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I . I VOLUME YCTTTT ' Schools and I PUBLIC GATHERINGS / ' STOP AT CONWAY ? ? Spanish Influenza Spreads to Many Sections Including Horry County ' * STATE HEALTH BOARD SENDS TELEGRAM HERE Free to Come and Go but No ** Crowds Are Permitted at Usual Places. rrho TnTlnAMnni /\M T #? ^ ?. aiv tin luuii^a wi LiiVVlI l]j|K' SI IUU" tion continued to grow worse in Horry County towards the end of last week, it being reported that there were from ten to fifteen cases of the disease at the Conway hum ber Company's camps about two and a half miles from Conway, and that some of the cases were thought to be serious. Mr. J. S. Beverly was reported to have a case of the disease and he and his brother were quarantined. Carl Sessions, the young son of S. 'T. Sessions, who had come home from the Citadel in Charleston, developed a case at his father's home, although he was not reported to be very sick from the effects of it. In the meantime many stories of development of cases of the disease i in different communities continued to circulate among the people, some of these tales being run down and found to be entirely false. Some of the people were excited about it and much was heard about quarantining the Town, the closing of the schools, and theatres, and remarks were made about other precaution's that were or should be taken in regard to the disease. Many people took such precautions as they knew, such as spraying the throat and nose with different solutions; others put out turpentine or other forms of disinfectant about the premises. As dispatches in daily papers continued to give a blue cast to the situation and the number of cases at the cantonments were increased, the fear of the people increased. It was reported here that in the Town of Mullins the schools had been closed, the soda fountains tied up, and the Town quarantined in various ways. At Chadbourn great precautions had been taken to prevent the spread of this disease accrodirig to reports brought in by travelers. ^ By the early part of this week several more cases of the disease had ^ developed in the town and in its vif cinity. At a late hour on Monday evening i the sheriff and other authorities received the following telegram from the State Board of Health: "Oct. 7th, 1918. I * "County Sheriff,-? "Instruct local authorities to close (Mr all schools and other institutions of learning, churches, picture shows, I ?rwl oil I " vhim;i ui j)ui)iic gain*J*ring. See that there is no crowding in stores, hotel lobbies, street cars and other public conveyances. "James A. Hayne, "Sec. & State Health Officer." In cthe meantime the people had continued to take all such precauj|^ tions as they could against the spread of the disease. , A story went out to the effect that Conway had been quarantined against any person going away or coming in to the town. This was I entirely a mistake. The idea of the ( Board of Health seemed to be to J provide against crowding and pre- j vent public gatherings until the danger shall be over. While the disease is most severe in some cases and bringing complications such as pneumonia causing deaths, yet in the groat majority of cases, the patients recover easily 9 % r Hi CO .Churches IS America Ans j WATTS BRINGS SUIT f j AGAINST NEIGHBORS Mrs. A. J. Watts, through her hus- t band, W. P. Watts, who is, of course, 1 acting as her Agent, has brought suit j against Jesse Arnette, Josiah Watts, i Othan Arnette, Lou R. Whittington, . Charley Grainger, and Othan Harrelson, alleging that these numerous I defendants have trespassed on cor-! ' it tain lands of the plaintiff in Green j ^ Sea Township, cleared up some of the lands, built fences on it and removed timber and cut wood, and that all of these trespasses were wilful, wanton and malicious, according to the complaint and for which the complaint says that the plaintiff has been damaged to the amount of $500.00. It seems that this dispute concerns the different defendants who owned different narcels of land in that neighborhood, either within the lines of a tract which was known as the McMillan land or adjoining the McMillan tract. It will/be recalled that in the recent criminal Court W. P. Watts prosecuted Othan Arnette for injuring a fence which Mr. Watts had stretched on or near this same land. A portion of the McMillan land was conveyed by C. C. Whittington to M. J. Scales, and out of this parcel various smaller tracts have been cut and it is stated that no lines had been established by surveyors before the deeds were made and various charges are made that land corners have been removed and changes made in such a way that it will take a smart set of surveyors to make a plat of all this property that would show the situation intelligently. The land that is claimed by the plaintiff is said to be some lands which were formerly claimed by David Bryant who, some years ago was involved in a Court case an 1 borrowed some money on this land. He never succeeded in paying the mortgage which was taken up by Frank Spivey and finally went into the hands of Luke Watts, the father of W. P. Watts. The defendants have employed attorneys and the trial of this case will no doubt excite some interest for the people of that section of Green Sea Township where lands are now rapidly increas ing in value. o NO BAND ON 12TIL The big rally advertised to take place here 011 Saturday the 12th, has been called off on account of influenza. No band will be here on Saturday. o SPANISH INFLUENZA There is an epidemic of this disease in many of the cities and towns of South Cniolina. As a precautionary step to prevent such an epidemic in Conway, the Board of Health with the Town Council has ordered that all schools in the town be closed, as well as churches, moving pictures, and that there be no public gatherings, and that children be kept at home off the streets. This was ordered done in accordance? with the following telegram roceiv ed by the Board of Health: "Persuant with advice from Surgeon General Blue, you are to close all schools, churches, moving picture shows and other public gatherings." The public at large is appealed to to put into effect this order,. and with the cooperation of every parent in our town it is possible to prevent an epidemic in Conway, which otherwise may cost the lives of many of our people. from the disease. In fact from the best the Herald can understand from the doctors and reports from the health officers, the disease is nothing more than a form of la grippe or influenza which has been epidemic in this country many times before, nv at least in certain sections of the country at different times. pan: iNWAY, S. 07, THURSDAY, 0( losed; Publii :wpr fiprm; FVVWI %# MUI lllil TALK OF ARMIS Ol "Washington, Oct. 8.?President Wilson has met Germany's peace iote with a move which will, at one stroke, develop whether her proposal is sincere or merely a pretention, md if a pretension it bo, fully justify for all time before the world the prolonging of the war with force to the utmost, force without stint or limit. At the same time the president has left wide open the door to peace. Declining to propose an armistice while the armies of central powers reman on invuaca son, uie president today called on the German chancellor to state, as an absolutely necessary preliminary to a reply from the ( ntente allies and the United States, whether Germany accepts the principles of peace as repeatedly laid down, or merely proposes to accept them "as the basis of negotiation'' and whether the chancellor merely speaks for the German military mas ters conducting the war or the whole German people. As the full significance of the pros ident's diplomacy is disclosed it becomes evident that he has left open the way to peace and at the same time left the military leaders of the central powers with a question they must necessarily answer in a way that will lead to peace or confront them with an embarrassing situation in their own country. Among diplomats here the president's communication is regarded as one of his master strokes. It is pointed out that upon cursory examination it may not show such strong terms as some may have desired. All the president's advisers however, are confident that as a close consideration reveals its full import, it will be apparent that it is a long step forward if Germany really means peace, and that if she LOAN SUBSCRIBERS NOT PUBLISHED In last week's issue of the Herald it was stilted in an article furnished by the liberty loan committee that the names of new subscribers to the 4th I.iboH vr T nan nm%nn.. n wwim in the issue of this week. Those in charge of the campaign promised to give the Herald these new names in good time to get them in this issue and after speaking to them and expressing an earnest desire to publish these new subscribers' names, we depended upon their furnishing us the list in time before going to press with this week's issue. We regret to say that these names were not furnished to us in time, judging the great number of names and the space they would cocupy to be published. The editor finally obtained a printed list which was furnished to the paper as being complete with a number of names check ed off at the beginning as being tlm names published last week. This was after the noon hour on our press day, and no list had been furnished us before that time. Upon looking over this list, furnished late, .with a view of delaying the paper and inserting the names anyway; we found it impossible to understand it from the fact that it was jumbled up and changed about as to many o the names that were nuhlisihnrl week, and some of the names wore entered under the wrong postoffice. So we found it impossible to get this straightened out in time for this issue. According to the list as furnished, the best we car. understand, the totals appearing on the sheet; there was subscribed by the persons whose names appeared last week the sum of $307,600 and the new subscriptions taken since that time raise the amount subscribed to a total of $405,850.00. The county's quota is $500,000.00 If you have not already entered your subscription to the 4th liberty ? p! JTOBER 10, 1918. c Gatherings lily's Peace I TICE JT OF QUESTION docs not it will strip bare another hypocrisy of German diplomacy so completely that the responsibility for prolonging the war never can be charged to the allies, even by the German people themselves. Reply to Note. Secretary Lansing replied to tho 4*-ii v?vtiimii iiuu1 ?IJS iuuuws; "Before making reply to the request of the imperial German government, and in order that that reply shall he as candid and straightforward as the momentous interests involved require, the president deems it necessary to assure himself of the exact meaning of the note of the imperial chancellor. Does the imperial chancellor mean that the imperial German government accepts the terms laid down by the president in his address to the congress of the United States on the 8th of January, last, and in subsequent addresses and that its object in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon the practical details of their application? " 'The president feels bound to say with regard to the suggestion of an armistice that he would not feel at liberty to propose a cessation of , arms to the governments with which the government of the United States is associated against the central ; powers so long as the armies of i those powers are upon their soil. The good faith of any discussion would . manifestly depend upon the con\ sent of the central powers immedii ately to withdraw their forces every. where from invaded territory, t " 'The president also feels that he ;* t* Jd&tified in asking whether the imt perial .chancellor is speaking freely i for the constituted authorities of the I empire who have so far conducted \ the war. He deems the answer to ' these questions vital from every i point of view." ! ARMIFS nnNTINHF nniVIII~U UUI1 I II1UL VICTORIOUS MARCH i ' While Germany and Austria-Hungary are clamoring for peace the j entente allied governments thus far 1 are paying scant heed to the proporv1! als, but their armies arc pressing for 1 j ward to further victories on all i fronts. Oificially no cognizance has yet been taken of the request of Prince , Maximillian of Baden, the new German chancellor, or that of the Ausj tro-Hungarian government for an ar! mistice on land, on sea, and in the air, and the commencement of peace negotiations, for President Wilson, ; to whom the dual and highly similar proposals are addressed, is not yet in receipt of them. Unofficial opinion, however, indicates that the request will fall upon deaf ears, and that no peace is possible for the Teutonic allies except through unconditional surrender and acceptance to the full of the terms President Wilson enunciated. : Important I o SOLDIER HERE FROM FRANCE. Sergeant E. W. Matthews came to Conway last week with tho body of ; Ivey Haselden from Camp Jackson, land he returned to Camp Jackson on i the afternoon train last Saturday Sergeant Matthews has seen eight months of active service at the front and he is now training other soldiers in the deatils of war at Camp Jackj son. Sergeant Matthews was originally from the State, of Wisconsin. o I Rev. J. M. Lemmon left Wednesday morning to visit friends and relatives in Columbia. . i loan, send in your subscription today. We will publish a complete list of all subscribers as soon as those in charge of the campaign give it to us. I raid. Prohibited Mote, Refusii VALUE OF SERUM NOTYET PROVEN "No scrum or vaccine on the market at present has been shown to be j of value in prevention or treatment of influenza. "The subject is under very active investigation at present by a joint board of army, navy and public health service in Washington and Boston." The above is a copy of a telegram i received from II. K. Hasseliino, act-1 ing director United States hygienic laboratory, Washington, directed to James A. Ha-yne, secretary of th?> South Carolina State board of health. REUUESTmSON TO CONSIDER PEACE Amsterdam.?The text of the note forwarded by the imperial German chancellor, Pmice Maximilian, to President Wilson, through the Swiss A i' 11 ?\/vcx mucin, iouows: The German government requests the president of the United States to take in hand the restoration of peace, acquaint all the belligerent states of this request and invite them to send plenipotentiaries for the purpose of opening negotiations. "It accepts the program set forth by the president of the United States in his message on January 8 and in his later pronouncements, especially his speech on September 27, as a basis for peace negotiations. "With a view to avoiding further bloodshed the German government | requests the immediate conclusion of j an armistice on land and water and in the air." It is announced that Turkey will take a similar step. PERSHING READY WHENHIINS COME The Germans delivered a local attack in Champagne at daylight east of Eiticnne one day last week. They | received a counter thrust at the I hands of tlie Americans which those ; who lived to toll the tale will lone: , remember. The Americans had ad; vance information of the impending , German attack and they more than met the Germans half way. When I the German artillery opened the Am! erieans were ready and sent into the enemy line five or more shells i i for every German projectile hurled ! at them. i Among the prisoners taken were 17 bewildered pioneers from the Rhcims sector who were serving as infantrymen for the first time. I BAR MEETING TUESDAY. i At a meeting of the members of the bar held here last Tuesday morning at the olTioe of Hon. R. B. Scarborough; is was decided that on account of the epidemic of influenza the approaching term of the court of Common Pleas might he laid over. A j letter was addressed to Judge 1. W. ; Bowman concerning the matter and : the members of the bar will know positively in a few days whether1 there will ho any term of the court or not on October 28th. A roster of the cases was prepared for trial hut if the court is not held on account of this epidemic, the cases can not be tried until in the Spring of 1919. o | RETURNS TO FLORIDA. W. M. Vaught, who belongs to the I Aviation Corps at Pensaeola, Fla., passed through Conway on his return to duty last week, after spending a short leave of absence with his parents in the country. Mr. Vaught talks very interestingly of [the large airplanes now being used for training purposes at his station, stating that they carry from six to eight men and a number of high | power liberty motors. r,S ==B=TOS!28r ?i-? - r ?? ?g Armistice HPRMAMY CflD DC A PC vkiiifimi l l Ull I LHUL REPORTED SUNDAY But IMews Dispatches From Amsterdam Had Not Been Confirmed I NEW CHANCELLOR MAY MAKE PROPOSAL I No Peace Notes Received in Washington Say Officials of Government. The immediate suspension of hostilities has been proposed by the imperial German chancellor, Prince Maximilan, in the Reichstag, according to the Berlin correspondent of r\y\ or* * 4 mo njci at Amsterdam. The Entente Allies are U) be asked to state their terms. The chancellor's proposal embraced also the dispatch of plenipontentaries to a neutral place to discuss the question of a league for national arbitration and disarmament. The plenipotentaries are further to be empowered to discuss the creation of a federal Austria, the right of self determination for Russian frontier States, the restoration and indemnification of Belgium, autonomy for Alsace-Lorraine and the return of the German colonies. The terms of the Entente Allies ' will be asked at the same time with the object of forming a baais for the consideration of these important questions. Other advices say that the chan_ ^ n 1 x -1 * cuiiui- nas noi yet maue tne statement c red ted to him regarding the suspension of hostilities, the appointment of plenipotentaries and the request for the Allies' terms, but that it was understood he would make such proposals. The American Government up to Sunday had received no new peace proposals from Austria and had no official information whatever concerning new developments reported to be impending. Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey have resolved simultaneously to ask President Wilson to make representations in their interest for I a general armistice and negotiations ; for general peace, according to a j Berne dispatch to the Havas Agency. The Austro-Hungarian minister at Stockholm has been charged to request the Swedish Government to transmit to President Wilson a proposal to conclude immediately with, him and his Allies a general armistice and to start without delay negotiations for peace. This announcement is made in & Berne dispatch to the Havas Agency. INFLUENZA SPREADS j THROUGHOUT STATE | j Epidemics of influenza continued i to break out last week in all sections of the State and the situation was growing steadily worse, j The hoard of health is doing all in I its power to prevent the spread of ! the disease, but is handicapped for I the want of expert physicians and : nurses. Dr. Hayne, State health officer, ia sending out an urgent appeal for nurses to take up influenza work. o ELECTION COMMISSIONERSGovernor s Manning has appointed Commissioners for State and Federal Elections in this County a? follows, State and County: M. G. Anderson, Conway, S. C.; C. V. Johnson, Galivants Ferry, S. C.; N. J. Cox, Allsbrook, S. C. Federal: A. E. Goldfinch, Conway, S. C.; E. C. Harris, Gurlcy, S. C., and Mabury Floyd, Green Sea, S. C.