The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 23, 1918, Image 1
* .NMREDS OF HUNS
Hp AT AMEMCANS
V La/gest Number Yet Sent
*V ' IAgainst United States
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f SLIGHT GAIN MADE
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>Y' Pershing's Men Come Back
V After Suffering Penetrail
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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.
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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
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SKILLED WORKERS
IfpB IN FRANCE
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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 ?\ -
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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.
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i engagement ndrth of St. Mihiol show:
* that upward of 9) miles of the liiv
- in tha( sector iajjmder Americ.;<\ con
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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.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mishoe . went to
Wilmirt&ton, N. C., Wednesday and
are expected to return to Conway today.
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SPtUIAL KtttKtt
HOLDS A COURT
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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.
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"REMEMBER
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TDESMT^^
ii ir vnri i 111 um?aacii 4
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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
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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.
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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
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ivrce 01 utowrers to taxc up tno tr&CK
ami ship it away. The man is a large
dbaler in junk and iron.
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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
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-? inj? arm I'univiuion 01 crops arc or^it
a ted from this Call. Skilled laborer
arc alr?o omitted.
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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
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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
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r.urn 'rert ior service as will not cripple
the farms or reduce agricultural
( production in Horry County.
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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
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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.
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BRITISH CONTROL
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Cattegatt Syocess Answer to
Statement Grancf Fleetv*'i
in Hiding
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GERMAN TRAWLERS
SUNK BEFORE FORCE
No Foundation for Theory
Gevmans Are Inviting
Naval Action
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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
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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
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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.
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U. S. ENGINERS PUT
j UP GALLANT FIGHT j
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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? 'n
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