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,1 s ? VOLUME3QOai. CITIZENS OF AUSTRIA > GIVEN MUCH LIBERTY t Few Restrictions to Be Imposed on Dual Monarch's Subjects ?, i. 1 GET MORE PRIVILEGES . THAN GIVEN GERMANS * Will Be Free to Live and Travel Anywhere Except to Leave or Enter U. S. Washington. ? Auslro-H ungariailibjocts in the United States, most vi the million or more of whom are la ^ I rc-1 s and an- loyal to the alliou cause, will suffer lew restrictions as a esult of war between the land of I tin ir birth and adoption. In a proclamation declaring a stab of war with Austria-Hungary in aecodance with the a<-t of congress President Wilson specified that unia utrali/ed Austro-Hungarians, unlike the Germans in this country, should he free to live and travel anvwhere, except that they may not enter or leave the United States without permission and those suspected o* enemy activity may be interned. Thev r.eod not register, are not barred from the 100 yard zones about piers, dock and warehouses and are not required to leave the District of Columbia. The president's notice in drawing distinctions between Germans ann Austrians were described as two-fold First, it was realized that the sympa thy of Hungarians, Roumanians, Poles. Servians, Szechs, Slocaks, and oth. er immigrants generally is not with , Austria-Hungary and they have not Veen guilty of the multiform cam paign of violence practiced under tho German war system. Secondly, such * a large proportion of laljorers are Austrian subjects that it was found yrtictically impossible to administer : gainst' them the rigid regulation imposed on the Germans. T'he department of justice even amended its former plans to register A .istrians with Germans because of tlv immensity of the task and the administration's determination to mini n */.e embarrassment to Austrians. As an indication of the president's <i fforence in feeling; toward subjects of th(? dual monarchy it was pointed < ,t that nowhere in the proclamatio 1 did he use the phrase ''alien enemy'' ; s was done in previous proclamation-: ferrinjr to Germans. GERMANY SUGGESTED t PEACE NEGOTIATIONS London.?Foreign Secretary UaT four told the House of Commons to'?ay that a communication had been received by Great Hritain from Ger WJinj last September, through a neutral diplomatic source, to the effect that Germany would bo glad to got into communication with Great Britain in regard to peace. The British government replied it was prepared to receive any communication the German government might decide to make, and to discuss * y. with Great Britain's Allies. NOTICE There will bo a Christmas Tree at Mt. Vorr.on School House Monday night , Dec. 24th, beginning at 7 >*elock. The public is cordially invO,cd. Good behavior will be expected. ^ Mrs. Lottie Gore, Miss Lulu Stalvey, Teachers. f ? ?? M m & fx SS w&kzz fx &] v ? m P COTTON REPORT. pj j *1# I p ES gfi g? ar rt gg gg gg jfij| ,?|r LvUtor Herald:?? The tabulation of card reports shows there were l>,f)48 bales of cotton, counting round ius half bales, ginned in Horry County from the crop of 1917 prior to Dec. 1st, 1917, as' I I com pared with 4,147 lmles ginned to ! i)ec. 1st, 1910. y Iterpceifully Subn itterl, James D. Chestnut, Agent. gag HEAVY FIGHTING IN NORTHERN ITALY Chief Austro-German Effort I Centers About Monte Beretta?Small Gains. Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy.?Heavy fighting is in progress today on the mountain front in thv north, east of the Hrenta river. T'no enemy is attempting to advance h'.\ positions as he was those west of the river, which would give him two line* of npptoaeh to the Hrenta valley and the open plain. The chile Austro-German effort is centering about .Monte Beretta Thece the enoniy succeeded in advancing only a short distance in the repeated attacks in which he suffered larg losses. Sixty German Divisions, Washington.?The strength of the Austro-German invaders in Italy placed by official dispatches from Rome today, at sixty divisions. On the front line are 52, of which 43 are Austrian and seven German. Eight others, four German 'and four Austrian, are said by information from competent sources to be held back of il. I f .... .. uic iiuos in reserve. j o Some damage was done last woe): to water pipes and automobiles. .Some of the people neglected to drain the pipes and when th,? thaw set in the pipes bursted. RED CROSSXMASORIVE FOR NEW MEMBERS I Our President, Wood row WilsO" who is also president of the American Red Cross, is asking for ten millio; new members to the Red Cross during this Christmas Drive week. Horry County is asked to contribute fiv hundred of these. I believe the County will do more than it is asked to d<> in this case, as in all other case where we have been called upon t-. help in war winning activities. When America entered the war an i the American Red Cross cntcre: Kranee :t asked the Drench Command' r-in-Chief, General Retain, what tlv\ should do and he told them to go inu the trenches and tell his soldiers thai their loved ones hack at home would be looked after. And whether or not thov did as requested and how we it they did it. is reflected in a remark he made some months later when ass "iI what ho thought of the American Rod Cross and he said it was wort It one million soldiers. If you join the Red Cross and . upport it. r.ot only bj y u dollar, but by your good wish's and i ctivitic.s in getting some one el.;<> :o join, you are not only helping <> provide the wherewithal to carry on this great and noble work, the bulk of which is being done by our patriotic and self-sacrificing American women, but you also are aiding in supplying what General Retain says is worth a million new troops. Morale: Do you noi realize this in our war as much as it is Fiance's war, or Knglands's war, or Italy's war? If our European al lies are defeated it means our defeat. Then how gladly should we welcome an opportunity to aid not only our own country hut also our severely tried Allies, who are withstanding and holding back the German legions un~ tii we can come to their succor. Let ic man or woman in our County refuse to do his or her bit toward winning this war when opportunity presents its self. Help now while you can help and when your help wi*i count for the very most possible so that whatever the future may hold :> store for us you shall have the supreme satisfaction that can come only to those who have done their duty j well and faithfully. 1 have written and mailed cards foh | registration to the Chairman and 1 head teacher of every school in the 1 County and I adopt this further means 1 of urging you to make it your bus.'? 1 ress to give every person in you> j .school district a chance of becoming 1 members of the American Red Cross. < When I get their names 1 will mail 1 each of thorn a Red Cross Button and . ? service flap which will, if displayed a.* 1 directed, proclaim to the world that ?. they arc in hearty sympathy with and f contributors to this proat work. ?H. W. AMBROSE, Chairman. \ CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY State Council of I). H. Cokcr. Chairman; William * Kxecutive Secretary, Headquarters lumbia, S. C. The South Carolina Hand Book of ly. An official representative of the ed it to be the greatest of all of its ki calling- it in fact a "War Bible which every home in America." Copies maj oil's Headquarters at Columbia. Sevci already adopted it as a textbook on tli Will you help supply eyes for the It is difficult for the government ulars, spyglasses, telescopes for ships respective of size, age, or condition, express to Hon. Franklin 1). Rooscvol ington, I). C. Coventor Manning's appeal to th< down for themselves certain definite i flour, nteal, sugar, and fats, has he- n President Wilson and Mr. Hoover. T Use no l>ecf, pork or mutton on and no hog meat or products on Thu feuse urges the uniform adoption of If your Oats or Wheat have been Next Spring wheat, meat and ion Don't buy ground Phosphate Roi gant prices. Don't buy this material at all un Consult your Farm Demonstrai ic 1. ! 1 | w hich you arc not thoroughly familia forces in france have little to do The period of virtual inactivity continues in France and Belgium, except for reciprocal bombardments in various sectors and here and there small operations bv rcconnoitering parties. )nly on the Northern Italian front has there been sanguinary encounters between the opposing infantry, and in these the Austro-German forces gaain have met with defeat in attempts 10 pierce the Italian front and advance i toward the Venetian plains. A S. Ehrich, who volunteered for the United States army, spent several days in Conway last week, attending to various matters relating to the estate of his father, the late L. S. Eh ich. horrwuntyhas very colo weather This county experienced the coldest weather we have had this season during the first five days of last week. The weather eTianged on Sat unlav night before last and it was c*!d on Sunday with a keen chilling .vind cut of the North, but the day was sunny. Monday was also a vcrv cold day, while Tuesday and Wednesday of last week were eoldcr than Monday if anything. The rain which fell on Tuesday night of last week quickly froze and every tree and buile. ing in the county was festooned wi'h icicles the next morning. This remained about the same through Wednesday and Thursday of last week. i? was not until Friday that the sun came out with the early morning hours, and the ice which was still clinging to the earth, under the in fluence of the sun's rays, began to melt away before the morning was gone. While it was much wanner on last Friday than it had been before during the week, yet Friday was very cold owing to the thawing of so much 1 ice. 1 Many people ir. Conway felt the : coal shortage, and not only the coal < shortage, but the shortage of wooe. 1 during the extremely rough days o<" last week. The small quantity <?i 1 wood on hand gave out at many I homes long before the freeze w.i ? 1 over. > There is a shortage of wood in th;- > section because it is said no hands can t he found to cut up the trees. Those who have been in the business of fur- 1 rushing fire wood to the people of J Conway, have been unable this Winfer to keep their customers fully supplied, for want of hands to cut the tvocd. As to coal there is none in L'onwny, and all the promise of th-i wholesale coal houses to forward or- i !ers that were made early in the Fall, r lave so far not been worth the f damps it took to bring the letters v Vom them. s o f W. C. Martin was in Conway on J C u sin ess the latter part of last week.1 B #?' , DECEMBER 20, 1917. ' Defense Notes Slliott, Vice Chairman; Reed Smith, Union National Hank Building, Co v ' the War was highly praised reeemr!nnii?:i < I WMIIVII ui nuvtviuii suviVIIBV uuciur* rid printed by an'" of the States,, should be on the center table of ; be had free from the State Coun'al schools in South Carolina have le causes and issues of the war. Navy ? ; to Ret an adequate supply of bino' of the Navy. Yours are needed irSend them immediately by mail or t, Care Naval Observatory. Wash* c people of South Carolina to lay iind specific days on which to save approved in personal letters from he schedule is as follows: Tuesdays, no wheat on Wednesdays, rsdays. The State Council of I)eLhis sche<lulc. j killed, plant ajL>ain at once. ' tRc will bo scarcer than ever before, rk (either soft or hard) to extravaless you know it will suit your land. >n Agent before buying fertilizer r with. INQUEST FINISHED LEVI WATTS DEATH; The inquest us to the cause of tb - | ('.oath of L. J. Watts, was conclude 1 by the coroner on Tuesday of las*, week according to appointment. Sev real witnesses were examined,, among them, the widow of the deceased, Dr. H. L. Scarborough, K. D. Taylor, Is:. H. McNeill, and one Mr. Todd. The last named was the man whom Mr. Watts had promised to put across the river. After the fight, before going into his house. Watts took the boai and went after Todd. His face was bloody at this time and he was so nervous that Todd asked him to allov him to take his place in paddling th boat. The jury rendered a verdict whir' in substance was to the effect thai leceased came to his death by a blov, at the hands of A. C. Murrell. rOUNfiPEOPLE IN ROMANTIC MARRIAGE There was a romantic marriage m this section last Fi iday afternoon, the con tract in;', parties being Miss Hello Moore, of Ayimr, and Mr. James Long, a son of Mrs. Lottie McM Long of Conway. Mr. Long- volunteered in the Unite ' I States navy signing up on Thursda;, Returning here he was married L> Miss Moore on Friday afternoon at a 'ate huor. Last Saturay morning ii left for his duties in the navy. The many friends of the young couple are hoping that the young man will have good luck in his career as : soldier and will he able to return when the United States is victorious to the young wife who will faithfull wait for him at home. NOTICE! HOME FOLKS The V. M. C. A.'s need home made J.- * L'iuiuy aii'i case to tu'till their Christmas plans for soldiers at Camp darkson. It' you live wuhin 200 miles of Camp Jackson, will you not contribute ? Send boxes by parcel post not later than December 20, plainly addressed to 10. 11. Shultz, Camp Social Secretary, Army Y. \1. C. A., Camp Jackion, Columbia, S. C. (See article elsevhere in this edition headed "Merry Jhristnias.") (AISERWili MAKE ANOTHER PEACE OFFER London, Dec. 15.?Emperor "William n his Christmas message proposes to ; nake a final peace offer to his one- 1 rdes "on whom, in case of rejection I rill fall the responsibility for blood- i heel in 1918," according to an unoN icial Berlin telegram forworded from i Jeneva by the Exchange Telegraph 1 lorn pan y today, 1 gjjjjfc MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR THE SOLDIERS Red Cross Plans for Big Cele-i bration Supplemented By Army ; I I Im addtiion to the momento'i*1 Christmas celohration planned bv the l % ? ' Rod Cioss as related elsewhere in this edition, and one which Camp Jackson soldiers will long remember, the various V. M. C. A. units will have festivities appropriate for the occasion.; Alieady some of the secretaries re. poit that companies have volunteered to put in Christmas trees, green and hcdly with which to adorn tin4 huihl- 1 ings. Tlu large open fire places 01 the new buildings wi'l he ready to burn the Yule-tide log and everything possible Will be done to make Christmas like it used to be back at home. It is planned to have every soldier' who comes to the Christmas celebration bring- a small gift t.> some other soldier not exceeding ten cents i \ value, but wrapped as though it wet * going to his best girl. These will b collected at the door and redistributed later so that no man will got his owe paekiige. To help accomplish this redistribution we will have some real sure enough Christmas girls, without which you could hardly have a Christmas. What else does the Christmas need? Well, it needs home folks, hut the Y. M. C. A.'s are not quite able to conic across with that. The next best thing, however, is something from home folks, and we want home folks who live near enough, t<> make Christmas candy and cake for this party. Tell the folks about it an? have it sent from home about December 20 to the Army Y. M. C. A., Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., mark, eci "For Christmas Party." These good things will be distributed to the Y. M C. A. units according to the number of men being served, and w , believe in the home folks strongly enough to know that there will be plenty. Don't get blue about being way from home on Christmas. We will have some nii.rt.v miraalvnc .??n I" * ' v%"" ,,v ' ' v " 114IVI n * want your help anil know you will give it. BRITISH VESSELS SUNK BY GERMANS London, Dee. 17.?One British and five neutral merchantmen, a British destroyer and four mine sweepers have been sunk in the North Sea by Gorman naval forces. The losses were the result of an attack on a convoy bound from Scotland to Norway, S>r Krlo Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, announced today. The total tonnage of the !o<t merchantmen was 8,000. i Kighty-eight Scandinavians, two of I whom were women, and ten British, i were rescued by four British destroy ers detached from a cruiser squadron which was hastened to the scene. Other survivors readied Norway in boats. U. S. ENGINEER i COMES HOME HURT . I Mr. McQueen Quattlobaum arrived at his home here last Friday night from Apple Grove, Ohio, whore for the past several months he has been serving in the engineering depart' meat of a governnu it service in Unit 1 section of the country, in the erection i and inspection of large works. Me was in an accident just before , leaving1 there for home. The hotel ( where he hoarded caught on fire while I lie was asleep and the building was in i flames when he was awakened. There j was no escape except to jump firm an up-stairs window, and this w is what he did. A clothes line caugh1 ! 1 him on the way to the ground and: made an updy gash in his nock and . would have been very dangerous it' it had gone deeper. B\ reason of tlv | exposure he had to the cold that night, one of his feet wan frost bitten and he wiu : uff< rifit;- from this when 1 h.o arrived at ho no. He \v:\- able to i ::e out en Sunday and will act n r . ;ovcr from his injuries. t Mr. Quattlobaum viP be at h.erre i >n leave of absence until January < 1st, when he will have to return to ? lis work. t NO. 33. i ONE OF THE HEAVIEST DECEMBER SHOWS ? ?viiv IW Covers Virginia, Carolinas and Northeast Georgia Today SHIPPING TIED UP AT NEWPORT NEWS Dniitli TJ o ?.'> ?? "r1?? -? r\-- - * ** ? X* 1U1I1 UI1C to Ten 9 Inches?Severe Cold ? Weather. \ rginin, North and South Carolina and northeast (leorgia were covlast week by one of the heaviest December snowfalls in history. From the mountains to tidewater in tln> Old Dominion snow which began falling early was repoited to have reached o depth of from s to 10 inch( s. Newport New> had the heaviest precipitation in 19 years, according: to unofficial accounts a 10-inch fall accompanying" severe cold weather and high winds virtually tying up shipping at the Hampton Roads port. Roanoke reported a fail of s inches. Iii North Carolina also the snowfall was heaviest near the coast. Raleigh reported 7 inches, while, in I the mountain city of Asheville the depth was only 4 inches, i Columbia was barely covered under an inch snow, but in the northern and western sections of South Car)1 Una from P. to 4 inches of snow were I reported. IMPORTANT MEETING ' TO BE AT FLORENCE Charleston, Dec. IS.?-To thresh out the details of the ptoposcd bridge over the Sun tee River, t lie Charleston Chamber of Commerce has called a 1 "ont'erence to he held at Florence at 1 v o'clock Friday morning, December 21. Invitations to tins coufcmce have been extended to the mayors of the various towns in all the counties pn eastern South Carolina, to i ol commerce officials in such towns, county officials, and to the detar gates who attended the recent hearing or the project before the State High, ay Commission at Columbia. No less than fifteen counties are interested in the confei e ice. The snii it prevailing in Charleston at this time is one of determination not to allow the Santoe River to re! main any longer a harrier between i the upper and lower sections of eastern South Carolina. Charleston has I stated repeatedly that it is willing t?> I do even more than its share to have a bridge or bridge.- built, as the feeding here is that the crossing of the Suntee River will he a great forward step for both the Foe Dee and th? coast. GENTRAL POWERS TO STRIKE QUICKLY 1 \ # ' i. Muion.? i tu* military correspondent of The Times in a general review ot the military situation estimate* that there are now about 150 German divisions on the western fro it and "3 on the eastern front, but that uppurt itlv a!' men between 1!) and oo years of age nrc being withdrawn from the latter point for service in the west. The write) eon curs in the opiniorr that the Germans probably will try t?> st ttle matters in the west before Rus? sia recovers and America is ready, hoping to deliver a decisive blow thi< winter or in the spring. WILL INVESTIGATE WAR DEPARTMENT Washington.?A gvneral inquiry in lo the operations of the War D< parfTient in arming and equipping ths Vmerican forces was decido<l upon .oday in the Senate military affairs jomrvittoe. Secretary Hake ;r ! e4hr department heads will be called xplain various features' o." . ar acivities.