The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 25, 1918, Image 1
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VOLUME xxxm
CANDIDATES SPEAK
FOR U. S. SENATE
Last Thursday Afternoon, InstnnH
nf Mnrninri in Pruirt
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k House Here
BLEASE GETS DESERTS
WHILE BEING ABSENT
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People Cheer Their Favorite
/ Candidates Showing Their
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" Preferences.
The candidates for the United
States Senate spoke at Conway, 10
Horry voters, on last Thursday after
noon, at the court room. The meeting
had been appointed for Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock. At that hour
it was found that tin? most of the
farmers were interested in tobacco
sales at the tobacco warehouses,
being one of the largest sales ever
U/.U :~ *u.rx 4 sv...~ e? ?
IICIU III HIV IUWII, illlU 1UI HUT r?'it?wil
Vthat a large crowd could not be had
ai that time, the meeting was postponed
until the hour of 2:.'!0 in the
afternoon. At the deferred hour the
court room was filled with a large
audience.
Cole L. Blease, a candidate for the
long term in the Senate, and Thomas
Ji. Peoples, a candidate for the short
term to finish out the term of th<late
Senator Tillman, after the six
\ months to which the Governor appointed
Mr. Christie Bonet, of CoTur.ibia;
were both absent at th
T1 ?r:y meeting, and as to Peoples a
tea ; ;;m was read stating in sub
stance that he could not attend the
meeting. There was present the
following candidates:
N. B. Dial and James Frances
\" Rice, candidates for the long term in
the Senate to succeed the late Senator
B. R. Tillman.
Christie Benet, W. P. Pollock as
candidates for the short term to
finish out the term of Senator Till
411 Ull
N. B. Dial was the first speaker.
In a telling way he told the people of
t.he disloyalty of Cole L. Blease and
stated that Blease was disloyal from
the crown of his head to the soles of
his feet, and he proved this by facts
in the recent history of the reform
party so-called. This was the same
as he had told Blease to his face
while at the Florence meeting on tho
day before. Dial made a good impression
upon his hearers and received
frequent applause.
Rice came next. He thinks Mr.
Dial is debarred from the senate be?
cause of his "wealth." The history
I of the State, he says shows that no
rich man has ever been sent from
South Carolina to that office. He
also intimated that he did not think
much of Mr. Dial's chances for a
pair of wings and the opportunity to
/ ^pass through pearly gates as he
quoted for Mr. Dial's benefit that
part of the scriptures which read
"It is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle than
for a rich man to enter the kingdom
of heaven."
Then came Christie Renet as tho
next speaker. Senator Benet said it
4 was fortunate for South Carolina and
' the country at large that Blease was
not commissioned an officer in the
United States army last summer
* when he first offered to raise a regiment
on condition that he be allowed
to lead his own officers. Blease
was a modest man and had asked
only that he be named a colonel
while Mr. Roosevelt wanted to be
a major general. "And if Mr. Blease
had been allowed to raise a regiment
^ and name his staff of officers we
v/ould now most likely have Major
Heard, Captain Orth, and Captair.
V/icrse."
The Reform party was in a bad
fix with so many of its star performers
in the penitentiary. Sena|
tor Renet also emphasized that the
one (juesiton in the campaign this
year was one of loyalty and disloyalty
and that the people ought to be
warned that the dominant note was
Govmany or America or put in more
definitely Wilson or the kaiser. Nobody
had ever heard of Blease do
3!ht
GERMANY ADMITS I
SUCCESS OF ALLIES
Berlin, Via London.?Admission
is made in the German official com-..
mynication issued today that the'js
Allied troops, through a surprise ^
counter offensive Thursday, broke i
into the German front infantry and j
artillery lies at isolated points between
the Aisne and the Marne and ^
forced back the German line. Later ?
a strengthening of the German posit
ions prevented the Allies from' ^
breaking through, the statement
claims.
The text of the communication follows:
.
"The battle has blazed up again j
between the Aisne and the Marne.
There the Krench have begun their
long expected counter offensive. By
the employment of extremely strong
squadrons of tanks they succeeded at j
first in penetrating by surprise into ,
our front infantry and artillery lines j,
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at isolated points and in pressing j,
hack our lines. j(
"Afterwards our line divisions, to- :
gether with reserves which had been j
held in readiness, frustrated the one- j
j my from breaking through.
! "Toward midday French attacks]
on the line southwest from Soissons
to Neuilly and northwest of Chateau
Thierry were defeated In the after
noon very strong partial attacks of ,
the enemy on the whole of the front <
of attack broke down against our ]
1 lines. i
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Work of Airmen.
Enemy columns which were endeavoring
to reach the field were the i
objectives of our special battle'
i planes.
| "Our chasing1 planes shot down
i thirtv-two enemy airplanes.
"On the front south of the Marne
1 the French, since their failures of j
| July 10-17, have only directed partial
attacks southeast of Mareuit,
which were repulsed between th"
Marne and Rheims and east of
Rheims the fighting activity has [
been confined to local operations, j
Enemy attacks in the Hois du Roi
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and on both sides of Pourcy broke
down.
I "We have captured prisoners in
successful attacks northwest of |
I Troesnes, on the Suippes and on
'both sides of Perthes. The number |
of prisoners brought in since the!
15th exceeds 20,000."
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j Gardens are worth something when
; they furnish the preserved veget- j
i ahles for Winter use.
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FEAR OF FAILURE
FELT IN GERMANY
I
Geneva.?The newspaper I) mocrate
declares that the latest information
from across the Rhine shows
mixed feelings in Germany regardj
ing the new offensive. While there
I is hope of victory and an early
peace, there are also secret fears of
failure which are only whispered, the
advices assert.
nouncing the kaiser, but from dozens i
r.f stumps he had villified and abu. ed I
Wilson, fought his nomination and i
l refused to subscribe to his campaign j
fun. Blease had also said in one ot
his speeches long after the war had
been declared that he wouldd have
been willing to be banished to th^
Phillipine Islands or anywhere olsc )ft
he had had the opportunity to ave
opposed Wilson and Con r on he !
i war issue. No man could vo ^ f<
j disloyalist and himself remain "*?yai.
I The next speaker introai. wu ,
W. P. Pollock. He asked th n pitif
they wanted to he in the r.ass
with W. P. Beard, Paul Wiers* ' id
| Albert Orth, all threc of whom l\ave
been convicted in thb federal courts'
! of the loyalty and two of whom, at |
j least, were closely identified with the
I political fortunes of Cole LdBlease.!
| The Cheraw candidate also wi hed i
| that Blease might find a cell between j
Beard and Wierse for his disloyal j
utterances. ]
Pollock is a favorite candidate t
among many of the people of Con- t
way and Horry County and he was
frequently interrupted by loud ap- (
plause. i
Christie Benet made a fine speech
which took well with the people and ,
\\0 also was loudly applauded. i
The candidates were introduced by *
Hon. Jeremiah Smith. (
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CONWAY, 3. P., THPBSDAY,
"ERSHING'S MEN
WELLOVER LINE
Washington. ? Franco-American
roops, continuing their advance
outh of the Ourcq River, crossed the
loissons-Chateau-Thierry Road, beween
the Ourcq and the Clignon Sun
lay night, General Pershing reports
n today's communique.
The towns of Bezu, Epiedes and
yharteves have been occupied by the
illied troops. American .troops also
lave crossed the Marne and occupied
owns on the north bank, which, the
ommunique says, has been hastily
'vacuated by the Germans.
3AMPA18N"MEETTMGS
ARE ONLY THREE
There will be but three campaign
nestings in the campaign for county
offices in this County this year. This
\ ax decided upon by the county exeutive
committee at a recent meetng.
The three meetings which will
>e used for the namnnio'nino' aro
j o - " V%1 v
ollows:
Ay nor, Friday, August 2nd.
I.oris, Saturday, August 10th.
Conway, Saturday August 17th.
With but few meetings the expense
to the candidates will he considerably
less than it formerly was.
The main item will be the assess- j
merits that the candidates will havel
to pay.
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MERCHANTS AND MILLER'S
CERTIFICATES.
The following letter will explain
itself:
MC. H. Snider,
Local Food Administrator,
C onv. ay, S. C.
I
Dear Sir:?
"With reference to your letter of
July 20th, I beg to say that retail
merchants are at liberty to buy
flour without buying substitutes at
the same time when they tender
miller's certificates to wholesale
dealers in flour. The wholesale
dealer in turn can buy flour without
buying flour substitutes when he
pusses the miller's certificates on to
the flour mill."
Yours very truly,
Win, Elliott,
Food Administrator for South
Carolina.
All merchants are requested to
honor miller's certificates when presented
thereby helping the government
in its effort to conserve wheat
flour.
THOS. H. PEEPLES OUT.
Another withdrawal of recent date
from the race for Governor of the
State is Thomas H. Peoples, at the
present time filling the office of
Attorney General of the State. When
he withdrew as a candidate for Governor,
he at once entered as a candidate
for the short term in the
United States Senate. Like his
partner, in political affiliations, Cole
L. Blease, he has gone to missing
attendance at the Democratic campaign
meetings. At the time he
withdrew in the race for Governor
he had visited fifteen of the counties
in the Governor's race. Like
Blease he now seems to be afraid of
the charges that are being made
against the so-called reform party as
o disloyalty; and while he is making
every effort to try to convince the
people that he is a loyal citizen, it is
evident that the people will not bohew
him and will place him in the
same category as Blease.
REVOLUTIONISTS j
IN GERMAN ARMY?
London.?The destruction by fire J
>f a new German airdrome with,
.vventy-two airplanes, near Nivclle.s, j
s attributed to the work of Gorman i
revolutionists in the army, says an
[Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
\msterdam today. Nivelles is seventeen
miles south of Brussels.
Ten Belgians and two German non
jommisssioned officers have been arrested.
The day before the fire, adds the
lispatch, a secret meeting occurred
n the canteen at Nivelles, where the
scheme for the destruction of the airlrome
WR? discussed.
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It Sto
JULY 25, 1918.
THREE TORPEDOES j:
LAUNCHED, GO WILD
Orleans, Mass, July 21.?A Ger
man submarine appeared ot'f th
shore of Capo Cod he?*e this morning
and destroyed a tugboat and its
U>w of four barges by gunfire. Three
of the barges were empty. The 1
fourth was loaded with stone.
There were forty-one persons on
the tow, including three women and
five children. All reached shore in
small boats.
The attack was made on the harmless
and defenseless tow ten minutes
after the U-boat appeared on th
surface, according to the captain
the tug. He also said the Germans
launched three torpedoes at the lug
hut that ail of them went wild
Three seaplanes from the Naval
Yviation Station at Chatham, on th
oast helow here, a'tacked the I
I boat with hombs, according to Ken
Admiral Spencer S. Wood, Commander
of the First Naval District. Th
fire was returned by the U-boat,
which raised its guns at the planes
keeping them well up.
DOCTORS CALLED
| as profession
Washington.?The government is
about to assume control of the entir
medical profession in the Uni'ed
States to obtain sufficient doctor
for the fast growing army, and ni
:he same time to distribute those re
maining to the localities or in s r.'
ices where they are most neodo i fo
ivilian work.
candTdatesIofT
office must pay!
The Executive Committee of thi
county at a recent meeting fixed the
assessments of candidates in the
campaign for county offices as fob
lows:
County Auditor $70.00
County Treasurer 75.00
Probate Judge 50 00
House Representatives .... 30.00
Conway Magistrate 10.00
Other Magistrates 2.50
Township Supervisor 5.00
The only officers to be elected for
the county this time are: County
Auditor, County Treasurer, Probate
Judge, and two members of the
i House of Representatives.
So far very little interest lias been
shown about bringing out candidates;
and even the recent meeting!
of the executive committe failed to
bring out any announcements.
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! i Magistrate's Court.
The C. urt of W. H. Chestnut,
Magistrate, was busy during- all of
the working hours of last Monday
in the hearing of several criminal
cases and cross indictments between
Adams on the one side and Todd on
the other side.
About the first of June Haskill
Todd, driving a Ford machine, while
passing the residence of J. I. Adams;
ran over two pigs, killing one and
crippling the other When ho returned
a little later and talked about (
a settlement for the damage, he and
J. I. Adams became involved in an
I
argument which finally resulted in
Adams committing an assault and
battery upon Todd. One of the eases
tried was this of assault and battery,
the warrant taken out by Todd,
lu the warrant with J. I. Adams,
Todd joined Aiaston Adams and Har
! vey Edge claiming they had assisted
in the battery and had committed
disorderly conduct. J. I. Adams
pleaded guilty to simple assault and
battery while his two co-defendants
stood trail and were acquitted by
the Magistrate.
The next case was a warrant
: gainst Haskill Todd for reckless
driving on the public highway. The
Magistrate acquitted him on this
trial, but the testimony showed that
he had driven the car without a signal
and without a rear light, and a
new indictment it was stated would
bo brought.
The next on the docket was a
charge of selling and transporting
intoxicating liquors on a warrant
sworn out by J. I. Adams against
Hoskill Todd and in this he waived
a preliminary hearing and was
hound over to the higher court. |
raid,
STORE BREAKERS i
FROMTABOR, N. G.
Constable H. N. Sessions, las
Monday, was on the look-out for twv I
white men, W. C. Davis and Jess
Davis, who it is reported had broken
into a store in Tabor, N. C., ami had
escaped into South Carolina. He located
the two men in Conway durin\
the morning and served them wit .
the warrant and lodged them in th
Horry Jail to await the North Care
Una officers.
These men are charged with hrea
ing into the store of W. 11. Slu ll \\
at Tabor, N. C. It is a Jewler
store and they are charged wit
taking watches and other jewelry
worth more than the sum of $100 00
They broke the store on Ju:y 1. u.
and escaped on foot and evident >
walked into Conway. The Cnnstabh
had another warrant for Jesse Davi
for carrying concealed weapons.
STATE CANDIDATES 1
HERE ON AUG. 8TII
The candidates for State offices,
including governor to succeed the
present encumbent, Gov. Richard 1.
Manning; will address the people a
Conway on August 8th. The cand.
dates for State office and for ton
gressional honors were separate
.his year. The candidates for Con
gicss spoke here last Thursday and .
report of the meeting appears ir
this issue. On August 8th the can
didates for State offices will be i-?w
in force. A large crowd is expecte*.
i to hear them.
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McLnurin Has Withdrawn.
| Hon. John L. McLaurin, who wu
i hero for the council of defense ir.
several speeches, some montns agrecently
withdrew from the race f<
Governor of the State, and made v
statement in which he says he ca
not continue his candidacy under th
circumstances which have aris
since he entered the race.
TIMEFORPLEDGES
CLOSE JAUGUST 1ST
The time for filing pledges in th
campaign for county offices in Horr.
Count.v this year will clos0 at no- n
on Thursday, August 1st. Only a
few more days are available for any
who wish to enter the race for County
Auditor, County Treasurer, Probate
Judge, or House of Represen
: TK~ _
wuivc?. Hie campaign meetings ?U'?
published in another column of thi
I ape!-.
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HOMEWOOI) ITEMS.
The Progressive Home-Maker*.
Club will meet Thursday at th
home of Mrs. Oliver Floyd.
Mi ss Alma Moore, of Conwiv
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr
and Mrs. Ben Moore.
Mr. Griffin Smith, of Camp Jackson,
visited friends at Homewood
Sunday.
Quarterly meeting will meet at
Homewood Saturday before the 4th
Sunday. Preaching, at 11 o'clock t>y
the Presiding Elder and dinner on
the ground at 12 o'clock. There will
be preaching Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock by the Presiding Elder an
at 8 o'clock Sunday night by thPastor,
Rev. Paul T. Wood. The pu
lie is cordially invited to all thos
meet ings.
There was an Ice Cream Suppo
;il Mr. L. S. Dew's tobacco ba :
'ast Tuesday night given by Mis
Nancy Dew. The evening was spen
in playing games. Refreshment
were served by Miss Nancy Pnv an
Miss Laura Harris and Mr. Rube:
Dew \T11<i<> tv VI.... i>
...Mi w<% ??i i virwi m' I > T tY *
the Talking: Machine. The gu<vt '
loft at a late hour, expressing then J
selves as having- enjoyed the even*.
About 45 were present
Miss Dessie Hughes, and Miss
Tyler, of Conway, attended the
Ice Cream Supper at Mr. L. 8. Dew's
Tuesday night
Mr. Stafford Jenrette spent the
week-end with friends at Mullins.
?Blue Eyes.
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There is no place for Germany in
the sun but there is another hot
place to which we expect to consign
the Kaiser and those who belong to I
him. I
NO. 14.
(LUES ADVANCE
ON WIDER FRONT
French Take Key Point, Americans
Capture Town in
Soissons Region
FRENCH HAVE BEGUN
A NEW OFFENSIVE
Germans Give Ground Slowly
But Can't Check Advance
By Means of Reserves.
French and Americans have crossed
the Manic over a front of twelve
miles, between Jaulgonne, seven
miles east of Chateau-Thierry and
Reuil, near where the German line
crossed the stream during- the days
when the German offensive was at
its height.
On the Western flank of the Gorman
salient, the Allies have
taken Oulchy Lc Chateau, a mile
north of the Ourcq and just west of
V T i ?
i\anteuil-iNorte Dame, a dominating
point in the German line of communications.
They also have captured
the town of Buzancy, seven
miles south of Soissons, which brings
them up to a ravine that stands beteween
them and the heights to the
eastward of Soissons.
In the front between Rheims and
the Marne the British have taken
Petichamp wood, near Marfaux,
where they took the places formerly
held by the Italian forces.
News of these successes by the
Allies comes in official London advices.
It shows that in view of the
fact that only artillery duels were
reported from the French War Office
in its day statement the Allies
are making important progress all
along the salient in which the Germans
were caught by the terrific attack
of the Allies on ThursHnv rv^r-n
ing.
A lull along the line might have
been expected at this time, because
of the stern resistance of German
reserves brought up by enemy and
the necessity of bringing up heavy
artillery and supplies. . It appears,
however, that the momentum of the
Allies has not been spent and that
they are forging ahead along virtually
the entire front of the battle.
Strike in New Sector.
At 8:15 o'clock this morning the
French launched an attack along a
four-mile front in the Montdidier sector.
In three hours they advanced a
mile. London hints that the attack
was over a wider front than that
mentioned in the dispatch. This new
onclaught, directed against a front
which has been comparatively quiet
since the German offensive there
came to a halt early in June, may
have an important bearing on the
development of the military situation
along the whole front.
Previously an attack reported as
launched last night in this sector, the
French had occupied the villages of
Mailly-Haineval, Sauvillers and Aubvillers,
which are west of the Avre
river and immediately south of the
point of French successes earlier in
the month, when they recaptured
valuable positions over a three-mile
front south of Castel, advancing to a
depth of a mile and a quarter. Prisoners
numbering 350 were taken.
Germans Burning Stores.
There are indications that the
German preparation fcr retreat
north of the Marnc are continuing.
Largo firos aro reputed burning at
Kee-En-Tardonois, noar the western
flank of tho German salient and also
at Ville-En-Tardenois, just behind
the German lines southwest of
Rhoims.
MADE DISLOYAL REMARKS.
There was a man in Conway last
week, who, it is said, made disloyal
remarks while talking here about the
war. He said that the United States .
had no business in the war, ought
not to have been in it at all; and
went on further to say enough to I
convict him no doubt No name was I
given to the Herald by the person 1
reporting this incident. It is known
to the authorities. J