The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 12, 1918, Image 1
LOO*! PAY ATTENTION
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VOLUME xxxm
MARINE BAND CAME
SAW AND CONQUERED
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i Several Thousand Gather Here
| f- to. Hear Distinguished
Speakers i
MR. RHETT IMPRESSIVE
PHI PCDOMMC AI Cfl
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^ Owing to Wreck on Railroad
^ Some of the Program Was
Jjeft Off.
Conway made extensive -preparalions
for the VV. S. S. Rally which
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-w nv?rv i & IMUJ uvimiif; |
and run through Saturday. The j
plan was to meet the military band j
consist ing of twenty-eight men, j
and the speakers, including Mr. and
Mrs. Rhett and Col. Perrone with
private autos at Marion, about midday;
and returning through the county
to have exercises at Aynor an 1
"Horry, and bring the party to Hotel
Grace for supper about 8 o'clock and
in good time for a meeting at Con*
way on Friday night.
The business men and citizens of
Conway went to Marion with their
1 automobiles to meet the band on Friday,
but in the mean time there had
been a wreck on the main railroad
sk. line between Charleston and Flor^
ence, so that the band did not reach
Marion at all. The meetings scheduled
for Aynor and Horry consequently
had to be omitted entirely;
*^and about night a telegram was re
j -Ay ceiveel a', the hotel stating that the!
. fcn3&an'' would be in Conway on the
V4o?iffht train.
Conv.-y business houses began to
decorate for the occasion on Thurs?
day evening. The work went on Friday
morning until nearly every store
and office >n the town was decorated
with the Red, White and Blue. Bracing
and Old Glory spread their patriotic
folds across the streets and
entrances and Conway by Friday
noon presented a patriotic front.
In the afternoon of Friday a wind
and rain storm came up and in some
instanjes played havoc with the decorations.
The weather had been dry
and clouds of dust were picked up by
the high win Is. The rain was heavy
and ;.dded to the difficulties of the
people who went to Marion to meet
' the visitors and who had to return
late Friday evening with empty
ton nra*'.
Col. Rhett. and the Hrit'sh olTie; v
( were not in the railroad break-down,
1 but were travelling in a private auto:
mobile from Charleston and they
a*eached Marion in time for stirring
Speeches to be made by them to a
| la go and enthusiastic audience.
Mrs. It. G. Rhett was to have delivered
a talk to the ladies of Conway,
j. ^ Preparations were made for this at
PT the Red Cross headquarters at the
y < Bank of Horry building. A message
came through about noon on Friday
>, that she would not be able to reach
here owing to the trouble on <ho
railroad line.
\ * The band came on Friday night,
f / ) find was here on Saturday morning.
i i . i l mi- _
tf/t/It came ana saw ana conquerea. mc
***1', nilitary dress of the members of the
band nd the stirring music they
* wendered impressed the big crowd of
al least several thousannd who came
here to hear the music and the
speeches on Saturday.
Saturday was a cloudy day but
there was no rain of any consequence.
A stand had been erected on the vacant
Norman lot near the railroad
depot. Here the people gathered after
all of the stores had closed for
the occasion, and after the band had
rendered a concert on Main Street.
Thj first speaker was R. Goodwyr
Rhett* a distinguished citizen of
rf-ti i?i? ci /"i ir. j:.I r. .11
\^n: nesion, o. v_>. ne um iuii ju?uci
^ to tho subject ho covered, and mad'
* a decided impression upon his hearers
as to the duty of South Carolina
4 in this war. He was interrupted b>
frequent and prolonged cheering.
Mr. J. M. Lynch of Florence, S. C.
was then introduced, with appropri
ate remarks by Hon. E. J. Sherwood
chairman of the publicity committor
of the councnil of defennse. He mad<
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TO YOUR IMBH STC
glhr
W. S. S. RALLY
HELD AT LORIS
Large Crowd Go There Last
Saturday* to Hear Military
Band and Speakers.
THr? tnnobnmi n~.l |1 1 ' .
..u^wnvio uuu me military
band, after concluding the meeting
here last Saturday, left for Loris
where the rally took place in the afternoon.
The crowd attending the
Loris meeting has been estimated at
not less than two thousand. R. CloodI
wyn Rhett, and Lieut. Col. Per rone
of the British military forces delivered
their addresses about the same in (
substance as the speeches at Con- j
way; and the same stirring music
was rendered by the band.
The meetings at Loris and at Conway
last Saturday will have the effect
of increasing the sales of War
if 1 I
Savings Stamps in this county; these
meetings have already greatly increased
the sales.
Iwil I MiNiTnFArr
tat. wiuiiv uunu
HOME AFTER WAR
Washington.?Americans who lose
their lives 'n war abroad will be
buried there only temporarily. Where*
idenification is possible the bodies
will be placed in marked graves, to
be taken up when the war is over
and brought home.
This plan of the War Department
I was disclosed by the publication of
articles of agreement between the
army and navy regarding the transportation
of sick and wounded from
overseas. A section of the agreement
says:
"The remains of all officers, enlisted
men and civilian employes who
have died or will hereafter die in |
France shall be buried in France until
the end of the war, when their rem.nno
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. ...WHO will i#ir IHUU^III DUCK lO tlie
United States for final interment.
"Such cemeterial facilities as the
army has acquired in France shall be
availabe to the navy.
I "The remains of all officers, enlisted
men and civilian employes, who
'may die on ships enroute to or from
| the United States shall bo embalmed
land returned to the United States on
(the ship on which the death occurrI
0,1."
iBEEBWofADTURE
| ENDS M DECEMBER
Washington, Sept. (?. ? Manufacture
of beer in the United States
will be prohibited after December 1.
as a war measure.
'I'M. '
I i in.-) cuniuuiK t'iiu'in was made tonight
by the food administration,
which said the decision hail been
reached at conference between President
Wilson and represetatives of
the fuel, food and railroad administra
tions anil the war industries board.
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Pay for the Herald to-day. Put
your account in advance. During
September $1.00 per year; after October
1st, $1.50. Don't wait and forget
it. Send us a check or money order
or currency to-day.
ann eloquent speech as usual and introduced
Lieut. Col. Perrone of the
British Army.
I Col. Perrone's address was striking,
for the simple reason that he
has seen active service on the Western
front. He related actual fexts
about the Huns and the awful frigh fulness
of which the Germans ac
capable. Ho was heard with the
I greatest attention and he made a
' I telling impression upon the people.
1 He was frequently cheered.
The Horry Council of Defense dc>
serves great credit for obtaining
these attractions for the purpose of
- awakening the people of this county
to the greatness and seriousness of
| IllTUOnf cilnalinn on
v??v |/* v Mvit v Pivuuvivii) (i llll IIIU I IUV/U?>0"
1 ity of purchasing- war savings stamps
7 and working together in every possible
way for the winning of the war.
? The officers and members of the
- Council deserve to have all theii
, names written on an everlasting roll
2 honor for their untiring efTort:
a since the beginning and now.
enew at $1.00 per year and pay
rd requires that after Oct. 1st,
Wmt
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CONWAY 3 C r THURSDAY,
D. B. FRYE AMONG
THOSE WHO DIED
Washington. ? Thirty-five members
of the crew of the American
army transport Mount Vernon, formerly
the North German Lloyd liner
Kronprinzessin Ceeelic, were killed
by the explosion of a torpedo which
shuck the vessel last Thursday when
she was 200 mib s from the French
coast, homeward bound. The passengers
included Senator Lewis, of Illinois,
who was among those safely
landed after the transport returned
to a French port under her own
steam.
The men killed were firemen, enginomon
and water tenders and prob- ;
ably were on duty in the flooded fireroom.
They included: D. B. Frye,
Conway, S. C.
MAILTRMNS !
RUN TO FRONT
Washington.?In the endeavor to
opeditc the mail to and from the
hoys in France, Gen. Pershing at
last has real mail trains running
over the railroads under control of
the American army. It is expected
that much of the delay and confusion
of the past will now be obviated.
There are now in operation mail
trains between Tours and general
headquarters, between one of the
base ports and Paris, via Tours, and
from two other base ports to Tours,
where the central postoffice of the,
American army is located. One is t >'
be established between Paris and
I general headquarters.
Kach train has a postal car, an
express car and two bulk cars, with
three men to each crew. Strung
along the cars are sacks, one for
on/tU nf I ? /\ * f*h?" ?v. A-t* a 1 A ?
iui.ii iMauun aiuny lilt; lUUlt', UI1U lilt;
letters are sorted in time to be
thrown off at the proper places. The
system, copied from that in use on
railway mail trains in this country,
has been adapted to the special
needs of the army.
So far the greatest value of the
new service has been to speed up:
communication between points hi
France. The official correspondence
that used to take two days now takes
two hours. It also enables friend;
in lhe army, stationed at different
points, to exchange letters quickly.
To expedite the delivery of mad,
transfer vlerks have been placed at j
rvcrv slat;on in France where mail :
is to be distributed. Their duty is!
to receive the sacks and superintend ;
'heir quick distribution. This has j
given i ise to a new profession in
I lllf tilt* t'llilStOU JJUSlIIiUS'-fl".
MAGtSTRATFS AND
SUPERVISOR'S RAGES
In the race for Magistrate in Dog |
B!ufr it is unofficially reported that'
Nichols has beaten Johnson by about (
five votes; and in the supervisor's!
race in Dogwood Neck, Parker has
beaten Thomas by two or three votes.
The official count may of coins- j
show a different result.
HORRY LEADS FOR THE 1!
Reports just received show that
Horry leads the counties of the stat?
j for the third consecutive week ending
August 31st. While Horry has maintained
a safe lead yet Florence Coun-i
ty has at no time let up in her efforts'
to displace us. It is impossible to
, . I - know
just what the other counties
are doing until the reports come ir.
but as they came it showed that the
counties of the Pee Pee section wore
showing wonderful bursts of action.
The week ending August 17th,
Horry sold $14,724.75 while Florence
County sold $11,684. This was the
firs week th c Horry lead the State.
The /eek <ling August 24th, Horry
sold1 .pi 2,9b 1 and Florence $12,241.
Horry leading again with Florence
i second The third week Horry sold
$27,9 <0, Florence $27,218.75.
That Horry so far has made gttfnl
1 is shown by the following article
which has been sent out from the of1
fice of the War Savings Committee,
* Charleston, S. C., for publeiation:
"The forward advance of several
I
s
1 in advance at that rate till Oct.
all subscriptions must be paid u
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SEPTEMBER 12, 1918.
DRAFT RULES FORMED
FOR CLASSIFICATION
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The new priorities classification'
of industry announced yesterday by
the war industries board will not
bind district draft boards in determining
deferred classification on occupational
grounds of men between
the ages of 18 and 45 years who are
to register today. The boards may
determine that other industries are
necessary but in granting deferred
classifications they must satisfy
themselves that the industry is necessary
and further that the indi
vidual registrant is essential to the
industry.
glosIngInon
HINDENBURG BASES
VI ?mi UUY III^O utaill}A^, 11UI I /
county has distinguished itself especially
aval has led in sales for several
weeks, selling 94c per capita in
W. S. S., during the week ending
I August 31. From 24th, place n the
list of counties on August 1, \) 5th,
place on August 31st, tells the1 story
j of Horry's achievement. Florence
j county has vied with Horry, and is
now third from the top. Horry, Florence,
Darlington, Charleston, and
Greenville lead the st>r , in the sales
report for the final week in August."
Horry County sold during the
month of August $93,560.">0 in W. S.
S. We are leading and it is up to
us to maintain this lead. We cannot
afford to fall back after having made
i such a wonderful showing. The eye.|
of the state arc upon us and we ar<
the pace makers for the other counties.
Lot every body become a worker
and have Horry to be the fursl
county to reach its allotment.
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Continuing* their pressure along*
the front from Rheims to Ypres, tin
Allied forces are pushing* back th *
Gennans on virtually this entire 150
mile line.
Telling progress has been made in
particular by the French and Americans
along the southern part of the
l'ront. The French are before the
old Hindenburg positions along a
considerable stretch in this sector,
where they are closing in upon the
bastion of St. Gobain, the keystone
pf the German defensive system in
the west.
\ Farther north the enemy armies
|tre still in retreat before the French
j'.nd British who are capturing town
after town as they make rapid strides
toward the line from which the
Germans attacked in their offensive
ot last March. Ham is almost within
the Allied grasp and Chauny is
seriously threatened.
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THE SECOND PRIMARY,
jt/rhe second primary came off last
Tuesday' arid created but little interest
in this county except in the race
between Thos. H. Peoples and W. P.
Pollock.
There was no second race for county
officers except that in Dogwood
Neck there was a second race between
B. Parker and J. S. Thomas
for Township Supervisor; and in Dog
Bluff there was a second race for
Magistrate between Jos. W. Johnson
and R. B. Nichols.
In the race for State offices there
were second races and the latest figures
from the election over the Statr.
how that Pollock lords for Senate
Short Term, that Wolfe leads for Attorney
General, that Arnold leads for
Railroad Commissioner, that Harris
loads for Commissioner of Agri u'turo
etc., that Osborne leads for
< 'omptroller General.
SEN ATEPASSESBTLL
TO WE NATION DRY
Washington. ? The .$12,000,000
emergency agricultural appropriation
bill with its rider for national
prohibition from next July 1 until after
the American armies are demobilized
after the end of the war was
passed tonight by the senate without
a roll call.
RD CONSECUTIVE WEEK
of the Pee Dee counties of the state
has been the feature of the August
r\C XW ?i V QniriiKr.. Qf
1st, after which the price will fa
n advance. ? ?
raid.
CRIMINAL COURT
SEPTEMBER 23RD
Judge I. W. Bowman Will Preside?List
of Petit Jurymen
Drawn
Following is a list of the jurymen
drawn for the term:
L. V. Todd
W. J. Waller
It. O. Hanson
Jehu Causey
II. L. Johnson
W. J. Anderson
L. D. Suggs
H. B. Cribb |
W. 1). Khuark
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Kelley Tompkins
VV. H. Oliver
Neal Fowler
A. V. Elliott
A. S. Crawford
.J. P. Johnson
T. Pink Cox
M. VV. Causey
T. R. Stephens
B. H. Harrclson
S. T. Johnson
M. N. Blanton, Jr.
11. Albert Gerrald
John VV. Sasscr
J. D. Shelly
G. E. Graham
L. M. Stanley
11. K. Doyle
Herbert L. Bellamy
J. H. Sawyer
H. J. Williamson
J. F. Millij^an
Boyd Ford
A. H. Benson
M. Martin
J. R. Strickland
CRIME LAID AT DOOR
OF I. W. W. MEMBERS
Chicago.?Four persnos were killed
anil more than 75 others injured
by the explosion of a bomb in a
crowded entrance to the federal building
at 3:10 o'clock this afternoon.
The explosion, which not only wrecked
the entrance of the building but
shattered every window in the first
three floors of two buildings across!
the street, was attributed to the 1. W.
W. by Philip J. Barry, in charge of
the: local offices of the department of
justice.
Raids on two headquarters of the
1. W. W. within 15 minutes after the
explosion resulted in the arrest of
nine men. Several more were taken
into custody within the federal buildI
inu' and a Woman whnsn nnmn \?vi?:
suppressed was arrested in a near-1
by building. Tonight more than 1,.">00
government?'" agents and tin4 entire
city police force was seeking the j
perpetrator of the outrage. I
"This outrage, in my opinion, was
inevitable as an act of reprisal on
the part of the I. W. W." Mr. Barry
declared after a hurried investigation,
"following the sentencing of
nearly a hundred of their members. I
We are certain that the I. W. W.
committed this deed. I believe that
the bomb was composed of nitroglycerine.
Several arrests have been
made and we are questioning the'
prisoners as fast as we can."
Court Boom in Building.
The court room of Judge K. M.
Landis, in which 95 I. W. W. leaders
were recently convicted and sentenced
to prison for obstructing the
government's war program, is on tlv>
sixth floor of the building. William
D. Haywood, general secretarytreasurer
of the I. W. W., was one of
those sentenced to 20 years in prison
for his part in the conspiracy, was
I on the eigtli floor of the building.
| with his lawyer, who was planning
to seek a writ of crrol Ja his behalf,
when the explosion ocd led. He (1/
plorcd the outrage and while J nphatieally
denying that any of r
I men had committed the act, admitted
' that he believed that the I. W. W.
would be blamed. The so called "un?
crowned king" of the I. W. W.
plainly felt the building tremble with
the detonation of the bomb and
; | heard the glass crash in the dome of
' the srtucture and the cries of the in
jured. He aju^earbd calm an 1 did
not leave the^r ' marshal's otfice
t "It is unforiu ^e that this thing
happened at this time.," he said feel
le $1.50 per year. War IndusmoT
21.
FIRST CLASSES IN
NEW REGISTRATION
Boys of 19 and 20 and Men
From 32 to 36
Years
BOARDS TO CLASSIFY
THEM FOR THE DRAFT
And Have Them Ready
for Call to Colors by
Next Month
Washington, Sept. 10. ? Provost
Marshal General Crowder announced
today that the first call to the colors
of men who register Thursday will
include men in the It) and 20-yearold
classes, and in the classes from
22 to 2(> years, inclusive. Questionnaires
will go first to registrants
within these specified age limt?, and
local boards will he ordered to classify
them first in readiness for calls
beginning in October.
Young men in the 10 and 20-year
classes, General Crowder said, w?ll
he accepted for induction into the
students army training corps, hut he
pointed out that the authorized
ovivuyni ui me corps is only 150,000
men, whereas the total number of
registrants below 20 will be over 3,000,000.
CAROLINA TROOPS
MING PART
General March has announced that
the total embarkation of American
soldiers for . all fronts, including the
Siberian expedition, had passed the
1,000,000 mark by August.
The chief of sattf identified the
American unit which participated in
the Flanders advance as the Thirtieth
Division, composed of troops
from Tennessee, North Carolina and
South Carolina. This is the "OKI
Hickory" division. In answer to a
question, General March said it was
j estimated that more than 250,000
had landed in France. The record
I for monthly shipment, he added, was
| 285,000.
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MRS. RHETT SPEAKS
j Mrs. It. Godwyn Rhett, who was
! here last Salnrdav -
, h\hih..-i.-)cii tin.' indies
al the Connxvay Methodist
Church, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
on the subject ot war work, as it
| should be applied both, in this counI
try and abroad. Whet she said was
I interesting.
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\ (iKNEKOl'S DONATION TO THE
HDD C'KOSS.
The two tobacco warehauscs of
Nichols recently raised the amount
of $2,458.(52 from the tobacco given
by the farmers of Floyd's township
and the farmers of Marion County
i who sold tob'acc6 I that market. The.
following schools in Floyd's township
(lp-SOWn cnn/>i'>1 ^ * ' :~ ' 1
> Lifjivicu uii'iinun in inis rinc
donation: Saving Branch, Oakland,
Wannamakor, Floyds, Fine drove,,
Mt. Olive, Branchville and Athens.
This amount was equally divided
bctwcfc,. Marion and Horry counties,
each receiving for the Red Cross the
j amount of $>.'-,229.31.
C. H. Snider, Treas., .
Red Cross for Horry County.
' COTTJDjd SfrtTES
, ENTER PRO! EST
If f,
j \Wastnir fton.?Senators from the
| cof^ Rowing States at a conferi
once today decided to protest to Pros
idont Wilson against any action by
the war industries hoard looking to
the fixing of cotton prices. The senators
hope to see the president tomorrow.
ingly, "1 know that the I. W. W. will
he blamed, hut I am convinced in my
own hearf* that no man of my organl
ization was in any way connected
. \v111 \ this matter. It would be insane
? for an I. W. W. to commit such an
act at this time."
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