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EF* ? T;i' I VOLUME xxxni WILSON GGHViNCING ALLIES BY WISDOM Diolomats in Washinciton See a Gradual Change in View of Europe RUSSIAN INTERVENTION \ IN FORCE ABANDONED < " Boycott of Germany Now Ad mitted to Be a Bar to I i Indemnities. . ? /' Washington.?While the Senators continue to tilt at the President's League of Nations and other peace propositions, diplomats here see a daily approach to accord with his views at the Peace Conference. It is pointed out that his argu, \ ments have already produced a change jn sentiment in England and i France on various points, and while | the language of Wilson and Clemcnceau is still apart on the League of Nations, what has been accomplished f is regarded as promising1 an equally complete agreement 011 the remaining unsolved points. When the President loft the United i ? States, France and England were , both demanding prompt and adequate f intervention in Russia. They argued that the way to prevent the spread oi the international political plague ' >vas to destroy it at the plague cenI 'Her. I . Views 011 Russia Vindicated. Se. Jmont favored a prompt dei snatch of troons in sufficient num L bcrs to enable the anti-Bolshevists to i make quick work of the Trotzkyr 1/eninc regime. This was particular\ Xy the point of view of the large f capital interests who were most concerned about Russia's debts to the f Entente Powers. f I Against this viewpoint the President has ranged himself from the be* ginning. He insisted that Russia her self - would redeem the floundering / giant nation, and he would only consent to the despatch of a limited for ce to protect the Czecho-Slovaks, guard Allied property in Russia, and hold fi *m so much of the territory as vras taken from the Reds by their fellow countrymen. I Since the President's arrival in | HjUrope mere nas ocon loss ana loss / heard of the project of inteivention n in force. So Russia will be asked to work out her own salvation with the assistance of food, munitions and 1 . other supplies, with only enough Allied troops to insure that these shall b? used by our allies and not by the Bolsheviki. ! W^ere more extended use of Allied | ^ tioops is possible is in the defense of -I^Vpoland, Roumania and even Germany, if the threat of Bolshevism becomes acute. Having compelled the demot frilization of Austrian troops and tay, ken away from the Germans the < power to wage war, the Allies have a |{r moral obligation as well as the inter u est of having the Central Powers reA main capable of paying the indemniH" ties that will be levied against them, f Boycott 1*13118 Abandondd. r; Another point of victory for Presi\i dent Wilson's policies is the abandonment of the resolution adopted by the Paris Economic Conference in 1910, of a virtual boycott on Germany after the war. Nobody any longer believes it would be possible to enforce the trade isolation of Germany and jt collect the indemnities from her. The third evidence of the influence or the President on modifying declared policies relates to the Treaty of London, which has to do with an nexations and was generally alonp the line of the old-time method 01 disposing of territory and pcoph without regard to self-determinatior or racial affiliation. The Treaty o < London is not dead. I. France is still talking about takinj ' German territory along the Rhine and Italy has waived none of he \ aims to the castem shore of th I Adriatic, but the trend of events is t substitute for the Treaty of Londo the President's principles, which wcr i ?ht FARMERS URGED TO HOLD COTTON State Cotton Hoidina Commit tee Adopts Resolutions Urging Planters. There was a meeting last week in the office of Governor Manning of the cotton holding committee at which the present situation as regards the price of cotton was discussed at length. The following resolutions was adopted: First?That though the situation has changed in some respects, we are still firmly of the opinion that f li r\ mlnirvnim OK - - - ? ? ? mv iiuiillliuiu IJl IV"<T VI OO VVIll?S Villi bo obtained by concerted holding and cannot be obtained by any other means at an early date. "Second?That all farmers and business men be urged to continue to support earnestly the holding movement. "Third?That the attention of hte farmers be directed to the importance of increasing their acreage of food crops and of planting only a very moderate acreage in cotton in It ID, and that there are two unanswerable arguments for this course: "(a) That we may do our duty in furnishing our share of the food for a hungry world, in addition to supplying our own needs. "(b) That an increase in food acreage means a reduction of cotton acre age and an enhancement of the price of the next crop." aviatTbsInew" FLIGHTTO CAPITAL! Raleigh, N. C.?Four army airplanes from Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal., en route on a cross country trip to Washington, left here on the last leg of their flight after a stay of five days here. Maj. Albert D. Smith, instructor in charge at Rockwell Field, commands the squadion of four machines and eight fliers. The squadron left San Diego, December 5, and crossed the continent by arriving in Jacksonville, Fla., in 3.1 hours and five minutes without slopping to rebuild a single machine. A feature of the trip was a deer hunt in South Carolina, where the aviators shopped long enough to bag six fine deer, one of which they brought as far as this city. They also hunted I i i i i ; t.Ti u_ ami uuggcu quail in r loruia. BERLIN BANCECnUT THE LASTWAR YEAR Berlin.?Berlin tangoed her way out of the old year, foxtrotted into 193 9, and scared away Bolshevism with confetti. It was the first dancing indulged in here since the outbreak of the war and revellers made the most of it. In the downtown section of the city crowds approximated those of peace times and police reports show them to have been well behaved. The only disturbances were caused by a demonstration by unemployed waiters, who attempted to force a general walkout. Six hundred of them paraded through the streets, carrying placards demanding fixed wages and the abolition of tips. They succeeded in getting enough recruits to > rlo?o down ?omo of Iho nomila*1 - ? r-, I cafes. Every restaurant and dining room in greater Berlin was closed tonight as a result of the waiters' strike. The r guests in even the leading hotels - were compelled to dine in theii C rooms and had only makeshift serf vice. * X - -I I i accepted on America's entrance int< f the war and which emphasized th< condition that nations and peoph I should not be the subject of bartei S among ambitious sovereignties, r The statesmen lefl in Washingtoi e ire figuring that the President' o oolicy. for the peace of the world wil n Gradually become the policy of th < hole conference. Www CONWAY, S7 O.r THURSDAY OUT OF BUSINESS FROM JAN. 11TH The Waccamaw Line of Steamers, owing to heavy expenses and conditions brought about by the war, it is thought; decided to go out of business by January 11th, 1919. A notice to that effect is published in this issue of the Herald much to the regret of other business men here who have for all these years enjoyed low freight rates over the Waccamaw Line from Georgetown to this point. They had been operating the steamers, "F. G. Burroughs" and "Mitchell C" and tug "Bertie" in passenger and freight traffic for a number of years. Recently Messrs. J. E. Bryan and b. M. Burroughs bought the "F. G. Burroughs" and "Bertie" from the company, and recently resold the "Bertie" to Mr. H. P. Little. It is stated that Mr. Little will pontinue the freight traffic on the upper end of tho Waccamaw River from Conway. Rut there will be no steamer on the lower end of the l iver between here and Georgetown unless arrangements are made about it hereafter. The "Mitchell C" will be kept tied up until a purchaser can be fcund for the property, and the private owners of the "Burroughs" will dispose of that steamer perhaps in the same way. , It was reported that business men tried to hold a meeting last Thursday night to purchase the line and continue to operate it; but so far we have not been able to learn if anything was accomplished by the meeting, if indeed it was held as reported. ? 0-?? ??~ SCHOOL OPENS. The Burroughs High School opened again on last Monday, January (>th, with a good attendance considering the inclement weather. deatTsummonsgomes to roosevelt Osyter Bay, Jan. G.?Col Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States, who died at his home on Sagamore Hill early today, will be laid to rest without pomp or ceremony in Young's Memorial Cemetery in this village Wednesday afternoon. He will be buried on a knoll overlooking Long Island Sound, a plot which he and Mrs. Roosevelt selected soon after he left the White House. Tn other words of the clergyman who will conduct the funeral services: "America's most typical man, known in every corner of the earth will go to his grave as a quiet domestic, country gentleman, beloved by his neighbors." After prayers at the Roosevelt home at which only members of tinfamily will be present, the funeral service will be held at 12:45 o'clock in Christ Episcopal Church, the little old frame structure, where for years the colonel and his family attended divine worship. ENEMY MUST WAIT UNTIL ALLIES AGREE Paris.?An outline of four stage* in the Peace Council is given the Midi by a French diplomat who if engaged in framing the programme oi' the preliminaries. It follows: The early entry of the enemy pow ers into the negotiations need not b< expected, as there will be foui ; stages. The first stage will be f meeting between France, Grea ; Britain and the United States fo the formation of a united diplomat!' . command. The second stage will be a plenar; . meeting of all the Allies at whicl > the smaller states will adhere to th ; results of the first stage. 5 The third step will be the Peac r Congress, with the admission of enc my plenipotentiaries. n The fourth stage will be a confei s ence of all the nations, includin II neutrals, for the formation of e Society of Nations as agreed upo by the leading Allied Powers. t W? , JANUARY 9, 1919. GUARANTEED PRICE FOR WHEAT CROP Washington.?Chairman Lover of the house agriculture committee announced tonight after a ^ conference with Secretary Houston that legislation to insure the maintenance of the government wheat guarantee price for the 1918 crop was being drafted by the department of agriculture and that he would introduce it in congress soon. Mr. Lever said the legislation would authorize the president to continue operation of the food administration's grain corporation or create a new agency for buying, selling and storing the 1919 crop. A revolving fund of $(>00,000,000 for i U _ - J? A I- - A 1 nit; u?t! oi uie corporation win oe provided. "The government," Mr. Lever said, "will buy all of the 1919 crop at the world price, whatever that may bo." He added that the government might lose a large sum by maintaining the price but that it was necessary to keep faith with the farmers. o SPEC! A L TEACH ERS' EX A M1N A TION To be Held at Burroughs School Building Saturday, January 18, 1919, at 9:30 O'clock. After much effort we have succeeded in getting the State Board of Education to giant us a special i teachers' examination fo.* Saturday., January 18. Supt. Swearingen writes that this examination was given for the special benefit of Horry County. Teachers not having a valid certiticate and others who wish t-* teach this year must take this examination or it will be impossible foi tjicm to receive public money. Trustees who have not yet secured teachers and who wish to employ teachers who have not valid certificates are urged to see that such teachers avail themselves of this opportunity. Please remember the date, Saturday! January 18. This will be the last opportunity to secure certificates to be used this year. We ask all who are interested in education to help to spread this information throughout the county. M. J. Bullock, Co. Supt. of Education. a VEN FIRST IN BERLIN TO BE FIRST IN JAIL Berlin.?The ambition of five Am eric an soldiers to be first of the American expeditionary forces to reach Berlin is likely to have serious results for them. The men who arrived here Sunday, wore attached to the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Infantry Regiment, now at Coblenz. They were absent without leave and unexpectedly ran into members of the American military commission now here in connection with the repatriation of prisoners. One of the men has been captured and is being detained, while the Berlin police are seeking the other four. ALL CANTONMENTS MAY BE ACBOIBEO r i Washington. ? Government act quisition of all 10 national army cantonment sites with the decision for s future use or disposition being made later was urged by Assistant Secretary of War Crowell before the house military committee. He also advocotod purchase of land for establishi J ing three big camps at Columbus Ifl'i Wii?t Pr?inf l( v nnii ?<*mvm i i? J. VIV.I, " VMV * W1IIV, ) "VV^ jt ville, N. C., for future training of the army, regardless of its peace tim< strength. The total cost would ex cced $66,000,000. ^ Efforts of the committee to obtair rI a statement of the war department'! policy for the peace time army fron Mr. Crowell, Brigad;er General Jor vey, an assistant chief of staff, o Major General Snow, chief of fiel artillery, were unavailing. They an swered that the training camp would be necessary, regardless of fn a ture policy, and that the docisio 'n I could be made later regarding th I cantonments. rail PLAN THREE BIG ARTILLERY GAMPS Secy. Baker Wants Them at Fayettville, West Point and Columbus. ^Washington.?Plans for permancnt development of large artillery training fields at West Point, Ky., ami Fayetteville, N. C., and a rifle machine gun training and tank corps establishment at Columbus, Ga., were presented to the Senate military committee today by Secretary Baker. Before proceeding further with work on the three projects, Secretary Baker said the advice and appioval of Congress was desired, but that all American military advisers believe the three fields are "absolutely essential for proper training c i the regular army in peace times. "Modern warfare has shown the need for a very different kind ol training for the army than we have had," Mr. Baker explained, adding that the general staff is proceeding on the assumption for the present! t!iat a regular army of at least 500,000 men will be authorized. "Military men all feel that the three projects are necessary and absolutley essential," declared the Sec iiiciiy, vj% jjicnuiiijr tiuit Uciirage an 1 mass training* of men both in artillery and machine gun and rifle practice is deemed desirable. The Fort Sill grounds are not long enough for that purpose. Plana for a tank corps training field at Raleigh, N. C., were abandoned, Mr. Baker said, with the signing of the armistice and now it is proposed to train tank units at the Columbus field. He also advised the committee that the Tobyhanna, Pa., field is to be retained, but could not state what disposition will be made of the grounds at Sparta, Wis. i N FLUEN Z AGLAIMS HEAVY HEATH TOLL Washington.?The influenza epi dr.mic which swept the country during the latter part of last year caused 11 1,(588 deaths in the 4(5 largest cities and increased the combined death rate for those communities in 101S to 10.6 per 1.000, according to statistics made publiic by the census bureau. Total figures for the country were not available. Tfi GOME TO mm London.?Irish emigration to Ammica in the near future will be on n larger scale than in the years pre ceding the war, according to indications in that country now, where the steamship companies have begun at attractive advertising campaign Until passports are abolished it if not expected there will be any greal [ rush, especially because of the lac I of transit facilities. Many Irish have been inquiring a American consulates in Ireland a* well as other places in the Unite ' Kingdom as to whether the Unite< ' States has erected a barrier againsi Irish immigrants, and have been in. ' formed there is no barrier if thej meet the requirements of the Am erican immigration laws. Americar , relatives are prevailing upon thei kinsfoik in Ireland to come an* i settle in the United States. j o 13V MI k VOT.1T1 1713 fl V ?11 riA'IVAIOl'in V Ivlv I IhL. Amsterdam. ? William Hohenzol i lorn, the former emperor of Ger ^ many, is very ill, according to ad i vices from Amerongen. He canno - cave his room, it is said, and is suf v fering from a bad cold. It is state 1 he has a high fever. An eminen - specialist from Utrecht is in constar s attendance. i- Only the former empress, the sp< n cialist and two attendants are pe: ? mitted to enter his room, it is r< ported. ^ i I i \ ) i ~ NO. 38 UKRAINIAN mT SHELLS LEMBER6 Bolshevist Forces Are Reported Murdering and Robbing Pp^Qsntc WMUUI I k O GERMAN CABINET CONSIDERS MENACE British Ships Guard Port of Libau and Will Remain Until Gulf Freezes. Copenhagen. ? Fiesh fighting has taken place during the past few days around Lemberg, whore Ukrainian troops are making nrogress and are bombarding the city, according to Vienna advices to the Politiken. The electrical works at bemborg have been destroyed and considerable other damage has been done. A "Peoples Council to Combat the Polish Danger" has been established at Danzig and a military force will be recruited, according to reports from Berlin. In Southern Posen the Poles have occupied the frontier town of Skalimiervse and destroyed the fortress there. The German garrisons at Osfrovo and Krotoschin, west of the fionticr, are threatened seriously. Bolshevist forces are reported in the outskirts of Vilna and towns on the railway between Minsk -%nd Brest-Litovsk are said to have been occupied by them. The Bolshevists are reported to be burning bulidingsv jfr, and robbing and murdering peasants as they advance. Throngs of refugees arc arriving here by railway, carts and on foot. The baggage belonging to them in many cases has been stolen on the route. Locomotives and cars are being brought westward from the path of the Bolshevist forces by the retiring , Germans. British Warships at Lihau. The Russian Baltic port of Libau, according to reports received here, is protected by one British cruiser, three destroyers, and one gunboat. The British warships, however, have landed no forces. The Admiral com: manding the squadion visited the , Lithuanian committee at Vilna and , piomiscd to remain at Liban until the Gulf of Riga had begun to freeze. Retiring German soldiers are selling their arms through Soldiers' Councils to the peasants and the B'/lshcvilvi, according to Count Wan kovicz, a landowner in the (iovem1 nu nl of Minsk, who lias arrived here with his family. Tells of Family Slain. L Countess O'Rricn do Laecy, who . has arrived in Warsaw from Barano. vichi, declares that existence in that * region is impossible for those of the , well-to-do classes. Private property no longer exists. She told of the 3 murder, of a family, the only one of I ton persons who escaped alive being c the wife. The rope with which she was hanged broke and she dropped to I the floor, where, while feigning 3 death, she saw her husband and eight. I children butchered by peasants. I According to reports reaching here* I conditions in Russia are growing _ worse. Released Russian prisoners j coming out of Germany remain in Tl .1 1 1 1 l1 x A 1 - l uianu rauicr man continue tne jour^ noy into Russia. r Several children parading at Poscn in honor of Tgnace Paderewski were kille<l when the Germans fired upon them with machine guns, it was reported here. Five soft nosed bullets entered the - room where Paderewski sat, but he - was unharmed. He arrived here with t Col. Wade of the British Army. d A CARD OF THANKS. it it We wish to thank our many friends, especially Dr. J. K. St&lvey, fcr their kindness during the ekkr ncss and death of our father and d- husband, Mr. L. M. Ludlam. Mrs. L. M. Ludlam and Children* \ t.. ...:i. I I, 1-r.iMninii irt'if -I I