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'I ' ' S - . - U - ?** v>VOLUME XXXTTT SOME EXCITEMENT ON CAMPAIGN DAY Senator Hal L. Buck Ably Replies to Cole L. Blease f ? ABOUT THREE HUMORED HEARD THE SPEAKERS Farmers Were Busy in Making ! Large Tobacco Sales on > >*y Same Day. About three hundred people jcath ored at Conway last Thursday to hoar the candidates for Governor of the State. The weather was very ^fc^JVurm. There was a large tobacco break on at the four warehouses iiij Conway and many of the farmers' were detained at the sales and for! that reason got to the speaking at a late hour or missed it altogether. A man on the corner was selling patent medicine at the same time and he got his share of the spectators as he man ^aged to kick up about as much of a ^tfrcus as the State candidates did. John G. Richards who claims to be running on the reform platform and who undoubtedly stands for the election of Blease to the United States Senate, v/as late in arriving at the meeting, having made a speech with Blease at Florence the evening before; and ^%Richards, although his turn was first according to the program, had to come last on the list of gubernatorial Candidates. Andrew J. Bethea, the first gubernatorial candidate to speak, made his usual p:\ liminary talk on his political record and then said he was an. absolutely independent candidate for vchief magistrate. He desired education an advocated an equal distribution of the school funds, which, he tiaid, can be achieved only by an .amendment to the constituion. He made his usual attack on Blease for the latter's utterances in Pomaria and criticised John G. Richards for not stating plainly how he stands as to the Pomaria and Filbert spee hos of Blease. He challenged Blease to J reiterate his Pomaria aful Filbert j speeches and dared Major Richards, who was present, to stand up and in- ! dorse the two speeches. Robert A. Cooper, the next speaker for the governorship, said the one question before the people is the successful termination of the war. He | made his usual speech on the war, taxaticn, education and loan system for State colleges. Mr. Cooper said that every cititen this year must > Bf'Tote for his country and not his | friend, no matter who that friend , may be. Ballots should be cast only ' for those against whom there is no question mark about loyalty. He has L_ no quarrel with the man who was opposed to the entrance of the Unitw ed States in the war, provided he has w ^4>en 100 per cent. American since, r John Madison DesChamps, thr* , toext speaker, said the war is of paramount concern. He paid his re\ spects to Blease and decried his 1/ opponent's tax position, he himself r advocating a material increase in the * revenue bill and higher wages. J John T. Duncan, the next speaker, | used his knife on the "system" and I his hamper on his opponents for govI Vrtfrir. To excoriated John L. McLaurin and Cole L. Blease and critii cised Governor Manning and other public men in South Carolina. Dun ' can .".aid Bethoa did not criticise Cole , L. Blease until Blease indorsed Richards at Wagoner. "What did he exit poet. Did he want Blease to indorse I, him !" Duncan asked. He then 1/ ohorTAil thnf IVT ? R#?fr.hr?? Jit. Ji rf)n i forenco in Blease's house had prom> ised support Bleaso for the Un:te i \ Stat".* senate. John G. Richards, the reform candidate for governor, was the last I Speaker. He came first in the list J but he had not arrived from Florence. where he spoke with Cole L Blease the night before. Mr. RichI ards took his usual position, that th' war is not an issue. He referred tr I Mr. Bethea's attacks and sai i ha (; * j "0( THREE MYITES ATTEND IN GITY Important Meeting of Health Institute Undertaken by Council of Defense. Columbia.?The Health Institute, held here for two days last week, launching the State Health Campaign, which has been undertaken by the Council of Defense as an important war measure, has not only proven a success in every way, but is j attracting nation-wide attention. A1 representative of the National Coun- ; cil of Defense came down from Wash' ington to attend the Institute and to, acquaint himself at first hand with the plans for the State-wide cam14 ? -* 4.1. > > 'f> mt: ]jurpu?e ui ilit; Council of Defense to adopt, the host features of the plans of the South Carolina Council of Defense for a national movement along the same lines, tp ho recommended to the sov- j oral State Defense Councils for their I adoption. The movement which has heen j launched will now he extended into the several counties. Representatives of the County Councils who attended the Heath Institute will arrange, through their organizations to spread the message throughout their home counties. It is expected that metings will be held in many parts of the State, beginning within the next week. What the delegates learned at the Institute they will be expected to impart to their people, and besides public meetings, many agencies will be employee! in this big effort to acquaint the people with the importance of health conservation and with methodp of preventing and combating the principal menaces to the public health. Three hundred delegates attended these meetings. Thnun uHon/lifirr fVin Uaalth Tncfi. A UVV^II\1I?B^ VI JLAVaiVII &IIO V* tute from Horry County were. Rev. E. L. McCoy, Conway; Rev. D. L. Hill, Conway; G. C. Hedgepath, Conway. SIX ARE OVERCOME I AT N. C. STATION Gas from oil discharged on the water by the German submarine operating off the Middle Atlantic coast overcame-six men in the coast guard station and lighthouse on Smith's Island, N. C., Saturday evening. If the gas attack was deliberate, as most officials believe, it constituted a new and ingenious form of "frightfulncsa." and, so far as has been reported, was the first direct effort of the German raiders to harm persons or property on the American shores. The gas was said by the commandant of the coast guard station to have much the same effect as the mustard gas used by the Germans on the west ern front. The men were laid out for more than half and hour, but apparently suffered no serious after effects. Destroyers Attack U-lloat. The dispatch relating to the gas attack was one of a series concerning German submarine warfare off the Atlantic coast received during the day by the Navy Department. One told of an attack on a si.b.ra ino I 100 miles east of the Virginia v ast 'by an American destroyer, wi :h I discharged seventeen depth ch rg J where the raider was seen to . ub | merge. The result of the attack sva ^ j not determined, but, after oil ha! I appeared on the surface two bombs j were dropped on the spot and the submarine was not seen again. How can a man be called a Democrat when he refuses to abide by the rules and regulations fixed bv the Democratic party as to speaking si nodules : : answered the lieutenant governoi like a man at Walhalla and Green . ville and since that time lie had nol wasted his time "fighting mosqui x- toes." He made his usual speech > about the reduction of taxe.s an.d de 1 fended the free .scholarship system. % SfaW V r" a i 3HWAY, g. P., THURSDAY, AU OUR CITY WATER REPORTED GOOD The Board of Health is in receipt a report from Dr. F. L. Parker on the water now in the mains of the town. Tlie analysis shows that the chemical content is exactly similar to that of all the artesian in the town and is pronounced free from contamination. The water sent was taken from five spigots in different sections of the town and shows the general condition. Below is given the report of I)r. Parker, State Chemist. Report of Analysis of Water. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 9, 1918. Sanitary Water Analysis No. 1977 of water received Aug 5, 1918 from City of Con way r S. C. Results in parts per million. Color 5.00 ( ^hlnrmo f?0 00 Free Ammonia 0.01 Albuminoid Ammonia 0.01 Nitrogen in Nitrates 0.20 Nitrogen in Nitrite 0.00 Total Solids 741.00 Bacterial Analysis. Bacterial Indications of Contamination Negative Remarks: Analyses indicates sanitary quality to be good and free from contamination. The total solid content is higher than desirable for drinking and gqneral uses, though not sufficient to do any harm. The total solids consist principally of' common salt and cooking soda. The water will probably discolor rice potatoes and starchy foods, and increase color of vegetables. This discoloration though objectionable is not injurious in any way to health. It is improbable that this water will require continuous treatment with hypochlorite of lime, unless ^ank is undercrround and subiect to eontami-1 nation. I)r F. L. Parker, Ph. D., M. D. Chemist and Bacteriologist. Respectfully, L. I). Magrath, Health Inspector. APPEAREDHERE ON AUGUST 14TH List of men called August 14, for entrainment to Camp Jackson on the 15th. Mack McClonnon Lewis Dock Benj. Jones Lucian Columbus Gerald Calvin Furney Montgomery Francis Marion Parker William Bcnj. Hardee William Harden Bellamy Craven P. Gr.linger Walker Bell Bellamy Felix Wright Todd j Samiel Peter Hearl Melvin Arthur Graham George Washington Cooper Jehu Benj. Allen Guthrie Causey Preston Williams MUSTBEHERE ON AUGUST 15TH j List of men called to appear Augnet "1 "\ f av ^ -- ?- ? UPV iif) t V/1 till l/l CllllIIKJU L IU V^illllj' Wads worth on the 16th. Henry Smith Henry Clarence Baker Worth Johnson Joseph Holmes Jr. Robert Cause Kel Ion Bellamy John Henry Carlton James KelLy Ellison Samv. 1 Stanley Henry Gagum Willie V/hite 1 i :race Bellamy <? SAVANNAH BLUFF NOTES. I I j Tobacco curing is about over. Fod|der pulling is the order of the day. i Mrs. J. PL Clardy, of Bolton, N. C , ! is visiting at the home of Mrs. M. T. Clardy. Mr. Dick Full wood of Socastee passed through our community. On last Wednesday night at the ' residence of Rev. D. B. Causey, Mr. Martin Brock was married to Mis.s t Essie McCormick of Socastee, Rev, - D. B. Causey performing the cerei mony. We wish for them a lon^ and happy life. ?D. B. It Mr OUST 15, 1918. FIRST ARMY WINS GREAT VICTORY > Lonon.-?Montdidier fell to the French First army, which had been operating south of Montdidier, ac4 cording to the British war office announcement tonight. Many prisoners and great quantities of materials were taken by the French. The general lino reached by the allies in the Albert-Montdidier sector now runs from Lihons to Fresony-los Roye. Lignieres and Conchy-le-Pots. The statement added that the number of prisoners was increased. o IN MAGISTRATE COURT I On last Friday uie Court of Magistrate \\ . H. Chestnut, had for hearing two cross warrants, one of which was against Mrs. W. B. Compton and two children alleging assault and battery, and the other was a similar charge made by Mrs. Compton against J. M. .Johnson and Mrs. J. M. i. a......... vi- ... - uwiiiiovii. ivir. ana -Mrs. Johnson I waived a preliminary hearing and ' the Magistrate after a hearing also I )cund over Mrs. Oompton and her two daughters to appear before the I Court of General Sessions on the last Monday in September, where, no doubt, the whole matter w 11 b4 threshed out after going thruogh tlm grand jury's hands. On Saturday of last week two mote cross-warrants were called for hearing in the Magistrate Count. One warrant charged Marvin P. Skipper and Page Skipper with assault and .battery and disturbing a religious meeting, while the other charged Hob Jordan and others with disturbing the same religious meeting in the course of the same difficulty out of which the other warrant came about. i ne meeting In question was one being held by Rev. Sylvester Todd in the open air under a shelter mode of boughs according to the old fashioned plan. Both sides waived the preliminary hearing and made bonds for their appearance at the Criminal Court the latter part of next month. O ? r. t NEGRO BOY KILLED. A small colored boy. about twelve years of age. a son of Frank Homing way, attempted to board a moving freight train as it was entering Main Street from the Y, last Saturday afternoon, and missing his hold fel' underneath the wheels so that hi ? body was mangled and cut into sevj eral pieces. Coroner L. W. C op msummoned a Jury of inquest to inquire into the cause of the boy's ! 'loath and was continued to last Tu??:> day owing to the absence of some witnesses who were passing in an automobile at the time of the accident. The incident should be a warn ing to all of the small boys, both white and colored, who are in the habit of jumping on moving trains, j They follow this habit regardless of ; the Town Ordinance which makes it against the law for them to do so. o COINTRY MERCHANTS TO GET LICENSE Mr. C. H. Snider, Local Food Administrator, Conway, South Carolina. Dear Sir: Replying to your letter of August 3rd, beg to say that merchants who handle chickens and eggs at retail are exempted from retail license unless their business, in food and feed commodities, at retail, amounts to a gross total of .$100,000 a year. Hcweve r all merchants who buy chickens and eggs from the producer and sell them to persons or firms who are , not consumers are subject 1 i lii'OntO 'iu In <.li wil-nno nn<! i v ' i . w n.-v uo \iviiiv i n 111 v mi i\v no (iiiu eggs. Your knowedge of the nature of business done in chickens and eggs by country stores will doubt .less I load you to conclude that practically jail country stores are subject to li|censes as dealers in chickens and (eggs, for the reason that they buy ; those commodities from farmers and resell them to other merchants 01 j dealers. Transactions of these kind I make them subject to license. Yours very truly, -Wm. Elliott, i Food Administrator for South Carolina. License may be procured by applj 1 ing to the United States Food A*i ministration, License Division, Wasl ington, D. C. raid. NUNS LOST HEAVILY i IN MARNE POCKET Documents in Possession of f Allies Show Severe Casualties An idea of the losses suffered by I the Germans in the fighting in the Marne pocket is given by German documents in possession of French 14. cum American oiiicers, having been taken from (Jennan officers ami men ^ and obtained in various other ways since the Allied offensive began on July 18. One regiment lost one-third of its effectives in one day. Other units were reduced by one-half in the fight ing up to July 21). The fiftieth division, a crack unit, was ordered into battle to stop th j pressure of the French in the valley 1 of the Andre. It was a regiment e this division which lost one-third >: it> number on July 22. The n x; day the commander of the t nth company declared no one was left in the seventh company. In other battalions of the regiment similar conditions were reported. Prisoners say the 3l)th regiment lost from 60 to 7~> per cent of its effectives in three days. On July 24 the 82nd regiment was compelled to form three companies of its three battalions put back into the line. Before engaging in the battle the companies of another division consisted of eiirht men e:irh many being 19-year-old boys. As a result of losses the division was reduced by one-half to July 29. In the region of Fere-En-Tardenois on" regiment of the 22nd division was reduced to three companies. The number of effectives in the average German company is now about ninety men, exclusive of officers and supplementary non-commissioned officers. ? STAMP SALES IMPROVE The people of Horry County are making great strides in the purchase of War Savings Stamps. Up to June 28lh, Horry Count} had pledged and purchased for cash $211,000. An analysis of the report foi August 3rd, showed that Horry County had purchased $73,187.00 which represents 2.47 per Capita. The people of Horry pledged to puriiase uiiiing the month of June $14,020, they actually bought $18,488.50 and for the month of July the amount pledged was $10,535.00, actual purchase $18,881.75, putting the county ahead $12,310.25 of what had bceh pledged. HoweVer we must not think that we are any where near our allotment. We are to purchase beforb T..? 1..* i at a a tn\ j a- i u<in. int, i cr a ;/ UI1U Lll (1UU" vv? have purchased $73,187.00 or about one sixth. It is very gratifying to note that quite a number, who had not made a pledge to purchase are buying stamps and the people generally are understanding better the great value of owning these "small baby bonds." It is safe to predict that before long every household will be owners o.' War Savings Stamps An idea of how generally they have been purchased will be shown by the number who are wearing the buttons which have been sent to the Chairman of every Council of Defense to be distributed to every subscriber. Due to the fact that space in the papers is limited this week we will not be able to publish the report of the different councils until next! week. We will also publish the names of those in the $1,000 club, the1 $500 club, and the $100 club. \! number of the members of these j / IiiIil; li'iim l<i>nn>i|'iwl ( lin nn ?f . \ i m/o iicivv i v |/l'i tv u l,Ht |MII V l Ul^r V ' , stamps and have secured three hut-J tons. On the other hand a number I have puchased the stamps and have not reported same. Everybody is1 I urged to report to their Chairman as soon as the purchase has been completed so that due credit can be given and the proper button sent. The local Chairmen are requested to i report to the County Chairman imf mediately the names of those who . have qualified for membership in any 1 of the clubs. ?I,. I). Magrath. Secretary. V t . NO ~17~ 1LEASE MADE TALK AND THEN DEPARTED \ Notwithstanding Senator H. L. Buck Dared Him to Stay DID NOT HEAR HIS RECORD ATTACKED Blease Had Some Following* it Appears Among People Thursday Colo L. Blease, a candidate for the Lnitcd States Senate, and who has refused to abide by the rules for speaking: made by the Democratic l\.\eeutivo Committee; came to Conway on the train last Thursday, and vsent to the court house where he n.ado a shoit speech to his friends after the candidates for governor had spoken. After Blease had finished what he had to say Senator Buck announce i to the audience that he had a few \\ords in reply to Blease, who immediately started pushing his way through the audience out of the building. "Don't go, governor, take a i i at," requested Senator Buck. "1 haven't the time," replied Blease. A A /"V 1 ? * * * * * un, non t oo airaid; this is not a Pollock and Jennings," retorted the I'.orry senator. "I'll attend to you, sir, on August 27," replied I)lease as he neared the door, followed by John G. Richards, #ieform" candidate for governor. "Of course, you will run, for yqu are a coward," shot back Senator buck, win had mounted the table. The ex-governor and his escort passed out of the building, followed by many of their supporters. Senator Buck, amid cheers, charged Blcase with being disloyal and "traitor." He talks about leading a regiment against the Germans," said the speaker. "He could not lead anything but a retreat." "What kind of a soldier would he be when he lets a small man like me run him ? He's featherlegged," Senator Buck took up Blease's Pomaria speech and scored the utterances quoted therein. He challenged incase to make the same speech now when the espionage act is in force. He said that when Blcase made hisdisloyal speeches he knew, being a lawyer, that he could start treason. He cared only for the law and not his country, said the speaker. Senator Buck's utterances were greeted by ringing cheers from his several hundred auditors. Tim i i ? lit Vivnu WHICH llC'illU [>ieXU5<? numbered about 400 persons and wa-? divided in sentiment. The ex-governor made a calm speech discussing what he termed the issues of the campaign. He told of his various purchases of Liberty bonds, war savings stamps and the giving of a plot of land and a house at Camp Jackson to prove his loyalty. o TO THE CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY OK LOCAL COUNCILS OK DEFENSE. Gentlemen: There will be a meeting of the County Council of Defense held in the Court House building at Conway, Saturday, August 24th, at 11 o'clock A. M. We do not anticipate having any speakers from abroad. This meeting to he O hlisimwsi m.inf ini? ofr r,, , - ? -- ^ ? - ?i4v v nu^ a\j v hich you are urged to attend and to bring with you as many of the best workers you can. It is, of course, open to the general public. One of the principal objects of the meeting is to arrange plans for the launching of an intensive selling campaign for War Savings Certificates, beginning about September 7th. Also, there will be a discussion of the Health Campaign drive and I the question as to when it should be put on, as well as of other matters of interest to the Councils. f. a. Burroughs, j Chairman. I A:j?. 14, 191#