The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 28, 1918, Image 1
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' BRITONS WITHDRAW I
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| German Armies in Massed For
;4 mation Go Into British
> Defenses
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" General Haig- Reports His Men
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'j Now in the New
' Positions.
H
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j News received Sunday says that
^assaulting the Hritish lines on the
" south, the Germans have forced their
way forward over a front approxi!
matoly 21 miles in length, have peno'
trated to a depth of four or five miles
- west of Cambrai and have reached
. Ham, west of St. Quentid, a distance
i of about nine miles west of tbf 3ritV
ish lines as they stood before the inI
Ception of the Teutonic offensive >n
Ji Thursday. The Greman claim that
jr the forces of the central empires am
J* fighting on a line northwest of
I Bapaume, Peronne and Ham has not
been substantiated by British official
I dispatches, but the British reports
J <*how that there has been a retire-!
ment at various points, especially at
I Si. Quentin, where Field Marshal
Hoig says his forces have taken up
> their new positions.
! According to a Berlin official disj
patch "a considerable part of the
I British army has been beaten," but ]
| this is not borne out by any facts so
' far known. That 25,000 men have
J possibly been captured by the TeaI
tons may be considered as a natural
result of the slow British withdrawal.
"Thus number, however, i? very small
in comparison to the forces thrown
into the fray.
The frightful combat continued all
day Saturday.
The great German offensive on the
Western front has developed as its
i si.lient feature; an apparent desper.
ate effort to break into the southwest
i of St. Quentin, drive a wedge be\
tween the British and the French an.l
,v push on across the Somme Canal in
I rthe general direction of Compiegm*
/ .and Paris.
| Simultaneously, Paris has been
' bombarded at quarter hour intervals,
j beginning Saturday forenoon, with
J shells of about nine-inch calibre. The
! source of bombardment has not been
XCYealed* The nearest point on the
fj*?yt is H2 miles distant, more than
twice as far us artillery fire has ever
'Reached previously. One theory sug'
gested is that the Germans have developed
an aerial torpedo which can
! be fired from a long distance.
)[ There was an admitted break in
the British line in the St. Quentin
1 region on late yesterday, the Ger'
mans forcing their way through the
defensive system and compelling a
British retreat to prepared positions
within the area devastated by the
| Germans in their retreat in the
spring of 1917.
1 J* mpreme effort by the Germans I
ft*) cut the line in this region is forecast
in the dispatches. They have
1 put cavalry in the field to follow up
! the infantry and evidently intend to
} throw the Uhlans into the fray when
lithe infantry columns open the breach
the German high command is coiin;j
in a* upon.
Farther north the British lines,
iv. hile they have drawn back are holdling
well in their new positions. The
rl maximum British retrogression there
i seems to have been about four miles
^ it Mory, which has changed hands
Use vera I times,
i French in Struggle.
I Reports that the French have bc(Nme
engaged in the struggle seem
Bj^dible, as the recession of tho Britright
flank, \Vhidh was resting
Hip proximately uppn Lp Fere, at the
lj*River Oise, would inevitably carry
jvith it tho French loft which has
IRested upon tho Oise.
w* The advance is being accompanied
En by a terrible slaughter of the GerK
;mans, who in their massed formations
Bwore being cut to pieces by' British
R runs of all calibres. The British
wc: sualtks, too, have been heavy, and
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NOTHING TO FEAR
MHM OFFENSE
Now York.?There is nothing in the
current news from overseas to war.
L?nt any disquietude on the part of the
American public or any of the nations
allied against Germany, in the
opinion of Capt. Andre Tardieu,
French high commissioner to the
United States. In a statement issued
here today, however, he eounciled the
hastening of preparations in this
country to deal the enemy "blow for
blow" and the maintenance by Americans
at some of the same "calm
confidence" in the ultimate issue of
the war as has been manifested by
the nation's troops in France.
NO DRIVE PLANNED
AGAINST AMERICANS
VV i th tho American Army in
Franee.?A prisoner taken in the American
sector when questioned today
said that no offensive was planned
by the Germans in this sector.
"All we want is to be left alone," he
declared. Every man on the American
front is anxiously waiting- news
regarding the German offensive and
momentarily expecting to hear thai
the British have won a victory.
WILSON CONFIDENT
HAIG WILL WIN
Washington.?President Wilson today
cabled Field Marshal Haig congratulating
him on the British stand
against the German offensive and pre
dieting a final allied victory.
The President's message read:
"May I net express to you my warm
admiration of the splendid steadfastness
and valcr with which your troops
have withstood the German onset, and
the nerfect confidence all Americans
foci that you will win a secure nrr'
final victory."
LOST NEARLY ALL
THANKS HIS FRIENDS
L. B. Davis, a progressive fame?
of the Jordanvilie section, on February
28th lost his residence by fire,
the news reaching him here while he
was serving as a juryman at court.
Nearly all of the household an1
kitchen furniture was destroyed by
the flame*-', the only articles that
-.cere saved being two bods and four
or five quilts.
Mr. Davis has been remembered
in his misfortune by many friends,
and has asked the Herald to state in
its columns that he is heartily thankful
to each and every one of the kind
people who have assisted him since
his misfortune.
Berlin claims the taking of 25,000
British prisoners and 400 o-uns.
Emperor William himself is in com
mand of the German army fighting
this battle, which he had previously
declared would be the decisive one
of the war, and London commentators
credit him with assuming this
post within the aim of going down in
history as the victor in- the greatest
conflict in the world's history should
the Germans win, as their leaders
have boasted.
No Serious Alarm.
Despite the advance made by the
Germans, no loss of confidence on the
allied side in the ultimate outcome is
apparent. "Serious but not alarming"
is the view London takes of the
situation. Attention is largely centered
now on the St. Quentin thrust
and the next big developments are
looked for to come from that sector.
The great battle in the West has
caused all other news to become of
minor importance by comparison, but
considerable interest attaches to the 1
announcement of a further British |
success in Palestine where General 1
Allenby's troops have forced a cross-]
ing of the River Jordan and are fight!
ing thier way eastward.
Besides the mysterious bombardment
of Paris the city was subjected
to its first daylight air raid, carried
out shortly after 8 o'clock Saturday
morning. Bombs were dropped at
several points by the few machines
flying at an extremely high altitude,
v hich succeeded in penetrating over
the city. A number of casualties resulted.
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CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, IV
GERMANS LOSING i
100,000 MEN A DAY
In Opinion of Allied Military (
Experts at Washington
ALLIED LOSSES ARE
NECESSARILY SMALLER
German Statements Concern- '
ing Americans Probably
Refer to Engineers.
Washington.?Members of the
Allied military missions said today
that in the nature of the fighting on 1
the Western front the Germans must 1
be losing at least 100,000 men a day. '
They made this deduction from the 1
Germans' plan of massed attack, the
number of troops they are employing
and the strength of the allied resistance.
The Allied losses, it was declared,
would be far less than those of the
Germans, because they are fighting
on the defensive.
German statements that American
troopvS had taken part in the fighting
on the British front in France had not
keen confirmed today, and officials,
including Major General March,
chief .of-staff, declined to comment on
the reports.
Although a detachment of American
engineers was caught in the Ger- 1
man counter attacks ;n the Cambrai
salient several months ago, officers
indicated there was nothing here to
show that any American troops other
than engineers or special units had
been attached to the British forces.
Word From Pershing?
; News from the front continued t$
be the absorbing topic today*, and of- '
ficial Washington, including President
Wilson, anxiously scanned British and
German statements. Whether the War
Department has received confidential j
i advices from General Pershing was}
illQt disclosed, but officers pointed out
that information on British operations
must necessarily be given out at London,
and whatever General Pershing
may have sent through probably
, would be regarded as confidential.
ANXIOUS MOMENTS
FOR HINDENBURG
Ottawa, March 20.?A Reutor's dispatch
received here from French head
quarters today says the news should
be read with entire calm and unshaken
confidence, and that although the
British front was compelled to recoil
under the hammer blows of Von Hindenburg
inevitably a move that was
fully foreseen by the Allied staffs?
counter measures prepared in advance
will take effect at the right
moment.
"These first days of the battle pre-1
suraably mark progress to water level
with the avance," the dispatch con
tinues. "The enemy still enjoys the
advantage of the offensive, and is
able to select the point where the
blow is to be aimed, while we are
obliged to disperse by means of defense
and to cover all points where
the blow might fall. That advantage
is one that quickly passed every hour,
and brings us nearer to the momen4
when the Allied armies in reserve will
he ready to intei-vene. Before th it
moment comes, Hindenburg must
have achieved the decision or be prepared
to see it go against them.
FARMERS MAY GET
NITRATE OF SODA!
There will he one car of Govern- j
me.nt Nitrate Soda shipped at once!
to Conway, S. C., one to Aynor, S. C.,
one to Loris, S. C., and one to
Nichols, S. C., to be distributed to
farmers for immediate use. All parties
who have in orders for Nitrate of!
Soda will be infomed as to which of
these points they can get same of
Soda.
VV. L. Richardson.
Distributor.
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[ARCH 28, 1018
3RITISH AND FRENCH \
KEEP LINES INTACT
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jierman Deaths Pile Up Higher '
and Higher During 1
Drive
ALLIES MOVE BACK
ACCORDING TO PLAN
Fully Believed German Drive
Has About Spent Force
of Onrush.
Although still giving ground at
points before the desperate German
drive, the British and French armies
( ngaged in the great battle in Northern
France are preserving their united
front intact and apparently awaiting
the opportune moment for the delivery
of a counter blow to dispel the
German dream of world domination.
Big events are impending in the
immediate future at any rate, and
the advices from the front indicate
that these are expected to develop favorably
to the AJlies, probably within
the next few hours.
Germany Paying Dearly.
All accounts agree that Germany
is paying heavily for every foot of
ground she has wrested from the Allied
armies. Her casualties are shown
by the British official statement -o
have mounted so high that every part
of the western front has had to be
drawn upon to provide badly needed
reinforcements for the battle area.
Held Marshal Haig's report reveals
that more than seventy divisions, >r
between 800,000 and 900,000 men,
have already been engaged in the
battle on the German side, and the
^widespread call for fresh troops
makes it plain that the fighting forces
are being rapidly used up in the terrific
and costly onslaught. Forty divisions
of the German reserve are reported
to have been thrown into the
line as early as the second day of tlvii
battle.
The rearward Movement in the face'
o\ the Teutonic attack has now
brought the allied armies well toward
the edge of their former battle lines
in the Somme area and in the devastated
region to the southeast.
Field Marshal Haig reports the new
British line drawn somewhat to the
oast of Albert and Roye. Paris indicates
the French fighting front as
extending southward from Chaiilites,
past Novon, which has been evacuated
by the French, and then running eastward
along the southern bank of tho
1 iver Ciso.
Germans Rapidly Tiring.
The German troops have been reported
as rapidly tiring from their
breathless plunge into the Entente
lines, and they wore evidently forced
to take a breathing spell last night
opposite the British front, as the London
noonday statement reports the
fighting to have died down. This
morning, however, fresh forces prodI
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amy nau neon orougTit up and the at- j
tack was being- resumed south of the
Somme in the Itoye and Chaulnes
area.
It is in this sector and in the Noyon
region that the German wedge is being
driven in hardest, and it is here,
ov on the line to the east, should the
Germans further expose their left'
wing, that the weight of the expected
counter blow may fall.
French Doing Good Work.
The French on their line are holding
the line of the Oise strongly.
Their artillery is cutting huge swaths
in the German columns and the \
French infantry is making frequent!
counter attacks, inflicting heavy loss-1
os upon the Germans, and retarding!
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The British evidently are main-!
tnining their marked superiority in.
the air on the battle front, and are
throwing* the German supply station*,
and lines of communication in the
rear into confusion by air attacks at
close run ere.
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The Court of Common Pleas wili
convene next .Monday morning with.
Judge H. F. Uice presiding. The
crowd in tho city will hardly be as I
largv as it is at the criminal t -rms c.f!
the court. i
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AMERICANS SHELL j
HUNS WITH EFFECT
With the American Army ?n
France*?American artillery on the
Toul sector continued to<lay to shell
?ffeotviely enemy first line and communication
trenches, the town of St.
Bassant, and billets and dumps north
:>f Boquetoau. Many of the American
shells have fallen in the German trenches
and the first two lines in at least
ime place have been virtually abandon
ed.
One American patrol freely in
spected t)\is point in the enemy line
without molestation last night, and
this morning* and remained there several
hours. There have been no contacts
between the infantry during hi >
last 24 hours.
For the third successive day (lei
man artillery today bombarded heavily
with gas shells a certain town
within the American lines. Today's
bombardment was made in two
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Many gas shells and a few high ox plosive
shells fell on the American |
positions.
PLANBIGMEETINir
FOR NEXT MONDAY
The Horry Council of Defense j
has planned, and is making arrangements
for a big rally meeting at the
court house on next Monday April 1st. j
The meeting will be County-wide in
its scope, and while several matters
looking to the winning of the war
will be taken up and discussed, particular
stress will be laid on the
Thrift Stamp campaign which is now
being waged throughout the whole
country.
Rev. Hugh R. Mure his on of l.ancaster,
Field Organizer for the Stat?4
Council of Defense# has already wired
Mr. F. A. Burroughs, the Chairman
of the Local Council, that he will be
present, Mr. Murvhison, has beci\
heard by a number of Horry people
and is an eloquent speaker and an
enthusiastic worker. In addition to
Mr. Murchison it is now hoped that
Mr. P. >1. Kea, Vice Director of the
State War Savings Committee for
South Carolina will be present and
address the meeting, as well as a
representative of the Liberty Loan,
Drive.
Latest reports from headquarter^
show that Horry County is gradually
eoing clown the scale in her standing
Among the other counties of the State
in the sale of Thrift Stamps. A few
weeks ago she ranged 28th, but her
last si vowing was in '12nd place.
In order to increase the sale of
these stamps in the county and perfect
a more co-operative organization
among our pepole, the Local Council
has planned for a campaign of speech
es at each school house in the County,
the meetings to take place between
April 5th and April 25th and it is
very necessary that everybody who
can attend this meeting at the Court
House next Monday, and especially
these who have been selected as
speakers for the Horry campaign.
During thi.f campaign an effort will
be made to carry out the request of
the National Council fo Defense \o
organize throughout the county, Community
Councils of Defense so that!
Um people can he more closely n
touch with the work of the Government
and make the whole organization
as Democratic as possible. These
Community Councils cf Defense will
he grouped around each school as a
unit and to complete this work in
the shortest possible time, the Local
Council of Defense has appointed a
Township Chairman for each Township,
each of whom has been notified
Horry Iras not yet fallen short of
what was asked of her in any of tlm
war measures, and she will not this
tune. We can better work and organ:
1.1 l A. A. i? A' I ?
i, nit- uvun- uugrnuMi we are, an?i I
the. meeting planned for next Mnod'iy
will give all of us an opportunity to
get in closer touch with the movement
and with one another.
His Anxiety.
Crewe?Good heavens, how it
rains! I feel awfull> anxious about
my wife. She's gone out without in
umbrella.
Drew?Oli, she'll be all right. She'll
take shelter in some shop.
(.'re we?Kxaetly. That's what
makes mo so anxious.?Chicago Herald.
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WO. 49.
MOONSHINE WHISKEY
TAKEN IN QUANTITY
When Car' is Slopped Just Outside
of the Corporate
Limits
ISAAC HUGHES RAN
WHEN OFFICER CALLED
Supposed to Have Been Prodwet
of Border Line
Still.
Officers of tho law waited outside
the corporate limits on Tuesday
night of last week, for the arrival of
a car driven hv Allen Beaty, colored,
known by the nickname of "Bunkum."
Ho had hired a car that day saying:
that he had to take a gentleman to
Loris. As a result of information
given the sheriff that afternoon, the
officers decided to overhaul the ear
before it returned to Conway and
search for blind tiger liquor.
The car was returning late and
when passing the old shipyards, turn
ed to cross the lake at the upper
bridge. Sheriff Lewis was accompanied
by Chief I.. R. Ambrose. THey
called to the driver of the car to stop
but he went on as if nothing had
been said. Then a second and more
insistent demand with a shot from ^
pistol decided "Punkum" on tho
safer course.
Isaac Hughes, another negro ridincr
in the car with the illicit booze, jtimp
ed out olf the car when it stoppod and
made good his escape. The quantity
of whiskey taken from the car was
estimated in talk about town as being
about ten gallons, though it is said
now that there could hardly havebeen
that much in the lot. Beaty
was arrested and lodged in the
county jail, and was still in custody
at last accounts in default of bail.
This lot of whiskey is supposed to-t^have
come from the border between*
North and South Carolina where it ia
"aid that several stills are now running
and selling the product of tlm
first run at $0.00 per gallon and that
which is run twice making it stronger
with alcohol at the higher price of
$8.00 per gallon.
Isaac Hughes is the keeper of a
dance and amusement hall in the
colored residence section of Conway.
Some years ago he was tried for violation
of the prohibition laws and had
to pay a large fine.
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dtl ULUliAiAHtAU
AN HOURiTHAT'S ALL
No ono will experience any trouble .
or confusion in adapting' himself to
the change of living one more hour
daily in the sunlight, in accordance
with the new Daylight Saving Law.
It's the simplest thing in the world.
Go to bed an hour earlier on March
h(). Hut before you go, set your
clock and your watch an hour ahead.
When you awake pursue the routine
of your life, for, remember, you have
timed yourself by the clock, not the
j sun. Arise as usual on Sunday, say
at 8 A. M., take your tub at 8:15,
I breakfast at 9, read your morning
paper until it's time to go to church
at 10:80 or 11, take a walk or a drive
at '2. If you wish to visit a friend
in the country take the train you
always take; the railways will move
on the same schedules at the same
clock time. Keep any engagement
you nau made at the time set. Dine, <
go to bed at your accustomed hour.
In a word, live your life as usual.
Hut your life will be better and happier
for daylight saving.
LORISASSOCFATii
I FILES FIRST PAPERS
The first farm loan association under
the Federal Farm Loan act, in this
county, to file one of the mortgages,
showing that a loan has boon apprised,
is the I,oris Farm Loan Associat'-on,
one of whos m unb'M's s ahead
r all others in the county.
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