The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 21, 1917, Image 1
li VOj^TME xxxil. ^
I HOOVER WILL BEGIN
f FOOD CAMPAIGN NOW
, Will Not Wait for Legislation
to Start Efforts for Con>
^ versation
m MUST ENLIST WOMEN
!' IN GREAT MOVEMENT
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Effort From Beginning" Will Be
Directed Toward Elimination
of Waste.
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P Washington.?Congress' delay in
passing the administration's food
hills drew from President Wilson today
an order directing Herbert C.
' Hoover t<> proceed immediately with
organization of the food administration
in so far as it contemplates
food conservation and elimination of
v.aste through the ocoperation of
volunteer forces.
Plans for enlisting every house
wife in the country as a volunteer
member of the food administration
{ have been announced by Mr. Hoover.
Every woman will bo taught to save
food in the kitchen and how to purchase
for her family.
President Wilson's insistence that
the food bills be speeded up caused
the senate today t0 put the food control
bill nCott on the calendar and the
snea3U?R,^Jtftt be taken, up Monday,
when ?he. house also begins debate on
the>6ill. The measure was reported
to the senate today without recommendations.
The president's ^letter
to Mr. Hoover follows:
Can Begin Now.
"It seems to me that the inauguration
of that portion of the plan for
food . administration whuv.i contemplates
a national mobilization of the
gieat voluntary forces of the country
which are ready to worx toward saving
food and eliminating waste admits
of no further delay.
"The approaching harvest, the immediate
necessity for wise use and
saving, not only in food but in
all other expenditure, the many undirected
and overlapping efforts beir,'/
tv* vc-'i flc: lli! j /???<! ..II .
-llft .?.v*<4v b?y i> L?I \iu vjini an jii'trj^rs
i't.r national direction and inspiration.
While it would in many ways
be desirable to wait complete legislation
establishing food administration,
it appears to mc so far as voluntary
effort can be assembled we
should not wait any longer and there
fore I will be very glad if you would
jfocede in those directions at once.
Women Would Help.
"The women of the nation are alrcady
earnestly seeking to do their
part in this our greatest stiuggle for
the maintenance of our national
ideas and in no direction can they
so greatly assist as by enlisting in
the service of the food administration
and cheerfully accepting its direction
and advice. By so doing they
will increase the surplus of food
available for our own army and 'or
export to the allies. To provide adequate
supplies for the coming year is
absolutely vital importance to the
cw:duct of the war, and without a
very conscientious elimination of
v.n.?te and very strict economy in
err food consumption, we can not
hope to fulfill this primary duty.
"I trust, therefore, that the women
of the country will not only respond 1
to your appeal and accept the pledge
to the food administration which '
y.u are proposing but that all men
also who are engaged in the person- *
a distribution or* foods will cooper- 1
ate with the same earnestness and in
the same spirit. I give you all au- '
t ,?rity to undertake any steps neces- '
? v for the nronnv .... 1 '
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nutation ct' their eti'orts."
^0 ACQUIRE [ANDBY
CONDEMNATION
"Washington?A bill to empower
ihe Secrt/tviiy War to acquire inr.d
i~r training cam p.-; and other military
purposes by condemnation, was passJune
lo.' by the Senate.
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1ST REGIMENT WILL
BE AT STYX AGAIN
Detachments Now on Guard
Duty are Being Called in by.
Colonel McCully.
Columbia.?Detachments of the
first regiment on duty at trestles and
tit other points in South Carolina are
being called in by Col. McCully. It
is expected that within a week the
entire regiment will be concentrated.
The men will use Styx as heathjuart<
rs, it being considered as more desirable
than the fair grounds as head
qua rters.
The men will undergo a course o
t?aining before being sent to France.
Men in the regiment express the belief
that they will see service on the
battlefields of Europe within three
months, but no official indication has
been received to warrant a definite
statement.
OFFER OF PEACE
MADE TO RUSSIA
Stockholm.?The Social Domnkru.
l< n says Germany has made an offer
o! peace to Russia through a member
of the Swiss federal council.
The Social Dcmokraten today pub-)
lishes the translation of a telegram
said to have been sent in cipher from
the political department of the Swiss
fedreal council to E. Odier, the Swiss
minister at Petiograd. It is dated
at Heine, June 5, and says:
"Hoffman, a member of the federal
council, authorizes you to make to!
Grimm (a Russian Socialist profes-j
sor who returned to Russia from.
Switzerland after the revolution),
tlic following oral communication: *
" 'Germany will not undertake an
offensive so long as an arrangement
with Russia seems possible. After |
conversations with an important per-;
sonage, 1 am convinced that Germany
aims at a peace wtih Russia
honorable to both parties, with intimate
economic and commercial relations
and financial support to place
Russia once more on her feet. No in- (
tcrfcrence in the domestic affairs of
I 1
Russia. An entente cordiale on Po-|(
h nd, Lithuania and Courland in!,
view of the relationship between the
peoples. Restitution of the occupied'
provinces, and Russia, on the otheri
hand, to give back to Austtia the1
provinces which she has been able to
take.'
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YV. H. Oliver, a leading farmer of
the Socastoe section visited Conway
on business last Friday.
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llfM Mil am
WILL HAVk KkUkPTlUN ;
NOT ANNUAL PICNIC'
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The Worker's Council of the Con- ]
way Methodist Sunday School decid- j
e l Sunday afternoon, that it would s
be best for the Methodist Sunday ,
School to have a reception for the .
benefit of the Red Cross Work in ,
place of their annual School picnic. ^
Colonel and Mrs. D. A. Spivey have ,
kindly consented to the use of their ,
lawn for the reception. Monday af- ?
ternoon, June 25. The reception will \
begin at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon j
and run to 9:30 at night, so as to
give opportuntiy for all the small i
children and young people to get the J
full benefit of it. The committees
are planning for games and refreshments,
and a general good time for
everybody. Age limit: 1 day?09
years. Everybody in the town is invited
to attend the reception. All t
are requested to bring an offering t
amounting to at least one cent for i
each year they are old. 1
TUn :
...it iwuuwinj? committees have t
been appointed: i
On Invitation: Will Goldfinch, John c
Cartrette, and Ella Sessions. i.
On Entertainment: Edna Earle i
Spivey, Stokes Kins, Nina Lewis, t
Rcss Johnson, Kathleen Sessions, t
Bessie Clarke, and Mrs. C. J. Epps.
Or. Refreshments: Mohol Mnrtr?n 1
Archie Sasscr, Maye Goldfinch, Chap :
man Thompson, Howard Ambi ose, T, \
J Perrett .
HORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOI1
CONWAY, S. G., THURSDAY,
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
LOSS OF L90 MEN
5,557-Ton Ship Had Senega1
lese Riflemen Aboard of
Her
L.EYLAND LINER ANGLIAN
ALSO REPORTED SUNK
Boston Agents Hear of Loss
of the 5,532-Ton
Vessel.
Submarines early last week were
again giving evidence of pronounced
activity.
Paris advices announce the sinking
of the French liner Sequana, of .r),o57
tons, from whom 100 men were lo <t
out of ooO passengers. Among those
on board were members of Senegalese
Rifles.
Another vessel reported sunk is the
I.eyland liner Anglian, of 5,532 tons,
which left Boston for Liverpool with
a general cargo on May 30. Her
agents in Boston have received word
that a German submarine had sent
her to the bottom. Her crew was saved.
BRITISPOLD
NEW POSITIONS;
In the field of military operations
lust week the greatest activity continues
t.o be shown by the British.
Last night witnessed no new advance
for thorn, General JPlumcr's troops
;;ppare ltly bei;^ engaged in making
good their advance scored on a twomile
front east and northeast of Messincs
yesterday, when the village of
Gaspard was occupied.
Further, south, however, the British
forces had to withstand a counter
Kt tack on the now positions they won
yesterday below Lens, on both sides
r>? the Souchez river. This was successfully
met, the Germans being
driven off by artillery and machine
cun fire. j
On the Fro. ch front, there was Utile
activity except by the artillery.
SHIPBUILDERS ON
STRIKE AT TAM9AI
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Tampa, Fla.?One hundred and
fifty employees of the Tampa, En-'
E>ineering and Shipbuilding Company,!
nearly all the force, left their work
this morning when they heard that
Ernest Kreher, general manager of
the plant, had refused to buy Liberty
Loan bonds. The rotary club which
s carrying on a campaign for bond
iMes sent a committee to see Kreher (
yesterday. He is of German descent;
md refused to buy bonds, saying that
.vhile he is an American citizen he
ftould not pay to fight his friends
md relatives. Early today, when the
nen heard of the remark, they quit,
>f? men in the machine shop being j
"irst to go out. Their leaders claim ]
here were 150 men out by 8 o'clock. 1
HORRY COUNTY IS
OVERSUBSCRIBED
In some of the cities of the State
,1m liberty bond oamoaiirn fnilnU in
*, a v
Cot the full allotment of subscribers;
n this county however, where the al- j
otmcnt to be taken was twenty-five
housand, the subscriptions reported
it last accounts amounted to a total ;
>f thirty-five thousand, being ten .
housand dollars more than the
imount allotted to Conway. More
ban five million was subscribed in
he entire State of South Carolina.
It appears that before the sale of
i)vn"tv twvmls is pntiv#>lv tho no.
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;ire United States will have sold to
\?r people more than two billions in
iberty bonds. j
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-.E, FIKST, LAST, NOW AND FOKEV
JUNE 21, 1917.
WILL NOT ENTER f
IKAININU Str 1.1
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First 650,000 Mens May Go to |
the Camps Six Weeks
Later
OFFICERS WILL BE
READY IN AUGUST !
,
Cantonment Contractors Will
?
Not Be Permitted to Over- <
* charge Government. ,
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{ashnigton, June 18.?Unles (
* are foreseen developments t<
y construct ion of the sixteen eai '
\ents for training the new national
army the first icrement of '
GbO.OOO troops will not be in training
by September 1 as generally has
been supposed, and in fact may no
get into training i'or six weeks there
after. J
War department officials said to
, '
(lay that no spceific date ever haii ,
been set for the opening of the train
ing camps.
Secretary Baker, however, in a ict- j
ter to Senator Jones, several weok> |
ago, answering a suggestion tiia
some of the trpop., be used for liar
vesting spoke of September 1 as the
probable date of opening tho camps,
and pointed out that most of the j,
harvesting would be over by that
time. {
j War department officials general- r
ly had fixed September 1 in thei:
minds as the time training would be- f
gin. The first body of officers foi t
the- new army now being trained ir. t
camps throughout the country, is 1 f
be turned out in August, to mak I
room for the next body. Tins wa; t'
| arranged on the plan of having th b
| draft complete, exemptions disposed C
of and troops ordered into training f
camps by September 1. t
Cantonment Contracts.
The 16 cantonments for the new **
army will be built under the form of ^
contract by the terms of which no c
contractor will be permitted to over- 1
charge the government, the maximum
profit of any contract being I
fixed at $250,000. The government
I also will have complete supervision
over the work and may terminate
any contract at will,
^ The terms of the contract were
I made public by the War department ^
| today. The primary object in the 1
wording of the agreement is to se- t
ci re speedy construction and avoid- ti
ance of unnecessary expenditures. a
The contractor is to be paid 'nis ex- ^
peases and percentage of their total S
amount, out of which lie must meet H
his overhead costs. His profits are to
come from the difference between C
this percentage and overhead ex pen.
sos. h
A RIPE TOMATO S
FROM GREEN SEA ;
h
Miss Veronica Mills of Clreen Sea,
S. C., sends in to the Herald from her e<
home near that place, the first ripe ]y
tomato we have seen this year. The \\
tomato came to the Herald by mail
and was in good condition and of fine *
variety. We hope that Miss Mil's ^
will have abundant success with her
tomatoes this year and anything else
she may undertake in the progress
of her work as a member of the girls'
clubs.
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FIRST TO SEND j!
IN COTTON BLOOM ;
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J. H. Atkinson is the first to report tl
an open cotton blossom in this coun- ir
ty this year. This first bloom report- v.
ed was irrown on the large farm of it
George J. Holliday at Jordanville,
where Mr. Atkinson is the genera! d
manager. f<
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WILL RUN TRAINS
LUCE LAST YEAR
Except lllight Train Will Noi
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mim ig ueacn Sundays
and Mondays.
Owimg to the recent rumors; of
taking off certain trains, the people
sent in. a petition to the operating
heads of the Atlantic Coast Line las
week, and as a result Senator H. i. i
I luck received a letter stating that
infective 011 next Sunday, the Atlanti
Coast Line will give the 5am * traitservice
to Myrtle Leach, that the
company gave last year except that
the lute night trains will not be rui
?n to the beach on Sunday and Mom
day nights as was done last year.
According to this the iui(Lda\
tiain will run on to the beach. Tin
train on the Aynor branch will leavr.cre
in the evening about (> o'clock
\nd arrive at the beach at 6:-1 ">
5*clock. Returning, it will leave the
)each at 7:110 o'clock and arrive her<
ihout 8:00 o'clock. This will giw
) actically the same service that wa.\ad
last year. The service will he [
jin, according' to the letter above
Mentioned, on next Sunday, Jun
JJth.
KING OF GREECE
f QUITS THRONE
Athens.?Constantine is no longer
ting of Greece.
He has abdicated his throne in
avor of his second son, Prince Alexander.
The "abdication'" virtually amount
id to dethronement at the hands of
he entente. Ctoym Prince George,
he logical throned heir, shared his
ather's fate. Both \\ ill leave on a
British warship for Italy at once and
,o to Switzerland. Thev* are enjoined
>> the three protecting powers of
]\eece, Prance, England and Russia
rom entering any country belonging
o or allied with Germany.
What the ex-king's brother-in-law,
imperor William will do to lepay
Constantino's loyalty, which now has
ost the latter his crown is the chief
npic of speculation.
lOSSUfPGOES
TO WILLIAMSBURG
Some large turnips raised in Horry *
County have recently been reported1
n this paper; but the boss of all the!
umips it appears has been grown
his year in Williamsburg County,
nd has been reported in the "County j
tecord" published at Kingstree. Re-|
arding this hugest of all turnips,
he County Record says:
"One day this week Mrs. S. K. Mc'ullough
of the Bryan neighborhood,
ent to The Record office by Mr. B.
1. Clarkson, a turnip of the purple
>p variety which weighed fourteen i
ounds including top, and measured
d inches in circumference, 11 inches'
i diameter and was about 5 inches in 1
i<lth. Mr Clarkson will vouch for
ie above weight and dimensions as'
e weighed it and saw our office
devil" measure it. We are inform{
that the other vegetation in Mrs.
IcCullough's garden is in keeping
ith her turnip patch."
SUFFEREOlcciolT
WHILE OUT RIDING
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Miss Sadie Magill suffered a pain,
il accident one day last week while
iding in a touring car returning to
lyrtle Beach where she was visiting
!r. and Mrs. D. M. Burroughs. Deep
oles were cut in the road by the feint
rains. The car running into one
i* Fhosid /MiiiooU ?..i'. ?? *
i.?iv n|?i injja to v 11 row
\e youn^ lutly against the top and |
ljured her head and face in a way
'hieh was painful but fortunately
ot of a permanent nature.
The accident caused Miss Magill t j
rfer Ivv v^ir? heme to Abbeville j
jr several days.
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NO. 9.
END OF METROPOLIS
BOMBARDED BY AIRMEN
British Airplanes Engage Germans
in Great Battle in
East London
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS
FIRE UPflN INVADtaS
j One of the German Machines.
Reported Brought to
! Earth.
London.~-The oast, end of London
was bombarded tod^v by 15 hostile
(airmen. This is the fourth raid the
Germans have launched at England
since airplanes were substituted for
j Zeppelins in these bombing attacks.
A, large number of British airplanes
pursued the Germans who flew
over Essex to London.
The German airplanes appeared
over Loudon shortly before noon. A.
gnat battle occurred in the air. The
invaders were attacked by anti-aircraft
guns as well as by British aviators.
A bomb struck a school house buil 1
ing, killing ten children and injuring
">0. One German airplane is reported
\ > have been brought down.
Andrew Bonar Law, member of the
British war council, stated in the
House of Commons that til persona
had been killed and 67 had been injured
in the city pi' London alone.
The casualties in the whole metropolian
ur?a. he said, weie not yet
known. , . .
The,east end of London. which
i?v*? the city's poor. suffered1 heavily
from cl "* raid. Bombs fell in many
ccngested districts and wl\ile the nurn
bor of casualties has not yet been ascertained,
two hospitals report handling
upwards of dO cases, four of
whom died and many of whom were
seriously injured.
SUBMARINE'CHASERS
BEFORE PROMISED
<r
Washington.?The submarine chaser
building program is more than a
month abend of schedule. The Navy
Department announced today that
nearly three times the expected number
of 110 foot chasers would be delivered
by August 1, according to
present indications, and that all of
the large number of boats ordered
are actually under construction.
FEEDING GERMANY
FROM AMERICA
Washington. ? German agents
bought large quantities of condensed
milk here and snipped it to Germany
through neutral ports recently. The
War Committee of condensed milk
industry has informed the departing
nt of C >mmerce. The milk was
bought at retail stores to avoid suspicion.
Afata ? a ? - - ?
SENUS SLACKER UP
FOR ELEVEN MONTHS
Now York.?Federal Judge Chatfield,
in Brooklyn, imposed a peniterHary
sentence of It months ami *21)
days on Herman P. Levine, school
teacher and college graduate, for not
registering under the selective draft
law.
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BEYOND MARK
Washington.?The -Liberty Loan
has been over subscribed by manji
hundred ruilli >ns of dollar*, the treas
t.ry off rials estimated an hour b IV.re
the n; "hs closed that *he total
'.;r' v\ v. be at least two
i . a -a. i* o: .