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united states army "
Rapidly being built
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( Great Strength Added to the
Force for Democracy's
Fight
jfvNFANTRY INACTIVE
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* Intensive Artillery Duels Coni
tinue on Various Sectors.
Snow Halts Operations.
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, The American army which is to bo
' .sent into the battle to muko the world
for democracy is rapidly being
fclined. In the nine months aince
the Untied States declared that a
state of war existed with Germany
tin- army has risen from 212,084 off
ficers and men to 1,589,50 officers,
! and men.
This statement ha s been made by
Secretary Baker, who dcelared that
no other army in the history of the
v orld had ever been raised, equipped
or trained so quickly.
On the fighting fronts the infantry
is inactive except for small raiding
operations, but the artillery duels
continue intense on various sector.-,
li; Northern Italy snow has fallen to
y depth of from three to five feet,
bringing- the operations to a halt.
Unofficial dispatches dealing with
the deliberations between the Bo'sheviki
and the Teutonic allies at
Brest-Litovsk indicate that for the
present peace is not being discussed,
but th^t.Hm ,proposition of the Bolshevik
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negotiations to Stockholm is the parijcnn
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vik fqpeign minister is said to have t
threatened the delegates of the central
powers that if they do not accede
to his request for transfer of th*
pour parlors to Sweden the voice ol
their own people and the strong arm
of the Russian democracy will be felt
by them. The German delegates in
Petrograd have requested Sweden to
act as go-between with the allies. A
dispatch emanating from Switzerland
asserts that Bulgaria and Russia
have signed a separate peace
pact, but that the Russians have rejected
separate peacc terms on the
proposals offered by Turkey.
Meanwhile fighting continues >i?
Central and Southwestern Russia between
the Bolshevik) forces and the
Cossacks of Central Kaledines and
General Dutoff.
HINDEN8URG ORDERS
J 30 VILLAGES LEVELED
Paris.?The Rome correspondent of
The Matin says that by order of Field
Marshal von Hindonburg, according j
?e reliable information, which has (
reached him, 180 villages behind the
western front, mostly in the region of ,
St. Quentin, have levelled to the ,
*fround, so as to afford better oppor.
trunity for defense of the German lines i
to the rear.
Notwithstanding denials, the corre- \
spondent adds, only one-third of the ]
Belgians deported to Germany have
he^n permitted to return to their
rimpcs. '
NO FEAROFSPREAD
OF DREAD MENINGITIS i
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Charleston.?Of the 876 patients in
the hospital at the United State:,
navy yard near here eight of them
have spinal meningitis and a ninth
mfin is suspected, according to a c
statement by Surgeon W. L, Garton, \
the medical officer in charge. On^ s
bluejacket who recently came ffom t
the Great Lakes training station ha* !
died from meningitis. "There is ab- v
aolutely no danger of the disease j
J||irea<ling beyond the limits of the.
ffuarantined camp," Dr. Garton said. T
ATI the 2,500 men in the naval train* f
big camp are stric.tlv quarantined. 1<
Newly arriving bluejackets are sent t
to the rifle training camp across the )<
bay at Mount Pleasant. Most of the
navy yard patients are suffering ii
from m?nsles and mumps, Dr. Garton
said. \i
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MEN IN CLASS ONE I
FOR FIGHTING WORI(|
Not to Be Given Commissions
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in Non-Combatant Service,
Says Secretary Baker.
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Washington. The draft men placed
in Class 1 of the selective service
will not be given commissions in the
non-combatant arms of the service
under a resolution adopted by the
war council and approved today by
Secretary Baker. It is the announced
purpose of the war department to
draw fighting men from this class u)
registrants and the department Is
said to he determined to prevent
further inroads upon the nation's
figllting material for staff positions
unless there is a substantial reason
for exception in individual cases due
to special qualifications of men involved.
Further expansion of the commissioned
personnel of the non-combatants
arms will be made by drawing
from men in the; deferred classes
where young men are needed.
ITALY APPRECIATES
AMERICANASSISTANCE
Rome.?Senator Guglielmo Masconi,
who lias been appointed a member
cf th0 Italian mission in America,
made the following remarks today *n .
addressing: the Senate on Italio-Am- j
crican relations: j
"The Italian mission to the United I
States again realized during its jour- '
ney the great friendship and sympathy
existing there for us and the
great assistance the United States is
ready to give us. i
The friendly feeling and concrete
measure adopted by the American
people in favor of Italy deserve our
entire gratitude. We must consider
the spontaneous American intervenlion
m the war with special satisfaction."
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Miss Inez Stalvcy has returned to
Winthrop College.
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IN FLOYDS TOWNSHIP
Two dwelling' houses were burned
not very long- since in Floyds township,
both houses being on the estate
land of R. H. Hatcher, deceased, and
which was in litigation for about a
year, the land being sold on the first
Monday in Novmeber 1917, and purchased
by C. C. Enzor.
At the time of the sale, the main
dwelling house on the property was
occupied by S. A. Hammond and
family. Soon after he moved out in
December this house was burned.
Recently another house on the premises
used for tenants purposes w is
destroyed.
The people in the community generally
believe that the burnings arc the
work of an incendiary. N
The loss from these fires amount?
to about $!l,000.00.
S. A. Hammond who was formerly
the occupant of the land is now :n
Florida.
Attention is called to the advertisng
of the Horry Drug Company
which is now running in this paper.
This store is now under new and very
ifficient management.
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SOME DAMAGE HERE
The warmer' weather which set :n
ver this section of the country last
veek, culminated in a wind and rain
torm on Friday night; and while
here were apparently no serious,
ossok from the high winds, there
veve slipht damages in various
daces reported last Saturday.
An awning at the store of Conway
[Yading Company was torn loose
rom its fastenings by the wind. The
Dose end of the awning broke out
hc glass show windows, entailing a
oss of about one hundred dollars.
'there was some damage to trees
ii various sections of the county.
The weather broke cool and cleat
ist Saturday morning.
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OWWAY. S. 6 , THURSDAY, JA
I ABOUT HALF JOINED
ADMINISTRATION
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There are 3,009 families in Horry
County registered as members of the
food administration. There art
6,308 families in the county. All
families who have not joined the food
administration should write inline*
diatcly to the food administrator
Arcade building, Columbia, and secure
the beautiful window card, the
kitchen card and nt.hep
which is distributed. The Food administration
is making arrangements'
for the wi(le distribution of information
that will be of value to every
householder. Those signing the
pledge cards, merely promise to save
food insofar as possible, so that Am-1
< rica may bc successful i 11 the war.
wouloenMmales
between 18 and 45
Washington, Jan. 9. A bill authorizing
the President to enroll all males I
from 18 to 45 years of age for military
purposes was introduced today
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u jr kjcijciiui i' iiiucc ct iki ruierreu 10 in?; i
military committee. Classifications
according to ages is prescribed, thosK
between IS and 20 years of agc. to bo.
classified in a federal cadet corps,
from 21 to 81, in the federal first lino
of defense corps; 82 to 30, in the second
line of defense, and from 37 to 45
years of ago, in the federal reserve
corps.
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The United State fuel administration
has announced that Wednesday,
January 30, will be national ' Tag
Your Shovel Day."
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BODIES UNRECOVERED
At last accounts the bodies of two
young men, J. l\ Schroder and Dozier
Mishoe, lost in the snow while on a
hunting or fishing trip out of George
town, during the cold period some!
time; had not been found or any'
trace of the missing young men discovered.
The Georgetown Times in
its issue of last Saturday had the
following to say about the matter;
Although several efforts and j
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to time since the occurrence of thc|
unfortunate event, no trace of the i
two missing younrr men, Mr. J. I'. j
Schroder and Mr. Dozier Mishoc, i
who are supposed to have beet. |
drowned or frozen to death during!
the severe freeze of last week, has I
yet been found.
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Salt can be used to advantage during
extreme cold weather. If it \s
deposited in plumbing fixtures where j
the water is exposed it will prevent j
freezing and consequent bursting ofi
pipe and crockery when the thaw oc-1
curs. |
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UNITED STATES GUARD i
LIMITED TOJ ,800 MEN;
Washing-ton?Further organization !
of the United States guard has been
I suspneded, Secretary Baker announc!
eri, and the special protective duty for
which the guard was authorized will
be done by army troops supplemented
by the 1,800 federal guardsmen to
which number enrollment is now lim^
| ited.
Originally it was planned to make
the guard a speciat police force j
about 25,000 officers and men fo>
service largely in the communities in
which they were enlisted in enforcing
alien proclamations and other such
work. "Changed conditions" is the.
only reason given in the order for the
new plan.
SCHOOL BUILDING IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE!
The public school building at Parley
Swamp caught on fire last Tuesday,
it is supposed from a defective
flue, and was totally destroyed by the
flartVes despite all efforts to save it.
The school building was one of the
best looking in that section of the
county.
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tOIARY 17, 1918.
RED CROSS CHAPTER 1
HOLDS METING
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There was a regular meeting- of the
Conway division of the Kony County
Red Cross Chapter, Friday afternoon,
Jan, 11, at which there was a thorough
reorganization which . resulted
in the following elections and appointments:
Mr. H. W. Ambrose,
County Chairman: Mrs. rvff:_
cer, Vice-chairman; Mr. Albert Long,
County Treasurer with Mrs, M. G.
Andersen, Assistant Treasurer; Mrs.
VV. A. Freeman, Secretary. The ex
ecutive committee remains as it was.
Mrs. George Office r, Chairman; Mr*?.
Stalvey, Vice Chairman, Mrs. Fret man.
Secretary, and the following
members, Mrs. B. T. Ifyman, Mrs. FI.
J. Sherwood, Mrs. I). A. Spivey, Mis.
Joseph Battle, and Mrs. M. G. Andersen.
According to instructions from
headquarters the following positions
were filled: Mrs. H. VV. Ambrose, director
of Woman's Work; Mrs. F. A.
Burroughs, director of class in surgical
dressings; Mrs. J. A. McDermott,
supervisor of general supplies; Mrs.
George Mash, supervisor of hospital
garments; Purchasing and shipping
committee, Mrs. B. T. Hyman and
Mrs, J. M. McKeithan.
The chapter is in very good condition
financially, but every member 1>
urged to do her bit with the sewing
and knitting. The wool which is kept
at the work room is managed by Mrs.
i D. A. Spivey and Mrs. J. M. Lemmon.
| These ladies will give out wool Tuesday
and Thursday morning from ten
j 'till twelve o'clock. Every one is requested
to take note of these hours
and not to call on the wool committee
at other times. Thc chapter decided
! to order a large quantity of khaki
wool. There is also quite a lot of
sewing material at the work room
which will be open all the week with
ladies cutting garments so that any
; members who wish to may take them
home to make. Shipments are being
made to Atlanta headquarters the
first week in every month. A box
?p. garments was sent off Tuesday
containing thc following articles. ??0
sweaters, 7 pr. mittens, 2 pr. socks,
5 pr. pajamas and 22 hospital shirts,
sent in from Aynor and Little Rivei
auxiliaries. t !
It was decided to have a junior'
auxiliary formed by the teachers rit
j the Burroughs High School. Miss
I Connor and Miss Ellerbe is organ izI
ing this. The chairman wishes to
have auxiliaries in every township in
the county. The following have already
organized and are at work:
Aynor auxiliary, 'Mrs. L. R. Hagood,
Chairman; Little River, Mrs. W. PL
Stone, Chairman; Spring Branch,
Mrs. A. T. Jemigan, Chairman;
Green Sea, Miss Essie Derham, Chair
man.
Horry County is very proud of the
result obtained from the Christmas
drive, her quota was 500, the total enrollment
is 957.
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It is useless to get mad at the war
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AbllAMUN BtliUN
TOJCUT SESSION
Determined effort to restrict the
present session of the general assembly
to the briefest possible duration i
of time is being made. One of the
first papers to reach the desk in the
senate was a concurrent resolution by
Senator Wharton of Laurens, calling
for adjournment sine die of the general
assembly February 2. Immcdt-.
ate consideration was not pressed and
the question will be determined with- 1
i:. the next fev," days. 1
Agitation is also being pressed for
a suspension of the present session,
after emergency legislation has been
cleared for the calendar, the recess
period to extend until sometime i;?
April, when fuel shortage will not be
a disturbing factor.
CITIZEN KILLS
LARGEST EAGLE
The largest eagle we have heard o*
as being- killed in thirt section was
brought down by Mr. R. O. Hendrioki.
iri Pee Dee Islands on Sautrday, January
5th. This eagle measured 7 feet
and 2 inches from tip to tip of its
wings.
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SUBMARINE ZONE
AGAIN EXTENDED
"Enemv Sunnortinn Pnintc"
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Placed on Germany's
Blockade Map. !
London.?Farther extension of the
submarine barred zone is announced
in a wireless statement sent out by
the German government. It become*
operative on January 11.
The extensions which are particularized
in the message affect the rc~
gion around "enemy supportingpoints"
on the Cape Verde island*,
and the point of support of Dakar,
French Senegal, with the adjoining '
coastal district. The barred zone
around the Azores is extended easterly
over the island of Madeira which,
"serves our adversaries as a point or
j support."
1 RAILWAYS WILL
I MOVE COAL FIRST
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Washington, Jan. 12.?The railroad
administration today met the
storm conditions prevailing- throughj
out the country with formal instructions
to move coal first wherever
possible and to reduce energies as to
keep locomotives in running order.
High winds, low temperatures and
snow in the Middle West caused th?^
fear that passenger traffic in that
section and west of Chicago would
have to be abandoned.
A. H. Smith director for Eastern
lines, reported to the director general
late today that meager advices
from the West indicated the continuance
of passenger service depends
on abatement of the storm
tonight.
Improvement in East.
In the east traffic conditions were
much better hut officials were worried
over the eastward movement of
the storm. The disruption of traffh
in the West and South only temporarily
serious,, it was pointed out since
congestion could be cleared, when
normal weather returns, but in the
East it would take weeks to elimiiu
ate the storm's effect.
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M iss Lula Sweet has returned tc ^
her studies at Winthrop. ?
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SCHOOL GOAL TAKEN j
TO HEAT ATLANTA
Atlanta.?Mayor Candler late today
requisitioned and ordered sold m j
small quantities all of the coal nowheld
in the city school buildings.
After the mayor's orders were issuco
the superintendent of city schools ordered
all the city schools closed for
one week beginning Monday. The
fuel problem became more acute here
tonight as a result of the low temperatures.
The State Council of Defense
which began an inquiry into
the fuel shortage in Atlanta and the
State at large earlier in the week, tonight
issued a formal statement denying
there v.*as "collusion between
the railroads and coal dealers."
Charges of collusion were made by
the Rev. J. W. Ham, a preacher, in |
his testimony before the defense
council several days ago. i
The alley running through the main .
business blocg here is becoming ;n {
bad condition and should have atten-!
tion. It is used by the public a greal |
deal.
SCHOOL SITUATION
IN HORRY COUNTY i
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Senator Duck was asked what then
Legislature would likely do about the j:
school matter in Horry County. Per- : I
sonally, he says that he is opposed to |1
putting a blanket tax on the County '
of three mills, until he knows the exact
condition of the matter in the <
Superintendent of Education's of- J
fice. He proposed to offer for the
consideration of the Delegation a 1
plan, by which the schools can con- 1
tinue to be operated during the year I
and, in the meantime, have this mat- i
ter thoroughly investigated by a com- <
petent commission, to be appointed I
by the Legislature. 1
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BOLSHEVIRI WILL
RAISE NEW ARMY
To Be Used in Case of a Final
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Break at BrestI
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Litovsk
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TO WAGE NOT WAR
BUT REVOLUTION
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wiic&puaaeni Declares Bolsheviki
Are Steadily Gaining"
in Power.
London.-?Confirming; previous reports
that the Bolshveiki are preparing
to reestablish the fighting power
of the army against a possible final
break in the negotiations with the
Central Powers, the Petrograd correspondent
of The Daily News says
that they are not attempting to reanimate
the old worn out army, but
to create a new and much # smaller
army. Concerning this new army
Foreign Minister Trotzky is reported
to have said::
"It will wage not war, but revolution.
Its front trenches will be barj
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i icaut's against oppressors."
The Bolsheviki doubt whether the
German soldier will advance,. but If
they do and take more territory they .
will be no nearer an end of the war.
The correspondent says the greatest
difficulties of the Bolsheviki in these
preparations are transport and supply,
of which the former is the lea*
hopeful question. Ensign Krylcnko,
the Bolsheviki commander in chief, in
reported to be organizing a volunteer
army and has ordered all officers to
return to the posts they held before
tbe Bolsheviki revolution.
A < tc Civil War.
In reference to the civil wars in
different parts of Russia, the correspondent
says that they are not wars
of one part of Russia against anoth<
r, but attempts to spread class warfare
in those parts whore the proletariat
has not obtained the upper
band. Thus, the Bolsheviki are not
wai'ring against the Ukrainian radu;
not with the Cossack country, hut
vith t'V? military government of th^
C! os sacks.
(Jains by Bolsheviki. r
The Daily News correspondent
inys the anti-Bolshcviki newspapers
daily record Bolsheviki defeats, but
declares that it is curious that after
ilefeat the Bolsheviki advance instead
of retiring. The map, he says, shows
that each reported defeat takes the
i :?-v mi lunntT into tno cnomy
country. Ho mentions some of those
advances and adds that the Black sea
fleet is now controlled by the Bolsheviki.
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NOTICE TO HORRY COUNTY
TEACHERS.
Owing to the recent inclement
weather and the rather unsettled conditions
of our schools as a result, we
believe it will be wise to dispense
with the January meeting of the
Teachers' > Association. Hoping this
will be satisfactory to you and that
you will make every effort to attend
the Febraarv meet in o* I
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Yours truly,
?M. J. Bullock,
County Supt. of Kducation.
ESTIMABLE WOMAN
DIES AT GEORGETOWN
Georgetown, Jan. 9.?Mrs. Katherino
Labruce Ward, wife of General
S. M. Ward, of this city, died thia
morning at 2 o'clock at the residence
on 1*1*11100 street. Mrs. Ward was taken
seriously ill on Christmas day,
ami for several days past her life had
tieon despaired of. She was bora at
Oakshill plantation, on the Waccamaw
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ivtr*--*, wiu wu? in ner sixiy-nrst year.
The funeral will take place at the
Church of Prince George, Win yah, *fc
3 o'clock this afternoon.
Flags are at half mast and the entire
community . mourns the death af
this most estimable and useful lady.
For many years Mrs. Ward has taken
!?n active and leading part in all the
community affairs of this city, religious
and social, a'id her loss wilt
t>o sorely felt.
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