The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 31, 1918, Image 1
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AMERICA PUNS
CRUSHING RLOW
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Putting Industry on War Basis
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:< Is Now Going on at Top
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I^ONLY BEGINNING HAS
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L Government Prepared to Make
| a Ruthless Curtail
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Placing the industries of the coun- i
try on a war basis is to be rushed,
from this time forth, at a speed not
heretofore attempted by the authority
"JPfie.s or imagined by the business community.
As soon as the Fourth Lib'
i erty Loan is out of the way, the industrial
concentration will demand attention
ahead of everything else.
1 What the war industries board has
pi tinned is an industrial mobilization
I on war work that will enable AmeriI
ca to deliver such a crushing blow to
F JItrmany as will end the war in the
t i^noTte: t possible time. It is known
to a certainty that Germany is in
r such position, economically and militarily,
that it cannot withstand the
-shock of such a blow as is to be delivered.
Every other consideration
i is to bo made subsidiary to this: The
I effort is to be truly national; quick,
short, smashing, decisive, unless, of
|L -^jpourse there is an unconditional surK
rendre very soon.
mustraisemorT
wheat, oats & meat
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? In order to meet the increased demands
for foods that will be made
upon us this coming year, the United
States government has called upon
the farmers of South Carolina to increase
their acreage over last year in
wheat by 15 per cent.; oats by 10 per
cent and to increase their meat supply
by 10 per cent. In other words
the request of the government is expressed
in the following slogan:
1"Two acres of wheat, four acres of
oats, and a Sow for every plow on the
farm!" This should and will be the
battle cry of every farmer in Horry
County, for the very fact that as a
county we have gone over the top in
meeting every demand of our government
in the past is assurance that we
will go over in meeting the request of
increased acreages in grain.
In planting wheat and oats, it
^i)\ould be kept in mind that it takes
less labor and fertilizer than for
either cotton or tobacco, and labor
and fertilizer are both very scarce at
i this time. Further consideration
oVtmilfl l\r? (riwnn fn +Vi/i
v ri?vu*\i i/v- b * t v 11 vv i/iivy i c*v c tua t niiuai/
and (^ts are splendid cover crops durJtr
^t-jng fall and winter, and prevent lands
U iifrom leaching and washing. Besides
jwl /a good crop of cowpeas or soy beans
B can be grown after wheat or oats, or
B even late corn, thus giving two crops
Dk in one year.
Should there be a short crop of
Bj wheat next year, the feeding of our
soldiers and those of our allies would,
o/ coures, come first. This would
^ ^"fdoubtless result in such a shortage
W tVial the farmers here would have no
wheat except what they raise on their
B own farms. Therefore, every farmer
I should, ll possible, raise enough
wheat, at least, for his own needs.
The yield in wheat and oats is frequently
decreased by smut as much
as ten or twenty per cent. This means
a loss of several dollars per acre. Beaides,
the presence of smut in feed
| oats is injurious to livestock. Formalin
for the treatment of seed cost,
probably not more than five cents per
acre, and will absolutely control
Th^ following method of treatment
is torobably the simplest: Pour the
, gvJTin on a clean floor, sprinkle with
a solution of one pint of formalin (40
f per cent, solution of formalin of formalindehyde)
in forty gallons of waff
ter. The solution may be applied
! with an ordinary sprinkling can
J while the grain is being shoveled
H from one pile to another. When the
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MANY PRISONERS
TAKEN BY BRITISH
Numerous Guns also Captured
in the Latest Often
sive.
The British have taken more than
C.,000 prisoners and many guns in
their now attack, on the front below
Valencinnes.
Brilliant moonlight assisted the
roaring flocks of night bombing airplanes.
The British fought throughout
the night and made steady gains.
They are using see-saw tactics and
not at any time since the new battle
began has the whole line attacked all
the series of objectives at the same
time.
Guns arc moved up in relays so
there is constantly a heavy lire on the
German front and rear.
Infantry assaults are launched at
different times. Kinxl nm> on/1 of tlm
line and then another section some
distance away is sent smashing into
the enemy.
Bewilder the Enemy.
Those tactics bewilder the Germans.
No enemy unit knows where
an assault is coming and all are forced
to stand in readiness under the
t< rmnts of steel, high explosives,
shrapnel and gas.
ONE SLACKERlS
NOW CLEARED UP
Editor Horry Herald: I notice in
last week's issue of the Herald a list
of names classed as "slackers." In
the list appears the name of Luthei
Bethea Owens.
I beg to inform you, the Local
Board, and the public in general, that
said Luther Bethea Owens has been
serving under the colors for eleven
months, having volunteered in the
navy during the latter part of last
year.
By way of explanation, will say:
Luther joined the naval reserve at
Georgetown, S. C., before he was
called to service. He registered here
at Mvrtle Beach. S. C.. on .Iiinn Kth
On November 11th, he was called
to service, and is now stationed at
City Park Barracks, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Would like for any one, especially
the Local Board to write him there.
P. D. Owens,
Mrytlc Beach, S. C., R. F. D. 1 ?
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BY NO MEANS SI RE.
Washington.?Use of vaccines in
combatting or treating Spanish influenza
has not gone bogond the experimental
stage so far as the United
States public health service has beer
able to learn. In a statement the
public health service warned the public
against any of the "sure cures'
being advocated for the malady
which, according to reports recently
is rapidly subsiding in all army
camps and is showing a lessening incidence
in many States among the
civilian population.
grain is moist throughout, cover with
sacks or other covering and let stain
from three to eight hours. The grair
should then be spread out to dry, an<
as soon as it is dry enough it h
ready for planting. This treatment
requires about one gallon of the solution
to each bushel of grain. If the
grain is sacked after treatment, the
sacks should be previously treatec
with the solution. This treatment if
especially recommended for oats anc
will prevent concealed or stinking
smut in wheat, but will not prevent
loose smut in wheat.
If you have not already done so
begin now to prepare your lands foi
ttfVt ?\e\ 4- r? V\ A AM L '
<t ucut t*nu uain( rjiint.'I Iiiiiy U(
planted profitably in our climate as
late as December the 1st, but ol
course sooner planting would be bet
ter. Help to prevent a food shortage
Remerber that there are now aboui
2000000 of our soldiers over there ii
addition to the 120000000 allies all o
1 whom look to us as a last food re.
source in time of need. In fact, tin
eyes of the whole civilized world an
turned to us in times of food short
ages. Let us be prepared to meo
their crying need.
A. J. Baker, County Agt.
Star*:
ONWAY, 3. P., THUBBDAY, 00
FLU IN THE STATE . i
IS UNDER CONTROL
A continued improvement in the influenza
situation over the State with y
a marked decrease in the number of 1
new cases in Charleston, Columbia *
and other largo cities previously re- 1
porting heavy infection were the main '
features of the various reports re- !
ceived at the State health offices last J
Friday. i
The honvioui i?i f.w.4 - ? * -
. .V .'V AII1VV V1UI1 iU T1S '
centered in Dillon, Darlington, Chiron- J
don, Williamsburg and Georgetown
Counties. The disease is still epi- demic
throughout the State, but, ac
cording to Dr. (J. V. Akin of the Unit- 1
e<l States public health sendee, who <
has charge of the influenza control ;
work, it may be regarded as under ]
control or increasing very slowly in
every other section. The outlook, ac- :
cording to Dr. Akin, is bright except '
in the Santee River section.
The order closing schools, churches, '
I moving picture theatres and all
places of public gatherings until November
') has gone out over the State
and will he complied with fully.
HAS
HAD ACCIDENT.
According to reports, Huhba Hil-1
burn was kicked in the face by aj
mule last Monday, while driving a
team for the Conway Lumber Co.
i The force of the blow broke the
jbiidge of the nose and otherwise in
; juring the face of the young man. 11"
l spent last Monday night in Conway
and was taken to the hospital early j
the next morning.
FLAXSEED POULTICES.
| One of the best simple remedies
known for pneumonia is a hot poultice
of flaxseed. Prepare the seed as
hot as the poultice can be borne,
placing in the poultice a little cod j
liver oil if handy. Renew as often as
the noult.ire frots: *>r?nl until is. I
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secured. This is a remedy which is
said to be fully as good as the onion
poultice published in ou;r last issue.
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: NO NEW TIDINGS
IN OFFICIAL TEXT
Washington.?The English translation
of the German reply to Presi[
dent Wilson prepared in Berlin and
forwarded through the Swiss legation
here was made public by the state de
. partment. It does not differ materially
from the wireless version sent
out from Germany.
His excellency Robert Lansing, Sec
rotary of State, Washington.
Translation issued by the German
government of its communication
dated October 20, 1918.
Transmitted to the secretary of
1. state by the charge d'affairs A. L.
j of Switzerland on Octbocr 22, 1918.
In accepting the proposal for an
' cvacaution of the occupied territories
1 the German government has started
! from the assumption that the procedure
of this evacuation and of the
f
conditions of an armistice should be
' left to the judgment of the military
' advisers and that the total Standard
of power on both sides in the field has
to form the basis for arrangements
safeguarding and guaranteeing this
standard. The German government
, Suggests to the president to bring
{ about an opportunity for fixing the
I details. It trusts that the president
( of the United States will approve of
I no demand which would be irreconcil.
able with the honor of the German
people and with opening a way to a
peace of justice.
Standard of Protest.
The German government protsets
j against the reproach of illegal and in.
human actions made against the Gerj
man land and sea forces and thereby
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uiu viurmun people. r or tne I
covering of a retreat, destructions
will always ho necessary and are in
so far permitted by international law.
^ The German troops are under the I
, strictest instructions to spare private
, property and to exercise care for the
C population to the best of their ability.
Where transgressions occur in spite
of these instructions the guilty are
t being punished.
1 The German government further
f denies that the German navy in sink
ing ships has ever purposely des3
troyed lifeboats with their passong'
ers. The German government prot
posed With regard to all these charges
that the facts be cleared up by neutral
commissions. In order to avoid
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TOBBR 31, 1918.
AMERICAN HOSPITAL :
BOMBEDJIY GERMANS
In retaliation for the destruction
wrought by American bombing piano.-.vithin
the enony's lines recently,
nerman aviators raided the American
front and back areas with the largest
force since the American offensive
jcg'an on the Mouse and in the Arjonne.
In addition to attacking the
infantry, the Germans bombed the region
around lormont, Montfaueon and
Ha recount.
Four bombs wore dropped near the
Aancriean hospital in the neighborhood
of Rarecouro, one of them tearin;;
down an outbuliding-. The glass
?nds of four fromer French barracks
now used by the Americans as hospital
wants, were shattered.
A Red Cross nurse, Margery Sawyer,
of Buffalo, was blown from her
bod, but was not injured. All the
patients were taken to dugouts, none
of them bv ing injured. Another Red
Cross nurse, Mabel Butler, of New
Haven, was in the same building, but
was not hurt. Both of them immei
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maiciy went lo the aid of the patients.
When the first bomb fell the bospital
attendants gave their first attention
to their charges, leading or
carrying* them to shelter. Ton othei
bombs were ulanted in succession ;*i
a great semi-circle.
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HA 1) AT IH CKSPOKT.
A hasty message reached Conway
last Sunday for a doctor to go to
13ucksport, where it was said the influenza
had broken out among the
colored population and many deaths.
It was said that there were at least
live hundred cases of the disease in
that section.
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FROM COLLINS CREEK.
In the Collins Creek section near!
Murrell's Inlet, Mrs. Harry Marlow
and her child died last week from influenza.
Mr. C. C. Smith lost one
child from a case of the disease.
anything that might hamper the work
oi peace, tne uerman government has
caused orders to be dispatched to all
submarine commanders precluding
the torpedoing of passenger ships
without, however, for technical reasons,
being able to guarantee that
these orders will reach every single
submarine at sea before its return.
As the fundamental conditions for
peace, the president characterizes the
destruction of every arbitrary power
that can separately* secretly and of
its own single choice disturb the
peace of the world.
To this the German government replies:
"Hitherto the representation of the
German Empire has not been en lowf?i
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^ 11 , ,*v?. t?i> nil iuv.iivv, v/ii i?iv i v'i imun'.i
of the government. The constitution
did not provide for a concurrence of
representation of the people in decisions
of peace and war. These conditions
have just now undergone a
change. A new government has been
| formed in complete accordance with
the wishes (principle?) of the representation
of the people, based on
equal, universal, secret, direct franj
chisc.
"The leaders of the great parties
of the Reichstag are members of this
government. In the future no government
can take or continue in office
without possessing the confidence
of a majority of the Reichstag.
"The responsibility of the Chancellor
of the empire to the representation
of the people is being legally
developed and safeguarded. The first
act of the new government has been
to lay before the Reichstag a bill to
alter the Constitution of the empire
so that the consent of the representation
of the people is required for
uci'iM?uus war ana peace.
"The permanence of the new system
is, however, guaranteed not only
by constitutional safeguards, but also
by the unshakable determination
of the German people, whose vast
majority stands behind these reforms
and demands their energetic
continuance."
The question of the President?
with whom he and the governments
associated against Gremany are dealing?is
therefore answered in a clear,
unequivocal manner by the statement
that the offer of peace and an armistice
has come from a Government
which is free from any arbitrary and
d responsible influence and is supported
by the approval of an ovorvhelming
majority of the German
people. SOLF.
raid,
NOV. 2ND IS FIRE
PREVENTION DAY
Governor Issues Proclamation
Officially Designating
Day.
Gov. Manning has issued a proclamation
setting aside Saturday, November
2, as fire prevention day, and
urging that on that day all citizens
inspect their property and give personal
attention to the removal then fiom
of ail rubbish and debris; that
chimneys, flues and heating apparatus
he put in ordei ; that the mayor >f
each town and city by proclamation
ask the co-operation of its citizens in
having a thorough inspection of ail
premises in their respective municipalities,
to the end that the number
of fires may be lessened and thc
losses therefore chocked.
YV. A. McSwain, insurance e >mmissioner,
in calling attention to the governor's
proclamation, declares that
h annua! loss to the people of lira
nation b\ fire is approximately
;2.">0,000,000 01 marly equivalent L?'
ho interest on .SO,000,000 of Liberty!
bopds. A large proportion of this
lo; ho s'lys, may be prevented by:
1. A thorough cleaning up of all
promises, removal of trash and ruobish
from lawns and barn yards,
uch as leaves, dry grass, paper and
I -craps of every description, then,
keeping clean.
2. By a careful examination of
every chimney and flue. If any are
ef fective put them in good order before
the cold weather sets in. See
that there is proper protection under
all heaters and stoves.
3. Remove all rags and scraps from
closets, either selling them to the
junk dealer or placing them in a
metal can in some location where
they may not. start a fire in case of
spontaneous ignition.
4. Remove all oils, gasoline, kerosene
and greases, to some location
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mai win no least clangorous to other
property.
5. For storing waste that has been
used to clean the automobile anr
other machinery, use a metal can or
box in the yard, away from any building.
f>. Keep matches in a metal box
where they can be safe from the children
and the rats. Use safety matches
exclusively, if possible.
7. Before retiring every night,
think?have I done everything that
is necessary to safeguard the lives
of my family and the loss of my
property from a careless fire? If
you are not sure, inspect immediately.
8. Watch with a careful eye every
article of foodstuff, lumber, cotton
and everything essential in the way
>f war material by carefully keeping
the fires down.
1 respectfully ask that the above
named date be observed as outlined
by all of our citizens.
J. A. McDermott,
Mayor.
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HORRY OVER THE TOP
EXCEPT IN W. S. S.
Horry has done her part in all of
the things pertaining to the successful
ending of the war except in the sale
of War Savings Stamps. We have
been so successful in the Fourth Liberty
Loan that we could do nothing
else but shout the patriotic glory of
the Independent Republic. However
we cannot go on doing this for we are
far behind our quota in Stamps an 1
if we fail we will have to say perf
nnf in n?nm? 4-1 a I ^
i^vi/ V Y v I ^ tiling Ullt Villi'.
When the war is over and there is
nothing left but the shouting, we do
not want to be found lacking in any
call that our country has made upon
us. Our record should be 100 per cent,
plus. The "but" must not figure in
our showing. Perfect in everything
should be our motto.
We know of one person who intended
buying $1,000.00 more of bonds if
it were necessary to put Horry County
over the top in the Fourth Liberty
Loan, who is going to put that in War
Savings Stamps. Perhaps there are
many who would have done the same
to put Horry over. Here is just as
great an opportunity for a failure to
take our allottmcnt in War Savings
Stamps would be just as a great a
stigma as to have failed in the Liberty
Loan.
We stand well among the counties
NO. 28.
INFLUENZA IS NOW
SLACKENING OFF
Conway Patients on the Mend
ana uniy i-ew Cases
Develop.
DISEASE NOW WORSE
IN RURAL SECTIONS
Drafting of List of Registrants
Has Been Postponed Till
Next Week
This week sees a change for the bet
tor in the influenza situation so far
at least as Conway is concerned; as
the patients are reported as doing
well, and very few new cases have deI
veloped during the past week.
According to reports the disease is
now worse in some rural sections t.u?
in the towns. Some neighborhoods
in the country have not yet had a single
case of the disease. As it seems
to spread very slowly in the country,
a .1 1 ......
ii. inwu^'iu uy some thai it will ho
many weeks before the disease is entirely
out of lite eounty.
The comnig of the latest list of registrants
for the army was postponed
until next Monday on account of the
epidemic.
KAISER SHOULD 60
SOCIALISTS' VIEW
Paris.?Emperor William conferred
Monday with all the members of the
government, talking at length with
each individual, and then harangued
mem in a body, says a dispatch from
Zurich to The Journal. Thus far the
Gorman newspapers have printed
nothing' concerning the emperor's
speech. The war cabinet held another
long meeting Tuesday.
The address of the chancellor to the
Reichstag is criticised sharply by a
majority of the ncwsspapers. The extracts
from the speech circulated by
the Wolff bureau, the semi-official
news agency, are to some extent garbled,
while other reports bear so little
resemblance to what Prince MaxI
i mil ban said that they appear to have
been invented.
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HERALI) FORCE IMPROVED
The Herald employees all had the
influenza except the stenographer,
Mrs Mary Anderson. The Herald
was equipped with one machinist operator
and two linotype operators and
all three of these were taken at
about the same time. The paper
came out last week the best that it
could owing; to the hard efforts of
the machinist, Mr. B. St. L. Sommerlyn,
with such help as ho could find.
Conditions are on the mend this week
but the operators are still "under the
weather," and the paper has to do
the best it can under the circumstances.
Note.?This is by way of explanation
to the Herald's many "paid in
advance" subscribers who are entitled
to know conditions at the office.
KAISERIN UNSTRUNG:
KAISER EVER PRAYS
London.? "According to private
news received hero from Germany,"
says a Christiania despatch dated
Saturday to the Morning Post, "the
German Empress is suffering from a.
serious mental disease, and the Kaiser,
after recent events, is becoming
more and more pious, praying many
hours daily'"
of the state just now, but we will begin
to slide back unless a strong effnrt
i? ni Qtln of nnon W<?
*v ? V MV V/IIVV.I f f V ? ? ' wajr
behind in the weekly sales. We have
held Horry at the top for five con.
secutive weeks and can do this again,
if we will get started at once.
Now that the influenza is under
control let's stop asking "Have you
had the influenza" and ask "HAVE
YOU BOUGHT ALL THE WAR
SAVINGS STAMPS YOU CAN?"