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i J* ?lte Sawhwg feralii ^ ???????? ????????????????????????????? ? ?? | ?????|.??????? ???I - - One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1918. Established 1891. . ; \ wrrmri *r nniTinnr e\r\ 117 i n VEfiRO IS LVXrHEI). VIT TUP n 1 1 UPTTA OT A TP GAME WARDEN'S RECORD. TH7FI 17P nmCAlir I/IIim! COMMON PLEAS COCRT wimi Ktvitn ur wah PLEASED WITH THE CONDUCT OF AMERICANS. Forces Engaged in One of Most Active Sectors on Front.?British Extends Lines. Washington, Feb. 24.?Increasing< ly important activity by the Ameri\ cans on the Western front and the return for the rest at a leave station of the men who have completed their first period of duty in the trenches are no^ed in this week's review of military operations by the war de partment. In the news of the renewed German offensive against the Russians, < the most important development of the week, the department finds no .. cause for surprise, but adds nothing x to information carried in press dispatches. The review was written before the announcement came from London that the Bolsheviki had accepted Germany's peace terms. K - l ' Rusian Disorganization. "Hithlrto little opposition has been offered to the advancing Germans,^, 4 the department says, "and it is not as yet clear what prepaifatictps the Russians are making to meet the enemy. Owing to the disorganization of the Russian forces, it is difficult to presage what effective opposition they may be able to place' in the path of the invaders." . Of the Western front the review says: "While no major undertakings .. were recorded in the West, yet the entire front was the scene of hard driven assaults 9f a minor character. "Our own forces are taking an im* creasingly important part in the operations. Last week we recorded the * participation of our artillery in the ery successful thrust made by the French in the region of the Butte du Mesnil. This week the presence of our infantry in a very important . area of the Chemin des Dames is re, ported. Here our patrols have been outside Our barbed wire and have undertaken a number of scouting y expeditions in No Man's Land which were successfully carried through. "At the time our detachments were % coming up into tho trenches they were under heavy hostile shell fire; nevertheless, our men made their way to their stations without confusion or casualties. It is useful to note that our forces now in action in this, one of the most active sectors of til? entire French front, have acquitted themselves very creditably. "During the week Gen. Pershing made a personal inspection of the h American sector northwest of Toul. Men Given Rest. "Our men who have completed their firstj period of duty in the . trenches have arrived at the leave center established at Aix les Bains, z This is the first of a series of rest centers it is proposed to establish where our men can find rest and rec7~; reation after the trying ordeal of trench life. _ ."Along the French front the enemy reacted energetically in the region southwest of the Butte du Mesnil. After a sanguinary encounter the Germans succeeded in regaining part f of the trenches lost -last week. A further attempt, in which three Gery ' man battalions participated, was repulsed. In a third assault the Germans took 125 prisoners, but the French forces regained the lost positions after a spirited counterattack. Our artillery participated in these operations. "Artillery duels took place along theventire front. A decided increase in the intensity df bombardments was noted. The British have taken over an additional segment of the French line. The transfer of an appreciable mileage of the front below St. Quentin was made to the British without difficulty or delay." Wanted to Relieve Shortage. Jfv A Wyoming man tells of a man in that State who was taken into custody on the charge of making counterfeit money. During the course of his preliminary examination the magistrate # said: "So you admit having been engaged in making counterfeit bills?" . "Yes, your honor," responded the v culprit, "and I thought it was all right. You see, the supply of the genuine article is so very, very L scarce."?Denver News. \ m ? Traveler (In London hotel)?I'd 1 like room on the third floor. ' Clerk?Up or down, sir??Life. I I Walter Best Taken From Sheriff and Hanged at Fairfax. Fairfax, S. C., Feb. 23.?Walter Best, a negro, was taken from the sheriff and two deputies by a mob of 100 men this afternoon and hanged to a tree by the roadside. He killed William Wrilson^a young white man, about 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. Sheri^ff J. B. Morris and two deputies were taking the negro from Fair fax to the county jail at Barnwell when the mob took the prisoner from the automobile in which he was being carried, hanged his body to a tree and riddled it with bullets. The slaying of William Wilson occurred at a garage operated by J. T. Wilson, where William Wilson, was employed. Best is said to have come to the shop with an automobile tire, demanding that it be repaired free of charge on the ground that J. T. Wilson, Jr., now a soldier at Camp Jackson, had repaired the tire some time ago and guaranteed it. The elder Wilson disclaimed responsibility and refused to make the repairs , without being paid for the work. The negro, it is declaVed, thereupon usecl insulting language to the proprietor who ordered him to leave the premises. On Best's refusal to do so the younger Wilson stepped between the negro and J. T. Wilson, the latter being in feeble health. William Wilson tnen reiterated me demand that the negro leave the place, but instead of complying Best drew a revolver and fired on young Wilson at close range with fatal effect. ' ' The negro ran away but was soon captured by a policeman and placed in the town guardhouse. The sheriff was notified and with two depu ties came for the prisoner at once. The journey to the county seat was begun but had continued only one mile when the mob seized and lynched the prisoner. i?I ^ Domestic Science Club Elect Officers. / The Domestic Science Club met on Friday afternoon with Mrs. J. J. Smoak, and the following- officers were elected: Mrs. B. W. Simmons, president; Mrs. J. F. Carter, vice president; Mrs. J. J. Smoak,'secre- . tary. Three new names were added to the membership roll, and all ladies interested are requested to join. After the business was finished, the meeting was turned over to Mrs. Faust, county demonstration agent. The lesson for the month was gardening. Mrs. Faust demonstrated wjth a model, the making of hot beds and cold frames, and discussed soils, fer tilizers, and insect pests or tne gar- j den. 1 Helpful suggestions, for porch boxes, roses and other flowers were giv- 1 en by the members in geqjeral discus- : sion. * Poultry keeping is the subject for 1 the next meeting, which will be on 1 the 15th of March with Mrs. C. J. Field. ] ^ hi ? Buying War Savings Stamps. J The sale of war savings and war ; thrift stamps at the local postoffice ; has shown a marked increase within the past week or two. Many children 1 in the city now have thrift stamp ' books and are filling them systemat- 1 ically with stamps. One gentleman in the city has purchased two v one- J hundred dollar certificates, one of each of his two little boys. 1 The buying of these stamps is an 1 excellent metnoa 01 getting tne cnudren to save their money. These stamps serve a two-fold purpose? the inculcation of the saving habit and helping the government. Of course everybody knows that the gov- i ernment must raise many millions of 1 dollars to prosecute the war, and in i this everybody,/even the poorest people, can have a part. 1 All that is necessary to start to I saving war stamps is to go to your nearest postoffice,* buy one stamp for i 25c and procure a stamp book. The 1 stamn is atta'ched to this book just I i like an ordinary postage stamps. You keep 011 buying stamps until you have 1 filled the book and then you exchange it for a $5.()0 stamp, which bears in- i terest at four per cent , and is redeemable in five years. 1 m *mt m ( William Elliot, State food^admin- 1 istrator, has received from a wholesale firm in the State $277.82 for violation of the regulations as to the 1 sale of sugar. He says the viola- 1 tion was evidently not intentional. 1 The sum has been turned over t<? the j 1 Red Cross society. 1 i in IDE fAUIEllU 31 All SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quiet Reading.?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Three cases of meningitis had occurred in Calhoun county up to the 22nd inst. Prof. Z. J. Edge, vice president ol Anderson college, has accepted the presidency of Hardin college, Mexico Mo., and will leave for his new fielc on the first of May. S. M. McAdams had a carload ol hogs shipped to him at Iva, Anderson county, and put them in a sliec where there was nitrate of soda. FortyHwo of them died. Within the past sixty days three teachers in the Anderson city schools got married, three resigned just so and two went to the hospital. The superintendent says it is a problenr to get teachers enough. Policeman Stuart and Deputy Martin, of Anderson, received checks foi $500 each recently as reward for the - * ?* * i __ t_ _ arrest or an Anaerson negro wnc moved to Detroit, murdered a womar there and came back to this State. Gaffney has been selected as th< 1918 convention city for the Soutl Carolina Press Association. Xo dat( for the meeting was fixed. A meeting of the executive committee of the association was held in Columbia Friday. The University of South Carolina gave its eleventh professor to the government in its war activities wiier Prof. J. Bruce Coleman, head of the department of mathematics, volunteered his services to the United States Aero Corps. W. Henry Strickland, a member oi the Columbia police force, dropped dead Thursday night while on duty. He and two other officers had placed a drunken negro in .the patrol wagon: when the other two policemen noticed Mr. Strickland had fallen tc the ground. He expired instantly. Death was attributed to heart failure. % * A twelve-year-old negro girl, Lillian Brown, of Anderson, has receiv^ A AAA MA /\M IV'I ^ V* ? cu $;7tvvv iu&uid.nce iium liic guvernment on account of the death of her father, Walter E. Brown, an Anderson negro, who enlisted in the regular army many years ago and had been serving as a private in the 368th field hospital, Ninety-second division. , . Two soldiers at Camp Sevier, Privates Heinrich Adler, 105th ammunition train, and Julius Rubenstein, base hospital, have been arrested by United States Marshal C. J. Lyon on confidential instructions from Washington and are lodged in the county jail, presumably awaiting further instructions. The charge against them is not stated. Osborne Lewis, negro, died on February 12, at his home above Good Hope, Saluda county, in his 110th year. He was born March 8, 1808, four years before the last war with England, and served in the Mexican war. He was born in Virginia and brought to this section by the Family Ithat owned him. Although he lived a free man over half a century, 50 pears of his life was spent in slavery. Lewis was in good health up to two weeks before his death, and it .is said was able to walk seven or eight miles. Same Here. / Pat walked into the postoffice. A.fter getting into the telephone box be 'called the wrong number. As there was no such number the switch attendant did not answer him. Pat got angry at this and, turning to the postmaster, said he did not ?et an answTer. The lady of the postoffice opened the door and told him to shout a little louder, which he did, but still io answer. Again she said he would require to speak louder. Pat got angry at this and, turning to the lady, said: "Begorra, if I could shout any louder I wouldn't use your bloomin' iuld telephone at all!"?Pall Mall Gazette. Patrick Henry's great-grandson, Robert Taylor, the oldest newsboy of Richmond, Va., has presented to the State, through Governor Stuart, a ironze bust of the great Virginia orator. ; j Senate Committee Makes Public its j Findings.?All But One Sustained. 3 Columbia, Feb. 21.?All but one one of the charges against the offi: cial record of A. A. Richardson, 1 former chief game warden of the State, brought by Governor .Manning , in nis veto message ui last yeai, were sustained by the majority opinion of the senate committee investi? s gating the Chief Executive's allegations. The report was signed by f Senator Alan Johnstone, of NewberJ ry, and Senator J. W. McCown, of '^Florence, and was made public late I this afternoon, along with a minority statement by Senator D. Reece F Williams, of Lancaster, chairman, * and the remaining member of the I committee. Senator Williams found - that two of the governor's charges were partially sustained, one proved ; but a satisfactory explanation offered, ; a fourth correct from a superficial viewpoint, but was prove? justified > by the former game warden, and anj other was not sustained. Cocliran-Clevelaiid. Quite a surprise to their friends ' was the marriage yesterday of Miss * Margaret Chevalette Cochran, orig1 inally from Charleston, and Mr. Arthur Franklin Cleveland, son of Dr. 5 Jesse F. Cleveland. The wedding 1 took place at the Church of the Ad* vent yesterday morning, Rev. W. H. " K. Pendleton officiating. Only the - members of the two families were , 1 present. Mrs. Cleveland wore a beau- ? tiful gray suit, with becoming aci AAcoAriAc? offar fh o 6 it tcoovuco, luxuiC'Uiawwi/ uivvi i marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland left ^ i for a wedding trip to Florida. - ^ > Mrs. Cleveland is the daughter of * - Mrs. D. A. Cochran, of Charleston, v i a sister of Mrs. James Boyd, of Connecticut avenue, and a niece of Mrs. j : James D. Nelson, of North Church 1 [ street. She taught at the Fremont * Avenue school for a number of years a [ and has endeared herself to a wide circle of associates and friends. b Mr. Cleveland is in the office of t , J. F. and J. B. Cleveland, and is a J young business man for whom all * .. have-a good word. Before their return Mr. and Mrs. ' Cleveland will visit in Charleston, r but they expect to be at home at h Cleveland Hall, on Howard street, t by March 12.?Spartanburg Herald, 1 L Feb. 24. Mrs. Cleveland, as Miss Cochran, c is well known in Bamberg. She is a s , niece of Capt. and Mrs. W. S. Bam- ? berg, and has been ,a frequent visi- 1: tor 4iere, where she has numerous b friends, who will be interested to * know of her marroage. ^ h Week of Prayer. d a The ladies of the missionary socie- * ty of the Baptist church will observe e one week of prayer for home mis- t sions the first week of March. These t meetings will be held in the homes t of the various members, beginning at y 4 o'clock.' The members are urged fi to attend and the ladies of the oth- * er denominations are cordially invit- t ed. It is hoped that the ladies will try their best to come at the appointed hour and not delay the meeting. The following are the meetings sched-. uled. ' 11 - -i T Monday?At the home of Mrs. 1 G. F. H^iry Mrs. Hair leader; sub- 0 ject, "The challenge of the frontier D to W. M. U. workers." 8 Tuesday?At the home of Mrs. S. a H. Counts, Mrs. Counts leader; sub- D ject, "The mountain schools." Wednesday?At the home of Mrs. 11 J. C. Lewis, Miss Martin leader; sub- c ject, "S. B. C. women in Cuba and & the Canal Zone." c Thursday?At the home of Mrs. 0 F. O. Brabham, Mrs. Brabham lead- f er; subject, "Woman's work for the h new American." d Friday?At the home of Mrs. A. a B. Utsey, Mrs. Utsey leader; subject, c "Woman's work for the negro." Colston Clippings. Colston, February 26.?Misses Ma- b mie McMillan and Alberta Kearse ^ spent Saturday night and Sunday with p Misses Minnie and Evelyn Kirkland. a We are very glad to know that the e' infant son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W.! ^ Beard, who has been bery ill, is much a better. ^ Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Kirkland and ^ family, of Bamberg, visited relatives g in this section Sunday. 0 A good many visitors were present p at preaching services Sunday after- ^ noon. Welcome, visitors; come n again. Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. si in Ziyi ixnauna MLLEU lOST DISASTROUS WRECK IN' THE STATE. i 'assenger Trains Collide.?Train N'o. 42 From Spartanburg Ran Into N'o. 18 From Greenville. ] Columbia, Feb. 26.?Twelve per- f ons were killed and 38 injured, some ; 'ery painfully, yesterday afternoon, < vhen Southern^ train No. 42 from 1 Spartanburg crashed into the rear * snd of train No. 18, operated between ( Columbia and Greenville. The wreck ] occurred near Frost, six and one- lalf miles from Columbia. Both rains were southbound. The occilent happened at 2.20 o'clock. Train No. 18 was compelled to stop o repair a crossover pipe in the air>rakes. Harry Locklair, flagman, 523 Senate street, Columbia, was station1 id up the road while tt.i repair was n progress. With the pipe adjusted, he flagman was signalled in. Hard- j y had the train began to move' off jefore No. 42 bore down upon* No. < .8 and the terrific impact drove the * ear steel coach of the front train J nore - than half way through the i vooden coach directly ahead. -Ten\persons were killed outright. \ rwo died after being brought to the Columbia Hospital. One, W. C. Tom- j inson, fras pinned beneath the 1 vreckage. Both legs were fractured ? md badly crushed. Though suffer- ( ng terribly, he bore the pain with musual fortitude and assisted in writhing himself^about to help those ixtricating him from the debris. Mrs. larah L. Johnson, of Columbia, also \ lied soon after being brought ^to the lospital. Of those injured, ten were vomen. Responsibility^ for the wreck can lot be determined until the inquest ^ held at noon today. Three possidlities were suggested yesterday ifternoon. One was that the flagman might iave failed to leave a torpedo on?the rack to signal No. 42 of the close ?roximity of the train moving Airecty ahead. Rules require that train No. 42 be ield 10 minutes at Bookman. It is j lot known whether the train was ] :ept in leash by the operator, that ; he proper "spacing" might be est.db- i ished. j Another factor which could have . ontribuuted to the wreck was the J peed at which train No. 42 moved, s Ihould this train have exceeded its imit, it would have been easily possiile to set on the schedule of train Jo. 18, it was also pointed out. The fireman on the rear train said J ie was the first to discover the train { lirectly ahead as his engine bore ( round the curve. He shouted to 1 Engineer Branch Long. The em- * irgency brakes were applied, but the ( rains immediately collided and as he front train had begun to move off, he cars wore driven possible 150 J ards before brought to a stop. ' tfhe ( ireman on 42 jumped and escaped ( without injjiry. Engineer Long had ( wo ribs broken. ( Cupid Bars Overalls. ( Towanda, Pa.?One of the young 1 aen employed by the Lehigh Valley v tailroad purchased a new pair of 1 iveralls and found pinned inside the * ame of a young woman, who was upposed to have made them. He ccordingly sent a letter to her. Last light he received a letter reading: "I am a working girl, but I am aaking a good living and do not are to be married to support a ;usband, as would probably be the ase with a fellow who gets mashed n a girl he never saw. Permit me urther to say that I do not know ow my card got in a few days. If I o marry it will be some one who can fford something better than a 47ent pair of breeches/' School Officials Get Royalties. y New York.?Virtually every mem- I er of the board of superintendents, hich selects the text books for the C ublic schools of New York city' "is n author, co-author, compiler or ? ditor of one or more of the text ooks now on the list," according to C ^ A! A A1 VV TT icpui i U.ICU v> im iuajui .>i i lv_ ucx uj ommissioner of Accounts Wallstein. 5 his report deals with an investiation into the accounts and methods c f -the bureau of supplies of the deartment of education. "Having 3 ritten a book to be published on a Dyalty basis," the report continues, i would it not be natural that the aulor should be eager for a large p lie?" a rwo Weeks Session Will be Held, Comraencing Xext Monday. \ A two weeks' session of the court of common pleas will be convened in Bamberg next Monday morning, with Judge I. W. Bowman presiding. Only civil cases will be tried. The juries for the two weeks follow: FIRST WEEK. . r. U. Cox. J. O. Ritter. T. F.. Richardson. H. H. Kearse. [Jray E. Ayer. H. N. Folk. v L. A. Griffith. W. D. Sease. ? J. W. Wilson. J. T. England. Glrover C. Crider. Willie M. MatheK ' jr. C. Turner. G. L. Sandifer. E. H. Hartzog. J. H. Murphy. H. J. A. McMillan. C. E. Sandifer. F. C. Hiers, Jr. J. B'. McCormack. W. H. Zorn, Jr. F. C. Ayer. F. M, Steedly. L. M. Ayer (Olar.* F. J. Creech. R. M. Kearse. F. Wms. Carter. R. F. Walker. W. M. Bcltin. E. H. Eaves. Luther Morris. W. H. Richardson T. D. Kirkland. W. W. Barker. 5. W. Sandifer. T. J. Cook. SECOND WEEK. F. F. Breland, Jr. G. E. Ritter. F. B. Drawdy. W. S. Hutto. j. W. Beard. Jr. A. J. Paige, r. L. Kinard. J. G. Rhoad. 2. M. Kinard. J. L. Griffin. F. A. Bessinger. H. R. Jones. 3. M. Chitty. E. D. Bessinger. G. E. Kearse. J. E. Gibson. W. H. Carter. W. H. Ritter. / \\ r. G. Beard. J. W. Stokes. 3. E. Neeley. B. E. Jordan. W. D. Rhoad. M. E. Ayer. r. F. Clayton. N. B. Crider. H. K. Clayton. Jacob F. Bishop. W. H. Patrick. W. W. Steedly. I. P. Bishop. M. J. Free; 2. R. Brabham, SiG. T; Kinard. Gr. C. Padgett. D. R. Morrow. ^ < ? m To Survey Government Road. Supervisor McMillan has been notfied that government engineers will arrive in Bamberg on March 4th to 3urvey the road which will be built n r>nr?npratirm with tha fAfipral pnv. v' .x J <=?-- > arnment. The road that has been selected for this purpose runs from Buford's Bridge, Barnwell county, to New Bidge, on the Orangeburg line, thus giving one highway completely across Bamberg county. For the purpose of building Jthis road the ;ounty draws upon the federal road" 4 fund to the extent of about $10,000, the county spending a like sum. It was planned to build two highways across the county, but the second road has not yet been agreed upon. However, as this is only the begin- \ ling of government aid for roadbuild[ng, other roads will be built later. <U1 roads upon which federal money is used are built under government supervision. ? ? Red Cross News Notes. ?????? f; All ladies who have finished their ited Cross sweaters or other knitted articles, please hand them in to their ihairman, as the transportation com-; mittee expects to make a shipment :o headquarters on Friday or Saturlay. MRS. E. O. KIRSCH, Chr. . The local Red Cross chapter trade i large shipment of pillows to headluarters on February 21. This case jontained 84 pillow's?17 contributed by the Kearse branch, 22. by the colored branch and 45 by the Bam)erg chapter. Two hundred and ten )f the ajloted 250 have been shipped. Special comment has been made \ lpon the work of the colored branch, rhich has been lately organized. They ire very enthusiastic and are inak- * ng preparations for a splendid work. MRS. \C. E. BLACK. ' m tmt m New Advertisements. ? H. N. Folk?Lost. J. T. O'Neal?For Sale. ' N J. B. Hunter?For Sale. G. B. Clayton?For Sale. G. Victor Kearse?Wanted. J. J. Smoak?Just Arrived. Owen Bros.?Bamberg Agency. F. K. Graham?Save 20 Per Cent. H. C. FolkCo.?Great Reduction. Klauber's?Spring Suits, Coats etc. Bamberg Dry Goods Store?Call to Var. Peoples Bank?Have You Got .Icney? Enterprise Bank?The Money Question. Bamberg Banking Co.?Briefly Speaking. S. %C. Live Stock Ass'n?Come to Columbia. J. B. Brickie?Your Broken lotorcycle. Bamberg Banking Co.?First Bank >f New York. Farmers and Merchants Bank? Ay Money is Gone! Chero-Cola Co.?The Wholesomeless of Chero-Cola. Planters Fertilizer and Phosihate Co.?Farmers Make More loney. I V-& . /\v