The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 15, 1918, Image 1
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v>VOLUME XXXTTT
SOME EXCITEMENT
ON CAMPAIGN DAY
Senator Hal L. Buck Ably
Replies to Cole L.
Blease
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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SAVANNAH BLUFF NOTES.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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1LEASE MADE TALK
AND THEN DEPARTED
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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.
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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.
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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.
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