning, and taking this
into consideration it is said that the
attendance upon the institute \vai
highly gratifying.
FARMERS SUFFER
FROM COLD WAVE
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Washington.?Severe cold weather
has cost farmers of the South millions
of dollars and will result in an
immedaite curtailment of the supply
of early vegetables. Districts ; upon
which much of the North and East
are dependent * for supplies were
swept by the cold wave, Florida reporting
75 per cent, of early vegetation
killed and Louisiana one-half. In
South Carolina 4,000 acres, mostly
of cabbage was laid waste, Fiuits
and vegetables in south Georgia and
in other sections also were badly
damaged or destroyed.
Not Worth It.
Don't seek popularity. Just try to.
do what is right and if you cannot
win popularity that way it is not
worth having.?Copied.
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NEGRO IS LYNCHED.
Proctor, Ark.?A negro known.
itt;re as james smith, hut \vh0 officers
believe was Coy Anderson, wanted
at Benoit, Miss., for the killing
of a plantation manager named
Wolfe, was hanged near Proctor
Thursday by a mob which surrounded
him in a swamp after the killing
of Fred H. Hicks, a deputy sheriff.
The negro is alleged to have shot
and killed Hicks when the officer attempted
to arrest him for creating a
disturbance on a plantation near
here. The negro was captured and
hanged to a telegraph pole when he
attempted to escape from the
swamp.
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ft/ F lernmp _A mnn of foreeful
Ft. r. Jci UlTie. attainments. For
pearly a quarter of a century identified
vith the ministry. He is member of
he Michigan state legislature. He
Kings to the Chautauqua platform a
Personality which inspires confidence.
Radcliffe Booster Club Chautauqua?Third
Day. j
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3RRY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE,
CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY,
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The Hawkeye Glee Club.?InVmy^
j form a splendid vocal quartette. mando
j The trios, solos, duets and readings are
of their appearances is to lose a rare tr<
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SIXTY SH1PSSIM j
UNDER LATE ORDER:
Half Were British and Only
One Flew the Stars and
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Oil IJJCd.
New York.?Sixty ships have been
sunk by German submarines or
mines, according to a compilation
.made here from cable reports, since
' the German blockade order took ef- j
feet on February 1. Fifteen vessels
reported as lost since Tuesday brings
the total tonnage of.the victims * q?
the German navy up to 119,043. Thirty-three,
or more than half of this
number, were British vessels; five
carried the flags of other entente
belligerents; one wgs an American
and 21 were owned in other neutral
countries. The only American ship
thus far lost in the submarine war
zone is the Housatonic, owned by the |
Housatonic Steamship company. She
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( was sunk by a submarine off the Sic-1
illy islands on February 3.
The British liner California, 8,(>C2'
tons, is the largest of the vessels
thus far reported sunk. The list includes
five small British fishing
boats and four British trawlers,!
names of which were not given.
fiFTXMARRIF FFFFRT I
FROM CEMENT
A. B. Garren is now making concrete
slabs from contnon portland
cement for use in making- the bases
for side walls in the lobby and writing
rooms at Hotel Grace. These
slabs have every appearance of!
marble with the black veining and
mottled appearance as desired, an 11
his work is the marvel of all who'
have seen it.
The slabs are water proof and he
can produce them in any variety of
stone that would be wanted. They
are really better looking than the
geneuine marble slabs from the stone (
quarries, but while costly they are
not as expensive as the pob'shed
marble. To produce this wofk from1
concrete lie is using; information gain
ed from an export in Pennsylvania,
and also his own ideas which he ha.
| worked out from a long experience
in such work.
CAMPAIGN Of U-BOAT
REAPS DREAD HARVESTj
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Another trans-Atlantic passenger i
steamer, plying between New York 1
and the British isles?the California L
?was sunk by a German submarine. ,1
Like the Lusitania, the steamer is \i
declared to have been torpedoed with i
out warning and some of her pas- 1
sengers and crew, including two wo- 1
men and several children, are said to 1
be missing. The one American M
aboard was rescued. 11
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FIRST, LAST, NOW ANI) FO REVE
, FEBRUARY 15, 1917.
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lit* youim men who ex?el In happy hnrind
wholesome humor. To?;other they
lin quartette and saxophone quartette,
equally enjoyable. To miss either ono
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Jhautauqua?First Day
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WILL NUI StNU
SKIPS OUT NOW
American Line Holds Them U
Temporari'v to Await
Developments.
New York.?Sailing of the American
line steamships St. Louis and St.
Paul, now in the port of New York,
has been indefinitely postponed.
The announcement followed an official
statement received by tele
phone from the state department
Vfashington declining to advise pri
'vate persons as to whether or nn'(
their ships should start on voyages
which would take them within th
WftP 7.r?np<i dnum Ltf .
...m uvnn UJ VICllllMII^.
The state department pointed out,
however, that neutral vessels may
arm themselves for defense if the
owners so elect and that it is the
right of an American vessel to traverse
any part of the high seas.
APPEAL FOR 25,000
VOLUNTEERS IN NAVY
Washington. ? Navy recruiting
agents have been instructed to immediately
list 25.000 additional men
While the current naval bill an
thorized a peace strength of 74,000
men, it carried appropriations fo
considerably lses, since the department
had estimated that not more
than 0,000 recruits above the numbei
necessary to replace men discharge
could be found.
Officials have been encouraged b
recruiting returns, however, which
have brought the actual strength up
to nearly 58 OuO men already.
In the event of war probably tlv
first act of the president will be to
authorize the enlistment of the max!
mum wartime strength of 87,000.
Probably this could be quickly accomplished
by a provision in the department's
regulations permitting
volunteers to enlist for the duration
of the war.
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i'KtSIUEN I'S COURSE
INDORSED BY SENATE
Washington. ? President Wilson's
severance of diplomatic relations
u'ith Germany was approved for ma'I.v'
today by the senate. By a vote of 7K |
:o f> the senate expressed confidence
n the president's course, adopting a
esolution submitted by Chairman |
Stone of the foreign relations comnittee
indorsing the withdrawal of (
\merican Ambassador Gerard from
Berlin and the giving to German
\mbassador Bernstorff his passports, i
dilators who voted against the resoution
were: Democrats, Kirby, Arcansas,
and Vardaman, Mississippi;
Republicans, Gronna, North Dakota;
Arorks, California, and La Follette,
IViscnoain.
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RYNDAM, WARNED,
TURNS HER BOWS
Comes Back After Sighting
Submarine in Mid
Ocean.
New York.?The Holland-America
line steamship Kyndam, which sailed
from New York for Rotterdam January
29 with the American conaulai
agent at Luxenburg and nearly 100
other cabin passengers ami which
was repotted last night to be return
ing to this port, u;ik warned by ;
lerman suo narine to turn back who;
.bout to enter the "war zone," acceding
to unofficial advices received
here today.
A wireless message from a passen
ter oa the Ryndam contained this i
ormation, it was stated by a pcrsei
iosely connected with the steamshi
ervice. The Ryndam was on Iv
way to Rotterdam via Falmouth an
was within 14 horns' steaming' of tin
latter port when put back for Amor
iean waters.
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BEFORE SENATf
Washington, Feb. 10.?The senal
military committee reported favorYly
tcday a bill framed by a sub
nnmittce creating a military and a
aval citizen reserve force based on
miversal military training and service.
While the committee report does
not indicate any belief that congress
will act on the measure at this session,
the bill offers a specific plan on
which public sentiment can crystalize.
The bill requires six months'
training without pay for all youths
during their 19th year. Exceptions
are confined to the members of the
regular army and navy, those physically
unfit, those who are the sole
support of dependent relatives and
thos? affiliated with religious creed
which forbid them to bear arms. The
latter class are liable, however, for
training in the non-combataht branch
I es of the ahny.
tobaccTplaWare
INJURED BY THE COLSTobacco
plants in all tobacco growing
sections were badly hurt or cn
tirely killed by the intense col
weather of week before last. The ev
tent of the injury could not be as i
certained here until after loport
came in from different sections o
the county.
Some of the growers wove propped
to protect the plant beds and by
so doing saved their plants. Great
numbers of others neglected to takf
any precautions and lost some of tl,f
plants in some cases, and in numerous
instances lost them all.
It was stated however tthat there
was yet time to sow the beds again
and this means will no doubt remedy
the loss.
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3r. W. T. S. Culp.-XrV??rinur
ninating and interpreting ideals. A
dmlent of great themes and a speaker
?f tremendous force and prophetic vi
?lon. A master of brilliant satire.
Radcliffe Booster Club Chautauqua?First
Day.
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FARMERS PUN RAID
GN STATE CAMPAIGN
Secret Association Will Try to
Duplicate North Dakota
Coup
WILL RUN STUCKEY
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Coalition of Agricultural Interest
and Organized Labor
Contemplated.
An ambitious plan of the Farmers'
Secret association, to dominate the
South Carolina political campaign of
ne.vi summer, o\ organizing liie agricultural
interest in each county and
cooperating with the union labor
forces, became known in Columbia
yesterday through a man high in the
councils of the association. William
A. Stuckey of Bishopville will be put
forward for governor, legislative candidates
will probably be offered in
each county and it may be that a full
State ticket will be presented. ,
Leaders in the movement are in
close touch with those who directed
the campaign whereby farmers recently
carried North Dakota, electing
the governor, all the State officers,
the lower house of the legislature
and almost a majority of the senators.
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VILLAGE DELIVERY ;
FOR MARCH FIRST
Recent letters received from Hon.
J. W. Ragsdale state that village delivery
has been provided for Conway
beginning on March 1st. In a conversation
with our postmaster, Mr.
A. C. Thompson, a few days ago he
stated that there was no uncertainty
about the matter, but that all arrangements
had been made at headquarters
for this modern improvement.
It appeal's, however, that all
streets in the town not already bearing
names must be designated and
plainly marked; and that the homes,
and business houses must be numbered
in the regular way in order that
the delivery may he placed into operation
and become effective.
It seems that there has been unnecessary
delay on the part of somebody,
perhaps the town council, in
attending to this matter of the
streets and house numbers. This being
the case they should no longer
delay taking action but call the necessary
meeting and see that all preliminaries
are carried out. By waiting
and still waiting, the movement
may bo checked, and indeed it would
bo possible to take it away from
Conway and place the service in some
town where they acted more as if
they wanted it.
Thanks are due for this improvement
at Conway, of course to Congressman
J. W. Ragsdale, but especially
to the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General who has taken
kindly enough to Conway to take this
action in behalf of the town. A
vote of thanks is due him for he has
allowed us to take one stop forward
to place the town on a modern plane.
LOCALS
The work of laying the cement
walk in front of the court house was
considerably delayed by the cold
weather. Last week some further
progress was made in the -? rk but it
was soon held up again by the severe
cold.
J. A. Lock was in Conway one day
last week.
VV. U. Lritt spent some time here
the first of the week visiting his
family. He is now engaged in the
contracting and carpenter's trade in
Georgetown.
The freights hauled into Conwav
( very year is evidently increasing
with every season judging hv th*
long freight trains being hauled in
every day.