The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 27, 1918, Image 1
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VO LUME xxxm
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DEFEAT GF AUSTRlfittS i
GROWS MORE COMPLETE
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' Admission of Losses Made
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READY EXCUSES
CAN'T HIDE FACT
Bad Weather and Rising Piave
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Blamed for Disaster
^ by Them.
The defeat of the Austrian armies
on the western bank of the Piave
River is complete. Admission is
made by the Austrian war office
that the troops of Emperor Karl
have been forced to evacuate the
plateau, over which they had hoped
to press their way and gain the
Venetian plains, and "some sectors"
of the positions they attained last
week on the bank of the river between
the plateau and the point
where the stream empties into the
P Adriatic. Bad weather and the rising
of the Piave under the heavy
rains are assigned as the reasons for
the withdrawal of the Austrian.
But the Rome war office asserts that
it was the impetuous attacks of the
Italians that brought about the failure
of an operation which was htartel
with the intention of crushing the
^ armies of Generai Diaz and forcing
the Italians, like the Russians, to ac- |
cept a Teutonic allied peace. I
All along the river the Italians |
have pressed back the invaders of
their territory until only small units
remain on the western bank, and
across the stream King Victor Emmanuel's
men are keeping well on
' the heels of the retreating enemy,
v/ho is fleeing in disorder. Again
the cavalry has been thrown into the
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r fighting and is sorely harrassing the
enemy, while machine guns from the
ground and from aircraft, some of
the latter operated by American
aviators, are working havoc among
the fleeing Austrian columns.
H eavv Austrian !
The losses to the enemy are described
as enormous both in men
killed, wounded or made prisoner.
An official statement from Rome to
the Italian embassy in Washington
asserts that the Austrians have lost
4f),000 men in prisoners alone. The
Italian war office communication
mentions only 40,000 Austrians as
having been captured but it is probable
that this communication antedated
that sent to the embassy and
that the captives in the hands of the
Italians greatly exceeded this figure.
The probability that this is true
is enhanced by the fact that the
Tiver was swollen out of bounds and
most of the few bridges that had
not been carried away by the freshet
had been shot to pieces by the
Italian guns, compelling the enemy
either to surrender or take his
chances of being able to swim the
turbulent stream.
So hurried was the retreat of the
Austrians at some points they did
not take time even to attempt to
save their guns and stores, great
quantities of which now are in Italian
hands.
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Miss Alma Foxworth, who has
y been visiting Miss Laura Jenkins,
left Tuesday for her home at Marion,
S. C.
COTTAGES BURN AT
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HIUKKtLLS INLtl
Cottages belonging to Henry Mullins
and J. D. Murchison at Murrells
*Ti 1e! were destroyed by fire on Monday
of this week. The fire started
in the Mullins cottage then went to
the Murchison cottage and only by
| a.quickly formed "Bucket brigade"
were other cottages saved from disaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Mullins were in
an upstairs room when th$ house
caught and when they attempted to!
escape they found that the stair case
was on fire. Both were slightly
burned.
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ORDER NUMBERS TO BE
DRAWN THURSDAY
Washington, Juno 25?Thursday of
his week was fixed by the war delartment
today as the date for the
'.rawing to establish the draft orde:
if nearly 800,000 young men of 21
?vho registered for military service
June 5.
ITALY'S RESISTANCE
BEST NEWS OF YEAR
London.?The opening check to the
lcng-prepared Austrian offensive is I
considered here as the best piece of
war news this year. It shows in the
first place, it is pointed out, the complete
restoration of the Italian morale,
a fact of supreme importance,
and suggests, in the second rdsce,
that the Austrians' hearts are less
than ever in the war.
Germany, military observers here
feel, may now seek to bolster up the
offensive by sending some more of
her reserves to Venetia, which would
help relieve the pressure in the west
without promising to achieve the objctives
of the drive in Italy.
FOUR MORE CALLED
TO LEAVE JULY FIRST
The local exemption board has
called the following four men to report
here on June 30th, and to leave
here for military service on July 1st.
Major Hallie Kirton
Wm. Clyde Claridy
Burk Ranson Gaskin
Owen Bax Best
The Local Board announces a call
for 70 White men to be sent to Camp
Wads worth, Spartanburg, S. C., durinc
the fivp rlav n^rinrl Knnrinniwnr 1
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July 15th.
It also announces a call for 42
Colored men to be sent to Camp
Jackson, S. C., during the five day
period beginning July 16th.
No deferred sendee on account of
farm work will be allowed in these
calls.
MRS. T. J. DOZIER
DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. Mamie Dozier, wife of Mr. T.
J. Dozier, was taken suddenly ill at
her home in Georgetown last Friday,
June 21st, 1918, and died on the following
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The
fatal illness' came on with a severe
chill and was pronounced as a severe
case of malarial poisoning.
She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. F. Jordan of Conway townsh:p
ami was well known in Conway
where she had many friends. She
was a Christian lady and devoted to
her family.
Her remains were brought to Conway
by steamer on Sunday and the
interment took place at Lakeside
cemetery. Rev. W. T. Goldfinch con-*
ducting the funeral exercises. Services
were held at the home in
Georgetown before leaving, these
being conducted by the Rev. Mv.
Bedenbow of that city. i
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NEW SUGAR CONSERVATION
RULES.
Effective June 19th, dealers in
QJrtlltV* C!? vnlino ?v?iics4- ? * ~
wvuvn v/ui viiuu iiiuoi, v/unti vf tllir iuilowing
rules in selling sugar:
1. Dealers must not sell sugar for
purposes other than canning and
preserving fruits and vg L ible in
lots of more than two (2) p nnds ' ">
individuals who reside in ritii."
towns or villages, nor mc-^ tha
five (5) pounds to individuals who
reside in rural districts.
2. Dealers must not sell sup
any individual for canning and pieserving
fruits and vegetables in lots
of more than twenty-five (25)
pounds in any one calendar month
unless the individual secures permission
in writing from the County Food
Administrator of the county in which
he lives to purchase more than twenty-five
(25) pounds per month for
canning or preserving fruits and
vegetables.
3. Dealers must not sell any sugar
to individuals for use in canning and
preserving fruits and vgetables unless
the individuals fill out and sign
a Home Canners' Sugar Certificate.
?Wm. Elliott,
Food Administrator for South
Carolina.
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BATTIE WITH DEATH I
120 FEET DNDEff&A
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London.?Details of the destruction
of one of the largest and more 1
recently constructed German subma- 3
rines are given in a despatch from a !
neutral correspondent. This subma- <
rine was one of the last to leave Zee- 1
brugge before the entrance to the i
harbor was blocked by British forces <
on April 24.
The U boat struck a mine and of ;
the crew of forty only two survived
cn reaching the surface after a ter- 1
rible struggle with death for an hour
and a half twenty fathoms below the
surface. Some of the crew committed
suicide, having lost all hope
of leaving the boat alive.
The only chance to escape was to
force open the conning tower and the
forward hatches and trust to the
compression of air in one part of the 1
vessel to force each man like a tornnfln
fn ( uin-f <m/\ rl H-. ^ !?
v \,\r mu nui I ilt. t". I. IIU ct 11 |JICS"
sure in the submarine had become
so high that the great majority of
the Germans could not keep their
mouths closed.
The compressed air shot them to .
the surface, and hardly had they
reached the sea level when the air
pressure burst their lungs, and about
twenty of them sank like stones. The
survivors described the yells of the
men, when the end came, as the most
horrible noise they ever heard.
The attention of a British trawler
was attracted and it hastened to the
rescue.
lasorIsscarce
for crop gathering
It is generally understood that
labor will be scarce for the gathering
of the cropi this year uple ;s all,,
of the unemployed, especially in
towns and cities, decide to go to the
farms and work, including students
and others not now in the draft who
would take labor " instead of their <
usual vacations.
Already the situation is being felt
in regaru to tne narvesting of to- |
bacco crop. It is felt that things
will be worse as soon as cotton and
other crops begin to need harvesting.
Many of the men aj'e at the Nfront
and women are being trained to take
their places at the mills. The only
relief is to be found in the determination
of the people to help in this
risis knowing that in so doing they
are helping to win the war. Those
who usually take vacations might as
well decide to spend it and more besides
on the farms of his neighbors
aiding in the harvesting of the ncccs
sary crops. Women and children
who are not otherwise employed in a
useful work will have to decide to do
farm work with a will or else the
fruits of the big crop the farmers
of this State expect, to mature will
be impossible of realization.
Study the situation in every community
and discuss it in the local
council of defense. This country
must win the war and as much depends
on what we do at home as
upon what the boy.s do at the front.
Everybody must work, including
father this time.
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Every time you buy a War
Savings Stamp you help
I weaken the Hindenburg line.
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ElViS CASES ARE
ENDED IN COURT
Charges of assault and battery
and disorderly conduct J. M. Elvis.
as alleged in a warrant of arrest
taken out recently by W. K. Grainger;
were disposed of last Saturday
in the Magistrate court The warrant
was against both J. M. Elv'r
and his wife, Mrs. Kate Elvis, and
grew, out of a fuss which developed
between the prosecutor and thes"
defendants several weeks ago a
the prosecutor claimed to have been
on his way to his farm. The case
was dismissed as to Mrs. Kate Elvis.
,T. M. Elvis pleaded guilty and was
fined in the sum of $15.00 thus ending
the cases without trial. Both
sides were represeuted by attorneys
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QUEST10NAIRES ARE
BEING MAILED OUT
The local board is now mailing: th?
questionnaires to the registrants who
registered in this county on June
r.th, 1918. The local board is also
engaged in going over the list of
those who were given deferred classification
in the first registration,
and several of the boys have been
reciassed from a deferred to a more
advanced class in the list, and several
near Conway have been placed in
class one.
MRS. J.' M.LEMMON
HAS PASSED AWAY
Mrs. J. M. Lcmmon, wife of Rev.
J. M. Lcmmon, passed away at the
Presbyterian parsonage, yes erday
morning at 7 o'clock, after an illness
of several weeks duration. The
cause of her fatal illness was severe
fever with complications. For several
days before her death she had
lingered near death's dark bo rumline,
and her numerous friends and
members of the congregation of the
Presbyterian church were ve innoxious
about her condition She
had the benefit of all that a devoted
husband and friends could do.
She is survived by the bereaved
husband and one child. Her serious
iliness and death has east a gloom
over the Deonle of the town.
During the time that she has resided
in Conway as the wife of the
Presbyterian minister, she proved
herself an earnest worker in the
church and Sunday School. The
community has sustained a distinct
loss.
The little child is a daughter only
a few months old, .... *
The funeral services will be conducted
from the Presbyterian church
to-day at 10 o'clock A. M., the services
conducted by the Rev. J. S
Gamer, the Presbyterian ministei
from Mullins, S. C.
POTATOMARKETS
' OVER SUPPLIED
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Last year the price of Irish potatoes
was very high, higher than in
reason the price should have been
It resulted in the planting of too
large a crop this year everywhere
the potato would grow. The market
has been over ' supplied, and it i;
stated that much of last year's crop
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lusteu over so tnat wnen the present
crop came in there was nothing like
the demand that existed last year fji
the potatoes
From this cause and perhaps others,
the price of potatoes has been
very low for the entire crop. In conversation
with some planters of this
crop this year, it is learned that
there was a considerable loss aftei
paying for the seed and the fertilizers
used. One stated that he thought
he had about as well left the potatoes
to rot in the field.
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BIG TOBACCO LEAF
FROM B. W. HOWARD
Two of the biggest tobacco leaves
of the present, crop were brought tc
Conway the first of this week from
the farm of B. VV. Howard, of Toddville.
One of the leaves measured
inches long by 14 inches wide, while
the other measured 26 inches long b\
17 inches wide. He has three acres
planted in tobacco this year.
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RED CROSS.
There will be a regular meeting o1
the Red Cross Chapter Friday afternoon,
June 28, at five o'clock in the
work room.
The surgical dressing class of the
Red Cross Chapter is the only work
tllA wnmon nf Hnrfv Pftiinn- h'.iur
undertaken alone. To get the allotment
for this month, 1,116 oakurr
pads, finished by July will be a bijj
job, but are we going to fall down or
it? The County has done every
thing that has asked of it so far
done it well, are we women goinj
to be the only slackers ? A few oi
the ladies are working themselves t<
a finish; please come and help.
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CAPTURE OF 45,000
IS CONFIRMED
Washington, June 25.?A dispatch
to the Italian embassy from Rome to j
day confirmed the announcement'
yesterday that prisoners taken by
the Italians in the fighting at the
Piave numbered 4r>,000. This includes
some 12,000 or 15,000 captured
during the past week oefore the
Austrian offensive was turned into
a rout.
CYCLOPTGiVENUP
BY NAVY DEPARTMENT]
| New Orleans, June 24?According '
j to a notice leceivcd here today by
! Mrs. Clara Miller Allen, the navy j
department has officially recorded !
the United States collier Cyclops as j
lost with all on board. Mrs. Allen
was notified by the department that 1
I her brother James J. Miller, a boiler-1
| maker was aboard the collier and j
i among those lost. 1
(The Cyclops had on board one
Horry boy, Ulric Harper, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. K. Harper of Toddville,
S. C. His family never heard from
him since before the Cyclops disappeared
some months ago. While the
navy department has given the vessel
up for lost with all on board, yei
the department has no definite information
that the crew was lost;
and there is yet hope that those on
hoard of the vessel were saved even
though they may be prisoners some,
where in Germany, or perhaps kept
in custody in some South American
country.?Ed.)
NINETY SOLDIER BOYS |
LEAVE FOR JACKSON
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The list of ninety Horry boys call
ed for military duty last Monday,
and published in the Herald of last
week; were on hand promptly and
left here last Tuesday morning for
Camp Jackson. Some of this list
had to leave crops they were cultivating
under the recent change in
the regulations suspending the practice
of leaving back those engaged
in agriculture until crops could be
i {harvested. The great majority of
I those who left last Tuesday morning
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i | auumuu paiLxuy wining to go, wniie
a few were apparently sad at parting
from relatives. All of them seemed
: to understand the necessity which
i requires them to be called into the
: service of their country. One thing
! is certain and that is that there will
v be no better soldiers in the United
States army than the boys from
Horry County. And the people at
i home are behind these boys to the
. last man and woman.
ROAD VERYGOT
WITHEXCEPTiONS
The road to Myrtle Beach is now
in good condition with exception of
a number of depressions at bridges
across the road. Just how this mistake
came about in the work on the
| road has not been explained. The
bridges referred to are covered with
! planks which appear to have been
> laid with inch spaces between the;
i edges, and were covered with about I
a foot of clay and sand. Lately the |
earth has sifted down through the,
: ciacks leaving dangerous holes |
' which have to be taken with very j
! slow speed to avoid a breakdown, j
Very little labor would relieve the j
difficulty and make the drive to j
Myrtle Beach much more pleasant
for autoists.
! DEATH OF CHILD- j
SADDENS PEOPLE |
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i mt- ut-uui oi upai L.ewis, uaugnr
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lewis,
\ about nine years old, took place on
- June 24th after an illness of some
f length. H,er degth brought sad*es3
5 to her many friends. The interment
f took place on last Tuesday at Lake)
side cemetery, the Rev. E. L. McCoy
conducting the funeral exercises.
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FIVE MONTHS AHEAD
IN TROOP MOVEMENT
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Nine Hundred Thousand American
Men Have Now
Gone to France
CHEERFUL REVIEW
OFFERED BY MARCH
Chief of Staff Draws Conclusion
That Enemy is Being
Held Firmly.
Washington.?Definite word from
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y,L iiu* rcpuise 01 the Austrian
drive i;i Italy coupled with the announcement
of General March, chief
of staff that American troop movements
to Franc'e had now exceeded
000,000, added today to the growing
cheerfulness that has been apparent
at the war department recently.
General March told the newspaper
men in his weekly conference that
with the 900,000 mark passed, the
United States is five months in advance
of its schedule for troop movement
At the same time he briefly
outlined the battle positions in
France and Italy and drew the conclusion
that the enemy was being
held firmly on all fronts, though
further great blows are to be expected.
The chief of staff's statement furnished
the first authoritative information
as to progress made in the
tremendous exertion the government
has been making to meet the challenge
of the German drive in the
west. When the first blow was struck
on the Cambrni-St. Qusntia fcne .
March 21, troop shipments were behind
schedule. Today they are five
months ahead.
The speed with which the army is
being moved to the front is sharply
indicated by the fact that approximately
200,000 men . have been emburked
during the last two weeks
The total movements during May
was not more than 240,000. It was
only two weeks ago that Secretary
r\ -i
isuKer announcoct that more than
700,000 had boon sent; a week later,
at the first of his conference with
the newspaper men, General March
said the 800,000 mark had been passed,
and today he placed the figures
at more than 900.000.
Million Mark Soon.
On this showing the million mark
should be passed by July 1. Various
facto's enter into the problem of
transportation, however, which forbid
a definite prediction.
General March made it clear that
time gained in getting abroad
enough American troops to give General
Foch, supreme commander, a
mastering superiority over the enemy,
is the vital factor. Every day
lost by the Germans in pressing their
effort to achieve military victory
before American aid can arrive in.
overwhelming forces is regarded as
a day nearer ultimate defeat for
them.
When you refrain from the pnrchase
of needless luxuries and invest
the money thus saved in W. S. S. you
are transferring your purchasing
power to the United States.
JULY4THwTllir
HONORED IN FLOYDS
A patriotic gathering and 4th of
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vvivutuvivii Will UC lltTIU CM*
Floyds School house, Thursday, July I
i 4th, under tho direction of Little
Pee Dee Lodge, Knights of Pythiaa, I
and the Floyds Council of defense.
Mr. Ed. Hughes of Marion will fl
speak on the subject of Pythianism,
and Mr. O. Hoyt MacMillan will I
speak on patriotism, and it is likely H
that there.will be other speakers!: H
also. .
We are going to arrange to get H
the colored folks of the community H
to sing for us. Everybody is re- H
quested to come and bring lunch. H
A. D. Jackson, H
for committee. H