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# [ <r. | > 7au ^ . . / . * , ^ ^ VOLUME XXXIV. HERY SERVICE MAN h ENTITLED TO THESE Ik tetter From Hon. P. H. Stoll | -Explains How Ex-Soldiers M f%\i DoooitiA Aptinlao ivictj ugu^ivg ni nuig? UNLESS, OF COURSE V THEY ALREADY HAVE -.Jta&d Over the List and Per-, haps YooT-Wttl "Write :For ^ rPr9|wr?Blanks. ""Phe Herald has received for publi nation, .the following letter from Con gressman Stoll, cand it will explain itself: I "Under an act of ? congress, every enlisted man in the American army itn the recent war was entitled, upon 1 honorable discharge, and return to (-'civilian life, to permanently retain t the following property: One overseas cap (for all enlisted : men who have had service overseas) or one hat and one hat cord for all < Other enlisted men. One olive drab shirt. One service coat and ornaments. One pair breeches. One pair shoes. lOne pair leggins. One barrack bag. # Three scarlet chevrons. One waist Wit. One set toilet articles, (if in pos 1..! I J1 1 iv It avnniun wncn uiHcnargca;, " One slicker. One overcoat. Two suits underwear. Pour pair stockings. One pair gloves. One gas mask and helmet (if is. aued overseas). If any soldier did not secure all of the above property on discharge, he i *. now entitled to receive it. Upon request of any soldier 1 will send the necessary blank to be filled out to enable him to obtain any pr perty which was not given to him upon his discharge. Officers and enlisted men who have returned the gas mask or helmet may make similar application for these articles that they may be . issued if available. , Under the same act of congress, , each enlisted man honorably dis- 1 charged sipce November 11, 1918, : end before the passage of the act of , Pebruary 28, 1919, is entitled to five ] ce^s per mile from the place of 1 hie dia&arge to his actual residence; ( .'and, if he did not receive this mile- . upon his discharge, he may oh- : tain same upon filing proper applica- 3 ttion. i Yolirs very truly, i ?Philip H. Stoll. < PRnSPFRITYMINGS ; > MATERIAL DEMAND' j i The demand for lumber and brick and other building materials has never been greater in Horry County , jf than it is at the present time and has L been % for several months past. One JLMiing perhaps is the lack of a larger production in so far as materials out*ys?ide of lumber arc concerned, and * this may apply to some extent in the lumber business, although, there has "been a larger supply of lumber in proportion than there has been of j bricks, galvanized tin, raiment! fd articles of hardware. -v! < One other reason for the dtftnand i& the rapidly' Tncrea'^Shg population of Horry Comity into which there has ' moved nurilbdrs of' farmers from more confJWWSfcW1 beet ions of Eastern | South. Carina. There is a big demand f*r houses in all of the towns of Heira County and also a bigger clemnau than ever before for tenant houses on farms in the country. The way to relieve the situation is to increase productions by every means 1 possible and produce enough of these ! thing, to supply the rapidly growing \ demands of the people, | f LEWIS ESTATE SALE I WILL DRAW CROWD The readers of the Herald will find 1 in this issue of the paper a large advertisement signed by the Cleik of the Court advertising for sale on the first Monday in January a large r.um ber of town lots in Conway as well as numerous tracts in the country most of these having belonged to the Lewis estate, And which are being i sold under Order of the Court. The l Administrators, or heirs at law, had j a sale of a portion of the estate land < on the. .first Monday in December, j therproceeds running beyond $90,000. y It was believed that -the proceeds of 1 .the sale for the first Monday in Jan- < uary will run equally as well. .Besid-.t es the Lewis estate, lands many other ] tracts are. advertised under Orders of ] the Court in foreclosures and, parti- j tions; and the readers are asked to t read all of those over carefully -add < come here on salesday ond buy vwhat t land they need. ] AnORNEYGENERAL MAKES HIS REPORT i 1 " ' I Department Confronted by In- 1 creasingly Dangerous t "Red" Activity ! Washington.?Thf Department of Justice is cohfronted with -Mncreas- . ingly dangerous radical activity," AU { torney General Palmer said in his \ annual report submitted in Congress. , " Mr. Palmer did ndt go into details as to "red" activities in genreal, but j said that of the total of 365,295 index ] record cards, 71,000 Bertillon records ( and 202,712 finger print records now { ir the department some 60,000 rep- r resented data concerning "rods" awl j their work. He mentioned that the de- j partment had increased steadily its i contributory sources of investigation, .( adding that this meant better facilities ^ for running down persons whose v lives bore marks of crime. Mr. Palmer said that while our gov (; emment agencies during the past year were rounding out their labors ( incident to the war, the department found itself only half way through its ^ scores of investigation and litigated questions. Countless hundreds of ^ claims growing out of the war have been made against the government he ^ said, and must be fought through the g owvt? ui. vaoco Hi Wllltll HIV (JUVCIUment seeks to recover funds paid out through error or fraud provide an- R !)ther sources of supply for litigation. ^ Alleged infringement of parent rights by the government in its manufacture of war materials as well as similar claims arising from private manufacture of war supplies on the :ost plus arrangemeent, also puts litigation on shoulders of the depart- ^ ment's staff. n The department policy of resuming j( prosecution of trusts has restored to activity other investigations and q :rime proving machinery, the At- jj tomcy General added. ^ In addition to these, Mr. Palmer ' iaid, the department will be bur- ^ iened for months to come with its p prosecution of violators of the sedition and selective service arts. ? Under the latter, the number of cases pi runs high, he said. Department jr agents are engaged now in gathering p all necessary data through records pi >f local draft boards which have 01 jeen assembled in Wasihington and j ty prosecution of the cases will proceed iiliiuCtiiavciy uj/vu v.v/IupiCt*CT1 cf thut vork. ' ri Loopholes in Statute* a i'?\Jy * 1,1 ^Investigations and trial arguments \\ luring the year have shown loopholes (\. n many statutes, Mr. Palmer said, "j He called attention to the fact that, r< jndfer existing law, it is not a crime to C\ send threatening letters through the nails unless in furtherance of a c] scheme to defraud or as a means of < extortion. Pointing out that letters al threatening personal injury or de- h ?ruction of property may be sent 0; with impunity, he urged revision of C] the law to covet such cases. ,|i Mr. Palmer said also there was i v Wjm^ CONWAY, SO., THURSDAY 3ERMANS CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES ' 1,500 to Be Tried by Military Court, Says the Report. Paris.?Under Secretary of the State for Military Justice Isrnance eft for London this morning to take >art in the making up of a list of Germans charged with war crimes md whose delivery to the entente vill be demanded. A conference .w itU >e heldvduring the week in London* to *> letermine ,upon a plan for joint- ac- " ;ion ,by Great Britain, France and A Belgium. France, according, to tine Echo 'De Paris, has. a list of /?500 lames ready to be submitted. Among ,-hese names is that of the former German . emperor's sons, and also .hose of former Crown Prince flupprecht of Bavaria and several generals and commanders of prison amps in Germany. In all, according to* this newspaper ibout 1,500 persons will be arraigned before military tribunals .of each of ;he three nations or by mixed tribulals in cases where tlib persons are iccused of crimes against peoples of various nationalities. It said that even if culprits 1 are ;ried by German courts hey nevertheless must appear before the allied tribunals. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT A. R. Holmes was born June 11th, L872, and died Nov. 4, 1919. He was jick only six hours before the Lord mid it is finished, enter into the Joys yf thy Lord. I He was married -- to Miss. Lottie Marrelson on the 10th. day of May L894. To them were born eleven ihildren, 3 boys and 8 girls, five pre:eeded him to the grave. He was a nomber of the Junior order United American Mechanics, Pleasant Meadow Council No. 182. He was juried by the members of the Junior ). U. A. M. at the Princeville Ceme ory to await the judgment mom . yhcn we shall rise. Gone beyond the midst of shadows, Jonc where trials nil are o'er; Gone where sin can never enter, lone on to the Golden Shore. A precious one from earth is gone, t voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in the Home, Vhich never can bo filled. May the great giver of all good less the bereaved family, and at last ive them all a home around the hrone. He leaves two brothers and one ^ ister ahd a host of friends, to morn he loss.. His Son-in-law A. J. Tyier. TODDVIULE CAMP W. O. W. The members- of Toddville Camp, !o. 523 W. O. W. met Thursday ' ight, Dec. 18th, and elected the fol- r >wing officers for the year 1920: ' C. Com.? W. L Singleton; Adv. Lt., c I. C. McCormick; Banker, W. B. ^ [ucks; Clerk, J. D, Singleton; Escort., c I. L. Sanders; Phys., Dr. J. K. Stal- 0 ey; Watchman, L. A. Singleton; Sen f y Z. G. Causey; Managers, J. H. usenbury, S. fT. Brown, W. H. King. 0 h reat need for a statute providing o Linishment for n individual attempt- g ig to defraud the United States, c resent statutes, he said, provide C linishment only in the event that two d r more persons conspire to defraud p ic government. d Recommendations also wan made S iul criminal pioceuuie be changed tu take more simple the removal of in- I icted persons to the districts where io indictments were returned, -He ascribed the < present system as Y Efi-ey^iisly defective," and as making ll >moval proceeding? ' infinitely more J.a jmt>ersome" than extradition,;'., jl The attorney general recommended i reation of a pardon and parole board p, >f three fully empowered to handle o II pardon and parole cases thus re- t cving the attorney general's office u f duties" which are becoming in- ii reastngly heavy and onerous.'' a urisdiction of penal institutions also o hould he vested In this hoard he s \id, c 1 . I ? pe 7 DECEMBER 25, 1919 ESCORT TO RETURN U. S. SOLDIER DEAR Former Sgt. Sandlin Pickec Because of Unusual Exploits. Washington. ? Former Senreani Willie Sandlin,. of Haydcn, Ky., todaj was appointed special escort for th< return of soldier dead from oversea! by Secretary Baker on recommen dation. of Major General Rogers. Ser peant Sandlin was selected for th< post-because of his unusual -record ii the world-war. Unofficially he rank; next to Sergeant York in ^his ex ploits against the enemy, bejnt credited with killing 24 Germans an< wounding and -capturing many more Sandlin was awarded the Medal o Honor, the French Crox de Guerr< and the Medaille Militaire of Bel gium, for "conspicious gallantry an. intrepidity above and beyond the cal of duty" in action with the enem> a1 Bois de Ferges, September 20 1918. Sergeant Sandlin advanced alorn directly on a machine gun nest whicl v;aB holding up the line with its fire He killed the crew with a grenad< and enabled the line to advance Later in the day Sergeant Sandlin at tacked alone and put out of actio: two other machine gun nests, setting a splendcd example of bravery am coolness to his men. o t AGAINST BOLL WEEVIL. The heavy frosts of the last weel are good against the boll weevil, no to exterminate him, as we wish i wduld. do; but snow arid frost ar said to *ork against him to some ex tent. Any thing that will help wil be appreciated. SILL INTSUCET FDR flKMF <flTI vii vi i iul viii Hoh; Phillip H. Stoll Has Bit in Congress For PostOffice ? 11 DTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICES INCLUDEr Considered as a Necessity Now by Business Interests of i Growing' Town. Hon. Philip H. Stoll, the repreentative of the Sixth District in the rational house of representatives, ha rtroduced a bill to authorize the pur hase of a Post Office site here at 'onway; and which will provide fo , public building for the use and a ommodation of the Post Office an?' or other government offices. For several years past the matte f a Post Office building at Conwa> as been seriously considered no' nly by our representatives in Con ress but it is considered as a nccssity now by the business nun of !onway. So far as we can learn n<? efinite steps were taken towards the urchase of the site until the introuction of this bill by Representative toll. The bill reads as follows: A BiiiL >r the purchase of a post-office hT at Conway, South Carolina. Be it enacted by the Ssnate aiv' louse of Representatives of th Jnited States of America in Conrreft ssembled, That the Secretary*'of tliM 'reasii*y be, and' he ds hereby, an horized and directed to purchase : ite, or acquire it by condemnation o tnerwise, in the town of Conway, i' be State of South Carolina, to b sod for the erection of a public buil' for the U3C and accommodation ooffice and other G^vernmen ffice*. the co*t cf said site not to ex eed t1*kQOOU % raw. / * 1 SUCCESSFUL HARDWARE 0 I BUYS NEW QUARTERS | J. W. Taylor, of the Cutaway Hani- Q| ware Company has contracted to purchase from Conway National Bank the brick building on Main Street which is now occupied by Th<? Hardware Company, Woodward's Millinery Store, and a number of offices I ?ad club rooms on the second story, j t It includes a brick warehouse in the 3 rear. The price agreed to be paid has 3 not been stated but it is understood . to be at the usual high prices of real . estate in this section. 3 This hardware business has been " j estabished in Conway for a long ^ number -of years;- has been successful j J from the beginning, and is now con r ductipg a large retail hardware sup-1 \ ply business in this County. j I MANY AMERICANS , KILLED IN MEXICO ; i ? pi 11 Washington.?The National Asso- ltl ' C u ciation for the Protection of Ameri- ' 1 can Rights in Mexico |ias sent out for publication in newspapers throughout ^ p the country a map and statement . showing that 551 Americans have j. " been killed in Mexico, since Novein1 ber 20, 1910.' Cf ? Of this number, the association 1 states, 423 were civilians and 123 soldiers or sailors. One hundred and ^ sixty-seven Americans were slain during the Madero and Hucrta reiru . " lu mes, while 383 lost their lives since ^ ^ Carranza took control of the Mexican j t government, according to . the state- . t went. fj e In the list accompanying the map g _ a number is assigned to each Ameri1 can killed and his or her name, date, ^ place and manner to death and the j source of information concerning the ^ individual case are given. The manner of death ranges from "killed by ^ stray bullet" to wanton murder and A, til ? includes instances of alleged torture and mutilation. I The association gives the sources )f its information in preparing this map and statement three lists of " ' Americans killed in Mexico prepared by Thomas E. Gibson, author of 'Mexico Under Carranza"; informaion submitted to the senate by Sen- th itor Albert 11. Fall, of New Mexico; C< newspaper articles giving the names, th late and location of murderers; and wi nformtion in the possession of the til National Association for the Protec- ie 'ion of American Rights in Mexico, tic In summing up the assocation ca ays: " 'Bandits' were responsible th 'or 188 of the murders listed on the les nap, according to the authorities 1> ited. Officials, officers, soldiers or toi . "ollowers of Carranza are charged tei with 7G of the murders, according to '.he map. Villa and his band killed an SI of the Americans listed. Huertistas hil \ccount for 41, Maderistas for 13 and vi< Zapatistas for five, miscellaneous out Cr laws listed by the authorities cited as P? 'rebels,' 'revolutionists,' 'cattle we thieves/ smugglers' and similar ma- toi lauders were responsible for 70 murders and 23 Americans were killed by bullets which crossed the border. Co Yaqui and Mayo ^Indians killed 18 Americana during the period covered by the map and casual rebels murdered six. In 25 of the cases listed the 1 authorities were unable to determine Coi who did the killing." *] o 1 at READY FOR BUILDING. 'I Part of the materials is already on 10: the ground for the erection of the 1 handsome cottage of Dr. H. L. Scar- iy borough; it will be located on the 'J lot purchased by him some time ago from Mrs. Julia ?>. Causey. *j o Ur So far no move has been made to I supply more room for the convcn- Toi ience of the leaf tobacco business Vir Itext1 season. It is important to the \T{j rfufcefcssful future of Conway, as a to- I.bi bacco market, that warehouse room riv and nrizp houses he eivwte/1 in Hmn i I l? l for the crop of 1920. tc o daj RUN OVER BY AUTO. Tu< A small negrp girl was run over by fJ an automobile last Monday, resulting in in injuries to an am and log. She for jumped off a wagon in front of the liei car it is said. ?? yo736. RGANIZES NEW BANK AND TRUST COMPANY I ommission Issued by Secretary of State for Meeting of Corporators HE BURROUGHS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY * Till be Strong * Institution ft Backed by Ample Capital and Experienced Men. This, issue of the Herald carries a >tice of the opening of books of description to the capital stock of ic burroughs bank and Trust Cominy, ort Friday, December 26th, at le offiro r?f Ui.-t.?~i -- ? uuuvugns oc ^oinns ompany. This now financial enterprise will : a general banking business, using ie large fire-proof vault installed the offices of Burroughs & Coins Company, when the building was ected about ten years ago. The ipital stock of the bank will hefty thousand dollars divided into ve hundred shares of the par value ! $100.00 each. The corporators df the new organation are Messrs. P. A. Burroughs, . M. Burroughs, and T. T. Elliott, id the board of directors will inyde some of the most experienced asiness men of this section of the tate. The business of the Bank and rust Company will be conducted at ie present real estate offices of the urroughs & Collins Company. F'urther details of the organization the new bank will be published ax iey develop. o QUARANTINE IS RAISED. his Order Does Not Affect Cotton Seed Restrictions Clemson College.?At a meeting of ie South Caroina State Crop Pest ammission on December 11, 1919, e quarantine on cotton seed hulls eis lifted and the order is effective 1 August 81st, 1920, unless sooner pealed. This removes all restric>ns on cotton seed hulls and these n be shipped between any points in e State of South Carolina regarti... 1 ~ vi wwvii unea. specifiealthis permits the shipment of eotn seed hulls from weevil infested rritory into free territory. This order (Iocs not raise the <jju&F' tine on cotton seed or on other pro rited or restricted articles as proled by the regulations of the State op Pest Commission, and it is not rmitted to ship cotton seed fron evil infested to weevil free terrf y. o A.. B. Bell spent a short time Ip nway on business last week. -o? WHEN MAIL CLOSES. 3ouclies for outgoing mails at th* nway post office close as follows: Train No. 334 for Aynor and Horry 7:00 a. m. Trains No. 335 for Myrtle Beach at 30 a. m. Train No. 100 for Aynor and Horat 12:45 p. m. Train No. 98 for El rod & Conway ic 2:45 p. m. Lrain i\o. M for KJlrod & Conway io 9:00 p. ni. 'ouches for star mails including ldVille, Bucksville, Bucksp;.rt, raV Vaught, Wanipee, Little RWer; conville, Hand, Shell, Hammond, igs, and Jordanville close on aral of train No. 97 at station (dun e at 1:15) except that mail goes* Nixonville on Mondays, Wednos,rs and Fridays and to Vina on esdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Po avoid delay all mail must N the depository a few minutes I*c the closing of pouches, the the better. ?Power W. Bethea, Postmaste*.