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I VOLUME XXX111 AUSTRIA PROPOSES PEACE WITH ALLIES While Germany's Armies Staggar Backward Under . r Foch's Terrible Blows f ? BELIEVED TO BE ' BOLD GERMAN RUSE While Peace Kite Flies, British, # Americans and French ConV tinue Relentless Pressure Marshal Koch's hammer blows ^against tho harried Germans is the 'Teutonic bid for peace, made this week through tho Imperial Government of Austria-Hungary. The formal plea of Emperor Char les to the belligerents for " a confidential and nor,-binding discussion of the basic principles for the conclusion of peace" comes as the first sensational move in the "peace offensive" which has been expected since German arms began to stagger back from the fierce thrusts of the British, French and Americans, Another German Ruse. Washington and the Allied Capitals hailed the call for a conference on neutral ground as another tierman ruse to get better terms than they might expect when the war has been carried to the Rhine. They were convinced that Austria, whose people have long been war weary,, had been called upon to hear the onus of making peace overtures and thus save 'the face of Germany. N t only in Washington, but in London and Paris, pacifists found cold comfort. None of the government^ involved was inclined to take seriously the request that delegates be stmt to such a conference as that proposed by the Austrian ruler. It was pointed out that the United States and Entente Allies have marie their peace aims so clear there can he ro mistaking them . It w&j accompanied by the an nouncoment that a Gorman submarine had sunk the British steamship Gal way Castle, with the loss of IttiJ lives. Ninety of those who perished were women and children. At th same time U-boats renewed then attacks supon shipping on this side of the Atlantic shelling only eighty miles off the coast a transport carrying Canadian sick and wounded. Grim meaning was given the ove: turtjs by the announcement from Paris that Austrian troops which tried to block the way of the Americans wore utterly demoralized and surrendered to a man. Focii Continues Blows. While the peace kite was in flight British, French and Americans troops continued their relentless pressure against the Germans. Pershing's men advanced from two to ^ three miles on a thirty-three mile ^ front. Iiaig's forces advanced north * west of St. Quentin, while French forces made progress south of the same city. Mv.ngin's army simul taneously struck a new blow at thu German salient north of Soissons. y. "Wherever the Allied troops attacked the German lines moved back. Ji'/L O ***' TOBACCO CROP PAYS. ? 4fc0hera\v.?The farmers in the Cheraw section of Chesterfield County who planted tobacco this year are making good money. They not only had an exceptionally fine crop, bui say that they have made twice as much on an acre of tobacco as they do on an acre of cotton, even at the high price at which cotton is selling now. o I TOTAL REGISTRATION IN HORRY COUNTY ^ The total number of men who registered in Horry County on last Thursday Ls 3,027, of which number only two are declarant aliens, 618 negroes, and the remainder 2,409 are white men. The grand total of all who registered in the whole State of South Carolina is 155,741. (The COURT OF SESSIONS CONVENES ON MONDAY Judge Bowman Will Preside Over the Term of Criminal Court The Court of General Sessions will convene next Monday morning with Judge Bowman presiding. An examination of the criminal docket shows a total of eighteen criminal cases con tinned over from the summer term i of that Court. The Magistrates have tinned in, if anything, more than Mu;J usual number of criminal cases do-j veloping since the last term of the Court. The cases continued from the j In t term, and which will doubtless he tried next week are as follows: The State vs. Steve Dawsey, Soduct ion. The State vs. Gus Hammond, AsK.'iu'f :mrl Itnltnrv Tho State vs. A. C. Murroll, Mui-. <kr. The State vs. Kelly Boyd, Larceny. Tho Stale vs. Harrison Powell and Sallic Cook, Adultery. The State vs. Henry Johnson, Larceny. The State vs. I). A. Lewis, Selling Property. The State vs. Collins Bellamy, Assault and Battery. The State vs. Oscar Coleman, Assault and Battery. The State vs. Isaac Hughes, Robert Brown, and Allen Beaty, Transporting Liquor. The State vs. Othan Arnett, Malicious Injury to Fence. The State vs. Thos. Hardee. Dispensary Law. The State vs. Foster Jordan, Seduction. The State vs. Charley Bellamy, Larceny. The State vs. Pete Jordan, Selling Timber. The State vs. Enoch Allen and Jen' nie Allen, Mataiious Injury to fence. The State vs.: Whit tie M*. Grainger, ' ltolan Grainger, and Henry Strickland, Riot. The State vs. Robert Allen and Huttic Hardee, Adultery. NO GMNGPRiGES SET BY FOOD BOARD j Washington.?During the last few ! days Senator E. 1). Smith has received many enquiries regarding prices for cotton seed and for ginning cot I ton, ami today ho took the matter up 'personally with Hi*, (icorge II. Denny, i j head of the cotton seed division of iithe federal food administration, who has furnished the senator with the I following official statement, which f illy explains the situation: "The United States food adminls, tration has fixed no price on gini ning. This whole problem has been ; left to the food administrators or the . several cotton States. My underi standing is'that Food Administrator i 1011 iott of South Carolina has ap! proved an agreement between rep! resentatives of the producers and gin ! ners of that State. The food administration has no direct power to fix the price of cotton seed or its products. Under the food control act we have fixed a definite margin for crushers. Furthermore, we have ap proved the recommendation of the cottonseed producers of the South as expressed by the commissioners of agriculture and markets and officials of various farmer organiza'ions of the South to stabilize the price of cotton seed at $70 per ton c rload lots for cars, the fundamental bads being a yield of 41 gallons. If th;s represents the average price pa d 1 ist year an average yield of 411 gallons of oil per ton of seed is found to represent the outturn in South Carolina. That means a standardized price of cotton seed in South Carolina of $72 per ton carload lots for cars, or $f>9 for wagon seed, based on the recommendation ot the representatives of the producers." Senator Smith stated that if this was satisfactory to the producers of South Carolina he had no criticism to make. o COURT NKXT MONDAY. If you are a juryman or a witness, get ready to spend several days here , beginning next Monday. puM CONWAY, S. C., THURSDA BED GROSS MET " LAST FRIDAY At a meetnig of the local Rod Cross chapter Friday afternoon, S?pt. J.'l, the request from lied Cross h >adquai*tcrs that the chapter stop giving the drafted men comfort bags a; they leave Conway was brought to the chapter's attention. It is with regret that the chapter has to do away with this custom, while it has been a lot of work on our part it has also been a good pleasure. We want our Horry county boys to know that wo are thinking of them and to have some ubstantial proof of it. But every tiling is provided for the men fl I tin* .^nic n n/l n/>t 11 4 1 I v? V VI.V/ viMiif/o ? v > V I livt VI I I I I I IUU Y i^V/ in the* trenches are the comfort bags kof any use. The Red Cross supplies every man with one before that time, so ic is a waste to give them here. Nevertheless we won't our men to feel that their Red Cross is with them heart and soul and we will enj dcavor to show this in some other , form than the comfort bag. The August allotment of work to the 1 chapter was a big order for these bags, which will be shipped this week. The date of meetings for the local chapter has been changed from every two weeks to the first Friday in every month at $4:30 o'clock at the I v/ui'K room, uniess some lmportani business demands a called meeting by the executive committee. The chapter has received orders tc report on the wool in this county, sc every one who has a knitted garmenl 01 a piece of wool is especially urge* to bring or send it to the work rooir before Tuesday, Sept. 24th, all garments to be finished by that time. ?R. C. Secretary, Horry County Chapter. a bigially day comine At a meeting of the official boar< of the Conway Methodist churcl Monday ni*.ht, it was unanimousl; decided to make Oct. t>, 191?, a grea rally day and home coining'for Con way Methodism. A persistent effor will be made to have every niembe of the church present that day Don't forget the date, Oct. 6, 1918. ggtton pr!gelixlng amazes southern mb Washington. ? Amazed and disap pointed at President Wlison's drcis i ion to stand pat on appointment of ; board to stabilize cotton, senator and representatives from cottoi : states held a conference late today t ! deci !c what can be done. A furthe drop in the cotton market and th ( ri h iul statement tluit the new boav< will fix cotton prices if it is deemO. necessary, caused a flurry anion] Southern congressmen. This conference was secret and it rseults were withheld. It was learn r><! Itnwovn ! Ali?if s*C il. - 1 - - - - , ... ) viiub .iwiih: hit.' lators expressed the view that neith or the war industries board nor tin president has power to fix cottoi prices, or the prices of any other con modty for that matter. There wai some talk of seeking congressiona action to prevent cotton price fix ing\ ?r ; Hope of enough Support to paS: such legislation, however, is admit tedly vain. There is much sentiment in con gress in favor of taxing cotton heavily, cither through price fixing ot through the war tax bill. Many of those at the conference aid tllC onlv Imnn vt i VA/UV'll MtlU' io\v have is to sec that the stabilizing hoard is made up of men who underhand the situation, and appreciate | what would follow price fixing. Another conference is to be had with l?. M. Baruch, chairman of th< war industries board, through whom the plan to create the board was frst announced. o EXEMPTION BOARD TO MOVE. The local exemption hoard wfP move to rooms on Main Street, it \vn announced last week. Until now the\ have occupied the county supervl sor's office at the couit house. In th moan time the filing cases and roc ords of the board have been great! increasing so that they might finaU> need more fh>or space that the offic* provides if any wa< to bo left for tlv county board. # Mr T, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. MUST BE EXAMINED ON SEPTEMBER 30 Men who registerd on August ' 24th, li>18, having arrived at 21 | years of age between June 5th and j August 24tii; have been called by i fi,? i i ' * ! viii- iui ui exemption ooarti to appear i here for physical examination on j Monday, September 80th, 1918, as ! follows: WHITE. Willie Tyler, lthill Brown, Daniel Emory Martin, James Archibald i Sasscr, Hope Turner, Archie Mast011 Casque, Willie 1). Moore, Luther Powell, William Hal King, James Graham, Armagie Worth Hardee, Herbert G. Harrelson, John Pearly Doyal, James Gus Flemming, Cask Causey, '/eno Allen, Walter Sk ppo;\ Hope Homer Cook, Moses Shelley, Frank llardoe, Niner Roberts, Harvey ('. Jones, Dolphus Shelley, Ira Quin.-y Gorrald, Joe Dusenbury, 1 Martin, Dozior Sheppard Powell, J Willi; m Lacy Carmichacl, Jeiry M. Allen, Amos Cook, Walter Davis. COLORED. John Franklin Graham, Joshua Liv ingston, William Vereon, Sam J. Wilson, Alex Johnson, William M. Buck, Emory Bellamy, Jim Bellamy, L. Kellv. Matthew Bnilov \l;iiO-w?\v Wright, .John Evans, William Woktham, Hen King, Jesse Vcreen. o > COrUT AT LOR IS \ Magistrate M. C. Butler hevl Court' t at Loris on last Friday to make an in-| . vestigation of a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, brought by Garfield Grainger against John Grainger. The warrant was sworn out before Magistrate B. P. Harrelson but the place of trial was changed, according to law, from him to Magistrate Butler. Besides the | assault and battery case there was " another charge of trespass brought li by Garfield Grainger against John \ Grainger, and this was tryable in the y Magistrate Court. t John Grainger and Garfield Grain ger were represented by attorneys o? t the Conway bar. r John Grainger and Ernest Grninger waived their preliminary hearing and furnished a Bond for their appearence in the Court of General Sessions next Monday. In the trespass case John Graingner entered a I plea of guilty and was fined the sum J of $5.00, which lie paid. There are other criminal charges " 'nought by John Grainger against " Garfield Grainger, these having been I urned over to the Court by Magistrate II irrelson. All of these matii cops grew out of a dispute about a 0 land line running between a tract bo ' longing to Bruce Grainger, who is v now in franco, ^nd ?. ' ract bc'.v. ' Garfield Grainger. An attempt ' as maflo by the Attorneys to go( ' 'he parties together on an agreement discharge all of the criminal cases s and bring action to settle ine .and ~ boundaries. This effort to settle did not succeed. : siiihmy inv Pin. wnvn i iiv i :nw I IN6 PROHIBITED ? Wo fool that every one i.s familiar ' with the facts an to why wo have - been asked to leave off our Sunday Joy Riding' for at least a while, and that this notice is not at all neces- ' sary. We notice that some still per* aist in refusing to comply with the request, which we feel is a patriotic ' duty. I wis*'. to say further that who., t agreed to serve as Fuel Ad ministrator for Horry County, that I pledged myself to do my duty and j this I must do regardless of whom ;t , nay hurt. I have just received a . letter from the State Fuel Adminis- I trator asking mo to call unon all mu. nicipal and j ural policemen, sheriffs ' ind constables to co-operate with me : 'n procuring numbers of cars and uuv.es of owners of cars operated on Sundays and that same bo preserved to be sent in to his office for invo<d nation. It is hoped that this notice will ;orvo its purpose and that until further notice there will be no more Sunday Joy Riding in the County. We a?k that all tlv* above officers be on the lookout and report al! violations at once to mo. ?J. C. Spivey, Fuel Adm., | for Horry County. OUIGK REJECTION " GIVEN TO NOTE. Mr. Wilson Says America's' Stand Has 8sen Clearly j Stated \\r _ l. f.. * ^ * **asiuugion, sept. !<>.?Tin* Unit-j I'd States, as was tally expected, has unconditionally rejected Germany's peace feeler, in doing so this government has spoken for all tin* co-belligerents. Almost immediately aft.?*r receiving the Austrian Government's note from the minister from Sweden, Mr. Lansing tonight issued this formal : latemont: America's \ns?er. "1 am authorized by the IVesident to state that i'ne following will be the reply of this government 4*> th.o Vustro-Hungarian note proposing a nonofficial conference of belligerents : "The Government of the United States feels that there is only one reply which it can make to the suggestion of the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Government. It has repeatedly and with entire candor stated the 1 orrtiv nnnn u'Ui/.li ft?.? I ".. I < I t'1-' I?- I 'I im II Hit Ks III IVU Ol i t I " os would consider peace and can an 1 will entertain no proposal for a conference upon a matter concerning which it has made its position and purpose so plain." BATTLE ADVICE VERY DANGEROUS With the American Army in France. ?The American troops of all units have been instructed to kill on the spot any one who in time of battle urges surrender or attempts to persuade them that further resistance is useless. These instructions which originated with a certain divsion and have now been universally adopted because they proved so popular, were more necessary because some one in American uniform during a German attack on Fismette on Augcst 27 ran among the troops, calling upon them t #1 ca cf ono/> ???%,) ?I ?**.' 1 V- v,v ??.! <_ I voiridiiv. I' >im lir. ;m m>; 111.: I the officers advised surrender. The instructions point out thai these statements were absolutely false, and added: "The person who spreads such an alarm is either an enemy in our uniform, or one of our own troops \vh > is disloyal and n traitor, or one of 1 our troops who tins become a panic I stricken coward. ! "Whoever he i.^ he should be shot : on the spot. In battle there is v. ! time lo inquire into the identity <?r ' motives of persons who create panic | or disorganization or who advise stir I render. "It is the duty of every officer an 1 j soldier to kill on the spot any per son who in a fight urges any one to surrender or stop fighting. It make" I no difference whether the person is a Ii,stranger or a friend, officer or a private." rIhe instructions conclude with th~ | Ktutamnhi thai a German splciior was found mortally wounded p4r inside the1 American linos at Fismotte. ito j had lived for a long time in America and spoke english well and possibly | he intended to got an American uniform and create a doubt or disorganization among the men." r> The United States has turned its hack on the Austro-Hungarian peace proposals. Secretary Lansing, by authorization of President Wilson, announces that the United Statse "can and will entertain no proposal for a conference upon a matter concerning which it has made its position and purpo.o so ft [JUUI1. o LOOK FOR QFESTIONAIRKS The mon who registered on last Thursday September 12th, may begin to look for questionaries as ihese will be mailed without any unnecessary delay to the new rgeistxants s\ ho are between eighteen and twenty-one and those between thirty-one and thirty-six years of ag<\ From these the men to be called for October to go to the cantonments will be j taken as soon as they can be classlfi- J ed anil their order numbers given. i Cf, NO 2% PRESSING ENEMYON WHOLE FRONT No Let Up In Fierce Slows Since Peace Note P i\i i i ?ICt/UIV t'U BRITISH AMD FRENCH HAVE LOCAL SUCCESS Enemy Burning Towns in the Vicinity of Met2 in Moselle Valley I r? Macedonia lit*' Allied forces continue their offensive against the Bulgarians with success. Important po.-items have been taken and more than d.000 prisoni rs captured. Allied pressure against the Germans on the western front shows no signs of abating*. In the region of Met7. the enemy is reported to be j burning* towns in the valley of the Moselle, probably in preparation for a retirement to the Hindenburg line in this region. So successful was the first thrust of the Serbian and French troops in the Sokol region of the Macedonian front that the attacking front has been extended to more than twelve miles, on which the Allies have advanced northward more thai* five miles. Several series of ridges have been given up by the Bulgarians, who also have lost the village of Gradeshnitsa. A Jugo-Slav division is fighting with the Allies and has reached the height of Koziak, northeast of Sokol. The Allied movement apparently is aimed at the clearing of the Vardar valley and the threatening or capture of Priep, urn important railway junction and supply has** north of Monastir. The. Bulgarian war office admits that the Allies have progressed in the mountain region east of Monastir, but says they suffered heavy losses. A Serbian official statement says the Allied losses have been quite small. From Ypres to Kheims th*? HrltiMi and French are carrying" out local engagements with suectjss. o * HORRYITES REG 1STER. There were six registrars appointed to register the fighting n\en hetwen the ages of eighteen and twenty and thirty-one to forty-five, at the Conway precinct last Thursday. In an article issued by the local exemption board and published in a recent issue of the paper, it was stated that these registrars would be placed at different points in the town to attend to the work; hut for some re a son this was changed and all six of them wery stationed in th<? court" 'I'oom at the county court house. The registrars were on hantl^ f!n^r at work at the appointed hour. There \vas a crowd and much work to be done all of the first part of the day; but. in th? ftftomon Only a few called as the bulk of the men had a-fc* tended to it the first thing in th'i business of the day. The1 registrars were Messrs. A. K. Goldfinch, W. (?. King, C. H. Snider, T. B. Lewis, A. H. Long, and S. O. Dusenbury. They remained at thi court house until 1) o'clock at night in accordance with the regulations fixed for the registration. Reports from other sections of the county show that the recristivitimi no. purcntly wont through completely and all of the men between the required ages complied with the law. 181.838MENT0G0 TO GAMP BY OCT. IS Washington, Sept. IG?Draft cull* announced today by Provost Marshal General Crowdcr will send 181,838 men qualified for general military service to army camps before October 16. All States have quotas to fill.^ Of the total 142,000 will bo white registrants, who will entrain October 7 and 11. South Carolina's quota is 14.3; Camp Sevier; 650 Camp Greenleaf.