The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 20, 1918, Image 1
VOLUME xx-Klfl
W. S. S, CAMPAIGN
IS ON IN EARNEST
Showing What Has Been Done
to This Date in
kf
T . v. Pledges
CAMPAIGN RUNS TILL
THE 28TH OF JUNE
Keep up With the Movement
and Get Your School
in Line.
The intensive War Savings Campaign
which was inaugurated
throughout the country on .June 14th
and which will last to the 28th of
June, was, of course, undertaken by
Horry, and while vigorous work has
been done since the campaign opened,
the work has just begun in this
county.
The readers of this part are doubt
loss, by this time, familiar with the
objects of the campaign,?the pur^
poses bemg to make a canvass of
every .en of the county during
these two weeks and secure their
pledge to save and economize to help
win the war, with an agreement as
to the amount they will undertake to
purchase between now and the first
of January 1918.
The closing words of President
k Wilson's Proclamation of May 29th
were:
I earnestly appeal to every man.
woman and child to pledge themselves
on or before the 28th of June
to save constantly and to buy as
regularly as possible the securities
of the Government and to do this
as far us possible through member
ship in War Savings Societies. The
28th of June ends this special period
of enlistment in the great volunteer
army of production and savings here
at home. May there be none unenlistcd
on that day."
In line with this splendid statement
by the Commander in Chief of
our forces, both citizenry and soldiery.
the Horry County War Saving
Committee met together and
made an apportionment of the $4(>0,000.(r0
to be raised by Horry County
among the several school districts of
the county basing the apportionment
on the estimated population of the
school district as gotten from the
school enrollment.
The itinerary by Townships appeared
through these columns last
week, and thus far all of the schools
that could be gotten out have been
worked in Little River, Dogwood
Neck, Galivants Ferry, Conway,
Bucks, Dog Bluff and Bayboro Town
ships ,?these two later Townships
having been visited last night, .but
the reports for these have not yet
come in.
X Each and every school, both white
and colored in Floyds Township, has
or is supposed to have had, advertised
a meeting for to-night (Thursday.
June 20th); for Simpson Creek
tomorrow night, Friday June 21st,
and for Socastee and Green Sea
Townships on Saturday night, June
22nd. Those schools, both white and
colored, which have not yet been visited
or in which the canvsas has not
already begun are urged to call a
meeting on the night in which their
y Township will be canvassed; and any
schools in the Township which have
already been covered which were not
visited or in which the canvass has
next begun are urged to forthwith
call a meeting and notify the Secretary,
Mr. I*. D. Mag rath, of the Horry
County War Savings Society and
c speaker will be sent to present the
par. outlined by the Government in
'Conducting this campaign.
The basis of the apportionment
t! mughout Americ^ is $20.00 per
h<ad.?not given, but saved and invested
in Government securities, the
I best security in the world. This
means unquestionably that a large
number of our citizens who are able
to do so will have to subscribe far in
excess of the $20.00 per head in order
to make up the deficit occasioned
hv some in the county not being
able to reach their proportionate
share. I
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FLAG RAISING
PATRIOTIC RALLY
At Conway, Fourth of July,
at Seven O'clock
P. M.
By resolution of the County Council
of Defense, there will be a grand
(tally and Flag Raising at the County
Court House at Conway, on July
4 th., at seven o'clock P. M.
In addition to commemorating
this day as an anniversary of National
and universal freedom the people
of Horry will celebrate the winning
of the Honor Flag in the Third
Liberty Loan campaign.
Horry County having raised considerably
more than her allotment of
Bonds, won this Honor Flag. It
belongs to the people of the whol
County, and it is earnestly desire 1
The entire allotment is two billion;
South Carolina's share is thirty three
million; Horry's share is $400,000.00.
The following is the result of tin4
canvass thus far made by school districts,
showing the apportionment
and the amount raised by each
DOGWOOD
School
Dogwood
Tilly Swamp
Myrtle Beach
Vaught
Salem
Grahamville
Myrtle Beach
Vaughts
LITTLE
Little River
Warapee
Waccamaw
Little River Neck
St. Paul '
Tallwood
Poplar
Sand Ridge
Waccamaw
GALIVANTS
Sandy Plain 1
Haw Branch
Zion
Chappel
Red Hill
Johnson
Rehoboth
Mill Swamp
Aynor
Boulah
Red Hill
(Note) None of these schools had m<
Sandy Plain, as all were present at
their subsciption at that time.
CONWAY
Centenary !
Allen
Burroughs
Burcol
Good Hope
Hickory Grove
Savannah Bluff
Homewood
Maple
Poplar
Shell
Pour Mile
Salem
Red Hill
Oak Grove. .
St. Paul
Cochran
Pine Ally
Whittemore (Conway) .' .
1; *CK;
Midway
Inland
Cedar Grove
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i\uuiv(y 191 autu i * ?
Virgo
Toddvillc
Bucksville
Bucksport
Seven Mile
Pauley
Oak Grove
Twelve Mile
Midway
Gordon Farm
Stdem.. .
Ebenezer *
Bucksville
Cain Brunch
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ONWAYT SC.^ THURSDAY, JP
LIGHTNING STRIKES
PREACHER'S HOUSE
During an electric storm occurring
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rc-ir uiic uny iusi WCeK, a DO!t
struck the homo of Rev. Henry Wil on,
hut did not do any considerable
damage. Nearby William Johnson,
am l her colored man, was carrying
seme water and was greatly shocked
by the bolt but was otherwise uninjured
it was said.
In the business portion of Conway
the lightning did some damage to
the fleet l'ic wiring at the cotton ginnery
of the Conway Iron Works.
ihat representative citizens from all
parts of Horry be here to receive
this beautiful banner.
Suitable program for the exc rsises
will be arranged and published
later.
Every citizen of the County, both
white ami colored, are invited and
irged to be present.
Respect fully,
I). A. Spi\ rey, 1
Chairman Com.
school at the first night's meeting |
hold at tho school. At these meetings,
workers wore appointed who
are to continue the canvass in thoir
respective schools, with the hope,
everyone doing his or her part, to go
"over the top:"
MJCK TOWNSHIP
(White Schools) Amt Pledged
Allotment First Meeting
$4,440.00 No report
4,958,00 325.00
5,254.00 1,020.00
592,00 No report
3,626,00 No report
(Colored Schools)
3,700.00 220.00
2,294.00 No report
1,998.00 No report
RIVER TOWNSHIP
(White Schools )
$5,772.00 No repor'
7,918.00 No repor'
5,624.00 No report
(Colored Schools)
5,328.00 No report
3,700.00 No repor'
3,478.00 No repor'
2,812.00 $880.00
4,588.00 No repon
6,586.00 No repor*.
FERRY TOWNSHIP
(White Schools)
$o,552.00 $2,810.00
:: ,700.00 65.oo
5,698.00 1,731.00
5,772.00 150.00
3,700.00 370.00
2,738.00 No report
5,920.00 120.00
1,332.00 220.00
9,620.00 1,080.00
(Colored Schools)
1,924.00 + No report
3,700.00 640.00
eetings on Saturday night, except
the Aynor all-day picnic and made
t TOWNSHIP
(White Schools)
$1,924.00 245.00
3,478.00 300.00
28,120.00 36,000.00
1,998.00 520.00
5,032.00 2,560.00
4,588.00 1,345.00
3,256.00 330.00
5,772.00 1,365.00
5,846.00 1,150.00
3,996 00 No repo't
4,958.00 325.00
4,144.00 265.00
3,626.00 No report
2,220.00 1,110.00
Colored Schools)
2,664.00 No report
3,700.00 290.00
3,77 00 No report
3,330 M) No report
17,39 >.v 0 No report
TOW y SHIP
(White Schools)
$2,294.00 No report
1,554.00 No report
3,774.00 No report
4,736.00 No report,
3,552.00 $405.00
3,182.00 No report
1,924.00 No report
1.406.00 No report
5,994.00 No report
0,180.00 No report
{5,774.00 No report
1,998.00 No report
(Colored Schools)
4,218.00 No report
1,554.00 No report
8.006.00 No report
4,884.00 , No repo.t
7,178.00 / No report
4,070.00 No Kcpo'-'t
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NE 20, i918.
! WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
SAFE ASREAL ESTATE
Thorp is no excuse for refusing to
invest our savings in either libert.v
bonds, or in the War Savings Certificates
and thrift stamps. This
form of investment is as safe as the
title to your land, and may be safer;
for in nine cases out of ten you
have never looked into the title t?>
see if there are defects in it. As to
the war savings stamps and thrift
stamps, there is no long chain of
title involved.
The war savings stamps are government
sccuritu s. Why are they
as safe as the land that you hold V
Why are they as good security as a
mortgage on real estate? The reaj
son is to be found at the source.
When asked where you acquired th
title to your farm, you answer an sa
y that you bought the land front
John Doe, and your mind may g>
back no further unless you think
Kurt her questions bring out the rest
of the chain of title and we find that
John Doe got the land from Richard
Roe, and Richard Roe purchased
from Harrison Kloe, and Harriso
Kloe claimed the land under a grant
from the State of South Caroline..
This makes it plain that we hold our
land title front our government, and
that the government is our real
source of title no matter how many
owners came in between, and our
title is only as safe as the source
from which that title sprung. If we
lose the war we will not be able to
hold our land any more. Germany
and her allies would take all. Our
titles would go and the money we
loaned on land would go also. Now,
when you lend your savings to the
government of the United States, not
as a free gift, but at a good rate of
interest, you have to show for it, the
liberty bonds or war savings certificates,
and both these are bonds of
the government under which we live.
It is plain that these are the best se
curities we can have.- They are perfectly
good so long as the government
stands and we intend to make
it stand for all time to come.
By lending to the government all
the money we can save, we give our
means to help win this war, and thus
make sure that not only our land
titles but the other things we hold
dear, shall stand not only for us, but
for coming generations of men.
o
Twenty-eight survivors of the New
\ ork and Puerto Kico liner Carolina
which was hunk by a Gorman submarine,
were recovering after 40
hours in the battered boat from
which they landed.
DEATH OF o! S. GREGG
GOMES AS A SHOCK
(Florence Times).
The many friends of Mr. D. S.
Gregg were shocked and saddened
yesterday when they learned of his
untimely death. Mr. Gregg had been
at his place of business on Friday
and it was hoped that he was on thm
road to recovery from the malady
which had attacked him some days
ago. Early Sunday morning, however,
he took a turn for worse and
lapsed into unconsciousness, and
though all the skill known to the
medical fraternity in Florence was
brought to bear, he passed away at
five o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
funeral services will be held at the
home on West Pine street this after
noon and the interment will take
place at Hopewell church near Claussen.
It was in this section of the
county that Mr. Grgeg was barn. H^
was just thirty three years old. and
during the brief span of life allotted
to him had made full use of his talents.
Mr. Gregg was one of the
most progressive merchants of th?*
city. Posessed of tireless energy
and of judgment beyond his years he
had built up a splendid and profitable
business. Mr. Gregg was unmarried;
He had scores of friends in
Florence and throughout the county.
He leaves a wide family connection.
The near living relatives are his
father, Mr. A. S. Gregg, three brothers,
M. T. Gregg, Walter B. Gregg.
D. F. Gregg; four sisters, Mrs. J. J.
McCall, Mrs. Thos. Anderson, Mrs.
V. C. Purvis and Miss Ellie Gregg
I
Organization of "development bat
talions" at every national army, na
uonai qruarci and regular army camp
id ordered by the war department.
Yd Id.
; CARDS SENT OUT "
IU ANOTHER LIST
Calling White Men For Mili-j
tary Duty on June
24th.
Notices were sent out la: t week by
/the local exemption board to the
following list of white men calling
them for military duty on June 24th.
19KS:
Needham Gorum Boyd
Thomas J. Todd
Joe Dorman
Cornelius Claston Bryant
Norman N. Holt
Jobnie Roland Alford
A .1.: i?
| n; vn I v lil'llj. Walls
K. Rert Snrvis
Orma Benj. Lewis
Noah Isaiah Shelley
John Rupert Darker
Willie Gurley Collins
Daniol Tillman T> let'
Jamos Monroe Tyler
(ion. Goo. Wash. Graham
. Eddie Williams
Joseph Raker Causey
Daniel David Owens
Erring* Wade
Rert Lee Rhuark
Nathan M. Shelley
Henry Sparks
Joseph Pinkncy Graham
Raker Jones
Win. Hymrick Graham
Benj. Harrison Woodward
John Tillman Hardee
Henry N. C. Vereen
Joseph Edgar Milligun
Benjamin Lee ,
Joseph Daniel Howell
Levi Worth Gerrald
William Miller
Richard Cord Cook
Jessie Brown
Thos. Boyd Ludlam
Arnold Godin Strickland
Walter Gary Sarvis
James Harmon Turner
Wm. Conlie Cook
James F. Wilson
George A. Dietz
Mark Causey
Ernest Clyde Jordan
Mai lie Harden Johnson
Otto Guiten
Albert Zander Hardwick
Alva Leo Prince
Callie C. Thomas
Louis Carlton Shannon
Olen Bradley Martin
Luther Fowler
John Quince Johnson, Jr
Guthrie Causey
Mack Sheldon Gerrald
Larton Herbert Floyd
John Kelly Dorman
Joe Dusenbury Powell
Arthur Irving Causee
McKinnis Jolly
David Henry Bellamy
Chancey Monroe Tyler
James Graydon Boyd
Murphy Graham
Jessie Wilson
Pink Isaac Barnhill
Claud Best
Daniel Hardee
Henry Vance Holden
John Heywood
Joseph Haircloth
Wm. Clay R ichardson
Geo. Willard Smart
Herbert Ashley Bui lard
David Norton Hughes
Lona Ardell Duncan
Asa Randall Wright 1
Wm. Edward Haircloth
Walter S. Vereon
Hani for Theo. Holmes !
Alexander Bruton !
James Carey Turner |'
Benj. Franklin Fullwood j<
Franklin G. Small M
Lewis Norris ;<
Jasper Cooper <
Gary Monroe Harrelson i
Hartford MeUracken I <
Cassio C. Coats i i
Richard Floyd
cv I
More than 700,000 American sol- i
diers have gone overseas to carry
j back to France the encouragement
j and assistance which IaiFayette and
Rochambeau brought to America,
Secretary Baker told the French A1- 1
pine Chasseurs in bidding them fare- 1
well at the base of the Washington 1
monument last week. 1
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Eleven more officers and men of <
the American expeditionary forces
I have been awarded the distinguished 1
j service cross. <
NO. 9.
GERMAN DEMAND
HEEDED AT LAST
Senior Partner in Central Alliance
Has Desired Action
On Italian Front
STORY OF RIOTING
COMES FROM VIENNA
Unconfirmed Advices Received
of Grave Events Impending
in Dual Monarchy.
T'?e lent; awaited Austrian offensive
.tga .i d the Italians has begun.
On the hal'an front, for a distance
of from 7.'? to 100 miles, Austrian
troops and heav\ artillery are endeavoring
to break down the resistance
of ; h Italians, who are aided
by French and llritish forces.
The Italian premier, Vittorio Orlando
announced in the chamber of
deputies that Italian troops were resisting
magnificently.
The last great Austro-German offensive,
begun in October, 1917, roiled
back General Cudorna's line from
the Insouzo front and along* the Venetian
plain. More than 1,000,01)0
(liemy troops participated in this
operation and for many weeks the
Italians were unable to stay the advance.
The crisis was passed about
December 1, and since that time
there has been heavy fighting, ia
wnicn the Italians and their allies
carried out many successful counterattacks.
There have been insistent cries
from Germany for Austrian action
along the Italian front to coordinate*
with the German offensive in the
Western zone, and for months past
the Italians have been preparing for
just such a blow as apparently
now being struck. The Italian army
has been reequipped and General
Diaz has succeeded General Cadornr*
as the commander in chief.
The present battle line extends
from Asiago to the sea.
Unrest in Austria.
Grave events are reported to bo
impending in Austria, according to
umuiii 11 iiivu auvici's ironi ?>pam and
Holland. It is said that rioting had
boon going on in Vienna and matters
have come to a critical stage.
How serious the situation has become
is not as yet known. There
have been outbreaks in various parts
of the country, notably in Bohemia
and Moravia, and the political tension
between Austria and Hungary
has been one of the features of the
news emanating from the dual monarchy
for some time.
CONWAY COUNGf
TAKES $20,000
The Conway council of defense
held a meeting one day last week
and made up a thousand dollar club
for buying the war savings stamps.
Twenty men were easily found that
night who subscribed to the list to
go the limit, which means that
each of them will buy during the
year a thousand dollars in war savimrs
stamns. Aft.*>v t-bnt th<? lief
shown to other business men and
people of the community, some of
whom subscribed to the thousand
dollar class, and many others signed
the list to take 5>f>00.00 worth. While
4very war savings society in th*
county is doing its best to make up
its quota, just remember that the
Conway council will over subscribe
ts part if given a chance.
GERMANS WILL RAISE
FOOD FOR FELLOWS
Chattanooga.?Two hundred in
terned Uerman prisoners at Ft. Oglethorpe
and Fort MePherson are to be
removed to Camp Wheeler, where
they will be put to work raising food
stuffs for use of fellow aliens at the
rump. It is expected that the moa
selected for farm work at the prison
wracks will be started for the
Georgia camp in a few days.