The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 04, 1918, Image 1
volume xxxm
ALLIES GUARDING
THE WAY TO PAHS
Foe's Next Blow Will Be
Desperate on Both Objectives.
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1 AMERICAN FORCE
\ TO AID REPULSE
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\ Enemy Has Lost 747 Airplanes
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liritish Hoilddlini'torc i r*
The great buttle has not been precipitated
yet, but. the enemy continues
to perfect his organization, and the
Allies leave nothing to meet his next
^ and possibly his greatest effort of
the war.
The enemy is painting propaganda
pictures for the neutrals of the Allies'
tremulous forces cringing before the
menace of his powerful blows. It
would not be wise to belittle the
fierceness with which he undoubtedly
will launch his next battle, but what
animates the Allies is a quiet, reso^
lute confidence based on the determination
not to give ground except at
a frightful cost and to bar the roads
to Paris and to the coast.
To Paris and the Coast
There are many who believe the
flermans' next blow will develop into
a desperate attack on both these objectives.
If the enemy is hastening |
to complete his organization and to
^ use his greatest possible striking
force at the greatest possbile speed,
so the Allies arc developing their resources
to meet it. This development
now includes Americans in formidV
able numbers.
While the directing forces of both
L*" . armies watch with hawklike vigilance,
there are some pictures of the
men themselves on this front whicli
are prophetic of German defeat, regardless
of the length of the world's
struggle. The Canadians and Americans
in sound of the guns still have
a fiery zest for baseball. The Germans
must hear the cheering of the
wildly enthusiastic fans when a home
run is made. The British Tommies
keenly toil to gain supremacy at
cricket as soon as they get a respite
from holding sections of th0 trenches.
It. the ever growing spirit of camevaderie
between Americans and Britons
nothing is better than the love of
sports in mpellng both.
Foe's Big Losses in Air.
While there have been raids nad
counter raids, there has been only
infantry development. Last week, as
in the six weeks preceding, there was
some weather propitious enough to
flay the Germans in and from the air.
Never before has the enemy taken so
many precautions to meet the British
air "Aces," according to his own soldiers,
and presumably for excellent
reasons, as the British have dropped
^ over a thousand tons of bombs in the
last two months. The German aero1
plane losses likewise indicate a desperate
but ineffectual defensive air
policy, for in same two months he has
lost approximately 747 machines, or
fully seven times the number of British
planes missing.
Either' because the shortage of
horses makes it necessary or he is
Vj / hoping to obtain more speed, the enemy
is extensively using motor trucks
ife running on rails.
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The war savings stamps campaign
is being pursued vigorously by the
women of Gaffney who are devoting
almost their whole time to the. work.
TO THE PLEDGERS TO THE SEC.
"OND RED CROSS WAR FUND.
All parties who have made pledges
to the Second Red Cross War Fund
are urged to make their July payments
as soon as possible. All of the
cards have been sent to the Chairmen
of the local Council of Defense
for the different school districts, and
1 payments should bc made to the different
cot noils. When the pledges
are paid in full the cards will be delivered
to you.
C. H. SNIDER,
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NO HOPE OF
TILLMAN^RECOVERY
Washington, July 1.?Hope for the
recovery of Senator Tillman, of South
Carolina, chairman of the naval affairs
committee, who suffered a cerebral
hemmorrhage Saturday, virtually
was abandoned today by members
oj* his family and friends Ut the bedside.
The end was believed to be only a
few days at most and possibly only a
few hours away.
Since Sunday Senator Tillman has
been unconscious. He remains in a
comatose condition, and, although his
heart continues strong, other conditions
were said to be unfavorable.
Most of the members of the Senator's
family have arrived in Washington.
FOURTH OF JULY
CELEBRATION
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And Presentation Honor Flag
At Court House July 4, 7
O'clock P. M.
13V resolution of t ho r.nnnf u
cil of Defense, there will be a grand
Rally and Flag Raising at the County
Court House at Conway, on July
4th., at seven o'clock P. M., today.
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
j Bonds, won this Honor Flag. It
belongs to the people of the whol ;
County , and it is earnestly desired
that representative citizens, from all
parts of Horry be here to receive |
this beautiful banner.
The program, including the parade
which begins at 6 o'clock this evening,
appears in this issue.
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ITALIAN OFFENSIVE
MEETS WITH SUCCESS
Success has apparently crowned the
offensive of the Italians in the mountains
north of the Venetian plains.
Launched on Saturday the attack on
the Austrian lines has gained rugged
heights where the enemy was strongly
entrenched, and the fighting is still
going on. Vienna admits a retirement
to "prepared positions" wh?ch is the
expression used in official statements
to mean that an enemy blow
has gained important ground.
After three days of struggling in
the mountains, the Italians are still
hammering hard at the most powerful
and threatening positions of the
enemy. They have not only gained
ground but held it against desperate
counter attacks by the Austrians.
Detail maps do not show distinctly
somP of the places mentioned in the
official statements. The Vienna admission
that the new Austrian line is
"through Stemple wood," is, therefore
without significanc e but as the
positions held by the Austrians before
the Italians began were , above
the forest linc it would seem that
the enemy has been ousted from the
highcjr ground he formerly held and
thus placed at a disadvantage in the
fighting to come.
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ALL WIRE SERvlCE
Washington, July 1. ? Pro h'ont
Wilson today informed the Hointcrstate
and foreign commerce committee
that he is heartily in favor of
legislation authorizing the government
to take over the telegraph and
telephone lines.
A resolution authorizing the President
to take over the lines probably
will bo reported favorably by the
committee this afternoon.
The President's views were communicated
in a brief note endorsing
the legislation, but making no reference
to the strike of Western Union
operators called for July 8th by the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union after
the Western Union had refused
to abide by rulings of the war labor
board on the discharge of union operators.
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)NWAY, S O., THURSDAY, Jul
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The Supreme Court has .affirmed
the judgement of the circuit court in
the case of W. G. Stackhouse vi
\V. J. Conerly, a case which has been
pending in the courts for sometime.
In the , year 1911 Stackhouse got
Mr W. J. Conerly to take up a mortgage
for him on his land at the
Hank of Fair Bluff. Stackhouse made
a title to the land to Mr.C onerly to
secure this debt as Stackhouse claim
ed in his complaint, but really a sale
of the place according to the claim
of Conerly in his answer. The case
was brought by Stackhouse, who is
an ignorant colored man, to have the
deed he had made declared a mortgage.
The case came on first before
W. L. Bryan, Esqr., as special referee
and he found the case in favor
of Conerly. The case then came up
before Judge Spain on exceptions 10
the referee's report and Judge Spain
refused to confirm the referee's report
and found that the deed was intended
as :v mortgage and ordered
that Conerly reconvey the land back
to Stackhouse. Conerly then ap
pealed to the Supreme Court, and
Supremo Court has upheld the decision
of Judge Spain.
GLORIOUS FOURTH
WILL RE OBSERVED
The Fourth of July will be observed
today at Conway, by both white
and colored. The parades will form at
(> o'clock this afternoon and march to
the court house. The program published
ip another coluttin 'Will be car- j
ried out and the winning of the Honor j
Flag in the third liberty loan, will,be ]
celebrated.
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VICTORY IN AIR
Washington, June 29.?Capture of
Mftft r>l>rni!in r?t*5 cn. on a
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strpction of three German airplane a
by American aviators was reported
by General Pershing in an official
communique today.
The official communique follows:
"Section A?In the Chateau-Thierry
region we again improved our
position south of Torcy. The number
of prisoners taken by us at this point,
in the operations of June 25 has increased
to 309 of whom several are
officers. There have been no new developments
at other points held by
our troops. It is established that
our aviators have shot down three
hostlie machnies in the Toul region
since the beginning of the week.
"Section B?Of the three planes
mentioned in the American official
communique of June 28 one was
brought down at 9:30 o'clock on the
morning of June 24 by Lieutenant
Raymono. Lieutenant Raymond encountered
a hostile byplane which
dived under his own. Lieutenant Ray-1
mond . then executed a dive on the
hostile plane, firing as he did so. He
saw tracer bullets entering the enemy
plahe. The other two planes were
'shot down on June 25 by Major HartI
ney and Lieutenant McArthur. Major
i Hartney reports that his patrol of
four planes answering the call at 8:30
o'clock in the evening encountered
two German planes of which one was 1
a biplane rumpler and the other a
nonoplane. They were flying at an al
t'tude of 44,400 meters. The monoplane
obtained a position over the
tail of Lieutenant Hill's machine.
; Maj v Hartney fired a long burst at
| the ) mnoplane which turned over and
landed upside down. The German
ampler biplane was pursued by Lieu
tenant Me Arthur below the cloud level.
The two machines exchanged fire.
On emerging from the cloud level the
hostile machine went over backwards.
Lieutenant McArthur was at one time
on ~e au. /-i -i
wiui 111 uu (Y(U Ut> in l/Ilt; VllTlllilII piillU"
whcih enabled him to observe that
the tracer bullets were entering the
machine and the observer was wound
ed. The destruction of these planes'
has been confirmed."
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The number of men engaged in
athletics at Camp Jackson last week
broke all previous records. Between
28,000 and 00,000 men were actually
active in some * form of athletics despite
the fact that the only period
open to athletic work is just after
supper.
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AMERICAN FORCES
AWAIT HON BCOW
With the American Forces on the
Marne?Unusual movement of troops t
ind materials north of Chateau Their t
ry, together with the increased artil- <
,lery and aerial activity, form th<? ba- '
sis of the belief that American forces i
in this locality may be called upon to i
defend themselves in the near future 1
Long streams of enemy troops and j
vagon trains have been observed in ^ ]
the neighborhood of the Ronnes wood ;
There have been more than 50 enemy i
aerial flights over the American lines 1
northwest of Chateau Thierry in the '
last 24 haurs. One German machine
was shot down by our anti-aircraft
gfuns. I
The American artillery has heav- *
ily shelled many vital and active
spots within the enemy lines, once i
obtaining a direct hit in a detach-1
mcnt of marching Germans.
For days the American . huv been
expecting that the enemy, stung by
the defeat administered to him re- J
CTnuy on this front, would make a
vigorous assault * upon the Ann rican
forces and it was partly for this reason
that the American operations in
the Belleau 3ector were carried out.
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TENANT HOUSE Bl'RNKI).
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A tenant house belong ng to the
estate of W. R. Lewis, was burned
yesterday about 12 o'clock. A tenant
had some ?f his furniture moved n at
the time and his family was in the
house. The furniture was saved.
They were cooking at the time in an
open fire place and the fire caught
from that.
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. WAS GREAT SUCCESS
\} The Sunday School meeting held
foi the Sunday School teachers of
Marion District, at Myrtle Beach
Hotel, wound up its prcoeedings on
Friday of last week, and was a success
in ever* way.
The hotel was crowded with Sunday
School teachers from the district
during the entire week that the conv^ntyon
was In session. The pavilion
at vthe hotel was used as a lecture
room and interesting exercises took
place there every day during their
stay.
It has been proved that vacation;
and religious work can be made to
work well together.
AGA!NSTlMPRO?EMENTS
LITTLE RIVER
Washington.?Adverse reports on
two proposed Southern river improve
ments were made to congress today
by army engineers. The "prcpb&cd
improvmcnt of Little River, which
rises at Little River Swamp, S. C.,
and empties into the Atlantic Ocean
at Little River inlet, near the North j
Carolina State Line, was disapproved
because the commerce involved
would be insufficient to meet the expense.
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The proposed improvement of the
Broad and Congaree Rivers near Columbia,
S. C., was di. approved for a
similar reason.
GREATEST CROP OF
WHEAT IN YEARS
Hopkinsville, Ky., June 29?The
farmers of Western Kentucky and
Tonne.;set. are now in the midst of
harvesting one of the best crops of
wheat known in years. The acreage
is fully up to the avroagc and possibly
above, and the quantity and qual-1
ity of the grain are excellent. Following
op the practical failures of the
past three or four years, and coming
( just now when every grain of wheat
| is of double value, this condition is
especially satisfactory. The cutting is
now on in full blast and from nearly
every farm the report comes that the
crop is splendid. Some reports have
I come that the wheat heads have to a
| large extent failed to fttl out; that
the heads lack several grains of be|
ing filled. Other reports are that the
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I in many instances. But such reports
are always to be expected and these
are decidedly in the minority. Even
admitting them, the wheat stalks are
unusually thick on the ground this
time and this will go far to overcoming
any possible defects otherwise.
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rJULMAGE W. GERRALD /
CITED FOR BRAVERY
Dispatches in newspapers of na
;ional circulation last week carried n
:he list cited for bravery in the batt e I Q
>f Cantigny, the name of Corporal!
ralmage YV. Gerrald. He was a spec-j
men of fine physical manhood an I j
A'as not much beyond the age of
twenty-one when he went into service
and began to fight for his country.
He lost his life durig the operation * *
around Cantigny, and ho was among
th0 number who will go down in history
as entitled to ,'anie for bravery
while under fire. In the same list
v ho was cited for bravery but nit
kill- d. appeared the name of Thee- I
dore Koosevelt, Jr., and a number of1
, i
other young men who proven them '
solves willing to lay do v. a Ih ir live
for their country.
The deatn of Coroporul Gerrald j
was. published in a. recent issue of |
this paper. He was a son of tlv late | (
Charles K. Gerrald of Galivants j f
Ferry township. His widowed moth-i
t r. Mrs. Mattie U. Gerrald resides at i
the home near Avnnr S ('
County will no doubt long honor tho ,
memory of this boy than whom no
brawr was to bo found on the battle
front in France.
SHORT 0F~ FLOUR"
IN HORRY COUNTY
By th0 end of last week there was
practically no flour for sale, either
in Conway or at the leading country
stores of Horry County. One of the
dealers on Thursday was said to have
had about twelve barrels, but this
was gone in the courso of a day
or two. Other merchants had no
flour oven before that. Many dealers
did not feel that it was any use
to try to obtain any more for their
stocks, and told their customers so
is thev called for flour time after
time.
The pecpl0 will now sec the reason
for the rules made by the food admin
istration to conserve the wheat and
flour supply alohg through the period
of the war; for without those pre- 1
cautions, the suppiy for home use j
would have been out several months
ago. As it is the siutation will soon I *
be relieved by the new wheat crop '
which has been harvested or is in pro
cess of being gathered and this will
soon be ready for the mills to gring.
ORAFTAGE STAYS
SENATORS DECIDE i
Washington. June 28.?Immediate |(
extension of the prevent army draft <
age limits, t\veny-on0 to thirty-one 1
years, was overwhelmingly defeated *
in the Senate today. The amendment t
proposed by Senator Fall of New t
Mexico to the $12,()00,000.000 Army s
Appropriation Bill to make the limits <
twenty and forty years was lost by a '
vote of -19 to 25, and all compromises
suggested for different minimums I
and maximums failed to pass. |
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COUNTY SEAT MONDAY:
Several legal sales took place on '
last Monday at the court house, I
some being- made by the Clerk of the ^
Court, others by the sheriff of the *
County. 1
Lands of F. M. Elliott estate in I
Klyods went to George J. Holliday as j1
to tracts Nos. 1 and 3 at the price of j1
$1410.00. while tract No. 2 went toil
J H. Stroud for $100.00. '
Twelve acres, near Bayboro, known I*
as Belle Mishoe land went to G. I J1
Holliday for -45.00. i 1
Two tracts, near Bayboro. which j
belonged to M. G.-Ward, went off to!
George J. Holliday for the sum of!
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One tract belonging to W. 1). i
Moore in Socastoe township and another
tract belonging to him in Bucks i
township, went to Burroughs & Collins
Co., for the Sum of $150.00. <
One tract in Simpson Creek township
went to A. P. Barker at the sum 1
of $100.00. It was swamp land and ]
there were few bidders for it. 1
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Alexander Kerensky, former pro- "
visional premier of Russia has arriv- ]
ed in London, on nis way to America.
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10VANGE GUARD
GOES TO ITALIANS
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ienera! Pershing Sends
Regiment From Forces
in France.
/iovea/ie:;t shows
strength of ALLIES
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jvidcnce That All Have
3 at One Common
Cau3e.
'vVnshiyt m.?A regiment of troops
r. Genera" !' thing's expeditionary
Vvce hac In ?n ordered to Italy, probib'v
an advance guard of additionit
forces to be sent later, to complete
he unity en that front of Italian,
hitish, Kronen and American troops.
Secretary Baker announced today
hat General Pershing had been in
;truoted to i* elect a regiment now in
raining in Franco for immediate
Movement to Italy. It will bo re)laced
by a Vermont, to bo sent from
he United States.
The secretary's announcement per11
its for ch? first time publication
n the projects that have been under
ro aside rati on hero and which were
liscus ed with General Pershing by
molo before a decision to send the
'irst contingent to Italy from France
vas reached. The orignial plan was
;o use a part of the mobile reserves
)f the American expeditionary forces
'or the Italian expedition, but later it
ippearou likely that the movement
vhtaM be made direct from the Unitid
States.
While there is good reason to boieve
the American forces in Italy
vill be augmented considerable later,
oday's announcement appears to
make it certain that no direct movement
from the United States at an
surly date is planned. It is known,
lowover. that th * suggestion has
>cen considered that the Italian exX'dition
be made entirely indepenlent
of General Pershing's foive^.
The nature of the discussion with
General Pershing* as to the Italian
venture has not been disclosed.
The purpose of sending troops
Italy, Mr. Baker has ' explained, is
unro f*r?r n.ilitwm! %v.
.u. fruiiiivui man iiillttil IV l\Sl"
>ons. it is desired to demonstrate
igain that the allied nations and the
United States are one in the purpose
>r. all fronts and to extend the interuurse
between the troops of all the
jowers at war with Germany. For
his reason, there has been no sugges
on that an American army be sent
;o Italy, although all troops sent wilt
>ee actual service at the front, asso iated
with Italian or more probably
French and British forces.
BRICnMREHOUSf
UNDER NEW MEN
The Brick Warehouse at Aynor
;his year will be under the new manigemont
of Messrs. George J. Hollilay
and J. F. LaKoque. Mr. Hollilay,
who is already well known to
he farmers of Horry has added the
.varehouse to his already large farmers'
supply business, in order that he
nay be in better position to protect
he interest of the Aynor Tobacco
narket. Mr. LaRoquo, while a young
an, has boon raised practically in.
he tobacco warehouse business and
10 has had all of the experience neces
?ary to show his customers tHat he
an push their tobacco as high as the
jest and higher than the rest.
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MARION MAN KILLED.
Washington.?The marine corps
casualty list today contained 50
lames divided as follows:
Killed in action 4(>; died of wounds
wounded severely 2.
Southern men in the marine list
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E\ Dorris, Douglasville, Ga.; Albert
V*. Hargrove, Eastman, Ga.; Simon %
Kellmann, New Orleans; Privates !
Wiley D. Fore, Brookhaven, Miss.;
Walker W. W. Martin, Marion, S. C.
Died of wounds: Sergt. Keorge B.
Roan, Pattison, Miss.