The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 01, 1919, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIV. ~
* HAS GREAT CROWDS !
FROM ALL SECTIONS
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To Hear Speeches by Distin- I
> fished Men on Liberty
? Loan Subjects
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WOMEN AND CHILDREN ,
d IN GRAND PARADE '
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Ccrman Helmet is Presented (
to Miss Florence Epps as *
? \.7inner of Trophy. (
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The mass meeting at the court ,
house last Monday morning, drew
large crowds from all sections of
Horry, to hear the speeches delivered
by distinguished men in the interest
of the 5th Libertv Loan. The
crowd on Sunday evening was a |
large one, but the one on Monday
was still larger.
Mayor L. D. Magrath introduced
the speakers. The addresses were
delivered from the portico and tne ,
people stood out in front on the
lawn. Many were seated in automobiles
parked or. the grounds. '
One of the attractions of the occasion
was the music rendered by the
' marine band from the navy yard at
Charleston.
The first speaker was Col. Holmes
P Springs, of Georgetown. He has
won distinction by the whole-hearted
P service that he has given to his 1
country in the world war, and he
~ stated in the opening of his address
^ i that he had been away from business (
affairs so long that he would hardly
know how to start in again. He
spoke from actual experience and
personal knowledge of the war and
part our boys took in winning the
victory. He was cheered frequently
by the people because they knew '
him and were glad to hear him
speak.
Dr. Sykes, of Cokcr College, was
the next speaker on the program.
His address was very effective in
winning support for the loan and
the several anecdotes that he related
ir: the course of his remarks kept
his audience much amused.
At the close of his address, Mr. J.
M. Lynch, stated that he had been
requested to prosont to Miss Florence
Epps a German helmet, a
trophy which this young lady had
won in a contest for the best slogan
in the Liberty Loan drive. The slogan
ILibmitted by Miss Epps was:
"Awwe, Victory Calls." Mr. Lynch
presented the trophy amid cheers,
stating that the helmet was not the
1kimi used by the Germans in service,
but was one of a large lot with
decorations manufactured by the
Germans for use when they should
march into Paris. He stated amid
applause that he would rather sec
vniinc l?rlv won.rint/ t.ho he.lmot
on the streets of Conway than to see
it on a German's head on the streets *
of Paris. r
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M Son and Modern Methods. (
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) | "This is going to hurt me more *
than it does you, son," declared dad
as b4\reached for a strap. (
"r*wared so, pop. That is why I *
((Propose arbitration."?Kansas City 0
Journal. *
CROWKAHENDAT 1
PASTIME SHOWS:
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The Pastime Theater has been t
having crowded houses all this week, t
In addition to the music and a fine j
program of moving pictures, the
"Manhattan Vaudeville Show" has t
boon giving performances every c
nightj| On Monday night the five \
reel JnoVf' g picture success "The 1
Nature Girl" could not be shown as s
the films misso<l connections on the r
train; but other good pictures were i
shown. Among the audiences now 1
attending the theater may be seen '
the faces of many visitors from the
country, also from other towns. t
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MESROES IN FIGHT jl
AS MEETING STOPS
Both Negro Men Lodged in I
Town Guard House For
Trial Later.
About the time that the meeting
ast Sunday afternoon at the grounds
vas about to close, two negroes,
lames Cox and Joe Cochran got to
juarreling about a previous afTair.
They left the grounds and continued ,
he dispute as they went up the '
street. One picked up a brick on the
,vuy. Near the town hall they
z\inched in a fight and created some
2\citement for a while. They were
taken in charge and lodged in the
town guard house to await trial by
the Town.
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nilTIII PAA MAI lAif
KUIttLtSS rULlUT
PLIED IN KOREA
Shanghai.?The Korean insurrection,
announced as a passive revolution
against Japanese rule, will be
brought to the attention of the Am01
can government in a series of
graphically written reports. One
of these has just been read by a correspondent
of the Associated Press.
It was written by an American and
recites the sensational events from
March 1, when the revolt began, unLii
March 15 when the report was
started on .its way to the American
minister at Peking. According to
Lhis story, the Koreans who sought
policy to demonstrate their demands
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treated, scores being killed and hundreds
injured. The report summarizes
these features of the insurrection
as follows:
"The revolution began Saturday
afternoon, March 1, in many large
cities in Korea, and spread like wild
f ro to the country. It was well plan
ried, the plotters representing ail
classes. A proclamation of independence,
signed by thirty-three
men, had previously been issued,
twenty-nine of these men gathered
In Seul on February 28 and after the
meeting where the proclamation was
read, met at a dinner party. Later
;'iey telephoned to the police that
they were ready to go to jail, where
jpon the authorities took them ?.o
prison.
"In Seul and Pqeng Yang and
it her cities where foreigners resided
die military abstained from firing on
he crowds but in the rural districts
/iolence of the most terrible descrip;ion
has been practiced. Unresting i
Powds have been fired upon, scores
>. ' persons killed and hundreds j
vounded. Churches have been wreck ,
?d, private homes entered and young ,
nen and school girls, in particular, ]
haggcd off to prison where most of ]
hem have been flogged and a few
leld for trial.
"Here in Pyeng Yang where the ]
reatment of the people has been \
mxh milder than in the country, I 1
lave personally witnessed or heard
lirectiy from witnesses of so many <
ierrible scenes that I can hardly bear <
o write them. <
"Five theological seminary stu- <
lonts, men who had just arrived ir. 1
5yeng Yang that morning, while
lujetly resting their rooms, were ta- 1
,on to the police station and although 1
notcsting their innocence of plot- 1
ing against the government were <
jiven 29 lashes applied at full ]
itrcngthv i
"Two girls were dragged by the ]
.air irom a nouse near the mission i
lospital, tifcd to a telegraph post by
heir hair, horribly beaten by depu- j
ized firemen and then led off to |
ail. <
"One man 65 years old was caught \
)\ the soldiers and ijeaten and kick- j
id until he could not walk. Then he i
\as dragged off to jail. Before he i
lad gone 400 yards many squads of <
ioldiers repeated the performance <
md at the jail, where the punishncnt
was continued, the victim col- \
apsed and was sent homo in a ^
ricksha.' 1
"While the crowds were parading ]
he streets the police and soldiers i
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CONWAY, S C., THPRSDA'
CONWAY HAS CROWD
TO HEAR SPEAKERS
Band Concert and Speaking
Sunday Afternoon Near
Depot Well Attended
MANY AUTOMOBILES
BRING THE PEOPLE
Soldier Who Was in the Fighting
Tells About the Need
of This Loan.
The concert given the marine
band from Charleston, in the grove
near the railroad depot, last Sunday,
was attended by one of the largest
crowds that ever came to Conway on
such an occasion.
Between fifty and one hundred
automobiles parked near the stand,
and an audience of several thousand
people were present, when Col. D. A.
Spivey inrtoduced J. M. Lynch,
Esqr., of Florence, thd orator, who
has loaned his exceptional talents in
behalf of the liberty loans. His address
was one of the best he has
made.
After the address of Mr. Lynch,
Capt. Hougarty, a soldier who has
seen service and understands the
need of a ready response to this 5th
call for funds, made a stirring address.
He stated many facts about
the heroic efforts of t.ho hnv? w'nr*
went to France and broke the Hindenburg
line, and compared the
small sacrifice we will make by
lcrdng our money, with the great
sacrifice those boys have made. He
held the attention of the audience
from beginning to end and his address,
as well as that delivered by
Mr. Lynch will have its eifect in
raising this loan.
Before the speaking began the
band rendered several selections.
There was music between the 'addresses
and also after the last speech
had been delivered.
The band and the speakers arrived
in Conway on Saturday night and
they spent the entire day here on
Sunday.
The weather was good and tne
people came from every direction to
hear the speaking- and listen to the
music.
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Not a War Zone.
Crabshaw: "Being- back in New
York must be a great relief from
the terrible strain of the war zone."
Corporal Jim: "Quit yer kidding!
Since I came over I've been knocked
down by a taxi, held up by a couple
t>i tough guys and charged a
month's pay for a week's board."?
Life.
tan their weapons deliberately into
unresisting bystanders because they
Happened to be in the way.
"In front of the prefect's office
me defenseless Korean was run
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iown and killed by two firemen arm
2d with spikes. The corpse was
bagged along the ground and away
by the slayers.
"Old men, women and children
\ave been indiscriminately abused,
icaten, cut down with swords, struck
cy firemen armed with spikes, officially
flogged at the police station,
pierced by bayonets, and never a
man has resisted the military. The
massive revolt has heen true to its
name here.
"Because we foreigners have seen
ill, we are not only persona njn
cyrata to the Japanese but in real
ianger of our lives. It is reported
chat hired thugs are wandeiing
about, t.ho /?it.v of * *
v-v^ uv iti^uv i/w n uyiii)
whom they may. The foreigners
may be attacked and injured or kill?a\
by these men. If they are the gov
jrnment will promptly disavow the
acts but the objectionable individuals
will, nevertheless, be out of the
way. It is becoming increasingly
whether we foreigners can remain
here during the continuance of the
trouble."
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WHISKEY STILL IS
TAKEN AND DESTROYED
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Found on Land in Possession
of John Grainger in
Green Sea
SIGNS OF WHISKEY
BEFORE AND SINCE
Another Case is Pending'
Against Grainger in the
Court.
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;Somc weeks ago Sheriff J. A.
Lewis, with revenue officials, found
a whiskey still in Green Sea Townshin.
1)11 J1 trnH of liirwl lw
John Grainger, ami ho destroyed!
the outfit. It was located near the
corner of John Grainger's fence.
There was no one at the still when it
was destroyed, but it had recently
been in operation. i
For some time before that evidences
of moonshine whiskey in that
section appeared. It is said that the
distilling of illicit liquors is even
new going on in that community.
John Grainger is involved in a
case in next court that is pending
against him and his son, Ernest
Grainger, for assault and battery;
and it was continued from the last
term of the Court and will likely
come up for trial during the week |
beginning May 2(>th. It is not stated |
whether any prosecution will grow
ouc of the fact that this still was
located on premises in his possession
or not. The land is said to belong
to Gen. J. P. Derham, who held a
mortgage against it for some time
and finally took a title in settlement j
oi trie mortgage, but John Grainger
has been living- on the place all the
time.
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GERMAN DELEGATES
HAVE POWER TO SIGN
Berlin. ? Prof. Walther M. A.
Schuecking, one of the German delegates
to the peace congress at Versailles,
declared that the powers of
the German delegates would be quite
sufficient to enable them to sign the
peace treaty on the spot. Naturally,
he added, the National Assembly
must sanction it.
Prof. Schuccking's statements
were made in an interview with the
V.oitiinfr .int Miftnir ertnfiniilno1
? V/VOVWtUlllg) 'iV
said:
"The importance of the delegation
should be appreciated as an indication
that the. Imperial Government
reckons on real negotiations. The
contents of the latest Entente note
permit the conclusion that our opponents
are in principle inclined seriously
to negotiate with us. I personally
am optimist enough to hope that
French reports of the contents of the
treaty are materially inaccurate and
that, therefore, an accepting preliminary
peace may be garnered within
the next few weeks, even though special
deliberations, due to the enormous
number of extremely difficult
problems, may be protracted for
months.
"Sensible voices, especially from
the Anglo-Amercian camp, have recently
pointed out, and rightly, that
it is not with the present weak Germany
that peace is to be concluded
but with a Germany which at the
most, within two or three decades
will again be an important factor in
the world. I trust in the healthy
maturity of the ideas of the Entente
peoples, who in the long run
want to conclude peace with the German
nation of 70,000,000 and who do
no* intend to support an intolerable
imperialistic policy on the part of
their Cabinets."
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Arrangements lias been made tor
establishing an aerial mail route between
Macon, Ga., and Montgomery,
Ala., a distance of 150 miles, during
the week of May 2 to 10.
raid.
GOVERNMENT WILL I
TURN OVER WIRES
Preparing to Relinquish Control
to Private Ownership.
Washington.?The government is
preparing to relinquish control next
mwiith of American cable lines and
to restore the telegraph and telephone
systems to private ownership
immedately after enactment by Congress
of laws necessary to safeguard
the properties.
Postmaster General Burleson, as
directing head of the extensive wire
communication service taken over as
a war measure, announceed he had
sent to President Wilson a recommendation
that the cables be turned
back forthwith, probably not later
than May 10. An hour later the
Postmaster General gave out a
statement saying he would recommend
that the telegraph and telephone
sei*vicc be returned to private
owners, contingent, however, on financial
protection to be obtained
from Congress.
It was explained by Mr. Burleson
that no legislation was necessary in
the case of the cable company properties.
PALMER CAN Nof
RULEON COTTON
Washington. ? Attorney General
Palmer has declined to give an opinion
on the legality of the action of
Southern cotton growers to limit
their crop this year in an effort to.
maintain prices.
This opinion, it was explained, had
been sought by Secretary Houston to
throw light on the situation which
had caused complaints from a number
of cotton consuming interests.
Since the iilinsdinri * 11 # 1 r?r?f inunlvn
directly any administrative matters
within the department of agriculture,
however, the attorney general
declined to rule. This, it was said,
is in accord with a law limiting the
attorney's generals opinions to specific
problems arising in governmental
administration.
Topelca, Kan.?A request that the
attorney General, of the United
States express an opinion on (he
legality of the movement to restrict
cotton acreage with a view to "maintaining
prices," was made by Gov.
Henry J. Allen of Kansas, following
correspondence with J. S. Wannamaker,
chairman of the South Carolina
Cotton Association . In his letter to
Attorney General Palmer, Governor
Allen quoted the Kansas attorney
general in the belief that the alleged
restriction of acreage was in violation
of the Sherman anti-trust act.
However, Governor Allen referred to
speculators and cotton financiers as
well as growers.
BUCKSVILLE CIRCUIT |
Appointments for Sunday May ith. '
Mr. J. F. Harper has a splendid ,
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address on: "Uhrist, the World's
Emancipator or Liberator," which he
will deliver at Willow Spring at 11
A. M. > 1
Everybody who can, go and hear
him. You will hear something
worth while.
Preaching Sunday, May 4th at
Union 11 A. M.; Mineral Sprnig 4:30
P. M., and at Hebron at early dark. 1
"Christ, the World's Kedeemer.'^ 1
Text: "Though he was rich yet for I
our sakes he became poor that we <
might be rich." <
?W. H. Perry, Pastor. <
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MADE NO SALE. <
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The recent reported sale of the <
stock of Conway Coca-Cola Bottling
Works was not completed and the \
company is now being run under the ;
^ame management as before. A
Wilmington, N. C., company had an
option on the plant and business for i
a short time and operated the plant
or a few days last month, but final- ;
l.v backed out of the trade.
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NEW ROAD WORK
HAS REALLY BEGUN
Marking a Great Stride in
Progress and Improvement
in Horry County
CHAIN GANG USED
IN NEW ROAD WORK
Three Other Good Roads Are
in View From Funds Now
Available.
Last week the County chain-gang
was brought to Conway in order to
have it ready to go to work on the
twenty miles of sand-clay road that
will be constructed from Conway to
Galivants Ferry; one-half of the cost
to be paid by Horry County, and the
other one-half out of the federal aid
funds. The chain-gang is better
equipped than it has ever been to go
ahead in the. building of roads. Mr.
H. P. Little, of the Board, has been
interested for several weeks past in
getting everything ready to begin
this work. The estimated cost of
this first link in the County to County
road pier, iz *he sum of $2,000.00
pei mile. We have no accurate idea
| just now of the estimated length of
| time that it will take to complete
this first piece of road. It is needless
to say that the plans will require
that each and every foot of
this road be constructed according to
the best known modern methods out
Df the proper proportions of clay and
-and, and wherever the clay is need.
0:1 it will be hauled and the cost of
hauling is allowed for in the estimated
expense.
Besides the road to Galivants Fer~
ry there are three other projects in
road building, which will mean much
to Conway, and to the County. These
others may be. described as follows:
From Conway to Port Harrelson;
from Conway to Socastee; from Conway
to the North Carolina State
Line by way of Green Sea and other
points. Those three with the one to
Galivants Ferry makes four sandclay
roads that can be and will be
constructed from the funds now
available, one-half of the cost furnished
by the County and the other
half by the Federal Government.
This marks a great forward step
in progress and improvement for
Horry County. When these four
roads are finished and the people
experience the great benefit to be
derived from them; such as the increased
valuation of lands, the easy
access to market towns, the bringing
in of new people and of new eanit.aL
and many other advantages useless
to name here; it will be easy to arrange
plans for obtaining more money
and building more roads. As this
paper has frequently stated, in the
absence of more railroads in this
County, there certainly can be nothing
more important to the entire
people now than the building of good
rlirt roads.
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COL. JOHNSON AND
ENGINEERS ARRIVE
New York, April 28.?The cruiser
Pueblo arrived from Brest this af;emoon
with 1,799 troops including
die 117th engineers complete (North
Carolina National Guard), consisting
>f forty-three officers and 1,390 men
~jf the Forty-second (Rainbow) division.
Other troops on the Pueblo included
one officer and seventy-eight
mnr\ a f t Vw-> 1 1 1 - *
vi mi. xiivu viigmcui train a no
casuals.
Most of the men of the 117th engineers
were recruited from North
and South Carolina, and were commanded
by Col. John M. Johnson, of
Marion, S. C. A number of the officers
and men wore the Croix De
Guerre and" many others, it was
said, had been recommended for the
D. S. C.