The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 20, 1919, Image 1
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MEXICO'S WAR PLANS
< ARE REVEALED
Enormous Supply of Arms
Bought?U. S. Protest
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CARRANZA PLOT .
BROUGHT TO LIGHT
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Rifles, Machine Guns and Ammunition
Orderod Prom
Abroad.
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Washington.?Large orders for
arms and ammunition, placed by Mexico
in Belgium and Spain, in preparation
for the possibility of American
intervention, came to light when the
State Department' let it become
known that the government had taken
steps to prevent their shipment.
The charge d'acaires of the United
States embassy at Brussels has protested,
under instructions that
shipment of the munitions would be
in violation of the international arms
convention. As Spain is not a party
to the agreement which was designed
to aid in keeDinor the neace of the
world during the after the war transition
period, no such direct action i.->
probable at Madrid.
The order in Belgium was -_ed
with the Fabrique Nationale Arms,
at Liege, probably under the direction
JS \ of Candido Aguilar, Merican minister
B iff foreign affairs and President Carranza's
son-in-law; who went to Eu4
rope recently after stopping here and
< placing a wreath on George Washing
( ton's tomb at Mount Vernon.
Machine Guns.
The orders in Spain, which included
rifles, millions of rounds of ammunition
and a large number of machine
guns, were negotiated through the
Mexican minister there. Eleseo Arredondo,
former ambassador to the
United States and President Carranxa's
nephew.
The Spanish munitions, according
to information in the hands of the
government, began passing to Mexico
more than a year ago while the
European war still was going on and
in violation of the inter-Allied embargo.
Rifles and ammunition and
some sam-place machine guns are reported
to have passed Havana on
their waf to Mexico as late as June
of this year. For later shipments,
cargo space had becm reserved for
October 19, on Holland-American line
stealers, sailing out of Antwerp, ami
furtner space had been reorved for
Tampico, Vera Cruz and Puerto, Mexico,
on December 3.
The United States has been denying
shipments of arms and ammunition
into Mexico for many months
for the reason that they generally fell
into the hands of bandits and often
were used against Americans. Soon
after the end of the war the Mexican
jgovemment asked for the release of
munitions bought in this country is
1917, but it was refused. ]
Enormon., Orders,
v Such information as has now come
into the hands of the government
showp that Mexico already was turnmJjf
inggio European manufacturers for
Kl he*%upply and has since placed cnor'mous
orders.
It appears from the government's
T^s information that while the peace, con
ferenco was in session in Paris and
Gen. Mondragon, a jr eminent Mexican
was there advising his government
of its probable course toward
.-Mexican affairs and particularly the
attitude of the United States, the
''Spanish munition makers with whom
large orders already had been placed,
were being* urged to speed up the
delivery of powder and cartridges
and particclarly of the machine guns
which were reported to be a new type
descjilbed as perfect and unimprov
able^
Gen. Mondragon, it appears reported
from his conference in Paris that
Mcx ico need not fear intervention by
the United States, but information
received at the same time disclosed
that the orders for munitions steadily
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MISS NINA SASSER I
PUBLIU HEALTH NURSE
Mi.js Nina Sasscr, R. N.f has been
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appointed through the Red Cross,
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Public Health Nurse for Horry Coun- ,
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ty. She is a general visiting nurse, a },
tuberculosis nurse, a child welfare t
r.urse, a school nurse, a mental hy- ^
giene nurse, a sanitary inspector, and ^
a 'eader in all health interests. |
4io will have very little time to
sp id in bedside nursing, except in ^
cases mostly needed, especially those ^
thufc can not afford a private nurse. ^
Absolutely free care will only be t
given. When she considers it a no- t
cessity patients will bo requested to j
pay according to their means, and
services rendered. Visit basis ranges
from ten to seventy-five cents. If
tlmre is no other nurse available and
its necessary to go to homes who can | ^
afford a private nurse's care, one
dollar will be charged. Maternity j
cases are not included in this work, (
except cases of emergency. She will r
also not do any night duty except in (
emergency.
CANNOT CARRY UQUOR ;
AROUND ARMY CAMPS!
New Orleans.?The President of
the United States is the only person
who can say when the war with Germany
ended and therefore the sale
or carrying of intoxicating liquors (
into territory adjacent to a military 1
camp or cantonment is forbidden un- 1
til he does so, ruled the United Stat- '
es circuit court of appeals here in
affirming the sentence of fifteen
months in the federal penitentiary 1
imposed upoii Luician C. Laughler, ot 1
Tarrant County, Texas, after a trial 1
before the federal court of the northern
district of Texas. 1
HOUSE STANDS BY "JIM
GROW" GARS I
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Washington.?Southern congress- <
men today successfully routed all at- 1
tempts to attach to the pending rail- 1
road bill in the house any provision 1
to infringe the rights of the Southern 1
states to "Jim Crow" cars. In their
fight they were aided by members *
from other parts of the country. <
W. E. PORTER HAS i
FINE POTATO CROP
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W. E. Porter, who owns a fine 1
place about five miles East of Loris,
has had unusual success in raising
sweet potatoes this years. He has
just finished gathering the potatoes
from one acre of a two acre field, i
and f.Vinf of a 1 mi; ncfimnfo V?Ia 1
crop will produce at the rate of 1
three hundred bushels to the acre.
These potatoes are very fine in size 1
and he brought a lot of them with <
him to Conway last Thursday and *
they proved themselves by their ex- i
tra large size and fine shapes. J
The land on which these potatoes ,
were produced is a light loamy soil,
and Mr. Porter figures that this land
produced these potatoes for liirn at
a coast of not over five cents per
bushel. He paid for his lard in
1901 at the price of $1.20 per acre.
This same land makes an average of
nearly one bale of cotton per acre.
were going forward. The information
in the government's hands also
discloses thai the ?uuAicail officials
managing the affair were attempting
to estimate the attitude of Peru,
Chile, Arg0ntina and other South
American countries if the United
States should decide on intervention.
That phase of the incident, however;
i-i not regarded by officials here as
threatening. Such information as the
government has, however, shows that
Augilar discussed the South American
attitude toward intervention during
his conference in Europe, but officials
here realize that the subject
has always been discussed among the
Mexican statesmen.
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CONWAY, S. O., THURSDAY
MIGHT THIEVES
BREAK TWO PLACES
Thieves broke into the store of
tiiss Bros., last Tuesday night and
ook three forty dollar overcoats, a
ot of cuff buttons, and perhaps other
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r tell the missing- articles from a
urge stock at first. The thief took
ut a piece of moulding holding a
iroken section of the front show winlow
in. place.
The same night the thief entered
he City Barber Shop, in much the
lame way by removing a piece of
iroken window pane in the rear of
he building, and from the shop he
ook about ten dollars that was left
n the cash drawer.
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1 1 1 A NK SGI VING SERVICE.
Not being aware of the custom of a
inion Thanksgiving Service and expecting
to he out of town on that day,
announced at our Services on Sunlay,
Nov. 16th, that we will have a
rhanksgiving Service in the Metholist
church next Sunday.
This is to let the public know that
.his service will in no way take the
place of the customary union Thanks
giving Service which will be held in
:he Methodist church on Thanksgiving
day, November 27th.
?B. G. Murhpy.
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TO THE LADIES OF CONWAY.
At the last meeting of the Conway
3ivic League it was ordered that the
[president write an article for the pa
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purs asxing me iacnes 01 trie city to
3urn their trash in their own yards.*
What they can not burn to put in
some sort of receptacle and side their
back gates, if possible, not to block
the sidewalk as is so frequnetiy done
with unsightly trash piles.
Conway is a very large small town
and can only support one trash cart,
iriven by one old colored man. If it
were a city of five thousand the inhabitants
would not be allowed to
pile their trash on the streets. "Why
should the inhabitants of a small
city expect it to take care of their
Lrash? No matter how small our
own front yard each of us have a certain
pride in its appearance, what
becomes of that pride when we walk
out the front gate on our city streets
which are only a lot of front yards?
rhe pride is still with us alright, but
as yet it's a wee small pride, coax it
on a little, sweep the sidewalk if it is
paved and if it isn't pick up the papers
just once a week, have your
street clean for Sonday.
?N. D. F., Pres.
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Hon. R. B. Scarborough recently
<pent several days in Columbia on
ousiness.
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$1 A POUND FOR COTTON.
Jackson, Miss.?One dollar a pound
for a bale of long staple cotton,
veigmnp o?o pounds, sold by Capt.
W. A. Swift, of Swifton, Miss., to W.
r. Rich & Co., of Greenwood, is believed
to be the record price for spot
otton this sason. The staple measlred
one and three-eights inches. Toafethor
with the seed the bale netted
?685. ;
After Janua
The Subscription Pi
will be $2.00 per year.
This has been mad<
reason of the scarcity ai
news print upon which tl
RENEW NC
All renewals, howe1
accepted at the old price
not exceeding one year t<
COME I
Get in now while th?
neglect to jiay it before 1
blame us, as we are givii
time.
The Hon
By H. H. 1
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, NOVEMBER 20, 1919.
| RED CROSS TRAINING
FOR OUR LAOIEI
Our local Red Cross is offering t
>ou, free, a splendid course in horn
care of the sick. It is the grandcs
opportunity you will ever have t
learn to care for your family durin
an illness, just as a nurse would whe
one's services can not be secured.
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l&WYYC A\1UU1U Ijs il ** ICIIII HI II
st rue tor and has had succecssful ei
thusiastic classes at Little Rive
Aynor, Galivants Ferry, and is no
conducting- one at Green Sea. T1
ladies in the county realized the
splendid opportunity anil arrange
their home duties so that they eoul
attend the classes, which were or
hour and a half each day for fifte<
days. Some of them drove from foi
to six miles to be there.
We hope that at least twenty ludh
o- the town will grasp the opportui
ity that is being granted them. A
yet only five have handed in the
names.
The class will be organized tl
22nd or 24th of this month; all thoi
desiring to attend will please 'phoi
Mrs. V. F. Piatt for further inform
tion.
GEORGETOWN PUNS
BOLL WEEVIL FIGH
Georgetown.?The joint meetii
held here a day or two ago betwe<
the farmers of Georgetown, the cha
ber of commerce and the represent
tives of the South Carolina Lan
owners' association in the rooms
the chamber of commerce was one
the most enthusiastic and benefici
of its kind so far held in the coast
section of the state.
Under the boosting- of P. M. Brie
man, least 50 of the progressive bu:
ness men and farmers of Georgeto\
assembled to hear the discussion
the boll weevil and how to meet i
ravages.
George B. Wheeler, manager of t]
South Carolina Landowners' asscci
tion, was the first speaker and for .
minutes told plainly and positively
the immediate necessity of facing ai
overcoming the boll weevil menace.
John T. Grier of Moultrie, Ga., ne
told of the action that had been tak<
in his section under exactly the sari
conditions. Mr. Greer, who built ai
is one of the operators of the Mov
trie packing- plant, explained tli
four years ago the future of h
county had a more gloomy prospe
than has the coastal plain section
South Carolina at this time, but th
through co-operation of the farmc
merchant and banker the per capi
wealth of his section had been mult
plied by five, that the banks in h
city which carried a total deposit ?
$1,000,000 had grown to over $f>,00(
00-, all through hog growing, tl
packing plant and diversified fam
ing.
Sweet potatoes, Mr. Greer state
is another crop which, if handled
the right manner and under the s
pervision of some one who knows ho
the commodity should be handled ar
marketed, was made a great reveni
producer for his section. Potato cu
ing warehouses, said Mr. Greer, ai
try 1st, 1920
rice of The Horry Herald
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nd high price of the white
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TV NOW
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WOODWARD.
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"SUPREME TRIBUNAL
5 RULES GRACE OUT
o The municipal election in Charlesie
ton, held August 19, was declared
it null and void by the supreme court in
o so lar as it applies to the office of
g mayor. The opinion was written by
n Associate Justice Hydrick and is concurred
in by Chief Justice Gary and
l- Associate Justice Fraser.
i. Associate Justice R. C. Watt filed
Vf a dissenting opinion, Associate Ju.w
tice Gage joining Judge Watts in
IC this.
ii In the majority opinion the court
lt| held that the action of the executive
Id committee in referring the challenge.',
u- votes to a subcommittee was an or?ii
ror of law and prejudicial to the
lr rights of the petitioner, Tristam T.
Hyde.
It is also held that the executive
u committee erred in refusing to con
sider the alleged mutilated votes. The
ir difference in the votes hot ween Mayoi
Hyde and John P. Grace was so
ie small, it is emphasized, that a prose
consideration of those by the enie
tire committee might have changed
a- the result. The court contended that
neither the rules of the party nor the
election statute justifies the manner
in which the contested votes and mutilated
ballots were disposed of by a
T subcommittee.
Judge Watts contended in his contrary
opinion that the question was
one dealing wholly with the political
ig branch of the state and was beyond
;il uiv yiv/vmu; U1 J UUlClill power. 1 lie
m committee declared the result, acting
u- within the scope of the authority
d- vested in them. Their decision on the
of facts aro final and no errors have
of been committed, and I think the ptoal
ceodings should be dismissed/' ht
,al said.
k. SUBSCRIBE NOW.
o- ^ you think this paper is worth
vn the sum of $1.50 subscribe for it before
January 1st, 1920, at that price,
As things stand now, it is worth more
than $2.00 per year. The price oi
lu, the paper will be $2.00 to everybody
a_ after January 1st.
E AVOID FROST INJURY
? IN SWEET POTATOES
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Clemson College, Nov. 15.?With
1( the coming of the first heavy frost in
1 ~ a large part of the state, sweet potaa
toes which have not already been
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' harvested should be harvested at
c once, says the Extension Horticultur0
ist. Weather conditions have been
at ideal and a part of the crop has been
11' hai*vcsted. This is as it should be
V1 whenever the crop was mature, without
waiting for frost. If potatoes are
18 still in the ground when frost arrives,
lose no ime in getting them out,
or be sure to cut the vines at the
10 main stem and thus prevent frost inrl"
jury to the potatoes until they can be.
taken out of the ground.
' The following five pointers are sug
1,1 gested for general guidance in haru"
vesting:
NN' 1. Harvest when mature and before
frost injury. '
10 2. Remove vines, by means of an
1 ** ordinary hay rake, only so much as
"" can l>e dug each day.
? 3. In case of frost, cut the vines at
the main stem before thawing or
freezing again, and let stand until
weather permits digging.
4. Haiwest with the standard twohorse
potato plow or the ordinary
turn plow.
ft. Plow deep to reduce the percentage
of cut or bruised potatoes.
the same necessity to raising potatoes
as the packing plant is to the
cnnrtAcpftil roicinrc r\f linn'i;
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This meeting was one of many
which will be bold in all of the coastal
counties of the state by the South
Carolina Landowners' association in
the interest of meeting the boll weevil
danger.
Immediately after the meeting a
movement was started by F. M.
Prickman to finance the construction
ftf* iVin n of A ll.n 1?AU/\*t
VI 111 OW J/\?VUVV V III IIK^ ? ill V'llUU
for Georgetown county, and it only
took five minutes to assure Mr. Brick
man that the necessary finance were
available for the establishment of the
first one.
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NO." 31.
NATIONAL GUARD ~
Rill INSFMATF
mmmamtu 111 VbllVT I L?
Measure Provides for Armed
Force of 348,000?Will
Retain Present Pay.
Washington. Th? plan of the National
Guard Association of the
' United States for reorganization of
i the State militia of the country, emj
bodying a proposal for a system of
j voluntary military and physical train
ing, functioning through the schools
. and colleges, was submitted to the
1 Senate in a bill by Senator Frelingj
buy sen, Republican, of New Jersey.
II v an referred to the military committee.
The measure provides for an
anral force of approximately 1148,000
officers and men augmented by a
reserve force of former service men.
The bill was drafted by a special
committe appointed at the associations'
convention in St. Louis last
May. Owing to the pending army
reorganizaion bill, the Senate committe
will give immediate consideration
to the measure. Col. R. H. Gillett,
who assisted in drafting the bill,
will appear before the committee
tomorrow.
I National Guard Bureau.
under the bill's provisions, the
present milita bureau would be sub1stituted
by a National Guard bureau
which would be under the direct supervision
of the Secretary of War
with a major general jus chief of the
bureau, appointed by the President.
The bill would also establish a
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National Guard council composed of
one officer of the National Guard
from each state who would have
charge of the reorganization and development
of the National Guard.
{ 'Military and physical training for
boys from 16 to 18 years of ago under
National Guard officers also is pno,
vided with federal financial aid for
!- equipment and maintenance of high
, school cadet corps and similar organizations.
Federal assistance for main
tabling officers' training corps iru
collegcs enrolling at least one hundred
male students also is proposed.
The present basis of pay for Nai
tional Guard officers and men would
^ be retained under the bill. The National
Guard units could be used both
i inside and outside of the United
i States by the bill's provisions. As
. part of the general plan to divorce
as far as possible the regular army
organizations from the State militia
the attorney general and not the
l iudcre advocate frenornl
quired to interpret provisions of the
i bill.
The bill left for Congress to determine
the cost of putting the pl:in
in force.
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G A LI V ANTS FERRY NEWS.
Mrs. Anna Best was called to Conway
to the bedside of her brother,
Mr. Jordan, who is very ill.
Miss Blanche Altman is out again
after a severe case of typhoid fever.
We are glad to report that
Messrs. Zack and Purdy Altman, who
have been very ill are rapidly inNproving.
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Messrs. Estha and Lida Gerrald,
who have been attending the Floycfc*
High School have returned home.
Mr. Guy Wilson, of Greenwood,
S. C., was a pleasant caller in this
community last week.
Miss Evelyn Berry spent the week
end \vith her parents near Dillon.
Quite a number of people front
this community attended the Fair i*
Marion last week. \
There is to be a Box Supper at
Zion School House Wednesday night,
?AtVi fnv t.hp benefit of tfaa
school. The public is cordially itavited.
(Signed) ?Teachers.
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R. C. Boyd was in Conway one day
last week.
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; AN ENTERTAINMENT.
There will be a Thanksgiving Entertainment
at the Deep Branch
School House Thursday night, November
27th. Admission 25 cents.
Children under six years of age flree.
Proceeds to be used for school improvement.
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