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^trnfiJ and Jjma,; i Fitered at the Postoffice at New-' ferry, jj? Cn as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. r 1 Tuesday, October 8, 19-1S. I ' I Death oi Dr. W. E. Pelham, Jr. . TV* TtTUIiam TTllorh? PplhftM. Jr.. X/l # ft W x/ ? W.. , w died at his home Sunday evening shortly befose eight o'clock, after a "week's illness of pneumonia after an attack of Spanish influenza. It can be said truly that he died at his post ?"died in harness"?for he contracted the disease while attending patients, giving up the work and going to bed only when he was unable to , continue his visits to the houses of ! suffering where his great sympathetic ** 1 ??wr\f aJ <rn " f) I neun always inuiu^wu uiw w ? ^..answer to the calls of distress. Dr. 1 Pelham was in his 40th year?would J iiave been 40 next January. He wa? the grandson of the late Charles P, Pelham and of the late Jno. R. Lea- ! veil. To mourn his untimely death j and their irreparable loss he leaves j a widow, who was formerly Miss j Azile Pool, daughter of the late T. C. Pnni txpn little children. Ellerbe and Brantley, his parents, 'Br. and Mrs. "W. ?E. Pelham, besides one brother,! Mr. Charles P. Pelham of iMaeon, Ga,! one sister, Mrs. Tho?. K. Johnstone,! of Newberry, and other relatives. He was happily married albout thirteen years ago and lived the life of a j devoted husband and father, as he had always been the devoted son of ' devoted parents. He was a most useful citizen and fine ohvsician and * i man, handsome and stronge, and loyal to country and community. He * was a deacon of Aveleigb Presbyte JL VUUX V/U. Newberry is bereft by the death of Dr. Pelham, one of hepynoblest sons and rapidly rising yoim^ doctors beloved by all who have come under his skillful and gentle ministrations. There are many sad hearts at the thought that no more will his cheerful greeting and bright presence soothe and comfort the sufferer. May the Great Physician lay His hand or the hearts of those so sorelv afflicted, j "How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod." \ijt. I'jeinam "was an eauc?M;e:i man, a graduate of the Pharmacy College of Maryland and of the MetUcal Department of Tulane University. New Orlans, La. His death removes a shining- light <?rom the ranks of his profession.' The funeral service will be at the grave in Rosemont cemetery this afternoon,. Tuesday,' at five o'clock, and will be conducted by the Revs. E. D. Kerr and 4iL V. ?abb. The following will be the pall- i "bearers: 'Honorary?urs. L?euranae *xuerry, * George Bunch, Heyward Gibbes, P.; G. Ellesor/ J. M. Kibler, Van Smith, W~~A. Dunn, W. G. Houseal H. W. ^"^ kayes, W. J. Holloway, E. H. Moore, T. H. Pope, C. D. Weeks, H. N. BaVecra. J. K. Gilder. j Active?J. N. McCaughrin, W. O. Miller, -Paul Anderson, John T. McCain, Thad McCrackin, Dr. Stokes, Dr. Bovd Jacobs, Alvin Wright, Derril! Smith, G. Frank Wearn and M. X.1 Spearman, W. B. Wallace, lieutenant I Bhrerett, Duncan Johnson. . J ?, I r I lAimf 111 <fin JJIILfc rLtLASUttfc IN JTCAVLL i i German Trains Creep Along in Dark* nest for Fear of Bombs of Allied Aviators. Special precautions against air raids are now being taken on the Ger- j; man railways in those districts espe- ; dally liable to aerial bombardments j by the allies, Railway Age states. ! The Palatinate railways, in particular, j are adopting precautionary measures, and a writer in the Lokal Anzeiger who recently traveled on this system de- j scribes the darkening methods adopt- ( ed at night. | i "For hours," he writes, "the train traveled as though in a dark cave, witnout lignts, wirnout coauuctux-s, without any station names being called ; i out when the train stopped. When ]; every lamp is extinguished throughout' j the countryside, and the towns and vil- 1; lages, as though constrained by agony, ( liave closed their shops, the journey op- presses one's mind and is nowise reas- j: suring. One goes on in uncertainty, j , lacing dangerr i ^ "Everywhere placards indicating 'how to behave during air raids,' show that one is in the aviator's territory. Slow- \ ly, very slowly, the train proceeds on its journey; in a river alongside the ^ Una nnp attll rpas thp Inonmntive which. : . togther with its train, plunged into the water on the occasion of a recent aeci- j dent. A train with broken windows? not a pane has remained intact?passes near lis; another train passes all black- ? ened and half consumed by fire. And . on arriving at the end of this dismal , journey the first question heard by the - traveler is, *WHI they come tonight?'" YANKEES GIVE HUNS CHRISTEAN BURIAL Mercy Is Shown to Dead and Wounded Enemy by Americans. : I Paris.?The spirit which prompted America's entrance into the world war perhaps cannot be better exemplified than the way in which German founded who fall into American} hands are cored for. It is likewise In nirisHfln hnrial ffiv t T 1UVUWV/U AU VMV v/?? ?? ? c en German dead and in the eare taken by the Americans to properly mark their graves. j For while the creed of the American soldier is to give no quarter in battle, those wounded are given every consideration when they call out that they have surrendered. Then it is that mercy is shown. In a little cemetery near Meaux there are now graves of about thirty Germans, each of whom was given a Christian burial and cach grave was marked with a neat black cross, upon which the name of the German was inscribed. A fevr yards away is another cemetery?that of French and Americans. The only difference in the manner of burial is that the American and French graves are marked with white crosses. Moreover, caretakers of the cemetery, whenever they have placed flowers on the graves of fallen heroes of the allied armies, have also strewn the ground covering the enemy's soldiers with flowers. The cemetery itself is as neatly looked after as that of the Americans and French. PIG IN HER BEDROOM Animal Was 111 and Mrs. McMillan Cared for It There. Mrs. Alex McMillan, prominent Knoxville woman, has a fine, healthy lot of pigs, and was most proud of them nntil one seemed to feel a little Indisposed. This infant pig immediately enlisted her sympathies and she announced that nothing was too good for friend pig, so she prepared a bed in her room and took more care of it than if it had been a star boarder. The pig was delicate and particulai about the way its food was adminis tered, so she very carefully prepared In o KnHIa ond cqtt that H UUIA 1UI XV 1U A UVIWV uuu nun > was fed in all the style that was a< her command. YANKEE HELPING A WOUNDED ALLY Here is shown an American soldiei assisting a wounded Britisher at s railroad station in France. WILL CARE FOR HEROES || Cleveland Society Will Use Funds tor I That Purpose. /Women of the Cleveland branches of the Ladies' Auxiliary SpanishAmerican war veterans have decided to use funds at their disposal for the installation of beds and their upkeep in a large room of City hospital, here, to taKe care 01 soiciers ana saiiurs who are injured in Europe, or on the eeas. , There are four branches of the aux- l iliary in the city, and it is expected that each will provide two or znore beds. HUN CAPTIVE DOES BIT j; Rnht Ann and Drona Sninern Who . Fired on Him. A German prisoner, routed ont from behind a wall, donned a Red Cross Drassard and helped to carry in American wounded. While he was thus en-; ?aged German snipers shot at him. j 3e got so mad he grabbed a captured machine gun and fired on positions j where lie knew the snipers were lurk- j ncr flrnnrrfnir fruA "Rnrhp fininprs ont of i i tree. Shook Hands With Lion. "Shake hands," said Emil Eshren>erg, poking his hand through the jars of a lion's cage in a Coney Is and animal show. The lion did, so \ rigorously fhrtt - Rshrenberg's hand < i?iis Ci^.1 Wvu j aol i ciuOW to wrist - / HUN MAN POWER ISJWINDLING Germans Fail to Keep Up Supply of Effectives. wtiTTSAAiio anrcniTTrnrn oui muuro antonm icncu Enemy Patches Up Worn Out Divisions With Inferior Men?Now Facing Endless Stream of First-Class Fighting Men From America on Western Front?History of a Division in Ger* man Army Traced. The question of effectives today holds the first place in tlie general dis *? -~ "? Tf Vice hflonmo nnr cussioii ui uit \. oi xt uuo u?.v.vu>v particularly alarming for the central powers, since, it has been shown, they have nothing to oppose to the fresh masses of American troops which arrive each day. To make up the inestimable difference they can only ask for greater efforts from the units that are still intact and employ all sorts of expedients to fill the gaps made by their terrific losses. How can these great losses be accounted for and what were the contributing factors i& the systematic wearing away o? the great German divisions? Apart from th~ highly efficient intelligence bureaus of the allied general staff, Swiss som as offer the next best opportunity for learning fa^ts about the German army which are generally not published. Prom one of these sources was traced the history since the beginning of the year of one of the famous German divisions, the One Hundred and Ninety-seventh. This brief history may be taken as an example of the overwork to which the German troops are subjected and allow us *o form an estimate of their losses. One Division Traced. Formed in June, 1916, this division remained on the eastern front t!U February, 1918. After losing many of its best soldiers the division was brought 1-1- i. 4.U /v to the western ironi snoruy oeiore uie beginning of the March offensive without being in any way re-enforcedt certain of its regiments containing companies of only 100 men. In May it occupied a section of the Chemin des Dames sector, there representing that type of division which the Germans call 'front divisions." Its participation in the attack of May 26 has been clearly traced; during the night of the 26th it sent out numerous patrols to protect the work of constructing bridges over the Ail ette and at the same time to be within a useful distance to participate in the attack on the Chemin des Dames. The storming divisions then replaced it at .the moment when the artillery preparation began. In the evening of the 27th the division returned to Grandelain, north of the Ailette, which it left again the next day for the Vesle^in conformity with the movement of the troops which preceded it. On the evening of the 2Sth it was at Vauxhertin, and arrived at Cerseuil during the night. From that moment, on account of the exten sion of the divisions which preceded it, it began to send units into the first line to fill to the gaps. On the 29th it was at Jonmignes and on the 30th at Bruyeim June 1 lound the entire division in the lines relieving tired troops; in fact, it had entered the battle. It attacked at Bonnes, then marched to Bussiares, where it encountered French and American troops and underwent cruel InsRPs. Tt was there, to the south of Ciezy, that this division met the Americans, to whom it yielded Venilly and Bussiares. Lost One-Third of Effectives. Since the One Hundred and Ninetyseventh division's entry into the battle on June 1 its losses have been very heavy, and are estimated at about a third of the effectives of June 2 and 50 per cent of those of June 5. Such a system of wear and tear employed for such a long period has wrought havoc in the ranks of the Ger man army. The effectives have suffered heavily and every possible means has been employed to obtain combatants with which to fill in the ranks. The anticipated calling up of the youngest classes took place some time ago, almost at the outset of the offensive. The Germans have already sent to tne iront tne greatest part 01 the 1919 class. According to the official bulletin of the Fourth German army, issued last May, in order to augment the depleted divisions it has been found necessary to employ men of the auxiliary services in the fighting ranks. It has also been established that all Germans drafted Ant aro rpnlnrpfl hv mpn nf thp on v. iliary services. There is still another method which the Germans finally resorted to. They have had to break up and dissolve whole regiments and, being unable to reorganize the units which had suffered too heavy losses and to re-enforce those that were still of some value, they decided on the fusion of numerous regiments. It has been said that the strongest; walls would crack if in order to fill! up its holes and crevices other holes were made and under pressure of a violent shock would crumble altogether. Critics point out that the al lies will wma position 10 aenver inis violent shook whon enough Americans bave arrived in France. GREET YANKS ON WAY TO FRANCE I . Royal Welcome at England's I Greatest Troop Port i I SPIRIT IMPRESSES BRITONS "You Can't Lick Men With That Kind of Spirit," Says Old English General -Fever-Stricken Lad Weeps Because Surgeon Refuses to Let Him Proceed With His Company?Crowd! See Them Off. More than 200,000 American soldiers daring one month passed through a certain English port en route from America to France via England. It's the greatest troop port in the world. Since the war began nearly 6,000,00G soldiers of the allies have gone through hero to battle the Hun in France. With the port commandant, an old English general, the correspondent watched the embarkation of 7,000 Yankees here one evening. They had hiked 13 miles from theii camp through a drizzling rain ovei muddy roads carrying a 40-pound pack on tnelr backs. But they reached the pier shouting and singing with the military band blaring "Over There." "Lord,;what a wonderful spirit "the old general smiled. "You can't lldh men with that kind of spirit" From All Sections. *Trom California and other Western states they came. There were ,a score or more American Indians with theii banshee yells mixing m with the general hilarity and hubbub of tht Yanks. Even Chinese in the khaki ol Uncle Sam, were in the lines. Beside us stood Lieutenant Woods of New York, the United States army embarkation physician, carefully scrutinizing every man as he filed up the gangplank. Suddenly he espied a young lad, pale of face, weak anc scarcely able to wobble up" the gangplank. It developed th?? lad had a temperature of 103 degrees and was burning up with fever. Knowing his unit was going tc France, he refused to report sicfe that morning and be left behind. So, in order to go along to France with his unit for a crack at the Boche, h gamely made the long hike. "Please let me go on," he begg**}. "I've looked forward so nrach to th time when I'd be in France with my unit Now, at the last moment, I don't want to be separated from them. Tie only a little sick now. ni be ail right soon. Please let me go." The lad actually broke down and wept when Lieutenant Woods refuj?d and put him in an ambulance for the mmn. "I just wish the kaiser could see that kind of spirit," said the old English general. "I often get 'em like that," Lieutenant Woods told us. "Our boys are so darned anxious to get at the Huns 4-Vi /\w rrrt f/\ lrtf rv? nTrw r\e*a /\? lucj uuii l waui iv ici oivaucoo ui anything else stand in the way. Every blamed one of 'em thinks he personally is going to win the war and there's no stopping or holding 'em. Lord, I'm proud of 'em." Off for France. With the military band blaring and the boys up on deck waving and cheering "good-by" the ship slipped out into the harbor en route to France. "Good-by and good luck," waved the old general. "I hope every blessed one of them comes back safe; but it's hell; some of them won't ever come back." As we tnrned to leave the docks we passed hundreds of other marching, singing Yankees, embarking on other boats. Far down the principal street of the town the line of march extended, flanked on either side by cheering, flag-waving crowds?women and children mostly. Pretty girls stood along the line of inarch grasping the Yankees* hands. Some grin ning lads hung on to them rather tight and pulled them along several steps, laughingly protesting. From All Sections. This great English seaport town is ablaze with red, white and blue. From practically every principal building flutters the American flag. In the center of the city's largest park is located an American and British rest camp, accommodating about 7,000. Tne camp or aoout iuu galvanized iron structures is flanked by pretty lagoons afid ponds, trees and great bushes and flower gardens. The Americans have turned the beauty spot of the town into a rest camp. CHINESE JOIN RED CROSS Chapter at Shanghai Has 100,000 Members. The American Red Cross at Shang hat has 100,000 Chinese members, according to Consul General Thomas Simmons of the United States diplomatic service, who arrived In Seattle recently after spending five years In China. During the last drive the American colony sold $150,000 worth of Liberty bonds in Shanghai, said Simmons. Alaskan Governor a Patriot rrru t>j T_ A wveiiiur xuuuiias x\.igga, oi., ux manka believes in practical patriotism. He is a member of the Juneau home ?uard and marches and drills along with the other ninety privates of the organization. Uniforms soon will be purchased from proceeds of several enterrain J I A Talk on tin Child' Wv ir* V' Vi ] ^ TP n o I* Vw*i V** U' school work for they doing vHave you thou eyes? You knov are suffering frcir not realize just i If is one of the m of parents ,unfor lected, to keep ca: i eyesight of their 1 Notice your c new they hold 1 reading. Is it ti 1 That sometimes, i I loCcnocc twf if cr I the eyes need att Have your ehil to look squarely blink or squint? difficulty 4n recc I distance? In any -should have their cut delay. Slight frequently overco tended to prompt come more serioi I am thorough modern instrum*; training in one metry colleges in t practical experiet N. C. and iS. C. i examine you and i Dr. D. D. Optoi ' Succci | Drs. Ezell <= Up stairs next Telephone Exch [ msscmmmm n vihthiimii PRESIDENT WILSON'S i-'ULKTiSJKJI rKUrUSlTlUfla ' ) * . Covenants of peace must be reached , in the open. i Freedom of seas in peace or war. 1 Elimination of economic barriers I N I among nations associated to maintain peace. i Guranatees of armament reduction, j Adjustment of colonial claims ixni partially, based on popular rights. !i Evacuation of Belgium. I Evacuation of Russia. 1 invacuanon ol irenca territory ami | righting Alsace-Lorraine wrong, j Readjustment ol Italian frontiers i; on basis of nationality. | .Free oppotunity for Austro-Hun| Parian nationalities for autonomous development. Evacuation of 'Serbia, Roumania ,- and .Montenegro with guarantees for jail Balkan States. j Sovereignty for Turkish portion of I j the Ottoman empire with autonomy : for other nationalities. I Independence for Poland Tvitn outj let to sea. i Association of nations for-mutual guarantees of independence and territorial intergity for nations both large and small. COUNTRY BACK OF HUNS' LINES ABLAZE Aviators Observe Streams of Civilians BaImm Un?VM?A<)l?r (Qa-W* 4" Anf JLfClllg JQUilicuiJ tjv ix i vruti vi Area. With the British Forces in France, Oct. 4.?(By the Associated Press.)? British troops last night and this morning made progress in the neighborhood of Fresnoy-Le-Grand, northi east of St. Quentin, though only J meager reports of the fighting- in that j district have "been received. | The country "behind tho German j lines in Flanders >3 ablaze virtually | everywhere. From prisoner? -ones i the information that the Germans are ! making preparations to evacuate the j dune country of Belgium along the : sea coast. Dugouts are being blown i up there. , JNUTMJS. ' | The regular annual meeting of the i stockholders of Oakland Cotton .Mills j will be held at the office of the mill, Newberry, S. C., Thursday morning, October 17th, 1918, at 10 o'clock. J. N. cMcCaug-hrin, 10-8 2t Tuesday Secretary, THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of dewberry. I IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, j Mary L. Rawls, plaintiff, against ! Nancy C. Barre and others, defendants. By authority of a decree of the i Court of Common Pleas for Newberry ! county, in the case of Mary L. Rawla | against Nancy C. Barre and others, J- xi 1 I will sell at public outcry 10 uie highest Didder, in front ot the court house, at Xewberrv. within the legal ' e Care of Your I 1 s Eyes.- ^ re now well into the the fall. How are '?ht to notice their i that even if they 1 eyestrain they may cv-nat is me trouoie ost important duties tunately often neg~ refill watch over the children. * hildren today. See the books they are 30 near their eyes? nay mean only care- 1 A enerally means that f t ention. * ? dren a tendency no* K | at an object, do they Do they ever have >gnizin<r people at a 1 ' of these cases you ft eyes examined witheye troubles can be me; but tf not &tly they tend to beis and permanent Lly equipped with nts, combined with yt the leading Optothe nation, 5 years ice, licensed in both I am prepared to / your cbildrens eyes. Covington metrist ssor to ' tnd Jackson ange. Phone 21 for appointment. ! hours of sale, on salesday in Novem- ^ i ber, 1918, being the 4th day, the foli lowing real estate: 1. A tract of land in Newberry | county, containing one hundred acre? | more or less, and 'bounded east bjr tract fNo. 2 of Barre lands, south by Bush river, west by land of R. E- j j Gee, and north by land of R. E. Gee J ; and tract <So. 2. 1 2. A tract of land in Newberry i . . | county containing one hundred ana , twenty-five acres,^nore or less, bein<r ! the home place of lands of D. W. Barre, deceased, and hounded north i by the public road leading to Newberry, and John Harp land, east by j j John Harp land and Senn <Mill road, south by Neel land, and west by tract . No. 2 of Barre land. | 3. A tract of land in Newtherry county containing eighty-three and six one hnndredths acres, more or less, and bounded north by land of R. E. Gee, east by tract No. 1 of Barre , land, south bv Neel land and Bush : river, and west by tract No. 3 of Barre land. The purchaser cf each tract * will be required to pay one third of the purchase price in cash, the balance to be secured by his bond and morti gage of the premises, payable in i two equal annual installments, with ! interest from day of sale, payable an? ??11? -nMl -nrltVk lflsva ff\ Q Tit TP? UI1U1 |)aiu; nuu iwiv oate payments in whole or in part.: the mortgage to contain the usual stipulation for attorneys fees; the purchaser to pay for papers, for recording and for revenue stamps. H. H. Rika-d. Master for iNewberry County THE STATE OF SOUTH CASOLOl, County of Newberry. COURT OF COMMON PtfBAS. Anna Worthv et al. Plaintiffs. ! vs Robert Alston et al, Defendants. Pursuant to a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Newberry coun, ty, .State aforesaid, made In the above entitled case, I will sell at public auction before the court house door at ( Newberry, S. C-, on salesday in No! vember, being Monday November 4, i 1918, during the legal hours of sale, j to the highest bidder tliereror, toe | following described lands, to wit: I All that certain tract of land, lying* | being and situate in Newberry coun! ty, State aforesaid, being known as ! Tract No. 1 of the "Hamp Blair i place;" formerly owned by Mrs. SaI rah "R Chick. the said -tract \No, 1 | containing thirty seven and one^plf | (37 1-2) acres, more or less, : bounded by S. P. CrotwSll lands* Chick estate lands, Geo. S. Mower's Oxner lands, and Tract No. 2 of the "Hamp Blair" place. The said Tract No. 1 being more accurately described I in a certain plat made by F. W. Hig| gins, surveyor, On the 7th day of , May, 1918, and "filed in the above eni titled case." Terms of sale cash; purchaser to ' pay for papers, revenue stamps, ani | recording. H. H. Rikard. Master for Newhery County. J I