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VOLUME XXXI. , PRESIDENT TAKES STEPS FOR FREEDOM OF SEAS 'Ui;n a -? a ? inn huh Hiiiencan iviercnant Vessels Jo Protect Commerce CALLS CONGRESS TOGETHER AGAIN Believes He Has People Behind But Finds Special Sesto sion Needed. ^ u ? Washington ? President Wilson, from a sick bed, today ordered the arming of American merchant ships against Germany's ruthless submarine warfare and at the same time issued a proclamation calling an extra session of crongress to meet April 16. The presidents decision came suddenly late this afternoon, following' the action of the senate yesterday in; revising its rules to permit prompt action on important questions and the submission of formal opinions by Secretary Lansing and Attorney* General Gregory that he has the, power to arm merchantmen without i action by congress. Details of the government's armed neutrality plans for defending the merchant marine were withheld to avoid endangering Americans and their ships by permitting the information to reach Germany. The only statement at the White House and the navy department was that the president Had determined fully to. protect American rights. 14 The decision, coming at the end of a period of tense waiting, was gen-J erally hailed as the neiltral and unavoidable next "step in the policy ' adopted by the president ' when he \ "broke off diplomatic relations with l Germany, and gave warning that the1 $ United States could not dictate attacks on American ships and citizens in violation of international law. V Fraught with the grave possibility; of war with Germany, the action was taken by President Wilson only after he was convinced that Germany ac- j tually was proceeding with her cam' paign of ruthlessncss and had made. ; efforts to plot with Mexico and Japan against the territorial integrity of the United States. Long before the order was given from the White House, all necessary preparations for the arming of mer chantmen had been completed at the1 navy department. N " '"* 0 1 1 1 ? DIGHWY BOARD .. AMBERS NAMED * ChaTles O. Hearon, editor of the 'Spartanibarg Herald, and J. Monroe Johnson of Marion, a civil engineer | *of wide experience, were appointed members of the State highway commission by Gov. Manning. Mr. Hearon is a newspaper editor of widQ ^reputation in the State and was in the front rank of the fight for the I V million dollar bond issue for Spar* Aanburg county which the general as;.se/nbly authorized. Mr. Johnson is a civil engineer by profession and has been actve in railroad construction r and land reclamation projects of much magnitude. Upon mobilization * of the military forces last summer, Mr. Johnson upon his own initiative i organized a company of efficient engineers, which bears his name and which was enlisted as Company A South Carolina engineers. o I> TREATED FOR RABIES i' Vnusal Number of Patients Taking Pasteur Course. An unusually large number of patients are receiving Pasteur treatment from the State boa?tf*bf health just now. More than 100 have been treated since January 1. Twentyfive are now under treatment. t ?hr "H AMERICAN SEAMEN LEAVE GERMANY Sent to Switzerland Wednesday After Expiration of Quarentine^ London.?A dispatch from Berlin says that the Americans and other neutrals who were on board tne British captured steamer Yarrowdale left Germany on Wednesday. The Spanish, American and Brazilian Yarrowdale prisoners were sent from the prisoners' camp at Brandenburg to Switzerland by way of Linden on Wednesday afternoon, according to a Berlin . dispatch to Router's by way of Amsterdam. Members of other neutral crews were sent home through various frontier towns. The dispatch says that the prisoners were released on the expiration of the quarantine imposed by the discovery of a case of spotted fever. | 59 Men in Party. i Berne, Switzerland?There are 59 of the men from the Yarrowdale in the party which has left Berlin for Switzerland. ASK FOR CHANGE IN DATE OF INAUGURATION (Washington.?Congress at its next session will be asked to pass a constitutional amendment changing the inaugural day from March 4 to the last Tuesday in April. , ] Announcement to that effect was j made today following a meeting of Washington members of the national committee on the change of inaugura tion day. President Wilson, who is suffering from a severe cold on account of exposure Monday, will be urged to help secure the passage of the proposed amendment. "The dangerous weather this year emphasized tne necessity for a change," said a member of the committee. 44 President Harrison died from exposure on inauguration day and other prominent men have died , or become seriously ill from ex- ( posure. THE HORRY CHAPTER ENTERTAIN VISITORS ? I Members of the Masonic fraternity from various sections of South Carolina, came to Conway the latter part of last week, the occasion being the organization of a council of 22 members. Before the final ceremonies of the organization, the Royal j Arch degree was conferred upon a number of new members coming from the local chapter and from the the local chapters at Mullins and Marion. Following are the officers of Kingston Council: Comp. C. P. Quatttebaum, Illustrious M; Comp. E. S. C. Baker, Dep. | M; Comp. L. D. Magrath, P. C. of W; Comp J. McC, Martin, Treasurer; Comp. R. W. Lane, Recorder; Comp. J. T. Mishoe, Captain of G; Comp. J. M. Lemmon, Cond. of C; Comp. G. T. Rhodes, Steward; Comp. Geo. W. McCracken, Sentinel. The Horry Chapter entertained the visiting masons at a banquet at Ho tel Grace. HERALD WILLHAVE ~ NEW MOVIE SERIAL This paper is now negotiating for an entirely new moving picture serial which will be published in this paper as the pictures are run at the Pastime theater. The title of the story and something about what it is will appear in the paper very soon. We are taking time in order to select one that Will please bur readers and als0 the patrons of the theater. Wait for it and be sure to read the first instalment and see it acted on the screen at the theater. So vx IORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOI'I.E CONWAY, S. O., THURSDAY, W BATTLES STOPPED BY BAD WEATHER Spirited Artillery Activity Reported in Some Sectors ACTIVITIES MOSTLY CONFINED TO RAIDS Berlin Reports 91,000 Tons Sunk Recently by Submarines Today's war reports again indicate a period of bad weather in Europe and unimportant military operations. : Aside from raiding activities the only feature in the official stateI ments is the mention of rather spirited activity in some sectors. Paris mentions the general region between the Oise and the Aisne in this con nection, and Berlin announces that only in the Champagne was the big gunfire violent. There has been similar stagnation along the Russian and Mecedonian fronts, according to the German official statement. Berlin announces that an additional 21 steamers, the sailing vessels and 16 fishing craft of an aggregate of 91,000 tons gross, have been sunk by German sul\ larines. The period in which these sinkings occurred is not definitely given, the word "recently" being used. Ships Sunk. . r Berlin.?The adn'i-aity made the following announcement today: "Twenty-one steamships, the sailing vessels and sixteen fishing craft with an aggregate gross tonnage, of 91,000 have been sunk recently by . iierinan submarines." DR. W. E. M'CORD MOVES TO CONWAY Dr. William E. McCord. a well known dentist, who has been located at Greenwood, S. C., for the past year, it is now definitely stated, will move back to Conway to practice his profession beginning in the present month. He was expected to arrive about to-day the 15th of March. Dr. McCord has practiced his profession at Greenwood with success; but before he went to Greenwood he practiced at Conway for a number of >ears, and was elected as Mayor of the Town of Conway. He owns property here. ENGLAND BIDDING rnn naiinno uiun-r run OANAUA d wntA! t " I Ottawa, Ont.?The British Government is negotiating for the purchase of the entire. 1917 wheat crop of Canada, it was announced here to-night. TWO GIRLS KILLED ANOTHER INJURED ! Two young women were killed, a third badly injured and a young man painfully hurt last Saturday when the car in which they wefe riding two miles south of NorcVay, in ! Orangeburg county, was demolished i by southbound Seaboard Air Lino I passenger train No. 21. The dead are: Miss Nell Gue and Miss Pearl Hutto, both 18 years old. Miss Frances Salley had her right leg broken. R. T. Garrick, a young man driving the car was least hurt, one hip being badly bruised. Miss Gue was killde instantly. The head was severed from the body, which was mangled. Miss Hutto died aboard a train or> which she was being brought to Columbia for medical attention. Heidi est was crushed, and there were other injuries. I w? 1, FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FO REV] [ARCH 15, 1917. AVENGER OF BLOOD IS FREED GY JURY Eleven-Year-Old Boy Kills Young Man Who Killed Father FEUD RESULT OF A LOVE AFFAIR Man Killed Was Suitor For Hand of Boy's Sister. Crowesburg, Kans?Eleven year old Joe Vinardi went back to school exonerated by law after having avenged in blood the killing of his father. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of self-defense, absolving the boy from blame for the death here last Monday of Mike Gilio, suitor for the hand of Joe's sister, and enemy of Gi an cento Vinardi, Joe's father. There was a feud between the elder Vinardi and Gilio because of Gilio's attentions to Vinardi's daughter. Monday night they met. Both were armed. Next day both were found dead, and it was at first believed they had killed each other; but the inquest revealed that Vinardi, the elder, lying mortally wounded had instructed his son to obtain vengeance. His father's shotgun in hand, the boy shortly afterwards found Gilio in front of his home, Gilio had a shotgun also. He pointed, it at the boy and laughed at him, .whereupon Joe Vinardi fired, killing 'Giiio. BELGIAN INDUSTRIES STOPPED BY GERMANS * ' f " V'Ns'-> Amsterdam.?The German authorities, according to The Telegraaf, hav? virtually stopped all industry in Belgium. The prohibition includes all factories employing more than 12 workmen or using engines of more than five horsepower, or consuming more than five tons of coal or other fuel monthly. Hplffifln nl.in nrn fnrKi/lilnn f#-? KnJl/i ? - f-y - - v.. V 1 V/ I i I l/U UUllVl or finish factories after March I without permission, the newspaper states. FORD SALES AND SERVICE STATION; We understand that H. L. Buck, who recently bought the "Porter" property, at the corner of Elm street and Third Avenue, will remove the old wooden stables, and erect a brick building to be used as a Ford Sales and Sendee Station. The demand for this little car is so great that the Agency finds that it needs a home of its own. The only way to get one of those cars now is to give an order ahead. PRESIDENT'S POWER EXTENDS TO ARMING Washington. ? Soprotnrv T.rmtiinn* and Attorney General Gregory have j advised President Wilson that he had full authority to arm American merchant ships against illegal attacks by j German submarines. It was these two officers?the gov-! crnmont's authorities respectively on. international questions and law? that the president referred the contention raised in the senate that old statutes enacted to authorize merchantmen t0 resist pirates an insu- ( perable bar to the step he desired to take to meet the submarine menace.' They have reported that the statutes have no application to the present situation. o * I Spray all fruit trees for scale insects1 before the buds open. | rM. EH." METHODIST MAKE EDUCATIONAL EFFORT Bishop Atkins Will Lead Forces in Marion District?$300,000 to Be Raised. The Methodist of South Carolina will conduct a state-wide campaign for their educational institutions during* the month of April. It is their purpose to raise the sum of $300,000 in cash, notes and good subscription, all to be paid within three years, for the benefit of their colleges and affilated schools. This sum will pay all the outstanding debts on the colleges and materially add to their resources. Each of the twelve presiding elders' districts are being thouroughly ( organized, and the Campaign will be put on all over the state on April 1st. Marion district is very fortunate in having Bishop James Atkins, of YV avnpsvillp NT T1 I"o,1aw t-U* I .. ? - . . ^ , ? . . uo munri V/1 HIV I forces in their section of the state. ] Bishop Atkins will begin the campaign by speaking in the six leading churches of the District, and it is hoped that every Methodist will endeavor to hear him at one of these points. His schedule is as follows: Marion?11 a. m., Sunday, April 1st. , Mullins?8 p. m., Sunday, April 1st Conway?8 p. m., .Monday, April 2nd. Dillon?8 p. m., Tuesday, April 3rd Latta?rS p. m., Wednesday, April 4th. ' Clio?8 p.m., Thursday, April 5th. < It; will, 'take the whole month of'1 April to cover the 7 entme District properly, and more .than twenty different speakers ftre on,,ti\e proppam which , ? will, reach* .;pearly - .iithe churches qf the ; dfatriot,: ^e . wili | make fuU; announcement? ? .later / con- ( cerning the dUtet* dates ami spelters* Marion District is composed of ail i the Methodist work in Marion, Dil- i II I ' ? \ " Ion,,Horry counts, and. Clio, .Blenheim and Brownsville charges in , Marlboro county. They propose to i raise at least $30,000 in Marion District. But nearly 10,000 members ought not to find that so- hard1 to cfcx. Rev. F H. Shuler of Columbia is organizing the forces throughout the state. Rev. M. W. Hook is the pre- i siding elder of Marion District, and i is closely identified with this Cam- ; paign. i o A. E. Wait is still working on the reindexing of the records at the Court House. He has made great < progress in the work, and the people i who use the records are getting the : benefit. 1 ii =" Saves Royal Baking Powder m duce appetizing and whc cornbread, etc., with fewe required. In many recipes the num duced and excellent resu an additional quantity of about a teaspoon, for ea following tested recipe is SPONGL 1 cup sugar lA cup water ! 3 eggs 2 teaspoons Roval RnLlnrr l>?.??H?r 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt cup cold water I teaspoon flavoring The old method Ci and no bakir BA^INC^f made from Cream of Tarti and adds none but healthf No Alum "/(i , * i \ : f: y c> * * 4 % # | S J I ' ' .1 # >. < . . f v?. 4 > 7 4 J I N O7 47 PROBATE PROCEEDINGS OVER WALLACE BOY ? J!rl /iDAS Matter Aired in Court of Probate on Petition of Mother ALLEGATIONS MADE WERE NOT SUSTAINED Created Some Local Interest in Pee Dee Community and Here. A number of people came into Conway from the Pee Dee section last Thursday to hear the proceedings instituted in the court of Probate of Horry County by Mary Wallace against Sidney A. Tindal, alleging in her petition that her son who years ago was bound by her and Magistrate Jenrette to Mr. Tindai, was not being sent to schooi by his master, and was kept on short rations at the table, was not properly clothed, and unmercifully punished, pitd other charges. There was a great number of witnesses summoned to thresh out the matter. It was heard by Judge J. S. Vac tight under the act .of the Legislature giving hint power in such cases. After taking (town the testimony and rlue consideration the court made no change in the custody of the boy who (is itow sixteen or seventeen years of pgf- o |$ ^r tfto . ^?t About ten Ik*, fa their .of, abJle to cnr?? for them. S. A. Tindal inwj srevetal' of the chijdreji' df apprentice- ' pbip> vrhicft' w?re! written lip by an attorney ahd signed ufc tinder the statute before J1 N. Jenrette, who was then magistrate at Conway. Recently one of the children, a girl, was married and left. The only one remaining with Mr. and Mrs. Tindal is this boy over whom the proceedings were had last Thursday. At various times the mother has tried to cause trouble about the children since giving them up years ago under the sanction of the court. It appears that a number of her charges about the care of the children havo fallen flat when it comes to proof. _o Further steps have been taken to complete the specifications for the new Methodist Parsonage, and it is. stated that the work will soon begin by the contractor, A. B. Garrcnl r' T'j'V y.r, i .i,i sa= '.' '(livVfi ..',l I EggS akes it possible to pro>lesome cakes, muffins, r eggs than are usually ber of eggs may be reilts obtained by adding Royal Baking Powder, . ich egg omitted. The a practical illustration: CAKE DI RUCTIONS: ? Boll su^ar and water until it spinB a thread and add to the stiffly beaten whites of eggs, beating until the mixture is cold. Sift together three times, the flour, bait and baking powder, and add ? 1. uivciuaiciy io uio wmie mi xture with the yolks of the eggs beaten stitY. Add Vu cup cold water and flavoring Mix lightly and bake in moderate oven about one hour. llled for 6 eggs ig powder rAL i bb >OWDER ir, derived from grapes, 11 u) qualities to the food, II No Phosphate g v