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V | " I i* I \t. , % >w?????* ??????j???mmmmm?????????????? ?^??????????????? ??? ?????in , ? ? ? ????????mm???????????? TOtCME IV, NUMBER 73. j?J NBWBEEEY, 8. C, FBIDAT, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918. TWICE A WEEK, *1.50 A TEAR ?' CORPORAL JACK SMITH WRITES ANOTHER INTERESTING LETTER Aug. 13th. Dearest Mother: 1 We are now way 'back of the lines, catching breath, camped in a foeauti ful place bordered witn tan enn trees. Waiting to go, but I do not I know where. We're all feeling fine? having' an ice-cold brook in which to bathe?the first chance we've had in some time. We've washed our clothes, shaved and had a good meal. For the time we are having good food and I (believe that is true of the whole imowMn armv T'n tf? this time. AVUU Ml ^ ^ - ? w "however, we have had it lean in our company. Today we've had bacon, good bread, Karo syrup, dried apricots and prunes for breakfast. A "few weeks ago we marched all night in the rain?and the nights in f France are black as Erebus?down roads crowded with moving artillery and supplies; with no'idea what one .might get into next?a horse, a big gun or a loaded truck. But when w^ ' got to our destination there was a big cup of ror>o a%vQ.;;ing us and we forgot our clothes \r?re wet. No coffee or sugar up to +his time. Aucr. 15.?Its only in snatches T can write. Yesterday vre left our beautiful grassy/camp, and in the hotest brofling yfn marched 19 miles.1 Lord! it w?s the toughest! uver unending hill?;?sun -baked and blinding dust. What is it Kipling snys:? "Tramp, tramp, tramp, with never'an end in a wa^!"^I often think of it on our unending marches. The long, white road ahesd thru the clouds of dust the trucks kick up. 'Put there's always this compensation: The Bochn r is tramping too! 'But thank God. back to Hun-land! Oh, he's beaten, mother dear, badly beaten, but he is fighting now for time?hoping to just?? 5 m 3? fV?n wnrl.l iiy mmseji in iric ui w UA iut But never. But we should not ba too- optimistic. He has got to be trampled.. I wish I had time to tell you all the things the boys frcm home are doing over here now. It is wonderful?the spirit and the fire. There is smethipg about them die. "dough "boys" specially i America^ ikuh;/ * ; that seems to crumble the German defense. It's not yet man to man fighting. It's man to machine. And when his machine fails to ston the superior man that's after him he runs You ask me if I've had a furlough? why, hies5" *ou mother, never! furloughs ~re for S. Ol S. men (Service ' of Senile: ?men in the rear ) Sup^ crVit"-!-r m,-?n &nt furlouirhs^*? ^ MUOC TV"-- -0 C-- w w there vr> idr'; have boen any CharI ^ai-rr*-'r. --r or Hclean Woods to | thrill world! The French call it now *::o:3 de in brigade de Marines/' You f'ie v- :r " as 5?ot to be rinished rrrl wVve ?ot io stay on "lie job. I ! $ on't ber.i in a big town longer , th?a one 1?> r since I've been in F a nee. I '-.iven't >be i where there a-:' civilian in months. And I ani g:~d "of trr> It V^lp- one *o feei as if one -re :? rexPy helping. I've 1- - --i r A.:?ir.r>f samT ;i sitriied v.-. .uaiucu nixj J. ??_ ? ?w Toiue^t for needed thing*?. I must do "withoru. stery'ic^ --*%e?iCK*l?. At least I hire a kdiie end ore towel ^ al! that is expected to carry. W? "have to take w*th us r->w everything UB we own, so tnai t^e uucks ciui taui.v ammunitfcn. I take only a change of A underwear, woolen sox, Mary's sleepHP Ing "bag, toilei: articles and "iron rationsM (for emergency) wiilr other f necessaries that makes a husky pack. This helps win the war. Luxuries J ? '* ""''a ? man fl-chf- anv better: UUU t uioav a ?o m so any xcess Is a drawback. Save things for me till I come marching home. Dr. Haden is no doubt right aho?'t the need 6f doctors in the camps in America: but Lord! how they need 'em here. There are things I should like to tell you shoeing their lament ablo need. There are many lives lo^t that a doctor's \hand could save. .Ju?t the other day I saw a dead Amercau soldier in a wheat field with a Piec? schrapnel in h:a shoulder. You see what I mean. * *- <U,.'a I Hear iois auuui jvjh.c> . ..v ? *ome debutante. I hope it will not be long now, mother, when it will be over. Yours, Jack. Oorpl. P. 0 Smith, Co B, 30th Engineers, A. E. F. . % STORY OF FIRST SHOT FIRED BY AMERICA IN WAR AGAINST HUNS. I Alex Arch, of South Bend, Indiana* ! Polled the Landyard at Dawn, October 23, 1917, According to Battery Commander. J ?O? I New York, Sept. 10.?The story of the first shot fired by the American expeditionary forces in the war with Germany?a shell sent crashing into the German lines as dawn was breaking on October 23, 1917?is contained in a letter sent to the Associated Press by the commander of the Indiana (battery, which performed this action important in American history. Mex Arch, of South Bend, Ind., a sergeant in this unit?Battery 6 of the ivt>( field artillery?is the veteran crvlrtipr urhiT* af!^nrriirtFr to this letter. yanked the lanyard of the pioneer g"n to speak for the (United States on tho soil of France. Xew^paner correspondents who inspected the gun on the day it wa* flre'd were permitted at that time to say in their cablegrams only that tlii> sergeant was from South Behd. The horror of firing rthis first shot had been olafmed bv another member of the same battery. Capt. Idus R. McLendon. in command of the battery C : :r> writing of this event, expresses his rrmvir?tirm that fhs TJPOnle Of the United States should have available ~n authoritative account, both because of the si^n^can-e of the deed and because, in his opinion, credit shoul ! go to the right man to whom the officers of the battery say it is due? Se-srt. Alex Arch. " Sergt.. Alex Arch, of South Bend. ' ? A ~" ?* ?1 omro r*A iJri^ 15 LUC Uia.lL WUU puicu 1-11C lou.iuiu ? ?v* i -enf the first. American shot info the "'ostile lines on the morning of Octo23. 1917, at 6 ft-V Capt. McLendon says. "I was present during all the x*ring of that morning. i "In the gun drill of tihe '7o' field pieces, the gunner, a corporal, lays i We gun for direction only; cannoneer I No. 1 sets off the range and. at the ! command of the chief of section, fires | the piece.' The chief of section merely f rpnpats t.hp command 'Fire.' which is -ordinarily given >by the lieutinant who acts as batteryj executive officer. "On this particular morning. Arch 'had a special gun crew made up of i the, other sergeants who were in | command of gun sections in the batj terv. all of whom were anxic-us to have a hand in the job. Arch himself : set off the range and acted as No. 1, jpnlline the lanyard at my command. I -Fire.'" I Twenty-four shots were fired tha* | morning, Ca.pt. iMcLendon continued, j nnd added: "The firing of the fir3t i^shet was ail event which our division commander considered worthy of ppeeial mention and record and ordered the shell cases of the first eight rhots sent to his headquarters with view to their preservation. Later 4 t-'e commander-in-chief of the American expeditionary forces ordered the * Mn which fired the first shot to be withdrawn from service, and I -understand it ha3 been or "will be sent to i' ;-.o to iSe ^ept as a relic of the |~reat war. "The question of who fired, this first. j r hot is not a personal affair at all. it | Is something which concerns not only this battery, but the Sixth field artillery and the First 'field artillery brigade as a whole. The men of this brigade are proud of having been the fir at to fight. And we have not stopped fighting, and do not expect to stop until the last shot of the war i3 fired." Regarding Arch, Capt. 'McLendon'3 i letter, dated August 12, says that he | "i3 still living and still fighting the | Hud a and his f ellow soldiers who 'he^oed 7T! firing the first shot are still living and fighting, and the old battery is still in the game and going strong." \ Death of Mr. Zeigler's Sister. . Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Zelgler attended the 'burial in Columbia 'Monday af ternoon of Mr. Zeigler'? sister, Mrs J. G. Askfns, who died in a hospital in that city, leaving two small children one a young infant. Mrs. Askirjj as Miss L:zzie Zeigler lived in 'Newberry at one time anrl had warn: friends here who gr eve to 1'ear of her death rnd synjoatb^ dc?*v the bereaved young husband r?<? oiV j e -"o- - UTILIZATION NOW HOLDS GER3IAXY BY THKOAT Washington, Sept. 7.?Next spring, say< an official dispatch from France today, the American army alone will i equal to the German army and the i Inrter will then have to face not only 1 this gigantic force of well-traine-I 1 ? '?J- iha i ngnung men out uie veucicwaa ui j F.euch and British armies. The message adds: i ".?9 Germany's situation is hope- 1 less. From where -could she expee: to be saved? Saved, her fate is definitely settled. She is irremediably lost. We hold her by the throat. We - shall not let her go." The dispatch gives figures on how Germany's man power is being sapped up by allied shot and shell. Her 1911) class of fighting men has almost disappeared and military leaders are adopting every, expedient to prevent using their last resource?the 1920 class? from the firing line this year. Froom July 1 to September 1; 150 <11ri-ions have been used by the enemy - ^ 2 J/vJ Cr. on ,-tne western iruni, xuuiuueu :u which are 80 new ones thrown into the struggle to attempt to stem the allied advances. Captured documents show that many battalions are now made up of brae instead of four companies and that this method has caused the loss of at least 40 regiments. America's average monthly contribution in soldiers is equal to at least half of tho annual Oerpan recruitment, the dispatch concludes. Oennan Press Defies Hindenbnr? i Amsterdam, Sept. 7.?Scorn and wit ii- - "? i.v? . nave been encuea irum uie wiiuom press 'by Field Marshal Hindenburg's .'solemn pronunciamento warning the people of the fatherland against "tha enemy's poison sheets," meaning the propaganda leaflets dropped by en, tente and American airplanes. Vorwaerts, the chief sjocialist organ, manifestly encouraged by this outI Slue aia LU ILB uctauc-uiu picav,! nut . of democracy says: "-Hindenburg is wrong in denying ihe? entente's description of internal ; GermaDy. iManjr Germans believe that the suggestion for political reform : contained in the leaflets scattered by ' American airplanes is correct." Viorirl nf r>OT1 r* hn R A US iicu \ } nauu uJ. V- AA ~ * ; been qnick to ' fall upon editors in ! van'ons parts of the country who ' spoke their minds too freely on this : subject. One newspaper in Saxony ; has been nearly suppressed for maki'ing the jocular suggestion that Hiu j deaburg had 'better return his iron j cross until .better days. t Another publication was prosecuted [for calling Hindenburg "Marshal i Ilueckwaerts." (Backward.) ( The majority of German newsna; pers managed to keep just within ! tile UIUILS UJL ICS^JCI/UUI vumu^in j though not a few ventured the suggestion that Hindenburg in his public ; remarks displayed a woeful lack of information as to* the real military t position. j "'lere in Holland opinion is as usual divided The *Neuewe Rotterdamsche j: ; Courant says with its customary Iforcefulness: I "nomarnr i* airpnHv heaten before | the American armies have appeared j In full strength upon the battlefield " Memorial Service to Deceased j Sailor. ? On Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock j there will be held in Grace church, j Prosperity, a service in memory of ' " ^ ' - 1 ?V lnat 4n umene omgiey huu wag wm, storm off the coast of fFlorida on August 21st. The service will consist of appropriate hymns, Scripture readings, addresses by the pastor and Prof. S. J. Derrick of Newberry cota * ' Xtt fha | lege, anci a ?spetmi pic-jci uj , j pastor. '{ iMr. and Mrs. J. C. Singiey, the parents of the deceased request me to sav that an invitation to this ser- J vice is extended to all their friend* j md to the friends of their son. Chas. J. Shealy. iPasior Grace Church. } F/lirahe-.b White has returned . j from a most delightful trip wb'-oh she j j '-W.; with her aunt. 'Mrs. Plitt, of, j^rO+iraore, to the mountains cf Vir- j rn<1 West Virginia, visiting the! ! \ r?,v* '.Niagara falls and } ! , r : r> rn4o Canada. Elizabeth bad -c 2 cf Inr life. / ro COUNTY FOOD ADMINISTRATORS AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES It is reported to the Food Adminis.rai.ion that there are ginners operating without licenses. Please therefore require ginners in your territory to. show you their licenses, and report to this office any ginner operating without a license and require such ginners to cease operating until the license is obtained. The penalty for ginning without a license is severe Yours very truly, William Elliott, Food Adrar. for .South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. Sept. 9, 1918. 3FEX OVER FORTY-FITE WANTED FOR ARMY WORK Are you an elderly man betwee: the ages of 45 and 56 and anxious tc go across the waters to France witl the boys and do all in your power tc crush the principles for which Ger many fights and to uphold the hono: and rights of America and her allies If so, you now have the opportunity of so doing for the army recruiting stations in this district have beei authorized to accept applicants ovei 45 years of age but under 56 for th< i. various staff corps. This means tna 3~ou may join the army and enter t.h< medical, ordnance or. quartermastei ro~p~. all of which are absolutely nee?s?ary ar?d importer4 ;n the pros ecu f ion of the war. 'Men are needet in fhe?e 'branches and every olde man who volunteers for the servic releases a younger and stronger ma: for the trenches. Recruiting officials cf the army ii this district have sent out an appea to all in tne.se ages wno are simme co that they may answer the call t-' the colors, attempting to impres: rpon their minds the fact that the are needed 'badly and that it is thei duty to volunteer just as much as i is^the duty of the younger men. Tber are many under 56 who are in sncl ' pp'i that the may well don the honored khaki. Th or n*i> 1 ntif-inotf> thp Pn listment of a goodly number of thes< men within the next few days. Every American who is able t ye-ve must do so. according to th< officials, for the war must be won a quickly as possible. Our allies ar accepting older men for enlistmen and America must do the same if ou war f)ro?ram is to be carried out sue cessfully. The young soldier ma: nov.* th? cHl^r man who is no in the service and the older ma; should have a clear conscience am know that it is impossible for him t< erfnr if he is not. in uniform. In the past, many older men ove ao vo^-; rf pjro ov-n^e^ed thev pmMtion to jo'n the army and heli win this war to the members of thi army recruiting party, and hav< stated that they are ready and willin: to go whenever Uncle Sam offers ti accept them. The opportunity is nov at hand, for they may enlist at an: army recruiting station. FREE $15.00 set of ware with Majesti Range this week only and a specia price on the range while they last. Newberry /Hardware Co. TOT T OfK IS LEADING BY OYER 15,m ON INCOMPLETE EETCBXS. Columbia, Sept. 11.?Scattering returns from varions connti^s ot th State today failed to make any ap P^ciable change in the statne of can Tnvthor returnk confirm th .n zijcxk K r?. i- n4 & - ? enrly reports yesteday cf the electioi of Polio *k, Wolfe, Arnold and <Harrl by wide margins. Tbe totals at mid nirrht tonight are: Peeples 20,725 Pollock 36,169; Sapp *3,583; Wolf '32.329: Arnold 31,1!$; Richardaoi -G-arririon 2?,r>17; Harris 25. -ta. 1 a ?ru- Osborne 22.063 I IV, XJUIIU1C JL ^ ,W * j I , Snmmersett 12939. Rev. J. W. Carson l?s-. gone" t Camo Serier a* Camp pastor for thi A. R. P. church for one month. The ladies' Union Prayer aerric \v<M >be held at the Lutheran Churci n? the s^^mer Monday afternoon a 6 o'clock. Mr. 'Ralph He-nririx is attendin Kewberry college this sessfcn.-9'M?o'h r>or T..pfl,s.vina "Vcws. You men' vH attend. That's all righl MRS. FANNIE C. DOMINICK. [l * 1 It &as my sad pleasure to attend ] the funeral of Mrs. Fannie C. Dominick at Cross Roads Baptist church ] on Wednesday, a mention of whose . death at a hospital in Columbia and a sketch of whose life was made in ? . The Herald and 'News on Tuesday. Sad, because death is at all times sad ? There is peculiar sadness to me alt wflvq in the death of a wife and J " ~ ^ " I ' mother. Even when she has been per- i > rnitted to see her children grow to I man's and woman's estate. No man . can suffer a greater loss or a greater trial than the death of a good aa(k true wife with whom he has walked up and down the highway for so many veirs. iA pleasure, because I believe . the bereft husband, :Mr. J. Simpson T'lminirk nnri t.hi? sorrowine children , who have lost their best friend, were i g'ad that I came. They have been ) my friends for many years and forty . years or more Mr. Dominick has been - a reader of and subscriber to The ? Herald and News. In fact, it is part t of the family circle and mourns with r those who mourn. > * " 1 ^ M 1A?OT 1 une fan always leei yuuug su who r as mother lives, it matters not how 5 m?ny years he may have left 'behind, t because when he goes to the old home3 he can be a boy ag^in. "Tired r of life's strenuous striving, the grown 7 cM-d. who in her eyes is child still. _ noes b.ack to mother and his cares '"? " ^ t- - - z? 4-\* t are smootneci out, ius iu.ilu m mc i r ^o^dness of Chines renewed and his e' hopes given new lustre. Whose coun. i ?el, af^er all, is so good as mother's ' hp.rd sense? Who is so wise and so t iiist and <?r> ffentle?" 1 ^ "Who ran to help me when I fell. 1 And would some pretty story tell, s 0- kiss the place to make it well? V My mother." r Too often I fear sometimes, in the f- husv rush of this strenuous world we f?o not appreciate mother as we Should, or rather I should say. we do -? ? i . > ' not' let her Know tnar we ao, aim L" waft until it is too late to speak th? 0 i'ip'l words and do the little things that would make her heart glad^and n .we forget that "her price is far above 3 ri'hies." "Strength and honor are 3 hnr clothing: she openeth her mouth e with wisdom: and in her tongue is f the law of kindness -Her childr ren arise up and and call her blessed; her husfcand also, and he praiseth ^ nivo hpr tho fruit of her IIC1 V wv -b '' hands and let her own works praise her' in the gates." And when sbo ^ goes to join "the choir invisible of ' thn<?e immortal dead who live in minds made better bv their presence.'' then, too often, we only begin to fullv r realize the priceless treasiire of a 1 good mother. e T^nrtv-one years ago the coming 11th nf October Mr. J. Simpson Dom T " ~ * iniek led to the sacred altar His." 7 Fannie C. Moore, a sweet ?ir? of only sixteen summers, and during all these v?a> ? thev have trod life's nath together. enduringjts hardship nnd ^njoying its pleasures. Thev have been c pecularly blessed, for durr?.g all these I years death has never entered the home, and they have reared 8 rohust and healthy young men and four daughters, and were permiuea ro see , them grow into young manhood and womanhood, and most of them have settled near the parental home and . ; established homes of their own. It is rot often permitted to a family to go 0 /fo" forty years without a vacant chMr around the fireside. .All the 1 children were present exeept the lad e that's ove~ wonder and j "?fierMin<- the battle with 8 home m his heart.'* > ; Mr and iMrs. Dominick -"'ere native* . nf *h* 0"Xeall section of the county ? in^ qo!' 0 ard there tney were umimcu , up housekeeping and only about 20 wn aen moved to Chnppells. Tbev j -were both members of the Cros* ! Roads iBaot^st church. And in the i ^hnroh vard thp remains of Mrs. IVvr.9 "?n?ck "wrpr* laid to re*t. ^ix of her e . snn?? actin? as pall-bearer?. J There was a large* congregation e pr^s^nt, many going from 'Newberry. ? u?fv,Q >11* erK esteem ft f>ear,T>?? ie?umvu.T ? t in which the family is held. I The services were conducted h* <t | Vr?f rir"*r>r **l'> P-v. O R. Petti grew - assisted by thf4 Rev. E. V. Rn^b of 1 Newberry and the Re'". :"Mr. Cromer rTnn/>V) _ t. of thp Presnyenan enu rri'.. i vuvj.' :ng tr:b:?tes wore paid to her memory jy Pastor Pettigrew and the &ev. Mr. Babb. And a touching prayer was offered by .Mr. Croker. I Mrs. Dominick was a good plain home-loving woman devoted to her family and her church and will be missed not only in the family circle ??. xi? Q)C<A Dili in me cumuiuuiiy. oue waa a good business woman and her husband will miss her wise counsel and her valuable assistance in the conduct of his business. I know somewhat how iMr. Dominick feels and my sympathy goes out to him in his loneliness, and yet he should remember that his lot is more blessed than that of many households, and 1 am satisfied that he wiP bear "the burden with humble resignation to the will of Him who v does not err, ?o? I drove 111 and took with me Mr J. B. Amick and Mr. I. H. Hunt and one of mv American boys. We had some trouble with the engine goinir and I am under obligation to Mr. -T H. Chappeil and Mr. L. T._ Adams for helping nie clean a dirty spark plug, but even that did not cure the defect, and we had some bad running and arrived after the services in the church had concluded. These autos and Fords are curious things. Coming back the running was fine and there was no trouble at all. ?o? I went via Zion Baptist church and the long bridge over L:U:e Kiver, ana the road is fairly good barring somo holes and the\ bavd bridges over theditches and the narrowness of the road which is characteristic of all the roads. The use of the split log drag would help the road very much. We came back via Longshores ani this road is ?ood to Longshores but from there on to Newberry is in the worst condition I have ever seen it, and all for the lack of the application of the drag. I can not understand why the people who own cars will permit, this road to remain in its present condition, and most of the farmers out this side drive cars. It wo'ild be a good investmenf for them to keep the road in better condition. Just a little work would save their machine-, in wear and breakage many times the cost of the work on the -1 * -* cnnil- a ^ftmfnrt It. rtMU, IIV-'l IU -yean 171 wub ? would give them, in traveling and the time they would save, and yet they will not for fear possibly some one else may get 'benefit who has not done his share of the work. Surely that is not the cause. <Maybe they have not just thought of the help a good road would be to them. All of us need to wake up in the matter of public spirit. And helpfulness and cooperation. Q? > j' \ Mr. Cominick lives in the place tha? was known in the years gone as *"Ko "Tin House." I think the d \ home of Mr. iPeter JMoon. Any way I can remember as a boy nearin.? trhem talk about the "Tin House" road and the name came from the fact that the house is covered with tin, something unusual for a farm hous<? especially in the days when this house was built. The main part of the house is probably a hundred or more years old, and the tin roof that was put on when the house was built is still there and a good roof yet Mr. Dominick has made some additions to the house since he bough* the place, but the old part is thera yet and the architecture is the old style in the stairs and doors a?4 - , ,L -* VanA rarred in&nt61s witn ^ xut ui uauu v.*... work, but the thing that stands out prominently especially for durability is that tin roof. And I am told that it has had no paint except possibly one coat put on by iMr. Dominiek. Where will you find, a roof that compares with this? Certainly none of th$ tin roof that we put on these days, of modern progress and achievement will last near so long. E. f*. A. 9EXOCKATH7 tUJLSIHitn TAKES KEfESS TO SATOHDAY Several cf the l)(>^es had not bee* received on Thursday and the executive committer} a^innrned to me*? Saturday at 11 o'clock hoping to have all the boxes in by tba* tin??. Tbc missing boxes aro TCinards. D~rr?-nK% Swilton, Zion and Walton. In congef^ooA returns bein^- absent qaexire ui the totals were not made.