The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 29, 1917, Image 1
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VOLUME xxxn.
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! ' AMERICANS CAPTURE
CREW OF SUBMARINE
(i, Undersea Vessel Sent to Bot^
torn by German Sailors
No Doubt
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PAIR OF DESTROYERS
GET IN GREAT WORK
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, Naval Craft Disable Hun Boat
and Were Preparing to
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i Washingtori.---A German Hubmarino
captured recently by two American
destroyers was sent to the botj
torn by members of her crew opening
! cocks below while their shipmates
| stood on deck with hands raised in
fj signal of surrender. All of the crew
t were taken prisoners.
One of the Germans was drowned
1 v/hilc being- transferred to a destroyj
er and another died. The latter was
I buried with military honors.
I ' Secretai-y Daniels announced the
i capture and sinking of the submarine
today in a formal statement
which made no mention of prisoners
nor of the reason for the boat sinking.
The details leaked out at the
department later but the secretary
I would neither confirm nor deny them,
saying he had issued the statement
in agreement with the British admirI
* alty and could not add to it.
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a t that approximately 40 men including
I I five officers, were taken off the SXlbI**
marine. If this were true, it was
1 pointed out, th(? vessel undoubtedly
v.as one of the largest of the cruiser
' type known authentically to be operated
by the Germans.
Story Leaks Out.
The action occurred in the war
zone several days ago and tho sub.
marine went down while one destroy'
er was attempting to tow her to port.
Although tho British policy is to
publish nothing in such cases, an
agreement was reached between the
navy department and the British
[ admiralty to give out certain facts
v:hich Secretary Daniels announced
today in a brief statement. Officers
of both the war and navy departments.
however, were too elated over
the news to keep it quiet. First the
report spread that some prisoners
had been taken and before the day
( was over the story of just what hapf
poiSSft was out.
Mr. Daniel's Statement said a destroyer
on patrol duty, sighting a
periscope at 400 yards, headed for it
and dropped a depth bomb; that the
submarine came to the surface soon
I after and was fried upon by two destroyers,
a second having come up;
that the submarine, apparently damaged,
did not return the fire and sank
immediately after one destroyer had
taken her in tow.
Stearin^ Gear Out.
It is now known that the submarine
rose because her steering gear
wdf'put out of commission by the explosion
of the depth bomb. As she
appeared above the water to meet
gun fire from the destroyers at close
range most of her crew clambered on
I fleck and raised their hands. Boats
put off from the destroyers to take
the prisoners on board and while this
was going: on some members of the
crew were busy opening the sea cocks
below. When the prisoners were removed
and a tow line had been at0
fcached the captured craft, filling
through the open cocks went down.
Navy officers assumed that the
German sailor who died was wounded
by shell fire, though it is understood
that Admiral Sims did not clear
up^hat point.
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Sinking of the American destroyer
Cliauncey in collision in the war zone
with a probable loss of 21 lives, was
announced by the navy department..
Ibe missing boat from the American
steamship Rochester, which was
[sent to the bottom by a G re man aubAmftrppe
November 2, has just landed
at a port ip Ireland.
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DEALERS WARNED
, AGAINST BIG PROFIT
Twelve Cents Too Much For
Retailers to Charge for
Sugar.
Mr. 1). R. Coker, Food Administrator,
has received a telegram from the
Food Administration, Washington, of
which the following is an extract:
"Statute expressly forbids con'
tracts for the purchase of any food
commodity in excess of purchaser'^
reasonable requirements. This is to
1?" determined according to custom
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of other persons similarly situated.
Dealers should not sell to persons
who are buying- beyond their reasonab'e
requirements. Twelve cents is
too much for rotuilers to charge for
sugar. Their action constitutes violation
of section four whether they
are licensed or not. We cannot fix
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ten cents or any other price in terms
, of figures, but no retailer should
obtain more profit than lie has normally
enjoyed on sugar without benefit
specuative advances. Please warn
all wholesalers they must not sell to
retailers who are thus violating law.
See general rule seventeen."
Section 4 reads as follows: "The
license shall sell sugar at not more
than a reasonable advance over the
actual purchase ponce of the particular
goods sold, without regard to the
market or replacement value at the
time of such sale.
General rule 17 reads as follows.
"The license shall not knowingly sell
any food commodities to any person
engaged in the business of selling
' such commodity, who shall, after
this legulation goes into effect, vio
j late the provisions of th0 Act of ConI
gro?s approved August 10, 1917. by
j making any unreasonable rate or
. charge in selling or otherwise handling
or dealing in such commodity, o
by holding, contracting for, or arj
ranging for a quantity thereof in excess
of the reasonable requirements
of his business for use or sale by
him for a reasonable time."
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i Sam Ward, one of the Horry soldiers
of the new national army, while
< hero on furlough, had his arm broken
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iasi lucsuuy wnne attempting to |
crank a Saxon car.
He was with his brother who went
with him to Dr. H. H. Burroughs.
' While the physician was dressing- the
broken limb, the brother fainted and
. fell on the hard floor sustaining a
painful bruise on the head, so that he
too had to have medcial attention.
NINE COLORED MEN
LEAVE NEXT MONDAY
The following list of colored soldiers
have been notified to report
here for duty on next Sunday evenj
ing. They will leave on the early
i train next Monday morning for
; Camp Jackson. The list follows:
Chas. Bishop Fore,
Pressley Covall Dozicr,
Monroe Gainey,
Hosier Hem in way,
Wm. Joseph,
Joe Long,
I^aurence Riley,
Henry James Smith,
Tracy Williams.
TO REPORT DEALERS
WITHOUT LICENSES
Washington.?All state food administrators
were instructed by Food
Administrator Hoover today to ascertain
and report the names of
manufacturers and dealers subject to
federal license who failed to obtain
licenses on November 1. The purpose
is to begin prosecutions immediately.
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ONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, NC
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CHURCH APPOINTEES
OF MARION DISTRICT
Bishopville, Nov. 25.?The llioth
session of the South Carolina Conference
closed tonight after a very
busy and valuable day of preaching |
and special song services in the city
churches by visiting ministers. The
services at the Methodist Church, the
home of the conference at this session,
were especially enjoyable to
everybody and most gratifying to the
people of the Methodist faith in the
city, in that it marked the dedication
of their magnificent new building.
The sermon was delivered by Bishop
James Atkins, after which were held
tTl/i lil'iof 1 ill t imiM'ftouiuft
...v >in j/i v .i.ii?c i-)ci vitca nciting
aside the building' for the service
of God.
Marion District?M. W. Hook, presiding
elder; Aynor, D. H. Attaway;
Blenheim, E. P. Hudson; Brownsville,
J. B* Wcldon; Bucksville, W. H. Perry;
Centenary, D. D. Jones; Conway,
E. L. McCoy; Conway Circuit, Paul
T. Wood; Clio, C. C. Derrick; Dillon,
W. B. Duncan; Dillon Mills, J. M.
Gassue; Floyds, H W. Sheely; Floydale,
J H. Sojourner; Lake View, W.
R. Phillips; Latta, B. G. Murphy, Little
Rvier, H. T. >forrison; Little
Rock, S. J. Bethea; Loris, J. t.. Mullinnix;
H. L. Singleton, superauerary;
Marion, J. W. Daniel; Marion
Circuit, E. G. Caldwell; Mullins, S. O.
Cantey; Mullins Circuit, J. W. Ariall;
Waccamaw, J, E. Cope; Sunday
School field secretary, W. C. Owens;
commissioner of education, F. S. ahull.r;
president Paine College, A. P.
Betts; pixisident Horry Industrial
School, S. C. Morris.
S. S. CONVENTION
AT TILLY SWAMP
Miss Mill woe Davis of Spartanburg,
the new Elementary and Ruial
Superintendent of the South Carolina
Sunday School Association, will be at j
our next County Convention. This
Convention will meet at Tilly Swamp,
Saturday and Sunday, December 8th
and 9th. Miss Davis has never visitovd
the County before, and we are
looking- forward with pleasure to the
help She can render us, in our work.
She will speak on some phases ofj
Elementary or Rural Work at each!
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session oi me convention.
Mr. It. D. Webb, General Secretary
of the Stato Association will also be i
a principal speaker at the Convention.
Mr. Webb is a practical Sun-j
clay School man who speaks from cx-1
pcrience, to bear him is to be inspired
to greater achievements. Local
speakers will also be used on the
programme, and those in charge arc J
looking forward to one of the best
conventions ever held in the County.1
Each Sunday School is asked to have!
at least four representatives at the!
Convention.
COTTON REPORT.
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The tabulation Of card reports
show there were 5,327 bales of cotton
counting round as half bales, ginned
in Hcwry County from the crop oi
1917, prior to Nov. 14th, 1917, as con*
pared with 3,334 bales ginned to
Nov. 14th, 1916.
JAS D. CHESTNUT,
Agent.
Aynor, S. C., Nov; &7\~1917 -
>VEMBER 29, 19lT
Hughs & Coll
1 The seed wheat has arrived and
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j can be secured at Burroughs ^
Collins Co., l'oi $2.75 per bushel
which is actual cost. Those buying
loss than a suck will have lu
furnish their own sacks as they
are now worth thirty two cents
each. As a matter of advis(. every
one should carefully preserve
their old sacks for they aiy get
ting very scarce and you may not
be able to get them next year.
?K. A. Burroughs,
Chairman Council of Defense.
TWENTY-ONE MORE
LEAVE NEXT TUESDAY
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Twenty-one more young white men
have been notified to report for duty
ir. the new national army. They are
to arrive in Conway next Monday
evening and take the early train
Tuesday morning- from this point for
Camp Jackson. The list follows:
Alex Bruce Altman,
Walter Gary Alford,
Asa Albert Bryant,
Charlie Corbett Causey,
George Chestnut,
Mike Alex Claridy,
Ed. Floyd,
Dexter Fowler,
Melvin Arthur Graham,
Benj. Langdon Hume,
Wm. Cleveland Mishoe,
Dallie Elmore Morris,
Fred Gorum Martin,
Gardner Bryan Porter,
Robert Wilson Paul,
Perley Shepperd Page,
Dawson Pierce,
John Wm. Saser, Jr,
James Marion Todd,
. Edward McDuffy'Todd,
Olin West Watson.
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RED CROSS.
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There is to be a meeting- of the Red
Cross Chapter at the Club Room Frirltuf
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ui vti iiv/uji tincc-uiiny y ciucu.
All members who hawe any wool left
over from finished garments will
please bring it to the wool committee
at this meeting. This is to be an
especially interesting meeting, the
delegate wh0 represented thc Chapter
at the Convention in Columbia wll
give her report, and one of the local
doctors will give the first lesson in
making the surgical dressings; so
every one is asked to b0 present.
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SEED WHEAT PLENTY
FOB SALE IN CONWAY
The seed wheat mentioned in our
recent issues arrived several days
ago. Farmers can get all T..e\ need
from Burroughs & Collins Company.
A car of ?00 bushels arrived here last
Tuesday. Get the seed without delay
and plant the wheat.
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The Horry County Council of
Defense wishes to express its sincere
appreciation to the captains, \
lieutenants and workers who par- |
ticipated in the Liberty Loan Cam.
paig'n and the Food Conservation
drive. The results demonstrate
the splendid work done by those
who participated in this campaign.
Those in authority feel that most
of the credit for South Carolina's
showing of the two great October
drives is due directly to the fine
work of the County Councils an I
the Horry Council is justly proud
of the results obtained in this locality.
The National Council in
Washington lias had its attention
called directly to the thoroughness
and efficiency of this county's organ
i Mat ion and has written letters
of congratulation on this point.
South Carolina's subscription r>
Liberty Bonds totaled $18,8(52^800,
and the food conservation.cards renn{lfAy]
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n-iTiu tui' in nil- iivigiiuiuiiyvu vA
80,000. Horry contribution to this
shows a total of $155,000, subseibed
in the last liberty loan campuign
and o,100 food conservation 1
cards, a truly splendid result.
Yours truly,
F. A. Burroughs,
Chairman.
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MORE AMERICANS
KILLED IN FRANCE,
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j German Shell Falls Into Chateau
of the Colonel Commanding.
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With the American Army in
I "ranee.?A German shell yesterday
tell through the root* of the chateau
in which American regimental headcjuai
tors is established near the
front. The shell exploded, but no
j one was hurt. Several officers, in-1
eluding tlie American colonel in command
of the regiment were in the
I uilding' at the time.
Two other shells exploded nearby
An American brigadier general had
a narrow escape in the same town, an
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earlier shell exploding and scattering
stones and mud on his automobile
just as he left. The Germans are
especially active in shelling the
roads. A burst of shrapnel over a
group of American soldiers eating
! supper at the roadside killed one and
wounded three.
The German fire at points back of
the American positions is most active,
The shells fall very rapidly at
times. The American artillery replies
energetically, sending shrapnel
at the enemy trenches and high explosive
shells at his batteries.
Active patrolling continues. Foui
American patrols on a recent night
remained for hours in front of the
enemy line, hoping to ambush Germans,
but ncyne appeared. ;
There have been further
between American and German patrols,
An American soldier has been
killed in a fight in No Man's Land.
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GIVES TO CONWAY
NEW M'F'G. PLANT
There has just been chartered a
new company by the name of The
I Veneer Manufacturing Co., which will
| give to Conway another wood-working
industry, the kind that this section
needs to work up and make use
of thc plentiful supply of different
woods that grow here.
This is the new concern that procured
thc site of the. Southern Wood
Products Co., from Mr. D. V. Richardson
and others interested with,
him, and which is located across the
Waccamaw River, a short distance
from Conway. There could hardly be
a hotter location for a nlant of this
kind.
Mr. A. H. Edgerton is president
and treasurer of the new corporation,
and W. A. Stilley, is vice presiden*.
and Secretary. Roth of these gentlemen
live in a different section of
the State. They decided last Summe>
to locate this business here.
The company is putting in a plant
which will cut gum, poplar and other
woods into thin sheets, out of which
nearly all sorts of boxes, baskets, and
containers of different kinds may be
made.
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CANNED VEGETABLES
WILL BE REDUCED!
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Washington.?An immediate drop
in prices on canned vegetables was |
predicted by the food administration !
today as a result of putting into operation
the license system for whole-'1
sale dealers. Many canned goods, it
was said, were bought by dealers at;
low prices bust spring and can be sold :
at less than the present market '
prices
Dealers charging more than a 1
reasonable profit are liable to for- j
feiture of their licenses to do busi- 1
ness.
Retailers will be controlled to on 1
ey.tent also through the.operation of <
the licensing system. Those charg. 1
ing more than the food administm:- i
tion considers just will find thel>
supplies cut off in orders to whole.,
sulci's to cease furnishing them with
goods.
The food administration today
warned dealers who have not applied
for license blanks that they will be
charged with violations of the food
law if they continue to sell good?.
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HORRY INSTITUTE
HAS GREAT SESSION
Comes to a Close Last Saturday
Afternoon With
Good Record
GROWING INTEREST IS
SHOWN IN ORGANIZATION
Several Notable Talks Delivered
For the Benefit of the
Teachers.
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Horry County Teachers' Institute
was in session here two days
last week, beginning on Friday morning
and ending on Saturday afternoon.
This proved to be one of the
most successful sessions the institute
has yet had. Between one hundred
and a hundred and fifty teacher*
were in attendance. It is said that
nearly every school in the entire
coupty was represented.
The work of the Institute beginning
on Friday, was earned on in the*
Burroughs High School, where by
observation, the actual work of teaching
and methods used might be seen
in actual operation. There was a
meeting of the teachers in the auditorium
where different subjects were
brought up and discussed. In thi.%
work the leading spirit was Miss
Agnes D. Richardson , the training
teacher.
On Friday evening Miss Annie
Bell Williams, delivered an illustrated
lecture on birds at the Pastime
Theater. This was both interesting
and instructive, and was followed by
an address by Hon. E. J. Sherwood on
food conservation and the importance
of cooperation on the Pa**t of the
schools.
The feature of Saturday morning
was a splendid address by Dr. W. 3.
CuitcII, President of the University
of South Carolina, his subject being
one of great interest to everybody,
"The European War." He showed
that it was highly important to maintain
our schools and colleges during
the world conflict.
The last thing on the program wa%
tho business session of the institute.
It is a department, so to speak, of
the Hcrry Teachers' Association.
A constitution was adopted, and M.
J. Bullock, the Superintendent of
Education, made a fitting address
thanking the teachers for the increased
interest they are showing in their
institute and for their attendance at
the session.
Thanks are due not only to Miss
Agnes D. Richardson and Superintendent
M. J. Bullock, for their hard
work in making this movement a
success; but consideration is due to
the teachers themselves, and to various
good citizens who are evidently
giving of their time and thought to
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mo u.\vcn?iu!i ui tins Kind or endcuvor.
ARE BOUND OVER
TO DISTRICT COURT
C. I'. Quuttlebaum, United States
Commission*1.", held a preliminary
hearing on last Friday in relation to
four charges against David Scherr,
and two against Solomon Scherr,
charging the concealment of assets
from creditors ami other violations of
the Bankruptcy law of the Unite*
States. Nine different witnesses
r. ere called and eight examined. The
fourth charge which was for perjury
was not heard owing to the absence
of a witness, but in this case later,
the defendants waived their preliminary
healing, as the commissioner
had announced his decision that he
would bind over the defendants to
the United States court, in the three
other warrants.
The defendants gave bond for their
appearance in Charleston av the next
term of the di>tr';t court, convening
in t.h'i.t oity or*. "n* firs: Tuesday n
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