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EXCITING STORY RELATED BY WALTER L. RUFF Lands in New York?Wounded by Shrapnel, Popular Soldier is Picked Up. New York, Feb. 12.?Severely wounded by shrapnel and picked up in "No Man's Land" by four German soldiers who were fleeing to the American lines to surrender, was part of the exciting story told today at Dabar kation Hospital No. 3 in this city by First Class Private Walter L. Ruff of 1430 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. Ruff is a well known young insurance man of Columbia. His home is in Newberry, S. C. Ruff is a member of Company A, One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry of the Thirtieth Division, which was cited several times for gallantry in action. He enlisted in May, 1917, and was sent to Campj Sevier, where he took special training in first aid wnrk and was later namde one of the two^lrst aid men in his company. In May of last year, Private Ruff was sent to England, thence- to Calais, France, with his division. The com'pany was in a training camp at Zouafques, for three weeks, after which it was sent to the Belgian front in Jnly. The Thirtieth Division, with the "Twenty-seventh, was brigaded with English regiments and its first action was at Kemmel Hill, where the Germans had been entrenched for four years and which the French were betting would not be taken by the Americans. The doughboys captured the hill, however, after some of the most brilliant fighting of the war up to that time. They had many castualties, however, and as first aid man, Ruff worked night and day for a week. The division was then sent to Bours, France, where it took special training in nrivATipinsr behind the tank bat talions. The Thirtieth and Twentyseventh were then sent to between St. Quentib and Cambrai, where on September 26, the great assault was begun against the Hindenburg line. The Germans made a stubborn resist ance but the doughboys smashed tne famous line and shoved the Huns back several miles before being relieved. In that drive the division lost many of its best men. "After that we went back to what was called a rest camp," said Ruff. "We were there only two days when we were snt up to the lines again on October 5. On October 8 we started -N another drive. I was kneeling on tne ground dressing a wounded soldier when a shell burst near me. A piece of it struck the left side of my neck, cutting away the chain that held my identification, tag and passing through r A A1W V 01 Condensed Statemi I * i v Loans and Invest Liberty Bonds Overdrafts, seci Cash on Hand < Capital Stock Surplus and Pr< Dividend No. 4'. Dividends Unp* Unearned Inter Bills Payable [ I Deposits j > JNO. M. KIN ARD, J. President. Vic Jno. M. Kinard, i Geo. S. Mower, \ The C "The Bank : i - | the neck, came out the back, undei I my ear. I became semi-conscious ant II dizzy and could not help myself 'Shells were falling about me and ma chine gun bullets ploughed up th< earth at my side and I think th< snipers were trying to finish off my self and the wounded man I had beei helping. "I tried to crawl away but could no imake much headway. Suddenly I sav jfour Germans running toward ou: I rear. They had no guns and wer< | evidently breaking all speed record: | to surrender. I waved to them ant j ordered them to stop. They couk i speak no English but I made knowi I what I wanted and they picked m< i up and carried me back two miles t< ja dressing station. It must have beer 1 o fimnu ciirht ta coo f? tL*rmr>fiprf jaid man being brought in by foui (Germans. We were shelled all th< way back and it was lucky we wen all alive when we reached the dress , ing station. ; "1 was later taken to Base Hospita V/V ro 4-U AVI t A ; 1NU. I Ci auu L11C11 liail^JLCi 1 iru lu uuiv.1 .hospitals. I have had no mail sinct II was wounded and am anxious to gei back home. I? cannot speak too highlj :of the treatment we boys received from the Red Cross and the Salva ition Army in France." Ruff said two members of his com pany received the distinguished ser ivice cross for gallantry. They were j "William Jones of Abbeville, S. C., and Private Faison of Dillon, S. C. Ruff's commanding officer, Maj. James E Poore of Columbia, has written a let ter to Ruff's family, telling of manj individual deeds of bravery the younj man performed under fire and it maj #>1nsv nnmn n'loc f V? O f T?llfF Will alee aiOU VUUiU WW puoo VUMW AVMU. Tf??* ? be recommended for the D. C. S., ii he has not already been. To Extend Insurance. The State. Washington, Feb. 7.?Congressmar Dominick yesterday introduced a bill amending the war risk insurance aci by which tbe automatic insurance pro vided in the original act and whict was only effective until February 12 H917. will be extended to all soldien and sailors who were disabled or losl their lives and had failed to apply foi insurance, within 120 days after theii entry into service. There has been c jgreat deal of confusion and misunder standing as to tthis automatic insur ance and the bill introduced by Mr iDominick is intended to clear up this | confusion and if passed will allow the itutuiiiatiu iiioui auic 111 cvci j where a mail became disabled or lost his life during the war, without hav ing applied for insurance within 12( days after his entry into the service I P. H. McGowan. Commercial F Newberry, S. ent.of Condition at December 31,1918. Krau urccs ments $1,050,994.5 - - 102,200.0 ured and unsecured rnd in Banks i Liabilities ufits r\ H ? 4 <? /\ 5, due Jan. i, iyiy tid est m m m m m m m OFFICERS Y. McFALL, R. H. WRIG1 c Pres. acd Cash'r. First Ass't. Cai DIRECTORS f V? I W Fir V. H.Hunt, F. Z. Wils "ommercia That Always Treat I r mm I?????? ? ; < : . ' : . ; :.. ' 1 <$/}:': /. 5i... I S W*zts4m* -I ' . >/.,:$ ' l 1 " ? } : / > /M t / '" " / : 'J 1 .' "y ...{. : .-':S | ' ' .< ':S i '^ r M;-, J9k fl H K M ' I 8 H DB I ' " ^ : i i l. I OrDRH TVAL3ERG I ! Dainty dancer and popular corned. ienne with "My Soldier Girl'' at the . i opera ho-iise Thursday night, Feb. 20. j l ' l? M^mariam. i II ...... , 5 j George Lutner Summer, only son of j James Emmie Summer and Minnie' - Haltiwanger Summer, was bom near 1 r Peak, S. C., on the 8th day of April, ? 1901, and departed this life at the T home of his parents on the 12th day > of December, 1918, he being at the f time of his death 17 years, eight j months and four days old. He leaves to mourn his departure a loving mother, father and sister and a host of rel- i j atives and friends. He was always a1 i dutiful and obedient son and a con I; sistent member of St.- John's Evangel-1 t' leal Lutheran Church and the Sunday i - school. He was never heard nor t known to indulge in bad language > and was always considerate of others.; i By his excellent conduct he endeared t. himself to all who knew him. Hav*! ing won a scholarship by his excellent r: work in the class of which he was a 11 member at the Little Mountain High -1 school in June, 1918, he entered New- ; -! berry College in September, 1918, . I where by his manly and Christian con- j J j duct he became a favorite with the i! student body and the faculty. His , i i vnnnar life was full of Dromise for t' great usefulness, but the blighting - hand of death willed it otherwise. He > Was so young, so hopeful, so ambitious, j . so generous and kind that it is hard to know why he was taken irorn us in I Bank r V/i close of business >/ 10 $1,153,194.57 22,237.54 144,895.32 $1,320,327.43 $ 50,000.00 77,320.16 3,000.00 907.00 5,442.45 170,000.00 1,013,657.82 $1,320,327.43 E-iT, FLOYD BRADLEY ih'r. Assistant Cashier. >yd, J. H. West, ?on, J. Y. McFall. i n l i DanK s You Right" ! the very flower of young manhood, the joyous spring time of life, but some day we'll understand. | The joyous spring time of life, but some day we'll understand we cannot fViOt ho VlOO OTlTin Kilt l't iu Crt iCUiUC LliClC liuo bV4AV,, A V 4^ JW From out of life he has gone and on through the opal gates of death to a better world, we know. Tides have their time to ebb and flow, winds their seasons to blow, leaves to fade and ! fall and flowers to wither and droop ! at the cold north wind's breath; but ; thou hast all seasons for thine own, ! O death. ; ! I " a nro^irme rme from us is cone. A voice we loved is stilled; A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled." i "God in His wisdom has recalled The boon his love has given. And htough the body slumbers here. The soul is safe in Heaven." i i fOIII D HARDLY i STAND ALONE j Terrible Suffering From Headache, j Sideache, Backache, and Weak* ; ness, Relieved by Cardui, Says This Texas Lady* Gonzales, Tex.? Mrs. Minnie Philpot, of this place, -writes; '"Five years j ago I was taken with a pain In my I left side. It was right under my j left rib. It would commence with an aching and extend up into ny left shoulder and on down into my back. By that time the pain would be bo severe I would have to take to bed, and suffered usually about three days .. .1 suffered this way for three years, and got to be a mere skeleton and was j so weak I could hardly stand alone Was not able to go anywhere and had ! to let my house work go...I suffered awful with a pain in my back and I had the headache all the time. 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