The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 16, 1917, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIi.
POPE BENEt
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Kr FOB NATIONAL ARMY
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Firct rirolto '4r\n M (\\ KI C -Nnr rv
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Will Report to Local
f ^ Boards' Headquarters
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L- WILL THEN PROCEED
TO MILITARY CAMPS
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Not Until They Reach Cantonments
Will Be in Charge
f of Uniformed Officersj
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Washington. ? Regulations under
which me i of the now a:my will be
r calir 1 to tin? colors, beginning .Sep|
timber 1, were issued by Provost
11 Marshal General Crowder. The\
map ou'. in detail the whole program
to be followed until every soldier of
the selective draft army has been ac^
ccpted by the adjutant general of th?
training cantonment to which he i.
. assigned. ,
Two hundre<i thousand of the firs
| G87,0(X) men will be called up Sep*
tember I and forwarded to the i:
* tramps before Septembre f>. Th
whole business of assembling th?
levies at entraining points, providing
them with shelter, food and transportation
and giving them their actua
induction into military lives is ontusted
to the civilian local boards
which selected them for service.
L'ntil tlie men reach the camps, they
will not be in contact with uniformed
* officers.
The actual call for men will go i:
each from the provost marshal gent
oral to the State adjutant genera!,
stating tlie number of nrrm to be; sup
plied at a specified time. ftach loca
H I;, ird will be nramnHv .. .i I
Is proportion in the call and the ad
utant general will i'ix toe date wl.e
cii from his State shall entrain to
he camps. Immediately the loca
r.ard will make */Ut tiie list of mei.
o fill the call from the roll of ac(
pted men ami it will also fix thence
of * ntra;nn:ent and the exac
iine of departure.
Ueport t<> Hoard.
Orders t> the men wiil !> posie
.) d aiso bo sent them by mad. 1 h
.ili he directed U) i" port to the loca
>oard at iis headquarte. s not le11
an 12 hours or ir. ro than 21 horn
>ofore tiie time of depaiture ?- .
am p.
"From tiie time specified for r
jorlingn. to the local boaid [\ mili
i-.ry <lud.y," the regulations state
'each man in respect of whom notic
,e report has he n posted or maile I
r11! Iu> in (I ?> rnilit ?i?- . .>i' ?S
ITjnited States."
Prior to the arrival of the men ?
W>e boai'ii headqu nrcors, boi-wl me
bars arc instructed t > make acang*
Vnents for their sleeping places an
uneuls. The board will is:.ue ticket,
for accommodations to be redeemer
for cash later by a government d'>
Imrsing officer. In their discretion
L.ho boards may grant permission t'oi
the me" to remain at their homes.
[ Arrival fit the board headquarters
|\t the hour fixed for reporting, the
F ien will be drawn Up, the roll called
llnd agents of the board will take
I rem personally to their quarters, redlining
with them until every armigement
for their comfort has been
made. Emphatic instructions arc
i.i i 11 -i.'j? f " ? -
Iiven mat wie quality or loort
ished shall be good and the board is
tld liable 'or seeing that meals are
i equate.
| Retreat roll call at the board head-)
jarters, set for 5:30 p. m. on the
ay of reporting to the board, will be
i? first military ceremony the draft
k men pass through. The board mem i
h's are rjirected to be prseent in <
krson 4Nhd to impress on the men 1
le fact that disobedience of orders <
j the gravest military crime. The <
|ht hand baggage, containing toilet 1
[tides and a change of underclothL
which the men are permitted to i
See with -tiwm 1
toted by the board and the lists of 1
Rn sent forward made otit ami <
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IICT PROPOS
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CHIP JACKSON SOON
nfa 4 M ii w.-AM ? n A
KtAU'f HJK IRUUre
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Big Cantonment at ColMiibih]
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is Assuming Slhape?9,000
Workmen.
Columbia.?Work is progressing
rapidly on the construction of the
buildings at Camp Andrew Jackson
six miles from Columbia. More than
9,000 men are now employed in making
the place ready for the reception
of 45,000 men from Tennessee, North
Carolina and South Carolina. Advices
from Washington show that!
151000 men will reach the camp about
September 0.
Several hundred buildings a:o in
process of construction and many of
these will be readv to roeoivo tln>
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troops on the above named date.
A large reservoir is being constructed
near the camp. Two million
gallons of water will be required
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daily. The water will be brought to
the camp by a Lb-inch pipe line from
the city of Columbia. The camp is
located in the sand hills several hundred
feet above the city and a special
pump will be required to force the.
water to the elevation.
The work on the street car line ha*
been practically completed and operation
cars, it is said, will begin early i
next week. Forty cattle cars, 33
large motor trucks and several bundled
'private automobiles are being
used to transport the men to and from
Columbia. j
The coming of the camp has causer!
a real and substantial business
boom in Columbia. The payroll last
Saturday was over $100,000 and Main
street entertained a regular fair week
crowd. All of the merchants report
greatly increased business.
RED CROSS TOBACCO
GIVEN AT LORIS
S. H. Harrclson who has managed
the campaign for the red cross among
the /^rowers and tobacco warehouse
men on the Loris market spent soim
time in Conway last week. He i>
vroy active in behalf of the red cros>.
Tlie campaign was opened by a .< ale
for the re i cross there on Aug. (j'.li.
The sum of about was realised
from the tobacco do sated by ;h.
growers that day. Kach Tu \ d y
there will be a special sale for th *
benefit of the red cro.-s. Toba e.
given by the growers frr tiie red
cross always brings a good prii thus
showing how the tobaujo com-,
panics and their buyers appreciate)
the donations.
NEW PEACE OFFER I
MADE 3Y POPE
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Rome Aiitnwh 14 ?.... .... i' 1
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made by Pope Benedict have been delivered
to all the belligerent govern-1
ments. i
The Pope suggests restoration of
Belgium, Serbia, and Rumania and
peaceful solution of the problems o1
Alsace Lorraine, Trent, Triest and
Poland, according to reports received
from Vatician sources. It is expected
the proposals will be published tolay
by the Vatician.
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The weather last Thursday was
very warm and wound up with a
thunder shower in the afternoon. <
HORRY FARMER HAS
SOME GOOD RETURNS
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D. E. Moore, one of the young far- {
Tiers of the Horry section of this
lounty, had fine success with his to
>acco crop. He had about two and
>ne half acres planted in tobacco and
cleared from his crop something over
>700.00.
The Herald expects to publish
tvtaiy other good reports from the |
c.bacco growers as soon as some et <
;hem have .disposed of their entire i
;rops and had time to make up state- 1
-nents for the paper.
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CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY,
ES PEACE-?
TRAGIC STORY OF
BELGIAN PRINCE
:On|y American^SurMor, Jacksonville
Negro, Tells of
Horrible Experience
TERRIBLE SIGHT AS
MEN DISAPPEARED
Life Boats Sunk and Life Belts
j Thrown Away by
Germans.
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Liverpool.?William Snell, a negro
o!' Jacksonville, Fia., the only Am|
erican survivor of the British steamship
Belgian Prince, which was sunk
July 31 by a German submarine with
the loss of 38 lives, today gave details
of his experience to the Associated
Press. He said:
"A torpedo hit the engine room. A
submarine then quickly came to the
surface about 200 yards to starboard
and fired at our wireless apparatus.
"We left the Belgian Prince in
three boats and had got fifty yards
from the ship when the submarine
came alongside and asked for our|
captain, who was taken aboard and
inside the U-boat.
"We were then ordered to the deck
of the submarine, where we were told
by the commander to remove our life
belts and to lie on the deck. This we
did. Then the commander went int >
the boats, threw the oars into the
sea and had his men remove the pro-!
visions. After that the plugs wee j
taken out of holes in the boats, which
were then cast adrift.
Throws Life Belts Away.
"The submarine went to the northeast
for twelve miles, the commander
taking the life belts to the top of the
cunning tower and tin owing* them'
overboard. 1 hid mine under a rain-,
coat, and as the submarine began to
submerge. 1 tied it around my neck
and jumped into the sea.
"The rest oT the crew stayed on the i
deck until they were swept off by the
sea as the boat dived. It was a te>. '
rible sight. One by one they threw |
11!) t llfii V I Mr, ,.1 ' 1
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fighting to keep up, they splashed >
water as they disappeared."
Four Americans Lost.
Washington?Four Americans we"
lost in the tragic destruction of the y
German submarine. ,
How the submarine, commander
teak the life preservers from the vel-,,
ugecs, destroyed the oars of their,
life boats,, and then, after ranging'
them aling the deck of his U-boat, j
suddenly submerged, leaving his victims
to drown, was told in recent
news, but is told anew in today's official
consular dispatches.
The Americans lost were William
Crissy, Philadelphia; James Shea, Dt j
troit, Mich; Thomas Gilmore, Mc>-[,
rick, Mass; and Benjamin Cain, a no- .
gro, Norfolk. An American negro, j
William Snell. of Jncks^vllin i
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on? of the three survivors.
REGISTRANTS BUSY I!
ON EXEMPTION CLAIMS!
Several days of last week wors |
busy in Conway by reason of many
of the registrants among the num.!
ber notified, coming to Conway to'
obtain from the board the necessary
blanks on which to fill out their ex-1
pmption claims. So far as we could )
tell the greater proportion of the i c
claims were made out on account of !v
iependent relatives.
CHINA DECLARES {;
WAR ON TEUTONS!
London, Aug. 14?Renter's, limited, t
has been officially informed thAt *
China has declared War upon Gcr- t
many and Austria-Hungary, the dec- a
laration dating . .from 10 o'clock this fc
morning. .. i I
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AUGUST 16, 1917.
-CHINA OECL
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THIRD OF QUOTA
PAH APnTfUf*!"" J
rUH StntMBtH 1
CrJfed9r4.(W(ifeifie^ Manning
Change Regarding Mobilization
of National Army
TO CONDUCT WORK
WITH GREAT SPEED
Must Furnish Daily Lists of
Accepted Men to District
Boards.
Columbia.?The war department on
September 1 will call for noi to exceed
one third of the quota from each
state to be entrained for mobilization
camps, according to a telegram received
today from the provost marshal
general by Gov. Manning.
The telegram from the provost
marshal general follows:
"Section 48 rules and regulations
for local and district boards is rescinded.
New regulations governing
mobilization and the certification of
men from district boards to adjutant
generals will be mailed to you on
August 9. In the meantime, local
boards should certify to district
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boards daily on form 146, these who
have been called and who have not
been exempted either because they
have failed to file any claim or because
their claim has decided adverse
ly. Strict compliance with this rule
is necessary, since on September 1,
the war department will call for not
to exceed one third of the quota from
each stdte to be entrained for mobilization
camps between September
first and September fifth. Unless wo
wish to be put in a position of not
furnishing men as fast as the war department
if ready to receive them,
each state should have accumulated
by September first a minimum o'
one third of its quota not exempted
oi discharged. This can be attained
if local boards certify these lists up
daily with great expedition."
Exemption Boards Ready..
Consideration of claims for exomp
tion from service in the new national
army was started by the eastern and
western district exemption hoard
The eastern district board is setting
:.. r*. i.. i n.i
111 v uiiuiiuia. i no western district
I).' ard is in session at Greenwood,
The two boards held a conference
i i the governor's office today when
lb< final rules and regulations we is
:1 scussed. The work of passing on
tb< claims for exemption will now b<
pushed vigorously.
SOLDIERS ABROAD
MAY CAST VOTES
Wash.in cton.?American citizens m
[ 'ranee as members >f the oxi editi r
try forces will be privileged to vote
it the fall elections, provided their
especitve States establish th.e necessary
overseas voting machinery.
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
n a ruling on the subject, holds that
lie re is no bar to any citizen's participation
in an election because or
ii.- absence from home while or.
luty with the troops. Following the
vocess used on the Mexican border
ast year, soldiers at National Guar.l (
i civilization camps or cantonments of <
he national army will cast ballots at
heir coming elections, if the States ,
mact the needed legislation. ,
A ruling by Gen. Crowder directs
ixemption boards to accept for serrice
all aliens wbr> ????
.. ..w Ml v ?? tii lil^ f |
yaive their immunity claims based on j
kllcsgiance to another government. In
his manner the rianks- of the neve <
icmal army are opened to j
iliens who rish to volunteer* . i
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There has been ah unusually large <
obacco crop and it has brought an 1
inusually large amount of mohe^ i
he warehouse floors; and this has
idded considerably to the volume of
>usinoss done at Conway dtifing the !
ast several weeks.
raid.
ARES WAR 01
MODIFIED TO SU|T
MODERN WARFARE
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Unit of 1f),000 Men Replaces
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Division of 28.000 in
United States Army.
Washington.?Decision of the Wat
Department to abandon the army division
of 28,000 men in favor of the
continental unit of about 10,000
tioops was due, it was said today, to
changes in modern warfare thai
made the old command unwieldy and
cumbersome in trench fighting. The
division under the old system wa>
not' sufficiently mobile for the peculiar
needs of fighting on the western
fr< nt.
Under the new plan, a division wil
include two infantrv brigades of two i
* i
rtgiments each, instead of throe brigades
as formerly. The artillery and
machine gun strength is materially
increased, the cavalry regiment, now
a part of the unit, is eliminated, a
new trench mortar battery is added,
and the old army corps plan abandoned
after the Civil war is again revived.
Provost Marshal General Crowdei
is today working out final details of
regulations governing the mobiliza- j
tion schedule of the men selected un- -J
der the selective draft law. The com
pleted plans will indicate how each
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nuii uiuLtvu l<j dc assigned. | ^
FARMERS GROW WHEAT |
BECOME INDEPENDENT:
Let every farmer of Horry Count\ I *
remember these things about wheat:!'
First:?It is planted in October and 5
grows through the Winter and ma- ^
tures by about the end of May fol-(t
lowing. I *
Second:?Planting and cultivatio: i
i
are easy. Easy to plant as oats, h 1
the Winter the grass and weeds do I
not grow to bother. 1
Third:?It produces one of the best 1
foods in tho world during the Winte: v
season when nothing else of that kin I, I
can be produced. ; 1
Fourth:?It matures and is har ( 1
vested in tiine for the same land to t
glow some other valuable crop. jt
Fifth:?It leaves the land in good J t
condition, ready for any other crop 1
that is wanted.
Sixth : ?Don't delav nbmtino* \ lii'i' 1
. I I
because there is vet no mill or cveu \
> thro-hing machine in Horry Conn- i
ty. Until there is a mill here, the e
wheat can be sent by the grown s j
e< mbining in ear load lots and ship- r
p'ng t) Darlington. Florence or else g
whore to the roller mills. Rest as t
furod that if the farmers begin to
p'nnt and raise wheat in this county f
the mil's will come to it promptly ii y
all liklihocd. j
Seventh:?Mow is tiw b * t time i: tl
the world to begin raising wheal ^
[ 'armors .generally all over ti e cou;> X]
ty should have been taking advant r
ago of this valuable crop Ion. 14 year.- v
ago and all along", it is never too 1
late to mend.
GAUSE IS FARMING !
ON INTENSIVE PLAN
The success of M. A. G.iu-e a' 0
Homewood tlus year in the raising o
of varied crops on the same laud, thn n
same year, is worthy of note and u- ii
here mentioned for the benefit of|S
others who can profit by following A
the same plan.
On the same land where Mi*. Gaust | e<
raised u crop of garden peas, he Is ir
now growing a fine crop of corn thesame
year. 01
On the land whero h#? h?vnw n,
for the market this year, he now m
growing a crop of late irish potatoes. or
On the same land where he pro- ox
Juced his 1917 oat crop, Mr. Cause is
ifOw growing a fine crop of sweet i rf
potatoes. of
He has done well with thus plan,
ind by this means he is making his
land produce double what it other- yt
fcrduld. hi
e m
P. P. McNeill last1 week sold one t\
tot of tobacco weighing 300 pounds at \e
the price. Of 42 ccttts per pound. <v
NO 17.
N GERMANY
nnrropi 10 nm-?r
uucooa 10 rni2.ii
GERMANS WANT
Will Try to Secure TRich Harvest
Being Reaped in
Southern Russia
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NEW MINISTRY BEST
CONDITIONS PERMIT
Must Restore Discipline ia
Army and in Country as
Well.
London.-- -Recent reports that the
present Gorman offensive in southwest
Russia is aimed at the capture
of Odessa are strengthened hy a dispatch
to The Times from that city
saying the belief is growing
there that the port is Germany's objective
and that Bessarabia will soon
become the principal theater of operations,
as the enemy presses toward
Odessa. The correspondent adds that
the harvest is now being reaped i:\
southern Russia and the enemy doubt
loss will try to secure it before it can
bo removed.
Ministry's Great Tasks..
Special dispatches from Retrograd
reviewing the construction of the new
ministry agree that although it is not
deal, it probably is as strong as circumstances
permit and on the wholtf
satisfactory. All refer to the immensity
of the task confronting it,
ho first necessity being the restoration
of order and discipline in th e
irmv, the present condition of which
warrants the greatest anxiety. Internal
diorganization has hardly le^a
ierious. t s^/
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v/:ic iwrn'.M)i)!liir;U rotors to facories
being brought one by one to a
mitial standstill owing to a lack of
'uel, which is duo to a lack of transmutation,
while lengthening lines
ailing at shop loors murmur apmehensively
of the coming winter.
The same writer refers to Premier
vcrensky as "turning for advice to
he aged grandmother of the revoluic.n,
Catherine Rroshkovaskaya." in
he tremendous burden of responsibly
he has undertaken.
The decision of M. Tseretelli to renain
outside (he ministry as a coniccting
link between the government
md the workmen's and soldier's coun
i' is mainly approved, and his apK-al
to the latter to abandon the domestic
ciuss war and range them(Ives
around the government to save
he country is warmly commended.
It is believed he will have great in'iuence
in inducing the workmen's
md soldier's council to strengthen
'remier Keronsky. whose maintenmce
at the head of the administraion
is regarded as of paramount irstlortance.
If Korensky fails, one coc
cspondent says, Russian democracy
I'ill receive a blow from which it will
ardly recover.
:9R INSURING ARMED
FORGES OF COUNTRY
Washington.?Authority to make
ffective the government's program
insuring the armed forces of the
ation was sought of Congress today
i bills introduced in both Houses by
t nator Simmons and Representative
.loxander.
The proposed legislation was fram1
to follow plans already announced
i general outline and would provide
isurance, at minimum cost, for Amur
an soldiers, sailors and marines,
10 insured men paying the preiums;
family allowances to dependlts
of men in the nation's military.
naval service; indemnification for
nubilities and the reeducation and
habilitation, at government expenae
' injured men.
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Last week saw the largest tobacco
ties the Conway market has evec
id. Up to Wednesday nifcht the
arket had sold three hundred and
ve.nty-four thousand pounds of the
af. Conway presented busy scene*
/cry day during these sales.