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1 I MORE SHIPPING TO r SOUTH AMERICA f ( ? ' ' / I j 'American Business Interests y Demand Greater Facilities I * 'GOVERNMENT GIVES MANY MORE SHIPS t* ? West Indies Trade Also Receiving Close I V Attention. u ? New York.?Demands of American business interests for the development of South American commerce are receiving sesponsivo attention on the part of the United States shipping hoard, as shown by a recent report indicating1 that a large percentage of American-controlled shipping * is now in that trade. Under date of February 25 it is shown that 268 vessels, aggregating 1,108,921 deadweight tons, have been allocated to South American service supplementing a considerable amount of shipping controlled by private interests. Of the shipping board fleet in South American trade 70 vessels ^ oi which 45 are under the American flag, are running to the west coast, and 80 vessels, of which 46 are American flag steamers, are in the east r/til sit tr'.uln T>t>nnOo>.ll.. -.11 - w vi Muvt a a uv i y ?iii ul tllliS service has been provided since the 0 signing of the armistice. The West Indies trade is also iv eeiving considerable attention, the report shows. American flag steamm ers ' to the number of 172 and (JO . chartered ships with a* combined deadweight tonnage of 754,307 are so engaged. Three American ships . aggregating 8,780 tons are also in ? Central American trade. One of the largest fleets, however, . ol vessels under the shipping board i controls, according to the report, 1,698 steamers and sailing vessel--, aggregating 9,158,791 deadweight tons. Of this number, 385 or ?>rf>83,287 tons are in the service of the army and navy; in Belgian relief . are 59 steomers of 332,596 tons; transatlantic commercial service arc ?2 ships or 227,409 tons. Other vessels arc divided between French, , Swiss government, Greek, Italian, Uritish and other services. o President "Wilson desires conclusion of a peace treaty as speedily as consistent with the great questions involved. fORMERMISER : ASKS FOR MONEY 1? Weimar?The former German Emperor, it is learned from competent sources, recently appealed to the German revolutionary government for money. It was said in his behalf 1 it was impossible for him to con- < tinue living upon the county and s good will of the Dutch nobleman in 1 v/hose castle he now resides. < Horr Hohenzollern, it is said, de- < cljyod he already had been forced to 1 borrow 40,000 guilders from his host < and could not continue as a debtor. < He asked he be allowed at least a t portion of his privato fortune. The government, after considering t the matter, agreed to his request and < instituted a detailed investigation to ? determine what portion of the for- i mer Emperor's supposed fortune r lVflllV Wfls his and wVint r?/*vH/vr? V?n_ r longed to the government. Invcsti- 1 gation showed the former ruler 1 might legally claim 70,000,000 marks as lm own, but the government do- I Welded to allow him temporarily only c 600,000 marks to meet present indebt < edness and future expenses. c The correspondent's informant, in ( calling attention to this development t declared it put an ond to rumors that 1 the former Emperor had been able to t take large sums of money with him \ when he flecl into Holland. s . - r % ? s. \ > Shr V BONUS TO ALL MEN DISCHAR6E9 Over $4,000,000 Required for 68,320 Already Demobilized at Camp. (Louisville Evening Post). Officers and soldiers being discharged from the military service at Camp Zachary Taylor began today to receive $00 bonus each under the act of Congress signed by President Wilson yesterday. Since the signing of the armistice (8,.'320 discharges have taken place at the camp. These officers, privates and nurses will receive $4,099,200. Orders were received this morning fiom Washington to the commanding general at the camp to start immediately the payment of the bonus to all persons leaving the service. This bonus will be paid every officer, enlisted man and nurse discharg ed from the American military and i naval forces. The telegraphic order says, in part: "AH persons serving in the military or naval forces of the United States during the present war who have since April 0, 1917, resigned or been discharged under honorable conditions will be paid the $00 bonus." The order says that officers will have one year from the termination of the war in which to make application for the bonus. It states that all claims for the bonus by officers, privates or nurses must be forwarded direct to the Zone 1?V * iiiia.net' mincers, Lemon building, Washington, D. C. Officers' Interpretation. 'Officers at the camp interpret the order to mean that men who were j drafted into the service and were accepted and finally assigned and then later honorably discharged for any cause would receive the bonus. They explained that in the acceptance of men into the army under the draft law there were two forms used. One provided that when a man was ( received and rejected for physical disability he was issued a different discharge paper from the man accepted and then later discharged. Relative to applications the order says in part: "Such applications must contain the discharge certificate, or order for discharge if no certificate was i - ' sued, but both certificate and order ' 1 if both were issued. The paper bear- 1 >ng indorsement of final payment ^ requires a statement of all military ] service since April (5, 1917, showing 1 the place and date of reporting at 1 first military station." ^ ( GLEMENGfuW UPON PRESIDENT' i Gregory Seeks Commutation for Convicted Persons Un- f der Espionage Laws * Washington. ? Attorney General u Gregory has rceommended to Presi- ' r'.ent. Wilson commutation of the sentences of persons convicted under J. espionage act, a review of whose -ases by officials of the department 11 :?!' justice has revealed that the wilful intent to violate the law was to> circumstantial to warrant carrying *' >ut the full sentence fixed by the r' :i ial juries. Officials of the department of jus- I \2C in making public tonight Mr. Gregory's letter to the president, said commutation had been recomv ? * * iivuuuu jut several nunarecl persons low held in orison, hut thov were unible to even estimate the number, tl Sanies of the persons involved were p lot Riven out. . n Mr. Gregory said in his letter to c; he president that the reviewing a ommission in the department -was f< examining the records in the cases ti )e all the other conditions under the jf.pionage law and that recommenda- f| ions as to these would be submitted w ater. The president was expected ti ^ act on the cases now before him f< vitliin a short time, possibly before 0 wiling for France next Wednesday, b \ * I *> y Wmx V % 1 s COHWAY, 8 C., THTJK8DAY S. S. VISITING FOR MARCH 1919 Every Sunday School in South Carolina of all denominations, is to be personally visited during the month of March by an official representative of the Organized Sunday School Work of South Carolina. This is the first time that a whole month has been ^et apart for official School Visitation in this State. Organization for the visitation has already begun. Each of the two hundred district presidents in the State has been asked to appoint an official visitor for each school in the district. .This will mean a force of about twenty-five hundred visitors, i These official visitors, unon invita t'on of the .superintendent, will speak briefly to the Sunday School, extending the fraternal greetings of tiie International, State, County and District Sunday School Associations. They- will also speak of the coming Slate Convention at Florcnic, Juno 3-4-5, and make other announcements that will be of interest to every member of the Sunday School. The officials at the head of the organization in this County are: J. v\ Spivey, Conway, President; W. M. Goldfinch, Conway, Secretary-Treasurer, and the following District Presidents: Francis Holliday, Galivants l?\rry; Rev. W. P. Cokcr, Green Sea; C. Holmes, Allen. GENElfSTWIN CENTRAL GERMANY Berlin.?Central Germany is now in the throes of a widespread political strike affecting large parts of Saxony, Thuringia and Anhalt, and through its effects upon railroad com munications is casting a sinister shadow over the entire nation. No disorders or excesses, however, have as yet been reported. The workmen in Leipzig voted last evening by a tremendous majority for a general strike. Today Leipzig is without gas or electricity or ra;lroad communication with the outside world. The strike at Halle, which includes lite railway men, continues absolute. A general strike has broken out at Ifrfut and there is news to the same ?{Vect from many other cities in Central Germany. The government, lowever, has gained encouragement through the more complete reports received from Magdeburg", where a urge part of the railway men have esumed work. Railway communication with Southern Germany is possible only >y roundabout routes in local train.:. An official bulletin in the Zcitung \m Meit, describes the strike situation as follows: A general strike prevails in Thurrga and Saxony. No disturbances ire reported from those sections, .eipzig* is in the throes of a general itrikc which also has paralyzed railsay traffic. The situation in Dreslen is normal and the working men ire not ytriking. The strike movement in the Ruhr district is receding. "Military operations carried on by loops in Thuringia, Saxony and the tuhr districts are proceeding accordtig to the government's program." o < The indications are that Camp 1 ackson will have an official army J cwspaper within a short time. 1 <INElLUIIVr FOR STATE TAXES! 1 A levy of nine mills was made by t 10 general assembly to meet the ap- i ropriations for the State govern- t lent this year. The total amount i arried in the appropriation bill is ? pproximately $4,000,000, which calls ar a levy of nino mills on a total i ixable property of $370,000,000. t This is one-half mill below the c tcxible levy imposed last year, but t Inch was later reduced by the comp f oiler general to eight and one- f mrth mills by the increased values c f taxable property put on the tax 11 roks. i 11 4*. % m i #? V MARCH 6, 1919. MEDICAL SOCIETY HOLDS MEETING The Horry County Medical Society met in Conway Monday March 3rd, at 1 p. m. This was one of the most interesting meetings the Society has ever had. There were present practically all the physicians of the county. Dr. Huger Richardson, Chairman, presided and del ivnvrwl n mncf intni'- I: jc&ting and instructive, address whidi ' will surely work great good for the Profession of Medicine in this County. Dr. Thomas also delivered an 1 address whidh was very instructive and enjoyed very much. >p?\ A. !). i Lewis' paper was most instructive. All present joined in discussion of this paper. A discussion of the Venereal Per l and the Campaign against this scourge of humanity was taken up by the Society and the Society pk^ed itself upon record as pledging itself to help in every way possible to 'to its part individually and collectively in a professional and educational way to help fight the Venereal Peril. It will ho possible now for schools and churches to have lectures delivered to such as desire this information, given them. Those in authority will only have to make their request for these lectures to Dr. J. I). Thomas, I,oris, S. C., who will bo glad to designate some member of the Society to make these lectures at such time and place as may be designated. No community can make a mistake by having such information handed out in the right way, the peo11 1- ' unc ii> i\j uicinseives 10 Know tins and the Medical Profession is ready tc do its part. It is hoped that every member of the profession can attend the next meeting as two important papers Will be read by members of the Soi ciety. freemTcefoT income taxpayer; ( Washington.?Taxpayers in need of advice on how to make out returns ' or calculate their tax may obtain ' free counsel from any one} of many ' public and private agencies now :n 1 working order. The internal rove- 1 nuc bureau today called attention to 1 the fact that more than 100,000 per-!* sons, exclusive of the 10,000, regular M ..... v 11 nvniui' uii iccrs ami employees, are 1 at work aiding citizens to pay their 1 income taxes. * Free advice mtiy he obtained from hanks, from chambers of commerce , or hoards of trade; newspapers, lo- 1 cal associations of credit men; county farm agents, and special representatives designated by large employers to assist their men. March! lr> is the last date for filing returns. / Htfndreds of private tax advisers, charging fees for counsel, have established themselves recently, but the revenue bureau cautions tax pay ers to ascertain that these men are efficient before patronizing them. i< Many are considered fraudulent and p inexperienced by the government. a ? ... o l" PLEDGES BY MARCH 7TII. li i? March 7th has boon set as the n late when all pledges from farmers w for the reduction of their cotton acreage and use of fertilizers must cj e reported to the local headquarters it the South Carolina Cotton Asso- b< iation. v, The agricultural interests of the tl dates are organized as they never tl mve been before. There is an organ- ti zation for every county and a com- e< rdttee in every school district, and st hose school district committees will, d< ifter securing the pledges, report t.? heir county committees, and these ic r turn will report to the state com - ir uittee. On last Friday meetings were held m n all the counties. In some cases he crowds were so large that the tl ourt houses would not accomodate ti hem. In many counties tho day was tc i holiday. The result was that th > pi armors are pledged to so reduce th.' n< lUtput of cotton for the coming year pi hat they will realize nothing le?; in han 35 cents for the staple. vv rM. FARMERS MEET AND " . JOIN IN MOVEMENT Farmers Already Cutting Acreage to Less Than Five Acres to Horse The meeting- of the farmers called at Conway for Friday, February 2Mb, for the purpose of pledging a reduction of cotton acreage 33 1-3 per cent, under the rules as published and the cutting oi the use of fertilizers 50 per cent; was held according to the notice published last week, and- was attended by enthusiastic farmers from about every section oi' Horry County. There was not as many farmers in number as it was hoped would come; but those that did attend were repiesentative men and proved themselves ready to help this movement forward in every wav possible. A canvass of the situation at the meeting" showed that the farmers had already planned a great reduction in the amount of cotton to be planted this year. The committee after going over the matter with these representative farmers and after looking over the crop mortgages being taken by merchants came to the conclusion that there is not more than five acres of cotton to the horse planned for the crop of this year in this County. Accordingly, Mr. J. A. McDermott of the Committee, wrote a leter to the chairman of the State Organization asking if it would not be satisfactory for Horry County to simply guarantee through its committee that not more than five acres and a fraction to the horse would be planted in Horry County, and in this way save the immense amount of work that it would take} to go. around and secure pledges from all of the farmers, SMOKERS TO PAY. No more do you hear the answer "sure" when one man walks up to another and asks for the loan of a c-garette; the reply now is, "No, but 1 have the makings," and the blame can be laid to the new taxes that lave recently been levied upon to-aaccos of all kinds and the equipment necessary to a smoker's cnjoynrnt. The new war tax bill recently inssed by both houses of legislature n Washington when placed into ef'cct causes all that have the tobacco labit to either dig deeper into their lockets or to ceasi using tobacco mtirely. mnsTmrn CAPTURED SHIPS American Naval Opinion Holds That They Should Be Scrapped. j Washington. ? Authoritative opin:>n of American naval officials aparently is definitely crystalized gainst any proposal to sink the amende red German fleet. An official no obtained of the view held here ointed out that such a course would represent sheer economic waste for Inch there could be no course. At the same time, however, Amerim naval opinion is equally positive, is said, that the vessels should not i? retained but be stripped of all uluable fittings and sold for junk to ie highest bidders. Suggestions uit they be kept for service and disibuted amomr the nowovs nswint. I against Germany mot with the atement that this would not bo :>ne in any caso. Reports from London that Amcran and British naval opinion was agreement that submarines should banned entirely as a weapon of ival warfare were confirmed. As to gas warfare the position of io United States is already known, en. March, chief of staff, recently ild congressional committees in exaining the army organization that > chemical warfare service had been [ ovided for because it had been <ieflilely determnied not to continue gas arfave. | Z' / - NO. 46: REVENUE OFFICERS ARE ACTIVE HERE Automobile Stopped Near King ston Lake Bridge Saturday Night TWO ARE ARRESTED AND HELD TO BAIL Stills Said to be Thick in Some Sections of Horry County. Two revenue officers arc said to have been active in this section recently in hunting* up violators of the prohibition laws. Roads leading into Conway from the country were guarded by the authorities last Saturday night in am effort to catch any "moonshine" on its way coming in. An automobile diiven by Charley Edwards and in which Joe Sarkis was riding was stopped and a quantity of whiskey was taken from the machine. The two were arrested and held to bail | for their aonearnm-n nt t v?iv 1IVAU term of the court. irEffects of "moonshiner" liquor have appeared here for some time. It was stated here on the streets that several stills are running* in more than one section of the county; but it appears that the officers of the law aie hot on the trail. "EXTRACTBILL" ' BECOMES AN ACT I The Senate passed the "Lemon Extract" bill and the House concurred in amendments, and the bill was ordered for ratification. This is considered one of the most important measures passed at the 1919 General Assembly and it is believed it will le the initiation of such legislation en the part of many states of the I union. The bill prohibits the sale of J extracts, tonics, bitters, druirs. toilet. articles, medicines or compounds con taining narcotics or alcohol as may be used as a beverage. The bill was introduced in the House by Represeu lative Hamblin of Union, Hamilton of Chester and Hart of York. Under the provisions of this new act one person is allowed to purchase only two ounces of flavoring extract in one day, and not then if the seller believes that it is being purchased for beverage purposes. Violation of the "extract law" will be considered a misdemeanor and the penalty is not less than $100 or more than $r>00, or imprisonment for not less than three months or for more than one year, for the first offense. For a second offense the penalty shall be only imprisonment, one year as a minimum and two years as the maximum. o ? A. Mitchell Palmer was nominated t< he attorney general last week. FRENCilWSEEK TO HASTEN ACTION Paris.?The eighth week of the peace conference opens with increas.etl effort by the working commission to get their projects ready for consideration when President Wilson, Premier Lloyd George and Premier Orlando return to Paris. No one is more anxious for prompt action than the French commissioners, who want to hasten not only the completion of the peace treaty but the adoption Of the league of nations plan as an integral part of it. An opening for a revision of the plan that will not throatop the integrity of the league appears to be broadening. M. Pichon, French foreign minister, l>gs indicated that he willl offer amendments relating to an international force.