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gfOLUME xxxn TROUBLED RUSSIA \ BOWS TO INVADERS 4 4 Jlongress of Soviets Agrees to Terms of Peace 1 Treaty 2 . -jSEHtEGATES CHEER }, WILSON'S MESSAGE president's Expression of SymEl pathy Read at Opening I Session. Kj Riissiii has howfwl tn ^ w .. . V/ v??v, v* Iiti iU Rnpiire.s. The hard terms of th< R'<<rV;n atv submitted by the GerB'tins at HresULitovsk have been KiTccd to by the all Russian congress K Soviets, in Session at Moscow, in ?it * of the opposition of an imporK'nt element of the Russian people. 'The result Of the vote was forecast , the announcement from Moscow B^ Friday that the Bolshevik delo ^U s to the Moscow congress had at Bfparty caucus voted in favor of ratiB :ation. There was a faction, how. Iji-r, that registered its disapproval R the treaty, but the presence of K'kolai I.enino, the Bolsheviki picBier, probably united his followers Kid enabled them to roll up a large B ajority in favor of accpotimr th?? iovisions of the German peace MThe message sent by President H'ilson to the congress, in which he pressed his sympathy with the Rus in people, was read at the opening ssion on Thursday night. It wa,s reived with marked enthusiasm and Vneply embodying a resolution of Wprecfation was sent to the America people. R Trouble Breaks Out. WjThat there was spirited opposition V, the ratification of the treaty i?> Hudenced by reports that trouble joke out on Friday between the BolIkWeviki and Sooial Revolutionwf? nf |ftr who have been representing >uncil of people's commissaries. military situation op the o-Belgian front has shown no ?d change in the last 24 hours, nost notable development was icrea-wng activity by the British j old Arras front from Anas it,s far south as St. Quentin, re:1 by Berlin. Apparently the Brit ng rang* guns were doing effeovork some distance behind th'. an lines in Flanders as well, for. rerman statement complains jf. lties among the population op 1 and Malluin?more than five yr* advance of the British front past of Ypres?caused by Brit*e!l fire and airplane bombs, h German and French reports that heavy artillery fire has in progress in the Verdun reand that there has been brisk near Rheims on the Lorraine and in Alsace. change in the situation in Ami sectors in Lorraine has been Lted, although Paris reports a an raid in the vicinity of Flier/, the American sector northwest ul, which was repulsed. New German Army. Cresting possibilities are sugd by the revelation in Saturday's an official statement that a new Ii army group has been created front in northern France. It Is jommand of General von Gal!n officer previously prominent Russian and Serbian campaign parently transferred to the n front late last year and put mand of the Verdun sector, inwithin the front occupied by erman crown prince's army German statement Is so wordl the boundaries of the district General von Gallwitz's com:an not be determined even apately. That part of the front X east and southeast to the border from about the vicinity i\ on* the ALisn^ front, had" "pr?vbeen diverted between the n crown pnnce and Gran*; A'brocht of Wuerttemburg own prince's front included th Champagne, and Verdun re ?hr - -? ?AMERICANS MAKE PERMANENT ADVANCE Gained by . Raids and Conceni trated Artillery Fire on Enemy Positions ! i 1 With tho American army in France.?American troops in the Luneville sector have occupied and 1 are holding- enemy trenches northeast 1 of Badonvillors, which they fo'rced tho Germans to abandon through recent raids and concerted artillery fire. The 1 trenches have been consolidated with ! ours. i This, though a small forward move- 1 ment, marks the first permanent ad- 1 vance by the American army -n 1 franco. Tho consolidation of the 1 trenches enables the Americans and : French to operate from higher 1 ground than heretofore. ; The Germans made only feeble at- : tempts to retake the position, bill ' each time were repulsed. 1 Hadonvillers is eight miles west of the German frontier and is almost directly west of Strassburg, capital of Alsace. The American position here is about 18 miles southeast of the Hhine-Marne canal, where the Americans first entered the trenches last November. On both the Luneville and Toul sec tors the American artillery has been ' firing many shells into the German ' ]K>sitions. Northwest of Toul, Get- ^ man plans for a gas attack again 1 were frustrated when the American 4 gunners destroyed four groups of * gas projectors which had been placed 1 in position. German batteries, ' trepches, wire entanglements ana > other military targets are being harassed by the heavy fire of the Am- I ericans. | RRANn hiry isrcn vimnu ^VH I nvnkll FOR GO-OPERATION; 1 To the Grand Jury of Horry County: i Whereas the recent quart per i month Liquor Law as ratified by the t last Legislature took effect on th< < 10th inst., making it incumbent upon s the Probate Judges of the State to ascertain who really need liquor, I In consequence thereof, I earnestly J .sk your co-operation in the differ- ( ent localities of the county by fur- < pishing me the names of any person i either white or colored whom you i suspect of having been using it for : unlawful purposes or in any way to I the detriment of Urn public, I will 1 thank each of you for suggestions &s I to what would be a safe and legiti- ; piate system for handling this problem under the new Act. I beg to remain, < Your humble seiwant, ! ?J. S. VAUGHT. Probate Judge for Horry County. < j N. B. Smart of the Pee Doe section ( was in Conway on business last Fri- . day. , gions, while Albrecht's started in the St. Mihiel region and extende<l to the end of the line. The new von Gallv;itz group is indicated as resting between the crown prince and Albrecht groups. If von Gallwitz has taken over any appreciable part of Albrecht's sector, J it follows that the Americans, in the i reigion northwest of Toul, at least, < and probably those on the line east of i Luneville are facing the troops under 1 this commander. It is possible, how- , ever, that von Gallwitz has been given jurisdiction over a portion of the 1 crown prince's former front, either to | conduct an offensive operation, in the Verdun sector, or to allow the crown j 1 prince to concentrate his energies for' a move in the Champagne, a sector in j < which some of the French writers have been predicting a German of fen- j siye, the Rheims region being deemed one of the probable sections of terrain ! for the effort. Although Germany has been threat .ening Holland with dire things if the < Netherlands government should agree to allow its ships now in the entente 1 allies' ports to pass definitely into the < hands of the allies, it is indicated in j Amsterdam advices that Holland ha i decided to meet the allied demand*, ,1 including the right to use.the ships ir tho danger zone. i \ ^r < X X X >NWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, MA THE METRICS ENTERTAINERS MARCH 29TH V The Dietrics will be the last Lyceum attraction for this season. Tile management has secured this strong attraction as a fitting Close.for tlv course, which will be presented Fr.iilay March 29th at the Pastime Theater. They are one of the most versatile companies on the Lyceum Platform. Their program is rich in ori inal feautres consisting of a combination of music and magic and is di vided into three parts, part first b? ir.g a few minutes of fun with DkIric, the "different" entertainer, presenting a merry melange of morden marvels, entirely distinctive from the usual sterotyped performance; part Lv o, a Soiree with Mrs. Lilian Dietrie, a novel entertainer of charming personality, natural ability an.i splendid repertoire; part three, an unique series of dous on novelty inn deal instruments, popular and clas. deal selections, pleasing oddities, deightful playing and execeptional talent. Tu'l^ot C Iwi i\w CM? L\ 4 -.11 " f 4 1*" ....... v.. ..... \ / 11 .-Mil*.- ell el I 1 IM nil* l>rug Stores. RED CROSS CAMPAIGN POSTPONED TO MAY 20 In order not to detract even slightly from the forthcoming Liberty Loan Campaign, the War Council of the American Red Cross has postponed the campaign to raise the se >nd War Relief Fund of $100,000)00.00 to the week of May. 20th from 1 the week of May Gth, as was originaly intended, and announced in last vock's issue of this paper. ENOUGH MECHANICS TO MEET DEMANDS Washington.?Seventy-five shipyards on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ind the Great Lakes have been notified by the Department of Labor that its employment service is prepared to neet their labor requirements from :he 200,000 mechanics who have been { enrolled in the ship yard workers' reserve campaign now in progress. The department, in its announce- i ment, said the yards had been asked to hereafter obtain their workers exdusively through the department's 'mployment service in order to elimnate the past general confusions t>? industry resulting from the luring of ; skilled workers from other industries, < the piling up of idle labor in shipbuilding centers and the unnecessary interchanging of labor between ship, yards. So that the requisitions of the yards for men may be met promptly, lirectovs of the United States Public* Service Reserve, conducting the 'enrollment campaign, have been instructed to begin immediately classification of all recruits, and n snwiftl clearing section has been established it the department to facilitate the xandling of applications from the yards. MRS. DORA DEE WALKER COMING TO HORRY Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, one of our State Demonstration workers will be n Horry County Thursday and Frilay, March 21 and 22. Mrs. Walker s coming to Horry to assist Misses Derham and Lewis, the County \gents, in the work with the women. The following schedule of meetings las been arranged for the two days i ;hat Mrs. Walker is to be here: Thursday?10:20 a. m., Aynor School. Thursday?2:20 p. m., Conway 2ourt House. Thursday?7:20 p. m., Poplar School. Friday?10:20 a. m., Four < Mi'.o School. Friday?2:00 p. m., Loris School. Friday?7:20 p. nr., Green Sea School. ... At each <of these meetings Mrs. Walker will outline plans whereby [?very housekeeper wil be able to heip in the production and conservation of food and thus help in winning th'^ war. It iw.your patriotic duty to come und'tcll others to come. k \ JtCH~21 ,~1 918. GET BUSY NOW HORRY TO FRONT The most recent report issued from the War Savings Committee for the State of South Carolina showing the standing of the counties in the Stat? based on per capita sales placed Horry County in the position of thirty f:rst?her total sales of War Savings Stamps to March 2nd being 1 $1,854.50. The readers of this paper will recall that it was recently published that Horry stood first among Ukcounties of the State from the standpoint of organization, but has drooped considerably below this position fiom the standpoint of sales. According to an official report received by F. A. Burroughs, Chairman of the war savings committee foi this county, the people of this count> have loaned to the United States government an average of six cents (ach in war savings stamps during the oast three mnntlie U/lw..-. ; , ...vnvlliM ?l U\ II it * ^ considered that the quota for threi months is $5.00 per capita, it can be seen at once that this county is considerably behind, and not responding to the governments appeal as ban been expected. Mr. Burroughs ascribes the poo) showing of this county not to a lack of patriotism on the part of the people, hut solely to the fact that they have faile<l to appreciate the importance and advantages of the war savings movement. The United States government is counting on war savings as one of its mightiest v.eapons in fighting Germany, and the county committee urges that every man, woman and child in the county lend their money to the government by investing in the interestbearing war savings stamps, or in the thrift stamps. Sales reported for week ended ^ ? 1 - * iA "" ?<uu Agnirpiw: which is an increase of approximately 85 per cent, over the proceeding weok. ?tal sales to March 2nd amount to *277,453.25. War Savings Stumps are just bopinning to move briskly in this State. There ought to be an increase over 100 per cent, in the reports for the week of March 9th, which I will be tabulated on the 14th. We ?re still selling very much below the rate of the country at. large. It is important that vigorous campaigns he waged in every part of the State to bring home to the people the urgent necessity of supporting the j government by the purchase of these stamps and the opportunity which they afford for systematic saving. The quota established by the authorities at Washington for the enlire country is based oti $20 for every man, woman and child during the entire voar 1918. Smith f nrnlinrt v? thus far put in only 17 cents per capita. We ought all to endeavor to 1 produce several times this amount j each week. In other parts of th" country reports are not frequent of towns that have taken more than their quota already. There ought not to he a single person in this stale who has not begun the purchase of those stamps. We ought to have at least $100,000 sales for the week of March 9th, and our objective should be to bring the sales up to half a million a week before the end of the month. There never was a more attractive opportunity of patriotic service and self help offered to this state. -o PLACED IN JAIL ON LARCENY CHARGE I ! A negro by the name of Pete John-; son was arrested here recently and J lodged in the county jail, in default | of bond, charged with the taking of< !-?S drifted logs belonging to th", Vl'.iM.I > /-'.v 11-- r?_i i iviu-naic V ??., ill llll* IVOll Ollli | neighborhood. The taking of the logs is allsge-i as having occurrod in last Novortibot'. The constable could not find Johns* n when ho went for him, as it was thought lie had -learned of the war-, rant being taken out. ?.* Later the authorities discovero i that ho was slipping into Conway o.i week-ends to visit relatives, and a trao was set which resulted in his arrest. raid. WILSON'S MESSAGE NOT RECEIVED? Press Dispatches All Information Washington Has , From Russia J Washington. ?Aside from pres.-* dispatches, Washington had no in for- | mation today on the decision of the all-Russian Congress of Soviets at Moscow, ratifying- the (ierman peace ti rms. Nothing had come either j from Ambassador Prancis at Vologda ( l? I llO A IM-H'i"" 1 ~..v <V.I>vi Ivan vwnMii general a' Moscow. Officials had no means of knowing , whether the action was taken before1 or after receipt of President Wilson's message to the people of Russia, promising American aid in obtaining' for Russia full independence from German aggression. The message was sent March 11 and the congress decided to ratify peace with Germany, March 14. Its receipt has not been acknowledged by the American consul at Moscow, by whom it was to have been delivered. Only Move Possible. The President's message as fceni. was regarded by officials here as the only move that could be made by the United States in the interest of the Russian people, although a short time ago Ambassador Francis in ui statement to the Russian public, issued at Vologda, said that he had i recommended to Washington recognition by the United States of any government the Russians might set | up. To recognize the government that has just concluded a peace on terms considered entirely favorable to Germany, it is held here, however, might present many embarrassing difficulties. Japan May Act Soon. It is believed that ratification of the peace terms will bring an early move by Japan in Siberia. Any move by the Japanese, it is believed, woul i be made chiefly as a measure of protection for Japanese and American supplies at Vladivostok. There is no real danger, officials say, of German armies moving that far east, but there is a probability that supplies at Vladivostok might be sent into Russia and then find thier way into German hands. The geographical location of Vladivostok makes it easy for Japan at any time to cut off a German force ! ' i\nn ii'ooo ^ -A nit i win n m; *-w niijvi; lilt' CUM. L IH' single lino of railroad entering Vladivostok from Russia takes a circuitous route, and Japan with little difficulty could cut off communication at any point for miles along its course. " O 1 ' RED CROSS PICTURE. See the Red Cross benefit picture Wednesday March 27th at .the Pastime Theater. It is a good one entitled "Wars Women," six reels. A photo play with a purpose. We must prepare to protect our mothers, v/ives, daughters and sisters from the ravages of Autocracy. Admission fifteen and twenty five cents. o The local military company is having regular drill exercises now. DRAW JURY FOR APRIL 1918 TERM! The jury commissioners met last Friday morning and drew the jurymen for the approaching term of thn, court of Common Pleas, which will, convene here on Monday, April 1st, with Hon. H. F. Rice as Presiding Judge. A roster4 of cases to be? tried by jury was published in the last issue of this paper. The jurymen follow: 01 in Lewis, C. N. Sarvis, S. L. Smart, W. J. Edwards, Hezekiah Finson, Bert Grainger, J. Wilber Ger raid, A. R. Holmes, M. A. Hamilton, J. William Pridgcn, J. I). Anderson, wi t n u T.v.i.i i t? \i/:i > f ? u u t/i in*u, vi. ii. I vuil; <1. I ff 11' ; Hams, W. P. Williams, W. Thos. Floy do C. W. Booth, l? F. Bellamy, I). C. HaiTelson, H. J. Johnson, W. P.' Jenrotte, Geo. S. Price, A. Alford, W.1 J. Chestnut, J, A. Phipps, L. C. Best, Leroy Prince, A. E. Goldfinch, W. J. Stanley, Willie A. Jones, C. L. Anderson, U. G. Parker, W. H. Graham, Jr, W. G. Saw is, C. M. Hammond, J. Elbert Allen. NO. 481 BRITISH PATROLS SINK 2 SUBMARINES Destroyer Ariel Overpowers UBoat and Captures 8 of Crew (another sunk by armored steamer i . Submersible Had Been Firing on merchant Ship?A Sharp Fight. London.?Tho Mritish destroyer Ariel recently overpowered and de! stroyed a German submarine and cap ' tured eight of the crew. The Ariel ! was on patrol duty when she got a report of a submarine in Northern wa~ tors. Sighting the periscope of the submarine at a idstance of nearly a mile, the Ariel made for the enemy craft, firing as she approached. The gunners made good practice and the periscope of the submarine was struck fairly. Going at full speed, the Ari^l attempted to ram the German and passed right over her. The submar rine was damaged and came to the surface. Faced with destruction, the crew of the submarine attempted to use their g*un o*n tho destroyer. After two m three shots from the bow gun of tho warship, however, the crew of the Uboat began to appear on deck with their hands above their hesxds in t? ken of surrender. Several boats wens lowered and eight men of the submarine crew were rescued. Another U-Boat Sunk, j Near Blacksod Bay on the western j coast of Ireand, an armored patrol I l>oat was victorious in a fight with a submarine in British coastal waters. While the armed steamer was ia Black Bay, word was brought that a German submarine was firing on a merchant ship just outside Achill Head. The patrol steamer went right out an hour later sighted a submarine painted black, about two miles off. When the patrol steamer was about 800 yards off, she began to use her guns. All the shots were effective and the submarine attempted to get away, but the patrol steamer maintained its fire. Suddenly a lot of smoke was .seen coming" from the aft side of the conning tower of the U-boat and it stopped. Its stern then begun to sink. Soon the conning tower disappeared and only the fore part of the U-boat was above water. After a moment the submarine disappeared entirely, leaving a large cloud of smoke. The patrol steamer waited about the vie in ity for two hours but saw no trace A the U-boat. o The time for filing income tax returns expires on April 1st. o MUST FINISH WORK BY APRIL FIRST Hon. R. B. Scarborough recently received a telegram from the war (it partment, and it 's presumed that the same message svas sent at tfm same time to tho other members of the eastern district hoard, to the effect that the work of classifying the registrants appealing their cases t? the district board, must be finished by April 1st. Last week the number of appeal cases reached about ten thousand. As the board can only consider from three hundred to four hundred per day of ten hours, it m seen that the board will have to work over time in order to finish this task b.v the date fixe<t by the irovernmenL In order to fill his place on this board, Mr. Scarborough has made a great sacrifice. I'or the past aim months he has devoted the greater part of his time to this work aad necessarily had to neglect his large business interests here. He will no dcubt be through with this work the district board in a few weeks now and will then be ub!e to give all hi* tirpc to his office here.