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SIXTY SIXTH YEAR
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VOL. LXVI.
ESTABLISHED 1852
BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1918
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SIXTY SIXTH YEAR
30.
STATUS OF THE WAR. %
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Oernpti Gains Were Almost Nothing.
Americans Again Beat the
Huns on the Marne.
The foliowing editorial ap-
- _pe:i r-i. m The State, which gives
n -pfi.idid summary of the past
,,„v. »M-ks’ war situation, and whicti
vi 11 he of interest to the readers
w
of~t’his paper :
Al.RfrATU' f 1
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“DIUVE
DOWN
Fiz/.led in first phase. ^
That, , in expressive Ameri
can lingo, is.the judgment cm
the great new Hun drive.
The point of the wedge was
immediately pinned down,
almost before it had • thrust
i;self above the Hun’s dugouts,
crater-holes, and poison wells.
It lacked driving power
v behind it f"oni- the start. 1
The spirit has gone out of
the thing. Dirty the' bitter dregs
of despair are left for theinspira-
tion of Hunnish hate and light.
The elite divisions and corps
of the Kuiser’s army were
secreted to break down and
through the defenses of those
points of the Western Front
that are lmld by the French
together with Italians and our
p
American Marines and other
crack troops.
From orders of the German
stair found on the bodies of
officers, it is known that Ger
mans expected, the drive to
gain *2'2 kilometres, or about
12 to 14 miles, the first day.
Their actual, gain was nil.
In one or two points their
vast weight of numbers won
temporary advantages, and
enabled them to advance short
distances : hut. in every case,
as far as reported', they were
immediately hurled back into
their original positions with
terrible loss."
The only progress, in the
first hours of the drive,- was*
reported from a point to - the
-eaH of Reims, and at a sector
on the Marne to the east of
Jaulgonne where the Americans
beat the Huns so beautifully
iti the receut drive.
East of Reims the French
retired some, yards to strong
positions, the posts they
occupied having been merely
for purposes of observation.
Whpn the Germans attacked
the real positions, they ivere
-driven hack with terrific fury
and loss: A
Near Jaulgonne the Arueri-
^cans_and French related
their brilliant —achievement,
and destroyed the Hun’s
* - bridges killing large numbers
of the foe, and throwing him
back across- the Stream. The
Hum has not budged us an
inch vet
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Even the- official German re-
. ports admit that we are already
counter-attacking. This is not
only unusual in the iuitiatory
stage of an offensive, -but is
-equivalent to an admisson that
the f thrust lias not been
successful. jjr ■
, , American and French troops
have pressed forward and re
taken several villages and
son:" high, ground.
The only cla m Berlin makes
so far is tn-e "capture” of 13,
000 prisoners. This is "simply
i mm possible. The losses by
the Allies have been small in
all classes of casualties. Indeed,
n reports seen to indicate remar
kably small losses up to this
point.
It is of course too early to
make claims of success against
- the drive*- because the great
offensive has only begun, and
it may range for days yet, and
developments yesterday showed
that it has been prepared or
“staged-” upon a far greater
l scale than was at "first sup
posed; . ; >
But the success of the Allies
; in pinning dpwn the hoad of
INTERESTING LETTER.
Mr. Mordlca Mazurslcy Writes About
Soaring 2500. Feet in Mid-Air—
Sunburt and Hardboiled.
San Antonio, Tex., July 11/18.
Dear Thelma: -
Received your letter yesterday.
Was surely glad to hear from
you. Glad you liked the pictures.
Of course, they look > just like
me Thatirtor -say sunburned,
etc, and hard-boiled. I’ve got a
couple more of them. left, and
if you all happen to run out ob
therh, why let me know and
I w ill have them sent to you.
I’ve also the proof number, and
should ’ you ever want to order
them any size you can do so
from the Studio.
Just came in from the Dual
Stage, where I went out ’ on a
35 mimutes ride in the air, with
Lt. Instructor Stiles. Captain
Bean took me down to the
place in his car and got me the
ride. It surely was some sensa
tion. I was up about 2500 feet in
the air. After climbing to that
higth, the pilot started his funny
stunts. W hen we were traveling
on a level, you could not tell
that the plane was mpving. You
coirld only hear the sound of
the motor, but we were travel
ing about 60 to 90^ miles per
hour. After circulating about
near 4jte city a while, the pilot
started his seesaw business.
We would go suddenly down
and quickly up again, when he
would make his turns or loop
the loops, it would feel that we
were going to fall out. I think
that he tried to scare me a little
and make me sick, which they
usually do, but it didn’t effect
me at all. The most sensational
part was when we started down
on a nose dive. It was a good
feeling, but you felt as if your
entire insides were leaving you.
He did quite a few nose dives,
etc., and I enjoyed them very
much. I was on the alert, though,
for I felt that he was going to
do some long tail spins. Both
of us were buckled in to the
seat and couldn’t fall out even
if we wanted to.
Things here are about, ’as
quiet as ever. Consequently no
news. Oh, I should’t nave said
that things are quiet, for it is not
that way, but I have gotten used
to the excitement and therefore
don’t notice the newsy things—
not even the radio messages.
With love to Mamma, Annie,
Papa, Herman and yourself,
and trusting that when you do
write, you wtthit least include
a little news or "something, and
let me know if all* at home are
well. ./
I am sending to mamma an
Aeroplane Miniature Propeller.
The \v6odend part was made
in the wood shops here. .You
will notice the grain. Well, you
may think it is grain, but it is
mahogany 1 and poplar woods
glued ‘ together making it
stronger than if it were one
piece. The hub was made' by
one of the boys that work in
the machine shops, and was
carved out of a large piece of
brass. The polish was furnished
and the work done by a Jewish
man here, \yho is an expert
cabinet maker. All of this was
hand done by experts as you
will note, and it is worth about
.$10.00. I thought it would make
discovered, gives every reason
to exjiect, with absolute confi
dence, a victorious stopping o,
the offensive, and wit'll sucli
losses iufiicted upon the enemy
as will open the path, for great
offensive operations of our
own. /t
The furious Hun is burning
up his vast accuraraulation of
ammunition, firing his last
bolt, making his deathrush.
So, at least; appears the
great offensive of the Kaiser’s
picked and elite armies, after
months of gathering material
and men, and in “rehearsing”
the’tragedy among the graves
of Picardy and Flanders.
We raav await, full assur
ance,* the great issue of the
most desperate, because
«jvery attack, as soon as it wasdexpiring, struggle of the Huu,
EtiglisKNVbmcn. ouamnteeirvo
■'ivc’x.t Aears Too<3 .Supply ”
SOUTH CAROLINA WHEAT CROP.
Rule for Guidance^of Millera--Farin-
ers Can Sell Wheat, But Substi
tutes Mustbe Sold, with Flour, \
Milleys' are authorised to
grim’ ~ ~
^riiuTfrom the wheat raised by
farmers
uie farmers, the members of
farmers enough flour to ’.supply
their fa miles and their tenants
for a year, on the basis of-12-
pounds of flour per pe?soii per
month. Farmers are expected to
u-c flour substitutes, pound for
pound with the flour they have
ground-from their wheat.
Farmers are at Hberey to sell
their wheat to anyone who wants
to buv it. Purchasers of wheat
from farmers can ha,ve it ground
into Hour on the same basis as
farmers, but are expected to use
Hour substitutes^ pound j
pound, with the Heur.
When farmers sell flour to
individuals they must sell Hoar
substitutes, or take millers* cer
tificates from the individual*'
showing they have had flour
substitutes ground.to cover the
flour they buy, pound for pound.
Farmers cairwff Hour v from
their wheat to merchants, Hut
when the merchants re-sell this
flour, it must be.sold, pounds for
p 0u n < 1, with ffoUF%ubstitu te$,
tlie'pcrsoiis vrfitr buy it.
These regulations t to
thresliernien as well ay farm
ers. ' .
Builetifis X<
modified to,
above.
Wm. Elliott,
Food Administrator foi£*
South Carolina.
Columbia, 8. C.
July- jh'19i8. No. 99
iir a nd U2 a re
extent stated
BARNWELL COUNTY'S SON IS
DOINC COOD WORK.
CONVERSION OF 1ST AND 2D LIB
ERTY LOAN BONDS-
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We take the following clipping
from the News and Courier,
which will be read with interest
by the many friends and relatives
of Capt. Jas. T. Moore:
Washington, July 16.—Special:
Another striking achievement to
record in the war time record
of South Carolina’s sons is the
fact that under the command of
Capt. JamesT. Moore, U.S. M+.C.
the Forty-eighth company of the
marines stationed at Las V
New Mexico, lias made the
highest record for the whole ma
rine corps in small arrrls practice
>vith a percentage of 95.5 on
April 1 and 97^5 6n July 1,1918.
Capt. Moore is a son of Adjt.
Gen, W. W. Moore,of Columbia.
Rifle range work is paramount in
the training of marines, at least
90 percent of all the men qualify
ing as expert marksmen. This
makes the record of Capt. Moore’s
company especially note worthy.
The next highest records were
made by the Fourth and Third
companies, with percentages of
of 88.2 and 82.8 respectively.
On April 1 The total strength
of Capt. Moore’s company was
eighty-nine men bf whom fifty-
seven quafified as expert rifle
men, the„ highest grade obtain
able, nineteen as sharpshooters
and nine as marksmen. Thus
all but four men in the company
qualified as marksmen. The re
cord even better on July 1, when
out of a total strength of eighty-
three all but two men qualified,
fifty-three as expert riflemen,
eighteen as sharpshooters and
as marksmen. K. F. M,
VOTERS IN PRIMARY ELECTION
TAKE NOTICE.
Under an act of the Legisla
ture passed in meeting assem
bled in the year J 915,the enroll
ment books will be closed upon
4th_Tuesduy of July of each
election year..All voters ^re
hereby notified that on next
Tuesday the 23rd inst. will be
their last chance, as books close
on that day.Enroll while youcan.
a good Air Service Souvenir.
I hope, she will like it.
r.. Love,
A
.Mordey,
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
The many friends of Mr. John
My Farrell, of Bfackvilie, will
regret to learn of his misfortune
in the loss of his large barn, 30
head of hogs and 400 bushels of
corn, w'hich wa9 destroyed by
fire about five o’clock Tuesday
afternoon. It is thought that a
careless cigarette smoker span
ned a cigarette stump wl^ich
caused the fire.
REGISTER YOUR BIRTHS.
The allotment in money, for
each chijd, from the United
.States government, cinder the
.Draft act, will not be paid un
less a birth certificate is produc
ed as proof of birth.
To Banks .and Trust Companies
of tjie Fifth Federal Ueseyve
1)i51rict and to 11o 1 < 1 ers,Of 3f
and 4 per cent Boiuj^of the
First and Second Liberty
Loans.
In presenting 34 per cent
and 4 i of cent bunds of tlie
First ^Liberty Loan and 4 per
cep* bonds of the Second Lib
erty Loan to this bank for con
version into 44 per cent bonds,
much time can be saved- and
accuracy and promptness
insured by compliance with
the following- suggestions:
1st - Send to us with the
bonds tlie required “Request
for conversion”, made out on
oiKL-of the forms provided by
this Bank. Copies of these
forms have been sent ti you
Additional copies - will be
furnished upon request.
2nd- Do not list bonds of the
First Liberty Loan and bonds
of the Second Liberty Loan
upon the same form. The form
is designed for either kind of
bonds, but is not intended to
be used for both kinds (First
Loan and Second Loan) at
ouce. See instructions priuted
on the form.
3rd- 4 pet* cent bonds of the
First Liberty Loan aud 4 per
cent bonds of the Second Lib
erty Loan may be converted
into 44 per cent bonds without
adjustment of interest. Adjust
ment .of interest, however, is
required^ when 34 per cent
bonds of the First Liberty
Loan are converted into 44 per
cent bonds. Ufiless a remittance
i^ made ^ covering the adjust
ment of'interest to the day of
receipt by us, we are not author
ized to deliver the correspond
ing 4 QiiQjfour. per cent btmdsC
When interest is otiiijtttKl a
notice is stamped by" us upon
the return recerfit, showing
the exact ^utfount required-
Remittauyeof this exact amount
should be made promptly.
v Respectfully,
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond, Fiscal# Agent for the
U. S. Government^
A TOMATO, A
LITTI
GIRL.
TWELVE MEN CO TO WADSWORTH
The follow ing is a list of the
young, white men who left on
Monday morning under call No.
795, for Camp Wadsworth:
Furman Black, Barnwell.
Clifford Harley, Augusta, Ga.
Mike Moony, Dunbarton.
James Heyward Black, Bam
well. -
Jones A. Thomas, Fairfax.
John Gary Davis, Kline.
/; Earl Hair, Elko, rfd.
Wm. hranklin Ste verson
Appleton, / " r *
” John Wm. Good son, Ulmers.
, 'Austin Porter, ty'illiston.
John Calhoun Croft, Elko.
Shellie R. Fail,01ar. wi,■> ~
666 .contains no alcohol, ar
senic, nor other poisonous drugs.
it l)u Hois
PUce^/8moalH*r of an Atlantic
(>last Line Train. Time : This
past Sunday nigld, ten min-
uites totw'elve. Scene.: A man
in one seat nirled up sleeping.
In another- seat a man about
thirty years old, tanned face,
' " s %
close" trimmed Hair, dressed
in bkai tiful khaki (in Uncle
Sam suit*) with insigua of
Quartermaster’s Coips on
sleeve; sits and looks out the
window at the flying shadows
of the night.
An ordinary citizen walxs in
to the smoker lugging a pajier
bag undet one arm and sits
down opposite the soldier, plac
ing the bag, between His feet.
Just as he settles himself and is
reaching for a cigarette the sol
dier turns from the window and
sa|s,“ Will you give me the
time', please?” He gets the time
then loads a businesslike look
ing meerschaum and leans back
to again gaze out into the night.-
After a pull or two at his cigar
ette this fellow with the bag be
tween fiis feet sorter leans over
and says, “What’s that inigna
for on your sleeve?” Midst the
telling the soldier goes to the
cooler for a drink of water when
he returns the fellow with the
'*ag has a great big ""’tomato in
his haiid, lie pokes it towardthe
soldier and savs. “Likk km?”
“You bet,” says the soldier and
takes it and bites deep into the
garden fruit. “And there’s noth
ing better to quench thirst,” he
says. /
Now that’s how the conversa
tion began, and that’s iyhy I am
trying to tell you/This little
storv, for it tuiqjea out that this
soldier enljst^a for service un
the Mexican border before we
got mixed with the Huns. He
naturally gravitated into this
war and for two years had not
had a furlough until fourteen
days previous. His wife had
been dead several vears, and on
his furlough he had been away
up into Pennsylvania to see his
only child, little six year old
girl. I got him to tell me about
his little girl and 0 LI wish you
could have heard that man talk
and could have seen liis eyes as
he told me about that only child
of his and how, when lip first
got to it that it was* twelve
o’clOcb in the bight and lie
.i, ■
waked her up and she rubbed
her little blue eyes, looked at
him, tightened hyr wee.’ wee
arms abou^his suaburned neck
and said - why—why—its my
Daddy!.
I> that soldier a liero? There
are thousands like him, and we
must increase the love in us for
those brave fellows who have,
given up the sweets of home to
strive that thOir home atid other
homes will be forever rid of the
menace of a brutish Autocracy.
All together now—A million
more clieere for “our boys” and
God bless km.
P.S.—The bag that fellow had
was full of tomatoes. .
FESTIVAL AT BIG FORK.
An ice cream festival will be
g : vt i n at the Big Fork school
house Friday night, the 19th
inst,, under the auspices of the
Big Fork Democratic club. The
public is-cordially • invited to
attend'.
W. S. s. CAMPAIGN REPORT.
'•VS
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As a result cf sales during
the week endiug July 6, nearly
$4,000,000 worth of War Savi-
itigs stamps have been pur
chased byjhc people of South
Carolina. The total amount
^old up to July 6 is $3,942,-
481.50. The per Capita sales to
July 6 are $2.39' \
Charleston still leads tlie'stato
in sales per capita, hut her lend
was cut down somewhat during
the week. Calhoun county,which
led the state in the June in
tensive W. 8. S. campaign,
leads tfie state for sales of W.
S. S. during the week ending
July 6, with sales per capita of
$1.00. The following counties
show per capita sales exceeding
$3.00 up to July 6: Charleston,
$4.67; Spartanburg, $4.43;
Anderson, $4.30; York, $4.17;
Beaufort, $4.11; Marion, $4.05;
Greenville, $3.62.
Those who made pledges
during the June campaign are^
urged to purchase the stamps
pledged at the earliestpossible
moment. . - *-
The following is a report of
the War Saving Campaign end
ing June
, Diptriptf Appor’ioned.
$26 000.00
Boll P,»ud. 5 200 1 0
Baldoek. 5 200 00
BeiKlingrill»» 2 600 00
Hickorf Hill, 5.200 00
Aop'eton. 5 200.00
Barton, 2 600 00
BHrnw**ll, 31.200 00
8evi»n Pines. 3 000.00
Rennet SpMnRA, 3 900 00
Long Branuh, 2.340.00
Hilda 330000
F«*ur Mile, J 56TT00
Dunbartn. 7 800 00
Reedy Branch 2 340,00
II 1. .. 1 rim aa
R •faed
$28,235.00 *
3.006 00
480 OO
2.705 00
4 280.00
5 420 00
2 300 00
31 340 00 '
3 410.00
4,000 00
1 945 00
1.950 00
1 840 00
14055 00
3.876.00
I*p' er Riehland
i oou vu -
2 340 00
1 850 00
* 3 185 00
Harbary Branch,
1.560 00
1.200 00
Sand Hill.
1.660 00
280000
0«k Orove,
1,560 00
1.755 00
FMend*h : p,
1. ,760 00
1 590.00
Columbia 2,
1 560 00 ’
265 00 /
Owen* X Roada.
1 560 00
FI mmi edale,
2 340 m\ •
1 560 (X) '
- ' 940.00
Ellenton. i
.vxino
Meyer* Mill.
3 ft*X)00
^ 3 500 00
Rlackrille.
24.960 00
31 R60 00
Henlin* Sprinps,
6 240 no
7 520 00
Mt Calvarv
4 180 00 ,
1 115 00-
no.ib'o P 0 ’de,
4 160 00
2 440.00
A*«Slei£lV' /
2.0S0 00
2 iy'O 00
Wi'liston.
24 060 00 .
26 755 00
Reeemarv.
-6 240 00
4 25000 *
Greena Academy
416 00
- 445 00 ’
New Fnre*t.
2 080 00
2.'MO 00
Re»*yp« Creek,
418 00
670 00
Elko.
6 240 00
9 840.00
OdarOrove.
832 00
l.oio.on
Ti’ikera Crerk
416 00
535 00
Fa : rfax.
23 400 00
- 25 »90ft.
Bannnny
1 950 00
73000-
Fethel,
1 950 CO
1 000 00
IT'nner,
5840 00
4 57000
Union,
.1.960 00
2.000 00
Syeamnre,
1 950 00
1500.00
Shady Grnta,
1.960 00
1 510.00
KMne.
8 120 00
3 940 00
Fit Fork,
1.560 00
2,240 00
Red Oak,
780 05
•4000
Ca**.
1 560.00
2.49000
Morr»e,
780,00
91000
Wi tnrnp College Summer
Sehnol Students -
9000-
The total number of eubeeribefa ia
6 543.
The County’s quoli has baML
subscribed.
Horace J. Crouch, .
Chairman^.
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