The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 06, 1919, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIV.
GERMANY IS ASHEII
TO JOIN BLOCKADE
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Foch Transmits Note RegardMeasures
Against the
Bolshevists
AVOWED HOSTILITY
4 OF REDS DANGEROUS
National Security of Powers
\ v Threatened by Their
Program.
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Pans.?The text of the note sent
by Marshal Focb to Gen. Nudant for
tiansmisaion to the German government
inviting Germany to participate
in the blockade of bolshevist Russia
is similar to that sent to the neutral
states with the exception of the last
paragraph. The note follows:
"The president of the peace conference
has been requested by the con
fcrence to inform the neutral govern
ments of a decision taken by the Supreme
Council of the allied and associated
powers in regard to economic
pressure which is to be exerted on
bolshevist Russia.
"The German government is asked
to take measures similar to those indicated.
Grave Danger.
"The avowed hostility of the bolf
hovistH toward all governments and
their international program of revo
lution which they are spreading
abroad constitute grrave danger for
f the national security of all powers.
Every increase of strength of the bolah
ovists would increase the danger
and would be contrary to the desire
of all peoples who are seeking to es
tablish peace and social order.
"It is in this spirit that the allied
and associated governments after
.studying the commercial relations
with bolshevist Russia find these rcla
tions indeed could only be effected
thr ( Ugh the agency- of the chiefs of
the bolshevist government who, dis--.111
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which commericial liberty
would bring them, would thereby
achieve considerable increase in their
tyrannical strength which they are
exorcising over the Russian populations.
To Prevent Commerce.
"Under these conditions the allied
and associated governments requests
the Swedish, Norwegian, Danish,
Dutch,J Finnish, Swiss, Mexican, Chilean,
Argentinian, Columbian and
Venc/.ulean governments to be good
enough to make an immediate agreeorient
with them in measures to pro
vent their nationals from engaging
in any commerce with bolshcvist Rus
sia and to assure that this policy will
be rigorously executed.
"To refuse clearance papers to every
ship going to Russian ports in
the hands of holshevists or coming
from said ports.
"To establish similar measures for
nil merchandise destined to he sent
into bolshcvist Russia by any other
routs.
Refuse Passports.
"Tjh refuse passports to all persons
\goLng to Bolshevist Russia or coming
Jffifrom it, except through understanding
with the allied and associated
governments.
"It is the disposition as far as posfdble
to request refusal by each
government to its own nationals of
facilities for correspondence with I
^J*olshevist Russia by post telegraph
wireless."
The note sent to Germany contains
the following final paragraph:
"The Briti.^h and French warships
in the Gulf of Finland shall continue
to change the route of ships hound
for po^fcs of bolshevist Russia."
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W W. L. BRYAN BACK.
Many friends of Clerk of Court W.
L Biyan, were delighted to see him
back at home last Monday morning.
He was able to be about the streets
for a part of the day and was looking
remarkably well considering the long
time ho had been sick.
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NO PRICE FIXING
ON FERTILIZERS
Washington.?Price-fixing on fertilizer
ingredients, a policy which
would not only affect cotton growers
profoundly if undertaken at this
time, both through its inclusion of
cotton-seed meal and its relation to
other ammoniates, has been definitely
abandoned for the present, as a
result of representations made before
a committee of the Federal Department*
of Agriculture, but the
announcement that "fair-price determinations"
would not be made
was accomnanied bv a xuirirnxtmn of I
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prosecutions if any evidence should
appear of profiteering.
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ACCIDENT BRINGS TRIAL.
Magistrate W. H. Chestnut held a
trial Inst Monday at the court house i
between W. R. Tyler as plaintiff
against A. J. Strickland. The complaint
alleged damages to Mr. Tyler
when an accident occurred on Oc.tobear
4th, at Homewood, when the automobile
of Mr. Strickland ran into
collision with Mr. Tyler's buggy and
one of the wheels of the buggy was
destroyed and a shaft broken. The
jury was composed of six business
men in Conway. They heard the testimony
from both sides, and the arguments
of . their attorneys, and
found the sum of $25.00 for the plain
tiff. The defendant paid up the
amount after the verdict and this
ends the case.
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The demand for the materials i;
now greater than the supply.
GERMAN SHIPPING'
CRIPPLED BY WAR
Chief Sufferer, Says Direector
General of North German
Lloyd.
Hamburg.?A very pessimistic
view of the future of German seafaring
is drawn by Herr Heinekin,
director general of the North German
Lloyd, in the new year book of the
line.
"Uut of the destruction of the
whole German economic situation as
it is determined by the peace document,
the destruction of Germany's
shipping follows as a matter of
course," he writes. As two of the
chief losses sustained by German ship
ping, he cites the reduction of German
territory and "the transfer of
German railroads to foreign interests"
so that, he says, the Rhine
shipping in part, the Vistula shipping
entirely, come under foreign
control.
Loss of industries such as the potash
works in Alsace, the textile factories
and iron mines in Lorraine and
Luxemburg, he declares, will be heav|
ily felt by German shipping because
I these industries will direct their imports
and exports via Antwerp or
French harbors, and will be taken
cave of by Belgian or French firms,
which makes it Put of the question to
use German ships. Herr Hoinekin
adds:
"Then there must be figured the
huge material sacrifices that Germany
has had burdened upon her by
giving up all her overseas possession*;
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ana rigncs, ny tne provisions or ui (
entente by which she must make reparations
by the foreign prize court
verdicts, and finally by the cl?Aise
that all German property abroad need
be reckoned at the peace rate.
"Germany has been robbed of all
its overseas facilities and shipping
quarters abroad. When all privileges,
advantages and concessions which
Germany had in China have been annulled,
when the German rights m
Siam, Liberia, Moroco and Egypt
have been declarer! void, when German
property is liquidated in these
countries, when finally the urgently
necessary foreign news ser*vice is
crippled by taking away the Gennon
cable, it is the Geiman shipping that
i- the chief sufferer."
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CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY
FORMAL DEMAND
TO KEEP TREATY
Germany Must Make Good
Armistice Terms?To
Surrender Ships.
Pains.?Demand will be made of
Germany that all violations of the
laimistice shall he made good. This
has been decided upon by the supreme
council which has completed the protocol
to the German treaty.
The protocol provides that Germany
shall surrender cruisers and destroyers
to replace those sunk at
Scapa Flow, and also surrender flouting
dry docks, lighters, cranes, tugs
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i?i?i vrm^i naval V(|UI[JII1UI1V L'lJUIll IH
value to that of the first class battleship
destroyed, which Germany can
not replace.
There is no provision in the protocol
as to how the war ships and naval
ships shall be divided among the allied
and associated powers. Germany
has been asked to send a commission
to Paris to sign the protocol and attend
the fonnal ratfication of the
treaty.
The supreme council has completed
its reply to the Bulgarian request for
changes in the peace treaty and will
probably submit it to the Bulgarian
representatives tomorrow, granting
ten days for the signatures.
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NEW BUSINESS GOING.
J. B. Cox, Burroughs Lundy, and J.
E. Bryan and associates, have formed
a new company following their pur
chase of the dry poods department
of the Burroughs & Collins Company.
They are running the business at the
same stand and with about the same
help in the store. They will continue
the policy of the store which is to
give satisfaction or refund the
money.
PERSHING WANTS
UNITS LINED UP
Washington.?A volunteer force of
officers and men who served in the
great war, so organized as to preserve
wartime designations of units,
was proposed to tho military committee
of congress by General Pershing
as the basis of a permanent reserve
t( bo maintains! in future by universal
service.
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Until universal training got under
way, he told the committee divisions
and smaller units now disbanded
could be brought back into exist- nee
on paper, with enough volunteers
from their former personnel to make
up the skeleton of the continuing reserve
system.
Later, he continued, men emerging
fiom universal trainings camps could
bo assigned to these reserve units in
their home localities. He suggested
that the men thus assigned be asscm
bled for drill or maneuvers "once or
twice during the period they are held
for possible service" after training,
though they could not be actually
called into service except in time of
war.
The general said the problem of
fitting in this plan with any continuance
of the National flnnivl n?
such, was of a difficult one. He suggested
that the governors of states
might be given authority to call the
| reserves into service in local emergencies,
but preferred that their
I training and organization be distinct11*
federal.
Genei-al Pershing also declared his
preference for army promotions by
selection rather than seniority and
recommended a single list for promotion.
In that way, he said, much
"dead timber could be eliminated and
t.MrtiuiK inequalities netween start
and line removed." The present promotion
system he characterized as
"absurd."
The witness virtually completed
his statement before the committee
today, but he asked time to consider
some of the questions submitted by
members and probably will appear
a rain next week.
If He
, NOVEMBER 6, 1919.
LIMIT TO BORAX IN
FERTILIZER STOCK
Department of Agriculture Isi
sues Important Regulations
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on Subject. .
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Washington.?Senator Dial of J
South Carolina has made public the j
text of orders issued by the bureau
of soils, department of agriculture, '
which are designed to prevent crop
damage through the sale and the ap- 1
plication to land of artificial fertili- '
zera continuing undue proportions of
borax. Photographs illustrating dam 1
age alleged to have been wrough by 5
American or "trona" potash in the '
Pee Dee section of South Carolinawere
exhibited to the wavs and means 1
committee of the House of Rcpresen- 1
tatives recently, in the course of hear
ings on the proposal to establish an (
import duty which would protect the 1
infant American potash industry, and
it is said that litigation is likely to
recover damages on account of the
deleterious effect of these products.
Dr. C. C. Fletcher of the bureau of
soils was sent to South Carolina last
July to study the conditions there, in
iurtnerance of an investigation then
being made by the bureau, and the or
dors now issued are the outcome of
the findings. Secretary Houston deem
ed it inadvisable to comply with a recent
request from Senator Dial for a
copy of the bui-eau of soils, Dr. Milton
Whitney, a letter enclosing orders
which had just been issued. Dr. Whitney
advised the Senator that the department
had considered the subject
of Thigh borax containing potash
salts, such as are derived from the
Searles Lake deposit, and under authority
of the Control Act of August
10. 1917, has issued an order to the
Searles Lake producers and to all
brokers, fertilizer manufacturers and
mixers to insure the safe use of this
material for fertilizer purposes." The
order to the producers is dated October
24 and is in part as follows:
"The department has investigated
the damage to crops attributed to the
use of fertilizer containing high borax
potash and has traced in important
instances this potash to the product
of Searles Lake. In order to permit
the safe use of this product in future,
the department, under authority of
the control act of August 10, 1917,
has decided to place such restrictions
on the use of potash salts containing
borax as will guarantee the use of an
application of not more than two
pounds of anhvdroux borax per acre.
In order to effect this, you are instmcted
not to sell direct to farmers
as straight goods, or to any broker or
other person for use by farmers as
straight goods, potash salts containing
more than five-tenths of one per
cent of anhydrous borax.
An order has been issued to brokers,
fertilizer manufactures and
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I nimvi u, TTIIlVIi |iCI llllirft 1111*111 IU I'UH"
tinue using in mixed goods potash
salts containing borax, but they must
not allow more than two pounds per
ton of borax.
The United States department of
agriculture has therefore sustained
in substance the contentions made by
the South Carolina planters, that the
crop damage of which they complained
was due to impurities in the American
potash salts supplied them.
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S. S. NEWS FROM NICHOLS.
On Orphanage Day in our Sunday
School owing to the fact that Saturday,
the day set apart for work day,
was rainy, the Superintendent stated
that we would have our collection as
usual and urged that the regular collection
be mot, which was ten dollars.
One member of the Sunday
School moved that we make it fortp
instead of ten.
"When the collection was taken and
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From time to time we shall send
you our Sundap School news.
Essie B. Meares.
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BUYS BUSINESS LOT.
Mr. L. R. Ambi ose has bought th'A
vacant lot, known as the old Todd
Hotel site, from Mr. Robbie Stalvey.
He will consider the erection of a
store building on the property before j
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DOMESTIC CROP TO
END THE SHORTAGE.
Washington?The shortage of sugar
will end when the new domestic
crop reaches the market, according
t> a minority repoit filed in the Senite
by Senator Hansdell, Democrat,
>r Louisiana, opposing the majority
plan to extend federal control of sug*...
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, uiim huiiiwi lir |)ll IVIIilM' Wl UOIIH'Stic
and Cuban sugars. The majority
)ill would "single out" the American
sugar industry for government control
and work'"irreparable injury" to
American producers, Senator Ransloll
declared.
The minority report endorsed J
recommendations to Attorney Gener- j
il Palmer by the sugar equalization
Doard that the government restrict
use of sugar for candy, fountain |
drinks, and other luxuries and cited
the board's declaration that the proposed
legislation is too late to secure
enough Cuban sugar to relieve the
piesent situation.
INVESTIGATION OF
FRENCH CONTRACTS
Paris.?The commissions instituted
by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies
for the purpose of looking into
war contracts between the state and
private firms have concluded their
investigations and deposited their
findings. One of the first duties of
the new chamber when it convenes
will be to take legislative measures
necessary to obtain from finns sums
amounting to f>00,000,000 francs,
which the commissioners say would
leave the firms 4la normal profit" on
their war contracts.
The senate report estimates that
one firm alone would be called upon
to return to the state more than 2,bOO.OOO
francs. Airplane and motor
manufacturing concerns are among
those mentioned in the report for
sums totalling well into tens of millions
of francs.
All the firms mentioned in the report
have signified their intention of
do fond in ?r t.Vw*rMcol\?r?u ......
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rending any of their profits.
dredmworit
of importance
Governing Depth of Four Feet
For the Inland Route
Canal.
Important dredging* work on the inland
route between Charleston and
Georgetown is scheduled by the United
States engineer's office. Major G.
R. Lukosh, United States engineer of
this district, announces that dredging
will be done by the pipe line dredge
Congaree to connect Ramhorn's Creek
with Mill Creek, not far from McClellanville,
in from Cape Romain. The
canal will have a governing depth of
4 feet, and will enable vesseels to
make the voyage without having (o
come out in a. bad stretch of open
water, where somewhat treacherous
shoals may cause them at times to
get stuck. Navigators who play this
route will welcome this piece of work.
When the dredge Winyah Bay,
which is now being repaired, is ready
it will be sent to Winyah Bay, Major
Lukesh states, to resume operations
there in connection with the 18-foot
channel. Estherville Creek, near
Georgetown, has been cleared of
shoals recently that obstructed navigation.
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PASTIME PROGRAM.
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iiii? i iwsvime is continuing the excellent
program which was put into
effect some time ago, and is showing
fine pictures to large audiences every
night in the week exept Wednesday.
The five and six reel pictures
never fail to attract large crowds
and the comedy features are also now
very popular.
NO. 29.
PERSHING OPPOSED
TO ARMY GF 500,000
Appears Before Senate and
House Military Com
mittees
UNIVFRRAI TRAIMiMn
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FAVORED BY GENERAL
Trained Citizen Reserve Is
J Needed to Support Small
Army.
Washington.?Disagreeing with the
war department recommendations for
a permanent army of 500,000 men,
(?tn. John J. Pershing told a joint
mooting of the Senate and House military
committees that he thought the
number could be placed at "an outside
figure of 275,000 to 300,000 and
possibly less." The cost of maintaining
a large army, the general said,
was an element, which, in his opinion,
would make it impracticable to set
the figure any higher.
The general said the regular army
should be sufficient to protect the nation
against sudden attack and to
J meet America's international obliga|
tions both on the American continent
and elsewhere and that this should be
backed by a "trained citizen reserve."
Universal Training.
Gen. Pershing, who appeared at **
special session of the committees
which are considering a permanent
.military policy said universal mu^
tary training was essential to preparedness.
"Military training makes better
citizens." he declared. "Its benefits
should be extended to all our youngmen.
Through service it increases
their physique, it broadens their view
of life and it is Democratic."
With universal service established,
he continued, the military establishI
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small party of reg-ulars?sufficient
for expeditionary forces, which may
bo called cn.it to sustain our obligations
on the American continent, and
to garrison outlying possessions?
which would be backed up by a force
in training and behind that a citizens*
reserve. ?
Discusses Dills.
Clon. Pershing disscussed in detail
the army reorganization bills pending
before Congress.
"In our experience in France," he
said 41 became evident that a transport
corps to include all classes of
personnel, rail, water and highway
should be maintained.
"The experience with the air service
makes it certain that this will be
an element of increasing importance
in warfare. America should not be
allowed to lag behind other countries.
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.v i?*- wi:ii iu consolidate air
, foives, military, naval and commercial
i under a single head as an assistnee
j to progress."
Wants Tank Corps,
i The general also urged retention of
a tankcorps. He also said the nurse
corps deserved recognition and he
praised its service during the war.
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MONDAY WAS BALKS DAY.
Last Monday was legal salesday at
the court house. Several tracts of
land were disposed of by the sheriff
of tho county, and some of the land
hi ought very satisfactory prices.
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MAKES GOOD SALE.
Thomas W. Livingstone, of Hammond,
S. C., has made a good sale of
his farms in Simpson Creek township,
the purchaser being" C. M. Stalvey,
of Loris. S. C., at price of $10,000.00.
This deal was closed by the
parties in Conway last week, the papers
being drawn by a Conway attorney.
The option was sold some
time ago on the place to Messrs.
Rhodes & Hardwiok, of Loris, S. C.,
and the option purchased from them
by the present owner, C. M. Stalvey.
This is only a part of the property
owned by. Mr. Livingston at Hammond.
He has another lar^e farm
| still unsold.
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