The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 23, 1917, Page 2, Image 2
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Thursday, August 23, 1917^
The Local Board is now examining
the second call of registrants,
three hundred in number. The board
has a momentous job in selecting
the county's quota of the national
army. The three members of the
board, Messrs, H. C. Folk and A. L.
Kirkland and Dr. J. J. Cleckly,
deserve the thanks of the county for
the hard work they are doing. They
get nothing for their w<5rk. The
board has been at work now for
several weeks, and the end is not
yet in sight.
On another page today we print a
copy of the food administrator's
pledge card. The housekeepers of
the county are asked to clip out this
blank, fill it out and send or mail to
Mrs. J. R. Owens, chairman of the
women's council for the county.
While there are many families who
have already stopped all waste, if
they had any, there can be no harm
in filling the card and filing it.
It will show that the women of the
county have their interest in the food
situation, and are willing to do what
they can to help the country to
. conserve its food supply. Xo money
is asked and no conditions are levied
except to conserve the food supply.
The main business street of Bamberg
is entirely too narrow anyway,
and now that it is used so largely
as a parking place for automobiles
often it is almost blocked and vehicles
of any kind have difficulty in
getting tnrougn. we greauy ieai
that sooner or later a serious accident
will occur on this street on account
of this parking of cars. It
would seem to be good policy on the
part of city council to forbid the
stopping of automobiles on our main
street for a longer period than five
minutes. Of course shoppers often
use automobiles which stop in front
of business houses, but .what is needed
is a regulation based on common
sense which will not work a hardship
hut will put a stop to the practice of
leaving machines on the street for
hours at a time.
Some people, and unfortunately a
few of them live in Bamberg, say that
we have no cause for war with Germany.
Suppose President Wilson and
congress had met the views of these
pacifists or pro-Germans, or whatever
you want to call them, and had humbly
met the demands of Germany and
kept our ships off the seas, what
then? None of the cotton crop of
the South could have been sent to
European countries as a result. As
America produces about twelve million
bales of cotton and only consumes
about six million, any one can well
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imagine wiiiii uiit/ pi iV.C \jl vwtkv/u
would be now. Instead of being
abound twenty-five cents it would
be three or four, with practically all
our industries crippled, people all
over the country out of work, factories
shut down, women and children
suffering for the necessities of life,
and hunger and desolation prevailing
all over our now fair land. This is
i not an improbable picture. It is a
stern fact. And yet people who ought
to know better, by their foolish talk,
are attempting to cripple the efforts
of America in the war.
Bamberg-Barnwell S. S. Convention.
The following is the programme
of the Bamberg-Barnwell Sundayschool
convention, which will be held
with St. John's Baptist church on
September 5, 6, and 7:
WEDNESDAY.
Convention will meet at 11 a. m.
11:00, prayer and song service, led
by W. H. Hutto; 11:15, roll call, enrollment
of delegates; 11:30, organization;
12:00, address of welcome
by Rev. J. R. Smith, Ehrhardt; response
by Rev. J. D. Huggins, Denmark;
miscellaneous business; 1:002:30,
recess; dinner on grounds;
2:30, song service and prayer, lead
by A. I. McLemore; 2:45, topic 1:
"Should We Have Sunday-schools at
Other Places Than Churches?" by
R. E. Woodward. Dr. J. R. McCormick,
Rev. J. D. Heckle; 3:30, topic
2: "The Relation of the Pastor to
the Sunday-school," by Dr. Robert
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BlacK, t. <J. uiayton, rtev. n,. waison,
Rev. W. L. Hayes, Rev. J. R.
Smith; appointment of committees;
adjournment.
THURSDAY.
9:30. prayer and song service led
by A. \V. Manuel; 9:45, address by
Rev. George E. Davis; 10:30, topic!
3: "How to Create an Interest in)
the Sunday-school, and How to Maintain
the Same," by the superintendent
of each school of the convention.
by roll call; 12:00, topic 4:
"The Missionary Spirit in the Sunday-school,"
by Col. R. M. Mixon. M.
J. Free, Rev. Walter Black, Rev. J.
D. Huggins: 1:00-2:30. recess: dinner
on the grounds: 2:30. prayer and
song service, led by Laurie Abstance:
2:45. topic 5: "How Should
the Officers and Teachers in tlie Sun
day-school be Elected?" by J. O.
Sanders, W. H. Collins, Rev. P. A.
ALLIED OFFENSIVE SUCCESSFUL.
Ground Gained Around Verdun and
Other Points.
August 20.?With the British
troops busily engaged in the successful
parrying of German counter
thrusts against the newly won ground
in Flanders, the French and the Italians
have started monster offensives
?the French against the Germans
near Verdun and the Italians against
the Austrians from the region of
Plava to near the headquarters of
the Adriatic sea.
Li axtc Botq o-<j
Ollctl y, UCLIOH C UiU?s iian> ^umivu
for the French positions held by the
Germans on a front of more than
eleven miles, extending from the Avocourt
wood eastward across the river
Meuse and into the Bois De Chaums,
while the Italians, after a bombardment
of an intensity never before
experienced in that theatre, have leveled
Austrian defenses, crossed the
Alps, and also the Isonzo river, and
now are at deadly grips with the enemy
along a front of about thirty
miles.
Many Prisoners.
Nearly 12,000 prisoners already
have been counted by the French and
Italians. In addition the Germans
and Austrians lost heavily in men
killed or wounded and in guns and
machine guns captured.
The new territory taken by the
French embraces positions that have
literally weltered in French and German
blood in battles that have surged
t'o and fro since the German Crown
Prince started his most costly enterprise,
the attempt to take Verdun
which resulted in utter failure as a
military manoeuver and cost the lives
of ten thousands of his men.
Notable amoung the captured positions
are the Avocourt wood, two
summits of La Morte Homme, the
Cotbeaux wood and Champneuville,
all of which were held, notwithstanding
vicious counter attacks by the
Germans, which were broken up by
the French fire, with heavy casualties
to the enemies.
Good Work By Airmen.
French airmen materially aided the
infrantry in the press forward,
swooping down in force and emptying
their machine guns into the ranks
and in fights in the air with German
protecting machines, eleven of which
were sent hurling to the ground.
Likewise the Italian fliers are giving
their infantry valuable support,
more than 200 of them being engaged
in attacking with bombs and machine
gun fire Austrian formations behind
the lines. At last accounts the Italians
were energetically proceeding
with the work of destroying the newpositions
taken up by the Austrians,
endeavoring to blast a road through
the defense to make more easy the
march of the Italian troops toward
Triest, Austria's principal seaport,
lying at the head of the Adriatic.
The situation in Flanders and in
Northern France is virtually calm as
compared with last week, but both
the French and British continue to
make sallies at various points. The
Canadians around Lens daily are
biting further into the German line
and now have the coal center virt
ually surrounded.
CHINA ENTERS WAR.
Violation of Right Forced Step, Says
President Feng Kayo Chang.
Peking, Aug. 14.?China's declaration
of war on Germany and AustriaHungary
beginning at 10 a. m. today
and the other documents relating to
the conflict do not mention the association
of the Chinese Republic with
the Entente Powers. They indicate
that China's action will be entirely
independent.
The declaration of war aroused little
excitement in Peking or in other
North China cities, the long discussion
of the question having discounted
its effect. The Netherlands minister
to China today took over the Austrian
interests and received the arms
of the Austrian guard. The doors of
the Deutsche Asiatische Bank have
been sealed.
Chinese troops at Tien Tsin took
over the Austrian concession and the
German bank and German barracks
there without incident.
Bolen, Rev. J. R. Cullum; 3:30, topic
6: "The Place of the Bible in the
Sunday-school," by S. G. Mayfi^ld,
Dr. J. B. Black, Dr. W. M. Jones,
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Kev. una rue Jones; i.ou, rcpuns ui
committees; adjournment.
FRIDAY.
9:30, song service and prayer, led
by D. O. Hunter; 10:00, address by
Dr. B. H. DeMent: 10:45, topic 7:
"How Can We Induce the Parents
and Grown-up People to Attend the
Sunday-school?." by Prof. H. J.
Crouch. R. R. .Tohnstone, Dr. Robert
Black, .J. W. Folk; 11:30, every
Sunday-school in the convention to
take part, either by'song, recitation
or essay, selection to be made by
each school. j
The supreme court will within a]
short while decide whether or not)
Wade Hampton Gibbes, appointed!
chief game warden by Governor Manning,
can legally hold the office.
CLASSED AS/ DESERTERS.
Status of Those Who Refuse to Serve
in Army After Being Drafted.
Washington, August IS.?Renewed
instructions that drafted men who
fail to report for service will be classed
and punished as deserters were
sent to the United States district at
| torneys and agents of tlie Department
of Justice tonight by Attorney <
General Gregory. Provost Marshal
General Crowder has ruled that per- 1
sons who neglect to appear for exami- i
nation will be accepted automatically
and that the privilege of claiming ex- !
emption then will be denied. It was
to help carry this policy into effect 1
that the attorney general acted. His
instructions follow: ;
Instructions to Attorneys.
"It has been determined by the pro- s
vost marshal general that persons
who fail to appear for their physical
examination after having received
their notices to do so from the local
boards, by such failure waive their
right to physical examination and are '
accepted by the board without any
such examination. Their names will
be certified to the district boards as
chosen by the local boards for the na- _
tional army.
"If they do not then appear to
claim exemptions they will waive
thereby the right to such exemptions
as they might.have claimed, and their
names will be certified by the district
boards to the adjutant genral of their
respective States as persons for the
national army. The adjutant general
will then mail them a notice to report
for duty at a specified time and place
and such notices will be given publicity
according to the regulations of
the Conscript act.
Treated as Deserters.
"Such persons then become subject
to the mlitary authorities at the time
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QCSlglldltiU U) Lilt; aujuiaui gcu^iai
for them to report. Should they fail
to comply with this notice, they become
deserters from the army and
will be treated as such by the military
authorities.
"It is, therefore a matter of vital
concern not so much to the government
as to the persons themselves'to
see that they give the correct address ,
for their notices to be mailed to them.
Should they fail to comply with the
notices after receiving them they be- .
come automatically drafted without 1
regard to physical examination or to '
exemption or discharge.
Kept in Jail Until Wanted.
"Where persons are known to be
wilfully refusing to comply with the
requests o' the local boards and are i
so conducting themselves as to be a
menace to the proper enforcement of
the Conscription act, and their whereabouts
are known, they should be de- tained
in jail on complaints charging
violations of section six of the Conscription
act until the time when they
are ordered by the adjutant general to
report for duty in the national army. '
They should, at that date, be turned
over to the military authorities. No 1
prosecution need be had as it will be
^ Avroncirn onrl littlp IS '
uuiicucasai 11 < cAjjtuji > t, ui.u ?
to be gained therefrom."
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Porto Ricans Not Going to Columbia. <
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Washington, Aug. 21.?Porto Rican
troops will not be sent to Camp
Jackson. If any negro troops are
sent to South Carolina camps they 1
will be trained separately from the i
white troops.
Governor Richard I. Manning, ac- i
companied by Senators Tillman and
Smith; Representatives Whaley and i
Ragsdale; Chairman D. R. Coker, of <
the South Carolina Council of Nation- '
al Defense, and Messrs. R. Goodwyn
&hett, of Charleston; J. W. Lillard,
William Elliott, and George L. Baker, i
of the Columbia Chamber of Com- '
merce, and Prof. George McCutcheon, i
representing Congressman Lever, ]
called on Secretary of War Baker i
this afternoon and presented their i
views with regard to the mobilization 1
of negro and Porto Rican troops in ]
the Palmetto State. Governor Manning
authorized the following for s
publication after the conference; 1
Governor's Statement. ''
Secretary of War Baker met us at 1
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12.30 today, and we discussed the J
question of the draft of troops in 'm
South Carolina, especially with reference
to the negro troops. The
Porto Rican troops will not be sent j
to South Carolina nor will the white \
and negro troops be mixed. The mat- t
ter was fully discussed from the 6
standpoint of the best interests of all j
the troops, white and colored, and E
the best way to handle the proposl- c
tion. Secretary Baker assured us c
! that he would take under serious I
I consideration all that was said and ,
would endeavor to decide the questions
involved as to serve the wel- c
! fare of all parties concerned. Tf any 1
l ^
I negro troops are sent to South Caro- j
| lina, they will, under the long-estab- s
| lished policy of the War Department, }
I he kept entirely separate from the *
j white troops. c
j "At the opening of the meeting
Secretary Baker announced that the
Porto Rican troops would not be sent *
l to Camp Jackson at Columbia.
AUSTRIAN'S GIVING WAY.
More Than 1(1,000 Huns Made Prisoners
in New Offensive.
Rome, Aug. 21.?.More than 10,000
prisoners have been taken by the Italians
in their new offensive up to yesterday
evening, the war office announces.
The great battle on the Isonzo front
continues without interruption. The
war office states that the Austrian
ine is beginning to bend and give way
at various points.
Enemy defenses between Corite and
Selc, near the strongly fortified Starilokva
position have been captured by
the Italians.
The Italians, supported by floating
and fixed batteries and Monitors, are
marching toward success, which the
statement says is becoming delineated
in spite of undiminished enemy resistance.
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Aviators Burned to Death.
Buffalo, X. Y., Aug. 20.?Charles
A. Wall, Jr., and Richard H. Meade
were burned to death here late today
when an airplain which they were
experimenting with smoke bombs,
caught fire in the air. Both men
were dead when the destroyed airplane
fell to the ground.
Wall was a civil engineer in
training for aviation service. Meade
was aviation instructor who came to
Buffalo recently from the training
camp at Mineola, X. Y.
Wall and Meade had gone to a
height of about 700 feet to make
tests of the new bomb, which had
been offered to the United States
government for work in spotting gun
positions. Circling ,the field, they
released one of the bombs which
burst into smoke at a safe distance
below the machine.
Their watchers on the ground,
amoung them the inventor of the
bomb, saw Wall lean over the side,
a second bomb in his hand. He
dropped it and almost immediately
there was a flash and the planes were
ablaze.
When the blazing machine dropped
the men were found burned beyond
recognition.
Wall was 32 years old and was the
son of a Buffalo physician. Mead was
27 years old and his home was in
Boston. j
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More Powerful, Economical, Than
Prepared "Patents."
When people nna tneir appetite on,
vitality low, and are sluggish, tired,
and worn-out, a short treatment with
just plain, everyday natural iron is
the wisest course.
You can get natural iron, known as
Acid Iron Mineral at most drug stores
and a fifty-cent bottle goes from two
to six times as far as other and weaker
iron compounds of laboratory and
chemist.
A dollar bottle will permit a whole
family to take it a couple of weeks
which in its powerful highly concentrated
form is usually sufficient to
ncrease the family's vitality, strength
and appetite in a truly wonderful
manner.
Acid Iron Mineral has been bottled,
tested, and guaranteed up to its pressnt
high standard for thirty years for
use in hospitals, surgery, and dental
work, and it may now be secured in
family sized bottles. Be sure you
?et the genuine, the trade mark "A[-M"
is your protection. It is nonalcoholic,
is not a laxative, and is the
product of the only medicinal iron
mineral deposit of its kind known to
the world, 50c and $1. Bottled by
essors, the Ferrodine Chemical Corp.,
Roanoke, Va.
Note: Acid Iron Mineral contains
such a high percentage of iron, it may
be used as a germicide, antiseptic,
and astringent. Farmers, surgeons,
and dentists use it to stop bleeding,
prevent soreness, and as a healing
agent. See directions on bottle.?adv.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Pursuant to an order of Hon. J. J. I
Irabham, Jr., Probate Judge for Bam-1
)erg county, in re estate of Mrs. B.
J. Smith, deceased, the undersigned
jxecutors of said estate, will sell at
rablic auction to the highest bidder
or cash, at the late residence of the
;aid Mrs. B. U. Smith within the
ounty of Bamberg, on the fith day
)f September, 1917, beginning at ten
>'clock in the forenoon of said day
tnd continuing until sold, the followne
soods and chattels, to-wit:
One Ford automobile, one organ.
>ne victrola. all household goods and
urniture and kitchen utensils, loc-at'd
at said residence, and also farm ;
mpleinents consisting of plows, plow- ;
tocks, etc.. a more complete list of j
vhich will appear hv reference to an j
nventory of the same on file in the
iffice of probate judge for Bamberg j
ountv.
JNO. B. SMITH,
J. H. SMITH,
Cxecutors of the estate Mrs. B. U. j
Smith, deceased.
August 21st, 1917. j
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NOTICE TOCBEOITOHS ffQ|J| _^
All npvsnns having claims against! IIIL_ If.~- -<
!the estate or' -Mrs. Laura A. Warren, FfllK^ Wllfl ATlflW
deceased, will file the same duly ver- III IlllVfVj
ified and itemized with the under- . . , , , , _
Administrate or the Estate ot .Mrs. . trouble.?J. Height, Wetuihpka, Ala.
Laura A. W arren. Deceased. j Had heavy headache. Vomited,
August 15th, 1917.?4t. twice to six times a day. Four doses
~~~~ 1 " , of Granger Liver Regulator made me
NOTICE TO CREDITORS. well.?Loundas P. Brindley, Somef- %
AH persons having claims against j ^ille? Ala.
the estate of Mrs. B. u. Smith, de-! Mother had sick headache. Granger.
ceased, will file the same, properly ! Liver Regulator did her more good
itemized and verified, with the un- than all the medicine she had taken
dersigned executors of said estate; before.?Pearley Davis, Pacio, AJa.*4 .
and all persons indebted to said es- I never expect to be without it in
' 1 tnv home.?Jenie Usev. Gadsden, Ala.
tate are liereoy noimeu to matve iw>- ( ? ^ - .,
ment to said executors. ; It is a great saver of doctors biLs.
J\0 B SMITH ?Louis N. Kent, Honoraville, Ala. A
J. H. SMITH. ' j -There is none better.?Dr. T. E. A
Executors of estate of Mrs. B. U. Alexis, Ala. <? I
Smith, deceased. _ All druggists sell Granger Livei
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