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Published every Friday at 1109 No.
Broad Street, and catered at the Oam*
den poetoftlce as necoiul clrtss tuail mat
u-r Price per auuum $1.50. '
t'atpdcn, H. Friday Nrpt. I a, ihim.
rtomq newnpaper# a^e nominating Itich
nrd II. Kdipoud*, editor oj the Manufac
t ii ri' i h* Ktronl t<> represent -Amnio* ou
i h?' board t Imt \viil formulate the terms
of i?eaee which (lermany will have to
?ccept.' * Hecond the Humiliation!, So
' other American editor ho? done do much
to promote virile patriotism* aud right
eous enmity toward the linns as Mr,
IMjiioiiiIs. Creenville Newn.
p ?> \ff. I I s Ml Ml ? I mn ? ? ? ? * ?? ? . ? >) - J
({eneral March *aya neither Ameri
can* nor allied MoldierM cau underatand
"why big. strong men like All) er lea us
should he tagged with" a nickname like
"8ammy".v Well, the tiickuauie i? al
ready dead ns a door nail. Only a few
unimportant Hud" somnolent publications
ever iisi^ it. Th? ntekname wan on a
par with ttome other thing* that cuuio
t<i light during the brief "silly noanon"
I that followed* our nominal ent$I Into
the War. - It could not luMt a minute af
ter ?ur participation became .real. Nev
ertheless, a compliment must be paid to
(.'??iiemi March for expressing his honest
thought* about it. It strengthen* the
already strong COtiyictlOU that the gen
end ih a lie man. Dawson New*.
? ? ;
The man who ha* been coutdderiijg
his automobile au institution for pleas
ure now looks upon it with awe- ? an j
institution for the proportion of miex- I
~ pec^d taxes."*" 7 .
To .have lived for 1 8 years and never
to have y.wgd ,0 debt in tbe recited claim*
ed by (J'v lloue, of Kmith Center, Kan.
He has always paid oa*b and by no do
ing ha? avoided much worry, he said.
The Kffect I'pon Germany.
Describing thq gratification felt by tho
American army in Franco over the pas
sage of the new man power bill, a ?1Ih
patch from tlio American front add#:'
"The high command in particular la in
terested in the effect it will have on tho
enemy, ? His man power in "now conood
edly at i t w Jtvwkesf point ami hi? n? .
placement sources are limited ; and the
military authorities count upon a re
action in the morale of Germany as a
strong factor of the winter situation."
Many individuals have cherished the
hope frAm tke moment when the new
man power bill was announced fhat its
effect upon the morale of the enemy
would be not only considerable, but ul
timately decisive. To thege it has seem
ed clear that the outlook which tho
German and Au&tro-Iiungarian peoples
will contemplate during the coming win
ter will be so dark that it may actually
bring about the disintegration and col
lapse of the Geytnan military organism
before next spriiig. We are justified
in interpreting the . statement that the
American high command in France ex
pects the passage of the man power bMl.
to have a marked effect upon the morale
of the enemy as farthth* evidence of
4 ? , ?
the reasonnble^uxa of the hope which
an in<Tcasiug??(uinh?-r of people httTe-'
entertained regarding developments in
Germany (his winter.
That hope, frankly stated, is that this
winter the peoples of the German Kin
pire and of the Austro>-HunKarian Em
pire will become thoroughly conviuccd
en manse that if- the war continues into
next summer the American and Allied
iti-mil* will penetrate d?Vp Germany
The ivdMiiM for bellcvlujf that t.Uijf \MHr.
vlctioU "*u> come to the Teuton peo
ple* within the ne<t few mouths ?r*M
the vlctoriea w hlch the Allies have wou
and will win t hlx fuM in the wo?t ; tho
strong probability that the tide of event*
in liiirtnia will continue to <1iM-up.t and
destroy Germany'* plan A for 1H?* reorgani
sation of that country for her own pur
|H?*es filial. perhaps moftt Important of
all, no i i o 1 1 m * 1 1 s4 * army >> )iui? America
will certainly have Oil the western front
by the 1*1111 of the Winter. Defeated In.
'the summer campaign of 1018 in which
?he hat! expected to win the war, de
prived of the hop# of aid from Hussian
sources. confronted on the went by great
ly wiijierlor Allied forces, Germany tbia
winter vs ill face an outlook dark
that it s?*em* reasonable to expect 'not
only the complete extiugujubuxent ot her
I |dea' hope of victory, but al*o the
disappearance at their .belief in their
ability to defend their own frontiers
against invasion.
It would be raab to try to predict
what will be the immediate effect upon
the Teuton people* when once they ore
convinced en maksc that their utter de
feat la inevitable. We h|ve been warned
against expecting a German revolution
which would overthrow the autocracy and
set np n (Senium democracy, and prob
abl.v the waniiiiK It wise. But the >pie*
' lion is of minor importance. A nation
which know*- it. is goijig to be beaten
Ik already beaten ; and if the handwrit
ing on the wall becomes) ho plain this
winter that the Teuton peoples really
und finally and completely grasp Its
meaninR. the Allied armies movlug to
the at tuck early next summer will meet,
at most with only ineffective resistance
mid the campaign will be short.
The great and heart-lifting fact of
,t|n? present h? ihat there in g0Ort ground
for belief that this winter the Teuton
peoples will read and completely un
derstand, i he handwriting on the wall
and that before next spring cornea th<*
great mass of the peoples of Germany
and Austria-Hungary will know with an
absolutely certain knowledge that if the
war continues iuto next summer thelir
armies will be overwhelmed, their' homes
Invaded, tb?*lr cities occupied. It is the
new American military .program, for
which the man power bill pavea the way,
that should drive this knowledge home
to tbem'^ and every one of us who in
any -way assists in the carrying out
tm-ious peace at a minimum cost of Hv|?
-?-a victorious peace which may not
come until the enemy lias felt the weighty
of our new armies, but which, <aon the
other hand, may come because the mere
existence of those armies should ? unless
mcanwhilo the unforeseen occurs in
France or in Humpa? suffice to convince
the enemy that further resistance must
Ih> snuttVrly useless sacrifice, ? News anil
Cotitilar. "
Dslton Hunter aud Miss Henrietta
Hunter, both of the Kershaw Cotton
Mill village were married last Sunday
night at the home of the bride's mother
Mim. Jane Hunter by Tlev. J. M. Xeal.
? KerxhawRra.
A CARD,
To the more tbau^onc thousand voters
who gave mo their support, I IX 4fie elec
tion Tuesday last I desire to express
sljicerc thanks. Tbis expression of
confidence and esteem will ever he fondly
cherished by me, and it shall be my
aim to conduct the office with the honor
aud dignity thnt it deserves; and- to serve
^ou in the future as in the past ? hon
estly. faithfully, and conscientiously.
Very respectfully,
W. L. McDowell.
Bank No. 235. .
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
BANK OF BETHUNE
Located at Bethune, S. C.? at the Close of Business August
31st, 1918. ^
Resources
Loans and Discounts ....* *? $74,009.25
Overdrafts ? ; 1,289.70
Bonds and Stmks Owned by the Hank .'1,500.00
Furniture and Fixtures 1.375.00
Banking House - ? - 1.482.00
Other ileal Estate owned 500.00
Due from Hanks and Hankers ? 17.1SC.00
Currency 1,584.00,
Cold 340.00
Silver and Other Minor Coin .. - ? 595.10
Cheeks and Cash Items ' 683.51
Total .... 103.094768]
Liabilities
Capital Stock Paid In 15,000.00
Surplus Fund 5,000.00
Undivided Profits, lesa Current Rxpen*?** ami Taxes Paid 2,070.50
Due to Hanks and Bankers .... . 10.000.00
Individunl Deposit* Subject to Check. 48.671.61
Time Certificates of Deposit - 21. 816.31
Cashier's Checks 538.26 71,024.18 1
Total _ ? - 1037054^1
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Kershaw
? Before me ranae J. C. Parker, Cashier of the above named hank, who be
ling duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true oondl
I tlon of said bank, as shown by the hooka of said bank.
? ? J. C. Parker, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before ra?? this 10th day of September, 1918.
t H. K. Hyatt, Notary Pnblic. '
Correct Attest:
. <1. B. Kin*
y. D. T. Yarbrough Directors. ;
id. . B. Brannon
? ?
ammutanh htkikk ?m?w
Mud* I" our Mike Atlvtiut on Tw??() Mil?
Front (?p(uriiij frlMiiMn. "??
I be AiuoricMli tirst umi(v under mi)' '
. maud of (jeu. I Vr*hing Ik in action :
, agaiUbf tin- 1> vi'iuMttM on n twpiity mile ;
tl""' <"? tlt?? failings Ht. Mi hie I valient
j I" l?nrralue, v\ liicb 1|uh itlnud ax a sharp
' wedge in the French llu# '*V.utlicaM of
X eidiiu >iuic | lie c? 1 1 1 1 iiH'iit't'iiicu { q( the|
I war. vv4? v'
In the preliminary thrust K">i|Ud wa*
gained on both styva i| t the triangle and |
>U<? at Km ape* <fat St. Mihiel and at
last account* the American* with wliniu I
some Kn lu ll troops me Invaded, w en
fant sweeping acronw the salient hi tin
- effort to do** (he mouth of the hi*
pocket before the Gcrhians <*au .extri"
cate themselves frotV the perilous jm>hI-.
Hon they are in ?K |i M Mill ??f the ?ud
denjuesSi of the blow and the element
fcf surprise it cfcrrled with it. 1 ;?
Although the advance of the Ameri
cjkna wu* awl ft and sure and gains in
exce.s* of four mil.'* on the southern *lde
irf the battle arfd ft'crc uiado, the cav*
aljy outstripped the tanka and footmcu
and wan last itpQrtfd operating ahum
the railrmnPneut' YiguWills almost in t ho
renter of the Milieuf and some ten miles
northeast of .St; Mihlel and also north
went of I'pnt ;i Moiissoij, through the for
ests and dlonx the railway line Viinninf
northwhrd to Metis, the great German
fort re?*, the* southern dhter fortifications
of whieh are less than ten mllen <lis
tant.
Tblaoourt,, I?ouIUouviI)e(' I'anues and
HOVeral other towns in the south were
ruptured in the initial davh while on
fjie w eat at the uorthern edge df the
pocket. the. village of OombreS was rap
tured iind the environs of Oanimaitin
ln-Montague were reached. To the south
I everywhere the ^piffriciuiH penetrated
Into the heights of the Mense and the
French fought tjieir way iuto the out
skirts of St.. Mihiol. Unofficial reports
are fo the effect that the tbwn has
been recaptured by the French. I
The fightiug front at the commence
ment of the battle aggregated twenty
miles ? eight mile* on the western side
and twelve miles on the southern side.
The- fighting was preceded by an e*-j
tfenie heavy artillery bombardment and
the VroOp* and* tanks advanced under
j barrage which was carried , out with
! mathematical precision.
From the war maps it wou!d~ seem
evacuate the Kalient as they apparently
are trying to do without huge losses
in men and material. The first reports
? show that the Americans took 700
J oners In the first stages of the battle J
;and had suffered remarkably small cas
ualties.
The Strategy of Marsha) Foch in the
present maneourer cannot be foreseen i
except that It has as the first objective
the levelling of the St. Mihiel sector
; and the straightening of the, Allied Hue
from the region of Verdun eastward.
The obliteration of the salient would be
necessary before a direct thrust toward
German territory from this region would
be possible. Whether Marshal Foch.
haa in view -a campaign up the Meuse
i valley or Met*, and the Moselle valley
in mind renlains to be seen. j
In the north Field Marshal Hui?
is still hard after the Germans in the
region of Oanibrai. Here he again has j
adva^ed his front toward the much#4e*-j
sired German base; penetrated into the
old British defense line; crossed the
Punnl Du Nord north of Havineourt :
taken ITarrvincourt and another section
of the Ilindenburg line and sent a th.ou
,sand Germans tuto the British prison*
era* cage in , the rear. The Germans
fought hard at Ilnrrvincourt to stay
the llritish. but all their counter?at-i
tacks were beaten off.
Further advances for the British also
| are reported in the region of I-aHagse
|| Canal and northwest of Arm en tie rear--]
If Kit# II AW NEW' 8 NOTES. ;r~j
_ (From The Era.)
Mrs. C. T. Lane of Greenville, is
visiting her parents Mr. ,and Mrs. Alex
Hrown in the Afoney community. She
was accompanied by her husband who
Kjjent a couple o t days there, having to
- ? .
return sooner than Mrs. I-ane.
T. ('...Nelson received a card last week
notifying him that hia aon, Carlisle
Nelson, had arrived aafely over was. Otr?
1 isle wan one of Kershaw's first volunr
teei-8 and WaS only sixteen years of age
" Tbe faun If >?t of all muxical
earned?, Bringing >!Jp Father at Home,}
Camden Optra House Monday Sept. lft. j
MKN IIKCilHTKBED tHI KNUAV
Total of Five Hundred and Hkty On*
From Camden mid Vleiidty.
l-'ive h u ml ivd ??u?l sixty one men he
ttttjMI tbe,^gea of W. ami 4/5 reglalextd
?it the Court Hull** yesterday with the
! local registrant*. of this number
w ?? i <* whit*' iiicn and 7tl? negroes. ?Vr>7
i of i In number were native Imru Auierl'
j cgu*. < ? i ; I \ three enemy alleu* reglu
! tered. all being Turkish subjects, ped?
1 ill. i - who hit |>| >< iif<l to be ?" I'iiiinlt ii
I oil that ?lay'.
So far as rei>orted all who beeped lu
the registration at tin* various precinct*
1 1 1 1 \ >? ftigOljled tln-ir willing to r v p.
without pay, with only om e\r?-pt ion.
r.Vesterday at the Court House. Mr.
Mills prepared the following let?
ter addressed to tin1 Local Hoard for
Kershaw County: ?>.
'?SkH: 1 beg to report that the fol
j lowing named gentlemen cume forward
j and this day assisted in tbo noble and
I glorious work of registration without
| hope of fee or reward git Camden, S. O, ;
{ Lauren* T. MUU, Kdward N. Mel >o well,
W, 11. Hough, L. A. Kirk land, Ij. O $
i Shaw. 8. N. Nicholson, Kugeiie Zemp,
j T. H. Mcl.aln, J. H. Shannon, 11. B.
i IMtfnian, J. .1. McKemtie, IV W. Kvans,
I>. A. Mo.vkin, <?. 10. Taylor, M. 11.
1 1 r \ num.
h: " . . v.' '-Vv.Cr r. ? ' ? . '
Thirteen .Million Kegisiercd.
Washington, Sept. 12? rThirteen m?J
; Hon men, probably more, the force from
| which will come the reserve# to win
; the war, were registered today in the
second great mobilization of the natiou's
' man power. ?
i As these men were moving iu every
i city, town and hamlet over the couutry,
! (O add their nam oh to the roll of the
| UjUiXUMJO who batt registered before,
! the nation's fighting army overseas was
! hurling; itself against the enemy in the
| first distinctly American offensive opera
tion on the Western front.
German Gas Mask and' Helmet.
Mr. l.ennox Kirklainl, who left Cam
! den a good many mouths ago and who
bus been with the Rainbow Division
siuee it first reached France, has sent
; his parents a German /helmet and gas
! mask, taken from n dead German soldier.
The gas mask is a new one and had evi
? dently not been worn. It was taken from
1 a - German wlm was -shot down while
t manning u juudime. guns. agamst fch^
Americans. In the place of rubber for
elastic bands to make the mask fit snug
over the wearers face steel springs are
used, showing a shortage of rubber in
that country. The whole apparatus is
put up in a tin oau which greatly re*,
sembles an ordinary baking powder can,
and is swung over the wearers shoulder
j. while not in use-'by means' of a shoulder
j strap.
PERSONAL.
Policeman li. T. Stewart aud Mr.
Newberry Ivangley wer ? in Charleston a
couple of days the past. week.
Mr. Fred ,, Williams who, <??lhsted >a
the Navy some time last year is._ftL
home for a few days. Mr. Williai!n
has reveived a commission as Ensign
/' pm ? ,
Socialist Candidate Convicted.
< 'levelaud, O.. Sept. 12. ? Eugene V.
Bebs, ('barged with violating the es
pionage act, wflg, found guilty by-a fed
eral jury today.
Talking to newspaper men after the
verdict tDebs said J
? "It is all right. I have no complaint
'to make.- It will come out all right in
God's' good ? time."
Many Germans Captured.
Washington, Sept. 12. ? American
troops operating in the St. Mihicl sec
tor made ronsiderable gains today, Gen.
IVrshiug i-eiiorted in his e^nmuniipi"
JaK-th? war department late tonight- Al
ready 8,(HK> prisoners have been countej
and the movement still is in progress.
8uspiclous Man.
- "Uniess my plana are ? frustrated,"
aaya Ike Van Quentin, "I *1all marry
a small, slender girl, who has a big,
fat sister. Then I will Kave reason
able assurance that the cutties I "see
my fiancee in are her own."
when be united with Co. M., whieh was
the old Kershaw Guards of Camden,
right after the declaration of a state of
war. His first service was to aid in
guarding the railway bridges in Flor
ence county.
Miss Maggie Brown of the C's com
munity hrfk Received a card informing
her of the safe arrival of her brother
fr.arnie Brown over seas.
The' detonations of the heavy cannon
uKM in gun practice at ('amp Jackson
were distinctly heard hore several times j
last week by^ different persons. The
sounds were heard in the early morning.
The distance on a direct line is something
like 45 miles.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Clyburn and
lie**?. J. V; and P. M. Hilton motored
to Charlotte Monday in Mr. Clyburn's
car to see Lee Hilton, brother of the
Messrs. Hilton who bad been stricken
on Monday with paralysis and was in
a very critical condition. No hopes
are entertained of his .recovery. He
suffered a stroke of paralysis about two
years ago, from whieh he recovered suf
ficiently to be able to get abont again.
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the War Industries Board requir
ing all publishers to place
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-beginning October 1. Those sub
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