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? f&VOLUME XXXIII WIGHT LULLS ON \ I GREAT WAR ME /Both Armies Massing Forces ? For Further Great J* Action I \ GERMAN UNEASINESS ? \ ON NORTHERN FRONT / Alli?= A vii Prnnnvino' fnr TVTnro A -^Extended Action and Op-, erations. i /)n th<i Rheims-Soissons front the ^ s luation has been stabilized for the ) moment whilo tho opposing; forces prepare for further movements. i Uneasiness along the northern front continues and Crown Prince Ruppreeht of Bavaria has carried out another withdrawal. To the British h-?- has now given ui) territorv along th< LaBasseo canal in the apex of ^ Gie Lyv salient. Meanwhile, the % l^rc-neh and British are organizing the '-territory evacuated north and 89U*;h of the Somme in Picardy. He^avy artillery duels and patrol actions are in progress along the Vesle. French and American troops in smalii units have crossed to the north fjif the river at various points, mostly/ on reconnoitering expeditions. Jt* The /enemy has failed in attempts to present these excursions. Fismes, in the/ center of the line and which is held by the Americans, apparently i* the especial murk of the German gun 9 ?er>s and they are bombarding it 'vitolontly. The Americans, however, ijina-r*-" '* they? petition and have ? even sent the river a4 povnt. .. In allied capitals it is not believed that/the German crown prince'will attempt to stand long on the northern bank df the Vesle, but will soon re ire to prepared positions north of the Aisne. The Vesle line is capable of being outflanked without much effort and it would seem the part (1 vt-isdom for the enemy to withdraw to .behind the Aisne. Gen. Foch has given no indication of his plans. The activity along the Veslei lends color to the opinion that he is not yet through with the crowr prince and that the Germans between Soissons and Kheims wi!i have to give more ground. Aroun< the ends of this sector of the battle front there has been little activity although it is from the regions ol Rhe.ims and Soissons that flankinc movements will have to be launchec It i.s not improbable that the alliet leader is waiting until his troops and guns in strong force reach the southern bank of the Vesle before continuing operations against the crown prince. ^ No Great Activity. [' Except for occupying the groune h given up by the Germans along the A - Ancro and west of the Avre, thr allies have made no move against the enemy on these sectors. That the retirement from the West of the Ancre was not an isolated move ishown hy the withdrawals along the - Avre and from the LaBassce canal I in Flanders. In the north the Ger' mans withdrew from the canal ir the region of Pacaut wood, north>^e?t of Jethune. This position marl; ed the German farthest point west in the Lye salient. Elsewhere on the western front there has been no activity of importance. Resumption of the bombardment of Paris by the enemy long range cannon was followed Monday night V_ by an attempt by Gorman airships tc raid England. The hostile aircraft did not succeed in getting far inland. American troops were among the allied contingents landed at Archangel, Russia, last week. The pepui lation received the expedition with cheers, having risen against the Bolsheviki when it became known the allies were coming. The Bolsheviki made only weak resistance. More Man 120 persons are missing from the torpedoed transport Warilf da, sunk in the English channel Saturday fcy ^ German submarine. Among the number are one Amor - ? mi - * DEFEAT ON MAMIE DEPRESSES ENEMY Prisoners Taken on British Front Dejected Over Failure of Comrades , The far-reaching effect on the Ger man morale of the great Allied blow j between Soissons and the Champagne sector is nowhere more convincing 1 j apparent than among the. large batch of German prisoners captured Within the last few days by th Australians. "A sad lot of rabbits," was the de- i scription of them by a British offi-i ccr who interrogated some of them. ! ,41 nn\mi' n/i i*aoo ? t\i a ! . T 11 v > ' I I UII Iiv i vno (l II1WI r in ; consolato lot of bodies," he added. What seemed to be the outstanding thought in the minds of both officers and men was the fact that despite what the German high command had long been preaching about j the exhaustion of all the French re- j serves, there is no sign of a let up 1 in the fighting. Other German prisoners asserted i their losses had been heavy in the big Soissons battle. They had believed their big offensive would be a success, but suddenly it turned into a retreat. , Their hopes in the U-boats had waned, for Americans seemed to be everywhere in the fighting. What added to their discouragement was the fact they had been warned that Brti4h raiding would certainly continue a wide scale. German dead alone|in front of one Australian battalion ifyiich attacked near Mor, | lancourt tw? days ago were fully t\yo I hundred. A ' I \irl . . ? . , t. . . ?. i wnaiever-jjBirong umsions rrince Rupprecht rti^y have in reserve on | the British firont, those holding the line and suffdging from almost incessant Bf^fflrtN'aiding and harass* I ing artillery fire, include a big perI centage of troops of low morale. It shows Ludendorff cannot use over ( seventy dvisions in a big battle, par. ticularly when it turns suddenly into a disastrous defensive battle, without | having a weakening effect on the . morale of the rest of his army. \ To try to counteract the effects of British gunfire and bombing, the ( Boche is developing nightly intensi, | fied artillery fire along most of thv: t; line, accompanied by much gas shell] J ing. He is revealing batteries which ! ho had evidently meant to keep silent until such time as he opened an atI tack against the British. o LONG-CANNON ' Mrs. Rocky Long was married to , Mr. S. f'\ Cannon on Thursday of | last week, August 1st, 1918, at the , residence of the officiating minister, . the Rev. R. O. Hendricks near Cedar > Grove. They are now living at the cottage in Conway. The bride is the widow of the late L. D. Long Jr., and the bridegroom is at present holding a position with the I Conway Lumber Company. : THINKOFWHEAf_ AND PLANT WHEAT The attention of every farmer in Lorry County should be directed to wheat in time for them to prepare to plant more or less to raise their 1 home needs for another year. L- t those who have never planted a * W'hoJlt tjillf tho muHfip r. v > *?.: ' some neighbor who raised wheat last season. In this way these ho know nothing about the planting ; cultivation of the crop will learn h<- r easy it is to raise it and as thi r i not a doubt but what we will need . we can raise, those who did not plant last year, can get ready in time to plant a crop this season. The Herald is open for letters from any of the planters who raised wheat this year, to tell of their success and furnish information which will be of value to other farmers who are think ing of preparing for it next Fall. can soldier and several women nurses. Most of the 650 survivors were sick and wounded soldiers. Off the north Atlantic coast enemy submarines have made another victim in the sinking of the tank steamer Lus Blanca. Wmvx > OOWWAYrS. O.,"TOTOSDAY, MORE GROUND GAINED BY FORCES The situation on Sunday says the great salient between Soissons and Rheims, on the Aisne-Marne front in which terrific fighting has be ?n going on for two weeks, has been virtually cut out by the allied forces. French cavalry patrols now are operating along the railroad running between these two cities, constituting the two pivotal points of the previous German advance, American troops hold the outskirts of Fismes, the great supply base of the German army, which the enemy strove with utmost strength and determination to hold, allied advance guards have r< ached the southern bank of the Aisne, and the force of the combined thrust of French. British and Am01 icans appears great enough now to drive the Germans hack even beyond the Aisne to the heights of the Che min-ues-i James, whore powerful dofense must then be faced. Both east and west the allies on Saturday increased the speed o' their advance, a distance of more than six miles forward being gained at certain points. The line had been so straightened as to escape the danger which previously threatened the southern bend from Soissons of being enfiladed. Notwithstanding the difficulties confronting them, the allies are bringing up their guns almost as fast as the Germans are withdrawing theirs, and all the roads over which the Germans arc retiring are being subjected to the heaviest bombard1 ments. Coincidentally the British had vc . gained important ground ^est of the Ancre River, where the enemy also is retreating. l German armies which have been fighting u bitter roar guard battic between Soissons and Rhcims for the last two weeks have retreated across the Vcslc River and are retiring toward the Aisne, across which they stormed on the night of May 27, in the fiercest rush of their plunge toward the Marne. The Americans now hold the outskirts of Fismes, tho P i piit florm;)n Kioc ??? +! ?? | r . x?x.? IIIMII I/MOV. in tuuvci *?i , the Aisne-Marne salient. After holding: back the allies for days along the Ourcq, the Germans line seemed to collapse and the retreat northward became precipitate. The decisive blow of the battle b > tween the Maine arid the Aisne ; seems to have been delivered Thursjday; when th.e allied troops brok> i the enemy lines at Hartennes northj west of Fere-en-Tardenois. The whole German 1 in?~? had been pivoting en this point and the allied success there put the entire Teuton force into what seems to have been disorder. o BACK TO WHEAT-IN PART The Food Administration now releases housewives also, as well as hotels, restaurants and clubs, from voluntary pledge to curtail the consumption of wheat. The coming in of the new wheat crop makes possible the concession. But this does not mean a return to the general free use of wheat flour. No change has been made in the "half-and-half" rule, and pur chasers of wheat flour will still be required to purchase an equal weight of wheat substitutes, while bakers must continue to make a "victory" j bread containing 25 per cent, of ! othor flour or meal. 'urgent call for j ,'ew registrants Washington?Weekly registration j of youths attaining the age of 21 'during the next few weeks was pro posed by Gen. Crovvder as the only means of obtaining the 200,000 men to be called to the colors in September. This could be done by presidential proclamation, and would add about 80,000 to the number of men avail-j able. Date For Ne* Registration. Washington?Provost Marshal Cn n eral Crowder, in a statement submitted by Senator Chamberlain, sug-J gested September 6, as the date for a national registration of men within the proposer! new age*,. AUGUST 8, 1918 PUNS BEING WORKED I FOR MOVE IN SIBERIA Washington.?Plans for the organ- "| ization and dispatch of the American military contingent to Russia to cooperate with the forces of the allied nations in support of the Czecho-Slovaks at Vladivostok are being worked out by the army general staff. Beyond the statement issued Saturday by Acting Secretary Polk that * the American forces would be a "few * thousands" in number, no intimation as to the size of the continget has ( been given. A t the war department today it was said that by next Wednesday (loneral March, chief of staff, would If able to give cut a statement of as much of the plans as safely may b? disclosed at that stage. ivmvi Bl.lt U I IIM I LU 3 BEAT THE GERMANS " Paris.?Friday's splendid succors is but a bnk in the chain of success's which have followed one after the other since Gen. Foch launched hi counter offensive on July IK. Rarely ... war has a plan been followed out with such clock-work regularity and military opinion here is lost in admiration of the splendid genius which conceived it and of the masterly way in ivhich it is being carried out. The Allied victory is hailed generally as being equal to the first vie- | bpry of the Mame as a strategic I masterpiece. , v r .What the consequence of yestear day's victory will be cannot yet fee gauged but that it will be far reaching already appears certain to cfmmertators. The enemy cannot h,i<i j the Vesle line, it is believed, but must J recross the Aisne since by the recapture of Soissons the Allies are al^e to debouch on both sides of the.* riV^r ar.d take him in the rear. Knows He's B aten. ' The enemy appears to be perfectly n \1?Q V*iTk f V* if* ?* -1 -- I ? ? ? A I- ? ? - ? ?n m n: wi buja aim aiau ui lll(J JIL'CCSsity of getting out quickly if ho wishes to avoid unpleasant accidents. In accordance with practice he already has set fire to the bases :\* Fismes and Braisnes and a dozen other villages. The smoke which pierces the horizon is believed to show that the enemy knows that !v 'c n no longer use these p!ac?s. The German retreat began Frida. morning aftes the fall of the Tar denois !>ne brought about by the storming of Hartennes plateau b the troops of Gen. Mangin tin? nigh1, before. Gen. Berthelot, on the eas?, entered Vilh-En-Tardenois and advanced on l.cth sides of the Ardre calley. The Americans in the 2 > uei i marched tcward the Vesle down tlie j Ovilli v. valley while from Hartenness the Fj. >.rh debouched into the Crise valley, taking in the rear the previously impregnable rt doubt ot Buzancy. Drive Speeded Up. Little by little the movement quick ened. The Dormans-Rheims road was left three miles behind and Gueux Poilly, Vezilly, Goussancourt and Coulognes were passed at a bound. The forest of Nesles was cleaned out and Dole wood entered. ! Arcy wood was but a mouthful. On l the west the troops carried on to Maast-Et-Violaine, Chacrise and Sept roonts. By mid-afternoon the Allies i were established solidly on the heights on both sides of the Criso, that is to say, south and southeast of Soissons. The fall of Soissons which the Oer j mans were obliged to evacuate irreI vocably decided the fate of the bat! tie, it was the pivot of the whole Ger man line. Even admitting that th^ German left could cling to the narrow plain between the Vesle and the Aisne, the right wing could not have remained in the air as its only supports are the Soissons plateau and the nearest spurs of the famous Chemin-Des-Dames. Thus, it is held here, the stiuation will rovelt to where it was at the end of September, 1914. o? A man has a wonderful nerve to stand up and claim that he is right about a thing which is disputed; without first looking the matter up as we express it in common parlance. 4 ? ? aid. A t - a f iOMPLETl LIST OF 1 COUNTY CANDIDATES .t Township Supervisors Will Be C Appointed Regardless of Primary. i The following is a list of candidate ^ V* ?s for the campaign of 1918 in Horry bounty. For County Auditor, N. C. Adams, Conway, S. C. For House of Representative: Wa- ( torman M. liooth. Adrian; \V. C. i Hooks, Nichols, R. No. 2; \V. \Y. ! liuss and \V. 1.. Mishoe, both of Con-! way. For Probate Judge: J. S. Yaught. Conway, S. C. For Treasurer: \Y. L. lldlamy, t 'on way. Ft r Magistrate Hist. No.- 1. (Con- * way & Shell): \Y. H. Chestnut. For Magistrate Dist. No. 2. ; A h-ian <>; Homcwood): J. .1. King. I For Magistrate Dist. No. 2, (Cedar i drove, Greenwood and Port Hair 1son): N. B. Smart. I For Magistrate Dist. No. 4, (Dog I Bluff, Jorclanville & Knotty Branch): i W. B. Carroll, J. W. Johnson, K. II. Nichols and C. C. Reynolds. For Magistrate Dist. No. 5, (Horry and Cool Spring): Geo. A. Rabon. For Magistrate Dist. No. 6, (Blanche, Sanford, Bayboro, & Gurley): F. B. Black and S. M. Graham. For Magistrate Dist. No. 7, (Aynor & Gal. Ferry): None. For Magistrate Dist. No. 8, (Var3olle, Taylorsville & Floyds): None. For Magistrate Dist, No. tf,(Spring Branch): C. Z. Enzor. For Magistrate Dist. No. 10,(Green | Sea): B. P.* Harrelson. For Magistrate Dist. No. 11, (Loris): M. C. Butler. For Magistrate Dist. No. 12,(Daisy Hammond ar.d Graham's Cross ^oadsr- IV. H. Call see. For Magistrate Dint. No. 13, (Ebenezer & Farmer): Geo. 1,. Bellamy. For Magistrate Dist. No. 14, (Little River): None. For Magistrate Dist. No. 15, (Wain pee): A. P. Thompson. For Magistrate Dist. No. lf>, (Dog wood & Grahamville): J. F. Simmons. For Maistrate Dist. No. 17, (Soeistce & Marlow): None. For Magistrate Dist. No. 18, (With "ws): S. S. Owens Township Supervhors. The law as to Township Supervisors provides that they shali bo ai> pointed by the Board of County Com missioners, no reference being made to thoir being nominated in the primary. Two years ago, however, the equest was made of the Board of County Commissioners as then comoosed that they obligate thems^'ves to appoint those nominated in the primary, which they did. This year, however, the Board took the position .hat they were going to follow the ow and appoint those whom they considered best fitted for the office regardless of the recommendations of a primary. Quite a number of applicants for these positions applied to the County Chairman, but upon being informed that the Board was going to adhere to this plan, very few of them announced for the posiI tion. The following, however, did I announce: For Dogwood Neck Township: W. A. Adams, B. Parker and J. S. Thomas. For Conway Township: W. E. Sos- , sions. TCrki* T?l.,cr .u:~. t . v. uiiiii i w\\ 11 >n 111; i'i. ; J. Jenkins. For Socastee Township: C. G. New ton. o MAKE FINE CROP. A. C. Skipper has done well with, his tobacco crop this year, having planted five acres. Up to last week on Monday, his curings had brought 1 him as follows: 1st Ham was 801) pounds, brought 84 cents; 2nd Barn was 1,004 pounds,! brought 40 cents; 3rd Barn was 872 j pounds, brought 45 cents; 4th Barn was 1,000 pounds, brought 40 cents. You can easily see what he had already realized from his crop. He then had the 5th barn in the process of curing, and had two more barns left in the field that he will gather. He has other good crops besides tobacco. i I . ? '? I . . NO. 16. 8 TO 45 MAN BILL INTRODUCED rowder Asks Congress to Act Without Delay?To Get 13.000.000 Men iUGGESTS SEPT. 6TH AS REGISTRATION DAY Chairman of House Committee Doubts if Action Can be Taken Before 19th. Washington. Aug. 5.?With an ur\?'nt rreommendat ion from Provost Marshal (Ion. t'rowder that it be enuU d without delay and a suggestion .hat Sepember 5th might be fixed a: egistration day for annroxim.itob Io.000.000 men throughout the coun ;ry the administration's man powe bill requiring the registration fo military service of all men betwee the ages of 18 to 45 years was ii troduced today in the Senate ar House. Weekly Registration. Unless immediate steps are tak< to provide additional men, Gen. Crc der said the weekly registration men as they attain 21 years of a will be necessary to fill .the drj quotas after September 1, when oi 100,000 of the 1018 registrants n be available. Upon the introduction of the I) Chairman Chamberlain annouced ' Senate military committee wo meet tomorrow to consider. the 1 He said he did not think heari wodld be necessary and only th | or four days should be requiret ( report tb6 bilk** ' Chart-man I>ont 'he Hou:;e committee, said since < .3 members of his commtitee a*i Washington, it, was doubtful whel the bill could be acted upon be the House reconvenes on August Would Cut Recess. Suggestions made on the Se floor by Senator Curtis, of Kar that the Senate abandon its prog of recesses and perfunctory sess until August 24 if the bill can* favorably reported by the comm within a few days were endorse* Senator Chamberlain. However, ate leaders now in the city saidplans to this effect would be he1 \beyance until the committee n determine just how much time v* bo necessary for a thorough di" sion of the bill. To Amend Present Bill. a The bill would amend the pr-l selective service act so as to rethe registration of all men beir 18 and 20 years and 32 and 45 * sive. While the total number oi" in the latter classes would tots 028,973. Cion. Crowder estimate 0 total number who would be el ~ for class 1 would only be 6? owing to exemptions for deper Oi industrial and physicial re a i** i - ? i3ciween 18 and 20 years hi* mates show that 2,171,711 \voul< ister while I, 787,009 men won ) eligible for class 1. ? -o If the prices that the tobacc o has brought is any index to th<. that consumers will have to p d the finished product next yeaity cost will be almost prohibitivcm manyMonersT taken at soiss" re Paris.?Many prisoners we5 ken by th ^ French at Soissom'j" was occupied at 5 o'clcok evening, one hour after the G, "l\0 had been driven from the s\ t no Those of the garrison not c" so * escaped by fleeing northward. It seems the enemy did not to be chased from Soissons. were no indications that tions had been made for ret and no fires were discovere where. On the left on Friday Fret airy and tanks kept in close of the enemy artd Inflicted tosses."