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* .NMREDS OF HUNS Hp AT AMEMCANS V La/gest Number Yet Sent *V ' IAgainst United States ' a . ' Troops f I,* ? <* A, 1 ' f SLIGHT GAIN MADE i, OF SHORT DURATION ' \ v" ~ >Y' Pershing's Men Come Back V After Suffering Penetrail tion of Trench. f fr i With the American Army in France, April 20.?Twelve hundred German storm troops, the largest number ever concentrated against the American troops for an offensive op! oration, were hurled against the Am erican positions on a one mile front "west of Renneres forest, northwest of Toul, to<lay after a terrific bom// j hardment of gas and high explosive ,' shells. The enomv succeeded in nentratini? I the front line trenches and taking- the village of Seicheprey, but after furl\ [ ous hand-to-hand fighting, which was W still going on at nightfall, the American troops recaptured the village ami most of the ground lost in the early fighting. < No Americans were taken prisoner-, but .three Germans were captured. Gertnan airplanes, flying at a low Altitude, attempted to disorganize the j American fighting men, but two ene^ i\ my aviators were Wrought clown ati-l Ir^T the others driven off. The Germans- suffered heavy casAunltic.s, and the American lines ivi ma-ined virtually intact. G' :-.*nun airir.cn poured m". \ chine gfun fire into the American \ trrtnfche*, but the anti-aircraft gu ts \ , came into play-and American airmen u .took the air, bringing down two u; enemy planes and dispersing the Hothem. All the American airmen re ' tfjtumd safely. j y The attacking troops earned rations and entrenching tools, indicalrirrg that they intended to occupy thv Anvrican positions for a long period. A heavy haze overhung the sector when the attack began, but lat 1 there was a brilliant sunshine. TinAmerican artillerymen did valiant work, the men on many of the battcrfies wearing gas masks. The enemy's 1 casualties are believed to have been the heaviest sustained by them thun far in any operation against Amen- j > can troops. Numbers of German dead are lying in No Man's Land in front of the American trenches. The correspondent viewed the battle from a hill a short distance bo/ hind the lines. Trains moved to the front \yith great regularity and scores 1 of huge shells were seen bursting | ' K throwing up clouds of white smoke in I' i the neighboring hills. The heavy [; f runrAling was heard all day. / The ambulance tore over the shellj; i\ torn roads and approached to within tfc |V V short distance of the front line, f1W( Numbcra of men in the rear positions |<*f begged their commanders to be sent 5 I up to assist the infantrymen bearing I; I the brunt of the attack. The men of L 1 all services eager for an opportunity to fight the enemy, in the open, r 1 The resistance offered by the AmJ rican troops was surprised to the enei exl)ec^?^ to break tjr-^ugh with little difficulty. Mr ] Contrasted with the activity of the .t^Amoricans behind the lines, scores of / * old men, women ami children were seen peacefully employed in the fields apparently unmindful of the furious ^ fighting which was * going on less / ( than five miles away. ^ All ,the Americans moving to the ( V front were in the highest spirits anO JUL waved their caps to the cheering villagers. The village of Seicheprey, where Ethe German attack was made is north west of Toul and about seven mile? east of the forest of" Apremeont i ? vrhere the Americans repulsed masse* of German storm trcops recently. Th< fact that Amrtcan troops have beer on the sector north of Toul has beei I i known, but the fighting at Seiche \ prey, together with the report of ar LA ' > ' i .* * ' *1 v: <*? . . ?. _..&' * ?. ? ? * ? A SKILLED WORKERS IfpB IN FRANCE ! ' , *;' _ .' ' .v - 4 i As many as 12.000 skilled workmei within the draft age are heeded ini \ mediately in General Pershing's expo I ditionary forces in France. Tho-wai department has asked to be notifiet promptly on April 30 the number ol men who volunteer in this State and for what particular service qualified. The tiirie limit in which to be enlisted under the call expires April 27. Those Wl^Hino* fn nf fni- fkoil. onwi.winu ?\ - V* "*?> w V4i.vi VIIV1I ot.x v <il * asked to proceed as follows: "Present yourself to your local boards at the earliest possible .moment and list yuor name for this service." Those wl\o secure induction n the branches of service listed in the announced occupational classes \v:li receive material personal benefit, which will aid them in advance-mom both in their army career and in afte life. This opportunity, it is said, i. open only to men within draft, aim. The offer expires on April 27, and registrants are uged to apply to their local boards at the earliest possible moment for full information." General physical qualifications on!, are required for all the occupations listed. The list of occupations, and the color eligible for the various classes is announced as follows: Whites?Airbrake inspectors, angle iron smiths, auto mechanics and helpers (general, engine, magneto or ignition), bargemen or boatmen, blacksmiths and helpers, boatbuilders ano helpers, boilcrmakcrs and helpers, brakemen, flagmen or conductors (railroad), bricklayers, buglers, carpenters and helpers (ship, bridge, house, general), joiners or. patternmakers, caulkers, wood, chauffeurs, (auto, truck or tractor), chemists, clerks, (railroad or general), cobhlers, compdssury storekeepers, concrete foremen or workers, cooks, cranesmen, koistment, pile drivers or shovel operators, crusher operators, dispatchers cnijfine draftSritjoh (general surveying ! machine design <w topographical), j engineers (civil clectr'cal railroad ?-v I computing), enviaoers and fireme.-1 (locomotive, electricians (general, aimature winder or wircmen), floor J hands (shipyard), foreman, construction (bridge* building, earthwork, ship or railroad) foreman (gyratory i or jaw c? usher), gas plant worker* (acetylene, hydrogen, oxygen, pcisos, illumination or compressor), gut. smiths or operatives in gun factories, hostlers, locomotive inspector:-, car (railroad), inspectors, locomotive in.;i! unvnt makers and repairmen 'engineering, optical or electrical), linemen (telegraph or telephone), machinists and helpers (general, bench, lathe or railroad), mechanics, general meteorologists or physicists, mine or quarry workers and helpers, drill runners, foremen, powder men or pumpmen, motorcyclists, molder, painter.*, photographers, plumbers or pipe fitters, rangers, forest, repairmen, car, riggers (bridge buliding or ship) saddlers or harness-makers, suilmakers, tentmakers or other caftvas workers, section hands (railroad), steermen, sheet iron workers and helpers, soldiers or tinsmiths, stenographer, surveyor, levelmen, transit men (topogaphic or railroad) tailors, teamsters, telegraph operators, telephone operators, telephone operators who can speak German, timber cruisers, wagonmakers, welders, (acetylene or oxacetylenc), wireless operators, yardmasters or switchmen. , Negroes?Blacksmiths and helpers, bricklayers, buglers,. carpenters and helpers (ship, bridge, house, general), joiners or patternmakers, chauffeurs (auto, truck or tractor,) clerks (railroad or general), cooks. J, T, MISHOE BUYS M'CORD DWELLING [ J. T. Mishoe closed a deal last weeli with I)r. W. E. McCord and became the purchaser of the McCord dwelling on Elm Street The cottage was oc cupied until recently by Mr. and Mrs ' T. J. Bell. The place is one of th< ^ best in the residence section of th< town and is nicely situated on one o ' the principal streets. 5 !j>: i engagement ndrth of St. Mihiol show: * that upward of 9) miles of the liiv - in tha( sector iajjmder Americ.;<\ con * trol. \ 4. %\ . > .) #? ? ,'4* *$ / ' *r> * * - v . - # i V ? < i' t # ' ' 4 ? Real estate has bees jfejfi man ceitiM hail?l ffOYerniiftat iSsatfc. ?lP g< (and fads atfdShe real estate i ? bond eft 'War s&vtngs stamp is . can ever ue. ay investing i loan your money to thO foveri ning the war, whtti if W3 Are yqu a patriotic cithsen, a 1 Democratic Government, or ai ling t<fh?!p? " Let us take it reads this is willing to aid th< thing to it at a good rate of i subscribe to the liberty loan b] and invest more or less, as vci savings and thrift stamps, it i FLOODS STOP WORK IN MANY SECTIONS The heavy rains of last week put n stop to the work of the farmers ir many sections of the county. The most of the rain fell on Friday ami Friday night with some showers runover into Saturday and Sunday. On Monday the farmers found it^oo wet to plough the land. Many of them as well as other kinds of workers came to Conway to attend to business on Monday and the town therefore presented a busy appearance nearly ail that day being more like Saturday than any other day. The same thing was true of Tuesday though to less extent. The rains seem to have been general 1 over the county. The bridges across the swamps on the other side I of Galivants Ferry were injured so i that travelling was discontinued in that direction for several days. o Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mishoe . went to Wilmirt&ton, N. C., Wednesday and are expected to return to Conway today. - v. * ; , ? / m, W? I ninpipiiKnn ' SPtUIAL KtttKtt HOLDS A COURT : \ \. f W. L. Bryan, Esqr., acting as special referee called the case of Flor. Holliday, Plaintiff vs Martha ffarO' wick Johnson and others, at his offi e at the court house last Tuesday, and the parties were present for a hearing in the case. In the course of the day an adjustment of the matters at issue was lvachod by the parties.' A number of people from Galivants Ferry and Aynor section were in Conway for this hearing. SLACKERS ARE UP BEFORE COMMISSIONER Tc-day is the tlate fixed for a hearing of the case of the United States against M. C. BlackvveH, who is charged by the authorities with having failed to register on June 5th, 1017. He claims that he was beyond the age of thirty-one years at thai, date ajftd hence did riot register. It was stated that a club roll which the defendant signed in 1916 shows: his age as 29 at that date. Anofhor witness claims to have a memorar.dum set down at about the timo showing that the defendant was born ri the year 1887, but the defendant claims that he was born in the year 1883 which would make him above the age of thirty-one at the time men were required to register. We will not know until later how the case comes out. Another man who was arrested bj the officers was William Pincknej Strickland. He did not. rerristei claming' that ho was too young* at th< time. Evidence was found that be fore that date it had been claimed i>: j a member of his family that he was ' over twenty-one. The hearing in ni; case was set for April 23rd, 1918. I tjl II I 1 1 I 1 , , 1 . II J'Hi.liUILII", I .1. . ..T-tTI JUJBT "REMEMBER ; SDNHfflf?"?S?S TDESMT^^ ii ir vnri i 111 um?aacii 4 I tried aa4Hf|!$*et security a estate I | Only because the aiVemineW^Talls, the title to Mortgage goes with it.A liberty J*st as safe security as land in these bonds and stamps you nntent and thus aid it in win^ lose, all is gone including lanfll loyal member of your free arH re you a slacker who is unwijS for granted that e&bfrbne whoT 5 government bv loaning some- I ? . o interest. If so, you will today 7 taking bonds, one or more, 11 think you are able, in the war wvill not do to put this off. ?H. H. WOODWARD. SHERIFF GAUSEY OF BERKELEY DEAD Belated news reached here la;t week of the death and burial of Richard G. Causey, sheriff of Berkel> Comity, at his home there. The interment took place on Sunday before last, in the presence of a large assemblage of friends and relatives of the family. He is survived by his wife and several children. Sheriff Causey was a former Horryite, having left here in early manhood; and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. U. A. Dusenbury and Mrs. Cynthia Dusenbury, both of Toddvillc, land one brotherr Jehu Causey, of Conway. He was a popular and useful citizen in Berfcely County. StStephcn's correspondence to the Daily Record, stays of him r Berkely county is called on ?o mourn the death of one of its truest and best sons. Sheriff Causey's life stream has swept or.t and onward into the infinite sea of life. His recputntion for courage hnd honesty was u high in the county as that cf any ma wo have ever known,, and if thcrt. was anything more noticeable abo'.t .his private life than another, it was his observance of the golde" rule, "doing unto others as you would have them do unto you;'" and indeed If over the newly upturned soil that i marks his grave today everyone to iwljom he had done a kindly deed "Vvouicl jfo and place a blossom tonight he would sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers. ( CONTRACTOR BUYS RAILROAD TRACK A contractor from Philadelphia recently purchased the railroad iron on the tracks of the Eddy Lake & Northern Railroad running for a number of miles in this county through the Pee Dee section. He arrived here the first of this week with a considerable r 1,1. 1- 1 1 * ivrce 01 utowrers to taxc up tno tr&CK ami ship it away. The man is a large dbaler in junk and iron. o The Bureau of Animal Industry oi the United States Department of Agriculture has named Miss Elizabeth Forney, woman county agent of An. derson, S. C?, to encourage in South Carolina the production of cottage cheese on farms and also to stimulate its use in homes. LOCAL BOARD GALLS : FOR THREE LABORERS The Local Board for Horry Count > ' announces Call Number 188, foi Three (.'I) laborers who shall be white r men physically qualified for Military t Service to be entrained for Cam] l* Sevier, Greenville, S. C., during th< 4 Two (2) clays period beginning Me; - 6. next. Men actively, assiduous^ / and completely engaged in the plant i, I lA.! i ! -? inj? arm I'univiuion 01 crops arc or^it a ted from this Call. Skilled laborer arc alr?o omitted. THE DAYS~1 THURSnff-S???S SAIUKM ?if " A ) mU. O)' 111 CALLS FOR SOLDIERS ARE COMING FAST -j. The calls for men for military service to begin in the near future, froir. ithe registered men in Horry County, bli taken from Class No, 1, are as fellows: . Kight whites for April 2Gth. Twenty-eight negroes for April 29th. Five whites about May 5th. Threo white laborers about May 8th. Owing to the intense war situation which cqlls for America's aid as soon as possible, this country will no doubt proceed to place as many men ;n I France as possible from now on. KI6H WATER W*S~ j CAUSE OF DELAY There was no midnight train into Conway last Saturday night, nor any train going out of Conway at 5:->h Sunday morning. Owing to th* high water caused- by the heavy rains of Friday and Saturday, there was danger in attempting to cross at several trestles along the path of the Atlantic Coast Line, hence the mails for Conway Saturday night were (tela: ed until the noon train on Sunday, when the mail all came in* ai pile. Damage to the country road's in this section by the heavy flood was considerable. In some places part i of bridges were swept away and travel-j I ling" was difficult until repairs vrrvr made. FIVEMENCALLEDFOR FORT SCREVEN The Local Board under the Selective Service Act announces call No. 178 by Provost Marshal Genera!.] This call includes from Horry County five (5) white men physically qualL ficcl for Military'Service. These \v:l) be entrained for Fort Scriven, G.i.r during the five (5) days beginning ; with May 1st. Men actively, assiduously aa*l completely engaged in the planting and cultivation of crops may. have their call deferred under this order during the crop season. The Local Board also announces that it is now engaged in preparing a supplementary Questional re to bi. filed by registrants placed in Class* 1 and engaged in farming so that tho i.^.4 --< J-*-- X?r_ iMotiutbiuiiH wi me waK' LJcpartme-Ki to defer the call of persons actively, assiduously and completely engage*, i in the planting and cultivation or' t ciops, may be intelligently carried t, o\tt. This supplementary question; aire will be mailed to Class 1 regisi 11 ants within a very few days and should be filled out and returned to the office of the Loeal Board immediately. It appears to be certain that more calls for men in the service will i he now needed than was contemplal. ed a few months ago. The men to b< i called must be selected by the Local Board. This floard desires the > hearty, complete, and intelligent ooj operation, of the people in the County in performing their task of selecting I 1. !? * ?* * r.urn 'rert ior service as will not cripple the farms or reduce agricultural ( production in Horry County. , o Steeled to the work ahead of him ' by personal knowledge of conditions at the battle fronts in Em ope* Sec re I tary Baker returned to his desk at m the war department from his trip > abroad, prepared to concentrate every s I energy on expediting the movement {of American fighting men to Eranc<-. TRAINING CAMP ; OPENS NEXT MONTH Washington.?The fourth officers' tiaining camp will open May 15 at various divisional camps and cantonments, Secretary Baker today announced. The secretary said that 2 per cent of the enlisted personnel of the divi_1 1 1 A rt ? 1 j r.ior.s ann tieiarneci utui? 01 tne regular army, national guard and nationu army excepting the coast artillery am the various staff' corps would bo dos ip.nated to attend the schools. Thii procedure, he said, will operate . through regular av.uy channels. 40, .< 1?0? ! BRITISH CONTROL OF setHNiiRPimw ? - WfWJWjfS VIM* Cattegatt Syocess Answer to Statement Grancf Fleetv*'i in Hiding t ' n GERMAN TRAWLERS SUNK BEFORE FORCE No Foundation for Theory Gevmans Are Inviting Naval Action i London.'?The British naval succor against (iorrnan mine sw/?opors in the Ottegat recently, *iyy* the Daily Telegraph is suffjm6nt answer to the Germans who' say that the British grand fleet is in hiding. The Daily Telegraph points out that while the Germans in their bases on the Belgian coast are only twenty miles from the straits, the exploit in the Gattegat was a carefully planned operation conducted more than 500 miles from the nearest point cm the British coast. "Such a sweep/' it adds, "can be made only by a power in real control ol the sea confronted only by an enemy who will not risk protecting his~ small craft, suspecting that such inrvention might be the prelude to a g\ nvnil action which he desires tc avoid. The Germans had large naval forces near the scene on this particu lai' Monday, They did not sond them out, but on other hand, permitted1 ten trawlers to be destroyed virtually u ider their very eyes." The newspaper then discusses the theory that the Germans-might be ini f O Lvitircg nazal action near their mine j fields and coast defenses' and savs that all such suggestions -have no j foundation among those 'Who 'have knowledge of naval condition. The enemy, ii says, has gained little new strength for use in the North Seat by tire Baltic situation while British superiority has been increased since the buttle of Jutland, by the cooperation of the American forces and tlie entire naval strength of the United States would be available if necessary. Moreover, if the German naval forces were to be employed advantageously as the right wing of the German army they should havebeen thrown in before and not during 01 after the opening of the battle irv France. i "If a naval battle/' it continues* "could by any possibility have been decided in Germany's favor, she would have been saved the necessity of Dressintr forward her ??*mv uamW ?. 0 ? ? V 11 have spared hundreds and thousand of casualties, which on her awn confirmation, she could not afford. "A battle on the sea is fought aimply to gain the right to use the seaa for military or economic purpose*. The Germans have wanted to attain that end for three years and eight months and if they have not done so while the odds against them were lesa heavy than they arc today, the reatum is on the surface. o? U. S. ENGINERS PUT j UP GALLANT FIGHT j ! j Was h i ngto" u?Go 11. Pe rshi ng \s re ! port of the gallant conduct of American engineer troops with the liritish fifth army in helping check the German advance in the early days of the great offensive reached the War Dejpartment late today and was made jpuDiic oy secretary isuKer. "It will make splendid reading for ' Americans/' said Secretary Baker, American losses in the period from March 21 to April 3 during which tho engineers commanded and held a subsec tior of the British lines gaainst re peated assaults were given as two officers killed and three twenty .men killed and fifty-two 1 wounded, and forty-seven missing. It 1 is believed by the British officials J - dial all those reported mi-sing wore? 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