The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 18, 1918, Image 1
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FRENCH TROOPS GAIN
WITH SHARP ATTACK
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Break Through the Enemy De'
. tenses to Advance Their
Lines Materially
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Three Miles Sweeps Germans
From Village.
Striking the Germans on a front
^ which has been quiet for the past six
weeks, the French have once more
broken through the enemy defenses
and advanced their Mhos. This new
blow at the enemy was launched between
Castel and Maillu-Kainoval on
the Picardy front, southeast of
Amiens, where there has been but
little fighting since the French, by si
local attack, pushed the Germans out
h of Senecat wood late in May.
The attack was along a front of
approximately three miles. It swept
the Germans back out of tlje village
of Castel and the Anchin farm, about
a mile to the south, and cleared out
a number of strong enemy positions.
The French penetrated the German
lines to a depth of more than a mile.
The American attack on Cantigny,
some time ago, advanced the line ma
terially at that point, while the Australians
and Americans on July 4
and 8 cut deeply into the German
lines at Hamel and Villers-Bretonueux,
south of the Sommc. The
Frtiuh attack was launched at a
point between positions of the Americans
at Cantigny and the Australians,
farther north.
French Reach Hills
The French lines south of Castol
have been parallel to and westward
of the Avre River. The success gain
ed there carried the French up to
the hills to the west of the river and
into positions which appear to dominate
the villages of Morisel, on the
west bank and Moureuil, on the east
hank of the river. If the attack
should continue successfully the
French may be able to press the foe
back across the Avre and thus have
an admirable defensive position to
the southeast of Amiens
Between the Marne and the Aisne.
the French have continued their offensive
operations. It is reported
that the village of Longport, south
of Corey, the capture of which was
announced Thursday, has been taken
by General Petain's men, who have
also made progress north of Corey,
at the Chavigny farm. East of Faveilles,
according to the French official
statement, the allied lines have
been advanced, this marking a southely
extension of the fighting line,
which has heretofore not been usually
active farther south than Longport.
On the British front there has been
snirited fiirhtinir. according to the
German offficial reports, which indicates
that from Ypres around the
Lys salient and down in the Picardy
sector as far as Albert the British
have made scattered attacks. Local
engagements have been fought in
the region of Rheiros, but they have
* , not been of great importance.
Gainr> in Albania.
The French and Italians fighting
in Albania have carried their line*
steadily northward. The town ol
Berat, the most important point ir
Southern Albania, has fallen intc
allied hands. It is reported large
quantities of Austrian supplies stored
at Berat were destroyed by the
retreating Austrian's.
Official reports would appear tc
show the advance of the French am
Italians is reaching farther and far
ther east into the mountains and to
i ward the rear of the Bulgarian posi
' tions around Monastir. Serbian posi
tions near that city have been sav
agely attacked by the Bulgarians
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hold on the Serbian trenches, wen
driven out.
There have -been local actions it
the mount-in sectors of the front ii
Northern Italy, one Austrian attacl
h&vin# be. n repulsed with heav]
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GERMANS LAUNCH !
ASSAULT ALONG MARNE
Attack Preceded by Terrific
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Bombardment From Heavy
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After a wait for thirty-three days
since they were halted in their <
plunge toward Compiegne, along the
west bank of the Oise, the Germans
at dawn last Monday launched a new
phase of their mighty offensive by
attacking from Chateau-Thierry to
Maison dc Champagne, north of Massigos
and far east of Kheims, over a
front of (jo miles in length.
Latest reports from the battlefield
that day state that the Germans
crossed the Maine at several places.
This probably refers to the reaches
of the Maine between Chateau-Thier
ry and Dormans.
American troops engaged in the
battle in this particular region renni'Ls
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well." They broke up the German I
drive in the Vaux region, west of
Chateau-Thierry, by dashing counter
attacks.
Reports show that so far as the
length of line is concerned the present
drive is the greatest of the year.
At first it was believed from the
French war office statement that the
line was about fifty miles in extent,
but apparently the report from Paris
told simply of the length of the
French-held lines under- attack,
j Measurements of the line where
fighting is known to be going on,
however, show that it is 105 meters,
or 65.1 miles long. The attack
against the Cambrai front on March
21 was over a front of 55 miles.
A terrible artillery fire was loosed
against the Allied lines from
Chateau-Thierry on the west to
Maison de Champagne and Massiges
to the east. For hours the Entente i
Allied lines were under a tempest of
the most tremendous character. Not
only was the actual battle area under
bombardment, but towns and cities
far behind the lines were made targets
for great 10 and 12-inch projectiles
were fired from what ap-1
pears to be naval siege guns brought
! up behind the German positions.
tobagcosellinC
| on loris market
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Two business men from I,oris. S.
i C., were in Conway last Monday on
| business. One was Mr. D. K. McDu
fie of the Hank of Loris and the other
was Mr. P. C. Prince, a farmer and
real estate owner of that town. They
i stated that tobacco is selling high ori
i the Loris market and that the three
I warehouses, the Loris Tobacco Ware!
house, Standard Warehouse, and
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1 Farmers Tobacco & Storage Ware|
house, are all busy in handling the
| crop. The new Farmers warehouse
; at Loris is a great addition at that
i point in the tobacco business.
DR. V. F. PLATT
I BACK IN HARNESS
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Dr. V. F. Piatt has recovered from
, his recent illness, having spent a
fortnight at the McLeod 'nfin try
at Florence; and he is now back \t
the Norton Drug Company. T
business was in good hands during
the absence of Dr. Piatt.
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, j WILL GIVE MEDAL.
. | The medal to be given for the best
j! essay on oral hygiene by Dr. G. I.
I Lewis will be awarded at the Bur>
roughs High School Auditorium on
I next Friday night at 9 o'clock. The
judges are Hon. Jeremiah Smith,
- Hon R. B. Scarborough, and Col C
. P. Quattlebaum.
- losses.
A revolt of Austrian troops in
- Serbia is reported from Italian sour?
- es. The mutiny was suppressed only
after hard fighting. Athens reports
i \ similar state affairs, in a TurA
kish garrison in Asia Minor, where
't is iaid, German officers were raurv
;ered by Turkish soldiers.
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REVENUE OFFICERS
MAKE BIG HAUL
Revenue officers Cpleman and
Rector, accompanied by State Constables
Whitworth and Flannigan,
accompanied by local officers of 1
Horry County, one night the middle
[>f last week left Conway and went '
across the line in North Carolina i
with the expectation of arresting
several of the Boseman famliy un- 1
i!er charges of distilling and selling.
The raid was not successful in so far
as making an arrest was concerned,
but at tlu; home of Pross Boseman,
the father of all these Boseman
boys, they found about two thouand
gallons of beer, one barrel of syrup
and quantities of other materials,
all of which the officers destroyed.
The officers did not slip up to the
place and they learned that Spence
Boseman, who was in the house at
the time, went through a window
and made his escape. They came
very near catching the Bosemans in
the act of distilling whiskey, but it
seems that the old man Boseman got
the chance to warn Tase Boseman,
who was operating the still that day,
)r thought to be, and when the Revenue
men found the Still in a nearby
thicket the cap had been taken off
while the materials in the vat were
still warm. The path from this Still
leads to the home of Prose Boseman.
They did not have any warrant for
him at the time and ho was not arrested.
WHISKEY DISTILLERS CAUGHT.
Revenue officers who were in
Conway the latter part of last week,
after a still had been located by officers;
went to the place and caught
Joe Cox and his son, whose name
was not learned, in the act of running
a Distillery at Sandy Bluff
above Galivants Ferry. Cox and his
son were carried to Marion, S. C., the
same night and a hearing was had
before Commissioner W. F. Stackhouse,
and both of them are held for i
trial in the United States Court. |
This Still was located on the Horry
County side of upper little Pee Dee
River.
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NURSES GRADUATE.
Training School of .Florence Infirmary
Holds Exercises.
Florence. ? The commencement
exercises of the senior class of the
Nurses' Training School of the Florence
Infirmary took place in the
auditorium of the O'Dowcl Theater
! her0 Thursday night.
I A remarkable incident of the exercises
was the announcement that one
of the young ladies, Miss Sara Elizabeth
Dusenbury, of Conway, had won
all the honors, having captured for
herself, by hard work and persistent
studies, the scholarship and Barnwell
medals, as well as the Rhodes medal,
all of which were awarded to her.
When the announcement was made it
was received \?ith much applause.
Nurses from Conway.
Among the list of graduates besides
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Dusenbury
are Misses Loula Burbage and
Ellinor Sanders of Conway.
1 LEAVES RACE
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dohn L. McLaurin has quit the
race for governor. In a statement
ippoi ing in morning papers of
; rlies .ay he states that he is dis|
uiraged that his purposes seem so
misunderstood and his motives
so wilfully misrepresented.
ENROLLMENT BOOK
The rules of the Democratic p
provided that the Club Enrollment
day in July, and this fact has been
Slate. It has been ascertained, ho
as amended by the Legislature of
close on the Fourth Tuesday in Ju
23rd instead of the 30th.
County Chairman, p. J. Sherw
the following wire from the Secreta
"Primary election laws require
Fourth Tuesday of July and not las
1 rules. Your books therefore close
f~rt to secure full enrollment in 5
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JULY 18, 1918.
WATER IS BEING [
PROPERLY TESTED!
Editor Herald:? |
The Board of Health for Conway
requested that I write you in regard
to a certain aiticle which was published
in your paper under heading
"Beware of Water Until Quite Certain."
The first part of the article
voices just exactly what the Board
of Health wishes the public to know
to wit: that they do not want the
water used for drinking purposes |
until it has been passed upon. The I
latter part of the article shows thai J
a wrong idea has gone abroad and it j
w uuu jiui null V.IIUL \YC* WISH LO j
bring to your attention so thai you j
may know exactly what lias boon ;
(hue. On May 1st, acting for the \
Board, 1 wrote to the State Board of i
Health stating exactly the conditions.
My letter was referred to
Dr. I\ IParker, State Chemist, who
under, date of May 11th. prescribed
the usual treatment of Hypochlorite
of I iine, three applications for three i
successive days which was carried >
out to the letter. A fter a reasonable
time a five gallon carboy of the
water was taken not from the tank
but from a spigot on Main Street and ,
sent to Dr. Parker for analysis. We j
have not had a report as yet but you !
will infer from the above that we
^'ent to the best authority in the j
fctate as to how to proceed and we
.eel sure that on his findings we can
d( pond as to the fitness of the water ,
for drinking purposes. The Board |
does not want the public to take any |
risk in drinking the water until all
doubts have been removed as to the (
possibility of contamination and we j
feel sure that it was also your intention
to warn them against it. However
we also wish the public to know
that at least in this matter there is
ho sin of omission on the part of
the Board of Health, and if the State
J Chemist finds that it is fit to drink
they will be notified and it will be
left entirely up to them as for what
purposes they will use it. If it is
found pure it will certain1 y be a big
step in the prevention of contagion
which is now largely due to the use
of impure water from surface wells.
Yours very truly,
L. D. Magrath,
Health Inspector.
(Whoever started any false report
about the tests being made of
the town water, should have to answer
for it in some way. The above
printed article from the Health Inspector
sets the matter right and
l he Herald is pleased to make any
orreetion that is necessary. The
report about where the sample of the
vater was taken from came to the
Herald office from what the paper
thought was a reliable source at the
time,-Ed.)
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CANDIDATES FOR SENATE.
The candidates for the United
States Senate to succeed the late
Senator B. R. Tillman will address
tlje people at the Court House today,
Thursday, July 18th. Under the law
the Governor has appointed Christie
Benet, of Columbia, to fill Senator
Tillman's seat until there is a man
elected for a short term to finish out
the term of Senator Tillman. The
people will vote for a man to fill out
the term and for a man to succeed
him after his term would have expired.
Blease and Dial arc the can
didates now for the long term. Candidates
for both the long and short
terms will speak.
oThe
Irish potato crop was a failure;
but not so with the wheat in this
county; and not so as to the tobacco
crop now being harvested and sold on
the markets of Horry County.
S CLOSE JULY 23RD.
irty in Convention this Summer,
books should close on the last Tuesgenerally
advertised throughout the
wever, that the rules of the primary
1915 provided that the books should
ly. Hence the books will close July
ood, on Wednesday morning received
try of the State Executive Committee;
J that enrollment books be closed on
^ Tuesday of July as provided in
on Jul \ 23rd. Please moke every cfrour
county."
raid,
MORE REGISTRANTS [
TO GO ON JULY 23RD
Appear Here July 23rd and}
Leave For Jackson
July 24th.
John Noah Baker
James Kolan Grainger
Enoch Sidney Kinklea
May berry Rabon
Henry Smithy Stroud
Eddie Eloyd
Krank Carter
Geo. Madison Skipper
(ieo. .Mills
Fred Thompson
Loyd Kiffon Enzor
Lewis Folly
Win. Cario Strickland
Jas. Herbert Floyd
Hobt. High
Ardee Wright Wilson
Finnic Oscar Harris
John Harvey Gerrald
David Habon
Alex. Dock Anderson
Rufus Alex. Harper
Harvey Jordan
Gaston Hodges
Edgar Austin Smith
Needham Monroe Gerrald
Fred Paul McNeill
Thos. Jones Cox
Jack Oliver Grainger
Zeb. Lewis
Paul Nichols
John Lv Stroud
John Griffin Floyd
Jos. H. Vereen
Wm. Adolphus Small
I Joel Mack Martin
I Richard Walter Bellamy
Everette Perry Hardee
Dukic Rabon
John Ardell Stuart
j John Gnlf\ Hardee
John Richardson Hughes
Charlie Clemson Enzor
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; John Franklin Blackwell
'Win. Cary Stephens
, Walter Max Dew
1 Junius Hyles Hammond
, Hud Homer Gerrald
Gary G. Shelley
Alfred Edward Lancaster
Stonewall Jackson Hardee
Jesse Wm. Hardwick
Dusenbury Doyal
John Quincey Hooks
Carson Bardctt Mincey
Sam McKinley Rabon
Empie Solomon Gasque
Emory Brown Hammond
, Willie Douglas Johnson
Arthur Hammond
Geo. Brooking ton Tindall
Chas. Dusenbury Hux
Henry Sparks
Harry Brown
Jos. Mack Benton
John Dawson Norris
J as. Doc Graham
Daniel Weight Williams
Admiral Dewey Edge
Hobt. Livingston Fennel
Henry Kirk land Gerrald
Luthur Rosco Tharp
Levi Worth Gerrald
Fred Halcom Lewis
Win. Mayo Hardee
John Sparkman Long
Laurence Minton Martin
McLaurin Anderson
Samuel Bisco Vereen
Bert Mack Stephens
Manassa Monroe Hardee
Jeremiah Mi shoe
John Rosher Ammonds
Ernest Clyde Jordan
Arthur Cleveland Woodward
Guthrie Causey
Giles Ivey Tyler
Julius Benj. Hyman
Preston Williams
Milton Jackson
James Gordon Mishoe
Benj. Clarence Jordon
Burnie Carmi Grainger
Joe Floyd
Joseph^ Faircloth
David M. McCormick
Nolley Pink Anderson
Jesse Jones
Joseph Cleveland Housand
J as. Moore
J. Simpson Beverley
Jos. McDiutie Long
IS YOITR NAME THERE?
Got your namo on the Domocrati
dub roll by signing it today. Don'
out it off any longer for tho roll
v ill be closed on July 2P"dl.
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GERMANS FAIL TO
SMASH AN OPENING
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Americans Holding Their Part
of Line in the New
Drive
WASHINGTON SAYS
SITUATION GOOD
Warns That First Day May
Be Only Advance Guard
Action.
Furiously launching* new attacks
against the Allied positions on the
Marne front from Chateau-Thierry to
Rheims the Ciermans are continuing
their efforts to break through the
French and American forces.
They have made progress during
the past day, but decidedly slow in
comparison with the sweep of the
Teutonic legions in former attacks.
It appears that the enemy after
crossing the Marne between Dormant
and Chatillon has reached the villages
near the river, but in the outskirts
of these towns they have been
held up. Just to the northeast the
Germans managed to traverse the
Bouquigny wood, but on the southern
side they have been stopped.
West of Dormans, which is twentyI
four miles east of Chateau-Thierry,
' American troops are holding the batI
tie line. Unofficial advices state
they have retaken the villages of
Fossoy and Crezancy, south of the
Marne, where the Germans gained
ground in the first rush across the
river. From the French official report
it is evident that between Dormans
and Rheims the Germans are
driving toward the Marne at Chatillon
and along the line to the northeast.
Only at one point, however,
did they pass. Even there they have
been checked by French fire. The
deepest penetration along this line
is approximately three and threequarters
mile northeast of Chatillon
in the Rodemat wood. This marks
the greatest advance of the Germans
at any noint alone- tbn lin<?
their offensive began.
East of Rheims the situation also
appears reassuring*.
"The general situation this morning
is regarded as satisfactory/*
says a War Department statement
issued today based on dispatches
from Gen. Pershing and Gen. Bli.ss,
confirming* press accounts of the
fighting yesterday.
Warning* is given, however, that
the first day of such a battle is
merely a general advance guard action,
and that great pressure of reserves
is still to be looked for.
CONWAY IS GREAT
ON TOBACCO SALES
The tobacco sales continued at
Conway this week with unusual success.
Many farmers visited Conway
the latter days of last week and
they have also been coming all this
week. Not a word of complaint has
been heard about the Conway market
out of the hundreds of growers who
have sold during the last few days at
the four different warehouses located
here. They are all running full
time and the weei is bringing high
prices.
AYNOR WAREHOUSES
GET THEIR SHARE
Reports from A;, nor are to the
effect that the tobacco warehouses
at that point are getting their full
share of the weed that is now ready """*
for sale. The warehouses there are
running1 full time, large quantities
rue being sold and the weed is bring?
ing good price* that compare with
the other warehouses of the County.
Much money is being turned loose in
that section of the o< unty as well as
J at Loris and at Conway. i