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>r, 1 % j /ofc-v L Entered at the Post?ftiee at Ne? berry, S. C., as and class matter. ' E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday November, 27, 1917 I The Herald and Xev.s is printing tile "war news from Washington as f;:rnisred by the publicity bureau of the government. We take it that the news will be sent the papers regularly on ;s thp first r?f tVp wa-.Tt Wo s'mll hp ' ?lad to print it. That should be re( liable and is what the governmentj v".\ wants to give out. We have gotten to the point where we believe very little that we read about the war and we are glad of the opportunity to get something that should be reliable. You will find local news on page 2 and on all the pa -?es of The Herald!' and News there is live news to * I * found. Read all of 'em and keep post-' ed. W1 i I RED CROSS. Another supply of wool has been re_ f celved at headquarters?enough to , __ - -- furnish all the knitters. The demand') for these garments is urgent, and the i committee asks that the wool be pro- . cured and the work done-as quickly as possible. A manual of directions . t is given out with each package of j wool, and from headquarters in At-i 1 lanta comes the instruction that these; r -directions must be followed to the ( letter. ' f t Eliose W. Wright. ?< Sec. and Chair. Publicity Com. v fc( _ \>>0N - HEARD i:; YENICE ' ? ?,? i_f Fears of Populace Subside as Resis\ taace Stiffeffris. ' 1 Venice, Saturday, Xoy. 24?(By the Associated Press)?The sound of the a shelling at mouth of the Plave con- j 11 tinues to be heard in Venice, but the! first fears of the small part of the population remaining have been considerably relieved -as the Italian forces V -t i * 1 f . A CAI TPfTXTMI mmm *\ < . \ E i \ We will hav nice I Tennesse Te Arrive at Li About Deo 1 Y ours I 0 H J. U. V *+ V I re pj* k /1. n , ' -> - . ? if-.- " ? (j-rp T T-> '-"i f ? *rr? TVr?"4V ' j0'#1'1 ',v jTe'Nlr*! *>* Col TTouso. Ppri55. Xov. ?Pol. *To,,ce. Pe*"1 PTfeQ. A'1r??ro1 O*VK-*members of the Ameroian mission tr?i ? - x.j ? Bio/M^A nam r*t ^tT> ^ r> o day VTSlieti t"C r I ?.< c . fpia^e'' a w~enth. 01 the to~>Ti of L??favptte. T^e wreath b^re t'"><* inscription "from the American war mission in erat^M remembrance" The^e were no sneezes myyiszrborey(d'?$?f/lvffo<Ttaosahahhb f^pQ/l'infoc A? (Jt'fippfs' Training Canu>s To Be Divided Three Classes Washington, Nov 22?Graduatees of the second officers training: camr>s which rTr.se nevt Tuesdav, will be commissioned in three classes for immediate active service under orders made public today by the war department. Men in list "A" are to fill existing vacancies in the national army organ Izations for duty. They will be o-iven leace until December 15. when tfcev will proceed to their stations. Those on list "B" are .recommendel to be commissioned evently as provisonal second lieutenants in the regular army. * Air will KD .AT, T.ng Close UL comy mc> "in uv ommi^sioned second lieutenants in;he officers' reserve corns and attached to rgeular army regiments, to be commissioned in the regular army as acancies occur. T.ist "C" includes all other men roip the camp who are recommended o* commissions. Thep will be coninissioned in the officers' reserve :orps or national $rmy and assigned ? additional officers' to various units mtil vacancies for them occur. THF. HEJEaLD AND NEWS ON' EAR FOR $1.50. ______________ I ! . ;!' I OF e a car of I fat i e Hoes - i itile Mountain ember 5th i . I Truly iCDDinF \ t i i ? Clov* of ti w ships zor.c :?! . . ? bl;ioi<. to t : 'ic;' Tll;jr TP spend hum mo < > mistiikon Liour. > ''ry, he oil l ur lough, o ; i oniji i. Ana Vickery . . v. ft,. f\. ^r-r cruised * - -ifter ti -.Yniian sea tor. - ip is in dry v?ock now and hf few days' furlough. "The U-> not bother the American s:\i? 'i.-.if as much as the mines," he ?:ii "Many tor - ! )ed ships arj lost,*' he continued, "when they rolcht bivo been saved. because their skippers steam frantically^ ahead after being Lit uiiill their OV/'Q Sijcod causes the water to rush in so fast that all the air-tight bulkheads are caved in" \ . \ % MORE THAN 38,000,090 MEN KSW UNDER MMS / Recent Reports Give the Strength of Germany and Austria at 10.600,000. At least 38,000,000 men are Mearinq arms in the war?27,500,000,000 on the side of the world allies and 10,000,000 on the side of the central powers, according to the latest war department compilations from published reports ' in various countries. These figures do not include naval personnel strength. ( which would raise the total several j millions. j Against Germany's 7,000,000r Austria's 3,000,000, Turkey's 300,000, and Bulgaria's 300,000 are arrayed the fol- j lowing armed forces: 5 Russia 9,000,000 | Prance ;.. .6,000,00^ 1 Great Britain 5,000.0CG 1 rtaly >... .3,000,000 j Japan 1,400,000 United States, more than... .1,000,000 j Ohina 5-11.000 Roumania 3-0.000 | Serbia v 300.000 f Belgium 300.0(10 | Greece 300,000 1 Portugal 200.000 J Montenegro 40,000 | Siam 36,0(10 g Cuba 11,000 j T.thorln 400 ? ?Mk/V*A?* - - San Marino and P^fiama also have 1 small forces under arms. FLOWERS IN MIDWAR RUINS | Soldier Tells of Find in the Wreck of ^ Fampoux. A letter from a young officer on the 2 AxViln/. l!nn Jn Flon^orB Viiripc ('hp i Uglllillg iiUU 1U Jk AUUUV4M H story of devastation daily transmitted | from the front. j | "The -other day," the writer sayy, k "we took over a trench from a Soot- | tlsh regiment, and I went to examine 1 my future abode. Standing on a table 0 In the middle of the dugout was a shell case filled with Madonna lilies, mig- | nonettes and roses. i 1 "I Inquired wfcere the flowers had | beea gathered, and was told tney had 2 come from the ruined village of Fam poux, close by. Sure enough, between ; piles of bricks, shell holes and every i sort of debris, suddenly a rose would smile at me and a Illy would seem to ! j say how it had defied the destroyer and all lis frightfulness." i PARIS WILL HAVE ITS CAKES j ?! America Goes to Rescue With Supply of Needed Sugar. The little cakes orf Paris, so famed that even books have been written about them, will be saved this winter from complete elimination by America, more nlainly, by American ui , iv o^.?\ ?v. ? c w . sugar. For some months there have been S but five days a week on which cakes ? could be baked and purchased. That | deprivation was philosophically accept- i| ed. Then the quality began to decline, i The milk was^ bad, so the condensed ? article was substituted. Next the flour | Lad so much rice in it that the cakes ? crumbled under the fork. Even that 9 was forgiven. Then came the sugar ^ crisis. No sugar, no cakes; that was | iiKM liable. } Paris was disconsolate. Now ? comes the wheeling news from America that iln sugar shortage there is to be ^ r?-!'>voc] by shipments from the United j : fc^ates. Paris will have its little cakea, i / A v * J. * * v ? Furniture, Is or j Mattrc sses Rugs, Trunl i "Whsa West-Martin C 1 I? J A ' us uai 1 * \ x BS3i3S&i&fi&SBB3?BK5S?SBBS^" J . I | Corner Boyce and ( 184^ Condensed St 1 ElJLi II11IIV1 ! j Of Newbei St, jj From Report to the Comp \ Showing Condition at tl November 2 RESOURCES Loons and Discounts $ 531,757 86 ^ C I J - Liberty Loan Bonds 32,320.00 f 5 N U. S. Bonds 100,000.00 C I Cash & Due from Banks c r & U. S. Treas. 150,514.62 p $814,592.48 Hie National Bar j B. C. MATTHEWS, President 1 J H. T. CANNON, Asst. Cashier V I I Member Federal I J \ f > -c ~ 3 I 14 Beds. Sorings I , Shades | ks, Stoves j '/v Caita Ii'? AaU i u. uayo 11 o van. k!! j ! i , JL@ I J k-?? ,*rf &g 1 J Caldwell Streets | fl agr- yyWtilirHf ilea gMwBB?gg?ai^ fl B \ R atement of ry, S. C. I i troiler of the Currency I J he close of business 1 1 0, 1917 I LIABILITIES I j iapstaJ Stock $ 100,000.00 I m urplos and Undivided 1 'rofits 22.790.23 I lircuiation 100,000.00 leposits 575,114.87 j Rediscounts with Federal - % Reserve Bank 16,687.38 1 $ 814,592.48 I J ik of Newberry ! K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier I - V. W. CKOMfcK, Asst. Cashier Reserve System I 1