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CAPTAIJf RICHEY DESCRIBES BIG BATTLE. Gives Details of the Big Fight hi Which He Was Gassed and Lieut. Tom Lake Was Killed. Laurens Herald. Editor's Note: (Mrs. Richey informs us that Teer, Preston, Parker and Finton mentioned in this lettei are lieutenants in Capt. iRichey's company. They are all wtiite men but not from this section. Major C 1s Major Cope of the battalion ol which Capt. Richey's company is a part. Mrs. W. R. Richey, Jr., is in receipt of the letter below from her husband Capt. Richey, of the 371st Infantry, -which took part in the capture of the Argonne F?rest, one of the stragetic strongholds of the Germans in the Champagne sector. As is already tnown the 371st regiment is composed of negro soldiers mostly from this state, some of them being from this county. The regiment is commanded t>y white officers, among' whom are numbered Capt. Richey, iLdeut. T. D. Lake and Lieut. James C. Todd, of this city. Capt. Richey tells in this letter of the fall of Lieut Lake, who was leading his men against a heavy ma chine gun and artillery fire when he was killed. In all probability he^would Have given the names of any of his men from this county if they ?ad been "killed. Leaving out the introduction and other lines of a personal nature, the letter was as follows: As promised you last night, I am going to try and give you an accurate account of the big battle I was in and Tehich began on Sept. 25, and is stili in progress, and which battle, I think will en^ the war. We were Just behind the front line? about 2 1- 3miles when at 11:30 in the night of Sept. 25th, tie preliminary "V?.V? ?JttAimn A.I nmiMA nra all "iKUUUariUUCUl, uc(iau. U1 WUI0? nv ?... "knew it was coming but did not know the exact hour. I was at the time trying to catch a little much needed sleep, but after the big guns started roaring there was no chance for sleep. This bombardment continued during the entire night, and with the exception of a few intermittent pause it has continued incessantly since, or "until the time I passed out of hearing dis( ? +KA VlAOrvifal 1AUWC vu lU.T ff aj w v?v On the afternoon of Sept. 26 we received orders to' move forward. We *lept that night in a French T?byow icomjnnnicaHnsr trench) in the French front lines. I say slept, but there was no sleep, 8 s it was raining and the noise from the gtans would not let one *i??ep. The French had gone over the trrt and were pursuing Huns. The nisrht or afternoon of the 27th we were ln+o the fighting zone, and onr regirnernt refined a French regiment, to contfn^e the rursnit First battalion went in first, morning of 28th, and met stout resistance. The wounded passed us all da,? going back to the dressing station, some with bullet? through their arms, legs, shoulders some with arms and legs cut off bv higrh explosives, etc. In the meantime out battalion, laying- in support, had * been discovered by the enemy observers,' and shells commenced to drop on us anew. The enemy had thrown shells on us the whole of the night before. Two of the shells fell in 3 Soldiers . 5' " \ v' % . v A ' | Boys leaving foi P* * well to call at 1 .and see my stocl nr<t. shavin? Ml (Soldiers Kitts am Pocket Combs, other useful arti< 1 \ ? I .. j Mayes' Book I i The House of a' Buy War Sa ! IBBHHHBBnBBMBnnn ^ T ^ 4 shell hole that Teer and myself wer< in but failed to explode. I? they hac exploded both would have been blowr i to atoms. Of course we mo red ou: position. In the night of the 28tl while our brigade was relieving thi first, the valley we were in was fillei with gas and I was gassed at that time * 11 did not think much of it and did no * even go to the doctor. Preston got i * | dose at the same time, but went to th< ? doctor. On Sunday morning, Sepl 1 29th my company went over the hill I ' the 1st battalion had been relieved b; ^ I and K companies, and were waitin; 1 in another valley for iMaj. C. and m; company to come up before going t< the attack. We arrived at the posi ' tion the attack was to start from a ' about 7:30, after having had a deadl; ' artillprv barraee on us over the hill 1 At .10 o'clock 'Sunday morning we wen ! ordered to advance up a valley, but h ! the meantime an enemy plane fie? down low, discovered our position, an< ; signaled his artillery, which opene< ?? " "J nTrnw mfrtllfa OAOmfiH ft up Uii Up <IUU t Jf ujituvtbv uv/vmaww >? be the last one. However, by rifle fin we brought the plane down, killing th< pilot and observer, but not until h< had given his gunners our location 1 This shelling continued until the timi for our advance at 10 o'clock, anc when we got started it grew in intens ity until by the time we had advancec ! 50 yards, it was a regular barrage About two hundred yards up the vale] we came under the direct fire of th< enemy's withering machine gun ant rifle fire, and by this time, five enem] plane were flying over us shooting round after round from their machine guns on ns. Of course we were in ai ' unsheltered valley, with nothing a hide us from the enemy and prestent ed a clean, clear and open target. Mej were falling all around me, hut th? company never once faltered. The? marched right on into the jaws o1 death. Shell were dropping-, it looked to me Hke every second, making holes * -? ??'*- ol&aA Vio Fr Dig tJUUUgU tu ocu 4 ftwu wMi? into, The nearer the enemy we got the more effective his machine guj and rifle fire got Remember now the enemy was hid behind bushes trees and houses in t little village, Wf were advancing on, and we had absolutely no target to shoot at. Lonp before we reached the vilage, we coul'i see the cowards running up a steer hill beyond, leaving lots of machine ? ? </??* nn? oflil IhaliATA m P gllll9 W OMvn. vuw UUU ovuw.v when we did reach our object and rounded the machine gunners, the negroes made quick work of them TThey all held up their hands, but nc kamarad for the men, they killed then1 unhesitatingly, and I did not try tc stop them. The town was on a rail road, and about the time we all thought the victory was won and wc could get a few minutes of rest, before going on, the artillery began -or us again, and I saw one shell kill twe of my men and seriously wound thre< others who were sitting behind a roct pie. Then we discovered that we wen flanked on three sides by machine gur nests. . In other word3 we were trap Dfd. We could not stick our heads up. Teer, tfho had been wounded b^ ' a piece of shell before we started came up about this time, white as : ghost, and I told him to go back > Preston, who joined us before w? started, also had to leave at this point I In the meantime Parker had been sho' through the fleshy part of his fool Supplies % r the Camp will : the Book Store * z of Safety Razigs and Brushes, d Trench Mirrors, Stationery and *les. I Variety Store Thousand Things, vings Stamps 1 HHBHDHCHBHHBSBHi2SSSnHBBSflE3S3BDBBB33BCu ? and Vinton through the hand. I wa<3 1 ,all in, could hardly get my breath, but 1 I had to stay. Parker and Vinton also : stayed. Jim Todd was not touched 1 We knew we had to go on, and some b of us who had been wounded, remainI ed, while Preston went in. I have seer > Teer here in this hospital. He was t operated on today. The slug had a buried in his shoulder, and he realty 5 is in bad shape. We remained at this railroad statior - - - * ? 41 1..J a,. ; all nignt in tne ram, ana naimeu v*, y three sides by machine gun nests Z Lt. Rausen of I company was killed y here and Tom Lake, whose company 3 had in the meantinme come up int: - the valley, was killed by hiarh ext plosive shell. That night (Sunday) jr the enemy threw large numbers of gas !. shells into the place we were in, an<i 3 I was again gassed. The next morna ing ((Monday) with half my companj f gone, most of them wounded, however j we got orders to move up the railroad 1 track ahead. We went right into thf -i monh'Sno on in nAstR. the oDerators ol | UlUV/UiUV , ? whom, when they saw our determina> tion, left their guns and ran, and we ? had lots of fun picking them off. The fun did not last long though, because > as soon as what few Germans who I were left, got out of reach, here come ? another artillery barrage, worse than I the one before, and as soon as we got in the open the machine guns opened j up again. I believe every man in the i German army carries a machine gun. ~" * -* J J OOT\fl1T>aH fi I we went aueaa muugu ?nu w. r big German gun3 (artillery). We r reached the crest of another hill and * were there held up. I had to crawl i on my stomach for 300 yards, just like ) a snake. Every time I raised my body . to make a move, zip, zip, went the maj chine gun bullets. When we reached i the hill, things died down a little and r I was by this time completely exI hausted. Our battalion was being re [ lieved and four of my men carried me j In. In all, during the two days, Sunt day and Monday, our battalion advanced about five miles, without the laid of a single friendly artillery shot or any other help. We killed lots of Germans, captured lots of them and ? captured any quantity of material and . six big guns. I left Jim Todd in com: mand of the company with Parker and I Vinton. Jim was all right when I lefr , i and I believe he got back safe, as we J were to be relieved about the time T left. I am proud of all my officers and I of all my men. The whole regiment. , fought like veterans and with a fierceness equal to any white reeriment > This was the first time any of them , had been under aimed shell and ma, chine *un fire, and they stood it liko moss-covered oldtimers. They neve^ I flinched or showed the least sism of , fear. All that was necessary, was to * ~ ??J fViatr TTTonf Tj^fa . leu LUC Hi W gu auu tusj uvia , were- killed and wounded, but thev > will go down in history as brave sol? diers. i We were (fighting with the French in ? t-hp rhamname under General Gou i rand. Tom Lake will be buried in the - valley near the little town of Ardeuil. i Forest and south of iMouthois. r As for myself, I will never Understand how I came out as well as I did i Of course I don't know what effect the gas ia going to have on me. Don't ? know whether I will ever be able to . go back into the line or not. Am very t short of breath, and my chest and t throat feel right raw. I am very comfortably located. The hospital seems to be a good one. It is an officers' hos I pital, and is full, nearly all the pa tients being from our regiment. I believe this offensive will drive the Germans out of France and that the war will be over pretty soon. God knows I hope so, for it certainly ia hell on earth, }f there is such a thing. With all the hardships I have beer wrfHn* vou about, all of them com bined cannot equal one hoar of this last. For four days and nights I was under deadly fire, and d?d not sleet two hours during the entire time, and it raining nearly al1 the time. You can continue to write me in the same way. Even if I am given something else, or other work to do, I will have to go back to the regiment to set tie up things, and besides I bare told them to send my mail here. City Schools to Open. The Newberry city schools ar< scheduled to resume work on Monday morning, November 4th. I am asking the pupils to spend this week in reviewing the work passed over during the first three weeks of this session, so that we shall be able to be gin our work where we left off without having to consume time by reviewing in the classes. May the parents, pupils and teachers so work together that we shall be able to makti this a. good session notwithstanding our recent interruption. O. S. Cannon, Superintendent FOE SALE?One 1918 Briscoe touring I car. Run less than two thousand miles. $695.00. Since moving here have no real use for a car. G. C * CoojDer, Newberry, S, C. 10-29t! THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Newberry. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ' Malzetta Robinson, Lou Griffin, Ann? ! Daniels, Lucy Baker, -Nancy Eckles Mary E. Redick and Emma Hamil1 ton, Plaintiffs. against I -* . fi i w ni. j rri.u . 1 T7i .Liewis ^mias, L>ora L.. umias, E/inei z* Mullen, Beatrice E. Sims, Carri< Belle Child3, Eugenia F. Chiids am 1 0. W. Chiids, Jr., Defendants. 1 By virtue of an order of the cour in the above entitled action, the Mast I er will sell at public outcry to th< r highst bidder, within the legal hour. 1 of sale on Monday, salesday, Novembei 4, 1918. before the courthouse at New 1 berry, &. C., the following describe; 5 property to wit: A two-story frame I dwelling house and 7-8th of an acn of land, lying and being situate in th< r town of Helena, Newberry county . South Carolina, the same being th' I "home of the late Rev. Chiids (colored] ! | deceased, and bounded on the nortt by lands now or formerly of Thomai Gilliam, on the east and south b3 lands now or formerly of Lewis anc Anthony Wright, and en the west bj land now or formerly of Ella Gilliam Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase to be paid in cash, the balance in two equal annual installments, a1 j the rate of 8 per cent per annum frorc day of sale, until paid in full. The * credit portion to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage 1 of the premises sold. The said -bond ! and mortgage to provide for the payment of taxes and 10 per cent attorney's fees, if same should be placed after maturity in the hands- of an attorney for collection; and the dwelling situated thereon said land secured against any fire loas up to the full insurable value of said dwelling, and 1 policy of insurance assigned to the Master as additional security. The bid, when accepted, to be confirmed i by the immediate payment of fifty dollars to the Master, and the full term a of sale to be complied with ii^ five days from day of sale; otherwise the premises will fce resold on the succeeding saleday, at the risk of the former purohaser. The purchaser to pay for deed, mortgage, revenue stamps and recording of deed and mortgage, with leave to the purchaser to pay his whole bid in cash. H. H. Rikaid, Master. VTon^.', f 11 1Q1 tui SJ V/U1VV, V/V/V. 11, X THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLEU Connty of Newberry. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The National Bank of Newberry, of Newberry, S. C. Plaintiff, Against Olin H. Lane, as Administrator of the personal estate of E. <M. Lane, deceased, Zonie Neal Lane, Nellie Nea] Lane, E. M. Lane, Floyd Neal Lane Edith Neal Lane, B. C. Matthews Terry Fish Company ani King Hard1 ware Company, Defendants. Pursuant to the order of the Courl in the above case I will sell at public outcry at Newberry court house, or Monday the 4th day of November : 1918, during the legal hours of sale 1 to the highest bidder therefor the following described lands, viz:? All that tract or plantation of land in Newiberry county. South Carolina 1 containing two hundred and twenty 1 (220) acres, bounded on the north bj lortria nf OartnTnhnstone. ea3t bv 1 public road leading from Prospariti i passing the Crofcwell place and th< ( Rikard place, south by lands of 0. B [ Mayer and the lands of Henry Sligb ! and the extension of Harringtor , street of the town of Newberry knowr i as the Sligh road. This land lies part . ly within and partly without the cor i porate limits of the town of New[ berry, being the land conveyed 11 \ Ernest M. Lane by the plaintiff ot 1 the 21st day of November, 1913. Then Wa ?vnonfad fViia qalp olftVP* I Will ur& CAVUytvu MW.W , 11-100 acres heretofore conveyed b; Ernest M. Lane to Colin L. Graham. [ Under the direction of said orde: I will offer the said premises for sa!< [ in the lots or parcels into which th< said prmises were heretofore divider for the purpose of sale in the cas< of Wallace B. Todd, vs The Nationa * Bank of Newberry, et al., defendant? r plats of said sub-divisions being al r on file in this court in said case, th< . same being represented by plats on< . to eight both inclusive, plat numbei . 10 and so much as remains of th< . parcel represented 'by plat numbei . 9 was not sold to Colin L. "Grahan . which will be sold with the parce . represented by plat number 10, anc f 666 cures Chills aa?2 Fever. ,r 8-5 tt Jnst received?Best lot Cedar shingle; ever bought. Langford & Busli ardt. 10-4 ? r [ 666 cures Malaria Fever. 8-5 t . Subscribe to The Herald and News I 4 < Juuxti SOU ONL.V 2x.o*> / / , I will then offer the premises as -i j whole. If the aggregate of the bids . of the sale in parcels exceeds the bid ^ for the premises as a whole I will cor. j vey the several parcels to the several; purchasers therefor. If however, the bid for the premises as a whole exceeds the aggregate of the bids for the separate parcels then I will con- j vey the premises to purchaser of the j j same as a whole. TERMS OF SALE: . One-third of the; * a* I ^ purchase money in casn, ana me uai- i ance in two equal payments on a! credit of one and two years with in- j ? i terest from the day of sale to be se-1 3 cured by the bond or note of the r purchaser or purchasers, and a mortgage of the premises sold containing the usual stipulation for the payment j ' of attorneys fees in ease of suit, action > [ or foreclosure,?purchaser or pur "" chasers to pay for all papers, stamps ' and recording, with leave to any purchaser or purchasers to anticipate the payment of the credit portion pur1 chase money in whole or in part at J any time. r j Purchaser or purchasers will be rer quired to comply with the terms o? sale within five days, and upon failure so to comply I will sell the premises on the next succeeding salesday ' on the same terms at the risk of the ' defaulting purchaser or purchasers. H. H. Rikard. I [ Master for Newberry County. October 10th. 19-18. I ! THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. I IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. . Mary L. Rawls, plaintiff, against I Nancy C. Barre and others, deisnd ants. I By authority of a decree of the . Court of Common Pleas for Newberry ? county, in the case of Mary L. Rawls i against Nancy C Barre and others. . I will sell at public outcry to the i highest bidder, in front of the court > house, at Newberry, within the legal i hours of sale, on salesday in Novem. ber, 1918, being the 4th day, the fol' lowing real estate: i 1. A tract of land In Newberry > county, containing one hundred acre? more or less, and bounded east by - tract iNo. 2 of Barre lands, south by O""*" iwTZ*af hw lart/1 T> W ~7U-au Xiv Cl , ncoi. w; lauu vi iv. u Gee, and north by land of R. E. Gee and tract *No. 2. 2. A tract of land in (Newberry bounty containing one hundred and twenty^five acres, more or less, being1 ' the home place of lands of D. W. Barre, deceased, and bounded north by the public road leading to Newberry, and John Harp land, east by Tohn Haro land and Senn 'Mill road, .south by Neel land, and west by tract , No. 2 of Barre land. 3. A tract of land in Newberry [ county conta;n:ng eighty-three and ''ix one hundredths acres, more or less, and bounded north by land of R. E. Gee, east by tract No. 1 of Barre land, south by Neel land and Bush rivef, and west by tract No. 3 of t Barre land. . * The purchaser of each tract will t be required to pay one third of tbe purchase price in cash, the balance *o be secured by his bond and mortgage of the premises, payatle in k.wo eoual annual installments, with [ interest from day of sale, payable annually until paid, with leave to anticL r pate payments in whole or in part;* r the mortgage to contain the usirtil L stipulation for attorneys fees; the r purchaser to pay for papers, for ro? cording and for revenue stamps. H. H. Rikard, ' Master for <Newberry Counny i THE STATE OF SOUTH CABOLHfA, County of JTewtferry. OOURT OF COMMON PLBAS. . Anna Worthy et al, Plaintiffs, ) vs i Robert Alston et al, Defendants. * Pursuant to a decree of the Court l of Common Pleas for Newberry counr ty, .State aforesaid, made in the above entitled case, I will sell at public a-uc tion before the court house door at 5 Xewberry, S. C , on salesday in <No; vember, being Monday November 4, I 1918, during the legal hours of sale, s to the highest bidder therefor, the I following described lands, to wit: All that certain tract of land, lying, ! being and situate in Newberry couni ty, State aforesaid, being known as ; Tract No. 1 of the "Hamp Blair ? - ? - ??? I r place;" formerly ownea oy jam. o?; rah E. Chick, the said tract No,. 1 r containing thirty seven and one-half 1 (37 1-2) acres, irora or less, I bounded by S. P. Crotwell lands, 1 Chick estate lands, Geo. S. Mower's j , Oxner lands, and Tract No. 2 of tha j "Hamp Blair" place. The said Tract No. 1 being more accurately described in a certain plat made by F. W. Hig3 gins,, surveyor, on the 7th day of . May, 1918, and filed in th? above ent titled case." Terms of sale cash; purchaser to ( pay for papers, revenue stamps, and recording. H. H. Rfltard, j Master for Newbery County. For headache, v neuralgia, colds and 1 grippe prudent physicians now advise I ^pr The improved which the heart-depressing?? tendency is counteracted! by heart-toning elements. 9 Tc avoid confusion AspitoneM is sold only in unbroken I packages. Price 35c Atfl P. E. WAY, DBt7 WIST. FRIDAY* 1 wheailess mjgk Sk5IS(9IBEAXZKrX)OQf IMP cMtummwEAr ^S&e^ j Sow Wood's High-Grade 1 beed Wheat For Best and Most jfl Productive Crops. 1 Our Virginia-Grown Se^W Wheats are superior for tfaej South?make larger yields | and better quality of grain, fl Wrfta for "WOOD'S CROP 3PeH 1 CIAi." giving prices and Information I I about SEED WHEAT, SEED OATS, M I 32ED rVe, BARLEY and all other ? ! Seeds far Fall Sowing. j T. W. Wood & Sons " | Seedsmen* Richmond, Vau Plant WHITE PEARL AND BER-/ MUDA ONION SETS for profit*- ' , b!e crops, both for homo uto gtim arid market. WrWo for "Wocd'a Crop Special," giving prices. 9 TAX NOTICE, The books lor tne collection of ^ State and county tax for the year J kl918 will be open from October 15th, A 1918, to December 31st, 1918. Those who prefer to do so can pay in January. 1919. with one per cent; :n February, 1919, with two per and from March 1st, 1919, to 15th, 1919, with seven per cent The county auditor has madddj books by school districts this and it will be necessary for taxpayfl to give each school district in whfl their property is located. The levy for 1918 is as follows: State 8 1-4^ Constitutional school 3 Ordinary county 6 1-4 j Bonded indebtedness of county....1-4 J Roads and bridges 1 ak Court ho^se 1-jB Back indebtedness 1-9 Jail bonds 3-flj 20fl Except in the following: localltiJIH where an additional railroad tax ttajfl been levied: No. 1 township 1-4 mill 20 3^ No 8 township 3 mill 23 ! The following school districts bJ levied the following levies: TVitrir?t?s iVno 1 99. 23 fl Districts Nos. 13, 19, 23, 34, 36, 39? 40, 44, 45, 48, 49, 55 and 56.... Districts Noe. 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, at 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24; 32; 35: 41 ? 42, 43, 46, 50 ^Jg Districts Nos. 52 and 58 ..JM District No. 10 fl District No. 26 District No. 30 10 ] District No. 31 | District No. 47 .W A poll tax of one dollar lias beea^B levied on all male citizens between | the age3 of twenty one and sixty years except those exempt by law. r A tax of fifty cents is levied on all V dogs. * . Persons liable to road duty may pay a commutation tax of $2.00 f^fl October 15th, 1918, to December 31s9 !: 1918. 8 I C. 0. Schumpe^HLS Treasurer of NewbH^^^HH 666 cures Headaches, aj loss of Apperue, or uiat m eeling, due to Malaria oJ