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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
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f; ; Thursday, November 4,1915.
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||V. < its subscribers that very soon it will
v be necessary for us to cut off delinquent
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rule of the paper for some years to
jC require cash in advance, but on ac|
count of the. peculiar conditions prevailing
last fall, we felt that to do
4 so would work a hardship on a large
' number of our readers, ^nd for this
K , reason^ we did not live up to the
SH . ?rule strictly. We have sent the paper
to several hundred subscribers
? ' without pressing for payment during
j? the past year. There is so much
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-cr. o
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z for qne year; but he does not so
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|| When the year is up, he does not
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fel paper does not wish to offend the
p gentleman by stopping the paper, not
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' PICTURE OF A CHARGE.
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g - - : Awful Silence Precedes Fierce Atjp
tack.
- . When quiet, tenseN quiet, settles
|| dowa along the scarred line of the
. trenehes, and the breeze ruffles the
dandelions that have grown up between
the ghastly heaps that fringe
the wire* entanglements, then the
jfl- man who has had experience with
trench warfare knows that something
is under way, says the New York
Evening Post. It may be only the
|| - r charge of a company, hoping to im
- prove the section of a traverse to
*' i' which they cling with bitter determination;
it may be a battalion's atfy
" . tempt to strengthen out a partiallywon
zone; it may be the lurid charge
of a brigade or division intended to
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occupy so much as a square mile of
- enemy ground. The tense quiet always
precedes it.
An uncannily vivid picture of this
aspect of the fighting on the western
front in Europe is conveyed in the
story of one advance by "Action
Front," in the Westminister Gazette.
All the night before there had been a
steady movement of troops from the
'rear into the support and advance
trenches, until every brown burrow
was packed to capacity with waiting
humanity. Further back, where the
guns were emplaced under a skilful
eover, the motor lorries were deposit,
ing the last loads of the huge supply
of ammunition which would be re
quired for the impending ''curtain of
fire.'*
? .* "An aeroplane droned high overhead,
and an 'Archibald' (anti-aircraft
gun) or two began to pattern
the sky about it with a trail of fleecy
white smoke puffs. The 'plane sailed
on and out of sight, the smoke
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puffs and the weezz barks of 'Archite
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bald' receding after it. Another
period of silence followed. It was
broken by a faint report like the
sound of a far-off door being slam- j
med almost at the same instant there
I
came to the ear the faint, thin whis
tie of an approaching shell. The i
whistle rose to a rush and a roar that j
cut off abruptly in the thunderous |
bang. The shell pitched harmlessly j
on the open ground between the for- i
ward and support trenches.
"Again came that faint 'slam,' this j
time repeated by four, and the 'bou- j
quet' of four shells crumped down al- j
most on top of the support line. The
four crashes might have been a signal
to the British guns. About a
dozen reports thudded out quickly
and separately, and then in one terrific
blast of sound the whole line
broke out in heavy fire. The infanti
<
ry(in the trenches could distinguish
the quick-following bangs of the
guns directly in line behind them,
could separate the vicious swish and
rush of the shells passing immediately
over their heads. Apart from
these the reports blended in one long
throbbing pulse of noise, an indee^rihahip
mprilev of moaning, shrieks j
IOV4 XMM VAV _
and whistling in the air rent by the
passing shells.
The Trenches Astir.
"Along the line of front marked
for the main assault the guns suddenly
lifted their fire and commenced
to pour it down further back, although
a number of the lighter guns
continued to sweep the front parapet
with gusts of shrapnel. And then
suddenly it could be seen that the
front British trenches were alive and
astir. The infantry, who had been
crouched and prone in the shelter
of their trenches, rose suddenly and
began* to clamber over the parapets
into the open and make their way
jut through the maze of their own
entanglements. Instantly the parajet
opposite began to crackle with
ifle fire and to beat out a steady
atoo from the hammering machine
runs. The bullets hissed and spat
icross the open and hailed upon the
ipposite parapet. Scores* hundreds
>f men fell before they could clear
he entanglements to form up in the
pen, dropped as they climbed the
arapet, or even as they stood up
nd raised a head above it. But the
lass poured out, shook itself roughly
lto line, and began to run across the
pen. They ran for the most part
ith shoulders hunched and heads
;ooped, as men would run through a
2avv rainstorm to a near shelter.
, rxnd as they ran they stumbled and
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fell and picked tnemseives uy auu
ran again?or crumpled up and lay
still or squirming feebly.
"A^ the line s^ept on doggedly it
thinned and shredded into broken
groups. The men dropped under the
rifle bullets singly or ii\ twos and
threes; the bursting shells tore great
gaps in the line, snatching a dozen
men at a mouthful; here and there ;
where it ran into the effective sweep
of a Maxim, the line simply withered
and dropped and stayed still in a
string of huddled heaps among and
on which the bullets continued to
drum and thud. The open ground
was dotted thick with men, men lying
prone and still, men crawling on
hands and knees, men dragging
themselves slowly and painfully with
trailing, useless legs, men limping,
hobbling, staggering, in a desperate ?
endeavor to ge't back to their psfrapet
and escape the bullets and shrapnel
that still stormed do^n upon them.
"The British gunners dropped their
ranges again, and a deluge of shells
and shrapnel burst> crushing ana
whistling upon the enemy's front
parapet. The rifle fire slackened and
almost died and the last survivors of
the charge had such chance as was
left by the enemy's shells to reach the
shelter of their trench. Groups of
stretcher-bearers leaped out over the
parapet and ran to pick up the
wounded, and hard on their heels
another line of infantry swarmed out
and formed up for another attack.
As they went forward at a run the
roar of rifles and machine guns swelled
again,, and the hail of bullets be- .
gan to sweep across to meet them. '
Into the forward trench they had
vacated the stream of another battalion
poured and had commenced to ?
climb out in their turn before the
advancing lines was much more than
half-way across. This time the cas
ualties, although appallingly neavy, |
were not too hopelessly severe as in
the first charge, probably because a
salient of the enemy trench to a
flank had been reached by a battalion
further along, and the devastating
enfilading fire of rifles and machine
guns cut off.
Under the Curtain of Kire.
"This time the broken remnants 1
of the lines reached the barbed wires,
gathered in little knots as the individual
men ran up and down along
the face of the entanglements looking
for the lanes cut clearest by the!
sweeping shrapnel, streamed through j ;
with men still falling at every step,
reached the parapet and leaped over j
and down. The guns had held their; <
Are on the trench till the last po-si-;
ble moment, and .now they lifted ;
again and sought to drop across the]
further lines and the communication ^
I MILLINERY.
S Our handsome stock, together with
fl our reasonable prices, ancW efficient
B service, has made our millinery defl
partment one of the strongest in our
| store. New things arrive almost
fl every day. We are always glad to
fl serve you; you will find us just a
B little ahead of our competitors the
fl entire season through. Come in toB
day. We can save you from 20 to 30
fl per cent, on your hat.
fl Save 20 to 30 Per Cent. I
t COATS AND SUITS.
Our coat suits and coats are going
B fast. Better come in while we have
fl your size. JWe have broken all recfl
ords on suits and coats. Our busi-B
ness has been enormous on both.J
fl The Stern suits are just what the Y
H In Jinn nr\J origin irront and 'th Qro QfO I
lauicia auu 511 is ?? am uuu i,ubi v v
very, very few ladies in Bamberg
that is not wearing Stern suits and
coats this fall. These suits are made .
exclusively for Southern trade and,,
they are compelled to be what the.,
ladies in the South want. You save
! from 20 to 30 per cent, on coats and
suits during our sale. Don't delay. I t
Come in today. I
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November 11th Ehr^
CHARLIE STAT
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"IN THE PARr jA
Program of I J
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Will be shown on Nov. 11
10c and 15c '
PHIELEN !
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trenches a shrapnel curtain through
which no re-inforcements could pass
and live. Jhe following battalion |
came surging across losing heavily, J
but still bearing weight enough to
leu wnen ai lasi mey puureu m u>ci ||
the parapet. I
"The fighting fell to a new phase? I
the work of the short-arm bayonet H
thrust and the bomb-throwers. Thejl
trench had to be taken, traverse by I
traverses. Sometimes a space of two | or
three traverses was blasted bare The
of life and returned untenable for
long minutes on end by a constant ^own
succession of grenades and bombs. tjie r
And all the time the captured trench count
was pelted by shells, high explosive fornK
and shrapnel. In the middle of the
ferocious individual hand-to-hana .
fiffhtinsr a counter attack was launch
ed. A swarm of the enemy leaped fnQ S
n for?
from the next trench and rushed
across the 20 or 30 yards of open to 1 C
rifles
the captured front line. But the
counter attack had been expected. (Cor
! PRICE is one gre
ness. We are no^
c which will COMPEL
QUALITY and SI
powers. The tone a
merchandise will mi
self: "Well, this is v
afford it."
When you PRICE
that you cannot affc
> us.
SALE ENDS SATURDAY, NOV. 6
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THIS SALE
THE GREATEST YET
This sale is the best one we've ever had, but
f \
expected it to be. And why shouldn't we? We
doing just twice the business we Were doing
year ago. Our business grows every day. We
i
ways try to give you just a little more than y
money's worth. This, with the real courte
treatment you get in our store is WHY we
GROWING.
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LaVERNE THOMAS & CO
Pictorial Review Pat- I TnLrthnnn FREE. $25 in M(
terns and Publications I * eiepnone chendise will be giv
ON SALE HERE NOW I 41SJ away at end of Sa
"The Store of Courtesy' Bamberg, S
MONTHLY STATEME
Of the Dispensaries in Bamberg County for th
ALL STOCK IS GIVEN AT CONSU
ensary No. Location Total Invoice, In- Total Sales
eluding Slock on
hand 1 day Mon.
erg, S. C. 1 R. R. Ave. $ 7,527.95 $ 4,289.19
lark, S. C. ? 2 Palmetto Ave. 5,451.50 2,480.76
S. C. 3 R. R. Ave. 4,932.50 2,459.31
irdt, S. C. 4 Main St. 4,858.30 2,648.31
$22,770.25 $11,877.57
E OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Bamberg County.
:sonally appeared J. M. Grimes, J. B. Kearse, W. H. Faust, n
I, who, being each duly and severally sworn, deposes and says
orn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of Novembe]
FRESH I II?ft A
iii if
J YMt,K5 I II || _
FIXE CALIFORNIA I El II
fruits I II . MM mm
CIGARS I J
CIGARETTES I I I J
TOBACCOS I I I
COLD DRINKS I II MM %m?
From today we make our I II II
CAFE > CONNECTED I II II
^1 BB MB
3AMBERG I II ||*1
FRUIT | ILJJW
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| ^*ONSIDER what basin
should think of starti
? AN ACCOUNT. HO
guns caught the attackers as question asked at some tim<
left their trench and beat them . WADV A HI
in scores. The shrapnel and j A ?00(i WUKKAIJl
iffes between them broke the every successful busii
er attack before it had well ??
?d.
nt another was hurled forward CAPITAL AND SI]
itly, was up out of the trench Cprit T?tp
streaming across the open, be- 1 rci v/ciit/. xnuc
the infantry had finished reing
their magazines. Then the ID 1 ;
spoke again in rolling crashes,
itinued on page 5, column 2.)
\
at POWER in busiw
making PRICES
, you to buy.
<
^YLE are also great
nd high grade of our
ake you say to yourfhat
I want if I can f
our goods you'll find
>rd NOT to buy from v
Ginghams, neat patterns, 10c and ,
12 l-2c. Sale price 8 l-2c
Nice, heavy outings, light and dark
patterns, always sells for 10c. Sale
price . .... 8 l-2c
Nice bed spread for double bed, > ^
regular $1.00 seller, sale price .. 89c
Also spreads for single beds, at A
} same price. . >1
Nice, large sheets for double bed, 'W
regular $1.00 seller, sale price, while
they last 89c
Also sheets for single beds, special
sale price 69c
One lot middy blouses just in;
worth 75c; sale price, each 49c
0116 ^ne lot boys hats worth .75c, sale r .#
price 19c
I 2X- ^ce s?ft finish chiffon taffetas; ' < ^ >
plenty of black and white and deour
sired shades, worth $1.25, sale I
price 63c
OUS Fifty -inch French serge in navy 1
blue and black, green, brown and
other wanted shades; worth $1.50 - '
per yard. Sale price 98c *
Thirty-six-i^;h all woll storm serge
or French serge in black, navy blue,
dark brown, dark green and wanted . * ,
S. *
shades; worth 60c. Sale price per _
yard .... 45c
_ Thirty-six-inch all silk crepe .de . ^
I chine?guaranteed all pure silk?in
I . . . , .. i t L-L I* 1 or
en I DiacK ana an snaaes; worm
ile. I per yard; sale price, per yard .... 94c I
mmi One lot ladies' shirt waists, very I
C special sale price while they last, I
each 49c I
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ie month of October, 1915.
MERS' PRICES. /
Breakage Stock on Hand Other Credits O perating / . ,
Last Day of R. R. Claims Ex.of each
Month & goods Rt. Dispensary /
$14.70 $ 3,216.55 $ 182.51 - K
11.55 2,944.65 206.54
7.65 2,453.25 88.29
10.45 2,095.10 $72.80 103.64 .
$44.35 $10,709.55 $72.80 $580.98
,
lembers of the Bamberg County Dispensary
; that the foregoing statement is true and cor"
''4.
p 1915
J. S. WALKER, Nitary Public. :
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INKING
the
LWAEK
of
SINESS 1
i
ess wonld be WITHOUT BANKS. No man
ng an enterprise before he arranged to OPEN'
W DOES HE STAND AT THE BANK? is t
i
; about every business man.
.E BANK BALANCE is essential to
less man. i
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rRPLUS $100,000.00
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srest raid on savings Deposits.
g Banking Co.
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