The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 06, 1919, Image 1
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WILSON EXPECTS
f RETURN TO FRANCE
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i Trena of Peace Conference
^ Seems to Require a
\ Second Visit
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MAY CALL CONGRESS
FOR JUNE SESSION
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Prepared to Justify His Return
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to Europe With Facts
In Hand.
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> Paris.?Much as President Wilson
V Mill hopes to avoid ;> second trip to
Europe it begins to look as if the
trend of peace conference affairs!
1 would cause him to fool impelled to
i. recross the Atlantic in the early
j spring.
K ^ Keoent statements purporting to
.i WMiounco definitely that the Prosij
dent had arranged to return to Paris
falter going to Washington in Fehioiv
ary .and oven giving the date of his
sailing on his return trip wore found
it may ho said, on no definite information.
The fact is the Prcsdont, while j
Ity.i??ill hoping it will turn out another 1
? trip to Kurope will bo unnecessary,M
| is waiting to see what the remaining
f fifteen days of his stay in France
j . will bring forth before finally dej.
aiding cn his course.
' >, ihit the President from the first
h . been holding himself ready to re- ;
I 'urn if he though it necessary, and 1
-within the last day or so he has 1
. -uld officials in his confidence ho '
1 was impressed with the feeling that *
it would he his duty to return and 1
h( was beginning to think he could ^
not escape it.
'Phn Pfouiilnni I ?- o??wl I- a?1.1 '
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his confidents that if events pointed *
K to the need of his return he felt his
| course would be found fully justified 5
I when he addressed Congress, as he
plans to do almost immediately on
his return to the United States, (t ; i
I has developed he has abandoned the
jv idea of returning by way of England
i find stopping at Oxford to receive j
the degree which that university fie- j
*' wires to confer upon him. If his
j plans in this respect hold, therefore, J(
J, he will sail from Brest on the steam-j1
j ?r George Washington, now on her i ]
way to France, sometime between j1
February 10 and February 15, going'5
!? ^'/rcct to the United States. I1
?/ It is realized here President Wil-1
k son's arrival home with plans for v
I departing for Europe again would
g bring up the question of an extra *
L session of the new Congress with *
r- Republican majorities in both hous- { '
F^e.s. T^te best available opinion hero 1
ffis if an extra session be thought inn)
vitable the President would call it ?
Koefore his return to France, prob- 1
| "^lv setting the date ahead at some- *
| Jju. in June, expecting to finish the 1
p'business of the peace conference in 1
[id time to return to Washington and be [I
I-' i?N fkA WhifA Hniiun M't?n fV?r? I 1
.Congress assembled. t
M" The President's friends here say S
he is prepared to answer any criti- >
P titams of an intended return to J
h France*with facts he will lay before 1
1 Congress in the addresses which he i
I. probably will deliver. ^
M'DERMOTT RUNS
I FOR STATE OFFICE
I J. A. McDermott, a prominent ,
ft business man of this county and who
t has held various positions of honor ,
! and trust in the past; is a candidate
before the Legislature for Director ,
i of (he Penitentiary. The elections'
for yf i ; and cno or two more offices
which are filled annually by that
body were held on Wednesday of this j
week in Columbia. Mr. McDermoti
has many friends here who will be
glad to 'earn whether he was elected.
At ,\ 'ate hour The Herald had no1
been ab'e to obtain the results of
the ration before the hour for ?\> ;
inp* to press.
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HIGH PRICES OF
OUR FERTILIZERS
Has Caused Uneasiness in
Some Quarters and Some
Are Holding Off.
The high prices of fertilizers this
year has been causing some uneasiness
among country merchants; and
has no doubt caused some degree T
slowness and caution in the buying
or arranging to buy. At last accounts
some dealers had not yet
been able to name a price at which
they would retail commercial fertilizers
to farmers in this county.
Owing to the high pi ices charged for
it, we have heard some of the farmers
say that they would get along
with very little this year using what
advantage they could from stable
manure and compost.
A number of farmers have been
coming into Conway lately and obtaining
' quantities of cotton seed
meal in exchange (or their cotton
reed. Numbers of the larger farmers
have contracted to buy from the
fertilizer companies in amounts rang
ing from $-500.00 to several thousand
dollars. Agents of a large company
have been active during the past several
weeks and have apparently made
a number of sales.
There has been hope several times
expressed that the price would come
down in good time to secure supplies
for the year's crows.
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NINETEEN DESERTERS.
A.sheville, N. C?Ninteen army deserters,
a number of them captured
lifter encounters wtih the officers in
the mountains in this section were
take to Camp Wadsworth, S. C., by
S. Glenn Young special agent of the
lepartment of justice. Young capIt.red
the majority of the men single
landed. Several of the deserters
ere placed on their honor and arm4d
by Young to assist in guarding
.he others, who were handcuffed.
Young has captured (>7 deserters
dnce December 15.
AMERICANS WON'T
MEET WITH HUNS
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Paris.?The American Federation
->{ Labor delegation, headed by Sarnie)
Gompcrs, decided to support the 1
Belgian Socialists and trade unionsts
who refuse to meet the Germans
it either tin; Socialistic or trade '
in ion congresses, which will convene
simultaneously at Berne next
veek.
This decision was adhered to ^
hrough a two days' session do- (
:pite the protests of the British and
French trade unionists, who will go
0 Berne tomorrow.
The delegates of 22 nations, inelud
ng such national groups of the forner
Russian empire as the Ukrainans
and Ethonians are now at
Heme or on their way there. The
'our abstentions from both con- ]
presses arc the Americans and |
Belgians, who refuse to parley with (
heir late enemies until peace is 1
igned, and the Bolsheviki with ,
jrhom the Norwegian trade unionists
igree that neither th? Socialist nor ,
rade union program is sufficiently ,
radical, thus taking the opposite ,
viewpoint from that of the Americans
and Belgians.
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FOR CUT IN ACREAGE.
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Washington.?The plan of waging
1 campaign in the South to urge j
reduction on the cotton acreage and i
retention by growers of all their j
cotton until a price of 35 cents a
pound is reached will bo discussed j
early this week at a meeting of mem
hers of the senate and house from !
.1. A. A. C1I..1.. I
IMC CWULUII Dlilll'S.
The meeting was decided upon at a !
joint session of the senate and hous" |
agriculture committees, called by i
St nators Smith of South Carolina, ;
Shc pp.ard of Texas, Smith of Goor- |
9;;a, and Representatives Heflin of
\labama, Lee of Georgia, Jacowav
f Arkansas, Candler of Mississippi,
nd Young of Texas.
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CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY
NATIONAL GUARD
WILL HAVE FUNDS
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Washing-ton.?An appropriation of
$.{,000,OOO to maintain the * National
Guard at a strength of 100,000
officers and men during the next
fiscal .year was tentatively approved
Last week by the house military affairs
committee.
In its original estimates for the
coming year, the war department
submitted merely a tentative figure
for the National Guard to keep this
appropriation alive and when General
March was before the committee
he explained that as the bulk of
the old National Guard was stili
overseas, it was impossible to form
tui.\ ucvuritu' ccuiuuh as to what tno
future of that branch of the military
establishment would be.
HIS LONGSUFFERING
HAS BEEN ENDED
On the evening of January 28th |
.1 M. Floyd and Levi J. Smith had
been invited by Mi. Archie Baker,
a near neighbor, tc take supper.
While there Mr. Baker took them
out to see some fine hogs. Levi
staggered and fell, stating that he
felt gi,ddy. He was carried to the
house and .after some time became
very sick. He became worse and
worse until 1:30 o'clock when hedied.
Levi J. Smith has been afflicte 1
with rheumsatism for twenty years,
but in spite of being drawn double
with that disease, his industry produced
a good living; and his honesty
and fair dealing gave him the respect
of the whole community.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Frances Smith; a sister, Mrs. Wig- j
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Kin*, iiii ui wiioni live? ai vianvants |
Ferry.
BOLSHEVIKI MOVE
AGAINST ALLIES
Archangle.?An official statement
dp. the operations on the North Rus- I
si an front says: * i
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44Wednesday and Thursday the Boi
sheviki strongly attacked the positions
at Taresevo, compelling the
Alliens to retire northwards, and they
ire now holding positions 20 miles
north of Taresevo. It is reported
that the Bolsheviki are using gas
shells; the allies are completely i
equipped with .anti-gas apparatus. J
In Murmansk allied patrols consisting
of Karelin volunteers have
reached Ondozero (Notosero?) from1
his village and Karelians have been ;
enabled to enlist more volunteers."
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GERMAN ARMY FORGE |
MATTER OF DOUBT;
Coblenz.?According to estimates J
made by intelligence officers of the
American Third Army, based upon
reports from all parts of Germany,
the organized German army now located
in various depots numbers
fiom 300,000 to 500,000 men. The
reports indicate these soldiers are of
such morale that they hardly will be
available for operations of any ex-1
tent. The number of men in the
army, reports reaching Coblenz suggest,
is decreasing iapidl>.
The new volunteer army numbers
between 100t000 and 300,000 men of
doubtful morale, as they have noi
yet been organized fully nor tested
fairly. The volunteer army which
is hein?r orp-nnizoH for tho mirnnso
of stopping Polish .and Bolsheviki
invasions of Gorman territory ha^
40,000 men in the region of Frankfort-on-the-Oder.
Many volunteer
battalions also are reported moving
eastward.
The organized German army consists
of the classes cf 1898 and 1899,
less some men discharged because
they live in occupied territory, less
large numbers of deserters and less
some men discharged, according to
demobilization plans. The officers
and non-commissioned officers of
this army are men who intend to remain
permanently in service.
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I, JANUARY 6, 1919.
PROMINENT CITIZEN
DIES IN FLORENCE
Capt. Richard G. Dusenbury died
at the Florence Infirmary of Dr. F.
H. McLeod at Florence, S. C., on las*.
Monday, February Ird, 1919. He
was born on the 6th day of May A.
D. 1858 and was a son of the late
James E. Dusenbury and Fannie
Dusenbury of this county.
The remains were brought here
I.\st Tuesday on the afternoon train
accompanied by relatives who live in
Florence, and by the Rev. F. H.
Martin, a life-long friend and former
pastor of the deceased and his family.
The funeral services began at
about two o'clock at the Conway
Baptist Church, of which the deceased
was a member, the services conducted
by Rev. F. 11. Martin of Florence,
and the Rev. I). L. Hill, the
pastor of the clnrrch. The services.
nru; IUMI'11 ill I 1111 glVlYO ill 1 .UU<'
side Cemetery last Tuesday afternoon.
There was a large congregation
at the Baptist church and also
present at the concluding services ai
the cemetery.
Ho is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Carrie Dusenbury, and two sons and
two daughters, as follows: Mr. Julian
Dusenbury of Bishopville, S. C..
Mr. Mayo Dusenbury of Virginia,
and Misses Maude and Francos Dusenbury
of Conway, S. C. He was a
brother of Dr. J. S. Dusenbury and
| M r. Charles Dusenbury and C. H.
Dusenbury of Conway, Mr. J. F. Dusenbury
of Savannah, (la., Mrs. S. S.
Dusenbury and Mrs. Flora Clark of
Florence, S. C., and Mrs. L. H. Burroughs
of Conway.
roughs of Conway. Nearly all of
these relatives were present at the
funeral.
Capt? Dick, as he was known and
called by his many friends, had been
seriously ill for several weeks, hav-;
ing been first taken in Charleston
whore he was filling a responsible
position and was later moved to the
Hospital in Florence where he might
have the personal and professional
attention of his brother, Dr. J.
Dusenbury, who could reach Florence
easier than Charleston.
FRENCH TO KEEP
WATCH ON RHINE:
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Cohlenz. ? Supporting1 Marshal i
Foch's opinion that the French '
should remain on the Rhine, Gen.
Gourautl, under whom the Americans
fought in the Champagne, made a
similar declaration to the Amreican
correspondents whom he had invited
to luncheon at his quarters in Strass
burg.
"The Americans will go home
when peace is declared and the Ilritish
will go home when peace is declared,"
he said, "but the French will j
remain on the Rhine as a strategi j
barrier."
it would -never do, alter the sacrifices
of the great war, to leave open
points where Germany might again
some clay strike, he declared.
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GOOD COMBINATION.
According to statements recently
published from experts a good fertilizer
for all light gray soils in this
county is a mixture of equal parts
of cotton seed meal and acid phosphate.
One farmer who has had
success in former years in raising a
good crop of corn says that he neve)*
used more than four hundred pounds
of this mixture to the acre. Others |
claim that a larger quantity is better.
The pLan usually followed is
not to put out this fertilizer when !
the corn is planted, but apply it af-j
tcr the com has come up and at prop- I
or times between then and laying- :
by.
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BOX SUPPEK.
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There will bo Box Supper and
Cake Walk at the Enterprise School
House next Saturday night, the 8th.
Everyone is invited to come. Proceeds
will go for school improvement.
L. E. Alford, Teacher.
Myrtle Beach, S. C., Feb. 8, 1919.
raid.
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CLOCKS TO JUMP
SUNDAY, MARCH 30
Daylight Saving Plans Permanent
Institution In
United States.
Washington, Fed. 4.?When Sunday,
March 30, arrives, the clocks in
Washington and all parts of the
country will he set forward one hour,
in accordance with the daylight saving
act, which was effective for the
first time last year, and which continues
in effect indefinitely or until
Congress othei*wisc provides.
On Sunday. October 26- :ili tii?>
will be sot back one hour.
The impression exists in some
quarters, it has been learned, thai
the daylight saving act was only for
one year, and that Congress must act
again if the measure is to be effective
this year. That is wrong, however.
The law says:
"That at 2 o'clock antemeridian of
the last Sunday in March of each
year the standard time shall be advanced
one hour, and at 2 o'clock antemeridian
of the last Sunday in October
the standard time shall, by the
retarding of one hour, bo returned."
There was an agtiation last fall to
have Congress pass another law
establishing the time under the da\
light saving act as the standard time,
and have it continue the year round.
But the movement was given up.
Sunday morning, March 30, at 2
(/clock precisely, the clocks are all
supposed to be moved forward. As
a practical matter, however, most
clocks will be set ahead earlier Saturday
night, so that when their owners
wake Sunday mornimr their time
pieces will be right.
The daylight saving law gave
i much satisfaction during last year,
since it enabled men and women who
work to get out of their offices and
away from their jobs while the sun
was still shining. Unless tht law >s
repealed, each year will find the
clocks turned forward one hour the
last Sunday in March.
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INFLUENZA SYMPTOM.
One alarming symptom of Spanish i
Influenza recently reported in this 1
section is the effect that the disease
apparently has on the minds of sonv
patients. One patient near Conway {
who has now fully recovered, with
exception that he is weak, was effect
ed in his mind and acted and talked
strangely for about throe weeks.
Still another says now that he became
confused after the disease took 1
him and knew very little of what was ;
passing for several days. <
Several instances have come to i
light where it seems that the d idea so 1
attacks the brain and leaves other j
parts of the system in good shape.
tobaccoTarmers ;
SEND FOR THIS:
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Clcmson College, Feb. 1.?To meet t
the rapidly increasing demand for i
information on tobacco growing in c
this state, the Extension Service of t
Clemson College has just issued a
bulletin entitled "Tobacco Culture in
South Carolina." The publication
treats tobacco from the seed bed to
the market-place, dealing with types (
o' soil, preparation and care of seed (
bed, varieties, preparing land, fer- j
tilizers for tobacco, transplanting ^
and cultivation, topping and suck- (
ering, insects and diseases, hai-vcst- t
ing, barns, curing, and storage. It
contains also drawings showing
plans and hills of materials for to- .
bacco barns.
The bulletin is written by Mr. R. j
1). Gurrin, superintendent of the Pee
Dee Experiment Station, who is a
j tobacco grower of long and varied
I experience. It is free for the askin ;
land should be in the hands of the ,
liinwlmlc i^^ l'n )tvwhv ! ?
.turning; to tobacco growing;. Write L
I t'oi Extension Bulletin 4 .*?. "Tobacco!
| Culture in South Carolina." Address J
j Clemson College, Extension Service,'
A. B. Bryan, Editor, Clemson Colj
lege, S. C. |
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COTTON FARMERS ARE
ADVISED TO CURTAIL
Acreage of Cotton to be Planted
During the Year
1919
BECAUSE 1918 CROP
IS STILL ON HAND
And They Want to Be Sure to
Get Good Price for
Staple.
Farmers through the South will be
advised and in fact are being advised
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now cut down on the acreage of
cctton this year. One groat reason
why this should be none is because
the IblS crop, or the groat bulk of itT
is still on hand being held at the storage
warehouses and in the hands of
the growers all over the country.
With the last year's crop still practically
unsold, and a big crop raised
this year, it will be easily possible
foi the market to be over-supplie I
for years to come and the disaster of
low prices will be inevitable.
The farmers want to be sure to get
a fair price hereafter for their cotten;
and if they succeed in this, they
must act wisely and not produce too
much of the staple. An over supply
will surely make the price low.
Where a farmer is able to hold his
cotton it is the wise thing for him to
do. While the price is off just now,
it is firmly believed that when the
factories of the world get to using it,
as they are bound to do when the effects
of the war pass away, the price
of cotton will be high. Where a man
is obliged to sell it in order to get the
ready cash that he must have at this
time to keep from losing- something
else, it is of course the only thing he
can do to sell it and get out of his
pi esent trouble.
Where a farmer already has a.
large ci-op which he is holding, it
would look unwise for him to raise
another big crop and have it pile?l~
up on top of it.
ALLIED FORCES
REM IN RUSSIA
Archangel.?The American and allied
forces operating south of Archmgel
evacuated Shegovarsk yester:1ay
and retired ten miles to the
northward. The Bolsheviki
Lc shell the American and allied positions
at Tarasevo and Tulga.
The forces which retired from She
jovarsk, which is about 65 miles
lorth of Ust Padengn (the allied position
furthest south a week ago) tolay
halted their march northward
\nd established new positions at the
idllages of Vistarka and Ust Sarat,,
>n opposite banks of the Vaga River,
en miles north of Shegovarsk. The
lew positions are protected by for;sts
through which there are no win
er trails in the immediate vicinity.
BIG ESTATE IS SOLD.
There was an auction sale in Florence
County yesterday, at the farm
>f the late McFadden Gregg, two
niles west of Florence. The sale
,vas made in the settlement of th*
estate of McFadden Gregg. Amongthe
articles sold were 8 Holstein
ows, 8 Guernsey cows, 3 grade Annus
heifei*s, 8 Jerseys, a lot of Duroc
iocs.
The sale was conducted by R. 0.
Hanson of Conway as auctioneer.
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CAR GOT STUCK.
Mrs. Kllen Nixon Oockficld was an.
mvival in Conway last Thursday
coming over by automobile from
Cherry Grove, one of nature's beauty
spots on the Southern Atlantic
Coast. On the way the machine wa?;
stuck in the mud for a time so that
the party did not arrive until late in
the day.