Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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% / I i VOLUME xxxm OUR MEN ON RHINE WANT TO GET HOME \ Obstructions in Paris Council Find Scanty Favor Among Doughboys THEY'RE ALL AMERICAN AND PROPAGANDA-PROOF ^ * rkxmov Disquiets Ranks ot Those Who Expected to Be First to Return. Coblonz.?The Anurican Army or in cupation i.v beginning to sit up and talce notice of the doings at tin* IV/icc Conference, since its own special interest in getting home in the i< 'kesl possible tinn seems to the army to be intimately affected by every petty Paris motive for proem t inalion. The Army of Occupation is thinking and talking foreign politics in unprintable terms, and is leaving no , * doubt in its hearers' minds that the army maintains its Americanism a hundred per cent, pure and uninfluenced by propaganda from any \ source. Careful sounding of opinion j in the army warrants the conclusion 4U..? 4 - -1-- U-l-I-- 1 I isinw uu- u ait* M|Uitrviy I ''resident Wilson in the conference | rif gotiations. ; "Wil.-on knows what he's doing," is a typical opinion heard to-day, and ] "They won't put anything over 01 * Wilson." is .another. Army peace ( conference fans are playing no fa- ( vc rites except their own country. With the sole burning desire to 'get home quick,' the army is in no mood to compromise with any nation's sol- j fish interests, particularly as it is , imbued with a vivid consciousness of America's disinterestedness. "The army wants to see a just peace prevail speedily, and pungent oniniotis are expi*essed about state u- , men and diplomats who attempt to bnl d Jin tlio tV'!U'i> f>vii)n?e wi'li rdnwli- ! ing claims of spcc'.al interests. Th^ ( Army of Occupation has its ear t.? the ground and catches the faintest , thought-provoking- echo from Pari. , ( while the slightest change in any nation's attitude toward Americ t ( and Americans is quick to reach the , Rhine front and mould public opiw-j. ion of doughboys and officers alike. How closely the men of the 3d Army arc following the doing be- j hind the scenes of the Peace Chn- j v fercnce is illustrated by an unfound- j ed rumor, apparently bred by ro~ j ports of fresh armistice negotiation", to the effect that all combat divisions which wore scheduled to go j home in the near future would be hell^ here indefinitely. Nothing of-1 ficial is known here, of course, of j any orders countermanding prepara- j * tions for taking home the fortunate combat divisions which, it has been believed, would be the first in line to move. DETERMINEDTODEPORT ALL IINRlilY ALIENS f + "Washington.?Aliens found advocating destruction of property or. overthrow of the government by force will be deported under the provisions of the immigration act of Feb. 15, 1917. This announcement was made by Secretary of Labor Wilson in a letter sharply rebuking Micrometer Lodge 400, International Association of .. Machinists, of 11 ' Brooklyn, foi; protesting against tin* deportation i of .alien A'adiqals. The secretary denied that the aliens wore being deported without due process S'law and asserted that they ha?t' en given fair trials. Mr. Wilson- reiterated his previously .announced decision that no person would be arrested simply for joining the Industrial Workers of the World but that any alien advo. COtinv sabotage or anarchy would b deported. tChr TERMS SIGNED BY HUN EMISSARIES Understood to Provide For a Continuation of the Allied Blockade Paris.?The CJeimuns have accepted the new armistice terms which it is understood provide for continuation of the blockade during the armistice. Marshal Koch appeared in person before the council of the groat powers today and .announced the acceptance and the signing by the Germans of the new conditions of the armist ice. Th." signing took place at (> o'clock Saturday evening- on board Marshal Koch's private car at Treves. Thin averts what promised to be a rather critical situation as it had been reportcd that the (iermans might persist in carrying out their intimo lions of a refusal to .sign. The new terms while withheld, ;uv understood to restrict German operations gainst Poland within certain fixed lines, the removing the danger of a military clash and at the same time opening- access between the interior of Poland and the Black sea. But more imporatnt events will tak<form shortly when Marshal Koch returns with details of the armistice and demobilization of the Geerman force which are being formulated by the military, naval and economic advisers of Koch. These are of a nature amcuntnig to, in fact, a preliminary peace movement. Disarmament is understood to include both naval and military branch es and the naval authorities expect the ultimate naval terms will provide* for the dismantling of the fortifications of Heligoland and the Kiel canal, the canal being opened for commercial navigation. "While the block ade is not raised by the present terms, yet it is expected the disarmament under late'- and more com plete terms will obligate, the necessity of a -further blockade and permit such economic .and food relief a* is determined upon. The council '.( the great powers today gave a !'i rther hearing on the Russian rp est ion, but no decision was reachret. The feeling seems general that no decision is in sight and that none ?1 the pending plans offer much o.' 'i prospect for arriving at satisfactory solution. WILSON TO DRIVE FOR LEAGUE'S SUPPORT President Comes Home to Renew Confidence of People in Society of Nations. Brest.?President Wilson is on his way home prepared to devote his brief furlough from the peace conference to, consideration of both national and international problems. Simultaneously with the opening of his campaigns, to win popular suj> port for the league of nations, he ' will set in motion the machinery to ! stabilize the economic situation in the United States and eliminate the feeling of uncertainty regarding the immediate industrial future. He already has under consideration plans for issuing employment for returning soldiers. The president probably will have less than a month at his disposal before his return to Paris. Into that period be will crowd a program that would ordinarily be spread over several months. It is understood ho plans to start back in March. o AMONG THE WOUNDED. A casualty list recently published contains the name <A Private Noah Johnson, of Galivants Ferry, S. C., who was wounded while in action in Northern France. The degree of his wound was undetermined. Pot* OONWAV, S. P., THURSDAY FARMERS MAY SEND SMITH TO EUROPE Washington.?That thr cotton producers of the Sou the i'n States are determined to safeguard their interests at the peace conference is j strongly indicated in the following j telegram rocovcd today by Senutoi | E. D. Smith, from 11. Harris, com- j n-issioner of agriculture of South I Carolina: "Could you go to peace ' conference after March '1 represent-I ing farmers of South Carolina and South to arrange for sale of raw cot ton direct to European spinners? Answer inunediatelv. as 1 leave for cotton convent ion at New OHeantbis afternoon/' | Sen/it >r Smith's reply foil, ws: "Telegram received. If cotton pro-l diners of the South wish it, I am at 1 their service." Senator Smith intt mi d going to New Orleans con f i :ic< , hut after the DemociaUe 'ne.'.i caeus decided to spv.?> I up the work <d' the senate and in . lew o'' llm continued pairing on the .tilrej' l situation he felt that Iv 1 a id not leave Washington at th: I iinc. v ; BIO oiSTILLEBY IN CHATTANOOGA Chattanooga.-?What is declared to he the largest private distillery cv *r found in the United States, was u*.\-. earthed in the basement of the Altn.ore apartment house here today by the police and the alleged operator and owner of t'ne apartment, H. Kelso Hailey, prominent clubman and business man, was placed under arrest along* with three negroes allrg? ?! tc? be assisting* him. The distillery was discovered by i aecdent. City Detectives Uurke. Parad so and Gillespie having been at j the men chasing* a negro charged with housebreaking*, who sought refuge in a secret passage to the basement of the apartment. One apparatus of 100 gallon capacity daily wain full operation, they said, while arrangements were being made to place four move stills at work, which would have turned cut a total of 800 gallons a day. Hailoy was discovered working* a new copper worm in one of the many app.artmcnts under the building, the detectives reporto-i, and great quantities of com in va. t Sous > Inge. of lermcnlation fori n\aleing whi.?key were fcund. The fumes and smoke were cm led above the building by pipes and a ! blow pipe? was found in the room j where the still was. The equipment was new, hut older apparatus whi *!i had been discarded in order to wcure greater capacity was found in the place. Hailoy gave bond for his ,appearance in local and federal courts. GERMANS WILLSEIZE FORTUNES OF RICH Weimar.?There will be a hard seizure of the fortunes of the wealthy, according to a prediction in the German national assembly today by Dr. Heim, a Socialist, in discuss ing the Socialist program, especially concerning taxation. He did not believe, however, the government would he able to get the great sums needed by seizing fortunes and ho thought the balance necessary must be taken from the war profits. The wealthy, Dr. Heim added, will be hit "at their n>ost sensitive point ?the pocketbook." Luxuries will not be permitted and inheritances will be taxed so everything more than a certain moderate sum will be taken by the government. Count von Posadowsky-Wcchner, former vice chancellor and a Conservative, devoted himself to praise of German qualities, except Germany's foreign policy, which he called tactless and mistaken. Shouts of dU&pprovhl greeted him when lv safd: "It is a question whether it was vise to draw America into the war by unrestricted submarine warfare." "It is a deliberate lie to s,ay that Germany wanted war," he added. "Neither the German government r.or the Gorman people wanted it. * 1* r, FEBRUARY 20, 1919. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTIONS NEXT WEEK j Wo are looking' for Mr. Webb an I ; Miss Holland to come im next Thursday. The first mooting will bo hel l at Union Valley Church at Wampee on Friday, two sessions, one in the | morning and the other in the after| noon. The second meeting will be hold at Aynor on Saturday morning and afternoon. The third moot'n will ho held at Maple Church on Sua day morning, which will bo the regular county convention, to which every school in the county will he expected to l><? represented. '! c fourth, meeting will he held in Conway on Sunday afternoon and night of the I same day. It is hoped that ah Sunday School workers in each (|i t.ict where meet ings are hold will attend the mcetings and that each School will s 1 that, they are reprcsente I a< th I County Convention on Sundr y morn in ; at Maple. Tno'-v nuetii-gs ;n going to l> intore ;ing; and helpful and we can not afford to nii?s them. J. C. Spivey, Pres., \V. M. Goldliseh, Sec., . Horry County S. S. Ass'n. HONOR WlLll" I ROUGHS HIGH SCHOOL The following is the Honor Roli for The Bur roughs High School lor tin? month just- ended First Grade?Miss Pittman, Teach or?Paul Quattlebuum, Donald Anderson, J. P. Bacot, Junior Dusenbury. Advanced First?Junior Vauglv., Velma Cooper, J. B. Chestnut. Shcond Clrade?Miss VanLandingTeacher?Coral dine Bryan, Donald Burroughs, Samuel Havves, Violet Waller, Brice Waller. Third Grade?Miss Mills, Teacher --Hilda May Bethea, Irene Elliott, Hattie Belle Lewis, Henry Holliday, George Jenkins. Fourth Grade?Miss Ha rile j, Teacher?Kathleen Andersen, MarBattle, Leila Burroughs, Annette Epps, Florence Johnson. Laura Frances Spivey, Brandon Saunders, Irving Stalvey, John K. Sialvoy. F'ftli Grade--Mi.s Spivey, Teacher?Edwin Mttwhinney, Aubrey I'awes, Franklin Burroughs, Manley Stalvey, Clyde Vaught, Violet Duscnhury, Dorothy Taylor. Sixth Grade?Miss McCivacken, jTeacher?-James Bryan, Paid Ilolli1 day, Estelle Burroughs, l'rnia Lewis, Evelyn Snider. Seventh Grade?Miss Coleman. Tc aehey?Eugenia Andersen, Frances Dusenhury, Ernestine Little, Annie Rogers, Elizabeth Sasrcr. High School?Miss Connor, Miss Smith and B. I). Alexander, Teachci s?Eight Grade?Collins Spivey, Elise Lewis, Edna Dawsey, Bayliss Spivey, Edna Taylor, Ruth Jenkins. Ninth Grade?Margaret Pitman, Lucile Sftsser, Elneda Bryan, Elbed Mc White. Tenth Grade?Nona Collins. In aminging the honor roll for the month of Jauary a mistake was made in the roll of the fifth grade. The following is the correct roll for that month: Violet Dusenhury, An brey Haves, Alma Price, Dorothy Taylor, Clyde Vaught, Franklin Burroughs Marie Nichols, Lucia Owens. pushIngrghTon chaingang system The advocates of the Stale chain, gang system have not lot their ad vocacy of this system cease with the recer.t action of the house in killing a bill to provide a State road force, as opposed to the county gang system. They have introduced another bill in the house to provide or tlv? combination of county gangs. The hill was introduced by Mr. Oliver of Georgetown and was referred to the judiciary committee. I This bill provides that the board i o* commissioners of contiguous counties nyiy combine their chain vail STRENUOUS WORK FOR LAW MAKERS / I i May Complete Program by End of Week anil Finally Adjourn. I Members of the general assembly (returned to Columbia Monday and (began what may be the last week : o( the session. Continuance of the | session into next week will be conCog, at i!>)< n the time the appropriation bill is retained in the finance aii'tiuitt e rooms of the upper house, j: nl. the action of the two I'.ou.es m rolaiien to S.oturday, lu'l'vii \V:rb;ii'>yn' birthday ant ! j national holliday. N( \t Sunday, I l'ej)iuarv 24, is the last 1'gishuiv dav of the 40 day session. The goroivil approp* bat :on bill, v .ich rct-oiveil its third leading >11 tee liowe e.arly Saturday morning, | v ill get its first reading in the senMeiiday night and he referred t the filing e committee. If the eao._ \ 1 ittoo retains the hill more than M day, adiji unimeiit sine di< this wid-. ik 1 iik. iy. And with tho ob.u rvv.v of Saturday as a ho'iday, adi< liniment would not bo possible, as cno or two days are always necessary to effect adjustments between the two houses in tl.< appropriation bill. LOSKS C OTTON HOIJSF. News reached Conway last Saturday of the burning of a store house belonging to Mr. W. H. Hacks and about one hundred bales of cotton, .and which was without any insurance. Mr. Hucks' loss is estimated at about twelve thousand dollars a?I cording to reports. Ho is a merchant and farmer of the Hucksville and Toddville section ol "the county, and this is a sever* loss for him, and many expressions of regret were heard here. Later reports ii is hoped will lessen the statement of the loss. Later.?Reports are later to the effect that Mr. Hucks did not lose any of his buildings, but that a tot>) of about 124 bales of cotton was burned. This cotton was not inclosed in any building but was piled up I in the open, and caught on fire from | a spark from the smokestack of the ] iiiill. When the fire broke out the engine whistle at the mill was blown continuously but help was slow in arriving' and all efforts prove i fruitless in outing the fire. NEEDS ATTHttiON BECAUSE DANGEROUS Bad Place on Dog Bluff Road Should Be Fixed ( Up. There is an awful bad place on the I)og Hluff Road just this side of the Drown Swamp church. It is said to be dangerous not only to gas propelled vehicles but to horses and buggies as well. In the last few clays Dr. J. S. Dusenbury was stuck in this mire j and was delayed about an hour or j more in reaching a sick baby at Mr. I John Hughes. At the same time there-was another car there stuck In the same bad place. There ought to he some way to get such places attended to, especial i.. ...i? ? ? ?i?i i> y*iu-ii >vu ?t-i' nit* ausuiuie necess:ty of being- able to go some where in case of sickness like this wan when a doctor might save a life by getting there sooner. gangs, where the counties are connected by highways or railroad-*. There is also a provision that one county may hire its gang to another t county. Advocates of the clvaingang system are pushing this bill as a means to the end and they say they believe the State will greatly benefit when chaingangs are combined, in that ft great saving in overhead expenses mill be effected. ' N w $ V v NO. 447 1 * 1 -i" " OBJECTS DISSAtlDiNG OLD ARMY FOR NEW I Secretary Te!!s Congress What i ho is Willing and Unwilling to Concede PAY NO INDEMNITY, GIVE NO TERRITORY Ready to Accept Restrictions if Old Foos and Fi.iurc Neighbors do Same. I 1'ast I.? Count von GrockdorffUanlznu, tho G rmon Foreign Secretary, in discussing- Germany's foreign policy in tho new National Assembly at Weimar, declared ho ha 1 resisted and would continue to resist attempts to make Germany demobilize all her military forces. Germany's Twofold TaGc. "Tho task of the German nation as to foreign affairs may be summed up under two heads," said he, "the first of which is the ending of the state of war and the second the establishing' of normal relations with other peoples. "Unfortunately, Germany's voluntary disarmament has not softens I our enemies, who recently attempted to sottl^ On the basis of disarmament, otiestions undoubtedly appertaining to the Peace Conference. I have repulsed and will continue to repulse these attempts looking to the dissolution of all our old military forces and the substituting of new Republican troops for our old peace atmy> v hieh could bo used in the east. "Germany has shouldered the conSOGUOncOS of orwl ? - Mll\l Id * irvf: K ? mined to observe the conditions agreed upon with her adversaries. Those conditions imply complete renunciation of the political aims of the old Germany. We are ready to accept restrictions upon our soveioignty compulsory submission cf our differences with other states to up international court of arbitration, land renunciation of our armament if j old adversaries and future uoighbors submit to the same restrictions. No Indemnity, No Land Cession. The Foreign Minister acknowledged that the stand Germany took at The Hague conference regarding those two fundamental questions was a grievous mistake, which the entire German nation will have to expiate to-day. He added that this admission in" no way implies an avowal that Germany caused the world war. lie urged in strong terms that ho war indemnity be paid and that, no territory be ceded to the victors. He I continued: "If we rebuild what has been destroyed by us in tcriitories we occupied, we will do so by free labor. We protest against the slavery now being imposed 011 German prisoners of* war. * "Our adversaries owe their victory i7; large measure to a war not military, but economic. It. follows, there i fore, that the final peace must bo not only a political peace, but 11 large measure an economic peace. We hope, therefore, that the decis* _ 1% A \ ir% _. ? ion or uic runs economic conference will be abandoned. Any differential (treatment, even of a temporary nature, of Germany in the domain or | commerce and transport would not lv* acceptable to us." ' The Foreign Minister said that the Germans needed to revise their notions regarding German commerjeial policy, which, ho declared has teen associated with narrow and bureaucratic views lh the Foreign Ministry. He said tt14 is his intention to introduce experienced business men into the Ministry. Free| dom of trade, the Minister said, has i freedom of the seas as its essential condition. o? Last Saturday was cooler than the day before and was like early ( March by reason of the high winds ! beginning the night before.