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0 I * volume xxxh. FOLLOWERS OF BYNG yAGAIN ON AGGRESSIVE *' British Check Germans in Determined Counter Attack Around Cambrai ' _ J ... I " * * r SERIOUS SITUATION 1 . BRIEFLY THREATENED - ^ Prompt Counterattacks Re*4 trievc Ground Lost and English Continue Fighting. General Dyng's troops in the C'ambiiii salient in Northern t rance were on the aggressive again Saturday, ultra king the Germans who in a deteriflflped thrust the day previous along virtually the entire 18 mile front had thrown back the British from a few of the advanced positions they ha a captured in their recent great drive. Prompt counterattacks by Llyng's tioops while the Germans were still trying' to push forward on Friday checked the Teutonic advance before it had gained too great an impetus. For a time the situation looked se, rious for the British, however, as the German encircling movement toward the south end of the salient, pivoting I on the west bank of the Scheldt, north of Banteux, swung its left flank * through Gonnelcu and on to Gouzeaucourt, one and one-half miles back to the original British line, while i?.B center reached La Vacquerie. There was a hurried exodus of the , British from the sector when envelopi merit was threatened and apparently all, but a few of the most . exposed parties got clear. Berlin, however, claims the taking of 4,000 British ! ^ prisoners with several field batteries, and dispatched from Britsh headquarters report .that the British blew up a number .of their, guns which wer? ? in danger of falling into the enemy's 1 hands. , Lost Ground Regained. i T'lm /'mintnr'il f cot rir>ir_ I k ; n. j/i ?/i i i |#i> vv.4 v*W'i???, ? v ? *?? v ? ed much of the lost ground, incuding ' the towns of Gouzeacourt and I/a Vacquerie, where the penetration had been deepest, and on Saturday Byng's forces pushed the fighting in an effort for the further recovery of the lost ground. No admission of any retrograde movement by the British elsewhere on the front of the attack has come ( from the London war office, although Berlin claims to have thrown i the British back upon Graincourt, i) Anneux and Cantaing along the nortli | erly side of the salient. The Germans seem to have gained initial successes in this sector, but apparently were driven back by the British counter /. thrusts before they could establish , thr-S^elves. I The German losses in the masse* i attacks are reported extremely heavy and Byng's forces also suffered considerable casualties in repelling the asaults and in their vigorous counterdiives. joMESPiiocoT OPEN UP STORE The Jones Piano Company the first of this week received a whole car loajfeof fine instruments which they have opened up in the building just vacated by W. G. Copp, the jeweller, two doors from the Herald office, Among the lot are three player pianos This furnishes an opportunity for the I purchase of a fine musical instrument for the home, and you can ca'l I at the store and examine the piano Vand hear it played before you buy. | Call* and Mr. and Mrs. Jones will [ make it interesting for you o K' CHRISTMAS TREE. There will be a Christmas Enterlainment at High Point School House on Saturday night, December 22. Wo will have a Christmas tree and some J' appropriate plays for tho occasion. II TkelT>ublic is cordially invited, The School is progressing nicely under the skilful management of Pro fcssor M. D. Cox. The third teacher, Miss Annie McGhee has been added to the School as intermediate teacher, and also Miss Grace Hendricks has been elected a.^ primary toucher, th!> ^Hitting her ,third term at High Point. ?Correspondent. c< NATIONAL GUARDSMEN FROM EVERY STATE Some Are Already in Trainin Within Sounds of Guns on Battlefront. With the American Army : France, Nov. 29.?National Guard> men from every State in the Unio have arrived in France, it is toda: permitted to be announced. They arc among* the troops now training, or lately arrived. While it is not permitted to dis close the identity of units, it may be paid that all those which sailed iron the United States have arrived safe !y and that some already are in train ing* within sound of the guns on tin buttle front. VARIOUSTRACTSARE SPLD LAST MONOAl The.* legal saios taking place i f 1*0111 of the court house last Monda; were as follows: The land in the case of Allshroo) -vs- Sessions, went to Burroughs <S Collnis Co., at the price of $275.00. Ten acres near Conway in the cast of W. A. Freeman, Receiver vs. W. S McCaskill, was sold for $50.00. The lots of N. Mosely at Boris were sold to George M. Fowler for the sun of $2043.00. The county poor farm went off . $<3000.00, and it was said the count; board would reject the bi<L Two tracts in Floyds township i. the case of Anderson vs. Brown wen off to J. B. Brown, one tract of 2 acres for $2,670.00; another of 3.( acres for the sum of $625.00. Fifty acres in Socastee went off t A. F. Cox for the sum of $505.00. NO TALK OF PEACE IN SOUfH ROSSI? London. ? Reassuring message.from Russia to tlie effect that no sep. arate peace will be tolerated but tha* the armies under General Dukhonir. wili fight on, have been received b\ the Russian embassy in London. Dr. J. O. Gavronsky, special commissioner of the Russian provisiona. government, and N. M. Nordmamdirector of the department of ecor. omics in the ministry of foreign a. fairs, who are now in London, dc clared in a statement to the Associat 1 ed press today that it was only . - matter of a few week.;, it may b 1 sooner, when the Bolsheviki will b< ! completely repiuliuted, as the force 1 in South Russia which is overwhex mingly opposed to a separate peac*control the supplies and are working 1 quietly, hut surely in the right direction. YOUR LAST CHANGE : TO VOLUNTARILY ENLIST Washington, D. Dec. 1st, 1917. Army Recruiting Otricor, Florence, S. C. , The following ruling is quoted fo 1 your information. Between now am ' December the fifteenth it is desirec ; to furnish registrants as wide an op portunity as possible to enlist in both Army and Navy, therefore any registrant, even though he has been call - ed by his local board to report fo physical examination, may enlist unti December the fifteenth upon presen ' tar'on to the Recruiting Officer of ; certificate from his local board th<d he will not he needed to fill any do 1 fcred percentage of the quota of th< board. This ruling modifies previous instructions accordingly, voluntary enlistments of all registrants is prohibited from and after twelve o'clock noon December fifteen. The Army Recruiting Officer wii) be in Conway Monday, Tuesday am Wednesday of next week for the pur pose of giving the registered men a chance to^anjist inainy. branch of the service he may prefer as after Dec. 15th he will not have the chance to enlist at all but will be called and sent tc any branch where they need men. Can enlist in any branch at present See the Recruiting Officer on these days next week. J. L. GRIFFIN, .Recruiting Ofiicre. w^ ^?Z^ r ^^,*? / r V Q- A" i ONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY. DI LUMBER CO. GIVES THANKSGIVING DINNER Conway Lumber Company irave its second Annual Thanksgiving Dinner to its "head men" at the Grace Hotel Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. There were covers laid for sixty, but owing to illness on the part of several on!;, about forty-five attended. The Pioneer Lumber Company of* Horry has made these annual dinners to the men who are leaders in all departments of its organization a permanent thing, and in this very appropriate way are showing their appreciation of the heatry cooperation that is given it in the carrying on of its vast enterprise. With the lumbermen were members of the press, of the medical profession, and two of Conway's pastors as special guests. The doors of the spacious dining room were tlmnvn open at 7 :"0 and the diners filed in and took their I places at the table. Rev. Mr. McCoy.' of the Methodist Church returned thanks. After the last course was served cigars were passed around and with a dense fog (natural) without and a denser fog artificial (within)] the after dinner speeches began. Mr. H. W. Ambrose, Manager of the Company, acted as toast master, and after a brief talk in which he stressed the hearty cooperation which the management had had during the past year and during all the years as a most vital factor in the attainment of whatever of success that has come to the Conway Lumber Company, and expressing, as resident head of the Company, its appreciation of that cooperation, he introduced Rev. Mr. Hill of the Baptist Church, whose address on "Thanksgiving Reflections" was intorepersed with many humorous jokes and was roundly applauded. Next to speak, and to th? toast "The European War," was Power \V. Bethea, Editor of The Field and Superintendent of the Burroughs High School His address was well received, it being on a topic of vital interest to all American citizens. The last speaker, Rev. E. L. McCoy, responded to'the toast "Ajnerican Ideals" in a very happy vein and roundlv aw plauded at thc close. After which the banquetters extended a rising vote of thanks to the management of the Lumber Company for the evening's entertainment. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL SHARES PROSPERITY Horry.?The Horry Industrial School of the South Carolina conference situated near Conway, has shared in the prosperity of the year drawing to a close. During the year the president of the institution has conducted a campaign for funds for a new building which by the time of the meetnig of the annual conference last week amounted to $2,500, an off^ri nir nf t l>n ?'" 4' " v tin VVillVtVIICC VIMYUIIIS llll> fund on Saturday night of only a small part of the conference amounted to $340 additional. The board of missions this year appropriated SI,000 for the building* fund, besides. $1,500 for maintenance so that those having charge of this important mission school have every cause to be grateful. The president, the Rev. S C. Morris, expects in the near future to have donations from each residing member of the conference and from laymen of the church until the goal of $12,500 at least is reached. The school has a fine attendance both in the English and business departments, and there is imperative need for new building and equipment that the work may be extended. There is the possibility of building up a great institution here for the Pee Dee section, and moire especially for the poor boy and girl on the farm;> and in the rural sections. The newbuildings contemplated will be begun in the near future, or as soon as sufficient funds are realized. o The crops of this country are as i large this vear as rniild Kn j M'v " ' their amount and variety are gratifying. Now comes the big drivv to produce in this country next year still greater supplies, * eriough and sufficient not only for our own uses but for shipment to the allies. A good beginning is taking place now by the movement to plant wheat. If you are not in the movement to raise great big supply crops next yea % gc. into it to-day. GOVERNOR MANNING MARES A STATEMENT I To the People of South Carolina: I desire to appeal to the people of South Carolina to lay down for themselves certain definite anil specific days on which we will save flout, IIIVIIK, , illltl lillS. .. Our National Government lias come to us asking for the perform* ance of a specific duty. We are asked to save meat, flour, sugar, and fats. I urge our people to adopt the following program: To use no beef, pork, or mutton on ; Tuesdays. On a basis of 7 ounces per j person, this will save about 700,000 j pounds of beef, pork, and mutton per week, or save enough meat to feed all of the South Carolina soldiers in ' the army. To use no whoa ton Wednesdays. This will save about two million dollars a year, and would supply our ' South Carolina soldires in thc army.' America uses now one hundred million barrels of flour. This must he cut down to seventy-five million barl pels. To use Ho wheat on Wednesdays. This will save about 700,000 pounds or enough bacon and ham to feed our South Carolina soldiers in the army. To use no cake or sweet desserts on at least two days in each week. We can use poultry, fish, and vegetables. We can have them in abundance if we will raise them. We should save fats by broiling, boiling, and baking instead of frying. No family is asked to stint, but to save and avoid extravagance and v/aste. Elaborate meals should not be permitted. Use no beef, pork, or mutton on Tuesdays, no wheat on Wednesdays, and no hog meat on Thursdays. - The saving of food is a war measure. (. If our army is to be fed we must meet the very reasonable demands of the Food Administration. The sacrifice asked at our tables is a small one compared to the price our soklfcrs stand ready to pay in blood. ' Remember the tvohien and children of France hav^ not tasted sugar during the past seven months, and in many towns and provinces meat is allowed only twice a week. President Wilson and Mr. Hoover urge these requests upon our people as voluntary acts. I am confident that South Cavolin* ians, red-blooded and patriotic, realizing that American freedom, liberty, justice, and honor are at stake, will respond to this call and will do our part to win the war. RICHARD I. MANNING, Governor. w ashingonwaIts ; FOR RUSSIAN ACTION Washington.?There will be no formal announcement for the present of the attitude of the United States and the allied nations toward the BAshoviki regime at Petrograd. The American irovornmpnl !? w?il!nn- lwvfl v ... "".I'.ig UVUi for official information about the relations of the Bolshcviki loaders with German army officers and for fur. the)' developments in tho tangled situation. throughout Russia. o Turkey is already out of the running so far as Thanksgiving day is concerned. onlyfourMare sent to jackson Twenty-one young men were notified to appear in Conway on Monday evening for Camp Jackson last Tuesday morning. It developed that several of the number were entitled to exemptions and after those were taken out of the number only the following fourteen were loft to take the train Tuesday morning for the c.'imos: I Benj. Lnngdon Hume, Perley Shep}>erd Pajre, Mike Alex Claridy, ' Ed. Floyd, . John Wnj.-Saser,. Jiv Vred Gorum Martin, , Dal lie Elmoi'e Morris, Dexter Fowler, George Chestnut, Edward McDuffy Todd, Wiilic F. Paul, Walter Gary Alford, Alex BrjKe Altnwn, c. Dawson Piexce, I MUST BE FAMILIAR ji WITH DRAFT LAW Innnranro RnnHn re Drvr?iefn<"??%vl< ?ynvi mmvv I iv/i IUV/1 O II tVJIOU dl I ' Liable to Curtailment of Privileges. i Washington.?All persons subject | to the selective service law, Provost .Marshal Crowder announced today, are charged with knowing the law and accompanying: regulations and failure to comply will be considered a misdemeanor, punishable by a year's imprisonment. Failure also may cause immediate induction into military setwice and will operavte as a waiver of any right or privilege which might otherwise have beeN claimed. (Icneral Crowder pointed out that all previous exemptions are revoked ' under a section of the regulations which reads: i "All exemptions and discharges made prior to noon on December 1 *>, ; I and all certificates in evidence thereof, are hereby revoked from and after noon on December 15, and all such certificates theretofore issued shah, have no further validity. "In any case of deferred classification made under these rules ami j regulations, the Secretary of War I may order such deferred classification and any certificate issued in evidence thereof to he revoked and rescinded and the registrant to be transferred to any less deferred class designated by the secretary, except only as to such registrants as have been placed in class five on account of legal exemption." On its part, the local board is to do everything possible to acquaint registrants with their order of liability. It is absolutey necessary that each registrant shall know his order number. The board is t0 mail to registrants notices of its actions concerning them of any duties that they are required to perform, and notice of its disposition of the claims of other persons regarding registrants shall be mailed to the registrant and the othei persons as well.*'* FORMER HORRY WOMAN DIES IN BOSTON, MASS. Miss Eliza Jane Congdon, familiarly known to her Horry friends as "Aunt Jennie," formerly of Horry, died at her home in Boston, Mass., on Monday of this week. As it was her i request that she be buried at her old 1 I homo in Conway, the body will leave! Boston to-day (Thursday) and if the j present plans are carried out she wdl be interred at the Cemetery of the | Conway Methodist Church on Satur-j day of this week by the body of her) mother, the late Mrs. Charlotte Conation. As above stated it was a request of hers that she be buried either by her mother at the Mehodist Cemetery here or by the side of her grand-mother, Aunt Jane Norman at the Presbyterian Cemetery in Conway, and permission was gotten from the Local Board of Health and her wish will be granted. Aunt Jennie was known to only the older residents of Conway where she once lived. She was the daughter ot Mrs. Charlotte Congdon and had one sister. Mrs. J<w.?nh T ??.-?*? j - - - ^ .y j ' . . * II ll.Ollf I 1 V/ II j living, and a brother, George Cong-! don, who died in Georgetown several | years ago. She was raised by her | grand-mother, "Aunt" Jane Norman and lived with her at the old Norman j homestead formerly located on Main j Street in Conway near where the' present Burroughs & Collins Company's store now stands. She was at one time a school teacher and eonducted a private school in Conway, among her former students now liv- J ing here being, I)r. H. H. Burroughs, j Airs. R, G. Dusenbury, Mrs. Julia Causey and Mrs. F.lla I). Smith. Shortly after the war she moved U Boston since which time she has been | actively affiliated with the New Eng-I land Conservatory of music. Her many friends here will bo pained to learn of her death, but since the end should come, it will be a source of grraU'ication to know that her remains may rest in Conway along side her loved ones and within the shadow of the church which it is stat, od was founded by her mother, Charlotte Congdon. {* A i $E jjh Sm NO. 33. 1 DECLARES ITALIANS I CAN HOLD LINES I Sen. Garibaldi Savs Teutons I Could Advance Only Over Dead Men MORE TROOPS AND GUNS 3R0UCHT UP Austro-Germans Have Suffered Disccmragingly Heavy Losses. * Italian Army Headquarters in Northern Italy. -A visit .ado to the f'i.u'htinu' ground at Monte Tomba, ! Monte Monfenera, and other moun- J tains in the fiyht'ny zone in the I norlit, and then to the Piave lino where it joins the mountain front* afforded opportunity t<> si o this central point of the present hug1* struggle and obtain front officers at several divisional ami brigade headquarters direct information in regard to the condition of affairs. The tour was made with a staff officer from headquarters and covered about one hundred miles with stops at the main points of fighting. Can Hold Line. General Garibaldi, commander of the famous Alpine brigade, declared the fighting* hail shown that th0 Italian troops could hold the line beyond any question. Speaking of the spirit cf his men, he added: "If the enemy ever does get past owing to superior generalship or superior strength of guns, it will be only over the dead bodies of our troops, for they are determined never tr> yield." TW it miiilu l..n J!.. ~ 4 ~ * * * A 4 * VlHIil Kwiiii^ IV IUC IMtttlft front showed increasing masses of troops being brought up for concentration on the threatened lines. Much artillery was coming in; The met* and horses seemed to be in good condition after the hard drive. Miles of infantry moved forward, the ranks showing fresh and youthful troop*. They wore steel helmets and were getting ready to go into notion. Many had little pink boxes in their hands which looked like packages of candy, hut when they were opened it was not candy which was seen, but long thin bullets which fit into the Italian rifles. Kvery cartridge belt was full of these pink boxes. Heavy Teuton Losses. Passing headquarters of the fourth army which holds the vital line between the Brenta and Piava rivers, m staff officer of General Robilant, com runnier of this army, summed up the I general situation as "satisfactory,** i the reports shown g that the enemy was being held. While the pressure of I the Austre-German forces is still impeteuous, at. the same time they seem I to have been worn down by heavy losses and the unexpected strength of j the resistance they have encountered. This staff officer estimated the enemy loss as fully two or three time* that of the Italians, as the defensive lines always have afforded greater shelter. MAD DOG CAUSES LOTS OF TROUBLE Mi*. Ja/.io Green on his way to Conway from his home a few miles from Conway, one clay recently, found a small dog abandoned in the public road, and took the dog uu. Later he took a negro in the vehicle to ride, and the dog bit the negro. Later on the same dog bit tho baby. An examination of the doe'< 1 marie in Columbia proved that the dog had been mad, and Mr. Green took prompt steps to obtain treatment for the malady which would no doubt soon have taken his bbay. Another ease of rabies is reported from the Willow Springs section not far away. A dog which was apparently mad went into the house of Mr. Emp Hucks and before he could be <|riven from the house, he bit Mrs. Hucks and two of the children. The dog's head was sent to Columbia and a report soon came back that he had been afflicted with the rabies. Mr. I lucks took his wire and two children for treatment without delay. It is. thought that the treatment in both of these cases will be effective.