The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 11, 1918, Page THREE, Image 3
Ins against
i' exaggerations
Hicc Says British Have
Lost About 600 Guns,
Not 950
DRED TANKS
' LOST IN COUNTERS
B Office Giving Out News
Jftiickly mid Fully?Urges
Patience.
^Pglar;?i in considering her losses
lighting- in Fiance must take
^Consideration the "usual German
Hberation," Major Gen. Frederick
^ tfuricc, cliiej' director of military
^fttionj at the war office, says, j
W^io yjast," he declared, "the Ger- J
B* have usually given the captures
BHsoners and guns in round num
j not as actually 'Counted, but as
Hpputcd from thr? 'general situaB
!t is reasonable to assume tnat
Hamo thing is b"'mg done now.
^Kur total loss of '.guns, either fro.v.
^Rig into the hands of the enemy or
Bring knocked out, is about 000 acBmg
to our best information. This
I pares vvnn mo wormian claim 01 j
probably the same ratio hold
I regarding German claims of
[mors, and ;l must be remembered j
^ the Gorimvn count of prisoners |
' ties many of our wounded whom
ivere unable to take with us.
ye have lost probably about 100
is, which we used extensively in
Counter attacks."
I Giving Out News,
pn. Maurice said the war office
I giving out the news as quickly
as fully as it was received and
frgod the public to he patient,
n these critical times," he said.j
ant to emphasize that it is every j
s duty to avoid making there |
j critical and to avoid being
pnful. liurtqg the last few day.ej
S newspapers have raised the old
that vo are concealing part of the]
Is because it is too serious lor it i
e made public. This charge not
is untrue, but has had a bad ofbecause
it has tended to create
c. It has tended to make tivBole
believe that things were worse ]
Bi they really are.
Bn our comrmiriieations and statcBts
to the poiblie, we are tellin;v
Bwhole truth as we know it. I hav<
I you on previous occasions that
Bn we are fighting a great batth'
Bhc flefensive we cannot got inBiation
or sense the exact situation
aiickly aa the enemy. Last yea .
iur offensive operations, we saw
same principle at work. In fact.
British reports were earlier and
fComplete than those of the.
7,UJk. In defensive butties, divis1'and
corps headquarters are shift
wires arc down and the men on
scene are occupied with building
i
ommunications.
We at the war office are just a<
atient as you for the news, and as
1 as the si/jation steadies we will
in be reeo-.vintf the hourly develents
and promptly. Meanwhile
js he patient."
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)an W. Hardwick, of I.oris was in i
I way one day last week.
.
NEED BIG_HERDS
Europe's Meat Supply Must Come
From America.
Warring Nations Have Depleted Live
Stock at Enormous Rate, Eve.v
Killing Dairy Cattle For Food.
A
American stock breeders are being
united to conserve their flocks and
a - ? - ?
tvniB in oruer to meet Europe's tremendous
demands for meats during
the war and probably for mauy years
afterward.
The United States food administration
reports that American stock
Tatsers have shown a disposition to
co-operate with the government In increasing
the nation's supply of live
stock. %
Germany today Is probably better
supplied with live stock than any other
European nation. When the German
armies made their big advance
Into France and then retreated virtually
all the cattle In the invaded
territory ? approximately 1,800,001)
head?were driven behind the German
lines.
Hut In England?where 2,44)0,000
I -res of pasture lands have been turn
? 1 into grain fields?the entile herds
1. re decreasing rapidly. One of the
reasons apparently is the declining
maximum price scale adopted by the
Knglisb as follows: For September,
$17.7(5 per 100 pounds : October, $17.28 ;
November and December, .$1(5.08; .Janlary,
$14.*10. The effect of these prices
! was to drive beef animals on the market.
as soon as possible.
In France the number of cattle as
well as the quality have shown an
enormous decline during the war.
Where France had 14,807,000 head of
cattle in 11)115, she now has only 12,1141,IKK),
a decrease of 10.(5 pot* cent.
| And France Is today producing only
| one gallon of milk compared to two
1 and one-ludf gallons before the war.
Denmark and Holland have been
forced to sacrifice dairy herds for beef
because of the lack of necessary feed.
Close study of the Furopcau meat
1 situation has convinced the Food Ad
ministration that tile future problem
I of America lies largely in the produci
tion of meat producing animals and
j dairy products rather than in the proj
daction of cereals for export when
I the war will have ceased.
| BRITISH fiOVERN^NT
HELPS PAY FOR RRFAI)
? ? - - - w mm wniillV
There has been .much mtsunderstanding
about the bread program in
; England. It is true that the EnglishI
man buys a loaf of bread for less than
! an American can, hut it is poorer
I bread, and the British government is
paying JfliOO.iMJO.tHK) a year toward the
! cost of it.
j All the grain grown In Great Britt
a in is taken over hy the government
| ut an arbitrary price and the imported
I wheat purchased on the murkets at
| the prevailing market price. This is
turned over to the mills by the government
at a price that allows the adulterated
war bread loaf of lour pounds
to sell at 18 cents, the two pound loaf
at ii cents and the one pound loaf at o
cents.
In France, under conditions somewhat
similar, hut with a Larger extraction,
the four pound loaf sells for
10 cents.
MAKING MEATLESS
DAYS PERMANENT.
in the meatless menu there Is a fertile
iield for developing new and nourishing
dishes, according to E. II. Nile*,
writing in the Hotel Gazette, who believes
that the present shortage of
meat and fats will not end with the
coining of peace, but may grow more
acute and continue for live or six
years, thus making it worth while to
develop menus of grain, vegetables
and fish on a more or less permanent
basis. Meat can be replaced by cereals
and other protein foods, or may be
served in very small portions as a 11avorlng
for oilier food. In making up
meatless menus this author iltuls our
American Creole and soul hern cuisine
a broad iield for investigation.
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COPY SI MMONS FOR RELIEF
(Complaint Not Served.)
A1 i ? "
v ouri of common Picas.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Horry.
Isaac L. Lee, Plaintiff,
-vs_
E. Hamp Harthvick, N. J. Hardee,
Enterprise Grocery Company, L.
D. Hard wick, Bank of Tabor, a corporation,
W. E. Carter, The Worth
Company, a corporation, Meddio
H. Grainger, F. H. Hyatt, L. P.
Hardwick, J. M. Hardwick, O. B.
Hardwick, J. N. Hardwick, and K.
D. Hardwick, Defendants.
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE
NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
and required to answer the complaint
in this action, which has been
filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas, for the said
County, and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the j
subscriber at his office at Ccnway,
S. C., within twenty days after the
THE HOMtV HERAL1
service hereof; exclusive of the day
of such service and if you fail to
answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiff in this actios
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated February 1st, A. D. 1918.
H. H. WOODWARD,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
To Enterprise Grocery Company,
n 1_ rn - i w --- ? ?
Dunn oi laoor, ine worth Com-j
pany, L. D. Hardwick, J. N. Hardwick,
K. D. . Hard wick, and N. J.
Hardee, Absent Defendants:
Take Notice That the Compaint in
the foregoing stated action and the!
Summons of which the foregoing is a
copy were filed in the office of the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for Horry County, at Conway,
S C., on the 8th day of February A.
P. 1918.
W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.)
C. C. C. P.
H. H. WOODWARD,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
S DARINGAMERIGANS
ENTER HUNTRENCHES
With tho American Army in
France.?Two officers and four men
:< nt ove r tho top in broad daylight,
a feat seldom accomplished. AUhougt
the sun was shining and the sky wa
clear, the Americans decided not 1
defer any longer their determinati' n
to learn definitely whether Gonna;
were present in great numbers in a.
enemy trench. When dav. u cam
there wore faint clouds showing be. 1
of the enemy's lines, and the Amori
cans delayed for a time, hoping IV
rain and fog, but when the clouds die
appeared two officers and the fou
men decided to make tho dayligh
venture, although th.ey would bo un
del* the eyes of a watchful enemy
and were in a place where even pisto
bullets might fin<l their mark.
Machine guns were posted and th
Americans, with grenades swingine
at their waists and with rifles j:.
hand, clambered up from the firestep
and out over the parapet. The\
slid head first into the nearest shel
hole and the journey was on. Moving
from shell hole to shell hole, taking
advantage of the slightest rise n
their terrain, the patrol proceeded.
In the trenches behind them, theii
comrades stood with fingers on tlicit
1 rifles ready to fire the instant any
Germans might show themselves.
Go Into Enemy Trenches
From the American lines the patrol
r.iembers were seen to force their w-.\
through the enemy wire and, one b\
win-, disappear mio tnc {.ionium ("run
i tronch.
f During the noxt four hours, tin
men in the trenches waited anxiousi
hearing nothing from t ho patrol
who, during that time were inspect
ing six hundred yards of the derma;
trenches.
Prepared for instant battle, the si>
Americans made their way from 01
trench section to another, going in.
each dugout with the muzzles of th i:
pistols and rifles preceding thorn, an
traveled .>00 yards. Returning to th
point from which ihoy had started <
heir inspection, they searched tiv
. reaches 1100 yards in the other dire
tion. While four hours may seem
'ong time for this work, it must la
kept in mind that every head and ov
ef\v dugout may contain an overwhel.
niing enemy group, and there was n
assurance that the Germans had nol
concealed men in places, prepared b.
meet the invaders.
Germans Wake Up.
It was noon when the first head of
an American was observed above a;
enemy parapet. The watchers* in th<
American lines breathed easier, but
at this moment the Germans discov
orod the patrol, and rifle bullets be
gun to smack against the trench
sides and bottom.
Discovered, the six Americans lo
no time in moving out. Unscathed, j
they returned to our lines, bringing
all the information they had sought. |
At the ot^er end of our lines, duv j
ing the night, American patrolsought
to go through the enemy wire.
They penetrated the first belt successfully,
but when they reached tin*
second, a sergeant, who is from Texas,
put his hand on a wire and received
an electric shock and was
burned.
This attracted the attention of an
enemy sentry, who fired a flare,
1% -
rorcing the Americans to drop to the |
ground, and they crawled hurriedly
tack to their own lines as the flare
died away.
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Burt Waters of Florella, Ala., Coin
pnny A, One Hundred and Sixth Am munition
Train has just been sen
fonoed by the general eourtmartial ul
Camp Wheeler to serve 25 years in
the United States disciplinary barracks
at Fort Leavenworth for desertion.
The enrollment at Winthrop Co)
j'ege this session has exceeded l,0lK
tudonts and the attendance has kepi
ip remarkably well.
P, CONWAY, 3. C.
MR, S1MPKINS PAYS
HIS INCOME TAX
By ROBERT McBLAIR.
Mr. Slmpkins gazed at the portrait
on the wall till hie eyes filled with
tears. It wns a portrait m his father,
Colonel Slmpkins, who had four times
been promoted for valor during the
Civil War and had died bravely on the
field of action. Mr. Slmpkins' throat
ached now for two reasons: First, he
reverenced and adored the memory oi
?il8 father; secondly, his age and his
eyes and his game leg wouldn't let him
go to wi.r himself. And as he observed
the martial bearing and uncompromising
gaze of Colonel Siinpkins he saw,
in Imagination, the khaki clad IMs ? ?
the new generation marching fol _n and
crossing three thousand miles of sea to
fight, maybe die, for liberty.
Mr. Siinpkins peered around to make
sure that neither Bess nor John (who
were at the teasing ages of sixteen
and seventeen) were where they could
see him, then he straightened and
threw his right arm up for a salute, i
But his gouty shoulder twinged, and he
groaned. He couldn't even salute.
'Iiaiim!" said .Mr. Siinpkins, and
with his other hand fiercely twirled his
white mustaeldos.
He turned and limped into the library
and sat down creakily before the
; nliihegany desk on which were lying
the blanks for his income tax statement,
blanks uhirh lie had rather
grumpily got from the Internal ltevel
line ollieer only that day after luncheon
on his way home from the club.
Mr. Siinpkins' income for 11)17 had
amounted to Just about $lo,(KH), and lie
had been rather snappy on the subject
of taxes ever since he had discov
i e;vo 111:11 the nioro income a man lias
I the greater tlm percentage of it ho
' pays in taxes. Ho could think of several
men who, like Itintself, Wele mar-"
rieil ami had two children, and yet,
although their income^ were nearly
1 hall! of his, they would pay only a
small fraction of the amount he paid.
He gloomily drew the blank nearer
and began tilling in the information
that It asked for.
As Mr. Simpkins' income was$15,000
he had to figure out the amounts payable
on each of the successive smaller
classes of incomes In order to arrive
at the total due from himself. lie
passed over the first class who must
pay taxes, that is, single men making
over 1,000. Ills calculation for married
men then showed up as follows:
First, they pay 2 per cent, (under
I the 101(5 law) on nil income over
$4,000, deducting $-00 for each of their
children under eighteen years. In Mr.
Simpkins' ease this was $212, which he
put down in the "payable" column.
He saw next that, under the 1017
)h\v, married men pay an adtHtional 2
per cent, on all over $2,000?with the
same allowance for children. This
added $252 to his "payable*' column.
He then observed that for every
i $2,000 jump in bis income* over $,">.000
J he had to pay a Surtax, the percentage
growing larger with each jump. This
, was $250 more added to bis burden.
And on top of all ibis came an "Excess
Profits" tux of 8 per cent, on all
| "occupation" income over $0,000, making
$720 more.
The total, then, be must pay was fourI
teen hundred and thirty-four dollars.
"Whew!" exclaimed .Mr. Kimpktns
angrily. "There's young Henry WilI
kins, who married Jake Johnson's girl,
] he makes $2,000 and he doesn't pay a
| cent, of taxes. I guess this is his war
i as well as mine!"
Thinking of young Henry Wilklns,
he remembered that Mrs. Wilklns went
! every afternoon to make bandages for
the Red Cross and that Ilenry, who
was a lawyer, was aiding the I.ocal
: Draft Hoard with its questionnaires.
' ^Well," he admitted to himself,
"that makes a difference."
He thought next of Judge Willoughhy,
whose income was about $2,000.
"He only pays $20," commented Mr.
Simpkins, not quite so angrily this
time; and then a thought struck him
and he sat up rigidly in his chair.
Judge Willoughby's son had been
drowned on the Tuscanla when it was j
submarined with the loss of two hundred
soldiers
"Judge Willottghb\ gave bis son to
America," muttered Mr. Simpkins.
ii i i f ? ?
Jic II-MIIIMI HM Wiini SlKIUCMliy 1111(1 put !
his face in liis hands. j
' For a long tinio Mr. Simpkins sat
very si ill in that position. There was
no sound in the library except the
ticking of the tall clock and an occasional
trill of laughter from the children
skylarking upstairs. The square
of light on the carpet gradually withdrew
ilself through 111?> window, and
lirst twilight and then darkness set tied
in about the quiet, white haired, sometimes
irascible old man.
Mr. Slinpkins was thinking things
which he would never afterward speak
of, he was thinking things that were
too sacred ever to he put into words.
But some inkling of his thoughts may
he found In his rejoinder to Mrs.
Siinpklns when that placid lady came
in and turned on the lights, and asked
him whether lie was ready for dinner.
"Judge Wllloughby's only son was
worth as much as fourteen hundred
and thirty-four riollgjra, wasn't he?"
Mr. Simpklns demanded of her.
As his wife, who was not unused to
his superficial Irritations, watched him
in mild astonishment, Mr. Sltnpklns
limped out to the hall and took his
old felt hat and silver-headed cane
from the hat rack. Letting himself out
into the foggy evening, he tapped his
wav down to the corner, and mailed his
income lax statement and check with
his own hanos.
"Now, God he thanked," said Mr.
Slmpfelrts as the lid clanked shut over
his missive, "I can do this utuch for
my country, anyhow."
\
ALLIES FIRM IN
BLOODIEST BATTLE
??
Germans Sending Massed Divisions
Against Entente, j
Make Minor Gains. I
i
'
In a battle which has lasted since
Thursday and which probably is coiv i
t'uu! wLk utmost fury, the Ger- !
mans have been hurling massed di- 1
visions against the British and Fren- j
ch lines, from far north of Albert |
to a short distance north of Montdidiei.
Probably there has not been n j
more sanguinary battle fought since j
the beginning of the Teutonic offensive
on March 21 than this, which has j
for its objective the driving oi . |
wedge between the British and;
French armies, the cutting of the
Paris-Amiens Railroad south of Amicus
and the capture of that city.
But in spite of the power of the attack
and the disposition of the fight- ,
ir.g, the Entente Allies have stood
firm over the most of their front. A.
t
only two points have they horn lore - 1
to give ground, and thoy scorn on t ? i
map to be only minor successes when
compared with the sacrifice of iicos
I which they have cost. .lust to the
southwest of Albert, the British luiv^
j withdrawn a shoit distance and the
, French have given up the villa;;- ' '
Castel, west of Moreuil.
Allies Bitterly Contest.
It seems probable that the Knten e
Allies have abandoned their fabi j
j tactics and are nov. prepared to gi
I battle to the German?. They havi
1 fixed their lines about twelve mi!in
I east of <,{ty of Am?yns and it i
1 ^
evident that hero they have turned at
bay against the invaders. The co itour
of the country hack of the Allied
linos lends itself to defensive tactics.
It is high and of a character which
compels attacking forces to expo a
themselves to concentration of fire
from artillery and infantry.
It is necessary for the Germans to
break through the British and French
lines in this region or to outflank tlm
Allies by a drive to the north and
i south of it. The fighting near Albert
| and north of Montdidier seems to
i have for its object the turning of the
| Allied positions.
| The Dawning- of the first anniver
sary of the entry of the United Staler
into the war finds Gen. Pershing's
veterans somewhere in the battle
zone. How many are there, what
units have been chosen for the fight
and where they will make their first
appearance is not known.
Allies Gain Ground.
In spite of the terrific strain to
; which they have been subjected the I
| Allies have struck back at the Go;- |
j mans and have regained some ground. |
I One of these points is near Grivesnes.
a short distance northwest of Montdidier,
another near Hebuterne and.
i another between Montdidier and Noy!
an, near the village of Orvillers-Sorej
It is in this latter region that the
great Allied counter attack has been j
expected to be launched.
It was announced from Washington !
^ 1
Friday that a Japanese force had |
been landed at Vladivostok, the east j
ern terminus of the Trans-Siberia |
Railroad. It is expected tlud the in
cident is without political sir.
nificance, is not to be looked upon a
intervention by the Allies in Russia.
There have been artillery engage
menls in various sectors of the !>(>!
gian and French fronts outside of th.
battle region in Picardy. The city o:
'Rheims has been again subjected t(
bombardments by the Germans. In i"<
sector, however, has there been in fan?.
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% cup white corn meal
4 level teaspoons baking powder
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'DAILY CASUALTY
LIST SUSPENDED
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From Baker of New
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Order .
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'THAT PERSHING GIVE
! OUT NEWS OF TROOPS
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Officials Expect That Publicai
tion Will Be Resumed in
Few Days.
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Washington.? Mai. General March.
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acting cine! of staff, today directed
rthat issue of the daily casualty list
here be suspended pending- definite
interpretation from Secretary Maker
as to whether it is forbidden by his
new order nrovidino- ilvit .1 i? ?
, n .....V \ n Illicit t IT
shing's headquarters shall issue all
news relating to the troops in
Krance.
The War Department dors not believe
the order is intended to proelude
issuing these lists in Washington,
and expect to resume them as
soon as Secretary Haker confirms
his understanding of the order.
Officials here see no reason why
publication of casualties through the
War Department should not be continued
as formerly. If the lists are
to be given out abroad and carried
over press cables, there will be great
duplication and an added burden on
the already overworked wire facilit
ies.
i, ..... . i ?
it, ?ii.> |h'i111i*<i mil ixiai casualty
lists from the forces now being amalgamated
with the French and British
armies at thej battle front necessarily
will be slow in arriving. It may i>e
v.eeks before the names are available,
as the lists will have to filt r
back through British and French com
v.unication channels to Amrican head
luarters. For that reason, it is obvi)us,
officials say, that publication
OuId disclose nothing of military
/alue to the enemy.
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