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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
80ME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Schofield Sketches.
Schofield, October 9.?Mr. J. Leon
Owen spent last Sunday in Columbia
with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Beard visited
relatives in the Colston section last
Sunday.
Mr. P. K. Shultz will leave the latter
part of this week for Donora,
where he has accepted a position with
tne Kendall Lumoer company.
Mr. H. T. Kearse spent several |.
days at Jacksonville and Sanford, \.
Fla., this week.
Mr. Lewis Clust made a trip over
to Augusta last week.
Mr. R. W. Schofield, of Philadelphia,
was a visitor here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Mather, of the
Govan section, visited their son here
last Sunday. DRAEBLR.
j Colston Clippings.
Colston, October 10.?The thermometer
registered several degrees ,
lower yesterday. It will not be sur
prising if Jack Frost is not a visitor ;
before many days.
Misses Evelyn Sandifer and Thel-1.
ma Ellzey, of Bamberg, spent last |;
week-end with Miss Nettie Clayton, j.
The Sunday visitors of Mr. and i
Mrs. Willie Folk were: Miss Evelyn |
Kirkland, and Messrs. Gerald Kearse. j.
Frank Folk and son, Ernest.
Mrs. S. P. Chisolm spent several
^ <-? in Domharc loot woot
UftJ O in 1-?UU1WV1 ?5 ?f vv??.
Miss Minnie Kirkland was the wel- j
come guest of Misses Natalie and;
Queenie Kearse Saturday night and J
Sunday. . . j.
Messrs. L. A. Wooley and Willie I'
Reddy, of Barnwell, were visitors in ;
this section Sunday and Sunday night, j.
Mr. Lawton Kinard spent Satur-j.
day night with Mr. Sammie Clayton, j,
Mr. Roy Williams is in Savannah j'
for several days. !,
Mr. Will McMillan spent Saturday :
night with Messrs. Claude and Frank i,
Kirkland. !
Mr. Vernon McMillan was the Sun- i
day guest at the home of Mr. J. F. !(
Clayton. j'
. Miss Annie Lou Hutson spent j
Thursday night of last week with!
Misses Cora and Dora McMillan.
HOW TO PICK THEM OUT. j!
' i
Dr. Hillis Tells How to Spot The ]
Disloyalist.; j.
The United States ca|n determine',
who are its traitors by three simple :
tests, declared the Rev. Dr. Newell |.
Dwight Hillis yesterday morning in ;3
the second of a series of sermons on !
Germany at Plymouth Church Brook-1 lyn.
j
Putting his analysis of the disloyal-;
ist situation in precise terms, Dr. I,
Hillis said: "The three tests of the
traitor to this country are: j,
"First, he tries to find something j
he can criticise in Great Britain, so j
as to justify German atrocities.
^ xi-ill nover nttpr n wnrd '
OCtUllU lie ?? iw uv ? v* uvvv .. I
of criticism of those atrocities, but;
hates anybody who can prove the Ger-1
man cruelty.
"Third* he never tires of insisting ;
that Germany is fighting for the free-;
dom of the seas?when, in his wicked
heart, he knows that in a half a;
century there has not been one single j
British port in the world that has
not been as open and as free to a Ger- j
man ship as to a British."
Dr. Hillis remarked further that |
there are certain German-Americans i
who think the yean nullify .the influ- i
enee of every German atrocity by as-!
sembling people and talking on the
crimes of England."
"These people?pacifiists and aliens
?are now with the subtle cunning
and vast secret trickeries attacking
England and- trying to alienate the \
Irish," the preacher added, "as if the j
mistakes of the United States and j
England prior to this great war have 1
anything to do with the moral issue j
involved since this war began.
"Our insistence that every interest
of humanity, democracy and liberty is
being supported by the United States,
Great Britain and France does not
mean that we have also supported
and justified everthing in the history
of Russia prior to 1914, or in the
ancient revolutions of France, or in
the troubles between South Ireland
and England.
"This world at this moment is
concerned simply witn one tning:
'Shall this foul creature that is in
the German saddle, with hoofs of
fire, trample down all the sweet
growths in the garden of God?' And
these traitors who try to confuse the
issue with endless agitations against
England should be arrested and
interned.
"In their bitterness against England
the pro-Germans cannot understandwhy
the English colonist gladly
gave their money and their lives.
But these soldiers feel that England's
judicial system, her civil service
rule, her free trade, her justice
- and kindness, good will have wrought
such benefits to their children's
children they must travel thousands
of miles to an England they have
never seen and offer their lives."?
New York Tribune.
Prisoners at the Maryland penitentiary
have bought $2,150 worth of
Liberty bonds with savings from their
small wage allowances.
On a train going out of Chicago,
hot coffee is served in paper cups for
those who want refreshment without
visiting the diner.
HAS AWFUL EXPERIENCE.
Dr. Willie Bodie Has Sorrow Escape
From Tori)edoed Ship.
According to a report current here
this week and verified by a man who
had the story direct from W. E. Bodie
of near Batesburg, father of Dr.
Willie Bodie, the latter had a very
narrow escape and an awful experience
several weeks ago when the
ship that he was on was torpedoed
by a German submarine. The report
goes that after he took a lifeboat
it sank, leaving him in the
water, with only a lifebelt on. He
remained in the ocean all night, and
was unconscious from cold and suffering
when picked up by a Spanish
vessel the following day.
Dr Bodie has been in Washington
fnv e/-?mo time snffprin? with inflam
matory rheumatism in both legs, but
is now improving. He was found
there last week by his father, while
the latter was in Washington on
business. He had not received any
word of his son's experience nor of
his condition, but knew that he was
now in the capital. Upon going there
he hunted him up and found him in a
hospital.
Dr. Bodie graduated in medicine at
the State Medical college in Charleston,
in 1916. He later joined the
medical corps of the U. S. Army.
When his ship was torpedoed it is
said that he was on his way to Santo
Domingo on a merchant ship. It is
stated that the tale he told his father
was a very harrowing one of suffering
and hardship.- Dr. Bodie is a
very popular young man and has
tinmhprc nf friends who will be shock
ed at hearing of his awful experience,
but will be glad to know that he is
now improving.?Saluda Standard.
Palmer Jo Go to Chair.
Columbia, Oct. 9.?On recommendation
of the State Board of Pardons,
Governor Manning has decided not to
interfere with the sentence of Mackey
Palmer, a negro, convicted of the
murder of Sergt. H. H. Franklin, of
the Orangeburg police force. Palmer
is scheduled to be electrocuted at the
State penitentiary here next Friday.
Sergt. Franklin was shot on March
9, 1917, by Palmer in a pistol duel,
when Franklin and another officer
were attempting to arrest the negro
in a house on Calhoun street, Orangeburg,
and the negro escaped to the
swamp.
Saturday?Orphanage Work Day.
Some years ago the various orphanages
of the State adopted a plan to
induce as many people as possible to
donate the earnings of one day's labor
during the year to the orphanages.
This is asked of every one,
and can be done without working ?.
hardship on anybody. The orphanages
are doing a noble work and
need the money. Saturday, October
13th, is the day set apart for this
rear, and it is hoped that this will
be the banner day of all years thus
far. Children, grown-ups and evBrybody
are expected to observe work
day, as it is called, and help the
oraphanages with their daily earn:?ort,
oe rmmh ac nrrssihlp on the
V/I UC iUUVt* y ^
13th.
Rev. McDowell to Leave Fairfax.
The following is from a special to
the State of September 26, from Fairfax:
"Rev. E. A. McDowell, pastor
of the Fairfax Baptist church, tendered
his resignation last Sunday morning
to take effect January 1, 191S.
Mr. McDowell has under consideration
other fields, but has not yet fully
decided where he will make his future
home. During the three years
of his pastorate here the Baptist
cause has had a phenomenal growth.
From a constitutency of less than
100, having twice a month preaching,
the church has developed into a more
efficient body, supporting a pastor
for all of his time, owning free of
debt a splendid church plant, con
A i A 1 1 k/\n rttTA
triDUting SySteillit llCiti i \ iu cwi ucnc ? vjlences
and having added more than
one hundred to the membership. Mr.
McDowell has made a number of
strong friends in Fairfax and the surrounding
country who regret his removal."
New Advertisements.
J. B. Brickie?Knowing.
Enterprise Bank?When.
D. Bessinger?For Rent.
Thielen Theatre?Coming.
Kearse Brothers?Auction!
Peoples Bank?Bank Book.
J. K. Faulkner?Delco Lights.
Klauber's?Another Coat Drive.
Lyric Theatre?Within the Law.
Chero Cola Bottling Co.?Enlist.
Bamberg Banking Co.?Be Ready.
E. A. Hooton?Coats, Dresses. Hats
Etc.
Bamberg Banking Co.?We Do Not
Die.
Blount Wilson Co.?Ship Your Pro
duce.
La Verne Thomas & Co.?Try Our
Store.
Farmers and Merchants Bank?
Poverty.
Bamberg Auto Co.?Beautiful 1918
Maxwell.
Mitchell Motor Sales Co.?See the
31 Features.
C. R. Brabham's Sons?To the
Fathers and Mothers of Boys.
Mendel Real Estate and Investment
Co.?Do You Want 7 Per Cent.
It might be well while you are correcting
your disobedient offspring to
remember that you did not die
young.
\
The average young man is ready
to embrace an opportunity when it
comes along in the guise of a pretty
girl.
I;* CKXTS POSTAGE XOYEMHEK 1.
Applies to All Letters and First Class
Matter Except Drop Letters.
I Washington, Oct. o.?Detailed ini
structions to postmasters on the ini
creased letter mail rates which be-1
icome effective November 2 under the
' terms of the war tax bill, were asked
I today by Postmaster General Burleson.
I They do not apply to mail to most
j foreign countries for which rates are
! fixed by international treaties, but
| they do apply to all domestic mail,
Jand under that classification is included
mail to Canada, Mexico, Cuba,
Panama, the United States postal j
| agency at Shanghai, and all persons
Jin the military service of the United
States in Europe.
Postoffice Order.
The Postoffice Department issued
these instructions:
Postmasters shall, on and ofter November
2, see that postage is paid at
the rate of three cents an ounce or
fraction thereof on letters and other
first-class matter except drop letters.
All drop letters, that is letters mailed
for delivery from the office at
which posted, including those for
delivery by city, rural, or other
carrier of such office, are required to
have postage paid on them at the
rate of two cents an ounce or .fraction
thereof. Postal cards are required
ito be prepaid two cents, and, there|
fore, the one-cent postal cards must
j have a one-cent postage stamp affixed
to them in addition to one-cent stamp
impressed on such cards. Post cards
(private mailing cards) bearing
written messages must have two
cents postage prepaid on them.
THE BALI) EAGLE.
' How He Came To Be Emblem Of The
United States.
Young people often wonder how it
| happened that the eagle with out|
spread wings was taken as the em:blem
of the United States. This bird is j
really the bald eagle, and it first re- I
iceived the honor of becoming our
national bird in 1786, when it was
idisplayed as the emblem of the new j
I American Republic.
I Many prominent men of the time '
did not approve of the choice. For'
example, Benjamin Franklin declared j
j that the bald eagle was the most;
evil-disposed bird in the land, and |
that it did not earn an honest living, j
: but secured its livelihood through vio- j
lence. deceit and treachery. He sug- j
jgested the wild turkey as the most j
appropriate for the nation's emblem, ;
since it was distinctly American.
! Franklin's criticism, while it delayed
matters considerably, did not pre!
vent the eagle from being chosen.
Others considered that this bird was
one of the greatest possible dignity,
as well as beauty and bravery, and
.can see, is on the side of evil and
national bird or emblem because of
its very strong attachment to its home
iand young. In this way they hoped
: to be able to make the colonies stand
>together, should anything come later
: to trouble them or cause any one of
jtliem to falter.
! But the United States was not the
first to look upon the eagle as the
symbol of power or adopt it as a najtional
emblem. Centuries ago, when
, the kings and conquerors of warring
! tribes and nations were robbers and
j plunderers, the eagle was recognized
;as the most fitting emblem to lead
Jand inspire the warriors, and so we
find the Persians advancing to battle
'at Cunaxa. in 400 B. C., bearing the
eagle aloft as their standard. When
;the Roman legions overran Western !
Europe they followed where the silver
eagle standards led them. Na(poleon
and his marshals carried the
"eagles" nearly across Europe and
today Russia. Germany, and Austria
have the double-headed eagle as their
national emblem.
John J. Audobon gave the bald
'eagle the name of the Washington
eagle, because he claimed that it was
i like Washington in its bravery and
the terror of its enemies on seeing it,
; and that just as Washington's fame
; was mightiest among the men of his
! day, so was the fame of the eagle
i greatest among the feathered tribe,
j The ordinary name, "bald" is not
| rightly given, inasmuch as the adult
j birds have their heads and necks cov
?* * *? mu ~
erect witn very wnue learners. me
bird, however, does seem bald because
when seen in the distance, the
jhead and neck shine and look just
'as if there were no feathers covering
! them.
I It is a fact, nevertheless, that the
! eagle surpasses all other birds in
! strength of wing, tireless flight, and
poise and grace of motion. He deserves
his title of "King of birds."
He is long-lived. Specimens have lived
to a great age in captivity, and
how long in freedom, no one knows.
?Walter K. Purtney in Our Dumb
Animals.
Colonels by Kindness.
A group of Northerners at a hotel
in Louisville w*ere poking fun at the
partially of Southerners for the titles
of "colonel," "major" and "judge."
"What is a colonel hereabouts?"
asked one of the group, and there
immediately followed a discussion.
Finally a colored attendant was
drawn in.
"Well, gents." said the negro, "dare
" is a lots of ways to answer dat ques-i
tion. Ise knowed folks what was born
kunnels?it jest run in the blood foh
ginerations. An' Ise knowed folks
what was jest app'inted to be kunnels.
An' yit others what was made
kunnels by bein' kind to niggers. Foh I
instance, any man dat gives me a dollah
is a kunnel to me hencefo'th foreveh."?Brooklyn
Eagle.
TWENTY BILLIONS FOB WAIL
Largest Appropriation Bill in History
of the World.
Washington, Oct. 5.?Since Congress
convened in its extraordinary
session last April and up to today,
it lias placed at the disposal of the
administration seventeen billions of
dollars and has authorized contracts
for almost two and a half billions
more. Most of the money was for
war purposes, including seven billions
for loans to the Allies.
The appropriations committee made
the figures public today, coupling
with them the declaration that Con
gress nad done its worK in iurnisning
the money for the war very
effectively. Representative Fitzgerald,
of the House committee, said the war
appropriations of the next session of
Congress will depend to a very
considerable extent upon the number
of men in the military forces of the
United States.
All Records Broken.
Chairman Martin of the Senate appropriations
committee, in a review, of
the achievements of this session of
Congress and of appropriations for
the fiscal year of 1918 issued today,
says the session* breaks all records
and have been marked "by a greater
volume of legislations and the enactment
of measures of mmore momentous
import than have ever been
considered in any similar period in
the parliamentary history of the
country."
Total appropriations aggregate
$16,901,966,815, which with the total
appropriations for the second session
of the Sixty-fourth Congress and the
total contract authorizations for the
present fiscal year, makes a grand
? - a. i - ~ A A 1 AAA roA A^A
lOiai OI 1X1 eippi upriations
and contract authorizations
for the present fiscal year.
WORLD'S BIGGEST CORX CROP.
Despite Estimated Loss of 37,000,000
Bushels in Septeml>er.
Washington, Oct. 8.?Despite an estimated
loss of 37.000,000 bushels
during September, the country's corn
croji still will be the greatest in its
history. Latest figures issued by the
Department of Agriculture today
show the crop will be 3,210,795,000
bushels, and also despite an estimated
loss of 9,000,000 bushels during
the month the spring wheat crop will
exceed last year's. Other crops approach
bumper records.
Condition of the various crops on
October 1 was reported as follows:
Corn, 75.9 per cent, of a normal;
buckwheat, 74.8; white potatoes,
79.0; sweet potatoes, 83.2; flax. 51.3;
rice, 79.7; tobacco, 87.8; sugar beets,
89.7; kafirs, 67.8.
Several Record Crops.
Although considerable losses were
recorded in some of the country's
principal farm crops as a result of
condition in September, the government
report indicated there would
also be record crops of oats, rye.
white and sweet potatoes, tobacco and
hpans
The loss was heaviest in corn
which showed a reduction of more
than 36,000,000 bushels since September
1. Other losses were: Spring
wheat, 7,709,000 bushels; barley, 2,180,000
bushels; buckwheat, 2,310,000
bushels; white potatoes, 8,985,000
bushels; sweet potatoes, 907,000
bushels; apples, 537,000 bushels;
sugar beets, 113,000 tons, kafirs, 4,329,000
bushels, and beans, 4,155,000
bushels.
Some crops, however, showed improved
conditions, especially oats,
with a gain of 47,382,000 bushels,
making it a record crop of 1,580.714,000
bushels, or 31.000,000 bushels
more than that of 1915. Other gains
were: Rice, 1,019,000 bushels, and
totiacco, 21,637,000 pounds.
Shipment of Mail Boxes.
We are informed by the postoffice
authorities that the deposit boxes for
the village delivery service for the
town of Bamberg were shipped from
the factory some time last week, and
should arrive at a very early date.
There will be five of these boxes used
for receiving letters and other mail
and they should prove to be quite a
: r
couveuience iui uui uhiachs. v/unci.tions
of the mail from each box will
be made several times a day by Mr.
Emile B. Price, the delivery carrier.
The location of the five boxe? will
be as follows: One near Mack's
Drug Store on Main street, one on
Railroad avenue opposite the court
house, one on Main street near the
cotton mill corner, one at the Carlisle
school at the intersection of Elm and
Carlisle streets, and one on Railroad
avenue near the Methodist church
corner.
The Crowning Hardship.
Of the many witticisms atrributed
to the late Josepn i-i. c;noaie, our
favorite is his famous toast to the
fair sex, given some years ago at a
dinner of the Pilgrims:
"Women, the better half of the
Yankee world, without whose aid the
stern Pilgrims never could have
achieved the historic title of the Pilgrim
Fathers! The Pilgrim .Mothers
were more devoted martyrs than were
the Pilgrim Fathers, because they not
only had to bear the same hardships
that the Pilgrim Fathers suffered, but
they had to endure the Pilgrim Fathers
besides."?Youth's Companion.
MYSTERIOUS Alii POWER.
Coniniittee to Investigate Discovery
Made by Armenian.
Washington, Oct. 4.?Whether
Garabed is the most marvelous
scientific discovery of the age, destined
to play a great part in winning the
war for America, is to be investigated
by a committee of scientists appointed
by the Secretary of the Interior.
The Senate today passed a
resolution already adopted by the
House authorizing the inquiry and
guaranteeing government protection
of the process.
"Garabed" is something discovered
or invented by Garabed T. K. Giragossian,
an Armenian inventor of Boston,
who believes he has the secret of
taking from the air a mysterious
power"which will drive aeroplanes or
battleships.
The Machine Gunner.
He said that his name was
Brown and nobody believed him.
But his mates never said to
his face that he was not telling the
truth.
In fact the men of the machine gun
team were afraid of him. He was a
queer customer. In appearance he
was an old man, bald and wrinkled,
one of those who could go up to a
recruiting office and say, "My age
is not forty one. Having no eertifi- j
cate of my birth you must take my j
word for it. I may look old but one's |
years can never be judged by wrink- j
les. Some people never grow old and !
I am one of them." But as Brown j
was a very modest man he, of course,
never spoke like that.
He \vks born in London; the only
time he ever left there was when he
came to France. So he said, but
again none believed this. He knew
quite a smattering of languages; he
spoke German and French, also
Spanish. The latter he spoke as it I
is spoken in South America. So
Brown's officer said; and this officer:
; had traveled about in most places of l
j the world. On occasion the lbat- j
jtalion to which the man was attacnea i
I relieved a Canadian regiment and i
some of the English soldiers entered j
' into conversation with the men who !
| were going out. Brown was heard \
(speaking to one cf them and asking!
| questions about a lumber camp i
; situated somewhere near the foot of t
j the Rockies.
"You know that place then?" an j
officer said to Brown afterwards. \
("Yes, sir," Brown replied. "I read
j qbout it in the papers."
He rolled cigarettes with a cunning
hand and he chewed tobacco as if
i to the manner born. He was a splen- j
idid soldier, higly intelligent and in!
| a stin corner one of the best mates a !
(man could have. In fact he was
greatly respected, although he made
very few comrades. He feared neither
J God nor man and was never so happy
as when under fire. In the midst of j
| the most violent connonade he was
jcalm and unperturbed. Nothing was
jtoo arduous for him; there was no|
thing that he would not attempt.
I The unknown and hazardous always
j fascinated him. and when fighting
j his face always gave his mates the
; impression that he had become a j
| soldier merely for the fixed purpose j
: of killing. He was in the machine
igun team, and loved his weapon,
j probably because the machine gun is
!one of the most effective death-deal-j
j ing instruments ui ?<n.
A few days ago, in the ebb and flow I
j of the fighting around Guemappe, his J
J party found themselves in an isolated !
I post and all but surrounded by the!
i enemy. One man fell and then an- !
other, and finally nobody was left j
save Brown and his officer.
"We've got to stick it," said the
officer. "It's damned stiff, but all the
same!"
Brown shrugged his shoulders and
let the machine gun rip. He had no !
cover and seemed to be quite indifferent
to danger. He was in his
proper element and found the situation
quite to his liking. Suddenly
the officer gave a strangled cry and
dropped to earth.
Brown fixed a fresh cartridge belt
to his weapon and turned his gun half
right on the Germans, who were attempting
an incircling m-vement.
One of Brown's mates wag lying on
the ground, wounded and conscious.
"The officer told you to retire," he
said, looking up at the old man. "Did
you not hear that?"
"I didn't hear it," Brown replied,
his voice rising above the clatter of
the gun.
When the Scotch charged across
tne macnine guu euiyiaceuiem, icu
minutes later they found Brown still
at his woi*k, a iwound in his right
shoulder and his left foot badly shattered.
When the stretcher bearers
came they carried him back to the
dressing station. There he spoke to
his officer, who had also been carried
in.
"You were still at your post when
the Scotch came along, I hear," said
the officer, with a smile. "But what
about the order I gave you to retire?"
"I didn't hear it, sir," said Brown.
"Thorp nrp times when I get very
deaf?it's a failing of mine."
"What's the reason for this fail-!
ing?" asked the officer.
"Buenos Aires, South America,"
said Brown. His voice came in short
gasps and he was in great pain. "At
the docks. . . . The German
sailors go about in gangs. ... If
you fall foul with them it's . . .
knife you in the dark. . Once they
. . .me."
When the M. O. came around he j
found Brown unconscious. On the
man's back there was a number of
old scars, which looked as if they had
been made by a sharp instrument.
"Bv a knife, probably," said the
M. O.
Read The Herald $1.50 the year.)
HAVE THINGS OWN WAY
ENTENTE ARMIES HAVE DECISIVE
ASCENDANCY.
Secretary Baker Issues Review of
the Allied Operations of
the Past Week.
Washington, Oct. 7.?Decisive ascendancy
for the Allies in the supreme
test of battle strength now
taking place on the bloody fields of
Flanders is claimed by Secretary
Baker in the weekly review of war
operations issued tonight by the War
Department.
While it may be premature to assert
that the British war machine
has forced a decison over the Germans,
Mr. Baker says, the victories
of the past fortnight, threatening the
German submarine bases on the Belgian
coast, are conclusive indications '
of Allied superiority. With favorable
weather he thinks those victories
will be repeated and extended.
The review, which is for the week
ending last night, makes no reference to
the American forces in France or
o the great preparation for war going
forward at home.
World's Attention.
j The attention of the world, it
! says, "is focused upon the titanic
[struggle now going on in Flanders.
,The battle raging there is proving an
1 engagement of wholly unprecedented
scope and potentialities.
"At the beginning i of the week
owing to the weather, the Germans
jwere able to launch counter-attacks
[against the positions recently gained
by British. Notwithstanding the fact
that the Germans made use of smoke
screens, liquid fire^and brought into
action an imposing array of artillery
in their attack against the advanced
' British lines near tower Hamlets and
Polygon wood, as well as along the
j Menin road, their efforts proved
| futile.
Easily Reinforced.
"It is significant, on the other
hand, that while the British were
sustaining the shock of German assault
successfully, they were able to
bring up sufficient fresh troops in
order to launch another offensive
action even on a laraer scale, than -
the preceding one, in the face of the
enemy's onslaught,
j "Slowly, but therefore the most irresistability,
the Allied drive at the
heart of the German line in the west
is sweeping onward.
"The wisdom of the British in
maintaining a great density of front
would appear justified, by the results
achieved during the past week. It
must be borne in mind that it is due '
to the depth of the British line as
much as to any other one factor,
that while the enemy is still reeling
under one blow, the Allies are ready
to deliver another.
It has been characteristic of the
campaign in Klanders hitherto ' that
neither belligerent has attained what
we may call a decisive success.
"The Germans have massed their
greatest war strength along this battle
front.
"To attack them at their strongest
point of resistance, is sound strategy.
Allied Superiority.
"The defeats inflicted upon them
during the past fortnight are conclusive
indications of Allied superiority.
In the light of past experience it may
be premature to assert that the
British have succeeded in forcing a
decision, but it may be stated with
emphasis that in no engagement
hitherto has such vigor, energy, and
concerted speed of action been displayed.
"The full success of these operations
means that the Belgian coast,
with its numerr '.s submarine bases
will "become untenable to the enemy.
Zeebrugge, Ostend and the system of
canals leading out of the Bruges are
threatened. 4
The Supreme Test,
j "The supreme test of the battle
strength of the contending belligerents
is taking place. Allied ascendancy
I would appear decisive.
"The two immediate contributing
factors of this success are air control
and shell supply.* * * *
"The enemy realizes the danger he
is facing.
"We may expect him to counter-at^
tack in foroe. He may even regain
certain secondary objectives temporarily,
but the British war machine is
moving forward and if time permits
and the combat season remains open,
with the weather continuing favorably
of reconnaissance and careful
aircraft observations, the Allied
victories of the past two weeks will
in all probability be repeated and
extended.
"The enemy pressure along the
eastern front has been relieved by
the strong Allied offensive in Flanders.
No engagements of more than
local imDortance are reDorted in the
east.
"The German advance in the northeast
has apparently weakened and
the Russians have been more able to
reorganize their forces in the Riga
sector." /
Following the Text. *
Johnnie's'history class was studying
an important period in history
and it was Johnnie's turn to recite.
"Johnnie, who was the king at the
time?" asked the teacher.
He answered: "Louis the cross eyed"
"Why, Johnnie, where did you
learn that?" she asked.
"Right here in the book," he answered,
and showed her the paragraph
where the name was printed
"Louis XI."?Boston Transcript.