The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 09, 1919, Image 1
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VOLUME xxxni
WILSON GGHViNCING
ALLIES BY WISDOM
Diolomats in Washinciton See
a Gradual Change in View
of Europe
RUSSIAN INTERVENTION
\ IN FORCE ABANDONED
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Boycott of Germany Now Ad
mitted to Be a Bar to
I i Indemnities.
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/' 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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, 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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*
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