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VOL. LXVI.
BARNWELL, S, C., THURSDAY, SEPT EMBEE 12', 1918
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NO. *17.
THE WEEK IN WAR*
The AUiv^ > ;fi, Vdvancinjt, Meet-
■•; : r ta&gyftTTU NisUnu-o More Stuh-
hor':v
T tiv Was Expected.
..V
the
Y. M.C. A.NEWS.
. -•■JC-aD'.JfcA-
Carl
wo rive
Y, M A
■ week's reports from
; t n: -Front eon-tipue to
y - ifrpii Ui&te in cur mouthsi
yF. . o be shouting in
stead vd rinding reasons to .con
vince -ourselves that ttrPsli-er-
i. ;;n:v vvvt m-i-winning the war.
'l'he latest reports -indicate that p ! L
pies while i$m advancing
ii. re y.et mating with a resisW^-,’ t .
has been missing
sinue June -1th. has been located.
He i- a prisoner of war in bier-
many. A $o*t ' card carrying
this inhirnKiiion has been .re
ceived at Ute_‘headquarters ot
tin- l-'oycr (in Soldat lfere.
1 he card is of the regular ^
j form l-vsjicd to prisoners and <“Yx,
• rtlii* statementstInA Mr.-e
i> sound and well gives
4ri-s ,
SOUTHEASTERN SOLDIER PLEASES
KING AT ROYALTY PANCAKE FEAST
IN Y. M. C. A. EAGLE HUT
THE WAR WORK,CAMPAIGN
to the tilings that
i
r*, am pouits more;-.
an-ee
s:ubhe-rn than ourrreaders’ ;tn-
licipaiedi Tire, reasons for this
aie ii oV lie-'., '.it i' del ermine. .
The soi-ahed. H-indonbui-g Fine
was,a complicated series of. -eji-
trenclvmeriVs a located along
ridges and plateaus of .ereat
natural strength. 1 he military
.:i,iv to know
earn 1 r i*.— toe
e ■
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\l : 1 ’ ) ti C ‘ *1 • .*
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ptT-t-iiiaihn of lpm 1 ''urg.
' Mr; -hylics-fti-a' p' arid from
sight-Wa'.i ill C.tn inan'.eHUTcd
in' village, of Air/y during
l.!: 1 !■' .1 li :ir ]; U - h oil l l.e SiU-soh--
i, .i • ns front, lie had Fu|el)
way odt pi tin* t- wu
retunn <1 t»» rescue a
woman and sprue children that
TlFTTC TofT
. in .lie' 111:
* oinv v but
TTtllTTTt" in 1111?
prteij liate* light. When last
seen ne was entering the village
fii>m one side and a (ierman
auvance guard was coining in
from another.
Mr. Lytle* home is in north
Brocfkfii Id. Mass, and he 1-. a
for rest billets
villages* and
in i their i
towns ter"
work;* were, the List words tn,|
such constructions. The allied j
armies had broken themselves
against them as the waves of the
sea. The German lines may be
likened to a series of hammocks
which may be pushed back by
superior forces, but which are
sale go long'is the posts remain graduate of .Brown University |
to which they are fastened. The 1 and before becoming* a Red
British attack on Cambraf push- I It »ngU> tvi.rkor wa- a' school.
oil-back the Germans for six . l'lUH ipur. -
miles. In less than a wyek the
Cermans rebouncied and drove have
back the British for three miles, I rear.
Now the enlarged allied armies which they may retire on leav-
are knocking first at one door ing duty in front line trenches.!
and then another* .They are The Germans experienced the
now driving at the points which same difficulty in holding that .
support the hammocks. In sev- territory since the allied retreat,
eral places they have cut away of this spring, a'pd are getting
these supports, and the 'German back to towns and villages,
armies-fiatet ty-ivWund. <Vr- On the other side is the fact
tain sections of the German that fhe' allied* forces haw
lines are fed by certain railroad reached the point where <Sy*j
Mines and junctions. When these t*>eh ran strike where he
ai*a cul ° r captured the forces j pleases and the Germans are
whicK wCre fed by them must finding it hard to parry these
withdraw to where other rail- | thrusts, l’he allies have had the
ways can Supply them. The first benefits of the leadership of the ;
reti re m i‘ n t sx> f the Germans world’s greatest soldier. Under ;
were forced by\uch conditions, this leadership the allied eonfi-
and is still going mv They\were derice has risen.while that of the
as.a man who, sturtsMu) fall and Germans has fallen,
who must run in order
his balahce. / , \
The ground over run by Ute
Germans since March has not
really afforded any good places
to which they might tie. Hut
their hopes fire In what is lett to
them <»f ; the Hind.enburg line.
AN INTERESTING
IETTER
(ircat State Convention to be Held in
Columbia September 18-1*> — Plans
NV'IU be Outlined for Its Success, '
(’olumbia, S. CFr*. Sept. 7.—
Mrs. Joseph Daniels, William
; Jennings Bryan and Major Ge'n-
leral ,\V. J. Bell will be three of
the principal .speakers at a
great "'state'- 'con vention wh ich
. 1 -r— A
will ,be held in Upturnia Septem-
IjIm*' 1.8-19 anTt"at“"wtrich plans
will be outlined to make over
whelmingly successful through
out South ■(’arolina the United
War Work ("an/ipaigu schedmletf
lor ^'d»\ C'.nber.' '
AVTT'h their home couiri : .e>
p.inging from Oconee to Beau-
fru’t to Horry, scores of inMue-
entia! South Uarclmiars, select-
• • • t t y-
, ed for their recognized business
'•nnd civic ability -and for their
proven patriotism, will take ,
(.part ii.i the Septenil>er umwn. j U ,,, M
tion. National, department and i 'flu
Cltv in Virginia - Fount.
hontas Was Baptised
Old Historical Citv
\N here Pocahoni
Other Points of Intereat.
New pm* Newsi^Va.. Sept* 1.
Ic'fitHf* 1’iif- B;iinvyeii Sentinel:
liwJlr. Kditor—-.Voirof course
do . not k now w lib 1 am
'Mii'vnii fan a-k J.-K. Snelliur-
. , j v *
and he fan tell )’6,U.
1 a in < uel« >~i ng four po t
•aid- .•; \b : u~ in # V\ iBiain-lAirg,
p!d 'iec; v town that
u->« d tTr+M* tin- ejipitol. of Va.
1 • Trfii; in'vfT'f -’ ; nd tin' - carry
■f t e• >■. Fhc oltl
th ■ « build-
)v-VI '\v, „
’ V*
re' long
k 1 I^nry
i It »>. i>C KL »
* tablet
tiio-. llio Billion .parish
." tin* 1 ’u\v-il» r Jim n and
G* n. Wa-linigtoii’.- liead(|uariers '
are j T't a-, -oinl a** wheli they
tjTlitL ' —
Powder Horn was u**#d
p
hl.l ll t«
<‘-t l* t 'iV(
i bv li'
v ,v K*r<*
P. ti'.e
f a pi o u»*
-: n» v;
r With ;
i liroij/
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state representatives of the or- i to.-tore powder iif during Indi-
i ganizations for whose w*ork the j an wars, also the Revolutionary
jfund will be-raised will be in at- i and t ivii wars.
1 tendance. .* The keynote of the-i I he church has nineteen
King G'*org«* and Queen Mary sayr how* Ameriran corn-cakes were
made and also sampled, them. Not only that, but they saw how American
fighters conquer the deljeaey Rare you s*?e royalty emerging from their
first encounter with the favorite American breakfast deljght. It would at- 'convention, according to state J pP<>p !, ‘ buried beneath its floor,
most seeui thev wera viewing the Marines and Sailors as though wphdenn* . 'campaign headquarters, will be * n U'e King ol England
1 the-vital need fof seeinp to'* it •'i'wvl. a |..e«ut of a
U. ^ . -tii-i one l»mle. winch is shown
.that every American soldier and.; wil|l M rid( , , )v Scx(on .
sailor wintering in the service.! Tlier ,. an . a great many oilier
especially in the battle arjea, gets i intere>iiinr
Tnerv comfort, convenience and
If this Is VS* food on which they grow so husky. “T“
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King George missed the best part of therp-eoent pancake treat at Lon
don Kagle Hut—he didn't Turn 'em personally Everyone else is doing It
now, putting an extra edge on thstr appetites by manipulating the flipper.
The six V. M. C. A. cake bakers were on ihe verge of prostration after
serving 6,1-4 American soldiers and sailors with pancakes in the first fif
teen days* rush on this pet edible, when a hut secretary had a happy
thought. He IndMced the pancake fiends not only to bake their own, but
also to demonstrate *tth‘the batter and turner for their hungry buddies.
The Idea went big, -specially as the “Y M retails two man’s site cakes with
appropriate maple syrup both for sixpence.
A Tennespee boy made a big hit with King George when the latter
■trode Into the room where the royalty was assembled
“They tell me the king is here," remarked the Tennesseean, “and I
want to shake hands wi'h the head of this beautiful country."
The king gave the Tennessee boy a hearty handshake and inquired
aa to tha state In America from which he came.
GEORGIA MAN GASSED AT FRONT
t her
seen
wan
great many
.p, tilings to be
- but in y tune
..pleasure that human effort car) limited. However, when I go
provide. " fback again 1 expect to see more
VV. I). Melton, the prominent Than i didfhis time. I saw one
^ ard
monument in the 'church
dated 17*U>. The Sexton >ay«
that in olden times - the Sexton
marked a.l jilwnt that was not
there at services*, and they had
to pay a fine of >o much tobac-
eu to the Sexton, who uas yi
•free i»»in negro, and with these
I lines lie bought his wife's free-.
The Hin
j
(Pcatch denburg line is the German’s ;
last ditch this side of the fron
tier. He hoped to stand by the
Somme rive tv but was elbowed
t of it. Then hoped to;
niaKR a stand.on the Bapaume-i
Arras line, but had to move on.
Now as Indicated above, the
This has-been broken and cross- DindenburgMine has been cross-
el. in scleral places by the allies, ed in force . aKseveral vital
From the beginning,of 1 the Ger- points, t he Germany t<> pre-
man ret real ilV was seen that: vhnF'Tart her retirenVpts must
d al-
id
(By Delayed Cabta from Chateau Thierry Front with American Forcaa
ta Franc*.)—Th* Rev. Daniel R Kennedy, Jr., formerly of Savannah, Ga.,
a Red Triangle woVker, hat been given honorary mention for having dl*-
— played splendid coolness and bravery when gassed ia a-“Y” hut during
a German -attack in Frinc*! It* is now r*cov»ring and has written baok
from th* front: "I guess no on* i* afraid to pay the prio* if necessary.*
Coluhit)ia attormn* who will.
. head the United ■* War Work-
Campaign in this state, will
a .
preside at the convention. R.-
II. King, formerly-Secretary of"
the Charleston V. M. C. A., who
will direct the campaign for the
entire southeast,-with headquar-
• { . m - ; —
ters at Atlanta, will be one of do in and built himself a nice
; the convention speakers. 1 brick house. Ciuiss lie did’ut
A. A. Protzman, known na- nn-f. any that were absent.
! tiojiadly as one of the most able ^ ,,e rijurit at which it is j-aid
war work campaigners of the that the Indian Princess Poca-
! country, and who will be asso- i ^ '* 1
! dated' with State Chairman '.Ih,w,, and n looks oM enough
, .. Joi* the tradition to lie true. AT
: Jlelton, as campa.pn director in , 1| ^„ |, uU< | illg , , ooU lM?tu , r llOW
South _Carolina for the United alter all these years thau many
Campaign, will deliver an ad- |„n|diiius-1 know of that were’
. dress.
Mr.
and, Mrs. John B. Ryan
Have Five Sons in the
Service.
Mi*v John B. Ryan, younger
son Ji Col—Johh B. Ryau. who
District, county and built, twenty-five years age. The
and the efficujjK'y of their five school district leaders,* almost jjtick are solid and the mot tar
sons who *^re doing their “bit” all of whom have been appoint- lias hot fallen out, but ti e
fm" the eauseTof Dertioeracy cH and are vigorously at work, iniek wen not laid like they.
J humanitv ' attend the convention.*
There are butVfew fathers task lacing South ( aio-
e are , ^
was a member of the-House of and mothers in South Carolina lina is really more of a privilege
who can boast of so much. than a task, .said one dt these
. | leaders Saturday. x “To have
given $1,000,000 of the sum
RETURNo HOwiF. FROM ENGLAND, which must be-raised in order
Representatives for many
\ earTLefore the Civil War. left
here about 1881 and located at
Wedgefieldf" Surrifer County,
atul married to Miss Me-
Lauriri. daughter of Dr. Mc-
l;tv them ifow. Every other row.
bad ti tie Frick while now it is
every fifth or -i*<t11 row.
Tin* Court House which' was
built about the same time is sti i
in use. *an<i.court was in session
while l wa^ there last week. It is
this--line would murk Hie veal succeed in bringing seve
t es f-- If the allies drove them-bed-army yorps'io a dead st
out of this the Germans would sliTT in the next few days. They
nty stop untif they were in toiadi may succeed' im stopping this or
w\’n their own frontiers. Tlds that army corps, but .while. the^U 4 *. , •• ^
wAyrobaiiF 1..- d.'.-hlcd Inllfc i.iv ijoTiTj? <hlx sum- W hc-iiHiy lnorca.il,1c bus,- iutcisitv df my attmiwipn tor
' - I^»in4 thetr^*^ *" hVj^Hnd i ? not only
a very e^orlent business man
and .dfizen, biH is one of the
T.anfin, who at that time was a.,
-citizen of Wedgeiield.
Miu R\ au.is and has been en-
Hon. OttaJ.E Khan, upon his
jettirn from England, Spain
and Erantc< iiL-speaking of our
army, said: “1 -"Cannot find
vrorckto express the depth and
few weeks. We need no% corps have gotten
a (in* story,building about three
that the American fighting man fourth's as large as the Barnwell
may live under human,' inspir- d'ourt llou>e t with otlices ou
ing conditions is something that the side. Tdie'court room is ia
will ahvavs be remembered with tin- <*'‘nttr.
pride and pleasure bv every N< nr b* re is ^ orktt»wurwhere
,-il ivun nf IV statu *• t*i *i.~l*ye- t»k.-» over 11,
. .... , | vvir 1-lhO iu'IX's of laiidfdr.a torriedo
-ML- Clinton and W ilham ■ - 1
nexL
Be Surprised it our advance- ds backs,
slowetb'tloiyn or . brought to a Ihe best thing about it all
j ia w * v that we havt* taken the measure
the of thr Grnnan
good' vui.auijdown
ThaT
whtit
haw -received a
the spirit,Xhe. morals and the S] “1,*"^.i*'\w *Y&k" hoth'"fa" F>' ,,vi!l ^ station, and Peuiman
Y^ievcmentEd' the American ^ ^ . Lvities ^ hl ' ve t,u ‘ a
* ‘imiv ' I find it is difficult to ^° U ‘ 1 "jJ 1 1 ' ' iCtU * tlc ’ i liirge Aiiimutiitibti plai.it that
/ / f . -v _ will Jdpeak at Hie ( olumbia^con- u,.p,jbovs several tbotHand men
- , / vt r , x * L r ^ !)<, A k 0 °^ 1 *\ [ n -J t V ir \ venticn. They will tell the story,, and Woiiie.n: A ini Fist imfjnor
an YU*my,.lrom the ^Mr. and Mrs. Eyifahave five leatau's \vit*hout using Ltpgtiage , Uj , (V rea( ]y to be mitde'public, of J^JTTr Wil!i:uii arid MaryV
As the boys nwr sen.- low in Du*-arin’y\antl one which may soimjtl rhapsodjcal
aniisUpatnotiC.
'ed
this they ha'
’ everVtiTing of A yiTuc
-.ed what they could not
nwshiiig’ back, yeW-H- we tutu* "gotten his.tkgA’ Vfv who 'will have um'egisteNmn tt'e
A. i ii deliberate Fh<;\\ that lie can be beaten in F-th. inst. 1 he- sons wi\> are
• ; .:}<*.• t]> proof-of sixRe of till his boasted efficiency
removed Yilmosl, aasFMMrrioU iiess. 1 hey begin
at we know it. Ger
und destroy
in The service are; Gerald D.
Ryaii. First Lieut, in Hie idee-
feMiiiaLMuigineering- corps i:t
:***-*•'• t’. is
how the wait department, with i College, the sedoiul oldfst in
ami which yet is no more thirg.^ approval arid at the. sugges- 1 Anmi'ica, v. itJi it- many bidld-
thv bold".and sober truth. - I ^ 0 f f>,* C sident Wilson, decid- ' and i'eaut ful .gioimds.
1 ace met a great many officers • , k. t u ^ vT ■ . Y p iThmc i> aboiiii 1 nsaiid A^vimn
on the boat going «v,, ^Ko^ni^Lsa^ 1'-**“'
i.urope, • at
t o
o:
ir army b
rt.8C,
tributors, that the great soldier.
.In]
remove man map jx>w,er is 'decreasing France; ( . M. Kwh,, FiOigtaud along the lines ot i.omn»imi( a- \ Vt .]tare organjzatiohagA-onrld*)e
their Yund-raising Campaigns.
Thev have not left even so much rapidly. Among recent prison- in the Infantry m France; John lion and at the front. Evory-
as* a standing tree or a slick of ers ; a re-ffound underfed boys ^Ryan. who* attended a train- where I found'the s^me simple - - C A _
H^r '-kiairge guns werg cap- ] who would not have been put in Trig camp at Atlanta, Ga., and $nd unostentatious, yet gr-ipr and kindly -Thought .and tVel-
the army before 1920. figuring will be stationed at Atlanta; a'ml irori determination to hold *itig.
August we put into France’more Julian H: Ryan, who has been life cheap for the honor and “There is grateful acknowl-
s.oldiefs than' Germany will get’ commissioned Second Lieut, glory and safety of America; edgmen.t in the army of many
from her 1920 class. The war and is now at Vancouver Msl- everywhere the sarne ’podest, things Admirably: -done for the
has not see« such a far reaching and in the Forestry, Depart- sympathetic and soldierly.bear-Welfare of the men.
victory on any front such as the' ment, and Willis D. Ryan, who ing, and keen and quick-witted “And there is universal
allies won during'last month, attended Camp Zachary Tay-j adoptability; etar£where the thankfulness that, as fai* as it
But the war isn’t over, and we lor, K>\, and was tromTpissjpn-fisame note of^splendid and eag- is humapely possible to prevent
have no ground for any relaxa- ed a Second Lieut, and is now er courage; of willing discipline -it, the home Authorities have
is KUMO ta I •< 6f l
Iti^SUr
hired during the earlier stages
of retreat, but recentiv only ma
chine guns and trench mortars j
have figured in reports of cap
tured material. Here and .there
an increasing'Stream"of< prison
ers have been taken, but no Ger
man armies have been routed.
Another reason \yhy the al
lies '-were pushed .back last
spring ffom territory that the
•^Germans retreated from, is that
it is a desert. Armies- must
tion of our efforts, or t^nwise at Camp Jackson,
optimism. “Win the war” is ,Mr. arid
still the only slogan we can per- j cqngratulated
mit ourselves to use.
ami service, of. uncomfdaining not permitted politics to touch
Mrs. Ryan are to be endurance under hardships and the army, and that meHt is
ed upon' tsiieir pa-! discomforts, of buoyant good sought for, recognized and re-
1 tnotic contribution to the cause | nature and humor,
of * clean warded.
*: g
S.uii'niHiit'cftTig tfig* Yui k aiid*
river- by it canal-.'--which
will run byvWilJiriiiMtuj-g and
7> joCiifed on tli« j U, and O. R. R.,
faom Riclmioiid to New Port *
Ncust The lands on the R. R.
from New Port News to Wil
liamsburg looks to be very fine.
Crops of corn aro good though
they havd suffered for rain. The
land is roiling ami covered with
oak and other hard woods, and.
make a very attractive scenery.
There is plenty , of app t orch
ards. but to ray sorrow a; pea
ond peaches an* five* cefits a-
piece here in Mcwjort -
i v A Worideiet*
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